Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07
Ell PASO ADJUSTMENTS
NOT SATISFACTORY
THE SUNDAY VAUDEVILLE SHOW
FROST.
High Priced War Drama Failed to Meet
Expectations.

The city of FL Paso. always alive To
its best business interests. IS exploit
ing the big Mexican war AS AN amuse-
moHt feature and is drawing quite a
crowd with its special show. The NOV
ing picture and the bull fight are no
longer top liners and those who demand
the best in real vaudeville Will be- sat
fled with nothing less than carnage
and read blood RI Paso is the only
American city that is prepared To- cater
To thu most cultured and discerning
amusement lovers.
In El Paso. as elsewhere where yau-
d,yillc abounds. SUNDAY is the big day,
and the spectacular war drama The
Fan OF JuareZ" was billed for the sun
day performance II is not often one
can sit safely At his own iiresIde and
look across an acequIa at exploding
powder magazines. witness the falling of
fortified walls. hear the shrieks of the
dead and dying. observe the dismantl-
ing of government buildings and the
Kaleidoscope changing of waving flags
OF yariegat~d hue. while ever ard anon
the roar of cannon and tn" scent of
human gore p-rmcdtes the circumtm-
bient atmosphere. All that was prom
missed for the diversion 81 III PdsO last
Sunday. but lik, many bigger but less
advertised features ii was something
of frost The performance occurred
OF course. hut the management rather
frll down ia the sensational features.
These facts are gathered from an in
trryiew with \. Ia Tourette of Mil
Nauk-e a travelling man vino repre-
dealers. In this southwestern country
Mr. Ia Tourctte left III Pasp SUNDAY
night and was here YESTERDAY lie was
here yesterday He had q reserved seat
but was ted L. believe ne could see
great deal more if ne bought box
privilege in an automobile and went
To- the front. So hv did sp. He was ou
tn, job eleven miles south Of JuareZ
sunday afternoon where OruZco en-
'ounterrd Rabago'S force of about 300
in the morning after having stopped
the train In which tho soldiers were
travelling toward Juar,z He only saw
.h. last charge in the battle o." rather
heard the last yolley fired. from "a view
point a half q mile away from the in
and about mil" and a half
rom thu i-urrals. H., Says the firing
started rather suddenly and admits .
hat al the first shot Do, got pretty f.
lose L. Mexican soil. for the whole /
ength of him. and looked around I
l-ryou~ly To see if some one had not .
eft "A ditch or adobe, mole lying around .
conveniently for his use but there was
none iu sight In fact until that mo-
ueut he had uot noticed just hpN
mooth and even the c,eutry Was
hereabout and il seemed that which
Yer way h- turned the ground instead
4 presenting a depression. rather
,"wed up bit But ii didn't Lst long
ud as soon as thu carnage was over
hr automobile party of which h- was
member. scooted back 10 American
oil.
There was only one other tragic In
idrnt and If the Mexican government
Yer found out tn. part h- played u
would probably regard his act as
collation. of the neutrality laws. on the
round of furnishing aid L. the enemy
'he auto after the fight came along
ide a party of six of the thirty insur-
ectos who participated The rebels
we're almost starved for chew nf to-
acco and as h. had a plug he divided
with them.
The story Of the battle as related by
lr la Tourette. agreed almost exact
!. with the story published i'm The Re
ublican Monday morning. with the eN-
option of the fact that he did not see
be tw" federals reported killed. They :
lay have been there as he did not get
aal close To- the Rabago colpmn. He s
i'll. however. see dead Mexican WON s
n at the wrecked train, but does not I
now whether she WAS shot in the q
ght or was merely being transported }
n the train as 4 corpse. &
The visit Of the party Of Americans D
question was occasioned by the early q
.ory in FL Paso that the Rabago force S
al all been killed i'm the early morn