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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

some time AGO has thus far failed to
materialize- The franchise has six
months, running from the day 1t was
granted. and two months of the time
has expired already
Capt Charles Davis, Capt T. J. Beall,
Z. c Pew, Rev. n c. Martin, mayor
MagOffin and Harry Carpenter. who
accompanied the remains of the late
judge +. 3. Sexton to Marshall. Texas
as a guard from the local Knights Tenn
plar, have returned
The 18th annual commencement eX-
ercises of the Douglass lueEro) school
We're held last night at Chopin hall.
The program was an excellent one and
the pupils executed their part in a cred
liable manner Prof. c. p. Putnam, Of
the city schools, piad a tribute to the
graduates
An important change has been made
IN the work of the bridge customs in
spectOrs. Hereafter instead Of working
only two shifts Of u hours each
there will be three shifts Of
eight hours. This has necessitated the
appointment of another inspector. and
today collector Noses Dillon appointed
II c. Mckinney.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
A High School Cadet Corps

cadet
than good
lot Of most
restng valuable
public education
There is Just way
of the school
system perfect cooperation discipline
enforced cadet
scholastic partly military
proficiency partly general ability command
shall
worked bound be failure
lust organization academic authorities is bound
the military branch
highly develop physique, assist
To a corps really
itself auxiliary well be formed of smaller
of
anything n military
the larger cities
adopted Springfield
IOan,u I'M
possibly throughout
clothing
facilities cadet
Arrangements
with the Of the school authorities
military
himself craftsmanship
high corps only
physical training properly supported
of the character builders possible
Full particulars
application secretary
Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

VENEZUELA, an outpost Of the
" neither regions located just above
the equator in South America
has 500 900 square miles, these being
rbe only square things which have
bean discovered in the country up to
date 1t was discovered by columbus
in I4qS and owing TO the negligence OF
the civilized world IN MAJ lalillhs a
0uarantine almost three million people
are now living within Its bOrQerS-a
feat which is regarded with awe by
those who have visited the country and
have studied its politics from safe
place. .-,.-.
trouical forests. great grassy plains and
me OrfnOcO river, which has more
tributaries than an American trust It
has 500 miles of railroads on some OF
which last years trains are NOT que
until day after tomorrow II is bound
ed on the north by the Caribbean sea,
on the east by British Guiana, on the
south by Brazil and on the west by
Colombia. II costs $4,000 steamer
fare TO visit Venezuela from New York
and there is never a line at the ticket
venezuela produces cattle. beans,
coffee. tobacco, and dlctators- or winch
the latter are by Tar the best known
The nation is one OF tne most lhLeIesl-
ing uarOdieS on a republic now IN
existence. AL EenezuelanS over Il can
vote lust as all Americans can go
through Niagara rapids in barrel
OF the two adventures the latter is
generally a little safer
With its three million people Nene-
zuela has about 100000 whites and less
school children than Indianapolis.
Caracas is the capital Of the nation
II is situated on a mountain 80 miles
from the seacoast and the scenery
along the trip is the only thing IN
Venezuela that has not deterlorated
during the last half century
Venezuela is governed by presidents
- - .L.--.a - III. sl----la r.rn.asa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
LIQUoR AND DEMOCRACY.

Editor FL PasO Herald;
OF political questions. the liquor IS
sue IS the one most sharply gripping
and aligning the people Of Texas IN
choice OF a man for governor Ball Is
the choice Of those who are deter
mined that liquor shall be banished
from Texas. Ferguson is the choice OF
those who hope to defer the day Of
constitutional prohibition. There are
probably few who believe that the day
is far distant.
The Democratic party Of Texas can
not remain half drunk and half sober
and continue to be the controlling po-
Htical mower. Nationally. il once tried
TO be half slave and half free II re-
Quired so years TO recover from the
experiment Has II learned wisdom
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
The Daily Novelette,
Stuffy's Greatest Drive.

The crowd rushed madly TO the grounds,
For tickets TO the Eume3
Then what they did to the umpire,
Was really quite a shame.
T HAD been the most houy con-
tested game Of the season The
bIeachers had yelled themselves
hoarse, so now they merely whinnied.
lPlay on the word hOrse.)
Stuffy Siegelbaum, whose batting
average for the past three seasons had
averaged 5000. was at bat. and busily
allowing bad balls TO 90 past
strike two called the umpire.
The crowd whinnied furiousIy-
strike three called the umpire
The crowd actually neighed with
passion, but suddenly all was silence.
StUffy Siegelbaum had raised his
bat calmly and brought il down with a
dull and quite sickeninS thud on the
umpire's head
Immediately all was confusion. out
of which the manly voice OF Biff
Speero. captain Of the home team.
could suddenly be heard restoring or
der as the young captain addressed
the assembled multitude
Gentlemen" ne cried. there is
only one fair way TO come 10 any
agreement on this unprecedented sit
uatiOu- Umpire SEifferty has been
pronounced safely dead by the teams
doctor Gentlemen, the rules say
nothing about what should be done 10
a player for killing an umpire !
move that paper and pencils be dis
tributed and both PLAYERS and spec
tatOrs vote their decision
1t was done and in half an hour
the result Of the voting was announced
Unanimously, Stuffy Siegelbaum
was granted home run.
The convictions OF the people about
the liquor traffic rest on the deep
moral foundation that gave 10 slavery
only one possible solution The Demo-
cratic party Of Texas can retain the
confidence and remain the servant Of
the people by making constitutional
prohibition a fixed principle OF its plat
form and action II its wouldbe lead
ers are wise. they viii climb onto the
water wagon and stay there.
J. L Campbell
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
O<REES
S6N ONT come near now" cried
Pinkeyes.

II Piniseyes.
He was painting an egg
and was very nervous
Wei, you don't expect US TO see way
over here" said Betty.
I don't expect you TO do anything. %
Plnkeyes replied very GROSSLY. You
wanted 20 watch me paint eggs Weu
/ let you That doesn't mean that I
want you bobbing all around me and
JoSsinE my elbow It is hard enough
10 paint when you watch me"
He turned his back so that they could
not see the egg at all
Betty the doll and Fluff the little
kitty girl had decided 10 stay with the
Bunnies for several days They were
promised that the road back home was
not FAR away. and that when they
were ready the Bunnies would take
them to the turn
Fluff thought several times Of going
home at once. but 1t was so interest
ing 10 stay with the Bunnies that she
stayed on and on
You see these were real Easter Bun
niles. and not everybody has chance
TO see them at work
MY, but wouldn't just love to get
that brush and do a little egg painting
myself"' whispered Betty 10 Fluff
"Plnkeyes is so stingy with the paint
and doesn't hardly put any on
do you really paint all Of the Eas-
AEA EAE1 ANE E-AlAlL Ell anu 4E4hG AAAEAAA
in the woods and at the houses" asked
Fluff 70 be very polite
Now Piukeyes did not like TO have
people talk TO him while he was paint
ing. and he had a brush in his teeth.
but Fluff was so polite that he had
to answer her.
NO. silly'-he took the brush out
OF his mouth-"what would be the
sense In painting and fixing eggs for
all Of the little children There are
lots Of children who really help me
out by colOring their own eggs But,
OF course, they are not as pretty as
mine He smiled in the most con-
ceited manner and wiggled his nose
and whiskers for pure joy-he was that
proud Of himself
''Weu. now I know" began Fluff
"the little girl from whom we ran
away didn't believe in you at all She
was q bad child, il is true. but she
was very smart She said that
"Oh. bother what she said.' 81 tpped
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
FIVE INDICTED 70 RALLEGED
FRAUDS IN CANAL. LOCK STEF

Pittsburg, Pa. May 22.-The indict-
ment Of five Of the employees Of the
Carbon Steel company on a charge CT
conspiracy in the steel furnished for
the locks in the Panama canal. was
voted by a federal grand jury here
Thursday.
II is alleged that the steel furnished
was OF such an inferior quality that the
immense locks at the dam are liable 10
collapse at any time. causing heavy
loss OF property and probably lives.
The men named are Samuel N. Wet
more, David J. Simpson. Dennis X Bull
lens. Henry Lutz an dJames E. Lacri.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
IA Years Ago Today
From The Herald ThIs Date 1900.

Pearl Bailey is in the city from
ChamberinO, n NJ
An II pound baby girl arrived at the
home OF C E Kelly this morning.
Isaac Castaneda was a visitor in the
city this morning from Las Cruces.
Constable VIII Ten Eyck has re-
turned from a 10 days visit to Eagle
Flats
Miss Louise Chase left this morning
on the T. p. for the east TO visit rela-
tires-
The Border Rifles, FL Paso's military
company, will have its regular drill
tonight Several recruits will be in
itiated in the ranks.
J. A Maxou and J. J. Gordon. both
of whom are interested in the Ell Paso
Street Railway company and the old
electric light company, left this morn
ing on the T. & p
The telephone company which was
granted q franchise by the city council
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
Lemonade

helpful soothing flies bad hot and
lovely drugstore clerks take in the ka drink it at the
Of all
every always sOothes savage breast and gives my
toadstoo
in nv throat gay all innards are
strong
And
hydTa-headed
Of aggressive strength
doors and bull
II AdanS) wall DiA0O1"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
Venezuela
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of AT Good Old SIvvnsh.7

of holding a pistol to the heads Of the
congressman The term of a Vene-
zuelan president is indefinite He rules
as long as the country can stand him
Gen Crespo, who elected his predeces-
sor in 1Sg4. made the remarkable rec
ord of leaving the chair without a gen
eral request President Castro KILLED
OF the opposition in 1900 and ruled FOR
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

eight years The country is now slowly
recovering from his administration, but
1t VIII never recover the public treas
ury which elOped to Paris with him
For all its faults Venezuela produced
the greatest man in South American
histOry-Simon Bolivar, who freed
South America early in the last cen
tury--(Copyrigh by George Mat
thew Adams)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

story years.
clothes uniform
raising
principal mortgage $3.50
The Of hard and dOung
inquiry by
sking
keeping edge day and night.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
Letters to The Herald.

IAN communications must bear the
signature OF the writer. but the name
VIII be withheld IL reduested-1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

viii secretary Daniels abolish the
punch in the state Department.
Evening sun
Nonsense. There hasn't been any
punch in the state department since
Knox resigned as secretary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES }. MONTAGUE.
CoIlared and Cuffed Hin

The Prince Of Wales did wei to
thrash the driver Of a laundry wagon.
Mhen ne Deeoiles - hlHs ne VIII never
arrer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

Geographers VIII Trust ROOSEVELT
Headline.
Doubtless But why should he want
TO buy a geography.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

The weather seems to be taking this
campaign against the fly rather more
seriously than seems 10 be necessary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

Hints fer women, motions fer new
trials, an pictures O. Mexicans make up
III average newspaper these trouble
some days
You kin make an enemy O. most any
buddy by askin' EN- If they've been
sick
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

Might Be Sure of Making a Hit.
I'D rather be a baseball PLAYER than
secretary Of the navy.-Secretary Dan
iels.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

The crowd rushed madly TO the grounds,
For tickets TO the Eume3
Then what they did to the umpire.
Was really ouIfe n shame
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

These delayed trains are certainly
making US jump around said post
master J. a. smith I'VE have had Il
men ready for duty and the trains have
kept being delayed and redelayed- Il
is no small matter TO handle the mail
Of five late trains dumped into the Of
flee all at once, and when that mail ar
rives. well. everyone here viii have
the busy siEnal runninE..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22

You American newspapermen re-
mind me of hawks by the way you
eagerly seek for news Of battle" was
the Joking remark Of Perez Abreu, Of
office Of information in JuareZ- The
news Of Saltillo's evacuation had Just
come in. Now in Mexico we would
take our time about getting this out on
the streets, but your system is differ
ent"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
BY WILHELM LANSZUS.
Copyright, 1913. by the Fred
eric A. Stokes COL


CHAPTER vi.
Our subaltern, lying a bare
five PAGES away from the grass,
raises himself on his elbows, and
gazes intently through his field
glasses. l know what is vexing
his soul. He Is a handsome,
splendid lad, for whom even we
grizzled old-timers would go
through fire and water, for ne
meets you as man to man, with
out shifting or swagger as 1t be-
comes a youngster. And the
other day, when I was marching
with the rear guard, we discussed
Lillieneron's novels. Since then
he has always appealed to me as
IL he had stepped straight out of
one of those romances of war.
He is all ablaze to CLEAN his first
laurels. But however much he
may twiddle the focus of his
glasses up and down and crane
his neck, he cannot discover a
trace of the enemy, and we blaze
away foolishly at the wood, and
may, for all I know be bringing
down leaves or birds from the
trees there.
CLOSE to the big oak. To the
right in the underground" some
one of the rank and file sings
out.
l strain my eyes to the spot,
and fail to see anything.
And again | hear the guns
growing all round us. But
somewhere out of the far dis
lance a clear, long-drawn bugle-
call rings out amid the iron bass.
II thrills like nerve and brain
against an iron wall.
Behind there, to the right
they are on the run therel And
from afar the rifle fire rattIes
like mad.
MY meni UP with you! At
the doubIe!"
That came from cur lot
our subaltern is racing on with
his drawn sword in his hand.
am still prone, and
have, almost automatically,
! drawn my right knee close up un-
der my body they are
rising to their feet to the left
and right of me, and dashing on
after him a wrench
and my knapsack slides lop-sided
up the back of my neck
then | jump up with my rifle
In my right hand. and am run
ming for all my legs are worth.
But as we rise to our feet the
machine-guns In the woods begin
to buzz and TO rain lead into our
ranks, until right ard left of me
men yelp and drop twisted and
tumbled to TIE ground.
Down Rapid firei"
The line Is prone and again we
are blazing desperately into the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
Jim'S Junior journal
BY JIMMIE WOODWARD
About the Boy Racers

written for the Times by JIM
mic Woodward
Another little Junior racing
car will arrive in Tacoma next
Thursday an1 will be put on ex-
hibition at the Olympus hotel.
This little car is called the Red
Devil, and is one of the fastest
cars in its class.
This will make the third little
car which has arrived from Los
Angeles, leaving a remainder of
seven; three of these will be here
by next Saturday. and the other
six will arrive with the Boy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

The release of Ernest kid"
Mohler by the Woodland team,
an independent club of Califor-
mia. on account of inability to
hit marks the pmhetic ending of
a baseball eareN that extends
over 26 years and covers an area
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Although Mohler has played ball
In pretty near every minor league
of note in the country, in all his
years of service on the diamond
he has never graced a big league
lineup.
The kid" as he was known
to baseball fans ell over the
country, was one of the freaks
OF baseball. He started In the
game as a left-handed pitcher,
but owing to his size, which milf
tated against him, Re quit and
took up a position at second base.
He IL the only ball player in the
business to play rs years on the
fnffeld and throw with his left
hand.
For years Mohler was assistant
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

Izzy Kaufman was never In
better form than yesterday. He
went into the game With AN IDEA
that the Bees were going to be
easy ptckings and lac slid over "A
couple of easy ones i'm the firs.
inning. The result was that
CaIvo, first man up. singled to
right and scored On Nye's double.
Nye. an turn, scored on Driscoifs
long fly to center.
But from the first inning to
the eighth Dick Kaufman didn't
allow another hit, am he famed
eight men i'm the Zine fast in-
nings. The Ianky Tacoma boy
pitched himself out OF one hole
after another with an ease and
assurance that simply stole tie
nanny from the Vancouver island
bunch.
With Fred MeMullin on his
way to Detroit. where he was
sold last week, Mcclellan. former
Salt Lake City boy, APPEARED on
the third sack yesterday and did
some nice fielding. Butler, as
usual, was the star of the game,
nAuQ1Hk IOuT d6oAoIo bCAACtNAJ
and working nicely in one OF the
double plays.
Russ Halls boys odthit Del
mas hive of honey-gatherers
throughout the saWs, although
bic Smith, the b. G. slabman.
must be credited with some elev-
er pitching.
Taeoma's only run came In the
fifth, when Mcclellan doubled,
took third on Kaufman's sacri-
flee, and scored on Johnson in
field out. In the eighth, with
one out. and Neighbors on first,
the Tigers chances were nipped
by one of the cleverest plays
seen here. Lamb picked up a
hot grounder on the run, and
tumbled II to Scanlon, who heay-
ed prettily to first.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

wood, and can catch no glimpse
of our enemy. Never a single
arm raised against us, never the
eye of a single man to challenge
us. The wood, the green wood
is numbering us from afar. before
a single human trace comes in
view.
And while to the right and left
of me the rifle fire chatters in
cessantly, the grim mockery of 1t
maddens my blood, ARID makes
me see red before my eyes. l
see scale-armor and visors
high I'm their stirrups the knights
burst blazing out of the wood,
and I, a reckless horseman of the
past, | leap into the saddle-my
broad sword flashes clear and
kisses the morning breeze-and
now up and at them like thun-
derbolt. Then eyes are flashing
into mine and hands are raised
for the meIee-and stroke for
stroke, breast to breast, the pride
of youthful, virile strength.
Ha-ha-ha-ha! What has happen
ed? Where have morse and rider
vanished2 Where is my sword?
We are not even charging men.
Machines are trained on us.
Why. we are only charging ma
chins. And the machine triumphs
deep into our very flesh. And
the machine is draining the life
blood from our veins. and lap
ping IL mp in bucketsful. Those
who have been hit area lready
living mown down In swathes be-
hind US and are writing on their
wounds. And yet they are racing
nm behind us I'm their hundreds
young, healthy human flesh
for the machines to butcher.
"Upi Get on! At the doublei"
The gallant young subaltern
dashes on he is waving
his sword above his head reck-
lesslv a.. picture for a
painter. am rushing after him
his cheer in my ears
then the gallant vision
beeins TO sway the
sword flies from his grasp-the
subaltern stumbles end falls face
forward in the short, stiff stubble
then I race past him
can hear nothing ex-
eept the uncanny buzz coming
out of the wood 1 liter
ally feel how the lead is splash
ing into our ranks, how men are
breaking down to the right and
left of me. Down! Rapid
fire." I throw myself
on my face, my rife at the ready.
Why does the order fail
to reach us2 No shout comes
from the subaltern, none from the
non CONS the nearest man
good twenty PAGES away
and then one other only
we three
The first line is lying shot
down in the stubble
what's the next thing? The ground
becomes alive behind US and
Gathering, painting and shouting
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

Charley White, who got a
newspaper decision over Willie
Richie when the latter was
lightweight champion in a battle
staged in Milwaukee, recently
fought Joe Azevedo, a former
sparring partner of Ritchie's, anu
prominent in the short distance
game here, and put UP what tho
fans termed a rather poor show
ing. Although the fight was
stopped in the 18th round. and
the decision handed to White, II
was evident that fight followers
here had expected something
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
FARMER WILL
NOT FIGHT
BONDS

Because OF a disagreement
with Manager o. B. Herbst,
Frank Farmer, the Kapewstn
boxer, Will not be matched with.
Joe Bonds at the Moose smoker
September 3. Farmer wanted
$25 advance money for training,
1t is rumored, and Herbst refus-
ed to advance the sum, causing
the logger to withdraw from the
match. Tom Cowler, a Cana
dian heavyweight who appeared
here during the Montamara Fes-
to, has already signed up to meet
Bonds for the smoker, and an in
teresting contest is anticipated.
Among the other boxers whom
Manager Herbst is considering
for matches on the first smoker
of the season are Joe Yonce of
Portland, Jack Dempsey of De-
troit, Joe Baxter of Portland, Joe
Swain. Joe Hill. Casey Jones and
TEX" Vernon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

myself to my feet. A lad, a mere
boy, is sprawling over and clutch
ing his abandoned gun
with an oath someone dashes at
hint is my yokel bareheaded,
his face distorted by rage
the boys stretches out his man
gled hand to ward him off, his
lower jaw is waggling, but his
mouth remains voiceless.
The next moment the fixed bayo-
net plunges into his chest
first his right, then his shattered
left hand seizes the blade as II in
his death throes he were trying
to pluck il out of his heart; so he
clings tightly to the bayonet-
thrust recovery
a bright, leaping jet fol-
lows the steel and
heart and breath gasp their last
among the dead leaves.
All round men are lying slain
on the brown carpet of the woods.
But the machines are still alive
and rage against the machines
fires the blood, and consumes the
flesh. Up with the
trenching tools, with
axes appraised they rush at the
machines, and hail blows upon
the barrels. The Fetorts wherein
Death has brewed his potion
shrek as though wounded
the Jackets burst the
water flows out and the
carriage leaps splintered into the
air twisted metal. the
spokes of wheels all around, but
we are battering and smashing
underfoOt until our
hot blood has cooled its rage on
the metal.
And now amid joyous cheers
raise the thunderous shout of Vic.
tory.
Continued tomorrow