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WEATHER FORECAST.
EI Paso, unsettled, probably showers west Texas,
bowers, w&naer in Panhandle; Hew Mexico, run asd
cooler; Arizona, showers in east, fair in extreme west
TODAY'S PRICES.
Pesos, 72Jc; Mexican gold, $50; sarioaales, $25;
oai silver, domestic 99J4c, foreign 95Hc; copper, 19c;
gaih,rigaer; livestock, steady to lower; stocks, stronger.
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EL PASO. TEXAS. THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 12. 1920.
CASHIER DEI4VERT. 1 A MONTH.
OVIET CAVALRY ENTERS POLISH CAPITAL
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ONZI LIABIL
$7,000,000;
TO FEDE
State Authorities Will File Charge of Larceny in Addi
tion to United States Charge of Using Mails to De
fraud; Banking Commissioner Says Capital of
Hanover Trust Company Is Wiped Out.
J20STON, Mas, An. 12. Federal auditor Edwin L Pride slated to-
&y tfcat "Pomff HaBOities were upward of 7,000,000." Ponzi
claimed assets of $4,000,000.
DOSTON, Ms&, Aug. 12. diaries Ponzi, whose spectacular career ai aa
investment banter was cut short by the authorities, today surrendered
to the United States marshal and was placed under arrest He was charged
with having used the mails to defraud.
With state action against .him -
pectea. the young Italian financier
tjrnefl a trick by patting himself in
the custody of the federal authorities
at the moment that the state police
were petitioning a municipal court
judge to issne a warrant for his
arrest. Fonsi apparently was alive to
what was Imminent and leaving his
Lexington homo early today, hurried
to the office of the marshal and asked
to be taken into custody.
BaH Placed At SSSyOOO.
A warrant immediately was served.
Hi arraignment followed. Ponzi
S leaded not guilty and waa held in
ail for S2S0M tor a hearing August
19. He said that he would furnish
surety.
The surrender of Ponzi did not
deter the state authorities from their
purpose to obtain his arrest. It was
said that their charge would be
larceny and that hearing continued
while Ponxi waited for bail at the
federal building. The ramifications
of Ponxi's banking connections shared
la the public Interest, the fate of him- ;
self and his company, the Securities'
exchange. Bank commissioner Joseph
c Allen, who yesterday closed the
Hanover Trust company, alleging'
Illegal operations In connection with
Ponsra affairs, this afternoon Issued
a statement declaring that the capita!
of the trust company was not ordr
Impaired but in his opinion probably
wiped ont.
Bank commissioner Allen declined
today to give an estimate on Ponzi's
liabilities represented by unpaid
notes reportea to mm. oat it was
stated at his office earlier in the
week that the average Investment of
the first 100 who reported was 1500.
Ponzi halted in the midst of bis
sensational financial career today to
rest from the nervous strain can:
H vrtm af the hat w Oavx. 1
man whose "59 percent in 4 days'
investment nrooositlon has been un
der investigation by federal and state
officials and whose principal known
depository, the Hanover Trust com
pany, was closed yesterday by basic
commissioner Allen, retired to ata
borne at Lexington and denied him
self to callers.
"My nerves can't last forever."
Ponzi said. "Tve got to rest. I am
not going to give out any more state
ments for a while. 2 am going to
keep away from people.
House Is Guarded.
Guards were posted around the
Ponzi home to insure that people kept
away
Investigating officials forecast fur
ther developments to follow the dis
closures made when Ponzi admitted
be had served terms of imprisonment
in Montreal and Atlanta.
Ponzi continued to assert he could
pay all notes outstanding against
him and the securities exchange
company through which he claims
to have transacted his operations is
international reply coupons.
Replies to attorney general Allen's
advertisements requesting holders of
Psnxi's notes to communicate wHh
Mr. Allen continued to be received in
large quantities.
ENGINE ROLLS 68 FEET IN
SLIDE CAUSED BY STORM
Colorado Spring. Colo. Aug- 12.
A Midland Terminal pas eager en
sine hit a dirt elide In a storm eight
d(les west of Colorado Springs last
night and rolled sixty feet down the
mountain side Into Fountain creek.
The train was a doable header, btrt
the other engine remained on the
track, thns preventing a wreck of
the coaches. Fireman and engineer
escaped injury by Jumping.
Cox To Devote Much Talk On His Tour
To Taxation, Labor And The Relation
Of Government To Business Affairs
By DAVID
CLEMBCS. Ohio. Aug. 12. Gov.
Cox having made a complete ex
position of his views on the
league of nations, plans for the Im
mediate future to discuss taxaSon
and other issues, that interest the
business men of the country
The governor is satisfied from both
the Republican and Democratic press
comment that the nation understands
clearly that he favors going in the
league of nations with reservations
that safeguard American reports and
make it impossible for the United
States to be summoned to war against
the wish of her people.
Gov. Cox win revert to the leagae
of nations issue on his western trip
which will begin in about three
weeks, but in the industrial and bust-
London In Throes of
Baby Boom; Outgrowth
Of 1919; Many Wed
LONDON. Aug. 11. There Is a
baby boom In London.
Births during the first six
months of this year have broken
all records. There were more
marriages In 1919 than in any
other year on record, the total be
ing S0.222. Births last year were
62,52. an Increase of 1M over
1Q1S.
These figures are supplied by
Dr. W. H. Hamar. London county
medical officer, who says if there
were more houses "everyone
wonld be happy.'
A Newly Painted House Smiles Like A Man Who
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ML COURT
Seven Inches Snow
On Pike's Peak Is
New August Record
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. Ang.
12 Reports from Summit house
on Pike's Peak state seven
inches snow fell today. The pre
cipitation Is said to make a record
for August storms on the peak.
Mere than two inches of rain fell
at Colorado Springs during the
same period, but no damage Is re
ported. DENVER STRIKE
LEADERS FACE
COURTJODAY
Efforts to End Walkout to
Temper Sentences on Con
tempt .Charge.
nBXTBE. Colo- Anz. 12 Strike
U leaders of the Denver Tramway
Employes' union were to be
trough tojeonrt todaxf?entence
ii"a"earge"of'eonTempTof court of
which they were found guilty last
week after the workers had called
a strike In deOanee-of a district court
injunction issued by Judge Greeley W.
Wbitford.
Yesterday the union voted to con
tinue the strike, althbsgh the execu
tive board recommended the men re
turn to work. Judge Whltford prom
ised the men that their efforts to end
the strike would be taken Into con
sideration In passing sentence.
The tramway officials announced,
following the vote of the union mem
bers, that the company wonld accept
and train applicants for positions aa
motormen and conductors, CoL Bal
isu. In charge of troops here, said
the soldiers would remain until street
car service has been restored to a
sale and normal basis.
3TIXEBS IX KANSAS COAL
FIELD TO RESCUE WORK
Pittsburg. Kaa Ane-. 12 Several
thousand. Kansas coal miners, who
have been on strike for two weeks
in protest against penalties imposed
by operators for observing a five-
day week, will return to work Imme
diately. LABOR PAPER FOR. DENVER.
Pueblo. Colo. Aur. 12. Preliminary
plans for the establishment of a daily
paper to be printed by the Colorado
State Federation of Labor In Denver
were made at the annual convention
of the federation here vesterdar. The
convention also voted In favor of hav
ing each oelecate contribute one dava
wages to the striking' tramway work
ers In Denver.
LaWRESCE.
ness communities of the east, where
the paramount thought is about labor
and business, he Intends to give
specifications as to his own course
In the event that he should be elected
president.
When he goes to Wheeling. W. Va,
Saturday,, he win take occasion to
discuss In detail his attitude toward
labor, the general principles of wh'-h
he outlined in his speech of accept
ance last week, but the main theme of
his speeches next week will be the
relationship of government to busi
ness. Interested In Taxation.
The subject of taxation Interests
the governor more than any other do
mestic questions for he believes It a
fundamental cause of the economic
upheavel. both In the cost of com
modities and the cost of credits.
The governor has been engaged in
large business operations and some
of his Intimate friends and sup
porters are the biggest of Ohio busi
ness men. Indeed, one of the evi
dences of Cox strength in Ohio, which
had so much to do with his election
three times as governor, was his dip
lomatic attitude in handling Indus
trial disputes.
As a peacemaker and conciliator be
has won the friendship of both sldea
Those who know him best say it is
not merely due to his cesourcefulness
but to the fact that he inspires trust
and confidence.
With respect to taxation, the gover
nor is prepared to show not only
why the evcess profits tax should be
Instantly repealed, but exactly what
should be substituted for It as a
Continued on page 3, column 3.)
BAILEY'S NERVE
S GONE, SHIS
PUT NEFF
'Only Man in County Who
Won't Say Just Where
He Stands'
SPEAKS IN HOME
OF THE OPEN SHOP
Beaumont Audience does
Waco Candidate Big
Reception
BEAUMONT, Tex, Aug. It Beau
mont, the home of the -open shop
movement in the southwest, gave
Pat M. Neff a great ovation when he
proclaimed distinctly his views on
labor issues.
Jfeff reoeated the talks he made at
Dallas, Houston and San Antonio as
his views concerning the relation of
the governor of Texas to the open
and closed shop movements. His au
dience was larriv made ud of busi
ness men who are prominently Iden
tified with the open snop movement.
No attemot was made to heckle
Neff. the audience listening closely to
his views, and. at the conclusion,
giving him tremendous applause.
Judge P. D. Minor, former law part
ner of R. V. Davidson, of Dallas, and
whose only son was kUled in France,
introduced Neff. He praised the
Waco candidate as "a true Democrat.
and a man who did not keep his
mouth shut when his country was
fighting the German beast.
"The constitution plainly provides,
he said, "that the governor or Texas
shall be a resident of the state; and.
If it means what it says. Bailey, if
he were nominated .would be legally
disqualified, and the American party
candidate might becoire governor of
this state."
He read the resolutions condemn
ing Bailey which were adopted by.
the Cooke county convention.
"I asked Mr. Bailey a few days
ago, through the press,- said -err.
"whether or not he Indorses the na
tional Democratic platform, and do
yon know he won't even answer that
question, ue is running in Texas
as a Democrat, and yet this brave.
courageous Joe Bailey, who says he
Im the only man in all the country
with nerve enough to declare him
self on public issues, is not brave
enough even to say whether he
j stands- in-the platform v the-party!
or not--
HARDING PLEADS
FDH HEW ORDER
Worthlngton, O, Aug. 11 Making
his first speech away from Marion,
senator Harding pleaded last night
here for a better understanding
among Individuals and nations, and
declared that he was not looking
backward, because he stood for order
and stability.
There Is Just as much menace in
the world today." he said, "as there
was In the turbulence of the war.
Civilization has not settled down. I
want America to settle down and to
etaad aa a barrier to revolution and
disorder. -Let us hold fast to the firm
foundations, certain that we can ai
wavs to on safely, and let us make
certain to get back on the right track
ana then go aneaa."
In his speech senator Harding said:
"The torn ud condition of the world
took us temporarily off the main for
ward track and I think it is first
business of the people of the United
States to get back on the main road
again.
Ana l want to preacu 10 jvu a
fellow citizen, not as a candidate for
office, the supreme necessity of the
present day gospel of understanding.
If there is anything the world needs
in the present state of turbulence, in
the present state of unrest and fe
vered conditions. Insurrection and re
bellion, aye and revolution. It Is un
derstanding of menanr women with
one another.
Tho Dlggesi neea oi me noar iu
America, the biggest need of the hour
in all Europe is to securely steady
rfnwn and take stock and to know
where we have drifted and to get our
feet firmly on the right track again,
and then In understanding with one
another move on to future accomplish
ments and the triumph of civiliza-
tion.-
CLOSE RACE IN OHIO IN
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
Coinmbua O. Aug. 12. Feturns
early today from Tuesday's primary
showed a close race for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
senator. Complete unofficial returns
d30v Of 60UU precincis save a icu vi
only 522 votes to iudge A. I". OTfeil.
of Akron over W. A. Julian, of Cincln
ati. The vote was: Clfell, SS.2S1; Ju
lian. S7.7H. ,
With only 300 precincts missing,
former mayor Harry I Davis, of
Cleveland had a lead of 17,000 votes
over former congressman Ralph D.
Cole of Findlay for tne itepuoucan
nomination for governor.
Former Gov. Frank B. Willis had a
!.. nf S.soo votes over Walter F.
Brown, of Toledo, for the Republican
nomination for United States sen
ator. REPUBLICANS WILL DISCIM
THEUt CAMPAIGN TONIGHT
KnrninAM of the recent ReDcbllcan
county convention who will make the
race for county positions will meet at
8 oclock tonight in the 2th district
mnrtroom for the purpose of adopt
ing a platform and discussing their-
campaign.
The Republican convention ad
journed without the adoption of a
filatform or the formulation of reso
atlons. and this matter will be com
pleted tonight. 'Several prominent
Republicans win speaK.
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'Stop Gambling In Juarez,
Huerta's Order To Governor
President Says Jffexico Will Supply Chihuahua With
Enough Money to Kun Schools ana So Do Away
With Vice, Consular Particular Hears.
A PEREMPTORY order for the Im
mediate closing of gambling in
Juarez has been Issued to Gov.
Abel Rodriguez, of the state of Chi
huahua, by provisional president de la
Huerta.
Word of the de facto president's
order to eliminate gambling1 and other
vices in the Mexican border towns
was received Thursday In a telegram
from president de la Huerta's private
secretary to Alberto Ruiz Sandoval.
consul particular of the Mexican gov
ernment in 251 raso.
The government of Mexico stands
ready to supply the state of Chihua
hua with sufficient money to estab
lish schools. In lieu of the funds that
the state government is receiving for
the gambling concessions at Juarez
aad Chihuahua city. This offer was
made because of a statement' of Gov.
Rodriguez &t the time of letting the
gambling concession that the money
was needed to establish schools for
the children of Chihuahua.
In his telegram to Gov. Rodrisroez.
president de la Huerta says:
"I beg that you will order the im
mediate closing- of all gambling In the
cities of your state. The central gov
ernment is anxious to eliminate the
conditions of rice existing In the
Mexican border cities and will furnish
any shortage of funds in the estab
lishment of necessary schools for the
This Little Piggie
Has 2 Squeals and
Sees With 3 Eyes
BATAVIA. K. Y, Aug. 12. -A
farmer living near here has
discontinued using his dinner
bell. He has a substitute that
beats a dinner bell all hollow.
Said substitute is none other
than a young pig. It was born
with two snouts, three eyes, two
mouths and two tongues, and It
ean squeal out of both mouths at
the same time and eee with all
three eyes.
Three times dally this young
porker grows hungry and he
doesn't hesitate to raise two loud,
shrill squeals when the time ar
rives for putting on the feed bag.
So the dinner bell Isn't needed, for
this pig was born on a small farm
and his squeal can be heard from
any corner of it.
Violent Earthquake
Registered in Mexico
Mexico City. Mex.. Aug. 12. Vio
lent earth tremers. which lasted tor
Liljnteutea, jwro detected by the'sels-
mograpa in tne government observa
tory today. Bxperts declared the cen
ter of the disturbance was about 22M
miles distant. The vibrations were
repeated SS mlnutes'later. presvmably
after circling the globe, according
to scientists.
It Is believed the earthquake was
severe at the point of disturoance
but that It was destructive oaly over
a limited area.
5 Millions Are Spent
On Roads In Ontario
Ottawa, OnC Ang. 12. Ontario Is
spending 25,000,000 on good roads
this year, and the department of
pnbjfo works is preparing a plan that
will call for an expenditure of 1185.
900.S00 for the eonstr jetion of 2000
miles of provincial highways within
five years.
s. i. squire, president of the Cana
dian Good Roads association, states
that there are JS0.BM m.ies of high
ways In the Dominion, as compared
with 27.S00 miles of railways, and
is today worth 27M.0O3.0OO.
A Great Time For
At Herald Picnic On
L T 11:20 tomorrow, Bl Paso street.
A between San Antonio and San
Francisco streets will be crowded
with plucky boys and girls who have
earned their way to The Herald's pic
nic and theater party. It will be the
largest crowd that ever attended
a picnic and theater party in 1 Paso.
seventy oi an I'asos leading busi
ness men and society women have
volunteered to help make the day a
success. Forty of the men and women
will be at Washington Park early in
the morning getting things ready for
the picnic while thirty adults will
accompany the children to see the
"Slim Princess-" at the Ellanay, which
is the funniest and best picture Mabel
Nbrmand ever mads.
Alves IMxon. who is chairman of
the transportation committee, will
have street cars in front of the
Eil&nay promptly at 1 oclock to carry
the merry crowd to Washington Park,
where luncheon will be served. It
will consist of Tri-State American
Maid bread and butter ham sand
wiches. Velvet Ice cream in Prima &
Company's cones, Cromble's choco
lates In individual boxes. Tri-State
Beverege Co.'s. lemon and orange
crush and Roe-Beers lemonade.
Immediately following the luncheon
there will be a carnival of games un
til 2 oclock.
The butter for the sandwiches has
been donated by the Plggly-Wlggly.
The City Service Co.. has offered
automobiles, which will be at the dis
posal of the headquarters committee.
W. C. Hubble, of the International
Harvester Co has offered large
trucks which will be used for carry
ing supplies.
The following additional prises
Boys and Girls,
Read This Carefully
ALL of yon who have soared a
ticket from The Herald with a
coupon attached, are to meet
at the Btlanay promptly at 11:20
Friday morning. Ton wlU present
your ticket at the door before en
tering the theater. The theater
coupon will be torn off the ticket
and the balance of the ticket you
will keep, which you will need for
the other attractions.
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Gen. Escobar and Villa
Eat Breakfast Together
GEN. J. GOXZOLO ESCOBAR, for
mer chief of the Juarez garrison,
who took an active part in the
campaign against Villa, together
with Gen. Eugenlo Martinez, com
mander of division, who effected
the negotiations for Villa's sur
render, took breakfast with Villa
Tuesday at San Pedro.
This information was contained
In a telegram from Gen. Escobar
to Lieut. Col. Lopez, formerly on
Gen. Escobar's staff in Juarez.
Gen. Escobar gave no further
details of the meeting, or whether
the terms of Villa's amnesty were
discussed.
children of Chihuahua, if funds for
this purpose are needed."
While no word had been received
from Rodriguez as to whether he will
comply with the order, it was stated
by Mr. Sandoval that Chihuahua's
governor would, without doubt, fol
low the Instructions of president de
la Huerta.
The gambling' concession at Juarez
was lei. to a syndicate of Mexicans
for July and August. The price paid
Is said to have been f 50,2S0 a month.
PERSHING EiGfl
San Pedro, Coahulla, Mex, Aug. 12.
(Via Laredo Junction.) Francisco
Villa, sitting- on the gallery of the
ranch house of Madero e! Cuatro, fol
lowing a dinner to him and his aides,
regaled a small party of friends with
tales of his maneuvers in eluding the
punitive expedition of Gen. Pershing
in 1916, and explained his policy in
regard to Mexico.
He also reaffirmed his concern for
Mexico, first by refusing interviews
with American newspaper correspond
ents and poses for American motion
Eicture photographers, declaring that
e knew "much money would be made
from the Interviews and films." aad
preferred that his countrymen of such
pursuits might be the first to take
advantage of his latest notoriety, the
profits realized thereby remaining in
my country."
leiia or uis womiu.
Villa confirmed resorts that he was
wonnded. He declared, however, that
his wound came during a fight with
Crrancistas within five days after
m and that his ie& was also broken
in three places. His wound and suf
fering, he said, earae to him In the
midst of his efforts to organize a
great band of followers to attack the
Americana He declared he bad picked
izw xaiiniuj louowers 10 accompiisn
tHe task of recruiting, dividing them
Into groups of two, three, four and
five men. all of which were dis
catched throuirhout Chihuahua to
spread propaganda intended to ar
range a great uprising or citizens
against the punitive expedition.
IT. .. at 4rf,jVat.tO' h a M Ke V a
could have equipped at least SfreV of
tness recruits witn nnes, tne otners
to carry knives two feet long.
Mia m tun treee.
"I never left the state of Chihuahua
while Pershing was In the country,"
boasted the chieftain. "After being
wounded, two of my cousins carried
me to a cave in the mountains. The
cave was located in the center of a
perpendicular cliff which rose 50 me
ters from a brook on the level plain
below."
Villa said he lived In this cave for
five weeks, recovering from his In
juries and often saw American sol
diers on a hill top 2v0 yards across
All Boys And Girls
Friday Afternoon
Instructions for Men
and Women Helpers
A IX- who have promised to Join
The Herald children at the
picnic and theater party will
meet promptly at 11:10 a. m. Fri
day at Boy Scout headquarters at
Liberty statue, where you will re
ceive your ticket and Instructions.
At 11:20 a. m. you will all go
to the BUanay, where each of you
will take charge of a number of
children.
have been donated for the various
contests:
Border National bank 15 saving
deposit for a boy and a $5 savings de
posit for a girl with the understand
ing that the prize winner will add to
the deposit when convenient.
The Globe Store Bathing suit for
both a boy and girL
China Palace Co. Cooking set for
a girl and a pair of skates for a boy.
Taffe-Elmendorff Hardware Co-r
Baseball mask for boy and manicure
scissors for a glrL
The New Bazaar Tie for a boy and
a box of handkerchiefs for a glrL
Potters confectionery Box of
chocolates for both a boy and glrL
Model Dry Goods store Belt for
boy and bottle of perfume for glrL
Shelton-Payne Arms Co- Fancy
pocket knife for a boy.
The additional men and women who
will assist In making the party a
success are: Mesdames A. I Hawley.
Al Fraser. L. T. Moore, Willis Han
som and Miss Mabel Shea. Messrs.
W. H. Shelton. Ed Sanders. Harvey
Wilson. Arthur Milllcan, Tom Lea and
AI Fraser.
Ed Sanders will be in charge of the
pie-eating contest for girls.
Al Fraser will have charge of the
watermelon-eating contest for the
girls.
A W. Korcop Is assisting In the ar
rangements for the picnic.
G. R. Cordero and his committee
will look after the Mexican children.
The Photo Shop will take pictures
of all events.
The Sterns barbecue stand has
agreed to cut the bread for. the sand
wiches. No tickets will be given out for new
subscriptions after 9 oclock Friday
morning.
V
RECOUNT
POLICE GDNGEALALL AVAILABLE MEN
KIDNAPING
SUSPECT
Auguslo Pasquale, Held In
Baby Coughlin Case,
Is Spirited Away
office:rsrefuse
to explain move
Arrested In New Jersey,
After Being Identified As
Person Seen With Child
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 15. An
air of mystery surrounded the re
moral last night of Aa gusto
Pasquale. held In connection with the
kidnaping of Blakeley Coughlin from
his cell In city halt Authorities de
clined to discuss the matter.
After being brought baek from Egg
Harbor, N". J-, where he was Identified
by Mrs- Harry Foster as the man she
saw conversing with a woman, who
carried a small child, at the railroad
station there a few hours before his
capture on August 2, Pasquale was
taken from his cell shortly before
midnight by state- policemen' who
drove away In an automobile.
the brook. He took particular pains
to emphasise his successes against
certain of his enemies In Mexico. His
favorite recollection in this connec
tion was how he escaped death at
the hands of a Huerta firing squad
by five minutes through the arrival
of a telegram from Madero ordering
Huerta to send him to Mexico City.
Final disarming and paying off of
Villa and his mw probably will take
isn.i caa, uro wva v ahuiuaiiiu, b
railroad stop near the Chihuahua line.
instead or Torreon or Gomez Paiaczto.
where it had been nreviousty an
nounced the ceremonies were to take
place.
Army Officer Missing;
$5000 Shortage Reported
Chicago, Ills.. Aug. 12 Govern
ment agents and police combed the
city today for Lieut. Alexander Gait
McCormick, who has been missing
from Camp Dodge. Ia. since Satur
day, when a shortage of JJ0 was
said to have been discovered la his
nooks. xccorxnfes; s notne
Washington.
in
Vinton. Tex Aug. 12- Another
rain fell throughout the valley early
Thursday morning, but no damage
was done as the xau- was iigni. ne
moisture was a benefit to the cross.
The cantaloupe crop will be held up
for a day because -the znea are un
able to get in the fields to pick.
Tne meion crop nas neen moving
rapidly In the last week and even
with the big number of trucks In the
valley it became necessary tc send to
Bl Paso for trucks to haul the crates
to the station. The force works un
til midnight. A record was estab
lished recently when 6490 crates
were pot out In 2 hours.
Spinach is the next crop that may
be raised In the valley. A meeting
will be held Thursday afternoon at
the school house to discuss the mat
ter. Spinach could be planted after
the cantaloupe crop Is gathered.
would be harvested in the winter
months and shipped east in car load
lots
RAINS HELP CHECK FIRES
IN FORESTS OF MONTANA
Missoula, Mont, Aug. 1- While
rains In parts of northern Idaho and
western Montana last night helped
extinguish forest fires there, serious
blazes still were burning today in the
Flathead and Black foot 'orests of
northwestern Montana, In the Pend
O'ReiHe and Couer d'Alene forests in
northern Idaho and In the Kaniksu
forest In northern Idahq and north
eastern Washington, according to a
summary of the situation made public
at district forest service headquar
ters here today.
First Survey By Air
Made In Cleveland
Cleveland, G-. Aug. 12. The first
survev to be made In this country bv
airplane has been completed here by
JS. a. corlett. engineer xer the Met
ropolitan park board. From 36 to
30 pictures of the Chagrin valley
were taken, and when mounted they
formed a "mosaic" which constituted
as accurate a survey as couW have
been taken by the ordinary method.
This method of taking surveys by
airplane was perfected durinjr the
European war, but has never before
been used in this country, so far as
is known here.
High Gratify Gasoline
In Tulsa Water Well
Talsa, Okla Aug. it. A water well
In the tndastrial section of Tulsa Is
giving M -gravity gasoline. For sev
ers! days negro tenants have been
pa raping the product from he well
and emptying it into the gutter,
thinking kerosene had been poured
into the welt Officials of a local
oil oompaay were called today and
pronounced the fluid gasoline but
were unable to give an explanation.
t "The proved circulation of
The El Paso Herald is nearly
twice that of any ether El
raso paper.
GROPSAIDEDBY
RAIN !N VALLEY
Has Enjoyed A Good Dinne
RUSHED TO BATTLE
LINE TO SAVE CITY
Polish Forces Launch Desperate Counter Offensive
Thirty Miles North of Capital to Draw Off Enemy
Troops Threatening to Encircle City; Violent Fight
ing .Along Entire Front; Poles Are Eeinforced.
T 0ND0N, En, An?. 12 (By tie Associaled Press) -Russian carafrr
has reached Praga, a scbnrb of Warsaw, according to a wireless frca
Berlin today.
POLISH DRIVE STARTS.
Warsaw, Poland, Ang. 12 (By tie Associated Press). TEe Poles
have launched a counter offensive with bayonets in the regien cf PsHssk,
where the Russians have been strrnn? to break the Polish defensire Use
TROTZKYTAKES
ACTIVE CHARGE
OF RED FORCES
Bolshevik Minister of War As
serts All Europe Will Fall
Before Soviet Advance.
WA
ABSAW. Poland. Aug- II.- (By
the Associated Press).-Leoa
Trotsky. Rassian BoteBerlk min
ister of irar has arrtred at Bialystolc
jast behind the sortet front, and has
set up headquarters there, according
to news from the other side of the
battle line.
Speaktns tn Vllna. the capital or
IjtthvaBla. recently, he aanoaneed
SCTiet Russia had been officially
recoa-nlzed by the vrestern powers
and that X. Kraaein and Kameneff.
heads of the Bolehertk commercial
mission to Great Britain had been re
ceived at London, at the ceremonials
nsully accorded foreign ambassa
dors. Re asserted Bolshevism was
-more powerful than erer and would
soon spread to other countries."
"In a year." he continued, "all
Europe will be Bolsherfk."
Warsaw newspapers publish Inter
views with soMters. who declare the
Bolshevik! advancing upon this city
claim ther hare came to extersalsais
the bearg-eoMe. and dlstrBtate- tSe
land Kiooar the peasants;
Toed. Grow. Scarce.
In the Bialystolc distrlek. the Bol
sheTikl took a number of hostages,
threatening- to shoot them if food
soBPDea are not delivered to the
soviet army. It Is said the country
hiuoo tne Boisnenu lines Is suf
fering from famine, as all grain has
been requisitioned and sent eastward.
uoisnevuc prisoners say that the
high command of the soviet armies
fears a reverse before Warsaw and is
hastily preparing positions to which
it ean wnsaraw in case or defeat.
Poland informed the prime minister
that the Polish officer commanding
tne sector Deyona siedice had an
nounced that the Russian peace dele
gation had arrived in that sector and.
not finding the Polish delegates, had
stated that It would wait until ten
oclock Wednesday mornmg.
Trnee rarxey :ear.
The premier further informed Kam
eneff that Poland replied that Polish
delegation was proceeding to the
front Immediately to meet the Rus
sians and that If the Russian dele
gates were still there the Poles would
send their peace delegation Immedi
ately. Poland further stated she was
notifying the soviet authorities that
sue was prepared to start ner armis
tice and peace delegation for the
scene Wednesday night.
ar. uoya ueorce tow M. &amenerr
he trusted he would expedite the pas
sage of the Polish delegates to Minsk.
The premier called attention to the
refusals of the Russian wireless ser
vice to accept messages for the soviet
government from Warsaw, as re
ported by the Poles, and said this
raised a Justifiable suspicion and
that re was net conducive to a
..WAV.. .rt Itseaerfl .s441j... fit.
crisis. I
hi uiuut eauu knabt.u svibuvu vi uto ;
Third International, Meeting At
Moscow, Plans Revolution In U. S.
Through The Federation Of Labor
M
OSCOW. Aug. It (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The AIl-Rusalaa
Central executive commission of
the Moscow Soviet and the members
of the council of trades' unions -!
sembled in the opera house here for
the valedictory meeting marking
the doss of the third international.
Leon Trotsky, the soviet war min
ister, in a review of the world, said
the great war had made clear the
need of a new sodal status. The
people's belief in the moral aims of
the fight against, the central powers,
had been shattered by the Versailles
peace. German Imperialism had been
destroys- only to give place to a new
Imperialism. President Wilson came
to Burope with his II points as a
messiah, only to discover that the
British fleet dominated the world;
that the Baltio sea. the "English
gulf" and the Baltic states were
British colonies.
Poland, continued Trotsky, had be
come a French dependency asd the
French policy was to exploit both
Russia and Germany. Unless France
succeeds, her position w"nM be no
better than that of the coauuered
countrien, the war minister declared.
The net result of the congress has
been the organisation of a world
communist par,ty with a uniform tac
tical program ana iron proletarian
discipline.
Nflolal Leniae, the Bolshevik pre
mier, in his address came cut strong
ly In favor of parliamentary as well
as purely revolutionary tactics in the
woria socialist movement, ms re-
-PoJtnsk is 31 mUes north of Warsaw.
Hundreds of conveyances of all
descriptions, loaded with barbed
wire and driven by boys aad old men
Jtre streaming through the Polish
capital toward the battle front. M:c
gled with them are endless trains or
supply wagons guarded by elderl-r
citfsens armed with rifles. All ab
bodied men are being relieved from
other duties se that they "nav be
made available la the fight for n
defence of Warsaw.
DrHHnc la City.
Women soldiers are acting as
couriers aad French military mission
officers are showing extreme activ
ity. As the flghtteg front draws nearer
Warsaw squads of citizens are drill
ing in. many parts of the city As the
determined looking groups pass
through the streets, many boys i-
knickerbockers, elderly men as d
weB to do merchants are to be see-i
side by side with the more usual y?e
of fighter.
Newspaper accounts declare loa
the spirit of the people is to defend
Warsaw, repel the invader and not to
count the cost la blood. The govern
ment. while It wSU not concede tha
& date has been se for evsc-. tior.
gradually moving away the imw
tant state documents.
POXI3S DRIVES BACK.
London, Aug. li Progress for tne
Russians against the Poles on th
southern front was announced m
Wednesday's official statement frotr
Moscow. Wlodawa. on the Bug rive
south of Brest-Iiltovsk. ha been
taken by the soviet troops wM'e
further southeast they have apt?red
, Vladimir-Vdynaky. east of the Bug
Farther advances on he fro-' nar
Warsaw were announced.
-FreraJer-Leoyd George- last c-ght
night notified Lo Kameneff. soiet
esstsssry here, that the Polish gov
ernment had Just informed the Brit
ish premier that up to 9 p. m. Tues
day. Poland had not received a replv
from the Moscow government to -
zaeBsAge of Poland expressmc a w:i
tngaess to send delegates to the ar
mlstlee and peace conference at
Minsk.
GREAT BATTLE RAGTAG.
Paris. France, A"Bg. li X great
battle is in progress on the Rasso-
Pollsh front apes which hangs the
fate of Warsaw, aecordin'r to Infnr-
f matfon reaching the French foreign
crace looay.
inspatcses to the Echo Do Par's
from Warsaw today
represent tio
military situation as greatly im
proved following Jie reinforcement
of the northern Polish army 'n con
formity with the advice of Gen.
Weigand. of the French mission. The
Polish army is said to be the equal
numerically, of the soviet army.
REDS ATTEMPT TO TURN
GEN. WRANGEL'S FLANK
Constantinople. Aug 10. (Bv th
Associated Press). Bolshevik forces
tn southern Russia are striking at
Gen. baron WrangePs army north of
the Crimean peninsula, according to
dispatches received here. The Soviet
divisions, totaling CM crossed ir.e
Dnieper river oa August 7 at Aleahx
and advanced several versts south
ward. Two Bolshevik cavalrx
columns supported by infantry, are
advancing southward from Alesan
drovlsk. Anglo-French Conference.
London. Kic Aug. It By the As
sociated Press). Great Britain has
(Continued on page 3, column. &k
aarka were supplemented by . re
port of Karl Radek. the radical lead
er, on the trades union movement ir
various countries.
Regarding the United States. Ha
dsk's report said the industrial work
ers of the woorM was -b only pnre
ly revolutionary labor orgxailzat -
in America- It characterised the
American I ederaCloa of Labor as an
optimistic body permeat d with tne
"bourgeolse spirit." Rai'ek recoro
mended intensive work within an
organization, rather than opposition
and emphasized the importance of
the development if the trades union
movemeat amoag unskilled workers
woo a. said composed the mass of t?-
proletariat.
Headliners In
Today's Theaters
ALU.UTBRA
Faatages' vaudeville.
BUOTJ
"The Figurehead," Soring
Caries.
BLILNAY
SHa Princess," Mabel Normand
CRBCIAX
The Adorable Savage." Editn
Roberts.
IUALTO
"Parla Green," Charles Ray
CWIOOE
"Leva Without Question." Ohva
Tell
WIGWAM
"The City of Masks," Robert
Warwick-
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