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REBELLION

ALARMS YUAN

IN CHINA

Five

v

V

Tae One Negro into Jail As

Excuse For Entry, Then

Overpower Officers.

CUT TELEPHONE

' WIRES AND FLEE

Tae Negroes, the Alleged

Slayers Of Sheriff; Hang

Them; Riddle Bodies.

ALBANY, GA Jan. !L-Fhe ne

groes taken from the "Worth

county Jail at Sylvester last

ight were hanged to one limb of a

tree on the outskirts of StarkvHIe, some

t me during the night. The bodies cqn-

w ring many bullet holes, were found

il i3 morning.

Forty or EO men acting with precision

t ok Xhe five negroes from the Jail and

s .ed awaj in automobiles.

The negroes were being held in con

ettion with the killing of sheriff

S"oreland of Xe county.

Get egroes By nunc.

Vt about 10 oclock last night sheriff

L i. Potts and his jailer at Syl ester

b ere awakened by four or five men who

a-nounced that they had captured a

egro and wanted to place him in JaiL

Tiey were admitted bearing a netn-o

l.crand vath ropes, Suspectfisg netbisfid

i- wiuroio naLcaea we smb. as iney

cilmjv loosened the bonds: Euddenlv

it-e visitors seized the officers and took

krrs to the cells. Several more au

i mobiles appeared, bearing other men

who Joined those In the JaiL

The negroes were rushed out, hun-

v eii into the machines and started

. -th- The officers were unable to tele-

- none ahead to stop the lynching party

be ausa several wires had been cut.

Sheriff Guarded In Ilathroom.

Only three of the men who took five

r egroes from the Jail here and lynched

i hem were seen hy sheriff I. A. potts.

The men brought a bound negro to

the door." the sheriff said, "and said

they wanted to i.eep him in Jail over

ight They pointed a pistol at me,

ok away my kevs and forced me into

he bathroom. Two guarded me and

Tie rther went into the JaiL In a little

hi I heard a shrill whistle My

.iptors suddenly left me and in a min-

j e or two I heard several automobile!

o.cg rapidly northward."

GENERAL WHO STARTED

AS PRIVATE IS DEAD

Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. ;L Brig. Gen.

x.wl. u rsnwnt.r TT o .i.i

ded'he- SHSSAt8- & IVI

d ed here today, aged 77. lie entered

i e army as a private in 1861. After

fie war he entered the regular army

and retired after 30 years of service.

Gen Carpenter commanded many

forts on the western frontier and saw

much service in various indian ware.

MORMON CHURCH BUILDING

IN EAST IS DYNAMITED

Cumberland, Md, Jan 21 A new

rurch being erected bv the congrega

tion of the Church of Latter Day

Saints at Buck Valley. Fulton county.

Pa, was blown op by dynamite early

today Bloodhounds were put on the

trail of the men believed to have com

mitted the crime. The church, which

has 40 members, was recently formed.

INCREASE OF 5 PERCENT

MADE IN TURPENTINE RATES

Austin. Tex, Jan 21. An Increase of

la percent was made todav bv the rail

road commission in its tariff on tur

pentine and resin, in carloads, and the

advance becomes effective on Feb 15.

The minimum weight per car was in

creased from 24.000 to 30.060 pounds.

The present special rates are retained.

GRIEACES OF MIM2RS

HEARD BV COMMITTEE'

Indlznapolls Ind., Jan 21 The'dele-

gates to the contention of thn ITnifo

Mine Workers devoted most of today

to hearing the report of the griev

ance committee on appeals front the

rank and file of the organization The

complaints deal largely with alleged

.injustices uune inaiviouats or local

unions bv officers, district or national

or b district or state organizations I

within the union.

To Nominate Directors

For Chamber of Commerce

PRIMARIES to select SO candidates for the directorate of the chamber

of commerce will be held this menin; at 8 ocIocV.

The former custom of nominating ih' directors Uunnp the primary

day has been changed by the new bylaws ami the Hat M 30 directors will

be nominated from the foor this evening at 8 ocloefc.

From the list of 30 nominees a directorate of 15 men, as provided for bv

the new bylaws, will be elected on January 28 as directors.

President R. B. Onidorff has issued a call for all members to attend the

meeting this evening, which will be held at the chamber of ceimneree.

The annual meeting, at winch the officers' rejiorts will be read, will be

held after the election next Friday night.

"Speak Loudly But Carry a Stuffed Club" -New U. S. Policy, Says Luke Wright

JEaI

The War At a Glance

N"

- EWSPAPEB. dispatches from

Vienna, by way of Switzer

land and Paris, report Aus

trian forces within 15 miles of

Scutari.

Teuton Claim 3,000,0X0 l'rlxoner

A Vienna estimate of the cap

tures by the Teutonic allies during

17 months of the war puts the num

ber of prisoners at nearlv 3,060,000,

with 10,000 big suns and 40,000

machine Runs, while 470,000 square

kilometers of hostile territorj hav e

been occupied.

Kli OF GREECE

SitfiS IT

London. Eng, Jan il English

newspapers are hastening to defend

the course of the allies, which has been

attacked Bv king Constantine. of

Greece, in his interview given the As

sociated Press

The Dally News, which makes the in

terview its main feature, under the

heading, "An angry outburst by the

king of Greece," also says of it edito

rially: "It is abundantly evident from the

Interviews granted by king Constan

tine. to German and American Journal

ists, that the business-Uke measures

the entente allies are taking for their

protection have inspired the king with

lively resentment. That is not alto

gether astonishing

"The conditions under which the al

lies are encamped and soon will be

fighting on neutral soil, are an anom

aly without parallel in modern war

fare and involve inevitable an attitude.

equally anomalous, toward the neutral

Ity oi ureeee.

Anart from th nccu- I V""""a" u lne cumraiuM ana ini.ro

,i?E. .ODi k?.0" Iducer of the bill, declared that of

nation of the Saloniki zone, her rail

ways have been cut, bridges blown up.

certain of her islands borrowed and

consuls accredited to her put under

temporary arrest.

JlguBh factj Csmn'ot And need not be

disguised- They call lac so .defence

from the allies, as Greece has no one

to thank bnt herself

TEOTO

lUGEBBUnr

London Eng Jan. Jl Vn Amster

dam dispatch to the Central News says

that the total bootv of the Teutonic

allies during 17 months of the war is

summed up in Vienna as follows

Nearlr 3,00.000 prisoners 10.000

guns, while 470.000 square kilometers

of enem territory have been occupied.

AUSTRIA DENIES PEACE

PARLEYS BROKEN OFF

Vienna, Austria, Jan. 20, via London,

Eng, Jan 21 It is announced here

lual l"e press reports mai jauuieucgiu

! discontinued peace negotiations are

mat tne press reports mat Montenegro

unfounded.

What the Austro-Hungarian terms

"Will be. it is stated here, cannot yet be

published, but they will include the re

tention of Mount Lovcen.

A Home dispatch of Thursday said

Montenegro had informed Italy offi

cially that hostilities with Austria had

been resumed over the entire front

The foregoing Vienna dispatch, also

under Thursday's date, may have been

filed before the time of the announce

ment credited by Rome to the Monte

negrin government-

AUSTRIANS FORCE WAY

OVER INTO ALBANL

Paris. France. Jan 20 The Geneva

correspondent of the Tempe says that

according to dispatches from Vienna an

active renewal of military operations

has been undertaken b the Austrians

in Mnnteneerrn Detachments are re-

ported to be in Albania within 15 kilo

meters oi Scutari.

GERMANS REPULSE SMALL

-.-.-- . .. nu nfTCCTAV TOinnc '

Al lAlfv Dl riUOOLrui lftUUfJ

Rerlln. Germanv. Jan 21. by wireless

to Sayville, L. 1. German troops have

been engaged only In minor activities

along the fronts of Russia, according

?? the esy repalse of small

to the announcement xoaay i ne siaie-

Russian detachments between Pinsk

and Czartorysk.

GERMANS BURNED 18,207

BELGIAN HOMES, REPORT j

Pans, France, Jan. 21 A dispateh I

from Havre says that a report has been

IrsumI bv the Belgian government rfv.

Incr 18.207 as the number of houses In

(Continued on race 2. Col. S)

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MFOra HIATUS

HHSOON LACKING AT

Kegiment of Infantry For

Texas Guard is Assured;

More Artillery Planned.

Austin. Tex. Jan. 21 It Is now

practically certain that another regi

ment of infantry is to be added to the

force of the Texas National Guard,

which will make four regiments of in

fantry Since the agitation over the

question of increasing the organized

militia has been In progress, the adju

tant general's department has been re

ceiving many requests from various

portions of the state for permission to

organize companies of infantry

The guard now consists of the Sec

ond. Third and Fourth Texas infantry

regiments, and the new regiment which

is more than likely to be added, will be

designated as the First Texas There

are already two companies mustered

into the Guard as a nucleus for the new

regiment, at Lett ami at Dallas, and

another cpmpany Is to be mustered into

service attBonham within the next few

days.

There will also soon be three bat

teries of artillery in the Guard, one

now at Dallas, another is to he estab

lished at San Antonio and a third either

at San Antonio or Dallas.

ADVOCATE LITERARY TEST

TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION

"Washington. D C Jan. 11 Only by

limiting immigration can high stand

ards of living and good wages be main

tained among American worklngraen,

Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer

ican Federation of Labor, and repre

sentative Burnett declared in advocat

ing the literacy test bill today before

the house immigration committee.

Representative Burnett, who is

2.500.000 foreigners In the United Sta'es

onlv 35.000 were attemotinir to lern

English. Ignorant and unambitious, he

declared, they work cheaply, live in

cheaply, U

cToadftlojlS

.squalor and create

that

drive worjtingtnen from a xammunity.

"A 'wtfrkingrmirt' taia'Vigy-H-rTr

Toungstowrt for no other reason than

the contaminating influences that these

foreign laborers created there." said

Mr Burnett. "And what decent, self

respecting merican. Irishman or Ger

man would stand, for such conditions'"'

ESCAPED CONVICTS ROB

DEPOT AND SECURE ARMS

Little Rock, Ark.. Jan 21 Convicts

who escaped from the state penal farm

at Cummins. S5 . miles from here

Wednesdav night, robbed the depot at

Moscow. Ark , 15 miles from Cum

mins Thursday night and secured arms

and ammunition shipped to a hardware

store at that place

Twentv three convicts escaped. Only

four hae been captured.

The 50 guards searching the woods

have been given orders that Lee Blount,

oonicted of murder. "Blackie" Will

iams and Charles Owens, also murder

ers, be taken dead or alive.

Rewards for "Blacklo" Williams alone

are said 'to total 315,000 in a half dozen

states He was a member or the Frank

Miller-William La Trasse gang and has

still to serve a 32 jear sentence for

murder in Kansas.

STATE AID EXTENDED TO

MORE THAN 1000 SCHOOLS

Austin. Tex.. Jan 21 State aid to

1054 schools distributed in 151 counties

of Texas has been extended by the state

board of education out of the $1,000,000

appropriation made b) the last legis

lature for rural and country schools,

according to announcement made by

Prof. W F Dought. state superin

tendent of public instruction.

Out of tlie million dollars appro

priated $500,000 became available for

this fiscal ear. and superintendent

Doughty says that approximately

$400 000 has already been distributed

to the country schools.

COL HOUSE IS IN PARIS

ON HIS WAY TO BERLIN

Paris, France. Jan. 21 Col K M

House, accompanied by his wife, is pro

ceeding by automobile 'rora Bologne to

Paris and is expected here toda. Col

and Mrs. House will be the guests of

u - oiiixiy. uic yuuciiLAii .aiituaooci-

oor to rTance.

Vccordlnir to nresent arrangements.

CoL House will leave here for Switzer

land on Sunday, presumably to visit

Berlin and Vienna. He is to return in

two or three v. eeks- and then meet the

important personages of the French

government. The French press is man

ifesting much interest in his mission.

MIAMI RESIDENT KILLED;

WOMAN UNDER ARREST

Miami, Ariz.. Jan. 21 Harlev Gunn.

town pound master, 26 jears old. was

killed bj a bullet fired through the

brain while in the room of Frankie

Dunbar, a woman of the restricted dis

trict. The -woman was placed under ar

rest. Despite the nature of the wound,

Gunn lived two hours. He was moved to

a rooming house where he died The

shooting is said to have followed a

quarrel which began when Gunn told

the -woman he was planning to leave

town She denied having shof him.

TEXAS COMPANY ADDS

$7,000,000 TO CAPITAL

Austin. Tex, Jan 21 An amendment

to the charter of the Texas companv

of Houston, -nas today approved by the

secretary of state's department and

filed. It povides for an increase in the

companVs capital stock from $30,000,000

to $37,000,000

AMJLCII IIBKLKCTEII VUDITOIt

OF THE rlMSO'N COMMISSION

Austln, Texas, Jan. 21 Jas. P

Welch, of Huntsvllle, was reelected

auditor of the prison commission today

V jta.1 1

BORDER

Gen. Luis Torres Telegraphs

From Chihuahua City a

Denial of the Report.

CARRANZA BACK

AT QUERETARO

Campaign Is Started Against

Argumedo's Band By the

Carranza Officials.

ND confirmation of the reported

capture of Gen. Francisco Villa

was to be had in Bl Paso or

Juarez up to 11.30 Friday morning,

with a flat denial of the truth of such

report wired to the border by Gen. Luis

Herrera late Thursday night.

No further details of the matter were

received by American mining interests

here Friday forenoon, although urgent

dispatches to the Chihuahua state cap

ital asked for more information. Gen.

Gabriel Gavira, commanding the Juarez

garrison, declared Friday morning that

he had nothing further on the subject.

Mexican consul Andres G. Garcia, al

though he tried to get more specific

details on the reported capture of the

northern chieftain, stated Friday at 10

a m. that he was none the wiser than

lie had been all Thursday evening

Enrique Perez Rul. former private

secretary to Gen. Villa, in El Paso, de

clared Fridav morning that the ontB

way Vnia could ba-captured. in his

opinion. afi.frT, Iffiftf""; " hl T"

"dJatr"bodflmlrarana that? he did not

suspect any such state of affairs close

to Villa which would permit of that

particular thing coming to pass. Rul

-was inclined to doubt very seriousiv

the truth of the report of villa'e cap

ture El Paso simmered and boiled Thurs

day night and Friday morning, and dis

cussion of the reported capture was the

principal topic in El Paso's streets and

hotel lobbies, but no definite word was

ouched for in an quarter Consensus

ui upiiiiuu tt iimi (muur uuu ruiuui t

only was the foundation for the report,

and dlsoelfef In tne possibility oi such

a capture was expressed practically

unanlmouslv.

Train la Derailed.

A train from Chihuahua city, which

was derailed south of Moctezuma early

in the morning of Thursday, reached

the border at 5 oclock Friday morning,

according to Mexican consulate ad

vices. Got Ignacio Ennquez was reported

by the consulate to be due In Juarez by

special train from the Chihuahua capi

tal at 4 oclock in the afternoon. Noth

ing on the detail of his business was

vouchsafed or brought out by inquiry

train for Chihuahua city nas

scheduled to leae Juarez at 8 p. m,

carrying passengers and freight.

nxecnllons Denied.

Word from Gen Jacinto Trevino,

dated Thursday night, declared that no

executions had taken place in Chihua

hua cit that day. and denied bluntly

accounts of a bandit raid on the Al

varado property in ParraL There had

been a rumor here of the execution of

IE of the men concerned in the Santa

Ysabel horror.

Advices to the border further de

clared that a campaign against Gen

Benjamin Argumedo and his allied

forces was about to launch itself from

the Laguna district, with some 4000

men in the column under personal com

mand of Gen. Trevino. who has left

Chihuahua city for Torreon to assume

direction of the military forces to

move northward against Argumedo.

Carrnnra llnck. to Queretarn.

Official advices to the Carranza con

sulate here Friday morning stated that

"first chief Venustlano Carranza and

his government heads had left for Que-

retaro to resume wont on ire organi

zation of the proiisional cabinet and

precoustitutional period In the new sys

tematic reorganization of the Mexican

goernment. The party has been at

Celaa for the nast few days, the con

sulate reported, going over the battle-

Iieid where lien, uareaun a iiro men

defeated Villa's 15,000 In the turning

point struggle of the Carranza-Vllla

warfare of the past year and more.

WSlIIfiTON IIBARS OTII-

I-SG MJW 0- VILLI'S CPTUnn

Washington, D C, Jan. 21 The state

department's only information today

on the reported capture of Gen Fran

cisco Villa was in delated dispatches

from agents at El Paso coneing

(Continued on page S, Col. 1.)

Annual Review

Edition Tomorrow

Tomorrow the El Paso Herald will

publioh its Annual Review edition, a

paper always looked forward to with

interest by those interested in placing

the advantaged of El Pato before the

world. '

Twentv-eight pages of the big

Week End edition are detoted to

nws articles and photographs of de

velopments in El Paso and the Great

Southwest during the year jMit. It

is one of the most complete state

ments of the many advantages of

this section ever printed. You will

want to send copies away to friend-.

Place your orders early.

URE IS

ILLINOIS TOMS

IE SUBMERGED

Score of Cities and Villages

Under Water as Result

of Heavy Rains.

Chicago. Ill , -Ian. 21. Hirers

thrpugbout northern Illinois, swollen

by rain which fell almost continuously

during the night, today overflowed

their banks and inundated a score of

cities and villages. No loss of life was

reported but the property damage was

estimated at several hundred thousand

dollars.

All through the valley of the Des

plaines river, the water spread far over

the lowlands, reaching its height in

the neighborhood of Joliet, where that

city and several villages were flooded.

Sheets of water spread over the west

ern suburbs of Chicago and boats and

nastily constructed rafts were utilized.

Southeastern Iowa and Northeastern

Missouri were also in the rain belt,

which came up from Texas.

Flood waters sweeping down the

Fox river and the Illinois river drove

residents in low lying districts in

Ottawa, Marseilles and Utlca from their

homes.

Ice Jams at tortuous points in the

rivers dammed the waters and threat

ened bridges.

Six of the seven artesian wells

which furnish Aurora's water supply,

had been cut off at noon by inunda

tion from the Fox river. A messenger

was sent throughout the Fox river val

ley advising the inhabitants to prepare

for high water that might sweep

away their homes.

FEAR LEVEE BREAK

IN IMPERIAL VALLEY

Los Angeles, CaL, Jan. 21. A gate in

the diversion dam of the Imperial val

ley irrigation system went, out Thurs-daTJl3iFJWjJrW&-&i6tt3Jda'ger

otaTHpJcln toVlrvaes. aeeording-to.,

advices reeefvea Here today ffofniuraa.

Ariz.

ARIZONA EASTERN RESISTS

STATE'S SCHOOL FUND LEVY

Phoenix, Ariz.. Jan 21 Still another

legal muddle has arisen over the gen

eral appropriation bill passed by the

legislature last spring. The Arizona

Eastern Railroad company has filed a

suit In the superior court at Safford

asking an Injunction restraining the

county authorities from making a state

school fund levy in accordance with

the Instructions of the tax commission.

A similar snit is to be filed at Tucson

and perhaps in other counties.

The legislature appropriated $100,

090 a year for schools but the gover

nor vetoed this section and the supreme

court ruled that the annual statutory

continuing appropriation of $(00,000

would hold Now the Arizona Eastern

contends that as the levy bill passed

by the legislature provided for a levj

of only $100,000. and the $190,000 ap

propriation was vetoed, there a" no

authority for the tax commission to

order any state school fund levy at

all Attorne genera Wile Jones

sajs that this matter is cohered by

another section of the statutes which

nas not affected by the appropriation

bill.

SITE FOR RIFLE RANGE GIVEN

TUCSON BY PRESIDENT

Phoenix, Arfx, Jan. 21. Copies of an

executive order, signed by president

Wilson, setting aside 540 acres, a mile

out of Tucson as a range for the Tuc

son Rifle club, have been received by

Adjt Gen. Charles W Harris This is

the first time that am part of the

public domain has been set aside for

the use of a civilian rifle club. It is

in line with the government's policy to

encourage citizens to become expert in

the handling of arms.

PROPERTY IN COCHISE

IS BEING ASSESSED

San Simon. Ariz., Jan. 21 Assessor

II A. Hughes is here from Tombstone,

assessing propert for the count

From here he will work back toward

Bowie and Willcox after taking in Dos

Cabezas and the district oelow Doug

las Chief deputy Walter Thomas has

been in the northern end of the county

since January 10. and is now working

in the Pool district below Benson In

the San Pedro vallej

BURGLARS IN DOUGLAS

STEAL 4500 CIGARS

Douglas. Ariz., Jan 21. Burglars

entered the Brophy building through

tunnels dug to admit the steam pipes

of a heating system, gained entrance

to the R & P store and stole 4600

cigars, all of them the 10-cent or the

two for a quarter kind

URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL

PASSES HOUSE; NO ROLL CALL

Washington. D C Jan II The fur

ther urgent deficienc bill carrying

appropriations of approximately $12.

500.000 passed the house today with

out roll call

: : j : . : : :

THE IJA1 l.N CONGnKSb.

Senale.

Not in session, meets Monday.

House.

Military and naval affairs

committee continued hearings

on national defence.

Hearings on literacy test of

immigration bill closed

Bill to provide $250,000 for a

national leprosarium favorably

reported bv commerce committee.

DENIED

DROWNED

Thirty Arizona Families Are

Rendered Homeless by

the High "Waters.

Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 2. Thirty fam

ilies are Homeless and four persons

dead at Winkelman as the result of a,

flood from the Gila river, which inun

dated the lower part of the town

Thursday afternoon. Seventeen per

sons in the restricted district refused

to move when warned.

When the flood came they were

marooned on Top of a building and a

man named Cate swam to the building

with a rope and over the rope the

marooned persons managed to reach

a wagon standing in comparatively

shallow water near shore. Wheii all

but four had reached land a swift

rush of water overturned the wagon

and drowned George G. McClaren, for

merly of Phoenix, a teamster named

B. J. Johnson. Helen McCauley and Ollle

Devore- All homeless people were taken

care of. Some have hopes of return

ing to their homes when the water sub

sides. Eleven feet of water vas going over

the spillway at Roosevelt dam today.

Reclamation service officials say the

crest of the flood passed Phoenix

Thursday Automobile bridges at

Tempe and Phoenix are ont of danger.

niver Leaves Bridge.

Advices from Florence say the Gila

has shifted Its course to the south and

the state bridge there will be on dry

land after the flood.

As a result of two spans at trie Ari

zona Eastern bridge over the Gila

going out Phoenix is without train con

nection with the main line of the

Southern Pacific for at least five days.

The only railroad communication Phoe

nix has with the outside world is the

Santa Fe through Parker to Los An

i isvics uai is uncertain.

I j

kMEN AREfSTRENGTHENING,

f- EEVEETROTECnNG-YUMA

geles mat is uncertain.

Yuma Ariz, Jan. 2L More than 100

men with teams were today strength

ening the government levee'whlch pro

tects Yuma from the Colorado river,

which had passed the 24 foot gage and

was going higher

The Mohawk alley Is reported flood

ed. Farmers in the Antelope valley

were hastilv moing to higher ground

Twentj-flve thousand second feet of

water was flowing over the Laguna

dam, 12 miles above Yuma, Thursday

night.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA TOWNS

ARE CUT OFF BY FLOODS

Los Angeles: CaL. Jan. 21. Flood

waters of Arizona rivers and streams

were reported to be somewhat lower

today Blsbee, Douglas, Nogales an

other towns were without communica

tion most of the day

With the exception of the Atchison,

Topeka and Santa Fe line to San Die

go and a few branches of the local elec

tric railway system, all railroads In

southern California had restored traffic

today.

TRAINS ARE HELD BACK

BY FLOODS AND SNOW

Albuquerque. N. M, Jan. 21. With

the west end of the Santa Fe system

tied up by washouts in Arizona and

no trains over it Into this city since

Tuesday morning, the road sustained a

further blow at Its facilities this morn

ing when three trains became snow

bound at Glorietta. The stalled trains

may arrive this afternoon. Three

trains westbound are being held here,

pending the opening up of traffic in

Arizona.

GOLDEN STVTE LIMITED

TB-Ari on lRJtIVIXG.

Golden State limited trains are again

running Into El Paso from the west

The first section of the limited was due

to arrive at 3 o'clock and the second

section of the same train was scheduled

to arrive at 7-30 this evening.

The Golden State limited from the

eat will leave here on scheduled time

today.

Because of the rains and heavy

roads, the Carrizizo-Roswell acto lne

has been suspended until the roads are

Improved.

AT 1IEH

THRILLING ADVENTURE IN EVERY LINE

"The Devil's Darning Needle"

By Henry M. Neely

Beginning in the Week -End Herald this week, the first of a new series

of adventure stories will be published in the El Paso Herald. The stories

are the best pure adventure stories that have yet been given the American

reading public

It h a series similar to Richard Harding Davis's great scries which The

Herald has been publishing. This series concludes tomorrow and "The

Devil's Darning Xeddle"' series begins in the, Week-End Htrald.

This new series of adventure stories deals with aviation: with secret

service work; with government secrets and; attempts to steal them, and

each in a way which claims and holds attention throughout.

The order in which the opening chapters of the different 'Detnl Darning

Needle" stories will be published, with the titles of the stories, follows:

January 22, "The DeviFs Darning Needle;" January 29. "The Kidnaped

Admiral;" February 5, "His Cfenr Con&eieBee;" February 12, "The Amateur

Bandits;" February 19, "The Scarlet Searf;" February 26, "The Lonely

Voyage of Hoasieur Porier."

Other stories of the series will be announced later.

These stories will appeal strongly to all, not akma to men and boys, who

always like adventure stories, bat quite as strongly to women and girts who

wUh pure adventure splendidly toil.

Watch for the Opening Story of the Series in

the Week-End Herald This Week

Coronation Of Emperor Is

Indefinitely Postponed, the

Government Announces.

REBELS BELIEVED

GAINING GROUND

Government Believes Move

ment Will Be Suppressed

Within Six Months.

PEKIN. China. Jan. 2L- The corona

tion of Yuan Shi Kal as- emperor

of China has been postponed in

definitely. The reason given officlaUj

13 the uprising in southern China,

Government officials estimate that

not more than six months will be re

quired to quiet tile disturbances in the

sooth, but the government is obvious

agitated as is indicated by the post

ponement of the coronation-

i --

Yuan, was to have formally assumed

imperial robes ehtl after the

3IrstrofJi5rear.. JChfijeas-aBnouaseU

toward the close of 1916 when Yuan

signified his willingness to accept the

head of the empire.

The announcement of the postpone

ment is expected to be pleasing news

to Great Britain. France and Russia,

which protested against any immediate

change in the character of the Chinese

government on the ground that it

might result In an upheaval in China

which would tend to further compli

cate the far eastern situation. Japan

is also expected to be gratified by the

postponement, and for much the same

reason.

Dispatches from Shanghai received

by the Chinese Republic association in

San Francisco within the past seerai

ieeks haie describe! a steadily grow

lng revo'ution which has already en

gulfed a number of provinces and re

suited in the upspriaging of a revolu

tionary army of many thousand men.

TO PLANT BEETS

ON SO TRACTS

Las Cruees. N M, Jan. II. At a meet

ing of the association for the promo

tion of the sugar beet industry it was

decided that the experimental tracts

would be of five acres each and 30

tracts will be wanted. The sugar beet

company will furnish the seed and im

plements. A committee was appoint

ed to solicit new members in the asso

ciation. The committee is Frank M

Haner, Henry Stoes and W. B. Man

deville. The association also appoint

ed a committee, consisting of Messrs.

Robert P. Porter, director Fabian Gar

cia, W. J. Kyle. Paul H. Barber and

W. B. Mandevllle, to see the commis

sions of the several ditches in the

Mesilla Valley and enlist their cooper

ation in abating the weed nuisance

Some of the ditches do not hate the

weeds cut until they have gone to seed.