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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
GERMANS MERCILESSLY
SLAUGHTER SEAAIEN

London, Nov. 6 Thy Canadian
Press An appalling story of cold
blooded massacres by Germans of
crews of British North sea conveys in
a recent battle is told by the Norwe-
gian newspapers. The Tidenstegn
said the German cruisers were OBJ
served at o'clock in the morning
and were thought to be British yes
sells, but at 7 o'clock when there was
more light they suddenly began shoot
ing and the convoy was terrified TO
see the British destroyer at the stern
of the convoy begin to sink, although
II fought TO the end. The German
cruisers, after signalling the vessels
to stop, advanced on each side of the
convoy, which they swept with all
their guns at a range of less than 2oo
yards.
The German destroyers came up
and helped to spread death and de-
struction on the defenseless ships.
shells falling thick and fast. The
Germans were not content to sink the
ships but shelled the life boats, and
every living thing coming their way
was mercilessly slaughtered The sur
vivors owed their lives to the high
sea which was running, making the
boats difficult mark.
In the midst of the massacre an
other British destroyer came up and
Immediately attacked but was soon
sunk in the unequal struggle. The
German flotilla then cruised back
ward and forward along the sinking
steamers, pouring fresh and terrible
rain of shells at range of one hun
dred yards. One shell went through
the Swedish Wirndar, exploding in the
life boat on the other side and killing
all it's occupants, fourteen men and
three women.
The other life boats rowed back to
rescue the captain and two mattresses
from the wreck. A shell struck the
boat and killed five of her occupants.
only the mate escaping by swimming.
The Wirndar was a mass of flames
and the two girls jumped into the sea.
The captain was saved by clinging to
wreckage. AS the two young women
were sinking an English ship hoisted
the white flag. The answer of the
Germans was shot which killed both
girls Twelve men of another ship
had Just got into the life boat when
shell killed them all.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
Announcement of Drastic 0r-I
der Is Expected From, Fuel
Administrator Garfield in'
Few Hours, Is Report,
HUGE FUEL SUPPLY
TO BE C0MMANDEERED
War Activities Hampered for
Lack Of Steam and Furnace
Supplies; Uncle Sam to Act
Promptly,
IsY Houatno JOURNAL SPECIAL LsAss,

IsT HoaAiNo JOURNAL SPECIAL LsAsao wiRsl
Washington, Nov. 5.--An order
requlsitioning for the government 10
per cent of the output of virtually
every coal mine in this country will be
issued by the fuel administration prob
ably tomorrow. The coal will be dis
tributed by the government to meet
emergency requirements wherever
they may arise.
Consumption is Keeping pace so
closely with production that many
parts of the country are feeling the
pinch of coal shortage. Industries
essential to the public welfare in many
cities face the prospect of closing
down and thousands of householders
have found it impossible to purchase
winters supply of fuel.
Government TO Act.
The fuel administration has met the
situation as best 1t could by ordering
Individual mines to supply emergency
needs, but it has been decided that a
government pile of spot coal VIII
best serve the purpose. operators
will be directed to trim contracts gem
orally to furnish the 10 per cent de-
sired. 1t is likely that instructions
will accompany the order directing
producers to reduce first the contracts
Of concerns whose output is not re-
quired either for war purposes or for
domestic requirements.
Within short time the fuel admin
istration will classify all industries
in the order of their Importance and
will direct that they be supplied with
coal according to their classification
Essential industries and householders
will be classed under the heading a."
and others will be rated, as in the
opinion OF the government, they
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
PLEASED WITH WORK

isY MORNING JoussA- SPECIAL tgAsgu wisslN
Washington, Nov. 5.--Belated re-
turns to the food administration today
raised the total number OF pledges re-
ceived in last weeks intensive food
pledge card campaign to well above
seven million. Complete reports are
expected to send the total to ten mil
lion the food administration goal
for the week and extension of the
campaign through this week In most
of the states probably will carry it
well beyond that figure,
California still leads the states with
4+6,562. From New York city 45t,-
9SS signatures have been reported.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
Drop Attributed 10 Several.
Causes, Financial Position
of Railroads Being Principal
Factor.
WAR SITUATION ALSO
FIGURES IN DEPRESSION
Many Stocks Reach Lowest
Mark Recorded by Them inI
From Five to Twenty
Years.
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New York, Nov. 5.--IStocks tum-
bled again In Wall street today. stand
ard railroad shares and representative
suffered extreme losses OF
three to seven points, with irregular
and, for the most part. slight recover
les. Many factors of varying degrees
OF importance entered into the selling.
Chief among them was the empha-
sis placed by Wall street on the finan-
eial position of the railroads. 1t
seems to be the unanimous opinion of
the substantial monied interests that
speedy action to relieve the strain
on the transportation companies
would most effectually offset the IT,
midity now prevalent among holders
of securities.
This phase of the general situation
was earnestly considered at a confer
ence today between officials of the
stock exchange and prominent bank
ing interests, including j. p. Morgan.
Election Also Affects Market.
Foreign developments also figured
actively in the days depression.
IHt iul LneF offensive o. the IeutOn-
ic armies in Italy and the American
losses In the western theatcr provoked
further liquidation from new, as we'll
as old sources.
Some of the issues involved in to-
morrow's local election also were taxi
en- into account by investors, who are
frankly apprehensive of the growth
of radicalism in its relation to cor
porate properties, notably public utll-
tiles.
Decentralization of rails was the
most discouraging feature, stocks OF
the highest grade yielding more easily
than volatile issues in the special di.
visions.
Many of these stocks were at low.
est quotations of five to twenty years
and st. Paul common and preferred
at IS and 75 l-2, respectively, touched
lowest levels since they entered the
division of dividend payers. many
years ago.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
Stream Behind Which Cadorna
Reformed His Forces Fails
to Stem Tide of Enemy
HordeS.
BRITISH AND FRENCH NOT
SUFFICIENTLY STRONG
Offensive by General Haig in|
Flanders May Be Assumed
at Any Moment Allies Alive.
to Danger,


The Austro- German forces operat-
ing against the Italians along the
Taglamento river from the region of
the Carnic Alps southwark to the
menace.
The invaders of Venetia have driven
their way across the river at Pinzano
and are proceeding westward, while
to the north, on the italian left wing.
intensive operations are being carried
out by the Teutonic allies, the two
maneuvers probably having as their
objective the cutting off of the entire
right wing Of General 'Cadorna's
army.
5000 Italians Captured.
The Berlin war office in its an
nouncement of the fording of the river
says 4, 900 Italians we're made prisoner
ana additional guns taken. The 1tnl-
tan official communication merely
says the enemy succeeded in bringing
some Of its forces to the right bank
of the stream.
There is no indication yet whether
1t Is the intention of General Cadorna
to endeavor to maintain the Taglia-
mento line, but il Is not improbable
that his stand here is temporary one
while positions of greater strength are
being prepared in the rear.
Silent as to Trcntino. ..#
Both the Rome and Berlin war of
fices are silent as to the movement
begun by the enemy in the Trentino
region last Saturday, which 1t was be-
lieved at the time indicated that the
Germans and ro-Hungarians
would attempt to push southward
along the western banks of Lake
Garda through Brescia and out upon
the plains between Milan and Verona.
In the first attempt to break the ltal-
ian front in this region the Teutonic
allies were repulsed
Raids on West Front
The British and French troops IN
Flanders continue to carry out raid
ing operations successfully against
the Germans and to lombard heavily
the enemy positions at various points
with the Germans replying actively IN
the sector between the Houtholst
wood and the Confines Ypres canal.
Bombardments also predominate on
the southern part of the front IN
France.
Turks Are Defeated.
Two additional defeats of the otto
man forces are recorded--by the BRIT
ish in southern Palestine and by the
Russians in the region of the Black
sea coast. North of Beersheba the
British are pressing on toward GAIA
The Russians have driven the Turks
from first line trenches in the Black
sea region and have advanced at
sorne places to the third line. Large
quantities of booty were captured.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
BOLD ROBBERY
IS PERPETRATED
At DOUGLAS, AR|z.
Mexican Stamp Agent Is Held
Up on Main Street, Beaten,
and $4,000 in Gold Coin Is
Taken by Bandits.
ley MORNING ,ouss.L srse,AL LEASED WIRE,


Douglas. Ariz., Nov. 5.--Officers on
both sides of the line tonight are
searching for two men, an American
and Mexican, who early this morn :
ing held up and robbed Antonio Pc
ralta. Mexican stamp agent of Aqua
Prieta, just across the border from
here, of $4,000 in gold coin. The
robbery took place shortly after 9
o'clock on the main business street
Of Douglas, there being only a few
persons on the street at that hour and
the highwaymen vanished before
Peralta or the man who was with him
could summon the police. No clue
was left by the robbers and although
they were unmasked, the stamp agent
is unable to give good description
of them.
Peralta placed the gold in sacks at
his office in Aqua Prieta and in COM
pany with a trusted employe, started
for Douglas in a carriage with the
! intention of sending the money by ex-
press to Nogales, Sonora. Three
/ blocks this side of the international
| boundary they were approached by
| the two robbers and ordered to halt
and after doing so were attacked.
Peralta was stunned by blow over
the head with the butt Of a revolver,
while the man with him was severely
beaten. The robbery was reported to
officers at Douglas and Aqua Prieta
within half an hour after 1t took place
but they have been unable to find a
trace of the men. Peraita says the
voices of the two men gave evidence
as to their nationality.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
SITUATION DEVELOPS
GREATEST DIFFICULTIES

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy. Sunday, Nov. (by the Associ-
ated Press. 1.-The situation Is still
grave. Attention is now centered on
the strength of the defenses west Oh
the Tagliamento river and on the apii-
ity to effect the vast reorganization
and oppose the whole force OF the
concentration of Italian troops and
allied reinforcements against the tre-
mendous pressure the enemy is exert
ing.
All the allies should realize that one
OF the supreme trials of the war has
reached the final stage.
The chief pressure Of the enemy ad-
vance is now being exerted against
the newly constituted left wing of the
Italian army in an attempt to throw
the bulk of the hostile forces across
the Tagliamento river and then re-
sort to the enemy's favorite device of
a turning movement. The Tagliamen-
Ia is the boundary between the eastern
and western Friuli region, and having
ovverun the eastern region it is the
evident purpose Of the ~nemy general
staff to profit by speed in throwing
its masses into the western region be-
fore the Italians are able to carry out
this reformation process.
Time Is the chief factor for Italy In
reconstructing her lines and speed Is
the chief factor for the enemy. al
though the Marne furnished the warn
~..ee.>e,Escec.c~S~S.e<S~~~o-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
FOR PROHIBITION
president Grille of Agricultural Col.
lcgc in Las Cruces Citilcn)

president Grille of Agricultural Col.
lcgc in Las Cruces Citizen.)
Concerning the wet and dry cam.
paign which Is rapidly approaching
election, would say that during these
trying times, above all others, we want
100 per cent efficiency. That must be
built on 100 per cent soberness. as one
requisite. The American saloon has
been adJudged by the courts as nuls.
ancc, has been denied its free property
rights, ana IL generally considered as
an evil, which has been endured. but
not n thing thai has been needed; and
IL would seem that the period of en-
durancc IL over, and We ought 10 be
strong enough, under the stress of this
world war, 10 throw away everything
that hindcrs, everything that takes
away money uselcssly, everything that
prevents young men from being good
soldiers, everything that prevents men
from doing full work who are not in
the army, and everything which hin
dcrs the growth OF children and
breaks the hearts of women.
But l should like, In nils connection.
to sound n note of warning, and that
IN, i'm every campaign of this sort you
hear everyone say II am for the dries''
and II you were to judge by the pre-
election statements you would consid-
er that the fight was won, and won
unanimously; but after election, we
are always astonished ut the number
OF wet votes that turn up, Don't he
deceived. Every fricnG or the dries
must get out and vote, themselves, and
sec that every person that possibly can
be- s~'crred turns out ss,a votes, tfyer.
assurance has lost n:any good battlc.
Let's not be deceived In this one.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
Americans Fought Hand to
Hand Against Superior Number
of Germany's Shock Troops
(By Morning journal Special Leased Wire,

Soon after that Germans to the
number, according to the report, of
210, rushed through the breaches and
wire entangements on each side OF
the salient, their general objective
barrage in the forefield having lifted
for n moment. The Germans went
into the trenches at several points
They met with stout resistance. Pts
tolls. grenades, knives and bayonets
were freely used. For many minutes
there was considerable confusion In
the trenches, the Germans stalking
the Americans and the Americans
stalking the Germans. In one section
of the trench an American private
engaged two Germans with the bayo-
net. That was the last seen of him
until after the raid, when a dead
American was found on the spot. An
other was killed by a blow on the
head with a rifle butt from above.
Wounded Private's story.
Some Of the Americans apparently
at the beginning of the attack did not
realize just what was going on One
Of the wounded. a private, said:
II was standing in a communca-
ton trench waiting for orders. /
heard a noise back of me and looked
around in time to see German fire
In my direction. felt a bullet hit
my arm"
The Germans left the trench as soon
as possible, taking their dead and
wounded with them.
An inspection showed, however,
that they had abandoned three rifles,
number of knives and helmets.
The raid was evidently carefully
planned and the American officers
admit that it was well executed. As
a raid. however. there was nothing
unusual about it. 1t was such rs Is
happening all along the line. There
is reason for believing that the Ger
mans were greatly surprised when
they found Americans in the trenches
instead Of the French.
The French general in command o.
the division of which the American
detachment formed n part expressed
extreme satisfaction at the actiop oil
the Americans, for they fought brave
| ly against numerically superior
enemy, the handful Of men fisl tinl
until they were smothered.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
No Mercy Shown Them.


This was the protest of a German
soldier, an eyewitness of the slaugh-
ter of Russian soldiers in the Masurian
lakes and swamps:
at was frightful, heart-rending, as
these masses of human beings were
driven to destruction. Above the ter
rible thunder of the cannon could be
heard the heart-rending cries of the
Russians: oh, Prussians! Oh, Prus-
sinns!--but there was no mercy. Our
captain had ordered; The whole lot
must die; so rapid fire As l have
heard, five men and one officer on our
side went mad from those heart
Tending cries. But most of my COM
rades and the officers joked as the
rnarmed and helpless Russians Shrek
ed for mercy while they were being
suffocated in the swamps and shot
down. The order was: Close up and
at it harder!' For days afterward
those heart-rending yells followed me
and / dare not think of them or l
shall go mad. There is no God; there
is no morality and no ethics any more.
There are no human beings any more.
but only beasts. Down with mill
tarism."
This was the experience of Prus-
sian soldier. AT present wounded;
Berlin, October 90, 1914.
If you are truth-loving man,
please receive these lines from a COM
mon Prussian soldier"
Plea of Christian.
This was the testimony of another
German soldier on the east front;
Russian, Poland, December 10, 1914:
I'm the name of Christianity / send
you these words.
MY conscience forces me as a
Christian German soldier to inform
you of these lines.
Wounded Russians were killed with
the bayonet, according to orders.
.'And Russians who have surrender
cd are often shot down in masses ac-
cording to orders, in spite of their
heart-rending prayers.
In the hope that you, as the rep
resentative of Christian state will pro-
test against this. sign myself,
"a German soldier and Christian.
II would give my name and regi-
ment, but these words could get me
court t-martialed for divulging military
secrets
From Western Front.
This letter was from a soldier on
the western front:
ITO the American government.
washington, U. s. A:
"Englishmen who are captured are
shot down in small groups. With the
French we are more considerate. l
ask whether men let themselves be
taken prisoner in order to be disarm-
ed and shot down afterwards? Is that
chivalry in battle? 1t is no longer a
secret among the people; one hears
everywhere that few prisoners are
taken; they are shot down in small
groups. They say naively: We don't
want any unnecessary mouths to feed;
where there is no one to enter COM
plant there is no judge Is there no
power in the world which can put
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER

10y MORNING JOURNAL srsciAL lsAseu Wistl
Bisbee, Ariz.. Nov. SIR. 4. Clam
pitt, assistant postmaster of Bisbee for
the past eighteen months, is under
arrest here. charged with embezzlins
5000 from the postoffice. Clampitt
resigned November /, but failed to
appear to check HIS accounts TO his
successor. The embeszlement consist.
ed Of two shipments If money. during
the last four days, of Clampitt's In
cumbency. clampitt declares he IL
without funds u
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06

With the American Army in France,
Nov. (by the Associated Press "A
small detachment of american infan-
trymen were attacked in the front line
trenches early Saturday morning by n
much superior force of German shock
troops. The Americans were cut off
from relief by the heavy barrage in
their rear. They'fought gallantly un-
til overwhelmed solely by numbers.
The fighting in the trenches was
hand to hand. 1t was brief and fierce
in the extreme.
AS result of the encounter three
Americans werc killed and ten taken
prisoner.
Two French soldiers, who were in
the trenches also We're killed. The
enemy lost some men, but the number
Is unknown, as their dead and wound
ed we're carried off by the retiring
Germans.
From the beginning of the engage
ment until the end, the Americans
lived up to all the traditions of the
American army, the records showing
the bravery of the detachment and OF
individual members.
Americans Fought Well.
The German raid on the American
trench was carried out against mem
bers of the second contingent entering
the trenches for training. These mer
had only been in few days Before
dawn Saturday the Germans begar
shelling vigorously the Darbed wire
front of the trenches, dropping many
high explosives of large caliber. A
heavy artillery fire was then directe5
so as to cover all the adjacent terri
tory including the passage leading VI
to the trenches. thereby forming {
most effective barrage in the rear al
well as in front
The young lieutenant in charge o
the detachment of Americans started
back to the communicating trenches
| to his immediate superior for orders
The barrage knocked him down, bu
he picked himself ND and started of
again. He was knocked down sec
ond time, but determined to reach hi
objective, got up again. A third tim
he was knocked down and badly shell
shocked aud was put out Of action.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-06

should be supplied.
An early revision of coke prices
was forecast today when Warren S.
Blauvelt of Detroit was named as a
special assistant to Fuel Administra-
tor Garfield in charge of coke. Coke
now is selling at prices fixed in the
steel price agreement made recently
by steel producers with the war in
dustries board.
The fuel administration has received
from the federal trade commission
estimates on the cost of producing
soon the measure of control it will as
sumo over all production and distribu-
tion,