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New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Allies Subjects in
Jerusalem Imprisoned
lBy Cable TO The rrtonsI

Rome, Nov. 26.-Reports from
Jerusalem state that all British.
French and Russians in the city
have been imprisoned and are being
harshly treated. Turkish soldiers
have taken the opportunity TO loot
their houses.
The Italian Consul in Jerusalem
has asked the Italian Foreign Of
fee to send warships TO Jaffa, as
it is feared that anti-Christian riots
and massacres may follow.
Turkish authorities showed re.
luctancc 10 repress agitation, but
the consuls Of the neutral countries
insisted that two soldiers who
looted . Greek church and muir
dered priest should be subjected
to exemplary punishment. The sol.
diers were accordingly hanged.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
SINKS
BRITISH WARSHIP
Continued from page 1

tell lie was sitting ON grating
when The explosion took place and
was thrown high in the air, turning
he SAYS somcrsault af-cr somtI s"V''
and striking iD the water cloSe TO '''
boat. When Che boatmcn asked ID me-
was hurt hc replied that Pie was h"l
and that he could swim UaNl 'N'E
came back for him.
the explosion Nas white. ana Una.
therefore II came from cordite and not
from gun cotton. which is used IN tor
uedoes. A naval signal man sald;
IL was Just coming of watch on my
shin when ] heard am explosion III
shook a. from stem 20 stern. mere
was only one explosion. The bulWarA
magazine undoubtedly blew mp IN ihe
fore end Of the ship
The district I'm the neighborhood OF
the explosion presents scene Almost
TOO terrible 20 describe. IL rs SIre"h
with an enormous amount of wrecNage'
and some sections of the ship were
hurled across the Thames 20 the Essex
coast. 49,
officers Of the port scout the public
IMPRESSION that the vessel was the
victim Of q German submarine. rms
seems 20 be supported by the absence
of am upheaval in the water, as the
rirst Lord of the Admiralty explained.
ship Useful Despite Age.
Although afteen years old and no
longer on the first fighting line, the
Bulwark srll was q useful unit Sht
was laid down in 1899 and completed
I'm 1902 She was 4ll feet long. 30 feet
Of ffnT
armament consisted Of four l2-lnch,
Twelve 6-irch guns. sixteen 12-pound
crs. six 2-pOundcrs and four SUP
merged torpedo tubes.
She had a complement Of l5O men.
She cost S5.O00.0O0. and was once Ad-
miral Beresford's flagship.
Lord Charles Deresford. who is very
distressed at the news Of the loss oil
.he Bulwark, which was al onetlme
bis flagship, said last night:
PEOPLES thoughts VIII naturally
turn to German spies as the .eXplana-
tion OF the disaster. but on TINS point
prefer to say nothing. feeling sure
that my brother officers Will clear the
matter IN. lt is certain that maya
zine must have exploded. but how TINS
came about / am al loss 10 imagine.
Good cordite does not explode except
with q detonator. and inferior cordlte
is excluded from the naval magazines
Oy frequent tests.
You may remember that some t'I
years ago in the Revenge toefe was
actually o fire iu the magazine ana
that tre sailors shut tae".e yes aL
and nut it out and the magazine aio
not explode. The magazine was ln the
very same position ID the Bu.wark
er.N !. I.r ar rnIIDNn device
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
AVIATORS BOMB, ITS FUSE LIGHTED,
STICKS, BUT is CUT FREE WITH AXE
LBy Cable 10 Thc Tribunc

Now respondent OF inc Stanoo "'"
from atoun in Northe France,
commander o
;cilc bombs Junction
after cvndng The enemy
b tb yblc droppcd bombs In rapid succession u
the for after had going tailed 10 o' 'o "
bic In danger of being D"Nn !"
tbc boldly the framework WI" II" e "
hand and now of the searchig"S ana p
~ hd away the tube and only Just in time me oho
e,poded 900 feet dgb tossed IN all o"eo' wv"
vo away safely. Its purpose fully accomplished
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Entire Division of German
Army Is Reported Captured

Paris, Nov. 26.-All the newspapers
OF Petrograd, says a dispatch from
that city % the Havas Agency, affirm
that the Germans suffered a terrible
catastrophe in attempting an offensive
movement with nve army corps against
,he Russians between the Vistula and
Wartha rivers.
, The German turning movement
against the left wing of the Russians
in the region of Wielum, 70 the north
Of Czerstochowa. also is said to have
met with disaster. Eleven German
army corps are reported TO have suf-
fered enormously, one entire division
being captured.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27

90 Nancy interrogating spies who xers
brought 20 the French headquarters
Later be went into action and ~,
painfully wounded az Armentieres.
Among the other wounded reseryis.,
was CASTOR Coury Of M0ntc'air. Nj
shot IN the ankle while fghting a
scissors.
The Chicago brought over seven y,,.
erinary surgeon who win examine
prospective mounts for the French cav.
airy and artillery that are % be pur.
chased In this country.
Miss Nell =. C00ver Of Chicago. ar
etcher Of children, who had a studio
in Paris. declared that France had
plenty Of money and that money sent
20 France for relief was not needed.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
EYE WITNESSES TELL
HOW BATTLESHIP SANK
Terrific Flash Shoots Up Into Sky-l<escue Boats
Steam Up but Few Men Come
to the Surface Alive.

dered FOR moment whether there
really had been a ship there or not
Il must have been all over IN one
minute
The explosion was heard far and
wide. ln Sittingbourne many people
not only heard the explosion but SAW
q great sheet of flame, Just like "a
wonderful sunset If one could have 4
sunset at that time In that direction,
said one man.
In peace time the complement OF the
Bulwark was rated at $50 officers and
men, but in war the personnel Of the
British ships has proved TO be higher
rather than below the figure usually
given in the reference books.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
FRENCH PROMPTLY
TAKE WAR BONDS

Paris, Nov. 26. Subscriptions to the
short-term per cent national defence
bonds amounted to-day 20 10000, 900
fr; ncs $4,000, ,000) for France alone
In addition, 100000 900 francs of Treas
ury bonds already are in circulation.
Alexandra Ribot, Minister OF + nance,
81 mitted 70 the Cabinet decree rails
ing TO 100000 francs the amount
issuable of war defence Londs 1t is
proposed to issue bonds in small de-
nominations as low as 100 francs. Sub
scriptions to these bonds will be taken
all tobacco ships, postotiices and
savings banks.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Berlin Announces Capture
of 10000 Russian Soldiers

Berlin lby wireless 90 London)
Nov 26. II is officially announced
in Vienna that the fighting in Rus
sian Poland continues. Twenty-nine
thousand prisoners have been taken in
this battle as we'll as forty-nine
machine guns and q quantity Of war
material
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Pathescope Editors Daily Letter
to the Boys and Girls.
STIFFENING OF COMPETITION
Last week Of Pathescope
contest is developing un-
expectedly heavy voting
from every quarter.
DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS:
Friday, November p, 1914.

DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS:
Tomorrow at o P NJ the Pahescope Contest will come to
close The two months OF gathering
schools have participated will end Twenty
scopes and bring motion pictures into their Ssrooms
And how the is tightening this last week Every school
is going the OF its speed surprising them
selves in the unexpected power which they developing
The standing published below though includes only
the up Wednesday o'clock shows YOU what
exceptionally heavy voting in progress this week Three
Brooklyn schools, Numbers 92 81 are setting
mendous pace each has thus far gained So 600
last Sundays standing Number Brooklyn and Num-
ber IS Manhattan, playing strategic waiting game il
whispered Number 81, Manhattan, gaining has
ninth inning finish The sudden Lease of life shown by
Number t5S, Manhattan, surprise and is bringing this
school right to the fore.
But the big developments will to-day and tomorrow
One cannot Just what the Shrewd campaign managers have m
hut there bound he outpoung uueluId
through previous period OF the The Thanksgiving
holiday coming in this time has made things rather difficult
but many schools overcoming the obstacle very nicely.
The standing will again Re published tomorrow Do The
Tribune.
Yours heartily
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27

the present operations in Poland as a
great Russian victory, according 10 the
Petrograd correspondent OF ne
Times" since 10 involves no longer
merely the development of the Ger
mans. but a tremendous catastrophe 20
the entire half of the German army
which recently advanced so lmpetuouS-
ly In the Plock and Lodz region. Ihus
the right half Of the Piock group, that
is. the German corps operating ABOUT
LODI. Us envelopcd on three sides the
right. left and rear. Evidently there
has occurred the ease, rare DO modern
warfare, OF q complete tactical sur
rounding OF half au army, which, IN IT'S
advance before LOCZ, penetrated 20 the
line 60. Gu. NLrsaw-N Vienna railway.
"Thc German force, which has been
crushed and dispersed from the region
OF LODI" sayf the PctrOgrad CORE
spondeul of "Ghc Daily News ls
Genera! Nactcuzcns army. \ portion
of this army is now Fastening back due
north ia the hope Of being able TO cross
the Nistuia u tae region OF floch.
general ,oL U.udenberg has ordered
th. army o. General Francois. which
was engaged for some weeks in the
Soidau-E -EcILcnourg country, 20 redoHo'e
its efforts 10 break thfOugh lhe nus
siam army westward OF M.awa. More
reinforce have been sent hlm
from Thorn. but the Russians still keep
their grip on the railway inside the
East Prussian frontier.
Surrender Expected.
The Petrograd correspondent of "Ihe
Morning Post" sends the following re-
Qarding operations in Russian Poland:
THE German corps which broke
through the Russian centre az Brzeziny
are still trying O. get away from the
region Of Strykow, where they have
been held by the Russians for tLrec
days, but apparently they still refuse
20 Law down their arms. Conditions
are such. however. that il is only a
matter OF time when they must sur
render or be aunihIlated.
"Thc magnificent marching power OF
the Russian troops is a feature not
properly reckoned with by the Ger
mans. Some foot regiments have been
i'm the lighting line. always on the
alert. for fifty days conaecutively, and
have taken jon that time ten strongly
fortified positions and have covered
over difficult roads more than COO
miles"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Half of Wounded German
Army in Peril, Expert Says.

London, Nov. 26.-Colonel Shumsky,
military critic Of the "Bourse Gazette" ;"
of Petrograd, interprets the outcome Of
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Germans Walk Into Trap.

The German plan failed as a result
Of the battle on November -, when
the German force from Wielun was
repulsed. Thereafter the Russian
wings advanced and closed the gap
through which the German centre had
passed,
I'm the meantime Russian reserves
had come up and they surrounded the
Germans, thousands Of whom surren-
dcred. Others fought their way north
In an effort 10 join the German left
I'm the vicinity Of Lowicz. % town for
ty-four miles southwest Of Warsaw.
Il is possible that military circles
are expecting shortly 70 announce a
victory, not merely over the Germans
on the Warthe front. o. which
the public is already convinced, but
also on the Czenstochowa Cracow
front, where an official bulletin says:
The balance is declared 70 be decided
ly IN our favor
The Russians arc now pouring
through the easy passes of the Car
pathian range at Dukla, q well troddcn
highway OF conquest known to Russian
forces for at least a half century. The
wide, convenient pass by Dukla has no
fewer than five highroads converging,
and its capture is tantamount TO a full
command OF the plains. Hungary up 20
Budapest, $50 miles away on the road
10 Vienna.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
KAISER'S ARMY
SEEKS WAY OUT
Continued from page

and Piotrkow and interrupt communi-
cation between the northern and south
crn Russian armies, but that Grand
Duke Nicholas with an enormous mum
her Of men az his command was able
10 sandwich them and direct his at
tacLs from an points except due west.
Crown Prince Fails.
The reported failure Of the German
Crown Princes army 60 advance on
.be Cracow- -Czenstocwa front is con
sidered by these military critics as CON
tributirg 10 the checking OF the Ger
maas.
Semi-oGicial adyices received from
Poland show that the German defeat
at LODI. eliminating in the capture Of
a German army corps, Was the result
OF Russian mauTuvre by which the
Germans were led into an inextricable
trap.
The Russians left wing. resting on
the river Warthe. and their right wing,
cn the Vstula, both lying along the
Warsaw Kalisz Railroad, moved for
ward i'm unison iu the last two days
simultaneously the Russian centre
gave ground and the Germans fol-
lowed. apparently relying upon a Ger
man column rom Wielun TO repuise
the Russian left wing and 70 form a
juncture with the main German
forces
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lar photo play actors and actresses who
are to preside over the respective
booths of their companies. More han
1876 spaces have been Id to exhibitors.
Most of these will be occupied by the
firms who are supplying the country's
20, 900 motion picture houses with films.
Every studio throughout the country
has been abandoned, temporarily, to
permit players and executives to be
present during the exposition.
The first and most important fea-
ture will be enacted in a specially con-
structed studio In the exposition floor
wherein the Cooper Hewitt Company
has installed a $4,000 lighting plant
Here will be rehearsed and enacted be.
fore movie camera a complete one
act playlet In which a number OF the
most prominent photo players will APP
pear. The film will be developed In the
studio and shown on the s.r cay in ali
of the free theatres on the mezzanine
floor. Each company will produce a,
least one play in this studio during the
week.
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pectations. New York will have
the pleasure OF hearing the latest
works of Bernstein, Brieux, Ba-
tallle. Donnay. Fabre. Edmand See. Por-
toriche, Pierre Wolf. Deflers and Call
lavet acted by company OF Partisan
players. who will be here in the fall.
Nine. Yorska Will still head the com
pany and be the artistic director.
Jose Ruben has been reengaged. Among
the newcomers are Claude Benedict of
the Vaudeville. Rose Meurvil of the
Theatre Michel, Champdoe OF the Gym
nase and an lngenue, Mile. Guerande,
who was to create the principal part in
Pierre VOLTS new play this winter.
I'VE will 81 re two new plays, one by
Paul Strozzy. Two or three prominent
lecturers. among them Rene Blum OF
the on Bias, and Paul Strozzy, will re
here to explain the classical and mod
ern chef d'puvres to be given on stu
dent days"
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Mr.. THORNTON'S SILVER WATCH.

Bernard Thornton, who came to Will
IAN Elliott's Kitty MacKay" company
on Monday last. says ne has received
from Paris during the week a
SILVER watch which was a lifetime COM
panion OF the late Barney Barnato. This
umep'ece is perhaps the souvenir OF an
adventure as interesting as any ever
undertaken by theatrical man.
few years ago the old Grand Opera
House IN this city was under the man
agement OF John II. Springer and
Thornton was in charge OF the box
office. Business was so bad that the
treasurer and his manager decided
that their ways must part
out," said Springer, "Ill tell you
shat I'll do, I'll give you a small
chance to make what viii seem a lot Of
money in our present circumstances.
Years ago" continued the manager,
a man named Frank l.. Gardner was
associated with me. Neither OF us made
much money, but the certain fact was
hat Gardner lost more than l made.
re quit mo finally, owing me for paper,
Advertising and other small accounts
$4,000. l haven't even AN I o L for
tho amount Gardner disappeared, but
ne has since become associated with
Barney Barnato, and I understand he
fNes IKE king In Paris. Have you
ever been across the Atlantic?"
Thornton answered that he hadn't
Asked II he had money enough to get
over, he informed Springer that his
savings would perhaps represent third
class passage money.
Good" exclaimed Springer. go to
Paris at once. III give you note OF
Introduction to Gardner, and you can
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BRANDEs TO LECTURE.

DIR. Georg Brandes. the famous
critic. will speak but once in this coun-
try in English, and this lecture will
take place tonight at the Comedy
Theatre. The opportunity to hear this
great critic and writer should he neg
lected by none who desires to be in touch
with modern thought and feeling. DIR.
Brandes Is a native of Denmark. but
is n celebrity of worldwide reputation.
His subject tonight will be shake
spearc." None Of his writings has done
more to advance the reputation OF DIT.
Brandes among English speaking people
than his essays on the great dramatist.
The lecture tonight will be the only
one the author will give In this country.
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II, HE Conservatism Of the Salon d

IT. HE conservatism of the Salon des
Artsstes Francois. or the old
Salon, which is considered the
bulwark of the official schools Of
France. has just disappointed its enc
mics by exhibiting the work OF htteen-
year-oid girl who possesses sufficient
talent to win her way into this exhibit
ton of Frances most famous artists
Here Is also shown the sculpture which
won her place among her elders. Mile.
kuguette Nitoz sent to the Salon a
plaster cast of a little girl putting her
doll to sleep, and its acceptance re-
leved the Academy of many charges
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Interest to the Theatregoer

various French theatres and after I
had seen the best in Paris and had met
the best people in the salons TO which
he had access he sent me to London.
met the actors there and received a
small part in a piece which was going
to open in New York. Finally Gardner
wired me $3.50 to London for my pas
sage money across the Atlantic. Not
content with that he also secured a
suite for me on a Cunard liner.
II returned Gardner his cash outlay
two years later, when / went back to
Paris, but was not able to see him, as
he had gone somewhere out OF France.
The watch. sent without any but the
briefest note, is my only communica-
ton in years.
springer? He's running motion
picture agency in Newark, n. j."
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THE MOVING PICTURE SHOW.

When President Wilson presses a
button in the Executive Mansion at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon he will
open the Second International Motion
Picture Exposition in Grand Central
Palace for a week of what promises to
divulge the progress made by the NOV
ing picture and photo play producers
during the past year. AS soon as the
Presidents signal is received the ex-
position will be formally opened with
the singing OF the national anthem.
The opening ceremonies will conclude
with an address in which the purpose
and features OF the exposition will be
dvulged for the benefit OF the exhib-
itors. manufacturers and others allied
with the motion picture trade.
To the general public however. the
entertaining features OF the exposition
will, no doubt. be centred In the popu-
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have one-fourth OF all that you can
collect. II you get nothing you can
swim back or stay there!"
Thornton had no FAMILY obligations.
so three days later he sailed on q
French liner.
II went to Paris" says Thornton.
land lived in a small pension, while I
found that Gardner Was almost inacces-
s!ble. He had rampant OF the
stiffest servants ever. Finally, when
had dropped to sous instead OF
francs, ! created a disturbance in the
vestibule OF his boulevard home which
reached the ears OF the proprietor.
Being a regular man instead Of a syco-
plant he came himself and threatened
to thrash me. l had attained my OBJ
ject ] had reached him personally. l
stated my business.
Gardner laughed and summoned me
into his library. He seemed touched
by the recollection OF his obligation
at me.
How do I know you're not an i'm
postor?" he argued. Probably Sprin-
ger has told this story within your
hearing"
"'The cables are open to-day. ] be-
lieve,' replied i still have money
enough for a cable TO Springer and an
answer
Gardner verified my right thor
oughy, and then gave me drafts for
the money. He not only paid Springer
his principal but interest In full from
the date OF his first association with
Springer.
Then Gardner began to take an In
terest In me. He thought that / should
act instead Of combining my efforts IA
q box office. He took me about the
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WHAT Is HAPPENING IN THE
WORLD OF ART

seem to indicate that there are still
needs to make 1t completely successful
The report says:
THE American Academy in Rome Is
destined to success and not to failure.
The long list of great men, beginning
with Mr.. McKim. who have given their
affection and energy to It's furtherance
have not labored In vain. But we stand
in "A moment of great difficulty and our
future seems to depend not upon the
generosity of America but rather upon
her understanding Of our need. We
are rich in the possession of the finest
property which any institution Of art
and letters has ever possessed In the city
OF Rome. We have acquired this prop
erty practically without expense to our
selves. 1t has been given to us by those
who desired that America should I've sec
ond to none in the city Of Rome in these
things OF the mind and the spirit. They
have given to us those things which
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fore the sale the pictures were on view
at the Hotel Drouot and the doors OF the
room containing them were thrown open
in the morning.
Paris art dealers form a kind of fed
Grafton, which sends /. ..,s,a,e every
morning round the salesrooms to see IL
everything Is all right AS soon as he
saw the pictures we refer to he came to
the conclusion that everything was all
wrong Some ascripuons we're doubt
full, others were positively impossible
and at least two signatures were pal
pable forgeries.
Anxious to prevent scandal he
called upon the 'commissaire- priseur'
on duty at that hour and asked him to
take measures. The vender and the
vendors expert were questioned on the
spot: they energetically protested
against any interference and asserted
that descriptions in the catalogue were
perfectly correct and reliable. Such,
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The annual report OF the American
Academy in Rome is generally opti-
mistic in spirit. although the following
statement from the document would
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07

An interesting exhibition OF wood
block prints in color Ii to be enjoyed
az the Louis Katz Art Galleries in West
Seventy street. Margaret Pat
terson, the artist who Is working in this
unfamiliar art In this country, has
shown her works IN Philadelphia and
Boston az we'll as other American cities
and in Paris. The torty-slx prints show
scenes OF European countries. Most Of
. them are In the Lowlands, although
there are also studies from Spain and
Venice.
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THE FRENCH THEATRE.

Lucien Bonheur. who seems TO have
become a full fiedged theatre manager
in one season, has returned from Paris
and announced the plans of the French
theatre to be conducted next season by
him and Nine. Yorska, Mr.. Bonheur's
intentions were worded in the following
optimistic Phrases:
~ have succeeded beyond all ex-