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Largest net paid circulation between Freaho and Los Angeles. COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE VOL. XXVIII BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, DEC.I2MBER 9. No. 110.

BE FLUNG ON ALLIED FORCE AT SALONiKI King- Constantine and Royalists Are Growing More Hostile to the Entente Decisive and Immediate Action in Greek Crisis Is Urged by British Experts Russo-Rumanian Forces in Eastern Wallachia Continue Their Retirement The situation in Greece is again not only of decided political interest but potentially of marked military importance, in connection with the supposed purpose of the central powers to turn important sections of Field Marshal von Mackensen's huge armv in Rumania upon the entente's Saloniki army. Correspondents in Greece report a persistently hostile attitude by King Constantine and the Greek royalists toward the entente and declare "efforts are being made, to gather a strong army in the Larissa region for an attack uiioii the tentente forces from the rear simultaneously with attacks by the Teutonic allies from the north. Want Decisive action. lititish military writers cull attention to these contingencies and decisive ad ion with regard to Greece is urged in the interest of sound strategy and the safety of the entente forces in Macedonia. I-atest.

reports from the Rumanian campaign reflect, the continued retirement of the Russo-Rumnnian forces in Kaslern Wallachia, with the figures of captures of men and materials by the invaders constantly growing. On West Front. Little of interest is occurring on the Kranco-lielginn front. The only happening mentioned by either London or Paris is on artillery action in the region of Hill on the Verdun rront, where the Wench and Germans have again been disputing possession, of this height. ALLIED BLOCKADE OF GREECE BEGAN YESTERDAY MORNING.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Sharp at Paris notified the State Department today that the allied blockade of Greece began Friday morning at 8 o'clock. Ambassador Sharp forwarded a copy of the blockade notice, which says France, being in agreement with its allies to declare the blockade nop' forth the conditions under which it lie effective. Beginning Oeceui- 1 )0 at a. the notice says, the blockade will be effective on the coasts of Greece from a point, off the I-da ml of Corfu to a point In the Gulf of S-i- loniki of the Salamhria river as well as lo islands actually under the control and occupation of the Greek authorities.

Ships of third poweis under I lie blockaded ports may leave freely up to December in at a. m. Orders have been given to the commander-in-chief of the naval forces effecting the blockade to proceed by notifying the local authorities of the declaration. LONDON. Dec a.

neuter's lvtrognid dispatch quotas the Novoe Vremyn as condemning the pol- icv of the entente "in conducting Interminable liberations while King Constantino is waging open war on the allies." "The- government and court at. Athens," says the Novoe Vreniya, "are our enemies and in Germany's service. Why do we continue to recognize as legitimate government authorities at Athens who' are reduced to acting as a -section of the German staff?" Typhus Camp at Needles Established PAN FRANCISCO. Dec. San- la 1'V railway, in con (unci ion with San Bernardino county, has established a quarantine camp on the desert near Needles, in an effort to prevent the spread of typhus.

It is claimed all Mexicans will be taken from trains and held in quarantine for fifteen, days, as it is feared refugees from Mexico are'carrying (he typhus germ. $2000 in Currency Found in Brush SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. thousand dollars in currency and a brace of guns were found bv officials today in a brush heap short distance from the spot where the accused robbers of the Winslow. bank surrendered themselves hist night in a wood half a mile south of Wlnfte- Neb. The Winslow loot so far recovered totals $1,200.

The robbers are reported to have obtained about $7000 and search is still boinir made for (lie cash. Nothing is yet known as to the identity of the men. Bopp Will Take Stand in Bomb Plots earing Further Evidence Louis Smith, Prosecution's Witness SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Ropp, German consul general; Barou K. von vice consul, and Lieut.

George Wtlhc.lm von llrincken. on trial in the United States district court for alleged dynamite plots to destroy entente munition ships and railroads in this country, will take the witness stand when the defense! 'opens, Theodore Roche, chief counsel fur the defense, announced today. Roche said the defense would he an admission that the consulate employed co-defend- and detectives and others to Information as to the munition dynamite. Counsel for the defense was preparing further evidence to present to the United Slate District Court in which the trial is being held, which it is hoped would prevent the calling to the witness stand Louis J. Smith, the government's chief witness.

At the same time in Washington the government prosecutors are preparing papers which may restore Smith lo citizenship and make him eligible to testify in a United States court. BERLIN 10 23 000 ULHUI1 mu Sidewalk Work Nearly Finished 0 DH PI AM Cement Walks 2 Feel Wide Ui DLLUlHIl Business SfcHon, Five in Resident in I America lias Now Exhausted All Menus of Diplomacy in the Case DFJ 'OUTATIONS ARK STILL CONTINUING Next Steps in Matter Will Be Determined by U. S. Public Opinion Pap er Price Before State Publishers SAN FRANCISCO. Dec.

y. -The high price of news print paper proved a stumbling block today to live members of a committee of the California Press Association. ('. L. Day of San Luis Obispo, a member of the committee, declared that country news- miners in the United States have suspended publication since the price of paper increased from to lll-li cents.

"Something has to be done about It, but just what, 'we don't know yet," said Mr. Day. resumed discussion today of how to eliminate free advertising, even going so far as to consider co-operating with grocers in proposed legislation against the trading stamp, which, it is said, cuts down advertising returns to publishers. Carranza Approved Protocol, Belief AV AS II1NG TON, Dec. reconvening of the Mexie.aii-Amcrie.iu commission lately set for Dec.

11 has been postponed lio await the return ot Alberto Pari, the Mexican commissioner who took protocol south for General Oarranza's signature. Pari will reach Laredo tomorrow. It is believed Gen. Carranza has proved the protocol. ap- George's Cabinet Is Not Yet Completed LONDON, Deo.

Lloyu- ('I 'lircc's cabinet had not been completed this morning and the asseini- i I if of the privy council to enable the new ministers to take the oath was postponed. Mr. Lloyd-George in a statement to the press said he still was awaiting some acceptances. London's Divorced Wife Seeks Order OAKLAND. Dec.

i). Mrs. Bessie Loudon, divorced wife of the late Jack London, asked the probate court here today to appoint her guardian over her two daughters in order that they may collect insurance money and a month each willed to them by London. Her request was grauted. Jewels Stolen From Beverly Hills Hotel LOS ANGF.LKS, Dec.

I). Theft of jewels valued at several thousand dollars from the Heverly 1J Ills hotel Tuesday night was made known today through a published offer of $1001) reward with' "no questions asked" for the return of the jewelry. The advertisement stated thai the thief was known. The robbery was not reported lo the police. 'We Ship to Arizona' Signs Disappear LOS ANGELES.

Dee. 9 "We ship to Arizona" signs disappeared from the windows of liquor stores today when it became known that Governor George V. Hunt had signed last night a proclamation making effective immediately a constitutional amendment adopted at the November election prohibiting possession of intoxicating iqitors in the state except for sacramental and certain scientific purposes. Keer. Oil Reserves, Naval Board Says WASHINGTON, Deo.

Resolutions denouncing any legislation to divert from the navy any portion of its fuel reserves were made public here today by the naval consulting board, of which Thomas A. F.dison is chairman. They declared the national defense would he imperiled by such action. The resolutions refer to proposed legislation to legalize entry of oil prospectors on land in California and Wv- oming, once withdrawn from fhe pub- lie domain by President Taft. BERLIN, Dec.

S. via London, Dec: p. latest representations from the United States regarding the Belgian labor problem were piesented by Jos. C. Gew, secretary of the American embassy, In an interview with Chancellor von Iloll- weg on Tuesday and the Gorman reply is expected to be delivered lomor- IOW or Monday.

Like the chancellor's reply lo Secretary Grow's first representations, will be couched in the friendliest of terms, going, if is understood, as far as possible toward meeting American wishes and recognising the interest the. United States naturally takes in tlitis question as lhe power chiefly concerned in the work of Belgian relief. German Attitude. As showing the spirit in which Germany met tile first American representations, the Associated Press correspondent today was informed tlint it was only necessary lo recapitulate the answers lo various points raised by Scerelary Grew at the first interview as (fetalis in methods of operation utnrer the deportation order open tn criticism or objection. The first was that the measure in many respects was being applied indiscriminately to the employed as well as the employed.

The chancellor declared Ibis was contrary In the wis lieu or intentions of the gTT that only the really unemployed would be taken; that the employed would be left unmolested, and whenever errors have occurred the siirforers from them would be returned si lielgium. Reclamations to this end, it was declared, were acted upon and the deported persons involved have already been returned or were returning to their homes in Hnlgiutii. Heads of Families. It. was further suggested that the measure should not he applied to the heads of families, but il was pointed out.

that 11 would ask that it was impossible to make a general ruin to this effect, as fathers of families were often the ones through whom destitution, in the absence of steady work or steady wages, was most seriously felt, hut the chancellor promised a modification of the order in. cases of special hardship. The third point was that ployes of the Belgian relief sion should not bo deported, course, was granted as they icgarded as unemployed. Exaggerations. A further objection was lodged against the arrest, of Belgian officials for refusing lo deliver lists of unemployed.

Discontinuation of this was granted but it is now pointed out complaints on the scope were largely 'ex- iiE 'irereiited, only one Belgian mayor having boon arrested for this reason, while he already had been set at lib orly. The request for permission for neu- tial representatives to visit deported orkinen and for postal facilities for ib ported men to correspond with llie'r families was granted. DKL4ANO, Dec. is expected that the content sidewalks of Dfkmo will be completed before Christinas. Work is proceeding rapidly and on a large scale under the' direction of Contractor Lynn Atkinson, of Los An- Seles, who has dunjped carloads of rock on West Cecil An von tie and has gang or men grading and preparing I he way lor walks Htid curbs.

The first unit of IhjrsyKtein on which. Atkinson is now working will proceed westerly along Cecil to 1 street, south on both sides to Kern street. Through the residence. section the walks are to be feet wide, uhd twelve feet in the business section. When completed, walks, which will cost $2.1,000, will connect every part of Delano with the business center and the grammaritud high schools.

Russia Orders 100 More Locomotives PHILADELPHIA, supple, mental order from govp.rn- ment for IrtO locomotives, milking a tal of 1400 from in fhe last month, was announced yesterday I by I lit! Baldwin Loc.ouidt.ive Works. The order amounts to about $4,000.000. Vieux May Reopen Creamery at Delano DKDANO. Dec. Vieux of the French colony of III is place.

Is backing a movement to put the creamery business in first: class shape for the benefit of Delano, MoFiirlnnd and Kiirllmari sections. Vieux will reopen the creamery as soon as dairymen have signed up gunr- anteehig the delivery of not less than FiOO of cream daily. So far "00 pounds are. guaranteed, and it is anticipated that, the remaining 110(1 will be vouched for in few days. The contract thnl is offered to the dairymen is satisfactory, particularly as It is proposed to a tester at a regular wage at the to rep sent "the dairymen, but'their sharO his wage to be supplied out of an Increase of cents above the quoted Los Angeles prices for cream.

Hie em- conmiis- This, of were not AMERICA HAS NOW EHAUSTED MEANS OF DIPLOMACY. WASHINGTON, Doc. fl. -With publication of fhe American protest to Germany on the deportations of Belgians, state department officials disclosed todav the U. S.

Government Ji exhausted its means of diplomacy and has laid the case before American public opinion from which it will expect to draw guidance for the next steps if any be taken. Germany's reply, conveyed in conversation with Charge Grew at Berlin by chancellor von Bethmann-IIollweg. is that the deportations are regarded as justified on the grounds of socki' necessity. No actual reply In the form nT a note has been received from Germany mil no doubt has been left by fhe chancellor that the protest of the United States will not. be heeded.

Deportation Certain. Official information shows the detonations are coir! inning. Publica lion of the protest was disclosed at state department today to be for fhe. purpose of placing the case before American public opinion. It was also revealed thai publication of the doc anient mighf be interpreted as unfriendly but this contingency had been token into consideration before il ivaf given out.

Slate department officials feel il has gone far beyond the usual diplomatic bounds in its protest to Germany and that in a strictly conventional sense it had almost no right to idiscuss the matter al all with tier- tContiiiUPd on page 4.) L. A. Street Bandit Had No Accomplice LOS ANUICLI5H, Dec. Patrolman Albert J. Griffith, who confessed yes- lertlay lo holding up an express guard Thursday in the down-town district and carrying off more than iJO.OOO In gold and in securities, faced a.

line of witnesses today who were called to identify him with a murder find other crimes. Several said I he policeman "looked like" the person they sought, but the police found nothing to contradict Griffith's denial of guilt. Search for an accomplice in the express robbery failed and Grit- fith's assertion that he worked alone, (lie police said, probably was true. California Prunes Are Sent to Wilson SAN Dec. box ot fancy Santa dura county jinnies is on the way today lo President Wilson.

It is for the. President's Christmas dinner and is the gin of Observatory Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West. San Jose and Santa Clara are observing prime week from December 2 to i). Easier Amendment of Constitution Urged lie-. joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment for an easier method oi amending the constitution was introduced today by Representative Chandler of New York.

II provides submission of any proposed a mend men by a majority of both houses of Congress and ratification by majority of the voters in a majority of the states. For ratification it would be necessary also to receive an aggregate majority of all votes cast in the United States. Con venttous would be held every thirty years to consider proposed amendments. Mr. Candler said the present method of amending the const il ulion is archaic, cumbersome and lindeino era tic.

to Portland Flight Is Started SKATTLK, Dec. Aviator Herbert Hunter, flying a big lift-foot seaplane, accompanied by Mechanician L. L. Looker, started at 1:15 this afternoon for a non-slop flight. Seattle to Portland.

WEATHER FORECAST. SAN FRANCISCO. Doc. fl. San Joaquin valley Fair and continued cold tonight and Siinduv: light frost in the morning, light northerly winds.

Southern and cold tonight and Sunday; heavy frost in -the morning. Light northerly winds. Blue Prints Heady and G. Jv. Superintendenl Will Explain COST OF ITGHTS AND MAINTENANCE BIRTH CONTROL MEASURE WILL BE INTRODUCED II' Civic JJodvApproves, Hie Mailer Will Then Be Submitted lo Council At the meeting the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening, Secretary II.

C. Katze will submit blue prints covering the proposed lighting system for the downtown district of the city, and S. G. Gassoway, general superintendent of the General lOle-etrL Company, will be In attendance to explain the system and give data as to Its installation and maintenance. The blue prints show the location of each electrolier, eight to the block, on Nineteenth street, and six to the block on the other streets.

The territory to ho covered Is; Chester avenue from the courthouse lo Twenty-second street. Nineteenth street from I' (eighteenth si reel from 1 I street from Triixtuu Twenty-first. The plans, which were prepared by D'Arcy Kyan, will set forth the cost for maiiili'iinnce per light, and the cost for installation per trout foot. Providing the system meets with Ike approval of the Cbamber of Commerce, the matter will thereafter he submitted to Hie council with the recommendation that the needful action be. taken to make the plans a reality.

Another matter of importance, to he. considered will lie that of the tlon of the alleys for electric light, telephone a "id telegraph poles 'With view lo having these removed from the streets proper. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. A bill authorizing licensed physicians to Impart information concernlnfl birth control will be among the measures introduced at the coming session of the California leglsla ture, It was announced here today. Plans for a legislative campaign have been worked out by thhe Birth Control League.of California, Mrs.

L. H. Montgomery of Oakland, who was active In urging the passage of the present community property law in the state, will leao the legislative committee, It was announced. 10 YEAR SENTENCE to M. to (1.

avenue to Hale Calls Meeting of Progressives WASHINGTON'. Dec. il. A call fur i conference Progressives not in sympathy with former leaders of the party "in making the Republican old guard in give us places on the Republican executive cruiini if I ee," was issued last night by Mallhcw Hale of Massachusetts, acting chairman of the Progressive national committee. The slop the overtures made by Raymond Hobins, Gilford I'iiicluil and ethers or a nieeltng in Chicago (Ills week'.

The Pronressives are asked to meei in New Vork December to arrange fur the conference to be held III St. Louis. Mr. Hale says the lib orals of the nation "must organize gardless of their pasl parlv affilin lions and regardless of their choice for President this fall." anil that it is form a nucleus for such a new liberal organization dial I ho St. Louis conference Is called.

Murg-uia Restoring Order in Chihuahua CIHIICAffCA CITV. lice. via 101 Paso -General Jacinto li. Travlno's command lias been lucorpor- aleii into the division id'General Mur- yuia, the new military commander ol the northeastern military zone and General Trevino was expected lo command his old force in the campaign r-gainst Villa. General Alurguia has started the work of preparing for a (iciieral movement against Villa in western hua, which is expected to begin soon.

In the meantime the new commander has ordered all stolen goods returned to the owners, has policed tbu oily thoroughly, all of the dcdtl have been buried and order restored every- here. IJL PASO, Dee. "Government agents here announced today they had teceivod reports from Juarez that lighting between the carraiiza am; Villa forces was In progress between and Fresino west of Chihuahua. The fighting was said to have started yesterday morning ami was resumed again this morning. The Carranza forces were safd to have been in command of General Carlos Ovu- na.

Reinforcements were sent from ('hihiiiiliiiii City hist night according lo ibis same report. Dismissal ol' Charge Againsl Publisher Is Asked THOMPSON FALLS, Dec. Aliss lOdilh Colby, who was convicted of mtinier In the second degree for shooting and killing A. C. Thomas, today sentenced to serve Inn years In slate's prison at Deer Lodge by Judge.

AlcCulloch. Aliss Colby made no statement. Special Prosecutor Wheeler presented motion lo Judge MeCulloeh te dismiss the charge of murder filed against A. 8. Ainsworth in connection, with the Thomas killing.

Judge AlcCulloch said lie would not. pass on the motion because lie had dlsqunli- ti I'd himself hut would leave the mo- lion to Judge Clements who tried Miss Colby. Air. Wheeler told the court he had talked wllh persons claiming to have evidence in ilie Ainsworth case and had found il was only the opinions of those he had talked lo. Ainsworth was the owner of the'paper for which Miss Colby was a reported.

Cotton Prices at Break Sharply NKW VORK, Dec. A renewal of heavy general liquidation following yesterday's big break in prices caused excitement verging upon tlon in Hie cotton market here today. For a time prices broke ten to lifteen points between sales and before there was any pause in the decline. contracts had sold at IK.SO, or 17 points under last night's (dose, and the general list was fully $11 a bale below the recent high records. Covering caused rallies of JO to I'D points from the lowest as soon as the pressure diminished, but the market was still extremely unsettled and ner- Miu-i lute in the'forenoon.

10,000 Kilfed in Ammunition Factory? RKRLIN. Dec. -The news agency statement says; "The Russian newspaper Rech reports thnl. a new explosion took place In an illinium il Ion factory in Lnsattan- naya. The cause is unknown.

Al. the moment of the cat asl ophe about Hi.000 persons were working in the factory, all of whom evidently perished. The laclory was destroyed." Married or Divorced Is Issue in Case Stafford Arrested on Perjury Charge II. Stafford, the Santa Ana resi- denl whose trial for speeding here attracted an unusual amount of attention, was arrested today, charged with perjury in connection with the testimony he gave al the hearing. Deputy Sheriff Cochran made the arrest.

Stafford has been before the grand jurv during the past few days. The grand jury adjourned at noon today to meet again morning. No indictments were returned after the morning session, although several witnesses were called in about LOS ANGF.I.KS. Dec. II.

What was said to be the lirsl lost of the legality of marriages In California where one of Hi" contracting parties had obtained divorce in until her suite, In which it was alleged, be was not a permanent and legal resident, was begun in the police court here, when Mcrvin Avon Knrringcr, known in theatrical circles as "Karl Ray" was arraigned on a charge of bigamy. The complaint was sworn to by Victoria Korn Ray, of Han Mernardiuo, ii former wife of die defendant, and alleged (hut linn Inger, or Ray, "obtained a divorce from her in Clioy. enne, in which state he was not legal resident." Want H. S. Principals to Favor Rugbv SAORAMKNTO, Dee.

ii. An effort will be made at the slate high school principals' convention, to be held at Riverside, December "7 to "0. to commit the delegates to Rugby football as preferable to the American game in the hiuh schools of California, according in information obtained by Will Wood, state commissioner of secondary schools. Wood says that, while it is questionable what the outcome of ibis attempt will be, if (here is a decision one way or the other, il probably will be in favor of Rugby, which is favored by many principals as being less dangerous and more open as to play than American foot ball. STEEL ORDERS INCREASE.

NKW VORK. Dec. t'utilled orders of the United States Steid Corporation for the mouth ending November 30 last were 1 tons, an increase of tons over the preceding month. This establishes a new record for unfilled orders of the corporation. C.

PROBE III NEW YORK IMMEDIATELY High Prices in Detroit Will Be Investigated by the Government This Week Local Combination of Dealers and Brokers Blamed for Excessive Charges Efleets of Activity Against High Costs Already Apparent in Many Sections WASHINGTON, Pee. Federal grand jury investigations in the high cost of living were ordered today by Attorney General Gregory to begin at once in New York and in Detroit next week. Similar investigations in Cleveland. Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis and other points are under consideration.

Frank M. Swncker, an assistant attorney general In the New Haven case ill take charge of the New Haven investigation. brokers' Combines. Reports to the Department of Justice from its Held force ot investiga- lors Indicate, officials Bald, the widespread existence of combinations ot brokers and dealers in foodatuft's aJiid coal to force prices Most ot these alleged combinations were said to be local In character. All tint a concerning them will probably be submitted to grand juries.

In the West. in uddltjon to the grand.jury invefj- tigiition" in the Bast and Middle West, ofilcinls are considering the advisability of starting similar proceedings In the Northwest aud far Western states. It Is likely this latter proposal will be held in abeyance until the investigations more definitely contemplated are in full swing. Activities of alleged food and coul speculators are said to have extended as far south as the Mexican border and to have included virtually every section of the country. Closely related to their alleged activities is the shortage at freight cars, information hearing ou which Is being compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission for use in the investigation.

Before Wilson. The plan or procedure approved by the attorney general probably will be placed today before Presideut Wilson. United States Attorney Anderson of Huston, directing the Investigation, was told at the White House that if pressure of other business permitted the President would see him. Mr. An Icrsoii held a long conference today with oflicials of the Agricultural Department, and was given a mass of in- miiiiatloii relating to foodstuffs bold in rel'ricerat ing and other storage plants throughout the country.

Tbo subject continued to command aUcuum ui Congress. Increased. Secretary Red field submitted petition which lie oudorsed from 350 ployes of Hie census bureau for in crease in salaries. Secretary Baker submitted a recommendation for an increase in money allowed for food for enlisled men and other patients at army hospitals because of the increased costs. Another inquiry will be proposed in the House Monday, when Representative Sabath of Illinois expects lo introduce a bill directing the Department of Justice to investigate the cost of sugar.

BREAD PRICES AGAIN FIVE AND TEN CENTS AT CHICO. CI11CO. Vice. Loaves of bread were restored today to the former a and lucent prices by every baker in Chico. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION 4 BRINGS DROP IN EGG PRICES IN DENVER.

DKNVF.R, Dec. -Kggs dropped -I cents a dozen on the local niarkei. Dealers explained that the decrease was due to federal invstigation in Hasten! cities. Fresh eggs were selling at 60 cents a and storage eggs at cents. SHARK SKIN MAY BE USED AS SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. of shark skins as a substitute for leather is being investigated by the United States bureau of fisheries as a possible solution of the high cost of animal skins. Already, says a bureau statement today, an acceptable leather is being made from shark skins in some foreign countries and in the I'nited Slates there has been limit- demand for the skins as coverings for small art icles. DANISH SHIP SUNK. LONDON.

Dec. 0. 1 p. reports the sinking of the Danish ste Sigurd. 1.109 tons gross, and of the liritish steamships Averlstan, sis tons, Conch, tons and Tanfield..