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Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
SERIES OF SUNDAY
MEETINGS BEGUN AT
~; BARTH TALKS

State Senator Isaac Barth spoke
Yesterday afternoon at the Y. NJ. c. \.
mt the first of a series of Sunday after
noon meetings planned 10y the associa-
tion. Yesterdays meeting began at
1 o'clock Following meetings will
open at the same time.
Secretary n w Bcnning was pleas
ed with the attendance at the opening
meeting Seyenty-five men were pres
emit Mr. Beuniug pronounced the at
tendance good for a beginning. Sena-
tor Barth talked upon the subject
Character Building
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16

Immediately after the Parrsl sa.
the situation was very tense ana {
expecting an attack as we Dgsss5
Nothing unusual marked N.
tirement northward of the Inn !
the fight at OJo Azules. Here o1 i
4, Major Howe, after an an +
march, surprised 140 Nillistas Y
AZ, saved a Carranza ieutenan,
four men from execution ana srae'
the band broadcast. Among lher
noted victims were Julio Acogl3 +
Dominguez ana Antonio Angel
this without single casualty
Among recommendations reg9r
cavalry equipment resulting from
servations made during the cama
are:
A lighter Saber, if il is dec.ja
keep the saber at all, "a light palk
fit Of necessary cooking utensils
the men; light hunting boots, hob-
ed. instead Of the present Leather
giugs. a fruit complement tdns.
otherwisc) to make room for al
the hard bread supply could Be
duced in the field ration; horses al
Is hands high, short coupled and
barreled,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
SUNDAY CLOSING
ORDINANCE WILL
PASS TONIGHT
Measure Scheduled to Reach
Final Reading in COunCit
Other Ordinances to Be
Taken Up,

Arid Sundays' are staring Albu-
querque In the face with the passing
OF yesterday. probably the last wet
sabbath FOR months at least, perhaps
unqualifiedly the last The sunday
closing ordinance i~ scheduled to pass
the council tonight and II the meas
ore continues at its rate Of proIress'
seat the last two council meetings, II
viii pass The measure then viii br-
comc effective upon Mayor Henry
Westerfeld's approval and it's pub
lCation.
The ordinance began its course
through the council six weeks ago,
Its progress has not been slow. rhal
is the shortest length OF time it takes
an ordinance to become a city la"
unless the council hurues IL through
under suspension of rules. IL might
take longer, depending upon the num-
ber Of Mondays ln a month. The
council meets only twice a month, on
the first and third Mondays. II "a
month with five Mondays came
between the first and final readings
Of an ordinance. obviously its passage
nould take longer than six weeks.
Ordinance Committee Ready.
The traffic ordinance, which was
read informally several weeks ago rs
scheduled for its fins. official reading
tonight The ordinance committee is
understood to be ready to make its
report upon the proposed measure to-
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
LARGE AUDIENCE
HEARD EDITOR OF
GERMAN NEWSPAPER

A large and enthusiastic audience
listened with interest to the address
In German delivered yesterday at th,
woodrow Wilson clubs headquarters
by Joseph T.. EltRcs of buffalo. The
speaker was introduced by Mayor
Henry Wcstorfeld In brief German
speech
Mr Eltgcs. who is president and
publisher of the buffalo Daily Nolks-
frcuud. prcfaced his remarks on the
political situation hy resume of the
events preceding the beginning OF the
ercat war. the resultant effects on
the United states and It's varied ele-
mcuts of foreign born citizens.
with telling force, Mr Eltgcs laid
lofore his audience recital Of the
events that led mp to the controversy
between the NmouCau-Geman ana
President Wilson The chicago con-
yCutlon. however resulted IN the
asccudancy OF that element in the
opposition TO President Wilson, who
favor the harshost measures toward
Germany even 60 embroilIng the
United states in the war, said Mr
Eltgcs.
Dissatisfaction OF German-Ameri'
cans with Wilson had given away be-
fore their sense of fairness, owing to
his vast constructive genius in casting
loose the fetters from the common
people In their struggle for progress 70
said the speaker The income tax
the rural credits. the resional reserve
bank act and the child labor law
au these laws show his consistent add
hrrrnec 90 his convictions Tor tun-
dumcut5l government reform, even 'n
face of democratic party opposition
and ar outweigh any faults he may
haNc shown Mr.. Eltgcs said.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE
RESIGNS FROM SING s.


Sing Sing, y. y oct l5.-Thp
Mott Osborne, who resigned as
den of Sing Sing, said goodbye to
prisoners today. Mr.. Osborne "a
upon members of the executive b
of the Mutual Welfare league. u
them to keep faith and badc c
farewell. The l,G00 prisoners +
marshaled in single file and 81
passed by, each man sei2ing Nh
borne s. hands In turn.
"God bless you for what you
done for us was the way in "
more than one convict said his
well.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
KILLED AND BURNED
WIFE; GIVEN IA YEARS
~ .eEt,ra .ens-Al sssel.l LsAsso .lss

Jerseyviue III, oct 15.-Anton
Aherlng was found guilty Saturday
in the Jersey county circuit court
here last February IA The jury sen
touced Aherling to fourteen years in
the penitentiary.
Mrs. Aherling's body was dlscov-
cred dismembered in the runA of the
Aherling home.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16

Nashville Ark, oct. lo.-Mrs
Annie Smith was found guilty of sec
ond degree murder by a jury i'm cir
cult court here today and was sem
fenced to serve five years in the pen
itentiary, the same sentenced inn
posed yesterday on her husband.
John smith, in the same case The
woman killed G. :. Ledfurd here last
September, while her husband looked
ON and urged her to shoot again, DO
according to testimony In the case.
She admitted she had been intimate
with Ledford.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
American Liner is Cautious.

New York. oct. 15.-When the
American line steamship ST. Paul
which arrived here today from Eng
land, approached the American coast
Saturday night she was brilliantly IL
Illuminated, SO that no German sub
marine might mistake her for yes
sci Of the entente allies. Captain A.
Il. Mills ordered also that a cluster
OF lamps be swung out to port and to
starboard so passing craft might dis
unguish the American flag painted on
each side.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
Beating Brush for VNfa Not Fully
Carried Out

The mlftHeS OF Ilt "li may bH
summarized briefly as follows Nami-
uuipa, April 16; San Geronimo AprlI
%. Lake Itascate. April "a, San An
tonic, MAY 3. About the time Of the
scott -Obregon conference the regi-
ment was given district, with Sa-
tevo as headquarters, which it was
ordered TO search intensively for ban
dts. Each cavalry regiment was al
lotted a similar section of southern
Chihuahua. The beating of the brush
for Villistas, however. was never fully
carried out. The 5th, on May 10th,
was made part of a provisional cav
airy brigade to cover the withdrawal
of the expedition northward at a time
when 4,jO0 Carranzistas were reported
To be within 30 miles of the Ameri-
cans Since CarriZal it hSs been en-
camped at Ell vale.
The 7th, after completing its dash
10 Golonia Dublan with General Perish
ing's column. proceeded posthaste to
san Miguel where villa was reported,
Poor guides caused delay and the
bandit escaped. 1t then started to-
ward Guerrero. This town was reached
by forced marches twelve DAYS out
from the border, with a daily average
of 32l3 miles The longest day S
march was on March 18th, when 5S
miles were covered The route chart
shows that the regiment and detach-
ments on reconnaissance covered
$500 miles
Had only ParChed Corn to Eat.
Mention is made that, during Dodd's
historic ride. his men many times had
only parched corn to eat Nearly 300
miles was made in single file, the
troopers leading their mounts and a
number of them leaving bloody foot
prints on the rocky trail, for their
shoes had worn out Officers and mon
lent their own money to buy food and
forage. but it was not until the end
of April that clothing could be Sc
cured by that time the men were in
a pitiable state Two fights stand to
the record of the ith-Guerrero and
TomaChe.
The 18th, which arrived at Colonia
on March Il, furnished the two picked
troops which Major Tompkins COM
manded in his dash after villa and
which were halted at Guerrero. The
itinerary of the remainder of the regi-
ment embraced FL Vale, Las Cruces,
NamiQulpa. san Geronimo, Lake Itas-
cate and Ell Rubio. where II made its
headquarters May / TO hunt bandits in
the district to which it had been as
signed 1t was concentrated at san
Antonio on May 10 and later went into
permanent camp at Colonio Dublan.
History of Hard Luck.
The history OF the 10th cavalry Is
a record of hard marching and hard /
luck. short two troops when II was
made part Of the column that entered
Mexico from Culberson's ranch, it was
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
striLc Sitnntinn nnici

Bayonnc, y. J.. oct 15.-The strike
situation here. affecting employees of
the Standard Oh and other COM
panies. was quiet today The police
maintained their "deadmc" about
the industrial section.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
PROVISION MADE
FOR TRAINING Of
MANY SAILORS
JackieS May Be Passed Into
Reserve for Tbree-year Per-
iod After Twelve Months
Service at Sea,

The naval appropriation bills pro-
vision for the discharge Of sailors from
active duty after they have spent one
year al sea VIII have the effect of in
reasiug the rate of enlistment whom
II becomes generally understood. CHIEF
Petty officer James Sanders In
charge Of the navy recruiting station
here believes.
Any recruit whose enlistment dates
after August %, this year. may Doe dis
charged without cost 10 himself afte-
having been at sea one year. His good
conduct Is requisite to his obtaining
the permission He will be subject to
call for three years following his year
of active service The provision means
that 3 recruit who takes advantage Of
It viii spend one year at sea and four
virtually In reserve. Men who have
served their one year on ship board
viii be passed into this reserve IN
June and December.
This provision. chief Petty officer
Sanders believer. should prove attrac-
tive to boys and young men who are
thinking Of enlisting in Uncle Sans
navy. It gives them % chance 90 fit
themselves TO do their bit in the
event that Uncle sam needs them
one years training viii ut them for
duty aboard ship If they are called be-
fore ,he expiration Of their three years
in reserve or If they volunteer after
that time
May Continue station.
The navy recruiting station here
may become a permanent fixture all
though few mon have been accepted
for the navy since 1t was opened early
in July If the station Is continued it
will not be because Of its showing In
recruits to the present
Possible basis for its continuance.
however. may lie in the fact that
second third class postmasters are
authorized to accept naval recruits.
These recruits, of course, must be
examined hya naval officer and since
the Albuquerque station is the only
one in New Mexico 1t might be main
tanned so that an examining officer
would De within fairly easy distance Of
anv spcu1rd or third class postoffico At
which q recruit might apply
The recruiting station occupies the
same office in the Armjo building.
Second street and Central avenue
which chief Petty officer Sanders es-
tablishcd upon his arrival here.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
SHOW HOW NEAR
VILLA CAME To
Be IN c CAUGHT
Just After the ParaI Fight ON
April 12, the Americans Had
Run Pancho, SOreIy Wound
ed, to Earth,


Field Headquarters, American punt
tive Expedition in Mexico, oct. IL
Regimental narratives OF the five cav
airy regiments that participated in the
hunt for Villa, which have Just beer
brought up to date and submitted to
headquarters show in detail how near
the American troopers came to accom-
pHshing the full purpose Of their eXpe-
dition.
They show that lust after the Parral
fight on April -, less than a month
after the expedition had entered Mex
leo. and Immediately prior to the or
der to withdraw northward from the
Parral district, the Americans had run
villa. sorely wounded to earth, ana
had cut off every avenue of his escape
to the south into Durango.
villa Seemingly Had Little Chance.
When Major Frank Tompkins hum
dred men were attacked at ParraL
villa, disabled. had hidden at santa
cruz. Major K. l.. Howe, with his
hard riding squadron of the llth cav
airy, close on the bandits trail had
mn bv his quarry. General Pershing
was at Satevo. directing operations
Col. w. c. Brown. with five troops of
the 10Th cavalry, col. II. T Allen
with two picked troops Of the llth
cavalry, Major Tompkins and Major
Howe. four cavalry columns I'm all,
were between villa and the haven OF
safety he was seeking in the Sierra
Nadres ready to beat the brush To-
him. Wounded, virtually alone, he
apparently had little chance to evade
capture or death. orders for with
draWal came. however, after Parralt
and the high water mark Of the eXpe-
dition passed. ..,
Columbus Raiders severely Dealt With
From the beginning of the border
trouble it was the cavalry that fell
the responsibility Of dispersing'the Co
lumbus raiders. That this task was
accomplished is evidenced uy flguIes
showing that, Of the 4S5 men VINO
raided Columbus. 400 have been killed
wounded or captured. Fun crcdlt Is
given in the narratives for the CO.
operation of other branches OF the
service. notably in establishing ad-
vanced bases and maintaining the uHe
of communication, but the TACT re-
mains that ii was the cavalry that
drove villa in headlong panic-suricken
flight into Durango, 500 miles from
the American border, scattered his
band to the four winds and set ne"
records for marches under terrlIlc
handicaps. 1t also fought the four
ongagemcnts that had an important
bearing on the campaign; Dodd at
Guerrero. March 2S; Tompkins at Par
raj. April 70, Dodd at Tomoehe, Apfh
81. and Howe at Ojo Azules, May a.
It was the victim, too, in the tragedy
Of April q at Carrizal
Two Of the five cavalry regiments
now i'm Mexico, the Ith ana loln'
crossed the line at Culberson's ranch
eary in the morning Of March l6.
Their dash to Colonia Dublan has
been told and retold. The l8th' WhlcR
already had spent three and a nan
wears on the border, crossed March 10
at columbus, where it had been at
tackled March 9 by villa. Two squad
rons Of the 5th left Columbus -
March 29 and were joined by the
third squadron April 10 at the Nor
mon lakes. near Dublan. The first
detachment Of the nth entered Mex
leo March nth.
H.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
SCOTTISH PEER
WOUNDED AT FRONT


London, Oct. tG.-Lieutenant Col
onel the Earl of Rothes has been in
jured at the front, 1t is not believed
that his condition is serious.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
Rebuilt and Slightly Used Cars

one 1917. 5-passenEer Chalmers In
perfect condition, taken in trade for
1-pusseugtr Of same model.
one 1915 G-cylinder Hudson in eN-
Cpucut shape, fine car for rent serN-
ice.
Uue Model Ie overland, ovcrhaulcd
und ln first class order
Two Furds one touring and one
truck bodies.
BUTLER AUTO co,
Fifth and Copper.
Maxwell and Chalmers Distributors
Bittner nouse, Si9ls South First
street. Nice clean rooms; Hight
housek eeping rooms, Phone 22t.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16

The Earl of Rother is a representa-
tive peer for Scotland. He was bonn
in 1877, the son of Martin Leslie and
succeeded TO the title on the death OF
his grandmother in 1898.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-16
Or. C. H. Conner

Ostcopath
ffice stern Ridg Phones sbb. s25
Livery and saddle horses. Trinble's
ed Barn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
Pitches a Two-Hit Game
Against Sixth Penn. In
fantrymen.
BY ~BUD. RUTHERFORD.

As a slight illustration that fortune
favors the side of the heaviest guns
the First Pennsylvania artillery, Wei
nesday afternoon. defeated thei-
doughboy comrades from the Sixth
Pennsylvania infantry at Rio Grande
park in the sixth game of the Army
Interstate league by a score of : 10 L
OF the battering power OF the ar
tiUery little can be said except that
the handlers of the field pieces
knocked out six safe hits during the
seven innings that, were good for an
, average OF slightly more than one ruls.
while the doughboys with their side
arms could garner only one tally dur
ing the entire game. Music was there
and plenty OF II IN the shape OF the
Sixth infantry band which came AL
the way from regImental grounds out
at Camp Stewart. for the purpose Of
aiding in the victory Of their bunkies
losing team. however, is no fault Of
theirs. as the music was highly appre-
ciated by the small crowd that was on
hand 10 witness the affair
Advance the Schedule.
Arriving on the grounds the two
teams. who were originally dated to
meet other clubs. discovered that their
prospective opponents had not put in
an appearance. doubtless due to the
report of wet grounds, which ais1
served to keep the crowd down II was
then decided TO play off a schedule
game between the two teams. that is
billed for sometime next week. BY
virtue of the victory the artillery IS
now ont in front in the pennant race,
being credited with two victories.
while if Wednesdays game scheduled
with the Eighth cavalry is declared
forfeited they viii have three.
But TO return TO the game. il was
simply a question of superior hitting
that won for the artillery as tn.
4 h Rnrlln 10 ia
successive hits. while their opponents
were gathering safe ones off the de-
livery of Miller and Anderson.
Fast Base Running.
Considera BILE of the runmaking was
due 10 fast base running. many stolen
bases being recorded during the alb
breviated affair. Anderson. who wound
up the game for the infantry, pitched
consistently but was unable in any
way to draw out of the hole into which
he was automatically dropped when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
GRIFFITH IS VERY OPTIMISTIC:
THINKS SENATORS WILL GET FLAG
Washington Manager Says Contest for Pennant Lies Be
tween Chicago, Boston and Washington, With Wash
ington Having Good Chance, If No More Hard
Luck Is Encountered Detroit Out of It.

versed. If my players get in share
soon enough and we do not meet win
any more hard luck, We will be up
there yet l haven't given up hope by
any means.
New York is through because of the
injuries to its best men and Cleveland
is on its last legs. We will put the
Indians out of the race by the time We
have finished our next series with
them. l can't see Detroit. st. Louis
and the Athletics are hopeless. so that
leaves the real fight among Chicago.
Boston and Washington. The club that
beats the Red SOx will be the pennant
winner. and if anybody does it. we will
Chicago is apt to he in front before
the end of its present home stand. be-
cause it is catching New York when
the Yankees are all crippled up and il
has eight games TO play with the Ath-
letics this time. But / don't believe
that in the long run. the White SoX
are going TO be so troublesome as Bos-
ton They haven't such a strong pitch
ing staff and are not SO smart. Still
there is lot of power in Rowland's
club and if it gets plenty of luck it
may fool US all
Detroit doesn't look like a good club
TO me- l thought at the first Of the
season. judging by what | had seen
last year, that il had the best chance
for the pennant, but il has disappoint-
ed me- The Tigers haven't shown me
enough in any of our games this year
to make me regard them as serious
contenders"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
FOREIGN TENNIS
PLAYER BEATEN
Kumagae Goes Down to De-
feat Before Smashing Play
of George NJ. Church.

! Forest Hills. y. Y. Aug. 31-The last
| Of the foreign entrants in the 35th an
nual championship single tournament of
the national tennis tournament were
| eliminated here Wednesday in the sec
oHd round of the play on the West Side
I club courts. Ichiya Kumgae. champion
of Japan. went down in straight sets
before the smashing net play Of George
NJ Church. Of Tenafly. y J., 6-s. So.
6-1
Dean Mathey. Of Crawford. y. J.. cut
short the career Of \. W. MACPHERSON.
champion of Russia. in a four set match
at 81. rs. rs. SIS. 7. r. Pen. of New
, York. won from Frederick B. Alexander.
also OF New York 81 6-3 2-6 6-3
Several Of the California minor stars
were also eliminated. in some cases by
their own teammates Roland Roberts.
OF san Francisco lost TO Willis Davis,
California. rs, rs, SIS Maurice z Nc
Loughlin. 1918 champion. defeated Ken
meth Hawkes.. OF San Francisco 6-S.
So. Ga Karl Behr. of New York, put
James Weber, Of Chicago. out So, SIS.
60. Watson NJ. Washburn. New York.
won from r c. Van Vliet. University OF
California. 6-3. 81. 81. William J.
Clothier. of Philadelphia, won from
Olin J. Sweet, Des 8Ioines. SIS. So. 60.
and r Norris Williams. of Philadelphia.
defeated Robert Leroy, New York, 81,
81. rs.
Chief interest in the days play CEN
tered in the match between Church and
Kumagae- Church made short work OF
the oriental expert. his smashing play
a the net being too much for Kumaga
His accurate placement shots off the
Japanese returns proved ungettable in
the majority OF cases kumsSae was ex-
tremely alert and made many gets that
an ordinary tournament player would
l. -
forts. however. he piled uD numerous
nets and outs that counted heavily
against him.
The match between Macpherson and
Mathey was the longest Of the day.
Fresh vegetables. Success CAFE. .Os NliIls.-Ad
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
. ETRoIT, Mich, Aug. s1.-If tn

ETROIT. Mich, Aug 51.-If they
ever start awarding pennants
~ for optimism, Clark Griffith, the
Washington manager. viii break up
Z the league.
Griff is the guy that the writer was
thinking of when he dashed off those
lines about hope springing eternal in
the human breast. No matter how far
down the ladder his club may be, no
matter how badly crippled. he is al
ways claiming the flag. He wins more
games in hotel Hobbies than anybody
else living
The Nationals boss still clings to
the delusion that he has an excellent
chance for the 1916 bunting He viii
not say in so many words that Walter
Johnson and Eddie Ainsmith viii be
the batteries for the opening game of
the worlds series. but at the same time
will not admit that any OF his, rivals
can possibly finish ahead of him
This is anybody's race, said Griff.
''It is going to be one of the toughest
battles in the history of the American
league, and the club that wins 80 or
80 games Will be on top II Washing
ton had all its men in condition, l
would feel confident, for I have the
best ball club in the league, when all
my regulars are fit Last year we
couldn't hit, but were a great fielding
aggregation. Now conditions are re-