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MftSlMltiBfi' itTEiRi nun cad» nn instTisinNin. PEOPLE FOLLOW WILSON i , / , PRK8IWCXT RECOGNIZED WALK- ING ALONG BROADWAY. DIES WITH iww m* 1 iMHWIHIP' ■HlflMplW iCVendi CbOm to Have Thrown Ger- ; ./'> % ' ■ • t , • r~inr~ Back to Ri^ht Bank of Yser C—at -Berlin Tells of Might Pro- greou—British Report Desperate Charge Which Broke Their Line. Soldiers fighting in trenches knee deep in water and swept by driving rains is the story which still comes out of Weat Flanders, where the (Jer- man troops and tpe allied fortes still (hammer at each ptber with shot and shell , London reports that after four -weeks of most desperate fighting there is a lull in the battle in Flan ders. Little relief, however, has come for the men in the*trenches, as the artillery and rifle fire has been re placed by a severe November storm. In some parts of England the storm has become a blizzard; on the sea a heavy gale rages, and the battlefields are getting their full share of wind and rain. .* Paris reports the following official communication Sunday night: “The most notable Incident of the day has been the throwing back of the enemy on the right bank of the Yser Canal. That part of the left bank which the Germans previously held has been completely evacuated. “We have retaken to the south of Bixschoote, a small wood which had been lost following a night attack At the end of the day the enemy had shown without success an offensive to the south of Ypres.’” Berlin reports the following gen eral headquarters dispatch Sunday af ternoon “The fighting on our right wing made only very slight progress yes terday owing to the unfavorable weather, but in the course of a dif ficult preliminary encounter we cap tured several hundred French and English and two machine guns. “In the forest of Argonne we suc ceeded in blowing up and capturing a strong French point of support “The report of the French that they had dispersed a German division at Coiconrt (department of Meurthe- Kt-Moselle) to the south of Tarfal, is an invention. On the contrary, the French suffered considerable -losses here, while we did not lose a single man.** . TMeM, Belgium, reports: “The Gennaan have not yet succeeded in croaslng the Yser in front of Dtx- muds, und that town, having been entirely destroyed, has been of little valne to the Invaders. “Heavy fogs and pouring rains are causing much slckneay. The trenches are flooded and as a result the sol diers suffer from severe colds and pneumonia. The nearby villages hav ing been destroyed, the nearr/1 hos pitals are in Ghent and Bruges, and thees already are overcrowded. “The exhaustion of the troops has caused a momentary lapse in infan try operations and the battle con tinues to be chiefly an artilelry duel, which, owing to fog, is of a desultory character. Military men e')>ect no decision for several days.” Parts Sunday afternoon in official statements reports Saturday,^ “rela tively a quiet day-on the whole front, was characterized principally by ar tillery combats. The -German at tempted several attacks to the north, east and south of Ypres. All were repulsed with considerable losses to them. "To sum up: All efforts by the Germans during the last several days have resulted only In the capture of the ruined village of Dixmude, whose Isolated position rendered its defence different. - ‘•Between the Lys and the Oise the pushing forward of approach works has continued along the greater part of the front. "Upon the remainder of the front, Iiorraine and in the Vosges, there was detached artillery and minor fight* log." Berlin officially reported Friday: “On the branch of the Yser canal at Nieuport our marines have inflictef heavy losses on the enemy and we have taken 700 prisoners. During our attacks on Ypres, which have progressed favorably, another 1,100 prisoners have been taken." London reported Friday that in the terrific attack by Prussian Guards Wednesday on the British forces de fending Ypres the Kaiser’s troops broke the opposing line' at three points, although they were not able ^ to penetrate to the- town. Officially, the British statement says: “Our troops were subjected to the heaviest bombardment that we have yet experienced from dawn for three hours. This was at once followed up by an assault In force, carried out by the First and Four brigades of the Prussian Gurfrds corps. It is under stood that these picked troops had been brought up specifically to act against us. In order to force their way through at points where previous ef forts, made by Infantry of the line, had failed. “The attack was pressed with the greatest bravery and determination. Owing to the gallantry of our troops and their splendid resistance against great odds, the attempt to penetrate to Ypres was repulsed, but the height of the enemy’s advance enabled them to break throughout lines at three points. They were, however, held back and prevented from gaining fur ther ground. “An Immense loss had been In flicted on the Germans, 700 of their Large Crowds i> Behind Chief Exe- „ entire Who Has to Seek Refuge In Metropollton Hotel. President Wilson found Saturday night he could not escape recognition In New York, even vfhen he appeared upon the street as a private citizen. He tried ft and failed. Mr. Wilson announced that he In tended to spend the evening quietly at the home of his friend, Col. E. M. House, but changed his mind and at 8:30 o’clock he and Col. House start ed for a strol) on Broadway., They were attended only by a couple of secret service men some distance In the rear. Soon the president and .his escort halted for a moment to listen to the music provided at & Salvation Army open air meeting and right there Mr. Wilson’s Incognito came to an end “It’s Wilson! It’s President Wil son!’’ shouted the discoverer. Instantly the Salvationists were de serted as the listeners began to fol low the president and his host. The secret service men closed in closely. Two blocks farther on a volunteer street- orator discussing the Mexican situation gained the nation’s chief executive as an auditor. The presi dent smiled and started on as the speaker eulogized Villa and excorlat ed Carranza. The orator soon was deserted, the throng trailing the pres ident. The next stop in the Wilson itinter ary" was at a suffragist meeting. The feminine speaker was interrupted in her address as the hundreds who fol lowed the precidont come up. The crowd shouting “Hurrah for Wilson!" by this time had gained alarming pro portions. Two or three New York patrolmen voluntered to assist the secret service operatives in forcing a path for the city’s distinguished visi tor and they began looking for a safe haven. The suggestion was made as they reached Thirty-fourth street that they seek the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The hotel was reached sa^Vly and the offi cers made a lane for Mr. Wilson. As he gained the door the president turn ed and waved hl$ hand, crying "Good bye, I’m going to get away from you now.” As the crowd surged around the Thirty-fourth street entrance Mr. Wilson. Col. House and their guar dians were takon to the second floor in an elevator and spirited out on the Fifth avenue side. As they gained the street the president caught sight of a painting of Mrs. Wilson in the window of an art store. The presi dent stood sadly and silently before the window for a few minutes. ERLMM CU» IT SEUfli ni amme ins BUILDING TORN APART One Man Killed and Twenty-Six Oth ers Serlonsly Injured—Fire Cap tain Leads Men In Dramatic Res cue of Man Whose Cry for Help Sounded Above Explosions. GREAT CHIEF DIES. Field Marshal Lord Roberta Dies of Pneumonia in France. The death of Field Marshal I^ord Roberts was officially announced at London, England, Saturday night Lord Roberts died in France, where he had been visiting the India^. troops. His death was due to p^eti- monla. The news of the death / ^5t Field Marshal Roberts was recoiled "by tele graph from Field M^r^hal Sir Jk!!in French. Earl Kitchener, secretary of state for war^tnnouncfcs that the following telegram has been receiv ed from Sir'John French: "I deeply regret to tell you that Ixjpd^RobertB died at 8 o’clock this ev'ening." Field Marshal Roberts, who was colonel-in-chief of the In dian troops, had gone to France to greet them. Soon after his arrival he became seriously ill. He suffered from a severe chill Thursday and pneumonia rapidly developed. His great age, 82. years, militated against his recovery, the crisis in the disease coming quickly. MAY INTERCEDE. Government May Exchange Notes With Ecuador and Colombia. Notes recently presented by Great Britain and France regarding alleged violations of neutrality by Ecuador and Colombia are receiving the se rious consideration of state depart ment officials. Secretary Bryan said Friday he had not yet decided wheth er the good offices of the American government ought to be Interposed. It is understood the notes do not call directly for any action by the United States, but imply that the South American countries might be Invited to follow the example of this government In maintaining neutral ity. In South American diplomatic circles it was thought a movement might be initiated either by some South American country or the Unit ed States to adopt a uniform regula tion of the wireless. Truce in Mexico. Signs of peace in Mexico are cred ited to the report that Villa and Car ranza have agreed to a truce. The last of a series of experiments which were to reveal to him the sec ret of the great German chemists for the manufacture of aniline dyes, caused aa explosion followed by three others less severe Friday afternoon in the chemical and dye works of Dr. William Beckers of Brooklyn. The blast killed one man, wounded Dr. Beckers probably mortally, injured twenty-five others and caused such havoc that its horror left rescuers momentarily stunned and powerless. For blocks about the factory, which -is In a thickly settled part of the city, buildings were rocked on their foundations by the concussion and windows were shattered. Per sons many yards away were jarred from their feet, and, from the fac tory, men With bodies torn and limbs twisted, were hurled through win dows and doorways to be crashed senseless against the walls of tene ments across the treet Within the place carboys of chemi cals burst, their contents intermiu- gled, and there rose such flames as firemen seldom have to fight. The fire leaped the higher when water was thrown on it, so that there seem ed no way to quench the volcano, which instantly spouted from be tween the trembling walls of the fac tory. It was more than an hour be fore the last man was carried from the place. Dr. Backers is in a serious condi tion, and should he succumb it is be lieved that with him will die the sec ret which he thought so nearly in his grasp. He had been working day and night on experiments based on data obtained in a recent visit to Ger many, and already his work had caus ed two explosions and two slight fires. He and the twenty-six men he em ployed realized the danger of the work on which they were engaged, but they realized, too, the reward which success would yield. Since the war began aniline dyee have risen again and again in price, and almost every American chemist with a bent for research has been at work on an effort to solve Germany’s secret. Dr. Beckers, a German by birth and the son of a noted ehemjat, had made no secret of his expecta tions He himself was not at Work in the laboratory when t^»^explosion occurred. An instant .before he bad quit the main laboratory on the sec ond floor, leaving Tiaaren alone there. This room was (n about the middle of that part of the second floor which would b<L included In the building at No^liS were the various building numbers composing the works sep arated. The explosion blew out every window on both floors and wrecked the second floor so that it collapsed and fell in on the first floor. Every door was unhinged. Window'sashes were sent sailing across the street. The walls tottered. Part of a side wall fell Windows all over the neighborhood fell outward with a crash. A horse and wagon passing in Underhill Ave nue was upset and toppled over on an automobile a negro chauffer, who had stood beside the car, was blown across the street. Two men were flung against the walls of the tenements across the way. From every house for blocks around men, women, and children rushed in a panic. They saw a score of men lying senseless and wounded in the street, but only those who had been, by chance, at their windows in the tenement across the way had seen these men come flying from the chemical works through the windows and the doors, hurled as lightly as leaves on a breeze. The din was terrific. Over the yells of excited people and the clang ing of ambulance gongs, the whistles of fire apparatus and the shouts of the flrement, roared the voice of the flames, punctuated again and again by the sharp pop of exploding acids. And then, high above all other up roar, arose a cry of agony, & call for help that made even the firemen glance helplessly ^t one another. It came from the centre of the building, amid a pyrotechnic&l display wonder ful for the variety of colors which the high-springing flames unfolded. From the second floor the firemen already, had polled out the other in jured man, escaping so narrowly that the second explosion almost swept them from the ladders. All had be lieved then that the building was clear of occupants. But again came the cry, and then again and again, AkKRIOAN SAYS NOTHING CAN EXAGGERATE MISERY. People w®re Amazed at Arrival of _ First Relief Flotilla from the Halt ed Stott*—-News Bpreads Quickly. ■*' Jarvis E. B611 of New- York, who assisted in distribution 9* the first cargo of relief supplies sent to the Belgians, has given the Associated Press the descript ton of conditions in the stricken country. _ "Nothing that has been written could exaggerate, the misery of Bel gium. We drove for miles through graveyards. Stakes, on some of which were soldiers' tattered coats and helmets, were the tombstones. As we entered the villages women and children sought refuge in the ruins of roofless homes—terrified lest we were some fresh visitation of ' Election Figures. Manning, Democratic candidate for governor, received 34,606 votes to 83 for; Britton, Socialist. To Watch Germans. Six American army officers have been detached to watch the hallitary operations of the ermans. New Government Established. Davilmar Theodore has established a new government in Haiti. Preei- dent Zamor has been overthrown. ground behind our front trenches alone. The casualties' suffered by also were heavy.’’ them In advancing up to oar line nn- ■RP -enfiladed Are. mu«t ed in over .UudxJLaada hare been enormous. Our casualties war. "The Belgian peasant has In many districts no home In which to sleep, no seed to sow, no Implements with which to work, no transport to reach a market, and finally no heart to struggle against the inevitable. "The American relief steamer Cob lenz, carrying more than 1,000 tons of foodstuffs, arrived at Rotterdam from London at 3 o’clock Sunday morning. On Monday morning eight barges, towed by four express tugs, left Rotterdam for Brussels with re lief supplies. On each barge was a large printed notice certifying that the cargo had been sent by the American cdmmisslon In care of the American minister to Belgium. "The country people came running to the banks of the canal, where they stared at our flotilla as if it were a mirage. To them it was at first Just a God-sent dream. When they found that they were real barges bearing food their great thankfulness found ready expression. "On Wednesday morning we arriv ed at Brussels. There was no need for the newspapers to spread the re port—in one hour all Brussels knew and rejoiced. “We drove back to Holland, by way of Louvain, Aerschot and Thor< out, to Breda, on the Dutch frontier. We found several villages that had been without salt for a month. At almost every bridge we met people with boxes soliciting relief from trav elers. Eighty per cent, of the peopfe in these country districts are women and children. We saw them eating green vegetables, beets and apples They had little else. "The Germans, who thgpughout treated us with the greatest consid eration, are clearing the debris from the waterfronts so that shipments of relief supplies from America can be landed without difficulty. They also are working on the canals a»d prim- ise use by November 17 to clear the waterway of Liege, which at present is very hard to reach." UBmunuiiT insum k- curia tike tmu GREAT STRUGGLE SOON Advance lato Enemy's Ter ritories Develops Opposition—Bat tle Inunlaeat Servian Campaign to be Pushed—Vienna Claims Vic tories. While the battle in Wert Flanders continues to attract public attention because of the desperate character of the fighting, the numbers of men en gaged and the territory at stake, London says military men now took on East Prussia as the center of grav ity of the war. Ismdon reports a tremendous bat tle Is developing. The Rnsaians are pushing vigorously a great envelop ing movement. They are engaged with the Germans along a wide curve of 150 miles from fitallupcnen, in the northeast, through Goldap and Krug- lanken, which is well within the tan gle of lakes, down to Soldau, In the southwest. 1 ■ Berlin reports-that the president of the province of Posen has issued a proclamation denying that there Is danger of a Russian invasion. A similar proclamation has been issued to the inhabitants of East Prussia. The Austrians in Servia appear to have met stout resistance northwest of VaUevo, but have gained ground, and their gunboats on the river Save BY Navy " * have inflicted heavy Ipsses, according ^ad a decided list at the stern advises here. No fighting is re- " h ® re J«»t *«low the waterline she ported from Galicia. receded her wound. Vienna reports through Berlin ini b* r engines were **harm- official dispatch: "In the eastern 1 the oa * *■“ arena of the war the pursuit of the I « mmiMi ° n ' Aft « r UWb * th ® ®*- enemy was continued along the en-1 fl c ® r * * n< * crew who would leave, the tire front, In spite of incessant fight ing with the rear guards of the enemy, who occupied especially pre pared entrenchments. Generally speaking, the heights to the east of Osetchlna, Makutlschant and Novo- selo on the river Save- have been reached. The enemy,ia in full rer treat in the direction of Kotschalveja and Valjevo, where, according to re porta from Austrian aviator*, many thousands on trains have been ent off. In edition to war material pre viously captured, we became forward leaps were shorter, and there were greater Intervals between them. Then the quivering lino halted, and a moment later Foley and his men tumbled out of the doors and win dows, their faces blackened with smoke, their breath gone and all but overcome themselves. They could not progress a dozen feet, they said; no one could live inside. Once more they heard the shriek for help. Foley and his men lay mute where they*had thrown themselves gasping for breath. But now more streams had been brought up. Lally bad turn ed every effort to saving the man In side. They sprang up and tumbled in on one another’s heels. Outside the crowd watched once more the creeping hose and this time it didn’t stop. Inch by inch it went forward till enough had passed from sight to tell the watchers that Foley and his crew were nearly at the back of the building. Over them streams of water were still sprinkled, thrown in at the upper windows so that the forcq might be broken, arid presently the firemen reappeared. They were breathless and burned on hands and face, but among them they bore some thing that still cried out. But for the voice, which, through a whole hour, never h^i been stilled, there was little to tell that it was a man. The figure was terrtibly burned Most of the clothing was gone. The left hand had been blown away at the wrist. The right hand, the face, the neck and arms were blackened by fire. The man was Adolph Wolters, still alive and still conscious. He had been caught beneath a twelve-inch beam, which had been part, of the south wall. It had crushed his legs but formed a support over which other debris piled like a tent, saving him from further crushing, and in a measure keeping the flames from him He was half-drowned by the water which had made his rescue possible He was hurried to the Cumberland Street Hospital, but there was little chance of his recovery. Turks Claim Victory. Constantinople reports that a big , - _ . battle took place near the Caucasian though a peep into the lower floor border on the 13th and the Russian was now like peering in at the open door of a furnace firebox. To the Are men, accustomed to desperate placee, it seemed that the whole inferior was merely one huge fire In which noth Ing could live, and jret the cry was heard once more. Capt. John J. Foley of Truck 132 gave too order, but he glanced at his crew. Like one man they leaped to ward the doors slid windows. Qome deputy chief shouted an order to halt —apparently only death waited be hind the shaken front wall—but there was no stopping them. With a line of hose, writhing like a huge snake, in their grasp, they tumbled headlong over the shattered window sills. . Fire Chief Lally saw them go and ordered every stream of water turn- losses amounted to an army corps. advancing, for their own Jerking line showed that-. Bat each Instant Its For Government Owned Wires. Postmaster General Burleson indi cates that he will renew his proposal for ogvernment owned telegraph am; telephone lines. Abolishes Capital Punishment. The bill to abolish capital punish metn carried In the recent Oregon election by a vote of 100,036 to 99,- 078. To Evacuate Vera Crux. The American government will evacuate Vera Cru* on the 23rd of November. Oarmnsn Bays Aeroplane. BBirliMart »a aeroplane to faction. Bomba against Villa also bought. Irish Coast. Rumors bf disaster of the 1 super-dreadnought Aadaetons have persisted ever since the Star Line Olympic, diverted; course, arrived at Lough October 29, are confirmed In vices received Saturday by toe dated Preas from a point In f After a career of leM than two years the Audacious, of the King George V class—third in tonnage and armament of his majesty's warships —lias st the bottom of the ocean off 4 the north const of Ireland. She wae hit by a torpedo of disabled by a mine jttot before 9 o’clock on the morning of October 27. With the possible exception of one or two men the wh9le crew of 800 officers and men was rescued by small boats from the Olympic. _ . The rescue was made in a rough sea through brilliant and daring sea manship on the^wart of the White Star crew. The’battleship’s cry tor assistance was caught by the wire less operator of the Olympic, which was only about ten miles distant. The steamer rushed forward at fait speed while her crew made randy for their work. Volunteers were called for and double the number necessary to man the lifeboats responded. The crip pled battleship was reached a iew minutes after 9 o’clock and before noon all but 100 of her men had been transferred. At that time the battle cruiser Liverpool and several other warships which had come ap, late In the afternoon decided to abandon the Audacious and the officers and men who had remained aboard relnctant- ly left her. *— The flotilla of neeae ships con tinued to stand by. bnwever, until 9 o'clock that evening when a terrlhe explosion occurred .on board and ton Audacious plunged stem first aad ia a moment had disappeared. ex plosion is supposed to have been caused by shells let loose by ton ! ed of 14 ammunition wagons, several ln * ■°* battleship. A bit of ar* ammunition and hospital depots, I “® r ®*®*®' *~® . tents, etc. We have mads numerous I ®* prisoners, the exact number of which P™! . has not yet been ascertained. I ^® Andactous met her tote Iwsn- "Apart from the cavalry fighting In which we were successful at Xos- ^ ■•““•►j mlninsk against a Russian cavalry from New York for corps, no Important fighting took 1 00 October II. Thn place yesterday In the northeastmnlf®®*®™ *** ff - arena of the war. Ws repulsed one I “tl^rtehed the of the enemy’s reconnoRering partissl"®*- Then tnetr ■ which wae endeavoring to obtain la-1 toward Lough formation of ofir movements." I jaediate investigation ©I Petrograd reports officially: “On| thejbattleshlp was wdctUL the East Prussian front, at Btallupo-1 Th ® Olympic carried aboa nen around Angerburg and near jo- P a * 8 ®°* er * Nearly 100 of hannisburg, our troops are making I wer * Englten resemsto. ^ All successful progress In the fighting. I other than Bnuah, wsrs^ The action continues in the region of n '®® passage from Bel fart to Soldau and Heidenburg, where we P®® 1 ““ were compelled to have progressed, notwithstanding the I . . —* P* desperate resistance of the enemy. Iboats for England. Secrecy M- "On the left bank of the Vistula th ® ‘oss of Andacistm wan the battle proceeds, developing along en 'i° lD ® d n Pon the craw and pi a front from Flock (Poland) to the I A® 1 ® the Olympic, who were River Warts. On the front between h® r ® f ™ ,a ^om discussing the Kalisz and Wielun the enemy has which they had wltnj withdrawn. In the neighborhood of P® n d* n K ® complete InvseugatMM The destruction of the I is the most serious single lees i mined by the British navy since opening of hostilities. Only n British warships outrank her In and fighting equipment. Czenstochowa and towards the south the enemy has attempted an offen- ] give, but this has failed. "Our march on Cracow continues. "In Galicia the Austrians are seek-1 Ing to organise a defence on the San River in the DounaleU rtgion, west I . of the front, comprising Zabna and th* war before winter and Tarnow and on the Wlsloka on the *«th®r troops for service agax Jaslo front. Ruaslaas. "In the region to the south of the !“£2to\.°to!L«. Galician front bu troops are andvanc- of ing towards , the passes across the . Carpathians." jj 1 . Vienna reporte the Austrian official th ' iDtend t0 ^ prepared to 1 communication issued at noon thru there Firhtinr continues in London, saying "the defence of p nxit ' l4 ^ regions In Uu Przemysl Is being conducted with the between the'Russians and the the first mans and Austrians, but same activity as during S 16 ® 6 , • t .™ g 80r V e I without dectotvw result, forced back the enemy to the heights of Roteteto .1th .m.n L oln A , In the Carpathians sparodic *t- n!f«a a tacks by hostile detachments were I the resuIt °“ wblc “ easily repulsed. “AH attempts by the Russians to reconnolter In other parts of the war theatre were frustrated.” Vienna reports officially through London Saturday: The enemy has marched into Tar now, Jaslo and Krosno. The number I or iu support of attempts by of prisoners taken up' to yesterday I Arabs to fros themselvss from dere 867 officers and 92,727 men. In I lab rule, the southern war theatre the enemy I “Bulgaria also has set at rest continues to retreat from Koceljeva I report that she had an and Vallevo eastward." with Turkey, issuing a statement Petrograd reports: “Turkish tor- no such agreement exists, pedo boats have been sighted near ‘>xbe Scandinavian countries Soulina on the Black sea. r Holland are much exercised over Constantinople reports: .'Turkish ed bearing on the war In that part i the world. “England, R is announced, has Intention of undertaking any i or war operations in Arabia, for protection of Arable against Turkish os other tr . 0 o P ™ V .® < ^ up ‘ e i J Kotttr if town Jneutral vessels. That the mines of 8,000) In the Persian province of U rreat nQmber U shown by the 1 Azerbaijan, which untn now has been I that dozens are being driven on in Russian hands. Russian troops I nutch " were defeated and fled. I » _ _ “British troops have landed ®ear ' ing they were attacked and lost sixty I 1°, t J^ men •• ^ I lug and spent toe day In t* v, ‘ Oemnje, Montenegro, reports: “«®*W “Austrian attacks against Grahova,] mornln S at daybreak. Montenegro, and against our troops I _. * * * ~ In Herzegovina all have been repuls-1 woman uni mu to mi ed with heavy iof| es to the enemy, i While w&lklnf around a “The Austrians tfith superior her home near forces tried unsuccessfully to recap-1 Kendrix Coxe was fatally ture two important positions at Tlmnr Her clothes caught fire from i (Posnia) and Blobuk. -According to|beneath the wash pot latest information the Austrians jarel "•'dfc sending reinforcements to the Monte-1 negrta frontier.” I The $1S6.M0,I Berlin reports that Austria ha* or-| not yet dared aa.affgaitig with an force agafept the Berrlans, hr the] banks