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O , Section onb hi PACES'! TO 10 -voiIHFl n. C sunday morning, December 2j,mi -- r r - - - price b clnts GERT. TOIVARD WARSAW SHIFTED SOUTH Fierce Assaults Find Russian Lines Along Bzura River Impregnable TURKISH VICTORY IN CAUCASUS REPORTED Russians Appear To Be Making Considerable Headway in Galicia and Southern Pcland Austria Says Rereat From Servia Caused By Bad Weather; Scarce Any Per ceptible Change Is Noted In France, While Dense Fog Hinders Operations in Flan ders (ri tk ArlMil II London. Dec 1. 10 p. m. Neither the Auatro-Oerman offensive opera tions airaJnat the Russians nor the Al-Jle- attacks on th Otnraui line In the' West have made an appreciable progress, although fighting continue along tha Uerman part of the two frontiers with unabated Intensity: -In both caoca tha at la Ing armlei ap pear to have run full tilt against, al most Impenetrable lines. The Germans, In their official report, -announce that they have ceased their attacks on the Baura river, which, with the Russian maaaea behind It. stands" across their direct path to Warsaw- They are now trying to And a wajr to the Polish capital along the rMHca rtVeK a cbiieidertible distance south of W Foe Block Fighting. Fog has interfered with battles In Flanders, but along the French front the Germans have been delivering fierce counter attacks. In these, aa In the allies' attacks, the loeaea on both aides have been considerable but heaovier In aide which haa been at tarktnfr. The slowness of the Allies' progress la explained In London as due to the genfrsl ataiTs refuaal to sacrifice a a-reat number of aoldiers. They are satisfied with small successes through artillery prMtlce, which In time, la la pointed out. should prepare the wa -for a general forward moreant. . . " ' Twrka Yry Mmrre. According to Information from Con stantinople, the Turks, under advice of the Germans,' are fortifying their "shores In the Gulf of 8ros and on the Hea of Marmora. Indicating that they expect Visits from the allied fleets. No New 8ea right. Valparaiso, Chile. L)ec. 2. No new sea tight has occurred off the Chilean coast so far aa can be ascertained to day at Valparaiso. Cannonading reported last night fifteen miles off this port by the Chil ean torpedo gunboat Tome, and' which was supposed to be an engagement -licivmabcL.J)ritteh-CTiiiar..re.wCM'L tie and the Cerman cruUter Dresden, nnd converted cruiser l'rlna Eltel Frledrich, Is now believed to have been the New Castle saluting- the flax of Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Hturdee. commander of the British squadron, which sank the German squadron off the KUkland Inlands. The Australian battle cruiser Australia Anchored In the Kay this morning. Vice Admiral Hlr Ueore-e Patey, commander of the - Australia, came' ashore and paid' his "respects to the Chilean authorities. He said he had not met the cruiser New Castle while on his way to Val- -TUttTf he declared that be was unable to explain the origin of the tiling reported off the coast. The Australia has been cruising along the Pacifle- Coast of Houth America for several weeks. Austrian Army It -treats. Berlin. Dec. 21. Wireless to Lon don, Dec 2. 1:46 p. m. An Aus trian, official communication issued at Vienna today aays: "The Austrian troops afte. a vic torious advance in Servia I were forced by bad weather to retreat but they have not been beaten and their courage has not been broken. Our losses have been enormously exagger . at. ,-i tw BTtmthin-our- attacks - are slowly training ground It la pos sible that the Russians may have suc cesses here and there for they do not hesitate to sacrifice great numbers of "men." Turks Defeat Rwmlana. Berlin, Dec. it. By wireless to London. 146 p. m. Reports from Constantinople say the Turks have won a decisive victory over the Rus sians In the Caucasus between Oltl and Id. Oltl la In the Rumtlsn territory of Kara, while Id lies about 20 miles -4'nrttwr sn41 in- the- Tut klsh proTliice of Enerum. . RaMiaa Official Report. Petrograd. Dec: 2. The following official communication was Issued from general headquarters tonight: "On the left bank of the Vistula, the general position la without essen tial change. "Between the lo-er course of the VUtala and -thw-flttcaTheTlghtlniron December 2& waa of a desperate character with the exception of that region bordering on the 11 Ilea. Like wise fighting of a desperate nature with the Austrians haa been going on along the lower courses of the N'Ida .-rivw.. On December 24 In that region we took prisoner (I officers and about , soldiers. -In Cauda the fighting along the - whole front la favorable to tha Rus sian arms." Two Troop Trams CottlsV, London. Dec tl:1flp. m.) ' JL Keutsr dispatch from Warsaw aays that men were killed and ( were , (Coatinmed on Page Two.) BRITISH DASH Eight Ships Convoy HyjdrQrAerppJanes. Which! r v Uver uuxhaven- a Repayment of Raid by Germans on English Coast Towns Germans Claim to Have Damaged British miralty Has Not Yet Mentioned Expedition on Christmas Day. By The Aaaoclated Press.) Berlin, Dec 26 (Via wireless to Sayville, L. I.) The German admiralty made the following; announcement today: "On December 25 eight British ships made a dash into a Ger man bay. Hydroaeroplanes, conveyed by them, made an advance against the mouths of German lying at anchor and a gas-tank near Luxhaven, without hitting them or doing damage. The hydroaeroplanes were fired at and withdrew In a westerly direction. German airships and British -forces and succeeded in hitting with bombs two Urttish de stroyers and one other vessel of the convoy. Qn the latter fire broke out. "Fog prevented a continuation of the fighting." The German admiralty, announcement of an attempt y Brtrrsh warships against the German coast is the first intimation of what appears, to be a reply to the recent German raid against the Eng lish ports of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool. The British au tfionties have, made no mention of this operation, . ; ,.:.., From the reference to Cuxhaven in the German announcement, it would seem that the German rivers indicated are tbe Elbe and Weser. Cuxbayen is a fortified German seaport, 58 miles west northwest of Hamburg. It is at the mouth of Estuary of the Elbe. . The. ap proximate distance across the North Sea from the English coast to Cuxhaven is 360 miles- AMERICAN CRUISER THREATENSTURKS Press Dispatch Says The North Carolina Turned Its Guns Toward Tripoli far on imiiiihiI rnal London, Dec. 2T 11:47 a. m A Reuter dispatch from Athens says it waa the United States crulwr North Carolina which threatened to use Its iuim at Tripoli. Hyrla. The North Carolina., convoying the American steamer VIVrginia. had proceeded to Tripoli and the commander requested the Turkish authorities to permit British and French consuls to depart with tlieir nationals resident In Tri poli, jrhls request was refused. Several French residents boarded the Virginia, but were attacked by a mob, who wounded the captain and first officer. When the North Caro lina threatened to lire the mob fled. The Vlrsinta. est-ortede by th Carolina later proceeded for Smyrna. Many French refugeee. the Des patch adds, have already arrived at Plrsreus. The United States cruiser North Carolina, according to Washington dtspatche of December 1. proceeded from the Island of Solos, on the coast of Asia Minor, for Alevandrla. to take gold to Jaffa for the relief of Jewa In Jerusalem. Jaffa Is about 1S miles south of Tripoli." Captain Asked for Report. Washington. D. C Dec. IS. Secre tary Daniels today called on Captain Oman, commander of the armored cruiser North Carolina. to t report whether threats of violence had been made by Turks at Tripoli against American sailors. a Athens dtepatches published today wld an American warship had threat ened a bombardment as a rettult. The North Carolina and the Ten nessee both are at Beirut today, the Tennessee having gone to that port from Jaffa after depositing goll. Beirut Ik forty miles south of Tripoli, where the disorders were said to have occurred. One report waa that Turkish au thorities sought to prevent the depart ure of American. British and French consuls, and that the attack on the Aaaeriean--srew -ej.il-- eenamei t lat' etrtp and the threatened bombardment of Tripoli by the American man 'of war followed. ' THREE CACGHT IN STORM Virginia Men Suffer Terribly From S4 Hoars Kaposare. (Rr u Aawu.M mat Newport News. Va.. Pec. J. A ter a 24-hour fight in a blinding enow atorm. B. R. Cofer. N. T. Coler and Thomas Braband. local business men, were rescued today after their launch had been driven ashore near Flatting Point, on the James river near here. Physicians -from---HmHhflerd -wenf -to their aid In automobiles. The three men left here yesterday morning at eight o'clock In- a forty foot launch for Bmithflelil. where the Cofer had been called by the death of their mother. They failed to reach their destination and doeens ef laachea went out this morning to search for them. The launch was not equipped with heating apparatus or supplied with food, as the party had expected f-tr -make the trip 1n two Tioura. The men are said to have suffered greatly from exposure? CATTLE EPIDEMIC CXJMTXY. Kecrlpt of t'nlow Ktorka Yards Re. dacrd UreT MUUoma. V.Chicago, Dec 14. Foot and month disease la blamed for a decrease from last year- of 4t,4.v in t he value of live stock received durmg It 14 at the Union Stock Tarda, according to a report today by the I'nIOH stock Tarda and Traaalt Compaay. which handled the sal mala. Shipments to talled 114. 4S,4 had, worth nearly !)... j Up to the time of the quarantine of tha yards the value of live stock re ed exceeded that of a year ago-. - RSHIPS-MAICE JO INfO GERMAN BAY and Drop BomDs, m Squadron English Ad rivers and dropped bombs, on ships aeroplanes reconnoitred against fnir? E E Ninety-One Arrested, Including City Officials, 'heriff and ... " i't v " . . , tn tM aaerlaUamaO InAlaaapolla, Ind., Dee. I. Nearly every member ef the city ad ministration of Terre Haute la In the hands of United feltates authorities to night as a result of wholesale arrests last night, today and tonight on In dictments charging a conapiracy to corrupt the election of November S. last. Early tonight II persons. In cluding Mayor Konn M. Roberta, a candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for (iovernor In ltl; Dennis Shea, sheriff of Vigo county: Judge Kli H. Redman, City Judge Thomas 8. Smith, aiid other leading Terre Haute politicians had been taken Into custody. enable Ip Jumlsh boad..of 110.609 demanded by V lilted States Marshall Mark Htoren. Mayor Roberts tonight was included In a party of 22 pris oners who had failed to provide bond, and waa being brought here to be Jailed. The others had been released on bonds ranging from $2,100 to 10. 000 each. Sheriff Shea and Judge Redman were freed on bonds of $10. 00ft each. -; About the -only- important official of Terre Haute apt arrested la K(l ward U oiler, chief of police, who la now serving a sentence In the Vigo county Jail for contempt of court. Frank C. Dalley. United States district attorney for Indiana, who conducted the Investigation which resulted In the grand jury Indictments, , aald today that Holler wan among those Indicted, but that he probably would not be ar rested until he had completed his sentence. Steps taken by Marshall Storen In Terre Haute tonight Indicate that oth er arrests are to be made. It is akld more than 125 persons were named In the Indictment. Many scrioas Charge. Mayor Roberta Is charged with many overt acts In the Indictment. He is accused of levying assessments against proprietors of saloons, dance halls, gambling houses and resorts, to.be used, fur 4ha-gag.lstraAUa pf t era; of .'hiring men to transport re-r-eaters from one precinct to anothen of conspiring to place only men his money could Influence on certain elec tion -boards: of ordering the arrest of certain men to prevent their voting and of directing the making of false registration cards. Similar overt acta are named acainst fall arrested, and some also are charg ed with strong arm tactics to intimi date the electorate. It is also chsrged that hts postal lawa were violated in that the alleged conapiracy waa fur thered through the malls. Federal au. thoritlea contended that Inasmuch aa a United State Senator and a Congressman- wrm x&tmA tor, . th Jederal government has Jurisdiction. . Marshal Storen decided to return with his entire force to this city to ntjgtrtr probably no more arrests will be made until Monday. FILM COMPANY IS SUED. Independent Kschange Aska Large Damage of So- Ilcd Traat. iHr um amnum rm.t New fork-.- iee. S.ThOrealef New York Film Rental Company, a exchange for the circulation of mov ing picture films In New York City, filed a Sherman law aulttoday against the General Film Company, Its officers and component companies for $1,K00,. vs. three times the amount of dam age alleged to-have been caused by the defendant's acts. It Is charged that the "defendants have combined tu opwiaTSTnT cHlfduTC an unlawful bueineea "under the rloak of the so-called Kdbmn license agree ment. The plaintiff aaaerta that It had built op by January. 1HI, a business which had a - valuable good will and waa a profitable one; but that its busi ness baa become practically worthies since that dele frees. uee of th acta ef th defeadanta. LECTIOf. FRAUD NT H HAUTE E Villa Commander Takes Troops and Leaves Naco For The Southwest ENDS BORDER .TROUBLE Hill's Forces Pick Up Shrapnel Shell left and It Explodes and Kills Several; Thousands of Bullets Have Fallen On . American Side During Sieze of Several Months (Bf tfM AaMrtatc nrn) Naeo.'Arls.. Dec. 2 .-governor Maria Maytorena. of Sonora lifted the aiege of Naco, Sonora. today and re tired to the ' southwest with his Uoope, --Hr destroyed " HI ' works, burned hts camp and removed all his artillery. During th night Maytorena's troop west and south of Naco left their posi tions. At daybreak thy concentrat Sd four mUaa to lluaoulhW4 where they boarded a train which had been there since the siege was begun near ly three month ago. General Benjamin Hill, command ing the Naco garrison-, went out skirm isher who had -a bloodless encounter with th Maytorena rear guard. Hill's men .Look three women prisoner and picked HP shrapnel shell left. In the Maytorena. camp. It m-as brought Into the garrison and exploded while being examined, killing three and. wounfltng thirteen, two or whom died. Hlll'a scouts reported tonight that Maytorena's army had disappeared. The railroad leads to wugalea and Cananea. The scotita did not learn Maytorena's objective. Detachments of Hiirs men vlsted Maytorena'a va cated trenchea and returned tonight with considerable ammunition and a few rifles. Twenty-one case of car tridge are aald to have been found at one outpost. Dead were reported lying all along the line that had been occupied by Maytorena. In en spot UaU aldVta men found 144 bodies: . another 71. The totat1aea or tM Carrania garrhmn during the siege, waa placed at 111 by General Hill tonight. Maytorena's total loss was figured at 100. " On the American aide stray bullets from the Mexican fighting lines killed Ave and wounded 47. BuBlBlBeBRR five and wounded forty-seven. ITullets oy tne tnousa-nd flew over the moun dary Into American territory during the siege. The rtlrement of Maytorena's be sieging army fulfilled an announce ment made by Maytorena after hl conference Thursday with General Hugh U Scott, chief of stuff of the L'nited States army, who came here In An effort to stop permanently fight ing at border points where bullets en dangered American fives' and prop erty. E Street Cars and Telephones Out of Commission For Awhile . iSpaclal to Th Nnrc and Oowmr Durham. Dec. 2. Christmas day and the morning following brought one of the wotet sleets, of the winter to Durham, and while no great amount of damage haa been heard from on account of the slippery pave ments and roads. It has worked a great hardship on those who had to be out. f A cold, rain all day yesterday was followed by freexlng weather after dark, and by .midnight the whole country for, tniiea about,, waa-covered wllhfa"'thin coating of Ice. Every macadam road In the county waa In auch condition" that the milk men and others who have to get out early in the morning found it Impossible to mako their rounds till their horses bad been treated to cleated shoes. Even then some of the animals fell In the roads before they got half a mile from their homes, and the owners had to unload where they were and get back to the stables aa best they cound. It haa been Impossible for the atreet cars to make a schedule till noon to day. The care ran for the tracks were, kept clear of the Ice uu to mid night last night, and a part of the sleet had melted by this af.ernooa The telephor i companies also suf fered from the elect. Kvery wire In town waa covered with a coating of tee, and In some Instance the Ice was heavy enough to break the lines. The men., however, have been working all day and as a result of their efforts the whole of the system Is In pretty good shape this aternooa. AMERICA t.IKL MIKNIXO .. Koraner Miss (More Now a Coantea, Krpoetrd III In Heamrla. tar tht Ixbwl I 'ram I . . ,. -' Washington, D. C. Dec. 24. Sec retary Bryan la endeavoring- through the Uerman government to locate the Comteane De Bu laser et. formerly Miss Caroline IHtorey. of this city.- When last heard from she waa in Brusaela The Germans would not permit her. It said, ell Her tu Jn1n'THuiBand7 who I Belgian minister at Petrograd or communicate with her mother here.. . Mra , Storey recently received through friends Information that her daughter was dangerously 111 In Brus sels. Sine that tlm nothlns haa been heard from her. The Count de lluiaseret was on tlm Belglaa minister to this country. mm mm GOOD PROMISE SLEET AT DURHAM CAUSES DAMAG IEUTI0I1 FOBUTIEBIEZ Secretary Bryan Says Such iHas. NotBeefljCQiisidered in. Asking Amnesty ANXIETY OVER ITURBIDE United States Befriends The Man Who Stayed at. His Post of Duty and Protected Inno cent, When He Might Have Fled and Escaped Arrest. His Whereabouts Unknown Br aotfws Fnaar ' Washington, D. C. Dec. SC. He ere. tary Bryan aald today that the United States government war continuing 1U efforts with the Uutlerres government to obtain a gemsral amnesty for politi cal offenders both in and out of Mex ico. He declared the question of recognition of the Gutlerrex -administration had not been considered and made it plain that the amnesty had not been asked for aa a prerequisite to recognition. Officials here are taking much In terest In the safety, of former Gov ernor Iturbide. who haa left Mexico City- for he-'fcnttd" State, through the Influence ef tho A me si can govern ment. General I'alafox. a Zapsta ad herent and member of the Uutlerrea cabinet, la quoted aa saying that ltur. bide would be arrested If caught be fore he reaches'the border. Should eeewr. tt s prtbt wrrent Tepu mentations In his behalf would be re newed. The United States government la grateful to Iturbide because, although an official under preceding govern ments, he remained In Mexico- City to protect foreigners and maintain order after the Carransa troop evac uated, rather than make good ills own aafety by flight". Bribe Story Absard. American Consul KUllman at Mexico City reported today that General Pal afox had Issued a statement charging that he (fllllman). Special Agent Leon Canova and others had accepted a bribe of BOO. 000 pesos to effect the re lease of Iturbide, Mr. Bllllman. In his report,- dismiss. ed the story of the bribe a absurd. Consul Canada's dispatches to the State department from Vera Crus to day made no reference to lighting there yesterday between Carransa and Villa troop, and th other aource of Information en Mexleaa affair her war without advice. -A. -delayed official dispatch- from Tampk-e reached th Bute department today gtvlag additional Information of the fts-htlng on Decrrnber Is Between the Carransa and Villa force at Kba no station, negr there. The message aaid the Carransa forces under Gen eral Velanco were gradually falling hack In the direction of TamplCo. Offi cial reports given out at Carraftxa headquarters last night said Villa's troops had been defeated at K lis no station. Itarliidr Keren Miming. El PAso. Texas. Dec. 24 Eduarda Iturbide, the former Federal governor of the Mexican Federal district whose welfare haa been the aubject of diplo matie rf presentation by the-Washington government and a dispute between Villa and Zapata official, apparently haa disappeared. Leon Cniiova. a spe cial agent of the Amerlcsn State De. part ment. who arrived here today from Mexico City, aald that no far as he knew Iturbide waa at the national capital. It had been reported from Mexico that Iturbide was on his wsy here under the protection of Conova. It was re-ported " by" other arrival! that tha discussion over the Iturbide case merely reflected a conflict be. tween Villa and Zapata elemenU over the execution of other ex-Federal oltl clala It 'was said that General Ant (teles, Villa's chief of artillery and himself a former Federal general, had used pressure with Villa and Gutierret to pardon several former Federal offi cers condemned to desth. This had not pleased the Zapata element. It was said. Amncwty Is I'rm-Ufowad. Mexico City. Dec. 2. Provialonal President Gutlerrex tonight issued a circular to all convention generals ordering them in explicit terms to cease summary executions fof what soever offense. Cople were sent to Generals Villa and Zapata. The" provisional president s.ecretary gave out 'an ' Interview atithorised by the chief executive-, in which he aald that General Villa objected to the cir cular as unnecessary, because Villa wished to run down "the assassins' and punish them. "I'nlesjweome central authority la to be recognised the most serious crisis In the history of Mexico soon will be reached." aald the interview. "President Gutierrez la Ured of re-celvelng- the brunt of all the com plaints of the foreign diplomats. Only yesterdsy an order pf the president concerning the safe conduct of Eduar do Iturbide was Ignored by a com manding general who Insisted on the rearrest of Iturbide and who fYerely -crltltlsed. ln- Crmrrrs-g representa tive of the American State Department who waa accompanying Iturbide to the American border." The decree of the provisional presi dent created a aensatlon here. Fabella ow Secret MbsUoeu New' Orleans. La.. Dec. it. Tsldro Fabella. General Carranxa's foreign minister, la lft ".Ne Orleans, en route tin " Washington on a mission which tn not v be ascertained here. It Is understood he leaves for Washington Sunday night. Fa be la crrived from Havana yesterday In company with four Carranr adherent Bent here as consuls, three to be stationed at Texas potn's and one In Mobile. Ala. VTOa repreeentaUve tonight here asserted Katie ia has a srre amount of Mexican specie wlthhlin. r Uxcnangr Hull (' Mr- D. 8. Hughes lat Bight In the Union Station left hi own suit case and picked up another thinking tt was his own. In' the suit case which ha took there Is the name of J, D. Blelock and - presumably Mr. HlalA-k got Mr. . Hughes' suit case. Mr. ilughe went ia New Ura from her. Prompt Action of-Army in Which Ten Thousand Expected to Join in Philippine Capital Other Uprisings in Is- . lands Put Down Hints of American Inter- ference at The Bottom. BELGIAN STATUS CAUSES CONCERN Not Known- Yet Whether Ger mans Will Ask American Con suls For New Certificates NO GERMAN RECOGNITION If -Belgium Is Formally Annexed - United States WtII Wait Till Peace Conference" Is Held Before Acting; Whitlock Minister Tq Belgium Thro' Thick and Thin" Washington. lec.. It The l'nited State government bad received no notification late today from Germany that American consuls originally ac credited to Belgium would b requir ed to obtain new exequaturs or certi ficate of authority. Until such notice is communicated high officials said thla government wouid determine no source of action; Ottlclwls reward the points Involved as of a delicate char acter. In Trpty"to a question recently aa lo the status of Brsnd Whitlock. 1 'resi dent Wilson replied that Whitlock would remain American minister to Belgium, evtfn though he left the country Indefinitely. ITe la now In Brussels dealing unofficially with 'the Oermaa military authorities but It Is accredited to th Belgian government whoa seat 1 at Havre. France. Th statu of Consular officer who ar given spedflsd districts presents a rnor complex problem. Ther has been no general understanding on the phase of the' subject but precise mesnlng of the term "occupation waa established in a definition adopted by The Hague conference of 1K. By that definition territory la regarded aa occupied "when It flmla Itself plac ed In fact under the authority of the hodtlli army; the occupation only ex tends to those territories where this authority is established and In a po sition to be exercised." Ketoignltlon Not likely. Should (Jermuny formally annex Belgium and establish a civil author ity the situation would be further complicated as . annexations . during time of war have not generally been recognised. Ieclelons of final peace conferences terminating a conflict usually have been awaited by neutral governments. Official here are governed by a de atre to take no "ti p that w uld offend the Belgian people. If the Herman military authorities, hilwever, require that additional exequaturs be ob tained ,for .Americau -consuls.-- the Washington government. It was sug gested, probably would nof interpose olijectlons. Huch certifit-atvs would be regarded as In a clans with mili tary passes, safe conduct nnd other papers Issued by belligerent govern ments for the convenience of neu-s tral subjnets. As consuls are essen tially commercial representatives the queiitton of politics!, recognition, it Is thought In many quartets here, may not be raised. In Mexico, where the l'nited states recognises no government. American consuls act under old exequsture, which were Mgned by Mad.ro offi cials and are not now recognised in some parts of the country. The con suls, however, have dealt with fhe defarto authorities In each section, no matter what faction auch author ities represented. - l H !- IT -tY 1)ttrWmr'' Pistol Duei lit Hout.i Carolina May Prove ratal. (Br tae AwotImmI Ppw 1 Jonesvllle. 8. C, Dec. It Marie Fowler snd Myrtle Colen.an. mem bers of prominent local families, acre strack by stray bullets when Will llaney and Cranford Thomson, negroes, engaged In a pistol duel at the railway station here late today. Mies Coleman la said to be danger- ousiy wounded, one bullet having passed entirely through her body. Miss Kowler'f hurs are reported to be painful but not dangerous. -The negroes, who are In Jali, probibly will be- taken to t-TrtmT f or Safe "keepr g a Indignation here Is general and county officials fear an attempt at lynching. Hanry la aald to have been dangerous ly w-unleo. The other negro was In jured allghtly. , JtcgToce Taken to I'ninn. inln a. V- Iim, S Th va negroea arrested at Jonesvllle. Ii, iotay tor tiring shots which- wounded county Jutl Here for safe keeping to- mini. , aim mttftri vi m il titrmpl ai lynchlr.g the negroes' prob ably Is paal. PKOTfeXT QdNTHJlfA v D LIST. Louisiana Governor Ohjertn to Turpe-a. tii ana khi r.ngib-ii ist. ; IBt m t V- t r t Baton Rouge, ai Dec tt. Gover nor Luther R. Hall today telegraphed Secretary Bryan protesting against the Intention of tlrrat Britain: to place turpentine and rosin on the alwolut contraband list. The Governor also telegraphed Senators Thornton and Kaasdell and Senator-elect Broussard, suggesting that the Louisiana coDsree slonal delegation Join th Htate In the. yellow plae belt lu a leneral prut est. IS QUiaaY QUELL0) --Officers Ghecks Revolt- IB? t aawUlMl Tnal .' Manila, December I Eight TIU , Pino have been arrested on th charge, of sedition as a result of M abortive rising In Manila and It en virons on Thursday alghi. - Furtbar ; - rrets ar probable. v From army aourcea it Is learned -that general, warning was sent to-r-all offlrers Thursday afternoon ataV . ; Ing that fully ten thousand Filipino ' In Manila alone were ready for a cofl- -. certed attack on Fort Santiago, th ' Cuartel rpana. the Cuartel Infan' ' terla and the medical depot. The mll Itary units were Immediately pre par. ed and a atreet patrol was started at " -' duak. .. .. :' . Conatabulry agenU who are mem- J, hera of the secret " societies dlscloaed i th plans for an uprising, thus enab ling a force of constabulary and p.-.", lice to dlsperae gatherings at Bagum bayan, I'aco and Navotaa. near Mmlm"?'" hon. ' At Caloocan a squad of A met lean aaltnrs seised chairs, when . ' ( fore of KUIpimM approached a dance ' half In . which . they were gathered, '" and. using the chair as weapons, routed the Filipinos, of whom quit a " lumber were injured. Using Poorly. Organised. - , .. Tiv rising -wa evidently poorly or. ganised and larked leaders. It was composed for the moat part of per- V sons 4mplk.Hly' trusting the work of Artemlo Iticarte. a revolutionary, -who. conducts a continual propaganda from Hong Kong, to which plac be waa banished by th American an- ' thoritles some time ago. Kli-arte, It ," is stated, advised thst the antl-Amer -lean attempt be made on Christmas Eve. when the American officers ,V would be expected lo celebrate tha holiday. ' A He ports, from th province tall of minor rising and occasional vio- leqee, I rut details from the sections r ar lacking. i , Th situation teasy, from all ap t pearahces, and according to ' official 1 1 statements, la well under eeotroi ; ,""' .th an II It la authorities. 0T. General Francla Burton fhey rlson happen to to be away en or: rial buainsa and Winifred T. Dni Jon. SecreUry of the Interior, I i' charge of- arfalrs. pending Mr. Har -job's return. Other t'prlslngH Kcported. Reports from Navotaa, six mil ft orttt of the capital, eay that simil-' taneously with the outbreak at.M-! '. nlla t'hrlstmas eve thirty linen enter- ' ed the municipal building seised three policemen on duly ther and tried to open the safe. Later the Filipinos seised attend- anta conducting midnight ma as and eapfred the Filipino governor. Mc- Letylrea. When police reinforcement arrived "Tne revolutionaries fired - a vr lley and .then retreated. Later they exchanged shots with another fore and in tM engagement the conata- ., Iiulafy succeeding In arresting ten men. ' In all 21 Filipinos were taken prl oner at Navotaa The Nationalist newspapers accuse the other political parties of foment- ' Ing the revolution and they also' hint." -thst- Hne Americans were concerned In it In an effort to quash the Jonoa bill, mhl.-h contains provisions for -greater measure of self government for the islands. 1 The authorities today are In full control of the altuatlon and consider ' " the incident closed. Mo Official Xotkr, Pita, Washington, D. C Dec. 2t -OfBclaL.t confirmation of a natlveiTjirtaing- In " Msnila. reported In press dlspstche,1 still was lacking at the War depart. . ment tonlsht. forty elxht hours after . -a riieasage of Inquiry had been sent. ; The report Indicated that the uprising ' "' had been promptly suppresnt-d and wss of such a minor character that, officials of the insular bureau did not. ' view the matter as Justifying another message asking forjwrtii ulars. It la ' "medthe delay is diK; ,u ito al. . -sence- trrfrnJ Mahlrit of t ivernor-Oen- ' ral Harrison, who Is oh an- inspectloa, tour among outlying Inlands. -.."".,-- The general stalT sm hud no report of any uprising. Army officers who hate served In the Islands expressed entire confidence In the loyalty of th Philippine scouts, which they said had been amply demonstrated in the' paX,, when both the scouts and the con- stabulary ri-Jected overtures of amll-J . tlmie native leaders The civil admin.' Intra tl..n. hi said to have a splendidly -equipped secret service, and official , here believe there is little possibility that the government could be taken by surprise. . , . ij Manuel gut-xon, resident commis sioner ln Ogn®a .from Xaa. 1'hlilp. - pines, declared today he could not -credit report of any serious disturb ance FUlplnoH Are LoyaL "If the l'nited States took lu troop out of the Philippine today." -h said, "the Filipino people could be re-i lied upon to defend American sover eignty there. There Is no ground for ' revolt?" or any specific grievance against the l'nited Suite. Th Fili pinos re convinced that , the people of the l'nited States are dealing with -them In a spirit Of fairness and Jus- , tloe. Th. re may have been a local disturbance which some people thought was an uprising, but ther la no revolt. "I have received a number mt . Christmas greetings by cable from Manila. Had there been any revolt O?' wouloaThav heard of It and I did not. Previous reports that ft waa necessary to disarm Philippine scouts oa Corr. gidor already have been denied by the) insular government. "These reports of revolt will con tinue aa long a there ss no definite declaration of th L'nited State ss to independence for the Philippines" . Mr. Vruesoji cabled the. speaker ef the Philippine sssen-.bly that report of uprisings la Manila were being pub. turned In th L'nited State, it had received a tapir iBBlgsti - V
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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