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Uiilvor.-ity ol Orcjon Li;,nry X Me Mail Tribune i BFORB FORECAST ltAix TOXKiirr AXD TOMOltltOW WEATHER Maximum Vestcrdny 51; Minimum Today Forty-sixth Tear. Dully Klfvpnth Tear. ME DFORD. OKKfiOy, 'VHTDAY. XOVE.MliKI? 24. 101(i 0. 211 IIAIICE DEFEATED AT CHIHUAHUA Bandit Leader Repulsed in Attempt to Capture City by Carranza Forces Yesterday, Renews Attack Today to Again Meet Defeat ' General Acosta, Villa Lieutenant, Killed in Action Trevino. Slightly Wounded. JUAREZ Mex., Nov. 2-1 Villa was repulsed apaln today and his forces driven rrom tuolr positions outside Chihuahua City, it was announced at military hendqnartors here at 12:30 . ni. (mountain time) today. The flKhtiiiR has been for the po nosslon of the first and second line of government trenches, it was an nounced by Carranza officers, and re sulted in a victory Tor the do facto forces, it was slated officially. .Villa and his bandits returned to the scene of their apparent defeat yesterday, and renewed tho attack at 9 o'clock this mornliiB, General Francisco Gonzales, commander of , tho brigade at Juarez, announced at noon today. General Gonzales Baid ho had been in communication with Chihuahua City constantly since early morning and has had a brief confer once regarding military affairs dur ing tho morning. (ienevnl A casta Tmul. Among tho Villa dead picked up on Iho battlefield to the west of Chihua hua City was found the body of Cen cral Julio Acosta, one of tho Villa principal commanders, it was an nounced here at 2 o'clock. General Acosta was with Villa when tho bandits occupied I'arral and is said to be one of Villa's chief lieu tenants. The first attack started at the northwestern sector of the defensive works when Villa' cavalry tried to rush into the city. lie was met by Trevino's cavalry. In the shock of the cavalry conflict the guns of Cerro inrt Santa Rosa began to play. The engagement soon became gen . oral. A machine gun detachment of tho government forces then caught the enemv on the flank and rolled back the bandit line. Trc-vino Lends Attack. General Trevino, who has been di recting the artillery from the hill, led u brilliant cavalry attack in person late in the afternoon, which turned the course of the battle. He crossed the river and charged the enemy at a point between the old smolter and tho cemetery. The Villa troops broke . in disorder. General Ozuna followed up the retreat to Les Ksc-obes ranch, about five miles northwest of Chi huahua. After his cavalry attack, which was followed by Ozuna. General Trevino, although suffering from a wound re ceived at that time, visited the trenches covering tho entrance of the town nt Zarco avenue, where, cheered by the men, he straightened out the troops, who were subjected for a (Continued on Page Three.) IN AEGEAN SEA LONDON, Xov. i. The British hospital ship Bracmer Castle, ot 620 tons gross, bound from Salonlki to Malta with wounded, has been mined or torpedoed in the Aegean sea, it was officially announced today. All on board were saved. The disaster occurred in the My konl channel the announcement states. Jlykonl is an island in 'the Aegeor sea, distant about 100 miles from Pi raeus, the port of Athens. A com paratively narrow passage separates .Mykonl from the Island of Tino to the northwest. A Renter dispatch from Athens says the Bracmer Castle was torpedoed. AUSTRIA S NEW RULERS S.1 ! ......... ( - Archduke C ha He I I'illH'lS Joseph, Kmperor ( hnilos I., shown hero with his wife, the Archduchess, now th Huntress Zitn. E YIKNXA, X o v . 2 4. Charles Austria's now- emperor, is reported to be a groat favorite with the men in tho trenches and likes to mingle with ihein. He is tall and slenaer in build with a round, ruddy fare, and a hearty laugh. He is credited with being a man of modern views and progressive tendencies and many look for changes in the Austro-Hungariau governmental .system under his rule. Since the beginning of the great war Charles , then the heir appar ent, climbed rapidly in military rank, lie spent the opening months of the war at the headquarters of the Aus trian commander in chief. Archduke Frederick. In January, 1al., he went to the headquarters of the German emperor on a special mission and In July, 1 9 1 r , was made a major general and a rear admiral. Subsequently he spent considerable time Inspecting troops on the various fronts by com mand of the ICmperor, Francis Joseph. I-ast March he was created field marshal and viee-admiraJ, receiving at the same time command of an army corps on the Italian front. The emperor took part personally in the great offensive against the Italians .May and his services were rewarded by the German em peror by the iron cross of the first class and the order of Tour le Merite. In July of the present year he was transferred to the command of an army in east Galhia. and only last month he took charge of Austria's ar mies against Rumania. Kll'.l.l) liKADQl'AliTKRS AMI'.R- K'AX ITXITIVK. KXPKDITIOX. MI'.XK'O. Xov. :':(, i radio lo Col umbus, X. JL, Nov. 2-1. Three Jli lean women were sounds isti-rdav executed by firing at l-'.l Valle on the p'-eferrcd by f'ar tliat they had at- o-ii-n-iblc charge, ranza nilhcu-nts, tnoptcil lo kill Ihaz, commander uariison at Kl ' t'ooiu-l Gonzalez of llie Carrana allc. Papers were s.iid lo ltavo hei-n found on the no- nun inciiniiualinu' them. Tho-c ee'-ut' d were Jr.'irarita A'-o-ta. h-r -i-tcr. Jlaria ( a-tilla ,-n. d Mafia R'-i--. her s,rvan(. Tbf triple execution was lield.at sunrise Vi -diie-diiy. The ri lbs w it bout w ca fir-t time a trio winiicn fa we d the i- the been crjir.'j. Thi 1' women h;i e.cct)K'U in this part uf Mexico, PROTOCA L L F Agreement Signed by American Del egates to Mexican Conference for Withdrawal of Pershing's Force Within Forty Days From Date of Final Approval. ATLANTIC CITY, X. J., Nov. 2 4. A protocal providing for the with drawal of tho American troops in Mexico and for the patrol of the bor der was signed by the members of the Mexican-American Joint commis sion this afternoon. The protocal signed provides for the withdrawal of tho American troops commanded by General Persh ing within 40 days of tho date of its final approval, unless by that time tho conditions in Northern Mexico have become such that the American border is endangered by bandits. Control of I lord or. Tho control of the border "has been left to the respective armies of the two governments, each to patrol its own side. The question of co-operation on tho border is left to the com manding officers of the two armies on the border. Although not incorporated in the written agreement the American com missioners told the Mexicans that this government would reserve the right to pursue across the border Into Mexi co any bandit force that had crossed the international boundary line Into the United States.' An adjournment was taken to al low Alberto J. Panl of the Mexican commission to go to Mexico to place before Carranza a copy of tho propo sals for an international, border pro gram maclc by the Americans. Mr. I'anl expects to leavo for Xew York late today to start thence from Mexl- Adjournment Talien. ATLANTIC CITY, X. J., Nov. 24 When (he MextrHn-.-.iner:ean joint commission met today It appeared al most certain that the request of Car ranza'3 representatives for a recess of two weeks would ho granted. They Insisted they must bo given an op portunity to refer to their govern ment a full account of the proposals made by the American commission, after Secretary of the Interior Lane, chairman of the commission, had se cured from President Wilson his ap proval or tne plan. They were un willing lo sign the agreement as it stands, however, even after certain modifications had been made, until it had been sanctioned by Carranza, to whom it was. planned that Alberto J. Pani, one of the commissioners, should render a report in person. FOR WITHDRAWA ROM MEXICO Mr. Pani made preparations forj.the railroad from Tchcrnnvodn, and leaving today for Qucretaro, where, have crossed the Karlal river. Dor the first chief is now attending thejlin announces a bailie in this rciriou, congress assembled to draft a new ; di clariii'' that ihe Russians were constitution. It is understood that Luis Cabrera, chairman of the com- lloth east and west of . Monastic on The department of .just ice was nnr mlssion, w ill remain In the Cnited I the Macedonian trout the entente ! cd m a resolution to institute invest i- Slates until the Joint commission re convenes. H is understood that the Mexican commissioners have been practically convinced that the agreement should be signed, but that they do not care to assume the responsibility. Part of the cavalry forces. It will be a pi iu Iktiikiiiv, NEW BELGIAN ARMY PREPARES FOR DRIVE ON GERMANS "VmVi. v v'- - HHi. ORSOVA TAKEN BY TEUTONS N E Virtual Completion of Conquest of Little Wallaehia by A ustra-Germans Announced Alt Valley Is Threatened Russians Benin a Counter Move in Dobrudja. HKIfl.IN', Nov. 21. The .r of fice nnnouiH'ecl tmujilit that the artsy Rroups of Field Mnr.-hnl Von Maek ensen had erossed the Danube at sev eral places. H Was also slated that the flcnnan forces in Wallaehia had reached the river Alt. Xo important events were recorded on (he Somine. . LONDON', Xov. 21. ViitnuJ com pletion of the Teutonic conquest of I.illle Wallaehia is Announced today hy licrlin. Ors'ova mid Turmi-Scver-cin, on the Danube, have been captur ed hy Ihe Austro-Gcrman furors, which have broken Ihe resistance of the liumanians in this section of west liuiuania. No mention is made of the falo of the Humanian forces which were de fending the Orsovn region. The re treat of these forces is assumed to have been cut off with the recent rapture by (ienerul Von Kalkcn hnyn's armies of Craiova, and wiih it Ihe only main-line railroad lead in;; rust wind. All Valley Ncaird, I'u-hini; eastward from the Jiul valley nflcr their capture of Craiova, the Austro-tieriiuin forces are now announced as anpr hinji the Alt valley. - It. is ahln this' valley that the limuuniuns apparently have elected to make their next stand. Hn oharost yesterday reported a with drawal of the llunianiaus from the .Jiul region and announced they were holdinir their own in Ihe Alt valley. Simultaneously a movement has been started, presumably by the Uni tarians, which may prove of notable importance. Ilncliarcr-t reports an at tempi by hostile forces to cross .the Danube at Siiunilza, thirty-five miles southwest (lf fluernieu, on the railroad leading lo Bucharest. This move, if successful, would mean a cuttinj,'- in far In-hind the present Ru manian line aloni: the Alt. Simnil.a js seventy mile- southwest of Bu charest. '. Itllssians Start lrivc On the other handr the Russians have made a counter move in Dob rudja. I'etrnurail announces that they arc pushing south and have reached to Lake Tashaul, about twelve miles north of Conslunza, which is the Black sea terminal of thrown back from advanced positions RUMAN DRIV nrmios arc pressim,' the GerniJino- g.-itioiis through federal -jrand juries Bulgarian lines hard and making fur-' in the l;ir-r cities ot' the I'nited tiler advances, accordion; to liicj Stales for the purpose of obtaining French war ol tier. Berlin announces evidence of nllcicd illegal coiispir ,the repulse ot' local attacks by en-1 acics lo compel the payment of exlor tenlc troops noithwosl and northeast , tionate priic- lor paper- u-ed in tiic I Monastir. prmtin d' the newly e ipuppcil 1 ti-li; uin annv prcpaiiii1.' for n ini-jlily dri1. i-de-t against dcporliitioti- of lScl.inns to di Irenehes and work i VtA K 'WPIwpcJ Psince55 GE.oao: y The first marriasc of royalty since Ihe war started took place when Counti'ss Nad.jcida 'J'orby, ilauhli'r of Grand Duke Jlichnelovitrh it Rus sia, and l'riuce George of ltnttrnlicrx usin of Kinir Gcorw of Kn?- lanil, wed. One ceremony was performed in Russia, another in I''.n;jrlaud. Prince George is u lieutenant in Iho B rilish navy. BAI.riMORl-., Md., Xov. 21. A prompl, rigiir'and full iuvcstiB'aliun bv coiiLress of the holdimr of food - j ' , i . us...;.- pure aoox- ,,.c rati', was arscd in a resolution adopteil toilay by the convention of the American l-Vdcration of Labor. It also asked for the appointment of a , , , . , ,,. le.lcral .onumssu.n. wh h should in- elude among its members reprcscnln- lives of orfiiiuizcil labor, lo invesli - "ale the whole oiicstiou of Iho hiuli cost of liviii" , ,, , " , i.npe was rxpre.MM mat s,kmm!.v aclion would It taken aitd Mial Hi'' eonnni-.-ionV repnrl wnnld im'linle ti rveonniH'iidalion for prosecution ami severe punishment of (ho.-o t'oiind Kiiilty of int'lictin',' upon the public an unwarfMiilcfl increase in the cost, of living. The neec?-.'ity of phicinji it n em Imryo, ns I'nr as our iiilcrnntiiinal trade nreeinenls will permit, mi tin j export of wheal and oilier fond -it iiII'h until prices thereof return I" liirnres, prevailing before I he 'mil break of Ihe Knropean war. nl-o was nryed upon I'roidenl Vil-"P ami conure-s lv the : resolution. iudiist rv. icaiit-t the (Icrman iiiimition facioru-s Batte.nbe.rg SERVICES OF ALL FROM 17 10 GO LONDON, Xov. 2 4. Tho (lerman auxiliary service blll is considered by ! Secretary of the Interior Von Loebell ! surpassing In importance all pre- f!viou8 war measures, according to an i Amsterdam dispatch to Keuters de scribing t he debate on -t he bill before (,0 Iin committee of the rclchstag Secretary Von Loebell opened the debate on the bill, which provides for I ,ho SPrvi,-s of "" mon rrom tl' I of 17 lo (10. lie said that besides the j m,ions whl) t w0,(l ,.t,n,1(,r , , Ucrviee, it would al'l'ecl 3, DUO, (Kit) 1 others to be called upon for other services in tills war, which "Is not i " WiU" "rmles, but a war of I iiolltlcal economy, a war of nations." KxllafninR UllU thn olljct ot tho j i.ni wnH the inolillzalim of labor, the mhil.Hler iler-lared Ibat liitead of the i lack of employment which prevailed at the houinnin of the war, there ; was now a positive lack of labor, es- liecially In the manul'aclure of muni tious and war materia of all kinds Ho said tlie bill Is intended to assure Ihe sustenance of the luborlng pnpti latlon and that cominilslon would only be used as a last resort and was not needed for women. "The bill must prove to the whole world," he said, ''Ci'miany's deternil nallon to fight with all her forces to the uliuosl." SICATTI.K, Wasli., Nov. 1M. An lolbcr far-iiislanl earllmuahe wan re 'eonled yentertlay on the seiJ-iuomaph lof the I'nlversily of Wasliiuflton, be- KlnnlnK at allalnini; its inaxl- ! mum at ami eloin-4 at The enntlniifd i.ioi'I;h, hiivK VrofenKor illinry I. amies, of Ihe ilojiai tnient of j eolo!;y, are probably due to a hIIii- IpIii' iu the earth's eriist In the Aleu tian Islands, or some other remote region. I CLERK SHOI JUDGE IN SELF DEFENSE!::; i Ill'NTMVIld.K. I.a., Nov. . - Hu ! vld . Overton, loruicr clerk of the Madison county i hr nil court, took .the slnnd today at hi trial for the miml.T of .liel;.c W. T. l.:iwlcr. his potith iil oiM'oiM iit ant! Ic tiiied that . li r killed the Jurist In Bi.lf-defeue. ! l.nwler'H body was found in the river ( last .Tune amt unlit Owrlon sfoke to- day. Die inaiim r of hm death tt .ih if u i know n. linDIl KILLFO FLIES HOT BULLET W. W. Memlier Who Met Death in Horn'irook Jail Not Shot, Says Coroner's Jury Furthermore, Had Been Searched and Matches Taken Away Was Unconscious in Cell When Fire Broke Out Mystery Surrounds Tragedy. I'he coroner's jury invest in fins? the death ol' the unknown man who was burned to death 111 the Horn ln'ook jail Thursday nilit found that llie jail had Itcen set on t ire from tho in-ide, and found untrue the report that the man bud been shot and tho jail ignited from the oulile o rover the deed. The prisoner, who was .jailed for drunkenness, was thor oughly searched by Fred Itichanlson, deputy sheriff, who made the arrest, before bein-' placed in jail. AH matches on his person were removed, so that the origin of the lire is un known. Several witnesses of the fire, tell of seeing oil smoke, hut the jury round no evidence of (he presence of the fuel. There was no beddin? in the cell, (be same haviny been burned by holmes recently locked up. I lornbrook is tbrcaleiied tonight with an invasion of 1. . WVs, who are bent nit invctii!;tin the incident. Sixty of (he order are in Ashlaiul and vicinity, twenty or 'more in Med font and 100 or more were in Urnnts Pass Ibis morning, invaitin' llie arrival oE I'reiiibl trains lo carry Ihein over the Siskiyous. Severn! members of the T. W. W. w ho were in I lornbrook btsf miht en nic north this morning and spread the report of the burning through the valley, and as a consequence, tho move to I lornbrook was planned. Witness Teiis Story. K. T4. Kimball, one of (he men who witnessed llie incident, slated ill Med ford this mofiiiu.U" that, he saw Ihe dead man lyiny flat on his buck on Ihe cell floor, shortly befoT d.i'k, apparenlly uueoiiseions. At 7::i0 Ihe fire was discovered by Kim ball and Jive other floaters. They made an effort to locale Iiichardson, who had the keys to the .jail, hut ho could not be found until after the jaiL fiad been almost completely consum ed. A party of the men broke in the. jail door with an a.. hut were unable, on account of the flames, to reach llie man wilhiu. The story heiuu told to the T. V.s eoii.ure.-s'uted in Medl'ord today is lhat the prisoner was hit over llie head with a ti'in butt by Kichnrdsnu, the blow bcimr h:ird euouub to break the "iiard of the iui. I'eople iu lloinbrook fail to viirify this story. Mystery Veils Traucdy. No additional details concerning Ihe tia.iieily have been received at tho six-rill's oilier at Vrcka, two depu tes of I he oi l ice bcim; euaucd ill niakiu.ur an investigation at the scene of the burning todav. (Continued on Pajie Two.) E WASHINGTON'. Nov. 2 1.-- RhsoIh I'niiri coudeinnin agitation for nil embargo on f(fOd exports ih unfair to the American farmer, were adopted lure today by the National Grange. Restrictions cn the export of any pro ducts of Hie soil, it wan declared, would force the farmer to sell hU crop at low prices under an artificial jires.-don, while buying hLs Bunplles normally hiwh prices. Db-cusslou of a divided committed reiKirt on the Ailanion act ended iu tabling u resolution denouncing tho law. 'I'he grange unproved legislation ti license nil commission merchants, nsked for legislation to do a ay with election Rumbling, endorsed the C-'aey bill pending in eonsresp to enc,ourapo juoductlon of denatured alcohol nu.fi adopted a resolution declarinj; that distribution of free seed by congress men w as a waste of the public moneys