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MEDFOltD. OTJl'XiOW TlIl'RsnAV. NOVKM IlKR 2:1. 191(5
NO. 210
.AIL TR
BUNE
VILLA OPENS
ATIACK ON
CHIHUAHUA
Bandit Leader Begins Assault Upon
State Capital, Which Is Defended
by 5000 Men Under Trevino Gen
eral Muruuia With 7000 Men Is
p Expected to Attack Villa From the
Rear City Is Strongly Defended
JfAItKZ, Mex., Xv. 21!. At :i
o'clock today till! battle between the
Villu bandits unit the CiiiTanzn forces
of (lenernl Trevino was raj;'"!? '
south of Chihuahua. City, with Hit'
apparent ndviuitujro in favor of Ihr
de fin-to forces, according to Gen
eral Francisco CJonznlcs,v commander
of the Juarez brigade liere.
Three separate iitlaclis have been
made upon (lie Carraiiza forces by
ttie Villa forces from the south, ne
cordine; lo General Gonzales, These
attacks have hccu repulsed, nceonl
iuif to the same source, and the Villa
losses have heen extremely heavy,
the. messages received from Chihua
hua City say.
Many Prisoners Taken.
General Trevinu's artillery, which
carried the brunt of the attack, did
heavy execution in the ranks of the
bandits, according to the message
General Gonzales said he had receiv
ed from the state capital.
Many Villa prisoners were taken
by the Carranza forces when a de
tachment of infantry and cavalry
aiade n sally from the city, he smd.
. ; -
' ei, PASO, Tex.,' Nov. 2.".. General
.Inctnto 13. Trevino answered an at
tack of the Villn bandit forces, open
ing at 11 o'clock today upon the city
of Chihuahua defenses, with an ar
tillery bombardment from Santa Rosa
hill and other fortifications to the
south and southwest of the slate capi
tal, a report received In Juarez said.
At 1:30 p. m. (mountain time) the
noise of the bursting shells and dis
charging field pieces stationed on the
Santa Rosa and other bills in the su
burbs of Chhiualma City, military
men in Juarez say and there are a
number of French seventy-fives in
cluded in this number, they say.
As far as is known here, Villa has
no field pieces except the machine
guns, which were reported to have
been captured by his forces from C'.en-
(Continued on Page Six.)
ElfE
LONDON-, Nov. 23. Km perm
Charles of Austria has issued u i'i )c
mnntlnn to tba 'Aus.ll O-l IlHiSarii' ins
declaring his inflexible decision
maintain the war until "a peace as
suring the existence n.id dc'eiil-ment
of the monarchy," according to
Vienna dispatch to Routers by way
of Amsterdam.
The dispatch says the proclaim
tion wns printed in a special edition
of the Wiener Ze'MniK together with
an autograph lette' addressed to Pre
mier Kocrber. The letter announc
ed that the new monarch had taken
over the government and confiimrl
the premier In his present functions.
After payir-.s homage to the late em
peror the proclamation said:
I will continue to complete the
work. 1 ascend his throne in a stormy
time. Our aim has not vet been
reached and the illusion of the enemy
to throw down my monarchy and our
allies Is not yet broken. You know
mo to be in harmony with my peoples j t inn In Kansas, which, were compiled
In my inflexible decision to continue j todnv, tdiow the following votes:
the BtnicRlo until a peace assuring Wilson. :!U..,.xv: Hughes. 277.fi.1G;
the existence and development of the.; Hen son, socialist. 2 l.tjM; Hnnly, pro
monarchy is obtained. I will do all hibitionist.
In my power to banish na ?oon as po-j
fible the horrors and sacrifices of.
war and to re-obtain peace as poon as
the honor of our arms, the conditions
of life of my countries and their al
lien, and the defiance of our enemies
will allow."
MONEY IK
OUT TU DEFEAT
8-HOUR -LAW
Federation of Capital Against the
Federation of Labor Is Line-Up in
Big Problem to Be Worked Out in
Congress This Winter Industrial
Struggle Becomes Political.
HY CII.SON (1AH DNKR.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. The fed
eration of capital against the federa
tion of labor i the obvious lineup in
the biggest problem to be worked out
in Washington this winter the prob
lem Involved in the application of the
eight hour law to the railroads, and
the supplemental questions of com
pulsory arbitration.
Around this legislation will come
the lineup of business on the one side
and labor on the other. The old talk
about labor and capital being "broth
ers" and "friendly co-workers" that
logan of the National Civic federa-
I Ion lias been dropped. The antago
nism of Interests, the clash of selfish
ness is in the open.
re are the developments in the
lineup for the coming struggle:
The formation of the National In
dustrial Conference Hoard; the gener
al plan for co-operatiun between the
railroads and the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, the
Founders association, and other lines
of big business which heretofore linve
onducted their labor fights inde
pondontly.
Sides Lining t'P to Fight.
On the other side is the drawinf
together of the American Federation
of Labor, the railroad brotherhoods,
the Labor llenfense council, certain
of the fanners organizations and the
socialist party groups.
The American Federation of Labor
slowly abandoning its former non-
polilirnl policy in the lace of the ne-
cssity of fighting to sustain the Ad-
amson eight-hour law and to defeat
the compulsory arbitration and other
measures which the railroads and the
liambcr of commerce are backing.
A part of the same fight is the ef
fort on the part of the railroads, vig
orously supported by the chamber of
omnierce. to secure federal incorpo
ration of railroads, the abolition of
the power of the state railway com
missions, nnd the wiping away of
Lhelr power to enforce "full crew"
laws, taxation provisions, limitation
of rates, an dstate legislation pro
tecting the workers.
Conflicting Demands.
Another important phase or this
newstruggle between labor and bus
iness is looming, His business is de
manding the passage of the Webb
bill and other legislation authorizing
combinations of capital to exploit for
eign markets: while on the other
side labor and the lower middle class
interests are demanding relief from
the pressure of the increased cost of
living, and are turning to the possi
bllilv of embargoes on food exports.
and government regulation of prf
government operation of railroads
and of Industries controlling (he sup
ply of foodstuffs.
Again the two interests are in con
flict over the pending immigration
legislation: employers are crying
about the lack of labor supply, mean
ing the lack of an army of unemploy
ed men: and organized labor Is de
termined to put through still greater
restrictions upon immigration.
Thus, in the coming session of con
gress the industrial struggle, hereto
fore conducted so lurgely on the eco
nomic field, will find its way into the
arena of legislat ion.
f, N KANSAS 36.932
TOPKKA. Kan.. Nov. Th- of
ficial figures on Hit? presidential elei:-
i,ho Nov. '':. - Holland will!
i ,., v j..,lK. ; i,,.,,, n) 12.1,0(Hi,immi
uuii'let-, ucenrdinir to a i
hVuters from The llui:ue.
-patch to
The loan
will lie i--ued at !", bearing
ut i per cent.
GREEKS REFUSE
TO SURRENDER
ARMS TO ALLIES
Government Spurns Demands of En
tente Allies to Yield Munitions and
Equipment Protested Yielding of
War Material to Germans and Bui
garians Is Violation Neutrality.
'LONDON, Nov. 23. -The Clrer.it
government has refused to coinpl
witli the demand of tho entento allies
."or the suirendei of part of Its sup
plier, of arms and ammunition, Rcu-
ler's Alliens correspondent canlos.
The dispatch follows:
"The Creek government has re
fused 'the demands of Vice Admiral
DuFournet that llreece surrender IS
field batteries of mounted nrtillery
with 10,000 shells for each, 40,
Mannlichers with 220 cartridges each,
140 machine guns with ammunition
and .10 motor vans.
"Referring to Admiral lluFonr
nct's contention that, the cession ol
material to the llulgarluns and Her
mans had disturbed the equillbrului
the government replies Hint although
it does not desire to enter into the
details of that operation it must point
out that the cabinet then in power
could approve of resistance to the
central powers without abandoning
neutrality, but duly protested. It
also contends Unit the guns already
taken by the entente are modern,
whilo those taken by Bulgaria wore
obsolete.
"The reply concludes that the sur
render of war material for financial
compensation or otherwise would
constitute a flagrant violation of neu
trality hud moreover that public opin-
Ion would not admit of the. forces of
Greece being so neutralized as to be
unable to defend her vital interests
of these were endangered."
EXTEND INDUSTRY
SAN FliANCISOO, Nov. 2.1.
Lumbermen veprcscntini: .$;. (1(10,000, -000
of tin if;O,O(m,iM)(i,On0 worth of
limber and timber lands in the Tint
ed State met in cnnl'ercnee here to
day for the purpose of framing plans
for the extension ni" the lumber in
dustry in fo!vin hinds. h II. Down
nuin. president id'' the National Lum
ber Miimifiietiwi'is' association, nnd
represent ii lives of fourteen district
association, attended the confer
ence, which will U intermittently
for three days.
Immediate, legislation ashed for in
cludes (be pn-s;tM(.' ()r ih,, Webb bill,
-ipoiisored by Ibe federal trade cmu-
rm-ioii. which is aimed lo legalize
e'lin nuclide for American nianu
fne hirers. The lumbermen hope to
organize a selling agency which
would be ndcipmlc to handle the flood
of lumber orders expected from Kur
opp when the war clo-e..
Anmnji the hip eastern lumbermen
attending the conference are 0. S.
Keith of Kansas City, president of
the Southern J'ine association, and
A. U. Tinnbull of Norfolk. Va.. pres
ident of the North Carolina 1'ine as-sorutti'.-.-i.
ELECTION TANGLE
TO BE CLEARED UP
SAt liAMKNTo, CJ(.. Nov. 2;t.
Little doubt was fell today by stafc
officials that the election tangle re
sulting from clerical errors in the re
porting of returns frm precincts in
Yuba ami Or;tnie eout.iics would he
cleared up to the -atisfaclion of See
'n tai of Slate Jordan. The only
-tcp n""'e--jirv to jidju-t the figures,
it va- pointed out. wa- for ibe state
eiiitiiil rnmmitlccs or inle)ctcd vot
ers in the two counties to apply io
the superior courts for a recount,
TIih would be granted uithoul delay,
it v.n. -aid. and the mutter -peedilv
eieaicd up.
FAMILY 1 ACCUSED
-A-l r If... 'M
HEIRESS' BODY IS
TAKEN FRONTIER
FAM1LVSUSPECTED
I'ONTIAC, 111.. Nov. -SX Is Chris
tine JHeiuer. hcire-s, whn-e body was
dra"-ed from Vermilion river, u sui-
'ide, or the victim of a fiendish mur
der?
If murdered, was she assailed hv a
brutal lunatic Mill ut larue. or xlid
her own kinsmen make way with her;'
A jury must deride: but her par
ents, Mr. and Mr-. Jarob Pinner, and
her vouiiiM r si-tcr, Majilaline, are
held for trial ami are out on 1 0,000
bail.
What puz.lcs the stale's alforney
is the entire jiheuee of a motive, on
the part of her parents and sister.
The cirl had property in her own
name, and her will was made out lo
Masdaline. Hut the family is
wealt by wnrth probably a qua i ter
million ami mme wants for money.
When the dead body was washed
up by the quiet Vermilion, the jiiH,
who hud been in a home for the men
tally weak. a- thought io have
drowned her-ell'.
I audit was i i i -i'd when it was dis
covered tin- irl" neck wa- broken
and it wa- learin-d the veil wrapped
about her lace a not !iei.
Now the family is under official
suspicion; ihi- i- the reason:
Her di-apoeat;ince from home on
October J7 hud been made public
by her family. They t'dd the neigh
bors -,he had -one to Honda; tliey
difl not ak tie police to ear:h for
her, and a- far a- authorities in I'on
tiae know, no lan-h ever was made.
Pontine i- th.- -eat of a state re-formnton-
for la-y-. Many hardened
character-, -mi in and out of the town
to the sehool. Ii Jacob li"iner's
theory that sonu e-eaped pri-oner
may iiave killed hi- dau-hter tW the
money he earriid in her pur-e. :!',
wjiieh i1- iiii--in,'.
E
Ni:V YOI.'K. Nov. 2:;. - The office--,
fd (he W'li it Slar line hac been
advi-ed by the lliiti-h mliniraity that
the I'rilannic was nnk by u mini'.
LoNlMiN'. Xnv. L:;. dU
patdi-"s 1 1 (.in Aiht-n sainir there
were no wmindeil "ii board the ln-pi-!al
bii ItrilaMiic vbcu it u;i- -n n k
nil' (tie 1 i-k cM.i-t were fonfjimed
tnday by I lie ediniralty. which made
the I'mIIuvviii'j aiili-Miueeuieiit :
"No HtMinih-d were ubimid the
lirit aiinie iui u hii-h tin-re were only
the --hip'- eieiv iind the le;-pit;d
OF HEIRESS DEATH!
A 9
RENDERED HELP
1'AltlS, Nov. 2:t. In (be amjdii
tbentro of the Sorbonne today was
held the first of u KerU'H of meetintAS
which will carry throughout this
country to civilians and to the sol
diers at tho front the story of what
America has done for France durliu.
the war. The meeting was held In
official approval under the auspicer.
of the association known as "the ef
fort of France and its allies." Alex
ander Millerand. former minister of
war. delivered the principal address.
-M. Millerand spoke with Rrnal
earnestness and feeling of American
r uorosity and of tho personal devo
tion lo the French cause of thous
ands of individual Americans. Many
hundreds of theni had come to France
and imperiled their lives to Rave the
ration, lie continued:
"The Great work undertaken by the
father of the American republic. In
1770 upon the soil of the new world,
is being completed by the sons who
came to the old soil of France In
I ft I I. Ulood and (ears shed in com
mon In the new wars for indepen
dence will render forever sacred and
idissllublc the union of Hie two Kistcr
icpublics."
A Megr-ini of greetings signed by
:10 Americans was n'-td by Km lie. Itou
Couw Among the sigm rs were Theo
dore Itoosevelt Klihu Hoot. Thomas
A Kdison. Hear Admiral Itohert K
I Vary, Itohert Huron. MronT. Her
ri. U. Frank A. Vamlerlip Mrs. W. K
uidorbilt and Mrs. Anne Morgan.
f;i;i;i.ix. x..i. lm. -Aimo-i all ihe
parties in the ihnna juincd in the pru-ic-l
nvain-t tin- Kn-sinn gm eminent
al the rei-etit --rHiay '-e--iuii, ueeol d -Iflir
(' the lei-c,l- N'ew KelieV.
which !-ay-:
"I'll. re' r 'IVnl Miluk.ilT. leader
id' tlie coiilihitiii!!fil demncnil-. jli
-trniilv ei it ii--iim the gn eriuiieiil.
unve cvpie -i"M to (lie -onow and
mi-cry of the I f 1 1 -i i r f j pop-1 h rii
The leader of the nat ituinli-t ri-.Jit
wiiiL'. M. Itnle-ilioM". ih'i-lnreil thai
conru--ion u.i- lei-iiifiiu' within Ihe
OVTfiMillt."
On the day. the new a-jnii v
cntltiniic-. thele v.i?- 11 Moiihv M'
- it ij 1 fi the i-oiim-il ft)' the empire, dur
ing uhieh M. rhlchei:b-. r..rmer
inhii-ter ol' julice, a --aib-d Ibe I'ojew
a beiiiL' n-opon-ihlc for Ihe procla
mation by (brinauy and Au-tiia ol'
a kin-tiom of iVIand.
STORMY SCENES
STATE CONTRO
L
E
General Counsel Thorn Presents
Traffic Lines' Cricvances to Joint
Congressional Railroad Investiga
tion Committee Rates of Less
Importance Than Good Service.
WASHINGTON. Nov. - Firm
actual testimony on tho broad sub
ject of transportation was received
today by the joint congressional rail
road invest igatiug committee. Al
fred P. Thorn of this city, general
counsel for the Southern Itallroud
ami counsel for the railway execu
tives' advisory committee, waa the
first witness In presenting tho rail
roads side of the case.
The hearing is tho first of a series
which will continue indefinitely nnd
will cover railroad credit, federal
control, national Incorporation, gov
ernment ownership, wages and other
important subjects.
Mr. Thorn blamed tho present sys
tem of "corrective'' regulation, di
vided between the slate and federal
governments, for most of the prob
lems troubling the public and the
carriers an dapponlorf for discussion
of necessary changes, "not upon any
mero theory or Jealousy as to the dis
tribution of governmental power, but
upon tho largo issue of what public
interest requires."
I lutes I'lilinporiunt.
Hates, Mr. Thorn declared, are less
Important to public interest than
"certainly, safety and sufficiency of
transportation." I'ndcr present con
ditions in which (ho "railroad bus!-
nchs is largely controlled by polifiVal
Instead of business con, si do rations, he
added, railroad credit Is ho poor and
returns so small that ndequato ex
tensions of lines Into undeveloped
territory and enlargement of lacili
ties arc Impossible. lie said increas
ed transportation facilities would
tend to reduce the high cost of living
by opening up new country, thereby
causing increased production.
Mr. Thorn pointed out that the
present system of railroad regulation
had its beginning in the abuses of
the past and was based on tho princi
ples of repression, correction and
punishment, rather than on construc
tive, principles.
"Itallroud regulation is Hie voice of
a spirit of anger that grew out of
real or fancied abuses in the pust,"
he said.
(Continued on Pago Six.)
I
Hi;U!.IX, Nov. A period of
complii at ions may nalu lie fmjiciid
1 11 K In ( ieritiau-A 111 erica n rtdat ions,
(in 111 ii 11 y c onduct uf subuiarine war
fare has brought forth im abundant
crop of American iiti i i ri-s of which
Joseph ('. drew, the American charge,
recently has filed no Ickh than ten -five
of them today, Six remain to be
answered ineludhm the cases on the
Manna, on which a number of Amer
icans were lost and the finking of
(he Anilda.
The Cultt d .State liases its attitude
in the case of the Araida on Ihe as
sumption that il was unarmed nnd
torpedoed without arti I ittr and in un
able lo vee that them was adequate
juMiiicauon lor forcing tlie iiassen-
ers Into the boats. Washington b
lhjvt-H the Huiimarhie commander, on
ascertaining that there wei" women
and children on the decks should have
refrained rrom making an attuck.
(iennaiiy in the four ea:-cs In re
gard to which replies ulready have
heen made, was found to have fairly
convincing answers, which it Is be
lieved may put ipiitc a different as
pect tin the affalis. It Is pointed out
here, for example, that according to
testimony (jf her ouu pasKi-n is, the
Arabia was ;irnn d and uscil her can
non, that the sea was smooth ami that
other vessels were near. It Is an; nod
that tlie Arabia, having on board a
iari:e number or coolie war worker,
should be regarded as a transport.
ALLEGED CAUS
RAILROAD ILLS ARE WITHDRAWN
RUIN FORCES
INJIUL VALLEY
Bucharest Reports That Forces Oc
cupy Old Positions, But Throws
Little Light on Situation Western
Wallachia Fast Overrun by Teu
tonic Invaders.
1HCIIAIMST, Xnv. ThV liu-
lllillllilll ill till- .lilll Vlllll'V ill
woMi'i'ii Wnllaihiii luivi' lii-itii with
ih'iiun nntl ihhv iM'iiiy thrir oM pus,
itiiuiS I Ik- win- iit'lice miniumi'i'il to
day. This is tin' first urn's vp.':i'iviil
I'l'uiii litii'lmresl sini'i! Inst Sut unlay.
Il iVMirts tlic withdrawal of the lfn-
inaniaiis 1'inni .Iho Jinl vallcv. lmt
throws lillli- further ih on the situ
ation nioiiiiil Craiova. Tho Unman
iaus urn iV.orloil t haw iiiaintaini'il
their positions in tho All valley.
LONDON. Nov. 2:t... Latest rn
ioi'ls of the eaiiiiiaiiiii Oeneral Von
Kalkenhnvn is wnviuir iijrniiist 1 1n?
liinaaiiians ii)ilie,'ite that (he Teutonic,
forces arc overrnnnine; western Wnl
hichia, l'ollowiii!.' nn their del'cnt of
the liumanians in the Jinl valley reg
ion ami Hie cailure nf ('raiova.
.MiuihIoii l.ai'RO Ait'a.
Indications of (he ahiiiidoiiaieut ly
the Kumaniaiis of u Inri' section ol!
western Wallachia may he found in
today's aiiiiounecnienl liy the Itular
ian war office. Ii reports the dc
struelion by utnaniaii forces o,f the
bridge over the Daunlic near t'oralia,
fifty miles soiitheiisl of Craiova.
So far it ajexvir.. Il.at Hie enlenle
I'ori'es which captured Itlonaslir have
mil been able lo press Iheir advance
beyond the new line taken up by Ihe
Ituliraiiaus and (iennans a short dis
tauec norlh of Hip idly. '
Only artillery and nvialioii opera
tions iiloiii; the Soinme in northern
I'" ranee and elsewhere on the r'ranco
I Icljj ii) ii I'roiil are reported in loday's
hnlleliiis from London and I'aris.
The llritish admirally loday eon
finned press advices Mint there were
no wounded on board Hie British hos
pilal ship Liil, iniii.- when she. was
link in Ihe Aegean sen. Those on
the vessel were Ihe crew and lllo
hospital slalf.
I'.eilin reporls tli:;l Wiissian reiu
I'orecinciits have arrived on the 'I'lan-
svlvanian front.
KENT LIKELY 10
IN THE CABINET
WASHINGTON. Nov. :!. -'iuicr
'oiiL:rcs-.iiinii William Kent of Cali
fornia, a Ihe siicccssur of Secretary
of ('iiiiinieree William I'. Kcdfield, is
Ihe liil -I uos-ii all., nl (he cabinet
chan-c-. J f . 1 1 j.l.l probably will svo.
I'loiiinably all Ibe caliincl officers
will leader Iheir rc-iynnlion. ijs be-in-.'
Ihe ciiioiu and Ihe proper lorin
al Ibe cud of a prc-idi-nl ial icnii, anil
i! any i- acceplcd. licdticld's will be.
If liicie i, nny doiibl alioiil a change
in Ibis olliec. a uood deal of pressuro
"ill be bronchi i,, bear un I 'resident.
Wilson. The Jane Addalas social
worker croud in ( Itii-.iti remembers
Ihe Ka-lland ili c-t a I ion wit ii bil-lenif--
acl j .ri .t i--1 - already made
.ill be followed by deputations of
pioiiiinenl Monii n lo remind the prev
ail -al of b'.dl'ieh!' sc in thai.
mailer, ami in nddilion lo this, Iherc
will be reminders a to K'ed field's
' -e in the ema--i-alal i .11 of tbo
-eam.ui'-. law- Ibiouuli adiiiiiii-liiiiive
onler-. and oilier bilU of complaint
vhic-h niakc it de-irabic to have a.
new secretary of commerce.
Mr. Kent did nut lal,c .1 i-ciioiniim-
lion toi ic'i-css and i" mailable for
a itoml appointnieiit which would keep
him in Wabin-'lon ami i;ive liiin an
opportunity to serve I In- Wil-011 ad
lainistralion, lo who-e re-ilcclion he
contributed. Mr. Kent, who was
claed as an independent in con-ures-(
haine at one time been n re
publican, lias been M'l'v clo-c lo I'rcs
ideal Wil-011, and la- is in ilial happy
condition of md having lo have 11 job.
hein; a man of lerc independent
mean- wilb 110 ambition cNoept to do
soiMcthinv u-clid.