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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
T A'XXIV—
No. 272
MURDERER SHOT
DESPITE PLEAS
FOR CLEMENCY
Joseph Hillstrom Goes to Death
Regardless of President
Wilson's Bequest
FAC E S FIR l 5? G S Q U A D
Utah Governor Gels Message
Protecting That Man
Was Innocent
By Associated Press
Salt Lake City, U&»h, Nov. I&.
Joseph Hillstrorti, condemned ( mur
derer, whose case attracted attention
throughout the countrs' and prompted
the intercession of President Wilson,
the Swedish, minister to the United
States and the American Federation
of Labor, was put to death by a firing
squad in the State Prison here at 7.4J
a. m. to-day. His death \wts instan
taneous.
Nervous Collapse
Although self-possessed when be
faced his executioners, Hillstrom had
a sensational nervous collapse just
previously, he tied the door of his
• ell with strips torn from his blankets
and fought the guards fiercely with
the handle of a broom he had snatch
ed from an attendant in the corridor.
This outburst was unexpected. Hill
strom retired cafcnly last night. He
remained apparently in ' sleep until
eaiily this morning. About 4 o'clock
he arose and began to shake the cell
door, shrieking as if in a nightmare.
The noise reached the outside guards,
who turned in a general alarm. All
the prison officers rushed in. The
prison physician tried with suc
cess to quiet the man. It was de
cided not to interfere with him until
necessary and he was not disturbed
until the time arrived to take him to
the scene of the execution. When the
guards arrived for this purpose Hill
strom attacked them savagely with
the broom handle, which he had
broken in two. leaving a sharp point
on one piece.
Deputy Warden A C. Ure received
a slight wound in the arm from I-HH
strom's weapon. Hillstrom fought un
til Sheriff J. S. Corloss, for whom he
had previously manifested high re
gard, arrived and appealed to him.
"Can't Blame n Man"
"Joe, this is'all nonsense," said Cor
less "What do you mean. Voul
promised to die like a man."
Hillstrom hesitated a moment and!
then yielded. 'Well. I'm through,"]
he said, "but you can't blame a man
for fighting for his ijfe."
The blanket strips he had tied to
the door were then cut. he was blind
folded and let to the place of execution
supported by two guards. Fie asked i
whether any of his friends were in the
firing squad and .kept saying he was
innocent and would die like a man.
His voice was clear but low. He was
«»ulckly adjusted to the death chair
and the attendants drew aside.
Hillstrom's final words were "Fire,
let her go" uttered a moment before
the rifles cracked.
Hillstrom was convicted of the mur
der of John (5. Morrison, a grocer, and
his son Arllng. Under Utah law he
was allowed to choose between .shoot
ing and hanging.
Hfspl.e l>onlod
President Wilson twice appealed for
further respite for Hillstrom. ' The
President's second request, made yes
terday. was denied by Governor Spry,
as it was not based on any new facts.
Attorneys for Hillstrom immediately
isked the Governor to grant a ten
day respite. Members of the Pardon
Hoard held a hurried conference and
decided not to interfere with the exe
cution. It was reported at that time
that Hillstrom wes weak and showing
signs of breaking down under the
strain.
At 6 o'clock this morning Governor
Spry and the members of the Board
of Pardons received telegrams from
Seattle, Wash., saying that William
Kufcky, of that city, had sworn to affi
davits saying that he was with Hill
strom all of the night on which the
Morrison murders were committed
and that Hillstrom wag innocent. A
similar messuge, it was stated, had
been sent to President Wilson.
CAPTURE S,(MM) HKBBS
By Associated Press
Berlin, Nov. 19.—(8y Wireless to
Sayvllle)—The capture of 5,000 Ser
bians was announced by the War
Office to-day.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlabnrg «nd vicinity: Fair
■ nil raider to-night, with lowest
temperature about <0 degrees i
Saturday partly clondy and
colder.
For Kaater% Pennsylvania: Fair
to-night, except rain In nortb
ra*t portion, colder) Saturday
partly cloudy and colder) fresh
west winds.
River
The Susqnehsnaa river and Its prin
cipal branches will rise slightly
or remain nearly stationary. A
stage of about 3.W feet Is Indi
cated for Harriaburg Saturday
morning.
General Conditions
The storm that nai central over
Missouri, Thursday morning, has
moved northeastward with
greatly Increased energy. It now
covers practically all thr eastern
hslf of the country, escept Xew
Rngland. with Its center over
I.she Michigan. It baa cansed
rsln generally cast of the Mis
sissippi river, except In the !Vew
Knalmd States, amounts exceed
ing sn Inch octurrlnjc over the
lower portion of the I-ske Re
alon. In the Lower Ohio Vklley.
Temperature i 8 a. m„ U
Sun) Rises, fttßft m . la., sets, 4i4«
p. m.
Moon) Fall 'moan, November at,
I'.'iM p. m.
Riser Stage) 3.7 fee* above law
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, IS.
l.owest temperature, 27.
Mesa temperature, W. •
Normal temperature, 41.
HIGH GALES AND
RAINSTORM ALL
ALONG THE COAST
"Most Unusual Storm in Many
Years" Says Weather
Bureau
LITTLE DAMAGE HERE
Shipping Endangered and Tele
graphic Communications
Cut; Ship Aground
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SIOO,OOO Storm Loss
at Uniontown
l uioiitoun, Pa., Nov. I».—Prop
er l\ damage estimated in excess of
SIOO,OOO was ilone by a sixty-mile
Kale which swept Fayette county
last night and during the early
hours of to-day. Telegraph and
telephone lines were prostrated.
House.- were unroofed and barns
blown down. John Douglass was
killed at Blairsville.
*■ *
New York, Nov. 19. —High gales ac
companied by rains swept over New
Tork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
the New England States to-day, seri
ously interfering with telegraphic J
communication in many places and j
endangering slopping along the coast.
Conditions in these states, termed
"the most unusual in many years,'' by
the Weather Bureau, were created by
a heavy storm moving in a north
westerly direction up the coast, and
another storm of almost equal inten
sity moving east and slightly north
from the Ohio valley. The Weather
Bureau thought the two storms would
meet over the New England States or
the Great Lakeß.
_ As these two storms moved toward
New England a low pressure area ex
tending from Southern Pennsylvania
to Maine was created early to-day. At
New York city the wind at- 8 a. m.
had a velocity of between sixty and
sixty-five miles an hour. Similar heavy
winds were reported from various
points over the low pressure area.
Heavy gales raged over the Atlantic
from Jacksonville, Ela., to Eastport,
Maine, but storm warnings had been
displayed since late yesterday, and
with the exception of the Norwegian
bark Killena, which was driven
aground" near Brunswick." Oa„ it was
thought coastwise shipping had taken
refuge before the storm had reached
its maximum. One or two westbound
transatlantic liners were reported to
have encountered the gales off the
coast.
Heavy storm conditions were also
reported to prevail to-day over parts
of Illinois and Indiana, virtuallv all
of Ohio and well into Michigan. While
the rainfall at most points was com
paratively light, the velocity of tlio
wind was in ail cases high.
TAKE OFT' CREW
I .ewes, Del.. Nov. 19.—The crew of
the schooner P. A. Allen, which went
aground on the rocks of the Reedy
Island Jetty, were taken off the craft
by the tug Lizzie Crawford and will be
landed at Delaware City this after
noon. *
SEVERE GALE AT READING
tiy Associated .Press
Reading, Pa., Nov. 19. The gale
which swept through the Schuylkill
and Lebanon valleys early today was
the severest in some years. The wind
traveled at the rate of forty miles an
hour and over an Inch of rain fell.
Minor damage was done all along its
path. Many trees were blown down.
NO nA>I.\GE HERE
Ousts of wind accompanied by show
ers of rain early this morning did not
result In any serious damage in the
city or vicinity. The wind did not
exceed a velocity of twenty-flve mile*
an hour, while the rainfall was less
than half an inch. No property dam
age or traffic trouble was reported this
morning after the storm.
Crying Need For New High
School Finds Committee
Vhe crying need of a new High
school to accommodate the overflow
which Is taxing the present building
to the utmost, in becoming more and
more apparent, according to the com
mittee representing the Rotary Club,
composud of Professor E. J. Decevee,
chairman. C. C. Herman, the Rev. S.
Wintield Herman and John W. Phil
lips. This committee visited Central
High school on an investigation tour
yesterday, and are unanimous in their
opinion that the matter of the erec
tion of a new High school should he
taken before the people at. the earliest
opportunity.
MORE ELECTION ARRESTS
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh. Nov. 19.—Twenty more
election officers concerned in the
charges brought by the grand Jury
after its Investigation of last Septem
ber's primary election were arrested
this morning, and, like the twenty-five
taken to the office of District Attornev
Jackson last night, gave bail for a
hearing. It was said that no less than
nine election boards were directly in
volved in the city, while a number In
borough* and townsldns of Allegheny
county were to be proceeded against
later.
EXPLAINS KNIGHT MOTOR
At a meeting of the Engineers' So
ciety of Pennsylvania held In the so
ciety's home at Front and Chestnut
the Willys-Overland Automobile Com
streets last evening Henry H. Hower. of
pany, of Toledo, explained the rami
fications of the Knight type sleeve
valve motor before a large body of
members.
TO TOtTR WEATHER BUREAU
Members of the Ilarrlsburg Natural
History Association and others inter
ested In the work of the Weather
Bureau will b<j taken on a tour of In
spection through the weather depart
ment In the Post Office building to
morrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. Elton
Peterinan, assistant weather observer,
will conduct the lour.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1915.
r MOTHER AND DOCTOR WHO LET DEFECTIVE BABE DIE
v
¥ I
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Dr. H. J. Haiselden. chief of staff of the German-American Hospital, Chicago, who decided it would be best
for the child and best for society if he made no effort to save the life of the little malformed creature born to
Mrs. Anna Bollinger, who recently suffered an attack of typhoid fever. The mother concurred wholly in the doc
tor s belief. To-day the physician faces a medical jury of eminent Chicago doctors at au inquest in the case.
NEW PEST PUTS
UPPER PAXTON IN
HYSTERICAL STATE
These Atropos Divinatoria,
Said Not lo Disturb Humans,
L'atruc to Species
Residents of Upper Paxton town
ship, Dauphin county, were in a hys
terical state during the past two weeks
owing to the distcovery in the com
munity of a hitherto unknown insect.
The social and religious life of Inhabi
tants in and around Killlnger. have
been in an upheaval. For two weeks
the Methodist and Lutheran churches
and Granger's Hall at that place have
been closed owing to the. fear of the
'members that they would become In
fested.
The Insects were first observed in
the house of Samuel Weaver and since
the discovery this family has been
shunned by the entire neighborhood.
Feeling: deeply the charge that they
were responsible for the presence of
the pests in the neighborhood, Mr.
Weaver appealed to the State Depart
ment of Health. An officer of the
Department made an inspection and
secured various specimens which were
forwarded to the Academy of Natural
Science in Philadelphia for identifica
tion. Word was to-aay received by
[Commissioner of Health Dixon, that
it hey have been identified as the Atro
pos divinatoria of the family PSocidae,
commonly known as the book louse,
but in no relation other than in name
to the human parasite. They are said
not -to disturb human beings, but
Weaver apparently has some ideas to
I the contrary.
The samples of the lico were found
on the roof.
Harrisburg Woman Is
Nominated For Secretary
of Suffrage Association
I Philadelphia. Nov. 19.—The state
! convention of the Pennsylvania Woman
I Suffrage Association will be held In
j this city, November 30, when the new
names, presented by the nominating
I committee, covering every office in the
i association, will be voted upon. Miss
I Helen C. Clark, of Harrisburg. has
been nominated for the office of secre
tary. The other nominations are as
follows:
President, Mrs. George B. Orlady,
lof Huntingdon: first vice-president.
Mrs. John O. Miller, Pittsburgh; sec
ond vice-president, Miss M. Carey
Thomas, Hryn Mawr: third vice-presi
dent. Mrs. Li. T„. Smith, Strafford;
fourth vice-president. Mrs. E. E. Kier
nan, Somerset: fifth vice-president,
Mrs. James P. Rogers. Reading: -sixth
vice-president, Mrs. IT. H. Harvey,
Wilkes-Parte; treasurer, Mrs. P. F.
Allen. Willlamsport.
Police Suppress Rioting
at War Order Auto Plant
By .AssociateH Press
Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. IS.—Rioting
which was suppressed by police re
serves took place at the war order
auto body plant of Theodore Kundtz
to-day when a string of automobiles
loaded with sirtke-breakors rushed
through the strikers' picket lines into
the factory. Strike pickets say one
shot was fired at them from one of the
machines. Eight Hungarians were ar
rested for disorderly conduct. Police
say they stoned the strike-breakers'
automobiles. No one was injured. -
BRILLHANT GARRKN PARTY
CONCIiUDKS CORONATION
By Associated Press
KioKo. Nov. 19.—The members or
the government and the foreign en
voys to the coronation of Emperor
Toshlhlto departed for Toklo this
morning.
The concluding function of the
coronation here was a brilliant gar
den parly given bv the mayor of
Kioto. .
AUTOPSY UPON
BABYSUPPORTS
DOCTORS' VIEW
Malformations of Chicago In
fant Doomed II to Life
of Anguish
Chtrago, 111., Nov. 19.—The autopsy
over Baby Bollinger, the defective In
fant who died after his mother ani
the attending physician agreed not to
attempt to prolong lfe, was held late
yesterday by H. G. Reinhardt, coro
ner's physician, and W. D. McNally,
city chemist. Their conclusions are
said to have sustained previously ex
pressed beliefs that the infant was
doomed either to death or a life of
anguish and to have justified Dr. H. J.
Haiselden, who allowed the child to
die when an operation might have
saved its life.
I The inquest, before a jury of six
well-known physicians was continued
until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The inquest Is really a trial of Dr.
Haiselden by his professional peers.
Six' noted physicians took their places
In the jury box yesterday and listened
to the testimony of Dr. Reinhardt, the
coroner's physician. At the jurymen's
request an autopsy was performed un
der their eyes. Dr. Reinhurflt said
after he had given his testimony that
he had made discoveries.
Case Worw Than Supposed
"Wo found the child was eVen more
defective than Dr. Haiselden had
said," announced Dr. Reinhardt.
The men sitting on the jury were
Dr. John F. Godlen, surgeon at Mercy
Hospital, sent as substitute for Dr.
John B. Murphy; Dr. Arthur Rankni,
professor ,of anatomy at Ix>yola Uni
versity: Dr. Howard Cnislett, dean of
[the Hahnemann Medical College; Dr.
I». A. K. Steel, denn of physiology at
the College of I'hysir lans and Surgeons
of the University of Illinois; Dr. Henry
F. Lewis, obstetrician of Cook County
Hospital, and Dr. LaUdwtg Hektoen.
professor of pathology in Ihe Rush
| Medical College of the University of
| Chicago. •
When the result of the autopsy per
formed by Dr. Reinhardt was read to
the jury it revealed that the Bollinger
Infant had coine into the world Buf
fering the following malformations
and defects:
There was paralysis on the left side
from head to foot. On the right side
the outer ear was formed, but it lacked
the drum, and the child wouid have
been deaf. There was no ear on tho
left side. On Mie right side there was
no neck, the skin growing from the
cheek to the shoulderblade. There
were curvature of the spine and
hemorrhage of the spinal canal.
Of tho last trouble—hemorrhage of
the spine—a score of pliyeicians said
it would have caused complete paraly
sis and would have resulted in death
even had there been no other trouble.
Four Women Overcome
by Gas Fumes in Church
Four women from Camp Hill and
Washington Heights narrowly escaped
being overcome by gas this morning
while preparing for the annual bazaar
and chicken supper given by the Trin
ity Lutheran Church, of Camp Hill
They were: Mrs. Charles H. Rlshop,
of Washington Heights; Mrs. U. G. Frv,
Mrs. Robert llaldetnun and Mrs. W. 11.
Kendall, of Camp Hill.
A number of tlie women were making
preparations for the bazaar whioh will
be held this evenlr.g In the Camp Hill
tire engine house. They were working
in the basement at the time, and did
not notiee the strong odor of gas which
was escaping from a leak in the pipes
Soon the four women became sick, and
dlzey, and the other who were busy at
the time thought they were suffering
from an attack of acut<* indigestion
UI V, C " ! 2? ton ' ot c ' a ™P "fil wa*
called in. The women soon regained
full consciousness after tliev were
taken upstairs liv the fresh alar.
GIRL MISSING
Emma McElhenney. 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. McElhen
ney. of Etlhaut, is missing from her.
home. The girl told her father Tues
day morning that she was going to
Harrisburg to visit friends. Tho Harris
burg and Steelton police departments
have been .notified to be on the look
out for the girl.
BIG NEW REALTY
DEVELOPMENT ON
THE WEST SHORE
Big Farm of McCormick Estate
Marked Out Into
Building Lots
Another big real estate development
is promised for the West Shore.
According to an announcement made
this morning by Donald McCormic*.
president of the Dauphin Deposit
Trust Company, the completion of the
engineers' work a few days ago mark
ed the passing of one of the big farms
of the James McCormick estate.
The farm, which contains 100 acres
of ground, Is located just south of the
border of Lemoyne and extends south
ward, on both sides of the New Cum
berland car line, for a distance of
1,000 feet. The tract, has been cut up
into lialf-acrrf building plots by the
engineers and will bo sold. Each lot,
on each side of the car track, will
have a frontage of about 100 feet.
New streets have been laid out on the
tract and on these, too, many of the
lots will face. The plot extends from
a point close to the river to a line
800 feet west of the car line.
The passing of this farm will bring
New Cumberland and Lemoyne closer
together and when the new tract is
built up there will 'be only one farm
which will separate Lemoyne from the
northern end of Elkwood, which ad
joins New Cumberanld. There are.
similar conditions existing at a num
ber of other points along the West
Shore and with the passing of a few
more years of continued progress,
there appears to be a likelihood of the
West Shore becoming one great town.
Continuous construction of new
homes in the vicinity of Washington
Heights has practically joined that
community to Between
Washington Heights and Camp Hill
Is a very short distance, and accord
ing to plans it will not he long be
fore farms in that section will he cut
up Into lots for building purposes.
Submarine Shells Ship
After it Stops While
Crew Jeers at Victims
Naples, Nov. I®, 10.10 P. M.— (De
luyod In Transmission).
The official re|>ort of the investiga
tion into tlic sinking of the Italian
steamship Anconu by a submarine off
the Tuuisiau coast on November 7,
was sent to Thomas Nelson Page, the
American ambassador at Rome to
night. Tlie investigation reached the
conclusion that the submarine tired
a shell against the wireless apparatus
aboard the Ancona without any warn
ing. The captain brought the vessel
immediately to a halt.
Tlte submarine Itavlng hoisted the
Austrian flag the investigators found,
the Anconu jcas about to hoist the
Italian ensign, but the flag reached
only halfway up the mast when the
submarine launched a torpedo which
struck the steamer amJd«iips.
The captain of the Ancona, the ac
count y says ordored the lifeboats low
ered but while tlds was being done
the submarine continued llriug against
tlte steamer's boats. Some of the boats
were pierced by sluils obliging the
survivors to use their clothe* to stop
ap the holes. In the meanwhile, ft
is alleged, those on l>oard the sub
marine jeered at their victims.
Kill Every Tenth Indian
When Troops Refuse to
March on Sacred City
Berlin. Nov. l» (by wireless to Sa.v
ville). —The British advance against
Hacdml has l>een checked south of
Knt. in Mesopotamia, hy a mutirfy of
Indian troops. WIKI refused to inareh
farther a«ain*t Bagdad because of the
presence in llmt city of objects sacred
lo theft rcllgkm, according to n Frank
fiirtlier XeltuiiK' dispatch from Con
stantinople. the Overseas News Agency
says.
"The British executed every tenth
Indian soldier of several battalions," ;
the rilspateh says, "but the Indians 1
openly refused to march aKainst Snl- l
man l*ak and Ranlail. where several !
tioly images arc burled."
STRONG PLEA FOR
PROTECTION MADE
BY A. S. KREIDER
i
Urges Tariff Commission to
Provide Correct Tariff
Information
DECRIES "N E W S T Y L E S"
Says "the Latest" is Demanded 1
in Shoes Just as in
Women's Hals
Before the Boston Boot and Shoe
Club, last evening Congressman Aaron
S. Kreider, of this legislative district,
made a strong plea for a protective
tariff and decried the efforts of certain
shoe dealers to manufacture "latest
styles" In order to make business. Mr.
Kreider is president of the National
I Boot, and Shoe Manufacturers' Asso
: elation.
| "To those of you who are making
shoes," he said, "and 1 may add, sell-!
ing them, I can perhaps best express
my feelings when I say 'you have my
sympathy'; not because of lack of vol
ume of business, but rather because
(Continued on Page 21.
Woman Novelist Takes
Poison When Judgment
Is Pronounced by Court
By Associated Press
London, Nov. 19.—"My lord, I told
you you were trying a woman for her
life: 1 have taken enough poison to
kill five people." was the dramatic ex
clamation made by the well-known
novelist, Miss Annesley Kenealy, as she
threw upon the floor a bottle the con
tents of which she had just swallowed
on hearing the court pronounce judg
ment against her. *
Miss Keneaiy immediately collapsed
and was carried to the emergency
ward of the courthouse. she was
removed to the hospital, where the
doctors believe she has a chance to re
cover. Her suit, which has been be
fore the court for some days, was a
claim for damages against a whole
sale book distributing firm for alleged
false and malicious statements de
famatory of her book.
FIRE DOWN" TOWN CAUSES EXCITEMENT
Fire in an awning at the Central iiuok Store this after
noon created much excitement for a short 1 ne. It
caused by a lighted cigar thrown from an upstairs wlndcrtr
and was easily extinguished. All the central companies
answered the alarm which was from box 2Z I, Fourth and
Market- '
SAYS v STATUE IS WORTH $30,000
Charles Henry Hart, famous art critic, this afternoon
told the Dauphin county court in the $*25,000 assumpsit euit
of the artist, Guiseppe Donato, against M. S. Hershey, the
"Chocolate King," for the "Dance of Eternal' Spring" foun
tain, tha't "such a work of art" could not be produced for les**
than $30,000.
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Halifax, Pa., Nov. 19—Last night Mrs. George Wil
bert,
township, near here, he is survived by her husband fcnd
five children. Jr* ■ a .
fx --f *■
Saloniki, Nov. 18, via Paris, Nov. 19, 4 P.,.M. —Fiejd
Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British Secretary of War, to
day conferred with General Sarrail, commander-in-chief, toi
the French army of the Orient, and left immediately with
out debarking.
Lewes, Del., Nov. 19.—Although the storm
coast is severe no casualties have been reported in the vicin
ity of the Delaware capes. The observer at Reedy Isifcnc
reports that a schooner, believed to be the
F. A. Allen from Philadelphia to Calais Me., is agrouitd on
the rocks of ttye jetty and in a bad position. A number of
small craft sank in the vicinity of Fort Delaware.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 19.—Anthony Adams, Aged
nine >ears, shot himself in the hcSad a' his home here to
day and died a half hour later. He was imitating a char
acter he had seen recently in a motion picture. The body
of the boy was accidentally found by the mother fifteen
minutes after the shooting. The child was shot in the tack
about a month ago while he and his brother were "actrfcg"
in the yard in the rear of their home. •
MARRIAGE LICENSES
! /f ' -M 1
lfl«rr,r C. *rhoff*<All and 1,1117 ft. Wflkrr, V\ Iroalire (onmhlp.
24 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
ENTENTE WANTS
TO DRAW CHINA
IN WITH IT TO
" INSURE PEACE"
Great Britain, France and
Russia Have United in Sig
nificent Move, Which Is
Said to Be Designed "to
Prevent Friction in Far
East" Military Participa
tion in Present War Is Not
Expected
SERBIANS PREPARING TO
FALL BACK TO MONASTIR
80,000 Bulgarians Are Now
Driving Back Inferior
Force; Italians Pressing
Their Campaign Against
Gorizia With Renewed
Vigor While Austrians Are
Binging Up Heavy Rein
forcements
Washington, I). C., No*. I*.—Great
Britain. Pram* and Russia, have united
in an effort to add China to the entente
alliance in order to prevent possible
friction In the future between Japan
and China ami to preserve the peace of
the Far East. If China agrees to the
plan, military participation in the
present war is not expected.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 19.—Ne
gotiations thus far are in a conversa
tional stage at. Peking, with no indi
cations as to China's attitude. Al
though the United States is being kept,
informed. Its diplomatic representa
(Continued on I'agc 23.)