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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
90 Many Officers Are
Being Killed; Remedy
Sought By Kitchener

London. Eng. June Earl Kitchener
has lately been devoting personal attention
10 the extremely heavy casualties among
Officers IN the hope OF finding means OF
reducing them. During the month Of april
so far as a rough calculation goes, no
fewer than $50 officers we're either killed
or wounded as compared with 1888 rank
and file This means that about one officer
was put out Of action for every 80 men
an extraordinarily high proportion
II is believed that for a large number OF
these casualties the wearing BY orrcers OF
the sam Browne" belt IS responsible, since
this enables German snipers TO PICK out the
officers at considerable range
Many military men Of experience are OF
opinion that this belt should be abolished
FOR active service. seeing II serves no use
f1l purpose and that swords should ike
wise be done away with. officers and men
being dressed and equipped in precisely the
same way. save that officers would con
time 10 carry on their sleeves the distin-
gushing badge Of their rank as guide
to those with whom they were working
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
THREE SOLDIERS ARRESTED
IN RAID ON LIQUOR CLUB

II. C Hanson, J. P. Heating and c. F.
James. said 10 be soldiers, were arrest
ed sunday afternoon in a raid on
club located on Cotton avenue, between
First and Second streets Charges OF
selling liquor on Sunday were entered
against each Of them
Policeman J. n. Lapin visited the
place during the afternoon and is said
to nave succeeded in purchasing beer
A little later the officer and policemen
nan THOMPSON and Tom York raided
the place
Manuel Soto was arrested saturday
morning, charged with selling liquor
on Sunday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
BETTER MARKETING FACILITIES
FOR VALLEY PRODUCTS SOUGHT

An investigation to determine what IS
needed to make FL Psso a better market
for valley products viii be started We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock, when. the
members Of the land and irrigation COM
mittee Of the chamber of commerce viii
hold a meeting with the produce mer-
chants of the city.
At this meeting, TO which all produce
men are invited, the question Of mar
keting valley products locally will be
thoroughly canvassed.
One Of the important points to be
brought up viii be that of packing and
grading fruits, the contention having
been made that some valley farmers do
not prepare their products in such q
manner as to make them readily mar
ketable.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
Canal Breaks, Farms Are
Flooded; Interurban Out;
Ysleta in Darkness

A little gopher was responsible for
farms being flooded, the iuterurban be-
ing washed out and Ysle-a plunged IN
darkness Sunday night
The offending gopher bored his cold,
little nose through the bank OF the
Franklin canal near the 10 mile bridge
Sunday night and started a flood which
required 20 men with sacks Of sand,
working all night, TO stop.
The break was discovered at 8
o'clock and by g o'clock a lake a half
mile square had been formed between
the canal and the river near the Val
despino ranch. The water washed out
90 feet OF the Ysleta interurban near
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
SENATOR SHEPPARD WANTS
TO KNOW Ell PASO'S NEEDS

L NJ McCrummen. Of FL Paso. for
mer resident in the congressional dis
trict OF Norris Sheppard, present United
States senator. has received a letter
from the senator further confirming his
statement to president Orndorff. Of the
chamber Of commerce, that he will be
in FL PasO soon. Mr. Sheppard says he
notes with appropriation the clippings
you send from The FL PasO Herald"
and that he is sorry he could not be
here to meet the congressional appro-
priatious committee, but adds:
T hope some time during the fall to
visit Ell Paso and to look into the needs
Of the city from the standpoint Of the
federal government"
Mr.. Sheppard is a great man and FL
Paso viii see that he viii do mucn good
for our city" said Mr.. McCrummen to
day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
BELTRAN BROTHERS FREED
OF FABENS MURDER CHARGE

Jose Antonio Beltram and his brother.
Espiridion Beltram. were found nol
guilty Of the murder Of Pompono Key
by a jury in the saith district court
Arguments were completed shortly
before 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon
The f1lry was out less than an hour
The defendants in the case were
represented by mayor Tom Lea and X
sented bv district attorney W. w
Bridgers and Judge T. E Falvey'
snecial COUNSEL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
PLANS TO BE MADE TUESDAY
FOR TRIP TO MASCOT, ARIZ.

Final arrangements for the trip to
Mascot. Ariz.. to attend the celebration
that viii be held at the opening Of the
Mascot mine and railroad, viii be made
at a meeting Of the beard of directors
of the chamber OF commerce to be held
at o'clock Tuesday night. During the
summer months the directors will hold
their meetings in the evening.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
Contract For $50,000,000
Improvements AWarded One
Firm in New South Wales

sydney, New South Wales, June T.
Public works involving an expenditure
of more than $4,000, 900, including ten
schemes. harbOr works, and a canal
project. are provided for in a single
contract Just signed by the New South
Wales government with an Anglo
Australian contracting firm, Norton
Griffiths and company.
The contractors agree to finance the
operations, which will be done in
accordance with plans drawn up by the
department of public works. The gov
ernment viii allow the firm a profit OF
5 percent on the entire cost of con-
structiOn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
MEXICAN CHARGED WITH
ANNOYING AMERICAN WOME'

Pedro Saines, said to be a refugee
from Mexico and formerly in Carranza's
army, was arrested in Washington
park Saturday afternoon on a charge
Of carrying a n tol.
Saines, the police state was swinging
in the park and was annoying two
women also in swings They com
planned TO a policeman and when he
was examined a pistol was found.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07

Division among ourselves is the only
foe to be feared
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
PORTO RICAN WORKNGMEN
ATTFCF .MALADMINISTRAT

washington. d. G., june 1.-hlghtsl
liberties and lives Of Porto Rieans are
ieopardized BY maladministratlon OF
Porto Rican affairs. according to a COM
mittee of the Free Federation of Work
inemen of Porto Rico which presented
a petition to the white house Sunday.
The petition urged the appointment
of a commission to investigate labor
conditions on the island. It also asked
congress to give the island new con-
stitution and make Porto Ricans citizens
Of the United States.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25
Fox-HuNTERs IN THE WAR
rho,.,nde Of Men Who Enjoyed That
Sport in Britain Are Now at
the Front.

Waterloo. according to the duke Oh
Wellington, was won on the playing
fields of Elton. Should Britain emerge
triumphant from the present CONNECT
we may find someone rising to cialm
that the campaign in Flanders was
won in the English shires. TIE snlreS
are the headquarters of fox-huntlngr
which most humanitarians denounce.
George Bernard Shaw, for example,
has no words strong enough to con-
denim it with. Mr.. Jorrocks, the nero
of a sporting novel, describing fox
hunting as war without its guilt ana
only 25 per cent of its danger" 1t has
to be admitted, however, that they
who follow the hounds have answered
magniicently to their countrys call.
There are, it proves, 100 masters
of hounds with the British colors. 5000
members of hunts and 1,5OO hunt serv-
ants. To them must be added the OF
ficers of the regular army who are ac-
customed to ride to hounds, likewise
numbering some thousands. The total
is an impressive one. 1t suggests that
the real attraction of this sport may
be that it is, as Jorrocks said, "a sort
of war"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25
TAKES WAR LIGHTLY
Russia Shows Little Evidence oil
Great Conflict.
Determination to Win and Break Ger
man Miiitarism Is the Spirit of the
Cars People-No End to
His Armies.
By SLOAN GORDON.
ndent of the Chicago News.

Correspondent of the Chicago News.
Petrograd, Russia-How the great
war has drained the human reservoirs
of France-how the boulevards OF
Paris are manless wastes; how the call
to arms has taken male Germans from
the farms and the villages and the
cities; how rare are men of fighting
age upon the streets of Budapest and
Vienna, and how, even in London,
there is noted a marked falling OF
in the number of visible male beings
all these evidences of the effects OF
international blood letting have been
set forth in countless columns in the
newspapers of America for months.
That the stories are true of those
German and Austrian and French and
even British centers there can be no
reasonable ground for doubt-the nu-
merous authorities attest their accu-
racy. But it may be set down that
this is not true of Petrograd. To all
outward appearances in this war cap
ital- there is no war There are evil
dences here and there of great mill
tary activity. There are daily drills
upon the public squares and there are
Red Cross signs in great profus1on.
But of men, or, rather, the absence OF
men-there is no such thing.
Great, mysterious, brooding Russia
the unfathomable Russia-goes
about her daily ways with noncha-
lance that is battling to the western
mind. Her streets are crowded-tne
streets of Detrograd and of MOSCOW
and even of Warsaw, where the fight
ing lines are but few miles distant.
Tens of thousands, literal hordes OF
men of all ages jostle and crowd along
tho famous Nevsky Prospekt from
morning until night and far into the
night. The hotel Hobbies are Jammed
with men and women in furs and
finery.
&c If always like this?" exclaimed
an American who has spent many
wears in Petrograd and other parts OF
Russia. in response to inquiry. WE'LL
lust about. wouldn't know there was
q war going on if it weren't Tor the
newspapers.
Russia he continued, is going
about this war business with an air
of confidence that / have never seen
before It is not quite the same con-
fidence that your typical Britisher dis
nlavs the sort we always associate
NTH the English and which has been
variously classed as builheadedness'
arrogance. egotism and pain nerve.
i is none OF these with Russia. 1t
IS merely concrete national example
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25
DODGE FOE MONTHS
British Soldiers, Separated From
Command, Have Exciting
Time.
Play Hide and Seek With Germans
for Nine Months, Cross Frontier
Behind Enemy's Lines and
Escape Into Holland.

Rotterdam.-There have just cross
ed the Belgian frontier behind Ger
man lines and come into Holland, six
British soldiers. These men were at
Mons, in the tragic days of August,
and were cut off from their regiment
In the great retreat. They crept
through the encircling Germans, and,
for nine months, have been fugitives
In France and Belgium. living in fields
and dugouts. They have passed
through experiences probably with
sut parallel, playing, through all these
nine months, game of hide and seek,
to have lost which would have meant
summary execution.
James Carrighan told me the history
Of the adventures:
"It was on August 26 that the Ger
bans got round us properly. Our
little lot of odd men were collected,
and went into one trench. The Ger
mans are surrounding US, said the
captain Then we heard the call to
Cease fire. sDon'= mind that, men,
said the captain "A German is sound
ing it.
'Se we kept plugging away. Three
times the Germans sounded the call
Cease fire. Then the captain stood
up to send four men out to the flank
He got a bullet in the heart and was
killed instantly. then took
command and gave the word to charge
We went at them once, but had to
retire A second time we charged
-- got hit in the hip.
''The third time, when we had an.
other go, it was pitch dark. We had
to come back again, and found there
were only seven men with me. We
were absolutely surrounded.
But we managed to hide in a ditch
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25

of what is really underneath the sur
face-a Russian individual character
istic. Your Russian is a fatalist in
great crises. When it comes to
something really big he settles down
to an imperturbable calm, shrugs his
shoulders, and takes his medicine"
That the general attitude of Russia
toward the war has changed since hos
tilities began is testified to by those
who have observed.
In the beginning of the war;" said
one of these observers, Russian mer-
chant with large interests in Petro-
grad and Warsaw, 1--WE felt that we
were fighting only to repulse an en-
emy-to prevent invasion of our ter
ritory. There was little show of bit
terness against the Germans. But it
is different now This war has done
more to make Russians think and to
draw them together than anything
that has ever happened in the histor"
of the country. Today there is fixed
determination to fight it out to a
finish and to end the probability of flu
ture conflict by destroying PrussiaE
militarism. That may sound strange
to those who have looked so long upon
Russia as military nation, but it
is nevertheless true. A new feeling
of patriotism has been born"
"And do you know" he added, much
as though it were a matter of course,
that it is impossible for Russia to
lose-for the allies to lose this war?
Russian resources of men and money
are too vast. Why, there are a mil
lion young men arriving at military
age every year. Russia could lose
million every II months, which is in
conceivable, and still keep her armies
in the field in undiminished number.
Russia can feed her armies, and never
feel it. All the blockades in the world
cannot affect US! We raise our own
food. and can and will make our own
supplies of every sort, if necessary.
We have the money, we have the
men, and, by heaven, we have the
spirit"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25

duced himself as a presiding elder,
having a large number of churches un-
der him.
He asks very cordially: What
might your name be-"
my name is Morris"
Where you be from?'
1.-THE United States" l answered.
'1 live at Louisiana"
Where is that?" l ask.
"On the ST. Paul river" Just then
everybody jumped up at the report OF
a gun and heavy splash was heard
as a large alligator, badly wounded,
Topped into the water.
Rev. Presiding Elder borrows my
fountain pen and begins to write Wig
orously. But only for few moments,
when he gets into theological boxing
match with several men, who l learn
are "Revs" also This title has pc
culiar fascination for many in Africa.
Everybody loves a title, and II one
who has Rev" to his name can raise
eight dollars and send to Texas or
some other place and get a I'D. D.,
he adds six inches to his coat-tails,
and his Importance and egotism grow
to the proportion of a foot to the inch.
In a Revival Meeting.
Friends meet me at the headquar-
tiers OF the river, and an invitation is
extended to attend revival meeting
in little church near by at night. A
serious young man was preaching
from the text, Strive to enter in at
the strait gate," etc. We were late,
and missed part of his eloquent SER
mon, but we heard him say: What
fo' you dun cum heah? Why yo'
gwine cum to dis meetin'? Is yo' po'
wanderin' feets in de way dat leads
to distraction? Is yo' feets on de
Rock OBJ Ages? Whar is yo' gwine
to lib fo'ebber? In de place whar de
Good Book say de saints am gwine?
Or is yo' gwine to be shut up In de
fire an de flames?
"Yo' must git all combusted toged-
der and seek de Lawd wifi all yo'se
hearts, an bring yo' piccan (children)
an yo' frens to de Lawd. Do 1t one
time Cat once) befo' it am ebberlastin'
| too late"
I thought he was sound In the faith.
What do you think?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25

Germans only six fields away.
I'VE dug a sort of trench along the
fence, to hide in. The farmer gave us
civilian clothes, and we worked for
him in the fields for three weeks, I'M
der the noses of the Germans Then
we had TO clear again.
1--WE divided into three parties. My
little party of eight got into field,
where we made a dugout. We lived
in this for a month, stealing out at
night to get food from some people
in a village close by. While we were
there a Frenchman brought us a no.
tice which had been stuck up by the
Germans in the villages about. This
said they knew where there were Eng
lishmen hiding in the district, and
that if we did not give ourselves up
we would be shot when we were
caught
I'VE made another trek, and then
lived a month in hut, which we
built in a corner of field. Then a
Belgian guided us to a village"
What happened to the fugitives af-
ter this must not be disclosed, as it
might implicate friends who helped
them to escape. Private Jenkins has
scratches on his face and torn
clothes, as a result of creeping
through the barbed wire into Hol'
land
For the first six months the six in
trepid fugitives wore their uniforms
under their civilian clothes. Said
Private Carrighan: 1--WE were de-
termined to stick to our khaki"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25

with some advantages in favor Of Al
RIGA.
Life is simple, placid, calm, and not
so complex. The work life is not
strenuous. The people do not rush
and drive as they do here at home.
If you try to hurry man who is
working for you, he will calmly tell
you: "One day be not all de days,
daddy" And you stand rebuked, for
you know he is telling you the truth.
Liberia Most Attractive.
Four and a half years ago the New
York Colonization society sent me to
the west coast of Africa to study the
conditions of life in Americas little
colored child over the sea, Liberia.
Morocco, Algiers, Senegal, Bathurst,
Konakry, Sierra Leone, Togoland,
Nigeria, Kamerun, East and South AT
RIGA are beautiful and attractive, but
the little struggling republic of LII
IBERIA is to me the most attractive spot
in Africa
Monrovia, the capital city of the re-
public, is picturesQuely situated on
Cape Mesurado, and is city with
abou' $4,000 inhabitants, many OF
whom live in beautiful homes, some
very costly. The cape and river were
named by the Spaniards, who, in the
early days of the slave trade, landed
a squad of armed marines there,
searching for slaves. The nativeS at
tackled them. A furious conflict tooS
place, and the Spaniards were over
come by the bold and warlike Deys.
During the battle, the Spanish, who
were beaten. cried "Misericordia!
Misericordia," (mercy! mercyD. So
the cape came to be called Mesurado,
a corruption of the Spanish Miseri-
cordia.
Liberia has a number of fine settle
menss, peopled by either colored
Americans or their descendants, who
have done a remarkable work in plant
ing farms, building homes and estab-
fishing a civilized community and a
decent government on the west coast
of Africa. They have been greatly
condemned by both Europeans and
some short-sighted Americans, whose
actual knowledge of Liberia could cas-
ilv be printed on che single sheet OF
paper.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25
II|lll(Rz p @'

The rivers of Liberia abound with
fish. and were it not for the series OF
fine falls or rapids, from fifteen to
twenty miles back from the sea, the
rivers might be navigable for hun
dreds of miles The woods abound
with game of many varieties-the vi
cious bush-cow, deer, leopards, ele
plants, civet cats, golden cats, mon
KEYS in almost endless varieties, and
other game In the far interior lions
and other big game abound.
About twenty tribes make their
home in Liberia. Tribal wars, which
depopulated certain districts, are be.
coming things of the past. Strange sc.
cret societies, which were at one time
a menace to all, are now losing their
power and hold upon the people as
education and commerce are going
of one of Africa's greatest curses
household slavery, or buying. selling,
loaning or giving wives--and will di.
minish the numbers held by one man,
1 am acquainted with one man who
has more than one hundred.
On a recent trip to the hinterland,
where / had been invited by King Mo
NAH, son of the powerful King Pom
oporah, as we sailed up the river in
the little boat, with our serious friend,
Solomon Hill, the owner and captain.
a clerical and solemn-looking little
man in a frock coat so long that it
reached to the tops of his shoes, and
whose collar and garb stamp him as
a preacher, came to me and intro
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25

tary training. Teach young men and
boys to be soldiers
where we stayed all night. Next morn
ing we found ourselves in little pad
dock, only two fields away from the
Germans, In the middle of their lines.
So we lay low all day.
Then eight Frenchmen crawled up
to us. We managed to keep out of
sight until most of the Germans had
gone on. We had most of the time in
orchards, and lived on pears for ten
days. We were then party OF
twenty-one, eleven English and ten
French.
AS we were desperate for want OF
food we decided to make for a vii
lage and fight to the last man if we
met any Germans. Just before we
left the orchards twelve Germans
and bayoneted them without giving
them any chance to surrender if they
had wanted to.
eve got to village, making our
way along the railway line and
through the forest. Here we all
lodged in a barn, and a woman, the
best soul we ever met, brought us
milk three times a day.
"The Germans, who were searching
for us, were in a horseshoe shape
round the village, and were closing in
on us. Private Jameson, a scout, and
a good one, took command. He got
us out, nearly under the noses OF
twelve uhlans. We got into a field
and stayed there for a month, with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25
Grim Humor.

There goes Scribbles, the newspa-
per humorist."
"A merry quipster, eh?"
He's a quipster, but seldom merry
The only time l ever saw him smile
was when there happened to be a
shortage of reporters on the local staff
and he was asked to write the obitu-
airy of a man he didn't like"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25
Prisoners Nav Fish.

Greencastle, Ind.-A fish pond prob
ably soon will be built on the state
penal farm, according to the trustees.
Deer creek passes through the farm,
and the trustees say they will stock
the stream with game fish. The trus-
tees say they want the prisoners on
the farm to have some recreation.
They are of the opinion that fishing
will be about as good as any.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-25

NWFa HE very name Of Africa has
"a been a subject of much discus
sion. It is believed that the
name is derived from the Latin
word ''aprica" (meaning
sunny, or from the Greek word "aph-
rika" without cold).
The nickname Dark Continent
has lost much of its significance. The
Bible long ago called Africa 1.-The Lana
Swallowed with Wings" Mr.. Henry
M. Stanley stamped it as the DARK
Continent. Another man called 1t the
Land Of Binding Sunshine. AS L nave
traversed it's jungles and pathways,
many times have called it the Lana
of Winding Ways, writes James X.
Morris in the Christian Herald. Wnen
the perspiration has flowed down over
my face and body until every thread
upon me has been drenched in che
warm, moist climate, / have named
the country "the Land of Natural
Baths"
Africa is a remarkably beautiful
country. It's coast lines are pictur-
esuue. graceful, fascinating, alluring.
It's seaport towns and cities are usual
" clean, pretty and reasonably
healthful. Equatorial Africa has, I'M
til the last two decades, been called
the White Mans Graveyard, but clean
living, quinine, mosquito netting, So
briefly and sanitary improvements
have made Africa a place where one
cannot only exist, but live in as much
comfort, take it all in all during the
year, as in the city of New York, and