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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
The Battle OF Juarez a Monotony
Of Noise, Smoke and Destruction
Front the FrngL the Assault Of
the Houorf DeahBH Driven
By
Norman M.
Walker.

Tuesday the fighting had settled
down to a constant popping of rifles,
with a sharper, more penetrating ex-
pIosion sounding above the din, az a
rebel on the river bank fired his old
winchester. Men wormed their way
back ana forth along the river bank
and into the town by way of the
adobe blockhouses. The homemade
cannon doomed itself out behind the
adobe wall by the acequia bank and
had quit, disguised with its inability
to strike the church.
Then the federal battery opened up
and shelled the trenches. One shell
struck near the quiet old mill with
its wooden overhead water wheel An
other struck to the left of an adobe
house Haunting an American flag. A
third burst in the air and the shrap-
mel rained over the trenches and the
river
Not a federal was to be seen ex-
cept in the center of the city, where
they were now fighting from behind
the somber black barbados. There
was no life visible on the top of the
old church. Once a federal toppled
off backwards and had not the "spat-
spat' of the rifles as they were poked
through the loopholes been heard, It
would have been difficult to locate
the federal force. Ragged, high hat
ted rebels squatted behind the irriga-
ton bitches and the adobe walls and
fired at nothing in particular, but the
enemy in general.
Modern warfare is an inanimate
thing. Judging from the battle Of Jua-
req. There is more action to be seen
in a big league baseball game than on
the battlefield Yet the destruction
was there and the havoc of mortal con-
fIict was present like the wheeling
buzzards. the scourge Of flies and the
human harpies.
It was a grim pun, that "Juarez
helI' classic.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
ORIENT ROAD MAY
BUILD TO ALPINE

Alpine, Texas. May 16.=Messrs- Barn.
hart and Denny, representing the Kan
sas City, Mexico and Orient railway.
are here They met with a number Of
leading citizens yesterday afternoon at
the rooms of the Commercial Club, and
submitted a proposition to begin actual
construction work within 80 days at
Alpine. If a bonus of $4,000, station
grounds and rightofway can be secured.
A committee of citizens was appointed
to report at a meeting to be held today
The representatives Of the road further
agree. if the bonus Is raised. that the
Orient trains win be running into Alpine
within Is months
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16

E UGH has been written of the
IN horrors of wars ancient and
modern. Battlefields have been
pictured by celebrated painters as a
seething. writing mass of torn and
and bleeding humanity, with lives
snuffed out by hundreds and armies
annihiIated over night.
The coming of modern armament, of
high power rifles shooting steel bull
lets miles, and shrapnel shells that
burst at any required distance from
the cannon's mouth, has changed all
this. Action gives place to duh. unin-
teresting flatness and massed humans
ty in motion, the most inspiring of
sights. is reduced to a few unroman-
tic and commonplace men lodging in
gloriously from ditch TO ditch and COW
er to cover
This disappointing flatness was the
most noticeable thing about the bat
tie of Juarez At Mukden and at
Spion KoP, men charged in massed
formations and lancers galloped at the
enemy; sabers glistened in the air,
horses reared and plunged backwards
with their riders and everything was
action There was only touch of this
heightened action during the three
long DAYS Of the big battle of Juarez
Strangely this occurred almost enllre-
" during the first day of the fight.
There had been motion, movements
of men since the first pink shirted
rebel had snaked his way through tie
millet on the river bank. Men had
trotted through this green stuff until
one could shut the eyes and see them
moving. But there was not the action
of battle, the kill and be killed snap
to it that came in profusion later in
the day.
The rebels had zigzagged their devil
Gus way along the fagotted riprapptng
of the river bank and had crossed and
recrossed Juarez avenue, the main
causeway down which the human
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16

ton and the management expects to
overcome the difficulties which are.
now interfering with operations within
a short time.
The road to Cumpas is SO miles IN
length and a grade of 10 percent is
the steepest portion of the road, While
the maximum is mostly confined to six
percent. The road was very difficult
to construct on account of the rough
ness of the country, but considering
this. it took but a comparatively short
time to construct it. 1t begins at the
end of the aerial tramway, which is
about four miles in length Automo-
bile trucks have been ordered for use
on the new road and when they ar
rive all the shipments will be made
by way of Nacozari instead of Cana
nea.
Maria is Being worked.
The Maria mine Of the Carman Con-
solidated Copper company is the only
other property operating in the CHS
pas neighborhood This is being
worked by contract labor. On account
of the close proximity to the Chispas
mine this property is considered to be
of some worth and developments at
the. property seem to point towards
another rich mine soon. The Carman
recently passed to the control of Du-
luth interests and a new company was
formed. Work was resumed after a
long period OF idleness.
The gCananea- Boston mine is doing
very little work at present on account
of water in shaft No. 2. H. S. Smith,
manager of the property, has gone 70
Galveston, Texas, on business connect
ed with the property.
New SmeIter Running.
The new smelter at the Nina Mexico
property. 35 miles from Tonichis is
running nicely and giving entire salts
faction The stack was constructed to
accommodate IS tons daily. but it can
easily handle 100 tons. About 20 per-
cent of the ores handled are high
grade and the output of the smelter is
q high grade silver-lead matte w. E.
Pomeroy is superintendent Of the prop
erty. The consulting engineer for the
company, H. L. Hollis, recently made a
visit TO the property.
Additional ore has been openedJup by
the Calumet & Sonora company, which
is operating 10 miles southeast of
Llano. On the 100-foot level at a dis
lance of So feet from the station. the
vein was encountered and the drift
has passed through % feet of good ore
with no signs of a foot wall. The ore
consists mostly Of copper carbonates.
o. L. Neer has discontinued work at
his properties in the Arizpe district on
account of the unsettled conditions
The annual report of the Lucky tt
ger Combination Gold Mining company
has been issued. The report of con-
sulting engineer Malcomson shows
that there was mined and milled dur
ing 1910, 3S,915 tons Of ore, upon which
sP35 csc was realized The profits of
the company for 1910 amounted to
s4s5, 1903, of which s42s. coo was paid IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
Alfred Henry Lewis at Short
Range Measures Up to the Mark
Man Who Writes Bales of Good Stuff Joins Correspondents

being Alfred Henry Lewis that he has
neither tine nor inclination to be any
thing else He is not from New York
with the accent on the from; New
York just now is from him. He is as
much at home IN room SO, st. Regis, FL
Paso as he is at No. 922 Flatbush or
whatever his urban address happens
to be- He is not missing New York,
hut New York is missing him, for he
has ceased to be a personality and has
become an institution, one Of those
kind operated with battery OF six
chain feed boilers and enough steam to
run the solar system
I'm like the red headed duck-the
robber; 1 sit back here and let you
fellows hustle the stuff and then
steal il Just like the red headed ras-
cal lets another duck dive for fish,
and then swoops down and gets the
feed while the other fellow is busy
getting the water out OF his system.
But, do you know; I have found that
to be the best way of getting story,
for then you get it in perspective and
rot in pieces as you do when you are
on the job. Get the story in bunch,
then pump the human interest into it.
Finds People Good Subject.
People want to read about people.
can take page out or a telepnohe
directory and make everyone read 1t
when they will chuck a thesis on the
why of the wherefore in the hell box
Find out about people and then write
them up. That's my working plan and
it seems to be what the dear public
wants. Here's some of my stuff now
that illustrates my point
Whereupon he read a handful OF the
hot stuff that he has been giving the
telegraph operators overtime sending
since he arrived in Ell Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
EIGHT COPPER BASIN
CLAIMS CHANGE OWNERS

Following negotiations started two
weeks ago, the title to eight claims in
the Copper Basir district, Mohave coun-
ty, Ariz., have passed under bond from
Mrs. William Potts to r. j. Block and
Peter Eckstein, who will commence
work at once. having already purchased
supplies. One of the claims is opened
by q crosscut tunnel 200 feet in length.
This opening will be pushed ahead TO
top a vein which has produced a fair
tonnage of ore from surface workings,
that netted s57 a ton in gold ard cop
per, after paying all expenses. The
group is in the same mineral belt as
the properties of the Commercial M,n
ing company, which are now being
opened by a deep shaft by the Phelps
Dodge interests.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
GROUP LEASED.
BY MDERMOTT AND HOATSON

It is reported that the Montana group
in the Orc Blanco district, south OF
Tucson, Ariz-, has been taken under
bond and lease by Capt William Nc
Dermott, OF Tucson and Capt Hoatson.
of Calumet, Mich The price is said to
be in the neighborhOod Of $4,000
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
A LFRED HENRY LEWIS. author

- LIZ 10 OOtlAO4
n fiction writer, political report
4 = er and teller OF tales that make
the electric light bills big at the end
of the month, is also a mana big,
two listed, broad gage man who talks
like he writes, which is the best stuff
that is appearing. in contemporary
print.
Original as his copy. Lewis has an
original way of doing everything, in
GLIDING his big work of getting on pa
per the evolutions and convolutions OF
that big brain under thin thatch OF
silver hair combed straight back from
a forehead that looks like the front
ispiece Of a shorthorn bull
Works In the Morning.
The author of "Wolfyille Days" like
wise s'Wolfvi1le Nights" and several
bales of equally good and. readable
stuff does his work in the morning.
That is, he works during what little
there is left of a morning after he
gets out Of his ostermoor and has
SILVER bath in the amber colored wa
ter Of this particular section.
A pair Of broad gage ankles butt out
from under a champagne colored bath
robe-no suggestion IN the color, for
Lewis is on the wagon from Dec 81
to Dec 81. inclusive=add twobit
cigar, more or less and you have the
picture. With a battery of pencils that
look like they might have been
sharpened with. a pair OF scissors, Lew
is writes reams and reams of the stuff
that make the strap hanger on the
homeward L car forget the cramp in
his mitt-
Just Plain Lewis.
There is about as much affectation
about Alfred Henry Lewis as there is
about a Ute squaw. He is so busy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16

Arthur Lee, who lives n Highland
Park, reported to the shertfrs office
Monday that two mares had been sto-
len from his home some time Sunday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
ADS RY PHONE

You can easily sen II Call Bell lis.
auto 1115. tell the girl what it IS and
The Herald viii sell IL No bother. no
formaiity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16

T. r Francis and family. of 21o Noble
street, have gone TO Los Angeles,
Cal. TO spend the summer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16
Ba12XsSSs
s9Vg01CQ

Every Woman'S heart responds to
the charm and sweetness of a baby's
voice, because nature intended her for
motherhood. But even tie loving
nature of a mother shrinks from the
ordeal because such a time is regard
ed as period Of suffering and danger.
Women who use Mothers Friend are
saved much discomfort and suffering.
and their systems, being thoroughly
prepared by this great remedy, are
IN a healthy condition TO meet the
time with the least possible suffering
and danger. Mothers Friend IS
recommended only for the relief and
comfort Of expectant mothers It is in
no sense a remedy for various ills,
but its many years of success. and
the thousands of endorsements re-
ceived from women who have used il
are q guarantee of the benefit 10 be
derived from its use. This REMEDY
does not accomplish wonders but sim
ply assists nature TO perfect its Work.
Mothers Friend allays nausea, pre-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16

driven at as foot level on the ore OF
three newly discovered veins. The ore
is copper glance carrying silver, run
ming from $50 to sss to the ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16

vents caking of
the breasts, and
IN evey way
contributes to
strong, healthy
motherhood. n
at drug stores.
book for expect
BR4DHETD REGl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-16

n r. UGH has been written of the
lNE horrors of wars ancient and
- - sr,aoaar1 ua++1oFia15e bo,,o 1,oo,.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
lThrec Times Candidate for
President on Socialistic
Ticket Will Make Address
at the Coliseum.
fDEBS is THE IDOL
OF PARTY MEMBERS
Generally Regarded as One
\ of the Greatest Orators of
the Country-Has Won
derful Personality.

-. Eugene v. Debs. Of Terre Haute.
lind. three times candidate for presi-
ldent on the Socialist ticket. and the
idol of the American Socialists. arriv-
led In Richmond this afternoon. from
New Castle. and will speak this even.
llng at the Coliseum.
At the Socialistic headquarters, over
I7l6 Main street. this morning every
thing was being made ship-shape in
Honor of the beloved party leader. One
I"comrade" was sweeping the floors
land another was arranging chairs,
while third was busy with dust rag.
Gene will visit the Comrades" at the
headquarters on his arrival and will
|prcbaOly make q few remarks.
Gene Debs inspires the same enthu-
Ioiasm and devotion among his thous-
lands Of followers a. Napoleon did with
his guardsmen. He has the dreamy
letes and wonderful voice of Abraham
lincoln. and 10 40 bald headed as Bill
Nye.
10 Great Orator.
though there are thousands who diff
Ger with his doctrines everyone admits
that he II sincere In his beliefs and
that he IL q remarkable orator.
bebs 10 now touring the country and
10 being greeted by large crowds
wherever he appears. No doubt there
will be large crowd. composed OF
snembers Of every political faith. at
the Coliseum tonight to hear him, for
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
runs OUT OF MONEY
And Eighty U. S. Clerks Are
Given Lay Off.
tNational News Association

WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.-Treasury
officials state today that work on new
public buildings In Indiana will not
be halted or delayed by the discharge
Of eighty employees from the drafting
division and supervising architects Of
flee for want Of sufficient appropria,
tion to continue their work. 1t is ex-
pected that congress will relieve the
situation by deficiency appropria-
ton as soon az 1t meets. The EN-
ployes are furloughed Some Of them
have been steadily employed for so
years and notice of the furlough came
as q great shock as they had made no
provision to meet it. The approprfa-
ton ran out and under q law passed
through the influence Of Senator Hem.
enway when he was at the head of the
committee. the treasury
officers cannot create deficit by
sepnding money before the appropria-
ton is available.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Badly Burns Eaton Man and
Destroys Building.
tPailadium Special,


/, EATON. Ohio. Sept. 14.--ln gas
pline explosion from some unknown
cause Wednesday afternoon In his dry
cleaning plant. John A. Becker receiv.
I'd serious burns and IL now in a
critical cohdition. though physicians
believe he will recover. When Mr.
Becker opened the door leading into
the plant. In the rear of his tailoring
chop ON East Main street. there was
y great burst Of flames within. and
Decker was burned about his face
farms. chest and back. The worst
hurn. however, is the one ON mis- back
and extends from his waist to his
head.
The building was soon ablaxe and
practically destroyed. together with
. large amount Of clothing which he
had In the cleaning process. Build
ltngs adjoining were threatened, and
spnce or twice the Freitag livery sta
jble caught fire. but was extinguished
Nv the department. whose work was
Ioffsctive In controlling the flames
Had the fire gotten beyond control
skhe result would have been appalling
,tbeeAuse Of the fact that the entire
square surrounding IL closely built up
lTAe damage to Becker's plant has no,
hesn announced. but 1t will probably
sjgeash $500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
.TH|RTy-SlxTH TO
HOLD ITS REUNION
Survivors of Famous Indiana
Regiment Will Meet
Here on Friday.

The twenty-fifth annual reunion OF
the veterans of the Seth Indiana In
fantry will be held in the Wayne cir
cult court rooms Friday. More than
100 survivors of the regiment which
was commanded in the great civil con-
flict by Col William Groce, deceased.
of New Castle, are expected to attend.
Several Of the veterans reside in
Richmond, Cambridge City, and other
places in Wayne county, but the ma
jority will come from Henry, Fayette,
Randolph, Union and Delaware coun-
ties.
Registration of the members will
commence at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and continue until noon. The busi-
ness session of the meeting will open
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon, at which
tiYe officers will be elected. Following
this a campfire will be held. There
will be several speakers, among them
Judge Daniel Comstock of Richmond.
Lunch will be served at O'Clock by
the Women.s Relief Corps.
Music will be furnished during the
campfire meeting by Mrs. Kruger.
Mrs. Bartel and q quartet of veterans.
The S6th Indiana regiment was or
ganized at Camp Wayne. Richmond. In
diana, the latter part of August and
the first part of September, 1861. 1t
was mustered into the United States
service. September Is, 1861. Company
A was recruited at Lewisville; com
pany B at Muncie: Company c at New
Castle; Company d In Henry county:
Company E in Wayne, Henry and Ran
dolph counties: Company F in Rich
mond: Company G in Liberty; Com.
pany H in Connersville; Company 1 in
Cambridge City and Company X in
|Knightstown. The total number OF
members mustered in was 1O47, rank
and file.
The regiment was in the battle OF
Shiloh. Tenn. the battle of Perryville,
KY, the battle of Stone River. Tenn,
the battle of Lookout Mountain. Tenn,
the battle of Chickamauga, Ca. and
participated in the battles and skir-
mishes OF the Atlanta campaign. Its
total loss, killed. wounded and missing
wes 4S6 men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
A BABY FIRE BUG
CRtMATES SISTER
BerkIey, w. Va. Lad Pours
Kerosene on Little Girl,
Then Fires Clothes.
tNational News Association

BERKLBY. w. Va, Sept. H.
While his mother went to grocery,
leaving him alone with his sister Mary,
three years old. Charles Shorter, s
years old, saturated the girls clothing
with kerosene and set fire to her.
Calmly filling.a tub Of water he watch
ed the flames burn themselves out and
then placed the unconscious child in
the water and washed her burns tear
ing the blistered skin from her body
and literally skinning her alive. When
the mother returned home an hour la
ter the girl was breathing her last.
The boy once set fire to the house. He
can give no reason for his act except
that he wanted to see the flames.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
TWO men ARE FINED
For Failure to Have Vehicle
License Tags.

Following arrests made Tuesday the
police went after the yiolators of the
new vehicle tax ordinance in court this
morning, and convinced two men, who
had forgotten to procure their license
tags that their negligence was no jok-
ing matter They drew fines. Two 9TH
er men escaped similar action only by
non-appearance at court.
George F. Smith was the flrst viola
He plead guilty to charge of having
driven his automobile on the streets
without a license Chester Whitesell.
when charged with having driven Egg
emeyer's grocery wagon without a We
hicle license. told the court that he had
secured his license. but had lost the
tag. The Judge said that the law re
quired that the tag be displayed on the
vehicle and that. as Whitesell had fail
ed to comply with this. he was liable
to fine. Both were let on with 81 and
costs
Percy Gard, who was also arrested
for failing to display a license tag. was
seriously i'll this morning. and the may
or continued his case until later
date. Stafford, the fourth man to be
caught on the same charge, failed to
appear at the court. and will be
brought in by the police tomorrow for
trial.
The offfcers today were still on the
lookout for offenders. and they hope
that few. days Of vigilance viii rid
the city or license dodgers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
ED|CT WAS ISSUED
TO THE |. Il. /, ( {,
Must Place Its Tracks in the
Center Of the Nation
al Road.

The board of public works at its
session Thursday morning ordered the
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern
Traction company to abandon work
on connection Of the West Fifth
street line to the tracks as they now
lay on the south side Of the National
road. BY this order the company will
be compelled to place its tracks in the
center of the road where they were or
Idered placed by the city in the i'm
provement of the National road.
s This action of the board of works
will prevent any delay in the improve
ment which might arise from dilatory
tactics by the company in removing
its tracks.
The company desired to make q
connection with the tracks as they
now lay on the south side of the road,
because. 1t is alleged, the tracks on
Main street between Fourth and Fifth
arr not Wrong enough for the heavy
intstu111An cars. The board was OF
the opinion that If the company was
allowed to make the connection and
use the tracks as they now are, the
improvement might be delayed indefi-
nitely in the ensuing effort to force
the company to remove its tracks to
the center OF the road: which the
board says must be their permanen,
location.
A mOti0n by Mayor Zimmerman was
unanimOusly passed instructing the po.
lice department to order H Goldfing
er to take up the tile advertisement OF
the Palais Royal on the cement side
walk at 924 Main street A similar
order was made by the board some
time ago, but it was laid over until
| the last council meeting. At that
time the matter was not brought up.
A contract for 10000 tons OF coal
more or less, for the supply of the
Municipal Light plant was awarded to
the A. Harsh Coal and Supply com.
pany. The bid was $1.93 to $2.20 a
ton. The next lowest bid was 81 9s
to $2.20.
The city clerk was ordered to notify
1.-THE Terre Haute, Indianapolis and
Eastern Traction company to clean VI
the driveway curb ON North E street
The primary assessment roll Was ap
proved for the improvement Of South
Fifteenth street, consisting In cement
curb and gutter on both sides of this
street from Main to = streets. Simi
lar action was taken regarding the i'm
provement OF the alley between Ninfl
and Tenth streets from North D Stree,
Ito Elm place.