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HOME EDITION
TODAY'S PRICES
Mexican bank not"" state bi:is. 10$
l"'v . pesos. -Sc; Mexican cold 60c;
raclona'.e-a. Is-- c. bar silver. H A II.
que-tat ion c. copper. t2Cfti t:
cr; i! btsfc'r IU-tock steady stocks
low- r
WEATHER TOBECST.
;l Iao ml west Tex. fair cokltr.
New Jleiiro. fair. ArUona. fair.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
ATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
EL PASO. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 10. 1917.
.iu;r.tL. an yu here eui. a uo.sru
SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS.
H A MILE THROUGH GERMAN
KERIi'I)
EEEVFAfSO
!'i
olice
-'Alleged Assailant of Youth I
Believed To Be in Hid-
ing; Family Silent.
BODYGUARD IS
NOT arrested:
Police Find Man in Custody
Is Another Friend of
Thaw's; Has Letters.
NEW YORK. Jan. 10. With the
police of many cities searching
tcr Harry K. Thaw wanted here
ti answer to an Indictment charging
liim with assaulting- and kidnaping
Trederick Gump jr of Kansas City
Ma. it developed today that the man
v. horn the police of Philadelphia have
prrested is not George F. O'Byrnes
Thaw's bodyguard alleged to have been
I volved In the enticing of Gump to
New York last Christmas.
Trank P. Walsh counsel for the
r.i:mn fnmilv. consulted the district at
torney upon his return here today from 1
I hiladeipma. He iniormea me aismci
n turner the man in custody in Phila-
i.1phia is Oliver Brower. of Utica X.
V . aD acquaintance of Thaw.
Left L"nIgned Agreement.
According to Mr. Walsh's statement
I o the district attorney today. Thaw
f uiiarentlv left in Brewer's care at a
I hiladelpbia hotel a number of letters
i.rj documents. One of these according
to the lawyer is an agreement drawn
ur but not signed whereby Gump set
forth that he had no objection to being
i hipped.
ctlve Search in Four Citlri.
Search for Thaw was particularly ac-
I t todav in New York. Philadelphia.
Pittsburg and Washington. Thaw was
i-nowa to be in New York on Monday
!.jt it is said he left Monday night for
Washington and that he had intended
!.i leave Washington late Tuesday
r .ght for his home in Pittsburg.
Wanted to Keep Youth Quirt.
The charge against Thaw is that he
! -hed Gump with a whip on three oc-
. stous during Christmas night in
7 law's rooms In a New York hoteL
Brower Is held in Philadelphia on a
I -clinical charge. He is not involved
I the accusations mentioned in the in-
i .tment against Thaw and O'Byrnes.
i .t acted. Mr. Walsh alleges as Thaw's
t issary after Thaw left New York
r-ibsequent to the escape of Gump from
tl-e hotel here. Thaw is understood to
t jAe sent Brower to look for Gump in
I no hope of preventing the youth from
tilling of the alleged Incidents of
Lunstmas night.
Believed To lie at Than Home.
Pittsburg Pa.. Jan. 16. Harry K.
Ihaw was believed early today to be
I I the Thaw home in Beechwood Boule-
v ard this city." Members of the Thaw
I raily refused to answer all questions.
Capt. Archibald Macrell of the de-t-
'.live division of the Pittsburg police
1 tid he had received no request from
Nik York or Philadelphia police to ar-
i ?t Thaw.
War At A Glance
FIELD marshal von Mackensen
is rapidly developing his at-
tack north of Fokshani and
Already has succeeded in forcing
a passage of the Putna across
which the Russians in southern
Moldavia retreated after losing the
FokEhani bridgehead position
prottctinu the Sereth line in this
important central sector.
Vun Mackensen s thruft heie op-r-.Teutly
has the railroad town of
Pantzm for its objective.
Al last accounts the Teutonic
forces nor? onlj five miles from
Pantzin. the capture of which
would interfere seriously with the
Juovemeiit of Russian troops
Whilf the German headquarter's
statement today only claims the
gaining of a footing on the oppo-
site bank of the Putna immediately
north of Fokshani the Russians
have been cleared entirely from the
viinity of that stream toward the
southeast and have been forced to
retreat back to the Sereth river
itself the last of their defensive
positions along this line.
Nearer the Danube. Berlin indi-
cates that stubborn counter at-
tacks have been made by the Rus-
a'ans. but deflate- the Austro-
German positions ln.ve been main-
tained as:.i'.i.i these thrusts.
EL PASO BANKS GROW BY
MILLIONS PAST 12 MONTHS
lhi tollowin -taienieiit &buvin 'hi f manual condition of the In baiik
in LI Paso a-i ol record on Dec. 2". 191U. v. as mrnisUed bv l.iliiai . Ka
ser. caslner ot ihe First National bank:
191G 1915 i.ain
i.esiuii'.
Total ilepn-it-
Hank deo-its
Individual deposits .
Loans and discount-
( 'arib a ml exchange
One Year Todajj 1 8 A
Of Many Cities Hunt For
Chinese By Tunnel
Lawful They Say
Kansas City. Mo Jan. IV. A novel
defence was offered iu tho federal
court in Kansas City. Kan- by Lome
Stoneberg and Kdward Hook who
filed habeas corpus proceedings to
obtain their release from the federal
Denitentiary. where the were sent
on a charge of bringing a Chinese
into the I'nited States.
To evade the federal statute
which says Chinese must not be
brought into the country "by land or
br water." they brought Mah 1'h.mg.
alias Mah Gwon Wy through n tun-
nel under the Detroit river to De-
troit from Windsor Canada. After
bearing their defence judsie Pollock
took the matter under advisement.
The men were fined SI 000 each
and sentenced to two years in prison
in Chicago last July.
If the decision of the judge is fa-
vorable. Chinese at Kl Paso can dig
a tunnel under the Rio Grande and
run in all the Chinamen they can
round up in Mexico without moles-
tation unless congress would
amend the law before the work
could be done.
iusto
'leijeils
President's Brotherinlaw
Says He Knew Nothing
Whatever of Note.
Washington. D. C. Jan. 10. P..AV. Boil-
ing a brotherinlaw of president Wil-
son and member of F. A. Connolly and
company brokers of Washington de-
nied today before the house rules com-
mittee that he had anything to do with
a "leak" on the president's note.
"1 have nothing to say." he said "ex-
cept that whoever is responsible for
bringing my name into this represen-
tative Wood I believe might send me
an apology at the same time that he
sends one to secretary Tumulty."
"When did you receive your first in-
formation regarding the president's
note?" representative Henry asked.
"When 1 read it in the newspapers."
Boiling eaid he had no knowledge
of any official of the government or
administration who had profited by
transactions as a result of the peace
note and was excused after a brief ex-
amination. News AKfncy Denies "Leak."
W. A. Crawford head of the local
bureau of the Central News of America
which supplies news to Financial
America a Wall street paper read a
confidential message he said he sent to
his New York office. Decern oer 20 say-
ing that a note was coming but that
according to secretary Lansing it was
not a peace note nor a move for me-
diation. "There was absolutely no leak in our
service nor from any of its clients."
said ne.
The International News Service
Crawford said he was "reliably in-
formed." served Dow Jones and com-
pany and that the Associated Press
served the New York Journal of Com-
merce. "You don't think any of them vio-
lated secretary Lansing's confidence
do you?" asked representative Bennett
of New York.
"Oh. no" Crawford replied.
Hrqoet for Confldence.
Archibald Jamieson. also of the Cen-
tral News told of the conferences in
secretary Lansing's office on the morn-
ing of December 20 with newspaper
men at which they were informed that
a note would be read at p. m. for
release in morning papers. Jamieson
said he telephoned his office including
in his message the statement that the
president and secretary Lansing were
particular anxious that the matter
be held in strict confidence because
they wished no leak to get out that
mitrht affect the stock raarke.
Representative Henry asked Jamie-
son if he knew whether his confidential
message regarding the note was so
kept by his employer in New York.
Jamieson said he had been so informed.
Hearing Ii Mnprndrd.
The committee then suspended bear-
ings. Many Yongressmen believe the
committee willl report against an in-
vestigation. REPUBLICAN JUSTICE AND
DEMOCRATIC CONSTABLE WIN
Mesiila Park N M-. Jan. 10. In the
election of justie-. of the peace and
constable in jret-inct six Mesiila Tark.
Bibian Herrera Republican was elect-
ed justice and Albino Renteria. Dem-
ocrat constable. The Republican can-
didate for justict was Juan Renteria
and the unsuccessful Republican candi-
date for con.-table was Santiago Barela.
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IMO
SON SENDS
SHIT MESSAGE
Texas Governor Commends !
Land Tenant Law and Rec
ommends Commission.
Austin Tex. Jan. 10. Governor Fer-
guson's message to the 30th legislature
was read today In both branches and
proved to be one of the shortest mes-
sages ever presented to a Texas Icgls-
latve body. In six typewritten pages
the governor deals wita IS different
subjects. He urges a feeling of friend-
liness between the legislative and exe
cutive departments "with a full sense j
of our obligations to our respective f
constituencies.
It is pointed out in the message that
there are received almost daily in the
executive department letters commend-
ing the land tenant law enacted dur-
ing the Slth legislature "and the agita-
tion of this question and the passage
of this law have directed serious at-
tention to the land question and to our
great gratification our own national
administration has established a farm
loan bank" says the message.-
"The Slth legislature was perhaps
generous to a fault in the cause of
higher education." . he said "but your
attention is invited to the official re-
ports of the various Institutions."
I'enltnrntlnry Need e Appropriation. I
Under the penitentiary system por-
tion of the message he said:
"Under the present administration
th penitentiary system has been more
than self sustaining and no appropria-
tion for the support of the penitentiary
system will be asked." This will be the
first session of the legislature for years
where thousands have not been appro-
priated for the expenses and obliga-
tions of the penitentiary system.
He laid special stress on the party
platform demand for the itemization
of expenses of state institutions and
all appropriations.- He asserted: ' li
lv.i' cannot tell the people wnat we are
going to do with the money and in
good faith do what we are going to no
with it. the people will rightfully dis-
trust us and some meritorious needa
will be denied."
Demand Farm Lcsilatiun.
Special atteijioo is railed to the
plank ici the platform demanding farm
legislation and especially the "Buy-Ii-Made-In-Texas"
movement. He ad-
vocates a liberal poliev towards the
foreign investor and the necessity for
a new asylum for the rapidly increas-
ing number of insane. The message
cites the party demand for Jj.uimio
for aid to country school-.
"Hook Learning ;nne to red."
In this connection he says: "I have
been charged with being against higher
education. The charge is untrue and
the record will show that it is untrue.
As long as higher education remains
democratic and does not seek any more
rights than guaranteed to the average i
citizen then I am for higher education.
But when higher education becomes !
either autocratic or aristocratic in its
waya or customs and begins to arro-
gate to itself an unwarranted superi-
ority over the great masses of the neo-
ple who make higher education possi
ble and wants to rule with
college
diploma alone then 1 am
against J
nigner education and I consider it I
i
book learnln' gone to seed." He also i for the suffragists asked the presi-
said "for everv dollar appropriated for I dent to change his attitude toward the
such purposes there should be at lease ! Anthony amendment to the constitu-
three dollars set aside for the aid of I tion. intended to grant nationwide suf-
the high schools in the towns and j 'rage. The president said he had sup-
graded schools in the country." j Posed the purpose of the visit was
True State Highway fommi-o-ion. I rather to present him with the Uolsse-
He advocated a state highvvav com- ! am memorial He added that he was
mission the cost of which deaaprtment I
ffnilM H hnm. K-. o l.r rtn mr-tne e. I
- I
hides and furthermore that a law
snouiu oe passeu maKing a jail penally i
for any peVson running an automobile
in i- lnn.rnnnlP.1 town mor. than I
ten miles an hour or more than 24 I
jiiiico an uuui oil a iuuiiu rvau. i
"There is an imperative need that th t
speed mania be dealt with in some
drastic manner."
In the matter of judicial reform he
said: "I recommend especially that an
net be pansed to immediately relieve
the crowdval xnditiou of the supreme
court I also recommend that
all statutes relating to practice and
procedure in the courts tie repealed and
the supreme court be given power to i
establish rules of practice and pro-
cedure." He urged liberal appropriations for
the eradication of tick support of the
livestock banitary commission and gen-
eral upbuilding of the sheep cattle
goat horse and swine industries ot
the slate.
VAoulil Curb I'iMnl (arrjlnc
"1 will also favor a law making it a
jail penalty to carry a pistol unlawful-
ly and I would go farther and make the
law so that killing with a pistol un-
lawfully cameo. would deprive the de-
fendant of the right to plead self de-
fence." An increased ranger service and in-
creased salaries -is suggested also the
establishment of an industrial institu-
tion for the adult blind of the state
permitting railroad or traveling men
or any other citizen detained away
from home on election day and other
wise urev exited thoueh lbsrallv entitled I
Pot:0e by sealed ballot depoa- inB plot carried out in thiB city a: At ten years of age he found him-
TL n'i e S'.ht U?.? j. Ri!S 8everl I '" ago by men acquainted with Miss sell the head of the familv o win" to
al il'.r . e e'cUo? lo De counted Colbert. He and district attorney . the death of his father who was killed
on election day He also urged con- Rotan. captain Tate said were in- ' in an encounter growing out of a "lis-
gressional redisricting and attention . vestiicatinir tb alleged Dint In e if . pute over the necxo slav- . .!..
to a deficiency appropriation amount
ing to $SS.I9". 69 made during the past
year.
Little Knthuninftni Miuna.
It was noticeable that only scatter-
ing applause greeted the reading of
the governor's message in both branch-
es and little attention was given while
the reading clerks in .the respective i
bodies compeleted their work. j
first Mllimlssiou Appeal. j
The first intimation Pf submission
came when senator Westbrook intro- i
duced a petition in the senate from the
people of his district calling for an
early consideration or the submission i
question. It is the first of hundreds
that will eventually be submitted from !
all sections of the state
The house and senate adjourned at j
noon todav until ten oclock tomorrow '
Continued on pngc 4 Col. f.l 1
mericans Were Massacred By Villistas At Santa Ysabel
1 1 Rl f; 1 q t ia 1 1 C n RI
III! U I -r I I I am W J I
j 1ST AID IN '
T T ;
Silent Women Bearing Ban-
ners Stand as Sentries at
White House Gates.
PICKETINGWILL
CONTINUE DAILY
President Smiles as Coming
and Going Is Confronted
With Reminders.
WASHLVGTON. D. C. Jan. 10.
Woman suffragists today be-
gan their "silent picketing" of
the white house. Twelve women frosi
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage appeared at the two main
gates of the white house carrying suf-
frage banners inscribed "Air. President
what will you do for woman suffrage!"
White house officials said nothing
would be don? about the picketing so
long as the women created no disturb-
ance. The white house police stood
smilingly by as the women took their
posts on the sidewalk Just outside lit
of the women wore a purple
and yellow sash across her shoulders.
They stood at attention three on a
side of each of the main gates. Their
banners could be read for more than a
block.
Will Be Kvrrr Day Krait
The suffrage leaders announced that
the picketing would be maintained
from 10 oclock each morning until s
oclork in the evening. The "silent
sentlnolr will-oe relieved every three
hours. The announced purpose of the
picketing is to make it Impossible for
president Wilson to enter or leave the
white house without being confronted
with reminders of the suffrage cause.
Just before the pickets appeared this
morning the president went out to
golf. Although groups of men and
women quickly gathered about the
pickets they refused to enter Into any
conversation.
WiNon Jut Mmlleo.
Presldent Wilson returned to the
white house from the golf links and
smiled as his automobile passed
through a gate flanked by the "silent
sentinels who made no demonstra
l "JH"- . T .
?ix Comanche Indians from Okla
52??. .-a.rrl.v.?Lt.tne whlte hous:
house
While the suffrac-ists v-ri-e- on t-i-i-I
They stopped and viewed them with
silent wonder.
sulfracl-ili. Call on Wll.on.
The picketing of th whito hm-Q
i followed .1 enll of 3AO uiiffrlc.o -T..ac-
day unon president Wilson nnnn. -
memorial on the death of Mra. Inez
Milholland Boissevaln. Snokeanrnmen
S"S fI i! more I?r suffrage than he
1. j " "".-..-!- ins party naa not
iW" UOne O
5""'0.T" '"e amen-jment. Thepresi
hj rfo. - . it '""'-
oos? f m"r?vfr fVi5-'? than th
..'!.' PI'1.".".1. .?art and that he himself
tin uenaren rne itnrnr..tt.. ....-..
frnge cause.
in sympathy with the suf-
EBTIiEB
CASE IT SOLVED1:
Philadelphia. Pa.. J.
an. tft.-Detec-
lives working to clear the murder of i
Mazie Colbert the model advanced tb
theory today that one person and pos-
sibly two besides the girl and her
1 slayer were in the room when the
crime was committed.
While they still adhere to their be-
lief that Bernard W. Lewis of Iltts-
burg. who committed suicide in At
lantic City last Thursday nisrht beat
..ii ioioeri ami anerwarus strangled "'" me Duiiaio and fought Iu-
her to death with a silk stocking the I dians.
police believe there vvas at least one : He was born in Scott coiintv Iowa
eyewitness to the murder. ! February :6. l&lfi. His ancestral stock
Another theory that is again engag- I was Spanish. English and Irish. His
ing the attention of detectives ir that ' Parents moved west and took up a
blackmail was the motive for th i claim near Leavenworth sr-in-am ...-.
prlnii' Panl.iM nt .i.3a..i-ac. T..... nnt
k. k..j i "7 .r-."iil .V . ...:-Jru 1
had any connection with the Col- i
bert mystery. The victim of the plot i
he. added lives in a town upstate.
and has been summoned to the city !
halL j
- !
Bill Gives $100000 To
Rebuild School of Mines
lustin. Texas Jan. Id. Senator
Claude Hudspeth today Introduced a
bill in the senate providing for the
rebuilding of the School of Mines at
El Paso - its new site. The bill
came.- an appropriation of JI00.009
and provides for the construction of
modern fire proof buildings.
WHITE
ICOL "BILL" CODY IS DEAD
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Buffalo Bill Scout and
Showman Goes to Happy
Hunting Grounds.
D'
ENVER. Colo.. Jan. 10. CoL Wil
liam Frederick Cody (Buffalo
Bill) soldier hunter and scout.
the Idol of Juvenile America died here
at 12:05 p. m. today at the home of his
sister.
He had been acutely ill about two
weeks. Several days ago it was an-
nounced there was no hope for recov-
ery nearly all natural functions hav-
ing ceased.
With Col. Cody when death came.
were his wife and daugter. wo had
hurried from Cody Wyo. the family
home. last week to be at his bedside
and his sister Mrs. L. E. Decker of
Denver. Col. Cody had been in coma
since this morning.
Fought AgnlnM Heath.
CoL Cody fought death as he aften
had opposed it on the plains in the days
when the west was young.
"You can't kill an old scout" he
would tell his physician whenever his
condition would show improvement.
And when the doctor told him his
life was ebbing. CoL Cody accepted his
fat. like a stoic.
Since January 5 when he vvas hur-
ried to his sister's home in Denver the
colonel had surprised all who knew his
real condition by great powers of re-
sistance and recuperation.
NHture of UN Illuen.
The following outline of Col. Cody's
illness was given by his physician:
"Col. Cody returned from his sea-
son's show work last fall much ex-
hausted. He went to his ranch at Cody.
Wyo but on his return to Denver
about four weeks ago. he contracted a
severe cold. This seemed to settle in
his bowels and an impaction followed.
Th impaction was reduced with great
difficulty.
t'OlloWiniT this allhniltrh fh ertl.l
erSISted. the eolonel rMwmrwl enf.iti.H
lo be UD and take .i nnmhee nf ttdtmnf-
bile rides.
"For years an inveterate .innL.r ht
heart became seriouslv ffeete.1 Tiie
amount of tobacco Col. Cody consumed
was reduced sharply on his physician's
fn. S-'iln a.5al" .""Pyemeiit fol-
I ...-. ..t.. .i.- iviviiei bUOUKni 11 lie
could get out more and take the baths
and drink the water at Glonu-oiwi
Springs. Colo. he would make furth.
improvement lie went to the resort
on January 3. On January 5 he suffered
a nervous collapse and his phvsicians
hurried him back to Denver " "
Wn a Prontlrrxmiiii.
ci- Cody was a picturesque tv pc or
the pioneer frontiersman and lived to
see largo cities built where he once
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.; .- " J ".; v'" we" -J
Young Cody's first employment was '
as a courier between the freight wagon J
trains operated between the Missouri I
river and the Rockv mountains. In I
turn he became wagon master trapper j
hunter nonv exDres?- rider an.i t.n.. I
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I1 I statement today bv- the Lamport and
va a soldier For a Time. I Holt line owners of the overdue s'.cam-
An exciting experience in the lnionihip Vultairo thai rumors had come
army as a soldier and subsequently as j to them that the vessel was in one of
' a confident and scount of his com- the ports or Bermuda. The officers of
I ntanders in that desultory and guer- the line said they heard that the Vol-
: ilia warfare of the southwest left him ! taire. after capture b.v a Uerman raider
I at its finish well knon as an all :
' around frontiersman. These qualities j
soon brought him to the attention of !
Sll.ll .tlktlct '1li..H.il ..-.m mi n.1.. t-a nu f?.n
. W. T. Sherman. Lieut. Gen. Phil Sheri-
' dan and Gens. Crook. Cu.-Ur. Merritt. j
i Carr. Royal. Miles. Dodge and others I
'and secured his appointment as chief!
i of scouts in the I'nited States army I
Thaw!jj
Ti
during its numerous Indian campaigns
in the west.
Prominent In Indian Warfare.
Ills career tn this line Identified
him with the great fighting epoch
between the red man and the white
man waged by Gen. Sheridan after
the civil war that temporarily ended
in 187 but was effectively finished
in the Ghost Dance war In the de
elsive battle of Wounded Knea In
1S90-S1 with the northern Sioux.
Killed An Indian Chief.
During the construction of the
Union Pacific railroad young Cody at-
tached himself to a camp of United
States troops protecting the laborers
and won his sobriquet of "Buffalo
Bill'' by taking a contract to supply
the entire force with fresh buffalo
meat for a eertain period killin: under
one contract 4280 buffaloes. On one
occasion he killed the noted Cheyenne
chief Yellow Hand in the presence of
Indians and troops.
Organized UN Show.
With the advance of civilization
finding his occupation on the western
plains gone he went on the stage
where he remained several years
playing leading parts in dramas de-
picting life on the frontier. Later in
association with Nate Salsbury he
organized his wild west show with
which he toured this country for many
years and on one occasion visited the
principal cities of Europe where hn
was warmly received and entertained
by royalty. He was elected to the
Nebraska legislature in 1ST:.
Col. Cody in 1S66. was married to
Miss Louisa Fredericl.
Hnrtiuntrn Financial l.cvere
A few years ago financial reverses
said to have been pa tly In connection
with mining operations In the victnty
of Oracle near Tucson Ariz. caused
him to lose his wild west show.
Since then he had been appearing in
connection with a circus .lust before
his death he had been planning to
organize another show.
ESPEY BROTHERS SELL RANCH I
AND CATTLE FOR ?67400
Van Horn. Texas. Jan. 1. J. C. Jett
has Lought the Kagie Springs ranch
and 100 head of cattle from Kspey
Brotheis. the price for ranch and cat-
tle bein reported at $67.18" The
ranch conipri-H- 2''.ls9 acres and lies
near Hoi Wells.
W. P Rober:.. has Uou-rh; b0 taits
from A. S. Beai
CRUISER SIS EEII RAIDER
TTLE IS
N'
EV YORK. .Ian. IV. Persistent
reports that a German raider
vvas met in the Atlantic and
sunk by a British cruiser Tuesdav aft-
ernoon were current today in well in-
formed steamship circles. Details are
lacking as is the identity of the ves-
sels engaged and the location of the
fcncounler.
ship Voltaire safe.
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had been recaptured and taKen to Be--
muyJ- P"1 '
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hat their information was
The Voltaire w.- lasi
reported to
have left Liverpool on Nov em
btr '. for
tors..
Haider Believed vrttvr.
Reports have for u long time been
in circulation among shipping line
HMD
IN R1BA
DRIVE
Big Offensive Is Under Way
British Advices From
Pelrosrad Stale.
FOE POSITION
TAKEN BY STORM
Russia Maying Strong En-
deavors To Drive Invad-
ers From Home Soil.
PETROGRAD. Russia. Jan. Iu (Brit-
ish admiralty report by wireless
Russian troops attacking the
German lines in the region of Lake
Babit west of Riga Russia have
scored an advance of more than a
mile capturing a position between the
Tlrul marsh and the river Aa the war
office announced today.
In the fighting in this region since
Friday last the Russians have captured
M heavy guns and 11 light gruns.
This announcement follows reports
made public Tuesday that Russia was
making preparations for a grand of-
fensive on the Riga line for the pur-
pose of expelling the- Teutonic invad-
ers from Russian soil if possible.
It was slated great numbers-ofraen
had been massed on the Riga line
together with j?reat stores of muni-
tions and supplies of every kind.
German reports given out by the
Berlin war office also indicate a Rus-
j afan offensive in the Riga region al-
though it is asserted that all attacks
have ultimately been repul&ed.
GREAT DECREASlTlN DISEASE
IS SHOWN IN GERMAN ARMY
Berlin Germany Jan. 1". A note-
worthy decrease in epidemic diseases
in the German army was scored during
the second year of the war. According
to official reports published the num-
ber of cases has dropped from 51 per
1660 during the year to 38 per 1000.
The greatest number of patients. 21r
per 100&. were treated for nervous dis-
eases due to the strain of battle and
especially of trench warfare under ter-
rific artillery bombardments like
those of Champagne. Verdun and the
Scmme. Pleurisy was responsible for
six per 1649. pneumonia four and tu-
berculosis one-seventeenth.
A feature of the report is the absolute
disappeaiance of smallpox and the
practical elimination of other scourages
like typhus typhoid and cholera.
UNIFICATION OF SERVIAN
RACE WILL BE DEMAND
New York Jan. 1. The unification
of the Servian race will be the princi-
pal demanld of Servia at the close of
the war. says Liou Bomire Mi-Lovltch.
newly appoitned Servian minister to
the I'nited States who is here todaj
on his way to Washington.
"Servia's ambition." minister Mi-
Lovltch said "is to see a consolidation
of. the Slavs of the south."
The demands of Servia. he continued
ncessarily will include reclamation of
Servian Macedonia now held by Bul-
garia. The Servian minister denied any of
hia countrymen felt they had been
neglected by their allies when the
Germans overran their country.
"It is undeniable" he said "that alt
wo allies-are wishing for peace but a
peace which will be on a basi- of jus-
tice and freedom."
TKAMKlt " KltVIr COTTON
FltiMI I. . KEPUKTEU Sl"K
N.-w Orleans. La. Jan. 1" The Ley-
(Contlnocd on page 4 CoL HA
ATLANTIC. REPORT
that one or more German commerce
raiders had escaped through the Brit-
ish lines and were preying on com-
merce in the Atlantic.
It has aKc. been reported that the
B.itisli admiralty had fitted up a num-
ber of ships as warships in disguise
and had sent them into the western At-
lantic to attempt to capture the raiders
and to protect shipping from further
denredatlons.
ITALIAN DESTROYER SUNK;
40 OFFICERS LOSE LIVES
Berlin. Germany. Jan. 10. (By wire-
less to Sayville.) An Italian sub-
marine destroyer was recently sunk off
the island of Corfu according to an
Overseas News Agency announcement
today. The members of an army staff
were on board the vessel. the state-
ment adds and seven naval officers-
were killed.
The new- axen. v also reports that
numb r of t.ieu were killed or wounded
111 a night engagement brought about
bv a mistake between a French armor-
cruiser and an Italian auxiliary crui n
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