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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY,     OCTOBER 24, 1915.
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LOCAL GIRL MURDERED BY TURKISH FANATICS?
This Seems to Be Only Expiana tion of Fruitless Search Made by International Governm ent Agents For Sister of Mrs. William F. Morrisey and  Mrs. A. E. Foster
FIFTEEN-MOWTHS-OLD BABY REPORTED RESCUED
.\. romantic storj- of self-sacrifice is woven about an international appeal to determine the fate of a sister of Mrs. Williani F. ilorrissey and Mrs. Alfred i:. Foster of this city. Immured in the j)rovince of MessapotaniH, Turkey since the outbrealv of war beyond the I>ardenclles, the sister, formerly Miss Stella Toal of Baltimore and now the wife of Dr. Namati Karragula, a lieu¬ tenant in the Turkish army, has been cut off from communication with iur rclHtives since May 25 and d^sp'te the ofTorts of the Tu.-kish minister to this country and Ambassador Morgenthau in Constantinople no cause for failjre of attempted n'ommunication has been asbigned.
It is fiared the Turkish massecres that featured opposition to the Allies cutnpalgn during the month of June have claimed the life of Mrs. Morris- .>ey's sister and perhaps that of her husband too. The latter, a graduate of two .\merican universitie.<i and a man of high attainments, served with dis¬ tinction in the Knglish army before the break with Turkey and although he joined the cause of his country he was iM.i of the Mohammedan Turks. His wife wa.s a Christian, a fact that would place her in great  danger.
« ongressman Casey, Senator Penrose, i«tate Senator Catlin and Representa¬ tive Tillman of Baltimore have Joined fn the search for the missing couple. Assisteu by William F. Morrissey, local m;uiagpr of the Singer Sewing Ma- • ¦liine Company, and Mrs. Alfred K, '¦"oi-ler and h si.ster of Mrs. Karragula. the .gentlemen named have submitted ;ii! ilie facts in the case to Ambassador .Morgeiilhau and the investigation ot fiio pofslble massacre will be pushed to the limit.
One sad feature mteiidinK the case i!-.s lo do with tlie finding of the flf- !. ¦ -iM.,iiili.-,-oUl l>al)y of Lieutenant and   Mrs   Karragula.    The  infant  was
located by the father of the young army officer and information of its where¬ abouts was received in this city on Thursday, when a letter reached Mr. Morrissey from Mi.ss Agnes Femenga, of Mardien, Turkey. .No trace of the mother or father could be found.
.\ftpr receiving his degree In medi¬ cine from two American unlversitios. Lieutenant Karragula was married to .Mi.ss Stella Toal in Baltimore. The wedding created great int-Test and the metropolitan paper.s at that time car¬ ried pictures of the contracting parties together with storie.s concerning the ¦ichievements of Dr. K.irragula. Three years ago the couple left America 'or Turkey and since that time and up to Alay of this year letters reached rela¬ tives here at least once anionth. Dr. Karragula assumed his post with the Turkish army when the call to patriot¬ ism was first sounded. His wife re¬ mained in  Mardien.
On May 2h, a letter was received by .Mr. and Mrs. Morrissey here stating that Mrs. Karragula was on her way (o Madieth and nothinig has been heard from her since that time. Miss Agnes Femenga sent a postal card, dated Au¬ gust 25. with information of the finiling of the baby, riiilip Karragula. A let¬ ter written the day before and delayed by the censor, arrived here last Wed¬ nesday confirming this information but declaring that no hope was hejd out for the finding of the father and mother.
The terrible happenings that featureU the Turkish campaign are feared lo have a bearing on the separation of parents and child, and relatives here are haunted by the supposition that the Mohammedan massacres might huve disposed of Mrs. Karragula and of her husband, too. since it is very likely that he may have accompanied his wife upon her departure from Mardien. The case is shrouded in mystery that the fJovernment representatives thus far have been unable to penetrate.
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MLEYSME
DEATH FOR PIRACY
United States Cutter Seeks Capture of Men Believed to Have Escaped Detention
A DARING VENTURE
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Mediation Expected. Although Men and Company Resting on
Latest   Correspondence   is     Previous   Contentions   and
Versed in Firmer Tone Than     No Predictions Are Made
Before
C.   L   U.   TAKES   HAND
CONDITIONS NOTED
Washingt.-n. Uct. iS.The note to JiOMl llritian demanding fair treat¬ ment for .American commerce is at last ready to go forward. It Is understood to be so Voluminous it may be sent by mail. The most important points arc as follow t!:
J The method of seizure and the lout, detention ol American can ships unu cargoea an- contrary lo interna- iio'ial law wlucli providt.« a method of speeU.v   .seaicti  anu   \isil.
;'. The bioclx established by the .¦i- iler in coui'-cil is not Justifiable accord- iiiu I" the Miiciice of natK'ns whicii de¬ mand ihcu .1 blockade \<y actual and ••ffeclive.
3. The tie!iure and delenieiuon of ^liips it- cs-stniially a tiiplumatic qiuv-- ii(»n and nol as Sir fc^uward contends, II nuestioii fur prize courla aud eM':i- lual arl>llr;-t:or..
•J -The     assertion     that     precedents
>:hippiilg between neiilral porLs. except to board a vessel lo asteitain If there was o»>ntr;li:ind on board Is refuted.
;. —Thai threat Britain has violated nil pi"ecedrnts .^i placing the burden of proi'f of inni>cence ns lo desllnutlon
The street car strike was without new developments last night. Both sides continued firm in previous con¬ tentions. The lull in the situation was largely the result of the absence from the city of the state representatives and street car union organieers who came here from out of town in an ef¬ fort to effect a settlement. They will return tomorrow, however, when ne¬ gotiations wlil be resumed.
The striking men met again yester¬ day afternoon, but did nothing more than to call their roll and discuss the prospects for a settlement. They refuse to budge from their position that the traction company should honor the re¬ versal of the arbitrators' award and agree to have a new one framed .
Through their coun.sel, .\ttorney .lames .McQuade. they announced that they will not submit to ha>ing the mat¬ ter go to court as Oeneral Manager T. A. Wright and others bave suggested. They demand  that  if a new agreement
iiow   that   there  is  no  interruption  of hs'made  that It  come  from  the  hands
of the arbitrators.
On the other hand the company re¬ fuses to jield a point. The announce¬ ment that all lar men inu.it return to work at the expiration of ten days as .slated  by the compan.\   on October 20,
•f cargo on   .^inerioan  sliip owners  of   is slill being emphasized.    U la e\ident
the owners of cargoes.
thai the men not bacK at work at that
Trcsldent Wilson and Secrelarj ljtn-|tl«n" will have their names stricken Mtig refute the charge that the I'nited 'fom the employes' list and their places Suivs  lia.s accepted  the principle  ihiit' •¦'"'*^" t" fl'"''" men.
neutral vessels may  be held ui> on thej     The Central  Labor  I'nion  will make hl6b seas on mere suspicion.    The civil/'   P*iblic  report   tomorrow  morning  of
war cases referred to by Sir Kdwaid <irey are dech'red to be not analogous.
American commanders, it is stated, did not overhaul British merchantmen without having obtained proof In ad- vancv to warrant the act.
It is pointed out that if the attitude of tJreai Britain was accepted it would make possible the seizure of American vessels oven before they approach the portH declared to b« blockaded.
Kiigland is charged with discrlm- inaling   ag-ainst   Americsin    commerce
the conference its representatives had Friday with the officials of the traction company. The report, however, is not e.\-pected to contain anything of im¬ portant nature.
OUKE  IN TROUBLE.
Washington, Oct. 23.—A thrilling chase by the U. S. revenue cuttter Mami is being conducted tonight in the Coif of Mexico after the steamship Zealandia which has been declared a pirate ship by the Department of Justice. The crew of the fugitive ves¬ sel is known to be tSermen or men of iJerman sympathy.
.\ttorney Gregory announced today If any of the crew are shown to be the men who escaped from the German in- li-rned cruisers at Norfolk they will be arre-sted and tried for piracy in this country, for which the penalty is death.
The Zealandi.a is an iron steamship under American registry built in 1871 and is capable of making 12'knots an an hour. She is owned by the Fisk trading company New York. It is un¬ derstood the Zealandia i.s now under charter to another shipping firm and carry miscellaneous cargo, bound for Malrno, Sweden with a stop at Tara- plco, Mex. ostensibly for a cargo of oil.
The Department of .lustice has le- ceived reports confirming earlier rum¬ ors that the Zealandia had changed crews at Pen.sacola, Fla., and sailed from the port Oct. 7 and was converted into a Cerman cruiser for the purpose of raiding the allied commerce.
It was reported that after the Zea¬ landia left Pen.sacola her name was ef¬ faced from its proper place. The ship's owners in explaining this said they had ordered the ship painted at Pensacola and that the effacement of the name together with the Americana flag paint- , ed on her side, undoubtedly had been wiped out by carelessness. The cus¬ toms department waa advised today by owners of the ship that she would re¬ main at Tamplco for several days, but up to date the vessel has not arrived there, although abundant time has elapsed for her lo complete that leg of the journey.
If either dapartment knows how the Zealandia has been armed to make It available as .a commerce raider, they are keeping that information to them¬ .selves. The I'nited States government would be responsible to the allies for any damage done the commerce of the allies by a ship fitted out in Americana ports.
.\ general alarm has been sent out. All the revenue cutters and several war ships are engaging in the search for the vessel. -Merchantmen plying in the waters where the Zealandia Is supposed to be, have been notified to be on the looklut and report by wirele.ss.
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10 ESCAPE DRAFTS
FIGHT
Boats Crowded by Men Who Are Anxious to Escape Dras¬ tic Enlistment Order
Will Wage Campaign For Mayor's Office Through Use of Thousands of Stickers
ASKS   REAL   MAJORITY
ITALIAN   SUCCESSES.
Rome. Oct. 23—Our offensive contin¬ ues with successes on the entire front.
On the western border of I^ke Car- da we have occupied Mont Modic, thus completing our domination of the Led- ro valley. .^ .«.^-
The supporters of Sheriff Lewis P. Kniffen met last night and decided to continue the fight for the election of their candidate for the office of mayor. To do this It will be necessary to wage a slicker campaign, as under the de¬ cision of a majority of the local Judges the name of no candidate for mayor will be printed on the ballot except that of  Mayor  Kosek.
About thirty of the men who have been prominent In the campaign to bring about the election of Sheriff iiif- fen attended the caucus and it is un¬ derstood that the decision to put the fight for mayor up to the voters was unanimous. Thousands of stickers will be distributed throughout the city and particular pains will be taken fo see that every voter in the city is supplied with several of them.
The non-partisan feature of the mayoralty flght will make it an easy matter to write the name of Kniffen on the ballot or place It In the proper col¬ umn through the use of a sticker.
It will be the flrst fight of this kind that has ever been carried on in this city and is sure to arouse a great deal of intereset. In conversation with Sheriff Kniffen late last night he made the following statement to The Inde¬ pendent:
"The citizens of Wilkes-Barre should be afforded an opportunity to vote for more than one man as a candidate for mayor and I believe it is my duty in view of the large vote that was polled for me at the primaries to give them that opportunity.
"The Supreme Court was unable to rule on the question owing to the brief period Ihat Intervenes between now and the-electlon but I am sure that if the highei; court have reviewed the case the judges would have taken the broad view that would have given the voters of the ciiy of Wilkes-Barre a chance to vote for more than one man for the office of mayor.
"The two h-ours following the publi¬ cation of the telegram slnting that the time was too short for the Supreme Court lo consider the case I was delug¬ ed with messages calltng on me to continue fhe battle and after careful consideration  I have decided lo do so.
"You may state that Lew Kniffen is in this fight to the finish and no power can drive him out of it except the votes of a real majority of the citizens of Wllkes-Barre.
NATION   POWERLESS
London, Oct. 23.—Tf anything were needed to settle the question raised in this week's Commons concerning the truth of the report -that thousands of Kngllshmen of military age are lea>ing the country to escape conscription, the scene this morning at the Kuston sta¬ tion would suffice tu satisfy the must optimistic that this Is undoubtedly the case.
The boat train connecting with the liner .\'ew York, sailing from Llver- pool today, carried flfteen extra coaches to accommodate the unprecedented number of third class passengers— chiefly able-bodied young men from the Kast Knd of London. On the plat¬ form swarming about among the pas¬ sengers were se\cral hundred men and children, all weeping and generally be¬ wailing the fate which prevented their accompanying the voyagers, j Not all the conscrlpt-escapers were 1 third class pas.sengers. Among the I saloon paH.sengers Tnlly flfty are known to have been Kritish subjects o f mili¬ tary age.
Inquiry at the home office elicited the information that there is no way to prevent the exodus which, according lo steamship officials, ha.s been In¬ creasing by leaps and bounds during rhe past month.
The opinion of the man In the street is that conscription is very close at Uand. The steamship offices in Cock- *pur street have recently offered scones not dissimilar to those which mark¬ ed the days of .August ISM when thousands of Americ; i refugee.s were frantically   trying   to   procure  passage.
Among the New York's passengers was Gaby des Lys. wMlh her secretary two maids, a chauffeur and a new pearl necklace worth, she said, one million dollars. .She wore the necklace partly hidden under the skunk collar of her brown sports coat. It had three pearls' as big as small eggs, with a pendant of diamonds and pearls. She has all he jewels with her and and says they total almost $2,e»0.000 in value.
Harry Vilcer. her dancing part.ner. from whom she has parted several times, also sailed.
PinSTON BOY STARS IN CORNELL MORY
Cool is Big Factor in Team's Triumph Over Harvard at Cam¬ bridge Stadium by Score of 10 to 0—Crimson's First Defeat in the Last Four Y ears
BARRETT FORCED FROM  GAME AFTER MAKING SCORE
4'an»bridge, Mass.. Oct. 23 —Five min-' utes after the whistle blew today, Bar¬ rett,  the eel-like Cornell quartcr-bacl|i and   Captain,   carried   the   ball   acrd^0 Harvard's goal for a touchdown. L<ater . jon Shiverick, the big half back kicked a   goal   from   the   field,   but   it   wasn't needed.    Cornell won in those first flve minutes   of   play.     The   Crimson   had been  defeated and  trailed  in  the  mud tor the first time In four years.
For the first time in the history of the present under graduate body, an in¬ vader tonight is chanting raucous songs of victory In historic t'ambridge-^nd Harvard doesn't like it. X
The whole story is told in the score 10 to 0. Harvard was never a conten¬ der. Captain Eddie Mahan is being blamed tonight for the defeat of the team, btit ihat is hardly fair as he was the whole offene.se himself.—what offense there was against the big for¬ wards of the Ithaca eleven.
Four limes he fumbled, each time within the shadow of Harvard's goal posts and to his furtibles Cornell's scores are traced back. In the very flrst rush. .Mahan fumbled on his own 2.'>-yai-d line and a I'ornellian fell upon the ball. By steady rushing Barrett ! was sent over for a touch down before five minutes of play had elapsed. Bar¬ rett kicked the goal.
The   field   goal   was   the   result   of  a i succession of plunges directed at Har¬ vard's right tackle following a blocked punt.
Cornell's defense seemed to be es¬ pecially directed to smother .Mahan in whota Harvard placed its hope. He was baffled and driven under at every turri by the Cornell tacklers.
Prominent in ihe Cornell offensive work was their cent.e man "Gib" Cool- the man from -Northea.slern Pennsyl¬ vania.    He was a factor In nearly ev¬
ery play of this character and gave much assistance to Barrett when the plucky visiting captain scored the lone touchdown of the afternoon. Cool did lot uf kicking and did it well especially after Barrett had been forced from the Ilne-up:
Captain Barrett was kicked in th* head while attempting to stop Mahan shortly after he had scored Cornell's touchdown. He was carried from the field unconscious but is not believed to be seriously injured. Lineup: Harvard Cornell
Soucy      ScKley
left  end
nilman       Gilli*
lift  tackl*
Cowam       Andersoe
left guard
Wallace       Co<»
center
Badman       Miller
right  guard
Parson       Jameson
right  tackle
Harte       Shelton
right end
Wat-son       Barrett
quarter back
Whitney       Collins
left halfback
King       Shiverick
right halfback
Mahan       Mueller
Touchdown Barreti: goal from touch down Barrett; goal from field .Shiver¬ ick; referee W. S. Langford, of Trinity lunpire C. .1. McCarty. of Germantown Academy; linesman L. H. Bankart and G. H. Bankart of Dartmouth: lime of periods !."» minutes. Substitution.s: Coolidge for Soucy; Caner for Gil- maji; Taylor for Wallace; Wilcox for Watson; Rollins for Whitney; Wat- fcons for Rilley; Toney for Anderson; Collins lor Barrett: .Sheldon for Col¬ lins.
UNSTON  TAKES CHARGE
San Antonio, Ter., Oct. 2 General Frederick Cnston, commander of tt»e American forces along the Me;vican border tonight announced his inten¬ tion of leaving fro Brownsville during the early part of the week, where he will direct personally the work of ex¬ terminating more than 1.000 armed Mexican raiders who for the past three months have been lerrozizlng south¬ western Texas.
ALLIES TO CONCENTRATE AGAINST BALKAN DRIVE
IN SREIIT MCIACtE lOHELPSOFFM
Antis in New York City Crowd¬ ed From Streets While Men Cheer Parade
IRELAND'S HELP
NOTABLE SHOWING
IN m STRIFE
T. P. O'Connor Sees Hope in United Effort to Rout Ger¬ mans in Serbia
REDMOND'S PLEA
(By T. P. O'Connor.)
London.   Oct.   23 -This   week
beg,'n
London. Oct. 23—It is learned ihat no fewer than sixty petitions have been filed against the Duke of Manchester in the bankruptcy proceedings brought in British courts II is not believed likely   that   the   Duchess  will   come  to
BIGGER THAN ENGLAND'S
itecause .^he cannot or will not stop ! his rescue. It is stated here that the trade between interior Baltic ports and [Duke is seriously ill of pneumonia at the German empire.    The admitted in- I the Meurisia hotel.  Paris.
i-rease of American commerce between I ¦—¦—
the l.'nited States. Scandinavian "^"'^ | •.• . .|t 11 p aiaiix/ J>utch ports cannot be taken as evid- j WANT U. S. NAVY ence that such shipments will ulti¬ mately reach Oermany. The confis¬ cation of cargoes forwarded by the <.'hlcatco packers is referred to aa an Illegal act, but is only mentioned in¬ cidentally. This is to ba considered In a separate note now being prepared at the State Department.
The note protests against the plac¬ ing of cotton on the contraband list ns a violation of Great Britain's own declaration   concerning   this   commod-
Washiogton, Oct. 23.—Chairman Padgett of tha House Naval committee has received a letter from Represen¬ tative Gardner of Massachusetts urg¬ ing that the next Congress provide for a navy second to non» in the world. In part  the letter is as follows:
"Vou are familiar with the fact that . for years the building program of the My. Not one of the arguments of ! navy haa contemplated a navy strong justification adduced by Sir Kdward | enough to make us -safe against any •'•^y and Lord Crew are admitted.- i nation except Kngland. I desire to H is admitted that arbitmlion will ' have the navy strong enough to make probably he accepted in the most im- i us safe against all obH^". „f the porta nt cases. • | world.
London. Oct. 23—All the Allies are now effectively aiding Serbia in her struggle against the central powers and Bulgaria.
French forces have effected a Junc¬ tion with the Serbians.
Eighty thousand Italian troops will be landed at Salonika.
Russian warships are participating in the bombardment of the Bulgarian coast.
Petrograd dispatches declare Russia will have an army fighling in Bulg:iria in two weeks.
British troops have crossed the Greek frontier and arrived  in  Serbia.
As a result of this cencentrated ef¬ fort, il is believed here that Roumania and Greece will now see their way clear to Join forces with the Allies. Roumania's demand has been that the entente forces going to the aid of Ser¬ bia, should be Increased to 400,000 men to insure them against invasion. This demand is now thought near realiza¬ tion.
The French forces already are en¬ gaged in a desperate battle with the Bulgarians near Valbndovi. according to a Salonika dispatch by way of Ber¬ lin.
The news that Italy is lo send a force to Serbia comes form German sources. The Koelnlsche Zeitung publishes an Athens dispatch stating that the Italian minister has informed Premier Zaimis that Italy will land «0,000 troops at Salonika.
The new invasion of Serbia from the west Is alm^d at Cadejena or Uslnik. There connection will be   made    with the railroad    leading    to    Cacak    to Uruglvatz.
Official announcements of the shell¬ ing of the Bulgarian coast on the Aegean sea were issued today by the British and French Admiralties. These statements say that British. French and Russian ships took part in the bombardment and caused damage to harbor works, the railway station at Dedeagatch  and shipping.
A report from Salonika which is w^ithout confirmation says that Anglo- French troops were landed at Dedea¬ gatch under cover of the bombard¬ ment.
Barbarity Charged
Rome dispatches stated ihat because nf Bulgarian barbarities many Ser¬ bian refuges, mostly women, children and men too old for service are flock¬ ing across the Greek frontier. Repre¬ sentatives  of    the  quadruple    entence [
have asked the Greek government to permit the establishment of a con¬ centration camp at Salonika for the refugees. Premier Zaimis is hesi¬ tating on the ground that such a step might compromise Greek neutrality.
An Athens dispatch says the Bul¬ garians are hurrying heavy artillery to the Valondovi section. Valondovi Is southwest of Striimnitza and this artillery could be used to prevent the allies from using the railway from Salonika   up   to   the   Greek   border.
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WA.S'TED—Everybody to attend the .Japanese bazar and dance at Hampton Hall every evening this week. Ad- m'salon ten cent*.
.\« further word haa been made public of the progress British troops are   making.
The relief Is sorely needed by the Serbians. The Austro-German troops are operating In some places as far as 35 miles into Serbian territory. The .\usirians who have been held up for some time have at last succeeded in I crossing the Drina In the region of , V'asler and have driven the Serbs from I the heights south of that place. The Bulgarians in the south nave captured N'egotln and Rogeljevo. Both are close to the Salonika Nish railway and about 35 miles north of the (^reek frontier. Further north they are at¬ tacking' east and southeast of knishevatz. South of Pirot they re¬ pulsed Serbian attacks, inflicting iieavy  losses.
Servian* Put Out. It la reported the seat of the Serbian government has been transferred from Nish to Kraljevo. about 40 miles i northwest of Nish. The plan to Irans- 1 fer the capital lo Monastir in south¬ western Serbia was abandoned on ac¬ count of the interruption of railroad communication.
Busaiani Bombard. London. Oct. 23—In an effort to out- flank General von Buelow's army and relieve the pressure on Riga, Russian ! warships have bombarded three towns on the Baltic coast of the Courland and have landed troops nine miles north¬ east of Riga.
The German official statement issued today describes these forces as small, but It is believed that a serious opera¬ tion ia contemplated by the Czar's com¬ manders with the object of forcing the
j Teutons to give up a great atretch of
; captured territJ>ry.
On both tips of the battle front, as well as on the iiorthern sectors of the center, the Russians are delivering a vlgourous offensive against the en¬ trenched Germans and Austrians and Petrograd tonight claims some rather extensive  successes.
The heaviest fighting is taking place in the Courland and in Eastern Galicia, where, north of Tarnopol. the Czar's troops are battering Linslngen's weak¬ ened corps which were drained to sup¬ ply   men   to   Hindenburg   in   the   north
; and Gallwitz in his invation nf Serbia.
i     The vigorous fighting of the last few I
! days on  the center around  Baranovit-
ichi   has   lessened    in    Intensity   but    k ; Kussian review issued today states that (Continued on page 2)
New York, Oct. 23.—Fifty thou.sand women, in the most signtrtcant appeal tliat any cause has ever known in New
York,   strode    up    Fifth   avenue   from [more unpleasantly than any during the Washington square to 5»th street  this ; war. but ends with difficultiea overcome afternooi) in the nacne of Woman mff- land problems clearing, rage. j     Things  were  getting   hot  enough   lo
The most Wonderful dignity attended I make a ministerial break-up possible, it all. From the women whose names I with a new cabinet, consisting eitherof signify power anu wealth to the lowest j whole hearted conscriptlonlsts. or of factory worker in East Broadway, th* ' whole hearted antis. The illness of the marchers strode wiih their chins in ihe air. their heads high, their backs straight their feet clicking like ma¬ chines. Gone was all the scolTing of years gone by. There were none who belittled  by  jest  and  quip.
Through the cold October af'or- noon this great army of women march¬ ed in mute appeal for "justice." They came forward asking the men of New York to grant them the right to govern themselves and lens of thousands of these men to whom they appealed ;ivi- plaiided them as they passed.
Mayor and .Mrs. Mitchel saw the .spectacle from a box in the grand stand  at   42d street.
Borough President Marks, George McKnany, President of the Board of .\Iderman, judges, justices, bankers, brokers and lawyers watched and pondered.
Five hundred btbies carried and wheeled made appeal for their moth¬ ers.
Five thousand men—men well aet up and square Jawed, - brought up the rear to tell other nien that this was no demand for women alone but for New York and all Its hopes.
Forty great bands blared forth "On¬ ward Christian Soldiers" and other glorious tunes. Fifteen thousand ban¬ ners bearing the great motto of wo¬ man-kind and all the trse arguments in advococy thereof, snapped like whips lr< the thirty-mile breeze that whipped the throngs. Three thous¬ and huge banners and 2.U00 smaller banners, were carried by the marcbera. And over it all was the great spirit — a spirit Ihat was hardly definable.
From the factories of the east side; from the great stores along Broadway; from the saloons of P'iith avenue, from the* offices of lower Broadway; from the shops and mills of Harlem and Williamsburg; from Brooklyn and all its environs and classes they came— wonderful In the spirit that pervaded the  entire  demonstration.
Came first the platoon of mounted policemen, .sweeping out of the way the straggling ends of mobs the police¬ men on foot had pre.ssed back to the curbs. Then the "lit regiment band playing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
Mrs. Ethen Stebbens came at the heels of the policemen and the great¬ er parade in New York's history wa^ on.
The b.Ttteries of anti-motors that carried the appeal to the throng lo "vote N'O (in woman suffrage" had b<!ei. swept into sida atreets. Here and there
premier gave time for cooling. Nothing will be attempted in either .section until his return to work. F.veryt>ody is re¬ lieved at this.
There is & similar change for the bet¬ ter in the view of ihe expedition lo Serbia. Perilous though the enierprise was. everybody felt that the abandon¬ ment of Serbia would bring dishonor to us while France, who was expected to object to the Withdrawal of anj- troops from the defense of her own soil, pressed even more urgently than ourselves that Serbia must be protect¬ ed.
The view at thia momment I.s that t.ermany. in adding this new front lo the four fronts on which she ia al¬ ready facing, is entering an incalcul¬ able morass of Balkan passions, witti the possibility of the revolt of Bulgaria and Greece against the policy of their kings.
.lohn Redmond was able for the flrst time to announce on the authority of Lord Kitchener at an enthusiast)': meeting in Dublin that Ireland herself has .sent S 1,000 recruits since the be¬ ginning of the war,—a statement that ought to close the mouths of mendac- ous factionists at home and aboarti who have Joined hands in the dispic- able/ work of under rating Ireland's splendid contribution tf« the armies -^t freedom.
!in orator arose to argue suffrage pro and con. but they, like all the reat. were cast aside to make room for the mighty throng that marched in he of '"Justice."
Mrs I.«onard Thomas followed Mrs. Stebbens. heading the International division of twenty-six groups. From every nation of Europe came women; from England. German>. Italy, Russia, Sweden. Denmark, Norway, Greece. Spain, France and all the lesser coun¬ tries of the North and East.
From the blood-drenched Balkan countries came women who had tasted liberty and now demanded their (ull rights.
All the states that already enjoy equal suffrage were represented by women who had come to New Tork ti» show the men that they are still wo¬ men.   ^
Alaska was represented by Margaxec Howe, the brilliant actress, who mar¬ ried  President Wilson's nephew.
In white dresses and yellow and blue sashes, thousands of American women marched in mule record of the fact that women can and <l» govern them- velvea.