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fHE EVENING HERALD EXTENDS ITS HEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO YOU Many copies of the Evening Hcrald't New Year edition do you wantt Phone 924. W (lift Hi yT Illy i t Af .TV si The habit of smiling:; it makes thin pa easier for yoa and for those whom you meet. GET TiuiirKR-rrmKN. Vol. 20. No. ftfl. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915. tiie kviwwo irrrsAi.n VOU S. SH, T. EIIIDS MADE ON AUSTRIA III REGARD TO THE fiflCd ARE ME T i f Official Text of Note From Vi- enna Is Received in Wash ington and Now Is Being Decoded; Published Later. VIRTUALLY BUT ONE PHASE NOT CLEARED UP In Effect Government Dis avows Act of Submarine Commander and Guarantees Will B No Repetition. i 1 i 4 I (Hi Fnln lUrftld I Wlra) Wa-h i melon. I ee. 3 I .--The oftlrlui it xt of AiiHtrui'M Amoiia unit wan re e i-d ii r f V t'.j yt I hi' Kt 1 1 depUlt- im-ut The wm U of ii.iiiHlnnnK fioin Ihv diplomat it rode will lake never. i! hour und m t .iriKi in-iil tor it Ut M il -tion w.ll he ninth later. AmeiliiiM deitm mln apparent hme lin-Il met and if the nlflr;l XI i.I A uMtU b r pl to t he nhd Amen (.III Holt i lillforillM !! I'lrKH lllr-lpatl h fi let Hit: lh.it III. hiitniiui ifiM t ouimaud i who toip.-doed thi kUmihi-i ha I o'tn puiiihhfil, wnual) only iih fih.iHf ui the im-hlcni rtonaitiK to he t'U-Hri'il up TiiiH would In i hi pa -no-nt f indemnity lor Aiheruan live loHt. fur w tilth AiiMrta haw expi e..ed MilliniiiiiM to irtuke ri iaiuiiiii I.iHer, howe-.tr. there ina ho li e t liu nit h ni-l w t hi' I tilled Mati t Anatna n the iit-Mion of huu- liu W.il.Ule jind Die llt'i i-MMiy lor w at ii i Mij hi i ot e ai ta k mi mere ha nt m"n . Ii wu t pointed mit hero that in iiin- Miiiipt tin- fii itniar no ri on mam lor i iiltm t lake into ift J l rv ui ling ab,. aid the I r. .tl 1 1 . u .hi' irnfl, c..v . i iiuietit tn etfeoi ll I and K" v '' a"oll an Wn.il.l 1. 1. .hi in. .ii i, in h .mil i iini.it ml text I lectltb.n ..ii'm hi Ik p.-lnlina Ir. tlnle v a a In. h h.iH ..inn t h' m. .ilia llw ' 1 1 IMI ' M i tliiii .it Ktl. lll.l .1 lot 1.ltll" ll. Il.l. 'hi nail .1 Hi. i lirt lltl ill' ..III J I ' M. II l I III. l.iXlltlt.ll .1' M I'll lll .' n .11 Hi.. i ..I ail. I M.IIIM- h.'.. 'h . iim. S h.'i. Th.- iij.lv . air ill "-ti..r - IUIS l..lllr.MU m.i 111 thl .lt;.-lll. .in' m 1 1. .ii lia" i.i-. n 1 1 a n -mi that In' i i'i " .1 I In- . ..mi'li'l.' lull. .ii '.nlil I.i' in hi Iiiiii. In niK'ii. I'lllriali. wlni liail I. a. I III.- iiunlll fin I 'ii..ii i.I Ui.- ri'i.K r.-. i-lv.'il In lri"H iti'iii.-lii'H iriitii l.i.niti.n ..ai' eiHK w.ii' in"1 Ii KinlilH'il .11 It" Ha-tun- luiim.i "f n nreak nl li i .1. n mi I ! i-1'l.ui..iiN iih iimi la-II uiiK'ii v no I.. mill "IixmI.m nl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ii I . 'if BolaU salil IliiWi'MI. I lull ail. I It l mil ' ni i s.i.ii.li'ii n'l tii' "iiiiji i't i , r. tn i'iisii.' t.'i n'iai l.i.iimu iU' I in . I I.i i . .lllllll Ml mi lllr njilv iltllll ' m li.nl tin' - il ' I . .'til' ml K-xi lie ir lilui. It wan I i'llMili'1 I'll lli.lllllllll llllll till' Ifl. ml n ut wniilil la' kim ii i. "t I'll ulilii'. iiliiii I'lilii't- inil.n in' ti.ni..ri uw H..I I I'tHI 1 I.IIIIKHIK ItilN ll'I'I'IVl'll Mf.iii AniiiaHniiliir Ci'iillil.l ii I. ml 'III I till MlflllM I.I Ih.' Ili't''. i'ii'iiii l:n nnt.ii n. liu' : r t 1 1. 1. inn- I ii'.aili.r liilliil ut Ihi- "" 'ii1 il' l'urt ...i nl mi. I i uiifiri i.I Willi S.iiilaiv aiiHiiiK n. -iih In. I f an limn Tin lni,iuiM..i.iir mi nl I"' l i- ! il'i' iiiwji t.iiiiiinai ill mi' AiiHinan nun' wa i Mi' in-. Illii.l liillii'lll l"ll liu v 'Hit . I.iiIit. il wan li-ai m il. thi' L. tnian ....... . a l.'W m inn IIKI i m i. '. iik.ii . ...'i tiniit.-il r IJl'lf . I. II. i"M.. s Ii. ill nun. in ih in.i ml" Si'iiil.irv Ijiiihiik li't il la- Kiii.wii l li. ..ml i In- i li'i iii.iii nniliaNK.iil.il l iiisrtiNKi'il lh l.ilMltaln a ii.lltln I. nl ll wiik lint iliilnati'il what 1 I... H i lif iCKiilt. I ni l.' nii.r iii i'ii )l i.i.iii.i' lilih that III.' anil. .ikk. iiI" .i, In- iiiilli. a ii'il l.v Iub K.iwrn .1 i.' In i.n-l'iil. al lilt I'i'UililiillK ' ni'w iar. ii iiii.n.iIm nl ki-i ' litni'i. , in h w.'iil'l In' in rij.tal.li' I.i lln nil. il Slali'l. TO TINISH SEPARATING M. P. AND D. & R. G. SOON Prohibition in Seven States to Go Into Effect With New Year More Than 3,000 Saloons. Many Breweries and Nu merous 'Wholesale Houus Must Go Out of Business. MANY COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DRY FOR YEARS Iowa, Coloiada. Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho, Arkansas and South Carolina Will Become Legally Dry Tonight. I By l:?nir. Hria ImiiI Wire I rhi. ku. .t. ai. Mi,n,.wulr iirnhl- hitli.ii i thi hu! h 1.1 ItlalilitiKJiile nf intnxli ntniK Iniiiiiii, will nr. oini' ,-t- lll 111 M-Xfll HlUtl'll III niltllUKllt !'- n ik Ii I M"ii' Dial. 3 nun hiiI'k.iik. a hum' tnitliin'1' ni hri'W i'i liu. w h REFUGEES HELD BY VILLA REACH EL PASO TODAY Thirty Men Taken From Ma dera Plant Safe in United States; J, E. Emmons Among the Party. By Kftnlng lUrtld iat4 WrJ i:i IMhii, Ti'X., Dir. 31. Tin thirty pinplovfii of l he Mmlfi a omimny. l.lU , r'HtHl hi M fur lannom hy (lin f ral KraiK-iHi o Vill i ni Mmloia and i'htunhuu i lt . a ml ubHciui-nt ly r li'tmril in th' lui'tun or (hi fupttul by Ovittrral Titvitio, rrai hti hfie fatly today. iHftint-llimtton to ri'Ht.nH i'arut U-ioi n Kiivrul umonii th I 'or-ni'Mtat iv hrro of foriiKit in i ii I n C rompanii's In ( hihuahua hm1 Ihiiatmo Hl.itfH. t M rnor tliun thirty ciimimnic In the MnicM clKht huf liillf'l thftr m pl"v lu-re to r'ttirn. Th r'inmn- iir. It in hhkI. will i-onM-nt ih-iioo lve iwiih niuUiiiff mirfvi m thlr .roM-ny, (hM klllK H' dUlltHK'. HllltifN Mtolll and rtiiilril. I Thn rtliiclui i im KolnitiiMl hl'P lib hnale It'iiiori ... t v.,,... an " " iitiini v ) 1 1 'if I ill I on I of htlHitlf Ari onling to (lur'i ofTtTi'd h tin nt i--;ilmn ! aUc o! Ano-t ii n. t hi ntil:tion (u Nit mirn laH thai ten ih'" toiiM.rrow, will t-nriK thi total uf (it ohilnt mn HiatOK in th union to mm i -n. Th tn.tti'M w hit h to i'iiIit tli ilt rolatoM iiif; loua. Colorado, ni- '. W a(hiriKtoli. luaho. A rk a iinuk a lid Soi.th Carolina Man ionntiw in nil Ol Ih MI'Kfll HtUtli hll' MnhltltMl thi mile of lhiiot (of- a iiiiiiiimi oT t'aiM under lot a I option lawn. I -I i ''dm a ih i rat .it toiiii' h at a tvi lit Iii'Md nig ail'd that t-vU u a-a I- ly Coloindo b i oiihI it ol ona ! iohm- 1 1 on a iiH'hdini-iii nix) i hi -n for in u tat ut d i nit 1m on ii- (1 1 1 v i until Miidnitih! .Iaiiiiai I. Ion 11 v an alf U ' id U lll.lt Ihc t-X-Jl.l'.'ll ..I ;:(! 'I'l'iur lii-tiiiM' at iniiliitftlti Io'i-kui u.l! rndir litior tuU'ft on ha Yt-ut k day UliiH t u I. A t i ! i to out mnhr:i l'tw'in J 0 rfllil $ I.HMV IHMI haf hfll MH':itl-ti !.i limiiir .Ii Colorado with m ho a.t f i-w i-i k h. "I h Ai laiiMii d i-.u iiiH' t t.l tin' m i-;i Im 'ii iia j.r.- h ih .ii;'iuiiii i d i hai thi h-ak.H will lime woikiM in tin id t -i m t t h.i i i lif 'aw in i-'i.ni id I 11 low . " hil! Mil , 11 mi Ii-h i .i lite louli: tif till' ntat' ;ili- !H pi out i d.i pi I in I at ut . I o llii' till :i I i Vs.m; loii.hi. 1'inlii t h iniilt'l law i'i,i i ' h- i hi last 1 1 ii v :i l u t -f a ' u - plohloltl'H H I oft-d. pi i II'.' Ih. ai l on oi th- -M hiii-ltiot. ,hi. pi-opl- .01 i In- pi iiiiiM fi in4t it a - t tuna I aim-inline it tr pi oh ; '; lop. wlia h i- lo hi- liM"";''d of u illi.n Un til t I v o i ll! . J ii i it-to it hr ii tn mi liu t in ! or xah- or a:i kind' o) mtoxoatni U'itir ix .ihHidait K piolnloli'd y toiiHt it ill ion i i . iiH 'tdtio-nt. lrti diiri'ii utr not p r- in it i i'd In hi! I I i)iio- I or a in ii!iiii..i' ! with or without a iloi'toi h pfiH'l.p l.on. i;a h latoii) tiia iiiiioit do pet . intiiil iim a rtuix i muni fit hi r of iwu iiattM of hptrituotiH or wnoiiv 1 1 i u r oi hM'tilv -lour U.iitn of mall Iuiiioimi lit mi l pil lod oi foiii hUi-(-'hhi v wru III tht lati of VahlMKtoii Ihf plo- hihitioii law permits rt-Huehin to pur- ha from dealt' t n out side the f ta: r two tjuaf ta ul hpii'it noils lior of twi-ie juart of Iiet-r fai Ii twi tily UaM Idaho wilt K" dry tonight hy irtut-1 of "tat ot oi , pi oh i hit ion. MoNt of t he ' htate Ii.ih ln' n di V under loral opimnj ami nniv ahout 1 alonnt w ill he I I o i 't OlH ot illlhiai'HN ' Idaho , law t Maid to he the iivnt ' di a Hi m ill I he VIII ton. It Ilia k h Poh- mnioii of any kind of malt oi Hpiri- UioiiH Miud a i n.ne, i i puiiK w me lot Mart n men ta puipo!' aihl pure til. i oliol for inedn al. m it ii 1 1 Ui and mi i haliital unen, win h Ih poi'iniihe only! on an order trom ihe proliate rotirt. Tlie KoUfh Carolina ilitpf it-ai , )u-! (em will t'fiiMe to iKit-t at Mumlown to-1 da v . llldiT t he new pl oh ihi I ion la w ' uidiid'ialN muv ohiaiu thioiiKh -hip-' tiieiit one ualloti oi h-uor a moiilh tm ' petrou.i line . Ceitailt fplt'lU ale pet nutted lot huu hen. ,iid the pt.o in i Men Indicted For Fomenting Strikes Enter Formal Pleas Preliminary Hearing Demand ed by Fowler, Martin and Schulteis, Identified With Labor's Peace Council. BOND FOR APPEARANCE REQUIRED FROM TRIO Attorney for Defense Declares Indictment Will Not Lie Under Sherman Law and Will Ask for Ruling. I minimi lux ilcrr.'p nf Mairh I. In I rr.'amiiK .n.i'ro '""I .rixiii tlun im ' KHKniiit'iiii. The Inti'i'iiatloiial MiiiinK I UMNiii'ialinn uimI tin Mitit'N mill Stii-lt-i rr ainiHiallini 'tiiliiiuliiiu haw I liei'ii lU'iilliiK with 'Irnt-ral I'lirraiixa fur nvvvi'iil iniililhH In mrtir' a reiluo j nun of the itKHftiii'titM without hxuII. tieni'tnl inniK'in m.iili' his intry ml. J ui. it f'.tniiilh tmluv at noon. Ai'vottiiani.-il ty M.-XH'iitl t'onKiil '.Villi I fun ll. C.al.i.l. 1 1. 'liir.il I Hiri'Holl toil' Iti an aiiloiiiiii'il' mciohh the Iti- l. r nat I'.luil I.i i.Ikh ut Slant.. n Btri'i't. tin tin- Mixlrun mil.- ft. linn trnoi wi'i'i- ilriiwn u. III lino in iHii'ivi' him. At llii'lr hi'Hil wmm tii'iKial ilalnii'l iiiili'tii. nrwly aiioiiit'l roiiiiitiitiili-r of tho lorii' in Juar.'Z. ; AftiT a formal tri.jition it .1111111. lifiii-riil iilir.'Uoti ri'turiKil t" K I'.iko. 1 Ttii'ii- iliiiuti h-- rwnvnl iilatfil (icn ji'tal .Mi'illniivii'tta with Mi mi'ii anil ' r0'i.09 routttlH of Hiniuitnlt :oti liait BiiiM'tt'liTi'd nt Cliihinihiia .'tt . that , Villa with I.'kk than f. moii- ot men ha. I ruliliil ihe Ilii.itiilo r.nirh Iniir 1 Jiihilahint an, I K'.oli'ii f 11 il an I tli. it ili'tiernl .Ii.. K'KlriKii'x Iiiik tint a itoxi-n men wiih him. ll tin. rl h 1 in . ti iik t.i M. ih. inn i'i hi k 11 h i n ill r ik I rue a. 1 11 u .1 ril 't 11 at i"n IK rl elite.!. I ;-n r.i I I 'I'I ' ll liaK lli'l'' li.l.lli Hlateil M I'll 1 11 1ft 1.1 won!. I nut l.ti eiveli .'Hllli.''.t . wlli.'ll tli li'Tal Til'- 111.. I1111 a.iali'iill'. . xl. lnli'.l him I A.-eotillllg to the ilnj'.lli'll. M."ll'IU-i Vle'la Iinil ll'-4 llie-i ellit.'.iv oe, ti. .-ii. j tine lii-lleral Villa a n: turn him oel to 'ielll l.ll Tn ill" I.IH he I K llH"l nil I 1 ll.I.eliil north Mini we'-l l.nek llll.i ttle I lieri'el'o il iKt I'll I . 1 lil'IICI.'ll I tllleUi.tl l.llel 1 i.ll'll lllfil the, new Kid the allUlll "I Heliellll Meill'l:l- 'Kli'tlH al rllihuihll.i. ft :i t nm Unit he j 1 'Von III riNnel the isli ..f il.'tielal! iTri'lllli. Khmilil he have .Mallte. I Meil- imiiv ll'tlll Htlliieiiti . 1 In nil 'ler.eial 1 il.remm niiiiI ".mill .iiiiHT Vina ii"".'TM iiiiii lneir 10111 nianiletn hinl artivpil at iliihuahna fit v Nilirn lute liiMt niitht Tin y rami, from mn. ill 1 011111111111I1 in the initi oniiil i'lV iIinii letK iinil were inline liaiely illf. arined. ileneial Tri'iiim teleitraihe.l inai 111 iia.i Kin- im'ii.i.-.i "l" '"'""' k i(,.i liuailljit Villi. H Il.l 11 in lol'i ex 111 wi kii iiii I'll.lliiilli.. 10 allow Villa Ki.lilieiH to ; Kinrriiiler. helieMiiu a iiiiiipaiKii w..u'.l ri'Hllll III llealli'll of hainh' of lirnt-iiiiiIh. I Hjr rr-nlnf HmU'linMl Wl Waililmton. Iier. 31.-Knrnnr rp-rt-Hfiit .1 1 Iv-p H. Koliert Knwler, Henry II. Martin and ilermun Hrhnelteu l.lenl . Ii.nl with Uilii.i'ii Niilli.nul I'eare Coiinill anil Inillrte.l In New York ti it. tier the fherman nntl-trimt law for '..to.itriiry lo reKiraln train hi iminl tioti, il"iiiiinile rel!ml;t.irv heartily when they a.. eared tortnv heluro I'niti'il Hliilei I'oinnilHHloiirr Taylor to trtftitM. Ileariri'i' ni urt for ajaary liiniiM liitior crime, excepting yine 2. llepteHentn' Ive Frank flurlianntt uf llllnolK. ilulii leil on Ihe Mine tliarito. enl vtiiril to the leiarttnent of JUHtlee today that he would waive nil gtietnloo of Imiiiiiin'.y. go to New York mm juii k ly iik ioHilie. within week, fiirninh hail and adopt no dilatory tacticta. The .lenitinrl for the henrniK (anie as a purpriKe 10 iht bo ..rninent. AkmIkI nlit frilled ftate liiKifict Atlorne Archer Mitnoiineed he had uiiderKtoiul the ilef Iiiritu iiiteinli"! to .lve hotid for their npiiearanre in New York to anKWer to the liidii'lineiitii. No Resignations Yet Apparent In British Cabinet All Members Attend Meeting to Discuss Conscription, But Rum:r Has It McKenna and Others May Withdraw. Wpeelllc 1 11 'i 11 1 r v ieveloied that J. I. Ilii.liiniiK, the liiiiil hoy who wax ail itiK un an ele. ti i'al enitiueer ut Ma dera when Villa (.eiz.'d Ihe American .niili. e. had teuiheil K.I I'uho with 1 In ot her ri t uiieea. of HUM lllld Kl'lelH'i'H. lie. opinion liy the iittoiiiey Mtate. The Mtate il if peiKai y ml the open I. ar 100 in I1.111 in 1 .');'. .Ii ik to a K. In l.ll of tin h:.Ml"ll i'll.i' .Mi II Illy r.vfiunu M-rl! Li-ahi'il Wire I em 11 . I u'i . ! I - The Hi-pin al i' In 1 in Itlc 1I1 iiarluiciilK ol ihc -1. 1111 I'lilll.' all. I I'i'llMI t ;...ll.le lhllloa.il. w.ll I lipleled l.,li..ll..W II Wilh IIIIII. .inn I'd toil. I'. il'V A. S lliiahin. Ketiei.it lla II' in.iliiu. 1 0 1 tin- l!lo I'lunde Tile aiilioiiin . mini wan il-ciiiiain..t the a.- oinlliii'lil "f Ki net.ll al!i i ti III eiKtl- iilie'i I III oimhoill 1 In iiHiiilt't lo le llilllrr 111. 1 I 1 1 1 ll.l Illl-lll 1 The iililiollilllielllK im Illilc: " III llli'1.!. Ketlelal In .till alietll. I.. A I N 1I-..11 and II Ken- .'eiieial ilMl'I'lH, leKpe. t IV. ly. nt 1 ado -.j.i'iiii'4 ami lltMiid .lull. ' mil. A:: . .1 Iii'inir. Inc. "I.- Then in. k. "t llllilleil and k.I It 11. mn liev el auy" '"'"- I I -1 -1 exIiaiiKle.i. Koine of I'iiuiib liiiio- ilealei-K I inlu - ilare.l .'n alc I I 1 1 1 - llteliHih. U III I'M'll lislaiii a II I ile.'oi at i.oiK In their etaaliKlinnniK A llliillliteil deer'K head, nlleteil l.v 11111 MlloolllXl wax MlT Hilled In, a Klin "It iiiukcx me ci lo pan w.:li ihif I mI.I It lllKelt." VanoilK m.hiim 11. Ill'' window k of re 1 . t .iik li.io. il.aleiK alii. 1. I..I I 111' al- Excitement Yet At High Pitch Over Killings Blakely, Georgia, Has Not Set tled Down After Slaying of Septet of Negroes in Fight With Posse. I ft r r.-mln n-rilit t.r.4 ITIrel I.0111I011. Iiec. HI. I,!:'i'. . ill. I All lilillilii TH of Ihe fiilil. let ut liii'li'd the J lllei't IIIK today to l'o'l.l.. r the ill'llft o :lh.' hill for 'oiuitiiK..r. inilitiiry Her I ice. and il appear... I'tdKo'iieni l . tltere hfle heen mi f.-ii'iiiitiiitlK. Itil I timr still Ik hiiNy, i..weer. with the iianifH of IteKiiiiilil Ki'linu, chaiiielloi' 'of the ex. Iii.iiiii ; Walter liuni'iinaii. I preNldent of the In 111 ril of trade, and j Sir John Siiimri. ho.'ic Ke'-ei:it. I Tin Intinmi Hcretniy. Sir Kdward M'.ray. an I thn war Kei retaiy, Kali iter, a!o are mehl i..lliil ill r.n.- flft'tioll with pohKilile rll.mKi'l ill the lul'inei. hut cm 11 if 1.1 viral liiiliilnTK withdraw It in now cl'-ar that the k"v einiiietit will not hieak up over the .Uel ll.tl. Mir lalvvunl Orey'B health in naln put Im ward uh a rcuxioi he may retire in ciixe nf any reoiuaiii.utlon of the ministry. The ucfiernl inipri-sMou tH lliut iippo. 0III1111 In the plan for i'.iiiiiiIn..-v n.-r-x ice on the purl of i.ii..r is Ii'kk.iiiii4. IllthollUh Ihe dei'iHI.'ll ii' lal.in lead. Ti to refer the matter t i ll.e index 11 n on C'.IIKI IMI leav e. Illll i'ie-l inn .Jl op :i EXPLOSION UPON mi SENDS HER TO THE BOTTOM While Anchored in Harbor, Blast in Magazines Wrecks Biitish Armored Cruiser: 400 Survive. H, ETenliif ll.rxi-l Ihi-w4 Wtr l.ondon, lut; 3 It ii p. in. 1 The Untinh srmnred crulxer Nntal hn xiink alter an explomnn. liillclal an- liiiuncenient .( 1I1U effect wan made here today. The N11I11I wax mink yen lerday ufternoon wUlle In hurlmr. im the retail of 11 n Internal expli.xlon. There nre 11 limit 4un nurvlvorx The Nallil x k''k-iik the moxl Se vern 1..KK which Ihe Itritixh navy hnx miNtitined In xeveral mnntli. No Itrit ixh naval vexxelx nf Importance hud heen Hunk xlnce luxt .May. when the Triumph and Mujcxtlc were torpedoed at the Uiirdaiii IIch The Nil Int. 11I- t In. null a powerful man-of-war, wax laid down eleven year ago and her Olxplui ement w ax only uhnut one-half of the larxext Itritixh aen finhtera. The Natalx normal complement wna 704 men. Her lurnext kuiix were .2-Inch. In .1. l ordani e with Itx procedure of late the admirulty hax iclven mi Imll- tatloii ax to the locality ol the Natal dixuxter. The military reHiilationx miik 1. It Impoxxllile tn iiivo this Infor- iiiuthni puhliiiy. The ion la generally attributed to (mil play. In xupport of thin theory attention la called to ximilar dixaxtera which overtook the Itritixh haltlcxhlp tttilwark that wax blown tip at Kheer nex In November of laxt year with the loxa of TOO or more men. and the lllitlxh f xteHinxhlp rrlnceM Irene blown up In !-iheernexa harbor luxt May with a loxa of between 300 and 4 00 Uvea. Lander, Wyoming Coldest Place In the Country Temperature of Twenty-Four Degrees Below Zero Record ed at Point in Northwest; East Aho Is Chilly. leal 1. wife 11 01 I'.' ni li.i 11 s AnioUi1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 ilryu have I .... 1 1; 1 1 1 ii-. it 1 i I Last drop "The ..uple We're throiiijh.' FUNERAL OF SHEVLIN IS HELD AI HIS HOME Mniniapoli. Minn.. 1". . I'u neial m-i ( i' i'n for Thornan I.. Hhevliti, I ml no r Vale fiinthall nlar and million tine lumberman, who died nt ptieii. ' nioniM I.ihI Wedne-d:. y, wn Ihe f iinily reMid- n' i- In n ml wa al l.a1 f-wnotl h today imi ti l . I I at I tut - (Br Fv-nninn (f rIl la-Mud Wjrul HlaKt e , i.a . I i ;; 1 . Kx. tt euieht lUUKid l lit iiuuhoiit Una i-ertitiii h. la - hen (et w eeu while potmeini- h -id iteitrueK near here t-Hlirdn m whhh m'imi nt-Kroeii were killed and iah while Nerioii-xU bait, had hot etit;re! died down toda . I n il uent a I w hilt iH ieiiM fXpriiid I lie im iet'. how e el . thai there would In no nmiv iiiuihliw, l'ie of tin m tito. h were Mim and Mile, Mild tt otliei 4 win liliMO',1 lo death, ait'ordi'iu to npnit here a a t4llt of 111 lee p:i, hed ImUl.-M helween the to tiroei ii, tt) vaiioiiH liaud if wlilteH xeekitiK to (iiptni. ttrundiKon i;ioIhIi, a mttto farmer, and hin iwo M'Mf-. Mike aiol .-ees, m i imi-iI of it -Mi--Mi1ialiiiK lli'Til v .1. ithp'ue, ni' oiefreeer, who had lhialitl one ot 1 he y oil I- kit I otiIslt 'n. I! wan fHtimali-d th-it theie were ; hi vera! hundied whiti-N in ihe .it iou pn-weK a id It wad vi il that pi oiu, id'. I lia fa ipit-n wre wounded. FEDERAL COMMISSION HOLDS A CONFERENCE WITH COAL OPERATORS I Mr K-rvnltif Herald 4 Wlr henver, Colo.. Iier. .11. CotiH i eriOes with the (on) opeiatorrt were lienun in da hy the tedei al eotniiiiNHion luvi-Hti-KalinK lahur t'ondttioiin m Colorado I h.M iimoIim wilh the mine oWtierH he- uan fhortly nti'r the toniiniHioner tonveiied at the headU.trter nt ihi C dot ado ind UMtt'ta 1 l oinin iHion ji nl wete ipeitf( (oi-ontiiiiie (htoitifhout ihe da. STATE COLLEGE IS OPERATED AT COST OF OVER $150,000.00 III, r.xnlnf tforalit r.t4 Wtn. Santa Ke. N. .l.. I h i . .11 The xilln of I mill Him Hpi'iit nil the New Mi vi'ii Stale cnlh'Ke al Ulx t'ltlccx ill (he I . I mi lixial yeat. a Idnift to the rtKoli''H''x iiiiiiual report. The total enl ..llineiit wiih 2J.'.. twenty-three ol the tWelltV-'IX collntli'M ot the Mute. inn. i.'!..r etatex, and Mexico lieiik i'i'.'i'i nti 1 The foHcKt lai ulty Iihi III. 'Ill le hlt'.-xevei) pI'iiLCXKOIK, llixll'tle. ii.ix. ii.-i.!i ,ni, i inpli.veH and unreal, mi ll alie.llK. Nearlv II 7, ii'i'i Will pelit oil t In llt ii llllilKlt CXteliMinn lie. pailuieul. Total .i.mi'Ik ol ihe cillei. are nlv I'll ax f ii I :l. .' x'l. (Hv Krrnlng ftrrxld txxril IVlrx WiiKhiiiKlon, I'i'. 3 1 . Vtith u teiu- pel'llt lite of -4 llfKll'CX below XI'I'O Lander. Wyo., wax the coldext xpot in Ihe coiinliv tmiuy. Weather bureau repi.rtH iiulii aleil a . "I'I urea in Ih eaxt. too, wilh Iti dijiteex helow xero ut ..ri lill. I.I. Vermont. Temporal urex wer ahtiormuily low in New Kiittland, in the interior New Yolk, over thn llorlhwexl Ullil weHt of the Itneky innuntiiiiix. l.ox AimelcK. fai., I lee. a 1.--1 irutmi nr. .vex and lownx m the iHrilx (rult leltlon which were Kiveli white lliantlex hy the remarkable xnowfull ot t.'i.lav. xlixteiied under a lirlkht xun todiy. Teiiipi'iaturex Im-Iow the free Ina point w ere repm ted trom Mome lo inline., but owmu I" the tuoiNt con illt i. .li.i reKiilunu trom the eturiti ' liaiiiaKe wna done to (he oI'iiiikc cropx now helllK Kallnr.'.i. II wax kiihI. The weather bureuu forecaxlx even cohli'i lenipi rutin i h I K i t and wat uiimx were ixxiieil to on hnrdlxtx to xtand by to pi'olei I their n"Vcx. I'lutiin", Arli., I ice. 31. The Ma ieN'ic .i.i-t'.l huue li.it collapxed to day under the wcixht of .mow which hax lallell Hi ..Lilly ..r the puxl fotl eiKhl hoiirx and which coiiiinuex un abated today. Mativ other rootx buckled. The xnowtall liieaxiirrd tlltv -twn Hi. hex nil tin level at Ihe en, I 1.1 furl. -eight limit'. Weather LilU'llil ptedl.'t a c. 1111111111111.111 of the ntnl.il lor iiiiotiii'r tweiity-foiir hour. CARRANZA GRANTS HIS PERMISSION TO OPEN TIA JUANA RACE TRACK San Ih.'K", fai.. Iee. 1. I'ermix aion lrom licnerul Vcnuxt u.ito t'ui- rinixa, head nf the Mexican de lucto ieo ct'iimeiit, to opi'ti the new ra.e track at Tin Jiiatiu, Juxt ucioxh tin lioriler. I rlailneil In it IcIcKruni lrom lu:n I'antii, received here today. Halo i 'a n in ix a brother of KKichun I'aiitu iinlit.iiy it'iveiiior nt l.nwer t'uiilnr ma. The teleuiam, ax liia.le public, xay (ieiieial I'airunza hax ordered that tin xeaxoii hi' pettiiilti'il lo xtart tomorrow ax planned. Fire in Linseed Company's Plant Kills Eight and Injures Several Chicago Has Real Blaze Early This Morning, With Entire Apparaus of District Called Into Fight. EXPLOSION OF TANK OF NAPTHA IS CAUSE Initial Blast Is Followed by Smaller Explosions as Flames Reach Other Tanks; Fire men Have Narrow Escapes. I fly Rrnihif ffpra!l I W!m f'hlciiKo. M'c. .11, The exploxton of naphtha tank at the plant of the American l.lnxeed company In Kouth I'hlcuMo today, cauxeit Ihe death ot alx employe and the -ijury of ten others, according to police r'tiniatex lhi afternoon. I Kred Miller. Mb huel llainett. Mich ael McWuae. Mutihew foll.ureher an.) two unidentified Auxtrian ate mlxxniK unit It la thought certain they were trapped by the llamex. Th property loxa wax placed hy thu .oiiipany olllcialx at t.'iUll.tniti. Kar!y. reporta placed the dead al from fifteen to twenty. Several lire- men narrowly exinped injury. The Inflammable nature of the pro duct manufactured at the plant made the l.bixe difficult to ttxht. All the lire envinea In the ilixtrlct were ruxhed to the arena and tona ol water were poured on the bluxe by flrr tuax In the Calumet river. The llrat expli.xlon wax In what wax known ax the percolator bulldlni The roof of the bulldinK wax blown off an 1 the Mumex xpreud lo three other hulld Inn nearby. (itllcialx of the coin puny aalii there were about thirty-five men empluyvd In the building and all except eight had been accounted for. The Initial hliiM wan followed b) entailer exploxlon ax tho llamex reach ed dirtereul tanka. An oil barge In the river caught Hie. Ueportx that fifteen or twenty men hud been killed in all exploxlon which xet Tire to the plant of the American Lliixe.'il company In South fhlcago were received by the police today Alter the exploxlon the llamex xpreud iiioldlv lllld llremen were uimUe In enter the building where th.. men wore believed to have be. n trapped. At the hrxt alarm filteen fire com- ni n I. a were xent to the plant becauxc nf the Inflammable nature of the Htni'k nf the fiimpuny. It wax reported that xexeral firemen hud necii caiikht beneath a tallitiK wall and that ninny were Injured. More than I no men were workinK In thn plant when the exploxlon oc curred, according to official of the loinlHiny. Tho men who were be lieved to have been killed or aerinuxlv Injured occupied a rnmn clnxo by thi xcene of the exploxlon mid their t-xenpe wax cut off by the tlainex. After ihe lire had been brought un der control, company oftlcliila extl- mateil that the loxx would total I:, iiiiii. iinil. of which $miu. iiiiii repre- Kellted the III of 300.11110 bllxhela ol liiiMccil in xtot'in'e. HEIIIU REPflBTS fiiuCII Leasing Bill s Given Favorable Report In House Administration Measure to Be Sent From Committee With Recommendation That It Be Passed. BUT RUSSIA IS SltEHT AS EVER Mysterious Dearth of News From Petrograd as to Opera tions in Galicia; Important Actions On. . i ALBANIA NOW CENTER, OF NEAR-EASTERN WAR Athens Claims Diplomatic Sit uation Shows a Growing Cordiality Between Entente Powers and Greece. n r.Tenit i li.n'4 LmnI Wlre Licid.'ii. Ii.-. :;i. til fij .. in.) While Vienna r. i ii that the battle In Oalleia ale liicreaulng in extent and violence, liunxiu ma ntuinx a mvxter- iotia retiren-e cnucei'iiiiig her military operation there It aeenia rertain, however, that ex tremely Important eventa, the full ai nltlcance of which are not yrt official. ly dlxcliweu, are occurrltig at the only point where Ituxxlun armlea ran bring any prexaure to bear on tha Balkan aituatton without actually croealng Ku ntanlan territory. Many reports reach here thai the Auxtro-ilerman and llulgaiian force are not only abandoning all prepara tion for an advance In Macedonia but are alao withdrawing troupe from thla front, their action being attributed to the Hiixalan otfenxlve In Beawrabia, but moat of thexe dlapatche bear tha Impreae of the nlah being faihei to th thought. Active operation In the Bear east are now centering In Al ban lit where the Serbian army la aalit tn be gutrer- lug from haraxaing tutu, ka nxt.it by Albanian force Krom the progrea they have made In Albania, II I pre- ' dicied that the Italian will oon rlaah with Ihe Hulganatia In that territory. Ath claim that the diplomatic xltuati .1 xhow a growing rordlallty between tireece and the entente power. A hixtorlc meeting of the llrltlxh cabinet, at which the fltuil draft ut the como'ilxion miiixiire proliably will be ado) km ix expected today. The bill. It Ix reported, will emho ly the follow ing prliiciplex: I'oiupulalon to be ex tended to nil alnglt men who tall to nli eit', for thi purpnae th machinery of the Hurl of lierby plai to be made xtntiilory, and the provixlon-f of the luw to be enucled lo apply only for the ilu ration of the prexent war The labor conference on comptilxlon came to no le Jxion uh to It attitude, but irioi le.'litig of auxplclon to ward the reported cabinet solution nf tha pioblem la manifest. I'ltK.Vf II Hl lltl ltlK. II SI NK HY Al NTUIAM FUrTII.I.A Uerlin. Per. Hi. f Hy Wirelexa to Suyv llle ) An olllcial Ailxtruill report rweived today from Vienna u tnut the Kren. h xtihmarln Monge waa xunk on Wednesday hy an Austrian flo tilla. llltlTIMI 'sr I.TH't l NOl MHMt NKM1I.Y Jfl.lMMI Uindon. lec. ... tiei'S a. m.i llrltlxh rnxunltle recorded In htx pub' x.ied diirltiK Ihe mouth of He ceini.i r amounted to l.uill orllcets ant 1 7.44(1 men. Thexe are the return from all front. Ilerlln. Iec. 31 (via wirelexa to 8ay vlllei. The aiinoui.cement lrom the war office today say that Herman troopx, after exploditiK mine, charged an u. Ivan.e Hrilixh treliclt near llul- luch. taking two machine gun and a tiutnbei of prixoncrx. Allied aviatnin mad-. an attack on ii-ierul. No nun ."e wa dona to milt tarv eiiiblixliniei i . hut a number of I .nldliiKx " SOLDIER S BODY IS FOUND HANGING IN TREE Corpux fhrixtl, Ti x . Dec. St The hody of rt'lvale A. J, Maiiahun of com Puny f, Twenty-sixth infa'itrv, whoee hollie Ix uiid.'l xloinl to have been in Akioit, iihlo. wax found hanxinj to u tree three lllllex xinllli o K I llli x v 1 1 Ii IukI I litht. Manahan ha I oi.-u e'.i t.iiiie.l at K 'lii'Ki llle Kline the liunllt luiiU ,n th' Txa-i i.i.rdi r i oiinlry. WaxhlnKlon, Dec. 331. The adniin- lnlluln.il lull for leasing ol im ; mineral landx wax tn.l.v ordered la- v.ilal. I) rcpoltcd In the liiiuxe by the public laiulx committee The comiiilttee, however, agreed to a heiirinu of California oil interest- ubotit Januaiy l. with u view to de termining whether Ihi tniiilttec shall offer iimeiidiiii'titx on ihe Hour foi Ihe relief of the coinpaiilex and Indl- i . 1 1 1 it I x who developed oil on the Sun J... i. linn alley Iniiilx prior lo Ihe de cixlmi ol the supreme couit. which i.li.'l.l the prexlilent x w llli. Ira will ot the liinilx mi which Ihey located. The provlxions nifeiiing those mil iums of d.'lluis' worth of oil la ii.l re main in the reported hill substantially as in the inruxtire paused by Ihe hnuxi- ill the luxt rmigresx. though they uri r u '.. lei t to a fight later on for greater relief than the nil companies affected li .-Ive in the leuxing ui raiiKcinenl un del' Ihe bill a ll xtundx. flic bill alluws til preference In getting twenty-year leases nf the Inml ihey now occupy to the extent of 4o acre each, with right to successive evleni'ioiis of ten vearx each, under conililioii of royulty lo the govern li. . nl ol nol e I hull one-elKhlh o tlie oil ;iroiltlcel. ii.f ' dan' ' . III. led on t'i Heart. N ' w -re woiiinl xh acred. The heuv- .il to have been I" nveiit of the Sacred . " llelglan civilian . I one was killed. CLASSIFICATION OF GRAIN AND PRODUCTS GIVEN DISAPPROVAL H y..nloi Hursla Wtral WuKhlllgloli, llec. HI. New clussl llcutions of irelght which would hava exulted In general Incrvusea In rates nn grain and grain product and var ious other coinmoiliiles between th Atlantic seaboard and th Mississippi river were di,u. proved today by the Interstate commerce commission. EARTHQUAKE LASTING QUARTER HOUR SHOWS ON ST. LOUIS RECORD St. Louis. Mo.. Pec. 11. An earth iltiitke shoi ' lasting fifteen minute wux recorded ut :3u o clock thin mornltig uu tho seuoiiograph of H. I.i. ma university. Th Ulrertlon ap parently waa northeait by south aid me d xi'ince wax a pproxiinalely 1,70.1 miles from St. Lome. h'or lour ('avs the seixmogiaph hus been restlexk.