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forces What steps Russia and Italy have taken to assist has not developed.
 The political situation remains un- changed Greece has announced formally that she will not intervene in behalf ot Servia, at present. and Roumana, all though urged by Germany definitely to define her position. has made no move.
 In East and West Along the western front there have been heavy attacks by both sides. but gains and losses are described as of little lm- portance.
 In the east the Russians have turned to the offensive in the region of Dvinsk. and although the Germans claim to have repulsed most of the Muscovite attacks they admit the Russians penetrated their line at one point. Except for the host,i- ties in this region, things are somewhat calmer in the east. lieutenant General Savanoff the Russian commander, after his victory in Galicia and the subsequent check by the Germans. having for the moment shown himself satisfied with what he achieved.
 The Italians claim to have gained some successes against the Austrians The Austrians deny this statement.
 Outside the Balkan campaign, England is watching with the most interest the operations of her submarines In the Bal tic. Here, after having driven the Ger man merchantmen from the sea, they have sunk one. and probably two Ger man torpedo craft-one reported to be q torpedo boat destroyer and the other a torpedo boat-which with other warships had come out to convoy ore laden steam CTS. Activity of the British navy also is
 in the North sea. The record shows that S4 German trawlers have been cap tured and taken into Grimsby the past month.
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German Count, Indicted For
 Bigdn1y, May Prove to Be Spy

the departure of this vessel from New
 York. The man known as Lynar re
 mained in New York after the alleged
 messengers sailed secretly from this port. It is not known whether Max
 I.ynar Loudon and the man known as
 Lynar were relatives, nor is there any thing to connect them further than the
 similarity in their names.
 The secret service agents who have been Investigating Loudons past life
 have talked with Norbert Fuller, at one
 time Loudons chauffeur Fuller was
 dressed in livery so like the uniform of the National Guard that he was ar
 rested last July at the instance of q
 national guardsman. It is said that Fuller set at rest a report that a chauf- feur dressed as United States sol-
 dier has obained admission to forts
 about New York harbor and had made
 secret plans of them.
 WellrKnown Diplomat
 When Fuller was arrested his em- ployer wrote letter to the district attorney protesting. This letter found today in the district attorneys file, was signed Rocher M. Zu Lynar. The sig nature suggested the name of Count Rochus Zu Lynar a resident of Berlin, and well known in diplomatic circles. Count Rochus Zu Lynar is said to be about 60 years old. The prisoner is 45. copy of the application for the marriage license issued to the prisoner. used when he was married to his pres ent wife, shows, the secret service men assert that the prisoner was married under the name of Albert Marcel, Count De Passy. native of Staupitz, Germany. He gave his age as 43, his occupation as an army engineer, ac- cording to the application and assert ed that he was unmarried The bride elect gave her name as Miss Laila Florence Allendorf, 26 years, old a native of New York city, and whose father, Leopold, was born in Sweden. The license was obtained August 2s, 1911s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
THEPAN-AMER|CAN CONFERENCE WILL . BE CALLED AGAIN Secretary Lansing to As semble Diplomats to De eide on Form of
 Recognition

Washington, October l5.-Secretary Lansing will call conference next week of the Pan-American diplomats to ar
 range the form in which recognition Is
 to be extended to the de facto govern
 ment led by General carranza.
 The conference will be held as soon as
 formal responses have been received from
 P,.azil and Chile to the notification sent
 them last week of the decision to recog-
 n,ze Carranza. Informal assurances all
 ready have been given The Argentine A amtassad dor and the Uruguayan minister
 saw Secretary Lansing today. Both had
 received instructions to adopt the form
 of recognition favored by the United
 States The Bolivian and Guatemaian
 ministers, the remaining members of the
 conference, have had similar instruc-
 tions.
 Although not member of the confer- cree. the Venezuelan minister, together with other diplomatic representatives, has been instructed to take Identical ac- tion with the United stases.
 The formal act of recognition probably wil, occur next week with the reception of Hclizeo ,Arredondo. authorized represen- tatiye of Genera lCarranza. note prob ably will be presented to him notifying him of the recognition of General Car ranza as the head of the de facto govern ment.
 Reports today of activity by Carranza adherents in fomenting revolution in Guatemala met with prompt denial at the Carranza agency. It was announced that General Carranza. after investigat- Ling reported that none of his men were Involved, and that on the contrary there had. been reports of activity against his
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New York October 15.-With the inc
 dictment today of Max Lynar. also
 known as Count Max Lynar Loudon, lon a charge of bigamy, United States
 secret service agents began an inves- litigation of recent alleged activities ot
 n man who under the name of LynaT lis said to have done confidential work lin this country last June and July on
 behalf of the German and Austrian |governments.
 The investigation embraced a report that detailed plans and sketches oi
 certain Qualifications around New York
 harbor had been sent to Berlin by two secret messengers aboard a steamship which sailed from this port for Rot
 terdam in July. This steamship was searched at Falmouth. England. 1t was reported, for the messengers. whose presence aboard had been cabled to the British admiralty, but they were not
 found.
 The ship then proceeded to Rotter- dam, it was said. where she was searched again by the British consul
 there. The messengers werepreported
 fo have eluded the British consul
 landed in Rotterdam and proceeded thence to the German capital.
 The name of one of the alleged mes-
 uenRers, the steamer on which they ara said to have made the trip. the date of it's departure from New York and arrival at Rotterdam. were in pos seosion of the secret service.
 The investigation was conducted with a view to determine just wha'
 plans. if any. were carried 10 berin 6v fhe alleged messengers and through vhat agencies they wore obtained. Uses American Passport Max Lynar Loudon applied for ar A0syican passport tt WAS satds atte1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
ENGLISH RECRUITING ID BE TAKEN OUT 0F
 HANDS 0F THE ARMY
Earl of Derby Hopes to Se- cure Enough Volunteers Through the Civilian
 Organizations

London, October 15.-Recruiting is to be taken entirely out of the hands of the military authorities and entrusted ex- clusively to civilian organizations. This, In nutshell is the scheme by which the Earl of Derby, director of recruiting for the army, hopes to get a sufficient number of voluntary enlistments to rem der recourse to conscrption unnecessary. He described the new system at a prl- vate conference with the parliamentary recruiting committee and the joint labor recruiting board this afternoon.
 "The changes that I propose making. :" said Lord Derby. have not been necessi- tated by any shortcomings on the part of the recruiting staff. but by the exigencies of the present situation which. to my mind. require entirely new methods of dealing with the subject In the past, recruits have been found by the military authorities, assisted by civilians. s pro- pose to make civilians responsible for bringing raw material In the shape of recruits to the military authorities for them to enlist, clothe. equip and train.
 "This can only be rendered possible if some thoroughly representative civilian body be willing to make itself responsible for the work. and my most grateful thanks is due to the two bodies-the parliamentary recruiting committee and the joint labor recruiting commHree--wno have made themselves jointly responsi- ble."
 The much discussed pink form" will be used in canvassing, but in conformity with instructions prepared which. Lord Derby declared would result In the can .l...4 tact and discretion.
 All the existing recruiting committees will be utilized and the various municipal and civil authorities will be asked to co- operate. Every eligible man will receive a letter signed by Lord Derby. stating briefly the situation which makes an in-
 fCanfinues, .an Pare Ninel
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HILLSTROM CASE UP
 FOR CONSIDERATION

Salt Lake City. Utah, october 15.-The state board of pardons tomorrow will consider the case of Joseph Hillstrow convicted of the murder of J. c. Morrison in 1914 Hillstrom, sentenced to be exc cuted October l. was reprieved Septem- Der 30 by Governor Spry at the request of President Wilson.
 The President acted at the request of the Swedish minister to the United States, who represented that Hillstrom is a Swedish subject and that he believed the man had not been fairly tried. Hill- stroms repreve terminates tomorrow and if the board of pardons again de- clines tc commute his sentence new date will be set for his execution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-yiolent scene is climax of Charleston
 election disorders.
 Garrison planning big continental
 army rff* ~ ssf England declares war on Bulgaria. German aeronaut. gives graphis ac-
 count of raids on London. 2-Governor thinks court machinery ann
 pie for needs. 3-Holland letter. 4--Editorial comment Municipal politics continue to hold at-
 tention of people.
 Fair attendance yesterday broke all
 records. 6-Society. 7-Only Germany can stop atrocities
 among Armenians. S-Sports. s--Austrisn war statement shows little
 activity. 1i--Markets l2-committee controls war expenditures
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PASS
 THROUGH GUN, ALA

Guin, October 15- -(Special.)-T path finders for the location of route for the Jackson Highway, which is to be built from Nashville. Tenn, to New Or leans, La, passed through this, Marion county, today. They spent the night at Russellville. in Franklin county, last night and made the trip from that point to Guin. where they had dinner before continuing on their journey to Colum- bus. Miss. which they intend reaching tonight. The party is composed of Com mtteemen Walter c. Grim, Salem, Ind. !; Walter l.. Brown, Frankfort, Ind. Elm cry G. Dent. Bowling Green, Ky, and United States Engineer R. E. Thoms. The party is being driven by Perry Luck ct of Memphis Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
Revolutionary Relics
 Are Destroyed by Fire

New York, october 15.--A number of revolutionary relics. including the sigma lures of George Washington, Alexander
 Hamilton, General LaFayette and others were burned today in fire that destroyed an historical mansion at One Hundred and Sixty-fourth street and Sheridan avenue, the Bronx.
 Washington once made his headquarters at the house and the stable nearby for a number of years housed the favorlte coach of Washington while he was Pres ident Fifteen years ago the coach was sent to Mount Vernon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
RAILWAY STOCKS
 SOLD AT AUCTION

st. Louis October 15.-Stocks and bonds of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Rail- way company. having a face value of $11, ,239, 900. were sold at auction here to- day for s2066.OO0 to Isaac Orr of the St. Lcuis Union Trust company trustee for the bondholders. The railway is a belt line 129 miles long around Chicago. The road was sold to satisfy note for sl,50o,- GOO and unpaid interest amounting to e1cn 0n0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-16
Licorice Exportation Permitted

Washington, October 15.-Foreign trad" advisers of the state department were notified today that Great Britain is pre- pared to issue permits for exportation of lioorice root from Turkish Mediterranean ports to the United States in American ships American tobacco manufacturers h.ve been pressing demands for release of this product.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-22
SMITH SAYS NO

THE voice is the voice Of Smith, but the
l. hands are the hands OF the Organization.
Consider. Mr.. Taxpayer, the absurd posi-
ton in which this candidate for Mayor
places himself.
He says that he cannot tell how he stands
on the universal ive-cent fare because he
does not know whether the lines would pay.
But the p. r. T., in public agreement,
has said that they would pay. Is it Mr..
Smiths idea to save the p. r. T. from itself?
Surely that great corporation knows how to
handle its own business and officially 1t is
on record as a party to an agreement for
universal transfers in a forward direction
and the elimination of exchange tickets.
But Dave" Lanes candidate is in doubt
He does not know. His mind is not made up,
although this whole transit question has
been discussed for months in every phase
He wants to be Mayor because, his support
ers say, he knows all about the needs of the
city; yet concerning the most exigent enter
prise, about which every citizen is supposed
ly fully informed, he pleads intense igno-
rance. CduHOl Nell lllS pSOPAS bSASiC WV
ton whether or not he will hold the p. r. T.
to its agreement. He cannot tell whether
he will fight for universal transfers. He
does not know about the elimination of ex-
change tickets.
Well, the people know. They know that
they can have one great transit system, oper-
ated by one company, with a five-cent fare
from any section to any other section of the
city They know they can have this If the
Mayor. Councils and City Solicitor are in
favor of it.
II Smith does not know the same thing,
if he is not ready to pledge himself then. as
between Smith and transit, the people will
take transit.
Smith is not avoiding the issue. He is fol-
lowing orders. He is doing as Dave" Lane
and the others would have him do.
There will be no comprehensive transit sys-
TEN; there will be no universal fve-cent
fares and no elimination of exchange tickets;
the agreement between the P. r. T. and the
city will never be carried out il Smith and
Connolly and an Organization Councils are
elected
They must, therefore, be defeated.
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armies: her capital shifts from place to place
as her own armies become incapable Of de-
Tending II. The help she 80 richly deserves
Is not yet effective. In her case the illusion
Of freedom is literally being bought in tears
and ire
The illusion still remainsl Today, as IL
months ago, servia Is ready TO night for the
freedom OF her national institutions. and for
the integrity Of her national character. With
whatever personal motives she may have,
she is lighting for the democracy Of nations,
She may be defeated and be enslaved, but her
spirit has resisted much, and will not suffer
itself to be destroyed.
II will need only TO look at Bulgaria for
inspiration. Bulgaria played the game right.
Bulgaria is prosperous. Bulgaria, the ally OF
Germany, will be less free in spirit than
servia as Austria's province.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-22
A WOMAN SUFFRAGE 'PROTECTIONISr
Clapp of Minnesota Didn't Have to Be Converted His
Present Belief-The Story of His Career From Cabin
Boy to United States Senator
BY ROBERT HILDRETH

right And he is a thoroughgoinr aavo....
for he favors a woman suffrage ann.oa.--N1
10 be added to the national Cona,i,,.'-n
That, of course. is not woman .,s,ss-
issue, but a matter Of constitutional tbsors
The Story of Speech
Clapp has believed in the right Of wo,,..
to vote ever since he was a youth ~ -
At that time (after he had been a cabin ~.
on Mississippi grain boat) he was studv,n.
law In the office OF John G. spooner WI
later served through long period IN, ,ns
National Senate. Clapp accompanied ~.
mentor to neighboring town. where spoor
er gave an address on democracy. II No.
from this address. which contained no r.s
erence to woman suffrage, that Ciapp dr..,
his initial faith in the cause Of which toda,
he is an ardent advocate.
While we are on the subject of ballo, r,.
lection we might make note of the sensto-,.
views on tariff protection, for this too. 1,
question OF timely concern. 1.-THE Rrea,s..
enemy of protection" clapp declares, .Is ~.
man who would abuse the policy becaus. \.
has the power TO do So" The friends Of pro.
lection must agree that tariff legislation M,
suffered not least from a group of the mos,
active proponents of the Republican ia.
II ls 10 StI lne out or the hands 40
this group that a tariff board is proposal
But it is on "the joke of the ages" that N.
Senator is expected to speak in the Acadsrv
of Music tonight If he reaches the citv 1,
time. He tells the story of William
Bright, who secured the incorporation ~
woman suffrage resolution into the terr,.
torial law of Wyoming, and who, when mar
laughed at him, laughed with them, remsrt.
ing: "Sure it's a joke-but help 1t along.
Wendell Phillips, too, was willing to \.
laughed at for the sake of his convictiors
There's story of 1850 that shows how Phil.
lips felt A clergyman, according to Col.
lier's Weekly, had announced a suffrage
meeting by saying: Tonight, at the Town
Hall, a hen will attempt to crow" When
Phillips met Theodore Parker after return.
ing from the Women's Rights convention
the clergyman said to him:
wendell, why do you make a fool of your.
self?"
Theodore" was the reply, "this is the
greatest question of the ages; you ought 10
understand It,"
The laughing days have gone by. and
serious thought, despite the obstacles Of GUS
tom and prejudice, will win the victory for
woman suffrage.
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A LEGAL ATROCITY

TfULL reports have at last reached this
IL country concerning the case of Edith
Cavell. an English nurse, executed after
military trial by the Germans in Belgium
The reports are still vague on one point, the
essential. They do not make clear whether
Miss Caveil confessed to being spy. Every
thing else is terribly clear
As a nurse. with a duty to the wounded
Of all nations, Miss CaveIl refused to leave
Belgium. She confessed that she helped
Allied soldiers 10 escape TO the Netherlands,
and that, 1t seems, was her chiefest crime.
Arrested, she refused TO appeal to the Kaiser,
and was condemned to death. At that point
ths American, Spanish and Papal repre-
sentatives in Brussels intervened. There was
an amount of red tape, and Miss Cavell was
shot, facing the rifles with unbandaged eyes.
TO what end does this bring Germany? Is
her dominion over Belgium so weak that de-
libsrate murder, however justihable, must be
invoked 10 give it prestige and authority?
Or is this simply another of the atrocities Of
war for which men in their saner moments
can fnd neither justification nor excuse?
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A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE

A man came by our house last week and gave
dime to me,
If / would only let him skin our slp'ry ellum
And so I did and he did. and he certainly
knowed how;
He skun the bark on OF that tree up TO the low
est bough.
And left it standin' in the lot all straight and
smooth and white;
pretty sight,
] wished had heap of trees like that one TO
be done,
And that no would give me dime to let him
skin each one.
But now do not wish II. sence my father found
that tree
bet il he knowed what did he'd take trace
TO mel
do not think ever seen my father quite 30
mad
II had not Of met that man would be mighty
glad.
My mother says; son. did you peel that tree
OF bark like that7"
But father butted in and said; What are you
It want no boy done that there Job. that was
a mani i bet
II had ketehed him at that job he would be
runnn' yeti"
My father says the tree was peeled way no
Kid peels slipry ellum on tree enough TO
chew,
But no one pses a tree like that or pssls it
unlssssn he is ssttin' sIipry sIium bark TO
sell.
II my dad would forget that tree guess that
ia be glad,
But every time he looks at 1t he gets three times
as mad;
And when my mother kisses me ana takes away
the light
Ny conscience comes and bothsrs me and sets
by me all night
And 50 took the dime got. hrst time got
chance,
And went behind the door and slipped IL In his
But that ,.'i~ night when thought ia sleep ana I
was feeln glad
Ny conscience bothered me again ana felt
twice as bad;
II anybody ever wants 70 peel an ellum tree
Around our place he better not come round
here askin' me.
Sometime. i guess, when I'm tfo"ed up, and
I'm three times ea stfone,
I'm maybe tell my fatheF-if can hold out thai
~ u,,n1a nlpsi,uss z&r,. a Hsa.Iaa ss.L
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THANK GOD FOR PEACE

THE first impression produced by reading
Il the Presidents Thanksgiving proclama-
ton Is that Woodrow Wilson did not write
ness to have inspired the master of so good
an English style as he possesses to write a
document that might have become classic.
The proclamation most appropriately be-
sins with a reminder that in a world rent
by wars we have been at peace. This out
standing fact is enough to make the most
irrelgious and irreverent bow their heads
I'm devout gratitude. II we never knew be-
fore, we know now what peace means. We
can go to bed at night and wake in the
morning without dread that the mail will
bring us news that our sons have been
Slaughtered in battle. Our homes are not
we go on a journey we have a reasonable
assurance that we will reach its end in
safety. Yes, we realize now what peace
means.
The rest of the document is given up to
elaboration of this thought. Because we are
at peace and have been blessed with good
crops and abundant financial resources we
have been able to exercise the privileges Of
suoeor and helpfulness." And with rever-
ent faith the President announces his be-
lief that we have been blessed with such
we might better perform the functions which
the great world crisis has laid upon
No man who believes that the course of
history is ordered by Divine Hand will be
inclined to disagree with this view.
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cided that on February rs Of each year the
people Of the surrounding nelehborhood should
meet and tramp on the graves OF this man
friends. Later they began taking rev articles
with them 20 exchange or sell. This gradually
Increased. until now thousands OF people meet
there and bring all kinds OF things for sale.
The people seem 10 have about forgotten the
original purpose OF the gathering, ana now
think of it only from social and business
standpoint.
But the interesting thing TO us is that the
missionaries have taken advantage OF the op-
portunity OF so large a gathering for spreading
the Gospel. Benches with awnings are erected
nearby, a large Chinese sign placed In con-
spicuous place extending cordial inVtatioh
10 the people TO come and listen to preaching
ard singing. Large Sunday school lesson pic
lures are exhibited, and smaller ones distributed
containing the Scripture texts In Chinese ana
80 interest II maintained. THE people IN gen
eral," says Miss Mace seemed pleased 10
have an opportunity Of learning something OF
our belief and doctrine. Many seemed favor
ably impressed. and several seemed really IN
terested and anxious TO learn more about the
great truth presented to them."-The Christian
Work.