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VOL. XXXVI. NO. 50. LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1914. CITY EDITION
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ESPERATE FIG
ALLIES DRIVING
BACK ENEMY'S
CHARGES
Berlin, Nov. 10 (via the Hague and
London) Another Russian repulse on
the blood-drenched and trench-scarred
hills of the eastern frontier of
east Prussia has been reported to
Berlin from Gumbinnen, dated Novem
ber 8.
Simultaneously with their opera
tions against the main German army
under General von Hindenburg on
the line of the river Warthe, the Rus
sians attempted to break Into east
Trussia by the old route south of Wir
ballen, but they were met at the fron
tier by General Von Morgen's army
and after severe fighting were driven
back across the frontier.
No intimations regarding the
strength of the forces engaged have
been published here, but they must
have been considerable, as the Rus
sians are reported as having left 4,
1)00 prisoners in German hands.
The fighting was on the old battle
ground where the Germans met the
Russians In the early days of the
war, and which since has been the
eceen of repeated engagements. The
tides of invasion and counter-attack
swept back and forth across the fron
tier. Nothing new has been beard here
of the Russian operations against the
German position on the river Warthe,
since the Russian cavalry division
which followed the Germans in th3
retirement from Warsaw found that
the Germans were making a ataud
behind this river.
No reports of new developments
have been, received concerning the line
further south on the Polish frontier
and la Austria.
According to the opinion of Berlin
observers, however, this front proba
bly will be the scene of very impor
tant engagements during the next
fortnight. The Germans are making
ready to defend their eastern frontier,
vigorously. The western area, which
has been getting more than its fair
ahare of newspaper attention, must
now yield equal or greater rank to
the struggle in Poland and Galieia.
This change in the center of interest
Is reflected in today's German bulle
tin, which reports merely the contin
uance of German gains, slow and in-
ilefinUo na thai; or In thf. vtoinHv nf
Ypres, and the easy repulse "of the
Belgian attempt to drive northward
along the coast highway between, the
inundated region and the sea beyond
Nieuport.
Fighting at Armentieres
Paris, Nov. 10. The French , offl
rial bulletin given out in Paris thi3
afternoon says that yesterday the ac
tion continued with great seevrity be
tween' the sea and the region of Ar
mentieres.
The text of the communication fol
lows:
"Thu aMrm nntitinnfvi n finv ves-
erday with the same intensity that
has characterized the previous fight-
" ing between the sea and the region
of Armentiere3. The encounters were
of particular violence for the reason
that the opposing forces were alter
nately taking the offensive. .
"Shimming up, it may be said that
the day was marked by the checking
of a German attack in considerable
(Continued on page Four)
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HUG
BEGINS
TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
Great Britain has' had her innings on the sea. The famous German
cruiser Ermien has met her fate. The Koenlgsberg, another German
scourge of the seas, has been bottled up. Thus England obtains partial
revenge for the havoc wrought on her sea commerce by Germany's elu
sive raiders, but without d.efinite issue on any of the fields of battle.
In Belgium Germany's renewed attempt to break through the English
channel has brought on a fearful struggle, still to be decided. Along the
eastern front of Prussia both Germay and Russia lay claim to successes.
In the hear east the Russians are meeting unprecedentedly hard react
ance from the Turks.
The Emden was active to the last and closed her career in action, as
the bold captain who commanded her must have wished. From Penang,
where she sank a French and Russian warship, after disguising herself
with a false smokestack and a Japanese flag, she ventured back Into the
Indian ocean, where she had previously met a majority of the 22 ships she
sent to the bottom. Her last feat was to cut the cable leading to the Cocos
islands, British possessions in the Indian ocean. t fell to the lot of the
Australian cruiser Sydney to accomplish what the British, French, Russian
and Japanese warships that have long pursued the Emden were unable to
do. The Sydney overtook the Emden near Cocos Island, set her afire with
shells from her guns and drove her on the shore. London reports that
the losses of officers and crew were heavy, but Toklo says most of the men
probably were rescued. .
On the European fields the fighting. Is fiercest along the small strip of
Belgian territory In possession of the allies from the sea to Armentieres,
near the French border. Of the series of desperate assaults made by the
Germans, the present is probably the most severe, since the allies have de
clined to cede the offensive entirely to the enemy and are meeting attack
with attack. .
Today's French official statement reports that the fighting is especially
violent, that the German advance south of Ypres, a few miles north of the
French border, has been checked and that further to the south the French
have made some progress. All accounts agree, however, that It Is slow
work. The troops are fighting In a ddense fog from one sand dune to an
other, sometimes creeping slowly through the thick grass a few additional
yards.
Paris advices Indicate that elsewhere along the main battlelines the
situation Is much the same as it has been for several weeks. Here and
there advances by the a filet- are reported and the official statement an
nounced the new German attacks at various points have been checked.
The importance attached to the
of Germany is shown In dispatches
has been turned from the western scene of action, desperate and moment
ous as It Is, to the eastern. Germahy
victory over the Russians In the north,
Russian defeat early In the wair. The
break over the east Prussian border
their advance further south along the
are employed. On this, the most Important phase of the battle, bpth Ber
lin and Petrograd were silent today.
The Russian forces which invaded
resistance, as is admitted in the official
army staff. The Turks, apparency
for an attack near Erzerum, and it
Russians were able to defeat an attempt to envelope one of the flanks.
The Russians state, however, that they
Severe encounters are in progress
and while reports are conflicting, the best available Information would
seem to show that the Austrians now are fighting In Servia, well over the
border.
From South Africa there was no word to supplement last night's re
port that General DeWet had won a small victory over a detachment of
government troops and that General Beyers, the other rebel leader, had
suffered a reverse.
The German fortress of Tsing Tau, which surrendered three days ago,
was formally handed over today to
AMERICAN CRUISER IS
REPORTED WIECIEB
MINE IN THE BEIRUT, SYRIA, HAR
BOR IS SAID TO HAVE
DONE THE WORK
Washington, Nov. 10. Navy depart
ment officials refused to be disturbed
by persistent rumors today that the
oruiser North Carolina, ait Beirut,
Syria, had been sunk by a mine.
Although no messages have come
direct from the North Carolina since
November 2, she has been in constant
wireless communication with the
cruiser Tennessee nearby, and offic
ials pointed out today that official dis
patches ,were coming through from
the American consulate at. Bierut,
where the North Carolina lies in the
harbor. , This, ship would not have
left . the harbor without notifying the
navy department, officials said.
EXCLUSIVE ASSOCIATED
great battle along the eastern frontiers
from Berlin which say that attention
repeated Its claim to an important
near the 6Cne oV the disastrous
Russians apparently attempted to
at the same time they were pushing
River Warthe, where the main forces
Armenia apt meeting with obstinate
Russian report of the Caucasian
onicers oy laermana, nw;u
was only by hard fighting that the
maintained all of their positions.
between the Servians and Austrians,
the Japanese and British conquerers.
FATAL AUTO SMASH
IK TB1N10A0 STREET
CAR GOES OVER AN EMBANK
MENT, KILLING SOLDIER AND
INJURING COMPANIONS
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. Iff The plung
ing of an automobile over a 2-foot
embankment on Linden avenue at an
early hour this morning resulted in
the instant death of Corporal Philip
Maasair of Troop K and Albert Figgs,
an employe of the Kenneth mine at
Tabasco. Maasar suffered a broken
back and was badly crushed under
the wreckage of die machine.
Figgs had spent the night, in Trini
dad and was on his way home to Ta
basco with the Bolditrs, who are sta
tioned at Delagua, Losing the road
in the darkness the car was driven
off the embankment, the m n beinj
thrown unaer the wreckage.
PRESS UGAEP WIRE TELEGRAPH SERVICE
ARB I
AUSTRALIAN SHIP
lINSiilAl
TRICK
London, Nov. 10 It was officially
announced in London today that the
German cruiser Emden has been driv
en ashore and burned. The losses
among the officers and crew of the
Emden are report)?! to have been
very heavy. .
The Emden was-'-destroyed in the
Indian ocean by the Australian cruis
er Sydney. She wasf driven ashore on
an island of the (locos group. The
Sydney sighted the Emden yesterday
morning. With superior seed she at
once closed in and .save battle. The
German boat could hot escape. There
was a running figljt at the end of
which the Emden, t urning from the
shells of the Auraiian boat, was
beached.
The casualties onlh Sydney are
said to have been ilut Since early
in August, the Emden has captured
22 vessels, mostly British, with a
total vahie of $4,000,000, exclusive of
cargoes.
Koenlgsberg Also Lost
The- German cruiser Koenlgsberg,
which disabled the British cruiser Pe
gasus some weeks ago, has been bot
tled up at Mafia Island on the coast
of German East Africa, by the block
ading of the channel to the harbor.
A Fleet on Her Trail
The admiralty statement, which an
nounces the destruction of the Efden
in the Indian ocean and the bottling
up of the Koenigsberg on the east
coast of Africa, reads ais follows:
"After the whereabouts of the Koe
nlgsberg had been Indicated by the
attack on the Pegasus on the nine
teenth !Of September, a convoying
fleet of fast cruisers was arranged by
the admiralty in, east African waters
and a thorough and prolonged search
was made by three, vessels.
"This search resulted, October 30,
in the Koenigsberg being discovered
by H JVL s. Chatham, Captain Sidney
R. Drury Lowe, hiding in shoal water
about six miles up the Rufiji river,
opposite; Mafia island, German East
Africa. Owing to a greater draught
the Chatham could not reach the
Koenigsberg, which was probably
aground except at high water. Part
of the crew of the Koenigsberg has
been landed and la entrenched on the
banks of the river.
"Both these entrenchments and the
Koenigsberg herself have been bom
barded by the Chatham, but owing "to
the dense palm groves, amid which
the ship lies, it is not possible to esti
mate' the damage done. Pending oper1
aition for her capture and destruction
effective steps have been taken to
block the Koenlgsberg by sinking col
liers In the only navigable channel to
the river.
"Both these entrenchments ahd the
"The Koenigsberg is now imprison
ed and unable to do any further harm.
The fast vessels which have been
searching for her are thus released
for other service.
A Long Search
"Another large combined operation
by the cruisers against the German
cruiser Emden had been for a time
in progress. In thi3 search, which has
covered an Immense area, the British
cruisers have been aided by French,
Russian and Japanese vessels, work
ing ih harmony. The Australian war-
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CARRANZA MAKES
A SURPRISING
DECLARES HIS WILLINGNESS TO
TURN OVER HIS OFFICE TO
GUTIERREZ
PREVIOUSLY HE REFUSED
ASSERTED THAT THE MOVE
MERELY WOULD COMPLICATE
THE SITUATION
TROOPS ARE UPON THE MOVE
RIVAL LEADERS TAKE. ADVANT
AGE OF LULL IN OKDER TO
GET FOrtCEs READY
Washington, Nov. 10, Dispatches
tor Cordoba, -to. Uie constitutionalist
agents here say thai Ccvnanza t a
conierL-nce with Generals-. Obregon,
viliareal, Hay and Benavides, agreed
to recognize Jhe actions of the Aguaa
Caiuentea convention with some reser
vations. '"A message1'" from' Cordoba- to - the
agency said: ' - - ;
"Carranza informed the command
that while he was not bound in any
way to recognize the validity of the
convention's actions, or desired to
give them formal recognition, that he
was prompted by the feelings' of pa
triotism to turn over the executive
power of the nation and the chief corn-
any one named by tne convention
any one named by the convention to
for a definite period -pie-constitution
al period who would actually assume
a real control over tho division of tha
north, assuming command of the
troops and govern that portion of the
republic in a like manner as all Cill
ers." According to the constitutional
agency, the message is being delivered
to the convention toaay.
"Troops are Moving
All available Carranza troops were
moving south today from Piedras Ne-
gras and Saltillo.accord'ngto official
dispatches received at the state de
partment. From previoiu advices the
Washington government has learned
that at 6 o'clock' tonight General' Gu
tierrez will take the oath of office1 as
provisional president.
The Convention is Mystified
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 10. A telegram
from Aguas Calientes today said that
the commission headed! by General
Obregon had informed the convention
that General Carranza was disposed tc
turm over the government as soon as
Provisional President Gutierrez and
his cabinet had assumed control of
the civil government of the nation.
This further mystified the 'situation
regarding the attitude of Carranza,
who previously had declared that he
would not accept the convention's ac
tion in deposing him.
President Doubts it
.Washington, Nov. 10. President
Wilson today expressed doubt of re-iports-
that American marines had
been landed at Acupulco, Mexico. He
declined, to comment on recent devel
opments in the Mexican situation.
BELGIANS MUST WORK
London, Nov. 10. An order issued
by the Germans at Brussels specific
ally threatens, according to a dispatch
to the Repters Telegram company
from Amsterdam, to stop the distribu
tion of food by the American relief
committee among the unemployed u:
til the Belgians go to work.
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MOTHER HELD TO
BLAME FOR
DEATHS
CORONER'S JURY DECLARES MRS.
CLEVENGER SHOT HER
CHILDREN
IS MENTALLY UNBALANCED
DR. GORDON TESTIFIES SHE IS
LIKELY TO REPEAT ATTEMPT
AT SUICIDE
DOES NOT REGRET THE DEED
EXPRESSES SORROW THAT SHE
AND HER THIRD CHILD DID
NOT DIE
In the Case, of Madeline Clevenger
and Louis Clevenger:
We the undersigned Justice of the
peace and jury who sat upon the in
quest held this ninth day of Novtm;
ber, 1914, on the bodies of Madeline
Clevenger and Louis Clevenger found i
in Precinct 29 of the county of San
Miguel, find, that they came to their
death at the hands of Mm Anna Clev
enger, their mother, by means of a
pistol, .32 caliber Harrington &
Richardson. We find, three wounds
in Madeline Clevenger, caused by pis
tol, one in chest, two in heart. We
find two wounds in Louis Clevenger,
caused by pistol namely two wounds
in heart. (Signed)
D. R. MURRAY, J. P.,
JOHN H. YORK,
CHARLES O'MALLEY,
BEf STEVENS,
, 9( G. M.' CARY,
ALEX. TAPP,
J. H. STEARNS,
Coroner's Jury.
I.ate yesterday afternoon the cor
oner's jury returned the verdict pub
lished above, following an inquiry into
the cause of the death of Madeline lne UUL m -,l"vu .""V"'5 T .
and Louis Clevenger. The verdict used by the business toenMhem
was based upon the testimony of wit- lves, by not patronizing each other
nesses who declared that Mrs. J. r. as they should. It was suggested that
Clevenger, the children's mother, had an' Alness the commimi-
admitted to them yesterday morning
that she fired the fatal shois.
It was stated to day that the woman
who is at the Las Vegas hospital, has
a fair chance to recover from her
wound. Whether she will be held to
account for the murder or will be giv
en a hearing to determine if she is
insane rests with the district attor-
ney's office. It is not likely that the ,thelr Product' are ot vonizei as
district attorney will make any move,011 as they descrve home
in the case until it -is determined chanU and flti!!ens- alSh "olr
whether the woman will recover. Product is the equal of that of any
Mrs. Tripp Testified mill grinding Kansas wheat The mill
Mrs. s: E. Tripp, the kindlv old BPend3 500 onth'in Las Vegaa
lady who lives with her son, George ,for operating expenses and bas a daily
Tripp, near the Clevenger h.miv, 2(H) capacity of 35.000 pounds of
Grand avenue, was the first witness at .eat
the inquest She said her daughter-! wa3 declared, too, that the La
in-law, went to the Clevenwr house VeS Brl company, though, it pro
yesterday morning and knocked Bl,duces a ta brick that !s the eqwl
the door. Mn. Clevenger, who was,0' m? brIck ot that nature mal8 ia
in the kitchen, answered, telling Mis. southwest, is discriminate 1
Mm,' tn .h ,!!- ,w against to La Vegas. While the brU-k
Doreh. Mrs Ceome Trlnn went
Mrs. George Tiirn went to
tm'
the Clevenger house a second time,
and conversed with Mrs. Clevenger,
who did not unlock the door. The
woman said she was not sick
merely wished to lie down s,wM1
Then witness said when her dsnalitor-
in-law told her what had occurred, sur
feit uneasy, especially because the
children had not yet arisen. She
went to the Clevenger home and rap-
ped on the doors and windows, but
got no answer.
Airs. Tripp persisted,
and final' v-
(Continued on isgg Pourt
WHAT reason cau y?u
give for not buyiu;?
your merchandise in
Greater Las Vegan.
PATRONIZE HOME
INDUSTRIES
OVE
COMMERCIAL CLUB TAKES UP
MATTER OF IMPORTANCE
TO THE COMMUNITY
BUSINESS MEN SET EXAMPLE
THEY SAY THE BEST POLICY IS
FOR MERCHANTS TO BUY OF
EACH OTHER
PRICES ARE ADVANTAGEOUS
LOCAL TRADESMEN SAY THEY
WILL MEET FIGURES OF ANY
MAIL ORDER HOUSE
That the patronizing of home in
dustries alone, exclusive of other ac
tivities in the line of boosting, will
result in much greater prosperity and
advancement for Las Vegas was IV-
consensus of opinion at the get togetV
er smoker of the Commercial civ-)
last evening. That consistent and
truthful advertising, in conjunction
with keeping home money at honn-,
will result in the development of Lk
Vegas to the limit of its possiblities
was the further expression of opin
ion of the large number of prominent
business and professional men who at
tended the meeting.
Will Meet Competition
It was brought out clearly by near
ly every business man called upon to
speak that Las Vegas stores, mills
brick yards, creameries and factories
of all kinds are able to supply goods
to Las Vegas customers at the ea.T
or lower figures than outside con
cerns, and at the w.roe time ma,c h
legitimate jrofit for themselves A
li.-xni merchants taM they Wi u d
agree to meet the pt:cv of any mall
order house In the country.
Several of the merchants said some
ity is sending away for any articles
for his own use, he should stop it at
once, thus ceasing to set a bad exam
ple to other people.
It. was brought out by the speakers
that such Las Vegas institutions as
the roller mills, which purchase only
New Mexico wheat, thus fortering a
state industry, and which guarantee
ils cepI as eooa material m au,h
and surrounding cities, it is
not used here so universally as it
should be, according to the statement.
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P""et ouen ai a price iwuhji u.,u u
the Las- Vegas product It was de
clared -also that freight rates recenty
tiavp Tiefm SflvnnpAfl in a. Tr-inrsru-vr
injured me Business or ma vwm, j'.r,
as it was beginning to luill up
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