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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
ANTI DRAF TERS
GO ON STAND
One Testifies He Presented
Resolution at Cisco,
Opposing War.

Abilene. Texas, Sept 2s.-Three OF
the 40 defendants in the Farmers and
Laborers' Protective association con-
spiracy trial in federal court have
taken the stand. W. a. Bergfeldt hav-
ing testified during most Of this
mornings session Win Caldwell tes-
titled yesterday and ". ". Claunch
was on the stand Thursday.
Bergfeldt today DETAILED the origin
Of the two anti war resolutions which
were considered at the Cisco conven-
ton in February.
Admit Anti War Resolution.
He declared he presented Haskell
county resolution which provided for
oposiuon to the government IN any
foreign war and suggested that all
officers from president down to con-
stable resign to fight II such q war
was declared, but that he merely pre-
scented Il after being instructed TO do
so by his county organization.
BerGfeldt said he wrote the so
called verbal resolution providing for
open revolt against conscriptlon only
at the dictatiOn OF a delegate whom
he could not name, that il then was
torn up as treasOna le and that later
in the convention he repeated Il from
memory only after that had been de-
manded by the author.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
VETS
Of FORMER WAR
Defence League Wants the
Spanish War Men for
Members.

That Spanish war veterans be IN
vited to become members OF the E
Paso Home Defence league was unan-
imOusly agreed upon at a meeting in
the county court room in the court
house Friday night 1t is believed
that their experience and knowledge
Of military tactics will make their
membership especially advantageous
to the organization !, J. Raster, i.
Z. Hunter and Ponder 5. Carter were
appointed a committee to take the
matter up.
F. E. Hunter, director Of district No.
Z, was authorized to raise two compa-
MES, one north OF the railroad tracks
10 consist Of IS men, and one south Of
the tracks TO consist OF 50 men
Mobilization Points Designated.
The following mobilization points
were designated for the different dis
tricts: No. /. G 3. Stevens's residence,
2I5 West Boulevard: No. 6, Bailey
school, 707 Montana: No. 4, the More
head school, between Arizona and
Nevada and No. 9, Grand View school
322S Sacramento.
It was announced that district No
drills Thursday evenings, and dis
trict No. Monday evenings Keen
competition for the trophy cup re-
Gently donated to the league is being
shown by the various districts Sew
enty-six new members are reported
to have enrolled Friday night, in ad.
dition TO the II added to the signal
corps. b r Persons was appointed
captain OF district No. 4.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
C.M. ALLEN PROBABLY WILL
BE FREED FROM ARMY DUTY

Coty n Allen. who went with city
army selection board No is quota to
Camp Travis Sept. q. was certified
by the district board by error and
viii therefore be released from fur
Their military duty, according to ad-
vices received by the local board from
San Antonio. Allen viii De dis
charged at the camp and will be at
liberty to return TO FL PasO. il was
announced Saturday.
None Of the local boards have re-
celved any notifications yet OF the re-
suit Of the medical examinations OF
the men sent to camp. II is estimated
that not over 10 percent OF the men
from FL Paso viii be rejected phys
ically.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
WILL BE BASIS
FOR ARMY PROMOTIONS

Washington, D. C., Sept. 29.-Merit
VIII be the sole basis for promotion
OF officers IN the national army and
national guard, the war department
announces in orders governing pro-
motions in those organizations for
the duration Of the war.
Commanding generals Of divisions
in the United States must submit rec
concentrations as TO promotions to the
auJutant general but when the forces
are abroad they may make temporary
promotions subject to approval Of the
department.
In making recommendation for
second Ieutenants. commanding Off
GERS are required 10 state specifically
their opinion as to whether the best
interests Of the service viii be pro-
NOTED by the appointment OF a reserve
corps officer or OF a member OF the
organization, thus paving the way for
promotion OF men from the ranks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
OPERATOR HARE GETS SIT
AT H. O. 3I5th, AT TRAVIS

Word received from Willis A Hare,
for the past year and a half the As
ISOLATED Press telegrapher in The
Herald office, that he has been as
signed as clerk to the adjutant at the
headquarters Of the 315th ammunition
trains at Camp Travis. san Antonio.
training place for Texas soldiers OF
the selective army. Hare left FL PasO
with the second contingent OF drafted
men last week.
Hare wrote that the change OF the
raw, unframed rockies" in camp into
soldiers OF Uncle Sam is rapidly go
ing on. and that the FL Pasoans are
apt students. AT the blast OF the
morning whistle every man jumps
about four feet out Of his bunk, the
sergeant yells Outsider and we must
dress in Is minutes for reveille," he
said After that comes the walk
around and the Lieutenant quickly
changes the time to about 12O.' and
we trOt around for ten minutes. Eat
breakfast? I guess we can. Every
body has an appetite The food is
nothing fancy, but substantial"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
CAMP WEEKLY
APPEARS OCT. 8
Trench and Camp" viii
Command Services Of Best
Writers in Country.

Washington, D. c, Sept. 29.-The
first issue OF Trench and Camp" the
weekly newspaper to be printed for
every army camp through the COOP
Grafton OF newspaper publishers. VIII
make its appearance October s. Presi-
dent Wilson has given his personal
endorsement Of Trench and Camp"
and secretaries Baker and Daniels
and Col Theodore Roosevelt viii be
among the first contributors. The
best known sporting and special
writer's and the leading cartoonists
have given their services to the pub
lication-
All arrangements between publish
ers and the many details Of the under
taking have been directed by John
Stewart Bryan, publisher Of the Rich
mOnd News-Leader, who will have
general management Of the paper.
The El Paso Herald has agreed to
print for Camp Cody Deming, n. II.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
CAVALRY STARTS ON
zoo MILE HIKE MONDAY

Commanded by Col George T. lang
horne. the Eighth cavalry, which has
been ordered to patrol duty in the Big
Bend country. viii vacate the bar
racks at Fort Bliss Monday morning
and start its 200 mile hike" TO Maria,
Texas where the regimental head
quarters Will be located.
Troops OF the regiment will be sent
from Maria TO Preside and other
points along the Rio Grande IS miles
south OF Maria The hike" will re-
quire more than two weeks. The
Eighth viii relieve the Sixth, which is
now stationed in the Big Bend coun-
try. The Sixth has been ordered to
report at san Antonio and the off
GERS and men will assist in the train
ing OF the men OF the selective draft
army.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
Ell PASO FOURTH IN NAVY
RECRUITING; 8 MORE ENLIST

FL Paso stands fourth in the num-
Der Of navy recruits received last
week, but this week win jump a
point and take third position. accord
ing to information received at the To-
cal naval recruiting station The To-
cal office is now limited TO 10 re-
cruits a week, but II the limit was
lifted the officers in charge say this
number can easily be doubled.
San Diego leads, Norfolk, Va, IS sec
ond, Washington D. c, third. and e
PasO fourth.
Eight recruits who enlisted Friday
at the local station left this morning
for san Francisco. The men are: Ira
III. Neher, fireman third class; Q. NJ
Clay, James A Higgins, Nathan Par
ker, apprentice seamen; Reuben X
Wood fireman OF the second class,
Thomas F. Parker, fireman second
class; Henry Chamberlin, fireman of
the second class. and George W. Drew.
fireman OF the second class.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
5TH CAVALRY MEETS nth
AT DEMING ON LONG HIKE

Deming, \. n, Sept. 29.-Troops B
and D. fifth cavalry. met here the
troops OF the 18th cavalry from
Douglas, trying out the new cavalry
saddles and other equipment on a
long hike" Brig Gen Robert 2. L
Niche, OF the general staff. at Wash
ington, IS with the outfit as observer.
The FL Paso troops are commanded by
Capts. Harold Thompson and Victor
wales. with Col. F. s. Armstrong
Capt Lewis Forester and Lieut.. J.
Cessna on the board Of observation.
Gen. Niche viii ride with troops L
and N, 18th cavalry. back to Dougles.
and the fifth's troops viii return to
their new post at Fort Bliss. it was
said
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

ANIBULANCEs RETURNING

Ambulance company No. ], COM
manded by Mai. Thomas T. HarwoOd,
Jr.. viii return this afternoon from
a hike" 10 Las Cruces. The com
PAW left Thursday and bivouacked
near the Cross City during the fair.
mere are number Of RI PasOans
in the company. which drilled during
the fair as part Of the program
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
nFgFRTER AND POSEUH
- -. n. 4 L-uN r,nE TIL

salt Lake City, Utah, Sept, 29.-ln
custody Of a guard, Corp. Henry d
Hilbert. ouartermaster department
ssIf confessed deserter from the
United States army. who posed over
the country as SerEt. Breckenridge,
survivor of the Princess Pat regi-
rnent Of Canadians, left last night ior
AIca traz island. san Francisco TO be
tried for desertion-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
COL. DOYEN Is PROMOTED
MARINE BRIGADE GENERAL

Washington, D. C., Sept 29.-CoL
Charles A. Doyen OF the marine corps,
commanding the marine regiment
with the first expedition to France,
has been selected for promotion 70
briEadier general Some marine units
in addition to the first regiment have
already reached the other side.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
CITIZENS MADE
IN 34THCOURT
Two FL Paso Germans Ad-
mitted, One Denied; APP
plicants for the u. S.

Saturday was naturalization day
in the 34th district court and judge
". D. Howe cleared his docket Of the
last application for citizenship to be
heard in the state courts here, as a
rule was enacted some months ago
that applicants must hereafter file
their petitions in the federal court
Two German subjects were granted
American citizenship papers by Judge
Howe. Agatius Iverson and Pete
Dehlinger. both FL Pasoans. Herman
Klee, another German. was denied his
application, because his witnesses
were not held competent. not proving
the required residence. The case Of
John Basel, Of Ireland. was dismissed
because he was not present He is a
soldier and had been ordered from FL
PasO since filing his petition.
Applicants All Loyal.
NJ. A Anthony. naturalization eX-
aminer, represented the government
and in each case propounded this ques-
ton OF the witnesses: Have you
heard applicant make any remarks as
TO the right or wrong Of the cause OF
the United States against Germany"
The applicants were all shown to be
loyal to this country.
AArRS ~ - c-N ~
Judge Howe showed himself a true
believer in the cause Of France when
the oath OF allegiance was being ad-
ministered to Dehlinger, who was
born in an Alsace city that is now in
French possession. The judge said
he liked to think this French terri
tory and made the affiant forswear
allegiance TO France, as well as to
Germany. The other applicant, Iver-
son, was a native OF a Danish prov
ince which was taken BY Germany
Immediately after his birth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
RED CROSS SECRETARY ACTS
AS MAIL TAKER FOR TROOPS

Miss Grace Logan. secretary OF the
Fl Paso Red Cross chapter, has an
nouncsd that she IS official collector
OF the mail OF the soldiers who pass
through the city and are met by Red
Cross committees. Miss Logan's maya
zine committee not only gives out
thousands OF FL Paso's post cards TO
the soldiers. furnished BY the cham
Der Of commerce. but Il also stamps
those which are not ready for the
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
cor. TO1IPKTys no CRUCEs

Col r. s. H Tompkins, command
ing the Seventh cavarly, left Satur-
day morning for Las Cruces, where
he Will inspect three troops OF his
regiment stationed there. The troops
viii take part in the county fair pro-
Eram this afternoon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
FORMING FIRST And CLAsg.

Those interested in joining a class
in first aid are invited TO meet Dr..
3. F. 5enness at temple Mount Sinai
Monday afternoon at $50 o'clock TO
consult with him concerning the time
when the classes will be held
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
OFFICERS OF 9Th CAVALRY
DINE At ZEIGER TONIGHT

Officers OF the Eighth cavalry,
headed by Col George T. Langhorne.
VIII have a regimental dinner at the
leiger this evening at o'clock. They
have nearly all packed their marching
kits and are ready to leave Fort Bliss
where they have been stationed for
two years to march to Maria, Texas
Monday morning early.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

Mrs. George Dewey, widow Of admi-
raj Dewey. has been made honorary
chairman Of the comforts committee
o. the Navy league Of the United
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29
HOSPITAL MEN LEAVE

Six noucommissioned officers from
the base hospital company at Fort
Bliss have been sent TO Fort Worth to
assist in the organization OF add
tiOnaI units OF the hospital services in
the 36th division.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05

slender, graceful figure of a young girl
exquisltely dressed in the latest mode.
She turned her head to study the door
way OF building. and he discovered
she was Dolly Kemper. In the NOV
ing mass of people he could not tell
who was with her. He grew curious
TO know, for of course, she was not
alone at night in that crowd. But as
he kept her in sight, he saw that she
was alone. He had no excuse to in
trude his company upon her, but as he
had no especial stopping point In view
he kept on in the wake of the girl.
After all why should not any young
lady be on Broadway in the evening?
She was as safe there as anywhere,
and probably she was on the way to
visit a friend.
Spcrry, feeling slightly dlsgusted
with himself, was about to turn back.
when he saw Miss Kemper go Into o
cafe. 1t was one of the "loudcst' in
the city. All sorts frequented the place
and any man present felt at liberty to
ask any lady to dance with him. He
was positively aghast at this girl go
Ing in there alone. She could not pos
sibly know the reputation of the place.
He hurried after her, and reached her
side before she had entered the inner
door. She looked at him in kind of
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05
Sister of Jack
Kenper
-
By Hi Akers
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(CopyrIght. IL. by ". q. Chapman.l

Copyright. 1917, by w. G. Chapman
Probably the reason why Ed Sperry
so carefully avoided Dolly Kemper
was because his mother had held her
up to him as pink of perfection. 1t
has never been quite satisfactorily
explained why the young male of the
species invariably SHES at the term "a
good girl" and so invariably demands
It in the same girl after they are mar
ried.
At any rate, Mrs. Sperry saw the un-
selflshness, hndllness and clear head
of Dolly Kemper, and made the un-
tactful mistake Of telling her son
about II, and suggesting that he pay
the young lady some attention when
Mrs. Sperry invited her to tea. Prob
ably If she had not so insistently en-
largcd on her good qualities, her son
might have found out for himself
that Dolly could be jolly company,
even If she was good"
ayes, mother" he reioincd on one
of these occasions, mo doubt she's a
pattern young lady; she'd have to be
to average up the family. That broth
er of hers Is rapid enough to bring
down the balance. What he doesn't
know about this little town of New
Yorl; wouldn't run two lines in 'Racy
Relics"
Yes, I know" said Mrs. Sperry,
thouEhtrully. dolly never says much,
but l know what a grief it Is to her,
and he is breaking his mothers heart"
"Joc hasn't done anything you'd call
actually vicious. He's more like what
the southern durl;ies call 'trihin'.' He
has lost two positions through having
too many good times staying all
night at cafes, and drinking too much.
He probably won't keep the one he
has another month"
Mrs. Sperry shook her head sadly,
and looked with equal satisfaction and
gratitude Mt her own son. who took
his pleasures more sparingly, and not
only kept his position in n large mer-
camille firm, but had just received his
second advance in salary.
A short time after this young Sperry
was one evening walking down "the
great white way" with the rather
vague intention Of dropping into one of
the theaters or the movies" The daz-
zling electric displays lit up the gay
throng Of pleasuse-seekers hurrying
or sauntering In opposite directions.
Suddenly he saw ahead of him the
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05
Her Memory Faulty.

She was middle-aged, stylishly
gowned and apparently sane. And she
was looking at the paintings in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art through a
gold-framed lorgnette, that dangled
from a jeweled gold chain.
Another woman was standing before
a canvas, and, in a desire for informa-
ton, or, perhaps, for the sake Of social
interchange, the lady of the lorgnette
Inquired, affably:
"Is that a picture of the death Of
the Lord?"
"NO, madam; it represents the mar
tyrdom Of st. Sebastian"
'Ah, see. 1 have the poorest mem
ory. 1 knew that they killed the
Lord, Of course, but disremembered
just how."-Washlngt Star.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05
EVOLUTION OF The ALPHABET
It Grew From Pictures BY Which Men
First Wrote and Required Ages
For Its Completion.

No one really knows all about where
the alphabet came from, because 1t
grew very slowly, like children and
every other good thing in the world.
But we know quite well that no In
genious man sat down and made the
alphabet, and we know quite well, too
that the alphabet began rs pictures.
Just as n child reads or takes things
In by pictures long before it can read
letters, so men used to read and write
by pictures; and then these pictures
were gradually made simpler and sim
pier until at last they could be used
in every and any way, as our letters
can. We know that the letter o was
at first the picture Of an eye, and that
gradually men made the picture plain
er, until at last they drew an o. The
letter was once a picture Of house;
and very likely a capital A may have
been Mt first the picture of a pyramid.
Ages and ages ago in Egypt men
used both kinds Of writing, says the
Kansas City Star. The priests used
the oldest kind, which was the pic
lures. This was called the sacred
writing. in which the pictures were
turned into letters. Not very many
years ago men tried in vain to read
the old sacred picture writing of the
Egyptians, but they could not. Then
they found the wonderful Rosetta
stone, and this had written upon 1t
the same thing three times-Once In
the pictures and once in the letters,
and also once in other letters, and so
men got the key to picture writing
and now 1t can be read easily.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05
Paw. Pray and PEG Away.

In a Long Island village there used
to be and still is q group of people who
thought a good deal Of each other in
spite Of what they said, which was
frequently of an unsympathetic ma
ture, according to the New York Sun.
Hhe group existed under various self
imposed names and had a semi-humor-
Gus motto which ran, PAY, pray and
peg away"
All the members of this little asso-
citation are still alive, kicking and
good-natured.
Now seems an apt time to suggest
that their motto be made public and
urged for more general adoption.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05
The Whisky lnsurreetlon.

In the last years Of Washington's
administration, the people Of west
ern Pennsylvania started uprislngs
against the power Of the excise au-
thorities, known at the time as the
"whisky insurrectlon." About the mid
die of 1893 General Neville, the chief
excise officer, was attacked in his
house and In other places valuable
property was destroyed. There was
a tumultuous meeting Of the people at
Washington, Pa, and n rally Of armed
men at Bradd0ck's field. The upris-
ngs were brought to an end through
the vigorous efforts of james Ross, a
prominent lawyer Of Washington. Pu.,
who had been elected a few months
before to the United States senate to
hii out the unexpIred term Of Albert
Gullatin
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05
weddlnn Cake Of Ancient orIaIn.

The wedding cake is of ancient
origin. In its earliest form it was moth
ing more than n small cake Of wheat
or barley. Half of this was eaten by
the bride and half by the bridegroom,
as n token that they were Joined to-
gether for life. The wedding ring. n
symbol of everlasting love, is derived
from n heather source. The giving OF
an engagement ring also dates back
many centuries. for In the time Of the
Roman empire the lover always sent
his beloved ring as a pledge but the
young lady had then to be contented
with a ring Of iron, without a stone
of any kind.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05
An optlmist.

"Smltherton certainly Is a man who
makes the best of things"
"Whnt has he been doing to deserve
such prniscT'
Ills wife went nway for a week
and on the very day she left he
spruined his ankle, so that he was CON
fined at home during all the time she
was gone. vet he seems to think 1t Is
n fairly good old world."-Judge.
The Lamar register., 1917-09-05

devinsn."
Dear tnctless Mrs. Sperry stin fond
ly believes she helped 10 make the
match.
Evening journal., 1917-01-26
GANGES DENIES
killing GIRL HE
SAYS HE Loved
Wasn't at Springs on Night
Catherine Bodeski
Was Slain
DIDN'T own WEAPON
CLIP IN His Clothes

Unmoved and collected, Samuel Can
ges, on trial in Oyer and Terminer
Caurt on the charge Of the murder Of
Catherine BodeslSi, his sweetheart, un-
folded before the jurors IN his case this
morning, his actions of the night of the
murder, July 2l last, and his love for
the dead girl.
Apparently mistaken in his demeanor
ne he has been during the trial, Ganges
did not appear to realize his position.
Patrolman Horace Mcdaniel, who as
sisted in arresting Ganges at the home
of his sister following the murder, was
the first witness called by Mr. Ball. The
witness said Ganges' hair was rather
short, which eorroborated the testimony
of the barber who testified late yester-
day afternoon.
Police Sergeant Wilmer Hahn, who
was with Patrolman Mcdaniel, told of
searching a portion Of the room occupied
by Ganges for the revolver without sue.
cess. This was corrobOrated by Sergeant
John Howgate.
Patrolman John Testa said Spirio
Nicholas was I'm Ganges' room with
him before Patrolman Sewell d.
Scott arrived This witness and the
preceding ones all said they did not
search the clothes of the prisoner
Patrolman Testa, under examination
by the attorney general. said Spirio
did not get all the way into the room.
Richard Cross, workhouse warden,
testified that there has been much
change in the man since his arrest,
having gained 30 pounds.
Walter Hastings, a guard at the
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