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EL PASO HERALD
HOME EDITION
TODAY'S PRICES
r bank notes l Mexican peso
uahua. currency. i Crrvnza
- 6 Bar silver Handy Har
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.rains higher Livestock, steady
. lrrejjala'-
WEATHER rORBCAST.
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Mexico, fair; Arixena, steady.
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EL PASO. TEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 23. 1915.
DELIVERED ANYWHERE CO CENTS A MONTH. 12 PAGES. TWO SECTIONS. TODAY-
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
$1,000,000; 20 TEXANS DIE
uin Turk Forts
ussian nava
loop
LOSS
Shells R
TURKS LOSE
0H LL
Black Sea Fleet of Russia
Sweeps Turkish Shores
With Terrible Fire.
YPRES ISTARGET .
OF GERMAN GUNS
Belgians Repulse the Attack
and Inflict Heaoy Losses,
Says French Report.
L
ONDON, Eng April 22 The Rns-
s an Black sea torpedo boat
squadron bombarded- the Turkish
nat between Archava and Artausein
i 4pnl 19, according to advices from
T -rcrad. This 15 mile strip of coast,
which was located the quarters of
" T irkish ann operating! this re
was swept with shell and the
-ai ks nnd provisions stores "were
- ted and destroyed large number
r urkih coastwise vessels laden
v tn ani numtion and supplies -were
E k
hell!i Igaln Hit lpres.
Thf B-itish hie shown no disposl-
urde- the rtpeated rushes of the)
criians to rela their grip on Hill No 1
ri , flr Tpres, and the righting ip this 1
r f. today shows signs of increas-i-
intensity t.-eii rivaling" the at
impts of the Germans , to break
1 rough the British lines last laH.
The cm of Tpres. whose historic
structures were shattered by German
i ojectiles last October again is the
target of heavv shells There has been
lull in the German counter attacks,
-cording to the British official report
(,npn out this morning
No official explanation is forthcom-'-'r
of the stoppage of traffic between
Trz'and and Holland
Belgians Repulse Germans.
Tt" French war office at Paris this
fternoon issued a statement which
Ea S
"icterdav evening there was fairly
1 el engagements in Belgium. In the
Teid of the Tser north of Dixmude.
Tiolgian troops repulsed an attack
?a nst the chateau of Ticoque and in
1 ic ed heavv losses on the enemy
North of Tpres, the Germans, by em
pi o-ung large quantities of asphyxiat
ing? bombs, the effect of which was felt
for a distance of two kilometers be
1 nd our lines, forced us to retire In
ihe direction of iser canal
Towards the west and the direction
of Tpres towards the south, the en
f it s attack was checked. Vigorous
-uiter attacks enable us to regain
Erojnd and make man prisoners."
finds AcV Encllsh Fleet.
Th. German admiralty today gave out
& statement at .Benin, reading as lol-
lOT S
The German high sea fleet has re
re U cruised repeatedly in the North
se adancing into English waters
n hout meeting the sea forces of Great
B-itain
Germans Take Pour 1 Mages.
Tnp official German report on the
, 2-ress of hostilities reads.
In the western arena of the fighting
A i uk the evening of Thursday we
b a -iced from our front at Steenstraate.
fast of Langemarck. against the pos'
t ons of the enemj north and northeast
gf pres With a rush our troops moved
f r rward along a line extending as far as
The hills south of Pilken and east ofl
juouh At the same time they forced
their wav after a stubborn fight across
theli res canal at Steenstraate and Het
Sa where they established themselves
n tr e western bank of the canal. The
-t llir- of Langemarck, Steenstraate,
7r-t ta and Pilken were taken. At
e it 1600 French and British soldiers
w e nkyn prisoners, and 30 cannon.
In Iji' ng four heav) British guns, fell
iro our hands
French Penetrate German Trenches.
Between the Meuse and the Moselle
the fighting Tnursday again became
m re lively The artillery battles -were
especillv fierce at Combres. St Mihiel
and Apremont, as "well as at a point to
ihe northeast of Flirey Infantry at
ta ks on the part of the enemy followed
i i in the wooded country between
v I- and Apremont. The French pene
i rated this legion into certain sections
tf ou- foremost trenches, but they were
T u tlv driven out again. The fighting
at close quarters still continues.
The village of Embremeuit to the
-n t of Agricourt which bad been taken
T us and which was set on. fire by the
1 rencli with their shells, has been
e acuated bv our outposts. The hills to
the north and south of Embremeul were
retained
The situation i the east shows no
nange
CLAIM FRENCH AVIATORS
KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Berlin Germanj. April 22. (By wire
less to Sajville, L L) Included la the
tfms given out by the Overseas News
apencv is the following
French airmen, have dropped bombs
at Loerrach Kantlern, and other places
in the Black Forest. Their projectiles
killed and wounded mostly women and
hildren Two school houses were de
molished These localities are unarmed
and w ithout garrisons and contain only
hospitals schools and factories.
German aeroplanists have destroveJ
at Bflfort. France a shed containing
rne'ish aeroplanes Six powder maga
zines also were blown up '
-
riots "For Revenue
DYNAMITE INCREASES KLEISFS WOE
GERMS SHOW
BITTER ANGERi
Berlin Newspapers Attack
Speech of President Wil
son on Neutrality.
Amsterdam, Holland, April 12 Com
menting on the address of president
Wilson at the luncheon of The Asso
ciated Press in New York, April 20, the
Yossische Zeitung of Berlin says
"vAe could believe in the Inclination
of the United States after the war to
play the role to which president Wilson
refers, namely, to prepare assistance
for both belligerent parties, if the
Americans during the war had acted in
accordance with the principle of assis
tance to neither side. The purveyors
of arms and ammunition to adversa
ries cannot, all of a sudden, pretend to
be the impartial friend of all bellger
ents la war at the conclusion of the
war
The Lokal Anzelger says
"President Wilson is mlghtil mis
taken if he imagines his sort of neutra
lity will be acknowledged and valued
by the belligerents as fair play. It is
impossible for Germany and her allies
to esteem as a sign of 'self control' one
sided patronage by the continued tol
eration of a most extensive supply of
arms, combined with humble endurance
of all English oppression neutral com
merce So far as Germany is concerned,
president Wilson need not trouble
about prepartions for help after the
S H
UPON tlSCUERS
Grinib; Eng, April 22 The Grims
by trawler St. Lawrence was torpedoed
and sunk in the North sea Thursday
by a German submarine. Two members
of the crew were killed Seven sur
vivor were brought here today by the
trawler Queenstown, whose skipper re
ports that the submarine fired on his
vessel while encaged in rescuing the
crew of the St. Lawrence.
TRAWLER IS SHELLED;
CREW MANAGES TO ESCAPE
Aberdeen, Scotland, April 22. The
trawler Fuschia arrived here Thursday
With a crew of the trawler Envoy, and
reported that the Envoy had been
shelled by a German submarine Wed
nesday night off the east coast. The
men on the Envoy left their ship in a
small boat, which, thfy say, also was
shelled by the submarine. No one was
injured.
The Envoy's crew drifted about in
the small boat for two hours before
being picked up It has not been es
tablished whether the Envoy was sunk.
ITALY SENDS ULTIMATUM
TO AUSTRIA, IS REPORT
Rome, Italy. April 28. A report
reached Borne from Petrograd that
Italy had sent a note to Austria whicn
virtual'y amounted to an ultimatum
The note is said to embody the mini
mum terms upon which Italy will con
sent to conclude an argument with
Austria. It is impossible to confirm
this report here
GeneTal operation in Rome is that an
agreement may still be reached. Never
theless, military preparations are be
ing continued with the greatest enefgy
along the frontier, where Aus'ria is
concentrating troops.
OLD FRENCH NOBILITY
IS DYING IN BATTLE
Paris, France, April 22. The old
French nobility, which has clung to its
titles despite the republicanism of
France, is rapidly passing away on the
field of battle. The Tout Paris, a so
cial register of the capital, contains the
names of 192 titled members of aris
tocracy killed in battle up to February
In all, the list gives 1504 names, in
cluding 20 generals, 367 other officers
and 14 privates.
BRITISH LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES SUFFER HEAVILY
London. Eng, .April 22 British life
insurance companies have paid war
claims of almost $10,000,006 to relatives
of soldiers and officers killed during the
first seven months of the war One
company alone has bad to meet 8000
claims.
TURKS EVVCDVTE EOS
AFTER A BOMB RDMBT
London, Eng. April 22 The Turkish
commandant at Enos ordered the port
evacuated when a British force had
been landed after a bombardment of
the port, according to the Dally Mall's
Sofia, Bulgaria correspondent.
Enos is Turkey s most southwesterly
port on the Aegean sea. It lies just
east of the new boundary line between
Turkey and Bulgaria and is 1 miles
southeast of Dedeagatch, Bulgaria.
GOV. M'DONALD REFUSES
SIRINGO'S REQUISITION
Santa Fe N M.. April 22. Governor W.
C. McDonald has retased to honor the requi
sition of governor Dmme. of Illinois, for
Ctas rls A. Slrinco. the "oowbov detective."
who was Indicted in Chicago on the chargre t
of criminal libel for the publication of what
Is considered an expose of the methods of !
the Plnkerton detectives, of whom Slrlngo I
nu oeen one. i
i CALLS BAIES
"MILL-HE"
Roosevelt Says New York
Politician Has His Good
and His Bad Sides.
Syracuse, X T., April 22 During the
second day of his cross examination in
the supreme court here today, Theodore
Roosevelt said he had regarded William
Barnes as a "sort of Dr. Jekyll nd
Mr. Hyde" who. like other politicians,
had his good side and his bad side. The
colonel said he did not, as suggested
by Wm. Ivins, his cross examiner, try
to sever the ligaments between these
Siamese" twins of politics. Quite on
the contrary, he declared, he en
deavored to have the Dr Jekyll" in
them absorb "Mr Hyde" It was the
colonel's fourth day upon the witness
stand and he seemed to be 'as fresh
as he was on the first da More let
ters tending to show the friendly re
lations between himself and Barnes,
were introduced
The colonel admitted that he had
complied with manv of the sugges
tions made to him bv Barnes in re
gard to the filling of offices in the
state government during the two years
he was governor
Printing House Matter.
"Mr Roosevelt." began Mr liir.s.
"attention was called to the annual
message in which vou mentioned the
establishment of a state printing house
(which Barnes opposed) Did you ever
do anything further officially in re
gard to thaf'
"Officially, no" '
"Here Is your autobiograph he-e
ou said that during the campaign the
issue was between yourself and Crokr
is that right "
"Yes."
"In chapter eight did you refer to
Mr Barnes""
"No. He was not then of the name
importance as. Mr. Piatt and Mr OdelL
However, when I puMiefred my auto
biography in 1 012. I thought the same
of Mr Barnes as I did -when I wrote
the article complained of here."
"Why did you do that""
"I did not want to make any malic
ious attack on Mr Baraes. I refused
to attack any man in my autobiography
that I could help IK my statement I
wanted to appeal to the voters of New
York state."
Is Quoting From ntobIography.
"Since this action was begun have
you referred to vour autobiography""
"r think I have -"Do
you know your language on the
stand and in vour autobiography has at
times been identical?"
"I don't know I do not think that
Is the case It might be."
"In your statement you refer to In
visible government. Now, this is from
your autobiography "
Mr Ivins read an excerpt that had to
do with invisible government and pub
licity for campaign contributions.
Murphy tas rtual Leader.
"When did Chas. F Marphy become
the .nominal leader of the Democratic
partv in New York""
"He was not the nominal leader He
became the actual leader after Mr Cro
ker went to Europe, first in New York
and then throughout the state. He be
came dominant."
"Well. then, while you were gov
ernor there was an invisible govern
ment you say" Why didn't you make
an attack then, similar to the one you
made on Mr Barnes""
"If they had blocked the legislation
I wanted I would have"
Counsel Offers Apology.
Mr Barnes then requested the court to
instruct the witness that he answer
categorically and not go beyond and
make further statements.
"If the rules of law are observed
and this witness is treated as any other
witness " began Mr Ivins
Justice Andrews rapped with Ms
gavel and said
"Mr Ivins, this witness is treated
the same as other witnesses. I won't
permit any such language here "
"I apologize," said rMr Ivins. and
continued his cross examination.
"Did you confer with Mr Piatt
about appointing Mr Hendricks as
commissioner of public works""
"Not particularly Senator Piatt
himself offered Mr Hendricks the
place. He (Piatt) showed a telegram of
acceptance from' Mr Hendricks."
As the witness told this he laughed
and the spectators joined in
TMHLMCE
BREAKS RECORDS
Washington, D C, April 22. The
largest favorable trade balance ever
achieved in the history of American
commerce was that of March, accord
ing to a statement Just issued by the
department of commerce. The excess
of exports over imports in that month
amounted to S14(Lf224T.
Exports for the month were 220,000,- J
ass,! ana tne imports )ii&,u4B.zi
Deer Meat High This Year;
One Cost Trapper $76.50
Santa Fe N X. April 22. It east Charles
Trapper of Hot Spriasx. on the west fork
of the Gila, In Grant county J7 so for kill-
!ng a deer oat ex season, according to the
j report received today by same warden T C
deBaca.
Frank J TVrieht justice of the peace of
precinct o 2. Silver City Imoosed th sen-
tence of 5 and !2 St costs and Trapper
1 promptly paid.
Only" Must Be In a
TELLS DF DANGER!
IN MINES
Former Coachman Testifies
In $250,000 Suit Against
Millionaire.
DECLARESWIFE'S
LOVE ESTRANGED
i
Faiherinlau) Put Him To
Carrying Lighted Dyna
mite Sticks, He Says.
N"
EW YORK. April 22. Little and
big troubles of married life as
Max KleisC chauffeur, found it.
were related today to a Jury in the fed
eral district court by Kleist in his suit
against his fatherinlaw, Edward N.
Breitung. capitalist of Marquette, Mich.
Kleist demands 22S0.000 for the alleged
alienation of his wire's affections. She
was Miss Juliet Breitung
Kleist told today of having been
given a place by his fatherinlaw. who
disapproved of the marriage, in the
latter a mine in New Mexico. His duty,
he testified, was to carry dynamite.
He had to set it off with a very short
fuse it was -only four feet long, he
said and consequently had to-run fast
after lighting itL .Ho bftrasjc -had tgpe
Wife Called Him Back.
Two telegrams went into the record,
sh wing that his wife, who remained
in New York, when he went to New
Mexico, had summoned him back east
on April 1. 1014 He was told in one
message to go to a designated hotel
in New Rochelle, register under the
name of Joe Baker of Boston, and wire
her under that same name so that she
would know he had followed instruc
tions. The witness said he replied
that he would do so.
Claims Father to Blame.
Kleist alleges that the affections of
his wife, Juliet, were alienated by her
father who prevented her from living
with nim.
Kdward Crowley, Klelsfs counsel, in
outlining his case answered that Miss
Breitung bad conducted the courting,
that toe couple bad kept secret their
marri&ge and that his client was "an
humble coachman, unacquainted witn
the wa3S of the world," while Miss
Breitung was widely traveled.
Delancey Nicoll, Mr Breitung" law
yer, outlined the defence. Kleist. he
said, came to the jury with this plea
"I was a simple country swain with a
heart Untouched by love and this rich
and elejgant lady became smitten with
my fatal beauty She proposed to me
and I married her "
Mr Nicoll declared the facts "were
very far away from the story outlined by
tb) riaintirfs counsel."
Girl Wns Foolish.
"The defendants are the mother and
Tne rVar At a Glance
CAPTURE of nearly half a milt
of German trenches near St.
Mihiel. the southern extremity
of the German wedge, which the
French have been attempting for
several weeks to force back, is an
nounced today in the official com
munication from Paris. Spirited
lighting in Belgium also is re
ported and the admission is made
that the Germans compelled the
allies to retire from positions near
Yprea.
Trawler Is Blown Up
Two men were killed by the
blowing up of a British trawler is
the North sea by a German sub
marine. Bombards Turkish Ports
All attack by the Russian Black
sea fleet on the Turkish coast near
the Russian border is said in Petro
grad to have resulted in the de
moralisation of Turkish forces en
camped in that locality Consid
erable damage was done to the
Turkish barracks and a number of
Turkish vessels laden with supplies
and ammunition were sunk.
ustrla To Plaente Italy
The opinion was expressed by a
prominent Italian statesman that
Italy's participation In the war at
present was unlikely Austria
would use every effort, he said, to
avoid giving Italy reasonable
grounds for war, and would feek
to place Italy in the position of
the aggressor should that nation
decide to take up arms.
ssanlt en Dardanelles
The assault on the Dardanelles
has been renewed, although it is
not apparent whether the allied
forces are ready to begin the gen
eral attack Four British warships
entered the straits Thursday and
bombarded the Turkish forts, which
were subjected also to indirect fire
across the peninsula from the gulf
of Saros. The result of this fight
ing has not been disclosed.
Bombardment of the Turkish
forts at Smyrna, Asia Minor, also
is believed to have been resumed.
There is nothing to indicate, how
ever, that anv move has been made
toward an attack by the forces
landed from the gulf of Saros, such
as is expected to accompany the
next effort on a large scale within
the Dardanelles.
HO
HOUSTON GETS
LAHEE1G
Delegates to Austin Water
bound; Cunningham Is Re
elected; Langdon Elected.
Austin. Tex. April :S Delegate to
the State 1 ederation of mbor are un
able to leave for their homes today on
account of washouts.
The convention adjourned last night
after selecting Houston as the next
meeting place, besides the reelection
of Edward Cunningham as president.
Mrs. Delia Davis, of Fort Worth, was
elected first vice president Earl Fer
guson, of Thurber. second vice presi
dent, and a vice president was then
named in each city having central
bodies. George Slater, of Galveston,
was reelected secretary treasurer N
O. Gossett was named as delegate to
the national federation T V. Lang
don, of EI Paso, was elected sergeant-at-arros.
father of a foolish girl, married when
not jet out of her 'teens. She was
only 18 when he met her She had
never been in society at all She was
always chaperoned by her mother, and.
so far as I can see. was never wooed
by a nobleman or any other "
Tells of Mire's Love.
Kleist on the stand said he insisted
upon seeing his wife, and finally she
apepared, weeping The witness testi
fied that Mrs, Breitung told him he
was unable to support her daughter
and that later Mr Breitung offered
hrni a good position in New Mexico He
told his fatherinlaw, he said, that he
did not want to go so far away
Later, Kleist said, he went again to
the Breitung s hotel tn response to a
', telegram from his wife
-i met my wire,- ne testified, ana
she. Jell Into any anas aaaV aaisU -Mac.
I stlrl love-you. Don't mind what lay
father and mother say, as mother Just
hates you' '
JII TO DECIDE
.5
New York, April 22 The question
of the sanity of Harry K. Thaw will be
determined by a Jury Supreme court
Judge Hendrick. in a decision handed
down today, granted the application for
a trial made by Thaw's attorneys on a
write of habeas corpus.
Thaw waa in court. His face at once
lighted up with pleasure He was kept
busy for nearly half an hour shaking
hands before he was taken back' to
the Tombs.
"It will be good news to my mother,"
he told newspaper men. "That's all I
want to say for publication."
The moot question was whether the
court had power to grant a jury trial.
The court pointed out that the jury
was called In "to aid the court, by Its
Advlc)" and tht tti flnlntr ne thA
jury would not be binding if the court I
was sausnea mat it was not in accord
ance with the evidence and with Justice.
Justice Hendrick set the date of the
trial for May IT
AN OTHER PLAN TO KIDN VP
II4.RR1 THAW IS REPORTED
New York, April 22 A message from
Norfolk. Va, to the Tribune says an
other plan to kidnap Harry Thaw has
been disclosed to sheriff Grifenhagen,
of New York.
The scheme was frustrated, says the
dispatch, through a letter written to
Frederick J Groehle, assistant dis
trict attorney here, by a former resi
dent of this city, who said he was of
fered 21000 to seise Thaw, but re
fused because the money was not
forthcoming
New York Diners Hear
Music in San Francisco
New York. April 22 Masle in thf
Bohemian club at San Francisco was
heard Thursday night by members of
the American Newspaper Publishers'
association at their annual dinner.
Tel-
epcones had been provided at
ch
piaie. '
In- the midst of the dinner. Patrick
Francis Murphy, the toaauaaster, an
nounced that a cornetlst In the Bo
hemian club in San Francisco wopld
render a selection. Following the mu
sic, the diners listened tn sneohes bv
James Rolph, jr. mayor of San Fran
cisco: Charles K Field, editor of the
Sunset magazine, and others in the
Pacific coast city
Mayor MItchel arr!ed at the dinner
while mayor Rolph was delivering his
speech He was given a telephone and
exchanged greetings with the western
executive. The mayor. Dr Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of the Colum
bia university, and Henry D Esta
brook. of New York, addressed the
publishera
FLEET IS TO PASS
THROUGH THE CANAL
Washington, D d, April 22. Secre
tar of the navy Daniels reiterated to
day without qualification that the At
lantic fleet will pass through the
Panama canal to the Pacific in July
Some doubt had been expressed aa to
whether earth movements would have
ceased by that time and enough dredg
ing would be done to make the channel
of sufficient depth.
"We are making all our plans to go
through and wilt ne on the canal July
4." said secretary Daniela "We will go
through and we will go through 'n good
shape?'
Fix Trying
TI
'DEFENCE ASKS
IT
Sebastian's Counsel Says
Witnesses Are Not Being
Treated Fairly.
Los Angeles. Calif. April 2X Pro
tection for witnesses for the defence
was demanded in court here Thursday
by counsel for Charles F Sebastian,
suspended chief of police, and Mrs. LO
lie Pratt, accused of contributing to
the delinquency of Mrs. , Pratt's half
sister and ward. Edith Serkin
It was charged that the prosecution
was forcing the witnesses to appear
oeiore tne grana jury and thus was
getting all their evidence in advance.
The prosecution later agreed, to call
no more defence witnesses before Ihe
grand Jury
Miss Edith Serkin. chief witness for
tne state, became exhausted on the wit
ness stand after testifying four hours.
It was stated that mayor Henry Rose
of Los ngeles would appear as a wit
ness for the defence, as would Mrs.
Pratt's husband. Sebastian and Rose
are candidates for mayoralty nomina
tion in the primaries to be held May 4.
Former mayor George Alexander and
other officials also have been suo
peaaed for the defence.
Miss Serkin testified today that Mrs.
Pratt "wanted her to sign a paper" say
ing 'she had never seen her half sister
and Sebastian together, and that she
refused.
Victor Hugo's Daughter,
Victim of Life Tragedu,
Dies With Secret Untold
. V A Una.
youngest daughter of Victor Mac dtad
Wdusajy at br ranVlbTinyas
nea; a asraarb of thsi tr at the age of
8 yaart.
The sad and tragic life story of AdeJe
Hugo many years ago aroused the sym
pathy of the entire world. As a girl
she was kidnaped at Guernsey by an
EugUsh officer All Europe was
searched for her by her parents, bat
they obtained no trace of her
Several months later a girl, found
wandering alone in the streets of New
York, apparently demented, declared-
"I am the daughter of Victor Hugo"
This was the only statement she ever
made.
She was sent back to France to her
parents but her lips remained sealed
until the end and the tragic story of
her life never was revealed. She
failed to entirely recover her reason
and, after the death of her 'ather,
lived a solitary existence in her villa,
morose and seldom speaking When
she did consent to converse it never
was of the past.
Madamoiselle Hugo's only appear
ances in public were when she went to
mns to witness from the back of a
darkened box the reproduction of one
of her father's plays. Apparently she
had no friends and never recened vis
itors. PHOENIX WAREHOUSE RAIDED;
WHISKY AND BEER ARE SEIZED
Phoenix. Arlx, April 22 Another
scheme to make Arizona less dry was
upset when a warehouse at Seventh
avenue and Jackson street. Phoenix,
was raided by sheriff Jeff Adams and
several deputies. In ail. ITS cases of
whisky and 120 barrels of beer and
wine were seised. C R. Smith, alleged
to be an agent of the owner, was ar
rested and released on TWO bail. The
officers hold a warrant for the arrest
of the alleged owner, whose name they
are keeping secret. The owner Is in
Los Angeles on business.
PRISONER IN ARIZONA PRISON
HANGS SELF WITH TOWEL
Florence. Ariz, April 22. By hang
ing nimself with a towel to a bar In
the top of his cell. Jesus Nazarrc a
prisoner at the state penitentiary, com
mitted SUidde. The dsv ntor hi.
suicide Nazarro had tried to beat his
urains out against tne wall of his cell
and waa quieted with some dlffionln
A year ago Nazarro was convicted of
assaulting wun murderous Intent a
man at a section house near Florence
and waa sentenced to serve from ftv
to IS years in the penitentiary.
MELON GROWERS GET VERDICT
FOR $22,987 FROM MUTUAL CO.
..?5??n,ix' Arlx April iz A vrdict of
222,087 87 waa secured by the Mesa
Melon Growers' association agaiast the
Mutual Distributing company, of Cali-
lumia. in tne superior court of Mari-
S0".. S?nty lB 1M1 " company,
handled 22s asps r MntatmiM. .. k'
association and the growers alleged
they never received anything except the
advances which were paid when the
cars were shipped. It waa alleged in
court that the company refused to ren
der any accounting.
LIVE 30 YEARS IN ARIZONA;
SEE PHOENIX FOR FIRST TIME
Phoenix. Aria. April 22 Charles
Ramsey. W E. Bay less and George S.
Wilson, pioneers of Arizona, who for
more than 20 years have lived at Ora
cle. 100 milea southwest of this place.
are paying their first visit to Phoenix.
They have been to other large cities
but this is the first time they have
seen the capital of the state.
CARRIERS D.Y.
Tomorrow being the last Saturday of
tbe month. Herald earriers wUl nrMnt
hills for April sahserlptloBs. Snbacrlb- I
ers nHl please note aae be ready for j
the boys. I
To Pick the Winne
Austin and Vicinity Suffer
Great Damage; Oil
Tanks Catch Fire.
RESCUE PARTIES
WORK BRAVELY
Train Is Wrecked, Many
Stalled; Austin Water
1 Service Cut Off.
AUSTIN. Texas. Aprn 22 Death
and desolation followed in the
wake of the cloudburst which
risited Austin Thursdav night and to
day The city authorities estimate the
number of dead at 20 but It is believed
that many more hae lost their lives,
for upward of 40 persons are unac
counted for The loss of property WW
easilv reach 21,000 000
K partial list of the dead by drown
ing follows Wm. and Rachel Curtis.
Mrs. Clarence EazelL Elbert E. Essell.
aged 0. Martha Virginia Bsxen, aged
five. Harvey King, Mr and Mrs. King,
parents of Harvey Kins-. 9am Jones
HPalatec). Clarar Cna . on 2: Cros-
eacu. cartes, agec nine; two chamber
hos, negroes, two unidentified Mexi-
Obs train m reported wrecked and
many ara- delayed
Home iirept Iway.
Business baa a-enerallr been sus
pended todav and citizens have formed
memseives into rescuing parties.
The doudbnrat flooded Shnal creelr
in the western portion of the city, and
naiier creek, in the eastern part of
Austin The water burst its bounda
ries, carrvine- houses in its wake, t'o.
wards of 100 houses in east Austin
were washed aa and carried down
the seething waters Practically all of
the bridges which spanned these two
creeks have been washed away
City W ater Service Disrupted.
The city stables, just above th
bridge on East Sixth street, were
washed iwai Hundreds or head of
livestock are reported to have perished
In the waters. The city is today with
out water service as the water mains
in several portions of the city were
destroyed and otherwise put out of
commission Street car service is par
alvzed and the telephone service is bad
ly crippled;
DALLAS TEX . April 22. Twenty
persons, perhaps more it was es
timated today met death Iat
Thursday and Thursda night in
a rain, electrical and wind storm
which was general over nearly
all of Texas and eastern Okla
homa Resultant floods have interrupt
ed communication bv rail and wire In
some parts of the storm area the wind
and, rain continue today Austin felt
the 'greatest fury of the tempest. The
death toll at the state capital Is ex
pected to be at least 15 !
The Storm was especially severe ar
Austin and that citv was in darknes
Thursday night. It was said about 2"
houses had floated away and were
packed against a bridge, threatening
the structure Rescue squads were bu
all night taking endangered persons to
higher ground, while the rain continued
to fall in torrents
OH Tanks On Fire.
In the Thrall oil field near Taylor
Tex., tanks containing 150 000 barrels
of oil were set on fire b lightinx The
loss, it is said, will be J 75,000 Lign
ning started a fire in an oil warehouse
in Dallas, causing a loss of 2120.K00.
Ten Trains Marooned.
In Oklahoma, the Canadian river at
Chickaaha has cut a new channel two
miles from its old bed and 10 passenger
trains are marooned there
Bursting of a gas main at Alvord,
Tex., caused by water undermining the
line, has left Dallas and Fort Worth
without natural gas.
Partial Death List.
Among the known dead are
Christoal Tex. H C Goldwire.
killed by lightning
Ranxsdell, Tex. W L. Bojnton. killed
in train wreck caused b soft tra &
Garden Valle Tex Douglas easy,
killed by lightning
LOWLANDS NEAR BARST0W
FLOODED; FARMERS MOVE
Barstow, Tex., April 22. The Pecos
rier has reached a height of 12 feet.
All the lowlands ara inundated and
many of tbe farmers and Mexican
tenants hae abandoned their farms
and moved their liNeatoek to higher
ground.
The flume over the river on the
Barstow irrigation system Is nine miles
above here and is still standing, al
though the water 's up oa the flume
sideboards almost two feet now The
ditch above the flume has broken in
a namber of places, so that no more
water can come down that wa, also
two large tables have boon tied to
the flume and I rought back to either
bank, to help hold the flusaa In place
The flume will probably stand unless
another rise of several feet comes
down
A report has been received that the
river is receding a little, and the crest
is believed to have passed.