El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
MT. FRANKLIN
To Be AFLANE
Preliminary Tonight to the
Mammoth Fireworks Dis
play Tuesday Night.


Tonight at z p. n. Alt. Franklin
will be illuminated with red fire,
trench flares will be fired over the
peak Of the mountain and balloons
viii be sent up to give an imitation
Of zeppelins In action.
This illumination viii be a prelim-
mary part Of the Battle Of Nerdun."
TO be given at the FL Paso stadium
Tuesday night. starting at o'clock
and viii represent the beginning Of the
big battle in France the conclusion
of which viii be shown in the
stadium Tuesday night
The illumination % the mountain
viii be preceded by the explosion OF
minute bombs at 2 o'clock. followed
by trench flares. The preliminary
fireworks display may be seen from
place on the first lift of the mountain
to the north of the city
Tickets For big show
General admission and reserved seat
tickets for the big military fire
works spectacle at the High school
stadium tomorrow night were placed
on sale Saturday and from the rush
for tickets il looks as though the
stadium viii have another Thanks
giving record breaking crowd. The
big shipment Of fireworks arrived
in FL PasO Saturday and everything
the War Service Board VIII give to
the Sammies. one half OF the stad-
lum viii be reserved for the soldiers
and the other half for the public. The
center section of seats has been set
aside as reserved seats for civilians
and military officers with their fam
lies.
@sing Song" For soldiers.
Another big feature which is now
being worked out is TO hold a gigan-
tic Sing Song for the soldiers, be-
ginning at $3.50, as a preliminary to
the regular exhibition after each
song q terrific aerial bomb viii be
fired and an Illuminated zeppelin re-
leased to float over the city. 1t is
expected that nearly 10000 soldiers
will take part in this sing Song
and IL viii be the largest affair Of
its kind ever held in the city From
all indications the War Service board
IS going TO carry out is idea OF max
ing this the greatest patriotic night
exhibition ever attempted in FL Paso.
Experts Are Busy.
Fireworks experts are busy trans
forming the stadium Into q miniature
battlefield while electricians are ar
ranging to flood the field with pow
erful search lights on account of
the enormous expense it IS ouIg pos
slble 20 stage this magnificent spec
tacle for one night only in each city.
It is not moving picture but a real
battle in terrific action with soldiers. /
nurses. modern war utensils and
thousands Of exploding bombs and
shells.
NeyvSbOys To Attend.
All the newsbOys selling the Her
aid VIII meet tomorrow night and
attend the fireworks spectacle as the
guests Of the War Service board They
viii march in a body 10 the stadium
where q special section Of seats viii /
be reserved for them. The uewsies /
are boosting all they can TO make ]
this the Sammies' big night TOmor- l
row at u o'clock the manager Of the I
fireworks company viii fire a num-
Der OF immense bombs in front OF the I
Belgian home erected at the pOstof- /
flee building. These bombs when !
reaching an altitude Of 1000 feet VIII /
explode and discharge a huge Ameri- /
IAN flag. attached TO a parachute.
which viii unfurl and float over FL
'aso.