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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
SEX STUFF GOES
BEST ON SCREEN
Next To This is the "Mar-
ried Life" Stuff; Children
Like the Comedy.
By WILLIAM b. GRIFFIN.
ex. comedy and melodrama-

And the greatest Of these is sex
This is the viewpoint OF Ell Paso's
motion picture magnates, who have to
hire a big staff of coin-counters now
adays to take care OF the surplus
wealth that is flowing into their
Golfers.
With a clientele already educated
to the various phases which the mo-
ton pictures have developed in their
struggle for supremacy. the film peo-
ple of FL Paso insist that the sensa-
tional and lIrid photo plays are passe-
Lincoln J. Carter has never broken
into the unspoken drama, although his
plays formerly packed the opera
houses and town halls from coast 10
coast" said an FL Paso theatre man
ager Friday THE classics in drama
are in the ascendent at present Wnen
we advertise a play from any OF the
well-known novelists who used 10
please our forefathers. we are assured
a week Of capacity houses
Saves Lots of Reading.
zone reason for this is that people
who have never read the books on
which these plays are founded. feel
lack of education from that very fact
In two hours they can see a film
drama which will obviate the need OF
reading a thousand PAGES OF print.
The sex story and the film that Is
based upon the eternal triangle" can
never be supplanted in popularity. ac-
cording to the managers of the thea
ters. The featuring of the vampire
woman has caused a temporary lassl-
tude toward her type, but the principle
upon which the vampire" plays are
founded remains as popular as ever
s.Married Life" Stuff Takes.
Everybody is writing scenarios
these days" said an FL Paso street
theater manager Friday. "and those
who are irving to depict the every day
facts Of life are succeeding the best
Stories Of married life. with the other
man or the other woman breaking up
the happy home are sure Of hear
ing.
stick stuff and comic cartoon series
always appeal 10 the little ones. That
is the reason why so many motion pic
ture theaters these days provide pro-
gram that will please all classes OF
heart-interest drama or melodrama
touching on the sex question: sub
stantial series OF pictures depicting
current events or travel in foreign
lands, and a cartoon or comic film.
Stars Day Is Over.
The film star is passing and the
play is the thing Matinee idols
among the men and saccharine beau
ties from the ranks of the feminine
stars are losing their vogue.
We always figure that we must
have a comedy for the children and
when it comes TO the dramatic pictures.
it is fifty-fifty' between the men and
the women
The men like a romantic screen
story just as well as the women do.
And. as the development OF the I'M
spoken drama progresses. IL becomes
more and more evident that the stars
OF the spoken drama are the most
in pictures Their technique gives
them an incalcuable advantage over
the actors and actresses who depend
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
japanese Empress Gives
German Prisoner Glass
Eye In Detention Camp

Toxic. Japan. Aug ia German soldiers
has just received the first imperial gift ever
bestowed by the japanese empress on a pris-
oner OF war The recipient is Emil Weed.
a naval gunner captured at Tsingrou. and
a naval gunner captured at Tsiugtau- and
the empress has sent him TO replace bis
own eye which was spoiled by a piece Of
japanese shrapneL
The German prisoners OF war IN japan
have now been in custody for more than lS
months and are weary Of their nonOtOnOus
existence Escapes are frequently attempted
but so far as is known none Of them have
succeeded
German residents in Yokohama and other
ports do their best TO make life easy for
their compatriOts and keep them supplied
with small Injuries. Recently 30 iron poles
for zymnastic exercises were sent BY the
Yokohama Germans TO the prisoners. with
100 cigars. 900 cigarets and l. pounds Of
tobacco
Except for the uonotony the prisoners ars
not badly off and they send home numerous
postal cards and small gifts. such as paper
Curfoz-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
JAPANESE HOLD
WEIRD CEREMONY
Ancient Shrine at Use Is Re
stored With Impressive
Midnight Service.
Continued From Pnge 1 mis- sectionl

CONTINUED From PnEe 1 This Section
Of last year when emperor Yoshihito
was consecrated as ruler of the empire
Of Nippon. They are visited by the
emperor and empress only upon the
occasion Of the conservation or access
sion, but imperial messengers are dis
patched here every year. 10 pay homage
20 the diety. The shrines are held IN
special alteration by the whole nation
Half a million pilgrims go there TO
worship every year, for Ise is the
Mecca of Nippon. Every orthodox
Japanese plans to make n pilgrimage
there at least once in his life time.
Held in National Reverence
The strength OF the national rever-
ence for the shrine at Ise was tragicaLy
manifested in 1889 on the very day
that emperor Mutsuhito promulgated
the constitution. Niscount Arinorl
Mort. former minister to the United
States. was stabbed to death by a
student because of the charge that
while visiting the shrine of the Sun
Goddess he had shown lack of respect
by lifting one of the curtains with his
walking stick. The deed was held to
be ''sacriligious and objectionable be-
cause il menaced the sacred founda-
ton and divinity of the Imperial Jap
anese house" To this day the assassin's
grave is decorated by admiring zealots.
The act attributed 10 Mori has never
been proved
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
HEATING IS SENT
BACK TO MINORS

New York. Aug. Is.-Ray Heating. the
young spitbau pitcher OF the Yankees. has
been released to the Richmond club OF the
International league. Heating has been
sent to Richmond to ease the feelings OF
the fans of the Virginia capital, after the
Yanks recalled infielder Angel Aragon-
Perhaps keatinE's leading trouble was
that he was plucked out OF the minor
leagues too young. He was only IS when
the Yanks bought him just four years ago
from the Iawren New England club IN
1872 There he was d sensation. winning %
games and losing 10 in 1911. and winning
IS and losing II IN 1912. He came 10 TIE
Yankees during August Of that year. and
though he lost all four games pitched he
looked very good
Early in 1913 he was the only reliable
pitcher Chance had on his staff. but he hurt
his arm and has shown only flashes Of
form since Heating himself ina gined he
was unlucky in New York and does not
mind making a fresh start in the minors. as
he is now only % years old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
Rich Archaeological
Discoveries Are Made
In Ruins OF Cyrendica

Rome. August 19.-News has reached here
OF the discovery at Cyrenaica of what are
described as the most wonderful archaeo-
logical finds OF the century"
Perhaps the most interesting is a statute
Of Alexander the Great. over 65 feet in
height. in a perfect state Of preservation.
Amorg the other relics unearthed are a
head Of Athena. believed TO be a copy Of
the Greek original Of the fifth century. an
unique example OF Eros dove. showing the
exact position Of the bow and also the
most perfect specimen Of 2 satyr (sculp-
turedi yet discovered.
Other exquisite specimens Of Greco Roman
art found in the tiny temple OF Isis in
clude a giant statue OF Mercury and
group OF the Three Graces, the marble Of
which is good new. All the three
heads are intact. With such discoveries
great impetus is being given TO the work OF
exploration and the Italian garrison troops
are engaged in opening up the temple OF
Jupiter. The masterpieces discovered will
probably be transferred to Rome
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
Won Der Abe Lost Out In Trade
-:I:- AZ -:I:- -:II:- -:iI:-
Got Poor Player He Insisted On
BY FRANK G. MENkE.

Two days later saw Chris and said
to him:
Pm going to exercise that option on
Stricken. Which of my pitchers do you
want2'
Calvin was the answer.
But I said you can't have Calvin
answered
yah. I know. bud I musd git dot
Calvin or der teal iss off" answered
Chris
ri see what can be done about it,
replied.
The next morning at 10 I got in
touch with Chris. and said:
All right; I'll let you have Calvin
for Stricken. I'll come right over and
sign up the deal
And then Chris became suspicious
Veil. you Wait vile answered
Chris. I must now telegraph Mucken-
fuss Cwho was Joint owner Of the
All right. 90 ahead and telegraph.
But I want to impress this upon you,
Chris; my offer is good only until noon
today. One minute afterward and the
deal is off
AT three minutes to y 1 went to
Chris and pulled out my watch.
Does the deal go through?' I asked
mod yet replied Chris. haff not
heard from Muckenfuss yet
'' I can't help that was my answer
ne zeal must through MllLln one
minute now or it's off. Is it on or off
Speak quick. Chris: the time is almost
up. What's the answr?2
- Got Dinky-D ink--Chris.
Chris hesitated for a few seconds,
perspiration broke out upon his fore
head. he took another look at my
watch just before the hand marked
noon. and said
~'An right; der teal iss on; make
oudt der agreement
i wrote out the terms of the trade,
signed my name, pushed the paper for
Chris and, with a hesitant pen, he af-
fixed his signature. AS he gave back
the paper 10 me with one hand, he
poked the forefinger of the other at
me and said:
Mister Piddleburg, 7 want to tell
you dot in effry pasepaH teal somepody
gets der dinky-dink. und yust now
someding seems to tell me dot I'm it
Chris hardly had finished his re-
mark when the hotel bell hop rushed
over with a telegram and handed it TO
Chris. It was from Muckenfuss, and
read:
by no means make any trade with
Pitsburg for Calvin. He is through
and Pittsburg has about decided to re-
lease him unconditionally.'
Chris read the dispatch slowly.
carefully, a peculiar look spread over
his face. and then. as he handed the
telegram TO me to read, he said:
Der dinky-dink ISIS mine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
Germany Alarmed O0er
Increase Of Girls In
The Business Colleges

Berlin. Germany. Aug 19.-The large
Increase OF female students in the German
cOunmercial colleges and business schools -
causing considerable anxiety II Is feared
that many manufacturing concerns and
mercantile firms intends TO fill the POSI-
tions Of their male clerks. who are fight
ing for their country, permanently with
women
In several states orga nlZations OF COM
mercial clerks and bodies OF citizens have
taken the matter up The government has
been petitioned 10 limit the number OF fe-
male students in business schools. and in
Bavaria the parliament Will bbe asked -
pass a law which shall compel all er1s
plOyers to reinstate their former CLERKS
after the war. far as they are able e
perform the work required OF them
The government Of Saxony has appointed
commission TO investigate the danger that
the clerks serving in the army may find
themselves without jobs when they return
home In Prussia the government has has
tened to assure the public that the increase
Of female employees in the postal and tele-
graph service is only temporary war mea-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19

-Ew YORK, Aug. 1s.-Chris Won
der Abe is another Of those base
= y ball figures who never will be
forgotten. Dead and buried these
many years, the quaint, eccentric, stub
born, yet altogether lovable once owner
of "der four-dime ehampyun st. Louie
Prowns'' still lives in memory
A thousand and one stories concern
ing Chris already have been related
But a new one was given the other day
by VIM Chase Temple, donor OF the
Temple cup. and a Pittsburg magnate
back in the early COS It IS a story
where Chris frankly admitted that ne
was the recipient Of the much feared
''dinky-dink."
1T all came about through a three
cornered Pittsburg-St. Louis-Baltimore
deal which I put through" related
Temple The Baltimore club had q
pitcher named Bill ('Adonis) Terry
was mighty anxious to get him. but 1
knew that Red Hanlon. then manager
of the club wouldn't sanction any di-
rect deal which might benefit Pitts
burg. He bore a bit Of ill-wilI toward
our club because he had been let out
by us
However. I knew that Hanlon want
ed Cub Stricken, who then was play
ing second base for the Browns Han
lon needed a second baseman more than
he needed anything else and l knew
he would go TO almost any end TO get
Stricken whom he regarded just then
as the greatest keystone man in the
game
Chris Gives Option
Likewise. 1 had a pitcher named
Jimmy Calvin who had pitched some
good ball for US in the earlier years,
but who was nearing the end of his ca
reer. Nevertheless, Won der Abe seemed
70 fancy Calvin, and ] felt If I could
trade Calvin for Stricken I would be
in position TO force Hanlon to give me
Terry in exchange-just the deal 1
wanted to put through
And so I went to Chris, but I didn't
offer to trade him Calvin for Stricken
not much. No matter what sort of
IN offer YOU made Chris he always was
suspicious. So I worked things the
other way.
Give me q three day option on Cub
Stricken 1 told him. and I will give
you the choice of any of my pitchers,
with the exception of Calvin
Right away Chris got suspicious.
. Wy not Calvin he asked.
Oh, I couldn't let you have Calvin
answered. The Pittsburg people
would mob me if I traded him Person
ally, I think he's about all through,
but the people don't. So I can't trade
him
Insists Upon Calvin.
Veil. all right; Gift you an option
on Stricken answered Chris.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
Won BUELOW IS
EAGER TORETURN
Former Chancellor Has Built
Up Strong Party; Once OPP
posed Kaiser's Plans.


CONTINUED from page I. this section).
ing a program in vague terms which
are still strong enough TO gather
majority full of hope around him.
The fight which prince Won Buelow
has begun is in reality directed against
the personal power Of the kaiser in
German policies. the kaiser whom he
Inundated deeply as far back as No
vember. 1908. A fact which the emperor
is not likely to forget
Should prince Won Buelow, in spite
OF the kaiser's remembrance of the
past. succeed in winning his way back
TO the highest position in the empire.
the kaiser will have suffered his most
fatal and most humiliating moral de-
feat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
''Luckiest Man" Arrested;
Had Posed in Hero's Role

London. Eng. Aug. 1s.-"The Luckiest
Man on Earth was billed TO appear at
various British thestsrs. and advertisements
stated this man. Thomas Stark. to be the
sole survivor Of the Buiwark. blown up off
Sheerness: the man who brought down
Zeppelin in the Thames estuary with one
shot. the man who went below and stocked
the King Edward TO keep up steam when
she struck a mine; and one OF the six
survivors OF the Invincible.
After being lsuded as a hero in several
places Stark hailed up TO police court.
a detective branded his story untrue
and he was held for trial on a charge OF
obtaining money from a theater false
preteuses
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
BANK IS ROBBED
Of 4 LARGE SUN
Los Angeles Arrest Brings
Out Fact of Albuquerque
Bank Swindle.

The Los Angeles Herald says that
Quinn Miller. Los Angeles and San
Diego insurance broker. was arrested
there as a suspect in connection with
$4,000 fraud on an Albuquerque, N NJ,
bank.
Despite an overwhelming amount of
evidence which 1t is believed will prove
Miller absolutely innocent, he is an
exconvict and because Of this was an
object of suspicion, officers say
After MiIlers conviction in San
Diego, in 1912. on a charge Of forgery.
proof was presented to the state pa
role board that Miller acted within his
legal rights. Miller had assigned a
$4,000 claim belonging to the Buckma7
Springs Lithia Water company.
Get Evidence.
More than two years ago, following
MilIer's sentence to the penitentiary,
the San Diego sher;ffs office came
into possession of a telegram that
furnished the prooc. TIE telegram was
an authorization from the president Of
the company to sign that name.
Inspired by this early parole to star
life anew. Miller went to San Diego,
and built I'D a business. He went to
Los Angeles about eight months ago
and operated extensively in that city,
Monrovia, El Segundo and Ocean
Park
According to the Los Angeles paper,
man closely answering Miller's
description entered the First National
bank of Albuuerque, August 80, 1915.
an hour before the regular opening
time. To an assistant cashier ne
stated that he desired to have $4,000
letter of credit cashed Immediately
Cashes Letter.
The assistant cashier cashed the
letter of credit. The man told the
cashier that he had come from San
Diego to settle a matter involving the
honor Of a woman and that an hours
delay would mean the ruin of the
girls name.
A seal bearing the initials IS. D. c,
which were supposed TO represent the
name Southern Deposit Company" OF
San Diego was the only clew. Detec-
tives from Denver began work on the
case. Why they arrested Miller the
California officers have never learned;
probably it was through description
and the fact that Miller had "a past"
Positive evidence has been obtained
that the man who secured the $4,000
was in FL Paso, August %. and that he
was in Albuuerque the following day
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
Switzerland Refuses To
Gire Up Italian Deserters

Berue. Switzerland. Aug 1e.-The Italian
minister has renewed the request made some
time ago for the extraditiOn OF number
OF Italian soldiers who deserted from the
front in Tyroi and Trentino. or from train
ing camps IN northern Italy and lied into
refused. although the Italian government
intirnated that II might consider the pro-
friendly act
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
German Woman To Prison
For Flirting With Enemy

Berne. Switzerland. Aug. 1s.-News which
has reached mere from Germany brings
further evidence Of the very severe watch
that is being kept upon German women who
show a disposition 10 be friendly with al
lied prisoners OF war
A woman OF Stettin was sentenced TO Is
months at hard labor TO be followed by five
years OF detention for having carried a
love affair with a Russian prisoner OF war
Her daughter was sentenced TO six months
at hard Ia Dor for similar Offense-
Many other German women have been
severely punished for flirting with Russians
and other enemy prisoners
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
MIKE O'DOwD DEFEATS
SHERIDAN, TEN ROUNDS

81. Paul Mimi, Aug 9--MiAe
O'Dowd. Of St. Paul. welterweight. de-
cisively defeated Mickey Sheridan. of
Chicago. in a 10 round no-decision bout
here Friday night. in the opinion of
newspaper men at the ringside. The
local fighter weighed in at 147. Sheri-
dan weighed 146 IL.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
German Books In Italian
Libraries Are DESTROYED

Berne. Switzerland. Ang- 1s.-The Milan
correspondent OF the ~Bund" reports that
all German books in the public Libraries
OF Genoa Milan. Venice. Rome. Naples and
a number OF other Italian cities have been
removed and destroyed by order Of the
thorities- In most Of the Libraries not even
translations Of German works will be
tolerated IN the future
According to the Milan Secolo. the
Italian minister OF education will soon issue
a decree fOrbidding students TO visit Ger
man universities after the war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
IA YEAR OLD GIRL WILL
ENTER GREEN BAY SHOOT

Green Bay Wis. Aug. I9.-Green Bay Will
have a Il year old girl trapshot entry in
the Grand American handicap at St Louis,
August 81 TO ..
she is Lucille NIueser. and she averages 90
IN every 100 in trap shooting She has been
shooting since she eight years old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
O. HILBERT IS FOUND ILL
IN A YARD on KANSAS,

o. Hilbert, an aged man, was found
IN the rear yard Of a residence Al
4O7 South Kansas street Friday night
by mounted officers, in a semi-con-
scious condition with high fever be
was removed TO the emergency hospital
and was later taken to the county hos
pital for medical attention. HILBERT
has resided in FL Paso for many years,
and is a pioneer of the southwest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
Sunday TRIPS.

We plan special Sunday trtps for
tourists to points OF interest adjacent
to FL Paso, as well as to Elephant
Butte Dam Ask the young lady en-
ployed in our sub-station in Hotel
Sheldon and Paso del Norte, or teie
phone $500
Autos CITY SERVICE CO -Taxis
Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
first chief executive of the National
Eood Dropped Ont.

first chief executive of the National
league
Wood Dropped Out.
Ny own baseball career ended with
the close of the season Of 1875. Dur
ing 1874 l had lost a limb due to blood
poisoning following a knife jab. end
ing my playing days. In 1875 I con-
scented to manage the White Stockings.
the team which I originally organized
in 1S69-70. but I found during that
1875 season that the managerial end
for a man in my condition. and I hung
up my uniform when the last game
was played-never to don IL again
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
upon curly locks and ingenious smiles
Public Is Educated.

The public is eduacted to a point
where the slightest incongruity or in
consistency is instantly noted The
women are quicker at seeing these dis
crepancies than the men. If the
villain appears in one scene smoking
his inevitable cigaret and in the next
is shown putting at a cigar, the
switch is instantly noted.
The effect Of many a motion picture
has been spoiled by some precocious
child in the audience who cannot re-
strain himself from saying: That bad
man had a nice mustache and nov
he's got whiskers.,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19

-Ew YORK, Aug. 1e.-Chris Won
nj der Abe is another Of those base
= ball figures who never will be
The Little River news., 1916-04-05

AshdOwn, Arkansas. D R. P. H. PHILLIPS Physician and Surgeon Office in Lott Building.
 PHONES: Office 1892 rings. Res. 1893 rings. AshdOWn. Arkansas-
The Little River news., 1916-04-05
OGDEN LOCAL NEWS

Ogden. April 3.-(Special.) Mrs Roy Budd and children were in Texar- kama Saturday morning.
 Jas. Welch was in Ashdown Friday. Mrs. J. G. Smithson and Mrs. J.H. Furlow visited in Ashdown Wednes- day.
 Mrs Edith Holmes and granddaugh- ter, I'0yis, went tc, Wilton Sunday for visit with Prof. I. ". Holmes.
 Roy Budd, and son, Kelley, return cd from Independence, Kas. wednes- day.
 Dr. and Mrs. I. N. Hut went to Texai Eana Friday evening to see Hell eu Keller
 Mrs. Alice Temple of Texarkana was here Friday.
 Kneedham Westbrook spent several days last week in Howard county
 MT. and Mrs. J. H Furlow, Miss Ethel Smithson and Nathan Furlow were in Texarkana Tuesday
 J. F. Welch and Dr. I. N. Hut were in Ashdown Monday morning.
 Neal Velvin and Gordon Owen en- tertained a number of Texarkana boys Saturday
 Sewell Winkler spent Sunday with homefolks.