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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-08-10

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
ATTACKS COUPLE
AND KILLS SELF
Woman Tells of Battle With
Man Who Swore to Kill
Her and a Priest.

Banning. Calf. May IA cOroner's
i,1rv late Monday decided Peter Glen
non. a ranch foreman. had accldenI az
killed himself while trying 10 XII 49,
Paul Reinfels, an invalid priest allu
the priest's nurse, Mrs Clara SheI SI,
in a lonely desert canyon near 49,
Springs Tho jury heard testimony o.
Mrs. Sherrer and a deposition oy IH7
priest ,--f,,,-
fired one shot but his revolver an1
that with which Glennon tried 10 XIII
him and Mrs. Sherrer were OF Ine SAM
caliber. and the jury concluded lh4t d
bullet from Glennon's own weapon, &C
cidentally discharged when MIS- Shsl
rer Ieaped upon ham, several ms jug u
lar vein and caused him 20 Dleeu 70
death. a.
The clergyman. who had gone to the
desert last week seeking to beneIlI
his health, vas unable 70 teslll!
Fevered by the wound Wnlcn one oL
Glenuon's bullets inflicted IN MS rlsht
arm, and in bad physical conuillOl
otherwise, he suffered hemoTrhase
Of the lungs Monday and was Iahen 70
Los Angeles Monday night by MS
Sherrer to enter a hospital there
Mrs. Sherrer. a widow with son
eight years old, was the principal VII
ness and declared that Glennons m
fatuatiOn with her was responsible Ior
the tragedy.
threatened to Kill Woman-
He proposed marriage TO her a week
before, she said, and when she refused,
threatened to XIII her This state
ment was cOrroborated by Mrs Mar
garet shea. owner OF the cabin n
which the invalid priest and his nurse
were installed Just a day OF two be-
fore Glennon attempted to Kill them
He came TO the cabin about 9 O'Clock
Friday night Mrs Sherrer continued
He burst in through the screen door,
and. flourishing his revolver. an
nounced that he had come 10 kill father
Reinfels and myself.
Don't, Pete I cried. rememb ering
my little son Il was dark in the cabin
at the time. but father Reinfels, who
had been doing, turned an electric
nasblight on Glennon. who began fir
ing. I don't know which one struck
the priest"
she Lenped on GIenn01.
Glennon was a powerful man, but
Mrs Sherrer leaped on him and, with
the force OF fear, forced him back
through the door. Father Reinfels's
revolver gotf into action then The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
# ROOSEVELT RETURNS, OTHERS
WILL QUIT REPUBLICAN PARTY
This in Effect Is the Declaration of Vice President Mar
shall Democrat Between Bites of Hot Cakes and Syrup
at Union Station in Ell PasO; Vice President Here
Fifteen Minutes Witho ut CHANGING at Mexico

speared a double layer with his fork
and-presto. it had disappeared within
the presiding officer Of the greatest
deliberative body in the world, to
quote the congressional record. Eaeh
bite of the cakes vas washed down
with a liberal swallow Of dining car
coffee and a relish that comes only
from a country boys appetite that has
failed to grow up
Averse TO Talking.
Due 10 the desire OF the vice presi-
dent TO continue his cake consumption
uninterrupted, the interview began TO
limp like a street car with flat wheel
in a few seconds after The Herald
man started it. The presiding dtgnitary
Of the United States senate soon showed
plainly that he had more OF a desire 20
discuss breakfast cakes than natlOnai
issues and the subject was switched TO
the San Francisco fair, where the san
Franciscans had made a big fuss over
the presidential proXey-
DO YOU know, young man, II said
anv more than I have said about that
fair would be accused Of being on the
payroll Of the publicity department.
Boosts the Fairs.
Here Mrs. Marshall, a beautiful Wom-
an with a wonderful smile. broke into
the conversation to give the head OF
the house OF Marshall a chance 70 I'M
ish his breakfast
'aThev kept US so busy at san Fran
cisco that we hardly had a minute
she said But at San Diego they al
lowed US to do as we pleased and we
got a good rest there and at the IruiL
farm at Scottsdale-
They are both wonderful fairs. won
derfuL san Diego is as wonderful IN
its way as is San Francisco, which IS
a great exposition" cut in the vice
After he had finished his breakfast.
had washed the syrup from his fingers
in the finger howl and had tipped the
grinning waiter. he walked up ana
down the platform at the station until
his train was ready TO leave for New
orleans. The chamber OF commerce
reception committee failed to arrive IN
time to meet the vice president and
an impromptu committee composed OF
red caps. "car whackers" and union
station employees welcomed MI Mar
Well GroOmed HOOsier.
The Indiana vice president IS as
much like the accepted Hoosier-A
Martin type Of politician as the bur
lesuue stage farmer is like the real artl-
Gle who drives to town in hsi 1915 model
touring car. He looks more like an
INDIANAPOLIS OF Detroit automoblle
manufacturer to whom prosperity hau
come rather suddenly. He wore a
tailored suit which set him back 81
iron men" if a cent His big glasses
were attached 10 the vice presidenIlal
parsonage with wide silk rlooon' ms
tie had Just the right scald on It and
his iron gray hair was newly cut ana
! carefully comoed-
The big goggles gave him an oWlls.h
look and he wore a slightly bored ar
as il too much attention had got on
his nerves, since he left his home IN
North Manchester, Ind, where the tree
grows on the courthouse clocktoWeTi
I for Washington, silk hats and s O'Clock
dinner with no buckwheat cakes tos
breakfast
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
Fl PAS0AN5 ACT ASPEAGEMAKERS;
COMMITTEE LEAVES FOR CRUCES
Chamber of Commerce, Water Users Association and
Business Men to Make Effort to Bring About Harmony
Between the Government and the Elephant Butte
Water Users Association; Lawson Explains.

built. In comparison to the 9th
ers. il is low. On some projects
the charge is $50. Under our
plans, the Mesilla valley people
would pay a total of $3.50 an acre for
water. Now the members Of Ell Paso
Valley Water Users association are
paying S1.95 under the terms OF Ineir
contract and SO percent Of them nave
signed I'D. We have had no complaint
from them and the action Of the Aesllla
valley farmers came as a great sur
prise. There are 100000 acre feet OF
water stored behind the dam now.
I'VE are letting enough water come
down the river TO supply all those VINO
have water rights and there IS hIIie
danger Of a loss OF crops me alesl4la
valley people can build a ditch from
the river to frrigate their farms If they
desire. and no loss viii result But thelr
opposition may have q decidedly bad
effect on the congressional COMMITTEES
which comes here in June. This com
mittee handles all appropriations. The
Mesilla valley people don't question tna
value Of the water to them; they are
just opposing the policy OF the secre-
tary."
talk followed and several Of those 81
the meeting expressed themselves as
being Of the opinion that the action
Of the MesIlla farmers was decidedly
Millions More to Come.
Mr.. Lawson said that S1,OO0,OOO had
already been spent for the construction
OF canals and S4,0O0,0 900 more is needed
for the completion of the work Diver
sion dams must be built at Palomas, Rine
con and Mesilla Park, and complete
system OF Iaterals built Under the
terms Of the contract, no money is paid
BY the farmers until July 1.
It was decided at the meeting that
the Mesilla water users should be asked
to sign the contracts now and settle
the dispute afterwards. so as to avoid
friction with the government officials
who are handling the project
Among the men on the mediation
committee who left FL Paso Tuesday
morning were r B. OrndOrff, H. s
Beach, Harry Swain. George r Le-
Baron, W. G. Roe, E E Neff, H. ). Pot
ter, A W. Reeves. Z. s Stewart John
NJ. Wyatt and T. NJ Wingo-
Those present at the meeting yes
terday afternoon in the chamber OF
commerce building were J. A. Smith.
J. J. Mundy, Dr.. S T. Turner, H ID.
Slater, George r LeBaron, Zach White
Charles n. Bassett E. E Neff. R Y
Orndorff, ". C. Roe, Harry Swain, H
s Potter and a. ". Reeves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
tLvv THAT will happen if Roose-
w welt returns to the Repuo-
Iican party?"


Iican party?"
in that case there would be many
desertions from the party because Of
the feeling against him. do not con-
slider the Progressive party dead by
any means. II you had been analyz-
ing the situation closely you would see
that il is a matter Of men and not OF
me question was put by a Herald
man. The answer was made by Ihom-
as r. Marshall, vice president OF the
United States, in a Southern racine
dining car at the FL Paso union station
Tuesday morning, May 4, 1873.
do Won think Roosevelt Will be a
candidate against president Wilson IN
1915. Mr. Marshal2- he was asked be-
tween bites.
the Arizona desert and have not seen
n 6afiv paper in all that time do not
know what has been going on,
This was classified as political stan
stuff. as a paper was beside MN on
How about Indiana politics?"
L have Just told you that have
not seen any papers for the past IoGr
weeks and am not familiar with devel-
opments.' -. ~,
Roberts being sent to Leavenworth
prison together with other Terre
Haute officials?"
"Oh. YES, knew all about that long
time agO-in advance"
Here n short Time.
The vice president was IN FL Paso
for Is minutes Tuesday morning;
dressed IN in a pair of tortoise smell
glasses as big as salad dishes
The vice president was on MS way
back 10 Indianapolis, from ScoJtsdsIe e
no miles from Phoenix, where he mas
No., sDandfne- four weeks resting up
from his strenuous two weeks at the
San Francisco exposition me vice
president was accompanying by MIS-
Marshall and Mr. and MIS- w T.,
Kinney, Mrs. Marshalfs motner anu NJ
father, who own a fruit r1nch a.
Scottsdale and make their summer
home in Angola, Ind
Ate Hot Cakes Here.
The Hoosier statesman was lndus sur
ouslv wrapping himself around a
double order of hot cakes with maple
svrup when the Southern PaclLlc tram
arrived at the union station MS loI-
+ofsa shell glasses were set at an acute
angle on his nose 70 give MN q oellel
slant at the official breakfast oish OF
his native state
rDDermost in the vice presidential
mind and he did not even glance oul
of the diner window toward the Mex
leo which has been costing MS aaIaln- =.
istration so much grief and midnight
Champion Cake Eater.
No one not a Hoosier born could eat
hot cakes as the vice president con
sumes them He spread the sOluI-l
butter over them like stone mason
troweling his mortar. Iheh ~ % ~ !.
flood Of sticky sweetness Wnlcn al
most depleted the supply IN the sIl'e
conrainer. Then came the nuoDln o.
the meal as he carved the stack
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
To
Be FILED SOON
Water Users to Stop Recla-
nation Service from Cut
ting Off Water.

Las. Cruces. y n, Nay 4--Applica-
ton for an injunction restraining the
reclamation service officials from con-
tinuing to shut off the water from the
r7aiorifv of the farms under the Leas-
burg diversion dam, viii be uled TINS
afternoon BY H B. Holt, attorney Tor
the Elephant Butte Water Users as
sOciation.
A committee Of two delegates from
the Elephant Butte association VIII be
sent to Washington at once TO confer
with the reclamation service o1tlclals
and department Of interior OFFICIALS re
n-ardfng the critical situation which
mas developed in the valley. At the
meeting Of the directors Of the assocla-
ton, a committee composed Of L. Clapp'
James : Quesenberry and Capt o. j..
Reinburg was named by the couhcl-
10 select the names OF the Two ue4S-
gates TO Washington
Action at Once.
The application for injunction VIII
be an exparte one for an order restrain
ing the government officials from con-
'tinuing TO deprive 80 percent OF lhe
Mesilla valley water users OF WAFER
through the community bitches. The
application viii be filed in the district
court here and viii be given an I'M
mediate hearing by judge T. l. Meuler
who is expected TO grant a temporary
IL junction as soon as toe appllcatlotl
is filed Five days after the filing OF
the application a hearing viii be held
before judge 8Iedler at which the rep
resentatives Of the government VIII
be asked to show cause why the IN
junction should not be made perma-
To Bring a Climax.
The filing Of this application IS eX-
pected to bring the present dispute
between the Water Users ASSOCIATION
and the reclamation service officials
to a climax. The water from ma
jority of the farms in the valley was
cut eff Saturday morning upon the
final refusal Of the farmers to sign
the contract prepared by the treclama-
ton commission which contained a
clause requiring the water users to
pay 80 cents for the use of water stored
behiru the dam This and other clauses
in the contract were objected TO and
the majority OF the water users refused
The delegation from the chamber
Of commerce OF FL PasO, the FL Paso
Water Users association and the busl-
ness men Of FL PasO arrived here on
the Santa Fe this morning TO confer
with the water users regarding the re
fusaI Of the association TO sign the
government contracts
Ell PasO Offers Assistance.
As the FL PasO water users are IN the
same project as the Las Cruces and
Mesilla valley water users. they are
anxious to assist in bringing about an
understanding between the government
and the Elephant Butte association
The delegation from Fl Paso met with
the directors OF the Water Users as
ISOLATION in the water office on Main
street Tuesday morning Mark T.
Thompson. representing the local water
users. made an extended speech for the
benefit Of the visiting delegation TO
explain to them the associations side Of
the controversy
After his address the meeting ad-
formed for lunch and resumed again
in the afternoon A number Of the -
Paso delegation, as well as the local
representative Of the association. are
expected to speak this afternoon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
CHARGE AND CHALLENGE BY
NEW MEXICO WATER USERS

In the Rio Grande Republic Of April
80 Gas Cruces appears a card signed
by L Clapp. chairman OF the board
of governors Of the Elephant Butte
leo. addressed to William Palmer, IT.,
and reading in part as follows:
1T has been reported to me that you
are publicly charging me with being
engaged in, or with having been en-
gaged in. negotiating a corrupt deal
whereby the hydro-electric power un-
der the Rio Graude project would be
disposed Of or developed in such man
ner as more or less to be lost to the
farmers and land owners under the
project. or otherwise seriously leopard
iZe their interests in the premises; and
that have had secret conferences with
FL Paso capitalists, looking to some
such corrupt deal It is also reported
that you have said that you have the
goods on me-
It most emphaticauy deny that 7
have been engaged in negotiating any
such deal. or that I have in any way
favored any such disposal OF the cleo
trio power to be developed under the
Rio Grande project And deny having
had any secret conferences with anv
person or persons. on the subject OF
the electric power Of the Rio GranGe
project. 7 challenge you, AR Palmer,
jr. or any other person to produce
such deal. negotiation or
conference"
ishes another chapter in the
unfortunate factional and political
fight that has cOlOred the d0iugs of the
New Mexico water users for some time.
Mr.. Clamps four years administration
has, on the whole, been wise and con
sentative, but many Of his friends are
at loss to understand his attitude In
the matter Of the contract with the
government in vOlving the so cents
charge for stored water
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
DON JOHNSON IS
CHIEF Of POLICE
Mayors New Appointee to
Take Office Tonight Was
Chief of Detectives.

Don Johnson has been appointed chief
Of police BY mayor Tom Lea and viii
take the oath Of office late this after
noon to succeed chief Of police l. n
The new chief Of police has been a
peace officer in Texas. Arizona am
New Mexico. He was chief OF detectives
in FL PasO under mayor Joseph T.
Sweeney and chief Of police Ben Jeii-
kins in 1903. He was also snerlIL OF
Luna county. New Mexico for teruli
was brand inspector for the New Mex
leo sanitary board and was mem per
Of the Arizona state rangers. he rs ,
native OF Reynolds county, Texas ouI
his parents afterWard moved 10 lay
Tor county, where he was reared he
has been q resident Of FL Paso for more
than six years and was one OF the char
Ter members Of the County ana CIV
Democratic club and was active IN Ihs
antf-ring organization work IN the re-
cent CITY election He is the manager
OF the Texas Grand hotel over the
Texas Grand theaters is married anu
has one daughter.
Retiring chief J. y. Davis has not yer
announced what he viii do after MS re-
tirement this evening from the position
which he has held for the past lnfee
wears. He rendered his resignation %
the new mayor and il was accepte4
Monday afternoon by mayor Lea
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
why Can't Tom Lea Go
To Juarez9" He Goes To
Meet the Mexican Mayor

Mayor Tom Lea and the city council
called on mayor Enrique Monfort and
Gen. Tomas Ornelas Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. Victor Carusso and Hay
mon Krupp accompanied the FL Paso
officials 10 Juarez and introduced them
to the Mexican authorities.
The visit was a brief one Mayor
Lea assured mayor MonfOrt that his
administration would cooperate with
the JuareZ municipal authorities in
every possible way and received sim
liar assurances from the Juarez execu-
tive.
Tia matter OF a free bridge to
JuareZ was discussed casually and the
FL PasO Officials told their hosts that
everything possible will be done over
here to make the proposition material
iZa.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
Lightning Kills 70
Goats; Rain and Hail
Then Kill Forty Kids

Alamogordo. y. NJ. Maya4.-Fred NJ
Bradford, who has a goat ranch on the
Sacramento river in the Sacramento
mountains, who is in AlamOgordo today
for supplies. reports that his herds
suffered severely in two storms which
swept over his ranch last week In
one. a bolt OF lightning struck the
herd. killing Is Of the goats and plow-
ing a crevice in the ground more than
two feet wide and so feet in length
The herder was badly stunned. Fol-
lowing this rain and hail killed 30 OF
the kids.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-04
~HA1rBER Of commerce director

~HAlrBER Of commerce directors,
accompanied by John Wyatt, T.
~ N Wingo and L. S. Stewart, left
FL Paso Tuesday morning for Las Cru
ces. There they viii meet officers OF
the Elephant Butte Water Users asso-
citation and attempt TO persuade them
TO sign the irrigation contracts pre-
scented by the reclamation service so
that there viii be no friction with the
government which might endanEer the
further appropriation Of funds Tor the
continuance Of work on the big dam
and the canal system OF the Rio Grande
valley.
Of the upper valley association have re-
fused to sign the contracts, claiming
they were unfair. and the government
has ordered that no water be given
through its canals TO the farmers VINO
have not signed.
Joint Meeting Held.
The directors Of the chamber Of COM
merce and governors Of the FL Paso
Valley Water Users association held q
joint meeting Monday afternoon and
heard l. n. Lawson, project engineer
explain the action OF the department. IN
shutting off the water. II was then
suggested that the chamber Of com
merce directors go to Las Cruces ana
confer with the water users The con-
zressional appropriation committee IS
expected TO visit FL PasO in June and
IL is feared that members OF the COM
mittee may refuse further apprOprl-
atoms for the project unless peace IS
made between the reclamation service
and the upper valley farmers
The secretary Of the interior selS
certain regulations under which he viii
operate irrigation projects until the
costs of construction are repaid, SAID
Mr. Lawson. There are % or 80
projects and most Of them are operated
under uniform regulations In every
- =
charges for service pending The for
NAL opening Of the project There were
local conditions in New Mexico Whlc7
required special treatment was IN
structsd TO bring the Mesila valley I'M
der the same regulations as this valley
and a charge Of 80 cents per acre 1or
storage water was fixed
Lacked Confidence Of valley People
The people Of the Mesilla valley are
not Directing. I believe, 10 the amount
fixed They want the use OF the dam
for nothing until the entire cost is re-
paid. The reclamation service. for some
reason OF other, has not enjoyed the
confidence Of the Mesilla valley people
The secretary Of the interior instructed
me to deliver water to no one who had
not signed the contracts We h2ve done
our best TO protect the water users.
We will not give water to man unless
he belongs to one Of the associations
under this project
80 Cents Not Unfair.
ct don't think the Cruces people be-
lieve the so cents charge is unfair.
They simply believe we have no right
10 make it at all And yet il has been