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VOL. XXXVI. NO, 59.
LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
CITY EDITION
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' Paris, Nov. 20. The French official
ommunication, issued this afternoon,
says that yesterday there were hard
ly any infantry attacks on the part
of the enemy, and that their artillefy
activity also was largely reduced. It
follows:
"The day. of November 39 was
marked by the almost total absence
of infantry attacks on the part of the
enemy; at the same time their artil
lery fire was much less violent than
on the afternoon of November 18.
"To the north the weather wan very
bad, and snow has fallen. All the re
gion . of the Vser canal, to the east
of Dixniude, is invaded by 'the waters.
"In front to Ramscapelle we have
withdrawn from the water two large
guns abandoned by the Germans..
There has been a fairly intense artil
lery fire to the south, Ypres,
"On the center there have been no
important actions ,,o report In the
Argoene three vigorous attacks on the
part of the enemy's infantry have been
repulsed.
"On our right wing the Germans
have re-occupied the destroyed sec'
tion of Chauvoncourt, Further to the
east we have made some progress."
Verdun Attack Repulsed
Berlin, Now 20 (By Wireless to
London). The German troops have
repulsed a French attack In the
neighborhood?' of Verdun in France,
and the' Russian retreat In north
western Poland continues, according
to an official report issued today by
the German general army headquart
ers. .
The text of the official statement
reads:
"In west Flanders and in north
France no appreciable change in the
situation has taken place.
"Heavy rains and snows, which first
soaked and then partly froze the
ground, have made our movements
very difficult. A French attack at
Combre, to the southeast of Verdun,
was repulsed.
"The situation on the east' Prussian
frontier remains unchanged. East of
the plains of the Maheurian lakes, the
Russians captured an unoccupied fort
5. which were some old cannon, The
retreat of the enemy through Iipno
and Neawaml continues. Our attack
has made progress to the south of
Flock. ' .
"No 'decision hss been reported in
the fighting around Lodz and to the
east of Czenstochowa."
Russians In Bad Position
Berlin, Nov. 20 (by wireless to Say
ville). The opinion was expressed in
military circles here today that not
withstanding the great number of Rus
sian troops in Poland, estimated at
900,00, excluding tnose in the Schir
windt region, General von Hindenburg
would soon be able to report a vic
tory. The position of the Eusslan forces
S3 considered unfavorable, both on ac
count of the nature of the German at
tack and because such large forces
ar concentrated within a
lively small territory.
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TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
The coming of winter having
sea coast, Germany is making an
at another point. The French war office announced today that in the re
gion of the Argonne forest, where aevere engagements have been in prog
ress for the last few days, three vigorous attacks had been made by Ger
man infantry. These assaults, it is said, were repulsed.
The importance of this battle, the military critics explain, is the fact
that if the Germans should succeed in pushing back the allies they will
be- able to join forces with their troops, which, farther to the east, have
thrust a sharp wedge Into the line. Such a junction of forces would re
sult in the surrounding of the strong fortress at Verdun, which the Ger
man crown prince attacked in vain during the earlir days of the war
The reply of the allies to this challenge was an attack on the Ger
mans In the neighborhood of Verdun. An official German statement
given out today said this attack had been repulsed.
I In Belgium the diminution of activity has become still more pronounc
ed. There was almost a total absence of infantry attacks in the north
west, and even the artillery fire, which recently has been unusually se
vere, has lessened. :? '
The Germans, on their left wing, have reoccupied a section of the
town of Chauvoncourt, which they recently blew up with mines after the
French had forced their way in.
Either the censorship or the absence of recent events have been re
sponsible for' the fact that from the other fields of battle In Russian Po.
land, Turkey, Servia and Persia, there came only fragmentary Information
tcday. The German, statement said that the Russians were continuing
their retreat In Poland, but that in eastern Prussia they had captured an
unoccupied "Tort. ' '' .. '. ., '7!. .ft
Such reports, as were received today from the eastern zone of fight
ing showed that the German army was still pressing the Russians back
through Russian Poland, over the same battlefield across which the Rus
sians, a few weeks ago, were advancing victoriously.
No clear explanation has been made of the reversal in form of the op
posing armies, although it has been reported t on several occasions that
the Germans were sending thousands of their finest troops from France
and Belgium to the east.
The Russian war chiefs state that their advance in east Prussia and
Gallcia continues in spite of their admitted retreat In the center. Ger.
main strategists believe that continued reverses lr Russian Poland would
force the Russians to draw back their northern and southern armies.
German opinion admits of no doubt as to the outcome of the war with
Russia. General von Hindenberg, Germany's popular hero of the fighting
in the east, la quoted as saying that Germany and Austria will win al
though outnumbered, because they have stronger nerves and because their
soldiers do their own thinking, while Russian discipline is a' mere blind
and dull obedience.
Besides the possible withdrawal of German troops for use against Rus
sia there is another reason for the lull in the fighting in the west. Cold,
wet weather has numbed and exhausted the soldiers so that great physi
cal effort is almost out of the question. The weather in Belgium today
compared with a black, windy December day on the New England coast.
The storm continued and the waters of the North sea flowed through the
locks at Nieuport, which the allies cut to flood the low lands and hold back
the German advance.
Notwithstanding the etxent of the flooded area the invaders hope to
renew their advance. Large numbers of engineers are being sent to the
front and German ingenuity is to be put to the test to provide a. scientific
method of crossing the inundated country.
The outcome of yesterday's naval battle in the Black sea is still In
doubt. No fresh information was received to reconcile the conflicting
clams of Russlai and Turkey, each of whom asserted that a hostile battle
ship had been damaged in the engagement.
Interest in the situation in the west
is momentarily eclipsed by that in the
east. Reports from, Vienna' toll of
successes in Galicia, including the oc
cupation by the Teutonic '.. allies of
Tarnow and Wieliczka. According to
these report? 7,000 prisoners , were
taken. .'.' .'- ....... .
Turks Claim Victories
Constantinople reports rurther1' vic
tories near Azow, Salinas and Zasat
lar. It is also said that, In conse
quence of the advance of the Arabs,
several of the governmental depart
ments of Port Said, Suez and Ismalia
have been transferred to Zagsig, an
Egyptian town 40 miles from Cairo.
The government, of tue Sued canal is
reported to have been taken over by
the military authorities.
, Many Soldiers Drowned
Reports received today from Hoi-
land, according to information given I
out in official circles here,, are to the
effect that in the fighting near Bix-
schoote and Dixmu'de the French lostjbarded their supply trains.
20,C()0 mn, ' and that 1,500 British1
were to-owned in the Yser cannl.
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nterrupted the fight all along the North
effort to pierce the. .line of the allies
French are Successful
Washington, Nov. 23. -Foreign office
dispatches to the French embassy
ihere today mentioned the success of the
jFrendh in repulsing the German at
tack in the -Argonne, and, announced
(lie destruction -of German earthworks
and supply trains in the. vicinity of
Rhehns...;. ;...; : -:
The dispatch follows:
'From the sea to Metz there was
neither cannonading or infantry fire
from the enemy the entire day. Our
artillery, on the other hand, succeed
ed in dislodging German batteries in
stalled to the east of Nieuport. The
British army was subjected to scat
tered artillery fire for a time, but the
weather was exceedingly bad and it
snowed for four hours.
"There was no important action be
tween Arras and Noyon. From No
yon to Rheims there has been inter-
mittent artillery firing. Our . artillery
has succeeded in destroying two of the
enemy's earthworks, and has bom-
xhe bombardment of Rheims was
ieS9 intense that on the last few days.
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CAPTAIN DECKER OF THE TEN
NESSEE ALSO 13 STILL TO
BE HEARD FROM
Washington, Nov. 2,0. No further
report came to the state or navy dt
partment today on the firing of Turk
ish forts at Smyrna upon the launch
o the American cruiser Tennessee.
Officials were awaiting dispatches
from Ambassador Morsntliau or Cap-
laiu jjeuiiei, aiiu meauwuue maintain-1
ed their confident a tuiude that the
incident would be explained .satisfac
torily by the TurkftU government.
Captain Decker of the- armored
cruiser Tennessee canieij the navy de
partment late today trom Chios,
Creece, acknowledging r, ' rlpt of Beo
' retary Daniels'. dispatch u liv Win
to take no Bteft without Instructions
from Washington. He gave no fur
ther details of the firing upon the
Tennessee's launch at Smyrna.
This was the first word from the
Tennessee since Cantain Decker's la
conic dispatch Wednesday confirming
newspaper reports orI; the incident.
Secretary Daniels has asked for a full
report, hut owing to the difficulty in
communicating with that part of the
world, there is no saying when it will
arrive. ;
Lodge Says "Inconsistent" j
Boston, Nov. 20. Criticism of 'the j
administrations' attitude in connection
with the recent firing upon a boat from
the cruiser Tennessee in Turkish wa
ters, and wih the Tampico incident in
the Mexican troubles, was made last
night by United States Senator Hen
ry Cabot Lodge. Speaking nefore the
Middlesex club, a republican organiza
tion, the senator said:
"The administration Is content to
have it appear that the Tennessee was
fired upon to give warning of mines,
but you all know what happened at
Tampico. Then, within three days
American sailors were in Mexican wa
ters and shedding their blood. And
now now the incident of the salute
seems to have been forgotten. And
the flag was never saluted.
"All our efforts should have been
devoted to bring about pacification in
Mexico instead of getting Huerta out
of office. As it. is now, Mexico Is in
the throes of revolution and the two
pets of this administration, Carranza
and Villa, are at each other'?, throats'"
' , The German Version
Berlin, Nov. 2(1. (By Wireless to
Sayvillo). Press information given
out in official circles today included
the following:
"Albert Ballin, director-general of
the Hamburg-American Steamship
company, who was quoted recently by
the London Times as saying thut. it.
was becoming clearer dally that Eng
land could not be defeated, 'denies
that he ever said such a tiling. On
the contrary, he believes that England
already has been defeated.
"Special dlppatches from the front
state that the French positions at,
Chauvoncourt have been blown up by
the German mines .wi;h heavy losses
for the French, and that the Germans
then occupied these positions.
(Continued on Pago Fire)
GEORGE SELLS IS
INDICTED FOR
FORGER!
IS ALLEGED TO HAVE SECURED
MONEY BY USE OF OTHERS'
NAMES
LGBATO USED A WEAPON
HE IS INDICTED FOR FIRING OFF
A GUN WITHIN A POPULAT
ED SETTLEMENT .
INVESTIGATORS STILL BUSY
GRAND JURY PROBABLY WILL
NOT COMPLETE ITS WORK
THIS WEEK
The grand jury this afternoon re
turned an indictment against George
Sells on a charge of forging the names
of G. A. Bryan and Hugh Quigley to
a note for $330. It i alleged that
Sells, an engineer on the Santa Fe
railroad, endeavored to borrow some
money on a note. He vas unable to
obtain any funds on a note unless it
were signed by two responsible- per
sons, so he akked Bryan and Quigley,
two fellow workers, to endorse the ifc3
strument. They refused, it is assert
ed. Bells then, it is said, forged their
names to it and cashed it ; He was
later arrested, and at the time of his
arraignment it was stated that the
money had been repaid. The case was
set for hearing late this afternoon.
The note was cashed by the First
National bank, according to the ac
count. Lobato Indicted
Yesterday the grand jury returned
an indictment against AnastacSo 'Lo
bato for shooting a rifle within a set
tlement. Loi-ato lives on the West
side, next door to the house occupied
by Peter Ciddio and his family. It
is declared that three children of Cid
dio drove the burros belonging to Lo
bato out of his yard. This made Lo
bato "hot under the collar" and he
rushed Inside, secured his rife and
discharged it. It is not clear whether
he fired at the children or merely to
scare them. He was arraigned in
court, but stated that he was unable
to secure an attorney because they
all wanted to be paid and he had no
mcney. Judge Leahy appointed Leo
Tipton and Louis Armijo as counsel
for the defense, and the hearing of
the case was set for this afiernoon.
Trujillo Loses Case
The case of Juan D. Trujillo vs.
Charles F. Adlon for wilful trespass
was decided today against the plain-
jjj8 i;t!-janti f a'.red trial
by jury and agreed that Judge Leahy
should render the decision. Trujillo
claimed cattle belonging to .Adlon con
stahUy "'entered his cultivated land and
did considerable damage. Judge Lea
hy decided' that the cattle wandered
of their own accord and that Adlon
took sufficient measures to fcntj them
off his neighbor's lands to show that
ha did not intentionally allow them to
destroy TrujiHo's property. Tha costs
of the case were paid by the plaintiff.
This morning Louis P l-vsier citi
zen of the oDmlnlor of ' .
admitted to eHlzens-'l'.: m tut- United
States. I.yster fe "-.tfl;yrt tty the
Panta Fe railroad. Vif -fm to this
country 15 years ago. fat Joseph Fram
a subject cf Turkey, imso was admit
ted to citizenship.
EXAMINE MISSOURI BOOKS
Jefferson City, Mo., oNv. 20. The
legislative committee appointed by
Governor Major began work today o-i
the examination of hool.s and records
of Plate officials and state institutions.
SECRETARY OF LABOR TALKS
UPON INDUSTRIAL PEACE -REQUIREMENTS
THEIR INTERESTS ARE MUTUAL
SAYS EMPLOYES AND EMPLOYER
ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY
STRONG TIES
SAYS HE IS A PARTISAN
DECLARES HE IS WORKING FOR
THE SQUARE DEAL FOR
' THE TOILERS
Philadelphia, Pa., Nox. 20. "There
can be no permanent industrial peace
that is not based on industrial jus
tice," declared William B. Wilson,
secretary of the federal department
of labor, today to the delegates of the
American Federation of Labor. In
troduced to the convention by Presi
dent Gompers as "our Bill," and ad
dressing the delegates ' as "fellow
trades unionists,'' Secretary Wilson
said that he had been criticised for
certain statements he had made at
the federation's convention at Seattle
lsst year, and declared that he re af
firmed what he said there.
The secretary said he also hod been
accused of partisanship in conducting
his department.
If securing justice to those who
earn their living by the sweat of their
face is partisanship," he exclaimed,
then count me a partisan on the side
of the man that labors."
MrV Wilson, in telling of the work pf
his department, said that in the last
year and a half it had handled scores
of traci'3 .it.--,.- a a11! T. -,-"
been striliej vutii tuu ivas.' -y.'.-ni u;
the Pere Marquette strike and the
strikes at Calumet and in Colorado.
The department, he added, takes the
stand that employer and the employe
have mutual interests in creating a
greater amount of production with a
given amount of labor. They differ
only as to the share that should go to
each and under the method should
be produced. When the employer and
the employe reach this stage, he said,
then it Is the proper thing to sit down
and solve the problem.
Department Unprejudiced
The department of labor also has
been accused of partisanship," Mr.
Wilson continued, "on the theory that
in acting as mediator in labor disputes
it is performing a judicial function.
That is not true. It performs diplo
matic functions. There is no more
reason why the department of abor
should be barred from handling labor
disputes in a diplomatic manner than
there is for barring the state depart
ment from handling international dis
putes. "What we want in handling labor
disputes is men who are experienced
and level headed and who understand
the technicalities Involved. In, carry
ing out its work the department takes
men who are experienced find have
the technical knowledge of the em
ployes' side and also men who are ex
perienced and have the knowledge of
the employers- awe, ana sends them
out. to perform their work."
Speaking on industrial justice, Sec
retary Wilson said there etiJl are ex
tremists who look upon the workmen
only as a part of the machinery of the
establishment. ' "'"
:'.'When a --piece of machinery is
erowaeo ana oreass uown irom Buraw
it costs the employer something to re
pair or repace it; not eo with the hu
man being," declared Mr. Wilson.
"When the human machine is crowd
ed and breaks down from strain, it
costs nothing to replace it. We con
tend that the human machine should
be treated differently from ".naminafe
machinery. The human machine fs
entitled to the same consideration
as the human being that is not -employed."
Secretary Wilson declare that the
labor features of the Clayt,on nti-trast
law are 'the greatest step laken by
labor for labor in the last two genera
tions."
"Labor, at last," the secretary paid,
"has been nl.iceVI where 'H ou-ilit to V.
a;:- a part of thf cfm;nt:Ri(. W r"
OBREGON MAKES FORMAL AHr
NOUNCEMENT OF OPENING OF -HOSTILITIES
THE CAPITAL IS CISTKEEB
MEXICO CITY DISTURBED BY RE
MOVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL
ISTS TROOPS
COMMUNICATION IS SEVEEEB
VERA CRUZ IS CUT OFF FROM
THE HEADQUARTERS OF
GENERAL CARRANZA
Washington, Nov. 20. The state
department today received notification
that General Obregon had declared
war on Villa. The notification states
that Obregon was going to Salina
Cruz, As that port is on the Pacific
side of the Isthmus of Teliuantepee
and far from the scene of the threat
ened hostilities, officials could not un
derstand it-
Consul gilliman in a uiKimkli filed la
Mexico City at 8 o'clock last night,, re
ported that General Obregon's troo j,,
were entraining for Orizaba and mo i
ing the offices of the. government wi ')
them.
Consul Silliman added that the cliy
waB in a state of decided unrest. He
did not Indicate whether the Obregon
troops were evacuating the city to
leave it undefended before the troops
approaching from the north, or whe
ther his forces were to be replaced
with other Carranza troopa moving
down from Queretaro under Genera?
Gonzales, one of Carranza's chief sup
porters. "-. ' - ;
l'!:i)iii -' '.. , pint ranrfH.5 mw.
j imniieiiUici inji-Uift Kj'si and ;i hie -4k-.-.
tvseen the capital and Vera Cruz wan
interrupted. Previous reports have
left it to be understood that a suffi
cent garrison would remain in the
capital to maintain order and prevent
entrance of the Zapata farces untit
Villa's forces were in the immediate
vicinity and ready to enter, when
the Carranza troops would withdraw.
Acting Secretary Lansing conferred
with Acting Secretary Breckenridge of
the war department, and Brigadier
General Scott, chief of staff, over de
tails of the evacuation of Vera Cruz.
It was decided that the customs col
lected during the period of occupation,,
supposed to aggregate more than $1,
000,000, would be brought away by
Major' (JSnfraJ,. Fnnston to be held in
this country ;ford'et!very to the gov
ernment which la" finally recognized.
Foreign Minister Fabela telegraph
ed the Carranza agency here today
a formal declaration that hostilities
with Villa had broken out and told of
the appointment of military command
ers for the various states and districts.
NATIONAL GRANGE MEETS ; .
Wilmington, Del., Nov, 20. Equal
suffrage was a topic of earnest dis
cussion by the National Grange today.
and while the committee report in
favor of equal suffrage through 6a
amendment to the federal legislation
was disapproved, thei cause of votes
for women was enthnsiasitieally en
dorsed. Th. committee report ad
verse to" (lie combining cf military ta
strurlion Twta general educ if on v,
rejiotf 1 T''e ci-srt h in la m i
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