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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-01
ENTENTE ALLIES
Reject PROPOSAL
oNrlNnEn rHnM PAGE oNf

guards tor the future
The note. which is the joint act
OF Belg urn, France. Great Britain.
Italy Japan. Montenegro. Portugal,
RWmania. Russia and Serbia, declares
that the present strife WAS desired.
provoked and decla ed by Germany
and AastriaIluneary, and that GeH
many maIo no effort to bring about
pacific solution of the trouble be
tween Serbia and Austria=fIunglry
as did Great BRITAIN, France and Rus
eia
Bernard Reparation and euarntees.
peace concluded upon the Ger
man idea would be only to The nd
vantage Of the central powers says
he note. white disasters caused by
The war demand penalties. reparation
md guarantees
Tho German ovevtures are deacrtb-
cd az calculated attempt to nat
once tine future cou~se of the war aud
L. end q by imposing a German
peace The ovorturos also ere sud
have the effect OF iutimidatiag nen-
trail r0htc opinion as well as to stir
zen opinion In the central powees
"woen cut by economic pressure and
c.ushcd by thu supreme efort which
has been imposed upon their inhabl-
tar+e"
"Fralls."t Il is assorted these over
tues attempt to justify IN advance in
Tho eyes OF the void y new se~les -
eeiuag submarine warfare denorta
items. forced labor and forced ealia
meut II The Inhabitants against thgir
own countries and violations of aeu
altye
Warrington Still Hooeful
VA ahington, Jan There were
no official expressions here Of 81
views II President Wilson ard the al
uinsfratiou on the entente ren,y 10
- Grmaa peace proposals r. p
dual reason that the United 5.c"
+ acirp only as an Intermediary 10
eaead the beneorcnts. and bocatr@
. policy of silence has been adopted
dur og this stage Of the peace neg3.
tatioas
mo unofficial opinion which prob
ably Was reflection of the official
hope for progress toward peace, wa
mat some means for further OK
erange between The warning powers
would be found and that even If the
present nceotiatoas fail a basis had
baau laid which it was hoped won'e
mike FIR prog IN the final ual3
sis
First informal comment by one Of
acal VINO had had chance to stu
~ oarcfully am official forecast and
who checked against # The fun pre-
text, was that tho allies had respod
"a very much a. expected. thaf aC
rad played their strongest card ~
moral support among their ow1 pep
PIC and in neutral countries, and ai'
while they had made It hard for CIR
many to reply without decidedly
changing her tone they had stll lo't
fhe door open for another advance
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-01
HOLDING OPEN HOUSE.

Tho Young Woman'a Christian
League Is holdi7e an open house"
reception at their home Oh South Ma
pie avenue, this afternoon.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-01
BOARD MEETING.

The annual meeting o. School Com
missi3ncrs IS being held today
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17
Lyrics Of The Lyre
By LAURENCE LOCkNEY.

Near Chlua's ancient capitol
The hosts OF Chuau Chi-kweiu
Were modified for wars surprise.
And now they peek in Pekiu.
The Germans who are trying to
force the abrogariOu Of C-uoat war
fare are called radicals" From this
it is evidently to be inferred that the
men who are responsible for the iu-
discriminate sinking Of neutral vessels
are known as conservative"
p
The average agriculturist is willing
20 raise bigger crops, but he balks
when he is expected 20 read the poetry
written in tlagricultural vein.
The kaiser doesn't want peace with
out annexation. Don't worry. old TOP
therein be plenty OF annexation.
I've often r~llied at the front.
Like one who shells defies:
But now = cannot bear the 1runt-
The picture hurts ms eyes.
'Samoo. what nd ju DO II you 'uz
president Nv China
I'D abjudicate."
New books Touring Germany" by
]. J. Pershing; President for a Day.
by Chang-Hsuu; The Last OF the E0-
henzollerns,- by Kaiser Wilhelm.
According 20 the b9rrorscope, 1917
Is an unfortunate year for rulers OF
Russia and. Greece and China.
RumOrs are current that kaiser Will
helm VIII resign in favor Of his son.
prince Joachim. Probably If viii have
about the same moral effect upon the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17

~ UTF Is a very magnificent con-
ception, but a rather stern one,
from which romantic people
have a way Of shrinking. The instant
a certain type OF man or woman IS
put under restraint, restraint becomes
a CALLING and unpleasant thing. stern
daughter Of the VOICE Of God-'-that
Is Duty.
It is just human-thats ALTO en-
joy doing the things for which you
volunteer and 20 resent being led off
BY the ear and forced 10 do them.
The cleverest and most successful
mother i ever knew made 10 point
20 eliminate don't from her vOcab-
ulatry. She managed a high strung
fectly by dint Of leaving them always
free TO choose.
Mother Is Diplomatic.
Did Lucy want TO go motoring with
a crowd Of gay and undesirable young
fOlksg Mother never said Don't i
forbid it," but always Lucy are
you happy with those boys and girls !
Do you find them satisfying compan-
ions? Are you willing TO have them
as your best friends and take the
chance Of alternating some Of the other
people we know Let's talk y over
Of course, you are perfectly free TO
go If you like, but maybe when you
think about it youu prefer not 70 CO.
Prefer You notice. That treatment
worked very nicely with Lucy, and II
can be guaranteed 20 prove effective
in at least four cases out Of five
The reason a great many men ana
women chafs at the restraint OF mar
riage and fail TO be quite loyal 70
their marriage bond is because they
feel all their freedom TO choose Is
taken from them. The woman who
turns into q Jealous inquisitor or a
suspicious prosecuting attorney in her
attitude toward everything, doesn't
know much about the fundamental
facts OF human nature.
The power OF suggestion Is great
you know. II a wife Whines out to
her husband that she can see he is
bored by her society and that she sup
poses il he dared he'd go gallivanting
after that little Clarkson girl, he IS
pretty likely TO 'gallivaut"
Why Well il was suggested to
him and he reacts TO suggestion. It
as inferred that he didn't dare
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17

LLTTliE senators and congressman
who framed the couscription
\ law, sometimes and more
properly known as the selective serv-
ice act. were very careful to keep
away FROM the suggestion OF taking
men for service said Eugene Donald
son. EN- no case does the army
take a man. The body and spirit Of
the measure was framed 20 avert any
such suggestion OF that kind. The
men who are chosen viii be, you
might say. representative sent by
the people 70 do the work Of war. ia
no case viii the military take a man
for service The men who evolved
the bill and worked out its phrase
oloEy were very coguizaut OF me IN
herent American uistaste Tor DeilS
forced 20 do anything, especially uS
a military organization. A man Sc
lected under the draft will be almost
in the same position as man elected
by his fellow citizens 10 some ottice.
Of course, I'm this case the office IS
not always a pleasant one
"The tables with the registration
numbers at the different III Paso
banks are the most frequented places
IN the city these days, said Albert
Benson. From the time the banks
omen I'm the morning until they close
IN the afternoon. there is always d
crowd OF young men OF draft age look
ing over the lists 20 learn their regis
tration numbers The registrars made
one serious mistake in tabulatinE the
numbers by not putting the names
In alphabetical order. in my opinion
The numbers are placed c0nsecutively
with the names following, and many
people have TO 20 through the l-d
pages with the list OF names some
time before they are able 10 learn
their registration number
William X Ziegfeld is planning to
make Fl Paso one OF the most impCr-
taut motion picture cenrers I'm the
United States, and n his plans go
through this city will probably sur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17
Little Interviews
The Selective Service Act Is Cleverly Drawn
No Suggestion of Force Appears II It

pass Los Angeles iu this regard. sara
Charles p Baton "1lr- Lieglell IS
securing some OF the best talent ll
tine United states for his pictures ana
viii send these artists soon TO Fl Paso
TO BEGIN work His plant here VIII De
complete in every respect ana VIII
be capable Of staging any sort or a
picture desired He is now ueEOl-
atiug for several acres Of the pretries-
locations lu II Paso- preparatory 10
locating his permanent studios here
CT think" said Ponder Carter that
the people OF FL PasO are beg ginning
20 realize the good work that the
chief Of police Is trying 20 DO, ana arc are
willing 20 help him In every way tAeF
can i am very much interested lu
the new prison farm and only hope
that the different boards viii get 20
work on DO as soon as they can An
other good thing IS the new police
reserve that he has started am
sure that 10 is the only way that the
citizens Of Fl paso viii understand
be police work and the way 10 must
De handled II d understand the cnie~
every citizen who Joins the new de-
fence league. or police reserve VIII
have a say in the manner that the
police work is handled For instance
the trouble that the speed officers
are having with people parking on
the streets over their time They 20
10 the EAaHN anu l-AAh p lAHA .ANE
arrested. when the chief is only car
rying out the orders. that the city
council has given him / VIII be glad
20 call myself q member OF the de-
fence league when the CHIEF gets 10
started"
There were many speeches made
at the Pioneers meeting last week,
said Billy smith. about the pioneers In
Ell Pas0 who had built up big business
enterprises and buildings and so on
And I just thought Of the many men
gathered there who, while they had
not built any buildings. or made them
selves rich. some OF them had raised
big families and everyone had done
his share 20 help FL Paso. many Of
their sons now holding response bic
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17
= Holding A Man Love =
Expect to Nam
No Wife Can Be a Jailor or Jealous anc
an a HappY Home.
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAT.

and human nature hates 20 take a
dare. And back Of that lies the great
fundamental that the wife is eNerline
her claim TO possession lnterfered
with her husbands claim TO freedom.
The other evening my friend hlta
expressed an attitude toward mar
rage which will sound radical when
first you read it,, but which has the
basic quality Of sound, sane knoWl-
edge OF human nature. Besides love
the man marry is going TO promise
me three things-Or their alternatives
want respect and fidelity and COM
uanionship. He must promise TO give
them TO me or, IL he feels he dare not
guarantee that he viii continue them
always, he must promise me instead
the same freedom he takes
Giving Them Freedom.
The point is not whether a woman
takes advantage Of such a promise.
il is that she gives a man at once the
right 20 freedom II he wants It. and
insists in turn that he must be just
enough 20 grant her freedom, too.
The very temptations men feel Wien
they are bound, when they are heId py
necessity, when they feel the ball
and chain upon their ankle" are re-
moved when decent, honest freedom 70
express personality is given them I
am neither ultra modern, cynical. nor
Inclined to cavil at the beauty OF mar
rage W nat I want TO 90 Is 10 say 2
marriage from subtertuge and lies
and disloyalty and sneaking as well
as from its prison like qualities
Suppose a man does take his pretty
stenographer 10 lunch, is that any
reason why his wife should imagine
a clandestine romance and feel the
brooding wings Of tragedy over her
home?
She can invite disaster just by
making much ado about nothing BY
restraining her husbands freedom.
by suggesting that he is a gay 10th
ario. by making him sorry for the poor
suspected partner OF his luncheon en-
gagement. by investing a mere clark
with a halo Of romance. Friend Wife
offers TO Tragedy a beautifully en-
graved invitation " hich reads almost
like a royal command
So inherently decent is human ma
ture that the average boy plays fair
at an examination where he is LEFT
unmatched and put on his honor, and
he feels a great JOY in cheating in
exams when monitors are watching
him. We all like TO elude captors. II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17
MONOHAN ASSESSED A SIS
FINE ON ASSAULT CHARGE

Dick Monohau, a bartender. was
fined SIS Monday afternoon IN cor
poratiou court by judge Charles Pol
lock. after he had entered "a plea Of
guilty 10 a charge Of assault on l.
VI. Bud Rutherford. of The Herald
The assault Is alleged TO have occurred
Sunday afternoon at Rio Graude park
where the Pass City league baseball
teams were playing. Rutherford was
attacked without warning and struck
in the face MOnOhan was arrested
and released on a bond of SIS follow
police station.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Bethmaun-Hollweg refuses 20 say
how much territory Germany desires
70 annex IN a purely defensive war
New York Evening sun.
The registration revealed the pres
e1ce i'm New York Of an alarming
number Of yOungish but totally de-
pendent parents--NeW York World.
Gen Aguinaldo has subscribed to
the Liberty loan, thus proving that
reconstruction in the Philippines has
been complete and uccessfuL-New
York sun
Did anybody ever hear OF a con-
scieutious director objectiug con
scientiously or otherwise 70 anything
that the kaiser is doing New York
WCrld-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17

q private office for himself along in
the sprinE-One that had been used
..y q previous managerial all sum
7Ger he has been sitting in the office
figuring up the profits OF the theater,
swelrerinE and threatening 10 buy
himself an electric fan as soon as he
could see his way exactly clear 10
make the investment
Yesterday a friend dropped in on
him and commented upon the heat
why don't you turn on the FAM" the
friend asked him.
Il am going 70 get a fan next week"
said Maxwell 81 have been thinking
about It. but have been putting it
off"
Il mean why don't you turn on that
one UP on the ceiling2" asked the
friend. who was fire marshal P R
Deason. Looking Up, the theater
manager saw a nice big ceiling fan
hanging there; II had been there
when he opened the office, but he had
never seen it. He pressed the button
and the fan began revolving Now
he's using il all the time and he's go
ing 20 keep il running even WhCn he
is out OF the office just 70 make Up
for the time he might have been oper-
ating il the past six weeks and didn't.
Dick Burgess IS not one Of those
patriots who stand back and say
Go on. boys" His brand OF patri-
otism is the sort that says Come on,
boys.
Come TO think Of IT, a lot OF
people now here weren't here II
years ago. Some OF them might
have been missed II they hadn't
come.
The Red Cross worker had been a
bit under the weather. Her friend
asked her how she was.
sew, sew" she replied
Are you doing anything FOR the
navy the friend asked.
Knit" was the reply.
That scene in the latest Teal show
hearsal behind the scenes at a
theater. is very accurate. It would
be an exact duplicate Of a scene be
hind the Crawford curtain almost any
night. II only one could see fire chief
Wray. fire marshal Deason and Frank
] Frickleton standing around. Their
/ presence is all that is needed TO COM
plete the picture.
=
A POLICEMAN SAID THE OTHER
f DAY THAT J. ". ". WAS APPLICABLE
E TO THE POLICE FORCE: THEN ADDED
THAT IT MIGHT MEAN I WORK
/ WYATT"
Don't ignore the asparagus bed
now that the cutting season is over.
It has given you its food contribu-
J ton; now see that it has plant food
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17
The Boom In Silver

YOU are watching the course of the silver market
you viii have noticed a steady rise in the price Of
the white metal until it has reached record break
ing quotations and is st rising It goes higher by
fourth Of cent day and is above 81 cents
At that price almost any kind Of silver prospect is worth
investigating and the old silver Mines abandoned years
ago when silver went to the bottom again ranked
value with copper and gold mines only they again
The high value placed on silver is due to the
fact that silver is being minted than before
It is replacing to large extent gold in most Of the
tries Of the world because the worlds supply Of gold
strictly limited and Of It has been placed where
usede-shpped to the United States in payment for war
obligations locked up at home IN to maintain
the value Of currency issues Silver has had to take its
place as a metal for general circulation.
With the remarkable advance in the value Of silver has
another interesting development The chief silver
market Of the world has been transferred from London
-twothds Of the output Of American mines-now reach
India, China Japan and the Straits settlements by way
Of San Francisco instead Of by the Mediterranean and the
Red Sea route from London This change IN routing was
made advisable by the frequent losses of shipments
silver in the Atlantic and Mediterranean due to the work
Of the submarines Even ships penetrated the submarine
blockade, penalty still to be paid for the shipment
Of bullion that way for because of the danger there
five percent insurance charge of the face value Of the
bullion, together with excessive freight rate.
Thus the tide Of silver has been diverted to the west
ward and directed the Pacific and San Francisco
is deriving whatever benefit there is in prestige and other
wise nom being the Leading silver exporting port OF the
world As for the southwest let Us produce the silver and
get paid for IT, and not who ships it where
long as it doesn't 90 to Germany.
In asking the privilege Of subscribing to the Russian
Loan of Liberty, former emperor Nicholas is get
ting the right idea With little of that of thing
to bolster up his record, he will be qualified
for justice of the peace, at least.
Won Bethmann-HOlweg having taken about all the
abuse his system assimilate, the emperor viii
install chancellor another Puppet for the people to de-
nOunce
Germany lacks table cloths and napkins now accord
ing to Copenhagen dispatch Germany also lacks other
table embellishments including food.
Soldiers read how civilians are worrying about the
soldiers morals and forcing be better men than
the civilians willing to be.
The way conscrpt the farm laborers is to set I'D
good meal and have good looking farm girls wait
table.
The battle Of Lens requires good glasses to observe
In the Bisbes sector Of the western front there Is
nothing new to report.
Establishing motion picture studio in FL Paso VIII
not be classed among Zegfeld's Follies
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17

positions iu the citr- These men de-
serve great credit Tor that. as well
ass the men VINO have built big enter
prises-
The detention camp OF the T. w W
strikers at Columbus is as big an at
traction i'm that vicinity as was the
siGesh0W IN p. r. Earuum's circus and
ir is just about as interesting" said
w A. HARE automobile parties
from DemiuE and other neiEhborinE
cities as well as scores Of slghrseers
from FL Paso and other points visited
the camp sunday and attended the
church services Many OK the J. W.
w are Austriaus and MeZicaus-
Scores Of them cannot talk or under
stand English and the colony some
u hat resembles what the Tower u
Babel must have been. There are
conversations carried on i'm a dozen
different languages al one time The
strikers are anxious 10 eat but few
Of them show any sign OF desiring 20
work in the Arizona copper mines
unless The operators. Srant all the
concessions they ask.
with the destruction OF the old
court house, FL PasO IS losing one
Of its most interesstIng landmarks,
sad Lon Garner. Ine &c court Tn nous ~
came The county seat OF this county
and in 10 have been tried thousands
OF criminals who have been sentenced
from a few DAYS I'm Jail TO life IN the
ueuiteuriary- The old structure has
now been razed TO the first floor and
ir is the question OF but a few days
un-il there viii be absolutely nothing
left OF ic'
Nearly every householder IN SalI
Lake CITY has planted a war garden.
said H allen. because the city has
given free water to everyone who
would show results. The Mormon peo-
nIe, and Geutiles TOO, are great pro-
ducers and will have plenty OF food
stuff 10 conserve for next winter,
whether they market IL or not salt
lake City is a self contained place
end beautiful at this time OF year
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17

we are made 10 feel that We are the
hares in the race our instinct is TO
get away from the hounds.
The woman who adds TO the beauu-
ful basic qualities which make her
wife and sW eetheart and mother the
common sense which makes her abso-
lutely refuse 20 be a jliler or cap
tor OF q superintendent wins. Real
friends don't spy on each other True
friendship is based on respect for
personality and individuality. Is mar
rlage 20 fail Of the generosity which
makes frIendshLn SO srLeudId2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17
CHINESE ARE WORKING
TO RESTORE REPU BLIC

Washington, d. C.. July 17--Recon-
struction Of the republican govern
meut Of China. following the futile
attempt TO restore the Manchu dy-
nasty. was reported in dispatches TO
the Chinese legation here from Pekin
Yesterday as progressing rapidly
Wang Ia shin, formerly secretary
OF LEGATION here and minister 10
Great Britain and Japan, has assumed
the office Of foreign secretary, and
admiral Liu Kwang Hsung, for three
wears a minister Of the navy under
yuan Shi Kal, has accepted a similar
most with the new government. Tuan
chi Jul. the premier, has been given
the added portfolio OF minister OF
war.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17

to make a good growth OF foliage.
Fertilize and cultivate well now 70
insure that strong, healthy growth
which is essential 70 a good yield OF
shoots next spring. This is the timely
advice for gardeners contained in a
new publication Of the United States
department Of agriculture.
You may smile at Fate. but Fate
often gives YOU the Ha! Ha.
A government bulletin says ''the
Colorado mines are active" From
the prices prevailing in FL Psso. one
would imagine that all the coal mines
in Colorado had shut down.
The valley peach crop will he
short this year, but the II Paxo
city crop is As large aS ever.
tLook around at any Country club
dance for prOOf.)
-
The only satisfaction get out Of
that nickname they tackled onto me
when l was a boy is that some mighty
pretty girls are sometimes called
Allie.
II the various societies issuing cir
culars on the war would combine
their funds. quit printing circulars
and give the money 10 the Red Cross.
we would be saved another campaign
and the world would be better off.
Il YEARS AGO.
George TheiEeu hadn't yet come
to town and Blue Ribbon, conse-
quentIy did not have such a
vogue. a. +. ROwlnnds was still
in England and the Rotary club,
consequently. had not been orEuu-
lied. DR.. r. L. Ramey was a
single man and, consequently. the
other young fellows didn't have
much of a show in society.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-17


nature Of the writer. but the name will be
Withheld il requested-l
WHY THE 81 DIFFERENCE
Editor. FL Paso Herald.
in your paper OF the 18th inst. in
an article from Plainview, Texas, il
was stated that the farmers there
were shipping out wheat 10 Texas
points and that there had been 60
cars shipped 10 Yale county for which
the farmers received $40 per bushcl
most OF IL going 20 Texas points. Can
YOU inform us" farmers why IL rs
that the millers in FL Paso are only
Offering $3.50 per busheL or the way
they state it, $3.50 per hundred. for
the wheat when in PlainvieW il is
selling for $3.50 per hundred
Kindly give us an answer through
your paper so that all interested DeO-
pie. both consumers and producers.
viii know the reason for such great
difference in price,
Charles B. Stevens
(AIillers OF FL Paso state 10 The
Herald that hard wheat" grown on
the plains country OF Texas. in kan
sss, Iowa and other places is far su-
perior as a bread making article 20
The soft" wheat grown under irri-
cation ia the FL Paso valley. hence
the difference in price.-EditOr)