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That Vacant House Let The Times-Dispatch Find You a Tenant?Now 7 ry T-D Want Ads Wonderful Little Business Getters?Randolph I 66th YEAR VOIil! M10 110 M'MltKIl 10 RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2Q, 1916.?FOURTEEN PAGES. w i:\thi: u ru;K ii ?UNSETTLED PRICE, 2 CENTS PROPOSES TO TAKE Anti-Saloon League Wants Commissioner of Morals Elected by Legislature. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION CONVENES HERE Legislative Report Deals at Length With Question of Antishipping Bill. L1CKNHK FOR DRUG STORKS Would Eliminate Breweries mid Wineries and Bnr Drink ing Clubs. Declaring for the . election b .? the Genera! Assembly of a Commissioner of Moral Welfare m enforce the prohi bition statutes, the report of the legis lative committee of the Anti-Saloon League of Virifinta was submitted .*? th?5 opening of the fifteenth annual con vention of the league in r.i'"-vi St e?*t Methodist Church last nil-).- Th' recommendation is In contract '< the message of Governor Stuart, who ui^?-il that thf> Chief Kxeeuiive of the State h?? given authority to enforce the dry law*. Thf reason assigned lor the election of th'* commissioner by the General Assembly, in the report read by I'.'v .tames Cannon: Jr.. last night. |s that th?* official ^h< j 1 ? t not be under th< Governor "any more than is the Attor ney.General. the Commissioner of Agricultut*, the A idltor of Public A - counts and other "fliclals who are ??harped with duties pertaining to the entire State." WOI l.n UK MOV K tiri'K IAI.S Wild l'\ll. TO V:\KOItfK I.WVS The Anti-Saloon League report agrees with th.: recommendations of the Gov ernor that s iltable statutes he enacted desitrued to remove from ofTlc ni.v ofh ? ial who <\fjf s not obey liL natli to en force the prohibition laws of *]jr. state. The report deals at some length with the question of antishipment statute It rernmm' ikIs that, for the present at lef-st. an\ citi7.en be allowed to import for personal use a reasonable amount of whisky. Th'* Anti-Saloon I.ejicue. while favoring national prohibition, does not believe the time has como en tirely *o prohibit the personal use of intoxicants by individuals, but does .propose to bar the traffic. Later leg islation. t is stated, may be asked lifter the courts have passed on the constitutionality of the antishipping laws now before the Supreme Court of the t'nlted S!atc^. The report is publisher] in full in this Issue, and will h" nindo the subject of discission at the afternoon session to-day. i.Ant.i: m i>n-:\r ??: ATTKXIIS OPF.MVC MKKTIM; The meeting convened in the Flroad 'Street .Method 1st Church promptly at *:na o'clock, with the auditorium com pletely filled. There were many mem bers of the Genera) Assembly present and a considerable number of delegates to the convention. Visitors from the city and front various parts of the State completed the audience, anil prac tically every seat in the church was taken. Rev. R. II. Pitt. I >. D . president of the league, presided, and Introduced the various speakers of the evening. Pr. Pitt presented his annual report fol lowlng the Invocation and the exercises Incident to the formal opening of the convention. Dr. Pitt in his address dwelt for the most part with the early history of the tornpcrance movement, lie first told of the habit of drinking in Colonial days, when, he declared, every man had his whisky and when every one c.ould sell it at his store or blacksmith shop. He spukc of th*'- early leaders in the fight against the saloon and the sale of whisky generally, mentioning Abner \V. Clopton. of near Keysvlll*; J. H. Jeter. I>r. Crawford and others. SHOW HOW TKMI'KHAKCK JIOVEMKST 1IAS GROWN He showed how little by little the Idea of temperance has grown in the State. At first he declared that the man who believed in teniperancc was frowned upon even by the ministers of the gospel, and all others beside. He fold of the "Good Templars' Lodge" and how as an organized body It started the movement, which finally resulted in local option legislation. The E?. work of this organisation, he declared, was particularly strong among the country people. He then turned to tho work of the. Ant I-Saloon League, showing how at first it was a very timid and weak body, hut how It had grown stronger and stronger until to-day it was pre senting to the General Assembly the laws It desired with the full assuranco that such laws will he enacted. Dr. Pitt declared that the State had been allied with tho saloons through the political leaders, who were afraid to array themselves againBt tho strong organisation. Tho league was first formed, he stated, to fight tho saloon, but gradually Its power grew until It had come to mean an organization against all forms of drinking. He closed the report by paying tribute to all those who have labored before and passed away or gone to other fields, and in welcoming to the conven tion everyone present. J JII. I.KWIH AI.IIKIir IIA XliS SPKAKS OX IITOKORMATIO.V The closing address of the evoning was delivered by Dr. Lewis Albert Banks, of New York. He had for his subject "Reformation." He treated it from the standpoint of temperance Dr. Banks spoke of how the habit of drinking had been prevalent several A years ago. and how the big corporations (Continued on Third Page.) 1 Aldermen Adopt Compromise Substitute for Proposed Charter-Changes. PUT POLICE UNDER MAYOR; Health Department Is Placed Under Administrative Board, and Fire Board Retained. I B in the role of pacifist and har > monlzer between the factions which bail threatened to cause the defeat of t>i?*? recommendations of the joint Com mittee on Charter Change. Colonel Grundy introduced and had adopted last night in the Hoard of Aldermen. after lonp argument and the offering of many amendments, a substitute for the charter-commission's * ?? j>?>r i phi . tlife tii'-' Police 11' |i;irtment under tl.. direct control and management <?:' tb? Mayor, the Health Ufpartniftil under : the \dminiatrative Board, and leaving 11i?? Hoard of Fire Commissioners inde pendent. as it is to-day. The report int.i !.??? n amended in the meeting held Monday night l?y adoption of the oriK (?a I >v< tioi., requiring that appropria 'tiits shall be limited to the extent of !ir. net- < en: of the fairly anticipated r ? veii'ic.i for each ensuing year, eo that i tt is necessary that the whole question Shall he again reviewed by the lower brant h and be concurred In or re ijected. When she roll was called on Colonel Grundy's substitute. th< vote stood ' 7 ?o i> for adoption. as follows: ayes. ; Oilman. Grundy, Gunst, .Melton, Mitchell, Powers and Workman; noes. 1 ChristIan, N? lsen. Paul. Puller an<l Adams. As the body was in the act of adjourning. Mr. Gunst, who has stood steadfastly against the abolishment of the three independent boards, moved that the vote be reconsidered, his mo tion being lost by acclamation. St USTITITI-: FOIl WHOM-: OFFKltKI) AS COMPHOMISK In moving- for the adoption of his substitute for the whole report, which i had been hurriedly prepared by the <*ity Attorney <iu: ing the afternoon. ! Colonel Grundy said that it was meant ' to establish pcare and to settle all the differences of opinion which had arisen J in the previous meeting, to bring about j an agreement, which he Haiti all de ; sired. Noses hati been counted before. 1 ar.d, in spite of continued opposition and the presentation of amendments which, if they had been carried, would have left the Aldermen In the position ; of hesitancy and doubt they occupied Monday niwht. the Grundy substitute I prevailed by the strength of the , promised suppoit. Waverley .Melton, of Jeffer.-on Watd. again attempted to amend b> providing that the City Auditor shall be elected { by the people instead of by the I'ity j Council, and again r.ine stalwarts de feated him. John J. Mitchell, continuing true, he stated, to th?- announced wishes of his ; constituency, endeavored as. vainly as before to amend by placing the Fire ; and Police Departments under the Ad ministrative Hoard "It is the will of the people whom 1 ha\v the honor to ( represent," said Mr. .Mitchell, "to have these boards placed under the control of the Administrative Board, the mem bers of which are paid to look after the city's affairs, and I most urgently | represent that these departments : should be placed under that board." The motipn was lost by a record vote of ;? to 2: ay eh, Mitchell and Puller; j noes. Christian, Oilman, Grundy, Gunst. Melton, Nelseti, Paul, Powers, Work man and Adanm. ril.HT OVF.ll DISPOSITION OF FIHIC Dlil'AUTMKXT Messrs. Puller and Gunst also strove desperately t<? have the I-'ire Depart - ; merit placed under the Administrative ' Board. Mr. Pifller expressing himself i In favor of abolishing all the indepen I dent boards. j 'Wo should." said Mr. Puller, either I abolish the Administrative Hoard or j place two of the Independent depart I ments under its control, leaving the [ Police Department to the management ? of the Mayor," j Mr. Gunst, agreeing with Mr. Puller, 1 ?' said that It was hardly necessary for | the City Council to change th<- charter | i since an ordinance requesting the I-cg | lslnlurc to give the people that right j had been passed by both branches of the Council. Mr. Puller moved the i adoption of his suggestion, and lost j 10 to 2, Christian and Puller voting aye. ' Lawrence Paul, sticking by his guns, fired a Parthian shot at the section giv- | Ing control of the Police Department to the Mayor, his verbal shrapnel fall ing wide of the mark by the standard register of ft to 3. On his motion to j leave the Health Department under the control of a free board he lost by a tie.] An amendment offered by Mr. Puller j providing that the City Treasurer and 1 the Commissioner of Kevcnuo shall be elected by the people for a terrp of four! years was adopted. His offered amend-' ment giving to all officers and em- ; J ployes elected by tho people the right 1 j to trial by a Jury after suspension or , dismissal by the Mayor failed of ndop j tlon by t> to 3. The right of appeal I i given in the proposed charter change lies to tho Judge of the Hustings Court, whose judgment In tho premises, without trial by Jury, shall be final. AMBXDMEiVT INSKHTF.n AS TO KAXK OF rOLICH OFFICIOUS An amendment, inserted nlso by the lower branch, providing that tho ap | polntmcnts of captains and sergeants by the Chief of Police shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor was pass ed. Mr. Nelson opposed the section, giving to tho secretary and purchasing agent of the Police Department the rank of captain, and was beaten by an over whelming vote. The action of the Common Council petitioning the Legislature to abolish tho Board of Public Interests was con curred in. BOTH SIDES CLAIM ! JUDGESHIP FIGHT Sims and Lile Supporters Issue Statements Predicting Victory at To-Night's Caucus. HOLD ANIMATED MEETINGS "Fight Is Won," Says Porter, in Charge of Campaign for Judge Sims. On th* eve of tin- most keenly-?n?ed contest for a nomination at the hands of the General Assembly tliat Yirtrlnia lists? seen in ;nany yeai both the sup- ? posters of Judge Frederick \V Situs and Professor William Minor Lile. is sued .statements lute last night confl . t. ? . ? ? pred ict in it ?h? nomination "T ! i:. . > .-andidatc f??:- the Impending \.i .| .,ii th< State Supreme <"oirt t the headquarters of the two aspi r :> ?: t m f. >Hi*- judgeship. friends and supporters w?-re in session until lite at night. Animated meetings w.-re held hy both the Bile "nd Sims ents. The tense situation was roll f i) jn the trossip of the lobby stjid tal ; lerles. ?licrc groups of delegates sind ? Senntoi s discussed to-night's :tion wiin high degree "f interest ?l.\nt six roNM'.HTS TO ^IM1- II \ \ m:k At th?* Kinis headquarters it was stated that during the evening so: i members of the caucus who had been counted with the opposite side came In and nave their assurance that tliey would support the Bouisa man. The members In consultation with the lead Ms of the Sims forces itvluded :i num ber of the most representative men in th" <"icn?-ral Assembly. I'hil IV Porter, clerk of the l.ouis:'. (County Circuit Court, who has been in I charge of the details of the campaign i in behalf of Judge Sims. Issued the fol lowing; official statement: "1 a:u confident that the fight is won. | After a careful poll of the Joint i stucus roll it can be stated with every assur ance that .Turtle Sims lias a ssifr ma jority, which will un?iues::<.-..ihly m dergo no cliatige." At the opposite end of the same hall and a block away on the Broad Street side of the hotel, the supporters of Mr. l.ile met to discuss the situation. The gathering included such representative men as John IV Minor. Henry C. Ulely, George Bryan. Colonel Ben P. Owen and Delegate Hugh A. White, of Bock 1 bridge. sri'Ptun'F.us of i.ii.f. SAY I IK 1* IN l.KAO At 10:30 o'clock ,*t committee of Mr. l.ilc's friends, composed of Mr. Minor, Mr. Ulely anfl Mr. Bryan, issued the fol lowing statement: "After a careful canvass of the sit uation the friends of Mr. Lile are satis fied that he is now well in the lead, and they ffel confident that lie will he elect ed. His s.ippo *. comes from every sec tion of the State, and is composed of Democrat.-* of all shades of political opinion?organization, antidrganization, wet and dry. "The enthusiastic indorsement of his candidacy by the overwhelming major- j ity of the bar of the. State is the best evidence of his splendid qualifications for the Supreme Court, and that should be the controlling consideration." There are 11 it votes in the Democratic caucus, and the winning candidate will have to poll sixty votes. It appears, certain that the name of .ludue Kdward ; S. Turner, of Warrentor will be offered ;is a candidate by his friends. A formal call for to-night's caucus was issued yesterday hy Caucus Chair-; man Jordan. It will be held at S o'clock in the hail of the House of Delegates. In Senate circles the prediction was current that friends of Senator Jordan, j of Staunton, will abandon fnetr efforts j to secure his admittance to the Demo cratic caucus. The investigating com mittee, having this matter in charge,! i? is reported unofficially, is divided on | the question of recommending admit-, ting him. it is believed that if the Senate can ctis is pressed for a decision it will i vote decisively to exclude Senator Jor dan from its councils. The abandon ment of the petition for admittance would, in the lipht or this situation, be welcomed as the most practicable solution of an embarrassing problem, it would leave Senator Jordan unaffil iated with either the inajjority or mi-j nority party as far as the present ses sion of the General Assembly is con cerned. llOI'KWKI.I. ftll.I.S AUK OFFKIIKD IV IIOTII If OI SI-IS The day saw the introduction in both houses of the bills which are counted j upon to create for Hopewell a system of muiiic.psiI government and to place lt| en \ irginiu's roll of cities. Two sets) of three companion members were of-j fered, one set in the House by Dole rate Harrison, of Prince George, and I the oilier in the Senate by Senator Bar- | ham. of Bunnymcde. 1*Mr.it is st bill providing for a teni-l porary administration of the local af-j fairs of the unincorporated community, j known as Hopewell and adjacent ter- | rttory. until such a time as it becomes 1 a city. The second hill creates the city of Hopewell and provides temporary and permanent officers for its gov ernment. The third bill appropriates ?r.0.nr?0 for the proper administration of the affairs of that pail of Bland Magisterial District. Prince George j County, known as Hopewell, and for I the repayment of half tills sum Into the State treasury. MACIIINKUY IMIOYIDFI) FOR GOVKHN'MKXT OF IIOFK WIOI.I, Roughly sketched, the hills provide for an administrative hoard of live members, commissioned by the Gover nor. The board Is to pass necessary rules Mid r?-gulat1o.ir, for the admlnls tratlon of local aiY;*l..<: pending the In corporation cf the Community as a cit>. (Continued on Fifth Pago!) ' Favor Centralization of Effort, Indorsing Plans of High way Commissioner. ASK FOR NEW LEGISLATION Eleven Items Recommended by Commissioner Coleman Meet With Approval. <-'on11illization of road woik super vision throughout Virginia in the of tice of the State Highway Commission was recommended bv an almost unani inous vote Ity the delegates to the tifth annual convention of the Virginia Itoad P.uilder.s* Association. in .session yester day afternoon. Klcven recommenda ?ions for tin* bet11 rment of tin- present State highway laws. which will strengthen the hands of Hiuhwa; Com missioner Coleman, if adopted t>the Sta'e I.enisktture. were passed. Tii?> reeotntuenda t ions wete prcpated iiy a committee appointed by Mr. Cole iiiJi' . and opposition was exp?ct*d the report win n it wiim read before the convention. Kx ept for a few minor ci.anu?s m wording nn<l amplifying some of the ciauses. the report passed with tl>lng colors. It was a complete vie tory for the policy of the State High way Commissioner. Senator Marry Flood Byrd. who i patron of a hill in the Senate giving the local road authorities supervision over State road work, read a paper, en titled "Iload Huilding From the Conn ty's Standpoint." lie said that he was oppose! to the policy of the State High way Commissioner, and believed that the county authorities should have charge of the distribution of State road money. IIYHD'S llll.I. NOT m:roiti-; rowi:\tion i'pltol'iing the policy of the State Highway Commissioner ami speaking against decentralization in the distribu tion of State funds for road work, J. K. Penny back or. chief of road economics at the United States Ufllce of Public Hoads and P.ur.ii Kngineering. read a paper on "lieonomios of Itoad Main tenance and < "onstructior.." After Senator Ilytd had read his paper, !". P. Sh'dton. i f Hanover, moved that the P.yrd bill pending before the Senate receive the approval of the convention. Chairman Charles T. l*is siter. however, ruled that the motlo:; was out of order, as the next business before the convention was the report of the committee on resolutions. It was voted to hear the report, and the last vestige of real opposition to the. policy of the state Highway Commis sioner was removed, because the eleven recommendations adopted upheld him. The members of the committee on resolutions were: W. C. Saunders, chairman Hoard of Supervisor:-, Henrico County: <.J. Taylor Ownthtney. Norfolk County; I.. 1.tin ton. Frederick \Y. ft. Hutlln, Danville; Harden llairston. Henry: \V. P. Moore. Hod ford: .1. Thomas Smith, Russell: C. IV Scott, Assistant State Highway Com missioner: P. S Roxley, Orange; W. 11. Aston. Washington; c. S, I.uck. Han over; W. A. Reed. Botetourt; Otto f.. Kvans, Amherst, and A. J. .lohnson, James City. 1:1.i:\r.v m-:? ommio.noations A DOI'THI) II \ CON VIvVTION It was decided on motion of Mr. ICvans, of Amherst, tiiat the convention vote separately on the eleven resolu tions presented by the committee. After va two hour's' discussion, the recommendations were adopted as given below: 1. An amendment to .the present State aid road law, so as to provide that the State Highway Commissioner shall be authorized to agree with the local road authorities to properly grade and drain any road, or sections, tribu tary to a main traveled road, which they may deem necessary: and t(i im prove such road or road<\ to meet the traffic conditions of such roads. The purpose of this is to give the county authorities more latitude in the selec tion of roads needing improvement with the assistance of State aid. _. (..'ranting the State Highway De partment and the local road boards the same power given to certain public service corporations of exercising the right of eminent domain in aequiring rights of way for public roads. 3. In accordance with the recommen dation of the ijovortmr and the State Highway Commissioner, the committee recommends that the maximum salary of resident and county engineers or superintendents may be increased from $100 a month to $1.10 a month, pro vided that such increase shall be ap proved by the local road authorities in conjunction with the State Highway Commissioner. WANT DKFIN ITU KKTIMATKM ON COST OK N10W IIOADS 4. liecotiimcnding an amendment to the present State aid law to provide that no election shall lie held on any bond issue for a specific road improve ment until estimates covering the cost of such improvement have been sub mitted to the court ordering ihe rlec tion, by the State Highway Commis sioner. and no bond issue shall be voted j for a less amount than the estimates so submitted, and provided further that as to nil future bond issues, it shall be provided that no such bond issue shall be had except tinder Ihe following conditions: That the Hoards of Su pervisors. in tlicir annual levies, in addition to providing for a sinking j fund and the payment of interest, shall 1 also provide a fund which snail be at ! least 3 per cent of such bond Issue, i which shall be applied to the main tenance of such roads. The purpose of: this is to remedy the trouble arising out of bond issues being inKufP.cient to improve the road to which the pro ceeds of the issue are to apply. 5. Whereas, the automobile has bo come the most important single factor in road maintenance, it Is tho sense of this convention that the money derived from tho license tax on automobiles (Continued on Tenth Page.) U. S. IS VULNERABLE TO FOREIGN ATTACK Major-General Leonard Wood i Testifies of Utter Unpre paredness for War. OCEANS NO SERIOUS BARRIER Increase for Regular Army Pro posed by Garrison "Ab surdly Inadequate." WASHINGTON. January If* -Alajor G< neral Leonard K Wood told the Si n-tfo Military Committee to-day th.it till' coast lino of th*' I'nited States was : open to attack by any well-organized : ' foreign army, dc.ipit# its equipment of forts, mines and submariner, and that the oc?'?ui formed no serious barrier to j invasion. lie declared that in th?* country's ?ri'?ent state of utter un prepared ness for war, a trained force , ?>f ir.'i.onn men could intlict incalculable damage before ati nrmv could be as s"ml?led to meet it. Kvents of 11j?? ICuropenn war clearly I demonstrated, the general said, that tin- sea was ?li*? best medium for the movement of troops, and lie pointed out that a force of ISA,000 nun. fully! '-quipped, had beeii landed :it Gallipoli from a single expedition of ninety>eiRrht ships, atrainst submarines, mines and i an underwater screen of barbed wire! tl:.-it fringed every available landing I place. Kmphaslzing the way that by which troops cannot be improvised to meet reaulats. General Wood declared the fundamental basis of any policy of adc- ! quale national defense must be the, principle that with suffrage koes an | obligation for military service. Such a policy had been advocated by George Washinuton, lie said, and if it hail been adopted, Canada would have become1 part of tiit- l"n I ted States in the War of ISIS. , poll WAIl OM.V O.Vt"K |\ IflSTOHV i "Qnly once in our history have we , been prepared for war," be added 1 "That waa Immediately after the Civil War, when we had a million and a half trained soldiers. Our diplomatic cor-' ; respondence with Krauee concern in a i j Mexico was very brief. It required | ? only one note, because of our prepared- i | ness. Th< y were told to net out, and | they not out. "There isn't goiriR to be any weak- ] ! ness abroad after this war is over. You will find that more male children 'will have been" born than have heen j killed or injure. 1. Vou will have all the Bold, perhaps, but it will not do jvou much good unless you stiffen it J with Iron." As to the needs of ilie regular army. General Wood expressed the opinion that the force of regulars with the ! j '-olors should be maintained at L'10,000. 1 l i ?f these, he said, 20,000 equipped anil ; supplied for a year's time should be l;ej>t in the Philippines, anothct 20.t>00 i m Hawaii, and IT.,000 at Panama. He ! urged that tlie regulars should have a i reserve system, under which, in a six I year enlistment, men would be dis '?harued whenever their company com manders reported them ns efficient. Into ;i reserve, to be definitely assigned to war stations. Equipment for members ; of the reserve would be kept at their , stations, and oneo every two years they ; would be required to Join the colors for j ten days' training to keep tlteni up to dale. r.AIIKISOX I'HOI'OS \ I.S i:\ i ntKi,v iv\itK<ti a i i: General Wood said that if universal ! military service was not to be obtained, ? lie favorer! A continental army scheme ; substantially as proposed by the War 1 'epartmcnt. provided "it Is absolutely I divorced from the organized militia." The increases for the regular army pro posed by Secretary Garrison, however, j he characterized as "absurdly inade- I ; quale and indicating a failure to np-' I predate the lessons of th'e Kuropean war," particularly as to the proportion i of Held artillery, lie recommended i that the proportion of Held guns bo ? tlxed at five to every 1,000 rifles or sabers. The present army standard is , per 1.000, although in actual equip , menl the regulnrs are nearer two per . i l.ooo. A board recently crertted in the j War Department has fixed on .">.0 per ! 1,000 as the number necessary: ; Reverting to the condition of the country to face war with a first-class ! j power, the general said the United ) States was utterly unprepared, and ' j knew nothing of the problems it would ' have to meet| At least 2,000,000 men ! I would be needed, lie declared, and they ' I could be obtained, he believed, only by ' compulsory service. At present there | I were but 700.000 modern rifles and | 1300,000 old-model weapons in govern- ? | ment arsenals, ho said, and up to Jlvo j days ago the capacity of all American ' plants to produce rifles was only 32,000 a day. Kngland alone, he said, wanted ?!.">,000 a day, while Krance called for two rifles In reserve for every man in the field. Aleneral Wood was positive in declar ing the militia was composed of a fine personnel, but cursed by a hopeless sys- ' tem. I'nless it could be taken over by j the government and absolutely severed j from any connection with the States,! he said it should be abandoned to the.] States entirely, and not a dollar of gov- I eminent money wasted upon it. SOI.DIKIt i:i,H.Mi:\T POIt KKDKUAI.r/.ATION "We should terminate the Intolerable! system," he declared. "The soldier ele- j ment of the militia all want fcder.'iliza lion. No man who refuses to coma Into the continental army Is fu l>e dc- I pended upon." ' Under a universal service system tho general said there would be 8,350,000 men between eighteen and thlrty-flye | years of age, upon which the burden of military duly would rest, counting on only BO por cent of that age. He believ ed, however, that every citizen should be held liable for some duty ro the government In case of war. "General Wood," asked Senator Cham-j (Continued on Second PagcT) Tells of Army's Needs MA.IOH-GIC.MOKAI, IjHO.V AIIII WOOD. I RUSSIANS LAUNCH FOUR flTTACKS ON AUSTRIANS After Only Slight Pause, Begin Strong Offensive on Hessa rnbinn Frontlet*. YIKNNA CLAIMS lU.riLSK ! King of Montenegro 1^ Reported on Way to Italy, and Fffort to Crush His Country l'rohably Will He Itesunied. After only a slight pause shim Gve ! conclusion of tin' "New Year's'' battle Ion the ?astern front the Russians I again have lii'gun a strong offensive against t lie* Austro-llungarian forces | on the Bessarabian frontier, east of ! Czernowlty., capital of Bukowiua. j Vienna had forecast thi>> action by ! the announcement, that, the Russians i were throwing strong re-enforcements | into Kam <lalicla. In the initial offensive of what prob ; ably will be termed the "second hat i tic," the Russians launched with nuin j erous columns four attacks near Topor | outz and Bovan. but according: to i Vienna they were everywhere re ! pulsed. The Germans have attacked Russian ' bases at Tarnopol. ICast Galicin. with : an air squadron. I While lite Turkish "War Office asserts \ that the Russians in the Caucasus liavo ' abandoned their oeffnsive along the en tire front of nearly 100 miles, owing J to the re-enforcements of the Otto mans and their assumption of a violent, offensive, the latest Russian official 'communication describes the Turkish . army in this region as having been dis organized and dislodged from a strong position extnnding over sixty-six miles. ! the Turkish retreat taking mi the char ? aeter of a panic-stricken Might. Sev ! eral Turkish units, the communion tion j adds, were almost annihilated, hundreds j of bodies covering the Held of battle. Jkivi; ok montk.xkgiio (IN \\ A V TO 1TA1.V With the announcement that Monte-j negro Irid broken off negotiaions for I peace with Austria-Hungary comes the. j 'fiffici.il statement in a I'aris newspaper j [that King Nicholas and his family and! [ suite : I ready are on their way to Italy. | It is presumed that with the severing! of the peace pourparlrns the Austrian*! ! again will take up where they left olT ? the campaign of crushing the Utile. I kingdom as Serbia was crushed. Although artillery bombardments.! mining ami count'i-mlning operations j and aerial attacks continue almost ex-j elusively on the western line in France. ] ! the Germans report the capture of! ! trenches along the Vscr River, fin- i lente allied airmen have dropped bombs on Met/, and Arnaville. doing some ma- j teriaI <lainrigo. Several attempts of the Austrians to I approach Italian positions on the Tol- I 'initio sector and near Oslavis were re-j pulsed. Itomhardinents have prevailed i elsewhere. Another war council of the entente' allies, attended by tlio Rritish and French members, has been held in l.rni- | don. Nothing is known concerning the! council except that it was held for the j discussion of plans for further prose-! cuting the war. Great Britain has informed the I'nited j States Ihrotifjh Ambassador Page that' "Innocent" mail taken from steamers J by the British authorities is not being j unnecessarily delayed, but forwarded to j the addresses immediately. Mail and j parcel post matter which is not classed i as "Innocent" is being held for the prize court. / XF.W OKKK.VSIVK MO\ K.MK.NT ST A IITIOIl ll\ IIISSIWS KKItlilN'. .latiuary 1 !? ?by wireless to. Sayvllie).? A new offensive movement j lias been Inaugurated by the Russians! to the east of Czernowitz. near the1 Bessarahlan frontier. The official Aus trian statement of to-day says the Rus sians niado successive, attacks at sev eral places, but were repulsed. KAISKtl CONKIOICS WITH KING OK III I.G A IM A I.O.\l)O.V, January IP. ?The Kaiser has signalized his recovery by making a visit of great military state to the Balkan theater of war. At Nish. the { "war capital" of conquered Serbia, the I German Ihnperoi met King Ferdinand | of Bulgaria yesterday. CARRANZA ISSUES OUTLAW DECREE AGAINST VILLA Any Citizen of Republic Au thorized to Execute Ban dits Without Formality. LCPEZ AND CASTRO ALSO PUT BEYOND PALE OF LAW Republican Senators Determine to Keep Up Fight for Action. DKMOCKATS HACK PKKSIDKNT Intervention Resolution Dismissed Behind Closed Doors by Committee. Washington, January is.-?General Carranza notified the Mexican c.mha.?.?v here to-day that he had formally pro claimed Francisco Villa. Pablo Lope* and Rafael Castro outlaws, because of the massaere ?f American citizens at Santa Ysabel. ' nder the decree. any citizen of the republic is authorized lo execute the | outlaws without formality, R say*: In view of the frequency with.which ! outrageous cr inies are being committed > b> hands ot outlaws scattered in vari-j ous parts of the republic, even after the annihilation of the armies of the j reactionaries by the Constitutionalist l forces. I believe that the situation thus created calls for the extremity of cner jgoth: measures of suppression in order ; I hat such crimes shall he met l.\ severest punishment to those who arc responsible for them. In view of t lie recent attack on a railway train :,t a point distant ei?rht ; Kilometers from Santa Ysabel. in the (State of Cliiiiunhua, by bandits led bv . Ha fuel Castro and I'ablo Lopez, mem' ! l,,,'s of "1,: forces commanded by Fran j Cisco Villa, under whose orders thev j were operating. and in accordance witii the precedent established by the Con stitutionalist government In similar i cases occurring in the. past. I have seen j lit to issue the following- decree: Article I. The reactionary leader : and c\-Genernl Francisco Villa is j hereby declared to bo outside the pale ? of i be la w. "'Article II. The reactionary leaders, | ex-General Rafael Castro and ox-Gen I eral I'ablo Lopez, are hereby declared | lo be outside the pale of the law. ; "'Article Iir. Any citizen of Mexico Is empowered hereby to arrest the | leaders. Francisco Villa. Rafael Castro ' and Pablo I.ope*, and to execute them j without any formality of the law. But i the citizen performing such function shall make a record in writing describ ing in detail the occurrence, and set l ting forth the proofs of the identity of I the outlaws and the proof of the exe j cut ion.' " ! HKIM Ml.ICW MO\A'I'OltS STII.l. FIGHT FOR ACTION j Republican Senators made clear at j to-day's meeting of the Foreign Rela tions Committee their purpose to keep up the light lor action on tho situation in Mexico. The Democrats were equal ly an determined that no legislative ac tion should be taken at this stage, and 'hut the problems involved should be left 10 the President. For more than two hours the com I mittee discussed behind closed doors intervention resolutions and proposals to send troops to Mexico to co-operate with General Carranza In maintaining ! order and running down the murderers j of American citizens. Senator Horah, . of Idaho, and Senator Lodge, of Massa I cliusetis, wore the principal spokesmen j for tlie minority, while Senators Clarke, i of Arkansas: Williams, of Mississippi, I and Stone, chnirman of the committee, | defended the altitude of the adminis t ration. i Senator Stone laid before the commit tee the administration's attitude re I gurdtng Mexico. He told the commit tee that President Wilson belloves the recent outrages in Mexico were com [ milted for the sole purpose of forcing [armed intervention by the United I States. Senator Stone said that the adminis tration believes that if the L'nlted states sent an armed forco into Mexico to punish the men responsible for tho massacre of the seventeen Americans near Chihuahua, it would bring about irlciion with the Carranza government. He said this would weaken the Car j ranxa government and would result in another revolution in Mexico. .11 "ST FIII Ml CO.VFKIIKNCE ITU THK I'KKSIOE.NT The veteran Democratic leader had just come from a conference with the President when he addressed the com mittee. Following Senator Stone's statement. Senator Morah, Republican, said he would not assume the responsibility of immediately pressing the Senate for action on intervention resolutions. He stated, he would, instead, canvass the Senate and ascertain the sentiment of Ids colleagues so he will know how to proceed if further outrages are com mitted. The committee thou adjourned without taking action. A heated dis cussion took place before Senator Ro - rah announced his stand, In the course of which the Democratic members made it plain they would stand behind the I resident and prevent tho passage of intervention resolutions. Senator Mar cus Smith, of Arizona, who has been outspoken In his demand that some thing be done, gave his support to Chairman Stone. Of the Democrats, Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, alone hesi tated and expressed the opinion that * policy of further waiting would be un wise. Thus far the majority leaders hats succeeded in preventing action on any of tho resolutions submitted to the Sen ate Iii the last week. No vote was taken in the committee to-day. even the proposal of Senator Gore, for e-ea jlon ot ? neutral zone in.Northern Me*, ico to be policed Jointly by American