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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
A-ERTCET RTO Gross Will AID HAL
Allies Prepare For Fourth Winter
Can1paign;Death BLow TO Germans
Program in Spring With q. S. Aid

is that here in France Americans viii
cooperate throughout the winter in
the gigantic task Of preparing for the
death blow The details cannot be dis
cussed, but the ground has been
cleared for q colossal amount of work,
embracing all branches that 90 TO
make for the efficient operation Of q
modern war machine, and big share
viii be taken over during the bad
weather by Americans. not only in the
United States, but also in France.
And this quite aside from the training
of the fighting men and the education
Of the officers in the latest phases OF
warfare.
The result OF all this activity viii
be that next spring the entente allies
viii possess a super-eIninent war ma
chine. gunned. manned and equipped
in an unprecedentedly complete and
MAGNIFICENT manner. 1t was correct to
say last winter that IN 1917 the en-
teute allies would develop a striking
force which could not be exceeded in
1918 if the war continued But at that
time the Intervention of the United
States was only dim possibility, the
revolution in Russia and the collapse
of her army were fOreseeu by no
body.
Means Trouble for HindenburE.
As the situation stands at present
with the United States adding her
4ll-ALE NUh CT 10 LAAE common 10 IT, anu
with a still unextiuguished hope that
KornilOff may swing the 1Iuscovites
back TO their old aggressive fighting.
men belonging TO the inner circles OF
Europe affirm their belief that the
entente allies viii be able 10 confront
Hindeuburg with a far harsher prob
lem in 1918 than they could have
hoped 10 put up TO him i'm 1917.
Next spring the British army viii
still be at top strength. for in the
past summer Haig has put forth moth
ing like his maximum effort. and i'm
consequence has suffered losses far
below the figures anticipated at the
British war office. When it was seen
that the Russian army must drop out
Of all offensive plans this summer
and that Germany would be able 10
develop an unexpected strength upon
the western front, the FraucO-British
policy naturally became more con-
servative. The building NJ Of the
American armies has confirmed the
wisdom Of this course, which looks TO
the accumulation Of an irresistible
power the last continuous annihilat-
ing blows are delivered upon all pos
sible fronts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

2 taurant. nor a tango tea, nor a cab
aret since that date.
But at all times, down to date, there
have been under cover places where
tourists and officers and soldiers and
the demi-mOnde repaired at II o'clock,
when the theaters closed, for bottle
Of champagne and perhaps sand
Wich. and dancing The music IN
most cases was from q photograph,
although in some places there was
Beer at 81 a Bottle.
For a while. before the police be-
came so strict il was possible Tor
one to obtain beer, whisky -cour-
tesy" to American and British Gus
rOmerS-aud champagne in the dane
ing places. The beer usually cost
five Francs dollar bottle, the
whiskey two francs and half a
drink, and the champagne cheap
stuff like Tizane generally, 20 francs
a bottle.
Pate de fois gras sandwiches were
sold at two and three francs each
made with brown. stale war bread
and mighty thin veneer OF the goose
liver paste Caviar sandwiches were
sold at 10 francs apiece, little roasted
chickens, scarcely enough for two
persons, We're 80 to 30 francs Lobster
was Is or 20 francs a portion, and
small beefsteak was . francs. Cigar
cites were $50 for a box Of 90
Had Lively Trade in ~DOpe.'
a lively trade in dope Of all
kinds. from ether, which has come 20
be the favOrite eXhilaranr for the
Parisienne. TO coco" morphine and
opium, was carried on all night in
most Of the resorts The women who
ran the places often sold the stuff
direct to the demi-mOndes who &C
companied the men there. and where
a "patrOune' did not wish TO take
chances On handling dope" herself
she winked while the walters or
piano players sold IL.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
Italian Railways Meet
Supreme Test of War In
HandLing Army Rapidly

~ t4lE. ITALY. Sept 29-Tke
mobilization and assembly of
= the army for the great war of
liberation proclaimed by Italy in May.
1915, constituted the first serious test
Of the railway organization Of the
peninsula This test was successfully
passed. and it was possible to arrange
for and carry through the mobuiza-
tion i'm very short time. practically
without disturbing the ordinary goods
and passenger services. The work
brought a high tribute of praise from
the supreme command.
Traffic Has Been Intense.
on the greater part of the railway
system the traffic of a military char
acter has been Intense In the first
p months OF the war the railways
nave carried altogether some 11.000.-
evp Of soldiers and Officers. about
l,uuO-O0o quadrupeds, and 100000
wagons Tor military material. while
the monthly maximum was 900. 600
men and 10000 wagons. On some
lines there is now a daily movement
OF one hundred trains, and on others
Do has reached. and at times exceeded
l2O trains i'm the tweuty-four hours.
In some OF the principal stations
there have been 300, $50. and even as
many as $50 trains daily.
Yet all this vast transformation
took place without sacrificing I'm the
least degree the needs of ordinary
life Thus. in the last two financial
years which correspond practically
to the first two years OF the war.
length Of 100 kilometers were opened
for public use in territory not affected
by the military operations.
The intensified service which the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

ARTS. France, Sept 29.-The lid
~ is on tighter today in Paris
= than II ever has been since the
beginning Of the war The city closes
up tightly and gees TO sleep before
midnight. as all theaters must close
IT II o'clock, and the street cars and
subways stop running after handling
this traffic.
All the cafes and restaurants close
their doors at $3.50 o'clock at night
10 the minute, and the only place
where it is possible to get a drink
after that hour is at the bars Of the
Tarious theaters-for every playhouse
in Paris has its bar. It is absolutely
impossible, however, to get anything
10 eat after 9:30, except in one or
two tiny, dingy restaurants in the
neighborhood Of les Halles. the great
central markets where business
starts ut about ! o'clock in the morn
ing. Several small cafes are permit
ted TO open there at about O'CLOCK
in the morning In order tnat farmers
or rather the wives and daughters
OF farmers. since all the men are IN
the army-may have sandwich or q
sausage and a glass Of wine after
their all night drive from their farms
10 the market No other resLal-
rants open until 6 o'clock
For the first two years Of the war,
the closing hour Of cafes and res
taurants was 1880 o'clock, but the
hour was set forward 10 $3.50 year
ago when the lack Of coal necessl-
tsted stringent saving IN light and
heat everywhere
No Dancing Since 1915.
Dancing and music have been pro
hibited since August 1918, and there
has not been an orchestra in res
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

thousands Of tons Of explosives. Let
American money and American &C.
Mus build up an endless chain OF
workshops and laboratories upon our
soil, let them produce here behind Oui
armies. instead Of sending the war
supplies along ocean routes where
submarines are always watching
il is by sending us their engineers
and their specialists. by Harvesting
our waterfalls. by locating and eE-
plotting our coal and mineral de-
posits. by multiplying our industrial
installations by developing our rail-
roads that the United States can most
surely attain their end
Face TO face with Germany squat
ting upon her mines and bristliug
with manufactures. all the allies
should combine 10 build up a rival or
sanization in France
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
POLISH BIHlIT5
RE5JMEL90TIH6
TROOPS
Attack Villages and Farm
Houses Near the Ger
man Lines.
GERMAN SOLDIERS
FAIL TO CAPTURE

TARSAW, Poland. sept. %
w Tas bands , Of robbers .s3,,5. which VI !;s
German and Austrian armies in Po-
land after the occupation Of the coun-
Try. but were finally suppressed, have
reappeared and are becoming as bold
as ever. During the last two or three
weeks at least a dozen attacks on
isolated farms and small hamlets and
seven murders have been reported
from different districts
Loot Near German Front.
In Skulsk, near the German from
tier, six masked bandits plundered
IL stores and several private houses
Ne robbers killed a merchant by the
name Of MsnleWicz and his wife and
wounded another woman seriously A
detachment Of German soldiers tried
90 capture them, but they made their
escape with much booty.
another band Of robbers killed two
MN in a small village near LODI and
cs1ried of money and valuables 70
TIE amount OF several thousand dol
lars.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

ltlllN Al administration mas been able
to carry out demonstrates the great
utility Of the measures adopted during
the last ten years. II was the i'm
provement in the condition of the
permanent way. and the reinforce
ment Of the rolling material effected
in that period. which made it possible
10 utilise the railways up TO the limit
OF their capacity. While the military
transport alone employed more than
half of the rolling stock. or about
100000 wagons I'm the year 1915-16
10 was necessary to make provision
also for the demands OF ordinary COM
mercial traffic And the internal
traffic. which had nothing 10 DO with
the military movement was very
largely increased by the closure Of
the Adriatic ports and the reduction
Of the cOastwise shipping services
The splendid organization Of the
Italian railways has uotaAy assisted.
especially i'm the more recent period.
the transport services OF the allies.
and particularly Of England. in the
conveyance OF troops and materials
across the peninsula.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

worst months; but poor visibility VIII
make cooperation with the gun bat
teries difficult the more so as the
Germans latest type Of Archibald"
or antiaircrafr gun, enforces respect
and cOmpels pilots TO fly high.
short. sharp Blows Expected.
In these circumstances big sweep
ing moves are not looked for but
rather q repetition on more iuteu-
siVe scale of last winters tactics.
Short, sharp blows at selected points
during fine spells. a contlnal batter
ing of wide fronts by concentrated
gun fire lenEtheuing out TO closeup
rest stations, hundreds Of aeroplanes
warming out to attack encampments,
aviation sheds, munitions dumps and
lines of communicate Ou-these viii be
the regular order OF the day through
kept on the jump all the time, great
caps viii be torn I'm his dWindlinE re-
serves and every possible step taken,
first TO prevent his ever again assum-
ing the initiative upon the western
front. and secondly, to weaken him ir-
repara bly, for the final knockout blow
in 1918
Americas Part a Secret.
The part the American c0ntin-
gents VIII play in the winters activ-
ity is the closest of military secrets
at this time. There is nothing that
HindeuburE Is burning 10 know so
much as just what Pershing's plans
are. and there is nothing that PERISH
ing Is more bent upon doing than
keeping the slightest hint from Hin
denburE.
But while no light can be shed at
this stage upon the plans OF the
American commandments I am
able to give this assurance, that pru-
dence is his motto, that he viii never
consent TO play 10 the gallery as even
the best generals are sometimes
tempted TO do Ii is Haigs great merit
that he bides his time and only strikes
when he is able TO strike in real earn
est PershiuE resembles the British
leader in this respect, and Europe has
had enough war experience to know
that these are the men who get the
real results at the least possible cost
IN lives. and that though they have
little 10 show on the war map. they
are steadily. persistently. releulessly
wearing down the toughest foe that
ever took the field.
Planning for Death Blow.
What can be said. however. without
giving any information to the enemy 3
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

DARIS, France. Sept 29-Prepara-
- tions for the fourth winter cam
4 paign on the western front are
already in full swing. The summer
campaign is over with by the end OF
September. and while both the Eng
lish and French may be expected 70
make a few big drives, it is not an
ticipated that the beginning Of win
ter. for military purposes, viii see
any radical alteration in the war map
OF France and Flanders.
Millions Of sweaters, socks. paper
suits, rubber Wellington boots, head
wraps, mufflers. gloves and mittens
are beginning TO flow out from fac
tory and home to the French pouus
and British Tommies. hundreds Of
thousands Of whom are facing their
fourth winter period in the trenches.
The comfort Of the fighting man is
so carefully studied now. after three
years experience. that nothing will
be overlooked to make the coming
harsh trial bearable.
In Totally Different Quarters.
Practically all the way from Nieu-
port TO Nerdun the armies are I'm
quarters totally different from those
they occupied last winter with the
exception of one or two trenches-as
around La Bassee and the ArgOnne-
the French and British are stationed
in captured German lines. Through
out the spring and summer the men
have shown little inclination TO dig.
feeling that in view Of the possibility
of a further move forward. lust
enough shelter was good enough for
the time being. Turning over earth
has never appealed TO any infantry in
this war. but necessity is likely TO
force them 10 do q lot of il this month
and next in order 10 provide them
selves with snug and Well-drained
trenches for the autumn and winter.
Until next spring the western line
is uot likely to vary TO any great ex-
tent, unless the totally unexpected
happens High winds. morning and
evening mists, snow flurries and rain
viii limit the usefulness OF the air
plane and diminish the enormous help
il gives nowadays 10 very big often
sive. The machines are capable OF
performing wonders in any weather
short OF a hurricane. and there Will
be plenty Of aerial activity. especially
bombing raids. right through the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
NORTH 6ERHIH5
ANGER BAVARIA
OFF FOOD
Stringent Orders Issued
Against Allowing the En-
tering Of Strangers.
SEARCH EVERYONE
LEAVING COUNTRY

= ONDON, Ems. Sept 29.-The Ba-
varian government has issued
- stringent orders whereby re-
striction is placed on the entrance
into the state OF strangers. whose Wis
its are in any case to be limited 10
one week Strict customs search is TO
be made OF all luggage and postal
packets, 20 prevent any export Of Ba-
varian food. says Reuter-.
All businesses engaged in promot-
ing infracuons OF these regulations
viii be closed by the police, and in
dividuals Illegally obtaining provis-
ions will be summarily sent out OF
the country.
Blame North Germans.
These measures have been rendered
necessary by the inroads Of strangers.
especially North Germans. who have
bought milk and fat products TO an
extent endangering the food supplies
OF the kingdom
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

The Petrograd Women's Legion OF
Death are in revolt against their COM
mander, Nine Butchkoreva. because
she is too rough in enforcing disci-
pIine.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
PARIS LID IS On TIGHT;
CITY IS DEAD AFTER z;
GAYETY STRICTLY BARRED

All Cafes Close at $3.50 Except Theater Bars Which Are
Open to Midnight; Some Hidden Places May Found
by Those Who Know How But Regulations Are
So Strict That They Are Very Few.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
COMMISSION GOES
To ROME To MAKE
An INVESTIGATION
AMERICANS ARE To WORK WITH
THE ITALIAN ARMY COMMITTEE

New York Banker Heads Commission Sent to Look Into
Italy's Needs and Comprehensive and Thorough Re
lief Work Is to Be Given With the Coopera-
ton Of the italian Government
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
FRANCE HAS FULL CONFIDENCE
IN VICTORY WITH j. g. HELP
Official of French Senate Army Commission Warns
Countrymen Not to Let Their Confidence Make Them
Careless; Mistakes Now Would Be Costly to the
Allies Cause, He Points Out.

BY SENATOR CHAs. HUMBERT.
Vice President of the Army French
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

WHAT can be said. however. WItnout
giving any Information to the enemy
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

and restaurants, when cooked before
being used makes an excellent feed.
The value of skim milk as hog
feed is known on every farm though
not always fully appreciated. In the
neighbOrhoOd of many large diaries
pork production is q very prominent
and lucrative supplement to the dairy
industry.
To prevent tuberculosis, all milk
and milk products should be cooked
before being fed to hogs. To control
hog cholera, use sanitary precautions
and anti-hog cholera serum treatment.
Give your hog every chance to be-
come meat.
The hog is also n large factor in
cheapening the production of beef.
Hogs are placed in the cattle feed lots
to utilize the corn and other feeds
the cattle have failed to digest and
which otherwise would be wasted.
Hogs following steers in many cases
have increased the profit per steer by
from Sc to 50. Hogs should not be al
lowed to follow dairy cattle unless the
cattle are tuberculin tested.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
Doind Thinds Wrong.

In bachelor days Mark Twain hat
heartily expressed the antipathy OF
hachelOrdOm for all chambermaidS be-
cause of their hostile ideas of tidiness.
"They always put the pillow on the
opposite end Of the bed from the gas
burner" he wrote, so that white you
read and smoke before sleeping. as is
the ancient and honorable custom of
bachelors, you have to hold your book
alOft in an uncomfortable position. to
keep the light from dazzling your eyes.
If they cannot get the light in an in
convenient position any other way,
they move the bed. They always put
your books into inaccessible places.
They always put the matchbox in
some other spot. They hunt up a new
place for 1t every day and put up a
bottle or other perishahle glass thing
where the box stood before. This is to
cause you to break that glass thing.
They always save up all the old scraps
of printed rubbish you have thrown on
the floor and stand them carefully on
the table and start the fire with your
valuable MSS"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
Pianos and Climate.

Because the piano is constructed g.
materials that are affected by varying
temperatures, care should be taken to
protect 1t as much as possible. Mois-
ture is one of the most frequent causes
Of deterioration in a piano, and this
is not to be wondered at when we con-
slider that the instrument is chiefly con-
structed of wood, cloth, skin and felt.
The three chief enemies of the piano
are damp, the sun, and a draft. If
the room is at all damp, the tone be-
comes dull, the wires rust; and once
rust gets a hold. the tone can never be
restored. 1t is possible to get the rust
removed, but the tone will be thinner.
The temperature should not be below
so degrees, and not over 80 degrees
Fahrenheit. This is not always posi-
BILE, but it is well to know what tenn
peratures to avoid, so that one may
keep the piano as far away from them
rs circumstances permit.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
PLANT SORGHUM FOR FODDER
Crop Is Uninjured by Warmest Wealth.
er Of Summer, Ordinarily Making
Best Growth Then.

Ry ]. F. NICHOLSON. University Of
Arizona)
Sown any time from April to the
end Of July, Club-head and Amber
sorghums usually give heavy yield Of
fodder. The saccharine sorghums also
when planted In rows and cultivated,
produce fair quality of strip. For
age sOrghumS are quite easily cured
in this climate, but are often fed as
they stand in the field. Seed does
not terminate promptly and the young
plants grow thriftily, however, until
April of most years. Little is gained
by planting before the daily maximum
temperatures begin to be IS to 80 de-
grees and the minimum temperatures
are over 45. They are uninjured by
the warmest weather of summer, or
dinarily making their best growth then.
They are all killed when the mercury
falls below 80, this usually occurring
during November. A good crop may
be secured ordinarily by planting any
time from April to July. If the mois-
ture supply is sufficient under dry
farming, the earlier planting is best !;
If it is not present sufficiently to
bring the crop up, the later planting
is to be recommended, for the summer
rains usually begin then and will carry
the crop to maturity.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
READS TABLETS OF AGES AGO
University Professor Discovers Funda.
mentas of Christian Religion
Were Evolved $500 3. c.

Or. stephen Langdon has Just de-
ciphered tablets in the University of
PENNSYLVANIA museum which are thou
sands IF years old
The doctrine of Il Mossanic hope,
of the expectation of deIiverance from
sin and suffering by Goldman in
the shape of a king, goes back 10 at
least 300 b. c. when the Sumerian
theologians evolved a theory which
has been the basis of Jewish and
Christian religion ever since, accord
Ing to his discoveries.
The new tubletS are of interest be
cause they show that the Sumerians
never lost hope that the restoration
TO II state of sinleSSness and happiness
through the agency of the gods would
come and their faith was pinned on
earthly kings who We're deified and
worshipped in the hope that one would
be a deliverer. Elaborate rituals
were made for all of them, but each
failed. Then came the Semitic con-
quest of Sumer and the era of pessim-
ism set in as shown by the famous
epic Of GilgamiSh, one missing book
Of which has just been found in the
Nippur collection of the University
museum.
The Semites had no such MeSSianic
hope, since the story of Gilgamish.
hero Of the epic Of Gilgamish, Is the
antitheSis of the restoration of Para
disc. and this is the more important
because GilgamiSh himself was half
god. 1t is presumed that the Jews
got their idea Of n Messiah from the
Sumorian cpicS rather than from their
own congeners in Bahylona.
The discovery is considered import-
ant because It shows that the SUI
merianS who first gave an account Of
the creation, flood and fall of man.
which We're adopted by the Jews, also
provided the first theme of Cod
man who should suffer death and re-
Ceom the people from the loss Of
paradise. All of these documents date
from before the time of Abraham and
apparently are copies of those much
older. The fundamentals Of Jewish
and Christian religion are shown in
tablets at least 1900 years old.