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EL PASO, TEXAS. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1916

LATFST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

SINGLE COPT FIVE CENT&

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TWELVE PAGES TODAY.

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Americans Reach Seacoast

from Mexico Cily, Travel

ing On Armored Train.

BANDITSATTACK

ALONG THE WAY

Carranza's Power " Wanes;

' Obregon Is Man Of Hour,

Americans Report.

Nl.W iiKKi Feb, . A party of

! ir American mining engineers,

liu arrived here today from

'c. uu on t'lie steamer Ksperanzn.

X. pivi.d that the train on which they

jvcb-ri fiom Knii'o Clt to Veracruz

1 liven under nearlv constant fire

' cm baidits tbioughout the entire

IT I1C.

f!-e engineers .said they traveled in

' .'iiiuortMl r.n which carried four

rr-iueh un.1- c-ording to their

Mr the whob territory between the

t cxi .'n capital am! the sea coaM is

esU'i with bainhi

! r .lolin It I 'axis, an American

!,siiiai at Mexico rit, was quoted

s.i v inff there were several thou-

. nd asc of t jihu4 feer in the rap-

. 1 and that smallpox was raging at

'' n.pico.

The engineers asset ted that f'ar

' nzas i rower was waning ntd that

. ' obregon wtts the man of the hour

. Mexico City.

CIllirrAirCA riT' is infa worse

state than It has i ?n for many

months before, acroiding to re

li.Me advices from Americans there,

.vhic-h reached the border Monday

u-br.

The entire foreign population of Chi-

1 uah.ua cty. it is said, may come. out of

5ixif" Of the 82 American. British and

J '-emu foreigners there, including 62

.aown to be Americans. 15 percent are

' Tuning to come out at once.

i11a, his bandit forces within 15

ilc of Chihuahua city, has let his

1 rd grew, curly and black, and is re

t led to have announced that he will

' ,; it shaved off In the Chihuahua

Mil til.

: ; Villa's Immediate following are

01 m"n, near the SI Nido canyon on

i' e Santa Clara ranch, according to

JL,i,ihuahua reports. Subordinate bands

T fest the entire territory half sur-

utiding Chihualiua city in a scmi-

t r le to the north and west.

In Ohir.uahua itself the situation is

c i lared bad and getting worse. Mexi

iti soldiers kill one or two civilians

. verv day. Disobedience of officers Is

f cQuent Gen. Garza. It is claimed,

Jollci two men who refused to turn

cacr a horse they had stolen from one

tf his officers, shooting them as they

jive him an impudent answer in the

jjohce station.

Foreigner Are ITnrasy.

Foreigners, especially Americans, in

thl.uahna city are more uneasy than

1hr v ever have been, and although not

panic stricken or badly frightened, they

rr.ngriize that with Villa on the war

path against Americans and American

own rd property, and In face of the lack

c fighters in the Chihuahua garrison.

IK farranclstas are on the defensive

t "'"id of on the offensive.

There are the statements made by an

oer an whose advices to the border

this time tell the story as It Is seen

foreigners in the state capital. He

,r Je his report to El Paso mining men.

Carranclstas on the Defenslie,

Tins American says:

The farranclstas in Chihuahua are

c tlio defensive, and Villa is on the

pffnanr. There are S00 Carranza

noi8 In the Chihuahua city garrison.

1 .r not one of them is an enthusiastic

t mlier Two Hundred and fifty men

t t ent to hunt down Villa after the

1 Idup at Sauz They went as far as

point, but would not go beyond

ere

' CoJ Pablo Lopes, the man responsl-T-'c

for the Santa Vsabel massacre, has

'on coming and going By night Into

Cbituinhna city, sleeping In a house in

t'" heai f of the city.

TT,e rituatlon Is the most crtlcal I

e- r, saw In Chihuahua city. If Villa

made a fighting attack, I believe he

Tvnuld take the place, fiov. Ignacio

JCnnquez, In the first place is only a

f'cui head. Gen. Luis llerrera is de

clared unfit to handle the situation.

Acklln Reaches Chtbunliim.

"Hrnrr Acklln arrived In Chihuahua

c:tv four days ago from Minaca. safe

nftrr weeks of hiding out In the brush

it the foothills there. Superintendent

Bill Carr. It is said. Is the onlv Ameri

can or foreigner, left at Cusih'ulr.ichlc.

Soldiers Get S Cents a liny.

"Ttie I'orianza government in Chihua

Jma citv In paying Its soldiers a dally

V se r.rtwo paper peiios, worth 8 cents.

cut of this 8 cents gold value the men

rnve to buy their own food and cloth

Jtif Reenten curio. nit- of rice, sugar,

rffce flour and Halt h.ie been brought

to Chihuahua by tlo government and

rMd li, nuiirter litn measures at low

prli cs but they didn't amount to much.

Foreigners Ivnld C'tilnnUlng.

The foreigners m I'lnhuahua citv

f)e Avoided colonizu k mj thev teeor

t Ize that bv so doijii: thev would only

enrour ige had feeling. Apparently the

surface of things Is pleasant enough

(Contlnueo tm rate z. Col. I).

El Paso Wrecks Good

HIP. VILLA INDICTED

The War At a Glance

EXCEPT for the continuation of

the ' intensive bombardment

along the Franco-Belgian

front, there are few reports of ac

tivity from the major fields of mili

tary operations.

lu the Caucasus, Russian armies

are active. Petrograd reports con

tinued advances north and south of

Krzerum.

Kitchener to I!g;ptf

Reports are current in London

that field marshal earl Kitchener

is to take over the command of

the British forces in Kgypt anil

that the earl of Derby, who has

been in charge of recruiting is

to he the new secretary of state

for war.

Mi

SATISFIES II. S.

Slight Difference Regarding

Wording is Expected To

Be Easily Adjusted.

Washington, D. C, Feb. 8. High ad

ministration officials, following the

cabinet meeting today authorized the

statement that "the United States and

Germany are substantially in accord."

6rmany's latest reply in the Lusi

tanla negotiations was characterized as

almost, if not, entirely, acceptable to the

I'nlted States by high officials today

after secretary Lansing had conferred

with president Wilson more than an

hour, and the case had been discussed,

at the cabinet meeting. Tbe whole

situation was described by administra

tion officials as "very hopeful."

Liater today, secretary Lansing con

ferred with count von Bernstorff. the

German ambassador. He communicat

ed te the ambassador the American

gtratnent'a vjw at the latest pro

posal from Berlin which Substituted for

the word "illegal" in the reference to

the sinking of the Lusltanla a declara

tion that reprisals must not be extend

ed to others than enemy subjects.

Slight Difference About Wording.

Another high administration official

said that the case could not be consid

ered finally settled, but that it was

hoped a settlement might be reached

durii g the conference between secre

tary Lansing and the German ambas

sador, although that was not absolutely

certain. It was understood that the

exact wording of the communication

submitted by count vnn Bernstorff was

not in entire accord with the views of

the president and the cabinet.

Will Draft An Agreement.

With the two governments substan

tially in accord, the next, step in the

proceedings will be to put the settle

ments when finally agreed upon in a

formal document to bo presented to the

state department in behalf of the

Beilin foreign office.

In addition to the declaration that

the reprisals must not be directed

agrinst others than enemies, the prom

ise of indemnity for American lives lost

on the Lusitania. and a declaration of

Germany's desire to cooperate with the

United States to secure the freedom of

the seas. It is understood that the docu

ment will either incorporate or atten

tion will be directed to the assurances

Germany gave in the Arabic case that

liners would not be hunk without

warning, provision being made for the

safety of those on board, unless they

resisted capture or attempted to flee.

The inclusion of all these points is

understood to 'embrace everything for

which' the United States has contended.

No Fnrther Conceptions deeded.

A high administration official said

late today:

"The wording prepared by Germany

appears to cover the position or the

I'nited States. It Is not fair to assume

that there will have to be any further

admissions or concessions from Ber

lin." KITCHENER If

LEAD II EHPT

London, Eng. Feb. S. The Weekly

World says it hears that field m xshal

lord Kitchener is likely to take over

command of the.Brltlsh forces in Egypt

and that the earl of Derby, the director

of recruiting, will be the new secretary

for Mar, with a seat in the cabinet

The World gives no authority for

the report but says it is gossip in line

with recent intimations that earl

Kitchener might withdraw from the

war ministry to assume more active

dulte-

I.ord Derby has just returned to Lon

don from a visit to the British forces

operating in Flanders.

FRENCH TAKE TRENCH;

ARE SOON DRIVEN OUT

Berlin. Germany. Feb. 3. (By wire

less to Sayville, L. I.) Active fight

ing on the French front south of the

river Somme was announced today by

German army headquarters. In tho

course of the engagement the Germans

lost a small section of one of the

trenches they had conquered, but af

terward retook the position by a

counter attack.

TWO ALLIED CRUISERS ARE

PATROLING COAST OF U. S.

Newport News. Va.. Feb. 8. Two

allied cruisers, one British and one

(Continued en pate 5, Col. 0.)

I IS HOW IH Jill

IT HUH,

Oil

Indictment Returned Against

Pancho Villa's Brother

Here Monday.

CHARGEDWITH

WRECKING G. H.

Alleged To Have Sent Men

Across Line To Wrec

Troop Trains.

W

ASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. V

The United States has asked

for tfin oWf-Aftltltn -, Tiin

lito Villa. Gen. Villa's brother to linl

swer an indictment la Texas, charging

, Vv V,,,J " ""! roe line oi tn.-

. & S. A. Pacific railwav n..u

r.i Paso In December in an attempt ,

to Hamper the movement, of Carianza

rorces through American territoi to '

attack Villa forces In Mexico. Villa I

,o uccu arresiea in ii&rana.

H

for the Villa, government while

it existed, has been indicted by

the El Paso county grand jury on a

charge of having sent Mexicans from

Juarez to pull spikes fronpthe G. II A

S. A. main lino near Fort Hancock, Tex .

In order to wreck tbe Carranza troop

tralqs en route to relieve Agua Trleta

when it was being assaulted by Villa's

forces.

In Jail at Havana,

llipolito Villa Is now under aneat in

Havana, Cuba, where he went n Jan

uary 15, after fleeing Mexico, being

arrested in San Antonio on a chaige

of bringing stolen property irito the

state, brought to EI Paso and released

from custody on bond. He ts now in

jail in Havana awaiting extradition

proceedings before being Drought back

to El Paso. His arrest was at the re

quest of William E. Gonzales, U. S. min

ister to Cuba and was requested bv the

El Paso county officials. i

SajK Is a Hostage.

When arrested in Havana Villa de

nied that he had any connection with

the destruction of any railroad in tho

United States, declaring that his ar

rest was due to a belief, on the part of

the American government that, by hold

ing him as a prisoner, his brother

Francisco Villa, would be restrained

from the murder of Americans in Mex

ico. He declared that this was a mis

taken belief as his brother Francisco

did not care whether or not he was

alive or dead.

Indicted Monday.

The indictment against Hipolito Vil

la was returned by the Kramj jury Mon

day afternoon. According to W. XV.

Bridgers, district attorney, the Indict

ment charges Villa with "sending Mex

icans across the river and removing

spikes from trie rails of the G. 11. main

line below Fort Hancock at the time

the Carranza troops were moving from

Laredo and Eagle Pass to Douglas and

Agua Prieta to reinforce the Carranza

garrison which was fighting Villa at

that time."

Mexican IVns Shot.

At the time these troops were moving

through El Paso, it was reported that a

number of Mexicans bad been seen near

a bridge in the vicinity of Fort Han

cock and, when U. S. soldiers started

to Investigate, they fled toward the

international line. One was thought

to have been hit when the soldiers

fired on the Mexicans. This, coupled

with the demonstration which occurred

on the Mexican side opposite the union

station when tbe Carranza troops left

the station for the west, caused much

alarm in EI Paso for fear the Carranza

troops would be attacked by Villa

troops from Juarez while the trains

were entering or leaving El Paso. The

railroad tracks were carefully In

spected for dynamite charges, no trains

would be run at night to carry troops

and every possible precaution taken to

prevent the wrecking of the railroad

lino by .Villa soldiers or sympathizers.

Have Men ns Witnesses.

The state claims to have secured a

number of witnesses against Villa from

among men alleged to have been sent

to the American side by him. These,

district attorney Bridgers, declares, will

b used at the trial of Villa when he

is returned here.

Sheriff P. J. Edwards stated Tuesday

morning that he was awaiting the nec

essary papers before going after Villa

and he has been expecting the Mexi

can's arrest in Havana for two weeks.

Villas In Court.

Francisco Villa and Hipolito Villa

have been in the courts in EI Jjso and

the El Paso district almost constantly

since the failure of the Villa govern

ment. Twenty-three distinct cases ,

(Continued on paze 2, CnL I.)

Women Appeal To Husbands To Help Get Club House

Many Cities Smaller Than El Paso Have Club Houses; El Paso Men Are Well

Cared for, but the Women Have No Club of Their Own.

By Mrs. S. H. SUTHERLAND, President El Paso Women's Club.

The recent census of El Paso, giving

a population of over 70,000 in the cor

porate limits of the city, shows, more

than anything else, the vital need of

a woman's club house.

Phoenix. Ariz., has a club house Tuc

son and many much smaller cities of

California also havi- beautiful club

houses foi vv omen

The business men of Kl Paso have

Buildings

NEW HOME

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Paoituax vx ui ucw uujDe iwi. uc JTuyuia iuitr, uiwji uy ,LiU3b Jtou xu&u

terra cotta and will take the place of the present home of the Popular,

Mesa avenue. Contract for the

Arkansas City. Ark., Feb. S. The

Mississippi river reached 56 feet here

today. The levee is expected to hold

only 57 feet. The" Inhabitants await

the coming of the crest of the flood,

probably about February 17. Back

water, filling the town. Is 29 inches

higher than ever before.

SOUTHERN COAL OPERATORS

AND UNIONS DISCUSS WAGES

Mobile, Ala., Feb. 8. Bituminous coal

operators from western Pennsylvania,

Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and union

miners representing 250,000 coal dig

gers in those states met In Joint con

ference here today to begin negoti

ations for a new interstate wage scale

to take the place of the separate agree

ments which expire Slarch 31.

The conference Is made up of 3: rep

resentatives of the operators and an

equal number of members of the United

Mine Workers of America, representing

the four states.

SHERMAN TEXAS, WOMAN

SERIOUSLY WOUNDS PASTOR

Sherman, Tex., Feb. 8. C. W. Keg

gale, aged 40, a prominent minister of

Sherman, was sot and probably fatally

Sherman, was shot and probably fatally

Mra Finest Faust, who lives near Denl

son. The woman fired five shots.

W'hen arrested a few minutes ehe said

the minister had Insulted her.

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. THIS DAY IX COVGRKSS.

Senate.

Naval committee ordered a fa

vorable report on the bill pro

viding $1,000,000 for a govern

ment armor plate plant.

Bills appropriating JGOO.OOO

for improving Mare Tsland and

New York navy yards and In

creasing the number of naval

academy entrants were recom

mended for passage:

Public lands committee con

tinued hearing on oil land leas

ing bill.

Ifonse.

Debate on the Indian bill was

resumed.

Military and naval affairs

committees continued hearings

on the national defence.

demonstrated their uptodatencss in

their many club houses, whiyh are a

credit to any city.

The Kl Paso's Woman's club mem

bers believe the business men will

take pride in helping their wives build

a club house commensurate with the

growth and importance of Kl Paso, not

only for the Kl Paso of today, bnt a

i lub bouse laige enough for the El

I'.tso of liio.ODO population, which we

will have in 1920.

AIAB M

SITS FLUID

To Erect Better--a Sign of Healthy Growth

AS WRECKER

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erection of the building has been let.

Texan Claims Farmers

Would Fall in L ine and

Whip Any Foreign Foe

Washington D. C. Feb 8. Op

ponents of military preparedness were

heard today by the senate military

committee. Miss Lillian D. Wald, and

Fredorick C. Howe, of New York, were

among the first to be heard.

President Dornblazer of the Farmers'

Union of Texas, and representing, he

said, farmers' organizations of 22

states, .opposed compulsory military

service or any large increase in ex

penditures, lie approved a "reason

able outlay" for coast defence.

"If It comes to a scrap," he said, "tho

farmers will fall In lino and Texas will

furnish as many men as any other

state. We would lick the stuffln's out

of any of 'em."

Wife Of Judge Leaps On

Burglar's Badi; Loses Him

New York. Feb. 8. Mrs. Ticrney, wife

of judge John M. Tierney of the New

York supreme court, is today recov

ering from an experience of last night

when she leaped on the back at a

burglar whom she found rifling a safe

in her home. She attempted to pin

him to the floor while she screamed

for aid.

The burglar was too strong for her.

Throwing her from him. he snatched

from her neck a diamond necklace and

fled with several thousand dollars

worth of other Jewels which he had

taken from the safe

BREWSTER BEGINS CAMPAIGN

TO RID COUNTY OF CRIMINALS

Alpine. Texas, Feb. 8. Brewster

county citizens have inaugurated a

campaign to put down crime In the

county. At a meeting of citizens a

fund was raised to lie used .in appre

hending criminals. The assassinations

of S. D. Beach and Fred Measday were

discussed in the meeting and it was

decided that the fund will be used

first to run down and prosecute the

murderers. A pair of trained blood

hounds will be purchased to be used in

training criminals.

EI.DHIU.Y TR.VAS W(MIN

IS ADJUDGED IN AM:

Chicago. HI., Feb. 8. Mrs. Nanna V.

Haynes, of Navosota, Tex., who was

found two weeks ago In a Chicago rail

way station in a dazed condition and

whose identity for a time was in ques

tion, was today adjudged insane and

committed to the Chicago state hospital

for the insane. Her identity was estab

lished by her son, Earl N. Haynes, of

Victoria, Tex.

The Woman's club, organized in 1901,

has always stood for all that is pro

gressive, always willing to help at any

time or in any way.

The men of El Paso, in generously

helping the women build this club

house, will be adding another factor to

El Paso's prosperity. lt everyone

help, so that visitors within our city

will not wonder why the EI Paso wom

en do not have a club house, when

there are so manv for tlielr husbands.

POPULAR

wu 1-.'13' 3 . X. . .!." 1 i

.latr uuuuuiv, u iu uu ui wmic uy auu

on the corner of San Antonio street and

REDUCES EL PASO

MTEI5PEMT

Austin. Texas. Feb. S The state fire

insurance commission has announced a

reduction of 15 percent on the final

rate of insurance of El Paso on account

of good fire record for the past three

years.

WILSON WANTS TO STUDY

THE PHILIPPINE BILL

Washington, D. C, Feb. 8. Presi

dent Wilson told chairman Jones of the

house insular committee Monday that

he wanted time to consider the Philip

pine bill passed by the senate last week

before deciding

whether he favored

Kiving ireeoom 10 me I'niiippines in

from two to four years, as the bill

provides, or when the Filipinos should

establish a government, in accordance

with a plank in the last Democratic

platform.

Representative Jones pointed out to

the president that the senate bill pro

vided for granting independence to the

islands, but provided no machinery for

carrying Its object into effect.

DEATH IS REDUCING NUMBER

OF TEXAS VETERANS RAPIDLY

Austin, Texas, Feb. 8. Due to ad

vanced age and other infirmities, the

number of veterans at the Confederate

home is being rapidly reduced. During

the past month in of the old soldiers

passed away, all being above 70 years

of age. while death has just claimed

two more. The last two to die at the

home are John Roberts and Klijah

Lockler. Koberts was admitted to the

home, from Houston and luckier from

Tyler.

R. E. HELLER, OF DALLAS,

IN RACE FOR U. S. SENATE

Austin, Tex.. Jan. 8. Another candi

date for the United States senate has

stepped into the field, according to a

report filed today with the secretary

or state under the provisions of the

law passed by a rcient legislature

making mis proceuuie necessary.

This new candidate in it. E Heller of

Dallas. He states that his announce

ment was made January H.

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Admiral Blue Testifies Re

garding Shortage Which

Is Handicapping Navy.

MUNITIONPLANTS

HAND U.S. THREAT

Will Raise Armor Plate

Prices Terribly; U. S. to

Have Its Own Plants.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. S.

How only 803 men have been

brought Into the riaval reserve

'" laws designed to foster such a force.

w.is told to the house naval committee

t.. lay by rear admiral Victor Blue.

While the naval reserve law has been

i:s.'tppointing in producing number,

.'dmiral Blue said, it has brought abou'

( greater percentage of reenlistments.

ivmg tho navy a large proportion of

trained men on its ships.

Too For Men for MoblllxatlDn.

I jv5ij cacuiacvo orikicu oancu u. mr

i navy had not Tailed to COndtiet a TOLt

I mobilization recently because of lack

of men to handle all the eblps. Admiral

Blue replied that no navy was kept

mea to ire war looting.

"How much time would we be likely

to have to mobilize if we were at

tacked?" asked Mr. Britten.

That would be an important thing

to know," said tbe admiral.

"Do you know," asked- Mr. Britten,

"that rear admiral Fisk testified last

year that it would take five years to

get the navy ready to meet an effi

cient enemy?"

Admiral Blue replied that "the fleet

could undertake anything in the Pa

cific as soon as it could get there."

Armor Plant Threaten U. S.

Private armor plate manufacturers

notified the senate naval committee

today that they would raise the

price of armor plate $200 a ton if

congress decides to erect or purchase

armor plate factories for tho govern

ment. The committee, nevertheless,

voted to recommend government plants.

After brief consideration, tho com

mittee ordered favorably reported the

bill authorizing expenditure of $500,000

to equip Mare Island navy yard for

battleship construction, and $100,000 to

enlarge facilities of the New York

' enlarge

I naw vard and the bill to add 300 mld-

I BlUiJIUt?!! IU LklV CIIIOUIU; .lOt0 A.

ivunapuus next juiy. xnese iwu uiua

passed the house Monday.

Penrose Hears Message.

Senator Penrose notified the commit

tee of the stand of armor plate manu

facturers, those chiefly concerned be

ing the Bethlehem and Midvale Steel

companies.

The committee voted 9 to 3 to report

favorably senator Tillman's bllL

Senate Ha Own Threat.

"Tho threat of the armor barons to

hold up the government will not affect

congress," said senator Tillman. "W

weie given to understand that the

armor manufacturers would increase

their price because government manu

facture of armor plate would force

them to go out -of that business and

they would charge this enormous In

crease in order' to provide themselves

with an amortization fund. But I guess

wo can find a way to stop the robbers.

In time of trouble we could seize their

plants and operate them, by right of

eminent domain."

Senators Compute Cost.

Senators figured that if the armor

plate manufacturers did "not raise the

price It would cost the government

$24,000,000 extra for armor plate to

complete the five year naval building

program. Senator Tillman said he

proposed to ask- senator Penrose to

repeat the announcement of the armor

plate manufacturers to the senate.

I.a Follrtte Ttlockn Immediate Pasangr.

Senator La Folletto blocked an at

tempt to pass immediately the proposal

(Continued on race 2, Col. S)