New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” BETTER BUSINES{ PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, NO\;EMBER 16, 1916. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED SPEED SOUGHT IN SETTLING DISPUTE ON EIGHT HR. LAW, Supreme Court to Be Urged to Give Question Prefer- ence on Docket WILSON HAS SAFE LEAD IN CALIFORNIA Democrats Confident All Their Elec- tors Will Have Plurality Over Hughes Candidates. San Francisco, Nov. 16.—Twenty- one countjes in California remained | to be heard from today in the official canvass of the presidential election, the twenty-one including the most | populous of the state, Los Angeles, Alameda, San Francisco, San Diego and Sacramento. When the count was resumed the highest republican elector was cred- ited with 118,228 votes, while the SIXTEEN SUITS ARE 3 FILED BY RAILROADS \ Decision From Highest Tribunal in Country Wanted by 1, January ‘When Adamson Law Takes Effect— Prominent Men Accept Invitation | closely today | Hennepin county to Attend Session of Committee to Investigate Conditions. i Washington, Nov. 16.—Barly de- cision by the supreme court of one of the railroad suits attacking the con- stitutionality of the eight-hour law, probably will be sought by the de- partment of justice. An appeal prob- ably will be made in the first' case decided in the hope that the supreme court may be able to pass judgment as near as possible to January 1, when the law will become effective if not suspended by injuncton. | A decision in the highest court | would be binding on all lower federal | courts and might dispose of all other | suits.. The departments policy has | not been finally settled, but it was said today that this course is being considered and probably would be followed. If an appeal is taken the | court would' be asked to advance the case and in view of its important ef- } fect it is felt that such a motion | would be granted. | Official notice of the filing of s teen suits had been received todm} by the department, but no determin- | ation was reached as to where n.l | 1 | would endeavor to have the first hear- ing. Investigation Committee to Meet. Preparations were being made to- day for the meeting Monday of the | Jjoint congressional committee to in- Vestigate ralroad questins including | government ownership. The eommit- | tee has sent notices to every state governor and attorney general and. all state railroad commissions, commercal and industrial org’\mza- tions and to the president of every railroad in the country. | Acceptances have been - received, among others, from Samuel Rea, pres- | ident of the Pennsylvania; Otto Kahn | of Kuhn, Loeb & company; F. W. Lehmann, former solicitor general, representing the American Telephone and Telegraph company; Samuel Un- termyer, President A. T. Hadley and | Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale; Frank JIrvin, New York publisher; Paul | King, receiver for the Pere Mar- qusette railway, and J. Dicknson, receiver for the Rock Island. No date for acceptance has been set, but the hearing will open Monday with testmony by state railway com- missioners. (OLD AFFECTS SOLDIERS of High o | | Driven Out Altitudes to Desert by Drop in Temperature— | | 145 Desertions Reported. | Deming, N. M., Nov. 16.—The Fourth Separate brigade, which left | here on a practice march culminating in maneuvers at Fort Bayard, is. badly disorganized as the result of the extreme told, and on account of sick- | ness and desertions, according to re- ports received here today from Fort Bayard. The death from spinal meningitis of Corporal Hunt, of Company I, First Arkansas infantry, was also reported. Five men are also said to be danger- | sly ill with pneumonia. Saldiers, | driven to desert by intense cold of high | altitudes have been arrlving here singly and in squads since Tuesday night. Captain Pegram, in temporary command, said he had been advised of 145 desertions. The brizade, it is'learned here, is| on its way back, cutting short the maneuvers, and encamped last night | at Apache Tejo, four miles from | White Water. BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK This Sa Is German Olaim But England Statement Ts Ruse to Sinking of Main Steamer. London, Nov. 16, 1 Official Press bureau the following official ment: “On November 6 a German subma- rine sank by a torpedo a hostile tran port of about 12,000 tons, eight nau- tical miles west of Malta.” The British admiralty appends this comment: “The announcement is an obvious attempt to explain away an outrageous and inhumane act in tor- pedoing a mall steamer iwthout warn- ing. The only ship sunk in the Med- iterranean on November 6 was the Peninsular and Oriental mail steam- er Arabia, 7,933 tons, sunk without warning about 300 miles east of Mal- tar 5 p. m.—The gave out today German state- { unofificifll | shall be employed in any Cover | lowest democrat had 132,608 a plur- ality for the lowest democrats elec- i tor of 13,840. As no notable upsets in the first returns have yet been not- d, state democratic leaders predict | thelr lowest elector will run ahead of | the highest republican elector by about 600 votes. St. Paul, Nov. 16.—With the Hughes lead back to its old place in the 300’s democrats are watching the re-tabulation of returns by at Minneapolis and possibly of Ram- say country returns at St. Paul. Lat- est unofficial returns from Hennepin showed a decided gain there for Mr. Hughes. EXPLOSION KILLS 150 Russian Ammunition Ship Blows Up at Archangel With Great Loss of Life—Injured Number 650. London, Nov. 16.—The Stockholm newspaper Afton Tidningen says that some days ago an explosion occurred | on board the Russian ammunition steamer Baron Dreceni at the British seaport of Archangel, causing the death of 150 persons and the wound- |ing of 650 others ,accordng to a des- | patch from the Swedish capital to the Exchange Telegraph company. WOMAN'S L. Validity of New York Statute Contest- ed in Supreme Court. ‘Washington, Nov. 16.—Constitu- tionality of the women’s labor law of New York state was presented in a | case before the supreme court today, particularly as to the validity of a | clause prohibiting employment of married women at night. The statute of 1903 followed the state factory in- vestigation. It was once held uncen- stitutional by the court of appeals and later was sustained. The law provides that ‘“no female factory be- fore 6 a, m. or after 9 a. m., or for more than ten hours a day except to make a shorter work day on satur- day, or for more than sixty hours a week ELECTRIC WORKERS BENEFIT. Westinghouse Company Gives Equiv- alent to Large Wage Increase. Pittsburgh, Nov, 16.—The salaries of between 3,000 and 4,000 officers, men and other salaried employes of the Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. company here were advanced about twelve per cent today through the ex- tension of the bonus system from the shops where it has been in force for a long time. The system is made effective from November 1, bringing a total of ap- proximately 18,000 employes, official, clerical and mechanical under the plan. WILSON IN SECLUSION, | shuts Self in Study and Is “Not at Home.” Washington, Nov. 16.—President Wilson ghut himself in his study to- day and refused to see any political leaders who desired to confer with him, He faced a desk piled high pardons and other executive papers demanding his attention. Officials aid he would see only the most im- portant callers during the remainder of the week. VILLA WIPES OUT FAMIL Bloodthirsty Brute Kills Man, Wife 1 and Baby. | Ei Paso, Nov. 16.—Theodore Hoe- | miller, a merchant of Parral, Chihua- hua, together with his wife and baby, | were killed by ¥illa bandits when Vil- |1a occupied Parral, a report received | a Parral mining company states: Hoemiller is said to be a German | subject. | by | AUTHOR of “QUO VADIS” DEAD. | York, Nov. 16.—Henry X. | sienkiewicz, the Polish novelist, best known in this country as the author [ of “Quo Vadis” is dead at Vevey, Switzerland, according to a cable de- spatch received here today by the Polish Relief committee. | ! SWEET RE-APPOINTED. | Washington, Nov. Sweet, who resigned as assistant sec- retary of commerce to run for gov- ernor of Michigan and was defeated, was given a second appointment to his former position today by President Wilson. 16.—Edwin ¥, INDTA TO GIVE ALLIES GRAIN. London, Nov. 16, 14 p. m.—The India government has sanctioned {he exportation to England, if France and Ttaly in November, December ang January, of 400,000 tons of wheat, officials | BOR LAW ATTACKED with | CONN. WARMING T0 VOTES FOR WOMEN tate Suffrage Organization Has Increase of 6 880 in Year |SITUATION CALLED ABSURD | Mrs. Hepburn, President, Calls Atten- tion to Status of Suffrage in Coun- try Which Allows Some to Vote and Bars Others From Polls. | New Haven, Nov. 16.—With repre- | sentatives from most of the eighty- four suffrage leagues and clubs of the i state present, and delegates in at- tendance from twelve towns where suffrage committees instead of leagues have been organized, the forty-sev- enth annual state convention of the Connecticut Woman's Suffrage asso- ciation, opened here today, and will continue through tomorrow. Much of today’s session was devoved to pres- entation of reports, election of offi- | cers coming tomorrow. Mrs. Thom- as N. Hepburn of Hartford, president of the association, presided. In her opening address Mrs. Hep- | burn referred to the progress of the movement during the year and said that the importance of the woman vote in the recent election had made the whole country “realize the ab- surdity of the present position when | women in twelve states are given the | right to choose the president while | women in the remaining states could only look on.” The delegates were welcomed by Mrs. Carlos F. Stoddard, president of the New Haven Equal Franchise | league, the response being made by | Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seaton, vice “ president of the state organization. | Greatest Year in State. The report of the secretary, Mrs. | Baward Porritt of Hartford, sum- | marizing the work of the year and the activities of the county chairmen, 2id that there had never been a year since the organization of the associa- tion forty-seven years ago, during which suffrage work was ‘so general, so widespread, tively c ied on throughout the state as it has been in the year just clo: There had been no general state c paign, the report said, but the work had been carried on in each county with the object of organizing whole state for woman suffrage. One aspect of the year's activities, the re- port said, was the work with the var ious organizations in the state. The Connecticut Fe tion of Women clubs endorsed suf e in 1916 for the time. Many ang had been visited, labor unions had received suffrage speakers and given their en- dorsement, chambers of commerce i had extended invitations to speakers for the movement, the report sald, adding: Interest Shown On All Sides. “There is hardly a social organiza- | tion from the Woman'’s association to i the bartenders union from the con- gress of mothers to the convention of | Elks which has not shown itself ready | | to listen to our arguments. | The most important endorsement, ‘the report said, was that of the po- litical parties, the sccialists and pro- | hibitionists adopting planks endorsing full suffrage for women, the republi- cans giving full endorsement to the national platform which contained a suffrage plank and the | adopting a plank favoring submission of the question to the voters of the state. During the year the Connecticut suffragists according to the report, | the method of enfranchising women by means of a federal amendment. The income of the association for the last year was reported as about $327,000 derived from contributions of leagues, subscriptions from indi- vidual suffragists, sales and collec- tions at meetings. The membership in the state ac- cording to the report of Mrs. George | H. Day, chairman of the enrollment committee, is 35,359, an increase of 6,830 since the last convention. YALE STUDENT HELD Charles A Whitney, inally Repsonsible for Death of An- Freshman, Crim- tonio Morcha, Coroner Mix Declares. New Haven, Nov. 16.—Charles H. | Whitney, of Chicago, a freshman in thc Sheffield scientific. -school, Yale, whose automobile struck and killed Antonio Morcha, in Orange early on the morning of November 11, is held criminally responsib for Morcha's death, by Coroner Mix, whose finding in the case was made public today The coroner finds that Whitney had several drinks of liquor in the two houts preceding the accident, that it clear that he did not know his ar had struck any one until one of two young men with him discov ered the body wedged in the forward part of the machine, that he was driving in a careless, reckless and negligent manner, and that he is criminally re- sponsible for the death of the man. VON BURIAN AT ¥ Berlin, Wednesday, Nov. London, Nov. 16, 8:50 a, von Burian, the Austrian foreign affairs, arrived .1n day accompanied by Privy Von Merey Count Allu}os. 15, via m minister Berlin Councillor Frederick of the | democrats | have taken an increasing interest in | | smaller than an American silver dol- —Baron | to- | CABRERA MAY UPSET PLANS OF CONFEREES Attitude of Chalrman of Mexican Delegation on Border Control Agreement Anxiously Awaited. Atlantic City,, Nov. 16.—Interest in the sessions of the Mexican- American joint commission today was in learning what would be the atti- tude of Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican commission. During his ab- sence at Philadelphia, Ignacio Bonil- las and Alberto J. Pani, the other Mexican representatives, virtually agreed with the American commis- sion on the essential points of a plan of border control. They expected confidence of the support of Mr. Cabrera notwithstanding the opposi- tion offered by him on Tuesday, the last time he appeared in the confer- ence, Their optimism, however, was not shared by all those in touch with the conferees early today. By a few of | them it was regarded as not improb- | able that Mr. Cabrera might stand ! in the way of agreement again al- though all preparations have been | made for reducing the plan to writ- | ing, and Mr. Bonillas and Mr, Pani | appeared confident another hitch | would be avoided. | Mr. Cabrera remained non-commit- FORCED 0UT IN COLD West Suffield Escape Flames in Night Clothes When Barnett Mercantile Block Burns—Property Loss $6,500. West Suffield, Nov. 16.—Damage estimated at about $6,500 resulted | from the burning early today .of the Barnett Mercantile block a terra cot- ta structure of two stories, in the business center. | The family of Anthony Shoka, and one or two boarders who lived in the | rine which ETIQUETTE AT SEA IN ROWANMORE GASE Submarine Captain Purposely Re- frained from Endangering Crew DID NOT SHELL SMALL BOATS Took Special Pains Not to Injure Men, Who Were Crowded in Bow, By Aiming All Shots at Stern of Ship— General Denial of Charges. Berlin, Nov. 15, By Wireless to the Associated Press, via Sayville, Nov. 16, ssertions that the German subma- sank the British ship Rowanmore, on which their were sev- eral Americans, fired upon life boats containing members of the crew are | dismissed as utterly false in the re- port of the commander of the sub- marine, further details of which be- came known today. On the contrary, it is said the men on the Rowanmore owe their lives to the precautions tak- en by the Germans and the skill with | which their operations were carried out, During the twenty minute pur- suit of the ship, the submarine’s shots were aimed accurately astern to limit the danger to the crew, which was congregated at the bow. The Rowan- more was hit ten times, the last shell disabling her propeller. No Shots at Small Boat The submarine ceased firing, the report continues immediately it was observed that the Rowanmore had abandoned the effort to escape. shots were fired at the men in the boats. Just before she stopped the Rowanmore hoisted a signal, but it was impossible to read it from the submarine, at that time about 2,000 yards away. Later it was shown that | rear of the building on the first floor | were forced out into the chill morn- ing air in their night clothing. Shoka ! | and George Byre conducted a grocery | business in the front of the building. The upper floors and another store | jon the street floor were unoccupied. | The cause of the fire 1s not known. WASHINGTON T0 CELEBRATE | i | | or so earnestly and ac- | District of Columbia Residents Plnn | Great Non-Political Demonstration | in Honor of President’s Re-election. Washington, Nov. will celebrate President Wilson’s re- turn to the White House with parade along Pennsylvania avenue to= night. Thousands bearing red fire | torches will form in column at Peace | monument and march past a stand in | | front of the White House for review by the president, given by the officials | iand party leaders. Every marcher | will carry an American flag. The celebration is planned as a non-political tribute to the president | by residents aof the District of Colum- | bia. Many organizations will march as separate bodies. 16.—The capital DEUTSCHLAND SOUVENIRS. Tron Ballast to Be Melted Into Medals and Sold. New London, Nov. 16.—One hun- dred and twenty tons of the iron bal- last brought over on the German | submarine Deutschland is to be con- verted into ‘“Deutschland Ironmen" to be sold as souvenirs for the bene- fit of German widows and orphans of the present war. The, ‘“ironmen” will be a little bear on one side a | ! picture of the Deutschland and the signature of Captain Paul Koenig. Some of the metal has been used on the battlefields of TEurope. The Deutschland has been repainted a dark battleship gray and is now con- sidered ready to make a start at any minute on her trip across the At- lantic. NEW STOCK SENSATION Steel Stock ilar. They will Gulf States Jumps 34 Points Over Night, Gain of 64 Since Saturday. New York, Nov. 16.—Recent up- ward movements in the securities of the Gulf States Steel company in the stock market culminated today in spectacular advances. The common stock months ago sold at 71, 1 an overnight gain of 34 points | and 64 since Saturday. The second preferred gained 33 points to 190, an advance since Saturday of 61 points. which a few teday touched FIFTY VILLISTAS SLAIN. uahua City, Nov. 16.—The ad- vance guard of the Carranza forces met a Villa band near Orliz, a point half way between Chihuahua City and Sata Rosalia, and routed the band | which lost fifty Kkilled, according to reports last night, by General Tre- vino. stated that the govern- ment were eleven wounded. c L WEATHER, 5 0 ord and vieind! ght and Friday, without any decided temperature change, § AT e N | b | ! was almost within sight of those twelve miles. | vestigations of | completed, the sighal was “I surrender.” Captain Made Prisoner. The master of the Rowanmore tempted to justify his attempt to cape, the submarine commander re- ports, by the assertion that he de- sired to gain time to launch boats, | but the pretext was not accepted. Later the Rowanmore’s captain was made a prisoner of war for attempt- ing to escape and for summoning as- | sistance by wireless, which speedily brought up a Britlsh destroyer. Thereupon the Rowanmore was sunk by a torpedo. at- es- There were two white Americans and five Filipinos in the crew Rowanmore, all of whom were saved. Last month the American govern- ment made an informal request to the German government for information in regard to the Rowanmore case. Affidavits obtained by the American consul at Liverpool said the steamer attempted to escape but that the sub- marine shelled her after she stopped. NEAR CHANNEL BATTLE Passengers on Cunard Liner Saw Brit- ish Warships Rush to Fight and Later Flash of Naval Guns. New York, Nov. 16.—The sea bat- tle between British and German de- stroyers which took place in the En- zlish channel on the night of October 26 when German war craft made a raid on the channel transport service, on board the Cunarder Andania, here today from London. Reports brought to the ship after the battle, passen- gers said, were that eight British out- post vessels, two destroyers and one transport were sunk. Chief Officer T. A. Chester of the Andania said the liner left London October 24 and that on the evening of the 26th British destroyers were seen moving east at rapld speed. Soon after they had passed out of sight flashes of light were seen and the thunder of guns was heard, coming ( from an estimated distance of about The flashes and deton- indicated that a British-Gers progress, which ations man battle was in lasted all night. The ship was accompanied by two British destroyers until well past the danger zone. UNCOVERS MASS OF FRAUD vy Chicago Investigators of Election in Claim to Have Sccured Evidence— Irregularitics Found in Idaho. 16.—Candidates for Cook county at the recent will not be scated until in- alleged frauds are according to a decision of County Judge Thomus F, Scully today following a conference of the county clection commissioners last night. On [ the race of the returns all republi- cans were successful, except in the case of one minor office. There has been a mass of fraud uncovered in the election,” said Judge Scully. Chicage, Nov. offices in election 16—Discovery of five irregularly sworn in votes the first fruit vesterday of the stigation ordercd vesterday by At- torney General Peterson in suspected clection frauds. The prosecuting at- torney of Washinglon county added {hat 35 additional votes probably haq Leen irregular. No | of the | FRENCH AND GERMANS IN GRIP OF BATTLE Both Claim to Have Made Progress on Somme Front. Paris, Nov. 16, Noon.—The French ) last night recaptured the portion of the village of Pressaire, on the Somme front, which the Germans occupied vesterday, the war office announces. London, Nov. 16, 12:10 p. m.— “During the night there was consider- able enemy shelling of our battle front north and south of the Ancre,” says a statement from the war office today. “Otherwise there is nothing to report.” Berlin, Nov. 16, By Wireless Savville.—Attacks by British tronpe' on the German lines along the road from Mailly to Serre, and alsa to the | southeast of Beaumont, north of the | river Ancre were beaten off by the | Germans in hand grenade fighting, the war office announced today. | Strong British forces Grandcourt, but the assault down under the'German fire, | South of the Somme the cown | section of Saillisel was taken from the French, and French trenches on the | | northern edge of St. Plerre Vaast wood were captured, together with more than 300 prisoners, and five| machine guns. | MACKENSEN IN RETREAT | German Commander Burning Villages attacked broke | Retires—Rumanians Fall vlvania. Petrograd, Nov. 15, Via London, | 2:10 p. m.—The war office announced | that Field Marshal von Mackensen's army is in retreat in Dobrudja, burn- | ing villages as it falls back. On the Transyliantan front in the region of Campulung, Rumania, fierce fighting is in progress. as He | ! Back in Tra: Bucharest, Nov. 16, Via Landon, 2:30 p. m.—Rumania's forces opera- | ting in southern Transylvania yester- day retired toward Areful and Radao- inesti, in the Alt valley, and in the direction of Capacioasa in the Jiul valley, according to official statement issued today by the Rumanian war de- partment. London, Nov. 16, 12:25 p. m.—An- other aerial attack an Bucharest was made on Tuesday morning by eight German airplanes, Reuter’s Bucharest | correspondent reports. Twenty-five | bombs were dropped, killing four civilians and wounding twenty. London, Nov. 16, 12:45 p. m.—A Bucharest despatch forwarded from Rome to the Wireless Pre ¥s snow is falling in the Carpathians where | the cold is intense. In Dobrudja tor- i rential rains have fallen. War in the Dobrudja. Berlin, Nov. 16, by wireless to Sa ville.—The section of the German of- ficial statement issued today regard- ing operations in the Rumanian prov- ince of Dobrudja sa; “Army group of Fleld Marshal von Mackensen: In Dobrudja there were minor engagements of advanced de- tachments. “The Rumanian report of the oc- cupation of Bonasoio (Boasic) is an invention. ‘At several places along the rl\ar Danube there were artillery duel Russian troops in strong force at- tacked the Austro-German lines east of the Putna valley, on the western Moldavian border. The attacks were fruitless, the announcement declares, MEMBER FROM CORK. Defeats Healy of O'Brien Plurality of 117. London, Nov. 16.—D. O’Leary, Irish nationalist and an adherent of John Redmond has been elected a member of the house of commons from the west division of Cork county in suc- cession to James P. Gilhooley, who died October 16 last. O’Leary has a plurality of 117 votes over the number cast for his chief opponent, Frank Healy, a member of the O'Brien party. There was great election in Ireland this being the first contest since the Easter uprising at Dublin. 1 O'LEARY Party by d interest in the KING CONGRATULATES HAIG Greatly Pleased by British Success on Somme Front. London, Nov day telegraphed General Sir Douglas commander in France, upon the ‘“‘great success” of the last few days, reflecting credit on all ranks. General Haig replied with a message of |a thanks, George 16.—King George to- congratulations to Haig, British | 4 i l graphing the ent lln strenuous opposition tured around Kenali Munoz Rican | ALLIES MENACE MONASTIR: FRENCH AND RUSSIANS AR SHORT DISTANCE FROM CI British Take One ¥ lage and French Serbians Take T More in Macedoni BERLIN AND SOFIA ADMIT REVERS Bulgarians Abandon Principal tions West of Cerna River, Led 400 Prisoners—Serbs Snare Others—Germans Deny Fall of asoio—Russians Attack Teuto successfully in Moldavia, 16 Noon—French Ru Macedd front are now within four mile Monastir, it was announced offid] The war office says the pursuit of Paris Nov. ssian troops on the | defeated Bulgarians continues. On the eastern end of the British troops have again assy the offensive in fighting| the B ians in the region of the river § and capturing the village of kaska. During the night the Bulgal abandoned their principal pos west of the Cerna river, The F and Serblans took 400 prisoners made progress toward Yarasholf the Cera bend west.of Monastir, South of Monastir the French Russians are reported to be 'm substantial progress. It is in region to the north of Kenall they advanced to within four o of Monastir. Serbians Take Macedonian To London Nov. 16, 11:35 a. m.— ture by the Serbians of the vi of Tepavtsi and Gniles, southead Monastir, is reported in despatch from Saloniki. Serbians, in co-operation French, captured all the south of Tepavtsi after fierce German troops which were de the positions sustained cor losses, the survivors being or taking refuge in flight. oners already counted, spondent says, are 500 officers and five cadets. regard to the amount of war taken have not been received W xlh posi g The the e soldiers Detail mat| Germans and Bulgars Retire, Berlin, Nov, 16, By Wireless to ville—The retirement of German- garian troops in Macedonia to positions prepared for them in Cerna region is announced toda; the war office. The Rumani Oitus pass region, failed of success The Rumanians are offering s born resistance to the Austro-Ger: advance along the pass roads Wallachia. The invading fo0 however, made progress in the R enthurm and Szurduk regions captured yesterday mero than 1 m:itouerx s also attacked i but here Sofia Concedes Victory. Sofia, Nov. 16, via London, 9:3| m.—The retreat of the German- garian forces in the Cerna bend der the assaults of the Serbians i§ mitted in the official statement 158 by the war office today. Accordin the statement the Bulgarians have len back on a line four to six west of Iven, the last town west of Cerna reported captured by the bians. Artillery Bombardment in Russi Petrograd, Nov. 16, 'via Long 2:10 p. m.—An artillery bom ment is proceeding all along Russian front, the war office repg Russians Attack Near Riga, Berlin, Nov. 16, By Wireless Sayville—An attack by Rus: troops on the German lines soi east of Riga, the Russian fri was repulsed, war office on the nounced in today's official statem French Victory Reported. Nov. 16, 12:44 p. m.—4 from the headquarters army at Saloniki u er 15, the correspo Telegram compi London, French late of Noven of Reuter's Yesterday the French, Russian 5 rces operaling to the wesd tacked the ene ainstorm. De the French e district river Cerna ines during the whole of defe San Juan Porto Rico, Nov. 16— Rive for six years Po commissioner at Washing and founder and leader of the Unig st party in Porto Rico, died last nig He was fifty-eight years old For thirty years Senor Rivera td a prominent part in Porto Rican fairs.