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First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials - Advertisements
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER II. L916
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,v,Vl.* . 'l.'V:'I' '" s'? ?"*??- **"? **emark.
U.Mi 1 VJa* I .?,,_,, in, *n,t HntrnVea
ILS.OFFERS
10 CALL ARMY
FROM MEXICO
Carran/a Wins Chief
Ofinand from Border
Commission
PROPOSAL GOES
BEFORE WILSON
pjrst Chief. for Mis Part,
Will Provide Mili?
tary Patrol
Kv H W. PRANI 18
-
,. ' Mrre t-nre
l? ? ? hii hat to Mn
? aai Car
nr\ truimphed
? ? presenUtivea
- ef in the
- ?. ^*ion :
- !fl.!_Jly ?ny
^0, , probiem eicept
*?., . e-enre ot I'nited
Sfrf., Ihi Ri? (irande.
u *hdraw your
re we tJ-lk of other mat
effect repeatedly
. an commissioner*.
heve thefl pr<,ccedcd to lalirgl
pull of tho
., <,.. | ? ta eotparati arith
? -i. nsumption
? on to life and j
mmaa*t\\ nn industry in Mex
W bu*. tb I hfter the I'nited States
-? hau heen recalled.
way and we'll movo
' ha*- beoil thair frequently re
? _?' ? ;.oa,l to the Americana, but
i'_.... . i-nted with tho
., DIOTI tirst."
Americana Afre-e at Laat
To-r!ay thi Americans apreed *o do
the complete collapao
made a proposal
?hdrawal of the
ron Mexico. and sub
American rifhU
? __. rdir of Mexico by (Ton
reel, and a lesa ro
on the part of the
it it ? . tawani legitimate
?? ere.
? ra, cha rrn.n of the Mexi
rtn ttt bai haiB sp-cially in
?? demand that the, I'nited ,
tt ralled, accepted the
Ame--.,-? ll this morninjj, on be- ;
-nment. The agree
tnadc public until it
??< ><. .-: - .ed ty Um kov. rnments
,- hnil Mexico.
ia.* 'he powir to veto
:,!an.
Thi . ? -rccy i* ohsenred re
ri.'dT . ? of the undcr.tand
I _j* it is phrased to
the ntiifaction of both hides. will bo
- dent Wilaon and to
hnt ' b if ' arrunza. This. it is
? . ? n accomplished
. . ? k, and then the(
: aettti to adjoum un- \
til its worl ratiflld. The body will I
*d reronvene. either in Atlantic
ihera, to consider further
*, habilitation of
I
(4?ndit-4?ns i.r Afreemenl
lathoritathri, inform
?rti declare the agreement reached to
* tonditional one, and provides
tor the withdrawal of the Amencan
u'.thin a stated
; provides for certain
action by Carranza within
h.J. and on tho
?? facto g*overnment to
- par*. of thi J'l?" hini/es
...tne to terms in their
.on, and in the afternoon
Mr. Cabren departed for Philadelphia
;'h Rafael Nieto, aub-Scc
re*.?-;, '.xican Department ai
?
The ] ? ajatt made to-day, the Mexi
. . will freatly enhanco tha
pmibility of a further loan by Amen
?n bat.-rr* to tbe de facto government
.? 4|uestion wai the aubject o.'
Ur Cabrera'i conference with Mr.
. ,i from Mexico yester
| \s4.id of certain moditi
ffieial taxation decrees re
I arranza.
. Mr. ( abrcra an
..** the 4)e
on of
r Mexican mine* had
until January . next.
| . into effe.t tO*
Ameriean Family Slain
at Tampico, Woman Says
!,;. ... , . , S* The mur
Amrican faaiiljr aa
. <?r Tanpieo, was re-,
. Mi rva Hanson,
II un
ihe affair.
... are about
red Amerieani m lampico.
en. All of theee are
pico a> rapidly ai possible,
Drircr Killed by Stre.tcar
.. ,,f nt Kaat UM
.r for the Standard Dl i\
Cenp-njr, wa* thrown from bil wafon.
d killed yesterdav n*. hen a
Kourteenth Street car collided with
nu vohicll at Avenue A and Ninth
Tb* car passenfers escaped ,
iajury.
NORWAYS REPLY FAILS
TO SATISFY GERMANY
Toni* ( onciliatory. bul Does Not
Offer Enough. Berlin View
Rerlin, Nov. !_. Although the Nor
weg an answer to the (ierman note with
rr,prr; to the ?ubmanne question has
not yet been made public, the "I.okal
Anreigrr" learr* that tt is rouched in
I eoneillatirr. spirit, though it does not
ronorete'y offer enough to warrant i?a
bemtr called eatisfartory.
Verbal explanations, tihich acenm
panied the note, says the "I.okal An
7ei|,er." were such that it is not im
poai hle that an understand,nc will bl
rearhed.
P-e peper points on* anew, however, I
that the lolatiia of the difficulty and
'he future relation* between the two
Countriei depenrl wholly on Norway
nnd fhe further explanations it may
chose to make, nnd not upon iierman*.,.
which "|| watchir.tr deveiopment - I '"
ealani
a .
NAME CRUISER HAWAII,
IS LILIUOKALANIS PLEA
Title **ay Be Given One of
Sn.aller U. S. Warship*.
Washington, Nov. lt, Former Queen
Liliuokalani of HlWlil hns written
Secretary l>amels asking that the name '
Hawaii be given one of the grr^x battle
????. bids for whreh will be re-j
ceived next month Mr Daniell said.
to day that he would take the riqiMlt
under consideration.
Indications are that the cruisers will
be triven nnmes of famous ship* of the
Ameriean Navy. but it is possible that
some vessel of another type may be
named in honor of the islanil pnsscs
WANTS $250 A MONTH
FOR HIGHER COAL BILLS
Widow Fears Coldness of Com?
ing Winter
With colilcr weather predicted and
the price of coal sky high Mrs. Crace
Felix l.esster appealed to the . urro
(rates' Court yestenlay for an aliowance
of |2M a month from the esute of her
hiisbanii tha? she might protect herself i
against the clements. Already, said (
Mra. LM-tar. ahe owed S37,'. for coal. I
and she and her two children would I
sutTer from the eold in their lightly'
constructed house al Gold (iround,
Long Illaad, unless she obtained an al
lowanci large enough to permit her to
tuv coal at the present price-.
Slrs. Lcsster was about twenty-six
vears old when ihe became the third
wife of William C. Lesiter, a real es?
tate man, about Iii ty years har lanior.
Ha left an estate of several hundred
thousand dollars. o\er which his grand
son. William C. LuiUr, Sd, brought. a
court proeeeding. which is still pending.
SHOT, SHIELDS ENEMY;
SWEARS VENGEANCE
Young Lyndhurst, N. J.. Man
Found with His Leg Partiy Gone
Robert Scherkenstem. twenty-two,
son of a merchant of Lyr.dhurst. N. J..
wa* found lying alongside the roidway
near Kingaland, N. J.. yesterday after?
noon. with half of his right thigh shot
??I know who shot me he toltl
mirsee and nhyaiciar.i in the Stump.
Memoriil Homital Bt Kearny last
night, "but if this thing means my
death I shall die refusing to tell tn*:
r.ame of mv assailant. I wil only sa*,
that tht man who shot me had born.
me a grudgc fo. several years. an_
that if I retover I will Ml that he is
paid bnck Ifl his own Coin. '
BeTOnd this the young man wouli
make BO .tateme.it. Hl had.been. lym.
on the roadside for some time before
ho was found and, judgmg from the
icmtebol on his hands and knees, ha_
crawled a long distance.
FALSE REPORT DRIVES
CAR STRIKERS TO WORK
But They Quit on Learning
Truth in Mount Vernon
Ki.r I ffw hours yestcrdav Mount
Vernon thoucht the streetcar itrihl
had been declared off. Fven the men
on stnke eredited a renort that Will
,am B. F.Ujrerald had declared the
_.-_?-. ll un end. and several went
bickto work. Later. after the report
,,;,, heen prorid false. all bat *****
ru,| bil.iTOrt re*umed then itnll.
??luo ? Mick of the company, sai.i
Willian Colllnj, one of thi'?_*?"]""'
?I, would ..ot be senous li the Mount
, men d.d break, bu, they have
n?J it-g-crald. back from Troy, said the
Itrikl lituitioa was uncheng.d.
-I vervth.ng is fine. Ihe men are
? ,:rIT1. ,?,! he CMMtBaBN
,.,, giving anvv.nere '.ear tlie acmce
,hc public needi. Noi can they |?ti it
without the eid of the old men.
I it/Reralds claim of poor service III
bickod up bv reporti of inspector* ol
iblic Servi':e Commiiuoa, maiie
public yatarday. These show that on
November 9, the ia*t report available,
the service on the New York Railways
l.nes vaned from iS. per cent in rush
hours to 72 per cent of normal in non
| our?. On that day the Third
Aven.e was jci\ injf from f>4 to 74 per
cent.
COCKRAN TO DEFEND
FIVE BOMB SUSPECTS
In Head Counsel in Trial of San
Francisco Prisoners
San Francisco, Nov. IS. W. Bourke
i .M-krati wM riefend without charge
the five persons indicted here for the
murder of ten \ictims of the preparei*
?r?s dav bomb explosion of July __.
|| __- aaBOaaeO. here to-day. The!
trial begins February 16
lt was said that Cockran agreed to
head the defence at the request of aev
? ral society women, after he had re
vl(.*j.ed the transenpt of the1 trial and
conviction of Warren K. B.llings, one
of the alleged bomb conspirators, who
w.s .entenred to life impnsonment.
At the Ritr ( arlton Motel last night,
Mr. Coehrai nfaaad to discuss the
case.
iisii___iii___t ainTgf" iw? *_?_.| uama
' s_f^J__l?5*rst*aaaaait kUUat llMWata
STRIKE THREAT
IN FIGHT OVER
ADAMSON LAW
Trainmen and Man?
agers Split on Stat
ule's Interpretation
SUITS DECLARED
PLAY FOR DELAY
Kaulty Construction in
Hasty legislation May
Bring Walkout Order
Another strike threat, s direct ulti?
matum hackerl up by all the rnrksurr
'hat wn. put into tho railroad
brotherllOOda hy thr passape of thp
Adamson law. arai delivcred yeaterday
to the railroads af thfl country hy rep
?ative* of tho four train service
orgmmations whose member* wr-ro in
eluded Badei thp provision* of tho luw
that avrrtPil a strikr- two IBOnthl bjk.
It is nol unlikely that President Wil?
son. wha hnd tfl int'-rvonr latp last
August to prpvpiir tho execution of thp
nation-wide strike ordpr votrd hy ."",
000 train aenrlea employe*, may Aad
thp whole cont rover.-y on his hands
again.
Thp vot,- still stands, and sn potrpt.
that if tha railroads saeceed ln lelaj
ing the operation of thp Adamson law,
effective ,'anuary I a* is thpir preaeBt
Intention tho brotherhood* plan to
renpw the order thpn to i-inrh thp prirp
that they won with it bpforr.
Neither Side Sure of Bill
As a matter of fact. rrithn thp rail?
road manapcrs nor the brotherhood
chiefs know exactly what the law
means and how it is to be apphed. And
th. rein li.s th,- difticulty that may
pr-npitate trouhlp Bpnr.
l'ni-fly, tho situation is this:
(onjrress, in its panic-like haate to
pass some sort of measun- that would
prevent a national railroad strike,
overlooked or disregRrded the fact that
railroad pay in train service is based
on hours and miles. The Adamson
law piovides only for an hourly stand?
ard of pay. lt dors not mention the
mileage basis.
The railroad managers. quick to --ee
the advaatasja of this, take the bill at
its face value, and maintain that the
old and time-honored mileage basis of
pay ran be tossed aside; that no mat?
ter how- many mile* a man runs a day
ho need not be paid for a duy's work
unless he has worked eight hours, al
thouph hitherto he would have been
pale. for a day if ho ran 100 miles or
more.
Brotherhoods' ( ontention
The railroad brotherhoods insiM that
the Adamson law does not affect the
mileage basis of pay at all. Their po?
sition is that under the new law the
mileage basis remams that is, a day's
work in tnun Mrviee should be eight
hours or 100 miles, instead of, as herc
tofore, ten hours or 100 miles.
Kinally. the railroads increased the
muddle by starting suits all over the
country to test the eonstitutionality
of the law.
The mileage difficulty has been brew
ing for aome time, but it did not ap
proach a head until yesterday. wnen
the four brotherhood leader* Wf. <-J.
I.i-.-. president of the trainmrn; I'res?
ident Warren S. Stono of the engineers,
IV. S Carter, president of the tiremen,
and L. K. Sheppard, repre?enting A. B.
Garretson, of tho conductors met in
conference at thfl (irand Central Ter
minal with Klisha Lee. chairman, and
nearly a score of thp members of the
railroad managers' corifen-in r commit?
tee
Th.-y disagreed at a morning Mflfliail
and disagreed again in the afternoon.
It la now up to the manaptrs tfl mak?
the next move in this reopened game
af atratefy.
The Preflidential election, it seems,
played a signiticant part in thp game
before the puhlic got a peep at it yes?
terday. The brotherhoods have clam
ored for a conference with the rail?
road managers since shortly after the
bill was passed, when they discovend
the loophole that might let out the
railroads and compensate them for
whatever losses the law on it* face
might intail Without the mileage
basis the trainmen would suffer rather
than benetit from tbe law.
The railroads, howev.-i, stalled the
bratherhooda off and tinally set No
ri mber I. the day after election. as the
dati- for a meeting. Thfl conference was
later changed to yesterday.
The brotherhoods went into yestflr
da>'s conference with a detinite demand
upon the railroad managers to call off
their mjunction suits before *he train?
men would consent to any discussion
hs to the applicatlon af the eight-hour
pay standard to the present schedulei.
Of course the mnnagers refused.
On* Bf the amusing phases of the
renewed controversy is the fact that
neither thi- roads nor the brotherhood
chiefs realized tne omission of the
mileage standard from the Adamson
law until the law was on the statute
books.
Brolherhoi?da n>erlookcd F'oinl
Thi- Tribune reporter. who w?s in
Washington during the tirst contro?
versy. recalled the fact that prac
tically evflfj aoieadaMBl to the bil!
which would affect the trainmen's side
was submitted to the brotherhood! in
Washington before action was taken
upon it in either the House or the Sen?
ate. and that that action depended on
the brotherhoods' ?ay-flo. But nobody
thought about mileage, apparently.
When the manapers refused yester?
dav to quash their mjunction ?uiti
they were told franklv and \ igorously
that the strikp vote which *as takfln
before the President intervened still i?
in effect. It was effective enough to
t?at_o?d oa paa* ?? ?ol_na I
COMPULSORY LABOR
URGED IN GERMANY
Amitcrdam, No\ 1 I,
Berlin nrwspapers announce
that lliere will shortly He
bfOUfhl forward a bill for
rnmpulsory lahor hy CJVIIMDI
in Cjermany. This report has
not hren confirmcd ofhcially.
Rerhn. Nov. I J (hy wire
le?* |o SayviHe). A meas?
ure i? unrlrr ronsirlcration hy
llir government under which
homr auxiliarv srnicff, for
thf* army Brill hc organi/rd
throughout Germany. aco-rd
ing to announrements in va?
rious newspaper*. Thc or?
ganizations will inrlude fac?
tory emplovc* and persons
who arr drawing an incnme
without working.
FUEL BREWERIES
URGED BY FORD
Tclls Men Hit by "Dry"
I.aw to Make Alcohol
for Autos
'Hv T.'.Hraph le Tha TVBsjm 1
Detroit, Nov. 18. "Michigan has
voted fr.r state wiile prohibition, but
the brewing plants in th,e state need
not be abandoned," said Henry Ford to?
day.
"Millions of dollar* ?re invested in
these plants Kconomichlly it would be
a shameful wnste fo have them become
idle. Hut there is no reason why they
should become so. Fvery standard,
brewing plant anywhere can be trans- i
formed at an expense that is in no
sense pmhihitive from a brewery into
a distillery f'?r manufacturing de-;
natand alcohol for use in automobiles:
or mher internal cotnbustion engines.
?'And then," Mr. Ford continued very
earnestly. "with the world's supply of
petroleum. and therefore of gasolene,
fast playing out and the day of alcohol
fuel for automobiles and tractor* j-ist
dswning, the present brewery proper
ties are assured a future much more
useful to the community and quite as
protitabla to themselves as has been
their past."
Slight Eipense fnvolved
Mr. Ford decli red that the greater j
part of the brewing apparatus and ma?
chinery in any brewery can be used in
making alcohol, tlie addition needed
only being a continuous still.
?The iaw materials we have used ial
the laboratones in ,-roducing alcohol
cheaply are various kinds of grains and
vegetable substances. Tests were made
?,th corn and wheat. Then we tried
p.-tatoes. grapes. rherries, peaches, cur-;
rants, strawberries and many other,
kinds'of small fruits. Carrots. turmps,'
beets, sugar cane and wood were also
u?ed. Wl also fouml that the wastes
from cannenes, such as aoole neels and
cherrv pits; the wastes from sugar fac-j
toriei and vegetable tops, usually I
thrown awav on the farms, wore mr-1
pnsinglv high in alcohol value.
"lliu. of the best materials we found
were cornstalks. These, ground up.,
mashed and boiled. produced a very '
high percentage. An acre of cornstalks
will pro.'uce 100 gallons of alcohol.
Some cornstalks would produce ;>0 per
cent more. .
"Then the ilistiller can turn around
and sell his waste back to the farmer
for cattle food. Nothing has been
taken from U but the alcohol; all the
nitrogenous matter is still there to go
back to the soil as fertilizer.
Know a of "Alcohol Potato"
"Again," concluded Mr. Ford, '"we can
import from liermany a kind of alcohol
potato and make our barrcn sandy
acres in the North yield abundantly..
These potatoes are not good to eat.
Thev are large like our beet. and the
ntidi il reddish and juicy and very
obnox.ou* in taste and odor. But they,
vield a wonderful r.mount of alcohol.
' Mr Ford'* demonstrations are con-j
sidered the beginning of a revolution in j
the u?e of liquid fuels in industry.:
They were conducted by J. B. Dailey,
und.r Mr. Ford's personal supervuion.
So successful have heen the small
laboratorv tests and the use of the
alcohol thus produced in cars and trac
tors on the Ford farm that Mr. .ord
will shortly erect a larger expenmental
still for (ir'oducing denatured alcohol on
a large scale. demonstratinr Us possi?
bilities as a new industry in "dry' ter
ritorv. _
There is no government tax on the
manufacture of denatured alcohol.
ACTS A-TcHAUFFEUR
TO A LOAF OF BREAD
Greenwieh Baker Pays Bet to
Girl, Wilson Backer
? B] ******** to TlM Trt-_n. ]
(ireenwich. Conn.. Nov. If. William
U idmann. jr.. a (Ierman baker. wai thc
chief attraction in a b:g Democratic
parade held hare to-night to celebrate
I'resiiicnt Wilson's reelection. He
rolled a loaf of bread along the town's
main thoroughfare to pav a bet made
with Mill Mar_aret Brennan, whose
place of business adjoins Mr. W'.d
mann's.
Had Mr Hu_hes won Miss Brennan
would have had to roll a peanut in a
similar rnanner.
The parade was one of the big.est
Pemocratic demonslrat'ons the town
has ever known. Several women. head
ed hv Miss Alice O'Ne.ll. carrv.ng a
(,rand Army flac participated. Two of
thr illuminate.i signs wtre:
"Haran Gnali. ?-?ld- (,? West.
young man.' We heard from that voung
man on Kleef.on Hav"
"Hughes didn't *ee Hirarn in ( ah
fornia. Hiram won't see Hu.hei in
Washington." _
Rusiia to Float Billion in Bondi
Petrograd. Nov IS. An imperial
uka?e promulgated to-day authorires
the Russian Minister of Finanee to
make issues abroad of Treaiury bonda
to the amount of $1,000,000,000. as oc
casion may re.uin.
SAVED BYLUCK
ASARABIASANK
SAYSAMERICAN
No Warning; Calm Sea
Averted a Disaster,
Danner Asserts
_
WILSON CONFERS
WITH LANSING
Fear Broken Pledge; (ier?
man Radicals Assail Tir
pitz U Boat Faction
I.ondon. No-.-. 18. Paul R. l'anner,
the only American on board the BrItiflfl
steamer Arabia. whirh was sunk by a
submarine on N'ovember fi in thp Med
iterraneBn, sends the following ?igned
statement from Malta:
"I am sn AmPriran cifizpn. snd flWtJ
s second-class passpnper on the Arabia,
h..und for Maraeillee. At 11:20 on th.>
morninp of N'ovember fi 1 was sitting
on the port side of the afterderk when
n trempndous shork to the ship oc
lurred. imnifdiatp^v followed by an ex
i laeiea.
"There wa* absolutely no warning
whitever, not even one second. It ap?
pear- from the stafements of certain
pissenpers who were on the starboard
side that immediatply they saw the
rcnsi-opp of a submarinp apppar out
of thp watpr about thrpe hundrpd
jards ilistant on thp starboard side,
the torpedo was fired.
"It was only due to the pood fortune
of s calm sea and that the boat floa'ed
fvenly for a considerable time that w?
?rre all saved. There was certainly no
v.arning of any character."
Dnnner is a Harvard graduate who
has been enpaged in Young Men's
ihristian Association ?<>rk in India
Me was returning to his home in <am
indpe, Mass.
The Arabia, according to a.statement
ssued by the British Admiralty on
N'ovember *. was sunk without warn?
ing. All of the 437 passenger* and the
crew. with the exception of two en
uinepr*. were saved by vessels which
went to the rescue. The eng.neer*
Were killed by the explosion. The Ara?
bia .was bound from Australia.
Rumors of Peace Plan
Aimed to Placate Berlin
irrom The M*M - Bunaflu I
Washington, Nov. 13. Facing the
praetieal certa.nty that (ierman subma
rine warfare is recommencing, with all
the old frighifulness, I'resident Wilson
?nd Secretary Lansing discussed to-day
the future policy of this government
toward it. After the conference it was
declared that there were no changes to
announce Ifl the attitude of tktl !?*
ernment.
Besides the disquieting reports eon?
cerning the attacks on the Marina and
the Arabia, the State Department is
understood to have rel.able information
that the Tirpit* party ifl agam Ifl the
gaddle in Berlin. Bethmann-Hollweg's
feet are slipping, it i? declared, and it
will be only a short time before the war
party is in open control.
Germany's pledge. to the Cn.ted
States, if they have not already been
violated in the Marina and Arabia
cases, wil! go down with Bcthmann
Hellweg. ll th* belief of informed per?
sons here. If this happens, President
Wilson will be forced either to break
relations, in accordanee with h.s threat
in the Sussex note, or make a radical
change in his C'.erman policy.
Pacifistfl Influence WiUon
One way is open to the President,
some of hn advisers believe, to prevent
B new outbreak by Germanv without
yielding further ground. That is to
convince Germany that he i* preparing
some move to bring peace to Kurope.
The Tribune learned to-day that Ad
miniitra'ion suprorters already are
busy trying to create the impression
that President WiUon is working on
peace plans. Nothing to support thia
could be learned at the State Depart?
ment, but diplomat.sts a.'mit that the
revival of iuch an impression would
have a favorable effect in Berl.n.
The diflturbing feature of the recent
election is that the President won in
the pacitiflt ?tate?. Officials realize that
he was elected by the people who want
to be kept out of war at all costs. and
President Wilson presumably will take
this into coniideration in con.-idenng
the submarine depredations
Seeretar> Lansing said today that the
State Department was still without
complete evidence in any of the subma
rine ca?e? An unofficial report to-day.
however, that the per.scope of a tub
marine was ?een circling the wreck or
the Arabia gave officials great concern.
If the official reports bear this out no
conclusion can be drawn other than
that the Arabia was torpedoed without
warning, tn open violation fo Germany's
pledges
Armament No r?cu?e
Only the fact that ?he was armed
di?tingui?he? her case from that of the
l.untania. the Arabic and the Su?iex.
The poaition of the l nited State*,
adopted flhortly after the Sussex at?
taek, ii that merchant vessels do not
lose their peaeeful ?tatufl by carrying
defensive armament Kven if the ship
maflter has orders from the Admiralty
lo fire on ?ubmarinet at flight, Secre?
tary I^n?ing declares. the armament i*
enentially defenuve if no penalty ii .
(oniiaitad aa paa* * ??luaaa ?
"Enslaved Belgians"
Paid 8 Cents a Day
Germans Induce Workmen to Sign Contracts
to Work for Them -Whitlock Reports
Facts to President Wilson
By ARTHUR S. DRAPER
| Bj I iblc to Tlie Tribanc 1
London, Nov. 13.- Thc Belgian government arill issue m a day or two
a protect against the (ierman slave drive, which has taken 40,000 Bn
gians from their homes an<l families.
Breadth of back and thickncss of arm are the standard** hv Bijiell
thc Ganaam have bom jruided. despite the "Kolnische Volkszeitung*
dlfenci of "true humanitarianism.'' to prevent "thousands of ahle-bodicd
workmen from going to ruin bf remaining deliberately unemployed. '
Hen* are some of th- details upon which King Albert bases his ap?
peal. There is unemployment Ifl Belgium. but. it is due entirely to the
(ierman militarv occupation. Ifl some parts of the country there ll more
work than in other.. bill the (iermans refuse to allow workmen to leave
the diltrid in which thry live to go to work elsewhere.
The Bdfiani are perfectly willing. and even anxious, to work tjor
the benefit of their own country. But thry don't love the GoiTBBM and
are not anxious to work for them. thus relrasing their foes for military
dtlty. Brlgian IdlonCM is only patnotism.
* It ii not only the unemployed that the (iermans have put into
llBYcry. The system, which was put into effect on October ?. was ar
ranged with all thr cleverness of which the (ierman mind ll capable.
The quartermaster general. Sauberzwcig, iaaood an order that each
distriet was to supplv so many men. Those rrceiving this order were
Obligod to report under penalty of 10.000 mark? (f&MO) or threr years'
imprisonment.
FOR( F.D TO BIGN rONTRAITS
The Belgians wer- put up at a workshop. kept there a few days, and
thrn forced to sign a .-ontract, printed in (ierman- which few of them
irn.lerstoo.i that they work in (irrmany for eight cents a day. The em
plnyed, thr idle, the rich, the poor- it made no difference so long as they
were strong. Thrir arms were pinched, as those of the slave on the
Buctioii block.
Once th.'y had passe.l thr (ierman standard. the Belgians received a
second ordar, aifnad bv the eommander of the distriet, telling them whm
to rrport an.l what to bring with them-coats, trousers, hats, socks,
bUnketl and money. With each party one woman travelled as cook.
Some of these Belgian slaves were sent near Bruges and put to work
building trenches along thc Dutch frontier; others were shipped to the
Inntlnnril nn p_|e -. roli4mn 7
SIR SAM HUGHES
IS FORCED OUT
Builder of Canada's Army
Too Insistent on His
Own Way
ntt.iwa N'ov. 11 General Sir Sanrt
Huphes. who has raised and trained
.175,(100 Caaadtaaa for the British army,
hai reeisjaed as Canadian Minister of
Militia and Defence. His resignation
was requested.
(ieneral Hughes wa* appointed Min?
ister of Militia in 1911. While on a
visit to Kngland last year he wai
kniphted by King George. His restg
nat.on was demanded at that time by
the Cor.servatives in connection with
uar contracts awarded to American
companies. He returned and demanded
an investigation, wnien resulted in his
exonerat.on by a royal commission.
No BBCeeeeer to (ieneral Hughes has
been appointed. Premier Borden,
auled by J. B- McCurdy, secretary to
SS M&flter of Militia and Defence,
will administer the militia department.
Hughen Haa No Kegreta
eoncerning his resignation. General
Huphes said in part: . .
"ln leaving the department I feel 1
have nothing special to regret in re?
gard to its work or management. IB
Britain, in the first year of *?***!
( anBda hnd practically no control of
her force. The British "y-"-^ "?
followed. Last year for nine s raight
nlon,hs our soldiers had no res from
the trenches. This year I have planned
extra diviMoni so that fully one-quar
ter of our troop* could be reating at a
time, but perhapi the most important
accamplishment of all has been thfl
pei feet harmony with the War Office.
The break between General Hughei
and Premier Borden and other mem?
bers of the Canadian government re?
sulted from differenees over questions
of policy and administration. There
have been many such differenees. but
until recently, it '" ??"??. Ct"-i[?'
Hughes has generally carried outj his
plans. .
I.ately the fnct.on has increased and
adjustment* hase grown more difficult.
It is understood there has been a grow
ina* disposition on the part of the fre
mier and the Cabinet to IBfltflt upon
their plans as against those of Hughes.
Wanted Canadian Rifle
One of the pointi over which a dif?
ference arose was the ?"PP|>'n**( ?.f:
the Canadian forces with the Brtti.h
army rifle General Hughe. it is re?
ported. advocated instead the use of
a (anadian weapon.
Some time ago General Hughes re?
turned from a three months visit to
Kngland w.th a plan to have a < ana?
dian war council organized in Kngland
with a deputy Minister of Militia at itl
head. The Canadian government, how?
ever, held that with more than L'uO.000 .
Canadian trooos in the trenches m
Krance or in training Ifl Kngland, there
aho-jld be an overseaa Minister of Mill-.
tia. General Hughe* opposed thia, as
it would depnve him of much of hia
authority
When the government innsted upon
it- plan, it ifl rtoorted. General Hughes
suggested that Sir Max Aitken should
be appointed. Premier Borden. how
e.er. appointed Sir George Perley, al?
though there is said to have been lack
of harmony between him and General
liuphe*.
While he ?as in Kngland l.eneral
Hughes, after invefltigating the Cana?
dian army medical force, relie\ed (ien?
eral Gu-, Carleton Jones of the com- j
mand. The government replaced Gen?
eral Jones
$10,000 for Military Course
Philadelphia. N'ov. 13 A gift of 110,
000. to be u?ed toward the expenflfl of
the course in military training, wa*
announced to-day by the "Jniveriity of
Penn-ylvania. The gift came from
Benjamin C. Allen. of Colorado Spnngs,
Col. The courte was recently in?ti
tuted. and the I'nited State* army as
tigned Major William Kelly to con?
duct the instmctioni.
POPE WILL PROTEST
EXILE OF BELGIANS
Pans.Nov. I 3.- Dispatches
from Rome say Vatican cjr
cies have learned semi-om
cially that the Pope is about
lo send a note to Germany
protesting against the re?
ported wholesale deportalion
of Belgians.
DEUTSCHLAND TO SAIL
TO-DAY OR TO-MORROW
60 Slevedores Work Till 11 P. M.
Loading U-Liner
|l*> Teletrraph mTha Trlbunfl 1
N'ew London, Conn., N'ov. 13. All in
dications to-night point to the early
sailing of the German merchant sub?
marine Deutschland for Bremen, either
to-morrow or Wednesday. According
to some reports. she may sail to-mor?
row. I.oading of her cargo of rubher
and metals was so nearly complete to
niglit, when sixty itevedores ceased
work at 11 o'clock, that it was said
only an hour's work to-morrow will be
needed to have the submarine ready to
sail.
Une hundred tons of oil already are
stored in the Deutschland'i tanks, and
twenty-five tons more are on the wharf
ready to be put aboard. Tha lubmi
rine's machinery has been carefully
overhauled and the entire vessel is
shipshape. A fact pointing toward an
early departure ii that the craft is
being provisioned, and fresh meats will
be put on board to-morrow.
Captain Koenijr expressed confidence
to-day that he would be able to evade
the fleet of Allied warships and de?
stroyers which is reported to be lyin*
in wait outside this port to sink the
? ubmersible. Several American de
? troyers are also reported to be off the
coast to form a .jeutralitv patrol.
Captain Koenig said shortly after
his arrival that when he left he would
go in daylight. with colors flying. but
it ii generally believed now that the
submarine will creeo to sea after duik
and will not. take on a pilot.
A report that the U-54 is off the coast
to protect the Deutschland as she goei
..ut caused excitement here to-dav. but
lookouts of the I'nited Statei lifesav
ing stations and crews ot incoming
boats said thev had seen nothing; of
the *arship._
SALONICi*al:AI*iES BACK
VILLA IT GAVE TO KING
Venizelos Declares Bulgars Must
Be Beaten "Once for All"
Athens, N'ov. 13. The mumcipalitv
of Salonica, in which was launched the
movement to take Greece into the wa:
in opposition to the wi?he? of King
Confltantine, has formally revoked Hfl
gift of Villa Alatini and N'iaou?a For?
est, made to the King atfer the Balkan
war. The reason assigned is the "in
gra'itude of the King."
In the presence of all the minifltera
and generalfl of the Venuelos roverr
ment, ai well a* offlcer? of the Entent
Allies. ex-Premier Venuelos presented
it? colors to the 4th Regiment of the
Seres division yesterday. The former
Premier ?aid:
"I am sure the regiment to which I
preaent thi* standard as a symbol of :
the old and new history of the Het-I
lenic race will always march to vietory.
We must beat once for all the Bulgari,
whoie ambition tt i* to be the Prue- |
siaris of the Balkam.
"Soldiers of the Seres division, the
eye? of all Greeks are turned toward
you. You go to deliver anew Maee
donta. which i* sullied by the enemy."
British Seize Manila Mail
Mar'la, Nov. 14 The British steamer
Taming. here from Amoy, reports that
tht Britiah cruifler Cornwall conrts
cattd four sacka of the Manila mail for
examination at Hong Kong.
BRITISH SMASH
5-MHE FRONT,
CAPTURE 4,000
Advance More than a
Mile on Bapaume and
Seize Two Villages
GERMANS' MAIN
POSITION PIERCED
Line Thought To Bc Im
pregnable?Fire Scrcen
Holds Off Reserves
H, i ,..'. 'n T r T
london, Nov. 13.-Haig's tmops
have broken throujrh the main (ier
;man line west of Bapaume, held by
the Kaiser's foftaa tat twa yeari
and convertri) into a series of ras
tions.
Striking along a fivr m.'e fr.'it
on both sides of the Ancrr tn-day
the British advance.! on the whole
line, at points for more than a nrile,
and carried by storm the villag4*s ef
Beaumont Hamel and Snint IVrr*
Divion. More than 4.000 prisoners
already have brrn passed back.
Thus thr battle of the Anere has
oprneil. Slowly the British four*
have brrn fnrging northward toward
thrir .ibjective, Bapaume. But now
they have delivereil a blow frorr tbe
wr>t, taking the enemy compI''i!y
I by surprise.
Killed In . ir*t Attempt
The task _t_if_ men carried
.through to success to-day was at?
tempted the first time on July 1,
when the Somme offensive opened.
At that time the (ierman Hefences
? north of the Anere proved too strong
Jand the effort was abandoned. The
j British thrust then was made from
the south, in an attempt to outflink
j the (jernran position.
Uith divn to-day the battle began.
A storm of shells deseribed a* thi
most territic the shrapnel torn Sommi
country has yet witties.ed burst on the
(ierman defence*. The strongest of
these was Beaumont-Hamel, atop a
hill. Further north and a little to the
east ia Serre, which also itands high
on I ridge, while to the south of the
Anere is St. P.crre Divion, a strong
hold on a height.
Thu was the work set for the Brit?
ish. Deep trenchei, winding in a du-y
maze, dugouta bristling with maehine
guns and behind them the field guns
confronteil Haig's troops; and, to add
to the difficulty, ground beaten by raini
for a month.
Attack Ridge Poaltloni
The stroke took two directions. While
one column south of the Anere wai
moving northeastward toward Divion,
the other pu'hed forward north of tho
brook ajfain.st the ridges that stand be?
tween the British line and Bapaume.
Both thrusts gucceeded, and, while thi
battle continue*, the greater part of
the wrrk hn been eompleted.
Time after time the British guns
had pounded those poiitioni with tons
of explosivcs, but still they defiod thi
attack. Kor two ytars the German en?
gineers had put all their ingenuity to
the task of strengthenmg them, and
prisonen tak.n to-day declare they
wer.- thought to be impregnable.
When the tirst effort to storm these
works was made last July th. British
paid a heavy price. But when thi
word was passed down the line this
morning thou.'andi of Tommies hopped
j over the parapeti as fayly as you
i pleam, and wmt on. *'vir thi ihill
battered fields they dashed until thiy
; reached the German lines and thera
; enpaged "Old Friti" in a hand-to-hand
j struggle.
Reach Out.kirti of Serre.
Sojth of the Anere the British troops
I swept. toward Divion and soon had cai
. ried this position and presied beyond.
Nortn of the river their comrades capt
! ured Beaumont and then moved on
I Serre They reached the outs_irti of
; this latter village, and there the battle
continue* on the high ground between
Serre and Bcaucourt. Iu*t north of
I the river th. Bnt.sh l.ne is clon to
Beaucourt, and that position ii being
i shelled heavily. The pocket ii biing
! ilrawn aroun.l it gradually. Serro i?
menaced by a flank.ng movement.
The artillery did its ihare to-day.
Beh.nd .hi- (ierman lme it built up and
mantamed a rcreen af fire. Rnorvei
could not penetrati thii wall of flime.
and "fltta" bad to die fighting or iur
' rendet. Many of the Germans pre
I ferred to give themselvei up. They
never had witnessel such an assault.
they iataama*.
Between the new British poiitioni
south of Serre and the old line created
by the smashing advance between l.i
Sars and the Schwaben Redoubt ln
the (ierman stroughcbU of Miraumont
and Gratidcourt Theie two positions,
' situated on the Albert Arras railroad
i parallelin. the Anere, gusrd the west?
ern flank of Bapaume with 1'yi and
Irlt*.
Will Strike for Bapaume
The deep pocket ? tifo whirh Biau
court has been thrown hv the imash
' ing advance of the British troops to?
day now thr.atens <o inclote Mirau

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