El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-29
COAL SHORTAGE
5CARE5 AUSTRIA
1900 Miners Are Brought
Back From War Front;
Drastic Regulations.

Basel, switzerland. Aug. og.-Herr
von Hamauu. the Austrian minister OF
public works. startled the Austrian
chamber OF deputies yesterday 10y
giving it as his official opinion that
the coal crisis had become a vital
question for Austria Hungary. ac-
cording to Vienna advices today.
In an effort TO remedy matters.
continued the minister. 1850 miners
have been brought back TO the mines
from the front but during August the
authorities had been unable TO effect
an increase in production because Of
the under nOrrishmeut Of the work
ers-
After the ministerial speech had
been delivered the economic commit
Tee of the chamber introduced a bill
creating a government monopoly OF
coal and authorizing the government
TO forbid the heating Of all places OF
amusement except theaters and mu-
seuus and TO close luxurious hotels.
wounds as best they could and the
the Hun to safety They got clear OF
the liquid fire screen. but they were
continually fired at by Shippers. the
Germans seeming neither TO know or
care ~ LtaIlEL ANEA la.A their 0h III man
or not When the two were Just with
in reach Of safety the rescuer got hit
for the third time. He tried to 60
on. but collapsed. and started to- roll
down towards the flaming liquid In
the hollow.
The German was evidently as white
as they make them, for he went after
his rescuer in face Of a deadly fire
from his own comrades, not 10 speak
OF the danger Of being hit by stray
shots from our side
shot by Own Men.
He reached him in time TO stop his
downward roll but apparently the
brave lad was dead. The German
tried TO drag the body away, evidently
not wishing that he should be burned
even in death While he was doing
this the German was hit again and
the two rolled down into the flaming
mass
il was the finest instance OF self
sacrifice have come on in this war.
and incidents Of that kind make one
less inclined to say hard things about
the Huns I admit they are very rare
that they do happen now and then. as
most chaps who have been at the
front since the beginning will tell
you
A Might Charge.
What had been going on during the
day seemed 10 have got on the nerves
OF the Fritzes. for at intervals dur
ing the night they opened furious
fire in the direction Of our trenches
under the mistaken impression that
We were attacking them They did
that four or five times, and the joke
Of il all was that when we did attack
in earnest towards dawn Fritz had
not the least idea what we were up
TO- We passed quickly across the in
rerTeulug ground and were near
nunrru-n for ~lnrTurTrr- nrrrnngaE before
Fritz had the least suspicion Of our
presence Then he woke up and let
us have rough reception. but by
that time our boys didn't mind what
leather at the enemy parapeL and
were over in a jiffy. We swept Fritz
completely out and destroyed ms dug
outs
More Boiling DH.
Il was at this stage Of the fight that
the boiling oil manipulators got an
other chance There was a section
Of the trench that the Germans were
defending with the aid OF machine
guns, and were holding up our ad
vance
The boiling oil distributors went
along quietly, like the milkmeu on
their morning round, and then when
they were near enough they let the
FrIrzes have it. The machine gun
crews and the supporting infantry
" 81 r. SIMPLY AA ElANALEA III AaAe LAaE4LLA
liquid The opposition collapsed at
once. Our boys got in with the bay
Oner. but they found that there wasn't ]
much doing in that line. because Fritz 7
was anxious TO get out OF the way
OF our liquid.
Hand to Hand Battle.
one dramatic incident of the fight .
around the lake of fire will never be .
forgotten by me. a party of our fell 7
lows were szirting the lake for the
purpose OF getting at a mob of Huns ]
The two parties got to grips. just on Z
the edge Of the lake, near enough TO +
be scorched by the flames and near .
enough for the men who went under /
In the struggle TO tumble into the +
flaming liquid There was no thought &
Of using weapons Our boys just went I
straight for a German throat when
they saw IL. and the opponents struE- I
gled until one or other got the upper /
hand Then the TauQuished one