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CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
22296
FOUNDED 1881—VOL. XXXV—NO. 351
SHIP PURCHASE
HES HELD
TO HE BASELESS
Administration Exonerated of
All Unworthy Motives by
Two Reports.
ROOSEVELT IS SCORED
Majority of Committee De-
nounces Ex-president for
His Failure to Appear.
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan. 5.—
Charges circulated during the last
•Qssion of Congress that administra-
tion officials acted in the interest of
foreign business firms in urging the
passage of the government ship-
purchase bill were held to be base-
less in majority and minority reports
filed today by the Senate committee
appiintcd to investigate them. Both
reports also found the shipping in-
terests blameless of illegal activity
in opposition to the measure.
The majority denounced Theodore
Roosevelt for failing to appear be-
fore the committee to testify con-
cerning his published assertion that
•'President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan had endeavored in the inter-
est of certain foreign business firms
to secure for the United States the
power t»o purchase the interned ships
of one of the belligerents.
Ungenerous Trait of Mind.
“The charge.” the report said had
Its origin in "that ungenerous trait
of the human mind which makes it
prone to attribute unworth\ motives
to redoubtable rivals and particular-
ly political antagonists.”
"The writer.” added the report
•'whose eminence was naturally Cal-
culated to give weight to his utter-
ance. finding himself without any
basis exen of a hearsay character
for his slanderous attack upon the
highest officer of his government
simply resorted to a palpable sophis-
try’ to escape the responsibility for
the assertion he had made."
While the committee found no evi-
dence to indicate that the president
or secretary harbored any purpose to
buy interned ships the majority
held that it was not difficult tn con-
cehe of reasons consistent with the
most exalted motives that might in-
duce the president to refrain from a
public declaration that belligerents
ships would not be bought.
An Abandonment of Rights.
“Such an aetton.” said the report
•‘would -rightly be construed as an
abdomnent of rights our nation has
vigorously maintained to acquire
merchant ships by bona fide pur-
chase though a state of war exists
involving the nation under whose
flag they previously sailed."
Senator Sutherland presented the
minority report for himself and Sen-
ator Penrose.
“We do not concur.” it said “in
so far as the report defends the bill
itself nor in so far as it insists there
would be no Impropriety in the pur-
chase of the belligerents' idle ships.
We believe the bill a thoroughly bad
piece of legislation and are certain
that to have purchased the boats
now seeking security in American
harbors would have developed se-
rious trouble for the United States.’
The committee’s investigation was
authorized by a rerolution intro-
duced by Senator Burton and an
amendment by Senator Williams di-
recting the inquiry as to whether the
so-called shipping trust had main-
tained a lobby against the bill.
With reference to criticism of Col-
onel Roosevelt the minority said:
“We find ourselves unable to
agree with the strictures with ref-
erence to ex-President Roosevelt.”
SHIP STILL ASKS AID
Thessaloniki Helpless But Crew Still
Remains Aboard.
NEW YORK Jan. s.—The Greek
steamer Thessaloniki was still
afloat early today and sending
urgent calls for help'. A wireless
message received by the Scandina-
vian-American Lino from the steam-
er United States brought this in-
formation and also denied a report
thgt the crippled steamer had been
abandoned and the captain and crew
bad been picked up by the United
States.
The message said:
"Have searched with full speed all
night around the five positions
eighty miles apart without result.
Continuing search. The captain of
the Thessaloniki sends urgent mes-
sages claiming that his engine and
boiler rooms and bunkers are flood-
ed. with only little provisions left."
The "five positions" spoken bf are
those given by the Thessaloniki in
the various wireless messages she
has sent since she was cast adrift
by the breaking of the tow line by
which the steamship Patris fry-
ing to haul her to port.
republicans in control
Legislature Will Elect
G. O. P. Officers Exclusively.
BOSTON. Mass.. Jan. s—The5 —The
overwhelming Republican majority
in both branches made certain the
re-election of Republican officers
when the Legislature convenrj to-
day. Governor-elect Samuel W. Mc-
Call will be inaugurated tomorrow.
The session is expected to last sev-
eral months.
CALLAHAN FOR* REGISTRAR
President Designate* Woodward Man
for Loud Office Job.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan 5.—
James Y. Callahan of Woodward.
Okla. was today nominated by the
president for registrar of the land
If five at Guthrie Okla
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
HOUSTON MAN SHOT
TWICE BY POLICEMAN
W. H. Riley in City Hospital
With Wounds in Both
His Legs.
W. H. Riley a sheetmetal worker
of Houston Texas is in the City
Hospital with a broken left leg and
a flesh wound in the right leg as the
result of a pistol duel with police-
men at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday
morning. In a running fight along
Matamoras. Frio and Monterey
streets ten shots were fired. The
shooting came to an end in Wash-
ington square where Riley was
brought down by the bullets that
struck him in the lower limbs.
The shooting followed a call sent
to central police headquarters to
which Paltrolmen Gross and Flores
responded. Just as they entered the
place where the disturbance was re-
ported a stranger ran out of an
other door. He was some distance
away when the officers started In
pursuit and is said to have imme-
diately opened fire upon his pur-
suers with a 45-caliber automatic re-
volver. Officers returned the fire.
D. V. Diaz a fireman at the fire
house at Matamoras and Frio streets
attempted to stop the stranger and
a bullet was fired at him which
struck the ground at his feet. Back
along Monterey street the duel was
resumed bullets being sent back and
forth between the man and the of-
ficers.
Policeman J. IL Wheeler attract-
ed by the shooting hurried toward
the scene from an opposite direction
nearing the stranger as he entered
Washington park. Just as the lat-
ter leveled his gun at Officer Wheel-
er the policeman fired the bullet
striking the fugitive In the left leg
between the thigh nnd knee. A sec-
ond shot from the officer's gun
struck the man in the other leg and
he fell tn the ground.
The officers disarmed him. An
extra chamber filled with cartridges
was found in his coat pocket. The
v.ounded man was taken tn the City
Hospital. At central station later
Riley was booked on a charge of as-
sault to murder based upon the
firing of the first shot at Officer
Gross.
GREEK KING SLOWLY
VEERING TO ENTENTE
Becomes Reconciled to Idea
of Allied Troops Remaining
in Saloniki.
ATHENS Jan. s.—(Via Rome) —
The king of the Greeks appears to
have considerably altered his view-
point in the last month. Speaking
to the Associated Press correspond-
ent yesterday on the present situa-
tion in Greece the king while re-
iterating hi* determination not to be
forced or persuaded to abandon neu-
trality no longer spoke of demobili-
zation and seemed to be reconciled
to the idea of the allies remaining
in Saloniki until the end of the war.
On good authority it !s asserfed
• that M. »enizelos has already twice
been approached with respect to the
terms on which he would accept the
premiership and he Is said to have
refused to consider the proposal at
the present time on the ground that
Greece would now be unable to give
practical assistance to the entente
I powers beyond what it is already do-
! ing.
He. however left the matter open
I for further discussion presumably
in the spring when Greece’s aid may
I l»e valuable.
’ Even those in royal circles begin
I to admit that Greece possibly may be
• forced sooner or later to join the en-
tente.
The stringent censorship on al!
• telegrams for political purposes has
already been the cause of two joint
representations by the entente diplu-
। mats to the government.
THE WEATHER
TE.MPERATI RE*.
JAN 4 2am. 65
X p. m 70 3 a. m *5
4pm 72 4am ...... 65
S p. m 74 5 a. m 65
5 n. m 7 3 6 a m . .. .. 64
! 7 p. m 71 7 a. m *5
I X p. m 6« Sa m 64
9 p. m 68 9 a. m 65
10 p. m 65 10 a. m . 65
‘ll p. m 64 11 r. m 66
| 12 midnight.. . 64 12 m 6* |
| JAN. 5 1 p. m 71 j
I 1 a. m 65 2pm 75
•
LOCAL FORECAST.
I For Fan Antonio and vicinity: Lorn! ।
rains tonight; Thursday partly cloudy.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.
' ST. LOUIS: Temperature. 59 partly |
■cloudy 30-mUe wind from the ■outhwest;'
much colder; lowest temperature in last j
24 hour®. 52: highest. 60.
CHICAGO: Temperature 54: cloudy I
10-mlle wind from the southwest much I
colder; lowest temperature in last 24
hours. 46. highest 54
MILWAUKEE: Temperature. 34 cloudy;'
12-mile wind from the tt>uthwest. much |
colder; lowest temperature in last 24 ’
hours. 34. highest. 35
KANSAS CITT: Temperature. 32.!
cloudy: 24-m!lc *lnd from the north; much !
colder; lowest temperature In last 24
hours. 32; highest. 66.
NEW YORK: Temperature. 40. cloudy;
24-mile wind from the southwest; prob-
ably rain; lowest temperature In last 24
hours. 32. highest. 40
XX ASHINGTON : Temperature. 44
cloudy: 4-m!le wind from the southwest
probably rain; lowest temperature In last
14 hours. 35 highest <•
MITZIS
EVACUATED ST
THEAUSTRIANS
Heights About Capital of Bu-
kowina Fall Into Hands
of Russians.
TEUTONS LOSING GROUND
Reports Indicate Slavs Are
Steadily Increasing Great
Eastern Offensive.
LONDON. Jan. s.—The Petrograd
correspondent of the Havas Agency
announces that the Austrians have
evacuate- Czernowitz the Russian^
having seized all the heights dom-
inating the town.
The Russian war office reports
that the Russians have occupied a
line of trenches northwest of Czer-
nowitz and have repulsed strong
counter attacks.
A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd
gives a report of the evacuation of
Czernowitz and the capture by the
Russians of a large number of pris-
oners including Germans.
Pay Price in Dead.
There has been a strong advance
by the Russians on this front al-
though Vienna says the Russian at-
tacks have been unsuccessful and
that their losses have been appalling
in one sector six miles in width.
2300 Russian dead having been
counted.
.On none of the other fronts has
any change of importance taken
place. The Austrians haxe captured
an Italian trench near Tolmino and
the Montenegrins have recaptured
Bogievac from the Austrians inflict-
ing on them severe losses.
Unofficial advices from Athens re-
port thirty thousand Bulgarians as
having reached the region of Airana.
northwest of Elbassan in Albania
and that Albanian irregulars com-
manded by Bulgarian officers hax*
exchanged shots with the Italian
cutposts near Durazzo in the Adri-
atic. It is asserted that there are
one hundred thousand Serbs now in
Albania who will .’oon be ready to
re-enter the fray.
Greece Flics Protest
The Greek government made vig-
orous protests to the entente powers
against the arrest of Greek subjects
at Salctdki according to Athens ad-
vices. its demanding in energetic
terms the Release of the arrested per-
sons.
*Berlin hears that the Greek min-
ister at Sofia has informed Bulgaria
that Greece will use all means at her
disposal to support her recent pro-
test against the arrest of the Ger-
man and other consuls at Saloniki.
Greece desiring to maintain good re-
lations with the central powers.
A French official statement de-
clares Bulgarian detachments have
been pillaging villages on the Greek
frontier.
RECALL IS INVOKED
Atlantans Voting on Ousting Mayor
and Police Commissioners.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. s.—The re-
call of Mayor Joseph G. Woodward
and five Atlanta police commission-
ers was before voters at a special
election here today. Efforts are being
made to oust the six officials be-
cause they reduced from chief of
police to a captaincy James L. Beav-
ers. who first became known outside
Atlanta by abolishing the restricted
district.
Beavers was reduced in rank last
July on charges of insubordination
it being claimed that he took orders
not from the police commissioners
but from a number of so-called re-
formers. Beavers resigned after oeing
reduced in rank. His friends claimed
he did not have a fair trial and lit-
erature distributed by recall pro-
ponents termed the trial a ' lynch-
ing."
The police commissioner^ whose
recall is asked are W. P. Fam J.
W English. R. T. Pace. R. (’. Clark
and A. R. King. The polls are to be
open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
MINING IS RESUMED
Normal Conditions in That Industry
in Mexico Arp Indicated.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan 5.
Resumption of mining activity in
Mexico on a broad scale was indica-
ted in dispatches yesterday to the
State Department.
The American Smelting A- Refin- .
ing Company .of Mexico has pur-
chased ten engines and 165 railroad
cars with necessary equipment 10
provide its own trains and is prepar-
ing to operate its plants as near to
their full capacity as conditions per- ;
mit.
Department officials believe this
will serve to facilitate the resump-
tion of mining activities generally
thus assisting materially in the re-
rat ion of normal conditions.
BASILICA IS CLOSED
Chapel at St. Peter’s Desecrated by
Blood of Would-be Suicide.
ROME. Jan. 5. — (Via Paris.) —
Fhe Basilica of St. Peter’s was closed ;
todßy because a young man named ;
Antonio Giovannolo attempted to
•ommit suicide in the sacred edifice. •
Siovannolo shot himself with a re- '
rolver.
The wound was slight but as blood j
lad been spilled the Basilica was '
dosed in accordance with the rules
jf the church and wili not be re-
opened until it has been re-conse
.rated which probably will be lo-
norrow-
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5. 1916.
ATKINSON'S SARCASM
SECURES HIM A JOB
Is Ordered to Supply Daily
Bulletin on “Doings in
San Antonio.’’
When A. R. Atkinson division
freight agent of the G.. H. & 8. A.
railroad wired about 300 words to
F. 8. McGinnis general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific in Los
Angeles describing San Antonio's
attractions as a winter resort he
did so merely for the benefit of Mr.
McGinnis who had been sending
him monotonous daily telegraph bul-
letins on the weather and attractions
in Southern California. When he had
the long article written however ho
mailed copies to passenger agents of
the Southern Pacific in all parts of
the United States.
Mr. Atkinson has received the fol-
lowing communication from L. H.
Nutting of New York general South-
ern Pacific passenger agent: "Please
make bulletins on doings in San An-
tonio a regular feature to all South-
ern Pacific passenger agents. Peo-
ple in all parts of the United States
are interested in San Antonio."
As a climax to his long telegram
to Mr. McGinnis. in which he
paraphrased some ^f the latter's
telegrams about “warm weather to-
day in Southern California; Miss
Mollie Bjurstedt is playing tennis
this afternoon." Mr Atkinson has
mailed tn Mr. McGinnis a clipping
from The Light telling of six feet nf
snow in California. He wrote on the
clipping: "Is Miss Bjurstedt still
playing tennis?”
CHICAGO NATIONALS
SOLD TO WEEGHMAN
Charles P. Taft Disposes of
Ownership of Cubs. De-
clares Sinclair.
CINCINNATI. 0.. Jan. 5. The
Chicaeo National League was sold to
Charles Welshman by Charles I’.
Tatt today. Harry F. Sinclair the
Oklahoma oil magnate assisted in
closing the negotiations whereby
Weeghman obtained control of the
Cubs.
This announcement was made by
Sinclair. When Mr. Taft was asked
to confirm It a moment later he
said:
• I have nothing to say now. but
mas have an announcement to make
in a short time."
NINE HOLES READY SOON
tlunicipnl Golf Course Will Have
t.rass In Two Weeks.
San Antonios municipal golf
course will be formally opened w ith-
in two or three weeks depending up
on the weather conditions prevailing.
This will Include only the first nine
hides which will be all that will be
eotlpleted at this time. To give the
des.'.ed grass in the fairwacs English
rye has been planted. This work has
done last week and if sunshine should
follow the rain which has fallen
since the rye will be up in two
weeks.
Mayor Brown and the commission-
ers inspected the course Tuesday and
the mayor expressed himself us well
pleased with the work which has
been done under the supervision of
Commissioner Lambert.
"It is going to be a real golf
course." said Mayor Brown.” that
so far as I know will be the equal
of any in the country. Expert golfers
who have been over the ground are
enthusiastic over it and 1 believe it
will prove a real attraction to tour-
ists."
— ♦»»
MINISTER NO UNDERTAKER
Lutheran Declare* Xon-I’hristinns
Not Entitled tu< hri*tian Funeral.
SHEBOYGAN WK. Jan. 5.—
Christian burial for non-Christians.
in the opinion of Rev. <» f (). Krenz-
der of St. Paul Minn. is hypocriti
cal.
The Rev. Kreuzder. in an address
at the opening yesterday of the con-
ference of the Northwestern English
Lutheran Church said:
' The Christian pastor who per-
forms the rites of the ‘^hristidn 1
•hurch over the body cf an unbe- I
liever is guilty of hypocrisy. Mili-
tary funerals are for soldiery lodge 1
funerals are for members ard Chris- ;
tian burial rites are ^or Christ inns.
A minister of the gosj)el is not an
undertaker."
PAN-AMERICAN TROPHY UP
Aero Club offers $lOOOO for Annual 1
< omiretitkm by Aviators.
NEW YORK. Jan. n.—The Aero
Club of America announced today an
offer of a $lOOOO trophy to be com-
peted for annually by representa-
tives of North and South America 1
and to be known as the Pan-Amer- ;
lean Aviation Trophy. The first
competition is to be held at Rio de
Janeiro as soon as possible and a
cash prize of $5OOO is offered with
the trophy to go to the winner of the
first meet.
MAY CROWN* FERDINAND
Bulgarian Monarch Expected to Br-
romc Crar of Ma<*rdonia.
VIENNA. Jan. 5. (Via London) '
Political circles in Sofia reports
hut King Ferdinand of Bulgaria in-
endb. after the Orthodox Christmas
Lollda's. to proclaim himself czar'
• f Macedonia and be crowned in the I
□ld royal city of Ochrida.
PERSIA WENT
TDBOTTIM
Flit MINUTES
Those Aboard Liner Given No
Time to Launch Life Boats.
Survivors Declare.
PASSENGERS AT LUNCHEON
But Those Who Did Not Imme-
diately Leave Seats Went
Down With Ship.
LONDON. Jan. B.—The American
embassy here has received a report
saying that the Rev. Homer R. Salis-
bury. an American was a passenger
on the Persia but that he was not
included among the survivors.
The Rev. Mr. Salisbury’s home was
at Takoma Park Washington. He
boarded the steamship Persia at
Marseille going to join his wife
who is a missionary in India. The
Peninsular ami Oriental Steamship
Company confirms the report that
Mr. Salisbury embarked on the ves-
sel at Marseille.
The survivors of the steamer Per-
sia. ti'rpedocd in the Mediterranean
last Thursday reached Alexandria.
Egypt according to the account sent
by Reuter's correspondent nt that
point bearing traces of shock and
hardship. Most of them had been in-
jured.
The tragedy was enacted so rapid-
ly that the survivors sa\ they hard-
ly realized ‘ w hat happened conse-
quently they had little to tell. The
passengers were sitting quietly nt
luncheon amid an atmosphere of
gayety. Five minutes later those
who escaped wore in boats or cling-
ing to wreckage and the luxurious
liner was completely gone.
Luncheon had just started when
there came a terrific explosion. The
liner trembled violently and a mo-
ment later listed sharply to port.
Foxx Able to EM’ajM*.
Only those who left their seats in-
stantly and those who had not yet
come down to the dining salon had
any chance to escape. Many seemed
paralyzed and sat as if glued to their
seats. Their indecision was fatal as
the water poured in and the list in-
creased.
Some of those who gained the
deck lost their footing and slipped
immediately into the sea while oth-
ers were swept away by waves.
It was possible to launch boats
only on one side of the ship and
only the most prompt action by of-
ficers and crew enabled them to
launch four boats. All the passen-
gers praise the coolness and quick-
ness of the crew. There was no sign
of a panic. Ex*eryone made the most
of thr few remaining moments.
One young woman described het
experiences as follows:
"I was at the table when the ex-
plosion occurred. I ran at once tc
my cabin for a life preserver and
twice was thrown down in the pas-
sage by the rocking of the ship.
Woman Jumps Into Sea.
“1 got to my cabin snatched a life
1 belt and rushed to the deck. I had
I the utmost difficulty in keeping my
footing and was again thrown down.
'As I reached the deck the liner
| lurched heavily and I fell. Although
: badly shaken and bruised. I man-
aged to adjust the life belt and jump
. into the sea where I was rescued
। fifteen minutes later.”
Mothers who went in quest of
| their children never returned. Only
( two children were saved.
i The chief officer who said he was
; in his cabin at the time of the ex-
-1 plosion rushed to the bridge and did
1 all that was humanly possible. He
; went down with the ship but was
j rescued from the water. He thinks
that the captain sank with the ship
although some passengers said thex
saw the captain swimming.
I any of the passengers believe
that in addition to boats in which
। they were saved two other lifeboats
; got < lear of the sinking steamer.
Survivors lost All Baggage.
The chief officer however thinks
' that if other boats were seen they
were empty boats which broke loose
. when the steamer turned over and
j went to the bottom. This view is
’ supported by the other surviving of-
| fleers.
j The survivors lost everything they
1 owned on the ship and during the 30
I hours thev spent in the boats suffer- '
ed severely from iho cold. None of
1 them had warm clothing. There was
l a sufficient supply of water and pro-
i visions however ar the boats were ■
i already stocked in accord with ma-
rine regulations. Everything pos-
i sible is being done here for the com-
fort of the survivors. Charles Grant
of Boston who. so far as is known.
is rhe only American now able to |
tell the story of the disaster is a
guest on board the United States
I cruiser lies Moines.
M’NEELY IS STILL MISSING.
But Washington Will Not Act Pend-
ing Moro Details
WASHINGTON D. (’.. Jan. 5.—
President Wilson conferred with
| Secretary Tensing for an hour today
over the submarine crisis. No addi- J
tional facts beyond the definite
knowledge that only two Americans j
were aboard the Persia have been I
received by the State Department I
over night.
There was every indication that
no action would be taken pending !
the receipt of fuller advices. Wheth-
er the status of the Persia was
changed from an unarmed liner to ।
that of a vessel which might tech- j
nically he classified as armed be-
cause she mounted one gun is n i
point which T'nited States navy ex- j
perts will be called upon to help de-
termine
Official dispatches recch e<l today ।
established that only one American
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BUCHANAN PLACED
UNDER $5090 BOND
Congressman Surrenders to
Face Indictment and Is Ar-
raigned in New York.
NEW YORK Jan. s.—Congress-
man Frank Buchanan of Illinois in-
dicted on charges of conspiracy to
foment strikes in munitions plants
surrendered here today was arraing-
cd. pleaded not guilty and was re-
leased in $5OOO bail.
COMMONS AMENDS
MUNITIONS ACT
Outcome of War Directly De-
i pendent on Supply. Declares
David Lloyd George.
LONDON Jan. s.—The House of
। Commons today to facilitate the out-
put of munitions adopted an amend-
ment to the munitions act.
In appealing for the passage of
the measure. David Lloyd-George
minuter of munitions said:
“I hope the Commons will not
render more difficult the task or
turning out munitions- a task more
serious than I dare tell
“Everything depends upon it. The
length of the war depends upon it.
Everything depends upon whether
we turn out munitions in sufficient
: quantities to bring the campaign to
an end this year.
“That does not depend on the sol-
diers. who have done their task
heroically. It depends entirely upon
i -—I say it in all solemnity the work-
men of this country doing what the
! workmen of Fran< e have dnn? 4 -
1 frankly setting aside conditions
: throwing themselves into the work
j end sticking to their workshops. Un-
’ loss they do that. I cannot tell what
I the result will be.
"But I can tell what the result will
Ibo if they do so. They and they
' alone will achieve victory for this
■ empire and the human race and will
reflect credit upon /the labor move-
ment."
. The minister of munitions —David
I Lloyd-George announced today
' than 396 additional establishments
had been enrolled under the control
I of ihe ministry st no* January 1. This
j m«ke s a total of 2422 controlled es-
। tnblishmentz.
PLANS NEW*DISTRICT
smith Presents Measure in House
Affecting Texas Courts.
i WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 5.—
I Representative W. R. Smith today
i introduced a bill providing for an
I additional federal judicial district for
' Texas. As proposed if will bo known
। as the Western District and will em-
brace five divisions and provide for
I the sitting of the court at Amarillo
1 Lubbock Pecos San Angelo and El
I Paso. The bill provided for a new
division at Wichita Falls which is
I placed in the Northern District with
Dallas. Fort Worth and Abilene.
| The divisions at Waco Austin
San Antonio and Del Rio will make
। up what is designated as the Unn-
tral District. The Southern ana
J Eastern Districts remain unchanged.
■ The creation of the new district is
planned to relieve Judge Maxey of
j the Western District who is over-
। burdened to meet the convenience of
the people of the western part of
thr state and to redm-e the expenses
L of litigation in that part of the state.
INSURANCE RATE HIGHER
I
submarine Campaign in Mediter-
ranean Causes I'ronipt Raise.
NEW YORK Jan 5 The activ-
ity of submarines in the Mediter-
ranean caused an advance in war
risk insurance by local companies to-
: day on shipments through the Suez
canal. A rate of 10 pe: cent is
। quoted on cargoes in ships of '
; belligerent countries as compared |
with three-eighths of 1 per cent he-
i fore the sinking of the Ancona and
J 1 he Yasaka Maru.
LAMAR FUNERAL HELD
Services for Associate Justice \rv
simple.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Jan. s.—The fu-
neral of Joseph Rucker Lamar as-
sociate justice of the Supreme Court. .
was held here today at the First
Christian <’hureh. Hundreds of per- ।
sons filled the church and several
hundreds of others st<>od outside. At
the grave a simple ceremony was
conducted consisting of a prayer and
the recitation of Tennyson's “Cross-
ing the Bar."
LEGISLATOR IS SHOT.
Arkansan Is Killed FYnm \mhush in
Ozark Mountains.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Jan. s.—Al-
len Nixon. 43. member of the Arkan-
sas Legislature was shot and in-
stantly killed from ambush accord-
ing to advices reaching here today
from ’ ’zark. Franklin county his
home. Three deputies with blood
hounds are seeking his slayer.
Venable I< Ix'ndinz.
MERIDIAN. Miss.. Jan. 5. W. W
Venable of Meridian appeared carl'
today to have ?. comfortable lead i
over his fixe opponents in yester- .
da 's special election in the Fifth j
Mississippi congressional district f >r I
a successor to the lute Representa-
tive Samuel A. Witherspoon-
TWELVE PAGES TODAY —PRICE FIVE CENTS
BARON DIRECTS POLICY
vo-tv RwrAJ'f
Baron von Burian. \ustrian for-
eign MXTetary who i> conducting
the \ncona corroipontlener with
Sccrctarj of State Lansing is cotudci-
cred one of (he ablest of European
diplomat*. He c'Hidnct<*<! the diplo-
matic correspondence with Italy up
to the time of the lire ik brtwei*n the
two poxvers and the entrance of Italy
into the war.
BRITISH CASUALTIES
AT LOOS TOTAL 59.656
Commons Informed Fighting
Cost 2378 Officers and
57.288 Enlisted Men.
LONDON Jan. 5. The British
casualties in the battle of Loos.
: France last September totaled 2378
' officers and 57.288 men. according
to an announcement made in the
House of Commons this afternoon by
' Harold J. Tenant parliamentary un-
der-reeretary for war.
। A table showing the killed and
I missing of officers and men in ranks
follows:
Other
Officers ranks.
' Killed 773 10.345
' Wounded 1288 38095
Missing 317 8.8 48
Totals 2.378 57288
On giving the foregoing figures.
Mr. Tenant said it was impossible
i to separate the casualties in the bat-
-1 tie of Loos frnfYf Those in adjacent
' areas. The figures he said were
casualties on the western front from
September 25 to October 8.
COMING IdTdDK INIO
INTERURBAN PROJECT
Head of Construction Com-
pany to Investigate Austin-
San Antonio Proposition.
The president of an Illinois en-
gineering and construction company
< f extensive operations has arranged
to x isit San Antonio within the next
tow days to investigate the proposed
interurban line between San Antonio
( and Austin according to Vories I*.
Rroxvn president of the San Antonio
A- Austin Interurban Rail wax Com-
pany. If conditions are found to l»e
satisfactory he is expected to enter
। into a contract f»r construction of
the road.
I Mr. Brown authorized the state-
ment that work probably will be
! commenced on the line before the
end of this year and be expressed 1
■the hope that arrangements will he
imade for tb • inauguralion con- :
struetion within the next few
months.
"We nro not tr’inc to build this
line on 'talk.’ " remarked Mr. Brown
“but I see n<» reason why the people
wh<» are so deeply interested in con-
struction of the road shoulj not
know that our companx- has been
active ever since receiving its char-J
ter.
“We expect the president of an '
Illinois construction company in San i
Antonio xvithin the next few days. 1
He is coming to look »ver the line!
and become acquainted at first hand
with the resources industrial and
agricultural which this line pro-
poses serving. If xx e are able to show
that the interurban is one which
should he built ami that we have
the population and business f.A jus- 1
tify lie construction. whi< h we know
we have. T am hopeful an agreement
will be reached."
AMEND PRIMARY LAW
California legislature to straighten
Out Tangled Statutes
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. 5 —The
California Legislature will convene
in special session nt noon todav to
amend the direct primarv laws
which were left badly tangled after a
referendum election last fall «h< n
txvo <>f a series of non-partisan meas-
ures were defeated. It is expected
that the session will not last more
than four or five days.
EXPLOSION K'LLS NINE
Accidental Di^hargc of MicU nt
Lyons Proves Fatal.
LYONS. France. Jan. 5.-Eight
soldiers and one civilian were killed
and nineteen soldiers and one oixil- 1
ian injured here yesterday bx - the »
accidental explosion of a shell in thej
artillery pr.rk
CITY
EDITION
4 P. M.
■MM
SERVICE KI
introducer
All Unmarried Men 18 to 41
Called to Colors if Com-
mons Approves.
IRELAND NOT INCLUDED
Derby Recruiting Figures
Made Public and ••Starring”
Is Condemned.
L< >N'D< >N. Jan. s.—The bill pro-
riding for compulsory military serv-
ice was introduced in the House of
u’ommons today by Premier Asquith.
Under the terms of the compulsory
j service bill all males between the
I ages of eighteen and 41 whj are
' bachelors or widowers without chil-
;<lren dependent nn them are liable
। for military service.
Ireland is ekeluded from thf term®
of the measure.
Mr. Asquith said no case had been
made out for general compulsion and
(that the hill he was introducing could
be supported by those opposed to
conscription.
Mr. Asquith said he was unable
after making the largest possible
hypothetical deduction to consider
the number .of unrecruited single
men as anything but a substantial
j and even considerable amount.
He added that Sir John Simon
thought the figures might be reduced
to an inestimable quantity. If he had
shared this xiew. Mr. Asquith said
the present contingency would not
have arisen but he could not think
that.
The primary obligation was to
keep faith at all <v>sts with the mar-
: Tied men.
Exemptions Not Abolished.
Mr. Asquith said exemption could
1 be claimed under the terms of the
bill on the same ground as in th©
lease of men attested under the Der-
' by plan. The grounds of exemption
include conscientious objection to
performing military service. Other
i grounds for exemption from service
I the premier said included ill health
physical infirmity the necessity to
support dependent persons and the
fact of being engaged on work of
national importance.
I The h^rl of Derby's report on h’s
1 recruiting campaign which began
(October 23 and ended December 11.
(explains why the cabinet found it
jnecessary to bring forward a meas-
j ure for compulsory enlistment of
j unmarried men. More than 2.600.000
(men In England. Scotland and Wales •
(enrolled themselves^ but after those
fengaged in indispensable industries
and medically unfit have been win-
nowed out. about 1.100.000 ax'ailable
।to bear arms remain. There are 650.-
i OdO unmarried men who failed to
come forward and the government
will now attempt to redeem Premier
Asquith’s pledge that the married
should not be called out as long as
|a considerable fraction of unmarried
men held back. In his report which
is addressed to Earl Kitchener sec-
retary for war the Earl of Derby
' says:
Starring Found Hindrance.
“Manx difficulties have been met
'but the chief difficulty has been the
i unreliability of starring as distin-
guishing between those who had end
those who had not been taken for
the army. Instead of starring being
ian assistance it has been a distinct
hindrance to the canvass.
"More especially is this so in the
rural and semi-rural areas owing to
the fact that it was known before
registration day what branches of
the agricultural industry would be
istarred with the result that mapy
men who had no right to do so.
.claimed to come under these par-
ticular headings.
"The sense of unfairness thus cre-
ated and the Inequality of treatment
Ito farmers has been most detrimen-
tal in these areas. The farmer him-
self is not a starred man. but there
are numberless cases of his sons and
laborers being starred as cowmen
horsemen etc. though in many in-
stances. it is known they are not
really so engaged.
Wants Li>t Rrcanvassed.
"It is essential that the starred
list should be carefully investigated
and in cases of misdescription the
star removed and the man made
available for military service. This
applies to starred men in all indus-
tries.
"The issue during the process nf
the canvass of lists of trade which
were to be considered 'reserved oc-
cupations' has also proven nn ob-
stacle. I recognize it was essential
that such lists should be issued but
the fact remains that trades other
than those mentioned in the lists
have been apliying to be included
and the men engaged in those trades
are expecting to be treated in the
same way as the starred men and
have been deterred from coming for-
wand.
“Mary men also who would wil-
lingly serve find themselves barred
from doing so b> domestic finan-
cial nnd business obligations.
"This especially applies to pro-
fess oral and commenjal men xvho
find difficulties in meeting such eb-
ligations as the payment of rent in-
surance premiums Interest on loans
connected u ith their business and
proxision for their families due to
the fact that their income is en-
tirely dependent on their indixidual
efforts and ceases v hen they jo.®
the colors reparation and depend*
cnee aUownnces being quite inade*
quate to nmol these obligations. This
applies ••''t only to married men. bat •„
also to single men tn many case*.**'
s:xs Trc'tmmt Um-quM.
“Another o’»stacle to recruiting ha®
be*r the unequal treatment of In-
ihv*du tls Parents and relations as-
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