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ARMENIANS ON HILL
HELD TURKS AT BAY
Fought OFF Enemies Until
French Sailors Came to
Their Rescue.
Specioy Correspondence to Tnr srN.

ROME. oct. 29.-About a fortnight ago
said about 5000 Armenian refugees. In
Guiding many women and children who
narrowly escaped being mastered by
the Turks.
These Armenians. who were picked up
by the French cruisers on the coasts Of
Cilicia and northern Syria. mostly be-
longei to villages to the west OF An
t!och, where two months ago the Turk
ish authorities notified all the inhabi-
,ants that within seven DAYS they had to
leave their villages and emigrate TO un-
known destinations in Mesopotamia.
II was we'll known that the wholesale
deportation of all Armenians was being
attempted, since news had reached An
,ioch from other regions that !ons con-
vows of Armenians consisting of old men.
boys less than Is years old. women
and children, had already S;,rtcd TO-
ward the interior, ten or twelve days
march from Aleppo.
These unfortunate victims had to pro-
vide their food for the long journey.
bu, what they carried was stolen by
the gendarmes of the escort, who. aided
by the fana,ical Moslem nomnd tribes
men of the desert, massacred all the
men, attacked the women and forced
them and the children TO embrace the
Moslem faith.
As IL always the case in the East.
news travels fast in some mysterious
way. and even when nothing Was known
sacres at Trebizond, Sivas and VAN.
these villagers We're well aware OF the
terrible fate hat awaited them, So they
decided to fight for their lives and they
abandoned their villages and retired on
a mountain determined to ,esist the
Turks. There were only 500 men among
them. armed with 100 obsolsic French
rifles. 500 fowling pieces. nifty receivers
and 200 daggcrs. Their STOCK of am
munition was Insignificant. but they dug
trenches around the summit Of the
mountain and heaped stones and
boulders to hurl down on their assall.
ants.
The Turks attacked the mountain frs.
pulsed they sent for re-enforc@nents and
attacked again n again during forty
days. Often the Turks got 10 within five
yards of the trenches. but were COM
PEELED to retire, AS the Armeniars sho:
straight and defended their posid2n with
the courage born of despair.
After ~forty-six days three French
cruisers appeared on the horizon. The
Armenians hoisted IA flag with a red
cross on II and waved 1t as u signal OF
distress. The cruisers came nearer to
the coast and the crews realized ut once
what was happening on shore. The
Turks attacking the mountain had in
creased to 1000 and they were COM
manded by German officers, but the
French cruisers opened fire against their
cncampment and put them to flight. The
Armenians were taken OF board and
conveyed to Port Said. where they are
waiting for happier days.
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A
VIII Go On with CUs-s, Ignoring
GregOry's Statement.

THE Sun called United States .Attov-
ney Marshall on the telephone last night
To tell him about Acknowledgement Greg
oryie statement In Washington and to
ask him II any changes were contem-
plated in the pending bomb and arson
not mlnce words In saying that he did
not believe any such statement had been
made.
TIN SvN offered to read the WASH
ing,on statement TO him to remove his
doubts. but he said he did not care
to hear II.
I'VE are going on with these cases
as we have planned" he added,
District Attorney Perkins aid when
the Attorney-Iieneral's statement was
called to his attention that zone OF the
cases arising from pro-German propa-
ganda were New York county cases or
constituted violations OF New York State
laws mi that therefore he did not care
to on the general situation re-
ferred to by Mr.. Gregory in Washing
ton. IL there had been any specific
arson or bomb plotting offences in this
county. he said, action would have been
taken accordingly.
THE only way the Attorncy-General's
statement can have any force in practice
AZ far rs this county Is concerned sale
Assistant Prosecutor of the Pleas
GEORGE T.. Vickers OF Hudson county.
New Jersey, last night. rs for the Gov
m 90 give us back our prisoners
II let uS proceed with the asses be-
fore our Grand Jury. II the Govern
ment relinQuishes them we'll go right
ahead and probably get swifter Justice.
I'VE were OF the opinion In the first
place that II would be better to prose-
quito the cases In this county. but the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
HOLDS "
Russtan Grand Duke Locked with
Enemy In Caucasus.

LONDON. Nov. ?i.--The only nnounce-
ments to-day VI military activity on the
Russian battle line indicate that logged
fighting is continuing In the Russian
province Of Volhynia along the Styr
River n that Grand Duke Nicholas
is actively engaged with Turks and
kurds In the midst Of the mountainous
regions OF the Caucasus.
The Russian official announcement 10
as follows:
In the Caucasus on the front ex-
tending from the Black Sea to the
northern shore OF Lake Var there
were outpost actions. Our a%eroplanes
dropped bombs on Turkish troops en-
camped In the region OF the villages
OF koprukeui and khorasan.
on the southwestern shore OF Lake
Crumiah there have been encounters
with bands OF kurds.
The Austrian War Office announced
to-day
The army OF Archduke Joseph Fer
dinsnd repulsed Il Russian attack
northwest OF oiyka. Otherwise there
IL nothing new.
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ITALIANS WIN FIGHT
A MILE FROM GORITZ
Austrians Flee From Oslavia,
Abandoning Trenches Filled
With Dead.
Special Gable Despafch 10 TnE Sry.

ROME, Nov. 2I.-The Italian oYen.
sive continues vigorously and success
fully to the northwest and south of
Goritz. according TO to-day's official re-
port. Al Oelavia. a mile or 70 to the
west OF Goritz. the .Austrians retreated,
leaving trenches hlled with dead. indi-
eating the fierceness OF the fighting.
The Italians captured 459 prisoners.
Still further TO the west entertainments
were destroyed on Monte calvario pod
gora).
On the Carso plateau. about five miles
southwest of Goritz. advances have been
made on the heights OF San Michele and
southwest OF the village of San Mar
tino.
The Austrians continued their aerial
raids on northern Italian cities by bonn
harding Schio. a small city east of
Lake Garda, about five miles from the
frontier. Eight soldiers were injured.
The War Office issued Tonight the fol-
lowing report:
There have been important sue
cesses on the sonzo front, especially
on the heights northwest OF Gori,z.
Our infantry and artillery attacked
the village OF Oslavia. The enemy
dispersed. abandoning trenches filed
with dead. Our troops took 459 pris-
oners. including several officers. Sue
cessive counter attacks OF the enemy
were repulsed.
At Podgora. on Monte Calvario. We
destroyed intrenchments.
ON the Carso plateau the advance
continued on the north slope OF Monte
San Michele. Southwest of San Mar
tlno we captured trenches and ~ prls-
oners.
The enemy's ~aeroplanes yesterday
bombarded Schio. injuring eight SOL
diers. Dur aerial squadron again
bombarded the aviation camp at Also
viva.
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ITALIANS
vienna says Heavy Reinforce.
m~nts We're Brought In.

VIENNA, via London. Nov, 2i.-ThS
report on operations In the
Italian theatre Is as follows
The Italians again brought forces
from the Tyrolean front to the Goritz
district. with these reenforcements
the enemy renewed his attacks on
the Goritz ~bridgehead. Before Monte
Sabotino several attacks collapsed by
reason OF our fre.
In the Oslavia sector the enemy
succeeded in penetrating our line OF
defence. We rccaptured the position.
however. in a counter attack. except
one summit, for the possession OF
which We are still fighting.
Especially violent attacks were di-
rected against Podgora, but here also
the Italians were repulsed,
Both sides of Monte San Michele
were kept under strong gunfire. In
the afternoon considerable enemy
forces advanced or the northern slope
OF the mountain. Their attack was
foiled by our cross fire, Several at
tacks against the san MARITIME sector
met the same fate
We repealed two Italian attacks
against road barbados neal Zagora
(plava sector),
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
PARIS TROUSSEAU WAR
SHELLS FAIL TO HIT
kurZman Quotes White House
Gown Orders and Mrs.
Galt's Demand.
Special cable Despatch 10 THE SITS.

PARIS. Nov. 2l-Despatches from the
trousseau wal front are fewer to-day.
The Pett Pdrision presents Charles
Eurzman's side Of his dispute with the
French dressmA, ers. II is not an inter-
view but "a declaration made in the
presence Of NJ. Gillette, director of one
Of the oldest and iuost important COM
mission houses In Paris NJ. L~avanoux.
mayor of the Second ACCOMPLISHMENT and
president of the flowers and feathers
syndicate, n NJ. NordeauX. president
Of the fancy feathers syndicate" Mr..
Eurzman said:
I'VE supplied last year the brides
dress worn by Miss Eleanor Wilson at
her marriage to Secretary McAdoo and
also the dresses worn by her sisters.
Mrs. Sayre and Miss Margaret Wilson.
matron II maid of honor at the we'd
ding. The order was executed in Paris.
Even after arriving in Paris at the
end Of October Of this year ! received
two orders cabled from Mrs. Gait.
Letters confirmed these orders later
and Worth without objection filled the
order. FOUR gowns were delivered on
November l2 and were shipped from
Bordeaux on November 10. Doucet ac-
cepted another part of the order. which
was delivered last Tuesday. Cabot
Suurs accepted The remainder of the
order for delivery on November IS. but
at the last moiDen demanded that |
produce the card issued by the defence
syndicate.
81 refused to demand sue a card
from NJ, Polret for personal reasons
being sufficiently known In Paris. es-
p~ecially as the members OF the syndi-
cate individually did not refuse to sup
ply me-
The MdfiH produces a new version, to
the effect that NJ. kurzman was asked
by Mrs, Gait to scrd some gowns con-
d~itlonally from which she could choose
and that he used this somewhat vague
mandate AS IA means of seeing many
gowns which were still secret. Mrs.
Gait" the Mdfin says, was not aware
that Mr. Kurzman owing to his methods
had become undesirable among the
Paris dressmakcrs. although his honor
is unquestioned."
Jacques Worth IL vice-presldent OF
the Defence Syndicate and Doucet and
Callot are members.
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counter attacks on our positions to-
ward KovurIno were repulsed will
appreciable losses by the enemy. The
disembdrking of Anglo French troops
at Salonica Is proceeding without
Incident.
The Berlin Lokoidn:ei9cr. according
TO a Rotterdam despatch. says British
officers have landed at Santa Quaranta,
on the Albanian coast. opposite Corfu.
and have LEFT for northern Epirus to
prepare for the retreat Of the Serbian
army 10 Albania.
The |osstschc Irttung Is quoted by
the same correspondent az saying that
1t is possible that the British troops
will he withdrawn from the Ghevgeli-
Dorian line and transferred to Egypt.
The correspondent adds that the
Pesti-Hiriop Of Budapest hears from
Salonica that the Greek army there Is
being reinforced TO reach a total OF
10000 men.
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ALL STATES ASKED
TO HALT PLOTTERS


of government the Federal criminal
statute are extremely limited in their
scope. Many crimes of violence. such AZ
arson, malicious destruction Of property,
Sc. can in general be punished in the
Federal courts only when committed
where the Unite States has special
jurisdiction.
at follows therefore that such at
tempts to injure and destroy American
Industries must usually be prosecuted
by State authorities.
These conditions. SO destructive to
and labor Of the United
States. require vigorous action on the
part OF all agencies Of the state and
Federal Governments. 1t is therefore
20 be earnestly hoped that State oficials
will be equally active,
II have instructed the agents of the
Department NJ Justice whenever they
discover evidence OF violations OF State
criminal laws TO place the evidence at
the disposal OF the local State of'cials:
and I assume that such officials will CO.
operate in a~cIua!nting the Federal Off
GERS with all information tending to
show the commission OF Federal crimes"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
MAKE vACUUM.AEROPLANE
0ernsR ma Reported to Have En-
tireIy New Type Of Machine.
Special Cabie Despafch 70 Tnt suS.

Special Cdbie Despdfch 10 THE ScS.
LoNpoN, Nov. 2l.-The correspondent
~ the Daily Mdu at Rotterdam states
that the Germans are boasting OF a new
aeroplane nov being manufactured on
entirely new lines in Berlin.
TIL new machine. he quotes Germans
as saying. can be used on the sea rs
we'll rs On land. II Is roughly described
ms a combination OF Zeppelin and aero
plane.
Instead Of using gas. however. Its
buoyancy is secured by chambers from
which air is excluded. The machine Is
made Of light metal and has an enormous
propeller. \ German engineer has de-
clared that with this machine London
will he at the mercy of the German air
men with new bombs which are also IN
course OF manufacture.
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FRENCH GUNS May
HERALD NEW DRIVE
Artillery Actions in Artois and
North Of the SOmme and
the Aisne.
ARGONNE MINES SET OFF
Specio, cable Dsspafch to THs sus

Special Cable Dsspafch to THs Sus.
PARIS. Nov. :i.-Reports OF French
fighting disclosing that lively artillery
actions are taking place ut many points
are believed to be significant. The
French. It is believed here. are planning
an important movement for which the
artillery actions are a preparation. The
oficiai communicate to-day dealt chiefly
with the artillery activity.
It was a similar heavy artillery prepa-
ration which tho French employed before
they made their great drive late in Sep
TENDER and broke through the German
lines in the Champagne district. sending
the enemy back to his second lines and
taking thousands Of prisoners. This
new activity on the port Of the artillery
Is principally in the region OF Lens.
The village of Loos. mentioned In to-
days Official statement as being the
centre Of extremely lively artillery ac-
lions. was captured by tho British at
that time. During that drive the British
ALSO reached the outskirts Of Hulluch.
The night communicate was as FOL.
lows
The artillery actions were extremely
lively In Artols, around Loos n at
Hulluch also to tho north OF the
Sompe and north Of the Aisne In the
region Of Armancourt, Dancourt and
Tilloloy and near Scissors. The
trenches Of the enemy were badly
damaged by our nre.
In the Argonne at Bolante We sue
cessfully exploded two mines. There
was IA c%annonade OF great violence ut
Vauquois. In the Bos des Chevaliers
on the heishts Of the Meuse the ex-
plosion Of = German mine caused no
damage to our lines.
The afternoon communicate said there
was nothing 10 report.
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ANOTHER COLONY OF
GERMANY ALMOST LOST
Only Small Part Of Kamerun
Remains to BE Occupied
by Allied Troops.
Specici Cable Despatch 10 Tnr SUI.

LONDON. Nov. 2l.--Marked progress by
the Anglo-French expedition In the
Kamerun IL reported IN an Official state
mcnt issued by the press bureau to-day.
The statement follows;
The Nieerian Government reports
that the Anglo-French troops occupied
Tibati. In the kamerun, Oh November
3, driving out the Germans. Banyo
was taken on October ~ and a posi-
ton south Of tho summit OF Banyo
Mountain a taken on November 6.
Fifty were killed or Injured. The
enemy casualties are not reported.
The Allies captured u machine gun,
stores n baggage.
Tibati IL 1877 miles from the Nigerian
border and ESQ miles inland from Duala
II IL a little more than halr way across
the kainerun. from west to east on a
line through the central part OF the
colony. the northern part Of which and
tho are In the hands OF the Allies,
The taking Of Banyo. ninety-three miles
In from the Nigerian frontier and on
the road "a Tibati, was announced o.,
November ..
The only part Of the colony remaining
IN the hands OF the Germans appears
to he toward the southeastern bounda ry
across which the French have beer
operating.
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BRITISH CALL OFFICERS HERE.
Inspectors In 4. y, Munitions
Plants to he sent to Front.

CHICAGO. Nov. 21.-Every available
british army officer nov assigned to in
spcction service at munitions n other
wal order factories In the United States
the colors.
Major-Gen. sir Frederick Benson and
Lady BENSON have arrived in Chicago.
With them is Col. Holdsworth Of the
British army.
Merely an inspection trip" said Sir
Frederick. but another British officer
told one OF the employees at the hotel
whore the Bensons are stopping:
sir Frederick is rounding up every
available man and we'll soon see some
fighting"
About 1000. 900 soldiers are said TO be
in concentration camps in England,
awaiting service on the Continent.
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TAKE ENEMY POSITIONS.
Germans Report Gain on Ypres-
sonnebrke RaiIway-Airmen Bssy.

sonnebeke Railvvay-Airmen Bssy.
Special Cable Despdfch 10 THs Srs.
BERLIN, via London. Nov. 2l.-The Of
foial German statement issued to-day
regarding the operations On the western
front rays:
On the Ypres-Sonnebeke railway our
troops took enemy positions.
French attacks southeast Of Souchez
and near Combres were unsuccessful.
Near SOuchex We anticipated the
French in the occupation Of an ad-
vanced position, which We continued
to hold.
On the remainder Of the front there
were lively artillery battles at various
points.
Dur aeroplanes bombarded the rail-
way shops at Poppinghe and Furnes,
and hits were observed.
With reference to III attack south
east OF I.oos on October s. the report
OF the English commander-in-chief
states that between 5000 and 5000
Germans fell before the English and
French positions. The assertion Ia
fictitious. Our losses in killed,
wounded aud missing were 1853.
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ARGENTINE ORE TO GERMANY.
Asphyxiating Gases shipped Also,
says Buenos Ayrsn.
Special Gable Despatch 10 Tar =,

LONDON. Nov. 22.--The Buenos Ayres
correspondent OF the Times telcgraphs :
1T IL believed that Germany In re.
ceiving from this country in neutral
vessels copper and wolframite concealed
among various kinds Of merchandise.
II In suspected also that %asphyxiating
gases are being exported IN cylinders
purporting to contain carbonic acid gAs.
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URGED TO QUIT GORITZ.
Com m of Garrison Sees No
Hope Of saving city.
Special Gable Despatch 10 The SIS

LONDON, Nov. 22.--The Geneva CORE
spondent OF the Daily Express says:
"a report received here from Lalbach
Is to the effect that the Austrian com
mander at Goritz has notified Gen. Con-
rad Won Hoetzendorrt that it IL neces-
sary Immediately 10 evacuate the town
and forts, which have been nearly de-
stroyed. In order to avoid having the
Austrian retreat cut of by the Italians
from PLAYA, A decision is expected to-
morrow (Monday)."
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ror-ador In Auto Heat, uulr

HrpsoN, :. u. Nov. "l.-I.|' .
has been discharged from -,
here, He has partially y,rtt,...
Injuries received When he WI. .'' '''
by "A vicious hull ON e lDrrn.
farm. Deliver had been t",'.s +.
the euraged animal, w,,n
Dor charged the hctp W..
mobile, and after repeated t. .
II away.
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THE Austro-Ierman forces moving south through Serbia as we'll al the
L Tulgarans moving YES from NBh have made rapid progress in the
ton Of Serbian territory held by the Serbs o Wednesday last The thick
black ine running through this shaded section approximately from Nova
varos through NovEiazar and just cas- of Mitrovita southwark 10 Tetovo
represents the present position OF the invaders OF Serbia.
The latest official announcement from the MonteneErin headquarters says
that part f the Serbian army mas crossed the frontier into Montenegro.
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GENERAL DIED A PRISONER.
SamsOnOH's Body on way "a Rus
sin From, Germany.

LONDON. Nov, 22.-The stockholm
correspondent OF the Morning Post tele-
graphs that Lieut., -Gen. Samsonofr. COM
mander of the Russian forces at the
battle Of 'rannenberg. has died I'm Ger
many. a prisoner OF war, The body, the
correspondent says, has arrived In Stock
holm on it's way to Russia.
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OHclal announcement was made In
Pctrogtad on September /. 1914. that
Gen. SamsonOn had been killed In East
Prussia.
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The trial of Karl Buenz. managing
director OF the Hamburg-American Line.
set for to-day before Judge Howe In the
District Court. In oil probability merely
will forecast the more complete presen-
tation by this Government OF its case
against Teutonic agents n propa-
eandists In this country. which Is ex-
pected to reach the Federal Grand Jury
this week. The evidence in hand for the
trial Of Buenz n other Hamburg Amer-
lean officials antedates the war and leads
up to evidence OF later Teutonic activity
In attempts TO cripple American war in
dustries.
United states Attorney Marshall and
his assistants, Roger H.. Wood and John
&. Knox. Jr. have all their evidence
against the steamship oficials ready TO
begin the Buenz trial at 1890 o'clock
this morning. Buenz and the officials
indicted with him. whose trials will fol-
low the managing directors. will he de-
Tended by Howard Cans. Edward Sand
ford and William Rand. Jr. II Is ex-
pected. however. that in view Of the con.
cessions made by the counsel for the
defence the trials will be barren Of sem
sations AS compared with the cases
which are 10 follow.
German warships supplied.
The Hamburg-American officials under
indictment are charged with conspiracy
TO defraud the United States by false
clearances and manifests alleged TO have
been obtained by them for vessels
chartered by the line for the purpose Of
taking supplies from American ports to
German war vessels engaged In COM
merce destroying. 1t Is the theory OF the
No,.arDuraot ,l,as thtS atloUad activity NJ
the Hamburg-American officials was
merely a par of tho general plans OF
German and Austrian diplomatic and
agents TO use this country d.
rectly and indirectly as "A war base.
The story OF the criminal part OF the
Teutonic propaganda in 5his country.
with the names of the men who orisi-
mated and financed II. the executives
who supervised parts of the work and
many of the German or Austro-Hun-
garian agents who carried out their
orders. is likely to be Gold to the Federal
Grand Jury within "A few days II, in
fact. part of the plot has not been al
ready presented to IL.
The conspiracy involves diplomatic
agents., who. of course. are exempt from
punishment innumerabl. consuls. dis
tinguished pro-iermans and many men
in the employ OF the Governments of the
central Powers. though they presumably
had positions with reliable business con-
Germs throughout the country.
For many months Government officials
in New York. Washington and other
cities have been busily digging up "a
mass of evidence II gathering wit
nesses. The evidence that has been
gathered from the letters which Capt.
James +. Archibald carried for DIR.
Dumba. who was recalled as the Austro-
.L.
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CHICAGO. Nov. 2l.--Emil Miehlke.
taken with Herman krauss in England.
II n general contractor who has lived
In Chicago for twenty-three years. lie
went to Germany to settle up AN estate.
Mrs. Miehlke In seriously i'll and news
Of her husbands detention has been
kept from her, Nothing was known
ut the Miehlke homo Of Herman krauss,