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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
.RAVINE Of DEATH
WITH DEAD.
FRENCH SOLDIERS
Bloodiest Battle of the Oar
danelles Fought in
Kerevesdere.
TURKS USE KNIVES;
FRENCH USE TEETH

DERNE. Switzerland. Dec. IA
French correspondent in the "Re-
- vue Militaire Suisse" describes the
fearful battles which were fought on
the peninsula Of GallipOH between the
allied troops and the Turks. One OF
the chapters Of the gruesOme report is
devoted 10 the Valley OF Kereves-Dere.
the "Ravine OF Ieath." where more
French blood has been spilled than on
any other spot at the Dardanelles-
The correspondent writes:
THE Turks kept very quiet and the
night promised to be even more dull
than the day had beenS Towards mid
night an officer invited me to accom-
pany him in a little scouting expedi-
ton Cautiously We erept through
some miserable shrubbery- Everywhere
we saw dead bodies, singly and IN
the height and we were within gunshOt
distance from the Turkish position on
the opposite hills.
Rnvine Filled With Dead.
Between the two heights there was
a large black hole, kereveS-Dere. the
'Ravine Of Death I looked down into
the valley and shuddered- There, IN the
blush light OF the moon. I saw the
bodies Of thousands Of French soldiers
lying on the gray sand, men OF the
Foreign Legion, colonials and zouaves-
They were all heroes the officer.
my guide, said as he pointed down into
the ravine. From this spot they went
into the gorge under a fearful artillery
and machine gun fire Dozens, hun
dreds Of them fell, but like demons they
began to storm the positions Of the
Turks. Bleeding. wild-eysd and roar
ing with rage they climbed upward IN
til the fire Of 20 machine guns greeted
them and moved them down
q" In ten minutes more ulan one-half
OF the heroes were dead or wounded
When the survivors fell back into the
ravine the Turks counter attacked and
on the sand on the bottom OF the gorge
the most awful battle OF the war was
fought.
Fight With Knives and Teeth.
The Turks attacked with knives
and our men even used their teeth on
the enemy. Neither side gave quarter;
il was a combat TO the death and the
slaughter kept I'D until night came and
the darkness made il impossible to dis
tinguish friend from foe
Under a heavy shell fire We finally
managed to withdraw the remnants OF
our troops from the ravine and the
Turks returned to their trenches on the
heights The next morning We tried to
save our wounded but most OF them
had TO be left TO their fate, as the Turks
would not consent to an armistice and
shelled our ambulance corps.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Thousands of Rats Make
Life Miserable for the
Allies in the Trenches

London. Eng, Dec. 11-There is a
plague of rats along the British and
French lines in Flanders and France.
A soldier describes the invasion as
worse than the Germans" in a letter
which adds:
Trenches. communications, fields.
woods. houses. cellars and barns are
choked with them. They are beginning
to be tortured by hunger. and the
shortage of food makes them capable
OF anything The other morning 1 saw
q cyclist whose tires had been half de-
voured by a platoon of rats. The other
night some Of our men had their sur
gical first-aid packets, which they
keep in a coat pocket. attacked and
carried off. Woe to the man who goes
to sleep with a mOrsel Of chocolate in
his trousers, He will wake up to find
himself without his chocolate and al
most without his trousers"
The writer goes on to describe the
methods of warfare that are being
used against the new enemy. particu-
larly some O< the ingenious giant trans
devised by the soldiers for catching the
rats on a wholesale scale
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
German riUates Gain
Commissions; Barriers
Of Caste Eliminated

Berlin. Germany, Dec 1.-THE old
French saying Of the time Of Napoleon
that every private soldier carried the
baton Of a marshars in his knapsack
can now be applied TO the German
army. as barriers OF caste have dis
appeared since the beginning Of the
present war Promotions of privates
to the rank OF commissioned officers
occur daily and the army is becoming
more democratic
An example OF how bravery is re-
Warded is furnished by the case OF
Hermann Booming, a reservist from
Wiesbad. who had been discharged
from the army as a corporal two
years ago. When the war broke out
the young man Joined his regiment
and was made a sergeant Six weeks
later he was first sergeant, and in
one Of the battles in the Argonne for
est he distin guished himself so that
he was decorated with the Iron Cross
Shortly afterWard he earned the Iron
Cross OF the first class and received
a -lieutenant's commission. although he
has only a public school education
In July he was made first lieutenant.
and now he has been appointed captain
of the company in which he once
served as a private. His further pro-
motion is expected. as he has been
given command Of a battalion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Norway FaUors Modified
Form Of Prohibition As
Best Hid TO Temperance

Christiania. Norway. Dec. ia bill
restricting and regulating the sales OF
liquor has been prepared BY a govern
ment committee, and as it has the sup
port Of twO-thirds Of the members OF
the newly elected Norwegian parlia-
ment it viii soon be enacted into law.
Total prohibition has been rejected
by the committee as impossible to en-
force, and detrimental to real tenn
perance- But it is felt that the sale OF
strong liquors should be strictly con-
trolled Beer containing less than
three percent Of alcohol is regarded not
only as a harmless but q beneficial
drink. Light wines viii also be
favored. The strong drinks viii be
dealt with according to their relation
with the grosser forms of drinking
The teetOtalers. however. are not
satisfied with the bill as drawn. and
are trying to bring pressure on parlia-
ment Tor state wide prohibition. MANY
members Of parliament. to win the
votes Of the teetotalers. pledged them
selves TO extreme measures while per-
sonally favOring the moderate. These
men may be forced TO vote for absolute
prohibition because of their pledges.
with the result that the proposed bill
may be amended to a somewhat severer
form
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Thoughts OF Victory GiOe
French Unity OF Purpose

Nancy. France, Dec 11--"Everyoue' 9
thoughts are directed toward the VIC
torious termination OF the war, ana
that unity Of purpose alone suffices to
create discipline" said Monsieur Mir
man, prefect Of the department OF
Meurthe and Moselle, in explanation OF
what some call the new spirit IN
France.
Monsieur Mirman has become widely
known through the work he has done
In a dangerous post during the war.
He was director Of hygiene at the
ministry of the interior when the war
began and he could have retained that
safe post, but he preferred TO take an
active part in the great tragedy.
The last shots Of the battles Of Nancy
Or the battle of Metz as the Germans
call il. and the battle Of the Marine,
had scarcely been fired before Mon
sieur Mirman. in the wake OF the re-
treating Germans. set about making an
inventory of the damage in his depart
ment and the inauguration Of measures
Of relief, comfort and restoration Dead
bodies Of civilian victims were still
lying where they fell around Gerbe-
FiIlers and other afflicted towns when
this work began
The bombarded towns OF Lorraine
may be said to be wounded, not dead"
he said. in explanation Of the rapid
restoration of many stricken villages
to which the entire population has re-
turned 1T Is only the towns 10 Whlcn
the torch was applied that are practi-
cally annihilated. The houses of Lor-
raine villages are solidly built Of stone
and bombardments, unless systemati-
cally followed Up, damage without de-
strOying. Gerbevillers and NOmeny are
examples of another kind There were
few shells fired into these towns. The
buildings were Systematically set fire
by squads of German soldiers provided
with most complete incendiary equip
ment, specimens Of which we picked up
in and around the town afterWard."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
GALLIENI BARS
RED TAPEFR0M
FRENCH OFFICE
Curse TO Army Efficiency
Abolished by New War
Minister.
ALL ANTIQUATED
METHODS BARRED

DARIS, France, Dec. 11-Gen. CAL
1lieni. the new minister of war
- has thrown a bombsheu among the
army of minor officials of the war
department. whose devotion to red
tape has always been a curse TO France.
Rational businesslike ways are now
rapidly replacing a system which mere
ly TO cite a single instance, made it
necessary for a reqpiition of a pair
Of boots to pass through the hands of
IS different officials before the boots
finally reached the poilu in the
trenches.
These reforms. though they have
only Just come into effect, have been
felt at the front where there is gen
eral rejoicing.
Age Gives Way to Youth.
The change that has come over the
offices at the war department is ap-
parent al the very first glance. Tele-
phones, which a couple of months ago,
were almost unknown there, have been
put up everywhere and strict orders
have been given to make the most eX-
tensive use Of these TypeWriters
worked by smart and buslnesslike
young women have taken the places Of
the old Wielders of the goOseQuill, who
On the first Of this month vacated the
stools they had occupied for decades,
shaking their heads and convinced that
their departure spelled inevitable dis
aster TO France.
Gen. Gallieni has further insisted
that all the new female employees OF
the war department should be chosen
among the wives, mothers, sisters or
daughters of men who had fallen or
been wounded at the front In spite
Of the protests Of politicians. who
we're Mortified to see their patronage
disappear, the minister's order has
been carried out
Army Contractors Hard Hit.
Army contractors are in no less
despair TN the discharged officials.
Tor all Contracts are now carefully
zone over by experts who safeguard
he interests Of the state and all the
more important contracts are submit-
ed to Gen. Gallieni personally
Only those who have known the in
.redibIe red tape system, in force until
low, are able to understand what 4
wonderful transformation, saving time
nd money, and increase of efficiency
hese new reforms have brought a
lout-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

something erratic. especially as she
cared nothing for rank and title and
loved hard study and hard work of al
most any kind. She tried 10 evade the
marriage with prince George. going so
far as TO start a fire IN her bedroom
to burn up her wedding clothes. It
DESTROYED valuable paintings. rugs and
objects Of art. and damaged the trou-
seau. without. however. interfering
with the wedding It was said at the
time that prince George was equally
reluctant to enter royal maIrimOny.
being DESTROYS OF marrying a Munich
actress
When she was free again she en-
tered a Vienna hospital to take the
regular training OF any other prOba-
toner, Outstripping the others in her
class because there was nothing she
would not do TO succeed-sit up all
night with her books preparing for
lectures. assist at the most unpleasant
operations or go down on her hands
and knees and scrub out a hospital
ward As soon as war was declared
the emperor allowed her to take
charge Of a field hospital close to the
firing line.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

VYIENNA, AusF1a. Dec 11--An-
" other chapter in the romantic
life of the arehduchess Isabella
Marie. daughter Of archduke Frederick,
commander in chief Of the Austro-
Hungarian army. will soon begin when
she becomes simply Frau Albrecht by
her marriage with Prof Paul Al
brecht. a young physician He Is an
army surgeon and met his fiancee at
the front.
The archduchess is % Her marriage
to prince George Of Bavaria was an
nuled by the pope in January, 1918.
The wedding took place the year be-
fore in the presence Of emperor Francis
Joseph at the Castle OF Schonbruu,
prince George being the emperor's
grandson. the son OF his daughter.
archduchess Gisele, who is the wife OF
prince Leopold Of Bavaria, the victor
Of Warsaw.
Isabella Marie was forced into this
royal marriage by her father and the
emperor. who recognized the fact that
she was fast developing traits OF in
dependence character and might do
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Swiss Mail Clerks Tear
Up Money Orders Sent to
German Soldiers in Field

Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. IA SEN
sation has been caused by the arrest
Of a number of young Swiss postoffice
employees from the French speaking
cantons. These officials are accused
Of stealing and destroying many of
the money orders, packages and let
ters addressed to German and Au-
strian soldiers relief societies and
private citizens OF the Central en-
pires.
A large number of decoy letters and
packages addressed to Germany and
Austria were sent out from Zurich,
Berne, Geneva and many other cities,
and most Of them have disappeared be-
fore they reached the border.
Within three weeks u mail clerks
and other postal employees were caught
and arrested. Some of the arrested men
have confessed their sole defence is
that they acted from uncomfortable
hate against Germany. Two of them
sWore that they considered it their
duty as lovers Of France and Swiss
patriots, to prevent any Swiss gift
from reaching the Germans.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Jewish Soldier Captures 80 Men
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Uses Ruse and All Lay Down Arms
Solder

NLASGOW, Scotland. Dec. 11-Pri-
Yvate sam Wolfe. a young Jewish
soldier. whose home is at Glasgow,
had the distinction of capturing 80
Germans at Loos- This is the story in
his own words as told while on leave
here:
MY chief duty and concern was to
find a place where could signal
from, and I saw a small house Just
like one of our villas at home
entered the front door and ran up
against couple of Germans. NY rifle
was up and two bullets bowled them
over Then / went upstairs. and at the
top was another German waiting I
fired at him and had the satisfac-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
More Restrictions To Be
ThroWn Around CiUing
OfPdSsportS to Americans

London. Eng, Dec. 11.-More strin-
gent conditions will be imposed by the
American embassy here in future when
granting passports TO American citi-
zens- One of the members of the sec
retarial staff at the embassy has been
appointed passport secretary" and
will give his whole time to the work.
After the end of this year, no more
emergency passports" will be issued
by the embassy, and applicants for
regular passports will be submitted to
severe investigation touching their
claims to the privileges Of American
citizens
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Many Anf-Wdr AgitatOrs
Being Arrested in France

Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. Ire
ports received here from southern
France tell of wholesale arrests Of
socialists and anarchists for anti-war
agitation in many cities. The police
OF Lyons in two weeks arrested over
one hundred anti-militarists and in
Marsailles the number of arrests is
still greater Many of the socialists
have been sentenced to long terms of
Imprisonment and some of them win
be deported to the penal colonies. All
peace meetings are promptly sup
pressed by the police and the military
authorities
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
New York Has Reserve
Army for Emergency Use
Should Disaster Come

New York, Dec. 11.-New York city
is TO have a reserve police force OF ap-
proximately 5000 men This scheme is
the latest step in the program of ef-
ffeiency undertaken by the present po-
lice commissioner to anticipate the oc-
currence in this city of catastronhes
such as devasted san Francisco. Johns
town, or more recently cities along the
Mississippi river by flood. This force
viii be trained to the last detail and
Will be known as the citizens auxiliary
of the existing force.
Should earthquake. flood or any 9th
er calamity result in the total destruc-
ton of the city's telephone. telegraph
and other means OF communication. the
police 'wigwag' squad would be able
to keep every policemen in direct COM
municatiOn with headquarters
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Eleoen Thousand From
Old Cambridge Fighting
With the British Army

London, Eng, Dec. 11-Over II, 900
Cambridge men who are fighting with
the colors, according to the universities
latest war list Of these men, 614 have
been killed, 900 wounded and 123 miss
ing or prisoners of war Three have
won the Victoria Cross and others have
received medals for distinguished con-
duct Trinity heads the colleges with
$500 soldiers and Pembroke follows
with I.O52
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Captures

ton OF seeing him roll dead on the
Il now looked for a good window
where 1 could signal from, and seeing
a door OFF the landing pushed 1t OPEN
Ihen got the surprise of my siife- The
room was fun Of Germans. All were
armed I called to them to surrender.
understand a little German. and
warned them in their own language
that the house was surrounded This
ruSe was successful
They dropped their rifles and equip
ment and filed out OF the house. There
We're 80 of them once clear of the
house they saw they had been duped.
but a company Of soldiers was not TAR
off and ] marched my capttTes toward
them, and they were taken prison.
ers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
War Is GiDing Greater
Freedom, to Turkish Women

Berlin, Germany. Dec. 11.-Turkey's
participation in the war is bringing a
greater degree Of freedom to the Turk
ish women The Turkish ministry of
post. telegraphs and telephones an
nOunces that women are TO be en-
ployed in the money-Order departments
of the post offices They must be not
less than seventeen years old and IN
married The pay is about SIC monthly.
Daemascus reports the opening of a
girls school
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Clues FiUe Sons to the
German Army; All Killed

Berlin, Germany. Dec 11-Karl Pc
tersen. rector Of the gymnasium" at
Fensburg, has been informed by the
war department that his fifth and last
son, Lieut. Hans Petersen, wounded
near GTOdno. has died in the hospital
The four older sons of the noted edu-
Gator had already been killed on the
western front and in GalScia-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
King of Spain
May Make Peace.

DERLIN. GERMANY. Dec. lin
n comments on Henry Ford's peace
plan here, it is frequently stated
here that King Alfonso of Spain will
be a more acceptable intermediary
than any American.
While the United States is disIiked
1or lis sending Of large supplies of
war munitions to the Allies. the Span
ish monarch is liked better every day.
It is thought here that Alfonso has
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Revolt Spreads In the Italian Colonies
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Turks Supply Ammunition To Natives

n ERNE. Switzerland. Dec. ia
II Swiss engineer who recently re-
turned from northern Africa
writes to the "Bund" that the uprising
OF the natives of TripOli against the
Italians is becoming general.
Turkish agitators are travelling
through the country and preaching the
Holy War" In some mysterious way
the tribes have received great quanti-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

ties OF arms and many thousands Of
cartridges The rebels have taken =
number Of towns in the interior and
have driven the italian garrisOns to
the coast
A large army will be necessary to
suppress the uprising. The italian
government recently sent a force OF
10000 men. but at least ten times this
number VIII be necessary to put down
the rebellion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Germans Make the Prices Fit Income
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Rich Pay More Without Complaint

1.-The Homburg
n Ho have tried scheme
OF all classes OF
to fix the
in a
with
got the butter 40 had
cents =
the dsposes shipments aned from
Holland Denmark population
with this The quantity family
pound per a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
LiOed to Be I07 Years
Old, NeDer Drank Water

Rome. Italy, Dec 1.-THE story has
come from Lucisa Valdarno. near
Florence, that a woman, PaOlina Pelle-
grim, has just died in the house Of the
village priest at the advanced age of
107 years She was the curiosity OF
the village, for she professed to have
never drunk water all her life. confin-
ing herself when thirsty to wine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
GLENDALE BEGINS WORK
ON $4,000 WATER SYSTEM

. Glendale. Ariz- Dec 11-Construc-
ton Of Glendale's new $4,000 water
systm is actually undr way. a small
army OF men is engaged in building
A big concrete reservoir.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

been absolutely neutral and fair to
Germany The impression prevails that
when the psychological moment arrives.
Spain viii stand better chance of be-
ing heard than any other power.
Alfonso IS popular with the other
side. too He has received loo. 900 let
tiers, II is said, begging for his inter-
vention in favor of civilians or soldiers
made prisoners or condemned by courts
martial in Germany and Austria and Of
ten stays up late at night attending to
this work of mercy.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-26

The little ones are highly desirable
for fancy pickles, but the labor Of
picking them is greater than the har-
vesting of most other vegetables. To
the man with large family this dis
advantage disappears, as children can
do the work as we'll as grown persons.
Manure your plot few days before
plowing or spading. Cucumbers are
planted in hills, AKA or 4X5 feet apart
Four or five plants are allowed to re-
main in each hill. For the beginner
who is unacquainted with his soil and
does not know if his crop is to be at
, tackled by beetles, it will be best to
plant heavily.
One reason why many beginners fail
| in growing cucumbers is that the
young plants are not given the chance
to obtain quick hold in the soil. This
is the result of poor preparation and
the lack of proper fertilization. AS the
seed cannot be planted until the
weather is warm and settled the
growing season is shortened and this
quick start is essential. Prepare your
soil we'll.
The striped beetle is the prin-
cipal foe of the young plants. Fre-
quietly only one-fifth of them escape
the pest. Sometimes growers plant
pumpkin and squash seed extremely
early to attract these insects where
they may be killed before the cucum-
bers are planted Arsenic, kerosene
or Paris green faithfully combat the
insects when sqrinkled on the plants.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-26
THE BACKYARD GARDEN
(BY PROF. SPADE.)

To those persons who are planting
the backyard garden because the saw
ing of money in purchasing vegetables
is absolutely necessary, and to those
who have a vacant lot conveniently
situated, or who, by lack of employ
ment, need money, a small profit on
garden products is not unwelcome.
To plant vacant lot to cucumbers
for pickles is, when successful, one of
the most profitable pieces of truck
gardening that has ever been under
taken.
Ordinary town lots, statistics show,
have yielded as high as $100 in pickles.
This result is attained usually by d
careful selection of the crop and its
classification by sizes. The real small
ones, inch to two inches in length, fire.
quently bring as high as 40 cents a
peck. The larger ores, about three
inches in length, sell at slightly less.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-26
MISS MARY PARKER'S
PARTY

PARTY
Miss Mary Parker entertained the
N. D. Club with lovely party at her
attractive home on Taylor street on
Saturday afternoon. The tables were
riaced on the wide verandah which
was beautifully decorated for the oc-
scasion with bowls and wall vases OF
,pink and sweet peas and honeysuckle.
The pink and white colors were also
observed in other details of the re-
freshments. Those enjoying this de-
lightful party were Miss Catherine
Davenport, Miss Martha Dedman, Miss
Maude Sherlock, Miss Edith Jossey,
Misses Flora and Kathleen Denham,
Miss Lillian Cochrane and Miss Dosi1
Mathis.