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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-12-14
Making Christmas Cheerv
BY RUTH SPRACUE

By RUTH SPRACUE
Sing a song of Christmas joys,
Mistletoe and holly,
Candy, oranges and toys,
Laughing girls and shouting boys.
Aunts and uncles jolly.
Sing a song of Christmas trees,
Many strange fruits bearing:
Costly gifts from overseas,
Simple home wrought gifts IN.
please.
Fraught with love unsparing.
Sing song of Christmas thought
For the poor and dreary,
Glad surprise to sad ones brought.
No poor little one forgot
This makes Christmas CHEEKY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
HOWARD GRAY SLAIN AFTER
KILLING VILLISTA BANDIT

Howard Gray. or Howard Weeks.
died fighting al Parral when Villa fol-
lowers led him out to his execution.
according to a foreign refugee who
reached here Friday night from Par
raj by way of Torreon and Eagle Pass.
Tex
This foreigner said he had buried the
Americans body after he was exc
cuted- H said but one shot was fired
at Gray and that one passed through
his head. causing instant death Be
side Gray's body he found the body
OF a Villa soldier with q bullet wound
through the neck. From the appear
ance OF the ground surrounding the
place where Gray was killed, II was ap-
parent that Gray fought with his
Captors. and after killing one Of them
was himself killed
The foreigner also said Alexander
Ricaud. a French citizen. reported 20
have been killed. was missing when Ac
left Parral on December .. but he saId
he did not know whether he had been
killed or was in hiding.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
GEORGIA PRIVATE is UP
ON A CHARGE OF THEFT

THE preliminary hearing OF Pvt {. r.
FOX. company II. First Georgia infantry
charged with theft of over S5U. was
continued until Monday morning. In mo
justice court before judge y J. Han
saturday morning
Frank sullivan. "a repair man Iiviu-
I'm >oufu III Paso. tine comrlaiuiu-
witness told the court that FRIDAY
% eur his room was entered anu
much Of his personal property. includ-
jazz suit ease. was stolen The prop
erty was shown IN court and was ideu-
titled by sullivan
FOX made "a sworn statement that
Ee was badly intoxicated Friday night
and that he had been taken TO a room
py provist guard and that the first
he knew was when ne was arrested.
lie said De had the suit ease with him
IS hen Doe was arrested. but that ne
could not tell where he got IT,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
UNCLE SAM WILL PROVIDE MEN
WITH MORE PIES THAN NEEDED
Gen Bell Writes the Chamber of Commerce Committee
That Government Will Furnish More Than Ample
Supply; Thanks Ell Paso for Kind Offer,
Which He Must Decline on Part of Men.

TO supply pies and cakes 20 the soldiers
at holiday time. ]. as commander or
the troops in the Fl Paso district de
sire TO tender you my sincerest appre-
citation of the evidence OF good VIII
toward the military quartered IN ana
about your hospitable city Indeed. u
is such manifestations OF kindness, N
sympathy that make US all kin folks
and tighten the performance OF an
otherwise arduous duty.
But I am constrained TO inform
you, with good deal of personal pride
that the government provides food
stuffs in bOuntiful measure for its SOL
diers through the commissarN depart
ment: and il any man shall be fouhe
lacking (Which ] doubt more pies ana
cakes during the Christmas SeaS"'
than he can possibly get away with Dr.
viii be the inexcusable fault OF his i'm
mediate commanding officer.
Therefore may ] ask you TO let Us
take the viii for the deed in this mat
ter. and to accept from the troops,
through me, their best wishes. to all
the good people OF Fl Paso, for merry
Christmas ard eontented and pros
Yours sincerely
ssBrigadier General. L. : y. Command
ing.
SAYS Give to Poor.
Many OF the soldiers writing to the
chamber asked that the food and other
donations which were being collected
for them. be given TO the poor ana uIl-
fortunate. An admirably worded WISH.
expressing this desire on the part OF
the soldiers. came in letter received
at the office OF the cnamDer EeSter-
day. This soldier said. in part; With
out wishing TO appear uuthankful 10
the people or the chamber of commerce
or 10 be misunderstood as rudely re
5ecting proffered donations, wouldnt Il
he lust and fair and in keeping with
the spirit Of Christmas good viii %
cut down the gifts to the soldiers and.
by efforts Of individual giving. brlns
low and Christmas cheer TO the par
ents and children in many homes,
where present circumstances prohibit
them from providing such for them
selves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16

-Hadrrer. Photographer. me- : n Pa>o.
continuous service in AIichieeus ma
Uonal guard. He is past department
commander of the Michigan spanish
War Veterans lie las not missed q
single duty call Of his battalion since
the presidents siu TO arms. June IS
Yet In his absence from home he was
reuCmiuated fo- the state senate and
on Nov : We elected for his second
term with cs0- majority
Previously he served through three
sessions Of Auchigan's legislature being
chairman or che military committee
which placed Michigan's national guard
on its present organization. conforming
to the regular army organization as
near as any state in the union
Maj GauSser is the officer who re-
Gently wrote such "a splendid article
on II Taso To- his home paper ar Bay
city. which the Fl Paso Herald re-
printed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
SERGEANT Ill WITH MENINGITIS.
- RECOVERING: ONLY ONE CAST

Pvt. Earl Nipper. of company T. First
Georgia infantry, IS at the base hos
p.tal suffering from cerebrO-s spinal
meningitis. According To reliable iu-
formation. this is the only case of this
disease in the FL Paso military district.
Pvt Ripper IS reported as on the road
10 recovery His company has been
guaranteed.
One Pennsylvania Pvt Edward j.
Lang. company IS, First Pennsylvania.
s suffering from cerebro-spiual fever
at the base hospital
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16

PLAN TO ORGANIZE SOCIETY
OF ENGINEERS AT Ell PASO

meeting Of engineers will be held
in the chamber Of commerce building
at o'clock. December -. at which a
program VIII be formulated for a more
general meeting on a date Yet to be
decided upon The meeting has been
called by y 7. Barnes. dean of ensi-
neering at the New Mexico College OF
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. At
State College. y u.
According 10 NJ. Barnes, there are
about coo engineers in the southwest
who are members Of national societies
and probably 800 others not affiliated
with any society Mr. Barnes believes
that a membership Of nearly 800 could
be secured for an association of min
ing. civil and construction engineers
10 be organized in Fl PasO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16

~ Difference 20 the wishes Of Gen.
George Bell, jr., commander OF the
Il troops IN the FL Paso district, and
the expressed desires Of many OF the
army officers and enlisted men. now
doing duty in and around the city. the
pies and cakes Whic< were TO have been
donated by the - pie Of Il Pasc
through the chamber Of commerce to
the soldiers for Christmas. as a mark
Of their appreciation of what they are
dong, has been called off
Working on the assumption that the
appreciation of the people Of II Paso
for what the soldiers are dong IN
guarding the border from invasion
would be partially expressed by adding
somewhat TO the Christmas dinner OF
the soldiers, the chamber OF commerce
through its military committee, COM
municated with the housewives IN the
city. asking them 10 contribute TO TINS
worthy cause. The answering oora-
tons showed that the plan would nave
been 4 success, but letters received
from Gen. Bell. officers Of the army
and the national guard, and from the
men themselves, brought to the real-
zstion Of the chamber that the edioles
provided for the soldiers by the gov
eminent were of an abundance ana
quantity more than necessary Tor thelr
Immediate needs. Il was therefore de-
clded by the ooard OF directors u tue
chamber at a meeting Friday, TO aOan-
don the idea entirely accepting as
Gen. Bell and many other soldiers sug-
Eested. the thanks of the soldiers Tor
the will instead of the deed
Many of the militia officers informed
tie committee that their home people
were sending more pies and cakes than
would be used on Christmas, even 4
government funds should n0t be suifi-
Gent 10 supply all needs
CouIslnsf Add ANYTHING.
The report Of the military commit
tee of the chamber was embodied IN
letter TO the board from y = Goes
chairman Of the committee He wrote,
IN part After learning that our sol
diers will be so well supplied. we feel
that il is impossible for Us to add any
thing 10 their pleasures by this SlfL
Therefore. this committee has decided
that II Will probably be better 10 deler
70 some other time and way OF express
ing our appreciation and good VIII
toward all Of those brave and loyal
soldiers who are within our gates
We hope someone viii suggest q
method and time for doing this at some
early date, when our committee viii ne
clad 10 assist I'M putting 1t through
and We take this means Of tnankln-
all persons who have been 50 prompt
in responding TO this worthy cause
ana We ask that your secretary snail
be Instructed to send appropriate CARDS
of thanks TO all OF the ladies and gen
tlemen who were so generous IN their
contribution
Gen. Bells Letter.
In his report. AR Coles referred 70
a letter received by president r B.
Orndorff. OF the chamber. from Cen
Bell The letter follows
December l.. 1916
HEADQUARTERS. Fl Paso District. e
Paso. Texas.
Ny Dear Mr. Orndorff:
Referring TO the plan Of your body
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
VILLA Seeking
PEACE WITHU. s.
preventative of Bandit
Chief Is Said to Have
Brought Proposal.

Proposals made by a Mexican claim
ing TO be a representative Of Francisco
Villa 90 agents Of the American gov
eminent here for an agreement be-
tween Villa and the United States re-
.-ardinS the protection Of foreign life
and property in Mexico. were forward
ed to higher authorities Saturday by
the officials TO whom the proposals
we're first submitted.
Would Protect Foreigners.
The Mexican claimed TO have come
20 the border from Villas camp at
siiuaca with p tentative proposal that
villa would protect I'll foreign property
and cease 10 xii any foreigners in re-
turn for a promise that his campaign
AGAINST Carranza would not be inter-
lerred with
Villa at the time Of his occupancy
OF the chihuahua capital is said to have
assembled all the railroad men Of Chi
uuIhua City al the North Western sta
ricn and asked those who wished to
join him TO step forward. Those who
accepted his invitation he ordered 70
march away.
Warned Them Of Execution
The others he asked for their reason
for not wishing 10 ally themselves with
him. They made various excuses, one
of them being that he would take them
out to the mountains, and then aDan-
don the trains so that they would again
fall into the hands Of the Carrancistas-
Villa warned them TO leave his pres
ence before he ordered them shot, and
added that the next time he caught
them operating trains Of the enemy
they need not ask why they were be-
ing executed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
PVT. MORRIS COHEN HIT
BY AUTO: LEG is BRUISED

Pvt motifs Cohen, OF the 9Th IN
fantry. sustained a bad bruise on the
left leg Friday night at Fl Paso and
Missouri streets when he was struck
by an automobile. the driver of which
is unknown. Cohen was en- route 10
the Masonic temple at the time
He was taken to the emergency hos
pital, where the injured leg was dressed.
by Dr. G Z. Calnau- He was later sent
10 the base hospital.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
FORMER SOLDIER IS RUN
DOWN AND HURT BY AUTO

Robert 2 Ware, a torner SOIuIsT
who recently arrived in FL Paso from
Los Angeles. was knocked down and
seriously injured by an automobile
driven by T Z. Wood OF the goth in
fantrv Friday night at Second and El
Paso streets. Ware, il is said. did not
see the automobile and stepped in
front Of it, de was taken TO the
emergency hospital and later removed
In he county hosnifai.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
SECOND AND THIRD KENTUCKY
GOING TO DO BORDER WORK

CONTINUED From Page one.o
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16

First kentucky and the latter replac-
ing the = e. nd North Garuliua-
An outbreak OF measles and mumps
among the Caroliuans at las Cruces
proper means that the men viii be held
there until the quarantine Is lifted.
when they VIII be replaced by COM
panies g and VI OF the Third Kentucky.
which did not leave with the remainder
OF their regiment saturday morning
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
DETROIT RIVER ISLAND
non no Ill. REALElInERL In

The women OF the Crosse Isle Red
Gross society. whose members reside on
;'n island i'm the Detroit river. have been
working through spoudeuce with
Col Walter Barlow. of the Slst Micniea.
infantry TO find any Crosse Isle boy
.oldieriuS ON the border They have de-
cided no soldier from their island shalt
90 without a Christmas -ift
Maj John + Rochl is Eettin- up o.
reriment1l christmas tree Tor tho Sr~f
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
WILL VISIT BABY SON
He HAS NEVER SEEN

Ail soldiers have oeen informed that
no furioughs VIII be granted merely
for soldiers to 20 home To spend Christ
mas. capt. David T.. Cleary. Detroit
machine gun company, got leave. how
ever. 20 spend Christmas with baby
son he has never seen
Evening journal., 1916-01-07

The Association q
American Advcrtin.
ers is composed Of
all the great adver
tisers Of this coun'
try. The Associa'
ton endorses only
snch papers az sub
mit 20 itn eramina-
tion AZ any moment,
and positive proof
must be submitted
The accompanying
certificate, No. 4tbi,
has been issued te
this payer.
Evening journal., 1916-01-07
PRESDrNT sWIFrrs RETIREMENT.

WILLIAM H. SWIFT, of this city, resigned yester-
w day member and president of the Board Of
Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital Farnhurst
He has been such faithful and able official that, quite
naturally his action has given rise to widespread
gret
The assigned by Mr. Swift for his voluntary
retirement from a position that he has filed ably
is that is necessitaed by his personal business af
fairs II is exceedingly unfortunate that he could not
make it convenient continue spare from his busy
life the time needed for the discharge Of his duties
trustee and president.
AIR. Swift is one OF Delawares best and most rep
Evening journal., 1916-01-07

1889 1914. records the merchant OF prin
cpal nations and summary Of foreign subsidies mail
pay bountes and other things bearing fundamentally
upon the question at issue.
Delaware is aeaboard State Wilmington is
seaboard city with "A waterfront susceptible Of de-
veopment It is also shipbuiding centre. Della
wareans in general and Wilmingtonans in particular
have vital interest in the defeat of the socialistc
and runous Ship Purchare scheme and also in the
passage OF wise legislation having in view the up
building Of the American merchant marine. Self-n-
terest alone should consrain them to stand unalter
ably opposed to the wilson-McAdoo project.
Evening journal., 1916-01-07

The old-time mixture Of Sage Teia
and Sulphur for darkening gra4r
streaked and faded hair is grand
mothers treatment. and folks are
again using it to keep their hair a
good, even color. which is quite se1ls-
ible, as we are living in an age whert
youthful appearance is Of the greatest
advantage.
Nowadays, though. we don't hlave
the troublesome task Of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home
All drug stores sell the ready-to1use
product called "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" for about so CENTS
bottle. 1t is very popular because no.
body can discover il has been applied
Simply moisten your comb or a soft
brush with it and draw this Though
your hair, taking one small strand at
a time; by morning the gray hail dis
appears. but what delights the Radies
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is
that. besides beautifully darkeni4g the
hair after few applications, If also
produces that soft lustre and APPEAR
ance Of abundance which is SO at
tractive; besides, prevents dalldruf,
itching scalp and falling hair.
Evening journal., 1916-01-07
LOWER COUNTY FARMERS
HEAR EXPERTS Lecture

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOWN, Del, Jan IA
farmers institute was held in the Mid
dletown Opera House on Wednesday
with fair attendance. although not
as large an attendance as in former
years, due principally to two reasons,
the smallpox scare in Middletown and
the meeting not being advertised for
enough in advance The institute
speakers were among the best that
have ever visited Middletown.
AT the afternoon session DR.. Lip
man. director of the New Jersey Ex-
pertinent Station. spoke on alfalfa" ="
DR.. Lipman is considered an authority
on alfalfa in the east and was ospe-
cially interesting to Middletown farm
ers as large acreages of alfalfa are
being seeded in the vicinity.
Cyrus Flock gave an interesting
talk on cooperative Buying and
Selling" and cited a very sue
cessful farmers association that
bought and sold everything that the
farmer required from paper Of pins
TO a threshing machine
Miss Jefferson of the extension de-
partment OF Delaware. College, spoke
OF her work in girls canning clubs
and some have economic problems.
AT the evening session. Thomas NJ.
Knight. editor of the Practical
Farmer" gave an interesting talk on
FERTILIZERS and Economical Fertiliza-
ton" Mr. Knight pointed out >the
economical use of corn crops and
gave some suggestions as to fertiliza-
ton without potash, which is at a
prohibitive price for the farmer to
buy at present
NJ. p. T. Philips spoke on Live
] Stock Standardization and how &c
bring it about He laid special stress
on community breeding the same
breed of animal.
! Cyrus Flock spoke on "Rural School
Education Sanitation and Proper
Construction of School Houses" Mr.
Flock is thoroughly up-to-date or
| present day school problems, and as
he became Interested in his subject he
held the attention of his audience II
a way that expressed their apprecia
; ton Of the knowledge of the speaker
on this subject.
The meeting was conducted by L. II
Cooch. New Castle county farm agent
Evening journal., 1916-01-07
pLAsTERERs ELECT OFFICERS.

At meeting held Wednesday by
Local No. 3s, Operative Plasterers' and
Cement Finishers' Association, the fol-
lowing officers were elected; President,
Frank j. Krcici, IT.; vice-president, Fred
Morrison; recording secretary, Richard
s. Monck; financial secretary, c. 5. Har-
rison; card examiner, Thomas Watson;
door tender, William Duifey; trustees
+. j. Krejci. Jr., and Charles lawton;
delegates to c. J.. L., r. 5. Monck. NJ.
Arters. Thomas Watson. William Duf-
fey. Frank c. Krejci, Jr.; delegates to
trade council. Thomas Watson, John j.
Jefieries and Fred Morrison
Evening journal., 1916-01-07

resentatve business and citizens. The State
was fortunate in the first instance in getting him TO
the board; in the second instance, in in
ducing him become its executive head, and in the
third instance in having him retain his rusteeship so
many years.
He has worked unselhshy and whole-heartedy
for the welfare of the institution and its un-
fortunate inmates He also has done everything posi-
Bile to protect the State treasury against extrava
gance and ineniciency in the conduct Of the hospi
tai affairs. He will be missed in the public SER
vice. incidentally he will take with him into private
life the thanks and good wishes Of public which,
while it regrets his retirement is fully appreciatve
the institutional work he has worthily performed
Evening journal., 1916-01-07
TWO SLIGHT FIRES.

The district fire companies re-
sponded to an alarm of fire from box
No. % about o'clock last evening
when fire was discovered in the sta
BILE of Samuel II. Burstein, No. III
Orange street. The blaze was tri-
fling, however.
The Fame and Weccacoe compan-
les responded to fire yesterday af-
ternOon in the kitchen Of the house
No. 100 Cedar street. tenanted by
Mrs. George Scott. The loss was
small.
Evening journal., 1916-01-07

tary, NJ. b. Parkinson; treasurer. Joseph
/. McDermott; sergeant alarms, Rob
ert Schuckler; auditing committee, Sam
uel Denny, Alexander Cunningham; R.
L. Pietsch; board Of directors, Charles
+. Bradford, Jr., Thomas d. Haley. Ed
ward Ryan, Hugh Daney; Samuel +. FL
lott
Evening journal., 1916-01-07
DEMOCRATS ELECT

At the annual meeting Of the Elev-
enth Ward Democratic Legion last night
the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, James McNespy, Sr.; vice -presi-
dent, Thomas f. Ryan; recording secre-
tary, John p. Redmond; financial secre-
Evening journal., 1916-01-07

IT, under the present system, foreign ship owners
who send vessels through the Panama Canal, are
able, by trickery evade the payment Of just tolls,
then certainly the right thing for the Federal Gov
ernment to do is amend the laws and regulations in
such a way as to put end to such evasion The COM
mercal side of the canal proposition is important
one to this country, which has poured and still is
pouring millions into the enterprise
Evening journal., 1916-01-07

All Americans want peace but it must be peace with
honor
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-27
STAYING ON THE FARM.

THAT was something .of a radical statement which
l Governor Williams made Yesterday at the State Fair
to the boys and girls from the farms when he told them
he hoped the prices Of things to cat never would 60 down,
SO that the high cost OF living in the cities would stop peo-
pie from leaving the farms.
Governor Williams. himself a product OF the farm and
the owner OF a number of farms, told the youngsters to
keep away from the cities. He impressed upon them the
fact that town people are not always prosperous and that
the cities contain more poverty and distress and the country
ever could have.
While the %skcptical farmer boy might ask why those
who preach stay on the farm don't remain there. and
point to history as showing that most OF our presidents
vent to the city, became clerks and lawyers and then took
high public honors, the sensible farm boy OF today is quite
likely to agree with the governor and then declare that the
automobile industry has changed the situation. Living
on a farm, with the knowledge .that a six-cylindcr car is
in the garage ready for use, is not like the old days when
the farm was isolated. The advent of the motor car is the
p6tcr which is checking the movement from broad acres
to paved streets.