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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

Ernest Seemcyer, 81. grocer, OF LAG
WyckuT avenue. williamsburg. WAS
found dead from gas Yesterday In a
uig.ug house at 1873 Myrtle av"nuc.
Tie widow Of the mau said that See
meyer had frequently threatened TO END
lis He. Seemeyer. who Was reputed TO
D. worth $50. 900. lived with his VIZ" and
,hrec daughters. lie went gu Friday
afternoon and paid all his bills.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
NEWSPAPER MEN GIVE
DINNER TO M'ANENY
And AZ He's Going to BE One
Of Them, They Throw In
0 POcketbOOk.

Thirty-ivs newspaper workers or
graduates for whom George McAneny
has given al autumnal dinner for sew
erai years, turned aroun and had Mr..
McAneny as their guest at the Hotel
Savoy last night. Most Of them are
members Of the Association Of City
Hall Reporters. This was their sendoff
TO the President Of the Board of Alder
men. who is to resign In january.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

Former supreme Court Justice Will
lam II piCkcy WIS more severely in
jurcd on Friday by being struck by a
trolley car in BrooNlyr han was at frs,
supposed. lie is laid Up At his home, $50
can avenue. vita a fractured right
collarbone and many bruises,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

PxnKsKfLi, n. Y. Nov. 20.-Scarch
for William Totten OF Yorktown after
he was missing t~wcnty-four hours &c.
vealed him buried to-day under "a load
OF wood with his back broken, He
had been imprisoned there all n'sat,
unable to move. lie was removed 10
Peekskill Hospital. where he died.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
ROCK ISLAND PLAN TOSPEND
S27,O0O,OO0 IN FIVE YEARS
IN REHABILIT ATION Of ROAD
and
Kaiser Near
Split, Claim

London Nov 12, (S:25 a. ma dis,
patch to the Times from Petrograd
gives a story told by German prisoners
of meeting between Emperor William
and Field Marshal Won Hindenburg at
which the emperor insisted that an
other attempt he made 10 take Riga
and Dyinsk at all costs. The field mar
shall is reported to have demanded re-
Inducements, which the emperor re
fused on the ground that men could
not be spared from other fronts.
Then, according to the story told by
the prisoners, a military conference
was held at which Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg announced his readiness
to resign should the emperor still III
sist on the capture of Riga and nvinsk.
London. Nov ID Emperor William
on Thursday passed through Orsoya.
Hungar-'. on his way to Sofia. where
he will visit King Ferdinand for two
days, according to dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Daily Mail
Afterwards. the dispatch adds, the
emperor plans TO inspect Field Marshal
Won Mackensen's armies. which are
now invading Serbia. and later will
pay visit to Constantin0ple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
THE WAR TODAY

Simultaneous ofiensiYes under
taken by the French and the Serb
ians in southern Serbia have im-
, perilIed the entire Bulgarian
forces west Of the Tardar a de-
layed dispatch from saioniki re-
ports. Heavy l0sses are said TO
have been inflicted on the BuIgar-
ians by the Serhians at katehanik
pass.
The British admiralty announces
the sinking OF British submarine
Ego, which was operating in the
sea Of Marm0ra. Nine members
Of the crew were taken prisoner by
the Turks.
C0nstantinople declares the
Turkish batteries on the Gallipoli
peninsula have driven off allied
monitors and other Warships
which were attempting TO lombard
the coast,
Further progress for the ltai-
ians in their attacks Oh AustrianS
positions in both the Is0nz0 and
the CarSo regions is reported in
the current official statement from
Rome. An advance on the heights
northwest OF G0rizia where Aus
trian trenches we're taken after
desperate attack on the Italian
line had been repGised. is claimed.
4 red0ubt ca the tarse plateau
was conquered.
Vienna declares all lie Italian
attacks were repHised. mentioning
in particular heavy losses inflicted
on the attacking forces at the
terizia bridgehead and on the
Doherdo plateau.
Six passengers and IL members
of the crew OF the Italian steamer
Firenze. a 1873 ton vessel, we're
missing after the steamer had been
sunk. presumably in the Mediter-
raneanl by submarine, a dis
patch fr0m Rome states.
DIR. teeiie l.. Greil. OF New York.
an American passenger on the
liner Aneona- torpedoed in the
Mediterranean, is quoted by the
correspondent OF a Paris news
agency in Tunis as declaring the
ancona was sheIied by an Aus
trlan submarine while her passen.
gers were taking to the boats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
AURORA SHAKEN
BY EXPLOSIONS

Aurora. H., Nov 13-This city was
reused from slumber at o'clock this
morning by a series Of deafening ex-
plosions which shook the ground vio-
lently, ratified windows and showered
the town with bits of burning wood and
debris
The laundering came from the Bur-
,ingtcn Railroad shop yards where a
s15n. 900 fire destroyed storehouse in
which huge casks of gas were stored.
The gas is used in welding in the ma
chine shop.
By heroic efforts the fire department
prevented the fire spreading from the
stcrehouse TO other buildings and
equipment valued at several million
dollars.
Residents thought at first that the
fire was at the W. r. Jobbins chemi-
cal works which had a 100000 and a
500, 900 fire in a year. The chemical
works manufactures glyeerine for use
in high explosives and in its big fire
huge steel drums of giyeerlne were
flung high in the air.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
FIRST NEWS
Of [)ISAST
IS OBTAINED

Washington, Nov. 13.-The AmeFi-
can consul at Malta cabled Secretary
Lansing today that II of the crew and
four passengers Of the Ancona, none
of them Americans, had been landed
at Malta by the British steamer Brod-
lea
This one dispatch was the only over
night information received by the
state department, whose officials can
not understand the lack of news At
present there is no official news to
show the nationality Of the submarine
which attacked the Ancona, the cir
cumstances Of the attack including
the issue as to whether there was
warning. Despite the fact that all
the diplomatic and consular represen-
tatiyes of the United States in the
vicinity Of the scene of the attack
have been instructed to report, state
department officials are almost as
much in the dark as they were four
days ago.
In the continued absence Of infor-
nation, President Wilson and Secre-
tary Lansing are Withholding judg-
ment and avoiding comment.
Paris, Nov. Il I'll p. MA con-
nected story of the Smelling and tor
pedoing of the Italian liner Ancona
was received by the Hayas News
Agency tonight from Ferryville. where
it was filed Nov II. 1t follows,
THE Ancona left Messina at a. m.
Nov s. About 1890 o'clock in the
morning Of Nov r she picked up a
wireless distress signal from the
steamship France. reading: S 0 5.
We are being shelled.' The message
ended abruptly without the position OF
the France being given so that it was
impossible for the Ancona to go TO
her aid The Ancona continued on
her route an hour afterward, the sea
being calm and the weather misty.
Without any sort of warning. the
report Of gun was heard and shells
struck the Ancona forward, causing
considerable damage.
THE wireless operator without an
instant's delay sent out distress sig
nal with the name Of the ship and her
position.
THE submarine approached nearer
the Ancona. keeping up continuous
fire First the wireless telegraphy ap-
paratus was demolished and then the
lifeboafs were shot TO pieces. a num-
Der of passengers being killed OF
wounded"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
BULGARIA WILL
TURN CATHOLIC
King Ferdinand Promises pope Bene-
diet That Step VIII Be Taken
After the War.

Naples, Nov u, (via Paris, Nov. 10,
6;10 a. m1-The Mattino asserts that
it has been informed that the king Of
Bulgaria has communicated with Pope
Benedict stating that after the war
Bulgaria will become a Catholic coun-
try. The newspaper adds that this is
an old dream Of King Ferdinand's and
that the heads of the Bulgarian church
are not opposed to the measure provid-
ed the pope is willing to recognize the
orthodox BulgaF prelates.
The national faith of Bulgaria is that
of the orthodox Greek church, although
in 1880 in consequence Of its demand
for aud acceptance OF religious auton-
omy, the Bulgarian church was de-
clared by the Patriarch Of CONSTANT
nople to be outside the orthodox COM
muuion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
ITALIANS GATHERING DOWN
STRONG RESISTANCE SHOWN
BY AUSTRIANS IN RETREAT
Fiaf1ce Only
Creature of
Girls Mind

Atlanta, Ga, Nov 13.-"Dr. Alleyne
Hensley," announced in formal we'd
ding invitations and society columns
Of local newspapers as the fance Of
Miss Julia Choate Crumley. a music
teacher Of this city, existed only in
Miss Crumley's imagination. Not until
she had gone to Chicago, identified the
body of an unknown man killed in a
railroad accident and shipped it here
as that Of Dr. Hensley, did her fam
lily and friends suspect anything I'M
usual. She Is being attended by nerve
specialists today at the home of her
father, the Rev Howard Lee Crumley.
Contradictory statements made by
Miss Crumley after she arrived with
the body led close friends of the fam
lily to call a physician who had known
her for years, 1t is said today that she
stated to him that DR.. Hensley was a
creature Of her mind and that the
identity of the body now at an under
taking establishment here was I'M
known TO her
Chicago, Nov. 13.-The body Of
man which Miss Julia Choate Crumley
Of Atlanta, Ga. claimed in Chicago as
DR.. Alleyne Hensley of Quebec, Can
ada, who. she announced, was killed in
a railroad wreck, was the body of an
unidentified man. destined for the pot
ter's field, it was said here today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
TEUTS SCOUTING
ABOUT SALONIKI
Four German Officers Reported to
Have M0t0red In Vicinity OF
Greek Port Three Days.

Rome Nov -, iva Paris. 1i55 D.
m.l-Four German officers arrived at
Saloniki from Sofia on Oct. IS and
spent three days motoring in that dis
trict. especially in the section where
the allied troops were concentrated on
the 18th. according TO a story printed
by the Matfino under a Saloniki date.
They are said TO have been taken to
Piraus On q Greek torpedo boat
The Mattino correspondent asserts
he has been assured the Germans con
stituted a special mission whose OBJ
lect was to establish relations between
( the governments at Athens, Constan-
tinople, Bucharest and Sofia. The
chief OF the mission is not identified
but is said to have been a parsonage
close to Emperor william It is as
serted that other members were Baron
Won Falkenhausen, Colvin Erbseiner
and an officer Of inferior rank
| King Constantine was assured by
the Germans, the correspondent re-
ports, that Rumania would remain
neutral and that Bulgaria's pledges TO
Greece would be guaranteed by Ger
many.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
ARE
ASKED TO ARBTTRATE

Chicago, Nov. 13-The state board
of arbitration has obtained the assent
OF Judge Marcus Kavanaugh, Lock
wood Hono-e and Charles NJ. Walker
to act as an arbitration board to at
tempt to settle the differences be-
tween striking garment workers and
their employers.
Sidney Hillman. president Of the
garment workers. has agreed to the
plan, it was announced today, and let
ters have been sent the manufacturers
asking their participation. The man
ufacturers heretofore had steadfastly
declined al, offers OF arbitration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
Churchill Is
Target Used
InEIOf Shots

London, Nov. 10, 1905 a, m.}-Wins-
ton Spencer Churchill, formerly first
lord Of the admiralty. whose retire
ment from the cabinet as chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster, was Off
cialIy announced last night, intends to
explain the reason for is resignation
at the sitting of the house of COM
mons Monday. According to the Times
parliamentary correspondent, Mr.
Churchill will review the war opera
tons OF the admiralty during his term
as first lord and will justify the ex-
petitions to Antwerp aud the Darda-
.nelles.
No figure in British politics has been
the target Of more criticism since the
war started than Mr. Churchill, who is
now about TO Join the army in France.
Churchill has been blamed as if
solely responsible for the inadequacy
of the British relief of Antwerp, a
military movement that brought little
relief to the Belgians and ended with
the intermeut Of large part of the
British marine expedition in Holland.
Similarly he has had the brunt of the
public censure for the attempt to force
the Dardanelles without the help Of
the army, a failure which up to date
has produced 8 British casualty list Of
approximately 100000 men, and has
been called THE Duke Of Antwerp and
GallipoIi"
On Trafalgar day he made another
mistake, according to some Of his
critics, when he wrote through our
long delays the enemy has seized a
new Initiative in the near cast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
Train Children i'm Bomb Drill,

Amsterdam. Oct. 25.-(Correspond-
ence Associated Press bomb drill,
consisting Of exercises of an element
airy sort designed to instruct children
how to act in the event of raid by
hostile aeroplanes, has been adopted III
all the public schools Of Baden, Alsaee
and Rhenish Prussia.
Travellers from Germany state that in
both Baden and Alsace a number Of
children were recently severely in,
iured in the scramble TO leave the
school buildings during the recent
raids. At 0ffenburg the annual gen.
eral council OF mayors Of Baden cities
had Just opened its sessions In the city
hall when the fire alarms and sirens
announced the approach of a squadron
Of French airmen. The mayors aa-
journed to the coal cellars of the build
ing until the danger was over.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
NEW RELIEF PLAN
is lNAUGuRlIED
Head Of Commission in Belgium Con-
feTs With Ambassador Gerard
Over Problem.

Berlin, Nov. 10, (via London, 1928
p, m)-Dr Vernon c. Kellogg. direc-
tor of the commission for the relief
Of Belgium, has arrived here after a
trip through Poland taken at the in
stance Of the German government to
study the relief problem He con-
ferred yesterday with United States
Ambassador Gerard and will leave
this morning for Brussels for a fur
Their conference with Chairman Hoov-
er Of the American commission re-
garding the possibility OF Americans
undertaking relief work in Poland.
Several months ago the Rockefeller
foundation investigated the relief
problem with the result that an agree
ment was reached to start the work
under the supervision of the Rockefel-
Ter foundation. The agreement was
signed by the German and Austrian
governments and representatives of
the foundation. The foundation then
agreed TO provide $4,000 a month for
the expenses Of administering relief
funds raised by the Austrian and Ger
man governments and by popular sub
scriptions. For various reasons the
plan fell through ultimately SO far as
Germany was concerned.
Its revival under the auspices of the
Belgian commission is proposed I'M
der an agreement which probably will
provide a pledge by Germany to
requisition, no food supplies and to
levy no taxes on the population Now
that Rumanian grain is available it is
believed, 1T would be easier to obtain
supplies there than in tho United
States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
Special Report of j. w. Ken
drick Shows Vast Sum
Must Be Expended.
LINES TO BE REPAIRED
According to Economy Pro
gram Mapped Out Great
Saving Can Be Made.

Chicago, Ill. Nov 13.-Five years.
time and an expenditure of approxi-
mateiy S27 100000 is required for the
thorough rehabilitation of the Chi
cago. Rock Island and Pacific Railway
company. now in the hands of a re-
ceiyer according to the special report
OF }. W, kendriek made public here
today
The report is bulky affair but q
synopsis prepared by Mr.. Kendrick
says;
The full amount of the savings or
economies suggested will not be real
lied until the last year. June 80. 1921.
The major part Of the capital expendi-
ture should be made during the first
three years, and the money SO re-
Quired is estimated to be $27 100000"
Repair Work 10 BE Bone.
The synopsis mentions S6,00S.000 for
trade revision, new lines, sidings and
second tracks; $9,442,000 for improve
ments TO existing cars and locomo-
tives; $3,5S7.000 for ballast and bank
widening; 100000 for tie plates. and
1892, 900 for track elevation and
grade separation, as among the more
important items. Continuing, the
synopsis says
"It is believed that this amount of
money, judiciously expended, viii re-
suit in putting the Rock Island in good
physical condition and by the exercise
Of close supervision il is estimated
that the net annual saving in operating
expenses for the fiscal year ending
June so, 1919. will amount to about
$5,050,Q00
To Buy 5000 More Cars.
-Four thousand freight cars have
been purchased by the receiver and by
the expenditures recommended in con-
nection with equipment reinforcement
and betterment, some five thousand
additional freight cars will be put in
TO seryiceable condition and viii re-
suit in an estimated reduction in hire
of equipment charges amounting TO
100000 per annum, BY the cancella'-
ton and modification Of certain leases
there also should be a reduction in
rentals amounting to $4,000. The ex-
penditures will cause an increase in
interest on funded and unfunded debt
in 1919 over 1915 of 81 .5SS. GOO
Applying these estimates TO the
year ending June 30, 1919, and ASSUME
ing that the gross operating revenue
increases at the same rate it has dur
ing the past five years, the net income
account TO rthe year ending June 80,
1919. viii be $4,303. 0O0'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
NEW LOAN ARRANGED
FOR BY THE FRENCH

Paris, Nov 12-The bill providing
for new French loan was passed by
the chamber Of deputies today after an
explanation by Finance Minister Ribot,
who said the object was TO avoid IN
ereasing indefinitely the short term
debt, The rate Of interest is fixed at
per cent and the government re-
nounces the right Of payment until
after Jan. I, 1881.
NJ. Ribot declared the loan marked
the determination Of France to con-
tinue the war with arms and money
until victory is achieved. He con-
ciuded with an appeal to business
houses, banks, the press, rich and poor
alike. for all the aid they can give.
The bill vas unanimously adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
LAKE STEAMER HITS
ON ROCKS AND SINKS

Erie, Pa, Nov 13.-The freighter Z.
D. Armour Of the Boreland Cornelius
line, from Cleveland to Buffalo with
coal, struck on q shoal in Lake Erie
on Waldermeer, four miles east OF
here, last night, and after being
pounded for hours by a heavy sea,
sank this morning.
Fart Of the crew was taken of early
IN the day. but Captain Joseph Bore
iand and three other men remained on
The boat until 9 o'clock, when they
We're rescued with difficulty by Hans
Jansen and the life-saving crew.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till Z 2. VI. Tomorrow, TO
Rock Island. Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity.

Unsettled weather with rain tonight
or Sunday, no decided change in tenn
perature,
Temperature ait a. m. 81. Highest
Yesterday 81. Lowest last night SO.
Velocity of wind at a. N. 8 miles
per hour.
Precipitation none
Stage of water IL rise Of 2 in last
"a hours.
]. NJ. SHERIER. Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13

Siois, France. Nov, IS. (12:35 a. ni-1
--Nognt Monti de Bcze, agent for
Frnoe Elias Of Bourbon, owner OF the
famous Chambourg Crateaa estate
Waita has been sequestered By the
French government has been sentenced
70 weeks Imprisonment aud a fine OF
w francs ts40) for desecrating the
cemetery on the Chambourg domain By
transforming it into an orchard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
Armies Of Victor Emmanuel
in Offensive Movement
Hammering Enemy.
MAKING BOLD CHARGES
Official Statement Tells of
Troops Destroying Rail
road Bridge in Raid.

Rome. Nov. IL, via Paris. Nov. IS.
..80 II. Further progress at sew
oral points by the Italian troops is
reported in an official statement issued
today d, the headquarters Of the gem
eraI stan The communication fol-
lows
Bold raids by our delaChmeuts are
reported at the confluence OF the Cam
tri and the Adige, where we destroyed
the railroad bridge between Mort aud
segbe, in the upper Calamento valley,
at the Brsnto and Cismon torrents.
In the upper Cordevole our often
siye continues normally.
"0n the middle Isonso we were
heavily engaged yesterday in the PLAYA
zone and on the heighths northwest Of
Gorilla. On Monte Calvaric the most
southern Of the heights. the enemy's
attacks which reached TO within a few
yards OF our trenches. were repulsed.
0ur troops then delivered counter at
tacks and, pressing the flying enemy.
stormed the trenches. taking 70 pris-
oners, four of whom were officers. the
sole survivors Of a company annihi-
lated by our fire
Conquer Red0ubt in Cars0.
"0n the Carso plateau the fighting
lasted all day wtthl.the greatest vigor.
We conquered an enemy redouht be-
tween tJe Cappuclo wood and San
MartiHo Del Carso and made some
little progress elsewhere.
THE reports Of the different com
mauders agree in emphasizing the
bravery and the splendid, unselfsh
spirit of which our troops have given
proof in every circumstance Of this
fierce struggle"
Vienna, Nov. H. (via London, Nov.
IL. 3.55 q. m.l-The Austrian war
department. today gave out the fol-
lowing statement,
"Rssian zone: Near Sepanoff several
Russian night attacks we're repulsed.
italian zone; There was violent
Italian infantry fire on the l Italian
front yesterday, subsequently the en-
Omy again attacked our bridge head at
Gorilla and on the plateau OF Doberdo
but was repeatedly repulsed with
heavy losses. Advancing movements
near Sapra and in the Vrzha region
met similar fate.
"0n the Dojomites front and also on
Col di Lana Italian ATTACKS were frus-
trated
Serbian zone. On the entire front
crossing Of the Moraya river was
forced German troops have stormed
and captured Bogutovac and the
heights on both sides Of that place"
Monitors Driven on.
Constanttuople, Nov. 10, tvia Lon
don, 3:l4 a m.l-Au official state
meut given out today by the Turkish
war department. says
Enemy monitors attempting to
lombard the coast Of the Gulf OF Saros
were sHauced by our artillery and
forced to depart
AT Anaufarta, Seddul Bahr and
RemiklimaG our artillery likewise
forced the enemy vessels TO retreat
AN enemy torpedo boat which ran
ashore in the Gulf of Saros has now
been completely sunk.
Near Ari Buruu and Kanlisfey we
destroyed enemy bomb mortar posi-
tons
Near Seddul Bahr our artillery in
n'eted heavy losses on the enemy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
italians TO Use German Graft.

Milan. Italy, Nov. L, tTia Paris.
Nov. Is, 5:45 a. ma Genoa dispatch
to the Secolo says the Italian govern
ment has decided to fit out and use
German liners which are interned in
Italian ports. Three or four Of the
vessels at Genoa alone have total
tonnage Of $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13

New York, NOV 13-The repor, of
the actual conditions of clearing house
bank and trust companies for the
week shows they hold sl93,S45.37O re-
serve in excess Of legal requirements
This is an increase OF $40. $50 over last
week.