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Postoffice Goes After the Crooks
WILL DENY MAILS TO
FRAUDULENT FIRMS
Criminal Proaecettou" Iaffettv. Fa
tal Authoritle Contemplate Dras
tic Meaaff End Evil.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 5 A dras
tic caniDaien aeatnst fraudulent mail
order enterprises, which has lost the I
thn name would Indicate, will be
shown at the Alamo today and tpJf"
row. The management absolutely
guarantees, that ifyou do not see this
picture, you will miss one of the best
bargains of the season in "Movieland."
It is excellent and shown at the Alamo
ence, largely. Some of the audi
only today and tomorrow. Admission
is 6c and lQe. Advertisement.
publ-c $129,000,0e In two years, is , ROTW OT? fJTRT. TS
planned by the postal authorities. The -OKJU X Ui Wftil AO
iUJUiSTIJrJ-Ei) J3Y KJLAU-
proposed Weapon Is the denial of the
mails to persons or firms whose opera- ,
tions raav be tainted.
An tffnrt to stop this swindling by,
reliance upon a criminal cjtirt hj"
pro ed ineffective, a cording to IV. H.
Lan.ar, assistant attorney general for,
the postoffice.
Criminal procef'ngs are necessa- i
rilv slow." says the import, "and bv i
rfleans of appeals and. otU-r methods, 4: supposedw to TtWnd toeue
me Hxeuuwuii ui wiiem-ir fi e qcucui , wnrk intlu A , j. i.t
New York, Jan. 5. An initialed sig
net ring served to identify a body cast
up by by the sea Sunday as that ot
Miss Jessie E. MoCann, the young set
tlement worker who disappeared from
her Brooklyn home a month ago.
Hiss McCann was last seen by her
family when she left her home Pecem-
for periods, during wnich tho concerns
and individuals engigd in such fraud
ulent business continue to leap a Kar
vest through their fraudulent enter
prises In some cased the penalty beins?
merely a fine, there was nothing to
pitent the oar ties conducting ilieir
Behfmis except fear of supsmiu nt fines. .
rnese tnty could fasuy airo-a to pay
in Mev. of the la'-ijv; revenus derived
from the business. '
Mr Lamar points out that a fraud
order immediately cuts off the source
of buddIv of funds on which the
scheme largely depends for continu- j
ance and puts many prospective victims j
on their guard by reason of the return
to them of their letters to such con-t-erns
plainly parked "fraudulent" on
the envelope.
rr.ent work duties.
her father, a well to do buiness man
notified the police of her disappear
ance and offered a $1000 reward for
information as to her whereabouts. He
also had her photograph thrown en
the screens of moving picture theaters
through the east in the hope that this
would lead to the finding of the young
woman.
There were no signs of violence on
the body, according to physicians, and
the police have no clue as to the man
ner in which she was drowned.
AMUSEMENTS.
MQIRX OF THB UNDERWORLD."
"The Girl of the Underworld" is a
fairly good melodrama, if produced
without exaggerated types and horse-
THREE ARE SENTENCED
SDR ROAD WORK CONSPIRACY
Nyack, N. Y., Jan. 5. Bart Dunn, a
Tammany leader; Joseph Fogarty, a
former employe of the state department
of highways, and the Dunbar Contract
ing company, convicted of conspiracy in
connection with state road construction
in Rockland county, were sentenced here
Friday. Dunn's penalty was 10 months'
imprisonment at Blackwell's island and
$500 fine; Fogarty's 10 months without
SCHOOLS REOPEN
MONDAY MORNING
All Buildings in City Under Tha,
Renovation; -75 Grammar Schawl
Pupils to Eater High School.
With the ringing of the school belk
Monday niprninjf, Christmas vaoafcie
ended for 'the more than 60A0 9eh3
children of El Paso, and they turndl
their minds once" more to their school
hooks.
In the middle of January the high
eighth cradepupilfl of the eramar school
will graduate, ad about 75 of these
will enter the bfch sjshool. To accom
modate thia adwwwal number, two of
the Jiigh school rooms were partitioned
into four rooms during the Christmas
vacation. A elaas of seven pupils will
graduate from the senior class qf the
igh school in January. Of this number
the majority will enter college.
All the school buildings have under
gone a thorough cleaning up during the
vacation, and everything was ready
Monday morning for the remainder of
the year's work, '
1 PROGRESSIVES LINE UP
FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN
I Washington. D. C Jan. 5.-The Pro
gressive party, in line with the action of
the Democratic national committee and
the Republican congressional committee, T
nag established campaign neaaquarters
in Washington and preliminary work
will soon be in full awinff. Representa
tive Hinebaugh, of Illinois, chairman
ot the .Progressive congressional cam
paign committee, has sent to the chair-
company, $500 fine.
play, which it is not There is little
of Athe underworld- as the public I" JT ' jVl"J f,.w rw,
thinks of the underworld, in it, how- ! tuii ?? Dunbar Construction
ever. The story deals with a country
rirl who goes to New Tork to "go into
ociety" and, instead falls into the
clutches of a man, and enters burlesque
to make money to support him. Inci
dentally she presses her old father
who is suppo- J to be a farmer, but
lives on a "street," according to the
conversation and gets his mail from a
mounted letter carrier, according to
the sounds on the stage for money
nd more money and then steals her
dead mother's diamonds when be can't
Igive her any more. Of course, there is
a. silly stepdaughter of the old man's
ills dead second wife's daughter who
4s made the goat for it alL A capable
woman could make a good deal out of
the part, but the show evidently plays
4he tanks oftener than not, so that
much of the action falls flat on an an
'dience used to straight work. Her work
Is no doubt a scream in a village where
this is the best they see; in El Paso,
It must be admitted that it want raiser
"big" with part of the audience at
the El Paso theater Sunday night, but
4t -was a dollar show and a dollar audi
ence, however, left after the first act,
some left after the second, some after
the third and some stayed for It all.
G. A. M.
"CJIBCKBRS" AT THIS WIGWAM.
"Checkers" will be the special at
traction at the Wigwam today, tomor
row and Wednesday. As a novel by
Henry Blossom, jr., "Checkers" first
came into popularity some 10 years
ago. From the play a scenario was pre
pared by Lawrence McGill and Eustace
Hale Ball and, working from this
scenario, the new production for the
camera was staged under the personal
supervision of Augustus Thomas, direc
tor general of productions' for the All
Star Feature Corporation. The race
track scenes were taken at Havre-de-5rac
and at Laurel, Md., duriny the
race meetings there and In. the Betft
betting ring scene there were employed
hundreds of actors. The cast of princi
pals was selected personally by Mr.
Thomas and contains many well known
Broadway names. Playing "Pert Bar
low." opposite to Mr. Ross is Katherlne
LaSalle; and Jack Regan will be seen
as "Push Miller," the race horse tout.
Louis Reeves Harrison, a special
writer and critic for the Moving Pic
ture World, the trade paper of motion
picture exhibitors, says:
" 'Checkers' looks like a winner for
many reasons. There is exhibited a
desire to get at the actual facts of life
.s many of us know it, a striving for
verity that receives splendid support
from the way the play is put on; there
is reality in every environment that
wfll be widely recognized in this coun
try, and the folks in the story dress
nd act very much like human beings
would under the circumstances. The
admirable selection of types and their,
sympathetic handling contributes so
heavily to the success of the piece that
two of the minor roles shine out illus
trious and steal honors from the leads.
The 'atmosphere' of that part of the
story pertaining to the adventures of
'Checkers' and Push' at the race track
rreatlf enriches and deepens interest
tn the action, giving it so mueh sig
nltieanee that the village scenes grew
tame in comparison."
The admission will be 26 cents for
adults and 15 cents for children. The
?ieture will start as fellows: Noon,
:1B, 2:80, 3:46, 6:60, :16, 7:30, :,
10. Order carriages and autos for 11:15
it at the last show. Advertisement.
WHITELAW REID'S ESTATE
IS APPRAISED AT $1,289,685
New York, Jan. 5. The estate left by
the late Whitelaw Seid, ambassador to
Great Britain and owner of the Tribune,
was valued at $189,884 in a report
filed at Whiteplains by the tax appraiser.
With the exception of $53,500 the estate
consists of personal property. The in
heritance of Mrs. Reid, the widow, and
principal beneficiary, is appraised at
$1,289,685.
MONTHLY PAY OF ARMY
AMOUNTS TO $250,000
Saturday was pay day at Fort Bliss
and Capt. A. P. Watts, paymaster, dis
tributed $12,000 at the fort The border
KE0.00!18 wiH & ! th weak,
$850,000 beW gBt id to pay the sol
diers in the district.
AD MEN TO HOLD
FIRST LUNCHEON
Plans Made to Have Women Represented
at luncheons for Entertainment
pf Visiting President.
Adcrafters will foreg-ither Wednesday
at 12:30 to commune with the cosmos
and swap stuff about how to put the
ad in advertising.
This will be the first noonday lunch
eon of the El Paso club- It will be
held in the erill of the Sheldon hotel,
but there will be no grilling done, ex
cept on the men who do not advertise.
The luncheon will be the first page dis
play of the newly formed Ad club, and
.will be followed by others in a series
of luncheons through the year. Clai
borne Adams, president of the club, will
make the opening- address and will be
folowed by J. Arthur Tobias, who will
read a paper on department store ad
vertising. A membership campaign will
be laid out at this meeting and every
member will be urged to boost the game
by annexing at least one eligible to
the membership roll.
At this meeting committees to receive
president William Woodhead. will be an
nounced. The president of the Associat
ed Advertising clubs of America will be
here on January 22, all day, and will
be the guest of the Ad club. A dinner
will be given for him on that evening
and the president will give the history
of the Ad club movement, past, present
and future. Each member will be ap
pointed a committee of one to sell tick
ets for this shop talk.
At the meeting Wednesday the wom
en, the best friend of the advertiser,
will be given a hearing. The plan will
be presented to make the second Wed
nesday of the second month of each
quarter a special women's meeting. It
JiH be held in the evening, talks wiH
he given bv renresf ntative El Pasn
TOO) SHIFTS, ENDING
SEA'S BOMBARDMENT
New Tork, Jan. 5. Shifting winds
late Sunday counteracted the violence
of the seas which had battered at the
shores of Jew Jersey and southern
Long Ilnd f?r mor th 3 hours,
tearing way lonS stretches of beach,
inundating towns, destroying piers and
hotels and residences and causing a
property loss estimated to be in ex
cess of half a million dollars. One man
dropped dead from excitement at Sea
Bright, N. J-, and two are reported
missing at Coney Island.
The most severe effect of the storm
was at Sea Bright, where two hotels
were destroyed and many residences
ruined. The worst damage was at
flood tide early Sunday when the waves
swept across the strip pf land contain
ing the town and Sowed into the
Shrewsbury river.
TEXAS STARTS OFF WITH
APPARENT TREASURY DEFICIT
Austin, Tex Jan. S. The state of
Texas starts off tha new year with an
apparent deficit of approximately
if 750,000, which is probably the larg
est in its history. The deficit is due
principally to the extremely low state
tax rates which prevailed for several
yecbief clerk Sain Carter of the state
treasury department announces, how
ever, that by February 10, the state
will be aga.in on a cash basis.
man of the central committee of every
state a letter announcing the completion i women and a dance will follow ,. din
of the congressional organization. The ' ,? j?!1 Jil0,LB? 2:
Jfrogressive headquarters will be contw- re,jv for , n7n Tnrnntn trin
ued here until July and then transferred lna? .i n tlZ0 Jll
to New York and Chicago.
REBEL VICE CONSUL HAS
NEWS OF BROTHER'S DEATH
Maj. Salvador F. Trevino, brother of
Isidro Trevino, rebel vice consul in El
Paso, was killed in the first day's fight
ing last week between rebels and fed
erals at Nuevo Laredo, according to
telegrams received at the "Constitution
alist" consular office here.
Maj. Trevino was 24 years of age and
served under Madero. He was a mem
ber of Gen. Venustiaso Carranza's staff,
but had been assigned temporarily to
the command of Gen. Pablo Gonzales,
commander of the rebel forces threaten
ing Nuevo Laredo.
CHILDREN ESCAPE FROM
SUNDAY SCHOOL FIRE
Sacramento. Cal . Jan. 5. Chilrtrfn 1
at Sunday school in the parish house of I Street, where you will be told the truth
St. Paul s Episcopal church here, J and served promptly ank correctly
ii ii ii ".Y" ,"m.r erauaay xai rsLBO optical jomtny, inc.,
while fire gutted the interior of the"- OpUeians to thPsouthwest
adjoining church. Advertisement
convention pilgrimage in February.
KEGRO LECTURER TO SPEAK;
"RACE LOYALTY" HIS SUBJECT
Prof. Kelley Miller, dean of the col
WL. department of Howard university
at Vrasningtan- D, Cv, will giru a lecture
wie njpro Mswnic hall this evf-n!ng.
Hib subject will be "Race Loveltv," and
he will make a number of local refer
ences in his talk.
The lecture will ,be given under the
auspices of the Lyceum and Civic Im
provement society, an organization of
the progr frsive negroes of the city.
EL PASO THEATER
ONE NIGHT ONLY", TVED. JAN. TTH.
Seat$ on Sale THesday, Jan. 64b at
Ryan's.
Harrison Grey Pinke Presents
MRS. FISKE
And the Manhattan Company In
The High Road
PRICES 50c to $2.50.
Free Pants
Just to keep our tailors busy we will giye an
extra pair of pants free with every $25 fall and win
ter suit raqxle to your measure. You may have the
same material as your suit or take your choice of
any fall fabric in stock. Come tomorrow, take your
choice of any $25 fall or winter suiting; in stock, and
get a pair of trousers absolutely free.
CORRECT CLOTHING
Please Notice.
We hav - not left town, nor even gone
out of bv Uness, as some of our com
petitors vould like to convince our
friends, but simply moved to 10S Tcxn
1 AsSd&L
Made Gomjtete InEiPaso.
Corner Myrtle and Stanton Sts
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Bulk Olives, per qt. .
Sour Piekles, per doa.
Dill Piekles, per doc. . .
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AT THB TJJflftTJK TODAY.
J. Warren Kerrigan, the most pop
ular actor in motion pictures 1h a two
reel masterpiece. "The Mtii RVin "'
taken from Bailee's great book by the l
Mnte name.
Friday we have for you the great
est two reel comedy ever produced,
with one of the greatest comedy ac
tors in the business and that is John
Stapling, the man th.t played Tess's
father in "Tess of t?ie D'Urberville."
This comedy is a burlesque of "Quo
Vadis" and is entitled "When Ursus
Threw the Bull."
Comine soon, Kln Bag-grot's great
work, "Absinthe." in four reels made
In Paris with KJng Bagot and Eeah
Baird in the leading roles. This pic
ture, directed by Herbert Brennon, the
producer of "Ivanhoe." ,is considered
by all critics to be the greatest pic
ture he ever produced. We will not
raise the price on this picture, bo
watch for the dates and don't miss it
Advertisement.
This stock was considered one of the best. The
store was closed by tfie BANKRUPT PRO
CEEDINGS. The stock was purchased at a
Bankrupt Sale Made by the
Trustees in Bankruptcy
The price paid was far below the wholesale
price, and we are now offering this stock at
bonafide reductions. This is positively the
greatest sacrifice of high-grade merchandise
ever offered.
READ THESE PRICES:
Any Suit or Overcoat in the
House, Values up to $30.00, for
FIN VITAGRAPH SPECIAL SlJOU.
The big circus play, "The Whimsical
Threads of Destiny," the two part
Vltagraph special that the Bijou ad
vertised for yesterday, has at last ar
rived and will be exhibited today.
The play is of absorbing interest, fea
turing a troupe of bareback riders
with a unique plot and new and start
liner situations. The idea is such a
good one that it opens' up all sorts ot
possibilities, especially those of com
edy. Charles Kent, Julia Swayne Gor
don and Harry Northrup hold up the
Vltagraph standard admirably In this
picture and as a whole the perform
ance is a delightful one of its kind,
marred by nothing offensive to gooll
taste. It i8 an excellent sample ot
vltagraph quality. Advertisement
KtJZA LAST TIME TODA1".
Three thousand people saw "Zusa,"
the band leader, at the Greeian yes
terday. It was pronounced the great
est comedy ever made It's a scream
all the way through Be sure and see
it today, a.s this is positively your
last chance to see this funniest of all
funny pictures.
"Sapho," the original version, pre
sented by the famous Eclair Plajers
of Paris, will be shown at the Grecian
next Friday and Saturday. Tfeis is
different and even better than the
Florence Roberts "Sapho," but as it
Is only four reels the admission will
be as usual, 10 cents Don't forget the
dates Friday and Saturday, a-10.
Advertisement.
AT THE ALAMO.
"London by Night." an intensely in
teresting four reel Barker melodrama
that is far deeper and stronger than
Hats at Give-Away Prices
$ 1 .50 and $2.00 Hats ' 75c
$2.50 Hats $1.10
$3.00 Hats $1.50
$3.50 Hats . , .....$1.75
$4.00 Hats $2.25
Shirts at Less thai Man
ufacturers' Cost
$1.25 Shirts -..: 69c
$1.50 Shirts -....93c
$2.00 Shirts ..:.... .....$1.15
$2.50 Shirts .$1.25
Ladies' $1 ,50 Shirts for 69c
Neckwear
50c Neckties now . .' ' '. , . ,29c
75c Weeklies now 39c
$1.00 Neckties now : 45c
Underwear
50c Undejwear .29c
$1 .25 Underwear 79c
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Shipping Orders Given Prompt Attention.
WIGWAM THEATRE
TODAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
All Star Feature Corporation's Production
" C-H-E-G-K-E-R-S "
Featuring Thomas W. Ross, the Broadway star in his
original role of "Checkers."
CAST.
Pert Barlow Kadierme La Salle
Push Miller . Jack Regan
Cyalhy Gertrude Slu'pniaa
Jerry Haker . , ,,, .Alfred Sdwell
AtBH Deb ...,1....... ........ Maiie Taylor
Judge Martk Carl Hartberg
Arthur Kendall William A. WiUiaros
Sadie ;. . ... . . .Harriet Wordungton
Barlow . ... Charles Graham
AND
THOMAS W. ROSS AS "CHECKERS"
AND
Niaety Others in 225 Scenes.
Produced fr&n the play and beefy "Checkers" of Henry hi. Blossom,
under the personal direction of the greatest American play&right, Augus
tus Thomas,
ADULTS..' 25c. Children 15c
1914
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