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mtlTANNIA
TORPEDOED
AEGEAN SEA
New 47,500-Ton White Star Liner,
Used as Hospital Ship, Sunk
Either by Submarine or Mine, Willi
Loss of Fifty Lives 1 100 Surviv-
g, ors, of Whom 28 Injured Vessel
Was Largest Hospital Ship Afloat
No Americans Aboard.
LONDON, Xov. 22. The now 47,
fiOO-ton Wliile Star liner Itrilnnnir
now a British hospital ship, has been
Funk with tho hiss of about filty
lives, says an ot'fieinl tinnounccineiil
today.
The Britannic was sunk 1v a mine
or a torpedo yesterday morning in
the Aegean sea, according ti) the of
ficial statement. There were 11 Oil
survivors, of whom ahotil 28 were
injured. Full particulars ot the dis
aster, it is auniMineed, will he pub
lished as soon as they are received.
Curried 1,(M)0 Siek.
The liritannic was sunk off the
island of Kea (Keos), South Africa
in the Aegean sen. She carried 30(10
British sick and wounded men. The
Britannic was equipped with thirty
f ive lifeboats and the loss of life in
cident to the sinking is supposed t
have been small.
It was reported in a special dis
patch i'mm London on December i
last that the 47,5110-lon White Star
liner Britannic, then recently com
plelod, would be used as a hospital
fchip by1 the llf-dish gpvcrinncnf, mak
ing her the largest hospital ship in
commission, with an equipment of
tilMIO beds.
I-nrgc-st Star Liner.
The Wiite Star liner Tlritaiinic was
the largest vessel of the. White Star
fleet afloat. Built in 11114 at Belfast,
she was 852 fe.et long, 04 feet beam
and 54 feet depth. Her length was
somewhat less than that of the White
f Star liner Olympic, which measured
8S8V2 feet, hut the Britannic had the
it '"enter tonnage, the Olympic s bene
v -I(i,:i00 tolls, as compared
Bi'itnnnic's 47,"00.
with
WASHINGTON, Xov. 22. At lied
Cross headquarters here today it
was stated there were no American
surgeons or nurses under its direc
tion serving on hospital ships in F.ur
openn waters. Their only workers
are several units which arc ashore.
They pointed out that if there were
Americans aboard the Britannic they
undoubtedly were volunteers who had
gone abroad on their own account.
E STATE
VOTE TO WILSON
SAX FRAXCISCO, Xov. 22. Sta
tistics gathered by the republican
state committee and completed at
noon today showed that the lowest
democratic elector in California was
1242 votes ahead of the highest re
publican, making the electoral dele
gation solid for Wilson. The highest
democrat received 3807 voles above
that of Ihe highest republican.
Francis J. Ilcnev was Ihe highest
democrat, receiving 4tili,lfi7 votes,
while J. P. Carlston, the highest re
publican, got 4u'2,3!10 voles. Mrs.
Came L. Tyler was the lowest dem
ocrat with 4(i3,B23 votes.
RACRAMKXTO, Xov. 22. Secre
lary of State Frank Jordan an
nounced at noon todav that the offi
cial recount of the presidential elec
tion ballots for nil counties, save Ihe
four largest, which are missing
showed no important errors in the
previous official figures, giving
1'resident Wilson n majority of more
than 38H0 votes over Charles K.
Hughes. The counties to bo heard
from, however, represented approi
matcly one-half Ihe population of the
state.
Kecounts by county officials in the
missing eounlies have di-clo-cd no
material change.
FEAR
RUIN
ARilSCUIOFF
FROM RETREAT
Fate of Forces Defending Wallachia
Hangs in Balance Germans Cap
tore 20,000 in Advance New Bat
tle Opens on Macedonian Front
Quiet on West Front.
LONDON", Xov. 22. The fate of
ihe Kuinnninn armies in western
Wallachia appears yet to be hnngin
in the balance.
The exact measures of the fruits
gathered hy the Teutonic, invader.-
from their capture of the important
Wallachiau city of Craiova, reported
yesterday, is not yet apparent, but
fears are expressed in entente quar
ters for the safety of the Humaniau
forces that have been operating in
the Orsova region, on the western Ku
manian frontier, now that the main
line railroad has been cut at t'raiova.
Also it seems virtually all of western
Wallachia has been won by armies of
the central powers,
A new battle has opened on the
Macedonian front, where Bulgarians
and Germans who evacuated Monas-
tir an1 making a stand against pur-
suing Serbians and French. Paris
reports the Teutonic allies making
stubborn resistance and a heavv fog
also holding up the advance.
Comparative quiet continues to
prevail on the Franco-Belgian front
London announces nothing more im
portant than axtioi-i y and patrol he
tivilv.
(aiii Is Important. ,
lll-.lt LIN, Nov. 22 Defeat of the
Kumiiniaiis in Wallachia, enabling the
An.slro-ticrinan forces 'to reach ihe
railroad from Orsova to Craiova was
of even more importance in' (he ltu
maiiian campaign than the breaking
of the Ittnnanian line in Dohrudja,
writes the military critic of the Ov
erseas .News agency, with the nat-
lle a'. Tii'gujiuliz on November 18, he
says, the Ilumanian campaign enter
ed a new phase.
"This advance to the railroad was
carried out with energy and speed,"
he continues.
'In October there was a violent
struggle in northern Kumani.'i for the
key positions in the Transylvanian
mountains, but after the passes were
forced the pressure of the central
powers increased- from day to (lay
with an extension of the front
through all the Moldavian mountains
and the Wall.ichian-Cnrpathians as
far as Orsova.
Toimcious Resistance.
"The liumanians offered most ten
acious resistance and made violent
counter-attacks, especially in Prc
deal pass, north of Caaipuliing. in
lioihenthitiin pass, and in the ,liul
valley. Hut all these desperate ef
forts merely cost them the greatest
sacrifices, without bringing them
even local gains, and the advance of
the Hermans ami Aulriuns was
more successful every day.
"The railroad line between Orsova
j and Craiova having been cut, the
Kumanian units fighting at Orsova
have lost their only line of retreat.
"The (icnnaii army command re
ports that from November 1 uulii
November 18, 180 officers, 10,388
men, 2li cannon and 72 machine giins
were captured. In view of Ihe gigan
tic Kumanian losses in Dohrudja and
Transylvania this is a heavy blow.
I',y comparison the breaking of the
enemy's line in Wullacliiu dwindles
inlo insignificance.''
ATLANTIC CITY, X, .1., Nov. 22.
After a session thai continued un
til after 2 o'c'oik this afternoon, tho
chairman of the Mexican and Ameri
can loinnii.-slom rs, dealing with tho
border problem. Joinffl in the state
ment that ome progress toward an
aniKal.-le apit?ement for border i-uii-Irol
had been i'-j ee.
Luis ( a i.eia, chairman of the
Mexican oinnii. sion, who went to
Philadelphia '.a t 1 ight to confer will.
Ku'ael Nieto. sub-secretary ot ti
nance ot Mc-xiio. rcturncil at no'in
with Mr. M to and joiiu d the other
members of the joint comniissina.
bo had pnrtblrated in the meeting
nltliout him.
EIV1PER0RFRAHZ JOSEPH OFAUSTRIA DEAD 0
ABED MONARCH I W,l . 'fl KK
DIES SUDDENLY W 'ilk- 0N
Public Not Aware of Serious Nature
of His Illness Will Be Succeeded
by Archduke Charles Francis, His
Grand Nephew, Who Is Comman
der of Austrian Armies.
VIENNA, Nov. 22. F.mperor
Francis Joseph died last night at 9
o'clock at Schoeubrunn castle. The
general public was not aware of tnr.
s:.i ious nature oi bis illness, bccitue
ci the noi-aluiming character of the
bulletins issued.
Tho emperor was everlsh yesler
diy afternoon, bclnK unable to cat
his evening meal, and retired at 7
o'clock assisted to his cbainher by his
daughter, Archduchess Valerie. l!o
found himself unablo to sleep and
abked that Ins physicians be sum
moned comv'aiiiing f pains in hi?
throat.
Km C'onios Suddenly.
At 9 o'clock the emperor appeared
to be more restful. A few momenta
iater the doctors saw him and he
iii:de a gesture pointing to his throat.
A second afterward ho was dead.
Members of the Imperial family
wire immediately summoned as wero
officials of state, who prepared the
announcement of tho death.
Emperor William was Immediately
Informed of the passing of his ally,
iht message being sent over the tele
phone,, which links the lieadquarters
of the German army witli the Schoen
brunn palace.
Hmpcror Francis Joseph on Mon
day evening, 'for tho first time, wont
to bed earlier than usual. The first
part of the night to one o'clock passed
undisturbed. Then attacks of cough
ing began. During the daytime yes
terday feverish symptoms showed a
threatening change for the worse and
in the afternoon 'an aggravation set
in which resulted in tho dearth of the
aged man.
Public Much Surprised.
Archduchess Marie Valerie, who
harl remained constantly at her
father's bed bad gone to the Western
railway station shortly before S
o'clock to meet her daughter who was
returning to Vienna from the royal
chateau at Wallsee. The archduchess
however, immediately was recalled by
court officials to Sehoenbrunn, as,
after her departure all hope of the
emperor living through the night had
disappeared and shortly after her re
turn his majesty lireathed his last.
Despite the fact that the evening
bulletin left no doubt about the em
peror's serious condition, the people
of Vienna still maintained their firm
belief in Ills power of recuperation
(Continued on Page Four.)
E
LUG AT FORTY
CENTS PER DAY
CHICAtiO. Nov. 22. Twelve em
ployes of tile Chicago health depart
ment today began a tour weeks ex-periment--to
demonstrate that a per
son can live properly on 41) cents a
day. '
At the first meal, breakfast, serv
ed at 8:20 o'clock. Dr. John Dill
Robertson, health commissioner, di
rected the "diet squad" to learn to
cat slowly, asserting that "the faster
you eat, the more you eat." Fort)
minutes was allowed for breakfast,
tho menu for which was fresh ap
ples, liver, bacon, one egg-muffin
butter and coffee.
F.ach dieter was pledged to deny
himself all nourishment except the
meals prepared at ihe school of do
mestic nrls and sciences. DoctoT
Uobertson announced, however, that
they might drink water, chew gum.
end smoke If they desire.
The experiment is attracting wide
spread attention especially among
phyphiaiis and economists, numbers
of whom asked for specimen menus
.-ml reports of progress.
Six men and six women are making
the test.
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1. ii h ri.. U .li, hImj ,hcii
lifted H(l.
Li
TO ADMIT DEFEAT!
NEW YORK! Nov. 22. Although
this is the fifteenth day since the
presidential election, Charles K.
Hughes has hot yet sent to President
Wilson a message of congratulation.
Tho failure of the republican candi
date to follow established precedent
in such cases is causing much ad
verse comment, not only among tho
democratic friends of President Wil
son, but also among Mr. Hughes'
republican friends.
It has become known that as far
back as Thursday following election,
when a conference of republican and
progressive leaders was held at the
Hughes headquarters, friends of the
republican candidate agreed that all
chance of his election hail vanished.
It was the consensus of opinion that
Mr. Hughes should accept defeat
gracefully and congratulate .Mr. Wil
son. That he should do this was
urged particularly by George W. Per
kins, Frank II. Hitchcock and others.
National Chairman Willcox left
the conference and went to the Ho
tel Astor, where he informed Mr.
Hughes of the view that had been ex
pressed. Hut Mr. Hughes, It later
developed, fell he would not be justi
fied in admitting defeat until the fact
had been established beyond doubt
by the. official count, particularly In
California. Since that time all of the
news from California has Indicated
that the first figures would be sus
tained -by the official count, at least
in so far as determining whether the
state had gone for Wilson or for
Hughes.
The republican candidate, so his
friends said, believes he may win if
California swings Into the Hughes
column on the completion of the of
ficial count. It also was learned that
neither Mr. Hughes nor Chairman
Willcox haH any private Information
to warrant the thought that Presi
dent Wilson failed of re-election.
I.WJ.SEEOTE
CHICAfJO, Xov. 22. As "reaper
of the grain to feed the nation," har
vest hands are entitled to free trans
portation, according to speakers be
fore (lie leiith annual convention of
the Imin-liial Workers of the World,
in sos-joa here today.
A communication from the inter
slate commerce commission cvpluin
ing, however, that unde r the law such
transportation cannot he provided,
was read by William I). Ilcywood,
national secretary.
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Miiduciiiy nTu'r u iiMgn 01 n yejirs,
FOR AMENDMENT
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 22. Ad
dressing the Women's Christian Tem
perance union on Mormonism today,
Mrs. Lulu Lowland Shepliard of the
National Reform association, after de
claring that llringhain Young, first
Mormon prophet in IHah, opened a
distillery, which he operated as a
trustee said that Joseph Smith, pres
ent prophet, defeated prohibition in
t'tah in 1 !(!! and 1 9 1.1, but that
Flail still is trying to establish it.
"Tho power of the Mormon
church," asserted Mrs. Shepliard "lies
in Its great commercialism, for as a
church it Is the richest In the world.
"The church today has $27,000,
000 boarded up in Wall street and
there is $2110, 000, lion more money In
I'tali. The sugar business in the
United SlnfcK is controlled by the
church and it holds the balance of
povve rpolitiially in 1 I stales. If
the Mormon church gets control of
ttt-o more Western states, it call hold
the balance of p'-wer in congress."
Mrs. S'.i !;liar;l said Ihe whole na-ti-re
of lie; Munron church must be
banged
National
working
nmendii"
vviuier.
end .'o irlng about this the
llei'orni association was
to i.;"t 1111 null-polygamy
:it '1. rough congress this
LONDON, Nov. 22. - The Herman
emperor and King I-'erdinuiid of Bul
garia are expected to arrive at the
Austrian capital tomorrow, sayH a
telegram from Vienna, received by
the Kxcliunge Telegraph company.
According to the latest details of
Ibo Austrian emperor's death, ihe
message says, his majesty bcciime
delirious yesterday afternoon, passing
later inlo a comatose condition ant!
did not recover consciousness.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Forma:
announcement was made at the navy
department today that the il,Ono.OOO
appropriated by coimre.-s last summer
for enlargement of navy yards w-ili
be spent on Ihe lloston, Philadelphia,
llteno-rton, Norfolk, Charleston, S.
C and Portsmouth, X. II., plants.
Democratic Chairman of House Ap
propriations Committee to Prepare
Bill and Press Subject at Cominu
Session President and Cabinet
Opposed.
WASHINGTON". Nov. 22. Repre
sentative Fitzgerald, democrat, chair
man of the house appropriations com -eilttei.,
announced today that lie -favored
an embargo on foodstuffs ami
that it was his purpose to prepur) a
bill mid to press the subject early
in the coming session of congress.-
"Two reasons chiefly Impel me to
favor embargo legislation on food
stuffs," said Mr. Fitzgerald. "It is
t lie most effective weapon In our con
troversy with (treat Britain over her
unwarranted, outrageous and Ittde-
fonslble black list of American mei
chants. As our foodstuffs urc needei
abroad, an embargo will bo more ef
fective than weary months of diplo
matic negotiations, which end in the
continuance of the indefensible prac
tices against our rights.
For Domestic Reasons.
. "The embargo should also bo im
posed for purely domestic reasons.
Prices of foodstuffs have reached
levels that are bringing widespread
distress to tho country. Many hun
dreds of thousands of our people are
suffering from Ihe lack of the neces
sitles of life. Wholesalu prices in
many commodities arc less abroad
today than they were a year ago; here
the retail prices have advanced alarm
ingly.
"The argument Hint nothing
should bo done to Interefore with the
expansion of our foreign trade does
not Impress 1110. Of what profit is
It If our foreign trade is to grow with
leaps and bounds while our own peo
ple arc brought to the verge of alar
vatlon as a result of II.
"The lime Is ripe for the embargo
and I hopo to see legislation sliced
Hy enacted to impose It. Lot Ainerl
ca be for Americans first."
It seems generally agreed here that
the coming session of congress will
see a fight over the embargo proposal
which is backed by monster petitions
signed by thousands of persons und
organizations.
President Wilson and the cabinet
are understood to oppose It.
FRENCH PRESS IS
MERCILESS IB
I'AI.'IS, Nov. 22. -A ll.-ivas dis
palch from Madrid says the Austrian
enibassv bus announced officially the
l';i I li of Kmperor Francis Joseph.
Newspapers are merciless. The Ma
tin says;
"The sinister old man who f.,r sixty-eight
years wore lis- double crown
disappear loo soon, notwithstanding
his Sli years, for he has not seen Ibe
approaching hour of expiation of
crimes for which be will bear elern-
J ally in hilorv a crushing responsi
bility ami stigma. Cut Ihe spectre of
punishment must have haunted his
lalter days, if ibis man. so indiffer
ent, was accessible lo any feeling
whatever- Ibis man who witnessed
unmoved Ibe wor.sl catastrophes
heaped up by fate on his family ami
hi country.
'If be had disappeared from the
scene three years s,H.ncr the world
would have forgotten bis calculat
ing cowardice, his ferocious egotism,
bis hypocrisy and would have remem
bered only the private ami public
misfortunes which marked almost all
the years of his- reitn. williool re-
fb-eling that these mi-f.. dimes were
all deserved. Hi' vvou d perhaps have
been pitied, lint justice has not per
millcd Ibal he swindle the world out
of Ibis supreme homage. Il has made
for his dealli a selling of rcpruhu
lion and horror."
Il is not believed in Paris that (be
death of tbi' emperor will affect the
war. The gMicr.il impression i J.,,
hud long bein a figurehead, signing
without reading documents lo which
hi signature was necessary, ami
taking ti0 part in affair: -f stale.
ADAH
8-HOUR LAW
HELD VOID
Federal Judge Hook at Kansas City
Holds Railroad Statute Unconsti
tutional for Purpose of Expediting
Final Decision by United States
Supreme Court Merits of Case
Not Passed Upon on Decision Made
at Request of Department Justice,
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Xov. 22.-
The Adanison eight -hour hwv was held '
uiieoustilutionnl here todtiv by Judge
William C. I look in the I'nited Slates
district court. '
Judge Hook directed the receivers
of the Missouri; Oklahoma it fiulf
railroad, who brought the original na
tion in this case to enjoin tho law
from going into effect, to assist the
government in expediting the ease lo
the supreme court of the United
Slules for final decision, nnd in
truded Ihein through their nttomevs
to invite the representatives of ev
ery railroad in this country to ymr
ticipate in the hearings before the
highest court in the land. This was
requested in the government's motion
to dismiss the injunction petition of
Ihe railroad, the government desiring
to avoid "prolonged, unnecessary and
scattered litigation," through tho
hearing of countless similar suits fil
ed by every rail system in every fed
eral district in the United Slntes,
through which their lines run.
For Speedy Decision.
The text of Judge Hook's decree
in part follows:
"This is an important suit to enjoin
enforcement id' a recent act of con
gress, commonly called Ihe Adamson
law, upon the ground that it is con
trary lo the constitution. In the
character of the averments, the plain
tiff's bill of complaint is stated to
be typical of u number recently filed .
by railroad companies in various dis
Iriel courts of the I'nited Stales. A
motion to dismiss has been presented
on behalf of the defendant United
Slntes utlorney. The sole question
raised by il is Hint of the constitu
tionality of the law. The court is
informed that other cases stand on
applications for temporary injunc
tions. To Settle (Jlicstiou.
"An appeal from an order gran ling
or refusing a temporary injunction
goes to. the circuit court of appeals
ami not further by ordinnry proced
ure, while an appeal from a final or
der or decree in nch a ease would go
direct to the sunremc court of the
United Slates. In the former a de
cision would be inconclusive: in Ihe
lalter. a deei-ion would definitely
sellle the question for the whole
eouulry. The motion to dismiss the
ea.-e here, however, il is decided, will
promptly result in a final decree from
which an appeal will be taken to Ihe
supreme court.
"The assistance id' this court has
been invoked to facililate a final ami
authoritative determination of thu
eiinsliiulioniil question. The case
was presented but yesterday and a
decision i expected today. It is fur
from being agreeable duty for a judgo
to record a judicial conclusion with
out Ibe cure and dcliberaliou essen
tial to a conviction that he would
stand to in every circumstance. Up
on Ibe merits of a case the govern
ment neither asks nor receives from
a court urealer consideration than is
required by the settled rules and pre
sumptions f low, hut n request by
the dcpnrlmcnt of justice lo aid the
progress nf a ease consistent with the
rights of every one cannot be declin
ed, certainly not for personal' con
sideration." KING ALBERT PROTESTS
IIAYIfK. Nov. 22. King Albert of
liciginm has sent autograph letters
lo King Alfonso of Spain, Cope Tten
edict anil President Wilson on the
subject of the deport alien of ttol- ,
gians bv lite (icruiun authorities, ac
cording to the Yingtienie Siccle,