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WAR FORTUNE SAVES KING PETER'S ROBES

Open Secret That Servian Ruler Was About to Abdicate His Throne.

BELGRADE, Dec. 28.—(Special Cable). —While all the Balkan royal houses have strengthened their hold upon their re- spective peoples by reason of the Turko- Balkan war, it has been the very salva- tion of the royal house of Karageorge- vitch.

It is an open secret here that King Peter was making preparations to resign until it became certain that war was inevitable.

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WHITNEY HOME SOLD FOR FIFTH AVE. TRADE

Fine House at Fifty-Seventh Street May Be Remodeled or Torn Down for Business Block.

WAS HELD AT $2,250,000

Price Was Under That—New Owner's Name Not Revealed, But Broker Says He Is an Investor.

The career of the famous Whitney mansion on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street as a