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Graduate of Central High.

Maj Hine, or Col Hine as he will
be known when commissioned by Gov.
Whitman. is we'll known in this city.
where he graduated from the Central
High School in 1885
The position of commander of field
trains is new position. created by the
latest tables of organization of the
War Department, and reflects the con-
ditions of modern warfare. The COM
mander of field trains has under him
ammunition, supply. sanitary, engi-
neering and miscellaneous field trains
of wagons. motor trucks. and pack ami
mails a total of several hundred We
hicles and more than 1000 men, with
about ninety commissioned officers.
The commander of field trains, as head
of military police. is really the provost
ma rshal of the division.
The unit which Maj. Hine will COM
mand has not yet been organized. He
expects to leave for New York and
start the organization June l, which
will be time enough to have the unit
organized and ready for the field when
the division is called out in July.
When informed today that dispatches
from New York announced his selec-
ton. to head the new unit Maj. Hine
said he was delighted. and would be
very glad to accept the appointment,
in France and for the opportunity to
do organization work in a compare
lively new field.
Resigned From the Army.
Maj. Hine was born in Vienna, Va,
March Is. 1867, and spent his boyhood on
the farm. He graduated from the Cen
trail High School of this city in 1885
He was appointed to West Point from
Virginia in 1891 after a competitive
examination and graduated. While
serving in the army he attended and
graduated from the Cincinnati Law
School, and resigned from the army in
1895. AS a cadet and as an officer he
acted as instructor at vari-
Gus encampments of state militia
Upon his resignation from the army
man on the Cleveland Cincinnati, Chi
cago and st. Louis railway. remaining
for four years in various capacities to
that OF trainmaster of the Cincinnati
Indianapolis division. In 1907 and 1908
he was receiver Of the Washington,
Arlington and Falls Church railway.
He has done much investigating work
on railways and has written much
about them. In 1900 he was inspector
Of safety appliances of the interstate
commerce commission: assisted in a re-
vision of the business methods of the
Interior Department. and as special
representative of President Taft in 1910
ganiZation and methods of all execu-
tive departments of the United States
government.
While vice president and general
manager of the Southern Pacific rail-
road of Mexico and of the Arizona East
Tucson. Ariz., in 1912 and 1913. he had
numerous interesting and exciting ex-
periences in the revolution-ridden zones
in Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-26

FOB AN ACHING HEAD
TAXA Hossford's Acid Phosphate.
Hea1thfd and agreeable to taste. Refreshes
and invisosatss, Uss in place Of iemons.-Ad.
vertiDement,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-26
JAPAN'S NAVAL EFFORT
COVERS WIDE SCOPE
Cruisers and Destroyers in Indian
Ocean While Other Vessels Go
to Mediterranean.

TOXIC. May "a (delayed). - The
admiralty announces that Japanese
squadrons are operating in the South
Pacific ocean and in the Mediterranean
sea against enemy submarines.
Since the outbreak of the war" the
announcement says, "the imperial navy
mas always taken joint action with the
British navy in sweeping German war
SHIPS from the orient. Furthermore, in
compliance with the request of the
British government. the imperial navy
mas detailed several cruisers and de-
stroyers to the Indian ocean with the
OBJECT of attaining the full result of
the joint operation. Squadrons under
command of Rear Admiral Oguri were
sent to Indian waters to keep watch on
German warships in the Indian ocean.
with the progress of the war japan
and Great Britain have taken embargo
measures within the scope Of their
naval activities.
Recently a naval section under Rear
admiral Sato was dispatched to the
mediterranean to aid in the protection
OF entente ships against the submarine
menace and another section under Rear
Admiral Yamaji was detailed in the
Pacific on a similar mission
The imperial navy had striven to
attain the goal of the joint operations
OF the entente countries on the seas
by exerting its best and utmost eff
forts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-26

nese warships also have previously
been reported as operating against
German commerce raiders in the south
Atlantic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-26

dispatch from Paris May 10 said
NUMBER OF Japanese gunboats had
arrived at Marseilles to aid in the war
on German submarines and to convoy
French merchantmen. and announce
ment was made in the house of com
mons Thursday that japanese light
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
HUNS STRIKE ALTERNATELY
ALONG ITALIAN FRONT

On the northern Italian front, the
Austro-G German tactics appear to be
striking alternately at vital points on
either side of the Brenta. Checked
at Monte Asolone last week, the en-
envy has struck toward the Frenzela
valley, west of the river. After two
days of bitter fighting the Italians
have regained possession of lost posi-
tions west of the river and have at
tackled the Austro-German positions
east of the river. Berlin claims the
capture of 5000 prisoners in the gain
ing of Col Del Rosso, which later was
lost to the Italians.
Leon Trotsky, the Bolsheviki for
eign minister, has protested to the
Germans against the transference OF
troops from the eastern front but also
has ordered Russian factories to stop
the manufacture of munitions. He did
not indicate whether his government
would take any other step against
German violation of the armistice.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
SENATOR'S WANT
TROOPS IN ARMY
CAMPS TO HAVE
SOME CLOTHES
WITHOUT DELAY
Probers Take Bull by the
Horns; Asks Red Tape
Be Suspended.
BAKER REQUESTED
TO GET ON WIRE
1000 Overcoats and
$4,000 Blouses Are
Badly Needed.
BAKER REQUESTED
TO GET ON WIRE
(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)

(By Leased Wire to New Mexlcan.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Aroused
by reports of shortages of winter
clothing in national army camps, the
senate military affairs committee to.
day, In resumlng its investigation into
army conditions, adopted a resolu'
ton requesting the secretary Of war
to Immediately ascertain conditions
by wire I'M supply deficient troops
and suspend departmental routine, If
necessary by direct purchase from
sources near the camps.
The resolution offered by Senator
Mcclellan, of Tennessee, declares that
upon "unquestioned proof there Is a
shortage of at least 10000 o~vercoats
and $4,000 wooden blouses In nine
national army environments.
1t says:
1T appearing to the committee
from unquestioned proof adduced be-
fore it that many enlisted men in
Camps Wheeler, Shelby, Kearney,
Dix, Jackson, Grant, Custer, Beaure-
gard and in the camp at Fort Worth,
Texas, are without wooden blouses
and overcoats, the combined shortage
in the several camps above named
being not less than q $1,000 o%vercoats
and $4,000 wooden blouses, this com.
mittee hereby requests the secretary
Of war to take immediate steps to
supply said enlisted men with over
coats and wooden blouses.
1T further appearing that there
may be shortages of said articles at
Camp Dodge, Donelson, Funston,
Wadsworth, Fremont, Sheridan, Green
and Pike, and perhaps other camps,
the secretary of war is also requested
to ascertain by wire today If ali,
other shortage of clothing exists in
any Of our camps, and If so that he
direct that such shortage be sup
piled Immediately.
ut is the sense of this committee,
flat with the cold season now on,
the usual routine shall be directed,
If this is the quickest way, to buy
these articles at the nearest points to
their camps at which they can be
obtained SO that our soldiers may
be supplied as soon as possible.
The clothing situation was discuss.
ed by the committee in executive
session, Senator Mcclellan submit.
ting details Of replies he had received
from camp commanders.
The principal o%vercoat shortage in
the national army camps reported to
Mcclellan were at Camps Shelby and
B~eauregard, which said to be de-
ficient 5000 and 11,140, respectively.
In heavy blouses the principal
shortages reported are at the follow.
ing camps:
Shelby, 5000; Kearney, $4,000; Dix,
1900; Jackson, 10000 (estimated);
Custer, $500, and Beauregard, 3400.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
NEW MACHINERY
j0F DRAFT USED
TO RAISE FORCE
OF BR|CKLAYERS
1000 Skilled Men for
Service in France
Called For.
OTHER SIMILAR
CALLS EXPECTED
(By Leased Wire to New MexIcan.)

(By Leased Wire to New Mexlcan.)
Washington, Dec. 26.-The new
draft machinery was invoked for the
first time when Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder made public today in
structions to all governors calling for
the mobilization of 1000 bricklayers
urgently needed by General Pershing
at once.
Local boards are called upon to ex-
anime missionaries now being re-
turned and report as rapidly as possi-
BILE on the number of bricklayers OF
draft g available for service. Only
white bricklayers will be taken, either
by draft or by voluntary induction
into the military service through
local boards. They will be forwarded
to the aviation section, signal corps,
at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. The
purpose for which they are to be used
in France is not disclosed.
The order is the first application OF
the special o%ccupational classification
provisions of the e draft regula-
lions. The bricklayers in any boards
jurisdiction will be assembled in or
der of their draft number relationship
to each other, but without regard to
the men in any other occupation.
General Crowder's letter to- the gos.
ernors indicates that similar calls for
skilled men in other trades are to be
expected.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
Plot to Poison Red
Cross Bandages
Nipped in the Bud

Cleveland, O., Dec. ga plot to
poison Red Cross bandages and
spread wholesale death among the
soldiers of America and her allies
has been exposed and frustrated here.
Revelations of the conspiracy were
made today, when it became known
that department of justice agents
were hunting the perpetrators of the
deed.
Three thousand four hundred sur
gical dressings rolled by patriotic
women in Toledo were infected by
a mysterious greenish poison while
in transit between Toledo and Cleve-
land. Immediately the bandages were
burned. The poisoned bandages were
part of periodical shipments received
at the local headquarters Of the
lake division, which comprises Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27

ON
LAST LEGS
Influence and Power Are
Waning Rapidly,
Dispatches Say.
CANNOT HANDLE
UGLY SITUATION
Leaders Conscious of
Hopeless Failure of
New Regime.
(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)

(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)
London, Dec. 26.-There has been
occasional assertion in Petrograd dis.
patches that the influence and power
of the Bolsheviki was waning, but
never before to such an extent, say
several dispatches from the Russian
capital dated Sunday. Nearly all
make the point that detection from
the workmen's and soldiers ~organiza.
lions is growing constantly. Among
causes alleged are general lack Of
authority, increase in drunkenness.
reluctance of the population to work
and scarcity of foodstuffs. The main
desire of the soldiers is said to be
peace. The correspondents cite in
stances of Bolsheviki troops refusing
to march, declining to attack the Tx
rainians and permitting the Cossacks
to disarm them without resistance.
Fighting, it is said, is the last thing
they are willing or intend to do. A
hostile spirit is reported to survive
among the Baltic sailors and the Red
Guard, but the former are not nu.
merous enough to conquer the Uk.
rainians and the Red Guard is large
ly unframed. 1t is reported, there.
fore, that war against the Ukraine
probably will not materialize on any
serious scale.
Bolsheviki leaders, the Petrograd
correspondent of the Morning Post
says, appear to be becoming col
scious of hopeless failure, while the
correspondent of the Daily News
writes:
There is a tremendous and grow
ing opposition to the Bolsheviki
among the classes. Men who former
ly supported them are turning against
them and German hirelings' is a com
mon term of ~denunciation. There is
much talk of meeting the present
reign of terror with counter-measures
and bomb-throwing is freely suggest
ed as the only method of exerting
pressure on the Bolsheviki.
"This is not merely idle talk, as
those who say it are those who al.
ready have thrown bombs"
1t appears that the Bolsheviki com.
manders are trying, although vainly,
to shift some of the discontinued
military units from the capital. 4
Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd says
the Probashensky regiment has de
clared its disbelief in the intention
OF the Bolsheviki government to open
the constituent assembly and has re.
fused to relinquish guard of the Tau.
ride Palace until the assembly meets.
The Semenovsky guard regiment has
resolved not to arrest members Of
the constituent assembly, no matter
what orders it receives.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
CONDITIONS IN OVERSEAS
FORCE ARE DISGUISE

Washington, Dec. 26.-Conditions
in the American overseas force and
national army training camps were
described today to the senate milf
tary committee when 1t took up its
inquiry into war operations. General
officers of the national army just
back from inspection trips in France
were called by the committee which
temporarily postponed further exami-
nation of Quartermaster General
Sharpe.
Officers t~estifying included Major
General John Organ, of Camp Wads-
worth, S. c., and Major General Ed
win st. John Greble, of Camp Bowie,
Tex. The committee closed its doors
to hear General Organs statement
regarding the American expedition
abroad. His testimony regarding suf-
ficiency Of ordnance equipment, cloth
ing and other supplies Of General
Pershing's forces, the committee felt,
should not be made public.
Camps reported adequately sup
piled with overcoats and blouses were
Hancock, Houston. Hampstead, De-
vron, Macarthur and Lee. Command
(Coatinued on page four.)
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27

Washington, Dec. 26.-More than a
half million working days-the equiv.
alent of the labor of 10000 work.
men for a solid month, have been
lost to the governments shipbuilding
program through strikes and lock-
outs, r. B. Stevens of the shipping
board has put in a uniform wage
scale, and is arranging a similar
scale in the east.
To make the ship-building program
q success, the shipping board, Mr..
Stevens said, must double the mum,
Der of men engaged in shipbuilding
work. There are employed in the
country's yards, he said, about 1907
900 workers.
What are the prospects of getting
these additional men," asked Sena-
tor Harding.
Il think it can be done, and 1t
must be done il the program is to
go through" Mr.. Stevens replied.
we r making arrangements to
get the trained men from other indus
tries and have established employ
nent agencies to find new workers.
There are many industries from
which men can be drawn and trained
in short time to make them good
shipyard workers. The fact that
there is a slowing up now in many
other industries due to the war is
helping U.S."
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
COAL SITUATION
GETTING WELL IN
HAND, GARFIELD
TELLS SENATORS;
POOR GETTING It
With Passing of Cold
Wave Conditions Re-
ported Better.
RAILROADS ARE
SWAMPED, SAYS.
tBy Leased Wire to New Mexican.)

(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)
Washington, Dec. 26.-War de-
mands for bituminous coal have been
greater than mines could meet, al
though the increase of production this
year has been normal fuel Admins
traitor Garfield testified today at the
senate coal investigation. In an ef-
fort to alleviate conditions, he said,
the fuel administration was laying
emphasis on stimulating production
rather than regulating price.
when the operators complain that
prices fixed by the president are too
low, we are inclined to give them the
benefit of the doubt" DR.. Garfield
said. Senator Kenyon asked the fuel
administrator if he had information of
dividends of ONE of the large opera
tors and he answered that he knew
big profits were being made but be-
lieved them necessary to stimulate
production.
Private consumers have felt the
shortage because the government has
come first in its demands but that
rule has been changed in the last few
days, DR.. Garfield said.
Conditions Better
I'VE are giving it to the poor first
now he said. with a discontinued
people we could not make much prog
ress in the war. Conditions are much
better now that the severe cold wave
has passed and preparations are be-
ing made for the future" he said.
II can guarantee that we have the
situation we'll in hand" DR.. Garfield
declared.
DR.. Garfield said he did not want
to place blame for lack of transporta-
ton on any one nor did he want to
try to shift blame that might be at
tached to his administration. He
added that it was impossible for the
railroads to cope with the situation.
Coal is responsible for one-half the
congested traffic and thousands OF
cars are being backed up at bottle
fCouttruod nm nova fnur
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
Ship
is Lost at Sea
With IS Men

New York, Dec. 26.-The American
steamship Tuscarora, formerly a lake
vessel and irequisitioned by the U. s.
shipping board for Atlantic service,
together with her entire of 30
men, is believed to have been lost dt
sea somewhere north Of Cape Breton
Island. according TO advices received
in shipping circles today from Nova
Scotia.
STEAMER WAS DASHED
AGAINST THE CLIFFS
Halifax, Dec. pa lifeboat from
the American steamer T%uscarora, be-
lieved to have been lost with all
hands, was picked up today by a
lighthouse keeper on st. Paul's
island. Wreckage found nearby indi-
Gated the steamer was dashed
against the cliffs in a storm last
week. There was no trace Of the
crew. st. Paul's island fies between
Cape Breton and New Foundland and
many ships have been wrecked on its
rocky shore.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
WILLIAMS MAY Be
ADMINISTRATOR
OF RAILROADS
Comptroller Of Currency
Probable Choice for
Federal Job.
10y Leased Wire to New Mexican.)

- -S@SS
Washington, Dec. 26.-John Skel-
ton Williams, comptroller of the cur
rency, was being discussed today in
official circles as the most probable
selection for federal railroad admin
istrator should President Wilson de-
eide to appoint one.
In the event that Comptroller Will
liams is not selected those apparently
best informed on the situation be-
lieve the work will be undertaken by
Secretary McAdoo, who, however,
would not relinquish his place as sec
rotary of the treasury, but would
surround himself with a cabinet OF
railroad men.
These developments, all pointed to
an evident decision by President Will
son to soon begin federal administra-
ton of railroads. although there was
no official announcement.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
HUNS KEEP UP ALTERNATING
ATTACKS ALONG ITALIAN FRONT
10y Leased Wire to New Mexican.)

While their guns lombard the western front. the Germans are taking
troops from the eastern front for use elsewhere, despite the provisions Of the
RussoGerman armistce prohibiting such action.
The artillery activity in France has been moderate we nos of the front
and more violent m the right bank Of the Meuse northeast of verdun, the
scene Of the German attack nearly two years ago.
Russian advces telling Of the German Withdrawals in the east causedr re-
ports that some of the troops are being taken to the Rumanian front Rumania
Is not taking part n the peace negotiations and the Ukraine, which lies beyond
MoIdava and Bessaraba is opposed to the BohhevkL.
South of Juvincourt tin the Rheims sector Of Champagne, the French have
carried ut a raid htot the German lines and brought back prisoners. On the
British portion Of the front, there have been raids in addition to the artillery
duel but nj large operations are yet indicated.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
Bombs in House
of Governor and
Capitol; Letter
Asks $4,000
Startling Missive Sent
Chief Executive of
California.

Sacramento, Cal, Dec. Pa let
ter saying that nine bombs had been
placed in the executive mansion. cap
itol building, police station and resi-
dences of two head officials of tho
state" has been received by Cover
nor VIM. D. Stevens and turned over
to the police, it became known today,
The letter demanded that $4,000 be
placed Sin a rock pile" presumably
near Oakland, Cal, December 8. at 3
o'clock.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
DEPUTY SHOOTS BAD
MEXICAN At Ell PASO

Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. 26.-Deputy
Sheriff C. M. Litchfield, shot Pillar
Enriquez, during a disturbance in the
smelter district late last night. The
deputy sheriff was called to a saloon
near the smelter to stop a fight and
found Enriquez Furnishing a long
knife, having just cut one Of his coun-
trymen on the chest. When the Mexi-
can saw the deputy he made a lunge
Continued on Page Four.)
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
s%TEFANssEN SAFE

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 26.-vilhjalmur
Stefanssen, the Arctic explorer, last
heard from in a letter received in
March, 1916. has arrived with his
party at Fort Yukon, according to
word received by the naval depart
ment.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27
HALF A MILLION
OF WORK ON
SHIPPING LOST BY
WORKERS STRIKE
Equivalent to Labor Of
10000 Men for a
Solid Month.
DOUBLE THE
NUMBER OF MEN
100000 Now Employed
Senate Examiners Are
Informed.
(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Dec.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Dec.
ALPHABETICALLY all Of the $4,000
iron workers affected by the strike
ultimatum of the Iron Trades
Council, asking a 10 per cent wage
bonus, had walked out of the $50
foundries and plants in the San
Francisco bay region engaged In
industries other than ship build
ing by noon today, according to
announcement of the California
Metal Trades association.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-27

Miss Dorothy Keene Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Edward l. Frosb
of New York city, and granddaughter Of the late james K. keene,
financer and patron of the American turf, will become the BRIDE
OF Mr.. Valentino Molina, an artist of American birth but Spanish
descent. The wedding will take place on February 2. The romance
of the couple started last summer at Meadowbrook Farm, the coun-
try place Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frost, at Ayres, Quebec. Miss Taylor
has given much time to the study of art and is a painter OF merit
and they met while pursuing their art work. III n J. a. Special