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REMNANTS OF ARMY - i
IN CAMP NEAR JUAREZ
Loss of Santa Rosa Hill Caused ,
Army to Take Flight ?
Dead Piled High.
T- i
JAUREZ, Mex.. Nov. 30. ? The rem-j
nants of a Carranza army that fled j
from Chihuahua City after a baitle i
/ ?with Villa troops, are in camp to-night j
on the plains south of Juarez. They
wrought with them the story of the i
evacuation of the city after four days i
and nights <if fighting. The dead were j
piled high in the streets when they left >
and had been covered with oil and i
burned, they said. ,
Soon after 1 A. M. today, the first ;
troop train brought the ragged sur- !
vivors of the de facto force which had i
escaped to the north. Accompanying
rhis train was a sanitary section con- ;
sisting of three second class coaches !
and one "white cross" hospital car. ;
in these cars were more than one hun
dred wounded soldiers of the Carran
2a command. The hospitals here are
filled with wounded and volunteer ?
uurses are working to care for the j
officers and men who fell in battle. ;
The troop trains that brought this
surviving force to the border left Chi- 1
huahua City at 10:30 Monday morn-,1
ing. proceeding to a point near Ter- ;
razas station, where a burned bridge
forced them to transfer to another '
train Wednesday.
The troops brought back many of j
their fielu pieces. These are parked ;
in the customs house yard with gar-:
lands of "jerked beef" hanging from ?
their muzzles. Wonn-a clirap followers
shared in the retreat. Some of them
had children said to have been born !
on the battlefield.
Refugees said that between 'he cent-;
etry and Santa Rosa hiil the dead cov
ered the streets, many having died
days before. Along the streets near
the railroad station and surrounding
the station one refugee said lie saw
many cavalry horses with sabre.* ar.d
carbines attached to the saddles. The
Carranza cavalrymen having abar. ;
dotted them in order to leave the city
on the troop train, they were ieft with-'
out an owner. Along Zju eo avenue the
lighting had been fiotwsi and many (
civilians had been killed there and in ,
other parts of the city by shell fir.) and j
rifle balls. The houses lining this I
street were pitted with the bullet!
marks of the battle, a refugee said, and!
many shell holes were to be seen ini
the houses in the heart of the city. j
ir.ning for Four Days.
Ail of the refugees agreed that the:
Carranza troops were winning during'
the first four days of the fighting, but
either because of a shortage of ammu-i
nition or lack of morale they aban-1
doned th * city early on ru.; nt'h morn-;
ing of the battle, seeking safety in:
/Might in all directions. The taking -:i
Santa Rosa hill, which has always been
known as the "key to Chihuahua." was
said by one of the foreign refugees to
have "started the retirement of the
Carranza forces, which, he said, re
sembled a rout before the last left.
Cavalry, artillery and infantry poured j
down the streets leading to the station, j
which is north of the city proper, anctj
(Continued on Pass Hiifht.)
BE-DISTRIBUTION
OF FREIGHT OARS IN 1
NATION IS ORDERED
WASHINGTON*. J>. C.. Nov. >.
Nation-wide re-tii.stribut.ion of box cars
is required by a new order agreed upon
by the railroad conference committee
on car efficiency in its campaign to re- ;
lieve the car shortage which is holding
up freight shipments jit many parts of ,
the country. The order, which will be
issued to-morrow, ?o become effective
immediately, directs lines in sections
where th?-re is an excess of such equip
ment to return at junction points until
further notice specified percentages of;
box cars in excess of rh'> number re- '
reived by them.
This iter ion follows a series of con*'
ferences between rhe committee, repre
sentatives of the? Interstate Commerce
Commission and representatives of the
shippers, which already has resulted
in orders by the committee designed
to facilitate the return of all classes
of rolling stock to their owners, and in
r.he approval by the commission of a:
temporary scale of increased demur-!
rage rat^s. T\ B. Dow. in the confer- i
?-aces as counsel for the commission,!
expressed rb*- opinion to-night that r he i
latest step would go far toward solv-'
ing the problem and starting delayed,
consignments of coal and food supplies ;
for their destinations. The congestion
has "been caused largely by the tremen
dous eastbouud traffic for expori ro
Europe.
The order requires delivery of box;
cars in excess of receipts as follows: ;
New England roads. HO per cent. j
The Baltimore <3c Ohio. Pennsylvania. :
Lackawanna. Erie, Lehigh Valley. Ann
Arbor. Michigan Central and others in!
?he same territorial group. 20 per cent.;
Central and Southern roads, includ
ing the Central of Ceorgia and the Lou-}
isville & Nashville. 10 per cent.
Northwestern roads, including the
Chicago & Northwestern. Chicago. Bur
lington & Quiticy. St. Paul. Rock Isl
and and Northern Pacific. per cent.'
The Union Pacific and others in the)
same group, lf> per cent. ;
The Frisco, Cotton Belt, Kansas '"ityj
Southern and Missouri. Kansas & Tex
as 10 per cent.
BLUEFIELD BANK MAY
SOON BE RE-OPENED
CHARLESTON. W. Va. Nov. SO?
The Union Bank and Trust Company,'
? >f Minefield. #which was closed this!
week by the' State Banking Conimis- 1
?io:u*r. will probably be re-opened soon. !
Commissioner. 3. P. Smith said today !
at his office at the capital that a fail!
investigation will he made, and that he]
believes after certain work is done. '
that the bank will be permitted to op j
erate. His assistant. E. H. Diehl. will!
remain in charge until further orders
from Commissioner Smith.
MUM RUL
PROCLAIM
SANTO fiOi
DRASTIC ACTION IS
TAKENBY THE U. S.j
To Suppress Political Chaos:
in Little Republic ? CapL j
Knapp in is Charge.
WASHINGTON', Nov. 30.? Military j
rule has been proclaimed in Santo j
Domingo by the United State* Navy (
to suppress exicting political chaos in |
the litUe republic and pave the way j
for guaranteeing future quiet by estab- i
lishing there such a financial and po- !
lice protectorate as the American gov- !
ernment now exercises ovpr Haiti.
Eighteen hundred American marines i
will maintain order for the present I
and at least until elections are held
in January, their officers will super- 1
vise the conduct of government by j
native officials aud disburse the cus- ?
tonis revenues which American re- 1
reivers haveH>een collecting by treaty j
arrangement for nine years.
The na\*y proclamation, issued yes-]
t^rday apparently has been put into i
effect without bloodshed. It was an- 1
nounced hero today by Secretary Dan- j
iels in the followoing statement:
"Captain H. S. Knapp. in command 1
of the United States forces in San
Domingo reporis that in compliance
with instructions received, miitary i
government was procaimed hy him in I
San Domingo four P. M., November i
21>. An order regarding carrying arms I
or having them in possession has i
been out in effect. Payment of sal- J
aries of government officials will be i
resumed immediately.
"The proclamation was well re- j
ceived. Conditions are reported as j
being normal and the great majority
of i he people regard the proclamaUon j
with favor."
Action Well Considered.
Although no publicity had been
given to the government's decision
to adopt such measures. Captain
Knapp's action was the result of plans ,
carefully worked out by State and j
Navy Department officials after con- |
ferences with Minister Russell. re* j
called from San Domingo lor the pur
pose, and consideration <>f full report i
from the naval officer.-; on the scene. 1
Captain Knapp. recently sent to re
lieve Rear-Admiral Pond in Domini
can waters carried with aim complete .
instructions for his task.
The necessity for a uras:ie p has
been considered since tin- overthrow
several months ago of President
(Continuoct on rag; Eight.)
89 DEAD IN FIFTEEN
STATES AS RESULT OF
HUNTING ACCIDENTS
CHICAGO. Nov. 30.- - Eighty-nine
persons were killed ami forty-one in
jured during the hunting season which
closed today in fifteen states. The
figures were compiled by the Chicago!
Tribune, which compares them with!
59 dead and 6t> injured for last year1
and 111 dead and 162 wounded for
1 f? 1 4 . Carelessness on the parr, of the j
hunters accounted for many of the1
accidents. Many of the victims were i
mistaken for deer. Michigan leads in
the number of dead with 2f>. Illinois j
i> second with 13. and Minnesota is
third with 12. New York had 11 fatal
accidents. Wisconsin had only si*,;
the small number being attributed di-|
rectly to the "buck" law in force last
year which prohibited "shooting at. J
sounds.
The following shows the deaths by
states:
California 2: Colorado 2: Illinois 13; j
Indiana :T; Iowa !: Maine l; Michi- '
;:an 2.": Minnesota 12; Missouri 2; ;
New Hampshire 1; N'ew Jersey 4; ?
N-w York 11; North Dakota 2; South j
Dakota I; Wisconsin 6. i
25 Dead in Michigan.
LANSING. Mich.. Nov. 30. ? Hunt- j
ing accidents in Michigan this year :
cost the lives of 25 persons and
caused injuries to 13 others, according j
to figures, compiled at the office of i
the state game commissioner. The ;
game season, excepting for rabbits. ;
closed at midnight tonight..
It is feared that reports of other j
fatalities in out of rhe way places may j
bring the total to a new record. The |
previous hish record was in 1 913. j
when 28 persons were killed and l'.?
injured.
The total hunting fatalities in Mich-j
igan in the last four years are N8 j
killed and SI injured. i
TTiae Deaths.
MILWAUKEE. WIS.. N*ov. 30? Nine]
deaths wnr*> the toll of the hunting- sea- i
son in Wisconsin which rinsed tonight, i
areordinjr to tiirur?-s eompihvl here. j
PUNITIVE EXPEDITION !
HAD SOME BIG FEED
FIELD II K A D QUARTERS, T UNI
TIVE EXPEDITION, Nov. 3a? Among i
the camps along the line of the Amer j
ican punitive expedition, there were
rive at least in Mexico, in which there J
was cause today for Thanksgiving. I
Twelve truckloads of turkeys, supple-!
mented by such game as could be se
cured. was the principal reason for]
rejoicing. The "turkey special" which j
made a record breaking trip to Colura-i
bus. N. M., brought enough to furnish
each man in th?- expedition with three
quarters of a pound of dressed turkey. ?
At field headquarters, twenty deer and I
eighty wild turkeys brought in by!
Mormon hunters were distributed alsoj
among various organizations. j
Other features of the celebration at j
headquarters included a polo game in j
the morning and a football game in
the afternoon between teams from the
Eleventh and Thirteenth cavalry.
TRANSPORTING BRITISH TROOPS IN BALKANS
!?STISH' IN ITHE^ BALI^ANS. ~ ser*,c&
These British soldiers in the Balkans were photographed while being- transported from one of the
rest camps to the front. Owing- to the meagTe railway facilities, the small gondolas are crowded to
such an extent that some of the soldiers are forced to ride on the bumpers.
I
FUNERAL OF FRANCIS
JOSEPH IMPRESSIVE
Cortege Passed Through All
Streets of Vienna ? Was
Viewed by Thousands.
LONDON. Dec. .1 (10:0ft a. in.) -
Tli ft funeral procession of the late Em
peror Francis Joseph, say? a Vienna
despatch received by way of Berne,
left at. 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
tin- llofbucg chapel, when; the body
hau lain in state since Monday and
traversed the streets of Vienna by a
circuitous route to Saint Stephen's
cathedral. The hearse was drawn by
eight horses and surrounded by an im
i perial bodyguard, lackeys and pages
bearing torches and crucifixes.
j The route was lined with troops, in
! fan try and cavalry and tens of thou
sands of spectators crowded the pave
ments and the roofs and windows of
houses. During the progress of the
cortege Emperor Charles drove direct
to the cathedral, where he waited with
| the empress, the Kings of Bulgaria,
i Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtemburg and
nearly a hundred other members of
! tB? imperial family and other royal
j houses.
Cardinal Piffl, archbishop of Vien
Ina. officiated, assisted by four cardi
nals. ten bishops and forty eight
ipriests. At the conclusion of the fu
neral service, Emperor Charles walked
behind the coffin to tho capuchin
I church. This is a small edifice and
only a few of the privileged were able
to enter, tho remainder standinir out
side during the final ceremony of bear
ing the coffLn to the crypt. The Em
peror, the Grand Master of the Court
and two chamberlains followed into
the crypt and formally transferred the
body to the custody of tho Capuchin
monks and the golden key of the cof
fin to the senior monk.
As Emperor Charles re-ascended to
| the church, the boom of artillery ?n
salute sounded in the; distance.
LONDON, Dec. 3, 5:37 a. in. ? The
Greek government has sent a reply to
Vice Admiral Du Fournet definitely re
fusing his demands, according to a
Reuter dispatch from Athens.
ATHENS. Nov. 30, 6:30 p. in., via
London, Dec. 1, 3:44 a. ' Tho en
tente allies are ready to begin tin* de
barkation of troops at Piraeus tud t lie
port of Athens.
The Greek government has taken
control of the postofllces and ivlegmph
lines In Athens expelling the French
control ollicers.
[ LONDON, Dec. 1. 2: 17 a n.-\n!
Athens dispatch to the Daily Chromelc. j
under date of November ilO, asenh ?
the following statement to Vice Admi-j
ral Du Fournet, in command of the al-j
j lied tleet. in Greek waters:
"I insist absolutely upon tiie execu-j
Uon of my demands and will see that
they are realized In spite of all obsta- j
I cles. French, British and Italian de-j
tachments will b? landed at all points i
necessary. 1 will endeavor to avoid |
bloodshed but will fulfill my inissio:i ;
thoroughly.
The Athens correspondent <d' i he J
Daily Mail Interviewed Vice Admiral
Du Fournet aboard his flagship and j
| quotes him similarly to the corres
pondent. of the Chronicle. The adrnir-|
a! said that he did not intend either I
to seize the arms or five upon iliej
Greek troops, bin declared that unless I
[the guns were surrendered he would!
land large detachim-uts which would >
I not re-embark until his demands wre i
complied with other coercive meas-j
|ures would I"- tak- n at the sann- lime, j
"As I have ample forces at my]
j disposal." 'hi* admiral said, "and :-'"me
i of the heaviest and most powerful a:-|
I tiller;, ? In existence, I ran .-? ?? no iva- j
json why the arms will not be quietly j
I given up." I
BIG TOURING GAB
JOHN CLATOR SUSTAINS i
A FRACTURE OF SKULL [
Chas. Dudley and Jacob Yost!
Injured ? Chauffeur
Does Not Stop.
The Injured ,
JOHN B. CLATOR. of Mount a*. |
Chantal; skull fractured, two ribs |
I broken, face badly cut and eye? j
i swollen shut.
i CHARLES DUDLEY, bde Mai;
1 left shou'der' probably fractured, !
I bruised or. bouy. rendered uncon- j
' scious. i
? JACOB YOST, of Mount at j
i Chantal; left leg injured, body j
! painfully bruised and and yash on ?
! head.
j John B. Clator, postmaster ;ii < "lit ? ?
as the office at Mount do Chantal ;
'known, is lying in tin; North Wheeiin- j
I hospital dangerously iujurcd. with,
i physicians unable to i ? - 1 i wheihe; or !
j not ho can recover, a.-: the result of ;iuj
[accident at lUoch's slaiion, Pleasant j
| Valley, last niubi in which he and two j
j other men were rnn down In a hiu.t |
I powered touring ear.
i Charles Dudley ami Jacob Yost are j
[ ni their homes at Mae Mar :uul Mount j
icte Chantal. respectively, suffering with j
j less serious but. painful injuries .-us- ;
. tained when the automobile dashed at;
?high speed into a party of five people!
who were crossing the National road I
at Mloch's station to hoard a street I
car for Wheeling.
Mr. and Mrs. .'I. M. Schafer. of Stoen- i
! rod Addiiion. l'leasant Valley, are j
! thanking the fates that they were no: !
! three steps farther when the machine ;
i bore down upon the pedestrians cms.
I ing the road. !
Driver is Unidentified.
City and county authorities with the
: after part of the night well spent, have !
been unable to learn who was driving'
the machine, which, after striking lhe;
! three men whirled on toward \\ ueel- ;
ing wilhoul even pausing to see tin*
forms of his three victims prostrated
in the street, much less to inquire for j
their welfare and to render assistance j
to the injured.
According to Ihe best information!
secured by the Intcliisjencer last, night j
. there were no lights burning on the
? car and eyewitnesses were unable to
j secure the unmber of the license tags
I or even to tell what make of machine
jit. was or how many people were in the
I car. With no other information than,
j that the machine was a big touring car 1
i and that it was headed toward Wheel- j
i ing, the police of this city as well as;
I officials of the l'ike district are in ihe!
dark. The accident occurred shortly
before 7 o'clock and it was not report- :
ed to the police in this city for fully ;
twenty-five minutes, giving the driver,
of the machine ample time to goi J
through this city if he came on this'
I w'a\ .
Mr. Schafer Relates Story.
According to the story of II. M. Scha- '
I l'er. who so narrowly escaped berng hit.
| Mr. Claytor, Mr. Dudley. Mr. Yost ami;
| Mr. and Mrs. Schafer had just alighted '
| from the car that comes in on the;
| Mount de Chantal spur road to nice; j
hhe West Virginia Traction and Klee
I trie road on the National pike at)
| Mloch's station. . j
The five were crossing tie* National i
(Continued on Pa#c Eipht.)
I SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Nov MO.-!
;(!old. together with Russian and I "nit- '
led States securities to the value of!
1 $*(.', (hid, not) which arrived here vest or- :
day on the Japanese Liner Shinyo j
Maru, consigned direct from Metro-!
grad to .1. M. Morgan arid Company, j
New York, was forwarded east today, i
of this, SSL'.OUO.OOU was in actual i
; gold. !
The big transfer from the Russian j
capital to New York is why three
prominent Russians from Ihe bureau)
of Russian ministry of foreign affairs, t
also arrived here on the Shinyo Maru j
ami proceeded east on the train car- 1
tying the treasure.
It is said Russia has been spending
I over $360,000,000 in the United States]
| during the past twenty-five months
for war munitions and railroad s"!>
i plies. i
NOW SlXTEENlVIILES
SOUTH OF THE CITY I
Other Generals Closing in on|
Rumanians ? Russians
Make Slight Gams.
The forces of Kieid .Marshal ^ on !
.Mackonsen are almost within shelling
distance <>i i ho southern torts vhmh
protect Bucharest, Lite capital of Ru j
mama Driving along ihe railruasi]
I?.?a dl iiji north Iroui Ciur^ai. Von Mack-j
? ?I'.H.-n has i-.ijj; til-- town of Tzo- !
mana, sixteen miles .-it mi: of Bueha- j
lest. and ;i! last accounts was stilt
making progress toward his object i vo. j
Meanwhile tin* an<iy of Genera! Von
Falkeiihuyn is keeping up its pressuie
against the Rumanians west and north
west ni the capital, it: the center hav
ing furred the Rumanians to fall back
to Giavatzio;/.u. :;7 miles from Bucha
rest. and farther north having cap
tured the town ot Cam pulling tints
opening the v. ay I'm the unhindered
advance uf additional troops of the
Central i'owers through the Torzburg
pass into Wallaehia.
The offensive begun by the Rus
sians in the region of Kiriibaba an- ;
parently is not impending to any ex- ;
tent l he Teutonic inroads into Ru
mania. Additional gain* are conceded
to tin- Russians in i.'iis region, but
again it- is asserted that ihev have j
been dearly paid for iti easualities.
The Rumanians on tin- north and I
northwest fronts have trade progress]
in t he Hu/.etj and I'rahuva valleys.
Little Fighting.
In imno of the oilier theatres has i
there lie. n any fighting of great ten
sity. so far as the official reports show
The hi:, guns uf the belligerents on
the front in Prance and Belgium arc'
still active at various limes. The,
only infantry engagement reported
was near Ypres. whet-' in an attack on
a two mile front 'he British wore
repulsed, according to Berlin. Both
Berlin and Sofia record the repulse ;
of Kn I elite Allied attacks in the re
gion of .Monasilr. Serbia where rain
and fog are hindering tin- operations.
In the Russian theatre. Turkish,
troops have stopped strong Russian
attacks on the /.lota Bipe river in!
Galieia.
The miieh discussed bili providing i
for compulsory service of civilians !
for war service in Germany, known
popularly as the "mati power bill" j
has been introduced in the Reichstag, j
In ititroducim: i'. Chancellor Von ,
Reiiimann-l lollweg again roii?Tatefl '
that Germany was ready to end the
war by a peace guaranteeing the ex- j
isience and future of the German i
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Nov. - Three!
armored cruisers of the J aulic i!eet '
and one of the Atlantic ilee; will be;
known by new names after :viid,tight ?
to-night, in conformity villi a leeent!
order of the Navy Department i
The cruiser Maryland, en route to;
this port, from tiuaymas, Mosicn, will i
lie known henceforth as the Frederick; I
the Colorado, due here soon from lire- !
merlon, Washington, will he the Pu- ,
i bio, and the West Virginia, tiow at Sa-l
lina Cruz, Mexico, will bp tiie Hunting-!
ton. The cruiser Washington, at Nor-|
folk. Va.. will be renamed tue Seattle.;
Th? State names of these vessels
will be given to the superdreadnaughts
now under construction or authorized, j
it is said.
TO RELEASE STEAJtEB.
HKIil.lX. Nov. S? ? Via l^ondon. 8 r. r
M. A s'- iid -official announcement is-J
> tied t"day says tin Dutch packet steam- 1
? r Kuningni Itegentcs, which w.-ls taken j
ii.i.i ZeebriiKo* recently by a O-rnian !
.submarine will he released. The an- j
uoniu-euvnt lulfis that thn mall innttor,
curried by the vessel will he detained
iii-.i] e\-aniinrd for contraband, such as
surr^ncy and negotiable securities. This
invest iinit i>.n will determine whether
the mils will hi- forwarded in their dep
t Inations.
The announcement poncludep with the
.stateniero ihat the rleaee of the va*- 1
Is granted as a favor.
MUST GUARANTEE THE
FUTURE OF NATION
Statement Made m Reichtag;
by V on Bethmann-Hollweg
on Man Power Bill.
BERLIN', Nov. 30. by wireless 10 Say
v i ! ! ? ? . ? In an address to the Reichstag
yesterday in introducing the man
power bill. Chancellor von Bethrnann
Holhveg again announced '.hat. Ger
many was ready to end the war by a
peace guaranteeing the existence and
future of the nation.
"The war continues with its re
state! ive forces," the chancellor said.
"Accordingly our enemies -?es:re it.
They celebrated the past summer as a
period of victory. But did they obtain
what they wanted?
"Our lines are unbroken, and Ruma
nia, through which a great ehat-ge of
events was expected, is now atoning
for what she did. God has helped us
up 10 the present, lie will help us lur
tlier. ,
"The almost superhuma 1 he-'oism i??
that of our troops, which cannot be ex
pressed in words <>f thanks and our
clear conscience, since we. the nrst
and only ones, were readv ami aio
readv to' end the war by a peace guar
anteeing our existence and our liuure
-the\ give us moral rig'-it to sucn con
"Llui. gentlemen, thi.- right ought not
in make us forget duty. Our enemio:>
do not yet desire peace. I hey na\e
superior numbers at
and almost the whou
war mail-rial to them.
Urged High Pressure.
The chancellor urge.l ihe necessity
10 do everything in Genua n\ .- M>uei
in order to manufacture 'be nei.esaao
war material, saying:
"Hands that are idle asMst t.i -
1 "rhe war minister, Lieutenant (.en
era 1 Von Stein pointed out to the paia
niount role of war material i 1?* 1 1
present conflict. He said the hero i.
that of the troops at ibelront im
oosed upon every German at home tlit.
necessity of providing the requisite
materials and added:
"The enemy has sintered appalling
losses from our artillery. .
Dr. I lelfferich. minister ot the inier
""??'The himie army and Held army in
this war joins hands for an indissolu
ble union. I'lnlerneath thy German ,
soil are rich treasures, but they must
bi> lifted to the daylight.
Hr Htdfferich then routed a historic
sons which a century ago, during
the war of deliverance, inspired the
German troops ? The Lord who made i
iron to grow wants no slaws.
"This is as true today as it was a i
oenturv ago. as it always will be." said j
the minister. "This is a war carrier,
not onlv with arms, but it is an eco
nomic war of nations. England, which |
alwavs speaks of protecting neutrals
lias bv her interference with mails,
spving* svsiem and blacklists cut oft
necessary imports from them and has j
caused them more damage than ever
an enemy could do.
Must Stand Alone.
In ihi's economic war we. together
with ??ur allies, stand in all essential
things alone. Our enemies can con
tinue to import from across the seas.
England, as her chancellor of the ex
ciiei,. h'ls stated, has thus bought
every week Hi the amount of twelve
million pounds, which is twelve thous
and million fabrces. Half the world
i.- at our enemy's disposal. "We have
no trans-Atlantic imports. We must,
rely upon our own work and must pro
duce what we need by mir work. The
? artii will yield what we need. Hut
we must woik. and once more have,
peace."
their ccnunand,
world delivers
WATSON CASE IS i
NOW WITH THE JURY
A I '(i l.'STA. Ciiii., Nov. 30. ? 1 The case
of Thomas te. Watson. the Georgia i
editor, charged with having sent ob
sci'P. ? 'natter through ihe mails, went!
it? tin- Jin.1, in Federal court here at 1
i>:3o o'clock tonight ami at ! ?? : 30 tltel
jtir\ for tin- night without hav- 1
ing reported a verdict. The jury will |
be brought into cour at t<?n o'clock to-|
morrow. The jury was told by pre- 1
.-iding Judge \V. \V. Latnbdin "in his]
charge that the questions to be ilecid- 1
ed were whether the language cited in!
the four counts of the indictment had
been mailed or had caused to be,
mailed by the defendant and whether]
M was "obscene, lewd, lascivious or j
filthy" as charged. Watson today ad- 1
mitted responsibility for the mailing,!
and the court mentioning this said, '
"the seriousness of tin- controversy," I
was on the question of the nature of I
the language.
.Judge Lambdin lold ihe jury that :
the question of truth of the articles j
themselves was not at issue. The ar
ticles were attacks on the Catholic
church - which appeared in Watson's j
magazines.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 30 ? Another
decline of 'JO cents a barrel on patent
fiottr was a welcome Thanksgiving an
nouncement, making a total decline of
?tO cents a barre. from the high notch.
Jobbing prices are now $8.25 a barrel.
PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 30 ? Flour
dropperf on the Portland retail market
today, \mtil it sold for $9. GO a barrel.
Yeaterday, It was $9.$0 and several
days ago $10. A year ago flour was
$6.50 per baj-rel. t
[ANNUAL CLASSIC GOES
TO UNIVERSITY BOYS
Game Was Featured by Steller
Plays ? Rodgers and
Calac the Stars.
lMspitich to Uio tiiU'LUgciirer.
FAIRMONT, W. Va., Nov. 30? West
Virginia University won today's state ?|j
championship football content when^M
Wesleyan failed to solve the forware^B
passes of the mountaineers and wen^B
swamped 5-i to 7. lJut this score by^H
; no means tells the story of the game. Ir. V
was a battle until the final period ?
when West Virginia forged ahead and 1
piled up her big score. West Virginia
; could do little with the Wesleyan line,
j Wesleyan knew well the plunging
I powers of Rogers and King and had
I prepared a line that was able to smash
; up their vicious lunges with small
1 gains. The Wesleyan secondary dc
' fense played close in against the lino,
the backs backing up the line success
i l'ully whenever the Mountaineers tried
1 to gain by that route. Dut thih samo
! defense of the preachers for tbe line
plunges weakened her eleven for thu
passing defense. With her backs play
| ing close in to stop the line plunges
jit was an easy matter for West Vir
ginia to pass over the beads of tho
j backfield of Wesleyan for long and
i consistent gains. West "irginia tried
?a total of 20 passes. P aese 1U were
1 successful and these a were for a
? total gain of 179 y p . Against this
i record Wesleyan c ,et.ed 5 of the 11
j passes they tried a gain of but L'4
i yards.
i Rodgers Stars
in addition to the gains on parses.
I Rodgers broke through the Wesleyan
i defense on one occasion and ran 78
'yards for the third touch down of tbe
jgame. Wesleyan's single touchdown
i came in the third period when West
Virginia fumbled and Fisber of Wes
! leyan recovered, getting away for a
; >'<"> yard run to a touchdown. Beck
i kicked goal and then Wesleyan's scor
jing ceased. Ten thousand fans saw
ihe game. Early in tbe second period
I :t section of the Wesleyan bleachers
fell, one woman being badly injured.
; Fair cool weather prevailed and the
J ideal game caused the largest fooiball
j< iowd ever assembled in the state to
; be on hand for the battle.
W. V. U. Ran Wild
| In the fourth quarter West Virginia
! ran wild with tbe Wesleyan eleven.
! Harris who had been playing a star
[game for Wesleyan was carried from
! the field with broken ribs and collar
I bone and the Wesleyan eleven was
.weakening fast. Captain Currv was
? pulled back from the West Virginia
line inlo the back field and allowed to
make two touch downs, it heiu^
: final game of college football.
; of Wesleyan and Rodgers of \\ -v: Vir
iginia staged a pretty individual ?*xbi
! bition, they being two stars pitted
i against each other in ihe full back po
sitions. Rodgers. having better sup
| port and a winning team, back of him.
j displayed more .spectacular work but
' Calac. working hard and consistently
proved to the spectators who were
! watching him that he is a player of
( Continued on Pag-e Ten.)
A
BY JUDGE SMITH
Sjtv.a! IhspAtrb to ilic Intelligencer.
STE LI B.E WILLI-:, Ohio, Nov. ;{0?
William Merkle, 10, Toronto, Ohio, was
given a Thanksgiving parole by Com
mon Picas Judge Carl Smith here to
dav. Ho was recently sentenced to
prison for from one to twenty years
for the murder of Frank O'Brien ."G, a
fellow citizen last July. An affidavit oy
Merkle's wife, revealing her relations
with O'Brien, which caused the trag
edy, the testimoni* of physicians that
Merkle was temporarily deranged by
worry and brooding at the time of tho
murder and petitions signed by one
thousand reputable Toronto citizens
asking for sv 'pension of sentence
moved the ' .i*t to set him free.
.?W YORK, Nov. 30.--Pierre Mali,
tne Belgian consul in New York; made
public to-night the following cable mes
sage received from Carton De Wiart,
Belgian minister of justice at Havre,
France:
"According to the last information
received here, more than 100.000 Bel
gian workmen have? already been
thrown out of their homes and taken
into slavery in unknown places. The
mothers, wives ami children who wane
to retain them are driven bark by the
Germans and are torn with despair.
"The Belgian government has jusc
sent bread," through the Swiss govern
ment. t(i 10.000 or these unfortunates,
actually kept together in Solt.au camp,
and the Germans are breaking them
with a starving system to try' to gee
them to sign work contracts.
"What do the American people,
whose Belgian relief work is put into
serious danger, think about this?
"What would the great soul of Abra
ham Lincoln thought about it?"
EL PASO. Texas. Nov. M0. ? More
than 40,000 I'nited States, troops, regu
lars and National guardsmen, spent
Thanksgiving Day in the El Paso bor
der patrol district, devoting more at*
teniion to 65,000 pounds of turkey than
to the Villa-Carranza warfare across
the border.
Many football names between teams
of the army league were scheduled for
the afternoon.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 30.?
Forecast:
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio ?
Fair Friday and Saturday; not much
change in temperature.
Kentucky and West Virginia ? Fair
Friday and Saturday; moderate tenv
perature.
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