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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08
NEW MExICO's ASSESSED
VALUATION IS DECREASED

assessed valuation of New Mexico prop
erty as shown by the 1914 tax rolls re-
ceived by the travelling auditor is S272,-
775,145 . The one-third on which taxes
are collected amounts to S9O,925, O49,
The total valuation is $2,500,0OO less
than last year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08
IT ALL DEPENDS.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am a soldier, rs years old. Six
months ago 1 made the acquaintance
of a young woman. I love her very
much and am not bashful, but as l
have five more months to serve in the
army, / have not the nerve to ask her
the important question. Would you ad-
wise me to wait until I am out Of the
army or how can I win her love now?
She likes me, but I don't know If she
loves me. If I wait five long months
I am afraid someone else viii come
and take here away. A Soldier.
If you have any prospects Of Sc
curing a position that would enable
you to support a wife, after you COM
plete your army enlistment go to her
now and propose. If you have no such
prospects; if you have no trade that
viii bring you an income sufficient to
support her. do not talk to her Of mar
riage. A betrothal under such ciCe
cumstances would be a disaster. Neither
Of you would be happy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08
SOLDIER SHOOTS AT MOON.

A. ". Yochum, said to be a private in
company F, goth infantry, was arrested
by the police Wednesday evening on
the charge Of carrying a pistol and
firing 1t in the city limits. He took a
number Of shots at the moon while on
South Oregon street, the police say.
Jose Flores was arrested Wednesday
evening for carrying a dirk and Fer
nando A. Franco was docketed at the
police station on the charge Of carry
ing 3 pistol,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08

troops who have been guarding the
strike zone. The first message from
the state military station here will be
flashed to Denver tonight A militia
officer is in charge. A station will
be erected at Walsenburg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08
COLORADO COAL FIELD IS
COVERED ny WI

Trinidad, Colo, Jan. S.-Arrange-
ments have been perfected to cover the
southern Colorado coal field by wire
less upon the withdrawal of the federal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08

Subscribers failing to ge' The Herald
promptly should call at the office or
telephone No. 2030 before $3.50 D. m.
All complaints vii receive prompt
attention.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08

I attribute being cured
Of stomach trouble through
taking Duhy's Pure Malt
Whisky as directed. I
noticed your advertisement
n a local paper and con-
eluded to give Duffy's Pure
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curist, having entirely over
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Miss Frances N. Lutz, 36Ig
n, 18th St., Philadelphia. Pa,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08

Ihays been using Dufy's
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eralyears and am stin using
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08

'"''flar7A- Simpson
I have used Duffy Pure
Malt Whiskey a great many
years, and I hudit gives ne
great strength and a good
appetite. Iamnow 102 years
old and in very good health
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GraW St., Brooklyn, NJ,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-08
.Ieet HeIen'E.

The man with her was looking at
her careIessly as she lent over a cock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

known, and England, six months too late,
began to mobilize her industries. But the
spring had passed, the drive was impos-
sible, and Germany had turned east to
dispose of Russia. This she never could
have done had Kitchener's million been
ready or British supplies of munitions
comparable with French. From June to
late September the war in the west has
been war of outposts and snipers, save
for On occasional French dash in the
Vosges. Meantime, British ammunition
has been accommodating and British troops
on the Continent have been increasing,
until they have now passed the 100000
Il ark.
Turning now to the geography Of the
western front, it is simplest to begin by
dividing this whole front into few Sec
tore and discussing these In turn. These
sectors are Ypres, Arras, Aisne, Cham
payne, Argonne, Verdun, Lorraine and
the Vosges. OF these only the first four
arc interesting at the moment.
The Geography Of the Western Front.
10 begin with the Ypres sector: This en-
tends from the North Sea at Newport to
the canal at La Bassee. On the west any
offensive operation is impossible because
of the inundated districts, which the Bel
gians flooded to check the Germans in the
Battle of the User. About Ypres the Ger
mans have crowded the British down hill
and hold all the slopes. To the east, in a
wide circle, the forts Of Lille. dismantled
by the French and rebuilt by the Germans,
close the road. To the south the Aubers
Ridge. east of Neuve Chapelle, and the
works at La Bassee offer obstacles that
have blocked all attack.
In the narrow gap between the User
and the Lys, east of Ypres, it is concely-
able that the British might make an ad-
vance, but they would encounter num-
Der of fortified lines and their efforts
would not menace the main position of the
Germens in France, which Is the first
objective. To ATTACK Lille IS impossible,
because the French would oppose bonn
bardment destroying the town. Hence the
operations between the sea and La
Bassee Canal have been of little moment
since the British failed at tho AuberS
Ridge in the spring
But 70 the south from La Bassce
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

on a four-mie front at cost to Britain
of more than she paid in her own blood
for Waterloo.
Long afterward, partly in Sir John
French's candid statement, partly in the
comment of the critics, the fact was re-
vealed that the British had almost won a
swinging victory, but that the cost Of the
local triumph had been so great that
given the numbers they had they could not
pay the price of a new effort. A few
attempts TO the north, ending in the
momentary possession Of Hill No. so, were
but the prelude to the next great effort.
The Spring Drive.
Late in April the Germans, using poison
gas for the first time, suddenly crashed
through the line at the point where French
and Canadian troops touched, overwhelmed
the French, outfanked the Canadians,
rolled up the whole British front and al
most reached Ypres. They failed, but the
extent of their temporary success dis
closed 10 them and TO the observing every.
where the plain fact that Kitchener's
million was a myth, that British munitions
were inadequate, that the spring drive was
never to come.
Finally, in May, the last bid for a spring
gain was made. The French, under Foch,
the brilliant strategist who had won such
renown at the Marine, after lombard
ment in which 100000 shells were used in
a brief time, swept east north Of Arras,
took a number Of villages, crowned the
Iorette Heights. and were almost at the
splorbs Of Lens. But again British
failure came TO mar the possibility of a
major success.
In this operation the part assigned to
the British was TO make an attack upon
the German lines about La Bassee, to hold
in them the reserves that might otherwise
10 sent south TO repulse Foch. After a
brief bombardment, all they could make
with their scanty store of ammunition.
The British attacked. The French had won
several miles with the loss of few thou
sand; the British were driven back to their
works with the loss of above 10000. Then
they were done, and the German reserves
were sent south TO check Foch, and they
performed their work well.
After this came the great munitlon
scandal in England. AZ last the truth was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03
The Vital Railroad.

Could the French push north from their
line about Souain six miles-that is, from
the point which they held when the pres
ent drive began-they would cut the Chal-
loronpe- Bazancourt Railroad which sup
plies the whole German front from
Rheims TO the Argonne. They would in
sert a wedge between the Argonne and
Rheims armies and they would threaten
the flank of each. Another successful
nush and the Germans would be compelled
to Quit the Rheims forts, and the Crown
Prince would have to give up his year
long struggle in the Argonne and between
the Meuse and the Moselle for Verdun.
East of this Champagne plain. where
the Republican army defeated the Prus-
slams at Valmy and ATLAS host was
crushed, is the long ridge of the Argonne,
a dozen miles wide, covered by dense for
ests and penetrated by few roads. In this
the Crown Prince has been fighting for
months trying to get six miles south to
cut the Paris-Nerdun Railroad at St.
Menehould and Isolate Verdun from the
west. The country here precudes any
great drive, As his operation has shown
Eastward the trenches in front of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03
A German Gibraltar.

From the Somme to the forts OF Rheims
that is. at the elbow of the German po-
sition-the line CT The Teutons seems inn
pregnable. II rests upon that range of
hills, the Champagne hills Of the geog-
raphy. which rise just 10 the west of the
Disc and face west, from Noyon north. Be
yond the Disc they continue east, north of
the Aisne to Berry-au-Bac. Thence the
German position extends 10 the Cham
payne plain across the eastern forts OF
Rheims. This position was strongly for
tilted By the French in other years, but
their forts we're dismantled in the great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

retreat and the Germans have reoccupied
them and rebuilt them. Back of these
hills three trunk lines reach north to Bel.
GUM, while cross line makes it easy to
rush troops from east to west.
Here the Allied pursuit of the Germans
was held up after the Marine. Here the
Allies were repulsed in the Battle of the
Aisne and later in the French offensive
north of Scissors This position seems
impregnable, and against it the French
have directed no serious attack since last
winter. The best evidence points to the
permanent abandonment by the Allies OF
any hope of storming this position and
n the belief that the Germans can only
be turned out Of it.
East of the Rheims forts and between
them and the Argonne is thirty-mile
front. which offers the attacker the best
opportunitv 10 be found on the whole
western front. There are no natural OBJ
stacles, the country is fairly fiat sparsely
populated. thus removing the objection
that French artillery must destroy French
cities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

Canal to the Somme River, on front OF
perhaps forty miles, with Arras as the GEN.
trail point, is an attractive place for an at
tack. In May and June the French cleared
the Lorette Heights and pushed east to
within four miles of the important rail-
road and mining town of Lens. A drive OF
a few miles east would put the Allies
astride the main highway, from La Bassee
to Lens and Arras, which the Germans
use for reinforcing their lines. 1t would
win Lens, the most important railroad
centre from Lille to the Disc, on the Ger
man front.
II Lens Falls.
AS the British hold Armentieres, such a
push to Lens would transform La Bassee
into a dangerous salient and might compel
the Germans to retire from it. Behind
Lens there is no really good standing
point. regard being had TO railroad COM
munications, until Douai and Cambria are
reached. If the Allied advance could be
pushed to this point then the whole west
ern side of the German elbow in France
and Belgium would be threatened because
the French would be almost in sight of the
lines which supply the Germans far to the
south along the Disc. the upper Somme and
the lower Aisne.
The possession of Lens would give the
Allies control of one of the most important
trunk lines from Paris to the north by
Amiens, Arras and Lens. Here, then, is
front which offers local and ultimate pos
sbilities which are patent when the map Is
consulted. There is 10 considerable nat
ural obstacle TO hinder the advance, and the
dominating heights are already in French
hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03
Another Polish Salient.

Now with this hasty glimpse of the
geography of the front in mind, it is clear
that the Arras and Champagne fronts are
the only points that offer real promise of
profit, local or ultimate. local success
in the Arras sector would win Lens, it
might clear the Germans out of La Bassee
and it would threaten the whole German
position south of the Somme, because it
would take the Allies close to the main
railroads OH which the Germans depend
Exactly in the same fashion a local sue
cess in the Champagne sector would re-
levs the stricken city of Rheims, imperil
the flank of the Crown Prince, fighting TO
isolate Verdun, and it might be pushed
far enough north-that is, to the Aisne
about Rethel-to menace the eastern
trunk line which supports the German po-
sition in the Aisne sector.
Recall the Polish campaign of the Ger
mans, and the point will be clear. linden
burg and Mackensen were striking at the
two ends of the Russian position, which
extended in a wide curve from the East
Prussian to the Galician frontiers. They
had been halted in a frontal attack at the
middle of the curve before Warsaw as the
French and British were halted at the
Aisne, which corresponds to the Warsaw
front.
In August they attempted TO turn the
Russians out of Poland by converging at
tacks, which were directed at the railway
lines behind the Warsaw front. The Brit
ish and French in the Arras sector, the
French in Champagne, are making a con-
yerging attack wholly similar. A prog
ress of score of miles on either front
might compel the Germans to straighten
their lines. as Nackensen's success at Lub-
lin forced the Russians to abandon War
saw. Such AN operation would mean the
retreat to the Belgian frontier and the
loss of all but a thin strip Of the French
territory now held.
Take any map of the war districts Of
Belgium and northern France and from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

forts Of Verdun, the heights Of the Meuse
and Woevre offer serious obstacles, and
there is small chance Of any major sue
cess, because to the east lie the permanent
forts of Metz, barring the road into Ger
many. For present purposes the Vosges
and Lorraine fronts may also be disre-
garded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

Copyright. t'is. Oy Ia. N.s YssA sssssAA4
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23
Nc" Patriottsm, mo- F4onor'
or sSGlory''; Only Death,
Misery and Ruin in the
War; Conceptions of 1873
EIsZs43
Exhibitors.

" REAT paintings aud great
sculpture exist which on the
face o! them glorify war. But
tina, I'd no, the impression OF war
which exists In the minds OF the
young scuiptors Of to-day. You have
merely 20 glance at the reproductions
on this page TO see that quiet plainly.
Out OF the works OF one hundred
and twcnty.three young sculptors all
dealing with the common subject
war-not one attaches TO war an
atom OF glory. or merit, or even OF
excuse. Each exhibit in its own
way pictures var as q horror. an
uumitigated wrong and abomination.
Yet there was no concerted under
standing TO this effect. These works
are the result OF 4 competition for
prizes in money and honorable men.
ton. The stipulated subject was war
tina, was ali. Every competing
sculptor was at liberty 10 visualize
his own conception OF war, and was
no; Influenced in any way concerning
conception, design or execution. In
fact such thing as testing the
ethical ideas about war held by
group OF young sculptors was no
part OF the programme or aniicipa.
tons Of the members OF the COM
mittee organizing the competition
and the public exhibition Of its clay
and plaster results.
The assembling OF the competitive
works for public exhibition at the
Reinhardt Galleries, New York, on
April 26 contained the first intima-
ton that these young sculptors had
expressed themselves unanimously
icr peace by unanimously depicting
tie horrors and denominations Of
war.
The competition and exhibition
were under the auspices of Friends
OF the Young Artists" with Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney, j. W. Alcxan-
der, Thomas Hastings, Henry Mosler,
Edwin Blashfield, Luis Mora, James
f. Fraser, William Ordway Partridge
and Jonas Lie on the jury of awards.
The subject, war, was chosen by
Daniel Chester French. There was
q first prize OF 5000, given by Mrs.
Helen Foster Barnett; a second prize
OF $50, third of 500 and ten prizes
OF S25 each given by Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney.
The competitors we're given just
three weeks in which to execute their
conceptions OF war. or the one hun.
dred and twenty-three who we're on
time with their works, twenty-six
were women. The women competi-
tors show by their exhibits no more
deep-seated horror Of war than do the
men. Both men and women show
their sympathy with the mothers
whom war bereaves and often rem
ders destitute.
Irene Marcellus produced a group
called His Last Letter Home" show.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23
Why Sons Born to Elderly Fathers Are Long-Lived

rE7HE common Impression is that children born to
\ young parents are lustier and apt to be longer
lived than those born when their fathers. es-
pecaly well along in life According to statistics
analysed by Casper l. Redheld in his study OF the
Evolution" published by G. p Putnams Sons, New
York and London, the contrary is true
The argument in support of this contention u.s.
briefly this: Daring the period OF growth there is
rapid cell division, which is natures method OF pro-
ducng more cells, without which there would be no
growth The theory is accepted by biologists that the
distribution of cell energy should control the dstrbu
ton of cell energy in the offspring Accordingly if
child is born during the period when cell division and
cell energy at their maximum in the parent, then
rapid cell division will he dominant in the offspring;
while IL the birth occurs after cell division has been
reduced in the parent tie result should check the
of cell division in the offspring.
Longevity depends upon early dminuton of cell
energy, that the processes OF the body may be
utilized preservation rather than growth Another
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

reason why the production Of offspring late in life
conduces to longevity Is the transmission of the i'm
munty to disease which the elderly father has ac-
quired. ~ person who is attacked by disease and
-vercomes 1t is more or less immune to subsequent
attacks of the same kind, and the older he is the
more likely he is to have acquired this immunity
which is transmssable to offspring
Upon this reasoning, which to be borne out
by statistics specially analysed for this purpose and
presenting the history OF 1,l05 individuals an inter
estng table is presented showing the Expectancy of
life at the age of twenty-five according age OF
the father at the time OF the individuals birth
In the case OF fathers under 25, SO offspring out Of
the 1105 total should reach the age Of little mors
than 62 years; fathers between 25 and 20, 2S3 of
spring should live to be 65; fathers 80 to 3D. 266 chill
dren exceeding the average age or 65; In the case
OF fathers so and over II out OF 1105 offspring will
live to be 20 years old
OF the So born before their fathers were oo 12 will
live to 3d. and OF the II born after their fathers
were co. 46 will be living at so and at 80.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

and is attempting to pluck her naked
infant from her breast.
Armed skeletons pointing onward
with fieshless fingers accompany a
charging soldier in forceful group
by G. w. Lang entitled, "The
Triumph Of war" Christian Peter
son shows another phase of wars
horrors-an ideal monster Of war
having beaten down a peasant, has
seized by her throat the peasant
wife, who was pleading for mercy
on her knees.
The celebrated Iron Cross" dec
grafton conferred upon so many val
orous German soldiers is presented
by J. Accardi in quite a different
aspect 1t Is huge and weighty
affair, and is borne on the dropping
shoulders of female figure which
represents all the wives and mothers
whom this war bereaves.
An armed skeleton standing upon
the globe OF the earth is hewing at
1t with his sword until it is half
buried in its own debris-that is
Charles A. Hafner's conception Of
war.
A father stands over the body of
his mutilated wife, holding aloft their
motherless child. A mother with her
war-sacrifice babe lying dead across
her knees seems to be praying for
vengeance, while half fainting from
the shock of the precious tribute she
has been forced to pay to the mon.
ster. war.
In all the one hundred and twenty
three exhibits not detail OF any
clay or plaster group appears to hint
of any satisfied ambition, any tri.
umph, any personal glory, any bene-
fit to anybody resulting from war.
The association called Friends Of
the Young Artists" composed OF
sculptors and painters of estab.
lished reputation, and of well-known
patrons or art feels that the results
OF the competition as displayed on
this page fully demonstrates the
value OF that sort of encouragement
One OF its members writes-refer-
ring to the young artist:
This is the time when he needs
friends most, and that is why this
society Of Friends of the Young
Artists" is so beautiful in its pur-
pose, 30 worthy OF your encourage.
ment. For without the aid OF the
public its mission will fail of it's ulti.
mate effect. Without air and the
kindly sunlight the Mstiest flower
grows pale, withers, dies; and with
out the uplifting winds of public
favor and the kindling sunshine Of
public support even so stoutly-
stemmed an organization as this is
likely to suffer the fate Of the flower
denied Of air and sunlight.
1t is not an empty figure OF
speech that the artist gives all that
Is In him to the public. 1t is the
simple truth. And more and more
have we laymer in the United States
to learn the lesson that we owe to
the artist more than we have yet
been ready to give him, or have
even family recognized as his due.
There could be no better way OF
showing the beginnings OF an appre.
citation Of this condition confronting
US than by encouraging this partic.
ular art organization with out hearth
est support"
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ing wounded soldier supported by
his comrade while he painfully writes
MS message on paper resting on his
iRign. Another group. wholly differ.
ent in execution is by Castor Nys.
a young Belgian refugee, shows g
starving Belgian mother sucking her
babe as she sits among the ruins Of
her home. She seems to be gazing in
horror at the blood and ruin OF battle.
James Vaccaro depicts a soldier in
the heat of battle charging with tiyed
bayonet over the body of fallen
comrade. Gods Will Be Done" By
3. Harvey. shows a dying soldier
lying at the foot OF crucifix, his
face upturned, While his kneeling
comrade seems to guard him from
the approaching enemy at whom his
rifle is aimed.
Children figure pathetically in
many Of the exhibits. Telemaoue
Paladini exhibits a picturesque group
showing young, barefooted peasant
mother peeping az e-cpnnict from
the shelter OF rock while her little
girl c!ings in terror TO her skirt.
Miss Kathryn Deming, daughter OF
sculptor, executed one OF the most
striking conceptions in the whole ey.
hloit. It not only suggests the pres.
ent horrors OF war, but is prophetic
OF the horrors OF wars yet to come
The eagle OF war has descended upon
the shoulder of crouching mother