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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
50 Artists Paint Scenes
Of BattlefieIds for the
Canadian Wa Memorial

London, England, Dec a. Fifty
artists have been engaged to paint
pictures OF battlefields. roads OF
France. ruined towns and various
other war scenes for the Canadian
War Memorial fund. The paintings
are 70 be exhibited in London for O
short time before being sent 10 Can
ada. where a buii'tng viii be erected
in which they viii remain az a per
manent tribute TO Canadian war he
roes-
The artists engaged include Ma
Augustus John, ID. =. Cameron,
George Clauseu. william Orpeu. Ju-
Illus OLSON. Charles Shannon. Frank
Brangwyu, Wyudhan Lewis, H W
Nevinson, J. ". MOrrlce, the doyen
OF Canadian painters, and Ertore Tito,
the famous italian painter
The women chosen are Mrs Swim
merton. Laura Knight. Anna Airy and
Claire Atwood. They viii do train
ing camp scenes. munition workers
and Red Cross depots-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
Hardin, Manchuria, Is
OUerun Win Bandits;
Manu- PEOPLE Murdered

Toxic. JaDan. Dec. 29.-Re0orts
reaching Toxic describe the situation
existing in Hardin, Manchuria. as
grave During the past three months
there have been 237 murders mostly
in connection with robberies, and
crime OF every description occurs
daily. Many Of the ruffians ara
dressed in the uniform OF soldiers as
a disguise and yet the armv looks
upon the matter with indifference >.
lima bitants OF the city DO not dare
TO 20 out of doors after sunset.
As the police are not equal to their
task and as the conditions are ex-
pected to grow worse with the in
crease Of cold. foreign residents are
Manning TO organize a private police
from their own number. The Jana
nese con~ular authorities have pro-
tested to the Rus~ian authorities bur
with no Correspondence OF
Associated Press.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
Walters and Proprietors
OF German Cafes Fight TO
Get the Champagne Corbs

Amsterdam, Holland, Dec L9--Ine
humble cork bottle stopper has risen
to high honor in Germany Heads
have been broken in restaurants over
the question who owns the cork. the
proprietor. the head waiter, or the
customer who orders the bottle Of
wine The magisteriai verdict has
been returned that while the head
waiter has n right to the cork bv
tradition and custom, he must not
disobey his master, the proprietor.
should the latter demand 10 being
handed over 10 him The customer.
IL appears. has no claim at ALL Higl
prices are being paid for corks. es-
pecial1y for those OF champagne bot
ties
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
Austria Has Egg, Sugar
Bread and Milk Famine;
Is U7dermining Health

Zurich. Switzerland. Dec c9.-Vl-
emma newspapers report Austrla's
near approach to famine in eggs. veg
etables. sugar. bread and milk As
a result Of poor and insufficient food
there is said 10 be q l7rEe incre7 Sc
in skin diseases manifested IN boils.
abcesses and eczema.
The NO king capacity ~ the labor
ers iu mines and muuitIou plants
and the health OF the children is serl-
ously menaced- ANY further delert-
Grafton OF the food supply Is bound 90
have frcoLceivabiv grave eo-st-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
FIND GERMANS
ARE IGNORING
new PROMISES
British Find Prisoners Are
Worker Under Fire
Near Front
RUSSIANS TELL
OF HARDSHIPS

ONDON. Eng. Dec 29.-Another
proof OF the German disregard OF
- promises and agreements has
been furnished IN the British advance
toward Cambria Some time ago Ger
many signed a solemn agreement with
Great Britain providing that no pris-
oners OF war would be employed with
In 1s miles OF the front line. But two
Russian prisoners were found by the
British IN German dugouts at An
neux, which was barely four miles
from the line as they lay at the open
ing Of the Cambria attack. Moreover
these Russians had seen a party OF 500
to 400 British prisoners at work near
Cambria. about eight miles from the
old front lines
Tell OF III Treatment.
The Russians told a pitiful story
OF i'll trea rment and suffering They
had to subsist. under German regula-
tions. on half-a-pound OF bread and
some grass soup daily. AS punish
ment Tor minor offences they were
strung up % poles with their feet Just
touching the ground Men were bay
onetted or shot for refusal or inability
to work. until. from one cause or an
other, only go men remained out OF @
camp OF 500 prisoners
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
Germany Has NeU War
Disease, WA Dro5Sg'

London. Ems. Dec. ga new war
disease has made its appearance IN
Germany, known as war dropsy,
which IS reviewed at length from the
German medical journals by the cur
rent British Medical Journal The
cause OF the disease Is believed to be
undertaking or malnutritiOn- The
disease appeared IN Vienna with
great suddenness II IS stated that
the symptoms are much similar tp
fhosa Of herIherL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
USES
MORE CAVALRY
THAN IN 1874
Instead of Disseminating
Mounted Force, It Is
Largely Increased.
.DIsMOUNTS SOME
FOR TRENCH USE

FRENCH FRONT, Dec. 2s.-Trench
u warfare has not diminished the
\ German cavalry forces as had
been generally supposed. for informa-
don which has Just reached the cor
respondent OF The Associated Press
shows the total OF squsdrons IN the
service TO be even higher than It was
at the mobilization IN 1914 Changes,
however, have been introduced In the
mounted arm OF the service by which
some Of the squadrons temporarily
have been dismounted and utilized as
infantry, while the formations have
undergone considerable variation.
At present the German army has
at its disposal no fewer than s4s
squadrons OF cavalry, comprising
active, reserve, mobile ersatz. land
weir and landsturm units, but OF
these IA have been separated from
their horses and used as infantry. This
figure compares with 40 squadrons
on a peace footing.
II Divisions ut Start.
When war began the German
cavalry was at once formed into Il d.
visions. each composed OF six regi-
ments Of four squadrons. Besides
those. there were also the bodies OF
divisional cavalry attached to the
active and reserve divisions OF infan-
try.
Rumania's entry into the war made
more cavalry formations necessary
and and the number Of organized di-
visions was at once increased to a.
The spring Of 1917 saw the end Of
the Rumanian campaign, and with
this came a decrease Of the divisional
formations 10 six, while the divisions
themselves were reduced from SIX
regiments to four each. At the same
time indenendent brigades Of mounted
troops were formed, Of which the eX-
istence Of at least five IS known, eacn
having three regiments Of four squad
rOus each.
Dismount p Regiments.
From among the Cavalrymen who,
temporarily, are not employed on
mounted duty at the front, % regi-
ments Of riflemen have been formed,
which take their turn in holding
trenches with the ordinary infantry
formations Each Of these regiments
is composed Of four squadrOns and a
squadron Of machine gunners.
Besides these other units OF
cavalrymen selected from the reGl-
ments OF the active army are from
time to time used as infantry, but
their exact numbers are not ascer-
tainable.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29

Produces New Purple
Nasturtiun By Means
OF Screening From Sun

London. Eng. Dec 29--By screen
ing plants form certain effects Of sun
light. Col n. r. Raws0n announces
that ne has produced a hitherto I'M
known purple nasturtium. Nariegated
flowers splashed with mauve, brown
and green were all produced on the
same plant In one case he cultivated
branch Of crimson blossoms on a
plant where all the rest OF the flowers
were scarlet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
Neglect OF Children
Decreases During Wa

London. Eng Dec. 2s.-The num-
her OF cases of neglect OF children
has shown remarkable decrease 81
England since the beginning OF the
war. IN 1913 tho number OF cases
officially recorded was $4,000. Each
year since there has been q decrease.
un-I last Te7r -hs number was less
than 1900.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29

in II she was 90 maintain her very
existence.
1T had been open 90 Runauia over
and over again to make peace. but
though she was suffering untold mis-
cries. with a naughty dignity she
had refused. and had said that she
would remain with her allies until
the end. Her attitude raised q cor
responding obligation upon this
country 70 90 on until Rumania was
righted as well as ourselves
Peace Talk Misleading. sIischievous.
Peace talk IN these circumstances
exclaimed Sir Edward u am not
going into recent developments OF
peace talk today. All 7 can say IS
that. in ny opinion. IL Is most mis-
chievous and misleading. To those
who lightly talk Of peace 7 say Re
member Belgium, remember F,uma-
MA. remember Servia-'
Governments Promise.
7 repeat 70 you. sir" said SIR Ed
ward. turning 70 the Rumanian min
lister. the determ nation Of this gov
eminent that We will go on 70 the
end with you. until we have each at
tanned the common object for which
we have entered this war.
7 say this further, that II there is
20 be any compromise outside tha-
which / lay down. 10 VIII not be me
present government that VIII make
such an ignOminious peace.
Must Protect the East.
The Rumanian minister. proposus
= vote OF thanks 90 the lord mayor.
said Rumania was deeply sensible or
what the allies were doing on Ecr
behalf Rumania was fighting not
FOR annexation. but the peace OF the
world. and he believed her independ-
ence would be secure A united Ru-
mania. Servia and Greece was neces-
sary to protect the near east against
The desiEns OF the central powers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
PAINTS ELII#T
PICTURE DE- THE
FUTURE
Won Tirp1tz Says England
Has All of Germany's
Former Colonies.
MAKES SUPREMACY
OF ENEMY FIRMER

4 AMSTERDAM. Holland. Dec. 2s.-
n A gloomy picture OF Germany's
"A future was painted by grand
admiral Won TIrpitz II his recent
speech IN Essen. according TO the
Hamburg News. Regarding a success
full economic war against Germany
after the war he said:
Imagine the position II we stimuli
taneously have TO bear the burden OF
taxation which must fail on every
German and. despite the fallen value
OF German money. we still have TO buy
the most necessary food and raw ma
terials from abroad. Can anyone in
his heart OF hearts really believe that
I'm these circumstances. without an in
crease Of power. without Indemnity
and without security we could avoid
Germany's ruin"
England Has All Colonies.
Germany's plight at the hands OF
England he bemoaned as follows
Not only has England taken our
colonies and MesOpotamia- but every
where she has made deeper and firmer
bases for her maritime and colonial
supremacy. She has furnished and
trodden down prestige and honor or
Germany by unprecedented caIumnies.
In the whole transatlantic world we
are considered as conquered and done
for"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29

Japan Abandons Work on
Dreadnoughf Because Of
Unusual Labor Scarcity

Toxic. Japan. Dec 29.-The build
Ing OF the superdreadnought Nagato
has had to be abandoned for the time
being on account OF a shortage OF la-
Dor. This seems almost unbelievable
in Japan. but the rapid rise OF wages
has been most marked in shipyards.
and the workmen have left the naval
docks at the Kurs arsenal for en-
ployment IN private companies which
pay higher wages
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29

more than a score in number. One cor
pOral speaks nine languages
The food served IS strictly kosher.
Saturday Is the day off instead OF
Sunday, and all the fast days are OBJ
served with as much ceremony as the
military atmosphere win permit
Correspondence OF The Associated
pressl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29

SPOKESMAN FOR ENGLAND Says
j. s. AND BRITAIN To END WAR

Tells Rumania Minister in London Every Pledge Made
by Great Britain viii Be Fulfilled and Rumania, Ser
via and Belgium Avenged and Rescued; Govern
ment Considers Peace Talk Mischievous.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-30
GOOD WORK FOR THE
BELGIAN REFUGEES

THE HAGUE. NETHERLANDS. July
Neutrality-suspicious. Of The Associated
Prime Minister OF Holland.
|Cort van der Linden. makes special
mention to aid afforded by the Rookie
Heller Foundation in q report on the
care Of Belgian refugees In the Nethsr-
LANDS which has just been presented to
Parliament. Besides helping to pro-
wide clothing and shoes, the Premier
says the Foundation did extremely good
work by the formation Of sewing and
Knitting classes, where a large number
|bf women refugees made clothes for
khe tnterned soldiers and for their fel-
This work was 80 much appreciated
By the government that when the
Rockefeller Foundation ceased its &C
Eirities In June 1915. It was officially
taken over and carried on. Despite the
decrease In the number Of refugees
kherc arc still IS such classes spread
bver the country. with 500 sewing ma
chimes in use. Nearly million gar
nents have been made.
Out Of q million BelSians who swarm
I'D over the frontier IN the tragic days
|bf October. 1914. between 10000 and
10000 continue to receive relief from
The Netherlands government. OF whom
more than $4,000 are housed in the spec
bally erected camps or villages. Many
bf these refugees are usefully employ
Id In the construction Of small wooden
houses or cabins which. after being
|hsed by Belgian families in Holland
aurinH the war, can Be taken to pieces
|bn the conclusion Of peace and trans
eerred to Belgium. where a great short
|h9e Of housing accommodation IL an
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-30
SAUSAGE BALLOON
ONE OF THE EYES OF
THE BRITISH ARMY

BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE. Aug 29.-(Correspondent 10
The Associated PreSs)-The Sausage.
or observation balloon Is one of the eyes
Of the army. 1t is not unlike huge
sausage in appearance, a sausage with
Ia kink in the middle, and it usually
carries only a single observer There
1t sits all day up In the sky noting ana
watching. and what It sees and notes II
telephones down to the guns below.
II you are in q front line British
trench and take the trouble to sit on
the fire step with your back to the Ger
man line. you will see, right, left. and
In fact, all along the British line. hum
dreds Of these sausages. They Sit
serenely there. up in the morning tug
ging all day at their cable. down at
night, apparently with no other thought
than n pleasant day in the air. Moth
ing troubles them: they go up at their
leisure, they come down at their ease.
Their nonchalance almost leads one to
believe that there is no such thing as
war in the world. They are confident
and happy because. 10 put 1t shorty
there Is no need to be otherwise. This
Is what Is known as mastery of the
air."
But II you rise on the fire step ana
trench pertscope to eye, you may look
in vain along the German line for any
similar line Of snusages- Scarcely ever
Is a single sausage to be been any
airplanes? Perhaps an odd one. well
back. But anywhere near the British
lines? Not often.
Along about noon one may sometimes
see a sausage rise agitatedly over the
German trenches. 1t goes up. as 1t
were, by jumps. as though 1t is being
seen. Listen. and before IT - two
hundred feet up, q familiar roar may
be heard somewhere behind the British
lines. glance shows that fieet OF
aircraft Is already on the wing,
A British balloon has seen It's German
brother begin Its rise. there has been a
prompt message. and few minutes lat
or a squadron Of British aircraft Is up
and out for n meal.
The British machines offer no pour
paricrs. They go straight for 1t. II
rocks once or twice, then drops down
ward, an inarticulate mass. That kind
Of German observation has ceased for
the day. for never another will rise
that day. What better meal for an
honest British plane than German
sausage" asks the squadron command
or. rs he returns to land.
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FREAK PLANS FOR
GETTING THE "SUBS'

ROME, Aug 29-Numerous extraor-
binary inventions to undo the submarine
have hcen submitted to the minister OF
marine Of Italy, and to the vnrious naval
attaches here. particularly that Of the
United States. One Of these inventions
modestly involves the dnmminG up OF
The submarines and forcing them into
shallow shore waters. where they may
he caught like fish. This invention
calls for an immense steel net 80 or Al
miles long and A feet deep.
Another original plan was submitted
to the Cnitcd States naval attache pro-
vidIng for tho building Of an unsink-
able ship made of solid wood. The In.
vcnlnr suggested that il he lowed hy
Innothrr steamship. but he didn't explain
how the other ship would escape. Nor
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did he explain how. solid wood ship

| did he explain how solid wood ship
could carry freight ard passengers.
There seems TO he no means OF dis.
couraging the brilliant minds Of tho
| fresh water sailors ard land engineers
which evolve these schemes. AS 4 mat
ter of duty and prccaution. all Corners
have their schemes examined. hut when
Informed that they are "at present un-
adapted to the needs Of tho navy they
| 20 on to the next naval office. generally
winding up OF that Of the United
States. Tho United States is coun-
try that knows bright plan when pre-.
scented and has the money and energy
TO. develop IT," they argue.
One plan involved the drying up Of the
Mediterranean by allowing its waters
to slip into the Sahara desert for few
days until the enemy submarines were
all captured, when the water would
again be turned back 10 its original
place. This plan is not particularly
original. 1t being an imitation OF tho
great engineering project for watering
One day two Of these inventors met
in q naval office. One was busy ex-:
planning how to protect dreadnoughts
by an immense steel net the net having
on its edge a fringe OF floating bombs
which when they came into contact with
the submarines projectile, would create
a counter explosion and blow 1t up.
ut won't do" explained the naval Of.
fcer For one thing. your fringe
would be sucked down and get en-
tangled in the ships propeller"
Il can overcome that objection"
cried the other inventor. Il have in
vented O ship that runs without a pro-
heller"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-30
DIN OF FACTORY
PREYED ON man
DAYS and NIGHTS
Shops Clangor Kept Him in Ner'
vous State Until He
Tried Tanlac.

When the closing whistle blew al
! the Platt Iron Works the crash OF the
machinery and the changing blows OF
the hammers went right on, 80 far az
John Harnctt, Tachnist, was con
cerned.
! Even after he had reached home
at ZIG East Third Street, Dayton, his
ears still rang with the buzz and
changer OF the shops. Often he lay
awake half the night unable to sleep
because his head roared with noises
Just as though he were in the factory
~ couldn't sleep WELL" said Mr.
Harnett. ITS an awful thing to lie
! awake when everybody else Is asleep
Often would roll and toss for hours
The harder | tried to sleep. the wider
awake | got. couldn't find com
Portable position-my bed didn't lay
right.
when everything was quiet, could
hear the clock tick, tick, tick. II
sounded to me like The regular rap
rap, rap Of the hammers of the
, BOYS in the boiler shop. My ears rang
with steady burrrr-r like the big
drills. while thoughts Of the things
had to do the next day flashed through
nv mind at 'mile-a-mlnute speed
in the mornings | dragged myself
! out of bed with 4 tired. all-in feeling
was nervous and didn't have BIZ
! Of pep.
| My face was broken out with
pimples. naturally supposed that
my blood was bad. and that Is how
! came to take Tanlac-for my blood
We'll. 'Tanlac must have purified
my blood. for it was not long before
my complexion cleared - the pimples
went away.
That was good, and | was vel
satisfied. but here is why am so de
lighted-Tanlac relieved my nervous
ness 1t gave me a good appetite. Ir
fact, / feel like a new man. Almost
as soon as my head touches the pill
! low | am fast asleep. It's the sleeI
that rests a person. too. for get VI
in the mornings feeling fine.
Its great to have health like W.
got now"
The genuine Tanlac Is sold II
Wheeling by C.. H. Griest & Co.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-30
ITALIAN FLIES 900
MILES In AIRPLANE

PARIS, Aug. 20. Captain Guilio
Laureami, an aviator in the Italian
army, has established a new worlds
long distance flying record by flyiag
more than 900 miles without stopping,
according to a despatch to the Temps.
from Milan The Italian flew from
Turin to Naples and return, a do.
lance Of 920 miles as the crow flies.
Captain Laureami used new SlA
machine with a Fiat motor. He left
Turin at 1907 am, reached Naples
at 1890 pm, flew over that city and
was back in Turin at $40 pm. :.
The previous long distance nonstop
flight record was held by Second
Lieutenant Antoine Marchal. French.
aviator. In June 1915, Marchal dew
from Nancy. France to near. Chelm,
Russian Poland, in Newport ma
chine. The distance covered was
about S07 miles. During the fight
Lieutenant Marchal dropped proclama.
lions on Berlin. He was made pris-
oner' by the Austrians at Chelm and
was interned.
The American long distance. non.
stop record is held by Miss Ruth Law,
who flew from Chicago to Hornell. 81.
Y, on November rs, 1916. Her.
elapsed time was hours and 45
minutes.
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~ FOUND PHYSICALLY FIT, FILE
CLAIMS FOR EXEMPTION
FROM ARMY DRAFT.

Twenty five Rejected for Physical Un-
fitness and q Of Days Call Are
Not Accounted For.
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Yesterdays Results

The Ohio county draft board yester'
day secured IS more mea for the selct'
tive army. out II l25 men called tci
examination during tho day. that mum
Der was found 10 b. physically fit lo'
military. service and did not file claims
for exemption.
. Fcrly-scvrn other men Who passed inc
physical test filed claims for cXrmpt'cr
from service. NEST OF them on grounds
OF Dependency Three arc in the mi!
tary service OF ne United Suites. on.
Is III III = local hospital. one WAS trans
fcrrnd to New Turr. for "Nainnafi"I
and twenty IaIlcG 10 report anu are
listed a& unucoc Int"d for. 1t will bt
noted that the number accounted FOL
yesterday to,alS 10 while hui rs were
called for rXanlra&tiun: On" man VINO
was examined yesterday was called fot
tho preceding Loy. but failed 10 show
up until yesterday afternoon.
work Is Dcrc Quickly.
Or. John l.. III, key. Or. Will y. era
craft and nr.e William Mckinley con-
Quoted the physical examinations yes
terday. with .\ndlGY y. Fisher caiiinF
the mcE from their assembly place ~
the criminal cont room and y. Walden
and Barney Fisher attending 10 III:
clerical Work. rs on lII' pl'E h'"S "''
th,. beard did, record work. disr0sing "f
the days call in only = llIlr more than
five hours.
Today the hulrd will rxamin. IN
third ~; nf th. 275 men called {" com.
rletr III. city'S quota. y" ,r"uhl" Il
untir,pa,eL in finishing the rxaminS'
tionS by thu m;'.dlr Of tn" afternoon.
Following is "A rnml,lrtr record of ;hC
y.St,.r,Lu..'S ,S1minlt ions.
Number precrmllnx name Is the order
Of call number: number following name
is me- snriol n,,mlrr nr The man ~
nn,nrdl
4SS-.IIrrhrrt T.. lcllStrom 56%. alb
srnt
.rnu.r1.,rr,J r. MAXWELL. I'll. claim:
.xon,u,irn. wife md child.
,onrs,cw,rl Felt. l4S5. PHYSICAL,
disoual;IIrd.
IoI--WiIiam Miller. 1863. qualified
MA cxcn,n,inn
,o"In,,n Eusak lac. qualified: nj
,yrr,n,inn
io?-lranN A. W"rh'r. Si". claims eN
or,n,ior. wife and children.
.oI-r,,h,r, Smith. ION. absent.
so5-Wjll,ur George Eruncr. 1876
claims cx.mu,iun: wife and children.
4aG--Eosa v. Parsons 1879. qu"l'tfcd
M cxrmutiou: married in June.
ao7-tr,hur l.c" Porter. inns. claim!
oxn,,n,inn. drpcndent parents.
William Martin. NO. claims OK
cmntinn: wife and child.
4??--,irurr" iiaskin iohn' 4lO' phv