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VOLUME XIV.
MON ASTIR’S FALL IMPORTANT TO ALLIES
l OICTOWHS ARE
FOUND IN THE OFFICE
OF JDURNUL DF ÜBOR
R, E, Gann, President of At
lanta Federation of Trades,
Makes Discovery and Says
He Will Prosecute
Following The Journal's exclusive an
nouncement in its early edition Monday
of the discovery of two dictevraphs in
the office of the Journal of Labor, in the
Grant building. R. E. Gann, president of
the Atlanta Federation of Trades, who
occupies one of the two rooms in the
Journal of Laßor's suite, «madel a state
ment to The Journal in which he de
clare < that the persons responsible for
•-■tal’ i. «n if the dictographs will
be prosec _U;:1 to the limit of the law,
and in which he further declared that
he and hie associates in the organised
labor movement and th* street car strike
:e*f outraged.
"On Saturday afternoon,” said Mr.
Gann. “I was informed that the confer
ences in our office in connection with
the street car strike were being eaves
roppvd by means c-f uistographs. and
that our telephones, both Bell and At
lanta. were tapped.
“I made an examination, but could find
nothing: and then I called In two elec
tricians. In fifteen minutes they found
and unearthed the whole installation.
• There was a dictograph in the office
of Mr. Jerome Jones, editor of the Jour
nal of Labor, and a dictograph in my
office, adjoining. Both telephones were
tapped.
The wires led to tite office of Mr. J.
H. Porter, a lawyer, who is a member
of the firm of Rosser, Slaton & Phillips,
who are attorneys for the Georgia Rail
way and Power company
“Tne dictograph in Mr. Jones' office
was behind a steam pipe near the ceiling,
and the dictograph in my office wa.. be
hind the moulding which runs around the
ceiling. The .wires leading to Mr. Por
ter's office were concealed behind the
moulding.
DOW?: SMALL PIPE.
■‘Our offices, on the ninth floor, are In
the same relative position In the build
ing as Mr. Porter's offices, on the sev
enth floor. The wires were concealed
under the picture moulding in our offices,
wire iaia against the moulding in tne
hallway so as not to attract attention,
were run down a small pipe in the stair
well, were run along the picture mould
ing to Mr. Porters office, and led into
his office through an opening abo<e the
door.
"Practically all the conferences in
connection with the street car strike
have been held in my office. We believe
the w>ree were installed on the night of
October 31. as we round a large picture
of James G. Woodward, in a frame, iy>ng
on the floor on the morning of November
I. The frame was broken.. *
"'Tao electricians who unearthed the
installation inform me that it required
three man at least five hours of steady
worn to put it in. as the picture moulding
nad to be removed and put back, and the
whole job done very carefully so as to
conceal the wire and instruments.
"We feel outraged. We feel that ths
sanctity of our office, which should ba
respected as mqch as the sanctity of a
man's home, has been ruthlessly and il
legally invaded. We are going to prose
cute the guilty parties to the limit of
"he law. I went to Mr. Porter and demand
*d an explanation, and he declined to dis
uss the matter with me. I went to Mr.
Cosgrove, the manager of the Grant
building, and he informed me that the
installation was made without his
kik wledge or consent, that he regretted
jt, deeply, and that he would make a thor
ough inevestigation. We have laid the
whole matter before our attorneys,
James L. Key, John Y. Smith and John
C. McClelland.
PLAN'S OVERHEARD.
“No word or act in violation of the
law has ever occurred in any of our
meetings, and none ever will, but all of
our plans which have formulated since
the installation of the wires are now In
the possession of the Georgia Railway
and Power company. This naturally
places us at a great disadvantage in our
cgnduct of the street car strike, and we
may have to reshape our plans entirely.
If it were not for this disclosure of ou~
plans, I would have no objection to the
■ •v--.-»graph staying in the office, and no
objection to our telephones being tapped.
"Last Friday night we held the most
important conference since the strike
was called. It was a joint meeting of
the executive committe of the Atlanta
Federation of Trades, the executive com
mittee of the Electrical Workers’ union
and the executive committee of the
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees. Every de
tail of that conference Is probably ’n the
hands of the Georgia Railway and Power
•ompany. It wa« strictly an executive
session, from which even members of
the three organisations, except the exec
utlve committee members, were excluded.
T don’t oblr«*» to being watched Men
star In the hall of the seventh floor of
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WORTHY RESPONSE
John D. Walker States That
Nearly S3OO Has Already
Been Raised in Georgia for
Democratic Campaign
Although The Journal is In receipt
Monday morning of but $8.50 to apply
on the fund to make up the deficit in
the treasury of the Democratic national
committee amounting to approximately
3300.000, reports from John D. Walker,
of Sparta, chairman of the Democratic
finance committee of Georgia, slate that
the appeal is being met with generous
responses throughout the state. Nearly
S3OO has been raised up to this time, a
gain of about SIOO over Sunday.
But more money, much more money.
Is needed to wipe out the cloud of debt
that hangs over the magnificent victory
of the people In re-electing Woodrow
Wilson president of the United States.
The state of Georgia is asked to con
tribute $5,000 as her share of the de
ficit. Surely this is not too much and
the Democracy of the .state should rally
at once to the call and contribute her
part before the week has passed.
W. H. Sheats, of Winder, in a letter
accompanying his subscription of $2.60
says in part:
“I think every loyal Democrat should
respond promptly and he should do so
with pride and stand ready to do the
same thing again when we have an op
portunity and when it is needed. We
are living under the best government
In the world. Let's try and keep it
so.”
Mr. Sheats has the right spirit. Let
other Georgia Democrats become im
bued with it and help the state lead
others that are raising like subscrip
tions. *
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The Journal follow:
W. H. Sheats, Winder $2.50
W. S. Haley. Lavonia 1.00
Cash 100
Cash 100
Shep Sheppard. West Point .. 1.00
Dr. Henry R. Slack, LaGrange 1.00
James R. Whitaker. Carters-
ville 1.00
New York Cotton at
. New High Records:
Atlanta Spots 20.80
Further high records for spot cotton
In Atlanta were established Monday
morning when the staple was quoted at
26.75 c on the first call on the floor Ot
the Atlanta Commercial Exchange. This
an advance of 25 points or $1.25 per
bale over the previous closing and 20
points over the high mark for the sea
son, which was reached last week.
On the closing call Atlanta spots was
advatced another 5 points to 20.80 c.
In New York, futures touched new
high levels for the season with net ad
vances of from 37 to 44 points on all
active options , July leading the list
with a gain of 44 points over the pre
vious closing at 21:30. January was
20.93. a gain of 37 points; March was
up 38 points at 21.10, and May was up
41 points at 21.29. ,
High Liverpool cables and peace -ru
mors from Washington are assigned as
reasons for the advance.
During the late afternoon trading In
all months on the New York cotton ex
change, made another high record for the
season. January sold at 20.99 cents;
March. 21.19 cents; May, 21.37 cents;
July, 21.35 cents.
New York spot cotton was quoted at
20.90 cents, showing an advance of 40
points from Saturday, while New Orleans
spots were quoted at 20.13 cents or 13
points higher than Saturday.
July Cotton Goes to 21
Cents in New Orleans
. (By As.«o i*ted Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20.—New high
levels were made in all options In the
cotton market here early today,, futures
trading at the highest prices ever record
ed in this market. Heavy buying just
after the opening lifted prices 37 to 48
points, the strongest months gaining
about $2.50 a bale. July reached 21
cents a pound, of 3105 a bale. The buying
wave was attributed to expectations of
small ginning figures, due tomorrow
from the census bureau, and to strong
Liverpool market.
the Grant building all the time, watch
ing the men who enter and leave our
offices. Men follow me home at night,
and men are there In the morning when
I leave my home. 1 see them day and
night, and pay no attention to them, al
though the constant spying does get Ir
ritating once In a while.
FEEL OUTRAGED.
‘ But to. burglarize a man's office,
eavesdrop his conferences and tap his
telephone wires is altogether a different
proposition, and we feel outraged.
PROBE OE PROBLEMS
AFFECTING RAILROADS
BEGUN IN WASHINGTON
Senator Newlands, Chairman
of Joint Congressional Com
mittee. Says Investigation
Will Cover Wide Field
•By Associated Press.'*
W ASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The joint
congressional committee appointed to in
vestigate a wide rarjge of problems re
lating to railroads and other common
carriers, held its first meeting today.
State railroad commissioners were to be
heard .first.
At frequent sessions during the next
six weeks the committee expects to re
ceive the views of railway officials, finan
ciers, labor headers, shipi»ers, heads of
express, telephone and telegraph compa
nies and other students of transporta
tion problems. The committee is to re
port by January 8.
In opening the railroad Investigation,
Senator Francis G. Newlands, chairman,
explained that the inquiry would cover
a wide field. He said:
“It will relate to every phase of the
transportation question, the rail car
riers, the river carriers and the ocean
carriers, and the perfection of a harmo
nious system of transportation embrac
ing rail, river and ocean carriers that
will meet the demands of Interstate as
well as foreign commerce, and it will
also be applied to telegraph and tele
phone lines, express companies and oth
er public utilities.
“It will embrace not onlv the subject
of government control and'regulation of
these utilities, but also the wisdom and
the feasibility of government ownership
and the comparative worth and efficiency
of government regulation and control as
compared with government ownership
and operation. )
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
“It will not be possible for us to come
to a speedy conclusion regarding all
questions, but that conclusion will be
more quickly arrived at If we have the
sympathetic aid of practical men who
for years have been conversant with the
practical side of the transportation
question, of the economists and publi
cists, of railway executives and workers
of commercial bodies, farmers and man
ufacturers, and shippers generally.”
Referring to government ownership
Mr. Newlands said:
“It is a question that must be faced.
Other nations fax advanced in civiliza
tion have adopted the system."
r *Tf"we pursue the exercise ahd the
study of government regulation wisely,
peristently and energetically, we may
create such a system or regulation as
will meet every requirement, both in
time of peace and of war, and in exigen
cy or crisis. ’ But it seems to be a wise
thing for the government to ascertain
now the history of the countries that
have adopted government ownership and
operation of railways, and to watch the
experiences of the European countries in
this great war in this regard.”
Strikes as a means of settling labor
disputes. Senator Newlands characteriz
ed as “the most barbaric and brutal of
processes.’’
“The question Is,” he asked, “whether
a nation pretending to some degree of
civilization, which has eliminated ths
doctrine of force from application to
controversies between man and man, and
which furnishes judicial tribunals for
the settlement of these controversies
and which is now and has been for year*
endeavoring internationally to secure a
system under which the nations of the
earth will create similar tribunals for
the adjustment of international disputes
without resort to force—whether a civi
lized nation can be content to perpetuate
the existing condition of things.”
HOURS AND WAGES.
Hours and wages of employes must be
considered carefully. Senator Newlands
declared, because, "the burdens which
constitute the. operating expenses of
these corporations are In time transfer
red .to shippers.’
Senator Newlands outlined the pro*
posals to reorganize the interstate com
merce commissibn. and to create federal
agencies which might supplant state au
thorities In exercising control over rail
road financing. He said: “The ques
tion will be considered ns to whether the
commission Is now overloaded and if so
whether this difficulty should be met by
relieving it of many of the supervising
and administrative duties wnlch It now
exercises or by enlarging and subdivid
ing It so as to enable It to meet, the
strain of Its various duties.
bryanljot to move
HOME TO ASHEVILLE
(Sy Associated Press.) «
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 20.—Rumors
that William J. Bryan will move his
voting residence to Asheville, N. C f are
denied by his business associates In
Lincoln. Reports of his Intended re
moval to the south have been appearing
at intervals for some time.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1816.
BREAK IS NEAR FOR
MEXICAN COMMISSION
Wilson Backs American Mem
bers for Agreement or
Early End of Conferences
(By Associated Press.)
WASINGTON, Nov. 20.—Armed with.
President Wilson’s complete approval of
I his course, Secretary Lane will return
ito Atlantic City today determined to
' bring the sessions of the Amerlcan
' Mexican joint commission to an early
i conclusitn. He Is still hopeful that an
1 agreement 'us to the border situation
I can be reached, but it was clearly indi-
I cated ' today in official circles that the
.joint conference is entering on its final
phase, agreement or no agreement.
If the cotnmissioners find it Impos
sible to formulate a plan the view tak
en here will be that the prospect
of settling border disputes through
diplomacy will be remote. Officials
make no prediction, however, as to
what steps the Washington government
might find R necessary to take in
that event to Insure the safety of bor
der towns and ranches.
EFFORTS REVIEWED.
1 Secretary Lane is understood to hive
found President Wilson, Secretary Lan
sing and Secretary Baker In full ac
cord with him on •every point when he
laid before them in a three-hour con
ference at the White House a review of
the efforts the American commissioners
had made to reach a settlement. Every
step proposed by Mr. Lane in behalf
of his colleagues was approved by the
president and the secertary returns to
his task backed by the unwavering;
support of the administration In what
ever course has been mapped out.
Mr. Lane said today he was well
plased with the results of the White
House conference, but would not other
wise comment.
It Is an open secret that Luis Ca
brera, Carranza minister of finance and
i president of the Mexican ’ commission,
has proved the stumbling block in the
way of reaching an agreement. Com
missioners Bonillas and Pani, It is said,
have ready to approve several
suggestions for co-operative action. Ca
brera, however, held out for control of
any joint operations by a Mexican mlli-
• tary commander, a concession the
American commissioners did not feel
warranted in making.
It is believable here that the Ameri
can commissioners have iipw abandoned
ifthe effort to ‘'ftrarfir ah' agreeifient' sat
isfactory to the Mexicans in every de
tail and will renew today their original
i suggestions; that each government pa
trol its own side of the line independent-
• ly, but with the understanding that
American troops will pursue into Mex
ico on a hot trail any bandits who at
tack border towns.
TROOP WITHDRAWAL.
Coupled with that suggestion presum
ably was the statement that General Per
shing’s forces would be withdrawn grad
ually from Mexico, and that no largo
force woulfl be sent across the lino
’ again unless the de facto government
permitted raiders to assemble in such
force in Mexico that a strong expedi
tion was necessary to prevent a se
i rlous attack.
• Army officials believe that the Amer
ican expeditionary force soon will bo
moving toward the border, regardless
of the turn events may take at At
lantic City. In Its present position,
many officers hold, the expedition
> would be of no strategic value should
" general hostilities break out, while the*
1 long line of communication with th*
advance bases Is a constant source of
danger and more or less vulnerable at
general joints.
Official advices from the border to
‘ day indicated that all of the Americans
1 at Parral had made their escape and
will soon arrive in Nogales, Ariz. There
has been much anxiety here because of
persistent reports that Villa bandits
had put many foreigners to death when
they raided the town recently.
The advices indicate that the Villa)
forces are not in actual possession of
■ Parral, Jimenez or any of the other
towns in that region which border re
ports have said they controlled.
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Mr. Andrew Cobb
• I
Dies at Athens Home
(Snecial Disnatch to The Journal.)
ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 20.—Mr. Andrew
j Cobb, aged about twenty-seven years,
I second son of Judge Andrew J. Cobb,
was found dead in his room at his fa
ther’s home this morning when the fam
, tty arose. He had been dead for sev
, eral hours. He had been in miserable
I health for months, having given up his
i position in Atlanta and come home to
recuperate, i*f possible.
The funeral and interment will be held
J Monday. Mr. Cobb is survived by his
I father. Judge Cobb, formerly of the
I Georgia supreme court bench: his sis
| ters, Mrs. A. E. Davison and Miss Sarah
Cobb, of this place; two brothers, Jesse
l Cobb, of Atlanta, and Howell Cobb, of
Savannah.
Mr. Cobb never married. His grand-
I mother. Mrs. Campbell, who has made
her home with Judge Cobb’s family, also
is left and to add to the shock of the
event' she received news only last night
I of the death of a sister in a distant
city. Mrs. Campbell, now more than
eighty years of age, is herself in wretch
ed physical condition, and Judge Cobb
has been unable to be at his office, ex
cept occasionally, for months—suffering
from a general nervous breakdown.
20 Unexploded Bombs
Found on Sugar Ship
j (By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Twenty tinex
plodeil bombs were found In the sugar
cargo of the American steamship Sarnia
■ upon her arrival at Cherbourg, France,
after a voyage starting from New York
| on September 2, during which the vessel
caught fire from a cause unknown, ac
cording to Fourth Mate Wybrance, of the
I Sarnia, who arrived here today on the
, American line steamship New York from
I Liverpool.
NEW LIQUID-FIRE TANK OPERATED BY AUSTRIANS. This
remarkable photograjih was taken in actual hostilities on the Austrian
front in Galicia. It shows the liquid-fire tank reduced to scientific pro
portions so two soldiers can conveniently operate it. One watches
through a hole in the mound above his trench while the other is ready
with the nozzle to squirt the terrible fire at the Russians a short dis
tance off.
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CRITICS OF PANIMU CIMI
IRE SCORED ST GOETHIIS
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•Canal Zone Governor Declares
Slides Will Be Overcome
for All Time
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Sharp lan
guage is employed by Major General
George W. Ooethals, governor of the
Panama canal zone, in replying Jo pub
lished criticisms of the big waterway
which he charges have seriously affected
its commercial rating. In his annual
t eport, made public by the war depart
ment. the governor declares that the
earth movements which have frequently
interrupted traffic through the canal
finally will be overcome for all time.
General Goethals goes into a lengthy
review of the geological problems which
have been encountered, of the steps
taken to overcome such obstacles and
the measure of success attained. So far
as the Culebra cut is concerned, he said,
i “the worst is over, the intervals between
movements are becoming greater and the
quantities of material less.”
The report replies to the published
statements of Prof. Benjamin Leßoy
Miller, of Lehigh university, and former
Senator Thomas Kearns, of Utah. The
charges made in jach case. General
Goethals brands as “erroneous, unwar
ranted and unfair.” It is shown in the
1 report that during a part of the fiscal
I year 1916. during which the canal was
opened, 411 vessels pjtssed from the
I Atlantic .to the Pacific* and 376 in the
ether direction. Os all these, only nine
ty-one were engaged in the American
! coastwise trade.
The total cargo tonnage handled was
3.140.046 as against 4.369,792 the pre
ceding year, although the waterway was
■in operation for only five months last
' year. Commenting upon the reduction
'in coastwise traffic shown, however, the
; report says it was due principally to
the scarcity of ships for foreign trade
which drew American coasting vessels
jinto that,service.
Difficulties of the present system of
levying tolls are' recited and General
Goethals again recommends that leglsla
i tion be sought making the earning ca
pacity of a ship tne basis upon which
I charges should be computed. He points
jout that $2,399,830 were collected in tolls
during 1916. Had the so-called Panama
i canal rules applied in measuring the
I ships, he adds, this sum would have been
I increased by approximately $400,000
Bryan Opens Campaign
To Make Chicago “Dry”
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—A “dry Chicago’’
| campaign was opened today with an ad
dress by W. J. Bryan before a meeting
of the Dry Chicago federation.
Mr. Bryan was asked about the report
! that he was to move his home to Ashe
ville. N. C.
“I don't mind denying it again,” said
Mr. Bryan. “Why should any one leave
a nice dry state like Nebraska? My home
will remain at Lincoln. I, will do my
voting there.”
SUPREME COURT ASKED
TO ADVANCE APPAM CASE
(Bv Asneciated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. —Counsel for
British interests today formally asked
the supreme court to advance, for ear
lier hearing, cases to decide ownership
of the German prize ship Appam and
whether European citizens may enforce
contracts in American courts which are
suspended by belligerent, “trading with
the enemy” decrees. Decision is expect
ed December 4.
WOMAN IMES RECORD
FLICHT 111 ill MOMNE
Ruth Law Betters Carlstrom’s
Record From Chicago to
• New York
(By Associated Press. "*
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The record
breaking airplane flight of Ruth Law,
begun yesterday in Chicago, terminated
at Governor’s Island here at 9:40 a. m.
today, after stops at Hornell and Bing
hamton, N. Y. The final 152 miles from
; Binghamton to this city was covered
j this morning in 2 hours and 20 minutes,
I and the entire journey, 832 miles in an
air line, in the actual flying time of 9
hours and 1 minute.
, Miss Law was greeted by Major Gen
eral and Mrs. Leonard Wood, who con
; gratulated her on her achievement. e She
I was considerably chilled and was taken
to the house of an officer to recuperate.
She said she had to fly much lower
, that she wanted to, on account of the
' haze. Those who examined her machine
I remarked that its structure was such as
I to expose her to the air more than in
most modern airplanes. The pilot’s seat
I is placed on a projection in front of the
! machine so that the aviatrix gets the
full force of the wind.
The machine used by Victor Carl
stroin, previous holder of the American
non-stop established In a flight
November 2 from Chicago to New York,
was of the fusillage type, in the cockpit
of which he was snugly protected from
the wind.
Miss Law bettered Carlstrom’s record
by about 100 miles, making
in an air line from Chicago to Hornell,
N. Y., where she arrived yesterday with
out stopping.
Germany’s Promise to
Poland Has Strings
Tied to It, Report
LONDON, Nov. 20.—The Wireless
Press tday gave out the following under
date of Berne:
"Before the main committee of the
reichstag on November 9 Chancellor von
Bethmann-Hollweg skater that Ger
many’s promise to create a *ew kingdom
of Poland was only conditional, being de
pendent on the success of the plan to
raise a Polish army which would fight
for Germany. If the number of Poles en
listing voluntarily should be insuffi
cient, Germany would introduce com
pulsion, and if the Poles resister or if
tne projected Polish army proved un
satisfactory to the general staff, the
emperor would annul his promise to
create a new kingdom.
“The chancellor made this statement
in reply to conservatives and national
liberals who denounced the policy of cre
ating a Polish kingdom.”
J. C. Haile, Savannah,
Died Monday Morning
SAVANNAH. Ga„ Nov. 20.—J. C. Haile,
passenger traffic manager of the Cen
tral of Georgia railway, died this morn
ing suddenly of apoplexy. He was at
his home preparing to go to his office
when stricken. He had been with the
Central railway for twenty-five years as
general passenger agent and passenger
traffic manager. He came to Savannah
from Columbus, Ga.
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CAPTURE DF SERBIAN
CAPITAL MW RESULT
IN SWEEPING VICTORY
Report Received by London i
Says Retreat of Teutonic
Troops Has Been Turned
Into Debacle
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The cap
ture of Monastir by General Sarratt's
army in Macedonia Is looked upon by
entente military writers as of notable
political importance but opinion appears
to be divided as to whether it will be
followed by military developments of
sweeping character.
Events *of the next day or two are
expected to show whether the captor*
of the Macedonian capital will require
a period of rest before starting a nevt
advance or whether the pursuit of the
retreating Germano-Bulgarian force iS
to be pressed, Respite adverse weather
condition-..
In some quarters an advance by the
entente forces along the road to Prilep
is forecast, to be followed by a thrust
from Prilep toward Negotin on the Var
dar with the object of outflanking thq
Bulgarians and opening up the frontier
passes northwest of Saloniki.
The situation in Greece apparently
has reached another of’ Its critical
stages. Following the demand by the
entente for the turning over of virtual
ly all the arms, artillery and munitions
of the Greek army, it is reported today
in an Athens dispatch that t.he minis
ters of the Teutonic allies have been
ordered by the entente allies to leave
Greece by Wednesday.
Teuton Ministers Are
Told to Leave Greece
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Nov. 20.—An Athen* dis
pa.! ch to the Express Telegraph company
says the German, Austro-Hungarian,
Bulgarian and Turkish ministers to
Greece have been informed by Vice Ad
miral DuFournet, commander of the al
lied fleet, that they must depart' from
Greece by Wednesday.
Allies Announce Victory
On the Macedonian Front
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Nov. 20.—Allied troop* have
been completely victorius on the Mace
donian front from the River Cerna to
Lake Pres ba, acording to anouncetnent
made by the French war office this after
noon.
This success reached its culmination
yesterday with the entrance of French
cavalry into Monastir at half past eight
in the morning.
During this same day French troop*
moved out to the north of Monastir and
captured Hill No. 831 and other villages
In this vicinity. They also took 620
prisoners and a considerable quantity of
war material.
The French official communication of
the progress on the front in France, is
sued this afternoon reads:
“The night passed in relative quiet
on all fronts.’X v
Greeks Must Give Up \.--
Arms and Ammunition
(By Associated Press.) S;.
ATHENS, Nov. 20. —(Via Londoio I
Vice Admiral Fournet, commanded Os
the Anglo-French fleet in the Mediter- I
ranean, presented to the Greek govern- I
ment a note demanding the surrender |
to the entente allies of all arms, muni- .
tions and artillery of the Greek army! J
with the. exception of some 50,900 rifles ■
now in actual use by the forces remain- J
ing after the last step of demobiluar j
tion.
Serbians Given Most
Credit for Capture
(By Associated Press. >
LONDON, Nov. zu.—The Serbians are
given the lion’s share*of honor by that
morning papers in discussing the fall of
Monastir. The capture of Hill 1212- by I
ihe Serbians and their rapid advance to
Hill 1278 threatening the Bulgarian’*
only avenue ot retreat along the Prilep
load, is considered the main factor; In
forcing the hasty evacuation of the
city.
Military opinion insists that the allies
must now advance toward Priles, using
Monastir as a base, and from there: to
Negotin on the Vardar. From the lai
ler town they claim that the Bulgarian
positions east of the Cerna could be
outflanked and the frontier passes opened
to the allfed forces which are now en-’
aged northwest of Saloniki. The fall
of Monastir is considered as clearly,
showing the superiority *of the allies
•ver the German Bulgar forces in view
of the formidable defenses ■which had
been created around the cty
Germans Are Building
New Intrenchments Far
Behind Lines in France
(By Associated Prett.j
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 20.:
According to information gleaned from
several hundred refugees from the oc
cupied regions of northern France, who
have been passing through Holland, th<»
Germans have prepare? positions far
behind their present front. They are, fc
is said, reckoning more and more on
the possibility of a retreat to the Bel
gian frontier. The positions near Mau
beuge and Hautmont are even more forx
mldable than those north of Lille. The
old forts are deserted, for, taking full
account of the new methods of warfare,
the Germans have constructed a net
work of trenches, and great earthen cav
erns made with the aid of reinforced
concrete and iron.
News comes from northern France as
well as from Belgium of the increasing
number of the population who ar e being
put to work by the Germans. The nor
mci industries have long been stopped,
but some manufactories are veritable
beehives of activity. This is the case,
for instance, In the Lille suburb of Fives,
where French and Belgians are employ
ed in the manufacture of ammunition.
