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Richárd F. Burges of El Paso Featured the Opening Session of Texas Legislature With an Address
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35TH YEAR
WEATHER FORECAST.
Bp Aerd Peel
WASH1NOTON APML ft. WEST Tint AH
AND MW MRXTOO: LOCAL SHOvTaatB
AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY.
ROOSEVELT ENDSIBURGES IN PRESENTINIi GAVEL TO
TESTIMONY WITH SPEAKER WOODS PAINTS PRETTY
DESCRIPTION OF PICTURE OF EL PASO'S GREATNESS
ItNnLüütt LI) AL EmUm Made from Native Medite Tree Fuhioned in
. . . V. &Nt Plant of EI Pmo Milling Company and Bound With
ANN 1 IN III- r.1 Copper Mined and Smelted in El Prbo County.
nilU MIUI1 ULrtL
EL PASO TEXAS FRIDAY. APRIL 301915.
ENGLISH SECTION 12 PAGES
PRICE 5 CENTS
TELLS WITH PRIDE HOW
PANIC OF 1907 WAS STOP
PED BY MERGER OF
SOUTHERN CONCERN AND
GIANT STEEL CORPORA
TION; CHARGES AGAINST
BARNES NOT PROVEN
SAYS JUDGE.
i
Bp the AaiorPifed Prtu
Syracuse n. Y. Aprtl 29 Theodore
Roosevelt vu excused from the witness
stand tod it in the tso.ooo suit for altered
libel which William Barnes has brourht
h" mm aiier n nan tola nis own
story of how be ended tbe panic of 1807
and bid Identified a letter In which Charles
a. wDitman now governor and then dls
tnct attorney of New York wrote that
he thought the tltn was ripe to rid tbe
siaio of toe Kind of psrty control which
was mainiy responsible tor corrupt con
dl lions.
In tbe letter tbe governor declared that
i iie men ana noiiriei resnnnsinte rnr inch
V corruption were not confined to any one
any ont ine coionei
ames was referred to
William Loeb. Jr. once the colonel's
private secretary in the White House and
later collector or tnc port or new York
alio was a witness. He swore thai William
names Dad told him that he had an airee
ment with Charles F. Murphy of Tammany
Hall not to Interfere in tbe selection of
a united states senator. That waa In iMt
prior to tbe time James A. O'Qormau waa
cnosea
It was while Mr. Loeb was on tbe stand
that counsel for the colonel made a futile
attempt to ret before the Jury testimony
restrain vice ana gimonng lb Atoany
Of the panic In 1907 the colonel told
how Henry C. Frlck. and former Judge K.
H. Gary represen unr the United State
teat corporation had come to nun in the
wnjta House and toia mm iwii nm j.
is cnua
TermeWrwl Cell at trañf c
of the.
lock of the eomoanv
iv become enhanced snd t
wnirn
hair
susriended.
The colonel told how be took action and
notified tbe newspapers of Ins action and
told with some pride of bow "the panic
wis sroDoed
During the diy Colonel Roosevelt (rara
max ne naa no. neara too names 01 many
of the men who were said to nava con
trlbuted large sums to bis campaign fund
in IS04 until they were read m court
during cross examination by William F
Ivtns. He also made explanatory state
ments about his appointment of Judges
end his relation with former United
states Senator Thomis C Piatt
Justice Andrews tn a statement made to
counsel during arguments and while the
Jury waa out of tbe room asserted that
no evidence had been produced connecting
W BaamM with -anv rnrrnnl connivance1
Insofar is the municipal government o
Albany was concerned. Then be added:
where the libel charcal a man with be
Ing a thief It Is not enough to aa? simply
that the charge Is true but one must set
up in tbe answer ine racis rrom wmcn
the Inference U made.
"Her the charge Is that Mr. Barnes was
corrupt in on- way or anoiner. tou are
bound not simply to say that 'the charms
are true.' You are bound to set forth the
facts which ir trae would constitute
Justification tney have got to be set forth
so that If tne recti are trne tney wotuo
show enrrmvlon
"That you have failed utterly to do witb
rrsncrt to tbe Albany-Lincoln league and
gambling conditions nut I am inclined to
think you have done It with respect to the
priming cnirges.
William P. Ivlns. chief counsel
William Barnes said late tonight he had
telegraphed to novernor Whitman mini
him to innear as witness In rebutía
and testifying regarding the authenticity
of the letter read today and other mat
teri. Counsel for Colonel Roosevelt said
they bad submitted the letter to persons
who were familiar with roe governor'!
slgnitun y who hid declared it to oe nil
A latter nearly similar to the one Intro
duced ai being Governor Whitman s was
In controversy In New York prior to tbe
list election There was some doubt it
ibat time whether tbe letter had actually
Deen wrinen oy ine inrn aisirin iHJmrjr
and he never admitted II. Tbe letter pro-
duced today however was actually signed
the attorney slid by Mr. Whitman. They
added that they had no reason to doubt
that the ilgnafure was genuine and
fact they said lbs signature had never
letter wis long. Only that part
quoted however was read to the Jury.
ABOt'T OVERDRAFTS.
I. em stroller WUIteas Drusa lalsrauStM
In Nett Bank BkatiBasel
Bp Ike Annotated Frees
Washington April It. -Letters enl by
Comptroller of the Currency Williams to
casillera of all national banks today direct-
ed them to show In their next condition
I sai arts whether overdrafts bad been stand
tajr snore than u months: whether they are
kssjjinr) or to officers and directors and
tbe overdrafts for the tail nrs years wtss
asaoaats charged off ears year
other information requests includes
report of fees paid Tor attendance at direc-
tor' M executive coaunltte meetings;
net revenues from bank buildings and the
amount tat bank rlmtl lUelf for realal.
sty ríase ecI Corrrepondent
Austin. Tex April ss The outstanding
resturo of the opening ceremonies of the
extraordinary session of the legislature
which convened bars today waa the speech
or Representative Richard F. Rurges of El
Paso county presenting a gavel to Speaker
Woods. Mr. Burrs said:
"Mr. Speaker.- On the concluding day of
the regular session or the thirty fourth
legislature a resolution waa adopted by
this bouse calling upon tbe representative
from El Ptso county as 'the conservator of
our forests.' to present to the speaker or
tbls bouse a new garsl to replace the one
woicn naa yietaea toe a
decaying processes of natt
forts of the speaker to preserve order and
to pilot a successful Issue guided by his
strong nana itiunrtnaiea ny rus clear head
as possible of the Iracortant measures stl
lying upon the spesker's uble.
"In response lo that invitation. It la my
privilege today on behalf of myself Mil
other members of this house who were ac-
tive loyal snd untiling in tbe support of
the roresiry bill. Representatives Schweg
man of Bexar. ScboJI or Comal. Burroetster
or McMullen Worthim or Tarrsnl. Baker or
scurry. Walters or Anderson. Gainer or
Rnxos snd nixon or Harris to present to
you this gavel in token of ths services ren
de red ny yoursrir In placing upon the stat
ute boots or Texas that great piece or eon
COUNTERFEITER IS
CAUGHT ON STREET
f. LEE ARRESTED BY GOVERNMENT
AGENTS. AND DIES Fill Ml 1
BIB POSSESSION.
Secret Service Man
IV That Arm serf Waa
rásalas' Phony no Bills
la fcl Pisa.
Benjamin F. Lee. alia Owens and Boyle.
said by United State agents to be one or
tbe moat successful counterfeiter who has
ever operated In this country wis arrested
at S o'clock Wednesday night on San An
tonio street in the eastern part of the city
by United sutes Sestet Service Agent S. E.
Bovee. I. J. Ayers. special Inspector of the
tresaury department and Deputy United
State Marshal Jerry Do Bose. Dies tor the
manufacture of counterfeit United States
currency were round on Lee's person when
he was searched.
Lee was arrested after a search which has
extended from one end of the United states
to tbe other according to the authorities.
It U staled tbtt prior to his operations here
be worked the counterfeiting gira in the
aim up. ine racitic cuasi ana tnai ne
tnspsstrir-
leShave been
own the counterfeits whirfl
made from the nlates round tn
his possession.
The notes which ware manufactured from
the dJei which were taken off Lee were on
the Crocker National Bank of San Fran-
cisco Cal. They were In the denomination
or vin were marked of the series 1 90S 1 90s.
ind were serially numbered and lettered in
variance. The dies were the best thit have
ever bean taken locally and consisted or
three plate one for the race or the note
one for tbe back and the third ror Inserting
the serial numbers and letters ind the
nmp.
The first of the Crocker bank notes which
turned uo In this district wis discovered
about December ta. when Secret SepTlce
Agent novee wa in los Angeles worm
on a case there. He was at once trsaiferr.
to this city then his home and detailed to
structlve legislation
"Any feeble words which I may titter In
praise or forestry will be drowned In years
to come in tne c nor us or nappy men. worn
en and children tn the lowing of content
ed herds and the music or the happy birds
when the purpose of the forestry bill shall
bare been translated into accomplished
ract; when tbe priceless pine forests or
east retes are no more swept ny destruc-
tive rires: when those oorttons or the cut-
over lands not adapted to the making or
farms shall have been restored to tbe
glory or the primeval forest; when tne
bread expanses of the Panhandle shall be
seamed with stalely rows or rorest wind
break and dotted with shady woodlands
when tbe broad expanses or southwest
Taxes shall have added to the wavln
branches of the mesaulte and the uñarle
trunk of the live oak vast plantations or
pecan walnut ano otner trees ana wnen
the rugged mountain sides or Trani-Pecos
Texas under the guiding band of the state
forester shall have flung a million pine
boughs to the breaxe.
"The man who successfully plints a tree
lays up treasure for those who shall come
after him.
"In the second chapter or Genesis we are
told that 'God planted a garden eastwird in
Eden and there He put the man whom He
had formed.'
"Turning with a spade the page of that
other book or divine revelations printed In
the silent strata or the earth we read that
In the beginning over by rar the greater
portion of the land surface of the globe
Ood planted a rorest.
"History and nature alike tell us that vast
areas or northern Arrlca wide stretches or
the Syrian desert and the great slopes and
Slalns or western Asia were once tbe hippy
ornes or teeming prosperous peoples.
Looking it tbe site of Carthage todit;
standing upon the ruin or almost forgotten
cities or western Asia man wonders bow
these barren wastes supported the vast pop-
(contmuea on page rive)
SPECIAL SESSION
OPENS AT AUSTIN
MYSTERY CLOAKS
BATTLE RESULTS
ON DARDANELLES
SHORES; BRITISH
CLAIM PROGRESS
LULL COMES IN FIGHTING IN
FLANDERS WHICH IS NOW
CONFINED TO ATTEMPTS
OF ALLIES TO REGAIN
LOST GROUND; STRUG-
GLE RESUMED IN CARPA-
THIAN MOUNTAIN PASSES
MISS JANE FANSLOW
Chicawo Society Girl. Who Waa Married Yeaterrjay to Domingo
Panaralll of Torreón Chih.. at the Home of Rev. Henry Eaater
APPROPRIATION BILL AND AMENDMENT
OP INSURANCE ACT PLACED BE-
FORE TEXAS LAWMAKERS.
run down tne counterfeiter. He came here! matin t... mwi .unh .. mi
va later and was liven as evidence! ' "
aua nis tirst clue tne first or these Crocker
notes discovered locally Shire thai n-.i.
ine spurious paper nis oeen noating into
his orrice In steady stream. Most of II
his been psised the officers believe In
chihuahua but much has been round In
this city and one bank note was discovered
even In Marra.
When examined by the officers In Ute
deral bulldlni Lee midst few tatémente
He told them that he Is a mining man from
i rarson. wexico. ana tnai uati occasion ta
the first on whleu be his been arrested. He
ta B0 years of age blond (turning gray) and
heavy set. He claims to bsve been living
it the corner of Myrtle and Florence ave
nues since coming here.
Ha waa charred before United Slite
Commissioner Oliver yesterdly afternoon
following bis arrest with having in his pos-
session ales ind tools ror miking counter
felt money. His bond tor release penning
hearing was set by the commissioner at
110.000. Tbe preliminary hearing will be
held by Commissioner Oliver next Monday.
ARKANSAS WOMEN
WIN MERIT FLAO
Bill earning Out Reromnindillons or Uav
era or Ferguson With Reference ts Exited
Ceaapsalea Introduced In Ihe House.
Bp ttptctml Wire to the Times
STATE LEADS NOLTM IN ÜOVfBIBI 11M.
TO MM III I PI in III HIM.
PAST YEAR.
mbtesj.
"IU Tr
ie Taste Care
teats Baas Tadajr
c kan. of the Missouri kanisa a Tsias
tailroad. tonight tolitterajid from Raw York
tut taw Mjtmjm boss Issue at ate read.
Sua Is rrnw had bean ftnsacru Scbeff
sakl Pr east of ths notes bad bean
di panted and test tea ramanamr head
abroad ear aa raute te ths committee
tens"' ate aagaa.
Arraoavaaaate as pay ta lateras aa ate
autes umtomm had bjM sssde. Mf. acaaH
aaad. and taa enskre test weak mm ra
larv.au laSttl MAT I. tBt.
BF 'Ac Anéete led Frew
Muskogee nkla . April it. Arkansas was
awarded the flag of merit of Ihe women's
uilliiry lo the xiutnern Commercial con
grass here today a being tbe gasa la the
outh test ass liliHwgMibiil most toward
civic improvement tn the last year. Tate
flag was held by Tennessee last year
ii l.oulse O. Llsdley. of Nashville.
re tin . president grneril or tbe v
suxlllsry. in her annual address uiged
eloaer relation. iui south American ne
tioua. asserting It Is Its duty of every
ssjpjg aaBBBB iif Ban Baal B$mtm m
the public icnool.
Far tea first tune .un e the
i ttete sanee tas opealag 01
. the wotaea's suxlllsry coo
much lo Help
-olve ine problem of rural and bu i re.lu
by otiaervlag tea roodrs of turopean pass
Mil woman with ressrd to clothing accord
ing to Mrs Manon ttberaood I apuno of
Tutea ukia.
ku rope an weawa ateta tastr
for wanaih and utiuty and of a style tnai
laws or ta Mod and the
if rot
U a fixed as MM
rasan.-' aa sal
tewed by aa'fia
traaiiaJaa raster ta
asany of our financial pcvbl.au.
U
Mrs. B. A. Has.
BStested ant teat tea area waa ftead al
wane waaaaa af today can tekor te
osaWSntasj tegulaiiou skiug tka Ihtas at
kljsVk1 rafocia
Taa practtea earrtad aa te wan attests
uf laagutrtag arrias ratatraa te an itssM
wtta law Mwas r to what wa teal
ltb atteM inula il te atettterw. a satd.
xatlon or both house and senate this aft
ernoon uovernor Ferguson's message read
snd the fetli proposing manges in tnu
Insurance laws was introduced tn the house
by Represen tt)ves OrlndateJT MrAsklll and
Mchols. The bill Is re-draft or ibe liibson
bill with the provision to remit uxei to
outlawed computes ellmlmted liovern
or Ferguson' raesssge submitted the mil
ler or appropriations The section relative
to Insurance companies submits the amend
men! or the Robertson insurance act. and
surge. is thai tbe matter or Ihe back taxes
be ttrt to court decision if necessary.
Mileage and per diem and contingent ex-
pense Mil war introduced In bo in
branches the first carrying 160000 and the
second 116000 senator were allowed tlx
dally paper each and representatives three.
The houie also allowed $10 for telegraph
and telephone call and lit for poiiage to
each member Three bills covering tne
rirst three t i v mom or ipproprntions were
Introduced In each branch.
The house killed resolution by Hopkins
ind other tbt tbe legislature memorial-
ise congress to pension Confederate vet
erans. TllloiMMt and others made strong
speeches agaiost It add It waa indefinitely
postponed. At to to. The senate at trie
regular aesslon let the same resolution dia
in committee.
Representative Burges presented Speiker
Woods with gavel nude or Texaa wood
with banda of Tessa copper ameltered tn
in H Peso smelter ind engraved with
figura to represent ine Elephant Bulle dam.
novernor Ferguson mingled during
morning with senators and representatives
while those bodies were awaiting org in 111
lion.
former Senator Joepri W Bailey u not
likely to coate 10 Tsui to ad.lre. tne
legislatura aa waa the program when tu
regular session adjourned Representative
ay ion or i.ooke county woo srrivcd to
day say he received s tetter rrom Mr.
Bsiley t few day ago saying thai ine
case or ihe Rigg. Nalioaai bank ror wnirn
he la counsel in in suit again! Secretory
of the Treasury MrAdoo and :onapirorr
m me currency witiiam- it waaniogton
la 11 for trm in Mar sad be wiu aa no
able to leave the national capital. Map
remntattve Dayton ears the infarance from
air niitey letter 1. that be will be a rea
uiilile for ibe United
lo surreed Senator Culher
Among ihe Texas
wbtrh will maintain a neutral ponitoa
toe dl u.alou
Bp the diMcteres1 Freaa
London April . With the battle in
Flinders seemingly it in end. except for
the atticki which the allies are making to
regain the remainder of the ground they
lost last week Ibe Interest of the public
has turned lo the Dardanelles where
French and British forces have been landed
and with the co-operation of tbe fleet are
miking attempts to open the strait and
force their way to Constantinople.
How far these operations hive progressed
only those on the spot and the highest
authorities t home know. Tbe British
have landed it three points on the Gilllpoll
peninsula ind have thrown a line irross the
outer point of the peninsula other British
troops arc threatening Ihe Bullir line or
forts where tbe French ire looking after
tbe Turks on the Asiatic side of tbe stmts.
The Turk report that all the landing
parties have tasen repulsed but Ibe British
reports which are very brief content
themselves with the statement that progress
Is being niatte and Ignore entirely tbe Turk-
ish claims to victories.
Along the western front in France ihere
is much activity but no big battle I in
progress although there are report that
the British hive begun in orrentlve to the
neighborhood or Airnaiuiernt. The tlermms
ippirentkf do nol contemplate movement
In force oa tbe wexterp end of the Una. tt
tby iraaepned today the Belglin -Dutch
frontier which to always cln ted whan tbe
Hermans are on tbe move.
Heavy nrhllbg continues in ihe Car
pathian for L'tadk pas and in the direc
tion or Stry. where the Austrian are
threatening the Russian communications
The report conies from Berlin tbtt the Au
trian have again Invaded Bessarabia but
there 1 no confirmation or tbl in the
Austrian orrirlil statement received tonight
Dispatches rrom neutral countries report
tnat a great concentration of Austrian
troops Is taking plica on tbe Italian fron
tier at a measure against the possibility or
Italy Joining tbe allies and that troops are
heiiig conveyed ny sea lo every coasl town
In Palmilla and Islrli.
Raxe BPl Bf
' "
NO RECOGNITION
OF ANY MEXICAN
FACTION LIKELY
IN NEAR FUTURE
DECLARES BRYAN
SECRETARY OF STATE EX-
PLAINS STATEMENT PUR.
PORTING TO BE VIEWS OF
CARRANZA IS ENTIRELY
UNOFFICIAL AND CALLS
FOR NO DEFINITE ACTION
BY WASHINGTON AT THIS
TIME.
Bp tike Attoetated Vera
Washington Aprtl W. Recognition of any
faction in Mexico during ine present un-
settled afrair I impossible by tbe United
Utiles government according to eipreaitotu
today by high officials
Published report! mat a statement to be
Issued by general can anta covering hli at-
tention ind progrim hid been drifted on
suggestion from the Washington idmtnle-
I ration and was now before secretary Bryan
ind President Wilson were met with 11
expliniilon that whit purported to be the
views or the first chief had been presented
unofficially to the lle department "but
hid not been submitted for an expression
or opinion or with any view towird recne-
nltlon."
"We haven't been asked." Mr. Bryan said
'lo take the matter un. and we have noth
ing before us Dial we would regird is iuf-
::irm io raise tne sitnject or recognition."
Itlehard H. Cole of Los Anéeles. Cal. a
personal friend or Qeneral Carranxa. who
recently his been ictive In his behalf In '
Washington called on Secretary Rrvan Ilia
todiv. bul declined to disclose the object of
his visit. It Is known however thit ho
has been assisting the carranis igency Itere
In lit errorti lo pive the wiy for the open'-
li.g of diplomatic relations with the Wash
ington government
I
beller in Washington
SCOTT BECOMES
MAJOR GENERAL
CHIKF OF BTAFT8 PROMOTION I Mr
FELTED BY RETENTION OF CE.Y
HI RH II ON ACTVE LINT.
ouarwtee Lin of Houston which te atetas
bu.inr.. outside of Texas a common witn
number of other ft is. riiatpanlis.
The governor expressed saturaoitoo wua
m ouliuok ind lays he is sure IBs Ute
sou bill will get through Me I eartteat ft
hn advocacy of it. and is prepared to as
tí approprienua fur
will be ta us mi
Hons o tw bin winagaead today eerrtee
ate Mast already pubtisiwd
a H. Moraaa af ataras
as eteried rttaptate over awariy a acora
Wttey oí Mealague tea
Bp the dieecteled Free
Wisiilngton April M. Major Oenerii Ar
iffnr Murray commsndlng tne weitern de
psrtmem of the srmy. attained the retire
ment age or M yean today but by an
order of Secretary Harrison in conformity
with legislation by the Hit conrress wil
relamed in his oreseui rommind oi
tbe active list until the end ojvthe Panama
i-acuic exposition next December. Oenerai
Murray will however be carried aa an
exiri number ii the gride or major gen
ems until us reiirerneni idis provision
oeing made so aa not to block the id
míreme nt ot general officers.
Brigadier ttenersl Hugh L. Scott rnier
or starr of the army has baas advanced
ny secretary uerrteon to tbe grade a
msjor general lo succeed oenerai Murray
in. commission dallar rrom' today. Colo-
nel Frederick B Strong of the coasl ar
tillery corps now stelloaed ai Charleston
... naa seen selected for the brtsadlor
generalship made vscaat by oenerai Scott a
advance. These inter two promotion ar
in accordance with plans of In war de
paranaa! lo anlielpaltoa of the lUtutory
reiirrmeni moa V at uener! Murrty.
VAMCSX'VVJI UKEMAMB JAILED
fa IklEBRATINtl DEFEAT OF
CANADIAN raOOTS UN rPRKS
Ate the Aieaetateat Fres
Vancouver. B C April N four
prouinal Oeraian rraidente of Va
.oiiver tear ir re a led today charged
with i akin part but Sunday nig hi
with t number or outer Oerntan. n
cetebratlua of the raMB victory
over Cenadle troop ai rpres. Tbe
men deiaiaed are Paul koop. Baron
van Lanowiu. ipttaluu Dr. Olio
Orunel and Krerlck Slrtlssl A tons
hit er Vancouver awn kilted and
Bounded re bed her tvuoday Blghi
ad iwws or the eetaaViMoa caused
popular indignation The German ar
rested declared IBs y were merely
having ttouie-warnttag. tbe party
having beeu arranged several day
prrtouly.
WAeeUNtjTON wheat FaXLate
MdtA ED IKJWN St HI . list
r DEsrrai crm utMAtEra
Bp the dsaeoMie) FvM
WllsoB rer Waa April w A
ruluma of crickets four miles lung
and It (Bel wide la aauwbtg down tew
swai neat of cw al imsslj Tasp
in four
ente Lisiar lor slate at ft rJtteJ
tkau prorrass. after irruíate ad
MAYOR LEA DESIRES
BRIDGE TO JUAREZ
ment ttajaoa. ind department of agrlcul
ture 'I0is.
Oiber spelters were oenerii John J
IN AIMIHEHS AT DINNTR GIVEN BV f.OL-
- I M Hilt in i l sinus HE Ol'T-
I I M s PLANS.
Frderil Rullrilna Frrcled.
Judge Clayton Talk.
The establishment of a rree lntcrniilonii
bridge between El Piso tnd Juirex rati the
construction or a convention hall ror this
rlly are Ihe ambition which Tom L
wishes lo realise during bis term is mayor
In iduresslng Ibe orricl! or Ihe federal
government offices in this' rlly last nlgbt
at the dinner given at the Pio del Norte
tn honor of Judge Henry S. Cliyton of the
federal court by Collector of Customs Zach
I- Cobb he declared that since his election
be had set bli heirt on irrnmnllshlna- ihe
establishment or these two improvement
"Since tbe night tint I received the re-
turn or the elertlon I have declared that I
lull work for Ihe establishment of a rree
mtornettonal bridge tnd conven I Ion hall
ror El Paso" Mayor I.ea said. "Aud since
Judge Cliyton his come hern ind roasted
our federal bulldinr we must work not nnlv
for free bridge tnd a convention building
but. what El Paso also needs new federal
building l hope with all my heart to see
these things within the next two veira.
Oeveraaaaat to Assist
The host caoaetar or Customs cohb. who
introduced Mayor Ma a Ihe "people's
mayor" atsured Mr. I.e that all El Pasoans
vrrnment men would go before the
president. Mr Wilson when they o
Washington ind like up tbe matter of a
brides for Kl Paso so
Hut the nnceiiary permission may be ob-
tained from congress
Mr Cobb assured oenerii Pershing one
of the guests al the dinner that Ihe pro
posed convention lull would be combined
convention hall nd trmory. mi that uV
mllltle company or El Fiso would hive
soluble k commodailoiia In Ike near rutare.
t obb's dinner waa an Innovation It
Is Ibe flrsl lime In the history of ihe eiiv
thit the government officials located at Kl
Ptso have gatbered together. There were
thlriv five gueU al Ihe dinner and every
department or the I ruled malea government
v.a representen wun ine exception or Ihe
navy and lb coast artillery.
Tribute I El Pese.
Judge cuyton ia introduced sa the
brim mil weaker or Ihe rrenlns. He naid
a high tribute to El Pano and LI Pasomi.
i is. maceo i pwaiurr ror me lo be
with you." Judge i nylon sai l "The pleas
ore 11 hellhlrned by Ihe llrt Dial llura I
lue been here ror the last tour week. I
tuve burned to know you aa my personal
rrlenda And the pleaiure I. further ir
cenioaied by UV fact that my liixiri In the
federal court are about ended and no i ihi.
hour I bav not had to send guveinmenl
oiitciii. a meinnrr or me iar or an army
man to Leavenworth-"
Judge ' lei t mi continued hu litarías ft
both s .rrinus and hoiiHirou. villi nut via.
enthu.iuiieilly spplsudrd by Mr Cubb'a
guest. He urged ihe rlly utmlninriiton.
officers or Ibo i hamper or Coiuniene an. I
poveriuoeni oiuciu. preseni to work for
bbw trurrai nuiiamg. wiucn
rerhim
Hon service mrl Judge Pin M. Jickson of
the dtdrlct court collector Cobb Intro-
duced Hie speakers.
Those present were Judge Henry D. City-
Ion qf Ine redrril court oenerai John J.
Pershing romiuander fclghlh tnrihtry brig-
ade Major w. B. illlott. tpurtermaster de-
pnrtmenl: Lieutenant James I.. Collins
lid de eimp to Oenerii Pershing; Porter
Dent or tbe rec lam ilion service; F. W.
Bcrshlre supervisor of the Imtnlgi sllon
service; oedrge J. Mains isslslint super-
vlor of the Immigration service; Joseph
Meyers of ine Immigrailoh service. Dr. John
W. Tippan of the United Stiles health serv
lee. Thomas U Kdwinls. I tilled villus coll
ul lo Juirri; H. P. Corbln. engineer of tht
inte'-nsiioiiai oounaary commission; post
mister K. A. hhelton. Assistant I oiled -i.ues
iHsinri Aitorney h. k. t;rwrora nepuiy
nisinci i.iei'K oeorge . iinvr or me red
enl court. Untied states Mwshd John H
Kogers. Chrrord Beckhim and Stephen
Plnkney or ihe redera! rourl. Dr. T.
reiu or annual industry
ntll Ihere Is evidence of in agreement
among ail the principal leaders Ihe general
n Wastuhirton Is that recognition
Bill be withheld.
siate department report from Mexico to
day announced that Duval Wett President
Wllnon't penal representative arrived at
St. Martin this morning en route rrom
Mexico diy to Vera nit. He was ex-
pected to reach Vera Crut torn time to-
night The train on which Mr. West wis travel-
ing wa delayed west of St. Martin but It I
understood Ihe railroad la now open from
Mexico City to the coait.
9ray
Lane of tbe United Statei weather hureiu
Harry Tateman Inlernal revenue collector
S. K. Bovee United Slates secret service
agent. Special Agents oeorge f l.ueke ind
1. J Ayers or the treasury drpirtmenl Col
lerlor or Customs Zach l.anur Cobb Deputy
Collector or Customs W. W. Cirpenlent W.
W. Crosby and Dr. Oliver B. Davison of the
I mted Slates customs service James r
Redding. Timothy O. Turner Norman M
Walker President H. B. urndorrr or the
lumber of commerce. Mayor Tom l ea
H B. Stovens.' W. O. Jolly. District Judge'
Dar. M. Jackson and County Commissioner
sem b. urnqorrr.
TEXAS "BUCKET SHOT' LAW.
supreme Court te Decide Whether It Bin
Enforcement of Collón Future Contra. 1
Bp the Anéeteles' Fren
New York April The queitton i
whether Ihe Tens "bucket ihop" lavv bars
tbe enforcement in that slate or contract
lor tonne sales of cotton on the New York
Cotton exchange wa submitted to the u-
prenM court today by ihe Judgei of the
t illb unlP-d sutes circuit court or ippeiis
When Allen A Bulterfleld. of New York
sued J. L. Hume of Austin. Texas for
ordar to sell and buy future cotton tbe
federal district court In Tex held Ibat
urb a contri) i could not be enforced. On
tn ippeil ibe circuit court was doubtful
bout tbe liw and certified tbe question lo
the supreme court
EFFORT TO SETTLE
BIG STRIKE VAIN
..or of u.e net needed improvemrnia ot
fro'wXd Ind ae'iTd T 'uf
new on wa wureiy wo imaii. aa
Odtui ruituuf u least si san non wa uw
ed lor thli rlly aa h ore dieted moa.
rrauoeut auri iirnourrr or i
i t-ouiuwr) loag at '
icb El Psaoaaa and
he ( huiiber
watirj'u;'
officii wen to
He atvovvrd II. I
Psaoaa i
rave flsu
dlsaurarawaii of Ihe gorrru
rior.su .1 kl Psk aiuoiutUd lo
.1 HJI Uli.g dl.l.led en.f u.e llllcen.
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Bp the AaseoKli Ftmi
Cblcuo. April tt. Proposals looking to
Die aaivirmeiiv 01 .III I r I .-In c. exl.llng
meen ixuu sirtklng uniou larpenler
TUl contractor rinployrri were lubiollled to
uiii aiue. louiv or llw jolal
...n.miiier Ah hour liter the
repnea p ine x.nuuiiiee. rek
poms an. i pur lug ta sen
Oíala II relied lien
nolle.- flrsl 10(1.
tn. lor. said III
ployeri' usorliltou lisd
vo rllM-r into
thai porte of
ths caiTieuurs
provided mat neither
tnau agauiit building
Hi view of rereuT
lederal grand )ury a
ii
fan
sag to prcem the me m Cbtaara aiZ.
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L'RBINA REPOBTS DEFEAT OF
CAHHANC1STA FORCE NEAR EBANO.
Oen. Tom Urblna's forces defeated s
rarranta column at Villa de Guerrero.
state of Vera crux the station west of
Ebuio tbe carranctit' outpost rrom Tem-
plen on Wednesday according to an offi-
cial report of the battle forwarded here
yesterday by Minister of Foreign Relation
Mlgual Día Lombardo at Chihuahua. Tbo
message rrom Oenerai Urblna which waa
dated l Auta. Vera crux rollowg.-
"I have the honor to Inform you that
early today we captured many prisons n in
the battle rrom between Villa da Guerrero
and Itodrlruex sutlon. Our force today
narked these position and defeated tbe
enemy wno auatained enormou
Only one of our brave soldiers was
GOVERNOR WHITMAN DECLINED
TO COMMENT ON LETTER.
Bp Ihe Associated Fvwm
Albany N. Y. April . -Governor White
roan declined tonight to make any oom-
roent on the letter introduced al Ute
Bimes-Roosevelt libel salt trial te Syra
cuse today.
INDICTMENTS FOR
IMPROPER LOANS
CHARGED WITH BORROWING OVKB aV
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