El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-23

CAT HIS has been the best Christ
mas in our history in the
Il matter of sales" said J. o.
Northman, manager of the Calisher
company, last evening. Pointing to the
depleted shelves in the basement, he
continued: you will recall how full
they were three weeks ago. Our stock
is now better sold out than it was last
wear on the night before Christmas,
and we have two full days to go on.
THE Riddles certainly have been
remembered this christmas Iner
/ was one thing that we were all short
on. however, and that was drums
There was a big wreck early in the
fall that caught a lot Of Christmas
| drums, and that made a shortage
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1--WE must thank the Red Cross So
| ciety, the FL PasO branch mean, Tor
I showing US modern methods of caring
/ for wounded men," says DR.. Luis car
rera, who now has charge OF the Red
J Cross hospital in Ciudad JuareZ- "Ihelr
{ kindness in coming over here to help
{ US with the wounded from the battle
Of TERRA Blanca is appreciated by
every man here who calls himself a
! 'COnstitutiOnalist. While we made
| every effort with the facilities at
hand, to give the wounded proper at
{ tention, we would have probably lost
many cases if the Red Cross had not
/ taken charge of things"
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'I read in The Herald recently that
( there are ten generals in Ojinaga,
where the federals are located, says
I E. /. Steine. THAT is probably the
/ reason why nothing is done to bother
I the rebels and keep them from over
running Chihuahua A case Of too
I many cooks spelling the broth One
! general to every $50 men is as un-
usual and absurd a military occur
renee as I have ever read Of No
wonder there is friction among them
: and they don't. do anything except SIT
still near the border and wait for
things to happen
Something cOmical that relieves the
tension always occurs a wreck or other
catastrophe" said John Wren, who
was q passenger on the Texas & Pa
cific train that was wrecked and who
rescued a number of the passengers
from the wrecked Pullman car The
J first thing I saw when 1 got out OF
I the chair car where had been riding
was a man walking up and down the
track with his derby hat mashed down
over his eyes yelling for someone to
Z find his sstchel which he had lost
! He looked like a calf that had caught
its head in a coffee pot and had to
/ laugh even when I believed that many
had been killed.
when the chair car started to leave
the rails it rocked like a boat. / buLted
an inOffensive passenger in the stom-
] o
Then I did a turkey UrOt UP the aisle
and back again before got my lati-
tude and longitude As soon as
could break open the door of the car
I ran out and around the diner TO
the Pullman, which was on its side.
I broke the glass in the windows and
pulled out number of the passengers,
including Mrs. Miller, who had been
thrown on the frightened porter
then made an Investigation of the
diner to see that the fire from the
range did not spread When it was
ali over I discovered that my clothes
shoes, hat and shirt were covered
with blood from the injured passen-
gers"
Where was the building inspector
or elevator inspector when he should
have examined this elevator" A.
Schwartz asked Monday morning at
the little Caples building after George
Golden had been killed. There is
step into, and with no doors on the
elevator the passengers are taking
risk when they ride on the car.
talked to the elevator boy and he said
the little Golden boy was standing with
MS back to the entrance of the car
and stepped back with his leg be-
tween the edge of the car floor and
the gate that closes the entrance to
the elevator. All elevators should
have doors on the cars instead of on
the shaft and licensed elevator men
should be employed 10 operate the
elevators"
Il viii just handicap YOU 80 days"
said judge Ballard COldweu, of the
corporation court Monday afternoon TO
James LOnefeather, the half-breed
Sioux indian who claims ne is walk
ing from Buffalo. n Y. TO the Pan
anna canal LOnCfeather said that he
was due at Buffalo on his return trip
on December Is 1915. Lonfeather
been f.
for about two weeks The first night
he was in the city he was allowed to
sleep in cell at the city jail. He
viii now occupy q cell for 80 nights
after working that many DAYS with
the chain gang.
LOnefeather was arrested Monday
on charge of being a suspicious char
acter and a Vagrant. Chief of de-
the arrest was made in connection with
the murder of E. r.. kOglmeier, but the
indian had not been connected in any
way with the case, it is said.
When Frank Sullivan, "the deaf and
dumb boy, appeared before judge
Ballard COldwen Monday afternoon on
charge of being a suspicious charac-
ter the judge held up both hands with
every finger extended. The police
said that Sullivan had entered the resi-
dence at S12 Missouri street Saturday
night Nothing was missed from the
place. Sullivan wrote judge COldweI
a note saying that he was looking for
a room when ne went to the place The
Judge again held up 10 fingers and
sullivan was led back to the pen"
He then wrote a note asking judge
ColdWeu to let him leave town. The
Judge shook his head in reply. Jailer
Jack keevil ran his ndud across his
forehead and then shook it. Tt was
a perfect imitation of a laborer wip-
ing the perspiratiOn from his brow.
sullivan had nothing to say.
Last nights chamber Of commerce
dinner was the best that I ever at
tended and I believe it was the best
and most enjoyable in the history of
the organization" declared ]. Winston
Pettus today. TT was a large gather
ing, a representative one and the adj
dresses We're able and wei delivered
and al OF them were as Instructive as
they were entertaining. 1t was worth