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the government offices Were still clos cd
Washington Has No Information of
 Killing of Americans.

Killing of Americans.
 Washington, Dec 4-No iurorma- tion had been received tonight5M th. state or war departments or ghe Ger man embassy concerning tJo reported killing Of two Americans And the Gec- man vice consul by Npa bandits ia Chihuahua City.
 Reports to the state department early today anuouncng the re-occUHa ton Of the city by Mexican detacto government troops made no mention of attacks upon foreigners.
 As nothing has been heard from Vice Consul KettIesen. for several days Teutonic officials here are some. what alarmed for the safety of the German colony in Chihuahua City
 Kettelessen is understood to have been a resident of Chihuahua City for some lfrVe and vice consul during last year Inquiries as 10 the safety of certain of the members Of the German colony recently have been mad1 through him and a'so through the state department at the request tH relatives in Germany It is under stood that no replies have been re- ceiyed.
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cf the presidents railway legislation program will reach rhp floor before Carsrma. Representative Adamsoa chairman of the interstate mmerca committee who will pilot the meas n.es, said tonight tha. he would 5peld the Christmas holidays al home ra. ea,d ess of any adjournment agree .menL
 Representative Pater will urge an early report ol his universal suffrage measure, now held in the judiciary committee The suffraefisfs did not appear at the capital today to make a demonstration as had been expect ed
 In auPoration of three new senators Uho appeared with their credentials was postponed until tomorrow 5a- cause of the desire 10 adjourn in re- spect to inc memory of Senator Clarke the late president pro tem- pore The new senators Watson 1t Indiana. FeruaI Of Maine, and Kirby 7f Arkansas were given seats in the chamber
 Democrats of the senate plan t1 lo,d conferences tomorrow 10 cansi5- er the matter of new president pro tempore but q party caucus probably win not be held unr later in the week Senators most prominently mentioned TT the place are Walsh ot Montana, Pomoreae or Ohio and S3lHs bury o UeleWdte.
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REPUBLICAN ELECTED o..
 GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA

Phoenix Ariz., Dec 4.-Thomas Campbell, republican, was elected Gov eraor Of Arizona at the recent cleo ton by a plurality of 32 votes over Governor George w. Hunt.
 The law providing for total prohib'- tion was adopted by a majority 0. nearly 12,OO0 and capital punishment was abolished by a majority of 152 votes
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TAYLOR NOMINATED
 MAYOR LITTLE ROCK

Little Rock, Ark. Dec. 4.-Mayor Charles E. Taylor was nominated for a fourth term in today's demo cratic municipal primary by a vote of 2,81t to 97O for alderman Dan ieL The democratic nomination Is considered equivalent to election.
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LOS ANGELES EATS
 ADVANCE 20 PER CENT

Los Aneolcs, Dee. '.-SiX cents ca. Of pie and 1 ? cents sandwiches visual ized the hieh cost Of lying Of clearks and business mon today ia cafaterias and .unchrooms. An eNtra charge of five cents for bread and butter in otd- CT places reported the advance of ap. pareutIy 20 pcr cent recently upon eating horse proprieJors.
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INT SESSION TODAY
 FUR WILSON'S MESSAGE
There Win Re ."speed Up" Program By Speaker Clark 10 Hurry Alona the Business-Only Short Holiday Recesa Is to Be Taken.

Washington Dec -Con-sess re convened today for a three months k session with a calendar oyercroWled with general legislation. facing rail. rSad reforms and the heh cost ol Iy. ing>Ns new issues and confronted wltn unpT%cedented estimates aeareaatug $Lt7lN NN G5l to meet ezpeudi ares of 1918.
 Both h1asee adjourned early os q mark of iespe>ct to Ae lajc Senator Clarke Of ATkah 5s and President Commissioner Rivera of Porto Rico. both of whom diedAymce .ae -eaen. Der adjo Tment
 Tomorrow there Wilisba a io.nt see- sicn in the AaG Of the house 10 hear \ the address ol preside., Ur.r,. which will contain racommNada.ion- for legislation sought by the a,lmipis tation before the siX.yfouthN com. kess dies March 1 next. That>,l. Id legislation to supplement tae Al son act will be urged by tue prest.
 as fhe most important probie/ }re the congress at this L-I. srI'4 s...a...ss--..-ssA~-'- ~- ~ow to Ute their VI ue problem wl,.yn leGAer, of both houses are endeayo.ing 70 S\ye and rcqueu, conferences for tho p'NQose of plaH 4 q program win be h,%d as soon M president has indicated h,s da "A Besides railroad 'c&sauou is a strcug public demand for souU legislative action to curb tn. soaring prices Of food And in a4 d.tiou to propr.a,i0n measures which always take time and must $. passed there are other issues to Ne dealt witl The senate ha- the m. migration bll the corrupt practices bill further 70 limit campaign conu buttons and eXpeduurcs, tine Wohe bill to grant authority to domestic corJVnns.ns for maintenance Of cot lo@- nn.liag agencies con
 Eer measures.
 |estieauou into expond.
 eceut nauoua. campaign
 nd Senator Owen of Ok
 W introduce a joint resolu- loH directing Ina. such aa inquiry ac institt'e ed at once
 Hosly conferences Of house leaders today convinced a majority that o speed up" program advocated by Speaker Clark VIll be adopted wi h only slight changes at the most Ma jority Loader Kitchin joined with the speaker in declaring that tue usual ,ong Christmas holiday should he dis. s pensed with and an earlier meeting .uF than neon, probably 10 o'clock VI AS the committee virtually com : rleled their work in the last session there Is no reason, it is pointed oul why the morning hours should no. be devoted 10 fiscal work
 No active opposition to the early meeting hour has appc1red but there is some disseusion over .be proposed abolition Of the Christmas holidays. A compromise holiday of one week beginning the Saturday before Chris mas has. been suggested and fdyorably rsceiye9 by many members.
 hough food embargo proposals
 tain C create much discussion,
 ders are inclined to believe
 of them win be enacted into - h'epreseutatye Ktchin thinks investigation of the high cost
 e will be left 10 the executive
 regarded as doubtful that any 
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NEW JERSEY SOLDIER
 COMMITS SUICIDE

Columbus, N. M, Dec 4-Haroid R. Ward, private Of the Seventeenth United States infantry was found dead in his tent today with bullet wound in his head At his side was an unfinished letter to his father, a merchant of Newark N J., asking that influence be brought to secure his release from the army. Officers investigating his case pronounced 1t suicide A
 Private Everett Fitzbugh of K. col pany, New Mexico infantry, wb home was at Clovis, N M,, died day from injuries caused by
 thrown aom the seat of a motor
 and run over thraa-.ssw ago. X
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RELIEF FOR
 HIGH PRICES
FOREMOST SUBJECT DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS IS WAY TO GET
 AT THE HIGH PRICES.
SOME IMMEDIATE STEP
 PROMISED BY WILSON

Any Number of Ideas Are Embodied in Legislation Proposed in Many Bills Which Are Offered in the House, but Which Have Not Vet Been Analysed.
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embargo law was repealed as soon as possible 1t was a dead letter
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WOULD PRESERVE
 SHEEP INDUSTRY

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Organizaticn of the principal wool dealers into the Oyine Alliance for the purpose of Ire constructing and establishing on a sound business basis our declining sheep industry" is to be completed be- fore the close of the international live stock exposition now in session here.
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IE Ul WdUN WTWI'T-- lugh food embargo proposals tain tg create much discussion, Lders are inclined flo believe
 of them win be enacted into Representative Kitcdin thinks | investigation of the high cost ie will be left to the executive nents
 regarded as doubtful that any
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d.tion to propra,Ion measures which always take time and must a. passed. there are other issues to Ne dealt wirl The senate has the inn migration bn, the corrupt practices bill further 70 limit campaign conp.
 buttons and eXpediures, tine Wehe bill to grant authority to domestic
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NEL-REcoRD 5SINTs Alt
 NEWS UP TO 5;3o EACH TWO HOURS LAYER THAN $ER NEWSPAPER REACHING INGs. WHEN YoUAREAC IT 1 PAPER YOU ARE READING EHsT.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
B0DY
BROUGHT BACK
Many Dead Villistas Piled
on the Field About Him
Where He Was Found.

Where the body Of J. Pereyra, rep
resentative Of the Ell Paso Mexican
consulate, was found and identified
Just over the Mexican border south Of
Columbus, N. NJ. by II. n. Gray Thurs
dav afternoon, seven or eight dead
VfiIistas are still spread in the position
that they fell when bullets thinned
their ranks. Some 80 or more horses
are scattered over the field, their dark.
sinking bodies basbing in the down
The air is filled With the odor Of
decomposlng flesh; birds OF prey are
sweeping in vast spirals apoVe inc
Face downward and quite beyond
recognition, Pereyra was found amlh
sand dunes and sage brush. coFey
of quail whirred through the air as
the searchers wandered from one OF
tbe dead men to the other. Scattered
in confusion upon the deserted telu
we're blankets and sombreros and ODDS
and ends Of loot that had been dropped
in the fleeing.
Tt was the gray suit and the new
Stetson hat alone that told Gray that
the dead man was his friend. Into a
wagon that had snaked its way across
the stretch OF six miles from Columbus,
The body was placed and then, amid
the fumes OF flesh Fastening back TO
dust, the party turned their races TOT
the village Of the massacre.
PeEeyra's body upon reachlng u
Paso viii be sent to Parral his family
home. for interment. He was warm
personal friend 20 Andreas Garcia. the
Mexican consul, and also TO II. n: Gray
the chief OF the secret service DEPART
ment Of the consulate. as wen as
brother to Manuel Pereyre. the cashier
and A. Pereyra, who is In the Car
rama treasury department
II have only one deduction about
persvra's death" said Gray. He was
either shot by villa, who knew him
personally but had no grievance
against him. or he was shot wnlle
6sing led away captive by a bullet
from the pursuing forces. 1 under
stand that one OF the men captured as
a spv in Columbus stated that Pereyra
was told by villa that II he came along
without protest he would not be hurt.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
MEXICANS ROB
SOLDIER CLUB
Camp Cotton Club Entered,
Cash Register, Refrigera-
tor and Glasses Taken.

A soldiers social club, near lamp
Cotton, was broken into THURSDAY
night. A cash register, refrigerator
large number Of glasses and one dozen
towels were taken from the cIuD'
which is located at Park and Elghtn
streets. ,--as+ad Sst-
1trdav morning by city oelectlVes
Drown and Miller and are now IN the
citv iafl in connection with tue ROD
heTv of the soldiers club. Inc boys
according to the detectives showed the
notice where to find part of the artl-
cIes taken from the club where they
had been hidden in the sand. Ihe cash
register was said to have been sofa 70
a Mexican merchant, The remainder
Of the goods taken were recovered py
the nolice. The Mexicans gave the
names OF Jesus Monies. Accarlo Rosa
Manuel Morales, Y. Diaz. SALVADOR "a
nez. and one who has not yet given MS
name. , g.. .t,a Don
ulsr Drv Goods company's pranch st3re
on San Antonio street late FRIDAY nlshI
The suits were taken after the store
closed and the thieves evaded the three
watchmen who were watching the
branch and the main stores.
A wrist watch was taken from MISS
Edna Racey. Of so Wyoming street.
Friday night
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
SOLDIERS MAIL WITHOUT
STAMPS; LAW ALLOWS THIS

Referring to an article IN The Her
aid Fiday quoting telegram from
mayor Tom Lea to the postmaster gen
eral relative to soldiers mail, attention
is invited to paragraph ., section 400,
postal laws and regulations" said
David Mcknight, chief clerk Of the
railway mail service:
This section reads: Letters sent by
soldiers and marines in the United
States service, located in the United
States or any of its possessions, or
other places where the United States
domestic mail service is in operation,
addressed to any place in the United
States or any of its possessions, when
endorsed Soldiers Letter. Sailors
Letter or Marines Letter. and signed
hereunder either with facsimile hand
stamp or in writing. with his official
designation. by a field or staff afficer
post OF detachment commander, to
whose command the soldier belongs. or
by surgeon or chaplain at a hospital
where he may be may be dis
patched to destination without prepay
ment Of postage, and only the single
rate Of postage shall be collected on
delivery"
This provision OF law has been in
effect for many years and Is well I'M
derstoOd by both the army and the en-
ployes Of the postal establishment,
rendering it certain that the mail from
the soldiers in the present expedition
will be fully taken care Of.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
OBREGON IS To
MAKE OVER ARMY
No More Women to Be Per
mitted to Campaign With
Mexican Soldiers.

The Capitalization of the armies Of
Mexico under the direct supervision OF
the secretary o. war, Gen Alvaro OBJ
RECON. has begun with the adjustment
of the separate unit called the Army
of the Northeast" which was more or
less self governed. This information
was contained in a dispatch to Mexican
consul Andreas Garcia Saturday morn
ing
The communication also states that
Obregon has named Gen Pablo Gonzales
the leader of some 10000 troops with
headquarters in Mexico City, as CHIEF
Of the military operations against the
Zapatistas In Moreles and OaXaca and
that Gen. Gonzales will assume COM
mand at once. In this matter. Gen.
Gonzales relieves Gen. Jesus Augustin
Castro, who was recently named mill
tary governor OF OaNaca, though Gen.
castro retains his title and becomes
one Of Gen Gonzales's staff.
No longer is the reOrganized army OF
Mexico, under the program OF Gen.
ObreEon 10 be hampered with the little
soldadera who has been the most SYM
pathetic and dramatic incident in all
The warning that has torn the southern
republic into many shreds. An order
has gone into effect in which the COM
missions CT women TO travel with the
army are nUllified.
PUblis subscriptions are being taken
up in Mexico City TO help pay the ma
tiOnaI interior debt The soliciting ends
May 4. The schools of Mexico City are
20 open on Monday. March 20.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
ARNORED TRUCKS
co To COLUMBUS
Special Train Brings Motor
Cars From Chicago With
Civilian Drivers.

Twenty eight all steel. motor trucks.
comprising the first company Of a
number organized in Chicago for the
use OF the United States army in the
campaign against villa, arrived in El
Paso on a special train Saturday morn
ing at II o'clock, accompanied by civ
llan drivers recruited for this service.
Immediately after arriving here the
trucks were checked and sent west
ward to Columbus, and other Doints
along the border where it is said they
are needed at present to transport
provisions and munitions to the two
invading expeditions. The train con
sisted of IA flat cars carrying two
trucks each, baggage coach and a
caboose.
Mules Arrive.
The shipment of Missouri army mules
which was made from St Louis, ar
rived here Saturday and viii be sent
TO Columbus at once for the use Of the
pack trains going to the front
Green horses are being broken at
Fort Bliss for the use Of the cavalry
in the field as remounts. These horses
are being broken by west Texas cow
boys.
a field hospital is being set up at
Columbus with a number OF large
tents, several small tents and cots,
operating tables and other equipment
Tor a field hospital being installed to
prepare for any wounded from the
column.
Field Telephone.
a field telephone is heilng installed
from Columbus to the front and this
will be used by Gen. Pershing for com
with his base.
Mai. Robert Lee Howe of the 18th
cavalry, passed through FL Paso Fri
day afternoon en- route to Columbus
to join his command. He is a veteran
Of the indian wars and has two medals
Of honor granted him for distinguished
service in the field.
n troop movements into FL PasO
were reported Saturday and Gen
George Bell, jr.. is now perfecting the
organizing of the new border patrol
district under his command.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
VILLA MAJOR ARRESTED AT
SANDERSON; KIDNAPPING CHARGE

Reports received here from Sander
son. Tex, that q Mexican had been ar
rested by officers there on a charge Of
having kidnapped Juan Bilbao. an
American cattleman, and to have held
him for ransom.
Bilbao was at the Lajitas ranch, 70
miles south Of the line, when he was
captured and released after the pay
meut OF a ransom Of $500. Bilbao,
who lives in Alpine, but has business
connections in El Paso, reported that
after the ransom money was paid he
was about to be shot when one Of the
men interceded and saved his life. The
man under arrest is said to have been
a major under villa.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
AVOID SPRING ILLS
Purify and Build Up the Blood with
Hoods sarsapariIla.

In the spring your blood needs
cleansing and enriching. You feel
poorly, and there is more or less erup-
tion on your face and body Your
appetite is not good, your sleep is
broken, and you are tired all the time
You need Hoods Sar aparilla. 1t
is the one safe and effective tonic
that has stood the tess of forty years.
II makes the pure red blood that will
and sleep better. It is the old stand
ard tried and true all -the-year-
medicine for the blood and the whole
system.
Ask any druggist for Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and insist on having it. Moth
ing else acts like il, for nothing else
has the same formula or ingredients,
and so there is no real substitute. Get
it today.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
SPECIAL TRAIN GOES EAST TO
MOVE THE 14TH CAVALRY

A snecial train OF empty Pullman
and tourist cars left Friday afternoon to
bring the troopers of the Fourteenth
cavalry from Maria, Tex, Fort Mcintosh
and Fort Clark. The 14th is under the
command of Col Frederick ". Sioley;
and the inference IS Jhat the seNetSl
trains hearing the soldiers and equip
ment will be sent to Columbus, where
they will form a third column in which
the 18th cavalry, recently arrived from
Fort Oglethorp, Ga, VIII be one or the
units.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
SAY MEXICO Is QUIET.
hit SOME EEELLNE EAIEENI

Laredo, Texas, March 1S.-While con-
ditions are quiet along the border here.
reports OF anti-American agitation in
the interior OF Mexico continue to
reach this city. one passenger arriv-
ing today from Monterey declared that
at all train stops on the way up, Mex
leans hurled epithetis at the "gringoes."
A Mexican business man from Mon
terey said that while conditions are
tranquil in that city, there is an under
current Of excitement which might at
any time result in an outbreak against
Americans.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
militia IN j. 8.
NOW AVAILABLE
Over 100000 Men in the Ser
vice of the National
Guard of U. S.

Washington, D. c.. March 1S-At the
close Of 1915, according to the figures
Of the War Department, there were
1868 enlisted men and sos officers
in the National guard Of the United
States. Nevada was the only state in
the union not represented, while the
District Of Columbia and Hawaii have
organized forces. These are the latest
statistics available.
Below are given the details of off
GERS and men bv states:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
BODY OF CARRANZA AGENT
KILLED AT COLUMBUS HERE

Frank B. Simmons, Of the Mclean.
Simmons and Hartford Undertaking
company, left Saturday morning for
Columbus. n. NJ, where he viii arrange
for the shipment of the body Of Jose
Pereyera, Carranza agent, who was
killed in the attack on Columbus last
week by Villa bandits.
The remains viii be first shipped te
FL Paso and then to Parral, for inter-
ment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
CARRANzA IS PREPARING
For NATIONAL CONVENTION

Mexico City, Mex, March l6.-It Is
rerorted here on high authority that
a national convention viii meet IN
Oueretaro in the near future for the
purpose Of remodeling and preparing
The way for a general election of the
president whose term will run from
1918 to 1929 Delegates from each
state and territory of the country and
army units will constitute the board,
which will frame new charter for
Mexico.
Work on triumphal arches extend
ing from the Chapultepec TO the ma
tionai palace is being hurried in the
expectation OF a visit to the capital by
Gen. Carranza and the members OF his
cabinet Reports say that the party
viii remain here 10 days, later re-
turning 70 the provisional capital at
QueretarO.
Anything from castor oil to Hubi-
gants Ideal perfume. Phone 731 and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
GOVERNOR MCDONALD PLEASED
WITH u. S. TROOPS MOVEMENT

Gov. W. c. Mcdonald, of New Mex
leo, was in FL Paso Friday afternoon
en- route from his ranch home near
Carrizozo to Santa Fe-
Gov. Mcdonald expressed himself as
pleased with the way the United
States were pressing the pursuit of
Villa after the bandit had ratded
Columbus and expressed special sat
isfaction at the fact that Carranza
troops were cooperating with the
American forces
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
Army Near Janos.
WORK TRAIN GOES TO REPAIR
BURNED BRIDGE AT SUMMET

A work train has been sent out from
Juarez Saturday morning to repair the
bridge at Summet, 1876 kilOmeters south
of Juarez, which was burned Thurs
dav or Friday.
This bridge is 65 feet long and 20
feet high and win cause traffic to
Casas Grandes to be suspended until
it can be repaired The railroad Of
ficials do not think the bridge was
burned by Villistas but by spark from
an engine or by some irresponsible
person
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
BOB, WHADDAYE MEAN, ROUGH
RIDERS? OWNERS OF HTNES1

The Kansas City star OF Wednesday
contains the following dispatch from
Fort Worth, Tex:
Cecil Lyon, former rough rider, has
opened three recruiting stations in this
district for the enlistment OF a cowboy
brigade He says the command will
be offered to Theodore Roosevelt Bob
Rinehart reports the enlistment OF 600
rough riders in FL Paso who want
Roosevelt TO lead them
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cencion on Friday afternoon with Van
Camp, one of the Associated Press men
accredited to the punitive expedition.
A dispatch sent to the border Fri
day afternoon by Van Camp was the
first to reach the outside world of the
movement of the American troops,
though the fact that the troops were
between Ascencion and JRnos had been
announced Friday afternoon through
Information obtained from the Consti-
tutionalist officers by The Herald. Van
Camp is said to have ridden into GuZ-
man horseback, and, after explaining
his mission to the soldiers and off
GERS, who placed him under arrest,
was permitted to SEM his message of
the army movement without cost.
Army Near JauOs.
Upon the concluding OF his mission,
Van Camp procured the service of
Tandv Sanford and went west to re-
ioin the Pershing column. The fact
that he was in GuZman at the time
stated and that he expected to reioin
the column without difficulty, con-
firms the report that the expedition
was nearing JanOs Friday.
Julio San ford said that he saw some
Of the advance guard of the American
army passing west of GuZman but did
NOT see the main column He also
stated that the Carranza soldiers and
the people understand the purpose of
the expedition and that they dislike
Villa so much that it makes little diff
ference 10 them how he is caught.