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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Germany's Public Kitchens
Can Supply One-Fourth of
Population; 66 in Berlin.

Amsterdam. Holland Nov 3-The
public kitchens established through
out the German empire since the be-
ginning Of the war would now be
able 10 supply food for about one
fourth OF the population, according to
statement published by the Ger
man war office. II would appear
from this statement that there were
2200 such esta blishments in the en-
pire and that their ordinary capacity
amounted to the production IN q re-
cent month Of 2,500.000 quarts Of
food.
There are In the German empire
$50 communes. having 10000 or more
Inhabitants each Only about so Of
these now are without public kit
chens. The majority Of towns report
ablishments providing midday din
uers only, although all the kitchens
are equipped for supplying at least
two meals daily.
IN Berlin there are now 65 public
kitchens. The number OF persons who
obtain food from them fluctuates fin
O remarla bic manner. In recent
weeks the number OF participants has
averaged about 10000 daily-(Cor-
respondence OF the Associated Press)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

- ENEFA, Switzerland. Nov. s.
The Vienna FremdenbIatt, dis
- cussing the gravity OF the eco
nomicaI situation I'm Austria, says
Women, children and old men 90
every day 20 the bakers shops to beg
for a piece OF bread. declaring that
the miserable rations they receive do
not suffice. and they have nothing
else 20 eat
Anxiety ard Grief General.
A doctor. writing in the Wiener
Journal. asserts that the loss OF fat
so noticeable among the people OF
Austria Is caused not only BY the lack
OF nourishment. but also by worry.
anxiety and grief He adds that the
growing lack OF nourishiRg food ans
the consequent emaciation OF a large
proportion OF the people have given
rise TO various Internal complaints.
Under these circumstances 70 is in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

- EMS. France Nov 3.-Lov=
X laughs al shells IN this city OF
- the famed cathedral. which has
Itself been battered partly to ruins by
German cannonading-
Our car stopped before q little post
card and tobacco shop a short dis
lance from the cathedral just as the
kaiser's Eunners began tuning up for
the afternoon bombardment OF Reims.
A pretty, dark eyed girl was spooning
quite openly and quite noisily with
her soldier lover on a bench IN front
OF the store.
VIII ''boomr-weat a Boche
shell. followed by a loud crash as Il
found It's mark IN a residential sec
tion a few hundred yards distant
''Smack" -'smack''-came from the
lovers bench as the crash died away.
'rWhIzz" - "whizz'' - boom" -
''boom"-the shells we're coming
closer and we began to feel mighty
uncomfortable.
But
ma cherie-" "Ah. ma cherlet.. "Sma-
Even an army chauffeur who had
once braved the danger OF arbitrat-
ing professional baseball games was
getting nervous as we moved off and
headed for another section OF town
But the pretty little French girl was
still snuEgled up IN the arms OF the
handsome young poilu when We drew
out Of sight
n Dramas. editor OF the Daily
LEclaireur de rEsta continues TO
publish his paper in the shadow OF
the cathedral
"Oh. that nothing" he said
AFTER you've heard them for several
months you get used 10 the Coche
fire works. Why, a few weeks ago a
shell blew out the side OF that build
ing over there, two doors from us,
and one of my lazy typesetters
wouldn't even go TO the door 70 see
what had happened"
Shell Wrecks Newspaper Plant.
The German artillery fire has
played hob with what was once a fine
little newspaper plant The three
Linotype machines that used 20 set
columns Of type about the daily do
inEs in Reims for L'Eclaireur de FEST
and the press have been wrecked Two
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

q porting" the infantry attacks Starved
! Frenchmen hurled themselves on fam
Z The Germans retreated 20 the line OF
the Aisne.
Then the weather stepped In and
took sides with the enemy. The
heavens opened and the rain came
down. II came down for DAYS. trans
formed the terrain into swamp,
swelled quiet streams into boiling tor
rents. and gave the Germans much
need time 10 organize and cOnsol-
date themselves in the positions they
had taken up When the weather
cleared and the French pressed for
ward 10 attack they ran against pre-
pared trenches for the first time, 10
their cost And they found. for the
first time, the terrible value Of ma
chine guns in cleverly defended pO-
Rain Causes French Disaster.
The same thing happened in jan
uary, 1915, when Gen. Nivelle led his
troops TO bitter attack on the Ger
man positions northwest Of Scissors
through floods cutting or possibility
Of getting ueinforCements- most OF
Nivelle's advanced forces were killed
or captured.
In each OF the next ten major bat
ties with one exception, bad weather,
the worst that possibly could have
been sent Handicapped the allied at
lacks and advances and gave substan-
tiai aid to the Germans by giving
them time to reform their lines and
strengthen their positions.
Nearly Always the Weather.
Thus Il may be seen that Of the
major allied operations scheduled for
the western front, the weather had a
material effect in hamperinE all but
One-the SOmme battle. where as a
matter Of record, rain did begin 20
fall In time 10 disarrange the second
phase OF the operation
In six of the operations the fnclem-
ent weather was sufficient practically
TO wreck the plans Of the French and
British staffs and nullify the com
mencement Of their operations. In five
Of the attacks the weather did not
work such hardships because the op-
eratiOus were limited IN their Charac-
ter and the detectives were gained so
swiftly and suddenly that the weather
had small chance TO interfere, al
though IL did prevent expansion OF
activity and charging Of gains
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
WEATHER INTERPRETERS
IN GERMANY'5 BEHALF
IN TEN MfJOR BATTLES.
French and British Advances Checked by Heavy Rains
Which Hold Allies in Check and Give Germans Time
to Prepare New Defences; Only in Battle of the
Somme Was Weather Good for Fighting

- ARIS France, Nov. as the
weather really neutral? Is It
4 giving the allies a fifty-fifty
break in their struggle against the
Teutons2
In view Of the execrabls weather
that has attended every Franco-Brit-
ish attack, with one single exception.
during the last three years the fair
ness of the weather man IS open to
grave suspicion
And the aspect Of the case assumes
more damning character when the
various German offensives are con-
sidered. and the record shows that
fine ather-uuseaso fine-hls
accompanied almost every enterprise
undertaken by the central powers.
somme Battle Stands Alone.
About q dozen major attacks have
been u1leasled on the western front
since the beginning Of the war Alone
the battle OF the Somme enjoyed good
weather, and that was not prOtracted
beyond ten days after the beginning
OF the offensive In the other II the
elements cOuspired to aid the enemy
i'm wrecSinE the allied campaigns.
German columns swept through Bel
gium and northern France in August,
1919 in the most ideal marching
weather that could be wished for. II
was not truly, but men march faster
and better in hot weather than in
cool. just as a race horse runs faster
in midsummer than I'm autumn
weather.
At the Marine, in early September,
1913, the aIlIes-French chiefly, and
Few British under Gen. French
stopped turned and struck at the adj
TanciuE hosts In their rapid march
ing the Germans had Outstripped their
supplies They lacked guns ammuni-
zion. rifle bullets. food, and the thou
sand and one other articles that 90
TO make up the daily needs Of an
army in the field.
Fight With Blank Cartridges.
The allied forces. too. lacked ma ]
terial and equipment French reEi- I
menrs fired volleys Of blank car I
-ridges at the Germans before attack /
Ing with the bayonet, and batteries I
of French field guns fired hundreds I
OF rounds o. blank shells intended .
only for salutinE purposes in sup D
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Kaiser Pleased With
Hamburg; People Firm
Despite Heauu LOSES

Amsterdam. Holland, Nov. 2-Pro~
lessor Max BeWer writes that the
kaiser IS especially pleased with the
attitude OF the Hamburg citizens, and
he cites his majesty as saying: "My
Hamburg friends have lost millions
upon millions in East Asia, Africa
and America. but they stand firm in
their determination TO hold on. es-
peci0lly IS regards England. Envy.
nothing but envy, drove England Into
the war"
The kaiser also said. Admiral
Jellicoe is a gentleman and an old
acquaintance OF mine. He Is a noble
m9u. a sailor over whose lips no lie
viii pass In accordance with the
truth he reported his crushing losses
in the battle OF Jutland II was only
later. when the fun effect abroad was
recognized. that the English endeav-
ored 90 translate their defeat into .
victory over my fleet"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
CHARGE U-B0AT.
CREW WI[FULLY
MURDERED MEN
Attack by German Sub
marine on Small Vessel
Declared 'Diabolical.
SHELL IS FIRED
INTO LIFE BOAT

z ONDON. Ems. Nov. 3.-Further
details OF the attack made by q
~ German submarine on the small
trading schooner Jano williamson
were forthcoming when an Inquest
was held at Penzance on three Of the
victims-Robert Kearon skipper,
John Cassidy and John Deacon Csea-
mem.
Fires on Escaping Grew.
The evidence Of the two sole sur
vivors OF the crew OF six showed that
the submarine opened fire on the
schooner from $50 yards range. the
first shot smashing the boat. and the
second killing one Of the crew. The
five survivors got into their second
boat, which when Il was IN the water
was struck by a shell, one man being
killed outright and the skipper and
another man mortally Injured. The
Germans beckoned the survivors to
approach and then laughed al them
They never offered the slightest as
slstance to the dying men. The skip
per died in the hospital, his body be-
ing taken to ireland for burial.
asWEfuI. DlabOIIcaI MURDER
The coroner described the conduct
OF the submarine crew as diabOlical.
and the jury returned a verdict OF
''wilful and diabolical murder"
Cassidy and Deacon were buried at
Penzance- The mayor and corpora
ton officials were represented in the
procession, and the coroner. local
shi pOwners and eX-master mariners
were present. together with cOntln-
gents from various hospitals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
American Students at
Oxford Leave to Help
Their Country in We,

DLL0ru, ElgIanO- Nov 3--JEIor0
University Is very depleted in the mat
ter OF students, the Americans. both
Rhodes scholars and others. having
now gone TO join their country's cali
20 arms. There are now only a very
few young students under military
age. some neutrals and Indians in
residence.
The scientific museum IS largely
given up 70 the Flying corps, but the
chemical laboratory is fun Of re-
search and war work. while physi-
olOgy and pathology are not neglect
ed. The colleges have been hard hit
financially but still keep open. Ner-
ton is a nurses home and Oriel partly
a women's college. Others are full
OF cadets and airmen.
There are the usual number OF
women students. but a large proper
ton are engaged on some sort OF war
work
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

evitable that the health gtEtigclcH
should be 50 alarming.
The Arbeiter Zeitung. % Vienna,
says Recently the number o. beg
CARS has increased to an amazing ex-
tent Women and children 90 beg
ginE from house 20 house, and y you
offer them a few cOp7srs they tell
YOU they would prefer a piece OF
bread Their misery Is plainly writ
ten in their faces"
The hunger OF the people Of Aiaaca
IS the theme OF a special article Il
the Mulhauser Tageolaft u says
Peace IS our greatest hope. and the
procuring Of our daily bread our
greatest torment In the home. In the
streets, the trains. the schools and
the factories the subject OF talk Is
always the same-'What are We e
eat7 what are We to cook
Many large houses IN Budapest have
been rented by foreigners who do not
1--we in them: but although they have
to be kept Up at great cost. they are
being reserved for the winter as
security against an acute lack OF food
in their tenants own towns
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
AUSTRIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN STARV-N
American Civilians Crowd
Cafes of Paris; Say They
Wish to See What's Doing
by DANIEL DILLON.

, size he in Paris " course this IS
- small minority
Most of our women are doing work
over here that makes you very proud
of them For that reason people here
think IL is pity that a reckless Few
with money 20 burn" OsteutatiOusl-
stage their bonfire in the most pub
lie places Il flashes an unpleasant
sidelight on the really big things
America is doing
The question is repeatedly asked
How do these men and women &c
passports in America 20 get 20
France Some boast that influence
has served them A few women have
narrated how they have been snug
Eled along as Red Cross nurses,
used the various hospital units tina.
have come over as means TO attain
their end With the increasing num-
Der Of troops and auXiliaries that are
daily arriving IL appears as n il were
getting easier for the men civilians to
invade Paris.
Keeps Alive French Myth.
Il is this class that continues TO
keep alive the French myth that an
Americans are millionaires. SAN
my when he first landed naturally
thought little OF franc when he
could get five OF them for a dollar.
and ike the proyerbial prodigal.
scorned TO accept change. Vow.
thanks in great measure TO the Off
GERS. he has learned 20 spend his
money sensibly or just like 7 was
back home" as one Of them put H.
But the unOccupied civilian tips
with traditional American lavishucss
and puts Sammy" in bad as a tight
wad when he comes PGrlsward with
his down TO the ground ways OF
spending. And Sammy is beginning
TO resent It.
Paris is the ideal rendezvous for
the rich Ameri en- Stacker. He is close
enough to the real thing TO breathe
the atmosphere and Tar enough from
home not 20 be faced with any en-
harTCSsiuE questions.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Hmdenburg Trees Are
Planted By Germans To
Bear Symbolic Fruits

Amsterdam, Holland. Nov B
Among the ceremonies throughout
Germany on the occasion OF field
marshal Won Hindenburg' 10th birth
57v was the planting Of trees named
after him This follows the prece-
dent of planting Bismarck oaks
which flourish by hundreds in various
districts. Nauv patriots planted fruit
trees for Hfndenburg instead Of oaks.
intending that on October In years
70 come the children viii gather
-u7leS. pears and plus, "as symbOlical
reminders Of the fruits which Linden
--1-E bestowed upon the fatherland
fnr III TING 70 come"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Neutral Holland Has
Conscientious Ones
Who Refuse To Serpc

. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Nov. s.
Although Holland Is not at war IL has
its conscientious directors. and the
problem which they constitute may be
brought more prominently before the
Netherlands parliament IN the coming
session. An Instance is related OF o
struggle between a party OF soldiers
and an Objector. who refused to
change his civilian for his military
clothes. In the end the man sat
naked in his cell for q day and night
and was transferred from one prison
TO the other in like condition
Men who have refused to do mill
tarv duty In the Netherlands nov
$50 Some proved not strong
enough physically 10 endure impris-
oument. The viii of others was bro
ken. and they were induced 20 take
service. Others persisted in their
attitude despite repeated sentences OF
months OF imDrfsonunent-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Gossiping Women Add
To Air Raid Tenors

London. Ems. Nov. when the
husband OF woman who committed
suicide told the coroner that his wife
had been worried by air raids. q jury
man remarked that the Eossiping
which went on among women was re-
spOusible for much OF the nervous
ness. and that steps should be taken
20 stop e.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
risoners For Interning to
Be Pic9ed Bu 8 Doctors

Amsterdam. Holland. Nov S-Ac-
cordiug 70 the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche
CouranL the Dutch government has
appointed eight medical men for the
man prisoners Of war who are 20 be
interned IN Holland. Four OF the doe
tors VIII proceed TO Ensland and four
TO Germany.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
British Royal Physician at
76Ts TO Take q Bridf

london. ElE, Nov. 8.-AIthOueh
over &c years old, Sir Douglas Powell.
who was ''physlcian in ordinary TO
Queen Victoria. Eiug Edward and
kirE George. has announced his en-
EaEement TO 1liss Edith Wood Of Lon
don, and the marriage VIII take place
this month Sir Douglas has FOR 30
years been rerarded as one OF the
greatest British authorities on tuber-
culOsis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Japan Makes Loan to
China of SI0,000.00O

Toxic. Japan. Nov. 3.-The finance
department has announced the sign
ing OF q loan 10 China Of an amount
equivalent TO Sl0.000-000. The money
IS 10 be applied 90 the rehabilitation
OF the Commuu icatious Bank OF China
and is secured by Chinese republic
treasury bonds The interest rate IS
- per cent and the term three years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Cambridge Has 1850 in
War Service: 1875 Killed

cambridge. Eng. Nov 3.-The num-
Der Of Cambridge University men on
war service is now 1880, The list
of killed has reached 1873, and the
wounded and missing are 2625- Hon
ors Won by Cambridge men number
o625. including eight Victoria Crosses.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
LIGHT BREAST
PLATES URGED
FOR SOLDIERS
French Commission Inves.
tigates Scientist War
Proposal.
WOULD SAVE MANY
LIVES is CLAIM

- ARTS. France. Nov. "A com
y mission appointed by the Acad-
4 envy OF Medicine 10 examine
Professor Delorme's proposal 10 sup
ply soldiers with light breastplates.
which the scientist declares would
stop. a great number OF pro5ectiles
has reported very favorably on the
project
Proposal Is Favored.
The Academy has unanimously de-
cided TO urge the minister OF war TO
carry out the proposal with all pos
sible speed.
As experiments are still being car
ried on In the hope that some effec.
tive body armor for the troops may
Het be devised. one inventor suggests
hat those Of them whose Ideas seem
most practical should be called to-
lem till something has been evolved
which satisfied the var office re-
quiremenrs.
weight f. Chief Obstacle.
The difficulty so far has been %
find q shield capable OF stopping high
velocity projectiles without being
heavy enough 10 constitute a serious
drag upon soldiers already well
weighted with equipment
The ministry OF munitions claims
that the door IS ever open TO inventors.
No one is turned away unheard. and
IL his invention shows any promise Of
proving practicable he IS given facili-
ties in the drawing office for the
preparation OF plans q model can De
constructed in the workshops, and
these are grounds where any c0ntriv-
auce can be tested Dozens Of models
are mcde every week. In two years
$4,000 inventions have been reported
upon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

%ARIS, France. Nov. 3.-Where
- they come from or how they got
L here nobody seems 20 know.
But you see them everywhere-Amer-
lean civilians. The cafes are their
habitual haunts and they loiter along
the boulevards with the lazy non
chalance OF uuoccupied diUetantes-
To che question: What are you do
ing over heree" they have a medley
Of answers. but the stereotype usual
ly is; "Oh. Just dropped in 20 see
up ambulance or Red Cross work or
maybe poke about a bit with the y.
~ C. A. Don't know; just sort Of
sizing things up"
All of them have money and ap-
Darently they believe they can get
the freshest viewpoint from the most
expensive restaurants. Likewise.
they have @ beautiful confidence in
the ability Of the smartly dressed
Partisan woman OF the world to en-
tighten them on the work best suited
for their patriotic ambitions. They
never dine alone.
Are Above Draft Age.
Generally they are above the draft
age, though there are few that are
under, and these worry about with
rather nervous and an at ease man
Her that finds sOlace IN the expensive
Scotch whisky that is TO be found
only after careful researCh and vents
tself n the oft repeated procrastina-
tion that Tomorrow ] believe I'll
join the American field service"
4 considerable number OF American
women are also potterinE about here
with very little excuse for eating up
Frances limited supply Of fOodstuffs.
For the great part they have come
over with some rather vague idea Of
helping in some kind OF way and sue
cumb 20 the tempting life Of unco1-
y entionality- that lies at hand on every
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

n ONE ITALY, Nov 3A distinguished passing through
- pressed
possible reason was learned from found On the
on OF the empror birthday soldiers
with two egare and 90
IN Of
might be regarded indicative Of the prevailing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

oNDoN Nov SThere 0oOo employed
100000 1915 The number
employed shows increase during the same period OF 666
calling fol
and abroad being especially wanted in the iome aU5n
repair shops
o the
country they passed the they
from IS so weekly with uniforms.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
BAKERY.
BEGGING
Of BREAD
VIENNA PAPERS SAY ECONOMIC
SITUATION BECOMING CRITICAL

Worry and Grief, Added to Lack Of Food, Is Wasting
Away People, According to Physician; People, Of
fered Money, Decline It, Saying They Wish Only
Bread; Health Statistics Are Alarming.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
HEHIBIIS6IH
FOR HRPLAHES
HAS NO REG9IL
Latest War Invention
Adopted by England Is
Declared Marvel.
ALSO TRY
NEW AIR CANNON

~ARIS France. Nov. G-Ths Davis
- gun IS Englands latest var in-
4 vention- II IS e cannon FOR ai=-
planes 50 constructed that the reco1
OF the discharge Is taken Up b. an
Other discharge, thus avoiding Al We
bration-
In the ordinary sense o. The word
the Davis weapon Is = double gun.
with a uuzzle az either end The
charges are placed in . breech which
opens in the center Of the barrel one
real oue-goes in oas de
recuon. and the other charge dunn
my One-goes out the barrel Al the
opposite end. thus neutrallzins the
effect OF the recon-
Fires From Both Ends.
Countless experiments showed tEle
an ordinary blank charge would not
give the proper results. that q was
necessary that some sort OF a pro-
jectile or charge be expelled from the
dummy" end OF the gun So buck
shot has been adopted. and when the
business end fires q shell OF q certain
size, which must be nameIess, q load
OF buckshot is discharged Gimultaa
neously from the other end
For this reason the gun can only Re
fired at approximately a straight up-
and down position. otherwise the
dummy" buckshOt charge would tear
up the wings OF the alrplana
French Have New Type
The French have perfected an air
plane cannon in which much o. the
recol IS taken Up BY a compressed
small caliher weapons. but not for
guns OF the callher OF the Davis typa.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

- gun IS Englands latest var in-
L ventiou- II fsa cannon FOR air
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

n ARTS. France, Nov. as the
- weather really neutral? Is Il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

- ARTS, France. Nov "A com
y mission appointed by the Acad-
4 envy OF Medicine 10 examine