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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-14

HonorinE Mrs. Ella Mead Palmer,
district deputy. and Mrs. Eta Reither.
commander Of the DeminE review a
-Decfal meeting Of the Woman's Bene-
fit association OF the Maccabees. re-
view No. a. was held in I. o. o. T.
hall. Monday afternoon. Lieut. COM
mander Avis Mayfield presided, and
two candidates, Mrs Ruth Hill and
Mrs. F. p Rhodes. were given the
first degree Of the order. Later q
social hour and reception was held
for the out OF town officials. when
local folk were given a personal OPP
portunity to meet and welcome them
Twenty proposed members were re-
ceived. their initiation to be held Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock. All visiting
Nacca bees are welcome. Mrs. c n
Holford. Mrs. Ida Cobb and Mrs. T j.
Moore are TO have charge OF the re
freshment committee. Initiation will
he followed by a rose contest Among
those who will be admitted into the
/ order as initiates are Mesdames
| Josephine Glaves. Mary KleEer, Maude
Adair, Ethel Miller. Lilly Rutledge,
Ruth Levy. Hettie Harding. Lucille
! Pepper. Mary Strange. Ella Shan
/ burger. Carol KilEore and the Misses
[ Jessie Cole Helen NOyes. Beatrice
Petty. Josephine Warren. Florence
Lilly. PeQuita Clemens. Marie Morgan.
Margaret Cantuu and Margaret
| Gillespie.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-14

In our Mesa Ave Window we are
showing some OF the smartest styles
for Fail wear.
Ie-rner Shoe CO--220 san Antonio.
Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-14

Early fall styles Of the latest de
signs in satins, velours and French
feIts arriving daily J. w Hale. EX-
elusive Millinery, ZIG \. Oregon St
Adv
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19
Wants Thousand Men Fol
Secret Work.

Pittsburg, July 12.-The West
inghouse interests here are seek.
ing 1000 men who are willing tc
sign an agreement to enter a new
plant to be built for the manufac.
ture of war munitions by a So.
cret process and remain impris-
oned for ten months. all commu-
nication with the outside world to
be shut off.
Men who have been approach
ed were told that the plant will
a powerful imple"
ment of war and the secret must
be guarded until the government
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19
One Draft Will Cover Millions
Ready For War.

Washington. July IL. Draw.
ing of lots for the selective draft
not only will determine what men
are to be called to the colors in
the first war army, but will show
in what order the others register.
ed will be liable to service when
later armies are organized.
1t was revealed tonight that a
scheme of drawing will be follow.
ed under which a definite place
in the waiting lists will be given
every one of millions who regis.
tered, Those standing at the
head of the list in each county or
city district will be called first be.
fore the examination boards and
the obligation will pass on
dowr the line as long as men are
needed,
1t is assured that when the
drawing is complete, the govern.
ment will compute how many
men are represented by number
one, in the drawing and by the
number Immediately succeeding,
and then Issue sn order ;os
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19
Voylngton Has $4,000 Fire.

! Vovington, La, July The
voylngton High School gymna
sam and its contents were des.
's0yed by fire late Thursday
sssnlng. at "a loss Of about $4,000,
WIN S1O00insurance. The build
mg was a large frame structure
aAa served as a sehoolhouse prio,
. = 9ne erection of a $4,000 prick
,sfaeture seventy feet away or
~ same property. Due to the
suofssof the volunteer fireman
.'s'N damage was done to the
" building. During the course
I 'ae blaze, fires were started al
a'as different houses within 3
aulus Of six blocks, but were
pushed by the firemen up.
a.l y o'''el os'en'
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19
Louisiana TOGive First Draft
11.214 Men.

Louisiana, with a dummy
population Of ,6SS,S62, will furn
ish 1924 in the army draft
while New Orleans, with 365,955
must give 2,424.
These figures are announced
from Washington in connection
with the statement that the draw
ing Of draft numbers had to be
postponed until this week be.
cause states are not completing
organization of their district ex-
cnption boards as rapidly as
War Department officials had
hoped. Only 81 states have re-
ported their organization com.
plete. although in most others
only a few districts are missing.
The drawing will not be made uu.
til the lists for the country are
complete.
A so-caIled revised census es-
innate for the entire country,
compiled on the basis of draft
registration will be used for de-
te'minlng app0rtionments. Each
city, comfy or state must furnish
two thirds of one per cent of it's
paper population, according to
new estimates which were made
for the purpose of equalizing the
draft rather than to represent ac.
curate population totals.
Thus New York city, with an
estimated population of 6,5O4,1 1876,
must give 1882 of the 6S7, 900
young men to be called on the
irst draft. A city with $4,000
population will be required to
give 1856 men. These apportlon-
nents would be subject to slight
allowances for alien enemies, for
nen who have volunteered for
other causes.
Pleas for exemption ofany man
iced not be made by him, but
nay be entered by a wife, other
dependent, employer or any other
bird person, the proverst mar
hal generals office explained in
statement.
1t was also explained that any
man absent from his
lome district need not return
or physical examination, but
nay be ordered by his home
'oard to be examined elsewhere.
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19
3eneraI News items IN ,R4}rj,,l (

War appropriations for SO, 1000,
ooo'o0O were asked of Congress
making the sessions total S10..
000,00O,00O.
] Louisiana's quote of the new
national war army Of $4,000
men was fixed at 1852.
An embargo was ordered
against all shipments of commod
tiles intended for exports.
Russians advanced on Lembere
charging their success and
threatening the Austro. German
lines in Galicia and Rumania.
The British battleship Van.
guard blew up and sank with a
loss of 800 men.
DR.. Won Bethmann. Hollweg,
imperial German chancellor, re-.
signed. DR.. George Micahelis
succeeded him.
A gigantic plot to smuggle
copper to Germany was disclosed
in the seizure of 10000 feet Of
wire aboard a tank steamship.
President Wilson issued a per.
sonal warrant for the arrest of
Cocchi, whose extradition was
denied by Italy.
The School Board of st. Ber.
nard passed a resolution abolish.
ing short shirts among teachers
under penalty of dismissal.
The French and Germans on.
gagged in mighty struggles in the
west, leaving the advantage
mainly with the French.
Count Brockdorff- Rautzau, the
German minister at Copenhagen,
reported chosen imperial foreign
secretary Of Germany.
President Wilson called on all |
business mon to support the gov.
ernment with fair prices and said |
extortionate ocean rates were
helping Germany defeat tho AL.
lies.
Registration officers at Jackson
Barracks said more applications
we're wanted for Fort Logan H.
Roots officers training school,
of physically sound
non OF more than 81 years.
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19

Emperor William summoned
the Crown Prince to discuss ones
tlons left open by the Grown
|Council.
Professor Edward De Valera,
Irish Sim Feiner. was elected to
Parliament to succeed William
| Redmond.
-Four persons were missing af-
ter the sinking of the American
steamship Kansas with s5,C00,OOO
loss.
Congress was asked to require
the Federal Trade Commission to
take over the operation of Ameri-
can paper mills.
Senator Williams called for
quick action On the administration
food bill and a final vote was
fixed for Saturday.
Potash produced from distil1ery
waste at New Orleans attracted
the attention Of government
specialists.
The secretary Of war gave
names to the thirty.two conton.
ments, that at Alexandria beng
called Beauregard.
R, N. Sims, examiner of state
banks, in his report shows the
resources of state banks increas-
cd $27, ,919,203 between June 80.
1916, and June 30, 1917.
The Russians pushed on fer
Lemberg after breaking down the
Austro- German line near Halicz,
taking many prisoners; the Ger
mans fought the British adyanc-
ing on the North Sea coast and
threatening Dunkirk and Calais.
Major General Goethals was
put in full control Of ship con-
struction by the President.
Contests developed at the ex-
traordinary session Of the Louisi-
ana Legislature over the Camp
Stafford anti-liquor bill, which
was referred to the military af-
airs committee, and over other
measures.
Hattiesburg, Miss, and Alex
lndria, La, were selected as Or
organization camp sites.
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19

sees fit to make the details pub
lie. Ooly those workmen and
officials who will be engaged in
the production of the new wea-
pom will know of its character
and the details of manufacture,
Recreation and entertain ment
of every possible sort will be fur
nished the isolated Employees.
pay double that they now get is
guaranteed, and bonuses will be
paid for high production. Only
picked men whose Americanism
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19

ls unqueStioned and whose skill
in their respective vocations is of
theshighest will be employed.
Officials of the Westinghouse
interests today refused to talk,
An artisan of high standing who
was approached by the Westing-
house agents, said he had re-
ceived an intimation that the new
plant would turn out, in large
quantities one of the late inven.
tions of Thomas A. Edison.
William Maxwell, general man.
ager of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
said at the convention Of Edison
monograph dealers at the Wal
dorf Astoria, New York tonight:
"There is a man, an old man,
over i'll Jersey who lis working
hard for Uncle Sams AT the mo.
ment he is tie most important
man In the country next to Pres
ident Wilson. | believe he NAV
soon become the most inportan,
figure in the country. That's all
II will say now."
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19

Baton Rouge was the first city
in the state to adopt an ordinance
against the use of wood shingles
as roofing in the campaign Of
fire prevention.
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19
Roard of Control to Conduct
More Hearings.

Ration ROug5, La, july IL
,,riop the month of June our
our board fixed u calendar Of
hearings for ce't"i" classes Of
;odnstries and properties through
out the state of Louisiana and
occupied some two weeks or
more in the general investigation
ss to property values, and we
stated at that time that if any
Individual taxpayer had COM
nlaint on his own assessment we
would kbe very glad indeed to
take these matters up at a later
date, when We would fix calen-
dar of hearings by parishes for
tina consideration of all such COM
plants OF local taxpayers.
In line with the statement
made at that tima, the board has
fixed calendar of hearings
by parishes, grouping certain
parishes together for the same
day, covering a period extending
over some three or four weeks, so
as to take in every parish in Lou
isiana.
The assessor Of each parish
has been requesed to be present
ou the date that his parish is fix
ed for hearing, 80 that be may be
Consulted concerning all Of tteee
matters.
The board, in line with the
policy Indicated in June, extends
D cordial invitation to each ana
every taxpayer to make his COM
plaint, either In person or by let
ter, to The board, concerning the
aetual valuation Of his property
BY the assessor and the police
Jury which passed upon same as
0 board of review.
II any taxpayer is aggrieved
at the actual value placed upon
his property. we would suggest
that he write to the board, if he
cannot come here in person, so
that we may duly consider the
same carefully in company with
the assessor. And those large
taxpayers whose assess.
nants will justify the same and
they are dissatisfied with the val.
sations Of their property, we
would suggest for them to come
to Baton Rouge in person, so that
We may take up each individual
assessment in the parishes with
the assessor himself, and arrive
as Q lair and an equitable valua-
tlOn Of his property,
Each taxpayer will take due
notice hereof and We beg of the
press and the assessors them
lelyes to give publicity to the
calendar of hearings and to this
19asement OF Its purposes and OBJ
Iects.
Come only on the date fixed
Iof your parish, which for st.
iammany, Tangipahoa and Wash
lngton parishes will be on Thurs.
aay, August 8, 1917.
L. E. Thomas, Chairman.
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19

q ss' $. Gardner, killed in a
'ng affray near Woodworth
ss,'' made q dying statement
NJ MS antagonist insulted
aspnes, II
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19
FRANKLiNTON, La, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1917.
enough to report to make the
total desired for the first army.


To Iprevent embarrassment
among those who are exempted
the war deparpment has decided
to give with each exemption GER
tltlcate a bronze badge bearing
the inscription Exempted U. S.
The law specifies that exemp.
tlons are not permanent unless
the cause for cause for which
they are granted is permanent
For instance, if a man should be
exempted on the first call be-
cause of a dependent relative and
that relative should die or be-
come self-supporting before the
second call, the registrant would
be liable for service.
Washington, July 14.-To
speed up the draft by three or
four days, if possible, the pro-
vost generals office today decid- >
ed to draw numbers Immediately
on receipt of telegraph word from
the various state committees that
they are ready. 1t has been in.
tended to wait until all the states
had forwarded to headquarters
here their lists of boards and no.
tlces OF complete preparation.
This new plan will, it is hoped,
result in drawings for next week.
With 947 of the 1859 exemp.
tlon districts not heard from to.
day, an accurate prediction as to
the date of the drawing under
the army selective conscription
law was impossible. Most of
the officials believed, however,
that all would be ready for the
drawing next week.
Most of the missing districts
are in large cities and will report
about the same time.
Meanwhile nominations for the
district appeal boards still await
action by President Wilson. The
full list of mon recommended
has been submitted by Brigadier
General Crowder, provost mar
shall general. There will be no
need to delay the drawing for
these nominations. In each state
The number that will come from
zach district is now beng de-
;ermined by the governor.
In any state the allotment of
quota by districts may range
widely. One district may be
called upon for several hundred
non and others for only two or
hree, due to credits for volun.
GERS, distribution of registrants
,r other factors.
Another factor in the drawing
hat may prove puzzling is the
act that the rotation numbers
will be the same in every district.
t the largest district has 1000
nen registered and the smallest
81 and the others ranged be-
ween, 1000 numbers would have
o be drawn. The first serial
number might be 6775. That
would mean that number 6775
would be first up in every dis.
rict which had CTS men or
more. It would mean nothing to
my district with less than 6775
'egistrants.
The second number drawn
night be Is. Then all small dis.
riots number Is would be first
Up, but in districts having 6775
>r more registrants number 25
would come up second.
Baton Rouge was the first city
The Era-leader., 1917-07-19

Bills to protect the moral wei.
fare OF soldiers in or passing thru
the the state caused discord in
the Louisiana Legislature,
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-29

Weekly Nugget 50 cts. per month sent any place in the world.
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Nnu. Weekly Nugget tnopth.. .so'
 Nnus Weekly Nugget l year ss'o'
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country are excellent examples as we find that in spite of the fact that labor disturbances have resulted in a great curtaIlment of the coal output. the available coal supplies are sufficient to meet the present emergency if ade- ouate distributive facilities were avail able. The inability of the railroads to meet the traffic demands thrust up on them have not only resulted In some sections being reduced to famine conditions but have had the two fold effect of placing large areas in pre- carious situation In addition to greatly increasing prices and thereby laying ln increased burden on the shoulders )f the consumers.
 For more than year railroad traf- lc conditions have been such that the government could easily have found |, amply excuse for taking control of the situation. and why the president did ! not recognize the inevitable and do so before such action could not be avoid i ed Is mystery. that not even the l exigencies of politics will clearly ex- plain.
 1 Had the administration taken con- trol even six months ago, by applying rehabilitative measures. increasing the
 rolling stock, equipment, etc, the
 roads could easily have been placed in condition to releive the strain of the immense traffic burdens at present
 confronting the nation. Had the gov
 ernment adopted the present policy at
 the time of the threatened general
 strike of the railroad brotherhoods one
 year ago, most of the present serIou.
 situation could have been avoided.
 But, serious as conditions have been during the past year or two. the year l 1918 Is bound to see an almost over
 whelming increase In the trafflc de-
 mands placed upon the railroads
 America is now the storehouse of the
 allies and must supply their demands
 as well as her own. Food that mos, imperative of all needs. the one on
 which is based the future success or
 failure of our military efforts and without which both our allies and our selves must succumb. must be moved in vastly increased quantities. Ma 'erials for the making of guns and am intuition and army equipment and
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-29

battleships must Lot be delayed Tn reaching their destinations, Troops, a million or more of them, cannot be held in cantonments Indefinitely be- cause the railroad facilities, under private ownership. are unequal to the task of transporting them expeditions ly to the waiting ships which will bear them across the seas
 In 6 great degree every factor Of our possible success or failure Tn war s ln- dlssoluably bound up with the Ques- ton of transportation and to save us from sure defeat and possible destruc- ton traffic must move, and quickly. As the railroads have long since demonstrated their inability 10 handle the increased traffic of the past year. how could they be expected to move
 the immense volume that will be pre- sented In the days to come? Con- tronted by such a prospect, govern ment control and management was the only solution of the transportation problem and the President has done
 well to take firm hold on the situa- ton by taking over the roads and in-
 cooperating them in one great system
 which. with the assistance of govern ment funds, can be made equal to all emergencies arising out of the war
 7ltuation and at the same time lift a
 1eavy burden from the backs of the nations people by reducing transpor-
 tation costs on essential commodities.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-29

Issued Annually in october. Irics per copy mailed ...,.. ..... .ts'
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-29
NOME, ALASKA, DEC. 2e. 1917.
GOVT CONTROL IMPERATIVE

Tn assuming the control of tho na- tion's railroad systems the administra- ton has seized upon the most salutary and, at the same time most effective method in dealing with the serious transportation problem confronting the country since the American war entry
 Within the next few months the railroads will be called upon to per form service 10 tho nation that will tax their ultimate capacities to the very limit, regardless of what meas- ures may be Instituted. For months the yards and terminals and sidinss throughout the nation have been con. tested with millions of tons Of freight which ould not be moved owing to thu inadequate facilities The railroads had ample warning Of this condition Not an able railroad man in the coun. try but was able to forsee that the day was fast approaching when traf. hc conditions would be such that only the most heroic measures could enable the roads to preserve their private own ed status. But the demands for div. idends on highly inflated capitaiza- ton left no adequate surplu. for in. creasing their faci!ities. And the re- suit has been that when the transpor- tation demands created by the war reached their maximum in 1916, the railroads were totally unable to meet the situation With the entry of the United States the transportation de- inands became even greater and to meet them the railroads were able to offer an equipment that was barely equal to the normal demands and which was already greatly overtaxed by an abnormal traffic.
 The results of this condition are readily discernahle to the public eye in the constant reports of shorta ges in various parts of the country. nearly all of which are due. not the lack of supplies, but to the inability Of the railroad systems to place commodities where they are required.
 The coal shortages in the Central states and also in other parts of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-29

Copy for regular advertisments must Do h by 10 o'clock on the day Of publication.
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Pa buy m. one Of those dinner sets 100 pieces, only s20.0o or $ elastic Felt Mattress at S17.5o, or a set of all Coil Springs De Luxe at sH.oo HOLT has the goods.
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Aust:o- German forces advanced sud denly on Transylvanian frontier, talk ing several important positions and many Russian prisoners.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-29

Germans penetrate French lines in sudden dash against Verdun front, capturing srnal number urisoners.
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Teutons continue advances in Mol david despite fierce winter weather.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-20
Will BE TAKEN TO
+OMAHA TO ANSWER
FORGERY CHARGE
James j. Bolan, Arrested at
Nampa, Will Be Turned
Over to the Authorities of
Nebraska.

Nampa, March 20.-James ] Bolan,
who was arrested in Boise Sunday upon
the charge of jumping a board bill at
the Dewey Palace hotel here and re-
turned to this city yesterday, was to-
day taken to the Caldwell Jail by Dep
uty Sheriff Hugh Nichols of that city,
to await the arrival of Omaha officers,
who are coming after Bolan upon the
charge of forgery 1t is alleged that
Bolan forged checks there amounting
to several hundred dollars and worked
under the assumed name of James
Carr.
1t was upon Geographic advice from
the chief of police of Omaha that Bo-
Ian was arrested. He has been stop
ping at the Dewey Palace for several
months and it was about two weeks
ago that he went to Omaha with three
carloads of sheep belonging to a local
firm and it was upon his return that
he was arrested. Manager Kerr will
not press the action against Bolan, it
is understood, but will allow the Oma-
ha officers to prosecute him.