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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

seat and. still standing on the wing
of the plane released the steering
gear. brought the machine out of the
spin and safely TO the ground
Have Race With German Bullets.
Two British officers were returning
from an expedition over the enemy S
line TO locate hostile batteries when
their machine was hit by anti-airCrafr
fire and the engine damaged Vol
ulauiuE. the machine landed 500 Yards
from tho British lines. the airDlaue
turned over and the aviators We're
hurled ont ON the German side Of q
canal Running along the beach under
heavy fire from rifles and machine
guns, the aviators dived into the canal
only 90 find 10 full OF harbed wire but
safety.
Wins Brilliant Victory.
Many Instances Illustrating the
reckless daring Of the British aViators
sent over the German lines 20 obtain
lnIOI NATION. destroy aerUdOmes and
harry the German reserves are con-
tanned in the official narratives. one
pilot who crossed the lines at Tpres
threw off two attacking machines.
bombed the Heule aerodr0me near
Lille and was fired upon by two ma
chine guns. He dlved at one Of them.
firing with both guns of the Britt Sd
oIrplane. drove the Germans from
their guns. fired upon the aerodr0me
AGAIN attacked anu scattered a col
Umn of 200 German iufanrrvmen on
the road. A German two-seater air
plane was circlinE 500 feet above him
for an attack. Il zoOmed uD under IT'S
tail and fired into st." writes the
British aviator. 1T crashed down
onto the railway"
Another British pilot had fired 100
rounds on German troops on the
march when he was iuterruDted hr
two enemy airplanes. He attacked
them and drove both down and then
finished ths job Of driving the Ger
man infantry into trenches and shell
holes
Flying at the height Of 200 feet
British aviator engaged fin a revolver
duel with two officers in n motor. and
while doing so ran into some lines OF
telegraph wires but fortunately his
machine cut them. A few minutes
later he attacked German infantry
which escaped his gun only By div
ing into p0nd--fC 0rrespondeuce OF
the Associated press-l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

-HE HAGUE, Netherlands. Dec IS.
Seven to eight thousand Brit
4 ish prisoners Of war from Ger
many shortly are to take up their
quarters at The Hague and IN the
neighborhood, constituting q fresh
strain on the soreIy tried housing &C
commodation Of the city and It's en-
virons. A like number Of German
prisoners from Great Britain are TO
be quartered in other parts Of the
country, and preparations are afoot TO
provide for them.
Both Great Britain and Germany
have sent over representatiVes TO Co
operate with the Netherlands authori-
ties in the matter. Special hospital
accommodation are being provided
for the numerous invalids. as only a
limited number Of cases can be placed
in existing civil and military hos
pitaIs- The British and Netherlands
Red Cross societies are joining in this
task
A site has been offered by the city
council of The Hague. in the immedi-
ate ueighborhOod Of the British quar-
tiers. for the erection Of work shops,
Young Mems Christian association
huts and the provision Of football and
cricket grounds. Following the eE-
ample set in Switzerland. special care
is to be devoted 10 training men for
useful avocations.
with a view 10 avoiding competi-
ton with native labor. IN accordance
with rules laid down by the authori-
ties. the employment provided prob
ably viii take the form OF construct
ing movable houses or cabins for use
in Belgium after the war. and making
furniture for the same purpose. work
that is already occupying many Bel
gian interned soldiers and refugees
To acCustom the German prisoners
90 regular employment and give them
. certain amount Of confidence in the
future, workshops are to be erected
in the WOlfheZen camp. Raw materials
are to be brought from Germany.
there the finished work viii be in
sue course exported in order to avoid
competition with Netherlands work
men According TO present plans, some
Of the men viii be tut to work on the
land. while students viii be given
facilities to continue their studies at
Nelherlands universities - GORE
spondence OF the Associated Press-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
Gray Bread, With Lard,
ZehbeIin Creln'S Fond

Paris. France, Dec. 15.-Slices OF
bread found on board the Zeppelin
brought down at BournOnne-les-Ba ius
were shown at a meeting Of the
Academy of Agriculture. Some were
gray In color. and covered with lard
these were for the men on board The
officers had bread much whittier and
honey spread on It. The officers bread
contained ten percent Of Jaw rice
which. il was stated. must have
reached Germany through Holland
Among the north German beer
producers q bitter feeling exists
against the Bavarian brewers. The
former complain that the Bavarians
have been and are being unduly IA
voreF in the matter Of obtaining Dor
lev and malt RumOrs are current
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

First so Sent Secretly to
France Are Terror to
Surprised Germans.
USE IN EGYPTIAN
CAMPAIGN LATER
ONDON Eng Dec. J5.-No on

2 ONDON. Eng. Dec. J5.-No one
man or one department Of the
IL British government can take
credit for "inventing" the Tanks
they came into being as the result
Of a long period Of study aud coordI-
mated effort by many men actirg IN
der three separate departments, the
war office, the admiralty and the min
istry Of munitions
In the autumn Of 1914 when the
belligerents on the western front had
settled down to trench warfare, il be-
came obvious that some means OF par
rying the danger OF well directed and
well protected machine gun fire from
the German trenches must be discov-
cred If the English infantry was TO
carry out assaults with success
one Of the first proposals put for
ward was for a machine 100 feet Ions
46 feet high and so feet wide, weigh
ing some 300 tons, propelled by an
500 horse power engine and with driv-
ing wheels 80 feet In diameter An
other early suggestion, and the one
which led most directly TO the Tanks
was made by Col SwintOn in October,
1914, TO build armored cars on a trac-
tor system. an American invention.
Experiments with various tractors
were made on behalf Of the war Of
flee and by q small expert committee
of the admiralty under Winston
Churchill, then first lord. Through
the medium Of the committee Of i'm
perial defence the various efforts for
the solution Of the problem were CO.
Ordinated and certain conditions were
laid down which had to be fulfilled
by the proposed car.
From among the numerous types
Of tractor inspected the most satisfac-
tory was found to be a caterpillar
with an endless self-laid track. over
which internal driving wheels could
be propelled by the engines.
First Tank Completed Is Success.
In February, 1916 the first Tank
was completed and taken down TO q
farm near London. Here pits
trenches and ramparts had been con
structed- The tests were so satisfac-
tory that an order was given on the
spot for 100 machines The ministry
OF munitions became responsible for
the speediest possible construction of
the order Many improvements were :
CONTINUED on Pee. pa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
VICTORY ROAD
is HIGHWAY To
CARNAGE 5GENE
Allies Use BroadRouteLaid
Out by Napoleon; Sol
dieTs Nickname It.
IS CONSTANTLY
GROWING LONGER

- EHIND British Lines I'm France.
X Dec. 15.-There is q broad road
- which runs like a spinal column
across the north % France. which the
British private has nicknamed the
Road 90 Victory" His fondness for
this road IS perhaps due TO the fact
that lr IS broader. better paved. and
more direct than most other roads.
being one OF those highways which
Napoleon laid ou- many generations
ago.
Carrying Pleasant Loads.
over this Road 10 Victory" there
moves never ending procession or
transport Of the most varied char
acter- Standing ar O. cross roads. one
sees first o. group OF fC r. wagons
theirs is q pleasant loaa. for they
carry r--lors. clean wholesome yell
low clrt sez sides of prime bacon.
fresh white bread ID sacks, chests or
tea, sugar. jam. timed butter and
bully beef. sacks OF potatoes ans
ton
Behind the ration carts follow q
string Of I'd Erear hooded motor lOr-
Fles laden with lumber of various
Kinds Zach iorry in this group car-
Eles IT'S name proudly ON It's side the
names am taken from plckens's char
1Cters- Betsy Brig. Martin Clu-- -euit.
Ni1aW1ert oliver Twist. Mr. BUNDLE.
Saifey Camp, and others some are
carry ing .1lcS1carQs.' which are lite
lle sections ~ skeleton sidewalk for
lool-iaIL-c over the mud Others are
laden with turkey trots." IittIe|
wooden bridges Tor shell holes ScllL.
Others nave luuE bundles of brusl-
N o0u -.Scines Tor Milling iu hollow
places 10 roads. Yet others have
D"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

who talks q great deal, but what ne
says. he says well
When the first American troops
disembarked on our shores we cannot
forget the words with which the gem
eral received them. For the first
time in history American soldiers find
themselves on the soil OF Europe. The
good name of the United States de-
mands that our conduct be irrepr0aci
able. We must every one of us, show
toward the Freuchuau, and more par
ticularly the French women. the most
perfect courtesy and our respectful
Difference. TIE least reprehensible
act would be d0ubly so here because
IL would be a breach OF hospitality
Nothing m0ret No promises %
epic gloryl No laurel Wreaths dis
tributed I'm advanced no flags Wav-
ing over rose crowned headsl But his
soldiers understood those few brief
words and showed q tactful disCip-
line. That is Pcrshingl"
The articles relate the adventures
Of two Paris reporters who called
upon the general They talked with
him for q quarter OF an hour and
then emerged TO compare notes
ven. let's sle.F said one Gle
talked about our country. about Eng
yes" broke IN the other but he
never SAID 2 word about The United
States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

and Of "an alliance closer than that
Of legitimate marriage" Such mar
riages" may be dissolved, II the con
tracing parties so wish. upon the
birth Of a child To be dOubly sure
that the marriages" would not be
looked down upon the originator Of
the idea declares it should also have
the hearty support Of the clergy
whose adhesion to the principles out
lined should also be proclaimed by
the government
There" declares Pierre Mile. a
widely known French writer. lis the
unmistakable Germanic touch. The
government is to be called In to
regulate the clergy in their opinions.
to reform and remOuld the human
mind, to recreate the instincts THAI
have been born into each human be-
ing.
Kaiser Would Make Distinction.
The kaiser is TO discern between
vice and virtue The reasoning is so
brutally German that il merely re-
solves itself into the following 'N e.
the German military party. who, with
the emperor, by divine right are the
masters of the German empire, judge
it fit and proper TO institute polyEa-
my. Thus the clergy must preach
polygamy.'
Contract Marriages for France.
A tremendous campaign mas ueeu
carried on here by Dr.. Robert De 81
none, an Italian physician. who was
Dr. Alexis Carols assistant at the
Rockefeller institute in New York,
and who has gained considerable fame
both as an author and a playwright,
Tor the Introduction Of and the legal
fzing Of contract marriages" for
-eriOd OF three years Dr. De SimOne
has asserted in numerous articles in
the press that such a solution OF
Frances problem is not only possible
but practicable. His plan is for the
contracting parties 10 be at liberty -
dissolve or continue their union at
the conclusion of the three years
ANY issue of the marriage Is TO be
cared for by the state in the event
Of the mother and father being un-
willing to assume responsibility, the
parents to be obliged TO devote a per-
centage Of their earnings 10 the edu-
cation and maintenance Of the chill
iren
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
UNITS ARE
COOKING At ARMY
BASES IN FRANCE
PROVE 4 COMPLETE SUCCESS;
TAKE THE PLAGE5O MANY MEN
Get Same Pay as Private Soldiers and Do Needed Work
Commander of Big Base Depot Issues Order to Men
to Show Special Consideration for the Women;
Many Women Clerks Also Sent

2 ONDON Eng. Dec 15.-Great
Britain IS modelling an army
- OF women 90 cook for the Brit
fish army iu France Already the
first units Of the new feminine army
have taken up their tasks IN cooking
for the soldiers at the bases and In
doing clerical work in department
headquarters at the front.
The correspondent OF the Daily
Chronicle at the British army base.
sends 90 that paper an account o9
this new army of women he says
$50 army has ever gone forward
on better food than the mighty
FORCES OF the empire are enjoying
Good as 10 IS. the idea IS 20 make il
yet better and it is TO women that
this task is 90 be entrusted There
ls a certain quarter that may fairly
be described as "a township OF base
camps Into one OF these latter have
come The women cooks. TO take charge
OF the cook houses. liz was q daring
innovation uur the commanding Of
ficer had good f--tn. and issued an
I'm which the khaki cirlE' are now re-
earded thlr i- must be- quoted in
full
are Receiving soldier. Pay.
Base cenu The officer COM
ulanclnE base depot wishes 90 draw
the attention OF an ranks TO the fol-
lowing points Ir connection with
the domestic section Of the womau's
auXl-l1r- army. which IS employed ID
this depot-
-.-Taes- women have not come out
Tor the sake OF money rs their paw
is that OF private solder. Il nelrll
every case they -laVa loEt someone
dear Co them lu this war, and they
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

! be rude 20 them. e - - - aEy ~
. his comrades standing by 20 shut hial
up, and see that he does not repeal
TINS offence
To the older men I would say
Treat them as you would your oWB
daughters To the younger maB5
treat them as you would TouR ogH
Comds. bass sspsAS
Women Prove Success.
me women have proved con-
pleLe success In the great cauldrona
on their ranges an appetlzing neal
OF stewed steak and vegetables ana
suer pudding was nearly ready for
serving Preparations for the nexe
day involved the peeling o. q bushsl
or so Of onions and the half dozsa
Scotch lassies who had nearly a.
complshed this task were singing
Annie Laurie With q view Of BuEa
gestng pathetic memories a. "a aEsl
cuse FOR the tears in their bEiEhA
eyes
DO Clerical EForIL. T
-Of quite another order % he 49,
liable work that the women are doinH
ar another base At this center e. 4
registry OF all army correspondence
in so far as Il relates % transfers
pay, promotion, discipline and very
much more concerning the British
forces IN France and Belgium Il fol-
lows that there ls an enormous
mount Of sorting and entry TO Be
done, and on this some hundreds %
women are already engaged
The system OF card indeLiuE used
here assumes gigantic proportions
For the Browns and the Smiths the
cards run into thousands and al the
more general names call FOR consid-
cradle space Yet. IN spite Of al
complications OF initials. OF regiments
OF corps Of casualties and constant
movements. any mans record can be
traced fin about g quarter OF an hour,
To the girl who has had some eXpe-
rience OF such work there Is no DIFF
dculty here that she cannot quickly
master and there Is call FOR many
more 70 come and reinforce the con-
tinEelt already there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
SWiss Patriot CoUers
Walls of His House With
Pictures OF Al Rulers

Berne. Switzerland Dec. IA
Swiss ulrioL IS providing some amuSe-
iueut 10y his original way OF advertfs-
ing his neutrality The outer walls
of his house are decorated with has-
-rli"I or 1li tra primer pal representa-
DIVES of tae nations at war king
George the German emperor. uresI-
dent ro-rc-re. the sultan. the emperor
ot Aust-la and president Wilson are
al 20 Be- seen in Intimate rairh5orI--
ness
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
Japan Makes Big Loans to
Russia. China. England

T0Sio, Japan. Dec. 15.-The finance
department has announced that the
loans raised iu Japan by foreign pow
ers u1 10 October q aggregate 566,0O0.-
600 ven OF this sum 105.000.000 yen
went 90 EuEl1ud- 100000 20 Frances
c12.llo.oo0 To- Russia and 100000 %
Chiur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
Germans Don't Expect Decisive Victory
-'i- -:I-- -:I:- :I--

~ cans CC ZS6VW CLrIeu. Saws Leader
a MSTERDAM HOLLAND, In would
-
Gohn, the
article
uerciaT gae
actually VIII.
believe possible" to Of
that which would make
terribly weakened bloody
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
ENGLAND More Sober and Sane in Var

DrunkenneSS arrests Lowest IN so Years
oNDoN Eng Dee England during
the war according TO official
1922
li OF insane persons under January England and Wales
OF 5l2s
decrease IN the number OF insane attributed by the general pubic
20 tle decrease m lrlenness and being used o.
strict regulation Of the @ liquors
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15
Three YEAR MARRIAGES
BY CONTRACT PLANNED
To REP0PULATE FRANCE

German Plan Of 'Ersatz Marriages. to be Forced Upon
German People by Kaiser, Rejected by French Sug-
gestion of Three Year Marriages Put Forth by
italian Expert Seems to be Gaining French Favor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

z ONDON, Eng, Dec 15.-1Irs. j..
Borden Hartman, OF New York
L. and Washington, has arrived in
London TO Investigate vomeu's part
-a ambulance hospital a.u e..e- aar
work Her object is TO ascertain how
the services Of American women bes,
may be utilized. Nrs. Hartman also
VIII 60 20 Paris for the same purpose.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

Same Number Of German.
Prisoners Sent to Other
Parts of Netherlands.
PLANS MADE FOR
KEEPING MEN BUSY

~HE HAGUE. Netherlands. Dec IS.
Seven to eight thousand Brit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-15

Britain S. modelling an army
- OF women 90 cook for the Brit
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-19
Furnishing HAzERs

When law and disorder meet in conflict,
society is threatened if there is any COM
pounding with the latter. Governor Bilbo's
unfolding of President Powers, of the Uni
versity Of Mississippi, in expelling the nine
teen students for hazing and rowdyism,
will therefore cause general rejoicing. For
merly, hazing was punished by suspension,
but in this case there will be no reinstate-
ment.
Hazing is one of those brutal throw
backs which remind us how close modern
civilization is to such atrocities as the man
handling methods Of last century, recently
illustrated in the convict ship Success; and
wherever the wretched business is ended, it
marks definite stride forward for that
community.
Had Gov. Bilbo gone behind President
Powers. it would mean the giving-over OF
the University to ruffianism. Authority
must be respected, especially the authority
of knowledge, and Mississippi is to be con-
graduated on its emancipation from haz-
ing
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-19
THE LOGICAL POINT.

Where did the rumor start that the
German raider might put in at Pensacola!
Who first gave the thought utterance that
kilograms should burn the wires, warning
us to keep a lookout for the mysterious
roaner of the deep? No one person prob
ably-it was composite idea of many men
in many different places. Nor is this the
first time that the Deep Water City has
been so singled out.
The U-53-or a consort-waS reported
headed this way; the Bremen was expected
10 put in here; a French warship, actually
touched here on a cruise in these waters,
expecting mayhap to run across subsea
merchantmen.
And Just as soon as it learns of another
raid in the South Atlantic, the world rubs
its eyes and says: Where will the raider
bob UP next? Where might it be expected
to put in, for coal or supplies? So the world
gets out its atlas and finds Pernambuco-
the last approximate whereabouts of the
bold, bad boat-right on the shoulder of
Brazil, and tries to put itself in the captain S
place. OF course he would want to go north,
and so the worlds eye goes climbing up the
latitude rungs until it lights on
Pensacola! The logical point, the deep
water harbor, from which radiate the ocean
lanes to the south and east and the railroads
to the north and west; the perfectly safe
anchorage, without the drawback of swift
or shallow river approach
Maybe the raider won't come to Pensa-
oola-it may be sunk; it may be under or
ders to proceed to an entirely different part
of the world; but the point for us to remem-
Der is, that the world expects it to come te
Pensacola thinks it would come to Pen.
sacola if it exercised Judgment and if we
but give the world chance,' the world viii
be coming to Pensacola itself, one of these
fine days
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-19
The Federal Farm Loan | law
2. How Farmers May Take Advantage

Only farmers or prospective farm
ers who wish to borrow money may
join the national farm loan associa-
ton provided under the Federal Farm
Loan Act. 1t takes ten or more to
make up one Of these associations.
If a farmer wishes to borrow he
should find out if such an association
has been formed in his community. If
it has, he should make application to
the secretary treasurer for member
ship. If no association has been
former, he should attempt to get ten
or more farmers who wish to borrow,
to meet for the purpose of organic
ing.
The process or organization is very
simple. One of the members should
write to the Federal Farm Loan
Board, Washington, D. c., for blank
articles of association. When they
have been received meeting of the
prospective borrowers should be call
ed and these articles of association
should be adopted, signed, and &C.
knowledged by each member. Each
member will indicate the amount he
wishes to borrow and the value and
description of the land he wishes to
use as security.
This association elects five or more
directors, and these directors then
elect a president, vice president, a
secretary treasurer, and loan COM
mittee of three members.
This is as far as the association
can go until after the Federal land
bank of that district is established.
Then, upon application, the Federal
land bank will furnish the local as
ISOLATION with blank application for
charter, which should be filled out
and filed with the Federal land bank,
along with the articles of association.
These documents should be accom-
panied by a written, unanimous re-
port of the loan committee placing a
valuation on the lands of each of the
members.
Then the appraiser of the Federal
land bank. will come to inspect the
lands of the members and 0. K. OF
reject the valuation prepared by the
loan committee.
No one farmer can borrow more
than $4,000 or less than 500. Nc
national farm loan association may
start with less than $4,000 of loans
Each member joining the local as