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MEXICO'
CAN
RGEONS
LLED
H CABINET !
1 GREECE IS
FORCED OUT
!
Venizelos Forces Issue at
Athens by Vote of Confi
dence in Zaimis Cabinet
Which Fails of Passage by
Vote of 114 to 147.
MINISTRY RESIGNS AS
RESULT OF THIS ACTION
Parliament's Course Believed!
to Indicate Greece Will Join
AHies in Balkan Campaign j
Against Bulgaria if Not
Against Germans.
Cabinet ,Uphaavftl Resulting1
From War.
The French cabinet, under
Vlviani, resigned and was re
pfacer! by a new cabinet under
Hriand.
The tireek cabinet under Ven
l.e'os was forced out and
Z.iimis' cabinet icplaced them.
ToUay ttie Xainil.s ciliinct unit
when the deplities gave a vote
of lack of c onHdence.
Sir Kdvvard "'arson milt 'he
Kngllun "'iihinrl. Other mem
bers previously shifted about or
went out, forming a coalition
ministry. -
Secretary of State
United Stales, resigned
Chief of S'taff von
Germany, res-lRned.
Mryan,
Moltke,
' rnnd Luike Nicholas
sin, commanding main
of Rus
nrniies. ousted iv
Cam asns.
czar, and sent
to
t-'t)jti(lt
Paris, Nov. 4. (I. JS. S.) King: Con
stantino has assured the French min
ister at Athens that O-rejpce possibly
may abandon Its neutrality in favor
of the allies In event a, decisive oheck
is administered to the Teutons and
Bulgarians in Serbia or If Roumania
Intervenes on the side of the entente
powers.
Dispatches to this effect were re
selved here today from Athens.
Athens. Nov. I.- d'. JM- Premier
ZhIiiiIk formally handi l his resigna
tion to King Constantino this after
noon when parliament reassembled.
There was a wild demonstration in
favor of Venizelos, who will undoubt
edly succeed Zaimis.
Athens, Nov. 4. (U. P i-The 'Jrcek
parliament today cast a vote of lack
of confidence in the cabinet. This
failure to place the nation's indorse
ment upon Premier Zaimis' ministers
was followed by thelt resignation.
The Incident which caused the rlsfg
was a controversy between a pro-Veni-zelos
deputy and Zalmls's war minister,
Yanakltsas. eiilzctus Intel posed with
the proposal of a test of streng ' h.
Ills formal resignation. Zaimis stat
ed, will be In the king's hands today.
The- overthrow of the Zaimis cabinet,
after less than n month's service, was
interpreted by many as meaning that
(Concluded on Hfiei-u. Oilman onei
H, U, Mudga Heads
Rio Grande Road
Appointed hy Board of Directors To
day; Kinffdon Gould, Vice President,
and E. T. Jcffery, Chairman.
New York, Nov. 4. (U. P.)--FI. U.
Mudge, now operating head of the
Rock island, will be chief operating
officer of the Denver & RIo Grande;
KingdoTi Gould will be vice president
and E. T. Jtffery chairman of the
hoard of directors, ' It was announced
here today following a meeting of
the directorate. It had been reported
Mudge would lie president.
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The above Want Ads can be
found, under their respective
headings, on pages 15 . and 16.
FORCES RIVAL GREEK
LEADER OUT OF OFFICE
Former Premier Venizelos.
German Steamer
Gedania Torpedoed
Tate of Victim! of British Diver in
Baltic Unknown British Boat Sunk
by Germans in North Se.
t'openliasi n. Nov. 4. N. S.) The
German steamer Ged; a, registering
1177 tons, lias been iur,u-doed by a
Hritish submarine in the Baltic sea.
according to advices received here to
day. The 'u,c of the crew 13 not
know n.
Crew of Steamer Saved.
M bldleshnruugh, Kriglanri, Nov. 4.
(I. N. -S.) The British steamship
Kriargate, registering tons, has
been torpedoed by a German- subma
rine in tue North sea. The crew was
saved.
Kovno Commander
Is Sent to Prison
General Oritorief, Who Had Chargre of
Russian F. rt, Surrendered Though
He Had Plenty of Ammunition.
Moscow, Nov. 4 ( T. N. f.) General
Grlforief, who commanded the Rus
sian forces at Kovno, today was sen
tenced hv courtmartial to 15 years' im
prisonment. Griforief surrendered the fortress In
the Gentians after a short siege, al
though he had sufficient ammunition
and provisions t hold out for weeks.
Miss Gale Graham
Not on Santa Clara
Miss Gale Graham or l-onianu
thought to have been a passenger on "., .u .
the 111 fated steamer Santa Clara at proclaimed the town the capital of
the time of the Marshfleld disastr lexlco.
settled all doubts this afternoon by. Apparently Villa has definitely
appearing at the North Pacific Steam- ' , ' .. , , nr
ship company's offices and purchav : abandoned his attempted capture of
ing a ticket for Coos Bay on the ' Agua Prieta.
steamer F. II. Kilburn Miss Graham I .
was supposed to have bought a ticket j Washington, Nov. 4. (C. P.) Trlb
on the dock, for the Santa Clara. ' ute to tlle bravery and tenacity of the
Reports received from MarshfleM RnJ suffering Vil-
todav indicate that Mrs. P. Cull .-n. 3
housekeeper for Rev. Father J. II. ' "sta forces repulsed before Agua
fllaek of St. Francis church, died of I'rieta, was iiald in Gential Funston's
heart failure a she was being put oIflL,ial ,e,,ort to the war department
in r lifeboat. . . . , . , , , .
The local offices of the North Pad- ' today, dated last night,
fic Steamship company were advlsel The reiort follows:
by Agent A. P. F'nott today that all i -The whereabouts of General Vill i
perishable cargo on the Santa Clara
is ruined but there Is gome , chanco
of salvaging canned goods and ar-
tb-les not of a perishable nature.
Aberdeen Reservoir
Pq Tl Tl fif rSP TTPfl i chasing food, while an oflicer i-ast of
VCLJLLllVJb UC U uCU Naco reports seeing about 4000 en-
j camped across the boundary from Os
Aberdeen, Wash., Nov. 4. The new i borne ,
city reservoir, which cost $fiO.OJlO. has Villas Men Suffer,
been sunk on a piece of filled land , "Villa's force consists of about 12.
whlch forms part of the basin and It : 000 men, 36 guns and an unknown
cannot be filled although new pumps ! number of machine guns. His men
were installed for this purpose and j suffered terribly during operations
were to be tested today. Before the here from thirst and hunger Cut their
reservoir was completed engineers ' spirit is shown by the fact that less
from out of the city visiting here gave tnan a dozen deserted to our side,
it as their private opinion that the Women, children and camp followers
reservoir would not stand water pres- usually found with a Mexican force
j;Urc. , were left at Casas Grandes. He has
I nothing but fighting njen with him."
BRITISH CABINET MEETS
t ni,,lnn Vov 4 (T V SI A- im
portant meeting of the cabinet was in
progress here today. Attorney General
Smith, who recently succeeded Sir Ed -
ward Carson as a cabinet office'', was
in attendance for the first" time
Serbs Admit Retreat.
Paris, Nov. 4 (I. N. S.) Retreat of
Serbian forces near Kragujevatz be
fore heavy forces of the enemy was an
nounced today by the Serbian legation
here. The statement said the Serbs
had made good their retirement to new
positions. The Bulgars attacked in the"!
lower Morava valley without result.
The Serb left wing was admitted to
hive, retired under heavy pressure.
Worthy to Be Emperor.
Peking, Nov. 4. (I. N.-S.) A son
was born today to President Tuan
Shai Kal He already was the fattier
of 16 boys and IS girls.
LATE BULLETINS
Allejrt'il Smugglers Taken.
After a four mile chase in an automo- ' ,JC' """ i " "c
i ii i .,,.t- T'.,r. 1 Patriate cit zens because they hac
bile, Customs Inspector . P. '-v8ns : rMlprvp
today captured near the International J a
boundary line five Mexicans and 55 i .
fi-e-tael tins of opium. The men were ! Wont Summon Reichstag,
brought to San Dlexo and Judged lu Amsterdam, Nov. 4. (I. N. S.)
jail. ' Ciian-eIlor von Bethmanri-Holl weK to-
The arrest by Kvans Ik one of the! day declined to .summon the Reichstag
mo!t daring deeds in smtiggling annals. to discuss the lood question in Ger
along the border, according to Ms many.
brother officers. He was alone in his
automobile when he eaw the automo
bile containing the five suspectf-; but
he succeeded in driving alongside of
the fleelnff oa r covering the men with
his revolver and forcing them to stop.
They gave their names as J. M. linn ia,
San DieRO; Roslnclo l.ugris, San I'edro;
1'". Basnuez, K. C.omez and M Garcia
of San Francisco.
Alleged Plotters Arrct;l.
New York, Nov. i. -M'. I'. ) - More
than a dozen arrc-its in ennnection
wltb tli'- 'V.nliert. Kay bomb plot and
other anti-alien activities along the
waterfront have been made in the last
12 ho.irs in the hope of t.rlngfng in
someone who would turn state's evi
dence. Their alleged activities sought
In many ways to cripple war supplies
for the allies, and It is said that rob
bery of allied machinery parts was one
of the gang's methods.
American Note Arrives.
Washington. Nov. 4. f. R i The
American note protesting against Brit
ish interference with American com
merce arrived in london last night
and will be delivered tomorrow. The
state department .-iid it expected the
note will be made public here Monday.
Knjilish Kleetion Opposed.
London, Nov. 4. ( I. N. S. )
Mariniuis I.ansdowno, Britisli minister-
without a portfolio, today an
nounced" in tile bouse of lords that,
the cabinet would oppose vigorously
any attempt at elections until the
end of the war.
To Recognize Carranza.
London, Nov. 4 (I. N. S.) Great
Britain will follow the lead of the
T'nlted States anil recognize General
''arranza's government in Mexico, ac
cording to the London Times.
British Charge Incrimination.
Washington, Now 4. ( 1. N. S.
Three British officers re "t'v con
victed in San Francisco of violating
America's neutrality laws by securing
re ruits for Great Britain's artryWWJtn C-4, was killed on the railroad
appealed their cases to the t'mteJ
FUNSTON PAYS VILLA
AND HIS SOLDIERS A
IRil
American General Command
ing on Border Tells of Gal
lantry Under Hardships,
Naco, Ariz., Nov. 4. (1. N. S.I
:.. mi villa with a nortion of hi-
, ,.., ani.
; an(j nls nia:ij force tonight is unknown
There are persistent rumors that he.
! has fled to Cabullena. is miles south
of here, where there is ample water,
and that he is recuperating his men
in order to return to the attack, bet
' u small detachment of his force with
. aonm unpnnta reitehwl Viii n niwl i sj lilir-
Funston told, too, of deliberate firing
of the Carranzistas upon a customs of
ficer. Major Hay, and other officers
land a detachment of the Ninth Lav-
ialrj-
! Customs Officers Fired On.
I "Yesterday while Major Hay and
ether officers were 200 yards north
ot the boundary and U00 yards from
the east flank of CaJlies' trenches," and
the report, "yiey were deliberately
fired upon from them and nearly hit.
Also yesterday a detachment of Ninth
Cavalry, 1200 yards in front of the
west flank of Calles" trenches, and at
least 200 yards north of the boundary,
waa fired upon there first by machine
guns and then six times by artillery.
"Further, this afternoon a customs
inspector at the same point was fired
upon. Representations have been made
t) Calles and he has expressed regret
and given necessary assurances. '
Kxplainlng his failure to fire across
the boundary In keeping with author
ity from Washington to do so if bul-
BUTE FOR COURAGE
(Concluded on Page Three, Column One)
Matps supreme court on tiie RrounO of
disi rlmination. They contended tliat
Serbian Women Fight.
London, Nov. 4. (I. N. S. Thou
sands of women, between the ages of
1 i and 65 years are fighting In the
Serbian army, according to T. I. Sveto
zar Gregitch, Serbian state physician,
who arrived- here today.
Dutch Pick I'p Submarine.
Amsterdam. Nov. 1. (I. N. S.)
I'titeh warships today were reported
having a drsahjed German submarine
in tow.
The diva-r will be brought to port
and held pending decision as to its
deposition.
Plead for Kefugee.
Paris, Nov. 4. - i I'. '. I The Serbian
legation today made nn appeal for Serb
refugees, who arrived in Greore nearly
naked and in a miserable condition,
"fleeing before the invasion of n piti
less enemy, aiming to exterminate the
entire nation."
Amnesty for Villistas.
Washington. Nov. 4. (I. N. S.I
The Carranzista agency today an
nounced that General Obregon had
promulgated an order granting am
nesty to all Villistas up fb and incit
ing captains, and that many were ac
cepting the offer.
Tj Hurry Roumania.
Tondon. Nov. 4. i I. N. S Gov
ernment officials today predicted that
Ihe Greek cabinet crisis would hurry
Houmania's deliberations regarding in
tervention on the side of the entente
powers to a climax. Definite decision
accordingly is expected shortly.
Bolovas Is Occupied.
Sofia, Nov. 4. 1 1. N. S.) Offie'al
announcement that the Bulgarian
fortes have occupied Bolovas was
made here today.
Killed at Panama.-
Washington, Nov. 4. (I.N
S.i
Calvin Bollrath,
a gurmer's mate on
at Colon, Panama today.
L
AFTER 40 DAY
E
AT
Berlin Reports Great Battle
Raging for Possession of
Russian City,
Berlin, Nov. 4. (I. N. S. 1 Terrific
fighting whic h may settle the fate of
Dvinsk. the object of Von Hindenburg's
40 days' drive, was reported today hy
the 1-lerlln general naff to be raging
with great violence.
Von Hindenburg's howitzers drove
the Russians from Mikulischki and the
Germans at once took the offensive.
They met the Russians In full attack
and a great battle developed before
Dvinsk and Garbunovka.
The staff statement asserts the
Germans have reoccupied Mikulischki.
It continues:
"Russian attacks on Czartoursk and
Ko hocka-Vola failed. In the battle
we captured five officers and 1117 men
with 11 machine guns.
"We stormed and captured 800 vards
of French trenches to the northward
of Massiges, capturing one major, two
I other officers and 25 men. All the oth-
ers in the trenches were killed."
The German official statement as
serted that General Boyadjieff's Bul
garian army had captured Kalasat,
only six miles to the northeast of Nsjsh,
and that the Serb capital was serious
ly menaced. Northward of Kraljevo
the Germans captured t50 Serbs.
respite heavy resistance the Teuton
forces are advancing or. both sides of
the Kolenik district to the eastward
of the Zacuka-Jagodina line. To the
cast of the Morava river the Serbs are
in full retreat.
Russians Claim Success.
Petrograd, Nov. 4. (I. N. S.) The
Russians have rolled back Marshal
von Hindenburg 15 miles in the
Dvinsk sector, according to official
announcement here today. Russian
reinforcements have arrived north of
Dvinsk and It is now believed that
Riga and Dvinsk are safe.
Government officials insist that
the Germans, despite their superiority
In the matter of artillery and ammu
nition, will never capture either
(Concluded on Page Five, Colunm Two.)
KING'S REST DISTURBED
London, Nov. 4. (I. N. S.) The fol
lowing bulletin regarding the condition
of King'George of England was issued
here today:
"King George had a disturbed night.
He is better this morning. His majesty
can now move with less discomfort."
Atlantic Is Storm Swept.
i. N'ew York. Nov. 4 (Lr. P.) The At
lantic coast from Delaware Breakwater
to Nantucket, was lashed by a strong
windstorm this afternoon, and marine
men feared the morrow would show the
I first f the winter's toll of shipping.
GENERA
HINDENBURG
V
ARRIVES
DVINSK
AMERICANS ARE
KILLED HELPING
VILLA
Two American Physicians
and Two Chauffeurs Are
Struck by Shell Fired by
Carranzistas.
DOCTORS THIGPEN AND
MILLER FROM CANANEA
Villa Reaches Naco and Says
He Has Not Given Up
Hope of Taking Prreta.
Naco, Ariz.. Nov. 4. (!'. P. (Bring
ing word of the killing of four Amer
icans by a Carranza shrapnel shell,
while they were aiding the Villista
wounded at the battle of Agua Prieta,
General Francesco Villa, riding a mule,
entered Naco, Sunora, today in the
midst of his defeated for-:e.
The dead Americans are Doctors Mil
ler and Thigpen of Cananea. and Chauf
feurs Nat Wilson and Joe Pylant of
Naco.
According to Villa, the four were
giving first aid to three wounded Mex
icans near the Villa lines when the
shell burst among them, killing all in
stantly. Their bodies ate hrlni; brought here.
Villa also declared that he had not
abandoned hope of taking Agua Prieta.
"My forces to take care of Ama
Piieta are yet to arrive," he said. Then
he shook his head mysteriously and
refused to give details. After a brief
halt, Villa rode his mule away m the
direction of Nogales, followed by a
straggling trail of cavalrymen.
Five hundred wounded Villistas are
in the hospital at Naco. Four thou
sand Villistas are reported marching
Into Cananea.
Search for Dead
Japanese on Boat
31. Mayeda, In Dying- Statement De
clares Kis Companion, Died on Steam
ship Minnesota While Trying- to Hide.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 4 (P. N. S.i
Acting on the dying statement of M
Mayeda, a Japanese, immigration in
spectors during the past three days
have searched the steamship Minnesota
from stem to stern for trace of II.
Hakihara, believed to have met his
flt-ntli soreewhere aboard fhp husre ves-
bf.Vor: STn:.
their efforts.
Mayeda declared that he and Hakihara
had attempted to hide aboard the Mm
nesota to avoid deportation to Japan, t
Mayeda reached a hiding place after
burrowing his way through the ship's
coal bunkers to a small hole far down
in the hold of the vessel. Hakihara. he
said, started to follow him in this
hiding place but never reached it.
Mayeda was discovered Monday, ex
hausted from his confinement in the
foul air of the hold and from lack o.
nourishment, lie died later at a local
hospital after he had told the officers
of the missing Hakihara.
Ask Big Damages
For Monkey's Visit
Suit to Recover $15,000 Tiled Against
Zoa Angeles Man Whose Chimpanzee
Entered neighbor's Borne.
Los Angeles, Nov. 4. (P. N. S.) As
the aftermath of an incident several
months ago, when "Charlie Fuller," a
chimpanzee, entered the (J. P. Lindley
home and is said to have terrorized the
family, a $15,000 suit was filed he'e
today on behalf of Milton Lindley, 10
years old, who, it is claimed, Wts t.o
frightened by the monkey that he has
not had a full night s sleep since tbt
occasion.
The suit is against E. W. Knowlton.
owner of the chimpanzee. It is charged
that the animal entered the house
through a window and tried to take
Mrs. Llhdley's baby from her arms.
The complaint says that Milton has
never recovered from the fright and
every night in ills imagination denizens
of the jungle surround his bed.
Fraud Alleged in
Kentucky Election
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 4 (U. P.
Wtth both sides crying fraud, Ken
tucky today was more excited over
politics than it has been since the fa
mous Goebel-Taylor political feud.
Former Congressman Stanley's indi
cated majority for governor is upward
of 1700. The Republicans, however,
still claim thaf E. P. Morrow was
elected.
s Chinese Merchant, Buried.
Wong Say Jop. known to his Ameri
can friends as Wing John, head of the
Chinese firm of Wing John Co.. Sec
ond and Vine streets, was buried today
in Lone Fir cemetery, the funeral pro
cession being one of the most elab
orate here in several years
Puts Tax on Theatre Tickets.
Indon. Nov. 4. (I. N. 8.) Tbe Pr.
I rograd correspondent of the Mail says
1 Russia has imposed a war tax of from
five to 60 cent on every theatre ticket.
WOUNDED
TRANCISCO VILLA, who is making desperate attacks
j4 on Carranza forces on the northern border of Mex
ico. This picture was taken when Villa looked like
a winner.
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NEW SEAMEN'S BILL
GOES IN EFFECT HERE
T A RIPPLE
Effort to Live Up to tha Law
Brings Shipping Men Tem
porary Respite,
Xa Pollette Defends Bill.
Madison, Wis., Nov. 4.--C
P. ) Senator !.a Follette, father
of the seamen's act which took
effect today, hailed it as free
ing sailors from "legalized slav
ery." "It Will Improve conditions
under which they are compelled
to work," he commented, "and
will raise their efficiency. Re
spite calumnious attacks from
shipping Interests and a num
ber of large dailies, the peopte
are beginning to see that it Is
one of the greatest pieces of
public welfare legislation on the
nation's statute books. Opposi
tion to it is wholly selfish. It
means there will be a fight on
until there is as complete a
measure of safety at sea as is
humanly possible."
At midnight last night the much dis
cussed, cussed and famous seamen's
bill became an operative law.
As a result the whole Pacific coast,
and in fact the whole country, waa
watching to see what would happen.
To the disappointment of many, how
ever, the act went into effect without
any of the trouble predicted.
The relief to the situation appeared
this morning when telegraphic instruc
tions came from Acting Secretary of
Commerce A. L. Thurman of Wash
ington ordering the collectors of cus
toms in all ports of entry and clear
ance to grant clearances wherever an
effort had been made to live up to the
law.-
The result was that all vessels were
cleared at all Pacific coast ports at
least.
The only excitement here arose over
the preparation of the steamer North
ern Pacific for the Inspection under
the new law. "Examinations were held
on board that steamer this morning
with Captain Hammerstrom, First Of
ficer Sieckemeyer and Second Officer
Ole Erlck,sen of thegplghthouse tender
Heather and Captain Oscar Wicklund,
master of the Point Adams life saving
station, as the examiners. The steam
er carried a number of men who re
Quired the professional as well as the
physical examination. It was confi
dently expected that the steamer would
be cleaied on time or shortly there
after. Inspectors Edwards and Kuller an
nounced this morning that of the 61
sailors who have taken examinations
here so far. IS have failed. These
failures were all due to physical
shortages and not to the professional
examinations.
Assistant Inspectors Meany and
Weldon were this morning busy on
ths Big Three liner Rose City, which is
to be the first vessel inspected under
the new law. Certain changes jn boat
equipment and arrangements were
necessary on all steamers but had
been t compiled with In advance by
all lines.
Collector of Customs Burke this
morning made it plain to all steam
ship men
that the order temporarily
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SANTA CLARA DEATH
ROLL TO REACH TOTAL
OF AT LEAST TWELVE
Four of Crew and Some Pas
sengers Missing; Eight
Bodies Identified,
Marshfleld. Or., Nov. 4 The death
list of the Santa Clara wreck will In
clude at least 12. In addition to the
eight Identified dead whoee bodlen have
been recovered, four of the crew are
missing. They are:
John Weller, first assistant engineer;
Manuel Tello. a fireman; Tom Farrell,
mess boy, and Robert Shearer, winch
dri er.
Local Agent Nott has made every ef
fort since the wreck 10 check up the
jcrew, and has told all the others of the
crew to help look for the missing men;
but they have not been found, and,
without doubt, they are dead. Weller
and Tello were last seen In the water.
Besides these missing sailors, there
are seven of the passengers not ac
counted for. It Is thought that most
of them are probably with friends or
have failed to report. There may,
however, be some who are dead. The
passengers not accounted for are:
T. Gaff. Fred Jones, S. Collins and G.
Allen, W. O. Marquard and Henry
Kanack.
The last two Identified of the eight
dead are Mrs. S. Caldbeek of Salem,
who was coming here to visit relatives.
and Mrs. D. Cullen, who was Identified
by Rev. Father llogan of North Bend
as being housekeeper for J'ev. Father
Black, Portland rector, who was com-
(Cuneluded on Ptre Klve, Column One.)
easing them was not permanent. The
department In making this allowance
has admitted that it was slightly neg
ligent in not having the examinations
arranged for some time In advance of
November 4 Instead of only a few
days. Within a reasonable time now
all lines must comply witli the law.
Americans liuiltUng Ships.
Washington, Nov. 4. (!'. I'.) Secre
tary of Commerce Redfield today Bald
that Chaliman McCombs of the Demo
cratic national committee did not know
whereof he spoke If he attacked th
new seamen's law as reported, saying:
"I have not heard of any new vessels
being built since August, 1914."
"Whatever the effects of the law
may or may not be," Redfield com
mented, "the fact is undeniable that
during the last six months an increas
ing, and In the total, unprecedented
number of ships for foreign and do
mestic travel have been ordered from
American builders. More ships are
building In American yards today than
ever In hfstory."
Redfield would not comment on ire
Combs demand for repeal of the law.
Railroad in Asia
Opens Rich Region
Petrograd, Nov. 4 (I. N. S.)
Traffic was opened today on the Cen
tral Asia railway. The line, measur
ing a total length of 501 miles, opein
a huge and wealthy region of Siberia.
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GERMANS' PLAN.
BASE BLOCKED
Second Vessel Carrying Two
Submarines and Loaded
With Arms, Ammunition,
Picked Up by Dutch Ship.
PLANNED TO ESTABLISH
BASE IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Vessel Flew U. S. Flag; Was
Part of Same Expedition
as the Maverick.
San Francisco. Nov. 4 (P. N. 8.)-
News of an attempt by Germany to
establish a submarine and naval base
In the South Pacific from which it
was planned t r. dispatch fleets of
underwater eTnft to prey upon the
commerce of th. allied nations wa
brought to Snn Francisco hy Captain
John McDonald of the American oil
tanker Frank H. Buck which ar
rived today aTter eight months' voy
aging In the orient.
Confirmation of the report received
here a month hko that the American
tanker Maverick, one of Fred Jrt
sen'H mystery ships, which left here
eight months ago, carried a subma
rine In knock down form and enough
arms to supply a small army was
brought by Captain McDonald.
Mora Submarine round.
Rut this was only one feature of
the plot he told of. Another ship
was taken Into the port of Batavla
at the same Hmn the Maverick wa
apprehended and In her hold were
found two more submarines, thou
sands of rifles and machine guns
and millions of rounds of ammuni
tion. V
Germany's attempt to carry the'
European war Into the Pacific has
ben frustrated. In the belief of Cap
tain McDonald, temporarily at least.
But the plans of the kaiser dM not
Tnlscarry Uwotigh nr action" ofne'
British. It was the Dutch, accord
ing to Captain McDonald, who un
earthed the scheme and but for them,
he sold, today, Germany would now
be operating submarines from a hid
den base In an attempt to cut off
the troop and food supplies of Eng
land from Australia and possibly at
tacking the Japanese boata In thl
ocean.
Vessel's Lights Out.
The ship which was captured with
the Maverick was unnamed and up to
the time that Captain McDonald left
Hatavlu its Identity had not been as
rerlalned. It wn sailing through the
.lava sea In the same direction as the
Maverick and apparently to the same
destination when a Dutch warship
picked her up one night and ordered
her into Batavla. Her lights were out
at the time she was apprehended and
it was only through the fact that the
warship almost ran her down that the
strange craft was discovered,
Name Plate Waa Xemored. ;
An examination showed that her
name had been carefully erased and
every name plate and buildera sign
removed. Her papers were fault v and
the captain could give no satisfactory
account of his maneuvers. The ship
was flying the American flag. The
munitions artd submarined were dis
closed In a search in BatavU later, but
lti the week hat followed the Dutch
officials never discovered the name of
the ship. It lsspresurned, however, that
it sailed from this country, probably
from New Y.Ofk.
The location of Germany's Intended
base has never been disclosed, accord
ing to Captain McDonald. Hundred
of islands northeast of Australia or an
unfrequented stretch of the coast of.
this country Itself, all are suggested
Singapore Meeting railed.
The Buck arrived at Singapore a
few dflys after the mutiny there. It
was only through u mistake in signal
that all the white residents of' the city'
were not killed by the Bengal soldiers
who mutinied, according to McDonald.
"The Germans," said tha captain!
"undoubtedly plotted the mutiny. One
wealthy Germaji of Singapore spent
$2,000,000 among the Indian troops. It
was understood that the outbreak waa
to begin at night and that the German
prisoners were to b liberated from
the stockade and lead the troops. But
(here was a mistake In signals and
the mutiny began in the afternoon.
The Germans were liberated as Planned
but they walked off and refused -to
lead the native soldiers.
"The British resldenta organized to
defend themselves and soon quelled the
mutineers They fled into the Jungle
and most of them were later caught.
They were executed while we Wr
there eight or 10 at a time as they
were retutrned from the forest. Each
one of them had in his possession from
175 to $600 which is a fortune for
them. The wealthy German who i
naneied the rebellion fled and Is now
in Hatavia-"
National Banks'
Resources Over
$12,225,000,000
- Washington, Nov.. 4. (LVP.
Total resources September 7, )(
Kr of "61 National bank were 9-
more than $12,225,000,000. ax- 0
eeeding hy more than 44:4,600,
the greatest previous- re-
sources. This is an Increase
of more than - 11,000,000,000
over last year.
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