New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS | NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRIT:AIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916. —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876. CHIHUAHUX'S FATE | I3 STILL UNKNOWN Wire Communication Between | "Scene of Fight and Juarez Cut VILLA GENERAL WOUNDED Pose Zalar, Second in Command to Bandit Chieftain, Said to Be Serious- Iy Injured—Outlaw Forced to | Abandon Automobile, the fighting between the de facto gov- ernment forces defending Chihuahua ' City and Francisco Villa’s bandit army | was unknown at the American borde: early today. Wire comunications be- tween Chihuahua City and Juarez, broken presumably by bandits Satur- day, had not been restored. Carranza officials here express the conviction that Villa’s efforts to take the city had been defeated, although the last news | received directly from the battlefield | ipdicated that the bandits, during the | fighting Saturday, carried the conflict into the city proper, from which they | were finally ejected after heavy losses by both sides. Villa’s Auto Hit. ® An account of the fighting early Saturday from an Associated Press §epresentati\e at Chihuahua City was clivered by courier at Marfa, Tex: last night. This account stated thatl short range fighting occurred Satur- day in Zarco avenue and that the ban- | dits were finally driven out to the| positions where they were raked with machine gun and artillery fire. The account also said that an automobile in which Villa was directing the bandit attack was riddled by the fire of the | government troops and the bandit feader was forced to flee an horseback. Bandit General Wounded. Later advices, received by Carranza officials here from a station north of Chihuahua City, said that Jose Zalar, Villa’s second in command, was seri- | ously wounded. This report also stated that the fighting continued late | Saturday. American army officers at El Paso received a report last night that Villa released the prisoners in Chihuahua prison before he was driven out of the city. Carranza officials said they had received no such advices. The news of Zalar being wounded was reported to General Gonzales by the Carranza commander at Terrazas Atation. Judge Francisco Martinez of the | court of letters here announced to- day he had received information from official sources that Villa had been completely driven away from Chihua- hua City and was retreating toward the mountains. FRANGIS JOSEPH'S FUNERAL Odd Ceremony Will Be Followed to Tmpress on New Emperor His Mor- tality Despite Exalted Position. Vienna, Via London, Nov. 27, 4:20 a. m.—The coffin of Emperor Francis . Joseph has been finally closed, but the body will remain lying in state until Thursday, the day set far interment. At the burial in the crypt of the capuchin, a historic ceremony will be carried out which was designed to impress the monarch’s successor that in spite of all pomp a sovereign is merely a mortal. The funeral will be +Ralted at the entrance to the vault by a challenge from within: ‘Who is there?” The reply will be made: “His most serene highness, His Majesty Francis Joseph. With the challenger “I know him not” respond- ing to a second challenge the an- nouncement will be made: “The Em- peror of Austria and a King of Hun- garla is outside.” Again the chal- lenger will answer: “I know him not.” when for the third time, the voice within asks who demands admittance the master of ceremonies will reply: “A sinful man, our brother, Francis Jaseph.” The portals will then open end the procession enter. SUES FOR $6,000,000 - Chicago Contractor Names Southern | {TICKET SPECULATORS FINED New England, and Grand Trunk Railroads. Central Vermont . Springfield, Nov. 27.—Attachments were filed in the registry of Hampten county this morning by John Marsch of Chicago amounting to $6,000,000 dollars. One attachment is against the Southern New England railroad corporation and others against Central Vermont and Grand Trunk. The attachments are for $3,000,000 rach. Mr. Marsch was the contrac- tor employed on the work of building | the lines from Providence to Palmer. GERMAN EXCHANGE AT MINIMUM New York, Nov. 27.-—Exchange on Germany today fell to the lowest rate recorded since the war began. De- mand bills on Berlin were quoted at 88 3-8 cents taking four marks as the unit of exchange. This implies a de- precation of the German market in this market little less than 17 1-8 rents as against its normal value of wbout 24 cents. 9 !tions and expenditures for the JOS. BROOKS KILLED BY 8-STORY FALL !'l'hcar,cr Man Was First to Produce “Ben Hw” and Manager for | Klaw & Erlanger. New . York, Nov. 27.—Joseph Brooks, theatrical manager, was killed today by a fall from his eight | story apartments in West Seventy- ninth street. He was sixty-five years old. Several | | weeks ago Mr. Brooks suffered a ner- | vous breakdown, according to his family. Today his wife left their bedroom to prepare a warm bath for him, and during her absence he went to the open window. A few minutes later a policeman notified Mrs. Brooks that her husband’'s body had been found in the yard. s general marager of the & Erlanger productions and | was actively associated with many of the theatrical successes of that cor- | poration. I‘IP was the first producer { of “Ben Hur,’ { managed Booth, Barrett, Fanny Dav- | enport, Lillian Russell, Willlam H. | Crane and others. | In 1908 he went to England where he arranged to have the Drury Lane Melodramas produced in Chicago. His Fox Brooks, an actress, survive. was born in Memphis. G. 0. P. SPENT $2,444,565 Treasurer Bliss Makes His Final Re- He port—Receipts Aggregated $2,445,- 421 and There is a Surplus of $3,856 ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—Cornelius H. Bliss treasurer of the republican na-. tional committee, filed today thei final financial statement of contribu- re- publican campaign. The report shows |total contributions of $2,445,421, from 34,205 contributors, and expen- ditures of $2,441,565 leaving a sur- plus of $3,856. Albany, Nov. 27.—Members of the National Hughes Woman's commit- tee, who financed the “Hughes spe- cial” train for its trip throughout the country during the recent campaign raised $134,965 for expenses, accord- ing to the election expense statement filed today with the secretary of states. The expenditures including several supplemental railroads and consisting | of many typewritten pages of detail were not totalled. R. R. MEN TAKE STRIKE VOTE Taking Ballot to See Whether Walk- | out Will Be Declared if Road Re- fuses to Discuss Demands. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 27.—Conduc- tors, engineers, trainmen and firemen of the Nashville, Cattanooga and St. Louls railroad were voting today on ! whether a strike should be author- ized to back up a demand that the road discuss grievances with a joint committee of the four | hoods. The result of the balloting probably will be announced Thursday, but whether it will be followed by a strike or order further efforts to adjust the controversy, was not divulged. President Peyton, explaining the with the brotherhoods specify that not more than two of the orders should combine on a grievance affecting one organization. | VON BERNSTORFFS ARE HOSTS | nd Mrs. Gerard Have Tuncheon With German Ambassa- Ambassador .dor and Wife. ‘Washington, Nov. Gerard, home from Berlin on vaca- | tion, paid his first visit to the state | department today since his arrival, and later, with Mrs. Gerard, was a guest of the German ambassador and Countess von Bernstorff at luncheon. Mr. Gerard will see President Wil- | son before leaving the city, but had | no engagement today. After the conference at the state de- | partment, Secretary Lansing joined Mr. Gerard at the ambassador lun- cheon. It was said the conference be- tween the secretary and Mr. Gerard would be the last before the ambas- sador sails for Germany next month. New Yorker and Two West Haven Men Assessed $10 for Trying <o Sell Football Pasteboards. New Haven, Nov. Hughes of New York 27.—Myron L. and Philip | the w\'e\\mdn and George Monte of West | | Haven, arrested Saturday charged | with speculating in football tickets in | violation of city regulations were fined ten dollars and costs in the lo- cal court today. The cases of two others were continued until the end of the weelk, ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF. New York, Nov, 27.—Charles Case, | an actor, accidentally shot himself near the heart in his hotel room here today while cleaning a revolver. Ho died shortly after. Case was a mono- logist and was going to Erie to keep an engagement. His home was Buffalo and he was 68 years old, in and at various periods | wife and a daughter, Virginia | | this Thank | Evangelist ma big brother- | road’s position, says the agreements | 27.—Ambassador | PRIGE OF TURKEY IS BANE OF CODKS Gity Will Observe Thanksgiving Despite High Cost of Living T0 SUSPEND BUSINESS Religious Services, Social Functions, [ Amusements and other Holiday Events Observance of the Day | New Britain on Thursday will en- joy its annual observance of Thanks- | giving day, a day of thanksgiving the }cusmmary observance of which was established by the Pilgrim fathers. New Britain’s observance will be much the same as in previous years, except | that turkey, the time honored dinner of the day, will be somewhat less in vogue than in past years, the high cost of living. Business Will Be Suspended The city will don its holiday attire see a cecession of all busine: The chamber of commerce has already is- sued a request that all merchants affiliated with the organization sus- pend business on that day and it will be respected. The banks, too, will not open for busines: Various man- ufacturing concerns will likewise sus- pend operations Thursday, although some of them will endeavor to make up for the lost time by overtime work during the week. At the Union Manufacturing company the men have been asked to co-operate with the management by working until 9 this evening, tomorrow and Wednesday evenings and in several of the other factories various departments are working a few exfra hours that the holiday will not cripple the output too badly. Church Services Thursday. As usual the various Protestant and Catholic churches will have spe- cial Thanksgiving services on Thurs- day morning. There will be a union service of the congregations of Protes- tant churches at the First Church of Christ at 10:45 o'clock. Rev. Nathan Harriman, pastor of the People’s church of Christ; will be the speaker and will preach a sermon appropriate to the occasion. Lawrence B. Green- wood of Boston, known as the “sing- ing evangelist,” series of meetings at the Peoples’ church during the week, will sing at ing praise service. At St Mary’s, St. Peter’s, St. Joseph's and the church of St. John the es will be sung in the morning and at St. - Mary's church there will be a special requiem ma for the repose of the souls of all mem- bers of the Holy Name society who have died within the year. Various Social Events. Social events have been planned for Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon and evening. ' These include dances, receptions, theater parties and family reunions. A number of local people will attend the L-O. O. F. ball in Hartford Wednesday evening and the annual Thanksgiving Eve barn dance of Company I, First Regiment, C. N. G., at the state army promises to be a popular event. The soldiers, recently returned from the border, will appear in full uniform and a large col- lection of Mexican curios on exhibi- tion will lend interest to the affair. Other Thanksgiving Eve dances will | be well attended as will the several to be held on Thursday afternoon and evening. Local people have engaged tables at the hotels and clubs in Hartford festivities. As in past years, reunions will mark the home celebration of many local families. The local hotels will also cater to many families who wish to take dinner out. No Postal Delivery. The New Britain Institute will be closed all day Thanksgiving as well as | the business houses and at the post | office, Postmaster William F. De- laney has arranged a special holiday schedule. There will be no delivery of mail and the stamp window will be open only from 10 to 12 o’clock. All | other office windows will be closed all day and the post office will be closed for the remainder of the day at noon. The police department, however, will be right on the job as usual and either Judge James Meskill or Depu- ty Judge John H. Kirkham will pre- side at the court session Thursday morning. This should be a cause for thanksgiving for Wednesday's wrong | doers as otherwise they might have to remain in durance vile until Friday morning. Many Amusements Arranged. In addition to the socials and dances there will be plenty of amuse- ments for the New Britain people. | The Lyceum theater, which opens for the season this evening, will give a matinee and evening performance of “The Time, the Place and the Girl,” a musical comedy. At Fox's theater a special motion picture program has been arranged and at Keeney thea- ter, Manager P. S. McMahon has con- tracted for an extra vaudeville per- formance and a motion pictur of quality, as well as quantity. also highly probable that there will be a big football game in the morning between the Annex and the Nutmegs at the Factory league grounds for the championship of the Arrange- city. (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) Will Mark New Britain's | owing to Wednesday evening and Thursday will | who is conducting a | | vending obscene and Farmington for Thanksgiving Eve | NO SAFE PASSAGE FOR VON TARNOW London, Nov. 27, 5:19 p. m.—The foreign office has sent notice to Ambas- sador Page definitely re- fusing to grant a safe con- duct to Count Adam Tar- now, the new Austro- Hungarian ambassador to the United Stattes. The reason for the re- fusal may be paraphrased as follows: Even if the internation- al law forbade the refusal of such a -safe conduct, the action of Austrian and German embassies and consulates abroad have been so much in ex- cess of regular diplomatic functions that the British government feels justified in withholding its consent for such diplomts to travel to their ports. GORDON BROS.—SUED FOR $50,000 DAMAGES Hartford Firm Claims Defendants Failed to Keep Agreement to Heat Leased Building. Attorney Stewart Dunning of Hart- ford, acting for the Foster Brust com- pany of that city, has brought suit against Gardon Brothers of this city, claiming $50,000 for breach of con- tract. Attorney A. A. Greenberg of this city has been retained in the in- terests of the.local people. The plaintiff claims to have leased property from the defendants at the corner of Union Place and Church street, Hartford, to conduct their manufacturing. In the contract the owners agreed to furnish heat in the building, which they have neglected to do, thereby causing considerable loss to the plaintiff, it claimed. The writ T irnable in the superior court on the first Tuesday in January, Efforts were made by the plaintiff’s cauncil to keep the matter quiet. He refused to divulge any information Te- garding the matter when questioned by a reporter this morning. Attorney Greenberg was out of town i reported that efforts to scttle the matter both sides. STOM” WATSON ON TRIAL Publisher, Enemy of Catholic Church, is are satisfactory in Court for Sending Obscene Mat- ter Through U. S, Mail. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 27.—A jury to try Thomas E. Watson in federal district court here on the charge of literature through the mails was selected shortly before noon today and calling of witnesses was begun. It is the third time Watson, a pub- lisher and author of historical wor! lias faced trial on the same charges { The first indictment was quashed near- Iy two years ago on technicalitie He was re-indicted and last Decemuc: after a lengthy trial the jury dis- greed. The publisher, whose home Thomson, Ga., near here, is under an indictment containing four counis based on articles published in his magazines, which the indictment states violate the federal penal code. At his previous trial, which began o vear ago tomorrow, Watson claimed immunity for the matter objected to on the ground that it consisted of excerpts from works on Roman Catholic theology which had gone through the mails without question. The matter was used by him in at- tacks on the Roman Catholic church and its officials. Watson, who previous to his re- urement from legal life was regard- ed as one of the most brilliant mem- bers of the Georgia bar, acted as his own leading counsel at the first trial and was expected to take that role again. Both he and the prosecution were expected to go to great lengths in selection of a jury. The former Populist stated at his previous trial that his political anad legal activities ag well as his attacks on the Catho- lic church had made him “many en- emies,” as well as many friends,” making difficult the selection of un- biused men. is at CHAUFFEUR SENT TO JAIL. Greenwich, Nov. 27.—Declaring that he was tired of imposing on reckless automobile drivers fines which appar- ently had no deterrent effect, Judge James IR, Mead in the borough court today sentenced John McKay, a chauf- feur, to jail for thirty day s charged with reckle WEATHER, Tartford, Nov. Hartford and vicinity warmer tonight, Tuesday 1sing cloudiness and warm- fai in- I | man submarines. | any immediate IN THE ATLANTIC British Cruiser Sends Wireless Warning to Vessels of Allies MANY 1IN DANGER ZONE Large Liners Now Within Sphere of | Hostile Submarines, Either Leaving Or Approaching Thesc Shores— Steamers May Remain in Port. | New York, Nov. is felt in shipping circles in view of | the large number of passenger and | freight steamships nearing this port.‘ and the reported proximity of Ger- | Rumors of several | days to the cffect that two German submarines have broken through the allied cordon and were on their way to the Atlantic coast received official | recognition in the general warning sent out last night by the British cruiser Lancaster. The warship, sta- tioned fifteen miles southeast of Sandy Hook, cautioned all steamships flying | the flags of the entente allies to | beware of hostile sub-seaboats on this slde of the Atlantic. The British wire- | less read: ‘“German submarines may | be met anywhere in the Atlantic, es- pecially west of six degrees west. Not since the U-53 entered Newport | harbor October 7 and on the fol- lowing day sank several British mer- chant vessels has there been so much uneasiness in marine quarters. It is believed that the merchant vessels of the allies now loading in this port will not venture out until the British government gives assurance that the seas are clear and danger remote. Vessels in Danger Zone. Among the vessels belonging to the allied nations due to arrive this week are the Cunard line steamers Laconia and Pannonia, with passengers from Liverpool and London, respectively and the anchor liner Tuscania from Glasgow. The freighters due include the Celtic and Bovic of the White Star line, A score of British and French ves- sels have sailed from this port within the last two d and all of these vessels are within the zone which is supposed to be most dangerous. A number of large steamers also are approaching Boston and Phila- delphia- The arriv: |1and from Tiverpool | Duke d’Aosta and Napoli terranean ports; Frederik Scandinavian ports, the Bra 27.—Apprehension today include the Lap- from Medi- Viii from o0s, from Bermuda. The Frederik Viii put in at Kirk- wall, Scotland, where the British au- thorities received the mail To Buy American Airships. Roald Amundson, South Polar ex- plorer, is here to buy two hydro- aeroplanes for use inhis 1918 experdi- tion, he said on his arrival at this VIIL. The flying machines, would be constructed so as to travel over smooth ice as well as on water and will be used for interior explora- tions starting from the ship which will take his party into polar regions. The vessel will be constructed, said, so that the planes can rise from an altitude on its deck Another purpose of his visit here were prohibitive. New Steamship Lines, Christoffer Hannevig, a leading ship- owner of Norway, arrived on the Danish vessel Frederik VIII for the purpose, he s2id, of looking over the hundred of more freight steamers, ranging from 3,300 to 12,500 tons, being built in American shipyards for interests by him. He asserted that as many more ships for other Nor- weglan interests were under con- struction here and confirmed reports that a company of his countrymen was planning to start a line a be- tween Pacific ports and the Orient. Other lines, he added, will be started by Norwegians between United States and South American ports. Another of the ship’s passengers, Lieut. Asger Franjean, of the Danish army said it was his purpose to pur- chase American airships. GUARDSMEN FILE APPEAL. Supreme Court to Settle Military Serv- ice Problem. » i W court review shington, Nov. i of lower ~Supreme court decisions the national defensc construing new act to hold state guardsmen in service 7or federal purposes Gespite their fail- are refusal to take the new oath sked by Alexander Emerson and Lowell of Boston today. Final ruling is sought to settle dis- puted questions service obligations of state troops. or of IMBARGO ON s Springfield, Ills.) closing the Union Stocky TOCKYARDS. Nov. 27.—Orders rds at Chi- ‘ards at East shipment of sheep hogs save for slaughter were issued hy State Veterinarian Dyson today after receipt of news of a suspected out- break of the foot and mouth disease in Nebraska. St. the or Louis cattle, against | Combines Desirable Features ! naval appropriation bill of June, 1914. ! marines but makes use of the latest the Ttalian ships ! Porto Rico, and the Bermudian from. port on the Danish steamer Frederik | he said, | | | he.| ! | was to buy food stuffs for his ship in ! this country because prices in Europe,| | and a half followi NEW SUBMARINE FOR AMERIGA LAUNGHED of Submersible As Dem- onstrated By War. Bridgeport, Nov. 27.—The N-4, the latest type of submarine built for the United States government, was launched successfully today at the yards of the Lake Torpedo Boat com- pany. Miss Dorothy H. Elliott of Reynoldsville, Pa., was its sponsor, breaking a bottle of champagne over its bow as the boat slid into the wa- ter. Off shore two tugs awaited the undersea boat and guided it to a be completed for the government tests few weeks at Provincetown, Mass. The craft, the first of the type to be built here, was authorized in the a resting place at the dock, where it will i which are expected to be given within U-B0ATS REPORTED. THREE ARMIES IN BUCHAREST DRIVE | Rumanian Capital Men- aced by Trip'e-Prong- ed Teuton Pitchfork, Short Distance Away ALEXANDRIA, ONLY 45 MILES AWAY FALLS Defending Force Which Retired From: Orsova, on the Danube, ¥ strapped| by Army in Tts Rear—Von Mackens sen's Men Cross River at Wi Points and Country is Apparently Doomed. The Teutonic campaign against Ru mania is developing rapidl with | converging drive on Bucharest from three directions in progress. The immediate threat to the capital It is not larger than the other sub- devic: in submergence and gunne: and is said to combine the elements | which the experience of submarines in th present war has shown ‘o be sirable. ! Three other submersibles of the same type are under construction here and are expected to be withni a few weeks. MUNITIONS SHIP IN DISTRESS Norwegian Steamer Bound for Viad- ivostok, Loses Propeller and is Helpless 250 Miles Off Seattlc. San Francisco, Nov. 27.—The Nor- | wegian steamer Nels Neilsen is in di | tress 250 miles west of Seattle, ac- the United States naval radio station | here attempting to return to an American port. kota and other are going to the aid of the Neilsen, radio station eilson was practically helpless. Neilsen sailed from Seattle on Novem- ber 20 for Vladisvostok carrying mu- nitions. | North Head, Nov. 2 messages received here said the Neil- sen was facing a heavy southwesterly gale and was badly in need of assist- ance. The coast guard cutter Sno- homish is among the vessels that have gone from Puget Sound to her as- sistance. CRASH IN WHEAT MART | Rumors of Armistice, U-Boat Off At~ lantic Coast and FEmbargo Give Bears Field Day in Chicago. Chicago, Nov. ‘Wheat came down today with a crash, break- ing in some cases as much as 9 3-4 cents a bushel. Big sales by|some of the leading housecs started a general movement and gave an opening for ageresstve selling by the bears. Talk of likelihood of an armistice price the weakening. Rumors of the presence of £ fight- ing submarine off the American coast and continued reference to a possible embargo by the United tates was likewise a factor. July wheat, in which the greatest decline took place, fell to $1.45 as compared with $1.54 1-8 to $1.54 3-4 at the finish on Saturday TEITPER TRIAL ON. »r and Wife Are Called to Stand to Testify. Buffalo, Nov. 27.—With the man- ner in which Mrs. Agnes M. Teiper and her son met death on the Orchard Park road last January before the jurors, District Attorney Moore today called witnesses to go before the re- corded testimony of Jbhn Teiper, the alleged murerer during the hour ng the tragedy. William Depper and wife, who lived in a farm house near the scene of the murder and were aroused by “Oh Ed,” were in court. Farm CZAR NICHOLAS AT KIEV. Rumanian Front to Sce Ferdinand. | “openhagen, Nov. 27, Via London,! 1:37 p. m.—A Sofia despatch to the Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin says Em- peror Nicholas of Russia has arrived at Ki¢v on his way to the Rumanian front where he will confer with King IFerdinand of Rumania. Going to VICTIM OF GUNMEN. Bridgeport, Nov. 27.—Nathan Gar- on, thirty-three years of age, who | conducted a clothing store at 246! Warren street, this city died at thr(‘e" o'clock this morning as a result of being shot in the abdomen by three gunmen who entered his store to rob him Saturday night. | de- | completed | cording to advices received today by | Wireless advices were that the | | vessel had lost its propeller and Was |ioi 4o 1iienry writers a | The United States ship South Da- vessels in the Pacifié'} The messages received by the naval here indicated that the | The | in Iurope had considerable to do with | | cries flf‘ one of E seemed to be greatest on the south w where the invaders have ap proached to within fifty miles afte Field Marshall Von Mackensen had forced the passage of the Danube af two points and effected a junction with the army of Gen. Von Falken hayn which is pressing rapidly east ward after having broken the Ru | manian resistance on the lower Al The rapid Teutonic advance southi east af Craiova turned the flank the Alt position as did the Danub crossings. Bucharest announcements toda report also a Rumanian retirement little to the east of the Topolong rive: a tributary of the Alt on the eas This retreat apparently places the & portant town on the railroad from Craiova to Harmannstadt in Genera von Falkenhayn's hands. The threat on the north and nortl west from the border passes east {the Alt iz still being held in check i the Russo-Rumanian troops and e ume tha |the Russians are sending furthe jforces to help out the Rumanians i {defending the more immediate me: ace further south. Sofia gives details of t'of the Danube. The crossing at Zim as made by Bulgarian troop: aid to have captured a larg | quantity of grain in the town. Th | Germans effected their crossing nea the mouth of the Alt, occupying I lacz. In Dobrudia, north of the Cc | za-Tchernavoda line, the Rus: | vance appears to have come | The Bulgarian war office |that the hostile forces which ha been attacking have now entrenchs before the PBulgarian positions. ighting the Macedonian v been -1 neral on account bad waathe ed progres for ths I northwarc the crossim| | nitza v ta an ad] to a half anbouncs ! ha: re the Ttaliz region northe; Sofia dec | pulsed in t1 counter attack | tir, in the Ce repulsed, accord {war office. ‘ Seemi tha par French | Somme region |tremely bad weather has iported uc prevailing on this fro land such attacks as Berlin has rg sorded appare been local i | eharacto port on operatior | Belgian front, ignores the Somro nm the Ancre regions, eniior artillery activity in the neig of LaBassce, to the north of were 19 igariaj to attack in at pr heen rd Rumunians Forced to Retive, Nov. 27, (By wireless ! Sayville).--German znd Austro-Hui garian troops under command Lieut. General Krafft von Delmensi { gen, advancing on both sides of th river Alt, in Wallachia vesterd \ pushed back the Rumantan forces b yond the Topolog river, says the off cial statement issued today. Alexandria, Rumanian town miles southwest of Bucharest, w3 captured yesterday by Teuton forees The Rumanian forces Which h | retired from the Danube town of Oy | sova were pushed further to ¢ | southeast by the Austro-Germal troops, the statement adds, and thi Rumanian force 1 now . heel | blocked by the approach of other Te: | ton forces in the rear. In this sectd Berlin, 4 | 28 officers and 12 men have been ca "1nx(~d by Teutons, and who also ha a great ua: the taken three cannon tity of munitions. Strong attacks were roops of the entente German positions on the east of Parlovo, bia. direc powers againg the heights in southern Se ed Bucharest Admits Retreat. Riicharest, Nov. .—The Ruma nians have retired a little to the ea of the Topoleg river. The Topolog is a tributary of thj Alt, into which it flows at a poin about 40 miles south of the Hun n border, below Rothenthurn pass. It runs parallel to the Alt o (Continued On Fifteenth Page).