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rlil::f zktrm'.s. -m #•*•7 r* "i' if Vv V.".it}- At' 1 B- WfSBBF''1* \Nj* EVENING EDITION 4-- j- VOL. IIT NO, S? El Paso, 81osion .% BANDIT (M S HMD TO Bf HBMNGMSBtRAMADQtAHBGHTS DOWN FAR BEYOND PARRAL Reinforcements Either Will be Sent to Pershing or Shorter Route Will be Chosen—Limited Use is Made of Railroads. 8"® Antonio, Tn., April 12.—General FiHton sanottnoed ai^ duauro would ba mafe soon that would affect the lone Une of com msmications between Columbus, jr. M., ana General Pershing's ad vanced forces. He declined to tote what the change would be, bat barring the "•5J* J« rauraads, it Is aswnmod by most army officers that It has been decided to veinforce the line materially or shift it to a shorter route. THINK VUdDA IS HIDING IN MOUNTAINS. Paso, Tm„ April 12.—Masking his trail with the HrfmWwg fic tion, spread broadcast by Mexican peons, that he is dead of his wounds. Villa is thought by Mexican military officers In Juares to be Wdden in the Sierrn mountains, while the American is ntnnlng the tear guard and of Villa bandits, wbow stmt, is to beguile Villa's pursatsa away tran the hiding place of their LIMITED USB OF RAILROADS. San Antonio, April IS.—Supplies are being shipped to Grsndes over the Mexico Northwestern railroad for distribution to the expeditionary force as rapidly as the limited use of the line will permit. This, coupled with General Pershing's action in moving his headquar ters to Saitevo, 40 miles south of Chihuahua on the same day ***M the report of Villa's death was given wide dradatlon, la taken as an Indi cation that army officials do not place cnedenoe in the report. DETAILS OF BRIEF FIGHTING. Torreon, April 12.—Details of the live-hour battle between the OMTMiza Murrison at Pasaje, Durango, and an attacking force com posed of Oontreras and Oeniceros bandits, were brought here. The out laws fled in disorder into the hiUs of the Nasas district after losing 70 killed, It Is reported. Die de facto troops i«« four dead. V. S. TROOPS BEYOND PARRAL. El Paso, Tex., April 12.—TOiat the American expeditionary force has penetrated far beyond Panal and-' Is near. If not actually a* ttw OhBmahua-Purango border line. Is indicated in code dispatches receiv ed hqre by private concerns with Interests In the Parral district, ibese dlapofrnhea said the American advance columns now are at a tempor ary base near Farral, and thata motor trade train had delivered sup plies at this SENOBA WANTED TPO KIM VIEDA. j'f Camp at IPront, Apffl lli-JpuD Mom of Gumua pfc or VIQa nej^r here jMttsed ihWwgh mod itnmtrte to ©M-^ One was Senora Innocent® BlWKlu, I0~Jeatf%6ia, iuiff tiM Ms Jenota Tomas Mila n. 30 w«w old. -^Wished to kfil Villa man^i^ sa^SSwaifc Hlvtria. "SO they are .J. me f»ay from this part of the country." The senora had married three miiaUw when her husband was killed by the Villa »WW» *hat rnshed the GmmKu garrison at S a. m. March n. the 10-year-old bride was ln 'Mlnloa at a dance thad night, whlle her hna band, a colonel, was on duty in Guwictu. VllitiA BELIEVED TO BE IN DtTRAJTGO. iso, April 12.—It seems certain now that Villa, if he still lives, has passed Into the mountain fastcnesses o# Barango and that he ls In (MMltion to get in touch with the scattered bandit foroes of that dtMrlct. It is the belief here that the foroes of Colonel Dodd and Colonel Blown have not yet passed the was such that houses in the ttle village were wrecked, and the sound could plainly be heard hers, distance of sight miles. The dead children were burned In the ruins of their home, near the powder mill. The principal damage done was by the first explosion, which is said to have completely destroyed the build ing In whlch.lt occurred. The plant has been working day and Bight on war orders. The details of the explosion ars lacking, as Nemours is located In a wild country, and all wires leading to the town were torn down by. the ex plosion. NEW INFORMATION IN HYDE ACTION Kansas City. April 12.-—Dr. B. Clarke 1{grde was arraigned late yes terday oh* a new information filed Monday charging him with the mur ler of Colonel Thomas H. Swope„mil lonalre philanthropist.- Dr. Hyde waived reading of ths warrant and his preliminary hearing was set for April 1. He was released oh bond of $10,- it Ths accused physician appeared voluntarily in Justice Clark's court, the same court In wbloh the new wat- Rbydwas nt filed earlier in the day by Jacobs, prosesoutlng attorney of Jackson county, it charges Dr. Hyde with having caused the death, of col onel. Swope by the uss of strychnlike and cyanide of potassium. The prsvious information on which ke had (wen tried three-times charged Stown use Of strychnine and other un poisons. ^UKivKli»rnr inaAiMiincM.'^* •-•s-iJ'i" -. 7 a. m., Hi moodmum^^M W VLU HUNT OITKQtS DO NOT REPORTS OF IBS DEATH now Durango ed in touch with their supplies at Parral, without lengthening' the line of communication to the danger point. IM KlUfl) IN EXPLOSION Dupont Powder Plant at Nemours, VaL, Destroyed Today. Blusflsld, W. Vs., April 13.—Three persons were killed a workman and two 'Children, when the plant of the Dupont Powder company at Nemoure, Mercer county, was blown to plBces by tour, explosions. The force of the pm line, but have remain FAINOUS AUTHOR Idchard Harding Davis is Stricken While at Telephone. Mount Klsco, N. T., April 12.— Richard Harding Davis, author and war correspondent, died at his home here late last night from heart trou ble. His body wu found this morn ing. He apparently had been stricken while at the telephone. FIRE AT LtituE ROCK. little Rock, Ark., April 11.—Fire in the XJttle Rock business' district today caused a loss estimated at., between $100,000 and $180*,000. The stores of the Kemper Shoe company and the Bordeaux Pharmacy company suffer ed lbs greatest damage. '. TWO KITJTJFJ). Denver, Col., April 11—Two per sons were killed and two lnjurad late yesterday when a Denver-Boulder in terurban car struck an automobile near- here. The dead are: M. F. Braman and wife, of Boulder. St. Louis Police Say Siu^ect Arrested Saturday, Confessed. Joe Roy Iewi% fesslon, who WL Kenna.^slMt lattsr-had .-Msb bi^thor. the paxralman them Into^thUr ltr-jiw Bar •aiffday aa a ritb the mur- St Louis, Mo., April t«wis, arrested here Be suspect In oonnectlon wi der of Motorcycle Policeman Jefcn McKenna and PUrolmin William A. Dillon, has copfessed, aemrdlu to the police, that he WM*0aa 4t thai two men arreeted by MoKenna and by ene of whom MoKenna wa* slain. He also ^Meited he knaV' the tscts to ths murder of Dillon. MDrai Wj.v Jo* Iff" AUTHOR FOR JOB IN WAR OFFICE Washington, April 12.—Meredith Nicholson of Indianapolis, an author, practically has been agreed upon by President Wilson and Secretary Baker for appointment as assistant secretary of war. Mr.' Nicholson is a close per sonal friend of Mr. Baker and is un derstood to have the support of Vice President Marshall. l^1'i HUNT FOR IK BANHTCHEF General Gomez, de Facto Commander, to take Force Into Chihuahua. Douglas, Aria., April 12.—General Arnulfo Gomez, commanding the de facto Mexican troops which have gathered on the Sonora-Chihuahua border for the announced purpose .of guarding the mountain passes, is quot ed by Mexican friends in Agua Prleta as having told them he would enter Chihuahua this week at the end of a cavalry detachment of approximately 2,000 men. Gomes is said to have made this statement to several people In the Sonora town across from Doug las Monday while he was there for a short time to arrange for provisions and supplies for his column. Gomes is quoted as telling them that he would start Wednesday morning from his present base at Colonla Morelos, 65 milss southeast of Agua Prieta. The route of the Gomes. column will, be through Pulpito pass, the aamo rosrfi^ followed by Villa's, mato iifemy when-"it Invaded djjmpmWait OMOMf Gomes is quoted as stating that he WU originally instructed by General p. Ellas Calles, military governor of Bonora, and commander in chief of the forces' stationed in that state, to guard the mountain passes and pre vent the entrance of Villa into Sonora. *'I have become convinced that Villa will not attempt to enter Sonora and I am going Into Chluhauhau to help capture him," General Gomes is quoted as saying. Lett to right, top: Mra. Cornelius Van dent Potncars. Bottom, Henry C. IVk* and Qoma New Tork, April 12.—With a plan of war relief that is unique even in these days, when it has se^med that nove)Uee in the way of raislng money were exhausted, Mrs. Cornelius Van derbilt baa been going-among her friends in this city and Philadelphia Teoently, inviting them to. contribute toward what might quite properly .be called a "royal relief fund." Mia. VanderMlt Is endeavoring to collect $$00,000, which she intend* to present —in gold in equal shares —to Queen Mary of England, the Caarina of Russia and President Poin care of France, thoee rulers to be-at Uboriir to devote the money to whait eirer purposes-they ohoc^t. UnltaS wTinj Nliilliiii Contributions of $10,000:—no mor* no les ars being askad far. QC oourae thart Umlts to .thirty tjh« num ber at gereeas who may ha,ve the prtvllegs of donating to ro^slty and fank. -v..-'.. ...v vs Ntt every oM ia larHed to pais la the centribotioaa. Only of matoMHswrt- sirtalsi subseriba. Wim 5 fS W OAKO GRAND FORKS, N. Dn WEDNES OAKOTAfi iRSATCi? GERMAN^. MUST ANNEX TERRITORY, I SAYS SOCIALIST Herr Schetdemann. Speaking for.-the Socialist party before the German reichstag recent ly, Herr Scheldamann declared that anyone who b«ltar*a that after all the sacrifices Germany had made no boundary stone would be moved any where, .and. the status, quo ante re stored, must Ve'a child politically. The majority, of the German Social ists demand that the war shall be carried to a triumphant conclusion, no matter whait tfie cost in blood and treasure.- MCABINfT Threatened Break in Swed ish Body Stopped by Agreement. Stockholm, Via.. London, April 12.— The threatened cabinet crisis over the war trade blll has been averted by an agreement which was accepted by all the parties after 'a consultation with the cs.binet. The- firm attitude of the liberals arid socialists compelled the government to considerably modify the bill, which -will be ready Thurs day. a The original siught to give the government arbitrary rights beyond parliamentary cOjftrol regarding all arrangements foir. foreign trade and the, transit of fQMlgn goods through Sweden. It-contained a provision that :#o person .niighC|ftater into any sort -•&i^^n»ehC»rUh1 Snitlfn na* tion regrsraing goods' unless ?,the af rarlgemerit was first approved by-, tbfl. government. '1 -Stockholm- dispatches said Premier Hamnmrskjold had threatened to re sign if the bill were not passed with out alteration. The socialists and lib erals approved the measure in prin ciple, but feared that its passage would take out of the hands of parlia ment any further legislative action- If undesirable conditions should arise. MRS. C. VANDERBILT STARTS A $300,000 FUND FOR ROYALTY bo is-not. certain, but It is understood that the fund-has reached $140,000. which means that Mrs. Vanderbilt's appeal has fallen successfully upon the ears of a dosen besides herself, and her "husband, who started the fund with $10,000 efuch. Gold simply radlatiis from the plan. The rulers, are to receive their respec tive one hundred thousands in gold coin The coin, it Is fcaid, will be sent to them In gold- bagipL But tmMt striking all tha ele ments of llh. -Vanderbilt's project Is a "Book pf tiold" Idea.. It Is her pnr .psO».t»..lMiy«:thi«s ^of^mss made of the »fed«nii.taM to wStoi shall bat lasBribed the names of the oontrlbu tors tenths fund- IBs'ilh. et the rulers will «st one of the gold boohs with the $100,000. Each Jbook, of coaree. will ooajtato only ten namea .. 'BrOso OcU Thon. tes, il ls are ,t»«e. smaller'' thass. Which at* rv. ., :ir ..&aU* ... _.-^f v^'••'- •*&*$,'V'i'" .•. .-»f.i«r.vcX^» GREECE REFUSES ENTENTE REQUEST Berlin, April 12, (By wireless to Sayville. N. J.)—A report received from Athens Is to the effect that the Greek government has refused the re quest of the Entente Powers for per mission for the passage of troops through Greek territory from Corfu to Saloniki, saying that Corfu is in fected with cholera, according to the Overseas News agency. HNE WEATHER (RETS BAH TEAMS TODAY Boston Only City to Report Inclement Conditions for Opening. ,, New Tork, April 12.—With dear and fair weather reported from seven of the eight major league cities, the opening games of the baseball season will probably attract big attendances. Boston is the only city in either big league where inclement weather con ditions prevailed. As is the case each season, the two major leagues staged their opening games equally between the east and west. In the National league Boston will play at Brooklyn, New York at Philadelphia, Chicago at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Detroit will open at Chicago in the American league, St. Louis at Cleveland. Phila delphia at Boston, and Washington at New York. More than usual interest centers in the first contest* this season on ac count of the many changes in the per sonnel of the teams and the owner ship of clubs which have taken place, since the winning of the world's cham* pionshVp- by the Boston Red Sox last Qctober ctoeed the season. of 1915. In the Interim after the Federal league abdicated to organised-baseball, there followed a general^^iribntion df the independent league players among major and minor circuits of baseball. Following this reconstruc tion period, new interests bought into the big leagues in Chicago, Cleveland. St. Louis, Boston and other points, and strenuous efforts were made to .strengthen the majority .of-the .sixteen .-major circuit clubs. In some cases the teams were virtually made over. whichever ruler has received that particular contributor's $10,000. Some of the contributors, it ie said, have been cherishing the hope that possibly a decoration of some sort might be sent along with the auto graph of tha eoverelgn. Mrs. Van derbilt, of. course, did not suggest such an idea. But every one knows "that" occasionally royal decorations are bestowed for acts of charity as well as of' valor, and It Is not'at. all beyond tha^ probaWUttss that such rewards mair be tnade In this esse. Mrs. Vaadorbllt kas been quit* ac tive. rfnrailiasi I" waking to carir oat jwr imai vlaa.' AaMagtho early subsertbaaau It Is 7 7 $ 3 ... EVENING, APRIL 12, 1916. TEN PAGES—PRICE FIVE battle. TEUTONS, AfTHl GAS ATTACKS, RUSH FORWARD, UNMINDFUL Of TERRIFIC SLAUGHTER Of MH REPIMANS HEALBREACH So Declares Senator Penrose —Governmental Expert Needed. Lancaster, Pa.. April 12.—United States -Senator Penrose in an address last night at the annual banquet of the republican club of this city said that not since the civil war has the republican party faced such great re sponsibilities as will confront it in the approaching national campaign. In the enunciation of principles and the selection of candidates, the senator said, the party must subordinate every personal interest or petty conflict of opinion that stands as an obstacle to the performance of its duty. "The feeling prevails among repub lican leaders. Senator Penrose said, "that this is not the year to force the candidacy of any individual. It may be stated with accuracy." he added, "that there are no candidates at the present time for the republican nomi nation in the usual acceptance of the term." Expert Needed. "One thought seems to stand out." the senator continued, "and that is that the country will require in the executive office a man of training and intimate familiarity with the business of the federal government and with its diplomatic and international affairs. This is not the time to entrust these vast responsibilities to anyone who is not ah expert' in governmental mat ters. The general sentiment of repub licans throughout the United States is that the delegates to the national con vention should be unpledged and un instructed." "The breach in the republican par ty," Mr. Penrose said, "is now being healed." "Anyone at this time in any state of the union," the senator added, "who Would attempt by factional er other obnoxious methods, to force a candidacy or create a condition calcu lated to make a break in the ranks would be generally Condemned and repudiated by republicans'''in the country at largs." NOT TO RESIST HUDSON'S REMOVAL New Tork, April 12.—Counsel for Clarence Hudson, alias Ernest Schll ler. who "captured" the British freighter Matoppo at sea, dacided not to resist his client's removal to Dela ware to answer to a charge of piracy, The decision Was baaed upon ths dis covery that there were grounds upon which Hudson could be deported to England, where he might be hanged for his exploit.- After Hudson's counsel had aban doned his plan of seeking' a writ sf habeas corpus. Judge Lesrasd Hand slgnsd a warrant apon which the Gerinaa sympathiser will be' taken tb Delaware tomorrow. bats on ths lUMf *4 it! H.5 Lines Break Before Impregnable Positions of Defenders French Troops Unfatigued by Frightful Demands Upon Soldiers. Paris, April It.—While bringing up reinforcements to uwuimi their attack on Dead Man's Hill, the Germans are trying to recover the ground regained by the French in CailleOe woods and also to the north between Douamont and Vaux. The French positions there describe an arc from a point sooth of Douamount fort to the cento- of the village of Van*, a front of a little lees than two miles in length. For three days the only actions on the east, bank of the Meuse have been centered there, with hahitnal pre paration In heavilyl concentrated artillery lire and with finishing toach. es in. the form of a couple of hours of heavy shelling with suffocating, tear-provoking gas projectilee. SIMUI/TANKOUS ATTACK ON TWO FLANKS. After a bombardment with high explodve* lasting eight hours, and the use of gas for another hour or two, the Germans would attack rim nltaneously on the two flanks. Viere was no visible dimenltion in their courage or ardor, and neither did the French show the riUghtest fatigue with the consequence that the unprecedented carnage of the battle of Verdun goes on. Yesterday the whole front, beaten by gas sJ -t PL4STAV life V.Wfi v* *1 St EVENING EDITION ivJ ("js -iff ?4i CENTS. projectiles. by a yellowish cloud of chlorine vapor, which seemed to be from the sky. When the cloud lifted the Germans bounded forward, seemingly indifferent to the thick death-dealing enrtsto of lire from the French artillery. AS8ATTI/T RENEWED TODAV. Paris. April 12.—The German assault on the Verdun front west of the Meuse was renewed this morning with great ferocity. Troops advanced on Cauerettes wood south of Gumieres, the war office an nounced, using flame projectors lavishly, but were repulsed by artillery and machine gun lire. East of the Meuse, in the Dooamont-Vanx sector, there was mly artillery fighting. Tbe war office aso announced that It had beeai eon*, firmed that the German losses yesterday were eoctreanely heavy. GERMANS GAIN SOME GROUND. Berlin, April 12.—The German troops In the operations against. Verdun yesterday gained some ground in Oiillette woods, southeast of Fort iDouamont. according to the official statement Issued by the Ger man army headquarters. BRITISH LOSE HEAVILY. Berlin, April 11—Hie British Mesopotamia force, troops transferred from the naiilsimllis •as Haiulliil troops In a .sanguinary battle: !aating-4fe hours near SoeeeWhae to a Twrkisli headquarters report, dated Aprt' li*.. Yb£' ment adds that more than SWHI British dead wera aoaiiWi oftn -thOj.,. -i•'?&' .. Iffy Seven Million Dollar Trans action Includes Minne sota Property. Toungstown. Ohio, April 12.—An interest of rights in the Mahoning mine on the Mesaba range in Minne sota. where there are estimated depos its of 100.000.000 tons of iron ore, was transferred in an important deal, ac-/ cording to an announcement here.' President .Tames A. Campbell, of ther Toungstown Sheet and Tube company, announced that his oompany has bought outright the capital stock of the Andrews and Hitchcock Iron com pany at a cost of $2,500,000. Included In the deal is the transfer of interest in the ore rights in .the Mahoning mine. The Andrews and Hitchcock con-, cem has two 400-ton blast furnaces at Hubbard, near here. Extensive coal lands in Pennsylvania and Ohio also are included in the deal. The sale also carries an Interest in the steamship companies in lake-carrying trade. The estimated value of all the property In volved in the transaction is 7,000, 000. YEGGS MAKE HAUL BARNSVILLE OfflGC Safe in Postoflloe Blown Open' and 400 In Ctosh and $50 in Statnps Are Stolen. (Herald Special Service.) Barnesville, Minn., April 12.—. Four hundred dollars in cash and $50 in stamps and a quantity .of money. order blanks were obtained by yeggs/ who dynamited the safe in the* Barnesville postoffice last night, after? midnight. P. H. Kiefer, postmaster/ discovered ths robbery early this morning, when he found the door of the safe wiie open. The robbers had entered through a side door, whloh was smaahed open. •a: k. 'h .... t.f\ KV A The robbers obtained tools for thiir work in a local blacksmith s1m|i Tliai drilled a hole In the outer door of tSs^ safe, and blew it open wit* pltra^ glycerine. The robbers are believed t» hSfnt made their way to Barnesville fins. 1 Sabin, Minn., a gasoline speeder,..atst*-^! en at Sabin, being found nesp£lg»M^C' WaaMitftdii, April IS.—! brsadstuOs exports, which brOks *U wtth 4 records ths first year of the WlurnOaiil War are Shown In figures mad* pvMtot' §,• yesterday by ths bureau of for*(afc ahdiv, domsstle commerce to have flsjiilsei'"' f] steadily ta recent ttCBthsL. duriag th* tin,