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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
IS m INCONsIsTENTs

Editor FL Paso Herald:
On your page dedicated to the people,
in speaking OF the destruction and loss
Of life on the Lusitania, the statement
that the question has many angles.
and men must try to view all Sides is
very appropriate. You could have put
it that they MUST view all sides, and
no try about it.
While the whole world deplores the
loss OF life, we must not forget that
there were $500 cases OF cartridges and
a large quantity Of high explosive on
board With such material, IL does not
matter TO what nation she belongs 50
long as she was intended for an enemy
Of the nation that destroyed her, as
the safe landing Of such material would
have caused the loss Of many, many
times more lives, to say nothing Of the
manned and widows and orphans
We must consider also that she was
too fast a boat to give the customary
warning at sea; not only that there
ship that rammed a submarine this
alone would make her a ship OF de-
struction.
If we American. people would think
more Of saving lives and not killing as
We are doing, the world might be at
peace. / say that We American people
are killing and not saving lives-I
think you viii agree with me when
I explain Now to get down to what
was going to say: America has con-
trfbuted. and justly so. food and hos
pital supplies, to every nation at war
in Europe, TO say nothing OF Mexico.
But for every dollar Of food and cloth
ing and hospital supplies that have
been sent gratis. there have been SIS
or more in powder and balls shipped
70 kill and main the people Of the
nations at war.
When the great day OF judgment
comes who viii pay the penalty Will
the whole American people, or viii
there be but a few OF US guilty who
VIII suffer. and Justly so?
We use one hand 70 extend charity
and lift the people out Of the ditch,
while the other one is fined to over
flowing with hell and damuation.
How do you feel, brOther2 Do you
not feel that you are accessories 10
murder IN the first degree by the
Yea I would suggest that
all those that the Lord has blessed
with health and strength quit wearing
out their pants at the knees. grunting
and groaning, and get up and show
the world that the Lord Is alive within
them-Eet busy and do something The
Lord Will be with you then So long as
there is private traffic In arms and
ammunition among the people OF this
world there are going TO be wars and
revolutions and then more wars
Jean.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
COUNCIL ACTED
A5LAW REQUIRES
Under Texas Statutes, Any
Printing Contract with the
Chimes" Would Be Void.

eBaring directly on the matter Of the
letting Of the city public advertising
contract to The Herald. is the fact that
J. P. O'Connor. member Of the new
board Of aldermen. is q stakeholder and
director in the Times Publishing com
pany- Obviously if the contract had
been let to the Times, either Mr.. O'Con-
nor would have felt compelled to re-
sign his seat in the council or else
he would have been subject to prosecu-
ton under the Texas law.
Article 1Ss OF the City Charter under
which the city Of FL Paso is now oper-
ating, reads:
And no member Of the city council
or any officer Of the corporation shall
oe directly or Indirectly interested in
any WORK business or contract. the eX-
pense, price or consideration Of which
IS paid from the city treasury, or by
any assessment levied by ordinance"
etc.
This section Of the charter has been
construed in this state in the case Of
the Texas Anchor Fence company vs.
san Antonio, 30 Texas Civ. ADD 561 Il
5. w. 30L The following excerpt is in
point The law has in the strongest
terms, condemned any connection on
the part Of an officer with any of the
Indebtedness Of a city, and when he
violates its terms, he cannot claim any
of the rights or immunities OF an innO-
cent purchaser" And further: IN
addition TO Ihe inhibition in the penal
code, it is provided in the charter of
the city Of san Antonio that No mem I
Der Of the city council or any officer
Of the corporation shall be directly or
indirectly interested N any work. bust :
ness, contract or expense the consid-
Grafton Of which is paid from the city I
treasury etc.
In IS eye. $50 it is stated: a public !
office is a public trust and a trustee l
cannot contract with himself person |
ally, nor may a member of the council 4
or board vote upon a contract in which 4
he is personally interested" Munich,
pal contracts entered into with officers
Of the corporation in violation Of these /
fundamental doctrines or of a statute. /
or charter provision declaring such ]
rule, are void and ne action lies /
thereon
In the case Of Brown vs. Woolridge |
Tp. Street Lighting district No. 1, II 4
New Jersey law 70, IS Atlantic rs, the i
following language is used by the /
COURT a determination by the city
council in q Specific case based on a
which discretionary judgment was re-
posed in it, is so far judicial as to be
II any of the quasi judges who /
participated were disqualified by pri-
vate interest and the awarding Of the
public printing to publishing company
In which the couucilmen or their wives
owned stock. renders such award void"
And further. - contract entered into
by a borough council with an electric
light company, two OF the directors Of Z
which are members Of the council. is
Invalid, although such members voted
lgainst the contract" Kennett Electric
Light company vs.. Kenneth SquaRe. 4
Penna. Dist 7O7, Culp 105-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
French Soldiers Erect
Monument to Men Failing
On Battlefield OF Omcq

Paris, France. Nay 15.-Ihe first
general monument raised to the mem
DRY Of soldiers fallen in battle has just
been completed by reservists of the
engineering corps near Meux- II is a
truncated pyramid OF stone and ce-
meRt on a macGdam foundation Dor
dered with a mosaic Of broken stone.
It bears on a marble slab in front this
inscription in red letters:
TO the memory Of the soldiers of the
army of Paris who died upon the bat
tlefield Of the Ourcq. September, 1871"
another marble slab bears HugO's
lines:
Glory TO our eternal France.
Glory to thise who died for her
The monument stands on the ex-
IRENE edge OF the field where was
fought the battle that turned the tide
in favor Of the allies, and made posi-
bic the victory af the Marine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
ITALIANS THREATEN REVOLT
UNLESS WAR Is DECLARED

Rome. Italy. May 15.-Riotous dem
OnstratiOn continued in Rome Friday
night One OF the most violent out
breaks was an attempt OF the crowds
to approach the Austrian embassy A
member Of the staff OF the nationalist
newspaper Idea Rationale, hurled his
cane through a window Of the en-
bassy. He was arrested.
When the people in Milan heard that
the Salandra cabinet insisted on resign
ing. a gathering OF $4,000 men and
women protested with great violence.
There were cries Of Down With the
parliamentary Camorrai Death to en-
peror William" Death TO Giolittii
Death to emperor Francis sOsephl"
"Hurrah for the war; "Hurrah for the
revolution" Death TO all traitorsi"
The count Of Turin. a cousin Of king
Victor Emmanuel, left the royal palace
on foot He was recoEnized and Kissed
and a threatening mob surrounded him.
crying. Down with the monarchy"
Long live the repubhci"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
q signatures appendedl
ABOUT PROF. DERSBERG.
1Ta1-oea \ n Nav

MelrOSe- y. NJ. May Il
Editor FL Paso Herald:
Allow me. to give you the glad hand"
on your editorials devoted to the causes
OF the European war. In your editor
ials Germany gets some hearing
I see no reason why we should go TO
war with Germany unless IL be to eX-
pose England's weakness BY doing so.
/ cannot understand why Prof. Dern-
berg's status should be questioned Off
view Of the fact that he seems to come
with an olive branch TO neutraltze the
waters Of the seas.
Do you not think that this would be
an idea for the 'ChautauGua" man
who has signed so many arbitration
and peace treaties. to fall in line with
immediately Also Mr.. Wilson
This Of course would be against
England's starvation policy affecting
Germany. but il also would prevent
this country and possibly other cOun-
tries from being drawn into the con-
fict In the long. run this. poli-y
would be 10 our benefit. unless the
argument could be placed against it
which the Socialists use. that so long
as the present system Of prod 1ction is
in force there can be no peace.
1t seems to me it is going against
reason when government officials want
TO closely QUESTION man with an olive
branch. even though he came as an
Official representative Of the German
government What matters il who he
is2 II from the German government
so much the better L at lea-t shows
that the German government. be what
II may. is at least ready TO extend 10
us a way out Of our difficulties, even
though England be in the way Why
are we angry at Prof. Dernberge
Please keep I'D your articles for
peace. J. c. Lockeman.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
ARIZONA WOULD
ANSWER QUICKLY
Departments Plan to Mob
ilize State Guard Shows.
Southwest's Quota.

Phoenix. Ariz.. May 15.-In case the
United States should ever become in
volved in war, Arizona viii be required
to furnish 1850 soldiers. New Mexico
2O31; Texas 1887. Arizona today has
$50 national guardsmer. New Mexico
has 99S, and Texas has 1928
The plan Of the war department, for
mulated months ago, is to call upon
the state militia organizations for
100000 men when war is declared A
table in the office Of Adjt Gen. Charles
W Harris shows the details CT this
plan.
This table shows how many men each
state would be called upon to furnish
if the reQuisitiOn were made in accord
ance with population. ArizOna's quota
would be $50, which she has: New Mex
ico's would be 1925, and that Of Texas
1895.
Arizonn Would supply Regiment.
Arizona is better able TO respond TO
the call than is any other state, ac-
cording to Col Harris. The national
guard Of Arizona comprises - compa-
MES, each having from So 10 IS enlisted
men Col Harris believes that Il would
be an easy matter to recruit each COM
pany up 70 full war strength, IA en-
listed men It is a full regiment that
Arizona viii be required to furnish.
The mobilization point for the ma
tiOnal guard Of Arizona is Fort Whip
pie on the outskirts Of Mexico. The
New Mexico mobilization point is Las
Vegas and the Texas troops viii be as
sembled at Austin in case OF necessity
Could Mobilize IN "A Hours.
Col Harris says that the Arizona
regiment could be modified in - hours
Each company commander has blank
acquisitions for transportation and also
all necessary blanks for the purchase
Of supplies.
The naper strength Of the various
national guard organizations is $4,000,
but army officers estimate that not
over 10000 guardsmen of those now en-
listed, could be placed in the field.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Border Romance In Army
To Result In Marriage
OF CoLonePs Daughte,

a border romance in the army Will
culminate Sunday when Miss Dorothy
Morgan, daughter Of Col George H.
Morgan. Of the 18th cavalry. viii be
married TO Lieut.. J. W. Anderson, OF
the Sixth artillery.
The wedding was being quietly
planned for June by the two young
people when Lieut. Anderson was or
dered transferred to Monterey, Calf,
for a special assignment. As he was
ordered TO leave at once they decided
TO have the wedding at once and il
was arranged for Sunday at the COM
manders quarters at Fort Bliss
AFTER the wedding they will leave for
California, where they viii spend their
honeymoon at the fairs before going TO
Monterey
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15


Having been among the many con-
slant readers Of your paper for the past
nine or ten years, we want to say not
only you have the best paper in the
west. but that the writeup you have
entered each day in The Herald in re-
gard to the brutal act and heart rend-
ing disaster Of the great 'Lusitania"
and its helpless victims on her. is with
out a doubt the best Of any paper.
You have put men and women to
thinking deeply where, perhaps, they
would not have thought at all You
have spoken great truths that our own
people seem to be afraid TO speak.
cannot say how large a number Of
your readers I have heard express
themselves on this matter. We. among
many. hope that these lines which head
the last sheet Of the thoughtful Herald,
will cause US all TO think deeply and
remember the terrible, inhuman act
perpetrated upon the United States
And may our. heartfelt sympathy
ever go with the brOken-hearted wives
and mothers and each one whose home
has been wrecked by such an inhuman
deed.
fra- efc-,o Frrrae aurauGeG
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
SEBASTIAN IS ACQUITTED;
SAYS HE WILL WIN ELECTION

Los Angeles. Calf. May 15.-Charles
E. Sebastian says he is now confident
OF being elected mayor OF this city at
the election next month. He was one
OF the foremost candidates in the
primary election held recently.
Sebastian. suspended chief Of police,
and Mrs Lille Pratt, were acquitted
Friday night on the charge Of con-
tributing to the dependency OF Airs.
Pratt's half sister Edith Serkin- The
Jury was out three hours Twelve
ballots are said TO have been taken
Buy OF your neighbor. and he'll buy
Of you
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
JUSTICE COURTS.

j. IL beaver Ere1luAlEs
FL Paso Investment company to P L
Abel, forcible entry and detainer; filed
W. H. Fryer vs.. Fl Paso Times, suit On
account; dismissed
State Of Texas VS.. IeOquento, malming
bond fixed at S7-5o.
J. }. Murphy, Presiding.
State Of Texas vs.. u. S. Burgey, speeding
jury found defendant guilty and fixed fine
a. 50 and costs
State OF Texas IS. z. T. Weisman. speed
ing; jury found defendant guilty and fixed
fine at SIS and costs.
State Of Texas vs.. ". l. HudnalI. speed
ing defendant pleaded guilty and was fined
IS and costs
State Of Texas vs.. H. F. Pomereuk. speed
ing defendant pleaded guilty and was fined
IS and costs
State OF Texas vs.. J. B. Poteet, speeding:
defendant pleaded not guilty and was fined
s. and costs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
I'D BY THE PREsIDENT.

7
The presidents note to Germany is
masterpiece Of modern and proper
diplomacy. 1t IS not mere word Jugglery,
but is grim. and intelligently deals, at
this epochal period, with as grave a
subject as ever confronted the United
States.
The time now has passed for only
gentle manners and polite tactics as a
pink tea social, to prevail 'Watchful
waiting has ended. and the humanness
Of this nation collectively cries out de-
cisively, Halt"
Mr.. wilson's note is vigorously
analytical, calmly deliberate. and firm
" courteous Truly a human docu-
ment, and a definite one too. A pru-
IDENTIFY wise and altogether reasonable
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
THE SLEEPING GIANT.

Editor FL FasO Herald:
I wish TO thank you for the very able
editorial on the last page Of the paper
Of May 12-that is the whole situation
in a nutshell You say, "As a nation
we have lost the power TO feel a hurt
to our nationality. Nothing makes any
difference with US any more" This
should be said TO Messrs. Wilson and
Bryan and to the cabinet. not TO the
people For there is a rage slumbering
In the hearts Of a vast majority OF the
American people that will break loose
seem day and then true Americanism
will have its way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

Damn OIL Cushion Spring Insert company
VS. Borderland Auto supply company, ap-
pealed from justice Of the peace court by
defendant filed
James l. Mari & Co. vs.. Mrs. Emma Hig-
EinssH ". Higgins and Mrs H W Kelly;
suit Tor commission; filed
T. C. Billings vs.. Faustino Armendartz,
Eequestration; filed
c W Kngore vs. Texas & Pacific, suit
Tor $500 damages; filed
Rio Grande Valley Bank & Trust com
pany VS.. R. ]. Walsh, sun on note filed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
THE COURTS
lisF DISTRICT COURT.

-
* parte James W. Hardie, application TO
remove disabilities as a minor; filed
Ex parte Lena Young, 20 remove disahii-
ties Of corerture: filed
City OF Fl Paso vs.. l. E Booker. suit on
assessment and for foreclosure Of lien. filed
City OF FL Paso VS.. Z. T. White and Sonora
Realty company suit on assessment and for
foreclosure Of lien. filed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

IRISH SAND, WHICH Is BEING USED
Tor ballast by ocean liners owing to
the light earEOeS being sent here from
Europe, has been bought by a Bronx
contractor. The sand is being used
TO fill In along the subway excava-
ton in the Bronx.
MRS. EDW lRD CONKLIN, ONE HUN
dred and one, has just taken her
first automobile ride. On the trim
she saw for the fi-st time the sights
OF New York city and the sGreaf
White Way" of Broadway.
A JUROR WHO SLEEPS DURING THE
trial and does not know doctors
talk, in excused. and the case against
DR.. L. w. Pearson proceeds with II
in the box.
MAGISTRATE STEERS HAS RULED
that IL was not disOrderly conduct
for the Rev. J. W. Stewart to tell a
woman she cruises the devil"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
A GREAT PoEM

Editor Fl PasO Herald:
VIII you please publish in The Her
old, with editorial comment, The Pres
ent Crisis" poem by James Russell
LOWELL Lelieve Herald readers at this
time would appreciate it.
J. W. Jordan,
1101 Myrtle avenue.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
65TH DISTRICT COURT.

L. Il Williamson vs.. Texas & Pacific,
suit for damage to cattle shipment; on trial
Charles R LOOMS. administrator TO the
estate Of Rufus r Moore, deceased, vs. E
r. Bondurant; suit on note and foreclosure
Of lien; filed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
slTH DISTRICT COURT.

Josephine Crosby ct al vs. H B. Stevens
trespass to try title; on trial
Mrs.. Alice @ Wentz rs. Walter A Wentzs
DIVORCE filed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Letters To The Herald

withheld IL requesedl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
GENERAL APPROVAL EXPRESSED.

j. r. HammOnQSs
2909 T. p. Street, FL Paso.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-26
DIDN'T WANT TO
|. FIGHT SAYS TEUT
Deserfer Of Kaiser's Army Asking ion
Refuge Here Tells of Trials
OF the War.

New York. Nov. 26.-Heinie Schultz,
who says he deserted from the Ger
man army, was held at the Ellis Is
land immigration station today for in
quiry as to whether he shall be given
refuge In America.
Schultz, who arrived yesterday, q
stowaway on the Dutch steamer Moor
derdyk, says he fought at Liege, Ant
werp and at the battle of the Marine,
where he was member of the German
army division which was the first to be
ordered to retreat
Most of them were killed" he said,
Eve could not make out what we were
| fighting for. I hadn't anything against
the French. None Of US did in the
| trenches.
] Then I got card that my father
and brother had been killed. They died
for their country, if you like, but I
don't want to do that"
! The soldier said that he then formed
q plan to desert. He dropped out Of
the lines at User and fed to Lille
where he was given shelter for two
months by a French girl. Then he was
recaptured and thereafter assigned to
unpleasant tasks. he said While for
aging for cattle he hid in a cattle train
rode to Brussels and thence walked tc
the Dutch border.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-26
REPORT SINKING
GERMAN CRUISER
London Gives Semi-0ffieiaI Announce.
ment of Allies Torpedoing
the Frauenloh.

London, Nov. %, Q2:46 p. militia
German projected cruiser Frauenlob
has been sunk by a submarine of the
entente allies, according to a semi
official announcement at Petrograd.
says a dispatch to the Central News
Agency.
The Frauenlob is reported TO have
been sent to the bottom in the same
locality where the German protected
cruiser Undine. a sister ship of the
Frauenlob. was lost,
The FrauenIob was a protected
cruiser of 1872 tons and was built in
1901. A dispatch published in Copen-
hagen on Nov II said a report had
been received that the Frauenlob had
been sunk off the south coast Of Swe-
den. Her sister ship, the Undine, was
sunk, according to an official announce
THent, made in Berlin, by two torpe-
does from a submarine on the after
noon of Nov Z, while patrolling the
south Swedish coast Nearly the en-
tire crew was saved. The Frauenlot
and Undine both carried crews con-
sisting of 275 men each. The vessels
were 32S feet long. 40 feet beam and
had depth of Is feet They were
armed with ten 4.1-inch guns and
equipped with two 1S-inch torpedo
tubes. Both cruisers had a speed Of
81 knots.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-26
ARIZONA HOLDS
| FIRST HANGING

Phoenix, Ariz., Nov 26.-Final prep
arations were completed today for the
execution at the Arizona state peniten-
tiary at Florence of William Faltin,
the first hanging, excepting a federal
execution at county Jail, within the
boundaries of Arizona, since she was
admitted to statehood.
According to the attorney general,
Faltin's life hung on two slender
threads; an order of the court finding
him insane, and an order from the state
board of pardons for clemency or a
Ireprieve Neither OF these, he said
was probable. The execution was to
take place between 10 a. m. and 4 p m
and Warden Sims declared today that
he would hold II off until the last mo-
Iment Faltin was convicted Of muir
der.
William Faltin, condemned to hang
today, was declared insane by two ply
sicians at Florence prison today. but
Wiley Jones, attorney general, and
fellow members of the state board Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-26
.NICEKL AND DIME
CONCERN IS SUED
Mrs. Theresa Mayer and C. W. Lundahl
Of Moline File Attachment Suit
Against Peoples Store.

Mrs. Theresa Mayer, executrix Of the
Nathan Mayer estate, and C. ". Lun-
dahl today fled an attachment suit
against the Peoples Five-and- Ten
store, Fourth avenue and Fifteenth
street, Moline, in the city court of
Judge G. O. Dietz
Filing Of the suit is the aftermath Of
"a dispute in regard to payment Of
rent, it is understood. The plaintiffs
aver that the proprietors of the store
accepted a lease on the building and
were to pay $3.50 d month rent for one
year and 5000 a month after that year.
In the meantime the corporation
that controlled the store has been re-
organized and the officers of the con-
Germ are said TO have refused to pay
the rent under the original lease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-26

many bad breaks kept his average
down and in one game alone he se-
cured eight straight splits. establish
ing a new mark for the alleys. His
highest score WAS 242. Hamlet was
Just hitting his stride late this after
noon and will improve his average by
tonight. DR.. Carl Mueller beat Ham
let in two games between ! and this
afternoon. shooting 254 in one OF the
contests. Hamlet rolls for Il hours
without stopping for rest or anything
to eat. IN Davenport he set a new
mark, averaging 20e for Sc games.
Last year Hamlet rolled for Sc hours
continuously, playing 1876 games and
averaging ITS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-26
ORION.

George Richardson returned home
Monday from Anarga, H.. where he
has been for the past three months
learning the cigar making business.
Mrs. Martha Jacobson OF Watega
is visiting at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. E. Moore.
DR.. Robh Of Rock Island was called
in consultation with Drs. Long and
Gustafson of Orion Wednesday to pass
upon treatment for removal Of the
right eye Of Mrs. Miles D. Keel. The
eye has been blind for some time and
Of late has been most painful. The
result Of the consultation was that
treatment would be given at least for
a time to save the removal of the eye
Ii possible.
Mrs. J. r. Goddard was in Fayette,
Iowa, to spend Thanksgiving at the
Edward Duffield home.
Sidney Conoyer Of Madison, Wis.
is spending Thanksgiving holidays
with home folks.