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EL PASO. TEXAS. TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 20. 1915.

12 PAGES. TWO SECTIONS. TODAY.

LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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PASO

TODAY'S PRICES

Mexi on bank notes, 1- Mexican

pehf-, 3S Chihoaliua currency, 7 Car

ran z currency 7 Bar silver Hand &

Harmon Quotation) 50 Copper 17 300

37 6 Grain, lower Livestock, -teady

Stocks, lrregTilar

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British Hold Captured Posi

tions Despite Desperate

Counter Attacks.

LOSSES ONBOTH

SIDES ARE HEAVY

Germans Report Some Prog

ress By Sappers in the

Champagne Region.

LOKDOK, Engr, April 20. Although

the British and German elairas are

diametrically opposed In the matter,

or fighting- in the southeast and near

the northern extremity of the British

lines Sunday, the facts at hand indicate

that the engagement was most Impor

tant and bitteriv fought.

The British, whether or not they hold

all the ground, still dominate a part of

Zanford ridge, a line of hills rnnnins

southeast of Tpres and commanding the

road from Tpres to Menen. The losses

. n this fighting have not been, an

nounced Judging from dispatches

reaching London, the have been con

siderable on both sides.

Brlttab Claim Vfetory. ,

luinrjl si rim svll JBjji JLJ IWtLlP ij, Hill

engagement

"A successful action commencing on

the evening of the 17th culminated Sun

day night in the capture and complete

occupation of an important point known

as hill No. 20, which lies two miles

south of Zillebeke. to the east of Tori

This hill dominates the country to the I

norm ana nortnwest.

Mine ISxplosIon Starts Action.

"The successful explosion of a mine

under the hill commenced the opera

tions. Manv Germans were killed by

this and 15 prisoners were captured, in

cluding an officer

At daybreak on the lth. the enemy

delivered a heavy counter attack against

this hilL but was repulsed with heavy

losses. The Germans advanced in close

formation and our machine gun bat

talion got well into them. ,

"Desperate offensives were made all

dav by the Germane to recover the

hill, but the were everywhere re

pulsed with heavy loss. In front of the

captured position upon which we are

now concentrated in strength, hundreds

of dead are now lying in front of the

trenches."

Freneh and German Reports.

The French war office at Paris tMs

afternoon gave oat a report on the

progress of the hostilities which reads:

There have been particularity spir

ited artillery exchanges in the region

of Soissons and in the sectors of Helms

and the Argonne."

German army headquarters at Berlin

toda gave out a report on the progress

of hostilities which says.

German sapping attacks in the

Champagne country Monday -made

progress, while a French attack, in the

Areonnes north of FoHrvde Paris re

sulted in failure. A French attack

near Flirej broke down."

El Paso Will Never

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Here's the giant Elephant Butte dam as it looks at present. This immense dam.

bow being erected by the United States reclamation service across the Rio Grande.

120 miles north of EI Paso, is to supply water sufficient to irrigate 185.000

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Paso Will Soon Have a Complete Modern System of Public Playgroup. d

0BREG0N ADVANCES

JIKSOISPLM

KIIKFEEK

Have No Antipathy Against

Foreigners, Says Enver

Pasha, Eeal Ruler.

Constantinople, Turkey. April -0

Turkey is displaying the most kindly

feeling toward foreigners. Americans,

English and French, according to En

ver Pasha, war minister and real ruler

of Turkey, in a statement to the As

sociated Press. Speakwg of the war,

he declared Turkey went into it, not

to help Germany and Austria, primar

ily, but because of Russia's greed for

Constantinople, and the menace of the

allied fleet against the Dardanelles.

He added that he had improved the

Turkish army at one stroke by retir-'

ing 300 old officers on his second day

of office as war minister

"How did you manage to mobilize

your army of almost 2.0OO.MO with

limited resources'" he was asked.

"That was a problem, of course, but

we overcame it. We had a lot of old

Snider rifles ready for the junk

market. These I caused to be distrib

uted among the gendarmerie, taking

irom tnem tneir modern nries. mere

was formerly a large gendarmerie

force in Tuxkej," explained Knver

Pasha, smiling "Xow it is 'not 'so

great we do not need it. So we armed

men with new rifles. Today every roan

at the front is well armed. It was a

case of helping yourself, we did not."

Replying to questions as to the pres

ent status of the campaign, the gea

.eralissimo said.

lvnntaKe In Dardanelles.

'Conditions in the Caucasus are more

satisfactory- Regarding tbe situation

in the Dardanelles, I wFJ say we are

fully confident that it has been dem

onstrated that fighting down tbe forts

there will be a husre task for the allies.

But even should that happen, we would t

Still be masters oi tne situation tnem

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In single ilia and the, effectiveness at

our prvseeunre -measures smniHi oe ap

parent." In view of the facf that some excite

ment has been observed In Turkey be

cause of the export of anus and ammu

nition from the United States to the

nowers of the triple entente, particu

larly Russia. Enver Pasha was asked

for his views on this subject and re

plied: Americans ot Blamed.

"The matter has occupied us for

some time, even the populace, but you

may have noticed that there has been

no anti-American outbreak en that ac

count. Since the elimination of the

capitulations this was the first situa

tion in which the Turkish people might

express resentment in a drastic way,

but our people realize that this traffic

in favor of a few manufacturers is

not the fault of those Americans liv

ing here, and therefore our old good

relations continue.

"We are not savages who hold the

innocent responsible for something not

their fault. There are still living in

this city under tHe nominal protection

of your embassy, plenty of English and

French They have not been molested

despite the fact that our own people

have not been treated kindly in France

and England.. Young Turkey is ready

to demonstrate that no particular

group holds a monopoly on gentleman

ness. and so we shall continue taking

the best care of everybody Bo matter

what the provocation.

Foreigners Xever Safer.

"When the capitulations were abol

ished even body thought that foreign

ers in Turkey were unsafe, but time

has shown that foreigners were never

safer, as you must have observed But

the export of arms and ammunition

from the United States to the entente

powers can have but one result use

(Contlnned on race 2. CaL 3).

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Officers Are Shot By Villa

In Frantic Effort To Stop

The Retreat.

VILLA STAR SETS

FAST IN THE SKY

His Former Magnetism Due

To His Victories; Three

Times Defeated Now.

G

EN. ALVA'RO OBREGONS 'victor

ious array has been checked at

Salamanca, a third of the way

from Celaya to Aguascalientes. by

Villa's rear guard uer Gen, Medina-beitis-t

commander of infantry, accord

ing to persons who arrived in Juarez

Tuesday about noon from Torreon

The tight at Salamanca, which is 40

miles north of Celaya, took place Men

oay. said the arrivals. Obregon's ad

vance guard, pressing hard upon Villa's

rear, attacked Medinabeitia Monday

afternoon and was repulsed. The

-attackers retired, it is said, to wait for f

reinforcements. This news is con- j

siererod sign-meant in that it shows j

Obres-en is following Villa's defeated I

army as fast as Doeaibie. Villa J-" i

said the arrivals, that his total

in the Celaya battle were -SO men.

,""' ' la Erenar-ri. To BeW,

"XfcefeiK Gk.7Vl reported today

ihw awuuihbUs tnut he was pre

paring to reorganise Ms army and re

tarn south to battle, he was reported

a fortifying Aguascalientes to make a

stand there against Obregon's advance

It was indicated that Villa .entirely had

abandoned his base at Irapuato.

Nothing has been heard by Carranaa

officials from Obregon since his report

that he had left Celaya to pursue tbe

retreating Villa army.

Gen. Villa, in wiring from Aguas

calientes today to a personal friend in

EI Paso, said:

am here to reorganise my army

and am dictating orders fW the re

sumption of the next battle with Obre

gon's forces, which will take place at

the same locality (Celaya) and I feel

positive that I will annihilate the

enemy."

Ammunition Shipped.

Heavy shipments of ammunition for

Gen. Villa continue to arrive in El

Paso from the east. On Tuesday morn

ing. -,MM rounds of rifle ammunition

and a big assortment of aeroplane parts

arnvoa irom .ew iorK oy express.

Theyv were at once transferred to

Juarez

train.

and shipped south by special

George C. Carathers, state depart

ment agent with Gen. Villa arrived here

today. He left Villa's headquarters on

Friday. r

Villa's rout appears to have been

complete. It is the worst defeat he has

experienced since he became a Mexican

leader.

Cruflhlntr Blow.

Part of his army Is at Aguascalientes

and ,nart of it is said to have fled

further north in its flight. Gen. Villa

is reported raging, and has already re

duced Gen. Felipe Angeles and placed

him in arrest, according to one of the

many reports reaching El Paso

Villista reports say that he saved all

(Continued vn Fare 4, Col. 1).

IT

Again

acres of land immediately aboe and below EI Paso. The dam is already storing water

and has sufficient stored" at present to ungate all land under cultivation above and be

low EI Paso to a depth of two feet Lake B. M. Hall is growing deeper daily. To

The War At a Glance

DEFINITE gains by the German

forces in the west are an

nounced by the Berlin war

office.i Attacks were made Monday

In the districts in which tbe French

offensive movements have been un

dertaken recently, particularly in

the region between the Mouse and

the Moselle rivers. The Berlin state- ,

ment says the Germans succeeded in

penetrating four French positions.

and stormed and reoccupied the pil

lage of EmbermeniL In the Vosges

the Germans pushed forward their

line 196 yards in an engagement

near Hartmanns-Wellerkcpf, a po

sition which has been in dispute for

several months. Progress in the

Champagne country also is claimed.

The official French statement says

there were no important battles

Monday. ,

The British announced that the

submarine E-15 near the Darda

nelles was destroyed by British,

picket boats to prevent the Turks

from obtaining It. Two small boats

ran up within a short distance of

the Turkish fort for this purpose.

Capture German African Town

British South African forces have

captured Keetanshop, Germr n Sou t hi;

west Africa. Control of this posi

tion is regarded as important, since

it places In tbe hands cf the British

forces the railway leading to the

territorial capital.

Again. Talk Peace

Intangible reports, which never

theless are receiving attention in

higher quarters, are heard in Rome

to the effect that actual European

peace may be concluded within the

near future.

Turk lah Torpedo Boats Sunl.

Tbe Russian fleet which has been

attacking the Bcspborns is report

ed to have caused the destruction

of two Turkish torpedo boat de

stroyers. A dispatch from Saloniki

says the Russians mined the en

trance to the Boepborue wiiile the

Turkish fleet was eruHiag hi the

Black sea and ttot tn-eTurkish vs-

British Expedition Failed

Advldas have been received In

Berlin that a British expeditionary

force which attempted to Invade

German East Africa "was driven

away. The British force is said to

have landed from cruisers and

transports. Tbe only intimation of

a British expedition to East Africa

was given at the time of the sink

ing of the British steamer Falaba

by a German submarines At that

time It was said that among the

passengers who lost their lives was

a number of British officers who

were on their way to Africa.

SECRETARY OF STATE M'KAY

GETS SHOT TAKEN OUT OF LEG

Austin. Tex, April 0 John G. Mc

Kay, secretary of state, returned to

day from Temple, where he has been

for the past month in a local sani

tarium where he underwent an opera

tion for the removal of several shot

in his leg. which had been there for

several years. He was accidentally

shot several years ago.

EW MEXICO EDITOR IS

IN JAIL FOR CONTEMPT

Bast Las Vegas, it. M., April SO.

I'. M Chaon. editor of a Spanish

weekly at Albuquerque, today began

serving ten days in jail for contempt

of court, judge David J. Leahy having

suspended a fine of tit and nits and

two-thirds of a jail sentence of -0

days.

Cboan, while editorial writer for a

Spanish paper here two years ago,

published matter adjudged in con

tempt of Judge Leaiiy and, the district

court.

Want For

NORTH FAST

BDDSEtf ELT HGHTS BflRNES S SUIT;

OPPDHENT SUDDENLY BESTS CASE

Barnes's Counsel Makes Op ening Address to Jury, Pro

duces One Witness, and Q uits; Attorneys for Roose

velt Describe His Reference to Barnes as

Merely an "Algebraic Term."

SYRACUSE, N. T. April 20. Coun

sel for William Barnes n his

suit for alleged libel against

Theodore Roosevelt rested their case

today after they had offered evidence

calculated to prove publication of tbe

alleged libelous statements uttered by

the former statesman, calling James

a "boss" and leader of "tbe invisible

government" of New York.

Only.dne Witness Presented.

Mr. Barnes's counsel placed only one

witness upon the stand. He was John

MoSrath, Col. Roosevelt's private sec

retary. He testified that he gave out

the statement complained of to news

papers at Oyster Bay. A partial Hst of

newspapers In which the statement ap

peared was then read, and counsel for

the defendant conceded that tbe state

ment had appeared in them.

William M liens, for Barnes, pic

tured te former president as having

been the nation's greatest arbiter ot

morals and said that he was now in

court with an opportunity to prove tbe

IS f CEH

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American Steel Company

Files Petition in the

Illinois Courts.

Chicago. 11L. April !. Petition for

a receiver for tbe Chicago. Rock Island

& Pacific railroad was filed in the

district court here today by tbe Amer

ican Steel company.

The Chicago; rock island ana facitic

is controled by the Rock Island through

ownership of the entire capital stock.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific'

railway is controled by the Chicago,

Rock Island and Pacific railroad

through ownership of 95.28 percent of

tne capital stock.

The railway company filed an ansv. er

consenting to the actidn requested and

judge Carpenter announced that he

would hold the matter under advise

ment until this aiternoon.

H. U. Mudge. president, and J. M.

Dickinson, former secretary of war,

were appointed receivers.

WILSON IS IN NEW Y0RK7

CROWD CHEERS PRESIDENT

New York. April SO. President Wil

son arrived here shortly after 1 oclock

this afternoon to attend the annual

luncheon of the Associate! Press at the

Waldorf-Astoria. He was loudly

cheered by several hundred persons

who were gathered at the xennslyvania

railroad station to greet hZm.

On the way to the bote', he waved

his hat almost continuously to crowds

along the streets. He was welcomed

on his arrival at the luncheon by a

committee of the Associated Press.

HMO

Irrig

ation Water For

alleged libelous things he had said

about Barnes on various occasions.

William H. Van Benschoten, for tbe

defence, described the colonel as the

champion of good and honest govern

ment and said that he had been prompt

ed' to make the statement by the beliet

that there was corruption and rotten

ness in the administration of the gov

ernment of the state of New York. He

reiterated the statement made Monday

that CoL Roosevelt meant nothing per

sonal to Mr. Barnes or to Charles F.

Murphy, of Tammany hall, who was

also mentioned in the statement, and

that these names were simply "alge

braic terms."

Attorney liens concluded his open

ing addres for Barnes as follows

"We come into .ourt under the

great principle of liberty, the quality

, upon which this ' action rests We

come in not only for ourselves, bat

for the benefit of all mankind."

Address for Roosevelt.

Van Benschoten said in part

"CoL Roosevelt, hating been a citi

zen of this state nearly all his life.

(OnliiHied an Pace 1. CoL S).

Terre Haute Men Get Jobs

Assigned to Them in

the Penitentiary.

Leavenworth. Kan., April Z Offi

cials at the United States penitentiary

were busy today planning the assign

ments to work in the prison of :he

21 men who arrived Monday to serve

terms- in connection with the Terre

Haute election conspiracy cases.

Deputy warden Renoe sjid he ex

pected to send Donn M. Rooerts. the

mayor, to the office of the superin

tendent of construction to become an

assistant. Dennis Shea, the sheriff,

will enter the prison blacksmith shop,

while judge EH Redman, because of

his knowledge of law, will be assigned

to tne office of tne record cerk.

FERGUSON WILLING TO

CHANGE WAREHOUSE LAW

Austin. Texas. April ; Governo

Ferguson today told a delegation or

200 ginners of Texas that if the

presented to him petition representing

the wishes of a majority oi tne gin

ners and also showing that a majority

of the house and senate would pass

the measure, he would submjt at the

coming special session changes to the

permanent warehouse laws desired by

tne ginnera

These ginners, representing tbe gin

ning industries of Texas, came nere

to petition the governof- to submit at

the coming special session certain

amendments to the permanent ware

house law as would either amend or

eliminate the bonding feature and the

sampling features of this law.

T K

r hi' -i -MMtnl. BaniS,

day the gage at the dam registered the water at a depth of 67 feet immediately be

hind the dam. EI Paso valley will never want for irrigation water for its lands.

(Photo by John Letsk Tart )

New Mayor Declares "A

True Statement of Financial

Affairs" Will Be Made.

MANY EMPLOYES

CUT OFF ROLLS

City Purchasing Agent, Fire

Marshal and SanitarySu-

periniendent Named.

fcfcr"j"7HE finances of the dty ar

I in such a condition that all

improvements except those

which are absolutely necessary to fin

ish will have to stop and a policy of

retrenchment in every department

adopted." was the declaration of mayor

Tom Lea to the citv council at a iroe- .

cial session Tuesda mornin-

"A. true statement of the city's fi

nancial condition will be made within.

a short time." he continued

It was unaers-ood Tuesday that or

ders had been issued for the cutting

oft of $oo or more in salaries follow

ing this retrenchment order

Mevn Is Mayer Pre, Tern.

mayor protein. William Hoard named

niskssm ana J4 Zabrsskie as

r eomsaissioner Tnesdav mam.

lag at a special meeting of the new city

council. Gapt John R. Hughes, for

merry of the Texas ransrers ill no

doubt be named to the position of po

lice chief.

Afmrrflflll CtAVAnu c- nviovt t m Aiaalw

f selected to act as maor in the absence

or mayor Tom Lea, the three other al

dermen and major Lea voting for their

associate. The election of Will Hoard

was then takn up and the former pa

trolman was named without opposition.

The appointment of Mr. Zabriskie a3

sanitary commissioner followed. Mr

Zabriskie has been contracting fore

1 man for the Darbyshire-Harvie com

pany and is well known among the

working men Mr Hoard was a faith

ful policeman at the union station un

til he was removed bT major Kelly for

alleged political actnlt He took an

active part in the recent campaign for

the Lea tick-t and was one of the

charter members of the County and

City Democratic club

Hashes May Be Chief.

No official announcement has yet

been made regarding the appointment

of the police chief, which is the ma

ors appointment Major Lea said

Tuesdav morning that he was giving

this position his most serious cons'd

eration. as be considered it the most

important appointment of his adminis

tration Capt Hughes was an officer

in the Texas rangers and is considered

one of the best peace oficers in the

state He is now a rancher at Ysleta.

although he makes his home in El Paso

a greater part of tbe time.

Purchasing geat Confirmed.

The appointment of E. W. Height, as

purchasing agent, was confirmed, as

was that of Dr W C Kluttx. as health

officer Alderman Stevens read a res

olution reoninng that aft purchases of

supplies for the citv be made by the

elt purchasing agent and that ro

(CmHneed as Pace S. Cat. I).

Its Lands