El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-14
MAY
ORGANIZE HERE
Tells Rotarians Will Decide
Friday, After Seeing Ell
Paso's Wonders.

eral manager of the Ziegfeld Cinema |
corporation. of Chicago. H.. told |
members of the Rotary club at their
Thursday luncheon at Hotel Sheldon |
that he was so favorably impressed /
with the beauty OF Ell Paso and its
surroundings that he was considering |
seriously locating the headquarters OF I
his new motion picture company here |
He said that he is now looking over 4
sites for studios and offices and the /
matter OF bringing motion picture ac- /
tors here. and that he intends to make /
definite decision Friday whether
FL Paso will secure the headquarters |
and studios of the 100000 motion 4
picture corporation.
Impressed With CIOudcrOft.
I have been especially impressed /
during my visit in the southwest !
with the beauty of Cloudcroft and its
wonderful pine forests and scenery"
said Mr.. Ziegfeld. Not only the Ele-
plant Butte dam. but its beautiful !
clear. blue lake with its scenery and 1
islands have also pleasantly aston 4
ished me- 1 have been agreeably sur
prised everywhere. I know that If
we show these beauties on the screens I
to the people of the east and to the
| national guard soldiers who were
here, it will be the greatest thing in
the world. Also, if the wonderful
/ buildings. hotels and residences Of
I FL PasO are shown on the screen. II
Will be the greatest thing to adver-
[ tise to the world what FL Paso has.
/ These are things which you people
ought to look into more than you do.
I would mention that the chamber
\ OF commerce committee, which has
been SO kind as to get me up at sun
/ rise and keep me up till midnight TO
show me FL Paso's wonders. showed
me a beautiful sandstone Wednes-
DAY. But then they have storms
everywhere"
says Man Is n Trinity.
Rev. Percy R Knickerbocker. pas
tor OF Trinity Methodist church.
/ talked on Men and Mollycoddles." He
said that man is trinity, being made
up of those things which can make
him laugh. cry and think. and another
] trinity which makes him work. play
and fight He said a man should
make himself be able to produce two
smiles where only one exists and
should carry smile into the TRACE
dies and trouble into which this ma
ton must enter in the war.
God Inspires Laughter, Says.
God made many things to cause
laughter, and not one to cause tears"
said Rev. Mr.. Knickerbocker God
made the monkey and he made some
of you. ] love the laughter of my
children when they coEle running 10
me I sympathize with the little
girl who, after her prayers. began
D
mother that she was doing it because
God hears so many sad things.
thought he'd like something funny
God wants US to be happy. L believe
a man can serve God better by laugh
ing than by crying. 1 like laughter
IN the pulpit Some preachers can
say oh Lord in such a way that
you are afraid to go home in the
dark, but they don't make any better
Christians of their congregation"
says White Race Worlds Enemy
after these deeds We thought that
the killing OF men. women and child
ZEN remained solely with the few
savage helpless races which existed
on the earth, but We have discovered
that a white race has shown itself as
savage as any Indian race ever did.
That race is now fighting against the
nations Of the world.
Glad PershlnG Is Across.
am glad that on the anniversary
OF Flag day the announcement has
come that an American general,
formerly Of Fl Paso, has arrived
abroad to pay our debt to France, our
foster mother, for two years pros
trate with the stranglehold Of saw
agery about her throat. Even in Den
yer we are proud. and boast that we
live in a district from which Pershfng
was taken
Yesterday I heard W W. Turney
and Z. l. Cobb and others speak on
the Red Cross campaign. If this was
children who were suffering on the
plains Of Texas I know that the
money would leap from your pockets
10 assist them You should project I
ing on abroad.
He said that some men say that they
are being asked too much when they
are sought to spend all of their time
IN a campaign TO the Red Cross and
Liberty loan This is very little" he
said, when you look on the other
hand and see the man who must 20
10 the front. He gives up everything
even his life. leaves his family prob
ably never TO return and lets all his
worldly possessions go to ruin. The
man who stays home and won't do his
snare Is the worst kind I a Stacker
in the world
Robert Krakauer, who presided at
the luncheon, introduced T. J. O'Don-
mel an attorney from Denver, Colo,
with the announcement that Mr.
ODonnel had contributed two OF his
sons 10 the military service. One is
Colorado and another Is a private in
the Fifth field artillery, stationed at
Fl. Bliss.
Tells Of Apache's savagery.
-. came to Colorado in 1879. when
the smoke of the Indian camps was
stlI in the air" said Mr.. ODonneL
number of women and children had
been captured by the Utes and the
men OF lne communities were purSu-
ing them. In 1881 1 visited the desert
sands on which this city, which was
as glory to the nation
stands. At that time was concerned =
IN the pursuit Of Apache savages who +
had killed and murdered and tortured 4
"nlte men, women and children.
r W Freeman, former manager OF
me IeXas company here, now a reSi-
lent OF Denver. said that there w
only one thing he did not like abb
Denver This was that ii was
Denver. Texas" "
MI krakauer said that he would 70
Ike to see $4,000 contributors on the II
lists IN the Red Cross donations He -
saio that workers should contribute ca
ms time and everybody should real so
re mat they should do their share. Sc
Example OF UnseIfisb Giving
IN lmpressing on the Rotarians
nat the people of the city must II
change their standard of giving be
rabbi Martin Zielonka said that as
an example of unselfish giving Ma "
nan Straus OF New York, had an ny
nOuhced he would sell his home and DC
contribute the proceeds to relief work
me Rotarians voted to send an en-
lOIseinent to the meeting of the -,
alumni Of Texas Saturday at Dallas IN
. s, protest against the action of Gov. III
serguson in vetoing the university -
- up To op The motion was made ~