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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

off by epidemics. One breeder in the
Moriches neighborhood employs Tor the
purpose 500 hens, which are set IN
small houses with nests arranged in
tiers around the walls. Each nest has
its own lattice door Every morning
the vicarious mothers are taken off TO
be fed and watered, a few at a time,
and then are put back on the eggs.
A large duck farm Of the kind here
described is a really wonderful sight.
The water space for the breeding
birds (Which their living quarters ad-
join( Is fenced with poles and wire
net, 10 prevent them from wandering
away. Multitudes of them. beautiful
in their snow white plumage. are
winning about. while other multi
tudes are scattered over the nearby
greensward- Theirs is happy life, re-
lieved as they are even Of the neces-
sity of caring for the own offspring.
The latter. as already made clear. are
housed and penned elsewhere. with no
opportunity 10 swim. but well lodged
and most bOuntifully boarded-an ar
rangement being used on some farms
whereby the constantly replenished
food car is made TO travel on rails
across and over the pens. thus facili-
tating the distribution OF the pro-
vender.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07
By
Frank G. Carpenter

There l. one for each district and each has
his Jail al his headquarters He has the
power 10 appoint and swear In such depu-
ties as are needed. He is limited. however
as 20 his expenses and has to write or tel
Graph TO Washington as 70 all extra
charges.
The police machinery IS bad. and IL Sc
due only 10 the high character OF the Cit
zens OF Alaska THAI rhe territory keeps -
good order as any part % the United States
I doubt whether We have any towns that
have few crimes in proportion 10 the
population No one thinks Or locking his
door q A night and the windows are sell
dom fastened when one leaves the house
Even among the miners gold dust IS fire.
quently stored swsr in 2 can or some other
the vast size % the territory the crimes
are comparatively few
- Murders No Punishment
When crimes are committed. however. the
ness OF the force often enable the 7erpe-
traitors 70 escape without punishment I
have before me copy OF the Alaska Dis
patch giving a list OF = murders which
have occurred within the past decade. whose
perpetrators were neither hung. shot nor
brought 10 judgment
The Alaska police laws ars deficient. in
that the territory has no means OF taking
care OF its needy poor The marshals can
deal only with criminals or suspects Today
the only way that the halt. blind or lame,
20 support themselves. can be cared FOR by
the people i % charge the sick o. NEEDY
Win some crime ana sentence 70
jail
The only exception is the Pioneers home
az Sltka- This was established about three
years ago. and is supported by the territorial
legislature II is a large wooden building OF
two stories II has now 81 inmates. most Of
them old gold miners o. prospcctors who
have had share in the development OF the
territory.
Another need Of Alaska is a better r1sE
service during the winter The larger towns
claim that they should have an the mail all
the time the year round At present. during
the winter. a large part Of the second class
mail is not delivered at Fairbanks and
still larger part is not delivered at Nome.
The citizens Of both towns are complaining
bitterly. and the complaint seems 20 be IS
pecially well founded 20 the mails 1t
Fairbanks That town is four OF five hun
dred miles from the ports a Prince William
sound. which are open all the year round
and al which che steamers from Seattle
call regularly several times every week
Moreover. the Copper River railroad runs
from the port Of Coriova 10 the town OF
Chitina- which is high up in the coast range
Of mountains. and there arr regular stages
during the winter which 80 TWO OF three
times a week from Chitins and Valdez to
Fairbanks.
The stages carry the mail. and. accord
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07
Iceland, Cut of From
World By Submarines, Is
Threatened With Famine

Capeahagen. Denmark. Aprl =
Iceland which has been cut off from
shipping connections with Europe and
the United States for six weeks is
facing starvation, owing TO its small
supply Of fOodstuffs and the failure
OF ships 70 arrive with expected sun
plies As a result there Is strong sen
ument here that 4 Danish warshiD
loaded with supplies be dispatched TO
the island country
The submarine menace is. OF course.
responsible for the suspension OF ship
ping to Iceland. There are more than
zoe Iceland merchants now in Copen-
hagen who are unable TO return home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

are scientifically slaughtered by a
quick jab Of a knife in the throat and
then. after being deprived of their
feathers, are placed in ice water for a
few minutes This last performance
is called "plumping." and gives them
a full and rounded appearance calcu-
sted TO attract the appreciative eye Of
the market buyer
II is no cxaggeration TO say that the
farm grown ducklinE is today es-
teemed as great delicacy as the wild
duck. IL the far famed ''canVasback" be
excepted. Artificial Matching and
mothering. combined with Judicious
feeding and a scientific system Of rear
ing. have wholly changed the m0rkei
status Of the donesticated bird: and
the duck itself. as already explained. is
q different kind OF duck. For farminS
purposes there is nothing like the
Pekin-takingSi into consideration ease
Of rearing. the rapidly Of its growth,
and its extraordinary size
IncubatOrs Not Essential
IncubatorS cost money; but the
every day farmer can get along with
out them. Some very successful duck
raisers. indeed, prefer to use hens for
Matching the eggs, asserting that the
dIcklings thus brought into the world
are harder and less liable to be carried
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

JUNEAU. Alaska, April suppose
that you had an investment that
had netted you ninety times the
amount OF money you put in.
Suppose that you had received from
II a half billion dollars in dividends
and that your average receipts for the
past 20 years had been equal to $50
per cent on your original outlay.
Moreover. suppose that, notwith-
standing all this. you had reliable in
formation that your property was
steadily advancing in value. and thar
larger in the decades to come.
Would yon not want TO know all
about the investment. and how your
agents were handling it,
Well, every one OF US has an inter-
est IN just such an Investment The
property is known as Alaska, and j.
belongs to the people of the United
States. It cost US little more than
I 100000 just q half century agO and
since then we have received dividends
which make a total Of 5000 per cent
The amounts paid within the past 20
years have aggregated more than
half billion dollars or. on the average,
more than 100000 a month for every
one Of the months of those 20 years
Makes War Babies Look Small
Talk about your war babies. They
=
baby Of the far north,
And Alaska is only A baby. Not
withstanding the big dividends already
paid. the investment is in its svad-
ding clothes and is still sucking the
bottle. As TO its mineral development.
the property has hardly been scratched
The gold mined has been about $780,
09Q, 600. but the prospectorS estimate
that there Is from a half billion to a
billion dollars worth of placer gold
Yet to be won, and that the lode or
quartz gold, which is known to lie in,
the rocks is far more than that which
VIII be washed from the streams. As
20 the coal. its value is said to run
higS into the billions. and. in addI-
ton, there is copper. antimOny. tin
and other minerals, worth money which
is beyond the dreams of national
avarice.
The same is true of the fisheries.
The waters OF Alaska are like the
streets Of paradise They are paved
with gold and every year We hook up
gold bricks in the shape Of fish prod
ucts worth more than three times the
amount We paid for the territory. We
have already received nine times our
original investment out Of the furs,
and as to the farms, which are yet
to be developed. they will cover hun
dreds Of millions Of acres and will
yield dividends equal to the richest
lands Of Finland. Sweden and Nor
way
Former Newspaper Man il Governor.
So much for the investment. Now
for the mana cement and what IT is
doing with our property. There are
many who say that the development
is backward. and that there is no
place upon earth where the cost eff
cheney expert Is more needed Others
point with pride to the results already
obtained I shall take Up these views
in giving you the latest news with re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07
At ~ Gets Medal.

~ 20 letter from the Fairbanks cozunasre
cisl club which lies before me they eeeio
carry all the mail II the Sove-nmsrt saw
fit 10 pay for the transportation
The u=ople complain that a large part o
their ne-wsuz oers and magazines Ehicn
Sho1id arrive during the winter are nel9
over until spring when they are deliver 81
in bulk Fer instance. one postmaster -. -
Fairbanks received one day in June $50
sacks OF such mall much OF when Va
dated a. FAR back as September. Octooer anu
November or the previous year Think o.
Getting all YOUR copies or this newspaper
published this winter IN one biz pacSass
Need Reading Matter in Winter
Moreover. the people OF Alaska say SnAS
the loug winter II their time Tor reaoinSs
and they want their newspapers and maya
zines delivered as they come out They point
10 the fact that in Dawson smaller tom
than Fairbanks. situated just as Tar inland.
the Canadians get al OF their mail a. all
times. and that the difficulty OF transport
tation Is greater than a. Fairbanks
Plan Agricultural Empire
The experts OF the department % agr1-
culture have prepared the way for the es-
tablishTe nt Of an agricultural empire In the
far north They have been recently going
surveys They estimate that there are over
500. zoe. GA acres which can be made avail
able for tilling and grazinE purposes ms
means that there might be 100000 farms N
Alaska OF go acres each The same depart
mcut has established experiment farms II
different parts OF the country II has one
the island OF Sitiza- in southeastern
Alaska. from which 20 varieties OF hardy
vegefs bies and flower seeds were distributed
last year. reaching 2500 persons living IN all
parts OF the territory-
They are raising fruit trees at Sitiz- and
some most delicious small fruits. such as
Strawberries and raspbsrries. At Rampant.
near the arctic circle they have q grain
farm where they are raising rye. barley
and other cereals They have been expert
1nsnting there slfalfas and have found
A siberian variety that viii grow in Alaska
There Is another experiment farm in the
Tanana valley. near Fairbanks More than
1909 bushels OF grain we're threshsd there
last year Near the farm the corner stone OF
the Alaska Agricultural university has re-
Gently been laid. 4 cattle breeding expert
rneut station has been established on Kodiak
island and is being operated with success
The department expects 70 establish an
other farm near the new -aflroad, in the
Matanuska o. Susitna valley
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07
HerschePs Sister
His Lifelong Aid
Astronomer and His Sister Grow
Old Together Searching the
Heavensi Sister Finds
Many Comets.
BY MADISON c. PETERS.
Copyright. 1919. by Madison @. Peters

Tx VILLAIN HERSCHEL. the Eng
Nv Hsh astronomer. was brought
up as a musician and for a long
time earned his living teaching music
and PLAYING the organ His spare tine
ne devoted 10 astronomy and the max.
ing Of telescopes.
By the aid Of ono OF his own tefe-
scopes he discovered the planet IRA
nus. March IS. ISL He was at once
appointed astronomer TO the king. His
researches marked an epoch in
modern astronomy. He was practically
the founder Of the sidereaI science. fix
ing the position Of 200 nebulae, OF
which POS have hitherto been unknown.
He was also the first to conjecture
the existence OF binary stars. OF which
lie identified and described 209-
He determined the elements OF 81
turn more fully than had been pre-
viously done and he was the first to
throw light upon the Milky Way and
its relation to the universe. he was
also the discOverer Of the infra-red So
Assisted ny His sister.
In these splendid achievements Ii
was assisted by his sitter Caroline Luz
cretia. not only taking part Of an
amanuensis but frequently perform
ing the long and complicated calcuia-
j
For her valuable assistance to her
brother she received a pension from
George III
she took many separate observations
with q small Ncwtonian telescope which
her brother had made for her. She de-
voted herself particularly to a search
after comets and between 1875 and 1905
discovered alone, eight of these bodies,
five of which she was the first dis
coverer-
Most OF Caroline Herscheis contri-
, buttons to science are on her brothers
work and under his name. She took
the original observation OF several re-
r1arkable nehulae in her brothers ca
sIog and computed the places OF ms
.509 nebulae-
Humboldt speaks OF stiH unre-
solved nebulae as discovered by his
friend. Miss Herschel
At % Gets Medal
On the 95th anniversary OF her bfrths
the king OF Prussia sent her the goid
medal for the extension OF the
sciences
The story OF the united labOrs of
these eminent astronomers forms one
OF the warm and poetic episodes in the
cold and prosaic annals OF science
how for thousands OF nights. side by
side they sat, watched, calculatecs
wrote-the brother sweeping the tels-
scopic heavens. the sister noting the
results.
How with ore interest they became
uIustriOus together. grew old toSetneTs
their achievements always associated
forms the most attractive story in the
long role Of eminent astronomers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

0NE DAY One to ashana doubling
sparkle and smile
whose velvet night frefes and viii be kind
yesterday
4 golden peadh
i haven one yetwh o
Then i've when
PERIIA smile o nOneb
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07
by CONSTANCE CLARKE.

DLACE Two cups Of flour IN d bowl
- with pinch OF salt. Divide four
= tablespoonfuls OF lard or butter
into four portions. rub one portion
into the flour and add sufficient water
to mix to a paste; mix it smoothly
and roll out to a Ions strip; spread 4
second portion Of shortening over II,
fold it into five layers, press them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07
Easter Duck Is Becoming Rival In
Popularity To Thanksgiving Turkey
BY
Rene Bache

Decay Profitable
M Can Dispensed With Where Water Not Available
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

When Trust the darki' another
maids who
NEIL BRINKLEY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

But (Ah BIZ stsrres malignant crost
The Life 1 got l quickly lost"
Sings me Other
i know how Marigolds yellow
Jealous Girlies these sometimes
While they lived OF lasted here.
Turn'd 10 FLOWERS, still they be
Yellow, msrkt for iealousiei7
Then sing they both the words OF Robert Herrick
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

Here is little Mary Ann,
And her pet the.
Draw from one TO two ans 80 on TO
the end.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

And. cruel maid, because l see
You scornful of my love and me.
III trouble you no more, but go
Ny way, where you shall never know
What is become of me; there I
VIII find me out a path to die,
Or learn some way how to forget
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-07

VILLAIN HERSCHEL. the Eng
Nv lish astronomer. was brought
I'D as a musician and for a Iony
Arizona republican., 1917-05-27

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-29
KILLS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
North Carolinian, Suddenly Dement,
ed. is Jailed After Struggle.

Taylorsville, \. c.. Oct. 29.-Carl
White. aged about 80 years, becom-
ing violently demented Saturday,
shot and killed his wife and two
small children at his home S miles
from here. Following the triple
tragedy. White walked down the
road some distance from his home.
and meeting a neighbor. told what
he had done and asked to be killed.
White had "a struggle with the neigh
Dor, but was overcome and lodged
in jail here.
l.. c. White. of Statesville, and
Arthur White, a banker of StoneY
Poirt. brothers of Carl Waite. were
at a spring nesr the 'house. and
heard the gun shots. They hurried
to the house to find the wife ami
children slain. Three older children
in The family escaped injury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-29
AMERICANS Al THE FRONT.

limited States troops are now IN
The trenches Of the western oa1Iie
front in Europe, and are fighting WITH
in a few hundred yards OF the Der
mans A dispatch from the Amer
ran Field Headquarters in France re-
Owed Saturday stated that America
was on the firing line.
At the stroke of six one morning
recently. a red-hafred lrish-Amerlcan
sent Americas first shell across NO
Mans land at a German battery po-
sition. heralding to the world the
Grim. triumphant message that 1.-The
Yankees arc coming" That after
noon they CAME. lAey marched to
Eattle through slush and rain. But
on their faces was a sacred sunshine
and in their hearts a song. That
night American infantry joined
American artillery N first line
trenches on a quiet sector OF the
western front. Criss-cross firing has
cen going on even since.
When war was finally declared by
the United States against Germany
Betl;n,ann Hollweg. then German
Chancellor. quietly remarked, "Well,
we'll overcome that" On another
occasion Ho,lweg observed. Our
enemies are multiplying but they are
not too many for Is.
Solomon in the Book Of E~cclesiastes
says 'the race is not to the swift,
rcr the battle TO tfe -trorg.' The
truth of the observation Of TIE wise
man has often !e-n manifest. Little
Belgium virtually held the Kaiser at
bay until France almost caused q
rout of his army in the battle o. the
Marine.
The name of the red-headed gunner
who fired the first shot AZ Prussian-
ism has not yet been given to The
public, but it will become historical
because linked with the formal open
ingof our active participation in the
war on lana. 1t is another Of the
American shots that vii! echo around
the world and which the most i'm
pGrtant historians will not disdain to
mention.
This opening gun sounded one OF
the great moments of history. And
the red-headcd mar who fired it rep
resented the challenge Of a great and
free people to the brutal champions
Of tyranny, ~harbarism and horror.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-29
FATAL PLUNGE.
Young Lady Crushed by Engine
Father Badly Hurt.

Stamford, Conn, Oct. 29.--Miss
Stella Bescher, of % Cliff venue
lonkers, n. ", who had been under
treatment in Dr.. Frank II. Barnes
sanitarium here, yesterday dragged
her father off the platform at the
Stamford station of the New Haven
Railroad in front of an electric
locomotive. The girl was probably
fatally injured and the father seri-
ously.
A hundred persons or more, IN
Guiding the girls mother, waiting
for the same train to New York,
saw the struggle on the platform and
saw father and daughter go over
the edge and on to the rails.
Miss Bescher. about 10 years old,
had been in the sanitarium a month
for a nervous disease. and her father
Charles Bescher, and her mother
called for her yesterday
While on the platform at the
railroad station Miss Bescher saw an
electric locomotive without cars ap-
preaching on the rails nearest the
platform. She ran TO the edge of the
platform and was about 20 leap to
the rails when her father overlook
her.
Miss Rescher screamed and wrestl-
ed with her father. Despite her ILL
ness she seemed to exert great
strength. Mr.. Bescher being unable
to draw her back. As she went over
the edge her father held on to her.
and both fell on the rails in front OF
the approaching locomotive.
Miss Bescher's left arm was cut
off. and both she and her father were
rolled and crushed between the To-
connective and the platform supports.
Mr.. Bescher's right shoulder and
ribs were broken and his
head. face and body severely cut.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-29
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Police Justice Crutchaie!d CT
Richmond, on Saturday reversed nm
self on the issue as TO whether or
not the Reed bone dry law has pre-
ccdence over the Mapp prohibition
law in Virginia. The reversal came
in the case of Pearl Henderson. col
ored. who was recently fined III the
federal court for bringing whisky IN
10 Tie state. Though. he announccG
that he would dismiss this case whcI
il came back to him Saturday. be
cause he believed it would be a viola
ton of The constitution for Il person
&c he tried TWICE for the same Of
Tense. he decided to send 1t on to the
grand jury. He took this step be-
cause Of Il letter he received from
Judge Richardson, Of the hustIn%5
court. hearing IN the issue.
Headed by Distric" Attorney Rich
ard II. Mann and Major c. Mcllcnr%
Ebe. provost-marshal of Camp Lee.
seven special agents of the depart
ment Of justice, other Federal "liI-
GERS and sixty members of the mill
tary police at Camp Lee Swooped
Gown upon H~opewe!l before sunrise
Saturday morning and cleaned the
city of its d~isorderly houses long be-
fore the sleeping population realized
what was taking place. With one
sharp. clean-out action, Hopeweli was
rid Of n pest that has been eating
out the marrow Of the city's rcputa-
ton. FOrty-six men and women,
tie most notorious characters that
have bcsct the city, were arrested
and committed to the Petersburg
jail. awaiting trial by the Federal Il
thorities.
About 1900 colorcd selected men
arrived at Camp Lee yesterday from
Virginia. West Virginia and Penn
s~vlvania. the larger portion being
from the latter State. They came
TITO camp waving flags from win
COWS of the coaches and wearing
miniature American flags on the
i"pels Of their coats. T. is expected
that within the next three davs Ill o"
the 1000 colored select men will have
arrived at Camp Lee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-29
LEAVE FOR CAMP.

Fiftv-two colored men of this city,
who had been called for military ser
v;ce in the recent selective draft, left
ST noon yesterday for Camp Lee.
Their departure formed a gala day
for the colored residents Of AleXan-
~rja who turned out en- masse. Inc
Young and old Of both sexes, headed
bv a local band, marched down hing
street to the City Hall building and
escorted the men to the Union sta
ton where they bid them God speed
as the train left.
The turnout was credltabie IN
every way, and the cortege was wit
Messed with interest by manE white
residents of the city, all of whom ex-
pressed their appreciation OF the
earnest manner in which the colored
people We'd in giving those of their
race a hearty sendoff.
Old men and women, some repre-
sentatives Of the ante-bellum race OF
colored people, were there, while
many just out of their swaddllng
clothes were in line. Some OF the
older ones probably had witnessed
the departure Of troops for Harper'S
Ferry during the John Brown fiasc",
end later that Of their masters VINO
were to form part of the Army OF
Northern Virginia.
Farmers and planters at that
time left their families in the GUS
todv O.. negroes. who proved faithful
70 their charges. and during the
four wears war we have no recollec-
tlon of hearing of any crimes perpe-
trated by the colored people upon
the helpless ones they were left To
guard.
The negro made a good soldier III
The latter part of the war between
the states. In the war with Spain
they again manifested their nerve.
There is every reason to believe they
will again be found trustworthy in
the greatest of all wars against an
enemy of civilization.