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EL PASO HERALD anna troops iter iter SUPPLY OF THE MEXIGSH M Will Not Attempt to Take the City Until They Can Con trol the Water; Obregon Wires Caranza that He Is -Loyal to Him; Claims to Hold Lagos and Says the End of Villa's "Rule of Ruin"' Is Near. NO attempt will be made to enter Mexico City until complete con trol of the water supply is ob tained, according to Carranza. advices -pceived here from Veracruz. These ;ate that Gen. Pablo Gonzales has ce t.il lished headquarters at Texcoco, i .,-iheast of the capital only a few kilometers. The waterworks are at Soctaimileo and this point is still held b the Zapatistas It was the loss of the waterworks that forced Obregon to e a-uate the city some two months ago. Regarding reports of a split between Obrepron and Carranza the following statement directed to Carranza. has been issued by Gen. Obregon: "Since the assassination of Madero and Suarez ou alone have represented constitu tional authority in Mexico and as de pository of such, every constitutionalist re-ogmxes you today. Villa is van quished and, with his ill gotten gains, he will now flee to the frontier to spend it under pretext of leaving Mexico for patriotic reasons and to avert further bloodshed. Deserters from his dispersed anks are flocking daily to ours and I believed now that his rebellion has Teached its end. Tour manifesto to the nation strikes the keynote of every patriotic Mexican heart." Obreson Claims Lagos. The statement is also made from Veracruz that Gen. Obregon continues to maintain his headquarters in Lagos and that his troops occupy Dolores Hi dalgo, which recent Villa reports de clared to be held by 10.840 Villistas un der Gens. Chao Urblna and Natera. No further reports regarding the fighting around Lagos were received by villa officials Wednesday, though messages were received in Juarez on Tuesday that Villa had begun an advance. The railroad line from Monterey to Matamoras has been cut and the Car ranza garrison at Monterey is bottled up. according to Villa advices received here Gen. Raoul Madero. the report states, has left Gen. Maximo Garcia in SaltiUo and has taken personal charge of the attack on Monterey, the early capture of which is predicted. Villa Talking Conference. Diaz Lombardo, Villa's minister of foreign relations, has recovered from his recent iliness and is expected to come to the border in a few days. Villa border officials state. Absolute secrecy as to LomDardo's mission is still main tained. One report regarding his com ing to the border Is that he will go direct to Washington and. In an official capacitv. will state to the American authorities that the Villa faction Is willing to hold a conference with the Carrancistas in Mexico City, with the whole federal district set aside as a neutral zone. Villistas here continue to point out that Gen. Villa has been will ing to agree to a conference- for some weeks, while all utterances of Carranza and high Carranza officials indicate that the Constitutionalists will have nothing to do with the Villa, faction. tt Cabinet Officer. Marcelino Davalos. a young lawyer. has been appointed acting minister for , foreign relations in me arrani t inet, filling the position made vacant through the resignation of Jesus TJrueta. Luis Aguirre Benavldes. late private secitetary to Gen. Villa and a brother of Eugenio Benavides. who was recently killed by a Carranza force while at tempting to cross to the United States, has arrived in 'El Paso and is living with relatives here. Benavldes has written a number of exposes of Gen. Villa. CALLES HALTS QUARREL WHICH THREATENS WARFARE Douglas, Ariz.. June SX. 3y throw ing himlf hetween two factions OI his command. Gen. B. Elias Calles pre- t r.nt vhBt threatened to be a battle between his artillery and infantry forces. Lieut. Aguirre, commanding the ar tillery, celebrated his birthday at tne baracks by ordering the band to play a stirring march which had been cen sored by the Carranza officials be cause it was named "Viva Maytorena," after the Villa governor of Sonora. Lieut. CoL Cruz Galvez ordered Aguirre to command the band to cease playing the tabooed air. Aguirre refused in dignantly, and after firing shots from an automatic revolver, which fell near cases of shrapnel and cans of nitro glycerine, ordered the mcahine guns and cannon stationed so as to sweep the streets, it is said. Galvez had gathered the infantry forces and was preparing to march down the street to subdue the insub ordinate officer when Gen. Calles. hat less and coatless, ran two blocks and threw himself between the opposing forces. Calles poured oil on the trouhlea waters by ordering the band to play the forbidden music and sent the soldiers to the barracks. RED CROSS WONT FEED REFUGEES AT LAREDO San Antonio, Tex. June SS. While Laredo, Tex., citizens are feeding 1000 Mexican refugees and there are 5000 more there, the Red Cross has formally refused to contribute to the relief of the colony. This decision was reached tonight on receipt of a protest from of ficials at Laredo. The protest asserted that feeding of the Mexicans by the Red Cross would make Laredo a raecca for the refugees. 8000 3IEXIOAX CATTLE JUIE AWAITING SHIPMENT Galveston, Texas, June 23. Although vessels are available at Veracruz, own ers of about 3000 cattle hesitate to ship them to the United States because of unsettled Mexican conditions, according to information reaching here today. 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The man continued to call for help although the sentry made no effort to rescue him. The man was seen to float under the Stanton streeb bridge, sink and the body was not seen again. Prior to the shooting the Inspectors at the American end of the Santa re street bridge say they heard Ameri cans talking on the North Western bridge. One. they say, walked to the American end of the bridge and con tinued toward the city while the other remained on the Mexican end of toe bridge. This was about 1:30 a. m., they say. Shortly before 2 oclock the shooting occurred and the man fell into the river. It is believed that the two Ameri cans were smugglers trying to take goods across the river and were stopped by the sentry. The officers believe that one returned to the city for money, leaving the other at the Mexican end of the bridge to guard the goods to be smuggled. While he was there alone the Mexican sentry is believed to have shot the man. The police made a search of the riTer bank as far down as Washington park in an effort to recover the body of "the American and identify it. BODY OF DROWNED NEGRO IS FOUND IN THE RIVER A negro's body was found Wednes day afternoon in the river near the stockyards. The officers were unable to identify the negro who was & brown skinned man with a mustache and who wore a working shirt and a pair of cheap trousers. He Was a man of about -40 years of age and Is five feet ten inches in height. No bullet wounds were found on the body by the undertakers and it is thought that the negro was drowned in the river. It is not believed that this Is the same man who was shot by a Mexican sentry on the Mexican end of the North Western railroad bridge early Wednesday morning. The body Is being held at the under taking establishment of McBean, Sim mons & Hartford for identification. 'TIMED 1; ! i 19 HE KILLED i WISH it! II ra "Swat the Grasshopper" Is Dexter s Battle Cry Dexter, K M.. June . This is grasshopper week In the Dexter dis trict and all of the farmers are co operating to get rid of this pest. The work is being done under the direction of Earl Geyer, government entomolo gist stationed at RoswelU and good results are being obtained. The gresshopper has been more of a pest than ever this year out tne activities of the farmers who are plowing under the places where eggs are believed to have been laid and the killing of all grasshoppers seen fly ing in this district is believed to In sure a smaller crop of the pests this year and next than at any time in the history of the valley. LANSING IS NEW STATE SECRETARY (Continued From Face One.) president has frequently expressed bis admiration for Mr. Lansing and practi cally announced his intention to ask him to take the portfolio. Mr. Lansing has appeared very little in politics and, at one time there seemed some doubt amon the president's advisers if it would not be advisable to select a man who was more prominent and had prob ably performed greater service for his party. Prenldent Sidetracks Politics. From the first, however, practically all members of the cabinet have favored Mr. Lansing's selection and It was un derstood that the president took the view that the capacity of the man was more to be considered at this juncture of International affairs than any other consideration. "GUNBOAT" SMITH IS TO FIGHT WEINERT New York. June 11. A match be tween "Gunboat" Smith and "Young" Weinert. heavyweights, to fight It rounds at Ebbets field on July 1. was announced today. It was also announced that Freddie Welsh, worlds lightweight champion has agreed to fleht Charley White, Chicago, 10 rounds here on July 3. PRESIDENT IS LEAVING FOR SUMMER WHITE HOUSE Washington. T C June 23. Presi dent Wilson will lea te at midnight for the summer white house at Cornish, N. II, not to return until July S. lie goes first to Roslyn, L, I, to spend Thursday with Col. E. X. House. Late that night he will depart for Cornish, where he expects to arrive Friday. Direct telegraphic communication be tween the white house offices and Cor nish has been arranged and the presi dent will be in constant touch with secretary of state Lansing. AUTHORITY GIVEN FOR BIG BOND ISSUE BY E. P. & S. W. Phoenii Ariz.. June 23. The corpora tion commission has issued an order granting the request of the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad company lor permission to Issue 51S.000.000 worth of bonds. This issue is necessary for the purpose of completing the consolidation of the various E. P. S. W. lines, which is now under way. Old bonds are to be taken up and rolling stock purchased. Within a space of 10 days the com mission has collected over 8000 in feis for the issuance of bond issue permits. PRESC0TT PRIEST WILL GO BACK TO FRANCE TO FIGHT Prescott. Ariz., June 23. Within the next few days. Rev. F. L. Rouselle. for two years In charge of the Prescott Catholic church, will leave for France to fight for his native land. He Is a French reservist and has been called to the colors. Before coming to Prescott, father Rouselle was stationed at Yuma and he Is well known throughout Ari zona. "TV. J. COVLBY CHARGED "WITH TIIEPT PR.OH PERSON On a charge of theft from the Tier- son, W. J. Conley was given a pre liminary hearing before Justice J. J. Murphy Wednesday. The complaint Was made by W. Rus sell who alleged that the defendant stole JS In bills from his pocket. 3IOXTBM5GRIV TROOP? MARCH AGVIXST SCUTARI Some Italy. June 22 The Montene grin offensive against Scutari. Albania. Is developing with success, according to a dispatch to the Giornale d'ltalo. Montenegrins are said to be march. ng against the city in three columns. whinirton. D. C June 23. From Veracruz, Mex., consul Canada report ed a train on tne narrow gage lino south had been fired on Monday and 19 persons were reported killed. He also reported that the railway from Veracruz to Mexico City had been cut. preventing the leaving of two troop trains. A consular message from Tamplco said George Ogden, presumably an American, had been forced to aban don his ranch at Guerrero. More des titute refugees are gathering at Tampclo. . All Red Cross funds for the aid of Mexico have been spent and today offi cials are asking for more food and money. Twenty thousand persons were reported starving in Guerrero. How desperate the food situation is, even In Veracruz, is said to be indi cated by the case of a talented woman SZ years old, a public school teacher, who was found begging in the streets for food. Another woman, well edu cated, was peddling soap. YAQUI VALLEY IS QUIET; U. S. FORCES WON'T LAND Washington. D. C, June 23. Official anxiety over the situation in the Yaqul valley, Mexico, where Indians had threatened the American colony, was considerably relieved today following reassuring advices from admiral How ard concerning the situation. He re ported by wireless he had been as sured by Gen. Leyvo, Mexican military commander at Guaymas, that all was quiet in the valley. In view of the latest advices from admiral Howard, officials were confi dent today that it would not now be necessary to land the marines and bluejackets who are held in readiness for that purpose unless adequate pro tection is not given Americans by the Mexican forces. VILLISTAS SAID TO HAVE HANGED MAN BY THUMBS Villistas under Gen. Rosalio Hernan dez are committing many depredations at C. P. Diaz, according to a Carranza statement received here. The report states that Genaro Arona, a resident of the town, was hanged up by the thumbs until he disclosed the hiding place of J 406. and also that tho quarters of Chinese have been raided. EARTHQUAKE DOES MUCH DAMAGE (Continued From Vace One). along the lost southern end of the "Great Fault" Indicated in the socalled San Francisco earthquake of IMS. Pro fessor R. S. Holway, head of the depart ment of physical geography, of the Uni versity of California, said today. This fault disappears in the Mojave desert but Mr. Holway said it probably extends far south. YUMA PROJECT IS NOT DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE Yuma. Ariz.. June 23. Engineers of the United States reclamation service reported today that the earthquake had not damaged the Lacuna irrigation dam. Engineers in charge of the Imperial valley irrigation system reported that no damage had been done to the in. take below hare. QUARRELS DISRUPT BALKANS, IS REPORT; WAR MAY FOLLOW Berlin. Germany, June 23. (By wire less to Sayville. L. L) The Overseas News agency today gave out the fol lowing: "The German minister at Sofia, Bl garia, who has arrived at Berlin to confer with the foreign office con cerning the latest proposals of the quadruple entente to Bulgaria, returns soon. The press of the allied countries express disappointment at conditions. In the Balkans. A revival of the Bal kan alliance seems impossible on ac count of quarrels between Servla and Bulgaria about Macedonia; between Servla and Rumania about the Banat territory in southern Hungary, and be tween Servla and Greece about Albania. Russian diplomats even fear a new Bal kan war. if satisfaction by the quad ruple entente of the demands of one or two of the Balkan nations Incites the others. "Warning Is given In official circlet against overestimating reports of do mestic troubles In Russia. In thesi quarters the conviction is expressed that Russia, if wlllin?. Is capable of continuing the war for several months. Rumors of impending peace negotia tions and the arrival of Russian medi ators are utterly unfounded." FRENCH COUNT BUYING ARMY HORSES IN PHOENIX Phoenix, Ariz, June 23. Count E. i de Lestrange, of the French remount inspection commission, is in Phoenix buying horses for the French army. Already he has selected several hun dred from those submitted to his in spection at the local stockyards, ana he expects to buy at least 1.000 before the end of the weeK when he will leave for Glendale. Buckeye, Tempe, Mesa and other farming communities. Moat of the animals offered for sale to Count Lestrange are held at siz. but the prices placed on some run as law as $78. Before the horses are taken out or the stockyards they will be marked with the brand of the French govern ment. They will be shipped to either Galveston or New York. , ENGLISH PiRMRRS MAY WORK WAR PRISONERS London. Ens, June 23. The war of fice has announced to farmers Its will ingness to allow prisoners of war to be employed on farms near detention camps CITIZENSHIP GIVEN FIGHTING ALGERIANS Paris. France, June 2. A bill has been introduced in the senate to confer citizenship upon all native Algerians who have served In the French army five swEDisn snips CAPTURED. London, Eng., June 23. Five Swed ish steamers, lumber laden, bound for England, were captured by German warships in the Baltic sea Tuesday, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. ARIZONA PROHIBITION CASE TO BE TRIED IN CALIFORNIA Phoenix, Ariz,, June 22. For the next few days W. H. Sawtelle. federal judge for Arizona, will be sitting at San Francisco as a member of the circuit court of appeals for the northern Cali fornia district He has already left for the exposition city, accompanied by Mrs. Sawtelle and his secretary, R. W. Kramer. Among the cases to be heard there Is the application of the Mission Brewing company, of San Diego, for an interlocutory injunction restraining the attorney general of Arizona from tak ing steps to prevent the sale of "Hopakl," a brewed beverage. In this state. HHBJKIHD Germany Supplies Details of Recent Air Raid on the British Coast. Berlin, Germany, June 23. (By wire less to Sayville, L. I.) The Overseas News agency today gave out the fol lowing: "A message from Christiana, Nor way, says the steamer Iotum. which has arrived at Staveneger. reports that several Zeppelins, on he night between Tuesday and Wednesday (probably June 15-H) dropped many bombs on the Armstrong wotss at somn bhimus, England, which destroyed the navy yards and arsenal. Several buildings burned all night The damage was enormous. Seventeen persons were killed and 30 Injured." The foregoing evidently refers to the raid of Zeppelins over tne bihiu i coast of England on Tuesday night of last week. The British censorship pre- I vented the puoiicaiion oi uiuuu this raid and there has been no pre vious intimation that the naval works at Shields were damaged. ITALIANS CHARGE SLOPES AND ARE SLAUGHTERED Berlin, Germany, June 23. In the past four days, the Italians have met serious reverses in attacking the Aus trian positions along the Isonzo front, charging the precipitous slopes in talc skirmish lines only to be mown down. Six such attacks were made in two days, the Italians leaving large num bers of dead and wounded on the field. Eugene Lenhoff. a newspaper corre spondent, telegraphs an account of the Austrian fortifications on the south Tyrol front, which he was permitted to visit The Austrians, ho says, not con tent with entrenching on the surface, have blasted galleries In the interior of the mountain summits -which end in chambers for the artillery. "The muzzles of the guns," the corre spondent adds, "thus peep through con cealed loop holes in the vertical cliffs from positions utterly inaccessable to the enemy. The Infantry positions are similarly blasted Into the face of the cliffs and are virtually Impregnable. The Italians on this front are devoting their efforts to bringing up heavy ar tillery and building of roads, and the-e-fore have not launched a vigorous offensive." IRISHMAN WHO CAPTURED TRENCH IS DECORATED London. Eng, June 23. King George or England, at Buckingham palace Tuesday pinned the Victoria Cross on the breast of Sergt Michael CLeary who. an official report said, virtually captured a German trench by himself and prevented the rest of his party being fired on. I CLeary won this, the most coveted . of the British military decorations, i during the winter campaign in France. According to the official account, 0Leary formed one of a storming party . at Cuinchy. As the party was advanc ing against the German trenches, ffLeary rushed to the front and killed five Germans who were holding the I first barricade, which he captured after killing three more Germans and tak- j ing two others prisoners. j GERMANY'S MUNITION SUPPLY IS AMAZING TO RUSSIA (Continued From Page One.) only element of surprise is the German artillery attacks. How any army could fire in a couple of hours 1900 railway carloads of ammunition and continue normal artillery work for weeks after want -with similar extraordinary out bursts at frequent intervals certai-ily amounts to a military surprise. WOMEN FORM ENTIRE STAFF OF LONDON'S NEW STATION London. Eng, June 23. The newest of London's 600 railway stations, wnich has Just opened its doors In the Maida vale section of the city. Is staffed en tirely by women, from station master to porters. STEAMER IS TORPEDOED; CAPTAIN BEACHES HER London. Eng., June 23. The steamer Tunlsiama has been torpedoed off Lowestoft by a German submarine. Her skipper was able to beach her. The Tunlsiania was bound from Mon treal to Hull with 5000 tons of wheat. Her crew landed at Lowestoft Charged "With Selling Cocaine. Edward Hebb was arrested Tuesday by federal authorities charged with selling cocaine in violation of the Har rison law. He was given a hearing before United States commissioner George B. Oliver and was bound over to the federal grand Jury in the sum of 1250. I0L0 NOT STAND ON FEET Mrs. Baker So Weak Could Not Do Her Work Found Relief In Novel Way. Adrian, Mich. "I suffered terribly with female weakness and backache and got so weak that 1 could hardly do my work. When I washed my dishes I had to sit down and when I would sweeF the floor I would get so weak that I would have to get a drink every few minutes, and before I did my dusting Iwould have to lie down. I got so poorly that my folks thought I wa3 going into consumption. 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