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New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
PITY TAKEN ON P0MER0Y
Solitary Confinement Broken
by Church Service.
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Boston, Nov. 2e.-Armed with his
Bible and reading glasses. Jesse Hard
ing Pomeroy, sentenced to solitary con
finement for life. marched in the rear
of line Of sixty into the chapel at
Charlestown state prison this morning
to attend religious service for the first
time in twenty-three years.
Up to within half an hour of the
time slated for the services il looked as
if Pomeroy, who was ffty-five years
old to-day, would observe his birth
day as he has for the last thirty
eight years in the solitude of his cell.
1t was 10 o'clock when J. Warren
Bailey, secretary of the Prison Com
mission, arrived at the prison with the
official papers, allowing Pomeroy to at
tend the services.
For the first time in twenty-three
years Pomeroy rubbed elbows with his
fellow man. He occupied seat in the
rear of the chapel, and during the ser
vice kept his eyes constantly on the
Bible. He went through the service
with the other prisoners, kneeling and
rising when they did. At the end of
the sermon he joined in the singing of
Onward, Christian Soldiers"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
BARS HUSBAND OUT;
JUMPS TO DEATH
Wife of Diamond Dealer
Leaps from Eighth Floor
of Hotel AnSOnia.

Mrs. Albert Winston. of Dobbs
Ferry. committed suicide yesterday
morning by jumping from the eighth
floor of the Hotel Ansonia. Depression
due to an operation which she under
went several cks ago is given by
her husband as the cause.
Mr.. Winston is diamond broker al
455 Fifth av. Yesterday mornrrr when
Mrs. Winston awoke he .'.ought she
seemed depressed, and inquired the
reason. She laughingiy dismissed the
question, whereupon Mr.. Winston left
the room, going into the parlor OF the
suite.
When he attempted TO return he
found the door locked. Looking from
window, he saw his wife's body on the
roof of a one story extension 10 the
hotel. He called for assistance, but il
was found that death had been instan-
taneous.
The noise Of the fall attracted the
attention of many OF the hotel patrons
in the dining room, and when the news
Of the suicide spread there was ex-
citement in the hotel. The house ply
sician. DR.. Joseph Mcdonald, and DIR.
Manning. of Polytechnic Hospital.
climbed on to the roof Of the exten-
sion. but they were too late. Mrs.
Winston had been killed instantly
Coroner Hellenstein viewed the body
and pronounced it a case Of suicide.
He gave permission for the removal OF
the body to an undertaker's.
Mrs. Winston was about thirty-seven
years old. She was wealthy in her own
name. and her husband is a member
of the firm of Marcus & Co, manufact-
uring jewellers. at 544 Fifth av. The
Winstens lived in Dobbs Ferry, where
last summer, Mrs. Winston purchased
the Rousley House, one of the show
places of that town and on the estate
formerly owned by J. Scott McCombs
she is said to have paid about S6O,OOO
for the place.
She also owned much real estate and
was known to have speculated proiit-
ably in il. She also owned large
cigar factory, left to her by her father
Besides her husband, she leaves two
sons. one fourteen and the other eleven
years old.
Mrs. Winston returned from trip to
Europe in September, and was IN this
city in connection with some details OF
a tobacco business which had been leit
70 her by her father.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30

Amsterdam. Nov. 29.-Word comes
from Yzandyke that German soldiers
state that their forces are going to
make another effort to cross the
User. 1t seems they have concentrat-
ed a great number of troops there AMI
therefore the officers consider that
they will now meet with success.
The troops who started for the front
at Ypres were in low spirits. 1t IL
even said that at Bruges there was
mutiny among German soldiers. De-
tails are not forthcoming, but 1t IS
stated that some soldiers had been ar
rested and sent TO Client. AT any
rate. about 100 German soldiers were
seen in irons, guarded by soldiers with
fixed bayonets. They passed through
the Rue de Courtrai in the dlrectio'
of the St. Pierre Railway station.
In one of the Ghent hotels German
officer has committed suicide.
Germans are again moving up heaVy
ouns 10 Zeebrugge. Twelve of these
Guns came from Aix-la-Chapelle.
Reports from Cologne say that num-
bers Of troops, including iield artllery'
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
200 BURCLARIES
LAID TO COUPLE
Loot Worth Thousands
Found After Arrest of
Man and Wife.

With the arrest Of man and woman
yesterday in an apartment at 56'
Southern Boulevard, The Bronx, detec-
tives last night predicted the clearing
up of at least 200 burglaries that nave
occurred north Of 125th st. in the last
two years, and announced that $4,000
worth of stolen goods is awaiting
claimants at Police Headquarters.
The Southern Boulevard apartment,
the police say. was a veritable store
house of vauables. Jewelry was found
hidden in the range and behind picture
frames; four trunks were packed with
silverware, clcthing, furs, bric-a-brae
and rugs and more was recovered un-
der beds and in every corner Of the
apartment where anything could be
hidden. II required two automobiles
20 remove the loot. In addition 20 the
goods recovered. the police assert,
pawntickets were found calling tor
thousands of dollars worth of salu-
ables.
The two arrested are Morris Cutler,
twenty-six years old, and Tillie, his
wife, nineteen. Cutler, detectives say,
is known also as Morris Greenberg'
and was sentenced in 1907 to seven
years in the penitentiary for burglary;
He was transferred 20 Matteawan ana
has been free two years.
His wife, il IL claimed. assisted CUT
Ter in scores Of burglaries and after
ward disposed of much of the stolen
ploperty at pawnshops. Among Bronx
detectives Cutler has earned the name
# "the midnight burglar" Frequently,
il is stated, half a dozen or more
"iobs" were done in one night.
Most of the burglaries took place in
the Hunts Point section of The Bronx.
and the entire Bronx detective force
has been working on the cases for
months. Gradually the conviction was
arrived at that the entire campaign
was the work Of one man or set or
men. Cutler and his wife have been
under general surveillance since NOV
ing into the Southern Boulevard apart
ment two months ago, and have been
continuously shadowed for three weeks.
Early on Saturday morning, accord
ing to Detective Finan, he saw Cutler
enter apartments at l04l and lO43
Faile st, and emerge later with two
parcels. one of which he handed to his
wife. who had awaited him in the
street
At / o'clock yesterday afternoon Act
ing Captain Wines, with Detectives
Finan, McCarton, Gus Riley and James
Riley, entered the Cutler apartment
with drawn revolvers and placed the
pair under arrest.
At Police Headquarters Yesterday
Joseph F. Weber, OF lo43 faiie St. St.
claimed goods to the value of $1,000;
r w. Kinkelgay, Of 104l Faile ST., $3.50
worth. and Miss Rose Austitz. of 115l
WISE av., $500. Weber and Kinkelgay
were made complainants in the present
action.
Cutler and his wife will be ar
raiened in the Morrsania court this
morning.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
MOSLEM PRIESTS
URGE SLAUGHTER
Exhort to Killing of In
fdelS in Beirut if Hostile
Fleet Appears.

Athens, Nov 29.-The authorities at
Beirut have organized warlike mass
meetings Mussulman priests have
preached in the mosques to the faith
ful, exhorting to the slaughter of inf
dels indiscriminately on the first ap-
pearance Of hostile feet.
The Vail of Smyrna has ordered
Greek banks to transfer their cash 10
the Imperial Ottoman Bank as deposits.
It is reported that RumanIa has
seized 125 railway trucks Of Turkish
war supplies deletion by censorl.
Owing to the murder of two Chris
tians at Uledjak, the entire population
of the village fed panicstrieken 70
Smyrna.
The Turkish authorities at Smyrna
have fortified the whole coast from
that town to Vurla, and have placed
guns above the town and suburbs
They have also seized nine locomo-
tives and 300 cars on the Smyrna rail-
way and $1,000 sacks If barley belong
ing to Mr.. Whittall, a British subject.
(Deletion by censor.)
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
MEXICANS THREATEN
u. S. EXCURSIONISTS
TrOopship's Crew, with Rifles,
Drives Boat from Coronado
ISLANDS Waters.

San Diego. Cal, Nov. %. The crew
of the Mexican troopship Manuel Her
rerias a, the point Of loaded rifles yes
tcrday drove the captain and crew OF
the American excursion boat operating
Lctween San Diego and the Coronado
igIands from Mexican waters. The ey-
eursion boat carried the American flag.
The crew who handled the guns
seemed 20 be carrying out the orders
81 CAPTAIN Frank Miranda. The Coro-
nado Islands are six miles TO the south
OF San Diego and in Mexican waters,
but American excursion boats had pcen
Tbe ferrcrias had about 100 soldiers
aboard. according TO passengers on the
excursion boat nj,
The troopship sailed from San Diego
about ten days ago with orders 10 PICK
IN 200 soldiers ut Ensenda and take
them 10 GuagmaB.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
ALLIES ATTACK WHERE
GERMAN LINE WAIVERS
British Army Takes the Offensive South OF Ypres
in Flanders Having Discovered Weak
ness of the Enemy.

have passed through on the way 10 the
Russian frontier. Those troops were
withdrawn from the battle front IN
France. where they had been for about
two months.
Two airmen appeared over Ghent on
Friday afternoon and dropped bomb
which wounded some civilians.
Great activity prevails around Ghent
and Bruges, as large movements OF
troops are taking place in the direction
of the User. Only small detachments
remain at Ghent, Bruges, Eccloo, Ter
monde, st. Nicholas, Deynze and
Thielt.
Troops have left Ghent, via Chaussee
de Courtrain, in the direction OF fpres.
Two trainloads of young soldiers, most
Of them being between seventeen and
eighteen years oid, arrived at ~.
Pierre station az Ghent. They passed
the night in the station and in the Leo
pold barracks, and eft for Ypres.
London, Nov. 29.-To-day's actual
fighting in the west seems to have
centred in the Argonne, where" IN
the words Of the French War Office,
"the German attacks have not been
more successful than usual"
The Germans, although making an
occasional infantry attack, seem at
present content TO lombard the Allies
positions. but with somewhat lighter
guns than they have been using. This
may mean either that they are send
ing troops and artillery TO the east 70
use against the Russians, or that they
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New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
BAG DROPS 81, 500 IN GEMS
Woman Satchel Rains Jewels
at Fort Lee Ferry.

Mrs. n. l.. Walton, widow OF
broker, living at 2ls7 Broadway, re-
ported to the police last night that
she lost $4,000 worth of gems Satur-
day night on her way to a dinner
party in Englewood.
She said she had the jewels IN
bag dangling at her wrist, while on
her arm she carried fur coat and
muff. With her sister she crossed the
Fort Lee ferry and was walking from
the boat when women began 10 stop
her.
One offered a card case which had
dropped from the bag. Another came
UP with some bills that had been
picked up. Mrs. Walton then looked at
the bag. 1t was empty. She does not
think she was robbed, but was the
victim of the faulty catch on her bag
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
AMERICAN HELD in
GERMANY AS SPY
Wife Anxious for Edward
Bright, Ex-Editor OF
Baptist Examiner"

Edward Bright. an American citizen,
graduate Of Columbia and formerly
editor of "The Baptist Examiner" IS
under arrest at Gottingen, Germany,
charged with being a spy, according TO
information received by his wife IN
this city. Mrs. Bright got word re-
Gently that her husband was impris-
oned on October II. After appealing
TO the State Department in Washing
ton. she decided yesterday to make her
information public.
Mr.. Bright rad resided at Gottingen
for nearly ten years with his family,
Mrs. Bright said. He was studying at
C6ttingen University Mrs. Bright
with her two sons left Gottingen for
New York shortly before the beginning
Of the war. Her first rews regarding
her husbands plight came in a letter
dated October % written by maid in
the Brights' Gottingen household.
This was confirmed by letter
written from G3..ingen on October 80
bv an American friend, who said that
her husband had appealed to the Amer,
lean Consul and to Ambassador Gerard
and that the consul at Hanover had
uromised to make a trip TO Gottingen
to investigate Mrs. Bright notified the
State Department. which cabled TO the
consul at Hanover and received word
.hat Ambassador Gerard had request
cd an early investigation.
The nature of Mr.. Brights alleged
offence is not definitely known.
Mr.. Bright was born in fonkers
fortv-seven years ago. He was son
OF the late DR.. Edward Bright, whom
he followed as editor of THE Baptist
Examiner" He gave up this work 10
travel and study abroad.
Mrs. Bright is staying here with her
mother at l72 West 5eth ST.
Washington. Nov. 29.-The State De-
to-day cabled Ambassador
Gerard to investigate the case of I'd
ward Bright. State Department Off
Gals said they understood Mr.. Bright
was a college ciassmate of Nr. Gerard
at Columbia. They felt sure that as
: con as -, American citizenship OF
Bright was established he would be re-
leased. II was supposed he had been
taken for an English spy because ne
spoke English.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
BAN PUT ON "TIPPERARY"
Order Bars Song from Naval
School at Newport.
lBy Telegram 70 The Trihnne !

Newport, r. l., Nov. 29.-The ban has
been put on the marching song "It's a
Long Way to Tipperary" at the naval
training station here by an order of
Lieutenant Commander Evans, the ex-
ecutive officer of the station, and this
ban includes band, orchestra and sing
ing by the apprentice seamen.
The song was becoming popular at
the station, and twice during the last
week it was sung at entertainments az
the station, but as il is the marching
song of the British army, Lieutenant
Commander Evans contends that it
comes within the scope Of President
Wilson's neutrality order, and he has
therefore issued an order barring it.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
Russians Shell Crdc0W;
ODerrun Hungarian Plain;
Germans Split in3 Armies
GENERAL Won MOLTkE REPORTED
PRISONER IN IMPERIAL PALACE

IBy 10 The
correspondent of Daily News
from to-day,
reaches privately Motke chief of the German
liver complaint reported but
General Motkes WIFE, VINO
family Danish lady that her nus
one
the royal palaces
gracefully headquarters as he
in the
in the retreat General Won
superior to that oil the crown
micauad demands on the
an supplies"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
10000 Austrians Captured
with Their Guns
and Stores.
ENTRAPPED GERMANS
FIGHTING SAVAGELY
Frequent Resorts to Bay
Onet-LOdz Centre of
Fierce Conflict.
lBy Cable 10 The Tribune. !

Milan, Nov 30.-All day Saturday
the Russians we're bombarding the
Cracow forts with heavy siege guns,
telegraphs the special correspondent OF
the "Correre de la Sera," who is with
the Muscovite army. He adds that
their shrapnel shells were continually
bursting within the inner ring Of forts.
One of the city's suburbs slready is in
flames.
The main army Of the invaders ad-
vanced beyond Proszowicz, situated SIX
miles from the old Polish capital, and
so hemmed in huge Austro-Hungsrian
force sent TO relieve Cracow that the
latter was unable to give any aid TO
the besieged garrisons.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
BRYAN DODGES A HUG
Presbyterian Miss Claimed It
on Ground of "Cousinship."

Chicago, Nov. 29.-Tove, not dread
noughts and siege guns. will bring
peace to warning Europe" said Secre-
tary Of State Bryan here tonight IN
AN address at meeting Of Chicago
Presbyterians.
Secretary Bryan was embarrassed
when a young woman in the line formed
to shake his hand attempted to en-
brace him. She said she was "Miss
Lowe" his cousin, ard that she was
going to give him hug. She attempt
cd to do so, but Mr.. Bryan lodged the
caress, saving that he did not know hcr.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
Zapata and Gutierrez to
Accompany Him in
State Special.
GONZALES PROCLAIMS
HIMSELF PRESIDENT
Carranza Said To Be En-
circling Foes with
$4,000 Troops.

JuareZ. Mex. Nov. " Whiie NS'
eral Francisco Villa to-day planned "
triumphal entry into Mexico Guy IN
.ho ,,ost snlerdid train in Mexico to-
morrow. Carranza forces numbering
more than seventy thousand began en-
eirclinc Villa strongholds in an attempt
% hem in the northern leader and force
the surrender of his army.
The state train of President Diaz,
built at a cost of $5OO,OOO, was sent
from Mexico City to-day to Tula to
hiring President Gutierrez, Villa and
Zapata to the capital.
Advices from Tuls to-day said per-
feet understanding had been reached
by Villa and Zapata and that the revo-
,utionary leader of the South had left
for Tula TO Join Villa and Presideny
Gutierrez, both of whom had gone there
to-day from Queretaro, following
conference last night.
Uneasiness is felt by Villa COM
manders over the movement of Car
rama troops around Queretero. Aguas-
calientes and Tula. To prevent the
announced plan of Carranza to bottle
I'D his forces. Villa to-day ordered
commanders of the northern army de-
tachments to move between the Car
ranza forces and Mexico City and TO
interrupt the movement.
Sanchez Joins villa.
The State of Michoacan has been
added to the convention, or Villa. list
Of states. being turned over to-day by
General Gertrude Sanchez, the mill
tary governor Sanchez is a Carranza
appointee and has an army of 5000
men.
To delegation sent TO Tula by the
Liberal party in Mexico, Of which Fer
nando Iglesias Calderon, of the Gu
ii .rrez Cabinet, is the head, General
V las again declared that he does
nc - the Presidency, and would not
&C, the honor were It thrust upon
him. When he has seen stable gov
ernment established in Mexico and the
reform for which ne has been fighting
for four years started in earnest he
will retire from military and public
life. ga 'or several years will travel.
He 10 delegation it could take
back leaders the assurance that
no DO. ambition of his would be
pernitt . interfere in any way with
the estao'. ing of the convention gov
eminent.
One q and men in killed and
wounded twenty cannon captured
by the enemy is the cost 10 Villas
army OF the latest attempt by General
Feline Anceleg to wrest GuadalaJara
from Carranza control. For sly days
Angeles has been assaulting Guadala-
lara. and daily ne has been repulsed.
To-day he made his most desperate at
tempt, but failed again.
TO reinforce Angeles General Nlila
to-day asked General Robles, Secretary
Of War IN the Gutierrez Cabinet, to
send reinforcements from Aguascali-
entes to Guadalajara. Nine thousand
men. with fifty cannon. have been sent,
and a new effort will be made TO take
. the city, which is regarded as Car
ranza's chief stronghold IN Central
Mexico. The Carranza garrison has re-
ceived reinforcements several times
since Angeles began his attack, and 1t
81 said now to number 10000 men.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
FIRE PANIC IN SUBWAY
Car of Crowded Train Ablaze
Traffic Tie Up.

The last car of a crowded subway
local train. north bound, caught fire
between Spring and Bleecker SITS.
shortly after midnight this morning,
throwing 800 passengers into a panic
and tying up traffic for fifteen min
utes.
The frightened passengers were un-
loaded at Bleecker St. and the train
crew fought the blaze with extin-
guishers. The Fire Department was
not summoned
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
UP GO N. H. FARES JAN. !
Communication Rates Will In
crease Under Schedule.

South Norwalk. Conn, Nov. 29.-The
New York. New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road Company gave notice to-day that
on January ]. 1915, the passenger rate
would be raised on all its lines. The
notice says that 2is cents mile viii
be charged and the present cent basis
will be abandoned.
For instance, the fare from here TO
New York will be 80 cents on the new
rate. where il has been 80 cents.
On short distances the fare VIII be
reduced. a ticket which cost 10 cents
previously may be or cents. Com
mutation rates are to be raised proper
tionately. The new rates will have to
be sanctioned by the Public Utilities
Commission of Connecticut before they
become valid in this state.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
MANY RESCUES AT
INCENDIARY FIRE
Flames Sweep Brick Building on
Third Av., Imperilling Scores
-Firemen Prove Heroes.

A score of rcscues featured fire IN
n five story brick building at Third ay.
and 18th st. at l:l5 o'clock this morn
ing
The ire started in the hall OF the
ground floor of the building and spread
rapidly. sweeping the building before
the arrival OF the fremen. Three
alarms were sent in. Fifteen families
were taken out Of the building. about
dozen persons suffering minor burns.
According to the police. the fire vas
of incendiary origin. Traffic on the
"Lr and Third Nv. was suspended.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
GERMANS DROP Is
BOMBS INTO LODI

London. Nov. 30.-A Reuter- dispatch
from Petrograd says that the troops
captured by the Russians at Lodz, to-
gether with several captured cannon,
have arrived in Warsaw.
"On Monday last" the correspond
ent continues. German airmen dropped
eighteen bombs in the main street of
Lodz, destroying the Golrechter fac
tory, killing or wounding many OF the
populace and causing heavy property
damage.
shells falling in Zgierz. few miles
north Of i.odz, started a fire which de-
siroyed a large part Of the town
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
PORTE MAKES MOVE
AGAINST CHRISTIANS

Paris, Nov. 30.-The Hsvas dispatch
from Athens says.
According 10 news received here. the
Turkish government has decided TO Sc
questrate all religious establishments
N Palestine belonging to France, Great
Britain and Russia"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30

London, Nov. 30. THE Daily MaiFs'
Rotterdam correspondent reports that
the Allies are taking the offensive
south of Ypres, having discovered that
the German line is weakening
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30

One of the first acts Of Germany
after the outbreak OF war was 70 IN
wade, on August ?, the Duchy OF Lux
emburg. This action was criticised by
the allied nations as violation Of
neutral territory. The payment of an
indemnity. il made as reported. pre-
sumably would be intended 10 recon-
pense Luxembourg for Germanys act.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
LUXEhBURG GETS
S37,5OO INDEMNITY
Germany Said to Have Recon-
pensed Duchy for Cross
ing Territory.

Paris. Nov. 30 Germany has PAID
an indemnity Of 10000 marks 49,
500 to the Duchy Of Luxembourg, ae,
cording to a dispatch to lie Temps
from Bordeaux.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-30
Gonzales Appoints Cabinet.

Washington, Nov. 29-Pablo Con-
zales, one of Carranza's generals, has
jumped into the stormy political arena
Of Mexico by declaring himself the
only real provisional President of the
republic and by appointing Cabinet,
according 20 report received in
Aguascalientes and communicated to
the State Department to-day.
Gonzales, whose whereabouts have
been o mystery and who mas been the
unknown quantity in the present
Mexican situation. is supposed to be
~ Pachuca, not far from Mexico City
and shorter distance from Tula,
where Villa was reported to be to-day
by State Department dispatches.
Gonzales was one OF the three gen
erals who conducted the Constitution
alist campaign. being in command OF
tho Eastern division. lie was Car
.rauzs'g candidate for the provisional
Presidency when the split was threat
,ned in the Aguascalientes convention,
and r. supposed to be Carranza ad-
bercnt. although his determination TO
takc % himself political honors might
Indicate purpose 10 make a campaign
ndepen DENLY Of the First Chief
Military forces are converging on
Mexico City, according 20 information
contained IL tO-day's dispatches 70 the
State Department villa is at Iula,
within approximately fifty miles Of the
capital, with the infantry under ms
Command. Conditions indicate that
FYla and Iapata will reach ar under
landing and take possession Of the
city together.
Vera Cruz, Nov. 29.To check 50 far
- possible the stranding Of Americans
~ vera Cruz, Consul Canada has de-
cided 20 ask the State Dopartroent at
Warrington 70 make public the fact
hat there Is no rssi communication
1th Mexico City and that there IL not
A ~ 70 be for some weeks. Every
b arriving here brings Americans
ose destination IL Mexico City and
ga1 are reluctant 70 believe there is
10 way Of getting there.