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Evening journal., 1917-09-20
c. EVELAND Wins
\. ?. |. CONVENTION
Officers Are Re-
nominated for Election
Today
EXHIBITION DRILL
THIS AFTERNOON

Cleveland, Ohio, has been CHOSEN
as the convention city for 1919 by the
National Protective Legion, now in
session in the Pythian Castle.
The following national officers
have been nominated for reelection
unanimously and are to be re
elected at this afternoons session Of
the legion.
George A Scott, of wayerly, n. Y,
president.
George A. Dudley, of Elmira, n y,
vice president
H C. Lockwood Of Holly N. Y,
secretary.
II. c. Bruster of waverly, n Y,
treasurer.
DR. William NJ. Hilton, med cal
examiner
There are changes expected in this
afternoons election Of trustee and
an auditor.
This morning the delegates assem-
bled with their legion banners, and
were photographed in "a group on the
north side OF the old Court House.
In the early afternoon they enjoyed
n trolley ride around the city and
its environs, before the afternoon
session. The ride was a great pleas
ure, following busy morning or
routine reports and consideration OF
amendments. The delegates are much
pleased with the beauty Of Whining
ton and the hospitality OF its people.
An exhibition drill and memorial
service in charge OF the degree team
from Syracuse. n. y, Will be hold
this afternoon
Gloversville delegates have an or
gnal badge in tho shape of q kid
glove.
At the banquet held last night at the
Hotel dupont. tho speakers were
Mayor Lawson, Josiah Marvel, j. j.
Smith. OF Oklahoma, known to all
Legion members as Sunshine Smith"
Mr. Goodell OF Binghamton. n y;
George A Scott, the national presi'
don't Mrs. Mary Dorsey. Dr.
w NJ. Hilken. national medi-
cal examiner and John Krause. assis.
tant secretary OF the Chamber OF
Commerce Aaron p. Willis was
tOastmaster.
The following committee were ap-
pointed yesterday Local legion enter
tainment Fred Reynolds, Bingham
ton. n. Y; A. J. Price Peeksskill. n
~; Phoebe rior. Ishpeming, Mich. ;
Miss w. A. MUIR, OF Niagara Falls
Mrs. Agnes Burkholder of Dayton
, o.; and Julia Fitzgerald, OF Syracuse
in. Y.
Forms and ceremonies-G. A. Dud
; ley chairman; J. II. Ward, GlOVer'
Vile. n. Y; George Luf, Syracuse
IN. Y; c. p. Willis, Wilmington
Grievances and appeals-S.
, Smith, Oklahoma City, Okla; H.
, Hudson. Allegheny, Mich, NJ. f. Rilel
( of Yonkers. n. Y
, Resolutions on local entertainment
i Or. C. i. Hawley Danville; Lizzie "
I Bussey, Livingston; B. Chusznske, But
/ falo, n. y: Mrs. NJ r. Rush, Burline
ton, Iowa; George Close, Cation, Ohio
. Ada James, Buffalo; w. Allis, Waverl!
NY.
Laws--W. X. Brainard, Ashtabuls. o
Horace Ralston, kalamazoo, Mich. Mar
Ward, Erie Pa; Ira +. Claus, Pontia
Mich; Kate l.. Maury, Charlotte, Mich
Harry Bard, NJ. A. Rcpuk, Clevelan
Ohio.
Whole family nsurance-Chairma
F. H. Chaplin, Buffalo, n. Y; Ethel =
Scriberer, Ashtahula, o.; Nellie
p Moore, Philadelphia; Mrs. Regina
Price. Freeport, H.; II. Jeffs, Chicag
ILL.,; Hon. Almer A. Ferry Almond,
y; Robert Greenaway, Geneva, n.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20
AMERICANS French
ANNOYED FRENCHWOMAN
Rx me- rnited Press.


PARIS, Sept. i-(By MaiD.-Amer-
lean soldiers are making rapid strides
in French.
At Y. NJ. C. A. headquarters a group
OF soldiers gather each evening fer
their lessons in a room whose windows
face a private residence just across tho
court. The other evening the following
question in slow, careful French was
asked by the teacher:
"Croyez-vous gull pleuvra domain ."
tDo you think It Will rain tomorrow2).
After each American had practloed the
question in a none too quiet voice a
shrlll answer sounded from across the
way "ui, II pleuvra ce soir, domain CT
tous les Jour" Yes, it'll rain this even
ing, tomorrow and every day..
When the speaker looked from her
window she peered into the smiling
Evening journal., 1917-09-20
GERMAN U-BOAIS
have BUSY Week
Sunk % British Ships, Larg-
est Number Since Third
Week Of June
ONLY FEW BIG SHIFTS
GO DOWN, HOWEVER

.
. RESULT OF % WEEKS OF
RUTHLESS U-BoAT WARFARE
Losses TO British Shipping Alone
Evening journal., 1917-09-20

The number Of vessels OF more than
1900 tons Is the smallest sunk by mines
or submarines In one week since Ger
many began her intensified submarine
campaign last February, but the num-
Der under 1900 tons is the largest for
any week but one since mid February.
The total number OF ships sunk Is the
largest since the week ended June "a
The Admiralty statement for tho
week ended September 9 showed ~
British vessels Of over 1900 tons sunk
by mines or submarines. That was the
lowest mark since the week ended
Msrch 10. when thirteen vessels OF
that category were lost. The greatest
number OF vessels under 1900 tons was
In the week ended May b, when p
went down.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20

Judge Prickett not to repeat their Of
lenses.
An 11-year-old boy. charged with
being incorrigible, was sent to the
Ferris Industrial School He is al
,eged 10 have been in the habit of
taking money or pocketbooks which
were LETT about, even taking the be-
longings Of guests in the home Of his
parents.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20

Of larceny Of jewelry from various
apartment houses here. to the Della
ware Industrial School for Girls.
A 16-year-old girl and 16-year-
old boy, the first charged with oper-
alton an automobile without license,
the boy charged with violating the
md or speed law had their cases
continued for one month for further
observation. They were warned by
Evening journal., 1917-09-20

LONDON, Sept. 20.-British merchant
ships Of 1900 tens and over sunk by
mine or submarine during the past
week numbered eight, according 90 the
Admiralty report last night Twenty
ships under 1900 tons were also sunk
and one fishing vessel.
Following is the summary:
Arrivals. 1896; sailings, 2,737.
British merchant ships over 1000
tons sunk. 8; under 1900 tons, includ-
ing 9 previously. 20.
British merchant vessels unsuccess-
fully attacked, 6.
Fishing vessels sunk, 4.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20
TAKE BUILDING PERMITS.

Building Inspector Preston today
issued the following permits: To
David Toplois, for four dwellings at
Nos. 416-1S2O and 422 McCabe avenue
10 cost $4,000 each, and for dwelling
and garage at tho northwest corner
Of Nineteenth and Harrison streets,
to cost $4,000.
To T. L. Thompson for alterations
at No. 1909 Tatnall street, to cost
$3.50.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20

Cheaper Cars Now Cost as
Much as the Hudson

Price advances which sold $1,000 $14OO increase
preference for the Hudson SuperS Its price, too
advance
Evening journal., 1917-09-20

Grand total 547 POI 74s
Average number OF British
merchant ships sunk week
ly ......,.............25.6 s
Evening journal., 1917-09-20
BOY ACCUSED OF TAKING CAR.

Master Robert L. Dawson appeared in
Municipal Court this morning to answer
to charge of driving off an automobile
owned by DR.. A. T.. Frantz without ask
ing the physicians permission. Robert
is a little chap and Judge Chwchman
ordered an investigation be made as to
the truth of the lad''s story that he is
only Is years old. To that end subpoenas
are TO be issued for Roberts parents to
appear in court tomorrow morning.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20
AUTO MECHANIC ON JOB.

Albert w. Foreman. employed by
the Police Commissioners as automo-
bile mechanic at the police gange.
assumed his new duties this morning.
The salary OF the mechanic was fixed
at $50 month.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20

faces OF a dozen American troopers. The
bad state Of Paris weather and tie per
slstent rumbling Of soldiers practice
had evidently struck harshly on her
nerves.
Evening journal., 1917-09-20
What is Going on in Germany!
As Told by the Get the TuOnic Empires and
Neutral Nations.
collection omce.

NWIIIT JUL VIIINUa
Get rid Of all your objects Of lux
ury-bronzes, cups, vases, china, and
so forth. Away with your fans. your
Deliver them all up TO the office for
objects Of art"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

AVE you any definite idea what
IN this grotesque expression really
L 1 means?
Fortunes OF war are the chances
men take not with death, but with
life Death may and does come.
Players are bIanksd ike pawns, laid
aside like dead checkermen. famed
out, bowled over; eliminated with 4
whItewash score. But when we speak
OF wars fortunes, our Imagination
leans to the living. and to their fates
: made freaISish by numbering hosts
A little story has come to me Al
most first hand Il illustrates the
futflity Of mans plans when war
sefzes mon him Tn Glove in the story
I I am bound by honor 70 leave out But
[ it was there-it always IS,
James Dunn-"Jimmle' 20 those
who knew him as a North sea flsher-
mans son-had a streak Of ambition
Z inside him like a radium vein IN clay
Z It gave off light and heat and energy
without end. and u never weakened
z It's emana tons were his morning
morning thouhgts. bis aIterno con ol
dreams. and the long evenings When
he built castles out OF the few tattered
( books on his little fireside shelf
on June IT, 1911-One fanct I do
Z kuoW-Jim's father cut loose. to ID
| Jim what he thought about dreams
And IL was a pretty raw opinion 70
/ have even Of nightmare. his ora
ton, no less, lasted 20 minutes. BE
ended with You OCT to go
I Come back, sure But after youFe
done something. 70 ucan fish and
sail Try the navy
Jim signed in the home fleet for II
years. He signed with his eyes open
Yeoman's work on a battleship is the
clerks job ashore. When war came
I in 1914 books and pa0ers, pencils and
I figures, ink bottles and blotters were
[ the weapons IN Jimmie's hands
"One more thing he had: secret
| The secret was hid IN pigeon hole
marked II -oadsfda Guns inch
But there weren't any more OF these
aboard. So when Jimmie's dream
about growing potatoes Tor the tisn-
ing sloops at homo took the form OF a
1 correspondents course, pamphlets on
plOWs and fertilizers naturally found
their way into the six inch gun shelf.
Now potatoes and plotting rooms
have prObc bly, never before in the his
tory or the world been mentioned in
the same sentence. But my origin
atty in doing so fades before the pa
thetic paradox OF Jack tar in the
trenches. That's exactly what hap
pened. Naval brigades landed in Bel
gium. Jim was a supernumerary yeO-
man. could be spared: and had to 20
with the others. stand in the mud and
Kill men. and maybe be killed him
self-which up TO this time had not
been included in his plans
At this point plain luck LEFT off and
fortune OF war began
Sooner or later Jim had to fight
I'll make il sinple-as IL really was
If you stop to think Jim fought:
lived through it His section suffered
terribly Officers went down in bloody
gobs- The party was cut off. Jim
didn't know trenches. but for four
years (by maiI) he had studied irriga-
ton bitches. ploWs, shores, spades.
canals and potatoes The potato
knowledge didn't help. But with the
rest Of il and the survivors he gath
cred around him he built a redoubt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04
What Your Boy Is
Doing

DOIng
By DAVID NJ. CHURCH.

sufficient to eat and that they are
properly clothed In fact, all OF the
clerical and business end Of the war
comes under the direction of the
quartermaster corps Enlisted men
in this division occupy about the same
position in army life as does the re-
tail grocery dealer in the civil com
munity.
The insignia Of the quartermaster
corps is wheel upon which there IS
TIE Ouartermaster corps is q light
yellow.
,!nile the quartermaster corps IS
caring for the welfare Of the army,
the ordnance corps is caring for the
destruction Of the enemy. Provision
equipment is the work Of the ord
nance corps These men are largely
highly trained men who have had ex-
! perience in Industrial establishments
Z Enlisted men in the ordnance corps
are generally assigned to work in
storehouses or field depotR
The insignia Of the ordnance corps
is a flaming bomb. The hat cord Of
the ordnance corps is crimson and
black
The element Of danger in either OF
these branches of the service is
small Neither service calls for any
exposure TO fire or battle.
With the exception Of those men
needed for attachment TO the troops
in the field, the greater part OF the
men IN these two divisions are sta
toned at the source OF supplies. Many
Of the men IN these branches Of the
service viii never see France, and
many more will never even leave
Washington. Their work in provis-
ioninE the armies is largely clerical
which can be done better IN the na-
tiOnai capital than IN the field
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

Africanders and Kanucks and Scots
without their pants
While We are canning the kaiser.
Bring the guns from Bethlehem, by
way Of old New York
Bring the beans from Boston, and
don't leave out the pork:
Bring q load Of soda pop, and pull the
grape juice cork
While we are canning the kaiser.
Come. you men from Dixleland. you
lumber Jacks Of Maine.
Come, you Texas cowboys, and you
farmers OF the plain;
From Florida TO oregon. we boast the
Yankee strain
While we are canning the kaiser.
Now we've started on the Job. we
mean 70 put Il through:
ship the kings and kaisers all, and
make the world anew:
Clear the way for common folk, for
men Ike me and you
While We are canning the kaiser.
X
knock Before Entering" says a
sign on the office door OF a down
town business man. That goes here,
too II you must knock, do II before
entering or after you leave.
A country weekly in New Mexico
carries the following society per
sonal;
Lon Turner, an employee at the
W =. Wilson grocery, left Sun
day morning for a two weeks
vacation He had no definite des-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Fortunes OF WG.
~ LIEUTENANT FITzHUGH GREEN, Z. 5. n.

that engineers admired for weeks ~
ter he was rescued
Sure, take him over" was the col
oneTs answer to the suggestion tnal
Jim be transferred to the Royal en-
yineers. Hes no sailor-or ne
shouldn't be-"
So Jim had n commission And ne
built other redoubts, trenches, gun
empIacements and tunnels But In5
whole enterprise was to him no more
than a giant trayesty on farm irrlsa-
ton, and he never turned soil without
half uncOnsciously gaginE its tertll-
ity-and counting imaginary potato
burrows.
He went "6lighty." that IS was In
valided home wounded Part OF nm nm
never reached home But WnaL diu
get there was praised. hung with
medals, and assigned 70 retired duty
with a concentration camp OF German
prisoners.
MAI James Dunn had been a fisher
boy. The fisherboy had become q
man-o'- Wars-man. When he marched
on deck by the IA inch turrets ink
stains had betrayed his weakness
or so some thought until he became
a soldier. As soldier he had proved
to be an engineer The engineer be-
came a hero, a cripple, and finally
farmer.
Jim grows potatoes for $4,000 Ger
man prisoners So scientifically he
does it that they fatten while the
state saves money And curiously
enough this IS exactly what Jim al
ways wanted to do ana
what he thought he'd lost forever
Which is one OF the fortunes OF
war. Gus :zxc98 Alr
war.-Copyright, 1917. by George Nat
i thew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

PecoS Man Tells Charles Davis He Talks Too Much
Wagner German Composer, Staunch, Militant Democrat

90 ONE years ago I had occasion
TO drive some cattle through
- Pecos." said mayor Charles
Davis. I passed through that place
during the hottest period Of the
Frazier-Miiler feud, in which several
people were killed I took lunch in a
small restaurant and, to be sociable.
I said to those about me. you seem
to have been having some shooting
here, eh? Immediately everybody be-
came as silent as oysters and one OF
the strangers met me outside and
asked where was from. told him
came from FL Paso. Well he said. 7
don't know anything about you,
young man, but all can say Is that
you talk too blanked much"
ct find markets in El Paso city IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

toothpick stage in the progress
OF the meal
Here's one that Supt. P J. Tighe
found in one OF his educational maya
zines, while perusing il in quest OF
brain food for the young, under the
midnight electricity
The London newspapers declare
that the American soldiers and ma
riues have found a slogan, which is,
can the kaiserH The British are
much puzzled by the ability Of the
Americans to invent new slang, and
the papers explain that the word
can is used in the sense Of her
metically sealing the kaiser 10 pre-
vent his further activity The Ameri-
cans have put their canning express
sion into the following song
Bring the good old bugle, boys. wen
sing another song,
Sing Il with a spirit that viii move
the world along,
Sing it as we need 70 sing Il, half a
million strong
When We are canning the kaiser
Oh, Bill. Oh, Bill We're on the Job
today!
Oh, Bill Oh. BIZ, Wen seal you 50
you'll stay
Wen put you up with ginger IN the
good old Yankee way
While we are canning the Kaiser.
Hear the song we're singing on the
shining roads OF France;
Hear the Tommies cheering, and see
the Poilus prance;
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04
Much

Wagner, were he alive today, would
have for the brutal Prussian military
autocrats that have smOthered free
thought and free speech in Germany"
'If the government is TO stop the
production Of pleasure vehicles. IL
should at the same time show the
labor thus released how TO connect
with essential industry" said c -
Gardner. 7 can name one immense
plant that has shut down BY an order
stopping work on automobile parts
The men thrown out OF employment
may find their way 70 other plants
working on war material But this
plant had the men and the organiZa-
ton TO produce much that the govern
ment needs. Why not utilize it, The
American manufacturer Is quick TO
meet changed conditions The Ameri-
can mechanic is handy at anything. II
the government shows them where to
dig IN, they viii do the rest"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Count Won Bernstorff has been made
a Wirklicher Geheimrat Americans
will generally agree that he IS a rat
all riEht.-AIinneapo Tribune
II the Italians viii send their full
strength to the front. the Austrians
and Germans viii wish they had never
entered Italy.-F1orida Times-Uui0n-
From the way some people talk. It
IS their particular and private war.
but don't you believe It. fierce reader-
u is your'n and our'n-a free-for-all
fight. and II We do not DO our share
we are slackers- Get the point
GAINESVILLE CTexas) Times.
When criticising the contradictions
in the news from Russia, think how
rarely two persons report a simple oc-
currence alike, and reflect that the
tumult OF a c0nvulsed nation Of 180.-
000 600 people isn't simple. Wen get
the real news in time-say after most
Of the present chroniclers are dad
Boston Advertiser
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04
Uncle Walls Denatured Poem.
Wartime Tightwads

ghwsd peace police would
hun in but then the tail with the hide and so We let the
ghtvad slide although he We him with high disdain
but though he gives Us all pain let him stay on EARTH well stand for
duty plain the nations fearful strain,
ought until he ought sell his lids
Sunday
And the village u grown beasty
sweating blood
when
the soldier viii be desed BY loyal they
~ George Matrnr WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

~ , ASHINGTON, D. c, Dec. =
w The business men OF the
army are the men OF the
quartermaster and ordnance corps.
Upon the shoulders Of these two di-
visions falls the burden Of supplying
and equipping the men who are do
ing the fighting.
The work Of the quartermaster
corps is strictly that OF rationing
and supply. as well as equipping the
men in the field. II is up to this
d department TO see that the men have
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

he would say. Call me when they
reach such and such a point"
then rolling himself in his cloak.
would forthwith snOoze. hannibal
is said to have been similarly
blest. He could abstain for days
and nights at need from rest. but
in q moment OF leisure could curl
up on a rock and sleep like a
dOrmouse.
X =
II newspaper printed as many
mf1EsntCgaents in day rs the
average citizen makes in CONVEX
zstiOn, nobody would subscribe
for e newspaper.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04
CABRERA. De LA EUERTA,
ARE ON WAY TO NEW YORK

Laredo. Texas. Dec. 4.-Luis Cabre-
"A, exminister Of hacienda. Carlos
RaEsevf. president OF the Mexican Ma
tionai lines. and AdolfO de Ia Huerta,
who succeeds Juan 7. Burns as Next
I can consul general in New York, ar
rived he-e yesterday en- route TO New
York They refused TO discuss the
reason for their trip,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04
TOOTHPICKS
49,


Iocthplcks are weapons that
divide the people who are in So
ciety from those who are not.
One Of the chief disadvantages
Of a cheap restaurant Is that you
have TO watch people use tooth
picks.
TOothpicks are good IN their
place. but their place IS anywhere
but in the mouth in public
Some people pick their teeth
with anything that comes along.
Ny daddy saw woman take a
pin from a mans coat in a res
taurant the other day and use &
TO pick her teeth I hope the
man hadn't Just been picking a
boil with It
Toothpicks are made OF wood
and are sold at very small prices.
but lots Of people are too econom-
zeal 10 buy them when they can
use a needle, a pin, knife or
their finger nails.
II people who use tOOthpicks
publicly in restaurants. could
only see themselves as others see
them they would wait until they
got outside and then slip into the
alley TO use them, rather than
spoil the appetites OF those about
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

tinaion in mind when he left
here, but viii go just where his
fancy calls him after he has trav-
eled awhile
Some traveller, we should say.
CamOufInEc Is not a new dis
eOvery. II g. Just n name. The
women have been pructicing II
since the time Of Adam.
According to the St Louis license
bureau, Joseph Smiley was recently
married to Birdie LauEhinEhouse
LoO'-s like marriage might be q Joke
with that couple