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PART ONE NEWS SECTION ONE TO FOURTEEN VOL. XLVI—NO. MEXICAN FORCES NEARING JUAREZ ALONG THE RIVER De Facto Reinforcements Ap- proaching Chihuahua City Hurled Back by Villa's Bandits. THIRD RUSH IS REPULSED 24. Attempt of Bandits to Capture State Capital Which Began at 4 O’clock Frustrated. DEFEAT CALLED DECISIVE El Paso, Tex.,, Nov. 25.—A band of approximately 150 men, mounted and armed, was seen movm& along the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande early * today. The men were moving in the direction of Juarez, according to United States army officers who are watching them closely through field glasses, The identity of the mounted force has not yet been established, but the Juarez garrison commander has been nctified. El Paso, Tex, Nov. 25.—Govern- ment agents here received a report to- day that General Murguia’s cavalry column, which was said to be ap- proaching Chihuahua City from the south, had been driven back by Villa cavalry, which had been left by Villa to prevent reinforceme_nts rcaphmg General Trevino, according to this un- confirmed report, The report is said to bave been re- ceived before the interruptions in the federal telegraph wire started. Juarez, Mex,, Nov. 25.—The Villa Dbandits again were repulsed early to- day by the Carranza forces defending Chihuahua City, according to a mes- sage received at military headquarters here. The message said the repulse was even more decisive than those of yesterday and Thursday, the bandits being driven clear of the suburbs after desperate efforts to penetrate to the heart of the city and take it by storm. Francisco Villa and his bandii forces resumed the attack at daybreak today, according to Carranza officials, marking the opening of the third day’s fighting in Villa’s effort to wrest the Chihuahua _capital from General Jacinto B. Trevino’s constitutionalist forces. Communication with Chihua- hua City was still unimpaired, indi- cating the attack was directed from the southeast and southwest of the city, Hope to Capture Villa. General Murguia’s . cavalry is ~ad- vancing overland from the vicinity of Santa Rosalia in an effort to relieve General Trevino's tired 5, ace cording to General Gonzales, com- manding the Carranza garrison here, General Murguia ordered the gavalry to proceed.by the shortest trail, leav- ing the main column at the railroad, according to a wireless message re- ceived by General Trevino at Chihua- hua and transmitted here by tele- graph, 5 Carranza officers here are elated at the prospect of Murguia’s men reach- ing the scene of the battle before Yilla retires and express the hope that Villa and his chiefs will be captured in the generaldrive. The battle, which opened at 4 o'clock this morning, still is-in prog- ress, but communication with the bor- der continues uninterrupted. General Trevino, after sending a message tell- ing of the resumption of the fighting, took the field in pepson. No details of the attack had been received at military headquarters up to 10 o'clock today. Carranza Officers Killed, El Paso, Tex, Nov. 25.—Soriano Bravo, Mexican consul, today re- ceived a message from General Ja- cinto B, Trevino, commanding at Chi- huahua City, saying Villa renewed his attack at 4 o'clock this morning and giving the names of the following de facto government officers included in the casualty list: Killed—Lieutenant Colonel Ulizes Mier, General M. Gandara, Second Captain Rudulpho Cabello and Licu- tenant Elpidio Garza, the latter two officers of Gemeral Trevino's staff. Wounded—Colonel Borguez. President Wilson's Cold Much Better Washington, Nov. Wilson, who cancelled his plans for attending the Army-Navy game in New York tcday because of a cold, was better today. While he had no engagement, Dr. C. T. Grayson, his physician, thought he was well cnough to take an automobile ride this aftern The Weather . I'or Nebraska—Fair and warmer. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday, Comparative Loeal Record. 1916, 1915, 1914. 191 1 67 61 33 3. 48 42 IHighest yesterday. Lowest yesterday an temperature. Precipitation ... Temperature a from the normal rmal temperature. ..., 88 for the day.. tal cxcess since Marc rmal predipitation Defiviency for the day rainfall since March 1, M 29 38 45 48 06 .00 .01 cipitation departures 12.17 Inches od, 1815. 1.50 inches od, 1914.. 3.83 Inches . Meteorologlst, 25.—President | 5 | $60,000 THE OMAHA SUNDAY Both Parties ““ Lost Money’’ in Campaign New York, Nov. 25.—A deficit of §$21,144 in the funds to meet the ex- penses of the republican campaign was announced here today by Cor- nelius N, Bliss, jr., treasurer of the republican national committee. The treasurer’s report gives total receipts at $2,420,421, contributed by 34,205 persons. -Apportionment of the $300,000 democratic campaign deficit among the states has been decided upon by Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the' democratic national com- mittee in order to speed up the work of paying it off, he announced here today. NAYAL LAUNCH SUNK BY RIVER STEAMER Thirty-Five Sailors from Gla- cier Thrown Into San Fran. cisco Bay by Collision. THREE DROWN, TEN HURT San Francisco, Nov. 25.—Three United States sailors met death here today and half a score were injured when a. launch carrying thirty-five men of the supply ship Glacier’s crew was swept under the paddle blades of the stern wheel river steamer Apache. The dead: R. E. WILEY. GROVER CAMPRBELL. All seamen carrled down in the launch. WILLIAM HEIBERGER, chief machin- ist’s mate, Glendale, Cal, internally hurt, but dled of submersion. The relatives of all were notified by the Navy department. Wiley's mother, Mrs. Rita Wiley, lives at Mc- Kinney, Tex. Campbell's mother, Mrs, Nancy Campbell, lives at Mid- dlesboro, Ky. Daniel's father, Dave Daniel, lives at Franklin, Texas, and Heiberger has a sister, ‘Mrs. Louise Schneider, at Arvada, Colo. A pul- motor crew from the city fire depart- ment worked over Heiberger for two up half a mile from shore, too much exhausted to récuperate. The name of Seaman W. L. Daniel was given out by naval authorities as among the dead. Late in the day Daniel, who had overstayed his leave, appeared on the wharf, Seriously injured: Fred Wright, seaman, Renton, Wash., in- ternally hurt, Japanese cook, skull fractured. The launch, putting off crowded with men returning from shore leave, was swept by the tide under the stern wheel‘\of the Apache. The big steel paddle blade sheared off the stem of the launch, which sank like a stone, and every man aboard fended for him- self. _ A fleet of small boa‘ug‘n qushed to the'ggene an%’&lu‘n, ing. u men, The United States cruiser gmtg Dakota, at anchor on Man-o’-War Row, a mile away, rushed its launches to the rescue and picked up the first body. One man, Fred Wright, was taken to the harbor emergency hospital, All the others went to the Glacier, The accident occerred almost in the path of the ¥rans-bay ferry boats bringing thousands of commuters to San Francisco from Qakland, Berke- ley and Alameda. These were first taware of it when a little cloud of sea- going tugs and launches scattered from the piers allotted to various tow- ing companies and clustered around the Apache. To the fact that these craft were so near at hand was attrib- uted the remarkably small loss of life as contrasted with an upset in New York harbor some years ago. The launch, in charge of Bob Rob- erts, coxwain, put out from the slip between piers 14 and 16. At pier 14 lay naval water barge 25, At pier 16 {was the Apach:, just docking, The space between was small, but Roberts considered it ampie, and headed the launch midway between the two big boats. 4 As the launch ran out from the pro- tecting, piers the tide caught. it and swept it against the stern of the river steamer. The Apache’s wheel was reversed and revolving slowly. Before Roberts could twist his wheel the launch was directly under-the great steel blade, Berlin Hints Britannic Was Used for Transport Work London, Nov. 25.—A virtual dis- avowal that a German submarine had anythifig to do with the sinking of the British ship Britannic in the Acgean Sea is contained in a wireless dispatch received today from Berlin, which reads: “Accordmg.(q the reports so far at hand the Britannic was proceeding from !‘.ng]anfl to Saloniki. For a jour- ney in this direction the large number of persons on board was extraordi- narily striking and justifies a strong suspicion of the misuse of a hospital -| ship for transport purposes: “Inasmuch as the ship bore the distinguishing marks of a hospital ship in accordance with regulations there can naturally be no question of a German submarine in connection _{ with the sinking.” hours with no success. He was picked | Three OCold Storage Ware- houses Attacked in War Against High Oost of Living, DIG UP OLD ORDINANCE “I've Got Them; What Are You Going to Do About It?” Stirs Row. WOMEN TO BEGIN ROYCOTT 5e Chicago, Chicago, Nov. 25.—War against the high cost of living became militant here today with simultaneous raids by the city health department against three of the largest cold stor- age warehouses in the city. The raids wergbased on a city ordinance, long ignored, which places a restriction on the time foods may be kept in cold storage and were due partly, it was said, to James Wetz, a wholesaler, so- called “egg king," who is said to be holding 72,000,000 eggs. “I've got them. What are you go- ing to do about it?” was the answer Wetz gave to investigators who sought to discover what quantity of foodstuffs was in storage in the pres- ent time of high prices, Millions Put Away. The ordinance prohibits the storage of eggs for more than ten months. Examination showed that many mil- lions, including many stored by Wetz, were put away in March and April. “We will be obliged to throw these on the market by ,January 21,” said Dr. John D. Robertson, health com- missioner, “and my advice to the peo- ple is to stop using eggs until he be- gins to market them. I will see that they are not held in cold storage a minute longer than ten months, and that when they go on the market they are fit for consumption.” Women of the Political Equality league adopted a resolution today de- claring that “eggs at 50c a dozen are prohibitive” and agreeing to buy none at that price. Explains the Rise. The Wigh price of eggs is the result of general prosperity which has in- duced extraordinary consumption to- gether -with a shoriage of production, according to a statement by the Chi- cago Butter and Eggs board, which announced that it would welcome any investigation into its manner of ar- riving at prices. Burlington Suit To Test Eight-Hour Law is.Continued Lincoln, Nov. 25.—The suit of the Burlington railroad against the Adam- son - eight-hour law, set for hearing before - Federal Judge Munger here today, was continued indefinitely, owing to the action of the govern- ment and the railroads regarding the test case at Kansas City. Food Commissioner Reports Cases Filed (From' a Staff Cotrespondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 25.—(Special.)—Food Commissioner Harman this morning said that the department, while mak- ing 320 prosecutions, had been suc- cessful in 309 of them during the present bienium. Five cases were lost, one case is stiil’ pending, three were dismissed and two failed because the defendant could not be located. The fines by reason of such prosccutions —amounted to $545.80.and the court costs $1,138 in addition. The most important prosecution was that of a dealer in Dewitt, who' was arrested for selling near beer that was so near that it filled every want necessary, being 4% per cent alcohol and in every respect just as good as the real article. A carload was seixed and destroyed at a loss of $800 for the beer, $200 fine for the seller and $200 more for the brewing company furnishing the beverage. Next in importance yas the pros- ecution of a storage company for hav- ing in cold storage food unfit for con- sumption. A fine of $250 was as- sessed against the company, Station Agent is Shot by a Bandit Muskogee, Okl, Nov. 25—Com- randed to “put up your hands, and do it quick,” Audrey Laine, ticket agent at Pryor, ‘Okl, near here, reached for his pistol instead and was shpt early today by a robber in the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway station at Pryor. Laine is believed to be wounded fatally, The bandit fled after the shooting, with an aroused country-side in pursuit. He obtained a small amount of money. { New York, Nov. 25.—Behind the Harriman jewel robbery, | brought to solution today by police mvestigators, lies a story of a middle- aged and trusted employe, who suc- cumbed to temptation, according to his confession, while struggling to meet the cost of living in a fashion- able suburb, too, expensive for his means, As a result he is under arrest charged with grand larceny, together with his brother, who is held on a similar charge, accused of having dis- posed of part of the proceeds of the robbery. Arthur P, Daggett, 42 years old, and married, who was guardian of the trust company vault where Mrs. L, H, | Trusted Employe _svtfieal_snbe-r;ts;of' g Mrs. Harriman When Delts Pile Up Iquriman, widow of the railroad capi- talist, kept her jewelry, found them one day on the floor of the safe de- | posit, he told Chief Inspector Faurot today. “The opportunity presented itself as I was in debt to the extent of $700,” ghc inspector quoted Daggett as say- ing. “My salary was not a large one. 1 am getting only $1,700 a year and I found it hard to live on that amount and keep up with the living at Larch- | mont. I was tempted many tines to it, and when no one put in a claim that some of it.” put the jewelry back, but I held it for | | some time waiting to see who cwned | it was lost, I decided to get a loan on | the Exc TEE WEATHER . — \ Fair and Warmer SINGLE COPY TIIVE CENTS. { ROUMANEA 15 1 GRASP GF TEUTON ARMY MACHINE Process of Squeezing Little Country Between Jaws of Giant Nutoracker Pro- cceds Rapidly. LOWER ALT LINE BROKEN In Meantime Von Mackensen, on' Other Front, Forces’ Passage of Danube. CLOSING IN ON BUCHAREST BULLETIN. London, Nov. 25~The Rovmanian troops operating on the extreme left of their rine inbwnlachin have extri- cated themselves after destroying mil- lions of hundredweights in cereals, ac- cording to a wireless dispatch received today rrom Petrograd, London, Nov. 25.—~The process of squeezing Roumania between the jaws of the Teutonic military machine is CASH AND SECURITIES * RE CONTRABAND Entente Declares All Forms of Money and Credit Paper Subject to Seizure. REAL SINEWS OF WAR ' London, Nov. 24—8:25 p..m.—With reference to the royal proclamation is- sued yesterday making all financial instruments contraband, it is ‘ex- plained officially’ that the new proch- mation’is an amhendment by thé en- tente governments of the one issued in April.: In. order to introduce abso- Iute Rertainty into néufral financial operations, it is déclared the entente governments frankly intend, if possi- ble, to prevent every transaction cal- culated to assist the Teutonic aliies to prosecute belligerent operations in any part of the world, ¥ * The official statement adds: “Money it the long run wins wars, and no one who realizes the power of money can regard our action as cither illegitimate or unnecessary. To give one indication of the vast importance of this question it is cal- culated roughly that since the allies | bcgau. examiping mails to neutral countries contiguous to Germany they have stopped about 50,000,000 {)onn(ls sterling wI}xch were £oing to banks or persons in enemy countries and including large numbers of sub- scriptions to _enemy war lo_aus. “If instrumients of any kind what- cver having the object of transferring | such vast quantities of money to the! enemy are not to be regarded as con- traband, it is impossible to concede what can properly be so regarded.” The proclamation gives the follow- ing definition of what will be consid- cyed mmre_xlmml:- ° " "Gold, silver, paper money, securi- ties, negotiable instruments, checks, drafts, urdcrs. warrants, coupons, let- !crs‘of credit, delegation or advice, ! credit apd debit notes or other docu-| ments which authorize, confirm or| give effect to the transfer of money,| credit or securities.” Nearly Two Billions | Gold in Treasury | 0f United States Washington, Nov. 25.—The great | inflow of gold into the country dur- | ing the last fiscal year increased the | treasury holdings of the precious metal to $1,805,493,935 on Junc 30, last, an increase of $420,533,943 over ! the previous 'year, according to the| United States treasurer’s annual re- | port, made public today. Gold im ports were ¥494,009,301 and export §90,249,548, | Money in circulat’on in the United States at the close of the fiscal year | aggrrgatcd $4,024,097,762, an increase ! of $454,876,188 over the previous year. | There was a remarkable growth in | the gold coin and certificates in cir- igl;atiou, the increase being $388,091,-’ 3 government’s ordinary re- ceipts, totaling $779,664,552, were an ! increase of $87,180,107 over thosc of 1915; ordinary disbursements, $724,- 492,999 were $5,610,593 less than the preceding year and the surplus on | ordinary transactions $55,171,554, Provisional Greek Regime Declares | War On Bulgaria, London, Nov. 25 he provisiunal; government of Greece, formed by | supporters of former Premier Veni- zelos, Bulga | has formally declared war on| ys an Athens dispatch to ge Telegraph company to- day, GERMAN VESSELS * BOMBARD BRITAIN Destroyvrs Shell Town on the East Coast of England, it Is Announced. RAMSGATE IS UNDER FIRE v London, Nov. 25—A raid by six German torpedo boat ‘destroyers on the English coast, which took place on Thursday night, was announced in an official statement today, The raid was ineffective, aceording to the statement, which declares that the six German destroyers participating in it steamed away -quickiyswfter: fivitig a dozen rounds, one shell striking a small vessel but causing little damage and no injury to the crew. Ramsgate Is Bombarded, Berlin, Nov. 25~(Via London,)— The fortified town of Ramsgate on:the English coast was bombarded by Gere kman naval vessels on Thursday night and Friday morning, says an official anpouncement issued today. The Ger- man craft sank the only hostile ves- sel, a British patrol ship, which was encountered, the Germans returning safely to their base. The statement reads: i “Portions of our naval forces on Thursday night and Friday morning advanced against the mouth of the Thames and northern outlet of the Downs. With the exception of an outpost vessel which was sunk hy gunfiire, no enemy forces were i countered. The fortified place of [Ramsgau: was subjected to- artillery ire. Labor Federation Re-Elecl;_s Officers Baltimore, Nov. 25—The American Federation of Labor today unanim- ously re-clected the following offic President, Samuel Gompers; first vice president, James Duncan; second vice president, James O'Connell; third vice president, D. A, Hayes; fourth vice| president, Joseph F. Valentine; fifth vice president, John R, Alpine; sixth vice president, H. B. Perham: scventh urer, John B. Lennon; Frank Morrison. Buffalo was chogen as the meeting place of the convention next year, Karl I the Title of Augtrian Emperor Washington, Nov. 25.—Ambassador Penfield at Vienna cabled the State department today that Thursday, November 30, had been set as the date for the funeral of the late Em- peror Francis Joseph, The message id the new Austro-Hungarian ruler would be called Karl I. secretary, vice president, William Green; treas-| 'WILRERSON TRLLS WHAT B WAS PAID Burns Detective at Rod Oak Gives Testimony ih Dam- age Suit. LANDERS STICKS TO STORY i Red Oak, TIa, Nov. 25—(Special Telegram,)—Depective J. N. Wilkef- son was recalled to the witness stand this morning in the Jones-Wilkerson $60,000 damage shit, ?mt in answer to the questioning of Aftorney Ree- son for the plaintif, stated that h | hadh practiced the prohafldq’%h for about ten years, that he pissed directly from law practice fo his work as a detective, He said further work on the Villisca murder case other than; his salary and expenses. He stated that approximately $5,000 has been paid to the Burns agency for their investigations of the case, and that $2,000 is yet due the agency. This money, he ptated, was contri- buted by the state'of lowa, Montgom- ery county, the estate of Joe Moore and by private subscription. \ F. F. Jones was then called to the stand, and an attempt was made by the plaintiff to introduce evidence be- fore the jury that would connect Jones with the sending of "—V}fll»‘ ntous notes received by Mrs, ~Alice Willard, warning her not to talk about the plotting she \elaims to have heard on the night of the murder. After long argument Judge Rockafellow al- lowed the evidence to come in. The defense rested its case at 2 o'clock this afternoon, E. H. Landers, wh® created the big- gest ‘sensation” of the week when he testified yesterday morning that he saw a man whom he believed to be Albert Jones enter the Moore home on the night of the murder, was re- called, and reiterated his statement of yesterday. Diet Squad Members Are Taking on Flesh Chicago, Nov. 25—The twelve members of Health Commissioner Robertson’s “diet squad” who are en- gaged in a two weeks' test to demon- strate that good and healthful food can be served for 40 cents a day despite high prices, were reported to be in excellent condition late today— the third of the test. The combined gain in weight announced by those in_charge was elevea pounds. The mepu for tomorrow will be: Breakfast—Stgwod ~prunes, rolled oats, buttered toast, postum of coffee. Luncheon—Lamb fricasse with dumplings, Waldorf salnd, breud and butter, tea. Dinner—8plit pen ‘soup, roast veal, bolled rlce, cold slaw and bread pudding. — Five Hun_dred Good Li!fle .Fo;k;~ Rewarded With Chicken Dinner “Gee Billy ain’t you glad that you've been a good boy.” 4 This was the generai upinion of 500 boys and girls who crowded the Peo- ple's church last evening at a chicken dinner. And this was how it happened. Rev. C. W. Savidge gave a Hallowe'en arty at his church several weeks ago and invited a lot of puor children. The women baked eitht cakes which would have been pienty had not boys stolen five of them. When 1. F. Stroud of the Stroud Manufacturing con.pany heard 0f the situation he de- cided that the ;ood children should Le rewarded for their honesty and the bad ones punished. He gave the sup- per last night, but the bad boys were not invited. And it was a supper that the little folks relished. There was soup and chickeny and mashed potatoes and hot rolls, cakes, candy and fruit, Little Dorotlly Huber was there, Dorothy is the little pirl who has been attending the Sunday. school’ for the last three years. Dorothy can't walk and has to be carried to Sunday school. “Gosh, I'm glad that I've been a good little girl” she said. “Good things are for good little boys and girls and I'm . good little girl,” The supper was served by a num- ber of the larger girls who attend the church. They were Mary Jane Stroud, Adelaide F{:gg, Cecilia Callahan, Lucille Fair, Katherine Savidge, Gretchen Swoboda, Etta Talbit, Phoebe Miller, Lizzie Smart, Alice Unanget and Besse Smith. Following tht supper Rev. Mr. Savidge told the little folks of the cvil of taking things. “Do you know wiec.c all people go who take things that do not belong to them?' he asked. Five hundred little throats chorused “To ‘ail.” 1 that heh ad received no pay for hisj Tp, proceeding with notable rapidity. Pushing castward after their capture of Craiova and the conquest cf Little Wallachia, General von Falkenhayn's troops have broken Roumanian re- sistance in the valley of the lower Alt and apparently already have turned this supposedly strong line of defense across western Roumania, to which the Roumanians had retreated. K A crossing of the Alt in this region is reported by Berlin. Concurrently, Field Marshal von Mackensen, operatin the other jaw of the nut-cracker, has forced a pas- sage of the Danube near Zimnitza, giving him a footing on Roumanian soil twenty-five miles in the rear of the Danube end of the Alt line, which touches the river near Turnu Magu- rele. The landing at Zimnitza also placed Von Mackensen at seventy miles from Bucharest to 'the northe east. Roumanian Defenses Fall, On the northern end of the Alt line where the Teutonic armies have been pmiin¥ down from Rothen- thurm pass further inroads on the Roumanian, defenses have been. ef- fected, according to Berlin, 3]:1# records the - capture ‘of several vil- lages. The Petrograd statement ad- mits.a Roumanian retreat here, On the hmfinr of :dovadia, the Germans report the repulse of & Russo-Rous manian offensive niovement in the Gyergyo mountains. . g Roumanian _forces which. wen Jin the | there “cut off fron sistance, the Gerr but apparently they have ho recourse but ultimate surrender nihilation: A Advance in Macedonia Halts, The entente adv... . in Macedonia shows signs of haltin. Paris reports further progress for the Italians west of Monastir, but anfounces that gen- slowed up by rain, The statements from London, Paris and Begin'.r e in reporting quiét on the Franco<Belgian front. Alliance Complains (From & Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 25.—(Special.)—A complaint wlg filed W(l(h the state railway commission ‘this morning coming from the commercial club of Alliance against the stern Union Telegraph company, alleging insuffi- ciency of the messepger service of that town, it being claimed that it takes all the way from one hour to three hours for the busy messenger boy to get to the place of business where he is wanted after a call has been made, The commission will take up the matter with the company and en- deavor to have them put their mese senger boys on a faster schedule, Austrian Munition Makers Earn Enormous Profits (Corfespondence of The Assoclated Press.) Vienna, Nov. 8—The Austrian Arms company for the fiscal year. of 1915-16, earned 165 per cent on its capital of ten and a half million kron=- en (just over $2,000,000). The company is the sole concern in Austria that makes rifles, s& that it naturally has a market for all the guns it can produce. 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