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HERALD TODAY'S PRICES ' Mjcjii bank notes. 11 Mexican pr -o- Si Chlhuhua currency. S ha CirrAnza currency, Iht Bar silver (Han ,lv Jt Harmon quotation) 514 Copper. 16.00 Livestock, steady Grains (holl- I fiay Stocks, irreavlar. HOME EDITION mMTRnt rortKMsr. H Paso, BBMMIed. eaMer: New Mexico, rata, cooler; Artaona, fair. sMchtly cold er; West Texas, skewers, colder. LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. EL PASO. TEXAS. TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 6. 1915. dbuvehbd antwhbrb cbnts a month. 16 PAGES TWO SECTIONS TODAY. SINGLE COM FIVE CENTS. GERMANY CRITICISES U. OFFICIAL T ante onvic erre icia Pa I i X xxO K t urr All i I!T fi ir p urn DL b VLSI J M I tit Twenly-seven Who Entered Defence Against Fraud Charges Convicted. OFFICIALSHEAR VERDICT CALMLY Judge Fixes Dale For Pass ing Sentence; Men Re leased Under Bond. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 6. All ol the 27 defendants, including mayor Bona X. Roberts, In the Terre Haute election fraud case, were found guilty by a jury today. The case has been on trial Li the federal court here since March 3. Judge Anderson announced that sen tence would be passed on the 27 who were found guilty and the 8 who had pleaded goaty, next Monday. 'Released on Bond, In the meantime he permitted all the defendants, with the exception of Alexander Acxel, alias Steele, to re- main at liberty under their previous bonds. aiecie sas eoen a jam r i some time. uaable to bond of ' rs I I Mil b... ... . for aBagad attemat to Influence government wlxasMeec. Allof the of wham were toy rsmtlvfcs. took the List ot Ojnvietrd Hen. Those found guilty are: Oonn M. Roberts, mayor of Terre Haute and candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for governor: Eli H. Redman, declared elected Vigo county circuit judge by 10 votes: Elmer E. Talbott, former controler of Terre Haute; Den nis Shea, sheriff of Vigo county; Mau rice Walsh, county sealer of weights and measures, and treasurer of cam paign funds: Harry S. Montgomery, pieeident of the board o. public works; John H. Masselink, city inspector of weights and measures, former member of the state legislature; Thomas C. Smith, city judge; George Ehrenhardt, nember of the board of public "works; Ldward R. Driscoll, secretary of the Vigo Democratic committee Hilton l'.edman, son of Eli H. Redman; Charles Houghton, assistant custodian or toe city hall; Lewis Nunley, assist ant city engineer; Joseph O'Mara, street commissioner; xUllam S. Crockett, superintendent of city cre matory: Richard Knuckey. crematory tlerk and Roberts's messenger; Alex ander Acxel. a foreigner, inspector ot street paving: Arthur Grills, under taker. Progressive election official; John E. Greene, proprietor of second hand store: William Doyle, gambler; Pearler McKay, gambler: George Sov ern, gambler; Timothy BuIl) Conway, former pugilist! bartender; Andrew O'Brien, bartender: Joseph Strauss, liquor salesman; George WoodalL sa loonkeeper; William H. O'Donnell, sa loonkeeper. SEES CAR CATCH FIRE AND RESCUES BURNED MAN Courtland, Aria, April t Guy Em- mons of Pearce, returning from a trip "" y auiomoDUe, saw an automobile approaching him. Suddenly he saw a puff of smoKe. Flames en veloped the approaching car. It swerved from the .road, turned over two or three times, and piled up by the roadside, a wreck. Emmons res cued the three passengers, all Mex "i?"8 f ?? cUuB They were all seriously burned and were taken to a hospital in Douglas. In the school election held here. D. J,D""a elected to socceed hlm-8e'f- t Pearce. there was a some what spirited election in which C I Phihppswas chosen to succeed J. w! RUMORS QUIETED; JOHNSON WATCHED MONEY COUNTED Havana, Cuba. April S. The mystery of Jack Johnsons disappearance Mon day night is now explained. He went to the race track to see the gate money counted, although he had no financial Interest in the receipts, and at the same time to keep away from visitors. There is reason to believe that the gate re ceipts exceeded J123.OO0. The absence of the negro from his house led to wild rumors that he was in a hospital seriously injured, and that he had gone into hiding to avoid United States detectives who were said to be after him for an infraction of the fed eral statutes. HANGING OUT THE WASH; IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Santa Fe. N. iC, April f The first injury from lightning this year In New Mexico Is reported from the min ing camp of Hurley in Grant count', the victim being Mrs. William Jones, who was struck while hanging out her wash. Rendered uncoi s.ious. neighbors at thont her dCia but she was re vived and it is expected, will eventu ally recover. A watch dog tied to a wwi.u uc&rcy was Ktiieo. There's Plen'y of Water For the 750,000 VOTE FOR CHICAGO The War At a Glance A- ATTACK which the Ger man military chiefs regard the opening of a new phase of the western campaign has been initiated by the French in the section of the front between the Mease and the Moselle. The official statement from Berlin today says that the French employed strong forces with a large amount of ar tillery in malting assaults at sev eral points Monday. The fighting was particularly spirited in the , .neighborhood of Verdun and Pont-a-Mousson. Berlin expects a con- . tinuation of these attacks. Fighting Xrar Rntutlan Border On the eastern front there has been further fighting near the Russian border. The German war office says .that Russian attacks were repulsed. Jlore Ships Sunk N Germany's new and powerful submarines are striking effectually at British shipping and today's Dispatches report the sinking of more vessels. The British steamer Northlands and trawler Agantha were torpedoed near the English coast. The crews were rescued. The torpedoing of the Italian steamer Luigi Parodi is believed in Genoa, to have occurred off the coast of Spaing indicating a con siderably increased range of oper ations for the large submarines such as Germany Is now using. Another Italian steamer, the Fana, is overdue at Cardiff by about a month and it is feared she has been torpedoed. , Submarine Reported Caught It is reported unofficially from Dunkirk. France, that aGerman submarine has been caught near Dover while on her way to trap uhquv vessels. Jfaly Still Partfrlnr A Rome dispatch says negoHa- tions are being continued with Austria and there still is hope of a acmemeijc uy diplomatic means. SEIZED CARGOES win Fifty Thousand Tons of Pro visions Disposed of by Prize Court. London, England, April t. Fifty thousand tons of provisions sent to English prize courts since the opening of the war have been sold and the money for the cargoes is in the hands of the court officials. Most of the cargoes belonged to American firms. Wheat, flour and all sorts of provisions were included. Tired of the delay in getting a hearing on their cases, agents of the owners of most of the cargoes welcome the sale, providing the money is paid promptly. May Break Even. The provisions were consigned to firms in Holland. Sweden. Norway, Den mark and Germany, and most of them were shipped early in the war to firms which the British suspected were Ger man agents but the cases never came up for court decision. The supplies were bought, for the most part, 'on a much lower market than the present. Naturally the owners have suffered a great loss through the delay, but the sale prices were well above the cost and would enable American shippers to break even if speedy settlements are made. Needed In England. Under the international regulations contronng foodstuffs. .. . i1.l... "generally accepted by both England and the Lnited States, food Is not con traband unless destined for the use of a hostile force. It would have been extremely difficult to prove to the satisfaction of any court that most of the food consignments held in England were of enemy destination, much less that they were for use of the German army. Apparently the English govern ment did not care to undertake such a task. At one time it was suggested that all detained foodstuffs should be sold to the American commission for the Re lief of Belgium. But the English board of trade would not consent to such a sale, taking the position that the food stuffs were needed In England, Con- j sequently the cargoes were finally sold ) at current prices. CHINESE PRESIDENT SCENTS , SUN YAT SEN REVOLUTION Pekln, China. April 6. Dr. Sun Tat Sen, the southern political leader, who was the first provisional president of the Chinese republic,- has been de nounced in a mandate signed by pres ident Yuan Shi Kai for plotting an other revolution. Detectives have reported to the gov ernment that Sun Tat Sen appointed agents and sent tnem Inn) various dis tricts during the negotiations with J Japan. Many other rebels have publicly de nounced the Japanese demands upon China, but not so Sun Vat Sen. The Chinese government has set a price upon the head of Dr. Sun Tat Sen and he has been an exile in Tokio for two years. LESLIE RBRD SliLLS HOME TO MRS. X. JIOU'KItS POU S2I00 Leslie Reed has sold to Mrs. L. Mow ers a four room cottage, located at 2131 Idalia. being on the corner of Idalia aud Mles streets, in Grandview addition, for 52100. G. R. Guentes has bought from Jo seph Spence lot 1 and IS feet of lot 2, block 8?. of the Pierce Find ley addition for 31800. Hawkins Bros, made the 1 sales. GERIMIISEDIF0II11EIHIIE MBGALH! CIIDIHTE5 Furnished Money and Or ganized Kurd Chiefs to Slaughter Christians. Julfa, Province of Erivan. Trans Caucasia, Russia, Monday April 5, via Petrograd. April . After several days of investigation In the Crumiah dis trict of northwestern Persia, a corres pdndent of the Associated Press made his way to Julfa over the frontier In Russia to file this dispatch: "It is the opinion of well Informed observers that the situation of Chris tians in Urumlah probably wiH become more dangerous in a fortnight or so. When the rainy season comes to an end. which will be In about two weeks. large movements of Kurdo-Turks are expected, and wandering tribes of Kurds will pour down into the valleys to the west of Lake Urumlah. according to the traditional customs at harvest time. Already there have been collis ions between Kurds and Christians at a point near Kotur, which is to the west of the river. Germans Route Kurds. "It Is currently reported that Turks German emissaries have been active in rousing the Kurds. It is declared with authority in Urumlah that the German embassy at Teheran. Persia, has been supplying a German resident of Uru mlah with money and Instructions how to use It. and a rich Urumlan land own er, Medji Sultan, has received 20.0M Turkish pounds (about tsO.OM) from the Turks. German Organised Chiefs, "Following the receipt of funds from the German embassv. the German resident of Urumlah ia question started ' to orrag me enmis 01 aae iurds into twwarBef nstrnni time xu'ljaanfamW-lB efeiaC of the Turkish forces opposite the Persian province of AierbatHn, Ogevdet Pasha by name, was engaged In organising Kurds and other Mussulman volunteers Crowds of Christian refugees are at present returning from the Caucasus to their destroyed homes at Dilman ia town Se miles north-northwest of Uru raiah). Relief Committer at Work. "Many Christian orphans in the Uru mlah district are in need of immediate assistance. A relief committee will be gin work in about a week distributing food, clothing and other supplies. An other committee already is at work endeavoring to get back the property of. the Christians from the possessloB of the Mussulmans. Already this com mittee has been 'auccesful In some cases." , CLAIMS BRITISH CRUISERS VIOLATING NEUTRALITY New Tork, April S. Complaint that British cruisers patroling the Virginia capes In wait 'for a possible dash by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried rich have been, violating American neu trality, was made Monday night by collector of the port Dudley Field Ma lone. He charges that the cruisers have been taking en supplies from vessels emerging from the port of New York. He said he had Information that the cruisers are maintaining a supply base in a downtown hotel, where purchases are made. The matter Is to be turned over to the federal grand jury. CLOTHING MAKERS SAY THEY MUST HAVE DYES Washington. D. C. April 8. Repre sentatives of American textile manu facturers, headed by former congress man Metz, told white house and state department officials Tuesday that "the end is in sight" for the operation of American textile mills, unless the gov ernment can do something to bring dyestuffs out of Germany. They were assured by secretary t the president Tumulty and counselor Lansing of the state department that the question would be taken np for further discussion. The manufacturers said the supply of dyestuffs in this country is practically exhausted CASUALTIES OF BRITISH OFFICERS TOTAL 5877 London. Rng.. April 6. An officers' casualty list for the fortnight ending March 22 shows the British array since the beginning of the war has lost 184 i officers killed and 3301 wounded, while 732 have been reported missing. This is a total of SI77. During the fortnight in question 301 officers were killed and 4C8 wounded, while 27 were reported missing. BOWIE BANK DEPOSITORS ARE TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK Bowie. Ariz- Anril C. J. B. OrmoniL ! bank examiner, has arrived here from Phoenix, and has opened the doors of the Bowie Bank and Trust company, preparatory to paying off depositors. He stated that they would be paid in roil. le is here to cneck up tne pass- books and Dreoare statements. De positors are to receive reimbursement checks from Phoenix. CHARGE AGAINST DOCTOR FAULTY 1 IS DISMISSED Denver. Colo Anril s. A motion to : quash the information charging Dr. R J. arasoa witn conspiracy to mnruer m connection with the death of Miss Ruth Merriweather was sustained Monday by judge John X Perry in the district court. The court held the information was not drawn properly and that It should specify the manner of Miss Merri weather's death. Dr. F. W. Noble recently was ac quitted of a charge of murder in con nection with the same case. Other City Offices Are Also To Be Filled as Result Of Day's Vole. ELECTIONS' HELD IN OTHER CITIES Delegates Assemble in Neu) York to Draft New State Constdulion. . y-tHICAGO, ID. April t More than I 7,e men and women were Uvffcl.i la Tnl. at tnAmv'v Alw.ttin for mayor, city treasurer, city clerk, ' one judge of municipal court and 38 j aldermen. The tots1 registration was M.10C, of whom 48C815 were men and j 2S2.291 were women. The early voting I was heavy. . The candidates for mayor are: William Hale Thompson. Republican. I Robert M. sweltzer. Democrat:: Sey mour Stedman Socialist, and Johnson H. Hill. Prohibitionist. Campaign Is Vigorous. The election has been Ari fought. women as well aa mem JRntae- ia the I preelection campaign. Jrooaaands of I 4 street ant "liialyr aeoBngs "have been new. xne poiineai teasers nave iouna 1 it impossible to got a fair line on the feminine vote, aad for that reason. partly, the ete'etio is in doubt. j NEW YORK TO HAVE A NEW CONSTITUTION ! Albany. N. T., April . For the first time in almost 31 years delegates as sembled here today to draft a new con stitution for the state of New York. There were Its of them, all except S2 ef whom were Republicans. Elihn Root's selection as president of the convention was a foregone con clusion. 200 TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES ARE HOLDING ELECTIONS Dallas, Texas. April' . Elections today In some 200 were being held Texas municipalities. Among the larger cities where city officials were being chosen are Dallas, Fort Worth. Hous ton and Waco. "DRYS" APPARENTLY WIN IX MICHIGAN ELKCTIOX Detroit Mich. April . Returns in dicate sweeping victories for the "drys" in the local option contests which fea tured the Michigan state election Men day. Incomplete returns also showed large majorities for the Republican state ticket The apparent victory of the "drys means the closing of at least 2SS sa loons throughout the state. WOMAN MAYOR BEATEN. Tyro. Kas April S. After two years in office Mrs. IL C. Defenbaugh, mayor, was defeated Monday for re election by C. F. Herring, candidate on an independent ticket. Five women candidates for places on the city coun cil with Mrs. Defenbaugh on the Citi zens' ticket also were defeated. MEN CANDIDATES WIN Colony, Kas. April 6. Women lost in their fight for office at the Colony city election Monday. The men's ticket, headed by V. C Archer, for mayor, and Charles Johnson for police judge, won by a small majority. The women at tributed their defeat to an anti suf frage sentiment among the older voters. LAND CODE OR NO MONEY IS THE EDICT OF GOODWIN Phoenix, Ariz.. April 6. "Not until we have a land code that complies with the constitution will I vote for a single appropriation." In these words James C. Goodwin, representative in the lower house from Maricopa county, outlined his policy for the extra session of the legislature, called by governor Hunt, to begin April 23.. i - "Governor Hunt did not see fit to include land legislation in his call." continued Goodwin. "If the legislature includes an appropriation for the present commission in the general appropriation bill, the old land code will continue In effect. It is grossly inequitable and violates the constitu tion in several ways. "If I have my way about It gov ernor Hunt will be forced to call an other extra session for land legisla tion and general appropriations. I in tend to vote against every appropria tion that is proposed at the special session he has already called." PARKS SUIT CARRIED TO ARIZONA SUPREME COURT Phoenix, Ariz, April S. The suit of j James V. Parks versus George Web ster. B. F Billingsley and J.- H. T. Cooper, former supervisors of Green lee county, has reached the state su preme court, the defendants having appealed from the Judgment of the lower court. As a taxpayer Parks filed suit asking that approximately 380M, which be alleged was Illegally paid out of the treasury for various pur poses, be returned. n9rlr, va ana (2..... VaH I Valley, But We Could Use More Farms RIDES CHAINEDTO WHEEL ! eTfcfc BomsgSssJsBsSSBiw8BaSTTv. Wss? ' " 'm V, ishington, P. C. April 6. aaci .; La'k ia- started hn, bicycle ride ot 3500 raids across country to San Franc i-it. He expect to sve tlie tair this summer and he is riding hame-I to bis wn I. He mil deep with it ami eat with it all tie waj. Tne lock to the liiain lias hen sealed. The rider will go through Pittsburg and Cleveland to Chicago, thence to Oaaaia and Denver to Salt Lake City. The last lap will be across the Utah-Xevarla desert to Reno, and then over the Sierra Nevada mountains to Sacramento, continuing along the level valley to San Francisco. Sllffl RMS I GEIIISlf Paris. France, April 6. Another dar ing exploit has been added to the long line of those successes carried out by the French aviators who are safd to have brought down German taubes. The report of the incident says that when aviator Pegoud saw the German airship approaching he flew directly toward the machine and sent It to the ground. He took prisoner the German pilot. THREE MORE SHIPS SUNK BY SUBMARINE London. Eng- Ap.ll t The British steamer Northlands, with a cargo of iron ore. was sunk by a German sub marine In the English channel off Beachy Head Monday morning. Her crew of 24 men was picked up by the Belgian steamer Topau. The trawler Agantha was sunk by a German submarine Monday off Longstone. The crew of 13 men was rescued by the Swedish steamer Tord. A German submarine has sunk the Italian steamer Luigi Parodi, which left Baltimore, January 22, with a cargo of coal for Genoa, according to word received from Genoa Monday. The report has caused a profound Im pression here. Nothing is known as to the fate of the crew of the Lulgt Parodi. which v as made np enitrely of Genoese. JAPAXESK PRBMIBR SAYS GERMANY IS INTERFERING Tokio, Japan, April f. The Ash! has published a news dispatch, saying that count Okuma, the Japanese premier, while addressing a group of govern ment officials at Koxu, said the nego tiations of Japan with China had been complicated by the attempt of Ger many to make China believe that Ja pan was designing to annex China as she had done 'Korea. This Chinese Illusion was being dis pelled, the premier declared. The ne gotiations will not be so difficult as has been rumored, he said, and he expected 1 see their conclusion some time dur ing the month of April. ITALY WILL ENTER WAR. fAVS ITALIAN OFFICIAL Dla 3j I natl sT U.i h 11 i DreDarations almost comnlete. Italy will . . .. .. . . enter tn? rjuropean war on tne siae 01 the allies lefore the end of April, ac cordirg to 1 belief expressed by Gui seppe Vecne. a member of the Italian chamUT of it puties. in an interview given the Aso iated Press. He added that Austria could hstrdly meet the requirements of Italy, be cause these, in part, concern the Med iterranean, and that Italy could declare war without convoking parliament. MAYOR BRITISH HI! ATTACK SMYRNJ London, Eng., April . The Renter Telegram company has received a dis patch from its correspondent at Athens saying British , warships again bom barded the forts at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna Monday, according to the report of the captain of the Greek steamer Arcadia. Hydro-aeroplanes of the allies dropped a number of bombs, the cap tain declares, and the vail of Smyrna ordered Europeans to leave the city. OFFICIAL OF BULGARIA . BLAMES REVOLUTIONISTS Rome. Italy. April . The Bulga rian government was in no way re sponsible for the raid Into Servian ter ritory last Saturday in the view of D. Rizow. Bulgarian minister to Rome He said Bulgaria is sincerely desirous of maintaining neutrality, and that the raid was fomented by Macedonian revo lutionists in Servia. This was contra dicted by M. Rmtlch. the Servian min ister, who said the Macedonians were keeping the peace and that the Bul garians were responsible. LABOR PARTY IX ENGLAND SHOWS OPPOSITION TO WAR Norwich Eng , April & The Inde pendent Labor party today, by a vote of 234 to . adopted a resolution strong ly condemning the action ot certain members of the party who have been working to assist recruiting and at the sme time speaking in public in justifi cation of the war ana of the foreign policy of the liberal government. It was announced the party had ac cepted a resolution declaring It was the duty of labor to secure peace at the earliest possible moment. CRUISER EITKL IS STILL IN PORT. BEING REPAIRED New-sport News. Va, April t. The German raider Prins Eitel Friedrlch was still at her wharf this morning, a plume, of smdke floating lazily from one funnel. Painters were scraping the red rust from her bottom and a workman coming off the ship reported 17 floor plates in the engine room had been removed. These circumstances strengthened the belief In marine circles that the Eitel would intern until the end of the war. BRITISH SOFTH AFRICAN TROOPS TAKE GERMAN TOWN Cape Town, Union of South Africa. April 6. Troops of the Union of South Africa have occupied Warmbad. a town in German Southwest Africa. 20 miles north of the uranst river, without opposition. R I Statement Says International Law Violated in Firing On Liner. assertsTFring long continued Customary Warning Shot From Mono Castle Was Omitted, Says Protest. W ASHIXCTON. D C, April . Germany has protested to the I'nited States against the ie- tentior of the Hamburg-American liner ixienwald at San Juan, Porto Rico, under tne neutrality regula tions. The German embassy today asked the statei department to investigate the action of .merian port authori ties in preventing the Odenwald from leaving. The embassy issued this statement: A easel Twice Scarified. "The German embassy has request' d rbo .state ilspailmuat to investigate the case of the Odenwald. The cap tain of this steamer asked for clear ance papers for Hamburg and the steamer was searched by order from Washington twice thoroughly by cus tom house authorities. The result of the search having been satisfactory, the captain was promised clearance papers. Felt Forced to Have. "After having been kept waiting fo three days, the captain believed that the situation for ed hini to put to sea. disregarding the ru.es of the harbor, because otherwise tne assembling oi cruisers of the enemy hich had been informed of his intention would hae Involved the inevitable loss of hi ship. "Sharp Fire, No Warning." "When the Odenwald tried to lea e. sharp fire as immediately directed against her from Morro Castle, lth out the blird warning shot havin been fired, which is usual, according to International rule.s. "The fire was continued until thr.e minutes after the machhierv nf rh. Odenwald had been put on foil stean oacKwarua. it is attributed to a lucky chance by this attack no huma-i life was lost." SMS1I IP a EIKIT Defensive Forces Are Said to Have Abandoned the Lupko Pass. London. Eng.. April t What . called the Easter lull in the fightinsr is marked these da 5 along both battle lines except in the Carpathian moun tains of Austria where the struggle for access to thd Hungarian plains still .a going on. Unofficial news reaching London by way of Paris declares that Austro German forces in the vicinity of the Lupko Pass were in full retreat but i!l other reports from this section indicate that the opposing armies are still locked In a deadlv grapple. , Russian fighting within the boun daries of Hungary north of Csernowitz continues. This is described as a stub born fight. German Trenches Captured. The statement today from the French war office at Pans says "Rain and mist continue over the whole front Southwest of Vauquers e gained a footing Monday in one of the enemy's worka In the wood of Aill' southeast of St. Mihiel. our gain three successive lines of trenches, al ready arfnounced. was marked also b the capture of prisoners, a machine gu.i and a bomb thrower. French Are Inusually Aetlve. A report from German military head quarters at Berlin today said: "Western theater of war: Since Mon day the French have become particular ly active between the Meuse and the Moselle, employing strong forces and a large amount of artillery. They at tacked northeast, east and southeast o' Verdun and also at Ailly, Fremont. Flire. and northwest of Pont-a-Mous-son. "Northeast and east of Verdun thei' attacks did not all deelop on account of our fire. Souheast of Verdun the were repulsed. On the eastern edge -f the Meuse heights the enemy en trenched, but was driven out during the night "Eastern theater of war Russian at tacks to the east and south of Kallarj 1 and also to the east of Aucustowo wer. unsuccessful otherwise the situation is generally ui..!iaiised ' R