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II sees. Ar a matter
OF fact, a silk hat Ia
no higher than most
derbies.
In the psychological
laboratories OF the
University Of Iowa
some interesting OK.
periments were con.
Quoted recently In the
effort TO find out why
II Is that a silk hat
looks so much taller
than II really Is. A
number Of students
professors we're asked
TO agree upon the
height 10 which a silk
hat would correspond
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against the wall Of
the window sill.
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upon, and when the
hat was set UP II fell
short OF the mark by
fully 25 per cent Of its
actual height. In 9th.
er words, every man
taking part in the ex.
pertinent had Judged
the hat 10 be one
fourth higher than II
really was.
Those in tho labor.
atory were then asked
to Judge individually
the ratio Of the height
to the diameter, the
diameter being eonsid-
ma commanding Ton
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
POLES TO ELECT
A STATE COUNCIL
Germany Plans First Step
in Self Government
Body to Speak Polish

Berlin (by wireless TO ssyville), Nov.
l4.-In accordance with views expressed
by Poles that steps should be taken
now TO make possible their collabora-
ton in the government Governor Cen
eral Won Beseler has ordered an cleo
tion to form a state council, says tho
Overseas News Agency.
For participation Of the districts OF
Poland under Austro-Hungarian rule
an agreement will be reached with au-
thorities. In the government general
Of Warsaw the elections will be bel"
under the following plan:
ain agricultural districts, township
meetings and in Warsaw and LODI the
town councils will elect seventy dele
gates, who, under the principle Of pro-
portional representation, will elect
eight members Of the state council.
Four other members are to be sp-
pointed by the Governor General, who
will preside over the council. The
council will deliberate on bills and Will
have the right to initiate proposals for
Parliament II will have the right TO
levy taxes and issue loans"
The debates in the state council and
the Diet are to be in Polish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
U-BOAT REJECTED
COLUMBIAN PLEA
Officer Sent by Captain
Not Allowed to Say
Ship Was American

Corunna, Spain, Nov. 14.-When the
crew of the American steamer Column
bian landed here they were accompa-
MED to their hotel by q crowd. The
sailors told interesting stories OF the
attack upon their ship. which was
shelled and sunk by the German sub
marine.
The captain of the Columbian was at
dinner when he heard the first gun; II
sounded remote. The sea was rough
and he could not observe anything
shoat.
Captain Curtis. on the bridge. soon
aftorward distinguished a submarine
four miles distant. He ordered the
American flag hoisted. The submarine.
which was the U-49, approached and
signalled TO the captain to follow the
submarine, but not to approach 1t and
not to attempt TO escape, as he would
in either case be sunk.
All on board the Columbian put on
lifebelts. The captain prepared to send
his first officer by boat to the subma-
rine with documents and demand that
the American flag be respected, but the
sea was too high and the trip too haz-
ardous The Columbian followed the
submarine throughout the night, being
guided by rockets.
Toward 6 O'Clock in the morning six
American seamen got into boat and
went with a petty officer to the subma-
rine with the object of explaining tina,
il was an American ship. They were
not allowed to explain but were or
dered to take on board German Off
Ger and two sailors. The Germans
placed in the interior of the ship two
Lombs, and in the mean time the Ger
man officer ordered Captain Curtis and
his crew TO abandon ship and go aboard
the BALTIC, which was standing by.
Captain Curtis was later required 10
20 aboard the submarine as prisoner
Quantities of foodstuffs were taken
from the Columbian and put aboard
the undersea boat. When all this was
done the fuses of the bombs were
lighted. 9,
The Columbian's crew remained
aboard the BALTIC until the submarine
and that vessel fell in with the
Swedish steamer Varing, when they
were put aboard her. The BALTIC was
then sunk. Shortly afterward the sub
marine sighted the Norwegian steamer
Fordalen and ordered her crew aboard
the Varing, and sank the Fordalen.
Food was running short on the
Varing and the submarine commander
was informed of this fact. He gave
permission for the vessel to enter port.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
GERMANS LOST II AER0S,
ALLIES l04, BERLIN SAYS
Praises Work of Observation
and Battle Filters

Berlin (by wireless to Sayvlle), Nov.
14.--In October the Entente Allies lost
104 airplanes on the Western and East
ern Balkan fronts, while the Germans
lost seventeen machines, according to
to-day's official Germsa statement.
with great success IN the month of
October our flying forces fulfilled their
heavy and variegated task, especially
in the Western war theatre" the State
ment says. Special acknowledgement
and thanks are deserved by the OBJ
servation fiers of the artillery and in
fantry. They were protected by the
battle airplanes. which also splendidly
fulfilled their special tasks, and by the
anti-aircraft guns.
I'VE lost seventeen airplanes. Our
enemies in the West, in the East and in
the Balkans lost 104 airplanes, eighty
three Of them in air fights. fifteen shot
down from the ground and six by be-
ing forced TO land behind our lines.
Sixty hostile airplanes are in our pos
session. Forty-four machines were
seen to fall down on the other side OF
the lines"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15

;ua,.,r,os themselves. The neutral ODD
.'.s 80 astoundsd by the gayety
81 ,be city's night life. extending UNIV
midnight. the German curfew. iho
,,,,sic ~ hand concerts was everywhere
the lecturer said. .o
Antwerp was in much worse case,
.,.t,h ~ wharves and ships falling
apart and disintegratlng TOT want oi
sdroio,n ,rade hut the Mons-Charleroi
distr,ct anneayed busiest of all. All It's
fortv-eieht coal mines are In operation
emnioving IS. 600 workers and produc-
ing 7S per cent Of their normal output
No Damaged Industrial Plants
DIR MacElwee said that in all OF Bel
oium he didn't discover that "A particle
Of damage had been done by the invad-
ing Germans to industrial buildings'
burned or otherwise damaged dwelling
houses and small towns. he said, ap-
peared only occasionally, and then al
ways in exposed positions.
lie learned of no authenticated atroc-
itv. he said. but did discover that the
German authorities had instituted ana
normitted not a little social work for
The amelioration of the poorer Bel
CLANS. Governor General Won Kissing
had issued orders forbidding the en-
ployment Of women and children an
foreground, the employment OF any chill.
dren under twelve years Of age and
the employment Of girls and women
above that age for an excessive mum
Der Of hours day. Won Kissing re-
called General Sherman TO his mind.
Not little OF, the money contributed
by Americans TO fhe American Relief
Committee in Berlin, DR.. MscElwee
thought, is finding its way into Belgium
through the German Red Cross.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15

only explanation Of the large number
Of prisoners is that the British artil-
lery formed a barrage through which
the Germans found it Impossible to
retreat or send reinforcements.
The value of the positions carried
BY the British would compensate for
their heavy losses. but is extremely
likely that the German casualties IN
prisoners alone will balance the price
Haig paid. This is an exceptionally
unusual situation in modern warfare
and is an amazing contrast with the
German losses at Verdun.
On the French front there is no sign
as yet of infantry action. But OBJ
servers here believe that Foch will not
DELAY long to join in the attack.
There has been considerable discus
sion i'm the press here over an article
by a French journalist-soldier compar-
ing the length of the front held by
the British and the French and ask
ing the British TO take over more line.
He is sharply criticised in some quar-
tiers and in others as sharply defended.
Special emphasis is placed upon the
fact that Frances resources are far
from exhausted and that If she held
n smaller section of the front she
would be free to launch attacks some
where else.
The question Of manpower is coming
up for decision here, and action upon
il is expected by the first of next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15

were even more successful than hr't
reports indicated, according TO oihe'a'
Trenches In the bend Of the, Cerns
River. southeast Of Monastlr, chhhgea
hands repeatedly during III. day, pu'
nightfall found the troops OF hlng 70
ter in definite possession OF extremely
important positions near Tepavtsi' con-
naming the Kenali defcnces OF the pu.
gars. Severe losses we're inii,e'cn on
The Bulgars and Germans, goo pIis1n
ers falling into the hands'of the aenua,
The majority of these captives VIZ
Germans. according 20 the serpInn
indicating the important
attached by the German command "
The retention Of Monastir.
The seizure OF the Chuke range g'.es
the Entente forces command OF the
whole eastern part Of the Cerna valley
and Of the road 20 Monastir and frilep.
II has rendered possible the move
which is expected TO .cuhninate thls
week in the capture Of the importhne
nosition of Tepsytsi. Once that place
tails 10 the Serbs the development OF
the Kenali position and the forward
drive on Monastir will become easier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
Falkenhayn Wins Town IA
Miles Past Border; Aims
Drive at CraiOva
AUSTRIANS HURL FOE
ACROSS THE DANUBE
Bucharest Troops Cleared
from Right Bank of
River at OrsOva
inv Cable 70 TIC Tribune ]

/ Tondon. Nov. i4.-Falkenhayn's troops
are moving forward steadily along inc
whole southern Pennsylvania frontier
nenetrating deeper into Rumanian ter
/ ritory. From the Iron Gates OF the
Dsnpbc 10 the region southeast OF
Kronstadt the Rumanian troops are on
the defensive.
In the jul Valley the right wing oil
tho Gcrmanic army Of invasion has
swung southwark fourteen miles ne
vond the border, enveloping the village
Of Bumbeshti and pushing past H.
Falkenhayn has poured fresh troops IN
large numbers into the breach opened
in the enemy's lines.
Driven Across Danube
Taken in conjunction with the re
moved efforts Of the Austro-German
forces near Orsova, on the meeting
ground of Hungary, Serbia and Ru-
mania. the new campaign in the jul
Valley evidently purposes double
drive on Craiova, the most important
position of Southwestern Rumania.
Powerful reinforcements were sent
10 the Teutonic lines at Orsova, ana
Vienna reports to-day that the Ruma-
mans were driven across the Danube
the entire right bank of the river being
cleared.
The day also saw the gradual APP
proach of the invader nearer the ran
road kew points in the other valleys OF
Northern Rumania. On the right banA
Of the Alt, after violent engagements,
in which the positions under a''aSn
! changed hands time after ume' the
/ Gormanic troops continued their Tor
ward sweep, bringing their front ~
alignment with that Of their comrades
in the jul Valley.
Take $50 Prisoners
! Here the invaders are striking ior
Jiblea and the important railroad run
ming from that point southeast 10
! Pitesci and Bucharest. The days OPP
| erations cost the Rumanians more thdii
/ 600 men in prisoners alone.
Further east, in the Prahova VALLEY,
. A
use of heavy artillery. forged ahead
against the Rumanian wing. The stu
ation north of Campulung and south OF
| Predeal underwent little change durihg
/ the day. the defenders standing hrm
under the Teuton assaults.
In the northern sector OF the iran
svlvanian front Falkenhayn's troops
forced the Russians in the Gyergo
Mountain region to retire toward the
/ frontier. To the south OF Iuighes
/ Pass, in the same region, the Teutons
won another success over the Russians,
/ although on a smaller scale.
Monitors lombard Teutons
The situation in Dobrudja re
NAMED quiet through the day. Both
German and Rumanian naval forces
conducted successful operations on the
Danube. the latter effectively lombard
ing Mackensen's left flank north OF Ger
navoda.
The battle on the Macedonian front
shows no signs of abating. Yesterday
operations by the Serbs and their allles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
SEPARATE PEACE
FAILS IN RUSSIA
Teutonic Agents Unable to
Split the Allies,
RuhI Says


rordon. Nov. 14.-German propagan-
dists in Russia arc trying TO SOW as
so,s;on among the Allies and seeking
IN influence Russia 20 consider sep
arate peace, but there are no signs Of
their success. L..
This was the statement made to-day
by Arthur Ruhl, just returned from
Russia and Rumania. He added mere
was no expectation in Russia OF the ehd
of the war for another year.
The recent references to peace ny
statesmen OF the belligerent nations,
however. have aroused in the Scandi-
naylan peoples the belief that 1t is not
far of, Mr.. Ruhl thinks.
The Russians were looking forward
to the spring campaign, he said, expect,
ing to accumulate vast quantities OF
guns and ammunition during the WIN
ter. Though their losses have been
exceptionally high this year. the sup
ply of soldiers seems inexhauStlole.
Tho prices in Petrograd, Mr.. Ruhl
found, were extremely high, but south
ern Russia was faring better, though
transportation was continuing am
cult problem.
Mr.. Ruhl said that until recently
Bucharest had been bombarded every
few hours by German neroplanes or
Zcppelns. Many casualties were caused
and serious damage inflicted until the
defcnces were strengthened.
The Rumanian mobilization had
moved slowly, Mr.. Ruhl said, until the
tide Of battle turned definitely in favor
of the Tcutons. Then the Rumanian
machine speedod up.
Though Bucharest is volatile
city" said Mr.. Ruhl, sit has now settled
down to hard fighting, confident, IN.
afraid, but with full appreciation Of
the power OF the waves beating against
the country on all sides"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
BRITISH AIRhEN DROP
WREATH FOR B0ElKr
Letters of Coincidence Also Flm.
ter Behind German Lines

Berlin, Nov. IA (yis wireless 10 Say.
ville).-A wreath and two Letters fron
the Royal British Flying Corps hare
been handed TO the parents Of Csptsi.
Boelke, the noted air fighter. vhs Wa
killed recently at the front In Fnsss
says the Overseas news agency. Wild
describes the sending Of these tsst-
monials as follows:
"a British airman dropped . psekass
behind our lines with two letter.. One
Of the letters bore the inscription: IL
memory Of Captain Boslke, our bnw
and chivslrous adversary.-Ths REGAL
British Flying Corps
"The other letter runs: To the o.
GERS of the German flying corps on shii
front: We hope that you viii hrd stl'
wreath, and are sorry that 1t comet n
late. The weather prevented us frur
sending it earlier. We mourn viii
Captain Boelke's parents and fnenti
We all recognize his bravery. Kind n.
CARDS to Captain Evan and Lieutenai'
Long, of the Moran squadron. lsiUsd)
J. Sergeant Green, Lieutenant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
Official Statements
on Western Fighting

Berlin, NoU. N.-To-ddys oDlc'dt
report says:
Army Group Of Crown Prince Rup-
precht-On both sides of the River
Ancre yesterday there was violent
fighting. Strong British attacks, pre-
pared by concentrated artillery fire OF
the heaviest calibres, were Launched
against our positions, forming an angle
to the southwestward.
The enemy. under considerable sac
rifces. succeeded in pushing us back
from Beaumont Hamel and st. Pierre
Diyon. together with the lines adloin-
ing leading into the prepared positions
Our tenacious defence caused US con-
siderable losses.
Other places of the front were Under
attack from the east of Hebuterne as
far as the south of Grandcourt. Wher-
ever the British had entered they were
elected by the brisk counter attacks oil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
Poland Exiles Oppose
German Freedom Plan

Petrograd, Nov. 14.-An eagerly
awaited feature Of the Duma session
which opened to-day is the declaration
by Polish members regarding Ger
many's offer of independence to that
part of Russian Poland occupied by
German troops.
Many prominent Poles, who are ex-
lied from their homes in Russian Poland,
because of the German invasion, have
expressed themselves as dissatisfied
with the German offer, which, accord
ing to their views, instead of uniting
Poland, is an attempt to perpetuate
the dismemberment Of Poland, and 10
therefore unacceptable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
British Crept Unseen
Almost to Foes Line

Paris, Nov. 1.-The British attack
now in progress lin the Ancre region
was preceded by four days Of intense
bombardment, and began in a dense
fog, says LA Liberties" correspondent at
the front. The British, he says. did not
at first fire a shot and were not per-
ceived until they were upon the Ger
mans.
Rising from a creeping attitude when
few yards from the German trenches,
they charged with loud hurrahs. A
French officer who was present said he
observed with establishment the prog
ress the British troops had made.
At 81. Pierre Divion, where the fight
ing was exceptionally bitter, the Brit
ish delivered ten assaults. A whole
German battalion, according to the
writer, with the major commanding,
laid down their arms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
CALL BABIES PLAGUE
A NERVOUS DISEASE

Neurologists speaking before the
New York Neurological Society, in the
Academy of Medicine last night. as
serted that infantile paralysis was
essentially a disease of the nervous
system and should be treated jointly
by neurologists and specialists in
orthopedics.
DR. Frederick Tilney said that the
health authorities lost an unparalleled
opportunity of learning more of the
disease during the recent epidemic, be-
cause they were unprepared 10 cope
with the situation.
DR.. b. Sachs stated that the high
death rate Of 26 per cent was due in
large part TO the fact that the streets
Of New York were so filthy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
Report Russian Cruiser Wrecked

Berlin. Nov. Ii (by wireless TO Say
ville).-A report received from Stock.
holm says that large Russian armored
cruiser, either the Rurik or Gromoboi
has run aground outside Hango, in the
Gulf of Finland, according TO the Over
seas News Agency. Attempts at sal
wage have been without success, and il
is feared that she will become a wreck
tho renort Saws
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
BELGIUM IS BUSY,
SAYS MACELWEE
Columbia Professor Finds
Mines and Industries
in Operation

DR.. Roy S. MacElwee, of the depart
ment Of political science at Columbia
University, lectured last night in Have
meyer Hall on industrial Belgium as he
observed IL on visit from which he
has just returned. He was one of
party Of newspaper correspondents and
social workers representing six ma
tionalities and ten different professions
which was piloted under German es-
cort from one end OF the conquered
land to the other.
His verdict, he believes, is that of
disinterested student of history and
economics. Il is that Belgium is fairly
busy, largely intact and, so far as the
bourgeois and poorer classes are con
cerned. preserving friendly relations
with the German officials. Yet he
couldn't escape. he said, the sense of
depression which engulfed everything
and everybody there, causing the Ger
mans as well as the Belgians to long
for peace and the restoration of Bel
gian sovereignty.
Saw Many Idle Belgians
DECORATIONS had not been started
when DR.. MacElwee left Belgium, but
he said he observed large number OF
idle Belgians lounging about who
might have had work if they had been
willing 10 accept il and who seemed
rapidly 20 be degenerating into perma-
nent drones.
The citv of Iioge. which Or. Neil
wee called the Pittsburgh of Belgium,
he found practically unchanged The
coal mines are in operation, with thou
sands OF miners earning normal
wage, and so are the majority OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
Garbage Inquiry Ends To-day

The commission appointed by Gov
ernor Whitman TO investigate the mill
ion dollar garbage disposal plant on
Staten Island and determine whether
il threatens to be a public nuisance will
end its eight weeks of inquiry into the
subject to-day. A report is expected
within a few weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15

the German measures. The position Of
the German government has been that
the deportation is made necessary by
the scarcity of employment in Bel
GUM due TO the British blockade. That
This is merely pretext TO cover need
Of labor in Germany for belligerent OPP
eratiops is we'll understood, but beyond
entering formal protest officials do
not see what the United States can do.