El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-16

! ~ INSCRIPTIONS for the boy scout
movement continued to pour in at
- the weekly luncheon of the Rotary
club, held in the grill of the Hotel
! sheldon Thursday II was announced
+ that the wilson Millican Cleaning
works had contributed $50. and Dr. r
/ L Ramey, the president, stated that
| he was going to give SIS to the cause
G. A Martin. chairman of the cam
! paign committee, called for volunteers
I TO work certain sections of the bust
ness district He brought out the fact
that not more than 1890 of the pledged
amount had been collected. leaving
balance of about $1IO0 still to be gath
cred. He complimented the Rotarians
for having shown such a lively in
/ terest in the movement, but added that
much remained to be done
appoints Committee.
DR.. Ramey came 10 the rescue by
appointing a committee. composed OF
( R Burt Orndorff, Glen 7. Moore. Dick
Newton. J. II. Mckee. T II. Rogers and
J. J Jones, to belp solicit
In the midst of Mr. Martins exhorta-
lion, the long, grim arm OF the law
fell upon VIII R Winch. the sergeant
alarms Mounted policeman Tom York
capped Mr.. Winch on the arm and
started to lead him away. When the
movie magnate expostuated, the stern
officer extracted the following items
Two spoons and one fork. belonging to
ana being the property of Hotel Shell
don Intercessions Of Ray McClintOclr
and other members who promised IN
furnish his bonds, saved Mr. Winch
from durance vile. Incidentally, Off
Ger York proved himself a good actor
and Mr.. Orndorff good stage man
Another Josh stunt.
Another Josh stunt. with some
what tragic ending. however, was the
one started by J. r Segall. who an
nounced IN an awed voice that he had
a Srlevous charge to make against
a fellow member. Mr.. Martin took
Up the serial Indictment, and announced
that the defendant was Jake Miller.
who. though the goat, had failed to
furnish the prize at = previous meet
ing ii. r McClintOck observed that
Mr. Miller might at least have an
nOuuced that he could not afford fbe
donation. while Jos \. Wright contrib
uted the information that the defendant
nad some election obligations to meet.
X 5 Gray suggested that as an ex-
IRENE penalty. a diplomatic note be
sent to Mr. Miller. Claiborne Adams
defended his colleague by suggesting
that Mr. Miller has perhaps been TOO
busy keeping the buying and the SELL
ing prices as far apart as possible" to
attend to such a minor matter. Mr.
W inch announced. that, since he owed
me ~ ulAe house q Dill. II DenOOTeQ
him u rise to his defence Mr. Martin
wanted TO know who made Mr.. Winch's
bill al the White House. No one in
formed him.
Wanted Free Add.
Finally. the defendant himself spoke.
and thanked the members for the free
advertising he had received, to OBJ
tain which. he admitted. was the real
purpose Of his alleged delinquency.
The tragic part Of the affair was that
Mr. Miller, his defenders and his ac-
cusers. were fined so cents each for
their participation in the affair.
Plans for the annual Rotary blow
out" which Is TO be held shortly, prob
ably about the middle of December,
were laid A committee Of H r Nc
Chntock. c. a. Martin and Joseph a.
Wright. was named to take charge Of
the entertainment Mr.. AcClintock
asked whether the members wanted a
serious. ordinary, OF "ripsnorting" az