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H POrty"f''fth Year-No' 298- PRICE: FIVE CENTS. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1915. Entered a. Second Cl. Matter ,t the ?o,toff,ce, Ogden, UUb H

f Hillstrom Will Be Executed Tomorrow Morning I

i Striking French Victory Over Bulgars

( in Southern Serbia Fight Is Reported

BULGARIAN ARMY FORCED TO

I RETREAT ON VARDAR FRONT

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Sustain Check at Hands of British in Rabrovo Section French

If Capture Town of Kasturino Italian Forces Progress in

S Campaign Against Gorizia Germans Make Fresh

IT Gains Against Serbians Evacuation of City

I? of Prilep Inevitable Serb Position Un-

ff tenable Artillery Fighting Continues

II on Front in France.

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i London, Nov. 18, 6:14 p. m. The British army at the

r Pardanelles has resumed the offensive and captured 280 yards

; oi Turkish trenches.

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I ; Berlin, Nov. IS. by wireless to Say-

; vllle. The Austro-German forces in

ft Serbia continue to press back their

B opponents. The war office announc

ed today that the town of Kursumlya

had been occupied by German troops

M after being abandoned by the Serbi-

5 ans.

Several hundred Serbians and a

, number of cannon were captured by

; the Germans. The Teutonic forces

j ! have now reached a line running from

1 I Javon. near the Montenegrin border.

; to the nortli of Raska, and to Kur

; ' sumlya, Radan and Omglica.

j Surprise Attack Fails.

I Berlin, Nov, IS. by wireless to Say-

j vllle, British forces attempted a

' - surprise attack yesterday on German

J positions along the road between Mes-

f sines, in Belgium, six miles south of

,1 Ypres and Armentieres, to the south

of Messines. This attack, the war

f jtfice announced today, failed.

In the Argonne the French made

preparations to explode a mine. This

nation was anticipated by the Gor

X maps, who evacuated the trench men-

seed by the mines.

Wt Violent Cannonading in ArtoiB.

' Paris, Nov. IS. 2 40 p. m. There

has been violent cannonading in the

ft forest of Givcnchy, in the Artois dls-

trict, according to the announcement

given out by the French war office

tb.is afternoon.

I The text of the statement follows:

"In the Artois district there has

I been a violent cannonade in the for-

j esj. of Givenchy. We havo brought

li about a concentration of the fire of

K our trench guns against the German

If nations at Hcrbccourt, in the valley

K or the Sommo, and we havo bombard-

Kl ed very vigorously the German trench-

R es at Autreches, on the north bank

Wv ot tho river Alsne.

EL "On the remainder of the front last

Kg night passed without incident."

It Allies Win Important Points.

EK Paris, Nov. IS, 10:15 a, m. Import-

X ant successes both for the French and

H British forces In Serbia arc reported

H& by the Athens correspondent of the

mm Havas Agency. According to this In-

mm-' formation, which the correspondent

MM nays is unofficial, the Bulgarians have

Rj&- lost the town of Kasturino to the

Mm French and have been defeated by

S tho British on the Valoudovo-Rabrovo

Eft The correspondent, whose dispatch

M& ivas filed yesterday, adds that accord-

HK. ing to the latest news received by

RE Athens newspapers, the French won a

wf sty-iking victory over tho Bulgarians

MM pn the Tithlrkowo-Schevo Kmssovitva

M' front. The battle was waged for two

H days. Tho French were greatly out-

Hi numbored hut used their 3-inch guns

K witji groat effect. The Bulgarians are

H said to have sustained such heavy

Hr losses that they gave up the fight and

Bfi; retired northward to the right bank of

K tb4? Vardar river.

I French to Use Gas.

II Paris, Nov. IS, 5 a. m. Tho senate

K Army committee, presided over by

if Georges Clcmenceau, has passed a res-

If olution urging the unrestricted use of

K asphyxiating gas by French, troops.

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I X Norwegian Steamer Sunk.

l $ Amsterdam, Nov. 18, via London,

I a 10:S0 a. m. According to newspaper

5 reports the Norwegian steamer Ulrik-

f n. of 1545 tons, from New York for

11 "Rotterdam, has been sunk with the

I 105B of five members of her crew.

A The steamship Glenmoore on arriv-

'I - inc. at Rotterdam from New York re-

oritod the TJlrlkon struck a mlno near

) paJUoper light.

Crew Was Saved.

i London. Nov. IS, 12:42 p. m. The

i Iosb of tlie TJlriken is reported in a

' dispatch to Lloyds, which says the

proTV was saved.

? Bombs Drop on Verona.

: Paris, Nov. 18, 6 p. m. A hostile

aircraft flew over Verona, Italy, thlB

1 fciorning several bombs being thrown

I i trom tho machine, according to a

I fravaa dispatch from Rome. One

i Child, was slightly injured. There were

r po other casualties nor was any raa-

) ki'ial damafio douo, the dispatch

ft IpiteB.

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, British War CouhcH Leaves.

If Paris Nov. IS, 4:40 p. m. Premier

1, fqulth and hte assistants in the Brit

ish war council, who have been In

conference here with their French of

ficial colleagues, left today on their

return trip to London.

Review of War Situation.

-London, Nov. IS, 12:32 p. m. News

from the Balkans continues to be a

patchwork of unconfirmed rumors and

I contradictory assertions, without of

ficial statements to establish clearly

the Dresent status of atfairs. The

Serbian armies, with insufficient am

munition and inferior numbers, have

been attempting vainly to meet the

wide turning movement of the Bul

garians, threatening Prilep and Mona

stir. Some despatches from Athens

report Prilep already is in Bulgarian

hands All admit die Serbian posi

tion there is untenable and that evac

uation of tho city Is inevitable.

News that the Bulgarian advance

'southward is proceeding rapidly and

has reuched a point yllhin a iew

hours of Monastir is said to have

caused consternation in that city,

whose population is fleeing to Greek

territory.

Monastir in Distinct Danger.

Judging from the size of tho Bul

garian forces rushing from Tetovo

southward and from the Initial suc

cess of their new turning movement

which has changed entirely the -military

situation In southern Serbia,

Monastir is in distinct danger. Not

only has the Bulgarian maneuver ne

cessitated abandonment by the Serbi

ans of their positions at Babuna pass,

but the Serbian forces which have

been holding this entire region are

now in peril of being surrounded and

out off by the Bulgarians advancing

southward from Krushevo.

Little is known of the Serbian situ

ation in the north, except that deter

mined resistance is still being offered

by the Serbians against both Ger

mans and Bulgarians who have made

no fresh gains of consequence

Allied Successes Reported.

In southwestern Serbia successes

for tho French and British are re

ported. The Bulgarians are said to

have been compelled to retreat on the

Vardar front and to have sustained a

check at the hands of the British

in the Rabrovo section.

Both England and Franco have

greeted with great enthusiasm the

joint war conference held, in Paris. It

Is regarded as marking great solidar

ity and more concerted action among

the allied armies. Although no offi

cial information has been received

concerning the subjects discussed at

the conference it Is assumed the prin

cipal matter under consideration is

the Balkan situation.

Striking French Victory.

A striking victory' for the French

over the Bulgarians in southern Ser

bia is unofficially reported through

Paris. General SarraiTs troops are

snld to have driven strong Bulgarian

forces to the right bank of tho Var

dar river as the result of a two-day

battle, t

Capture by the French of tho town

of Kasturino and a defeat of tho Bul

garians by the British on the Valon-dovo-Rabrovo

front also are reported

in Paris.

Italian Forces Progresa'ng.

Progress for the Italians In their

campaign against Gorizia is reported

by Rome, a strong entrenchment on

the height northwest of tho city hav

ing been taken.

Bclluno, an Italian city about fifty

miles north ot Venice, has been bom

barded by an Austrian aeroplane. A

Belluno dispatch says only ono out of

five bombs dropped exploded and

asido from tho alight wounding of

three persons the explosions had no

effect.

Artillery engagements and fighting

with trench guns are reported by

Paris from tho front In Franco. No

Infantry attacks are mentioned.

TURN RULE . . .

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PARIS COUNCIL

ADOPTS MEASURE

Paris, Nov. IS, 4:40 a. m The Par

Is city council has adopted a measure

presented by Its president, Ilonrl Galll

and Poirlor dc Narcay urging that all

subjects of allied nations of military

age who are residing in France, be

requirod cither to leave tho country

or to enlist in the French army: those

who refuse to be confined in concen

tration campB.

The motions also sets forth that

subjects or citizens of neutral coun

tries should not receive residential

permits except upon recommendation

of their governments and after a rigid

examination of their credentials

ITALIANS TAKE

STRONG POSITION

Infantry Storms Entrenchment

on Height Northwest of

Gorizia Find Heaps

of Corpses.

ARTILLERY FIGHTING

Austrians Repeatedlv Re

pulsed in Monte San Michele

Zone in Attacks on

Lost Positions.

Rome, Nov. 17, via Paris. Nov. ,18,

10:45 a m. A victory of the Italian

forces, .which are attempting to cap

ture Gorizia, was announced tonight

by the Italian war office. A strong

Austrian position northwest of the

city was captured.

The statement follows.

"There is great activity on the part

of the artillery on both sides all along

the front. The enemy's artillery

seeks not only to strike at our de

fenses but above all to destroy sys

tematically the country conquered by

us, even where there are no effective

garrisons of our troops.

"Thus, on November 16 the enemy

fired 12-inch shells into the villages

of. Locca and Bessecca, fn Concei val

ley. Yesterday the enemy's batteries

directed bombardments against the

once-flourishing 'towns ot Mossa and

Lucinico, on tho Isonzo plain. These

towns are now heaps of smoking

ruins.

Infantry Takes Strong Position.

"Our infantry took by assault a

strong entrenchment on the height

northwest of Gorizia. In this posi

tion we found heaps of corpses and a

large amount of war materials.

"On the Carso In tho Monte San

Michele zone during the night of No

vember 15-16 and on the following

morning tho enemy renewed his at

tacks on the positions recently con

quered by us. He was repulsed re

peatedly leaving in our hands two ma

chine pins and sixty prisoners, one

of whom was an officer.

"Aeroplanes of the enemy yestorday

dropped bombs on Alia. There was

no loss of life or damage to prop

erty "

ANCONA SURVIVOR

SIGNS STATEMENT

Native American Passenger

Makes Affidavit Contradict

ing Austro-Hungarian

Government's Official

Statement.

LINER WAS SHELLED

Bombardment by Submarine

Continues After Ship Was

Stopped Many Killed

and Wounded.

Washington, Nov. IS. An affidavit

by Dr. Cecil Griol. the only native

American survivor of the Italian liner

Ancona, directly contradicts the Austro-Hungarian

government's official,

statement that the ship was not shell

ed by tho attacking submarine after

she stopped. The state department

today was notified ot the existence of

tho affidavit by consular dispatches.

The text of the message which wan

sent by American Consul Mason of

Algiers, follows:

"Cecille Crelle (Griol) Intelligent,

Impartial witness, disposition not con

clusive as to whether auy effort was

made to escapo by Ancona. First in

timation danger when she was in din

ing saloon. Disturbance on deck,

stoppage, followed , shortly by shots

which struck vessel. Testimony

preusse (probably means proves) that

bombardment lasted forty-fivo min

utes and was continued after vessel

had stopped, killing and wounding

many persons. Sho saw destruction

vessel by torpedo; saw red and white

flag and six cannon on suhmarinc.

Knows nothing as to other Americans.

Information Algiers and Bizerta con

sidered to demonstrate conclusively

that thirteen vessels were sunk from

third to seventh November by sub

marines, going from Gibraltar toward

Ancona."

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ANOTHER SHIP SUNK.

London, Nov. 17. The steamer Lu

sltanla ot London has been sunk. Her

FATHER OF NAVAL

PLATTSBURG PLAN

"William Mather Lewis.

William Mather Lewis, secretary

of the Illinois division of the Navy

leagiie, is the man who organized

the idea of transferring: Plattsburg

activities from land to water. The

plan has been approved by Secretary

of the Navy Daniels. This new naval

training camp -will be established on

the shores of Lake Michigan at the

Great Lakes Naval Training Station,

and will be in operation the year

round. During the summer and va

cation season business and profes

sional men will be trained. In the

spring and fall high school and col

lege students will bo taken and in

the winter when lake navigation is

closed the lake seamen will receive

their training.

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crew was landed.

The Lusltania. which was a vessel

of 1834 tons, was built in 1903 and

owned by J. Hall, Jr., &, Co. of Ion

don. She was in the London-Lisbon

trade. Last available reports of the

vessel record her sailing from Lisbon,

October 27, for London.

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BR0THERH00DST0

MAKE A DEMAND

AH Railroads in United States

to Be Included in Request

for Eight Hour Day.

TO ACT IN DECEMBER

Roads Must Answer Within

Thirty Days From Receipt

of Forman Demand.

Cleveland. Ohio. Nov IS The four

railroad brotherhoods, Including more

than 350,000 engineers, firemen, con

ductors and brakemen on all railroads

in the United States, announced today

they arc preparing to make formal

demand about March 1 that the rail

roads grant them an eight-hour dav

with the same pay they now get for

ten hours.

Action will be taken at a meeting

of the executive committee of Uip

brotherhoods in Chicago, December.

15. when ballots for a referendum

will be prepared. The votes, it was

said, are expected to be tabulated be

fore March 1st.

Tho eastern associations of the gen

eral chairmen of the engineers and

firemen brotherhoods in Joint session

here, last night decided to join tho

conductors and trainmen brother

hoods in the eight-hour day and tlmo

and a half for over time demands.

Similar action is expected at the

meeting of southern associations of

engineers and firoraeu at Washington

next Monday and of the western as

sociations of Chicago. December 10-

Committeemen chosen here at

Washington and at Chicago will at

tend the December loth Chicago meet

ing. Under agreement tho roads

must answer the men within 30 days

which will bring the date within

which tho answer will be received

about April 1

' ARMY UNIFORM

Bids Wife Farewell and Leaves

Unrecognized on Special

Car for France.

London, Nov. IS, 11:32 a. in Wius

ton Spencer Churchill, former first

lord of tho admiralty, and chancellor

of the Duchy of Lancaster, In the uni

form of his regiment, le4t for the front

this morning. Hia wjre bade him fare

well at the railroad station, where he

pasBed unrecognized on the platrorm

as he waited to euter a special can

Mr. Churchill became widely known

aB a soldier before ho began his po

litical career. He entered the army

In 1S95 after being graduated from

Sandhurst He served with the Ma

lakand field in 1907; was present at

the operations In Bajavur, served with

tho Tirah and Nile expeditionary for

ces, being present at the battle of

Khartum. He also saw service as a

lieutenant of South African light

house before he became a newspaper

correspondent to report the Boer war.

Mr. Churchill Is listed as a major

of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hus

sars and it probably Is this rogiment

which ho has left to Join.

GERMANY BREAKS

0. S. NEUTRALITY

Appropriates $750,000 to

Charter and Load Fleet of

Ships in N. Y. to Supply

Cruisers.

OFFICIAL DIRECTING

Chief of Bureau of Investiga

tion to Report on Confer

ence With Dr. Goricar.

New York, Nov IS. An -allegation

that the German government appro

priated $750,000 to charter and load

a fleet ot 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 ueek, according to

United States District Attorney S.

H. Marshall.

It 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 ot the German

government who is still in the Uni

ted States.

Buenz, who formerly was German

consul general here, and now is man

aging director of the Hamburg-American

Line, is accused of violating tho

customs laws and neutrality of the

United States by sending out the sup

ply ships.

Mr Marshall says he does not In

tend to take up the charges of Dr

Joseph Goricar that diplomatic and

consular representatives of tho Teu

tonic allies are directing tho work of

a large number of spies in this coun

try, until A. Bruce Bielaski. chief ot

the Bureau of Investigation or the

Department of Justice, has made a

report thereon to Secretary of State

Lansing.

Mr Bielaski returned to Washing

ton lust night without making any

statement concerning his conference

with Dr. Goricar here. Dr. Goricar

expects to meet Chief Plynn of the

United States Secret Service today

and to go to Cleveland today or tomorrow

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COKE OPERATORS

FIRE MORE OVENS

Connellsvillo. Pa., lov. 18. Coke

operators throughout the' region are

working their plants six days a week

and firing additional ovens when la

bor can be secured. Production dur

ing the week Tor which reports were

received today, amounted to 427,000

tons and shipments to 430,000. The

merchant plants generally are clean

ot stock and operators are talking -J3

and $3.50 per ton for coke before the

end of the year There are not

enough men in the region to operate I

HEADS COMMITTEE

THAT WILL TAKE UP

BIGGER ARMY PLAN'

Senator George E. Chamberlain.

Senator George E. Chamberlain of

Oregon is the chairman of the scnato

committee on military affairs, and it

is to his committee that the bill call

ing for an increase in the military

establishment will be referred. Sen

ator Chamberlain has been in Wash

ington for several weeks past and

has had a number of conferences

with the president and secretary of

war on the subject of military increases.

GOVERNOR SPRY DECLINES TO I

RECONSIDER HILLSTROM CASE I

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Chief Executive of State Gives Reasons in Telegram to Presi- ' H

dent Wilson Board of Pardons Unanimously Concurs H

After Discussing Plea for New Trial Telegrams ' H

to Swamp the Governor. H

Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 18. Gov

ernor Spry has declined to Interfere

further in the case of Joseph Hill

strom and has written his reasons in

MHEf Jra!l Mmmh

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Joseph Hillstrom.

the telegram to President Wilson

which has been unanimously concur

red hi by the board of pardons.

The governor and members of the

board of pardons met this morning to

.the ovens already fired and as num

bers of these insist upon extra holi

day's every week, the Tabor sltiTaCIon

is becoming acute.

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TWO DOLLAR OIL

REACHED TODAY

Goal of Hundreds of Producers

Attained When Last Ad

vance Is Announced.

Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. IS. Two dollar

oil, the goal of hundreds of producers

throughout the country, was reached

this morning when the South Penn

Oil company announced the second

advance in crude oils for the week

as -follows Pennsylvania crude, $2:

Mercer Black, New Castle, Corning,

$150; Sabell. $1.55; Somerset, $1.42

Ragland, 70c.

This is an advance or 10 cents a

barrel on each grade, except Ragland,

which aemalned unchanged.

Oil started to advance last August

and impelled by curtailment of pro

duction abroad and increased con

sumption in this country, has been

going up ever since. Five cents a

barrel was added from time to time

by the purchasing ageucies, but not

enough oil came out to satisfy the de

mand and this week 15 cents mora

was offered This new price is ex

pected to bring out the greater part

of the several million barrels of crude

oil known to be above ground and to

stimulate drilling in the hope of In

creasing production. Of the amount

known to be available, competent au

thority said today, a million or more

barrels were In the West Virginia

field 'alone

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JUSTICE HUGHES

NOT A CAUDATE

Notifies Secretary of State of

Nebraska Requests Name

Be Not Placed on Ballot.

Washington, Nov J" Associate

Justice Hughes of the supreme court

today notified tho secretary of state

of Nebraska he would not be a can

didatc at the coming presidential pri

mary election and requested that his

name be not placed upon the ballot.

Lincoln. Neb., Nov. IS. The plac

ing of the name of Associate Justice

Hughes on the ballot at the coming

presidential primaries as a candidate

for the nomination of President will

rest with the decision of tho Secre

tary of State Pool. Secretary Pool

In a message to Justice Hughes' sec

retary today stated that "this depart

ment reserves tho right, to make such

ruling in the judgment of tho secre

tarj" of state, as appears to bo within

his province, but the personal wishes

of Justice Hughes will receive most

careful cousldoration."

Tho Nebraska law provides that the

names of candidates shall appear on

the ballots upon the filing of his

name in a petition signed by twenty

fivo supporters. Tho acceptance of

consider the answer to .be made to l

President Wilson's request for a re- lll

consideration of the case of Joseph l

Hillstrom. Hillstrom was advised by Rmlfl

his local attorney of the president's H

action, but warned not to place too pHJ

great hopo in tire result. MH

Receives News Stoically. nRmmj

Hillstrom is said to have received KH

tho news stoically, remarking that he J

was ready to be shot and still dc- 'nRmmj

manded a new trial, not a reprieve or 'Rl

pardon. ' No death watch lias been H

placed over him as yet, but the ar- IRmRJ

rangement at the prison is sucii that ' KH

he is and has been under close sur- mmj

vcillancc. He is said to hac dc- HH

dared that no death watch need be BRRJ

placed, as he "is not the kind that t

commits suicide." He has tho priv- RRRJ

ilege ot Inviting five witnesses to the IRmj

execution and has named three local RRJ

officers of tho Industrial Workers ol BH

tho World. H

Telegrams to Be Sent. M

Toledo, O.. Nov. IS. As a protest H

against the shooting to death of Jo-

seph Hillstrom, the I. W. W. poet, a RSH

telegram will be sent until tomorrows mm

morning to Governor Spry of Utah, ev- M

cry hour, beginning tonight at 8 ' M

o'clock by the Toledo members. H

William D. Haywood is expected to RmmJ

address two thousand Toledo work- jRH

ingmen tonight in protest of the exe- IBH

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A request made by five local I. W. RH

W. members to be permitted to carry RmH

out the execution of Hillstrom has IRH

been ignored by Governor Spry and iVAmfj

they have decided not to go to Salt ftml

Lake City. RH

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tho candidato is not necessary. A uH

petition for Justice Hughes has been '

Secretary Pool's decision will b ImvH

made in a few days. H

AUTHORITYOFBOARD

EDUCATION UPHELD

New York. Nov. IS. The authority

of the board of education to compel -Bfl

parents to send their children to RH

school in as good physical condition

as possible is sustained by the chil- nH

dren's court of Brooklyn in the first BH

decision of this kind In this state IH

The parents of a pupil were ordered l

by the court to have the boy's dis- RH

cased tonsils removed. R

They had received frequent com-

plaints from teachers that the boy IbH

was incapable of making progress in H

his education unless his tonsils were wH

treated They promised to obey the IH

court's order. M

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REPUBLICANS TO I

STAND REUNITED I

Party Has Become Progressive H

and Many Have Returned to H

Their Former Allegiance. H

Chicago, Nov. IS. Causes that led H

to a split within the ranks of the

Republican party have, in a largo

part, vanished and the forces arc to wH

bo re-united, Myron T. Herrick, for- IbH

mer ambassador to Prance, told mem- M

hers of the Hamilton club in an ad-

dress today. ImfSj

The Republican party has become M

progressive, Mr. Herrick said, and IRH

through the willingness of each party IbTbT

to go half way in effecting a com- IH

promise, many Progressives have re IRH

turned to their former nllogiancc. M

"This is a two party country," ho M

said. "It has never had and I pre- M

sume never will have those multiple '

divisions by which the citizenship of mmRJ

some other nations Is split. Between fl

the two wings or our party there is M

no difference as to the route or di- H

rcctiou, but only to the speed limit." H

STEAMER MILANO I

STOPPED AT SEA I

Submarine Permits Ship to H

Proceed Safely Because H

Seventy Germans Were 'H

Aboard. 1Rgffl

Paris, Nov. IS, 4:30 p. m. The IH

Homo correspondent of the Journal IbH

corroborates the report that the Itali- IH

an steamship Mllano. a sister ship or IH

the Plrenzo, which was torpedoed la3t IH

week,, was stopped on the high sea3 ll&Tmml

a few days ago by a submarine. On 'RH

ascertaining that there were on board ImmH

the Mllano seventy Germans, who had Tmrnl

been expelled rrom Egypt, the corre- ,BH

spondent says, the commander of tho 'fami

submarine permitd the steamship to ll

proceed safely. iVmmsl

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