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VOL. XXXVI. NO. 48.
" LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC, . UUHDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1914.
CITY EDITION
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M'S SOLDIERS RELAX FUROR if ASSAULT ALONG
STRAITS OF DOVER, WHILE ALLIES MAKE ADVANCES IN FRANCE
HARVARD DION'
HAVE TO SHOW
EAST AND WEST CAMPAIGNS TO
WAGED BY PRECONCEIVED
PLANS
TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
RAVE
London, Nov. 7. The operations In
the eastern and. westera theaters of
the war, which, during the early stages
of the campaign were only broadly re
lated, daily are becoming more closely-Interlaced,
as the Russians draw
nearer the German frontier.
It Is argued by British observers
that' if Germany can hold entrenched
positions along the River Warthe In
Russian Poland she may be able to
throw much needed men into Belgium,
but, on the other hand, If it is true
that the Russian have occupied Ro!?,
on this river, the theory is advancod
that the defensive value of the stream
is to an extent lessened and It may
renuire every man that Emperor Wil
liam now has there, if Germany hopes
to put up a stand along the Warthe
to rival the resistance shown along
the Aisne.
A more frequent exchange of. mess
ages between General Joffr'e, t the
French commander In chief and Grand
Duke Nicholas, commander in chief
o the Russian armies, would seem to
indicate how closely the allies are at
tempting to make the movest consist
ent with the situations in both thea
ters. No noteworthy change in France or
Belgium was reported during the fore
noon. The latest British official state
ment mentioned a decreased vigor in
the German attacks in west Flanders,
while the French communication said
that the battle was as violent as ever.
The allies are reported as driving for
ward in the vicinity of Dixmude and a
last accounts were taking the offen
sive east of Ypres the point, where,
since last week, the Germans have
been endeavoring to get through.
Many dispatches speak ot a stream
of German reinBorcemeais, and the
allies, in their official statements,
have taken cognizance of the changed
complexion of these fresh troops. It
is pointed out that vast numbers of
raw men have proved inferior to a
smaller and better trained force, as
h renulse of German mixed forces
along the Yser would indicate, anl
the use of more first line troops in
west Flanders may mean less prodig
ality and heavier fighting than seems
to have characterized the former Ger
man rushes. V
A hundred and fifty thousand Ger
mans, it is said will be moved to Bel
gium from Muenster, Prussia, next
week, while troops who fought near
Sedan already are In west Flanders.
' England's chagrin over the naval loss
in the Pacific was somewhat assuag
ed by the fall of Tsing Tau and by
the further news of the rounding up
of the rebels In South Africa.
Germans are Repulsed
r,.ta wmr . 7 The official an-
i: o.i id, " .
r.ooacement given out in Paris this
afternoon Bays that the situation if
relatively quiet on the River Yser be
low Dixmude.
rrha cntntpmpnt sets forth that
French and British forces have sue
..pocfiiiiu- rAimlspd German attacks
jJnmr almost the entire treat. Refer
ence is made specirwnTly to Dixmude
and nixRchooto. where counterattacks
were repulsed; to the southeast of
Ypres, where the French have assum
ed the offensive witb the British, and
at Neuve Chapelle where the Brltis'i
forces drove back the Germans.
Day and night attacks between Ar
ras and the Oise have been checked
and near Vailly the French recaptured
positions previously wrostedi from
them. In the Argonne other attacks
were repulsed, and here the French
claim progress.
Northeast of Verdun two villages
have been captured and to the south
east of Verdun and to the southeast of
St. Mihiel the offensive movements
of the enemy failed, according to the
French statement. Also on. the right
wins the enemy sustained losse3
around Nancy.
The French Statement
The text of the statement follows:
"On our left wins the situation is
comparatively quiet down stream from
Dixmude. The Belgian troops, who ad
vanced along the right bank of the
Yser from Nieuport in the direction
of Lombaertzvde and who had 'been
counter-attacked by the Germans,: wWo
sustained in time. The situation has
been entirely re-established in this
locality.
"At Dixmude the murine fusileers
repulsed a fresh counter-offensive
movement Further to the south the
attacks of the enemy around Bix
schoote also were repulsed by French
troops, who subsequently advanced. To
the east of Ypres the situation is
without change. To the southeast of
4bbi town, we have resumed the of
fensive in combination with the Brit
ish troops operating in this regioa,
and repulsed an attack very violent
and pronounced by detachments be
longing to the active army corps re
cently brought into this legion by tha
Germans.
"Between Armentieres and the can
al of La Bassee the British army on
its side repulsed a violent attack at
Neuve Chapelle. Between the canal
of La Bassee and Arras, as well as
between Arras and the Oise, several
counter-attacks, delivered bv niffht and
uy, imvu Utfeu i;utJOft.t;u. nc dicu
made some slight progress in the re
gion of Vermelles and to the south of
A fx Noulette.
"On the center, in the region of
Vailly, we continued during the day
of : yesterday to recapture ground
previously lost by us. ' In the Ar
gonne fresh attacks on the part of the
enemy were repulsed and at the end
of the day our troops made progress
at several points.
To the northeast of Verdun we have
taken possession of the villages of
Paucort and Nogeville.
'Ini the wooded region on the
heights of the Mouse, south of Ver
dun and in the forest of Apremont ,
southeast of Mihiel, the offensive'
movements of the enemy failed. Some
trenches in the vicinity of St. Remi
were carried by our troops.
"On our right wing the attacks of
the Germans on advanced positions of
the Grande Courrowue of Nancy (the
circle of fortified positions surround
ing Nancy) resulted in perceptible
losses for the enemy.
"A surprise attack undertaken by
Th. fierman attemDt to reach the Straits of Dover, prosecuted with
such reckless abandon and courage as to wring praise even from the foe,
appeared today to have relaxed temporarily. Along the Yser from the
sands of the North sea coast to the ruined town of Dixmude the situation
was reported "relatively quiet." ,
Alnnn th rest of the battle line, which stretches across France, im
portant advantages are said to have been won by the allies. Today's of
ficial French statement says that the British and French forces have re-
niiiERrf nurman attacks alona almost the entire front, and that nortneasi
of Verdun, where the territory ha3 long been disputed with exceptional
ferocity two villages have been captured by tne allies.
The fiqhting there has all but ceased and the tide of battle has rolled
southward, leaving behind It the countless dead. South of Ypres, on the
line extending down over the French border to Arras, the Germans are
preparing another furious onslaught, spurred on by their emperor. The main
battle there, upon which depends so much for the Germans and allies
alike has not yet begun. : i
Punrfinn ripeisiv develoDmenta on anv of the European fields of battle,
the fall of Tsing Tau held first place In the attention of military men to
day. Official reports from Tokio show that it was not without desperate
resistance that the Germain garrison, vastly outnumbered by British and
Japanese, gave up the fight. For days tne German Torces nave oeen ad
jected to a withering fire from land and sea. ........ ;: ij-' .,
"Suddenly," says the official report from Tokio, ""the flag of surrender
ran up in the morning breeze on the weather bureau mount, towering
above the sea and land." The vice minister of the navy states that Japan
will hold Tsing Tau until the war is ever, when she will "open negotia
tions" with China.
When the fighting at Tsing Tau is at an end the question is raised as
to what Japart will do next. It Is suggested that she will now inaugurate
an offensive naval campaign on the Pacific, employing the fleet released
from the bombardment of Tsing Tau in an attempt to run down the Ger
man warships which wrought such havoc to British shipping interests and
defeated the British fleet off Chile.
Notwithstanding Russian claims to an overwhelming success in the
east there Is nothing to show that the German and Austrian forces have
met with great disaster, and although they were compelled to retreat they
apparently were able to fall back upon strongly fortified positions select
ed in advance. The probability that they are safe in these positions, for the
present at least, leads London to suggest that German troops will be with
drawn and rushed to the west to bolster up the battred forces therefor a
supreme effort to pierce the allied lines south of Ypres.
For the last two days heavy cannonading has been under way and this
is believed tp be preliminary to the main German attacK.
Over the remainder of the battleline through France there are no de
cisive changes. Although today's official French statement asserts
the Germans have been driven back at various points, the situation In the
main apparently is practically the same as it has been for several weexs.
Russia in an official statement makes cta,im that the resistance of the
enemy has been oroken, after fighting for several weeks along a front of
350 miles. This campaign has not been closed, in the opinion of the Rus
sian military authorities, who say that a new period of war will be inaugur
ated. Of the fighting on land and sea brought about by Turkey's entrance
Into the war, little was learned today. ' Turkish officials at Symma, are
said to have made further seizures' of vessels of hostile countries and the
Russian general staff In Caucasia reports that the Turkish force which at-
t.mntH an offensive movement had been driven Back witn neavy losses.
Paris suggests that the Germans are making an important change in
k.i- mii;tarv titles. Mass formation is said to have been abandoned in
the (fighting In Flanders, Infantrymen attacking In open order and seeking
all favorable cover. .
RY OF DEFENDERS AND THAT
OF ATTACKERS IS
WONDERFUL
HA!
DEFEATED PRINCETON WITHOUT
GIVING AWAY HER INSIDE
FOOTBALL
THE TOTAL SCORE IS 20 TO 0
MOST DECISIVE DEFEAT TIGERS
EVER RECEIVED FROM
THE CRIMSON
Tokio, Nov. 7. After desptrate a
saults, in which the Japanese, in the
face of heroic resistance, rivaled the
bravery of their forces at Port Arthur,
Tsing Tau surrendered at 9:20 o'clock
this morning. At that hour Governor
Waleck, following the hoisting of a
white flag on the forts, ent an officer
with a flag of truce to the Anglo-Jap
anese lines.
The Japanese officers pay unstint
ed tribute to the bravery of the Ger
mans, who fought tenaciously to the
last. Official reports are that the
Germans blew tip what was left of
their forts before surrendering, and
practically the whole town is in ruins.
A Japanese torpedo boat flotilla that
entered the bay found nearly all the
ships had been destroyed.
An official estimate places the Jap
anese killed In the final assault last
night at 36, with 182 wounded. The
British took an important part in the
victory, and two British officers were
wounded. No statement of ie Ger
man casualties is available,' but it is
believed that they were heavy. The
minleter of war states that the lessons
learned from the siege were:
First The,; destructiveness of the
new heavy ,;uns that the Japanese
used for the first time, and
Second The effectivenecs of the
aeroplane service whereby the meth
ods of the defense were discovered.
The prisoners, who will number, it is
said, between 6,000 and 8,000, will be
brought to Japan.
The Official Version
The official version of the victory
issued by the Japanese war office
was:
"A general bombardment October
31 permitted the occupation Novem
ber 1 of the first attacking position,
36.5 meter hill, 3,000 feet south of our
previous position and bounded by the
Sliie Ho and Shunkas Ho. We en
trenched and prepared for a further
advance and on November 4 we pro
gressed to a second position at Pom-
huga on the Fusaus Ho where we met
a galling fire, yet never flinched. The
heavy artillery moved closer and co
operated with and protected the in
fantry. "On the night of November 6 we
occupied .the third and final attacking
GAME IS FULL GF PUNTINS
CAMBRIDGE BOYS HAVE BETTER
LUCK WITH BOOT AND
PIGSKIN
Cambridge, Mass., ?Tov. 1. Without
showing much of her hand Harvard,
today gave Princeton the soundest de
feat ever scored by the Crimson over
the Orange and Black, the score stand
ing 20 to 0 at the end of the gam
The Crimson first eleven scored tv.-
toucnaowns ana jvianan mcicea t
goals from the field in three perio
and iialf a minute in the fourth.
During the rest of the game nwu
20 Harvard substitutes went into iba
play. Mahan proved himself an a.b.e
substituted for Brickley by kicking
two field goals. The Princeton of
fense was a bitter disBDiomimt. to
position in front of the entanglements 500 cheerers of the Orange and Black.
that screened the forts. General Yo
shima Mada'a command advanced
from the center and forced its way
through heavily wired defenses, cross
ed the intervening ditches, and, charg
ing courageously, captured the center
fort. This helped General Horiuchi
of the northerly fort. -
"The right wing under General Yo
hoyi and the British right center led
by Lieutenant Colonel Bernardiston,
jointly charged and early on Novem
ber 7 completely occupied Forts litis,
Moltke and Bismarck, forcing the
enemy 'to fly flags of surrender."
AIIENDINIS CARRIED
BV GOOOMMITY
OFFICIAL COUNT, INCOMPLETE,
INDICATES VICTORY FOR
INNOVATIONS
VILLA SAYS HE WILL
SUPPORT GUTIERREZ
REBEL LEADER SAYS HE HOPES j
TO SEE PEACE BROUGHT
ABOUT IN MEXICO
the enemy against the, heights which
dominate mount satote Marie resulted
in complete failure.
The Belgian Statement
Havre, France, Nov. 7 (via Paris.)
The following Belgian official com
munication was given out here today:
"The situation of the Yser shown
no change. The enemy has posts on
the left bank of the river, but has
contented himself with a feeble ar
tillery fire directed against the roads
in the environs of Ramacapelle.
"Thfl defeats in Biussian Poland
seem to have resulted In the retre.it
of portions of the enemy's troops in
Beleium. There has been reported
particularly in this connection, the de
parture towards the east of a division
of 5,000 men who have been seen
marching from Brueges toward Ghent.
Furthermore, five troop trains left
Brussels recently; going in the direc
tion of Louvatn."
Armenians in Danger
Ft trosrad, Nov. 7 svia London).--
A dispatch received here from ntns
says Armenian refugees reaching
there report that volunteer bands of
Armenians have had' several sharp en
gagements with the Turkish garrison
at Van, on Lake Van, In Armenia, and
about 145 miles southeast of Erzcrum.
These bands of Armenians have come
together in the interior of Turkey for
seifdefenae.
Russians Are Advancing
Petrograd, Nov. 7. Russian forces
are attacking the German position at
Kierradz. near the river in Russian
Poland and southeast of Kallse and,
about 15 miles east of the German
border, according to information
reaching Petrograd today. This en
gagement, marks the beginning of the
Russian advance against the last for
tified German, position on Russian soil.
The Germans have heavily entrench
ed at Sieradz rnd appeared ready to
dispute the tro-s!n? of the River
Warthcv
Santa Fe, Nov. 7 With two guards
watching the vault in the office of
Secretary of State Antonio Lucero last
night to forestall any possibility of
tamerinjr with the election return),
the official canvass was fairly begun
today by Chief Justice Clarence .T.
Roberts, Governor W. C. McDonald
and Secretary of State Artonio Luce
ro, with T. J. Gullfoil representing the
democratic and A. M. Bergere the re
publican committee. Mr. Lucero de-
clmntiul Mwnrrl F. Hoard to take
charge of the returns and poll bookB
during the day time and two guards,
one from each party, during the night.
Many of the returns are still miss
ing Not a single poll book had been
received from Bernalillo county for
instance. Nevertheless, the canvass
ing board proceeded and one of the
astounding discoveries it made, was
.that the vote In favor if the threa
constitutional amendments was much
heavier than had been anticipated an l
that as far as the canvaas has gone a
distinct mojority had been cast for
all three of the amendments.
Chairman Fly of the republican cen
tral committee last nieht put the lnr-
inandez lurauty at 4,"w ana me w 11
Hams H'lurslity at 1.90ft. mwcvsr,
there is nothing available cs yt. to
Until Harvard substitutes went info
the game Princeton could not gala
five yards by rushing. An abundance
of fumbles marked the piay, with I-
gan the principal offender.
The crowd was slow in arriving, but
flocked to the stadium in the last 30
minutes before the game and when
the game started the structure was
filled.
Harvard won the tojs and choae
the west goal, forcing Princeton t:
face the sun. There was 110 wind.
Briggs' kickoff was run back 15 yards
to Harvard's 35-yard line. Boil
teams at once resorted to punting oa
the first or second down, Princeton
recovering a fumble ini the center oa
the third exchanga ' '
Another punt was forced from th
Tigers and Mahan returned it. A ba4
pass lost Princeton the ball on its own
45-vard line and Harvard started t
rush. Francke went 5 yards, then Ma
han recovered a fumble and mad
first down.
Here the Tigers held and Mahaa
field goal. Kicking after tb
El Paso. Tex., Nov. 7. General Vit-
io in a fcipi'mm to the Associated missed
Press from Aguas Calientes yesterday ouchback, Briggs drove the ball ou.
,.,;,!. !of bounds on his 38-vard line. Francke
neneral TCulalio Gutierrez having and. Mahan again made a first down,
taken oath of office today before the then the latter drop-kicked a goal
military convention assemuieu m una rrom me is-yara line. Aiier m 1 -city
as provisional president of the: off there was an exchange of iunt.3
republic, I want it made known to the land fnmbtes, and it was Princeton'
Mexican people and the world in gen- .ball on the Tigers' 20 -yard line, bni;.;;
eral that I am in accord with his de- punted to Harvard's 40-yard lino an.
signation and that I will susttiiu him joa the first down Hardwlck ran 9
with the force of arms, because I con-1 yards. Mahan made three w
consider him a revolutionist of a heart I Francke six as the period vnuw..
i4ot.tb.ai vUh that, nf 'tho "tHXrole: and I Score: Harvard. 3: Princeton, 0.
that I am disposed to respect and
made respected the law, and to pro
cure betterment and yell being for
the people of my country.
(Signed) "FRANCISCO VILLA,
"General in Charge."
Harvard kept up Its successful at
tack a3 the second period opened with
the ball on Princeton's 33 yard mark.
A Crimson forward . pass failed, an-l
Mahan missed another try for a fild
goal, the kick going for a toi-Mia:K.
Princeton at onco kicked and ':. n
came back from Ms 30-yard line to ths
center. A Harvard forward vx-s r-d!.
indicate by what pluralities Williams
carried Taos and Rio Arriba counties.
The more pessimistic put down V:l- td, and mora punts w
Horns' plurality to 900 but it is move
likely to be as The Optic annmincel
it right at the start, between 1,303
and 1,400.
Manv of the returns are not offi
cially signed, but tbo cnnT(J!nSM:i1iatt find Br:.r,H
.board is nrrWtn-r t" vn thus far fit!
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.their face v.. . ; j ; i
ore
Mahan lurked from C.
Tiger's 7 yard line and Brl
tho oval only 2$ yards In
wo 8 comparatively eay to
within ! '! dVanre :i' ;i