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ifepatrit tmj nun rotnroMD _ TUB UltPATCB roUMDBO ?rm WHOLE NUMBER 19,174. RICHMOND, VA.f TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1912. tb? weathu t?j ja? PRICE TWO Alleged Chain of Swin? dlers Mulcts Victims of $1,500,000. WOMAN REVEALS THEIR SECRETS Indictments Returned and Ar. rests Are Made in Six Cities. Pose as Salesmen of Stock and Entrap Unwary Pro* moters and Inventors. Many Are Involved. Cincinnati. O.. November it?with th? arrests to-day In six cities of men alleged by ths government to consti? tute a monumental get-rlcb-qulck chain ef swindlers. United States secret ser? vice men declare they have brought to the surface an organisation that has mulcted small corporations, investors and promoters of $1.(00.000 In the last three years. The arrests were made as the result of secret indictments re? turned here by the last United States grand Jury. Those arrested wer? F. D. Mlnyard. | at Cleveland. O : George 8- Hennaford. Chicago; H. B. Warren. Rochester, N V.. Mason G Worth. New York. Thomas Flshwlck. Boston; A. Bruce Crane. Newark, N. J. I Indictments were returned here | against five men who are alleged to | have constituted one link of the chain. ; The flve are Minyard. Hennaford. Kiel- j wick and J. R. Long and J. G. Malcolm, who are said to be In Canada The other arrests were made on affidavits of government officials. The three In d'< ted In Cincinnati wW be returned here for trial. A Federal grand Jury at Rochester, It Is said, will be lm- ? paneled to investigate the branches of ! the alleged swindle, while tee grand Jury at Buffalo. N. Y., will convene to- j morrow to take up the case. Wesaea Givea Evkfteeee. Much of the evidence which resulted iu the indictments. It .s sake, was given - i.r craat jury by a vornan. Mim Csra t Kroiiagf. tortner.y employed aS a ste? nographer by tne arm of Mlnyard. KtaVsnt a Malcolm. District-Attorney .v.cl'hersr.n to-day held a long confer? ence with Miss Kronage. and it was said she would go to Rochester to-mor? row to testity before tne grand Jury there. The pUn of operation. It Is chargeJ in Ike ind'etments. wee for member* of the concern to advertise their abil? ity to seil stocks for promoters and inventors. Those who answered the advertisements were told that the stock could not be sold at its true' value unless guaranteed by a reliable.' guaranty company. The customer then wan recommended, It is charged, to' George S. Hannaford, who conducted the Chicago Debenture Company. Hannaford. the Indictment states i would guarantee the stock, charging 1 per cent of its par value. The pro motor then would be informed that s. purchaser for the entire Issue had bees j found provided the proposition was found worthy. A charge rating as high an one-third or sometimes 45 per 1 cent of the par value of the stock' would be made for this investigation I Afterwards the promoter was Informed. that his proposition had proved to be no good and was dropped. The Indictment charges that the proceeds from the two investigation! were divided among members of the' brokerage concerns and the deben- I tare company. No effort was made to sell any stock. It declares, and only n perfunctory investigation made ot the merits of the different enter priseA The individuals and corporation, named in the indictments here as having been victims of the brokers In? cludes the Bitter Root Valley Fruit and Prod acte Company, the Folding. Fibre Bee Company, the Goldfle'd River Bend Mining and Milling Com- j peny. the Tucson Consolidated Mining Company, the Derbyshire Manufactur? ing Company, the United Mine end Smelting Company, the Burrell Manu j facturing Company. Bradley. HL; W.! H. Morey. Rockford. 111., and J H Wlssow. MUwsukee. Win Numerous letters edvtsing prosper-j tlve customers to c jmmunlcate with tne' Chicago Debenture Company, or relat-' tag to the sale of stocks, were at? tache dto the indictments aa evidence. The sending through the mails to H. K. Wlseow. of Mt.wauaee. a pam? phlet called "Investment vs Specula? tion" was made the basis of one count In tbe Indictments. Warren Is president of the Ameri? can Redemption Company at Kocnea? ter, an" Worth was chanted with com? plicity in a scheme to defraud In con? nection with tbe Rochester concern. Government officials declare that they have evidence showing these and other concerns ell were Involved In the ekeln Tbe Srm of Mlnyare, Kessler St Malcolm, whose activities here are seid to have resulted la the govern? ment Investigation, weet out of huet neae lest April, and Its members ail left the city. Iruilng its activities the ? rms nemo ess changed several time*, the signs on tbe otBces c ?engl ng_fr ore 9. O. Mlnyard * Co to Mlnyard. lev ? Co.. then to Malcolm * ? Coaspeny. and then to Mlnyard. lev m Malcolm. Washington November Ik?Philip M Henry, of Louisville, K) . a frsehoaaa at Gears*Isen University, was killed I ?e-sight white eee/lag pranks-en " feWew-stadenta He w COURT'S DECISION IS EPOCH-MAKING Upholds Antitrust Law in Bathtub Trust Case. GOVERNMENT IS HIGHLY ELATED! Opinion Recites That There Can | Be No Monopoly in Unpat ented Product of Patented Machine Without Law Vio? lation, Thus Checkmat? ing Business Device. Washington, November 18.?In ?n epoch-making decision to-day in the so-called "bathtub trust case." the Su? preme Court of the United States laid down the broad principle that there can be no monopoly in the unoateated product of a patented machine with? out violating; the Sherman antitrust law. Justice McKenna delivered the unanimous opinion of the court. In accordance with this doctrine, the court struck down as illegal the ' license agreements." by which manufacturers | of 85 per cent of the sanitary enameled iron in the Cnited States were bound j together in combination. The license ? agreements al.ow the manufacturers to | use a patented dredger, but only on condition that they abide by an at? tached price liat. would not sell to Jobbers who bought from Independents, would sell in certain territory and wo-i.d sell "seconds." Officials of the Department of Jus? tice were highly elated over the de? cision, which. It is claimed, will have an important bearing upon several in? vestigations now under way by Attor? ney -General Wickeraham, aa wen as antitrust suite already filed agalnat the so-called "moving picture trust" and the Cnited Shoe Machinery Com? pany. Vitally lespartaat. The decision is regarded as vitally Important, because of the govern? ments claim that the "patent license agreement" plan waa being adopted by many concerns, aa a result of the indi? cia- ban upon the "pure trust" plan, aa exemplified in the case of the Standard oil Company, of Ohls; the "holding company" plan, aa declared invalid is the Northern Seourit.es oaae, and the combination of a holding; company and a manufacturing company, aa shown la the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases. Justice McKenna In his opinion de? clared that the effect of the agreement waa to convert the in-?ependent and competitive compantea Into a combi? nation, subject to rules and regula? tions "The trade was practically controlled from producer to consumer," said be, "and the potency of the scheme was established by the co-operation of 85 per cent of the manufacturers, and their fidelity to It was secured, not oniy by trade advantages, but by what waa practically a pecuniary penalty not aptly termed in the argument 'cash bail.' " To-day'a decision sustains the de? cree of the United States District Court for Maryland, abrogating the "license agreements." and paves the way for the retrial of the criminal suit against the "bathtub trust." The first trial at Detroit several montns ago resulted In a disagreement of the Jury. Attorney-General Wickerabam post? poned tbe retrial until the laanea in the civil suit were decided by the Su? preme Court. Ref aaed t. Eatestd Du I Idas. Edwin P. Grosvenor. special assis? tant to tbe Attorney-General, who prosecuted tbe case and argued It In tbe Supreme Court, said to-ntgnt: "On the argument in the Supreme Court tbe main reliance of the de? fendants was the decision In *Dtck versus Henry.' called the mimeograph case, rendered by the Supreme Court tost May. There It was held that the owner of s patent on a mimeograph may compel ?he pur cheep r of the pat? ented mimeograph to buy from him. the patentee, an paper aad Ink which is to be nsed on the mimeograph, al? though, of coarse, the paper aad ink are not covered by the patent, "The decision of to-day refuses to extend the doctrine of ehe Dick oaae to the arnpatented product of a pat? ented machine. Tbe defendants la the bathtub case, owning patents on ma? chines used in tbe manufacture of en? ameled ware, attempted to fix prices and destroy competition In commerce in tbe nnpevtented ware. "Tbe economic effect of the prosecu? tion by Attorney -General Wtcker ,hsm is Interesting: The combination commenced operation In Jane, MML At once complaints pomed into tbe department of Justice. Tbe Attorrtey Gencrai commenced proceedings July. 1*1*. Since tbe combination area broken up. the prices of tbe product have fall-n from 25 to 40 per cent, yet to-day nearly all of the manufactur? ers engaged in the business are ran I nine their faetotiea overtime, and they ! are all making mosey at the reduced prices prevailing ta this period of com I petition " _ CLE6H0RH SURRENDERS Ashbara. Os.. November IS?Tea I netware, the young planter wanted la connect or, with the death et Mis* Minnie Marrusnaa. believed to Save met her death as s result of tatting t eisen, to-day surrendered to a Jus? tice of tbe peace et Aas boy paar Sera. CHghsra ?reo ladwtsass there v,, a? to taare frees tbe Marchreens. aad rssjM base Seea as tested et any thee if wasted The yewag mm sealed basing aar tblna to de with the death of Mh? Msirhassa He eras eat eswaged te the yowag new, he saht, and oarer ,hai Wit.?inrtioji wtea bee ^eSSrr-aia Will PRESS FIGHT FOR EMABLIH6 ACT Methodist Conference Reasserts Demands on Legislature. ADOPTS REPORT ON TEMPERANCE Emphasizes Fact That Church's Position Toward Liquor Is One of Uncompromising Warfare. Sale of Liquor at State Fair Condemned?Appoint? ments To-Day. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Lynchburg, Va, November IS.?Tne order of the day before the Virginia Conference of the Methodiet Eplsco I pal Church, South, now tn session in this city, this evening was the re- j port of the committee on temperance. | Rev. J. W. Bledsoe was president pro' tern of the conference. James Cannon presented the following report on tem? perance : "Your committee is of the opinion that it is the wisest policy to con? centrate the thought of our people upon two or three matters, which are of vital importance to the temperance cause at the present time. There is: a great tendency, when we do not win a complete victory, to ignore, or at least to minimize, the results which are obtained. "At the last session of the annual conference we called upon the Anti Saloon League of Virginia to press the 1 battle independent of facuonal and I partisan parties to secure State-wide prohibition for Virginia. The league instituted and carried on a mos?, energetic campaign, and placed before the fjenera! Assemoly of Virginia sucn an array of facts and such monster pe? titions that there would be no question in the minds of any impartial persons that the people of Virginia demanded [ the right to vote upon the question of j State-wide prohibition. Tne enabling act was passed by the House of Dele- I gates by a vote of two to one, and j was defeated in the Senate by a vote of sixteen to twenty-four, although it | was claimed at that time, and is be lieved to be without question at the , present time, that a majority of the , senatorial districts desired their rep- : rest natives to vote for the enabling 1 act. { "The vote of the Senate has not ? changed in anywise the fact that a majority of the people of Virginia de? mands the right to vote on State-wide prohibition, and it certainly should not change the determination of the tem peranoe people to secure that right. Nor should It be considered an lmpos ' siblllty to secure that right before 191s. ! The next General Assembly meets in i 1914, nnd if the temperance people of [ the State do their full duty and send I up a House of Delegates which will ' repeat the action of the House of De.e gates in 1912, and if the people will press upon the Senate their de man da . for concurrent action, it will be difficult Indeed for the Senate to refuse to con 1 cur with the notion of the House of' j Delegates coming fresh from the peo ; pie. It is the duty of the hour to re? assert with all possible emphasis our ! demand that we be given an oppor? tunity to vote on passage of State? wide prohibition law." Bejael Isspaetance. "A matter of equal importance Is the passage by Congress of such legisla? tion as will prevent the shipment ot intoxicants from wet territory Into dry territory contrary to the wishes of the people of the dry territory. After a long-drawn-out battle we have at last been able to obtain from the Commit tee of tbe Judiciary a favorable report. on the bill providing for such legisla? tion. The bin has iem placed on the aalender, and December IS has been - set as the time for its consideration. In view of the fact that the bill has heretofore been smothered In commit? tee, it la n long step forward to se (Continued on Second Page) j Supreme Court Denies Writ of Error to Con? demned Prisoners. MAY BE GRANTED SHORT RESPITE Give Chance to Prepare for Death?Not Believed Governor Will Interfere in Sentence of Carroll Murderers?Judge Keith Renders De? cision. Finding no merit in tbe appeals ot Floyd Allen and Claude Swan son Al? len from the Judgment or tue Circuit Court of Wythe County, the Supreme Court of Appeals yesterday demed them a writ of etror. They must die in the electric chair for tbe murder of Wil? liam M. Koaler, late attorney for the Commonwealth in Carroil County, and for taking part in tbe oonsp.racy to murder the officials of the court if an effort should be made to place Floyd Allen in Jail. No opinion was handed down, th? j court's decision being announced from the bench by its president. Judge James Keith. As soon as the tribunal met I yesterday morning for the day's ses- ! sion, Judge Keitu announced: "In the case of Floyd Al.en against 1 the Commonwealth, this court finds no error in the record and nothing preju? dicial to the defendant in the court | below, and the judgment of the court I below is affirmed. In the case of C.audo ! Allen, the same finding is made." This waa all. Only a few people were in the court room, mostly at- j torneys waiting to argue cases. With these words, the rights,of the' Aliens in the courts of thla Common? wealth were exhausted. The appeal I has been prosecuted and denied, it a v- j lng nothing more for the courts to do. ; Respite Seeon* Feasible. It is believed Governor Mann will ! grant a respite to the condemned men, because of the fact that on.y four , daya were left to them between the time of action by tbe court and the moment set for tbeir execution on Fri- . day of this week. The Governor has' made no announcement regarding thla.' but the supposition is he will permit j delay aa as to 1st the men prepare for eternity. j Further than this, it is believed by those who have talked with the Ex- ? ecutive, he will not go. He has been approached by men who desire tbe; sentences eomnuted to imprisonment for life, but, so far aa has been beard, he gave no encouragement whatever, and, in fact, they say. his attitude indi? cated that he would not interfere with the judgment of the courts. | Shoujd there be a respite, it Is supposed Mrs. Floyd Allen, wife of the elder and mother of the younger pria- j oner, will come to Richmond to say i .'arewell until eternity. Governor Getag Over Cases. j Soon after the Supreme Court re- I fused the writs of error asked for, the Governor sent to the office of Clark H. Stewart Jones and secured the peti- ; tions and records In the two cases, which be began to examine. He bad . already gone over much of the testi- 1 mony. giving it his c.osest attention, j He will have a statement for the pub- j iio within a few days?perhaps by to morrow or Thursday. Not only Is tbe Executive going into ] tbe case In detail, but the same thing ] waa done by the Supreme Court. That ' body had given daily consideration to ' tha petition and record since the court j met last Tuesday, indicating Its earn- j est effort to closely examine ail the , legal points raised by tbe attorneys for ; the defense. Many petitions for commutation are ! ready for presentation to Governor Mann. He has already received many letters from people who desire to see mercy exercised. For the most part, j fContinued on Page Thirteen.) DESPERATE THIEVES SHOOT I DOWN HVE OF PURSUERS Sell Their Lives Dearly Rather Than Submit to Arrest?As Climax to Bloody Work, Man Turns Pistol on Woman Companion, Slay? ing Her, Then Puts Bullet Through His Own Brain. jf?rw Tern, I*?* toM the detectives of her discovery.i would Id the hip. a aw 11 rees? of a After a taxlcab chase to-day the deter %m the ?loa? te-ttlves learned that the W-gels ha I sought lodging at the Elaine-.. Hotel. a?*?!nt C ort land Avenue and l?lst Street, In the Bronx. Central < Ulcers believe that Martin j Fay and ' and Louts Gerade The woman. lao armed, had fired several shots, some of which. It Is be? lieved, hit the detective Evidentiv erased at hin ran work. Vogel turned to his woman compan? ion and shot. She ate shot thronen Private Detectives John Alle..' *** abdomen and soon caplrrd. Vo?e| made quick work of himaelf bv put ?m saw, ana i>-ui* or race wem t? me noiei in, .. ' , _ ,_. , "~ . . m 9m\ I ting the last bellet In his ran Into fatal- ; search of their quarry late to-night hla fcn4 f#u need af these ehe i Louis Mondschein, the prop;ietor. told' of the couple having arrived in a taxi cab early in the evening, and ordered William Butler, a waiter, to show the This Is the outline of one of the ??tectivee to the Vogels' room. ? serivue shooting affrays which _ m_.._.hi. eit? aave ran vesjel opened the soot in At the hospital M was said that p. oh. the detectives of this city have Into stori la?e to-night . The dead men was known by several I We over tb having registered st the hotel then grasped for yearV so far as the conflicting I ?? ?> ?emmone. end ss Allen forced his WofThe shoot.nt had been sift*d 1 way In. declaring that the couple was 'Tl-.-vV lender er rest, Vogel struck ?he de tec hesd rlth ably all except BotVr would die At a late hour two trunks and two suKrases which the roe pie had at the hotel were removed to a pol'r* sta? tion, bet the stolen jewelry was not found The pe1l<*e sey that !n trailing the Voeele the detectives were probably >m< hlack.i running 4 >wn a rompM.l' organized tine pistol' scheme r..r robbing reei.iencrs through ' - ' !T*irT_'.-* The soUce declare srhleh my en the bed His drat bulleti oat the upper West S?<te The indict thai he waa a Pete, named Pheree struck Allen In the bead, and he fell j saeat on wbtrh the PWkeneorf gin nuraalnslTI The weanan with him had probably fatally wounded Deterilveei waa held chanred h? with numerous registered an bottle VegeL Vogel wasi Pay and Gerade rushed Into the rooxa,; rohberiee of Jeweie. amounting to sev sbcat ?m sight I ears of age ana _ followed by Prose-lot or Mondschein and j era] tboeaand dollars the wessen about tweety-nve. 'Butler. It is declared they did net} According to the police, the girl The lilistllss were en the trail of! h>e a awe*, but expected to Seise Al-i broke down tn-al**tt and confessed the parr suspecting them of having len's assailant They were not quicki teat ehe Voe>!? were w.th her. and been mcompileeo"la a ilsmnnt rebbtry.t sneeerh. Vogel let go on* shot aft-r. it ??? to them she Had riven the fwr which lighli m*mmsad sit, a do-' another, nearly every oee takln? of-1 stolen arteries The plan of opera hebt fee the grass*) feet ray aad Mondarbela both re-| Ctoe wee fee tee ?tri to sdverekse for the) a pi>mtiooi ee a deearettv, end ee neon it so r?b her em ? bed* eeey ec e WRIT OF ERROR REFUSED I FLOYD AI.LE.N'. SIDNA Oil STAND III OWH DEFENSE I _ Outlines His Movements From Time of Tragedy Until Cap I ture in Des Moines. I _ . HIS WIFE ALSO A WITNESS Instructions Will Be Settled To Day, and Arguments May Begin. Wythevtlle. Va., November 18.?Sidna Allen, on trial here for the murder ot Judge Thornton L? Mansie, to-day took the witness stand in his own defense, outlining his movements from the time of the tragedy until he was captured in Des Moines. He spoke clearly and without embarrassment until he waa asked if he had intended leaving his wife and children. Then the rugged mountaineer broke down and wept. He denied that such waa his intention, and stated that they wer'- after him with b.oodhounds and with instructions to shoot on sight, and that he Intended keeping out of the way until things Quieted down, when he would have re- j turned and given himself up. The prisoner denied that he fired at Judge Hassle, stating that he waa I standing talking to John Moore, a , stone mason, about some work, when j the dring began, and that he did not j fire until he saw Clerk Dexter Goad aboot at him. Then be emptied his revolver at the clerk, reloaded it and kept up shooting after be had left the building. He denied ever having sap conversation with Floyd or any one else st any time as to the result, or j about Floyd's trial. ! Rigid Creas rraaalaattaa I The witness was subjected to a rigid and lengthy cross-examination by Mr. j ! Wysor. the weakest point in his evl , denoe being his failure to see and haar i I much that other witnesses had testified ! i to. Under the circumstances however, his evidence v. as given in a calm and intelligent way without halt or eva? sion. Victor Allen was recalled and ex-, amined as to the wound received by j bis father. Floyd Allen. Mrs. Sidna Allen was the last wit? ness examined during the morning. Her | testimony waa that ahe waa the wife j > of the prisoner, a native of Carroll I County, and forty-one years old. and j \ on the night of the tragedy Floyd Allen I came to their home with her bus- ! band; that they arrived after dark, aad that they all sat la the kitchen until bedtime. There was nothing la their conversation she said in any way re? lating to what occurred the next day. She was then asked the question If aha had at any time beard her husband say anything relating to what subse? quently transpired, aad the question waa excepted to by the prosecution, aad the exception was sustained. The wit? ness bad. however, answered that ahe (Continued oa Page Thirteen.) CLAUDE Si*" AX SOX ALAJBX. PRESIDENT ASKED TO VISIT RICHMOND Governor Mann Invites Taft to Conference of Governors j in December. DISCUSS RURAL CREDITS Suffrage People Ask to Be Heard by Conference on Their Propaganda. Knowing that President William Howard Taft wmts to see the Gov? ernors of the several States In regard to his plan for the advancement of rural credits, and believing that the Governors would be glad to meet the President. Governor William Hodges Mann yesterday extended an invita? tion to Mr. Taft to attend the Confer? ence of Governors, which will be held in Richmond, beginning December 3 The President waa absent from Waah lngton yesterday and cid not returs from New York until midnight, and has not received the invitation. It la hoped to bear from him to-day. Addressing many of the Governors President Taft has sent out letters lately asking aa many of them aa And It practicable to call on him at the White House while in this part of the world attending the Richmond meeting. He has given aa his reason his desire to discuss with them bis recently announced plan for extending suitable credits to the rural popula? tion, especially to the farmers of the country, who do not enjoy the bank? ing facilities of the city business man. Cava See Theas Here. This is realized to be largely a State issue, and this accounts for the Presi? dent's wish to see the Governors. uouiiW nanu iu.iiu Um tuition a executive can see a .uud man;, niora oovernors by coming to lUchmon*. man by staging in v? as.nugton U'un greaa win not o.. tn?.n be giving the i'resK.?ui snytuing to do, and bis an? nual message to last body will be on bis bands, tie need come but for one a ay, if that ia the limit, or he couiu ever, come for one night, spending a few hours here. Besides, it stands to reason he wants to co s* tj aicaaonu whenever possible. The people of tnia city have always thought well for the Preaiaent. Should Mr. Taft coma, be will take I pot luck with tbe Governors who at mat time will be entertained nere. j Tbe city haa already many plans for their amusement. Sat* rase trauere Wand to Speak. The fcqual auftrage Deague of Vir? ginia la not behind tne President?it also wants a chance to talk to SS* Governors Application has been made to Governor Mann for a place on the program, or lor an opportunity to ap? pear and advance tbe cause of those who want eo.ual suffrage. Workers in tbe cause from otner Staus will also come if the bearing can be granted To this request the Governor has responded that be is not in charge of the program. It will be a matter far the conference itself to determine whither or not it wanta to near the fair pleader* fa) political rights and privileges. There will be Governors of States which have already adopted equal ?ufrag? in the conference, ana to these the question may seem stale and one already settled, but to many the proposition will be quite unt< ue. LAST TRIBUTES PAID FuTaafaaauFo? 64Vw*VVaa*aV(jP TCTTTsaL Atlanta. Ga. November 1A?Hun? dred* of friends to-day paid their last tribute of boaor to the late former ?V \ern?T Joseph M Terrell ss tbe Jay la stete st the Second Bap sjas. ?"h-jrcn In this ettj Mr Terrell. ! who was twice Governor and once (: ???! States Ser.n r from Georgia. ? i.-i vesterdsy morntng after a long Illness, result.ng from s stroke cf paralysis, suffered In Wssaiogtoa I while Senator ' Tbe luaeral services this afternoon I were conducted by tbe Rev Joha K 1 White, ?ho for yars waa Mr. Terrell's pastor. The pall-bearers were the four brothers i't the *"rmer Governor? l>: V. B T'rrri:. W A Terrell J. R ,Terrell aad H W Terrell?and Hin-* H it or Odumhta. and R. i?pive\. of Greenville After the simple sen Was at the ebarea. wbkh uere atteaisi by Oer .?nor J M Brown a*nd tbe other State house ofB,rials aad a crowd w?n. h taxed 'he rapacity of the ehurrb. tbe Kndy WSS *er rted t? tbe terminal ?Ta t-on >. a i- irnpisy af the FTth Real mmt. mate -rdTltla. and sent to Or-?an? vil le. his former hom?. for ialeraaent In eccftrdaece with the proclamation of cpreeraer Brown, flags en ail p-;Ml ?uiidtaga ?f tbe .et?te were half .masted to-day la SUSSStJ Of the SB MASTIR FALLS BEFORE ATTACKS OF SERVIAN AN Its Capture Greatest dividual Triumph of War. I MAY PROVE DEATH BLOW TO TUR j Sultan's Hope of Continued R*> Distance Must Be Shattered by ; Surrender of His Macedonian Stronghold?Strange Silence as to Progress of /Jattle Along Tchatalja Lines. Belgrade, November 18.?The Turkls] ' fortress of Monastir surrendered ! afternoon to the Servian troop*, j Fifty thousand Turkish soldiers I three generals laid down their argon. Monastir virtually had been rounded by Servian troops for sev ' days while Greek troops coming fr< (the south had cut off the Turkish Uns retreat to Ochrida. On Saturday Servian troops, after desperate Sghti; throughout tne day and night, capt ! two important heights commanding t ] city. They then advanced* through morasses upon the .uterior fortii I tions which surrendered to-day. Monastir is the headquarters of I Sixth Turkish Army Corps comma by Fethi Pasha, but many other Turk I troops tleeing from surrounding to which had been captured by the Scr I vlans concentrated there. DJ; Pasha, the commander of the Seve Turkish Wrmy Corps, went there many of his soldiers after the fall 1 L'skup to tne Servians. It was thought that the Turkish I troops would be able to stand a lengthy siege in Monastir, but it is evident Utfir I army was totally disorganised aaaf lacked provisions. Tarhlak Ho pea Shattoeed. London. November Is.?Any i?iea that the Turkish government may have haar of benefiting by continued resUUMSS must be shattered be* to-day's nwaf* of the fall of Monastir. in the cap? ture of that Important town the Ser? vians took three Pashas, including tho oommaiider - in - chief, Zekkl Pasha; id.uuu men and forty-seven guna than achieving the greatest Individual suc? cess of the war. Monastir was the second city of im? portance in European Turkey. It wo* Turkey's stronghold in Macedonia, aast by Its downfall Macedonia peases com? pletely out of Turkish bands. What part the Greeks played la tk* capture has not yet been ascertain***. It Is known that the Greek army wan marching to the assistance of tne her? vians. and it is supposed that the Greeks were able to cut off the Tur kiah retreat to the south. The Servians naturally will he elated at this victory, which outshine* .lie: capture of Saloniki, and must have a great moral effect on the future course of the war. Another of the strange silence* which have been characteristic of this war appears to have fallen over Con? stantinople, from which city brief dis? patches have been received telling od the resumption of the Tchatalja battle, and that the Sultan ha* made a freah personal appeal to the European sow ' ereigns to Intervene for the terming tlon of the war. Quit* as little maw be expected to come of this sppssl ee of the previous attempt at medlatl-te by the powers. In IMopeswte Stseehs. With cholera ana typhus ragtag) within her demoralised army and m powerful enemy hammering at the gates of the capital. Turkey musg again appeal to the allies for terms . Undoubtedly the object of the com? manders in ordering the attach en the) Tchatalja lines waa to compel that course It seems Incredible that Bah. garia. for the mere glory cf a trie umphal entry into a city she doe* nog desire possesjlon of. should wl take bar arm" into disease ? I zones. Turkish reports, even the cere' official dispatches of the of the operations, have been s liable throughout that little atteatiooa can be paid to the statements regard? ing the Tchatalja battle Issued et Con? stantinople Sunday and Monday. The) operation probably waa little morn than artillery preparation, which hb all Important battles lasts several daya for the purpose of drawing they enemy's fire an.l locating hta ban iris** As the effect of the victory at astir will be to stiffen the Servian ernment in resisting Austrian tions. the consular trouble* at and Mitrovltza and breeding a oua spirit of ill feellr.g between A and Servta which is little calculated te> favor diplomatic nrtoUaUone. The) newspapers of both capitals redact thsg feeling. No news has yet reached Menne asT the Austrisn consul at Pi 1*1 lad The Servian eoT.-mment has declined SB cotnplv with Austria-* request to eha low an A ustrian renreeentattve to Urn to prtsrind to make' inquiries, and practically ignores Austria's on the snbtert There is s report that Scutari fallen bef.>re the Montenegrin bet this la net confirmed. proof that the cholera bee the Bulgarian army eeeaea hi S the* the noted Germ** doctor, has been summoned to SelStrtBI quarters to aaeiet In stamping oat tSjS dl??*** rocstaatieepla bettle oontlr.aed all dev. heerfi ra the city, which blew re the rvwTeseee de at* epeveeefc The sees tu N ?*