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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
THE WAR TODAY

A striking victory for the French
over the Bulgarians in one sector
of the front in southern Serbia is
uBoii.cially reported through Paris.
General Sarrairs tToops are said
to have driven the Bulgarian forces
to the right bank OF the Yardar
day battle.
Capture by the French OF the
town of kasturino and a defeat OF
the Buigarians by the British ON
the Valondosa- RahroTo front also
are reported in the adviees re-
ceiyed in Paris.
The Bulgarians apparently are
sweeping all before them in the
region nerth ii y. rastir. 4 Lon
don message early today said con-
tirmati0n had been received in
Saloniki OF the report that the
Bulgarians had taken Perlepe. i'm
periIing Monastir, which the Serb
ians were preparing to eyacuate, it
was said.
Progress for the Italians in their
campaign against Gerizia is re-
ported by Rome, strong entreneh-
ment on the height northwest OF
the city having been taken.
Belluno, an Italian city about
fifty miles north OF Venice. has
been b0mbarded by an Austrian
aeroplane. A BelluHa dispatch
says only one bomb ont of five
dropped. exploded and that aside
from the slight wonnding of three
persons the explosion had no ef.
feet.
Artillery engagements and fight.
ing of trench guns are reported by
Paris from the front in France. No
Infantry attacks are mentioned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
CALL RAILROADS
RATE DRAWBACK
Claim IlIinoiSans Go To Chicago Now
Instead of Making Trip to
vt. Louis.

st. Louis, Nov, 1S-Illinoisans who
formerly came to St. Louis on bust
ness or pleasure are now going to Chi
cago because of lower railroad pas
senger rates which they are able to
obtain, according TO the testimony Of
the manager Of the Illinois Central
railroad given at an Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing here. The
hearing was on the complaint of the
Business Mems league of st. Louis,
that the present railroad rate situa-
ton tends TO discrimination against
st. Louis in favor of Chicago and other
large cities in Illinois. The league is
seeking to bring about a readjustment
Of a situation in which travellers from
ST. Louis to Illinois points must pay
the interstate rate of 21a cents a mile
while travellers from East ST. Louis,
H., to the same points pay cents a
mile. the interstate rate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
PERLEPE REPORTED TO HAVE
FALLEN into THE HANDS OF
THE INVADING BULCARIANS
RObber Kids
andPal
DOesTheJOb

Chicago. Nov. t8.-Luke Ward and
a companion early today robbed James
Mahoney, manager; Clements Brown,
night bartender. and a customer. and
his companion had the three covering
under a pistol in back room.
Ward, to avoid suspicion from way
farers who might peep through the
windows and observe him taking mon
ey from the cash register. put on the
bartender's apron.
Frank Schmidt. waiting at a nearby
corner for Mahoney. came back to see
what was delaying his friend Schmidt
notified a fire station and returned to
the window. Ward opened the front
door
Come on in. We are playing a little
pitch. invited Ward. Schmidt entered,
was relieved Of eight cents and bundled
with the other prisoners in the rear
room.
Soon wagon load Of blue coats sur
rounded the saloon Ward had locked
the door and the saloon watch dog
was licking his hand when the sergeant
raped.
"Ha, ha, sergeant" laughed Ward
Somebody has been kidding you. No
robbery here. Goodnight"
( The police drove back to the station
but before the robbers could escape
Patrolmen Bywater. Miles and Martin
strolled along and Martin observed
that the bartender was a new one. He
Itelephoned the station and, returning,
shouted to Ward.
GO on about your business" replied
Ward. Browns off tonight and ] am
taking his place --,~-.~- ---
Martin visited the patrol box again
and had the station call Sol Browersky,
owner of the saloon, at his home and
ask if Brown was on duty Brown was.
according to Browersky. The next
contingent of the biueeoats entered
/ from the rear. Ward was still behind
/ the bar in his apron and the watch dog
was again licking his hand.
/ Wards companion escaped before
I the police arrived the last time Ward
] said he was released from prison two
weeks ago after serving a term for rob-
berry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
OPEN SECOND DAY OF
LITERARY MEETING

Boston, Nov. 18.--The two days ses-
sion of the seventh annual joint meet
ing of the National Institute OF Arts
and Letters and the American Acad-
envy Of Arts and Letters opened here
today. There was a large representa-
ton of the ESQ workers in various
branches of arts and literature who
composed the institute. The academy
is limited to SO members, all chosen
from the institute Six vacancies in
the academy are to be filed at this
meeting.
On the program for today were pa
pers by William Allen White. Brooks
Adams and Paul W Bartlett Tonight
there will be dinner at the Harvard
club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
UNITED STATES WILL NOT
USE DIPLOMATIC MEASURE
TO UNRAVEL ANCONA CASE
Inquest Is To
BeHeIdOUer'
BodyOfBat,y

Chicago, Nov. 1S.--Mrs. Anna Boil
linger, mother of the defective infant
which was permitted to die yesterday
was told today of the death
She made no comment except to re-
peat that denial Of the simple operation
which would have saved the baby's
life was best for all concerned.
DIR. H. J. Haiselden. the surgeon
who took the initiative in advising
Mrs. Bollinger, in all probabilities
viii not be prosecuted.
Dr. Haiselden, who had been al
most without sleep during the IS hours
preceding the infants death, was busy
in the operating room of the German
American hospital today.
A jury OF six Of the best known ply
sicians and surgeons OF Chicago viii
be chosen to hear testimony at thG
inquest, Coroner Hoffman announced
He expected to empanel the jury al
once and before night set date foi
the inquest
Coroner Hoffman's decision to hold
an inquest was made after a consul
tation with Or. Henry G. W. Reinhard
and Dir. John Dill Robertson, health
commissioner.
4 have decided to hold an inquest
because, for all we know, a similar
! case may be brought to our attention
tomorrow. We should do something
( to prevent a similar death, he said. d"
am making no criticism of the physi
clan in this case. Our only object il
( to do something in the interests of hu
manity. I chose a jury Of physician
in the hope that they will make som
scientific recommendation to proven
similar occurrences.
! Coroner's Physician Reinhardt re
ported to Coroner Hoffman the resul
+ OF his post norton examination OF tn,
baby's body
DR.. Haiselden expressed gratitude
when told that the inquest had beer
ordered, though he said the baby
death from natural causes rendered
one hardly necessary.
/ ANY true investigation will make i
more clear to the public that l an
right" he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
Staying OF BIRDS
EXPENSIVE SPORT
This Folly Alone Costs United States
One Billion Dollars Annually,
Says Speaker.

Chicago. Ill, Nov. Redistribution
Of birds, according to Colonel G. c.
Shields, president of the league of
American Sportsmen, costs the United
States a billion dollars year. Colonel
Shields made the assertion in the
course Of an address before the Chi
cago chapter OF the Daughters of the
American Revolution here today
Cotton growers" he said, lose
s100 .000. 900 a year by the boil weevil.
Why? Because the quails, the prairie
chickens. the meadow larks and other
birds which were formerly there in
millions have been swept away by
thoughtless, reckless men and boys.
The chinch bug costs wheat growers
S100, 900, 900 he said, and the Hessian
fly, s20o, 600, 000.
at takes more than $4,000 chinch
bugs to weigh an ounce, and nearly
so 600 Hessian fiys to weigh the same,
continued the speaker,
"A quail killed in Ohio had in its
eraw 200 chinch bugs Another in a
Kansas wheat field had 1000 Hessian
flies
Colonel Shields added that potato
growers pay S17.oo0000 year for
paris green and remarked that quail
slain in Pennsylvania had 127 potato
bugs in its craw. He said that Mrs.
Margaret NJ. Nice of the faculty OF the
Massachusetts State university, after
long study estimated that quail de-
strovs $4,000 bugs and 100000 weed
seeds annually.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
ARE 'TOPR(lvE
ACENTOF THE:
KAISER HERE

New Yrk, Nov. 1S.-An allegation
that the German government appropri-
ated $4,000 to charter and load a
fleet Of steamships which cleared from
New York early in the war to supply
German cruisers operating in South
American waters. will be made by the
government at the trial of Karl Buenz
next week, according to United States
District Attorney Marshall.
1t is stated that the government
will try to show that the operation of
the supply ships was directed to a
great extent by an official Of the Ger
man government who is still in the
United States.
Buenz, who was formerly German
consul general here and now is manag-
ing director of the Hamburg American
line, is accused of violating the Gus
toms laws and neutrality of the Unit
ed States by sending out the supply
ships.
Mr., Marshall says he does not in
tend to take up the charges Of DR..
Joseph Goricar that diplomatic and
consular representatives Of the 7eu-
tonic allies are directing the work OF
a large number spies in this c0un-
try until A B. BieIaski chief of tina
Bureau of Investigation of the depart
ment of justice. has made a report to
Secretary of State Lansing
DR.. Goricar expected to meet Chief
Flynn Of the United States secret serv-
ice today and to go to Cleveland today
or tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
ONTINUINC To
HUNT ENT0MBED
Rescue Parties Still Digging for Min.
ers Buried i'm Shaft at Seattle.
Washington.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 49, More than
thirty-six hours after the explosion
which wrecked the Northwestern I'M
proyement eompany's coal mine at
Ravensdale with the loss of 81 lives,
squads of rescuers still were digging
through the debris choked passage
ways 1,500 feet under ground in search
OF % bodies still in the mine. After
the recovery OF three bodies late yes
terday, bringing the total number of
identified dead to nine, the workers
found their way blocked BY a heavy
fall of rock and coal. and progress
into the depth OF the level was made
slowly.
1t was thought today that the level
would be cleared and all the victims
removed before night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
MEN IN CONVENTION

indianapolis. Ind, Nov. Is. - More
than two hundred representatives OF
the electric railway industry were
here today for the opening of the fall
meeting of the Central Electric Rail-
way association, which will continue
two days. The members OF the asso-
citation, it is said, control more than
ten thousand miles Of electric rail
roads in the states of Indiana. Ohio
Kentucky, Michigan and Illinois. In
connection with the general associa-
ton, meeting of the Central Electric
traffic association also will be held
here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
OPERATOR TESTIFIES
IN MATTHEW TRIAL

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov 1S.-A. ].
Ah'gEit, a telegraph operator Of Salt
Lake City was to be the first witness
To-Day in the trial of Matthew A.
schmidt, charged with murder as the
result OF the destruction OF the Los
angeles Times building five years ago,
me witness was to identify a message
alleged to have been sent to Indianap-
Gus by j. B. Mcnamara after the ex-
pioston which Mcnamara afterward
confessed having caused.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
investigating Postoffiee Strike.

Washington. Nov. Is. - Postoffice
INSPECTORS were sent TO Paramount, W.
Va, today to investigate the strike OF
the entire force Of clerks and carriers
as a protest against the dismissal of
the assistant postmaster on charges
of giving assistance TO applicants be-
fore the civil service commission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
ARRANGE BURIAL OF
MYTHICAL FTANCE

Chicago. Nov. 1s.-The body Of the
unidentified man, claimed by Miss
Julia Choate Crumley Of Atlanta, Ga.
as her mythical hance, Or. Alleyne
Hensley," VIII be buried in Arlington
cemetery with full ceremony on Satur-
day, it was announced today.
Arrangements for the funeral were
completed by the Crumley family. #
was said The body was to have been
buried in a potter's field grave.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
]. HILLSTROM MUST
FACE FIRING SQUAD

Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov 1s.-Gov-
ernor Spry has declined to interfere
further in the case of Joseph Hillstrom
and has written his reasons in a tele-
gram to President Wilson which has
been unanimously concurred in by the
board of pardons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
President Jiminez is Dying.

washington. D. C., Nov. 1S.-Presf-
aent Jiminez OF the dominican repub-
az Is dying at Monte Cristi. Rear Ad-
mifad Caperton, cabling from the
iiaitien station today reported he had
oseh SO infol meo by the American Gus
sonis collector at Monte Cristi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
ANOTHER AIR
RAID MADE
ON ITALIANS

Paris, New. IS, Is p. ma hos
tile aircraft flew over Verona,
Italy, this morning, several bombs
being thrown from the machine,
according to HaYas dispatch
from Rome. One child was slight
Iy injured. There we're no other
casualties nor was any material
damage done, the dispatch states.
Belluno, Italy, Nov. II, (via Paris
Nov. IS, / a. m.)-An Austrian aero
plane threw five bombs on the city at
O'Clock this morning but only one o
them exploded Three persons wert
slightly injured. No material damage
was done.
The report of the aerial raid on Bel
luno apparently clears up the Romt
dispatch sent out last night by tbs
Stefani News Agency which said al
Austrian aeroplane appeared over tn
city" at s o'clock and dropped fiv'
bombs. The name of the place bonn
barded was not given and it was in
ferred the dispatch might refer Il
Rome. Belluno Is on the Piave, 5
miles north of Venice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
ODD FELLOWS END
THEIR CONVENTION

Springfield. H.. Nov. Sessions
of the grand lodge OF Illinois. |. o. O.
f.. and Rebekah assembly will close
here today after the inauguration OF
the newly elected officers The morn
ings will be taken up with legislative
matters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
Dispatches Say Serbian City
is Already in Possession
Of King Ferdinand.
BABUNA IS ABANDONED
Clever Maneuver of Bulgar
Forces Necessitates Serbs
Leaving Stronghold.

London, Nov is. (12.32 p. NJ
News from the Balkans continues to
be pateh@ark of unconhrmed rumors
without official statements to estab-
Iish clearly The present status of al
fairs. The Serbian armies, with insult
fcieHt and Inferior numbers have been
attempting % make the wide turning
movement of The Bulgarians, threaten
ing Prelspe and Monastir. Some Of
the dispatches report Prelepe already
is in Bulgarian hands.
All admit the Serbian position there
is untenabIe and that evacuation Of
the city is inevitable,
Rushing Into Greece.
News that the Bulgarian advance
southwark is proceeding rapidly and
has reached a point within a few
hours Of H0uastir is said TO have caus-
ed CONSERVATION in that city, whose
population is fleeing to Greek terri
tory.
Judging from the size OF the Bulga-
Ran forces rushing from Tetoyo south
ward. and from the initial of their new
turning movement, which has changed
entirely the military situation in south
erB Serbia, Nonastjr is in distinct dan
ger Not only has the Bulgarian ma
neuyer ueeessitated abandonment by
the Sefbians of their positions at Babu-
ma pass but the Serbian forces which
have been holding this entire region
are now in peril Of being surrounded
and cut off by the Bulgarians advanc-
ing southward from Krusheyo.
Little is known of the Serbian situa-
lion in the north, except that deter
mined resistance is still being offered
by the Serbians against both Germans
ana Bulgarians, who have made no
fresh gains of consequence.
Allies Gain In South.
In southwestern Serbia successes
for the French and British are report
ed The Bulgarians are said to have
been compelled to retreat on the Var
dar front and 80 have sustained a
check a the hands Of the British in
the RaboEo section.
Both England and France have
greeted with great enthusiasm the
conference in Paris. It is greeted as
marking more solidarity and more
concerted action among the allied
armies Although no official informa-
ton has been received concerning the
subjects discussed at the conference ii
is assumed The principal matter I'M
der consideration is the Balkan situa-
ton.
Paris Nov. rs. 10:15 d. MIN
portant successes both for the French
and British forces in Serbia are re,
ported by the Athens correspondent Of
the tiagas Agency. According to this
Information which the correspondent
says is unofficial the Bulgarians have
lost The town OF Kasturino to the
French and have been defeated by the
British on the Observation-Disclosures
front, The correspondent, whose dis
patch VAS filed yesterday, adds that
according to the latest news received
oF athens newspapers, the French
Won q striking victory over the Bull
saFians ga the Tithirkowo. SchevC
and krusseyita front The battle was
Raged for Two days. The French were
greatly outnumbered but used their s.
men guns with great effect The Bull
garaHs are said to have sustained such
aeavy losses that they gave up the
Hsht and retired northward to tht
right bank Of the Vardar river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
THE WEATHER
Forecast TIL T.. N. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport. Moline
and Vicinity.

Partly cloudy and colder tonight with
probably rain or snow: Friday fair and
colder with the lowest tonight slightly
shove freezing.
Temperature al 7 a. m Ill. Highest
yesterday So. Lowest last night Al.
Velocity'of wind at I a. IN. 6 miles
per hour.
Precipitation none.
Stage of water As. no change in last
"a hours
]. NJ. sHERlER. Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18

Mr.. Churchill became widely known
as soldier before he began his po-
litieal career. He entered the army in
1895, after being graduated from Sand
hurst. He served with the Malak in
the field in 1907; was present at the
Bajaur, served with the Tirah and
Nile expeditionary forces, being pres
ent at the battle Of Khartoum. He also
saw service as a lieutenant Of South
African Lighthouse before he became
a newspaper correspondent to report
the Boer war.
Mr.. Churchill is listed as a major Of
the Queens own Oxfordshire hussars
and it is probably with this regiment
he has left for the field.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
in
Uniform off
TO the Front.

London. Nov. IS, 11:32 a. M
Winston Spencer Churchill, former
first lord of the admiralty and chan
cellor Of the Duchy of Lancaster, in
the uniform OF his regiment, left for
the front this morning. His wife babe
him farewell at the railroad station
where he passed unrecognized on the
platform as he waited to enter spe-
cial car
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-29

Sunday school in Vermont to endorse
and to assist in carrying out during the
coming 20 Sundays. The order of ser
vice arranged for Sunday, Sept. 10,
was used and leaflets showing the de-
generacy caused by alcoholic men dis
tributed to every member of the school
with the request that they should pass
them to others. The large poster which
occupied a prominent place III the
church vestibule and was brought to
the front in the Sunday school gave
information concerning the influence
of alcohol on the child, the investi-
gaticn having been made when the
families lived in the same section and
were similarly situated. except as re-
CARDS incompetence. The result show
cd tho defective children IN ten tenn
pcrate families to he Is per cent and
in ten incorporate families SD per
cont. The educational value Of the
poster and leaflets arc well worth tho
small sum required to obtain them and
| ii is expected thai the attention of
many who see the posters viii be
aroused by the startling facts about al
| eohol and that the leaflets VIII reach
] every home in the community.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-29

OF marketing the securities among invest
ors residing in their districts.
These subcommittee viii work simultd-
neousy and viii report to the general syn
dictate managers who will be located in
New York. The five years bonds, princi-
pal and interest, will be payable in New
York It is possible that the interest will
be payable mother cities. this detail with
many others is yet to be decided upon In
order, however. to comply with regulations
of the New York stock exchange, New
York city will be designated as the place
of payment upon maturity.
Parliamentary ratification Of the plan Is
necessary in the case of both Great Britain
and France. but it is assumed by members
Of the commission that such endorsement
will be secured without difficulty. The
commission has been in constant commune
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-29
LONDONDERRY.

Herbert Bowen Of Sunderland is Wis
iting his cousin, Asa Bacon.
Lawrence Leonard returned to his
school in Burlington Monday.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis of Ludlow will
preach in the chapel Sunday morning.
Miss Ethel Hewes Of Winhan was a
guest of Madison Farnum over Sun
day.
iiiland Sheldon, Collins Boynton and
Page Boynton have been i'll but are
better.
Work has been begun on the new
sidewalks from Wilder s through to the
Fostofiice.
Many from this place attended the
fairs in Bellows Falls and Bondville
Tuesday.
Mrs. Addie Allen has returned to her
home, after being at Eagle camp sew
eral weeks.
Harry Cudworth of New York city
was a weekend visitor of his father,
Walter Cudworth.
Mr.. and Mrs Gates futile and
daughter of Greenfield, Mass, were
guests recently of Horace Dryden.
Mrs Walter Cudworth was in Ben
nington last week and her son, Ernest,
wife and daughter returned with her.
Rev. T. d. Preston has been away
two Sundays and Rev. T. d. Davies of
the South village has taken his place
| Mrs. Gridlcy has gone to Connecti-
/ cut for the winter. Mrs. Waterman
who has boarded at Frank Stowell Is
this summer, has gone to her home III
! Boston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-29
NEWFANE.

Mrs w. c. Ballou is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Lyman, in Burlington.
A large number from this place at
tended the Valley fair and carnival in
Brattleboro.
Ward H. Eager came Saturday night
for short visit, returning Sunday
night to New York city.
After adjourning one day for the
Valley fair court took a recess Friday
morning until Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Z. Roland Smith of Oak Bluffs
came Saturday to visit her sister AMI
aunts ut the Newton homestead.
Mrs. Abby Pond is ILL., A nurse from
the Mutual Aid society in Brattleboro
was called Sunday to care for her.
Frank S. Rand came home Saturday
and on Sunday took his family to their
new home III Hartford. The household
goods went by an auto truck.
Dr. Clifton Howe, who spent the
summer 1T his home in Newfane, left
Monday to continue his engagement as
professor in forestry in Toronto uni
versity
While Charles Higgins and family
he received a telegram saying his house
and contents We're all destroyed by
fire at Hampton Beach.
Judge +. l.. Fish was in Amherst
| Saturday to witness q football game
! in which his son, Tied participated
"'Tcd' returned to Newfanc and at
tended a family dinner party at tn,
Inn before returning to Middleburl
! college.
The Ladies Aid society, through tn,
kindness of Z. V. Morse of Brattle
boro, will give an aluminium demonstra
ton in the church parl0r Thursday If
ternoon, Sept. 30, at ; O'Clock. 1
small admittance win be charge,
which will be given to the society il
charge. No sales will be made o
prices given at the demonstration.
| The Congregational Sunday sehoo
has endorsed the scientific temperate
poster and leaflet campaign which tn
nti-Saloon league is asking ever.