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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
FORMER Ell PASO SKOPMAN
GETS A BIG RAILWAY JOB

The appointment OF George McCor-
mick to the position Of general super
fntendent Of motive power OF the Soulh--
ern Pacific lines west OF FL Paso' anu
Including the states of New Mexico Ar
iona. California oregon and Nevada i
an disqualification Of the oeneIits OF
the unit" system as employed bX ths
lines east Of Ell Paso and WhlCh played
an important part in the selection OF
the new official Of the Southern PaclIlc
company
M. Mccormick is g product Of the
Texas lines Of the system he IS a
graduate of the Texas Agricultural ana
Mechanical college with the degree OF
mechanical engineer, and became asso-
cIated with the Southern Pacific almost
Immediately after graduation taxing q
position in the drafting department OF
The general shops of the system al
EJouston in 1891. In 1911 he was placed
IN charge of the FL Paso shops win
the title Of assistant superintendent l.
and here he remained until 1912, when
he was selected by the management %
fiji the important position OF assistant
general manager in charge OF mantle
nance Of equipment. with headquarters
at Houston and with jurisdiction eN-
tending over $500 miles OF railway
Under the unit" system referred 10 as
nracticed on the Louisiana and IeXas
fines. the operating officers are prac-
tIcsIly INTERCHANGEABLE, thus serVlnS
sooner or later in all branches OF the
deDartments and given an opportunity
Of developing and mastering the many
details of the service from every angl z
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
POUR OUT BOOZE
IN DRY ARIZONA
LIQUORS Stored in Jails and
Courthouses Destroyed
By County Officials.

Phoenix. Arf.. Dec 19.-The work Of
7,alrfne- Arizona bone dry" is proceed
inc, Win vigor. one OF the first fea-
tires of the campaign is a general de-
struction Of large stocks Of hquor that
bave been held in the courthouses OF
about all the Arizona counties- In
Globe the stock filled number Of jail
cells and has been estimated as worth
at least $4,000 at Bookkeeping prices
Under superintendence OF a grand jury
committed. this liquor now is being de-
str0ved. c~~ted TO a dumping ground
where e - bottle is broken with an
az The stock Itself is being carefully
checked by the grand jury 10 dispose OF
CHARGES that the sheriffs oftlce had
rrofited bv the sale of some OF the
iiou0r seized At Tucson sheriff
FORBES lately smashed bottles and kegs
ia Carrie Nation style more than zoo
gallons Of whisky thus being destroyed
Returned 10 shipper.
From Bisbee alone a carload OF liquor
was returned TO shippers. following the
closing down of express deliveries a1rer
the governors prohibition procIana-
ton At Tucson the express companies
into and robbed Of Il cases OF whisky
the burglars taking their booty away in
an automobile truck.
Keeps Liquor In Safe
An exceptionally large number OF
bootleggers have been arrested lately.
generally men who had secured stocks
by freight before the new law became
effective One in Douglas kept his
goods in a burglar proof safe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
100000 DEAL
IN CATTLE MADE
Hereford Man Sells $500
Steers; Registered Here
ford Cows Sold.

Hereford. Tex. Dec. 1s.-The largest
cattle deal of the year has been closed
here during the past week w E Her
ring selling to Miller & Finney. Of Kan
sas. $500 steers for approximately
$500. GOO
Cattlemen Of the Hereford country
are paying more attention this year
than ever before to the breeding of bet
ter and finer stock and number OF
good sales Of registered stock are being
made.
Twenty registered Hereford cows
and one male have been sold Dy X
lowell 10 Charles II. Lupton for Sl2.-
500. lowell also sold to James Sanders
seven registered Hereford cows Tor
$4,000
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
MOVE FOR SUGAR
BEET GROWING
Sites for Factory Bought;
General Sowing of Seed
Starts in March.

That the movement for the further
ing OF sugar beet growing IN the
Mesilla and FL Paso valleys is pro-
crossing in way favorable TO all
those Interested. is reported to the
chamber Of commerce by A. G. era
ham, country farm demonstrate.
Mr. Graham has received word from
W r. Vaudeville. representative OF the
Holly Sugar company Of Las Cruces,
\. NJ, that the site for the sugar fac
tory has been bought and that the alb
stracts viii be passed upon within a
week Those furthering the work of
establishing and carrying on this new
industry are busily engaged in classify
ing and sorting out the contracts sent
N by the growers.
Mr. Vaudeville reports that he and
Mr.. Turner. the field agricultural eX-
pert have been inspecting the various
farms in the Mesilla valley. advising
the farmers as to the best land In
which to grow the beets, and that in
about 10 days they viii go over the
farms in the Fl PasO valley for the
selection of the best land for seed
Car of seed Ordered.
A carload Of beet seed has been
ordered. and it will be on hand IN
ample time for the first sowing As
a matter of experiment. some plots
Of land viii be planted along the latter
part Of February. but the general
planting time. when the general SOW
ing Of the seed viii take place. IS
the last Of March and the first OF
April
1t is Mr. Graham's desire that as
many farmers as can possibly do so.
attend the meeting OF the farmers OF
I the valley in Clint December p, Tor
the purpose of discussing the question
of the farmers loan association and
, the appointing Of a committee for It's
oreaniZa ton. The association viii
comply with the rules laid down os
The federal farm loan board, and is
formed so that the farmers OF this
valley can get the advantage OF pre-
Iiminary work. Letters notifying tht
farmers OF the meeting have been sen
in large numbers TO those in the val
lev. and an earnest appeal is made tha'
az many attend as possible
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
WILSON CAUSES
HIM To MARVEL
Frisco Naval Officer Stops
Here; Lauds President;
Admires Ell Paso.

7 think that president Wilson is
one OF the greatest men we have ever
had for a CHIEF executive" emphati-
cally stated commodore James H.
Barry, naval officer OF customs in San
Francisco. and editor Of The star"
Of that city, who. with Mrs. Barry
and their daughter, Miss Edith
stopped over in Ell Paso Monday on
their return trip from New York and
Washington, D. g. where they have
Spent more than a month.
"One can but marvel at the calm
ness and steadiness Of the man." con-
tinued the commodore; his sincerity
Of purpose and belief. and the reserve
power which gives him the strength
TO make known his desires and ideas.
and to carry them through in spite
Of all opposition
"One needs only to talk with him
for a few moments to discover with
what clear and well defined purpose
he meets the many and huge problems
which come before him almost con-
tinuously, and be the stranger friend
or political enemy, he can not help
but admit that our president is great
Impressive is one of the adjec-
tives which describes him perfectly,
he stated and his ability in clearly
and quickly observing and seeing
-
these problems which always confront
him. will make him recognized by all.
before he leaves office, as one OF our
great Americans
People Made No Mistake.
7 heard his address given before
congress and II was my pleasure 70
receive an audience with him and SEN
ator PheIan before I left the capitol
city. His worth and ability were
brought directly before me as q re-
suit. and the people Of this country
/ have made no mistake in rejecting
! him to our highest office
. 7 wouldn't like 10 live in Washing
/ ton. though" said commodore Barry,
/ branching off in answer TO question
/ put to him 1T is a very beautiful
city. one which stuns one with Its
grandeur and solid appearance 1t has
been rightly named the city Of mag
nificent distances and its dignity IS
{ such as to make II the ideal location
: for the home Of our president and our
! highest law makers. Maybe though
/ il is because I have always lived II
( and enjoyed the freedom Of the west
! but 1 do prefer my California"
Twice Around Continent
: The commodOre's party is on the last
I lap OF a pleasure trip which has
brought them twice across the con
/ tinent Leaving san Francisco No
( vember g. they were able TO spend
! some time in New York before COINS
| On to Washington and report splen-
did trip all through, but they are
/ unanimous in their desire 20 once AoI
( set foot in "sunkist" California or
2 their way to the far western state
they will stop off and visit the grand
canyon Of the Colorado, which VIII d
their last stop over
You have 2 lovely city here" saiC
the commodore abruptly. just as tn
writer was about TO ask him how n
liked the metropolis Of the. south
Paso is the most wide awake ana
business like city which w have seel
during our swhole trip Of course,
have been unable 10 see great dea
their omen and wholehearted hOspi
taIity. and their breezy western way
! OF looking at things. appeal to Us all.
and in glancing toward the feninin
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
CAR SHORTAGE CURTAILS
SHIPMENTS OF STOCK

Ralmorhea. Tex. Dec. 19.-Lack OF
caftIe cars has tended to curtan ship
r7en+s from the TOyah valley this
month. Ranch hands from the Espey
ranch are holding a large bunch OF cat
tie near Toyahvale until cars can De
Three cars of Irby cattle were
shipped from TOyahvale, and Sol Mayer
has shipped a double decked car OF fat
hogs to Fort Worth layer also mas
force OF hands rounding up cattle on
the Rorilla ranch. which he Will bring
into the valley for shipment
Henry Iavelle has been in the Fort
stockton country receiving cattle 10 De
brought to the Toyah valley lot pas
ruraEe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
Grow Colored Cotton
To SolOe Dye Problem

Anniston. Ala. Dec. 1s.-Councilman
Claude J. Settles. Of this city, is ex-
hibiting samples OF brown cotton which
he believes. if it can be grown success
fully on a large scale. will in measure
solve the German dye problem in this
country. The cotton exhibited by MI
settles was not dyed brown. put ErSm
maj color in his back yard on Glen
Addie avenue, and nature made II ?
fasr brown. for no amount Of oolhng
or washing changed its color the least
small bale Of blue cotton. from
similar seed. was raised this year
northwest OF Annison- This also IS
Tvasbable and the staple OF Doth
brown and blue was OF meoiunl
length
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
Man Who Can Talk the
Monkey Language VIII
Be Decoy For Hunters

New York Dec. Is.-With Prof Rich
sr5 lynch Garner. an expert in
monkey language. as decoy. scientists
from the Smithsonian institute and the
American Museum of Natural History
are on their way TO the French congo
in Africa after skins and skeletons OF
o-oriI1as for a group TO be mounted at
he museum. The party left Monday
Prof. Garner once lived for seven
years in a bamboo hut in Africa, study
ing the language and habits of apes-
He acquired 4 vocabulary OF % words
which. en- said. is the limit Of the apes
linguistic accomplishments
Roller skates. Allen Arms and cycle
Co. 400 y Oregon St.-Ady-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
JEWISH CHANNUKAH FEAST
WILL BEGIN AT SHUTDOWN

This afternoon at sundawn will be-
gin the Jewish feast Of Channukah, OF
the feast OF lights, which viii last
eight days. on the first and last nights
special services are held in the various
svnagogues in observance Of these hOl-
idays which have their origin IN the
vars that shook Asia following the
death Of Alexander the Great When
Iudah reoook Jerusalem and the per
netual light was to be relit in the tenn
Die. il was found that only small
amount OF sacred oil remained But
The pure light of religion, says tradi-
ton. kept the sacred fire burning even
after the oil was visibly exhausted
The essential feature Of the feast OF
Channukah are celebrated IN the home,
as are many Of the Jewish feasts- On
the first night. one candle IS Hgnteo,
on the second two. and so on through
out the eight days
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19

members OF his party. he was greeted
with mods of affirmation from botn
Mrs Barry and Miss Edith Il think
that II were not welded to san iran
cisco" he continued. I would surrey
want To live here
Juarez Suffering Saddens-
ut saddened me to see the evidences
OF suffering and restitution in Juarez,
bowever but il does not seem as
tboupb If could last much longer
1IndeTstand. too. that it is not cir
cumstance to that being borne by those
who are living near the scenes OF me
bnabna let US all hope that the peace
and prosperity which We are enjoying
will soon be carried TO our sister re
rublic across the border
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
CHIcAGO MEN ARE PLANNING
TO END THE COAL FAMINE.

Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1S.-With Chicago
Eouseholders facing the possibility OF
a fuel famine announcement was made
today that Charles F. Clynes united
states district attorney. and VIM l.
O'ConneU chairman of the Illinois
state public utilities commission, head
ing a delegation Of shippers and coal
consumers will seek to obtain from
the interstate commerce commission
some means to alleviate the situation
Coal dealers. who assert the situa-
lion Is becoming more acute. attribute
il to a shortage Of coal cars.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
MINISTER TO COLOMBIA
RETURNS TO TEXAS HONE

Wssbington. D. C., Dec Is--Ina
deus A, Thomson. retiring American
minister to Colombia. today closed ms
business with the state department
and left for his home in Texas
Mr. ThomsOn's resignation was o.
fersd several months ago on account
OF his wife's precarious health
President Wilson accepted, with re-
eret. because Of the success attending
his ministry at BOgOIa-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
30 HEAD OF CATTLE
SEIZED AT SIERRA BLANCA

Under a writ OF representation ISSUED
nv the clerk of the United States dis
tfict court of FL Paso. 80 head Of cattle
were seized saturday at Sierra Blanca
bv United States deputy marshal J. %
6uRose The writ was issued in the
$50 ~ the United States of Mexico
rs. the Fl Paso Cattle company
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
SILVER CITY is ENJOYING A
BIG CHRISTMAS BUSINESS

silver City Is enjoying one Of the
most prosperous seasons ever known,
writes Dan c. Imboden, secretary OF
the silver City chamber Of commerce
ssrha civ seems to be riding along on
the flood tide of its prosperity In spite
of the fact that the local merchants
laid in q large extra supply OF mer-
~bandise before the holiday buying
Commenced they are now running
short, and viii have to replenish from
FL Paso-"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
Jingles Wednesday.

The prize winning Jingles will be
published on Wednesday. Dec. goth. A
typographical error made the previous
read ~21th-"-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19

Lovers Of enchalades and Hot Ia
males viii find the finest at the Mis-
sion Inn. Valdespino Station Try them
Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19
One Hour New York
New Year Celebration

New York. Dec 19-The Gay White
Way will have q maximum OF one
hours celebration New Years eve This
is the adamant resolution Of mayor
John P Mitchell He heard that a GER
tain prominent hotel in the vicinity o.
Broadway and Longacre Square was
advertising:
Make your reservations now Tor
New Years eve Positively SUNDAY.
Dec. 81"
So he sat down and wrote letter
to his police commissioner, reading IN
part as follows
As you know, request was pre-
ferred for the issuance OF all-nlghr
licenses for New ears eve by num-
Der Of represen tatives OF hotel inter
ests OF the city. 7 pointed out to these
gentlemen that as New Y ears eve falls
this year on Sunday. there Is no dis
cretfOn permitted US By the law in this
matter. and hotels which alone may sell
liquor on Sunday must stop their sales
in the rooms where liquor IS sold a.
such a time that all the guests viii De
out and the doors closed at o'clock
a. m ,.-,,
necessary measures to enforce a strict
compliance with the law s laid down
in the statute It is my intention %
revoke the o'clock license now held
BY any person who may undertake 70
violate the law on New ears eve
A Christmas Reminder
For Christmas Business. Baggage o.
Pleasure call Three-50O-
City Service Company
A Metropolitan Service
We get you there and back. Non
| tana Auto Service Phones 265-T5I5.
Cars 81 50 per hour. Snort trips made.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-19

We get you there and back Non
tana Auto Service Phones 265-T575.
Cars $50 per hour. Snort trips made.
Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-09
Diplomats Wives In
Berlin May Continue
To Use Their Autos

Berlin. Feb. 9.-The authorities
have announced that the wives of for
eign diplomats in the capital may use
their own or rented automobiles for
any purpose whatever opping, call
ing, pleasured irving.
Private automobiles in Berlin have,
ever since March, been so extremely
limited as to be almost non-existent
A few physicians and others working
in the public service have been allow
ed to run their machines solely for
business purposes.
Z Consequently the sight of luxurious
lirnousines carrying the diplomatic Ia
dies to afternoon teas and to Inter
den Linden shops has greatly aroused
some people, and complaints have
poured in on Police President Won ia
gov.
The latter has dashed all the hopes
of the comp1ainers by ruling that at
tachsa Of allied or neutral embassies
and ministries are not affected by the
rules that bind the rest of BerItn's
population.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Co.
DISTRIBUTORS OF UNITED STATEST TIRES
10 Cannon St. Telephone $3.50

anything to do with babies, mothers,
nurses, physicians, and so on.
He advocates a mild form of sex
hygiene instruction in the schools, as
well as both theoretical and practical
education as to- the care of children
which shall extend from the lowest
through the highest schools.
The newspapers can be a great ed
ucative power for good, he believes,
and he recommends that they publish
helpful articles at regular intervals
They must, however. eliminate adver-
tisements of Offerings, the use of
which already costs the lives of a not
inconsequential number of babies
Maternity hospitals and like institu-
lions have in the past, he believes,
had too great a tendency merely to
give assistance at birth and have fail
ed to pay any attention or to exercise
any supervision over -aothers>er chill
dren afterwards. This must be alter
ed, he says, so that by some system
of inspection the hospitals may con-
tinue to exert wholesome influence.
In every corner of Germany there
have sprung up so-called tCare In
stitutions,' where the wives anu TAM
lilies of soldiers have been given all
sorts of aid-from meals to clothes
and money, advice and general over
sight. Prof. Langsfein hopes that
these institutions will not disappear
after the war, but rather that they
will continue, and develop so as to fit
into his whole social plan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-09
School Children In
London Better Cared
For Since War Began

London, Feb. 9.-'Never during my
thirty years experience as a school
teacher have the children of the ele-
nnentary schools, especially those Of
the poorer districts, been so well
clothed and shod or appeared SO tidy
and well nourished as since the begin
ming of the war!" This was the re-
mark made by one of London's vet
eran school nistresses in reply to the
reported evil effects of the substan-
tiaI separation allowances made to the
wives of soldiers of the British army.
Reports have been current through
out the country that many of the sol
diers' wives have given way to the
drinking habit and neglected their
homes during their husbands alb
sence at the front. Teachers, clergy
men of all denominations and other
persons in close touch with the Ia
boring classes almost unanimously de-
majority of instances. They point out
out that owing to the disappearance
Of many of the male habitues of sa-
looms the presence ofSwomen in those
establishments has become more no
ticeable The numbers of those adj
dicted to drinking at bars, however
has, they assert, not increased. Most
of the women, on the contrary. have
taken advantage of the fact that they
have more money at their disposal to
repIenish their wardrobes and those
of their children, and in many in
stances they have placed some of their
allowance III savings banks and will
thus be able to give their husbands a
pleasant Surprise on their return to
civil life after the war
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-09
Use of Gas in Great
War Dying Out, Says
Official of France.

Paris. Feb. Every little is heard
now Of the effects of suffocating gas
at the front, though the official COM
munique frequently mentions attacks
in which it has been used, The re-
port some months ago. that five thou
sand French soldiers succumbed to it
in the Argonne through neglect to
distribute protecting masks, seems to
have been forgotten and in the alb
sence Of other reported casualties
anxiety seems to have disappeared.
Able Moreaux, director of the Bourges
observatory, explains why the Ger
mans are at a great disadvantage on
account of the winds, and how the AL
lies could dominate them in that kind
of warfare if they saw fit.
1.-THE battle front, excepting between
Noyon and Verdun, runs in a general
ly northerly-souther1y direction, the
rest of it east and west. while the
north Of France and Belgium are all
the year round subjected to general
Atlantic winds; that is to say, winds
varying between west and southwest
he says. my calculations, based on
the central meteorological bureau sta
tistics, show tha& only 20 times in 100
during the entire winter on an aver
age has the wind blown from the east,
southeast or northeast; consequently
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-09

erything in it, yet it resembles nothing
else in the form of language; all it
has borrowed from Turkish, italian
Serbian having lost it's original form.
Every foreign word introduced became
promptly SO Albanian that its origin
could not be suspected.
"A vest of wool that was once white,
striped trousers, and a cape over
shaved head identify an Albanian, of
whatever tribe The Montenegrin
more picturesque with his red vest and
gorgeous embroidered belt. bristling
with poignardS, has some contempt
for his wild neighbours relatively prin1-
tive civilization and physical inferior
ity, but he has a deal of respect for
his prowess. Neither ever quits his
gun and both are walking arsenaIs.
"Both are also sharpshooter par
excellence, as the Serbians learned in
their epic retreat-oVer the rough coun-
try Of the MaliSsores and the Mirdites,
toward Scutari. There in the north
dwell them ost ferocious of Albanian
tribes, amenable to no overtures of
Cancellation. Centuries of constant
conflict with their Turkish masters on
one side, and their Montenegrin neig a-
bors on the other failed to chasten
them, and thousands of unarmed Aus
TRAN prisoners of war, as well :lS tnou-
sands of the retreating Serbian SOL
diers fell under their precise marks
manship, while struggling through the
snow-blocked deffles on the road to
Scutari. For these A1banians were
destined the cargo or arms and ammu-
niricn Of Austrian origin captured by
the Allies in the Odriatic.
Manners and. customs vary. little
with different tribes. Everywhere the
real character, of the people is illus
trated by the relentless vendetta that
kills off all the men, excepting idiots
in their prime. There are no aged
in Albania, excepting women. In
Southern Albania, however, there is
somewhat more gayety and comrade-
ship; the tribes are more open to adj
vances; it is from there Essad SPasha+
recruits the partisans who enable him
to neutra1ize the hostility of the
Northern tribes to all efforts at civil
lization and Development