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IS. ?ASO TEXAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Leased Wire
WEATHER FORBCAST.
Cloudy tonight and Saturday;
moler Saturday.
Friday Evening
April 5 1912 IS Pages
REBELS CAPTURE PARI
IIN TOLL
RALD
1 EL
CLAIM H
FL 8
T
1
CIO AWAIT!
THREATENEQ
INUNDATfQN
All Depends Now Upon the
Ability of Inner Levees to
Hold Waters.
FLEEING FAMILY IS
OVERTAKEN BY FLOOD
Three Drowned and Two
Missing Near Cairo; Many
in Danger.
Cairo Ills April 5. Flood warnings
hae been sent to all points along the
lower river and thousands of refugees
a-e seeking temporary homes In the
i zb glands
Je h list throughout the flood
his reached lg & logger losing his life
. nuky river and five per--.
- a wnole family being drowned
r-ar Bras Point Mo. Two fanners
are reported drowned near Bird's
Puint
Various estimates ranging from $5-
v o.OOO to $10000060 have seen placed
on the p-operty damaged record so
far Acute suffering is reported from
many points.
The backing of water from the 10th
street drainage pump today threw cit-
izens into a panic and a report spread
that the leee which holds the Ohio
r er out of Cairo had broken at 10th
street The report proved untrue.
The rumors that the levee had
Lroken spread rapidly and caused resi-
1-nts to go to tne second story oi
: - t- homes and buildings. Couriers
w -re sent out advising the citizens
t ct no break had occurred.
The levees are considered firm and
tl e city is safe from danger.
Five Vre Drowned.
William Lj nn wife and three chil-
dren were drowned in the flood be-
tween Birds Point and Wyatt Mo.
La nn was a farmer and was overtaken
with Jus family by the rising water.
.1 S. rarer farmer four miles from
Wjatt Is missing. His skiff -was found
and it is thought that he was
drowned. Henry Baker a farmer at
Texas Bend is reported drowned.
Tne long distance telephone com-
pany and a telegraph company are not
able to send messages from Cairo.
The dralnatre district north or Cairo
this morning presented
a desolate
scene. The lumoer irom nou "
sheds under the debris floats about the
district in water probably 10 reel aeep
w h:le here and there the tops of houses
ma be seen floating about.
til "Work on Levees.
The -water went Into the eastern
part of the district last night with a
rush and a roar. The lumber piles at
t he lumber yards were turned over and
trBsed about like toothpicks. All of
the workers have been brought from
the drainage district to Cairo to work
on the levees here. The big subway
and Cairo cross levees stood firm
atrainst the angry rush of waters in
the drainage district. The Illinois Cen--al
tracks through the drainage dis-t-ict
went out with the flood last
n.ght and more than 3000 feet of the
road Is gone. The river at Cairo has
fallen one-tenth in the last 24 hours.
Crest Still to Come.
The crest of the flood will not be
reached in the St. Louis-Memphis
ureteh of the Mississippi for a day
or two and een in the event of con-
tiuous fair weather the immense vol-
ume of water now pouring in the Miss-
issippi from its tributaries threatens
cr'tlcally high stages at lower river
PTne crest of the present flood wave
In the Ohio is expected at Louisville
Saturday night or Sunday.
No Danger at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati. O. April 5 With the
Ohio river 51.7 feet 1.7 reel aoove i
flood stage here today the indications
are that It will not go above 54 feet.
No serious damage has resulted so far.
Mlsnourl Still Rising.
Kansas City. Mo.. April 6. Having
riten six-tenths of a foot since yester-
&i the Missouri river had attained a
u pth of 222 feet above low water
mark here this morning and continued
to creep up towards the flood stage of
-3 feet.
P Connor the government weather
forecaster said the river would become
stationary during the next 24 hours
and begin to fall tomorrow
The Kansas river and other Kansas
streams were falling rapidly today.
Falling at Xa Crosse.
La Crosse Wis. April 5 The Mis-
sissippi rUer fell one-tenth of a foot
ac St. Paul in the last 24 hours de-
clined three-tenths at La Crosse and
fne-tenths at Dubuque which Indi-
cates there is no immediate danger of
flood on the upp river.
Rlier Rises at St..Loni.
St Louis Mo April 6 The Missis-
sippi river at St. Louis registered 30.6
feet today a rise of 0.2 feet in 24 hours
pnd it isexpected to reach 31 feet one
foot above the danger line The Missis-
sippi from Hannibal to Grafton Is ris
ing ana fie Illinois river wuicn emp-
ties into the Mississippi near Grafton
is falling.
The Missouri from Kansas City to
Boonille is rising while from Boon-
t lie to St Charles It is falling. At
Hannibal Mo the Mississippi stood at
3 " t feet four feet above the danger
1 ie The water in the Hannibal district
i as spread o.er the lowlands
Desperate Fight Aglnnt Flood.
Carutuers ille. Mo . April 5 Onlv a
rost.erate fight can prevent the rising
floor' -from breaking through the levee
' this territory Should a crevasse oc-(-
the enire St Francis basin would
be Inundated with water and the loss
a" 1'fe and property would be great
The flood toda-v buries th high wa-
ter marks of .903. more ti an 20 inches
and continues without abatement The
situation is hourly growing more seri-
ous n arm of men is working day
and night to protect all 'Beak places.
n-ea.
The Frisco railroad which forms the I
leiee protection in front of this city
stands onl a foot above the torrent.
rd men p re at work placing sand bags
ilong the 1 r-
Malltfa on Duty.
The lor ' . litia rompanv has been
fil or in 1 the companies from
par? M i and Jonesoro Ark.
bet ' ri 1 out it is reported.
-it - '" s full of refugees
n " w "! of Tennessee In
" f l T Are is no lexer.
on im Tennessee side and I
rr- being washed awav All i
steamers are sarchlne the
. Tmied or n.JT
v"-j - "o o t i
Sllir REPEAL
APEX MINE
MEASURE
Senator Smoot Proposes to
Abolish Existing Law in
This Regard.
PUBLIC BUILDING
FQR PRESCOTT
Washington. D. C AprlF 5. Under
the provision cf a bill Introduced by
senator Smoot today the "apex mining
law" would be Repealed. If enacted no
locator would hive the right to follow
any vein lode lodge or other deposit
outside of the limits of the surface
boundary of hie alalm.
PhUHc Bnlldlag at Prescott.
Senator Ashurst ntroduced a bill In
the senate today for an appropriation
of $75000 for a site and for the erec-
tion of a public building at Prescott.
Aria his home.
The Magdalena Bay Affairs.
President Taft s response to the
Lodge Resolution calling for informa-
tion regarding Japanese negotiations
for the purpose off land on Magdalena
Eay in Lower California probably will
not reacn me senate until next week.
ana it is Denevea taow that before tne
Information can be compiled all danger
f t 3 wiU h!re. P881-
The Lodge resolution areordlnir to a.
-m a ..- r .: . J- -
tt.h. . . ;"r "i-.;;
committee grew but of the knowledge I
tnai a company composed largely or
Japanese was on the eve of purchasing
4000000 acres jbf land the title of
which is held bf a Maine corporation
known as the f Charter company of
Lower California.
Negotiations Are Off.
The Japanese government never has
appeared to haT any connection with
the negotiation but. because the land
is practically irorthless. suspicion at-
tached to the iagerness of the syndi-
cate to obtain It and It was considered
at least the prt of caution to prevent
a transfer wllch might Involve com-
plications In Jthe future. Already In-
formation has! been received fndlratlne
that the negotiations are off and It is
belleved there" is no further ground for
apprehension? s '
Senator LoSge was In conference with
the president today regarding the cor-
respondence and it Is said he is co-
operating with the administration.
When sent to the senate th. rnrr.
1 spondence will be aecompanlea by a
message rrom tne president.
Agreement Reached en Steel Tariff BUI
An agreement to take up the house
Iron and steel tariff revision bill by
week after next was reached in the
senate today. Senator Penrose pre-
sented the finance committee's adverse
report on the bill and in response to
questions he and senator Simmons
speaking for both the majority and
minority said they would cooperate to
begin the consideration of the meas-
ure at the earliest possible date.
Senator Simmons said the Democrat-
ic member of the finance cun'ssion
would file the minority report.
A verse Report bnb'nittrd.
An adverse report on the house steel
revision ilL signed by all the Kepub-
lican members of the finance commit-
tee except senator La Foilette was
submitted to the senate today The
bill Is Renounced as ill-advised and
unfortunate.
It Is declared Its enactment would
reduce protection below the margin of
safety and tend to destroy one t the
most important industries of the
United States.
The committee contends that hear-
ings of 245 different industrial con-
cerns of 18 states showed a wide-
spread opposition to the reislon of
the present rates and that representa-
tives of 225 manufacturers of machine
tools testified that putting machine
tools on th free list would compel the
ciosmg oi tnetr factories.
Among
reasons Is cited the
absence
m. report from the tariff
board oif i
The ri
says the house ways and
means
would
ittee's estimate that there
000000 of increased im-
portatloi
maily would if correct.
mean that
iron and steel pro-
ducts were.
displace American man-
ufactures
tbei domestic market It
added that even with the increased
importations 1 relied on by the ways
and means committee there would be
a deficit in revenues or more than
$140000. j
Steel Tailff Adverse Report.
The senate snet at 2 p. m.
Porto Ricane) opposing the bouse free
sugar bill wer heard by the finance
committee.
The house sutat noon and continued
consideration c f the Indian appropri-
ation bin.
The bill limiting labor on govern
ment work by (private contractors to
eight hours a
iy was ordered favor
the senate commit-
tee on education
ind labor as it passed
the house.
To Probe Money Trust.
The house adopted a rule empower
ing tne juaiciany committee to env
ploy eiery meank possible in investi
gating the socalldd "money trust" The
committee is
glv".
the power of a
court
Gen. Edwards cfhief of the Insular
bureau urged before the senate finance
committee the renioval of the 300000
ton limit of Philippine sugar which
the tariff law now jfermlts to enter free
oi auiy.
Appropriations cqmmittee chairman
Fitzgerald of the jfiouse after a con-
ference with the president and the Bed
Cross announced tliat congress would
appropriate no more money for the re-
lief of the Mississippi flood sufferers
unless conditions grert." worse.
Dental SHrgeenslFor Navy.
A bill authorizing the appointment
of dental surgeons lr the navy has
been passed by the slenate. Seventy
vears instead of 62 wlis fixed as the
age or retirement
Ashnrat Plan Ttlorall Til 11.
Senator Ashurst onV ot Arizona's
first members in the lupper body of
congress says he woiAld soon Intro-
duce a bill for the recall of judges but
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"" "1 ?"l'"c"a n.e I s?Pr"e
" w.o uuuim Duties in
its provisions.
PASSPORTS DBXAXDBfb BY
THE REBELS ATI CHIHUAHUA.
Washington. D C CAni-il 5. The
rebel military authorities in Chihuahua
require all persons leaviifg the city to
ware a passport according to aavices
to the state department 1 today. This
oraer will aid them in
eeplng close
.nd probably
taD on those departing
Keen within the-'eitv Km
ts all whom
tnv do not
Jur'sd!c tion
want outsi
le the rebel !
i
' "p luchnan Indians
i Oaiaca are j
"""'"'"S more agressH
e it 13 re-
J
ported.
Hot Fighting at Cosala Pa-
nuco and Elsewhere Cu-
liacan in Terror.
AMERICAN MINE
COMPANY DAMAGED
Culiacan. Sinaloa April 1. (By
Mail) Since the taking of Mazatlan on
March 26 by former Maderlstas under
Justo Tlrado and the flight and res-
ignation of the then Maderista gov-
ernor of Sinaloa the legislature has
not been able to find anybody who.
wants the Job and the president of the
supreme court is temporarily exercis-
ing the authority as provided by the
state constitution. He was a young
law .clerk -Whom nobody knew 'Until
the Maderista revolution put all the
leading lawyers and public men in bad
grace and necessarily shoved some
young men to the front
The choas that has pervaded all the
state outside of Culiacan and Maxat-
lan for about two months is now af-
fecting those cities but the rebels
seem to have burned most of their
- - wim mrtm
powder although several important
villages were looted In the past week
The legislature agreed tentatively to
onnin. rvn i ..... j. ..
i --. .. !. ? .-
ional governor pending the election in
August. He is the strongest of the
former Maderista jefes and It is
thought he could come nearer to har
monixlng the warring elements than
any other man but local Jealousies
are moving many Intrigues against
him and putting other weaker char-
acters forward and it Is understood
Mexico City Is divided over his ap-
pointment. Hot Fighting At Cosala.
Cosaia an important mining center
and capital of the district of the
same name 60 miles east of Culiacan
was besieged for several days last
week and was the scene of hard fight-
ing. The defence was directed by
Claro Molina a former Maderista col-
i- f la S .. .y n.S or tn
Maderista jefes in all this region who
conducted an honorable campaign in
the last revolution. He captured Cos
ala last May and turned It over to the
Madero regime. When this later out-
break came he begged to be allowed
to defend the city and as everybody
else was "scared stiff." he was re-
leased and commissioned to raise vol-
unteers and conduct the campaign and
he has routed every bunch of rebels
he has encountered.
He was reduced to desperate
straits as his ammunition ran out
last Friday but 50 federals broke
through from Culiacan with a fresh
supply and saved - the day for him
beating off the attackers who retired
towards the mountains. In the last at-
tack 11 rebels were killed and two
federals Dynamite was used to a
great extent by the rebels and many
buildings were wrecked before they
were beaten off.
Mining Company Molested.
Panuco. an important village about
ag miles east or Maxatlan and home
of a big American mine was cap- '
tured by the rebels last week after as to the constitutionality of the act
several days' hard fighting Only 7 ' arose and the legislature strength-
of the defenders escaped the final ent-d it and -when in 1887 It was again
slaughter the sub-lieutenant of fed- I questioned fie legislature passed It a
erals committing suicide after his
command was shot to pieces. It la
known that many were killed on both
sides but the rebels throw their dead
into wells and hide them any way
they can and no reliable figures ar6
obtainable. The mining company was
looted of 18 ingots of silver. $2500 Mex
ican In currency and even thing else
the rebels could carri off. and the i
plant was badly wrecked more than f "tge law was void because a territorial
$30000 damage being done to the hy- j legislature had no right to extend the
draulic works by the cutting of the suffrage The women were thus dls-
reservoir. frarcl.ised and all they could obtain
Roaario Is Besieged. j from the legislature of the new state
Rosario capital of the district of was the submission of woman suffrage
same name home of the great Tajo- as a separate question. It was defeated
Bradbury mines owned in Los Angeles. b nearly 20000 majority. In 108 they
and once the largest city in Sinaloa ! made another attempt and the majorf-
ls again besieged by an overwhelm- . tv against them was less than 10000.
Ing force and it is not expected to In 1910 they made the greatest cam-
hold out long according to reports paign ever held for suffrage with
here. It has beaten off two previous the result that they carried In every
assaults by rebels but the absence of I
any nead to tne state government
and shortge of arms and ammunition
Is said to have taken the heart out
of the defenders
Herald's News tVecepted Ai Final.
The El Paso Herald is eagerly
awaited here every day. being a day
ahead of other American dailies in this
terrftorv. and its news service nn th
revolution is accented as the final i
word. The censorship on telegrams
Is so rigid that Mexican papers are
getting no straight news all they
get from the Torreon zone being gar-
bled accounts of federal victories
which nobody believes.
Americans are still in suspense
concentrated and waiting develop-
ments and the few who come In
from Isolated points report many out-
rages and abuses against them and
all who can go are leaving the coun-
try. The Impression prevails that the de-
feats at Corralitos and Jimenez will
lead to the disintegration of the Ma-
dero regime not because of their im-
portance in themselves but because of
the weakness they disclose on the part
of the government and the unexpected
strength of Orozco whom manv ex-
pected the federals to squelch in the
first encounter.
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MAX KILLED XEAR. DEXIXG
BY FALLIXG IXTO WELL
Doming. N. M.. April 5
Francis L. Street fell Into a well
near Mirage six miles from
Derrrfng. at 8 oclock this morn-
ing and broke his back. He
died at noon today He carried
a union card In the Hotel and
Restaurant Emploves' Interna-
tional alliance and Bartenders'
International league local No
512 of Globe Ariz also a card
in the Los Angelus local. No
284 of the same and has a
wife In Los Angeles The body
Is held at the Mahoney under-
taking parlors pending In-
structions. COLO. HIT TO orKS his
CAMPAIGN OX APRIL 27
Austin. Tex April 5. Governor Col-
quitt has definitely decided to open his
camnalgn on Paturdav. April 27 He
had been undee'ded whether he would
open on Apr'i Jn or -'.. out has finallj
determined on the latltr date.
o u r r UnuL
Each Represents a State in
Which Women Are Per-
mitted to Vote.
WESTERN STATES IN
LEAD IN SUFFRAGE
(By Frederic J. Haskln.)
Washington D. C. April 5. The flag
of the National Suffrage association is
an American flag and has 13 stripes of
red and white and .the blue field in the
corner. It has on this field instead
of 48 stars representing the 48 states
but six stars representing the six
states of the American union in which
women are given the ballot and are
equal in political rights and privilege!
to the men. The suffragists believe
that It will not be long until their flag
too will bear 4S stars.
The last state represented by an
added suffrage star is California which
only last year granted to Its women the
privilege of the ballot. The campaign
in that state was a vigorous one in
which the suffragists from all over
the country participated by contribu-
tions and other support. When the
victory was won celebrations were held
in all of the larger cities. In New
York and the Nsw England states
some of these celebrations were elabor-
ate affairs strongly demonstrative of
the equal suffrage enthusiasm of the
east In New York the Men's league
for woman suffrage Joined enthusi-
astically In a number of celebrations
one of the most Important being held
in the new headquarters of the Polit-
ical Equality association which la
financed chiefly by Mrs. O. P. Belmont
At one of these meetings a feature was
the singing of a new suffrage song en-
titled "Victory" for which Mrs. Bel-
mont gave a prizt. of $150. It Is sung
to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the
Republic"
California Women Voters Active.
The California women are doing all
in their power to prove themselves
worthy of the country-wide demon-
strations held in their honor by stai-
wartly living up to their political priv-
ileges. In San Francisco the women
celebrated St Valentine's day in prov-
ing their devotion to Uncle Sam by
registering for voting. The New Bra
club kept open house and was head-
quarters from which the women were
taken in automobiles to register. As
the result of this crusade over 80-
000 women were registered as voters.
In Los Angeles 32646 women regis-
terea zor voung ax tne last election.
There were 30.MO more men than wo-
men rearlsteresL yet over 40.fce men
failed to vote while tbe women's vote.
was M percetrtef the nwub of of mantes
registered. In Saa Kranelsce -there
were three times as many women as
men registered the first day the books
were opened.
Suffrage Victory In Waxltlngton.
The suffrage victory la the state oi
Washington was gained in 1910 after a
stiong flxht In this .late there had
been practical experiene of woman
suftrage. as the territorial legislature
granted women the right of baHot In
lsS and thej cast more tnan one-
fourth of tne otes at the next elec-
ti n although at that tint there were
less than om -third the number of wom-
en as men in the territory. During
the time they possessed suffrage the
offU la returns showed a larger per-
cc itage of women than men voting
e- en with all of the physical handicaps
of moneer das In 1SS6 some question
th rd time
fhe convention which prepared the
crnst tution for statehood was influ-
enced against Including woman suf-
fragt It was arranged that at the
; ring election of 1888 the vote of a
a'oon keepers wife should be refused.
Her case as rushed through the su
preme court -where two out ot tnree
nen'iers decided that the equal suf-
county in the state and received a ma-
jorlty of nearly three to ope the lar
gest victory ever registered ror wo-
man suffrage. The women registered
by the tens of thousands in 'Seattle
and the following month "recalled" the
mayor turned out the council and the
chief of police and regenerated the
cio Throughout the entire state their
activity upon every public question con-
tlnues unabated.
Brief Straggle In Idaho.
The struggle in Idaho was comp&ra-
tnely brief and there was little oppo-
sition. Women were granted suffrage
there in 1896 Before its admlslon as a
state. Mrs Abigail Scott Duniway the I
pioner suffragist of Oregon had can
vassed the territory and appealed to
the legislature and she continued her
efforts the year following. She re-
ceded strong support from Individual
men and women but there was no or-
ganized effort made until 189S. In 1805
the Republicans were In control of the
legislature and the resolution to sub-
mit an amendment to the vote of the
people was passed almost unanimously.
The next year. Republican Democratic
Populist and Free Silver party con--ventions
endorsed it and it carried in
the November election by a vote of al-
most two to one. At the next election
three women were sent to the legisla-
ture and one woman state superinten-
dent of public Instruction IS county
superintendents and four county treas-
urers -were elected. This proportion
has been kept up. There has never
been any substantiated criticism of the
political honor of the women of Ida-
ho Women constitute less than 4!
percent of the population of the state
and by official statistics they cast over
35 percent of the vote throughout the
state while in Boise the capital they
cast 40 percent Women sometimes ride
20 miles on horseback through the
snow and oer the mountains to vote.
Complications In I tali.
Utah also gave women the right to
vote In 1896 but here there were com-
plications on account of the Mormon
Question The lerlslAture In 1870 gave
I women the rlsht to vote and they used
this right until 1887 when congress
took away the franchise of all women.
Gentile as well as Mormon as a means
hae been better organized politically
In 1895 a convention was held for the
purpose of formulating a constitution
for statehood. This Convention was
..vauv.. i
composed of both Gentiles and Mor-
mon" and nfter a thorough discussion
an equal suffrage proision was put
into the now constitution It carried
(Continued on Page 6.J
Juarez Again Cut Off From
Rebel News by Operator
Tampering With Wires.
ONE RAILROAD
IS TIED UP TOO
Some wire-cutting bridge-burning
bad man is again busy below Ciudad
Juarez. Friday morning found the
Mexico North Western railway out of
commission with two bridges burned
a few kilometers south of Juarez and
all wires cut on the Mexican Central
and the wires out of commission on the
federal telegraph lines. This left no
communication with the citv of Chihua
hua or Jimenez and no authentic reports
were received or the result of tne bat-
tle which was in progress yesterday
about Parral until Friday afternoon at
2 when the wires were restored.
Also there are bridges destroyed on
the North Western below Pearson
ChilL Indicating that the seemingly
useless destruction of railway property
and interruption of traffic is not purely
local. Earlier in the week an attempt
was made to dynamite a bridge of the
Central line at which time also the
wires were cut. but they were repaired
at a point three kilometers distant be-
low town.
Wires Cut; Bridges Fired.
But Thursday night the railway
wreckers became even more bold. In
the face of capture by the many small
bands of rebels patroling the outskirts
of the town they cut the Central and
federal wires only one kilometer less
than a mile south of the Central sta
tion. This cut was located by linemen
Friday morning but a repair of the line
at that point did not improve the "dead'
wires. The wires had been cut still
farther south. This break was found
near the "overhead brlge" at 2 oclock.
paired.
At about 11 oclock Thursday night
an explosion was heard. Shortly after
two huge fires llarhted the skies south
I Central railway and the federal tele-
or tne town
At thA oumjk tln tti
graph wires stopped clicking. Used to
this interruption and noise making
there was little excitement in town.
However rebel horsemen were sent
out. but failed to locate the trouble.
CoL Paacual Orozco sr. military chief
of Juarez declares it to be the work
of Maderista officials In El Paso who
employ some railway wreckers to make
trouble for the rebel government
Worth "Western Tied Up.
The destruction of the North Western
railway which runs southwesterly from
Juarez and into the city of Chihuahua
by a prolonged route leaves the
passenger train due in Juarez Friday
morning siranueu some place neiow tne
burned bridges. A work train de-
parted on the North Western early
this morning and located one bridge
only partly burned at a point about
four kilometers down the road. It Is
believed that still another structure is
destroyed farther down since two fires
were seen during the night and the
Central track Is intact The Notrh
Western wires were not cut and
Pearson operators report that three
bridges are burned below that point
Overhead Bridge Damaged.
The overhead bridge ten kilometers
below Juarez on the Mexico North
Western was damaged but not de-
stroyed It will have to be repaired
before trains can cross it and the re-
pairs will require several hours to com-
plete. Near the overhead bridge a
small bridge was partly burned.
The telegraph wires were cut near
the overhead bridge but this was re-
paired. A train has been made up In
Juarez and will be sent down during
the afternoon to transfer the passen-
gers and mall from the train which is
marooned at that point
It Is understood that the bridge near
Pearson reported partly burned has
been repaired.
The regular train of the Mexican
Central arrived at 7:30 Friday morning
with a few passengers from the city
of Chihuahua. This gives assurance
that while the wires were cut no
bridges were destroyed on the Central
line during the night
Believe Americans Guilty.
That two Americans are doinar the
hazardous work Is cr.o opinion based
on the story of fwe Mexicans held
prisoners In Juai-.i The Mexicans
were arrested Wednesday near Casas
Grandes where an attempt was made to
Are a railway bridge. The prisoners
declare their Innocence but say that !
two Americans tried to destroy the
bridge. Officials of Juarez believe that I
these two mysterious men are the ones
who have been making the trouble dur-
Ing the past week and that they are
employed by the federal government to
serve some unexplained end.
LIGHTFOOT SAYS HE
DODGED DETECTIVES
On Tmstbusting Trip Attor-
ney General Thinks he
Was Shadowed.
Austin Texas April 5 Attorney
general Lightfoot and assistant attor-
ney general Brady returned todav from
their trust-busting expedition In the
east. General Lightfoot did not care
at this time to discuss the result of h's
trip declaring he would give out a
statement later on. but It is understood
that he has found much valuable evi-
dence against certain alleged trusts He
said that he and his assistants were
hounded with detectives they were
shadowed from St Louis to New York:
and at every stop their movements were
being watched presumably by detec-
tives in the employ of the oil and wire
trusts.
PETIT JURORS IN PBDER1I
COURT RELIEVED FOR SERVICE
Federal court continues to mark time
until the return of Judge W. T. Burns.
The grand jury is examining a large
number of witnesses. Including the
witnesses in the Reyista junta inves-
ligation anu wie ammunition smuggling
c a .- .. k. -.t
A message has been received from
Judge Born at Houston "tag petit
l0" ' fron28'ITic.e twh had wr.edto
- - -
him for permission to be excused but
the presiding Judge has fixed no
definite time for his return and the
court will continue adjourned until he
comfs back or until another judge is
appointed.
111 DEFEATS
TOWN'S BRAV
Heavy Cannonading on the Part of the Rebels Results
in Their Victory Wire Communication Is Re-
stored South and Juarez Is Able to Talk
Through to Parral at Present.
Jimenez Chihuahua April 5 Parral was taken
last evening by the Liberals after two days' stubbon re-
sistance. The rebels captured one mortar and one machine
were few Liberal casualties.
Many of Villa's men are dead. Considerable shell-
ing by Salazar and Fernandez did it.
The wires south of Juarez were restored ITriday
afternoon at 2 oclock and the first message to come
through was a special to The Herald stating that Parral
had been taken by the rebels. The second break in
the federal wire was at "the overhead" bridge and thi
was repaired by 2 oclock. In a short time after th
opening of the wires -the Juarez office was able to talii
to Parral thus confirming the rebel victory.
RED CROSS SENDS OUT
REUEF TO AMERICANS
IN WANT IN MEXIC
Washington D. C April 5. There are 211 Ameri
cans stranded Some of
Veracruz on the east coast of Mexico: in Mazatlan 0!
the west coast and in Manzanillo in the interior of the
state of Jalisco.
The American Red Cross here today disratche
$1500 to the American consuls in those places to ail
in their relief. The Red
jucicoaM.j iiu ist)uc a uoAtiuwn appeal ior aid.
SILK STRIKERS AND
POLICE HAVE BATTLE
Bricks and Stones Hurled at
Guards in Passaic
Mill District.
Passaic N J April 5. A battle be-
tween several hundred striking silk
mill operatives and 40 deputy sheriffs
and policemen occurred today outside
the Forstmann and Huffman silk mill
at Garfield the strikers raining bricks
and stones at the guards and the latter
using their clubs and revolvers. Some
of the deputies fired over the heads of
the strikers and dispersed the crowd
which Included a hundred or more
women. Six arrests were made.
Among those nursing wounds made
by clubs are a dozen women. Strikers
who gathered outside the plant at Gar-
field and jeered the -employes In the
mill were ordered to disperse where-
upon Charles Rqthfisber. one of the
organizers of the Industrial Workers
of the World mounted a box and told
the crowd the deputies had no right to
enforce their order and a general fight
occurred.
Henry Fagan. a deputy was struck
In the face by a brick and knocked
down One of the strikers was found
unconscious with blood flowing from
a cut in the head
Rothfisher was among the six ar-
rested. WOULD COXFIXK MORPHY'S
ACTIVITIES TO XAXHATT4.V.
New York. X Y . Anrll 5. Prn.j.
ings of the Eemocratic state commit-
tee were enlUened b the lntroduc-
iv "' 'u" .i Df. we5Pr R
bt1' IeP"Ls?t"S l.he. frst district.
fc""" JC" '"". VLe rrture weJ
!."e. anJ? 8U5Pess. .f the Eemcratlc
f.Z'"'"v - l requires tnai
?haJIes F Murph and Tammanj Hall
confine their activities to the borough
of Manhattan citv of New York " The
report was tabled.
POWELL ROBERTS IS
.t.rwv
Powell Roberts the former Kl Paso
policeman who was arrested on sus-
picion of being a federal spy b the
authorities of Ciudad Juarez is safe
again on American soil . He arrived
Fridav morning on the" passenger
train from the city of Chihuahua and
came immediately to El Paso.
Some little stir was caused by the
arrest !n Juarez of the El Pasoan and
his subsequent removal to the state
capital for trial there. Officials here
wired complaints to Austin and Wash-
ington and po'ltical channels were
employed to cause the release of the
American. The friends of the former '
'c""'" wc-c sutirssiui ior koo-
erts was released Thursday while the
tnree prisoners who went with him
.VI. fel 1
irom juarez are still neld for trial
All were charged with being Mader
ista spies
Jenaro Cenlceros city clerk of
Juarez denies in a letter to The Hera.a
that he caused the arrest of Robe's
He says Roberts was arrested b ti e
military authorities without his knowl
edge and that he did not kno v tie
man was in prison until the da fi'
lowing his Incarceration when w 'v-
the mayor he was making an ins;
tion of the prison for the class'f! a-'r.
of the men under arrest Cer. v.-
says the military authorities inform
him that they arrested Roberts because
he was gathering information for th-
Maderista agents in El Paso and that in
pursuit of this dutv the Ame-lean
often crossed Into Juarez to recon-
THE
E 0EFENDER5
them in absolute want in
Cross says it probably will bj
FALL URGES A JOINT
SESSION AT 0N(
New Mexico Legislature .
journs' After Introduc
tion of Few Bills.
Santa Fe. N. X April 5 Rpr
2? 4elfr by state senators -
uuum states senator Albert P
at Washington urging an 1mm
joint session of both houses.
eject nun to the United State
.-i.ur tne term rrom March 4.1
to March 4. 191S was the ma'rS
ic when the legislature reconvert
ter a recess of six days. Tr
got no further than the Intrd
of four bills and then adjoij
JBonoay arternoon. These M
acts to provide fcr the ass-m
the state of all county debts
ot between two and tnr
dollars as provide 1 bj the
tion an act for the erection
mal school at Artesia ddv
act to protect the public cealth
act to prohibit blacklisting
Tne senate too did nothing
....... luuuuucmg itui and ad
ing to -Saturday forenoon. t-e
T . tr '""""cea providing foij
i"jujisnmont or capital punls raer
create a normal school a: terj
"i"i oou-trj). to exempt f-oml
r.uon propert- ot widows and
"i" " toousana aouar. an .xtl
ing equal property rights ind (1
mg marriage liabilities an sxf
vuupwug cnurcn ana rratema'
..uiu iu.ai.iuii. an act to al
county levies tor good roads.
ior sen government of towns
" u.vw peopie; an act prd
Boiuuiis near scnooi nouses.
in C.L rA
noiter He sav .
on Roberts for mone
r i
Roberts Talk
nooeris says he w
hua n the fed. ra
nr3da an el-
day he wajj taken '
ano -shown two
Orozco ordering
other from m . -
demanding his r
reurnea to Jia-
given his relea
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who told Mm
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