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SERB KING IN FLIGHT FROM RULGARS;

17,000 MORE OF HIS TROOPARE TAKEN

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ANOTHER POM EXPLOSON

AT DU PONT

DISASTER IN

Crash at Jersey Works Spreads

New Alarm While Blowup

Investigation Is On.

IN' YARD

FJRE

ALSO.

More of Yesterday's Victims

Expected to Die U. S.

' Takes Part in Inquiry. .

WILMINGTON, Del., Doc. 1. There

was an explosion of smokeless pow

der early to-day at the du I'ont pow

der plant at Carney's Point, N. J.,

across tho Delawaro River from this

city. No ono was hurt ami the prop

erty damago was slight, company of

ficials say, Tho flash of tho explo

sion was seen by persons In this city,

a It occurred Just at dawn, nnd the

sound wan heard, but most people

knew nothing about It until several

hours later,

Company officials said the crash

was what Is called a "flare-up" in a

blending mill, but tho fow employees

In the plant were not touched by tho

flub.

There wan also u small tire In the

Hagroy yard of tho Du Pont plant

here to-day.

Coming so close after the terrific

explosion of yesterday In hlch thir

ty men and boys lost their lives, these

ha.nenlngs caused'anxlcty among resi

dents lu the nelghDorhood of the com

pany's plants horo and In Now Jcrsoy.

It was explained by officials, however,

that these flaro-up.i are of frequent

occurrence and could bo ascribed to

different causes.

There havo been no moro deaths

among the five Injured In tho Hagloy

explosion of yestorday. It Is feared,

however, that some of thorn will dio.

Ono of the Injured, Kdwln Davis,

left tho hospital to-day. Louis

Uookor, who died In a hospital last

night, making tho death list thirty,

left a widow and eight small children.

No statement waa forthcoming from

the company to-day us to tho possible

cause of yesteri.' Vy'a disaster. Otllctuts

are prosecuting a thorough investi

gation. Somo of tho officers believe

that tho causo will never bo known, as

all the mon who wero noar tho pack

ing Uouso when It blow up pro dead,

The injured still In tho hospital wero

some distance from the packing houao

nnd apparently havo no knowledge of

tho origin of tho blast.

Deputy Coroner Nichols to-day

took chargo of tho remains of tho vic

tims, nearly all of which, howover,

wero but human fragments, and bo

gan an Investigation. Later ho will

summon a Jury und a formal Inquost'

will bo held.

Reports that notices had been found

nailed to trees nnd fences leading to

tho Du Pont plants at Upper Ilaglcy

and at Carney's Point, wurnlng em

ployees of Teutonic origin they would

Imperil their lives by continuing to

work in either place, wero receiving

tho attention of tho big forco of de

tectives on tho case to-day, Thcso

reports wero discredited both by tho

investigators and officials. After such

reports had gained considerable cir

culation several days ago, tho com

pany mado thorough Investigation and

declarod they had found absolutely

nothing to substantiate them.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Assistant

Attorney General Warren announced

to-day that a Department agent will

bo sent to Wilmington to Investlgato

tho du Pont Powder fuctory explo

sion. "Warren said tho agent will co-operate

with tho State authorities In nil

effort to ascertain tho cause of tho

explosion and tho persons rcspo-i.

PLANT OW

WHICH 30 DIED

GIANT BATTLEPLANE

TO CARRY HEAVY GUNS

New German Machine Will Be

Steered From a Bridge Like

a Steamship.

IMS DOS. Dec. 1. A Herman

battlcplano steered from thu brldgo

Ilka a steamship Is described by

Duron Cedcrstrom, director of tho

Swedish Government ncroplana fac

tory nt Soodertelge, who has been

visiting aviation centres In Germany,

says a Heutcr desiiatch from Coiion

hagen. Baron Ccderstrom says that the

entire German aeroplane production

Is undergoing complete revolution, tho

change llng miido from light to

heavy machines, tho latter capable of

carrying Immense loads, Including

guns, wireless apparatus, petrol

bomb, nnd slgnnlllnk devices.

Describing ono such machlno on

which ho mado u trip, the llaron sus

It was n giant battle blplano of Im

proved designs and enormous dimen

sions, nearly threo times tho size of

,the ordinary Albatross typo, with Im

mense lifting power, great stability

and notable, speed, nnd carrying an

unprecedented weight of armor, at til

lery, petrol and provisions and a vory

largo crcv.

KAISER'S BIRTHDAY

PRAISE OF CHANCELLOR

Tells Bcthmann-Hollweg He Has

Been a"Faithful and Tried

Pillar."

LONDON, Dec. 1. A mr.ss.igo of

birthday greetings and .congratula

tions has been sent by Hmpcror Will

iam to Clpuccllor von Hcthmann

Hollweg. says a Heutcr despatch from

Amsterdam, which quotes tho Ger

man ruler aa saying:

"I h&irtllv congratulate von. dear

Hethmann, upon your birthday, which,

unfortunately, you have to celebrate

a second time whllo war is raging.

In these serious times you havo been

my faithful and tried pillar. Your

successes descrvo my sincere con

gratulations. They nro envied by

your enemies. I trust Providence may

bestow upon you further successes to

the benefit of tho Kmpcror and tho

omplro and tho proud satisfaction of

your family. This is tho slncorV

wish of your grateful Emperor."

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ADVERTISEMENTS WERE PRINTED DURING

THE LAST ELEVEN MONTHS IN

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n Many Ada. u Tlio WoilUI

116,219

World Advts. Last Month

CHILD WHO SLEPT ON

WHEN BOMB EXPLODED,

WRECKING HER ROOM.

E,

AGAINSTJER DOOR

Ceven-Year-Old Child Found

Peacefully Sleeping in

Midst of Debris.

The bomb explosion ngalnst Tony

lluggero's door on tho ground floor

of No. 443 West Twenty-sixth Street

at 2 A. M. to-dny was llko scores of

other Hlack Hand affairs, except that

It brought to tho notlco of tho police

Now York's soundest sleeper.

Sho is Lillian Huggcro, seven-year-old

daughter of the man against

whom tho bomb was directed. When

the dynamlto went off It blow In tho

door of her room, nr nst which It

had been placed. The door was double

locked nnd had a heavy timber bar

rier on tho inside. .Splinters from the

wood wero blown with such foro

thuy stuck In thu wuli by tho child

bed liho arrows. Duoris covered tier

olaiiKDts, and tho noise urouseu lau

ntigtuorhood, but when Tony ran ai

lu wuo it tho girl wus safu he tound

tier still asleep, and sho was still

asleep wtlun liu carried her to thu

struct and showed her. to tho police.

Across tho hall from tho Jtuggoros

llvo Luigl Culmonu. his wife and

eight children, and Tony Massa, six-ty-two

years old, a buker at No. Ml

West Twenty-sixth Street. Tho door

on that side, nearest tho bomb, was

Massa's. It was blown in, and tho

leg of a chair, torn off by tho explo

slon, flow ovor on the bed and'gavo

Massa u welt on tho leg that entitled

him to admission t. a hospital, b.id

ho wanted to go.

Tho bomb blow the rear hall doir

into tho back yard, broko window

through tho buildings nnd nelghbo.-.

hood, aroused tho eighteen familiar

In the houso and sent them hurrying

ilntvn flrn.Aupn nna nnil atnt-- t t. -

strcot. and toro a big holo in the

floor, doing $125 damage.

2 1,717

More Than The Wot Id I'tintcii in tilt Ccfr

aponding Month of l'JH.

GIRL NEVER AWOK

BOMB

EXPLOD NG

HUSBAND TRIES

HIS ALIMONY SUIT

AND WINSIT, TOO

Grills Wife on Witness Stand

and Makes Her Say She j

Never Loved Him.

WON'T LIVE WITH HIM.

So Court Suddenly Throws

Out Fifth Avenue Modiste's

Action for Separation.

The spcctaclo of a husband cross

examining his wife was presented to a

crowded courtroom be foro Supremo

Court Justlco Gavegan to-day, when

V:rncst Uryhara Parsons, former secre

tory to the lato Frederick Townscnd

Martin, appeared as his town lawyer

In the separation suit brought against

him by Leonlo Parsons, formerly an

artist's model and now u Fifth Avo

nun modiste.

In tho rear row of tho courtroom

sat Author Pasquale Spanl, it French

priest, and four other clergymen.

Father Spanl was brought Into court

on a subpoena Issued by Parsons. Tho

other priests accompnnled Father

Spanl to testify as character wit

nesses, If they' wore needed.

Her marriage, Mrs. Parsons tes

tified, took placo April 2, 19H.

"It was moro of a protectorate! than

a bond of wedlock," explained Mrs.

Parsons, with a smile, on direct exam

ination. "Wo had a verbal agree

ment, r was alone, so was Mr. Par

sons, and wo gavo each other our

words that wo would help each other

along, but we were not to bo man and

wife llko other couples. It was a case

of being a wife, In name only."

Tho arrangement !! 1 not go well,

Mrs. Parsons admitted. 'A fow days

after the marriage her husband locked

her In n room for threo days and she

stayed thero, sho said. When sho ob

Jccted he slapped her face, and when

sho attempted to scream ho "stuffed

a sofa pillow Into her mouth." When

he nttcmptcd to havo her placed In nu

Insane asylum sho left htm, who

testified.

Tho separation suit soon followed

and when Parsons wns unable to pay

alimony ho was sent to Ludlow Street

Jail, where he remained until a fow

days ago.

Pnrsous drew a bundle of papers

from his portfolio and began Ills cross

examination.

"What Is your nnmo?" he asked.

"Leona Parsons," tho wifo replied.

"Whom do you llvo?"

"No. 5i West Kloventh Street."

"Now then," ho went on, "do you

low your husband?"

The witness looked appeallngly at

the Justlco and then replied :

"No, sir! I don't love my husband.

I UATR him!"

"When did you cease to love him?"

"I never loved him."

"Why did you many him?"

"llccauso I was all alono hero and

wanted a protector, and YOU yes,

YOU offered to protect me; that's

why."

"Aro you willing to live with him

now 7"

"Not on jour life."

.Iiistleo Gavegan stopped proceed

ings abruptly and announced that

Mrs. Pnrsoifs't complaint would bo

dismissed.

"How about my paying alimony?"

asked Parsons.

"You won't have to pay any," the

Court announced.

Tlie World TraTd Ilurrua,

Alrado I'uilUfl iMorMl llullJujl,

63 03 Vtu lto N. V. City.

Ticket (Mlk for ill Cuitlu. Ilrmuli, On.

ml ind Koulti American iietnuhlp Utjti, Trarti.

lert rhtcu ami muuey order, for ail. Tailabi

ant auionoiim lur uuv. ivutn lu. u4

til. aod rrila day and nUbt.

CASHIER WHO WRECKED

HIS BANK FOR THltiVES

AND IS NOW .RELEASED

rs-cro,

VniXIAMTVlALKEA.

STOP FORD SHIP;

HE'SACLOISAYS

ALTON B. PARKER

Fears European Nations Will

Take Him Seriously and

Win Us Contempt.

l

Former .ludBo Alton II. I'urM-r Is

sued a statement to-day concerning

tho willing of tho Ford Peace Party,

IIe says "If wo could only be suro

that all other nations would estimate

him (Font) as wo do, as a clown

strutting on the stage for n little

time, no harm would come of It."

Tho statement follows"

"In common with miinv others, I

have deemed It Impossible that nn

uninformed man exploited by thoso

who would fatten on his millions

would ventuio abroad proclaiming

tho right to speak for our people lu a

critical International situation. We

nro now but threo days from Mr.

Ford's threatened sailing nnd he still

persists.

"Tho tlmn has como for the people

to let him know thnt under our Gov

ernment the President Is authorized

by tho pcoplo 'to speak for thorn or

deslgnatn who nhnll.

"Ford's Ignornnco and conceit em

boldened him to sink tho honor ami

tiower of such i designation. Coupled

with thu President's blessing, which,

according to Ford, wan denied him,

still ho persists nnd at lust hits so

cured tho blessing of a former innm

her of tho Cabinet which ho pub

llihes this morning.

"If wo eould only bo suro thnt all

other nations would t'Mlmato him

na wo do, us a clown strutting on

the stage for it llttlo time, no harm

could romo of It. Hut wo have no

such nssninnce. Tho rhuncs are

that his unties will be taken clients

ly and thai thoy will tend to bring

us Into contempt, it not hatred.

"Ills programme of summoning tho

troops from tlio trenches by wireless

Is leading to serious discussion

abroad, and thu possibilities of worse

abjunlltles In thu near future Is

shown by the antics and nioiithings

of the past two weeks. Tho people

an. I .ii"H of this country should tell

lu in m i.iv at lioiii'i and the (Soem

meiit should revnke.hls passport ami

thubc of his gucsta."

rrF

WALKER

emir (pecennn

r .n. n. .

7

New Britain, Conn., Dank

Cashier Is Released by the

Board of Pardons.

SERVED SEVEN YEARS.

Baptist Association, Which

Lost $50,000, Succeeds in

Getting Liberty for Embezzler

(Stiwlal t.The Kttnlm Wm.J.

HAItTFOItD, Conn.. Dec. 1. Will

lam F. Walkor, who seven yenrs ago

absconded with $565,000 from tho

Now llrltnln Savings Hank and the

Connecticut Ilaptlst Association, of

which Institution ho was Preildtnt,

was freed from Htatq prison this

afternoon by the lloanl of Parole,

which unanlmouiiy favored his pe

tition as Indorsed by thu Connecti

cut Ilaptlst Association.

Walker, who was captured In

Lower California after a long chase

In which New York wire tappen

who had floored htm gave n clue to

his whercaliouts, has served even

years of an Indeterminate) senteno

on four counts of one to twenty

ywrs.

Walker, slxty-ono years old, a

"model man," who never took a drink,

never smoked, never took a vacation

and was a leader In church circles In

New llrltnln, Conn., disappeared Fob,

10, 1907, nnd with him went more than

half a million dollars worth of secur

ities and cash belonging to the Snv

Inns Hanks of New llrltnln, of which

Walker was treasurer. In addition,

$53,000 belonging to tho Connecticut

Ilaptlst Convention, of which Walker

also was treasurer, wns stolen,

Immediately tho police of a score

of cities wero put on Walker's trial

and descriptions and pictures of him

were sent broadcast, lie was traced

to Now Yolk and two days after ills

disappearance tho directors of tho

liank received a telegram saying ho

had liteu killed by u railroad train. A

rambling letter, sinned by a fictitious

name, followed tho telegram, verify

ing Its news. It wus believed both

had been sent by Walker to mislead

tho fiearcheis.

Investigation revealed that prior to

his disappearance, Wnlkcr had lost

much coney playing the stock market

lu Wall Street, and thnt ho had fall

en into the clutch of a clever gang of

fake wire tappers, who hud swindled

linn out of 1360,000, It was said. Ac

cording to the pollen, the wlro-tap-ping

swindlers fitted upa fafle pool

room und Induced Walker to bet

money on the races. One of them

posed as a "manager" for thu West

ern Union Telegraph Company. Ilo

declared he was nblo U hold up men

results as they came over the who,

thus giving Walker time to plaeu hots

on horses already known to havo

won. lie first last $110,000; then was

Induced to sell securities for $2t0.000

and this In' also lost.

ChnrleK I1'. Gondorf, alleged by the

pollco to h tho head of a clever gang

of fake wiretappers operating lu Now

Yoik, was arrested and tried on the

ehiirKi' of being one of the men "lm

swindled Walker, but wns ncqultud

Walker advanced tho unlnuii defense,

after his return, that he had been

hypnotised lu New York and com

mitted his crime whllo lu u hypnotic

state.

lilng (.rurur Vlll .Mulhrr.

LONDON. Dec. . For the first

1 1 ii mi ln"u his return to Dnglsnd ar

te. bU Occident In France, King

GiorHo to-dny left the paliun and

vUlted Queen Mother Alexandra on

Dio occasion of hor birthday.

FOR WIRETAPPERS

KING PETER GALLOPS AWAY

AS

BULGARS TAKE PKIM

BARELY AVOIDS CAPTURE

Sofia War Official Claims the Cap

ture of 50 Cannon and Howitzers

and 20,000 Rifles in Addition to

Nearly 17,000 Men.

ROUMANIA TO ENTER WAR

WHEN ALLIES SEND 500,000

UEiRLIN, (via wirejejs to Sayville) Dec. I. An official report

given out at tlw Bulgarian Army Headquarters under date of Nov.

29, says:

"King Peter and Russian Minister to Serbia, Prince Tjoubetskoyi oi

Hie afternoon of Nov. 2th left Prisrend on horseback for an unknown,

destination without any other companions. ;

v'Bulgarian troops after a short and decisive engagement took Pris

rend and made prisoners between 15,000 and 17,000 Serbians. They also

captured 5o field cannon and howitzers, 20.000 rifles, 148 automobiles

and a large amount of war material. The number of prisoners contlnuei

lo Increase. ' (

"The battle of Prisrend, when, the remnants of the Serbian army

were made prisoners, will probably end the Serbian campaign."

" Another Dulgnrlan official report

BATTLES IN AIR

F

Paris and Berlin Report En

counters at Different

Points on the Line.

PAIUH, Dec. I. Following Is tho

text of tho communication Issued to

day by tho French War Ofllce:

"Nothing occurrod last night worth

recording, with the exception of en

ergetic cannonading by our urtlllory

in the sector of tho Frlse Vuliey, of

thu lllver Sommc. This activity fol

lowed the explosion of u German

mine which, however, did no damage.

"In tho Artols Dlstrlot one of our

airoplanes yesterday attacked two

German machines behind tho Ger

man lines. Ono of these machines

was compelled to como down to tho

ground. The other fled and was pur

sued as far as Ooul.

"During tho day of November -9 a

French aeroplane throw down six

shells of W millimetre cullbro on somo

barracks located close to the railroad

station at Lens, These buildings

wero seriously damaged."

IIKULIN (via Ignition), Dec. 1.

Damage to llrltiih trenches by tho

explosion of German mines is re

ported by Army Headquarters toduy.

"West of Lu Ilasser," says the re

port, "extensive mining operations

carried out by our troops cuitsnd con

siderable damngo In Kugllsh posi

tions. "One Kngllsh and ono French aero

plane were xhot down and tho occu

pants made prisoners."

Throiiiili Trnliin Soon to Ciiitalm ntl- I

iiople, I

FIIANKFOUT, Dec. 1 (via I-ondnn) p

A conference of railroad officials will be '

held Thuriday at Teiiivsvr, Hungary,

preparatory to tho entablUhintnt of dl-

rect express train erlc- between iter-

lln and Oonituntliioplrt, ay a t'on-

tunllnopI despatch tu tho Frankfurter

Zeltung.

BETWEEN

GERMAN

AND

RENCH FLYERS

r

"Dulgarlan troop have crossed tho

Upper Cerna and havs taken thu

bridges and roadn which lead to

Monastlr.

"On tho Southern Anglo-French

front the situation Is unchanged. In

order to avoid mistaken It Is stated

that tho Anglo-French operations

hnvu been confined to the Cerna

valley. Since tho arrival of Bulgarian,

troops tho Anglo-French forces not

only havo not advanced ono step but

havo been thrown back for a dlstanca

of several kilometres.

"All attempts of tho Anglo-Frenoh

troops to ad van ro northwest toCsrna

have failed. The loft bank ot Ote

Coma has been completely cleared

of tlio unemy. The retreating French

and Serbian troops destroyed all the

bridge over the Cerna up to the

mouth of the Vardar." , , ,

ROUMANIA TO ENTER

WAR WHEN ALLIES

SEND 500,000 MEN,

LONDON, Dec. 1. Ilouroanla will

deliver an ultimatum to Austria as

noon .us tho F.ntcnto allies ooncontrata

1500,000 men In tho Dulkans, It ti re

ported In llucharest, says a Central

Nows despatch from that city.

This despatch Is In direct contra

diction of the German reports that

Iloumanlu has taken sides against the

allies and forbidden Itussla to use' the

: Danube for transportation of troops.

' Desplto thcso German claims that

Itouuunla will balk the allies, a

I llucharest message to tho Morning;

I Post, dated Tuesday, says:

! "Feverith preparations ars bs

inn madt at Rustchuk, on the

I Danube, watt of the Roumanian

border, to accommodate 50,000

Auitro.German troops who ars

due to arrive there shortly. Many

officers with war material already

have arrived.

"Four Austrian monitors are pa

trolling tho Danubo along the whole

i Inngth of tho Dulgarlan shore to

I whero tho Dulgarlan frontier joins

that ot Itussla."

Gorman sources declare Field Mar

shal von Mackenaen's army, with

; " - - '-

against tho Anglo-I-rench forces la

I southern Sorbin, but doubtlees many'

' o' them aro going down the Danuha

to meet tho Itusslans. The daloulca

dated Nov. 2$ says:

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