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Evening journal., 1915-02-04
VILLA PROCLAINS
HIMSELF CHIEF:
NAMES Cabinet
New Mexican President Will
Maintain Capital at Aguas-
CaIienteS For Present
CARRANZISTAS lose
5000 MEN IN JALISCO
Rr The united Press.

BY The United Press.
Ell PASO. Tex. Feb 4-General
villa today practically proclaimed
himself president of Mexico. lie has
assumed supreme political power ana
organized a civil government with
himself as the head His excuse was
that interruption Of communication
has made Il impossible TO work In
conjunction with his forces in the
south He declared the zone he con-
trolled was so extensive that an or
gani2cd government was necessary.
The cabinet named by Villa fol-
lows:
Minister of Foreign Relations and
justice-Lic Miguel Diaz Lombardo.
Gobernacion and Communication
Or. Luis dc La CARA Cardenas.
Treasury and Fomento Francisco
Escudero.
These three men are among the
ahlost leaders OF the republic. They
Eave been acting as advisers TO villa
fol months villa will maintain his
capital at Aguas Calientes tempor-
arily
Vilista agents here we're advised
today of the defeat of a Carranzisia
column of 5000 men in the State
OF Jalisco by troops under the com
mand of General Augustin Estrada.
| Several hundred were killed and
wounded in the battle which lasted
/ three days.
Official messages dealing with the
defeat of General Benavides south OF
San Luis Potosi today state that two
I hundred prisoners. three trains, sew
eral cannon and other munitions were
captured.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
WANT RIVER BANK IMPROVED.

Directors OF the Street and Sewer De
partment and members of Council will
confer with George G.. Lobdell on next
Wednesday night relative to improving
conditions i'm South Wilmington. The
conference was arranged last night after
Councilman Cook. of the Second ward,
reported To Council that the high water
had washed out Christiana street, MAX
ing the street nnpassabe. Mr. Cook
asked Council if repairs could not be
made to the street, and the conference
was arranged for when the subject viii
be discussed.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
Takes HIS drink
ON Witness Stand
That's Whisky" Says Ex-
pert, TeStifying in Kelley
Prosecution
ORDER SOCIETY
MAN PR0SECUTES

Joseph hi AMIGO. Wholesale liquor
dealer. stood on the witness stand in
City Court today. drank from two
bcttles, wiped his lips. looked at
Judge Churchman and said: That's
whiskey.'
Mir. Di AMIGO was placed on the
stand as an expert in whiskey, being
called by Deputy City Solicitor John
r. Lynn in the cases against Fergus
Kelly. No. g37 Chestnut street.
charged with selling liquor in less
quantities than provided by his Ii
Conse. The prosecution was instigated
by the Law and order Society.
Decision was reserved.
Chief of Police Black supported Mr.
Di AMIGOS evidence as TO the bottles
containing liquor saying he smellod
e.
Carmen paolino of No. / Bali alley,
who said he is employed by Frank r.
Haley, agent of the Law and Order
Society. told of purchasing a half
pint bottle of whiskey from Mr. Kelly
on the night of January 10. He also
said John di PierrO went with him on
the day mentioned and also purchased
liquor. Following the alleged pur-
chases the two men met Mr.. Haley
according to the witness.
Paolino then declared he went to
the house of a man. He identified the
Rev. George A. Cooke as the person
whose home he visited.
Cross examined by Charles +. Cur
ley for the defense, Paolino said he L.
employed by Mr. Haley TO find per
sons who violate the law"
How do you get paid?' the lawyer
asked.
"By the case" Paolino replied.
"rhen. the more cases you have tho
more You make That's il, isn't itT
I Mr.. Curley asked.
"Yes," the witness answered.
The witness was closely questioned
about meeting Mr. Haley. He salt
/ they "met accidentally
hi Pierro was next placed on thl
stand By the State He said he wen
TO the store with Paolino and declar
| ed. he, too, bought a half pint o
whiskey for 25 cents The witnes
denied he is employed by Mr. Hale
and asserted he spent his own none
for the liquor.
"Then you are out your money an
Continued on Page Thirteen.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
Cars Aviafors Drop Shells
On Germans Outside Warsaw
BY Tho United Press.

hN ANf ANAAfH . A'n's
PETROGRAD Feb All Poland
from Warsaw west to the Prussian
frontier. rs now a bloody battle-ground.
Official dispatches today reported
furious German attacks along the
Bzura. Sanguinary lighting proceeded
the capture by the Russians OF
skempe. north Of the Vistula. South
west of Warsaw the Cars aviators
rained bombs with deadly effect upon
German concentration camps.
"The Germans have been consider
ably forced" was the official admis-
sion from the general stan today.
"Wcst of Warsaw. In the region OF
Goumin and Borzhymow, south of the
Bzura. heavy artillery fire continues
day and night
"Stubborn hand-to-hand fighting
continues at all hours. with both sides
suffering severe losses. Goumln is
still held by our forces, though th'
enemy IS making desperate attacks
In that region"
Victory for tho Russians north o
the Vistula aroused enthusiasm herr
today 10 was taken 10 indicate tn
resumption of the Russian drive OF
The Prussian fortress of Thorn. Th'
Grand Dukes army captured Skempe
half between Lipno and Sieprc by ar
infantry onslaught The Germans
retired in the direction of Lipno, which
they still hold The German attach
south of Lipno along the Vistula wa.
repclled
The Russian force operating souti
of lnsterburg forced a crossing of Tho
Angerap south of Darkohmen. Alonr
the Rawa, Russian aviators bonn
barded German concentration centres
at Rawa Brzezimy and several othei
points along the railroad.
Hundreds of wounded soldiers an'
many German prisoners are arriving
i'm Warsaw daily. Most OF these ar
from the Bzura region where th'
most desperate lighting has been II
progress for a week Practically al
the Russian wounded are victims o
German rifle bullets The trenche
near Borzhymow are so close to
gether. they reported, that rife fir
scarcely ever ceases. All night Ger
man artillery plays upon the Russian
trenches. Daybreak signals a ney
German infantry attack.
. The AustrO-German forces in IN
b. Carpathians are now stubbornly re
sisting the Russian forward move
) ment into Hungary, il was oilicial
! admitted today The Germans ar
] bringing up fresh troops.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
GERMANS RESUME EFFORT TO DRIVE
FRENCH INFANTRY FROM VERDUN POSITIONS

west bank that the Russian attacks
were unsuccessful.
Russian cavalry however, drove tho
Germans out of a village on the west
bank of the Angerap south of Darkeh-
men. and the village is now occupied
BY the Czar's'iroops.. t"'.''
Northeast Of Insterburg, the RUS
slams encountered unexpectedly large
forces Of Germans concentrated along
the Lasdohnen-M n-Mallwischken line
west of pillkallen. German prisoners
taken in that vicinity reported that
some reinfnreements had been
brought into East Prussia from
Flanders.
Along the western battle line today
military experts were chiefly con-
corncd over new German attacks near
Verdun The army of the German
crown prince has resumed its efforts
TO drive In the French infantrymen
entronched outside the bosieged city.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04

HIGH LIGHTS FROM PRESI-
DENTS TALK TO BUSI-
NESS MEN

"When peace is as handsome as
war. there will be no war;
st is necessary that not a plow or
a spade be idle in the future. if the
world is To he fed"
business men came IN the past
with all their bristlcs out TO see not
what they could accomplish lfor leg
islation). but what they could pre-
vent. When men engage in the pur-
suits of peace in the same spirit OF
self-sacrlicc and conscious service of
the community with which, at any
p rate. the common soldier engages in
war. then shall there be wars no
more"
"Alost of our business combinations
3 have been fitted with a safety lock"
"One does not have time to think
in city. You can get opinions by
contagion in city, but you do not
always know where the germ came
from"
"No man can lie consistently,
and he cannot lie about everything
if he talks to you long"
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
Save Two SEAMEN
FROM death IN BAY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
LBWES. Del, Feb. 4.-The tug
Piedmont picked up two fishermen,
Martin Peterson and Eric Dahlman,
of Holly Beach, n. j., near the Della
ware Breakwater late yesterday af-
ternoon, the men having lost their
bearings and become lost in the fog.
When rescued by the Piedmont the
tug was drifting seaward and the
two men were in a half famished con-
dition. They were landed at the Lewes
Life Saving Station and are being
taken care of.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
rHIEvEs AGAIN ACTIVE.

Thieves one night last week gained AN
entrance To the apartments OF August
j. Furman, No. 42l Shipley street, aud
stole clothing valued at $50. Il Is
thought the robbers used keys as none
of the windows had been forced.
The refrigerator at the home Of Edgar
Ocheltree, No. 6l9 Harrison street. was
emptied of It's contents early yesterday
morninu
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
mnTSEnOLn ECONOMICs.

An interesting lecture on House
hold Economics" was given yester-
day afternoon in the New Century Club
by Mrs. Jean Kane Foulke Of West
Chester, Pa. Mrs. Foulke. who is a
relative Of Mrs. Florence Bayard Hill
les. proved to be an exceptionally in
tcresting and delightful speaker and
her address. which was on a subject
that appeals generally to most women
was altogether enjoyable.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04

the Downs. off Deal. two miles of
shore. November IL.
German submarine reported sunk
of Dover. November 49,
Audacious-S of the north coast
Of Ireland. October 27
Reported raid by two submarines IN
the Firth of Forth, December 9.
Submarine fotilla tried 10 enter
Dover harbor on December 10; driven
away by fire.
Formidable-su off Plymouth,
January 1.
Ben Cruachan-In Irish Sea, Janu-
airy 20.
Linda Blanche-ln Irish Sea, Janu-
airy 30.
Kilkoan-In Irish Sea. January 30
Tokomaru- OF Havre, January 30
lkaria-On Havre, January 30.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04

The following are some of the eX-
ploits Of the German submarines
since the beginning of the war. Il
will be seen in the accompanying map
that these daring under sea raiders
have almost circled the British isles
(the places where they have sunk
British ships being marked with a
starr. and there seem to be few ports
which are safe from attack:
Pathfnder-Sun by U-21 off St.
Abbs Head. Scotland. September 3.
Cressy Aboukir and Hogue- Sunk
by U-9 lin the North Sea-" Septem-
her 22
Hawke-Sunk "in the northern wa
tcrs of the North Sea-" October l6.
Hermes- Sunk in the strait of
Dover. October 30.
Torpedo Gunboat Niger-Sunk in
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
NAM CITY AT CELEBRATION.

City Council, at its meeting this
evening. in all probability will take
some action towards issuing general
invitation TO all citizens to attend the
cornerstone laying exercises at the
New County and Municipal Building
on February u. Just what program
will be arranged for the city's part
oe the exercises will be discussed to-
night.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
1000 RUSSIANS fall
PRISONERS TO Germans
Nv The United Press.

" TTT ITTITW T TN""7
VIENNA, Via Berlin. Wireless to
London. Feb. 49, Austro-German
forces operating in the Carpathians
captured 1000 Russian prisoners and
several machine guns in a successful
assault upon a strong position held
by the enemy on mountain range.
it was stated officially today. The
Russians are on the offensive at sew
eral points along the mountain.
Their attacks we're described as
"very stubborn but the war Office
declared they were being repulsed.
The situation in Southern Poland
and Western Galicia is unchanged.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
FLASHES FROM THE WAR
rnrvcH srrYER nEvERsE Ar xAsNeEs.

Berlin Vfs wireless ssyvne. Z. 2. Eee. srssas e
the French n asyng German Infantry ehaygs nsrnvss e
sssssigss uidway sswssa vsydun Hsssu eiasss
n the ooal stss=asnt NON oes this esrnoau rAs
Germans stosa successive trenches cHe asne as
and oocupisd French poslaoa- ne atvsHss vs.
over line o. more than 700 yaras Seven yrsaes csts
and sol Aad sins aeAias
sad nine smaller guss matsral eapsars1
Frenca suEsrsa heavily sesed during The
esAt in an unseessssfa stsu regain lost positions
me var once THIS afternoon oscaly eors-ses ssrv-
hat German troops are reinforcing tAs czr
psns Further progress Of General von sssksnssns ee
toward warsaw from the Hoinow region reported
ARTILLERY hsntirs been resumed siong the Frsneo-
psgsn battle mont Rheims northward to the sssoas
Wear psrss, IN. raeA renewed their esorts pierce
csrrnsn lines bat we're hurled bacz-
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
Carry FOOD BY BOAT
LOAD TO BRIDCETENDER

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWPORT Del, Feb. 4.-On ac-
count of the recent heavy rain the
Chrlstiana Creek has again over
flowed its banks and William stew
are, bridge tender, has had to move
to the second floor of his home and
all provisions have TO be taken to him
in boats The farm of William Mark
is from one to two feet under water.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
ALbEGEDPARTISAN
bills DISCUSSED
BY Committees
Democrats Likely to Make
Fight On Child Labor
Commission Repeater
TRYING TO Reach
AN UNDERSTANDING
special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STATE HOUSE, DO, Err, Del, Feb. l..
senator's Walker and Hoifecker and
Speaker Grantland, representing the Re
publicans. and Senators Gormloy, Fur
Miss and Hart and Representatives Hall,
Allen and Elliott, representing the
Democrats had conference late yester-
dav to discuss Democratic objections to
what they consider partisan leglsla-
ton" The conforecs were appointed at
the suggestion of the Democrats.
In the conference they objected par
ticularly to Representative Rash's bill
providing that the voter can place his
ballet within the envelope Immediately
after il is handed to him by election Off
GERS, instead of going into booth Ia
enclose the ballot within the envelope;
e. Representative Halls bill providing
for burning of the ballots Immediately
after the Superior Court has finished the
official canvass, and to RasRs bill pro
viding that the Department of Elections
in Wilmington shall appoint election
clerks from lists to be submitted by the
party organizations.
The Democrats also objected to
bills introduced by Republicans pro
viding for a reorganization of the
Levy Courts of Kent and SUSSEX
counties by providing for courts Of
three members. to be elected by dis
tricts to succeed the present ten
member Levy Courts and to the bills
advocated by the Republicans fO
abolition of the hundred tax cOllec
tors and the creation of the Office o
Receiver of Taxes and County Treas
urer in Kent and Sussex counties
No conclusion was reached as Il
what the Republican attitude will b
on some Of the measures However
the Republican cOnferees asserte
that they considered the Levy CouT
reorganization and the county Ia
collection reform bills progressiv
legislation for the best interests q
Kent and Sussex counties and the
expected 10 urge their passage ina!
much as the Republicans in the tW
lower counties had made such Oegii
lation an issue of the recent can
paign.
The Republican conferecs point'
out that the bills do not rim q
present incumbents out Of Office, b
90 into effect two years hence. III
Republican conferees inquired of Il
Democratic committee whether th
considered the ten-nOuf law repedl'
and the child labor law bills as pa
tisan legislation.
AS to the ten-hOur law. the Dem
Gratis said their members would vo
as they pleased. but as to the bills
change the Child Labor Commissio
the Democrats said they probab
would oppose it because ii would gi
the Governor tho appointment of Il
child labor inspector, who would
n Republican This latter ob1ecti'
is similar to that made by Senat
Willard Salisbury in his letter
Senator Furniss, calling off the latt
from advocacy of his bill TO aholi
the Child Labor Commission and !
dicates that the Democrats are ma
ing party issue of the child lab
investigation which was started
one of their own members, Represe
tative Elliott.
Another conference of the U
committees is scheduled to be he
this afternoon for further consider
tion of the bills referred TO-
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
EnIr0R TO AnnREss MEN.

An address by the Rev. Joseph II.
Oden, ID. d.. of the editorial staff Of
the Philadelphia Ledger, will be one
of the features of the Presbyterian
Union meeting in Hanover Presbyter-
ian Church on next Monday night. Mr..
Odell will speak on. "The Church from
the Journalists Standpoint
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
OPERATOR no GO SOUTH.

David Coke of the Western Union
Telegraph Company's local stan, Will
leave Friday for 81. Augustine, Flor
ida. to work during the tourist sea
son. Frederick Snyder will take his
place until his return on April 10.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
DIRECTORS RE.ELECTED.

The board of directors of the Globe
Rubber Tire Company were reelected
at a meeting OF stockholders in the Of
fees of the Corporation Trust Com
pany Of America yesterday.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday; warmer Fri
day. Moderate north winds.
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
RUSSIANS ABANDON MARCH ON
KONIGSBERG WHEN CONFRONTED
BY SUPERIOR GERMAN FORCES

Check Comes West of PiHkaLIen- Another Force
Meets With Reverse Along fhe Railroad Leading
Through Insferburg-R Russians, However, Capture
Village on West Bank of the Angerap
Evening journal., 1915-02-04
I,PANEsE CRr1sER HIrs FAoTEIC ROCKss sAY Be IosT.

WASHINGTON Feb. +-The Japanese cruiser Assma has
gone ashore rocks san Bsrtsoras 5sy vs cs
iorna and probably viii Re total loss Rear Admiral Hex
asst sIrsIsssss iss Ssxz ~
partmsnt iAis afternoon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08

incomparably superior 70 wrat il Was
when the war began. We have sought
everywhere for surgeons and specia'
lists. and If they complain that they
have not been sent just where they
wanted to go it is because that we have
sent them where they were most need
ed without paying attention TO indivij-
ual desires"
In the matter OF recruiting the army
there has been no less TO be done. but
OF that il was more difficult to per
suade VI. Nillerand to talk.
when ! came 10 the ministry he
said, after he was finally brought 20
the point, 81 had 10 revise many decis-
ions previously made i'm order 10 fill ~
the ranks. II is different now. but IN re
was no small number Of men at the
start who had 10 be dragged out =
their hiding places and forced into IN
ranks Many men in times Of peace ha !
succeeded in evading their service iot
reasons that might be called question
able. and the decisions under which
these men had escaped had TO be re-
vised. These men had 20 be brought
back TO the colors and made TO undergo
new medical examination so tina
every man able to carry a gun should
take his place in the ranks.
There were also many men I'm the
auxiliary service who belonged i'm the
active army, and We had 70 replace
them with men who could serve theic
country but could not stand the llft
in the trenches. and we mad to draw
men from sedentary posts IN the active
army and replace them with auXiliaries.
There are still a number of non-com-
missiOned officers serving IN posts az
the rear who would be better in tn"
firing line, and they will go TO the
trenches with the next lot Of reinforce
ments sent forward. And now that our
wounded are beginning to recover We
will soon begin 10 replace the instruc'
tion officers. now drilling recruits az the
rear. by those who on account Of thelr
injuries cannot go again into the firing
line.
There was another class that made
a good deal of trouble at the beginning
Of the war These were the men wh)
were attached to the civil service OF
the government and under the law were
relieved from military service. | con-
suited with NY colleagues in the CaDl-
net. after which | first sent them note
calling for all the men in their depart
ments capable Of military service, and
then they issued executive orders re-
quiring all their subordinates to repOr.
to the Ministry of War. SO we got them
out. The same procedure was followe
with the railroads and then the whole
country was modified, either in tha
active army or in the workshops at tn D.
rear. and so it will remain until Ger
many surrenders."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08

enemy attacked us near the village
OF NcdvcCie. lie was rcrulsed.
Fighting continues west Of the viii
laee o. kostioukhovka, which wc
captured Thursday.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The Berlin War Office issued this
tatcmcnt:
Army group OF Field Marshal Won
Hlndonburg: Southwest and south
OF Riga many Russian local attacks
were repulsed. Before Dyinsk enemy
attacks near l.loukst and between
Lakes Swenton and llscu were un-
successful. During the night Of the
5th-6th Russians who succeeded IN
penetrating our positions uorthwes,
of Lake Swenton by a night attack
were elected yesterday.
Army group OF General Won Lin
singer: Northwest OF Czartorysk an
enemy attack was rcpulsed. Eighty
prisoners and one machine gun were
capturcd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08
o,ive Germans Back from
OLAF. Southwest OF
Riga.
PIERCE SECOND LINE
TRENCHES AT DVlNSK
cars Troops Beat Off -Four
Counter Attacks at
Lake SWentOn.

,..4,, Nov BY shifting their
~, from one part Of the long east
.-,-. 90 another. the Russians have
-. .se Germans uncertain where the
.,, Of Gle Cars attack will fall.
~t'vsiser', line. stretched thin by the
.ts-sua, OF troops for the western
.5 Serbian armies, presents many a
..,s SPOT through which constant ham,
-rrc may force q way
Along the Strpa. in Ga.icia, the Rus
..-. for the last fortnight have con-
..,.ra.ed their efforts for an offensive.
p. che north. where Field Marshal Won
u.serburc is lighting to reach the
n,.,a they have been content to ward
= The Germans
pr, now the Cars troops have taken
In earnest the offensive in this
Ma sector From Riga TO Dyinsk
..ey have begun series Of vigorous
...s.ks massinc their forces in front
o. 30 two cities which have been the
r.,-,sr ohiectives since the Wilma
..i,osd fell into the invaders hands.
4, both sectors the Russians have
i.r,, ,bo enemy back. On the Riga
s.,,, -bey forced the Germans from
.ts district near Olaf. southwest Of
Pcs Further south they dispersed
ce,msns attempting 10 cross the Dvina,
ed d, the western shore OF Lake Sven
II, ten miles southwest of Dvlnsk,
.ssy captu~ed the kaiser's second lines
q t,erehes and beat off four counter
Berlin remarks that southwest and
.,rtb Of RIGA the Russians launched
,srv local attacks and attempted sew
- assaults .r the Dvinsk sector In
,bs latter district the Germans claim
IN have driven the enemy from posi-
..ors northwest of Lake SwentOn, which
Fs penetrated on the night of the 9th.
Along the Stvr the Cars forces are
sIso attacking a Reuter- dispatch from
petrograd says that in the region Of
r-srtorvsk bodies Of Russian cavalry
ron 500 20 200 strong have been very
,e,,ve In attacking German infantry
le,aebments east of Kovel. These oper-
atoms resulted recently in the capture
of2000 prisoners.
But for the moment the greatest
fef.N.fN Us NFNNl ANA ~ tIlt i4bA t4lf NtiNA .
'he Germans seem farther than ever
from staining the Dvina line.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.
The Petrograd War Office gave out
me following official communication:
On the Riga front our troops sue
us,fu'.y attacked the Germans near
he village of OLAF, southwest Of
Riga The enemy was obliged tempo
arly 90 evacuate this point
We have occupied the cemetery
rear the village Of Laour. on the left
tark OF the Dvina, near lkskul
South Of Pilvers. i'm the same dis
.rct. we dispersed Germans crossing
he Dvina.
on the western shore Of Lake
Srertor we captured the second line
Of German trenches. took more than
hrsa hundred soldiers and captured
teo machine guns and a searchlght.
Subsequently, the Germans made four
counter attacks unsuccesSfully.
ON the left bank Of the Styr the