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PERSHllfammfri EVACUATE
SENATE WILL HOLD
COLmitA AND ARE
11-HOUR SESSIONS
: NOW XWmiE MARCH NORTH
TEUTONSRE FORCED
AUXILIARY CRUISER
LAURENTIG IS SOI
ATTACK
BY
RUSSIA
.-'f;f. t-
P.
1
. isr
'jerlin Admits Withdrawal Along
the Golden Bystrtza on Buko- .
wina-Rumariia Front.
ALLIES
GAIN IN FRANCE
j-rench Capture Elements of Ger
maii Trenches Between. LesEp- :
arges and Calonne.
JRITISH RAIDS SUCCESSFUL
London Claims Destruction of
Four German Airplanes.
On the Bukowina-Rumania front
between the towns of Jacobeni and
Empolung the Russians have de
livered a vicious attack which re
sulted in the piercing of the line of
the Teutonic allies over a front of
nearly two miles. . Numerous pris
oners and a considerable amount
of booty fell into the hands of the
Kussians. Berlin admits the with-j
drawal of the Teutonic forces j
along the Golden Bystrtza river in
this region, saying that It' was ne
cessitated in the face of superior
Russian forces. "' -
Germans Lose in France.
Between Les Eparges and the, Cal
onne trench, north of Verdun, the
French have carried out a successful
attack against the Germans, taking elT
ements of trenches from tb...troopa -'of
the German crown prince. . North-, of
the river 6omme, near LeTransloy the
British in attacks have - captyred tren.
chea from the Germans and carried out
successful raids near Neuville St. Vaast
and northeast of Festubert.. Consider
able aerial activity has again' taken
place on the western front, London re
porting the destruction of four German
airplanes and the driving down of an
other. '' "
In northwest Russia on the Riga sec
tor considerable fighting continues. -
Here both Berlin and Petrograd re.
cord the repulse of attacks. .
Artillery activity prevails in the Aus-tro-Italian
theatres and duels .with the
tig guns and operations by small raid
ing parties are in progress on the front
in Macedonia. ,..
tn Mesopotamia the Ottoman : troops
continue their fight for the possession
of Kut-El-Amara. The London war of-
flee renort th. w,nt vv the British
of trenches which the Turks took from
:hem recently near Kut-El-Amara. :
SEVERAL FRENCH ATTACKS.
0 HILL 04 ARE REPULSED
Berlin, Jan. 28, (via Sayville). The
repulse of several French attacks
against the Teuton positions on Hill
northeast of Verdun, is reported in
the official supplementary statement
issued this evening by the German
headquarter ttaff. " ' -
After strong artillery preparation
English forces yesterday succeeded in
occupying a small section of the most
advanced lineof the Teuton positions
rWended by. troops under Crown Prince
KupprecM southwest of LeTransloy, in
the region north of the river Somme.
On account of superior Russian pres
sure directed against the Teuton line in
the Jleste Canesce sector on the Golden
B'strtza river front, in Rumania, say
another statement, the Austro-German
lorces yesterday were compelled to
undraw t o posiltons nearer the east
nank of the river. Russian attacks
gainst the Germans on both sides of
me river Aa, in the Riga region, were
fpfPmsed with heavy losses to the forces
i Emperor Nicholas. '
IVTEn
PROVING BAD EBTEMY
WAR FRONTS OF EUROPE
sno'en"a' Jan- 28 (via L.ondon)-Heavys
"ws an dtntense cold have resulted
n a slackening and at various points
tion cessation f the military opera
jivn iin a11 the war fronts where Aus
Elir earian tr5ops are engaged.
zzards prevailin East Galicia, Buko
m a' the wooded Carpathians and Ru
d'eer rrthe Snow beln? "several; feet
knn temperature is the lowest
thl in ears. which is true "also oj
fror,.nrthern sectors of the Italian
J.nt and the Balkans. - - .
to h ali thefle fronts both sides appSar
enem ding ihe winter their worst
arm' If is aimost. impossible to use
1L1llery Owino- v, i !1 .,j 1.11,
of men frozen to death are plen-
tifui.
Fl'ERAfJ op REPRESENTATIVE
I
PIXLEY HELD AT YORK, S. C
Tork
. S. C, Jan. 28. -The funeral of
Kdward TTintaw mnli.i nf tVlrt
from th
House of Representatives
Fifth district of South Caro-
una
form r nere toy 'at-the,-e-
Mr f, .Prestyterian church,- of -which
three
" as a rulinsr-elder. Twenty-
Hembers of tho Tfnx,m- nrA Run-
ate
hrr., ; cu wnue special - xrams
ami A aeleSatlons from Rocl
chl, ester- Services in other
Hill
York
w-iv r were suspended- today, Burial
iospiiai m Charlotte; si'r-- ,vl-
Attempt Is Made Upon
v Life of King Alphonso
Madrid, Jan. .28, (via Paris). An
attempt was made today to wreck
a train on which King Alphonso was
.a passenger. The royal train was
preceded by a freight train, the en
gineer of which saw an obstacle on
the track arid removed it.; Neither
the royal train nor the freight suff
ered any damage. ,
. The spot chosen f or , the derail
ment of the royal train, near Gran
ada, .Andalusia, was a particularly
favorable one, as. the road here be
gins to run. downgrade. The' police
have arrested two men, on one of
whom was found code letters from
Barcelonia. , -
Constitutional Assembly Author
izes Him to Name Last Sun
' day in February as Date.
FOR
ELECTING PRESIDENT
Minister and Priests Must Hereafter
; Be of Mexican Birth Palavaclnl
. Declares Wilson Greatest Ruler
r -' of, Today '
. Queretaro, Mexico Jan. 28. The con
stitutional ' assembly . has. adopted an
article whereby General ' Carranza is
autjiorlzedto ( issue a call and. proyidp
regulations; JtorfheT eleetUn,Qf4 mem
bers of congress, to be held the 'last
Sunday h in February? Congress wiU
meet in extraordinary session on .April
15. ' . Congress also wUl act as a sort
of -electoral college, passing upon the
presidential election' and officially de
claring he " president elected. ' No
mention is made as to the date for
holding the presidential election, but
It probably will be the last Sunday in
March'and it is expected that the pres
ident will take his seat May 1.
. Four Year Term
The extfaorcUnary session of con
gress 'will .take under consideration
certain ' laws and will appoint judges
and other; officials who will assume, of
ficef July 1, when the present officials
eqd their terms.
The term of the next
lining December, 1916.
sldered as be-
so as the next
election will "be held in December, 1920.
,The assembly has decided that if
the office of president becomes vacant
in the first two years of the term,
congress will ' call -another election to
fill, out the remainder of "the term, Up
pointing a president pro tempore until
such election is held. If a vacancy in
the presidency, occurs in the last two
years of the term, congress shall elect
a successorto complete the term. The
provisional president, in the former
case; is ineligible for re-election, but
(Continued, on vPage -Three. )
WOMEN OBJECTED TO
BEING Gill J BATH
When So Informed by Quarantine
Officials a Riot Began ;
Trouble at Juarez End of International
Bridge Threatened, to "Become Seri
ous Traffic' Blocked for
" Wy Several Hour.
El Paso,, Texas, Jan. 28. -A misun
deratanding over quarantine regulations
led to a riot today at the Juarez end of
the main international bridge, which
threatened for a time to aasume dan
gerous ' proportions." Energetic meas
ures taken by the Carranza garrison and
a conference between the American and
Mexican, immigration officials .Wlater
brought, about - an .'arrangement satis
factory; to the Mexicans; and quiet was
restored.- -: ' .. -
: Th,e -. rioters were mostly . American
women, -emoloved a& servants in VjI
Paso, who resertted the American quar
antine order that all persona of unclean
appearance seeking: to cross the bridge
be given a shower: bath and their cloth
ing be disinfected to kill typhus germs.
Women, stopped by the' authorities,
returned to Juarez and circulated " sto
ries that all were, t receive a bath in
a gasoline- mixture - simUar . to that
which resulted in a fire in the El Paso
jail last March, in which more,, than a
ectr of persons'. were burned. to death.
St6ries were alsii circulated .that Amer
ican soldier-', were photographing Hhe
womn while bathing and making .the
piCtUreB pUblie.. '':ii';
Excjted women' thronged the Mexi.
fZ 1 v Cotiiued ott -gevTwofc.
GARRANZA TO CALL
MEXICAN ELECTION
Denounces Contention That Bel
gian Unemployment is Due
. to British Blockade.
REVIEWS THE SITUATION
Belgian Minister Say That What Has
Happened Is Exactly to the Con
trary of Claims Set Forth in
. German Statement
Washington, Jan. 28. Minister Hav
enith, of Belgium, issued a statement
tonight denouncing as untrue the Ger
man government's contention that de
portation of Belgians for forced labor
is-a social necessity on account of
unemployment resulting from the Brit
ish blockade. '
"In reality What has happened is
the exact contrary to the statement of
Germany," said the minister, "and, as
in the case of , the deportations, it is
the Germans who have created a state
of affairs upon which they have after
ward endeavored to establish the jus
tification of the illegal measures "taken
by them. . N
""On June 30th, 1915, the legation of
the king formally and officially pro
tested against the seizure of raw ma
terials amounting to the sum of 517,
000,000. Other official protests have
been made under date of-December 29,
1914, March 4th, 1915, and October 29th,
1915, against the seizure of machines
and tools requisitioned by the Germans
in Belgium and sent' "into Germany.
Belgian industries having been 'thus
prevented from continuing work, there
followed an increase in, the number of
unemployed due entirely to the actions
of Germany, who. has not hesitated to
sacrifice Belgian interests, as . indeed
General von Bissing openly acknowl
edged when he recently declared' that
he was. not in Belgium to watch over
the interests of that country but to
take care. of .tho interests of Germany.
'The German government, in j.ts
communication (note ' to the Amerkjan
government), then, takes . up the ' matter
Of. the financial .burden, which,;; this
state of affairs imposes- UponBetgtum I
It iff sufficient to .recall 'briefly that
Germany has wilfully disregardfed all
its 'obligations .toward . the occupied
country. , If was the .' strict duty of
Germany to feed the population. How
ever, had it not, been. vfor the' initative
ahd'good willof. citizens 6f . the United
States, the . Belgian -population ' would
today 'be' dead from starvation. .
"The legation of the' king, recalls
also that Belgium (Which, even ac
cording to what "Germany" herself' says,
is for 'the moment: without1 commerce
and without industry) is" subjected to
a war tax amountlng to $8,000,000 per
month' f (more than ten times the
amount of 9rdinary. taxes in time o
peace), that she-has paid this tax since
the beginning of the occupation' of her
territory and that, in addition, she has
been subjected to "requisitions o"f all
kinds which Germany has imposed up
on her. and which have -made a deseri
df certain part i of this unfortunate
country." V " " '
"Public, opinion will judge whether
it appertains to Germany to speak pf
'the . financial burden which Belgium
endures, in order to feed her popula
tion, when this burden should .be 'borne
exclusively by Germany. ,
"When Germany had thus reduced to
idleness a large number, of workmen,
she decided to export, them into Ger
many in order to liberate in this way
an. equal number of German workmen
who would rejoin the German army
in the field.' This, plan was conceived
(Continued on Page Three.)
BENNEL EMPHATICALLY ,
SAYS THERE WAS LEAK
Declares He Thinks Attorney
, Whipple Has Strong Proof.
Representative Chlperfleld Announces
He Will Demand Inquiry Jnto
"Leak, on the Various Mess
ages Sent by the President.
Newv York, Jan. 28. Einphatic dec
laration, by one member of the House
rules committee that - there was a
"leak", on" President. 'Wilson's recent
peace note and promise by another that
he would insist that the congression
al inquiry extend to alleged "leaks", on
presidential messages generally, came
tonight when plans were being made
for resumption tomorrow of the hear
ing here.. ' ' ;.. .
Representative Bennet, Republicant
declared there was a hleak." He orig
inally made this declaration ,-at -a pri
vate dinner last night and today when
a "leak"
devllc
oped on, his speech, he
issued a written- statement about it,
- ,"I said that there was a . 'leak," the
statement said ; "that people . in Wall
Street knew of it (the President's peace
message) 48 hours before the time' it
was released for publication and that I
had In my pocket at .the time a paper
showing that some one had ther fore
sight to sell 20,000 shares of steel while
It was riBing." Mr. Bennett declined to
disclose the text of the paper but said
hetfebught Sherman L. Whipple, coun
sel to; the" committee,"; had seen it and
; Continued on' Page Two) ; ;
British War Vessel Was Either
Sent Down by Submarine or
by Striking a Mine.
OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND
London Official Statement Announces,
Twelve Officers and 109 Men Were
; Saved Craft , , Formerly of
- - .White Stir Dominion Line
London, Jan. 28.--The British auxiliary-
cruiser Laurentic, of 14,892 tons
gross; has been sunk by a submarine
dr as a Result of striking a mine, ac
cording to an official statement issued
tonight by the British admiralty.
Twelve officers and 109 men were sav
ed. The admiralty statement, adds
that the vessel went down'off the Irish
coast last Thursday.'
LAURENTIC WAS FORMERLY
. ?i OF THE WHITE STAR LINE
' . New York, Jan. 28. Before , being
taken over by the British admiralty for
auxiliary cruiser iuty, the - Laurentic
was In the Canadian service ! of ; the
White Star Dominion Line. The vessel
was owned by the Qcean Steam Naviga
tion Company, of Liverpool.
In the first two years of the war the'
Laurentic was engaged in doing patrol
duty in the Far East but several months
ago returned to European waters.
While in the -Pacific the auxiliary cruis
er held up and boarded the "American
steamship China' February '19r,1916,
while that liner was on a voyage from
Shanghai to ,San Francisco, and seized
28 - Austriana and Americans. ' They
were later released after vigorous pro
test by the United States. .
Thei launching , of " the Laurentic at
Belfast in "196s marked the entry of the
White Star Line nto the Canadian
trade, in conjunction with the Dominion
Line. ... The vessel was said to be the
first, passenger ship to be fitted with a
combination of reciprocating engines
with" a ilow..pressure turbine. , .. -.
'tftattime the JLaurentic was the
jaTaW?gBt1 ; 'liietgdtttn-!tr ade.
She was 655 feet long with a beam of
67 feet, four Inches. Iri additi6n" to
accommodations for 150 first class, 430
second class and 650. "third 'class pass
engers, she was equipped with six car-
go holders with., large refrigerating
chambers. The Laurentic was a sister
ship ox the Megantic, another ship in
the Canadian .service which was requi
sitioned by the-BritiBh admiralty. "
PRESIDENT GONZALES OF
COSTA RIPA IS DEPOSED
Federlco TInoco Is Choten ai Provtolon.
nl Chief Executive
. San Jose, Costa Rica, Jan." 28. The
president of Costa Rica, Alfredo Gon
zaies, was deposed from office by the
military forces of. the capital, support
ed oy a great number or citizens, on
Saturday. The administrative- power
was conferred on the minister of. war,
Federico Tinoco, as. provisional chief
executive. The movement, was en
thusiastically carried" out and perfect
order prevailed.
President Gonzales left his home
freely and took retuge In the Ameri
can legation. ! - ; '
Already the Tinoco government has
taken steps to call a convention, the
delegates to be elected by the people
which ; will meet on April l ' for the
election of
a president.
-The cause of Gonzales deposition
is
to be found, according, to the leaders
of , the government, , in the re-election
aims of the president, who," it 1 Is alleg
eel, contrary to me constitution was
endeavoring to retain his official posi
tibn for another term. A new system
of taxes advocated by' Gonzales was
threatened, and to this Costa Ricahs
generally were strongly opposed,
GERARD ATTENDED SERVICES
ON THE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY
Diplomatic Representatives From
: er Nations Also .Present
Oth
Berlin, Saturday, Jan. 27. (via Say
ville) Divine services .held .at the
cathedral" in Berlin' on the occasion of
the German emperor's birthday - were
attended by James . W. Gerard, the TJn
ited States ambassador to Germany
and by the diplomatic representatives
here of Argentina,- China, , Spain, Den
mark and Norway; . , .
At a meeting in the Berlin city hall
held to celebrate the emperor's birth
day, Adolf wermutn; the lord mayor,
spoke of the . economic and social con
ditions which would" prevail after the
war had been . brought to a close. The
lord mayor is quoted 4 by the Overseas
News Agency as saying: ' -
"Never has the German nation been
more . firmly iinTted '.with the emperor
than now when he appeals toe us in
order to prove .that5 the hostility of
our enemies is a grave mistake,' and
that his pure intentions will be lasting
and truthful." . : , '
TEST POWER OF NEW. RADIO
STATIOff f NEAR SAN DIEGO
San Diesro, Cal.; Jan. 28. The ,new
naval radio station at Chollas Heights,
near here,-which was, formally opened
Friday, gave- a , demonstration of its
pbwer today when the operators on
duty" talked with the Arlington, Va
station; Darien, Panama; Nome, Alaska,
and Honolulu; overheard French oper
ators at work, on the Island of, Papeete,
South" Paciflci ; and -concluded i by ex.
changing the time of day, "with oper
ators at a radio station near Melbourne,
Australia.-.: '-. " is.'':;
No attempt' will .be : made to flash
messae' to Eux0P9 1 until --the h various
new, instrument 'have been broken:, in.
Secretary Baker ' Formally An-
nounces the TWar, Department
Has Ordered Withdrawal, V
VDLLA MAY TAKE CONTROL
IS
Able to Wage Strong Fight
Against Carranza for the
'Evacuated Territory.
Dealings With Mexico Now Take
an Altogether New Phase
i
Washington, Jan. 28- The final act
in .the entrance into Mexico of 12,000
American soldiers as a result of the
Villa massacre of 17, Americans at Col-
umbus, ' N. M., on March i, 1916, was
written today with official announce-,
ment by the War Department . that
General Pershing had been : ordered,
and actually had started,-to bring his
troops, back to the ' United States:
Secretary BaKer issued the following
announcement:-1. -
v 'General Pershing Ijas been ordered
to bring hla troops out of Mexico. The
movement is to-be an immediate one
and is probablj already under way."
Later advices to the department said
that the troops already had begun the
evacuation, of Colonia Dublan, -110
miles from the border, where they had
been concentrating during the past few
weeks. The last American soldier is
expected to recross the border in about
week- ' . :-'" -
No official Information is at hand as
to whether Villa or Carranza troops
will occupy the territory- left vacant
by the Americans but the belief Is
strong here that the bandit, who is
credited with at least 8,000 -well armed
men and who is now at least ' four,
times as strong as when the American
troops went across the " border,:-vwlU
make a desperate ; effort to take the
terrltoryV' partrcularTy f or its-nldf'al-ef-l
feet. . . .
The two other phases of the Mexican
problem on which interest centers now
are the .disposition of" the mote than
50,000. militia still on the ' border and
the sending of Ambassador-Fletcher
to his post at Mexico City. Officials say
ho decision has" been -.reached- in either
of these questions but that' both are
dependent - on the turn of events in
Mexico. ".
At least a part of the remaining
guardsmen are . expected to be. ordered
home, as soon as the 25,000 now leav
ing have been moved out of the way
and . Pershing's regulars have been re
distributed to provide adequate protec
tion for the border, in three week's
time. - Pershing's withdrawal will en
able a much smaller force to guard
the . border, as a large support has
bee enssential to his long line of com
munications. ,
The delay in sending Ambassador
Fletcher Is due to the administration's
hesitancy to accord that degree of rec-
pgnition to the Carranza governrnent,
which felt not only to have been none
too frjendly, but also-to be seriously
endangered .by Villa, Zapata and other
bandit activities, as well as by
the ex
tremely weak economic
condition in
the country.
The Pershing withdrawal will be
carried out with as much speed as pos
sible-over tne rougn, aria, waieness
section and it .is hoped that the men
will cover about 15 miles a day. Rail
roads will hot be used even for carry
ing supplies, as it is desired neither
to run any chances of raids by vma
nor to incur any obligation to Carranza,-
- - r .. .. ; -' .-.
Preparations for withdrawal have
been going on for some time, It was
admitted today, with the calling in of
outposts and the taking of steps" to
protect friendly Chinese and Mormons
from punishment by the Mexicans.
A combination of reasons are given
unofficially for the 'withdrawal de
cision. First was the impracticability
of actually "capturing Villa," as the
object, of the expedition was explained
to be. in a rWhite House statement is
sued at the time the expedition was
sent in. Then, with the border appar
ently safe, the demand for the return
of the state -troops has become more
and more pressing.
Moreover, Pershing's present loca
tion was recognized as a source of mil
itary' weakness, both in the face of at
tacks on his long flanks and also In
the eventuality of a larger expedition
into .Mexico
Probably more , decisive than all
these reasons, however, was tne oeuei
that the situation would never be solv
ed one way or another so Jong as Per
shing stayed, and that it would be
best to withdraw all American soldiers
from the stricken country in order to
remove any American or anti-American
issue. In other words, there is a dls
position to leave, Mexico to, work out
its owp salvation without interference,
and even to give Carranza a diploma
tic victory In the hope that in some
way ".A stable government may arise.
there, ' . " .
. With the last American soldier out
of Mexico, the Mexican -problem can be
viewed in a new light- From now on,
it will not be possible for Carranza to
meet American demands with counter
demands for the withdrawal of the
troops. : I- . .; '
' 5 Foja "Dry? Maryland.
. Baltimore, Jart. 28. The opening gun
of the anti-saloon league to . make
Maryland dry" was fired today at a
large mass meeting. Rev. Dr. Thos.
M. Hare, state superintendent of the
league, announced- an effort would be
made., to put , a 'prohibition: bUl thrpugh
the-iegsaiure next
THREE KILLED AND
TWO FATALLY HURT
More Than Twenty Injured in a
Bear-End Passenger Train Col
lison at Mounds, Ark.
ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT
St. Louis Southwestern Engine Ran
. Into Rear Car of the Rock Island
- Passenger Train During a
j . Dense Fog,
; Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 28.; Three, per
sons were killed and more, than 20 in
jured, two probably fatally, when a St.
Louis Southwestern" railroad engine
collided with the rear car of a Rock
Island passenger train, eastbound from
Little Rock, Ark., to Memphis, late last
night in a dense fog at Mounds, Ark.,
near this city.
. Responsibility for the accident had,
not been definitely determined tonight.
According to persons who were aboard
the wrecked train , the engine, running
an as "extra," bore down on the passen
ger train while it . was standing at
Mounds, a flag station, and plowed its
way into the rear coach causing it to
telescope the car ahead, splintering the
timbers and twisting the steel work of
the two cars into., tangled mass. A
number of the passengers were pinion
ed under the-, wreckage' but, with the
assistanceof i the , uninjured passengers
and farmers,: attracted to the scene by
the crash and the cries of thex injured,
all were released within a short time
and taken to Hurlbert, where they were
placed aboard a . relief train and
brought to this city. : ,. . .
Owing'.to the: remote section in which
the collision occurred, ' the .number of
k41Ied 'pr i? 3Srd.-wai;'not"''''d:eflhitely
known uhtil ' the ' return : of the relief
train here. ' ; ' -',;.' ; . '
ORANGE AND jGREEN UNITE .
IN WELCOMING THE RANGERS
Armagh',', Ireland,-. -'Jan. 28.-! The Or
ange and , the' 0reen, united here today
ih-welcoming - the :Dutchess of Con
naught's Own Canadian, Rangers, green
and yellow favors, respectively the
embers of the Catholics and Orangey
men, being blended perhaps for the
first time since the battle of the Boyne.
"the visiting soldiers visited in parties,
respectively the Catholic cathedral and
the ' Protestant cathedral. After the
church services the rangers marched in
parade before" the court house. Ad
dresses were delivered,, to which Col
onel O'Dohonghue responded, referring
to the wonderful reception the rangers
had received in both Dublin and Ar
magh. 1 - ' -:
LINES ARE
BY ROSS
Prisoners and .Booty Captured
.Near Moldavian Frontier,
Two Russian Priests Die From Wounds
Received While Ministering to
Wounded Soldiers on -That
Front.
, Petrograd, via London, Jan. 28.
(British Admiralty, per Wireless Press.)
Russian forces, after artillery prepa
ration, assumed the offensive yester
day against the Austro-German forti.
fled positions on both sides of the Kim.
polung-Jacobeni road, near the north
western frontier of Moldavia, and after
stubborn., fighting .broke through the
Teutonic lines along a front of nearly
two miles, says the' off icial statement is
sued today by the Russian war depart,
ment. Prisoners and booty were taken
by the Russians, the extent "of which
has not yet been ascertained. South.
t west of Riga three successive German
attacks were repulsed by the Russians.
- The death of two priests, who were
wounded while miinistering to the sol.
dlers In the front trenches, is describ
ed in the official 'statement as follows:
"On January 19, the Day of Epiphany,
in the region of Labuzy, on the river
Shara, southeast of Baranovichi, the
chaplain of one of- our. divisions, Arch.
Priest -Father Kholmogoroy, with a
cross and holy water, made a' tour of
our front line trenches blessing the
troops. Although under artillery and
trench mortar fire of the enemy the
brave priest did not hesitate In his min
istrations and both he and a priest, a
private, accompanying him, were mor,
tally wounded, the latter dying an hour
later. , - -..-"' ... . - T
"When ambulance men arrived, Fath
er.. Kholmogrov refused to have his
wounds - dressed, requesting -the sur
geons first to -attend to the private.
Disregarding his heavy loss of blood,
he pronounced his blessing on the dying
soldier lying near him and only when
the private was carried away did the
priest allop himself to. be attended, to.
In- the' evening of the same day, Father
Kholmottoroy passed Away in the dress.
lng. station of -the divfsion. :: , ;
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Steering' Committee Decides to
Convene in Morning at 11 and
Adjourn, at 10 at Night.
TO CLEAR UP CONGESTION
Railroad Labor Bills May be Taken Up
: as Soon as Indian Appropriation
Measure Is Out of Way ,
Revenue Fight in House
Washington, Jan. 28. With leas than
30 working days remaining in-(the life
of the Sixty-fourth Congress,-the Dem-
ocratic steering committee. of the Sen
ate decided today to hold. daily sessions
of the Senate, fron 11 o'clock in the -'
morning untillb o'clock at night, be
ginning Thursday, February 1. ' '
Overtime exertions were determined
upon as the first move. in an 'effort to
solve the congested legislation situa
tion, the decision to drive away as hard
fast as possible on essential appropria
tions and the revenue bill and to un
dertake the big general administration .
measures one by one as time ! permits.
Whether any of the administration bills
over which there is so much dispute
could be passed n6ne of the Democrat
ic leaders would predict. ' ;
The general understanding's that the
railroad labor bills- will be considered
as soon as the Indian .appropriation bill
is out of the way, provided the inter
state commerce committee does -not ul
timately decided to await action On this ,
matter in the House. In view of the
fact that Representative Adamsorr is .
preparing to rush a separate bill on the
subject through the 'House, the Senate
committee may decide to wait. In that
case the corrupt practice bill pr the min
eral land leasing measure may be giv
en a try-out.
May Try "Feeling Out" Scheme
Owing to the unusual opposition from
one source or another to nearly every ,
pending administration measure,' some -of
the leaders believe it would be wise
to call up the various "bills to see just '
what .progress mightbe made on them,
and to determine if threatened, opposi
tion is o unyielding as to make their
passage' before March 4 impossible.
Many of the Democrats do not see how,
in water power measures, the mineral
lands bill or the Webb bill to permit
maintenance of collective foreign sell
ing agencies for domestic corporations
can be passed if any attention at all 'is
to be given to revenue and appropria
tion legislation. A few measures such
as the Porto Rican citizenship bill and
railroad measures they believe can be
disposed of. Moreover, .there Is doubt
where the railroad bills to be submit
ted will satisfy the President. In any
event the word has been passed around
that the .President does not want. an
extra session and that he probably
would. not call one even should much
desired general legislation' fail.
Possible Republican Obstruction ,
Another obstruction to business
which Democratic leaders fear is the
urgent desire of Republican senators to
force discussion of President Wilson's
address as' provided for in Senator Cum.
mlns' resolution for. a debate , and the
Borah resolution to reaffirm the faith
of the Senate in the Monroe doctrlnel
and the principles of, Washington and
Jefferson advising against -.. entangling
foreign alliances. Several senators are
known to be preparing address on these
subjects and - they intend . to discuss '
the issues regardless of whether the
Senate votes to set aside any time .for
the debate, .. - , ,
Revenue Fight In House
In the House this week the revenu.
fight will begin. The ways and. means
committee will tomorrow pass upon the
measure framed by Chairman, Kitehin -and
his Democratic colleagues'. Mr.
Kitehin said the bill would be reported'
out of the committee Monday, taken
up by the House Tuesday and passed
probably Wednesday night or Thurs
day. :
Preparedness bills are .well under
way. The naval bill, totalling $353,
000,000, with a-building program car
rying out the plan adopted- last year,
will be reported out of the committee
this week with a view to consideration
In the House immediately following the
revenue bill. The army appropriation
bill, carrying between $275,000,000 and
$300,000,000, will be taken up in the
Ilpuse after the naval bill is out of the
way.. .--v . ; .
Republican representatives will cau
cus, probably Friday night, on the leg
islative situation. There wUl be a gen. -eral
sizing up of the political "field and
discussion of House organization and
legislative policies for the coming Cop.
flress. - '
President to Again Visit Capitol.
; President Wilson will go to the Capi
tol again tomorrow for conferences
with Senate and House leaders In fur
ther efforts to speed up the legislative
program. He expects to : remain there
most of the afternoon. v.'"' ' '
The President considers the railroad'
bills to prevent strikes the most im
portant part of his program, and : It
was said today he-will insist that leg
islation along the genera , line of his
recommendations on the railroad ques
tioned be adopted. '; ' '
- Suggestions that the President'
peace address be debated during 5the
special session of the Senate which
will be called soon after March 5 to
pass on nominations, are meeting with
Increased favor in administration quar-s
ters. . ' 4 - - .-
VlUtotas Fire Into Train , J
Juarez, Mexico, Jan. 28. Villa,, fol
lowers flred Jnto General ' Jose' Carlos
Murguia's military train at Santa Sofia,
110 -miles -south of Juarez, last night
and; the train was forced to return to
Guzman before resuming the trip to,
Casas Grandes, according 'to semi-official
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