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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
ULTIMATUM OF U. S.
DELIVERED TO VILLA
Mexican Chieftain Told
Border LaWIeSSneSS
Must Cease.
nry Telegraph to The Tribune

FL Paso, Tex, Jan. 8.-General Villa
learned to-day that the patience Of
the United States was exhausted, that
should he persist in his ayowed de-
termination to send an army TO attack
the border towns in Sonora his troops
will have to fight the United States
soldiers as well as the soldiers of Cen
eral Carranza and that the crisis in
border Mexican affairs has reached the
point where further parleying will not
be tolerated.
This became known here to-day be-
fore General Hugh l.. Scott exchanged
greetings with General Villa at the
international bridge tonight. The con-
ference was preliminary TO a meeting
of the two commanders 20 be held to-
morrow. when General Scott is expect
ed 10 deliver an ultimatum TO Villa.
As a matter of fact, the ultimatum
practically was delivered to General
Villa unofiicially before ne left Chihua-
hua City this morning. and it was re-
sponsible for the haste with which he
finally started on his long deferred
trip.
After the conference, which had
lasted less than an hour. it was un-
officially announced that General Scott
had discussed briefly the border situs-
tion with Villa and mad told MIN the
wishes Of the United States in the
matter OF protection. No agreement
was reached. and II was announced
that another conference, TO be held to-
morrow, probably would determine just
what would be done by Villa and by
the United States.
A bulletin given out to-day by the
CarranZa agency here said that Car
rama had issued decree at Vera
Cruz which would affect foreign and
Mexican interests in oil, water. min
eral or timber holdings. The decree
would annul all grants and conces-
sions made between December I. 1876.
and January Z. 1915. as affecting com
munity land which the Carranza gov
ernment may deem illegally taken.
1t is proposed to sell the coniiscsted
lands on small payments TO nationals.
The official bulletin intimated that the
decree would affect the large oil in
terests about Tampico held BY the
Lord Cowdray English interests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
FUGITIVE TAKEN
AFTER FIGHT
Slayer First Matteawan Prisoner
to Escape Since Thaw Flight
Won Liberty by Leap.

The first prisoner to escape from
Matteawan since Harry X. Thaw passed
through the gate, year and nall
ago. will be back in the asylum to-day,
after four days liberty. He is stephen
d. GRAY. negro graduate Of City Col
lege. who killed his father on Staten
Island six year ago.
Detectives who were watching the
PENNSYLVANIA station last night had a
hard fight before they arrested Gray
Word came down from Philipstown'
near Peekskill, yesterday that a pris'
oncr in Matteawan had escaped De
tectives Birmingham. Kerr and G1ery
hoard that he had reached this city
and would try 10 take train for the
West last night.
Birmingham finally spotted the ne
GRO az Seventh az. and 3,st ST. When
tho detective accosted the fugitive a
fight followed.
Other detectives and several uni
formed men responded 10 the police
whistle. and Gray was soon on ms way
20 the Tenderloin station. From there
he was removed 70 Bellevue. lie
seemed rational, all said. =,
Gray asserted that he had walked al
the way from Matteawan since Ges.
day. lie expected TO meet iriend az a.
tho station who would supply nm win
money. Harry Ghaw was a great ir,enI
Of his. he said. and they often talked
and walked together.
Harry has got nothing on me- nc
added. "He escaped By walking 'hfousn
gate. ! Jumped over H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
WHITMAN GUSTS
400 JOB HOLDERS
State Engineers Office
First To Be Deprived
of SineCureS.
From, STAFF cores pondent Of The Tribune.

ITrom q STAFF Correspondent Of The Tnbuucl
Albany. Jan. S. The swish of the
Job looping axe was heard in two state
departments to-day, and its sinister
shadow is over the threshold Of many
more. In one department, that Of state
Engineer and Surveyor. more than four
hundred officeholders, Republicans and
Democrats alike, lost their. official
heads because, as Governor Whitman
explained, there was no need of their
services.
"By the reductions in the force OF
the State Engineers Office" said Gov
ernor Whitman, "Mr. Williams figures
that he will effect saving of approx
mstely $3.50 day in the engineering
salaries now paid in the department.
In addition there will be a consider
able saving in the item of Office rents
and maintenance. And the investiga-
tion by Mr.. Williams is not yet com
pleted."
The Governor was not able TO say
how much more could be saved in fur
ther reductions in the State Engineers
Office alone. but it is believed that 1t
will easily total 100000 year
In the Office of Secretary OF state
the new incumbent. Mr. Hugo. found
that he could dispense with the ser
vices OF fourteen men, some OF them
mere youths. labelled "laborers' and
drawing S75 a month in the Automo-
bile bureau. All these had been ap-
pointed by his Democratic predecessor
Mitchell May. One Of the "laborers
was Paul Delaney, nephew oil e%-
Governor Glynn. and another was j. j.
Evers. a cousin Of Johnny" Evers, the
baseball man.
Governor Whitman was particularly
pleased at being able to make good IN
such short time after being IN once
one Of his campaign pledges that II
elected. he would weed out of the state
service all useless employees. When he
announced the ulSNbdi X VI N"N '
loss 400 the Governor said:
at was repeatedly stated during me
recent campaign that the office OF the
state Engineer and Surveyor anorded
a most striking illustration of gross
extravaganza in the management OF the
states affairs. have been IN constant
conmunication with Mr.. Williams since
tbc election. and the report which he
do "a me last night at the Executive
Wars;on as to the result of his efforts
IN cut out unnecessary expenditures III
his department is most gratifying. lie
La. complcted an investigation under-
4 taken for the purpose of determining
4 ,rhat economies and retrenchments can
be effected At once and what useless
and unnecessary positions can be aooi-
ished.
"As result of this investigation the
State Engineer has determined to con,
soIidate the departments of barge canai
and terminals and abolish the posi-
tions of division engineers OF termi,
nails and throw the work now handled
nv such engineers under the direction
Of the three division engineers on the
barge canal.
.Bv this consolidation il will be pos
sible TO make creditable reduction III
the engineering and Office help. and a
both these departments are loaded NJ
with unnecessary heip II viii be posi-
ble 10 make still further reductions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
IDLE SCOFF AT
JUDGE GARY'S ACTS
Unemployed and |. W. W. Aids
at Meeting Deride Plans
Made for Relief.

Now the unemployed are after Judge
Gary. Several hundred Of the jobless
met last night in the Labor Temple,
Second ay. and 14th st.. for the pur-
pose Of talking things over with the
intcrchurch unemployment committee.
The attack on Judge Gary was made by
Joseph J. Ettor. /. ". ". organizer.
Instead Of joining committee that
will not accomplish anything he said
"it would be good deal better for
Judge Gary to reduce the working
hours of Steel Trust laborers from
twelve to eight hours day. so as to
provide some work for the men that
needs jobs
Instead of the Church asking what
it will do to solve the problem of the
unemployed, they ought TO be asking
what the unemployed arc going 90 do
with tho churches All that these
meetings do is to pass few worthless
resolutions"
Fifty OF tho unemployed made
speeches. being limited to two minutes
each All Of the familiar panaceas for
the situation were advocated, from pc
titioning the Mayor TO raiding the
bakeshops. Charles Stelzle, member
Of the Mayors unemployment commit
tee. presided.
Late in the evening an unkempt
speaker made the hit of the meeting.
IL don't see nothin' doin' here. ne
said. "Just lot of gas. When IFS all
over III have to panhandle some OF
YOU guys for the price Of feed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
DANIELS FOR NAVAL
NOW
Secretary, Seeing New
Light, IndOrses a Bu-
reau of Operations.

Washington, Jan. s.-Josephus 8. Dam
iels. Secretary of the Navy, has seen
now light. He is no longer the ardent
follower Of the dove Of peace that he
was not long ago. He has now become
one of the most enthusiastic support
ers of preparedness for war IN fies;'
dent Wilson's Cabinet. Mr: DANES
said so himself to-day when discussing
the functions of a bureau oil opera
lions which the naval bill proposes 20
81 do not believe that preparedness
means peace" he said. The happen :
ings OF the last six months snow lhat
il does not Preparedness hoWeFer'
means that you are going TO WIN II you
cot into war, for the best prepared
Tation is the one that IS going TO sue
ceed." f.,
favor of bureau OF operations ne
said that it was more or less com :
rrom;se. that some of the members OF
,be House Naval Committee wanted a
bureau along the lines Of the British
Admiralty. while others were equally
insistent that all legislation tending
toward preparedness should be dis
pensed with.
Another important step toward pre-
naredness and efficiency IN the Navy
department was taken by Secretary
Daniels to-day when he assigned Chlef
Naval Constructor Taylor TO visit the
Portsmouth Navy Yard and confer with
Naval Constructor Adams on the build
ING Of submarine LIS, the first sub
marine to be built by the Navy De
partment at any Of its yards. Every
effort will be made 20 make this sub
marine model, so that other vessels
of this type may be successfully built
at other navy yards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09

"Drive the disorderly women out u
.ho rod light districts into the pet'e'
residential quarters Of the city ne"
Tho rich. the people Of power ana Il"
auenec. who inhabit those parts y
Now York. will see 10 it that suci
women are swept out OF Ne"
altogether pouort
such declared Katharine be'nen'
ri. commissioner OF Correction
would be one of the steps BY "h,'",
u.crc she Police Commissioner ana ""'
A. no,.or loose women would be
forced from the city.
Girls Of well-to-do families are D''
tor able 10 protect themselves aga,hs'
vice than ar the women OF the 81"
derloin." said the Commissioner at ne'
hore l45 East 35th ST, last high''
"Thc morals of women in the lender-
,a;n are exactly as important. Drive
s;.-olr,e women out of their houses
and YOU throw them on the streets
"Cleap up the red light distrie''
ar;ve them off the streets IN the poorer
Quarters of the city. and you sehu
,hsm into the rich residential sections
Once YOU have done that properly
owners and residents of such sections
,yin see to it that they are swept out
of town. -,
"My problem, had the power would
M, he 10 clean up the whole Guy
Clean up the red light districts ana 'ne
rest of the city will clean ITSELF
When asked if such policy wouiu
not tend 70 corrupt the youth OF the
residential sections, Commissioner
Davis replied sharply that the present
policy corrupted the youth OF the
poorer sections.
"Shop girls, poor girls generally are
more exposed to corruption than the
rich. Surrounded by such an evil, un-
protected by the influence Of home,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
Invaders Drive Foe Back
in the ArgOnne and in
Turn Retreat.
JOFFRE'S TROOPS
ADVANCE IN ALSACE
Progress Slow and HOtly Con-
tested - Many Artillery
Battles on Long Line.
frr cable 10 The rribuue.I

Paris. Jan. S.-The French troops
north of scissors, in the district where
the conflict ragged so fercely during the
battle of the Aisne, have made an as
sault on the strong German fortihca-
t;ons. sweeping over two lines OF
trenches to the third scissors is
northeast of Paris and exactly the same
distance from the capital as is Las
signy. twenty-eight miles further to the
left of the battle line, in the neighbor-
hood of which the furious German as
sault was repulsed the day before.
After the French had made their i'm
petuous advance, according to to-
nights official report, the Germans
made three attacks, ali of which failed
to drive them from their newly won
positions.
I'm the Argonnc region the battle line
apparently is bending back ana forth
from the impact Of attack and counter
attack. The French were forced to re-
, treat two-thirds Of mile during the
early part of the most recent engage
ment on the Chevauchee heights, but
managed to fight their way back to
their old positions.
Progress Made in Alsace.
The invading columns in Alsace seem
to be making progress, although very
slowly. The names OF villages in the
official,~~port that mark the scenes of
the fighting show that the advance OF
the French is being contested foot by
/ foot
/ Following is the communication is-
sued BY the War Office tonight:
"To the north of scissors we have
captured "A German redoubt, taking two
successive lines of trenches and reach
b ing the third line. Three counter at
/ tacks by the Germans failed.
ain the Argonne a very violent Ger
man attack on the summit of the
( Chevauchee heights was made. We were
at first forced to retire one kilometre
! about two-thirds OF a mile) of this
| front. but later made counter attacks
and reoccupied our positions"
Artillery Is Active.
Z The extended official report given out
{ earlier shows the customary artillery
activity all along the line from the
/ sea 10 Alsace. and says that the French
guns are gaining the advantage. The
French claim some infantry advances.
( Near Rheims they moved forward 200
wards. and elsewhere fifty yards. At
another point they retired fifty yards
! The text of the communication fol-
( lows:
| "The artillery of the enemy showed
Continued on page 3. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
WANTS VICE DRIVEN
TO STREETS OF RICH
Miss Davis Says She'd Clean Up City by Forcing Social
Evil Into Best Residential Sections and Jail
;no Men Equally with Women.

education or refined associations, they
have less, far less, to restrain them
than have the rich. II the latter 90
wrong it is their own fault. II the poor
90 wrong it may be due to their sur
roundings.
"ln driving this thing into the rich
districts of the city you aren't endan-
gering the morals OF the rich as much
as by keeping it in red light districts
YOU endanger the morals of the poor.
She Rejects Segregation.
"Do you believe in segregation"
IL do not"
Not even unofficial segregation
There's no such thing. If you have
any segregation at all it is official;
that is recognized by the authorities.
Otherwise how could it exist?"
But wouldn't driving such women
out on the streets corrupt the morals
of decent girls? Wouldn't the sight of
such inery. worn by women of OBJ
viously low character, ineite shop girls
and others 10 get like clothes IN the
same way"
"It wouldn't incite them as much as
the sight OF rich girls on Fifth av.
parading in fne clothes that have beeA
bought with money they didn't earn"
Evil Can BE Abolished.
"You believe, then. that the social
evil here in New York can and ought to
be abolished"
Certainly. II can't be done all at
once. But nothing can"
"Nhat would be your first step
"Pass law imposing severe and
equal penalties on men and women.
II a woman is sent 10 the island for
six months, what right has a man TO
get off scot free"
Would the streets of New York be
safe for decent women II your plan
prevailed
81 believe they would. do not think
men re beasts. Al any rate. the streets
should be made safe by the police. The
police are men, you say. Well, by 1916
they may be women, too"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
BIG MEXICAN BOND ISSUE
One of s3OO,OOO,OoO An
nounced by Gutierrez.

Mexico City. Jan. s.-Three hundred
million dollars worth Of two-year 9
per cent bonds will be issued soon BY
the Mexican government. according to
q statement made to-day by Provisional
President Gutierrez. The bonds will
cover new issue OF copper money
which will replace the paper currency
now in circulation. They will be pur-
chasable only in Mexican gold or its
equivalent Interest and principal are
guaranteed by the national revenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
47S WOODEN CARS
IN TUBE DOOMED
InterborOugh Ordered to
Use Steel Carriers-PIan
TO End Fire Menace.
METAL COACHES BY
MAY |. IS EDICT
p. 5. Commission Wants Remedy
for Electric PeriI-Illness
Delays Probes.

Miss Hannah Steinthal. OF 400 Am
sterdam ay.. is the first Of the vic
tins OF Wednesdays accident in the
subway to bring an action against the
lnterborough. She filed suit for sl0,-
coo yesterday.
The company looks for scores Of
such suits. In addition 70 the many
victims taken to hospitals, there were
hundreds of persons in the subway at
the time OF the accident. Substan-
italy all of these were injured to q
greater or less extent. Most Of these
will file claims, so that the corpora
tion now faces more damage litigation
than at any time since il was formed.
In her suit Miss Steinthal charges
the company with gross negligence,
says she sustained weakened heart and
lungs. numerous bruises, and that she
will be incapacitated for work for q
long time to come.
Woman's Story Of Accident.
1t was the duty Of the Interborough
she says in her complaint. to conduct
business so that travel in the subway
would be safe. but it disregsrded this
duty in that it did not provide suAi-
cient equipment, had no fire alarm
system in the subway, maintained an
inadequate system pf Ventilation
failed to provide .sv1t =; exits, to
guarantee safety, permitted insulation
upon its cables TO deterioratc, this
resulting in a Ere; was negligent in
permittng the express train upon
which she was riding to become over
crowed, and wrong in forcing passen-
gers to remain in the cars.
81 boarded a southbound express al
157th At. about s O'Clock Wednesday
morning" Miss Steinthal said yester-
day afternoon. "and by the time we
reached 96th st. the train was crowd
ed. / was about the middle Of the
train. Just after we passed Columbus
Circle the lights went out. but only
for a short time Then they came on
again and stayed lighted for minute
on two. The train stopped, and | no
ticed that the passengers were get
ting nervous or excited. 80 ! tried to
get out by the door, and so did a
number of others.
"The guard refused to open the
doors. Il have had no notice was all
that he would say. The smell OF
smoke filled the car. and everybody
began to try TO force the doors. Ihen
Continued on page I. column J
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09

far more Subversive of the general well
fare were the advertised "cures" for We
nereal disease from which Mr.. Bennett
then drew and still draws a handsome
income. Possibly the fact that you could
and did derive part of your own income
from this class of business. whereas
YOU were unable TO secure the Person
ais" of the Bennett type for your col
umns. served to limit your reforming
zeal.
Not long since. however, you cast out
the venereal quacks. Inquiry into the
motives behind so praiSewOrthy a deed
would he ungracious. One may cherish
the belief that the cleansing of your
columns from this filth was dislnterested.
Is it too much to hope. then, that you
will carry the good work further? That
not content with having rid your pages
Of blatant indecency. you may now pro
ceed to eradicate fraud, as eXemplihed by
those dollar-catching, health-filchlng ad-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
AiHEN-AuGUsTA-FLoRlDA
ASNEVilLE

WY. Daily l2.Os noon via SOUTHERN
Raj. WAY. Through sleeping and dining
car service. n. Y. once. 26i Fifth Ave
Adyt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
I'm Fighting Earnest"

! Mr.. Wilson spoke at the Jackson Day
celebration of Indiana Democrats, and
more than 1000 persons listened TO
/ him. After he had dwelt on Andrew
Jackson as a fortnight man, who be-
lieved everything he did believe in
fighting earnest" the President said in
part:
"The United States had almost for
gotten that il must keep its fighting
ardor in behalf Of mankind when An
drew Jackson became President, and
you will notice that whenever the United
States forgets its ardor for mankind a
Democrat is elected President.
"The trouble with the Republican
party is that il has not had a new idea
for thirty years. am not speaking as
a politician; | am speaking as a his
torian. ! have looked for new ideas 10
the records and have not found any
proceeding from the Republican ranks.
They have had leaders from time TO
time who suggested new ideas. but they
never did anything to carry them out.
| suppose there was no harm in their
talking, provided they could not do any
thing. Therefore, when il was neees-
sasy TO say that we had talked about
things long enough which it was
! necessary TO do. and the time had come
/ TO do them, it was indispensable that
Democrat should be elected President.
81 would not speak with disrespeet
of the Republican party. ! always
speak with great respect Of the past.
The past was necessary to the present
and was a sure prediction of the future.
. The Republican party is still a covert
and refuge Tor tnose who are afraid.
for those who want TO consult their
grandfathers about everything. You
will notice that most Of the advice
taken by the Republican party is taken
from gentlemen old enough 10 be grand
fathers, and that when they claim that
a reaction has taken place they reset
20 the reelection Of the oldest members
Of their party. They will not trust the
Youngsters. They are afraid the
youngsters might have something up
I their sleeve.
Regulars No Longer Control.
"My friends. what particularly want
you TO observe is this. that politics in
this country does not depend any longer
upon the regular members OF either
party. There are not enough regular
Republicans in this country to take
and hold national power. and. must
Immediately add. there are not enough
regular Democrats in this country 70
do il either. This country is guided
and its policy is determined by the in
dependent voter; and | have come 70
ask you how We can best prove TO the
I independent voter that the instrument
he needs is the Democratic party, and
that il would be hopeless for him 70
attempt 10 use the Republican. | do
not have to prove IL; admit IT,
"What seems to me perfectly evil
dent is this: that If you made rough
reckoning you would have % admit
that only about one-third Of the Re-
publican party is progressive. and yon
/ would also have TO admit that about
two-thirds Of the Democratic party is
progressive Therefore, the indepen.
t dent progressive voter finds great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
President Tells Indiana
Democrats People May
Have to Judge Him.
UPHOLDS PARTY'S
WORK IN CONGRESS
Declares American Bust
ness Has Been Freed
from Shackles.
URGES PASSAGE OF
THE SHIPPING BILL
Wants Federal Employment Bu-
reau and Stands by
Mexican Policy.


Indianapolis. Jan. SIN the opinion
of those who heard his Jackson Day
speech here to-day, Woodrow Wilson
expects TO be the nominee of the Dem
. ocratic party for President In 1916.
Not in so many words. but BY infer
ence and by most gracefully covert
hint, did the President give this inn
preston to the assembled militant
Democracy of Indiana.
The President had been discussing
the Mexican question and referred 10
his belief that he knew the tempera-
ment and principles of the American
people, adding that he would not be fit
TO stay where he was if he did not
understand them.
There may come a time" he ven,
on. when the American people will
have to Judge whether ! know what
am talking about or not"
There was a slight pause. and then
the crowd, which included the members
OF the Indiana Legislature, jumped Up
and began shouting and cheering.
Realizing the construction which had
been put on his words. Mr.. Wilson held
up his hands for silence and said:
81 did not mean 20 stir up anythingN
That was merely preparatory TO saying
that for at least two more yssrs I am
free to think ! know the American
people