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"V.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and cooler to-day and to-ejaorrSw;
moderate north win. gL
Highest temperature yesterrJjejUes; lowSC.
1 1 .tail, ri w. ather, ma ,1 and i 'iaWrfcorta on fJha
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VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 52.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915. Copnrtpsf. n-..huthrtnrrttitlngan.fPubnl,htnr,A,l,ocU,tio.
I 9 -.... e I M
,Bja
MELLEN JOLTS
CASE OF U. S.
AS A WITNESS
i i
Is ( nlN "Hostile to the
i.tixftiiiin-iit by Prose
cutor Swuckei'.
TELLS OF EARL? WORK
WITH THE NEW HAVEN
Charles
ttrteea for
director, of
Mellon might havf bMB I
the dtfaiKa of the eleven
the .. Haven asterday
Mat Mil ..f the utar of
tin- tfovernment'i
...... id it not lieen for documentary :
1. . . whi. h the prosecution was en-
Wed t
Iripsrtlt
went of
of Ufl
Introduce Into evidence the
agreement of 1:2. its supple- j
. .,, 1 the Corsair agreement !
ThCBI refer to Haiti, agree- '
Denti ovei the 'Irani! Central terminal
a: 1 th. division of No Kngland rail-
r betwaan the New llavtn
en. I the Boston ami Maine.
Outside of that, Mr. Mellon had. in
, gunge of lawyer, thrown
pan be into ihi Oovernment'a case for
itt, ,.i tour hours He had de-
. ,, i : ,, t ,r l .itlroatl ..us., I urn nt
,i,,. N, , Haven were only adjunct
f
the , aiai dependents upon
it. He
sad morn that the service
for New
England points was
i.. nthei ., bsoi BtMMIi
vaatly improved
or consolidations,
,rt.ui Independent lines, ne shm oi
,. i s i: e propel tie," notably the
Hoaaatonlc iiaaaaiigsi service Info Brook
nil b nay of Oyeter Hay. Competition
,t the Saw York. New Bngland
and i . Nee Haven he declared to he
(stthroit. In shoti he o teetlOed that
Prank M Swa. ker. chief of the apeetal
Aesletai i Attorneye-Oeneral for th.
it ton, declared Mm to be a "wlt-
MSS hostile to the Uovertimnil."
rm da) .,.1 the defence apparently.
t,.,i pleated with the situation, They
UrOfeSs to ee nothing i'l the trtpartlt
sgreemenl executed mani years ago and
mi for the o- ailed Corsair agreement,
arbleh is a method by which the late
.1 P, Megan brought about liie end
if ., disastrous railroad war in New
England, Ihey declare it has nothing i,
ii, with general commerce.
mi atand tmiin io-iia.
'! Mellen was the only witness a
llrda . ind In all likelihood ha will not
fl; h - testimony to-day t'p to this
ai i In this Hrst instalment lie la
.- tying onl) a to fact dnrmg the
... ...i ictween HM and 1 T. when.
iifte Ueuig eneral nansger of the New
Vorli in I New lVnsland and vlce-pres-;',
i till New Haven, he went to the
v trn la -itlc for s.x years. He will
i... up the history of his presidency
lie.
di tj speultli k Mi. Uellen was not
it. a chair. Instead h, stood
i fool of the little data, hi hand
, iih behind hint) speaking much in
. nun ir of a atudanl re sting n well
i irned lesson. As on the previous day,
When aiue to telling alsiut a rail
u U In Sew Knglatid, long line or short
in nr , Height service a Junction or
hlng like that, the anawara came
s ihoitt , momattta haaltatlon II mi
, , when it cams to ihc con versa tlona
lerstandlngs of istl that he lor-
l mil he knew h- did not know aa
qu ,ia h ttuostton was asked him.
M Kwat-ke ad tHe witness still on
t. 1 1 .. i ol H i- one time Height line.
I . nes which routed over selected roads
- ,i: .ted thalr own buslnaag. This
s i ii the days. It Waa said, when a
. isiiivss n, an OOUld not route Inn iwn
.- ,i, but had to depend upon m!d
nil . .Mi. Mellen hliew all these old
nes, .,ii,i after h told about them the
Uol i , lit repiesellt.it. ye had llllll He.
,,'y I, 'in- city III New Ktlgl.tl.il.
ll
th. .
. : ' . oads aao .
.- Impol led
i .hi about
ton down t
slty h id and
nil ssportsd.
very one ot
wh tt
Tile
them,
N, H .
nice
allroad
II bust-
, i:, , hesl
I'lth truly Mailt nesque
ii in -s described aa
an, all cut up with
but w ,1 ledlt fly lull,
I'
-ntnr re Vitlttttrtt.
- s mi tin ,-iries were ana now
sen ed took Up lies: ly t wo
111 H 1 . 1 1 f !' the luomltlg sehslon,
",- iii this examination that it
oi that the witness was
- thi 'i 1 1 mutant's ease, or so
ii -to representatives tbought.
ol i hi p n king house truffle to
1 . nd, Mi Uellen was asfcad If
N i v ,o k mid Mew Bngand Rat.
s'l he I tine general mana
ii lJ. go) a share
vol whatever lha Nes llaten
' ! I It. am aii. "Let m, agplaln :
v ,.ii mid ww Kngland Kail
1 ",n is an adjunct or an x-
uf lln 'i V ol.. New Haven
M irti irtl It tllroad, practically notn-
lie replied to ., tuies-
New Haven i 'till III have
"Ni
ilth
tb,
': ' "'A I iualand. bin i he
land
N
large
II. IV
i!'l "' l ave lived atllh.
W
Haven '' As one
in tin- Indlt'tmenl la that
ii dlreeiura eonaDlrad to
'he 1 1 ,. I . -. ,,l New Kilobit,,!
, over Hie NewJ'Jngiand railroad,
a, i sue i i,, please all the
hub- luter there eanie
answer whleh pleased the dl
. nini Th.- eltneaa deelarad
nuetltlon between the New
ml Ho- New Haven m ggO was
lass of t'uitlirosi Rompatltlon
i in) experience with in forty.
in another series of answers
ghi have ionic from a wit
' detenus Mr, Hwsctter was
- ,,ii i, mow whether tha New
Haven ami Hartford itaii
n , leased i in- New York,
e nini lloaton Kailroad about
A 1 1 b ased Hie New
i I'ruvldsnt's soon- lime in
Kelirua : tu- starch, hol
n i b, a nn general manager
, w Hllgla ml.
.on i, now ot any change
made i) lln lease In thn
ni lilt, 1 1. ilb. that hail been
..i iim n, v Voii. and New
I I he N.-w 1 1. nen.' A.
ew H ue , by the lease
I extended lb line tn New
-i.l ah,., l Highly tl miles
dene,', naturally wanting to
nig haul t - bualneae, ami
l, Ii ,, b) way of I'rovl-
isiigu follow the shore
,1 ',' d OH i'uitllh I'llyc.
PH0NET0PARISjfiL yD BOy adopted by
AND HONOLULU
HEARS IT T00;
I
Tost of Wireless Talking
Over ocean Meets With I
Beesm
EXPERT PREDICTS
EASY TOKIO CALLS
Another eiioehai achievement In wire
less Intercontinental UOWIUWIWlOttOn wan
announced yes tsndsy by the AiMrlean
Telephone and Tolegieph Company, At
iiiti a. m yeeterday Just about three
weeks after
the human votes legs heor'l
Honolulu by wireless from Arlington.
Va observer, listening at the Blffel
Tower Iti Purl heard an engineer of the
company greet them at the Arlington
station, n.sttio miles away. The Carl
obaarven eablad confVrmatton or the
feat to this rountry yeetentay afternoon,
and word Was received glSO that the
Honolulu engineers, listening at the
Pearl Haihor Navy Yard at the same
lime, hind heard Arlington say "Hello''
to Carls.
The HOceepsfu! transmission of ! ll
from Arlington to Carls mark the con
elusion of a remarkable chapter of og
ptrimenf) work lieguu last June, when
cx iedlt iong to test the wlrelesi" tele
phone were aent to Panama, Ian Diego,
Mare Island, Cel. : Honolulu and Carls
Now all have reported aujcveaa.
Carta Waa the last to be heanl from
because of the arar, though it is held not
lo be as dlrttcuti to talk a. r,,ss the ocean
as to talk from New York to San Kr.in- !
. i,ai Fa. ihtles were limited in Curls to
a few minutes testing each day The
Arlington to Can test twice succeeded
a week ago and w is I, pealed after mid-
t ight on Wednesday, but no announce
ment was made om of eourtcsy to the
Krench Government.
Bsfaeota Raaj ci inn to Tohla.
t 'hief Knglneer John J Cgrty of the
American Telephone and Telegraph tvnn
pany, wio supervised the experiments.
would make no definite predictions as
to the eonuneroial availability of the
wildest telephone, but he agptoaaed his
mm belief that though there eraa a vast
amount of work yet to he done it would
i,e poaaible in a few yeara to talk from
any telephone in New York to any one
in Tokio. The experiments of the last
few months proved the principle, he said,
arid ll TOklO can talk With New York It
will he possiule for Carls to talk with
Honolulu. The engineers now know.
added Mr Carry; that the foal can ho
done and how to do It.
Incidentally -Mr. t.'arty described the
Aiiitigiou to Can communication over
II :,,ng distance telephone from Chicago
ii T o'cio. k last night The newspaper
men each held it receiver and heard him
talk about the experiment and asked
aim questions through "i S of their num
ber Tiny alao talked ovr the telephone
t.i Capt. v ll. ii. Bullard, c. s. n,
hief of tiie naval radio service at Ar
lington, who was at Washington, and
Col Samuel Re bar, C. S. A.. Signal
t'uips. who attended the test earl) yes
terday morning, Thua, sirartgraly enough,
a wireless telephone eommunlcatlon from
Atiitigton ta Parla was announced to
New V ilk over the long distance tele-
phone from Chicago
Ye stfi day ' exjierlment and the earlier
i-ats ot' Tu.s.lay itud Wednesday '.f Itat
Week weie aimilar lo the experlmenl of
September -I' between Arlitig'on and
Honolulu and Sau Ki a n.-i -eo. Tne same
.quipiuent was used th- antennas of
; .: i nitt.d staiis Navy Department t
Arlington and apparatus developed b)
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company and the- Western Bleotrlc Com
pany H H si, reeve and A M. Curtis,
two telephone omtlnoors who headed lha
i-xpedlllon t,, Cu is in June and officials
of the french fluvernmenl had been ad
vlsed by cable thai B. it Webb, another
englneei working with K a. Helslng at
Arllisston, would talk at a few minutes
before I A M The Cans listeners Were
li Hit Klfftd Towet. wl tin- telephone
engineers were permitted to erect tat-ir
receiving atatlon,
Reeaa;aiaed Wolils'a t olee.
.ll Webb did I
ol hi- words wt
at I'arla, for tne
lerday ctmllrmln
W ebb did til
f t ie ta!KniK
Mi i-l
re oaught by Bhreeve
able from ghraave yea
iht sutrceas of lha test
staled thai lit bail
heard Mr, Webb re
'." several t ilnes end
peat "ll.-ilo. Hhreevc
also count, and I hai
had lie. nd other
w,,rds the talking lasteil several llllll
ule and then dletlngUlshtd, "i i'ssl-'iv,
Hhreave" ransated aavaral times, l.loyii
Bepanshaldi tha observer g Honolulu,
reported by oahle 'hai he t, had
heard "iieiio, Bhreeve." "Oood-by,
Bhreavi " He said thai be could
easily recognise Webh'a voice. The com.
munlcatlon with Honolulu (,100 miles
it seems, was more favorable than I at
With Tails, because there was less static
Igterfei Slice
"The use of the Hiffel Tower, even for
a few minutes a day," said Mr. Carty.
was a most extraordinary courtesy, be.
muse it s used almost excllistveh lor
military purposes, hue to military
ceeeltlea the amount of time svallsble
for wireless telephone experiments waa
ho limited a- iu constitute n serious
handicap a site. in completion of thn
work. Added to tits was the handicap
resulting from the faol thai til reicni;-.-
i munlcatlon between Mr, Hhreeve ami
the engineers m America had to in- b)
cable ami was subject to long delays
"Wile it not for the conditions of war
existing in Hurope the acoompllahment
of w I rales, telephony across tin- Atlantic
would undoubted!) have preceded Ihe
much more difficult fact of transmission
t-i Honolulu, Officer, of the Krench
Government have listened to and vsrlHed
the raaulta obtained a J-k ago ami
repeated since Mr. Curtlas's nshle re
ported Ho- -i h heard by Mr, Whreev,
and the lime of It, reception, The mat
ter received was that s. nt ft out Aii tiK-
ton "
Mi- Oarty said thai talking with Purls
was not as difficult, electrically ,-oiisiil-ered,
as talking to Han Kranulsco be- I
. ause wireless lelsplionlng scruas moun .
labia is mora difficult, Hul tin- iu. i
t':t ol hlKh powered Wireless station--
near the hTlffel Tower Interferes with
speech communication and makes tx
traordinary confusion, The tesl of
course was of speeoh In only one tlirec-
i H in because Arlltsgtoit has the unit'!
transmitting apiiaratua, The gregtsat
difficult) Iii talking with I'aris was in j
RettiiiK power ami getting a free period,
Th,- range of the airelesa telephone
axtssrimsnts, said Mi. in-i, raprsaents
a circle with a d 1 0,1 net el of In, mill miles. .
The uomuHinlcatlniia lis: night were
clear, as were th,,s. ,,t several weeks
Ceatiatieel en Kasrtl vu'j.
MR. AND
Found Year Ajjn in St. Pit
rick's Cathedra When
9 Years old.
GOULD MILLIONS
MAT COME TO HIV
WHIN Plains. X. Y., Oct. 21. Adop
tion papers were tiled In the Westchester
County Clerk's office here to-day giving
custody to Klnley J. Shepard and hi
wife. Mrs.
"John Dite
t'lrary." a
co eared on
Cathedral,
Helen Gould Shepard, of
No. 104. all. i' Austin Mc-four-year-old
foundling dls
ihe tep of St. Patrick
New York, September 17,
1114,
Win. the hoy Im
trersjsly tuio the
Shepard and her
Una for the hsrltaga
that baa come o
alfaaUon if Mr
husband and lot
of the i Jould estate,
what b s antecedents were, how he came
to oe homeless of these things there I
no trace. When picked up in the shadow
nl the cathedral late In the evening last
September, In- aaM hi father had left
him there and told him to wait After
ward in- said it was not hi father, but
a strange man. He did not know where
h s home Waa, and hi name, as nearly
as the baby wor.l could be dIHtlll
gulshed, was "Austin Mct'leaiy."
At an) rate as this, alias John Dog
int. he went on the Official records
He was kept at the Children's So letv
until October I, Hit, when he was taken
before Justice How in the Children's
Court ami sent to si Christopher's Home
a' Itobbs Kerry. lie has been then ever
s nee. with the exception of Visit paid
to the Hheparda,
xllriirSed b ll. lain Way..
M p, shfp;iti found bltn on om uf her I
chart tubta tripo and vru Rttrftetotl bj IM
boy'i i Ji hair, blue eyc and britftlt
munnor Uaai february he -a takta
the Shepard house at ".:! Fifth avo
nu and In company with tha two chll
drti r Kratik J Oould, atoo ataytng
with M s Bhepurd, wai trlchan with ,
chlckenpox and made tm enforced vlalt
of unuaual length Ha hai been In
Lyndhurst, Mra. Shepani'tt place near
Tarry town, ee tre tlmea and moved
t.rv.. petmanently from the hroma aonM
dayi ago
Mr. Shepard peaking oer the tele
phone from Lyndhural to-ntght, that
ha cared to pay llttla about the adoption.
Tha papera knew, he explained, as ration
of the DOy'l history ai he did. Me had
apent aoma tlma with Mrs. ghepard
enough to aatlafy his wife and hlmeelt
from hla ts'f.gt t makeup th.it h
was of
go i1 s:tx'k .
Was wholesumu ai.it flne
lixikiiigi and tlit y lial Kt'own fond of htm
Mi. ghapa rd . ifrntlonfMt the un-
warrar.ted long vlalt' at the time of the
ohtckenpoXs
Mrs Shepard. seen eUyndhurat this
afternoon admitted the ,h of tha
bn Both she and Mr Shepard, m waa
said here, hud i - anxious tn Keep
the action aecret fr a time, but gave I
up when I hey dlacovei ad tin- adopt Ion I
record Waa a public one. Mrs. Shepard
apoke of his blonde half and blue eye I
and liis--.it'! a little and said "Nn" !
when asked If his hair ir curly. Th m
requeat of photoarra phera to take hla
picture was denied.
The petit i in f.ir tlie adoption Wai i
made h Mr and Mrs Shepard through I
the taw firm of Leonard Walker ofi
116 Broada i Tha Mheperda, with Mlaa
Bmlt) Powler, i. ealdent f St, Chile i
tophera home appeared before Count)
Surrogate. William a Sawyer and after
t! neceaaary asreementa tiaii been ,
algned Do- Surrogata made out the foi-
ma I order niacins the boy aaolualvel)
In his foater parents' cuatody.
Attached t the petition and order i
were the regular adoption instrument I
prepared under th domestic relal lona
law and algnad by Mlaa Powler. an preal
dent, and Mlaa I'ooper, nee re ta r f th ,
home, the SrleparoVa, ind aflldavtta bj
Mlaa Fowler and Robert roegrove, an
agent of the t'hlWren'a Society Coa
groven aftutavh aaaerta thai the child;
wa found September it. 1914, when ;t I
yeara old, abandoned and nol having ,
home, and being improperly exposed and
neglected." Mlaa fowler asserts tha'
he came t" St Phrlatophera In October :
i d i i by order of tha 'hlldren'a i !ourt of :
New Vork rotlllt) and thai 110 parent
or guardian has since claimed him.
ttttrt
Poll, SalUartl.
S.i w er's ird, r
Sun 'S.i'-
irdi r revite,
has been ahati-
ii, I rurthermor,
tin, ral and tern
"Thai said Infant ehlld
doned bj lis parenta, i
l. beina satlsfled that th,
(Mini I nteieats of said child will be
promoted by allowing ami confirming
the addptlon for the reason that the
s.tiil proposed foatl ' parenis are per
sons of sooil moral character aad ot
reputable standing in the community
ami of suttlclenl megna to properly
malntulll anil educate said child."
it conoludea with a confirmation of the
gdoptl d the wish of the foster par
ents that the child be known as Klnlcv
jay Hhepard. The entlrt Ilectlon of
papers ale entered in the court record
undei 'he caption: "Adoption of John
line. No. HM, alias Austin McClesr),
b Kinley J Hhepard ami Helen o,
Sbepai d."
i. mi. would iie said by lha officials
nf Si i i,i Islophor, Home about the boy Secoml, a provision that toe li
ii-i evening beyond ihe stor of hla balment ahull not iiermanently eng;
inu round on 'io' cathedral steps, Tb" ,1,,. ,hlpplng business, but thai
Itev. 11 W, Hrown. head of tin home, tPs utioa Hre fully sstabllshsd in
llSketl thai nil neot. il w ith II be e- irimn shall witb.li aw
cused in, in speaking, as met wished al! Home tha ITssldaiit'a adxissis be
11,1 rmstlon rtune rrom ihe Bhepnrdk. M,,,VI, ). ,n ossein to a harmony plan of
The home shelters orphan-, and in sup- h, character, as the shipping bill III the
p,, ii,,, t i ii i , i a i . t-uiiiritiuiiuiia, ii
re, id Indira, tl) with tin- Uethodlst
church. AI pic-cut .mil cniigren are,
there
Mr ami Mrs, Bhepartl were married '
ai l.yiidhurst, January 96, lilt, Ihelr
I engagement having been announced a
I little) ovei n month before. Mr. Shepard l
, bail been aaalatanl to Preeuteul Huah of
the Missouri Pacific Hues al St. Louis
before Ihe inarriage, but afterward
i moved to Sew fork, The engagement ,
! ami Wedding came as a surprise to the
( many friends of Miss Uoukii as she
hm I been always wrapped up in plillan- i
tbropic work anil It was supposed that
' she was too bust to ihlnk of inrttrl
i moiiy, Bho inherited from tier father,
1 Jay llOUld, tht' tlOtlld homo on Fifth
avenue with ail ii contained, 10,000 a
moiitli household egpenaaa ami 110,000,
- nun of his estate, which placed tier
i among Ihe licheal women In the world,
Al the lime of ihe inarriage she was (
41 ami Mr. Shepard 15 years old.
The Sbeparils have only recently re- .
luliieil to l .y ml ml is! iihii iioxnuiy. r,,
V . where Ihey sp. nl the greater part
,,r ihe summer,
ISHKtll'LKi N. r.
Ne,t 1 1 i iii auoerb i
KAIL, WAV. Ly, N
meiielng Oct M, M
.Id.
"The I .ami of the sk, "
rt lee Via mii rtlKiis
Y. I :0 P. M tlally tsim
Y. nffle. Mt Klflh Ave.
MRS. FIN LEY
m'' -jflsan
Bw
Tf sBas 4 'BLbb
SaW
awaaw
John Doe No. 104.
Alius "Austin Mct'leary," adoptctl
by Mr. and Mrs. Kinley J. Shepard.
The boy was found a year ago on
the stcpa of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
TIGER STARTS FIGHT
ON CONSTITUTION,
Smith. WMtrnt'r and role lc-
nounfc Provlhiom m Hnti-
1" it-it t ion Meet iiiL'.
LOAD FOB CITY TO BE A R
Tammany Hail dettou
Conatltutton ii"t night
gonlaatton rutiflesi the
ced 1 he 1 e ;sei
While the Of-
nomlnattoni of
tha Democrat a tor vai koua offlcaa tiie
apeak era were em that i In their dioap
proval of the document prepared by tiie
conetl tu tl onal convention.
In I-, :it'f.- 1 I.- phraeea and atrlking
argument Alfred BS, .smith. Democratic
candidate for Sheriff. State Senator Rob
-it K. Watgnet" and James . Kole put
forth theli aiKumeiits Hiritinst tlie new
Conatltutton after other apeakon had
given a rouatng reception to Judge ivi
v. an) Swaniti 1 emocral lc cand date for
Metric! Attorney
The attacks wvtt ptettil with cheer.
applauaa and itamptng (f feet by hun
dreda of voter who thronged the hail
Mr. smith tUacuaued the article of the
'onatltutlon deullna' with the apptiitlon-
mettl of Assemblymen And assarted that
the new BWtteiO would gtve tn Nee York
der ti'U' her K "in p -puintum. no mel a
membero of the lower house than the
present 'onstlt utlori accords
He read the flrt prapojaal ruUU in tlie
ouventlon for giving Xew Turk not
more than one-half of the Senators and
one-half of :ha Aaaemblymen In the
Legislature,
"Then one .lay genstor Bracketl said
that they itaehl lie wl'llns to 3lie Ul a
popular Assembly nnd .1 reatrl, ted sen
ate.'' explained Mr Smith. "I told them
that not Is-ine able to get a whole luaf
We would be Willing to take lens Hut
within a short time notice was served
on the leadei thai thi was a Republican
convention and l ot to f.riset himself and
give in to a couiile of young fellows fr,m
Tammany Hall Bo afterward l wan
told that we could not have what we
wanted One of the delegate, told rue.
'If you fellow s want thai ot. belter go
and at-r i convention of your own."
Mi. Smith said that the fratm-rs of
the Constitution phrased an article re-j
1 , 1 1 rise to the apportionment of legtalator, ,
thai Is in substance the same as in the
present Constitution. "They are afraid I
to tell New Vork in so many words."
asserted Mr Smith, "that New York city !
car not control the la:-e:islature."
Senator VVagner In ids speech charged
that the Republican delegate, would
vote on, way n on, da) and then at the
direction of President Root of the con-'
vention they would change their vote. J
"I can cite innny InclaSt Is," he said, I
"to show that this W'as not a non
partisan convention."
Judge Bwann, who was greeted with
cheers, whistling and ,nthUSlaetlG ap
plause. Mid that be intcndcil to re
organize the District Attorney', office ,
when elected us It, axpecta to be,
COMPROMISE ON SHIP BILL.
Pro InloilM riMinipil III Keep Out
.! eeameal aneetMori
w hSHiNuTOKs Got, 81. Administration
official, are considering changes m the ,,, naulrallty.
McAdoo plan for a Government owned i,, i: j innnn, ihe rtnifp frfrpinpa's
merchant marine which may pave tha I political correspondent, now In Itome, iu
way for tht passage of Ihe measure at ;1 review ol Un- whole situation, ...
the next i' ingress. The changes by j -nie truth Is. 11 recce ami Itumania
which the President may meet Hie oppo- ,v(. .,.n Influcl I ll) be t lUlers Slid
sltlon of Democrats in the House andidynastlc predilections ns w.-li in by the
Senate project are: general awe of llermany end by the
First, a provision ileflning the apeclflfl l certitude thill ihe) Will ! worsted In
object of ihe measure as the develop-1 the end. Hnless ihe Alilei can -. t Iterore
iiiem of trade with the l.atin American i them motlvea i-onsldernbl) more cogetil
countries, or. SI most with the Latin than those which have been i 1 there
I American countries and the Orient, thus , little hone Ihnl elthei coutdr) will
Insuring against dovamment oompetltlon modift Its o,:tltudt'
I with other American lines
I with other Amertcgn lines
, et ri-
se in
when
ov-
form suggested in- Mr. McAdoo
! have a rocky load ahe id ,VI
SSems to
ii in the
1 lelllocral lc party.
$200,000 RANSOM OFFERED
sir .i. i. Katoa win uiee ihia n
UeeSSaay tttr Dr. Ilelaoil' Itclenae. '
WlHNIPKUi Man . Oct, 31, -Sir John I
C, BatOtl "I' Winnipeg, owner ol a lie
pari men! store in this oily, has Offered i
ISOOiOOO lo tht- tfermaii tJovernmeut if I
that tlovertttnent win release Dr. Ilclatid,
member of the House of Cominuitg for j
Ueaucc, Uuabec Dr. Ueland was in
llelglum on his lionet nio.ni Just bsfora
the war broke out He offered bis ser
vices to the llelglum Government He
was later on arrested and is now In
prison in ijermauyi All effort, to ii-
lease him so far ha
llrlllah fell
e fill
IOO
d.
a S. ,-,,,,l
ItKld.lN. vis AilifcliTduin, net LM.
PurllleT one period of the recent great
ha 'Hit' al l.oos tOWajfd the end of Sep-
i
tuber, tlie Itrliisb fell al Ihe rale of
I HO men
cond, asserts Ihe Dvulmhn
roaefgelfaag.
The paper liken, the lighting in that
In a Napoleonic battle before the daya
Of natOhln, guns or long range cannon.
J. SHEPARD
pyrlKhi '"' Fdilk
Mrs. Finlcy J. Shepard.
ALLIES SEEK QUICK
REPLY FROM GREECE
Will Allow Her to Choofte II r
Tfme for Intervention
if she Consent.
THREATS op REPRISALS
ie. tf' ( nhir fkaapaieA ti- Tsa i
RoMg, Ootj II. Ttta Sim's corre
apondam Informed through diplomatic
ourcef. thai the Bntentc Alllea are
threatening to take reprtaala agalnal
Qreace unless formal assurances are
given before tha expiration uf short
time limn that ahe will not Intervena In
favor of AustrlaHungary, Oermany and
Tui key ii. aii ase
if these assure nee: are aatlafuctory,
then tlrsece, and Rumania as well, are to
be allowed to choosa then- nivn time f-o
Intervention
EYES OS HUM AM A.
I.oatlnia Kestrrls tit ullina lleSnltr
ew h ri.m Halkana.
p.e,, 1 gels fesfso ' - Tat -
l.NIS.N. OCt, 21
- Tlie attitude ilkelr
Bumanla is lu i,i mir
i the question f the
tire, e v ill 10, ike to
Cyprus io return for
to ! assumed t
attention her v t
Datura f the repl.
RnglaJ tl i offai of
dct:e Ititerventl n
The Hun i real corresn indent of i he
Ituth Mail .lv Itu'na a , in cu di d
in hr decision i tlte queation of inter
vention by the atrength of the allied
pedttlun fo- the aid .f Ser hla ind tin'
tune of the- ar Ival if thla aped 11 on at
thi Rerbtan front.
Nbthmi s admit tail ifflclall here to
da with regard to the offer of I'ynru
1 1 i iree e, tiut 'he offer in no lo'itfe-
doubted, although It aeonia that i'yirua
forms merely pari of whai the Kntente
luwera onVred Tha Ti aayi
"Qreeca haa ien clearly told thai the
fulfilment of her treaty obligation with
Serbia w ill bring her t'ypru aithuut
lirejialh " other eventual advantages
which the Alios might Bttiare her, aitlli
it Im understood that she had been pre
vtousl aaaured of large mllltan and
adequate military nunuori b) the Kn
tente Powara, with the fulfllmeni of the
guarantees recent I) mentloneil b) m
Venlseloa in th thainbet "
The taper adda tha; utthough lln a
Qulsttlon of (Cyprus i a long cherished
Hellenic aspiration, mo indication has
yei been retelved thai uv onVi hai been
uceepted
Mlaewhere Ihi auggestlon In made tuat
the Ruaalana unKnt aultabl) niter Ben
aarabta to Rumania, who ! atmloui to
noaicsii a terrltbry populated iilmosl en
tirely by Rumanians who dUltke ttus
Rian rule
The uneaslneaa with regard to me
Balkan i eonllnuea here it n fell thai
every da'S d day is helping thi I
iniini. The gerblunn nre in a light cor
nee, ami it la uueatloned whether lh
Alllea will he uble i Join them apeedll)
i nough to save them Me mwhlle, imiii
inK ahowa tin' "ireeie ii Rumania la
weakening in thn ,1, li I tiiliiati,ni tr, ina,ri- I
, ,r ruii,,n hints thai the onl) m.
i ji -.
the
s J
rung lb-- Allies H up,
ure of force
I li, -pal
lies from Athens Indicate that
ncaaskn lo ilreeco tteaidea the
fun her
offer by ilreal Hrltal
of tin- island of
niiseil if llreeee
The Besffd Of
offers would ax
s iieai ly lo i ',ni
also Include ter-
'. 'remit r a imll
limes wiib tha
1 in the past fee
i Cyprus have been pn
, will Join the Hntentr
Alliens says thru these
' lend i Ireece's boundn rl
i stuntlnople and wool, i
i rltPty m Mui Minor
i has conferi ad s.- erai
, Mlnlaers of Ihe Ruleiil
dsya
,11,1
I lu
ll , Cublnel rilacuassd
trncted session last
I the lift
pi
! night.
The nffe: of I vplU- ta 1 ec
Brlllah press wllh tar. ting
cued by
aenllme
I.- I,. ill.
I lie
Tile gj VI HI",' SI it It'htl ll ret,
,r
I ler as a bllbe
"We ObjeCI lo bnlii-s. It stl y s . "cr-pe-
I daily useless bribeki ami uuyueationald)
I the offer of l ' t I i Us is a bribe The only
'thing which dlsllngulahn, ii from (Jer.
' mgn bribes is thai Herman) offers ol
I people's lorrltOr) anil we our nwtl
WARNS HIDDEN SOLDIERS
l.t-rntsii l.iiternnr tt Itcluliini llltla
i tie in igiieea or lie ohm.
pecil ' itl'lr III KSStC, 10 Till, Si
ASISTahPAsI, Vltt London, ml. SI,
UOV,Oan, Von Hissing has Issued a pi'O0
Utingtloil onleiii-g all enemy soldiers hid
ing in iieigiuiu to report within Iwenty.
I'oui hours lor Intei-iimeul in Qerttiany,
"Kvaders and all suspected of harbor
Ing .them w ill to, ahot," the piik-lama-tlon
aiinuunces
jSERBIANARMY
iN miiD madtu
in i tin niiuii
NOW ISOLATED1
Hani Tressed b.v Invaders,.
Defenders Admit Their
Plight Is Serious.
BULGARS RECAPTURE
VRANJA; (TT RAILWAY
Sik-iu' ' efc's AeaasfcA l Tin 9t ..
LondoWi Oct II. The Bulgarian!
have regained and now hold the city
of Vranja. on the Saionica-Nish railway
In addition to haing CUI Serbia' chief
railroad at till Important point Ihey
have eantttrod Vtaaotlns, north of
Vranja, about half way between that
city and Mlah, and have cut the railroad
due west of Vlaeotlni .
These Bulgarian u--- esaes are ad
mitted by I he Serbian War Ufflcs, Thus
the Si-iblan army in the north, hard
pressed i the Austro-Oerman Invading
forcea, i t Irtually Isolated,
The allied forces sent to tne aid of
the northern Serbian army to save the
lieai 1 of the little kingdom front being
overrun b the Teutonic and Bulgarian
Invgders will have to meet the liul
garfans first and drive them from th
railroad.
The official
Sotia follow :
report issued to-night at
lull rx
We III
Valla) .
t Negi
Begssefl
adtranc
tl g it y
saieeeaaea,
in Tlmok
in
tin e repulaed tiie Kerhtana,
but to tHitbl. leaving one
wno sere
uflteei ami
our hands
rtfty men us prisoners m
i lue olfleer and l SO Sei -
Man eoldlera were Kilhd in ti e T
ol
Valley.
Near I'md we captured an Import
ant strategical point on the Vidlle
Mountain range
ar Brangus we (li ml) eatabllahed
OUraelvei Iri the alley uf the Hul-
garlan Uorava im gerblan territory).
The booty taken .tt Vranja includes
v. 1,000 rifl cartrldgea, tobacco to
; he glue of i ,000,000 franca $-,n.-
080) and 1,000,000 kilograms of hay
We are advancing via Ktxri Palanks,
where we attacked and repulned the
kierbtans, who fleeinK toward Ku-
ma novo.
in tio valle) of Bregalnltsa
uffanalva ta advancing In ; r" whole
valle .
We arc in possession of the pla.n
of Otscheepolja, where our ca airy cr.
peraed t tferblana near Ktsaell, Two
thousand Hsrblana were taken pris
ft!
til III it
lerblan
It. Ileal 1111,1 r.Tll.
Tlie .-
i, official
rent
lere t.i-lllgt I
was a.- ft
11,'W -
e have fall,
sive positions Ul
back o
Ii I pie-
I our
sure
defen-
,,f the
enein) s ai tlllery
The Hulgan ha
near Vranja atnt
Kochana ami latli
The Bulgars an
a junction betweel
Selbs
iaili,,a
vacua t.
striving i
the .Mile
pre ven
ami lie
An ,
MUtl
1 1 lei
.th- 1 1 Bel lua
S! at. 11,,-llt
it N si, la-t jiirfht foeow-
The situation grows more and more
serious The resistance of the Ber
kden troots la dsspsrata and heroic,
bat i lie -tiling pressure of the Aus
trian aiai Hermans from the north
an.i masses ot Bulgarians rrom the
east is menacing seriously th.- Serb, an
army, which is now cut olf from .s'a-
lonlca. Th.- arrival of allied troop, Ii
awaited anxiously,
The Serbian, iu Ihe north hold the
Rakhauuta - Alexandrovata - Daihgolo"
hovl ai d the VaugnsKosinai lines, ami
ti,e limit bank ol lha Koloubara. On
ihe eastern front the hold the Ball-
.hat-Knnisev.il. I'ilot-Vlasotiiie line.
but the Bulgarians have taken tin
towns t,f Vrauya and Vuloaso cutting
i in im- to Balonlca Iu twoejhtccs
eeiis in Serloaa riigiu
Wi
I'h lit.
- -ap-ui
c.i fron
after
advuntH
ittwartl
rauja, which bail
them by Bsrhlaus a
ha. I I li taken, the
II-OOPS have taken a
uchlevltiM Ihelr ami
o ion between Ihe AI-
lieen wres
short whil
Bulgarian
long step
..I pi
Hog a Jul
and Hie Serb-
llv culling the Saloinca-Nisli rani,, a, I
ai tin- second point, Vlasotlne, the Bul
garian rush, if dircted northwardi
menacea Nlsh, utr.il a few days ago the
Berblun capital
Meanwhile ihe invaders lieadWS) in I
Ihe south, eanei lull) toward Kumsuovo, ,
is seriously Ihreaneulug tin southern sec
tor of Ihe vita! railroad Bl 11 further
down, they are dashing from Istip. al
ready "i their hands, inward Kuprill
Willi these objects attained. Illllltur) l,
servers here agree, the Bulgura will be
in a pussibli position to swell the ar
rival of lha Allied troops, winch at last
accounts wen- moving nurthward lo
relieve ill. gerbs.
in ihe meaiillme t ie ftttsiroHjcrmun 1
armies, qcihii toig to lo-dsy'a uftlelal
Herman Wat Oftlci iemrt, are advancing
on the entire trout, ihe statement adding
that the Serbians are "slowly retreat-
Ing " A Junction or the extreme Bul
garian tight, now advancing weatward
flom MogOtln, Willi Ihe Teuton, ,- I. II 1-
looked upon by some in 11 it .t t nrltles as
a matter of .. noinperuttvely short tint.
The cicrman ottii al report follows
fiermau, Puraelea Seelta.
ill, the entile ll'lllll We are puisu
aig the slowly retreating enemyi
The Berba have been driven south
from positloiia south and east of
Hlpanj,
nur gdvunce guard! Iiave tea, -bed
Btepojavetg, Isiakovutg ami Main.
V est of Ihe MorSVg i aie push.
mg forward b) wu ol atcbavstg
The Bulgars righting in the sector of
Negotln bate reached the Rallchar
Krjagltevata highway
Tin Ural Indlcullon of lh, preaeni
sherea'bouts of the Krench troops march
I ins to Barbla'a aid comes In a deapulch
. received u Ihe fiwliy i.n from its
Sal, nn, 'a , respondent tile, I tester, lay
it.- i-eporta that Hie French lrouHj
have rrossed Ihe VardM Rivet at Krivu
; jak, twelve miles south of Islip, with ihe
object of culling ihe Bulgarian retreat
I Ol: Istlp.
j This repoit. il accurate foreshadows
Inn Sgrl) dash between I tit French and
I pulgurlgngi
The same deapgletl says that llul-
t'osflssed ox i? 1 umi foee.
Nurse Rushed
C DI
upurmny i ica m.mii t
Hidden From U. S. Envoy,
m,ss Edifo Cavell, Sentenced by German Couilrmartial,
Pinned Union Jack on Her Breast as She
Faced Firing Squad.
LANDSTURM VETERANS
ui re Mi pessafi i" Tsa gi
i.HMuiN ii,- 1 11. Kiduiis of the execution hj a lierman tiring
si, tin. I of Miss Rjrlltta Cnvt'll, an Kngllah Btirae, and tl fforls DMde bj
Braml Whltlock, the American Mlnlater tn Bel gi urn, to aare her ware bwm
public here to-night,
in a ifHirt sent to the British Utivernmeni ihronah AmbaaMdor i'ae.
Minister Whltlock gives curreaponde abowtoi the efforts made to save ih
nurse, who hwi lieen arrested an a eharae of eaplonaae, and showing also
ilmt the itermau authorities s,,uiit to piwenl th.- American diplomatic rep
rvsentatlves fmm knowing of the sentence ami Immuani execution.
A Belgian nurse, said t.. have lieen .Mi-- Cavell'g mosl Intimate friend,
gave tiii- storj ,,f the arresi ami execution of tin- nurse to the Amsterdam
corresimndeul of the flstca,
"Mi Cavell had 1 n long susissctetl by the Oermana because aha
Kngllsh. r'rentteul nnportunttlea had been given her to leave Brussels, both
by tin Hermans who were anxious in -ee her "in of the country ntni by
oilier people win. were fearing that the Hermans would itrivti her, she,
however, refused nil offers of safe menus lo reach Holland, saying that as
lung - there was a single wounded man left in Brussels her duty eom
pelled her to remain where there was suffering."
it i- retairted," tiintlniiea the Mtrrespomlent, "thai after Ml Cavelt'a
trial, tin
President ,,r the Conn a-kiM
to ber tletVuw or atgn a renueal for a
moroiy aliruggexl wt Hliottllers gtul waIIuhI nut.
"Pain- wew taken l tin tlrmaiif thai nothlug should Itecome known
..f tin- matter. Their fear thnt Hie Ameiiiitii or Hnlsh legations or
the laiml Nniielo, vrhn are -till in BrMsaelH, mlgltl hoar of the Intention to
Miss ruvell nud mlgbl Intervene Tin- laegntlons tllil Intervene. iut
iu vain.
"Miss Cavell a in-lied io hit ileiitu ami slioi in the burrncks parly
in Mm- morning, sin- wus brave lHfore th.- Ueruiau lilies, as ahe had heeu
Itvfore tin1 cotirt-martlali She refused t" luive her eyes lutudagoil ami pinned
a small L'nloii .luck to her sjtllce.
"Home of tin- Lmulsturm men xin- hud la?eu foreed to take pert i
the exeetitlon are -mm t" hve wept, sin- Imrled in tin- exiles' cemetery.
j-,, hi ni iini exectitUui imMlueetl . 'loop senwttl t' borror in
Brussels where she was worshlppetl for ail tin l'ooi she had done lnring
tho lertUHU iMj'Ust1 ion.
lt i- aald thai Ihe execution "a- nnleml by the llovernor inMNonally,
a- Ihe Kaiser had nlreud) latnloned a uumlsr of women ami tin Qoverntf
feared thai If MVss t'avell were imrdonetl. it would weaken the authortt
of tin murt-mnrtUtl."
WHITLOCK TELLS HOW
APPEALS WERE IGNORED
ItU llr'lflt- I- I HI Bl v
i. tl. The official cmre
tht American legation in
unnectloll with the aires'.
rutlun by tin Qerman mill
UoSPOKi "
spondsnce of
Brusaela in
trial ami ext
tsr) author lies In Brussels of Miss
Udith Cavell, an Bngllsh nurse, conslat,
of seventeen documents, covering In alt
ihirty-twn typewritten pages.
Minister Whltlock and attaches ,,f the
American Legation detail the futile ..f
forta made b) tit- American oHIclals,
with th. actlvi paratlon "t th- Span
ish Minister, lo ubtsen even a brief re-
s,,:lt for tile woman Until the aPPe.1
malleoli hel behalf by Minister Whltlock
could be - oi.: idered.
Hugh llibson, seel, t.ll
, an Lesallon -,t Iii ussel
the
the
Vine, i-
course
of a report
ma,le b, mm to Min.s'.r
W'hltlu
Politll
melil i
says to- was iiiuooie.. .,
Abtellung 'Pol.tmal .lepai't-
III-
at ii :u r ., un ucim r .
1 1
1
aentenc, nau noi ,r -
ed ami WBS assured that the lege-
, iii, i ha keni Informed of devi !
noun
t ion
opm
us iii the ,-ase. although Sdlsi
av -
be
,-U air.
any
i dur
ia,l bi
ti
item
tli.it nignl
I eit rtt true StalNB
calliing the tine stall!
,if I use.
tatua of lit" case
1 to the PoUttachi
with another at-
1.
I wo
Abl
tacl
Mm
bee,
, hours after his vi-
lung. Mr 'lib
f lln- b gal'
11 a: ,1 tilt Spanish
inking up the task
ia ,,f Mr Whltlock.
ulster, th.- latter
-ause ol the illlH
lit tu
-ec Malol, I ... I 'i. ,
v.-i mil ol Hi USScll . ami liratl.Ml
1 'i
I I
with Ii
Mil,,-!,
aside
itilinbe
long a
even
or.lci
if llllll
, rut
.-tit
klui
the Span, sn
1. Lancken
forcibly a
woiilil have
ne pieavnce
baling
to su ve
whbdi hi
1. 11 b. sllalli .11 say mg ,11
of 1 lit younger oltlcers."
Mi illbson says thai although
-ii hud 11" authel -in lo d" so, I
, nd .ml ihe effect of such nn
tiou upon public opinion nnd the
possl
II and
Inlity ot a reprisal
Kinalt) tne group of
Bpiinlsli dlplomsls lefl
Alitelluns cntlrtil) unsiic
A met Its
Hie Polltlschu
as ful.
In a.'. lame With
reguliitlm Mia,
pel In ,1 led to Spe
1 ei man mllltur)
,t'a ctlllll-el wa
K with his client
contcsseii h.s ig-
pefnti
ll,!- I I'l ll. II II I II
if In
ide
af the
I,
Mi
1,
Sevcitteeii lluenmeuls,
e ne -' t onteen docunemts
Tiieie ,r
,n th,
min 1
anvrasnalidellce. .ovei'.ng in all
IWo l pew 'Hen page-
The nisi dociinienl is a memorandum
from Ambassgdoi I'nue in Ismdon to t ,
British Koteign 1 'Hie enclosing a letter
dated nctoiar i'' from Ihe American
Legation ai BrusseU Willi a report up
ihe Cuvetl cuss
Documoiii two is a icttci 11 'in Brand
Whltlock, I'nlted si it. s Milllalei to Bel.
glum, 10 II-iron Lin-ken. al Brussels,
dated AugUSI tit asking for , onHrinal inn
oi in. arrest of Miss Cavell ami gleu
Un grounds upon wbicli Die griesl wui
tngdSi
I unieiit Hires I. a memorandum In
French (rum Mi Whirl. id lo Bar ni
Lam lien under date ot Bepteinbe in.
uakltig for 11 repl) to Minlaler Whit.
liH-k's lellat f August ll, ..ml uddlnu
Hint Mr, Wlnllock bad lieen Ul'aed b)
telegraph in Hike up with 1 ,- Icual lots-
-ii.:.- data) H" th fen, e of Miss t I
Document four - a letter from
Lalickell 1, 1 Mil, stcr Wh tb , S
September 13, slain. g Hid Mi.--
was arreated on luun 1 ami
tell
Han
d lied
Cavell
I neai'
al st
cerated in 11 ill it h ry irl
lilllss Tin- b iter continue, :
"She udmlttsd having iceitled In her
hOUVa various Knullsh ami French ao.
dlrB, a- well as Iteigian., w no were I f,, n I
I mllllary age, ami all uf uhoin werel,jOV1,,
I anxious i" proceed to lha froni Bin ,11m
i also acknowledged thai ,he mid suihI iio
, pib d ihese soldier, wllh fund, neoc, ia lilt i,
to Death,
V4
WEPT AS THEY SHOT
iter it sue wtsneu to nun auyuitun
mruui ni tne Immla or tne
Kaiser, she
a t 1 proceed tu the front and liad
facilitated their departure from IteUium
liy llndlng guides to as-ist them clan
ilestinel) iu crossing lha Netherlands
frontier,
"Th.-1 'a veil defence haa been entrusted
to Advocate lirautn, who is in touch with
ihe proper ilerman authorities, in view
oi ih.-se tacts, headuuartera b acting
on ihe principle or refusing to allow
Intel views ot any kind with the ae
, need fieraons 1 regret exceedingly
thai I am unable in obtain permission
fOI U de latal, legal counsel lo!' of t n.
American Legation at Bruges is, to visit
Miss 1 'a Veil
Document gflve is a letter from Min
Ister Whltlock to Ambassador fagn ai
London, dated Beptember -l. ami en
. losing document four. The letter adds
"Tin- legation will keep Hie cast in
view ami will endeavor lo see Unit a fair
trial is given to Mis, Cavell."
Document six is a letter from u. de
1.1 vai to m Klrachsn, advocate of the
fouri of Appeals ai Brussels, ami is
dated October S The lei I ul acknowledges
receipt ,,r ihe notification thai ihi t'avell
ta.-e was 1,1 be tried by , olll't-rila It ,.t I Oil
"Thursda) next," and adds:
"In accordance with our arrange
mellU I shall be obliged if you, on
conclusion of the hearing, will lei me
have a memorandum of iin grounds on
Which Mis- Cavell Is tried and also Ihe
ea, charges against her a- Well as ihs
sentence."
Document seven Is n letlci dated Octo
ber v from Minister Whltlock to Am
bassador rage at London Tins let
ter says
"I tool, up the liluttel wiih the 'lr-
niSII authorities anil learn thai Mas
'a tell was arrested on a 'charge of
espionage.' it seems thai 11s Cavell
has made several very damaging ad
nilsslons, ami there appeared 10 be no
ground 011 which I could ask her re
lease before 1 rial"
The
sentence,
1 tm ,11, 1, ni eight is a letter from
Ister Whlttotik in Anibasaudor Pag
Mim
: un-
der dale of 1 siobei 1 1
"I hasten to send you word that the
t'avell trial has been completed," II
..!. "The ilerman prosecutor asked
I'm a aeiiteuce or death against her end
elghl other ueraona Implicated by her
testimony, Beoteuce iias not yel
been pronounced I have come to hope
thai tin court-martial will nut pa
iin- rigorous seutence proposed 1 tinve
done everything poesliile to prts-ura 1
tall trial foj MfsS t'avel ami am as
complalnl on that score 1 feel that u
Is uaetess lo iak,- action until sentence
' p. ,,11, .,111 ,1 1 1 iiii-ii ni'Kie, i n
pel alt', being mil led "
itocumcul nine, a letter in INencn
rrom Minister Whttlock to Harog
1. an, i.en dated tX'tober li, says:
"I llati. lust I. -it-lie 1 tllil lililllh 1'iV-e
a British subject uud conseouentti
umicr the protectluti or this legation ha
been sentenced lo death by court-martial
ai tin, re, -a, sween ig ., i-enit i.ee an,
which, if my infoniwtllou is correct, l
note severe m tin. .-as., than in apt
nher of i-ic same charncicr, 1 S'ou
11,11, .1 1,1 '.he ,,i,t,iiiei.l 11, -neiii.. It at.
liumu nlty
favor of
, nmnnttti 1
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