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WOMEN MAY VOTE IN
EPISCOPAL PARISHES
Convention Gives the Right
Subject to Consent Of Male
Church Members.

The convention OF 500 laymen and
clergy Of the Episcopal Church in ses-
sion In Synod Hall OF the Cathedral OF
st. John the Divine yesterday gave wo-
men the right to vote in parish elections.
II the men of the parishes consent: in
dorsed Thomas Mott Osborne's prison
work, cheered him heartily adopted a
clergy pension fund to become effective
when s5,O00.O0O shall have been raised I:
authorized an evangelistic campaign
under the name Of a Preaching Mission,
and criticized wealthy people who can
afford clubs and drink on Sundays.
It was one OF the largest Episcopal
conventions ever assembled In New
York. Although the women secured only
partial victory. II was said yester-
day that most Of the parishes would
accord them the right to vote. Francis
I.ynde Stetson said that he had not
voted for woman suffrage but that he
would vote for this privilege.
Bishop Greer spoke on prison reform
and at the mention OF Warden Os-
bornes name there was long applause.
Osborn. was held to he the exponent OF
Stetson the Social Service Commission of
New York was instructed to take up the
spread of information concerning prison
reform. The pensions for the clergy
provide for retirement at 6s years with
minimum pensions Of $500 and maximum
of $4,000. with provisions in case OF
death for widows and children.
About $4,000 was voted for church
extension in New York alone.
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MAIN SERBIAN ARMY
ALMOST BNYELOPED
Held In Rcctanglc 30 Miles by
so, With Enemies on
Three Sides.
BULGARS FAR TO WEST
Bnl gars Abandoned kuprili,
Mistaking French Patrol
for Large Army.
BULGARS FAR TO WEST
Sp,cia, coJi. Despotch 10 Tur sus.

Special CoJie Despatch 10 TBE suS.'
LONDON, Nov. 10.--In n rectangle or
thirty by sixty miles now lies the fate or
the main Serbian army. In this small
area the principal Serbian force Is bot
tied up. with only one avenue of es-
cape--the Montenegrin frontier to the
wost--open. II is hemmed in by Ger
mans and Austr,ans to the north, by the
Bulgari,ns on the Aleksinac- Lcskovac
sector of the Orient railway to the east
and by another bulgarian army to the
south.
The bulgarian army III the south has
III the last week or 40. without the faint
est hint being given in the official reports
from sofia. Vienna or Berlin. drawn "A
line from east TO west straight across
Serbia almost to the Montenegrin border.
completing the horseshoe which Is clos
ing in on the Serbian army.
The way to Albania. until recently
looked upon az "A more or less safe out
let for the SerbianS, may be absolutely
closed by this force Berlin let II be
known for the first time to-day that this
Bulgar army Is operating IN the kossovo
Pole. west of i'ristina, and AT the CEN
ire "f line running westward from
NrsnJa to the Albanian frontier. the
plain * only thirty miles from the Mon
tenegrin border. II IL feared here that
Pristina may be already ia Bulgarian
hands. y little northward lies the city
OF Mit-ovicu.
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LONDON SAYSINDIA STORY
WAS "MADE IN GERMANY"
Denies Reported Revolt, and Declares All Is Peace in
Oriental Doman-Lord Kitcheners Mission
Said to Concern Near East.

been fooled and hWnbuggeJ 100 long.
We will not submit any longer. The
will of the people must and shall pre-
vail. even II unconstitutional methods
have TO be resorted to in order to achieve
that object.
We cannot and will 10, submit TO
the course of conduct that unless
checked bids fair TO carry us right TO
the verge Of catastrophe.
"a month ago all WAS well. our
enemies were trembling at the edge OF
disaster. Now II IL is true that our
virtual commander Ia chief has been
sh.lved, those enemies are heart.ned as
they have not been IN six months past.
The passing of Kitchener from
power would be the deadliest blow
struck t. recruiting. His name has
been the name to cOnjure with. Men
rallied to him from east and west simply
because they trusted in his genius. AZ
Nelson drew sailors 50 Kitchener has
drawn soldiers. His rnme rallied the
wonderful lads from Australia and New
Zealand To feht. bleed and fall on
Galllpolfs inhosp!table heights
His was II" name that drew the
sons of India to thc flag as a magnet
draws steel filings Any man who
pushed him GU, of his place would have
bitter reckoning to pas with those same
volunteers
But he must not and shall not 60.
We will give Asquith seven days. Let
the Preme1 not count this idle boast
or empty threat We will support him
in the interim TO any extent that means
beating the Germans.
But II AZ the end of the seven davs
the nation has NOT been told Ki,chener's
position or II that position Is unsatis-
factory To the British people then we
Will rouse the nation to action"
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~ AMERICANS LOST LIVES ON
ANCONA, WASl7LNGTONHEAR
CAN'T PROTEST IF LINER FLED
u BOAT ISSUE is REVIVED

" IAsHINGTON night said that it established
w that the Italian from the
submarine torpedod the United States
OF affair." Amer
lives.
September Count
behalf
his
without warning and
without provided that the
do resistance
for whc cortended"
June IL sad
OF Falaba which American
United surprised
contening effort the
OF the
Of Of
when torpedoed
the Of visit the part
held 10 forfeit the lives of her
he same said:
dred Of visit could have afforded the COM
Justification much putting the
of the jeopardy
the Of the
conte
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STOP PARCEL POST TO U. 8.
n"tch' Lines Charge Interference
by British Omcials.

BERLIN. via Amsterdam. Nov. TO-
british Interference with the mails
caused the suspension OF the parcel post
service from Germany to the United
states, 1t was stated in official circles
To-day. The Holland America Line in
formed the German Government that It
was unable for this reason TO continue
the service. and other lines are unwill-
Ing Tor the same reason to carry parcels
IL was added, however. that parcels
post service from America to Germany
continues. 1t is assumed that the Brit
ish authorities refrain from Interference
with this traffic because they fear COM
piications with Washington.
An American who has Just arrived
mere from New York asserts that British
officials announced their intention to ex-
anime the parcels on the liner Ryndaln
on her last Eastern trip. but desistcd
when the captain told them they would
nave to take the parcels by force
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TORNADO KILLS SIXTY
IN WESTERN TOWNS
Water Works and Light Plant
in Great Bend. Kan. Wrecked
Fremont, Nrb.. Swept.

GREAT BEND. Kan. Nov. l0.--A tor
nado. which is believed to have killed
'ifty persons. swept through this section
tonight, shortly after O'Clock.
The water works and lighting plants
were wrecked and this city is In dark
ness.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa re
Railway station was demolished ana
half the houses of the city were wrecked.
DENVER. Nov, 1o.--A tornado early
Tonight swept through Fremont. Neh.,
according to reports received here Ten
persons We're killed, according to mea-
gre reports received at the railway Of
Aces OF the Missouri Pacific Railroad
at Pueblo.
Many buildings at Hoisiugton. Kan,
were swept into "a heap Of debris ac-
cordng to a Western Union Telegrapn
repOrt.
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SEES ENEMY AT HONE.
Horatio BOttOmley Asks ~ kitch-
~ner Has Been Sacrificed.

LoSpoN. Nov 1O---To-day's issue Of
John Bun contains a strong article by
Horatio Bottomley demanding that
Lord Kitchener remain IN London and
attend to the duties of War Minister
instead OF going 70 the Near East.
Bo,tomley. although much denounced
In some quarters. II really idolized Ny
the people. His recruiting speeches gain
more enlistments than those of any other
man and his publication circulates al
most half u million copies. The article
therefore is important nasmuch az II
indicates the public feeling, 1t reads
in part as follows
"The British people .tre thrilled by
the news that Lord Kitchener, the great
est soldier under our nag, Is to leave the
War office for an indefinite period. Does
that mean that he. like our greatest
sailor. is TO be sacrificed on the altar
of party politics?
"If so II 10 high time that this
nation made its might felt. II Kitchener
is being shclved there is only one
course open: The nation must rise and
sweep those political meddlers out OF
existence rallyng every village, ham
let and city to kitchener's side.
For n he Is to be pushed aside then
God help the ar1ny--and at this june
ture the army spells the British Empire.
We frankly and fearessly tell Kitchener
that the whole British Empire. from
Britan's capital to the remotest village
of our far dung empire. relies upon him
10 see us through.
"Kitchcner l. not likely to desert his
post at the bidding OF any political
cliaue He has no mandate from the
people to quit the War Otfice. H,s duty
10 us is as clear as daylight; he must
Lat On
Lords, as Lord Nsher should have
done. and say Choose between me and
the malcontents. We Know What the
answer would be.
Kitchener will not only he true to
himself but true TO the country which
proved it's faith in him by pouring ont
rivers of blood. He will be true to the
400 200 men who have fallen. true to
uhe dead true to the wounded and the
living.
"He told us when he took charge OF
the War Office that he would stay there
until the war Is won II ne goes out or
allows himself to be pushed out now
he will cover himself with the mantle
that only wef Killings wear
"Is he a weakling? We know he Is
not II he submitted himself To immo-
lation il would be because he does not
want to distract the nation In this time
OF crisis. This is a fatal error. II was
the mistake Fisher made.
"l'or the time being Premier Asquith
is to take full control of the War Office,
We must do our best to aid him. for
never for Il moment must we lose sight
of the grim tart that We have TO fight
the Germans to the finish.
"No matter what happens the Ger
mans have TO be crushed. Crush them
We will, though We now know that we
have enemies OF "A dangerous character
within our gates. enemies who are weed
ing out and cutting down our lighting
giants one by one We must handle
them with gloves OFF
premier Asauith can count upon the
nations help as long as he Is at the
War Office, but the nation wants
Kitchener this time. What the nation
wants II will surely have. We have
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Ambassador to ITALY Makes
Report on Torpedoing Of
Passenger Ship.
DONE BY AUSTRIANS.
SAYS BERLIN CABLE
Alleged Attempt TO Escape
Not Confirmed by Any
Other Dispatches.
LACK OF WARNING
NIGHT MEAN BREAK
Latest Reports Say Sinking
Of the Liner Cost About
272 Lives.

WAsuiHuroS, Nov. 1o.-Twenty.seven
Americans are believed to have been
killed IN the tOrpedolng OF the Italian
liner Ancona by an Austrian submarine
IN the Mediterranean yesterday, accord
ing to a despatch received at the Stats
Department tonight from Ambassador
Page at Rome.
A serious question with the .Austro-
Hungarian Government Identical with
that which brought the United States
and Germany to the verge OF break,
II II Is established that an Austrian and
not German submarine sank the AM
coma, Is believed to be pending unless
II Is demonstrated that the conduct OF
the Ancona justified the submarine at.
tack. Should II be shown that the An
that 1t vas not signallcd to stop and
made no effort to escape from the sub
marine, /; is considered certain that
prompt and vigorous action will be taken
by the United States.
Thus far the State Department ilaa
no advices on the disaster beyond a das-
patch from Ambassador Page reporting
the loss OF twenty-s.ven American lives.
The press report that the Ancona at
tempted To escape, and was sheilcd for
long time before she was totpedued
~ not confirmed IN any dcspatch.s that
nave reached the stat. Departnlent-
Other and more complete reports are cx-
pected tomorrow.
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The Franco-British stan at Salonica
issued the following statement yester-
day:
British troops. reinforced by new
division, occupy solidly the region
north of Doiran and are operating in
the direction of S,rumitza. where en-
counters between British and Bulgar-
ian patrols have been reported.
The bulgarian attack on krivolak
testiiies to the anxiety caused by tne
progress OF French troops beyond the
Crena River. AMI the occupat alton by
them of the regions of Monzin. Canaan
dol and Dobrlsta, protecting the routes
to Babuna Pass,
Supply trains are circulating freely
between Gueygheli and Gradsko.
The bulgarian war office issued the
following statement this afternoon:
our troops continuing the pursuit OF
the defeated Serbian army have
reached the Morava River and are
preparing to cross to the west bank.
Aleksinac. Vlasotince, Iltowac and Te-
iowa have been occupied. On the
other fronts there has been no change.
The booty captured at Nish con-
sisted of i2 guns, thousands OF rifles,
much ammunition. 200 railway cars and
many automobiles, The retreating
Serbians abandoned numerous guns,
machine guns and rifles. which have
COntiN on Second pdOc
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Special td6e Drspatch to THr srs

LONDON, Nov. l0.-TiiE SUNS COR
respondent. inquiring at official quarters
with reference 80 Lord Kitcheners visit
To- India wac told that there was moth
Ing to be added to Premier Asquith' =
remark made AT the Guildhan yesterday.
that Lord Kitchener had gone to sur
vey AT close quarters and IN intimate
conference with the representatives of
our allies the whole situation in the
eastern theatre"
The story that Kitchener has gone to
the East to suppress revolution IN
India is said q have originated in Ger
many.
THE SvNs correspondent was In
formed that this story was absolutely
untrue, that there Is no revolution TO
be quelled and that conditions in India
are more than satisfactory.
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1000 CLAMOR FOR TRIAL.
Clothing Strikers swamp Chicago
CITY Hall.

CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-More than 900
striking clothing workers, charged with
unlawful assembly who clogged the cor
ridors of the City Hall In their efforts
to reach Municipal Judge Graham's
court room for trial to-day, were allowed
to 20 on their own recognizance until
December s by the court. Meanwhile an
effort will be made to dispose of the
city cases out OF court, while the state
will try one test case. further trials to
depend ON the result.
Isabella Alexander, one OF fifty-nine
women arrested. was to have been placed
on trial to-day. but she became lost in
the throng and her case was set for
November II.
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BOY DYING OF FOOTBALL HURT.
Morris High Player Cut by Rock
After n Tackle.

Jacob Taub. right guard on the Morris
High School football team. who was In
jured on Monday In practice game at
Crotona Field Is dying In Fordham Hos
pitai and all the games ON the Morris
schedule have been cancelled,
Taub tackled runner and fell on a
Jagged bit OF rock, one of his spinal
vertebre being broken, He has not
since regained consciousness. He Is a
senior and lives at 4S5 Fast l4Oth street
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BROOKLYN SOLDIER LOST LEG
Brooke BOnneIl Victim Of wound
Received In Fighting IN France.

NDfcIW C0OTe DeSpdfCN 70 TnE STN.
PARIS. Nov l0,---Brooke Bonnell Of
Brooklyn. who was wounded "A month
ago, II bullet shattering his knee. writes
from the hospital at Chamhery that his
leg has been amputated below the knee.
Il expect to be around on crutches in
a couple of weeks" he says. (which viii
be very funny. Everybody is most kind
here and | have everything ! wish for
! have been invited to Cannes for cou-
valcscence
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Big BuIear Advance.

Inc oiilcial German statement follows
Fresh forces of Aus,r,-German and
Bulp.rian ,rnons .rysc,ed ., ,uuc.ion
to-day a, yIasbk. i'm ,h. S.rh,an re-
piou along the oriental railroad They
are rooner.,inp 10 mn, nm end 4,
guerrilla nxhtine and there has been
II resumption or train operation
L'etachlns forces from the army
AROUND Nlsh' the Buisars pursued tho
Ser"s 10 the southward INTO the Les
ko'ac valley. Another BODY, tas TO
the westward. near the MonteneSrln
frontier, Is operating IN the kossovo
Polye tPiaih OF the Blackbirds) with
view to closing the Serbians' last
avenue of eScape,
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1AFTFOR ROOT
ASPRESIDBNT:
SEES VICTORY
Predicts the Tariff as Main
Issue and Bull Moose
Extinction.
HAS NOTHING TO SAY
ABOUT ROOSEVELT

ruicaGo. Nov. 10.--Ex- President Taft
4. for Elihu Root as the Republican
coninee for President in 1916. Mr.. Taft
4, A frank and unrestrained interview
On the national political situa-
%, this afternoon at the Blackstone
Ho,el EXPIRE -scd his opinion as "A private
otien out of politics that Mr.. Root
sthe one man who answers the re-
eurements of the times"
Nr. Taft does not deny the political
s,rength Of President Wilson. but he
sr-ms the belief that the Republicans
rhaye an excellent chance to win the
1915 election tf conditions remain as
they are
Ne believes that next years ballots
viii he cast with the European war in
full blast He doesn't see peace within
eighteen months at the earliest.
The Presidential campaien. in Mr..
Tsft's judgment. will be fought out
mainly on the issue Of the tariff. The
W.lsol Mexican policy may I've "A prime
Hctof, hut not II the United states
ts.Tens TO have bet on the right horse"
The Philippine Issue.
Mr.. Taft remarked that the foreign
policy Of this Government regarding
China and the Orient Is certain to loom
largely IN the national campaign. What
Nr Taft expresses as the wreck OF thir-
teen years of earnest honest and con-
structive labor in the Philippines" by the
pemocratic regime under Governor-Gen-
tral Francis Burton Harrison figures
a. conspicuous possibility in the inn
pending Republican attack upon the Will
eon Administration.
The Republican victory in Massachu-
seits last week Mr.. Taft sets down as
The most significant Off year election
-ssult on record" He thought that the
Massachusetts, election results. correctly
Interpreted. spell the reunion of the Re-
publican and the Progressive parties
upon an honest basis" and an excellent
Indication OF what may be expected in "A
nationwide campaign next year.
Defeat Of the new Constitution in New
York the ex-President described as u
distinct disappointment but not with
sut great possibilities for good" He
PARTICULARLY cited the short ballot, the
budget system of State finances and the
modernization of the judiciary to bring
the courts abreast OF the times as
features of the defeated Constitution
which he had hoped would have been
ratified
These three features. he hopes. will be
fesubmitted to the State of New York
BY its Legislature as separate amend
ments and he expressed the conviction
that THE movement toward these three
Tremendous reforms as originated by the
New York Constitutional Convention
will spread rapidly to many other States
aid become without delay accepted
gndamentals in the scheme of popular
ebyernment.'
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TeutOns Move West ward.

To end this righting. desci ibed by the
Eerlin War Office as guerrilla war
fare" Austro-,;erman and Bulgarian
forces have Joined and are heading west
ward.
Added evidence of the theory that the
Bulgarians are trying to throw the al
lied forces now fighting In southern Ser
bla back over the Greek frontier pre-
sumably to precipitate Greek interven-
,ion on their side. Is seen in the pas
sage in the German official statement
that the Bulgarians made "a strong
drive against the French left wing on
the Greek fro0tier."
Rerin and Sofa reports and Official
and unofficial advlces from allied quar-
tiers are conflicting as To the present
status Of the fighting in southern Ser
bia aud the strip OF Bulga ria invaded
by the Allies dxpeditionary force.
Both sides announce successes
In one sector OF the southern front
at least. in the region around Kuprilt
iVeles), on the Salonica-Niih railroad.
the Allies appear TO have the upper
ported rccaptured by the French The
Daily MdiPs Salonica correspondent, in
"A despatch filed yesterday. says;
French cavalry reconnoitred in the
direction of kuprih. Having caught
sight of them the Bulgarians believed an
army was following the cavalry and.
punic stricken, they evacuated the town.
The French cavalry entered the city, set
aflre the munition and provision depots
and then left"
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Nj TAFT does not have as much
optimism a. some other Republicans who
pTeilyt wholesale defeat for Democrats
heN' year, but he bases his opinion that
H.s party mas good chance to win upon
mr. aind reports gained from travelling
oe" iHo entire country.
j inJN Tor a Republican victory. but
'he verdict will not he as decisive as IL
would have b en had not the European
=" in'eWeued,' Mr.. Taft said. I'VE
bad a year 0f the Underwood tariff and
business suffered. Then came the war.
I1"'- has b en- measure of pros
l'ny Some lines of business have de-
N'uped uucunscionable profit. Ii APP
pedFs 10 uc q get in quick get out quick
policy with many OF them. The con-
Ser alive business men are eager to
Fe,In ts rapidly AS may be possible
10 sound basis. and for this reason |
!erI INA, the Republican principles will
oe rees'dD ned 10y next years election"
speak!ag Of the Presidency. Mr., Taft
Mld.
am hot a candidate. ] am not a
poiicidn As citizen I may say with
out qual.ii alton that Elihu Root of New
10rE is the one man who answers the
'tll'rem"nis Of the times for the Presi-
eeucy
ma You catch any sentiment on your
Nt'eIs that would Indicate that Col.
Roosevelt might be put forward as a
caHl.dlte for the Republican nomina-
'onf Mr.. Taft was asked.
did not come out here to answer
'ne riddle. Of the sphinx" the ex-Presi-
cent fetor'ed as he hurried away to his
o.eaeslGd Hal! meeting.
Tart scores HarrisOn.
Mr. Taft was asked after the meeting
=" discuss the charges by Representa-
I'VE Clarence b. Miller of Minnesota
against iOv-Gen. Harrison's admins
Na'.on OF the Philippines.
'pi AJ Aliller's charges l cannot
SPEAK as have no definite information
''uctru.ug the specific allegations they
MAKE he said But the effect Of the
harrison administration of the islands
mas been To wreck what was so labori-
o4sly built up"
The Government service was abso-
Wey nOu-partisan. In fourteen years
w. rsiaDN he'd "A civil service in the
'ahdS hat was as fine as any ever es-
ebliSh"d
f"N Harrison demols shed that
Nds published that on his way out he
S'l 10 honolulu that he would take a
'arlon. joy Ia turning out all Repub-
l1'S. The Nicc-Governor told me that
uu'y arranged "A banquet for GOV.
n'l1lSnn 'ho night after his arrival,
s'N N" said. IL was rather embar-
,a''ns t"r N. because about one-half
We W" on ls a. the banquet in honor OF
~. h'' On had been asked for their
'"g,f.ols.
IN"y have turned out tn civil SER
we whites aud have filled up the places
,'"H 'puO politicians. The result
'' h"'' 10 arouse the antagonisln of
' f'Nr.np factions rot In Office, while
N'S' o. in,rr have demonstrated their
nom 'u.". In the Land Office Affairs
"S'' H.H 50 lax that there Is "A deficit
N-'"'"" In the sinking fund, which
.'j rom payments on the
,no. , ..."n plan 1t is 4 serious thing,
'.,..l' ..'i iurincnt.
'Hr rest, the labOrious effort of
''' 'uls ha. been practically de-
".N'' Its restoration now would be
"',' Of cN,reme difficulty"
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BIG POST FOR LORD MURRAY.
"Dafly ESprcss" Says lie win II.
In Munitions Niutstr,.

LONDON. Nov 1.-THE Daily Ery,tsS
says Lord Murray of Elibank has been
appointed To an important post in the
Ministry Of Munitions.
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Lord Murray of Elibank formerly was
chief whip Of the Liberal party. lie re-
signed to devote himself To- business and
became associated with Lord Cowdray's
interests