Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 18, 1915, Page 1

The unrivalled special feat- ure pages of The Sunday Bee are in a class by them- selves. Best of them all. VOL. XLV-—NO. DOOMING OF UNFIT INFANT T0 DEATH CAUSES SENSATION Many Uphold Physician Who Re- fuses to Operate on Deformed Defective and Give It Chance to Live. EQUAL NUMBERS CONDEMN HIM Child Still Living, but End is Said to Be Only a Question of Hours, | DOCTOR PUTS IT UP TO NATURE| CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—The Bollin- ger baby, a defective mite, whose mother, on professional advice, de- |ecided it should not undergo an op- eration which probably would save | life and | its life, hovered between jdeath at the German-American hos- pital here today. Death, it was said, 'was a question only of hours. \ Meanwhile the subject of the pro- priety of sacrificing the life of an |infant that it might not grow up a burden to itself and a possible men- ace to society was the subject of widespread discussion. Dr. H. J. Haiselden, on whose advice the mother acted, was visited by many medical men today and telephone calls alternately accused and praised him. He remained unaltered in his conviction that death was the greatest blessing whfich could be hoped for the infant. { l'rlnelp-l Deformities. The principal physical deformities of the baby are the closure of the intesti- nal tract, paralysis of the nerves of the right side of the face, the absence of the ~right ear, blindness of one eye and mal- ormation of its shoulders. Dr. Haisel- den, who officlated at the birth, noted the absence of a neck. The brain he found to be only slightly subnormal, but the cranial nerves were absent or unde- veloped. “If he grew up he would be a hopeless eripple and would suffer from fits,” sald the doctor. “Would his mind be clear, Would his #oul be normally alive?’ one of the vis- itors asked. “That 1 do not know, but the chances are against it.’ Dr. John B. Murphy, former president of the American Medical assoclation, and physicians and professional men and wo- men, Including a number of clergymen, generally took sides with Dr, Halselden. But his eritles were just as numerous. Motier Remaine Near By, Mrs. Anna Bollinger, the mother, re- mained in a room nearby. Many times she asked: “Is it dead?" She remalned steadfast in her belin? that death was best for the little one. She has three healthy children and thz| plight of the condemned one is beifevad to have been due to an attack of typhoid | fever which the mother suffered recently ‘The authorities took no action further than to determine that no death certifi- cate should be issued until after an in-| vestigation by the coroner. In discussing his stand in the case to- (Continucd on Page Two, Column Four.) -JJmaha Man to Prove 0'Connor His Father HASTINGS, Neb., Nov. 17.—(Special Tel- cgram.)—With the taking of depositions in various parts of the country John Kirkman of 1544 North Sixteenth street, Omaha, will complete the preliminary part of his undertaking to prove that John O'Connor was his father, ‘The search that Mr, Kirkman has made to secure evidence has taxen him over a journey of some 18,000 miles. He says he has found the necessary connecting links In his chain of evidence and will be able to disprove the claims of the other 100 or more claimants to the $100,000 O'Connor estate. Mr. nirkman is an automobile body builder. His father was a shoemaker. The claimant says he will be able to fully explain why the father changed his name and dled without revealing his real identity and family connections. The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity ‘alr; warmer, ‘emperature st Omaha Yesterday. Hour. fam 6a a a. a. a m m m m . m.. Comparative Loeal Record. ms 1914, 1913, 1912 Highest yesterday . Lowest ‘yesterday Mean temperaturs. # Precip tation Temperature and precip tures from the normal: Normal temperature Excess for the day Total deficler.cy since Marcl Il Normal precipitation id inch Excess for the day 03 inch + Total rainfall since March i..26.72 inches Deficlency since March 1...... 131 inches Defclency for cor. period, 1914.. 362 inches Deticiency for cor. period, 1913.. 7.63 inches Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weathe: Tp.m est. fall Cheyenne, clear..... Davenport, cloudy. clear City, olnes, R raining. ..... cloudy ar. Rapid City. clea Lake Ot ,unudy . Santa Fe, clear.... : Sheridan, cloudy . Sioux City, cloudy.. clear. . Valentine, bt T indicates trace of pre\ L A g‘nulon WELSH Jsiderable distance. He rushed aboard 0 | German music was barred on account of o CONDUCTOR MAY | IDENTIFY HAUSER Photo of Ape-Man Resembles Pas-| senger Who Boarded Nels Gun- nerson’s Car ngh! of Murder. ACTIONS WERE MYSTERIOUS| That they have obtained furlhnr! cvidence against Arthur Hauser, | | ckarged with the murder of W u.1 |Smith, Wocdmen of the World cash- fer, Is the belief of Detectives Ruh and Pszanowski. The detectives have located a streot | car conductor who believes he car-| ried Hauser on his car the night n(i the murder. | The conductor is Nels Gunnerson, 409 South Twentieth street. Gun-| nerson is conductor of a Farnam line | car, and on the night of the murder | a man boarded his car about mid- night at Fortieth and Farnam streets. | The man, Gunnerson says, was out of | breath and apparently had run a con- 1 the car, hurriedly threw his fare into the box and ran to the front of the |car to take the very forward seat. | He slouched as far down in the seat | {as he could, pulled his coat up around | | his neck and part of his face and thrust his hat far down over his forehead At Seventeenth and Farnam streets he got off the car in such a hurried manner | that he almost knocked down a man who was trying to board it. He immediately rushed up the street. Noticed Man Closely. Gunnerson says that he noticed all or\ these actions and got a falrly good look at the man's fdce, because a month be- | fore he and another street car man were | held up on their way name from work and on another occasion his car was held up at Riverview park. These two occurrences prompted him to watch carefully every- body who boarded his car at late hours. Gunnerson believes Hauser 1s the man who got on his cer the night of ths| murder. The photographs of Hauser in the possession of the police very closely resemble the passenger, Gunnerson de- clares. Rich and Pszanowski account for the fact that the man boarded the car at Fortleth and Farnam streets by the theory that he ran from Fortieth and | Cuming, where he left Miss Grace Slater, to Fortieth and Farnam, in an effort to cover up his tracks. If Gurnerson can identify Hauser as | the man who rode on his car the night | of the murder, the detectives believe the chain of evidence against him will be | complete, North Platte Depot .| 0f Union Pacific is Destroyed by Fire NORH PLATTE. Neb., Nov. 17.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—Fire latethis evening | completely destroyed the local Union Pa- |cific station, baggage rcom and hotel, he loss will reach $50,00. Engine sparks lare thought to have been the cause. Tom McNeal, a car repairer, discovered the fire burning at the base of the north | ‘vu\ll and he turned a small hose on it | |and apparently extinguished it. It smoul- |dered in the wall. however, for the entire side of the bullding was in flames within | la few minutes. An alarm was sent through the hotel and the guests were able to save nearly all their effects before the smoke and flames reached the corridors. The baggage room was quickly cleared of property, as were the newsstand, hotel lobby and ticket office. The day clerk | at the hotel, Edgar Henry. lost some | clothing and $100 while attempting to notify hotel guests. The building Is a | | ponderous frame structure and burned like tinder, the firemen confining their efforts to preventing the spread of the | flames. This depot had been standing for over thirty-five years. Serbian Situation Hastens Meeting of Allied War Council LONDON, Nov. 17.-Official announce- ment was made that Premler Asquith, | Foreign Secretary Grey, David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, and A. J. Balfour, first lord of the admiralty, have arrived in Paris for consultation with the French government. The developments on the Balkan penin- sula perhaps hastened the meeting In Parls of the allled war council, as the outcome of the present situation, the entente allies’ viewpoint, ‘s dis- quleting and may weigh heavily with the the war council recently appointed by Premier Asquith, with Sir Edward Grey taking the place of Andrew Bonar Law, | ¥ secretary for the colonles, on it. Law with Mr. McKenna, chancellor of the exchequer, the fifth member of the war council, will be in charge of the|t house of commons during Premler as-|c 'HUGHES T0 DEHAND | fom | AS CARL BLONDINE Greek government in deciding on/ egram.)—The body of the man ¥illed 'y Greece's final attitude. a Union Pacific train east of Kearney The quartet of British statesmen forms | Monday evening, has been partially | igentified as Casl Blondine, | 18 either in Chicago or Mr. | ing of the Lincoln Highway seedling m!le here workers, quith's absence, Q OMAHA, THURSDAY M( NOVEMBER 18 JRNING, 1 AMERICAN INVENTORS SUPPLY BRITAIN W]TH AR ROWE—Elmer A. Sperry, president of the Sperry Gyro: company of Brooklyn, and his invented and tested a self-starting, plane to be supplied, it is said, quantities soon. EAWRENCE SPERRY ., son, Lawrepce E. Sperry hnve | | NAME WITHDRAWN Associate Justice Does Not Believe it Necessary to Engage Lawyers to Enforce Request. ALL EYES UPON NEBRASKA (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Just as soon as | Mr. Justice Hughes has before him a certified copy of the Epperson pe- tition placing the ex-governor uf,‘ |New York in the presidential run- ning, so far as Nebraska is con- cerned, a formal notification of with- drawal will be sent the secretary of | state, by the assoclate justice and it will be up to the law officers of the commonwealth to determine whether the presidential primary law of 1911 provides for fhe withdrawal or not. This 18 the Hughes situation as it ex- ists mow—Justice Hughes has read the | Nebraska primary law and the statutes which it amends and, according to a gen- tleman very close to Mr, Hughes, he bo- lleves there s a vein of humor in the | rumored contention of Attorney General | Reed that only a court of equity can re-| lieve the situation, so far as presidential | nominations go. “The associaté justice will not hire | lawyers to get his name off the presi- | | dential primary ballot in Nebraska," said Mr. Hughes' friend. “He will send a formal demand to the secretary of state not to permit the use of his name in the primaries and the justice belleves that such an appeal will be accepted.” There is no denying the fact that the Epperson peition has focused attention on next year, when a president must be | elected and for the moment at least has | directed the spot-light toward Justice | Hughes. But Mr. Hughes Is not even receptive and he will say so when a cer- tified copy of the petition is received. Steamship Tuscania Towed Back to Port LONDON, Nov. 17.—The Anchor line steamship Tuscania, which left Glasgow November 16 for New York, ran ashore. It was refloated shortly after noon today and s returning to Glasgow for inspection before resuming the voyage to New York. The Tuscania has 200 pas- sengers on board bound for New York. It grounded last night while steaming down the river Clude, The vessel Is virtually undamaged, but It is being towed back to Glasgow before proceed- ing its voyage. DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED | | KEARNEY, Neb., Nov. 17.—(Special Tel- whose home in Minnespol 8. 3londine has been working on the pav- and has bteen identified by fellow Blondine was evidently “riding he rods,”” when he became numb with old and fell under the wheeis, No in- uest was held. KIOTO, Nov. 17.—Only music of the | alifes was played today at the second of | the great national feasts provided by the | emperor in celebration of his coronation. { t [ he war. « In eontradistinction to the first fe it tirely that of old Japan, | was entirely modern, Court musiclans | rendered selections by modern composers of France, Russia and Italy, | atrs by Massenet, Bizet, months ago. Frof. | German Music Bc: r :d at Second Great National Feast in Japan attached to the as to menu and entertdinment. The mem- sador, and Mrs. held last night* when the music was en- | were also the ministers of state, that of today |other dignitaries and representatives of incuding | o Verdl and the | was dressed in the full untform of gen- Russian genius Serlapin, who died several eralissimo of the army and his sulte was The selection was left to |brillant in full dress uniform. Theie Willlam Duvorevitch, & musician | were no formal speeches as on yesterday, household department. Foday's feast which began at noon in he Nijo palace was purely modern, beth bers of the diplomatic including jeoge W. Guthrie, the American ambas- Guthrie were present nobles, corps, he Diet |8pry of Utah to reconsider the case {tion" at San Francisco also asked clem- ASKS REOPENING | OF HILLSTROM CASE. President Sendl Teltznm to Gov-| ernor of Utah Requesting Re- consideration. | UNFAIR TRIAL IS ALLEGED WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Presi- dent Wilson today urged Governor, | of Joseph Hillstrom, a Swedish citi- zen, sentenced to death next Fridny' | for murder. The president sent to Governor | Spry the following teiegram: “With unaffected hesitation, but rith a very earnest conviction of the importance of the case, I agaln ven- | ture to urge upon your excellency | the justice and advisability of a thor- | cugh reconsideration of the case of Joseph Hillstrom."” ’ Hillstrom s an Industrial Worker president appealed to Governor Spry at the request of the Swedish minister sev- eral weeks ago on the ground that Hill- trom had not had a fair trial. The pris- | ner was given a respite, but eventually | was resentenced. A few days ago Mre. | J. 8. Cram and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn of New York again urged the president | to ask Governor Spry to Intervene. The | American Federation of Labor in conven- | ency for Hillstrom. Utah Offick Astonished. | SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 17.—President | Wilson's telegram requesting a recon- sideration of the case of Joseph Hill | (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) | The Day’s War News ATTITUDE OF GREEK government toward the entente allies remains the chief point of interest in the Balka nsituation. ment A late develo) reported s the desire of Constantine, told of by U Athens correspondent of a Lo don mews agency, to see Earl Kitchener, the British war secre- tary, now in the near east, and discuss the military situation with| M. Stratos, former Greek ne, in on his way | ermany, supposedly on a spe- minister of m to mission, Rome newspapers a -1 nounce FIELD MARSHAL Earl Kitchener has gone to the Gallipoll peniusuln frogs Mudros, the Aegean seaport at which recently arrived, Athens hears. BELATED DISPATCH from Bucha-| t credits former Premier Carp with the statement made to | newspaper that Roumania wilj en- ter the war on the side of Ger- many in December, IMPORTANT CONFERENCE is tak ing place in Pa whence mem h war coun- }(\”u‘lul |evidently * | Ancona, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE 9N5—-TWELVE PAG On Train News stand mEael SING THE WEATHER. Fair; Warmer LE COPY TWO CENTS. AUSTRIA DENIES |BRITISH HOSPITAL |SERBIAN ARMY IS " ANCONA FIRED AT | SHIP IS DESTROYED |y GRAVE DANGER ~ AFTER IT HALTED Anglia, with I.oud of Wounded from France, Hits Mine in the English Channel, OF FLANK ATTACK Vienna Government Sends Note to| EIGHTY.FIVE LIVES ARE LOST | Bulgarians Have Taken Krusevc Lansing, Saying Ship Tried to Escape and Crew De- serted Passengers. LIFEBOATS ARE NOT SHELLED Submarine Gave Warning by Dis- charging Shots to Fleeing Italian Liner. FORTY-FIVE MINUTES' RESPITE| WASHINGTO? Nov communication tria-Hungary, forwarded to tary Lansing today by American Ambassador Penfield denles cate- gorically that any shots were fired at the Italian liner Angona after it came to a stop, submarine which shelled its lifeboats, charged Ambassador Penfield's dispatch crossed Secretary Lan- sing’s instructions of yesterday, di- recting him to ask the Vienna for- elgn office for information 17. from An Aus- it been torpedoed as has The Communicat The ‘ext of the communication from the Vienna foreign office, as given out by the State department follows .\\lll“lnrlne fired warning shots across steamer, whereupon latter fled nl ’ull ll\\‘l‘(‘ It thus carried out instruc- tions officlally given all Italian steamers beginning of war to attempt escape vpon being leld up by submarines or to ram, according to the position of the latter. | “The escaping st pursued and fired on by the submarine, but did not stop until recelving several hits Forty-five minutes were glven the pas sengers and crew to leave the ship, on| which the greatest panic reigned. Only a portion of the boats were lowered, | which were occupled by members of the ship's crew, who pulled hurriedly away. A great portion of the boats wh'ch would apparently have sufficed to rescue all hands were not occupled. Hont Sabmerges. “After about fifty minutes the sub- farine submerged on account of a rapidly approaching vessel, torpedoed the which .did not sink until a further lapse of forty-flve minutes. If rests entirely with the crew, because, Instead of stopping on the warning shot, fled and compelled the submarino to fire, and because the crew endeavored to save [only th passel | of the World worker, in whose behalt the | C17 themaelves and not the gty for which tfiere was ample time and means. ““The story that the submarine fired upon the loaded boats and the people in the water is a maliclous fabrication, for the reason that ammunition was too | valuable for the submarine if for no other reason. No other shot was fired after the vessel stopped.’ Fone Americans Are PUEBLO, Colo.,, Nov. Todaro and his wife, naturalized Amer- Saved. {1can citizens, and the wives of their two sons, who were belleved to have been lost in the sinking of the Itallan steamer Ancona, are safe, according to a cable- |gram recelved here today by relatives. The message was sent to Todara from Palermo, Sicily, near where it is thought they were landed after the Ancona sunk. Inspector May He Lost. BOSTON, Nov. 17.—Fears weroe ex- pressed here today that Albert W. Buck, an inspector of the Massachusetts Bur- eau of Labor and Industry, who was cap- tain of the Bates college track team of 1911, was lost on the Itallan liner Ancona. Mr. Buck had been In Serbla and cabled to the commission from Naples on Nov- ember 6, that he expected to sall the next day. While the Ancona did not sgll until November 9, official say the®, have learned that no steamer left Naples on November 7. Confesses Robbery of Postoffice to COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 17.—To shield his sweetheart from a charge of having burglars' tools in her possession, Lee Les- ter, aged 26, of Parkersburg, W. Va., has | made a confession to United States Dis- trict Attorney Stuart R. Bolin, in which |he admitted complicity In as many a nine postoffice robberies in Ohlo and West Virginia. This was announced to- day at the district attorney's office bers of the new Brit ell—Premier Ang Secretary Grey, Forelgn | Lloyd nd | first lord of the ad-| Ity—have gone for consulta. with the French xnv.—rnm--u‘ WHEN RECENT Itallan offensive Bomen Ausiuia’ fried tereale » sops| arate peace with Italy, a Rome newspaper reports, territorial con- cennlons being offered, which Italy refused to consider. ONLY ARTILLERY reported by Par Franco-Belglam front. ROME REPORTS the repulse of vio- lent attacks by the Austrians near X George, minister of mun from the Monte San Michele and the en- larging and strengthening of Italian positions in Adige walley, ADVANCE OF TEUTO aguinst t Ser ¥ retarded by the Serbla The emperor and suite arrived last, ac- ording to court custom. The emperor ITALY WILL SEND TROOPS (o j¢ the all fes at Saloniki, o cording to Rom | Bee.)—Sitting Baley, well known local ranchman, and | | Miss Ella M. Walker of 8t. Joseph, Miss., afternoon on a country roal between Zella and the ranc I| of the groam by Judge Wittmas of this| section. The ceremony Is the 1008t unique Lester and Willlam Robinson were cap- tured by Columbus police and rallroad inspectors a week ago and a search of the apartments of Miss ldna Hindershot, 26, in North High street, disclosed a full kit of burglar tools, a quantity of nitro glycerin, fuses and other explosives. “I don't care about myself, but the girl s absolutely innocent,” Lester is re ported to have sald in making his con- | fession. The tota] loot obtained by Les- | ter was sald to be 32,82 in stamps and $360 in currency. Secre- | or that the Austrian | many passengers lost thefr lives, blamo. 17.—~Domlano Save Sweetheart N, Nov, 17. The L | Tospiial ship Anglla was sunk b, | 1ine in the English channel today. | Thrée hundred men were saved out | cf a total of 38 | Three Hundred Are Saved A statement lasued by the official press bureau gave the news of the disaster | It sald that of the thirteen officers and 412 men on board the Anglia, 30 had been | saved The Anglia was a merchantman, which was taken over by the British Admiralty | after the war began, and refitted ns a and Are Now Within B8ix Miles of the Important City of Perlope. | BABUNA PASS AISO I8 MENACED Fate of Serb Amy nnd Its Franco- British Allies May Be Only a Matter of Hours. GREECE MAY GET OFF FENCE BULLETIN. BERLIN, Nov. 17.-—(Via London.) 'I{‘l‘:'l""::' Pt sy T P | -~Attempts of the Serbians to check There are four British steamships |the Austro-German drive have again named Anglia. The one converted into ‘m",d the war office announced | & hospital ship probably s the former lndny More than 2,000 Serblans | London and Northwestern Raflroad | company steamer of 1862 tons gross. It ““"‘ captured yesterday. 1s 320 feet long and was built in 190, | o -3 at Dumbatton. : LONDON, Nov. 17.—The fate ot At the time it was commissioned, the | the Serblan army may be only a Anklla was in charge of Commander |matter of hours. Monastir, in south- Oscar V. MeSatge, retired Rescue Ship Alwo Sunk. The following further official communi- cation concerning the disaster was made | public “The war office reporta that the hos- | pital ship Anglia struck a mine and sunk [today, The total number on board was fifteen officers and 2 men of rank, of | whom about 200 were saved by a patrol {vessel. Another ship procecding to the | rescue was also sunk by another mine. | Another officlal communieation says: “King George was shocked 1o hear that the Anglia, which so recently conveyed him across the channel, has been sunk. His majesty is grieved at the loss in- curred, but trusts that the survivors have not unduly suffered from their terrible exposure.'’ Unionists Asked to . Give Hour's Pay to . Danbury Hatters SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 17.—Res- olutions appealing to every union worker in the United States to contribute volun- tarily his wages for one hour to the re- llef of the Danbury hatters, whose homes and bank accounts are jeopardized as a result of labor troubles, wero adopted today by the thirty-fifth annual conven- tion of the American Federation of Labor. #The resolutions fixed the day of the cantri ne as January 27, 1916, . the sixty-sf Wirthday of SBamuel Gompers, president of the federation. it {8 the “Christian™ duty of the nation ters which the resolutions committee will have to discus: A resolution so worded was referred out by the committee yi rday, only to be sent back after some devate, in which it was stated that the churches missed a fine opportunity to exemplify Christian- ity when they falled to open their edi- fices as lodging houses. James Duncan, first vice president of the federation, was | Jeered when he took the floor to absert that the churches were the active friends order against religious discussions. {Roumania Acts to Seize All Supplies | Della Bera says that the Officlal Journal the minister of war to requisition imme- defense, the articles metals, to the national enumerated comprising and combustibles. Tradesmen sitles. posibility of maintaining its much longer, New Jersey Demos Talk Politics With WASHINGTON, Nov, 17.—-To out difficulties in the way of party suc conference at the White House today be- | tween President Wilson and democratio leaders of that state, including, others, Governor Fielder. Governor Flelder already bas an- | nounced that he would not be a candi- |date for the United States senate. His | cectsion, he said, was irrevocable. | Thomas H. |to Portugal, who is in this country on| la vacation. ACTIONS are! Ranchman and St. ZELLA, Neb., Nov. 17.—(8pacial to The on horseback Edward C. Monday were married ever performed in these parts. ns belng the dispateh of the Itallan forces. ph while trading in stock there. Balley woced his young wife in 8t. Jo- She me only last week on the vromise to Joseph Girl ‘ become his bride, and the two were mar- ried in the middle of the road with the judge et al. on horseback. Once during the short ceremony the steed on which the bride rode bucked up, with difficulty that her gallant half quieted its prancing The groom is a well known trader at the Omaha market, believing it the best in the country. The new wife was roy- ally welcomed by the many friends of the lesser ‘Whaether a resolutfon should recite that to help unfortunates is among the mat- of the poor, and President Gompers sus- | tained a delegate who made a point of | To Defend Itself MILANy Italy, Nov, 17.—(Via Paris)—A |dispatch from Bucharest to the Corriere there has published a decree authorizing dititely all things and materials necessary wearing | | apparel, medicines, cloth, machines for | military supply factories, craft of all kinde for river traffic, railway material are re- quired to deciare what they possess of these things and also other prime neces- This is taken, says the newspaper, as an Indication that Roumania sees the im- neutrality | President Wilson smooth | cess in New Jersey was the object of a | among Other participants in the mnrenm-al itluded Htate Chairman Grosscup and | Birch, United States minister | and it was | cast Serbia, is feported to be in such a perilous position thet ihe consular officials have departed from the city. From the various con- flicting reports which have reached the public, the following apparently may be deemed as facts: The Bulgarians have taken Kru- sevo and are six miles west of Per- lope. Thus the southern Serblan army and its Franco-British allies are confronted wtih the imminent peril of an eutflanking movement, Tetovo I8 in the hands of, the Bul- garians, The fate of the Serblana holding Babuna Pass 18 more obscure. ume report states that the pass has been forced. It seems certain that the defenders are at lcast threatened so seriously that their posi- tion soon may be untenable. With Krusevo and Babuna in the hands of the invaders, the fate of Per- lepe will be sealed and the road to Monastlr opened. While the military sttuation became durker from the standpoint of the en- tente allies, the diplomatic phase of thelr eastern venture Is somewhat more fav- {orable. Greece is glving some indjca- | tion that it is seeking a solution of the problem which would be presented if entente troops should take refuge on Greclan territory, It is clear that the entente powers are bringing considerable pressure to bear on Greepe, not the least of which ia Eng- land's detention in home ports of a fleet of Greek merchantmen. Greek shipping is making enormons profits out of the war and even a check of its activities would mean a great loss. Fighting for River Syr. l Along the eastern front Interest cen- ters on the attempted rocrossing of the Styr, where the Austrians and Germans clalm an important success. 'Petrograd reports merely admit Austro-German oo~ cupation of the village of Pidgacie about five miles from the river and a slight advance east of that place, It is asserte the advantage gained by the Teutonic torces In this region {s due to the arrival of reinforcements from other sections of {the eastern front and heavy artillery brought up by the rallroad. ¥rom the conflicting reports it may be seen that the east bank of the Styr 1s held by the Russians, while the battle for the cross- ings 18 still undecided. Reports from the western front in- dicate that the military activities there are limited to rather general artillery exchanges. Serbs Still Hold Bal Pass. Reuters' correspondunt at Athens 'says that, acocrding to information recelved there from Saloniki, the Serblans are | still holding Babuna Pass. The time at which the message from Saloniki to Athens was filed, however, is not given. 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