VOLUME XIII.
U.S. TROOPS ILL.
RETURN THE FIRE
Border Patrol Ordered by Gen. Kuns
ton to Shoot to Kill all W ho
Fire Across the Line.
WASHINGTON. |Dec. 23.—Secre
tary Garrison, of the War depart
ment, has instructed Genera! Funs
ton. commanding the American troops
patrolling the Mexican border, to or
der the troops to return the fire of
the Mexicans shooting across the line.
General Villa is reported to have
asserted that he will never enter the
United States but will take refuge in
the mountains from which hiding
places he will operate in harrassing
the Carranza troops. He has threaten
ed vengeance on the generals who
forced /him from command of his
troopkiand regards them as traitors
to
VniaT^ZoHowers are refusing to De
guided by their generals in seeking
immunity from the Carranza govern
ment, but are breaking up into
bands and ravaging the ranches and
small towns. These outlaw bands ac
knowledge allegiance to no faction
and are regarded as more dangerous
than either the Carranza or Villa ar
mies.
Mexicans who are in close touch
with the situation fear that General
Villa will surround himself by bands
of former followers and Indians and
will engage in guerrilla warfare. His
followers have been on the warpath
for years and no longer desire peace.
SPECTATORS STEAL
FROM POLICEMEN
Big Stock Barge Sinks in New York
Harbor with Hundreds of Cat
tle and Sheep on Board.
NEW YORK Dec. 23.—A big
barge carrying live stock sunk off the
Battery yesterday afternoon, drown
ing hundreds of cattle and sheep. It
Is believed the barge was overloaded
cansing -her seams to open and flood
the hold'. An effort was made to
beach the craft but she sank before
reaching shore.
When the officers of the tug found
that her tow was sinking she sound
ed an alarm and several steamers re
sponded but were to late to render
assistance.
As the water closed over the barge
hundreds of calves and lambs vthich
had-been in open pens on the deck,
floated clear of the wreck. The little
animals proved good swimmers and
the bay was dotted with them as they
floated with the tide.
When the news spread along the
waterfront that a vessel was sinking
in the harbor thousands of spectators
gathered to witness the unusual spec
tacle and scores of boatmen engaged
with the police in rounding up the
drowning animals. When a tally of
the lambs and calves was made by
the police, it was found that many
of the animals which had been las
soed and tied up to prevent their es
caping into the streets had been stol
en by the spectators. Many of the
lambs are reported to have been car
ried away in automobiles.
Pood Kioto in Poland.
LONDON: A dispatch from Am
sterdam to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says:
“Pood riots are frequent in Poland
The shortage of supplies is so great
irr-j' the towns around Warsaw that
ev^a the wealthy are unable to ob
tain sufficient food. As a conse
quence outbreaks are of almost daily
occurrence and involve fighting be
tween citizens and the Germans.
“The situation has been made
worse by the refusal of Gene-nl von
Besseler, Gov. General of Poland, to
allow the Polish Belief Committee to
work except under German control,
to which the committee declines to
assent. The mortality among chil
dren has trebled since the cold weath
er set in.”
LA GRIPPE 18 EPIDEMIC
IN CITY OF CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—An epidemic
of la grippe is sweeping over this city
and the hospitals are crowded to ca
pacity and thousands are being de
nied admittance. The physicians
state that the disease is due to the
sudden drop in the temperature arl
that a number of deaths have already
resulted from the disease.
Many manufacturers report that
the disease, which has seized many of
their employes, has handicapped them
in handling holiday orders and that j
many shipments of Xmas goods will
be delayed.
REQUESTS POLICE
SUPPRESS SlLESj
Han Francisco Hoard of Kducation
Objects to Reproduction of
Paintings Being Hold.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.—The
board of education of San Francisco ,
has asked the chief of police to sup- j
press the display and sale in stores j
of reproductions of nude in art which |
children were encouraged to see while j
the original paintings were on exhi- j
bition at the exposition.
In his letters to the chief of police
the president of the board justifies
the paintings as works of art, but j
says the reproductions are obscene,
and detrimental to the morality of
the children.
The reproductions of the famous
paintings are on display in every
window where the proprietors will
permit their sale, and are being of
fered for sale to boys and girls. They
are the work of an enterprising firm
of printers who are reaping a harv
est by catering to the depravity of
the coming generation.
It is reported that the California
Ministerial Association, which in
cludes in its membership nearly ev
ery pastor in the state, is backing the
board of education and will insist
that the sale of the pictures be sup
pressed.
SAMS NIUSl BE
CLOSED ON SUNDAY
Cannot liven Sell Tobacco or Soft
Drinks In Buildings on Snnday
—Test Case Decided.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—A recent rul
ing of the court handed down here
regarding the right of saloou keep
ers to sell tobacco and soft drinks
to customers on Sundays, holds that
the saloons must t^e closed to pa
trons from Saturday night until Mon
day morning in compliance with the
law. '
The ruling will have the effect of
forcing hundreds of cigar and soft
drink establishments out of business
as they are located in the saloon
building and operated by the holders
of the saloon licenses.
Following the clamping of the lid
on selling liquor on Sundays by the
city authorities hundreds of the sa
loon keepers remodeled their prem
ises believing their licenses would
permit them to sell soft drinks on
Sundays without coming into conf***
with the law. Many of them oper
ated as bling pigs, covering the sale
of intoxicating liquors under the;
guise of soft drinks and making con
victions of offenders difficult to se
cure.
Library Closed Christinas.
The library board of Everyman’s
club has announced that the club
rooms will be open Christmas and
New Year as usual but that the li
brary rooms will be closed during the
two days. Those wishing books are
requested to govern themselves ac
cordingly.
The Crystal Baths Barber shop will
close at 4 o’clock on Christmas Day,
Saturday, December 26., k-26
LOST CM MS
COSTLY IN TROOPS
Admitted in British House of Com
mons that British ljost 112,000
Men at the Dardanelles.
LONDON, Dec. 23.—John Red
mond, leader of the -Irish Nationalist
party, 'in the British house of cor
mons yesterday during the debate on
conscription, forced the members of
the British cabinet to admit that the
British casualties at the Dardanelles
and on Gallipoli peninsusa had
amounted to one hundred and twelve
thousand men.
It was also admitted that the colo
nial troops had suffered the heaviest
losses during the campaign which
has now been abandoned. Several
New Zealand and Australian regi- j
inents were wiped out in the efforts:
of the British forces to gain head
way against the Turkish troops. Dis
ease had wrought tremendous lories
among the colonial troops owing to
climatic conditions. Seventy thou
sand of the Australians were unable
to become innured to the climate and
were withdrawn.
The Irish leader also scored the
government for the failure of the
British campaign in Mesopotamia
where the British troops were defeat
ed through the treachery of the Arabs
who had been permitted to attaclr
themselves to the aripy in its advance
upon Bagdad.
GERMAN MILITARY
ATTACHE SAILS
In Interview Given Press He Declares
that Enemies will be Unable
to Embroil United States.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23.—Captain
von Papen, German military attache
to the Washington embassy, who was
recalled by the German government
at the request of Secretary Lansing
of the State department, sailed from
New York yesterday on a liner bound
for Stockholm.
Before leaving the German official
gave interviews to representatives of
the press in which he thanks the peo
ple of America for the hospitality
they have shown him and states that
he firmly believes that the enemy na
tions of Germany will be unable to
embroil the United States in war with
Germany.
Captain von Papen was charged
with having conspired with other for
eigners to work the destruction of
munition factories in the United
States and to interfere with the com
merce of America.
During the trial of the Hamburg
Amerlcan officials he was proven to
have handled the moneys paid the of
ficials of the steamship company for
their part of the work in supplying
German warships with fuel and food
in order to enable them to continue
raiding the commerce of nations with
whilh Germany is at war.
It is believed here in German cir
cles that Captain von Papen will be
punished by the German government
for the violations of American neu
trality as Secretary Lansing, in com
pliance ‘with the wishes of the Ber
lin officials has forwarded copies of
the testimony connecting the officer
with the conspiracy.
CONQUERER OK LIEGE
GOES TO HIS REWARD.
BERLIN, Dec. 23.—General von
Emmlch, who was in command of
the German troops when they cap
tured the Belgian city of Liege, died
here yesterday. He had been placed
on the retired list several months
ago owing to ill health.
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Liberty Theatre next Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. Don't miss “Cap
tain Rackett," the spicy three-act
comedy by the Valdez High School.
SPAIN BUYING
WAR MATERIAL
Does not Ex|tect to be Drawn into
('onflict but wilt Fortify
Her French Border
NEW YORK, Dec 23,—Spanish
military officers composing a com
mission appointed by the Spanish
government have arrived in Amer
ica to purchase war supplies and it
is announced that they will place or
ders totaling twenty million dollars.
The commissioners assert that
although Spain is purchasing war
material she does not expect to en
gage in the European struggle and
that owing to her being far removed
from the centre of the conflict that
there is little chance of her being
drawn into the war.
King Alfonso’s government has
however, adopted a national defense
policy which will include the build
ing of several fortifications on the
French border.
With the greater portion of Euro
pe engaged in a life and death stru
ggle it is believed possible that Spain
might be encroached upon following
the close of the present war.
It is understood that Spain is de
sirous of manufacturing her own war
material and that the money to be
spent in the United States will be em
ployed in the purchase of machines
and tools for the manufacture of guns
and shells.
EMPEROR WILLIAM
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Holiday Celebrations Throughout
the German Empire Have Been
Cancelled—Hons Present.
LONDON, Dec. 23.—Advices from
Berlin via Amsterdam state that Em
peror William, of Germany, is ill at
the Imperial palace at Zell, a town
in Hanover. Prussia, where he is suf
fering from cellulitis.
Reported Seriously 111.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 23.—News
dispatches from Berlin report that
Emperor William 'is seriously ill at
Zell and is confined to his bed. The
physicians report that he is suffering
from a high fever. His sons have
been summoned from the various
fronts where they are serving with
their commands, to his bedside.
Festivities Are Cancelled.
BERLIN, Dec. 23.—Owing to the
illness of Emperor William of Ger
many, all public holiday festivities
have been cancelled. The news that
the emperor is seriously ill has caus
ed thousands to congregate near the
royal palace here where bulletins re
garding the health of the ruler are
posted hourly.
SICKNESS RETIRES
78,000 SOLDIERS
LONDON: That stories of exces
sive sickness among the troops on
the Gallipoli peninsula had not been
overdrawn was revealed today in the
house of commons by Harold J. Ten
nant. parliamentary under-secretary
for war, who informed the house that
approximately 78,000 officers and
men had been removed fr^m the pe
ninsula on account of sickness be
tween April 25 and October 20.
HANnow EXECUTED
AS GERMAN SPY.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—Letters
have been received here from En
gland verifying the report that San
dow the strong man, was executed in
the Tower of London, having been
convicted of being a spy in the em
ploy of the German government. Re
ports of his execution were cabled
to American newspapers some months
ago and the news of his death has
now been confirmed.
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WILL SPEND XMAS
AWAY FROM CAPITOL
HOT SPRINGS, Dec. 23.—It is an
nounced that President Wilson and
his bride will remain here until after
the Christmas holidays and have in
vited a number of prominent people,
including the professors of Princeton
University, to be Uieir guests on
Christmas day.
President Wilson is kept informed
of affairs by Secretary Tumulty and
is reported to be manifesting no un
easiness over the strained relations
between the Austrian government and
the United States over the sinking of
the Ancona.
mm PROSECUTE
DR. 1SELDEN
He Hun Been Dropped from Member
ship in the Chicago Medical As
sociation, Who Oppose Him.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2:!. The federal
prosecutor has refused to bring crim
inal action against Dr. Haiselden, the
physician who refused to perform an
operation on a defective child which
would have prolonged its life.
Dr. Haiselden has been dropped
from membership by the Chicago
Medical association and has started
action before the court to compel his
name to be reinstated on the roll of
membership.
Thousands of letters have been re
ceived from prominent men and wo
men of the city protesting against
physicians exercising the authority to
pass judgment upon the right of de
fective infants to live.
Dr. Haiselden was exonerated by
the coroner’s jury when he was charg
ed with having caused the death of
the infant oy neglecting to perform
an operation. His action has been
sustained by fift^ed out of sixteen
members of a medical board with
whom he had conferred regarding the
infant. The physicians of the city
are opposed to the publicity being
[given the case.
GEIMI MUNITION
PUNT DESTROYED
Six Hundred Women Killed and Hun
dreds Injured When Neumun
hter Powder Works Explode.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 23.—Reports
from Berlin give details of the de
struction of a powder works in Ger
many which resulted in six hundred
women being killed and hundreds of
others being injured. The explosion
occurred in one of the government
munition factories at Neumunster, a
manufacturing city in the province
of Westphalia.
It is reported that the works, wmcn
were among the largest in Germany,
and gave employment to thousands
of women, was almost obliterated by
the explosion. The work in the Ger
man munition factories is almost
wholly performed by women owing
to the men having been called to the
ranks in defense of the fatherland.
The cause of the explosions will
probably never be known as the fac
tory was'eutirely destroyed, not a liv
ing person having escaped.
The explosion was so terrific that
it was felt for miles around the city.
GOES TO EUROPE ON
MISSION FOR PRESIDENT, j
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—It is an-|
uounced that Col. House, of Austin,
Texas, who is a close personal friend
of President Wilson will shortly
leave for Europe on a secret mission
on behalf of the president.
The destination of Col. House, or
the mission which he will undertake
to perform for President Wilson is
unknown, but it is believed that he
will go to Rome to confer with Pope
Benedict regarding the intercession
of neutral Rations to bring peace to
Europe.
WASTE OF MEN
NAS BEEN TERRIFIC
Preinter Asquith Requests House of
Commons to Summon Million
More Men to Arms.
LONDON, Dec. 23.- Speaking be
fore the British House of Commor s
yesterday Premier Asquith urgently
requested the members of the govern
ment. to summon another million
men to arms. He stated that Great
Britain already had one million, two
hundred and fifty thousand men fight
ing at the various points but that
more were required. He said that the
waste of men during the past eight
een months warfare had been enor
mous.
That Great Britain will require
the services of every man she can
secure to carry the war to a success
ful issue is the belief of Premier As
quith. He declares that the empire
must prepare for one and possibly
two more years of the war.
The premier told the House that
Lord Kitchener, who has recently
returned from tile near east, had ad
vised tlie withdrawal of troops front
the Dardanelles and abandoning the
Galipoli peninsula campaign. The
other powers of the quadruple ent
ente had opposed abandoning the
campaign but Kitchener had con
vinced General Joffre and the other
military leaders that the campaign
would be too costly in the matter of
troops as compared with waging
campaigns in other parts of Europe.
WOULD SPEND HIS
ENTIRE FORTUNE
Henry Fowl Hives $10,000 to Stu
dents anti Says He Requires
Little for Personal Fse.
CHRISTIANA. Norway. Dec. 23.—
The second contingent of the Henry
Ford expedition, which has come to
Europe to call the troops from the
trenches and restore peace, arrived
last night. The party consisted of
fifteen delegates who failed to con
nect with the sailings of the Oscar
II. when she left New York on Dec.
4. The members of the party were
immediately transferred from the
liner to the Ford ship. They report
that they were denied the right to
land in England as were the other
members of the expedition.
The Norwegian government officials
have failed to indicate that they are
aware of Ford's presence in the coun
try, having refused to take official ac
tion in aiding the American manufac
turer's peace movement.
The members of the expedition
were the guests of the Norwegian
Student Association yesterday when
Ford presented the president of the
body with a $10,000 checlf.
Speaking before the students Mr.
Ford stated the object of his expedi
tion and said that he was opposed to
militarism wherever it existed and
was willing to spend his time and
money to combat it. He said he was
willing to spend his entire fortune
if he could save the twenty thousand
men who were being killed or maim
ed on the battlefields pf Europe everv
day. He knew how to make more
money and had come to,a realization
of how little he really required for
his personal use and how much he
could spare for the benefit of others.
He is not discouraged and believes
that the neutral nations will recog
nize his aims and give him assistance
when they fully understand his plans
GENERAL VILLA’S BROTHER
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Dec. 23.—
Hippolita Villa, a brother of General
Villa, the Mexican rebel leader, was
arrested here yesterday on a war
rant sworn out by Victor Caruso. He
is charged with having defrauded
Caruso out of fifty thousand dollars.
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