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LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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Japanese Seek Base At Panama Canal?

EISA'S CH1R.ELSD

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.USING IS

ORDERING

nil II

Agent For Japan Has Ob

tained 60,000 Acre Con

cession, Says Report.

J COALINGBASE IS

REPORTED PLAN

Newly Elected President Of

Panama Is Said To Be

Implicated in Plot.

WASHINGTON'. D. C. Aug. re

investigation of reports from

Panama that a 60,000 acre land

, -concession at the Atlantic end of the

4, ntuj utU Dbl.UiVU UJ l.-f(Utia. u

rimed Fernandez, presumably for

Japanese interests, was ordered today

t secretary of state Lansing. Rumors

of a similar nature hate been, common

s-nce the canal was well under way.

Lut It "was not until several months

ago that they reached a well defined

outline.

At that time it was commonly be--Jieved

in diplomatic circles that private

J panese shipping interest were seek

ing land, through SDanish intermedia

ries, to establish a base for storing

oal at lower rates tiian could De naa

frcm the American government

raonopolj base So far as is known.

EOthmg definite .came of that plan.

Panama President Involved

The present reports are that Fernan

" dez, Havana agent for Japanese inter

est t, secured a 60,000 acre land con

ssion throueh the activity of Ramon

If" Vaides, whose recent election to Urn

t n,-TrlfTirv nf "Panama ma DOSSibly

be disputed by the United States be

cause of alleged frauds and coercion.

Admiral Concas, of the Spanish naTy,

selected by the Panama government

as umpire to settle the disputes with

t e fnited States over the purchase

ince of canal property is alleged to

1 ne given valuable information about

the canal itself.

CHINESE SIX COMPANIES

PROTEST TO PRESIDENT

San Francisco, Calif, Aug. 21 The

Chinese Six Companies have sent presi

dent Wilson a protest against wnat

t iv declare is an attempt on the part

of secretary of labor Wilson to secure

ie recall of Chinese consul general

Shu Shan thin

The companies assert the only charge

against the coriSul general is that he

attempted to secure the alleviation of

bi-dsh.ps inflicted on Chinese mer

,hants, bankers, students and others of

te exempt class when they eeek to

e te- the I nited States. The companies

assent pe "ple of these classes are held

fcr weeks or months in detention sta

tions or their wives are thus held, in

stead of being allowed to land under

b"nd.

CAMP MABRY PREPARED

FOR 15,000 SOLDIERS

Yus'in Texas. Aug 21 Camp Mabry

is, be ng placed in first class condition

f - .e reception of the 15,000 trom

r the army now stationed at Fort Sam

;Hcus'on The camp was rccently

c leaned and cleared of brush and weeds

bv a detail of about 30 convicts to

wf-in governor Ferguson granted full

radc.js after they had completed the

wcrk This division of troops is ex

p'ei to sp"nd several days at Camp

IZary and will be the largest body of

.icldle'-e that has ever gathered at this

cmp.

Hktkran ok the navy.

bbaiv parlvzed, dies.

-A Hagerstown. lid, Aug 21. Dr. Ed

ward Kershner. U. S navy, retired, was

stricken with paralysis of the Drain

while teaching a Sunaay school clasi.

and diei in ten minutes.

XJT JCIBU1IC4 , o.T .j-. ....,3

8 ood of war Cumberland when tn.vt

vessel was sunk by the Mernmac ft

- . - j i 1CC4 IVhfln thit

.Hampton rtoaas m c". V 1ZI

Cumberland sank, the doctor went

flown with her. but was rescued, lie

carried to the war department tho

I rsf news of the naval action. He was

on r-e Old Ironsides in the first at-

Lck on Charleston.

In 1890 Dr Kershner was made a

medical Inspector. He was retirea

with rank of commander.

CRUSHED BY TUG nOCK.

BISHEE 1IINER IS KILLED.

Bisbee vnz . Aug 21 Charles A.

Burgoon a miner at the Fhattuck mine,

was k lie'l when a great boulder fell

on hm w .le in the mihe. The stone

broks h s neck and crushed his right

shcjWe aid side. He is survived by

a b tiv. Ross, living here and bv

another brother in Hayden.

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THE DAY IX COXGnESS.

Senate.

Adopted Gallinger resolution

of inquirT into authority for re

tain r.g George Rublee on feder

al trade commission.

Se .ator Thomas addressed

se3' on woman suffrage

amc dment

egjn debate on emergency

revenue bill.

Hoaae.

No session; meets Tuesday

M

The War At a Glance

XTALIAX troops are to take part

in the important campaign just

opening in the Balkans, accord

ing to Saloniki advices today which

report the disembarkation of

Italian soldiers at that port now

in progress. German troops are

emplojed on the Macedonian front

and actual war between Germany

and Italy, of which there so far has

been no formal declaration, now

seems probable.

The Macedonian campaign itself

does not yet seem to have developed

an engagement of first rate mag

nitude, but there is pronounced ac

tivity along the 150 mile fighting

front, with successes claimed by

each side at various points.

In the Verdun region the Germans

who again lost the village of Fleury

northeast of the citadel in fighting

last week, are making determined

efforts to regain the place.

Along the Somme front, the artil

lery battle is raging violently No

infantry actions are reported by

Pans, however, although a German

counter attack apparentl is in

preparation, following the capture

by the French of a strongly forti

fied wood between Guillemont and

Maurepas northwest of Peronne.

hughesiits

the exposition

Republican Nominee Spends

Busy Days in Los Angeles

and San Diego.

San Diego, CaL, Aug. -'1 Charles L.

Hushes. Republican nominee foi presi

dent, and party arrived in San Diego

early this morning for a stay of ten

hours. Following breafast in his pri

vate car, Mr. Hughes -was taken in

charge by a reception committee of

prominent San Diegoans and given a

trip to Point Loma and several other

nearby points of interest, after which

he returned to his train, where he was

met by president C. A. Davidson, or

the Panama-California International

Exposition and escorted by a large pa

rade to the exposition grounds.

The larger part of the morning at

the exposition grounds was devoted by

Mr. Huphes and his party to an inspec

tion of exhibits. This afternoon at 2.30

oclock Mr. Hughes made his only ad

dress of the day in San Diego at the

organ pavilion in the exposition

grounds.

Spend Busy Sunday.

Mr. Hughes spent a st -enuous Sun

day, from the effects of which he was

today recovering- He reached Los An

geles from San Francisco early Sun

day, went to church, held a public

reception, took a 100 mile motor drive,

stopped at the Los Angeles museum on

the way back and did not reach his

hotel at night until more than an hour

after he had expected to do so.

At Long Beach Mr. Hughes spent

half an hour in the hotelut which gov

ernor Johnson was visiting, but did not

meet him Governor Johnson reached

the hotel an hour before Mr. Hughes

did, and upon learning that the nomi

nee was expected, went to his room,

saying that while he would like to meet

Mr. Hughes, he did not care to em

barrass the reception committee and

other Republicans by meeting the

nominee publicly on that occasion.

JohnKon Stay In Room.

Governor Johnson remained in hi

room while Mr. Hughes was at the

hotel. The nominee held an informal

reception for half an hour there, shak

ing hands with a crowd that choked

the hotel lobby and overflowed Into the

street.

Mr. Hughes told callers today that

he did not care to Inject himself into

the situation arising from the differ

enres between Republican and Progres

sive leaders in California because he

felt that the Issues between them were

local and should be decided locally

Vixlt Garfield' Widow.

On his long motor trip Mr. Hughes

made a number of short stops. Th

first of these, at Pasadena, was to

greet a group of children at the Boys

and Girls Aid society home. The nomi

nee and his wife made a short call on

the widow of former president Garfield

and later Mr. Hughes stopped for a mo

ment to leave his bet wishes at the

home of former senator George V Ed

munds of Vermont, who is ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Hughes were the lunch

eon guests of the Republican city

committee of Pasadena w here they aft

erward held a public reception. Th

nominee then motored to a suburb

where there Is a big moving picture

establishment, of whu h he made a brief

inspection.

Photographed Beftlde Mantfodon.

On the way back from Long Beach

to this city. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes went

through the museum here and were

photographed beside the skeleton of a

mastadon. estimated to be 30,000 years

old which was recovered recently from

a bed of asphalt near this city.

He left at midnight for San Diego.

Ills program calls for an address here

tomorrow night.

POPULATlblToFsTATE

PRISON SHOWS 49 GAIN

Austin. Tex.. Aug. 21. The state

prison population of Texas increased

49 last month, according to the July

report of the state penitentiary com

mission just received b Gov. Fergu-

son. This report shows that on July

j 1 the total number of convicts was

1 3986. new convicts received during the

i month. 132 recaptured. 15: returned bv

sheriffs. 2: discharged, 45: pardoned,

i 30: escaped, 19. died. 5: on hand August

! J. 4035

The total number of conwts em-

ploved on state farms and within the

' prison walls is .."J21 and on leased

1 farms and road camps 714.

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DEBRIS.

Another Falls Into Washout

On County Road and Is

Completely Buried.

montana'home is

filled with mud

Water and Filth Run In On

First Floor, Ruining the

Rugs A Cloudburst.

AX automobile, bearing license

number 2496. issued in the name

of J. C Telles. was almost com

pletely buried on the county road be

tween old Fort Bliss and the smelter,

following the rain Sunday afternoon

An automobile belonging to the Elita

Confectionery company was buriel

above the running board in rocks, mud

and debris on Xoble street just north

of Arizona by the force of the flood

waters that came rushing down from

the mountains and mesas when the

cloudburst came Sunday afternoon

shortlv after three oclock.

The militia camps in the lower en

of the city were inundated and n

many cases, much damage was don

Camp Stewart escaped heavy damag

Several mess sheds in course of con

struction in the camps of the Michigan

guardsmen were blown away and soma

of the men sustained minor injuries.

One was seriously hurt.

AVater Hum Into Home.

"Water poured across the bat k yard

of Robert Townsend's home, at 22-3

Montana street, and flooded the floors

on the first floor of the home. The

rugs were ruined and the floors will

have to be refinished. The basement

at the Townsend home was filled to

the first floor level and the front and

rear yards were ruined by the water.

The flood poured through a Southwest

ern culvert just back of the Townsend

home, which is lower than the ground

to the rear of It and water covered

the entire yard. A giant Russian sun

flower, which Mrs. Townsend had been

watching with great care, was washed

out by the roots just as it had started

to bloom. Many of her other flowers

were washed away and the lawn ruined

It was one of the heaviest rains

ever seen in El Paso and tons of earth

and rocks were washed onto the streets

at every crossing below the mesa dis

trict. A heavy wind accompanied the

torrent of rain.

"Water in Street.

Many who witnessed the cloudburst

could see jrreat sheets of water float

ing down the side of Mount Franklin,

rushing upon the city. Arroyos and

canyons seemed to be full from bank

to bank. This water was deposited

upon the lower levels of the city with

tremendous force and cut the streets

to pieces, filled basements and stopped

traffic of al!sorts.

Automobiles were tied up all over tha

city, water getting into carburetors or

on magnetos and causing short circuits

as the drivers attempted to force their

way over the rocks and gravel through

the raging torrents in the streets. In

Montana street in the block west of

Rosewood, the water ran higher than

the street curbs, flowing into all the

jards.

One of the peculiar things connected

with the storm was that the sun was

shining in some parts of the city. Peo

ple down the valley say the sun could

he seen shining west of Mount Prank-

lin. while they could see the cloud on

tne east ana south side pouring the

water onto the rugged sides of the

old mountain.

Tiro Antos Burled.

The automobile that was buried on

the county road, ran into the wash

out after dark. Waters from Mundy

canyon had cut through the Santa Fo

railroad grade and had in some wav

undermined the road paving and

washed out the dirt grade The pav

ing for a width of 12 feet -aved in and

when the car was driven into it. the

machine went down almost on end and

only the top was left visihle above the

washout. N'obody was seriously hurt,

according to those who saw the acci

dent or arrived shortly thereafter.

The car of the Elite companv was

parked on Noble street when the"storm

came up and was literally half buried

by the debris. Mexicans with picks

and shovels later dug it out of it

Impromptu grave and a big truck of

the Kroeger Construction company

helped to pull it out An army truck

also gave assistance

Street Made lmpana!Ie.

Grant avenue in Cotton addition was

made practically impassable from Cot

ton avenue to Rosewood streets ly

the tons of rock and dirt whirled in

upon the paving by the rushing tor

rents of water. The same was true of

Montana street from Cotton avenue to

Piedras street. Montana street in

front of the W. "vi. Turney home was

filled . ith rocks tnd dirt to such a

depth that it was necessary to turn

traffic around the block on Monday

morning while city wagons removed the

obstructions.

Noble street from the Mesa down to

Montana was torn to nieces by the furv

of the floodwaters. The street Is vir

tually impassable

Mrret Cut To Plrt-e.

Rosewood street from Grant avenue

down to Montana was also torn tj

pieces by the force of the waters pour

ing down off the meva. out of Grant

avenue and out of Bliss street. The

water was belly deep to horses at the

corner of Montana and Rosewood and

(Continued on page S, Col. 1.)

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1 3 LIKES LIST

II HURRICANE

Corpus Chnsti. Tex- Aug. 21. Thir

teen lives were lost in the tropical

storm which swept the Texas coast last

week, according to the latest available

figures. Of these, nine were members

of the crew- of the small freighter Pi

lot Boy. which foundered off the Aran

sas Pass jetties. Two Mexican men

and one Mexican woman were killed

when the storm swept over King's

ranch near Alice. Tex., and one Mexican

was reported killed at San Diego.

The total damage of this section, of

v.hich Corpus Christi bore the heavier

part, was estimated at J2.000.000. This

includes devastation of a large portion

of the lower coast's cotton crop which

was ready to be picked Damage at

Corpus Christi was estimated conserva

tive! v at 1500.000. Other losses were:

Aransas Pass. $150,000: Rockport,

$73,000. Alice. $100,000; San Diego. $a0.

000; Robstown. $50,000: Bishop, $150,-1

00. Kingsville. $100,000. towns In the ;

Rio Grande valle. $300,000 and other j

widelv separated and isolated points. I

$500,000.

GAINES AND ANDREWS j

COUNTIES GET RAINS

Midland. Texas. Aug. 21. Gaines I

county has received fine general rains,

according to people arriving here from

that county. There was a heavy down

pour for the greater portion of a day

and a night. Lakes were filled and

draws were running in many places.

The rain extended from ten miles soutn

of Andrews, through Gaines and An

drews counties into New Mexico.

FIRST BIG RAINSINCE

APRIL FALLS AT LUBBOCK

rain of any onsequence since the mid

dle of April leu during tne a ay and

niirht The rainfall was one and one

half inches, insuring splendid crops.

better than the average yearly produ -tion

and also an abundance of winter

grass for cattle.

WESTERN PACIFIC ONT

II WE TO Is.Y INCOME TAX

San Francisco. Calif.. Aug. 21 Judge

Vm. C. Van Fleet, of the United States

district court, relieved the Western

Pacific railroad today from payment of

a federal income tax of approximately

$15,000 on the road's earnings of

$1,500,000 while it was in the hands of

receivers during 1315.

"THE ARID

IS ATSflLOll

Reinforces Allies on Mace

donian Front; Will Mean

Italo-Gennan Warfare.

Paris, France. Aug. 21 Italian

troops began to disembark at Salo

nika Sunday, says a Havas agency dis

patch from that point.

Active participation by Italian troops

in the Saloniki campaign would mean

the existence of a state of war between

Germany and Italy. Germany is di

recting the operations against the allies

on this front and. as the official Ger

man reports show, has forces there.

Recent reports have indicated the

w-ithdrawal of Austrian troops from tho

Ralkans for use on the Russian and

Italian fronts.

As the entente allies are believed to

have a force of some 700.000 British.

French and Servian troops on 'the Sa

loniki front, the sending of reinforce

ments at this time, just after the open

ing of hostilities on a large scale would

indicate that the allies have embarked

on a campaign of extensive proportions

SAYS GERMANY WILL HAVE

PLENTY OF FOOD FOR YEAR

Berlin. Gerraanr, Aim 21. Germany

is assured of supplies of all foodstuffs

for another ear. says a statement from

the office of Adolf von Batocki. presi

dent of the food regulation board. The

statement savs this year's crops will

be much larger than those of the last

peace years.

'Carranza" Means Gin

And "Villa"

Whisky

Memphis. Tenn.. Aug 21. "Villa"

or "Carrania"?

If you answer the bootlegger bj

saying "Villa" you will get a half

pint flask of whisky. If you -.ay

"Carrania" jou will get a half pint

of gin.

The discovery was made by a city

detective who got the secret from

a blind tiger patron. He tried it on

a suspected bootlegger and. finding

it worked, arrested the man.

Ml

SOUTHWEST"

Sunday Afternoon

TEDTK STOMA

IMA HEIGHT

Berlin, i.ermany, Vug. 21. By Wire

less to Sayville.) The Austrian head

quarters statement of August 19. sayii

of the east front

"Front of archduke Charles Francis:

West of the Moldava in Bukowlna.

Honved infantry and German battalions

stormed the much disputed heights of

Magura. The Russians left 60 pris

oners and two machine guns In our

hands. Russian counter attacks failed.

West of Zabie we withdrew our ad

vanced troops after violent fighting,

towards the Chornahora ridge.

"Near Stanlslau to the northwest, our

riflemen repulsed a Russian advance.

"Front of field marshal von Hinden

burg Our troops repulsed a Russian

attack near Szelwow. Near Tobol on

he Stokhod the Russians advanced in

to our trenches but were thrown back.

A new Russian .mack is In progress."

ENGLISH WRITERREFUSES

WAR SERVICE; SENTENCED

Berlin. Germanv. Aug. 21 Because

he declined to serve in the British

army, the English writer. N'orman An

gell. has been sentenced to 1$ months

imprisonment after several months un

der arrest, according to an Italian

newspaper. Angell claimed exemption

from military service under the "con

cientious objection" clause.

Mr Angell is the author of a number

of works on war and diplomacy. He

spent his youth in the United States

and was in this country for several

weeks last winter. He is best known

for his advocacy of international peace.

RUSS CAPTURrfFORTIFIED

HEIGHTS FROM THE TURKS

Petrograd. Russia. Aug. 21. On the

Caucasian front the Russians have

made advances, according to an of

ficial statement today which savs:

"The fighting in the direction of

Diarbekr is developing favorably for

us. We captured a series of heights

which had been fortified strongly by

the Turks and took a large number of

prisoners "

GERMANS DRIVEBRITISH

PATROLS BACK; ARE CHECKED

London. Kng Aug 21 Strong Ger

man detachments diove back British

(Continued on Page 3, Column 4.)

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Want Board To Discuss

Wages With No Strike

Until After Report.

ARBITRATION IS

ULTIMATE HOPE

Spokesman For Railroads

Says Executives Trying to

Reach Final Decision.

WASHINGTON. D. C Aug. 2L

President Wilson today reiter

ated to the railroads" execu

tives, including the new arrivals from

the west, his demand that they accept

his plan for the settlement of th

threatened railroad strike. The execu

tives then began the first of a series

of meetings in which they will frame

their reply

As the railroad presidents entered

the white house. Hale Holdea. their

spokesman, said the executives already

here had sought to maintain open

minds on the entire question, but that

after president Wilson had explained

his plan thoroughly to the new arriv

als, considerations of all questions in

volved would be begun with the ob

ject of reaching a final decision.

Stick: To Arbitration.

The railway heads spent several hours

today trying to devise some form of

settlement of the threatened strike

which would still preserve the prin

ciple of arbitration and be one which

president Wilson could prevail upon the

men to accept.

One of tie suggestions the railroad

presidents were prepared to make at

the white house was for legislation to

create a board to Investigate when

trouble threatens between railroad em

ployers and employes. The board -would

be created by act of congress.

Prevent Strike Until Report.

Pending its investigation the em

ployes would not be permitted to strike

or to take a strike vote. After the

board had reached its conclusions from

the facts, a public report would be

made and there would be opportunity

for arbitration but it would not b

compulsory.

If arbitration were refused the nn

would vote directly on the question

of a strike.

'Sat Ready for nswer.

It was understood that the railroad

executives were not yet ready to pre

sent their final answer today to th

president on his plan The conference;

this afternoon was arranged to allow

the officials who arrived here today

to get the president's viewpoint first

hand.

WILSON OUTLINES EFFORTS

TO ASSIST AGRICULTURE

"Washington. D. C. Aug. 21 In a

letter to representative Lever of South

Carolina, chairman of the house com

mittee on agriculture, president Wil

son has summarized the accomplish

ments of the administration for th

benefit of the farmers and of agricul

ture. The president formally announces the

signing of the agricultural appropria

tion bill, completion of an important

part of the program for the better

ment of rural life, which was mapped

out at the beginning of the adminis

tration. Summing up the records, he mentions

increased appropriations for the sup

port of agriculture, efforts to foster

production, the cooperative agricultu

ral extension act. creation of the of

fices of markets and rural organlza-

I tion: the cotton futures act, the grain

stands act, tne teaerai warenouse act.

the good roads law and the federal re

serve and the farm loan acts".

RESOURCES OF SAVINGS BANK

DEPARTMENTS $3,854,959

Austin. Tex, Aug. 51. Resources of

i the savings departments of the 2S stats

banks in Texas maintaining these de

partments, at the close of business on

July 31. amounted to J3.S34.9S9. Of

the resources J2.S03.S25 is In first Hens

on real estate and J204.47S in school

bonds. Of the liabilities. J3.S07.6S4 is

due depositors, and net undivided

profits are $27,719. The required cash

reserve is J55S.373. while the actual

cash reserve is JS74.S07. which last

amount is J116.42S in excess of the le

gal requirements.

SENATE VOTES TO TAKE UP

THE IMMIGRATION MEASURE

Washington. D. C. Aug. 21. By 27 to

24. the senate todav voted to take up

the immigration bill, which the Demo

cratic caucus had determined to post

pone until next session. Nine Demo

crats voted with Republicans for the

motion.

When debate on the piovislons re

lating to Asiatics was begun, galleries

were cleared and consideratior or

those features proceeded in secret

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