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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
Licensed to wed.
SPENDS LAST MCKEE, N
AT1TE.REElEl no I'M LEE

wazyk, hungry and with only a nickel
IN ms pocket, spent his last cent to gain
itdnlJtance to an elevated station that
ne might leap in front of a train He
jumped out was not injured severely
The station platform was crowded
with men and women when KraWazylz
pushed his way through the thrOng and
Ieaped before a train. He was brushed
IRON the tracks and when the guards
pulled him out he was bruised only
slightly.
Il have no place to live; no work
and no friends" the man explained to
the police.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
HoW's This9

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not De cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known II.
). cheney for the last Is years, and be-
heve MIN perfectly honorable in all bus
mess transactions and financially able
70 20 carry out any obligation made by
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halis Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nary acting directly upon the blood
ana mucous surfaces of the system.
i Lestlno nlals sent free. Price 75c. per
DoIue- Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constf-
patton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
ACCUSED FEUDTST DEEIES HE
KILLED KENTUCKY SHERIEE

Winchester, KY, Jan. ANDREW
Johnson, accused by the widow and
daughter Of former sheriff Ed Gala
han, of Breathitt county, of having
been one Of the two feudists that fired
the shot that killed Callahan last
spring, denied at the trial that he was
in the vicinity at the time Of the muir
der He could not remember" when
questioned about previous testimony he
had given to the grand jury The pros
ecution has closed its case in the trial
of Smith and Johnson, two of the IS
men indicted in connection with the
alleged conspiracy that resulted in Cal
lahan's death.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
SPAR MINES NEAR
EMING OPERATED
Sadler Has 20 Men at Work;
Highway Enthusiasts
Meet in Deming.

The Deming office Of The Ell Paso
Herald is in the Chamber Of Com
merce. Roy Bedichek is correspond
emit The Herald's distributor IN
Deming is the LETTER & Field Cigar
and News Store. The Herald viii be
delivered to all parts of the city, the
same night of publication, at so cents
per month.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09

to make additions at car barns, Cotton
and Olive, estimated cost $4,000.
To George Beandett, to erect a gar
age, 14I9 Hawthorne street, estimated
cost, $500.
To George Beaudett. to remodel
store front, 10 Mesa avenue, estimated
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
RoosA CONVICTED ON
GAMBLING CHARGE

John Ro0sa. Independent candl-
date for mayor was tried and found
guilty Of keeping gambling room.
yesterday afternoon In tho district
court. Tho evidence OF three Witness
80. NJ. u. Williams. G. T.. Jones and
Z. i. iIolton. established thar ON or
about October II Roosa was conduct
ing a public gambling Join, In tho
basement under the Trinidad Nation
ri Bank and that Roosn himself was
operating policy wheel. Various
gambling devices were In operation
there. Attorney u. I. S.aman Of.
fercd no dcfcnsc for his client cN-
ccpi 10 arsu" the case 10 the Jury.
The jury retired abou- four o'clock
and returned a verdict Of guilty
about six o'clock. Defendant made mp
p'icntion for a new trial ana was CIV
"n five Gavs to file a motion.
Pas1uall. I.offarclli. proprietor OF
the Park caf. and saloon who's. trial
WA also Sc, for yesterday afternoon,
withdrew his pirs OF guilty and en-
tered a plea Of guilty md was fined
tlV0 and costs. TIL" trial of L.. NJ.
Cook. charged with keeping II gnmb-
ling room was held over Tor this
morning The eight eases charging
Eli Green with Keeping gambling
room ana gambling ar" on 'hr dork-
IT for today.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
NO POLITICS, RULE
TO Be ENFORCED

City employees who have disregard
ed tn. resolution passed by the city
council last Monday night. and who
have been or are politically active.
will he summoned to appear before
Alderman H. y. Sopris of the police
committee. Mr.. Sopris declared to-
day that his attention had been call
cd TO the reported activity OF Night
Captain James Hannah and one or
two others. He said that he would
make "a thorough Investigation and
proceed to enforce the provisions OF
the resolution. The men who arc
doing political work and holding city
jobs must CO." declared Mr.. Sonris.
The chairman of the police comit-
tee will not jump at conclusions or
be procipitatc IN the matter. He Will
ascertain upon Investigation ii the
reports that hav. come to him con-
csrning the political activity of cer-
tain city employees are true. If tb"
Investigation finds the men at fault
then the employees III question Will
probably be compelled to hand in
their designations at the next meet
ing OF the city council on March "a.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
R00SAS CANDIDACY CAUSES BREAK
IN RANKS OF GANG C0NSPIRATORS

machine and the police force. The
scheme concocted WIS that Roosa be
put UP to catch the vote that Dun.
lazy could not get. One prominent
saloon man got busy In behalf of
Roosa and cnnvassed the saloon men.
making the statement that 1t waa
the plot of the gang to throw over"
Dunlavy at the eleventh hour.
As for the efforts which were made
to get Randolph Cook to run In the
hope OF pullin, away number of
votes from Easlcy. this scheme, it
has been declared. was conceived by
Mayor Taylor. who used au inflnen-
tinl saloon man to carry the message.
This man. It Is said. was authorized
to make tho statement that $1,000
would be put up If Cook would make
the race. MIR. Cook would not he
como n party to any such II scheme
and declined to even consider the
nomination
The fact is that Mr.. Roosa has
come ont rs an Independent candi-
date for mayor. In doing so he Is
allowing himself to be used by the
gang that is now pretending to op-
pose him. The kept paper makes the
ridiculous charge that the Roosa
mcnt OF the Democrats and Progress
sives. The gang that controls the
policy of the newspaper does not
! want to be known as n bunch of
double crossers'. The people hav-
ing looked upon them in their poor
disguise know full well they will go
to any lengths to defeat the repre-.
sentative business men's candidate
who is foe to the trickery and the
sharp practices that have enabled
the gang to maintain itself in power
all these years.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
House Kills More
County Division Bills

Denver. Colo. March i5.-Thc
house today killed the bills creating
Sunshine and Divide counties upon
the adoption Of an adverse commit
tee report.
The house passed on second read
fng the Skinner bill prohibiting the
pubiIcati tion OF unanimous commune
cations by newspapers and making
editors responsible for everything
printed.
The senntc In committee of fnll
killed the Tierpey single tax bill post
poning tho final vote until Monday.
Senator T. a. Joyce introduced n
resolution Tor tho submission of n
constitutional amendment. authoriz-
ing a - 900. 900 bond issue. the pro-
cecds to be used In constructing
buildings at the state institutions.
The house refused to concur in the
senate amendments 20 the game law
and the senate asked that The bill he
sent to conference. appointing Sem
ators Garman and stephens AZ con-
fcrecs.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
FROST BoAS1EO
Ne COULD CONTROL
SECY. OF INTERIOR

cb.cagU, March lh.--Hichnri a.
Iini,ingcr's appointment rs secretary
nf til. interior pleased Ebert G.
FtoAt one OF the five def. ndanis on
TRIAL Tor Alaskan coal land frauds
h.;or. Judge Lands. according To u
letter introduced today In evidence.
The letter was dared February =.
i3o,. aud addressed 10 II. 4. Osborne
u Toronto banker who WAS u business
rs-ociai" OF Frost. In this c0nimun-
icafion Frost set forth his friendship
AMI close Kfiiiiation with tho former
cabinet official An .SsFpi from the
letter read: r...
e - ~us, > sss. glad ~ : ss..sa --.Assi
Hon. X. A. fsdflingcr NJ seattle.
Wash. WAS appointed commissioners
of til" secnral land office. Mr.. Hal
linEar is one OF tn. firm OF Ralllnger
Rcnold. BATH. and Tenant of Seattle
and has been my attorney there for
III" pas; five o. s.N years aud know
him personally Well.
Therefor We will have the adyan-
cabre' offca!. An cSrcrr, from 'hr
land Office"
The letter came rs a surprise to
the a;torrcys for the defense. \. A..
Dawson alleged dummy entryman'
and former auditor Tor the Frost cn-
tcrpriscs was called on hy the pros
ccution to Identify the letter. The
witness. although cvnsivc In many
OF his answers. finally identified the
letter for thr record.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15

Now that the gang has been de-
tccted in another attempt to blind
fold the people-now that their lat
est pet scheme to aid the election OF
their instructed candidate, W. Pro"
Duulayy, has been discovered, the
star chamber conspirators nrc tear
ing out their hair by the roots. and
raving and fuming over the 'hor-
ribIc accusation" that John Roosa
Is an independent candidate it.'
mayor by virtue OF influence brought
TO bear by the gang. The man who
Is to be used to catch Il few scatter
ing votes that the gang believed
would 20 elsewhere. has now been
disowned by the very bunch of poll
,icinns that "pestcrcd him to death
TO become Il candidate. Roosa now
occupies the unenviable position of
who is led into miry slough and
left there.
But the gangs attempt to wash
their hands of the candidacy of MIR.
Roosa is all so much play acting.
The fact is some OF the gang mem
hers Hfstigatcd the movement when
driven to desperation by the thought
that the "Citizcns' candidate for
mayor could not NE elected in q
strnight-out and out race between
him and Mr. Easlcy. It is under.
stood also that some of the gang
leaders have sought TO Influence Mr.
Dunlavy to withdraw in favor OF
Itoosa, but this attempt stirred ur
dissension in their own ranks
Gang henchmen aided in the circula'
tion OF the Iloosa petition.
The /ag figured Dunlavy woult
receive only the instructed ganl
vote, aud this means the vote of tn,
elements that are controlled by tht
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
SHERIFF sets
PRISONER FREE
TO VOTE FOR
GANG

That til. gnns will s,hp ai moth
Ing To carry the elect ion OF April l
and thus maintain thr city hall en-
pioy.rs on the payroll i clearly evil
denccd by the mcthcls Tho gang IL
employing 10 pad thc registration
books. The old machinery Of tho
Republican gang. which II now IN
service for the so-ca,ird Citizens
ticket will be used Hs effectively M
possible. This Ia shown b. an incl
dent OF u day or two ago
Carmel Romero. who was arrested
on January for beating his wife.
and who on January :; WAS tried ny
Justic. Stone ard sentenced TO serve
ninety days In the county fail. was
rcl.a .rd from the ha-il!- ON March
II and registered by the gang In III.
iIrst ward oM March ~. the las
registration day. Romero who's"
term of nin.t. days righugl!y o.
pI,cd ob April .. WIS released for no
other reason than thnt he might be
registered To vote the ging ticket.
The gang Is performing III" sam.
tricks that has made II notorious IN
times past the ZANE tricks which
the senate committr.. Ia the Warcla-
Wycoff contest ycstcrday declared 1,
he q dis:Ta to ~ CIVILIZED con,mua.
i,y
Prc,iouX io every election the
gnng sac, to II that iunlcnrr" Is
shown the offenders whr fail into
the net OF tho police. Time ,.rv"r-
ar. sc, free In time TO register or
veto. Til. Judgment nr the courts is
lisrcEari"d that the gang may got
the votes in The halo, box. All soris
and conditions OF undesirable citi-
zcns are permitted to make their
rendezvous IN Trinidad for weeks
preceding an election and these un.
,dcsltablos are hcfded MP and regis
tered and on .icctioH day tak"n N
the polls Afier cle4l,on the city
marshal i~ instraciedlA9 '.eit busy
as6 -"ciean no. aud uasiseirabsr'
are dealt with In polio" court It Il
In bringing tn this undesirable cius'
TO tho polls thut Night Captain Jim
Hannah exhibits his efficiency "'
which tb. kept paper speaks.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
MERGER Plan ABANDONED;
MUST DEVISE new SCHEME

Judge LOvett rcCitcd briefly the
history of the negotiations between
the attorney general and the railway
attorneys in an attempt to devise "a
plan that would conform to the dis
solution decree.
After the plan was presented to
this court on February "a" he said.
providing for the lease by the Cen
trail pacific Of the Southern Pacific
short line, the attorneys for the
southern Pacific and Union Pacific
sought so TO modify the plan as to
meet the approval of the California
board
This plan was outlined orally to
the attorney general. but was not re-
duced to writing until late Wcdnes-
day night. Soon thereafter we
started for st. Louis. trusting TO find
u full bench here and hoping that
ich plan would meet the approval of
this court,
After my arrival this morning 7
received n copy of a telegram sent
by the California commission to the
attorney general opposing the pref
creutial traffic arrangement. a copy
OF this telegram was given to tho
IullTuau attorney III 'illioi Hid anu
from him received the information
TODAY
This opposition makes 1t imposs-
bln for the railroad NJ least the I'm
, ion Pacific to continue with the pres
ent plan"
prestiiing Judge Sanborn asked
District Court Judge Houts IL 1t were
M satisfactory 10 the attorney general
to hold the final dissolution decren
| in allegiance until new plan could
| be devised Mr.. liouts said he had no
word FROM the attorney general on
that poiur. but that he himself had
| no objection 10 offer.
| Accordingly tn" Judges allowed tho
plan TO lapse
After court adjourned, Judge Low
ct refused positively to make any
statement t. newspaper men as tc
the future plans Of tch railroad.
In appoioyiziug to the court for
his failure to submit q modified stand
he exclaimed that the agreement with
the hanking svndicatr for the float.
Continued on page seren.)
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
VICE COMMISSION
MEETS IN PEORIA

pcorin, M. March la.--Mary Wit
ncsscs and few spectators were pres
Ont when tho session OF the Illinois
vice commission opened here today.
Frank ID. Young. manager OF the To-
cal Wooiworth storc testified that OF
eixty-onc Rirl employees. the lowest
wage WINS ~ week. Twenty-Five
glrls he said. received lcss than 8: n
wreck. The Vi2nssA. .dtA not know
wbMu ~ref6 v0n : nirl ~ 1tve.
Young Was asked VI In His opinion
low wages and immortality arr cause
and result.
- think there is only n slight con-
neci iion.' he answered.
Edward e. Iiiedrick. president OF
the Peoria cordase company was
also witness and asked his son to
assist in answering questions. Eighty
girls were employed by the concern
ut u minimum OF 81 n week. Mr.. Hird
rich said he did NOT know what II
would cost girl to live In Peoria.
hut SON whnsc initials were not
announced said thR; girls could live
on 81 n wcck--''I mean its enough
to kcsp them from going wrong. he
said.
Hcidrich the younger volunteered
tho Information that while he was
In college In the east n thorough In
extigntion OF the Causes OF social
evil was made and that IL showed
that tho chief causes OF the downfall
OF women were drinking and lax d.
yorcc laws. The committee smiled ut
tho seriousness OF the yomng man.
Several girls identified only by
shatr initfnlu fnRtIfipu
&C. s." said she worked in candy
store FOR 81 week and was led
dstray. III. j." with much emotion
told of her lapse from virtue because
Of a man friend. She WAS then earn
ing 81 II week
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
.FEDERhLS LEAVE FORTS and
GIVE r:1I|.E TO REBELS At
NAC0; bh,';<| IN PROGRESS

retrea. Ojcdo continued to force the
Fighting, advancing his position
slightly.
The Red Cross banner Is seen on
the field. The wounded were many.
The fighting this afternoon was near
iy three miles south. with the fcder-
ais doggcdiy prcssin. forward. show
ering the rebel positions with ahrnp-
mel and machine KUN lead. Ojeda has
two rapid firors besides his field
pieces.
The fighting was furious from tho
start. The fedcrnls nj one. brought
into play three field pieces. Tho state
troop outpos's r"treatcd In face OF
rho artillery fire. The fedcrals press-
cd forward. encounterinx the main
group OF the Gales constifui ionn listS
The result was dcafcning fire from
both sIdcs. Each held their positions
firmly. Bracamonir's group. which
was advancing on Naco a, ;hc time
of Ojcda's unexpected departure.
then began moving TO the assistance
of Gales
DRybr'nk found the contcniing
forces In relatively the sam. Issl-
lions as last night. Failure Of the
state troops 10 move On Naco was
explained by the tardy arrival Of Pre-
fccto Brncamontc's group. On tho ap-
proach OF Hracamontr about 3 o'clock
making the cons'itutionalists nearly
I 900 strong the TWO leaders scnt in
request to Ojcda nskinH him Ia
move south TO meet the enemy and 50
prevent any danger to Americans.
The federal commander with loss
than ."6 men under his command
declined the invitation. saying that
he would defend his position only.
whsreupon Gales and Rracnmont"
prepared to move on ths town.
Nearly every Mexican family spent
the night on the American sidc pnd
tho Mexican town WAS given over to
Ojrda and his troops. Al $50 o'clock
this morning two troupa OF the fifth
cavalry arrived from Forest. Arizona
10 reinforce three troops of the ninth
nsan. cavalary on the Kround.. 80 I.
Sheriff Wheeler Of Tombstone
with six deputies arrived later and
demanded on the part OF Arizona
state that no fighting occur on the
line.
Fearing for American civilians
and troops on the Arizona side Of the
line here General Ojeha shortly att
cr 10 o'clock gave the command to
cyacuntc the town. With his AS
men he marched away 10 tho south
east leaving his fortifica,ions and
facing .n enemy twice his strength.
Iiy II O'Clock the battle was In
progress two miles below the border.
Ojcda's men charged to the top Of n
ridge OF hills. dismountcd and took
skirmish positions. Eracamortc's
group advanced from the south and
threw n rrucllinv fire asains; the
federal position.
Despite the distance of the fight
ing one American was wounded on
tch line. lie liz a. A. Hopkins. n dep
uty marshal. and was wounded in the
leg.
by o'clock the fighting was gen.
arol between the 500 fedcrals and
800 state troops. The constitutional
lists were beginning to hold their po-
sitions despite the artillery fire.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
FRAUD CHARGES IN DARELA
ELECTION CONTEST SUSTAINED
ON EVERY COUNT BY Com.
Senate Investigators Find That Republican Gang
Intimidated Voters and Conspired
With Law Violators

ns obnoxious rs possible and to keep
from the polls many Of tho respect
able women voters.
1T IL impossible for us to separate
thr legal from the iilcgaL votes IN
this precinct. but tho poll was 20
corrupted by fraud and Intimidation
! thai no free and legal election wns
held ana We have thrown out aud
discarded tn" whole of the returns"
The report. in speaking OF the gem
oral chorgos brough, hy WycOff. sass
''r"hb road charg'. was made by
the ront.-tor tnht n conspiracy exist
eel between the persons In control of
III" Socnllcd Republican organize.
'lon. Of which the contestcc was a
members. the courts and other peaG,
officers Of IN" county or Las NnirilS
and OF tn" city OF Trinidad on on"
s,di amd th" salUu-k"cpcrs. gamblers
and prostitutes ON the other side. 10
control the election. and that by and
through such conspiracy tho srid
election Was controlled.
"Th" cyid.nc" that such n conspir-
Icy or agreement did exist was con-
elusive. There nr. about 200 saloon-
Keepers In III" county. about forty.
fiv" saloons. about hiTty open samb.
ling houses and abnu, 100 prostitute.
"s IN tho city OF Trinidad. saloons
can he conducted under tn" law In n
city only when thc city council
grants a license FOR them. aud they
can he conducted in tho county only
when the board OF county conmis-
sioners grants licenses for tn em. and
In any such ease the license MAY bc
revoked by the board that grants N,
~ the sa,oon-kccpor Is always under
the control OF the city council or tho
, board OF county commissioners.
''rhc socalleI R~ssssa.'insE oisani.
yation In Las Anin,ns county. inolui
cd the board OF county commission
.rs. th. sheriff OF the county. tho
iudg. OF the distric, court. the Judge
OF the county court. the mayor ~
Trinidad and III" city council and tho
police force OF that city Those oft
cers took, or are supposed to haye
taken. an oath to obey and "niorco
the laws. but til" Svidenc" shows
that instead OF enforcing the law
they traded their official power for
votes and projected those offenders
in their violation o the law and Ia
return or such protection they re-
coiv;d the political support OF those
elements.
"rch socalicd Republican organi-
zation levied tribute on saloon keep
Continued on page twoD
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
GOVERNMENT STEAMSHIP
LINE FAVORED BY STEVENS

Washington. Mar. ii.-Rcpresan-
tative stevens of California an
nounced yesterday that if the free
passage provision of the Panama ca
mai were repealed by congress he
would introduce and press at the cN-
ira session session bill to provide n
line of government owned steani-
ships from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific
to carry both passengers aud freight.
He believes tho owneship and op-
GRAFTON Of "A fleet Of vessels by the
government would act as II regulat-
or of freight rates both by water and
by rail.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15

foreign affairs Of Mexico denying the
state OF san Luis Potosi and Agnas
CaiIentcs have cvoltcd.
Regarding the political situation
the SECRETARY OF foreign affairs Gays:
with the exception nf the author
tiles OF the stat. Sonora. who arc
occupying n certain part Of the state
the balance Of the country has rec.
oeniz.d and submitted 10 rho fcdcr.
al government.
The telegram says the Governor
Carranza Of coahmlla who's. reported
execution was denied today has crosa-
cd the border,
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
HAzINo CASE GOES TO JURY

iIiiisboro. y. e.. March i5.-Thc
case against the three students Of
the University OF North Carolina
charged with mnnslnughtor IN con
ncciion with the death OF q fellow
student viii Rand who was being
hazcd was given to tbr Jury Just bc-
fore noon. An early verdict was eN-
npcied
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15

!
doned because of the opposition of
the California railroad commission.
ST. Louis, March AS a result
OF the abandonment Of the dissolu-
tion plans. II is now necessary for
the rcpr r,sentativcs ol the Harrimai II
interests and the attorney general to
devise "a cw plan that shall meet thu
approval of the head Of the eighth
federal circuit who are sitting in this
case us the district court of Utah.
When the new plpn will he ready
to submit, Judge Lovctt did not indi-
cate, further than to say that thc SUI
preme court had granted three
months for compliance with its dis.
solution decree. As the dissolution
decree was handed down in tha later
part of December It is thought that
the new pIan will h" devised within
Il few days.
Judge Lovc,t said the failure of
the plan was due to no opposition OF
the railroad commission in Cnliror-
mia to the traffic arrangement con-
| tcmplated between the southern Pa
cific and the Union Pacific.
This arranRamen'. which provid-
eu Tor the preftr'h''hi iutertuahke
OF traffic by the Two roads iu-the use
OF the Short line hctwcen Oakland
and Sacramento, said Judge I4ovett
In addressing tho court. applied only
to Interstate traIitc, concerning
which the California railroad com
miesion has no jurisdiction."
However in ord"r to satisfy tho
French banking intc csts which hold
IA $5O, 1000. 900 loan ushinst the Cen.
tral Pacific. it. is uu"f fssary 10 lease
the Central Pacifi' the Union Pa.
cific.
we recognize tina. this lease mus,
have the upproval Of the California
railroad coNmissipu aud for that
reason the opposii,uN OF the Califor
mia commission To- fhe preferential
traffic agrcemeu' makes 1t imposs
iblc for the Union Pacitc to continue
with the modified.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
OLNEY DECLINES OFFER

Wash hngton, March l..-Richard
Olncy of Boston, TO whom President
Wilson offered the post of ambassador
to Great Britain. has declined. His
letter of refusal was received at the
Mhite House today.