I i Now Inevitable That Serbian? f Must Retreat Across Bor . tier—Bulgars Storming * French Lines. ANGLO-FRENCH STRONGER Now Have 125,000 In Balkans and 45,000 More on Way— Russians May Be Heard Prom Soon. TlcrNfe. fvin London), Nov. 29.— Herman troops advancing in Serbia have occupied the heights on the left bank of the Sitnica river, west of Pristina. German army head quarters announced today. The Austrians are advancing southwest of Mitrovitza. The capture of 2, GOO more Serbians is recorded. Hondo*. Nov. 29.—The Serbians have recaptured Krushevo, in southern Serbia, about 20 miles west of Prilep, according to a dispatch to the Star, from Athens. London. N*t. 29.—-The Serbian forces soon %vil! become an army without a y country, unless the French should de feat the Bulgarians, four divisions of whom are said to be hammering at the French lines. Reports arrive from va vious sources that Monastir has been surrounded by Bulgarians and that they may not wait for their Austro Germrn allies before entering the Macedonian capital. The main Serbian army, retreating in a southwesterly direction before Field Marshal Von Mackensen’s troops, /»'W find no rest even in Greek terri Tk’wjr, it is reported here that the in ” viders of Serbia would not hesitate to /cross into Greece. Apparently the Ger man leaders expect the Serbians and their allies will await attack in Greece. It is said these operations will be un der the supreme command of Field Marshal Ton Mackensen. The diplomatic representatives at Athens of the entente powers are still active, their latest effort to settle defi nitely all outstanding questions being the presentation to Premier Skouloudis of a note detailing measures deemed indispensible for the security and free dom of action of the allied troops. Playing Up to Rumania. The situation along the Rumanian frontier, where a great Russian force is said to have been gathered, is still ob , score. The display by the Rumanian dk public of feeling in favor of the entente f is regarded in London as an indication that the nation is in a position to dis regard the demands of the central pow ers. ft is reported that Gen. Alexi Kuro patkiri is to command the Russian ar my of invasion, which will either be sent up the Danube or allowed passage through Rumania to attack Varna front the land side. Other Russian forces are being organized at Odessa and Se bastopol and will doubtless be sent cither to the Bulgarian or Turkish coast. It is reported from Switzerland that the Austro-Germans are sending rein forcements into the Balkans to meet this new Russian offensive, but othei sources state that these reinforce ments are en route to the western front because of the fact that the Balkan campaign is having a direct effect or all fronts. Hope to Divert Army. ( lit Galicia, the Austro-Germans are attacking in the hope of compelling the Russians to divert a part of the Bess arabian army thence. No definite news has been received of the renewed Austro-German offen sive in Galicia. It is expected, how kt ever, that this movement will be V pushed energetically for the political effect on Rumania. SERBS ARE BEATEN BACK BY SUPERIOR BULGAR ARMY London. Nov. 27.—Allied troops eon , tinue to land at Saloniki in large num [ tiers. A Reuter dispatch filed yester day at Saloniki says that important V British reinforcements reached that port on Thursday and were landed im mediately. After the occupation of Pristina by the Austrians and Germans, the mes sage says the main body of Serbians retreated in a southerly direction. The Serbians were unable to maintain their positions in the TCatchanik region, owing to the greatly superior forces of the invaders. Official announcement has been mode to commanders of the allied coops at Saloniki. of the .guarantees given by the Greek government reia tive to freedom of action of their armies. Winter lias set in earlier than usual in the Bail-tans. Tt is expected military operations on both sides will be great ly hampered thereby. PRESIDENT TAKES BIG PARTY TO ATTEND GAME Washington. Nov. 27.—President Wilson and party left here early today for New York to witness the Army Nn\ : football game. The party occu pied two private cars attached to a regular train. Accompanying the president were Mrs. Norman Galt, Mr. Wilson’s fiance: Mrs. Wi’iiam II. Bolling. Mrs. Galt’s a mother’ Miss Bertha Bolling. Mrs. m Galt's ou ter: Secretary and Mrs. Mc \ Aden, Mrs. Anne Howe, the president’s sister: Mrs. Anne Cothran, a daughter of Mrs. Howe, and her little daugh ter. Miss Josephine Cothran: Secretary Tumulty, and Ur. Cary T. Grayson, the White House physic ian. The president vd.l return to Wash V inston, Monday morning. BUILDERS ANNUL RULE. San Francisco. Nov. 27.—-The bt.ild :ng trades department of the Ames lean ederution of la bor annulled today the decision of the department made at Tampa. Fla., several years ago, giving to metal workers the right to make and erect metal trim and instructed its officers to draft an agreement to set tle a dispute between metal workers and carpenters, which has caused many strikes and great money losses for many years. I -- CHIP SUNK: CREW SAVED. I London, Nov. 27. -- The Norwegian r steamship. Kinr, has been soak. Her cr.v. «-f eight men waj l.'vtti’“d. JOHN BULL OBTAINS SHORT TIME CREDIT Additional Loan of $50,000, 000 For Six Months Arranged By New York Banks. New York, Nov. 29.—The committee or'bankers which recently was organ ized to perfect an additional British credit, todav announced that a six months’ loan of $50,000,000. bearing 414 per cent interest and secured by 1L000.000 pounds sterling British gov ernment bonds, had been arranged. The bonds are to bo deposited in the Bank of England by the borrowers, who represent eight o? London s most pro minent institutions. The lenders are various banks and trust companies of this city and the interior, and other home Institutions will be given parti cipation. A halt* year will be the duration of this particular loan and no extension beyond that period is eontemplated. It is understood, however, that other loans of similar character will be un dertaken by American bankers from time to time as the exigencies of the international situation dictate. BRITAIN EXPECTS Hirst Believes Peace Overtures Soon Will Be Advanced Public Stirred By Tax on Profits. BY FRANCIS W. HiRST, Editor “The Economist,” London. London, Nov. 29.—-The abolition of minimum prices for consols and for eign bonds is a welcome step toward the restoration of natural conditions and one for which the stock exchange has been long prepared. Banking in terests have been comp'aining of the delay, which has been a grave incon venience, since salability in war or peace is essential to good security. At present the 2% per cent consols at 58 are equivalent to more than 69 for 3 per cent. In the Napoleonic wars. 3 per cent consols once fell to 47, and it was this fall whicli led Pitt to intro duce the income tax. Concerning the new French inter national war loans, a controversy has arisen as to whether exemption from taxes includes exemption from any fu ture income tax. Apparently the state ment of the French finance minister on November 12 only exempts from present taxes and not from any future income tax, should such be imposed after the war. The house of commons' discussions indicate that many of the members are deeply interested in the excess profits tax, but the chancellor of the exchequer lias resisted most of the amendments offered, and the tax prob ably will yield a very large revenue for a couple of years. Reginald McKenna's proposed £1 bond will require compulsion behind it if large savings are really to be squeezed out of prosperous wage eurners. A correspondent, who visited Mace donia just before the Bulgarian inva sion, tells mo that famine conditions already existed there at that time. The devastation of Serbia will complete the abject misery of the near east. Turkey must bo almost worn out. Germany now has to lend Bulgaria money, tie sides maintaining the Turkish army. All things considered, new peace pro posals will in all probability be made before long through some neutral agency. The exchange problem seems to be better understood by the authorities now. A comparatively small fund will prevent bear speculation. THREE INFANTRYMEN SHOTJJYMEXICANS Villa and Carranza Snipers Fire on American Troops—One Soldier Killed. W as hire t on. Nov. 2'J.—Tlie official report to the war department on the Nogales affair arrived here from Major Genera) i'unston, transmitting the substance of a report from the commanding officer at Noagles fol lows' "In the action of November 2G. no shots were fired by us, except in return of Mexican lire. This applies to both Yillistas and the advance Carranza troops under Colonel Cardenas, who opened fire on the troops of the Tenth cavalry under Captain Valentine and company 1., Twelfth infantry. The latter company had three casualties Private Little, mortally wounded hi heal, died at 9 o’clock last night. Pri vate Cates, flesh wound in abdomen; Private Sauhe, wounded in ankle; the two latter will recover.” It was stated about 20 Mexicans were killed. Nogales. Ariz.. Nov. 29.—Gen. Alvaro Obregon, whose Carranza forces o<’ etu:!ed Noagles. Sonora, yesterday aft er Villa snipers had exchanged shots •with I’nlteil States troops stationed along the international boun'dary line, \va preparing today to take the Meld in an effort to run down the remaining Villa soldiers who tied from the Mexi can town. PRAISES BANK SYSTEM. Chicago, Nov. 27. — Praise for the federal reserve banks and tnu effect they have hud on the fnarires of the nnt',on was voiced today before the v nriference of the western economic so ciety by Edtrtin I 7>. Hulbert, a Chi • u ■ ii’o>’ vv-c.v tevievved present li ra re is 1 < o-idit te- « BIG BOND ISSUE IS SOLD BY B. & 0. LINE New York. Nov. 27.—It was lea-ned today that the Baltimore ft Ohio rail lead has sold to Kuhn, Loeb ft Co., and : payer ft Co . hankers, JGO.OOO.GOO £ per cent r< funding and general mort age gold bonds The company will use pait uf the proceed*! to redeem Its $40 0m <(CG mu;! notes maturing In iSUi an’ ISIS which are aubjwt to prior re o*ar** * * * SHORTER LINE TO SUPPLY BASE TEUTON ADVANTAGE IN BALKANS In the new Balkan campaign for the first time Germany finds herself in position to move her supplies to the front over a shorter route than the allies. This gives Germany the advantage, as the more men an army must use in transporting supplies from its base to the front, the fewer it can use in actual warfare. HUERTA FINANCED BY GERMAN MONEY Carranza Gets Documents and Turns Them Over to United States—Hoped to Em broil Uncle Sam. New York. Nov. 29.—Details of the conspiracy by which millions of dollars of German money was to restore Gen. Vlctoriano Huerta to the dictatorship in Mexico and thus bring this country into war with the Mexicans were learned yesterday from officials in this city representing the Carranza admin istration. The story involves Franz Rintelen. the wealthy German who arrived in this country at the same time that Huerta came here from Barcelona, Spain, where he was visited by German agents. It shows that of the $50,000, 000 which certain German sympathiz ers had at their disposal for embroil ing this government in Mexico more than $10,000,000 had already been placed at the disposal of General Huer ta’s representatives in different places; that $95,000 of that money has recently been seized in the Sud-Deutsch-Amer icanische bank in Mexico City; that $600,000 more of the fund is now in an other branch of the same bank in Ha vana, Cuba, where proceedings will be instituted by Carranza’s representa tives to impound it. Hoped to Embarrass America. These facts and others, outlining the entire conspiracy meant to put the United States in such a position that the shipment of arms and ammunition from this country to the allies would be stopped, and to give this country such trouble that no strong represen tations could be made to Germany con- < eerning its submarine warfare, have ; been obtainod from Huerta’s corres pondence and various other documents • in his possession. Practically every detail of tile part that Huerta had planned to play In starting a new revolution in Mexico— his meetings with his aids in this city, his conferences with Germans, includ ing Rintelen and also a member of the German embassy; the arrangements for tlie shipment of arms and ammuni tion to Mexico, the plots lor causing defections from Villa’s and Carranza's armies in Mexico—is included in the letters and documents which the Car ranza officials obtained. All those documents have been turned over to the federal officials, and they have been partly influential in guiding the Wilson administration .n tlie last six months in its dealings with Carranza. They have, in fact, caused them, it is said, to give more consid eration to Carranza than had formerly been the plan. REMOVE COPPER ROOF OF KAISER’S PALACE1 - I: Metal Will Be Used to Maim- j J facture Munitions ?or Gcr- j man Armies. — Bas'd. Fwitsprlwnd. Non'. - Tho | copper roof is being taken from the j imperial castle at Oenriesehingen. Germany, and will be- used in th'* manufacture of munition -, of war. This - roof weighs many tons. Tli’s is not the first fitne that metal j has been reouisit ;c,ned from an im- j perial residence. The* emperor's palace j in Berlin was visit cl the latter part ; of September by the commission hav- ; ing in charge the seizure of metal for j government use and a list of the me^'s ! j at the court war, demanded. Mmponr j Will him ordered that all metals not : ( in actual necessary use be seized. Tt { f was reported recently that the huge • copper roofs of the ca'Vodrul at lire- j men were being dismantled for military ! } purposes. j ^ MRS. CARL HOVEY ENDS LIFE. New York. Nov. 27.—Mrs. Jean : 1 Ed pert on H -vey. authoress, mis foun 1 * dead today in her room, a blanket over | her brad, her door Inckr* and gas ' t pouring from u tube attacf »d to a jo». j I Her huskan 1. Curl TTovcy. editor of the t Metropolitan VAgarUv*. said that be j r knew of no reason why shuuld teke her life. They had been living npurt \ for some time. h LOSE3 *17.003 WORTH OF GEMS. New York. Nov. 27. *— Benjamin Fores, ?* dhimewd tfe.Ver of I r)n An- 1 n s?c>s, vl to the podre tcv’ay (hat y he bad rofclM r.f n bas containing i 117.‘>00 w*rtb *.f tiinmoiula t.-a iiynu J- u w»y. tun*: V-. ull street. ! i HOLIDAY TRUCE URGED BY POPE Prospect Is That Ef fort Will Not Meet With Success. Rome, Nov. 29.—Although the ef forts of Pope Benedict lost year to ob tain a truce among the warring powers over the Christmas holiday did not suc ceed, It Is reported on good authority that the pope will make a similar at tempt this year. He is said to have brought up this question during his conference with Cardinal Von Hartman, archbi-ihop of Cologne. The pope Is represented as having expressed the opinion that it is his duty to make the effort to obtain the truce, although the prospect that hla proposal will be accepted is no more favorable than last year. OVERSEAS TRUST Federal Government Refuses to Sanction Concern Giving Preferential Treatment to Some Shippers. Washington, Nov. 29.—Great Britain ms Informally asked the United States f It would unofficially approve the American Overseas trust and the state lepartment has replied that under no Ircuinstances could any sanction be riven to an organization which would •eceive preferential treatment over ither American shippers. Sweden also has made similar ln lulry and has been advised that tlie dan had not been Indorsed. It devel >ped that part of the plan of the trust vas to organize subsidiaries in neu ral countries and that a measure of lupervision was to be given to the British government by permitting ac ■ess to the books of the concern in leutral countries. Sweden informed Jreat Britain that she would not ap irove such a plan. State department officials declared oday that the Overseas trust organi ;ers now realize, they could not hope o get moral assistance from the Am rican government so long as their dan contemplated preferential treat nent for one set of American shippers .3 against others. That feature lias low been abandoned and a rcpresenla- : ive of the trust is in London negotiat ng with the British government to the nil that the latter will have no con lectlon with the new organization. Officials at f much l.,od va.u*. rapwood twigs an i branches conta’n* frig Targe quantities cf sugar. Matt h and oil, with some albumen. F* ft wend* contain much cik hard woa.-i« nn. tiU LUCK OF HESSES D. L. & W. Forced to Stop Tak ing Shipments For New York —Other Roads Swamped With Traffic. UNABLE TO MOVE CARS Thousands of Loaded Cars Are Stalled—Some on Sidings For 80 Days—Ships Needed to Clear Docks. New York, Nov. 29.—The Betaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, whose lines are choked as far back as Scranton, with loaded freight cars it cannot move today, Instructed Its agents to accept no more freight for export until further notice. More than 6,000 loaded cars from the west, all containing grain, feed, flour, copper and hundreds of other commo dities, have virtually turned the ter minals, and sides of the road Into a storage warehouse for weeks. Some »f the cars have been here for 841 days. All Railroads Glutted. Inquiry at other railroad offices de reloped that nearly every road with a terminus here is glutted with freight cars standing loaded and idle on ildings for hundreds of miles back ilong the line and that other roads vould follow the Lackawanna’s lead ihortly. For months New York, mouth of the sottle through which pours the great sulk of America's export trade, has ieen clogged with freight in excess of the facilities of the steamship com panies attempting to handle It The movement of the big cereal crops and the unprecedented demand In Europe lor copper, steel and other metals used m warfare has swollen exports with in the paBt 60 days to tlgures un Ireamed of before. In October alone exports to the calue of approximately $176,000,000 left Sew York on 393 ships. Let Ships Catch Up. The temporary check to the Incom ing tide is for the purpose. It was said today, of enabling the steamship com panies to catch up in part with the ‘.raffle and to permit the railroads te clear their terminals and sidingB. The Lackawanna's order says that ship ments billed up to and including No vember 27, will be accepted. Pittsburgh, Nov. 27. — Enormous shipments of freight for export con tinue to go east from the Pittsburgh district in spite of congested terminals at Important Atlantic seaboard points, and in yards along the various rail roads between here and New York. Railroad officials said today that ev ery possible expedient was being used to handle the tremendous freight move ment, even to the liberal expenditure of money for additional terminals. One official said that the lines were not suffering so much from lack of cars us in the past, but from lack of track room many cars being held be cause it was impossible to secure dock space for their contents while watting for vessel. MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR 1916 CONVENTION Republicans Anticipate Next National Meeting Will Be Held In Chicago. Chicago. Nov. 29.—Hotel reserva tions for republican delegations from nine states have been made here, it be came known today, in the anticipation that the 1916 republican national con vention will be awarded to Chicago. Senator John W. Weeks, of Massa chusetts, reserved an entire floor for the Massachusetts delegation, also a suite for himself and a suite for W. Murray Crane, former United States senator. New York, Pennsylvania, Ill inois, Ohio. Indiana, Minnesota and Iowa, are among the states for which reservations have been made. Individual reservations included, tho names of former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. James P. Good rich. of Indiana; Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio; Congressman James R. Mann, of Illinois, members of the Indiana state central committee, and Joseph B. Keat ing and David Mulvane, who were identltied with former campaigns. Republican national committeemen will meet in Washington on December It, to decide where the party's con vention will be held. PASSENGERS RESCUED FROM BURNING VESSEL Norfolk. Va„ Nov. 27.—The steamers City of Baltimore and tho Florida from Baltimore, both arrived here this morn ing with a number of people rescued from the steamer Tivoli, burned last night in Chesapeake bay, below An napolis. It is feared some lives were lost, but among those arriving today none knew anything definite. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 27.—One person is dead and four arc missing of the 8S people known to have been on board the steamer. Tivoli. Mrs. Uva Bow den. a passenger, who was ill, died on u life raft. The missing are two chil dren of Captain Howard, commander of the TI . oli and two of the crew, it is thought they may have heen taken aboard a rescue tug and removed to ( ape Charles. The cause of the lire coo hi not &• learned. PURSUED BY CRUISER. New York, Nov. US.—The American steamer idea nndia. which was recently hoarded and searched hy an officer and mm from the British crtiicer at Pro greso, Mcv. arrived here today and re ported having been pursued last night by an unknown cruiser off the New Jersey coast between Brigantine j heals and Tucker beach. The night was unusually hatr- and the Zcaktndiw tan inside the throa ralle limit and ea* raped.