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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
ANOTHER GREAT Battle IS
BEING FOUGHT IN POLAND.
RUSSIANS within FIRING
RANGE Of CRAC0W FORTS
FALL OF CITY is EXPECTED TO LAY
OPEN ROADS TO VIENNA, BRESLAU
AND CAPITAL OF GERMANY ITSELF

All Eyes, However, Are Centeed on Engagement Now Pro-
crossing Near LODI, Where Desperate Fighting Is Ex-
peced to Continue for Several Days Before Decisive Re-
suits Can Occur; Little Progress Is Made by Either Side in
Struggles Going on in Belgium and France; No News
Comes From Caucasus Region; Capture Of General De
Wet May End Revolt in South Africa; Operations Against
Turks in Egypt Commenced on Extensive Scale.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
LARGE PROFITS
FROM SW|NDL|NC
CHICAGO DUPES
Frank NJ, Ryan, Head Of
"CIairvoyant Ring" Got
From $4,000 to $4,000
Monthly as His Share,


Chicago, Dec. Bin spite of the
$500 monthly payment for police pro.
lection. Frank Ryan, alleged head OF
n "clairvoyant ring that operated in
Chicago until recently, received from
SO. 600 TO $4,000 q month as his share
Of the swindling operations, he told
Maclay Hoyne, states attorney. in a
written confession made public TO-
night.
RYAN was captured in Detroit q
few weeks ago. lie is very i'll of tu-
bcrculosis and his confession was
made. Hoyne said, on the promise that
II would keep him from dying in the
penitentiary. II was partly on the
strength of Ryan's confession, accord
ing TO the states attorney. that Hoyne
offered Captain Halpin, former CHER
of detectives and a score of his men,
a chance to resign.
Paid Graft to Police.
RYAN paid his protection money, he
said. through Barney Bertsche. ward
politician, recently shot In a down
town revolver fight with two detec-
tives. when ! first came to chr
cago. in 1911, paid $500 a month
for police protection" he said. For
nv end usually got from $4,000 10
$4,000 monthly. Once I cleaned up
$4,000 in three months.
"During the year and half ] was
IN business here never had to go TO
a police station. Whenever there was
a complaint against me, the police al
wavs telephoned they were coming
over with the complainant and
would take the afternoon off. A part
ner would be shown and, of course,
the complainant could not Identity
him.
RYAN will submit the confession TO
the grand jury tomorrow. according
to Hoyne.
In Trouble With L. $.
In spite of his promise of immunity
from Hoyne. Ryan is in trouble with
the federal government and deputy
marshal, armed with federal war
rant. attempted to arrest hlm TO-DAY,
but was unable to learn where ne nau
been secreted. Ryan has been uhder
a federal Indictment for two years on
n charge of using the mails 70 oe-
fraud. -,
THE federal officials tomorrow VIII
make a formal demand upon Hoyne
for the custody of Ryan.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
SIMPLE FUNERAL FOR
LATE REAR ADMIRAL

tss MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w'Htl
New York, Dec. S.-Exercises %
the simplest character marked Wy
funeral of Rear Admiral Alfreo ;,
Mahan. the noted naval authority anu
writer today In the little village "
Quogue, l.. l., where he had spent ms
summer months for many years.
was the wish of the naval officer 'nas
his funeral be without military ois-
play and his wishes were respected.
No representative of the army OF
navy was present. The BODY was
brought to Quogue this afternoon
from Washington and buried IN the
Mahan family plot A BRIEF service
was conducted at the grave by heV'
Samuel d. Fish, rector of the Episco-
pal church at Bridgehampton.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04

Chicago. Dee. 3.--Club women who
have vigorously opposed proposed
ordinance which would sanction
dancing in cafes were victorious to-
day when a sub-committoe Of the
council judiciary committee tabled
the measure. Many OF the city's more
prominent women attended meetings
of the committee and argued against
permitting the new dances in public
places where liquor was sold.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
PRESIDENT SHOULD
HAVE GREATER POWER

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 3.~--Former
President William IT. Taft. speaking
before the Detroit Bankers club to-
night urged economy in the adminis-
tration Of affairs Of the federal gov
ernment.
More power he declared. should
he vested in the president 10 keep his
hands Upon the expenditures OF mon
ey in the various departments"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04

southwest Africa; the first Australian
and New Zealand contingents have
been landed In Egypt for operations
against the Turks. and Portuguese re-
intorcements have reached Angola to
take the offensive against the Ger
mans on their African borders
The political event OF the day was
the announcement by the premier of
Italy that nothing had intervened to
prompt Italy to alter her policy OF
neutrality.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
LAMAR GETS TWO
YEARS SENTENCE
IN PEN|TENT|ARY

New York. Dec 3.--David Lamar
was today found guilty of impersonat-
ing Representative A. Mitchell Palmer
of Pennsylvania, for the purpose Of
defrauding j. p. Morgan & Co.. and
the United States steel corporation
He was Immediately sentenced TO
serve two years in the federal peniten-
tlary at Atlanta. Ga.
After counsel had interposed mo-
tions for writ OF error and permis
sion to file bill Of exceptions, Lamar
was admitted to $4,000 bail, pending
an appeal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04

London. Dec. . Go p. M with the
lull in the battle In the west, which
has assumed the proportions of a
heavy cannonndc at widely separated
points. with only occasional infantry
attacks. interest Is now almost en-
tirely centered In the struggle between
the Russian and German hosts In the
east.
At last the Russians have approach
ed within firing distance of Cracow,
their steady advance from Przemysl
having proceeded without any real
check. They were reported today to
be mounting heavy batteries around
the town OF Wieliczka, which they oc-
cupied yesterday and from which the
outer forts of Craeow can be reached
Interest Centers nc LODI.
Important as this---for the fall OF
Cracow would lay open the roads to
Vicnna, Breslau and Berlin--the main
interest In the east continues to rest
with the operations on the irregular
front from Czenstochowa through
Lodz and Loweicz 10 the East Prus-
sian border. Official pronounccmenta
as TO the progress here are guarded
and indefinite, and IL Is thus difficult
10 arrive ut conclusion with regard
w tue COURSE ut tNtnW.
II Il apparent. however. that now
battle has developed 10 the southwest
Of Lodz, where the Germans have
formed new line with fresh fore rs
brought from Kalisz and are agnin
trying 20 penetrate the Russian center
Another Battle Develops.
The Russians, too. have had time
to straighten out their line. and. In
the eyes of the allies. another battle
following so closely that just conelud
ed In this region must help them In
the long run. for II is argued win
or lose, the Germans must be further
weakened and in addition, will soon
have to turn their attention to the
russian offensive against Silesia and
around Cracow.
on the other hand. German experts
believed that defeat for the Russians
would enable the German generals 10
unite all their forces for another blow
against the allies in the west
Must last for Days.
However. the battle must last for
some days and the opposing troops
may be counted upon to- fight with
the same intensity az they did in the
previous conflict when the losses in
Killed. wounded and missing reached
enormous numbers.
There has been no news for some
days of the. fighting In the Caucasus
or In Egypt. but throughout the whole
Of Africa more livcllness Is antlcipat-
ed, now that General Christian dc
Wet had been captured and General |
Louis Botha can carry out his origi- |
nal plan OF moving against German |
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04

Petrograd. Dec. s.-Emperor Men
olas today left the front, returning 70
various towns in central ana soutn-
ern Russia to visit the wounded III
the hospitals.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
EQUIPMENT OF
NAVY NOT BAD
As REPORTS SAY
Secretary Daniels Makes Pub
lie Statement Regarding
Torpedoes and improve
ments in Contemplation.


Washington, Dec. .3-What off
cials regard as popular cxaggeration
Of admitted defects In the navy's tor
pedo equipment was the subject of a
statement issued tonight by Secretary
Daniels embodying a special report
from Rear Admiral Strauss, CHIEF of
the bureau OF ordnance.
Specifically the statement was pre-
pared to prove misleading a declara-
tion that ''of Iong-range torpedoes
there are only fifty-eight In the navy,
quoted from speech by Represen-
tative Gardner. OF Massachusetts. who
rs urging the administration to sup
port his resolution for an investigation
of the nations military preparedness.
Not Needed by Submarines.
While the recent discussion of the
subject had dealt only with the equip
ment OF battleships and cruisers, Ad
miral Strauss took occasion to point
out that long-range torpedoes arc
neither required nor desired for sub
marines. He recalled that the Brit
ish armored cruisers Aboukir, Cressy
and Hogue were torpedoed and de-
stroyed by a German submarine at a
range Of 500 yards.
This statement standing by Itself
Is calculated to leave n false impress
SION" said Mr.. Daniels. I'm View OF
repeated statements that the navy has
only fifty-eight long-range torpedoes.
the chief of the bureau of ordnance
has been asked to furnish q statement
the torpedo situation and
has compiled as follows
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
IAN any torpedoes manufactured
Double the Range.

than any torpedoes manufactured
abroad
Double the Range.
beginning with the Virginia class.
which went into commission princi.
pally in 1906 and up to and including
the Texas, which went into commis-
sion this year, all the battleships are
provided with twenty-onc-inch, seven
tecn-foot tubes. Within the last two
years II WAS found possible to 50 Inn
prove the twenty one inch seventeen
foot torpedoe as to practically double
its range and steps were taken Mt once
to construct new torpedoes having
the Increased range We already have
q sufficient number OF these longer
range torpedoes 10 outfit the eighs
most recent dreadnaughts In commits
sion, and that Is the equipment that
they will have on board,
70 Provide All BattleshIps.
In addition to the above there are
being manufactured at tho govern
mcnt works at Newport and the Bliss
works at Brooklyn, n sufficient num-
Der TO provide all of the battinsliips Of
the United States navy, beginning
with the Virginia class, with the long
range torpedo. The Ohio class which
was first commissioned about 1904, is
filled with eiehtee n-inch tubes, AMI
torpedoes of the highest range cannot
be substituted for the equipment now
furnished without serious alterations.
All OF The armored cruisers except
two, and all Of the older destroyers
are provided with eIghteen-inch tubes.
All of the cruisers and all OF the de-
stroyers subsequent to destroyer No !
2s. are provided with torpedocs that
were up TO date in range and speed |
one year ago. Since that time Il
scheme has been developed Tor in !
ereasing the range of the eienteen- |
nch torpedoes there are now in pro-
.ess OF construction eignteen-inch tor
pedoes Of the newer type which will |
outfit all destroycrs from No. 2S with |
he lons-range weapon.
Want Them Short and Swift.
Long range torpedoes are neither !
required nor desired for submarines.
submarine warfare Is Of such q cha
icter as 10 make II advisable to use
hort-range high-speed torpedocs. and
hat Is the class that submarines are
'eing furnished with. The Aboukir. /
sressy and Hogue were torpedocd re-
emily, II will be recalled, at a range
Il 500 yards.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04
to which the officers and men have
been accustomed.
Lack of Training shows.

Tile value OF such pr paf.gtion Is as
noticeable on the side ~ tho enemy as
On our own. The phenomenal losses
suffered by the uermaus new forma-
TONS have been femarkhhle ana they
Mere IN part due 10 their lack of
training. Motrovcr. though al tho
first onset these formations advanced
tn tho attack as braVely as their active
corps. they have moi by any means
shown the same reenperalise powera.
The NNNII cnrns. for instance. which
Is new formation composed prinei-
pally of men with fram only seven 10
twelve weeks training has not yet
recovered from iiH first encounter with
the British infantry around ncee-
laerc TO the northeast OF Npres 4
month ago. ON the other hand, the
guard corps. in spite Of having SUI
fefcd severely IN Belgium Of having
been thrown headlong across the Disc
river at Guise and having lost large
numbers on the plain OF CompieRno
and on the banks of the Alsne river.
advanced against fpres on the nth
OF November as braycly as they did
on the goth of August"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04

The allies. continued Colonel Swim
ton. have undergone great sacrifices
10 defend against tremendous odds a
line that could only be maintained BY
making these sacrifices, but the fact
that the situation has been relieved
is no reason for assuming that the en-
emy has abandoned his intentions ~
pressing through 20 the sea. The
writer points out that the Germans
continue to attack with great courage
but little abated By failure and while
they have not succeeded In gaining
the straits OF Dover. they have heen
enabled 10 consolidate their position
on the western frontier and retain all
hut small portion OF Belgium.
"As we'll as they have fought how
ever" continues the narrative. III Is
doubtful II their achievements arc
commensurate with their losses which
recently have been largely due 10 d
lack OF training and q comparative
lack of discipline Of the units they put
into the field"
Colonel swinton concludes with the
statement that as the war Is going TO
he one of exhaustion, after the regular
armies OF the belIigefents have done
their work. II will he upon the raw
material OF the countries concerned
that final success Will depend.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-04

The flfty-eIght Iong-range torpedoen
the navy Possesses. are of the twenty
one-inch twenty-one-foot type. and
there is no ship in the United States
navy yet in commission that Is pre-
pared to take them.
They were manufactured for new
construction. beginning with the Ne
vada and the Oklahoma. and these
two ships will not go into commission
until about the end of next year. Their
long range is obtained by an increase
in length over existing types, and no
ship prior To the Nevada and Okla !.
homa Is constructed for torpedoes OF
this length. SO far as the bureau OF
ordnance can ascertain. these torpe-
does have as high a range, or higher,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25
.HTZSIMM0NS IS
CRUEL, Says WIFE
Former Fighting Champion
Makes No Defence to
Charges in Suit.

Chicago. Ill, Dec 25.-Various
episodes Of their marital life in which
she figured as an abused per-
son. were related by Mrs. Julia Fitz-
simmons. wife Of Robert Fitzsimmons,
former worlds champion heavyweight
pugilst. in testifying Thursday in her
divorce suit against the former king
Of the ring.
HE used to go away" said Mrs. Fttz-
simmons. land would be brought back
intoxicated by some of his friends
The day before their final separation
in July, 1910. the wife said her hus-
band kicked her as she was passing a
hall door
ave had a quarrel" she explained,
about his drinking and 7 had not
been speaking to him because he re-
fused to quit, so when I passed by the
door he kicked me"
Alleges Threats to Shoot.
Threats to shoot her was related by
the witness, who said that at various
times her husband pulled her hair, or
grabbed her throat, and some times
threw bottles at her.
Il don't want any alimOny," she told
the court. II always worked before
we were married and have had to since.
1 can do it still"
Mrs Fitzsimmons asked permission
to resume her maiden name of Julia
Clifford.
No defence was offered and a decree
by default was entered. Before be-
coming Mrs. FitzsimmOns in 1903 the
complainant was a professional singer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25
CLAIM Gambling TRUST
MAKES 100000 YEARLY

chicago. III, Dec. "a gambling
trust which makes a profit of $1,000,
600 a year, and which pays $4,000 pro-
lection money every week to members
of the police department exists in Chi
cago, it was charged Thursday before
the Merriam crime commission. Monte
Tennes, known for years as the gam
bling king of the city was declared 70
he the head of the ring by Edwin W.
Altz an investigator who testified re-
garding gambling conditions in the
city.
He testified that policemen receive
$50 for each handbook operated and
that 500 Of these are scattered through
out the city.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25

equal in height weight reach and
strength, a man whom the negro can
not push around the ring at viii as he
has done with the little fellows.
Look Mt Wizards Record.
Those who happen to think Willard is
q dub would do well to look over his
record. His first bout was fought
little more than three years ago at Ell
Reno. okla. where he knocked out Ed
Burke in three rounds. Since that time
he has fought no less than 25 fights and
the only one which he lost was to
aC;unboat'' Smith. Smith gained the de-
cision over the giant cowboy last year
in san Francisco. The decision was
verv unpopular with the audience, and
that Smith himself has a mighty strong
bunch that Willard is the better man,
is attested by the fact that he has
consistently refused to meet Jess since
then Wizards record shows that he
has gained a newspaper decision over
Luther Mccarthy who, until his death,
was considered the most promising
white fighter since Jeffries when the
latter was in his prime. He also has a
newspaper decision over Arthur Pelkey,
McCarthy's cOnquerOr. He has knocked
out such men as George RodeL the Boer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25
SHIPS BREAK REGULATIONS
AT PANAMA AND ARE FINED

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 25.-British
golfers in the canal zone recently have
violated quarantine regulations. ac-
cording to the canal record OF Dec. 16.
Just received here. but no mention is
made of alleged infraction of American
neutrality.
From Dec 3 to 16. six British GOLFERS
and two British merchant vessels ar
rived at CristObal on the Atlantic and
Balboa on the Pacific side without bills
of health in violation of quarantine
regulations. Fines of SIS were imposed
on the Roddam and the Kirnwod which
brought coal from England and Wales.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25
WILLARD IS MATCH FOR JOHNSON;
SHOULD GIVE HIM HARD BATTLE
Neither VIII Stay the Limit Of As Rounds is Belief
Johnson's Proves Is Overrated, for Jeffries
Was Mere Shell of H inself and Had Not
Trained Seriously for Match at Reno.
BY }. G. BRANN.

INCE Jack Curley has come to town
and prospects appear to be good Of
- staging the fight for the heavy
weight championship of the world in
Juarez, fight followers in the city are
figuring out the chances Of Willard in
the match. There can be no question
that Willard is a much better man than
"Gunboat' Smith or any other of the
white hope flock. This is admitted
by ali except Jim Buckley and a few
others. But can Jess hope to put the
giant black away, to gain decision
over him or to even stay the limit?
The latter question is fairly easy 70
answer. Willard will not stay the linz
it. Neither will Johnson. The day is
past when two men could batter one
another for As rounds Wearing a man
down, hitting and other points Of the
game have been developed to too scien-
! tific a degree to permit of it.
Big Jess not only has a fair chance,
but should win. No less an authority
than Tommy Burns says he has not the
slightest doubt of the ability of Willard
to clean the big negro. Tommy lost the
championship to Johnson, has seen him
fight dozen times and has seen VIII
lard for the past two and a half years,
so he should come pretty close to know
0
in the game shows that he would have
given Johnson a mighty stiff argument
when the latter was at his best. And
he will have a far better chance now,
for Johnson is aging and in addition he
! has been going a mighty fast pace for
the past four years, according to au-
( thOrities who knew him here and 9TH
ers who have seen much of him in
France. No matter how irOnclad a con-
stitutiOn a man may have he cannot
give way to excess for a period of four
years and be nearly the man he was at
the beginning. At his best there is
doubt that Johnson gould have beaten
Willard. But despite the fact that Will
lard hardly classes with some of the
previous white champions, it is not
at all likely that the black would have
had a walkaway.
An Over Rated Champion.
Johnson is probably the most over
rated champion in any division the
world has ever seen. Whom has he ever
beaten? Jim Jeffries, a shell of a man,
who had made not a serious effort to
train for his bout. Jeffries had spent
his entire time prior to the Reno affair
fishing and hunting, with an occasional
game of handball and an occasional
few rounds of very light boxing. And
the handbau and boxing were only in
dulged IN when newspaper men and
photographers were. present. And when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25

unable to put Burns away, the decision
going to Johnson when the bout was
stopped by officers. He knocked out
Ketchell who was only a middleweight.
Some have said that KetChell was the
greatest middleweight the game ever
saw. On the contrary he was far from
it. It is an insult to the really great
middleweights We have had to mention
Ketchen in the same breath with them.
JOhnsOn's game of fighting a defensive
game was Just suited TO the wild slam
bang methods of Ketchel Yet it took
Johnson y rounds to defeat Ketcheu,
and Ketchell scored clean knOckdoWn.
Bob FitzsimmOns. the fighting Cornish
man; the Nonpariel Jack Dempsey, or
George LeBlanche, the fighting Marine,
would hardly have allowed Ketchel to
last a single round with them. Johnson
fought the Puebla fireman, Jim Flynn,
at Las Vegas two years ago. The bout
was stopped by the sheriff when Flynn
butted Johnson, Every expert who was
present says that it was simply a case
of over seriousness, and that had the
would, in all probability, have won as
he was far stronger than Johnson at
the time the fight was stopped. True,
Johnson had a big lead on points from
the earlier rounds. but experts present
say that he was firing rapidly under
the aggressive tactics of Flynn and that
he could not have lasted another 10
rounds And Flynn has never been
more than a fast, aggressive trial horse.
Has Had Advantage.
Every experienced man whom John
hag 10 Gil ole on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25

She latter appeared Jim Corbett ana
Joe Choynski were very careful to nave
Jeff pose before the camera. Every SIN
ole act of Jeffs before the fight show
that he intended to make the bout ms
last and thatlhe went into it merely Tor
the money in it. or else the allegations
that the affair was framed and johnson
double crossed" are true.
Also whipped Burns.
Johnson has also whipped Tommy
Burns from whom he won the worlds
championship; Jim Flynn, Stanley
Ketchell and a number of second raters.
Burns at his best was not more than
an ordinary fighter. Yet Johnson was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25

scrapper. Soldier Kerns, Bull Young,
Dan DAILY, Al Williams and many 9TH
ers.
The chamber of commerce which is
bending every effort to bring the match
to Ell Paso has agreed to donate three
rooms in the chamber of commerce
building for the use Of the promoters If
the fight is staged across the river.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-25
Has Had Advantage.

Every experienced man whom John
son has met with the single exception