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HERALD HOME EDITION TODAY'S PRICES Bar sihfr (Handv &, Ham on fiuo,- s orains lower Lie-to k. j Iei in tank note 2 il a LTPnr IS Chihuahua turrency Carranza. currency 21. TVEVniEIt FORECAST. Fair tonight ana tomorrow. EL PASO. TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 26. 1914. LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. 12 PAGES. TWO SECTIONS. TODAY. ALLIES GAIN; FOES FURIOUSLY FIGHT ' J ) In Dang First Chief Will Retire Now If A llowed To Be a Can didate For Presidency. CONVENTION PLANS TO OUSTCARRANZA Zapata Delegates Confer With Villa Before En tering Assembly. WASHINGTON. D C. Oct 26. Carransa, eager for the Mexi can presidency, is willing to retire now II allowed to necome a can didate in the forthcoming election, ac ccording to advices Received by the state department today from American con sul Silliman. at Mexico City. Carranxa further requires assurance that the tenure of the provisional president will be short Carranza's attltuCe Is reported to haie been outlined in proposals sent to the Aguascalientes conference which was scheduled to reassemble today fcr the purpose of ousting Carransa from his post as chief executive It was ex pected the conference would take this action todai or Tuesday May Coniient To Be Ousted. Officials here belie ed that while Carranza refused to take the initiative jn submitting his resignation, he vould at id h the comentlons decision. uld it ote to retire him E iden e that -n is contained in, .official -ui-i ices which -reported CarVanza raaSrtng; no extraordinary mllrtapy: preparations. Conflicting reports had been received h the state department as to Carran za s attitude. llla'jf Commanders Deponed. While no coniirmauon has been re ef i ed of reported disturbances in Mexico Citv. official advices told f a general order bj Carranza deposing maii commanders who were Villa ad herents in the convention and appointing- ot tiers n their places. Similarly a decree was issued b Carranza inform ing all chiefs throughout the republic that he nas still first chief and ordered them to obev only orders from him. Ihe cnertton nas discussed tnat in secret sessioa fcut no report of the result of its deliberations has been received. Zapata s delegates, pending the ar rival of which the pottvention marked tin-e reached Aguascalientes Sunday after a conference with Gen. Villa at Guadalupe in which the political situ ation was thoroughly surveyed. It is surmised. The Zapata delegates are expected to throw their votes on the side of Villa, alid the summary ejection K)t Carranza from the post of chief executive is believed certain of easy accomplishment. Who will be the choice for provisional president succeeding Carranza, is not known. Gen Vlllareal has been dis cussed. He is president of the conven tion To Consider Carranza", Retiren-ent. "K ith the arrival of the Zapata del egation to the Aguascalientes confer ence Sundav or today, it was expected to resume the sessions of the confer ence today and consider first of all the retirement of Carranza from the post of chief executive. In other words, the convention will cast about for a means o' getting rid of Carranza, since the first chief has not only not resigned, as has been stated with emphasis officially-, but has refused to resign He considers that his proffer of resigna tion, tendered to the previous conven tion of generals in Mexico City, which was refused, should be sufficient. Mould Pentuade Ilim to lield. It is understood here that a commit tee has gone to Mexico City In an en 3ea or to persuade Carranza to yield gracefully The situation Is interest In" Washington keenl) inasmuch as Carranza has stated his unwillingness to abide by the results of the present cc mention Chief I, Deeply Offended. The conention's assumption of su- ( prerre power in Mexico nas oilenoea Carranza deeplr. Inasmuch as It tends to take awar his own powers. Car ranza has refused to uphold the ac tion of the convention which acceded to ihe demands of the United States relitne to the evacuation of Veracruz b mr-ican forces, and has referred the decision back to the convention, tatin 1ms unwillingness to issue a trnelamotion on the subieot. though w Ding- to Kire oral assurances to the TTnited States that reasonable require ments -would be met. The chief re quirement of the Unltel States is that importers who have paid duties to the I nited States at Veracrux be not obliged to pa new duties to Carranza after th evacuation, in case the Unit ed states turns over to the Carransa o e-nment the duties already col lected eir Complication (Arises. A new complication arose Saturday nicht when RafaeJ Zubaran Capmany, ie?cl of the Constitutionalist agency in ashington, issued a statement say-in- that the Mexican government must henceforth not admit nor author ize the validity of any of the acts of ran Cisco Urquidi while consul general at New York " T rquidi had been called upon by arranza to resign, but in a statement Saturda he refused to resign, saying he took orders only from the Aguas calientes contention which had as sumed supreme power in Mexico Commnnlcatlen In Cut Off. Telegraphic and mail communication with Topolobampa has been cut off, ac- (Centinned on race 9, CoL 3). i Don't Forget That the Other erf Carranza Plans C ANGRY 7fl UliC iimn lifid SEMT HIS REPLY Aguascalientes Peace Meet ing Resumes, With jNo Promise of Peace. The Aguascalientes conference, which has been practically adjourned, pend ing the arrival of the delegates of Gen. Zanata. was scaeduled to reconvene Monday. According to advices received here the 26 Zapata delegates arrived at the convention city Sunday. Tney were accompanied by Gens. Obregon, Chao and Castro, who acted as an Invitation committee. Gen. Obregon, leader of the Carranza delegates at the conven tion, has with him the reply of Car ranza to the demands of the conven tion. It is understood that the conditions upon which Carranza will retire as first chief in charge of the executive functions are Demand A Ma, Retirement. First that Villa sever all connections with- the army. That Zapata turn over his command to a man to be named bv Carranza. That the "plan de Guadalupe" be jised as the basis for drafting a new protocol which will be called the "Plan of Aguascalientes." If these conditions are not carried out. Carranza is understood to make a veiled threat that he will be forced to use force to drive Villa and Zapata out of the republic. Carrancistas here have received no definite word as to the contents of this reply. They express the opinion, how- ever, that Carranza will make It plain to th. invention that b will strictly live up to the plan of Guadalupe and will continue to hoM office until, a reg ularly elected president takes office. Much resentment is felt b Carraacis- "faa regarding the assumption of su preme power by tne convention. Lul, Herrera Reported Wounded. Carranza agents here declare that the attack on Parral by the Hen-era brothers was not a breach of the arm istice declared by the convention. They point out that Herrera has never been notified that an armistice was In ef fect and that any military movement he may have made was done entirely on his own responsibility A rumor that could not be confirmed was in cir culation Monday to the effect that Luis Herrera. who was reported to have led one division of the attackers, was se verely wounded and that it was only with great difficulty that he was re moved from tne town wnen tne iler rera forces, fled. Although- views regarding the out come of the convention are not being expressed by officials of either fac tion, there is a noticeable lack of op timism. Both sides are still charging bad faith. During the whole conven tion ammunition agents have been kept busy at conferences with purchas ing agents of the two factions and purchases of war material have been as large a prior to the convention. Hostile movements of troops are also Ireely cnarged by both sides. Many Secret iVgrnts Here. El Paso is overrun with secret agents of both the Villa and Carranza fac tions. It Is stated that Villa has no less than 54 agents, both Americans and Mexicans, on this side. A form of persecution by these agents is charged by the Carranclsta agents, who de clare that the recent arrest of E. J. Lopez, lice consul, is directly tracea ble to the activities of Villa's secret service. Villistas, on the other hand, charge that Carranza spies have Keen extensively operating in Juarez and that attempts have been made to dis rupt the border town garrison. Fedrrnl, Again tetlTr. Federals along the border are again reported as active. The principal Jun tas are located at New Orleans. San Antonio. Galveston. EI Paso and Los Angeles. Charges have been made by Carranza agents to the state depart ment at Washington that active re cruiting by Villista agents is going on at Laredo, with a view to placing a Villa force in the heart of the Car ranza territorj Maytorena Is accused 01 recruiting men in Los Angeles and other coast points. Reports from Vam anri & Tr4ta Monday stated that all fighting had come to an end. but that the Mayto renistas were making active prepara tions looking to a large increase In their supplies. HERNANDEZ ASKS FOR A ' CORRECTION OF REPORT J D Hernandez, consul in EI Paso during the latter part of the Huerta regime, has issued a statement denj tng the charges he says were printed In "El Liberal." of Mexico City, that his occounts were not correct when he turned over the consulate to Rafael E. Muzqulz, Constitutionalist director gen eral of consuls According to E1 Lib eral." he was responsible for 40.009 pesos and turned over but 30,000 pesos. Mr Hernandez has sent the following telegram to Jose Ugarte. editor of El Liberal "Constitutionalist consul Jorge Orozco has telegraphed regarding the transfer of the consulate, furnish ample proof of the mistake in your notice of the embezzlement. As a matter of im partiality. I wonld request you to con tradict this report" MAYTORENA RELUCTANTLY REMOVES DEFIANT YAQUIS Washington. D C. Oct. 2, The war department today received from CoL Hatfield, commanding American troops on the Arizona border, a message say ing that governor Matorena of Sorona was slowly and reluctantly, and the Yaqui Indians defiantl, leaving the vicinity of Naco PnQDnl ALLIES THREATEN TURKEY ILL FIE UPON GEEPiS IN OPEN SEA Vigorous Ultimatum Follows Departure of the Cruisers Goeben and Breslau. FLEET Of RUSSIA STARTS TO PURSUE England Is Also Ready to Shell and Sink Former German Warships. T OXDOX. Eng Oct zfc A vigorous threat which may succeed In definitely aligning Turkey on one side or the other, probably on that of Germany, in the present war. has been delivered to the Ottoman government by both England and Russia. A dispatch from Home. Italy, states that the Russian and British ambassa dors at Constantinople have Informed the porte that the allies will promptly RresUu the S.T",?! .h 1- " ?"-. 5. next Uro. ."r emerge ""'": "l" ?Prus, wnicn tney are re- ported Just to have entered in haste. fleet Pursue the Crullers. The Russian ambassador mtainAA to the porte that the movement of th4 ivasetan neet in the direction of the Bosporus was due to the fact that the Breslau and Goeben had left Turkish territorial waters. The Goeben and Breslau were Ger man cruisers which entered Turkish waters, escaping the allied fleets, and were reported to have been purchased by Turkej. though the German offi cers and crews were retained. Tht Turkish government refused a demand of the allied powers for the repatria tion of these men. Tiik enpreme efrort, of the flchllnc men of five nation, hnve failed to turn the We of the battle aloni; the Franrn Belslan border. Latest report o lnr were that a strncgle of unpar alleled fury rran still In pregre,n nlonc the North sea. where the fiermans vrlth rccLIm bravery are flinglnc their troops agalnat the allied forces. The French offlelal statement In dicates that an attempt to ent off the German right nlnir has mnilr some projtTe. If. n In said, the allies have extabllnbed tbelr front from "1 pre, to Itoallrrs. the German line ha, been thrunt bneU In a sbarp ancle, the point of nhlrh I, conM erhly to the northward of their force, on the shore of the ortb sea The German movement ncro,, the Aser which prevented a menacing; axpert to the allies, ha, been cheeked, the French war office TOLL OF LIFK KNomiOlS All neeount, ncrre that the Soil of human life exacted In thl, cru cial struggle I, cnormouu Three meadow, near Ontrnd. n Ilritl.li correspondent, report, are heaped with f.erman dead. From the remainder of the 1aG line of battle, stretcblni; to the ionth and ennt aero,, France to the edse of Switzerland, there la no a word, tpparently both side, nre nwnltlnc the outcome of the con fllet to the north, upon which de pend, future plan, of eampalimliic. although It 1, probable that heavy flcbtlne I, In progress to the north of Aerdnn. where the army of the German crown prince I, mal.Ing an effort to pierce the French line. GUI: IT IIVTTLE miCDIG Iteport, from the eastern frant Indicate thnt the greatest battle of the war In that nrea I, Impend ing. Vustrla, In Its latest official statement make, the claim to hav ing thrunt strong force, ncro,, the Carpathian, In the face of determlurJ re,t,tnnce. German and tuntrinu forces. It I, said, have now a strong wall of troop, along n well estab lished line which stretche, from the northern spur of the Car pathians before the long disputed fortress of I'rarmysl and on Into the dlsttriet of I'lock. Defore thl, line I, arrayed the army of the Rulan,, now said to hnve been re inforced by troop, from the Cau casus. Mberla and Turkestan. The Anxtrlan, claim auccesse, In en gagement, to the northea,t of I'rzrmynl and on the lower an. CLVIJI (.EIUIINS mrrilCVTI'NC. Latest dlnpatchr, from l'etrograd say that the German, nre contlnn Inc their "precipitate retrenf and haie etnrnated I.odlr. BVTTLl: VT TMNG TVl o word ha, come up to early nfternoon of the fighting nt Tlnc Tau. where a small garrison I, nt teniptlng to stand off attack, b land and sea from the comlilnrd Japanese nnd British force,. He eent report, that relation, between China and Japanr,e were helmr strained were strengthened b . word from IVkln that the Chinese foreign minister bad demanded the surrender of a Japanese torpedo boat which entered Chinese water, I Tne War At a Glance I 1 RUSSIAN CZAR IS HIS SOLDIERS' GOD Czar Nicholas is the head of the (.reek Orthodox church n Rusia Hi V pi-jf i t ie T? i i' ami ln person is sacred. The cult of the saint- is very prominent in Russian reltn i uli i i - u im I'ylit. wur-iunul by the members of the houseltol 1 Eves the regiments have their respective ikons and twice a day all the soldiers amrraMc for prayers and kneel when tue sacred ikon is presented to them. Religion as naturally nsed as a mfi of deretopin;; pa triotism and loyalty to the ifahl fcaiue. The oar knows that as long as his soldiers regard him as their spiritual as wdt as their temporal leader he can depend on their devotion Herrera Repulsed, Returns and Takes Parral, y-tEX Madovlo Herrera is in pos- 6 -j session of Parral. Chin., accord -" insr to Mexicans w ho arrived from the captured cfty Sunday night. Beaten off by the Villa garrison m the first el tack last Friday morning, the lxM men under Herrera returned Friday night to the city and by daylight Saturday morning were in complete possession of the town. The arrivals from Parral, a Mexican and his son. stated today that Herrera captured ana executed 4 pris oners. Herrera Repulsed at First. First reports brought to the border were that the Herrera Brigade had been repulsed in a five nour battle lasting from 5 to 10 a- m Frida) morning Latest arrivals from the scene of the fighting say that this was true but that Herrera forces returned in fore Friday night and drove the Villistas from the town. Details are meager It Is estimated that the killed and wound ed on both sides will total 300. not counting the 49 prisoners executed by Herrera. The first attack was delitered In the same manner as ilia captured Juarez last tear, when he rode quietH into the border town with a trainload of lu0 men and captured it with hardly anv trouble Parral was Just as unprepared IS.CilHT Jury Disagrees; Case May Not Again Be Called to Trial, Is Belief. New York. Oct. ! Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, who was on trial in Mini ola all last week, for the murder of Mrs. Louise Baile. was released on 1-5 000 bail b lustice Charles II VTel- My in the King's courty suprero court in Brooklyn, mis aiiernoon. Accom panied b her attorneys, sne started immedlatel for her borne in Freeport. Mrs. Carman was admitted to bail pending a second trial or a dicision to quash the indictment against her There Is a strong sentiment that 'she will not again be brought to trial. Defendnnt Collapse,. The Jury which tried Mrs. Carman at Mineola could not agree Sundav and was discharged It was said the jury ! stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. Mrs. Carman, disheveled and openly nervous collapsed when the jury re ported its inability to agree, and was carried fainting from the court room. and attempted to tow away the wreck of the torpedo boat beached by the German, to escape destruc tion by the Japanese. ION MOLTKB IWTHIJRVUS . V message from Ilerltn confirm, recent report, that Gen. on Moltke wo, no longer acting n, chief or German general staff. Owlag to hi, Ulnens. It wa, nald. hi, place wa, being filled by Gen. A on Falkenhayn. ! Fellow Has Rights omoromise rttPZRQB OFRVS5IA AJtONC HIS TROOPS w hen Herrera's troops slipped in to the city shortly before da light. Americans who brought the story of the first at tack to the border said Nearly Took the Town. In a surprise attack carl !at Fri day morning Itaclovio Herre-a. com manding Carranza forces, almost r ip tured the city of Parral. At the end of three hoars of house to house fighting, in which dynamite hand grenades played a leading part. Herrera was rooted and fled to the mountains to the west of the city More than 100 men on both sides were killed in the fight. Herrera los. 200 in captured and a number of -Machine guns. The battle was witnessed by an merican mining man who ar rived here Sunday He watched the fight from its beginning until the Her rera forces (led. lying all the while be hind a stack of bullion bars on a car ttack a Complete nrpri,r. "Parral was absolutely vith-jut warning of an attack." the Americin said. "Herrera evidently expected to take the town In much the same manner that Villa captured Juarez. His m'n, who had been encamped a short dis tance outside the city, were loaded on to flat cars with the machine guns i n limbered. and' the whole force rolled In to town before the garrison had any idea that an attack was imminent "The first shot as fired at about S a. m A mom nt following there was a crash of rtfle and machine gun fire IIS IK Atlanta Man Charged With Murdering Girl Makes Unusual Plea. Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. :( Argument on a motion to set aside the verdict by which Leo M. Frank was found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan on April 26, 1013. was begun before the state supreme court here today. The motion waa based on the contention that the defendant was not present in court when the verdict was read. Frank was convicted August 2. 11 S. In their arguments. Frank's counsel alleged that while the Jury was delib erating "the air about the court room was surcharged with mob violence and that the trial jude had suggested frame be ansented when the verdict was returned Solicitor general Hugh M Dorsev. for the stite. contended that the waiver of Frank s counsel, in which he held Frank acquiesced, of the defendant's right to be in ourt when the verdict was returned, was legal and binding and barred the setting aside of the ver dict on the grounds stated in the mo tion. OMSHUM) CVIt KKI'HKTKI) YlRKCRKl) MS1K I.s Oil CBS An Overland automobile was wrecked at a point about four miles below Las Cruces Sunday afternoon, according ta a report receied here The car is said to hate fallen down an embankment without injuring the machine or the occupants. e Is Report as the Herrera troops dashed up the street from the station Cuartrl, Captured: 4 Killed. One of the large tuartls was sur rounded and captured, the doors being blown in b dynamit hand bombs. In this ruartel were 4 men who had. re cently been disarmed the Parral commander as he believed that 'hev were Herrera st mpatbizers. Many of these were killed in the fighting at the 4uarteL Twelve, howeier were led out after the cuartel had surrendered and were shot by the Herrera troops. "One of the first men to be killed was Capt. Soeo, a trusted lieutenant of Her rera. He was shot a moment after the troops detrained. By S 30 the attack was in fall force, with fighting general throughout the cit There was a per fect rain of bullets around the station where I was watching the fight. ilia Troop, Rally. " f ter the first shock the Villa troops rallied and the attack developed int3 a house to house engagement. Great 4a-n-age resulted to the iUistas from tr use of the hand bombs, with which tne Herrera men were will supplied. Ex cept for these and the damage caused b hullrts. the town suffered little, as no fires were started "The battle lasted for three hours. Af ter a desperate resistance the cuartel was recaptured and the Herrera forces fled. I think that most of them got .. ,.,, ..,,.1 i. nmno, n 111.1 c nit y UAU left a strong guard Demands that Japanese Ves sel Be Given Up For Violation. Fekin. China. Oct. 27 The Chinese foreign minister has demanded the sur render of a Japanese torpedo boat with its crew which entered Chinese waters and substituted the Japanese flag for iht Chinese dragon and attempted to tow awa the wrecked German torpedo boat S-0. SB'S VTB RRSCIn TR.fFKR OP VVriVHRP CONML GENER II. Washington. D C. Oct 26 It was disclosed toda that the senate in executive session, just before adjourn ment of congress Saturda). rescinded its action confirming the transfer of consul general Harr W Diedrich from Antwerp. Belgian, to Barcelona Spain in place of consul general Carl Baile Hnrst, transferred to ntwerp Rescindnig of the transfer was satd to be based on the fact that the Ger mans had taken Antwerp since objec tions were made by Belgium against Mr THedrich because of his German ancestrj BRITISH OFFICER. K411 KRRY TO I1LKE. LAI IN HATTLB London. Eng. Oct 2C News is re ceived from Oswestry that Capt. T. H. Rivers Bulkeley. equerry to the duke of Connaught, has been killed in ac tion. tear a?o last spring Capt. Bulkelev marrud Miss Eveli n Pelly, I 1 id In waiting lo the duchess of Con 1 mught As Well mmm quip CHINA DEMANDS ricDPn v MLliljLU The Germans, Hurled Bacli Attack Again and Again With Reckless Bravery. DEADLIETHICK ON BLOODY FIELDS Accurate Fire of Fleet Deci mates German Legions in Battle, LONDOV, Ens., oet. 2t-What pro wess if any. the German right has made since crossi g the Tser betsrean Meuport and Oixmnde. in Bel Siusa, on Saturday, today stood high above all other questions asked In Eng in,i.COnc?rmn(? the sttion of the m! ,.tr.mJes; "J" dn"tcd the Ger- t5,..kI,u wi"e has ben Poshed back. .mat the Germans crossed this bar rier is admitted 1 v both sides ut whether the h he.- able to pi,T forward or nheth the ha-r- ui i opposition frim i ih in" F .- armtts as to be r 11 ' na swa is: ond the we--eri hir i et to be re. orded in oificial statements. The fight in this canal webbed sec tion of Belgium to penetrate which, and gain the channel ports. Germany has " sacrificing so many men. covers a comoaratlvely tln area of the whole oattlo line in France and Belgium, but here unquestionable the dead he thick est This fact is due. not only to the determined rush of the German forces but also to the accurate fire of the Brit ish and French warships. Await German Fleet. England is now speculating on when the Germans will attempt to bring their navv into action off the Belgian coast German submarines hae been dodgins here and there off the coast during the past week, so far with no successes. It would not surprise the British if the sea phase of the struggle became mr- general and more pr nounced in the nar future, though nothing liKe a .i eral naal action is expected Fight Fiercest Over 3S Mile,. There has been no marked change 'n the situation since the latest official communications were issued. The -on tending forces were at each other s throats todav. prmcipallv along the " mile line stretching from XieuDOrt t.. J the rier Lis. A struggle, violent but perhaps less actixe is raging thence southward to Arra Confirmation fro-n Paris that tlie German extreme right no longer is be ing manipulated by Gen Von Kluek came as a distinct surprise here M was said last week that he had .yen superseded bv Gen Von Arnim. but t le latest version has him rema'mnr "n the Visne wmle grsnd duke lbre-h of Wnrtemburir and others are gu' ! ing the destinies of the armies in F. 1 gium Prepare ntwerp For Defence. Of the dispatches unfavorable to the Germans, was one saMng that nt to was being put in a state of defence n d entrenchments were beirg prepare . protect the road to Prunes. protect the road to unices. mon the reports held here to be rldlcM'i -. was that uerm-inc was ouuuiiix -i submarine tfansocrts with which she hoped to land troops on British soiL Thrust Germans Back. The aHied armies according to a irAnh Affleisl statement issued th i afternoon have thrust the German right wing in Belgium far oaca a no -n le nient says the allies have estiblished their lines from Ypres to Kouliers which indicates considerable adance against the German lines. Terrific fighting, the heaviest of the war l still in progress, todai and aU reports indicate that northwestern Belgium has been turned 1-to a sham bles. Despite anv temporary reverses, the Germans, with reckless braven are hurling their lesr.ons against the French lines in an e'fort t urive their way through into France Farther south, to the north of Ver dun, the armv of the German crown prince is making a supreme effort to pierce the allied lines. Allies Holding Ground. The French official communication gien out this afternoon in Paris sas that Sundav the French line between Nieuport and Dixraude was maintained The text of the communication fol lows "During Sunday our front along the general line between Nieuport and Plx mude wns maintained The German forces which crossed the Tser between those two towns have not been able to progress. "Our front was held also in the re gion between Ypres and Ronliers. be tween Ammentieres and Lille, to the west of La Bassee and of Lens and to the east of Arras. This line is con tinued to the south b the line which alreadj has been indicated in the offl- ! cial communication "The Germans seem to nave sus tained considerable losses. nespernte Fighting In East. "Russia To the north of the Pillcia nur the Germans hii-e been forced back on Low ic? Smierniewlce and Riwa, which hat been captured at the bayonet point by the Rnsslans. "To the south of the Pilicia there has been a life or death engagement (Condoned en rase 9. CoL 1) As Dutie