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HERALD HOME EDITION TODAY'S PRICES n "h k, not" l'" Mex can pesos ? Mhuahua currency 3 10 of a. cent rf-rranra currencv $M Bar Wlver -i i & Harmon quotations) & pper JI8 25 Grains irregular Live s rk. steady Stocks higher WKATHEK rORECAST H raa fair; nr Mexlr. (air, Arizona fair, coster; west Texas, fair. LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. EL PASO. TEXAS. SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 2. 1913. SINGLE COPT FTVE CENTS. DELIVERED ANYWHERE CENTS A MONTH. 32 PAGES. 4 SECTIONS. TODAY. AUSTRIA TO SEND RUMANIA ULTIMATU core: JJjJLJ DcTath In 9- Coast Wreck Engine Jumps Track, Rolls Down Sleep Embankment, Carrying Two Cars. FIREMANls DEAD; TRAINMEN INJURED Train Is Loaded With East erners Returing From Visit To the Exposition. SAN LUIS OBISPO. CALIF, Oct. 2.- One man was killed, two were hurt and scores of easterners narrowly escaped death early today when the second engine on the Southern Pacific fast coast train, "The Lark," jumped the track and rolled down a steep em bankment, dragging with it the mall and baggage ears. The dining car also left, the track. The firemen lost his life and six trainmen were injured. The train was loaded with visitors to the California expositions and was en route from Los Angeles to San Fran- U.S. TO GHEE ITS NAVfiL POLICY British Success in Destroy ing Submarines Impresses American Experts. Washington. D a, Oct. 2. The American naval policy for the coming year tentative plans for which recog nize the sudden development of Euro pean submarine warfare and make pro vision for a large number of undersea, boats, will be broadly affected by the Br tish admiralty s development of suc cessful means for combating the sab m trine peril confidential 'eports to the United States disclose that the destruction of f om 50 to 70 German submarines have beer effected b the use of nets, sab marine telephone new types of mines ard bj covering the submarine area v ith a fleet of thousands of high speed motor boats armed with rapid fire guns, have fulfilled the convictions of Amer- i nn naval experts that means would be 1 und to successfully combat undersea v arfare Still Like BIp Gun Ships. Likewise these reports have re affirmed the faith of American experts ii the all big gun ship the dread nought as the effective fighting force of any navy One immediate development of this newest lesson drawn from the Euro pean war, probably will be provision in the new naval bin for continued addi tions to the dreadnought fleet instead of building submarines on such an ex tensive scale as has been desired by many TOon't Abandon nbmarine Plans. It is plain however that the develop ment of successful means of repelling sJbmarine warfare will not mean the ibandonment of substantial additions to the American submarine fleet The new naval building program probably will include more than the usual num ber of sulmersibles. and they will all re of the po high speed sea-gting c uie type, -irrwng rapid fire guns - c no ucveiupea in me naval gun fa i on, but the official plan will not contemplate development of the sub-ma-ine arm of the service at the ex pense of the big gun ships COLD AND TORRENTIAL RAIN INTERFERES WITH ATTACKS London. Eng. Oct. 2 Torrential rams and cold biting winds the first three days of the wek have greatly interfered with the attacks of the Brit ish troops, according to the Times cor respondent with the British headquart ers In France The bad weather prevented recoil -naisance. n-ade aircraft work difficult, depressed the men and interfered with artillery operations RIFLE SHOOTING MATCHES OPEN AT JACKSONVILLE Jackson Hie. FUt, Oct 2. The first of a series of state and national rifle shooting matches began here today with representatives from the United Mates armj and marine corps and civilians from all parts of the country participating The meet is being held under the auspices of the war depart ment The tournament opened today be tween teams of the Florida rifle asso ciation The matches of the southern rifie association will follow The most inrnportant events the na tional matches and the competitions of the National Rifle association of Amer- are to oe opened October S and IS, respectively Anyhow We Are All VILLA'S ARMY IS He War At a Gi ance NEW progress for the French in the offensive movement of the allies on the west ern front is reported today- by the aris war oriice. Advances irom trench to trench on the heights of La Folic in the Artois atstnct are claimed. Bulgaria Sloven Troops While the political situation m the Balkans is continuing to ab sorb attention, Bulgaria is placng her troops with a view to even tualities She is reported in ad vices through Athens, .o be mov ing forces toward the Greek bor der as well as in the direction of the Servian frontier Bucharest dispatches, received in Italy, say that Bulgarian artillery is being massed along the Dobruja front of the Rumanian frontier. Eastern Situation Little Changed The situation on the eastern front is little changed, according to the latest official report teutonic gains near Dvinsk and in Volpynia seem fairly well offset by the re ported progress of the Russians in the central sectors, where they are admittedlv on the offensive. Turku contradict British Contradicting the recent British announcement of success in Meso potamia, the Turkish war office declares the British offensive re sumed on September 2? was a fail ure, a violent attack being beaten off. despite the fact that the Brit ish outnumbered the Turks four to one. It is also claimed in the Turkish statement that heavy losses were inflicted on a British force which landed on the banks of the Tigris north of Korna. U.SJOBEIAti EOD ARMENIANS Washington, D C, Oct 2 Turkey has consented to the immigration of all Aremnians who will become naturalized American citizens on their arrival in this country Ambassador Morgenthau, at Constantinople, has arranged with the Turkish government for the free departure of all Armenians for whose intention to become naturalized Amer icans he can vouch. REPORT GERMANS REPULSED TRYING TO INVADE SERVIA Paris, France. Oct 2 Germans have met with two repulses In trying to in vade Servta. accreting to the petit -ar-isien's Bucharest correspondent, who says "A German battalion which tried to cross the river at Zemundaria last Sun day was destroyed," the correspondent adds. "A detachment coming to its help in a barge was drowned. Several different attempts to cross the river were repulsed with heavy losses "Bulgarian soldiers are deserting in large numbers and taking refuge in Rumania. Eight hundred arrived Thursday at Calafat Most of them belonged to the cavalry regiment at Widin. A majority of the men saved their equipment" They declare that the Bulgarian wom en are doing their utmost to prevent the men from joining the colors and that the soldiers will throw down their arms on the first occasion they met the Russians. They add that the gulf between the people and the govern ment is increasing and that M Stam- bullwiski, the leader of the Agrarians, has presented a new petition to king Ferdinand." GERMANY SENDS NEW NOTE TO HELP CLEAR ARABIC CASE New York. Oct '2 Count von Bern storff. the German ambassador, deliv ered to secretary of state Lansing to day a note from the German govern ment concerning the Arabic case, which, it is understood, affords a ne gotiable basis for settlement of the question. Both the secretary and the ambassa dor decided that nothing concerning It would be announced. It is under stood that the secretary will take the note with him to Washington and, after discussing It with president Wil son, will indicate whether or not it is satisfactory. It was learned that the note fur nishes the basis for further negotia tions, and from this it is inferred tnat while admitting the principle that merchantmen should "not be torpedoed wthout warning. Germany is anxious to submit to arbitration the question of fact as to whether or not the Arabic was engaged in a hostile act at the time she was torpedoed and how much indemnity must be paid as a conse quence, if tbe verdict is against the German commander SAYS BRITISH WON BY HAVING THE MOST SHELLS London. Eng, Oct 2 The British troops have won against the Germans by having the most shells and the most artillerv, according to a letter, from a British artillery officer, de scribing the recent operations. In the cannonading which preceded the In fantry advance, he says, fully 30 shells were fired along a front of five miles within five minutes, and the flash or guns in the gray dawn Sat urday was continuous while shells were placed on every yard of the German trenches. At the same time hundreds of machine guns were raining death all along the German front, the prin cipal mission being to destroy the barbed wire entanglements in front of the German trenches. I WORLD SERIES DbTES DECIDED Four Umpires Announced, With Names of Eligible Players on Teams. New York Oct 2. The National base ball commission at its meeting today decided that the first game of the world s series shall be played in Phila delphia, on Friday, Oct S The second game is set for the next day. Oct . in in the same cny The third and fourth games will be played in Boston on Oct 11 and 12. respective!), the fifth in Philadelphia on Oct 13, and the sixth in Boston on Oct 14 The seventh game, if one is neces sary, will be played on Friday. Oct K. vine place tor this came will be chosen by the toss of a coin. Fonr Umpire Chosen. The four umpires who will arbitrate in the field and on the foul lines were selected by the presidents of the two leagues. President Tener named Charles Rtgler and W J Klem as the National league representatives, while president jonnson selected win. Evans and Frank O'Loughlin to act for the American league. The National .commission names J G T Spink as its representative among the official scorers and request ed that the Baseball Writers' associa tion appoint additional scorers from among its members for Philadelphia. and Boston All the rates that governed the play during the 114 series will be in force again this season. Umpires are to be particularly cau tioned against permitting aav disor der or loud comment by players on toe. benches of the rival club. It was farther deckled that in case of a tie 4zrissgoj8rsL?& rt-j mam in toe city where such iramvf was to have been played until that game is complete and dates of future games on the schedule will be ad vanced to met any such emergencies arising List of Eligible Players. The eligible players for the series as announced by the National eommts sion follow. , Philadelphia, Boston National League. American League. Alexander. Barry Adams. Carrlgan. Bancroft Cady. Burns. Collins. Baumgartner. Foster. Becker Gc&gg. Byrne. Gardner. Cravath. Gainer. Chalmers. HoblitzeL lagey. Hooper. Demaree. Henrlksen KHHfer Janvrln. Luderus. Leonard. Moran. Lewis. Mayer. Mays. McQuillan McNally Niehoff Ruth. Paskert Shore. Rickey Scott Stock Speaker. Tincup. Thomas. Whitted. Wood. Weiser Wagner. Sent Prices Announced, These are the prices of seats an nounced by the president of each league i me national commission Box seats J5 each: grandstand, reserved, 33 each; first base pavilion, reserved, J 2 each; third base pavilion, admission. 31; bleachers 50 cents. Philadelphia Box s'eats. upper pa vilion, first four rows, 55 each, upper and loner grandstand, reserved. 33 each, right field pavilion, reserved, $2 each, bleachers. Si admission DR. COLLINS TELLS OF HEALTH CONFERENCE HERE Austin. Tex.. Oct 2 State health of ficer W B. Collins, who returned today from EI Paso, announced that he ob tained the cooperation of tbe city, coun ty and federal authorities there m pre venting persons from rmswlag tbe bor der into Texas who may be affected with diseases of various kinds. He is -neil pleased with the situation at El Paso. and found it a clean and up to date cltv, with the exception of tbe quarter known as Chihuahulta. Insurance Ruling. Austin Tex., Oct 2 It was held to day bj the attorney eeneral s depart ment in an opinion to the commissioner of insurance and banking that the com missioner cannot revoke the permit of a insurance company for failure to pay a Judgment against it until tbe Judg ment has become final and unless it Is a valid Judgment LUNACY COMMISSION LAW IS VALID, SAYS JUDGE JACKSON The law authorizing lunac) cases to be tried bv a commission of doctors Is held constitutional in a decision handed down by Judge Dan M Jackson of the S4ih district court and judge Ballard Coldwell, Saturday, in the habeas cor pus proceedings brought in the 24th district court in behalf of Mrs. Lillie White to test the law Mrs White was recently found to b suffering from a simple form of paranoia by a commission of doctors. Application was immediately made by Mrs. White's attorneys for a writ of habeas corpus to test the law Arguments were pre sented before judges Jackson and Cold well. MEXICVN WCKPOCKRT CtlTfiMT. A Mexican pickpocket was foiled In colonies in the Casas Grandes country his efforts to appropriate the watch I with Mormon refugees aboard is still of another Mexican on a Mexico car I unable to get an open way to Juarez, Friday night about 8 oclock when con- I and Its trip may be delayed for an In ductor J II McKtnney. who saw the I definite period. Some 13 Viilista troop attempted theft halted the man as he trains are still on the tracks nortb started to leave the car and turned ! of Casas Grandes station, making slow him over to the Juarez police. i (Continued on rage 5, CoL 5.) "Prize Parents"-When Our Babies Keep SES DYING AID D AIE STARVING American Refugees'On Last Train Out of Torreon Tell Story Of Suffering. NOTHING TO EAT AND LITTLE WATER Mexicans Haul Dead Horses On Trains Rather Than Throw Them Off. VILLA'S army is demoralized, com pletely disorganized, with mili tary trains stalled for lack of food and water and ordinary first prin ciples of care, the railroad lines under his command are blocked and Villa j himself Is daily flying into rages over the disregard of officers and soldiers ' in the matter of orders and com manders. This is the declaration of American refugees who arrived in Juarez Friday night from Torreon and surrounding districts after a n-day journey under the .most trying aad unprecedented condttSons. -Tr-h.iaTiis-, 1 ilia 3rjt rtebellloux. xnvro oqri.i irem wuwra unaer me "Villa flag was related, and conditions of travel In which approaching starva tion forced the refugees to make shift for the roost elementary food were re corded here. The story 6f their trip out was related as follows "We left Torreon Wednesday night Sept 2 We arrived la Chihuahua city Sunday morning, after traveling by jerks and starts for three days and four nights. It took us 36 hours to get out of Chihuahua fity after we had finally been able fo secure orders to allow our train to come through to the border We had to Journey along from Torreon in the middle of a procession of seven or eight military trains, from which the stench of dead horses, whose carcasses had not been removed for days after their deaths, almost stifled us. o Food; Juat Beef. "We ran out of food less than five days up out of Torreon, and had to purchase meat from Viilista soldiers who killed cattle under our noses and would not offer or give us any, know ing we -were facing starvation We had to purchase meat, and eat It after it had been cooked in the open with a little salt we had with us. We had practical!) no water, and we had to take canteens in our hands and go searching for puddles for our sole supply Rain helped us a lot "Villa's army was blocked all along the railroad by shortage of fuel and lack of water, and 'dead' trains were left on sidings all aipn" the route. We oougnt some groceries In Chihuahua, theflrst real food we had in a long time. Temoralization in the ranks of Villa's army was ever where to be slovenliness noted every day in the i matter of obedience. Few tmrricann Remain. 1 "There are only four or live Amer icans left in Torreon, and probably not more than IS in Chihuahua city Gen Villa was at Chihuahua city when we left there A careful estimation from reliable sources places the num bers In Villa's army at well under 15.00 men in all. with daily desertions of soldiers all along the line Tne onI fuel Villa Is getting for his troop train movements comes from united States territory, shipped in at Juarez. "The day after our train left lor reon, on the 21st of September, orders were received to begin ripping out the railroad track as soon as our train pulled out" 500 Desert at Once. Report of the desertion of 500 men In a body from a ViUista command ot 800 was reported In El Paso Saturday morning by way of Carrancista ad vices. An ontcer under Gen. Uriel Loya's command was summoned to Juarex with his 800 men, and at llla Ahumada. where the troops were mus- tereo. in lor impecTion. it was rounu that onlv 300 remained, the report said. Claim Ilia Desertion. The local Carranza agency has wired other consulates of the Constitution alist goyernment that tbe Manual Cbao and Tomas Urbina brigades, for merly Villistas, have clubbed forces In the Parral district with the intention of disavowing Villa and switching to Carranza. Onlv 25 men are reported to have assembled on call of aUen. Villa. In tbe place of the 600 formerly constituting the garrison at Balleza. Mlla's "Man of nioo.l" Here. Gen Rudolfo Fierro, Villa's head executioner, reached Juarez Friday night with some 600 xatn of his brig ade Tney vere under orders to leave Saturday for Casas Grandes to join the Villa march Into Son or a. Mormon Refugees Delayed. The train which has been endeavor ing to come through from the Mormon DEMORALIZED Women of Germany Think This Their War Says Princess v IBBSfHs? 4SH 3. jaEh1BBBBl Cj ft 3uBKSBS9nvl!fi!Ss9anXSBB?6l3i J- VBSntfSBsBBBBBl fBBBBBBBBBBBSBRKSSBBBBSSFsVSfiiSiStv JSS.X 2WP -3T?$Sfl!?3BBBBBBBM V BBHBBBBBBBBHisBBBBEXScSKSrT ffls',pfaaJr M w V-k S1BBBS r- J. Princess Fried rich Leopold of Prnula. BERLIN. GERMANY. Oct 2 "The t-emendous and there hae been no idle women of Germany feel that this haras instead of a sentimental. hlP i. th.1- . .. .n . ,, . I le creature that has to be looked is their war as well as the men s. , ter and petted heainae her menfolk There is no one of us who does not I are awa -a ith the armies, the German take some part in It I know of women of society who this vear have declined to buy an new gowns It is no time to dress.' they sav "These are times of sacrifice We German mothers do not feel that when we have sent our husbands and boys out to the front, we have done our part We have but begun it We early realized that the work to be done was CE POSTPAID; RAIN New York, Oct. 2 Tbe 550 mile au tomobile race for the Astor cup .sched uled to hae ben run at the Sheeps head Bav speeawa toda, was offi cialK postponed on account of rain Speedway and race commission offi cials held a meeting and decided to hold the race next Saturday, October 9 FEAR VILLA MAY GET PHELPS-DODGE HORSES Phoenix. Ariz, Oct 2. Prospects are th?t between 300 and 400 bead of valu able horses and mules, belonging to the Phelps-Dodge corporation and now at Nacozari. Sonora, will fall Into tbe hands of the Villa forces. An earnest appeal that the stock quarantine against Mexico be lifted long enough to alio the transfer of the animals across the line has been refused bj the livesto k sanitary boa-d The board held that the danger of introducing foot anl mouth disease was too great If Villa takes the Phelps-Dodge stock the loss to that company will be severe. Some of the mules are wortb 3204 in American money and something like 31.000,000 in Villa currencj TOO lDVERTISIM. CLOCKS BEING KRCKTKD IN ILAZ V Two clocks are being put up in San Jacinto plaza b the estern Coffee company One is on the federal build ing, corner of the plaza, and the oth r will be erected on the Mesa avenue sire of the plaza. The clocks will hue advertlmnrc o the Coffee company on them and witl ne Illuminated at msrht The clocks i will be connected with the extern Union Telegriih lompanj s masUi I clock flSTOH GUP RA rfteJ'&eaC woman in times ot war is a spartan. With energy, prircess Frledrich. of Prussia, sister of the German empress, wis telling of the achievements of her countr women during one year of this war It was the first interview her roya' highness has granted, and an unusual proceeding tor me princess oi an .no henzollern family STORM DEATIS NOW TOTAL 351 New Orleans. La, Oct 2. It was con sidered early today that the total dead in the gulf coast storm would number at least 350 The known death list al ready stands at 181. with 208 reported dead In addition there are 117 known missing More than 150 schooners were ob sered ashore between Gulf Port and Xew Orleans, many total wrecks. While no official estimate has been obtainable of the storm damage in this state and alone the Mississippi coast persons familiar with the territory . be lieve that it will approximate J12 M.- SEARCHING FOR SAN ANTONIO BOY, LAST SEEN IN JUAREZ . I. . - a. . P.3!nTeonT!eemaJm t May"- riso and congressman James l. aiay- den of San nton,o haye been tst to locate IT year old an Leigh Col- lins Simmons by hn mother, lira. J O Oollins. of san ntonio She Oe- lieies he was lo-t on the Juarez side of the Rio Grande He wrote home from Juirez on Sep- tember 1 asking for money rle had just then arrived up from Morel.a. "tate of Morelos in tbe south count r Nothing; has been heard from him since The uarex jail is not 'shelter ing' him, and I nited States consul T V Edwards i Juarez has been unable to locate him TEXAS WOULD OBVIATE SUCH A FIRE AS ARDM0RE HAD Austin. Tex. Oct 2 State fire mar shal 9- W Inglish member of the state Insurance commission, left today fo- Ardmore Okla where he will make a thorough inspection into the caue or the reient casolme exntnuinn whli-n caused such a disaster at that place me nurrt or tnis in estimation 's to take necessar) steps to obyiate such a ral imit in Texas. Transportation Of Munitions To Turkey Desired; Bul garia Is Menacing. TROOPS MOVING TO GREECE, SERVIA Balkan Embroglio Furnish ing Cause For Anxiety To the Allies. L ONDoN Eng, Oct 2. A telegram from msterdam says that Aus ' ma is about to send an ultimatum j to Rumania, demanding the free pass I agfc of munitions to Turkey. Rumania has been following a policy I of nutralty slightly shaded by lean- inp- toward Greece aad the entente al lie In the case of Balgaria adopting a warlike course toward Sarvla. and Griece, as now seems likely, ft has been receded as certain that Rumania wi uld rallv to the side of Greece. If howeter, the central powers eou'd obtain aa acBxaaalOaa JsuUi through force sr passage through Servia. Ha ing passed through Rumania, the u tro Germans could then proceed th tough Bulgaria to Turkev Thw w cM avoid a clash with Greece, whin u otherwise expected to aid Servia. It is reported from thens that Bui garian troops from Sofia are moyint; n the direction of the Sery lan frontier and that other forces a a being dispatched toward the Greek border It Is be- Ilieved the principal point of concentra tion will be along the upper Stoumar river, southwest of Soda, near tbe I Servian border j Eastern Situation Srriou. still regarded in London as of tbe greatest immediate importance, not withstanding the new offensive la the west To transfer the center of sravlty iof the war to the western front is the mk-k uwn wftwic luc ricun Bug otrnjau Kxert PresKUre In West. The menacing attitude of Bulgaria doubtless is having a marked bearing on the activity of allies in France and Belgium, for increasing pressure on the German lin would exert a decided in fluence on plans of tbe Austrians and Germans t concentrate a heavy force on the Servian frontier, should thev commit themselves to a fresh campaign in tbe Balkans with the assistance of Bulg".ia. I -peak of the improvement of the Rus sian position, although there has been no noteworthy change on the eastern front for some days. British Cling To Position. With the exception of some ground lest, the British are clinging tenacious ly to the positions wrested from the Gormans. The series of engagements on the French front in the last few days has not altered conditions appre ciably French StHI Gain. There has been a heavy German bombardment m the rtots district, according to the announcement made bv French war office lit Paris this afternoon. Nevertheless the French forces have made perceptible progress in this district on the heights of La Follie Vlrplaneo Bombard Germans. French airplanes have been active in bombarding the- railway lines behind the German front and during the night aircraft guns bombarded the German lines. The text of the communication fol- 1UWS In the rtOis district th rHllrr of the enemy yesterday bombarded verv yiolently our positions to the east of Souches. Nevertheless, we made perceptible progress from trench to trench on the heights of La Folie In the Champagne district the Ger mans bombarded last nlzht our new . """ f GranR To the east i f aarm farm our troops conquered an ""Portant section of the poitfont i .h ,. ,. ... iv - , ' f .t, ,. m co",."uted . f 'It"'?' tne actual 1!ne to the norta or w'sn'L , errnaaa Repaired. Pursned. ' Lorraine Gerrnan recononitertn,, I Dartl" hav? a,,?ck'd two ot .?,ur Pt8 , near oncel and near horenvllle They we repuiseu ana pursued oy rmi night passed quietly on the remainder . vvjio uav. s tu itiTTU un ii ssu:s lno ot the front Squadrons of Frnch airships have thrnyin down a ye'-y large numoer or projectiles on the railroad stations and the riilroad lines behind the uerman front particularly at the junction ot GuiKnlcourt-Amifontainy I.a st night guns mounted oa air planes were successful in bombarding the German lines " RBlKnrians IpTe is Summoned. Milan Ital Oct 1 Bulgaria Is mobilizing all men up to the age of 5g years, according to the Corriere Delia Sera s Bucharest correspondent No citizen under u is permitted to leave the coi.ntr and martial law has been proclaimed I Herman manifestations are reported m Bulgarian cities along tbe Danube the Sco yrs x