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KASTJU)1\ BASTKOl* COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, APRIL *>, 11115.
NUMBER 51
RUSS ON HUNGARIAN
SIDE OF MOUNTAINS
FIGHTING OF MOST DESPERATE
CHARACTER CONTINUES IN
SNOW-CLAD MOUNTAINS.
REINFORCEMENTS DASH
THROUGH VILLA'S LINES
AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS SAY
VILLA WILL THIS WEEK OPEN
ATTACK ON MATAMOROS.
FRENCH REPORT ADVANCES MAY NOT NEUTRALIZE CAPITAL
Italian Troops Still Being Assembled
Along the Austrian Frontier—Ar-
tillery i-'<nhting m France—Bul-
garia E\p.air>8 Move.
Latest War News From Froni.
It Is still op tho Carpathian moun-
tains that tho most bitter fluhtliiK la
in progress. The Russians have cross-
ed the principal chain in the region of
the Kostnk pans and occupied two
villages or the slopes on the Hun-
garian side of the mountains. This
claim is made by the Russian war of-
fice, which asserts that all along this
front the Russians have continued to
make progress.
The assertions of J'etrograd are
not borne out by the Austrian official
statement, which declares that in con-
junction with (ierman forces the Aus-
trians have captured two strong posi-
tions on the heights east of the l.a-
bureau Valley and repulsed strong
Russian attacks in nearby sections,
capturing 7.570 prisoners in addition
Vienna says that on the IHieUter
river two Russian battalions have
been annihilated.
To the north in Poland only desul-
polng on in the \ loin-
Prussian frontier.
Paris reports "appre-
for the allies in the
of the village of Gussain-
Verdun and advances to
Villa's Forces With Heavy Guns on
Way to Matamoros, Repairing Rail-
road as They Advance—Situa-
tion Bad at Mexican Capital.
lory fighting Is
ity of the East
in the west
ciahle progress
occupation
ville near
the southward of that fortress. The
headquarters of a German colonel has
been taken in the Vosges, while In
the Woevre it is asserted that six
German battalions recently have been
destroyed.
Unofficial reports reaching London
© the effect that British warships
.again are bombarding Smyrna.
Warm bad, German Southwest Af-
rica, has been taken without opposi-
tion by the Union of South Africa's
forces.
Lord Kitchener has decided to wait
no longer for the workmen of Great
Britain voluntarily to take up the task
of manufacturing munitions of war
nece suy for the prosecution of the
combat and has appointed a commit-
tee to obtain sufficient labor for this
purpose.
The independent labor party in an-
nual convention at Norwich, England,
cheered a suggestion that there be a
truce between Great Hritain and Ger
many with the objecting of settling
the war.
Hulgaria and Serbia have exchanged
notes which on tin* surface appear to
end the recent border Incidents, but
official Serbian circles in London in-
,-ist that the latest outbreak was en-
gtnei red from Hulgaria and that Aus-
trii; a« well as Turks were found
among the dead raiders.
While the furious struggle for the
Carpathian passes, in which tie Rus-
inns appear to be making steady
pro-wess, is the dominating feature In
ilie great European struggle, the sit-
uation in Italy is attracting much at-
tention. The Italian government Is
continuing with great activity the as-
<>mhling of troops on the Austrian
frontier, according to reports reaching
Chiasso, Switzerland, from Italian
sources.
In the Carpathian contest the Rus-
sians are fighting on the Hungarian
cWi1 of both the Dukla and Lupkow
pusses The latest Russian official
statement announces the capture of
Ci tin, which is about fifteen miles
<-ii st of Lupkow and Is i.ti important
railway station.
The Russians also clnim a success
to the north of Czertio vitz, Kukowiuo,
where 1,000 Austrian* were captured.
The tierman submarine U-31 has
sunk the Russian bark Hermes and
the British vessel olivine.
Great excitement has been caused
in Genoa by the receipt of a report
that a German submarine has sunk
tie- Italian steamer Luigl l'arodi,
which left Baltimore) on .Inn 21' with
coal for Genoa. The Italian authori-
ties have taken strong measures to
protect the German eo'ony. The crew
of the Luigl l'arodi wus made up en-
tirely of Genoese and nothing has been
heard from then:.
The Bulgarian government has ex-
plained that rebels were responsible
for the recent raid Into Serbia and bus
promised to take steps to disarm
thetn.
The United States government lias
made public the note sent to Ger-
many on the sinking of the American
ship, William P Frye, by the German
auxiliary cruiser Prln* Eltel Krede-
rlch. Indemnification to the amount
Washington.—intimations came to
the American government this week
that General Carranza will not consent
to the neutralization of the City of
Mexico as proposed and agreed to by
the Villa Zapata forces.
The state department summary of
the military situation in Mexico is as
follows: ,
The department Is in receipt of ad-
vices this week stating that General
Obregon Is at a place thirty kilo
meters south of Irapuato. It is report-
ed that he has an army of 20,000. The
army of General Villa was preparing
to leave Irapuato Wednesday.
The department's latest advices
from Yucatan indicate that everything
is quiet at Progreso and Merida. The
ship Stavengeren lias sailed from Pro-
greso to New Orleans with 2,000 bales
of sisal. The American tug Forward,
which was employed by General Car-
ranza, arrived at Progreso last Wed-
nesday. General Alvaredo is reported
to be at Valladolid. He claims a vic-
tory over the Ortiz forces and states
that they were dispersed.
"Small cases of smallpox at Pro-
greso were reported via navy wireless.
One death had occurred and there
were still six cases and eight suspects
all under guard. Later advices state
that the railroads of Yucatan have
been taken over by General Alvaredo,
who had dismissed the board of direc-
tors and appointed officials of his
own. It is said the railroads are not
Operating as well as they were pre-
viously. Passenger traffic on the
main line is operating but freight Is
reduced.
"Some fighting has occurred in the
eastern part of Yucatan state and
wounded soldiers are occasionally
brought into Merida. The gunboat
Zanigoza has left Progreso. Pour
ships were loading sisal on April I!,
and there was no Interference with
commerce." .
General Carrafiza telegraphed his
agency that General \Salador Alvaredo,
military governor of Yucatan, had
won the confidence of the people and
was enthusiastically welcomed when
he recently made a tour of the princi-
pal towns of the state.
Another telegram from Carranza
dated at Vera Cruz, said:
"Reactionaries headed toy Villa and
Zapata only hold the following states
out of twenty-seven: Chihuahua, !)u-
rango, Zacatecas; Aguasculientes,
capital of San Luis Potosi; Morelos
and Mexico and pari of Sonora, and
scattered portions of Coahuila, Nuevo
Leon, Jalisco and territory of Topic.
All the rest of the republic, which is
the greatest territory, Is entirely In
our possession."
Arrival of a small body of rein-
forcements at the Matamoros garrison
was announced by Carranza officers
at. Brownsville, Texas, Wednesday.
Sharp firing was heard shortly before
these reinforcements rode in on horse-
back. hut apparently none of the cav-
alrymen were shot in their dash be-
tween the widely separate! Villa
camps surrounding Matamoros. Aure-
lio Garza commanded the reinforce-
ments. They were said to have come
from Victoria, 200 miles south. The
garrison Wednesday was busy extend-
ing a railroad track along the river
bank for a few hundred yards toward
the end of the Intrenchments opposite
the American shore It appeared pos-
sible that box cars filled with dirt
might be run upon this track as a for-
tification against attack upon the
river bank. Such cars might also
shield Brownsville. Texas, somewhat
from bullets.
The Villa field artillery trains ad
canced a little nearer to Matamoros
Wednesday, passing Reynosa, sixty
miles west of the Invested city. How
fast they could cover the remaining
sixty miles depended on the repairs
to the railroad which the Carranza
troops tore up a few weeks ago
Miss Lydlu Drouett of Houston,
head nurse of the Red Cross hospital
at Brownsville, said she has one pa-
tient, a wounded Villa soldier, shot
directly through the head, who will
recover.
SPRINGTIME
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PONTOONS TO BE USED THE STATE BRINGS SUIT
TO RAISE LOST SUBMARINE
Preparations Are Under Way to Bring
to the Surface the Lost Sub-
marine F-4.
Honolulu.—As a result of the navy
department's authorization Thursday
of $20,000 for the work of raising tho
submarine F-4, believed 10 bo water
logged on tho ocean bed just outside
tho harbor entrance, officials at Hono-
lulu, under the leadership of Lieuten-
ant C. E. Smith, submarine flotilla
commander, ljave made plans for sal
cage operations on a big scale.
All efforts to raise by cables an ob-
ject said by officials to bo tho lost
F-4 having failed, the pontqpn method
will now bo used.* Six hundred ton
scows will he towed to tho spot be-
neath which. In forty-five fathoms ot
water, the bubm, rine is belie\od to be
lying.
After tho rcows have been weight-
ed with water, chains hooked to the
F-4 will be attached to them. Then
the water will be pumped out of the
scows and their hulls rising they will
lift the bulk below. The laborious pro
cess will lie continued until the sub-
marine is brought to the surface.
Lieutenant Smith says it probably
would be three days before further
attempts to raise the F-4 would be
made. A light line wan hooked on
the submarine and will be maintained
as a guide to the sunken craft.
German vessels, warbound in Hono-
lulu harbor, have volunteered he loan
of all their salvage apparatus.
A huge diving tube, which engineers
have been constructing, has been com-
pleted.
Twenty-one coffins have been de-
livered at the navy dock for the 111
la ed crew of tho F-4.
AGAINST TEXAS RAILROADS
Attorney General Claims They Are
Violating Franchises By Dis-
criminating in Passes.
GOVERNOR VETOES HOUSE BILL.
Says Measure Would Restrict Free-
dom of Press and Opposes Cam-
paign Printing Provision.
Austin, Tex.—Because in his opin-
ion it is a wholly unnecessary and
useless restriction upon the freedom
of tho press, Governor Ferguson Fri-
day vetoed house hill No. to regu-
late the publishing, printing and cir-
culation and distribution of campaign
advertisements, hills and circulars or
literature of any character.
The governor filed the following
reasons In the office of the secretary
of state for his veto:
"The within house bill No. 19f> Is by
me respectfully disapproved for the
reason that, In my opinion, it is a
wholly unnecessary and useless re
strict ion upon the freedom of the
press. The question should be not
who printed or had printed an article,
but it should be a question of what
was printed; is it true or false? Tills
bill causes an additional expense to
the legitimate publisher and provides
no protection against the publications
of tl^o unscrupulous."
Brownsville, Tex.— Information that
the time for the battle by Villa forces
for possession of Matamoros is draw
ing near was received by American
army officers at Fort Brown Tuesday.
They were told that ten to a dozen
flat ears carrying field artillery are
at or near amargo, about 100 miles
to the west, and that repnlrs to the
railroad between Matamoros and Ca-
margo have been nearly completed
Mexican Held on Old Charge.
Brownsville, Tex —General I'reco
pio Ellzondo, the constitutionalist of-
ficer wounded In last Saturday's bat-
tle in Matamoros and brought to
Brownsville for medical care, was ar
rested Friday by Captain J. J. San-
ders of the Texas rangers. Ellzondo
is charged by complaint with the
death of Emmett Roebuck, a Texas
ranger, and with assault to murder A
V Haker, present sheriff of Hidalgo
county, in Brownsville in September,
1902 At the time of the shotting Ell
zondo was a school teacher In Came-
ron county. Following the shooting
he went to Mexico, where he has since
been.
Austin, Tex.—Alleging that forty-
one railway line;; ol Texas, practically
all the railroads in tho stati, which
are made defendants in the suit, are
violating their franchise s by unjust
discrimination in the issuance of free
passes, proceedings were instituted
Wednesday in the twenty-sixth dis-
trict court by Attorney General B. F.
Looncy and Assistant Attorney Gen
erals C. M. Cureton, Luther Nickels
and VV. A Keeling against those com
panje8, asking that each railroad bo
enjoined from issuing to any person
or class of persons, other than their
officers, agents and enu loyes, travel-
ing upon company business, any free
pass or other 'vidence of rigiit to
travel free, or hcnorlng any such free
pnss or other evidence, or directly or
iudlrectly permitting any other per-
son or class of persons from riding or
traveling free of charge, or at rates
different from the rateu charged ail
other persons under the same or simi-
lar circumstances, upon any of their
railroads, trains or cars. In the al-
ternative, Judgment is asked that nil
defendants be restrained front issuing
or granting to any person belonging
to any class as may be found to be un-
constitutional, any free pass to ride or
travel free, or at reduced rate, upon
the railroads, trains or cars of any
and all of the defendants in this state.
Explanatory of the effect of the is-
suance of free transportation, the at-
torney general represent# that the
average rate of the pay passengers
was 2.29c per mile, and that if those
using the roads tree had been charged
at. the same rate the others were
charged a uniform rate of 2.03c per
mile would have produced to the rail-
roads the same total revenue which
they did collect from tho pay passen-
gers.
"And taking into consideration the
operating expense of issuing the free
passes and keeping the records there-
of and of paying for injuries, etc., to
the free passengers, the railroads
could have charged a uniform rate of
much less than ?c per passenger mile,
and have derived as much revenue us
they diil receive, if all passengers had
been charged."
It is stated that tho total capital
stock of the railroads of Texas
amounts to the par value of $128,540,-
728, and that "If the free mileage had
been charged for at the rates charged
pay passengers, the free mileage dur-
ing such ten-year period would have
paid a total dividend of 2.41 per cent.
It Is further alleged that the total
value of the free mileage would have
paid the interest of all of the roads
j for 1912 one and eighty-two bun
jdredths times, and that tho value of
i free mileage equals the mm of $2.73s
| per mile of main line road owned by
Will the railroads In Texas, or an aver-
|age ol $273.80 per mile per year. The
total taroB paid 1 > all of tho railroads
of Texas for 1913 amounted to $3,-
925,1175; the value of the free mlleugu
for the same year was $3,582,528.
Utah Poll Tax Law Is Upheld.
Salt Lake City, Utah.—The Utah
poll tax law was declared constitu
tlonal Saturday by the state supreme
court, Which held that the exemption
of women from the tax did not make It
a discrimination against men. evou
though women vote in the state.
To Fight the Citrus Canker.
League City, Tex.—The state de-
partment of agriculture, through Its
chief Inspector, Ed L. Ayers, has ap-
pointed several deputies to help eradi-
cate the citrus canker on the main-
land.
X. R. Pfaiffer. Pres. JL SL Orgain. 8ml tod Tnta.
Bastrop Lumber Co., Inc.
BASTROP, TEXAS
Contractors and Builders
Will Develop Your Plans
Long Leaf Pine
Shingles, Sash, Doors, Builders'
Hardware. Paints, Mouldings,
Glass. Wall Paper, Brick*
Lime, Cement, Etc.
1st Us Uaka an Estimate Before Closing Ycsr Contract
SALLIE YOUNG
THE HAIR DRESSER
Mannfacturer of Fine Hair Goods. Will work crp twit Hair
in any style. Cleans Braids, Weaves Combiners into
Braids, Massages the face. 1 make a social ty
of Dyeing: Hair on the Scalp. Alao Dye
Switchot* and Braids.
SATISFACTION GUARAN1 LED. GIVE ME A TRIAL
CHARGES LIBERAL.
BASTROP, TEXAS
CHAS. HOFFMAN
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HOFFMAN BROS.
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Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights
All Wovk Promptly Done and Satisfaction
Guaranteed. <3 Horseshoeing A Specialty.
CIVE US A TRIAL.
Your Patronage Solicited
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(TIIK OLD RELIABLE)
Blacksmith and Wheelwright
None but Skilled and Finished Workmen Em-
ployed. The satisfaction Riven patrons for
many years is my best advertisement. The
2 SHOEING of every horse receives my personal
* attention. Will appreciate your continued
S patronage.
| BEN MARTIN : : : BASTROP, TEXAS
Enlarging Your Business
If you are in
business and you
want to make
more money you
will read every
word we have to
say. Are you
spending your
money for ad-
vertising in hap-
hazard fashion
as if intended
lor charity, or do you adver-
tise for direct results?
Did you ever stop to think
how your advertising can be
made a source of profit to
you, and how its value can be
measured in dollars and
cents. If you have not, you
are throwing money away.
Advertising is a modern
business necessity, but must
be conducted on business
principle*. If you are not
satisfied with your advertising
you should set aside a curtain
amount of money to be spent
annually, and then carefully
note the effect it has in in-
creasing your volup*
ness; whether u j' or 30
per cent inp- 1 . If you
watch tb' 'i'". 11 from year to
you ', oecome intensely in-
terested in your advertising,
and how you can make it en-
large your business.
If you try .his method we
believe you will not want to
let a single issue of this paper
go to press without something
irom your store.
We will be pleased to have
you call on ua, and we will
take pleasure in explain.ng
our annual contract for so
many inches, and how if can be
used in whatever jinouut that
seexns necessary to you.
If you can sell goods over
the counter we can also show
you why this pa|>er will best
serve your interests when you
want to reach the people of
this community.
A Dollar
spent at home reacts in its benefits
with unceasing general profit.
Sent out of town it's life is ended.
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