The evening world. Newspaper, November 24, 1915, Page 2

orem eee OES SEL NM mae it E i Be biti TWO TOWNS LOST BY THE SERBIAN ONKOSSINO PLA Bulgars Win at One End of the Line, Austrians at i the Other. PINAL BATTLE IS NEAR. Serbs Said to Have Assembled 80,000 Men for a Des- perate Stand. BERLIN (via London), Nov. %— ‘The Austrians have taken Mitrovitea and the Bulgarians Pristina, at oppo- site ends of the Serbs’ present main front, the Vienna War Office an- nounced this afternoon. LONDON, Nov. 24.—T) » two towns reported captured by the invadors of Serbia are twenty miles apart, Mitro- vitea at the northwest and Pristina at tho southeast end of the Korsovo Plateau—the famous Blackbirds Plain, On this plain, stretching from one town to the other, the Serbs are in- the way across Central Serbia, les, from Nish to their present the Serbs have ‘ought every the way. The invaders’ ad- ‘was slow in the face of this ite resistance and on account diMoulties of the country, but been steady. The final battle apparently at hand, PARIS, Nov. 24.—The Serbian army Gen. Bokovitch is now opposing @ thin screen to the Austro- advance, says a Salonica Gated Monday in the Temps The main forces have been trated on the Kosovo plain. Bokovitch will hurt 90,000 men the 120,000 Bulgarians guard- the defiles of Katohanik and i pie rel gs li i? ap Serblans may even attempt the effort of dashing into Uskup the Veles, there to join the French. There is reason to believe the Bulgarians not occupy Monastir until the ar- of the first detachment of i] troops. Montenegrin forces are con- to retreat before the Aus- as is shown by the following statement forwarded yester- Cotting. Banjak army continued yea- ‘te retire in good order upon Doalt i H | i 7 u, be lj z the Austrians are using i Jo Der See PEACE OFFER RUMORED . FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. LONDON, Nov. 24.—A despatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Berne “There is declared to be undoubted fowunéation for the report that Em- peror William will make an open of- fer of pence through President Wil- eon efter the Emperor's coming state tinople.’ AND REDNESS WITH POSLAM Peslam supplies Learns ih ne influences to which inflam ry Sekt ain cosy inslised to The comfort that comes with Jn tbe cessation of the “arta the treatment of, Keeping Lungs Strong This advice is doubly important with the know! thatevery three minutes some one in the United States succumbs to ption and many refuse to they are afflicted until too late, «It ie after colds or sickness, from confining duties or when weakness exists, that tubercu- germs thrive because the resistive powers of the body are weakened, with fresh air, sunshine and rich blood os oe hope to arrest their progress, and the concen- mulsion furnish ‘Tich blood, and its rare nourish- Ips strengthen the lungs while it up the forces. @ ) ‘you work indoors, tire easily, feel or run-down, Scott's Emulsion is Most strengthening food-medi- Solera eres |. Avoid Substitutes, & Bowne, Bloomfield, N, Jy Advt, under cons | naturalization pap DERBY CNPARES LORD ST. DADS TO ORDKARY SPY Chief of British Recruiting Denounces Recent Speech in House of Lords. —_—, LONDON, Nov. 24.—In severe do- Nunciation of freedom of speech, such as in the recent instance of the speech delivered by Lord St. Davids in the House of Leis, in which he attacked the Britt#h Headquarters Btaff, the | Earl of Derby, in charge of British recruiting, speaking before the Stock BExchango to-day, declared that the House of Lords needed a censorship, “The man who gives information to the enemy,” said Lord Derby, “goes by an ugly name, and it should be given just os much to a speech deliv- ered in the House of Lords as to a man who risks his life getting in- formation for the enem; After stating that “no gentleman” would have made and no gentleman ‘would believe Lord St. Davide's ac- cusations, and subjecting Lord Ribblesale’s recent utterances to a like denunciation, Lord Derby spoke of recruiting. He said he had not come to enlist recruits from the Stock Exchange, but to ask the loyal oo- operation of its members in the echerke he had undortaken, “At the present moment no man has a right to say he és indispen- sable in hie present employment,” continued Lord Derby. “Apart from the numbers we will get is the moral @ffect upon our allies and our enemies in showing them that the voluntary spirit in England is as strong as at the beginning of the war. Every man should go before @ local tribunal, which will determine whoth- er bo Is indispensable.” Lord Derby asked for patience, say- ing that those working under bis scheme were endeavoring to do in six weeks under the voluntary system what Germany had accomplished iption in forty years, ting in large numbers, come in very much larger numbers during the next three weeks if the position of the voluntary system was to be mado absolutely unanmallable. “We are going to win this war, whatever tho cost,” he added, “but It is no use making that assertion unless ry one does his duty at this c. Ista" Regarding Lord Ribblesdale's al- legation in his recent speech th: common knowledge that Lieut. , had reported in favor of abandonment of the Dardanolles| paign, aid: “Tam in the War Office and knew nothing about It. There must have been a second traitor to give him in- Eg joc pia and we ought to know who @ Is,” —.___ ECONOMIC DICTATOR URGED FOR GERMANY Article in Cologne Volks Zeitung Calls for Providing Adequate Food Supply, COLOGNE (via London), Nov, 4.— The Volks Zeitung in a sharp article urges the Reichstag, which meets next week, to call the Government to account for its failure to deal ade- quately with the problem of supply- ing foodstuffs, “To supply the German nation with provisions is at present the most im- portant military question and one which must be carried through before winter,” the Volks Zeitung saya, “This doubtless will be recognized by the supreme! army command, whose orders will find no opposition, We recommend the appointment of an economic dictator in military cloth- mae "Phe article closes with an attack on Herr von Stein, recently appointed Under Secretary of the Interior, on the ground that he has not dealt en grccaly enough with the food problem. FRENCH CLAIM GAINS IN ARGONNE BATTLE AY Paris Also Reports Repulse of an Attack in Vosges, Near Celles. PARIS, Nov, %4.—The War Office made the following announcement this afternoon, “Nothing of importance occurred last night outside of the usual can- nonading, except in the Argonne, where fighting with mines resulted to our advantage. ‘In the seotor of Bolanti our avi- ators blew up a small German posi- ion, “In the Vosges an effort to capture one of our poaltions on the plain to the northeast of Celles was repulsed complete! LONDON, and Herman Kra of Chicago, nat- uralised Americans of German birth, who were taken by the British au-/| thorities from the steamship Kris: tianiajford at Kirkwall recently, were released to-da the request of the American Embansy. e held in accordance with t! ractice of detaining natura! ITALIANS HOLDING GORIZIA APPROACH UNDER FIERCE FIRE Calvario Height Maintained— Line on Carso Front Advanced. LOSSES VERY HEAVY. | Vienna Claims 500,000 Italians Fell in Recent Battles. ROME, Nov. %.—Further advances for the Italian forces in their attack on Gorlzia are announced by the War Office in its latest statement. The crest of the Calvario Height, west of Gorizia, was reached and main- tained, it is declared, and the posi- tiona recently taken on the northweat of Oslavia, wore strengthened. ‘The text of the statement In as fol- lowa: “Lator news of the fighting on Nov. 20 and 21 for the conquest of the heights northwest of Oslavia brings out the importance and exceptional violence thereof. A brigade of Gren- adere vied with troops of the Fourth Division in the dash and bravery of their attacks and stubborn resistance in alternate success and failure against the violent and incessant so- sumption of the offensive by tho enemy. “On that part of the front yesterday we had no freah counter attack of| any importance by the enomy. The day passed in relative calm, and the troops were able to strengthen the positions they had conquered. “On the Calvario Height, west of Gorizia, our attack continued. The crest was reached, and wo maintained ourwelves on it under the furtous and concentrated fire of the enemy's ar- tillery. “On the Carsd front, after having repulsed feeble attacks by the enemy during the night, we resumed action with vigor in the morning. We took by asenult a strong entrenchment near the Church of San Martino del Carso. We took ninoty-three prison- era, seven of whom were officers, dur- ing yesterday's operations.” ‘The Italians have long held the Isonzo front to within « few miles of Gorizia, but the Podgora heights, of which the Calvario is the highest, blocked their further advance, since any one approaching this eectoP of the Gorizia bridgehead was at the mercy of the guns mounted on these commanding hills, With these heights now in their hands, the Italians must take three more heights to the north of Goerits—Monte Santo, Monte San Gabricle and Monte Danicle—but pos- re unahle to produ a. session of the Podgora hills will per. mit them to bombard these works with thelr heaviest cuns, Austrians D: 500,000 Me: VIENNA, Nov, 24.—The following official communication was issued last night: “Great fighting at the Goeritsz bridgehead and on the border of the Doberdo Plateau continues. Several attacks of sts hostile forces oo Podgora wero repulsed with heavy losses, We have held Pevma und Os- Javia against all attacks, “The bombardment of Goeritz from tho 18th to the 2ist again caused con- siderable loss of life and material damage. Twenty civilians were killed and thirty wounded, while forty-six buil ere festroved and 250 sev ind 600 slightly damaged, Yesterday the Ital gain threw several hundred heavy bombe into the town, In conclusion the statement 8 that after #lx months of war, Austria holds her defensive front on the Isonzo and that the enemy, though jailing to attain success, has lost more than a half million men in dead or wounded, ———————— BATTLE ON GALLIPOLI REPORTED BY THE TURKS British Aeroplane Said to Have Been| {i Shot Down—Its Pilot Captured. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov, 24 (via London).—Violent fighting near Sedd- ul-Bahr, at the tip of Gallipol! penin- sula, is reported in an official com- munication from the War Office, It tollows: “On Bunday we captured a British aeroplane, which we shot down, The pilot, who has the rank of Major, was wounded slightly and made a prisoner. On Monday at Sedd-ul-Bahbr there was violent artillery fighting on our right wing and severe engagements with bombs in the centre.” pilosa ~ sts RUSSIANS GAIN IN PERSIA. Germans Admit They Are Nearing Capital of Teheran, AMSTERDAM, Nov. 24.—Continued progress towa: ran by the Rus- sian troops operating in Persia ts ad- mitted to-day by, the Cologne Gazette, The German, Austrian and Turkish ministers are said to have left the Bhah's capital, evidently believing It must soon fall into the invaders’ ands, The American minister at Teheran taken charge of the German on, HE BVewtiiu weed, WEYUNBSBUDAY, PREPAREDNESS! ~ THEN REGAN I Six Officers and 700 Men Also Reported Captured on the Riga Front. BPRLIN, Nov. 24.—The following statement was given out to-day by the German Army Headquarters Staff: “Army Group of Field Marsha! von Uladenburg—Southeast of Riga an at. tack upon Bersemuende was made by Russians from Demorte. Six officers and 700 men fell into our hands and two machine guns were captured. An advance post in Janopol, north of Illoukst, was obliged to withdraw before a Russian attack. By means of @ counter-attack the village was recaptured, “Army Group of Prince Leopold of Bavarla—There was no change in the situation. “Army Group of General von Linsin- gen—Attacks made by Russian divi- sions northeast of Czartorysk and near Subisneze, north of the Kovel-Rovnu railway line, were repulsed. Fifty pris- oners were taken and three machine KILLS BROTHER AND SISTER. Roy of Eight Fi Younger Chi Shotwan at ren, HUNTINGDON, Pa, Nov. 24.—At Cal- remote hamlet, Howard, the ear-old son of John Prough, a last night shot and killed his brother, four years old, and his sister, five years, during the absence of the parents. The boy found @ shotgun tn the house and going to the kitchen where his little brother and sister were playing on the floor, pointed the gun at them and pulled the trigger. The shot penetrated the heads of the children and killed them instantly, ——— WINNERS AT BOWIE. FIRST RACK Selling: twoye half furl a linjortant, 100 (1. 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In ofder to carry out a specific na- val programme, no detail of which would be disclosed at the Navy Yard, to give a Thanks- giving ashore to 9,000 officers and men, ten of the most power! of the navy camo to New York this afternoon and went to tae accustomed anchorago in the Hudson River. Some of the ships were drawn even from They will be in port and incidentally Guantanamo. only three or four days. ‘The fleet, partiof the Atlantic Bat- tleship Squadron, is in command of Vice Admiral Henry T. Mayo on his flagship, Arkansas. the second and third divisions of the fleet are Rear Admiral D. W. Coff- man, on the Virginia, and Rear Ad- miral H. O, Dunn, on the Louisiana. When they reached thelr anchorages the vessels stretched in a gloomy gray line from Seventy-ninth Street to One Twenty-ninth That relatives and friends of those aboard tho ships may have means of communteating Uons of the mon-of-war and the tele- phones by which they may be reached At the foot of Seven- are the Arkansas,|Unconstitutionality of the 80-cent law Now York, Texas and South Carolina, whose telephone numbers command of were given out, Rhode Island and New Jersey, whose telephone numbers are 6343 and 6468 Riverside, and at One Hundred and| dividend? Aren't you declaring them Twenty-ninth Street are the Loulis- jana and Minnesota, whose telephone nbers aro 9135 and 9405 Morning. ——— 2,009,990 TURKEYS FLOOD, MARKET HERE Price Drops When 100,000 Barrels of Birds Arrive From lds; five and | The threatened shortage of turkeys for Thanksgiving Day went up in smoke this morning when Texas birds arrived at Washington Market, known to deal- ers as the wholesale only is there no shortage but accord- Ing to wholesale dealers it will be hard to dispose of all the turkeys now on hand. At the present time the price, which on Monday was 31 cents a pound, has fallen off to 24 cents and in all Ukell- hood will go lower to-night. Tt was the cool weather which made possible the shipment of 100,000 bar- | rels of Texas turkeys into the city. ‘There are an average of twenty birds | in each barrel, The best way to forget your own troubles 18 to think @ Uttle of those of NUVEMBER 24, 1915, GA COMPANY DESTROYED WORK OF APPRAISER \Called Back Record of Valua- tion by Own Experts From Attorney General’s Office. FIGURES DIDN’T SUIT. Consolidated Official Admits] in Bridges’s Suit 80-Cent Gas Pays Dividends. How the Consolidated Gas Company exercised a rigid censorship in figures after settling its franchise tax dis- pute with the city on the basis of 40 per cent. redyctions was told to-day at the hearing before Justice New- burger of the $30,000 sult brought by Henry W. Bridges agalist the Con- solidated Company for “legal fees.” Robert A. Carter, Vice President and Secretary of the Consolidated company, was compelled under cros: examiaation to tell about the destroy- ing of figures. date negotiations for the settlement of the franchise ax figures the Consolidated com- pany loudly complained that valua- tions put on its holdings were too high, It agreed to hire experts to ap- praise its property and to pay the expense of the appraisal. ‘The firm of Marwick, Mitchell & Co., expert accountants, was retained It sent fig: to the Attorney Gen- eral’s offices, The Gas company did not like these figures. 80, before pay- ing for them, it insisted that they should be sent back to the Consoll- dated Company, This was done, and, as far as tho Attorney General's Office knows, they were destroyed. ‘They are not matters of public record, at any rate. It was after much adroit question- | ing of Mr. Carter that Former Judge William N. Cohen, himself a tax ex- pert, who Is counsel for Bridges, brought oUt these ucts, Mr. Carter is the tex expert of the Consolidated Company. Under cross-examination to-day he began by saying he had been con- | nected with the Consolidated Gas Company since it was formed in 1884, and before that was an accountant for the New York Gas Company. Former Judge Cohen, in cross-ex- amining the witness, led off with this query: “Did your company not endeavor to show the 80-cent gas rate was confiscatory?” The witness replied that he “thought so," “Wasn't that your purpose?” de- manded Judge Cohen, insisting on a direct answer. “The company was attacking the rate,” said Vice President Carter. “The facts presented were unques- tionably intended to demonstrate the because it was confiscatory.” “Paying regular dividends since F re 4378 and|the 80-cent gas law was upheld, Ninety-elghth | are uf " said the witness, ‘What rate?” ix per cent. up to date,” “And declared an extra 1 per cont. right along?” “t think,” sald Mrs. Carter, “that it SPECIAL NOTICES. ASK FOR and GET HORLICK’S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK or you may get a cheap substitute and pay the SAME price, RELIGIOUS NOTICES. THE SALVATION ARMY MEMORIAL HALL, L WEST FOURTEENTH ST, ANNUAL” BOOZERS”” DAY Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 1915 Great Water- Wagon Parade, 2.90 P. 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This was accomplished through Mr. Bridges, although he Is suing for work done with the Brook- lyn Union cases and is wholly satisfied with the way ho was treated in the witness said there were claims against the city aggregating $7,500,000 for ght supplied, &c., and that these claims resulted in the making of | various propositions. bs “Was there a give-and-take protess on the part of the Consolidated Com- | pany?” was asked, . “Mostly ‘give’ on the part of the company,” snapped Mr. Carter. “And the company ‘enitched down’ Again,’ eh?” asked the lawyer for Bridges, using a slang phrase resorted to yesterday by Herbert C. Smyth, counsel for the Brooktyn Cnion Com- pany. “It paid the tax agreed tpon.” was the foy response of Mr, Carter. | Judge Cohen then led around to | appraisals of the Consolidated hold- | ings and inquired for a ietter which | George B. Cortelyou, President of the | company, was omlered to produce in court to-day, The letter was writ- ten to the Attorney General's office by | the Consolidated Company and stated, | In effect, that unless the appraisal | figures were returned to the Company it would refuse to pay for the ap- praisal, as it had ngreed to do, Mr. Carter sald the Company had “been unable to find the letter.” sa i STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DA Dewutitut colorin, Priced at . of Imitation Fruit and Pastry Po Pprenges., bo- Friced at tise eucht ti Feeits Bt Gand stig wdaie Honal cov.” “RBE adel GRACE FRE Pra Planar Cherries Aorient Ki SoM Ay ea FOR THANKSGIVING ip CHOCOLATE AND YANILLA MINCE FT has a centre b Chow varietics of to perfection. ‘Committees Gladly Walted On, Even for... .s.0055- eeeenes 54 BARCLAY STREET oben tosnighe watt! 9 p.m. 20 © 11 'vo ati th Pio HROOME Sritke A fo" fila 2 i) 4 Oy Y [280 Beecher at... Brooklyn. EEE hemos, “i bene A Align te, working oasenetDer, 4 Bread7o. 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