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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1914)
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA Always tlw alert housekeeper Is dis covering something new. In these days the prints it for the benefit of her sis ters. A contributor to ‘‘To-Day’s’’ says that a milk or cream pitcher can be prevented from dripping at its "lip" after pouring, thus avoiding the soil ing of a tablecloth, by the simple de vice of rubbing a bit of butter across the inside of the pitcher’s iip. An other says that roses and orange blos ■onis will retain their fragrance and freshness a long time if the flower’s •tem is inserted in a hole bored in a very small potato. A third declares that the smell of medicine can be easily removed from a glass or spoon by wip ing the article with dry paper before thoroughly washing it with hot water. Oliver Morosco, a successful young western producer of plays, sayo in the "Dramatic Mirror” concerning one of his most successful productions, “Peg o’ Mv Heart." that “any actress with mentality and you can play ‘Peg o’ My Heart.’ That lias been proved with six 'Pegs.'" Mr. Morosco, it Is stated, has six authors in the \vest who are now at work on dramatic material that he has given them. It Is gratifying to learn that ho doesn’t like the “coarser things like rough and tumble farce. The production of real comedies is what I like best.” Two snake Infested countries, Indian and Brazil, maintain "snake farms" at which a scientific study of serpents is being pursued. The venom 'from the poisonous ones is extracted and made Into a serum for curing persons who have been bitten. Tho Brazilian in stitution, situated near Sao Paulo, is maintained at an expense of $40,000 a year. Besides preparing serums, the "snake farm” tries to spread knowledge about snakes and induce farmers not to kill them Indiscriminately. Francis Grierson, the English musi cian and author, writes of the French composer Aubed In the "Century" for October that "If I were asked to name the most typical Frenchman I ever met, I should not hesitate to name Auber.” Tho composer at tho time spoken of was 85, and among his idiosyncrasies was his preference for servants of equally advanced years. JIo had five domestics, "tho youngest, who in he called the baby being the coachman, who was 75.” The change from the old fashioned "chemist's shop,” with Its suggestion of alchemy and the middle ages, to the modern "drug store,’’ with Us sugges tlon of tho department store whore everything Is sold, Is neatly hit off by "Life:” "Flrso Metropolitan Drug Storo Proprietor: 1 see there is going to bo a great scarcity of drugs.’ Second Ditto: 'Fortunately that doesn’t af fect us, as we stopped carrying them long ago,’ ’’ The extraordinary popularity of the Diesel engine Is evidenced by the fact that according to "Shipping Illustrat ed,’’ there are now at least eight en tirely different types of these engines used In various parts of tho world. Tho result, according to the same au thority, will probably bo tho elimination »f several of those and tho production of a marine oil engine that will be in every way satisfactory. What la described as one of the finest high school in America has just been opened in New York city for Roman Catholic students. It has cost $500,000 and will care for 1,500 pupils who will come to it from the parochial schools of tho city. Tho school has been bailt through the activities of the Jesuit Fathers. Now York city’s subway carried a dully average of 1,001.216 passengers during the last fiscal your—an Increase of more than 38.000 over the average of the previous year. The busiest station was Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, where 22,567.773 passengers boarded the trains during the year. Within the last two months, “Rider and Driver" estimates, the apparent wealth of the country has been In creased about *1.000,000.000 through the advance in the value of horses and mules. Horses increased in value about *40 a head, and mules rose relatively to even a higher level. One of the Chicago municipal court Judges has established a library for for eign boys in the boys' court. Arrange ments have been made by him with the public library to furnish books written in native tongues of the nationalities most frequently represented in the court. Not having been in the army, the young son of a Paris lawyer bought an automobile and then offered It to the government in hopes of getting to the front He put a price of 1 franc on the machine, on condition that he be en gaged as chauffeur—and was accepted. Only 28,114 Immigrants arrived in New York during August this year as compared with 104.727 for the siimo month last year. The first five days of September established a low record in the number immigrants that passed through Ellis Island. M,1’er- of South Carver, Muss., exhibits a family of yellow hornets which constructed their home on the outside of a window pane, giving a safe opportunity to see the work going on inside of the nest. Marine insurance was practiced in Rome. 4;> It. C. It was very general in Europe before the discovery of Amer Ica, and it is altogether probable that the ships of Columbus were insured for their full value. People of Caracas, Venezuela, are to be educated in the use of electrical equipment In their household tasks, cooking, ironing, etc. In a tank car built In Saxony to transport living fish long distances an electric motor Is used to keep the water aerated. Co-operative rural credit associations are planned for the Philippine islands *"0 object Is to help the small farmer. Only about one In every hundred ca blegrams Is a personal message the others being official, business or news. Chicago has one homicide a month every 110,000 Inhabitants. cJ"ater of an undent volcano. In which there are numerous hot springs, la utilized as a sanatorium in Japan. It is expected that the dredging of the Suez canal to a depth of 38 feet will be completed early next year. In the order named, Ohio, New Jer sey and West Virginia load the states In pottery production. The Chinese pupil reciting his lessons turns his back on the tutor. New Jersey has 85,000 widows and nearly as many bachelors. ; COUNTY WINS SUIT ON I $10,000 CLAIM THAT DATES BACK 21 YEARS j Relates to Money In Hands of State Treasurer When Hank Quit Business. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. The 21-year old claim of Lancaster county against the state of Nebraska for $10,000 has i finally been allowed by the supreme J court. When the Capital National | bank, of Lincoln failed in January, j 1893, the county had on deposit with it j a large sum of money, of which $10, ! 000 was cash the county treasurer had I collected for the state, but had not yet ' remitted. The county made good this I amount, but later made up its mind ! that it was not liable. Suit was be gun, but lost in the district court. The supreme court reversed tills action, but j the county attorney forgot about The case nijd it was dismissed after linger ing long on the dockets. Later the mis j take was discovered and the legisla i ture gave the county the right to sue again. The supreme court holds that j the county was not an insurer of the money collected for the state until it j was delivered to the treasurer. ! SUPREME COURT DEFINES STREET RAILWAY CONTROL Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 2. -The exact degree of control the state railway commission can exert over street rail way companies Is outlined in a su preme court decision in which the Lin coln Traction company is ordered to restoro certain service on lines that It i discontinued or changed to other lines. I The court says that the law does not mean that the commission can inter fere in the ordinary routing of cars or other minor details of the operation of the business. Hut where these changes are so important that they involve the convenience of a large number of pat rons and have an effect upon property values, it is proper and advisable that the commission pass upon such changes. The court says that the ad ministration of the law has been wisc Ily confided the decision in such cases to the commission Instead of the com pany, whose officers might have inter ests not entirely in harmony with those of the general public. In this case it was charged that the change in I routing had been made to benefit the I business houses of directors of the ! company. —4.— THIRD DEGREE CONFESSION IS BASIS FOR NEW TRIAL Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 2.'—The applica tion of the turd degree methods to extract a confession from him when under arrest on a charge of murder has saved John Jones temporarily, at least, from the electric chair. Jones Is a negro. He killed Sam Boone, an Omaha pool hall keeper, In a quarrel over a bet. Jones claims self-defense. The Omaha police forced a confession out of Jones. He repudiated this on j the witness stand, and the supreme court suys It should not have been admitted In evidence. The court says that the matter of admission of such a confession is to be determined on the basis of whether it was voluntarily made or not. If involuntarily it cannot bo made the basis of impeachment on cross examination. FORMER HARTINGTON YOUTH GETTING FANCY SALARY Lincoln, Nob., Nov. 2.—A Cedar county, Nebraska, youth a graduate of the state university. Is the highest paid botanist In America today—and this probably means In the world. The young man is Patrick J. O’Cara of Harttngton. A few weeks ago he was appointed chief in charge of the ag ricultural Investigation bureau of the American Smelting A Refining com pany, and draws a salary of $15,000 a year. O'Gara worked his way through the state university and graduated with honors In the class of 1902. His head quarters are at Salt Lake City. Thir teen men are under his direction, and the business of these men Is to adjust damages that farmers claim to have suffered through the fumes from the company's smelters. The company has paid out many thousands for damage that It believes were caused by other things, but the proof was lacking. FIVE WOMEN INJURED IN OMAHA AUTO ACCIDENT , Omaha. Neb.. Nov. 2.—-Five women were Injured when the oar driven by Mrs. Henry Rix struck a rut and turned turtle on the West Center street road, near Millard. The women injured were: Mra. Henry Rix, 114$ South Twenty ninth street, arm broken and bruised. Mrs. Phil Wlndheim, 1310 South Twenty-ninth, both arms broken. Mrs. Holla Bishop, Kansas City, bruised about body. Miss Alvina Rix and Miss Grace Bauds, 2508 Poppleton avenue, slight ly bruised. Mrs. Bishop is visiting Mrs. Wlndheim and Mrs. Rix took the five out in hen automobile for a ride. When the car struck a rut she could not control It and the machine turned over. Ail the women are at their homes. Mrs. Bishop being with Mrs. Wlndheim. Mrs. Rix Is the wife of the manager of the Ne braska Seed company. —♦— MRS. CLAFLIN SAYS WOMEN WILL NOT SHIRK JURY DUTY Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2.—Mrs. Mamie I,. Claflin, one of the state leaders of the suffragists, announces In a signed statement to the newspapers that the women of the state, if given the vote, will not shirk from Jury duty. A rela tive of Mrs. Claflin. a resident of Seat tle. recently served for 21 days on the jury there, and declared it to be an In teresting and not at all embarassing ex perience. "The anti-suffragists can not scare us,” says Mrs. Claflin, "by holding up the supposed horrors ot Jury duty. The women of Nebraska, if . given the ballot, will take up their | patriotic duties with cheerfulness, , whether tt be rocking babies or do I ing Jury work. The chivalry and hu manity of the judges may be safely de pended upon to excuse and protect wo : men as men who are physically disabled ; or who are unfitted by reason of care j for little children." — 'MARSHAL SORENSON, FOE OF SPEEDERS, HAS RESIGNED Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 31.—With the resignation of Marshal Sorenson, the foe of speeders In University Place, the : town has resumed its former peaceful 1 condition. Sorenson is still laid up from blows received in the near riot with mischievous boys who started making trouble for him. The county at torney, at the request of the father of one boy who was boaten up by the marshal, but who happened to be an outsider to the affair, has dismissed the complaint against Sorenson. All other complaints will be dropped. AUTO DRIVER KILLED IN COLLISION WITH BUGGY NEAR MILFORD In Going Around Buggy at High Speed Wheels Lock and Car Turns Turtle. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 31.—Charles FT. Bates, manager of a llthia springs company at Milford. Neb., Is dead as the result of a collision between his automobile and a buggy, in which Ja cob Stroliecker and his two children were riding. Bates was on his way from Lincoln to Milford. Just west of the city is a stretch of paved road, put in by the county, and Bates let his machine loose. He was going 35 miles an hour when he tried to go around the buggy. Instead, a front wheel locked with a hind wheel of the buggy, and . caused the auto to turn turtle. Bates and a companion, named L. E. Daniels, wore caught under the machine. Dan iels was only slightly injured, but Bates had his chest curved m. Bates came here from Marshalltown. la., several years ago. His body will he taken back there for burial. The three Stroheckers were badly shaken up, but not serious ly injured. Their horse was killed and the buggy wrecked. LINCOLN ASYLUM GUARDS ARE CHASING DOPE FIENDS Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 31.—Guards front the Lincoln asylum arc chasing a dope fiend named Nelson, who escaped from that institution Tuesday night. Nelson hails from Omaha, and his feat of work ing his way out is declared, by Super intendent Williams, to he one that few crooks could perform. Nelson was known as an ingenious fellow, and was carefully watched. The night of his escape he was searched and not a key was found on him. To get to freedom he had to unlock three padlocks. This ho did with a piece of wire he is sup posed to have had concealed at a near by spot. 4— VOTERS REJECT EXPENSIVE DRAINAGE DISTRICT PLANS Tekemah. Neb., Oct. 31.—A. drainage district election was held Tuesday to vote on a mammoth project of caring for the flood waters of the various streams which Mow on to the bottom lands of the Missouri valley and fill •up the drainage canals so that the land is made useless for some months each year. The proposition was defeated by 15,000 votes, there being 22,000 votes for and 38,000 against the proposition, which would cause the expenditure of over $250,000 and would be one of the greatest drainage schemes ever at tempted. The district comprised parts of Burt and Washington counties and was about 28 miles in length. Several huge ditches would convey the various streams Jointly to the Missouri river in different sections of the counties and would pass over the drainage canals In largo cement tubes. The project had the indorsement of the government en gineers from Washington and state officials who were called to plan the system. —♦— TRIES TO KILL BROTHER; THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Clarkson, Neb., Oct. 31.—Henry Ku hik, aged 26. single, residing with his brother, Fred, also single, on a farm which they sold a short time ago, three and one-half miles south of here, be came demented and tried to kill his brother, Fred, with a sledge hammer. After the attack, thinking he had killed Fred, ho committed suicide by Jumping into a well. Fred Kubik is badly in jured, but will recover. TEN PERSONS ENROLL FOR NEXT LAW EXAMINATIONS Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 31.—Then appli cants for the state bar examinations will appear before the examining board, for admission to practice before the supreme court at the next meeting, which will be November 17. Those who will appear are Oren A. Belzer, Lin coln; F. Kemp Hrath, Cody; Thomas F. Nolan. Omaha; G. Nelson Lyon. Nelson; Clarence E. Miles. Bethany; Arthur L. Palmer, Omaha; Otto H. Za cek, West Point; Emmet S. Brum baugh. Omaha, und John P. Byrne, Omaha. HESSIAN FLY DISCOVERED IN FIELDS NEAR SUPERIOR Superior, Neb., Oct. 31—James Swade, of the United States department of entomology, discovered the Hessian fly in several fields of wheat near this city today, and found near Holdrege, west of here, one field entirely destroyed and most of the territory east of McCook is infected more or less. The department is making an effort to find the insect that will destroy the fly, as it now has the army worm. —A— MURDER CHARGE FILED AGAINST REINOSO. MISSING Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 31.—A complaint, charging Policarpio Reinoso with the murder of M. Martinas, has been filed in court here, but it is not worrying Policarpio. Immediately after Mar tinas was killed in a bunk car fight, In which Policarpio was also a partici pant, the latter evaporated. Trace of him was found 12 miles south of, the city, but. before the officers reached there, hla trail had grown cold. Chief Malone declares he will have the man within a week CALL ISSUED FOR FUNDS TO EQUIP RESERVE BANKS Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 31—IJncoln banks, following: a call from the Kansas City , federal reserve bank, will send their quota of $13,500 to that city within a few days. Bankers here say that tlio total call will be for about $1,000,000. and that, as the money will be out of circulation for a month, a tightening of the money market in this section is likely to result for that length of time, DOCTORS SAY OSCAR’S RECOVERY IS DOUBTFUL Copenhagen, Oct. 29.—Medical au tliorltles state the recovery of Prince Oscar, the kaiser’s son, is doubtful. He is suffering from partial paralysis of the vagus nerve, the most widely dis tributed nerve of the brain. GERMAN DANCES NOT TO MASTER’S LIKING Paris, Oct. 29.—The Dancing Mas ters’ academy met recently and a let ter was read front President le Fort of the academy, now a soldier at the front, proposing that all Austrian and eGr man dances be surpresSed. The avademy postponed the con sideration of the new- dances. It is suggested that the ostendalse und lan ciers be revived utter the war WOMAN KILLED, CHILD BLINDED; GAUSED BY KEROSENE EXPLOSION Woman Poured Oil on Smould. ering- Coals In Kitchen Stove —Clothing Ignited. Blair, Neb., Oct. 30.—Mrs. Dine Car ter. jr., tvas so terribly burned by a kerosene explosion at her home in North Blair yesterday as to cause her 1 death a few hours later, and her 6 1 months-old baby was so badly burned that it cannot recover. A. Carter, the j woman’s husband, was in Burt county at work, and Mrs. Carter and child stayed all night with his sitter. Re I turning to the home, Mrs. Carter cmp ! lied coal oi! from a can into the cook 1 stove to start a fire. It is supposed that a grate of hot coals had remained from the evening before causing the explosion. Mrs. Carter was unable to give any clear explanation of the accident. The baby was in a carriage near the stove, just as the mother had left it while she i started to build the fire. The child’s ! eyes were so badly burned that the sight is gone. Those who first reached the woman found her in the yard, a mass of flames, screaming for someone to save her baby. —4— UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE PUT ON PROBATION Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 30.—Three Uni versity of Nebraska students who cele brated the victory over the Michigan Aggies at footbali last Saturday have j been put upon probation. Not once ' during the next six months must they allow the ruby to entice them. Three did not make up the entire number of the student body that celebrated with , wine and song. Three represents the number that were arrested by the po lice. They gave fictitious names. Chancellor Avery is rather puzzled over enforcement of the college rule which declares that a student doing anything inconsistent with good mor als shall be expelled. The visiting of saloons is one thing that is prohibited. The city permits the saloons to operate and as long as student is of age it is : doubtful whether he can be punished ! for going into them. The authorities I are not anxious to have some pugna cious father test the right to expel for violation of the rule. Hence the pro bation plan. —4— SERIOUS CHOLERA EPIDEMIC RAGES IN PARTS OF NEBRASKA Hastings, Neb., Oct. 30.—Probably the worst epidemic of hog cholera that lias ever visited this section of Nebraska is still unchecked, though the state vet erinarian has been appealed to. Steve Swigle, southeast of town, is re ported to have lost all but three out | of 36. The dead animals represent about $1,000 in value. North of town, Clar ence Gregg, who lives not far from Doniphan, is said to have saved hut one animal out of 150. Sam North’s hogs, three miles north of town are sick. Those on the John Furry place, three miles south of town, became sick Sun day. Others north of town, that have been visited by the plague, are George North. Homer Loucks, Jess and Orley Doty, William Walsh and Jake Denby. Near Trumbull, Elmer Haggard and Gus Albright have been visited as well as dozens of others. Haggard and oth ers had vaccinated their animals, but, apparently, the' treatment had no ef fect. —4— HUSBAND DECOYED AWAY: THEN WIFE LEAVES HOME Falls City, Neb., Oct. 30.—Albert Lunsford hastened to the home of his brother in Missouri when Mrs. Luns ford informed him that she had re ceived word of the brother's injury when kicked by a mule. Mr. Lunsford was relieved to find on his arrival at his brother’s home that there had been no accident and when he returned to his home found himself relieved of most of his household goods. Mrs. Lunsford was also invisible and Investigation showed that she had checked her trunk to Kansas City. Mr. Lunsford’s two small children accom panied their father on the journey to Missouri, while Mrs. Lunsford stayed in Falls City to guard the house. —4— SPIKES HUSBAND’S SUIT FOR ALIENATED AFFECTIONS Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 30.—Mrs. Ethel Louise Wheeldon sank her lance Into the $25,000 damage suit that her hus band, Charles R„ has filed against Ger trude A. Love and her son John. Charles declared in his petition that Mrs. Love so greatly desired his -wife. Ethel Louise, as the wife of her son John that she did many and varied acts, all for the purpose of alienating her affections from the said Charles and attaching them to the said John. He also alleged that they had succeed ed. Comes now Ethel Louise, the wife, and declares In an affidavit filed in the case that the Loves had nothing to do with her leaving her husband, and that “the course I pursue in regard to Charles R. Wheeldon is due to hia con duct, namely, his drunkenness, rela tions with other women, non-support. Infamous treatment, jealousy, striking and abusing affiant.” To which she adds this statement: "I further aver that ns a woman of honor, with sacred marital relationship in mind. I would not let others enter the sacred domain of love and affection that I once enter tained for the Individual who now seeks to give his wife notoriety through the columns of the daily newspapers and courts of a great city. Affiant fur ther says that in orilrr to keep the household together that she took in washing, and on one particular occa sion when affiant asked her husband for money he told her to make her own money or let other men give it to her." BURGLARS GET $800 IN GOLD AT DENTAL OFFICES Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 30.—Seven den tists' offices in Lincoln were visited the last two nights and $800 worth of gold taken. The thief disturbed nothing else. W. N. Fitzgibbons, who claims that he Is a traveling man from New York. Is under arrest on suspicion of being the guilty person. A lot of gold was found on his person, along with 25 keys and a quantity of fountain pens. Fitzgib bons had been shadowed for several days, and when an attempt was made to arrest him he led the police a chase for half a mile. -♦ ~~ FARMER BADLY INJURED WHILE OPERATING SHREDDER Blair. Neb.. Oct. 28.—Henry H. War rick, while working with Ben Hitch cock. who was running his corn shred der on the George McBride farm near Herman, was badly injured when his right arm was drawn into the cylinder nearly to the shoulder. The arm was broken at the wrist and near the elbow. The hand and fingers were so badly mashed that he will probably lose hia hand and will lose three fingers if the hand is saved. Warrick has a large family and lives i? Blair I TURKEY DECLARES GERMAN OFFICERS STARTED FIGHT WITHOUT ASKING CONSENT » Teutonic Crews of Goeben and Breslau Blamed For Start ing Trouble By Attack ing Russians. ALLIES PREPARE FOR WAR Diplomatic Agents Are Ordered to Leave Constantinople Morgenthau Informe United States. % '■ I Washington, Oct. 31. — Tho ; Turkish minister of finance in formed the French ambassador at Constantinople yesterday that the raid of Turkish warships on Rus sian seaports took place without the- knowledge of the Ottoman ' government and presumably un j der the influence of German of ' fleers and crew. This information ! was conveyed in a dispatch today ! from Ambassador Morgenthau to the American government. Mr. Morganthau added that the Russian ambassador received in structions at 3 a. m. yesterday to demand his passports and made an effort to see the grand vizier, who pleaded illness and did not receive him. The Itussian, French anti British ambassadors, according to the same dispatch, are preparing to leave Con stantinople together tonight. On receiving instructions to leave Constantinople the Russian ambassa dor placed the interests of Russia in tlie hands of tho Italian ambassador. Ambassador Morgenthau’s dispatch made no mention of any declaration of war, nor of internal conditions in Tur key. He probably will take over the French and British embassies. Ambassador Morgenthau’s dispatch was filed at noon yesterday in cipher. Tho fact that no mention was made concerning missionaries led officials to believe that Morgenthau felt confident that Americans throughout the Otto man empire would he safe. On the authority of a prominent diplomat, it was said today that A. Rustem Bey. the Turkish ambassador here, when leaving Washington three weeks ago, told a friend that Turkey would enter the war on the side of Germany within a month. The German point of view of the Russo-Turkish war is presented for the tlrst time in a dispatch from Ber lin. Earlier advices telling of Tur key’s attack on Russian ports and vessels apparently placed the respon sibility for hostilities on the Porte, but In Berlin It is stated that it was in reality Russia which started the war. Turkey’s action is said in the German capital to have been a natural se quence to the "Russian attack on Turkish integrity.” The Berlin newspaper, Zeitung am Mittag, publishes today what purports to be an official communication from Constantinople. It states: "Russian torpedo boats attempted to prevent the Turkish fleet leaving the Bosphoroua and steaming into the Black sea. The Turkish ships opened fir* and sank two of the Russian ves sels. More than 30 Russian sailors saved by the Turks were made pris oners. The Turkish fleet sustained no losses.” Italy is being urged by the new na tional party to plunge into the conflict. in view of Turkey’s action touching so closely upon the disposition of ter ritory along the Mediterranean, in which Italy is vitally interested. A Stefani agency dispatch from Rome says: “A semiofficial note has been Issued stating that the island of Saseno was occupied yesterday by Admiral Patrls. of the Italian navy, who disembarked one battery and a company of Infantry. Tho ownership of this island, which commands the entrance to the harbor of Avlono, Albania, long has been a matter of dispute between Greece and A lhariia n —♦— ITALY READY TO FIGHT; BULGARIA HOLDING OUT London, Oct. 31.—Speculation as to the effects of the position taken by Turkey varies widely. In some quar ters it is argued even that the acts of the former German cruisers, Goeben and Breslau, will be disavowed by the porte, but the well authenticated news of tho departure of the Russian ambas sador from Constantinople seems to commit Turkey beyond recall. Delayed telegrams from Constantinople indicat ed as late as last Wednesday that the British ambassador had received as surances that Turkey was determined to preserve neutrality. The action of the Balkan states is awaited with keen interest. Greece is expected immediately to throw in her lot with the entente powers, and it is felt that Rumania probably will follow the same course. Bulgaria, which recently gained much of tho prestige lost in the second Bal kan war, preserves a stubborn silence. Revenge would impel her to an alliance with the Turks, hut Sofia seems deter mined to maintain neutrality unless the borders of Bulgaria are crossed. Rome newspapers aver that with Turkey in the arena the conflict is no longer European, but Mediterranean in scope. It therefore threatens Italy’s in terests in North Africa and raises the century old question of the control of the Mediterranean, which must compel the Italian government to intervene on the side of the entente powers. Italy, as a first step in her evident determination to be a factor in the con trol of the Adriatic, has landed an ex pedition on the Island of Saseno. which commands the harbor of Avluna, in Albania. DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF ALLIES TO QUIT TURKEY Washington, Oct. 31.—Word reached the state department today that diplo matic representatives of the allies were making preparations to leave Con stantinople. Officials declined to re veal the source of their information, but it was understood that already the United States has been asked to take over the affairs of at least one of the legations at the Turkish capital. Acting Secretary Lansing declined to state which of the powers had asked the United States to care for diplomatic interests at Constantinople. Inasmuch as Great Britain, several weeks ago when the Turkish situation apparently had reached a crisis, asked the United States to care for her interests in case of emergency, it was believed today that nation icferred to by officials was France. Although there still was a view in some quarters that German officers and Turkish commanders of the war party might have, forced the situation, on the grand vizier and his councillors, npthing was contained in official dis patches which could could be construed, as supporting that theory. Officials awaited further dispatches with keen interest, as they arc desi rous of rendering prompt assistance to any missionaries or other American. * citizens affected by war conditions. MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY THE TURKS AT ODESSA London, Oct. 31.—The Russian gun boa, Donets, was sunk, a part of the crew was drowned and the others were killed or wounded by the Turkish! torpedo boats which raided the fort of' Odessa, according to a message of Lloyds Agency. The Russian steamers. Lazareff, Witiaz and Whampoa and the French] steamer, Portugal, were damaged byj shell fire and a number of sailors were! kill or wounded. Shells also were fired on the sub urbs of Odessa, near a number of oil tanks, but the tanks were undamaged. A sugar factory, however, was hit.: Some civilians also were killed or in jured by the shells. DOUBT STORY SULTAN WAS COERCED BY GERMAN GUNS. London, Oct. 31.—The correspondent of the Morning Post in Petrograd sends! his paper the following: “The statement published here that, the guns of the cruiser Goeben were turned on the sultan’s palace in order to make him yield to the German de man probably is untrue.” A dispatch to the Central News from Petrograd says that up to a late hour Friday no declaration of war had been received from Turkey. Neither the Russian ambassador nor the Turkish ambassador have left their posts, the dispatch says, and continues: “Consternation prevails in Constan tinople and the Turkish ministry is sitting continuously. The secretary of the Turkish embassy in Petrograd says that he "hopes the misunderstanding will soon be cleared up.” The head of the Moslems in Russia condemns the folly of Turkey and de clares that his followers are loyal to the Russian emperor.” BERLIN SAYS ARMY HOLDS BEST POSITION Germans Now Ready to Direct Attention to “Campaign’s Object.” Berlin. Nov. 2, (by wireless to Say ville).—Information given out for the - press in official quarters today is a^ follows: Military experts of the Berlin news papers consider that yesterday's devel opments around Verdun were of the greatest importance, and say there is promise of their resumption with re newed strength. In the fighting south of Verdun the French are straining ev ery effort to crush and drive out the army which the end of September pen etrated as far as St. Mihiel and which for a month past has been fighting hard to hold the ground gained. The Ger mans now have captured the main po sition and their forces are operating /i from the direction of Toul. The French attack from Ponta-Mousson also was without results. Attention now can again be directed to the original object of this campaign. FRENCH 60VERNMENT TO RETURN TO PARIS Parliament to Meet Soon, Capi tal Is Resuming Normal Con ditions Once More. Paris, Nov. 2.—Unofficial announce ment was made today that the gov ernment would return to Paris from Bordeaux on November 20 and that parliament would meet on December 15 to pass emergency laws. Little by little Paris appears to ba returning to more normal condition. The shops in the Avenue De L’Opera, which had their doors locked and the windows white washed, have been re opened. Each day another restaurant or bar on the boulevardes or elsewhere resumes business and the newspapers m which ceased to publish at the time of the mobilization have begun to appear again. The question of reopening the bourse also is discussed. FAMOUS OLD TAPESTRY OF RHEIMS IS SAVED Paris, Oct. 31.—Forty-two pieces of tapestry of great value were saved from the Rheims cathedral, including 17 pieces representing the history of Christ by Daniel Peppersock, a gift from Henri of Lorraine, who was archbishop of Rheims from 1629 to 1641, and 17 pieces representing the life of the Holy Virgin, given in 1530 by Robert De Lenoncourt. archbishop of Rheims. There were among them al so two pieces, considered the best pro duced by the Gobelin manufactory, representing the Acts of the Apostles. ONLY BRAZIL AT FAULT. San Francisco, Oct. 31.—Complete exonoration of the British and Ameri can .governments from any blame or criticism in connection with the failure of the British steamer, Robert Dollar, to obtain a transfer to the American flag in the harbor of Rio De Janeiro last month was embodied in a state ment given to the Associated Press to- ( day by Capt. Robert Dollar, owner of the vessel. According to his version of the affair, the Brazilian government was at fault.