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EL PASO, TEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 29, 1915.

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Russians

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Move to AttacK u

The Germans Rush Forces

Toward Koenigsberg to

Prepare for Assault.

TURKS TODRAW

RUSSIANS SOUTH

A uslro- German A rmies

in

Carpathians Also Attack

Nicholas's Army.

LONDON, Eng, Jan 29 The ad

vance of the Russian tenth army

into east Prussia, just inaugu

i itid follows vii-tuallj the lines of the

fust march of Gen Rennenkampf, ex

cept that the point selected for the in

vasion is farther north This was done

ti aoid a repetition of the Russian de

fe.it in the Mazuna.i lake district. The

jucseiit Russi.m invasion is understood

i be more full prepared and In great

er foicc than was the first one and as

! efnre the aim of the armv is the Ger

in.1 i fort-ess of Koenigsberg

I om information available it ap

pedis that the uermans who for many

v ceks past have maintained only a

mi .ill force in this region. hae now

i usIm ! irtualy (he entire garrison ofj

ivoenigsoerg to me iront as wen as

iirnw ing upon the German force en the

Mai saw front In the endeavor1 tb'pre'

tent the llussians from flanking the

Mazurian lake positions.

'Hill Draw Russian Hnek.

Russian military experts argue that

his Russian offensive movement will

force the Germans to abandon the

Bzura rier line in Russian Poland, or

compel them to draw forces from the

w extern frontier, as was done at the

time of the first invasion of east Prus

sia and which materially affected the

tiei man advance in the direction of

Paris

it piesent there is no hoticeable

diminution of the almost daily attacks

Irom the fortified line along the Bzura

"nd Rawkn l ieis

l'llknllrii Is Occupied.

The Russian occupation of Pllkallen,

a town betwei n Stalluponen and Rag

nit on the last Prussian railroad

i h ifti skirts the Russian border, was

tcomplifahed after an artillery bom

li.adiN. nl md battle lasting ail day of

Unuir J4 Mam buildings in Pllkal

1c i w ce dtstroved bv shell fire

Turk Vre Attacking.

"W lth the renewal of offensive oper

ations on the part of the Turks in tli

i .lucasas apparcn.ly timed so as to

lorce Russia to send more troops into

mis neia

the Austro-German actlv).

ties, in Galiria and the Carpathians

ontinu. to dominate the military situ

ation The recent fighting In the Carpa

thian has brought no decisive results.

1 is belieed in London, howeves; that

a real struggle ma) be expected soon

both in the east and'Jn the west Brit

ish military observers have expressed

the opinion that Germany still -is keep

ing a preponderance of her forces in

the western theater of the war. where

the allies should expect another great

ffensie movement The Germans

tactics of the last ew days at vari

ous points on the western front have

seemed to hae cost them heavily and

l)i ought them little gain, judging from

tli official reports given otrt in Paris

md published prominently in London

today it is thought here that the

nt deelopment may be a blow at

some strategic point

The Turks supposed to be advancing

into Egyp are marooned somewhere

un the sands of the desert.

Germans Say French Ilepalneil.

The official statement issued todav

at Berlin by the German army head

quarters says

' An attack todav, made b the enemy

In the dunes to the southwest of Nleu

port, was repulsed The enem pene

trated at one place as far as our

'rent lies. It was repulsed by a night

biomt attack.

To the south of La Bassee canal the

T n.-lish attempted to recapture posi

tions which we had taken from them.

hut their attack was easily repulsed

lletory over Kussian.. ',

ietery Over RuMsfanM.

"In the eastern trieater itussian at- i

tacks in the region of Kussen, north- I

. ast of Gumblnnen (east Prussia) failed.

the enemy suffering heaw losses j

the eabt oLowict8 (central Poland) our I

vn.A-,- J.Atta 4 Via a ia nv iit nf HI nnt. '

post position and penetrated Into his

main position The captured trenches,

w ith the exception of one small portion

f them, were retained, notwithstand

ing a fierce night counter attack."

French Deny It'lruport Itepulae.

The Trench war office this afternoon

cae out at Paris an official statement

on the progress of the war, which reads

In part as follows

The day of Januarv 28 saw nothing

more than local engagements which

ended faorably for us. In Belgium, In

the iicinlt of Nieuport, our infantry

secured a footing on Grande Dune, a

locnlitv which was mentioned in the

communication of Janua- 27

'It has ben confiimed that the gen

eral attack repulsed h us the night of

Tani.ar 27 28 at Fontaine Madame,

cost the Germans dearly "

Ilussinnn Win far Tllslt.

Teti ograd, Russia, Jan 29 The gen-

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Republicans Would

WELFARE COMMISSION FAVORED

oral staff of the Russian army today

issued a report on the progress of the

fighting in part as follows.

"In the country to the nbrth of Tilsit,

east Prassia, Russian detachments on

January 2S took the offensive and

droe back the Germans, destroying

th railroad station at Pogegen, a few

miles north of Tilsit.

'The fighting in the forested coun

try to the north of Pilkalen and Gum

binnen continues, and in certain places

we are making progress. Along the

rest of the front in east Prussia, Janu

ary 27 passed quietly except in the

countrv to the northeast of Darkeh

men. Here the Germans attacked our

positions but they were driven back

to their trenches.

Compel untrlnns to Hetrent. .

"On the right hank of the lower Vis

tula encounters continue between our

advance guards and those of the

en"GaHcia- Along the Carpathian front

from Duklapass to the railroad run

ning between Stry and Mounkach.

Austro-German forces were engaged

January 2S and January 27 with suc

cessful results. Our success- to the

southwest of Duklapass was particu

larly important Here our troops, ad

vancing with energy, compelled the

enemy on January 26 to retreat in

rut haste, leaving behind them am

munition and other war material." j

RUSSIAN ARMORED TUG

FINISHED GERMAN AIRSHIP I

Petrograd. Russia. Jan 19 The un-

successful raid Tuesday of a German,

airship on Libau made the third time t

this port has been attacked D3 ine uer-

mans sine- me uosmuiiie v -

The other two bombardments were f rom

the a and occured U September and

November. On both occasions the Ger

mans were driven away

The German airship appeared over

Libau Tuesday at 10 o'clock. As soon as

she dropped nine bombs, none of which

did any damage, she sailed awjay to the

southward Traveling in this direction

she was fired upon by Russian artillery

nnA wb atrnnk. for she could be seen

changing her course in the direction of

the sea She must have been injured, for

she alighted on the waters seven miles

from the German town of v irgaou

om the German town oi v lrKnen i An made against the South

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that jihe' would ha been able to make

repairs and get away again were it not

for the fact that she was attacked by a

Russian armored tug which put out

from Libau. After the crew had been

taken off, the Zeppelin tvas sent to the

bottom The seven men rescued con

sisted of four officers and three sailors

The Germans are said to have created a

base on the Baltic for operations of

these Zeppelin airships against tbo

Russians.

EVEN RICHEST BELGIANS

ARE FEELING FOOD SHORTAGE

London, Eng . Jan 29 Even the rich

est citizens in Belgium, those at the

head of great enterprises in times of

peace, are dependent upon charity now

for the food they eat, according to seven

Rhodes scholars who have returned to

Oxford to take their examinations

They have been active in relief work

in Belgium Amopg them was Fred G

Spauldlng of Phoenix, Ariz, who had

charge of distributing supplies in the

province of Halnault.

In the district oj cnarieroi mwii

ihnM art mlf

million persons wno

hivi boon nrovlded with bread These

people on last Saturday were all put

on half rations owing to a temporary

shortage of supplies.

"If the American commission cannot

keep up Its present rate of supplies

Vntwerp will starve," said an Alabama

Rhodes man who has been engaged in

relief work in that city. "I stayed in

the house of one of the richest of Ant

werp's citizens, a director in many

banks, bur Ms servants had to go daily

pto the canteen to obtain the regulation

allowance of food for each memDer oi

the uosehold ' N

EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY IS -SOLEMN

AFFAIR IN GERMANY

Berlin. German) Jan 29 The birth

day of emperor William of Germany

was celebrated, but in solemn fashion,

Wednesday , in all the cities of Ger

many The empress sent the kaiser

as a birthdav present a cover for a

field altar She had made the cover.

The emperor received telegrams of con

gratulation from the sultan of Turkev

and the emperor of Austria, and he

sent the following message to the king

I of Bavaria

"Thank you most cordially for your

friendly good wishes upon my birth

day Tour brae Bavarians throuzh

their heroic ourage have gloriousU

tontributed towards the confidence

with which the fatherland hopes for a

victorious termination of the struggl

for existence forced upon it May the

Lord God continue to stand by our just

cause.

"With hearty greetings in tnorougn

friendshln and reverence

- r 'Wilhelm."

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COLD KILLS MANY TURKS

IN LEBANON MOUNTAINS

Cairo, Egypt Jan 29 The suffer

ings of the Turkish soldiers in the

Lebanon mountains of Palestine have

been so severe, owing to the excep

tional coldness of the winter, that 350

deaths from exposure were reported up

to Dec Fighting between the

Turkish troops and the natives has

occurred at several points.

A considerable number of Turkish

soldiers was killed at Beersheba re

cently by Bedouin tribesmen. The

Turks, it is said. Had ordered a ship

ment of 600 camels from the sheikhs of

the tribe, promising to pay $80 on each

delivery. When the camels arrived, the

Turkish commander offered $260 for

the lot. The indignant tribesmen there

upon broke into the Turkish arsenal,

seised weapons and ammunition and

fled into the desert with the camels.

Soldiers who were sent out to bring

them back were disastrously defeated,

the Bedouins escaped

PROTECTION FOR

WH KD

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Far Reaching Labor Bill Is

Favorably Reported in

Texas House.

SENATE DISCUSSES

THEM HOUR LAW

House. Committee Reports

Campaign Expense Bill

Favorably.

csn., jexas, Jan. -unt oi

ZA the most far reaching labor

-. -- bls yet acted on ot the Texas

legislature was favo.-abl recommended

bv- the labor committee of the house

i today

It provides tor tne establishment ot

an industrial welfare commission sim

ilar to the law in force in Michigan,

the establishment of a minimum wage

scale in various lines of mercantile

and industrial activities, and provides

for the protection of the lives, health

and morals of women workers

The hearing was attended by more

than SO women, including Miss Helen

Todd, of California, and Miss Eva

Goldsmith of Houston

pleaded with the committee not to pass

wltt

a law that would have the effect of

forcing the company to adopt machine

methods that would throw several

thousand Texas Women and girls out

of employment

54 Hour Latv For Aor en.

The senate committee on labor todav

considered the 54 hour law for female

employes which bill was introduced by

senator Bee.

Senator Bee in advocacy of his

measure made a strong plea for its

enactment. He said, that the health

and vigor of the women upon whom

fails the burden of the perpetuation of

the race should be protected by the

government.

No action was taken on the measure

by the committee today. The hearing

will be concluded next Monday

Caminlgn KxpenNen To Be Limited.

By a vote of 6 to 4, house committee

on privileges and elections today re

ported favorably the bill by Lewelling

limiting the campaign expenses of all

state and county officers

Under this bill candidates for go -ernor

are limited to $2500 and candi

dates for all other state offices are lim

ited to $1500 down to minor offices with

a minimum limit of $75 Notice of an

unfavorable minority report was given

Fifty Cents nood Tax Favored.

The house committee on constitu

tional amendments today reported fa

vorably on a proposed constitutional

amendment providing for the levying of

a road tax of 50 cents on the $100 prop

erty valuation, and reported unfavor

ably two proposed constitutional

amendments by Hopkins and Beard, of

Milam, providing for the levying of a

$1 road tax

The committee, reported favorably a

proposed amendment to the constitution

providing for four year terms instead

of two years, as now obtains, for state

and county officers This proposed

amendment is by Dickson, of Lamar. It

also provides that such officers shall

not succeed themselves.

The house committee on criminal ju

risprudence reported unfavorably two

bills by MIddleton and Na hours, which

provided a heavy penalty tor charging

illegal interest

Considers Insurance Bill.

The bouse committee on insurance

held a lengthy hearing today on the

AlcAskill bill ( regulating reciprocal in

surance concerns.

This bill was introduced at the re

quest of the Credit Men's association of

Texas. The reciprocals were not satis

fied with the bill as drawn and there

was a meeting between the representa

tives of the reciprocal and an amended

bill was the result and this measure was

todav reported favorably.

This bill, as amended. Is satisfactory

to the insurance associations and also

to the wholesale merchants and Credit

Men's association It provides for a

bond to be given by the reciprocals and

gives the commissioner of insurance

and banking limited jurisdiction, and is

sufficiently strong to keep out the

w ildcat concerns

MAN WHO SLEW SICK WIFE

DIES FROM TAKING POISON

Houston, Texas, .Tan 29 Ward Sny

der, the oil man who killed his wife,

Lorena Beresford Snyder, in a sanlta

nuih here Thursday, died early today

from poison he swallowed after the

crime Snyder was the son of N. S Sny

der, a Pittsburg, Pa., capitalist and oil

man

On Snyder's arrival at the sanitarium

he was shown to his wife's room and

the nurse retired Ten minutes later,

seeing blood trickling from beneath

the door, the nurse hurried hi to find

Mrs Snyder dead with her body gashed

in numerous places

No motive for the killing Is known

here

Mrs. Snyder had been divorced from

Charles Beresford, a Chicago music

teacher They had three children, who

are in the-custody of Beresford

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Attempt to Land Artillery Is

Repulsed; Ship Flees as

Cruiser Appears.

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On Board U S S. S San Diego. Off

West Coast, Jan. 28 (By wireless to

San Diego, Calif , Jan 29 ) A Carranza

force aboard the steamer Korrigan II

recently commandeered, shelled the port

of San Bias Thursday. An attempt to

land artillery was repulsed At this

juncture the United States cruiser

Cleveland appeared and the Korrigan

II sailed northward ,

The authorities of San Bias and Tepic

announced their refusal today to clear

merchant vessels for other Mexican

ports.

Iowa Senate Has More

Doorkeepers Than Doors,

Gov. Clarke Ccmfilains

De Moines Iowa Jan 29 .ser

tionsFthat the Iowa senate emolovs

more doorkeepers than there are doors

to b kept, and afaio mere pages than

necessary, were made today b;- gov

ernor Clarke in a formal leply to the

senate demand for a detailed state

ment of aoralled "graft charges made

by the governor in his, message "to the

legislature

The governor also declared that

preference In the matter of capital jobs

is sriven to wealth v farmers who are

old soldiers rather than to needy

veterans

HOT MJTTAI. IMIT IN PRINTING

PLVNT CVliM?b V"S TiHVf

The fire department made a run to

the plant of the Franklin Printing com

pany, corner Campbell and San Anto

nio streets, at 3 30 Friday morning It

was found that a fire under a metal

heating pot had caused the alarm to

be turned in by some passerby .

A burning roast in a range at the

home of H B. Goodwin, 727 Wheeling

street Thursday afternoon, caused a

run of the department.

The Telephone History

of El Paso

Nothing is more interesting as

showing the rapid growth of EI

Paso than, the history of the growth

of the telephone industry The

Herald will print such a history in

its Annual Review Edition next

week It is written by Dean D

Clark assistant general manager of

the Tri-State Telephone company,

and is most interesting

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THE WAR ATA GLANCE

RUSSIA has answered the new

A u s t r o-O erman offensive

movement in Hungary and

Bukowma with a sudden resump

tion of the attack on the Germans

in their own territory. The Rus

sian army in east Prussia is again

attempting to penetrate German

lines and an official report from

Petrograd today indicates that

heavy fighting is in progress. In

two sections of the front, it is

stated, the Germans were defeated

and driven back. For several months

there has been little change in east

Prussia, the Russians having been

halted after penetrating nearly 30

miles beyond the German border.

To the south the Austro-German

plan of campaign is developing

rapidly. The Austrian army staff

announces that the Russians who in

vaded northern Hungary have been

defeated and forced to retreat.

Petrograd military experts expect

that the main attack will be de

livered on the extrwne Russian right

wing in western Bukowma, a -up-position

which is supported by the

' concentration of Austrian and Ger

man troops in Hungary.

TURKS RESUME OFFENSIVE

Simultaneously with the st en

mg of the Austro-German attack,

the Turks have brought up rein

forcements in the trans-Caucasian

region and are again on the offen

sive. Russiau and Turkish reports

are contradictory, but it is apparent

that severe fighting is in prepress.

GERMANS DISPUTE RUSSIAN '

CLAIMS

Russian claims of victory in east

Prussia z.ie disputed in the official

For a Democratic

LadyShackleton Thinks Her

Husband in Greater Dan

ger than if in Army.

LONDON, Eng, Jan 29 In an in

terview here the wife of Sir

Ernest Shackleton discusses with

composure her husband's daring at

tempt to cross the Antarctic continent

My husband must be just entering

the bad ice, ' she said Perhaps he 11 be

minus some fingers and toes, but I am

tonfident he will return and will report

he has crossed the last continent.

' Our boy will be qu,lte a little man

l. then To tell the truth, 1 was sor

i to see Ernest leave and I Jiope this

! his last expedition But I doubt

whethei he is in more danger than he

would be if he went to the front "

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and ciuldubn.

German communication of today

which states attacks of he Russian

invaders were defeated with heavy

losses to them. In central Poland,

it is said, the Germans took the

offensive and capture Russian

trenches.

GERMAN AIR FLEET RAIDS

A German aeroplane squadron

made a night raid on Dunkirk drop

ping bombs in an effort to r sroy

the British supply stations there.

The French official statera'nt an

nounces that one German aeroplane

was brought down.

MINOR ACTIONS IN WEST

Only minor engagements were

fought Thursday in France and Bel

gium. So far as can be learned

from the French and German com

munications, efforts to regain lost

positions were equally unsuccessful.

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Till! DA IN CONl.UESS.

Washington. D C, Jan 29

The dav in congress

Semite.

Resumed debate on ship pur

chase bill, senator Norris urg

ing amendments

House.

Began consideration of naval

appropriation bill with agree

ment to conclude debate b. 11

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C VRRIERS' U VY.

Tomorrow belnp the last Saturday In

llic month. Herald curriers will present

hill for Jnnuary Htihscrluiions. Sub

scriber" will plensc note and be ready

for the hoys.

Gutierrez Will Ally With

First Chief on Best Terms

Possible, Is Belief.

VILLA IsliURT,

REPORT STATES

Gonzales Garza Is Said To

Have Renounced Pro

visional Presidency.

Ml XICO CITY Mex . Jan. 2.

Oispatches from Carranza head

quarters at Veracruz todav in

dicate a disposition on the part of the

first chief to carry the war now to

Gen Francisco Villa, field commarder

of the conventionist armies, wherever

he is to be found

If ciders to that effect are issued

Gen Obregon who now holds the capi

tal will probably move on Aguascal

icnte ilia s piesent headquarters, it

the sime time directing Carrancist i

fori es jiortn of the capital to close in

ni guascauientes thus pjacing ilia

under two fires

Concerning Eulalio Gutierrez, vYm

uas elected- 'fHOttflitosMf prtHiwrtm

Mexico bv the Asuaaeajlcntes conven

tion it is regarded as almost certain

In followers of Carranza that he anil

his men will rally to the support of

the first chief making the best terms

poss hie s for Gen Zapata he is still

in the field to be fought, as he has al

was been

rtempt to Kill Obrerfou.

i, en Obregon said today be believe I

the shots fired Thursday afternoon in

front of the national palace by snipers

were intended for him personally in an

attempt at assassination The perpe

trators escaped

Saloons we closed but commercial

houses and one banjc have announced

the will reopen at once.

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WASHINGTON. D C, Jan 29

An unconfirmed report In

Mexico City that Gen. Fran

cisco illa had been seriously injured,

was received today from consul Silli

man Villa was last reported t

Vguascalientes, about 250 miles north

w est of Mexico City

Mr Silliman also sent word that Gen

Obregon, Carranza leader, entered Mex

ico City unresisted at.! p m Thursdav

with It 000 men The distatch stated

that quiet prevailed .

A few Zapata adherents were cap

tured while they were evacuating the

city and it is reported that there were

some casualties. Gen Obregon had

sent forces out to occupy the surround

ing suburban towns

Snipers Are Killed.

Mexico Citv dispatches of Thursdav

night said that when Gen. Obregon

first entered the capital little or no re

sistance was encountered, bnt when.the

national palace was reached, shots from

the cathedral roof and other buildings

nearby caused his soldiers to open up a

fusillade which, however, lasted but a

short time After the fighting was over

a correspondent counted three persons

lying dead in the plasa.

Zapatistas Hold Up Cars.

The rear ?uard of the Zapatistas left

the city as Gen. Obregon entered, hold

ing up street cars at the point of rifles

in order to commandeer the same for

transport as far as the suburbs.

Ml commercial houses and hanks

weie closed, but aside from the shoot

ing in the main plaza, the entry of the

Carranca forces caused no disturbance.

fter taking possession of the nation

al palace Gen Obregon, leading his

troops, rode down San Francisco street

to his newly established headquarters.

Carranza Goes to Capital.

eracruz. Mex.. Jan. 29 The occupa

tion of Mexico City by Gen Obregon

createa no surprise here, since that

event had been expected for sonie days

It was bald here thpt Vcnuetiano Car

ra iza Will probably go to Mexico Cit

tod.n

t-o sur0 was Carran7a of the retaking

of the capital that the postmaster gen

eral and a sufficient number of em

plovcg to handle the department are al

nadT on the way to Mexico City Soma

60 telcgraohers have also been se it

theie.

ROQLt, GONZXLES GARZA has re

nounced his position as prows

ion.il president of Mexico, ac

cording to advices recei.cd from Me

ico City v la Veracruz by Carrancistas

heie Garza gave up his position

just prior to the evacuation of the

capital, according to these advices, and

this action on the part of the proi is

lonal president led to a bieach wit i

the Zapatistas that resulted in their

kidnaping him and taking him to Cuei

nevaciu Pricr to his quitting the capital

Gar?a bitterly arraigned the Zapatistas

according to the Carranza advices, and

also declared that A ilia had left him

and his provisional government to

shift for itself ilia completely w ith

diawing all militarv support.

Tart of his speech is quoted as fol

low s

1 have reptatcdh Tsked Villa to

(Continued nil Faise Cei. 1).

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