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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
yL5TERnAKES
PREPARATIONS
FOR CONFLICT
Homes Are Converted Into
Hospitals For Elk
pected Wounded.
WOMEN RAISING
AMBULANCE CORPS

ELFAST. ireland, Feb. 14-How
X far the defence Preparations of
II ulster have progressed may be
i,,5erad nv the fact that a hospital in
The Riviera for the care Of III and
wounded Orangemen is Delng equipped
at the present moment. 1t is villa
offered by a man OF wealth. ana &C
cepted by the heads OF the provisional
government
Mrs. Riversdale-Walr has also Of
fered a house. She will provide full
accommodation for SIX TO eight Off
GERS of the4Cnionist army, whose place
1IDon .convalesence will be taken by
fresh relays Of sick or wounded.
Preparing for Refugees
The Ulster WOmen's committee is
arranging to provide accommodation in
London for lOyalist refugees from Ire
land Miss GOring Thomas said:
1--WE are receiving splendid offers of
help from all parts of the country.
During the past six weeks we have re-
ceived offers from doctors, surgeons
certified nurses and members OF the
Red Cross association.
Our appeal for accommodation in
English homes for the refugees espec-
tally the children and invalids from
Ulster. has resulted in all sorts of off
ers of hospitality. even to the extent
Of making provision for the education
of the children. The duchess of SOM
erset, for instance, is not only pre-
pared to take in a hundred children,
but is also raising an ambulance corps.
West Herts constituency is arranging
to take charge of 100 women and chill
dren. The Thornsburg division of
GlOucesteTshire is offering Two large
houses, fully furnished, to provide for
as many refugees as possible, and as
a commentary upon. the democratic ma
ture of the movement it is interesting
to state that number of working
class women in that district are sub
scribing to pay for the furniture of one
of these houses.
Woman Raises Ambulance Corps.
Mrs Murray Guthrie is raising an
ambulance corps, while Nigel Bellairs
IS also raising corps, the nucleus Of
which have recently seen service in the
Balkan campaigns
A well known business man is off
erlng to provide accommodations for
25 women and children for a period OF
Two years If necessary, and he is also
a free outfit full pay. and
pension If wounded, to any man in his
employment who volunteers TO fight in
Ulster.
"One woman is offering an ambu-
lance wagon and team of horses. Then,
again, lady Greenall, of Warrington.
who IS one of the chief pioneers of
the movement is making great Der-
sonaI sacrifices, besides underta king q
mousse TO house visitation. and the Of
Iers of hospitality she has received
from even some of the very poor have
been remarkable. The Mrs. Adderlev
IS organizing the work in parts Of
w arWickShire"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
japanese Sailors For
Turkish Warshibs Are
Opposed By Germany

Berlin, Germany Feb. 14.-The news
mat turkey intends to man her latest
dreadnoughts with a crew of Japanese
sailors and marines under The COM
nand OF japanese Officers, because she
IS 700 anxious to beat Greece to wait
until her own people can be sufficient
~ Wen trained has created an enor-
nous sensation here, and the cry is
raised from all sides that the pow
ers must not permit such a thing.
which would bring the yellow perii
dangerously close
The time has passed when Germans
felt any sympathy with Turkey and
since that country gave in to the de-
Won Sanders and his military mission
away from ConstantinOple into the OBJ
security Of Asia minor, Germans are at
a loss to find words strong enough to
express their disgust and abomination
OF the once idOlized Enver Pasha. Be
sieds. it must not be forgotten that the
queen Of Greece is the kaiser's sister, a
tact which counts for something even
II greece Is the prOtege Of France and
the triple entente,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
New York to Haze Is
Women on Police Force

New York, Feb. 14.-If the bill
which is now pending in Albany
should become. a law New York Cityy
will have % female cops" The in
PRODUCTION Of the bill was due largely
to the WOmans organizations in this
city.
Age is the only particular in which
the requirements of women for eligi-
bility viii differ from those of men
each woman must, in addition to pass
ing the civil service examination, be
more than 80 years old and less than
As. Their salaries will be equal to
those of the men. There will be
slight variation in the uniform. The
woman may be assigned to public
parks, dance halls, moving picture
shows. places of amusement, and to
patrol duty on the streets at the dis
erection of the commissioner. It is be-
lieved that the "pC-icewomen's" best
work will be done in dance halls and
public parks where their sympathy
and cOnscientiOusness would make
them a great Improvement upon the
policemen who h"T come carelo~~
caIous and Indifferent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
| Owes POOR
Prince SHE
q aH9T NED
Princess Mary Is Permitted
to Send Eric a
Valentine.
SC0LDED WHEN SHE
SENDS A TELEGRAM

r ONION Eng, Feb. To-day is
st. Valentines day and queen
Mary, true to her love of things
old-fashioned. sent out q alrge number
Of very elaborate valentines to all the
young people Of her acquaintance. They
probably VIII laugh at her in their
sleeves, for our rather recocious
young people Of today do not think Of
valentines any more.
Still Loves Poor Prince.
Princess Mary. too, has sent out val
entines, compelled as she is to follow
her mothers example in everything.
The sending of one Of them. at least.
has been pleasure to her, the one she
sent TO young prince Eric, of Denmark,
Whom she still loves as she did from
the moment they first met, but whom
she VIII never marry, for not only is he
poor young man who is destined to
spend his life on a quiet farm in Den
mark but he also belongs to a younger
line OF the Danish royal family, whose
escutcneon has been furnished in the
eyes OF queen Mary by his brother,
prince Aage's marriage to the
daughter OF poor Italian nobIeman,
whose patent of nobility is barely q
century old
Princess Mary, however. was. delight
ca with the romantic marriage, which
shed Iuster in her eyes also on her be-
loved prince Eric, and without the
knowledge Of her mother she sent a
telegram and wedding present
bought with her own money to the
young couple in Italy. for which she
was most severely ScOlded when q mes
sage of thanks arrived
Favored SuitOr in Disgrace.
Princess Mary, by the way, feels
greatly relieved, because there is every
reason to believe that the sutton favored
by queen Mary, the grand duke of Stree
litz' has fallen into disgrace, probably
because of his continued escapades with
the fair vtscOuntess CurzOn. At any
rate. he has entirely disappeared from
court
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

Woman Is Robbed, Killed
and Body Thrown in River
as Shown in Pictures.
TRAGEDY is PUZZLE
TO BUDAPEST POLICE

n UDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. IA
X striking example has been pro
vided here Of the danger Of film
dramas melting persons of criminal in
clination to initiative crimes. go
A big basket recovered from the
Danube was found to contain the
body of a woman, who had evidently
been strangled but a short time before.
Everything pointed to murder, with
robbery as the motive
Charvoman Gives Clue.
Considerable difficulty was exper-
fenced in establishing the identity Of
the victim. no fewer than 1000 persons
volunteering useless information; but
this question was settled beyond all
doubt by pure accident A charwom-
an who was present in an electric
theater when the photograph OF the
victim was displayed recognized the
woman as Elsa Turesanyi, a notorious
woman. whose jewelry must have
proved her ruin.
Jewelry Worth $4,000 Missing.
An examination Of Nine. TuresanyTs
nat led to the discovery that jewelry
70 the value of $4,000 was missing, as
also We're several bank books and her
big basket trunk.
HOuseISeeper Suspected.
Suspicion at once fell on Elsa's
housekeeper, a flighty young woman.
Mary at first persistentiy refused to
recognize her mistress either in the
photograph or in the dead body, but
her story broke down in the face OF
other evidence and finally she con-
tessed that the crime mad been COM
mltted by her young man, NICK, a
bakers journeyman, 'out of work.
The two took the body away in bas-
In the Danube. mick" himself was
betrayed by a friend.
Get idea from Picture show.
II now appears that the scheme"
nad been laid down on the basis Of
him drama" at present being shown
at one Of the electric theaters in Buda-
pest In this drama the hOusemaid,
whose lover" Is hard up and desperate
agrees TO let him in late in the even
ing. Ambushing himself behind
door, the lover finally rltshes in upon
the helpless mistress (reading a book
IN bed) and strangles her. Then the
BODY Is stuffed into a basket and
thrown Into the river early the next
morning.
This is precisely how Elsa Tuersanyi
was murdered. Every detail of the
crime, as related by the two criminals
separately and Independently corre-
sponds to the various stages Of the
T1lm drama"
So exact is the duplication that It
mas been suggested to the proprietor
or the electric theater in question that
he should call the piece THE Murder
OF Elsa TuresanyLT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
BREAD FAMINE
FACES PARIS
IN MAR TINE
Alarm Sounded and Munici-
pal Council Takes Steps
to Meet Emergency.
PUBLIC WAREHOUSE
TO BE ESTABLISHED

DARIS. France. Feb. 14-In case Of
war, the city of Paris would
probably find itself without bread
within four days. This alarm has been
sounded by the municipal council, after
a thorough study Of the possibilities,
ard the announcement has resulted in
q popular demand for measures to as
sure an ample food supply in case Of
a conflict. The minister of war and
the under secretary OF state have de-
cided to take up the Whole question
with the municipal council for further
study, with an endcavor to solve the
problems.
Railroads Would De Communicated.
Military authorities point out that
during the first few weeks of mobiliz-
alton in case Of war. all railroad trains
and lines would be reserved exclusively
FOR military trains and no supplies for
the civil population could be trans
ported. Tt has been proposed, among
other things, TO buy 10000 tons Of flour
10 be kept IN public warehouse and
10 be used as necessity arises.
1t is suggested that the state contrib
ute Immediately $4,000 as first pay
ment toward this. and the municipality
$4,000. While the problem of a suffi-
Gent supply Of flour and wheat is con-
sldered most important, the authorities
are also planning to conserve stocks of
other necessary things, including wood
coal and oil
Paris Would BE Hungry.
''If" says commander Driant a we'll
known retired army official ian order
of mobilization were given on Thurs
day. Paris would have neither bread.
milk nor meat at the beginning of next
week. Another important question is
that of the water supply. I would ask
what Parisians would drink were Paris
Invested and shut off from its water
supply. This is a phase of the problem
that the commission which has been
studying the subject might consider
thoroughly. We have arrived at a
time when all the problems of national
defence must be considered without de-
law
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
Parisiennes Are Seeing
Black in Plenty Now

Paris. France, Feb. 1A-Paris, or at
least the Parisienne, is seeing black at
present and it is all the fault Of Paul
and Virginie and their old negress or
of Robinson Crusoe and his man Fri
day.
ring. at the bars, and even in the sa-
Ions It was because of a black quar-
tet that four white impressarios a
month ago engaged in an interminable
newspaper quarrel with column long
articles. Posters and kiosOkes are full
of pictures Of negroes, whose grinning
faces makes one feel quite uncanny
Paris has got to this alteration of
human ebony gradually. There is a
touching story Of Sam MacVea appear
ing ut Marseilles five years ago, and
walking all the way to Paris, with
the merest fragments Of shoes left on
his big feet at the end. Sam boxed
with the same modesty with which he
had blacked boots. Paris has gone mad
in its enthusiasm over his successors
and is partly mad yet, but a reaction
is setting IN.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
Woman Diplomat Delights Paris
-:TT:- -:II:- SIS -:H:- AZ
Is Secretary Of Uruguay Embassy

rather than fancy, and to come to a
practical solution. This is a psvchologi-
cal truth which differs from common
opinion, ! know. A man likes to think
OF a woman, as he would like her to
be, not as she IS. But it is necessary
to be in daily contact with women who
earn their living to realize the true ten
denotes of the feminine temperament
1t Is as the result of their clear iudg-
ment, their economy and their indeDend-
ence, that women have been able to kce~
their place in the commercial world
where their value Is seldom disDuted
Why, then. should women not Ep sue
cessful as diplomats, for after all the
diplomatic service is closely allied to
commerce nowadays ~
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

social whirl in earnest. Among the
guests were prince Antoine of Orleans
Braganza, count Adelbert Sternberg.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman Harjes, count
Olfvasc and Mr. and Mrs. T. Heeren the
latter being the former Fernandina
Wanamaker, daughter Of ROdman
Wanamaker.
Mr.. Heeren is the son Of a Spanish
count, and the couple live most of the
time at BiarritZ.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
DEAD TEN YEARS;
GETSLET7ER FROM HER

DLYNOUTH. England. Feb. IA re-
tired captain named Barrett has
lust had the remarkable experience
of receiving q letter from his wife, who
has been dead for ten years.
This letter was written by Mrs. Barrett
20 years before she died. and posted
from RedUth, Cornwall. where she was
then living. to Capt Barrett, who was
in Spain at the time. The letter never
reached Capt. Barrett, and evidently the
Spanish postoffice is most reliable in
stitution, though perhaps a little slow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

DARIS, France, Ferb. 14-The ap-
pOintment Of a young and beauti-
full woman, a doctor of philosophy.
to act as secretary of legation to the
embassy 6 Uruguay at Brussels, has
filled the hearts of feminists with ioy
and was hailed with great delight bv
Nile Helene Miropolska. the beautiful
Portia of the Paris Bar association. who
only a week or two before the appoint
ment was made expressed the opinion
that women were peculiarly fit for diplo-
matte posts.
~Woman's intelligence" she said. Gis
of the realist order. I hold that even
more than man she likes to consider
question from the point of view of fact,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
Dreadnought AerobLane
For France Is Planned

Paris. France. Feb. 14.-Army ex-
perts are experimenting with a new
mOnoplane which is to be the dread
nought of the French air fleet One OF
these machines already tried out is pro
rected with armor plates and carries
a Quickfiring machine gun. 1t was
designed from specifications furnished
by the French army aviation corps az
ter a careful study Of the requirements
in war as shown by the action of
aerOplanes In Africa and in the Bal
kan wars.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

in its methods, for the letter was sent
back from Spain to Redruth 30 long
years after it had left the little Cornish
mining town.
The Redruth postal authorities traced
Capt. Barrett to Plymouth with some
difficulty. and there the letter was de-
livered to him. Friends of the captain
say that it was quite a shock for him
to see his dead wife's handwriting, and
it was very painful. as well as joyful
for him to read the letter, for it cleared
up an ancient family misunderstanding
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
BeLmOnts Entertaining
ROuaZtu at ST. Moritz

Geneva, Switzerland Feb. 14.-Among
the most active social entertainers at
st. MOritz have been Mr. and Mrs. Per-
~ Belmont, of New York, who came to
Switzerland from Paris. for the winfs-
sports. After a few days respite in the
Alps, the Belmonts have entered the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

ness was obliged to flee to the hotel
Continental
After repeated efforts to persuade
the errant princess to listen to the
voice Of argument, the kaiser's brother
induced her to return to Berlin.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

ONDON England Feb 14Joseph
nglsn parliament will dWir
politics at the
peerage, be
this
alns retirement will lose its member
the
is Wells
His Austen threatens
succeeded by David Lloyd George 1910 when the Liberals came
power
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

DABIs. France. Feb. 14-In case Of !
war, the city of Paris would
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01
A QUEER LOOKING BANK
Federal Reserve Employees Don't Peer
Through Wickets.
City Times.

Kansas City Times.
One Of the several thousand persons
who has visited the Federal reserve
bank of Kansas City, District No. 10.
IN n r. A. Long Building looked
around and said:
This is the queerest looking bank I
ever saw"
Ana 1t is a departure from what the
pubic has learned to expect in a bank.
The public did not stand at wickets
ovln in money to the tellers. nor
DID the tellers stand at wickets show
ing out money to the public.
1he public is not to transact anv
business at all with the bank-tLat is
directly. Only bankers are to tram
Sact business there, and most of their
business will be done over the tables
OF the directors, Federal reserve agent.
governor or cashier. When the fix
lures are all Installed there will be a
tellerS wicket or two, but comDara-
uveiy rev persons will stand in front
OF them. The wickets will perform
only their part in the rountine.
Ihe bank at present has not even q
vault. The strong box, in which to
keep the millions in gold and gold
c~eItlncates and other legal money will
not pc Installed until about January
L. Inc will not have il
reaoy until then In the meantime
the money is to be kept in vault room
rented from the Southwest National
Bank Of Commerce and the Fidelity
Trust Company.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

Poe, Baltimore, Md; vice-regent. Mrs.
c. OBJ. Cowardin; alternate. Mrs.
Bradley S. Johnson.
Observation-Disclosures, Mrs. Daisy Nc
Laurin Stevens, Brandon, Miss: vice
regent, Mrs. T. A. Cary: alternate,
Miss Pattie Albert Cary.
Missouri-Regent, Mrs. L. B. Val
liant, st. Louis, Mo-; vice-regent, Mrs.
S. H. Yonge; alternate, Mrs. J. Booton
Hill.
North Carolina-Regent, Mrs. Latta
c.. Johnston, Charlotte, N. c.; vice-re-
gent, Mrs. J.. Allison Hodges; alter
nate, Mrs. Charles E. Borden.
South Carolina-Regent, Miss Julia
Courtney Conner, Charleston, S. c.;
v~ice-regent, Mrs. W. r. Cox; alter
nate, Mrs. H. c.. Kelley.
Tennessee-Regent, Mrs. T. H. Bak-
er, Jr., Memphis, Tenn; vice-regent,
| Mrs. n. Y. Randolph; alternate, Mrs.
T. H. Elicit.
Texas-Regent, Mrs. Joseph B.
| Dibrell Seguin, Texas; vice-regent,
Mrs. w. A. Harris; alternate, Mrs. j.
D. Crump.
SVirginia-Regent Miss Mary GUSTS
Lee, Alexandria, Va; vice-regent, Mrs.
J.. Taylor Ellyson; alternate, Mrs. J.
B. Lightfoot.
Solid South Room-Regent, Mrs
Charles Herbert Silliman. New York
City; vice-regent, Miss Minnie A.
Baughman; alternate, Miss Lucy T.
Munford.
Advisory Board-Rev. James Power
Smith, b. D., chairman; Colonel Arch.
er Anderson, General Charles J. An
derson, E. A. Baughman, Jude
George L. Christian, General William
Rufnn Cox. John S. Elicit. II. Thee
dore Ellyson. J. Taylor Ellyson. 2. =
Hotchkiss, John Mason. Colonel "
Gordon Colonel John E.. Pur-
cell, Edgar D. Taylor. E. Y VaIan+;na
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01
BISCOE GIRLS WIN.

Raeford, Nov. 2s.-The basketball
game played Thanksgiving, between
the Raeford high school team and the
last years team Of Biscoe high school,.
a very interesting and resulted in
a score of Is to IL in favor Of Riscoa
Inc visitors were not in practice, but
they could handle the ball and they
kept the Raeford girls busy. The fine
a shooting Of JESSIE Clark, the quick
guarding OF Clara Page and Josephine
Clark won the game for the visitors.
win mary Blue and Helen Dixon as
guards the Biscoe players had a tI1ssIe
70 win the game. Eliza McEachern
die good work in center for the locals.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

Sonny's spirit. and lost the thought. :
After all, he was only a fsher-
harmless TO the world.
Truly he had been brutally mur.
dered years ago while seated on q
rock by the river side, and watching I
victed Of the crime, and the myster4 .
has never been unshrouded, whila :
rather illustrative JUNIORS floated
about for years.
l had no knowledge Of the Incl.
dent. and was not in the least inter.
ested in seeking information.
There were several fish traps at the
falls nearby, n h owners suspect.
ed robbery. Vengeance Is supposed
to have taken its toll.
The third week l was plumb hap.
Ply, had attained bliss tsuch as I
wanted); cold nor wet, nor toting
water from a spring an ugly mile
away conquered my ardor.
fourth week / discovered a smoke
some 800 yards down the river.
My choler arose. suspected. point
blank, that my solitude was nearby
the end.
Eyesight convinced me that a tent
full of hoolums from town with
three jugs Of whiskey was my near
est neighbor. / was sad, and madlx
sad.
Hitherto, cocks could not max mo
hear them crow, crickets suns me to
sleep, and friendly owls hooted mo
| good night.
Now, night had become day, and
day became sleep-time, at the for
| eign camp. 5
That annoyed me. l lost fishing
tackle, then my oat left me, and next
my big fyke net was boldly taken out
of the creek.
1 am not naturally revengeful, but
still I wanted to get on terms with
somebody.
Sonny Bryant came into my mind.
I carelessly impaired the story or
history to the other camp, knowing
such folks ordinarily fear ghosts more
than God; and hoping they would
scare and &c home. Not SO, however,
as long as those three jugs held their
own.
Those fellows roalned the river
banks by night and called it possum
hunting.
I secured a Whole skull mask-a
bald One-with big pale face, big
eyelets and open mouth, put a night
candle in it, stuck it on a 7-foot pole,
clothed a wooden shelton in white.
then placed my Sonny Bryant on the
spot Of haunts by the path usually
trodden by those night walkers.
Late that night l heard them COM
ing, and sticking their dog after
pOSSums.
All Of a sudden there was an aW-
full big holler, Hey, fellows look
out"
Down and out went the torch, and
there was a terrible scuffling and
scrambling as the party rushed
through the bushes, but not a word
was said and sure no oath was ut
tered.
Next morning there was no sign OF
life at the camp.
I then moved to town, where
learned hat those fellows arrived
soon after midnight, and only said
they quit because of the drunken
crowd. | let it go at that.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

Something generally happens to the
man VINO hirts with temptation just
TO show how strong he is.