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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

~IVIL SERVICE for the police and
fire departments of FL Paso will
~ probably be the outcome of the
failure of the police TO meet the stu
alton during the rioting on Monday.
As result of his Investigations, the
mayor has already cut off two heads
in the police department Number
Two" who asked permission of Duke"
to remove a wrecked car from Oregon
street during the rioting. is still on the
force The men the mayor dismissed
were Robert Bridges and Chas. Bunts-
Chief 5. J. ZabrIskie announced We'd
neSday morning that paIrolman h )
LykenS has been suspended pending an
investigation while the badge of A a
Funk had been requested and received
Lykens. at the time of the riot. says
he was at his post on South Ell Paso
street and had no knowledge OF the riot
until later notified
st II o'clock Wednesday morning
mayor Tom Lea and the entire city
council were summoned to testify be-
fore the grand jury. Mayor Lea vas
the first witness called and when the
noon recess was taken a large number
of witnesses remained to be heard.
It was rumOred at the courthouse
that a number of true bills had been
found When these will be returned
and how much longer the investigation
will be continued remained probe
NAUTICAL
Mayor Tom Lea says he has always
been in favor of civil service for the
two departments and, in a signed state
ment TO The Herald today he says he
Will urge a measure at the coming ses-
sion of the Texas legislature making
this possible The mayor wants a civil
service commission of three men. elected
by the people, to handle the affairs of
the department. 1t would doubtless be
the idea of the mayor to have the COM
missiOners hold office for six years
each, the term of one member expiring
every two years, so that at no time
would there be more than one new man
Cr the commission. In the first election /
the men would be elected for two. four
and six year terms Then each two
years thereafter, one term would ex-
pire- This is a system that has been /
discussed and commended quite often I
among those who are tired of seeing !
the two departments kept in politics !
year after year
Two Men Already Out.
The mayors statement relative TO the /
Investigation of the trouble Monday and !
his declaration on the civil service !
proposition. follows
There is no no getting around the
fact that the occurrence of Monday !
was disgraceful, and vet there are
always two sides to any question.
There is no doubt from the amount
of testimony in the investigation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
WOMAN ADMITS
KILLING HUSBAND
Says Barnes Cursed and
Clicked Her; Makes Self
Defence Her Plea.

Chicago. Ill. Sept. 6.-Mrs- Iva
Barnes confessed. the police say. that
she shot her husband, James r Barnes
TO death in Washington park Tuesday
night. Barnes represented New
York soap firm
Barnes met his wife by appointment
in her apartments last night to try to
adjust their difficulties out of court.
He had filed suit for divorce which was
to have been heard today. It was warm
in the apartment. Mrs. Barnes said.
and she suggested that they go for
walk
My husband began cursing and
choking me. and I drew the revolver
from my purse and shot him. Mrs
Barnes told the police. 7 was afraid
he would kill me"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Sixteen Times
Around The Earth

7 Asst year Hart Schaff-
IL ner & Marx had use for
7O0,0O0,00O yards of thread
silk thread, of course.
The figure 7OO,OOO,OOO is too
big to grasp; it sounds better
to say 100000 miles. In
other words, the silk thread
used by the greatest of all
clothing manufacturers in
one year would make about
20 round trips from New
York to Los Angeles, or
would extend Is times
around the world.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
FINED SIS ON CHARGE OF
CURSING STREET CAR COMPANY

A. Webb in corporation court Tuesday,
on a charge Of being drunk. and of US
ing abusive language on the street He
was arrested at about $50 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. after using abusive Ian
guage in referring TO the street car
company in the presence Of two women
r. LOveioy was arrested by patrol
man Thomas and detective Smith
shortly after the near riot Monday af-
ternoon. when he refused to move on
To make the matter worse, he escaped
twice from the officers and ran. but
was both times recaptured and brought
back His excuse was that he had not
thought the offence serious and merely
wanted to get out of it and 20 home.
He was fined So for obstructing traffic.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
CIVIL SERVICE FOR CITY POLICE
AND FIREMEN, ASSERTS MAYOR

Will Go Before Legislature and Ask For the Passage Of
Measure Removing Departments From Politics
Police Heads Falling AS Result of Failure of
Police To Meet Emergency Monday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

Prince George OF England is now training
under the same conditions a commoner
and will spend the next four years in i'm
billing varied training considered essential
for a naval officer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

tiEued to be the subject of sweeping.
double barreled investigation. One OF
these was by the grand jury. Of which
r. Burt Orndorff is foreman: the other
inquiry is being pressed by the city Of
fIcials. including mayor Lea. chief Of
police B. !. Zabriskie and alderman W
c. Jolly. head of the police committee
Of the CITY council
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

~IvIL SERVICE for the police and
fire departments of FL Paso will
~ nrnha hlv he the outcome of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Hepe and Faith,

Hope is the boy, blind, headlong, pleasant fellow good to chase swallows with salt; Faith is the grave. experf- enced yet smiling man. Hope lives on ignorance; open eyed Faith is built upon knowledge of our life, of the tyranny of circumstance and the frail- ty of human resolution. Hope looks for unqualified success, but Faith counts certainly on failure and takes honorable defeat to be & form of vic- tory. Hope is kind old pagan, but Faith grew up in Christian days and early learned humility. In the one temper man is indignant that he can not spring up in clap to heights of elegance and virtue; in the other, out of a sense of his infirmities, he Is filled with confidence because a year has come and gone and he has still pre- served some rags of honor.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Weird Music From a Mine.

I recall an interesting experience at the Nueva Luz shaft, the deepest shaft on the Veta Madre, in the Guanajuato district, Mexico. 1t is 2,O31 feet deep, cut out of solid rock. Iron buckets, guided by wire ropes, are used for hoisting men, rock and supplies, and even an experienced engineer is ex- cused feeling of fear and trepidation when straddling the bale over this yawning hole.
 The almost nude natives, obnvious of danger, jumped aboard, holding their torch of candles in the free hand. and as they were lowered began to sing. A flood of melody filled the shaft, a full crescendo reverberated from wall to wall, followed by softer cadences, and as I peered down into the hole the bucket continued it's slow descent. the lights of the torches became more and more indistinct the darkness deepened, and the pray erfu song came up with decreasing volume until it seemed like a distant echo from the unknown. Then there was no light visible, no anthem audi ble, and I involuntarily said Amen
 Frank. H. Probert in National Geo graphic Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
"Greater Rumania''
 Changed By Enemy
 to "Poor Rilmania'

Fogaras, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21.- The legend "Rumania Mare and pa- per ribbons in the Rumanian national colors, blue, yellow and red, are the only signs left in this region today which speak of occupancy by the First and Second Rumanian armies, though many wrecked or burned house gives evidence of the recent passing of some hostile force. .'Rumania Mare''- Greater Rumanfa-has been painted above the doors of nearly all houses in which some Rumanian official had his Headquarters. Those who caused them t. be placed are gone, and the Central Powers troops, by transpos- ing the letter 'tm'' have changed the legend to "Arme Rumania" Ru- mania. The paper ribbons stin hang In the autumn -leaved trees.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
HAWAIIAN QUEEN
 SERIOUSLY ILL,
 FRIENDS BELIEVE
Concern Manifested Over Condition of 78- 8-Year-Old
 Liliuokalani.

Honolulu, Nov. 21-The condition of Liliuokalani, the 7S-years-oId former Queen of HawaiA continues to cause her friends grave concern. Her illness began with cold some time ago, and she has been weakened so by It's inroads that her attendants fear she may never fully recover Though now seen occasionally in her carriage, she is easily exhausted and often falls to sleep along the drive.
 Possessed of no more actual sov ereignty now than the meanest Ha- waiian stevedore, she is still accorded all the deference of royalty. On state occasions at her own home she is &C., companied by ladies in waiting who wave peacock fans over her, while kahiH bearers stand motionless at her side holding the royal kahilis-- feather-topped standards. No per son is permitted to pass behind "Her Majesty" nor must the shadow of any human being fall upon her..
 In the years immediately following the overthrow of her monarchy, Queen Liliuokalani struggled bitterly against the fate that had befallen her., Her attitude toward Americans was hostile. But age has healed these wounds and today her constant advice to her people is that they be loyal to the country that has adopted them.
 The former Queen has in recent years occupied herself largely with literary labors. She is the author fo both the words and music of Aloha De-, the Hawaiian song that is now well-known in the United States. She wrote 1t as farewell tribute to her brother, King Kalahaua. and it is matter of grief to her that the song is being syncopated and played irrever- ently as dance music on the main- land.
 Most recently Liliuokalani has been assisting the Rev. Henry Parker, native minister, in compiling dic- tionary of the Hawaiian language, for which an appropriation was made by the territorial legislature. They. al- ready have compiled about 15,000 words several thousand of which Lili-' uokalani has defined in English and Hawaiian, with all the finer shades of meaning and accentuation. Enc difficulty of the work is that many Hawaiian words have a dozen differ ent meanings, depend upon their 5uxtaposition to other words and up- on gestures and infections.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
U-BOAT SAILS
 FOR BREMEN '
fContinued from page 1)

] (COnL1nueQ rom page U crew drowned. The Deutschland was forced to put back into New Lon don.
 Suits against the owners of the craft followed and che boat was libelled. The actions, however, did not necessi- tate Keeping the submarine in Ameri- can waters.
 The nose of the Deutschland was damaged in the collision. For the last few days divers and others have been at work repairing the damage.
 The accident was the second the Deutschland has experienced. In leav- ing Bremen on her last voyage to this country she ran into another craft and had to put back for repairs.
 The Deutschland started from the state pier in East New London. The impression that the submarine would leave this afternoon had spread around the city and there was large crowd of people on the pier when she began to move. The boat backed out from her, berth, clearing the end of the pier about 2:23 and after going about 400 feet swung around toward Groton shore and pointed her bow down the harbor.
 The boat was flying her flags and the crew were all on deck, taking a farewell look at the city as she pass ed down the harbor. One of the Scott company's tugs was at the pier when the Deutschland started but the un- dersea craft had no need of assist ance. The tug followed her down the river
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

Thomas Hoite one day in 1912 was hunting. He invited his comrades home with him to dinner, and as he rode along he made heavy bet on his cooks punctuality. But the cook failed him for once. When he got home din ner was not ready. The jeers of his companions at this failure. together with his huge loss in the matter of the wager, enraged him so that he ran into the kitchen, seized cleaver and split the cooks head opens with it. After ward his family. to keep this crime alive, adopted for it's crest the bloody hand of the cook killer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

It was learned that detectives work ing to solve the mystery of the miss ing gems, valued at $65,00O, lost or stolen from the home of Mrs. E. H.. Harriman, widow of the millionaire railroad man, were not seeking so much the recovery of the jewels at present as to attempt to determine first when and where the robbery or loss occurred. It is not known wheth- CT the case in which the jewels had lain was emptied of it's contents in the Hartman home, Fifth avenue and Sixty-ninth street, New York city, or at the trust company where Mrs. Har- riman has vault.
 Here is the description of the jew elry which was sent to the principal cities of the country:
 Two oval shaped rubies, one oval shaped diamond, estimated at 8h to 10 carats. Each is cut in platinum and they are attached to a chain one- fourth to one-half inch long between each pendant, each chain containing five or six small diamonds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
The Bargain Pin.

Some years ago, when Holbrook Blinn, the actor. was playing in Lon don production, he went to Ascot for the races one afternoon. In an inter val between races Blinn was in a re freshment booth when a slinky 1ndi
 vidual addressed him and wanted to know whether Blinn wouldn't buy a handsome diamond scarfrin at a great bargain. Blinn said No" but the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Dickens and His Wife.

Commenting on the unhappy rela- tions between Dickens and his wife. Goldwin Smith wrote in one of his last papers: "It was common case. Dick ems had married at a low level. and his wife had not risen with him; otherwise there was no fault on. her side. The matrimonial history of writers of works of imagination has often been unhappy Their imagination turns the woman into an angel, and then they find that she Is a woman"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
stranger was persistent.

SLrHuger was peTSISleHL.
 "It's worth G20 if it's worth a tan ner," said the furtive one, land you can ave it for five, guv'nor. Just take a look nt 1t, anyway"
 "Well, show 1t to me, then," said Blinn. Where is itY'
 The other took Blinn by the arm and pointed off to the right. where an elder ly gentleman stood.
 "In the necktie of that old cove over yonder!" he said.-Saturday Evening Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
She Knew,

At an evening party the hostess had coaxed a protesting guest to sing After the song she went up to him smiling
 "Oh, Mir. Jenkins," she said, "you must never tell me again that you can't sing-I know now!''-New York Telegraph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
AIR PILOTS WITH u. s. EXPEDITION
 MEETING PERILS
One Flyer With Troops In Mexico Falls 4,000 Feet
 Without Injury.

Field Headquarters American Puni- tive Expedition in Mexico, Nov. 21- Get there and back" is the motto of the punitive expeditions aero squadron. Censorship restrictions have placed an almost impenetrable hedge about the army aviator, but,it may be said the squadron has lived up to its motto.
 Flights are not begun at sea level, where the propeller blades can grip the air, but at height of 5,200 to 1000 feet. where the atmosphere $ thin. The mountains, canons and sum- baked plains plus the altitude, com bine to produce air currents and pockets that are a constant source of peril.
 Tn one case pilot went through that nightmare of all aviators, a spiral nose dive. The machine was flying at an altitude of 5000 feet, which is more than 10000 above sea level, when it struck an air pocket. Clouds obscured the pilots vision and he had no idea where he was. When he realized that manipulation of his controls produceu no effect, he glanced at his compass.
 
 It was turned sideways, indicating that his plane was falling with it's wings at right angles to the earth. Carefully he reversed bis controls fearing thai too quick reverse would crumple tn :. planes. Several times he did that. At last he felt them take hold.
 Just then, the clouds thinned and he saw the earth not more than 800 feet beneath him. He had fallen like a plummet at 1east 1000 feet.
 Another pilot at an altitude of sev- eral thousand feet early one morning noticed sheet of flame shoot from the hood of his machine. Startled, he began to volplane down, seeking d place to land. He throttled down the motor and the flame receeded. 1 When he gave the engine gas a few 1 moments later to regain momentum, the flame reappeared. Several times this occurred. Finally, he glided to earth and got out to inspect the aero- l plane. Everything seemed in good shape. There were no signs of fire i The flame he had seen had been the rays of the early morning sun gleam- l ing on the highly polished, red blades | of his propeller.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Resl Plsasant.

He-Do let me have the next dance with you She-But you have a part ner already. He-Oh, some awful old fat trump I can easily lose--dressed like girl of twenty-old enough to be your mother! She-She is my mother! s-LOndon Mail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Must Have Been an ovsr.toh+.

Must Have Been an Oversight.
 "Now, here is a remarkable story written by police reporter"
 Tn what respeetr'
 "After describing recent crime and the escape of the perpetrator he doesn't state in bis last paragraph that detsc- hves are working on several important clews. s."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Caae of Admiration,

Her Dad-So you want to marry my daughter. like your nerve!
 Suitor--Well, sir you ought to. spent a whole lot of time working 1t up-Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Adroit.

"He is what you might call an adroft man.
 Decidedly. His sins never find him out, and his debts never find him in" Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Economy,

Hokus-Does your wife ever have any spasms of economy7 Pokus-well,, she's always talking about how much carfare we could save if we only had. an utomobile.-New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
WireIess In the Arctic,

For eight months in the year no mail reaches the coal miners in Sp1tzber- gen. but they are able to get the world news twice a day by wireless tele- graph
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

observes that about 61O B. C., in the last struggle between the Medes and Lydians, hostilities were brought to sudden close by the day turning into night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Seek the Iiuht.

If there is anywhere on your horizon spot of light, fix your eyes upon 1t and turn your thoughts away from the clouds which may cover the rest of the sky.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

A mans greatness is seldom known to the world until his weakness haa become known to himself. - Youths Companion. <
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
Crest of the Bloody Hand.

The noted English family of the Holtes has for its badge bloody hand, and this sinister badge commentaries a wager that ended in a crime Sir
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

Laughter In Persia.
 Tn Persia the man who laughs 1s called effeminate. but free license is given to female merrment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
OBITUARY
GEORGE N. LAKE.

George N. Lake of 534 Howard avenue, died this morning in the Bridgeport hospital. MT. Lake was born in Hawleyville. AS. years ago. He was employed as watchman by Chris. Rickard. He is survived by three sisters, Miss Emma R. Lake, a teacher in Ya1esville school, Walling- ford, Mrs. Elizabeth Olmstead ot Merfden and Mrs. George Martin of Oxford. A brother, Charles, of Hawleyville. also survives him. Buria' will be in Hawieyville.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

United States Steel common touched a new high record price at 129.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

Shipments of fresh cured meats from Chicago last week totaled 47,- 559,000 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

The Cunard line steamship Car mania arrived at New York from Liv- erpoo1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

A man who tries to catch two rab- bits at once catches none.-Japanese Proverb.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

The United States Supreme Court recessed until Dec 4.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
son....ns coming to Him.

Som~.nuy coming to Him. "How old are your asked the judge of a prisoner who was under arrest for stealing.
 'I dunno.' "When were you bornT"
 "What's the use of my telling you about my birthday? You ain't going to make me a birthday present, are you?" Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
E;r.+ aeeorded Solar EcIipss.

Herodotus gives us the initial recort of total eclipse of the sun when he
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

Henry Clark, Scotchman, was killed at Jiminez by Villista bandits
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

The sub-treasury transferred $1,000,. 900 to San Francisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

Two new eases of infanti1e paralysis were reported to the Health Depart ment at New Jersey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

President wilson plans 10 attend
 the Army-Navy football ganei n New York unless pressing business inter fereS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

Theodore E. Hancock, Attorney General of New York state from 1894 until 1899, is dead,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

The American steamship Siberia is stranded oH the east Goodwin's sands near Dover, and is asking for help.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

Baiizare Porras, presented his ere Aentials to President Wilson as Min tster from Panama
The sun., 1916-12-10
A AND

The Strord benefit Tor ia" American Ann
bulancc corps Friday, according 10 Elisa
nations.
Coed u. ~ Mile. who directed tho photo
play 81 Joan nf Arc with i"raldin" farrar,
announced yesterday that ihc titi" uf the
picture " niCh viii open a. thv Furty fourth
Street Theatre on Christmas night viii b"
Joan the Woman"
The Laughter OF Fools ny II Y. Malthy
will shortly h" produced hy the charles
Frohman company with Francis Wilson by
arrangement with David BsiasCo.
The Vale Dramatic Association this sea
son Viii ptcs.n' a revival Of Tom Robert
some military ,pmsly ours The New
York eng tg"mcut vii be GA January +. at
the abort Astoria.
\ committee representing the theatricHl
profession cooperating with tn. after care
committee of the American Academy OF
Medicine IL planning n benefit performance
for sunday night. December -. for the
littr victims OF iHftntl" paralysis. An
auction sale Of IN" boN-s viii he held
fucsdty morning u; IA" Aston Th"atre
The sun., 1916-12-10

Not Lack Courage Courage! Women
know II 10 cowardice to sit and knit
socks while men die In III trenches. and
those vans lost thousands Of votes among
the women"
Miss Alice Carpenter. who presided.
chose a neat way OF intimating that the
c. L. IL alive and the National Woman
Suffrage Association composed Of dead
ones. Shc said that in some ways she
agreed with the letter recently sent to
the papers by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait In which Mrs. Gait stated that the
National did not approve Of the banner
display by the e. u. In Congress.
Mrs. Gait says there are two grouIH
Of s~uffragists. one. represented by her
association. very large, n the other.
ours. small. Naturally said Miss Car
penter. there must be two parties. m
perhaps having numbers. but the other
young. virile, alive. going Of regardless
OF obstacles n achieving success
All the G. L. speakers defended the
banner display and swore allegiance to
this policy.
only We need money" said Miss
Paul. " ought to be at Congress
now II Is maddening TO have to stop
to get money" In answer to her appeal
81 .0oo was pledged at the luncheon,
making with what was sent in before
$1,000.