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TODAY'S PRICES

Rir silver (Handy Harmon quota

i n ) hr Copper, 14 7614-87 Grains,

tiij.hr Livestock, steady Mexican bank

i ten. 15 Mexican pesos, 36 Chihua

hua currency, 11H Carranw. currency,

H Stocks steafly.

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WEATHER FORECAST.

Bl Ta&aw fair; New Mexico, cloudy,

probably www; Aiisona, cloudy, probably

rain; West Texas, fair.

EL PASO. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1915. delivered anywhere so cents a month. 12 PAGES. TWO SECTIONS. TODAY.

LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTR

CRUISER AND 280 MEN ARE MISSING

F

ear

JCiJL

JT-A-SvJ

For Hermosillo

Gen. Maytor

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Sonora Governor Hastens to

Defend His State Capital

From Carranza.

VILLA TRAINING

AVIATION CORPS

Recognition of Both Villa

and Carranza as De Facto

Rulers Possible.

i

DOUGLAS, Arlx Feb. 2-4, Gen.

J Ban Cnbrnl, sent to Sonora

Nine time ago to take com

mand of the military forces of that

state, resigned today, saying that

he roalil not onpport Gen. Fran

cfaico Villa as the supreme Mexican

chief.

Several days ago Cabral had a

conference lrlth governor Jose

Matorrna, xupnoseil to be n Villa

adherent, at Nogale, -Sonora, jib a

result of which It was announced

that both chiefs bad reached an

agreement la the support of Villa.

I EARING an attack on Hermos.Uo

on account of the rapid advance

north of he Carranza forces un-

on Iturte, Got. Mayto-

t HermpstUo from jSosalMt

i mMui rfteedvea vrr u

lice Gen. Juan caorai, late "

mander of these troops, sent to So

nora by Gen. Villa, has definitely

broken with Maytorena and has gone

to Ban Francisco.

Serious dissensions ir the Maytorena

lanks are also reported in Carranza

messages. According to these, a mu

tiny occurred Tuesday at a point 24

jirlles south from Nogales. Taqui

troops, who were at the camp, had

not been paid in some weeks and -refused

to obey orders. A detachment

of Villa troops was sent from No

sales and, upon their arrival, a brisk

skirmish began. In the course of the

light, 34 of the mutineers were killed.

The remainder escaped. Besides the

A ilia-Maytorena and Carranza factions

there are now five well organized in

dependent bands operating in Sonora.

according to Americans arriving here

from that state. Conditions from the

border to the gulf are reported to be

worse than at any other period in the

four years of revolution.

Carranza Advancing Bast.

The Carranza advance from Sonora

into Chihuahua ia well under way, ac-

ordlng to messages received Wednes

day by Carranza officials here ,from

A gua Prjeta. The troops, which num

bered about 1000, were sent south from

Agua Prieta some days ago and are

ommanded by Col Miguel Samaniego.

'ol. Samaniego has reported to the

Agua Prieta authorities that he has

r, rrived at Colonia Morelos, one of the

Mormon settlement in Sonora, and that

)- has been reinforced by 800 cavalry.

When the detachment left Agua Prieta

it was equipiped with four machine

-linn The plan of campaign, as out

lined at the time, was to pass through

the Mormon colonies to Casas Grandes

and then up the North Western to

Juarez.

Training Aviators.

Torreon has become the training

Kround for Villla's aero corps, accord

ing to passengers arriving from that

ity. Two aeroplanes are being tested

there and a third machine which left

Juarez Saturday, will soon be added

to the corps. A German Mexican

named List Is in charge of the train

ing school and more than a dozen

jguniit officers have vplunteetred for

s rv ire. The planes, according to the

arrlals from the south, will not be

used until the Tamplco campaign is

veil under way. The passengers report

that the Taroplco-Monterey railroad

line has been cut.

Recognition of Both tenders

Recognition of both Villa and Car

ranza as the beads of the de facto gov

ernments controling their respective

territories was confidently predicted

by agents of the two factions "Wed

nesday. According to the claims of

both. the recognition will come

through the conferences arranged for

between Duval West with "Villa, and

Charles A. Douglas with Carranza. The

recognition will automatically do away

with the "special representative" con

tingent and will result in accredited

representatives being sent to Aguas

calientes and Veracruz, in the opinion

of the legal advisers of toth factions.

West, accompanied by George C. Car

rothers, another special representa

tive, has gone to Torreon with high

officials of the Villa government. Gen.

Villa was still at Guadalajara Tuesday

and wired border representatives from

that city.

A military tribunal, to try all mill-'

tary cases arising in the state of Chi

huahua, has been established at Chi

huahua city, according to arrivals

from the south. The commission Is

made up of Gens Mancilla, Monteros

and Delgado, all formerly connected

with the federal army.

Official confirmation of the fall of

Manzanillo was still lacking Wednes

daj, though reports from Torreon de

d-ed Thf iVst Iadrvt1eesMc1.Iiv'edSUbny'

"? fne. 'aBC aavices-received ny

Villa officials hare regarding- the cam

paign stated that the entire railway

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GEN. CIA

Davy Jones Has Added Two More American Ships To

ASKS $1000

RUSSIAN flRTlLLEBV DRIVES BACK

GEHF0EJUL1H

Twentieth Russian Corps, Surrounded by German Army

Near Suwalki, Fought Until Completely Exhausted,

Killing Many of the Enemy; Russians Claim

48,000 Prisoners Are Captured.

T on

ONDON, ENG.. Feb. 24. The des

perate resistance offened by the

Oth corps of the Russian army to

the advance of the Germans in east

Prussia, after it had been cut off from

the 10th army, is described in an of

ficial Petrograd communication.

The Russians claim that although

these troops were surrounded by a Ger

man army in the territory of Goldap

and Suwalki. they inflicted heavy losses

upon their antagonists. They repelled

attacks on four fronts "until their

strength was completely exhausted."

The communication says:

"Severe fighting continues on the

right banks of the Bohr and Narew riv

ers. German detachments1 which took

the offensive near Oseowetz on Feb. 21,

were forced back by the fire of our ar

tillery. Three German Attacks Hepulsed.

"The German bffenslve continues in

the Przasnysz district. Three attacks

upon Przasnysz were repulsed. Their

fire decimated the Germans at a dis

tance of "5 paces. On the road on

Plonks, several villages changed hands

several times. We captured three ma

chine guns, trench mortars and bombs

and ajiio took a number of prisoners.

The losses to the Germans caused by

mine explosions number 500.

"Between Jan. 21, and Feb. 20, our

mine exwions nuraoer Suu.

a the Carpathians captured 61

j officers, 47,640 men, 17 cannon and US

-. .nua ,

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TJae War At a Glance

A MOTHER British steamer has

been sent to the bottom of

the sea by a German sub

marine within the war zone estab

lished by the decree of the German

admiralty. The Oakby was torpe

doed off Rye, but her crew was

rescued.

RUSSIANS CROSS BOBR RIVER

In the fighting around Przasnysz,

northern Pojand, which has become

the storm center of the eastern cam

paign, 1200 Russians 'have been cap-

tared, the German war office an

nounced today. Russian forces suc

ceeded in effecting a passage over

the Bobr river at two places, but in

one of the resultant engagements

are said to have been driven 'back.

jllong the east Prussian border in

northern Poland some of the fiercest

engagements of the campaign in the

east are taking place. An official

statement from Petrograd reports

that in these battles villages changed

hands several times. Three German

attacks on Przasnysr, where the con

flict is sharpest, are said to 'have

been repulsed.

A Berlin dispatch says it is re

ported there that further obstacles

have arisen to prevent an invasion

of Russia.

The correspondent of a Paris news

paper estimated that the Germans

lost 50,000 in the fighting in the

north.

48,000 ATJSTRIANS CAPTURED

In the Carpathians the series of

detached battles continues with no

sign of a conclusion. The Russian

war office announced that Austrian

attacks at several points were re

pulsed with enormous losses for the

attacking forces. It is claimed that

during the last month more than

43,000 Austrians have been cap

tured, BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK

It was announced officially in

Berlin -that a British transport had

been sunk off Beachy Head, Eng

land. The location and time given

makes it probable, however, that the

Berlin announcement has reference

to the sinking of a British naval

collier,

R0UMANIA TO ENTER WAR

A report from French sources is

that the Roumanian army will take

the field in April. The Roumanian

minister to London, according to this

unconfirmed statement, shortly will

present notice to the British govern

ment to this effect.

7,000,000 IN BELGIUM

MUST BE EED HOOVER

London, Eng., Feb. 24. Refusal of

the London foreign office to grant a

direct subsidy for feeding the starving

in Belgium for the reason that Ger

many has refused to stop cash requisi

tions on toe Belgian people, does not

alter the fact that there are 7,000,000

people In Belgium to be fed, according

fe'on 'r rel.efl'n Beigluni He said

r there i 1 ana nnn nhiiitoi acottft,f

there are 1,500,000 absolutely destitute

people in .Belgium, and that the num

ber will be increased by 260,000 before

the next harvest.

The French war office this afternoon

at Paris gave out a report on the war,

which says:

"With the exception of a few success

ful actions on the part of our troops

near Auberide-Sur-Suippe, nothing of

importance has occurred since Monday.

We have made further progress north

of Perthes."

Troops Fight Hand to Hand.

Berlin. Germany, Feb. 24. GBy Wire

less to London, Eng.) The official re

port on The progress of the war given

out in Berlin today says the Russians

have succeeded in crossing the Bobr

river in northern Poland in two places.

The statement says:

"In the western theater of war: Near

Perthes, Frerich infantry divisions

Tuesday made- an attack on several

places. Violent hand to hand fighting

took place which everywhere resulted

in favor of the Germans. The enemy

suffered heavy losses and was driven

back to his positions.

Russians Cross Bobr River.

"Eastern theater of war: A new Rus

sian advance from Grodno was easily

repulsed. Southeast of Augustowo, the

Russians crossed the Bobr river in two

places. JNear Satabin they have already

been driven back. Near Krasnyberg the

engagement continues.

"Near Przasnysz 1200 Russians were

ken ?"50I" anQ " ""

A jtusajaii night attack east

.inrninM was rspmsea.

We'Wtll Triumbh Otter

Enemies of Our 'Kultur,' "

Says Kaiser Wilhelm

Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. 24 A Ber

lin dispatch says the Prussian diet has

received this message from emperor

William:

"My warmest thanks for the kind

congratulations of the diet on the

splendid successes which the wonder

ful bravery and perseverance of our

heroic sons, together with the brilliant

strategy of their leaders, have gained

for the fatherland.

"A people 'of poets and thinkers has

been transformed Into a united neople

fn arms and we can rely on the

strength of Its determination to

triumph over all the enemies of Ger

man 'kultur" and civilization. God will

be with us and our just cause. '

BRITISH TORPEDO BOATS

ATTACK GERMAN SUBMARINE

Paris, France. Feb. 24. French, tor

pedo boats -Tuesday morning sitrhted

near Boiiloirnft a German .K,.ri.

KW"Jr- MD

llsh

Are. The French were able to score

several hits before the submarine suc

ceeded In diving. A wide patch of oil

seen on the sea near where the sub

marine went under the sea led to the

conclusion that she was wrecked.

The same submarine Monday night

flred k torpedo at the steamer Victoria

while she was en route from TtanlnD-nn

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to Folkston. The captain of the Vic- 1

toria, however, saw the characteristic

J wake of the torpedo, and slowed down J

me vessel, (lodging- the missile.

BRITISH SHIP OAKBY

TORPEDOED; CREW SAVED

London, Eng., Feb. 24. The British

steamer Oakby was torpedoed by a

German submarine off Rye Tuesday.

Her crew was rescued by a fishing

smack and landed at Ramsgate today.

The Oakby was bound from London

for Cardiff. Wales. She was sruck on

the port side. The fishing ship Gratia,

which was four miles off, felt the shock

and she hastened to the scene, arriving

in time to take off the crew, none of

whom was injured.

The periscope of a submarine was

seen before the explosion.

An attempt was made to tow the

Oakby to pert but she sank early today

off Folkstone.

SCANDINAVIAN WARSHIPS

TO CONVOY MERCHANTMEN

Copenhagen, Denmark. Feb. 24. The

Scandinavian nations have decided to

recommend the convoy of merchant

vessels by warships of those countries.

Negotiations will be opened with Lon

don and Berlin to obtain permission

for any warship of Sweden, Norway

and Denmark to convoy vessels be

longing to those nations through bel

ligerent waters.

CREW OP SUXKES STE.VMEIl

REGIX REACHES LONDON

London, Enp, Feb. 24. The crew of

the Norwegian steamer Begin which

was sunk by either a submarine or a

mine off Dover Tuesday morning, ar

rived in London Tuesday night and was

received by the Norwegian consul.

The members of the crew said the

Regln was bound for American ports

with a full cargo of coal. She was at

anchor off the Kent coast owing to the

fog when the explosion occurred and

she sank in 12 minutes. The crew had i

barely time to launch their boats and

get clear of the steamer before she

went down. The explosion was so vlo- I

lent that It stunned several of the sail- !

or5; , i

Pilot Gwerthon suffered a broken !

kneecap. I

FOR TEXAS RANGERS

Qpmre dim

ill I III I 1 1 1 1 I

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TIKE

Mexican " Depredations Re

quire Larger Border Pro

jective Guard.

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SENATE REFUSES

TOSIT AT NIGHT

Woman's Suffrage Resolu

tion Fails to Carry; Itsy

Friends Despondent.

A'

USTIN,' Texas. Feb. 24. Senator

Claud Hudspeth, of El Paso, In

troduced a bill today in the sen

ate carrying an appropriation of $10,

000 for an increase of the ranger force

of the state.

Senator Hudspeth said, in connection

with this bill, that it has the endorse

ment of the governor and the adjutant

general and It is proposed. In the event

the measure passes finally, to Increase

me ranker rorce IV men. The governor

is also expected to send up a special

message -to the legislature on .this

measure. The" additional rangers are

to JMgtet t Be f rpm Mexican

, Tfo Night Sessions

Senator aatttn Tntroneed 'a resolu

tion providing for the holding of night

sessions, commencing March 1. but the

senate refused to consider it by a vote

of 9 to IS. It was then buried in the

committee on rules.

Representatives Decherd and Bell to

day introduced In the house, by request,

a bill to bring about correct grading

and weights of grain in elevators and

hay In warehouses, and placing the in

spection of hay and grain under the Ju

risdiction of the railroad commission.

Representative Burton, of Rusk, pre

sented a bill exempting from Jury ser-1

vice telephone officers, local managers,

office clerks and plant employes.

Suffrage Resolution Dead..

Friends of women's suffrage today

practically admit that the resolution is

dead, as it is shown that it 13 next to

Impossible for them to muster tip 12

more votes, necessary to carry. The

resolution got 83 votes on engrossment,

while it requires 95 to finally adopt.

Honse Day In Senate.

This being house bill day In the sen

ate, a number of measures from the

lower branch, mostly of a local nature,

were disposed of during the morning

session.

To Extend Stair Ttnllnnv.

. ", "V"001'U mis, morning

Senator Townsend this morning in-

vldesJeoVo?:

ITOV ,,-rtrr, UC1 1 Hetl n a n n.1T.. H. J .

tance is about 90 miles and the bill car

ries with it an appropriation of $600,

000, $150,000 to be expended annually,

commencing in 1916 and extending

through a per.od of four years.

The senate has under consideration

the house rural school bill by repre

sentative Decker. This bill has passed

the house and is similar to the bill by

senator Bee

Payday Bill Encroxsed

The house engrossed the semi-monthly

payday bill todav reauirinir all mr.

porations, excepting municipal corpora

tions, to pay employes twice a month.

No opposition was developed to the

measure in the house.

The Bailey, of Harris, bill 'authorizing

commissioners' courts to create and Is

sue bonds upon drainage districts, was

passed finally. The Morrow bill, re

pellng the verified pleadings act was

also finally passed.

The Bailey, of Harris, bill creating

the ninth supreme judicial district cre

ated some discussion and was being de

bated when the house recessed at noon.

Holland BUI In Committee.

The house committee on municipal

corporations Is giving hearings op the

Holland bill, requiring railroads 'to ele

ate their tracks at public highway

crossings, or tunnel under the crossings

to secure safety to people of the larger

cities.

Error In Separation Bill.

After giving days to open- hearings

and discussion on the measures .provid

ing for the separation of the university

and the Agricultural and Mechanical

college, the committee reported the

Sackett resolution favorably and It has

now been found that It contains a huge

error which will have to be corrected

on the floor of the house. If not amend

eil In the house the adoption of the

resolution would mean the destroying J

"' " iucuiiti conege at uaiveston.

As the constitution now stands it pro

vides that the medical branch of the

university of Texas shall be located at

Galveston and the Agricultural and Me

chanical college in Brazos county. The

original Sackett resolution did not pro

vide for any definite location of these

institutions but was amended by the

committee so as to read "the University

of Texas shall be located at Austin, in

Travis county and the Agriculture and

Mechanical college shall be located in

Brazos county."

Two Bills by Iludsncth.

Senator Hudspeth has introduced a

bill which would authorize the forma'

tion of corporations for the purpose of

buying and selling steel products, to

manufacture steel products and erect

steel structures. He also introduced a

bill that diminished the criminal and

tivil jin isdiction of Irion county so as

to (onforin to the dstrlet court

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New York, Feb. 24. Two choir girls of Calvary Baptist church have appeared

in trousers and their audience has been filled with pride at the way they enacted

their parts and the hit they made in the-garments. Miss Ethel-H. Greene and

Mrs. Carolina Turck are the two, and they were cast in men's roles in the pre

sentation of a comedy, "Ma's New Boarders." It was "explained , that the girls

were cast in masculine robes because there was a dearth of young men and the

parts simply had to be played.

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FEW GERMANS JOIN IN REVOLT

M'

ANILA,P. I., Feb. 24. Four hun

dred -members of the mutinous

Hindu regiment which revolted

at Singapore a few days ago have been

killed, as well as seven German prison

ers from the detention camp who joined

the natives when offered their freedom,

according to reports of the uprising

brought here by passengers from Singa

pore. The mutineers are said to have

killed all their officers except the colo

nel ond then attacked civilians, e -eral

of whom were killed. Including

one woman.

Houses Attacked, lien- Sin In.

The revolt began without warning.

Half the Fifth light infantry of Ben-

Salese, on their way to Egypt, number

lg 500, suddenly attacked and subdued

the other half. They then attacked the

houses of civilians, according to the

stories, killing men but sparing the

women and children who sought refuge

on the transport Nile, lying in the har

bor. SAYS GERMANY WON'T SEIZE

CARGO OF THE WILHELMINA

London, Eng, Feb 24. W. R. Brook

ing, a member of the firm of W. L.

Green and company, commission mer

chants of St. Louis and owners of the

cargo on board the American ship Wil

helmina reached London today from

Berlin, having in his possession a decla

ration from the German foreign office,

signed by Gottlieb Von Jagow. the

foreign minister, and attested by James

W. Gerard, the American ambassador

to Germany, which pledged the German

government not to assume control of

the cargo of the Wilhelmina nor of any

other vessels arriving from America.

This declaration says Such cargoemay

be sold on the open market and will not

be used by the army or the navy.

The case of the Wilhelmina soon is to

come before a British prize court. She

was loaded with a cargo of food prod

ucts In New Tork and started for a

German port.

in trousers

MUTINEERS KILLED:

The mutineers offered freedom to all

Germans In the detention camp who

would join them. Only seven of the

prisoners accepted this proposal, the

others preferring to remain where they

were. The half regiment which re

mained loyal soon organised itself and

started out to attack the mutineers.

The troops were joined by. Europeans

of all ages who offered their 'services

as volunteers In the running fights

which followed four-fifths-of the re

volting Hindus are said to have been

killed and it is beliewed only about

100 remain in the country surrounding

Singapore.

London dispatches relating to the re

volt stated that marines from French

and Japanese warships were landed

to aid in quelling the outbreak. A- for

eign office statement admitted that the

losses were "somewhat serious." The

-London dispatches read that a number

of wpmen were among the slain,

whereas the Manila reports say only

one was killed.

GERMANY PLANS NEW

WAR LOAN OF $250,000,000

Berlin, Germany, Feb. 24. The im

perial government will issue shortly

its second 6 percent war loan. This

is to consist of $260000,000' in treasury

notes maturing at an average of live

years.

Knows a Hood Paper

Editor 1 Paso Herald:

My wife and I both like The Herald. We are not throwing a bouquet at

you, but your paper is well printed and nicely arranged.

W e would not give our Herald for a half dozen of the other El Paso paper.

It F. Cook.

His Submarine Navy

Clan MacNaughton, "Armed

Merchant Vessel, Last

Heard From Feb. 3

SEARCH FOR SHIP

PROVES FAILURE

Official Bureau Announces

Wreckage, Strengthening

Belief Ship Is Sunk.

LONDON, Bug., Feb. 24. The offi

cial Information bureau announced

this afternoon that the Clan Mac

Naughton, an armed merchant 'cruiser,

is missing. The vessel was last heard

of February 3 and it is feared that she

has been lost.

The text of the bureau's announce

ment follows.

"The secretary of the admiralty re

grets to announce that H. M. S. Clan

MacNaughton. an armed merchant

cruiser, commander Robert Jeffries. R

X., has been missing since February J

and it is feared that the vessel has been

lost.

Wxedaige Is Fwuui.

"An vosDecessful ' sssurch bas been

made and WrecJcage npposN to be por

tions of 'this snip has since cen dis

covered. "The last signal received from the

Clan MacNaughton was made in the

early morning of February 3, and it is

feared that she was lost during the bad

weather which prevailed at that tune '

Two hundred and eighty men lost

their lives if. as seems certain, the

Clan MacNaughton went down.

First btorm Victim.

The official bureau's announcement

makes no statement of where the Clan

MacNaughton was when last beard

from. If, as is believed, the merchant

cruiser was sunk in a storm, this is

the first disaster of its kind to befall

the royal navy since the outbreak or

the war. All other losses of ships have

been incident to battle or to mines.

Plays 92 Chess Games

At One Time; Loses Four

Portland. Ore., Feb 24. Frank J.

Marshall of New York today estab

lished a new and unique chess record

by losing only four games out of .'2.

which he played simultaneously with

92 contestants. Ten of the games ended

in a draw. The contest lasted six

hours and 45 minutes. The previous

record of this kind was held by Joss

CataManca, who lost five and drew 11

games out of C5 played.

CONSULS MAY SUPERVISE

DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD

Washington. D. C, Feb. 24. Admin

istration officials today continued si

lent regarding Informal proposals the

United States has made to Great Brit

ain and Germany for an understanding

on the questions of foodstuffs for the

civilian population of the belligerent

nations and submarine warfare against

mercantile shipping.

The nature of the proposals has not

been disclosed on account of the deli

cacy of the negotiations. In diplo

matic circles, however, it generally m

believed the suggestion is that Ameri

can consular representatives or Ameri

can organisations supervise the distri

bution of foodstuffs to the Germaa

civilian population.

BCRRIS IS APPOINTBD

MARSHAL FOR COLORADO

Washington, D. C, Feb. 24. Presi

dent Wilson today nominated John F.

Haley, of Honolulu, collector of Inter

nal revenue for Hawaii, and Samuel 1

Burris, of Pueblo. Colo., United States

marshal for Colorado.

"0--O

TUB DAY IN CONGRESS.

Washington. D. C. Feb. 24.

The day in congress:

Senate.

Debate resumed on postal

bill.

Foreign relations committee

held last meeting of session

without acting on Colombian

and Nicaraguan treaties.

Honse.

Army bill sent to conference

to consider senate changes.

Oeneral deficiency bill re

ported for action.

Haydcn, Arizona, Feb. 20, 1915.