The evening world. Newspaper, November 21, 1914, Page 1

INA NIGHT » ny AMIIES OF THE CZAR | FIGHTING KAISER ON . THREE BATTLEFIELDS ——_++. F trograd War Office Says Von Hin-|' denburg’s Progress Toward War-| saw Has Been Checked and Claims! Victory in East Prussia. ERRIBLE LOSSES ON THE FROZEN GROUND IN POLAND PETROGRAD, Nov. 21 [United Press].—Of the three areas in the eastern theatge of war that in Poland the Vistula and the Warthe Rivers is now being ed by some of the most desperate fighting of the war. . The Russian War Office claims that the German offensive this section has been partially checked. Losses on both have been tremendous. Stories of the fighting along banks of the River Bzura, upon which the Russians red, tell of a trap into which the German cavalry rode. The Russians in withdrawing along the river mined the The Germans pressed forward, seeking a crossing. When a big detachment had reached the river the mines were exploded. The destruction was terrible. Men and horses were blown to atoms. Wounded riders and their mangled mounts were thrown into the river. The horses of survivors bolted leaped into the water. The bed of the river had been J filled with barbed wire, and men and mounts became en- tangled in a hopeless, struggling mass. : The survivors of the explosions along the bank who were drowned were kicked or crushed to death by the struggling es. The Russians also opened fire on the tangle of men nd horses, and but few escaped. On every hand the excellent German organization is evident. The have been poured into Poland by the network of German railways ong the frontier, The army is fully equipped for winter campaigning The sappers are kept constantly suppled with quantities of petrol so it tynches may be dug, despite the frozen ground. The flaming petro) the line on which the Germans are to entrench thaws out the ground the sappers go to work. : PETROGRAD, Nov. 21.—(Assoctated Press.)—-The Army Messenger, Official organ of tho General Staff of the Russian army, summing up Operations in the eastern arena of hosttliftes, publishes the foi- fi “The effort of the Germans to march on Warsaw by penetrating on: it- between Kielce and Radom resulted in total failure, and our troops d the encmy to retire along all thls front. The German army lost NEW 94 8:404 06-0 * UNER CAMERON PASSENGERS HURT Ic All-Week Storm on Atlant Makes Playthings of Big Vessels Arriving Here. MORE WAR’ REFUGEES. Belgian Condemned to Death in Louvain Tells of His Escape. SOPESRS SER DEEDES RE DED SERED OE DET DRESS A great storm that prevailed on the North Atlantic all of last week left ita marks on ships arriving in port from Europe to-day. A conspicuous cripple was the Anchor liner, Cameronia, from Glasgow, which not only bore scars of the conflict with wind and wave, but landed passengers suffering from in- juries sustained during the storm. Because of the mines to the north of Ireland, the Cameronia came down through the Irish Sea from Glasgow and into the Atlantic by way of St. George's Channel. The weather was rough from the start and at 4 d'clock lant Monday afternoon the Cameronia ran into a hurricane. Waves. mounting over the boWs broke the windows in the bridge and twisted stanchions on the forward decks. Members of the crew in going about the ship above decks worked with lines jtened to their bodies to! © avold being washed overboard. KSEGORE Gerteanssae POTD ASSES IREAHD SOSSE F246 FF DEEEG19..0: 6 OBEY ODDO OEO4 9 OOS OUOOOEDOGESHOEHY VEG D 4 SPSSTES HOSED SO 9SS6 5049 FO) O8G a b 4 CIO. ft ~ ‘The storm lated with undiminished violence for two days. During that time twenty passengers and stewards were rOfe or less painfully injured | by being thrown about and colliding with furniture or bulkheads. A wom- | an passenger wasrthrown clear acroas j the saloon ‘and sustained a sprained hip. Three Belgian refugees, Clement, LST OF SLAYERS OF BOSSCHETER RL SET FRE Walter McAllister, Sentenced to 30 Years, Has Served Nearly 14, August and Ludwig Van Leeuw, broth were aypong the Cameronia's passengers. fey are on their way to relatives at Green Hay, Wis. | LOUVAIN SURVIVOR TELLS OF HIS ESCAPE. The Van Leeuw brothers lived in Louvain, As the Germans approached they drew straws to determine which jsbould remain behind to watch their j home. Clement drew the short straw and remained in Louvain, while | August and Ludwig fled. “I can’t deny there was conslder- jable sniping,” said Clement Van Leeuw to-day. “Many German sol- \ dlers wero picked off by riflemen con- Walter A. McAllater, one of the slayere of Jennie Bosschieter, the Paterson, N. J., silk mill worker, was standing in the corridor of Trenton Prison yesterday afternoon talking CRUISERS CAPTAN SASTURKISSHOT WAS NOT HOSTILE Officially Reports That Ten- | nessee’s Launch Tried to En- , ter a Closed Harbor. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Capt. {Benton C. Decker of the cruiser | Tennessee has reported that the fir- jing on the ship's launch by Turkish forts at Smyrna, Asia Minor, was not -\JUMPED FIVE “YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, JARVARD GETS 3 TOUCHDOWNS | IN THE FIRST HALF AGAINST YAL HarvardCaptainand Yale’s | BIG WAVES BATTER Hero in Gridiron Battle; mous numbers in dead, wounded and prisouers, as well as provision titlery and war material, v. 18 important Anstro-German forces, supporting themseltcs his sister, Mias Eleanor McAllister, who has been a frequent viaitor to! him since he began his senten: thirty years. Intended as a hostile act. ie| After @ conference with Preaident ‘| Wilson, Secretary Tumulty to-day cealed in houses. In reprisal, the Germans began to destroy property. “On the third day of their occupa- the fortified country between Czenstochowa and Cracow, undertook an tion they searched our house and getic offensive movement against our troops. Repulsed on all this front with heavy losses, the encmy endeavored a fresh offenaive move- ‘ment, but again ovr forces, by a counter-attack, drove them back with as heavy as those which attended the first repulse. We took a large ber of prisoners.” found me in hiding In the cellar, Al- though they found no arms in the house there had been sniping close by and I was tried and condemned to death in,short order. They tied me to a tree while they burned our house and then took me to the Commander of@he occupation forces, who offered to turn me loose if I would tell him the names of the ringleaders in the aripina. “I told him I didn't know any aosponsible persons, Probably they were tired of shooting Belgians, for the commander told me that if [ would go about the city assuring the people the Germans came as friends und would respect good behavior, he would parole me. As soon as pos- sible I violated my parole, stole a horse and rode to Ghent, whence I made my way to Ostend, where I joined my brothers.” Aa lll SAILING TO-DAY. % te ti declared here that Russian infantry is not as effective: in the | Transylvania, Li Not Yet Decisive, Says the Berlin War Office BERIAN (via The Hague), Nov, 21 (United Press).—"No decision has been reached in the fighting in Poland,” the War Office announced to- The main line of the German offensive against Russia is that under @irection of Gen, von Hindenburg, pressing forward toward Warsaw ween the Warthe and Vistula, The advance continues, it Is declared, an efigagenient of a tremendous scale is now in progress. Ip order to ensure a complete clearance of German territory of Rus: 9 for the winter a line of communication has been established which, jee! , Will enable the Germans to hold whatever Russian territory May gain even to Warsaw should Gen. von Hindenburg take that} t Aghting as during the former campaign. The rough, frozen ground | Renae aren { (Contanved on Secoys Page) I “Ve Sh While they were talking Head Keeper Madden approached McAl- ster and waid: “You have been paroled.” McAllister hardly seemed to realize what was said tu him. When he did he burst into tears. Then he em- braced hia sister. Madden told Mc- Allister that he could leave the prison as soon an he chose, and he lost no time. He and his sister took an ex- press train to Jersey City and went from there to Paterson. Jennie Boaschicter, who waa em- ployed in @ ailk mill tn Paterson, owned by McAllister’ her, and managed by the son, was slain in the winter of 1900 after she had heen! taken out for a ride by McAllister, Andrew Campbell, William Death and George Kerr, Campbell, Death and McAllister were sentenced to erve thirty years each and Kerr, who turned State's evidence, was sentenced to fifteen ‘ears, Campbell was paroled by the Board of Pardons in the summer of 1918. On June 24 last Death was re- leased on parole and now McAllister has got liberty. Kerr, who served his full term, leas time off for good be- havior, Was the firat to leave prison, PRE Lata og gave out the following statement: “The public already knows what happened, namely: A boat from the Tennessee tried to enter the harbor—a harbor which the Turkish Government had declared cloned. A shot was fired acrosp her bow to atop her, The captain of the Tennessee reports that it was not intended as an hostile act, sal “A full investigation of the mat- ter is being made and explana- tions have been asked of the Turkish Government Previous attempts to communicate with Ambassador Morgenthau in Con- | stantinople have led to deiays of as much as a week.” After the announcement from the White House that the firing was now hontile, Secretary Daniels sald a por- tion of Capt, Decker’s firat report had not been made public when received because it was considered contradic. tory, He declared that Capt. Decker's despatch contained the words “act inot hostile, but unfriendly.” The Navy Department omitted tho | contradictory phrase in « fy it, and to-day came w message Was correct nent. Ambassador Mo oul invemigatiog the aff | jed home, No. 1914. CASHIER CONFESSES THEFT: LEAPS OUT WINOOM TO DEATH W. F. Bostelmann’s Acts Part- ly Blamed for $1,000,000 Probst Failure. STORIES. . Not Help It,” Reads Note to Wife. W. F. Bostelmann, for more than fifteen yearn manager and confiden- tial agent of the commission firm of Frederick Probst & Co., one of the oldest in the city, leaped to hia death from a window of the firm's offices on the fifth floor @f the Beaver Building, No, 62: Beaver Street, early to-day. On Nov, 11 Frederick Probst & Co. fhade ‘an ‘aslgnment to creditors under Habilities approximating $1,000,- 000. A few hours after the death to- day of the trusted manager, Richard E, Dwight, of 96 Broadway, coun- ael for the firm, asserted that not only had Bostelmann confessed to falsify- ing the books of the concern, but that the ambarrassment of the firm wan believed to have been partly due to the irregularities of the man who took his life to-day. Joseph M. Proskauer, assignee of the firm, sald this afternoon: “We cannot tell at this moment what this man jortage is, but from preliminary investigation it is be- dieved that the shortage is substan- tial, The peculationy extended back for many months.” From other sources it was learned that the shortage will be more than 10 PAGES “Kiss Children for Me; 1 Could | INA NIGHT eee ‘PRICE ONE CENT. ¢ S ny » BEFORE FERCE ATTACK OF HARVARD Coolidge Runs Field’s Length for Crimson’s Third Score— 70,000 at Game. SCORE BY QUARTERS, istQtr. 2@Qtr. 3WQte. 6 16 0 fo) By Robert Edgren. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) oy NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 21.—The mecting between Yale aad Har vard to-day was the most spectacular sporting event ever seen in and was the introduction of the Yale Bowl to the American pubic, that was almost as much of an event as the game itself. There have deen: other college stadiums, other huge stands and toclosures biult for Reve racing, athletic sports, baseball—but never since old Roman days such. tremendous structure devoted to « single sport, The Yale Bow! is for foate ball—nothing else. It cannot be used for baxebal, and track sports kav 4th Qtr. HARVARD...... YALE .. All around tho great bow! Ite level © folds. At 1 o'clock to-day thousands | of automobiles were being if there and from all sides came strag= xllng companies of auto people, Fromm the car lines and the main streets the town marched endless HOW RIVAL ELEVENS LINE UP IN YALE BOWL. Yale, Brano. ‘Talbott Conroy .. .Weaton Wallace $100,000 and probably $250,000. Representing Adolph Vietor, since 1897 sole owner of the commission firm, which was continued under the old name of Frederick Probst & Co., Dwight ‘asued this formal statement: “Mr, Bostelmann had been the con- fidential representative of Frederick Probst & Co, for over fifteen years, holding their power of attorney. The firm made @ general assignment for the benefit of creditors laut week to Joseph M. Proskauer, No, 170 Broad- way. “A public accountant was imme- lately placed on the books by the aaignee, and he, in the course of his investigation, discovered certain ir- regularities in the books for which he asked an explanation of Mr. Bostel- mann, r. Hostelmann avoided an ex- planation and later communicated with my client, who had been con- fined to his bed with ilineas for the past webk, admitting trregularities for which he was responsible. “Jt im believed that the embarrass- ment of Frederick Probst & Co, is partially due to these {rregularities, and a thorough investigation is be- ing made by the accountants for the ansignee.” “KISS THE CHILDREN FOR ME,” SAYS NOTE. Rostelmann carried the weight of his business Irregularities with him to his death without once revealing by word or manner to hi» wife and friends that the stigma of theft was upon him: It was learnad at bf riéhly appoint- Addison avenue, in the exclusive section of Rutherford, N. J, that he took the train for the city to-day in the best of spirits His wife, who did not learn the news of the tragedy until it was broken to her by her brother-in-law many hours later, had no inkling of the circumstances that had driven het | husband to bis deat Bostelmann left this pathetic note to (Continued on Second Page.) Pennock of football .Prumbull ea thunlagta, crested with fluttering flags, gai the crimson and blue cloaks an@ and ribbons of the fairer sex. On coming within sight of the bow! the fret feeling is one of @im © “appointment, It doesn't look 96 Big. after gil. % From the outside one seen a long green turfed emban! 3 fronted and held in place by Bute tressed walls of concrete, It looks fe ¥ renervoir or a modern fort.® u The only imprensive thing about {tis the long reach of the banked wal, Fy Stillman Wilson. Alnaworth Knowles Legore... Referee—N. A. Tufts, Brown. Umpire—D. L, Fults, Brown, Field Judge—C, A. Williame, Pennsyl- vania, Head Linesman WwW. Murphy, — Brown. Tim fifteen-minute periods. MELLEN AND BILLARD WANT SUIT DROPPED Hemingway and Linsley Also Join in Plea Against Action to Re- cover New Haven’s Millions, vee RR F. utretching away tn the distance to diswppear as the oval ourve ries it out of sight. FIRST LOOK AT HUGE BOWL J. | ALMOST A SHOCK. Ki You climb one of the numberless aug stairways and reach the crest And of then, all of a sudden, the bowl te be fore you. It is a surprise—almost @ shock, Outside only ‘a low embaak- NEW HAVEN, Nov President Charles 8, Mellen of the 21.—Former ‘g ; New Haven Railroad; John A, Bil- lard, a former director, and ex-DI- rectors Hemingway and Linsley to- od that the New Haven's suit at them be dismissed, The road began @uit to recover millions of dollars which it is alleged this quar- tet “xqueezed” from the New Haven defendants claim there Is no against them and ask, ax an al- ternative, that it be shown how they owe the road money and in whar manner they formed the alleged se- ret trust Ee SIX-DAY RACE SCORE AT THE 135TH HOUR. Goullet and Grenda 2639 Moran and McNamara... 2639 Fogler and Hill.,... 2639 Eqq and Verri . 2639 Cameron and Kaiser... 2639 \Lawson and Drobach.... 2639 2 Root and Clark 2639 1 ‘Lawrence and Magin ... 2639 Mitten and Anderson 1] |Piercey and Hansen . 2634 Verri leading. Former record 2, made by Goullet and Miles, Laps.|fi!! with amazing rapidity. ‘The yels 2) low oval band of seats changed colon | 2) became a dull gray-black, with coumt- 2) less small spots of brue and crimaen 2) moving ment—inside 4 great seat covered slope, slanting to a green, level, Geld | | in the distance, You are exactly Uke | [il 4 small ant standing on the edge of @ huge oval platter and looking down Into it, Only, of course, there is nothing so prosaic as a platter about this latest temple devoted to the God of Sport, At Princeton there are bare eom- crete hanks to sit on. Here the end- los terraces are covered with yellow pine wats. Varnished and gtisten- ing yellow in the sun, a great eval . of yellow gold in whieh the green an emerakl setting, ea | o'clock the Bowl begaa ta O90 ill at a great distance, lthe bow! : the people in the JJook Hike ants tn that ay {of humanity aro bidden at notive GovernorsRaldwin of Cosnges ticul, Walsh of Méseronusette, ‘Te of b yivanigeand @ score or &@- Of | camous. aaa.” SRC eAaae heoriag section site