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'J BRITISH LOSE 1 IN AIR BATTLE Daring Attack on German Port Unprecedented. Attempt to "Dig Out" Warships of Teutons Results in Battle of Ultra Modern Force. London Assisted by light cruisers, destroyers and submarines, seven Brit ish naval airmen, piloting seaplanes, made a daring attack Christmas day on tho German naval base of Cux haven, at the mouth of the Elbo. Six of the airmen returned safely, but tho seventh, Commander Hewlett, it is feared, has been lost, as his ma chino was, found off Heligoland, Trrocx3 What damage was done by tho bombs thrown by the attacking party could not be ascertained, but the Ger man report of the affair says that the raid Was fruitless. The enterprise of tho British navy in thus attempting to "dig out" the German fleet brought about a battlo in which tho most modern of war ma chines, the British squadron, including the light cruisers Arethusa and Un daunted, which have been engaged in previous exploits on the German coast, were attacked by Zeppelins, seaplanes and submarines. By rapid maneuvers the ships were able to avoid the submarines, while the Zeppelins found the fire of the cruisers too dangerous for them to keep up the fight. German Beaplanes dropped bombs,'which, according to tho British account, fell harmlessly into the sea. The Germans, however, reported they hit two destroyers and their convoy, the latter being set afire. The British ships remained in the vicinity for three hours without being attacked by any surface warships and picked up the seven pilots andtheir planes. The others were picked "up ' by marines, but their machines sunk. Commander Hewlett, thought, was drowned. sub were it is Bomb Is Exploded by Fanatic in Hindu lemple ' SanHFrancisco ThThe "mids of the mystic services of an Oriental cult, a stranger identified only by the .name of Vevara, Sunday entered the crowded little auditorium of the Hindu temple here and at the very feet of the offi dating Hindu swami exploded a bomb, which literally tore the bomb-thrower to pieces, probably fatally wounded Swami Trierunatita, the leader, and threw scores of worshippers, mostly women, into a panic. The stranger entered the temple while the swami was in the midst of his address on "The Divine Peace,' and with loud steps that attracted the attention of all the members of the cult, walked up the center aisle unti he reached the rostrum on which the swami was conducting the services. While the eyes of all followed his actions, wondering at the meaning of his strange conduct, the man was seen to withdraw a small white package from his black fedora hat and strike it three times on the rostrum. As his arms descended for the third time there was a fearful explosion that appeared to rock the entire build ing, filed the air with debris and flying glass. Blood and fragments of the body of the bomb-thrower spattered the congregation, for the moment transfixed in their seats with the hor ror of the action. Italy Will Hold Albania Firmly. Rome It is reliably reported here that the Italian foreign office has noti fled the powers that Italy is deter mined that deliberations of the London conferences in connection with Albania shall be unconditionally respected, hence she will not tolerate the slight est attempt against the territorial in tegrity, independence or neutrality of Albania,.will not allow a change of government, and will prevent inhabi tants from participating in the war. The present revolution, the note continues, obviously was projected to create complications; but unless these complications are avoided, Italy will exercise complete liberty of actions toward the restoration of order, de spite the lack of interest of some of the signatory powers of the London conference. Turks Send Heavy Guns. Alliens, via itome rne Turns are transporting heavy guns from Adrian ople to points on the Sea of Marmora, near the Roephorus, especially Santo Stefano and Kadi Koi, on opposite side of the entrance to the Bosphorus and commanding the approach to Con stantinople from the Sea of Marmora. It It IndipenbJ that the Dardanel les be defended strongly, since the itoelmr ef tke eiralt wean the end of Turkey, Hobson's "Dry9 Resolution Meet Defeat in House Washington, D. C.The Hobson resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for national prohibition to tho stato legislatures was dofeated in the house Wednesday night, 197 mem' bera voting for and 189 against it. An affirmative vote of two-thirds was required to adpot tho resolution. Party lines were wiped out in tho struggle. Democratic Leader Under wood and Republican Leader Mann fought shoulder to shoulder at the head of the forces opposing the resolution. When tho vote came, of the 197 stand ing for tho resolution, 114 woro Demo crats, 68 Republicans and 11 were Progressives and four were Indopend' ent Republicans. Immediately after announcement of the voto, tho house adjourned, tho crowds which had packed the galleries throughout the prolonged debate dis persing with mingled expressions of regret and jubilation. Prohibition leaders declared that the majority, for the resolution had ful filled their expectations, as they had not hoped for. a two-thirds vote at thiB time. Whether a similar resolution pending in the Benate submitted by Senator Sheppard, of Texas, would reach a vote in the senate at this ses sion was not certain. Administration leaders were inclined to believe, how ever, that it would not, in view of the action of the house. Notwithstanding repeated public as sertions that many members of tho house would try to dodge a record' vote on the issue, the rollcall disclosed a heavy attendance, larger -than the av erage throughout the session. Un the final voto 38b votes were re corded. To have, carried the resolu tion would have required 258 affirma tive votes. It thus failed by pi votes. It was at tho conclusion of one of the most stirring contests of recent days in congress, and following votes on several amendments that the final vote was reached. Representative Hobson had closed the general debate, participated in by all the house lead ers, many of whom were repeatedly cheered by men and women in the crowded galleries. Speaker Clark re peatedly admonished the spectators to maintain order. Although advocates of the Hobson resolution freely predicted that it would receive a majority vote, .many of them, including Mr. Hobson, had I conceded at the .start that the resolu tion would not receive the two-thirds vote necessary for its adoption. Before the final roll call, Represen tative Hobson presented an amendment, which was adpoted, giving to "the congress and states concurrently" the power to enforce the prohibition by needful legislation. An amendment offered by Represen tative Adamson to give the states ab solute control of prohibition under the proposed prohibition amendment was voted down on a rising vote, 179 to 32, Louisiana Germans Plot tn Tioet, 7r-onh oi,; u -- New Orleans The arrest here Wednesday night of four Germans is believed by the police to have frus trated a plot to blow up the French steamship Rochambeau. The police confiscated a box containing 75 pounds of dynamite set by clockwork to ex plode six and one-half days hence. The prisoners, two of whom are said by the authorities to have confessed, said they understood the Rochambeau was to sail from New York Saturday, Shipping records, however, show that she left New York December 13, and the police believed the alleged con spirators miscalculated the date of her departure. Two of those arrested con fessed, according to the police. The plan, it was said, was to ship the bomb by express consigned to the Rochambeau at New York. It was in tended that the vessel would be blown up after she got to sea. Worry over the prospective loss of innocent lives is believed responsible for discovery of the plot. One of those arrested, Peter Langlaan, when ques tioned by detectives who have been at work on the case for ten days, is said to have told them that while he was willing to blow up a French or English snip he was not willing to see persons not directly connected with the war die. On information given by Langlaan, the police arrested Frank Helon, alias Hans Heller, and held him on a charge of preparing explosives for shipment n violation of the Federal statute. Filibuster Is Destroyed. Brownsville, Tex. A filibustering party from Texas was "met and com pletely destroyed" by Carranza troops opposite Zapata, Tex,, near here, De cember 20, according to a meessge re ceived by the Carranza commander at Matamora, Mexico. The mege said a dozen horse, CO rifle find 2000 round of ammunition were captured, ITALIAN FORCES TAKE AVLONA Precautions Taken to Foresta! Reign of Anarchy. Turkish Ruler Loses Hold on Pop ulaceScarcity of Provision Accentuates Crisis. Rome Italy Saturday occupied Av lona, tho Albanian seaport. It is som officially announced that this action (implies no purpose on tho part of Italy to occupy interior points, but is morely intended to prevent anarchy on tho op positc coast of tho Adriatic, which but a few hours from Italian territory, Soveral districts of Albania are in a stato of rebellion against any author ity, Essad Pasha, the Turkish ruler, apparently having lost his hold on the people, nt Tho scmt-omcial announcement says that the only object of occupation is to cut Bhort constant annoyances from open or concealed enemies, besides holding up Italian interests, namely, not to allow Avlona to fall into tho hands of any naval power. It is understood that tho Italian gov ernment intends to safeguard these political, commercial and ethnograph ical interests . without arrogance, but without weakness and also without being distracted from the graver issues arising from the1 -European con flict. For some time the situation in Al bania has again been grave. . Severa! districts have rebelled altogether against any authority and have become prey to the worst form of anarchy, (Conditions nave been rendered more grave by famine. The scarcity of food has been brought about through the absolute isolation of Albania owing to tho state of war existing on tho Adriatic, while Albania is bounded by two belligerent countries, bervia and Montenegro, which, together with Aus tria, nave absorbed all available pro visions which Albania had stored. The price of food has increased 210 per cent, and in addition tho quality of cereals is bad, causing serious epidem ics. Especially in tha. interior discontent reached such proportions that Essad Pasha lost all power. Ho saw his ad herents gradually vanish, his troops become reduced to a few thousand. Even the peoplo of his birthplace, Ti rana, always his stronghold, rebelled killing his friends and sacking and burning his residence. Essad, feeling unsafe at Durazzo, went to Krola (Akhissar) hoping there to rally sufil cient troops to defeat his enemies, Dozen Prisoners Walk Free at Walla Walla Walla Walla, Wash A real Christ- mas iree wiwi xememorances xor every A fL t convict made Christmas a notable oc casion at the penitentiary. The gaily decorated treo was in the chapel, where the exercises were held, and each prisoner was given a bag of pea nuts, and popcorn and an orange. In addition he had his fill at a chicken dinner and listened to a program of songs, recitations and talks with band music interspersed. Convicts also received presents of reading matter, food, etc., from friends and relatives all over the stato, it being probably tho most elaborato Christmas ever passed at tho prison. Papers arrived for 14 prisoners and 12 of them were released. The others were in the hospital or waiting to hear from relatives who agreed to send them money. While there were a to tal of 35 paroles, pardons and releases, most of the men wero at road camps, The list Included somo final releases for men on parole. One Ostrich Meal for 1500. Los Angeles One baby ostrich, five months old and weighing more than 100 pounds dressed, was the pieco de resistance at the Y. M. C. A. cafeteria for Christmas dinner, and 1500 persons were served. Each of tho babe's drumsticks weighed 16 pounds. In cooking the bird 125 pounds of dressing was made. This was made of 50 pounds of chest nuts, 50 pounds of butter, 25 pounds of onions, 50 pounds of bread, 25 heads of celery and one pound of mixed spices. A special oven six feet square was arranged to roast the gigantic bird. Czar Holds 357,406 Foes. London According to a Petrograd dispatch to Reuter'e Telegram com pany, the number of German prisoners registered is 1140 officers and 181,700 it - i -m t men; me numoer or Austrian regis tered Is 3106 officer and 221,400 men. Tke Slav prisoners have amked for Run elan naturalization so that they tmy be eeit glt the tutku, General Scott Ready to Confer With Mexicans Naco. Aria. General Hugh I Scott, chief of staff of tha Unite States army, arrived horo Monday ant at onco boftnn an investigation of the Mexican bordor trouble here, which has resulted in tho killing of five per sons and the wounding of 47 by Next can ballots crossing the lino during the 10 weeks' siege of Naco, Sonora. General Scott began a norlos of con vernations with persons informed on Mexican affairs and also with thoao In touch with General Hill, tho Carranza commander ontronched in Naco, Sonora. and Governor Maytorona. tho Villa besieger. This Investigation Is preliminary to conferences Genera Scott expects to hold with Hill and Maytorona in an effort to secure somo agreemont which will, eliminate furthor Mexican fighting along the border. It Is recognized that, whatever caro tho Mexican factions might oxerclao not to flro into the United States stray bullets would continue to fa! hero, either through bad marksman ship or individual disobedience of or ders. General Scott's peace conference will bo held with an army of 4700 mon, under command of Brigadier General Tasker II. Bliss, encamped op posite tho Mexican battleground. Tho American army forces now consist of tho Eleventh, Eighteenth and Twen ty-seeond Infantry, 10 troops each o tho Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, and three battorica each of tho Fifth and Sixth Field Artillery. This is a force greater than tho combined forces of tho two Mexican camps, with artillery also superior to that of tho Mexicans Maytorena Will Withdraw. Washington, D. C Consular Agent Carothera telegraphed tho Stato de pertinent Monday that Governor May torena, commanding tho Villa forces besieging General Hill's garrison a Naco, Sonora, wan preparing to with draw his troops to a point 10 or 12 miles from tho border to eliminate the possibility of firing Into American ter ritory. This movo has been awaited by off! cials here since Provisional President Gutierrez announced that ho had dl rccted Maytorona to abandon tho at tcck on Naco unless tho operations could bo carried on without sending bullets across the international lino. urigadier uenerai iiiiss, in com mand of tho artillery, Infantry and cavalry concentrated about Naco Ariz., to enforco tho American gov ernment's demand that firing across tho lino ceaso, reported earlier in tho day that Maytorena apparently had withdrawn. Congress Will Consider Mail Department Reforms Washington, D. C After 'severa days of hot words, which culminated in an exchange of Invitations to per sonal combat between Representatives Hcflin, of Alabama, and Moon, of Tennessee, tho house adopted a specia rule to consider legislation for reforms demanded by tho Pootoffico department in connection with the annual posta appropriation bill. A defection of Democrats from tho leaders defeated a similar rule, which provided for consideration of amend ments decreasing postmasters' salar ies, tho elimination of assistant post masters, experimental substitution of contract service for tho rural delivery service, increased salaries for rural carriers, changes in the compensation paid railroads for carrying tho mails and other reorganization plans for tho department. Tho rule was passed late Tuesday with the provisions for cutting post rnastcrs' salaries, abolishing assistant postmasters and the rural scrvico sub stitution scheme eliminated. A speech by Representative Moon following the defeat of tho original rule, in which he intimated that somo railroad Influence" had operated to shift Democratic votes, caused bitter debate. Cotton Mills Reopen. Lowell, Mass. Orders woro given by which tho machinery of tho Tre- mont and Suffolk cotton mills will be run zi Honrs a day, beginning imme diately. ThiB applies particularly to the weaving department. About 2400 employes will be hired on the extra or ders. An expected demand for fabrics early in tho year is given as the reason for the increase in production. Allies' Yser Loss 215,000. Berlin, via The Hague and London he Neusten Nachrlchten nrintB a Brussels dispatch estimating the losses of the allies In the Yser campaign at 215,000 up to December 12, Thia total Is made up of 60,000 Belgians. 80,000 British and 75,000 French. Kaiser Is Again at Front. London A dispatch to Reuter'a Tele gram company from Amsterdam say; ' ine uerman emperor ha completely recovered ervl has returned to the front, according to an announcement from the Berlin main headquarter." FLOODS DAMAGE SOUTHERN STATE Arizona Submerged by Week's ' Continual Rainfall. Many Homes Swept Away Three, Known DeadRanch Folk Marooned in Trees. Tucson, Arjz. Floods, tho result of a week, of practically unbroken rain fall,' infllc(.cd(itt.vcro damage on nearly tho entire "aroabf tho statu lying be tween Phoenix, and tho Mexican bor dor. Tfiroo persons, bo far, as known Thursday, havq lout their lives; live stock ' by hundreds of head has been drowned; ranch houses ami city real-" donees wrecked or washed away by torrents roaring through what are normally dry arroypj?, , and traffic by rail, highway and wire either has boon badly crippled, or completely suspended. A Southern Pacific train loaded with passcngcra still la marooned some whero near Nogalca., ' Floods com pletely surround it. Tho jnoflt, s.crloua damage seems to have been suffered In that pHrt of the . Santa Cruz -valley lying 80 miles south of here. Tho JJanta Cruz river, bwoI lon by'the almost contlnupua rain of the past seven days,- attained a width of more than 1) miles and the crest of the flood, after sweeping, through Amado and the. farming region round about, reachctl TucBorf, "Wiping out bridges and houses and threatening to work further destruction. Dozqns of ranch dwellings woro de stroyed In the Vicinity of jVrriado. Two ; Mexicans worodrowned there after ; they had hting'in fhq branches of trees for hours awaiting rescue A United States soldier was reported to havo been drowned In a big wash .at Naco. .An open cut, a, mile long, containing 19 centrifugal numns .and other ma-? chinory costing $00,000, which (served tho Tucaot Farms company, project, went under water. Poles coming down the river a little later indicated that the power lines Irad been destroyed. At Bisbce floods ' toro through tho deop canyons between tho mountains and inundated portions of tho business section. Gangs of city workmen wero engaged there digging and scraping away a three-foot layer of sand depos ited on tho main streets by the flood, which receded almost as rapidly as it came. Americans In Philippines Furnished Riot Ouns Manila A government vessel Thurs day distributed riot guns and ammuni tion to tho American civilians on Caragao and Frallo Islands in tho bay. One hundred rounds of ammunition and tho necessary field equipment havo boon issued to tho soldiors in tho Cuar tel Espana in Manila. Several barrels shipped to Corrcgl- dor island supposed to contain cement wero found to bo full of bolos. Tho native scout officers disarmed their companies and confined them at Cor regidor. Tho plan was to frco tho prisoners by a sudden night attack, to overpower tho scant guard, man tho guns and capture the Island. Tho date had been fixed between Christmas. and Now Years. If nipped, tho up rising was , to, bo postponed until March, ... - Leper's Exile Is Costly. St. LouIb How a Greek Ilepor, An- astasios Loizds, recently discovered in St. Louis, waft taken secretly to New York and put in tho is6lated ward of trans-Atlantic -liner for deportation at an expense of approximately $1000 to the United States immigration bu reau at St. Louis, became known here Thursday. A special car was engaged at a cost of $500 and permission was obtained from the board of health of every state between St. Louis and New York through whlqh tho railroad ' runs. A government revenue cutter carried tho leper to the ship. Pope Is Not Encouraged. Rome - Pope Benedict, in addition. to continuing his efforts for peace,, is trying to obtain the 'consent of tho bolligcrent powersto an exchango of war prisoners. The answer to his pro posals thus far received and tho diffi culties of various kinds that are being encountered are Bald to incline tho ontlff to the belief that his initiative will meet with no better success than his request for a truce at Christmas- tide. Kaiser Urges Son as King. LondonThe Mornlnc Post's Petro grad correspondent say : "Germany I energetically pushing the candidature of Prince Eltel Fred erick for the throne of Hungary, the independence of which Ih expected to M) one mult of tho war." Prince Wei Frederick I the second son of llmrMirii VlHIIIut.t r