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Greatest Activity of Warring Factions Appears to ‘be Centered Along the Front in Russian Poland EVACT SITUATION THERE NOT MADE PUBLIC V'mnnClm:Th:!fl:eAmhoHungurinTmopHunCap- tundlS,OOOhmmLoquolmdlndm-nlm- e portant Battle is Proceeding in the Ctrpuflnu»—ln Flanders and France Infantrymen are Resting, But|iy"; "j,fi".,;nf"“f"w",{"{‘h;s;,“m = delivered an address in St. R o SRR Afier ‘was intoned. ‘Not Detained by nnm_m“ 'tndwfiefe'ul. violent bom- | Rever: bardment of Ypres, during which the Iufiet nl-ne and the tmhfl.l ‘were estroyed. “!n the region of Soissons and vfll!y there ‘was rather strong cannonading- S Phere 18 Rothing o Teport from the other parts of the front.” The'afternoon communication satd: e day of the 2lst was calm on tha mile Reont.. e Belgium, as tn the degion Arras to Oise, t were only. intermittent cannonades. liery evidenced in general 'll.\m uflv\ty than that of the enemy. demolish. trenches. The enemy. worked elsewhets to con new ones in the E; “The day was equally upon the €, as well as the Meuse and in. Heavy Artillery Duels are in Progress—Turkey, Ac-|_... 0 or oprimion cording to Berlin, Has Inflicted Heavy Losses on the Rus- Bring Down British Aviator \Vho Was Bombarding Freidrichshafen. The greatest activity of the warring | and appears factions to be centered the to press back the Russians to War- ‘What the exact situation here forcing - the pilot to attempt to glide to earth. During the descent of the machine airman, a lieutenant of the British royal naval l-lr service pamed Brigzge, threw two or three more bombs at the hanger, but they missed their mark violent fighting continues. Berlin says there is no change in the situation, while Petrograd declares the Russians haye obtained “some partial success- i News from Vienna. Of the contests farther south in Po- fand and in Galicia, a similar state of -Przemysl that on the front of Caensto- no_essential have taken placs, but g Sendes. Comparatively Quiet in France. In the west thers hias been compar- ve quiet so far as infantry attacks concerned, but heavy artillery duels are in vrogress. The most violent of 1hese was upon Ypres, where the Ger- man guns knocked down. the city hall and the market place. Paris records in its official report that the allles de- many lines of German Turkey. according to Berlin, has in- gicted heavy losses on the Bussians Asiatic Russia. The Turk- man forces on the Shat-Al-Arab river Gociare that they have defeated & Brit- ish force and that a shot from a Turk- ish cruiser caused an explosion on & British gunboat. reports the Servians resisted the Austrians in well chosen fortified points the Kolubara river, which the A s have crossed. Nish says retirement _before the Auntrlans is being made “for strategic reasons.” Russians Mine Black Sea. Ruesia has mined the Ri toral on the Black sea, in ma 60 miles out from the coast. Ships are gorbidden to sail at night from or into Dnieper and Bug rivers or in the Guif of Kertch, A news agency despatch from Hol- land guotes fishermen as declaring that the German fleet is preparing for 8 decistve action in the North sea. British Aviator Captured, British aviators have made a dar- ing attempt to blow up the Zeppelin balloon works at Freidrichshafen by dropping bombs. One of the British geroplanes was brought down by the Bt ynnw and o Tisutenant avistoe ca X’“ Pretoria despatch announces that the rebel General De Wet's force in South Africa has again been defeated. A German steamer has arrived in Buenos Alres with the passengers and British stcamer-a .d the It is possible ave been active. DARING EXPLOIT OF THREE EVGLISH AVIATORS. Was Frustrated by Elaborate Prepara- tions Germans Have Made. Friedrichshaten, Germany, Nov. 22 Beriin, The Hague and Londonm, n.—Elzborate ed m vpm this city with the ob‘ect of destroying Wit hombs the Zoprelin ballpon works. Arti-aercplane cannon and machine gune adapted to high an- n- fire defeated the nccomplishment of the daring exploit and succeeded in bringing down one of the hostile ma- chines and mutung the others to flight The Eritish ajrmen were £rst eeen above Conatance at 2 o'clock and their presence immediately. was announced (0 the eguthorities at }‘Heflr’chflnfen jone. Why e toaitnaten. o ann- other bombs struck houses | f them severely man and wounding a of the filers then made 2 reck- lese aitempt to cross the hali at a flmly a quarter of a mile But tmmmmm on the e tas ufl.flngihatvfito eec-ne ::.fi Qhly 300 foet from ihe Zeppelin The other aviators, after seeing the | accident to_their companion, gid not any bombs, but rose to a great halsht ud disappeared across Lake 'flie Wollnflad ‘man is being treated at a Tocal hospital. WARSAW THWSATEN!D ° FOR A SECOND TIME, Germans Have Gained Two-Thirds of the ‘Ground to Polish e g e 2 over 2 ustro. statemen concerning the hostilities, saying mere- 17 that fghting 1 in DrogTess. - News coming from unofiicial sources, however, shows (hat the German: ad- vance has penetrated farther into Poland than had been disclosed pre- viously and that Warsaw .is threat- ened for a second time.. General Von south in” Poland, however, the Teuton allies are said to have been repulsed have died down, but the Russians con- tinue to advance in Galicia and are nlll mfll‘ on the Czenstochowa~ Cracow fronf The battle in Poland in the direction of Lowicz is the most critical one and while the have the greatest confijence in General Von Blnde.n.huri since his defeat of the Russian General Von Rennenkampf in Bast- Prussia, here and in Petrograd miitary observ- ers express the opinion that Russia's overwhelming superiority in numbers of men again must tell, as was the case when the made their first attack on Warsaw. TURKISH CRUISER HAMIDIEH BOMBARDED TAUPSE. Hurled 15 Projectiles—A Sister of Charity Ameng the Wounded. 22.—The following cor.munication from the general staff of the Russlan army in the Caucasus was lll(l.d today: = “On the morning of Nov. 20 the Turklsh cruiser Hamidieh, foliowed by & flotilla of torpedo boate, appeared oft Taupse and opened fire, hurling 125 projectiles i, neighborhood. The Ruesian artillery Immgdluely replied with a very effective fire. Our. losses consisted of three soldiers and a Sister of Charity wounded, one civilian killed and ten other civillans injured. The materiel damage wzs insmgnificart. “In_the direction of E: our cofumns has Progress above Jugveran, Our advance poats continue to tread the heels of the Turis. Other detachments are. inac- ive” ARMIES N MNDIH' ARE ENJOYING A REST. infantry Reste While Generals Plan the Noxt Movement. London, Nov. 22—in Flanders and France the armise seem to be enjoy- ing 5 long deserved rest, for the only remaining evidence that the belliger- ents aro facing each other is-an occas Slonal bonibardment, with Heavy guns. have temporaril: y ‘whiie the generals are lay- ing their plans for their next move the men are getcng a chance to rest and to tidy th ives up after a month in the watersonked trenckes. pZ ove witness with - be British eadquarters in a long statetent Daie todss gives %cm lntorma-uon of th losses which He speaks of deci- mated battalions, of hundreds of dead left before the trenches and of bodies fouad in farmhouses. cdsudlty list of Pritieh officers sho® that the British forces fl.w‘h-vs suf- lered heavily in the fl& VIOLENT BOM ARD"ENT melnmo AT VFR". Market Placo and the Town u.n Wm 2 Dutny-d. Parie, Nmfi. 10.40 p. ™m.—e !ol- PREVAILS IN BERLIN. All Reports Published There Indicate| o el Battles Are Being Won by Germane. Berlin, Nov. 22.—(By wireless. tele- graph to Sayville, L. L)—The week zloseu with optimism prevailing in Ber- in regarin port issued today the Austrians are pus their jalone the whole line. Two Russian { battalions, it is ammounced, have sur- rendered in the fighting to the north- cast of Czenstochtowa. The Aua- trians also are said to have resumed the offensive on the line of Cracow and Przemvsl Bad weather has hindered the erations in France and Belgium, is understood that the Germans steadily preparing for a further vance of their. lines. The medical authorities of the Ger- man army report that the death of the | troops in_the west ‘is excellent. Included in the press information given out by the German official press bureau is_the followis op- but are ad- therefore, with resexve.” | SERVIANS ARE RETIRING FOR “STRATEGY REASONS." ‘Being Carried Out in an Orderly Man- ner in Rear Guard Actions. Nish, Servia, via London, Nov. 22, 1049 p. m—An officlal stafement is- sued today concerning the Girement hefors the . Austrians, . de- lares that the movement is being made “for strategy reasons.” retirement, the statement adds, is being carried < ont Hwn cardeny manner in’ rear actions. The. trians_ ot Shabats It deciiyes; 1ost 1,000 men killed; near Smederevo 2,- 500 killed and about the same number of prisoners; and at Goublin 1,000 kill- or wounded. The statement con- present amunt to 70 guns. w muv.n.mcusu and 10,000 prisoncrs. bomhnrdmont o( Belgrade con- nuuau as befos Turkish Sailing Vessel Captured.. London, Nov. 22.—The Athens cor- respondent of the Exchange Telegraph company sends’ the followlng: “A British destroyer has captured a Turkish sailin were two German officers in disguise. They were proceeding to Symrna. “An Anglo-Frénch squadron fired on some Turkish torpedo boats in the Dar peared.” danelies, the latter disap GERMAN FLEET PREPARING - FOR DECISIVE ACTION. Prince Henry of Prussia Inspected Ships at Emden Saturday. London, Nov.,$2, 1140 p. m—“Mes- from North Hnlllnd state that “Fishermen who dally cruise German waters say that the German fleet 18 nnpn.rlns ror decmve am.lon in the North sea. H sia was at Emden_yesterday. Epectionof the tafpedo and PARTIAL SUCCESSES REPORTED BY RUSSIANS Between the Vistula and the Warthe Rivers, N‘M. 22~The following official report from general headquar~ ters was flaue\i tonight: “The ting between the Vistula and the Warthe continues with great cersistence. We have obtained some successes. “The fights on the fronts of Czensto- chowa-Cracow have resulted in no es- sential changes. We have taken 2,000 prisoners and some machine guns. PRESENTS ARMY FRONT 65 MILES IN. LENGTH, ‘German Army Corps Are Now Stretched Along the Vistula River. Petrograd, Russia, Nov. 22.—The German column between the Warta and Vistula rivers, according to today’s | official’ reports from Russian Poland, comprises -six_arm: and pre- antase. military _observers cannot advance further in is region, since the Russian ration: which was fihna EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE - AGAINST BANK CASHIER William Denisan Morgan, of New Ro- chelle—Amount Involved Is $82470. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 22.—William Denison Morganof New Rochelle, N. X antidnt, Apeil cashier of oné of was. lrru\ted to the police h e has made a comp onfossion. In"default Of $50,000 b-n = he is locked up at police headquarts The police say that the ma“\::gdd uestion represents money from the sale fllzllolluruntuod()n a local life insurance company, Sio women had. given him to sell wmle he was cashier. of meu bank. Ahccor:‘ to l.hell.u‘etlco lession, he wr h‘ the stock at a certain quoted sum. He returned to them, it 18 said, the money from the sale of eleven > brought ‘to. bear, so the police say, he pnld back some of the money to s, O'Connor. The amount now lllesed to have been embezzled is apportioned as_follows: Miss Hubbard $45,000; Mrs. O'Con- nor_37.470, Morgan came here today from New York to discuss the matter with Miss Hubbard's attorneys. In the meantimc a warrant had been drawn up, charg- ing him with the embezzlement. He was placed under arrest as he stepped from the train. The police say he made no resist- ance and freely admitted the allega- tions. Mr. Morgan is president and chief stockholder o fthe Morgan Baukers service, corporation, with offices in New oYrk. e BT ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION SHIP IS AT ROTTERDAM. American Commission . Has Delivered 23,200 Tons of Foodstuffs in Four Weeks- Later, when pressure was London, . Noy. 22, 448 p. m—The Rockefelier foundation food ship-Mas- TSt | rines, numbering about 6,000 men, Qquarters of the world 70,000 tons addi- tional have been assured. OBITUARY. Brigadier General J. B. Frothingham. New York, Nov.,22—Brigadier Gen- eral John Bound thingham, Civil war veteran and national guardsman, djed today at his home in Brooklyn from Bright's Disease. He was 75 years old. Prof. Samuel Sterling Sherma Nov. 22.—Professor Samuel |jcan flag at Tampico where a boat- | Chicago, Sterling Sherman, 99 years old, reputed to be the oidest graduate of an Amer- ican university, died here today. was born in West Rupert, Vi, was graduated from Middlebury collége in 1838 and immediately accepted a chair in the University of Alabama. $125,000 Fire at Holyoke. Holyoke, Mass., Nov. 22.—The Whit- ing street building on Main street was damaged by fire late this afternoon and a loss of approximately $125,000 was the result. Because of low water pressure it was nearly two hours after the blaze ed before the fire could be said to be wholly under control. roads and by a lack of railroads, now Is complete. Despatches received in Petrograd from Trans-Caucasia, explain that the halt in the Russian advance toward Koprykoi was due to the di: covery that an_entire Turkish army was massed at Erzreum. The Rusians are contenting them- selves, it is sald, with holding their positions while awaiting reinforce- ments. ALL CIVILIANS ARE ORDERED OUT OF CRACOW. Fifty Thousand Poles Take Flight in All Directions. Paris, Nov. 28, 2.20 p. m.—The mili- governor of the Austrian fortress of Cracow has published a decree, says o despatch from Romse to the Hayas News B warning the civilians that if they do not quit the city they will be courtmartialed and shot. The decree says: “As the civil population of Gracow Is not obeying with sufficient punctu- ality the order for the exacuation of the city, the government warns those who are slow in obeying that they will be courtmartialed and that they will suffer the death penalty.” TR mmz of the ordl the despatch approximately 50,000 Poles. !ook‘lmmeflllle flight in all di, rections, adding -their sufferings to refugees. AUSTRIAN FORCES HAVE CROSSED THE KOLUBARA. Servians Resisting in Several Well Fortified Positions. Vienna, Austria, Nov. 22, sterdam and London, 6 p. 1t issued b *are ‘well chosen forti- is_in the Jast two dave 1440 ‘The. number | Wma ince Nov. § tor Pat in Kuss"a & mL MEMBERS W DUMA ARE INCULPATED. i Social Democratic Association Aims at Downfall of Russia’s Military Power aown, by Means of Anti-War Agitation. to a semi-official aanounce- A number of arrests hage been The semi-official statement #VAL the begtaning of the was, most the Russian people, conscious of the TS I recessity of defending the dignity and Fatherland, integrity of the were unanimous in assisting the authorities in the accomplishment of the tarks in- curred by the o) of war. “An altogether different attitude was observed by some members of the so- cial democratic associations who con- HiRuar activity aiming at the down- fall of Russia's military power b3 means of an_anti-war: agitation, the distributing of secret proclamation anc the conducting of propanzada by word of mouth. Eleven Arrests Made. “The government in October last learred of a plan to convoke a secret conference of delegates of the socia' democratic organization to discuss measures aiming at the ruin of the Russian state and speedy realization of revolutionary plans. November 27 the police discovered a meetinz such conference was to be held in/a house in Viborg.road eight miles from Petrograd. A detachment of police ar- ved on the sceme and found even persons, including the f inz’ members of the Duma: M. i roviky. Padayeff, Mouranofl, Sar off_and Chagoft. “There being no doubt as to the anti-government object of the con- ference, the members of the meeti were arrcsted after a search, with the exception of the members of the Duma ! who_were released. n_ examinin magistrate was entrusted with the in quiry and immediately opened an in Vestigation. Having examined the dor - uments seized in the raid the magis trate’ drafted an indictment against all the members of the conference, unde: article 102 of the penal code, and is- sued warrants for their arrest.” — EVACUATION OF VERA CRUZ TO TAKE PLACE TODAY WERHPY Wil Remain in Mexican Waters Indefinitely. Washington, Nov. 22 —Brigadier Genera! Funston’s infantry and ma- 10~ morrow will haul down the Stars and Stripes which have been flying over Vera Cruz since last April and evac- uate the Mexican port, in accordance with instructions from. President Wil- son. The five battleships at Vera Cruz and Tampico and the string of ves- sels orf the west coast will remain in- defini‘ely. No orders have been issued by Secretary Daniels to the flest. Thry Wil continie o afford by thelr préa: ence protection to Americans and be in_readiness to meet emergencies. It was just five months ago that the bluejackets and marines under Rear Admiral Fletcher, seized Vera Cruz, by orders of the Washington government as an act of reprisal i retaliation for affronts to the Amer- load of American b'uejackets were ar- rested. General Huerta, who control- led the forces at Tampico, had refused to comply with the demand of Admiral Mayor for a salute of 21 guns, Advices from Mexico today were as confpsing as they have been for sev- eral days, but the determination of the United States government is to with- draw the small army which replaced the naval forces at Vera Cruz and thereby remove from Mexico territory a possible couse of international fric- tion as well as a potential factor that might become a domestic issue as be- tween the factions in Mexico. TO FACILITATE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD!TUFTS IN BELGIUM Are to Enlist &Nlm-ef a Number of French-Speaking Americans. New York, Nov. 22—1In order to in- sure the safe arrival and distribution in Belgium of food sent for the relief of non-combatants the American com- mission for relief in Belgium has taken v to obtain the services of a num- of | The Rank of Eng'and recelved 20 pounds in bar gold. Prince ven Buslow was appointed German Ambassador to Italy. F. D. Mollenhauser, sugar sefiner, of Brooklyn, dled of heart Two additional Red Criss unh‘ for Servia will leave New York Fire destro, urs, a business block in ..L-:-ln-cznu.- The Tuolomme copper Butte Mont, . was completely mine _at shut Heavy winds and tides forced the (s Sotipned ot Ooatham: Massy to abandon their station, Ellen Terry, the famous English ac- rrived at Victoria British Co- icmbia from the Orient. In an address at Philadelphia. Gen Nelson A. Miles -aid. “the war has only fairly commenced”. A great northern loon weighing 15 pounds rearelt seen in the Bast, was {killed at Caldwell, N. J. The Detroit Board of Commerce of- fered a prize of $500 for ths best “Made in U. S. A" trademark. Two Germa: thmn escaped fro.n Chi.ean ports carrying provisions for the German Pacific squardren. Linwood Hnmo'. Ltd, of America, a lerge mail order house of Camden, N. J., has gone into bankruptcy. Mre. Bryan has given Washington a lesson in” neutrality by calling aron the wife of every ambassador minister. The_Strest Cleaning Department of New York will organize a reserve feree of 30,000 to clean the city streets | of snow The schooner Brazes collided with ' the steamer Mildred in Tampa Fay.! and sank her. Later the Brazos filled and sank. The Swedish steamer Murjek, New York for Stockholm, was seriously {lamaged in the Downs, off the Coats of England. Great Britain hoe ne-hinfén? fhs e portation of tea to all Continental ports except L ose of the allies ana oL Span and Poruzal. “Zoline,” a mew motor fuel that can be manufactured for a ce t and a haif a @allon f= hoine tested on the Indian- |apolis speedway. town, N. ¥, shot his mother dead when a rifle he was carrying was ec- cidentally llllchtrged The W. M, Un!lvnln,“o.h.‘l‘ Manchester, N. H., received an order for $2,000,600 worth of shoes for the armies of the ailied nations. After cutting the télephone and tel egraph wires, five men cracked = the safe of the State Bank of Chalmers, Ind, and escaped with $55,000. A revenue cutter seized the steam yackt Winchester, reperted to have been sold to the British Government, as it was alout to leave New York. Miss Caioline Rabbold, of Paterson N J. ecnmitted sulcide when sae 1e- cesved word her brother, se-ving in the German ermy, had been killed. Caristian Kocher, sufferinz from a fesrtued skl and a boken n se zp- | peed I a Beoklyn cout ani identiied the man wh> oeat and robbel him More than 40,000 shesp and 1000 cattle, ready for held up at Billings, Mont, by the quar- antine against the foot and mouth dit ease. Fifteen college graduates from New. York and Boston are on their way to join the hospital of Mrs. Harry Payne ‘Whitney, jn Belgium, to drive motor ambulances. An Erie railroad engine ru nlns at miles an hour, ran will iato eveland and was stopped in the mid- dle of the city by the fireman, after the engine:> had jumped. William Campbeil of Brookl. ‘was fined 32 for violating the wratfe ordls nince, when the wagon he was drv- ing hit an auto ® which Mayor Mitcb- el of New York was ridinz. Ceorge Dalton, thirtssn, of Mons- womery, Mo, an armless ewinuny, W% has won many prizes, was award- ed $22,500 against the Wabash Rail- roads one of whose trains cut off his arms. Adolphe Messimy, l\h,M at. Inister of War in one r of French-speaking Americans to e go direct to the Belglan distributing centers, it was announced today. This ‘actlon s the result of a cable message from Chairman H. C. Hoover ¢ the American commission in Lon- Gon which stated that distribution was one of the most importapt problems facing the commission. as food was too valuable in Belgtum for a single ounce to be wasted. The message requested, therefore, that the New York head- quarters find men qualified to conduct each large unit to the place where it was needed. FIVE KILLED IN RIOT AT A DETENTION CAMP. Understood the Trouble Arcse Over the Supply of Food. Douglas, Isle of Man, Nov. 22, via London, 6.40 p. m.—Five persons were killed and several others wounded as |7 & result of the riot which occurred on Thursday last among. the .aliens de- tained in the detemtion camp there. No official report of the incident is yet """‘"“"fi PPut ‘it is understood the trouble arose over the sup= my 5 of food, which some allens refused and, it is alleged, commenced a riot, Peeemach the guard was compelled to 'A'here are. 8,500 prisoners at the Tur\u lage Stores of Christians. A Nov. 22, 1201 p. m.—Accord- os ¢ o nesw received at Athens today trom Constantinople, says a despatch to the Havas News agency, a | part of the Turkish garrison at Adri- | avople has been transported to Trebi- Zond, Asiatic Turkey, where the sol- diers have pillaged the stores of Chris- tians. the Christians. Three dre re- ported to have been killed. ery, : promoted to the rank of Heutenant colonel. In an address before the interde- nominational Medical Missi So- clety, Battle Creek Mich., Miss Ding Lin, @ Chinese woman, said that China would eventually lead the world to paganism. GEN. DE WET’S ARMY HAS SURRENDERED He Succeeded in Escaping with Only 25 Men. ov. 28, 1250 & m—A des- patch to ‘elegram company from Pl! a-.vl “It ie officially announced that Gen- eral De Wet's rapidly dwindling rebel command be rroun London, 5 eral De Wet suceceu- ed in escaping with only twenty-five men. The remainder of his force sur- rendered.” Cholera In. Prussia. Paris, .22, 811 p. w.—Several cases of chohn. are re] London, Nov. !!. 9.12 p. m—A .cas- valty iise giving the names of the men lost on board the British cruiser Good Hope, which was sunk.Nov. 1 in-the battle off Chile with German shows that the crew, wv-ulc. “aggregated $87 men. Ward DeBlake, fifteen, ofMiddle- ' TENANTS me STBIGKEN WHEN AROUSE Twornc.n'-w-nmnfiflmFum.qug Dehuandfldyhlmdmh&nl-u&n.b&n SewndSwaColhpudUndc'fll-n—-F‘ansfS‘ it Was the Work of Black Handers—A Tenant Had Been Threatened With Bodily Harm Unless He Gave $1,000 to Man Who Would Meet Him at a Nearby Corner— Threat Was Ignored—A Family of Seven. New York, Nov. 22—Bight persons are dead, two others were so badly burned that they may die and seven more, including two fire captains, weore fnjured as the result of a fire of Sus- lm ious orogin which early today vir tually destroyed a_five-story brick tenement house on East 29th street in this city. As a result of disclosures made to the police by a temant who has beer receiving blackmailing letters for the past vear, and upon whom a demand { for $1,000 was myde last Friday under threat of bodily hatm, detectives. o lmxm are segking men known to th as Black Hand leaders, whom they auspect of responsibility for the fire. | Tenants Panic Stricken.. | Panic which seized the tenants when they were aroused by rescuers caused t‘m T life, the police say, as ihe buildin= was amply equipped with Seven Bodies Found in Hallway. .Seven bodies were found In the h‘ll— ¥ on the top floor, near a stairwa 7 to the roof, when the flame: d been subdued after an hour's fi by several fire boats. This afternoon ''rs, Annije Cataldo, a tenant who had 1 been rescued from the burning build- inz by a patrolman. died from heart failure induced by shock and exposure. Two Firemen Injured. Fire Captains Daniel E. Davison and { v illlam H Coseins were thrown ffteen feet nto a heap of debris and bagly cut and when the staive “haer Stiem. Four mien twh Wemmed and & h.h! were. burned about the Ot the seven who were burned to | Icant, however, that the fire o Boyfl:eSoleSumvorof; death, all but on: were members of the famlily of Marino Rosata, a plana maker, aged 60. Besides Rosata him- self, the dead were his wife, aged 5% his two daughters, 17 and’ 18 -years old, respectively; two aged and 24; and Joseph Poliadiri, 24, Boy Only Survivor of Family of Sevem The “only member of the Rosata family to survive was a 17 year old boy, Gasparo Rosata, who fled down the fire escape while the others ran upstairs from their apartment on the third ficer. ponrhether the fire was caused by & mb > plosion could not be determine ed tonight. May Have Been Started by a Bomb. pector of the ‘bureau of combustibles, who went to the Ing atier h Feport an examination premises, as the house had been badly burned that any evidence A bomb explosion would have Y| consumed. He considered it have staried on the near an apartment occupled by. cq.u. na Shambri, who reported to the “ctthEA)memmn- ceived letters demanding money. Shombri sald today that he had re- celve reafening letters that last Friday a g $1,000 to & man who would meet him 2t & nearby corner he would meet with bodily barm. He the mand. . The police are now wi QUIET THANKSGIVING IN NATIONAL CAPITAL. Taking .~ Vacations Before Convening of Congress. Washincton, Nov. 22.—Because ~of the expected absence from the city of President Wilson, S Bryan Secretary Garricon ard other officials, Thanksgiving day this year promis to be an unusvally quiet one in the capital. - Officials are seizing every op- portunity for short vacations before convening of congress. Unless the Mexican situation should srow more serious or more public business intervere, the president will leave here at midnight Tuesiay for Willlamstown, Mass. to visit his daughter, Mrs. F. B. Sayre. He is anxious to be with her Wednesday be- cause it will be the first anniversary of her marriage. He plans to stay in Williamstown the remainder of the week and then return to take up with Officials concressional leaders the programme | kn for the next session and to consider fll'xe .naming of the new trade commis- sion, The rpresident will not attend the Army-Navy game as he did last year Because of his desire to accomplish as much as possible during the next ses. sion’ of congress he will not repeat his visit of last year to Pass Christian Miss., though he may go to one of the Virginia winter resorts for a few days aurlng the Christmas recess is absence from the city this week wm prevent Mr. Wilson from attend- ing the Pan-American mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic church here which presidents have attended for several vears. Several members of the cab- inta, however, will be present. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT NEW HAVEN an Alleyway Near Seymour, Conn., Nov. 22.—Coroner Mix of New Haven today investiga Y, of a scuffle, it is said. She heard her husband -cry out, and went to his as lBhum:e. stumbling over the 3 tio: ':cummeaz:m( a gation not p] ) e inquest was adiourned wntl tomors row at 10 a. m. No arrests ha made yet. FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST Planning to Send Members to Various Churches of Eureps New York, Nov. counci! of the CONVERSED WITH FRIENDS WHO HAD PASSED AWAY Sir_Oliver Lodge Declares Faith in Spiritualism y London, Nov. 22, 5.30 p. m—l. Oliver Lodze, pre.ideat of the Society of P!ychnlo(‘l»a.l Research, in a lecture today In Baowsoing hall, Walworsh, made a striking declaration of his spiritual faith, expressing AgN0- lute conviction in a future existence and srating that he had Sonversed with friends wio had passed a “T say this aaia Sir Olver, “on definite scientific grounds. I'say it be- cause I kuow that certain friends of mine still exist because I have talk- ed with them. Communication is pos. sible, but one must obey the I.'l to find out the conditions. I do not say lthmybfl(lnyltum “T tell you that these people still take an interest in the things that are going on, that they still help us to ow more about things than we do and that they are from time to time to communicate with us. Sir Ollver said’ that once wplo real’zed that consclousness was some- thing outside the it In.d. use of, they realized the survival of existence was the simplest thing. It was unreasonable that the sou! pass out of existence when the body ‘was destroyed: people were not Iln.lb- ed to the few years lived Carth and they Zertainly sontimse o DISCRETIONARY AIITHORITY TO COMMANDERS OF CRUISERS. Secretary Daniels Rescinds Orders fa- sued Last Week. ‘Washingto Nov. that the barbor of Smyrna was mined and closed. have been ae- cepted as the forerunner of a formal statement by the grand visler to the same Secretary Daniels thought it advisa- ble to place the American naval coms manders acain under the navy regu- latiors. which had been temporarily but cautioned them In *he vse of their discretionary authority. The regulations virtually give naval | commanders ln isolated parts of the globe the autho: to take m decmed necessery to protect lives Americans. . They might even bom- 'MImwnanmremsm which repre-en‘in; Virtuany ait the Protestant de o tions in (the Unrite ‘(-’JV’“ I= th anization Brozoccd ‘\"H United Sia Russian Ports in Black Sea Mined. Black bas in Dh&&! for a dlmnce of 60 -.l!- thi st. Ships. Fry 2