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Weston eader ! . WEHTON, OIIKCJON, FJIIDAV, rJUIKUAKV 5, 1015. NC 33. VOL. XXXIV. t ; if '4 I t ... ' KEVYS OF THE WEEK General Resume of Important Events teflliout kg Worll UnlUd Bute export Increase 88 per cent In January. Seven deaths wsre reused by besvy now storm in now iora. Tha prloa of bread In Chicago baa rlaan one cant to 0 eanta loaf. Two hundred of lha 670 members of tha English tparllament ara asrvlng at tba front RoporU have It that Serbia It to ba Invadsd again by a largo army of Aus- tro-Uermana. A Carman dynamltaa Canadian railroad brldgo and aacapaa to tba United State. - A London dlapatcb announces that lha Gannana loet 0000 k Iliad on I'ollah front less than a rolla long. Ganaral Villa an routa to Tsmpleo, eapturaa Ban Lula Potosl and la In full pu loo of too elty and vicinity. Tba stsamsr Northland loaat rodder In storm off Callforanla oosst, but waa takaa in tow by tba ataamar Nann 8mlth. W. H. Homlbrook. adltor of tba Al bany. Or., Dally Democrat haa baan appointed by President Wilson aa mlalatar to Sism. Victoria, B. C, film ranaora In tha laat It montha barred 00 per eant of tha plcturaa because thora waa uaad too much Star and Stripes. An Indication of poaalbla action by Italy la to ba found in a notification is sued to Italian reservists In England to prepare to join tha color. A German atatlatlclan dan lee that Germany can ba "stsrveo out" In the present war and declaree tha eoualry'a granarlea ara stocked wiib abundance of cereals. Report reaching Holland aay that tba new bread regulation In Germany bava caused ao much unreal that 12, 000 apeela) conatablea bava been ap pointed to guard the bakerlea In Berlin. England notifies U. 8. that ahlp- ment of foodstuffs for Oermany and Auetrla will ba conaidered a contra' band and will confiscate all cargoae raptured without conpanaation to the shlppera. According to re porta In circulation at tbe.Vatiean, ureal uritain, uer- m .H mwtA A n.t r( hava IniVMwl ' ----- ' - - " favorably I'ope Benedict 'a propoaal for an exchange 01 civii prisoners wo man and children and -men above tha age of &&. With tba opening of the Drltlah per il amant tha political uvea wai nawad. Tba government, while as umlng all reaponalbillty for tha war, welcomed tha oppoaltion'a aupport and tha mlnlatar announced that they would reply readily to all erltlclam and endeavor to avoid oontroveralal mat' tar. Jltney-bui bandit, operating for the flrat time In Seattle, Wssh., kidnaped two passengers from the down-town dlatrlcta, took them to a lonely spot on tha boulevard near Lake Waahlngton, beat them. and. after ateallng $8.60 In cash and two watches, left them to And their way back to the elty after tbey recovered conaciouanesa. A conaclenee-atrlcken peraon aant $18 to tha Seattle office of the Union Pacific railroad, and tha fund haa been forwarded to tha Portland headquar ter. Bllla amounting to $16 were pinned to tha following note: "U. P. K. R. Co. I have been in your debt thla amount eince 1888." No oxplan atlon whatever la given aa to how tha company waa defrauded, and the Iden' tlty of the remitter remalna hidden. A Portland highwayman aald to be sixty yean old, secured 40 cent from a victim. Carrania troops enter Mexico City and with little resistance take charge of tba government. Germans ara reported to ba nslng a new shell containing a higher ex plosive than heretofore known. '' A Babylonian tablet, believed to bava been burled In tha earth more than 4000 years sgo and containing the earliest law code, recently bsa bean unearthed and la now in posaession of Yala university. The laws are writ ten In the Sumerlan language, tha lan guage of Southern Babylonia prior to its conquest by tha Semites or Ao cadians in tha time of Hammarabt. Owing to Imperfect knowledge of the language tba work of deciphering is extremely difficult. The laws that have been translated refer to legisla tion concerning Injury to women, the repudiation of children who have been adopted, elopement, the hire of boats and cattle, and provision for the kil ling of a hired ox by a lion. During tha year ended June 80 last a total of 10,302 persons. Including 865 passengers, lost their lives in acci dents on railroads and In railroad shops reporting to the Interstate Commerce commission. In addition, 192,668 per son were Injured, of whom 15,121 were passengers. A dispatch from Lima, Pern, says that Dr. Gasxanl, Peruvian ex-minister of foreign affairs, was seriously wounded In a duel with Juan Durand. Durand Is a brother of Dr. Anguato Durand, tha Peravtsn revolutionary leader, who waa compelled to leave Chilean territory laat August Two lirltith Vessels Sunk Off West Coast of England London A German submarine, tha 81, made a raid .off the wast coast of England Monday. At least two Brit ish veaaels were sunk. Tha Ben Cruacben, a small steamer on ber way from Card I IT to Liverpool, was ballad off Liverpool, and sent to the bottom after her crew bad been warned tbey would have only 10 mln uta to escape. Tha other vaaael the Linda Blanche, a ataam trawler on her way from Manchester to Belfsst Tba crews of both vessel reached land safely, that of the Ben Cruacben at Fleetwood and that of tha Linda Blanche at Liverpool Tba captain of tha Ilea Cruacben aays ha waa overtaken by tba sub marine and ordered to leave bis ship within ten minutes. Hardly had the erew got J n to tba boat when a tor pedo was fired, and tba steamer went down. The Ben Cruacben. which waa of 1878 tons register and belonged to the Morriaon Shipping company, wa voyage from Cardiff to Liverpool i on with a rarro of 6000 ton of coat Fleetwood la ona or tba principal fishing and eblpplng porta and Ing place on the waet coast. The steamer Graphic, wltn pasaen gera, Belfsst to Liverpool, tba paper aays, paaaed wreckage, anil soon after wards saw the Ben Crsuehen sunk, Tba Graphic wa chased, but eluded pursuit and reached the Mersey aafely, The Linda Blanche was on lis wsy from Manchester to Belfaat when the submarine suddenly appeared along' aide. Officer came aboard, and. perfect English, ordered tha crew to leave the learner. Aa aeon a the men or tba Linda tsiancne were in their boala tba German attached mine to tba bridge and another to the forecastle. Tba mine were then ex ploded, destroying the v easel. Turin An Beaten In Battle In Snow Storm Petrograd Tba following report from the general staff of the Russian army or tba Caucasus wa given out here: 'On tba Sarl-Katysh front, on tha evening of January 87, one of our columns, profiting by tha snow storm. crossed tba crest of tha mountain and seised, after a Violent battle, tha vil lage of Garneae, making priaonera there the chief of tha Thirteenth Turk ten division, with his staff. 10 officers, seven surgeon and too others, and capturing three cannon, mora than 800 rifle, a convoy train and a large quantity of war munition and provis ion. "Tba Turk attacked thla column. but war repulsed by a counter attack with great losses, abandoning to us s rapid-fire gun." Alitor Use Doll In Talk. Baltimore Dr. Weston Bruner sur prised worshippers at St. Fuller Bap tist church Sunday when in tha course of bla sermon against fashionable dress ing he produced a doll. He then pro ceeded, tha while using tha doll to illustrate his subject, to condemn tba Irregularities of modern feminine ap parel. The doll was dressed and un dressed several times, was adorned with Jewelry and then stripped and clad again in modest clothing which took plsca of tba slit skirt, ate. In mphstle terms the speaker denounced many forms of modern dress, remark ing on the beauty of modeaty and that while clothe do not maka tha man, without exception they depict the character of a woman. President' Niece in Movies. New YorkImpersonation of girl characters by a niece of President Wil son is In store for patrons of the mov lea, Miss Margaret Vale having Just entered Into contract with William Fox to play Important Ingenue role. 11 lee Vale, who Is a Southern girl, also is an authoress of some note, a painter and athletic enthusiast, and she recently played a round on the golf links with her uncle, the President of the United States, while visiting the White House. Her borne is in South Carolina. Being an ardent suffragist. Miss Vale recently led the suffragists' parade of protest against war, the demonstration being given in New York. Red Croat Help Serb. Washington, D. C Advices to the Red Cress.here Monday said the second and third American Red Cross units sent to Serbia a few weeks ago had turned a tobacco factory at Gevgslia Into a hospital to care for 1300 wound ed Serbians and several Austrian pris oners. Measure bad been adopted, the report said, to make aanltary the insanitary surroundings. On account of the difficulty of obtaining hospital upplles from Serbian sources, It wss said large shipments from America would be necessary. Honored Negro Ia Dead. New Albany, Ind. Lacy Nichols, ssld to be the only negro women hon ored with membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, and pensioned by the government for her service in the Civil war aa a nurse, Is deed here. She joined the Twenty-third Indiana regiment In Tennessee In 1861. San derson Post of the Grand Army, com posed chiefly of members of that regi ment, elected ber an honorary mem ber several years ago and helped ob tain by special act of congress a pen- ion for her. 11 DOINGS Of OKI'S LEGmWEl Proceeding of the People' Representative at th SUU Capitol Portland Electric Light Co. Says '"' Worth $60,000,000 8tst Cspltol, Sslem A vslustlon of spproxlmstely 160,000,000 Is made for the property of the Portland Rail way. Light aV Power company, accord ing to figures produced' before the Bute Railrosd commission In the gen era! Inveatigstlon hearing Into the ratee and service of the company. Tba valuation figures were brought out through the testimony of W, llsgsnah. utility expert, testifying in behalf of the company. It waa under bis direction that the company msde an Inventory of It property to be sub mitted to the commission In the prea ent Investlgstlon. What valuation has been placed by the commission's engineering experts ba not been developed In the test! mony, but tha line of questions shot at Hsgenah Indicated that the commis sion haa figure that will range eonsfd arabl nnder thoee of the company. Franklin T. Criratb. president or tha company, waa present at the bear ing, but the examination for tba com pany wa conducted by R. A. Letter. Mr. Uagenah wa the only witness. Ue narrated the manner In which the appraiaal had been made, the commis sion Inquiring at length Into the methods be had used In arriving at the value of various items. Among the largest Item are 88, 694.000 for roadway and tracks: 19, 076,326 for land; 84,987,000 for equip ment, 844,867,000 for buildings. Ox turee and grounds, 84,667,000 for rot ling stock and floating equipment. $6046 for hydraulic power worka, H, 767,000 for water power, and 89,962, 000 for coat of development. New Workmen's Compensa tion Act 1$ filed In Senate State Capitol. Salem A bill provid Ing for workmen'a compensation slm liar to the Michigan law waa Intro duced In the senate by Bingham. It Is different In many phases from the present compensation law, and its su tbor says It will solve tbe perplexing question of awing Injured workmen in this state. - An Important feature of the new act Is that employes will make no oontri butlona. Those suatalnlng minor ln- Juriee will receive no benefits until the 16th day after the Injuries were sus tained. Persona Incapacitsted from work for four week or longer will eelve compensation from the time of tbVaceident. Tbe law provide for the appoint ment by tbe governor of one industrial accident commissioner, who shall re ceive $3000 a year. In case of dis pute aa to the amount of compensation he and two other persona, selected by those interested, shsll fix the amount Employers rosy provide compensation through casualty companies, mutual Insurance, pay It themselves or come under a provision for state compensa tion. Under tbe present law the payment of compensation is according to the site of the famllle of tbe injured per sons, but the new act makes tbe earn' ins capacity tbe basis or eompensa tlon. Senstor Bingham said one of the important features of hla bill is that It would Induce employers to pro vide all safety appliance, that acci dents should be reduced to a minimum. Under practically this ssme law opsrating in Michigsn 90 to 95 per cent of the employers have come under Its provisions," said Senator Binghsm, and out of 600,000 employes less than 15 hava rejected it since the law went Into effect about two and one-half years ago." Howe Pane Bill to Re peal Menu Appropriations State Capitol. Salem Friends of the Oregon National guard made an effort in the bouse to save tbe iyo.ooo con tinuing appropriation provided for that organisation before tbe Schuebel bill, providing for a general repeal of all continuing approariatlona, was passed and sent over to the senste. Although it waa plain from the start that the National guard fund, aa a continuing appropriation, would be wiped out if the Schuebel bill carried, members of the guard made no protest against the measure until just before It was placed on it final reading. Then Representative Allen, of Marion county, who is a member of the guard, appealed to the house to aave the item out or tbe bill. His plea reuonoear ears. He pointed out that the National guard fund had been placed on a con tinuing basis for the purpose of tsklng the guard out of politic and urged that by passing the measure in its present form it would be necessary for the officers of the guard to come be fore the legislature every two years and ask for money to carry on their work. Voting Machine Law Stand. State Capitol. Salem Multnomah county will continue to have the option of purchasing and operating voting machine if it so elects. The bouse committee on revision of laws reported adversely on the Michelbrook bill, pro viding for the repeal of the law au thorising any county in the state that chooses to use voting machines. The 1913 act never ha been taken advantage of. However, the commit tee took the attitude that aome county may at aome future time desire to use them. Prominent Women Plead tor School for Girls State Capitol, Salem Declaring that there was real need for tbe inati tution and that It wss the duty of tbe state, which It should not stlempt to shirk, to tske care of and educate Its wsy ward girls, 18 women, represent ing various clubs, appesred before the joint wsys and 'eans committee this week and protaed agsintt the pro posed recommendation to the legisla ture that the Industrlsl School for Girls be abollshsd. Repreeentatl'' of the women clube spoke frstikly. as did members of tbe committee, and It is believed plan will be agreed upon that will be aatiafactory to all concerned. Mrs. 8. M. Blumsuer, representing the Coun eil of Jewish Women, ssld it would be unjust and unwise et this time to dis continue tba school. IP wss not a mer cenary Question, she urged, but an economical one, and a duty that should be performed. Tbe fact tbst only comparatively few girls bad been taken care of was no reason for doing awsy with the school, shs said. Permanent Repifra?nn fr Voters Approved by House State Capitol, Salem Permanent registration of voters and compulsory voting are provided for in a bill passed In the bouse. Tbe measure wss intro duced by the joint committee on judi clary and revision of Isws. sod com blncd tbe essential features or bins previously submitted by Represent- stive Kuehn, of Portland, and the Marion county delegation. Under its previsions the clerks are required to keep a card Index system for tbe reg istered voters. When a person regis ters the record becomes permanent and can be used indefinitely st. future elec tions. If a voter moves from one precinct to another within the ssme county or desires to chsnge bis or her political affiliation it will be necessary only to advlae tbe county clerk. To accommodate voters who move from one county to another, ine county clerks are authorised to send the cards from one to another upon request. Naturalised ciUsena will not be auired to show their naturalisation pa- rs et tbe time twy register. iney ill be required only to swear that they are naturalised and give the dates in connection therewith. Labor Looee Ihree Bill. State Capitol. Salem Three more of tbe bills introduced by Represent ative Oscar W. Home, of Portland, snd indorsed by tbe State Federation of Labor failed to get past the bouse. One wss postponed indefinitely, mean ing that it was put to sleep beyond possible reawakening, another was amended and another was referred. Mr. Home msde a determined effort to save one of his measures the one compelling contractors on public works to enforce the eight-hour lew more scrupulously. The bill is aimed par ticularly at "ststion work" or contract labor through which groups of worjk Inirmen are enabled to work more than eight hours a day on the ground, that they are working for themselves. 60-Day Seesion Plan LotL State Capitol. Salem Represents tive Lewis' plan to change the limit on legislative sessions from 40 to 60 dsys wss defeated in the bouse. His resolution made the pay or the legis lators $5 a day inatead of $3 and pro vided a recess of 14 dsys after the for tieth day, to reconsider bills, but with out pay. After the house turned down the resolution Lewis offered another providing that sessions in the house begin at 9 o clock in the morning, The speaker ruled him out of order. Mr. Lewis himself is at bis desk every morning at 7:30 o clock and brings his lunch to the house chamber. Governor Sign Six Bills. State Capitol. Salem Governor Withycombe has signed, the following house bills: Creating district courts, defining their jurisdiction and providing system of procedure. Exempting chickens and other do mestic animals from execution of at tachment. Abolishing justice courts and creat ing districts. Further defining juris diction of district courts. Giving laborers in logging camps lien upon their products. Limiting catcb of crabs in waters or Coo bay. Anaetthetie Law Whacked. State Capitol, Salem Senator Dim- ick's bill repealing a law providing that only graduate nurses with licenses be allowed to administer anaesthetics waa passed by the senste. The Clack amas legislator contended that the present law wss class legislation; "a nice little game put over by the nurses two years ago so they would have all this work." In the interest of human ity, he said, country physicians were forced to violate the lew dally. Sen ator J. C. Smith and Wood, physi cians, opposed the present law. JJouMe Passe Firtt Relict BiU. Stats Cspltol, Salem The house hss pasaed its first relief bill. It provides $2000 for Ada E. Lundborg, or uena, whose husband, a laborer, was killed the Tumalo irrigation canal, in Central Oregon. The Desert Land board already bss set aside $2000 from the Tumalo fund to pay Mra. Lund borg. The action of the legislature ia mere formality. Union Man Strikes - at Rockefeller Motives New York Tbe policies and pur poaeaofthe $100,000,000 Rockefeller Foundation and tba recent utterances on the witness stand of John Rockefeller, Jr., were vigorously ss- aalled by John R. Law son, a member of the board of United Mineworkers of America for the district which in cludes Colorado, when be sppeared as a representative of tbe coal miners at the b taring being conducted by the Federal eommiasion on Industrial rela tion. Among other things Mr. Lswson as serted "a skillful attempt la being made to substitute philanthropy for iuetlee." To tbe philanthropy of the Rocke fellers Mr. Lswson referred aa fol lows: "Heslth for China, a refug for the birds, food for the BelgUns, pensions for Nsw York widows, university training for the elect and never a thought or a dollar for the many tboo- aanda of men, women and children who starved In Colorado, for the widows robbed of husbands, children of their fathers. There are thousand of Mr. Rockefeller' ex-employee In Colorado today Who wiah to God they were in Belgium to be fed, or a bird to be ten derly eared for." Mr. Lswson criticised John II. Rockefeller. Jr.. for his lack of knowl edge of eondtiion and said be waa eqi'llv Igrnorant and indifferent m uis uu.rd executives. " Tbe witness told of striking miners in Colorado being shot down by mil Ufa "in the pay of the Colorado Fuel ft Iron company," and hundreds of persons being dumped Into the desert without food or water while others were being driven over the snow of tbe mountain range. If any appearance of poverty dings to tbe Colorado Fuel ft Iron company." Mr. Lswson declared.- "it is due to its own stupidity and corrupt policy. Had it taken the money it baa spent in controlling officials and electorate, in purchasing mscbine guns, the employment of gunmen and in crushing the aspirations of human beings, and spent in wsge and the improvement of working conditions, they would have had rich returns." Arbitration Board finds Men Worked Long Hours Chicago J. H. Keefe, who testified before tbe Western railroad wage ar bitration board that engineers are highly paid, was quisled a to the hours of work some of them put in to earn this money. Keefe. who Is assistant general msnsger of the Gulf, Colorado ft Santa Fa railroad, waa cross-examined by Warren S. Stone, representing the en- ginemen. stone said nia attention was attracted particularly by instances of high pay to men in the service other than passenger trains. "Tske this man J. A. HcUredie, or the Canadian Northern," said Mr. Stone. "He is one of those chaps who msde more than aome governors, ap parently. He made $333 in the month of October, 1912. What hours did he work?" He worked 14 hour and 45 mm utes a day for 19 days on a through freight and 17 hours a day. for 12 days," replied Keefe. How long do - you think a man would live at that rate?" pursued Mr. Stone. 'Don't know," ssid the witness. 'But is it living at all?" comment ed Mr. Stone. . Timothy Shea, of the board of arbi tration, asked if a man working such hours could deliver the maximum of service to the railroad. - 'I don't think he could give all that the railroad should have," responded Mr. Keefe. Mr. Stone adduced that another en gineer who drew $239 in October, 1913, worked an average of 16 hours a dsy. .- West Mag Win One On federal Trade Commission Washington. D. a President Wil son has narrowed toe list or men ne is considering for the Federal Trade com mission down to a few men. He will send the nominations to the senate early next week unless unforeseen complications intervene. The five men considered most likely to be appointed to the commission are Joseph E. Davies. of Wisconsin: E. N. Hurley, ef Illinois; Will H. Parry, of Seattle, Wash.; George L. Record, of New Jersey, and William J. Harris, of Georgia. Under the law, not more than three of the members of the commission can be of the ssme party. Soldier Bero Dismissed, San Francisco Captain Frank H. Ainsworth, awarded a medal by con gress for planting the first American flag on Cuban soil after the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, and for five years inspector or immigration in San Francisco, has received notice of dismissal. The order waa based upon charges preferred a year ago, in which Ainsworth was accused of improper ac tion in excluding and admitting aliens. Ainsworth began serving the United States in 1898 as an ensign. He en tered the immigration service in 1903. Captive From AH Ship. Edinburgh The Scotsman says it learns that among the German prison ers who hsve arrived in Edinburgh are men from virtually every large Ger man vessel engsged in the naval battle in the North Sea last Sundsy. Some of the smaller vessels of the German aqusdron also were represented by prisoners, the Scotsman says. PEACE TALK HEARD Give Heed to F!ci Suggestion Mad That Each Civ Up Soma Territory Fear of Britain I Obstacle. London The Copenhsgen pondent of the Daily Mail asserts that Baron Buriaa. tbe Auatro-Hungarian foreign minister, st his recent meeting with the German Emperor drew a dole ful picture of the plight of tbe dual monarchy and urged that the time had arrived for the Germanic powers to consider most seriously the possibil ities for a tolerable peace. Tbe Daily Mail attache great im portance to the diapatch, which was delayed in tranamiasino. The dispatch In part says : "From a most trustworthy and well Informed source in Berlin I received the following statement regarding the negotiations between the German statesmen and Baron Burian, who re cently visited tbe German chancellor in Berlin and Emperor William at tbe army headquarter in France. Baron Burian, whose sole object is to save what can be aaved of the dual monarchy, reported to tbe Germane that tbe aituation in Austria was most precarious end that if the Russian ad vance on Budapest ia not stopped the effect may probably be the downfall of Austria and tbe complete collapse ol Hungary, which must later entail logical sequence, also the downfall of Germany. "Baron Burian urged that tbe Rus sians most, at all costs, be repulsed and that Germany must send large re inforcement to Hungary to prevent a catastrophe. In any case, be said. it was doubtful if it could be possible for them to resist the Russians and Serbian, and perhaps also tbe Rou maniana. Therefore, it wss necessary seriously to examine into the question of. peace. "A definite detest wouia mean a ae- bscle for Austria-Hungary and the parttoning of the empire. His visit to Germany waa to consider most serious ly the possibilities of a tolerable e. He advised Germany not to re ject fundamentally the thought of peace on tbe grounds of a probable dis armament, of Europe. If Germnay were disposed to treat on such terms he believed the other conditions j would be tolerable. "Perhaps it would be necessary to leave the French part of Alsace to France and to give op some Polish provinces to a new Poland, but if Rus sia would relinquish a provenee ana Austria a part of Galtcia to Poland, no real sacrifice for Germany would be entailed." Rich New York Man Kills Ihree, then Sell New York Armed with a magazine rifle, equipped with an automatic si lencer, Herman Auesbach, a wealthy real estate operator who had become despondent because of finanical re verses, Sundsy shot and killed bis wire and two daughters . a they slept and then, returning to his own bed, killed himself. His son, .Lester, a high school stu dent, waa the only member of the family left alive. So completely did the device muffle the reports of the weapon that the tragedy wss not discovered until several hours later, when the son found a note from hie father. The quadruple killing took place in an apartment bouse on intrai ran West Coroner Feinbery said that Auerbach evidently had been planning the trag edy for several dsys. The deed man's son informed the coroner that his father had taken the rifle home nine days ago. The coroner expressed tbe belief that the man a despon dency wai due to recent depreciation in value of mortgages and securities which he held. The boy found under his door a note in his father's writing which read: When you wake up telephone Uncles Leopold and Joe Levy and grandpa." The boy went to his iatner s room, where he found his father and mother dead in their beds, between which lay the rifle. Dsshing into the room of his sister he found Bes trice, aged 18, and Daisy, 2 years old, dead also, with the bedclothing tucked about them and drawn over their beads Hindus Offer British Aid. Victoria. B. C A large number of Hindus who hsve seen service with the British army in India and China and who, since their discharge, have found their way to Victoria, are organising company. Already tbey nave asxea join the third Canadian contingent, he same request hss been made of General Hughes, minister of militia, East Indians of Vancouver. Tbe Oriental ex-soldiers are exceedingly enthusisstie. Tbey are following the course of the war with close attention snd i are eager to get to the front. Greece May Aid Serbia. Rome According to informstion obtained from diplomatic sources here, Greece haa decided to aid Serbia if an other Austrian invasion of Serbia is ttempted. Meanwhile Greece ia al lowing munition of war destined for Serbia to be landed at Salonika with out heeding German protests. VILLA TROOPS FLEE n City Is jib Icz'jA ly CC0V CntlCQ tlLWOBL food Supply Is Low and Price J Beyond Reach et Needy Cmr ranxa Force at Gate. Mexico City Provisions! President Garsa and hla government left tbe capital early Thursday for Cuernavaea, where a new aeat ef government will ba established. The last contingents of the army of evacuation were hurrying through tha streets 1st in the afternoon. Tbe army of occupation lingers en the out skirts of the city, but is expected to enter soon. - All tha commercial souse and bank, and even private dwelling are barred and shuttered, altboagb no dis order ba attended tbe fight of the force of Zapata and Villa. The national palace, tbe federal tel egraph and poatofflce and other govern ment establishments are closed. The incoming Carransa force are com manded by General Alvarsdo, ex-post commander here. When they enter the city it la expected aome sort of government will be established. Tba price of foodstuffs ba aoared beyond tbe reach of the needy. The supply of food ia very low in the elty andtunleea the railway line to Vara Crua is 'opened soon H is believed there will be much suffering. The decision of the government to quit tbe capital came after a heated discussion at a session of the conven tion Held Tuesday night It wss da eided President Garsa, his government snd the members of tbe convention should proceed after midnight to Cuer navaea. Colonel Garsa and General . Ernesto Santos Coy are reported to have departed on a special locomotive. . The deputies who have not left al ready will be forced to proceeed from . the eity in automobiles, a there I no fuel for the locomotives. The troops of General Zapsta ara en- training in 30 electric train in Xochi- milco and Moreloa. There ia a minor in eireulation that the vanguard of General Obregon's troops ia now four miles from tha cap-: . ital advancing. ....,...- -. Ia a secret session of the convention of the deputies demanded that . General Zapata be called on personally to take command of bis troops and , fight the -force ofCarranza. Cabinet Meets to Discuss . Big Government Deficit Washington. D. C The adminis tration has taken nn in earnest the question of how the government's ex- ' pensee shall be brought within its In- , come during the coming nscai year. A cabinet conference debated the itnatinn at lenirht and President Wil son went over the problem with See- .... . a retary ueAdoo, rostmaster uenerai ; Burleson, Representative Underwood, Democratic leader in the house, and ' Renreaentative Fitxrarald. chairman of the appropriationa committee. . Estimatea ox expenditures zoruie year exceed the most extravagant . hopes for revenues, and administra tion leaders are agreed that something must be done to prevent the deficit they are facing. ' Wkila nn final ronclnnlnna , were reached by the members of the cabi net, it ia understood that most of them . could see no way of avoiding the ne cessity of extending the time limit on tha t law nnlean eontrrass would recduce all appropriation bills as much as possible without impairing . vie em- , rienn of tha government : abandon the $34,000,000 river and harbor appropri . .... . - . . t i stion Dili; aaopt rostra aster uenerau Burleson's plan ror reducing tne cose of rural free delivery service by put ting carriers on a contract bssis - , It was also said to be likely that congress might be ssked to cut the current army and navy bills, both of which exceed the estimates of the ad- . ministration, though it is conceded , that not much can be done in this di- - rection. , . - -' ' Another plan which - might be brought forward would be to lower the income tax exemption below $3000. This, however, probably will : not ' be seriously considered except aa a last resort So far only one appropriation bill the i urgent deficiency nas oeen signeo the President while the District of by rvilnmhia hill ia nnar in conference. Therefore the great supply bills are atill open to amendment Dacia's Voyage I Begun. Galveston The steamship Dacla has departed from Galveston for Rotter dam with 11.000 bale of cotton to be transshipped to Bremen. Telegraph le orders to get under wsy were receiveo bv Captain George McDonald from New York. In two hours the vessel bad taken on a pilot and wss outside the harbor. The Dacia cleared Jsnu e9 : rf Helav here ia vet unex plained and her agent and master said they did not knew wby she wss wsit inr Tha Dai-ia'a cotton ear co is val ued at $880,000 laid down in Bremen. German Commander Dead. Cape Town Colonel Seydebreck, commanding the German forces in German Southwest Africa, has been killed at Windhoek, according to ad vices received here. He wss examin ing hsnd grenades, when one of tbem wss accidentally exploded ana caused his death.