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VOL. 18, NO. 136.

BISBEE, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1915.

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Question Whether Villa

Intends Hurrying Fight

or Withdrawing Forces

Panoho Villa May Contemplate Hurried Campaign Against Guay

mas and Mazatlan; Little Actual Fighting Had at Agua

Prleta; Naco Is Fast Becoming Headquarters on Local

Border for the Villa Troops and Supply Department.

DOUGLAS, Not. S. Whether Villa Intends to press the attack eh

Ague Prleta or turn hta attention to the coast cities of Guaynias and Mm

atlan, which would give him ports to secure needed supplies, la pusellng

American army officers. Villa forces are tonight still moving from Agua

Prieta to Nnso where 500 arrived. It Is reported that 4,000 more were teen

MT tin road leading to Naco.

Calles scouts report the main army of Villa reinforced during the day

by M unknown number from the east. They are still a few miles from Agua

Prleta.

It it known that Villa Menu have been endeavoring to purchase need,

ed supplies of flour and cord. Preparations were made at Naco to eare for

the wounded of Monday's fight at Agua Prleta. The Yamil chief. Urbalejo,

with 1600, is reported stITI farther In toward Agua Prleta. Villa succeeded

In getting near a water supply at Cabjutlona and Anavacbacht Pats. Wagon

trains with ammunition and supplies are passing from the eaet.

VILLA WARNED BY FUNSTON

DOUGLAS, Jior. 3. In a brief Interview yesterday between Punatou

and Villa on the International line, east of Agua Prleta, Villa assured

Funaton he wished to avoid bringing the American troops Into the coniltct.

What else was said Is unknown. It Is repotted Punston plainly told Villa

that a reoocurance of conditions of Monday night in which American sol

diers were killed, and several others hurt, would result In serious trouble

for Villa.

OARRANZA REASSURES U. S.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3 Assuranc

es reached the State Department from

Carreata that the raiding by Mexican

bandits along the American border

would be stopped as quickly as possi

ble and those fouua guilty of the ban

dit operations by the de facto govern

ment would be severely punished.

Retorts from Quaymas indicate the

forces of the de facto government had

advanced conalderable distance north

ward, apparently without opposition.

A steamer with troops, horses and ar

tillery and another with coal have Just

arrived at Guaymas. Other official

-.arivtes received stated the political

situation at Topolobaitfp Was improv

ing aftd that Vera Crux. Sallua Crui

and Tampfco were reported quiet. The

retreat of Villa troops from Agua Prl

eta has temporarily disposed of the;

question whether sny troops will be

authorised to cross the border in pro

tecting American lives and property.

Carransa made his statement per

sonally to John Hell, the American

representative with the de facto gov

ernment. with the request that it bn

conveyed officially to the State De

railment. He said he would make a

nereonal investigation of the bolder

situation. I voted to make a contribution of $36,

"In this connection." the State De- 000 toward a fund of JleO.OOQ being

partment announced, "It is stated ' raised here for maintenance or the

that experienced and reliable troops San Diego Exposition during '

will be stationed on tbe Mevlcau aide t Businessmen's organisations have oh

of tbe border and that secret service ! tained pledges for nearly the amount

wMl be utilised la cooperation with

the military authorities of the de fac-

to government in locating and punish

Iwt the offenders."

It la said at the State Department

no action has been taken on the sug

gestion from Genera! Punston that it

Might be necessary for American

' tfooys to cross the border. It is point

ed out that If at any time, it Is desired

to send troops across the line permis

sion must first be asked of the Car

ransa government and that there will

be ample precedent for this. Ameri

can and Mevican troops operated on

both skies of 'tbe line many years ago

when lawlessness on the Texts line

was at Its height. It became known

the United States has taken the po

sition that It la responsible for all ma

terials 'consumed by its troops during

the reoccupatlon of Vera Crus. The

queetion of who shall pay for the de

struction Of property by shell fire and

otherwise remains open.

SUPPLIES THROUGH NACO

NACjD, Nov. 8. Two wagon loads

of Hour started from Naeo, Sonora. for

the Villa forces before Agua Prieta.

Purchases of food and supplies here

far Villa have been very small, it is

aaid because of the lack of cash de

mantled in payment. Several small

bands of Villa adherents are reported

to have reached Cananea, Sonora.

Tbe Villa wounded are arriving.

Preparation a are being made to cafe

tar M0 wounded. It is expected moat

Of the wounded will be taken to Can

anea.

MAY DBLAY ATTACK

NACO, Nov. 3 Villa dvU officials

of Naeo. Sonora, said that pending

the arrival of heavy artillery ajid am-'

munition It la probable that Villa will

not further attack Agua Prleta until

late in November.

PREPARE FOR ATTACK.

DOUGLAS, Nov. 3. Preparation

were made at Agua Prieta for another

attack. Punston also made prepara-

tloas He posted troope at vantage

points in Douglas and moved from

immediate contact with the harder.

An order was Issued to keep residents

as far away from the boundary as

possible. Three companies of Infantry

were sent to Naco as a precautionary

measure. It is the opinion here that

Villa was fooled by the Carransa j

forces and "Nibbled" at Agua Prleta.

He is finding it tougher than he ex

pected. He may strike through Her

moslllo and Magdalena to the west

coast for a campaign of much greater

importance. The Bring today was

mostly by the Calles forces scouting

party which encountered Villa ma

chine guns with disastrous effect to

Calles. Six hundred Carransa cavalry

were sent eastward to capture two

Villa cannon wb'.ch were left because

the horses were killed.

Villa lost thirteen cannon, accord

ing to statements attributed to prison

ers taken to the Carranza garrison.

Forty seven are said to have surrend

ered. It Is stated that since Villa was

defeated at Agua Prieta he will break 1

his army into small bands. Calles

sent fuel, bedding and provisions to

the twenty-five hundred refugees at

Pirtleville.

SAN DIEGO 1916

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 3. The Los

Angeles 'ounty board of supervisors

. required

CLAIMS CANCER CURE

KVANSVILLE, Nov. 3. Announce

ment that he had discovered a treat

ment for cancer successful in a num

ber of cases, was made today by Dr.

C. A. Pope of Louisville at a beotlng

of the Ohio Valley Medical Associa

tion, lie stated that "extracts from

proteins containing vegetables were

hypodermically administered" to com

pose cure, which is known as "autoly

sis" lie said so-called hopeless cases

responded to the treatment.

SHIPS TO CLEAR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. By Instruc

tions of Acting Secretary Thurman of

the Department of Commerce, Ameri

can vessels which made a bona tide

effort to comply with tbe requirements

of the seaman's law effective tomor

row, will be allowed to clear even if

unable to secure a crew strictly in

accordance with the law.

Complaints of difficulties in meet

ing the requirements were received

from Pacific coast steamship compan

ies and seamen's organisations, pro

testing that officiate charged with the

examination of applicants for able

seamen certificates were not able to

conduct the examinations In time to

provide crews for ships sailing tomor

row.

PORT IS BOMBARDED.

Four allied torpedo boat destroyers

ymderday bombarded the seaport of

Tehejtme, Asia Minor, forty miles

southwest of Smyrna, according tu ai

Athene message. The Turkish forts

and the governor's residence In tbe

old barrack part of the Turkish quart

er, were damaked.

PERISH IN WRECK.

MATtSHFlBLD. Nov. Bight are

known to be doad as tbe result of a

wreck of.iiie Santa Clara. Three of

We rw are not aeeountea iar. u

is thought all the other pa a angers

vere saved, though nlns are missing.

KAISER STIMULATES

LANSING'S NOTE

TO ENGLAND

HUE

Protest of the United States to

England and Allied Nations on

Recent Order in Council Con

demns Recent Practices. ',

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3. At the in-,

stance of the British embassy copies

of the note to England, against lnttr 1

ference with neutral shipping, will be 1

handed to the British and French am 1

bassadors at Washington simultane-1

ously with the delivery of the note 1

by Ambassador Page to the British !

Foreign Office, in recognition of the

fact that France is equally concerned

with England on the subject matter.

The French Admiralty had adopted

British rules governing the seizure

and detention of neutral ahlpr. and

cargoes. It is learned that Lansing's

note contains some sharp passages,

emphatic in its condemnation, and

protesting particularly, tbe British

order in council.

Objection is particularly made to

part of the order in council under

which boots have beeii diverted from,

and detained, bound for neutral porta

in Northern Europe. It is held that

under the general principals of inter

national law the vessels might be

stopped ilnjrt Br!ht but toot 'be taken

to (Ustant ports for examination at

great loss to ship owners unless the

British possess information that they

contain contraband cargo.

Though it is understood that the

United States has strongly presented

Its case, it is not regarded as beyond

dlnlomstlc treatment. It was . Inti

mated in parliament by Sir Edward

Grey that the whole sbuject Is rapidly

nearly a phase when a peaceful ad

justment will be made by means of an

international commission. Tbe note

probably will be delivered this week.

BATTLESHIP TEST

ROCKLAND, Me., Nov. 8. The oil

burners on the auperdreadnaught Ne

vada proved sueeeasful. The Nevada

is the first battleship supplied with

oil burners. It made a maximum

speed of more than twenty-one knots,

with an average of twenty ami nine

tenths. The principal armament is

ten fourteen-inch guns.

Members of the naval trial board.

headed by Captain Wilson, approved

tbe tests. Particularly satisfactory to

them, they said, was tbe demonstra

tion of the use of oil as a fuel. Oil

burners. It Is pointed out, can not on

ly drive the ship at a speed in excess

et the contract requirements, but also

has decreased the volume of smoke.

It Improves the battle efficiency by

making it less conspicuous in action

RAILWAY STRIKE RIOT.

WILKSBBAItltE. Nov. 3. A riot of

disorder greeted efforts of tbe rail

way company to operate Its lines

closed for three weeke by a strike of

331 employes. A dosea ears en which

300 strike breakers were placed with

erders to run to the end of the lines,

were returned to the public square

and wrecked. Several were injured

but none seriously.

OFFICERS BY PRESENCE AT THE FRONT

WASHINGTON BELLE

NAVY MAN'S BRIDE

Sirs. John Semer Farnsworth.

Sirs. John Semer Farnsworth is

the recent bride of Ensign Pares

worth, U. S. N., and before her mar

riage was Miss Florence -Kubel of

Washington. Their wedding wag set

for the middle of November, but En

sign Farnsworth could not get leave

at that time from his ship, the U. S.

S Michigan, and they were married

a 'few days ago. Enaigri Farnsworth

is- a graduate of Annapqlis of (est

June and comes from Cincinnati,

Ohio. His bride was known as one

of the prettiest girls in Washington

Bociety.

, S. Minister to Belgium to Re

turn Home on Advice of Phy

sician; Recent Cavell Incident

Has no Bearing.

. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3Brand

Whltlook, American minister to

Belgium, cabled the State .Depart

ment that he is preparing to re

turn to the United States for a

vacatlsn on account of III health.

Officials emphatically affirm that

Whltlock's departure, so far as

they are aware, Is of his own In.

Illative, and Is not oonnected

with the Cavelle inoldent.

It Is pointed out that permis

sion to leave was granted before

Miss Cavell was arrested. There

Is no reason why Whltlook will

not return to Belgium after he

has recovered. Whltlook leaves

Belgium with the highest com

mendation of Washington. His

reebrd Is regarded ss brilliant. It

Is said ha has not hsd the slight,

est Intimation from Germany that

hispresence Is not desirable. His

Intention to return home Is. In pur

suance of orders from his phial,

clan.

BRAND WHITLQCK

WILL RETURN

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AEROPLANES ARE

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! Army Officer, in Court Martial,

Declares Certain Class of Ma

chines at San Diego and;

Brownsville Are Unsafe.

.JSAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. Testi

mony purporting to show that a cer

tain type of aeroplane used at San Die

go and Brownsville by the aviation

section of the army, was branded dan

gerous by experts, while the aviators

weie not cautioned, was . Introduced

by the defense In the court, martial of

Lieut- Col. Ooodler, before Judge Ad

vocate of the Western Division.

Lieut! Dodd of Brownsville, former

ly Instructor at San Diego, said after

the charges were preferred against

Capt. Cowan, commandant at the

school, by himself and late Lltul. Tali

aferro, he was ordered to Brownsville.

He said Information gathered by him

self showed that the new machines at

Brownsville were unsafe, but that he

I never was officially Informed.

Dodd testified that he had seen the

report of Lieut. Hunsaker, assistant

I naval instructor on special duty at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technolo

gy, to the effect that the aeroplane

would be dangerous If tilted to a great

er angle than from qne to ten degrees.

He said the report was made to Lieut.

Col. Ttebor, chief of the aviation sec

tion, who was given the indorsemene

of the assertion that the machines

were unsafe. He said no ullot could

fly without tilting considerably more

than was mentioned In Hunsaker's re-1

port. I

"llefm-H t latt Run Tliattn fnr Tlmvnl. !

vllle, there was much dissatisfaction

among the aviators because of Urn

condition of tbe machine," Dodd tes

tified. "Finally Lieut. Correll tele

graphed Col. Iteber requesting that the

aeroplanes be paased upon by a board

of expert aviators before put in use.

I knew of two accidents at San Diego

which tended to bear out the report of

Hunsaker's statement."

FLOOD THREATENS ROME.

ROME, Nov. 3. Rome Is again

threatened by a flood, following the

experlencee of last winter when the

Tiber overflowed its banks with un

precedented frequency. From the

dome of St. Peter's la seen an expanse

of country covered by water. Thus

far no loss of life has been reported.

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ELECTION RETURNS.

NBW YORK. Nov. 3. The dropping

of the majority against suffrago In

Pennsylvania to (0,000 and falluro of

the Progressive to poll enough votes

in Massachusetts to maintain legal

status were party features of the

election. Maryland returns Indicate

that Kmorson Harrington, Democrat,

wua olected governor.

ON HER OWN ACCOUNT.

PARIS, Nov. I. An Athsoi dtapatcb

says: "Greece will take tbe anas

against the Bulgarians only If she

finds beraelf threatened by Bulgaria.

If she fights sbe Intends -to do so en

her own account."

"Retreat of a Nation" Is

That in Progress From

North toSouth of Serbia

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Italian Correspondent Characterizes the Retreat of the Sorbs as

J not of "An Army, But of a Nation"; Terrible Description Glv

1 en of the Movement; Allied Help for Serbia Seems" About

' to Materialize; Russians Report Success in East.

LONDON, Nov. 3. A story of the Serbian tragedy received from Mali

by way of Milan, from the pen of Luciano Magrlnl, an Italian War correa

pontlent, and printed In the evening newspapers, characterised the Clear

ance of northern -Serbia as a "retreat of a people and not an army."

In his account of the retreat the correspondent described a fcejrt of

muddy rondB leading to the south, over which strung an unending process

ion of gun carriages. The carts were loaded with war material. Convey

ances or all sorts carried women and children", old men, the sick and

wounded with, at Intervals, kocks of sheep, droves of pigs and soldiers

walking! side by side with the peasants. At the side or the road groups of

peasants stood waiting until able to take their place in the procession.

"The great stream is flowing southward," says the writer, "whither, no.

body knows." The wounded ate. a pitiful sight. Some, swathed- In bandage,

were carried on stretchers while others, also bandaged, were walking be

cause thore was no stretchers available for them. Still others, who wars

wounded but whose hurts were not oven bandaged, trod the road.

At Topola, King Peter, ill and weak, was waltlngto retire with tbe rear

guard of his troops. Arriving at Nish, the correspondent found the city

bearing a squalid aspect. Almost all the shops were closed and many of

the Inhabitants have fled. On the main street still are flying4 the flags

hoisted In honor of the Allies who were expected but never came.

SUPPORT NEAR AT HAND

LONDON, Nov. 3. Vlgoroua sup

port Which the British and French

premiers promised Serbia, seemingly

Is about to he rea lined. Besides tbe

Anglo-French troops, including Brit

ish cavalry already In southern Serbia

British and French transports are ar

riving dally at Salonlki. Troops from

them are being immediately sent to

attempt to check the Bulgarians march

Ing from Veles toward Monastlr. Oth

er transports, according to Sofia, laud

ed troops at Caval. a Greek port In

the Aognog, near Bulgaria.

Diplomats are continuing their ef

forts to obtain the support of Greece

and Rumania for Serbia. Serhia's po

sition is more critical. 'The Teutons'

drive in the north is proceeding slow

ly but surely. Two Bulgarian armies

are approaching Nish. The Serbian

government has moved to Mlstrovltza.

The Russians were victorious over

the Teutons on the Strlpa river. There

is heavy fighting In Volhynla in which

the Russians claim to hate checked

the Teutons offensive, the object of

which was the capture of Csartorysk.

The Serbians are fighting steru, de

fensive battles. From the German ac

counts it is apparent the armies are

making good their retreat. They are

leaving as the Russians did in Gallcia

and Poland, little except what cannot

be moved, such as t-.- : . lunie

for the Invaders. There is no further

news of the Russian expedition which

recently was reported off Varna. The

opinion is held In allied countries

that Russia, where theie is continued

agitation in favor of intervention on

the Allies' aide, will allow the forces

of the Czar to move across Rumania.

The Russians, according to a German

report, are making a series of attacks

frem tho Gulf of Riga to Rumania.

It Is admitted tbe Germans were

compelled to withdraw their lines In

the take district. It Is declaied the

other Russian attempts were repulsed.

Unfavorable -weather Is Interfering

with operations In the west. French

and British submarines are now in

the Sea of Marmora, where the

French submarine Turquooise was re

cently -wrecked by Turkish Are.

CONFIDENCE IN MINISTRY

PARIS, Nov. 3. A resolution ex

pressing confidence In tbe Briand gov

FIRE IN STEAMER.

NBW YORK. Nov. 3 Fire was dis

covered in a cargo of sugar in the

British steamer Euterpe at tbe dock.

The captain believes it is Incendiary.

It was started in inllamable material,

placed in bags of sugar before loaded.

The sugar was consigned to the. Brit

ish government. The Kuterpe wag to

have sailed Saturday. The damage Is

slight.

AGUAS CALIENTES TAKEN.

BL PASO, Nov. 3. It Is reported

that Villa troops, commanded by tlen.

Itanuelai, captured the town or Agues

Callontes.

The Banuelas force was sent from!

Torreon to Durango when Villa eva

cuated Torroon. The latter waa giv

en permlsslo to act Independently and

a last reported to be marching

through Zacatecas.

EASY ON BANKsT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. An an

nouncement by tho Carransa foreign

office, cabled to the Washington agen

cy, says that although the Mexican

government Is anxious to make the

banks of the country conform to. the

laws regulating the ratio between

note Is suae and currency reserve, the

banking institutions will be treated

liberally In view of the disturbed

monetary conditions.

ernment was adopted this evening by

the Chamber of Deputies.

The Premier's announcement In the

Chamber of Deputies of tbe senate

government's decision to obtain guar

antees of a durable peace before lay

ing down arms was greeted with en

thusiasm. The Socialist leader Men-i

andel, declared France should not an

nex territory from an enemy . of

France. It was taken to mean the

I Socialists were opposed to the reonv

I ery of Alsoce Loral lie. The uUerapc

;es provoked a tumult of protest.

Rcnaudel, Constant, Ramtel, depu

ties, attacked the censorship. Tbey

demanded the entire liberty of the

preaa on political positions. ftrj)nil

told the pre?s It must bear Its sliareaf

of the Inconveniences Imposed on the

whole country and promised to seek

every means, for tn omuMmUon o(

members of tbe press. Briand 's peri

orations brought the deputies to tffH

feet.

"France in war is the champion of

the world. She Is fighting for civili

zation and liberty. A durable peace1

will be given the world only when

France and her allies have recovered

the liberty of the peoples in enjoy

ment of their autonomy. Why vain

discussions? Grant us unanimous con

fidence. Don't follow us blindly.

Judge us by our acts."

PASSES THE "BUCK"

PKTROGRAD. Nov. i. RussIh noti

fied tbe Persian government that the

Anglo-Kusslan convention provldliur,

for the maintenance of Persian integ

rity and independence will at once

; lapse if rumors prove true that Persia

has concluded a special agreement

with Germany and Turkey. This In

formation ' was conveyed to the Per

sian government by the Russian min

ister at Teheran.

NEW SUBMARINE TAKEN

LIVKItPOOL, Nov. 3. The Dally

Post publishes a report of the capture

of one of Germany's latest submar

ines, two hundred and fifty feet long,

carrying In addition to torpedo tubes,

fairly large calibre guns. The sub

marine was launched a fortnight ago.

The Post states that within a few

hours after leaving her base' she was

caught in "one of those traps we kavu

so skillfully laid for these craft swim

where In the German ocean."

FENCE RIGHT OF WAY

NOG ALUS, Nov. 3 Nine wire rene

ws were built across tbe right of way

of the Southern Pacific of Mexico dur

ing the night by the Villa garrison at

Nogales, Sonora, close to the Interna

tional boundary. Carlos Randall, the

Villa governor, said it was not Intend

ed to confiscate the company's prop

erty because of tbe notification that

the railroad would not serve the Villa

faction but that the property would

be used for military purposes until

service waa resumed.

LOS A NOBLES. Nov. 3. Twa Ber-

manent jurors selected will make nine

In thtrlal or Mattttew Settraldt charg

ed with murder In connection with tbe

destruction of the Times iltuldlng.

Chief Counsel for the defense noti

fied the court that tbey proposed to

call up tomorrow an affidavit by the

defense for the purpose of substan

tiating charges that tha state ImnrAn-

erly used tbe grand jury in calling awl

questioning Marie Latter Uptfla, a

prospective witness for the clefettse.

WASHINGTON, Nov. I. LUtgaUuft

involving over 1300,000 In oepttar mlaa

Bear Tucson between Albert St els (aid

and Louis Zeickendorf of New Ywk,

was decided by the supresae eaart th

favor of Zeickendorf.

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