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60-MILE FRONT
IRKS BATTLE
AROUND VELES
French and British Hammer
at Bulgarian Line in Effort
to Reach Nish-Saloniki R.
R. and Finally Sofia.
SERBS ARE TRYING TO
UNITE THEIR FORCES
Austro-Germans Are Driving
Main Serbian Army Down
From the North.
Athrns, Nov. 13. (U. r ) -French
and British were smashing lorlay at
the Bulgar front along a 60 mile line
In southern Serbia. The buttle rages'
from the Veles district on the Vardar
rlvf-r and NiHh-Halonlkl railroad to the
lolran lHke region south of the Bul
garian town of Strumnitza.
Northwest of the northwestern ex
tremity of this front a body of Herbs
in In depperate conflict with an inde
pendent Hulirar forte in the Tetovo
district, 20 miles southeast of I'ris
rend. The British are enpaped In th Dnl
ran lake drive. The French arc domet
the rightlnK about Vdes. . Midway be
tween the two polntH, the British left
and the- French right are In touch
with one another.
Sarba BaUeved Winning'.
Between the French and the Serb
right to the northwestward, is a break.
For the Kerbs' safety there was much
anxiety early today and the French
lln was extended to support it. I-ate
accounts, however, were to the effect
that the Serb were having mtich the
better of the Tetovo struggle and that
the Bulgain were in serious disorder.
The Kipm h, 'too, are progress! ng in
the Veles district. The town, errone
ously reported earlier in the week in
Gallic hands. Is underntood to be In
momentary danger of capture from the
Ulars.
Britiah In Difficult Bag-Ion.
The British, operating In an exceed
ingly difficult country, are advancing
more slowly.
The Serbs' prime object is to bend
back tile Pulsar rlKht wing- and effect
a junclion with their countrymen,
whom the Austro-Germans are chasing
from the north.
Incidentally, the tfirninsc of the
Pulsar right flank will suit Franco
British purposes, hut if these are read
irli;lit here, the French and Knglinh
aim ' not so mucn ;it a drive straight
northward as they do at gaining con
trol of the Nlsh-Salonlkl railroad to
the Serb town of Cskuh, whence, it is
believed they will swing to the north
eastward for an advance along the con
nect Ins rail line on the Bulgar capital,
.Sofia.
The main question here Is whether
the allies are yet in sufficient force
In the Balkans for so ambitious a cam
paign. .Military men doubt it.
Srrbs Are Relieved.
Salonlki. Nov. IS. i I. N S. ) The
pre."Siirs put on the Bulgarian army
operating i:i Serbian Macedonia by the
Fren. h i.dvance to ( i railsko has brought
relief to the Serbians defending the en
trance to the l'lain of Kossi vo at
Katchnik pass and it is not likely that
the Bulgarians will launch Into this
plain with the' Anglo-French dagger
threatening their rear.
The French advance west of Kavadar
has saved Monastlr, the capture of
which was considered Imminent a few
days ago.
By this action, the progress of th"
Bulgarian army in eastern Maredonli
appears not ojily arrested, but their
hold on the Invaded area becomes prob
lematical. The chance to capture the
much coveted Monastir and the Och
rlda districts Is escaping them.
"Irrman accounts of alleged friction
between the tlreek and allied troops
rii,1 the misbehavior of the latter at
S.ilonllii are without foundation In
fact.
Kalfr (Joes to Sofia.
l.o'ndon. i,'ov. 13.--(I'. P.) The
Copenhagen correspondent of the I'ally
MhII reported today that Kaiser Wll
helm has passed through Hungary en
route to Sofia for a visit with Ciar
l'"erlinand, after which he will visit
Constantinople. The kaiser phna to
Inspect the German front in the Bal
kans. It was said.
Austrlans Take Heights.
Vienna, Nov. Ul (Via iWlin and
Payvllie Wireless) -( I . p. i "The A-i-trlans
who invaded Serbia from th?
west have taken the height between
the Aioruvlca and lbnr rivers, despite
cold and snow in the mountains," a
u stated offh'lully tonight.
The Jloravica and I bar rivers are
tributaries o; the western Morava,
....... 1 1 I .. . . w -
i-""i p.iiunri wiui one anomer rrom
Bouth to north through the Sanjak of
Novtbawir. It is through the San ia
that the Serbians In retreat from the
Nish region are trying to get into
Montenegro.
Liberty of Worship
To Jews in Poland
Berlin," Nov. .13. The Jewish popu
lation in Poland is not to be disturbed
by the German administration In the
exercise of prescribed religious duties,
except as those may be Interfered with
by the exigencies of war, according to
an order issued by Governor General
on Bessler at Warsaw on October 12.
Issuance of the order was announced
by the Overseas News Agency today,
NEWS INDEX
SECTION' OXK 10 PAGES
Allic Auail Bulgart' Front.
Bryan Autarti Friendship for WiUon.
Government Investicatei Munition!' Plot.
King Peter cf Serbia In Flight.
Million Watted by Government, Auerti
Lane,
Watchman' Loot Unearthed.
Lumbar Rate Hearing ThU Week.
National CommiUeea Soon to Meet,
Sinnctt for Dafenae Proa-ram.
Tax Levy Eatimate Summarized.
Storm Sweeps Great Lakes.
Mute' Dos; Show Bit Sucoeis.
Passenger With Dynamite Halted.
Head Consul Boak Surprises W. 0. W.
Ancsna Under Steady Shell Fire.
Church Mews.
Boy Scout Affairs.
Cost of Service True Basis for Freight
Hates.
Rostand Certain of Victory for Allies.
Three Governors to Attend Meeting of
Dry.
Florenoe (Mttenton Home Plans Reception.
Vice President Mohler of U. P. Arrives.
Lumber Rate Issue Diseased.
Publie's Right to Shorelanas Should Be
Confirmed.
Butter Piling up In Celd Storage.
Isidor Jacobs Upholds Seamen Act.
Reed Coeds Outwit Mere Man.
City Would Have Exposition Statue.
Turks Torture Teachers to Death.
u.
"Dry" Look for Bootlegging in View of
Decision.
Prohibition Trimer to Be Published Next
Week.
County Exhibits at Land Show Excellent.
War Costs Britain $25,000,000 Daily,
Villa Denounce Carracza.
San Francisco News Letter.
Labor Considers Concerted Action.
Religious Order Does Excellent Work at
Mt. Angel.
Branson Gees on Trial This Week.
Wasco County Considers Road Bond Issue.
Oregon City Has Municipal Elevator.
Industrial Accidents of Week.
Pi Beta Phi Install Chapter at Eugene.
Woman Pint Faith in Montana Loan Law.
SECTION TWO 14 PAGES
13.
14.
15.
16.
1-4. Sports News and Gossip,
5. Members ot 0-d Co. G., 0. N
G., Plan
Reunion,
6-7. Autcmobiles and Good Roads.
8 Markets and Finance.
9. Real Estate and Building.
10-13 Want Ads.
14. Marine.
SECTION Til HEP: 8 PAGES
Psge
1-3. Dramatic and Phrtoplay News.
ft. Editorial.
6.
6.
7.
Brief Information,
Town Topics.
Illustrated News Review.
Serbia and Belgium Jreent Parallel.
By 1 rank M. oimonds.
Bwiis Mountaineers Hardy Soldier. By
Tbcmas Donovan.
8. News of Portland's Schools.
University and College News,
SECTION' FOLK 8 PAGES
Page
1-4. The Week in Society.
5. The Realm of Music.
6. Women's Club Affairs.
7. Newest Notes of FsLshion. By Mme.
ft ui Vive.
How to Avoid the Winter Cold. By
Lillian Russell.
Why Dancing Is Not a Mere Fad. By
Louise Pruning.
8 Now Comes the Dinner Dance.
The Food We Eat. By Dr. A. A.
Stock dale.
Fraternal Notes.
SECTION FIVE 8 PAGES
( Magazine. )
Page
1. Solving the Riddle of Kemnoa.
8. Terrible Tragedies of the Hapsburga,
8. War's Bitterest bony.
4. Thieves Amon Honor. By Jack Lalt.
Selected Cartoon,
5. How Portland Ii Removing the Hyphen.
On the Sunny Side of Lite.
Random Faots and Fancies.
Evolution of Fighting Ships.
6. The Housekeeper's Council Table. By
Dorothy Dolan.
7. Science and Near-Science Ur to-Dat.
Tom Tit Tot. Bv Georgene Faulkner,
"The Story Lady."
SECTION SIX
(Comic.)
PAGES
Lady Paget Refuses
To Leave Soldiers
Remain With Wounded Serbians, Al
though Threatened With Capture by
Bulgarians; Prisoners Protect Her.
Ity William (. 'shepherd.
Monastir, Southern Serbia, Via Lon
don, Nov. 13 (U. P.) After a dash
lr.tr. I'sk'ib to rescue Liady Paget 1 am
tuck at Monastir again today. My
mission failed.
1 could have brought the Knglish
woman out with me, but she refused to
come,
' I can't leave my wounded Serbians,"
she said.
For her bravery the Serbs, when
forced to retreat before the Hulgars,
left -00 Austrian prisoners at the hos
pi;al, where she was nursing, to pro-tec-
her against the invaders.
1 made my trip from L'skub to here,
a distance of about 70 miles, by auto
mobile, expressly in the hope of saving
I.ady Paget, because I knew she was
nursing thero and hoped to save her
from capture by the Bulgars. I was
there three hours before they arrived.
Ruef to Eat Turkey
With His Mother
Former Fcl'.tlcal Boss of San Fran
cisco, Recently Paroled, Will Spend
Thanksgiving Day with Aged Parent.
San I'rancisco, Nov. 13. (U. P.)
Abe Ruef will return from exile to
spend Thanksgiving with his aged
n. other, whom he has not seen since he
was sentenced to San Quentin peniten
tiary at the end of his days as graft
monarch of San Francisco's politics.
It was learned today that a great
turkey whs fattening for the former
boss' Thanksgiving dinner, and his
mother, who is more than 80 years of
ape, is tremulously planning for the
homecoming for which she has lived
since her son was sent to prison.
Ruef was paroled three months ago,
a condition of his release being that
h&- remain away from San Francisco
until after the November elections.
S Absinthe Shell Is
New French Method
Paris. Nov. 13. The "absinthe shell"
is the latest In high explosive. Abol
ished In France as a drink, the French
are shooting absinthe into, the Ger
mans from the muzzles of their artil
lery. In the manufacture of explosives,
chemically pure alcohol is used to treat
cotton fulminates. As not enough al
cohol. Is made from sugar of beets, the
government has seized the tens of
thousands of gallons of absinthe scat
tered over the country In warehouses
and cellars. This absinthe is shipped
to distilleries where pure alcohol is
made from It.
Aged Serbian King Fleeing
From Enemy In Old Wagon
Ruler Starts Flight in Much-Used
Lodged in Mud Rickety Horse
Serbs Become Demoralized
Berlin, Nov. 13. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) (U. P.) King Ptter of
Serbia Is fleeing from the advancing
Germans tonight in a rickety horse
drawn wagon.
lie began his Journey in a dilapi
dated automobile which soon stuck in
the mud. The wagon was the only other
vehicle his attendants could find ror
him.
Crown Prince Alexander and the
members of the Serb general staff are
following the aged monarch.
The Serb army grows momentarily
more and more demoralized.
Serbs Kill Their Officers.
Some regiments have mutinied bod
ily, killed their own officers and have
taken to the mountains, where they
have begun guerilla fighting.
In some Instances Bulgarian prison
ers In the Serbs' hands have been
stabbed by their fleeing captors.
Wounded Serb soliders are generally
left to their fate by their comrades,
attended only by a few nurses, of
whom a number are Danes, and By the
Serb surgeons, who are sticking faith
fully by their patients.
Woman In "Death Battalion."
Formation of a Serbian woman "bat
talion of death" Is described in copies
of the Italian newspaper Corrlere Delia
Sera received here.
The Serb government has dissem
inated stories of shocking atrocities by
the invaders, as a means of encour
aging a more desperate resistance, and
:'.ju women are already enroled in the
"death battalion."
In several places the .nvtders have
actually found armed Rirls and women.
The Sorb minister in Rome, telling
MILLIONS WAS! BY
GOVERNMENT, AVERS
U. S.
E
Alleged Flagrant Misuse of
Funds Charged toMany
Departments at Capital,
From 30 to 40 cents of every dollar
spent by the national government goes
for waste, declared United States Sen
ator Harry Lane yesterday.
And when It is considered that this
government Is spending over J 1.000, -000,000
a year. Senator Lane's state
ment becomes appalling.
"If business efficiency and economy
were applied to the government's af
fairs," said the senator, "it would be
no trick at all to save $3. 000, 000 to
$4,000,000 a year out of the money
row being spent.
"If someone could compel the gov
ernment to practice economy and ef
ficiency in financial matters, there
would be no need of emergency taxes
or any other special taxes to meet the
(Concluded on Page Seven, rolurr.n One)
Russia Decides to
Call on Every Man
Millions Are to Be Placed In Ration's
Service and Entire Empire Made Into
a Military Camp.
Petrograd, Nov. 13. Russia before
long will have a vast number of men
available for service. They will not
actually bear arms. Russia has a
wider view than merely the provision
of soldiers, and this calling up of ml'-
lions Is In nowise necessitated by the
conditions of actual fighting. Of tho
millions who will now be summoned,
while all will be under strict mllitaiy
law, the majority are Intended for per
fecting the set vices of the t ear, on
which the success or the lighting
forces at the front depends.
Within a biief period of time all Rus
sia will be turned into a military camp.
Factories, ironworks and engineerim;
shops have already been appropriated
for the manufacture of everything
needed for the success of the armies
In the Held. Also, in all probability,
the railways will be served by men
Lunder military discipline.
In other words, Russia is now about
to do what Germany wisely did at the
outset of the war: All the able bodied
men of the nation must serve some
with rifle and bayonet, gun or maxim,
pick and spade but most with the
equnlly necessary, but less deadly tools
of peace.
To Invite Bids for
Postoffice Soon
Believed in Washing-ton That Actual
Work on Local Government Building i
Will Be Started Early in Spring.
Washington. Nov. 13 (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Bids will be invited for the new post
office building in Portland, Or., on or
about February 1, 1916, according to
Acting Supervising Architect Wetmore,
whose office is In charge of the plans.
Mr. Wetmo:e says he has been prom
ised that all drawings for the building
will he completed by December 1. after
which the work done will be checked
over and the plans and specifications
printed. There Is. every reason to be
lieve, he says, that all will be in readi
ness for actuai construction with the
opening of the next building season.
SENATOR LAN
Automobile, Which Becomes
- Drawn Vehicle Substituted
and Kill Their Officers.
of the invasion of his country by
savage hordes of central Kurope,"
"the
de-
nies the Serb women's participation In
the fighting.
King Old, But Determined.
The fact is declared proved by the
reports published in the Corrlere Delia
Sera.
King Peter of Serbia, described in
IJerlln dispatches as fleeing in a tumble
down country wagon before the invad
ugun ueiore toe nivnu-
r ry. is a feeble man of
iud by rheumatism and
ers of his rout
71. He is ra
earlier accounts have spoken of him as
physically much broken by Serbia's re
cent troubles, though still fiery in
spirit.
He was active in the field during the
first and second Balkan wars and at
the time of Austria's first Serbian In
vasion, early in the present struggle,
took part on the fighting line in the
campaign which ended In the invaders'
i epulse. .
Wanted to Die In Trench.es.
Hi advisors prevailed on him when
the combined German, Austrian and
Bulgarian armies crossed his frontlets,
to seek a safe place In southern Serbia,
hut a week ago.
eeing how desperate
the situation was becoming, he insisted '
on going to the front, saying he want- ; ar,d Taft. Thev are not in the same
ed to 'die in the trenches." class, he said, in fuc t.
Peter became king of Serbia in 1903, Hc reiterated that he and the pres
followlng the assassination of King : ident will continue "undisturbed
Alexander and Queen Draga. He was ! friendship."
so strongly suspected of having had a i "I came to Washington," said Bryan,
guilty pre-knowledge of the plot that ' "two years airo last March, at the in
lor a long time many of the European vitatlon of the president because he
powers refused to recognize him. He : thought I could render a service to
bad previously been an exile in Swltzer. ! the government. 1 was more than
iand. Ills wife, now dead, was Princess
Corka of Montenegro.
VALUED DP TO $5000
Authorities Trace Robberies
Mi" Watchman. Courtney to
10 Different Firms.
The alleged robberies of Harry F.
Courtney, special policeman and night
watchman, who was arrested early
yesterday morning- by Detective John
r-i u j
Golta as he emerged from a store
along his beat on upper Washington !
Etreet. assumed lare-e. nronnrUnn.
terday.
Armed with search warrants Detec-
lives oouz ana tienyer went to
Courtney a home at 6008 Eighty-Sixth ;
street, southeast, ye'sterday afternoon.
ana unearrnea goons valued, by the
lowest estimate, at 15000. and filling
two police patrol automobiles.
In the meantime Detective Tacka
bery was making the rounds of the
business houses that had paid Courtney
to guard their property at night. Ten
of these places reported property leaks.
Heads of these business establish
ments besieged detective headquarters
all day and until late last night and
(Concluded en Pa?e Seven, Column Two)
List Shows Many
Allies' Ships Sunk
Three British and ZtaUan Veasals. Jrit-
lsb Submarines and Torpedo Boat of
Franc or England Among Victims.
London, Nov. 13. (V. P.) De
struction cf three British and Italian
ships in the various naval war zones,
of a British submarine and of a tor-
pedo boat belonging either to the
e rench or British, was reported today.
The lost vessels were listed as fol
lows: bteamship rirenze, Italian, 3973
tons, suak presumably by a German
or Austrian submarine. Scene of the
disaster unnamed, but supopsedly the
Mediterranean, between Genoa, her
home port, and Alexandria, her des
tination. Twenty-seven passengers
and 96 of the crew were saved; six
passengers and 15 sailors missing. At
tack occurred November 9.
Steamship Den of Crombie, British,
4949 to.ns. sunk supposedly by a Ger
man submarine, when and where un
stated. Crew saved.
Steamship Sir Richard Awdrey.
British, 2'J34 tons, sunk supposedly
by a German submarine; when and
where unstated. Crew's fate unknown.
Allied torpedo boat, whether French
or British unknown, stranded and sunk
on Turkish coa.st of Gulf of Sarcs,
north of Galllpoli peninsula. Circum
stances, time and crew's fate unknown.
Submarine E-20, sunk by Turks in
Sea of Marmora. Three officers and
six sailors captured. Crew's number
unknown.
Immense Mail for
Prisoners of War
LOOT OF POLICEMAN
IS NOW UNEARTHED
: field.
Paris, France. Nov. 13. -The inter-, Fear of ridicule upon the discovery
national bureaus at Berne. Switzerland, of all the pitiable details of her plot
for prisoners of war communicates the has driven Miss Crumley Into a nerv
following statistics: During Septem- ous breakdown and she is under the
ber it transmitted 3,800 750 letters and cure of a specialist,
postcards and 350,925 parcels des- Her family, stunned by the collapse
tined for French prisoners In Germany, of the strange etory, today admitted
8,810,250 letters and postcards and the truth of her confession. The
148,925 parcels destined for German police have dropped the investigation
prisoners In France, 66,635 French they started. The shipment of the
money orders for a total of 1,776,486 body of the tramp which Miss CTutn
francs ($555,297) destined for French ' ley went to Chicago to buy, back to
prisoners in Germany, and 38,384 Ger-, the rooms of the Western Undertaking
man orders for a total sum of 581,-1 company in that city, will close' the
487 francs ($116,297) destined for case as far as official action 1b con
German prisoners In France. cerned.
BRYAN ASSERTS
HIS FRIENDSHIP
FOR PRESIDENT
"Republicans Must Not Put
Differences Between Us in
Same Class as Those Be
tween Taft and T. R."
LOYALTY TO PARTY HAS
NUT WAVhHhU, Hh SAYS
Agrees With Wilson on Near
ly Evry Question, Friend
ship Not Disturbed.
Washington. Nov. 13 (V. P.
There are different kinds of differ
ences. W. J. Bryan pointed out to
night as he departed for his winter
home in Miami. Kla . and his differ-
enf with President Wilson ar dif-
ferent from those between Roosevelt
pleased with the opportunities offered
and am satisfied that the work done
In the state department, especially in
the negotiations of treaties and in
cultivating better relations with Latin-America,
will stand.
"I resigned only when I became
convinced that the opportunities for
service were larger outside of the cab
inet. On nearly every question I
found It possible to agree with the
president and in those matters it
has given me pleasure to second hiq
efforts. In the few Instances in which
i we could not agree, I have stated mv
j views with frankness and am willing
to rlsK the judgment or tne party anu
the country.
"The Republicans must not put thp
differences between the president and
myself in the same class with the
differences between Sir. Taft aw) Slf.
Roosevelt. Mr. Taft and Mr. Roose
velt had personal differences which
led. f.Q a. division In the Republican
parr- ' Tha differences between the
president and myself are differences
of principle and will not disturb the
friendship between us. I rely upon
my record during the last 25 years to
Prove my devotion to the Democratic
partv and that devotion was never
greater than t(lay. My ohligat.ons
to the party have constantly Increased
and the six million and a half Demo-
crats who have three times voted for
me will never have reason to doubt
nav niude the Democratic party a
Uying force ,n polities for more than
a oenturv and in spite of anv mis-
takes it may make, will continue to
make it the party of the common peo
ple and the champion of the rights of
the masses."
Guard Is Watching
College Buildings
University of Utah Halls Threatened
With Destruction If Woman is Dis
missed. Salt I-ake City, I'tah, Nov. 13. (T.
p.) As a result of threatening letters
having been received by officials of
the University of Utah, that the builJ-
lncs will be destroyed by explosives
lf Mrs. Virginia Snow Stephens is, tils
charged as a result of her activity on
behaif of Joseph Hi'.Istrc.m, I. W. W.
poet and convicted murderer, special
guards have been detailed to piote.'t
the buildings. Powerful arc lights
have been I'laced 1,1 commanding posi
tions and no person can approach the
buildings at night without be ng s"e.;
President J. T. Kingsbury refuses to
discuss Mrs. Stephens" status and will
not 8ay wnelner sne i;as oeen asiteu to
resign.
Mrs. Stephens has taken a most ac
tive part on behalf of H.llstroin, whose
execution by shooting i set for next
Friday, on conviction of the murders
of J. G. Morrison and his son. Ailing
Morrison, grocers. .Mrs. Stephens par
ticipated In the funeral services last
Sunday for Kay J. llorton. I. W. W.
member, who had been shot and killed
by Major H. H. Myton, in the streets
curing a quarrel.
Woman's Tale of
Romance Failure
Disfigured Bemaina of Tramp That
Was to Figure in Her Story Shipped
Back to Chicago to Bs Buried.
Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 13. (U. P.)
i The disfigured body of the man whose
burial here as "Dr. Alleyn Uensley"
was to write finis on the strange at
tempt of Miss Julia Choate Crumley
to weave a wondrous tale of romance
for herself, will be shipped back to
Chicago to be buried In the potter's
CAPTAIN FRANZ VOW
m attache f ahnu . tin A
fnrrnnnAtnt -r )si nt
correspondent, rwo or
against American munition plants, upon whom the at
tention of federal agents is focused.
LUMBER RATE CASE
WILL BE CONDUCTED k jIMs?
HERE PRESENT WEEK yC?T
Portland Firms Protesting
Against S, P,,. Charge, in
Valley Mills Issue,
Among the cases to be heard this
week by Interstate Commerce F.xara
iner Pugh in Portland will be the pro
test of Portland lumber men ngalnst
the Southern Pacific company on the
rearrangement of lumber rates from
the Willamette valley oistnet to In
terior points of California.
The valley mills are g'v'n what
amounts to a preferential rate under
the rate nllowed Portland mills to
points back from tidewater. Portland
mills assert that the district affected
conies almost up to the Portland city
limits and beyond this boundary the
rate takes a sharp Jump. They have
asserted through newspaper discussion
that this is a flagrant case of diserim-j
lnation agains- tne j o: uami mills ami
they have declared it spells disaster
tor the lumbering interests of the city.
On the other hand, the alley mills
contend that thev are entitled to the
lower rate ln-rnu of t!'ir shorter
distance to Cilllornia points affected.
They hold that Portland has always
hud the advaritate in that they were
able to rea'h California tidewater
points at a lower rate because of their
ue of ships, while the valley mills
barred from competing flt tidewater
because they have no shipping.
The Southern Pacific contends that
the subject has been threshed out time
and at;ain before the commission,
finch has repeatedly affirmed rates
California points on the basis that
forms the subject of the present com
plaint. The hearing will begin on Wednes
day. Belgium Is Fined
$8,000,000 Month
General von Bissingen Announces Tax
to Support German Civil and Mili
tary Administrations.
Amsterdam. Nov. 13. (U. P.) Gen
eral von Hhislngen, German governor
general of Relgium, announced at
Brussels today a tax on the Belgians
of 40.000.0U') fran 's i J s. 000,000 )
monthly, to support the German civil
administration and army In the coun
try. He mads thii first Installment
payable I'ecembpr 10.
An order was also Issued to the
Heleian civil population to he Indoors
nightlv bv 7 o'clock except by special
pei mis-ion of the German authorities
after November 2". Hotels, theatres
and cafes wiJl be required to close by
the same hour. Persons without pass
ports will tiot be allowed to leave the
cities where they live.
Austrians Mowed
Down by Italians
Approach Witbln Pew Peet of Enemy
Line When Sadden Pirs Hnrls Them
Into Heaps ; Many Are Captured.
Rome, Nov. 13. (U. P.) The Ital
ian capture of Important Austrian
trenches on. Monte Calvarlo, a height
overlooking Goritz, was reported of
ficially today.
The Austrians made the first attack
f.rd were within a stone's throw of
the Italian line when a terrific fri
mowed them down in heaps. One de
tachment of 300 Is mentioned as los
ing 230 of its men. Then the Italian
charged and took the position the Aus
trians had held previously.
The capture of an Austrian field
fort on the Corso front Is also announced.
PAP EN. German militarv
Contain Jame F. Archibald.
tlym am A mnmnimttvr
ine aaegca conspirators
ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN
U. S. ALL DIRECTED BY
CONSULS, HE ASSERTS
Dr, Goricar, Former Consul
at Frisco, Says von Papen
and Boy-Ed Know All,
Providence, R. I. Nov. 1,1. N.
S. The Providence Journal will say
t omorrow :
In a vigorous reply to the denials
of the Austrian embassy and several
Austro-Hungarlan consuls that they
had been fomenting troubles in Amer
ican munitions plants and constantly
Intriguing with spies and secret
agents. Dr. J' seph Goricar male the
following statement last night:
"Did anybody expect that these men
were going to acknowledge the fact?
I can simply give my word of honor
that what 1 have said Is the truth
and .that the facts are going to h,?
proved to the satisfaction of the Amer
ican people.
Violence All Planned.
"I will state further that no act of
violence, whether it be a fire in a mu
nition factory, the explosion of a bomb
on board a hlp or the establishment
of a fraudulent passport office, spring
from the 'demented mind of any single
individual. Kvery act is planned In
advance: men who can be trusted to
go tiiroiiph with fuch criminal per
formances are selected in advance and
the whole scheme is worked througn
the system. Individuals are simply
carrying out orders that they get from
above.
"My 15 years' experience in the for
eign service of Austria-Hungary ha
given me exact knowledge of this spy
system which is directed by the Ger
man embassy through Captain Boy-Ed
and Von Papen, acting directly with
Consul General Von Nuber In New
York. I
Three; Xnow Bach Transaction.
'These three men have full and
complete knowledge of every move
made by every German conspiracy in
the United States. In spite of their
assertions that they are innocent of
any wrongdoing or of any knowledge
of the burning of munitions plant or
of the wrecking of ships, they are In
immediate touch with every transac
tion.
"F.very central empire spy operat
ing In this country todsy Is officially
listed In the offices of these men and
their records are kept In card Index
Concluded , cm Page Klne, Oolnma Firs)
T 3 . A?rf!.? d. III
If
TERROR TRAILS
LEAD 10 DOORS
OF EMBASSIES
Alleged Conspiracies to Bgrn i
and Blow Up American
Manufactories and Ships ;
Uncovered.
GOVERNMENT TO STAMP
OUT CRIMINAL BANDS
fiprman Militnrv Attnrho vnn
Papen and Three Consuls ;
in the Limelight.
Washington, Nov. 18. (U. P.) c
Reaching directly towards the doom ,
of the Austrian and German embas-
ft I til. T " I t ,1 Dini.. . n .. .. . a n f
night had a nationwide dragnet .
mieiciiea ior aiiegeu loreign conspira .,
tor and alleged American helpers. ?v
A 1 ton I Inn var a u ina n4 - t- a 1 1 ss- ! am
Counsel-General Von Nuber of Nlf
York; Captain Frans Von Papen, Qsr'
man military attache; Austrian Coun',",
sul Hchwegel of St. Louis; Captain-
Jamnfl F. Archibald. American oorrss-?
pondent; Austrian Consul Ernest Lud-
wig of Cleveland.
From the white House Itself today 1
comes admlmion of th nfflclHl wMa. .
spread and vigorous campaign to
stamp out .foreign conspiracies of es
pionage, lncetidlarlni, bomb explo
sions, passport frauds, publicity pro
paganda and a train of lesser viola
tions of United States laws and neu- '
trallty.
Government Has Bfidemos).
All the forces of several government ,
departments and states were Invoked ,
, u ....... i . i . i .
...- . i a i fu im if I iiw iiuvc nm J
evidence Is in the rovenunent's hands J
Is believed. ;
Following numerous and dlsasthou V
flrea and explosions In American mu
nition plants, mysterious fires aboard'
uteamers, the New York bomb plot!,
and th Dumba Incident, ths charge,
of Dr, Joseph Goricar, former Austrian,
onuUtbAtAustrla anil aarman of
ficials in this country ars-the ourct ;
ot Illegal conspiracies spurred ths gov- ;
-- v pr yuui Mat. VS. a. Sw V "i
tonight declare! them alreudv la smnls i,
riim-riiiK min : niinn srs n -' i MTnAnia n
evldancav. legally, for dlsrnlsslnr -
eral foreign officials from the UnlUd '
States. This la nnlrl tn Ai.nl i riptlnn.
larly to Austrian Consul-fi-norni vnn
Nuber, named particularly by Qorlcar. '
and Von Papen Reluctnnr snil i1
doubtful policy of demanding recall Of.
both these officials have been ths fac
tors stavjng off action so far.
Could Demand alec all.
Regarding Von Nuher and Von Pa
Pen, their prevloua acta In using Cap
tain Archibald as a messenger for offi
cial documents are technically as are-'
vlous an that which caused Ambassa-
The United States totilght was In,
position to demand a similar fats for
them.
Postponement of formal announce
ment that Von Nuber and Von Papen
are persona non grata la said to b
due to a desire further to Investi
gate their activities, which may In
volve many other positions-.
Ry hasty actions in tholr oases. It
was believed p ssible others Involved
might not be uncovered.
Possible embarrassments and corn-
( Coorlu!il on Klht. Colamn Two)
American Railroads
Show Big Earnings
Statistics Show They Were lOB.ttJCy
OOO as Compared With 488,777,000 a
Tsar Ago In September.
Washington, Dec. 13. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Earnings of the railroads of ths coun
try are steadily climbing, as compared
with one year ago. This Is shown by
figures given out by the Interstate '
commerce commission, covering statis
tics for last Beptember.
In that month the net earnings of
fthe 167 roads reported amounted to
$105,960,000, compared with $88,777,000
In September, 1914. For ths thres
months ending with September a gala
from $248,735,000 to $284,806,000 is
shown.
All parts of the country shared In
this Increasing traffic and profits. Tho
western district shows a $3,000,000 In
crease for the month of September
over the same month of the previous
year, and a gain of $7,000,000 for ths
three months ending with September.
Overland Car $150
House Wanted
If you are a stranger in our city,
you would be wiser to elect your
residence from the Want Ad col
umns of Ths Journal.
Wanted to Bent 7
WANTED tn rent by responsible
party (family of three) a fur
nished residence or modern bunga
low for the winter months; west
Bids or Irvington preferred.
Horse and Tehlcles IS
$45 BUYS horse, wagon and
llvefy wagon. :
Automobile Accessories 44
$150 TAKKS my Overland car.
Will take motorcycle as part pay
ment The above sds, with their ad.
dresses, can be found In ths classi
fied section of today's Journal.
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