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EL PASO. TEXAS. THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 12. 1914.
12 PAGES. TWO SECTIONS. TODAY.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS:
GERMANS WIN; APPROACH NORTH COAST
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Must Exterminate the Enemy
Attaching Suburbs or Suf
fer the Consequences.
MEXICO CITY HEARS
AMERICANS WILL GO
Eleven Thousand Carranza
Troops Are Sent to
the South.
MEXICO City, Hex., Nor. li
Wholesale Slaughter of Zapa
tistas attacking the suburbs of
Mexico City has' been ordered by Gen.
Carranza's war ministry, it is reported.
The order was delivered .to the .troops
of Gen. Lucio Blanco, who has been de
posed from his command.
The order is reported in the -following
terms:
"Exterminate every Zapatista who
has violated the armistice or who men
aces the suburbs of Mexico City, or suf
fer the peiuOty t insubordination."
The attacks of the Zapatistas have
become Increasingly severe at Xochi
milco and other Mexico City suburbs.
Heretofore the Carranza troops haTe
merely held defensive positions.
Tn a last effort to maintain peace,
Venustlano Carranza and Gen. Eulallo
G'.itff vrez. who recentlv was elected
pro-i isional president of Mexico by tha
Aguascalientec Tace convention, ei
thanged views by telegraph Tuesday
meht. The full text of the message was
made public.
Gen. Gutierrez Informed Gen. Car
ranza that he will hold power in
definitely, disregarding the stipulation
limiting his tenure of office to 20 days
unless the convention orders otherwise.
He calls on Carranza to resign in the
Interest of unity and peace, saying that
Gen. Villa will deliver over his power
upon being informed of Gen. Carranza's
resignation.
Gen. Carranza In his reply says that
he does not recognize the validity of
Gen. Gutierrez's election because the
convention was not empowered to name
a president He says he never will re
sign until he is assured be can urn
the power over to some stable govern
ment. He warns Gen. Gutierrez that
the latter is being used as the tool of
Gen. Villa and asls Gen. Gutierrez to
meet him at a place to be agreed upon
to discuss the question.
The attacks being made by follow
ers of Zapata, on the outskirts of the
city are growing in intensity but the
Constitutionalist forces are repulsing
them.
Ask Villa to Resign,
The Constitutionalist generals in the
capital expressed the wish that Villa re
sign as commander of the northern
rimy and that the Aguascalientes peace
on ention come to Mexico City on Nov.
20 Gens. Blanco, Obregon and Vil
la real have promised that if these
Things are brought about theywlll give
their allegiance to Gen. Eulalio Gutier
rez, recently chosen provisional presi
dent by the Agnascalientes convention.
until a new government is definitely
formed.
Eleven thousand troops under Gens.
J sus Carranza and Molina were sent
south to the Isthmus ot Tehuantepec
Tuesday night after officials had con
Xirred with Gen. Carranza at Cordoba.
Will rrofect Foreigner.
John R. Slllitruui. personal represen
tative of president Woodrow Wilson,
called on minister of war Pesquelra
Wednesday for a.-conference relative to
what guarantees would be given foreigner.-,
iii case of invasion of the cap
ita! by followers of Zapata or Villa
The minister of war assured Mr. Silli
rrmn that the city was amply garrisoned
tn prevent any danger, both Gens. Obre
Kon and Blai.co being nere in person
with 25,000 men while Gens. Alvacado
commands a detachment of 150 machine
gun 5 and a large artillery force. The
American representative left the war
office, expressions satisfaction with the
arrangements made to protect the in
habitants. To Evacuate Veracruz.
late Wednesday night newspaper ex
tras were being distributed free on the
streets and in the theaters. The papers
contained a bulletin purporting to be
signed by V. Carranza. saying that
Brig Gen. Frederick Funston had just
communicated to Gen. Candido Aguilar,
commander of the Constitutionalist
forces outside Veracruz, that Washing
ton had resolved on the immediate
evaruatlon of Veracruz.
Ynqul Indian on Rampage.
Early In the day the downtown sec
tion of the city waB thrown into a panic
when a party of Yaqui .Indians and sol
diers tore through the streets in two
touring cars, discharging firearms as
they went. This led to the report that
the national palace was being attacked
1a followers of Gens. Zapata and Villa.
The automobilists were finally arrested
b the police.
At 11 oclock in the forenoon the cap
ital received a second scare when 58
Vaqui Indians marched to the barracks
near the national palace and demanded
that the sentries shout "Viva Villa!"
The refusal of the sentries to comply
drew a rain of bullets from the Yaquls'
puns Soldiers later captured and ex
ecuted 26 of these Taquis.
Minister of war Pesqueira declared
Wednesday night if a struggles comes it
will not be between Gen. Villa and Car
lania but between Gen. Villa and the
entire country. Gen. Gonzalez has sent
a message expressing the same senti
ment to Gen. Eulalio Gutierrez, recw'ly'
chosen provisional president " -Aguascalientes
peace convent!.
E! Paso
FIGHTING TURKS ROUT RUSSIANS
: .
The War At a Glance
O'Vfflt the long battle lines oi
Eudope comparative quiet
prevails today, except In
Belgium, where the still unde
cided conflict continues with
deadly fury.
On the Scrvlnn border sharp
lighting Is In progress and the
Turks arc In action against the
Rnx'alnns, bnt on the main positions
thronsh France, along- the east
Prussian border and In Gallcia
there apparently Is a lull. On the
success or failure of the German
attempt to force a vtay to the Eng
lish channel at whatever rot may
depend the future of the campaign
not only In Ilelglnm lint elsewhere.
REPORTS XOXCOM3HTTAL.
Today's official French state
ment, the only authoritative word
up to early afternoon, sketched out
a battle Hoe which adhered closely
to that previously reported. In con
trast' with yesterday' frauk ad
mission of a German advance, in
cluding the capture of Dlxiuude,
the French statement of today was
noncommittal. Fighting continues
with violence on the western end
of the line, it is said, but there
nre no Indications whether the Ger
mans have succeeded In pushing
further their advance. It is assumed
in nil quarters that the utmost en
ergy of the nllles would be ex
pended in efforts to halt the Ger
man movement west of Dixmude,
.as the road iirs straight to Dun
kirk, on the channel.
Minor engagements are reported
at .other points on the line, bnt ap
parently there have been no move
ments of note.
ATTEMPT TO CRUSH SERVIA
'Along the Servian border the only
point from which henvy fighting Is
reported, the Austrlans nre mnklps
n determined effort to crush Scr-
via and complete'-the 'campaign be
fore the oiienlng of winter.
Austrian assertions that her
troops had defeated the Servians
( nnd were carrying the fighting
well on Servian soil, found partial
confirmation in official informa
tion from Xish, where it Is admit
ted that the Servians abnndoned
some positions along the northern
border for strategic reasons.
seiibs aim victory
A decisive victory, however. Is
claimed by the Servians In one of
the numerous engagements 'now in
progress along the western and
northern boundaries, A force of
C0OO Austrlans who crossed the
Danube at a point 30 miles from
Belgrade, the Servian war office
says, -was put to rout, 1000 being
killed,' 2000 captured and many
drowned Id the river. '
RUSSIAN PURSUIT SLACKENS
The Russian pursuit of -the Ger
mans along the Slleslan frontier
has slackened nnd the Germans
are strengthening their positions
along the line of border fortresses
In nn expectation of an attempted
Russian invasion.
Fetrogrnd makes the statement
thnt the retreat of the Germans
was due to the failure of their
crown prince, in command of the
center, to hoiu bis position. iiotn
Gen. Von Hindcnbnrg, in the north;
nnd Gen. Dnnkl, In charge of the
Austrian forces In Gnllcla, are. said
to have held hack the Russians un
til the retreat qf the crown prince's
forces compelled them to fall hack
i to avert disaster. Another report,
which also may possibly he classed
ns gossip, is to the effect thnt
Gen. Dnnkl, displeased by the re
cent course of events, Is moving
sooth across Gallcia and has re
fused to cooperate further with the
German staff. Austria ndmlts the
withdrawn! of her troops from
western Gallcia, and the Invest
ment of Przemysl for the second
time by the Russians.
TORPEDO BOAT CAPTCBED
Fighting- between Russian nnd
Turkish armies on the border lii
apparently still in progress. The
Russians claim to he routing the
Turks which ettempted to make an
enveloping mevement. A Turklfih
torpedo boat, according to .n dis
patch from Athens, has been enp
tured off the qeast of Asia Minor.
HECKLING PARLIAMENT
"With the reassembling of the
British parliament. It becomes ap
parent that the government will
be heckled, notwithstanding the
disposition of the opposition to
support the premier on major poli
cies, daring the continuation of the
war. The government's conduct ot
naval matters probably will be the
subject of the most pointed ques
tion which the cabinet members
will be called upon to answer.
The success of the German spy
system nnd the sending of n British
force to doomed Antwerp nlso have
given rise to criticism ot the gov
ernment. England's recent feeling
of optimism was altered by the
latest German naval feat of send
ing a submarine to the ihore of
England nnd sinking the torpedo
gunboat Niger in the Downs.
V. S. CRUISER SAFE
The American cruiser North
Carolina, one of the two warships
sent to the relief of Americans In
Europe, Is safe in the harbor nt
Beirut, with the Tennessee, her
companion ship, It is learned by
wireless. This put nn end to ru
mors that the North Carolina had
been sunk by a mine.
THREE GERMAN CRUISERS
SUNK, UNCONFIRMED REPORT
London, Eng., Nov. 12. A report was
current in the lobbies of the house of
commons this afternoon that three
German cruisers had been sunk in the
Pacific at a place not specified. No
confirmation, however, of this rumor
is -obtainable.
Is the One City
BEnTJNVflDEHS
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mttle .
Fighting- Along Caucasian
Frontier Is Very Severq;
Thousands Engaged.
RUSSIANWARSHIPS
ESCAPE DURING FOG
The Turkish Fleet Pursues
Enemy Which Bombarded
Koslu on Black Sea.
B"
ERLIN. Germany, Nov. 12. By
wireless. A Turkish official re
port received here from Constan
tinople and given out today says that
the Russians have been completely de
feated on the Caucasian -frontier after
a fight which lasted two days. The
positions of the Russians now are occu
pied "by the Turks.
A Turkish fleet pursued the Russian
ships which took part In the bom
barding of Koslu on tha Black sea, but
the Russians escaned in a fog.
3C0,C00 "imrks on Frontier.
Constantinople-1 ctainfc Turkey has
3W.000 Heavily armed tfoopg along the
Caucasus frontier, sufficient to hold
back any hostile force Buasla is aptto
muster.
The Russians had crossed the boun
dary and occupied a numbor of Turkish
towns, driving back trie Mussulman
outposts.
EI Arlsh Forts Captured.
Included in the information riven out
in official quarters today concerning
Turkish war activates, is the following:
"Turkish headquarters reports that
the Turks have captured the fortifica
tions of El Arlsh, in Egypt, close to the
Turkish frontier. They also became
possessed of four English field guns
and certain telegraph material.
"In the Caucasus the Turks have in
flicted further defeat on the Russians
who lost numerous prisoners.
"The Arabians of Nejd and Mecca
are mobilizing against the English."
' Armenians Aid Russians.
Petrograd, Russia. Nov. 12. Reports
reaching the Russian capital from the
Turkish border attach increaslngim
portance to the part the Armenians are
playing in the Russian-Turkish war.
In several towns onnnriiri k ,.
Russians the Armenian students have
shown themselves ready to join the In
vading army. Ail lalong the line of
march,, according to these dispatches,
the Armenian peasants are receiving
the Russian troops with enthusiasm.
An Armenian newspaper, referring
to this crisis in the history of Armenia,
publishes the following:
' "The long anticipated dv nf deliv
erance for the Turkish Armenians is at
hand and the Armenians are prepared
for any sacrifice made necessary by
the performance of their manifest
duty.
From this border country there has
come' to Petrogfad further reports; of
armed conflicts arising from the re
fusal of the Armenians to become
Turkish conscripts and surrender their
arms. It is now rumored that the im
portant city of Van is today besieged
by Armenian guerrilla bands in great
forcp. In Feitun these bands are said
to dxceed 20,000 in number and they
are reported to have defeated all the
Turkish troops sent against them,
causing the Turks heavy losses.
ALLIES VIGOROUSLY WARN
SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS
Washington. D. C, Nov. 12. France
and Great Britain have warned Ecu
ador and Colombia in vigorous terms
that violations of neutrality by those
countries will not be tolerated
The British and French ambassadors
here have presented separately notes
notifying the United States of their
representations to Ecuador and Colom
bia, No request was made for action on
the part of tb United States, but the
hope was expressed that the American
government would be able to Impress
upon the South American states the
value of strict neutrality.
The two South American countries are
charged with having permitted wireless
messages to go fo German ships and of
allowing the German fleet to coal In
their territory.
It was considered not unlikely, how
ever, that the American government
would notify Ecuador and Colombia of
the receipt of the British and French
notes.
TT-JJviS S?t.beIley,?dl, "owever. that the
United States wjll interfere unless an
open rupture developed between the
South American countries and the allied
powers.
MONGOLIANS TO ATTACK
RUSSIA; CONFERENCE HELD
.nnT'JThe is now
,.. v ....u..Ilia.( oiueria, a comer-
XllJitS Nation
----""-" iu iae inree liuer-
a delegate. '" """eed eac" W
There have been rumors in Pekin,
?anAi s rr?m Ge"nan sources, that
the Chinese troops in Mongolia were
. uv c -nuesran ooraer and
JtMt si.ue1n maJe. to connect this
activity Tvith the deadlock of the con-
TfirpOR. TnmifHoe v,. i 7
. ---- --, "wwover, nave oeen
denials from the Chinese authorities
tT tHio ralllton. ...l ,. . ..
.. . ,....... mjuviiy, ana me re
ports are elsewhere discredited.
East Indian Fighters. Using
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Cammza's
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yr y ENU6TIANO CARRANZA was
asked to resign his position
Wednesday night in a petition
signed by many of Iiis strongest gen
erals. At the same time Gen. Eulalio
Gutierrez, new provisional president of
Mexico, hs called upon to give Villa
a commission that will take him out
of the country and that will once and
for all "separate him from the military
and political affairs of the cduntoy."
Signers Carranza Lenders,
The signers of the petitions' are:
Gens. Pablo Gonzales, Lucio- Blanco,
Antonio Vlllarcal, Eduardo Hay, Fran
cibco Mariel, S. P. de Lagarza and A.
Mcnchuca. In the petition to -Carranza
the generals declare that, if he will
resign, they will pledge themselves to
"subjugate" Villa. The avoidance of
continued bloodshed, which is indi
cated by the movement of Villa troops
Petrograd, Russia, Nov. 12. A dis
patch received here from Constantino
ple says that the Turkish cruiser Goe
ben was penetrated by a shell at her
water line during the recent bombard
ment of1 the Dardanelles by the allied
Anglo-French fleet. The damage in
flicted 'is described as serious.
Why UseX-Ray? Quail
Feather Just As Good,
Indian Tells Physician
Stockton, Calif., Nov. 12. A buzzard's
feather is really better, but if you
haven't one, a quail feather will serve
the same purpose as a powerful X-ray
machine, according to Dr. Barton J.
Powell of this city, who has sent a
bunch of the. feathers to the state uni
versity for experimental purposes.
Dr. Powell says that while hunting In
the Sierra Nevadas an old Indian called
the fact to his attention. Taking a
feather from a quail hews
the Indian held it before the physician's
eyes and put his hand up to the light.
The bones of the hand were plainly
visible through the flesh.
The Indian said feathers had been
used from time immemorial b.v his
tribesmen as an aid In settin" broken
bones. He added that the penetrating
power of a buzzard's feather exceeded
all others, but that any feather pro
duced the X-ray effect toNsome extent
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towards Mexico City, -is given as the
reason for the request that Carranza
resign.
Petition Is Sent.
Following is the petition sent to
Carranza: "In order to prevent circum
stances from growing graver we deem
it our patriotic necessity to request
that yon separate yourself from the
position that you now hold. At the
same time we have directed ourselves
to Gen. . Eulalio Gutierrez and to the
Aguascalientes conference, asking that
tl ey oblige Gen. Villa to separate him
self completely from the; military and
political life of the' country.
"Should he not retire absolutely we
pledge ourselves to subjugate him to
law and order."
A similar telegram, addressed to the
chief of the conference, -was sent to
Aguascalientes.
DELEGATES CA
GAflRANZAREBEL
"Washington, D. c, Nov. 12. Gen.
Eulalio Gutierrez has taken the oath
of office as provisional president at
the Aguascalientes convention, whioh
simultaneously declared Gen. Carranza,
hitherto first chief of the Constitution
alist army, as being in rebellion. Many
generals, who swore their allegiance
to the convention, are leaning to Car
ranza, while some of his most loyal
followers are preparing to desert him.
This wits the tenor of the official
dtapatches today from American consul
Silllman at Mexico City, and Leon
Canovn. special agent at Aguas
calientes. In the meantime president
Wilson and secretary Bryan were
awaiting further word from Mexico be
fore announcing the date of the evacu
ation of Veracruz.
GEN. ERNESTO SANTOS COY
DEPOSED BY HIS OWN MEN
Gen. Ernesto Santos Coy, who sup
ported the Aguascalientes conference,
has been deposed from the command
of hs battalion, the Battalion Vincent
Guerra, by his own men, according to
messages received here Thursday. Gen.
Coy is now in Mexico City.
The notice to Coy that he was de
posed was signed by every one of the
30DO officers and men of the battalion.
The notice stated "that the signers dis
regarded all orders issued by the
Aguascalientes conference and added:
"If the generals are traitors the sol
diers are loyal."
Advices were also received .here
Thursday that 100 contact mines have
been prepared and laid by the Carranza
garrison at Agua Prieta. The gan-lson
now numbers 1000 men, the advices
state.
BATTLESHIP REPORTED SUNK.
Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 12 A rumor
has been circulated here to the effect
that the British battleship Canopus has
sunk off Coronel. The report is offi
cially denied by the Chilean admiralty.
Elimination Urged
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Leader;
To Eulalio Gutierrez, provisional
president of 'Mexico, the following
telegram was sent:
"Although we have been . informed
that Gen. Villa has abandoned bis
army and that be has" retired, we know
it' to' be a fact that ihe is still at the
head of his troops at Aguascalientes.
Everything depends' npon you to ar
range this completely. Order Villa
with a commission to lave this coun
try He has repeajBdiy-announced that
he would obey the rulings of the con
vention, so he should obey your. orders.
"We, at the same time, wBl sea that
Gen. Carranza leaves the country, be
cause we think that aH the conditions
that Carranza proposes for his' retire
ment will have been complied with."
This petition, like those to Carranza
and the convention, is signed by all
of the generals.
mum
London, Eng., Nov. 12. dispatch
from Havre to Lloyd's agency says that
the French steamer Duchease De Guiche
foundered in the Havre roadstead dur
ing a gale and that 11 persons lost
their lives.
REINFORCEMENTS SENT TO SOMORA
Nogales, Ariz., Nov. 1J. X force of
1000 infantry arrived at Nogales, Son.,
from Guaymas and Cruz de Piedra
AVednesday, and left at once for Naco
to join in the siege of tha Carranza
garrison by governor- Maytorena.
Railroad traffic between Noftales nd
Guaymas, and Nogales' and, Catmnea,
has. been resumed.
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Next Week
Will Be Automobile Week
.. - In El Paso
' All the new 1915 Models will be on exhibi
tion at the different show.rooms.
Choose and order your new car then.
See Week-End Herald for full particulars.
Known
Servians Slaughter Six Bat
talions in Battle Along
Danube River.
GERMANS ARE NOW
CLOSE TO CALAIS
Endeavoring to Retake Lorn-
haerlzyde; Have Crossed
Yser River.
LONDON, Eng., Nov. li-WVith Dix
mude in their possession the Ger
mans today are less than 58 miles
from Calais and much nearer Dunkirk,
and the fight they have been putting
up in the face of tremendous losses
!?? .i? " out what had also been
said that they will not abandon this
struggle to reach the coast unless they
a;r'u"e crushed. The English and
rench theory is that the holding of
JJixmude is only tempniary; that i
history would be muh the m. a"
that of other towns which have been
taken and retaken m the fighting on.
the Yser.
In certain places north .f Dixmude
the Germans are at the Hast on the
bank of the Tser, that is, on the side
nearest the French coast towns, and
tueir attacks, instead of concentrating
o Je southward below- Xpres, appar
ently have been renewed almost on the
aBt Irbe. Here thev- drove the allies
ofll of Lombaertzyde. only in tiirn to be
driven out themselves.
. VJtc Are British AVarsblpsI
The tif feial announcement given out
oy Parts this afternoon savs that the
-GetBiWs are again trying to take Lorn
toartz$ae,;wWeh is to the north of
NJetfem and within a stone's throw of
the;Be. -How they, can operate in this
locality- if British and French war
ships sHlt are standing guard off shore
is nbt quite clear to British observers.
For some-time past there has been no
mention ;of naval activity on this coast,
butiit has- been asewmed that this was
exRjameB. by the reported German re
tiremnC from the coast of France and
' Belgium ami the news that they were
delivering their attacks further to the
south. -
Servia Delivers nenvy Blow.
Servia, fighting for her life, inflicted
a heavy blow upon Austria-Hungarv
Nov. 9 by annihilating six -battalions of
Atjstro-Hungarian infantry which had
crossed-the Danube near Szderevo un
der cover of artillery fire, according to
dispatches from Nish, the capital of
Servia,- which adds:
"All the men not killed, wounded or
drqwned in the Danube, fell into our
hands. We took 2000 prisoners and
captured two quick firing guns."
At the same time, recent dispatches
tend to confirm the Austrian, official
assertions that the Serbs have been
driven out of Bosnia and that the lit
tle nation is now on the defensive.
Austrian armies have crossed the Dan
ube and are now fighting the Servians
on their own soil.
Montenegrin troops, which figured
largely- in cooperation with the Ser
vians some weeks ago, have not been
heard from lately.
Violent Fighting in the North.
The French official statement given
out in Paris this afternoon says that
fighting on the left wing continues
with violence and has been character
ized with alternate advances and re
tirements, without importance. Gener
ally speaking, the statement declares,
toe battle front 3hows no important
changes since Nov. 16.
The communication also says:
"Wednesday evening the battle ex
tended along the Hue between Lom
baertzyde and NIeupQrt: the Nienport
eanai to Ypres; the approaches of
Tores; in the region of Zonnebecke, and
to' "tbVeaat of Armentleres.
BritonslHoid Some Positions.
"There has been no change in the
(Contlnneil on rase 2. Oelumn S.)
Depression