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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
LANE IS
 BACKED UP IN MOVES |FOR MEXICAN PEACE
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing Are Heartily in Accord With Every Step-Likey That General Pershings Expe
 dition Will Soon Be Recalled-Vla Still Active

Washington. November 19.--Armed |,yith President Wilson's complete ap- |proval of his course. Secretary Lane |wiII return to Atlantic City tomorrow determined to bring the sessions of |tbe American-M Mexican joint commis- Esion to an carly conclusion. He Is still hopeful that an agreement as to the }border situation can be reached, but lit was clearly indicated today in off cial circles that the joint conference |s entering on its final phase, agree-
 ment or nonagreement.
 ] If the commissioners find it impossible 10 formulate plan the view taken here will be that prospect of settling border klisputes through diplomacy will be re-
 note. Officials make no representation,
 however, as to what steps the Washing fon government might find 1t necessary
 To take in that event to secure the safety Ps border towns and ranches. Secretary
 .ane is understood to have found Secre- Harry Lansing, Secretary Baker and Presi- #ent Wilson agreed with him in every &tep he had taken. He reviewed to them
 he efforts of the commission for settle &aent. Every step proposed by Secretary | 4ane in behalf of his colleagues was ap-
 roved by the President, and the secre- |5ary returns to his task backed by the
 nwavering support of the administration ||h whatever course has been mapped out. U PLEASED AT RESULTS
 MT. Lane said today he was pleased | with the results of the White House
 onference, but would not otherwise com
 lent
 4 It is an open secret that Luis Cabrera, |tarranza minister of finance and promi-
 lent Mexican. has proved the stumbling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
AAW|DE OPEN TOWN"
 CRY OF EVANGELIST
 AT STATE CAPITAL
Rev. Burke Culpepper Raps Montgomery for It's AL legged Indifference to the
 Prohibition Laws

Montgomery, November 19.-(Spe- cial. Montgomery was declared to be wide open town and torn by po- litical factions by Rev. Burke Culpep- per, Methodist evangelist, in an ad- dress to the mea of saohtgun,eFy al the Court Street Methodist church Sunday afternoon. He called upon the citizens to get together for the pur- pose of eliminating those who are violating the laws and for a better observance of the Sabbath.
 Mir Culpepper said his investiga- tions had convinced him that enough liquor is kept between the Exchange and Gay-Teague hotels, which are one Llock apart, to float the city and that he had reports that violators of the prohibition laws had apportioned the roads leading into the city in order that one would not encroach upon the territory of another.
 He said political differences are so great that Montgomery cannot have g government and called upon the board of public safety to cease it's squabbles and to lend aid in the en- forcement of the laws. He urged that picture shows be closed on Sunday.
 T am telling you men of your own city, said MT. Culpepper during the address. Tt is not my intention to tell another When I leave Montgom cry I shall have nothing but good to say about you, but while I am with you I want you to know what I have found"
 The evangelist wanted all persons in the house who had not heard of bad conditions in Montgomery to hold up their hands and many hands went up. Others remained in their positions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
SIMPLE AFFAIR FOR
 INAUGURATION OF
 PRESIDENT WILSON
Owing to Death of Sister no Imposing Ceremonies Are Scheduled
 for March

Washington, November l9.-President Wilson's second inauguration probably will be a comparatively simple affair While he has not discussed details with his advisers he is known to desire that there should be as little ceremony as possible.
 Tt is accepted as certain by officials that there will be no inaugural ball, in spite of the hope of Washington citizens for such an event.
 Tn addition to the Presidents opposi- ton to elaborate ceremony at his in apguration in 1913, officials point to the recent death of his sister. Mrs. Anne Howe. the fact that March I, falls on Sunday next year, and the prospect that the European war will still be in progress next March as reasons why the next in- augural exercises will be as simple as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
AMERICAN NONSTOP FLIGHT RECORD IS
 BROKEN BY WOMAN
Miss Ruth Law, a Compari- lively Unknown Aviatrix, Flies 660 Miles With
 out a Stop

Binghamton, N Y., November 19.-At- to New York, Miss Ruth Law, guiding d Curtiss biplane of the military scout type shattered all American long dts tance aviation records for single flight today, when she flew from Chicago to Hornell, N. Y. distance by railroad of about 660 miles, bettering by about 13O miles the record made by Victor Carl strom on November ?
 A delayed start. and a cross wind that cut down her speed and forced her to descend to replenish the gasoline supply. were responsible. flor her failure to reach New York city, Miss Law said, after her arrival at Binghamton late today.
 Previous to today, Miss Law had never made a single flight longer than 25 miles. Her machine a small biplane, has a spread of wings less than half that of the one Carlstrom used. It was not specially designed for the occasion.
 Miss Law covered a distance of about 7S5 miles in six hours and 50 minutes, time being delucted for the descent at Hornell. The first 662 miles, the distance by rail between Chicago and Hornell was made without a stop.
 At the outset of her flight a strong wind blew toward the east Aided by this, she made an average speed of loo miles an hour at an altitude of about 5000 feet. During the last 200 miles, before the stop at Hornell, a sharp cross wind blew, with the result that the gasoline tank was soon emptied.
 After replenshing her supply of gaso- line, Miss Law flew the remaining 117 miles to Binghamton without mishap. Here darkness overlook her and she was forced to descend She intends to con- tinue to New York tomorrow morning.
 Miss Laws experience has been gained wholly in short exhibition flights. Her flight today was held under the auspices of the Aero Club of America.
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block in the way of reaching an agree ment. Commissioners Bonillas and Paui. it is said have been ready to approve several suggestions for cooperative ac- tions. Cabrera, however, held out for control of any joint operations by MeSi- can military commnder, concession the American commissioners did not feel war ranted in making.
 It was believed here that the Ameri- can commissioners have abandoned the idea to frame the commission satisfactory to the meetings in every detail, and will call tomorrow their final suggestions; that each government patrol it's own bor- der. Coupled with that suggestion, pre- sumably was the statement that General Pershing's expedition will be withdrawn gradually from Mexico. and that no large force would be sent across the line again unless the de facto government permitted raiders to assemble in such proportion that 1t was strong enough for big attack.
 Army officials believe that the Ameri- can expeditionary force soon will be moving toward the border, regardless of the turn events may take at Atlantic City. The long communication line is ] source of more or less danger.
 AMERICANS ESCAPE
 Official advices from the border today indicated that all of the Americans at Parral had made their escape. and will soon arrive in Nogales, Ariz. There has been much anxiety here because of per- sistent reports that Villa bandits had put many foreigners to death when they raided the town recently.
 The advices indicate that the Villa forces are not in actual possession of Par ral Jiminez or any of the other towns in that region, which bo-dar reports have said they controlled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
DID NOT PLEAD

When the indictment was read to Over ton by Special Prosecutor J. Fritz Thomp- son he stood up silently-and before he could answer MT. Thompson, when the question of guilty or not guilty?' was asked, his leading counsel, Judge Allen. interposed with:
 Your honor. I desire to file some pleas in abatement"
 Overton then sat down without having pleaded to the indictment
 It is pointed out by local attorneys that as the pleas in abatement may be decided by the jury, it means a possible delay for the actual trial, as Judge Al len may file an appeal to the supreme court and insist that this particular ques- tion be decided before beginning the talk ing of testimony. To all these possi- bilities, however. the states counselors maintain discreet silence.
 The special grand jury which returned partial report last Saturday will again resume it's investigations this morning under the direction of Special Prosecu- tor J. Fritz Thompson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
BERLIN ADMITS DEFEAT

Berlin, November 9.-By Wireless) Monastir has been abandoned by the German and Bulgarian forces, says the official statement issued at the German army. headquarters today. The Teutons and Bulgars, it is announced, took posi- tions to the north of the southern Ser vian town after the forces of the entente allies stormed height 12l2 to the north east of Chegel.
 The text of the statement reads:
 Macedonian front: After the enemy lad succeeded in making progress on height 12l2, northeast of Chegel, the Ger man and Bulgarian troops took up posi- ton north of Monastir. Monastir thus vas abandoned"
 The Macedonian town of Monastr was evacuated during the night by the Ger |man and Bulgarian troops, who retired to prepare positions further north. They thus withdrew from highly unfavorab!e positions in the plain, where they were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
HAD POLITICAL VALUE

Politically of course, various consd- eratons urged that efforts be made to retain Monastir because it's possession by the entente allies would give the Servian government a local habitation in Servian territory.
 The evacuation of Monastr will in a way shift the operat i've difficulties from the Bulgarian-German army to General Sarrails shoulders Up to the present his forces have had the distinct advantage of operating at the end of the Monastir- network of roads in the rear, which General Sarrail has devoted several months to improving. The rail head for Field Marshal Won Mackensens forces, on the other hand, is at Veles- Koprulu, from which point there is only one road to Mona stir. This originally was a good road, but is badly cut up by the heavy automobile traffic. Efforts to help out the situation by overhead cable railroads have only been partly palliative.
 The retirement of the Germans and Bugarians would have the effect of bringing the attacking forces away from their line of communication and into the almost roadless region of southwestern Macedonia, and defending forces cor 1espondingly nearer their base of com munications. Members of the general staff familiar with Macedonian conditions insist that the loss to Mona stir can be
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20

The text of the statement reads:
 November 19.--Troops of the army of the east entered Monastir at s o'clock this morning, the date of the anniversary of the taking of the town by the Servians in 1912.
 "The night was relatively calm on the western front.
 ''It is confirmed that on November 16 Adjutant Dorme brought down his sixteenth German airplane. The enemy machine fell near Marchelepot on the Somme"
 After having been for months men without country, the Seryians are again to establish their capital Scrvia, for which the entente forces have been struggling since the ad- vance from their base at Saloniki be- gan, has been evacuated by the Ger man and Bulgarian forces and occu- pied by the French and a considerable number of Servians..
 The French and Servians having captured the crest of hills surrounding the valley town, the Germans found Their position untenabIe and with drew, according to Berlin, to new position to the north of Monastir. Unofficial advices from Saloniki say that temporary capital of Servia will N.. fay,r, aS..fn I,If at tir. With the reoccupatiOn of Monas- fir the railway line from the entente allied base at SalOnil~i now is in en- tente hands. To the east and south east of ftPmnssir the French aud scryian troops continue to make gains in the Cerpa river region against the TeutOnic allies, having captured sew erai towns in this region.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
Playing War Game

Brownsville. Tex, November 19-Sup- ported by heavy endorsements, the white" army in the war game forced the invaders to retreat five miles to San Antonio. Today's activities were principally outpost actions and cavalry skirmishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
MINIMIZE SETBACK

exposed to artillery fire from the heights to the south and southeast of the town.
 MINIMIZE SETBACK
 The news does not come as a surprise, the Associated Press having been in formed some days ago by the military authorities that the question whether Monastir's political importance was great enough to justify the military sacrifices necessary to defend the town was be- ing weighed by the general staff, and that military considerations probably would prevail
 Monastir is located at the bottom of a bowl surrounded on all sides by dominat- ing heights It was, therefore tactically extremely unfavorable as soon as the enemy forces gained a footing on the rim of the bowl as already had been done to the south, less than five miles from the town, and only slightly great CT distance to the southwest
 Since the opening of the campaign in the Rumanian theatre, which is regarded here as the decisive theatre of the whole war front, east and west, it was con- sidered a correct decision strategically and tactically not to call upon the de- lenders for heavy sacrifices and efforts to hold the town itself. It is pointed out in Berlin that Monastir is likely to be a very uncomfortable place for the entente allied troops, as the new Bulgar- German positions command the town in the same manner as it was previously commanded by the enemy guns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20

Paris November 19French troops this captured from the and Bulgarian forces the chief southern Serv ian town of Monastr according official announcement made this afternoon by the French war department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
AS TO THE FUTURE

Republican chieftains in Washington have nominated four standard bearers for their campaign of 1920.
 Charles Evans Hughes, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson and James Watson.
 The first pair. Hughes and Roosevelt. figures little, however, in what is called the serious speculation. Neither does the senator-elec from Indiana But Johnson does.
 While governor of California, Johnson was Roosevelt's running mate in 1912. During the campaign of 1916 he sup. ported Hughes and ran, himself, for the Senate. Hughes lost California. Johnson carried California by majority of aOo0Oo.
 Inasmuch as Johnson is a progressive and as the west. if republicans ever win again, must be weaned from its alliance with the south, the Californian, at the present time, is regarded as the strongest man the republicans could put forward.
 William Jennings Bryan according to his critics, is endeavoring to capture on
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
MUST NOT BE SUNK

No techncalities will be admitted. Ships must not be sunk without warn ing or without provision for the safety of the passengers facing high seas
 or distance from shore. The armed
 ship issue undoubtedly will be ad- vanced by Germany, but will not be accepted Secretary Lansing foresaw it last March when, without announce ing his reason, he decided that mer- chant vessels could carry a small de-
 fensive gun. If that endangers sub
 marines, that is part of their weak ness The United States, anxious, as a pacific nation opposed to armament,
 to increase the power of submarines, recognizes their shortcomings, espe-
 cially in their vulnerability if sur prised and attacked.
 The future of the sub marine situation Is felt to rest entirely with Germany. With the American attitude known, the next step must come from Berlin. Two many will decide she can starve Englan,l by an undersea campaign. or that she may endeavor to involve this country and thus insure the participation in peace of a generous enemy inclined toward just peace terms
 Beyond this. the Lusitania case remains unsettled. Germany has admitted liabil- ity and offered indemnity. But the del- Icate matter of It's amount has not been settled. Attempts made to close the is sue have been repeatedly blocked by un- expected new U-boat campaigns
 The ravages of the U-5s off New Eng land were displeasng to the government.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
ALLIED ARMIES CAPTURE MONASTIR
 ON ANNIVERSARY OF SERB VICTORY
ALLIED ARMY SCORES BRILLIANT COUP BY ENTERING CAPITAL OF THE OLD SER VANS

Berlin Officially Admits Defeat, But Attempts to Minimize the Importance of the Victory by the Statement That Monastir Had No Strategic Vaue-Rumanians Again on Offensive in
 Pennsylvania on the Ancre.
 BOmbardments at Verdun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
Attorney General Logan Martin and Solicitor
 Tate Are on Scene
OVERTON TRIAL TO
 START ON TUESDAY
A. H. Dyas Returns From Smithville After a Successful Mission. Overton Passes a Quiet
 Day in Jail
By RICHARD F. LESSER

Huntsville. November 19.-(Specia1D Attorney General Logan Martin of Montgomery and Circuit Solicitor Jo- seph R. Tate of Birmingham arrived in Huntsville tonight and at once plunged into an executive conference with the other associate counsel of the state in preparation of the open ing Of the trial of David D. overton, a former political leader of Madison county for the alleged assassinat ton of Probate Judge William T. Lswler last June. The trial of Overton is dock eted for tomorrow before Judge B. M. Miller in the circuit court.
 It was stated tonight by Prosecutor J Fritz Thompson that arrangements had been completed for the transfer of Char lie Nails, a former circuit court clerk of Madison county. and jointly indicted with Dave Overton in the alleged murder con- spiracy, and of Percy Brooks ferry man of Whitesburg, who is also under indictment for participation in the Law Ter killing, from the Jefferson county jail at Birmingham to Huntsville. The trans fer will be made tomorrow and Nails and Brooks are expected in Huntsville tomorrow afternoon on the o'clock train.
 Both Brooks and Nails will testify for the state at the Overton trial.
 IS OUTWARDLY CALM
 Within a day of the greatest criminal investigation in the history of Madison county, Huntsville is outwardly calm and Sunday was passed without incl dent, and with a perceptible decrease Of public interest in the approaching trial.
 At the county jail Overton passed ! quiet day. He received no visitors, and it was stated that he was iu reticent mood.
 Judge B. M. Allen, the leading counsel of Overton, is expected to arrive in Huntsville frorl ills home in Birmingham tomorrow afternoon.
 A. H. Dyas. special deputy,e desig- the prosecution in securing witnesses from out of the state, arrived in Hunts- vile this afternoon from Smthville, Tenn l. was admitted by the states counsel that he had completed an important mis- sion win much success.
 Regarding the plans of the defense at the trial on Tuesday there is much com ment among the local attorneys. It is pointed out that Overton has not yet pleaded to the indictment and that ad- vantage may be taken of this legal tech nicality by Judge Allen when the case is called.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
Two Ships Are Sunk

London, November 1.--Lloyds ship ping agency today reported the sink ing of two British steamships, the Lady Darlington and the Vasco. and the Portugese steamer Sannicola.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20

The Lady Darlington registered 3029 gross tons and was 329 feet long.
 The Vasco was of 1914 tons gross and measured 2S0 feet in length.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20

exposed to artillery fire from the heights to the south and southeast of the town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
ALL DOWN THE LINE

It is tentatively indicated that an identical policy will be applied "all down the line," that those beneficiaries of the administration who owe their jobs pri- marily to their representatives in Con- gress have not necessarily been assured of continued favor solely as a result of the presidential campaign.
 It is rumored that the President through the usual channel and by the usual manner. will ask members of Con- gress to refrain, simply for political ex- pediency from nominating for reap pointment men who have not been highly efficient or with whom patrons, for cause, have in large numbers complained
 Information reaching members of Con- gress from every state of the union in :. dicates that thousands of officeholders are on the anxious seat, and thousands of others desiring a turn at the 'pfe counter" are anticipating certain devel- opments which might be favorable to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-20
Admitted That Submarine Situation Is the Gravest Issue Before State
 Department
M ALL INTERFERENCE
 WILL BE FROWNED ON; ALSO THE BLACKLIST
Possibilities of a Lasting Peace and Economic War After Peace Comes Are
 Disturbing Problems


 Washington, November 18.-A portentious and com plicated international situa- tion now faces President Wilson and for the next few weeks will engage his atten- tion and that of his advisers to the practical exclusion of all but the most urgent of domestic subjects.
 In the last days of the campaign Secretary of State Lansing frequently spoke of the necessity of postponing action on the more delicate inter- national questions because the uncer- tainty of the outcome of the political contest had direct bearing on the success or failure of some of the ad- ministration policies.
 From now on the President expects to deal with all foreign questions without embarrassment and he is receiving from his advisers summary Of the outstand- ing issues so essential to taking stock of the basic situation which must be met now that international relations have returned to their place of prime import ance. While it is not evident that there will be any fundamental change in poli- ~. freedom from fear that any move 3t au would De misinterpreted as inspired by an internal political struggle has been removed. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing feel themselves able to act with a single eye to the international situation and their immediate conferences on the Presidents return to Washington indicate how pressing they feel the situation to be-
 MUST MAKE DECISION
 The President must decide how the
 limited States shall meet the German
 submarine question on the one hand; the entente aiueQ TeSlrlCtioha oh euo
 other hand; whether retaliatory leg islation shall be enforced; whether the traditional theory of isolation shall be abandoned for concerted neutral ac- ton. and whether the country shall have an aggressive or passive policy toward the peace conference, after the war, and the permanent league to enforce peace, which the President has accepted in theory And, during the rest of the war, shall Americas attitude be governed by a decided
 benevolence in the interpretation ot
 international law. according to it's own best interests or shall it be strictly
 legslatic, regardless of whom it af- fects.
 Most spectacular and disquieting of the questions is the submarine controversy with Germany and the sinking of ves- sels one involving loss of six American lives, two others involving American ships. Increasingly serious is the fast growing conviction that any kind of gen eral submarine warfare even if comply ing with the adequate rules as to giving warning and affording some measure of , safety of passengers is intolerable. Ger many is known to be building submarines 1 rapidly, and there is the possibility ot q starvation campaign against England. It's effect would be serious. The United States might find it difficult to avoid complications, while the American atti- tude is fiat and final
 MUST NOT BE SUNK No technicalities will be admitted. Ships must not be sunk without warn