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Law eaking to jtytoview clo.e Floor- and in- 9th, will line for for their 3 yea.rs oques and ight color fellows. Sailors same a• goe• for Boy a. CoMPANY ? Broadway at 34th St. F~Ave. at41at St. SIXTEEN PAGES Ridge in Carpat~ians TEUTONIC ·ARMIES DRIVE l(ackensen's Forces Moving Concert Toward Bucharest-~evere Battle, Northwest of Monast.lr - S.:rvian Troops Capture Height. P&'l'ROGRAD,, Novem)Jer 29, via London, %:10 ·P. M.-Russian troops advancing against the Teutqnio lines east and south· of Klrlibaba, in the southern Carpathians, and taken 711 prisoners, the War Office an11ounced to-day, The statement re- garding fighting in this quarter says: \In .the wooded Carpathians our de- tachments gained possession of a height 10ix versts west of Vorokhta and took prisoner two officers and 98 men. In the region ot Wakarka we have taken pos- session o! a b!:I ten versts southwest of this point and captured prisoners. \Front of Archduke Joseph: wooded Carpathians and on the eastern frontier of Transylvania the Russians yesterday launched attacks at many points against the German and Au•tro- H ungarlan llnes. They sutl'ered defeat. Minor local advantajl'es were paid for In nanguinary sacrifkes. \The Infantry of Gen. von Falken- hayn's army is victoriously advancing along the entire Wallachian front, the defeated army Is retreating eastward In dillord<'r. \Front of l\ield Marshal von lv!aclten- \en: The movements of the DanulJe army correspond with those of the forces ope~ & tlng further north. \In Dobrudja the.·e .has been only mi- nor fighting activity.\ 'l'o-day's official statement regarding cperat!ons on •the Russian front says sim- ply: \Nothing of Importance has occur- red,\ lli'O!IARF.~T REPORTS I'<TE:<S!t 'BOMBARD· MEN'l'S. BI:CHAREST, November ~9. via London, 4:16 P. M.-An oflicial statement issued to-(!ay by the Rumanian War Depart- Georgietta'a Passengers and Crew Ar- rive at Baltimore on the Norwe- gian Steamer :Borghild. BAWIMOI<E, November 29.-The Nor- weglan steamer· Borghild, which arrived at Quarantine to-day from Oran, Algiers, brought 72 shipwrecked persons from the American schooner Georgletta. whlrh sailed from .New Bedford, Mass., Novem- ber 12, for th~ Cape Verde Islands. Among them were two small children whose mother had <lied on the voyage. The Borghild, which bad lost part of her :!'ore- topmast, was detained at Quarantine for fumigation. The Borghild came up to the Georgielta about 6 A. M. last Saturday, 240 miles Ntat of Bermuda. 'rhe schooner was dis- masted and her decks were awash. The 66 passengers and 16 members d! the crew were all safely talcen aboard the Borghlld, but not until after an aU-day struggle With a heavy sea by the life- boat crew o! the steamer.- Most ot· tiw passengers and crew ot the Georgietta are Portuguese, ~...,_-~~ Glass :Panels in Three Places Broken -Trail ot Cigiirettes Acrou City Hail Park. A new method of robbing the stol'es ot the United Cigar Stores Company and A. Schulte W~s brought to the attention ot the police early to-day, wliep Washington Cormpomlenl of the E~ening POJl Has Gone to Mexico for this Newspaper BY RESERVE BOARD CAUTION. tomet:s of U. S, that 'fhey Can Reas- onably Expect Accommodation in Methods of Payment-Some Criti- cism of Issues of Treasury Billa. I.oNDON, Ncrvember 29.-Flnanchtl clr- eles In London were surprised by the warning sent out by. the American Fed- Prominent financiers de- dined to rom men t on the warning, at least until thoy had given it further consideration. 'I'ha general feeling among· business men bere is that the Entente Allie• are such good oustomers or the United States t?at they can reasonably expect all pos- Sible accommodation in methods or pay- ment, and also that Great Britain's flnan-· cial standing remains so high that all classes ot Government securities should be accepted In America, even under the present circumstances,· abol!t as readily as Ameiican securities would be taken here. Man7 Shfpil Kept from Active Fleet, Sa)'• Admiral B~naou. WABHINGTQN, November 29.-Ba.ttle et- ftOlency o! the Atlantic fleet, Admiral told 1\lo•t 'Inten1e EDit of Gorlzla. ROME, November 29, via London.-\On the whole front there were tlie usual ar- tillery actions, which became particularly intense In the area east or Gorizia. not- withstanding persistent blid weather;' says to-day's report from the War Of- flee. \On the Ca:rso the work or consoli- dation Is being prosecuted ~'igorously. An etrectlve barrMe fire and the avtlvitles of t·aldlng forMs impeded the enemy in his linea.\ Vice-Admiral Becomes Commander of, Britiah Fleet, J ellic,oe First Sea Lord of Admiralty. LoNDON, November 29.-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, commander of the British fleet to-day was appointed First Sea Lo1·d ()f the Admiralty, being 8UC- ceeded In command ot the Grand Fleet by Vico-Admh·al Sir David Beatty, who commanded the B•itisb battle-cruise!' squadron in the Jutland naval battle. Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, the present First Sea Lord, has been ap~ pointed president or the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, 'l'he announcement or the change in command of th~ British Grand Fleet was made 1 his afternoon in the House or Commons by A. J. BalfoUI', First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Balfour said there would be consequential <\hanges also In the Board of the Admiralty. The decision involving the appomt- ments of Admirals Jelllcoe, Beatty, and Jackson was taken some time ago, Mr. Balfour said, but tor military reasons the announcement was delayed. In being appointed First Sea Lord, Admiral J elllcoe succeeds Admiral Sir Hepry Bradwardine Jackson, who had held that post. at the Admiralty since May, 1915, when he took the place va- catecl by Lord Fisher. \There is a 8emi-panic to-day in the wholesale markets among dealers In tur- key~. chickens, geese, and ducks. The Western shippers have been looking for high prices in this city. They have ship-· ped large quantities or turkeys trom Texas, eXPecting them to be gobble4 up In the customary Thanksgiving fasjiion by the easy New Yorker. \But they tlnd they are not selling the birds. They are taking - ordera only which the customers have given the re- tailers. 'l hey find their stock on their hands, In cold storage, and on their stalls. The retnllers are teellng that It the public were to pay the high prices they would establish a precedent which would mean the same high prices at Christmas and New Year.\ MAIL EARLY, SAYS :BURLESON. Po•tm••ter-General 'l'ake1 Step• to Hurry Chrl•t••• Parcttl•. WASHINGTON, November 29.-E:xpectlng heavier Christmas malls than ever be. -· - Not Likely to Cause Serious ComplicatiQn Vessel Is Said to Have Carried\ Con- traband of War-Reported Insult to the Flag Doubted in Some Q.uarters-Came from Paris-Pro- cedure in Othel;' Cases lteferred to in O:fl!,cial and Shipping Circles as That Likely to Be Taken on Lat- est Submarine Boat Activity-At- titude of Germany. IJesplte repeated contrary, thei'e Is many- has shown voluntatlly and without pressure being applied at Berlin 1 only the liveliest d<!sire to maintain good rela- No Lou of Llfe--Crew Glven Time to Leave Slllp, WASHINGTON, November 29.-Latest dlspatche' to the State Department say steamer Chemung on November 2G oft. Cape Gata, Spain, flew the Austrian flag, and that the steamer was destroyed by shell fire as well as torpedo. They re- peat that there was no loss or life, and thl!-t _ the cre-;y had opportunity to leave the ship. Mass.. Nov.,mber Notices wor.e posted in the factories of the United fltates Envelope Company to- day announcing an \emnrgency bonus\ to emploY.ees of 10 p<'!r cent. 'l'he tao- SIXTEEN MI'>XI<'O C'tn, Novcmbel' port that General 'l't·cvlno has -e~ra(l\lateclj Chihuahua is disct·edltcd l:)ere, Awards for Building Submersibles Divided Among Electric, Lake and California Companies. Crown Council Support. .Go1rerJnm11nt I in Oppoainr Alii~•, Dell\andi'- Venizeliah in Athen• Anxioua. Thanksgiving and Charity The special ·attention of readers of Tlic Eoening Po$l is called to the announce~ ments on Page 6 in to· day's issue. Charitable thou~hb and· deeds timely. Ol'Y and Crown •, Vienna· for FunelraJ.-.lhoeiidenf;-:At..i:.:'' tends Mass