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!r" WEATHER. ' !l V ' : i PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION v. VOL. XCIX-KO. 55. H: C., THURSDAY MOBGSTG, NQYEMBER la, 1916 WHOLE NUMBER 39,766 - sin 1, -1 WILL DEFEND SUITS i 1 i n Klr Thuroday and Friday; not mucl J " ,TTP ' f ?X ?h t-T r " ZT1'm V '' V VvL ' " 'V II tl - : : : JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WM f iiu uuiiuluuiuii un unLii umnn iu uu nuiiLUiiuii uuuil " . 7 - AGAINST WHQUR LAW jlany Cases Begun Yesterday by Railroads Attacking Oonstitu tionality of the Measure. , NO OFFER OF A , TEST CASE Assistant Attorney .General : Un derwood Will Have Charge of r the Government's Defense. ; ; HAGERMAN TO ASSIST HIM Prompt and Final Decision by Su preme Court 4 Possible. ' Washington, Nov.. 15, Suits by railroads attacking the consti tutionality of the eight-hour Tail road law were begun today in many parts of the country; and the Department of Justice laid plans; to defend them. : 7; No offer has yet.been made by the railroads to settle the question by one test case.': torney Gen eral Gregory hasjnade no such proposition to the railroads, "and the department is plainning to con test each suit as it comes up for hearing. " . . ' ?. Underwood In Dlreet Caarare. Assistant Attorney ..General Under wood will have direct charge of the government's defense, and . Frank Ha- german, of Kansas City,, has been re-i tained to assist him. '.Mr. , Underwood is expected to -appear personally.. In most of the cases.1- .. . ": .i,- The Attorney Jeneral and . Solicitor General- Cavis haVftreeh Iniconitef ' ence with Mr. Underwood frequently since the first suits were filed 'and Ihe general lines of defense haye Obeen laid. Information so' far reaching the department shows that .the : railroads base their prayers for temporary re- ( straining: orders against te, law be- j coming effective on the ground that A J is. unconstitutional 'ahd Ineaptfble ,J enforcement. The government will re- j sist these contentions and assert tnat' Congress had ample such legislation. power to - enact Prompt and final N decision by 'the Supreme Court of constitutionality of the law is possible under Federal court practice, it was stated today Under accepted practice, it was explained, in any of the district courts; where test suits are brought, the . district judge might call in one or two district or circuit judges to sit with (him in the case. After a decision, by such a court. It was stated, an appeal could , be . takr en direct to the Supreme Court with out delay for its consideration by ' a circuit'court of appeals. ; - Should a test case or cases be ap pealed to the Supreme Court it was believed here the court would advance Adamson Act proceedings . for early hearing and decision. . , Some of the railroad ' brotherhood leaders are expected here Iwithin :a day or two to prepare for their appearance before the congressional -committee, making a broad investigation into the transportation problem, and It 1s prob able that they will see President Wil son. . ' , ' . -': " " " ; ine statement of Samuel Oompers: that the law would ;eo into effect "in-I function or no injunction" and the statement of W. S. Carter, head of the Locomotive Firemeniv and Engjnemeh, denying that a strike had been threat ened if the law were' hot "enforced, has attracted attention among Federal offi cials. . i . - . COURTS EXPECTED TO DEFINE 7 j, LAW SHOULD IT BE UPHELD. ,f New York, Ndv. i5.Suits filed by 'ailroads against the Federal govern ment to test the constitutionality of "e Adamson 8-hour law, also "are ex pected to result in the Interpretation of the statute if it be upheld, the rail rad managers comprising the National inference committee of railways an nunced in a statement here tonight. Suits designed to test the validity of the law and to ' rent.rni n . thi arovern- J"ent from putting It , into effct were filed n this city today by the New IorK Central nnri "Rrf rallrnnrlK Lm,lar suits are . to, be brought "thin the next few days by each rail aa in the country in each of the Fed "al districts It traverses, according nsha Lee. chairman of the confer nce committee. Mr. Lee . Issued a I George W. Guthrie,American ambassa "atement at th nA r.r tvi. nnmmtt. dor to Japan. , s three-day secret session, ' explalh .. TLthe raiiroads' programme In their "6UL as-ainnt tVio l.m The statement -ollows Two questions are involved In the tn,P6,al by the railroafts to the 'courts light on the Adamson law: 1 i- Is the law constitutional? . L If It is constitutional, what doer 'tftean? -. "Opinions have been expressed by enn nt authrities that the law is un "nstitutional and there are conflicting ,,, ";ons as to how the law if constl tional. should be applied. . iiierefore, the - railroad ' must, as a matter of duty, ask . the courts If the ltXls 7ith,i the power of .Congress; cwn0a y tney owe, not alOne to the ners of these properties, but also 16 (Continued on J-ge Ten.) . - i : , it ip . uDLninTrnj , . - ENGLAND TO HAVE FOOD CONTROLLER? Wider Powers Will be Conferred on the Government Today by Orders in Council. WALTER RUNCIMAN SPEAKS Announce - In House of Common the . PoMlbtllty of More Stringent , Meaanres to Insure Nation ' al Food Supply. London, Nov. 15. The appointment of-a - food controller by the British government was forecast today by Wal ter Runctman, president of the Board of Trade, in announcing in the House of Commons that wider powers will be conferred upon the British government tomorrow by orders in council dealing with the food question.. The speech of Mr. Runciman had sig nificance 'aside from its- actual context, as showing that the government is looking forward to protracted hostili ties and '-foresees the necessity for timely measure for insuring the .na tional food supply ,by an effective or ganization of national-resources, In a similar, manner to that adopted in ene my countries. . " Mr. Runciman, In his speech, announc ed the imminent appointment of a food, controller jlth full power over all de partments'" concerned in fooft supplies, and immediate , measures to . restrict the luxurious ' use of sugar, to prevent waste and to making of large profits In . potatoes and milk and .for. lorbia ding the milling of pure white flour. He said also . tnat ine goTernmeni wouiu ask- new ; powers -under.; th jflef ense of the realm ftet; to 4e.al- with all attempts to "exploit public necessities, v Theselnleasures Mr, CReinaa ex plained, rr'- they were- found Insufficient It ssht become, necessary to5 h&ye recourse in The . speech of the president of -the board of .trade wad welcomed Ih all parts of th'e'HSuse." ' Sir" EJdward-Car- nn on . behalf of the opposition, and George j. Wardle, for the .laborites, agreej thai' the ! house was ready to Rrant the power asked . without . the formality of a bill. - - ' iwrricaK WHO .EXPECTED TO BE SHOT AS SPY IS RELEASED Had Been Held In the Jail at Juares " ' Slnee November Ttb. ' - El Paso, Texas. Nov.- 15i After being held in the Juarez jail since November 7, during which, time he expected to be shot as a Villa spy, Benjamin Brahan was "released at the mUitary headquar ters in Juarea late today and came to the American side of the river. Bra ham said he knew of no reason why he was arrested other than the fact that he was a scout for General Pershing in 'Mexico. , 'S -:-' '' " " ' " . Joseph .Williams, - the Mormon, will be released as soon as he is able to furnish ' a bond" of 1,000 pesos, it was announced tonight. .- President Wilson Sends Message to the Japanese Emperor. . Other Prominent SfenAlso Send Measag- , es to the Far Eat Marconi ; f ; Send His Congratulations From London. ' l l : San Francisco, Nov. 15. Commercial trans-Pacific1 wireless service via Hono lulu to Japan was inaugurated today by the ; Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company with messages sent by Presi dent Wilson and other prominent men from Bolinas Ridge, near here, to the Emperor of Japan and other dignitar ies in that country. t Aimaro Sato, - Japanese 'ambassador to the United States,' sent a message to From London was flashed by cable and thence by the new; wireless ; route the congratulations of Gugleilmo . Mar coni, the inventor, to the director of post and telegraph of ; the Japanese government. A thessage from Melville E. Stone, general ' manager of ? the Associated Press to the Japanese minister of for eign affairs, said: . "'I . " i -:;: ' "Greetings arid - sincere 'congratula tions on this new- bbhd of union be tweenV Japan and the : United States." MESSAGE TO , THE ASSOCIATED ; : ..PRESS FROM MINISTER DEIC v New YprkviNov. 15. Th Associated Press has received from Baron Xenjlro Den. the Jap'anese minister., of com munications, the following message on . .. ... (continued on Page Ten.) ;- ;V Representatives of Lowest Bidders for -New Navy Vessels Con fer With Daniels. FURTHER DISCUSSION TODAY Congress May be Aaked to Increase the Price Limit for "Four Scout Cruis ers Bidders Argue Against Electric Propulsion., Washington, Nov. 15.. Representa tives of the lowest bidders for ships of' each type included in the big 1917 navy building programme were in con ference several hours todajc with Sec retary Daniels and other Navy Depart ment officials. While ; no conclusion was reached, as to tbe placing of the contracts for 53 vessels which now are pending, Mr. Daniels said later he was hopeful for an agreement within a day or two which would enable him to make the award. The conferences will be continued tomorrow. In the case of the four scout cruisers, only one bid wa rece.ived, that of the Seattle Construct on and Drydock Com pany. Other builders explained today that they had been unable .to bring their estimates within the $5,000,000 limit of cost fixed by Congress for the hull and machinery of each . ship. Sec retary Daniels intimated that Congress would be asked to increase' this limit, and new bids would be sought. , Bids for battleships, destroyers and submarines were made contingent upon modifications .which rendered them un acceptable . to the department. These were talked over today, and will , be considered again tomorrow. The ebid ders exp'.- t-. fiat" the long,, time re quired fcv structiorc in the majority of, the prci,j,als was due to the uncer tainty of prompt delivery of structural steel. , .. . A . suggestion that provision be made for extension of time In the. event of delay for this reason was not, favor ably received by the secretary.,, Earlier In the, day the department , had teen ac sured py representatives .of .aructu rat steel ompaflyia.VprefSre1 be given to government orders .wheth er; for private or, public yards.. , : SUnilar ..statements have come from many, other maufacturers.elid the de partment is unwilling 'tot open a door that-might permit - of .extendedfdelay. . The bidders argued against, the elec-J trie propulsion system preferred by the navy experts for 'the four battleships. So far, no private builder has under taken to construct ships of that type, but the government has under. con struction at its own-yards three electric-drive battleships. . The bidders 'said today -they doubted the ability of -the electrical companies to ; provide the equipment for , the great number of ships which are to be-built within -the next three years. They, also said .they could not be expected to guarantee the operation of machinery they did . not construct themselves or face the possi bility of delay in delivery of the ships through defects in such machinery. Secretary Daniels said he had receiv ed assurances from one electric com pany .that, it could "melt all demands made upon it by the. Navy. It was in dicated that "the department would not abandon ' this - type of propulsion be cause of the attitude of the private builders, since. navy.experts believe it greatly increases the efficiency of-battle craft.' . S IE For the Relief of the Car Shortage in Some Sections. - TMs is Expected to be Result of Con- ferencn Friday . Between Railroad r Presidents and Commisaion n er McChord. " Louisville, Ky., Nov, 15. Drastic ac tion for he relief of the shortage of freight cars in certain sections of the country is expected tb result- from the conference here Friday between a com mittee of Ave . railroad presidents and Commissioner Q. C. McChord. ; This is the belief of a majority of the railroad representatives present at hearings be ing held here in connection with an In vestigation, into ' the exchange and re turn of equipment by the country's rail roads, i :': y' i . The testimony, at th hearings has re lated almost' exclusively to 1 the exist ing conditions and little has been done to provide -immediate relief as to' the supply of coal and refrigerator cars. Now, however It is -believed that the 'committee of five presentfa who will represent: the American Railway Asso ciation, i-will -endeavor in conjunction with Commissioner McChord to work out some temporary arrangement which will relieve the shortages of . all sorts of equipment and to lay plans for such revision, of the -car service rules as will prevent' thelri. recurrence: "V!iv 4 t. ; : ' 1" i Commissioner , McChord, commenting this afternoon upon the fact that many railroads were not represented at the hearings, declared" that though he was reluctant to-do.o, , it -seemed he would " " (Continued on Page Ten.) 1 . DRASTIC IMS BY RAILROADS PRQBAB 1 . mm h v i - . . - . - i . - v. II III I liLUIIIII II Tlna 13 tue seuef of the Members """T v ' v 4- m nf ia wr-rr.aniA,oo on T nrrr.iinr l Lowest 'Democratic? Elector Will - - t -, - Lead Highest Republican Elec tor, Leaders Think. : : ! CLERKS' RETURNS ARE SLOW Republican Chairmaii Tells Who is to Blame for the! Defeat of Hughes in the State. San Franpisco, Nov.'SlS. Prediction that the lowest Democratic elector in California will run ahed of the high est Republican elector were made to night - by Democratic p leaders , afte watching the slowly augmenting ret turns from county cler&s. ; ; "The difference will be i about 600 in favor of the Deroocrats," .said Sidney W VanWyck,' Jr., chairnian of the Dem- j ocratic campaign commijttee. j Available returns "werj'feonsidered in themselves not an index .of . the situa tion proportionately.' because they were from smaller, counties, inost of which had given Wilson good niijorities. They showed the lowest Democrat 1 14,773 ahead of the highest .Republican but nearly all the big .counties stiir weri missing. i " - .! ROWELL TELLS WHO' IS TO BLAME FOR HUGHES' DEFEAT San Francisco, Nov. '15-Chester Hi Rowell, chairman of the Republican state central committee, Issued a state-f ment today charging- tat -'the Republ icans who undertook:Jith:f look after Charles E. Huffhe4;"i'g. his trip through California," notf-only -made a bad job of it, but suppressed and dis4 obeyed Instructors from?the East.' The statement . blames: them-'iftfr tlie loss of the state1 fr4h ; the Rep'ftblicanr columnI : "Itth advice, ahd; - practically the demands of the national. managers of Mr. ' Hughes1 . campaign had - noj ; been defied and autonreBsed bydt6 In charge: of .It'in California," the statement said, '"Mr; Hughes would now be, beyond question.- presidentTelect of the United States"- ' , Francis V.-Keesling, chiirman of the Republican; state central committee af the time Mr. Hughes was in the statS, said: ' A' - - ." "Ifm not-going: to say anything.-The telegrams were all publishe'd - at ; the time." - , ?: RE-COUNTS WlII, BE MADE T . ' ; . IN. CERTAIN ; W. VA. COUNTIES. Charleston," W. Va Nov. 15. Flem ing W. Alderson'and T. A. Null, Demor crate, who on the ' face of . unofficial returns were defeated for Congress , in the third and1 fourth dlstrfcts, respec tively, have ..asked that re-counts be made in certain covintVes of .bojh dis tricts, according' to information: receiv ed here tbday. Notices, ofcohtest have already been filed in the'countle's affected. . Null- was defeated; by Harry C. Wordyard, while Alderson lost? to Stuart JTVRebd: J ' ' A demand for a re-count in Cabell county for candidates pn both the Dem- 4 ocratic, and. Republican, tickets - for presidential- ejectors and United- States Senator-was made late , today by. attor neys j-epresofftng the Republican coun ty commit-ee; :' The re-count will prob ably r start ' tomorrow.' i . ; Reports 'that. Judicial.1 Inquiries, are to be instituted .'in Marion, , Cabell, Lo- -gan and' Webster counties into alleged election . trauds' checked vail' discussion ofthe, proposed extraordinary session of the state, legislature today and the opinion---was expressed.' at the capital that nothing" would be. done for several days in connection with the call:' Gov ernor Hatfield refused to discuss the matfer. ' At thfl-.offlce of the secretary of state,' it. was stated that no official' returns had been received and. none was ex pectedbefore tonorrow. , HIIGHES LEAVES SATURDAY - FOR AN. EXTENDED VACATION New York, Nov. 16. Charles . E. Hughes will leave here Saturday with his family for Lakewood, .N. J., where he will rest several weeks it was an nounced tonight. v William R. Will cox, chairman of the National Republican .: committee, will accompany. Mr. .Hughes to? Lakewood. Mr. Wlllcox,'. however, , said, he would "keep ih touch, r with, Republican headquarters here by . visiting the city s.everal days a'w1- - -" - : HUGHES' pxtURAtrrr IS CUT . - DOWN TO SS5 IN MINNESOTA St. aul,fMInn , Xov.15. With 4ff of the 86 ''counties in Minnesota having turned 'In . their ' tabulation sheets -to'i the secretary j of state - and ? with unoffi cial .'returns - from 'the remainder, in cluding Hennepin .and ..Ramsey coun ties,' Mir. Hughes plurality was cut down to 385. - The total' vote" was: 1 Wilson, 177,788; Hughes, 178.188. ; t : '.T"a'';--heet?:'frbm.:;Renvine..-!r: county made .the big difference ; over, . last night's lead of more than 1,000 creditr ed to the Republican candidate.. The official vote-checked'over at the capi tol today;?gave ; Wilson. ' 69,598 and Hughes 8o;o75. ;:-v i.j: w'- m - ... -. i " '-(-i, J1-?' - -h c : - s . RE-COUNT. IS DEMANDED IN ;';- ; ;: MORGAN COUNTY BY DEMOCRATS vt"haflestoiv-.'W.'Va n eye representing the Democratic Na! tlenal Committee . late today Hied " in the- county, court' of. Morgan ; county a petition asking 5 f oi-a re-count' of .the votes for... President and United States Senator. , It was claimed' that there were error which may reduce . the vote received - by: CarteE.;' Hughes " and " ContInuefl"oii"iage Ten.T- . vi'.'tt '' ' . I .TnTtt. rfAmmDCA ill I I III I S'lllll III I wv wwiiiiiiMawui I w b phi ;. v I W w MEXICANS ALTER ATTITUDE Announcement Tnat Agreement is in Sight ! Made by Ignarfo Bonillaa. ; Cabrexm Not at Conference Yesterday. . Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 15. Unless unexpected- eppositi&h develops mem bers of the ' Mexican-American joint commission believed tonight an agree ment covering the withdrawal of 1. American , punitive expedition and a method of border control will be ready by ihe end of the week for submission to ; the governments. Announcement that an agreement was in sight was made by Ignacio Bonillaa, one of the Mexican representatives, at . the close of : a session that had lasted until night. . ' tThe altered attitude of the, Mexicans developed at vthe second session today. It was not attended by Luis Cabrera, chairman t of the Mexican commission, who did not return from Philadelphia until" late tonight. He was accompa nied : here" by Ambassador, Designate Arredodo and Mrs. Arredondo. No significance' seemed - to, be -attached to the coming ' of the ambassador. Air though Mr. Cabrera has not been here since he manifested his opposition to the plan that was sanctioned Monday by; his, colleagues, it is known the other Mexicans were in telephonic communU cation with him today. 1 It is not be lieved, however, that the unexpected development late today was due1 to his counsel. . . Mr. Cabrera, it now is known, has been"; opposed, apparently unalterably, to the plan as it has been discussed. There appeared reason to believe that he had suggested -. a counter plan, but that his associates, chose to contfciue consideration of the- one which had virtually been agreed upon Monday af -ternooni . .'. - ,. . " ".. .. . ,v Mr. BehiUas . oen led today- that 'Mr. Cabrera had interfered with the adop the Impression that . the .utmost har mony prevailed among the Mexican delegates.,; ... ' NEGRO STEVEDORES ORDERED. . . ' ; BACK 'TO JfW liOJrOON JAN. 5 Time of Deutschland'S' Depature Still r " - Remains Uncertain. New; London, Conn., Nov. 16. Eight negro stevedores from Baltimore, who loaded the "cargo of the German subma rine Deutschland last week, have been ordered to return here, on January 5, it was learned tonight. While officials of V. a! -T7ia at ami Vnvwa vtll n f-. Orvmnanv r ( cltned to orrer any . explanation or tne order, the belief prevails thaT another German submarine may : be , expected about that time or that the Deutschland may make another trip. here. "Although the Deutschland's cargo was loaded several days ago and she has provisions for sixty days on board, the .time of her, departure still was uncertain1, at a late hour. Her crew was given shore .leave .tonight. London, Nov. 15. Llbyds announces that the Spanish" steamer Ols Mendi, a vessel of 2,092 tons, ' has been sunk. Twenty-four members of the crew were landed.- - PANCHO VILLA CALLS US 'WHITE CHINESE' Refugee Tells of Address by Ban ? dit Chief1 at Parral. Atneriran end Other Mining Men ho ' . Were In be Town Before Its Cas- ture Arc Reported to Have Escaped Safely. El Paso, Texas, Nov. 15. Francisco Villa referred to Americans as "white Chinese" at Parral, when he entered the town at the head of his troops fol lowing its evacuation by General -Luis Herrera, a Mexican refugee from Par ral declared, who came to the border last night disguised as a peon, i In a speech to the peop.e of Parral yiila raid he intended to kill ; all Chinese- and . "white Chinese", meaning Americans, the y refugee . reported. Three Chinese - were 5sald to' have been killed there :y Villa ."bandits. Villa also announced his' Intention to go to Chihauhua City and capture it from the Carr-inza troops, the refugee ' said. An erican ' and " other - mining men of I arral are safe and : are making their way joward '.the west coast of Mexliu-, a -, Mexican reiugee wno arrivea nere frm. I arral "last night, reported. He leti Parral on November 8. - He re ' ported that the town was occupied on November 5 H by Villa bandits. ; The TOerlcans and other 'yf orelgners 'eft ParraL twb days before General , Her rera ' evacuated tfie' town, the v refugee, who Is considered: reliable, -stated.' The Americans announced before they left that - they - were . going to the- port of Culiacan. on J the west coast: " The ref ugee, - however;-beU eves they are hid ing in the mountains west -. of : Parral i C Continued 01. .rage Ten. PLEA OF TRABUE Says He Shot Stokes When At tacked by the Latter, While Seeking a. Retraction. TAKES THE WITNESS STAND Tells of Visit to Stokes' Office Says Mra. Stokes Had Warned Him Against Her "Dangerous and Treacherous" Husband. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 15.' Charles C. Trabue, who shot and killed Harry S. Stokes, another attorney, in the lat ter's office. April 26, testifying in his cwn behalf today, said that he shot In self defense after Stokes had attack ed him when he went to his office to ask for a retraction of alleged insults . He testified 'that Stokes' enmity was aroused three years ago in a law suit and the breach was widened a short time later when Mrs. Stokes retained him to secure a divorce. The bill was never filed, as a reconciliation later was effected. Trabue' testified that when he was retained , by Mrs. Stokes she warned him against her husband and told him that Stokes was "the most dangerous and : treacherous criminal living." Her word's were excluded from the record but Trabue was per mitted to tell, the jury that Mrs. Stokes had " warned him against her husband. . , Stokes' 'enmity further was aroused late in 19J5when Trabue entered the so-called tax-payers' suit as opposing counsel. ' ' '.' " ' ' ' " " " ' Decided to Ask a Retraction. Trabue testified that on the morning of. April 20 he sat down and-began to -think-oyeritbje-jjerso peon inauiKeu- iui xiis. mo wjtt; y- "1 . wasn't Willing for things' to go iny further," he testified." "I had made every expression of "a -purpose to pre serve peace,., more - .than . any . decent man ought to niakel ' The only course that appeared' -open to " me was to go backto, the 'lawsuit and the first time MrrBtokes': did or said, anyt" ing to me denounce . hlfn publicly. Then I felt that a public 'denunciation would be bound to be resented by him. I didn't think he wanted to ' drive me that far. I had the. conviction that if Mr. Stokes understood that I reached the limit of my forbearance and learned it from me that it -would avert trouble. The only decent, and proper thing for me to do, it seemed, was to go to Mr, Stokes ahd ask him to retract his of fensive statements and if he did not, to tell him that the next time he in sulted me I was going to publicly de nounce him." Went to Office Armed. ' Having made "up his mind, he said, he put his pistol in his pocket and went to Stokes' office. He armed him self, he said, "solely because of Stokes' threatening attitude toward me and for my own protection." 1 Waiting a few moments in Stokes' waltinjr room Until a" client passed out, he entered the private 'office where (Continued on Page Ten.) SMALL BRITISH FORCE German Officer Shot Dead While Trying to Kill Chaplain. Made Effort to Have His Men Over power the British Detachment Up on Observing the Force Was Greatly Outnumbered. (Copyright 1916 by Associated Press). With the British -Armies in France, Nov. 16. (via London). A British chap lain while searching the battlefield of the Ancre for wounded hidden in the shell craters during the "British ad vance, accompanied by a few soldiers came upon an isolated trench contain ing nearly 400 Germans, , who promptly surrendered. The chaplain ordered the men to file out on the open ground pre paratory to passing them, back' with an escort when the German officer, seeing the small' size of the force to which he was surrendering, tried to rally his men. and overpower it. He was about to kill" the chaplain when a British in fantry shot him dead, whereupon the other Germans again held up their hands and shouted their eagerness to be made prisoner. Except for local in effective bombing attacks, from the di rection of Serres the Germans made no effort to re-take their , lost", ground in the Beaumont-Hamel -rfegion today (Wednesday), The British are proceed ing with its consolidation and also are occupying the nigh ground Immediate ly, north of the river. : Prisoners aggregating a battalion were taken today from trenches abut ting the' area" captured during, the la-jt two days. An order dated October 13, yr (Continued .on Page Ten.) CAPTUR 400 GERMANS Capture Ground Near St. Pierre Vaast Wood and in the East ern Part of Pressoire. THE FIGHTING WAS VIOLENT French Admit Losses, But Say the - Germans Suffered Heavily, for Limited Gains. RUSSO-RUMANIANS LOSING Teutons Continue to Advance on ! Transylvania Front. While the British were further advancing their front north of the Ancre river or consolidating the newly won positions, the French -and Germans have been engaged in violent combats both north and south of the 'Somime. In both re gions the Germans made gains in the northern corner and western outskirts of the St. Pierre-Vaast wood, north of the river,, and in the eastern partof the village of Pressoire,' south of the stream; : Germans Suffered Heavily. The French in admitting- the loss- of this ground say the Germans obtained only, limited advantages at the price of very heavy r16sses. In the north the German attacks extended from Lea Boeufs tO;the south of Bouchavesnes, a front of five miles and south of the Somme from Ablaincourt to the Chaul- nes wood, about three miles; The at i talc were - JaUnf hsiffSaf ter vlOl;entiar-1 tillery ; preparation. Berlin, in reverting . to the British "attack "which gave them the town of Beaucourt, says that except at- Beau- court all the British attacks broke down with heavy casualties. On the southern bank of the Ancre the attack has already been shattered, says Ber lin, which adds sthat flghtmg is pro ceeding near Sailly-Salllsel and Pres soire. According to London 5,678 Ger mans have been made prlsohers on the Ancre since Monday. The British losses' considering the extent of the gainst are declared not to have been high.'' Rnspo-Ruinanlana Fall Back. ' The Transylvania front, aside from the lihe in France, is furnishing the most sanguinary engagement. Here al most everywhere the Austro-Germana are gaining ground against the Ru manians and Russians. In the Tirgti- juily, Alt and Jieul valleys the Teu tonic Allies have forced their antagon - V ists still further back. In the Dobrudja region Bucharest' reports the occupa tion by the Rumanians of the town of Boasic, on the Danube. The royal palace in Bucharest hai been bombed by Teutonic allied air craft. The Queen and the Royal Prin cess were not. in he building at the time. Teuton Losses in Serbia. Berlin admits that on the Cerna rive bend in Serbia the .Entente Allies have captured some heights and that in the valley, the Teutonic allied line has been drawn back in order to prevent pres sure on its flanks. In Gaiicia, according to the Petro grad ware office, the Russians have driven Austro-Germans from former Russian trenches in the Narayuvka river- region. Berlin asserts, however, that attacks by the Russians in this vicinity were repulsed. East of Gorizia. the Austrians by a heavy bombardment have compelled the Italians to- give up some of their trench. On the Carso front the Italian have made advances at several points. CALLS SPECIAL SESSION , OF W, VA. LEGISLATURE Governor - Hatfield .Propose Amend ments to Certain Laws. . Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 15. Govern or Hatfield tonight issued a proclama tion calling for the Western Virginia legislature to convene In extraordinary session here on November 20 for the passage of. amendment to certain laws, so as' to affect the tenure of elec tive and . appointive officers, to curtail the appointee powers of the governor and to make , the public service com mission and the state board of control, non-partisan or bi-partisan if the leg islature so sees. fit. , SOLDIERS DESERT BECAUSE OF HARDSHIPS DUE TO COLD Deming, N. ,M., Nov. 15. Sixty men have been arrested on charges of de sertion, it was announced today at brigade headquarters at CampDemlng. The men, it is understood, are from the First Provisional . Infantry brigade, stationed at Fort Bayard, N. M., and are deserting because of hardship due to cold weather. COTTON A 20r CENTS. Price on the Savannah Market High 4 !. tars - Savannah, NOv. il 5. 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