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TODAY'S PRICES 1 -Mlk TK.tPM C-I.llf I- '! i V '- .( 14 . (I. p VOB 4S .l 1-.I1.M. - t 111' 1. i ii i urTMi 41. Har -i r i I i ' U A Harmon quotations) ' 7 '.. i (w i $. SOiyjrt 00 "raliis higher 1. - k deud Stores lower. HOME EDITION Hlv.VnrEIl FORECAST. T.1 Taao and uht Txarf, fair. coIilrj w Mrxlro. fair, colder; Arizona, fair: raid warf w Mrilro. Texas. Punhandle LATEST NtAVs BY "ASSOCIATED PRESS. EL PASO, TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 31. 19 1 6. SINGLE COPY" FIVi: CENTS. DKLPi;ni;D vnvwhbhb o cexts a month. FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY. ERIAL VALLEY PEOPLE FIGHT FLOOD Scores v , . i n d fin p it nT The Wm At Giance IMIViiilUI P ZEPPELIN AGAIN RAIDS PARIS President Asserts Defence Plea Does Not Spring from Makers Of Armament. SAYSLETL.S. MAKE MUNITIONS Sharp Explosion In Chicago Yards Startles Wilson and Secret Service Men. M ATMS and its people escaped harm In the second zeppelm raid made on the cit within wo day.-. The official statement on the Sunday night attack de- red that while the airship dropped a number of bombs no damase was reported. Most of the bombs fell on fields or open spaces There h e been no further addi tions to the list of casualties of Saturday night's raid, officially given as 24 killed and 27 injuied. ltiiKnlnnN Mirromid Erzeriim. Aside from along the Tranco Helgian lines, the military areas in which chief activity is being displayed at present are the Hal kans and the Caucasus front where the Turks and Russians are fight ing near Krzerum. Athens re iterates reports received through diplomatic channels that the Rus sians are bui rounding Krzerum. To I5rfeml Allmnln. In Albania. t:.e advance of the Austrians continues but, Record ing to reports today from Ger man sources, there is likely to bo increased opposition to them in the near fulii.e. Italv. it is declared, has landed another division with heay artillery at Avlona. with a iew to an effective defence of southern Albania as a mesure of political necessity I.WAUki:i:. Wis-, Jan. 31. I President Wilson today rebuked opponents of national niepared- j - who haw declared that the ad ( i muti ation measure sprang from the 'sue of munitions and &rmamet in nuf.icturers to make money. There are some tilings that are be- . said that 1 hope vou will not be- ' the p' evident declared "It is ' k said, jimniiK other things, that ns agitation for piepaiatlon for na- ' cul defeni v romes chiefly from thoBe i.o are interested in supplying the kovernment with 'the fnunitibns of war mi from those, who are interested in Mippiyinjc It with armament. "(jemlemen, do not allow yourselves le misled by statements of that "i Out of anything that the govern- nent does, somebody is going to make money, but the impulse for this thin- do. s not came from those fluartem. Tlie impulse come from disinter t-i-ted n who know the actual clrcum- si mi t-n of the oountr and who know ''- things ai e immediately reccssai;. I"mor notrrnnwnt Mnnufactnrr. ' I for my part, have alT along advo- . nd. and always shall advocate, that i government, a far as possible, - iili manufacture these thin 's for is. If. In order that, at any rate, it niav ntrol the pines at which tbese ii in lis will b.' sold to the government. I' if is iiecesjiar. to protect ourselves L .unst those who would make money 1 I' of the necessities of Uie. nation, j i" re are adequate means of defending i selves and we will use these means. I ii: r do not believe the impulse comes in thos.: quarters. I do not believe i in those quarters patriotism is .ng any moie than there is pstriot i Licking in other quarters." I In- president's declaration was de-I f ' red from the rear platform of hisj ii no .ar ai ntu'iitf, wis., mill an 'in- before he reached tins citj. Pays Compliment To Wife. "W hen the president first appealed at '.i. -me he stood bareheaded, silentlv i i ling down at the crowd. Mrs. Wil- -"n siepped out beside him. The crowd .pi laii'ied as he said: ' line is someone, ladies and gentle ieii. much better worth looking at Mi. i ii 1 am. ir.,000 Greet President. Tin' thundering of a national salute i cannon greeted the president as i i- stepped from his private car In this i u Mm e than 1 5.000 persons were pa. ked outside the station. Tiie crowd was held back by infan .vmeii with fixed bayonets and a i roop of cavalry escorted the president hi the hotel. 8000 Hear Speech, BOOO KnII. n audience of 9000 filled the audi-to-ium when the president Detail to in ike his speech at 232 p. m. The po- " estimated that 5000 persons had ' n lurnea away A the president arrived at the aud!- "i mm the crowd stood and cheered "S and loud. The band played Araer . i The committee of 300 on the stage M.irted to sing, the president joining, i d the big house caught the air and t"'ned in the chorus. "World Is On I'lre." "T want at the outset to remove ;m Misapprehension In your minds.'' said Hi. president. "There is no crisis. .tiling new has happened. I came " ...iifer with you on a matter which . should confer in any event. We should see that our house is set in "ider. When all the world is on fire '' sparks fly everywhere. "Vmerica has drawn her blood and her energy out of almost all the na if "ns of the world," he said. "We I. now that our roots and our traditions r in into other soils." Kxnlnsion Startles President. President Wilson spent an hour and a. t-alf in Chicago today en route to Mil A.mkee. The train bearing the presi dent's party arrived at the I.a Salle 'ireet station from Cleveland shortl'. ifter 8 o'clock and was snitched through the freight yards to tin Noi th western terminal, wnerc the piesilent n-maini d until his special depait.-d foi he north at 10 o. m. At the North western station the president and .Mrs. Wilson posed for photographs and took a short walk on the platform. While the president was stainlum n he rear platform shortly before tin .!' '.'irture of the train a sharp 't.(;.i.u " .n h.ird Secret ser ice men . lowiliil o the plaftorm looking for a Minpos. d .s HsMii, and the i. resident, ani.u ntly sonnwh.lt htait'i-.l onleied th ,ir JUMt M Htlf-Mt HltftC. A floud of esr.ipin .steam -Im.w.i ik1; ni is 1 A CASH BASIS Austin. Texas, .Tan 31 Liige re mittances to the state treasury made it possible for the state to go on a cash basis today for the first time sinco last October. All general tevtnue warrants, special warrants and pension warrants are now being paid upon presentation. It is believed that, barring any un usual demands on the treasury, a cas.i basis car. be maintained for months. SKILL JIipiSTS Two Others Are Beaten and One May Die; Party Robbed by Holdups. Buffalo. N. T.. Jan. 31. Two persons were murdered, another probably fatally injured, and a fourth severely beaten up in an automobile holdup on the Orchard Park load near this city early todav. Several hours elapsed be fore the city and county authorities were Informed of the crime and the assailants made good their escape. The victims, prominent Buffalo resi dents and members of the same family, were: Mrs. Acnes If. Teiper. aged 67, shot in head and instantly kjlled; Frederick C. Teiper, son. beaten to death with blunt instrument: Grace T. Teiper, daughter, skull fractured: will die; Kdward K. Teiper, son. beaten on head ami left senseless on road. The family was returning from Orchard Park and had stopped the car a short distance south of the Terminal .allrnii.l , i-n.aai.icr TherA tliA nnrtv wa. ' set upon by the holdup men. Mrs. ! Teiper was killed by the first of four I shots fired. The men then clubbed the others, and after robbing them of i montv and jewelry, fled. A farmer liy j nig nearby heard the shots and the ; cries of the women and gave the alarm. II suns DEFEND II FRENCH II POT EIEI TD ROUT. ID i t I WITNESS FEE DEFICIT MAY AMOUNT TO $50,000 Austin. Texas, Jan. II. District clerks of m counties in Texas have thus far sent in reports to the control ei's department as to the amount of outstanding "in county" witnesses fee claims in their respective counties, and a summary of these reports shows the total amount outstanding is 128, :"r.0S. When all of the counties in the state have reported the total may teach $50,n00, and It is the purpose of con troler Terrell to recommend to the 35th legislature that an appropriation be made to pa these claims, and also probably to have tne law repeaien. rn Is the law passed during the Colquitt administration which provides for the payment of "in cotintr" witnesses in felony cases: that is. to pay witnesses who reside within the county of the prosecution An effort was made to lepeal this law by the last legislature, but it failed Gov. Ferguson vetoed the appiopriation of $1011,000 made to pa such witness fees, thus while tne Hv is in force there are no funds to pay the witnesses. PLAN TRAIMNG SCHOOLS FOR AMERICAN AVIATORS Xew York, Jan. 31. The Aero club of America announces that plans are being mado for the establishment of training schools for aviators, moie than 1200,000 having been subscribed for the training of 200 men. S liools are to be organized in New York, Chicago., Boston, Newport News and Augusta, Me., Detroit, Los Angeies and Seattle. Kmerson McMillinss offer to add 1100 to every 1900 raised for militia aviation up to $500,000, expires at mid night. Telegrams received at the Aero club headquarters indicate that large sums will be raised in many states to meet the requirements of Mr. McMilllns's offer. The ten states which it is believed certain will add aviation sections to their militia are .New lork, Illinois. Maine, Virginia, Michgan, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Missouri, Iowa and Ohio. All of them already have raised substantial funds. Providence Tt. T., Jan. 31. A sister and brother of Or. C. Franklin Mohr today rallied to the defence 6f hla widow. Mrs. KlUabeth. K. Mohr, on trial charged with WsffSStthpf Ifhr murder. After Eugeno J. Sullivan, the woman's brotherinlaw, had identified the letter in which Dr. ilohr admitted the validity of his marriage, Mrs. Gila Hogan and Gustave U. Mohr, both of JlcEwens ville. Pa., w ere called. Mrs. Hogan, the doctor's bister, said Mrs. Mohr expressed love for him. Mr. Mohr. his brother, testified along the same line and added he. had re ceived a letter from the doctor who wrote that Mrs. Mohr was "no good" and that "the children she claims are nat my od." SEVEN MISSING SEAMEN FROM LINER ARE FOUND Uverpool, Kng., Jan. 31. Seven miss ing seamen from the American liner Philadelphia were landed today by a trawler at Milfordhaven. Wales. After the Philadelphia's collision Sunday with the British sailing ship Ben Lee, off the coast of Walei, the seamen put off m a lifeboat to res.-ue the Ben Lee's crew. They became lost in the darkness and were adrift all right, being finally picked up by a passing steamship The American line, owners of the Philadelphia, issued the following state ment concerning the collision: "On Satunia, the Philadelphia, pro ceeding on her voyage to Nfsr York, while steaming down St. George's .'han nel, came into collision at Carmarthen bay (off the coast of Wales) -vitli a sailing shin, resulting in considerable damage to the Philadelphia's upper Many Bombs Are Dropped In Sunday Night Attack, BulDamage Is Denied. MANY KILLED IN FIRST VISITATION French Airplane Gives Battle To Zeppelin and Machine Guns Are Used. PARIS, France, Jajj.- 31. Several bombs were dropped by a Zep pelin which flew over the out skirts of Paris Sunday night but they produced no such deadly effect as on the occasion of the raid of Saturday night. The official press bureau gave out the following statement this morning: "A German dirigible set out in the direction of Paris, where it arrived soon afteo 10 p. m. It was bombard ed Dy -our special batteries and at tacked by our airplanes. Before re turning northward. It dropped a num ber of bombs which, according to the news received so far. did no damage." Little was seen of the Zeppelin on account of the weather conditions. The censors permitted correspondents to telegraph whatever news they could obtain, but the Paris morning nowsJ pspers have many blank spaces. Battle Saturday MghU Five French airplanes engaged the IleppeHn whoh tin Satwdayartght'last. dropped' bombs on Paris; filing or wounding over two score of persons, according to an authoritative state ment just issued. One French air plane started in pursuit and for 5 minutes the chase continued, machine iruns being freely used on both sides. unt'l finall the airplane's engine J broke down and the sub-lieutenant was obliged to descend. Itnld Ik Very Brief. The Saturday raid lasted about one minute and a half, while in the visit of Zeppelins to Paris on March 21, 1015, four of these aircraft were over or in the neighborhood of the capital for nearlv two hours. They came at that time under entirely different atmospheric conditions, being plainly visible in a clear sky. Saturday night, the fog seriously interfered with the work of the Parts aerial guard. One of the bombs fell in the court yard of a hotel. A corporal returning from the front at Hartmanns-Weiler-kopf had Just entered the hotel with his wife, when the explosion occurred. Both escaped injury. Another bomb destroyed a modest t? story dwelling, killing a man and his wife, but only slightly injuring their four children. In curious contrast with the general calm, was the sudden death from fright of the 62 year old chief of the Gobelin's telephone office at the mo ment he learned of the Zeppelin raid. Eeven members from the Petitjean family were celebrating the return of j SN01TS flnEMPT Tfl SLAUGHTER AI ENTIRE PART? DF fllERM Bart Kramer is the Only One Killed, But the Others Are Run Off Into the Brush and Are Sent Word That They Must Leave the Country; Chinese Are Be ing Robbed and Murdered by Former Villistas. V 11.LA will be caught. Bart Kramer is known to be dead and burled, and the at tack which resulted In his assassina tion was intended to wipe out five Americans at one stroke. Henry Acklin was last heard from alive and hiding out in the brush near OcamiK). western Chihuahua, three -weeks ago. Chinese are being slaughtered in western Chihuahua state at the rate of two a night, and seven were mur dered by one band in a single day close to Mlnaca. Many Chinamen have been heard from as robbed, stripped and left on the desert with the soles of their feet ripped off by Mexican brigands. Carrancistni Give Protection. Gen. Jose Cavazos, field general of the Carranza forces engaged in run ning down Villa and other bandits In the Guerrero and Madera districts of Chihuahua, is providing every pro tection In his power to American and other foreign Interests, with 3000 sol diers in the Guerrero section and 2400 more in the Madera stretch, besides reinforcements of 170O additional men ordered to increase the Guerrero allotment. These reports were made Sunday by ) that meant. William F. Cardwell, cyanide super tendent nf the T.a. Cienporn. nlanf of the Yoquivo Mining company in western I and a camping outfit. We beaded for three sons, John, Roy and Bart, with J. J i. .Liocke, of Mlnaca, in camp near that place, January 5, when six or eight Mexican bandits swooped down at 1 oclock in the morning and shot at all of them as they lay asleep oi their cots. Americnns Safe. Dr. Tin Prw. arriving in "Kl Paso with Cardwell, reported that Acklin had been heard from a week ago. still safe i and hiding out in the brush. Snell and wooo, tne two men who rode west ward out of Chihuahua city just prior to Santa Ysabel maBsacre, are said by Dr. Du Pree to be safe at Minaca. Cardwell's story follows: "I was with the Kramer family In Guerrero when Gen. Julio Acosta, Vlllista chieftain, was making prepa rations, he said, to receive amnesty and surrender to the Carranza forces At that time at Santa Ysabel a confer ence was in session between Carranza chiefs and Gens. Arroyo, Tarangue and one other, working towards the granting ol amnesty to me v ma leaa- i Qg senser arrived In Guerrero from Villa j himself, calling on Acosta to report I in person to him. Acosta declared I 1 th.l Villo -nrais hla isinmnnHiTi? nfflror I I and that he would obey. Then he i river that were endangering the grea I left to meet Villa. We knew what i Imperial valley irrigation proiect wen Relief Is Being Sent to Dev astated Valleys Below San Diego, Calif. LATEST FIGURES ARE 34 LIVES LOST Navy Aids Relief and Pre vents Looting; Tia fuana Is Practically Ruined. ANOTCT.'KSt rillf Tn ! I Advlcea today froji Kl Contn and Calexlco stated that late Sunday night flood waters of the Colorado Chihuahua, an American, who reached 111 Paso Sunday with superintendent C. W. Hall, of the oquivo property, and Dr W. A. DuPree of the same plant. Tbey came from Chihuahua otty on a Mexican Central train, after tnj enerience which tnefefdad- Wainir out in the mountains for 13 aays and nights from Mexicau '.audits. Americans Itun tint. Cardwell was with the Kramer fam ily. Including haw Kratn.-r and his A couple of days later the Kra mers and I left, taking two .Mexicans Mlnaca, drew out into the hilly coun try, and pitched camp. Attempt to' Kill All. "On January 3 when we were be tween 12 and 15 miles out oC Minaca. wo sent the Mexicans Into the tawn to out about five miles and turned In. That was January 4. The attack which was intended to wipe all five (Conllnued on page 2, Col. J.) neing held in check b farmers. All levees and holding at a late hour. 1 fr U..I .. . uwuun aeaaing, wjier. fi owds Li'aJs w the intai. reservoir was choked with dei.ris. ftm ? "west mark ever recorded .AffalMonaJ mm war, umi . .hi. :, t-ioTjWflf-H t-JflWae&M; lrWB-tHBift mwtmr- tire dan by nightfall? we shifted our location ( ! III HUM III I I 911 I III 10VE DN PEKIN structure. The Philadelphia dispatched I a zouave on leave. A bomb fell on London, Eng.. Jan. 31. 1.30 p. ni The number of Mongolian insurgents has been Increased by iu,000. according to a Mukden dispatch, says Reuter's Petrogrid correspondent. The dispatch adds that the insur gents, who possess only 12 guns, are marching toward Pekin. a boat to the assistance of the sailing vessel. Afterward, owing to her dam aged condition, the captain decided to put back to Liverpool." BORROWS MONEY TO ATTEND FAMILY FUNERAL; NONE DEAD Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 31. S. A. Sea brooke, arrested by the police Satur day night on complaint of persons who claimed that be borrowed money from them last week on the pretext of at tending the funeral of his father, Ar thur R. Seabrooke, a brotherinlaw, J. L. Clarke and sister, Mrs. J. L. Clarke, was turned over to the county authorities today. Seabrooke gave out a report a week ago that his father, sister and brother i ula v.- were killed on their way from I leer Trail. Colo., to Denver Inquiries made at Deer Trail brought a denial fiom Seabrnoke's relatives that they bud met with an accident of any kind. JANUARY LAND SALES AND LEASES AMOUNT TO $168,824 Austin. Tex.. Jan. 31. Land sales and leases for January amounted to $168, 824, according to the report of state treasurer Edwards. The money was deposited to the credit of the following funds: Public schools, purchase, first payment $14,922 (permanent fund): public school, open account, $39,914 (permanent) ; University of Texas, open accounts $6 (available); permanent. $301; general revenue, land office ap praisement fees, $281 available, and $273.88 permanent; game, fish and oyster account $396 (available'): total available $113,111; total permanent $55,412. the building, destroying it and killing the entire family, including the zouave. FRENCH TRY TO REGAIN LOST GROUND BUT FAIL Berlin, Germany. Jan. 31. The French have been making repeated at tempts to regain the ground recently lost by them near Neuvllle, army headquarters announced today, but all their attacks have been beaten off, the Germans still holding their newly won trenches. SURRENDER OF GREEK FORT MAY CAUSE C0URTMARTIAL Athens, Greece, Jan. 31. The com mandant of the Greek fort on tt!e Karahni-an nenlnsula, who surrendered without a struggle when three French regiments demanded me iort. is likely to be courtmartialed. High Greek offi cials are indignant over the seizure TURKS ARE DEFEATED; RUSSIANS ATTACK ERZERUM Paris, France. Jan. 31. News has been received in diplomatic circles at Athens, the Balkan agency's corres nondent there telegraphs, that the Rus sians have inflicted a fresh defeat on the Turks in the Caucasus The correspondent reiterates the re ports that the Russians have sur rounded Erzerum. The Turkish au thorities and the bankers with the bank funds, he says, left the city at the last moment, barely escaping cap ture by Cossacks. Russian artillery has begun to bombard the forts of the city. SH8IRINEK-5 STILL MISSING 30,000 IS FHB FOB OrKKATIXfi OX SII.TAX Berlin, Germany. Jan. 31. Dr. Israel, the surgeon who recentlv operated on the sultan, gets a fee of $30,000. The sultan's aide has arri ed here from Constantinople with the fee. GERMANS TRY GRENADE ATTACKS; ARE REPULSED VERNON ELEVATOR BURNS; ENTIRE TOWN THREATENED Vernon. T.-xas. Jan. 31. Fire which destroyed the Kell Milling company's elevator threatened the town for a time .iccause of the strong wind that was blowing. The fire occurred while a s-iff, fr ezing norther was prevailing. A cotton storage yard near the grain ,-'eator was on fire several times and oilier property was menaced bv the flMiig embers. Forty thousand bushels ..f wheat. 40.0(10 bushels of corn and a 1 rge oiuiinitj of ninizr humid with llu elf.itor TWO STEAMERS ARE REPORTED LOST AT SEA New York, Jan. 31. The White Star freight steamshin Bovic renorted nn her arrival here todav from Manches- ' Paris, Frapce, Jan. 3J German forces ter that she had picked up wireless I Sunday night delivered two attacks messagis indicating that two steam- I w ith hand grenades near hill No. 1 10, ships have been recently lost at sea both of which resulted in failure, ac- heretofore unreported. On was the Apalach.'i', a British tanker in the gov ernment service the other an unknown steamer whose crew- was icscued by the sti amrr Fmalli. Ii. tn.if tin coimei ting ri -at i oh. h and th ..i h ..I I. mst Tb pr si. I, .in 1 walk d tt. u h i 1 1 1 z repaired. I'MMrl.-nt V INon . Milwaukee at I i, . -(ContJno.-ri on naif be we. i forw ; Id. :ed Ii .1 ,.fl. (nl 1 w r 1 ( ..n I.HWN IIATLs AI"I'ItOKI. Washington. T. ". jan i i;at, a..un a.id other commodities from ..in- in Minnesota .-ml Ninth and .-ith linkota to Diiluth and ..tin r nits ,,t lh. head of the (;,-, ... I,.,., I'l'iin. i! loiluv ,v t. lntl "' . Commismop L VII VII MINKS lI'i:I.; M VI (ill TO PRISON Washington. ! ('. Jan, .:i Da id Lamar, .hiui'ImI in the New York ; federal court on charges of imperson- ating an officer of the United States with intent to defraud, lost his appeal ! in the supreme court today. The New I York court is fne to enforce peniten tiary s. nt ii" I iivxki:ii M. VII. II Pueblo. I '..I.. .!..!i ter. president Nation il han! here tint, m i:n nni:sTi;i) Jail 31 - W l Sl-iugh-f the . lobed Mf nautili. f this titv was arrested ining by I mted States i i -i.it. marshal Burns shortly after hit. rnal from Ardmore, ukla. on th. .".4 n dntnients letuined against bun l. ti.ei te.ent f. deral grand jur in wlu.h !. was charged with various ... is nl fri.n.l i .II..1 . mbezWetnent in tin niiii.iu.m of th. bank. cording to the French oincial an nouncement given out this afternoon. British January" losses total about 20,000 men London, Eng.. Jan. 31. The British casualties during the month of Janu ary totaled 179 officers and 19,621 men, it Is announced. FIIEXCH AIIU'LANES WltllCK lSXTIHG IlUI.C.Altl.V.N CAilP I,ondon, Eng., Jan. 31. Many Biilgars were killed or wounded when Trench airplanes destiojed the entire Bulga iian camp at Bazarli, near Lake lioi iiii Tvo hundrtd bombs wrie thrown on Ihe - imp and 500 tents tvere burned. The ;i i itors took back to Saloniki pic iuics of the burning camp. onik MllIM-. CVN VIII VNS un to ;o NEW DEMING ARMORY IS BEING BUILT; TO COST S17.500 Deming. N. M., Jan. XI. Work is progressing on the excavation work for the new armorv which will cost $17, 500 and is to be erected at corner of Silver avenue and Hemlock srteet. The structure will lie one of the finest in the city and will measure 50 by 100 feet with officers' club rooms. The drill floor will be of hardwood and there will be locker rooms and shower baths m the basemen. t Washington, D. C, Jah. 31 The whereabouts of the submarine K-5. which has been missing- since early Sunday, remained unknown to navy officials here today. The of f iclals were not alarmed by the absence of any re port from the submarine. Thry believe she may have experienced trouble with her engines, but said her battery pow er was sufficient to keep her under control in that case" Failure to re ceive any report from the vessel, they said, might indicate that her wireless apparatus bad become deranged. Secreatry of the navy Daniels or dered the destroyers Sterrett ,and Per kins, en route from Pensa. ola to Charleston, to search for the missing submarine. The destroyer Worden. at Charleston, the coast guard cutters Seminole and Yamacraw and the tender Mangrove also are cruising for her. S' UNITED MINE WORKERS WON'T EXCLUDE MILITIA Indianapolis. Ind.. Jan. 31. After a lona and earnest discussion the United Mine Workers of America, in conven tion here today, defeated a resolution to amend the constitution of the or ganization so as to exclude from its membership national guardsmen and the state constabulary. dered to fl. BIG SPRINGS MAN KILLED AT L0VINGT0N, SAYS MESSAGE Big Springs, Tex., Jan. 31. A mes sage was received here today stating that L. S. Burleson, a prominent ranch man of this city, had been killed at Ixvington, T. jr. No parti, ulars were given In the message. ro rnovr en Sir Sam- ... , ii.it .Ian 11. 1 Humus, minister of militia, an in .-nil v j-ia-. I'llliodiril iilirP tliai u,"" '' ,' will Ii " disp.nt'iifu uv'iv,i-j ii r future. nomiri I ( r odps I tin m DOI'f.LAS COM11ITTKK A C'AXTO.VMENT SMI.M M KKD -Oouslas, Aria, Jan. 31. Tlie commit ter consisting of E R Pirtlr. W. M. A damson, (Jeorsr FT K 11 ami J. S. DiiiixI.im. whiih visited WnpninKton re centlv tn confer with the v,:ir depart ment, ha it'tmncd statin? thit ,1 can tonment foi the noons nt itnn Imuik:- i las soi-tr s alined COLORADO LINEMEN STARVE AND FREEZE; AID IS SENT TiZul r r 01 a -AAn I north of th JJUlBUfiUl V "I".. .JM.ll. .!. -. BUUUOH drop In the temperature to -0 below sero, coming on the heels of th six day snow storm, had added to the -to-m suffering in southwestern Culoiado to day. A relief party has set out for an abandoned mine near Silverton, w hero three linemen of the Western Colorado Power company are marooned. The linemen left Silverton Saturdav on skis to repair the transmission line auoss the mountains. The .rried at (he old mine exhausted, expectum to tind food and fuel which had been left there. Piecing tog-ether p.irts of tehir equip ment with n pin.ite telephone v. ire, they notified the (ompans office th.'t they were starving and freezinu ROBERT LONG FOUNDDEAD IN JAIL CELL AT MARFA Marfa, T a. -Jan. 31 Ai rested .-n an indictment charging forger, Kni 1 t Long was found dead in a jail .ell here two davs later coroner p 1 t quest found that Lon-: hut died a- in result f epileps Long had heen arirst-d in onnne- - . tion with a purchase ttf pi opt ity utad--Mome months go fimit T. K flaliew j in which a draft was sien ninth, it is claimed, pi o ed a toigr lit .-, arrested at the tim but nan been 1 e- j leased under bond until indicted by the grand jury. He was burled here. ; as nothing could ho learned of his ABi DIEGO, cal Jan. 31. One hm dred thousand dollars is it amount required for Immediate if lief of flood aufferers in th -tay ai . ban I,uis Key and Tia. Juan alleys, ' was announced here today. All flood-. are reported subsiding. AVIth committees organized to cai relief woik on in eer pjrt of S.i Diego county devastated bv th hea rains and floods of thf Lit u. k, ai i clearing w ather to assist llu m tii taslc of all- dialing distress and restor ing condi'i.'iis to .something 1 ke no. mal is being pushed with en. v Although the sean.li f..i . ., , 0!l tlnued, no more had h . n r . ot.ie. early today. The known de.h Iisl stood at 34. The receding of tl ( fio. ars in me uiay, iia Juana, ,s . Diego, San Luis Rey and tfan I'asqu 1 valleys was expected, to expedite rescuj work. No accurate figures can be given as to property damage, estimates varyim. from S25O.U0O to more than $l.fau,tn It is estimated by business men that 6ft das will be required to repair th darcrige that has been done by th flood waters Cessation of rain an.i plerty of sunshine were hoped for mor. than anything else T.ootlng Breaks Out. Looting rl.-tilb-d by rear admiral TVH, iam V. KuiUm commanding the Pacific r. serve fleet a tte "worst I hae ew r sepn broke out m th stm ken Otay llejr Sun day, w hilc iiinrs unci marines from war ships Sn tvin in.fo bay toiled to recover th bodies of .. wt of the lowr Otay nwnuir flood. A nev f 'i 1 tourd don n the li.i Jimn rHer Sun-l i - indnijc four feet t iijh near its mouth. w 1 ,i is jt th ff"tt of s.n Din bay. Officials 1 re o,,nt th it it jr. loubted indiiated tht bursting of the Morna dar . 60 miles hack in th- hills. On a chan that the water 11 ipmiml- ( h the d.ttU wou'-L tear a n. w h ,nnt! f. r tho ner across the "ronmio -tract iiu.t tlm &. 1 -. sident, h. a h liii ; ' ' r mile rr oil li- th"ir 'li- alley In irmil imp The iowr t'tn alle ws ,,, , , Sunda Marin- - and VmiIm tr tlebhlp Or-B"n .'nd th fnii-t r- M and South I tkcta. patrol-. t .ill tp and penetrattd into the a ' . n to Fhoot looters on sighi L.n 'i 1 rounds of ammunition The manm 1 tamp nt bit 1 vrauk ;irv )! j ordrt rried :'l under Capt Chaa. T. Weatcott. ir. mmii in the alley Th sailors nnd-r HM,-n II mid ton O'Rrin, of the Milwaukee t.n.v ni titers in th- little ItI' k -chool hou-( .tt iniy Cit The t'nlttd St ttt- detrovt-r L'r'-m.. actei as base ship aim a Phii.ppitit sijuud from the Milwaukee acted in conjuncti -u witu both forces. Jap 'W'arnft of Flood. F.rt now-. ,.f the reported 1 Moicn.i )ani uini through ivi t,!ty engineer t( toronad". and nver nf 'h.H me known a- tl, terMts in tins reach the M, duy met a J ip tlf the - of th' ilnuot ' "nEl- kels in inity Er--t. r- ng tw town of Tin J mi Sun- ie running al"n-' tl bank et b 1 BISBEE IS TO HAVE A NEW $45,000 CHURCH lichee Vriz., Jan 11. It is an nounced that construction ip hhh to stai t on a r.lMi0 rlmnh in th. tt.u ren district, it will he known as St Patrick's It will be located on a lot southeast of ltretto academy. The site has been donated to the ihurrlt ! Thomas Tliggin, f'-rnit r of the War ren tiistrh t. hut now a 1os Xniel.-s resident It ks intend d to have St : Tntr'tks C(nipleted 1 1hi istmnf. J i:iiKl.-h En .ir o low n th r and pre in t it euKU' fl that nt.it-.nu nam muM . That tht . unexp. ( it ii row Kfigc. concrt tc hoi the dam w t u-h hm-, The nn Ut S U.i.s de ke I plv w . -ir. the d im h' river. ri. d the Jip no - '' p ople lots njl-' i - a four foot u He tunifi i 1 1 irnin? t Jet ret . in On K" '"d lut t 'to Im 1' la. i .11-. 'he floe( The Morrua Dam. in ould ,;o ..nt . t -t od .'', ! 1. n 1 i v is built of -.1 i 1 wi-h iron nn1 ' t wide a ml 1 k - 1 the iton, ii - mi U e upper Hido n.i 1. ,nd pi ue 1 - 1 '-om th' r"-or 1 tunnel through Tiroke aing " i omms . r-, said More: t . 1 "i . n.i. L-. 'i -try and Th. lop of u -1- 1-race I t urn side. i-r the dam w ittr sup loir (ehiud voitd rocfic lmhIu f.i throucii t liM!e water shed in'o n t k which ft-d th towr Otav dam. the on th it first went out. Th- natu ral chann.-l for the wUer, however, was down C'i'i iv ( i creek Into the Tia Joanft i.l 1 r ttr ,s tin to hihtseers and adenu et into Otay VHtlf ' si aio' and mltlT 1 1 kpt tlKiit a 1 ip on il -iti' I, a Ioiik ss, r.d p ! H form1- th" south-r'i ' ' ' (Cootinaed on Pmce 1.1 k b uld prd t' -onad 'irltr. h - bi- operative Publicity For the Whole Southwest Would Work Wonder