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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Chamber Of Commerce
Notes

The new president, r. b. Orndorff,
is setting a pace that promises to be
come a record breaker; and wonder
full spirit of unanimity prevails among
the members of the new board.
1t is the policy of president Orndorff
and his associates to join hands with
all other organizations that look to-
ward the good OF a greater FL Paso.
This was strikingly illustrated in the
appointment of honorary members from
the Rotary club and the Adclub upon all
the standing committees of the cham
Der.
Another innovation Of president Orn-
dorffs is the weekly directors luncheon.
President Orndorff announced that he
desired the board to meet, as his guests
every Tuesday, but the, members unani-
mously insisted upon each paying for
his own luncheon and not permitting
Mr.. OrndOr1f to assume the burden indi-
vidually. This, BY the way, is the set
tied rule, past, present and future at
all luncheOns. dinners and other func-
tions given by the board or by commit
tees. Somehow an Impression seems to
have crept abroad that dinners were be-
ing given at the expense Of the cham
individuals attending have always paid
their way.
Before the year is ended the mem
bership ought to be swelled to 1000 or
more. The board is organizing sys-
tematically and intelligently. and Is pre-
pairing for the most aggressive work in
all the history OF the body. Many ap-
plicatiOns for membership are coming
in.
There are no sulkers in the tents of
the new board; all are aggressive and
bent upon making the organization all
that it ought to be-the most powerful
instrument for the commercial and civic
good of the city.
The work of the joint publicity bureau
made satisfactory progress during the
week. Acceptances have been received
for illustrated articles on the Made in
1l PasO" exposition from five large pub
LEGATIONS and one small newspaper: and
two articles dealing with the lands un-
der the Elephant Butte dam have been
published-One Of 2250 words, and one
OF 5000 words.
The joint publicity bureau is daily in I
receipt of letters of inquiry from those Z
who have read the matter published
under its auspices, about 200 having /
been received during the week. Nanv I
Of these are the second or third letter (
received from the same writer's. and I
contain declarations Of their intention /
TO come to this section and invest.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Letters To The Herald
communications bear the
Will be withheld If requestedl

; important OF complex the duties are no on
must hoiq an office longer than a specific
term which viii barely II at all, render
nm reaily competent to administer It to
I the best advantage. Then he must move
out to make room for some other favorfte
OF the moment. quite regardless or his
must be popular enough to secure ne re-
quired majority Of votes
Now. instead OF devoting as much time
/ az each new election to pointing out the
. failures and shortcomings which are inner
( ent, In fact foregone conclusions under the
ss--en, why could there not be a more
MADE 10 unite the citizens in a real bust
ness method under which all gains made
can be protred By and extended to their full
logical END. All failures traced to their
source and corrected in the logical way. NOT
merely exposed with the one object in view
OF getting one office holder out and another
IN. who almost of necessity will start ont
or END up with similar list OF failures or
s-iicsed failures at or before the end OF his
term. and so on ad infinitum with real EN-
cleneJ only a mirage OF the distant future
always being doubly paid for but never
attained under a system which in fact
makes real efficiency impossible
Is il not time FL Paso began to look seri-
ously into some Of the city management or
commission forms Of administration which
are securing real resultsg Having nrsr-
ideally but one political party to contend
with. something Of the kind should be par
licularly easy TO bring in and once in working
order would set il motion a sustained sys-
tematic pressure for securing the best re-
sulls IN the best way all the time. and press
Ing on steadily year by year to greater and
greater aims and successes would presently
leave every one wondering how they could
nave been satisfied with political patchwork
progress 50 long
This is not intended as a reflection on
any one FL PasO has. perhaps Jared above
the average under the system. certainly she
mas had many men in office who have done
their best under an impossible system Let
US not continue to waste the efforts Of such
Int find the man fitted for the need. nav
him well and give him the chance to work
out his result II 1t takes 10 years or longer
In fact. when he has solved the problem
and gained the experience which alone can
make him dependabiy efficient there is no
reason why he should be removed EXCEPT
when the time arrives that he can no Longer
secure results No business could survive
the popular election system which is used
20 run city business. Few business enter
prlses deal with such large questions and
sucn large sums as are involved in city
management, yet every successful business
must have the sustained interest and best
efforts OF its managers and they must not
De continually being pulled down BY IN
trained outsiders who want to try new
methods or correct what they believe to Be
Outsider.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
TODAYS ADJUSTMENTS.
'sTHE NAKED TRUTH.7

Fresh from its long run at the Can.
der tneater, New York, where it set a
new standard of phOtoplay excellence
Tor the picture patrons Of Broadway
and the white light district, comes
George kleine's The Naked Truth"
which VIII be shown at the Alhambra
theater for the last time today. The
Naked Truth" is a five part dramatic
subject based on the famous novel Of
that name by the celebrated french
author, Henry Bataflle
The Naked Truth presents de-
hghtfu story of life IN the Latin quar-
ter of Paris, leading the spectator
among the time honored haunts OF the
artists ana students colony. the sa-
Ions Of the richest and most fashion,
able Partisan families and the myriad
show places OF the gayest city in the
world. 1T gives intimate glimpses OF
the romantic life so Characteristic OF
modern Paris, the carefree existence
which has become synonymous with
the Latin quarter. The pretty girl who
plays the artists model IN The Naked
Truth" is not an American picture
player. as many suppose. LYDIA BOrelh
is one of the best known act
resses in Europe and was engaged
especially to play Lolette In iSe
big film drama. Miss Boreln
won much fame in the continental cap
itals last year by her remarkable work
in French rendition OF Fannie Wards
great American success, MADAM Pres
ident Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

n OMETTNfES a king is a fat loafer,
who sits on a golden throne in
- S1S9,S45 worth of clothes, costs as
much as 10 battleships to support, and
yells "Off with his head" whenever
he feels like il And sometimes he is
a very different sort of an institution.
The king business is not the snap
which it once was, by any. means. a
hundred years ego a King could lOll
around in cloud of courtiers, and
wives pro TEN, drawing a shovel full
of shckels out of the treasury every
day, and slamming tax on bread and
milk whenever he wanted a new
$1,000 900 palace in which to spend
the Fourth of July. He might be as
big a nuisance in his kingdom as small
poN and war combined. Yet no one
objected, and the only evidence OF dis
content would be piOus longing for
the opportunity to bury him with mag
nificent honOrs, and take a new chance
with another divinely appointed nuis-
ance.
However, with the general rise Of
modern fads, such as the ballot, the un
breakable constitution and the treasury
time lock. there has been a marked
change in kings For the last half
century kings have been working hard
er to hold their jobs than section hands.
No enlightened country would think of
harbOring n king nowadays who did
not obey the constitution and bylaws
of his country and show every anxiety
to please his employers.
The king of Italy is a fine example
of the modern or improved variety of
monarch. He is a young man of IS,
Victor Emmanuel III, ana was born in
his business. his father having been
king Humbert. When Victor En-
manuel was a boy he lived in a palace
and was salUted with reverence by wise
old men. but that was about all the
fun he got out of it. In order to hold
down his future job he had to take
degree, serve in the army,
acquire a large assortment of languages,
learn how to run a battleship through
the enemy in a scientific manner. be-
come a connOisseur in art, perfect
in diplomacy, finance. statesman
ship city planning. botany, scien-
tific agriculture, world geography. nu-
hygiene, red cross work,
and the habits of vol
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
BAD NEWS FROM MEXICO.

From New Y Ork sun.
1t is said that the diplomatic corps in
the City Of Mexico, that Is 10 say, the
representatives OF other nations than
the United States, is seriously cOnsid-
ering withdrawing to Veracruz, be
cause Of unsettled conditions and
scarcity Of food in the capital" The am
bassadors and ministers remaining are
in an anomalous situation. There is no
government in Mexico to be recognized
and the countries they represent are not
in a position to protect them. The
United States will do nothing for them.
From none of the factions In Mexico do
they receive any consideration. for
which reason they are not consulting
the United States about their plan to
retire to the sea coast. They often find
themselves cut off from the home gov
eminent, the Mexican telegraph Of
ficials refusing their cipher messages.
Protection of the citizens of their vari-
Gus countries in Mexico has become a
question of duplication to the Car
rama, Zapata and Villa leaders. In
short, Mexico is no longer a member
Of the family of nations.
Such a situation was never heard Of
before in country making any claim
to the practice of civilization 1t is a.
reproach to the United States and re-
Election upon the Wilson policy Of
"Watchful waiting" The European ma
tons that have interests in Mexico can
not intervene to protect those interests,
the South American nations do not dare
TO- and the United States although re-
sponsible for the Monroe doctrine and
its enforcement, refuses to intervene.
The struggle for liberty" as Mr.. Wilson
calls the partisan fighting and braWl-
ing in Mexico, is known by the name
of chaos to honest observers.
We by no means counsel the diplo-
matte corps to leave the capital or the
country, but il losing the last shred of
patience with Mr.. Wilson's policy, the
and ministers were to turn
their backs upon Mexico and wash their
hands Of all responsibility, what would
there be for the president to do but in
tervene in the struggle for lfberty2"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
MANY NEW PERMITS ISSUED
FOR SALOONS IN Ell PASO

An Austin dispatch to the San An
tonic Express says: "Twenty-four orig
inal liquor permits were granted to FL
Paso saloon men during the last 10
days Of the term OF W. P. Lane as state
controller. according to r H. Hum
phrey, liquor permit clerk under con-
troler Terrell, who has just completed
checking up the liquor permit book
This will be a surprise, as the general
impression was that controller Lane for
several weeks had adopted the policy
Of holding up all applications for per-
mits for action by his successor. EI
Paso now has approximately $50 sa-
looms
Less than a dozen original permits
have been issued by the present con-
troler said Mr.. Humphrey. The policy
Of the department IS to investigate
thoroughly all applications before is
suing permits"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
From The Herald rnl. Dat. 1901.

the absence of the secretary: Mrs.
Cooper, reported several hundred dol
lars on hand.
DR.. Wilbur Townsend and wife re-
turned this morning Mrs Townsend
IS well known here as Miss LaBelIe
Read, late librarian Of the public Ii
brary.
Among those attending the enter
tainment given Monday by Miss Grace
May Allen were: Misses Page, Shelton.
Beattie, Reynolds, Beall, Bewley, Anne
Martin, Margaret Martin, Brady, Aus
tin, Payne, Ainsa, Trumbuu, Jones.
Pollard, Falvey and Edwards
Fire almost totally destroyed the
main portion Of the Pierson hotel at an
early hour last evening, entailing a loss
estimated at $4,000. Il think the boys
did good work. said chief Frank Pow
ers this morning, despite the talk
heard on the streets.
Jefferson Reynolds, formerly presi-
dent of the First National banks Of Ell
Paso, Las Vegas and Albuquerque. but
who since his succession by his brother.
). 5 Reynolds, has been interested in
the mining business. has gone to In
spect number Of properties near
Deming.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

The Border Rifles will give their ball
tonight at the armOry.
7. Stolaroff left New York last night
on his way back home
p. w. Hail has been called to TOyah
on brief business trip.
M. 81 Zones and little daughter have
gone to San Antonio on visit
II. B. Stevens and party Of hunters
have returned from lake Santa Maria.
Mrs Gus Lee left on the Sunset lin
tied this afternoon for New Orleans.
Mrs J. II. Whited, OF Sacramento. Is
visiting her sister. Mrs. c. E. Mclean.
Miss Helen Shields. Of Los Angeles
is visiting her cousin, judge F.
Hunter.
r.. w. Elliott has taken brief va
cation and will return from Now Mex
leo tomorrow.
r. c. Borden returned to Captain af-
ter visiting his wife, who is spending
the winter here.
L. S. Rogers, one Of the owners Of the
PiersOn. lost everything he had in his
room when the hotel burned.
At a business meeting Of the WOm-
ems club yesterday. Mrs Clark reported
the receipt of thanks from a number
who had been benefited Mrs. Baum, in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

a CHALLENGE"
Editor Ell Paso Herald:
In your issue Of February 9. page 8, mayor
Kelly is reported TO have made speech to
Mexicans and negroes charging two Of FL
Pasos citizens with having tried to intro
duce prohibition into Texas. and saying.
4 fought them because I believe il is the
prero gative Of any man to go and take
drink when he feels so inclined" III he will
publish his defence Of that proposition, I
viii undertake 20 answer 1t.
With general application, I have this TO
say. The candidates for city offices are
to hold office by firing a lot Of questions
and answers at each other. In the speech
above specified. II correctly quoted, an APP
peal to passion and race prejudice Is made
ness to represent the people Of FL PasO than
anything else so far appearing.
There are some things OF vital importance
in this community on which the candidates
have not asked each other to declare them
selves It is true that the garbage and
sewage disposal plant is stencil in the
nostrils OF the public. but it is only fair to
ray that responsibility Therefor does not rest
exclusively with the present. city administra-
ton
But there is another cesspoOl smelling to
high heaven and IL Is located nearer to us
than the garbage plant refer to what is
commonly known as the red light district
There are a lot Of people in Fl Paso who
would Ike to know what the candidates
propose to do about It.
VIII they tell Us what they propose 10 do
about enforcement Of the liquor and the
gambling laws2
II criminal offences in registration or vot-
ing should develop viii they II elected. sup
port prosecution Of violations Of the cleo
ton laws2
plane and declare themselves on vital issues
confronting the community which they have
So far fgnored2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
HAVE NEARLY 1000 ROOMS FOR
CATTLEMEN; MORE ARE WANTED

4 second series OF Invitations 10 Inc az
demens convention has been printed and IS
now being mailed by the chamber OF com
merce. Prospective visitors urged to
write the chamber Of commerce at once 10
secure reservations for rooms The invita-
ton concludes; IT there is anything you
sec mat you want. OF anything you do not
zee that you feel you might want keen ,-5ur
eyes open for the Corral Bosses with the
~ Paso brand, who will be wearing the III
Paso brand"
Nearly 1000 rooms have already been
registered at the chamber Of commerce. hut
every effort is being made to substantially
increase this number so that there will be
no possibility Of visitors not being cared for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
CLINE GETS SO YEARS AS
RESULT OF DEPUTYS MURDER

San Antonio, Texas Feb 13-Cbarles
the penitentiary, making the 18Th man con-
yicted for the murder Of deputy sheriff Can
delario Ortiz September II. 1918. Three wero
given Hte sentences and the others terms
j. r. Rangel. said TO he the leader OF the
band Of alleged smugglers in the attenopted
capture OF which Ortiz lost his life is vet
to be tried
Ortiz was a member OF a posse in pur-
suit Of smugglers on tine Texas-Neeiran
border when he and former sheriff Eugene
Buck were captured by band Ortiz was
shot 70 death and Buck was tortured for
lvo days but finally escaped and is recover
ing from his injuries
Buck has been the chief witness for the
state in the prosecution Of men Indicted FOR
cODplcity in the crime.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
It Can't Be Dodged

PAsos greatest problem and will be until
H fuabutan other words problem Spanish speaking people Of
m moderate exceedingly the small wage ens and their
families No. u,, - consistently
question before the public n 0 d uatteng as before
cannot dodge the problem & M Itivs and
themselves their children their business T ana
The very highest @ s5eoTste with this paramount problem without
past the whole city responsible the wh1 f 5 y
problem divides itself into two parts First the heh
tuOus waste It is problem 81 waste s % besutv waste
property opportunity On the health ae Inc pe ought
to appeal thinking who to conserve and to create wealth 70
Try tn deny it. The recognize that
grave misfortune stihed and kept stied These people
our people they are here st sfs 09 sought ss amy
As Here few figures taken from i
The death rate in the English speaking section py vnl is
naual and artificial abundant life Allowing for
the large here in extreme stages Of Illness
and I DIE asF S.itS t n the tS Inta5 states
The city Minneapolis heathi city though excellent has
5 5d On census popSisHon figure were taken obviously lower the
With FL Pssos Q919 taking the most
fyoTao population T0 the higher figure tends
ns y St even on tb basis which probably
city LIMITS me os1 tTs whole poDuion Including nonress
5oI Tef estimate be used say 5000 ty limits fsi4)
the 30 for the whole population including
M P : comparisons double this 5 6n 6f. .s is
died Minneapolis
had only o deaths of u ass BBnea8o or saw ratio
PasO infant death IL
imes
according the unofficial estimate OF the city
troubles
approximately Minneapolis Again remind the reader
Chihuahuta
speaking colony that really from cubf
lem and tel himself he hss mo- responsibility
With these striking comparisons The will
briefly another phase
mistake to think speak the Chihuahua population
population Exceptional
relief
u Chihuahua population is self supporting
relief
other
constant
bills
landlord knows that they steady tenants and regular rent
providers either from
and children the city from regular remit
the Of the family
dollars
working
southwest of 1
states Did think Of this phase Of Chihuahuta?
is tremendously energy
power, regular
indefinitely developed but this brief partial
mo-
phase
in other directions for Chihuahuta
we'll will
prejudice
connection The Herald to look into the qualities
s
wisely will be
indnec international
not living opportunities
the losers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Meals SerDed BY Labor
Unions in Paris For Ten
Gents Elaborate Affairs

which the labO- unions OF the Siene
have succeeded in giving for six and
ten cents at their popular restaurants
are now quite elaborate:
At noon, soup, a plate of meat, a
glass Of wine and bread without limit.
AT night, soup, a vegetable, a glass
of wine and bread without limit.
For ten cents they give soup, uIate
Of meat, plate OF vegetables, a cheese
or a dessert, a glass OF Wine and an
the bread one wants
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
The Daily Novelette,
THE WAY 1T HAPPENED.

How beautiful the rivals were,
All dressed in brilliant hues,
One had her friIIs all done in green,
The other had the blues.
"HE trolley car was rambling along
amiably as the charming young
Il thing in Theodore blue moved up
three seats and sat 'longside Of the
charming young thing in woodrow
green.
EXCUSE me" began the charming
Young thing in Theodore blue.
Certainly said the C. y, t, in Wood
You are very fascinating" went on
the c. Y. I. in Theodore blue
The c. Y. t. in Woodrow green Dlusheo
on. j don't know" she said mod
estly
of YOU. Now I have been told that },
too. am fascinating, but never, never
has that happened to me Wnlch nap
pened to YOU as You entered the car
and 7 want YOU to tell me how TO make
myself so fascinating that it viii hap
pen to me also"
ITO what do you alludeE Querleu
the c. v t. in woodrow green
You got on the car just in front OF
me and I distinctly saw the conductor
pass you in without taking your rare
though ne was careful enough 10 take
mine, goodness knows. How do you
do it?"
ats very simple" explained the c. y.
in woodrow green. Il always ride III
the car that my husband is conductor
Of
And the c. Y, [. in Theodore blue, ter
ribly relieved to learn that il had not
been due to superior fascination, again
warmly thanked the c. y. t. in Wood
row green and returned to her own
seat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
THE BIJOU.

A two act Kalem production entitled
The Affair Of the Deserted House"
viii be the headliner today at the
BijOu. Ruth Holland, one of the Ka-
lem stars, does some great work I'm this
picture. A good comedy viii also be
on the bill The BHou shows only the
best
Sunday the BijOu viii show The IN
visible Power. in three parts. an
other one of those famous Sunday spe-
als.-Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Passing the Hat

AssING the hat passing forever busy at that! Oh
u struggle and strain all our eayoF hopeless and VAN;
gathered slender roll hoping to lay IN some IdWood
hoping purchase flour and sPud hoping TO pay oL e
passing the h Passing the be passing he hat
passing the fellow hs passing
passing tnat
bundle roll
lacking SOUL What the feet OF
children to what
vor GRANNY weeping demanding his dues?
who's ely passing the
crusade
passing the hat!
ps 1~lrSr rio Inv ceorre M Adams) MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
London's "Ne0er Forget
League TO Aid Soldiers
When Peace Returns

London. Eng. Feb. 13-London has
organized the Never Forget League"
Its purpose is to aid soldiers and
sailors who find themselves out of en-
ployment when the war is over. Thirty
thousand leaflets of the organization
have been distributed, and $1,000 per-
sons have already promised to wear
the purple ribbon OF the league, bind
ing themselves to support the men who
return from the front just as Loyalty
as they are supporting them now
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
The Kir.g of italy
BY GEC RGE FITCH.
Author OF "At EOOd Old siyTaHh.7

canoes. He has been king since 1900,
and is the hardest working man in
Italy. Besides keeping half a dozen
stenographers busy at his desk, he has
to head a rescue brigade every time
Vesuvius or Aetna spill over, direct the
army during war, preside at all nation
al gatherings and keep his son busy
learning kingcraft in good football
weather His only diversions are coin
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
FRENCH DEPUTIES PASS BILL
PROHIBITING ARSINTHE SAII

Paris. France, Feb. 13.-FraRce and
all French colonies viii go dry so far
as aDslnthe IS concerned, il the senate
takes favorable action on a bill passed
rlday by the chamber OF deputies for
bidding the sale OF sbsinthe. It is
planned to extend the prohibition even
tually to other lntoxicants Indemni-
ties viii be granted to manufacturers
affected BY the bill