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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
= Faults Always Discovered Afterwards

w YHEN Hell Gate New York the officers
Nv thousand lives,
the life inefficient; that the Law
wasb being
Now that the biggest steamship
grave carrying officers discover that the boat
vas E5sts that it carried less han half enough
boats to accommodate Of passengers board
duty; when viii they find out these
such catasPhesF II
Why people after it all but the thing
discover they might lose then lives beforehand an0
prevent it
One excuse given provision has been made
regulating Olympic; that the present nav
govern British flag drafted
before vessels small for such boats
would been matter to draft
regulations completed Even since the Olympic the
have been IN operation
has beenam draft Tguative measures
that air they could have
the boat and ascertain II complied
with Of registered This may be So but 1t
apply regulations
protection Of human life; would seem
vessels that did
take providing protection to transported
be hs
and
sonbs requirement applied this
eselre regardless Of its registry.
When ezplOdes generally
inspection
Of complied
crminay directly traceable
o
tons Technically cmny guilty,
The people pay persons paid protect
Psso may build brick plant The way this growing
able the entire output of the factory
Tucson is talking of municipal light plant all very
city
inspect installed for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
The Herald's Daily
Short Stsry
A Mysterious Story

The gaze grew so terrible that I was
about to rise and run away, but at the
same moment she stood up anu
stretched her white hands toward me.
] could move neither hand nor foot
lights came and went before my eyes
and L was at last only conscious OF
hearing the girl singing weird wild
love song
-. Last nights storm must have cap
sized his boat and thrown him ashore
here"
Iheard these words quite plainly and
felt somebody taking hold Of my arm
I opened my eyes and saw three
peasants STOPPING over me. 1t was
bright day and I saw no house, no fore
place, no chair and no woman In black.
1 was lying in the wet sand near the
sea and close by was my boat
I told the men Of my dream and they
looked at each other in surprise.
Yes. IL was a strange dream one
of them said. If il was a dream, for the
house is over there. and 1 would not
enter il for all the money in the world
not even in daytime. But come along
now and get bite and nap and this
afternoon I viii drive you back to the
city
I followed the peasant. bordering on
the events of the night 1t was impos-
sible for me to remember how I got
lut of the house, If I we're ever inside.
and the whole matter appeared more
and more mysterious and uncanny-
While we were eating my host told
me the story OF the haunted house A
young girl daughter OF prosperous par
ents, was engaged TO a young man The
banns had been published and her
father had built a new house to receive
the young couple. But the day before
the wedding the man Tilted the girl
and married another, who had much
more money.
The girl who had loved him with all
her heart, disappeared on the day on
which she was TO have been married
and no one ever knew what became Of
her.
Some people said that she had gone
hOpelessly insane and had been sent
20 an asylum IRON which She mad later
escaped. never TO be found again.
Others maintained that she hid her
self In the house. which was to have
been her home, but no one was able TO
explain how she could live there alone
without ever being seen even BY the
tradespeOple.
was given a comfortable bed and in my
dreams I lived over again my expert
erces during the night. I first heard
the music OF Arabian Nights" Out sud
denly the figure Of the woman in black
was sitting next TO me in the boat
staring. at me and humming the same
All at once she arose and
seemed to float in the air
and stretched her arms toward
me. ! fought against her with all
my strength. but was like a helpless
baby in her arms. Her pale face came
closer and closer to mine and as she
mine woke up, wet with cold prespira.
ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
IA Years Ago To-
Prom TIE Herald OF L.
TaisDase 1898 uay

The 8IcGinty club viii hold a re-
hearsal tOmOrrO Wright.
J. A Murdoch has returned from a
business trip TO the east
Fair weather has returned and all OF
the churches were well attended today
A. g. Foster addressed the mems
meeting at the y. " c. A. this after
noon.
r F. Kimbau. Of the Western News
paper syndicate. is in town from St
Louis. No.
The infantry from Fort Bliss did not
leave today. but is expected TO depart
in a day or two.
NJ Dillon. collector Of customs. went
TO Deming this morning on business
connected with his office.
The White Oaks company IS hauling
many carloads Of material up the hill
Tor the extension OF its road.
C. T. Jones has gone TO san Antonio
TO represent Bliss lodge at the Knights
OF Pythias grand lodge melting.
Charles White and p. s. Curry are in
town from Cuba They were with the
army Of Gomez and report that he has
$4,000 men
Judge Stansbury. o. the court Of in
dian depreciation claims, heard II cases
last week and viii be in town FOR an
other week or two.
The annual report OF St Clements
Episcopal church made today. shows
81 baptisms. IS combinations. 81 mar
riages and "A burials, while the COM
mUnicants at present number 295.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
OBy Gustav FalkO

y T WAS a moonlight night
Ny little skiff was gently rock
ing on the waves. I had taken in
the oars and. smoking my cigar. 1 was
leaning back against a pillow looking
at the sky.
Everything was quiet. Softly through
the air came the sound Of a distant
band playing Strauss Arabian
! Nights" and with open eyes I saw all
the figures of these wonderful oriental
/ tales before me.
The music and the sound of the
waves ripping against the sides OF the
boat lulled me asleep and I slept until
I was awakened by a violent movement
of the boat.
Dark, white crested waves threw the
boat about like a nutshell, the storm
was roaring and the moon was hidden
behind the racing clouds.
wanted to take the oars, but they
were gone. The movement Of the boat
must have tossed them overheard
Half dead with cold 1 stared toward
the shore and 1 was now without any
means OF reaching
Every movement I expected the boat
to capsize. but hours passed and I was
still afloat in the darkness.
Then suddenly the boat toucned bot
tom so violently that I was thrown
out on sandy beach and dripping wet
craWled out Of the reach OF the waves.
But where was I to gO2 I did not
recognize the place and the darkness
was impenetrable 10 my smarting eyes.
l walked ahead and at least reached
a house surrounded by q board fence.
But the house seemed deserted, the
door was locked and the windows were
covered with boards
Suddenly / knew where ! was.
was standing outside the "haun ted
mouse which had now been empty for
50 years ever since Il was bufIt.
1t was not a very comfortable shell
ter in a dark nigE- far from every hu-
man habitation. BUT ] should have a
roof overhead at least, so I went inside.
Ine room entered was not dark and
empty. but warm. well lit Up and ele-
gantly furnished. 1t must be inhab-
tied and the people were probably IN
the next room
To attract their attention I stamped
on the floor as 1 walked toward the
fireplace. No one came and drawing a
chair close to the fire I sat down and
exhausted as 1 was with the cold and
exposure 1 seemingly fell asleep.
/ looked around the cozily furnished
room. looked at the lamp whose red
silk shade threw a mysterious light on
everything. Then I stared into the fire.
Was I asleep or awake? Was 1t
dream or nOt2 was not the room
empty as I entered2 And was not.a
woman now sitting IN the chair oppO-
site me2 She was dressed all in black
and from her pale face two dark ewes
were gazing at me intently-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

ing lists of citizens sleeping in tents and
the carpenter who cannot build houses
with both hands and feet Is considered
too slow for either town. A large num-
Der of the old settlers of Oklahoma viii
graduate from the high schools this
spring.
Oklahoma Is the home of the indian
aristocracy and has 100000 red men
ranging from the blanket to the auto
mobile stratum of society. One of the
finest qualifications for office in the
state is a little blue red-man blood and
Oklahoma has a governor and a senator
who can trace their American ancestry
back several hundred years behind the
Pilgrim fathers. Oklahoma also has
blind senator, who can see about twice
as far as some of our senators who can
read fine print without glasses.
oklahoma possesses the most modern
constitution in the country, IL BEING
completely equipped with throttles. right
and LETT hand drives. vote controls
brakes. accelerators, reverse gears, and
self starters.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
DAILY RECORD
building Permits.

Building Permits.
To L f. Booker. TO build one story
ADOBE tenement. lot 16. block a, Camp
Dell addition; estimated cost, $500.
Deeds Filed.
tlorence and Texas streets-B. A
Bass and r. b. Alves to T. NJ Wingo
ana Jno- N. Wyatt. one-third interes.
IN easterly so feet lots s. 9 and 10
DOCK zig, Campbell addition; cOnsid-
eIatlon, S5653.33, Feb. 8, 1912.
Grand avenue. between COurchesne
ana Martinez streets-Hattie II. Harris
70 Anacleto ReOs, lots q, p and o.
DOCK 2 Military Heights; cOnSidera-
Alamogordo street. between san Mar
cldl and Estrella streets-RomulO Pro-
Eehclo 70 Rosita Provencio Bond. lot p,
dock 80, East FL PasO addition; con-
sloeration, 81: April Is 1912.
Northeast corner Idalia and Ken
lucky ayenues-Conde L. RaQuet TO
1eeJner f. Parsons. lots I and ,, block
- MILITARY Heights; consideration,
1925 March 26. 1912.
Licensed 10 Wed.
d T. Wichmann and ora Lee COrbin
BENZ Mosher COwan and Sarah Pope
Roy Woodruff and Katherine Beyness.
Birfhs-(firls.
To Mrs z. Hernandez, 9lS Hill
street, April u
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
TELEPHONE COMPANY
HOLDS 1T ELECTION
Ranchmen Near Langtrv
Have Phones Put in
Their Homes

Langtry. Texas. April 1.-THE teIe-
phone company has elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year. Lew
Isusl OF Del Rio, president: James
r - y ~, -olilslock. secretary, and ".
y: Dodd, Of this place treasurer. The
9Iilcers also compose the board o.
directors.
Langtry has needed a. teIepbona linz
TOT a long time and several OF the
LaHcnIIlen are putting in telephone. to
cO1RecI with the main line
lne phones are the most modern. Con
necIlon can now be had as far east
as houston and with all intervening
=, me company plans to extend the
line west TO Sanderson in a short +ims
~ eVentually on west along the line
or the g. r. & S. A. railway.
The Clark well outfit has conn1ats5
fine well on the JnO. Babb ra1Cb
ana an Is now drilling on the stapp ranch
Iney have contracts for several MOI
wells in this vicinity. i-ioi
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
OKLAHOMA
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author Of AT Good Old SiwashD
Copyright, 1912, by George Mathew Adamsl

~ kLAHOMA was the baby state of
the union until its nose was put
out of joint by New Mexico and
Arizona 1t Is less than five years old.
but Is the huskiest infant for its ace
ever raised in this nation. 1t is growing
so last that it already has a deep bass
voice IN politics, agriculture and popula-
ton statistics, and is already larger
statistically speaking, than MARYLAND
Nebraska, South Carolina. Arkansas
Louisiana, Connecticut, and 20 other
states.
oklahoma was originally set aside bv
the government as Indian Territory
Tor the exclusive use of the noble red
man, who, however, failed to make GOOD
agHculturally and did not increase the
crops OF the territory BY so much as a
tram load year. Accordingly the indian
population Is cOngested into a few cor
ners, and about 20 years ago the terri
tory was settled by a mob OF 100000
white citizens in the greatest Marathon
on record, the winners receiving their
choice of farms free of charge Being
thus settled by foot runners and horse
racers, the territory has sprinted ahead
ever since until it now contains 100000
people, all shades included, and Is grow
ing so fast that the Oklahoma farmer
losses a coin in the spring to decide
whether he shall plant corn or sky
scrapers on his land
The soil of Oklahoma is very fertile, /
raising wheat, corn, oats, OIL derricNs ana
Democrats in vast quantities, and okla I
homa farmers are almost unanimously !
in the player piano class. The capital of T.
the state recently travelled from Guthrie /.
to Oklahoma City by automobile, and is 4
the only capital I'm the country which /
has exceeded the speed limit Okla F.
homa City also holds the national 1
municipal sprint record, having increased /
in population $40 percent in the last ten .
years. while Muskocee is second with 450 /
percent. These cities have large wait !
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
THE FOOL THAT DROPS THE MATCH.

1t has been said that anywhere
The biggest fool aflOat
Is he who makes a rockingham
OF someone else's boat;
But equal with him in the race
The eggs Of woe to hatch
Is. in unknown OF known disgrace,
The fool that drops the match
What is't to him II, IN his haste
A fragrant weed TO try.
The folds OF WOman's pride and taste
Hang dangerously nigh2
What II a precious life recede
With flame-enhanced despatch2
He did not do the shameful deed:
He only dropped a match
What is't to him II stores Of wealth
In flame may disappear
Or friends that walked in Joy and
health
May nevermOre come near2
What II explosions upward spring.
A hundred lives TO snatch?
He didn't do much OF anything:
He only dropped a match.
nCendiary-guilty one
CAS- yet not doing time).
Youu learn the lesson ere you're done.
That carelessness is crime.
But when your future home you view.
And lift its red-hot latch.
No matter then how often you
May drop the lighted match.
VIII Carleton, in Harper's Weekly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
The Right To Forget :
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX:

when the brave spirit that forgets and
laughs was loved and needed more than
II is loved and needed today.
Ihere mas been such a revolution in
TINS particular that the sigh is no
longer really respectable.
50 i beg Of all girls who wish TO be
or some use in this great busy life
whether quietly at home or in more
pubic paths makes no difference-that
Jney write their little wrongs in the
beg that they forget; that they de-
mahd the right TO forget, and that they
grant to others the right to forget
be women while still young and by
that ! mean do a wOman's part
APd that never has been to call for
q tholet OF marble every time hope
-alleo ana thIngs went wrong.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
UNCLE Waits DENATURED POEM
Mere Suggestions
By Walt Mason.
By Walt Mason.


hOuedog needs
Ph relieve the the chlnes killer there's
sidewalk
place don't yawng the presidential
thews
forget the Vital fill with the
Then when the line of storm and the
abOed while
the the blatant home
mott
rule the yard the kitchen and mule If you'll
M
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
One-Sentence Philosophy
RFFLFCTTONs on A 8ACHFT.

REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR
New York Press)
Hunting for trouble usually gets
a fun bag
Next to investing in gold mines
starting an amateur garden loses the
most money!
Its chasing after the butterfly girls
that trips men the hardest.
Women can understand a thing in
spite Of the way man explains il to
her.
Old folks are forever trying to con-
vince the young ones that the life he
hind them is the life ahead
Those who spend the wealth that
others make have a big grievance be-
cause those others don't make more
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
POTNTED PARAGRAPHs.
lChlcago News.l

fChicagO News
II you would be a leader you must
set the pace.
When truth gets busy, fiction is apt
10 feel ashamed Of itself.
One way TO discount a. WOmans ar
eument IS to agree with her.
man knows more at p than he
may be able to forget at so.
The theory that misery loves com
pany accounts for some marriages.
Force a man 20 eat his own words
and he viii soon lose his appetite.
Many a woman with a vaulting So
cisl ambition keeps her husband on
the jump.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
Hr-moR OF THE nAY-

In the Marks-Here a re-
port of a man getting shot in his
home What part Of him is his homer
Parks-That's easyi Home is where
his heart is-"-Exchange.
Police Commissioner you were
ordered to dfsperse a mob, what would
you do2 AppIcant-Pass around the
hat sir Police mmissiOner-Thatl
do. You're engaged sir.-Satire.
she is the finest specimen of the
typographical girl 7 ever saw Top
graphical girI2 What Kind is that?
she has level head and u.ndulating
figure. -Lippincott's Magazine.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Another deep water port has been
added TO the Texas coast by the omen
ing up OF the Aransas Pass harbor.
Last week the first ocean e-oi1-
steamer arrived at ROckport thrones
the pass, which event places Rockp6rf
on the deep water charts Of the world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
WEDDING AT sANDERsOy.

sanderson, Texas. April 17.-Reese
% FORD and Mrs Iva Lockwood were
united here in marriage, Jesse Mckee
oIIlclatlng The groom is young
9aroer coming here recently from
Oklahoma, and the bride is from San
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.

u LI-IIIoDII IIUDE.T
Sometimes a good guess passes for
wisdom
A man naturally thinks his favor
lite author should write more.
People don't read everything in the
paper, but they read all the mistakes.
Conclusive evidence is the LIND
that conforms to your side of the case
Baked beans is another commodity
which never comes up to the mega
zine advertisements
Some men are so anxious to assert
themselves that they will argue with
the dictionary,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
SENATOR Ia TOILETTE GIVES
LID M-AsHIN GTON TRIf

Eugene, Ore, AprI Ib-UnIteu
States senator Robert NJ. La Toilette
state of Washington in support Of his
candidacy for the Republican prest-
Dental nomination. His announce
ment TO that effect was given out here
tonight He will go to California i'm
mediately after leaving Aregon-
Decision was made on advice of Wal
ter L. Houser. the senator's campaign
manager
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17


more just,
stOop'd down serene and wrote them
rrod under Hr foot, the sport of every
Swept from the earth and blOtted from
his mind
There. secret in the grave, he babe
them Is,
And griereo they could not 'scape the
Madden.
TT has happened very often that a
man who wants to forget his wrongs
is denied permission by his friends.
In a foolish, sentimental way they
feel that they must prove their friend
ship by sympathy. They greet the mar
who has been WrOnged in this way
How are your scars this morning
Naturally, he relates the story OF
how they were inflicted. and relates IL
many times, charging each time on his
anguish Of spirit and body and the in
justice Of the one v no wounded him
They are compelling him to write
his wrongs, If not in marble, at least
something more lasting than dust that
win be swept by every wind
Their sympathy is making his grew
ances more vital, more painful and
more lasting.
To his shame let It be known that
he enjoys their sympathy, and develops
an appetite that demands it.
They are encouraging his weakness
I by refusing him the right to forget
All the Same.
This weakness Is not an exclusive
characteristic Of the men. Women and
girls have their little wrongs. and 9TH
er women and girls salute them with
solicitation concerning them.
And again the story grows by re-
telling. and again one who should write
her troubles in dust is encouraged to
write them in marble.
1 beg OF my girls that they demand
the right to forget and grant to others
of their sex the same privilege.
Why darken tOdays sun by a recital
OF yesterdays storm?
Why weaken the mind with a bur
den OF a grievance, and keep that
grievance alive by retelling!
Why look with sympathy al the girl
with a pin scratch until she is as
sured that a cut by a sword could not
be deeper or wider?
Wouldn't II be better to ignore =,
and turn her mind to happier things2
Wouldn't it help her to forget that
which she should forget, il you fail
to notice that she has been the victim
OF an injustice?
These are not the days of martyrs.
These are the days when the girl
who writes her troubles on the dust.
and forgets them is honored more
than she who writes IN marble and
calls the world to pause and read.
The one who writes in dust soonest
fOrgets. and is the soonest 20 laugh.
And there never was a time in history
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
The Heroism Of American Manhood
to a WateTY grave, @

THAT the
NV conduct Of the Titanic giant
wstey grave them with eternity!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Hell Gate New York, the office
w earnd-af paid thousand lives, pnI
pay Inefficient that the Ia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Pecos may build brick plant The way this west Texas is
ugh the output of the factory.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

talking municipal plant very
row. company furnishing city
inspect q mete
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-09
FOR LOVERS OF CHOCOLATE
Frozen Pudding Can Be Put
on the Table.

Beat the yolks of three eggs and
one-half cupful of sugar together UNI
til very light; add slowly one cupful
of scalded milk. Then gradually pour
this over one and one-half ounces Of
unsweetened chocolate. Put the mix
ture in double boiler and stir until
1t thickens and coats the spoon.
When cold, add one cupful of whipped
cream, one teaspoonful of vanilla ex-
tract, and freeze. Prepare and have
ready one cupful of candied fruits,
figs and seeded raisins. Cut the can
died fruits and figs into small pieces;
cut the raisins In halves. Make a
syrup Of quarter of cupful each Of
sugar and water, add the fruit, cook
until 1t Is tender and plump, then
drain. Add the fruit to the frozen
mixture when 1t is almost done. and
finish freezing. When done put In a
quart melon mold and let stand for
an hour or more, packed in ice and
salt Serve with favored whipped
cream.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-09
TOTS IDEA OF REFINEMENT
Children of Parents Who Had Just
Moved Into NeIghborhood Were
Owners Of Automobiles.

Little Virginia, seven years old, re.
Gently started to private school and
is hearing many things about culture
and refinement. Her mother is very
careful about the children with whom
Virginia plays and wishes to know all
about them before intimacy is permit.
ted. The other day Virginia had been
playing with some children.
What children?" asked mother.
She was told about some new chill
lren that has Just moved into the
neighborhood.
But" said mother, you know
have told you not to play with chill
dren unless know them and say 1t is
all right. l don't know anything about
these children" IA
But, mother, they are perfectly cul-
tured and refined"
How do you know they are cul-
tured and refined?" asked the mother,
amused
We'll, they have two automobiles IN
that family" replied the small one
with decision.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-09
WHY BACHELOR DIDN'T MARRY
One Incident In His Life Had Made =
Deep and Lasting Impression
Remains Single.

Il will tell you why I don't marry,
said a confirmed bachelor. 1T Is be-
cause of one incident In my life which
has made deep and lasting impress
sion on me-"
His lady hearers we're all attention,
seeming a romance.
Il once went to sale. Never mind
what / went for or whom i went for.
went. OF course, there was ire
mendous crush, and one had to push
to get to a counter and shout like fury
to attract attention. Well, acct
dentally stepped on lady's skirt and
nearly tripped her up. She turned
quickly, and the scowl on her face
would have made more timid man
bolt. She was evidently about to ad-
dress some fierce remark to me; then
q change suddenly came over her
face.
"'Oh, beg your pardon she said.
sweetly; I thought you were my hus
handr"