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'.ii i iiiiiiniiiiniiwi IIIIUBIII Binaniim i.,',IM -. " ?: _._ WSJWlBfcK 248. ' pill NOW IN CONTROL OF RAIJL 1 ROAD RUNNING SOUTH TO NISH , - " FRENCH LANOING ; AT SALONIK' Hundred and Fifty Thousand vi V-V; ?2 ..... Trouoz ruanded-Little F?ghtmg ^ ?as't. London, Oct; 28 .-Tito forces or all countries allied wi"v Germany inltho war aro fighting "ab Serbians and their British/and French; reinforce1 monts. Turkish artlllory, according tb Berlin,-h'Vfirontered Prance, and is co-operating with tho Bulgarians hear Struniitan and haa "donn .great oxe cutloaV- among .th?, .? Anglo-French troops. Tho capturo of Zaj&car and Kplaje vats^ne?r tho* ' Bulgarian ' frontier ll;.; - northeast of Nish;?"yes-the Bulgar ians control;' not, alone in the Danube region and . tho northern- reaches ol Tiinok river but of tho -railway run: ning south lo Nish. Minos and oilier obstructions In,thc Darsnibe- ar? being removed.'and lt Is ! expected the Bulgarians will soon re store,ri vier traffic.., .' Thev?"?onch'?}according -to Germai W??;'" ?? dispatches, i?ri?ofl' d'hundred " .ape ' fifty'"- thousand ; menv at .Saloniki ant ?3" while tho " British reinforcement ii ' addition to the original thirteen thou Ri ,* ' . Sand aro believed-to'bo .large, tho! whereabouts .unknown. ' Tho Greek minister at Paris toan; denied reporta that Greece would as] Cjhe withdrawal bf tho ' ?nglo-Frenc] ?roopa at Saloniki. pl It ls reported that Russian wai ships bombarded!y?r^^' n Bulgaria Black Sea port' V^^?? There is little fighting.in .the: eas except - around Edga and . Dvina' where the Gormaba ate Btill tryin to Teach tho Dvina river. Artillery bombardments constitu? the chief activity ' ori* ' the. ??fmc front. '" ;; . y'..-.;.-. While no change is reported In th Austro-Itallan arene,, except for dh , patches from Udlne,, Italy, which d< . clare thr?o thousand prisoners wei tatton.'; "'In'-". 'Isbnib''-' fighting, passe through there in the past three 'das and that -ma iianans aTe solidly ci trenched In many. former ?Austria positions on th?.Isonzo front. ' .David Lloyd George; speaking, f< Promit*- A8tiuith_ln parliament toda .to/?m?ko peace -until.tho freedom.? Europe ls s?cu^?d'v London, Oat. 2S>^-Unofllclal repor from Greek s?ufses-r'eprosent . tl situation .lp. southern/ Serbia as som what more favorable for ' tho . alllei An unconfirmed dispatch from Athel states (hat tho'BulgSrlahs have wit! drawn from Uskup. .Saloniki advlc toil of a fierce'hattie along the Vole ?&X'-- Kbmanovo/to'ni' willi'"the' Bulgaria.) lyt;:. retreating.' \ .After beings: review M-v.-;. hero tho, Serbiens- elm reform " thc fm}', lines along the Monastir front. T Gc] man s having .effected , a Junctl pi%','.'' wilti tho Bulgarians: it .ts .possible t .(.'>.;. t?Uha* campaign .will bo shirted; fw alt e^tt- to rclievdvSerbhi to au r p?;-. tempe' to" cut communications: wi Constantinople. Scvoral military ' critics.'-hazard ~t : guess' ?rot'i?ie,allies are not likely Withdraw :from: Saloniki no raatl what v happen? to. Sembla ? ; lUga ari<? Dvlnsky remain the . ch Germsr: c?jjccii7? ...on* tub'..' ?ssU Jfron^The dir?ctibn bf t?jo "Gorm assault afcairist TUga inay ht changed; t?H8lttltt^v;?S'''raubrted ' w. of tho city. Tho main attacks blt orto Ji&vo 'b'coft; dircbted . from 1 southeast and southwest. Lake Slab! wherb minor engagements haye < curred, la west of Hiiti,. running pi . ' alie I with the gylt ^ore ? :. ?r. . fitieraW?gf JPIc^s Up.' LonctoUr Obt: ^S.-^A . number . p. t^spapers^lsay ?' ;4boTp^ boa:; been , ire?^t^^^loj^/on^-it ?? htjgl . . ; '. .r?te.:ti?OT;?r!sv?l..'.ia?:i?wv?-- aumims thd war. . ? .. ; .beeb;:lk<^ ? "? ' ' ' . ' "- ' ''? ?'? v . ; - 1 lifLUSlU Ul flftf IV&.? ilHilEI WARDE! NEGRO CONVICT ACCUSED] OF KILLING fcSRS. ED- I MUND H. ALLEN SKULL CRUSHED B?DY BURNED ?vidence Pointed , to Negro Joe j and Servant to Warden. Joilct, HI.i Oct. 28.-Joseph,: Campbell, tho negro convict accused^ Of the murder of the wife of Edmund I H.. Allen,'-' then ?warden?t?'tho state penitentiary here, will be put on trial i today.. Joilct, Uh, Oct. 28.-Mrs. Edmund M. Allen, wife1 of tho warden bf the Illinois Wt?t? penitentiary at Jollet.l was found murdered1 in her bed In'the .warden's suite of the prison between ..pe and six o'clock lu' the morning of June 20,- ^15.- Her -skull''wa8vorush^i ed in end ???r bod'y .burned. Pire by which the slayer evidently sought' to destroy evidences1 of tho crime led to its discover}'. .>:' Joseph '-Campbell, better known aa "Chicken ' Joe\ ' ? a-i negro ] trusty, ? an "hbnbr" man favored by/the warden j and his wife, was immediately arrest ed and his conflicting stories led the authorities to formally charge "thlraj with the crime. Campbell, who was. serving a term I bf from ono-year to life for. the killing of;. Henry Stephens, O negro Janitor, in Chicago, ; November 10, 1913/ was] said ..to 4>o the last, man to have seen the jnurtferod. woman oil VA- Accord ing to his .own testimony at ?i? .'.pr quest be brought Mrs. Allen the mbrn Ibg . papers i less than an - hour before she was found slain and then took'?er pet dog for'ft walk as was Ma ?n* toxu. Warden Alien was absent at .the tiroe .bf the murder. Ho had lett the prison-the previous night for a ten day trip"to West Baden, Ind., at.tko suggestion/-cf K?3 physicians, Mrs. Allen; d^'?appoin,ted by hor dressmak er at tho .last "mindte, did not accom pany him.; . ,. Four days after tho murder a. coro ner's .Jury "returned a verdict to' the -effectsthat tho'.'victim carno to hor death by a blow inflicted "by "eohio per6cm>unfcnownHb;:tko jury," but rec ommended that Campbell bo held for ;tify ijrand Jury.\-\Thq negro was. re mosed from tho prison to a coll In the Will-county -Jail after flc-mon st ra tions' bu .tho part ;?f the'cbnvlcts prior t? the wh?d?n's return >vhen .a lynch-, ing was feared. : Campbell -steadfast-1 ly clung :to hts stroy,. protesting his innbeenco and repeated efforts ou tho part bf Ute authorities fbiled to shake] It^^emaln. FERGUSON D?Dl^T Y! Report That Testas io Governor Asked More Troops : in. Wa&hingloa. ' Washington, . i Oct..t. .28..^b^llW: Ferguson 'o? Texas' telegrapher-pres ident Y7ileon ; urging ihimto :'* -??e'. his in?l?^e<r^^ x?rtK?r r?t?l'von 'the ' 'Teta? border* ?h^^*e^".r^?rjteft. ; tha,V. Fergufoa had ??kobv?or inor? : tfbovs'.- Ko 'such >?o>BRt was received, , ried'. ; Tfeb "price - pi<rirbn.' long re?, g&rded'?s ? . baroru?fer of. t?*ade,>,??as Jtao^lp- app^ln^sly S thir>fr-$?ve p^coir?^ fae prtee-bf ete^lia^^ $fc??pt: - ?tte? produet?,. except steel rail*: ha?.Increased niant' fifteen por :, ^^^^^ ^ ^ '?1^ j ! ' ' ^ :,' . *" . - -_- J&?i ; j; Crown Prince Urabcrt of linly ?rad the Xing. This recent photograph of the king He wiil succeed to the ItaMon throi dfltaJv and bis hear, Crowu Prince in time.^ In tho mean time,'hirvevc position of the l?ng and ilia ffavxrl?y. mean that; -most "it riot all h The boy was not-dressed in an imita-, northern provinces . would be tah ^on. major "generpl'6 uniform for tho by 'Austria;' The little prince mig .photograph;-but be wore a sweater, haying nothlrtgfil?ft except a few-act Just like.thousands of American boys, around Homo ,and the. South. . . i' - ' . ' ' ? ' - ? ' "i . SW??R^ STATEMENTS OF VMANY BANKS .' jJ?jiiW^?tteia to Oath Signed ; WeslUustpfli'Oct. ,28.-Comp'tr?ller o? Currency'-'WMViiama has ecnt-n'cirr c?lnr,>'tp;:r.?il;.^ntionril banks calling nttentl?p.^''-'{|ve oath each. ?i>e=stoj j ?Igns, .?iwbe?i Vffai- assumes, chics, not s to pf nair the shanie to. violate''the na*1 tiona!.bahk-;ac'ti and pointing .'out particularly that payi ct the act which j provides that ,i\ nattorial .hank may/re- j '.SlSFPS ??it??'.?St' OE dtS ?'SS?!*''- friiil rate allow?sd iby.the law? di tho stated territory^ or. dtstrict In which it ls loc?t?d? "^ ^Hlanis states . that - -tpe ?worn statements pi. a greftt matty ??ut?0?a?: 'xbijoti? ??LO iv ' 4.},''N* S?ci?pU' ?197, United States revised'Btatute3 against u.shry' h ave, keen 'groas?j: vio-. lated by the banks ; ? . > ' .?tsMmm&smwm. ?^t?u^Tsam Scored Although '?; Sr ;C&?^t$ji?;Oi&.^ and Clemton played'to a./.draw\in tao *a? jii^^^t^l^iite?t hererteday. The; "game. .was. played taforoi-thau-*' ?anda enthusiastic fanB, bo$h' ;enUmsl?*a '-ct?otnra '? and ti the. batUe ?trit?sb.odViW?. ^e.^rtlis':i;:tiuit;r;one ?O?ks ?for ?h; fi gridiron "mix-up . * ; Thh;^^^^^ Va?; that 'jne^^^^tf^jr^lh^tli? ' \gajnn,;but :tg?- p^?jj?^ ^hw^a: that tho two ? .tas?isvikr>-"evenly- matched. ' TO M M Hi o w nw ?? BO v ott O*.. ISIS EVIDENCE THUS; FAR IS . CONTAINED ?N . 'CON FESSION : BELIEVE TRU?H^ Government: Officials.'. Will' Con? v tir.ua .Efforts to Unearth Financera of Plot. New York/ Oc^ ^^.-AU, tko ovi dence;tho -government bia against-titi fivo.'t&en^^ ..'in tho plot ito '{iisabj?Vajt?^ war matorlal for the allies by plac lng eibckr.'crk bombs ?a; their rna dora or propel lo rs is contained in ttu f^nf??sJoa-- hi '? Robert' TB%v,j~:??bo ssi'J ho waa a lieutenant in the Germ?t ?army, according 'to' an annbunfcenieul ^?WV ..'..:. ' " : .' X ; Offlclals enid'"none; Of:; tho docu^ meata taken irom Fay's .room threw light on. -who his financial ' backer! Werd pretend to show buy cenriectibj between Fay's act*! and 'officials ii ?terape,. Fay hlmsoif, ?aidi.the Ger niad ; secret Berrico officials, appro ve? his, pl ^n. ?.' wferfamont officials said th>y, don' boliovo ;tjie real story has ' been .uni ;j?Wti^;^4M0y. 'aro.- stilt inyastigsv lug. ' ; , V . ; ' N'few Yorky Oct. 28. ^Efforts fallc< fabien prosecutors nnfl,secrot:??w$ h*r& dfro^d., in thai instigation o the .financial backing "ot the leader! ( consjrtracy 'td* bt?w ;up?.?nqh? ja?Q?iplah*;v?ad ShhiS,bt.#btch Ueu te bant Robert Fa) , otk lb? ' Germai army Ja 'the aMe^ed . lje?d. ; fVilliam. J. Flynn, hcndj;tho irnlt ed - States - Beeret '.Berrie, is tjuotci tia saying : , '.'I believe, wo aro' gola j i&SJiid*r^ifmaaciers in thia plot/ - Pej eay&ho bad, spent only j ^e^ig^aS; |^ra'^,r[P?ui!_' sMTjmv^-^ioij ||l|j|he'.v started ipr thia, country; Wt?'.bolleve i&?&A spint rthlr?y thou ry iir?i ii iii m i?new HAITI WITNESSES r ?IX OF POUTI CAL ACTIVITIES IN NEW ENGLAND TRIED TO CRUSH TROLLEY LINES! I Attempted to Prevent Repeal of Legislation Preventing Con struction of Cor Lines. New York, Oct. 28.-Testimony on the political activities . Of- the New York; New ? Haven & Hartford 1n the Connectlcutt and Dh odo Island leg islatures to provont" tho construction of competitive trolley lines introduced a new and sensational chapter today in tho story of; now the railroad* ac quired ita alleged mon-pok'stlc grip on New England transportaci?n, as presented hy the government 1U the trial of the eleven/ former directors under the antl-truat law. . , A letter was introduced lu ? which ?Vice President J?hn M. Hall In eigh teen ninety-seven urged Henny C. Robinson of Hartford to use his In fi no ned In\ tho /^Connecticut legisla ture-to prevent tho repeal of a ..law Which then hindered trolley lines from building routes paralling railroad lines. There were, other letter a simi lar to this. ^'Wherever these electric roads- are I projected we should be ound j oppos ing them." Hall wrote In another-let ter; - '?- - ' :>-.'. ? BULGARSTAKE g TOWN NEAR NISH F?ros is S?fuips?y Fortified TayfS Thirty-Fwe Miles ^ East of Nish. L-osdon, Oct.?? 28.-Bulgarians ulel ing toward Nish occupied the Strongly fortified, town br Plrot, says a Salnnl fel'-'d?spatch to tho .* Mail. Plrots is thirty'- ?Ivo miles east of 'Nish and was tho scene of an important battle be tween tho Sorbs and Bulgarians In 1880*. Since Sunday tho allies troop trains have been running without in terruption between Glovell und Veles. Tbhvsectioh it 1B said bbs been''cleared ontlroly ot Bulgarians, ' Oil Man Dead. Now York, Oct. 28.-"^Charles "Wal ter Hand, ago .?irty-nlne, president* of the Davis OH company, vice president of ,the Underwood Typewriter com pany, died lioday/ ' Chicago Elections to Cost ?1,400,000. Chicago,-'Oct. '28,-Thrco primaries and'thtee elections next year will 'ti^tf tho "'city oho . million . four hundred thousand dollars lt "was estimated to dayi " . ? V-v -.-;-- : / . ' ? Aristado Briand Called Upon Bj President Pooncaira to"\ Fon* : ' New Bo*r--Had . ?o?V&? ,Paris,' Oct. 28. -The;JVench hot, of *tUch ;Bene Vlvlenl was reaigned- ttvdVvy ' add Arlst?do ? 1 _ w?s-vc?ll?4 ?pea'? te loria a na**', i Go io a- late hoar tonight (Brianti not enmplate tho task; ^.There had been rumors since tnt j resign at ion of Th?ophile foreign minister, th;tt thom important cabinet changes, withdrawal ot-Vlviani came as a ^. recolvea a. vote conti deo os bamber, by! & -largotdajorlfcy ? u suggested that ho had overtaxed #tr*hsGr ;r?e?lly;v.^hJ?jt?^|^i?^% munition. Bulgarian Chief of Staff General/ Fitcheu baa boen anpplnt ed chief of staff ot tho ..Bulgarien, army without full charge in t.he cam paign against the. allies lu the Balkans ? - - " Gen. Rndko Piroitrieff Who Waa p Bulgarian Munster to Russia at \ Outbreak of War, to Assume Cominar. J in Russian Anny. Milan,Italy. Oct, 2S.-Corriere Del la S?r? . learns from a diplomatic source that General Radko Dimltrleff will command' the Russian forces sent against Bulgaria. . Ho is. now in Bucherest trying to induce the Rniman ian government to permit tho passage of Russian troops through ''Rumenia. . Gen. Dimitrieff at Gio opening cf the : war was Bulgarian minister to Russia. He resigned and offered his services ti> tho Russian war office. His offer was accepted. He has.'been commander-in-chief. of thc Bulgarian army during tho laBt part" ot tho first B?lka hwar. .: Gen. Bimltrloff ,waR' chief of staff of. eastern. Bulgarian war in 1886, and later led' a. conspiracy against Prince Alexander,. and was forced to flee to FJUSSIU. There ho remained until 1898 ; wt?hn ho was pardoned by King Ferdinand, whom ho had'assist ed to the,throne. Much of the present efficiency., of the Bulgarians anny , isattributed to DlmitriefTs training.. He has been called. "Bulgaria's Little Napoleon. V He ls! 56 years old. . P???JI?ENT WILSON TO V ; :V;HEAE AGAIN g^Myiltlhgton^ Oct. 28.--Presideni Wilson has decided, to give the wo man ^uffr?g^***' siifther 'hearing cs nation-wide sunrago. Ho wilt re ceive Mrs. Sarah. Bardfield and Misa ?oncea ; . Jolife on December 6th. They are bringing a petition from ti? women, votera, who attended the con vention vin -, San Francisco?; ?; 'II I'I i, i i ? . .- '.'.?.',' .." ' Rev. llnnimett Lentes. \\llllajnst?nv't>ct Hammett wi'*.1 leave 'Flat Rock and First" StroekVunrchejv at tho o]or,e ol the year andls open for considera tion .hy other Jchurcfeos. .?<,; HoVnia? movo to Greenville. Holena, Mont;* Oct.;. 28.-.The ad j min?8traAl?|,ft;;'^^rj|??..^'/prev?n'? 'st?cl ! fnncV>meoita?' qtie^tiona as tariff; ff R*I??. ?h? battledore shu?i? t?fVrty politics were dfscusW?is i lu an a?dret? ^by Hocreta?t .McA. Ha -j^felr?fiicaaiit;- flret?r^nob?l thea d?mocrate h?* i>e*a gola* aro ". 1 ^mM^m^W^^m^j^ cmom SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJUR ED WHEN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL BURNED CAUSED PANIp Children Scattered Throughout Building Seeking Means of Escapo From Flames. Peabody. Masa,, Oct. 28.-Twonjly children, moat of them girl? ?t?xjx seven to seventeen years old, lost their llvjos today Infplro >whlol? destroyed. St;; Johns Parochial oohooi. . Another girl will probably die. Several word Seriously hurt. All tile siBtereof tito .Order of Notre Dame, their .teaohors. woro saved, but Motlier Superior Mario j Carmelita was seriously burned; '.:..-' Tho felic hundred children had just flniBhed . morning prayer when - tho alarm waa give;.) it is believed by a tardy pupil, who! smelled, the smoko. The fire drill, which a tow days ago, cleared the building within two min utes waa ordered. It ls believed it would have worked today but for a child; believed to' bo a cripple, who Btumbled. In the front vestibule. Over her- body child after child fell; press ed on by tho crowd bontnd until'the* opening was choked and escapo pre-, vented. The rear door was also jam med for awhile but many escaped through it. When .tho panic occurred fcom the blocked eilt the children spread all over the threb Hoers'of the building. |''Many:Jumped Into nets and Were say led. Tito cause of .the fire ls unknown, Peabody, Moss., Oct. "SfiT.-??'cau^o of fire In a three-Bjbory brick building at St. John'a Parlcohial BOho?l, prob nbly thirty ont otsix hundred hoya and giris aro burned or crtherwfie . killed. Tho fire started a fay min ute after the school opened. Ah hour later twelve ibcdles were re moved from tho: vestibule-witcre tho jam of terrified children resulted In tito greatest losa of life. Tho police.1 have cst I mated the dead aa:- -high fifty and mny others WOLJ hurt Ih the flight down stair?,' A;fe%- jumped from th? third .floor;. ' The students~\ ranken iroju S?Yv?l to tbtiteen yeara In age and wero lu charg? of "slxtesis slst?rii-'.'-Wh^it1 tbs - lire started the shiters marshalled; their charges for the fire drill, abd -i--.-J. ' .t.^-i. .-ii... i...?i,:?"" rm.,. nvat icu 1UU1U' t|inu. m-u procession was ' orderly iib tu thos? from the fnlrd floor Joined tho others pouring from tits'-'class.-?rf>b?i; on'thd second.. ' SuddonVy duo ] ?ti?? oat . .tn fear, hundred? took it up nud a-.pnnic bashed. The sisters frantically^ endea vored to stop them. Thor smaller children fell under tho test or those bohind. Soon tho vostlbule-was JaiSa med with the living ift^d\^es4'v >Thp fireman were tunable to forco an en trance. AU the sisters escaped. The fiamos aro suppose* to haye started in a basomont - according to some, a steam heating boiler ; ex ploded causing the fire, but -there ls doubt as to the exact origin. ' A largo percenwgo bf tbo.'chUdreh were of -foreign parentage? . . ^Meny Irish and Italian ; firemen fought AWA K ladders raised- tb the windows. Pw Ilea cleared tho vestibule,but.tho bod ies of. the dead .were/{?enerar burned beyond; recognition. Thenrjit -alaifm brought a hundred mothers to tho scene"and aoon they wer? 'iio?ncd ?3; other relatives until a grant crowd of hysterical men and women ufcr?fce' through- thc.-soliese Uses--.in- efforisito ? reach : the children. ?. Twenty bodies were recovered at ll o'clock..' J The school was a square brick buiid- ; lng with wood fUUrig* on tho interior and als teen class rooina wi tb *$?Ug?| stairways- on.each ;end'' s ?.. ?r < .Tbl? help.camd too late, ppljk&j?&l,' firemen bent Oioir energies chiefly to pulling the children front'-iho/,$i>ptH\ and windows. Tho MVtM^i?^B^m?i dropped 2? : > from a : jfrhi^d^r $^H?|?> f?cog? floor. They were : fought'in overcoats and . b\*p\tM4t^$^0: