Ito'lfltlS ®riiwitt101.1. by The Tribun« Associât!«^

Vol. LXXIII....NO. 24,479. TuilH'"Zn^r¡:iTe^rmXni,:UU NEW-YORK, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.-SIX PAKTS «>8 PAGES. PRICK FIVE CENTS.

SAYS SHE KILLEDMARSHALL FIELD, JR.Shot líim in Quarrel, Ad¬mits Chorus Girl, Baring

Chicago Mystery.

CONFESSION MADEBY VIOLA GILMORE

Tragedy Followed Night ofRevelry.Victim Secretly-

Taken Home.

B] Telegraph to The Tribune. ]Los Angel« Nov. 22..The mystery

In the death of Marshall Field. Jr..In ChlCS**"*) in November. IMS, wasrlearffi Op to-day, according to a mn-

(SSSli r; marlo hy Mrs. Vrr.-i Scott, WHSof Lloyd D. Bcott, ;i Kansas Citymiisiclan. Re-«!«"«*-? killing the son of theChica****« merchant she confessed thatajM k.*I*?rl hfr second husband. RrosPresser, of Cleveland, because he tor¬

mented her after she had obtained a

divorce from him. This crime, she sa vs.

took place at Lihhy. Mont., and theJury acquitter] her within six minutos.Mrs. Scott was arrested yesterdav. ac¬

cused of blackmailing wealthy Pasa¬dena and Los Angolés men.

"I cleaned up .S«*<0.*YiO in Just eightmonth*« of these follows." she told thepolice, "and did not use any black¬mailing methods either. They are Justea«y. Al! men are, for that matter."Kno-nn on the stage as Viola Gil-

more, though shf admitted that shenever got beyond the second line In thechorus, she was nevertheless throwninto contact *<\ith many rich men.

**I entered my stage career in NewYork.-' she told the police to-day. .'Itdi*" nr'* take me long to learn the world.Why should it° The first man I 'got'was poor Loafs Clarkson. I marriedhim. He's dead now. poor soul! Hemat. a Wall Street broker, and I didlike the wsy he spent his money.

Introduced to Field."After «"'larkson came Rees PlOSSSf

He was the son ol Thomas Prosser. ofCleveland, a coal king of that country,worth n.any millions We got alongwell until he became savage Besides,)I granted more freedom, so i t>>ok it.I wen» to Chicago. One day, while I.was sitting in the Annex grill, a rich

rk brew«r amo up to my tableand tiilc: me h- wanted me to meet

some friends I had known him in

Jira y ark City."He Introduced me to a noted actor

and Marshall Field, Jr. Well. Fi.ldtook a fancy to me. I told him who I

was and that I was going under the

name «if Vera Leroy. That's the mys¬terious and beautiful Vera, the French

girl, thai area mentioned later in con¬

nection with his death."After I had been in his company half

a dozen times, perhaps, he said that

he was going to have a real rarty forme. I laughed and said, 'Hurry.'"Well, the party arrived. It almost

made me dizzy to see him spend money

that night. At last he said, 'Now, we

will go to the dub.''The next thins *he cab took us to

a magnificent place in Dearborn street.Field teemed to be known. Every one

called him by name. Finally we quar¬relled. As I Jumped up. I rememberedhe had a gun and got possession «>f it.

Shot with Own Revolver."I was inflamed with drink and crazy

mad. I aimed the gun at Field andtold him to stand aside. The triggermu*-t have been very finely set, for it

lulled before I intended."Marshall Field fell, mortally hurt.

Vera other persons saw the shooting.

Continued on se rond r«g*. Mxth rolnmn.

This Morning's News.LOCAL Page

Carlisle Now ¡'mtf «harges. 1¡"und. 1

Farnurr.6 Hit by Auto. 1H'lp Huerta. Ssys Prince. 2White Questions Lmlarjío Right.... 2Wif-uarii Fijfhts Antl-Tixer Tide. 3t. M. C A. Workers Osl Kxtia I»ay.. 5Uptown "Santa" Kands in Jail. SMoore Horses Win Victory. 6Denies Política in Hoard.11

boots Ii Oueel of « -i ty.isValu»-- Leal Wife at $'.'"»'.'.000.13Grart witness Ventanee...iacioth Spongers Wla Strike.ia

OESEBAL.Deeteire Battle On In Mexico. 1Huerta Telia TrltMine Oil fields Safe. 1.spa .-tie Killed Marañan Field. Jr... 1Harvard Defeat*- Yale. 1Pear Ko (NI Troubles la Mexico. a«¦'ranee Think- Better of Huerta_ 3Torce Oil Camps lo Pay Tribute. 8.stvirnnnni.* PaaasM Canal. aBslSer Openg Lecture Tour. 3Glynn Worrying Officeholders. 3Gerrency Bill Reports Bobardttwd. 4Francis H, Savre «'..¦:-« Shopping.... 7

n BlaftMg Pin« hut foi Split.... 7Muther and «hiid Pound....M

rOKEIGN.Trouliles in .Matchmaking... 8

¦American«. Is Royal Parties. 8Thanksgiving Plans in London. 8Rritibh Knights Westward Hound_ 8Keyalty'a «"hrlstmae Cards. 8British Mvorre statistics. 8lelentlete Against Radluni Trust_ sg-spreeg Oppoeee Royal Divorce. 8

m Latía America. STariff Ruling Arouses French. S1 »It ReeltSS Political «'reed.... 8Rachel. Career Dramatized. 8Prsace Thinks More of Huerta. 8

MISCELLANEOUS.Editorial .JOMhsie . ixOMtaary .11Spsrtlnf BeCttos.Part 3Aiiny and Navy.Part 2. 8Weather.l'art 2. 7SMpplr.f l'art 2. 7K«**l Estate.Part *.1, 8, 3, 4 and 5-""inaneiai and Markets .Part 4.S, 7, 8

I LIVES SHOT THROUGH BRAINInvalid Pierces His Head from

Temple to Temple.Bamnac »Lake, S. v., Nov. 'J2..His

head *.i«-tr»-ii fn.ni tempi« t«. tempi«by a revolver bullet. Knight T. Rogerg,thirty-eight years «>1«1, a manufacturer

¡«if South Msnchsster, »Conn., is allvs to«night, hours after he shot himself.Rogers, who is an invalid, rame here

last July in search of health, and hasbien living with his wife at an expen¬sive apartment hotel. He went fer a

ride alone this morning and fired abullst into his hrain, aiming the re¬

volver by the aid of a hand mirror.Rosen's recovery Is considered Impos¬sible. The bullet passed through thefront lobe.» of his brain.

AUTO GOES OVER SEA WALLColt's Eadly Injured Foreman

Keeps Afloat an Hour.»Bristol, !.. I.. Nov. 22..An automo¬

bile plunged Into Narragansett Bay to¬

day over a sea wail on the eststc <.fSamuel p. Colt, presiden! of the United]States Kuh!.or Company, ¡inuringPhiness A Crspo, foreman of th- .--

täte, the only occupant of the car.Suffering from a broken leg. a pra¬

hle fractura at the ¦

as«- of th«* skulland Internal Injuries, he managed to

keep hi.-» head above water for nearlyan hour until he frag assisted by l.sr-ermen. He was removed t»> th" UnionHospital In Fall River. Mass., whrehe was placed on the dangerous li.->t.

MISSES LIBERTY BY FINGERBurglar Has One Amputated,

and Identity Ruse Fails.The finger print -vstcm has never

failed the Police Department and un¬

til yesterday afternoon it had never

even been question«-.!. Joseph Sntp'.e,a burglar, however, gars InspectorFaurot an uneasy ten minutes.The detectives found that they had

an impression of Sniple's finger tips, buttheir re'-ords showed that he had sixfingers on his left hand. Sniple wavedhis hatul. .Kith Its normal number ofdigits, in the faces of the officials andcontended that the record vindicatedhim. On close examination, however,It «aras found that ha had had the extra

finer amputated.Snipl.- and three other men were

found in the cellar of No. 170 Esst4th street yesterday and w« re capturedafter g struggle. All had records, andthey were locked up. charged with

»burglary.

FISH IN FOG ON FRANCEStewards Catch Five SharksWhile Ship Lies at Anchor.The French liner France, which an¬

chored near the Ambrose Channel1Lightship at noon yesterday, did not

land her passengers until 6:45 o'clocklast night. She was made a prisonerby a thick fog that accumulated aboutthe harbor soon after midnight Fridayand held up all ?t earn ships.While the vessel lay at anchor two

deck stewards put out fishing lines andhooked a three-foot shark and foursmall ones.

The Frar.re made her fray throughthe Narrows t<» Quarantine at ."> p. m.,

where sh» discharged 1,260 baga of

mail.t

BRYAN GOES OUTIN QUEST OF GORE

Sets Dove of Peace A-Flutter, butHe's Only After Ducks on

the Potomac.[Krin, Th» TrtbUM BVTSSS 1

Washington, Nov. __\.The Secrftaryof State revealed a predilection to-daythat h d n ver been dreamed of bymost people. He went duck shootingdown the F'otomac River. He startedoff abo.it noon, with the intention ofreturning this evening.His secretaries and close friends were

unable to say whether this was tiie

first time Mr. Bryan had ever shot atducks, and there was a noticeable t--*.-

den« y to put the soft pedal on blood-thirstiness so far as his afternoon offwas concerned.Young John Bryan Lesvltt, the >t<-

retary's grandson, wa8 responsible forthe sojourn. He marched Into theState Department about 11 o'clock thismorning with a shotgun on his shoulderand reminded his Krandpapa that hebad prOBnlsad to go hunting with himand that h«- was already late. Mr.

»Bryan looked over his desk, found

nothing important and then left th**

department with his grandson.There is hope In Washington to-night

that no dove of the Potomac has suf¬fi red to-day, even by accident.- »

ONE STRAW HAT IN BLOOMSummer Headgear at Football

Game Stirs Hackensack.I From Ths Trlhun«: CtSrfSSgSSJSSSt I

Hackensa« k. N. J, Nov. 22..It was

not an election bet, and William K.Heward, of State street. Ha» kensack,»annot understand why people were so

curious Just becaugg he won- his straw

hat to a football game at the OritantField Club here this afternoon, withthe thermometer at summer heat. Mr.Heward is a bookkeeper in New Yorkand a Spanish war veteran.To a friend Mr. Heward remarked

that he saw no harm in dressing ac¬

cording to the weather conditions.

97 Tons of Turkeyî Coming.ORilensburg N* y., Nov. .2-A BBsetgJ

express train left here to-day carrylngninety-aeven ton« of St. Lawrence t'ountyturkeys, value«) m OVer «*_o,r»>0, to NewYork and Hoston Thanksgiving markets.

CARLISLE NOWFACES CHARGES

State Highways Commis¬sioner Accused of Favor¬

ing Asphalt Trust.

COMPLAINT FILEDWITH GOV. GLYNN

Rival Company Involves McGuircand Sulzer in Attack.Whit«

man to Press It.

Charges against John N Carlisle.state Highways Commissioner, accus¬

ing him of dis« rlmtnatlon in favor pithe asphalt trust, wore Bled yesterdaywith Governor Glynn. The charge«were brought by Henry a. Rubtno,n'lnsel fur the Warnor-CJuinlan As¬

phalt Company, rival ot the Barber,Which is sometimes «.ailed the saphalltrustThese new charges Involve Qoorge H

IfcGuire, the Byracuss bonding agent.win« admitted gplittlng commissionswith Charles P Murphy. Jr.. hisbrother, .'.mies k. McGulre, «ine timeMayor ol s ra« use and once chairmanof the Democratic State committee,William Sulzer and others.District Attorney Whitman admitted

last night that tii<- charges hfl'i beenkniiwn to him for many days prior '«,

th«ir being filed with (Jovernor Glynn,who did not got them until Just beforehe took the train back to Albany yes¬terday afternoon.

What the Charges Are.

Ilucb of the matter contained in

thSSS -l.arKfs has bSSfl used in tin-John Doe investiga! inn. wl.lrh will becontinued to-morrow Pefure the grandJury, and arhtch will result, it is e\-

P« ted, ¡n th«- indi'tment of a formerupstate polltl« lan ami high ofllcibolder.The < iiarge.o Bled with Governor

Glynn alias«:That ..ii July ."> at 1* oV|o. k in the

sfternoon, following enfer* nee m theii" el 'tr igo, Cooperstown, N v .1

tel« bone message was sent to the Al«tany ofllce "f a high state official.That present at this conference «ere

John N Carlista, state Highways Com«mlssloner; William Bulser, then Oov«ernor; «.norge h. McGulre and a fourthman.That within one hour after the tel«-,

phone message was received al theoffice of the state onVla" telegramswere sent from Albany to about thirtystate road contractors telling themthat their bias would not be S< sptadbecause the material ape« Ifled saphalt«ras not up to standardThat these telegrams bore "he name

of Roy K. Kuller. COnfldl ntial agent ofJohn N. Carlisle. In J ist i« o to Mr.Puller it should be Stated that he has

repudiated the signatures to these tele¬grams.That on July B, or three dayg later, a

telegram was sent to the Warner«Quinlan Asphalt Companv, whose ma-

frlil these thirtv contra'tors int.-tilledusing, informing them that their as¬

phalt w;us nut uii to standard.These thirty-Odd telegrams were m

the possession «if ths Prawley com«mittee, and it is understood the com¬

mittee also had the Information con¬tained In the 'hnrges Bled by Mr. Ru-blno with. Governor Glynn, but justwhy it did not make use of the ma¬

terial is puzzling to District AttorneyWhitman.

In the charges filed with <";nvrrnor

Glynn it is alleged that James k. Mc¬Gulre, who for more than ten vears hasbeen known as a représentative of as¬

phalt interests, was in the office of theState Highways <"ommissi'>n in Albanyduring the time that the conference is

alleged to have bOOfl In progress In1...pi rstown.

Whitman to Take Action.

The District Attorney believes this

gives him Jurisdiction in the matterand that he will be able to pros«« ite

the matter to the end. regard!.tag ofwhat lames W. <toborne, specially ap¬pointed t«i prosecute upstate acts ofthis sort, may do.The District Attorney is COhvlnced

that he has complete Jurisdiction und r

the provisions «if Section 13. of thePenal Code, and does not look for anydispute as to his authority. He -j-f-J*«all before the grand Jury to-ninriownine men. including Flllnvre Condlt,sale« agent of th«- Union '»il Company,who has told Mr. Whitman .hat hecott«tributed **f*JS)0 to the Democratic statscommittee in lillJ, after James K. Mc-GulTS and his brother i'corge Visitedhim and suggested It "would he «coodbusiness" to contribute.

Albany, Nov. 22..Governor Glynn re-'fused to-night to indicate anything re¬

garding the nature of the allegationsagainst John H. Carlisle, State High¬way <'omniissloner. He expects to re¬

ceive <'arlisle's answer early next week."I think It would be very unfair to

Mr. Carlisle to make t h SS charges pub-li< before he has seen them and had an

opportunity to make whatever answer

to them h«- may desire." the (.«.verriorsaid "I probably shall submit th«mto him on Monday.

The « harges were handed me by an

attorney before I left New York to¬

day. I have read them over, in part,bul I shall n«*t say a single word about

the nature of the accusations nor ex-

press any opinion on them."_..-g

AIKEN.AUGUSTA-FLORIDA.SOUTHERN HAII.WAY Southeastern

Limited, leaves N. V. dally 11.81 p. rn.Dining, sleeping, compartment rars. ".Vritefor ropy of Winter Homes in the South.N V u'ftlce---*H Fifth Avenue .Advt.

HARVARD TRIUMPHSBY BRICKLEY'S TOE

Crimson Star Kicks YaleInto Submission by

15 to 5 Score.

CAMBRIDGE STADIUMDEDICATED AT LA*,T

Guernsey's Boot and Blander byO'Brien Make Up Total

for Blue.

By Herbert.fnv TVlf-Kraph to The Tribuno )

»ambridge. Mass.. «N'ov. 22..- Har¬vards bugs stadium is dedicated at

last bj B football victory over Yak-, It

has besn dsdlcated before, but not insu«-h a BStiafylng and substantial WS]for Harvard men. who to-night ;»r<* in

th. throe« of a rackety and exuberantcelebration,

Etrtckley did It Charles EdwardBrlckley, <>f Everett, Mass. This mar*vcl of football kicked flv« goals fromthe held, four by drop kick and «me

from pincement, .is Harvard triumphed<«ver Vale. It mattered not srtlSl the

dlstsnc« <»r what the angle, he «implybombarded the Yal<- goal post« and

grscefull) piled up 18 points t.. make a

Han aid holiday.Vale mad« a good fight; Vale always

.does, but the arms of Hlue followerswho cam« up from New Haven full >>fonfldenci in a long established andnun 1» Cherished tradition that Harvardeould not win .it football two year« in

auccession wer« forced to gecept whatlittle ( onsolation could be had from .".

points, th.- result of a brilliant drop'kick by Otts Ouerngey nnd h Bgfet)touchdown which O'Brien, Harvard':^dashing Wt end, generously offered,not as a little salve, but becaug" of aa

gioua blunder

42,000 in Monster Bowl.Just to i*arr\ out h formality, It ma\

be <«;iid that th. -' Or« rearl Harvard IB,Vale r>. and 4ZOO0 n»en und women.probably a few more -hanked higharound the halk-marked gridiron inth« monster bowl will long recall thoseligures The) were indelibly marked

Ion the brains of all Harvard men andtheir friends; thev were geared into thebrains of thOM Who mad«* up the Tai«

.1, Franklin Haker, of home run fame,!s not gVSfl resntitmsd here to-night.

I »Charle] Brlckley Ig the name on allHP* He wan not unknown to foo'h.illfame before this 22d day «»f Ifovemher,in the vear of gr»«e 1 *# 1.": Yale men

and Princeton men. too, hav«* had r.to re., r, » if tint to «Iread. this

stocky fellow with an educated t. «.

B *. Btld this is said with full e-i-

phasia, »Charlie »Brlckley rose to greatetheights fo-dav than ever before, ¡«rid.¡mark you, Tigers and Sons of I'll, hehas another * ear to serve In a »""rbiiS'inuniform.Tale had no defen« e with whi»'h to

blo» k the aerial route to the goal posts.Monoplans« are not yet a part of fort-ball, and a monoplane was needed to

block off tlie ball from this master cfth« drop kick, this wizard of the grid-Iron,of course, Hr.cklev had help, nn 1

help of the m«.st efficient kind. 1 ¡*

without Charlea Edward Harvard to-night might be bemoaning an error, a

i-*t>d Merkte pía**, a gem of th-- purestrav, of which more anon.

With a strong running attack behindan amazing interference, with puntingof which even a «-"am Felton might wellhave been proud, with a spirit coaledhigh wi'h ambition and flaming wl'hdeaire, this Harvard eleven, led by 1'ap-tain BtorST, fought Its way to Withinstriking diatanc« of the Koal postsleven times, and Rncklev did the r-st.

Bnckley Mutet Two Tries.

That two goals were missed is worthvof full-face.] typs. .lust think. tl»iswonder of the gridiron actually miss -.i

two tries out of seven! In practice be¬fore Hi.- gun«- be missed only one in

twelve, s»» that reallv he did not r-uitehol«l up to his average. Still, his bat«ting I mean kicking.average was .714for th«- «lav, as against a paltry J2JJQfor Guernsey, so that, after all, It COUldI,, ,-alled liuly healthy.Brlckley mlgoed h is first try early in

th<- opening period on a long shot fromthe r«»i-yard mark, but he did not IgftVghis follower« in suspense many min¬ute««, gs it was not long before he gentthe ball pinning over the bar and be-tWSSfl the pouts from the iM-yard line.

Iti th'- S'-'-ond period he kicked a goalfrom pla»ement after a fair catch by

I Mahan on the H yard line, and thename out in th«- third period, with the

si ore standing only 8 to .*> in favor ofthe Criniuon, to show what he OOUldreally do.He ««hot two g'.nls over in this period,

one from the .'K.-yard line «ml anotherfrom the M'-yard mark, and then, justto keep the rl«»t»>u-* undergraduatesstirred up. he dropped another over inth«- fourth period. It was a simple lit¬tle thing, as a powerful running attack

had carried the ball Into Yale territoryand Brlckley. standing on the IM-yardline, had Just a little loft to the gial.with a sort of half swing of his leg.That was all Thl" scoring lust wat¬

t-till unsatiated, yet could not be satis-

fi«-d. Brlckley tried one more goal from

pla.ement after a fair catch around

th. 4,'i-yard line, but he missed, Juat to

prove, perha¡s, that he was human.

The timer's whistle ending the game

cut him off when In position for one

more sh«jt.Vale made a good stHnd in the first

half, and Just about held her own.

I ontlnurd on third pope, »erond rolums.

CHARLES K. BRICKLEY.

The ^rc.it Harvard fullback, who kicked five field goals, which de-feated Vale yesterday.

HUERTA, IN MESSAGE TO TRIBUNE,DECLARES OIL FIELDS ARE SAFE

«By Cable to The Tribune from Victoriano Huerta.)

Mexico City, Nov. 22..The Mexican government officially de-

dares that the oil fields at Tampico and Tuxpam, in the State of

Tamaulipas, are still under the control of the federals.The government is still confident that the rebellion will be

eventually suppressed, the recent reverses not having great impor¬tance, but being merely accidents that usually occur in any armed

struggle.

WALSH'S WIDOWSUES POLICE FUND_

Wants $1,000 Due Him, SheSays, from Endowment

Association.

Complaint in the suit of Mrs. Nelliea. Welsh sgalnsl ti-.-» Police Endow¬ment Association to recover fl 000hss been BSTVed on Captain Henry|W, Burfetnd, tressurer of the asso«*ia-

tlon. nt hi* home. No *i« m » West 140thstreet The cult was begun beCSUSSOf the refusal of the associât inn to pay

a benefll erhlch was due CaptainThomas W W,i!sh before h* was ex-

p. liedit .' ,i« Un testlmoni of «'artain

Walsh erhlch senl to the penitentiaryfour police Inspector! on ¦ charge ofconspiracy and one lergeanl andthr.e patrolmen to sin-- Sins: It ha«

been the contention of th, Police En¬dowment Associstlon that the money

was ti««r due the former police captainbsfSS.is "f an smondmenl lo th«-- by«lavs passrd at a meeting just follow«in* the revelations mad«- by the late

captain.While this action "as taken In the

SSS "f Walsh, who had been I mem¬

ber of th«- sssodatlon for a numberof years, thr«e of the four Inspectorswho are in the penitentiary, received11,000 benefit.

PnptBTB In the eetlOn were serve«! on

Captain Burfslnd late Friday ni*?htniter he had retired. The suit is to be

brought In Kings County.A similar actiun is being prepared by

Mrs. Walsh's « ounsel against the Po¬li' e Lieutenants' Association tu compelpayment Of a |000 death benefit. No

att«ntion whatever has apparently been

given to letters written to the officers«if the association requesting paymentof the money.

m

MAY VAN ALEN MUST PAYA Resident, She Cannot Evade

Duty on Jewels.[Krrin Tli« Tribune Bureau *

Washington, Nov. __..A final rulingwas announced by the Treasury De¬partment to-day that Mrs. May VanAlen Thompson, wife of a New Yorkand Philadelphia financier, is a resi¬

dent of ^hc I'nlted States, despite thefact that she wae technically a non¬

resident before her marriage, severalweeks ago.

I'nder this ruling Mrs. Thompson willbe ref-ulred to pay duty on her pt-rsonalbelongings, including several valuable

Jewels which were seized in Boston last

month, unless she proves that they are

not dutiable. She will carry an appealto the General Hoard of Special Ap¬praiser» and thence to the UnitedState« Court of Customs Appeals, ifnecessary.Mrs. Thompson is represented by

James F. Cuttls, formerly AssistantSecretary of the Treasury, In charge ofcustoms.

Solid Steel Trains to Florida. Atlanta,Birmingham A South. The Seaboard AirLine Ry, is shortest route to Florida. I'ine-hurst. Southern Pines, ''atnden. Savan¬nah, Jacksonville. Tampa. Informationand booklets at office, lit! Broadway..Advt

'FARNUM AND WIFE! ARE HIT BY AUTORun Down Near the Garden,

Actor Gii'es Chase andChauffeur Is Held.

Dustin Farn'im. a. t_>r. and his wife,In evening clntheu, returning from theHorse Show Just before midnight lastnight, were run down by an autO as

they were crossing Madison avenue at

L'Tth street. »n<- wheel passed «at

Mrs. Farnum's left wrist; another tore

th« upper« from Mr. Farnum's shoes.The clothing of both was torn pndlisarrang« I.Th«- touring car that hit them con¬

tained two men Who hurried southwithout stoplpiLf. Farnum lifted hiswife, who »vas uncongckMM and, giving'her Into th« «an- of poli« «men. com-

»mandeersd another automobil.-. \V:'hPoliceman Campbell, he pursued the:»Seeing car, which was hslted at 24thstreet.

Th.» chauffeur, whose corepamon had jJumped from th« automobile, was,

taken to the »Saal 22d «treet station.

Then he Bald he was (Jeorge w, Mur«phy, Of N". 11**- Fifth avenue. For..»»Hills. Queens, and said his employerwas Mrs. Chase, of f\*g*est Hills. Hewas locked up on charges of intoxica- ¡tion. recklagg driving and felonious as-

sault.Mrs Farnum was taken in g taxi.ab

to her apartment in the Hotel York. Aphysician found that her condition Igs» rlo'is. Mr. Farnum said the fr.v.tWheel crushed the wrist and that the,bone of the wrist was protrudingthrough the flesh. He said his rightleg was bruised seriously.

FOOTBALLS GRIMTOTAL THUS FAR

Fourteen Killed, One Hundred andSeventy-five Have Been

Injured.ChicaRo. Nov. «'J..Fourteen players

were killed and 17"» were injured in

football games in the season whichvirtually closed to-day. This record ofcasualties is only slightly below that of1012, when thirteen players mot deathand 188 were injured.These figures were compiled from

press reports and published here to¬

day. The Injured Include only thosewho suffered broken bones, torn liga¬ments, severe strains and sprains andInternal injuries.

»if the fourteen deaths thirteen suc¬

cumbed to injuries occurring this year.Only two university players were

killed. Vernon Belyea. of the «Norwich,Conn., 'varsity, was thrown heavily ina game with Holy Cross and died threedays later. Edward Morrissey, cap¬tain of St. Ambrose's 'varsity, suffereda broken leg on Septemher 25 and diedof blood poison.

VIRGINIA WOMAN DIES AT 116.,'Hv TStagragfe t«> The Trl.wnr. 1

OlOSMMSSsr, Va.. Nov. __..Dlnsh »'rimsdied here to-day at the age of 116 years,lb r recolle«itlofl of thinRs -that happene«!nearly a century a-ço was supplementedby »euords to prove the correctness of her

20,000 MEXICANSIN BORDER FIGHTTO GAIN JUAREZ

Federals and Rebels inFierce Struggle Near

American Line.

WOMEN IN RANKSFIGHTING AS MEN

Every Possible Soldier,Gun and CartridgeRushed to Front.

HUERTA ARMY GAINING

Couriers from the Field ReportRebels Are Being Driven

Back to Juarez.I-._-.i

DAY'S DEVELOPMENTSIN MEXICAN SITUATIONMexican rebels and Federals ere

engaged in what is expected «to bethe most decisive battle of the revo¬

lution near Juarez.Washington believes there will be

no trouble over the oil fields near

Tuxpam, having the assurance ofthe Constitutionalists that they willnot destroy foreign property.Government organs in Mexico City

repeat the assertion that PresidentWilson has decided to recognizeHuerta as Mexico's chief executive.

Public opinion in France is grow¬ing more lenient to Huerta since thepublication of his messaqe to theMexican Congress.General Huerta, in a cable mes¬

sage to The Tribune, says that theoil properties at Tuxpam are safeand that the revolution will be end¬ed in due time.

[By T'l-»-fr.-iph to Th» Tribune.1El Paso, Tex.. Nov. _2..With battle

lines extending for three miles on eitherside Of Tierra Blam*a. thirteen milessouth of Juarez, Mexico, federal andConstitutionalist troops to the numberof 7,000 to 10,1)00 on each side havebeen fighting since .'-! o'clock this after¬noon In what Is regarded as a decisivebattle.Cannonading is distinctly heard in

Juarez, and Constitutionalist reinforce¬ments are being sent on special traîneund on foot to the battle scene as rap¬idly as they **an be assembled andequipped. Couriers from Tierra Blancabring news of wavering rebel lines, andthe defeat of the rebel army under Gen¬eral Panfho Villa has been anticipatedIn Juarez by making preparations to

get the rebels out over another rail¬road should they retreat to Juarez.Fighting with the Constitutionalists

are several Mexican wum«*n, wearingkhaki uniforms and carrying guns, andusing them effectively. Wives of Con¬stitutionalist officers and privates re¬

fused to stay in Juarez when the move¬

ment to the south was started, and de¬manded that they be given guns to helpin the fight.

Driven Back by Mercado.

1'nder General Salvador Mercado,military governor of Chihuahua, 4,000federals reached riamalayuca at

1 o'clock this afternoon. Mercado droveback the Constitutionalists stationedthere and moved on to Tierra Blanca,aim st «m the outskirts of Juarez andKl Paso, where he was Joined withinan hour by General Caraveo, with 3,000federals. General Pascual Orozoco, with2,500, and General Vnez Salazar withNN) opposing the federals are 7.000t'onstitutionalists under Pancho Villa,who is personally commanding the reb¬el forces.

All the afternoon troop trains havebeen sent out of Juarez over the Mex¬ican Central Railroad to the front andlate to-day five automobile machine guntrucks were sent to Tierra Blanca,manned by expert American, »'ermanand English volunteers. It is the firsttime In Mexican warfare that automo¬biles have been used by an army in

oattle.Defeat of the Constitutionalists and

their flight toward Juarez are reportedto-night by persons returning from thebattlefield. The report! DATS alarmedBl Paso residents, who fear an attemptby the «'onstitutionalists to seek safetyon this side of the border and to lootoutlying districts. A posse of five hun¬dred citizens, which was formed threeyears ago when rebels menaced E,Paso, has been ordered assembled bySheriff Edwards at a signal to be givenby the big fire whistle, which can beheard for miles. All members of theposse are armed, and are to protect all

approaches to the city where the regu¬lar troop patrol Is Insufficient.At the Constitutionalists' headquar¬

ters in Juarez to-night it Is stated thatauthentic advices from the front bringnews of fighting, but that neither sidehas any advantage. Pancho Villa, therebel leader, has twice returned toJuarez from the scene of battle, andsad" time has accompanied a largeforce of Constitutionalists back toTierra Blanca.

Every Man and Gun st Front.Every available man in Juarez has

been sent to the front, every gun _n_