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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
.REGISTRANTS
MAY VOLUNTEER
Those Whose Order Mum
bers Fall Below Current
Quotas Can Volunteer.

Washington. D. c., Dec. 5--Dratt
registrants whose classification and
order numbers are so low that they
90 not fan within the current quotas
Of their local boards may at their
own request. be Immediately indicted
into the military service, provost
marshal general Crowder today an
nounced.
Upon filing with his local board a
waiver Of all claims of deferred cias-
sification a man in a deferred class
may be examined and sent 70 camp
Immediately, although not as part Of
his boards quota, as this would VIC
late the provisions Of the selective
sedvice law which prohibits substi-
tuition. Where the claims had been
dependency, a waiver by the depend
ents must accompany that OF the reg
istrant. but waivers Of children o.
mentally unfit persons will not be
recognized.
Must Present Certificate.
ANY registrant may enlist in the
navy or marine corps. Cen Crowder
said, upon presentation TO a recruit
ing officer Of a certificate by his local
board that his class and order num-
bers are so low that he does not fall
within the current quota. subse-
quently. upon presentation TO the
board OF his enlistment certificate, he
will be placed in class five. the dis
card class. on the ground that he is
Il, che naval service
Enlistment Of Medical Students.
The new regulations also provide
that by permission OF the surgeon
general Of the army and under his
regulation, any medical student, hos
pital inferno, dentist. dental student,
veterinarian or veterinary surgeon
may enlist in the medical reserve
corps and he viii be placed in the
discard class.
May Enlist Until December u.
4 registrant also can be commits
stoned in the army, navy or marine
corps OF appointed an army field
clerk. regardless Of his classification
or order number
Il was pointed out today by Gen.
Crowder that resistrants have until
December i to enlist in the military
forces.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
EIGHTH ENGINEERS CAMP AT
VTNTON ON 1T.IKEn 10 CRUCES

Companies J. 3 and G, and Inc
wagon train Of the Eighth engineers
mounted, are on a hike" TO Las
Cruces. y. NJ, from the camp OF the
organization near the Courchesne
bridge. just northwest Of Fl Paso. OF
the Rio Grande- Mai. Y. L Peterson
IS In command. Tuesday night the
battalion camped Just east Of the
store at Finton, Texas
Other officers on the hike are;
Capts Mason J. Young. Dwight L
Johns. Edmond Levy and Charles a.
Lyerly, jr.: Lieuts- Thomas X Petty,
Frank s. Marcus, Clarence H Suther.
land, John S. Piper. Clarence Senter,
Adolph Y. ScarwenI1a, Richard Taran-
tous. Otis Knight. Robert II. Burrage,
Walter A. wood and A. p. Marshall
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
MEN WANTED FOR 18Th ARMY
ENGINEERS AT LOCAL OFFICE

Eligible applicants who present
themselves with written or tele-
graphic authority from an engineer
officer viii be accepted for the 2Sth
United States army engineers at the
local recruiting station in FL Paso.
Capt. Ferdinand Fonda, commanding.
Married men may be accepted for
all branches Of the army on the same
basis as single men during the period
OF the war, are Capt Fonda's ad-
vices from washington. he is Or
d5red 20 resume recruiting negroes
for stevedore regiments. quartermas-
ter corps. and for the white cavalry.
but 20 send no more men 70 camps
BOWIE. Funston. Beauregard, Shelby,
Wheeler OF SEWER
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
NEURALGIC PAINS
Rive Way to Soothing HamlIH's
Wizard OIL

Hamhn's Wizard Oil IS safe and
effective treatment for headache and
neuralgia. Rubbed IN where the pain
IS, It acts as q tonic 70 the tortured
nerves and almost invariably brings
quick relief.
It's healing. antiseptic qualities can
always be relied upon to prevent IN
lection, or other serious results, from
sprsins, bruises, cuts burns, bites
and stings. Just as good. too, for
sore feet, stiff neck, frost bites, cold
sores and canker sores
Get It from druggists for 50 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back
Ever constipsted or have sick
hesdache7 Just try Wizard Liver
Whips, pleasant little pink pills, 50
cents. Guaranteed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
80 Telephone Girls
Are To Be Enlisted
To Serpe In France

washington. D. C.. Dec. s.-A unit
Of $50 telephone operators. able 10
speak both French and English, for
Immediate service in France. will be
cormed under the direction Of the
army signal corps. it was announced
today.
Ths operators. enlisted for the du-
ration OF the war. VIII be given al
lowauces Of quarters and ratiOns ac-
corded TO army nurses, in addition 20
their pay and win wear the same uni
form.
In seeking recruits for the new ser
vice the announcement OF the chief
signal officer says;
Young women physically fit. with
command Of the French and English
language, DESTROYS OF obtaining these
positions. should apply BY mail 10
room S2ss Mills building annex. Wash
tugtOn"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
SWITZERLAND IS
HOME Of RUM0RS
Much Peace Talk But Nc
Results Makes Swiss PEG
pie Shake Their Heads.

Bernc, Switzerland, Dec. about
the only thing that Switzerland has
too much offs peace rumors. Travel
ers who come from Germany. France.
Austria and Italy say those eoun-
tries, too. are full Of talk about the
conference that are supposed to be
going on constantly here between
personalities from the entente and
the central powers
An American. who because Of his
prominence in local affairs must be
nameIess. sums up the actual situa-
ton. as the correspondent has found
it also. when he points out that the
presence OF notables from belligerent
countries must not be regarded as
significant, because while they may
come here TO feel OUT the sentiment
Of the other side they are not often
genuine peace ENJOYS.
ANY proposition which any govern
ment is willing TO advance. or TO ac-
cent. can be stated by any aEen-
whose presence here IS not even
noted and who is without authority TO
DO more than deliver or listen 20 =
proposal No one has been eompro-
missed particularly no one has eE-
hibited signs Of weakness" by adj
vancing terms"
lI~ny aF7eeIers' Put Out.
That such tentative -feelers' have
been put out repeatedly seems bevonr
doubt but it is not these that have
mors TO circulate, but rather the pres
ence from time 70 time OF nationa
| characters from either side The Il cts
seem 10 indicate that II neace neFo-
/ tiations ac+rallv are aoi7g on th~v
are privately conducted. for their re-
nv
tious and more or less unofficial per-
sons.
one American asserts that he has
! acted as a peace emissary for the
I entente. and in this cape CITY met 2
German OF inconsDicuous station who.
the American was given 10 believe
Z was pre-ared 70 make . peace nro-
Z nosal The two met The Cerman
/ explained that he understood he wa
! TO receive. rathe- than submit
l neace plan. ConvinHef mat there 9'lf
/ been q m isl1nSe-s+0 1dirr- neif1eT
would OF could "tallz business and 81
/ shev shook bonds and Iefr-
liathias FrzberEa-. the Cerma-
I Tentrist denutv. one-tin1e "rrucroWne7
| king behind the Prl1Ssian throne Is
I ou0ted as having said he he'd had m
/ interview with sn FnElish "Dea Ct
cent But f. Is believed here thai
+ F-zherEer's fellow .conferee was on'
OF the u1official kind
Make Swiss Pessinaistie.
Something like three years OF thl.
I diet Of peace rumors has left the ma
I iority Of Swiss pessimistlc Mention
peace and the average Swiss snake
his head sadly Roll Few big an
! imposing names from your tongu
and he becomes gloomy, for he
like the child who has once beei
burned by the fire. and has learnei
the utter futility Of setting any stor
W OH
ac.ers from an nations who. at on
time or another. have been here, o
have been said 70 be here.
That secret. unofficial peace dis
cussions between Representatives o
both sides who are not bound -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
CAPT. FERGUSON TO LEAVE
TONIGHT FOR Fl. SILL. OKLA

Capt J. H Ferguson. OF the FL Paso
recruiting office OF the army. viii
leave tonight for Fl. Sill. Okla.
where he will take the office OF ad-
jutant and paymaster. Capt. Fergu-
son is a veteran OF many years serv-
ice in the army, and 10 10 one month
ago was a sergeant OF the recruiting
office force on The Herald building.
He received notice OF his appoint
meut as captain several weeks ago.
and was ordered 70 report to TT. sill,
for drrfV-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
HOME DEFENCE
IS DISCUSSED
Intelligence Officer Says
Citizens Should Rally to
Home League.

Plans for increasing the member
ship Of the Fl Psso Home Defence
league were discussed Tuesday night
at q directors meeting in the court
house. at which Lieut. col Harry o.
willard. district intelligence officer
OF the army, and Judge F. E Hunter
made addresses. and the constitution
and by laws were amended TO permit
an increase in membership from 500
to 1899.
Il don't suppose any man in FL
Paso has taken more interest in the
Home Defence league that J., said
Lieut. Col. willard. and 1 don't see
how any one who calls himself a pa
triotic citizen can fail 10 identity
himself with the league Let George
do it. seems 10 be the WatchWord
with many when Il comes to a mat
ter Of effective action and organiza-
ton"
More Troops Nay Leave.
Lieut. Col. willard referred 70 the
possibility Of more tEoops being taken
away from FL Paso as the war goes
on and to the limited power and
number Of local police. and showed
the advantages Of a strong defence
league in case OF invasion, or attempts
at lootiug by organized bands. Under
the rule Of the military in crises, he
said. those who had drilled ana
served in the league would be allowed
in the streets.
Judge Hunter said that as citizens
had subscribed 20 two Liberty loans.
and would have 10 subscribe 10 Two
more, and that as they had subscribed
TO the Red Cross and 10 the Y N c
A.. IL did not seem quiea logical that
they should neglect TO subscrlbe loE
something that promised the I'M
mediate protection Of homes
SuErest Ways to Get Members,
3. J. Zabriskie and Roy D. Barnum
suggested ways Of increasing the
membership during the campaign, and
r. Burt Orndorff, chairman OF the
board Of directors. told OF his inNee-
tigation Of defence leag11e WORK being
carried on in New York.
An expense fund for the league was
started by A Schwartz, and II was an
nounced that checks were 10 be ac-
cepted hereafter, though prior 20 this
time such offers had been rejected
Fewer Directors Called For
Instead OF u. as formerly there are
TO be six directors under the redrafted
constitution. Two Of the directors are
said 10 have been dropped for failure
to attend the meetings regularly and
Two resigned on account Of business
which interfered with their work as
directors. From now on, it was said,
they would be seen as buck" priTates
In the ranks.
The work OF placing posters about
the city soliciting membership IS soon
TO be under way, Il was stated and
the league is to be discussed from the
nulpits Of the city Wednesday and
sunday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05


With orderly hear inspecshun
thinking
hoIeed
soar at me sent showed him the whg leTnd about this
he ee after
orderly ALREADY
cad su11thing ddent
should OF but he Sint hitting sarnt
weigh befoar
suthing
al Of
tho the curnel ddsn dis
nothing
with ittel n
told the arn old hand at this hoase stun
milk that along
sabUl
Win long and 1hookng eed hadent better
snnon travelling
like alk
feas
the
1ns soldgers
quick and haors head Hteing
and dden be dented nothing
standing
yourself
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
ALL MARIA PAYS TRIBUTE
TO SLAIN SOLDIERS MEMORY

Iarfa. Texas, Dec 5--ALarfa paid
tribute yesterday TO the memory OF
Pvt. Riggs. cavalry. Killed in Mexico
when the detachment under command
OF Lieut. Leonard Hatlack went over
the border after Mexican bandits last
Saturday and killed 35 OF them.
The funeral Of Pvt. Riggs was held
yesterday afternoon. All the military
forces took part All stores were
closed and practically the entire
civilian population Witnessed the
funeral ceremonies
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
WILL ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS
AT STANTON CLUB TONIGHT

A special musical program viii be
given this evening at the soldiers
club. corner Franklin and Stanton
streets. under the auspices OF the
Equal Suffrage league sponsors for
the club for December. The program
VIII be under the charge OF Madame
Mac Lozier. There is no charge for
this entertainment, and all enlisted
men are invited 70 attend and 70
visit the club at any time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
Orderly Jim Gets The Horse Laugh
By OUR OWN RING W. LARDNER

well al you must OF got By this time so you don't
nave no surprise in the slitest pull new MILF
terry lang witch you haven't herd befoar- you
ced was hiding about the Detale but beleeV ne ai
tag vas never no hiding about that as their wont be
atout this inc going to tell you and you incident worry
about ny hiding al becaus it is strait stuff inc ETiteing
you from hear 2itho lie admit sum Of it sounds
good deal Ike killing
that's becaus their Is 50 mulch dihronts between
the things you do in SiTlain life and what you do in
the armie and their is beside lot of dihrouts in the
words you use for the things you do. that Detale
told you about the ktchun polees is l OF them ime
going to tell you about this other this orderly
WITCH isent orderly the you orderly back
nome orderly is keeping your shoes under the bed
when they mite be top Of the dresser in Sviain life
hear in militerry life orderly is running round for
some eis becaus their is many fellas hear that's
oifeers and cant run 50 pryvats are called orderly
when they do this.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05

have no authority have taken. place,
and perhaps are taking place, is &c
orally BELIEVED Correspondents o.
the Associated Press.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
Live
istribut0r
Wanted
Fer Aaerica's Oldest and Best
Cereal Beverage

one Of the largest BreEeries in St
Louis-pioneers in the manufacture
OK cereal beverages-wants q live
distributor for the best drink On the
market A sample OF the beverage
VIII convince you 1t has the finest
favor, you ever tasted. Our advsr-
Using and cooperation VIII please
you. For a I've wire, who Is fnan-
cialIy able 10 handle a large volume
OF business, We have q proposition
that is so good you can't pass It up
II you are looking fon the drink OF
the future that VIII make you
money, get new customers and hold
old ones, address,
SALES DEPARTMENT
2sz5 South Broadway, st. Louis, 80.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05

A dark coat, bearing on the hack
the words ION TO Berlin" was placed
on Deutsch as he was marched down
the main street 10 the jail There the
sheriff in whose charge he was put.
released him that he might be brought
10 Denver By Kaiser and Fitch
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05
Might Have Saved RUSSIA


an the light OF president wilson
speech a statement that VIII mean
the wipine off the slate Of much that
should never have been written on IL
is imperative. There IS no kinship
betue the spirit OF yesterdays
speech and the spirit Of knockout
blows OF economic warfare OF after
the war boycotts."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-05

The Times reiterateS that 1ornle1-
" It expressed dissent with president
Wilson's distinction between the
German people and their ruler and
says Il can no more distinguish be-
tween them than the president can
any longer distinguish between Ger
many and Austria-Hungary believing
them willing accomplices OF thclr
ruler
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-11

$l0O to $3.50 Boys Pants Observation-Disclosures. 7ec
Worth from $500 to $3.50 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $l0o
Mems Pants at 8oc. Why pay $3.50 to $500 elsewhere
Mems Pants that $500 can buy them here
The best 75c Mems Work Shirts a.........:...45c
Say! How about Tennis Shoes for 44c? You know
they will you $75c elsewhere
Szoo Mechanics SUITS at .................-... $To
Mems Unon-made Overas Sweet Orr or Fncks that sell
IoF 9loo elsewhere at Sl.l9
Mems Good Overals that sell for SIPS at ...... soc
Mems Good OveraIls at 7oc
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
DIG DANDELIoNs TWICE A YEAR
Root of Plant Has Begun to Sprout
By Midsummer and Should Be
Removed From Lawn

The eradication of dandelions from
the lown by digging requires that this
operation be done twire during the
season. Digging them in spring when
they are just beginning to bloom pre-
vents the formation of seed but does
not kill the root life in the ground.
By midsummer a large percentage of
these roots will have sprouted end
the plants will be ready to blossom
the next spring. By digging them
again in late summer or early autumn
a large number will be killed while
the survivors may be greatly weak
ened.
Digging should be done as deeply
as possible, using a chisel or similar
tool which will permit of prying them
up. The work is most rapidly done
shortly after a rain or an irrigation,
while the ground is soft.-B. o. Long
year. Colorado Agricultural College,
Fort Collins, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
FlJIAN RACE is DYING OUT
South Sea Islanders No Longer Saw
ages and cannlbal But Humorous,
Good-Natured Loafers.

The Fill Islands abound in reputa.
ton. To our grandparents they were
the last word in barbarism, n simlle
for anything at once remote and ter
rible, a place where missionaries got
stewed-by the cannibals-and clothes
were worn not at all.
The general impression Of the South
Sea islands as a wild and degenerate
part of the world was softened and IL
lumined by the writings OF Mark
Twain about Hawaii and by Robert
Louis Stevenson's essays from Samoa.
But no one wrote anything important
about the FlJlans, and that is why the
islands and people today are so very
different from what you would expect
to find them.
The Fijlans are NOT only no longer
savages and cannlbals, but they are
fast disappearing altogether. Hindus,
Englishmen and Samoans are the toll
ers of the Islands. The fierce Solomon
Islander is seen here, too. but is more
apt to be hunting your laundry than
your head. The Fijlan, still distin-
guished by the frizzled aureole of his
AulI ailu lHe sChHLueSa VI MS alllEei
is a humorous, good-natured lOafer.
His native island is rapidly being
taken away from him by more indus
trious peoples, and his race is dying
out; but these things worry him not
at all. He lives by the fish of his
rivers and the wild fruit of the jungle,
and by the skill of his wife in pottery
and other handicrafts He has given
up cannlballsm in Difference to popu-
lar opinion, 1t Is true, but iu other
ways he still lives his life much as he
pleases, which is more than most OF
us ever achieve.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
Night Owls Are Safe.

A celebrated scientist, who has made
n lifelong study of different forms OF
bacteria, recently made the interesting
announcement that there are more
microbes in the air at nine O'Clock in
the morning and at nine o'clock at
night than during any other periods
Of the day. He says that he has also
discovered that the percentage Of mi
crobes in the atmosphere is less at
three o'clock in the morning and at
three o'clock in the afternoon than at
any other times.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
Nations Defense.

The wealth of a nation must be De
Tended as well as constructed. q.
Even If the days Of absolute conquest
are past. there are yet a thousand
liabilities to violent encroachment on
the honor and rights Of a people which
they cannot be passive under without
sacrificing a national spirit and we'll
nigh dlssolving the bonds of govern
ment itself. But where lies the
strength of a nations defense? In
such things as money purchases
ships, fortlficatlons and magazines Of
war? No. The real public bulwarks
OF a nation are public love,
wisdom. and high command, attach
ment to home and bravery.-Horace
Bushnell.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
Navel Orange From Bahia.

1t was from plantation near Bahia,
so far as can be determined, that the
budded trees were obtained through
which the navel orange wood was IN
troduced into the United States. Sew
eral were shipped to the United
States department of agriculture.
Trees were grown In the department
greenhouses, and others propagated
from them were distributed to Cali
fornIa and Florida. The variety
proved to be unsuited to Florida con-
dltlons. but in California It is very
productive and highly valued. Almost
the entire present planting Of the va
riety In that state, according to
writer In the Scientific American, can
be traced directly back to two of the
trees sent there by the department of
agriculture in 1878.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
pouble.sarreIed Revenge.

Wilkinson was near the exploding
point when his neighbor met him in
The street.
That man Potter" he burst out, has
more cheek than anybody l ever met"
'Why, what has he done?" asked the
1eighbor.
He came over to my house last
night and borrowed n gun to kill dog
hat kept him awake at night"
"Well. what of that?"
'What Of that?" shouted Wilkinson.
1T was my dog"
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12

nois had approved loans amounting to
S786,OOO.
Thus the states east of the Mis-
sissippi, with Texas, had at the date
named secured loans amounting to
four and one-third millions, of which
Texas received one and one-fcurth
millions.
While there had been approved in
the states west of the river a total of
four and two-thirds millions; OF put
ting Texas with the states west Of
the Mississippi one-third of s9,0Oo,00O
is loaned cast aid two-thirds west of
the river.-C. F. Davis, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
FARMERS ARE USING FEDERAL
LOAN
Applications For Loans Aggregating
SIOO,OOO,OOO on July 5th

To those who have ben giving at
tention to the pr5g-ass bel, g made in
the effort of the government to aid
farmers in securing money with which
TO carry on their work, it may be of
interest to know that on July 5.h Of
this year there had been filed applica-
sions for loans aggresati..S 100000
900, and that th7re md been approved
and loaned in the neighborhood Of
100000. About SS0O,000 of this
later sum having been loaned in Col
orado.
The Federal Loan Banks, through
their duly appointed appraisers are
examining the sccuri y offered and
passing upon applications as rapidly
as the nature of the business permits.
1t is interesting to nttc how the
liffercnt sections of the country are
calling for the funds provided by this
system.
Loans have been approved as fol-
lows:
In Massachusetts,, this being the
only New England state from which
applic;.sicns had baen received, about
$4,000.
No applications had been received
from Delaware, but in New York,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, a to-
tal of $4,000 had been approved.
The coast states from Virginia to
Texas have had approved apple, tions
aggregating two and .hree-quarters
millions.
Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and
Kentucky were granted S65O,000; and
Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Illi-
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12
New Ways Of sterIIIzIna Soil.

sterilization OF soil by steam, for
merly so much practiced in eastern
greenhouses and to some extent in
California, has been given up as in
efficient and also too expensive in the
process. Soil drenches of formalin
and commercial mixtures are now the
practice. For home use in the seed
boxes for delicate seeds the baking Of
soil in an oven insures purity.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12

creased production. The tendency
during August has been toward lit
tie heavier feeding than for the two
months previous. A large number of
the cows are now dry owing to fall
freshcning. This makes the produc-
tion decrease ard thus lessons the
average profit in many h.rds. How
The Lamar register., 1917-09-12

first, her face pink to her ears.
at was the only thing l could do,
David" she said prlmly, 'to get you
straight In the eyes of the community"
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndlcate)