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REBELS ARE GRADUALLY
OVERCOMING FEDERALS
VJLLA HOLDS NEARLY ALL POSI
TIONS IN TORREON-FEDERALS
PUT UP STRONG RESISTANCE.
CARAANZA ARRIVES AT iUARUE
Loss of 2,500 Dead and Wounded Be.
lieved to Have Reduced Federal
Forces to 3,000 Men-Villa
Shelling Fortifications.
Juarez. ---Gener:l Venustiano Car
ranza. first chief of the revolution,
was welcomed to Juarez Sunday.
In the last fw weeks the general
has ridden hors eback for 500) miles
and in the last two months he has
traveled 2,000 miles in the same way.
Ju:ueez, Mex.--Nuews from the front
Sunday night states that fi:lhting is
still going on for the possession of
T'orreon. T'he rebels now hold Pll po
sitions ex('cet the main barracks and
two smaller barracks. General Villa
has taken Cerro do la ('ruz and the
'Torreon foundry.
l'The rebel loss in the last six days
Is 900 killed and wounded and the
federal loss 2,0(00). As there already
are at Chihuahua 500 wounded, the
report of rebel losses is thought to
have been minimized. Among the
rebel wounded is General Tomas
Urbina.
It is said that private soldiers
taken prisoners are being taken into
the rebel ranks, but their officers are
executed unless they take the oath of
allegiance to the constitutionalist
cause. All irregular troops in the
federal garrison are executed on cap
ture.
The Torreon attack began last Fri
day and up to Sunday nlight rebel ad
vices, private and official, were that
General Monclovia Herrera had taken
some of the most important points in
the city.
There have been no newspaper dis
patches dealing with this attack and
the similarity of this situation with
that at Gomez Palacio is pointed out
as significant. When Villa was suc
cessful there he permitted the news
paper men to send their dispatches,
but when he was repulsed, as he was
twice, pre.s messages suddenly
ceased.
In Juarez it was confidently expect.
ed that news of the capture of the
city would form the chief feature of
the welcome to General Carranza and
the fact that no message of success of
any kind was awaiting him was ac,
cepted Sunday as indicating that the
fate of the city was still in the bal
ance.
Juarez, Mex.-The ,attack on the
last line of federal defenses at Tor
reon began at noon Saturday, accord
ing to a telegram from General Villa,
who declared he expected to capture
the stronghold Sunday night. Friday
night's assault is declared to have
been unsuccessful because of the fail
ure of the supply of hand grenades,
the most useful ammunition in street
fightfng. Villa is declared to have re
ceived 5,000 moie grenades before he
renewed the attack.
The positions already taken in the
business district of the city, it is
said, were made more secure Friday
night, and the smelter, like the bull
ring, and the principal hotel are said
to have become rebel property.
Gomez Palacio, Mex.-Four days of
fighting, including three desperate an
saults by the rebels, were crowned
Friday when General Francisco Villa
moved into this city and established
his headquarters on that side of the
town looking toward Torreon an,
within three miles of that great goal
of the campaign.
The final and deciding assault was
delivered Thursday. It was preceded
by a bombardment after which the in
fantry and cavalry dashed into the
streets.
Rifles, machetes, pistels and hand
grenades were used in a hundred dif
ferent encounters in the narrow thor
oughfares.
The grenades, of home manufacture,
were lighted by cigarettes, an unof
flclal part of the equipment of every
Mexican soldier.
The wounded suffered terribly from
thirst and many died for lack of
water anud surgical attention.
The dead of both sides were mingled
In the streets or found huddled under
the piles of earth which once had been
abode houses or corrals, wrecked by
rebel shells.
Veterans say no more furious battle
ever was fought in Mexico. It was
a delirium.
General Villa did not stop to mourn
his losses, but with customary energy
began preparations to move on Tor
reon.
Newspaper correspondekts were per
mitted to enter the city with Villa.
Everywhere rebel soldiers were res
cuing the injured and taking them to
the railroad station. There were
stretchers, but not nearly enough, and
a stout pale with a blanket suspended
hammock fashion had to suffice.
The day was hot and the air fairly
sweltered with stale blood.
Those with flesh wounds disdained
to desist and many a soldier, limping
hfroi a wound in the leg or with one
arm suspendqd in a blood-stained
badage, was seen amon the stretch, I
e beuar
ALL FOOLS' DAY
W-AR -
.... II
MORE TEXAS CONVICTS TO WORK ROADS FIRST RATES GIVEN TEXAS FISH HiATCHERIES
Paroles for Prisoners Now Being Pre- I
pared-Many Counties Desire
Them for Road Work.
Austin, Tex.-One hundred and fif
ty more convicts will leave the prison
walls behind and go out into the i
State as laborers on 'county roads if 3
Governor Colquitt is able to determine 1
on that many whom he believes may
be chosen for the work. The success
of the Lindale, Smith County, road If
projection has been a boon. Thurs
day D. M. Reedy requested the gov
ernor to parole 50 convicts that they f
might be used on road work in the I
Tyler district, where a $300,000 road E
bond issue was recently passed. Lime
stone County has applied for 30 con
victs to work on the roads in that sec- t
tion. The governor has already grant
ed the application of Gregg County for
30 men and these are to be sent in
the near future. The paroles are now r
being made out. On the State rail- t
road 40 men will be put at work, work
ing on the roadbed. This list has
been prepared and the paroles are
likewise being made out. a
The governor believes that the
method of handling a certain percent- r
age of convicts has at last been found. c
They are allowed good sleeping quar- j
ters, good food, receive $7.50 per
month as their share of the work and
the fresh air and hard work, together r
with the privilege of discarding the c
stripes, is working towards a refor- d
mation in prison methods and hand- t
ling of men. * E
The one trouble at this time is the i
release of many of the men from the c
prisons. Those who want the work c
on the roads are many of the unskill- t
ed workmen and their withdrawalI
from the shops in several of the in- I
stitutions will cripple the forces.
GOYERNOR ISSUES QU ARANIE[ PROCLAMATION t
Prohibitive Lines Are Established
Along Gulf Coast and Rio Grande
Border to Protect Against Disease.
Austin, Tex.-The governor Satur
day issued his annual quarantine proc
lamation declaring that quarantine
shall be established on the gulf coast
and Rio Grande border on and after
April 1 and it shall continue until
closed by proclamation. The procla
mation follows:
"Be it known that I, O. B. Colquitt,
governor of the State of Texas, by
authority vested in me by the laws of
this State, do hereby declare that
quarantine shall be established on the
gulf coast and Rio Grande border on
and after April 1, 1914, and it shall
continue until closed by proclamation.
"1. Said quarantine shall apply to
all vessels, railway trains, persons or
things coming from places infected
with yellow fever, smallpox, bubonic
plague or cholera, and all places south
of 25 degrees north latitude shall be
considered infected unless proof to
the contrary be submitted to the state
health officer and special exemption
be granted to said places, and persons
from such places are prohibited from
entering this state within a period of
time prescribed by the state health
officer.
"2. I further declare quarantine
against any person or persons infect
ed or liable to be infected with yellow
fever, smallpox, bubonic plague, chol
era, leprosy or other dangerous, com
municable diseases, either within or
without the state, and direct the state
health officer and health officers of
the countles and cities to establish
local quarantine and maintain isola
tion around any and all such persons
whenever in their opinion it is neces
sary, and the state health officer is
hereby authorized to promulgate and
enforce proper rules and regulations
for governing same."
Rebel Prisoners to Be Freed.
Laredo, Tex.-Upon orders from
General Bliss at Fort Sam Houston,
Colonel C. J. Crane, commanding the
Ninth Infantry, to whom the men
had been transferred, Wednesday re
leased the.thirty-three eonstitutional
ist prisoilers w¶ho had been interned
at Fort Mclntoak.
Water Famine Threatens Hawaii.
Honolula.--After two extremely dry I
years, the 'HIwai1an Islande 'are
Sthreateped with the everest water fa- I
mine the terrlton bha eaver knownm. I
Distribution Must Be Made to Stock
Streams and Lakes-Order Ef
fective April 1.
Austin, Tex.-The Texas state bu
reau of fish hatcheries has been given
its first rate for the distribution of
young fish for stocking streams and
lakes of this State, effective April 1.
The railroads have joined in an ap
plication for a low rate both for the
fish and for the attendants who travei
with the fish and plant them. The
same rate is also made available for
fish distributed by the federal fish
hatcheries. There is one state hatch
ery in Texas at Dallas and one federal
propagating plant at San Marcos.
The commission's order adopting
this rates is as follows:
"When the bureaus above mentidn
ed furnish special cars or when bag
gage cars are furnished by the rail
road company the charge will be at
the rate of 15c per mile for the car,
with a minimum charge of $10 for
each movement. The above charge
will be considered as compensation
also for the passage in both directions
of not more than four attendants or
messengers, and also for the return
of cars in accordance with the custom
justifying the return of empty cars
after they have pnoved under load.
"Less than carload: When ship
ments, not exceeding fifteen cars or
carriers, are handled in the regular
baggage cars or on' any passenger
train, charges will be assessed at the
established first-class tariff freight
rate, estimated weight 100 pounds per
can or carrier. Said charges will be
considered as compensation also for
the passage in beth directions of one
messenger or attendant and for the
return of the empty cans or carriers.
"Limit for the return of messengers
or attendants will be ten days.
"All authorities heretofore granted
to the lines of railway above named
and covering the handling of young
fish for account of the United States
bureau of fisheries are suspended and
hereby canceled."
LEVEES WILL RECLAIM LEAGUES OF LAND
Districts Along Trinity Have Been
Formed Which Are Intended to
Benefit 14,000 Acres.
Austin, Tex.-O. W. Finley, a civil
engineer from Ennis, conferred this
week with Arthur A. Stiles, state re
clamation engineer, relative to the en
gineering features for two levee dis
tricts on the Trinity in Kaufman and
Henderson counties, a short distance
below the mouth of the east fork.
These districts will adjoin and will
constitute one engineering undertak
ing.
They centemplate one levee slightly
over nineteen miles in length, with an
average height of about eight feet,
and will reclaim approximately 14,000
acres of rich valley lands which are
now subject to overflow. The dis
tricts have been formed and will soon
vote to issue bonds aggregating $145,
000 for the levee construction.
The districts are making good use
of the excellent surveys and maps
made under the supervision of the
United States engineer's office at Dal
las, in co-operation with the state re
clamation department..
Mr. Stiles is in receipt of a tele
gram stating that Bois d'Arc Creek, in
Fannin County, has gone on another
rise, the second this year, and higher
than that in February. This stream is
now being surveyed with the view of
levee construction to reclaim its fer
tile valley.
Lufkln Abolishes City Charter.
Lufkin, Tex.-The corporation of
the city of Lufkin was abolished Wed
nesday by a vote of 163 to 8.
2,000 Freight Cars Ordered.
St. Louis, Mo.-The St. Louis South
western railroad 'Cotton Belt) Thurs
day let con-acts for 2,000 new freight
cars which will cost $2,000,000. It is
one of the largest single purchases
made in the equipment market for
some time.
Election Regztlatlon Is Sought.
Washlngton.-Federal regulations of
elections of senators and represents
tives on demand of citizens was sough
na two btills introduced Thursday b
Senator Shermaa.
DNION GROWERS TO SELL F. O. B.
TEXAS GROWERS MEET AT LA
REDO AND DISCUSS MAR
KETING PROBLEM.
Resolve That Agencies Dispose of
Product at Shipping Point-Rather
Crop Rot Than Small Profit.
Laredo. Tex.-One of the largest at
tended, most enthusiastic and inter
esting meetings held in Laredo in
years was the convention of the onion
growers of Southwest Texas held Wed
nesday under the auspices of the La
redo Chamber of Commerce. Repre
sentatives from the Laredo section-
l)illey, Cotulla, Big Wells, Pearsall,
Asherton, Devine, Crystal City, Alice,
San l3enito, Robstown, Brownsville
and other places-were present at the
meeting. In addition to the onion
growers were representatives of sell
ing agents representing buyers
throughout the couitry.
The object of the meeting was to
get the onion growers and selling
agenc(ies together, on a plan for the
marketing of onions durilg the com
ing season on a basis fair to both
sides, to establish a uniform market
price among growers and eliminate
competition and other detrimental ac
tions and to establish a minimum
basis upon which onions shall be sold.
Profit Must Be Satisfactory.
It was the consensus of opinion
among the growers that unless they
could get a reasonable price for their
products, or if the selling agencies in
their harmful competition lowered the 1
price to a figure where the crop would
be marketed at a nominal price and
possible loss, they would rather allow I
the crop to rot in the fields. The
marketing problem was discussed in
all its phases.
Eloquent addresses were made by t
Colonel Alba Heywood of San Benito,
John H. Davis of Laredo and other
men qualified to discuss the marketing
question intelligently. Much attention
was given to the remarks of each
speaker.
Throughout the forenoon session
the time was devoted to a preliminary
discussion of the marketing question,
the discussions being engaged in) by
onion growers, representatives of sell.
ing agencies, bankers and business
men generally.
Would Allow Onions to Rot.
The keynote sounded by each speak.
er was that the onion grower should
get fair remuneration for his crops.
Every grower of onions present at the
meeting assented that unless he re
ceived a certain minimum price for his
onions he would allow them to rot in
the field rather than sell them at a
small .mrgain of profit or possible
loss.
A resolution was offered that the
growers instruct the selling agencies
to sell all onions f. o. b. cash shipping
point. This resolution brought on a
heated discussion and some pertinent
remarks on the subject were made,
quite a few growers and agents par
ticipating in the arguments, but the
resplution was finally adopted by a
unanimous tote.
Texans Hurt in Railroad Wreck.
Fort Smith, Ark.-Twenty-six per. I
sons were injured Thursday in a head
on collision of two St. Louis and San
Francisco passenger trains at Maney
Junction, Okla., 23- miles southwest
of Fort Smith. Train No. 5, a south. I
bound vestibule known as the cannon
ball, running about 15 miles an hour,
crashed into northbound local No. 716,
which had stopped preparatory to go
ing into a- siding. None of the in
jured was fatally hurt. The train
crews escaped by jumping. Among
the injured were L. H. Edwards and
Mrs. L. H. Idwards, Galveston, Texas;
Mrs. John T. Bowe, Houston, Texas.
Texas Corporatiors Chartered.
Austin, Tex.-Chartered: Wichita
Mill and Elevator Company, Wichita
Falls; capital stock, $300,000.
Texas-Oklahoma Advertising Con
test Company, Dallas; capital stock,
$2,500.
Delta Chi Building and Loan Asso
ciation, Austin; capital stock, $25,000.
Amendments were filed by the Sa
bine Supply Company of Orange, in
creasing capital stock from $40,000 to
$100,000; First State Bank of Em
house, increasing capital stock from
$10,000 to $30,000.
Governor Refuses Regents' Request.
Austin, Tex.-A request made Wed
nesday of Governor Colquitt by the
board of regents of the University of
Texas that a deficiency warrant issue
to make up the difference between
$65,000 and $74,000 for the erection of
a nurses' home at Galveston was not
granted.
West Texas Noimal Burned.
Canyon, Tex.-The West Texas
Normal School was burned to the
ground Wednesday. No one was in
jured. The building and equipment
were valued at $200,000 and the in
.nranc, was $100,000.
Troops Start From Kentucky.
Cincinnati, Ohlo.-Two battalions of
the Ninth Infantry at Port Thomas,
Kentucky, entrained Friday for duty
at Laredo, Texas. There were In all
about 690 mea and 25 officers. The
men are equipped for field eservice.
Will Give Charity $295,000.
Cincinnati, Ohlo.-The sum t $2.
000 is left to charities and ehurches
Jby the will of Mrs. Pranoesca N
Gamble, widow of the into James N
Gamble, philanthropist, ~f4 Wedaer
iay for probate.
BOOST THAT WAS A KNOCK
Critic Knew Well That His Praise of
Novel Would Inevitably De
crease Its Sales.
In a discussion of the popular lit
erary taste Theodore Dreiser said at
the Century club in New York:
"Here is an illuminatilig episode:
A preacher was talking to a critic.
The preacher said:
"'I thought you didn't like the work
of Potts, the novelist?'
"'Neither do I,' the critic answered.
"'Yet in your review the other day
you declared that Potts' last novel was
remarkable for its purity, that its high
moral tone was a splendid change
from the tainted fiction of the day, and
that you advised the public to turn to
the moral Potts, from the debasing
white slave fiction so much in vogue.
Why, now, my friend, if you dislike
Potts, did you talk like that about
him?'
"'1 did it.' the critic answered, 'to
spoil his sales.' "
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH TIE KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for
Backache or Bladder Trouble
NIeutralize Acids.
Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like lumps of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladdej is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This fa
mous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
so it no longer is a source of irrita
tion, thus ending bladier weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-w'ater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Ja4Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while it is only trouble.
Adv.
The Movies in Italy.
Muscagni is writing the music for a
moving picture film representing the
life of Garibaldi, composed by the So
cialist Deputy Ferri. The libretto is
by D'Annunzio; it is one act and is en
titled "The Children's Crusade." The
poet vaguely defines his work as fol
lows: "A pitiful and tragic medieval
episode interwoven with a popular
legend which in an age of violence and
heroism ended with the misfortune of
hundreds of poor children."
-Take CAPUDINE
For HEADACHES and GRIPP. It's
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Part of It.
Wife-Dearest, I want a silk dust
coat.
SHusband-Well, darling, I am out
for the dust.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig
orate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not
gripe. Adv.
The fellow who falls in love at first
sight would like caviare the first time
he tried it.
Rheumatism, Sprains
Backache, Neuralgia
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back for some time. I went to a doctor but h
did not du' me any good, o I
purchased a bottle oi' Sloan's
Liniment, and now I am a well
woman. I always kcepa .ot
Stie of Sloan's Liniment in the
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Sciatic Rheumatism.
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When- my wife had scitic
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vomiting for five mL'dnhs and
medicine from as ccr doctor as tb
country affords, but te ~ad me no to
I got tired of docto;'s mircine and t
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INCUBATOR CHICKS die by hundred,
white diarrhoea. Weeave themn. .endaddre
eople using Inenbators. G,'t free detals bh"
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