El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-28
LIT TIE
INTERVIEWS

L"HE accident of Tuesday night
on Montana street, when
Warren Williams was crushed
to death by an automobile, may serve
to awaken - raso to the laxity of
! the enforcement Of the ordinance reg
/ ulsting speed within the city limits.
If it does, IL VIII really make a mar
tyr OF the dead man." said T. c.
Spencer. Ever since ] have been here
I people have advocated an ordinance
I which would make it necessary for
! drivers of autos to be of a certain
( age and TO have a license that could
! only be obtained after passing a rigid
! examination If the streets were
/ properly patroled it would put a stop
/ to the speeding thai has been going
, on since the policeman was removed
] In other cities, many of which are
! smaller than Ell PasO, it is necessary
+ for person to have license in order
/ to drive & car. And there is no rea-
I son why FL Paso should not require
! the same thing. At present boys still
( drive machine and, unless the boy is
veTys unusual, he is far from cool
headed at that age"
! 81 arrived in FL Pasc Sunday night
. and found the sidewalks and streets
covered with ice so deeply that I was
Very much surprised by s o'clock Mon
day morning to see nearly all of the
ice had been cleaned from the walks
and streets. said II. Keith, of Ste
phenville. Tex I saw a great many
men cleaning the streets. This shows
} progressiveness. You people must GER
tainly have a good city administration
This is my first visit to FL PasO and
/ think FL Paso has the best hotel
facilities and paved streets of am city
in the United States OF 100000 popula-
ton. II am in the mercantile bust
ness, and I am so much impressed
Il Il a-.rH -.E
Paso that l am thinking very serious
" Of some day locating here" Mr.
Keith viii be posted on the FL Paso
news for the next six months, rs he
subscribed for The Herald for that
period.
There may be excuses for disfran-
chised citizens who do not wish to
become American citizens. but there
Is no excuse of any kind for the man
who deliberately diSfranchises himself /
by refusing to pay his poll tax" said /
c. A. Kline. Tine paying of poll taxes !
is non partisan affair and is SO re- (
SGrded by both parties. I am con- 5
vinced that the candidates on both 4
sides are anxious to have every man I
pay his poll tax ana vote. whether he
votes for one ticket or the other. A /
citizen who will not even take the J
trouble to pay his poll tax is not en- /
titled to even an opinion on how the [
affairs Of the city are conducted"
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The German government is doing /
al in its power to aid the women and /
children who have been rendered al
most destitute through the fall Of /
Using Tau" said Max Weber. The 1
husbands, fathers and brothers of
these women and children were either
killed or captured and those dependent
on them were left to shift for them !
selves. The government Immediately
took steps to make their lot as COM
Portable as possible and arrangements !
have been made not only to return !
them all to Germany. but 20 provide (
for them when they arrive. Every
German is thoroughly convinced that /
the Japanese occupation Of the port is
but temporary"
IN order that the high school may
conform to the entrance requirements
Of all the colleges and universities, the
70 minute period has been introduced
into the afternoon school work" said
principal A. H Hughey. Periods of
this length are used for the morning
lessons. but the afternoon periods had
hitherto been 40 minutes in length. As
the university of Chicago, and other
institutions of equal standing. require
a 45 minute period in all subjects the |
teachers of the high school volun-
tarily agreed to work longer in the
afternoon sessions"
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'AIOst of the scenic attractions of !
America are in the west, yet because |
Of their inaccessibility many Amer !
leans will never be able to see them"
said Mrs. Henry Warren. America has
scenery that surpasses the natural |
scenery Of Europe, but in Europe there
are the advantages of wonderfully kept
roads for all such places that are not
reached by rail The coming Of the
automobile has done more to awaken ]
America to the need Of good roads than
anything else"
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Now that the court house bonds
have been sold and we are assured of (
100000, it is not too early to begin |
for the building Of the !
structure said J. NJ WalIing. county / ]
commissioner from Sierra Blanca. 1T ! 7