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The. Bulletin's. Circulation infJrJi,is Double t hat of Any Otter, :Paper;Vand! Its Total Circulation ijs the Largest; in Connecticut in Proportiori -to vthe City's Population
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Intimation to That Effect Cause of Considerable
. Anxiety to Entente Powers
APPLIES TO TROOPS SEEKING REFUGE IN GREECE
Entente Ministers Contend That the Right Accorded the
,Troops to Enter Country Through Saloniki Permits
' -f 'Them to Retire cy the Same Route, Should It Become
Necessary, for Them to Do So Germans are Declared to
Have Assured the Greek -Government That the Country
f :. Will Have Support of Central Powers Austro-Germans
Claim Repeated Successes in Serbia Russians Are Mak
ing Effort to Secure Control of the Railway West of Riga
No Notable Changes On Other Battlefields
c (London, Nov. 15, 10.00 p. m. The In
timation of the Greek government that
any entente allied troops seeking
refuge in Greek territory will be dis
armed has been th cause of consider
able anxiety o the entente powers
and consequently Field Marshal Earl
Kitchener's Near East visit gains add
ed importance. v .. .
v "According to belated - despatches re
ceived from Athens, Greece bases her
decision on international law, while
the entente ministers contended' that
the right :: accorded the troops to enter
the -country through Saloniki permits
them to f retire : by the same route,
should -it -become necessary -for them
u w ou -. a im -luuiunci d ..duo.,,
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ing- that Greece . unequivocally define
tne attitude sne wouia ODserve snouia
such, an event ultimately present it
self.' i .
." Claimeof Hosnitalitv.
Besides the claims of : hospitality
which the entente allies declare they
have ''on Greece in view of the' "'then
Premier -Venizelos' invitation to them
to- send a force to Saloniki to enable
Greece to fulfil her treaty obligations
ta Serbia,- irhich,- however," Greece re
purlfatedV Earl Kitchlner, or the entente
ministers are likely to draw the. at
tention of King Constantino ' and his
government ' to the fact that the con
stitutionalism of Greece was guaran
teed bv France, Russia and' Great
Britain and that it was obtained only
after the three powers "had agreed to
contribute ,4000 pounds sterling (129,
0)0) yearly Jtor the, personal use of the
Wng. ; f ..... ' -, ;.
l This, Jt f is - contended, binds . the
Greek, people -to the entente allies and
should Ktng Constantine overrule- the
constitution, ,- which the followers of
M. Venizelos insist he did when lie
dissolved the chamber, it is suggested
in some (quarters that King Constan
tine wopld be. reminded that his re
tention of the throne of Greece .de
pends Jn the continuance of friendly
neutrality towards the entente powers.
i- i J . Germane Reassure Greece.
The Germans, on the other hand, are
declared to be . assuring ,. the -Greek
government that Greece will be pro
tected aginst. the entente allies should
that country support the central pow
ers and 'that as evidence of the abili
ty of AustiVi and Germany to do this,
tney are mapatcmng more subma
rines, to the Mediterranean which
' could be used against . any fleet
threatening Greek ports.- ;
V v"N Abatement In 'Serbia.
' ' ' Meantime the - fight -for- Serbia pro
ceed without abatement. The , Aus-tre-Germans
' and Bulgarians ' claim
reported repeated success ... but it is
Serbian! now having xeacbed their
. mountain fortresses In- central Ser
bia, and the roads, or want of roads,
making it difficult for the invaders
ta bring up their heavy artillery, with
wfiloa they always back up their In
fntry. 7- '
In the south there is littlo change
' Id tho fllstriot northwest of Uskup
the Serbians etlll hold tho Katchanik
deflle barring the Bulgarians from the
great plain . of Kosovo, while south
west ef tTskup a desperate struggle
hat talten place for the possession of
Tetovct' which has changed hands sev
eral times. : The Bulgarians recap
tured I'etovo yesterday, but a report
received at the Serbian legation to
night says the Serbians again have re-
oecupica. -ins town. -
. Butoarians Hope to Cheek French.
' The Bulgarians - are reported ' in
great force southwest of Veles, where
thai hope to check the French advance
on that town and in the direction of
Chi Brfbuna Pass, father west. .
, V- Ausaiane Continue Offensive. -:
The - Rnasiana -oontinue their of
fenotve west of Riga and are -making
ait effort to secure control of the rail
way -which, connects Mitau with Din
dau. - ' Farther south ; they have at
tacked . the Germans ' near Smorgon,
on the railroad running eastward from
VlhsaJ This attack probably was un
dertaken j to prevent the Germans
sending reinforcements to -the - Riga
sector. ;" The Germans claim to have
driven'; the Russians back across the
Styr river. 'The Italians are continu
ing 'their offensive against - the Aus
trlana. i Vienna has a report like nre-
cedln? : ones saying the offensive has
failed. ' . A
British forces in Mesopalamla are
reported . to have been two weeks ago
at -ABizeah' forty miles by road from
Bagdad. -
U. OF C. GRADUATE DIES '
' i V ' V IN FRENCH TRENCHES
. Kitted Within ' a Few Days of Limit
' He Put on His Life.
Berkeley, iCallf., Nov. 15. News of
the death in the French trenches re
ently.of Lieutenant - John W. Bar
iStj graduaie of the University of Cal
Jfornia, who was prominent fn ath
letic was.' received hero today by John
ttroud, graduate manager, and showed
- feat the young officer was killed with-
ift a few days of the time limit he
put on his life.
In a recent letter Barnet said he
had been promoted to be a range find
er. . .
"The average life of a range finder
is thirty -days," his letter said. "I
have been on the job seventeen days.
You will know soon whether or not I
outlast the average."
CHICAGO HAS NO "ARMY
- OF UNEMPLOYED" THIS YEAR.
There is . Work for Everybody First
Blast of Winter True Test.
Chicago, Nov. 15. There is no "army
of the unemployed'" in Chicago this
year, according to the Daily News to
day. . .
- The first blast of winter, which sent
the mercury down to 23 degrees last
night, was the test. For years this
has been the signal for an army of
vagrants to appear upon the estreets
begging . Or seeking employment, and
at night to . crowd the cheap lodging
houses and lockups. .. . .
These places - were -crowded - last
night, but today there were few of the
lodgers about, and it was thought' that
they were working. -
"It is different from last year,"" said
William B. Taylor, manager- of the
Ruf us - Dawes hotel, a cheap shelter.
"There is work ' for everybody, it
seems.. The men who drift in here are
marking time between jobs, mostly.
They don't stay. , Last, year we had
them all winter. The state-has 1,500
jobs open, and ' the railroads want
men." ' , '
CONVICTION FOR VIOLATION
OF THE GAME LAWS.
East Haddam and Colchester Men
Sold to. a New York Hotel Agent.
East Haddam, Conn., Nov. 15. Ed
ward Delamore of New York city, said
to be an agent of a hotel there, was
fined $60 and costs by Justice M. H.
Watrous today for violation of the
game laws. Delamore was arrested on
Saturday with 36 partridge, 21 quail
and 6 woodcock in his game bag. He
was about to board the steamer for
New York. William Clark of this
town, charged with selling game to
Delamore, pleaded guilty and was
given a like fine.
George M. . Cafe of Colchester, ar
rested Saturday night, was tried be
fore Justice John R. Backus in Col
chester and was fined $40 and costs'
for selling game to Delamore. All
these prosecutions were brought about
by deputy game wardens. -
ARRAIGNED FOR DEFRAUDING
AT FORT ADAM'S, NEWPORT.
Two Sergeants in Quartermaster's De
partment Heldfor a Hearing.
Providence. K. I., Nov. 15. William
B. Hamer and Arthur R. McKee, ser
geante in the quartermaster's depart
ment at Fort Adams, Newport, were
arraigned her today before United
States Commissioner Matteson on a
-charge of conspiring to defraud the
government in the weighing of coal
delivered at the fort. Each pleaded
not guilty and was held in $2,000 bail
for a hearing Nov. 23. This makes
fivo arrests in connection with the
government's investigation in the al
leged irregularities in the purchase of
supplies for the f ort. "
NEW WORLD'S RECORD
' " FOR RED POLL CATTLE.
More Than 700 Pounds of Butterfat in
'. ,.- fOne Season. -
; Duluth, Mich., Nov, 1?. Jean Duluth
Bear, of a local-farm, has established
a new world's record for Red Poll cat
tle in the 1915 club contest, by scoring
more than 700 pounds of butterfat in
one season. Pear, mother of Jean Du
luth Pear, formerly held the world's
record for the breed with scores of 603
and 810. The record of Jean Duluth
Pear was made under the supervision
of : the University of Minnesota. No
unusual feeding was permitted during
the test. t ,
OBITUARY.
George W. Crawford.
Newark, O., Nov.- 16. George W.
Crawford, dealer in imported draft
horses and known all over the country
as a breeder of Percherons, died at his
country place near here today. - He
Mas been in failing health for several
months. ; , - . - -
. Russian Pianist Sues for Divorce.
Reno, Nev., Nov. lS.Tina Ierner
Bachner, the Russian pianist, filed suit
for divorce In the district court today
against Louis J... Bachner, charging
cruelty, failure to provide and deser
tion..- They were married at New York
city March 27, 1909. The defendant is
in Berlin.
Cabled Paragraphs
Daily Losses at Dardanelles 795
London, Nov. 15, 7:39 . p. m. The
average daily loses in the Dardanelles
for the entire period from May to Oc
tober were' 795. f ; -
'- ' - - - :-
Austrian. Airships Shelled Brescia.
- Rome,-via Paris, Nov. 15, 11:40 p.
m It is officially announced that two
Austrian aeroplanes bombarded Bres
cia at eight "o'clock this morning.' kill
ing seven persons and wounding ten.'
ino material damage was done. .-
Kitchener on Lsland of Lemnos.
Milan, via London, Nov. 16, 4.04 a.
in. The Courriere Delia Sera reports
that .Earl Kitchener, the British war
secretary, has arrived at Mudros, on
the Island of Lemnos, in the Aegean
sea. f . 1
M ELLEN ACCEPTS BLAME
OF ACQUIRING TROLLEY 'LINES.
Advised Supplying the Public With All
Classes -of Transportation.
New Yorlt. Nov. 15. Charles S. Mel
len, former president of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad,
took upon himself today the responsi
bility for the New Haven's poVcy of
acquiring - trolley lines in New Eng-,
land, which the government in the
trial of rthe eleven former directors of
the road charges was a part of the
New Haven's alleged plan to monop
olize -commerce. - -
Mr. Mellen testified that in 1904 he
urged upon the board the necessity of
either, adopting a comprehensive plan
of acquisition of trolley properties or
else dropping the lines it had already
acquired.
"I told - my directors time and
again," he said, "that the road ought
to supply the public with its needs,
and that meant trolleys, steamship and
railroad lines. It was my policy and
I always put it forward that the public
should be supplied with all classes of
transportation it demanded."
The question came up, said the wit
ness, with the proposed acquisition of
the Fair Haven and Westville line, to
which there was some opposition on
the board. He told the board, he said,
that not only this line . but others
should be acquired, "in order to fur
nish trolley terminals in all towns and
give the people of New . England the
facilities they wanted. - , ; t .
NEW TREATY BETWEEN Y ; I
UNITED STATES AND HAITI
Discussed by French Ambassador and
Secretary Lansing.
Washinon, Nov. 15. Ambassador
Jusserand of France conferred with
Secretary Lansing today regarding the
new treaty negotiations . between the
United States and Haiti, -under which
an American -- protectorate would be
established over, the island- republic
tor ten years. - . . - v -- ' ;
- The ambassador was particularly so
licitous as to the future of the French'
investments - and Haiti, and- especially
ox the Hanquo Rationale, which repre
sents the investment of a large amount
of French capital. " It is understood
that assurance has been given by the
state department that ail proper con
cessions and invested interests of for
eigners in Haiti will be recognized and
protected. . -
The new treaty has been ratified by
the Haitien parliament and . will - be
submitted to the United States senate
next month. , ,..'-"
In the meantime the provisions "f
the convention for financial and police
control in the little country by Amer
ican officers will be put . into, effect
temporarily and the marine forces of
occupation probably will be kept on
the island until peace and -order under
the new plan is assured.. .
TROLLEY CAR HURLS
JITNEY TO ONE SIDE
Three Persons in the Bus Were In
jured at Devon.
Bridgeport, Conn,, Nov. 15. Three
persons were injured today in a col
lision at Devon between a large' jit
ney bus and a trolley car. The injured
were in the bus. - The most seriously
hurt was the driver, Joseph H. Har
vard, who is suffering from concus
sion of - the brain and ' a broken arm
and nose. The others are Napoleon
Harvard, his father, who has a broken
rib and cuts and bruises, and Ora
cuts and bruises and - a dislocated
thumb. The Harvards live at Devon
and Sanborn in Milford.-
The trolley car hurled . the " bus
against a trolley pole, smashing in one
side of It. : The injured were taken
to their homes.
TAX ON GROSS EARNINGS OP
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS
May Be Tested In Courts on Claim of
Unconstitutionality..
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 15. The state
ment was made at the capitol today
that the constitutionality of the law
passed at the last session of the gen
eral assembly for the taxation of the
gross earnings of public' service cor
porations might be tested in the
courts. Figures from the tax com
missioner's office show the amount of
the tax from these corporations to be
$1,785,846.18. Some of the corpora
tions feel aggrieved and their griev
ance may be more fully aired in court
when the claim will be made that the
law is unconstitutional. .
MAYOR MITCH EL OPERATED
UPON -FOR APPENDICITIS
AAA A.
Hospital Authorities Say His Condi
- . tion Is Satisfactory. --
New York, Nov. 15. John Purroy
Mitchel, ' mayor of New York, under
went a successful operation for acnte
appendicitis in a local hospital late
today. The hospital authorities stated
tonight that - the mayor had passed
through the operation well and that
his condition was satisfactory. Mr.
Mitchel was taken with acute appen
dicitis "early this morning. The symp
toms Increased in severity and after
a consultation of physicians he was
removed to a hospital where the oper
ation was performed a once. - -
, Will of Mrs. Margaret Armour.: .
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. IB. The will
of Mrs. Margaret E. Armour,- widow of
B. Armour, the packer, who died- here
Nov. ' 11, was filed for probate today.
The estate is valued at about two
million dollars. Of. this amount, $5,000
was beqeuathed to-various educational,
charitable and religious institutions.
The remainder is left to5 a brother,
sister,: nieces and nephews. - ';.;
The Shah of Persia has-the long talis
of his . horses dyed crimson for : six
inches at their tips. - No one else . in
the country is allowed to exercise this
privilege. ,
Vinstdn Churchill
in His Own Defense
DARDANELLES ATTACK NOT .-A
CIVILIAN - PLAN
EXPERTS . COUNSELLED
Says All of the Expeditions Were Ap
;J proved Before They Were Under-
taken No Truth That ' He Issued
, Orders Against Advice of Experts.
London, Nov. 15. "S.IS p. nv Winston
Spencer. Churchill, who- has been the
most severely, criticized member of the
government, and who has been held per
sonally responsible for the loss of Rear
Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's fleet
in the Pacific, the destruction by sub
marines oT -the British eruiseis Cressy,
Hogue and Aboukir, the Antwerp ex
pedition and the failure of the naval
attack 6a the.' Dardanelles, delivered a
speecfiln .his defense in the house of
commons today, following the resig
nation, of his post in the cabinet.
"V won't have it said," was his dra
matic assertion, referring to the Dar
danelles attack, "that this was a civil
ian plan, fostered, by a political ama
teur -upon leluctant officers and experts."-
- - . .s , - '
And this summed his reply to all his
critics.' in every case he showed that
experts' had. counselled and concurred
before any of the expeditions which
had -been condemned were undertaken,
and it was clear, -before he had gone
far, that the house of commons sympa
thized with him. . ."
. Cheered by Supporters. .
For' months Mr. Churchill has lived
under reproaches. His entrance to the
house today was passed almost un
noticed. . - As he rose his supporters
gave him' encouraging cheers. Appro
bation increased in volume as he an
swered one question after another,
and be' concluded amidst a Lurricane
of applause, while members of all po
litical parties- crossed the house to
congratulate him. - . -
. Nothing Apologetic About .Speech.
There was' nothing apologetic about
the speech of the former first lord of
the admiralty, who some months ago
was transferred to the chancellorship
of the ducihy of Lancaster, the office
hex has . just resigned.' His references
to : Admiral Lord Fisher, the former
first eea lord, who, he said, . had not
openly- opposed the Dardanelles under
taking,-were spoken in firm, tones of
condemnation. - In : the opinion of the
house,; Mr- Ohurchllfc fully 'justified ev
ery step' he .took . while : head of- the
adnalraltyj As to tie-deapatch of Rear
A'amtral Crad&ck's squadron, he eeid
he was in full agreement with the ex
perts and advisors, of that time Ad
miral. Prince Louis 'of Battenburg and
Vice -Admiral , Sir Frederick Sturde
and that the- dispositions were the
best that' could be made in the circum
stances. -There was no truth in the
charge that he had ordered, against
tne advice, or the experts, the Hogue,
Cressy and Aboukir to remain at sea,
where -they-were sunk by German ub-
marines. . ' The . Antwerp expedition
originated with Lord Kitchener,- the
secretary . ror-war, and the French gov
ernment; while the naval . attack on
the Dardanelles was elaborately con
sidered and had the full support of the
advisors at - home and . those .on the
spot. ,:-
Was Advised of . Danger,
-Both with "regard to Antwerp and
Dardanelles. Mr. Churchill, , for the
purpose of defending himself against
reproaches, went a little .further than
merely producing evidence that he had
followed expert advu A month be
fore the .Antwerp expedition was un
dertaken, he said,-he had advised-with
Premier Asquith, Sir Edward Grey, the
foreign secretary,, and. Lord Kitchener
as to the. dangerous situation develop
ing then : and the grave consequences
to admiralty interests that would re
sult . from . the -loss of the fortress.
-jsut,-. ne aaqea, . "no action , was
taken." , ;. ,
Dardanelles . Endorsed by Council of
. .. : ' . . War. ,
'As to the Dardanelles, before a naval
attack was .-undertaken ' he offered to
provide '.transports for 40,000 troops
from Egypt, on the chance of their
being wanted, . but was informed that
no troops-were available and that, if
they -were, they should not be used
in. Gaiiipoli. The naval attack was
endorsed by Vice Admiral Garden, who
was in command at the time, by the
war council, which Lord Fisher at
tended and where nobody spoke a word
against it, and' by ; the French ministry
ot marine.. - - . - .
' '. Overruled by Experts. , '
The third' Cttack was about to be
gin, on March. 18 when, after consulta
tion with Admiral Robeck and Gen
eral Sir Ian Hamilton, it was decided
to postpone - it until - the troops were
ready. He' opposed delay, but was
overruled by the experts. He rather
inclined in -his -speech to criticize the
long periods which were allowed to
elapse - between . the attacks since the
army landed. . -.- :
Mr. . Churchill paid 'a tribute to Lord
irisner for tne improvement ne naa in
troduced in the navy since the out
break of the war and expressed confi
dence ultimate victory would be
achieved 'through - the extinction
German manhood. . -
of
NON-TRANSFERRABLE
i :
V RAILROAD MILEAGE BOOK
Not - Forfeited, if Presented by Pur
chaser Himself for Fare of Another.
"Washington, Nov. 1.- A non-trans-f
errable railroad mileage - book, sold
under condition -'that it .would be for
feited if presented by any other than
the original purchaser, may not be for
feited if- presented by .the purchaser
himself Tor - transportation or another
person.. . The supreme Court so held
today in a case arising In South Caro
lina where- the railroad -' forfeited . a
mileage ticket, a man presented ,. for
transportation of his wife. -.;'
L-f . -".Movements. of 8Uamahlps. .'
iNew York, Nov. 15. Arrived, steam
er - Espagne, Bordeaux. . . -' f. ".
'New - .- York, Nov. . 16. Signalled,
steamer Saxonla, Liverpool ' for New
York;, no time' or distance given. Dock
8.80 p. m. Tuesday. : ;
- -New York, Nov. 15. Arrived, steam
er Saxonia, Liverpool.
"Liverpool, Nov. 14. Arrived, steam
er -New York. New York. ' -
-Sailed, 18th, steamer Lalland, New
York (not previously); 14th. St Paul.
New .York . . - -. .
Critic to Office
G. BURKITT, - ASSISTANT; POST.
MA8TER AT WINNETKA, ILL." i
ORDER IS UNQUtMJFIED
Criticism of President's ' Engagement
to be Married Net Considered 8uf
ficient Ground - for His Removal
President Acted Promptly in Case.
Washington,'- Nov. 15. President
Wilson today directed the "reinstate
ment of George Burkitt, the assistant
postmaster at Winnetka, Ills., who was
dismissed after he had criticised the
president's engagement to be married.
It was said at the. White House that
the man would be restored to office,
regardless of various charges filed
against him. . .. '.''.''
Order Had Tsksn Effect.' -" V
Dismissal of Burkitt was ordered re
cently by Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Roper on the recommendation . ot
Postmaster Kloepfer at Winnetka and
the order actually had taken ' effect,
although all the legal formalities had
not been completed and only' today
the papers in the case had been turn
ed over to an inspector for further in
vestigation. .- - r- . ' . . '
Not. Sufficient Ground.'
Mr. Roper said tonight that the
White House order had not reached
him. Earlier the department had is
sued a statement Baying that the re
marks made by Burkitt about the
president's engagement constituted
only an incident which would not . have
been sufficient ground for his removal,
but this was one in - a series of ; ad
mitted offenses which had been ac
cumulating for several months against
the reocrd of this emcye. , .
President Acted Instantly.
i Thn president acted as soon as-the
case was brought to his attention. At
first it was announced that Burkitt's
reinstatement was ordered "if no other
charges were found against him," but
tonight officials stated that the order
was unqualified. . .
TRIBULATIONS OF CHICAGO'S
SUNDAY LAW DEFIER.
Arrested on New Charge of Selling
, . Liquor Wjthout .a - License. -
Chicago.' Nov.. IB: Captain -George
Wellington .Streeter, who yesterday
defended . unsuccessfully his home on
the sand lots of Lake Michigan against
a police raid,, swung like a pendullum
in ana out oi ponce' custody today;
Streeter, his wife and fourteen ethers
taken In the Sunday raid on Streeter
ville, where, according to the police,
Streeter was enjoying a. lively busi
ness - in the sale of intoxicants, ap
peared in court in the morning- fcnd
demanded jury trials.' The cases-were
assigned to another court and Streeter
and his followers liberated until a date
was set for a hearing. - .
" Before he left the courtroom Street
er was again arrested, charged - with
having sold liquor without a license on
Nov. 10 and 12. He was released later
on this charge and his hearing set tor
tomorrow. t
It was learned from Washington to
day that no patent has ever been is
sued by the land office for the land
Streeter occupies and that a ruling
was once made by the land, office that
the tract belonged to the state of llli
nois.
EVASION OF TAX ON GRAPES
AT - SAN ' FRANCISCO
Charged by J. J. Scott, Collector of
s . - Internal Revenue.
San Francisco, Nov. 15. J. J. Scott,
collector or internal revenue, said to
day ' that about 30,000 tons of grapes
had been shipped into San Francisco
for wine making during the last few
months and that the government wax
tax of eight cents a gallon had beenJ
paia on Dut a small part, ana only a
part of a similar quantity shipped here
last year. . The government tax. would
amount to about $360,000 ! on .. 30,000
tons of grapes when' made into wine,
he said. Mr. Scott said he could not
determine the amount of tax that had
been, evaded here.' He said that in
addition 500 carloads of grapes for
wine-making had been shipped - to
Chicago- and " 200 carloads to Boston.
Revenue officers at these places . have
been Informed. '
The war tax of eight cents a gallon
is payable when the wine is delivered
to the consumer by the last dealer
handling it. .. .
HARTFORD MAN BUFFETED
1 BY THREE AUTOMOBILE8.
Twice Knooked -Down and "Straddled
.' . By a TUrd Machine.'
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 15. Thomas
R. Commerford, a stone mason, was
the central figure in a series of un
usual automobile - accidents here lata
today. As he was crossing a street;
he was knocked down by a car driv
en by J. J. Gruber; as he was. rising
to, his. feet another machine driven by
O. M. Humphrey, again knocked him
down and as he lay prostrate, in the
roadway a third car, operated by A.
G.'Scharf nearly, ran over,him..8chraf.
by skilful driving managed to steer
his car so ' that the injured man was
"straddled ' -
Strange to scy, Comerford's only ln-
4..AA a AAa.AAS.il A..AA 4 k 1r.lt 1 A A
although he is slightly bruised and
cut. He is in a hospital. Gruber and
Humphrey were arrested, charged, with
reckless driving. . i. , , .....
CATTLEMAN SUFFERING .PROM
" FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
Kansas Man Said to Have Contracted
i Disease in Stock Yards.'.
Topeka--Kas- Nov. 15. Alfred Jen
nings, a i cattleman living - near Ells
worth. Kaa, is suffering from the foot
and mouth disease. Dr.. S. J. C rum-
bine, secretary of the Kansas board of
health, announced tonight. - Mr. Jen
nings Is believed to have contracted
the disease, which is said to be .rare
in human beings, in a Chicago or in
an eastern stock yard, as there have
been no signs of the disease among
livestock in the state since , last
March.
Condensed Telegrams
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Great Britain has annexed the Gil
bert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific
- Mart 'Fruewirth. the Papal .Legate
at Munich. Germany, was created a
Cardinal.. , . : -",,-'. ' .'.
A heavv snow and rainstorm swept
over the British Isles, causing several
shipwrecks., v.. -: ... -'
Herman Ridder German editor and
publiher,' who died recently, left a. net
estate of about Sl.OOti.
" J.- AAA AA.. V
The . German buying, - commission
purchased- 20,000 tone of eorn in Bul
garia for Immediate delivery.
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Three men were seriously scalded
whin, the' boiler of a Bo-ton, A. Maine
locomotive blew up near Calais, Me.
William J. Bryan, accompanied by
Mrs. Bryan, has gone to his home at
Miami, FUwto remain for the winter.
Robert Burns ' Wilson, well known
painter and grandson of Robert Burns,
the poet, is seriously- ill .in a Brooklyn
hospital. '..
Salvation army workers in England
have been exempted from enlistment
on the ground that they are ministers
of religion.
New Zealsnd's government is con
sidering tre problem presented by the
emigration of men Of military ' age' to
San Francisco. . ; '
"Robert P. Skinner. American Consul
General at London will sail for Eng
land on Nov. 27 after a visit ' to his
home at Massllon, Ohio.
Daniel Regan, aged 70, of Peterson,
N. J and his grandson Lea Smith,
aged I -.were killed when struck by an
Erie express train at Peterson.
Charles W. - J.- Blake, oldest son of
Baron - Wall-court. " was dismissed
from the British army.- He. was a
lieutenant in the Welsh Fusiliers.
The Great Lakes freighter Charles
Av Duck, until recently the City . of
Berlin. . was lost with all hands -according
to a report received at Duluth.
' Gen. Carranza wilt renew. his appli
cation to the United States for the ex
tradition of Victorlano Huerta on the
charge o f murdering President Madero.
A Naples newspaper asserts that
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has prom
ised Pope Benedict that after the war
Bulgaria will '- become a Catholic
country.
- The submsrine ' flotilla which left
Honlulu on Oct. 29' arrived at- San
Francisco.' The submarines were tow
ed on the voyage by a cruiser, and a
navy .tug. . -r - " '
Freight and paeaenge rate increases
were grantee: . ttie railroads- er mis
souri by the State Public ' Service
Commission. The new schedules are
enecuve Jan.. v' , - j
' John 8winbume Ceek, vfce-presi-
ent of -the Paterson. N. J., National
Bank; died In Paterson front heart
failure) contracted by over-exertion
while playing golf. , ,
Boston'- was second only to N
York in the volume of exports during
October, the total reaching 115,000,000.
pw TOrk exported about 1175.000,
000 worth of goods. .
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The ' British government has decid
ed to allow, the shipment to the
United States of German, books of a
scientific, technical, philosophical . or
educational character.
The battleships Texas, New "York,
Louieinan. Arkansas, Mlnesota and
South Carolina arrived at Norfolk. Ve
to coal preparatory to manoevres and
speed runs along the coast.
William South worth, Paris -reDre
sentative of a manufacturer of electric
belts, was convicted of illegally practising-
medicine - and ' sentenced to, a
year in prison and. fined $200.
'A. formal order was issued by the
Post .Office Department directing
postmasters hereafter to refuse to ac
cept parcel post packages for Ger
many, Austria and Hungary.
. Because his name in Chinese was
spelled Go-da-me, Fred Kattmerer, In
business, in- Hong Kong and Shang
hai, China, had his name changed to
Fred -Barton in court in New -York.
' Offieials investigating the fire wliich
destroyed the plant - of the John A.
Roebling Sons' Co. at Trenton. N. J.
discovered that the lire alarm boxes
had been tampered with before the
fire. - .
' Papers in the divorce case institut
ed at Pittsburgh by Harry K. Thaw
against Evelyn Thaw were served on
Mrs. Thaw by Deputy Sheriff Bradley,
on a train leaving Pittsburg for St.
Louie- - -v ' v
Six Christian Scientists of Berlin,
attenaea tne ramous actress Jutze von
Arnauld during here -recent 'fatal ill
ness, were found guilty of homicid-.
They were sentenced to six months in
prison. ; - .
1 8 pea king before the students of the
Worcester. Mass.) Polytechnic Insti
tute. Gen.- Leonard Wood urged young
college men to join the army. - While
40,000 officers are -needed to command
1,000,000 men," only 12,000 are available,
the general said. . I-
A majority of ths 750 Irish emi-
grants booked to sail for the United
States from Liverpool on the Ameri
can liner St. Paul, cancelled their
reservation because - of the - measures
taken by Great -Britain. te prevent the
sailing oi men at tor war service.
Mrs. H. D. - A ueh Inclose and Miss-
Elizabeth F. Gallaudet. both New York
society women, were-seriously injured
netar West port, . Conn. , when Mrs.
Auchincloes's . automobile in which
they were motoring to . New' Haven
for the Yale-Princeton game, over
turned. .
Lske George Hotel Burned. .."
.Glens Falls, N. Y Nov. 15. News
reached here today that the Hulett
house, a large hotel on Lake George.
Was . destroyed by fire Sunday. Three
cottages . also were burned. - The loss
is estimated at 50,000. The hotel,
which was closed for the season, was
owned by W. H. Wyatt of Saratoga
Springs. - - . . - -
. $1300 Fire at Cambridge.
Caxnbrldge. - MassV . Nov. 15. Tha
four-story plant of the Central Biscuit
company, -manufacturers of ice cream
cones, located in East Cambridge, was
partially destroyed by fire today. Tha
loss was eeCUnated-at 115.000. -
ITALY PROTESTS SINKING .DFANCOfiA
Denounced asfa "Ruthless Use of Brutish Force
. Against Private Property
WITHOUT WARNING, WITHOUT EVEN BLANK SHOT
Declares Vessel Could Not Have Been Suspected of Carrying
j Arms or Contraband or Persons in the Service of Any of
the Belligerents Asserts That Passengers Swimming
Toward the Submarine Were Driven Off With Jeers
Denouncement Has Been Presented to All Neutral Na
' tions . ' ..
Washlnartnn ' Vnv 1 E X nmtut
against the sinking of the Italian liner
Ancona by a submarine was handed to
Secretary Lansing- today by the Italian
ambassador. Ccunt V. Macchi di Cel
lere. The protest was in the ' form of a
denouncement cabled from Home de
claring that.' without -warning and
without observing any-formalities ac
companying the. right of search, the
submarine opened fire upon "the un
armed . passenger " liner.' .- recklessly
shelling the ' wireless - apparatus, the
decks and' lifeboats, and killing and
wounding many passengers.'
Presented to All Nentrals. '
The denouncement has been pre
sented to all neutrals. In It it is stated
that many passengers swimming in the
sea approached the submarine in hope
of rescue, but were driven oft "with
jeers'.". It concludes' as, follows:
Contrary to Civilization.
"The royal government regards it as
a duty to- denounce solemnly to all na
tions the circumstances, contained
above. Their - sentiments - of justice
and humanity will cause them, without
doubt, to -Judge as It deserves the con
duct of an enemy which is obviously
contrary to the dictates of civilization
ana the recognized principles, of inter
national law." - . . '
It is. not -stated .in the denounce
ment whether ' the - submarine which
sank the Ancona was an Austrian or
a German . craft. . It was presumed by
officials of the state department that
the Italian government bad not defi
nitely cleared -up .that point. '
The Text e Cemmunieatien. -
-Tha text -of the communication 1q-
lowsr " v ' ; v - . .-
""The government '.'of' the- United
States is doubtless aware of the par
ticulars reported-by the press in con
nection with : t tier outrage, perpetrated
bjr the. enem)r.oIailan shipping 'ya
- - Ruthless Use of Brutish Fores.
. More' than "bnce the destruction of
Italian merchantmen had taken place
under circumstances . which -permitted
no ether explanation than that there
was behind the procedure a-ruthless
purpose -to. use brutish- force against
private property of Innocent persons.
Non-combatant vessels and crews
have already been the victims of these
methods, but never has there been an
SYSTEM OFvHEALTH
INSURANCE FOR WORKERS
Bill for That Purpose Being Perfected
by Labor Legislative Association.
New'. York,. Nov. l-5.--The American
Association for Labor Legislation to
day made public the text of a bill de
signed to establish a system of health
insurance for workers in this and other
states. The association purposes to
introduce the measure in the next New
York legislature and in., other, state
legislatures " during the next few
months. - . -
The general purpose of the proposed
measure provides for health insurance
for employes at the joint expense of
employes and employers and state. As
now drafted, employers and employes
would contribute equally and the state
would . contribute one-fourth to this
amount. '.
The bill applies to all those engaged
in manual labor and to ail others earn
ing less than $100 a month. It would
provide every insured . worker with
medical - care. Including nursing at
tendance, ' hospital - care, medical and
surgical -supplies and a cash- benefit
equal to two-thirds of. the wage for a
maximum of 2-6 weeks in a. year. It
also offers special care for the wife of
an insured man. ,
UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY
" FOR NEW YORK HOTELS
Many of Them Unable te Accommodate
Increasing Number, of Guests.
New York.- Nov." IS. -New York ho
tels are enjoying an era. of almost un
precedented prosperityi Many of them
are unable to accommodate the - in
creasing number of guests. 'This is
attributed in. part- to the arrival of
many purchasing agents and their ex
tensive suites, sent here by England,
France! Russia and Italy,
i Agents- from stores 1b South Amer
ica, Central America, the West Indies
and ' Canada. - who ' formerly.' went to
London. Paris or . Berlin. - are here to
do their buying for the first time. Buy
ers ana visitors irom tne west are ar
riving at the rate of 2.000 a week at
time when : the . hotels usually are
crowded with visitors from the small
er eastern , cities and nearby country
districts. ... - .
FURTHER CHANGES IN
PURE FOOD LAWS
Suggested te President- Wilson by a
'Pure feed committee.
Washington. Nov. 'I5.v-Chanrea in
the pure food laws to protect consum
ers . and manufacturers better were
suggested to President Wilson" today
ot-' committee representing the
American Pure Food league, headed by
Robert M. Allen of Lexington. Ky. The
president expressed deep interest and
promised -to consider the subject with
the secretary of agriculture. . -
'" Four '. Foreigners i Drowned, r
Troyi N. Y, Nov. lsjL-Four foreign
s employed on a dam beina- built
across the Hudson here were drowned
this afternoon from a scow from which
dozen laborers Jumped -when the
of Innocent Persons"
instance of such unparalleled atrocity
as in the case of the sinking of the
Ancona. The unarmed liner, en route
to New York,' was steaming westward
between th rnn.tK nf .Qarinl, mnA
Tunis. carrying passengers andr cargo
destined for America. -
No Arms Nor Contraband. .
""It' was out of the question that the
vessel coud : have been suspected of
carrying arms or contraband or per
sons in tne service .of any of the
belligerents. In fact, none of the cir-
i-um-iances auegea in otner- cases in
an attempt to Justify actions described
by their authors as a necessity of war.
or as a reprisal, were present in the
case of the Ancona.
-.Violated Rules of Humanity.'
."There are1 principles that no state
ought to disregard and no private in
dividual could violate with impunity.
Respect for the lives of persona in no
way participants-in a . war is among
these fundamental rules of humanity
and international law. This rule im
poses upon belligerents the strict obli
gation to do all in their power in every
circumstance to protect the lives of
such passengers. -
- - Without Any -Warning.
" "Without any warning whatsoever,
without even - a - blank shot, without
observing any of the formalities ac
companying the right of search, ths
submarine encountered by the Ancona
in the aforementioned circumstances
commenced firing on the unarmed
liner, ruthlessly shelling not only the
wireless apparatu-t sides -and decks
of the ship while she was at a stop.
-but even the lifeboats in which the
terrorized passengers , were .. seeking
refuge.. Many of the passengers were
killed outright or wounded. Some who
approached the submarine in the hope
of rescue were driven off with Jeera
As a result of this inhuman procedure
more thah 200 men, -women and chil
dren lost their lives.- ' '
- Denouncement of Act. . . i
"The royal government regards it a
duty to denounce solemnly to -all na
tions the circumstances ' described
above. Their sentiments of justice and
humanity will cause them, without
doubt, to Judge as it deserves the con
duct of an enemy which is obviously
contrary to "the dictates of civilization
and the recognized principles of inter
national law."
GREATEST MOVEMENT OF GRAIN
WORLD -HAS EVER WITNESSED
Now in Progress on Great Lakes Be
fore Close of Navigation.
Philadelphia, Nov.- 15. What is
probably the greatest movement' of
grain the world has ever witnessed la
now in progress, impetus being given
to the movement by the impending
close of navigation on the great lakes.
In Philadelphia, not only are all the
elevators filled to their utmost capa
city, but there are more than a thou
sand cars of grain on the railroad
tracks awaiting their turn to unload.
. In addition to the regular trans-Atlantic
liners, known commercially as
whole cargo carriers, twenty steam
ers are due at this port to load grain.
In all the westward bound fleet head
ed for Philadelphia has a carrying
capacity of . more than five million
bushels.
Ocean freight rates continue to ad
vance daily. Rumors are current that
the Italian government will soon call
many of her vessels home for war pur
poses. This would intensify, the lack
of tonnage, with a corresponding in
crease in rates. ,
MILITARY TOURNAMENT IN
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
To ' Demonstrate the Progress of tha
Nstional Guard.
New York, . Nov. 13. A military
tournament under the auspices of the
Military Athletic league, intended to
show the necessity of preparation for
war and - to demonstrate the progress
of the national guard, opened in Mad
ison Square Garden tonight and will
continue through, the week. Troop K
of the ". Fifth - United States cavalry,
appeared in - cavalry maneuvers and
detachments from the regular army,
navy, the marine corps and national
guards of most of the eastern states
took fiart. The citizen soldiers train
ed at the Plattsburg camp will display
their proficiency at drill, the field ar
tillery will be shown in action, wire
less stations will be in use, and there
will be a demonstration of trench
fighting with bombs. -.
' General Leonard Wood and Governor
Whitman will review the troops Fri
day night. v ' '
D-NVEn JUVENILE JULGE -
. FINED $500 FOR CONTEMPT.
Refused;-, to '" Discloss Information in
Murder Trial of Mrs. Bertha Wright,
Denver, Col.. Nov. 15. Ben B. Lind
sey. Judge of Denver's Juvenile court,
was held guilty of contempt of court
and -fined $500 and costs by Judge
John A. Perry in the district court late
today. Thirty days were allowed for
an appeal. The case grew out of
Lindsey's refusal to disclose Informa
tion -in the trial of Mrs. Bertha Wright
on a charge of murder.
. Judge Lindsey claimed the informa
tion came to him in a privileged man
ner through the confession of Neal
Wright. 11 years old. during the trial.
An information charging the boy with
the murder of hie father because of an
alleged confession made at his moth
er's trial still is pending in the Jove-
Bile court ' Mrs. Wright was acquitted.

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