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GENEEAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. | ! iic « flii-i:li statement issued at Berlin yestcr- n • lay concerning operations in Serbia said: A now -inovciueut I., cut off the retreat of the Serbian ~ :1"IV » reported by the Overseas News Agency. to I Ik* Austrian* arc said to have lioguii an at lack alone tlie western border of Montenegro, in which i in ■ "II u try the Scrhiau tones are ll|l l till to seek I refuge. These attacks are lieing made, the news t to agency says, to the east of Trebinve. in Heme *• "w a,N"" ■"•"• y miles north of Cattaro. Thus I the .Montenegrins are being threatened fr.im the li west, near the coast, as well as from the north, where lighting has lwen going on for some time. I lie new* agency iioiiits out that the Serbian re- j lie./i into Montenegro is made still more difficult hj ine junction which has lieon effected between t the forces ,.f Cciicral von Kocvess and the Aus- train tro..ps which have invaded Serbia from Bosnia j north of Vishegrad. It is officially ro|*ortod that the Bulgarians have completely defeated, at a . l»int northeast of Prilip, the French forces, which J were landed at Saloniki. Part "f the French con- J tingent was routed, and the others were made prisoners. Tlic tirst of the Kreneh prisoners have arrived at Kusteudil. Advances all along the line J by the Teutonic farces invading Serbia are an- uoiiiiced in todays official statement by army headquarters. The capture of 2.7IHI Serbians is -reported. We have taken the Serbian town of • Iaraciu. forty-five miles from Xish, announced the war oftiee. With 1aracin. tlie neighboring illagcs of Cuprija and Trc*sn.ievioa and 1.500 1 Serbian prisoners fell into Austro-Germau hands. The drive, which has now reached Iaraciu. is * 11k* Austro-Goriiian movement, and not the Bui- t g aria n advance on Nish from the northeast, marked t Thursday by the fall of Nishkavolo. only six miles outside the capital. With Iaracins capture the . Teutonic invaders had progressed sixty miles on their inarch southward through the Morava Valley. In the Morava Vallev. heights near Arelje were captured. South of ia.ak a riilge of the Jelica range was or.ssed. On both sides of the mountainous district of Kotlenik our troops defeated the eneniy. anil during the pursuit they reached t the northern bank of the western Golijska-Morava : on lN»tU sides «.f the Kraljevo. They took 1.200 t Serbian prisoners. To the east of Oruvka tlie i army of General v.ui Callwitz has thrown the l enemy back across the Godaoica -Santa Uovas line. ; The heights south of Luvomir were stormed, and | in th- Morava Valley we took Kuprija. Trcsnievica i and Iaraciu. Fifteen hundred prisoners were cap- tured. i Preparedness f r military defenses through tin" enlargement of the standing army by the addition of Jim hni trained citizens and an increased navv. and the scoring of the hyphenated Americans were the keynotes of an address by President Wilson Thursday night licfore the Manhattan club in the Kilt more hotel. New York. In strong terms President Wilson denounced the alien-rrrn Americans who. swearing allegiance to America, place the welfare of this country below that of their mother nations. H,. explained in detail the plan for the nations defense which will Ik- submitted to con- gross, a program which includes the raising of i reserve army of 400.000 citizen soldiers, to serve • three years in the army and remain Hire- years in reserve, as suggested by Secretary of War Haiiiejs. The president approves the plans of Sec- rotary Garrison of the navy department. They call for a live-year bttildin" program at a cost o:" .uUKiO. XKi. They promise fifteen to twenty ships of the dreaduaught and battle cruiser ty|ie. nearly KM new submarines, several swift scout cruisers, seventy tor|tedo-!uiat destroyer*, a pruporttaaaai nu m Iter of hospital and supply ships, an adequate fleet of aeroplanes and dirigibles. He asserted that tin- Initeil States will never take another foot of soil by compiest ami warned his hearers that a grave peril confronted the nation through the fact that the European nations have placed force above all other considerations in determining rights. The naval consulting lmard, in special session "i New York, lias selected the committeea which are to have particular charge of the various technical problems submitted to the board by the navy department. Thomas A. Edison, chairman of the Itoard. is on his way home from the Panama-Pacific Ex]*o-sition. and in his absence Vice-lhairman W. L. Saunders presided. The committees and the chairmen elected are: Chemistry and Physics. W. It. Whitney: Aeronautics including aero nnt"M. lUiiry A. Wise Wood: Internal Combustion motors i Andrew L. Kikcr: Electricity, Frank 4. Sprague: Mines and Torpedoes, Elmer A. Sperry: Submarines William LeRoy Emniett; Ordnance and Explosives, IIihIsoii Maxim: Wireless and omnmnications. P. C Hewitt: Transportation. Benjamin B. Thayer: Production. Organization. Manufacture and Standardization. Howard E. Coffin: Ship Construction. Frank J. Sprague: Steam Engineering and Ship Propulsion. Andrew M. Hunt: Life Saving Appliances. Silencer Miller: Aids to Navigation. Elmer A. Sperry: Food and Sanitation. L. H. Baekeland: Public IWorks. Yards and H.-ks. Alfred Craven. The com-v.«iMoos will meet again soon to complete their pro gram. A dispatch of yesterday from Athens says: "King Constantino apparently means to defy the Greek war party. When Premier Zaimis and his neutrality cabinet resigned yesterday i; was generally assumed immediately that ex-Premier Vcnizelos. the war part loader, would return to office. Today, however, the entire press and evorylwdy in political circles had reached the c inclusion that the king would dissolve parliament instead of making Veni-r.«los premier again. Hints to this effect were said to have liocn given by persons close to Constantine. The result will lie that Zaimis. although he has resigned, will have to hold over for at least two months and for that long, at least. Greece will remain neutral. An all night council of war was held by the king and the national leaders. In approval of the attitude of General Yanakitsa. war minister in the Zaimis cabinet, whose defiance ol ex-Premier Veniaelos power followers in parliament precipitated the cabinet erisis. King Cousta tine today ap|*oiuted Yanakitsa his aide-de-camp." Negotiations lietwoen bankers in London and New York" for the establishment of important new com-ni-rical credits in the Cnited States wore reported v.sterday as virtually dosed. An announcement of "the formation of a group of bankers to handle the matter in this country, according to ro|iorts. is expected shortly. It is understood that Sir Edward llolden chairman of the London City and Midland Bank has obtained from bankers in Ixmdvii acquiescence in the terms proposal bv American bankers. One lar-o New York banking institution yesterda. advanced S-O.iKKi.tKiO on three-months bills to a inure English bank. Otlier English banks, it is understood are obtaining funds in this country in a similar "manner. The form of the new credits has iK.t Ih-cii definitely settled, but indications are that thev "ill Ik- arranged partly through straight bank loans and partly through acceptance! on Ix»u-don banks. I Ref. re the great Euro|tean war began Vladivostok j NMH inhabitants. Today its than hid in. re ulaliou is less than 73.000. so heavy have been i in., ealls of tlie Russian army upon the men of ..«vtern Siberia. The latest summons will take 10.-«» Trom Vladivostok alone. These new «cnjlt. 1 •.r.. iw-inir sent awav at the rate of l.ooo a day. lanv of them are badly needed in Vladivostok t ■ , i, lake care of tbe war supplies winch are glut- i,X the iort- But the call of tlie army is un-ii alitied Trained and untrained men alike of mih- V-.rv -• • of all .lasses, are being sent away .V.il. a to" interior Sil*eria. where they will go into [ initig. A,.laei,,g others now ready to go to the Tes.ivius is .-IK"." in v»"1,*,,t eruption. Several , threatened by advancing lava streams. vill«es are Im iic stricken bv their danger, peapte are fleeing ! j and vineyards in the mountain s vice towns mm Te roads arc tilled with /"Cl-Vs carry tv .i.iJ their hous.h. household m effects. Local officials have ! „g e ,.,.,„.,.,.. ;ltld lirevi.nt . r./ti! tlie military authorities, in view .,1 - but V«.Vr the Austrian fighting front. on tlie:r 7,, r.-qiiii . re., • "" e„ts soldiers unless the situa- - „re un« ■ I " : t. |* -r . w|li ,. „,„„. IrJmnng .lie volcano is mantled by a thick ; , ii-iTin" of ashes. 7 lisi.atch sgvs: The Ribe Stifts I ,„ Tiitle,K! eS,,ead/ng ..:wspa,,er on the German ! J i.ienile. ",..,,_ .. K.ttcr from : l.erinan officer rsrr-iTjnrty ;t.r, «~,.:» j from -ajJ-J *J **j* rh:impH,„e • -Taa* -. t writes that th. ..ml I,. id f iH , l« ,imrt1 * to laiVC their „.,al disaster ,„,.,„,.,.,, :llll 1 V""* "H:-V rea.lv to inarch off when the the infinity WJJ» was , .eased. Had it lasted an lH.mbardmeiit ■"lo"; J|tuation. which was then , r,:.tM•r!;e,K,,:v?t•iea,rm.da.,,v.e -»« - -— • d.tTopeii Jutu » complete rout. ™-ill «et til the next Uepuldi. an national cen-U.icagowilt - r ,.IUoerati. convention as s -I . vein ion and ma Washington. Itepub- f w,.,l. cording f» ;-nH| ,. „„, Wr. 33 t ■ aii" , ,,-:."kT?„ that when the national 1 belief m, in Ui. ,ir l r i mammons wjl| |j|nM. ,.,,!,.„„„ ■ Oittee ll.eels "" "" s„ M,Ilfi,,,.n, . bllt th X . •tWTTTMOcratic leaders ■«» wi„ ,„. ,,;,,,,.,, The p .Apress the .,M-". „";. the most favored for the ,. a ttVand*« %£»"* thC «n «bllcans Vm ••,;,r;,thr.M," Peak ta «* Canadian Mount R"!,"1,-,"!,.!,;",! . M I «avell. as an ii m be r ii. -a R.-kk-s. w. MMiM-r. v f ,:.,,,,. , veil. eternal liioii.iioenl io i |||t. jeruians :l| 1 , Hie Knlish niirs* e. ui. i Brussels. control U-d by , 1 J-r croup I Suffragettes anvhow. th. tnl, ■Irs. Pankl.ursl " /Vhc beginning of the war ! instead of buu- Jd auuiu attack the B«veruwcat. | n ~ to i in I t to I li j t j . J J J • 1 * t t . porting it At a meeting in London Pavilion, Mrs Pankliurst said that they came to this decision last week and then only on account of the ■ general ineptitude of the cabinet, especially regarding Serbia, which they pledged themselves 52. The Zapatista general. San Roman, was killed , the battel of Augua Pricta. and Cenerals Orozco . and rovo wore wounded, according to a report the Carranza agency in Washington by General Calles Carranza commander at Agua Pricta. The leixirt said 380 dead were picked up on the battle field. notber favorite of Grand Admiral von Tirpilz has been retired fr-un the German navy, accord- | ing to advices received at Amsterdam from Ber- ; lii?. These report that Rear Admiral Capelle. di- rector of administration and one of the chief sup- ; iwirters of the Von Tirpitz submarine policy, has ; been placed on half pay. A dispatch from Rome says: The German min- ! ister at Bucharest has demanded that two Rus- ! sian torpedo ltonts at the Danubian port of Turnu- I Sovorii! be interned. The government has refused. I The refusal is considered recognition of Russias ! right to send an army to Bulgaria along the I Ihinube. F. W. Flint. Minneapolis correspondent of the Associati-d Press and I former Chicago newspaper man. died suddenly of heart trouble Thursday • night. He was r K years old and was night editor of the Chicago Intcr-Occun and later of the Chicago Record-Herald. Thomas A. Edison. Nikola Tesla and Theodore Svedborg probal.lv will lie awarded Nobel prizes this vear. according to the Co| onliogen correspond-ent of the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Berlin federal council has adopted a measure for the regulation or the consumption and price of milk and for the prices of swine and pork.
