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EL PASO. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 17. 1915.

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ARRANZA DOWNS PROGRESO REVOLT

tri i j

msssa

iCelfl

IflCA

Rob Stores of Rifles, Ammu

nition and Consideta

ble Money.

POSSES PURSUE; -BATTLE

IS FOUGHT

Ring Leaders of Mexican

Band Are Caught by

Posse.

SILVER CITY. X M, March IT

Mexican bandits raided Dwyer, in

Grant county. 40 miles south of

litrre last night, robbing the general

btore of Frank Peiper

Ti.ej blew open the safe, obtaining

coriMderable sum of money. They

secured about 20 rifles and 1000 rounds 1

v . i m vrv ITn i v" anrl qftar ChAAtlnfr tin .

ammunition and after shooting up

the town, to terrorize the people, the

bind its rode south toward the Mexican

bolder

Posse Pursues.

A. posse was at once organized at

ler, and overtook the bandits about

ten miles awaj, where a running fight

i allowed

A err Posse Starts.

Telephone messages receHed here at

midnight by sheriff H- J. MeGrath told

o' the raid and he at once organised a

vosse which left i ftrfeWifcsMS igjUjiL'

"g tor lnryer. vrmag tnjes at 1,

oclock this morninn.

A pose headed by sheriff Dwight R

steDhens. of Luna county, also left

Deming this morning for the scene and ;

an etrort win dc maae to capture xne

Lanits before they reach the border.

Ring Leaders Cansbt. 1 less to Sayville.) The Germa. war

Telephone reports today from Dwyer) office .today gave out an official re

attnbute the rid to Mexicans in the ' port on the progress of the war dated

vie nit of Dv er. instead of bandits, i March 17, which says:

The Mexicans rebelled at the strict j "The contest for the possession of

smallpox quarantine enforced there. ! an eminence on the southern slope of

tiue to an epidemic on the Rio Mimbres, j the Lorette heights, to the northwest

ana looted the Dwyer Mercantile Co. j of Arras, has been decided in favor of

store and postoffice They then fled. I the Germans.

bat posses from Silver City and Deming I

ave arrested several of the ring lead-

e-s and are in pursuit of the others.

Pitched Battle Fought.

pitched battle was fought 17 miles

from Dwyer with the looters by deputy

sheriff Justin, of Dwyer, and posse.

7pputy Justin an& posseman Tfcdwell

ere wounded and several Mexicans

v ere killed None of the possemen

tee killed, and the missing Tidwell

fcas been found uninjured.

V-net has been restored at Dwyer.

ARMS AND AMMUNTION

STOLEN FROM DEMING STORE

Deming X. M March 17. Peace of

f ers are searching the Mexican aettle

r ems along the border for the arms

sui ammunition which were stolen

f-ora the store of J. A. Mahoney Sat

rrdav msht. The store was entered

after it had closed for the night and

J1 -worth of ammunition and arms

.ff i i

I is thoupht that some of the border

V cans committed the robbery as sev-e1-

' sT'-injTf? Mexicans had been seen

i- awp fcaturdaj and who were missing

PREACHER RILLS

WOMAN AND SELF

M a-n! Da . March 17.-Jiev. 'WUllam

A r"n Tucker, rector of St. Agnes

1 . cpal church here, late today shot j

SL d till 'l llillllCl UCWUCJ, UtVlUlFi VI

1 o . hurch and then committed suicide.

Tucker was bound over to the federal

co irt Tuesday under 92000 bonds on a

tiargc of sending obscene literature

tr ouph the mails.

Veteran Newspaper Man

Who Covered Lincoln

Douglass Debate Is Dead

t T-ouis. Mo, March 17. Capt. Henry

1 i .-. former managing editor of the

Loui. Globe-Democrat and a veteran

..f the civil wfr, died at his daughter's

j-ne here after an illness of more than

-hree weeks. H" had just retired from

tho Gloe-Democrat

Hpi rv King was known to newspaper

iien throughout the country. He was

engagred in the daily newspaper busi

ness for more than 30 years and cov-e-rd

the Lincoln-Douglass debate in

S5S

WEEK'S EXPORTS FROM

U. S. TOTAL $69,840,719

Washington. D. C, March 17. Last

wof k s business gave the United States

the largest balance In its favor ever

i oduted in a single week's foreign

irade Total value of exports for the

v. eek v. as 69,84,71, and of imports

5J1' bll.060

,n analysis of foreign trade condi

tions issued by the department of com-nip-te

shows that exports for the three

months from Dec. 1. 114. to Feb. IS.

-..--r- estimated at 3778,511,87 and lm

i orts $367 028.z. netting a favorable

til ,nn or till.4SS.VD3.

ompulsory Education Laws Aim To Reform Taxpayers, Not. Children

r

Bandits

IB 5HIHRS

SRETORPEDOED

Third British Ship Attacked

by Aeroplane; Belgians

Repel Attacks.

London, Eng, March 1". The offi

cial anonuncement was made today

that the British steamers Atlanta and

f Fingal had been torpedoed.

The communication w.

The British steamer Atlanta. 5l

tons, was torpedoed by a German sub

marine off Inishturk on the west coast

of county Galway. Ireland, about noon

of March 14. The crew was landed

on Inishturk island and the vessel is

ow In the harbor.

"The British steamer Fingal. of 152

gross tons 1 net tons) was torpe

doed and sunk at 10:ao a. m, March

IS. off Northumberland coast. Twenty

one members of her crew were landed

at North Shields, bnt six lives are re

ported te have been lost, including the

chief mate and the stewardess."

Aeroplane Attacks Ship.

The British steamship Blonde, ar

riving at South Shields. Eng, today

reports that she was attacked in the

North sea by a German aeroplane,

which dropped a bomb on the deck

of the -vessel. One member ef the crew

was killed.

si v 1 a j-k. !

teiBinnn Jt,rics Aimcim.

The official account of Tuesday's

events at the front, given out this

afternoon by the French war depart

ment at Paris, says-

"On the Tser the Belgian army has

made fresh progress and has repelled

German counter attacks.

"To the north of Arras the enemy

unsuccessfully attempted, late in the

afternoon, to dellever another counter

attack on the trenches oa the spur

of the aJU of, Notre Dame de Lorette.

1 4a Ouniiuntf district, north of

1 austau ana west or tun is, wo

Lf STL8SUKH SU wel H mis ISO. we i

have taken - possession, along a front I

IK isvuiu 9V ncicn, i an uuiviiw

trench held by the enemy." 1

German- Win at Lorette.

Berlin, German, Ma. ch IT. (By wire-

"In the Champagne district, spe-

cifically vrest of Perthes and north of

Le Mesnil. the French Tuesday deliv

ered several unsuccessful attacks.

"North of Le Mesnil the attacks were

renewed with stronger forces and the

engagements continue.

Russian Advnnce Repulsed.

"The Russian advanee against Tau

roggen. In Kovno province. Russia,

nprthjaast of Tilsit, and Laugszargen,

in east Prussia, just across the border

from Tauroggen. has been repulsed.

"Russian attempts to break through

the German lines between Skwa and

the Orzyc rivers, north of Warsaw,

also have been repulsed.'

20,090 GERMAN SCHOOL

BOYS WOULD JOIN ARMY

Amsterdam, Holland, March 17. A

Berlin dispatch to the Telegraaf says

that 10,000 out of 2:,0 upper class

pupils In German high schools have

volunteered for military service. Al

most all of the pupils more khan 17

years of age in the middle schools also,

have volunteered.

BRITISH TRAirUSIl Is

BLOWN UP BY MIVB

London. Eng. March 17. Renter's

Telegram company has received a dis

patch from the Greek island of Tenedos.

near the entrance to the Dardanelles,

saying that trawlers under the protec

tion of warships, resumed sweeping

the Dardanelles Tuesday for mines. One

British trawler struck a mine and was

blown up.

JITNE,

I

T THE HERALD were asked to

cartoon the existing jitne situation,

Paso and elsewhere over tbe ceuntry, it

picture a giant, called Jitne, a rather plpy, none

too wise, bat overgrown yonth; behind the giant,

a great crowd of well knit, powerful, muscular

young sten, looking as if they knew a thing or

two (this crowd called Public); in front of the

giant stands Utility, the champion, self satisfied,

complacent, brawny, a little overfed, very sure of

his ground. Public says to Jitne: "Sail into him,

kid; we don't want to mass up with him but

we want to know how well he is standing his

prosperity. Go for his bread basket; he has yon

beaten already on wind. We will give you a

fine funeral after you have punished him a bit,

but take care not to hurt him much, for we can

use him again. If yon live, there's a nickel in

it for you every now and then."

Public has no great love for either Jitne or

Utility, but it has not the slightest intention of

supporting Jitne for very long, while it knows the

value of Utility. Public winks its eye and under

takes to damage Utility's pride a bit by prory

while not hesitating to sacrifice Jitne in so doing.

Jitne imagines he is the most popular man alive.

Utility wonders why his old friends the Public

have so suddenly turned hostile; Utility doesn't

see the wink, or appreciate the joke.

MAY

BOTTLE LI IS

BflOMjLESLaNE

Russians Fight Germans and

Austrians and Gain

Ground.

Fetrografe. Russia, March 17. Active

encounters of considerable strategic

Importance along the to mile front

constitute, in the opinion of military

authorities here, the beginning of the

spring campaign. These engagements

are spread along the line from the river

Niemen in the north of Prussian Poland

and eastward through Galicla to the

river Dniester. Never before in the

history of war in the eastern theater

has there been such continuous activity

along the whole line.

In the Carpathians the 'Russians ap

pear to have been successful in turn

ing the Austro-Hungarian right flank

south of Stanislau. in a spectacular bat

tle. This movement was followed by a

general flanking operation which drove

the Austro-Hungarians from the

Dniester. The Russians now hope to

expel their opponents from eastern Gal

icia. Another Big Encounter.

An encounter of equal strategic Im

portance occurred between the Uzsok

pass and Turks. In Galieia, to the north

of the pass, in which the Russians cap

tured trenches and seized railroad com

munication s.

In the north between Grodno and

Selny. Russian cavalry, which has been

operating in this district for several

days has been supplemented by several

infantry divisions. Along the river

Orxyc, which has been one of the prin

cipal routes of the German advance

from east Prussia, the invasion appears

to have been checked effectively by

the Russian capture of the important

and heavily fortified German position

at Yednorozec

The botatardmeat of Oiiiiinii li sesH

continues. Heavy artillery tare along

H- nura rrwvsr uraiwiea & nswuw

ing of German activity on the "Warsaw

--

,... ,." .

FINANCIAL WRITER SAYS

WAR MUST END IN JULY

London. Eng March 17 The war

must end in July through the financial

exhaustion of some of the belligerents,

according to Edward Crammond, a

prominent financial writer, in a paper

read before the Royal Statistical so

ciety. Mr. Crammond estimated the total

cost of the war to the end of July as

3.3S8.000.000 pounds tl,S0,0.000)

i and the total economic loss through

damage to property and other direct

and indirect losses at 146.740,000.000.

The Times, commenting upon Mr.

Crammond's figures, thinks he takes a

somewhat exaggerated view, although

be Is in possession of facts which en

title his opinion to respect. The Times

points out that premier Asquith's esti

mate of Great Britain's expenditure

during the same period was only ai)0.

000,800 pounds, but adds:

"This certainly now appears to be

low, even if Mr. Crammond's estimate

is too high, and it is already believed

in financial quarters that the govern

ment will be obliged to have recourse

to a new war loan sooner than was an

ticipated, probably in the month of

May."

DRESDEN'S CREW CLAIM

CHILE'S NEUTRALITY BROKEN

Valparaiso. Chile. March 17. Accord

ing to German officers of the cruiser

Dresden, who have arrived here after

the action 'near Juan Fernadez island.

In which the Dresden was sunk by Brit

ish warships, the neutrality of Chile

was violated by the British attack.

The German ship, which was badly

In need of repairs, was lying In Cum

berland bay when the British ships en

tered and opened fire at 3000 yards

range. The Germans, remaining quiet

at first, finally replied feebly, and then

ran upSa parliamentary flag. The Ger

'ilContlEOfd en Pace 4, Col. 1).

UTILITY, AND PUBLICHERE'S

express in

This jitne problem has suddenly loomed up all

over the country as one af the greatest economic

problems of the age. It involves the deepest, most

fundamental economic principles, and elements of

government It goes right back to the beginning

of things and down to the bottom of things. In

telligent discussion of the problem necessarily

involves many scientific laws and theories, and

the general public is not interested in those.

It is impossible to induce the public to consider

the "wages (or rent) of capital," the history of

toll reads, tbe basis of government regulation, the

restriction of competition, the fixed charges and

operating costs of utilities, the "unit costs"

per car-mile, per car-hour, per revenue-passenger-mile,

the average haul, "overhead" costs, depre

ciation, replacement, amortization, corporate re

sponsibility, the partner-interest of the public in

utilities, "peak loads," factor of safety, "fixed"

capital, permanent way, and the other myriad

things more or less technical that ester into the

jitne problem as it affects the electric transporta

tion Kses.

The problem becomes a very elemental one, as

the average "man in the street" sees it. To him,

it is only "men trying to make an hoaest living"

struggling with an octopus, a "corporation,"

which, ef course is always and necessarily grasp

ing, corrupt, and in the wrong, whatever itmay

do. "Corporatioas." always stand for "capital,"

and "capital" always "crushes the quivering form

of labor under its remorseless heel." All that

in El

woud

goes without saying.

JR.SULCI

RESOLUTION FI

BE PUSSES

iii am

County and Precinct Offi

cials Are Exempted

from Provisions.

GOVERNOR NAMES

PHARMACY BOARD

House Rushes Many Bills

Through, With Little

Debate.

" USTIX. Tex, March 17. The

house joint resolution, by Bnt-

ler. proposing an amendment to

the constitution, abolishing the fee sys

tem for officials in Texas, and per

mitting the legislature to name the

salaries for all such officials, was en

grossed today in the senate. The ac

tion was not taken, however, until an

amendment was adopted eliminating

county and precinct officers and au

thorizing commissioners' courts to fix

the salaries, with certain limitations.

The senate also engrossed the house

joint resolution by Butler, which pro

vides for a tax of 60 cents oa thefMtl

to be voted by counties 'and districts,

for road irnWnrr -p majnlflaance.

-.-' Mttle Chanse-JJaile.

The senate also jobbsJ finally the

McKealua bill, which permits corpora

tions to borrow money In excess of

their capital stock. An amendment

was adonted. however.

which limits

the amount & corporation can 'borrow

to its capital stock, -which leaves the

bill practically as the present law.

Free Conference on Normal BI1L

The senate today granted the re

auest of the house fo.- a free confer-

enc committee on the state normal

Din. ana appoint ea jienaerson. onaer.

Bailey of Dewitt. Darwin and Parr on

the part of the senate.

Drop Pipe Line Regulation.

At a conference of those interested

it was decided that there will be no

further efforts made to pass any pipe

line regulation measure at this session

of the legislature. Senator Bailey of

Harris, who is behind the measure In

the senate, said today that, although

he had a majority in the senate for the

measure, be feared that it was too

late to get the bill through in the

house, as it is understood there would

be an organised effort at filibuster

which would defeat other important

legislation.

Pharmacy Board Named.

An announcement was made by the

executive department of the appoint

ment by governor Ferguson of the

state board of pharmacy. The board Is

as follows: W. H. Cousins. Wichita

county. H. B. Shuman. Comal county;

Jno. A. Weeks, Runnels county; Henry

L. Carleton. Williamson county, and

A. W. Griffith. Travis county. The

board was sent to the senate for con

firmation. JlcGrecor to Resign.

Senator T. IL McGregor, of Travis

county, announced today that he plans

to resign his position as state senator

after the special session and devote

his time to the practice of law.

Hoase Passes Senate mils.

Most of the afternoon was devoted to

passage of senate bills in the house on

their last reading.

The following senate bills were

passed finally: By Clark, increasing

fees charged on application for license

to practice medicine ' from $15 to $25

KJeattaaea on Faze Z. Col. 3).

One letter writer in The Herald figures out

that the'El Paso jitne, cars collect $225,000 a year,

which all stays in El Paso, and that this 5225,060

would all go to Boston if the jitne service were

curtailed. The natural implication is that all the x

money collected by the local electric company

goes to Boston; it doesn't have to spend a cent

for wages or salaries of labor, or for fuel, or

for taxes, or for rent, or for insurance, or for

repairs, or for building material, or for oil,

or water, or freight, or machinery, or furni

ture, or telephone service, or street paving, or

wire, or cables, or compensation for damages,

or extensions ' and additions to plant, or print

ing, or supplies, or lamps, or cars, or electricity,

or anything; the company just collects money

for carfares and electric lights and power, and

sends all the money to Boston in the view of

at least one "jitne driver." Probably a consid

erable section of the public holds the same view.

That the jitne service, in some form, has came

to stay, nobody doubts. That it can go on as it

has started, nobody believes. That unregulated

comoetition with the electric system from this

source is fair, cannot be maintained. There is

much to be said on both sides. The street car

service has not been everything it should be.

Local rates for electric light and power have

been kept at far too high a level. The company

has never been "put to it" for money; it has

been a highly profitable enterprise from the start;

El Paso has always expressed great pride in the

fact. It is doubtful if the company has returned

ITCH THE MILE DOLLAR ON.

ITS TRAIELS ABBOT THE BITI

Globe Mills Dollar Again Visits Many El Paso Business

Institutions, Leaving a Profit in Each Place; Note

What You Can Do by Turning Your Dollars

Loose and Helping to Increase Prosperity.

N

IMBLE is the real name for the

Globe Mills dollar. It covered

ground like a circus tent on St.

Patrick's day and left a string of happy,

contented people in Its wake who had

purchased $1 worth of goods, getting

full measure and courteous treatment

everywhere tne magic dollar went.

Starting out bright and early Monday

morning at the Popular, the nimble dol

lar has been circulating in El Paso

business district just to show what a

good, honest dollar can do to create

business and furnish buying satisfac

tion. Since it left The Herald office,

the dollar has been in many hands and

has bought hundreds of dollars worth

of happiness and is still on. its jour

ney of good cheer.

It was started on its way Just to

show what one lone dollar could do if

it was kept in circulation and it has

already proved that El Paso people, if

they will buy at home, of home mer

chants and buy "made io EI Paso"

products, can keep these dollars moving

and multiplying their purchasing power

many times more than they would if

they were sent to some eastern mail

order house and never returned to EI

Paso again.

Keep the Dollar Retting.

There israo restrictions oh the etrcH

latioa of the Globe Mills dollar. It may

be spent for anything the owner may

are m pmhast provided at Is not pax

eKoC circaumtisei by btsstff sent out of

the city. But H must bo spent soon to

keep it moving and the sooner the

better, as it is on a mission tour of

hmmaHIv t dinw what a Maddv dol-

t laf can do when it works every day

riant here in EI Paso. Should yon get

the magic peso, pass it on quickly in

order to allow someone else to get what

they want with it and keep its tour of

prosperity going. Then call up SO!.

ask for branch 3 and tell The Herald

about it. . .

The St. Patrick's day route of the

Globe' Mills dollar started at tbe King

candy agency when the Monarch cigar

store manager spent it for candy. From

here it went to the C. C. Kiefer store

for magazines. .

Trail of Prosperity.

Here Is the remainder of tbe trail of

prosperity and happiness which the

dollar blazed Wednesday:

To tbe A. L. Michelson Cigar Co, by

C C. Kiefer. on cigar account.

To the Star Draft Co, by A. L. Mich

elson, for toilet articles.

To the McCIintock Co, by Star Drug

Co.. for advertising.

To The Herald Publishing Co- by

McCIintock Co, for a subscription to

the paper.

To W. M. LaughUn. by The Herald

Publishing Co, in exchange."

To Leavell & Sherman real estate, by

W. M. Laughlin. for a lot in Manhattan

Heights.

To the Stewart Title Guaranty Co,

by Leavell Sherman, for an abstract

to lots in Manhattan Heights.

To Typewriter and Office Supply Co,

by Stewart Title Guaranty Co, paid

on account.

To the Tuttle Paint & Glass Co, by

the Typewriter and Office Supply Co,

for one bottle of liquid veneer.

' Sought Suspenders.

To the R. C. Lightbody Co, by the

Tuttle Paint Glass Co, for suspenders

and collars, .

To Dick Newton saloon, by K C

Lightbody Co, for a drink.

To W. T. Hixson & Co , by Dick New

ton, for one silver pencil.

To the El Paso Book Co, by W. T.

Hixson Co.. for pencils.

To H. L. Utrey. grocer, by the EI Paso

Book Co, for cheese. ..,,

To the Purity Baking Co, by H. L.

Ilfrey, grocer, for breadT

To the International Book and Sta-

turnery store. Jy Purity Baking Co,

for rubber bands and pencils.

To the Hoyt Furniture Co, by Inter

national Book store, for furniture

polish.

To R. J. Hutchinson, by Hoyt Furni

ture Co.. in exchange.

To the Enterprise Shoe Co, by R- J.

Hutchinson, for shoe repairing.

To Right Way Laundry, by Enter

prise Shoe Co. for laundry work.

To El Paso Herald Publishing Co, by

Right Way Laundry, for advertising.

To Jitne Auto Col. by Herald Publish

ing Co, for truck drayage.

The Aar At a Glance

A

LONG tbe 0e mile eastern

front great activity prevails

and Petrograd believes the

opening of the spring campaign is

at hand. At no previous time since

the war began has there been such

continuous fighting over tbe whole

front. The official German com

munication, shows that In the ex

treme north the Russians are again

on the ease Prussia border. An of

ficial dssnatch-xropi Petrograd says

the fall of Prxemysl. the Galiclaa

city, whkrh ha hssVstasr ' eat

sas.tfervss

within a few anys.

Negotiations For Smyrna Farl

Negotiations between the British

and Turkish authorities concerning

the port of Smyrna are said to Lon

don to have failed. The Vali of

Smyrna, after a conference with

the British commander oa board his

flagship, declares his intention of

resisting to the end.

Aeroplane Attacks. Ship

A British steamer which reached

North Shields reports it waa at

tacked by a German aeroplane in

the North sea. A bomb fell on the

deck. kllUng one man.

Two Ships Torpedoed

Germany has scored again in her

submarine warfare on Battish ship

ping. The British adniiralty an

nounces todav that the steamers

Atlanta and Fingal had been tor

pedoed. The crew of the Atlanta

waa saved, but six lives are re

ported to have been lost on the

Fingal.

Shore Fire Halts Fleet

The lack of news concerning the

attack on the Dardanelles is ex

plained in a dispatch from Constan

tinople which says that only unim

portant operations have been at

tempted bv the allied fleet during

the last few days. Two attempts

of cruisers to approach the outer

fortifications in connection with

mine sweeping operations are said

to have ben frustrated by the fire

from shore.

Nleuport and Westeade Bomltarded -Increasing

activity is indicated

along the western end of the

Franco-Belgian battle line. A mes

sage from a correspondent St the

front of a Paris newspaper says

that Nleuport has been bombarded

by Germans and Westende by the

allies. The Belgians are reported

to have made some headway

against the Germans, capturing po

sitions in two localities. The Brit

ish army is still on tbe offensive,

although its advance apparently

has been checked by the Germans.

A KNOT

(BY H. D. S.)

to the poMic in the way of rate redactiOBS and

improved servke as much as it could well have

afforded to return. But competition of the present

kind is simply destructive. It accomplishes noth

ing at all, except to cripple the estaWtsbed com

pany. The loss of revenue y so serious that, if kept

up at such a rate, it would destroy the com

pany's profits, make its securities aamatketaWe,

and put an end to expaatrioB or hope of improved

service. On some lines, the revenue has bees

reduced 50 percent. The servke cannot he cur

tailed in proportion to loss of revenue, because

the public would not stand for it- Any business

man will understand that a loss of this sort

amounts to a deduction from set revenue, rather

than from gross, because all costs remain prac

tically stationary.

What increases the gravity of the problem is

the individual ownership and operation sf the

cars. If the jitnes were incorporated and operated

as a company, the question would he much sim

plified in a variety of ways. A natural develop

ment of the situation, in time, win be a thorough,

regular, and responsible auto service operated by

the street car company on streets not carrying

rail Hnes. But any attempt along that Kae, in

the present state of public seatimeat, would no

doubt be resented as unjust aggression by a

public service corperatioa upon private enterprise.

It is the knottiest problem in municipal gov

ernment and in the public utility field that has

arisen in the last ten years.

PEOPLE

Americans and Others at

Yucatan Would Board

U. S. S. Des Moines.

CARRANZA GIVES

SAFETY ASSURANCE

Will Furnish Transportation

to Foreigners from Mex

ican Capital.

WASHTNGTON. D. C, March 17

Indications thit Carranxa

forcea have gained the upper

hand ever tbe Insurgents who for the

pust two weeks have g.ven battle in

Ynce.'an. the state having declared Its

icuet-endence of Mexico, were contained

in alvices from Veracrus to the state

det-artment today.

The message added that with the as

cendancy of the Carranxa forces. Ameri

can and other foreigners at Progreao

have ippfalrj for refuge on the Ameri

can cruiser Des Moines. Thej were

alarmed at disorders in the vicinity of

prossskensfl psJtoctioa.'to all foreign

ers at Progreao.

iBanrftenta Are Defeated.

The situation at Progreso was sum

marised in this statement by the state

department:

"Advices from Veracruz, dated March

If. state that much alarm exists at

Progreso on account of the severe de

feat of the insurgent forcea Foreigners

there have made a request for asylum

on the United States warships. In com

pany with the chief of staff of the

American admiral at Veracrus. the rep

resentative of the department of state

called at the foreign office In regard

to the situation at Progreso, Assur

ances were given that Gen. Carransa

would issue immediate orders to his

chief in command to .give fun protec

tion to foreign life and property. The

foreign office further stated that the

admiral could instruct the captain of

the Des Moines to inform foreigners t

this effect."

Carranxa to Provide Transportation.

Consul Sllliman at Veracrus reported

todav that Carranxa had agreed to co

operate in providing transportation for

Americans and other foreigners wish

ing to leave Mexico City and to facili

tate the transportation of Red Cross

supplies to the Mexican capital

Similar assurances of cooperation

have been received from the authorities

controiing Mexico City.

The schooner Susie B. Dantaler of

Gulfport, Miss., detained at Campeche.

has arrived at Veracruz ai d her owners

advise that Capt. Dethloff waa not im

prisoned, as had been feared

Foreigners Anxious ti Leave.

In the Mexican capital large numbers

of Americans and other, foreigners

asked the state department Tuesday,

through the Brazilian minister to ob

tain transportation for them to Vera

cruz. The exact number wishing to

leave and the Immediate reason

whether renewed disturbances or weari

ness of isolation and business stagna

tion was not known here. Secretary

Bryan announced that trains had been

requested both from the VUIa-Zapata

and Carranxa authorities.

Urgent representations were made

during the day to Carranxa concerning

bis troops at Manzanillo. whose activi

ties have been causing Americans and

other foreigners much apprehension.

The American consul was Instructed

to keep in close tonch with the com

mander of the cruiser Cleveland. Tbe

Swedish minister laid before the state

department disquieting dispatches re

ceived from tbe Swedish legation in

Mexico City. Conditions there since the

reentry of the Zapata troops were de

scribed by the Swedish charge d'af

faires as "deplorable" and "ghastly.

His dispatch said that the home of

Guatav Lundholm. a Swedish subject,

had been despoiled by the Zapatistas

and that another Swede had been

robbed in the streets at noon yester

day. The house of a third Swedish sub

ject, robbed by Carransa soldiers, was

entered again today and money and

weapons demanded.

Sweden to Demand Indemnity.

The Swedish minister informed the

state department that the government

of Sweden intended to demand full in

demnity for the murder of John

Eklund. a Swedish gardner. killed by

Obregon's troops before the evacuation

of Mexico City.

Alraanxa and Staff Kxeeuted.

Enrique C. Llorente gave out a dis

patch from Chihuahua saying that Gea.

Mateo Ahnanza and hla entire staff

had been tried by court martial on a

charge of treason add had been ex

ecuted at Torreon. Almanza was one

of the generals who left Mexico City

with Gen. Gutierrez, but he is said to

have later joined Carranxa. The Villa

agency also had a telegram from Chi

huahua saying tbe National bank in

Mexico City had resumed business and

that "within a week international ex

change drafts will acam be issued.'

Reparation -Will Be Made.

Llorente, as representative of Gen.

Villa, conferred with secretary Bryan

todav on the killing of John B. Mc

Manus. an American, in Mexico City by

Zapata troopers. He assured the sec

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