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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25

Hallway Travel Not Dangerous.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
| Ral1Way companies realize that the
/ operation of the railways results in the
/ death of too many people annuaIIv
4 and mat the number viii be too great
7 as long as single person is killed
SS u out railway passenger travel
| IS already extremely safe
IN 1892 in the United States 376 PAS
SenSerS were killed by railway trains
pens at the rate of IS per billion pas
S..dLs nlies; IN 1912. go passengers
were KILLED, being at the rate of eight
per billion passenger miles, the safety
OF such travel having increased in the
1O-year period mentioned a little more
passenger miles was $3.50. re-
Sultlng IN the death of 27O passengers
IN other words. it required 124113, 500
miles of railway travel 10 kill one M 9
senSer- The average length of passen-
ger trip was "a miles, and assuming
mat the passenger made a round trim
every day, he Travelled during the year
1880 miles. At this rate If would re-
quire SIS miles of railway travel daily
Ior oUOO years to kill the man
doing the riding. If death by
IaIWay travel was the only cause of
deaJn, the average length of human life
IN the United States would be 5000
years II the American citizen should
BOARD a moving railway passenger
Tram Tram on the day of his birth and con-
Ilhue rldlng steadily at the rate of
% AulieS an hour and "a hours per day,
he would have to continue so riding for
az years DefOre he would be killed
POSSESSION of the facts and a proper
sense OF proportion is a qualification
frequently missing in criticisms of the
ralIWayS- Railway travel is not nearly
as IataI as some other things For
example, American life insurance sta
Issues snow that the average life of
the insured nOn-drinker is about 20
per cent greater than the insured mod
crate drinker. and that the greater
part OF the higher mortality of the
uIihherS occurs before the passage OF
HnluCIe NE In 1912 male deaths in
Lne United States above the age OF 20
We're about $4,000, Nof which. life in
surance statistics indicate. 20 percent.
VI 5i.-uO, occurred prematurely. due to
uI1IhIhS alcohol This applies ONLY to
Ilt NJ ne male drinkers above the age
a 3 ~ years. It does not include hard
drinkers, nor the mortality of the whole
reputation as affected BY alcoholic de-
ScTrSracy, inherited or acquired.
ne vital statistics of American.
EnSIlSh and Australian life insurance
CGGIlpanleS covering the last half of the
4ilHe teentn century show that the NOR
t 1alLty OF the insured moderate drinkers
i MeS ABOUT % percent higher than the
MS VI ca nOn-drinkerS.
J. L Campbell.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
SMUGGLERS ACTIVE
ALONG THE BORDER
immigration Men Double Their Vigilance
to Prevent Illegal Entry OF
Chinese

Washington. D. c.. Sept. 25.-An in
crease in the smuggling of Chinese into
the United States, alarming in its pro-
portions. has induced the immigration
authorities DO double their vigilance
particularly along the southern borders
of the country.
Commissioner general of immigration
Caminetti has directed inspectors of his
bureau to take special precautions to
prevent Chinese from entering the coun-
try Illegally. Early next week Richard
H. TAYLOR. immigration inspector at
large, will begin trip along the south
ern border of the country to see that
the order is rigidly complied with. La
ter he will extend his trip to points
along the Pacific coast.
Scores of Chinese recently have been
apprehended who have gained entrance
along the Mexican boundary. Many of
them pass through this country in bond.
ostensibIv to become laborers on Mexi-
can plantations. Some of them were ar
rested on the American side of the Dor
der within ten DAYS of their arrival in
Mexico. All of them are being depor5ed
to China.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
The L77possibEe
: by Walt Mason

Ny well had sort o lost its grip, the
water smelled like paint; and every
time l took sip it nearly made me
faint l asked Jim Wax to fix the same.
and offered him the mon Preparing els
terms IS his game) he said: 1T can't be
done. He had a hundred reasons why
repairs could not be made; and while
three hours were dragging bv those rea-
sons he displayed. A gorgeous web of
sophlstry and argument he spun all
ending with the stern decree: 1T sim
ply can't be DONE" And then Bill Bull
ger bOwled along: I stopped him at nv
gate, and told him that nv well was
wrong. and would he make it straight?
Bill Bulger squinted down the well. and
asked when it was built, and said It had
an ancient smell that made his whis-
keTs wilt. ~YOur blamed old we'll needs
cleaning out, he said, with genial Iauoh.
I reckon it viii cost about two dollars
and a half" go to it then. nv friend .
said 7. "and you shall have the mon.
I'm glad YOU do not tell me whv fbe
derned job can't be done" Bill BuIoe~
always has a Job, he earns the sbiniSc,
dimes; and l have never heard him sr6
n bit about hard times. Around In,
Wax dark troubles Turk. he's the al
flieted one; he always ND AGAINST SOM,
work that simply can't be dOne-CoDI--
right, 1913 by George Matthew Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
London
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of AT Good Old SIWash-s
+ ONDON is the capital of the Brit
ish empire and the terminus Of

T ONDON Is the capital of the Brit
ish empire and the terminus Of
- the American multi-millionaire. It
is the plug hat, motor bus, chimney pot
and music hall metropolis of the world.
1t also has more people than any other
city but does not talk as large as New
York nor feel as big as Los Angeles,
Calf.
London is a thousand years old hut
looks younger IN spots. 1t Is built OF
brick and stone veneered with SCOT
Five million chimney pots keep pour
ing smoke into London air which is
dark brown substance that has to be
breathed with a fork when it IS thick
est. A London fog is a terrible thing
and often forces pedestrians to take
refuge in London stores, from which
they cannot escape until they have
bought something
London is noted for its fine churches,
st. PauFs Cathedral and Westminster
Abbey. These churches were built
many centuries 400 when London was
only a small city but they have never
had to be enlarged in spite of the earn
est efforts of general Booth and other
missionaries
London Is situated on both sides. as
well as above and under the Thames
river and is full of grand old streets SUI
fering from cholera mOrbus. By the
time the stranger mas followed a Lon
don street for a mile he has twisted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
One-Sentence Philosophy
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs.

kNA4CdSO NeWS.(
Sometimes a word to the wise is too
much
When we sing our own praise we
must supply the encore.
he IS truly brave physician who
takes his own medicine.
Pure food laws are not responsible
for uIadUlterated nerve.
How dreary yesterday was and. how
bright tomorrow promises to be-
Optimism teaches US to let the other
1elloW worry about what we owe.
he IS smart man who makes mis-
taxes only at the other fellows ex-
pense.
fool may be as happy in his folly
As a wise man IS lonely in his wisdom
Inc oa1htub has cut more of a figure
N the onward march of civilization
than the sword.
Most Most people are of a forgiving ma
lure; at least they are ALWAYS ready
10 forgive themselves.
as a rule, It takes less time to re-
think Of him than it does to recov er
from the effects thereof.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
CONFERENCE WITH PRODI-Cz
AIE,N nns.rr,c..--.- - - - U ~

Produce and commission mems nieb+
WIN the chamber of commerce d:ree-
lOrs mas been postponed from Tbursdar
until next Monday night one of 49,
ieaoIhs produce men is i'll and anothsr
Is ous Of the city and the directors a.
elded to postpone the hearinr Of ~,
commission mems side OF the question
81 SuS ms CaI-Iornla instead of valley
pIo9uels, until Monday night. when an
coulo be present The neetin~ 56s-
evening has been called off.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
Public Ownership Of Railroads

VOW WIDELY distributed
systems and industrs compiled
United
stockholders; Pennsylvania 75oo
American Smelling 11ooo American Sugar
he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
QUAKER nrEnIrATIoNs


An ounce of prevention is generally
worth a pound of curiosity.
What little flattery isn't expended
on women is saved for tombstones.
Even the man who is in the commits
sion business may commit sins of
omission.
If you treat a man like dog you
cant very well blame yOudself if you
are bitten.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
JUDGE ORDERS ARREST OF
% SIGNERS OF RESOLUTI

seattle, Wash. Sept 25.-SuperiOr
SSuuge Humphries has signed an order
lot the arrest of 90 signers of resO-
iutlon adopted at a Socialist meeting
Iast sunday night, in which the court
was threatened with a campaign OF
9eIlanee If DR.. Herman F. Titus, Mil
pre9 Price and Kate Sadler, Socialist
leaders. were punished for contempt OF
court because they violated judge Hum
pnrles anu-street speaking injUnc-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
tAtchisOn Globe }

kAtcHisOn GlODe-)
Another way a man keeps house
when his wife is gone, is to keep away
from il.
There never was new business
started that some pessimist didn't pre-
dict that it wouldn't pay.
Naturally a fresh air fan prefers the
summer, when he can count on the
moral support of the entire popuIace.
Perhaps you can tell married man.
but you shouldn't tell him your trou-
bleS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
Letters to The Herald.

IAn communications must bear the
signature OF the writer but the name
Will be withheld if requestedl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25

sible to parliament it seems almost
like another United States.
TOmOrrow-The American Mining
Congress.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR OF PUBLICATION


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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25

66E Rec cattle will have no effect |
upon the local cattle situation I
4 except to give the Mexican
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-25
A Pebble off the Beach
A Short story.

HE -Youngster' was swanking
furiOusly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
BETTER EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS.

<ONSIDERING how college into business, it o often singular that the colleges not specialize scientific business training Der of Commerce informed few days Mortimer ch that S5OO00 had been offered to found College
 
 system should
 When college fellow spends four years studying literature the and spends the tending ribbon goods store the tools the it. Ceilings like this honorable necessary. But when out to be college with operating street there discrepancy between his mental and his physical surroundings that makes him disgrunted and discouraged.
 average college is called year He should acquired certain regular habs application and should know something about the literary and spiritual experience of the This interesting But in the technique of dsanoed the office boy which makes his early years of work peculiarly difficult
 principles under business, which must learn might labor 10 years dering regular period during year could 1t cruelty to children of arts into the business world without giving him to apply principles like scientific efficiency psychology salesmansp, methods advertising cost finding
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
FLORADORA sEVTETTE

The first appearance of the original .sFIoradora'' sextette was made at the Casino in New York thirteen years ago today Since then hundreds Of show girls have claimed to have been
 among the original sextette and they are almost as numerous as survivors of the charge of the Light Brigade or drummer boys of Shiloh The bona fide :'originals'' were Misses Margaret Walker, Daisy Greene, Agnes wey- burn, Susan Drake, Marjorie Relyes and Vaughan Texsnith. The success of the "divine1y tall and most divinely fair'' Floradora slow girls resulted in the formation of several 'tFIoradora'' 2 companies and gave rise to a host Of initAtors Since then the tall, .statues- que and stately show girl has lost her vogue, and in the musical comedy companies of today it is the petite, sprightly, slender and vivacious chor- us lady who wins success, applause and a substantial salary. The ques- ton tAre there any more at home like you?' is now answered with a sad and fearful affirmative by the Junoesque show girls who find it in creasingly difficult to get an engage ment, and who perforce must remain at home much of the time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
YOUNG EIEN IN POLITICS.

is the day of the in business and the pro
 fesson Hoary headed city fathers found consult ing defer ntiay engineer from technical school GaYbards wait in inc anterooms of highly educated but youthful medical specialists
 High political success for is still rather unusual Some that Mitchell newly elected Mayor of New York City, is but 34 years old.
 Alexander the Great conquered world before he 9 Mozart at 6 called greatest musical But politics where neither energy enthusiasm professional education in schools Is enough.
 To win large in politics. have almost instinct for estimating the things will strike the This from political experience The most brilliant business leaders utterly fail here the knowledge of the writer that who has fine banker and manufacturer asked before the election to make estimate of the number of certain candidate would have state with whose af intimately familiar He guessed that this candidate 15oOOO votes the ballot gave him GOO.
 Young for old for counsel There dis tingushed exceptions like Mr. Mitchell Still the gets looking body like the United States Congress is of group of ofmiddleaged and elderly
 Fortunately perhaps, fellows break through cautious conservatism of older There much counting and listening with to the ground Youth only through willingness and make mistakes social advance proceed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
BAGDAD, ONCE WORLD METROPOLIS CELEBRATES
 ITS BIRTHDAY TODAY

Bagdad, in the days of it's greatest glory the metropolis of the world, will celebrate today the 1,15Oth anniver- sary of it's founding by Caliph Alnlan- sur. It was in the ninth century that Haroun Al Raschid, of blessed mem2 ory. raised the city to it's highest de- gree of splendor. The ancient Mese- potamian municipality, known to Oc- cidental readers as the scene of asev- eral of the tales of the Arabian Nights is likely to again become an Important trade center by the build ing of the Bagdad railway. German construction companies are pushing the line eastward from Konia, the ter
 minus of the Anatolian railway, to Bagoad. and an English company is building a steel highway connecting the city with the Persian Gulf. The railway passes Taurus, the birthplace of St. Paul, and the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, the cTunbled capitals of the ancient world. Mar Bagdad the vast palace of King Nebuchadnezzar is now completely excavated. Bag dads grandeur has vanished almost
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
BIRK HELD FOR KILLING
 WOMAN IN LIME ROCK

Falls Village, Conn, Nov. 12.-On orr ders from coroner Samuel A. Herman, of Winsted, Andrew Birk, arrested here last night for the shooting and killing of Mrs Mary Peroti at her home in Lime Rock, last Sunday, was locked up at Canaan today to await the inquest which will be held prob ably on Saturday of this week, accord ing to the deputy sheriff. The pris- oner said that after the shooting he broke the gun up on the chopping block in a woodshed back of the Peroti home. The officer went there this morning and made a careful search, but could find no trace of the gun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
THE RAILROAD AWARD.

trainmen railroads in the east N of per cent, which involves added $6OOOOOO substantial justice of the shown. appears that the two independent nearly every representing the while the members resentng railroads opposition The committee the cost living the chief why granted With the finding of the arbra committee there will be general public pleasure The conductors and trane do is arduous and life and limb They distinguished from
 many other workers in the risks of their employment in that they likely than other workers to be charged with criminal responsibility accident to their trains
 would work which entails the certainty that long will be crippled perhaps killed ought to be factor wage making for railroad employees
 case, 1east arbitration has useful and strike been averted
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
JAMES CREELMAN, FAMOUS EDITOR,
 IS 54, TODAY

James Creelman. famous through but America as editor. magazine writ CT and war correspondent, is native ok Montreal. and will celebrate his nlfty-rourth birthday today. He was educated in the public schools of Can ada and in Talmage's Lay Theological College. At twenty-seven he was giv- an an opportunity to display his jour nalistic ability as a reporter on the New York Herald. The young Cana dian was not slow in making good. and within a short time he was the occupant of an editorial chair. In 1890 he was given editorial charge or of the London edition of the Herald, and in the following year went to Paris as editor of the edition of the Herald published in the French capi- tai. After a brief experience as Brit Ssh editor of the Cosmopolitan Mag azine, he turned correspondent, and. reported the Japanese war of 1894 for Che New York World From the Ori- ent he went to the Near East to 'fcov- CT. the Greece-Turkish war for the New York Journal He was the cor X&SQOnOGnL O1 tE14I PdRCL AA O0Ses during the Spanish-American war, and then proceeded to the Philippines to describe the beqeyoIent assimilation Of the little brown brothers by Uncle sam. On several occasions MT. Creel- man had narrow escapes from death. and while fighting as a soldier in the cause of Cuba L1bre in 1898 he was shot and almost mortally wounded, after he had received the surrender of the Spanish commandant at Ell Caney For time his life was des- paired of. but a strong constitution carried him through. After the cruel wars were over he was editor and Washington correspondent of the New York Journal, and then special and editorial writer for the New York world for several years. He then turned to the magazine field and for several years was one of the editors of Pearson's Magazine. Last year. as president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission and one of the valued advisers of the late Mayor Gay nor, he visited England and the con- tinent to study the police systems QI european c1I1eS In1S year ne Joined the editorial staff of the New York Evening Mail, and was largely responsible for the big s'beat'' scored by that paper in securing an exclusive and sensational statement from form CT Governor Sulzer. During the course Of his long newspaper expert ence in America and Europe, MT Creelman has interviewed many o1 the foremost men of the world
 among them Leo XIII. Tolstoi, Kos suth, Bismarck. Faure, Stanley, and various kings and emperors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12

feat for mayor of Bridgeport does not mean that his party or the people lack faith in him or doubt his politi- cal strength, any more than MT. Lane's defeat by Mayor Rice here in dicates any political weakness on Mir Lanes part. Both MT. Lane and Mir. Mullins, though defeated made "a great personal sacrifice and against great odds, and remarkable canvasses for mayor of their respective cities. Democracy in it's hour of triumph does not forget the fidelity and loyal ty of such men.
 .-Fred' Mullins is the genius gen. tIeman and counts his friends as le- gion- Among men who are worth while he takes his merited place as he did last evening, and is received as his detractors never can be.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
A GOOD LOSER.
(New Haven Union.l )

One of the most pleasant features of the splendid teStimonial dinner giv- en to S. 2. Poli at the Hotel Taft last wilson was introduced to speak for Bridgeport Seated at the guest ta- bie with Mir PoIi, Gov. Baldwin, Con- gressman Reilly and the other distin- guished guests. of the evening was MT. Frederick C. Mullins of Bridgeport, Mayor wilson's opponent, running on the Democratic ticket for mayor of Bridgeport this fall.
 Fred Mullins, as he is known to the Democratic leaders throughout Connecticut, is one of the best fellows of whom Connecticut's Democracy is proud to boast. Among all the dis tinguisned company last night Nfr. Mullins stood out as a man among his loyal friends. Although defeated for Mayor of his native city after heat ed canvass, which was bitterly per- BonaI in many of its phases, MT Mul- Hins could truthful1y say that he had imdulged in no criticism of his oppo- nent, Mayor Wilson, that in any way would jeopardize their long time per sona1 friendship. The same can be said of Mayor Wilson.
 So that last night when the mayor of Bridgeport rose to speaAA and his defeated opponent "Fred'' Mullins called for three cheers for Clifford B. Wilson, you can rest assured that the audience present caught the full sig nihcance of the situation and fully un- ders1ocd what Mayer wilson meant when he said as an opener, That the kind of losers we produce in Bridgeport" A wave of applause swept through that room, a nerited tribute to both the good loser and the good winner.
 Fred Mullins is not a man who ran be humbled by political defeat or exalted by political victory. His de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12

Francis Lynde, the novelist, who will be hfty-sevenl today, began his career as a railway man, and for nearly fifteen years he served trans portation companies in various capa- cities. He began his literary career twenty years ago, and since then has written over a dozen novels includ- ing .eThe He1pers,' t'The Grafters." ssThe Master of App1eby.'' Fool For Love- Empire BuiIders,''' and tFrhe King of Arcadia, In his latest book. ''The Honorable Senator Brush
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
KUBICK GIRL IS CONTENT IN GOSHEN.

Hilda. Kubick, the German girl, for merly of Watervil1e, who wandered away and was finally taken in by the family of E. s. Johnson here although they were ignorant of who she was and where she came from, escaped from the house Sunday. A brother in-law from Prospect came to take her to her home in Prospect and for some reason she resented his interfer- ence and refused to return with him. She had previously been in an asylum in New York A search for her rel suited in her being brought back to the Johnson home, and upon the prom ise being made that she would not be taken back to Prospect she is staying with the Johnsons, where she appears contented.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
NO MERCY FOR RoosEvELrs FRIENDS.

HERE be mercy, apparently, for Republicans who
 the election Current gossip has it that City Attorney Pullman will not be reappointed that his alleged tenderness toward the Bull ticket may another reason Offices go round Quite few needed to take Democrats swee sympathetic toward the Repub must be reserved for regular Repub excellent city attorney but he independent efficient it being well nobody politics efficient the who does what that is incompetent the who does what he ought
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
THE ACQUIFTAL OF BEILIss.

HE aequa Mende Beiliss who accused of murder
 blood ritual of his faith is happy triumph for civil Only darkest Russia could infamous charge brought seriously asserted before court of jus ice.
 murder was committed, by accused or religious motives.
 The trial inspire hatred of the Jews in Russia the affection ignorant and semi barbaric peasantry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12

To be a womanly woman, an af- fectionate wife and devoted mother. and yet to be denounced as every thing brazen and bold and unworthy such was the fate, uncomplainingly accepted. of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. American suffragists are already pre- pairing a celebration for two years from today. Nov. 12. 1915, to mark the centenary of the birth of the fam ous pioneer in the cause of woman suffrage. Mrs. Stanton was a native of Johnstown. N. Y. The first suf- frage convention in history was held at her home in Seneca Falls. N. Y, in