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'-mat -ar v- ; ' 1 J T J, "1 WEATtmR MARKETS NEW YORK CITY Kleetrolrtle, to Silver. B4 1-2 Copper, Arm. VOL. 18, NO. 179. !' jRebel Line Reported to Be Heading with General Rod , riguez and 2000 Men, for State of Sinaloa, Mexico. ACTION INDICATES A CONTINUANCE OF WAR Obregon in El Paso. Has Not Crossed Line As Yet. Pres ent Conditions in Mexico Assure Early Return of Consuls. El PASO, Dec. 23. General Villa, together with 2,000 troop under the command of General Rodriguez, is preparing to Invade northern Sinaloa. It la reported Villa in preparing to move southwest from the nuatillaa Ranch In western Chihuahua, where. It is reported le has been recently. ,ile will alHo pick up a small number at troop under General Medina Vleta, near Madera. It Is aald Rodriguez is H vlng from Casa Grander toward i Pinoloa. Ample transportation facilities are kbowa to b available. The informa-l, tioj -f WwrillM the troop movements, ; i.idVwfmfc a 'continuance of t.ie Villa' W0jtoB, a 'received bi re through ! ni tt Villa handled by lineMieji re patriot U)e wires between .Chihua-' bua and Juarez. J Two employes of the Hearst Ranch - n--.;:. , I r-.r- wb qainermi, arnveu anu re-, ported that four others, tw0 Ameri cans, an Englishman and a Gentian,! were prisoners by the order of Villa. ; He said the ranch caluables were stol- en and Madura xacked . General Ocboa, with hi staff haa retired to the United States. He said he feared reprisals because of his im prisonment at Juarez of Governor Fi del AvUa and General Victorlano Avl- It, before be accepted the terms of me e i.cio government. Viunit i-aiisMi, wl loiuitfr viiis. gen eral, was placed temporarily In com Wand at Juarez. General Obregon 1h here. He is said to be awaiting the arrival, which is expected tomorrow, of a Carranza force before entering Juarez. General Robles, a (rusted friend of Obregon, is expected to take, charge of Juarez tomorrow. Robles, for amun time, haa assumed tn b in adbarant of neither the Carranza nor:! Villa factions. LONG LEGAL ARGUMENT, NEW YORK. Dec. 23. The counsel for the defense of the eleven former New Haven directors charged with criminal conspiracy, finished what is said to be the longest argument for tha btaUiry of Ow dismissal of an Indictment In tha history of local federal courts, lie commenced Monday. The govern ment's answer for the argument will continue tomorrow. It is expected the court will decide the motion Tuesday. During; the four days of legal ora tory ipeclal pleas for verdicts of ac qaltul were made In behal fof the eleven defendant, wit hthe exception of William Rockefeller, who was a BMsnber of the New Haven board be fore the enactment of the Sherman law and the only defendant charged wHh participating in the entire con troversy. Rockefeller counsel decided to reel hla client's case Insofar as the Judge haa power to determine it on the gewentl Htotie to dismiss the Indict - at entirely. COMMERCIALLY GERMANY IS BEATEN LONDON, Dec. 23. "As far aa com Mree la concerned, Germany I a beat) en aatlon and It Is for us to see it can not recover," Walter Runciusan, presi dent of the Hoard of Trade, told tha House of Commons in reviewing the tape taken by the Hoard for reorgan- ' itatlon ef the Itrttish Industries after the war. He aald the board had taken s Letts to see that German oil fields in Kurope, which are of vital importance 10 (KliaiH, win De transferred to a great oxteut to British control. He de clared German trade with South Am' eriso and tne East had received a se rious blow It was the duty of Unf Imb bulnes 'wn to have ""Nery ad Mini ace Sill IS VILLA'S ' MARIE DORO NOW IS MRS. ELLIOTT DEXTER Marie Doro. Broadway rum jis that Marie Dero star of the letritlmate stage and a film actress, had been wedded were confirmed a few days jeo when it was announced that Miss Doro had been eix months Mrs. Elliott Dexter, her husband beinc an actor who de serted the spoken stafe for the movies. UE TROUBLE IS E All A,-.. H R Cr. . dereu Uut or Lnmuariua ; Port of Entry, liipollto the field against the Yaquls . He will' Villa Facing Multiplicity of takG personal command of the expedl t . lon. When subdued the Indians -will lawsuits. bp pIace(1 on regervations similar to , EL PASO, Dec. 23. The Americans have been ordered out of Juarez. At the same time General Pershlug told iniat-Jnans in enmaln mi t )i a A vt ti w na t nuiDiivnua tu icuiaut u tisw -wmu stasis i side, nued. u i r4 i 11IUV ID 17TUIbVt it w nui- -"-ilnR rez demanding money. Lawsuits against Colonel Hlpollto Villa, the former financial agent of the Villa revolution at Juarez, have mul tiplied. Villa, In custody of a sheriff, is en route to El Paso from San An tonio, where he fas arrester last night. . ; ' ' ,.,' i sued to recover $35,000 allegelng tbati 1000 of his cattle were slaughtered JuurM ftnd tne meat 801(1 !n the A.n,e dean side and the proceeds turned to Villa's fiscal agent. The wife of American Consul Ed wards at Juarez was tlje first to cross following the order by military head quarters. The United States borderjt robbed a stage, operating between patrol was increased. Details of the a,lu wv". cause of trouble at Juarei have nrjbox ald to conWn 00. He allowed been learned. It is difficult to ostab- two stages to Vfiss and stopped tho Ilsh communication. Dills of .ale were filed with the oountv recorder showing that Hinotito Villa, before his departure; on Wed- nesday, sold his automobile for a dol-' lar and a diamond ring and other Jew-1 ery for $10. Villa was arrested 'at I San Antonio charged with defrxudliiRl Victor Caruso out of $10,000 by means of worthless checks. MORATORIUM TO END. FRANKFORT. Dec. S3. A Drugs tain dispatch to the Frankfurter ZeltwiK suys measure will soon be taken to terminate the moratorium of Uelglum, which haa existed since the outbreak of the war. TJie Ilelglan press Is reported as favoring the actjon, but suggesting that payments be made tn Install ments. CLAIMS INDIANS MUTINIED. BERLIN, Dec. M The Hamburger Fredanblatt prints a Constantinople dispatch saying the "revolutionary movement In India has lately assum ed large dimensions. Tho Drltlsh au thorities have been unable to sup press. Great bitterness prevails among the native troops. Jtattallons are deserting and Joining the insur gents. Native troops, ordered to at tack the Insurgents have attacked the British." TO KIRKWALL LONDON. Dee. S3Tbe Norwegian eteamers Styr Snow and R&mfos wltb general cargoes we. taken to Kirk- BISBEE, 1 WAGE 1R i ON son i YAQUI3 t General Calles Concentrating Practically, All of His' Forces For a Determined Campaign Against the In dians. TROOPS FROM NACO ARE SENT SOUTH ! Carranza San Francisco Con- i sul Declares Indians, When Subdued, Will Be Placed ( On Reservations As in the, U. S. DOUGLAS, Dec. 23. General Calles I the military governor of Sonora, began the concentration' of troops at Quay mas for a campaign against the Ya who are on the warpath in the Yaqui River Valley. All available tvops tit Agua Prleta, Naco, and other points In Sonora, were ordered to Guaymas, it la said. General Angela Plores Is' expect.! to leave Agua Prleta wttji 260Q nier. t.miorrow. . R. L. Slaughtiir, Sr., eJWson, ar rived in an effort to trace Jnr's'on, R. L. Slaughter, Jr., and J. P. Hall, super intendent of his ranch, who left Moe tezuma December 4 for Douglas. Plans have been made for General Flores to loave Agua Prlefa late to-' day but the departure was postponed to await the arrival of a permit from the United States fovernnient to move, i the equipment, w'ftunded and women' camp followers through American ter ritory to Nacoi i;: According to Ramon uenogri San Francisco, Carranza consul gener- i now here Cales wiu place cooo those in the United States, lie said. TREVINO PUSHES NORTHWARD. 1.AKKDO. Dec. 2S. Gen. Trevino's ri . continued nortliwarU upon order to villa troops between Chihuahua, . City and' Juarez, according to otflcial advices to Carranza headquarters at I Nuevo Laredo. I General Trevino, in reporting hia I entry to Chihuahua City, salfl he ' found much equipment peeded by Carransa force. It Inrludrt 1000, boxcars, locomotives, passenger c , ..., - HU1I 1 ,!., .. 1 1 I II, LIIU .V.lll.lJ u. f LONE ROBBER WORKS UK1AH, Calif,. Dee. 23. A lone ban third containing tne express dox .iMnh, Ait Angeles trike fund in 1910. passengers were not molested. After Dy tne internatlen Association of seouring the box be tired into the ain ana toju tne unver to nurry on " ' ADOPT RESERVE RULE 7? WASHINGTON! Dec 23. The Foil. eral reserve board unanimously adopt ed the resolution of Secretary McAUo0 making publls offlitals and membera ,v t .vrvlltlnal tiurtv MltmniltfAO InAllfff- ble as officers or directors of the fed eral reserve banks. , l The resolution informs the membera of banks In the reserve system that in the opinion of the board ueh personal henceforward shouldn't act as officials or directors of reserve bank.- It la understood the action was taken with out extended discussion. Later It was said not to be aimed, particularly, at any candidate or officer or director now serving. STILL ENJOYING TRIP. HOT SPIHNGS, Va.. Dec. 28. The presiaeni receivuu a cuiiiiiiuiuuiuuu issue,! to eacn applicant a sniuu umi from Secretary of State Lansing, re-j0f bread and a pint of soup dally, latlve to foreign affair. It la under- according to William Hamilton of the stood the letters told of recent con-1 American Mercy and Relief commls versations between Secretary Lansing .Ion, who arrived In New York on the and Baron Zwledinek, the Austrian Rotterdam. embassy charge, regarding the An- William Thaw, Norman Prince and cona case. Details ale unobtainable. I Billot Cowden, American aviators, LONDON. Dec 83 -According to a Zurich correspondent of the Exchange .11 of the report that Adrian official clr clea are gratified at -comnarative mod- eratlon of the American Ancona note, It Is unlikely that a reply will be gent before the New ear if the situation is regarded as less a ute MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE80 ARIZONA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1915 BRITISH WORK FEVERISHLY TO RETAIN SUPREMACY ON SEAS it Admiral Jellicoe; the Queen Elizabeth; British dreadnought firing aft turret guns. Great Britain has laid down or completed more vessels since the war began than the entire tonnage of the -American navy. The battle cruisers, with slight deviations, are built on the lines of the Queen Elizabeth, which ha been used In operations against the Dardanelles. In building up the British navy, Admiral Jellicoe Is virtual director. i 1 MIDI'S m W CLOSE TO Ell IJerense ilav Pinish the Intro- Hlirllnn nf Its Rviilonro Uv t. mi si . ., lale lOday. L-OntribUtlOn to Strike Fund is in Evi- dence. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23. The de- fense In the Schmidt case expects to'0 ,ntt, J, " " '"J " " J lUK.UIIU". f Oto.u O, . 11.11.,,, Council, who was supoenaed as u wlt-i neas for the state. The defence' guaranteed the presence of Tveitnioe. iuunsei ior acnmiut sam you can lmve nlm arreBte,i anU brought here i( necessaiy." The prosecution de- ,lre, to questlon TveUnio relative to 1 tll8 expenditure of $1000 douated to Iiridge Construrtural Iron Workers. ; Three of the defense's witnesses, t- i i j r .i. r . d who were members of the labor union doubled Ueatil Kate in ftnn committee In charge of the strike sylvania Metropolis Said to benefit fund, testified ou this subject. ! They said it was expended legitimate ly. A detail report of the committee. on the disposition of the funds wa j 0ffered in evidence. The prosecution contends the Inter national Association allowed Hie ap- proprlatlons for the purpose of furth-j health commissioner to caution the ering the dynamiting conspiracy, ofjpeopl8 t0 sacrlneee to avejd wine. u.e ...... eP.u..u., . '"H clared a part. TIiey( soudht to showi $1000 was sent here as one. of the these ttons. alleged dynamite appropria- r POLAND DESTITUTE, NEW YORK, Dec. S3. More than four million of toe population of Po- land are deatltute and entirely depen - dent on soup kitchens where there igl who liavo beon serving in the French army alnce the war began, arrived on ; the steamer Rottordam on leave of 1 - I .U.l.. - , - ; They said about i Oto 70 per nf the aviators, haratofore enlisted were lost through death or wounds-1 1 As fast aa men dron out. however.' 1 many are anxious and willing to take tlielr pliue o o o o- o o EDISON MAKES' o o o o OFFER o NKW YORK. D. 23.Tfhoma o Edison, at a meeting of the navy o consulting beard, offered t.i fur- oi uish at hisown expense pUns aud o specifications for laboratory of o! o physical research, to cost J 1.-100.- o o 000 fdr ue in the development o o of nayal iuventloita. o o In a'tinonuclnit the purport of o; o the- offer Vice Chairman Saund- oi said he referred it to the oth- o1 member, of the board. They o eived it with entbuslaam. Mem- o. o ers ' er 10 receiv hr t tli bnSrd inanctl the o , o submarine, K-t. recently equipped 0 ' 0 wltl1 a" Kllx" battery Intended o o to preclude tne possibility of sur- o 0 'O,atlon of the crew from chlor- o ,je M- ,o o o PHILADELPHIA FIGHTING THE E Be Due to Epidemic of Dis ease. Many Cases in City. PHILADELPHIA Dec. 21 The high death rate In Pennsylvania from the grippe epidemic caused the state the disease." He sald.'.-ICeep out of. crowded plapea. A person,' having the grippe, may transmit It to a carload of paaaongers." A majority of the 650 deathB in Philadelphia In live first half of the week were due, directly and Indirectly to grippe. Tills Is more than double the oral Jnarv death rate. It is estimated 16.- m nhitaaAlptila are suffering from grippe, which is particularly fatal to the very old and very young. Public school attendance Is greatly reduced. Several sections of schools and colleges were forced to close, Factories, 'stores and other business houses are affected. In many lnstao- ft,ia thn nnmhar nf amnlnvna nhllrrml t !to ren)aIn at howa vaa M Kreat aJ to seriously curtail operation)!. Hun- l" "' '"""W "f"""""" nt.lf"&' lf T??ln. Tn Phi'Wolphia Rapid Transit company reports 100 employes sick. Camden. New JerBey, leports at leant 1 1000 rases there R WILL INCREASE; WEST FREIGHT Agricultural Implements, Can- J Hoods Boots and Si vet ! j l n onocs anccicu uv ucuioiuii Commission. i WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Railroads ! the Missouri rivers and the Rocky . Mountains were granted Increases in , freight rates by the Interstate Com- merce Commission on many commo- ' dltles Including agricultural Imple- ments. canned goods, lioots and shoes. There Is no estimate of the.addltlonal revenue tne roaus win uenve irun't fo. , the advances, contained in the com- ' DETAILS OF CONFLICT into the hundreds of thousands an-, . . i,,,-; erou. lncreaae. sought were denied. Al AIUS f A (U?nlC!, '.roB, Althougli there are still pending be- Athens .. delayed In transmission, gtvw fore the eemmlsslon proposed in- the official account of the xeceut flClla treaaea in a few other commodities. 'g between the Bulgariana and tho, the general. campaign of the western Greeks at Korltxa. roads to obtain a. higher rate on more "The official account," declared thej important commodities, Is virtually at correspondent, "says the Bohcar de an end. , tachmeut advanced unexpectedly ua Both cas.a were decided today. The der the pretext of pursuing a smaji one still pending related to the so-Serbian force. The Greek detachment called western advance rate case. The ; guarding the frontier. Interfered and first, and most Important part of tblsafter n engagement of- three bottiH ease was decided week, ago, some of the Hulgars, who lost heavily, retreat the . increase,, being allowed, other' , the Greek government made re. refuaed. a petition for Its reopening resentations to Bulgaria and Qernnwy was receply denied. , alld received assurances the ltulga1- ... . lt. 'an officer, responsible for the Incident CALIFORNIA SHIPPERS SUE. I d punlihed .. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. Four teen suita by. California siilpiiera ngHinst tlie railroads to recover trafflce. estimated at more than a million dollar will bev given prompt! Houa of Commons, before tk hearing before tha State Railroad - Xmas recess, denied the rumor, of a commission, It was announced, follow- cabinet crisis among the AlUea, accord Ing the announcement of tke inter- lng to the press of Oermaay. Soglaail state Commerce conunlssjon's decla-iohortly will issue a "white lie liar" oC ion that the abolition of such chances the principles on which the blocked d should date from August 12, 1914. of Germany i. based. TO INCREASE TERRITORY. PIIOICNIX, Dec. 33. Arlsona com - merclal bodies hare started a move ment to extend the United States I boundary west along the thirty-first 1 parallel from the 111 meridian so as to take In parts of the Gulf of Cantor nla and Ijwer California. URGES ENGLISH LIENIENCY WASHINGTON Dec. 28. The State department at the inatanee at the American Red Cross has made repre-! I .1.- , j . , ..I , floe, weklpg the withdrawal or modi ' ficatlon of the new order by England suspending issuance of permits for , I shipment of hospital supplies from the, United States ta Germany, Aumrta, ljUr tirkey and BulgHrm Southern California and Arizona Fair. PRICE FIVE CENTS Teutons Claim Retaking of". Important Hartmanns-Wci- lerkopf Summit with 1500 Prisoners; Matter in Doubt. i GREEK PUBLIC FEARS GERMAN OFFENSIVE Greek Newspapers Bitterly Attack Government and May be Muzzled; Elaborate 1 Defensive Preparation On Suez Canal. LONDON. Dec The Germans claim to have retnk i Hartroanns Weilerkopf summit with 1500 prison era. Clashes have occurred in'Oallcia. with minor MirceKsee on botli aid), The Russians in Persia are gtrttax twenty-five miles from Tenerai. Tk4 'Greek public is uneasy over the ponf. jbillty of early extension of Germanic 'operations Into Greek territory. Atif I Athens dispatch, says that German r jportH have Informed Greece that Ho hopes lo teach SalonlKl Jan'. 15, at iKe i tame Mir.e inomising to avAcuaio 4Qtok territory as soon at tfc tgiU to, finished. I The , Greek domestic situation l re- portedto be so nttno tUat as m ', parliatnent meets it will tlectare war- inl law In order to muule opposition of the press which Is merilesslf at tacking the government. Grwric cor respondents in Paris now declare that at Athens it is decided that Austria shall take initiative in all Balkan! offensive movements. The report also is published In Paris tha the Austrians are actually march ing 0n Saloniki. The British Sahinikt correspondents scoff at reports of an rly Germanle offensive, declaring: ,helr conv,ctlon tnat tntl lu,,1 ' ,u nM for !i0me ,lme- Tbe Reute corrcsiiondent ways military men o ilievc the Teutons and Bulgarians will establish a screen paral.el with tllrt Greek border, establishing! strong po. sitions in Macedonia denies to a Wait the offensive by the Allies'. (leotfTR dispatches speak convincingly of fWa paratlons,alonB the Sues- Canal for d feBMve punMjses. The HrHtah preaa ilaAltit-Afli that rlAfMnuivu xirauitm M . . .. , tfc , , JP DENIES CRISIS RUMORS LONDON, Dec. 23. Lord Robert Co ell, addressing the closing session M I AIRCRAFT OVER GREECE j PARIS, Dec. 23. An Austria- aenH ; plane, dying yesterday to within a lit tie more than three miles of Saloniki. dropped bombs near the village, act cording to a Havac Agency reper from Saloniki. Another unconflrnietl repott from the aaiue source said m Zeppelin was seen Hying over nortki em Greek territory. ' TROOPS IN EGYPT HHItl.lN, Dec. 2S. Great BrltU - , nM m nt In HJgypt, 300, 04 i whom are Rwardiac the Suea dual, coori,B 10 writer of a Utter sent from Kgypt on De ember 19 and print, ed here It said 70.000 troops arrived at the i-anal last week LOSS