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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
French Alpine Chasseurs
Fight From Tree Tops

Basel. Switzerland. Oct S1-The noun
tain war going on IN the Vosges has brought
into action one OF the most interesting bod
les OF French troops. the Alpine Chasseurs.
They are finely built. powerful men. spec
tally equipped FOR the mountains. They are
dressed in hohnailsd boots wooden leggings
and navy blue uniforms. They are almost
Invisible in the dark pine forests.
A favorite stratagen in their fighting is
70 occupy positions in the branches Of the
trees cleverly masked and so securely ar
ranged that even a wounded or a dead man
does not fan Another device Of the
French Alpine troops IS ror a part OF them.
secreted in the branches. 20 hold their rife
fire until German troops have passed well
into a wood. and then 90 fire upon them
from all sides. The light artillery IS ear
ried upon mules
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
City of New York VIII
Operate Fleet of Taxis

New York. Oct s1.-That the taxicab IS
not destined TO remain much longer the
exclusive vehicle Of the wealthy IS indi-
Gated by a report that about the first Of
the year the city will have fleet Of small
taIicabs. the charges for which viii be low
enough to put them within the reach Of
almost anyone. For many years New York
ers have been protesting against the high
charges for taUicab service here and con-
trastinE e. with the much lower charges IN
foreign citiel.
The new AXIS ss1u hold two persons be-
sides the driver and their charges will be
small, beginning with 25 cents for the first
mile and 8 cents for each additional one
quarter Of a mile This practically means
cutting in two the present rate charged By
many Of the taxicabs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
BRITISH WIPED
OUT IN FIERCE
AFRICAN FIGHT
Germans Surround Two
Squadrons; Guns Spiked;
Survivors Surrender.
VLCTORS COMPLIMENT
BRAVERY OF BRITISH

TAPETOWN. South Africa. Oct 81
Hamaqualand has already seen
~ some fierce fighting between
small dctachments Of English and Ger
mans. Two squadrons Of the First
South African mounted rifles and a
section of the Transvaal horse artil-
lery were almost annihilated and the
survivors forced to surrender
\ small watering and grazing sta
tion was occupied by a squadron, the
enemy having apparently retired. \
section of the TransvaaI horse artil-
lery and another squadron Of mounted
rifles We're sent forward TO reinforce
the little garrison.
Germans ssheH British.
The position was obviously danger
Gus TO any small force. but water was
essential to the British advance. The
waterhole is surrounded by kopjcs
ChnlsD and the advance to it is
through a narrow defiIe- No sooner
had two guns outspanned than the
German attack began, one gun coming
into position on a height dominating
the saucer like basin in which the
waterhole is situated.
The British instantly replied, silenc-
inE the nemy for the moment. but the
German attack developed rapidly.
Shelled from every point the British
sUnners behaved with conspicuous gal
lantry. Every man Of both gun crews
was either killed or wOuded, only the
officer in command, Lieut.. Adler es-
Gaping.
Guns Are Spiked.
Shortly after noon the British gun
ncrs, their ammunition exhausted and
g "a u al n4rHH
rendering their guns useless under an
increasing fire. as the German gunners
gTasped their intentions. The British
riflepen tried 10 keep down the enc
my's fire while everything that might
be useful TO the enemy was being de-
stroyed. When At last all hope OF res
cue was abandoned the gallant little
body raised the white flag.
So impressed were the Germans and
So heavy were their losses that the
German general commanding cOmpli-
mented the British colonel on the gal
liant stand.
The wounded were all treated, and
one man. Corp. Edwards was permit
TED to return in the British ambu-
lance. The Germans buried the Eng
lish before their own, according them
all the hOnOrs of war.
Relief Column Defeated
At the main camp the situation had
been realized and every endeayOr made
for the relief Of the force. but the
enemy was too strong SQuadrons un-
der Capts. King and Davidson both
sustained casualties by machine gun
fire while attempting to force a sec
ond entrance TO the valley.
A guide named Burger, pushing
ahead Of the relieving force, was taken
prisoner. He was put in charge Of
three Germans. one of whom was hit
by the fire Of the main body Of the
English relieving force The second
German went for reinfOrcements and
Burger, taking advantage OF the third
man being distracted by the attack,
suddenly hit him over the head with
large stone and escaped, making
his way on foot over the desert TO
rcjOin the main camp.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
Money Supply Cut Of By the War
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Norwegian Plants Are Closee Down

~HRISTLANA. Norway, oct 81
Some Of the great construction
~ companies in Norway financed
with English capital have had to stop
work as payments from England have
been cut off Several OF these COM
panies have been Harvesting Norwegian
water falls for electric power. The
Nitrogen Products and Carbide COM
pany. limited. for instance. has been
erecting machinery to develop 100 900
horse power but after having spent a
few mihion crowns IL has entirely
ceased operations. throwing about 1000
men out Of work.
Mining companies exporting ore to
England, Belgium and France, have
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

north Of Florence
When / go TO fight Austria. I viii
take my wife and children along.
fiercelv declared Roman The AUS
trains held my grandparents in slavery.
They still keep TreutinO and Triest in
bondage and Istria and Delmatia shall
be ours also"
This epitomiZes the sentiment Of the
italians. The memory Of the Austrian
woke Is stronger to them than the re-
mem brance Of Prussian invasion is to
the French
Only lack Of preparation has pre-
vented the Italians from entering the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
Former Empress Eugene
OfFrance Aids Wounded

London. Eng. Oct. 31.-A1though the en-
press Eugene is almost SO years old, she
IS taking the greatest interest in the war
and has set aside entire wing Of her
house at Marlborough Xiii for the use Of
wounded soldiers
Several injured officers are now recuper-
ating there and their aged hostess person
ally supervises their care. Her estate IS
near the great camp at Aldershot. which
king George and queen Mary visit fire.
ouenIy Practically all OF empress Eu-
Eenie's men servants have Joined the army
IN France Nevertheless she eutertains
many Of the distinguished military men who
visit AIdershot apoloEizinE for her plain
fare and explaining that her cooks have
more important work now than preparing
food FOR an aged empress and her guests.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
English Churches Bar German Hymns
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List Of Old Favorites To Be Dropped

? ONDON. Eng. Oct S1.-To enable tho
British clergy TO recognize made
- in Germany hymns, a list of them
has been prepared by the Guardian. a
church newspaper. which has opened its
columns TO a discussion of the propriety
Of using these hymns in the English
service.
If German hymns were banned, the
English hymnal would be deprived Of
some Of its oldest and most popular
numbers Luther's famous version Of
the 46th psalm, a Sure Stronghold Our
God is He would be perhaps the most
regretted Of all eXcisions Other famil-
lar numbers Of German origin are:
'Hark. the Herald Angels Sing" sun
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

also stopped as their market at present
is closed. About 5000 hands in this
industry are idle. The great Industrial
factories are kept going as before the
war, and there is even greater de-
mand for uorkmen than there are men
to fill the places. on the government
railway. under construction, where
wages are as high as s. a day, they
cannot get hands enough
There is also plenty OF employment
for sailors in the merchant marine. and
wages are raised considerably because
OF the danger Of floating mines Two
Norwegian steamers have thus far been
blown up by these machines The fish
ing fleet has kept at work in the North
sea and had very good catches.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

Of Ny Soul Ny Savior lAt:' Christ
the Lord is Risen Again we Plough
the Field and Scatter" Hail to the
Lords Amounted "Oh Happy Land Of
pilgrims" and Commit Thou All TLy
Ways"
Lutheran hymns are popular not only
IN the Wesleyan Methodist church
which is allied to Lutheranism, but
also in the Church OF England, which
regards itself as a part OF the ancient
Catholic church and not a part of the
reformation
Since the Wagner nights excite as
much enthusiasm as ever in the Queens
hall concerts, il is not believed that
the agitation against German hymns
viii find a strong following.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
Giuseppe Garibaldi, of Mex
lean Revolution Fame,
Leads Volunteers.

~ ONE. Oct Sit was war or
revolution" has been said re-
Gently Of Germany-Hungary, and
Of Russia. 1t is even more true to-
day of Italy. that the Sandman
dynasty stands in jeopardy Of its
throne II war is not made on the side
Of the allies
Italys neutral stand viii not do and
the deeper thinkers among the friends
Of king Victor Emmanuel know it. II
the IeUranic empires WIN, italy VIII
be open to German aggression without
a friend TO whom 10 turn. If the allies
win. Italy " i'll see the east shore Of
the Adriatic occupied by a new power
ful Slav kingdom Of Seryia, hand and
glove with Russia In one case she
loses her colonies. IN the other the
dominance # the Adriatic.
Must Fight Soon
So Italy must fight and fight soon
There is practically no sentiment for
the kaiser and the neutrality element
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

fray ere now Italy is poor and debt
ridden The Tri0pl war exhausted
the public treasury Since that com
bat the army and navy had been al
lowed 10 fall into a sad state There
has been a cabinet overtUrn by reason
Of this
Hasty War Preparation
But the last two months and a half
The standing army when the war broke
out this summer had fallen far below
its normal peace footing Of 100000 men.
Three classes OF reserves. men born
in lS91-S9 were Immediately called TO
Confined on Page s. This Section).
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
MEAT ISSEIZED
FOR BRITISH IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Queensland Legislature
Takes Drastic Measures
to Get Supply.
SPECTATORS ARE
CAUSE OF ACTION

T ONDON Eng. Oct s1-One Of the
questions agitating the minds OF
the war office authorities Just
now is that OF the meat supply for the
army at the front. acquisitions have
been made to the Queenland govern
ment. Australia. through the agent gen
eral with the result that the legislative
assembly OF Queensland has taken
verv drastic measures to ensure the
supply shall be in accordance with the
demand. as far as it is possible 10
meet it.
All Meat Communicated
A sweeping act Of the local legisla-
tUre vas raised in two CT three hours
without a division and became law.
Under this act every hoOf in Queens
land and every pound Of meat IN the
meats work or tie freezing chambers
inendcd for exploration was promptly
Communicated by the government for
the crown. All previous contracts OF
buying and selling were set aside and
made null and void. The government
can purchase direct from the real own
er, payinc the fun value OF the price
previously arranged. In future, all
contracts will be controlled by a rep
resentative board Of three who will act
on behalf OF the Queensland govern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

Itays cavalry fordng stream On
dragging this hens
an exercise o they specially trained
standngl Giuseppe Ghad well known in E Paso grandson
Of Italian volunteers which
fighting against Germany Grba fought the battle OF Juae
in MGdTo revolution
Duke OF the Ahr the OF the Italian
explorer Adt fully modified and prepared
o
Italians about 100000 the army II pressed Italy
coudp produce 100000 fighting
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

ment as buying agents for the Imperial
government Private exports VIII
only be allowed after the Imperial gov
eminent has been fully supplied with
their requirements
Spectators Outvifted.
The reason for this move. James
Allen member OF the Queensland leg
fslat5ve assembly explains in a letter
received in London 1t is due 10 the
hestitancy among certain firms 10
come forward and supply meat at a
sufficiently low price He had before
him tie fact that large cousig nments
Of meats were bought in Queensland
at the time Of the BOer war and sold
To the Imperial government by specula-
tors. many OF whom made big hauls
a the expense OF the Home govern
meuL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31
WAR SHlRD5HIP5
ARE TOLD Of IN
S0LDIER5DIARY
Men Work Increasingly IN
der Hail of Bullets; Think
Rest is "Dull."
GERMAN OFFICERS IN
TRENCHES LIVE WE'LL

DARIs. France. Oct 31.-sluch in
sight into the hardships which the
= British troops have been suffering
is given by the following extracts from
the diary OF a sergeant OF the East
lancashire regiment:
sept. 13-Encountered patrol Of
Uhlans while acting as guard to con-
voy- Drove them of; no losses, thank
goodness. Terrible night. poured in
torrents. Roads flooded
sept. 14.-Reached Venizel, where
fourth division attempted pontoon river
under heavy artillery fire. Impossible.
Tried again at night with success.
Battalion crossed a. m Occupied
Bucyle-Long. Biueted in schoolhouse.
Began making trenches.
sept 15-Left the schooIhOuse for
trenches Supplies carried up under
heavy she'll and rifle fire
Headquarters Shelled.
Sept. flowing either TO German
spies or aerOplane scouts, our head
quarters brigade and transport was the
object Of bOmbardment by hOwitzers;
2sO pound shells thrown Smelling con-
tinued for two hours in the trenches
Six men OF my company were killed
by one shell Thank God I escaped IN
scathed. Neritable hell on earth.
sept. 18.-Quiet day. Hard work 10
get up and harder stiu to entrench on
hill
sept. 70. %, and 21-Quiet DAYS.
Intermittent Smelling. Three men killed.
sergeant and seven men wounded by
shrapneL All pals-terrible- Life be
gins TO get dull nothing 10 do but sit
tight and entrench. something in the
nature Of stalemate- Praying some
thing may happen. No news. only
rumOrs OF tremendous successes
Describing a German trench from
which the enemy were driven. the
sergeant said that they were an abso-
lutte revelation TO the British star Off
GERS The depth Of the trench is about
six feet. and there is a ledge on which
the soldiers can sleep. At the bottom
Of the trench is a gutter TO carry OF
the rainwater- Some Of the trenches
are armored making actually small
forts
Dined in Trenches.
In another trench some officers had
apparently constructed a kind OF dining
room furnished with table and chairs
OF French make. probably from some
peasants home They had made a cell
ing Of wooden planks- Hanging from
the ceiling was an imurOviseL chan
delier lit with candles A great many
I bottles were on the table, on which was
| OF our officers said the translation
was: How nice il is TO drink the
! blood Of France" There was another
message in English saying, See you
! soon in Paris"
The Irish standard., 1914-09-26
CONTINUED from Page u

County President; Rev. M. O'Brien,
Chaplain; Div. No. l, P. V. O'Donnell,
M. F. Mogan, J. P. McKenna, Thos.
O'Neil, w. P. Casey; Div. No. 2, Fc-
lix McNamee, James Kelly; Div. No.
8, D. Hadley, P. S. Jefferies, J. Kill
roe, J. ]. Daley, ]. o. Cornell, ]. Nc
Elenery, w. B. Malone; Div. No. 4,
M. Meagher, H. E. Branton, ]. c. Glib
bins, c. M. Duffy, ]. G. Mitchell, Thos
O'Donnell, ]. F. Rice; Div. No. S,
Thos. Darcy; Div. No. 6, M. F. Cra-
hen, S. J. McNulty, Thos. w. Hickey
P. L. Cummings; Div. No. 7, S. E.
Shannon, M. Dwyer, Thos. E. Pep
per; Div. No. 8, ]. c. Sheehan; Div
No. 9, M. J. Weldon; Div. No. 10 G.
]. Nolan.
olmstead County,. E. MCGOWAN
Rev. G. P. Murphy, Bernard Heaton
J. F. Fitzgerald, T. r. Lawler, p. J
Scanlon.
hurry County, M. Cauley, M
H. Kearney, M. Cullen.
Mcleod County-Jas. I. Dolan, A
I M. O'Donnell.
Meeker County-P. ]. McRaith
Martin Manning, James Casey.
IA Mobiles County-Thomas Burke.
Ramsey County-A. McDonal
County President; F. F. Gleason
County Chaplain; Div. No. /, F. F
sKelleher, F. F. Kellehcr, Jr, w. "A
4 Murray Div. No. 2, w. H. Burnes
D. j. Keefe; Div. No. 3, H. J: Cleary
The Irish standard., 1914-09-26
LADIES' AUXILIARY A. O. III. LIFE
INSURANCE FUND OF
MINNESOTA.

Report Of the State Insurance Sec
rotary, Margaret A. Grady, to the
Biennial Convention of 1914, show
ing receipts and disbursements from
September 1, 1912, to September 1,
1914:
Receipts and Disbursements.
RECEIPTS.
Expense Fund in hands
of Treasurer, Sept. 1,
1912 ..............$ 1,82l.8O
Expense Fund collected
from Semi-annual
dues, policy fees, etc. 6,512.55
Beneficiary Fund in
hands of Treasurer
Sept. 1, 1872. 18,125.76
Beneficiary Fund collect
ed from Assessments. 64,859.41
Beneficiary Fund collect
ed from Interest go. 9,468.83
Receipts from sale Of
United States Bonds 6o.e57.5o
$161,445.85
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount paid from Ex-
pense Fund (see item
lied statement) ....$ 7,989.S9
Death claims paid. 80. 49,164.19
Purchase of Municipal
bonds ............. 94.s0s.23
Balance in hands Of
Treasurer .......... e,4s3.54
$161,445.85
Funds.
Amount of Reserve Fund
in Municipal Bonds... $90,00O.0O
Amount in Beneficiary
Fund, Sept. 1, 1914. 9,139.0S
Amount in Expense Fund
Sept. /, 1914. 344.46
s99,4s3.54
Expense Fund.
Amount in hands Of
Treasurer Sept. 1, 1912 $1,821.80
Amount collected from
Sept. /, 1912, to Sept.
1, 1914 ........... 6,512.55
$S,334.35
The Irish standard., 1914-09-26

DELEGATES INSURANCE DIVI.
SION
Anoka County-Div. No. 1, Irene
Ward, delegate.
Benton County-Div. No. /, Ca
Uterine Barthelemy, delegate.
Big Stone County-Div. No. l.,
Margaret Costello, delegate.
Blue Earth County-Div. No. l.,
The Irish standard., 1914-09-26

w. B. Convey, Thos. Mcmahon; Div.
No. 4, ]. w. Mulrenen, M. J. Lee, ].
]. Regain, L. P. Cook, ]. E. Corcoran,
P. J. Connolly, J. w. Ryan, ]. NJ.
Lynch, Thos. Donahue; Div. No. S,
A. J. Mccarthy; Div. No. 6, T. A.
Walsh, Thos. E. Powers; Div. No. z,
]. P. Lyons, James Furlong; Div. No.
8, E. J. McManus, w. F. Naughton,
John E. Kennedy; Div. No. 9, J. A..
Hogan, Thos. Redden, ]. G. Barron,
t. w. Lawler, I. A. rafferty,, Samuel
Connolly; Div. No. 10, ]. B. Duggan;
Div. No. IL, Walter Pendergast.
Renville County,. F. Curran.
Rice County-Rev. ]. ]. Malloy, Eu-
gene O'Kcefe, Michael Brown, John
Leadon, John Devery, Jas. Coughlin.
Scott County-James O'Neil, M. J.
Brennan.
Steele County,. S. Brick, John
Hogan.
Stevens County-M. Mahoney.
Swift County-Dommnlck McDer-
mott, Rev. Patrick Kenney, Michael
Conlogue, Felix Duffy, N. A. Hughes,
c. D. Nolan.
Sibley County-Chas. Purcell, Danl.
Meyers, NJ. Mcmahon.
St. Louis county-A. ]. Powers,
Thos. White, w. ]. Mcbride, Thos.
Power, Peter Marondo, VIM. Murnian,
M. P. Flanagan, James Connley, w.
E. Daugherty, L. w. Floyd, A. H.
Fitzgerald.
Wabasha County - Rev. A. p.
Moore, E. J. McDonough.
Waseca County,. P. Coughlin,
Michael Lambert, J. J. Sullivan,
Richard Norton.
Washington County-T. H. Curley,
John Mccarthy, Russell Kitty, John
Quinlan, L. ]. Nolan, Gus Sexton.
Wionia county-M. ]. Ryan, Rev.
Father Sherman, Jos. Mcmillan, John
Sherman, 0. B. Monahan.
The Irish standard., 1914-09-26

Cecalia Sullivan. alternate; Div. No,
2, Nellie M. Veigel, delegate.
Crow Wing County-Div. No. /,
Kathleen Early, alternate.
Dakota County-Div. No. 2, Agnes
McLafferty, alternate.
Fillmore County-Div. No. 1, Mary
E. Redmond, alternate.
Hennepin County-Div. No. 1,
Mary v. Garvey. delegate; Div. No.
2, Margaret F. Sullivan. delegate;
Div. No. 8, Nellie Webster, delegate;
Div. No. 4. Anna X. Bryant, dele
gate; Div. No. S. Catherine O'Brien.
delegate; Div. No. 6. Margaret May,
The Irish standard., 1914-09-26
HON. JOSEPH DEVLIN, NJ. p,
One of the leaders of the Parlia.
mentary Party and strong sup
porter of John e. Redmond.
RESUME COMMERCE, ARCHBISH
OP GLENNON'S PLEA.
Declares Pope and Wilson Only Pc.
tentates Able to Seek to Restore
Peace.

IcbCCs
A plea for the resumption of COM
merce and industrial activities on a
large scale was included in the SER
mon of Archbishop Glennon recently
at the new Cathedral. He declares
the financial standing of the nation
is worthy of complete confidence and
that unemployment might be ended
within a short time if money now
boarded in fear of loss through war
conditions was placed in active use.
He added that the investments made
at this time should be profitable.
While the European powers are at
war the burden of UNFOLDING the
worlds civilization rests chiefly upon
the United States, the Archbishop
told his hearers. He said:
"On the American nation to-day
stands the obligation of sustaining
and sustaining almost alone, the
worlds civilization, of preserving for
better days the heritage of religion,
morality and social we'll being; of
bringing over with her life the tidal
wave Of blood and passion that Eur
ope is spending in her own apparent
destruction
The United States and the Pope are
the only two potential peacemakers
in the present war, the archbishop
said. He commended President Will
sons peace policies and expressed
qualification that the new Pope's
first statement was one of regret for
the war. He said that the President
and the Pope were the only two po-
tentates in the world in position to
"speak the words of peace" and de-
clared there was reason to hope their
efforts would be successful.
The present war, he said, may mark
the end of all warfare in the world.
He expressed the opinion that the
conflict would not be continued long,
predicting an earlier restoration of
peace than is expected generally, and
adding:
"And when there comes the grand
restoration may we not hope that the
conflict now in bloody progress shall
result in lasting peace? The sanest
commentary that I have seen on it
was the statement of some one who
declared that this was war upon
war, and that its drastic character
and worldwide proportions would
mean a new vision of humanity, elm
mating forever warfare amongst
men,"
The Irish standard., 1914-09-26
Let Us PqyXour Expenses to the
Exposition IN 1915

You will
Think travelling First Railroad
following
valleys yard Mare Tamapais
Of Clara Valley trip adjacent
q " -
And all the the
time you step on the train until Tickets good
California
ssght offer that depends entirely
to the Panama Pacific Exposition in today
IRISH
MINNEAPOLIS