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TIMES, TWELVE PAGES LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1915 TWELVE PAGES He Plans a Republic of Labor A Summary of Day's War 'News GREECE TOLD BY ALLIES TO TRKE OFFICIALS MYOTIC BEGIN ATI TO tg Idea Urged By HHERSTOO MUCH FOR KAM5AS; PILE UP BIO SCORE WAVED Al FLAG IN TO SI DEFINITE STAND Chief Interest In military operations continue to center upon the Balkans. Field Marshal ran Macken-sen's forces, fighting their -way step by step from the north, are grad- nally. eating Into the ground over phlch lies the Serbian line of retreat. The Serbians, fighting as they are now In the monntaln reeions. however, seem to be hold in the in- vaders to slower progress.

Southern Serbia increasing resistance by the Serbian forces oppos- ing the Bulgarians and the increasing activity of the Franco-British forces give hope to military observers In the allied capitals that the enveloping operations by which the Serbians seemed likely to be cut oft from retreat, may not after all succeed. Allied operations around the Vardar River are reported to be bringing results helpful to the Serbian, particularly In. the neighborhood of Veles. Teutonic submarine activity continues In the Mediterranean. Announcements from London of the loss of merchant vessels seldom reveal where the sinking took place, but several steamers reported today as having gone down, apparently met their fate in Mediterranean waters.

Of thette the British steamer Den of Cromble of 6,500 tons, was the largest. Loss of life, however, appar ently was Involved In the sinking of the Italian steamer Flrenxe, off the Egyptian coast, six passengers and Cornhuskers' again demonstrated fifteen of the crew being reported their superiority over anything in the missing. way of football teams in this section The latest Petrograd statement lndl- I cates that the Teutons are losing of the map. There was no stopping, ground in the neighborhood of Riga after the first quarter, of the rush-and apparently had little chance, at ing, plunging tactics of the Nebras- least, of immediate success, fore-! Time after time the Corn John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

John D. Rockefeller, has worked out a plan which he believes will promote the best interests of. employes and employers in the Colorado mines. This plan provides that the workmen shall have a union not affiliated wiu any other, that it shall elect representatives to meet with the employers and that at these meeting the matter of wages, conditions of labor, shall be worked out to the best interests of all concerned, and not according to the ideas of a walking delegate possibly not acquainted with the situation. Rockefeller Jr.

F1HENZE FIRED ON Austrian Submarine Appears Suddenly and First Shot Destroys Ship's Steering Gear. 20 Iff OPEN BOAT ARE MISSING. Paris, Nov. 13. The Rome correspondent of the Havas Agency sends the following regardmg the sinking of the Italian steamer Firenze: "Details of the destruction of the Firenze have been received by thie Messagero.

The Firenze was eteam-lng along: In beautiful weather and with a calm sea when a submarine slowly rose near the ship's course and fired a gun. All the passengers an the crew which was made up largely of East IndKns. crowded to the deck. "The submarine, showing the Austrian flag, came close to the stea-mer and destroyed the ship's steering gear by a swot. The commander- of the submarine ordered that everyone take to the boats as the vessel was about to be sunk.

Six boats were launched ana in mese every person found a place. Upon the first boat arriving In Syracuse, an Italian destroyer was sent in search of the others. All the boats bave now been found except one with six passengers, one of whom is a woman and fourteen of the crew. The weather continues fine." The Firenze, which was the best and most modern stea-ner belonging to the Compagnla Marltlma and cost $1,000,000. left Syracuse on Tuesday for Alexandria.

G. W. REPORT SHOWS REVENUES DECREASED. Topeka, Nov. 18.

The annual report of the Chicago Great Western Railroad filed today wlthi the Kansas Ml IE AUSTRIAN ENVOY DENIES CHARGES ATTEMPT Survivor Says Lanrino Leaped to Rail and Tried to Warn U-Boat Commander. LIKE A CLAP OF THUNDER Passengers Were Dancing When Noise Is Heard, and Pandemon inm Is Let Loose Italy Wants U. S. to Enter Protest Rome, Nov. 12.

Giovanni Martini of Reggio, Calabria, a survivor of tht Ancona, in describing the scenes al the sinking of the liner, said that th first note of warning to the pass engers in the steerage, who were dancinging and listening to musio at the time, was a sound that was taken to be a clap of thunder. "The ship slowed down," said Martini, "but the music continued until a ripping sound was heard, followed by a woman's scream. Everybody then -seemed to understand what was happening, and pandemonium was let loose. "I shall never forget the American, Pasquale Laurino, who had tho courage to put himself in evidence by mounting the deck railing. Standing upright, he waved a large American flag in a desperate effort to save the ship by showing that there were Americans on board.

I don't know what became of him. I think he was killed as he disappeared suddenly." URGE U. S. TO PROTEST. A lengthy conference between For-' iegn Minister Sonnino and Thomas Nelson Page, the American ambassador, is believed to have brought about a full exchange of views con- cerning the Ancona.

The nature of the conversation has not been revealed, but there is reason to believe that the Italian viewpoint was fully presented, reflecting a strong feeling that the sinking of the limr was such a flagrant breach of international law. that neutral governments should adopt an energetic course to secure complete reparation. Ambassador Page was advisad of the sinking of the Firenze today even before the official announcement was made public. This additional incident following closely that of the Ancona, has increased official and public indigation to an intense degree. NO OFFICIAL FACTS.

Washington, Nov. 13. All efforts of the United States government to learn the circumstances under which the Italian liner Ancona was sunk with a loss, it is believed, of several American lives, thus fa? have been without result. Although it was at first believed that the Italian censorship was re-sible for the delays, officials now are coming to believe that the inaccessibility of those who were res cued and the conflicting and incoherent statements made by them has caused Italian authorities to make a thorough investigation before furnishing Ambassador Page with a report. ELLSWORTH AIDS GREAT BE5D.

Check for $L11S First of Fund to Be Raised. Great Bend, Nov. 13. A check for $1,118 was turned over to the needs of the devastated district, wrecked in Wednesday night's tornado, tonight by Mayor G. 0.

Spiers and Clint Johnson; a banker, both of raised. The work of cleaning up in the storm's path is 'progressing with all possible speed. It was announced tonight that one unit of the power plant probably would be in operation Wednesday, sufficient for the city's ordinary needs. With the death of Mrs. Marion Johnson today, the death total of the city was raised to eight POLITICS M) PLACE FOR TARIFF, GOMPERS HOLDS San Francisco, Nov.r 13.

Elimination of the tariff question from party politics and placing it entirely in the hands of scientific men, was advocated today by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, addressing the Commonwealth -Club of San Francisco. Mr. Gompers said the United States should prepare against the influx ot immigration expected from Europe at the end of the war. He said he "wa3 not prepared to indorse the plan for a large army and navy, bnt looked forward to the day of peace. PUCE THE I The Five Desperate Convicts From State Prison, Apparently, Make Good Their Escape.

CODDING STARTS A PROBE Assistant Attorney General Lindsay vfill Assist in Placing Blame for Sensational Delivery from Kansas Penitentiary. The mystery that shrouds the escape Friday night of five of Lansing's worst prisoners has not been: pene trated, even following the prelimin ary examination which institut ed yesterday by Warden J. K. Codding. The prisoners are gone and aside from the fact that it was thought they were seen running past the brick yard north of the prison a short time following the delivery, nothing else has been heard of them.

Judge Frank P. Lindsay, assistant attorney general, announced last night that he would go to Lansing to day and would assist Mr. Codding in the investigation. Mr. Codding said Friday night, a few hours following the delivery, that he intended to hold a sweeping investigation and that he believed the mystery surrounding the sensational escape of the convicts would be solved.

At a late hour last night the pris on was communicated with and the night captain declared that no trace of the men had been found. Several armed guards are still; scouring Leav enworth County in the hope of secur ing some trace of the men, but it is believed that they have made good their escape from this vicinity and are now many miles away from this section of the country. Mr. Codding remained at his office in the prison all of Friday night and -yesterday i morning he appeared on the scene and personally took charge of the i search. DESCRIPTIONS SENT OUT.

This entire section has been flood ed with photographs and descriptions of the men who escaped. Aside from this, the prison authorities have communicated by telephone wiih practically every sheriff, chief of po lice and official of towns and cities within a radius of one hundred Of this city. Mr. Codding instructed those who are in pharge of this part of the search to notify the officials that the men at liberty are the worst that had been confined in the institution and that they are desperate men and would not hesitate to commit any crime that would benefit them in their attempt to escape the clutches of the pursuers. Yesterday at the prison Mr.

Codding began his investigation and from his preliminary actions it is surmised that the probe will be a detailed one. Every officer who is associated with the south cell win? from which the men escaped is to be examined, according to the announcement made by the warden, and that no official will be spared in order to make the examination complete. Warden Codding is of the belief that the convicts were given assistance or else their escape would not have been as sucessful as it was. He has not announced what his suspicions are, but from what he declared at the prison Friady night it Is taken that the convicts might have been aided from the inside. FARMERS ON THE WATCH.

Practically every farmer in Leavenworth and Platte counties were alert yesterday in an endeavor 10 apprehend the escapes. Many telephone calls were received at ths prison advising the officials that it had been reported in various localities that two or more of the men were seen. Each of these reports was Investigated. It was reported fro.n Wt sott yesteray afternoon that two of the convicts were in hiding near that plaie. An employe of the Kan sas City-Western railway is said to have seen the men and guards were quickly dispatched to that place but failed to find any trace cf the escapes.

William LaTrasse, who is thought to be the leader of the men who escaped, is declared by the prison authorities to be one of the mo it desperate men ever confined in a penal institution and every effort is being made to apprehend him. LaTrasse, who is said to. be the man who murdered Ambrose Donohue, Leavenworth merchant policeman, in the Missouri Pacific freight yards several years ago, and who later robbed a Missouri Pacific passenger train, lived in Kansas City, and the officials there have advised by the prison officials tj keep a diligent watch in the neighborhood where he once lived Frank Miller No. 4, alleged murderer of Frank Miller No. 2, is another of the escapes who the prison officials fear.

These two men, it is believed, will forfeit their lives rath! ve captured and returned to the prison. BLAME Jumbo Stiehm's Great Scoring1 Machine JTever in Danger Count np Total of 33 Points. CHAMBERLAIN THE STAR Big Nebraska End Tears Off Long Bans and Scores Three Touch-downs Rutherford Also a Factor in Decisive Victory. (BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT.) Lawrence, Nov. 13.

Ruther- ford, Chamberlain, et were a trifle too much for K. U. to handle today. That "trifle' amounted to 33 points and not one of them was acquired Dy the Jayhawkers. Jumbo Stiehm's husker backs carried the ball through for long gains and their forward passes were long spirals, perfectly placed, that gave them at least two their touchdowns Only the opening period was Kansas able to Save its goal line.

And then it was after a "bonehead" play Dy Nielsen had allowed the Nebraskans to take the ball to the Jayhawkers 3-yard line, where they were held, mainly through the ability of Tony James to mix into every play. In the second quarter the first play was' a forward pass, Caley to Chamberlain, and the big. Cornhusker end tore over for the first touchdown, Corey kicked the goal. CHAMBERLAIN SHINES. Again in the same quarter, after Kansas had had possession of the ball a short time, the, Cornhuskers carried it up close to the goal line and Chamberlain went over on wide end run.

Nebraska's sweeping onslaughts on the wings of the Kansas line, with fine interference, were almost impossible for the Jayhawkers to it appeared. Corey kicked another goal making the score 14 to 0. In the third quarter Nebraska also scored two touchdowns. The first Chamberlain ran through the entire Kansas team for fifty-one yards. It was the longest run of the game and the big Nebraska star shook ofi four or five tacklers with almost absurd ease.

It had been said of that without Rutherford to run interference Chamberlain would not be able to gain. This run, however, shewed that argument to he a fallacy. Corey missed the goal and the score was 20 to 0. After the Kansas team made a couple of long gains by way of a fumbled punt and forward pass, Nebraska held and then took the ball down the field again. Gardiner went over for the fourth touchdown.

Corey, kicked goal ADD ANOTHER. Just to show that scoring was easy, the Cornhuskers added another touchdown In the last quarter. It was Captain Rutherford who carried the ball over. Chamberlain missed the punt out and the score stood 33 to 0. Kansas made several desperate attempts during the last quarter to score on the Cornhuskers and gained first down several times.

The Nebraska line was too however, and the Kansas advance always was halted before the danger zone was reached. Only once during the game was K. U. within Nebraska's ten yard line. That was in the third quarter.

A series of forward passes was tried in an, effort to gain a score, but they were broken up by Stiehm's men. The most glaring fault on the part of Olcott's men was their miserable tackling. It was not until Wood went in at quarter back that any cf the Kansans hit their opponents low in the open field Woody's tackling was of a sensational order and the little quarterback never missed his man. KANSAS OUTCLASSED. It was clearly a case of Kansas be ing outclassed.

That was apparent almost from the start. During the game the writer had a talk with Coach Schulte of Missouri, who was doing scout duty. The Tigers' mentor made the statement that Kansas needed ten more men like Jame? in order to get a team capable of defeating Nebraska. The Jayhawk captain was game only for the (Continued On Page Twelve.) Entente Powers Sound Premier as to Attitude in Case Balkan Forces Are Defeated. SITUATION HELD SERIOUS Dissolution of Parliament by Sing Constantino Tiewed With Misgivings Kitchener Errand a Diplomatic One! London Nor.

14. (12:15 A. An Athens dispatch November 12, to Reuter's Telegram Company, says: "The British, French and Russian ministers today interviewed the prem ier and demanded that Greece define the atttiude she would observe in the event of the allied forces seeking refuge in Greece territory in case of a reverse in Serbian Macedonia. They insisted that no distinction be made between the Anglo-French and their Serbian alles. "The Greek reply is not known, but in view of the good will evident on both' sides, the conviction prevails that a satisfactory solution will be reached." London, Nov.

13. Although London refuses to share the consternation which the dissolution of the Greek chamber has caused in France, no attempt is made to minimize the seriousness of the situation nor the fact that. King Constantino's action has put a definite quietus on all hope of Greek co-operation in the near future. KITCHENER TO ACT? i The Greek king's suppression of the majority in the chamber, of which M. Venizelos is the leader, is not regarded here as a definite step toward fulfilling a secret compact with the central powers.

On the other hand, the present situation makes it obvious that whatever kindly intentions Greece entertains towards the entente powers must await the new elections which are more than a month off, for fulfillment. The report that Lord Kitchener, secretary for war, has been sent on a mission to King Constantino, to whom he will offer new proposals, I has received no confirmation, but the coincidence kt his? departure with the king's resolution to dissolve the chamber, makes the supposition plausible. The report also gains interest from the announcement from several sources that an Austro-Ger-man mission has already arrived at Athens to formulate a definite understanding1 between Greece and the central powers. RUMANIA GETS BIDS." At the same time, the Rumanian king is said to be receiving deputations from both belligerents, but the positon of Greece and Rumana, despite diplomatic pressure, is still unmodified. Beyond the -German announcement of the capture of the passes and heights of Jastrebac, carrying slightly further southward, the 'Serbian drive of the Austro-Germans, there has been no recent achievement on either side in the Serbian campaign.

French cavalry patrols" are reported to have surrounded but the Bulgarians still hold the town. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg's campaign in the Riga-Dvinsk region appears to have definitely ended and the counter-movement of the Russian armies under General Ruzsky is gaining momentum. First Snow In Kansas. Topeka. Nov.

13. Flurries of sleet and snow, driven by a northwest wind, tonight were general over central and northern Kansas. Preceding the storm, the temperature dropped nearly twenty degrees in an hour, resulting in the first freezing temperatures of the season over most of the area covered. Hail fell for a short time at Hiawatha, during the early part of the storm. The snowfall, the first of the season in Kansas, was light.

Churchill to Front Next Week. London, Nov. 14. (2:31 A. Winston Spencer Churchill, whos'e resignation from the chancellorshrp of the Duchy of Lancaster in the British cabinet, was announced Friday 'will leave next Wednesday to Join his regiment in France, according to the Weekly Dispatch.

In ing their way either to Riga oi Dvlnsk. Italian attacks on Gorilla are contin uing and according to Rome, are making progress as also fs the of- fenslve on the Carso front. No gains for General Cadorna-s forces are con- ceded by Vienna, however. In FTance and Belgium, operations are i of a minor nature, Paris reporting omy artuiery ana grcno fighting. OUTLAW BANDS ARE BROKEN UP? After Two Weeks of Quiet, It Is Believed.

Mexican Bandits Are Scattered. -Brownsville, Nov. 13 two weeks of quiet on the Texas border, the belief prevails that the outlaw bands who have wrought havoc at various times since last July, causing deaths among American soldiers and cltisens, and destruction of property have been broken up. A resident of Brownsville who has been investigating the various outbreaks end who has possessed a better idea than the ordinary citizen as to the number and rendezvous of the bandits, said tonight he believed that there were only two combined bands of marauders in existence. One 0" these containing five men, was hid pn in thp brush Alpvpn miles frrvn here and the Becond, eight in num- Ser.

'in theTorthTnd It tie cou, forty-five miles from here. He ex pressed the opinion that no further trouble might be expected unless the bands succeeded in uniting. This Is not considered probable. Luis De La Rosa, alleged leader of the bandits upon whose head there is a reward of $1,000 by the state of Texas, was again mentioned in border gossip today as frequenting Mat-amoros, the Mexican town opposite here, although not as openly as formerly. Carranza authorities in Mat-amoros claim to be making efforts to arrest him.

SHIP AND ALL ON BOARD ARE LOST? Report Received in Duluth Says Lake Steamer Has 3Iet With Disaster. Duluth, Nov. 13. The steamer Charles A. Luck, until recently as the City of Berlin, has been lost with all hands, according to a report that reached here today.

The report has not been verified, but G. A. Tomlinson, who had the steamer under charter to carry grain from Duluth to Buffalo, said he feared that the' report is true. The message did not give the location of the wreck. MUNDAY OFFERED TO ENTER PLEA OF GULLTT Morris, 111., Nov.

13. E. J. Raber, chief prosecutor in the trial of C. B.

Munday, charged with conspiracy to wreck the La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, of which he was vice-president, said today that overtures had been made him by Munday's counsel offering to have the banker plead guilty and take a fine of $2,000 each on two or three counts against him if assured there would be no penitentiary sentence imposed and the remainder of the 29 indictments quashed. rWhen I did not jump at such a chance," said Raber, "my attention was called to the benefits', of such a plan in the prosecution of Lo rimer and other persons under indictment in the Baron Zwledenek Declares, Falso Stories of Intrigue by Consuls In America, GORICAR SEEKS HUSH MONET! Washington, Nov. 13. Baron Erich Zwiedinek, charge of the Austro-Hungarian embassy, called at the State Department today and denied in person for his government, the published charges of Goricar, formerly of the Austrian consular service, that Austrian consulates in the United States were "hotbeds of propaganda" for fomenting strikes in munitions plants. The charge submitted data regarding the record of Dr.

Goricar and inquired what legal steps, if any, would be taken against the former consul. He was told that the Department of Justice already was investigating. After the charge's conference with Acting Secretary Phillips at the State Department, the Austro-Hungarian embassy gave out a statement de claring that Dr. Goricar offered to discontinue his utterances against Austro-Hungary should he be allowed a monthly sum of money. Tt characterized Dr.

Goricar as "one of those happily very limited number of Austro-Hungarian officials who, impressed with the overwhelming combination of powers forming a threatening circle around the two central powers, thought it best at the outbreak of the war to leave in time what they thought a sinking ship and offer their services to the other side." That these services must not have been valuable until now," the statement continued, "is shown bj the almost destitute condition ia which Goricar was reported to have been at different places in the "United States. Later in New York he offered one of the officials, a consulate-general, to give up all activity against Austro-Hungary if he was to receive an allowance of $20 to $30 monthly. This offer naturally categorically refused." was A YILLA FORCE DEFEATED. General Diepez Wins Tictory Over Taqnls at Carbo. Douglas, Nov.

13. Gen. P. Elias Calles tonight announced the receipt of an official dispatch stating that Gen. Francisco Urbalejo, commanding Villa's Yaqui Indians, was defeated Thursday by General Die-guez at Carbo, thirty miles north of Hermosillo.

General Calles stated that the dls-natch said the Yaquis were retreat- I ing northward in disorder and that an engine was sent by Villa from No-gal es to bring the artillery section north. Founder of a Church Dead. Los Angeles, Nov. 13. Rev.

Dr. Phineas F. Breese, who founded twenty years ago, Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. died at his liome here today aged 77 Utilities Commission, shows a decrease Ellinwood, a neighboring town. Weap-of $429,053.8 in operating revenues lnS apparel was brought and it was for the fiscal year, 'ihls to offset by 8tated more funds were retrenenments in the operating expen- ses totaling $477,067.23.

During the year the road, paid interest on a Donded Indebtedness of $37,934,000. It paid no dividends-on Its capitalization of but turned $868,193.72 into the profit, and loss account. Increasing the accumulated surplus to $4,524,254. The road's operating revenues totalled $13,920,684.71. IXTERSED FORx MONTHS.

Lutheran Missionary, American, Was Held by British. St. Louis, Nov. 13. Rev.

Rhein- hold Freche, for twenty-four years an Evangelical Lutheran missionary in India, returned to St. Louis today after being detained In India for three months by the British authorities. Freche started for St. Louis on June 24 and boarded a Dutch steamer. He was taken off at Hong Kong and interned for three month's.

His whereabouts were unknown here, but inquiries through the American State Department brought out the information that he had been.