ALLIES GAINING FOOT Of FOOI
IN SOOTH PHOT OF SERBIA
Athens, Xov. 15— Advices are re
ceived here stating that the allies
art# gaining foot by; foot in their
struggle against the Teutons u the
soutnern Dortion of Servia.
The French forces are waging a
fierce drlre against Veles, whose
capitulation la looked for hourly.
Tie lighting has been terrific and
'he Bulgar loss has been Tery heavy
An armistice 'was granted the latter
in w&ich to bury the dead.
GERMANS SCOFF
AF KITCHENER
Berlin, Nov. 15—Lord Kitchener's
visit to the Balkans ig Bcoffed at
here by the department, and it Is
claimed that it will be impossible
for the alles to gan any adayace
throuch the Dardanelles or through
Macedonia.
LAND BATH
GEISMN
The Hacue, Nov. 15—A large
Zeppelin hut baloon, enroute to
Minsk, -fthere it wag going for the
purpose of bombarding that city,
wag attaeked and destroyed by
high elevation guns from a Russian
laud battfcry.
WILSON WOULD
FIND PLOTTERS
^ ashinctcvn, Xov. 15—Acting un
der the direction of President Wil
8.-U a Urge cores ol B<x*ret 8er
vice men aud special agents ^er«
todai" assigned the duty of run
ning down all plots which were
planned w'th the view or the de
struction of munition factories
throughout the United States. Not
only were a numbeT of the present
service put on the job, but a num
ber of new men were employed.
GERMANS DRIVE
BACK RUSSIAN!
Geneva, Nov. 15—The Gonna
forces In the Eastern theater bav
driven the Russian forces bac]
&Ioii£ ;hfl entire twjii of the Sty
river.
SERBS LOSING IN
firm Ficm
Loudon, Not. 15—The Servian
troops are being hard pushed by
' the Teutonic allies Invading the
Empire from the Northeast, and are
faJlin? back from mountain Tldge to
mountain ridge. They are putting
ud a hard 'fight, but reinforcements
are alow coming to their Bupport
from the allies armies.
MV WOULD TUIUJ
STATES EVIDENCE
New York. Nov. 15—Robert Fay,
w&o was last "week indicted by the
grand Jury for having formulated a
P^ot whereby all munition plants,
docks and wharves from wliich
munitions of war were to have been
shipped, as well as all vessels en
gaged In carrying munitions, were
to ve destroyed In tae Un"
Ited States, baa made an of
fer to turn states' evidence. He
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Berlin, Nov. 16—The Austrian
admiralty places the blame for the
loss of life through, the destruction
of tho steamship Ancona upon of
ficers in charge. It is olaimed that
the vessel was given ample warning,
but instead of paying heed to the
signals. a!i$ made an attempt to es
cape.
Rome, Nov. 15—Investigation in
to the • ' destruction of the
steamed Ancona shows that
there -were eleven Americans on
board at the time the vessel was
torpedood, and that only two ofj
them were saved. The inve6tiga-|
tlou U taking considerable tim<
an a the description of the blowin
ud of the ship in many i.iRtance
are contradictory, some of the sui
vivor« claiming that no warning y/i
given, -while others state that th
•htn trie 4 to get a-jray after «h
bad b##* commanded to surrender.
Washington, Nor. 15—The ad
[ ministration will seek Its own eyi
dence la the investigation leading u]
to tao destruction of the steam
snip Aicona. The evidence gainec
from the Austrian and Italian in
ve»'tration is contradictory, and di»
agree* on 'many important facta.
Washington, Nov. 15—Advice was
recelvod here this morning from the
Mexican frontier that Carranza
force* had capixred the town of
Nacr>, and had put the Villa army
which had invested the town a few
deya since, to route.
firniEDBf
ISHIPBOIS
at Verona aa thQ reeujt or """"le
bardment by three Austrfari"
planes which succeeded In es
caping the lire from land forces,
and flying oyer the town dropping
bombs.
New York, Nov. 15—Virtually all
the Bteamshlp companies operating
American owned steamers out of
New York have arranged to comply
with the new eeaman's law, which
became effective Thursday. Nov. 4
As far as is known, only one steam
er W!is withdrawn because of the
new requirements.
brakes on liquor
Ottawa, Nov. 2—Further re
striction of liquor Bales goes into
effect today, -when every licensed
bar lu the province must be closed
at 8 o'clock in the evening. On
; Saturday the closing time is 1
[ o'clock.
MAY TRY OLD
QUOTUYSTEM
Loudon, Nor. 3—The quota sys
tem which Lord Kitchener la Bald
to advocate la a compromise be
tween voluntary aallatmeat sys
tem and conscription la a historic
method of raising troop®, for It ex
isted from Saxoa timeo down to
thg year 1832. It la now merely
suspended, not dead.
is.' tbg quota system, Groat Brit I
districts^ *1 diVid°d lnt0 mllltary
to «n?'„rh 01 wW* 18 r<Wed '
»»er «ir?rutred num
^ruiw. It is a form of
ZT,0a' bUt a
'hat bas stood the test of e,T |
centuries, its especial merits are'
■ ite appeal to local patriotism and I
Jte clrlc control. Each locality has I
YlJ?>?0Wer t0 e°fOrc0 enlistments if
fair is^SSSaSyi fyt ajaree nam-1
thorlllet and the appeal Is more
personal and less emotional thai?
by the military recruiting with \
their bands aJid speech-mating ac-'
tore. V
Tber» are many statutes on the
English books relating to the quota
system, which can be enforced at
any time by an order of the Privy
Council with the approval of parlla-1
mert. Some changes were made
from the old methods In 1757 when
the various counties were Instruct
ed to proportion their quota among
the various parishes where the I
mem, In case of necessity, were to
be chosen by ballot. This law I
placed the age of service from 18 i
to 80 rears, exempting all imen
with more than one child born in
wedlock. Forces for thg Napoleon-1
lc wars were thus raised. In, 1832
the old milita passed from the
control ot the couutlea to the
war office and the syBtem of dis
trict selection was allowed to
lapss.
PKOl LAI MS NEUTRALITY OP
THE BALKAN STATES
Washington, Nor. 15 PreelcVeat
WIIboh today proclaimed the n®u
trallly of the Balkan*.
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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON IS
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», Tiiflko^eo, Ala., Nov, 16—Booker
£ r. Washington, the noted negro edu
s cater, Uled in his homo In this city
s yesterday after a sarloua illneca
5 breugat about by a nervous break
3 down.
Mr, Washington waa bora near
Hale's ford in Virginia about 1869,
- aad waa of African descent. He"
- graduated from Hampton, institute
> in 1875 and 'received the honorary
■ degree of A. M. at Harvard univer
sity in 1896 and that of LL. D. at
. Dartmouth in 1901. He was mar
i rled to Maggie J. Murray fa, 1893.
; ^ ^ olccted head of the Tuskogee
| Institute by state authorities In
18bl, which institute he organized.
He was a great writer and speaker,
taking an active part in aJl racial
and edutationaj subjects. Among
hi8 more notable publications are
"IId From Slavery," "Future of
the American Negro," "Working
Witl» Hinds," "The Negro in
Business," and "The Story of
the Nepro."
LET OUT FOR
G1GISING
Chicago, 111., Not. 15 — George
Burkitt, assietant postmaster at
Wirnetia, was discharged Saturday
by roatmaster Kloepfer, of that
place. Burkltt Is charged with
crltlcisog Presdent Wllooa for car
rying again, and his boas could
not stand such kind of lnsubordi
na'lon on the part of his clerkB.
Washington, Nov. 15—President
Wll6on was advised of the discharge
of Burkitt by Postmaster Kloepfer,
and upon being told of the cause
of the dismissal of thg assistant,
immediately gave orders for his re
instatement provided the charge of
criticism relative to the forthcom
ing marriage of the chief executive
was the only stain against his
name. ..-J j, t I
Olympla, Nov. 15 — Superior
Judge John R. Mitchell, who has
been presiding in disbarment ac
tions brought in Everett against
Karl W. H us ted, democratic candi
date for congress from the sec
ond district last fall, and Robert
McMurchie, former referee in bank
ruptcy, both, of whom haye been
prominent In the Snohomish coun
ty bar for years, issued an order
ehortly before midnight Saturday'
night utriklng tha names of the two
attorneys from the bar roll of thu
sta!» of Washington.
Final arguments in the caeee,
which have been pending several
months were made lata Saturday
night, Hustod and AIcMurchie each
speaking in his own behalf. When
they concluded Judge Mitchell an
nounced he wag prepared to decide
the caaeB and occupied nearly one
and one-half hours In concluding
the points of eTideace which showed
to his satisfaction that the two
men had been guilty of moral turpi
tude. dishonesty and unprofessional
conduct In the course of their re
lations as attorneyes. The charges
wero brought against them at the
instigation of Superior Judges Al
ston and Bell of Snohomish county,
who being ineligible to hear the
cases for thiB reason^ asked Govern
or Lister to send in an outBlde
Judge, with the result that Judge
Mitchell was selected.
WOULD PREVENT
SUNDAY CLOSING
district
injunction againBt 25 counties to
prevent the enforcement of the Sun
day closing law. The law 33
boon on the statute books for many
years but not until recently has
any attempt been made to enforce
It The Btate district court has
already granted the injunction In
this county.
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