Nogales Daily Herald, 1915-12-10

CROWDS BREAK WINDOWS (By Associated Press.) PARIS. Dec. 10. - A Seurich, Switzerland, dispatch states that violent demonstrations favoring peace have occured in Berlin. The police charged the crowds when store and case were smashed. Soldiers in the crowds were active in the demonstration. PEACE MANIFESTATION IN GERMANY (By Associated Press.) BERNE, Dec. 10. - Peace manifestations occurred in Berlin, Dresden and Leipsic, according to the German correspondent at Tagwacht. and adds that the conviction prevails only that the revolutionary outbreak is to force the government to make peace. SOCIALISTS SUPPORT GERMAN CHANCELLOR (By Associated Press.) BERLIN. Dee. 10. - The Socialist deputy. Otto Landis Landisberg, - berg, Landisberg, speaking in the Reichstag, approved the chancel chancellor's - lor's chancellor's speech as a reasonable invitation to the Allies to in initiate - itiate initiate peace negotiations. FRENCH AND BRITISH EVACUATE SERBIA (By Associated Press) BERLIN. Dec. 10. - The French aud British forces sent to aid tin* Serbians have now completely evacuated Ser Serbian - bian Serbian territory, according to information received at mili military - tary military headquarters. The Bulgarians captured ten guns from the British in the battle in southwestern Serbia. MORE FIRES OF ALLIES SUPPLIES ERIE, Dee. 10. - Two elevators with half a million bushels of wheat awaiting shipment to the Allies, were destroyed by fire today. The loss will aggregate $750, 000. An investigation has been requested. GARRISON'S NATIONAL DEFENSE REPORT WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - Secretary Garrison has published in serial the national defense report of the army general staff. showing the army itself considers that the security of the United States required a mobile force of a million and a half of trained or partially train trained - ed trained men. A hundred and twenty-one thousand should be with the colors and 379.000 for a reserve continental army, to be trained three months in each year for three years, making, with the reserve, half a million trained men. Tin* cost will be $354,000,(MK) for the first year. AN $11,000,000 ARMOR PLATE FACTORY WASHINGTON, Doe. 10. - Bills for the establishment of an $11.000.000 government armor plate factory v introduced simultaneously in House and Senate tl. morning.

VILLA ESCAPES OBREGON'S NET (By Associated Press.) EL PASO, Dec. 10. - Juarez officials this morning con confirmed - firmed confirmed the arrival of Villa, with two thousand men, at Madera, Chihuahua, and said he was en route to Chihua Chihuahua - hua Chihuahua City. FRONTERAS REFUGEE REACHES DO (By Associated Press) DOUGLAS, Dec. 10. - John Cunningham, the homa attorney, was found today in an exhausted tion eigahteen miles south of here. No trace was of the other Americans who fled from Frontei as. RAMON VILLA LOBOS TO HANG (By Associated Press) PHOENIX, Dec. 10. - Final preparations are being made for the hanging of Ramon Villa Lobos at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Villa Lobos, who will be the first man executed since Arizona became a state, has prepared him himself - self himself for death. STRIKERS HOLD UP TRAINS ON A. & N. M. RY. (By Associated Press.) PHOENIX, Dec. 10. - One hundred and fifty men held up two trains on the Arizona and New Mexico railroad three miles out of Clifton yesterday. They searched for men reported going into the strike-bound copper mining district, according to messages received by Governor Hunt from railroad officials, who said that the trains were allowed to proceed after the passengers and train trainmen - men trainmen had been searched. The governor telegraphed to. Sheriff Cash and Captain Hall of the militia, urging them to prevent a recurrence. One of the trains was a freight, and was thoroughly searched. ANOTHER PROHIBITION DECISION OLYMPIA, Dec. 10. - The state supreme court tod.r. affirmed the decision of the lower court upholding :! validity of the prohibition amendment adopted O' November election, 1914. The law will becom- einriiv the first of the vear.

INCENDIARY EXPLOSIONS ARE RUNNING RAMPANT HOPWELL WIPED OUT BY FIRE (By Associated Press.) HOPWELL, Dec. 10. - This town is as bare as the cornfields in winter ond which was established a yeai ago, is the result of the fire yesterday and last night Thousands are homeless, and the loss will run to a mil lion dollars. Government agents have arrived to investi investigate. - gate. investigate. The Dupont munitions plant is undamaged, and resumed night and day work of turning out munitions for the Allies. BETHLEHEM STEEL EXPLOSION (By Associated Press.) SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Dee, 10. - An explosion in 11. Redington plant of the Bethlehem Steel company hen today resulted in the death of one workman, a miner, and injury to several others. The explosion was caused h\ a flash from a machine. THE TvIINNESOTA LIMPS INTO PORT (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELFS. Dec. 10. - The liner Minnesota, whose lisablement produces a big mystery, passed San I .dm n route to San Francisco, where she will put m F< r r pairs. Captain Garlick maintains a complete silenee - to the cause of the trouble. The liner will arrive at Sai Francisco probably Tuesday. SCHOOL GIRLS BARRED FROM SCHOOL GROUNI (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. - Four hundred students of four high schools, including many girls in the gradrat ing classes, were barred from the school gr und> They were members of "frats" which have been bann<'< by the school board.

military foices which could easily be obtained, and my opinion ami belief is that said property was taken for the purpose of denying to the students in said academy and seminary the benefits of a Christian education and of depriv ing priests of a proper means of live lihood, as well as for the purpose of hai assin 4 ihe priests in the exereist of then religious functions. I left Hermosillo to return to the United States, because I feared a return and a repetition of the outrages .previ ously committed upon the priests and religious of my church at Hermosilli and other places in Mexico within :b< past few years. FELIX COLLYMORE Subscribed and sworn to before m» this Sth day of December, 1915. JAMES D. BARRY, (Notarial Seal) Notary Public. My commission expires July 14, 191 s 10c I. R Documentary Stamp can celed. MEXICAN EDUCATORS GO HOME (By Associated Press.) NEW' YORK, Dec. 10. Eighty <-m prominent educators of Mexico, who have been visiting several American cities studying the educational system of this country, sailed for their homes yesterday. The teachers have been the recipients of many honors during their tour, having been received in special

Dieguez. At the time said buildings were taken, as aforesaid, four priests, including myself, and all of the stu students - dents students in the academy and in the semi seminary - nary seminary were driven out. The four priests went to live in the bishop's residence at Hermosillo, and there lived until the 6th day of December, 1915, when General Gavira, an officer in General Dieguez command, came to said bish bishop's - op's bishop's residence, about 9 o'clock in the morning of the said last mentioned day, with a body of troops and commanded us to leave said residence within six hours and take with us only necessaries. We obeyed said command and left said residence, which was immediately oc occupied - cupied occupied by officers of General Dieguez' army. The four priests referred to are the following: Father Martin Portela t » ho was a teacher in the seminary referred to; Father Jose Matencio, who was a teacher in the academy referred to; Father Bibiano Soto, who was a teacher in the seminary referred to, and my self.

CLOSE A 810 0. S. A. MEAT CONTRACT. E. A. Tovrea and son, who own a number of meat markets in Arizona, motored over from Bisbee yesterday to make the final arrangements for -vp plying the United States soldiers olio are located here with meat for the next six months. Mr. Tovrea's meal c.m tract with the United States army reads from the first of the year. In ad dition to supplying this camp with meat, he also will furnish the soldiers stationed at Naco and Douglas for the same length of time. Mr. Tovrea states that the business conditions in every section of Arizona are on the and exceed all expectations of the business num, regardless of what line they are handling. Mr. Tovrea returned to Bisbee today. BOY AND GIRL FARMERS (By Associated Press) ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 10. The farmer boys and girls of four states are making a lively bid for the prizes which are offered at the third annual Interstate Agricultural and Industrial Congress, which opened here yesterday. .prizes amount to moye tb»u |3OQO-

NOGALES, Sonora (Obregon's Headquarters), Dec. 10. - The Carranza forces under command of Generals Calles and Flores defeated, in an all-day battle, the Villa forces under the command of General Rodriguez at San Joaquin yesterday. General Calles had under his com command - mand command about 3500 men. while General Rodriguez is be believed - lieved believed to have had about 3000. The Villa forces are re reported - ported reported to have become panic-stricken and fled from the field in disorder, leaving their dead and wounded behind, also 21 cannon, with thousands of rounds of ammunition. General Flore's was slightly wounded in the engagement, but continued at the head of his troops, following up the Villa forces as they fled from the field. After the en engagement - gagement engagement had ended, General Calles and General Flores rode over the battlefield and reported the number of dead as actually counted at 300 and the wounded at 600.

All the buildings, furniture and fix fixtures - tures fixtures of the academy, seminary and bishop s residence hereinbefore men mentioned, - tioned, mentioned, as well as the grounds belong ing thereto, are now in the possession of the officers and soldiers of the Car ranza army, and have been confiscated by the officers named, and no rent has been paid for the use of said build ings and furniture, nor is proper care being taken of said buildings and fur niture. Father Matencio, myself and im mother, Albertina Collymore, left Iler mosillo the morning of December 7 1915, and reached Nogales, Arizona, this morning about 12:30 o'clock Fathers Portela and Soto are still al Hermosillo, and are living in private houses there. There was no necessity for the taking of the buildings hereinbefore mention ed, as there are in Hermosillo many