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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1915.
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EX8KWHESE TWO CENTO,
Kitchener's Visit Stirs British to Attack Turks
BOTHER OF?NFIT
INFANT IS GLAD
SHE LET IT DIE
Sway?d by Remorse for a
Time, She Moans: 4i
Want My Child."
JURY OF EXPERTS
LIKELY TO ACQUIT
BolHnger Infant More Defective
Than Reported?Haiselden
Defends His Course.
fB? Tslsarsrl to The Tribune.]
Chicago, Nov. 18.?In the German
Amtrican Hospital Mrs. Allen BolHnger
wblipered to Dr. H. J. Haiselden:
"I want my baby. I want him so.
Bat I'm glad he's gone."
The doctor had come to tell her that
the child they might have Baved had
died. Although she had consented to
"let nature act," the news had been
kept from her until to-day because of
1er ?everifh condition.
Mrs. Bollinger's eyes filled with tears
when ihe learned that the end had
come. She turned her face toward the
irsll of her room and wept. Dr. Hais
tlder felt her pulse anil smoothed her
hair.
"You could have saved his life,"
whispered the mother.
The doctor nodded.
"IVe been thinking of it all night. I
can't sleep." whispered the mother of
the s6Cnticed defective. Again the
doctor nodded. Downstairs the tele?
phone kept up its incessant ringing.
Men and women were '.lamnring to
tpesk to the physician.
"I've beai picturing him," went on
the mother, "anil wanting him. When
did he die?"
The doctor told her. The mother
buried her face in the pillow, and from
its dpp'hs she whi.-pcred:
"I'm glad."
A look ?"' relief passed over the doc?
tor's f.ce, and he left the room.
Jur> ravorablc to Doctor.
coroner Hoffman's jury or prominent:
-atli nut and a?journed this |
evening until 'J o'clock to-morrow
,ftfr,,, i- distinctly more
favorable to Pr. Haiselden. They de?
clined to make a statement until the
inquest WBI complete, but the Coroner
??aid:
?We made a cecond post-mortem of
the bain'- bed?, exhaustive and thor- j
otigh. It might have been called six '
pott-mortemr rolled into one. The phy?
sicians all agreed that the baby was
even more 'lefective than stated by Dr. ?
Haiteldet.. However, I cannot say what
the jury ;hy-cians will finally say.
Ihty talked considerably amoni; them- ?
??Wts, bu* I dirt not interrupt thc-n."
The Coroner*! jury is made up as |
followi: L'r. John F. Golden, repre- ;
senting Dr .lohn B. Murphy, of Mercy
Hospital; Dr. Arthur Rank in, professor j
"f anato:r.y at Loyola University, Dr. ?
Howard I lett, dean of Hahnemann !
'ollege: Di D. A. K. Steele, dean of I
'he PL. ., .. ' and Surgeons' College 1
r>i the . Dr. Henry '
f- Lew,;, professor of obstetrics, Cook ;
1 our.ty Hospital; Dr. Ludwig llektoen, i
profeso- of pathology, Rush Medical j
College ol the University of Chicago.
An aatopty over Baby BolHnger was
held to-day by H. O. W. Reinhardt,;
Corener'i physician, and W. D. Mc-1
Nelly, city chemist. Their conclusions I
*re said to have sustained previously |
saareseed beliefs that the infant was |
rj either to death or a life of an- |
and to have justified Dr Haisel- I
den.
I'aralvsis Would Have Killed.
? ot the autopsy was read :
before the jury. It showed that the ;
baby was paralyzed on till
rrsat head to foot. On the right side I
the ot.'er ear was formed, bat lacked ;
'he drum, and the child would have !
Seen deaf, because there was no ear on |
he ;??? .,?c On the right side there
?as no neck, the skla growing from the
cheek to the shoulder b'.ad'-. Curvature
ef| *he ?pine and hemorrhage of the
?ainal car.al airo were found.
The latter, according to physicians,
would have cAused complete paralysis
?f the (hud's body, ?nd would have re-1
?ajted in death had there been no other
eau?.? .
re- Hoffman's decision *o hold!
made after a consulta- j
r. Reinhardt and Dr. John :
ealth commissioner,
-.ended to hold an inquest, j
mes?se, fr,r all we kaow, a *imilar j
cate r..-.;. be broaghl to our attention;
Z**" lid do something :
'? prevent a similar death," he said. "I '?
?m nuking no criticism of the phvsi- ;
''?'?'? thll 'ave. Our only object is I
?* C'j something In the interests of
' '~*' ' * a jury of phyaicians j
?o tr.e hope that they will make
*ci*ntif,c recommendation to prevent
rrences."
said that, in his ;
junior,, i,r Haiselden was right |sj ,l0t ?
?Howir.ic "- baby to live.
*?hen j,. Hi t the
"*?piut ftfflee, a,'.,.r imparting the
?*?* Of the death Of the child to it.
rr**,rj * telephone message awaited
"??>. for several hour? the doctor had
"?iievn hit troubles were over, bat
hi / *. h*'1 ???wored the telephone
???found they had only just begun
*.i?s ?Si ' f'r"n"r HosTbbbb, JBfsisaJl
aetl.' '"' '?'*'i ??'de red en .ri'ije.t to
e-ih *. wh*tix" ?"- Haiselden was
?"?> "1 malpractice or criminal
u* ' refusing to operate. Dr.
PPSaa.
Kslher f asaos to i-e. Hod v.
s^-. , n ?*?< 4loetOI turned from I lie
All. ,','*, '" """Ur.tered the father,
^H aoi'inger. who had come to look
???'i de,* rhlM jfo -WTM ^M th#
CHIlaaie saesase t, t^Umm ?
Anthrax in Fur Collar
Kills 17-Year-Old Girl
Germ in Cheap Trimming on Her New Suit Brings Death
in Six Days?Case Warning, Physician Says, to
Shun Fashionable Imitation.
Anthrax, contracted from a cheap fi
j collar on her suit, caused the death i
I Bellevui yesterday of Sophie Rosei
j ? seventeen-year-old packer in Huyler
candy factory, at Irving Place an
Eighteenth Street. The girl is th
fourth human victim of this anima
disease within five weeks. Her dcatl
according to Dr. Leslie L Roos, of th
State Department of Labor, is a warn
ing to girls and women who deman
fur on her clothes when they can
not afford to pay for the genuine ai
tide.
As the result of this case, Dr. Rooi
and Dr. Rosalie Bell, of the Departmen
of Labor, yesterday examined 260 girli
employed Bt the Huyler factory. Thi
big packing room of tho plant was fu
migated last night and adjoining room;
whitewashed. A physician, Dr. Roo:
said, will Inspect employes evory morn
ing for a week, and the city Health De?
partment will fumigate the tenement,
at ?19 Seventh Street, where Sophie
lived with her father.
An investigation vtH also begin this
morning, Dr. Roos continued, to tind
?he dealer who sold the dress to Sophie.
The girl's parent* say the store is
somewhere on Division Street, and be?
lieve they can find it. With this as a
clew, Dr. Roos will try to trace the fur
back to the wholesaler and the fur
dealer.
The Eiehorn serum, invented by Dr.
Adolph Eiehorn, of the Bureau of Ani?
mal Industry, was not used in Sophie's
case.
"We had no time," said Dr. Mark L.
Fleming, superintendent of Bellevuc.
"The girl came to us Wednesday after?
noon, at 1 o'clock, after hv illness of i
live days. She was supposed to have'
nephritis, and her physician had given
her a small dose of heroin to quiet
her. He called us on the phone, how?
ever, and suggested that th" disease
miKht be anthrax.
"Dr. Charles S. Nurns, head of the
pathologic laboratories, at once made
! a culture. The girl died at 1 a. m.
I Thursday, and the culture did not show
i anthrax bacilli for some hours."
.Sophie aai taken ill last Friday,
! according to Dr. Morris Zucker, of
i 706 Sixth Street, who attended lier,
i She worked on Friday and Saturday,
i however, at the Huyler factory, and he
was calle.! m Sunday. Examination
I showed u small gray spot on her right
i breafct. Thi? spot became red and la?
I flamed within the next two days, and
j her condition became so alarming that
I he sent her to Bellevue.
It is Dr. Roos's theory that the girl,
who wore u low-cut waist, had a slight
abrusion. which became infected with
I bacilli in her fur collar. The suit, he
said, was a cheap one, purchased three
weeks ago for $16.
Unlike previous anthrax cases, there
was no swelling. The "anthrax pus?
tule" discharged u small amount of red
matter, Dr. Fleming said, but otherwise
there was none ol the usual indica?
tions (if the disease.
The Huyler factory was given a clean
bill of health by Dr. Roos yesterday,
who ordered the place fumigated
merely as n nrecaution.
"Every girl employed in the packing
department," he said, "wears white
gloves, and her hands are not permit?
ted to touch the stock. Sophie, who
had been there only three weeks, was
employed a6 a paperbox handler. The j
company takes every measure to keep
its place sanitary. There is no danger,
of an epidemic."
Other anthrax cases have included
that of Judge George F. Btaekpolo, of
Rirorhead, L I., who died in Bellevue1
on October 15; (?eorgc Miller, who also j
died in Bellevue | few dnys earlier, and'
John E. Burns, of Madison. N. J, a vie-1
tim on October l.'l.
The disease, according to Dr. Roos
and physician! at Bellevue, is usually j
contracted from hide? or leather.
MAYOR GAINS FAST;
NO MORE BULLE!
Airs. Mitchel Gives Up Roc
Hospital and Returns Hor
Mayor Mitchel showed such m
improvement yesterday that the
ciBns decided to discontinue the
anee of bulletins. All inforn
concerning the Mayor's conditioi
hereafter be given out at City Hi
Theodore Rousseau, the Mayor's |
tary.
Mrs. Mitchel left the hospital. I
she has been since her husband
operated upon for appendicitis
day, and returned home yesterday
had beeti staying in a room adjo
that of the Mayor. Because o<
many visitors at the hospital am
Mayor's desire to see all comers
physicians advised yesterday tha<
should see no one except membei
the family for the next four or
? 1 .;. I, until he had regained
strength.
The physicians issued their
bulletin at 8 A. M. yer.terday, as
lows:
"Mayor Mitchel continues to imp
steadily. He had an excellent ni
is entirely free from puin and is c?
cheerful. His temperature and p
are normal.
"DR. CHARLES H. PECK.
"DR. WOODRUFF LAW POST
PRIEST WILL SETTLE
DISPUTES WITH FIS
Offers to Put On Boxing Oloi
in Parish Differences.
The Rev. John Naab, who has j
been assigned as pastor of St. Ma:
Roman Catholic Church at Winli?
Long Island, has invited any of
parishioner.*, who have any diff?res
with him to put on the basing glo
and come to a settlement. He is nea
six feet in height am) areigni '?
pounds.
The invitation was given at a reci
tlon given for him on Wednesday ev<
Ing and thus far there have been
acceptances of the challenge. Fatli
N'aat? said:
"I am the sort of a person who
satisfied with what comes. All the da
that I am here I will labor among y
for your own good. If any pers'
among you has anything against me
ar.y time let him come out with it like
man.
"1 love hard work, and at Man
Villa, where I Came from to this plac
I plowed the fields and chopped wood.
ASTOR THIEF NOT CAPTURE
Victim Falla to Identify Suspected Ma
in Court.
Vincent Astor thought, after lookin
through the rogues gallery at Polic
Headquarters, that the picture of Bai
ney Weinstein resembled the man wh
deftly lifted his purse, containing abou
$2G(\ while leaving the Belasco Theatn
Tawsda y night.
William A. Dobbyns, Mr. Astor's sec
retary, ?aid hi? employer recognize!
Weinstein a* the man who?e picture h<
selected in the rogue* gallery, bu<
when he ?aw him out of court he wat
bure he was not the man. The polic?
I are still looking for the culpnt.
LONDON NIGHT LIFE PALES
Home .serrelary Impone? New Hules
for Cloaing of Club?.
: ii, ? ?m? m Ti>? Maaaa i
London. Nov. IK. The Hum,- ....
tarjr now ha? ordered all London night
clubs rlo?ed from Saturday midini?ht
IB fi a. m. on Sunday, from Sunday
night to ?'< a. in on Monday and from
12:30 a. oi. to b a. m. on other nights.
HILLSTROM DIES
THIS MORNING;
WILSON IGNOREE
Salt Lake Terrorstricker
by L W. W. Threats as
Appeal Is Denied.
[Ht MagrasB 'o Th' Masai
Salt Lake City. I'tnh, Nov. 18. .Jo-epi
I Hillstrom lnu.t die at sunrise to-mor
row. President Wilson's appeal foi
1 commutation of the sentence of the I
! W. W. convicted of murder *??? denier
I this afternoon by the State Board ol
I Pardons.
Governor Spry, in hi? reply to Presi
; dent Wilson, said :
"On September 30. the eve of Hill
tram's execution, you requested a StaVJ
, of execution to give th?- Swedish Min?
ister an opportunity to present Ml
, view of the case. On this same day. on
? the presumption that you were in the
; possession of facts that might have
altered the case, I granted a respite
On October 16 Hillstrom's attornev ad
' vised the Hoard of Pardons that there
\ was no new evidence in the case. The
| only thing introduced at this meetinfi
whs a short message from the Swedish
| Minister requesting a commutation ol
sentence 'in the name of humanity.'
j The law natas no distinction for 'the
, name of humanity.'
"Forty-six days after the granting
of the respite and ?it *he -.-leventh hour,
you, as the President, without stating
any reasons therefor, again wired, urg
I ing a thorough reconsideration of the
rase because of its importance and the
, justice and advisability of sack a
course.
Governor's Defence.
"Your interference in the case maj
have elevated it to an undue impor?
tance, and the receipt of thousands
of threatening letters demanding the
release of Hillstrom, regardless of his
guilt or innocence, may attach a pe?
culiar importance to it, but the case
Is important in Utah only as establish?
ing, after a fair and impartial trial, the
t guilt of one of the perpetrators of one
O? the most atrocious murders ever
j committed in this state. It is also im
: portant by reason of the fact that tail
\ cane ha* had more careful and pains?
takiag con.-.deration at the hands oi
I the proper officials of Utah than any
I other like case m the history of the
, state.
"As to your IBggBStUa that justi'v
' requires further consideration of the
. oaaOi I earnestly submit that the imo.i
? tation containe I DOl only in your mes
1 sage to me, bu: ?lise in vour messaee
to the president of the An erican Fed
I SfBtiefl ol Labor. *hat this convict ha?
not had justice r the courts of this
' state Is not jus' Bad.
Hints at Secret II?-?.on.
"1 am falla unvinced that vour re
| quest must be based on .i misconcer?
l tion of the facts cr that there is ?orne
reason of an int- inat'onal nature that
you have not disclosed.
"With a full knowledge of all the
fact? and circumntance? submitted, I
feel that a further postponement at
this time would be an unwarranted in
teiferenre with the course of justice.
Mindful of the obligations of my oath
of office to ser thut the laws are en
! forced, I cannot mikI will not lend my
jself or my office to such intrrefcreiicc.
! Tangible facts must be presented before
| 1 will lurther interfere in this case."
State officials CasaBaOBdod Governor
Spry tonight for the linn stand he has
taken, despite the lact that his life is
m peril because of it. Ten armed nun
are guarding the (,o\einor's houne to?
night. The home? of other state of
?tciall arc also being guarded. All of
Conimucu oa una? ?. ?.olu-nu a
OSBORNE TO ASK
WHITMAN TO All
CAPTIVE CONVIC
Prisoner Kidnapped fro
Sing Sing, Warden De?
clares in Court.
"INTERLOPER" REPLY
FROM PROSEC?TC
Prison Chief Says He Wants I
vestigation, but Denounces
"Underhand Methods"
The seren? and '-outemplative
mosphere winch has hitherto envelon
White Plains and the Wcftchesl
grand jury, sitting tuen- investigati
affairs at Sing Sing, whs shattered a
torn with the tumult of war yesterdi
when Warden Osborne appeared in t
County Court before Justice Mc
schauser and demanded the custody
Peter Cullen. who, he ?aid, had be
kidnapped from the prison the nig
before.
District Attorney Weeks was closet
with the jurors, and therefore se
Assistant District Attorney Willism
Fall?n to oppos?- Mr. Osborne in t
struggle over the convict's body. Tl
warden was reinforced by Edgar
Ryder, an attorney of Ossiaiag. Wor.
flew thick and hot during the who
course of the hearing, and the attemp
of Justice Moraehaaser te keep tl
proceeding calm and judicial were fi
from being an unqualified succ?s
Truce was declared after a half-hour
debate, when the hearing was ai
journed until to-day.
The facts leading up to the verbi
conflict are these: On Monday Peti
Cullen. one time sergeant-at-arms <
the Mutual Welfare League, and part
in the wedding held in the prison r<
rently, was brought before the gran
jury on a habeas corpus writ. He ri
fused to testify and was returned t
Sing Sing. Wednesday night Sheri
Wiesendanrer of Westchester, wit
several deputies, appeared at the prli
on. served upon Tullen a warrant fc
criminal contempt of court and brougli
lnm back to White Plains.
Prison Chief Angry.
Warden Osborne was in Albany o
business at the time the convict wa
taken. When he returned and foun
out what had transpired he hnstene
to the county seat to cl?mand that I'ul
len be turned over to him, since, h
said, the law provides that convict
can be taken from a state prison onl;
on a habeas corpus writ and not |
bench warrant.
On reaching White Plains the war
i.'en BflBQOd a writ to the Sheriff, wind
accused Cullen of being an escaped con
vict anil therefore belonging in thi
pn mi, and not the county jail.
The beginning of the hearing vvai
pacific eaoagh. Justice Morschause?
asked the convict whether he I as rep
resented by counsel. Cullen said thai
he was not, and then the warden am
Mr. Ryder appeared before the judge'
beaeh, thS latter saying that fle liai!
been retained to defend Cullen ami
askiag for an adjournment until he
could talk the matter 0VSI with hi"
principal.
Justice Morschauser thcr adjourned
the hearing until this morning.
"All I have to do," he said, "is to see
that there is a proper administration
of justice. If thi-1 man has refused tu
testify, and there is no ?epal excuse for
it, he must suffer the penalty."
Kidnap Plot, Savs Dsborne
"May I be heard, your honor" the
Warden asked, and on receiving permis?
sion said:
"I object to the whole proceedii ig
Tins man is in my custody, and wai
virtually kidnapped from Sing Blag yes?
terday. I cannot understand this un
derhand method of doing business. I
am told that the only way by which an
inmate can be removed from my insti?
tution is on a writ."
The justice then pointed out that the
man was arrested on a Supreme Court
warrant at the request of the District
Attorney, and that the Warden's only
remedy lay in taking the case before
the Governor and the Attorney General.
This Mr. Osborne promised to do, im?
mediately.
Justice * orachaaSOl then said: "I
don't want ,?> i> little or stifle any in?
vestigation. Let us proceed cautiously,
so that if any one is ahar^ed with a
crime he may b investigated. Anybody
who is not wrong .should not be afraid
to come forward and aid in this invei
tigatioa."
"I haven't the slightest objection to
the investigation," the Warden ex?
plained. "All I desire is that I be
given the protection of the court, so
( ontinuril on page S. column 2
AMERICA FACES
SERIOUS CRISIS
WITH AUSTRIA
Dr. Greil's Affidavit on
Sinking of the Ancona
Clears Away Doubt.
SHIP TORPEDOED
BEFORE ALL LEFT
Washington Convinced U-Boat
Did Not Safeguard Passen?
gers- Stiff Note Expected.
'Frnm Th? Trtr-iir.? Buritu I
Washington, Nov. 18. A serious
: crisis with Austria .a? the result of the
i sinking of the Ancona, with the loss
of several Americans, was made certain
' to-day. This was caused, Irst, by the
receipt of an affidavit from Dr. C?cile
L. Greil, the only native American on
board, directly chsrging that the liner
was continually ?helled by the subma?
rine after she had stopped; and second,
' by the dacision of the government to
( stand by its opinion that nothing can
excuse failure of the attacking vessel
to ?ee that all non-combatants ?re in a
safe place before a ship is destroyed.
r?r. Greil's affidavit is the first direct
evidence from sn American that the
State Department has received, and it
?rill be considered conclusi?? as to th?
facts which she observed. She does not
know whether warning ?TU given, as
she was in the cabin when the first
I shell struck the ship, but her story is
clear and convincing on subsequent
event? Her statement directly contra?
dicts the Austrian claim that the ship
' was not shelled after she stopped, and
show? that many passenger? were still
aboard when the torpedo was fired.
This latter fact, State Department
officials declare, is also proved by tacit
admissions in the two Austrian state?
ments which have be?n received. This,
in itself, would be enough to bring
! about a grave crisis, since the Ameri
1 can government Iihs insisted that it is
the duty of the warship to make cer?
tain of safety of the passengers. Kven
? heir transfer to sn.al! boats, the
; I'nited States has held, is not enough,
i except when near the shore and in
fair weather.
\u?trian Statement No Excuse.
The Austrian statement that forty
five min?tes ere uUawad for the
company to leave the vessel and that
the torpedo was luunched only when
1 another ship ras seen approaching, is
held to have BO bearing on the situa
1 tion. Nor is the Austrian attempt to
: ?hilt to the crew of the Ancona blame
for panic, for failure to get the
1 passenger? off, or for any other Uck
of courage or discipline iccepted as
' an BSC
It li asserted that even if all these
i thinjrs were true the submarine's com?
mander would in no way be absolved.
In fact, the charge that the crew de?
leitad, which the Austrians make, is
[ held to prove that the commander must
have known there were still many pns
lOngi r? on board who could have no
raaaai ol escape. *inee there were none
te '.-\er the remaining boat.?. Thus the
presumption of his responsibility in
, sending the helpless, panic-stricken
, throne to death is increased rather
than lessened by the Aui-'rian note.
The note which will be sent to Aus?
tria will make plain that so far as this
country Is conce'ned, the full ~espon
sibility for the safety of the passeri
lara, except when I ship is in actual
flight after waraing, must rest on the
attacking reaseL
In view of the decision to take this
stand, Washington is expecting that
a much stiffer note than had at first
seemed likely will be sent to Austria.
This will not be drafted until the re?
port asked from Ambassador Penficld
St Vienna has bona received. The diffi?
culty of communication with Austria Is
? o great that this report is not ex?
pected before early next week. On
its receipt the State Department?or
more likely President Wilson person?
al ?y will draft h note which is ex?
pected to be more vigorous and couched
in sharper language than any sent to
Germany.
Will Demand Assurances.
This note will demand not only dis
avowal and full reparation, but as?
surances as to the future, which will
include all the points still unsettled
between this country and Germany.
Among these must be a definition of
what constitutes a place of safety, and
this government will not accept any
definition that includes open boats far
from shore. Another point will be a
full understanding as to what is nec?
essary to warn a vessel. It is under?
stood that the appearance of the sub?
marine cannot in itself be considered
i. warning, but that the liner must
actually Be hailed, or a blank shot
BIBSt be tired, before its commander
can be assumed to know that he must
stop.
A third point unsettled is what ac?
tion by a vessel fairly can be inter?
preted as showing an intention to ram
or otherwise attack the submarine. The
American government does not wish
Continued on page 3, column S
Yves Giiyot
ma
Lditor ot "L'Agence ?conomique et Financi?re."
Most of us knew that a franc was worth approxi
_tely nineteen cents?and there our knowledge of
French finances stopped.
Some of us now know more about the French finan?
cial situation than we used to know about England's, to
whom we so often looked. But we want still more
light on it.
Yves Cuyot is giving it. One of his regular cables
appears to-day. Page I I.
She ?Tribune
F int to Last-the Truth: News?Editorials? Advertisements
Bulgars Take Monastir,
Is Report; Serbs Cut Off
Teutons Capture Kursumlya and Press Nearer Mitrovitza
?Seek to Force Serbs to Battle?Allies Gain
Against Bulgars Along Vardar.
: B- Cs Sie i o The Trl ai.na. )
London. Nov. 19. -No dispatch*'
hav? been received either from Athen
or Sal?nica since early Thursday morn
? ing, snd this closure of telegraphic
communication i? regarded as ominous
for the position of the Serbian army
which is engaged in a difficult retreat.
Unconfirmed reports have come
through Rome and Paris that Bulgari?
an advance guards have entered
Monastir. but they are regarded here
with suspicion. According to official
statements, however, almost four-fifths
of Serbia already is overrun by the
j Auttro-Oermam and Bulgarians, whose
' advance into the mountain kingdom
hst been very rapid.
The A'jstro-Oerman advance from the
northwest approaches the Sanjak of
Noviparar. having reached to the north
of Rasca. Thence it passes through
kursumlya and Radan. ending at a
point between l.eskovatb and Vranya.
The occupation of Kursumlya brings
the invaders close to Mitrovitra and
gives them the key to one of the few
great crossroads cutting Serbia from
west to east.
Would Force Serbs to Battle.
The Serbian army 1. being forced be?
tween the limita of two narrow front?,
Mitrovitza and Pristins, in the centre,
snd Prilep snd Monastir on the south.
The Serbians hsve the alternative of
giving battle where they stand or re?
tiring in the centre through Prizrend
into Albania, and in the south, if the
, road into Albania is barred, into Gite
j terr.tory.
With Lord Lamdowne's admission i
' the House of Lords this afternoon thi
1 the Balkan situation, especially as it re
? ferred to Greece, was "disquieting," th
counterstroke planned by the Allie? a
the Paris council yesterday is beim
awaited with the gravest interest.
Premier Asquith, Sir Edward Gres
the Foreign Minister; Arthur J. Pal
four, First Lord of the Admiralty, am
David Lloyd George. Minuter of Muni
tions, returned to London thi? evenini
from the conference, but it is doubtfu
' if any announcement of its outcomi
will be made when Premier Aiquith re
sumes his place in the House of Com
mons to-day.
The news, however, that Italy wai
again considering the question of lend?
ing an expedltonary force to Salonici
and that General Monro, the British
commander in chief in the East, had re?
ported favorably on the withdrawal ol
the British troops from Gallipoli, wai
taken as an indication of the full
Bwakoaing of the Allies to the peril in
the Balkans.
Mhania Route Favored.
Italy seems already agreed on th?
necessity of aiding the Serbs, and the
question now is whether Sal?nica or
Albania afford the more desirable
route. A majority of the newspapers
seem to favor Albania us the point of
Invasion, arguing that Italy already
possesses the port of Avlona. A land?
ing tht?re, it is contended, alao would
be the means of giving aia to the Ser?
bian army, which is now retiring tow?
ard Montenegro.
Against this, the difficulties of land?
ing troops in Albania are pointed out,
with the fact that there are absolutely
j no railroad facilities to aid in the
transport of men and supplie? across
Continu?e) on pase ft, column I
GREEK-BULGARIAN
AGREEMENT NEAR
j Berlin Says Spheres of Each Are
Being Determined with
Kaiser's Ouarantee.
Berlin t'via London', Nov. 19.--An
agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
j concerning their future relations and
: sphere of interest and annexation, it is
1 learned from authoritative sources
| here, is considered highly probable. AI-'
though, so far as can be ascertained.no
such agreement has yet been formally
; concluded, negotiations to that end, it
is declared, would have the active help
of the German government.
From the German point of view, as
; expressed in Berlin, an agreement of
'. this nature would relieve Greece of
| any tpprehensioii * cf an attack by Bul
i g.ria and assure 'ior of a growth which
| would enable Gr;,!"? to ret.-.in her nlace
'? in the Balkan b-i's'-ce of power.
It is ?nderst ???<' here that Greec?.
as the result of an informal inter?
change of views with Bulgaria, is al?
ready quite comident that she will nit
suffer from Bul.f.rian aggression <*t
undergo any diminution of influence as
a result of the present Balkan cam?
paign; nor is anv German resentment
evident boSBSBM Greece allowed h^r
: territory to be u le.i as a base of opera?
tions by the An^lo-French expedition
the Berlin statesrun realizing that -h i
1 yielded in this -natter to a strong,"
, force and shou'd not be punished
therefor.
CHURCmLL,UNNOflCEDf
DEPARTS FOR FRONT
-
Only Wife and Mother See Ex
Cabinet Minister Off at Station.
!B\ CBBSJ to The Tribune.]
London, Xov. 18.?By the time this
is published Winston Churchill will be
in France, for he left London thie
morning, wearing his officer's uniform
and with a sword dangling at his side.
His mother and wife were about the
oniy ones to see him off in the dark,
gloomy, foggy morning. He was prac?
tically unrecognized as he stood on the
platform.
"Across there there's ouite a lot of
work to do," said Mr. Churchill. "Vet
I don't for a moment expect to take up
any other work if I'm spared?until
this issue is complete. I'm simply
joining my regiment as any other of?
ficer does, and there's nothing more in
it than that."
With these parting words he jumped
into the carriage.
In the Rouse of Commons this even?
ing the suggestion that Mr. Churchill
should write "eye-witness" dispatches
from the west front was met with a
reply from Arthur Tenn&nt, who said
he understood Mr. Churchill desired
to wield a sword rather than a nen
ar.,i it was "not proposed to interfere
With the unfettered exercise of his
wishes in this respect."
Mr. Churchill became widely known
as a soldier before he began his po?
litical career. He entered the army
in 1H9.? after being graduated from
Sandhurst. He served with the Mala
kand field force in 1897, was present
at the operations in Bajaur, and served
with the Tirah and Nile expeditionary
forces, being present at the battle of,
Khartoum. He also saw service a? B]
lieutenant of South African Light
Horse before he became a newspaper,
correspondent to report the Boer war.
Mr. Churchill is listed as a major of,
the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussart !
and probably it is this regiment which
he has left to join.
NEW GERMAN LO-^N DENIED
Government Has Funda to Carry on j
War I'ntil Spring. Says Berlin.
Berlin, i ry wireless to Sayville), Nov.
18. Reports that Germany was about,
to issue her fourth war loan are denied
by the Overseas News Agency, m a '?
Statement to-da>.
"The announcement made by Or. Karl
Helfferich, Secretary of the Treasury,
in the Reichstag, still holds good,"
says the news agency. "Germany is
provided with ample financial mean?,
for continuing the war until the com- ?
ing spring. Therefore, no sane per- j
son in Germany expect* a new war I
loan in Uie immediate future."
NAME MANCHESTER
IN MUNITIONS CASI
London Prosecutor Thinks Dun
Tried to Hoodwink Censor
with Cable Code.
TBr ?'?bio 'o SB? Tribun?.!
London, Nov. lft. The name of tl
Duke of Manchester was mentioned
) a sensational police court ease to-da
! when Victor Sly wai charged before
? Bow Street magistrate with unlawfi
? dealings in war munitions. Accordir
to the charge. Sly, without having
1 permit from the Admiralty, Arm
1 Council or Minister of Munition
? "aided and abetted one Barter, of Ne'
| York, in entering into negotiations fe
I dealing in trinitrotoluol, which, if don
, in the I'nited Kingdom, would be i
i contravention of the defence of th
! realm regulations.
Prosecuting Attorney Bodkin lai
that Sly wrote to the authorities o
September 27 asking a permit to de?
in war materials under the regulation
made on September 24, mentioning th?
he represented well known manufact
urers in the I'nited State.? and far
tula, iaelndlag the I'niversal Too
Steel Company of Toronto, the Maekea
' rie ('anadian Corporation, the Ontari
Ammuniiioii Company, the Federn
Manufacturers, Knoxville, and John tt
Garland, Pittsburgh. On September 2f
after reference to the Russian govern
nient, the permit was refused becaus
Sly was judged as not a person o
suitable position to enter into sue
negotiations.
I Despite this. Sly continued to nego
tiate for a supply of rifles and picri
acid, being closely connected wit!
Barnes, of New York; Barter, of Net
York; John W. Garland and Lieror
. of Petrograd. Many cables passed b*
I tween the parties. One of them, oi
| October 4, attracted the notice of th
censor, who wrote to the sender tha
he had rendered himself liable t
prosecution for tendering a cable relat
ing to Mauser rifles. Despite th
warning, the cables continued. One oi
October 25 was addressed to Garlanc
stating that he was dealing direct witj
i a government, which was believed t
be the Russian, for rifle cartridge?
Many cables relating to all kinds o
munitions also were found, whicl
passed between Sly and the Duke o
Manchester in Paris in private cod?
' "Piccadillv" being the term used foi
the War Office.
"It would seem that Sly and th?
? duke put their heads together to hood
! wink the authorities by communicat
' ing in a secret code," concluded Mr.
Bodkin.
The caso was adjourned for a w**k
to enable counsel to examine all the
documents seized.
BRITISH FLEET TRAILS
GERMANSQUADRON
Reported Following Enemy Flo
tilla Into Cattegat, Sweden.
London, Nov. 19. -As t sequel to the
.enort that a flotilla of twenty-five
German torpedo boats and a big cruiser
had nassed Helsingborg. Sweden, on
Wednesday norning. oroceeding into
the Cattegat, a dispatch to the Central
News Aft-ncv rom Copenhagen ?ayn
that a British squadron of cruisers and
oestroyers has been seen entering the
Cattegat. ?
STRIP CHURCHES OF COPPER
Germana Order Metal Given I'p for
War?Cathedral Roofa Taken.
London. Nov. 18. A Copenhagen dis?
patch to P.euter's Teiegram Company
says that the copper famine in Ger?
many is so acute that requests equiva?
lent to demands, are being made to
chu. eh authorities o hand over all the
rapper in their possession as an ex?
ample t.. etl i ?
The huge copper roofs of the cathe?
dral at Bremen are being dismantled,
and everything made of copper belong?
ing to the cathedral has been placed
at the disposal of the tailitacv.
DRIVE ENEMY
FROM LINES
?TG?LUPOU
Scotchmen Take 160
Yards of Ground at
Kritha-Nu?lah.
BRITISH LOSE
FEWER THAN 50
Bonar Law Declares Gov?
ernment Will Act on
Military Opinion.
London, Nov. 18.?Tha arrival of
1 Lord Kitchener. British ?Secretary
'? for War, in the near East has ap?
' parently aroused the British troops
? on the Gallipoli Peninsula to re
newed activity.
Scottish troops, aided by t\ro
( British monitors and a ciuiaer,
i have captured Turkish trenches and
consolidated them, suffering: rela?
j tively slight casualties -fewer than
fifty men killed or wounded. Tha
' Turks lost at least seventy men
j killed in the fighting: and thirty
j others buried In the trenches, blown
up in sapping operations.
The British war council, which
has been visiting France, has re
I turned to London, after having ef?
fected a closer working contact ha
i tween the Entente allies.
Lord Lansd?wne, speaking for tha
| British Cabinet in the House of
Lords, declared that the visit of tha
council was the most important step
yet taken to bring about such an
end. It is said that an accord was
reached on all diplomatic military
and naval question?.
Andrew Bonar Law, Secretary
! for the Colonies, ?peaking in the
House of Commons, said with refar
! ence to the Dardanelles campaign
that the government would be in
[ fluenced solely by thp best military
? opinion, and believed that to be th??
1 wisest course.
It transpired to-day during the
i debate in the House of Lords that
| General Sir Charles Monro, the re
' cently appointed commander in
*hief in the Dardanelles, has airead}
, given his opinion as to what should
be the future policy with regard t<i
the Gallipoli campaign, and Lord
Ribblesdale, who introduced the sub?
ject, said that he understood that,
the report of thi1 general favored
withdrawal. The Marquis of Lans
; downe replied that tho report and
| the evidence accompanying it were
| not considered sufficient to enable
' the government to come to a conclu?
sion.
The statement had hardly beert
: made when the War Office issued an
account of a successful British at
tack on the Turkish trenches on,
i either side of the Krithia Nullah,
: which led to the belief that Lord
| Kitchener, who is on the peninsula,
: and who went out after General
Monro's report had been received,
had decided to persist in the opera?
tions.
BRITISH OFFICIAL.
The British official statement fol?
low? :
In the Dardanelles the 52d Diviaion
carried out a very ?uctessfal. attach
on the Turki?h trenches oa the Wt
matant, for whieh careful prepara'
tion? had been in prof-resi for a
conaiderable tlm?.
Three mine? were exploded SttC
ceisfully under the enemy's trenches
in the neighborhood of the Krithia
nullah at 3 p. at, and the infantry,
pushing forward immediately after,
captured about 160 yard? of trenches
on the east of the nullah and 120
yards ot. Kl sfast.
The captuied trenches were at once
consolidated and bombing parties
pushed on up to the communication
trenches ar.d erected barricad?e.
Simultaneously with the asiult our
artillery opened on the enemy's re?
serve iupport trenches, two 14-inch
monitors and H. M. S. Eager (cruiser)
cooperating, and maintained their
fire until the position was reported
consolidated at about 6 p. m.
The enemy's batteries replied heav?
ily, but very erratically, and did little
damage. The Turks in the neigh?
boring .trenches. w'..o fired heavily,
were caught by machin? gun and
rifle fire and bombs and suffered
considerably, their fire becoming very
wild.
No attempt at counter-attack was
made until the night of November
16-17, when it was easily repulsed.
Our casualties were under fifty killed
and wounded. Over acventy dead were
?een in the captured position, and a
wounded priaoner reports that ever
thirty were buried bj? the explosioB
of one mine.
The unit? employed were portioas*
of the 4th and 7th Royal Scot?, the
7th and 8th Scottiah Rifle? and the
Ayrahire Yoemanry, all of the loath
Brigade.
Two lapleeeant Topics.
"Two t?pica have been raised which
are not pleasant to think or talk about,
nam?U'. the ?oiitiea i? Sar**a tuU aha
?a