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VOI XLV NO. 1
OMAHA, THURSDAY M0KN1NU, NOVEMBER 25, 1915-TWELVE PA(5EK.
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MS GUNNERSON
IS SURE HADSER
BOARDED HIS CAR
Identifies Man in City Jail as One He
Whom He Saw at Fortieth and
Farnam Streets, Night
of Smith Harder.
DSTAILS ACTIONS OF SUSPECT
Apparently Had Been Running for
Some Distance and Was Oat of
Breath When He Paid Fare.
DISPOSES OF THE ALIBI
Nfela ("Junnprunn strwt car' run.
Wuctor on the Farnam line, Identified
Arthur Ilauaer. alleged slayer of W.
H. Smith, as the man who boarded
his street car about midnight the
night of the murder of the Woodmen
of the World cashier. Gunnerson saw
Hauser late yesterday afternoon and
declared positively that he ta the
man.
Gunneraon said Hauser boarded his car
t Fortieth and Farnam streets and ap
parently had been running some distance,
tor tie was out of breath. He rushed by
tho door, roughly throwing his fare In
the box as he did so, and hurriedly took
a seat at the front of the car, said the
conductor. He also pulled his hat down
ever his eyes and pulled his cellar up
around his neck, Gunnerson asserted. '
i Gunnerson'a Identification, the police
1 believe, will offset Mauser's assertion
that he was In Indianapolis the night of
the Smith murder. '
Not Sent llaaser.
A note addressed to "Art Hauser, City
Jail, Omaha," was received today. The
note was from a woman and was merely
signed "A Friend." The note quoted sev
eral verses from Scripture such as "Be
not deceived, Ood la not mocked," and
"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he
reap." She advised Hauser not to com
Yilt suicide as he threatened, but to put
his faith In the Saviour.
Eaoh hour seems to bring some bit of
testimony or evidence that apparently is
drawing a net of facts about Hauser that
will disprove any defense he may make.
Practically every victim of the W. T.
Hause robbery has seen Hauser and
Identified him so emphatically that he has
made a clean breast of this offense, even
to revealing the location of the valuables
taken.
I'tnttd Jewelry In' Chicago.
After leaving Omaha two days after the
Hause robbery,, Hauser says he- went to
Chicago, where he pawned a pair of dia
mond ear screws, two alamond rings and
several minor articles.
Flora Chicago, he said, he Journeyed to
Cincinnati and bad entered the Jewelry
tatabUehmeat t Dlngnam-Bros. at Sixth
and Pins streets, whero . was offering
a diamond solitaire ring valued at $275
for sale: "I saw an officer coming and
I left It on the counter. I never went
back after It and for all I know It Is
there yet." said Hauser.
Then, according to his story, he trav
eled 'to Indianapolis, where he asserts
that the day before the murder of V.
31. fmlth he pawned two brooches taken
from the Hause residence and a watch
with a gold knife attached to the chain,
which belongs to Douglas Bowie. Hers
be also pawned two diamond rings. One
tielonglnff to Mrs. Hause and the other
n Mr. n ci Whitnev. For tne last
v.. ij tr n ..v. uv.r.i of
these articles are with the Burton Jew
elry company there.
Formerly Kmpljel Here,
Hauser told Captain Maloney that five
years ago he was employed In Omaha
s driver for the Omaha Express com
pany, and that he knows the city well.
Among articles takea from Hauser at
Wichita, and brought here are two police
badges, which he used and which have
been identified by Omaha persons as
Identical with the ones worn by the
fellow who robbed them.
WATCHMAN AND BURGLAR
' FALL TEN STORIES
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 Locked in each
others arms, the bodies of Robert Green,
an elevator man and watchman, and a
man believed to be a burglar, were found
today at the bottom of an elevator shaft
In a ten-story building in the shopping
reotlon of the city. Green, a negro, had
apparently found burglars at work on
the tenth floor of the building, and while
struggling with one of the men both had
fallen into the open elevator shaft.
The Weather
Forecvast till 7 p. m. Thurscday.
For Omaha.. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
i 'n.ati with rjtin: caiuttr.
Teasperatnra a iniwasf.
5 a. m 44
6 a. m, 46
I a. m....".
S a. m. 48
a. m 4
10 a. m 49
II a. m &3
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1 P- m l
2 p. m.
I p. m 63
4 p. m 64
5 p. in 63
S p. m l
8 p. m 60
Loral Het'oro).
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Comparative
Highest today
ixiwest today
Mean temperature
Precipitation
Temperature and
precipitation depart-
urea from the normal:
Normal temperature 34
Kxoess for lite day 20
Total deficiency since March 1 166
Normal pieeipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for the day 02 Inch
Precipitation since March I. ...20.74 Inches
iHjfli iency since March 1.... 1.48 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1914., 3.S1 Inches
' Deficiency for cor. period. 1U3.. IM Inches
Reports from Statleaa at T P. si.
Button and State Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7 p. in. eat
fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy 51
Davenport .clear SO
Denver, clear 62
Ites Moines, cloudy 44
lender, cloudy M
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North Platte, clear 64
Omaha, clear 60
Pueblo, clear 63
Kapld t-iiy, ciouay u
fcalt Lake City, cloudy. ...SO
fianta F, part cloudy. ...W
Bherldan. cloudy ... , 60
Uoux Ctty, part cloj S...42
Vhntioe. part cloudy.... 4
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TAFT SAYS SCHOOL
WORK SUPERFICIAL
Former President, in Address to
Teachers, Advocates National
University for Pedagogies
MUCH VALUABLE TIME WASTED
Rochester; n. y., not. 24..
The conversion of the United States
bureau of education Into a National
University for School Teachers, was
advocated today by former President
William Howard Taft, in an address
before the New York State Teachers
association.
Mr. Taft criticised the present
system of education in the , United
States as being in many Instances In
efficient and superficial and sug
gested that the federal government
nilgbt, .ihaeaghi' a system of , dngpec
tlon and criticism, aid the states In
bringing about a higher standard,
both .In respect to teachers and
methods. .
Explaining his scheme for co-operation
of the federal and state authorities, Mr.
Taft said;
"Through Its bureau 'of education, the
national government might help to pro
mote state education by offering ma
chinery to the people of the municipality,
of a county, or a state, by which they
might. If they chose, have the schools
they pay for Investigated and the value
- " , -
"survey of officers of United States
bureau of education."
Higher Standards deeded.
Referring to his plan for making the
bureau of education a national university
for teachers. Mr. Taft said:
"By searching, and thorough teachers'
examination, the federal certificates
would acquire a high value for their hold
era and the professional qualification for
teaching would be generally Improved."
As a proof of the defects of the present
system, Mr. Taft referred to the report
of the Carnegie foundation for the ad
vancement of teaching,, which showed
that the local school superintendents of
some states cannot spell or writs good
English. - v
Referring to the criticism, which, lie
said, was widely and justifiable made
that American school children received
only a superficial education, Mr. Tart
said: .
"The criticism that we hesr from Eng
land of the Rhodes scholars ought to
give us anxiety as to our system of ed
ucation and bring te our minds thai our
standards are not as high as they should
be: that our discipline has a certain
degree of flabbiness."
Valuable Time' Wultl,
Mr. Taft declared that "There was a
most Important waste of valuable human
time In the years of the life of the boy
and the girl between and 14 years..
"In the German schools and in the
English schools." he said, "the amount
that, boys between and 14 are required
to commit may well command our ad
miration and wonder because It is so
out of proportion to the amount that we
require of our children. The German
youth at 15 la as well prepared to eater
a college course as are our boys of U and
1. He has made up three years by harder
work, longer hours and fewer vacations."
Mayor Thompson
Refuses to Veto
Widows' Tag Day
CHICAGO, Nov. 14. Mayor Thompson
announced today that he will pot veto
an ordinance passed by the city council
-ondey night allowing a "widows' tag
day" In the streets December 14. The
council's action baa been denounced by
charity workers, who said It "legalised
begging."
"Why should I "hold the bag for the
council's mistakes?" asked the mayor.
Grade School Pupils
Contribute Shoe Fund
Pupils of the grade schools yester
day contributed VS. which will go to
a fund for the purchase of shoes for
needy children. Superintendent Graff
has charge of the money and its distribution.
Turkey Day
Shaw Warns Britons Crushing of
Germany Might
LONDON, Nov. 24. Addressing - tin
I'ablan society lost night on diploma'- y
after the war, Bernard SHw warned his I
luarers that a crushing defeat of Ger
many, leaving Great Britain the strongest
HEIGHT WEST OF
fiORIZIA IS TAKEN
Italian War Offioe Announces Far
ther Successes in Assaults on
Forts Near City.
CREST IS CARRIED BY STORM
ROME. Nov. 23. (Via Paris,
Nov. 24.) Further advances for the
Italian jforcea. In' their attack on
GorlEla; are 'announced "by v the""w2r"
office in tonight's statement. The
crest of the Calvarlo Heights, west
of Goritia, was reached and main
tained, at Is declared. The positions
recently won northwest of Oslavla
were strengthened.
Teat of Statement.
The text of the statement follows:
"Later news of the fighting of Novem-
j ber 20 and 21 for the conquest of the
heights northwest or oslavla brings out
the Importance and exceptional violence
thereof. A brigade of grenadiers vied
with troops of the Fourth In the dash
and bravery of their attacks and stub
born resistance in alternate success and
failure against the violent and Incessant
resumption Of the offensive by the
enemy.
"On that part of the front yesterday
the day passed in relative calm and the
troops. were able to strengthen the posi
tions they had conquered.
"On the Calvarlo height, west of Gor-
lsla, the crest was reached and we main
tained ourselves on it under the furious
artillery fire of the enemy.
"On the Carso front, after having re
pulsed feeble attacks by tho enemy dur
ing the ulght we resumed action with
vigor in the morning. We took by assault
a strong entrenchment near the church
of Ban Marttno Def Carso." -
Pours Oil Onto
' ' the Fire and Is
Likely to Die
Tn order quickly to rekindle a fire in a
tenting stove, Mrs. I O. Hiatt, 23X Q
street, yesterday afternoon used coul oil.
v ith results that will probably prove
f.tal.
The fire in the heater was low. Mrs.
Hiatt picked up the coal oil can and com
menced to pour the contents over the
fcfnoldering coals. Suddenly there was an
explosion,. The fire communicated with
th oil In the can. Instantly Mrs. Hiatt
was a mass of flames from oil scattered
over her clothing. She ran into the yard
r.nd Stanley Lister, who was passim;,
1 1 lied off his Coat and, wrapping It about
her, cmothered the fire, but not until she
vii badly burned. Hhe was taken to a
brspltal, but it is not expected that she
villi live.
Powder Company
Cuts Big Melon
W3LMINGTON, Del.. Nov. 24.-The di
rectors of the E. I. Dupont Powder co n
puny at a meeting here today declare!
tl hide nds as follows: One and one-half
per cent regularly quarterly dividend 011
the old stcck; 1 per cent regular quar
terly dividend on the new stock, and an
extra dividend ot 2&V per cent on the new
Stcck.
Small Boy Shoots
Brother and Sister
HUNTINGDON, Pa., Nov. 24. -At Cal
vin, a remote hamlet, Howard, tha 8-year-old
son of John Prough, a farmer, last
night shot and killed his brother, 4 years
old. and his sister, 6 years old, during the
sbfence of the parents. The, father was
hauling logs and the mother had gone to
a neighbor's on a doinestio errand.
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Make America Foe
i. aval and mHltary power, might drive i
Cermany and the United States Into a de-
fcnslve alliance against the combined ni-.
ve. power of Great Britain and Japan.
ENTENTE PRESENTS
A NOTE JO GREECE
Ministers Call On Premier in Body
and Demand that Government
Define Its Attitude.
ITS TERMS ARE NOT EXACTING
PARIS, Nov. 24. The ministers of
the entente allies at Athens called
tippn the Qjreek gjjvrnmentjn a body
1 1 noon; Tuesday to discuss the ques
tion of what action Greece would
take should allied troops, now In
Macedonia, be compelled to retreat
across the frontier. The message
asserts ah official statement announc
ing the action of the diplomats de
scribed the step as friendly.
Collective Note Presented.
LONDON, Nov. 24. A Reuter messsge
lion: Athens says the entente ministers
(resented a collective note to Premie1'
f kouloudlg
demanding" that Greece de-
f tic Its attitude. The cabinet was immo
illately called together.
ftor the cabinet meeting Greek mlnli -
tcrs said the situation had been cleared
by presentation of the note, which gave
the government diflnite Infoimatfon In re-'i
urd to what was expected by the allies
These demands were less exacting than
had been expected. These ministers added
that Greece never had refused requests
fcr assurances for the security of allied
troops in Macedonia.
Press dispatches from Athens say tbit
the note prensented by the allies demands
freedom of movement for their forces In
Macedonia without the interposition cf
obstacles of any kind. It la said Greece
is expected to comply.
City Prosecutor.
Begins Campaign
Against Grafters
City Prosecutor McGuIre Is on the trail
of employment agents who use question
able methods to get money from persons
in quest of work.
During the time Mr. McGulre hag been
In office be has had brought to his at
tention sufficient evidence to warrant
using stringent measures against this
class of offenders.
He has written to Frank M. Coffey,
flasks! f
state labor commissioner, asking for co- self. The Dallas man waa rocently In
operation, and will take tho matter up dieted here for fraudulent use of the
with the new Welfare board as soon as
it has been organised.
"Only a few days sgo I had a case
brought to me by a man who paid his
lust 32 to an agent, who promised to get
him a job washing dishes," said the
prosecutor. "The victim went to the job
and worked two hours, after which he
was fired without being given sny pay.
He asked for the return of his employ
ment fee, but the agent at first refused
to return the money. Similar cases are
being reported every week. I am going
to prosecute these unscrupulous agents
to the full extent of the law."
Carnegie Man of
Moderate Fortune
Says Pritchett
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Nov. 24-Kpeak-Ing
at the celebration here today of
Andrew Carnegie's eightieth birthday an
niversary Henry D. Pritchett, president
of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad
vancement of Teaching, said:
"The most noteworthy thing about Mr.
Carnegie's preaching of the doctrine of
consecration of wealth is the fact that
his practice has squared with his preach
ing. - The great bulk of his accumula-
I tions, nearly 4)0,WJ0.0U. has been turned
bark to the cause of human betterment,
He Is today a man of moderate fortune. '
ALLIES ?H0 FLEE
INTO GREECE MAY
LOSE THEIR ARMS
Greek Premier Says That is Prohably
Fate of Entente Soldiers Be
treating Across the el
lenie Border
PSOPLE DO UOT WANT WAR
To Do What Paris and Londan Ask
Wold be to Violate Nation's
neutrality
SERB GOVERNMENT IS MOVING
PARIS, Nov. 2 4. Premier Skou
loudls of Greece is quoted by the
Petit Parislen today as saying that if
the allied forces in Macedonia retreat
across the border Greece may disarm
them, although the Greek govern
ment has not committed itself on this
point.
This statement wbs frrwarded from
Athens by tl. He Mnlxlere, a correspond
ent of the Paris Taiisled. He quoted the
premier as follows:
"Greece Is neutral and will remnln
neutral In spite of lirpssurf. no ninttiV
from whnt itinrtcr It Is sppl ed. Its neu
trality, as It affortsthe allies and France,
In particular, will be of such a benevolent
character that Oreoce will never lift a
finger agatnxt the allied troops.
Vinld lie Tnklnw I'art
"Today we are asked to give an en
gagement that we will permit tho allied
armies operating In Serbia to rerross our I
frontier and use Greek terrltoiy as base
and field of operations. This would con-
stltute active co-opcratlon in the war on
our part.
"I was obbged to answer that such an
event would raise the question of appll-
cation or the convention adopted at The
Hague, which permits neutrals to prevent,
by disarming belllgrrent armies, the con-
version of their territory Into a battlefield
I added that I breached this point from
a legal aspect only, mis onservaiion
caused uneasiness on the part of the
allies, who answered with a sort of a
blockade."
Herb liovernnient Moves.
PARIS, Nov. 24. The Serbian legation
announced today that the Serbian gov
ernment, which had been located at
Prlsrend, Is departing today for Scutari,
Albania.
The Montenegrin forces sre continuing
to retreat before the Austtlsns, as is
shown by the following official state
ment, forwarded yesterday from Cet
tlnje: ' Our Sanjak army continued yesterday
to retire in good order upon defenalve
positions.
"Artillery fighting is in progress on the
Peace Telegrams
Pour Into White
House by Thousands
WASHINGTON,. Nov. 2I.-Telegrams
by the thousands poured into the White
linns tndav from all sections of the
j country, urging President Wilson to as-;,. -!SlHt
the movement for a conference of , Th ,,-,. L, ...
...,. i. to attempt to end the Muropean
iwar. Mrs. Henry Ford rocontly gave
' 110.000 to the Women's Pence party to -
;wHrd (he (enraph campaign.
Th(J measagcgi hlch were suggested
. MU( Jan8 Addamfl ani otler leadg
peace advocates, were Identical,
i women
The campaign will be brouxht to n
;
climax Friday, when a delegation or
women peace advocates will call on
President W ilson.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. Henry Ford, the
(Detroit automobile manufacturer, an-
nounced today that he would take a
peace expedition to Europe to attempt
to end the war.
Mr. Ford will Invite leading American
pacificists to Join the expedition, as well
as peace advocates from other neutral
countrlea.
Negotiations have been opened with
the Scandinavian-American line for the
charter of the llnor Oscar II. If tho
boat is secured it is proposed to start !
from New York on December 4.
Dallas Man Kills
Lawyer and Himself!
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 24.-H. O.
Dedgerwood, a prominent attorney, and
3. N. Whlsenant of Dallas are dead,
following a shooting In Iedgerwood's
office this morning. Whlsenant is said
to have killed the lawyer first, then him-
malls in connection with a bankruptcy
case.
Mrs. Mary Melton, Idgerwood's
stenographer, asserts Whlsenant entered
the office, walked to Uedgerwood'a desk,
snd cried, "You've done me dirt," and
fired. She says she heard two more
shots as she ran from the room.
The killings are believed to be the re
sult of a bankruptcy case In which the
two men were concerned.
Police Officers Get
Auto Club Rewards!
Officers Chaddook and Bitters of the
Omaha police department were awarded . lrr l -"
rewards of $i by the' Omaha Automobile I The conference Is regarded as of great
vlub bqard of directors for securing the ; Importance, because the cardinal la on
srrest and conviction of two persona j bis way to Rome to attend the forth
who threw glass on the city streets. The ; coming conclave of the college of cardi
35 reward la a standing offer by the nals.
club, which has already paid out about
3160 tn such sums.
BIG MILWAUKF GRAIN
BROKERAGE FIRM FAJLS
MILWAUKEE. Nov. SH.-The H. Q.
Hadden company, grain commissioners,
long, considered the largest dealers In
grain futures in the city, suspended
operations today. The firm announced It
had' over l.OnO.uOO bushels of grain of
customers on Its books and was unable
to collect margins.
BERW1ND COALED
GERMAHWARSHIPS
Captain of Ship Tells of Delivery of
Cargo of Fuel and Food to
Kaiser's Ships at Sea.
ORDERS FROM SUPERCAROO
NEW YORK. Nov. 2 4. How the
Hamburg-American line succeeded in i
reaching German warships in the 1
Atlantic in August and September,
1P14, with 2,000 tons r coal and
large amounts of food stuffs by means
or the steamer Derwind, an American
boat under the American flag, was
told today on the witness stand by
the Dcrwlnd's captain, Frits Edward
t'al ken berg.
Captain Falkenberg waa A government
witness In the trial of Dr. Kerl Buoni,
George Hotter, Adolph Hochmeleter. an4
Joseph Poppinghaus, all officials of the
Hamburg-American line on trial of
charges of conspiring to deceive and tle
f i sud the United States.
The Kerwlnd sailed from New York at
9X at night, August S, ostensibly for
l-'uenoa Aires, with Poppinghaus as su
percargo and In charge. Taking up Cap
tain Falkenberg's story there. It movo-
ment were as follows:
I First, Poppinghaus ordered him to stay
' within the three mile limit after leaving
I Sandy Hook, to avoid British cruisers,
but Inter, instructed him to steer for
Cape ltoque. There he was told to steam
back and forth as he might meet Qer
man ships. For thirty-six hours the Ber-
I wind did steam back and forth over a
sixty mile course and finally at :80 a. m.,
Auu'
ships.
August 28 sighted a German fleet of five
Klorm Delaya Transfer,
The ships were the Cap Trafalgar, the
Pontes, the Eleanor Woermer, the Santa
Lucia and the tiny German gunboat,
Kber. The Can Trafalgar hoisted a sic-
nsi, -n, m.," meaning "Come Nearer."
after the Berwlnd, on Poppinghaus' order,
had hoisted the same letters.
The weather was stormy, the winds
high, and the aeaa heavy, so the Ber
wlnd, unable to discharge its cargo,
stayed sixteen days with thi German
fleet. When, the elements moderated It
discharged Its provisions, forty tons of
many kinds of foodstuffs, and much of
Its coal to the Cap Trafalgar and the
Eleanor Woermer.
On September 10, or thereabouts, three
of the fleet sailed away, leaving only the
Pontaa and the Cap Trafalgar, to which
tne Berwlnd was still discharging cargo.
Uefore leaving, however, the Bber gave
up Its guns, two four-Inch rifles and six
one-pounders, t the Cap Trafalgar.
On the morning of September 14, 1S14,
Captain Falkenberg testified, the Cap
Trafalgar and the Pontaa were surprised
by the British auxiliary cruiser, Car.
mania, and another boat, which came on
ifast, Jntmsdlng o-give battle The Ger
mans turned to fiiw, and the Berwlnd,
weighing anchor, trailed slowly behind,
veering out of range.
"The Carmania gained fast," Captain
Falkenberg said.
"The Cap Trafalgar steamed south
about a mile, then turned right about
ana raced the Carmania. They
about two and a half miles spart.
were
Cap Trafalgar Bonk by Carmania.
"The Carmania fired the first shot, and
I then snnthtli. nn n Knf.trA t .i r n f i
con u '
j haf . hour both th, Carnlana an(j
, the Can Trafalgar w hrii .iim
j in two hours the Cap Trafalgar' was
' sunk."
. Poppinghaus vss aboard the Kloanor
j oermer st this fine. Captain Falken-
" r lesimea. . i ne iicrwina tster re-
: CI .
' woermer, went n
R1 "". ?t a cargo and returned
j h"me' to reach rtuenos Ayres.
' i'imi Kir wnu n ii ciearea, l apis III
Fa krnberg said.
The nvernmnt ihur.,.l t . , u - n.
, w wa th. on)y of the "
boat, cn.rterld by the defendants at a
COHt ot $2,000,000, to relieve Gei tan cruls-
lrra, which succeeded In Its errand. The
! others, it Is believed, were all captured
before they reached the Germans.
Captain Falkenberg, said George Hot
ter, superintendent of the liHmburg
Amertcan line, made him a present of
$60J In return for his services when the
Berwlnd got back to New York.
Iowa Employers'
SS7viH
DK8 MOINES. Ia., Nov. 24The Iowa
supreme court today upheld the constitu
tionality of the Iowa employers' liability
and workmen's compensation act. The
court held that where employers reject
the compensation set they remain under
the employers' liability section of the
laws. This does not take away from an
employer the right to show that he la
blameless for accidents to employes, the
decision says.
Von Buelow Will
See Two Cardinals
ZURICH, Swltserland. Nov.. J4. (Via
London.) Reports of a movement for
peace wero revived today by a confer
ence here of Prince Von Buelow, former
German chancellor, with the Cardinal
Archbishop Von Hartmann of Cologne,
I""",',,
France Calls Clars
Of 1917 to Colors
PARIS, Nov. :4.-Aftar hearing Gen
eral Galllenl, minister of war, today, the
army committee of the Chamber of Depu
ties decided upon a call to the colore on
December li of young conscripts of the
data of 1417. They will be sent to gar
r sons, trained and Incorporated In va
rious leglmtuli and services.
TEUTON ADVANCE
TOWARD TURKISH
OOP, DEP, CHECK ED
Contradictory Reports of Victory U
the Balkan Regions Leaves
the Present Situation
in Donbt.
M ON ASTIR STILL IN BALANCE
Heavy Fighting; Apparently in
Progress Where Germans Try
to Join Bulgarians.
RUSSIANS GATHER AT ODESSA
tM LLKTIM.
BERLIN, Nov. 24. (Via London.)
The Serbian towns of Mitrovitsa and
I'ristlna have been captured, the war
office announced todav.
LONDON. Nov. 24. Contradictory
claims to victory In the Balkans leave
the present situation in doubt, but
ir is evident the advance of the Aus-tto-German
armies and their Bulgsr
Isn allies is not so rapid as earlier re
ptrts Indicated. Apparently haw
fighting Is under way In the section
or the country where the Teutonic
headers are attempting to form a
junction with the Bulgarians.
The fate of Monastor Is still ia the
balance. Reports emanating from
Athens state that the Bu.,arlttns, hav
ing regard for Greek susceptibilities,
ere waiting for the Germans to come
up and occupy the city.
In the entente capitals renewed con
fidence Is professed that Greece Is mov
ing toward complete agreoment with the
wishes of the allies. Berlin has revived
the report that Russia Is contemplating
a great campaign In the Balkans, for
which a large army has been gathered
at Odessa. The Germans, who have given
publicity to this report, do not s.em at
all sure that Roumanja will refuse per.
mission to this army to cross lln terri
tory. Petrograd reports a slight advance
along the Btyr river, with sharp chocks
for the Germans and Austilans on both
the northern and southern positions of
the eastern front. Vienna, however, says
there Is nothing worthy of report along
this line. Nevertheless there Is appre
hension in Vienna snd Berlin of the re
snlt of the expected Russian offensive
In the extreme southeast. . .
Italy looks for the IminetllH'e fal o.'
Gorlsla, which, eccord'n f it. C'o '.vs
reports, Is dominated by art ill v of hot '
sides and forms a no-mniiryi,,.,
Serbs" may V'alie 'l::h Hcil ."
PAIU8. Nov. !4. There appears to Im
confirmation of the report that the Ser
bian army of General Dokovlicn Is now
opposing only a thin screon to the Ati-tro-Qermsn
advance." says a Halonlkl
dispatch dated Monday in the Tempts
today. "The main forces have been con
centrated on the Kossovo plain. General
Bokovltch will hurl VO.UOO men against
the 130.000 Bulgarians guarding the de
files of Katchnnlk and Kortchou.
"The Serbians may even attempt the
supreme effort of dashing Into I'skup
and then on to'Veles, there to join bands
with the French,; By an order .that the
battle shall end In anything but sublime
suicide, the operation must be carried
out energetically and success must be
achieved promptly.
"There la good reason to liollcve the
! Bu'sarians will not occury Monast r until
the arrival of the first
detachments of
Austro-German troops."
Allies Make Promises to Serbia.
PARIS. Nov. !4.-Importsnt new efforts
In the Balkans by Great Britain and
France have been promised to Serbia,
according to the Halonlkl correspondent
of the Petit Journal.
He says a member of the Serbian gov
ernment informed him that Premier As
qulth of Great Britain telegraphed the
Serbian government assurances of tho
allies' Intention to carry through the
Balkan expedition. Mr. Asqullh Is
quoted as having said:
"I can assure you France and England
are preparing surprises In the Balkans.
You will shortly . have corroboration
thereof."
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