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^^^^^^^ VOLUME i """"",?""" '"'' ANDEI^?^ & C*, THURSDAY MORNING, WOVE MBE^^/lO?? " ? ' ' . ' . ' '"."^^^ untmum ? ? ? '-..LMIII. , .j. ' " ' ^r- * . * . ,._? NUMBER 27X. BOY-ED'S H GAIN BROUGHT EVIDENCE AT TRIAL OF HAMBURG AMERICAN OFFICIALS FOR CONSPIRACY RELIEF FOR GERMAN SHIPS Location Named ^jVhere Money Was Paid for iii y Supplies Furnished New York. Nov._24.-Twice again today the name of Captain '.Boy-Ed, Gprman naval aitacihe, waa brought Into the testimony nt ibo trial of th? Hamburg-American Uno olficials,. ac cused' of cori?plracv ai;..'. dtspatcTiioff relief to G^uunn warships In tho At lantic ami' Pacific at tho boginning of tho war. . Witnesses referred to TO om No. 801 and ll Broadway as Captain Boy-fed's New-Yprk'headquarters; where the money furnished for mipplies for the Costa Rican steamer, .Quesada, oharg o:? as ono ship in "tjie relief traf lic. . Testimony .was also hep rd aboiit tfne clearance of the steamer Thor from. Norfolk. . . Tho 4*pv.ernment established th's fact that ?he defendants succeeded in loatl ?. ? g coal aiid "suppl les ab o? rd two of tho fleet of five Germaon wnTsfhips from tho . steamer Berwind, flying American flag in September 1914. . ^W3illo;.tf*> d?fendante .admitted that ih?y churtcrod1 tw?lw> stost?t-y. for relief purposes, they, den j ed flaying anything to. do with the Quesada. y - BERWIND'S TRIP New York, Nor. 24.-How the'Ham burg-American line reached the Ger man warships ia the Atlantic in Au gust and September 1S14 with twp thousand tons of coal and foodstuffs" by means of the steamer Berwjnd ari American Bteamer, was told by the Borwlnd's Captain Frltx Edward , .Falito. He is a government witness \M trial of ?titrl Bucnz, Adolph . Rochmolster "and .ToHnnh; Popplng hause charged with conspiracy. Pop pinghausa was superintendent of the cargo and in chargo when the BON wind. ?ailed . fn>?j'.:???yr^York. August 5 optensiveiy tor?tJuenos ^ Aires. 'Pop-. nlntrli'niigft ordered tile contain' st?V ill sid? the three mile, limit ito avoid British . crulsora. Ho litter Instructed him to steer for Cape Rouque. There he was told to\stoam back and forth ns-, ho might meet German ships. The ; German fleet- of five ships waa nighted. > August 28. ' -7--? ^ Warships Coaled, r ^ew. York, Nov. . 24.-The sb!ps . wore tho Ca p Trafalgar, the Bsn-taB, . the Eleanor. Woerher,'tho;SovuV"L?-; ; . cia rind the gunboat Eber^/./ffob Cap Trafalgar hoisted a..sJgna, tO' /:<^J?ie -elbsar. alter thu .Berlind ?ad ?leae the same. Thc Berwind wc,8.12~?blo to. vdlBiharj|? tho cargo bec?dsc of high-' ' seas,, hut:' stayed sixteen days with the. Germans. About:; Soptetobor 10 th^ee ?bf tho.Sect left leaving thc Pon tas and Cap' Trafalgar. Before I.eat-. : lng tho Ebor delivered her. guQB to the : Cap Trafalgar. On iSoptember 3.4 th?: Gorpiaus ' we're- xnrprteed by the Bvltish cruiser Carmivm^ nnd.another boat Tho Ber wind got out'of tho way and later tho Pon'ta3 fled leaving (he Cap Trafalgar In ii sinking condition. . The ??rw?pd Icier reached Buenos Aires. ^: '" ' . Oilier rtV?tnes3P?. Kow Yum. ripv. 24.-Aiiar e?v?ra? witnCB.^f testified to pelling and load ; lng pt Misiona on certain Bhips the "c??nsel for the<defeD30 offered conceal slons'Vin-the form of a typewritten atatcTneht i?-abow?ng -. the Hamburg-. Amorlcan ;lfno ;. paid X?. $.0.394 for ;?h'rirterln?. callina / A?d. sVpDlyi.t>?\.t2 *;atefcinerfl .for the relief pf Gorman - cfuisera. f^a? c?noT?Blon .was ac cepted. . Nogada, ? '?Air?Z, , Nov, 2i. -United * ^.aiesXtoops -with na ambulance rttsh ed.to theJ Mortat ion at bord et between . her?? aiid ?^S?cs, -^tora;tonight, . Attlnar.^oi^fcor C?elos Randall; ?p portetl t?iat' ^fha v?Ffl??W lc Nogal?a,' "Attora,: svere druriiv ?nd beyond con" (A. : T3ia?3:rcct?$ Pii the Alisona alfy. : Olofl?d ..": ?i$eirioaS7?. w??o ?rato^ed1 .MU?. .bf tho. ^ouor^ ' nitci?ott? at ??tfc'e ' -dlni.of. feiii?s^- ' 3 PERSONS ON SPECIAL TRAIN WEBE KILLED REAR END COLLISION ON SOUTHERN ; RAILWAY NEAR SALISBURY ON JOURNEY TO FOOTBALL GAME Several Other Persons Were In? jared When the Accident Occurred. Charlotte. N.' C., Nov. 24.-Three persons aboard tho. train taking. North Carolinians to Ttichniond for tomor rows Virghiia-Caroiina football game, were killed tonif-J.vt near Salisbury, it is reported here, when tho special hit, tho Southern railroad ?train No. 38 north bound. Several persons, including O. Max Gardiner, candidate dioutonant gover nor of North Carolina, were reported injured. ? " SERBIAN MINISTER OF WftB S h?PEF?L Army of Two Hundred Thousand! ia Still Intact and Fighting, . :Athens, Nov. 21.-Tho Serbian war minister, according lo an interview published' here, dectar'eV.tkat''200,???' S?rhlan troops aro still intact and the situation is- by no means hope less. 1 . - Th? minio?er, who ia in. Saloniki, optimate! the Sorb?an casualties '? at . nioro than- 55,000 since the Austro Gorman drive began. He said Ser bian's aro hopeful of holding the pisses and wearing down to enemy until tho Anglo-French and "Russian forces aro.- strong - enough to resume the offensive. CASE IS M1L?R TD TiB?tUiEuluy New York, Nov. 24.-A caso that reminds one of that of the Bollinger baby in Chicago* has ' developed hore A NeW York physician Is confronted with the question as to'; whether thc life, .of a defectlrie - baby should bo saved by a, surgical 'operation desp'to j the. wl3b.es of the parents. A girl baby was born last night. Mental''1 lt appears, normal but; Is paralyzed i ;; j low, the .waist, has club feet, distorted ?knee* jo?rita arid ' a spinal. .; aliment which the . physician ? says will prove ? fatal if an operation la not soon per-' formed. Dr. Julius Goldsmith, tho at tending ^physician notified tho,pareuts ho could ??ave the child by a prompt operation. yHo-sAld.^ fatherof tho baby expressed the be lief that the Chicago physician wa? right and tho chlfd would, ho ;a burden to itself, Ito parents and society. liSiiCEfiS I??? Columbus, Ga.,.'-Nov. 24.r-A coan lE-lssfohi j composed'. of-two GUurobuo citizens' ?V* tour oniclala of the Con trat or q^?t^l&:ir^lroiiid;'>1i!(r?stlg^i?g the rec?x.t collision of the Contr.U o? Georgia paj&.*ngor train and ? onec?a! ?irrying <tf?fe*-Con ,'r. Kenndy. carnival company, resulting ia a loss of prob ably eight iitea. disced tho blame upon ;?og{nccf -J.-'I?. Pickling... and Conductor: J": W. IXchcrt o& tho pas senger: .train;-,' 'Tho'commission'.found that they Oieboycd orders , to ; await ! $e. social at. Iduoecgeo junction. ?*4^4&44t?**4*** * * * DEATH '0?- $t?f??(iitf?:? 'W. '? New Gr?c5aps; ?ovl 2<?.~ John .*. M??|jfj&sbn. a' '.^romin?iQt ; fljAirc!1 4? <a. : in cotton-canters.and a pioneer "-v?r ? ' ia thc introduction of "strad- * .tf die'* op?rations betwo^n ' Amer- , * ? lean and Liverpool cotton * ?I?. markets, died today In' Birken ?? ' Head; ; En glanij,.. I fe malatUn * cd a winter, home ia New Or <?? .. leans. * . '4, Governor Spry and Man He Refused to Pardon Joo Hilislvom Governor Spry of Utah stood ?!rm against nil protestations of., the: anno-" cenc? of Joe lllllstrOnY, ?thc "Hobo Poet," and let him go to "his death in if^o L'.iah penitentiary. Twicb Presi G'nv ;WIll?am Spry.; dient' Wilson ' conmiiun??at?d' with governor to stay the' execution, Hillslrom- -was shot to death^-for chose shotting 'over f?aUglr.'?',1 an tion whirfv the Utah law?? gives murderers. thc bot -.lie j apr to THE PRESIDENT'S THANKSGIVINGS PR?CL^^n??i * It has long'been the honored .'custom of our.''popple;.to turn In the fruitful,autumn of llio.jear in; pr ilsa, and - thanksgiving to Almighty God. for hlr, many blessings and lhercicB to us aa a'nation/;. The year ;timt;.is now.drawing to a close,since wc last observed our; day of na tional thanksgiving,has, beer , while a year of discipline'because of tho mighty forceu of war and of changes which have disturbed tho world,, also a year of spoclal-blseslngtor' us. - . . An?tbpr year of peace has been vouchsafed us; another year in w?iob hot? only to ta'so thought of our duty to ourselves and to man-: kind but also to adjust ourselves ;to the mauy responsibilities thrust upon us by a war whieh h.is involved almost the v holo of Europe- Wo have been obie to assert pur rights bf niankiud without breach of friendshipwith tho great nations ?with ;whoiu we have had to deal, r.nd while, we havo asserted "rights 'we "have been able also to perform du-, ties v?-i excr?iso privileges of succor, and helpfulness which' should servo'to demonstrate our desire to make the offices ot friendship tba. menhs of truly disinterested and.?nselfish service. Our abilily to servo:all who could avaii thcmselves-of our sorvico ia the midst of crises has been increased, by a gracious providence, by more and inore abundant crops; our ample fmnncinl.resources,hayo enabled us io uicady the markets of the world; and facilitate neces sary movements of commerce which.the war might otherwiso hore rendered, impossible; and our people have come moro and more tf. a ".sober 're?iiz'utlori of the ^art they baye ?been called upon to play fa a time when all the world Is shaken b; ' unaparalleled distresses and dis asters. ';.'..' , 4^' -Tnii ?xir??rdinary c?rcumsisai^s vt i>ucb a time \\:v:c ,;"??r muer? to ?5? QUichon our national consciousness and. deepen and confirai our conn- . .p deneb; m tho principles of peace and freedom by which v/e have, aly/ays * Bought : to be guided. Out of darkness' and perplexities >h*iv.e ,?:?nip * . firmer counsels of policy and clearer perceptions! of the ?ss?hUs* wcl 4 fare of the nation. We havo prospered while other people were at ?3? war, but our prosperity has been vouchsafed us, we believe, only that . wCmightthe bettor perform thc functions which var rendered it im 4 pos?lble.for Jliem to perform; 4, v?ow, ihercforp, i Woodrow.W'ilspn,: President'of the United Slat?s 4 of America, do hereby designate Thursday, ibo twonty-fifth bf Ncvem .4 . ber aext, p's a day of thanksgiving and.prayer,- and invite the people ??> throughout the land to cease from tbolr wonted occupations and in ? their several homes alu! places of worship render thanks to Almighty 4 God." ;'' ' : ?'''i&IHHH^^-'''-' * :Jh. witness whereof ? have hereunto act my hand and caused tho seal 4 of the United States to bo affixed. - <?? :.< 'IJone..at-tho City of .Washtiigtoa.'tliis twentieth day of October* in Ibo ?> year of our Ixird one ?ic?sand nine hundred and llfteen, and of tho 4 independence of tho United State?; cf;'America ono hundred and * fortieth. . ?'.".: ; Woodrow Wilson, d' ; " ; By the President:- Hebert Lansing, Secrotary of State. #". *.'',' ' ' ' ;? ?.;..': .-. ..':,. . .'.'.' .. ':-v':-K'i'4fi*i-vvvv*'i'*****v*Wi'*V?v* T01PBESB GteBESS S?A?E OEP?RTiE^^^ Washington, Xov. 3 Lr^WItU a de- Washington, Nov. ?4;~Sccreta?ry' airo-to ..impress bu congr*eu als -pro- Lansing mads-'it pUl^i^liinestrbns gra:n of national; defciu-c,. President ? - ?f- ...? : Wilson Tcfectcd -.varbwV s^gestfc-as affecting U;o iwrtu? of diplpnwtle re-, fdr. incorporation In the;message'-;It' presehtatlvea would bb determined bjr was learned tonight that he refuswl the stale department on broad ground)} a ; reqaest: . of ' Roprcsentatlvo.\ tt?mill, of policy. Ho sr. id-.thal Captain BoyV bf Ne*r hersey, to touch on civil ec/- Ed, German a'/tati.-o waa not only im vlco'reform. ; ' ira un e iroK.; . crlinln&t ; acf Ion, but ----- . . nothing , that the department of Jua " ". Slestrn?t?vs Ita?iu? Storm. < Web-did .in tho HL?nburg-tAmerlcan; Palermo, 'Sicily, Kdv. 2*.~Groat ? binds tbv state.;diriment. aav^'^W^;j'-;:w'r?!Ugrat by tho storm,} ,_ "'::'>;'.'. tfft?cTi.'' 3wept 'oyer,^-th<? Catania aad ' Tr.xptmi dictricda of Sicily. " ?ailros? A'AA*&*4>+**<i-&&$+&<li * **** ?name Las b?cn interrupted, thc or- ^?**?r*v',,'Tr*wT*'v,*v*J raniitation .of' rescue, work' ia rendered $ jjfjrg nnOlVX RK8T?.N?? E?Sip^E d?ffleak. by bad Wiath?r,'a?i? ih?? e In * . - : >*. .mttda'.damage ;frora-:.tho.. flooding;"of ^ At 2:35 this .'morning Dr. * tho /?pl?o;river. ^ W??hUe. ieieph?a?$>tbo.lnton.i- * :..; -.-T1-*r~-,-: .'.\-'ig?ac?Ar.' tbat.r?r?.i.?'Jawpii--'-N:?' .'?* Msbt Bider? ?lnrn Bora, . 4? Br^wn, who ls>pry Ui nt h&r * Atlanta, '2s'bK ai.--Report v-jf <: >|* home on "orth Main street,-. .* brum, imrnlnic pspeditibn' by night;:^d?^>- ? was xosUng. . easily. . .'.Mrs,-/.* en' : been . roi-elVcd- at the fed?r??' '4-..Brown .-suataioed injuries' in 4 .bii'H??Iiig frsaa-Harrhr e?aiity/ Vf... J. 4 a Tull-several days uso ?nd 4 Hot-jTris ?be :vi/itini': ile says bo. waa -iv?!* repbr1^; ysstsrday; atter> visited;arid btu bftrp d*itroyed; solely 4 noon -to be very; low. 4 b?edtti? bb t?awrtditte8'a party of eft r- #vV%h . .. ? ' >:. . -4' ORGANIZATION IS IN IMMED IATE NEED OF MUCH MONEY -THE WAR RELIEF DRAINS TREASURY! That Splendid Worh Be Per mitted to Cease ? ?nthink able, He Says. Washington, Nov. 24 ;--A''Thanks giving day appeal for tunda for the I Amerleaa Rod Cross was Issued :to night by President. Wilson. ? In iurging; instant;, support" ..'for ihe organisation tho preslddni. dt?cl?ries' that out cf thu war relief hint'.; of. 1,(500,000 onlyJ50,000 remain. ? The "money, ho. wild, was used in i^alntaiuing' SOO surgeons, nurses', and sanitarians in tho war zones and tho pui-chas? and transport?t L u of 4,000, 000 vounda of medical Supplies. "Tcyat tho splendid work o? ?ibis Organization shouldf be permitted' ' to cease is un?ii?Uablo,'! ASiO pr?'aldcut j coJicUiilej. r '..'/.. ? Washington, JNov. ; 24 .--The . pro 1 oeeds.bf :tia? salo of red cross Christi mos Heals, which will bo dnvotJ?^;a&' ?the study.?nd prevention of/tubercu^ lo?is in tho United States, pr?mh'o-to exceed nil records. V'^?SIK : This supply ot.. 225,000,?no' SOHJ?, la ! e!;vMy per- cont . greater than- -last j year's ami ..should net $2,250^0.^..,j GIVE HOUSE REBUKE Atlanta, Nov/ 24.-The Btinging re quite admistered by the ."potent, gravo and reverend seniors" of tho [ senate yesterday to the rapbera nf the house, han resulted in a compli cation which prevented the assembly from adjourning as expected t und which will keep it in session certainly up to Saturday pight and possibly Into next week. /'..' 'I')..--, auss?t?IsSaS vended ul ino way Lha H?HKO delayed and then asked the Renate to take a hair trigger action on the.- important matters which it. sent over at the oleventh hour for con sideration. Today' even tho Western & ' Atlan tic hill ia unfinished and it will not be ilnlshod until tho details on whtch tho house and senate disagree aro thor oughly worked out to the satisfaction of both bodies. WA [EARLY COiEiiOl LQAKEQ MB 1H1916 Now York,. Nov,' 24.-The demo cratic ecntlmout favoro an early n?- ! ticvnal convention, judging- from re- | ports reaching tho national commit: tee chairman, Mccombs. : McCombg said today from what he had gathered from committee, inem bere ?lt was likely the convention would be held during tho first two weeks of. June.'Chicago, St. Louis; Pallas and San .Francisco asked for tho -convention.-'.. . McComfis said .the place where, it.wviuld be fre?d Itad political significando this year. A full ; meeting of tito members of. tho coniinittoo in Washington Decenrb?p.'i '< i? expected to decido tho timo and placo of the copyttotlon.' AltMEP mx?QB WATCH Xlgbt^ 'Biders' are feared. in a MJR? ir%?p: .;..' '.' :8?.sri Town. . Clark stn wn, *Mo., Nov. 2i.-Armed guards kept wat?h on .ttsa outskirts.: of ' tho city all ulght.soarchinr for -;So-.[ called night ridem'.from whom an al- j tack was. ?feared; Bight men were ar rested yesterday and held at New Ma drid, ;BUspoefed with being members of a pa^i.v which; fought a battle y^s-'J tooday Nvith:' six detectives. Hie prisoners derty the 'ehoyge. Authori ties ??y they will he ehnrged ;.witbv';ai-.i t??iytPd murder. For Coal Ship jew. ^JW?^lngtph; ; Nov. . 24---The intor i stat* commissionT;decided . to VpQnoat tho railroads' to maintain . through ratea, lowe? than ?n't?rmeiKat?r, rates from Alabama cos? mines io Hattles .borg, Jackson and oth'or -Mteeisalppi i points. ' NEW PO?T DESCRIBED ASI CLEARING HOUSE FOR SUGGESTIONS WILL EXAMINE NEW DEVICES I Captain Smith Will Sift Out) Promising oo es for Advisory Board. . Waslilnglon, 'Nov. .24.-Socrninry Daniels' plan lo make use of the in ventive genius'.-of the nailon for tho benefit of ibo navy department took ehnpo today whon Captain William B. Smith, engineering oltloer of the Philadelphia: navy yard, was appoint-. | cd to a po3t in Whobington, de?i:rit)oi OB a clearing house fdr auggostlons. Captain Smith will receive all cetn nmnlcntlohs dealing' iwlth new de vices and sift QttV.the promising ones! to ba tuleen up. by rho civilian udvls ory board ,o? whicfi ^hoBSSs A. Edi* son is. chairman. ;?wutnuel-:-Wa$ ?'. ' ? Congress*.-"h: IK -Meridian, ; Miss i\" . Nov*. 21. -Roprc-; tentativo Samuel A. "Witherspoon - ot i the fifUi congressional district o? Mls eisolppi and a member of tho IIOUKO committee on naval nffalrs, died at his homo hero Jonight. : Mr. Witherspoon was strloUou with acuta indigestion w?ilo . addressing high school students lost wcoic and his heart was affected, tho physicians vsald: He -was horn In Lowndes county, Mi3slB8lppi, ip 1855, Ho was elected last year ?to "his" third tenu In con-"1 grass. ILLHE RESERVE B?6 DEPDS8T0B.EB Will Perform the Services Now Required of the National Banks, Washington, Nov. 24.-Secretary. McAdoo announced tonight that ho) had decided to'mak? tho federal re-, serve h,inks depositaries ;\nd fiscal.j agonts. of tho gpVernm?aV, il?it ordo?*) v/ill be effective January i. By the pion reserve liai..?a; will bo required to perform tho sorvlccs now rendered by the national bank deposi taries. In tho beginning Mr. McAdoo expects to transfer, to reservo bonks tho government funds now on dopoir";'.| with national b'ahkB in cities., where the reserve banka aro located, amount- I lng in all to ?7,000,000. ENGINES AUUTYED Improvement in Elec?rle Llp?ht Sor ticte bi Town of Wnlfcfllln. WalbjAlla, Nov. 24.-Tho engines that tlie town of 'Walhalla recently j purchased from the Fairbanks-Morse ! company, for tho electric light plant j have "come:, and aro' how being erected nt the plant'on South Broad /sirtfot. Those engines burn crude, oil, and f}? people aro oxp?etihf* extra good lights from them. Jos;.y.W.' Harrison now has chargo of tl?o erection of thc j>!ar.?, and will have, chargo of it when completed. Contract ?ao ]J0cn l?t ip \th.o B?.rr Hardware company, of Greenivil'iei ito install heating plants .' In the Meti >v dist and Proshytelrlaii \c^urelies; and in the resMcnce '?f"B," D'. He-rndon.. .Work has already begun on th^co .con .ivacta, and they a^;.'ex?>ect?kS'< io'v-be-.. oom ploted Iq a ?^ri,ti&e: . f ?t^****fl*f**.+ **? * OPENS BRANCH BAN2?8 .''.* * .. . : y---' ' - ' * .#.'.' Now YcMc; NOV. 2LVIho in 6 creasing promlhenco of the .4? * United States' ascent in tho ? <k world, or. tinonee caused tho * ; National .Balik' bf; South Africa, 4> * ?n Organization with resources ?*>. ^;vof'mWe'tii?n.'?8^do;,000-".to opea 4? ^. a branch hore. ' '???^.?.?????**'4>**.*t***.** MPROVEINI IN THE GREEK SIT??TIOM COLLECTIVE NOTE PRESENT ED BY THE ENrrfe ALLIES OBJECTION IS THEORETICAL The Military Situation in Balkans Growing Graver for tibe Serbians. London, Nov. Si:-TU?'' allier,''.prc- . aentatlon of a collective neto ' ...to. Greece brought .-.imp'i?vWtiy??? i't i."u rotations ketwcoh G tabee .'.and thc e-i tent6 pqweru. The t?rcek-jpwn?ioj' ia ciuoted ae raying ...that oathoui?h ?Greece theoretically ; objected to ri-.j allied-' trauma ?o??ff4i^'i?retek> torritory? 5l;a would i:??.or-p^ae'-ibera'.. > Tho taiUfary situation in tho H.i! kans. baa grown gravpr for tho Bar biana, Tho Auslro?G?rman and Bivi - gorian troops, ftperuttiig. in three columns1, entered, ttyo .Kpjaaaya -plain,, whore-,', the Serh'iafliv arc otjpi?cicd ta maXb their lan niatidj ?rid- have uc<- : ci? pied MHrovlUu, Tao i at os t Setiilai(,': capital, The '?torb-*v hare been-. driven IjWu Pr?stina and noross : the SltnJca riv., r. where it la thou^^ih^ S^rbli\i>? nt.-u>u . a,'4tabd, A?.'th0vAil>?:.:ni.>n and M?p te?egrlh fr?ntjer? they will be at; a disadvantage^- Til* Kntehanik .front ami In in i:'orV;?r or their country, check' ibo a*? dp Fren'tir force?. Tho iv.uistada'af^^'p'?Hed ' ? biassed 330;t)00 mou l'or tip operation; but. ibo point w?tS? are, to.atiikoVli^ .?(^ ?laoj' C-orizla Itole-nabt*. *;iGorlakv, ontba Austro-itatlau front, ls rendered (untenable, the fate which likewise appears to bo awaiting 'Alva, hi Trentlne. Tho station ? at -Riva ls In rah ge of tito italian guns, accord ing to Vienna ofllclal reports, lending color <to a report that <J.;o Austrians had evacuated Reverto. Except for a renewal of operations in Gallipoli, thorp! ia no important happening on other fronts. Conecripis of T??B ciasis- .of 19H, - in cluding youths of eighteen and nine teen, moy be called , by Franco De cember 5th, adding 400.00P to tho army. Tho British forcos\ ?berating in Mesopotamia report.. tho: capture -nf Oteaiplvon, eighteen, mites from lau dad with loeses bf ?,0jip? but were forced to retire four miles ' to obtain water. . * ' eONTRADICTORY BALKAN CLAIMS . %' London, ?oV; 24.Contradictory'; claims of victory In the Bulkana leave tho present situation in,doubt. It is evident though that the advance of tho Teutonic armies..; and tbolr Bul garian allies ia not so rapid nu earlier reports indicated. Apparently baaVy . fighting ls underway: In the section' where the Teutonic invaders aro at iempt.4?? to forth, a Junction with the Bulgarians. The ratevof Mohistlr ie still in tho balanc?, reports from Alh ena state. Tho Bulgarians having re gard for Greek susceptibilities are waiting for tho Germana to come and occupy the city. . In ' the entente -'capitals renewed confidence Ia professed that -Greece Is mowing , toward a complete agree ment with the allies wishes* Berlin has revived the report that ItuBsi? ls contemplriin* a great Bal kan campaign for ;'which a largo army has been gathered at OdeSSa. ?O?rmans who have given publicity, to this repor? do not ; aeem sure that Ritman}? willi-refuse ; permission to this army to cross her territory. ;? Petrogrrd raiforts"; a slight ad p?nc? alon g the Styr river with sharp cheeks for Hie Germana and Austrians in both tho northern' -and > wv&b?pi pori iou ii of the eastern front. Vienna, however , sara tfter? ia nothing-worthy of report oiopg this line, iV-mrthe loss there is apprehension In Vienna and Bor?ln of tho result bf ab r jtpect ed Russian otfenslva in the ox treme ?0Ra\ylooks? for mo, immediate fait of Go'rizfa.ijAeeo*atog;to tapbrtfl thia city ls dominated'.b# tbe art?Uery^M both sides and ?drm? ' a .??tfo Mans Land." Sore Allied Optimism. < pari*, -K?vvvSi^tlje^SaJoaiM car rosnondAtit ot tho Petit ?Journal oaya I hitbaa learned; from a. wwmber ef ethe : Serbian government that -Premier Asquith'}ms .telegraphed the Serbian i govararaeht aaytn? j?l itaa oe??re you m&?oid KP gland arc : preparing for H?rpiWea tn tho. B&Ht&aS' i. ;1T?n will shortly ; have : correborat!op.i Ihereot" ' ?'.-.-?'