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EL PASO, TEXAS,
Thursday Evening,
May 15, 1913 12 Pages
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ElPasoansbnJunel to Meet
Las Cruces and Alamo
gordo Automobilists.
CAMPAIGN ON FOR
BETTERING ROADS
AX AUTOMOBILE excursion to
Cox's ranch, participated in by
every El Paso automobile owner
who can and will go, for Sunday, June
1. was decided upon Wednesday night
at a meeting of the officers of the
chamber of commerce and the 1 Paso
Automobile club.
The automobilists will take their fam
ilies and lunches and will invite the
automobilists of Las Cruces and Alamo
-d n ,. fhpm nrf talk oood roads,
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The invitation to the Las Cruces and
juamogorao automoDuisis is to oe ex-
tended bv president V. R. Stiles and
secretary A. W. Reeves, of the chamber
of commerce, or. behalf of the Automo-
h,l Ml anH tfc ,.hnw Mr rnr w
in he i1cp1 nt nn hv acting nresident
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C. B. Stevens for permission to hold tbe
picnic at his ranch. Judge A. S. J. Eylar
and Z. L. Cobb are to be invited to make
speeches at the meeting. Every auto
mobilist in Ei Paso will be welcomed on
the trip, regardless of whether he is a
member of the Automobile club or cham
ber of commerce.
This is ode of the steps the Automo
bile club planned to stimulate interest
in automobile matters and is only one
of the features planned for the future.
Runs to Hueco Tanks, Las Cruces, Dem
in and elsewhere are to be planned by
the club to follow tbe June 1 event.
The Sunday following the trip to
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v,vo ,..w.. ..UMri .k i -. i caiuornia law which appears to limit
Paso automobilists, each accompanied j its action, so far as It recognizes Jap
by a hired laborer, will make the ran J anese rights to the existing treaty of
over the Borderland route in tbe direc
tion of Doming- to make repairs to the
road between Canutillo and Lanark; to
repair the Canutillo hill and straighten
the road between its crossing over the
S. P. and Lanark and make other im
provements, t
Membership Campaign.
A new campaign for members is to
be undertaken at once.. The club has less
than 200 members on its rolls, and an
effort is to be made to add" the name
of every automobile owner in El Paso.
Each member present at the meeting
Tuesday pledged himself to secure 10
new members by June 1.
The roads leadimr into and eat of El
Paso are all to be signed ae gown as pos
sible. J. J. Kaster. chairman of the com
mittee on signs, is arranging to have a
number of iron signs made -and attached
to iron posts, for placing at road forks
.ind turns. R. H. Rinehart offered his
rar for service in helping to put up the
signs. Otber members made like tenders.
Red, White and Green.
On suggestion oi .T. J. Kaster. it was
agreed that tbe colore .red white and
green be painted on telegraph and fence
posts along the Borderland route in this
section and that other communities
along tbe route be communicated with
and asked to put up the same signs, j
I hesc colors would denote that the driver
was on the Borderland route "on the
May to Mexico" wherever they are
pcen and would become typical of this
route.
The matter of a paid secretary for the
flub was also discussed and this will
he taken up as soon as the membership
list is properly increased. The club has
not been undulv active for some time
and it is the intention of acting presi
dent Stevens and the directors to put
new life into the organization and get
to work in accomplishing something of
general good for the community.
Good Roads Help Everybody.
While good roads are not wholly the
province of automobilists. they are gen
erally taking the- initiative everywhere.
Good roads bring tourists and tourists
bring money to the whole community,
looking at it only from an automobilist's
standpoint, and thus the work of the
club is widelv felt but the good roads
serve a further purpose in aiding the
fanners and ranchers to get better and
quicker transportation. , All communities
have come to recognize not only tbe
advantage, but the necessity for good
roads, and the members of the Auto
mobile club feel that, they are doing
much good for the whole community
in their work for good roads for the
fommunitv. Thev therefore feel no
hesitancy in calling on every automobile
jinsn-itxitj in uiiiiii wii trvi t auiuuiwuc
owner in the citv to contribute a mem- 1
rrhin 5n the assnciatKui for u onnA f
hership in the association for the good
work. All funds of the club are used
in improving bad stretches of road or in
placing signs where they are needed to
guide the traveler.
Borderland Association.
At the meeting Tuesda- night the club
r.lsn decided to accept the invitation of
the Warren District Commercial cluh
to join a proposed organization of all
cities on the Borderland route to boost
it and advertise it to the world.
It was decided to impress upon San
Diego and Loo Angeles the necessity of
providing a good road between Yuma
and the Pai-ific coast, as the rest of the
Borderland route is good in almost all
places.
3fHW TBUKGRAPJI .CHIEF.
Filberto Gomez has been appointed
chief of the federal telegraph office in
Juarez to succeed Alberto Guido. who
will be stationed at some other point."
Free Tickets For
Boys for Baseball Games
Saturday k to be Ei Paso Herald day at the baseball park. Tbe
Herald wfll distribute free tickets to every boy in every Herald family in
El Paso under 1 6 years of age. Tbe tickets will be distributed at Tbe
Herald otfice Saturday afternoon at I oclock. Conditions will be printed
in The Herald tomorrow afternoon. Get tbe paper, boys, read tbe condi
tions and get tbe tickets Saturday. Tbe 1 3th cavalry team will play tbe
El Paso team Saturday afternoon and a good game is promised. What
boy k there who does not like to go to a baseball game? Every boy's
ambition k to see as many games as possible, but sometimes the price keeps
him away. Saturday he will not need the price. He will go as the guest
of The Herald. Watch for tomorrow's paper for the conditions.
REPLY TO m m IS
JAPAN EXCELLENT
Japanese Ambassador Is
Notified that California
Land Bill Will Be Signed.
CABINET TO DISCUSS
JAPANESE PROTEST
ASINGTON. D. C. May 15.
President Wilson has arranged
to confer with secretary Bryan
early tomorrow morn ins: before the
cabinet meeting to draft a reply to the
forrpal protest by Japan against the
California anti-alien land bill, which
Gov. Johnson has announced he will
sign.
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anese ambassador. Indications are that
The note will be submitted to the
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vnA AmrA . n vama.,1 im.,ab..km a
i mnftiu uie jtrsiautLiuii iukii, as well
i as questions of discrimination 'raised by
: japan, win oe luuy aennea.
Ambassador is Notified,
v- Johnson's decision toslp the
S.'?ia Dai;ai'n JLad b,";J,e1P"e
?VM protests, was unofficially
' tuuiuiumtaieu iuaay 10 viscount (JBlnda,
the Japanese ambassador, as a matter
of information, with the understanding
that secretary Bryan may later present
Gov. Johnson's answer Officially, with
such comment as he may wish to make
in behalf of the federal government.
Mr. Bryan is in New York and in his
absence the subject will be Considered
by counselor Moore.
Japan May Have Rejoinder.
When the ambassador has received
secretary Bryan's formal commnnlcs-
tion. it will be necessary for him to
communicate it to the foreign office at
Tokio and receive instructions for pre
paring a rejoinder, so that probably a
week will elapse before the negotia
tions can move another step.
Interest has been excited txv Clav
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Johnson's quotation of that part of the
1911, and there is some speculation as
io wneiner mat was intended to fore
shadow a refusal on the part of the
California authorities to be bound by
the stipulations of any treaty that may
be hereafter negotiated between the
united States and Japan that would ap
pear to be in conflict with the provis
ions of the new law.
ALIEN LAW NEEDED, -SAYS
GOV. JOHNSON
j California KxecBtive, in Message to See-
reiary state, sayn Imvt Is In
Accordance With. Treaty.
Sacramento. Calif "Ma v 15. Em.
lag his determination tovaign the alien
tana Din recently passed by the legts- I water In the river, there were no
lature. Gov. Hiram W. Johnson, of Cal- i springs and scarcely any signs of mois
ifornia. telegraphed to secretary of I tare, which woitld indicate an unusu
state Bryan a lengthy explanation of a,UT iP-viosfoundation.
the position TaSen by "the legislature in I Thc sand-cement plant, which was
nacoin., A. kin tk I satisfactorilv ooerated for several
-.'.' . ; UXi. XUC UICBHHKH W M K in
answer to the request telegraphed to
the governor by secretary Bryan at the
direction of president Wilson that the
bill be vetoed. In the message, he
says:
"In the phraseology of this bill, in
those whom it affects, in its scope and
in its purpose, we believe we are with
in our !&il and our moral right, and
i..a.i e are aoing only what is im
peratively demanded for th nrntix-tiiin .
and preservation of our state In this
enactment, we have kept ever in mind
our national good faith, as evidenced
!y existing treaties, and our desire and
anxiety have been to act only in snch
fashion aswnuKt mnn.nj ,. . 8ncn
!" iaS.WOU, Commend US to OUr
sister stales" and would" 1... m," " i
our fellow .tr-,, "
Objections From Japan.
The objections . to our bin as based
first, upon the treaty obligations of
the nation, and, secondly, upon the as
sertion that our act is offensive and
discriminatory, the protest to our
measure, as your telegram states, comes
?.m.lhe r?Prentative of Japan. The
bill that is now before me. as you
know, provides substantially in its first
zenship under the laws of the United
VT" anens eligible to eiti
f" " acquire real property in
J-nitfTK manner citizens of the
Lnited States, and the second section
provides that all aliens other thaS
those mentioned in the first section
may acquire real property in thl man
ner and to the extent and for the pur
poses prescribed by any treatv now ex
isting between the government of the
Jrf'lSi8" and the natim or counto'
of which such aliens are citisens or
subjects. aa may. m addition? Teas
for a period of three years lands for
agricultural purposes.
"Thus we have made existing treaties
a part of our law and thus have wl
.- c.c.jr nSni mat any foreien
nation htr int......! " iuicigll
nation, by international contrail his
HniSt,e1 Upon Proving wUh ur n"
tional government."
,,. Kpferendam Threatened.
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j? ec on r .TPBy ovv the alien land bill
iLr7n,a' " .far the California
Hiuiiuihirnnn to -.-
-fi1"8" " unl June 16 in which
to
--o vc ti, ana in tne normal coi
of events, it will h... T'r"'
course
Sibils ?f90 days fro s ciosrVof
i1 SlS,lat,u"e'-or on AuS"st 10. next
toheck HSVt V"at m,ht "-ise
to cnecK its operation from and aftoi-
that date is the threatened referend.,
petiUon. which Theodore B?n "
Democratic leader, has said he would
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BIG ELEVATOR BURNS'
LOSS IS $1,000,000
Buffalo, N. Y.. May 15. Fire today
destroyed the mammoth elevator FVl
hio and Louisiana streets, 70M0&0
bushels of grain the elevator1? capaci-
SftJS?, hous ot the nre boat
Potter. The loss will exceed ? 1,000,000.
WILL PROiESS U
Little Seepage to Hinder the
Progress of Workmen at
Elephant Butte.
LABOR QUESTION IS
A LITTLE ANNOYING
(By E. H. Baldwin, Cons. Kng.)
ELEPHANT BUTTE, X. M-. May 15.
During the latter part of April
the grab buckets, which had been
excavating about 120 cubic yards of
sand and gravel per day on the dam
site, were removed from cableways and
skips substitued in order to help out
the derricks, which were handling
boulders and loose rock on a section
prepare an area of the foundation about 1
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2o feet square, adjacent to tne nume
section, for masonry so that concreting
could be going on while the balance of
excavation was being completed, thus
enabling a larger force to be employed
and consequently hasten the work.
The material excavated during the
fiast month has been mainly boulders,
oose rock interlaid with broken shale
and clay, and some thin layers of hard
sandstone, the most of which required
blasting, but deposits near sound bed
rock had to be carefully handled, much
of it loosened with picks and wedges
in order to avoid cracking the founda
tion. This, of course, has been tedious
'work, the volume excavated daily was
small as compared with the output
when handling 'sand and gravel. There
was also more of this to remove than
i was expected, as the surface of the
bedrock, though corresponding exactly
wun tne location shown bv diamond
drill borings, was in manv places shat
tered and had to be removed to a
greater -depth than anticipated.
In several places the "excavation is
now at a dnth rf s n tr-ft Koinw the
lowest point of old river bed and in
one place even deeper. The large areas
of bedrock thus far exposed indicate
an excellent foundation, the rock dip-
ping at such an angle as to afford the
best possible protection against sliding
and presenting a Very uneven surface
which is very desirable for same reason,
Yith the exception of a narrow strip at
both heel and toe of the dam. work
on which was hitherto not possible on
account of position of the derricks and
water pipe lines, this area is about
ready for concreting: but in order to
carrv the work most economically, no
concrete will be placed until the above
mentioned areas are ready.
i-mnll seepage.
One or the most unexpected and com- 1
forting features disclosed by the opera- ;
tions thus far is the small quantity
or seepage water encountered. At no i
time has the seepage exceeded two :
cubic feet par second and even in '
places where the excavation was more
than 90 feet below tbe level of the
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The concrete mixing i
plant has likewise been tested outl '
minor defects corrected and is in ex-
cellent condition for the severe work
it will be called upon to perform. A
large amount of stone has been got
out in the quarry, including fragments
for crusher and sand-cement plant, as
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well as large plums for the dam. A
number of drill holes, each over 160
feet deep, have been driven in the-ouar-
I rv" when additional stone is needed,
' tnev wJ11 be loaded and fired and will
i furnten a great' quantity of material.
I T ,5,-b.er ctn'",OB- ,. .
Labor conditions have been somewhat
"unsatisfactory of late, but steps have
Kn fk-n to ,nnl,.mnt th. imnlv
been taken, to, supplement the. supply
jana a steaay improvement in tnis re-
oiiu a. Bicau uitpi vKiiiKiu. in mis rif-
spect is noticed. At the present time. I
when there is necessarily so much hand j
wont on tne excavation, preparing the
bedrock for masonry, a shortage of
labor affects the output much more no
ticeably than when such work is be
ing done by machinorv. But with a
JhTSJSt iJffii.1KinS2Ca"
large area of bed rock uncovered, in '
ffLJyJt !
is confidentlv expected that the mason
ry will be up to the elevation of the
,d riVCr beA by the cloa ot th re1"-
TELLS OF WORK
ON THE BIG DAM
Project -Knglncer Enlightens EI Paseans.
Automobile Club Appeals for
More HembcrtkipK.
Five times bigger than the Mills
building. 100 feet higher, and with a
storage capacity which would cover
the state of Delaware with two feet
of water, was project engineer L. M.
Lawson's comparative picture of the
Elephant Butte dam, which he gave at
the chamber of commerce luncheon
Thursday.
Mr. Lawson was the principal speaker
at the weekly luncheon and gave the
members a number of new ideas about
the big project and what it would ac
complish. He said the dam would form
a lake 41 miles long and six miles
wide, and the main canal would be
one of the largest in the world. He said
mat the work was being done a" rapidly
aqd economically as possible and that
the foundation would be completed
within a few days, when the dam prop
er would be started. The project en
gineer appealed to the chamber of
commerce to assist in settling the lands,
in getting the lands tilled and in mak
ing the big project a complete success.
Charles B. Stevens, vice president of
the Automobile club, made a talk for
good roads for 1 Paso and the val
leys. He said that the club owed $400
for repairing the road from the Canu
tillo valley onto the mesa and toward
the west. He made an appeal for new
members and announced that a trip
-. ould be made by automobile to the St.
Augustine ranch of W. W. Cox. in the
Organ mountains on Sunday, June 1. He
said he wanted at least 100 to go on
this trip and to meet the Is Prawn
good roads enthusiasts there for a
conference and picnic He said that
the Auto club needed engineer Lawson
for its next president and needed his
help in building automobile roads along
the canalst as had been done in the
Salt River valley. He reviewed the
work that had been done by the auto
mobile club and auto dealers on the
Deming and Hueco Tanks road and
predicted an increase in trade for the
merchants by reason of the increased
cross country travel as well as addi
tional local traffic to SI Paso to trade
secretary a. v. Keeves announced
that the first week of the membership
campaign had ended with' 41 new
members.
There were 74 at the luncheon
Thursday, which was held in the main
dining room of the Sheldon hotol.
Next week the luncheon will be given
in the, banquet hall of the Paso del
Isorte, on the roof.
PRIVATE IRRIGATION
SYSTEMS ARE CHEAP
Pour Dollars An Acre for Million Vcre
Project Colorado Aan(s t. S.
to Sue for M ater.
Washrinnt.in I C. May 15 I'un&id
er.ttion if uri,t;v u i is'ition and re la-
CuuUiik I uu ;s,..t J.'io-;.
TRAP THE FLY
I
CRUSADE
S STARTED
Let Every Citizen Aid, and
the City Will Be Fiyless in
Few Years; Danger!
BETTER TO TRAP NOW
THAN SWAT LATER
Here's Fly Antidote
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Screen the Cradle"
Here are .fly apberhras Mhlch the
people ef EI Psse are urged to keep
well in nilad:
It in better to screen the cradle
and wear a Krai I e than moo IT at the
precaution and near mourning.
Flies In the dining room precede
Banrs In the sick room.
A fly In the milk or on any food
may mean ttlckneMs In the family.
A fly hni natHral enemies; the
meet perisitrtcnt and most effective
should he man.
It cnnttt lent to liny n screen door,
or Mcreen off the stable, than to get
Sick and lay off for a month.
lict one or mere iiy trap ana
TRAP THE FI.Y.
MAKK EI, PASO PRACTICALLY
FLYLBSS IX A PEW YKARS.
fcil
Trap tne ny now.
Summer is coming on and
I ' flies trapped now will prevent
j many flies from being bred in the sum
mer montns.
1 Flies are bred in manure stables, and
these should be screened off so that no
, Aes can escape. They should all be
caught in these stables,
Thousand Lort by Sickness,
Thousands and thousands of dollars
.are lost through sickness and disease
on account of the fly, for the fly is the
carrier of disease germs, and every fly
j that is trapped means that much pre-
ventfon from disease.
l It is better to trap the flies than to
swat them because more Of them are
caught, the process is continual and
cleaner. The flies are caught in one
place and not scattered all over the
house.
Everybody in El Paso should put
his shoulder to the wheel, clean up all
filthy matter because "flies breed in
it raD the flv and this eltr- will h.
prtiea?ly flyless t a few vVarl
Frac"cauy niess in a tew yiars.
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jrUXV-Ei X KJXJJJ JjiiW
IS STRENGTHENED
Catoty Attorneys Inclined to Accept
Its PiovishMiH Lightly. last Act
oh InetrHCiion.
Austin. Texas. May 15. Answering
fen inquiry made by pure food eommis-
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s,ner addoh. tne attorney general's
itpr,artmt tir hit ih.t - .-.,.
mnntv nttmav av.... ka A -
quire' the commissioner to appear in
person for the purpose of makinc affi
davits in any county for the violation
of the pure food laws is not only un
reasonable but would have the effect
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pure food commissioner had
pointc d out that certain cojntv attor-
j neys had declined to file complaints
nle trc commissioner made them in
person. It is also hld to be the duty
of the sheriff, constable, marshall or
policeman to make the complaints when
apprised of the fact.
SUFFSAGETS PLANT
MOSE FAKE BOMBS
London. Kng.. May 15. A militant
suffraget bomb was found during the
night in the National Gallery, which i
contains valuable art in the very center I
i Trafalgar square.
filled6 wTthTve crfdgVwrappe'n-
a copy .of the SultrageC It was
labelled Wills to break the windows of
the National Gallery." There was no
mechanism or detonator connected with
the explosives and the "bomb" was
therefore, like many previous ones,
harmless.
Set Plre to Church Organ
Militants set fire to the organ in
the parish church of Penn. Bucking
hamshire, which, because of its assoc
iation with the founder of Pennsyl
vania, was of great interest to Ameri
cans. A paper was found inscribed:
"Suffragists cause incendiarism for
votes."
Six militant suffraget leaders and a
male adherent of the "cause" were
committed for trial at the Old Bailey
Sessions on charges of conspiracy un
der the malicious damage act. All of
then pleaded not guilty and reserved
their defence- Bail was allowed on the
prisoners' promise to refrain from mili
tancy pending trial.
U. S. TREASURY MUST
REFUND A MILLION
Washington. D. C. May 15. More
than $1,000,000, collected in corpora
tion taxes, must be surrendered by the
treasury as a resnlt of the supreme
court's decision that a corporation
leasing Its property and deriving its
only income from that lease is not
"doing business." within the meaning
of the law, and is not taxable.
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REYES IIAXD CONCERTS 4fe.
ASSURED FOR SUMMER
Rayo B. Reyes has decided
to begin his Friday night con-
ccerts in Cleveland Square next
Friday. In soliciting funds to
pay for these concerts, he has &-
succeeded in raising about half &
the am.onut. and reels that by
next Friday he will have com
pleted the list. He is askinsr
the merchants to pay the band
$65 a week for these concerts.
With the Second cavalry
band's complimentary concerts
on Tuesday evenings and the
Reyes concerts on Friday even
ings, the city will have plenty
of music during the summer
months.
DAILY RIDDLES
QUESTIONS.
1. Why is a dressmaker not like
ly to lose her hooks?
2. Why is a black woman like a
doorway?
3. Why- do cabmen prefer tall
women to short ones?
4. What did Adam and Eve do
whf-n t'lt-j w-ere expelled from Eden?
a. When is a man duplicated?
Answers will be found under
their appropriate numbers scattered
through the Classified Advertising
pages.
INTERVENTION
IN MEXICO IS
Missionary Tells Baptists
That Armed Force Is All
That Will Restore Peace.
BIBLE NOT KNOWN TO
THE MASSES, HE SAYS
ST. LOUIS, MO., May 15. "Armed
intervention by the United States
is the only thing, in my judgment,
that will restore peace in Mexico," said
missionary R. P. Mahon, of Morelia.
state of Michoacan, Mexico, in an ad
dress before the Southern Baptist con
vention here today.
"I have been unable io return to my
work in MexiCu fr the last two months
on account of revolutions and revolu
tions against revolutionists. The oun
try is in absolute chaos and without
hope of getting together if led by any
n9 its mvn nflllA
Says UIble Is Xot IvnoTrn.
"A governor of a prominent state told
me he hoped we missionaries would
establish a school in every village and
town in his dominion, as he believed
the missionary schools 'Will redeem
Mexico. The Bible is not known to the
common people of Mexico and many of
the priests don't allow the people to
read the Bible.
fThls governor told me that he be
lieved that only a system of education
like that of the United States would
redeem Mexico. He urged us mission
aries to begin such a system and prom
ised to protect us with troops if neces
sary. Vice, ignorance, gambling and
extreme poverty hold the majority of
people in Mexico down.
Intervention Is Only Hope.
an the light of these facts, the only
hone I can see for Mexico is armed in
tervention by this country. More than
50 percent of Mexico's population have
never learned to read or write any
language. More than 75 percent or
Mexican men with families are un
faithful to their families. The mission
ary work in Mexico cannot be pushed
ahead now and many Mexicans of edu
cation .would not object to our inter
vention. 9he convention elected the following
.W..-. vAv Viiwin rhnrUs Dftntan.
president; Rev. Dr. Lansing Burrows,
I of Americus. Ga.. and Rev. Oliver Ful
ler Gregory, df Staunton. Va.. secre
I taries: George Xorton. Louisville, Sy
I treasurer, and William P. Harvey, Har-
rodsburg. icy., auanor.
Texas teadn In Mlnsloas.
It was shown that. Texas led all
states in contributions, giving J1.
000 to home missions, and $56,000 to
foreign missions.
AMEEKJAinOLLED
AT LA JUNTA, CHIH.
IVra. Protexter, a Conductor. After Kill
ing One Mexican and Yioaadios
Another. Neet.i Death.
After he had shot and killed one
Mexican and seriously wounded anoth
er. Wm. Protester, a conductor on the
San Antonlo-Jiinaca branch of the
Mexico Xorth Western railroad, was
himself shot and killed at La Junta,
Me.: on Monday by the woanded man,
who i-sed a rifle.
On! meager details of the shooting
ha" iern receied. The American en
gli C(T had engaged in a fight with the
two Mcv.ci.ri. and killed one of them,
said to be a cousin of Pascual Orozco.
and had wounded a second. Then the
latter, with a rifle, fired at Protexter
and fatally wounded him. In a critical
condition. Protester was placed aboard
a train for Chihuahua City, but died
en route to the state capital.
"Wili'am Protexter had lived in Mex
ico fo- many years and was well known
to railroad men. especially in the re
public. In Torreon about eight yean
ago he shot and killed a prominent
Mexican doctor because of domestic
troubles. He was sentenced, to serve
eight years in the state penitentiary
in Chihuahua, but was paroled and
never required to go to prison.
He was employed on the Minaca-San
Antonio branch of the North Western.
He was in El Paso about four months
ago. undergoing treatment for a slight
injury sustained in the service. He )
was about 43 years old. J
tie nas a daugnter. anpposed to oe in
Kl Paso. He carried a life insurance
policy in her favor for '$3500, it is said.
OWNERS SWEAR AWAY
THEIR OWN CATTLE
Tell Sonorn Government They nave
Only Certain -omlier. to Escape
Tax; Ahete Xnrabcr Confiscated.
Douglas. Ariz.. May 15. The manner
In which thousands of head of cattle
have been acouired in the state of So
nora from former owners, became
known today. A call was recently is
sued for all owners to list their hold
ings with the tax agents. Fearing that
this presaged heay taxation, many
owners underestimated their holdings,
some as much as 75 percent. When all
owners had appeared, the state sent
vaqu-ro? into various distiicts and the
grand roundup commenced.
As it preceded, lists were consulted
and the number sworn to by ea ch own
er under his brand were set aside. Th
rest, although bearing the same brand,
were confiscated to tbe state because
the "ownership is unknown."
Attempts to secure possession of the
caltie on the part of former owners are
futile Th first lists having been
sworn to. claiming the cattle now means
errest for perjurv and imprisonment.
CLAIM UTTER ROUT
OF FEDERAL ARMY
AmrrlranH Say Rebel Droe the Fed-
erals Hack Into t!nHj-nins In Great
Disorder: T.O Dead."
Nogales. .rix.. May 15. After a de
moralizing route, the remains of the
federal army under Gen. Gii is believed
to have reached safely Empalme, a
suburb of Guaymas. If CoL Hill's in
surgents cut off the retreat to the
south as surmised, they were unable
to hold back the fleeing federals, who
Sunday abandoned much ammunition
and supplies, promptly seized by the
victorious "Constitutionalists," north
of the gulf port.
American refugees arriving here to
day confirm the report of Gen. Obre
gon. tht rebel commander, asserting
that full 500 of the federals wer
killed outright, while only 60 of the
state troops were killed and 13 wound
ed. This unubuai proportion is credited
to the disorder in which the federals re
treated. Of an army numbering originally
2500, onlv 1200 reached Empalme. re
port those arrivins here from the front.
Below Ortiz., the state troop base, there
is no tolerapli oporatinsr. and the gtn
eral tonfuston s far has permitted fe
c'efinit'1 d- tails In loaih the stato cui
tal. It i T-s, rti'd. hver that ifcu
state troops at once will attack Guay
rms and Empalme if already the as
sault is not in iroprtss
In ui" 'id f'T ins sufcos.-, i;.n
VVViiunu.'.i u:i ..i Jn,'i
TWO MEN, FIJCINE BANK
V1T. MUPD HIE
Holes Have to Be Bored Through the Concrete and Steel
Vaults and Pipes Inserted to Give Them Air While
Workmen Pick the Lock of Big Vault in
the New El Paso Bank.
TWO Mexjcaa workmen were on deposit in the vault of tie Secartiy Trnsfi
and Savings bank Wednesday sunning. Like tie et in "Alias Jimmi
Valentine," the vault door closed on Domingo Veiassaes and Jose Orona.
while they were working with the combination lock. The Mexicans were impris
oned in the big vault for two hours and a half, until A. T. Samwoxth, city electri
cian, could work the combination and release them.
The combination lock on the Security bank's vault had not been working
satisfactorily and W. E. Fletcher, a concrete contractor, undertook to repair it.
He sent his two Mexican helpers inside to test the bolts and closed the door from
the outside. The tumblers set and the Mexicans were prisoners -within the
vault. Fearing that they weald suffocate, Fletcher drilled two small holes through
the, roof of the steel vault and put rubber tubes through these holes for the Mexi
cans to breathe through.
In the meantime Samworth was sent for, and after they had been in the tem
porary prison two hours and a half, the tumblers slipped back in answer to tie,
combination and the doors swung open. The Mexicans were sucking away at the
tubes for fresh air from the outside and suffered no ill effect from their confinement.
HAKERSnT
PHOENIX UP
I THE I
Hunt Preparing Veto of the
Criminal Code; Measure
May Probably Die.
ONLY CONFERENCE
COMMITTEES WORK
PHOENIX Arrt, May 15. A number
of legislators admitted today that
they never 'would consent to vote
to overrida the governor's veto of the
penal code except for the distinct un
derstanding that Hunt would invoke
the referendum. "
Petitions to refer the law wBI he cir
culated through Artsona by the uU
capital punishment learfwa SaenBcra
and other fries!. sf the. gaKftmma,
With a corps ot . assistants. Hunt
worked most of the bight - on
his veto mesage, having decided
not to wait the ful five days.
The meSage probably will be de
livered tomorrow forenoon. Senator
Hughes and representatives Irvine.
Murphy. Lewis. Brooks. Whipple. Kerr,
Johnson and Wren declared they will
vote against the code after the veto.
Today both houses are considering
nothing except conference reports.
An agreement to consider nothing else
was reached last night.
The senate passed the Craig bill,
amended to rive Frisco $50,000 and
San Dieo $?5c000 for an Arizona ex
hibit. Conference committees were
appointed.
The principal struggle is on the gen
eral appropriations bill now.
Babbitt, a house conferee, insisted
that the $30,000 appropriation for an
experimental farm in the Salt River
vallev be put back in the bill, and
Roberts will not hear to it. There are
also other points of difference.
Day ofTeHseness
There was more excitement inside
the walls of the capital yesterday than
for many years. It was a day of tense
ness, of grimness. but entirely without
dramatic moments unless those mo
ments occurred during the star
chamber sessions that occupied half the
afternoon.
Immediately after the noon reoess.
the senate went into executive session
to hear the report of the committee
sent earlier in the day to see what the
governor was going to do about the
penal code.
Governor Hunt had told the commit
tee that he would veto the code, and
told them so in no uncertain terms.
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MEXICANS BREAK INTO
LIKE THE FARE AND THE WALLED TENTS
PRISON CAMP A T FOR T
AMERICAN seMiers at Fort Bliss find H necessary to prevent Mexicans
from becoming prisoners rather than in detaining tne 260 oM federal
soldiers already held at tne Texas' army pest. A report that many
of tbe Mexican soldiers had escaped led yesterday to a cosnt, winch showed
that there were six more prisoners than originally transported here from
Kaco, Axis.
The recent altering of .the prisoners' mess from regular meals to black beans
is credited with tbe popularity of detention. The soldiers whs ss long defended
Naco, Sonera, are housed in comfortable walled tents formerly used hy United
States infantry. The cost of their upkeep has been much reduced by their prefer
ence for beans and nnleven pancakes to the food supplied the American soldier-.
The war department so far has specified no dispositien of the prisoners win
were captured when the insurgents finally drove them over the line.
Join The Automobile Club;
Help Boost Good Roads
THE El Paso Automobile club is opening its campaign for new members
Every automobile owner in El Paso who can jof-a should do so should
strain a point to try. The Automobile club is working for ood roads
into and ont of El Paso; it is working to pat up signs so that people will not
get lost; it is working for El Paso. Every good road is worth many time?
what it costs. The whole town benefits and the Automobile club's work is in
a good cause.
Less than 200 automobilists have been supporting the club and they have
about exhausted their funds; is fact, the members have donated large sums
on several occasions to carry oat road repair work, a work of benefit to the
entire city. Wow they are going on a campaign to bring in every antomobihst
in the city. All owners of cars should take a pride in joining and displaying
the emblem of the club on the radiator of the car. To show the emblem shows
progress.
The club does are only 50 cents a month. The initial fee is S4, $1 to the
club, $1 to the state association, $1 to the American association and $1 for
the monogram. This makes the first year's expense $10; thereafter it is $6
a year.
EIGHT KILLED.
14 INJURED,
INTQJ100
Twister Cuts PatE a Block
Wide and 16 Blocks Long
Through Seward, Neb,
CHILD IS BLOWN OUT
OF MOTHER'S ARMS
SEWARD, Neb., May 15- Eight per
sons were kilted and 14 injured in
the tornado which swept a district
one block wide and 16 blocks long in
the north part of this city last night.
shortly before 6 oclock.
The dead:
Mrs. Wtllian Hassinger, Mrs. G W
RdxaoBds, Mrs. David Hoover, Samut-1
Crim, ftsgBMrt SctunKa, Hrm.s:hulu
little daughter of August SchTrtts. M-3
David Imtay. itxs- C. W. Wasserman
Baby B Xarrovr Eeape.
At the Schultz place where u:.-- '
Schultz and a 4 year old child lost t. -lives,
a baby boy of two months ,i
blown out of the mother's arms t-.i
dropped down within a yard of w hi .
his father and sister had been kill n
flying debris. Mrs. Schultz and anoth
child were pinioned under the vr -age
of the kitchen but were rescued 1
volunteer firemen, who formed a reli. '
partv soon after the 3torm passed
Last week Mrs. W G. Edmonds's hus
band died following a sudden illne?
His widow mourned deeply for him and
expressed a wish to join him soon
Yesterday's storm claimed her in its
list of dead. She was struck by a fly
ing timber and killed.
x Tottm Escape Tvrfarter.
Advices from Tamora. Staplehurst.
Waco. Bee and Utica. west of Seward.
which were reported damaged, say that
all those towns were out of the track
of the storm. Wires to McCool Junc
tion ar still down and no direct re
ports have been received from there.
Many Building Destroyed.
The tornado farmed northeast of the
city and swept across the country,
taking many buildings along its course.
It struck the western, or residence por
tion, of Seward, and swept everything
in its path clean. It came on to the
town so suddenly that only a few of
the people had an opportunity to run to
cellars or other places of refuge- Those
killed generally were caught in. the
wreckage of their homes which, were
crushed like egg-shells.
Crowd Flees from BaH Park.
Three hundred people were witness
ins a baseball game until - within 1
minutes before the tornado struck.
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