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LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

BULGARIA

South Carolina Troops

Newspaper Reporter. Killed

and Four Wounded As

Ballots Are Counted.

MAYORALTY FIGHT

CAUSES BITTERNESS

Governor Orders Regiment

Of the State Guard Held

Ready For Action.

CHARLESTON, & C, Oct. IS.

South Carolina state troops are

assembled In their armories

rt.idj for immediate .. .. ..

Chanston militia is under am. -,t

Pt.uline the ntniB . ki .

The troops were nailed ont bv cot

ernor Manning as a result of an ieXI

tio;i battle In D.iri.u. i ....... Jr.

men were shot, and one Sitfnev J J

Cohen, a nrtni reiw-Tet W..' :

killed. ' .

The battle occurred Just outside the !

room where the Democratic city execu

tive commUUe was assembled to can

vass the returns of the Democratic city

primary of last Tuesday.

Confusion In City.

Great confusion followed the shoot

ing and the excitement in the eitv

was 50g that -goveraoriJiaptrtng-

- mruis .- aao ate owi area the

Charleston light infantry assembled.

The state troops immediately began

petroling the streets.

W. A. Turner was shot Jn the right

lung and seriously injured; W. E. Win

gate received -a serious scalp wound;

H L 'P.ilensky was shot In an arm,

and Jeremiah O'Brien was shot In the

ankle.

Thi committee was Just about to be

calit-d to orler to canvass the returns

of last Tuesday's pr.mary. at which

the trouble was threatened. A fight

started m a room adjoining that in

which the committee was to meet.

Fusilade of Shots Heard.

The scuffling occasioned by the fight

haraly had started when a Insilade of

shots was heard from the committee

room. This continued for ' several

minutes as the committeemen and

spectators made a frantic rush to get

out.

Policemen were stationed in the com-

nuttc; rwir adjoining, but no arrests

had been made two hours after the I

shooting, and as far as known at that !

hour no cne seemed io know who had j

fired the first shot or who kept it up. j

Hart Dramalle Aettlntr.

Tlie seil.ug for the affair was dra

matic. At the 'ntersection of King and

Gcorpe streets. Hhir.- is situated the

tuildin; in which the committee was to

m"e a large crowd had gathered. The

deni.-anor of those mere had led the

chit f of prlice to place a large number,

1 officers, there. TJi to the time of

the fuoot:ng. however, this crowd had

remained orderly.

The Democratic municipal primaries

developed into such a oitter fight be

twe ii the supporters of mayor John P.

Grace and Tristman T. Hyde, running

at the head of the tickets, that seri

ous (.K'iculties wer expected.

Trouble V. n Anticipated.

The state adjutant nreneral was hur

rieo tc. Charleston from Columbia

MoaCay afternoon to take charge of

the situation and to have the militia

t-'KC over the business of policing the

city should it be deemed necessay.

The sheriff had sworn in 56 extra depu

ties and had them ready for immediate

action. Charges that the governor

was interfering with the primary in

favor of one of the factions were

heard and promptly denied. Those

who made the charge pointed to the

fact that there w as no trouble Tuesday

or Tuesday night as substantiation.

The militia wss ordered to report to the

armories at s o'clock Monday ni ht and

was not dispersed until 7 o'clock

Wednesday morning.

The unofficial count showed that j

Hyde had von by 19 votes, but more

than 100 votes were contested. The j

committee met today to canvass the re- I

turns and settle the contests. j

The crowd had gathered to get first !

bows of the decision of the committee

which would settle whether Tristman

v; . """ " "" "" .. "; " i

T. Hyde or John P. Grace, had been

elected mayor. .,......

Sydney J. Cohen met his death, as ,

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for the possession of which three men j

UT.Li.-vJL. I I

discharged as

CIC on UKKiinm, nan uiet

Cohen was making his way

way to a win- i

dow

Ballot Boxes Thronn Out.

While the shooting was going on in

the committee room, two or three ballot

boxes were thrown into the street

Officers in the room took charge of the

20 boxes remaining.

"Within a short time after the shoot

ing governor Manning at Columbia or

dered out two companies of militia

and later placed the entire second regl

xnent under orders to be ready for any

emergency. Within a short time the

two militia companies were marching

to King and George streets.

Saloons Closed.

An extra force of deputy sheriffs

quickly made their 'appearance. The

guardsmen, sheriffs and nearly the

entire police force remained on duty in

that section of the city during the

afternoon.

Saloons were closed by order of gov

crnor Manning.

Six Men Arrested.

Later six men were placed under

arrest by tbe city police. They are

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Secretaries Garrison and Daniels Confer With President

Wilson and Reach Agreement for Army and

Navy; To Be Spent in the Next"

Five Years.

WASHINGTON. D. C Oct 15.

The national defence plans of

the administration calling for

an expenditure in the next fiscal year

of more than "46,69.66 for army,

navy, and fortifications, were com

pleted today. Secretary Garrison has

forwarded his estimates, already ap

proved by president Wilson, to the sec

retary of the treasury and secretary

Daniels submitted his estimates today.

after going over the final details with

president Wilson.

Daniels Prepares Program.

Secretary, Daniels discussed the ques-

' tlon of how many battleships. Battle

cruisers and smaller warships to recom-

t mend each year during the live vears

' tOT wnlh program has been mapped '

! oat- I,e and the President arrived at

i an agreement, but the secretary said he

couW Dot iTe ihe figures until later. !

It was learned, however, that the ex-

pendltures would be distributed as

eTenIr as Possible over the five years.

Garrison Arranges For Report.

Reports from secretary Garrison and

secretary Daniels will be made public

within the next few days. The navy

estimates probably will be made public

tomorrow and those of the army on

Monday.

Details .-of the army plan have net

been announced, but the approval by

the president of the S7ZV6M.666 increase

for the military estimate turned atten

tion on the navy, where a final esti

mate of needs has not yet been com

pleted. They vary from a total of

;:35.o.ee to tsso.eoo.soe.

Secretary Daniels has before him

two separate plans which affect ma

terially the completion of his estimates

since congress appropriates each year

for only one-third of the cost of new

ships authorized.

President Wilson today aooroved see

retary Daniels's recommendation for a

five year construction program for the I

r " ! . :

navy.

Increase Xavy Yard Capacity.

The plans of the navy, secretary

Daniels admitted, include a large build

ing program. He said he wanted to

increase the capacity of the various

government navy yards and do much of

the new warship construction in those

yards. It is nlanned alen tn have

some aeroplanes for the navy built by

t:be government.

The secretary

N"- J-. last night

conferred in Orange,

with Thamfl. A RH1-

son. chairman of the navy consulting

committee, regarding the committee's

recommendation for a larr. rp!Mnh

laboratory. The navy estimates will

include a recommendation for an ap

propriation for research work, but

secretary Daniels has not asked for

$5,000,000, the sum the committee

thought should be spent for a labora

tory, because such a large sum for

Mills : BRITISH TflffPEDfl

ilTHIERlirilGEBMESSEL

Secretary Lansing and Von ! Sink German Destroyer, But

Bernstorff to Discuss Set- ! Let Two German

tlement for Vessels.

Washington, D. C, Oct IS. Secre

tary Lansing and count on Temstorff.

the German ambassador, r. ,:; resume

negotiations next week in an effort

to settle the cases of the Lusitanla,

Cushlng. Gulfilght and N'ebrsskan.

The United States made it clear after

the Arabia was torpedoed without

warning that there would be no furth

er discussion of the Lusitanla and the

uuier cases until mat Incident was

oisavowea and reparation promised.

Now that n.,.v k. wjVj , .Tii

of demands as a result of pfer-

sonal negotiation between Secretary

jjinsing ana tne uerman ambassador,

the same process of negotiation Is to

lBe san,e Prcess of necotiation Is to

be continued in the hope of similarly I

advancing the status of the remain-

I ... 3 ivni.u sciuoncni.

: nc .msa a-. .i . I

iuniK iw ra7 uamnces.

in the case of both

the ItnoPiMn

ships Kebraskan and the Wniniarbt

Germany has already expressed regrets

and promised to pay damages. Lia

bility for the damage to the Cushlng

which was attacked by airmen never

has been assumed by the German gov

ernment which stated that if the

American government could furnish

evidence that the airmen were Ger

mans, payment would be made for

damages sustained.

. wt; ci&e. oi ine j.uBitaina presents t

I the greatest difficulty. At the time I

tne vessel was sunk, the German

commander was understood to be act

ing in accordance with Instructions !

generally given to sink belligerent

ships without warning. Germany ex- !

pressly disclaimed liability for the loss I

i of neutral lives In such occurrence, in

....,.....,.,..... ..cmua in. uit jirucia-

matlon of a war zone.

llase Case on Legal Aspects.

State department officials are bas-

lng their case on its legal aspects, tak- I

EL PASO.

FIVE CENT&

AND SERVIA RUSH INTO WAR

thls purpose is believed to be unneces

sary the first year.

Interior Department Kstlmates.

Secretary Lane saw the president

regarding interior department esti

mates, which will total approximately

21.66,606, or about Jl.666,606 leas

than the estimates last year. His es

timates Include 39.660.646 for the Alas

kan railroad. $756,666 for the Flathead

Indian reservation reclamation project,

between JS.&OO.OOfl and JS.400.W0 on

other irrigation work. fS.040.MO less

than last year for pensions, about the

same amount as last year for the lana

office, a slight increase, bureaus ot

mines and education, and more money

than last year for Indian work and

national parks.

-Increase for TVatlonnl Parka

The increase for national parks has

been made neecssary by the fact this

year mora than twice as many people

visited the parks than dW last year.

The Luropean war caused many tour-

ists to visit the parks instead of going

a0".?-.

Additional money to employ more

I paieni examiners also Has Hen fceu

by secretary Lane.

Appropriations for State Department.

Secretary Lansing later discussed the

estimates for the state department

with the president. He said he would

ask for about J 1.000.000 snore than the

state department estimates of laat

year. Added expenditures, growine ret

of the European -war and- the revolu

tion in Mexico cause the increase.

Plans for Sixteen Ships.

The five years' program would call

for 1 capital ships ten dreadnaughts

and six battle cruisers. In order to

get the best advantage of improve

ments in construction and not to over

tax the capacity of American navy

yards, the first year's construction will

include two dreadnaughts and two

battle cruisers and about 35 sub

marines, 16 destroyers and probably

five scout cruisers.

It was said at the navv department

that the first year's program when

VTeaeated in final form might be ex-.

ri rul , t-rwn Hvailiitnli nnJ &.

panded to two dreadnaughts and three

battle cruisers. Officials worked over

the figures for several hours following

the white house conference In an ef

fort to distribute the sums equally over

the five year period, and it was con

sidered quite possible that five capital

ships might be asked for, as the initial

step in the program.

Appropriations for This Year.

The total amount to be appropriated

for construction this year will be In

the neighborhood of SI 00.000.000 but

I since about s:8.000.000iis for the three

Dattiesnips authorized last year, thi

total increase in the naval appropria

tion bill is more likely to be about

S72.000.000.

This, together with army increase of

(72.000.000, will make the increase for

national defence about SI40.00S.0O0. or

a total appropriation for the two

branches of the service of about J40I,

060.000. Boats Escape.

Copenhagen, Denmark. Oct 15. A

British submarine torpedoed and sank

a German destroyer today at the

southern entrance to the sound, a nar

row strait between Denmark and

Sweden, which connects the Baltic with

the North sea. An explosion followed

the striking of the torpedo and the

destroyer foundered immediately.

A message from Calsterbo. Sweden,

which brought news of this incident,

adds that another German destroyer

and a cruiser which were accompany

ing the destroyer that was sunk, speed

ed to the southward.

Information received here indicates

that all the members of the German

that all the members of rf

destroyer's ..?. w

According to a subseouest disoateh. I

r. . . ..- - - '

iiiimi cruiser and three destroyers

were engaged with the nrttih mh.

marine The German craft moved In

circles to avoid the attack of the sub

marine, which was bombsrded heav

i continued for some time

until the submarine lodged a torpedo

on the destroyer, which sank with a

terrific explosion. The other German

warships are said to have retreated.

The submarine rose to the surface ana

remained on the scene before it dis

appeared. No survivors have been

found.

in the vl.w (k.1 ft.A -?.,... .. i

code issued at the beginning of the '

war. ennfnrmtff in Ut.ra.HAn.i i. !

in requiring passengers and crew to !

be removed to a place of safety. Offi- I

cials eonteni th.t .. the ,.- . -I.- I

cree was confessedly a retaliatory

measure, it couia not diminish tbe legal

rights of neutrals, and Germany, there-

fore, is liable to pay Indemnity for the

loss of more than 166 American lives

on the Lusitanla.

the Next

TEXAS.. FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 15. 1915.

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Women's Permanent Peace

League Gets Expressions

From Governments.

UNITED STATES TO

MAKE FIRST MOVE

Neutral Nations Would

Then Taffc Up Work and

Fighters Welcome It.

NEW YORK. Oct 15. That tne

nations now engaged in war

would look without 'disfavor

upon a conference of the neutral na-

I tions as a possible medium for the

settlement of the conflict, and that tne

neutral nations of Europe are pre

pared for such a conference provided

they can get the cooperation of tne

United States, is declared in a public

statement issued here today by the

International Committee of Women

for Permanent Peace. Dr. Aletta

Jacobs, of Holland, who called toe

women's peace congress at The Hague,

and who sailed from New xork on

October 5. took with her copies of this i

declaration to be. mad nublfo In Am- '

sterdam today

Jn their joist report, the leading

members of these twe delegations

unite in stating that the evidence and

assurances given them have convinced

them that the belligerents would not

consider such a conference unfriendly,

and that the neutrals would not be un

willing to act if first assured oi

American cooperation.

Itendy For Action.

"Reviewing the situation." says the

report "we believe that of the" live

European neutral nations visited,

three are ready to join in such a con

ference, and that two are deliberating

the calling of such a conference- or

the intention of the United States we

have as yet nj evidence.

"It has been argued that for such

a conference to be called at any time

when one side has met with some

military advantage, would be to favor

that side- The answer we bring is that

the proposed conference would stat

mediation at a higher level than tnat

of military advantage As to ne

actual military situation, however, we

quote a remark made to us by a foreign

minister of one of the belligerent

powers. 'Neither side is today strong

enough to dictate terms, and neither

side is so weakened that it has to

accept humiliating terms.' "

The delegates were not at liberty

to give names or nationality of the

foreign offices specifically quoted, but j

in several instances tney quoie ver

batim: "My country would not tma

anything unfriendly in such action by

the neutrals, are the words credited

to the foreign minister of dne great

belligerent with respect to the pro

posed continuous conference. "My

government would place no obstacle

in the way of its institution." said the

minister oi an opposing naiion.

What I

are the neutrals waiting for?" said a j

thiri, whose name, it Is stated, ranks

high, not only In his own country,

but all over the world.

The three foreign delegates came to

the United States in September, and

the executive committee since then has

been In conference with the American

delegates.

Those Visited.

The envoys were received by the fol

lowing, among others:

Prime minister Asqulth and foreign

minister Sir Edward Grey, in J-oitdou.

Reichskanzler von Bethmann-Holl-weg.

and foreign minister von Jagow.

in Berlin.

Prime minister Stueatkh. foreign

minister Burian. In -Vienna: prime min

ister Tisza. in Budaoest.

Prime minister Samndra and foreign

minister Sonino. in Rome.

Prime minister Vivlanl and torelgn

minister Delcasse. in Paris.

Foreign minister d'Avtgnon. In

minister Sasonoff, in l'etro

grad. The following representatives or

neutral governments also received the

envoys:

Prime minister Cort van der Lin

den and foreign minister Loudon, in

The Hague.

Prime minister Zahle and torelgn

minister Scavenlus, In Copenhagen.

King Haakon, prime minister Knud

sen. foreign minister Ihlen. and by

Messrs. Loevland. Aarstad Castberg

and Jahren. the four presidents or

tne storming in Christiania.

Foreign minister Wallenberg, in

Stockholm.

President Motto and foreign min

ister Hoffman, in Berne.

President Wilson and secretary ot

state Lansing in Washington.

While in Rome, the delegation went

unofficially that Is to say. without a

mandate from the congress, to an au

dience with the pope and the cardinal

secretary of state.

FATHER A. J. SCHULER WILL BE !

CONSECRATED AS BISHOP OCT. 28

Denver. Colo.. Oct 15. Archbishop

J. R Pitaval of Santa Fe. N. M will

officiate Oct S8 at the consecration

of father A. J. Schuler as bishop of

the El Paso diocese of the Catholic

church, it was announced today. The

chanre in plans was necessitated bv

the illness of Rt Rev. N. C. Matz. of

ienver. wno was to hav officiated.

Fall of JuarenVfay.

DELIVERED

WANT

Ordered Out

K lUl DFFIG

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Mayor of Juarez, Commander of the Troops, and Other

Officials Quit the Service of Their Chief and Come to

This Side; Secret Service Chief Reported to Have

Resigned Frcim the

HOLESALK defections from t

Villa faction in Juarez fea

tured the news from Mexico

Friday morning. With Gen. Francisco

Villa started on his way overland into

Sooora state, headed for Nogales, the

military commander of Juarez, the

mayor of Juarez, the chief of police and

the chief of the secret service have

renounced the Villa cause and with

drawn to El Paso. Villista secret agent.

Hector Ramos, in this city, has re

signed, it was also stated in Juarez of

ficial circles.

Dr. VillareaL surgeon general of the

Villa "army" has also left the Villista,

ranks and come across the river from

Juarez and made declaration before

the United States military authorities.

An unconfirmed rumor on the streets

Friday morning had it that Gen. Villa

had hen IcfllAjt in SonanL

Another rumor, also unconfirmed,

saia xnai -oi. niponio viiia. wno weni

. .i. ... j. .A.11...-V.... .

.. .. . .. . ... ... ... .

j i .-J . .-all-

days ago. was assassinated at

Villa

Ahumada.

Gen. Tomas Ornelas, military com

mander, came over Thursday, and mayor

Lnts R. Monfort came over Thursday

night. So did chief of police Eze-

qniel Morales .aim chief of tne secret

t service Miguel Pllaz. This was ad

Damea in ine JHzrez i-oininerciai act

II GERMHS

BRITISH PEANS

Proposal for Invasion of the

Kaiser's Country With

200 Machines.

London, Eng., Oct 15. At a great

mass meeting held yesterday in the hall

of the Cannon Street hotel, it was pro

posed that the British airmen reply to

the German air raids by "bombing his

sleeping towns as he bombs ours."

Lord Wllloughby de Broke and Wil

liam Jornson-Hlcks. member of parlia

ment were the principal speakers at

the meeting.

Step to Stop Raids.

"We have come here." said lord Wll

loughby de Broke, "to urge jpon the

government that tbey hare got to take

steps to stop the kind of. thing that

happened last night The only was to

do it Is to treat them as tbey treat vrS

Otherwise ther will continue In their

policy while we sit still and suffer and

become the laughing stock or Europe.

Mr. Joynson-Hicks made a demand

for reprisals which was couched in

more lurid language:

Cold Rlooded Butchery.

"Let the kaiser be made to realize

what it means for his own people to

be subjected, as we have been subjected,

to cold blooded butchery in the dead of

night and there will be a demand from

one end of Germany to the other to

stop the butchery in England, in order

that they themselves may be safe," be

said.

"We must be prepared to send 2M

machines at the very least circling

over Cologne, Coburg and other German

towns, in order that the Germans may

be made to realize the destruction they

wrought last night and on other nights

ha our midst"

The resolutions adopted at the meet

ing call upon the government to adopt

a systematic policy of reprisal, "as the

only effective method of putting a

kstop to Zeppelin raids on London and

other towns.

GERMAN AIRMEN MAKE ATTACKS

IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY

Petrograd, Russia, Oct 15. The fol

lowing official statement was issued

last night:

"A German aeroplane has dropped

several bombs on the Remosh railway

line, north of Friedrichstadt In the

1 region of Jacobstadt the artillery fire

has Increased In Intensity In some

places.

"On the night of the 13th a Zeppelin

dropped about 50 bombs near Dvlnsk.

No one was injured. On the Dvinsk

front there has been an artillery duel

on the road south of Schlossberg.

which we captured yesterday. Obsti-

nate fighting continues.

"A stubborn engagement in which i

hnth side are attaelcinar la alan in i

Progress near the village of Sprougtne

auu in ua-c; tiviuiij , -uinr riiMac Wa. t

var uuuiivi a. a.

On the line of the Demmen and Dres-

wiaty lakes, desultory attacks by the

enemy have met with no success. The

artillery duels continue. We have oc

cupied "the village of Khropine. south

of Novel, on the Pripet mer.

"On the left bank of the St r. north

of Rofalovka, our cavalry carried the

i Zaliadine farm.

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AHTWHERE 10 CENTS A MONTH.

PEACE

IS QUIT HI!

REPOftTED KILLEO

Service of Villa.

of the Villa government Friday

forenoon. -.It was also admitted there

that Ramos had resigned, but it was

denied that Gen. Juan N. Medina had

quit Villa. Instead, it was stated that

he was still with Gen. Villa. Carranza

officials assert that Medina is in El

Paso; that they saw him yesterday. Ad

vices in El Paso further stated that

practically all the clerical force of the

Juarez civil government has roroe to

the American bank of the Rio Grande,

but this report was denied in Juarez.

The cause ef the wholesale quitting"

In Juarez is attributed to the downfall

of the commercial strong men. brought

about by the Impending and actual em

bargo proceedings apparently In force

at the border All confiscated goods

nnicn were lunurriy pntmni LO xi

Paso and sold for American moner.

practically supported the Vililsta gov- j

ciiihciii, ft icywicv v? ucisvua

I close to the inside of Villa affairs Fr.-

i dir morniiu.

aay morning

i j .

I UTl.k km 'a ..... ft. ... ..f. m 1.I

i ' "ui o m...s . w.o

I rnmna in the emhsrirn in fnrra aironta

! fliut tk.n.,.1. HnaKIA -.Haauu.. .!

' find themselves unable to 'dispose of

irnfMls ana sronerrtr uktm avr hv villa.

and bis officiaTz, leaving the confis

cated material and" animarsB a drug on

the Mexican market and the Villa

"government" witheut cash.

More defections are hourly expected

in Juarez, according to reports brought

(Continued on Faice - Csl. 5)

m EMIS

6AEKI TBOIEE!

I

J British Foreign Secretary

Tells of Diplomatic Side

of Situation

London. Eng- Oct It. The diplomat

ic, rather than the military stde of the

situation, was we suaject er s,r isa-

.. .. . .a ... . - a. .

ward Grey's eagerly awaited statement

relative to the Balkan situation, which

he delivered yesterday to a. crowded

house of commons.

"I propose to confine myself." the

Brlttsh foreign secretary said, "to a

resume of our diplomatic objects since

the war. At the outset we desired that

the war should not spread and in com

mon with our allies we assured Tur

key that if she remained neutral. Tur

key and Turkey's territory should not

suffer. This situation was completely

changed by the entrance of Turkey Into

the war, and all obligations on the part

of the allies then ceased.

For Agreement Among Balkans.

"We and our allies then concentrated

upon securing an agreement among the

Balkan states and we used all our in

fluence to secure an accord. Unfortu

nately, the feeling in the Balkans is not

I one of union, bat of division. It was

rwwii uuiuiiift imi bv aecisive. preponaer-

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- .n .-... b mc amo nouia

have enabled us to secure a policy of

onion. ,

Promise Induced War Declaration.

"We are given to understand in the

course of the negotiations that except

with regard to Thrace, the central pow

ers had offered to Bulgaria more to se

cure her neutrality than the allies

could, in fairness, offer. The promises

which induced Bulgaria to declare war

were given by the central powers at the

expense of her neighbors, and without

any corresponding advantage to them

selves. "We have remained throughout on

friendly relations with Roamania. who

has favored the policy of a Balkan

union."

SAYS TYPHUS IS EPIDEMIC

AMONG ARMENIAN REFUGEES

London. Eng.. Oct 15. Patrick W. J.

Stevens, the British consul at Batum,

Russian Transcaucasia, reports the ar

rival at Urumiah. Persia, and in the

Caucasus, of a large number of Arme

nian refugees from Asia Minor. They

are in a pitiable condition. Mr. Stevens

reports.

The daily mortality among them Is

about 166. due chiefly to typhus. Un

less immediate relief cornea, half tbe

refugees will die. consul Stevens says.

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PAGES. TWO SECTIONS. TODAY.

Servian Army Clings Desper

ately to Heights Above

City Of Belgrade.

GREECE REMAINS

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British Are Incensed at Gov

ernment For Not Repuls

ing London A ir Raids.

LONDON: England. Oct. 15. Sera

today added to Its troubles when.

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ratlon of yesterday, ft declared war on

Bulgaria.

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grade waiting for assistnce while its

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hands of

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The announcement states that -war ha?

been declared on account -of the Bul

inrian attacks on Servian armies on

the Zaitchen and Radovlteh- fronts

Military operations in the Balkans

afjow but little cnange since the cap

tare of Belgrade, except for brief forav -,

My Servians and Bulgarians. Defending

her action la declaring war, Bulgaria

clithsts her neutrality was violated b

Servtm.

The Servians are clinging desperateiv

to the heights above Belgrade, waitme

for assistance from their allies. Such

aid is expected soon, as Gen. Sarrail.

commander of the expeditionary force.

has landed at Saloniki.

Greece Remains Neutral.

In a note to the British government

today. Greece announces her definite

decision not to intervene in the war

on behalf of Servia at present In the

t communication, wmch is of great

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statement (bat the present Greek go -ernment

is of the opinion that the

treaty with Serv:a does not call fo

Intervention by Greece in the present

circumstances.

Balkan Attract Attention.

Military operations in the east a-e

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fied with the plans made by the en

tente powers tor meeting xne latest of

fensive of their opponents. Bven papers

like the Manchester Guardian, which

has seen unswervingly loyal in support

of the foreign office, expresses dissat

isfaction with the speech in the house

of commons on the Balkan situation

yesterday of foreign secretary Grey

British Gains In West

On the western f-ont the British have

gained considerable ground, some of

which they subsequently lost under

German shell fire. Conflicting claims

concerning the possession of hill No

i6 were ended by the statement of the

under secretary of war in the bouse of

commons that the British official re

port had been read Incorrectly, in

reality claiming only the capture oi

the- mining works around this posi

tion. Russians Hurled Back.

Although admitting .that the forces

of Gen. Jvanoff have again been hurled

back across the Strlpa river in eastern

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tage sun rests witn tne Russians, who

hold eight miles of the east bank of

the river, after actions which have vir

tually separated the Anstro-German

armies.

Violent actions continue on the

Dvinsk front with little relative change

in, the positions of the, contending

arinies.

London Irritated at Air Raids.

Irritation is displayed by the press

at the failure of the reorganized air

craft force for the defence of London.

to bring down a single Zeppelin of the

squadron which attacked the capital on

Wednesday night Demands for repri

sals are increasing.

Lists of casualties in the British

army published in newspapers here

during the first 15 days of October

show a total of 31.055 killed, wounded

or missing. Of these 1443 were officers.

The total 7Srit:sii casualties at the

Dardanelles up to Oct 9. according to

official figures given out today, was

.8SS. Of this total the number of men

killed was 11.957. of whom 1185 were

officers.

Casualties of the Australasian con

tingents were 26.1X1.

RUSSIAN AND BRITISH BANKS

CONCLUDE NEW AGREEMENT

Petrograd. Russia. Oct 15. Ai

agreement enabling Russian banks to

lOanrtnaed on paxe 1. Cot 3)

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