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SERBIANS
SPIRITED
SISTANCE
OFFER
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ROUMANI A MAY
JOIN THE ALLIES
Greece Gices Assurance of Con-]
tinned Friendly Neutrality
Gen. Joffre in London.
London, Oct. 29.-Tile Germans, |
-with their Austrian and Bulgarian
allies arc still trying tc cut 'ott tho j
retreat of tho main Serbian army, ]
which is offering spirited resistance as
it retires.' on Mnckousen'sfqrees aro
advauclng- slowly from tue north, tho
Austrians .have crossed the western
border oi. Serbia south of Vlshegrede,
and the Bulgarians aro-marching west
ward on a .wido front from". Plerbt, ]
which thoy haye Just captured.
Tho Bulgarians aro heading to- j
ward Zajecar, but it ls a long distance ;
anil tha Serbian defense is expected
to' bo desperate an their groat arsenal
at liraguyevatz, is situated. In tbis
area, and they doubtless will hold on
.' with tho hope of, tventually retiring |
Into the Montenegrin mountains.
Tho exact situation on the Oreok
border whero tho . Anglo-French and
serbians aro opposing the -Bulgarians
is unknown,, but unofflclal;ropni{? aay
tho French occupied Strumit?a, and
have advanced about twenty nilles in
to bulgaria, caiUBljiff heavy Bulgarian!
losses. The tlulgarlana, are known tb I
'have recaptured Voles on tho railroad
.south of Usktip.
From Grecian Bourns it ls reported |
' Rumania l? about tb join the aillos.
Gro?co has assured tba allies her. neu~ j
- trallfcy toward- tlicm ^remttlna-^rien*4
ly. ' 1
Paris reports-that the French cap
tured several trenches in. tlio JA
Cour taine Salient ihOh?mpagno with!
German* casualties at about four hun
dred. The fighting continues.. Ar
tillery ?luc?s predominate on tho rc
main der of the Proncb'front.
In tho east t^alGennans are still
striving advance toward -Dvinsk end
.Rlfii}. but, accOrdlnr to both sidos,
theru. la" no chango 1, tho eastern sit
uation. , , . .
Tlie Italians . continue violent at
tacks on thc Gorlxia bridgehead, but
tho Austrians clalta they repulsed the
Italian? along tho whole frone." \-;\
Gonsral- Joffre is visiting in: Ion-'j
don, ami hos ^onferrsd wit!; IT
.?Kitchener'and Pr?mter Asquith. '
IOng George waa' thrown -to the
ground when his horse reared,.slipped"
and ?ell yesterday'While he review
ed troops.' The latest retiprts say he
4s Testing easily and-that his.Injuries
are not serious. '
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.Now York, ; Oct...' . 29.-Mrs. Zora
Johnson, tho elderly woman who- hy.
representing herself.-,os thc wkl?w or
Henry M. -F?gier, a Jato .standard
oil millionaire^ procured from Frank
J, ??a?iouoy, -a telephone operator, his
F a vin ita *nd hoco?bV hArroi? from
"^relatives, : was : " sentenced' tb . from
three to nine; years in. the ...Auburn
prison.-: 'Sito' o?Um'?d about (5.200.
Mahoney eaid che promised'to mako
him priyato soorotary, at 520,000
yearly,;.7 l^WB^BB^^B^wBaE
?lil
' rnooi ".F^??ali . Star "Fovr
Baltimore,iO?t,S^^Tonn. 'Prentiss
Poo,.'Jr., :and fanioujj-".PrinceWr. foci*
?^V?i^r"'-^'.^0' Blueties, wa? kilted
i "^i^mb?t: 33/
': British army in. tr^^\?<ic?i^^gy\b'r
i: le tters i o. ??'?la Utf?i?ore- today. Poo
-iron international ?am? an a espt&in
>K'the'Off bfedttrb^ ?tarijj when With\tt
'h*Rd*tt?vtf''?&^
j?ttnbo?t Stem Wf^faft- hai-hor. II*
>'< . ri ?qrfy yea/?i oh!/.. -A?;/
TWENTY-ON?: C H I L DRE N
L?ST ?N ??A&iES AT
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
FIVE BODIES ARE
YET UNIDENTIFIED
Five Families Report Girls Miss
ins Rut Condition of Bodies
Prevents Indent!fication.
Peabody, Rf ass., Oct. 29-A search'
of tho ruins of St. Johns .Parochia
school was made for evidence of tho
cause' of tifo flro which, cost the llvr?i
of tweaty-onO girs, and the ru(uB ex
amined carefully for more victims.
Five bodies aro still unidentified. Five
girls aro reported ml?slng by their
families. Owing to the condition of
the. ?bodies, positive .identification will
probably ?bs impossible. Tho fire- is
known to have starfrd tn a small atoro
room . In the basement. It waa custo
mary to place waste paper and sweep
ings 4n wooded barrels thoro. Accord
ing to th eslstors In char'go there wao
nothing else'in the roora.
Plans for n publi s tune ra:- of K-h
victims are being discusser.
Alt Bodies Identified.
Peabody, Oct. 29.-Tho bodies of
all of the 21 victims were claimed;
by-relatives. Only one, tody remained
at-noon. .That was a little girl too
badly bur nd for recognition. Mrs;"
John Atman, .'the mother-ot Agnes.
Ahearn, nged eight;' later went to the
mcrguo and finally accepted the body.
'oman,. Son -and Friend Alleged
to Have KOied Young Mbun
tairi Ghi Near Greenville/
Qrocnvllle, Oct. 29-Lizzie Pxiiltt,
a decrepit.widow, her son, John, and
Charles Tapp today * were placed on
trial for lifo in .tho court of g?n?r?t
sessions, charged ivith the murder ot
Minnie England ,a mountain gi??, who.
tho coroner's jury- reported, came to.
her dtetitli; f rom . gunshot- wounds in- ?
ii ic ted october 3 at tho hands of. tho
trio, whoso fate will Test with' tho' Jury
tis ?vening. *
Examination of state's .witnesses
was concluded about i" o'clock. r Tho
defense offered, hp evidence, except
that which was ps'oducod iis the coro
nerte deposition; james.H. Price cbari
aol for tho" defensb- has: oponed-and
will ol OK? the ra nu men t, after Solid"
tor fcimhanv. speaks this afternoon^ 7. '
Eyifl?intly the cnsO is based on cir
cumstantial evidence. Tho theory ad
vanced by tho defense was that the
deceased,"Minnie England shot herself
With a singlo, barreled shot gun, .which
was exhibited' to tho Jury. The prose
cution'attempted to proYo .by Its wit
nesses that tho accused trio r<at-.the
girl, out ot'oxJaiouce for. a purpose.- -V
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: .SOO'Balen T.ont In Fire.
. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 29.-A firo
at Nowyillo this morning destroyed <
tho couiTOunlty warehouse containink j
800 bales' of cotton, which was the ?
season's picking of'- the community.v|
The lesa Ia approximately 350,000.
ijf inn- ??4ir^; ?h?^e?is by-Kc?rso.
^ London,, ?S?t. 29?-Ivlng ^George;
?re? tiirssfs ? ???^ - a ???T?V wnsie" In-,
spooling; the British* nrmy. in . Fra oca
and-; severely bruised^. Ho will ba
coufined to bed: fort?io .present. . Ho
had a fair night. ,
Says- Germany- $?tonld?, Demac?
Thai ?^fcrter to BelghW Be
Approved By Her.
Lyndon, Octy J&.-'-The Vossischo
Zeitung; according to d&pfttches vfci ;
^KSterdam; challenges tho-??^rma?i j
government ti?'v request ; th? United
Ste les to - recall: - Urnnd ; 'W^.lt'o?k. !
American ptlnSsttr "At Brussels, '.and
saya "if tba United States desire a
represW'^tW'.ai/.B
^d-^e osr?eab?e to .Germany. " '?? - j
Ready to
From left lo right: Hebert Fay, (lera
Hornby to Attach to Hlcaihsfal
j Lieutenant Robert Fay ot Uio Ger
! T'en army, who descrlbos himself ns
ja veteran of Ibo. battle.of tho Marne
J and the Champagne country, was ar
) rested ju New Jcrse yby New York
i *lty detectives as uv Conspirator ready
State Department Last Night
Says Attack Was Error On Part
Of Submarine Commander.
Washington, .Oct. 29.-A memoran
dum from Germany explaining the un
successful attempt to torpedo the
Cunard liner Orduna, July 9th. last,
was made .public hero tonight. ?
chows ihat nroviouu to that date abd
more thwt. h month before tho Arabic
attack:,' comrt^ders ci German sub
marine's; were m^ not' to sink
^largo passenger steamers'' without
warning, And states that the attack
on the Orduna was an error, which is
not likely to occur agata in vclew. of
more, explicit instructions having been
Issnedi
I Will ^Ask Congress to Correct
Errors Found m Year's {
Test of System,
Whshbigton, Oct. ^29,-Members a?
tho federal reservo board .ard ebnatd-r'
"cring changes which' may be laid- be-J
iori congress, Most of the-chan gC3
aro technical in nature, and aro de
signed A? correct 'mistakes in ? the
original la win light of tho year's
experience. .
\VOne':'wottld chango tho law t? allow
fedora! resbrvo banks to handle ac
xcot?nc?H''- b?fe**^l;^Afv arul
domeatla?r?nsacUons. Only, accep
tances on imports or exports can . bo
handled uow.
Tho reports say all fedora! roservo
bank? are in excellent siiapo.
iiilGf?P
lillili
j Officiais Believe Fay and ?ccom- |
j^Miaj&lo tot Many;
rEm^ian ^Vessels,-..
B??w Up Mutdtio
p Propel lorn.
?:? r
to biovr.up atenroahlpB ?nrrylng-fr?lght
to tho a 11 h- in -km-oiie..'Largo quanti
ties ol explosives \yero. found lu his
possession. Walter I,. Scholz, his
brothor-ln-llaW, was taken at the Burne
time. .'Paul Daeche, who denied he
i New Haven Directors Used In
Suence to Aid or Prevent Legis
lation Affecting r ?an? of Road.
Now York, Oct. 29.-Charlea S.
Mollen testified today at the trial of j
eleven former dlrec-tors, of tho Now!
York,' Now Haven and Hartford, that
ho had never known of the; political
activities ,of tho lato John M. Hall,
vice president and later president of
ibo New. Haven, Influencing legisla
tion in favor bf tho New llamen.
-Mellen also said that aa ter ?2? be
knew tho :Hali letters, which* rovca'.cd
in court thso activities; ? wer un
known to, the other directora or offi
cers of the New Havoo. Tho govern
ment,-' howovt'r, continued to intro
duce Hall lettors today,.in which po
litical activities and plans to de
stroy competing team obat linea were
told.
Now York, Oct. 20.-Charles S.
Mblle? made a statement'ln: the court
trial of 'eleven former- New' Haven
railroad direct ora .that ha ' ;dld act
knbW; until yesterday of tho existen* i
of tho documents which . tho govern
ment' Introduced' yesterday relativo to
the political activities of John . M.
Hall, a' former vico president. Mellon
eald .'he; ?teerely. identified tho,, sig
natures ct the letters. Ho had no per
sonal connection with them In any
way.
Tho alleged!, activities of Hail had
ta do with the trolley completion, of
tho : New Haven ..through action ; by
the Connecticut and Rhode Island leg
islatures.. Mellen, who has been . on
:ibe stand seven daya, . wa? . excused
Th? ?vf<;uBo announced It would not
croea exanilno him at tute tune.
IiK&OCKAT?C NATION
; ^?O?TTlBK-TO MEET DEC.
ll
?1, Now York, Oct. 29.-William P.
SfcCrunbs, chairman of tho,democratic'
national., cotninlttee, tonight called a'
meeting of the committee to ho held
at Washington December, 7, tb choose
tho 'next national Convention^?pjptw
POPE WOULD HATH CITIES r
COSTAI2?I.NO AUT Tl?KAS?JItEH
Rome, Oct. /29;~The;- Carrier? D'
Italia, states that the pope haa; aaked
AttiftSrta.ibot te;?'^b'a^^wM:*aeror'
placea; nudifended * cities ri?at -in art
1*eaaui^r?; Tho Ychlce :rai4 ls bclt?v-^
od to, havd (caused the1 request;
* . JAPAN WONT HAKE V:". . .' ?r
m^p^T^PAKCK ?
*
* Tokio;-Oct. S9.^*pan ha?. *
& ubllshed ofllclat corrcspon
douco showing that on OcuMflr ~
* & jap?n agreed not to thake
^ .Si*^ separately iront the:
ms Ships.
dd, and Pani Da?clie, arrested later.
l^f^^StSBjML^^J^ n ? .Mliiin .rr
had anything to do with them, was
nrrestod hitor. Pay confessed . tho
whole story to iho New York police,
but he denied that ho had so far been
able to attach hts bomb to tho pro
poller of any steamship. Ho had been
caught hcforo ho could do that.
jSSl
Kia ShauV Ching Waa NolmSynV
pathy With Proposed Chunga
From Republican to Monxurcbial
Form of Government.
Washington, Oct., 29,-Tho resigna
tion ot Usu Shalh, Ching, Chinese
premier, was announced today In an
ofllclal telegram from Peking. Tho
reason-was not given, but it is pre
sumed ho does not sympathise with
tho proposed chango from a republic*
tb monarchy.
. Tho United States has? declined .to
express any oplnlo??, va the, proposed
chango in the Chineao government, it
became known today, although - it is
understood that privately officials op
poso the change because of tho na
Uu'al sympathy fo ribo repubmaa
form government and bocauue of the
bolief that the chango might, affect the
cquilibrum in tho far east. Inter
ested powers bavo been , trying to
sound tho United States on it's atti
tude toward the chango, but' China
has not, asked our'.views.
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? ' Jumped to Death..
Birmingham, Ala., Oct; 20.-W. It-.
Foster, age sixty, jumped or fell from
tho eighteenth'story of tho Jefferson
County Savings bank building thin af
ternoon. He was dead when ho
struck tho pavement.
Maxim Calls ort; Daniels.
Washington, Oct. 29.-Hudson
Maxim conferred withtSoorewry Dan*'
tels regarding a device of ht fbi' tint-i
lng tho explosion of torpedoes, front
ftrcpl&ussr-vThb'omhiia aire kept se^
crot.
FOB EXECUTED NURSE
Many Prominent DipSomats, Lord
Mayor, Norse? and Soldiers
Honor\ Memory.
? -' ? .?'*. v. .?',*>/..'
Loftdcit,' Oct- 29.-Service was hold
at St. ' Paul's cathedral . fn memory
pf JHssi -Bdlih Cavell., the British
nureb' executed; in Brussels aip&C'
attended by-a throng whlbh recal
tho fluaoral' Of Xord H?*>ert3 at
cathedral almost a year ago., Kef
S o'clock a great crowd Vfctocvt shiver
ing in tho first cold fog oi tho sba'
son awaking tho opening of tho doors,
Shortly ?fter ia sign.^ rodding that
tho church" had a >funV ho?so' ; wer?
hung on all tho debra except those re-r
mab?:\(?r , ticket holders, .
(^fended floMlom, attended by Pod
Cross nurses? were In the orowd. The
l??, R maydr^eat^ntb allies dt ploma ts
tfOtjf t?urse? and repre8cntAUv<Mrof roy
alty attended* v >.??-. v-:'^: ??>
ALL PARTIES AND FACTJON.
REPRESENTED IN NEW
FRENCH MINISTRY
? FIRST TIME IN
FRENCH HISTORY!
I Military tav) Naval Leaders Chos
en to Head War Office and
Ministry of Marine.
Parla, Oct. 29.-Tho now Itrench
caiiiot headed by .Aristide Brlnnd as
premier and. minister of foreign af
fairs, come into formal existence to
night. This ls. tho first time in the
history of Franco that there has boon
a coalition ministry, of all parties and
[ factions, and the action ls taken to bo
tho result Of popular sentiment in
favor of all parties backing tho gov
ernment and being represented dur
?Ing tho war.
Vivianl'S cabinet represented only a j
! few political parties, but this one
i Includes, virtually all. Tho Driandj
cabinet ls OlRO llbtablo in lia vin.;; <?en
era! Galllenl, a popui-ir military lead
er, as head o tho war office, and Rear
Admiral La cazo as head of tho minis
try of marine, both replacing civi
lians.
_
Poincar Receives Resignations.
Paris, O?tj 29..-PTe.ildent.Poincalro]
has received tho formal collective res
ignation of tho ontlro Vivian! minis
try. This gives tho official form to
?tho decision of the cabinet yesterday
tto retir?. The president refused to al
I low Aristide ?rlnnd .to form a new |
?cabinet. :
I Former Employes of Judson Milk |
Preparing for Winter
Campaign.
Greenville, Oct. 20.-Ari ent?nalas*
iilo sud well ?atondea mooting waa
held yesterday '. sfte/no?n at Judson
:.il!t at which time'a relief com in lt too
waa appointed, in caso any ?f ibo ?
Judson-people should suffer, f rom iack j
of funds as a result or tho recent j
strike lt shall bocomo tho duty of j
this committee to render all possible!
aid to tho ono In need.
One of tho employes of tho Brogan I
mills lu Anderson* whore a atrike has [
been in progress for sense tim, was.|
present ot tho meeting and told , what |
the strikers' in Anderson wore doing.'
Ho- said that instead o being antag
onistic towards tbs ' "scabs" os isl
usually.tho case, that .they sang and i
prayed with them and that this
ethod as a rule had'a belter effect j
tari a disorderly display. ,
(}?Tho meeting was adjourned with a
prayer by Rev1. Caldwoll. -
STERILIZATION
_ _
Madison, Wis., Oct. 29.-WIscori-i
sin'? fitorlizatlon law will bo pitt into I
effect in November, according to the |
statement of the state hoard of con
trol todr.y, with twenty-iou:- opera-l
?tions outpatients In the iristltriilou for j
fecb!o minded at Chippewa Palls.
Workmen Busy Night and . .Pay
p|||frang^
Machinery and Prodoct?.
^??e?nville, Oct. 29.-With only two]
working days before tho opening of ?
tho mammoth. Southern Textile expCt
tlon, which will bp held in Greenvll
November 2 to C inejuslve, the wort
trian,'at tt??' expoBit?ori.' building arc j
lirorklng night and day . installing the
many exhibits of textile products and
raachirittry; .: Thte work 1? being au**]
pen ded by repreaentativea ot the va
rious ' concerns arid manufacturers.
There ar?; i\w> or tJir?o hundred ot J
these renrettcutaUvCs in ik$ cito,'* "
pr?sent and -tlioso ;wb? have bes?: i
t?rviftwv?d have ?f,rcs?<4 themaelv
? being ?greatly aurpvlaa dat tho
Ml DECIDE
FATE
np
PREPARATIONS COMPLET?D
FOR THIRD BIG BATTLE
AT TftuAT P?INT
U. S. TROOPS TO
PROTECT BORDER
I Five Thousand Troops Mobilised
to See Thal American Ter?
ritory is Respected.
--'Douglas; Ar!Oct. 29,-Propaga
tions httvo been .completed for a third
battle at Agua Prj-Jtn, ' bo:worn Um
various factions 'iniiec Madero opened
war In Mexico fh o yeal a. ugo. Plvo
thouin nd American troops, with six
teen ihrec^lneh nunn- aro mobilized
hero to soo that Mexicans shoot only
on their own eldo of the ? boundary.
Tho Carranza troops aro behind en
elaborate system of.. earthworks -
awaiting tho Villa army.
Fighting may begin today Or bo
delayed until ' next week. This de
pends upon tho plans, disposition and
condition of Villa's troops. Tho out
come will probably determine whether
Sonora shall bo under Villa, or ne be
driven across tho American bor
der.
. Hostilities seem likely to begin
quickly. Tho Villa forc?? are report
ed scattered fifteen to twentyvfIvo
miles south ot Agua Prieta In a
waterless region. ; *. Tho'. Carransa
forcea at Dlguez aro reported wbr&r ;
lng in behind thom.
The Carranza garrison'ot Agua
Prjeta numbers '. about thirty-seven
hundred. Tho relnfor^eiucuts of
?oooral Calloa expected front Piedras
Nogra? over Amerlc?n}terrlto?ry chu
dot reach hero for two or titr?e doy?.
Thfete is .borne apUpreher?slo ?hoe on
^?uttT Of previous battl?s-whO?r five
were.killod and twenty wounded ibis'
side of tito b der. ' , ( .
Brownsville. Oct. 29.-Bandits early
today mad? two attacks' on. a- half
company of United States Infantry
at Capote vliiago about OS miles up
tho Rio Orando. No casualties aro
roportod. The attacks wero niftier at :
1:31 thia morning.
, Ropdrts of n b?tUo between ban
dits arid Carranza' troops under
Louis do la FJbsa we?e rcc?iVsd at
MatcraoraB.. It is rumored that de la
I Ros ala captured . , v ^
FRUITGROWERS
North Carolina Man Heads As
sociation for Nekl Ifear-^5?ei
Next in Jaek?ehv?!e.
Albany, Ga., Oct. 20-Yr*. Hutt
bf Raleigh, N. C.', was re-elected as
president and Jacksonciilo was select
ed as tho next 'meeting place of .the
National Prplt Growers association
convntlon; wich closed hero late inst
night/ P. W*. Stone Ot Thoiuasvlll?,
Georgia ls first \3co provident. Theo
dora Jechtel, of Oc?an -Springs, Mis
sissippi, Bccbnd vice" president, W. P. ;
Ballard of Albany, Georgia, secretary;
Nathaniel B. Brewer, Jr.; Of Newport
Florida, treasurer.
Priests Murdered liy Eskimos.
Winnipeg, Oct. 29,-The North
west Mountain Police;-.?ie.'ri? ?~-??-J
murder of two Catholic, priests
and two prospectera In tho Par.
North by Eskimos...
il RESPONSIBLE FQ
LIVES Or AMERiCAN
Villa vAovernor of Sonora De
clares . Recognition of Carrana*
Relieves Vaia of Uab?U?y.
i. :'. -: .>">' ;. .''..'.'. ' ' [?
.? 1 ?
Douglas; AriS., Oct, ..??K-?b'rlos
Randall, Villa governor of Sonors, waa
j^porledf today to havo issued a proc
lamation yesterday that since the
United States has r?cogn iced Carran -
zn. Villa authorities ar? not r?sponsl
b?fei for the live? of Americana.
it {?fotioVaT
a hundred Americans! and American
mining interests wbrthv nliHii^^i^
in grave ' danger ?a & result of
amor Rartdali'd protlt?ailo?, tyjUm
'Wal .kWiatute'o'r? $&|&%>fc
into Ajnia; FH?*