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EL PASO HEKAJLU Wook-End Edition, Felmiary 17-18, 191' FI i Committee Will Meet With I Rolling Stock Deteriorating; Great Guns of Allies and Captain Says Embassy Offi-1 Carlos Secures An President to Work Out i Canals Are Frozen and Central Powers Carry on i cial Ordered Kronprin- Order Restraining Officials Defence Preparations. Vorir, Feb. tjpecial com- on national defence of the American Railway association, composed Cities Lack Food. Btrnf', Switzerland, Feb. the most tserious of the great Ijroblems which today occupy at- 1-residents or other officials of liS rail- i tention of the German leaders is the oads in all parts of the country, will food of almost equal impor- hold its first meeting at an early date in Wajshlngton to learn from president and the council for national defence what wouM be air'ked of them in time of war.

Hailroad officials wljiG participated in the discussion here yesterday when tance is the situation presented by t.raiii?purtn difficulties. Until tho present winler. difficulties were felt but little and were not recojinized as constituting' a major problem until tho shortaKe of food became more acute by reason of the lack of the special committee was appointed, stock. depreciation of I'elleve th-s. fall and th.

MuJ.ien cold spell tinder the follouiim head.s: -Movement of troops, ion of eMuii)nieni, of new terniuui.lH at strateijic to make po.s^it'le the rapid un- Icadinsi of troop traiuH aiid coii- of new roads doinatnled by the system of ch fen.e mapped out by the 'rbe committee represent ReoKraplil- caily the four deparljnentN of the army and the members in each of these four liviKioiis will cooperate the staffs army headQuarters situated reypec- tively at N'tJW Vot Cbfcaso, San Antonio and San Francisco. Endless Bombardment. lYoni hrp 1.) ciai zessin Ceceiie Disabled. From Deporting Him. the (lermans have the power of making Tne evacuation of Grand i by the Germans and other minor au- cesses won by the British in thcii initial operations are interpret''d as tneaninsr that the Germans are pared to tiive way at some points in been ordered bv a man eonnected in order to fall back upon carefullv prc- main lines of deft-nce, lines that Mass.

Feb. 1 Charles A. Pollack, of the 1 Kron- prjnzes.stn Ceceiie, today at a federal court on a petition the sale of vessel that he had -Capt. 1 Claiming: that he had been told Nortli he will be deported to Juarez, w'here life would be in jeopardy, unless he leaves K1 Paso, that he may be arrested every day on vagrancy charges; that jf he does leave the city he probably will lose considerable money have not been fiornb rui official capacity Aviih tho German through litigation which dii-able its machinery. This have been brought aJi-ainst him, and al- AMERiCANS ARE TO LEAVE GERMANY Switzerland, Feb.

CBy of Americans who have been in Germany are reported to bo waitingr near Singren and againnt Jn consequence, transportation in the first two years of the was adequate for all the unusual demands made upon It, notwithstanding: the of served. The conquest of Bel- p'ium resulted in the capture of a comparatively larKe number of Belgium freight cars, which today may be seen i everywhere in Germanv, Poland, i thuania, Austria-Hungary. Servia and even HuIiir.K is The factories In which rolling' stock originally is produced and repaired, bow ever, are needed urgently at present for other purposes. the shortage of oils has made it impos- gu nery, irom the delicate timing placing of protective of fire, i West Texas District Bill Is Held Up, But Culberson May Help Situation. Senator C.

A. Culber.son wired Richard F. Burges teaturday that the only ngement possi'de at the present of congress to relieve the federal court situation in west would be the authorization of another federal judge for the western district. Mr. reply to senator Culber- iiori eaid that the desire here very strong for the additional federal judge, to be resident here.

In the event that it is impossible to secure the new dis- trii for the western part of the state, including the Panhandle, which strong i'fforts have been put forth tof. Mr. Burges, after consulting local lawyers leading citizens, has urged senator Culberaon to spare no effort to pass the bill for the additional judge. Henator Culberson's telegram fallows; Garner has just vised me that it is impossible to through the house at this session the I bill providing for a separate fcd- I eral district court to relieve tbo situa- tion at K1 Paso, that the only thinr: i possible is the house bill giving an additional Judge for the western district. Please wiro me imraedlately what the people of your section Mr.

Burges said that senator Culberson he glad to bear from anyone on the subject. said: Punhaiidle To In. believe it is of the utmost importance to FA Paso to organize the new district, which would bring the Panhandle 4nto the district, and this entirelv satisfactory to the people or the Panhandle, but in the meantime we should have the additional judge to relit-ve the rongested situation in the federal court. It is reasonable to hope that the district bill will be passed at a future congreasional 5il till am J. I'M Foit A for the recovery of $20.800 alleged personal injviries, has been filed in the 41st district couit by ii ua; Xilan against the El Paso Mantel Tile company and W.

J. Pickering. The plaintiff claims that while working on the Gibson theater, on South El Paso street, in December, 1916, a gcafiokiing on which he was standinu" nartialiy g-ave way, causing him to fall some feet to the ground, a broken right leg. fractured in four and a right hip permanently as well as other injuries. whom nrder was re(' ck said: iiJKued a temporary re.straining ttrUer nn the city officials named to just In front of advancing I "Yonr i.ynor, I am aa officer of the Motiday at 10 oclock and Fhow to the most skllfull cooperation of i German and if I snould to cauise why petition of Jau- for pcrmi.ssion^ i to keep the cars in proper condi- irontier itzei lauo.

I he tion. Such few cars as were captured in Russia have been found unavail- FRENCK KEEP POUNDING IN CHAMPANGNE REGION Paris, France, Feb. duels in the sector of do Champagne are reported in this official communication. The French made an attack at merzweiler. An lo.ss wa? sew that question.

The question was not pressed and ludge Morton decided that it would not be reces.saty for the captain to answer it at this time. In Tiie Kronprinzessin Ceceiie is in tho of TJnited States marshal John J. Mitchell, pending the determination of a suii for damages brought against tbo North German-Lloyd ministers at are to be giving every assistance in their pow'er to the Americans still In V-'irrniany. financial has been Buffered by those America.ns who have already reached itzerland. One hundred marks, which before the war were worth 125 francs, are now valued at only S3 fiancs.

merzweiler. An cppr-clabie lo.ss i company by the Guaranty leave the clt3 inflicted on Germans, the ment i -rfuirt conipany and National City Ing been arrested on "trumpt'd up regui peti- ticmer claims he is a citizen of Mexico, but temporarily a re.sident of Bos Angeles. He slated that during the time of the reign of the Villista faction in northern ilexico he was an official representative of Villa. In his petition he claims that March, w'hile temporarily in El he was continually harassed through the orders of mayor Lea to the police and that he forced to leave the city at that time, after hav- because they are of broader gage. 'I'he German surplus, deteriorating I bank of New York for failure of the charges having no foundation in law vessel to deliver shipment of gold to or in fact.

He alleged that this came in England and France which I about because mayor Lea is a niember says. The statement froTii nionfh tn minVth was artillerv firr in gone to pieee Shortlv Maisona de Champagne. flhe board at the outbreak of the of a law firm which represented Huerta I onoiiij oeiore me coi region of Eparges a German sur- After aailing from New York tho and his faction. prise attack was broken up. turned hack and into Bar The banks seek to re- SAYS DEUTSCHLAND IS HELD BY BRITISH WITH 400 U-BOATS Baltimore, Feb.

the mert bant submarine Deutschland has been captured and that he saw her in respondent left Berlin it was described by an unusually outspoken German railway official as lladly Overcrowded. From time to time passenger service in all parts of Germany has been re- "After a late yester- Harbor iviaine day one of our detachments penetrated Gernian salient at and completely destroyed i'. On January 23, Capt. fr-uin time, the 1 down his fifth German Ir th' sje cold plane. Yesterday one of our pilots de- point, are terribly gtroyed a captive German balloon." overcrowded, frequently late and sel- Lly dom complete even ehort without at least one hot box.

journeys harbor with 186 other Ger- CompHcate Problem. man submarines was the statement made here Friday by William Pahner, eecond engineer of the American transport liner Mongolia. Palmer said that the British had captured 400 enemy and that 187 of them were in Plymouth, chained together and in the center of a huge net work of chains attached to and wharves. Capt. Koenig, commander of the submarine freighter, and his crew are in JOnglish jails, said Palmer.

STEEL NET GUARDS NEW YORK AGAINST SUBMARINES Tho problem has been increased by the necessity of shifting troops frequently between the western and eastern front sto counteract offensive movements of the allies. Beginning with last fall, the canals and rivers had come to be used more and more for the transportation of foodstuffs, partly becauso boats have a longer life than cars. Then came tho cold, which froze everything but the largest rivers anj even stopped transportation on the Rhine for a time. l.ack Pood Snt. Jauregul is the man who, as a prison guard in Mexico City under the Madero regime, arranged for the escape of Pancho Villa from Belem prison.

In return. Villa gave Juaregui the Juarez gambling (concessions later. Jauregul owris the old D. M. Payne farm down the vallev and when the house burned Honolulu.

T. H. Feb. 14 inch fe.v months ago, terrific explosions gun at Fort Derussy has been found tha place Indicated that ammuni- disabled and will be out of commission 1 tion was stored i for about three months. According to I i Mayor Ordered lllm Away.

Jauregul claims In bis petition that BIG GUN AT HAWAII IS FOUND DISABLED BRITISH REQUIRE 400,000 MORE MEN FOR THEIR NAVY re port, the gears were stripped either London, Feb, -I during or since the maneuvers held appearance force of pebruarv 8. him, have told you to leave 400,000 men Is required for the British M. Hunter, catst artillery, navy, according to the naval esti- that the i mates for the coming financial year which provide for that number. KKEF IlK.AT A VK F'l KU IS GKIIM VN Paris. France, Feb.

Havas correspondent at Geneva reports that the Berlin local government has de- i gun w'as damaged but retused to make any further statement. riesponsibility for the damage, it was said had not been placed. EL PASO ASKED TO JOIN DAYLIGHT SAVING MOVEMENT If the desre of executive Dewitt Burnsida, of the Daylight creed that on account of the lack of Every city in Germany had long felt fieSght cars and the impossibility of pavmig 5 The plaintiff the pinch from the lack of horses, obtaining sufficient supplies of coal, will soon set its clocks back an attorneys visit hour. I autximobiles and other means of short houses are servcil from central 4 1 net de- 1 haul tratisportation. This, in combln- heating plants must not have a temper- eigned to protect the port o.

New ation with the stoppage of water traf- ature of more than 59 degrees fahren- this town and not come back. Why are you coming After explaining his reasons to the captain, Jaure- gu; states, the captain called mayor Lea on the phone and after holding a conversation with liim. turned to the plaintiff and told him that the mayor had said that ho would not tolerate the presence oi the plaintiff In the city, I and that unless he immediately left I the city he would be deported to Juarez. further alleges that his the mayor, and ho I has every reason to believe that the I I from hostile submarines and other war craft in the event of war, was put In place at the entrance of thj harbor today. ilc and the great reduction in the I helt.

Aujnber of trains, has brought trying A telegram has been recelevd from niayor told the attorneys that if Burnside by chamber of com- regul did not get out of El I a so, he irce asking'that body to wire would be arrested every day if neces- need to the larger cities. Centers loke V- Berlin ve not had even their scant or the it will be kept In allotment of potatoes, flour and other position only between sunset and sun- i 3 ise and will bar all ships from leaving or entering the harbor during tho night. In case of war. its construction provides for placing it as a permanent rit-r. will stop that scalp itching The way a few shampoos with Res- inoi Soap check dandruff and stop scalp itching is a distinct surprise to people who have tried in vain to find relief from these annoying conditions.

In severe cases, a little esinol Ointment should be worked into the scalp after shampooing. commodities. The arrival of spring and w'armer weather will help the situation but not greatly, because it will merely make water transportation again sible. Thoroughgoing repairs for the reestablishment of railroad equipment would be possible only by cutting down the output of ammunition from fac- tories before the war were car shops but were reorganized for war purposes. It's Worse In Auwtria-Hungary.

i All that applies to Germany is I doubly true of Austria and especially of Hungary, where the gradually increasing shoi tage of cars and depreciation of rolling stock in general are added to the difficulties imposed by the tremendous stretches that are single tracked; for instance, from points a short distance from i Budapest all the way to Transylvania. May Keduce Traveling. Austria-Hungary, which is less ready than Germany to resort to stringent GKRVTAV AIRPI. ATTACK Berlin, Germanv. Feb.

Wire- report less to Sayviile, Feb. is offi: cially says an Xews The i( I merce asking dent Wilson to request the senate in- vagrancy anil that the town I terstate commerce and house foreign i and interstate commerce committees to report favor-' bly on the daylight sav- uld be irade too ior him to idea Is to conserve daylight dur- agency announcement today, ing business hours. It is planned to German naval airplanes on February 14 clocks back an hour, begmnmg R. C. WILL TO PROBATE; LEFT An application to the will of starting the day's the late K.

C. fJghtbody. who died fn thA One hour earlier and bringing San Francisco on February 5, I io a close one hour earlier. This was filed today in the county court. IT i plan w-ould be carried out until possiblv H.

U. Neill and L. H. Ticker were trading ships anchored in the Downs. when the clocks would be anpointed forward an hour.

The question will be submitted to the board of directors of the chamber CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CANVASSES PRIMARY RESULTS --------Berlin. Feb. measures, refuses for the time being to troops made at- AIIIMKX ATTAt GHISTKI.LF.S AM) llRl GKK London, Eng, Feb. air- of commerce, planes dropped heavy bombs with good results on the Ghistelles airdrome on says a British announcement today. harbor meeting Saturday of city i executive committee, composed of J.

S. Bombs were observed exploding on ob- i Tjanier, chairman. (iuheen. E. jectlves.

L.erner, W. P. Brady and Benito Solis, canvass of the returns of the recent SA FR DLOW city primary for nominees to be voted C. HA ARK on at the city election on the second Resiaol Soap and Reslool Ointment are sold by all drup t'ists. For samples of eacn, free, write to Dept.

2-N, Resinol, Baltimore. Md to considre a plan proposed by Ger- for lightening the transportation problem by preventing prospective traveler.s from trains un, less necessary. It was pointed out that the train service might be reduced i still further if travel were regulated i by a card system. The transportation problem Is com- plicated by the employment of sub! stitute workers, chiefly women, who have been introduced everywhere in Germany and Austria, not only on rail' roads but also on street car lines in tiie cities. Roughly 50 per cent of i the women thus employed have been strong enough tu endure the strain but even these women have be much less efficient than the men.

Inercawlngr. The number of railroad accidents such as derailments, mistakes in switching and collisio has increased to an alarming extent, notwithstand- ing the great reduction In train vice. tacks yesterday on the Aisne, west of Berry-Au-Bac, and in the Champagne south of Ripont. Today's official communication says these efforts failed. executors without bond.

The will was dated February 19, and the application filed stated that at the time of his death the deceased was possessed of real and personal property to the value of $200.000. To a sister. Mrs. Mary M. Alderdice.

was left a paid up in'surance policy amounting to 16880. together with shares of stock in the First National bank and in the Rio Grande Mortgage company of El Paso. An insurance policy of was made payable to a brother, John W. Lightbody, while the two executors w'ere bequeathed each. Tho remainder of the property, real and personal, was to be divided equally among the following; Thomas Ti.

Lightbody, John Lightbodv and Carpetn cleaned the best way. Wii- son Millican Cleaning Works. Phone 1 corded at the committee meeting this Adv. Tuesday in April, was made. But one mistake in the count of the votes cast w'as found.

Charles Pollock, candidate for position of judge of Johnston Lightbody, brothers: Mary M. the corporation court, being credited Ahb rdice, a sister; heirsj of Sarah Ann with receiving 2S38 votes instead of Jackson, heirs of Matilda Tate and I Hannah J. Johnson, ail sisters of the one absentee. Benito Solis was re- deceased. BREVITIES IV 4 ANil 1 Traill Iluliefin.

wives near Med. monopolize the Ei Paso Southwestern train No. ten party lines of the Mountain States at 2:40 is reported to arrive at p. m. Train No.

2, on the E. P. S. due at 4:15 p. is reported to arrive at 5:10 train No.

5, due HOWARD WORD ACQUITTED OF DELINQUENT CHARGE BY JURY A verdict of not guilty was returned by the jury sitting in tiie 34th district court Friday afternoon in the trial of Howard Word, 12 years old. charged being a delinquent child. The defendant was tried on his con- with the death of Marceano Martinez. 10 years old, who was shot and killed on the afternoon of January Spending a Quarter of a Million Dollars This is the amount now in sight that will be spent in the immediate future in building Residences in Austin Terrace The permanent value of any residence section depends on Building Restrictions and the people who live in it. Talking this as a basis the future of Austin Terrace is fully guaranteed.

The future is hound to take care of itself. What you, as an investor, should be interested in is the you can buy a building site at an attractive price. Lots Range in Price $550 Up. I.iheral Terms Can Be Arranged. FOR SALE BY W.

H. AUSTIN Oregon Tel. 4715 JAS. L. MARR CO.

San Antonio Caplet Bldil. Tcl 4350 Telephone and Telegraph company the entire day with thiir gossip and the i men cannot use the telephone for busi- at play on Tularosa street. I strong testified Friday at i indicted for murder by ri' i- 1 acitic public hearing before tho public at 9 IS re- utilities commission. Tel. 687 We Do Superior Shirt and Collar Sanitary EX I WEEK try the new Satisfactory, Sanitary way of having your Shirts and Collars Laundered.

A Trial is all W'e it is up to us whether we make the weekly call or not. We not only do perfect Laundry but we are particular not to fade the colors ill your Shirts. SANITARY LAUNDRY Cleaver, Mgr. 703-705 I f'HEE I ported to arrive at 10:45. All other af- i.

ternoon and night trains for today are PROPOSALS reported on time. Taft trges Lniversinl Indianapolis, Feb. at least one year of military training for all males between the ages of I'J and 24 years, and asserting that if a league to enforce peace is formed at the close of the European war, America should join it, former president W. II. Taft addressed the state legislature in joint session here late Friday.

Itich In Colorado, Colorado Springs, Feb. B. ft wealthy retired banker, died here today after an ex- tended illness. Mr. Schley camo to Colorado 13 years New York and has been I club circle.s hero the grand jury, but being a juvenile was tried on the first cViarge in the juvenile session of the district court.

Nearly a score of witnesses, among them the friends and playmates of both the defendant and the deceased, FOK FORAGE, BEDDING, GASOLINE AND MINERAL OIL. Office Department Quartermaster, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Sealed proposals summoned. will be received here until llrOj a. The defendant claimed that the kill- I March 2, 1917, for furnishing gasoline, Irig was accidental, that he bad shot at mineral oil, forage and bedd ng re- n.

bird with a 22 rifle, which had been quired at Southern Department stations given to him as a Christmas present. and camps duiing the period beginning April 1, 1917, and ending June 1917. UNIVERSITY Cl IN NFW i Information furnished up application. QUARTERS, PLANS A SMOKER The ITniversity club opened Saturday in the new building. The club has the entire seventh floor and roof of the new' buildiner which is op- Itosite the site of thr proposed $300,000 The roof will be converted into a roof garden this summer.

A smoker for the members of the jS at a monthly outlay of clubrooms. The FieldN annoui'ced. I'at at Savoy. Eat at Pickwick. 405 N.

Oregon. spnnfnh nooicK and stationery at the ideal, 306 South K1 Paso streeL Penn, to tare for lleleiauK. New York, Feb. Pennsylvania branch of commission for relief in IJtlgium wMll attempt to take care of i Norfolk, Feb. traffic out of Norfolk is almost completely at a standstill, owing to the dangerou.s I fields of ice in the upper Chesapeake and tributaries.

careful of your baggage checks. Leave at Tel. 1. 110 Stanton, Potufoeis. Denver, Feb.

baa no more potatoes for expoit, according to a statement by Lou 8wcel, president of the Colorado Potato association. Sweel sai(i the supply of potatoes is barely enough to last the people of the state nntil June 15, when the California crop begins to arrive. F.nt Silver King Cafe, 209 San Antonio. Sec-k of 1, H. CixrVtr.

Relatives of H. Cocke, a railway fireman who is said to have disappeared from his home in New' Or- I leans in 1900, have written to Capt. J. K. Stowe, of the city detective department.

in an effort to locate the man. Cocke last heard of in Lordsburg, N. M. formal dedication will occur In It wall inelnde a dinner dance and an entertainment program, which is being arranged by the social committee. Weekly club luncheons will also be resumed SOOQ.

Try Cafeteria, 208 Mesa. Doctor Edgar. Homoeopath. Morehouse blk. WIdeiier for New York, Feb.

groups French garden statuary of the ISth century period by only pies of his work in this been purchased by E. Widener of The price is said to have been I How about your spring suit? See the Tailor. 403 N. Oregon. to Kalaite Chicago, 111., Feo.

order of school board, salute of flag wjll be a weekly oK-seivan-e oy pupil.s in llif Cbieago public The first will be iifM 'I L'envfv, Dr. Renm. Buckler, Uld. OTcr Kilt CHARLEROI, WOULD LOOK i AT EL PASO PICTURE LECTURE request for stereopticon slides ar.d I moving picture' films belonging to the chamber of commerce ha.i been made from Charleroi, Pa. Thomas H.

Tomlinson, a member of the Pennsylvania signal corps, has written the chamber asking for the films, that they may be shown in a toHi. horse, bay gelding, 6 years in Charleroi a of the boys in this city. reward if returned Battery' a Aiii hifrnn 1 ciiarge of an officer ot the Massa- chusetts national guard, who has been giving lectures and showing the since his return from FI Paso, on hind hoof. Near hind pastern white. reward if returned i Michigan Field Artillery.

Banchert, Dentist. Mills bldg. Ph. 4857. for ditch work sag, farm gates.

Burton-1 iingo liUmber Co. Phone number 50. .1. Dentist, now at 4U7-S Martin Bldg. Thornhill, Florist, 359 Myrtle.

Ph. 2174. Monition, Notice is hereby given that there have been seized in this collection district for violation of the U. S. torn one bay horse, with Mexican bland, one wagon, which will be sobl in front of the S.

Custom house, Saturday. Feb. 1917, at 10:00 clainjinii the pruperty is re- RED CROSS HOSPITAL AT MUKDEN DESTROYED BY FIRE Tokio, Japan, Feb. Japanese lied Cross hospital at Mukden waa destroyed by a fire on aci'ord- ing to a Mukden After perate efforts of the medical tetaff and nurses the patients were all removed to a place of safety. I.

The exivmining trial of I. G. Mayo, eharged with c'Onspira-. to si-H drugs ciaumnii tne prupertv la re- in violation of r-l held to appear within ho time pre- I 'riday I'uih-d by luw. Z.

Cobb, Collector sioner Samuel L. Kellj, resulted i.i being held on huud for the of d'M' I 1 ir 11 cloaued ifeMiuvkode furnished bail. We A re Still in Business Service Than Ever ARE still conducting our furniture factory at 1706 Texas where we do refinishing, upholstering, repairing, storing, and packing of furniture. Some two weeks ago we sold our second hand furniture store located at 318 Texas St. to the Sollie Furniture Co.

and by so doing some of our friends have gotten the impression that we have gone out of business altogether. We wish to announce that we arc better equipped today than ever before to turn out high grade work. In other words if you have furniture that needs working over you will make a mistake if you do not Call 1025 and let an expert tell you what is needed. We have one for all of the different lines. get the idea that a man who finishes fumiture could tell you what you should upholster a piece with.

where we can render you a valuable service, so that w'hen you spend your money you will not be disappointed in a short time. All we ask is a trial and then we will convince you that we are right. Our years in business in El Paso and still growing. R. L.

Daniel Furniture Mattress Factory 1706 Texas St. Tel. 1025.