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PROGRAM AS NOW OUTLINED
AdvuoiU's of Preparediic*.s to Cope
With the Possibility of Meeting
Enemies on Both the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans Urge Acquisition of
Formidable Array of Fighting Craft.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—The full
text of the report of the navy general
board urging that the United States
navy be placed on an equality with the
Blrongeat afloat by 1925, probably will
be made public by Secretary Daniels
before congressional Committee hear-
ings begin on the administration's
navy plans.
Mr. Daniels said tonight he was
giving the matter serious thought as
a result of statements made by various
members of congress that they would
Seek its publication and also because
this report was mentioned in the letter
of resignation freeeived today from
Henry A. Wise Wood of New York,
severing his connection with the re-
cently organized civilian advisory
board.
Mr. Wood said he resigned to be
free to advocate substituting the gen-
eral board policy for what he de-
scribed as the wholly Inadequate five
year >500,000,000 construction pro-
gram recommended to congress by the
administration. Secretary Daniels will
ask the American Society of Aero-
nautical Engineers which selected him
for membership on the advisory board
to name his successor.
Five-Year Building Program.
, The general board tv port referred
jto by Mr. Wood was made last July in
response to an oral order of the sec-
' retary that the board "express its
opinion at the earliest practical date
as to a policy which should govern
jthe development of the navy's build-
'ing program.
In a subsequent report, prepared in
frepiy to a request that It formulate
a constlnuing five year building pro-
gram during which time five hundred
'million dollars was to be expended for
new ships, the board summarized the
policy previously presented as follows:
"The navy of the United States
should ultimately be equal to the most
powerful maintained by any other na-
tion of the world. It should be grad-
ually increased to this point by such a
rate of development year by year, as
may be permitted by the facilities of
the country, but the limit above de-
fined should be attained not later than
1925."
May Publish Full Rcjwrt.
/ Publication of this report in full is
the matter Secretary Daniels now is
'considering. He said today he had
'determined to present it to the com-
mittees of congress when the hearings
began. In publishing such reports It
Was pointed out Mr. Daniels estab-
lished a precedent for the department
two years ago, it having been the cus-
;tom of previous secretaries to disclose
jthem only in confidence of congres-
(sional committees. The general
(board's policy apparently contem-
plates a two power standard for the
^American navy, In declaring It should
equal "the most powerful maintained
by any other nation In the world," not
later than 1925. The British navy
now far In advance of that of any
other power in strength, is maintained
■upon a policy that It shall at all times
'equal the navies of any other two
powers. Tacitly at least the Ameri-
can navy hag been excluded from that
calculation in the past.
Naval Officials Reticent.
While navy officials are unwilling
to discuss the board's statement of
policy In advance of Its publication
It Is Indicated that the possibility that
the United States might be called upon
to meet enemies on both the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans simultaneously
■was considered In reaching a conclus-
ion. The first year's building alone
under the program., it la reported,
•urould equal the entire five year ad-
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Little Man With Big Heart SLAIN
Wants to Help Santa Clans;
Children Urged to Attend
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TO BE RETURNING
HUMORED IN COPENHAGEN THAT
PEACE ADVOCATE IS ILL
AND COMING HOME.
COPENHAGEN, via London, Dec.
23.—A dispatch to the National Tl-
dende from Christiana su.ys that
Henry Ford left Christiana secretly
for Bergen, where he expected tonight
to go aboard the Norwegian-Ameri-
can line steamer Bergenhus In order
to return to the United States. The
dispatch reports that the reason for
Mr. Ford's sudden departure was said
to be that his doctor had ordered
"4Ji*
him to rest his tired and overworked
nerves.
The remainder of the expedition,
ignorant of Mr. Ford's departure, loft
for Stockholm today, the dispatch
says.
No Paper Tomorrow.
Following a practice of eight
years, the Daily Telegram force will
take Christmas tomorrow, hence
there will be no paper on Christmas
day.
With best wishes to our big fam-
ily of readers for a Merry, Merry
Christmas, we bid you au revolr for
t day, with the promise to greet you
again Sunday morning.
Ford Loaves Christiana.
Christiana, via London, Dec. 23.—
Henry Ford, who has been sick dur-
ing his stay here and unable to at-
tend the meetings of the peace mis-
sion, left this morning on the regu-
lar train for Stockholm. The other
members of the party left later on a
special train, with the exception of
Governor L. B. Hanna of North Da-
kota, who proceeded to Copenhagen.
The invitation to Norwegian friends
of peace to join the party has met
with no response. The Christiana pa-
pers express doubt that a representa-
tive Norwegian would accept the In-
vitation. The press and public are
unanimous in giving praise to Mr.
Ford for his good will and high Ideal-
ism. The newspapers call him "a
most congenial gentleman" but regret
that he has not consulted experts on
international law. The general opin-
ion voiced here Is that the mission
will do little toward promoting peace
negotiations.
Negro Banks Fail.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 23.—The
Montgomery Penny Savings Bank, a
negro institution and a branch of the
Alabama Penny Prudential Savings
bank of Birmingham, failed to open
Its doors today. A notice on the dors
stated that the assets were in the
hands of the state banking depart-
ment for liquidation. The Birming-
ham bank also was closed.
The state banking department an-
nounced later that branches at An-
niston, Ala., and Selma, Ala., also
were closed simultaneously with the
main bank at Birmingham.
Featherweights Matched.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 23.—Johnny
Ktlbane of this city, featherweight
champion, and George Chancy of Bal-
timore will battle fifteen rounds for
the title In Baltimore March 17. Ar-
ticles signed here tonight guaranteed
Kllbane $5,500 with the privilege of
40 per cent of the gate receipts. Billy
Rocap, Philadelphia sporting writer,
wis agreed upon as referes.
There's one big hearted man in
Temple who tops 'em all. He's Just
past the seven year mark, and he's
all man. Yesterday's chapter In his
life proves It beyond a doubt—and
that big hearted, little man of affairs,
of Temple, Texas, has the thanks of
many grown-ups.
Barely had Santa Claus head-
quarters opened when the big hearted
man put In an appearance, loaded
with something for the poor little
children of Temple. That something
was toys—toys that he loved and had
loved only as a child can love them.
There was a house and a train with
cars and a fire engine. They bore
the marks of many bumps and paint
and varnish were uneven and almost
gone in places—signs of wear and
play.
"Is this the place where the poor
little children will come to the Christ-
mas tree?" the little fellow asked.
"Yes, sir, my little man; what can
we do for you?"
"Nothing—only here's some toys I
want you to give somebody. They
are good toys, not a bit broken, and
I've played with them lots."
"Don's you love them—don't you
hate to give them up?"
"Yessum, I love 'em, but the poor
little children have to have something
and I want to help them."
And he laid the toys carefully on
the table and, hat in hand, hurried
away.
An aged man contributed several
pounds of nuts at the headquarters
yesterday. He wants to aid in
spreading happiness among the chil-
dren.
Several boxes of fruit, such as ap-
ples and oranges and some nuts came
from other sources also yesterday.
A lady with a grown-up little boy,
who lives away off now, sent down an
armful of nice story books—the prop-
erty of the grown-up, given him
when old Santa used to make his
rounds to that home. The books are
excellent and have been preserved
through all the years, for some one
else. The opportunity has come, the
good lady said, and somebody's little
boys and little girls will have the
pleasure of the good reading.
Old Santa Claus, all dressed In his
red flannel suit, with white whiskers
and funny skull cap. will be at head-
quarters (Cheeves-Pippin building) by
7 o'clock tonight. He wants to shake
each little boy and each little girl by
the hand and to wish them happiness.
The distribution of presents is to be-
gin promptly at 7 o'clock and every
boy and girl in Temple who do not
expect a visit from Santa are Invited
to. attend this tree. There will be
something for all.
There Is going to be lots of fun and
good cheer for the little folks. It's
Christmas time and that's children's
time. Don't fall to be on hand at 7
o'clock sharp so you won't miss any-
thing. Some Christmas stories will
be told—real enterestlng stories, the
sort that little boys and girls like to
(Continued on Page Two.)
FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 23.—It
has been definitely settled by officers
that W. L. Warren, wealthy hotel
owner and farmer, was murdered on
the banks of isolated Walnut creek
some time Tuesday night. Ilia body
in a crouching position was discovered
early Wednesday afternoon by a farm
hand. Pistol wounds had produced
death. It is also practically certain
that a woman was implicated in the
mystery, for tracks of a woman's shoe
are plainly discernible In the soft
sand about the scene. None of War-
ren's jewels was disturbed, neither
was the cash—about $20—in his pock-
ets touched.
This afternoon the police announced
they had discovered evidence that
Warren was the victim of a "frame
up" and that members of an auto-
mobile party were Implicated. Men
and women were in this party. A man
and women have been found who
heard an automobile drive up to the
spot where Warren was slain, five
shots in rapid success and then the
party rode away. Warren "evidently
was thrown from the car. Besides a
large sum of money In the Texas State
bank, another big deposit to his credit
was discovered this afternoon in the
Fort Worth State bank.
Hospital Supplies Barred.
Washington, Dec. 28.—Great Brit-
ain has placed an embargo on the im-
portation of hospital supplies from the
United States into Germany, Austro-
Hungary, Bulgaria, or Turkey. This
became known tonight and at the
same time it was learned that the
state department at the instance of
the Red Cross had made representa-
tions to the London foreign office
seeking withdrawal or modification of
the new order.
Until recently the British govern-
ment and Its allies exempted from the
blockade orders in council practically
all hospital supplies except rubber
goods.
VILLA WILL CONTINUE REVOLT,
TO LATE ADVICES
Northern Chieftain Is Now Said to Be Preparing to Invad;
the State of Sinaloa at the Head of an
Army of Two Thousand Men.
HIPOLITO SILU IS
TIES TO EL PASO
BHOTIII.lt OF REVOLUTIONARY
LE\I>EH CHAItt.FD WITH
IKNl'ING B.VI» CHECK.
IF PLOT, IS BELIEF
AUTOMOBILE PAKTY OF MEN
AND WOMKN IMPLICATED
IN FT. WORTH MI'HDEIt?
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Dec. 23.—To
forestall habeas corpus proceedings
by which Colon* 1 llipolito Villa might
have obtained his liberty before docu-
mentary proof could have been ob-
tained from El Paso, Colonel Villa,
accompanied *by a detective, was
started for El Paso this morning at
4:50 o'clock. He was arrested last
night at 10:40 o'clock in the drawing
room of the Southern Pacific from the
west, the arrest being based on a wire
from 101 Paso chief of police charging
Villa with swindling. Villa agreed to
return and face the charge without
formal court order and even consented
to pay his and the detective's fare.
Local officers were informed that
Villa will be met by the El I'aso ciiiet
of police some distance east of El
Paso and taken to jail to await the fix-
ing of bond on the part of a court.
Villa slept little in San Antonio,
although provided with a comfortable
room in the city jail. Efforts by
lawyers to see him last night were
frustrated by the statement that he
was asleep, but could be interviewed
this morning. W'hen the lawyers re-
turned to the jail this morning they
met tho cheerless Information that
the defendant was en route back to
El Paso.
Ouirge Against Villa.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 23.—llipolito
Villa, who was arrested Tast night by
state authorities at San Antonio, is
charged with obtaining $10,000 from
Victor Carusso by means of a check,
which was returned from a bank
marked "no funds." Carusso, who is
a commission merchant, has supplied
thousands of dollars worth of muni-
tions to the .Villa faction during the
last two years.
Colonel Villa left El Paso last Wed-
nesday in an automobile and boarded
the train at a small station 30 miles
east. When the owner of the machine
called at the garage for his machine
he found a wallet containing $38,000
In American money In the car, which
had been overlooked by Villa the
night before. The money later was
sent by express to New Orleans.
War on Coyotes.
Klamath Falls. Ore., Dec. 23.—
County authorities here today raised
the county bounty on dead coyotes
to $2.75 In a campaign by the Oregon,
California, Idaho and Nevada authori-
ties to stamp out rabies In the adjoin-
ing counties of the several states.
Dead coyotes In the region of Fort
Klamath bring $4.75, residents of Fort
Klamath having pledged an addi-
tional two dollars for each animal
killed.
Mother and Babe Starve.
Joliet, 111., Dec. 23.—Mrs. William
Hafner and her new-born baby were
found dead In their home here today
and the authorities gave starvation
as the cause. Four other small chil-
dren are in a serious condition end
two may die. It Is said Hafner de-
serted his family.
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| THE WEATHER \
Forecast.
East Texas—Increasing cloudiness
Friday, probably followed by local
rains and colder; Saturday fair and
colder.
West Texas—Partly cloudy and
colder Friday; Saturday fair.
Hl|kollto's Troubles Multiply.
El Pasp, Dec. 23.—Law suits against
Col. Hipolito Villa, former financial
agent of the Villa revolution at Juarez,
multiplied here today. Villa In cus-
tody of Sheriff Good is en route to
El Paso from San Antonio, where he
was arrested and taken from a tr?in
last night while en route supposedly to
New Orleans, whence ha was reported
to have engaged passage for Cuba.
Mrs. Villa with a party of Mexicans
preceded him.
Colonel Villa previously had re-
ceived amnesty from Carranza, fol-
lowing his surrender at Juarez and
was permitted by the United States
(Continued on Page Two.)
0L0 THEATRICAL MAN DIES
Samuel B. Holdsworth, Aged 84
Years, Appearing In Vaudeville at
Dalian, Passes Away.
DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 23.—Sameul
B. Holdsworth, 84 years old, until
last week a vaudeville singer, died
today r.t a Dallas sanitarium. He was
taken ill while filling a singing en-
gagement hero.
Holdsworth was a civil war vet-
eran, having attained the rank of
colonel for distinguished service In the
field. With the exception of four
years of military activity, he had de-
voted hygfentire life to the stage and
among its people throughout the land
he was known and loved for his kindly
attrlbutes^nd his loyal and unswerv-
ing devotion to his friends.
Partner Is Oldest Elk.
Houston, Tex., Dec. 23.—"It's going
to be hard to sing alone," was the
broken comment of Joseph M. Nor-
cross, appearing In vaudeville In
Houston this week, on being informed
of the death of his partner, Samuel
B. Holdsworth at Dallas. Norcross,
aged 76. Is a basso and a civil war
veteran. He Is the oldest living mem-
ber and one of two surviving found-
ers of the Order ot Elks.
El, PASO, Toe., Dec. 2:!.—General
Francisco Villa, stripped of a large
part of his army, through surrender to
the ile facto government, is preparing
to in .atie • northern Sinaloa together
with the forces of General Jose Rod-
riguez, in command of a lone of
2,000 intn according to advices re-
ceived here late today. General Vi'.ln
is preparing to move southwest from
the Uustillo ranch, it «as reported.
General Rodriguez is said to be al-
ready moving from t'asas Grande.- to-
ward Sinaloa. Ample transportation
facilities are reported to be available.
Information available regarding re-
cent troop movements which in .Heated
a continuation of the Villa re\olt were
received at Juarez over the recently
repaired wires of the Mexico North-
western.
General Ochoa with his staff came
to the American side today. Ochoa
fears reprisal because of his imprison-
ment In Chihuahua of Governor Fidel
Avila before he accepted the terms
of the de facto government.
(•on. Obregon at El I'hni.
General Alvaro Obregon, chief of
the Carranza forees, who arrived here
late last night established headquar.-
ers at a local hotel, ft was said he
was awaiting the arrival of a Carranza
force before entering Juarez.
General Jose y Itobles, a trusted
friend" of Obregon is expected io lake
charge at Juarez tomorrow.
Although General Obr son was
urged bv a representative of the I'tar-
son interests at Madera, <'hihuah ia,
to or der General Jacinto Trevlno to
turn west from Chihuahua City and
attack Villa and the remnants , f the
Villa army at Bustillos, about 75,mU<s
from the capital, he said he hid or-
dered General Trevlno to proceed
northward to Juarez to strengthen the
Carranza control in the stat".
Seek Surrender of Rodriguez.
A committee of former Villi offi-
cers Is en route to General Jose Kotl-
driguez, in the vicinity of Casus
Grandes and to General Manuel di-
navcite at the Hearst ranch at Bib-
rieora, near Madera, to urgi their ac-
ceptance of the surrender. They ire
traveling in a special car o.er the
Mexican Northwestern railway, reach-
ing Casas Grandes first.
Following the departure of General
Ochoa from Juarez today General Ob-
regon received a committee of the sur-
rendered generals from Juarez who
proclaimed their loyalty and urged
General Obregon to visit Juarez. He
answered there was much to do in
the organization of the state and that
he could not fix a date for the visit.
Incidentally ho said that he planned
to move 3,000 troops from Sonora to
Juarez through the United States in
bond anil that upon their arrival he
would send the surrendered Villa
forces to Isolated towns preparatory
to mustering out.
Mexico Is Not Broke.
"It has been spread over the world
that Mexico's resources have been
ruined by the revolution." Obregon
said to local business men. "This Is
untrue. Mexico has an inexhaustible
supply of natural resources, .vhlch
will soon be developed and as soon as
peace is more firmly established you
will notice a wonderful revival of the
country.
"I hope within a few days to have
the Carranza government firmly es-
tablished throughout Chihuahua and
forces In which the Carranza govern-
ment has absolute confidence placed
In charge of the state. Tills will take
only a short time and then I will ex-
tend guarantees to all industries and
people to return to Mexico to resume
their work."
IRKS BATTLE
II THE VOSGES
1! I Veil AND GERMANS IN CON.
I I l(TI\(, CLAIMS HEGARD-
1N(. \ IOLENT COMBAT.
INACTION CH OTHER FROSTS
No Other Rig engagements Are In
Progress \ ny where in Emliuttlcd
Europe, With [lie Exception of Iso-
lated ItoiiilMirdiucnt.H—Germans Ex-
pert to Take Saloniki.
Carriuizistas Enter Chihuahua.
Laredo, Tex., Dec. 23.—Official ad-
vices to Nuevo Laredo tonight con-
firm the reported entry of General
Jocinto B. Trevlno Into Chihuahua
City, which was greeted with great
rejoicing by the populace. Church
bells tolled, whistles blew, and the in-
habitants turned out en masse. After
taking charge of the city the soldiers
were quartered In the barracks recent-
ly vacated by the Villa soldiers, whom
Trevlno defeated. Large quantities of
food and stores were carried to the
populace of Chihuahua, who were In
great need of succor.
General Trevino in his report said
he found over 1,000 box oars, many
locomotives and much passenger
equipment.
A large force of Trevlno's men con-
tinued their northward march where
they will attempt to overtake and ex-
terminate Villa troops beween Chi-
huahua and Juarez.
General Carranza and party left
Saltillo today for Cienega del Toro, a
village In the Saltlllo vicinity. No
further announcement In regard to
his leaving for Mexico City has been
made.
To Reopen Consulates,
Washington, Dec. 23.—Unless unex-
pected developments Interfere all the
(Continued on Page Two.)
There seemingly has been no cessa-
tion in the heavy fighting at Hart-,
tnanns Wielerkopf in the Voagea
mountains, between the French and
the Germans, where both sides claim
the capture or re-capture of positions
and large numbers of prisoners. The
Germans claim to have re-captured
the summit of Hartmanns Weilerkopf
and to be clearing portions of a
trench on the northern slope which
is still occupied by the French.
On the other hand the Paris of-
ficial communication says that while
the French to the north of the sum-
mit have withdrawn to the positions
they previously occupied the troops
on the ridged southeast of the sum-
mit and further to the south have
conserved about a mile and a quarter
of conquered ground.
Quiet in Other Theatres.
Nowhere else on any of the numer-
ous battle fronts are any big en-
gagements being fought. Except in
the Vosges the fighting on the French
front has consisted of artillery en-
gagements and mining operations.
In Russia and Gallcla the fighting
is virtually at a standstill.
Along the Austro-ltalian frontier
an Italian artillery attack on the
l'odgora height, which was put down
by the Austrians and isolated bom-
bardments especially one in the Giud-
icaria district have been the only
noteworthy occurrences.
Paris considers the fact that Aus-
tro-Hungarlans are fortifying along
the entire front of the Sanjak in
Montenegro as a possible sign that
they have brought their offensive to
a conclusion for the time being.
Montenegrins Repulse Inviulers.
The Montenegrin report tells of a
repulse of the Austro-Hungarians
with heavy casualties near Varnia
while the Austrian communication re-
ports the capture of a small Monte-
negrin detachment in the mountains
north of the Tata river.
A Berlin wireless says Great
Britain has 300,000 troops in Egypt,
200.000 of them on guard at the Suez
canal—the forces including British,
natives, Indians and Australians.
The state department at Washing-
ton has made representatives to the
British foreign office seeking the
withdrawal or modification of a
British order suspending shipments
of hospital supplies of any kind from
the United States to Germany or her
allies.
FIGHTING IN 1IIE WEST.
Geroi ins Claim to Have Retaken (It*
Trenches Captured By French.
London. Dec. 23.-—Hartmanns Weil-
erkopf. th._> summit of which the Ger-
mans claim to have retaken together
with over 1.500 prisoners, is the'only
point of first class activity on the
western pront while on the eastern
fighting lines there has he n little evi-
dence of any disturbance in the Chris-
mas lull In the past 24 hours.
There have been some clashes in
Gallcia with minor successes on both
sides and the Russian fore s In Persia
are fighting tvventv-five miles from
Teheran, lint the Balkan theatre
maintains a place of first importance
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into the home.
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