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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

IGNITION made an these columns
MI Of Ed NJ Fink. several months
L 4 ago. has brought numerous in
cuiries as TO what has become Of Mr.
Fink lie is in Mexico and has been
for years. but his friends hope he will
rot remain in Mexico much longer. as
steps are being taken 10 invite his
early return to his family IL FL Paso.
IN the early eighties. Z. NJ Fink
came 10 FL Paso 10 locate permanently
Being an energetic and lilSable man he
soon became popular in the little Dor
der town. and was elected county as
SCISSOR. an office he held until 1890.
when y. II. VIM beat him Tor the
nomination. But uqtwithstandin his
retirement from office. Mr.. Fink re
NAMED an influence in local politics
and was one of the best vote getters
who ever played the game in Fl Paso
county.
He was q Republican and was an ar
dent supporter OF the late krakauer in
the municipal campaign Of 1883.
When Col Bob Campbell was elected
mayor IN 1884 he made Ed Fink MS
chief Of police. Although, he was an
Indiana Republican, Mr.. Fink was
free lance IN local politics ana
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
Little InerUieWs
American Men Don t Like Black For Woman sDress
March Building In Ell Paso Big Total of $714,O15

call TO enlist and serve their country
The development Of the automobile
mas been no more rapid than was tks
development Of electricity for nIumin-
ating purposes, said z. T. White I
have telegram clipped from the Gin
cinnati Gazette Of April 10. 1850, telling
Of how Wabash. Indiana on April 9,
1850, was the first city in the world
70 install electric street lights. The
clipping says AS the clock struck
four Brush electric lamps Of 5000 candle
power, put forth a monday light ex-
tending one mile in diameter The
lamps were furnished with electricity
from No 4 generator, driven by q
seven horse power engine As Wabash
is the first city in America to adopt
the electric light for street illumina-
ton. the announcement OF the test
brought people from all sections and
fully ten thousand were present
Among the number were nineteen eOun-
ellis from adjacent towns Now 1850
was not so very long ago, but since
then the electric car has been perfect
ed and 5000 horse power generators
furnish illumination for FL PasO. The
incandescent light was unknown in
1880, and the first electric lights were
from storage batteries. just as storage
batteries were first used 70 propel
street cars"
Fl Paso merchants like others
throughout the country" said W. T.
Brown, are experiencing difficulty in
getting shipments from the east. The
western lines are able to handle all
the freight delivered 10 them at Chi
cagO OF Mississippi river points. bu-
IN the east everything is blocked Au-
tomobile dealers are complaining thai
they can get neither machines or cars
in which 10 haul The expectation OF
American automobiles to Europe Is
very large In the west the railroads
have placed an embargo on bullion. for
the reason that they cannot unload Il
on the eastern roads. The trouble
seems TO be at seaport points where
cars cannot be unlOaded as the ships
are not clearing the docks and ware
houses
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
BY J. ID. PONDER

supported his friends regardless OF lue-l
political Alignment He liked the DO
litical game. understood il Thoroughly,
and loved 10 play il. He was tire
less and Intelligent worker when IN
a campaign. consequently both SIDES
wanted his services
After retiring from the office 81 cniet
Of police Mr.. Fink engaged In buying
and selling cattle on commission ana
was doing o good business when, along
with a number OF other persons he
was charged with a violation OF the I'M
migration law This was about ten
Years ago and he went down INTO
Mexico The others were tried ana All
but one OF the number acquitted
Fink refused 10 return to this coun-
try and stand his trial. so he fingered
in Mexico City. buying cattle for the
markets there. AS the years rolled by
his two attractive little girls In III
Paso grew into womanhood and were
happily married When the exile
learned that children had been born 10
his daughters. his heart yearned tor
home. to take the young mothers IN
his arms and to feel the tiny hands OF
his gradchildren. around his neck DuI
the passing years had only increased
his reluctance 70 endure the humiliation
Of standing trial and he remained on
in Mexico q very lonely man
Recently Mr.. Fink's youngest oaugn-
Ter sent 10 the department OF justice
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
An Effort To Bring Ed Fink Back To His Home
Friends Take Steps To Restore Him To Family

q petition signed ty every city and
county official En- FL Paso and many
other prominent citizens asking that
the charges against him Doe dismissed
It is the plea Of his children and OF
hundreds OF good people IN FL Paso
that even if Mr.. Fink was quality OF
a technical violation of the immigra-
ton law, he has suffered for IT by his
years of exile in Mexico.
In the meantime. the wife OF the eS-
lie whose hair has turned perfectly
white. sits at the window in her dauEh-
ter's home and with eager. WistfUi
eyes. watches for the coming Of the
pOstman with a message from the man
at Washington who holds in his hands
the scales OF justice. Hope whispers
10 her loyal, loving heart that in q
day or two the message viii come
which viii allow the big strong man
the sweethea OF her youth aud old
age-tO return TO her. so that the two
can. hand in hand. walk down into the
shadows of LIES evening
Ed Fink always was q devoted hus band
and loving father. His sole object IN
life was TO provide Tor his family and
make his home a happy one e Paso-
ans who recently saw him in Mexico
say that he is aging rapidly, that his
head IS white and his stalwart figure
is bent, that he inquiries with pa
thetic eagerness about has family and
his old friends Foo this cirt.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

The car has abdicated Next.-Phiia-
delphia Press
Baedad may be the back door to
Constantinople, but the corridor is q
thousand miles lOng--Boston Herald
Systematic retirement" as what the
late Confederate Gen Forest called
advancing backward. Boston Tran
script.
This sinking OF American ships can
rot 90 on for long. No. sir We haven't
got that many ships.-Philadelphis
North American
The happiest season OF Russian lib
ertv lies between the overthrow OF
despOtism and the advent OF the pO-
Iitical bOss.-Newark News
When the northward bound Turks
and the eastward bound Germans join
hands the allies will realize how they
have walked into a trap-Wall Street
Journal.
At least the kaiser should be com
mended for his fOrbearance in tender
ing Mexico so modest a portion OF our
territory.-Nashville Southern Lumber
man
The ear who bravely announced
some months ago that he would fight
70 his last muzhik. was unable. when
the orchestra struck. TO face the
muzhik--Chicag Tribune.
1t is also maintained that neutral
vessels which go into a field OF war.
whether on land or on sea must take
their own rfsks-"-The Outlook That
sounds easonable-Chicago Tribune
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

~HE marsh winds OF the spring are
the greatest enemy the lover OF
l. flowers has TO combat in Fl
Paso. Tender plants. Il exposed 70
1he winds are often ruined. sometimes
killed by these winds. Where IL is
possible 10 provide a windbreak, this
should be done for the protection Of
flowers.
John l. Dyer has erected wind
breaks Of heavy domestic on strong
poles, securely driven into the ground.
about all his flower beds.
Last week the winds actually burned
all the young leaves from three trees
alongside Of my home on Montana
street. The trees not exposed TO the
winds were not hurt in any wise, but
an unusually severe wind one day and
s.ight burned every new sprig from the
exposed trees. The trees were strong
enough 10 stand IL, as they are seFe. al
years old, but in the case OF q tender
plant struggling for existence SUCH an
experience is apt to kill it. lost
several young, tender rose bushes last
year from the wind. which, besides
burning Up the yolng shoots, has OFTEN
torn of limbs three and four inches
long Struggling IS they are for an
existence anyhow, they are not able
70 survive such a shock, and they die
as a result
Plants need the sun, but if they can
be planted where they are protected
from the winds. IL IS best In fact. il
is the only way 10 save many tender
plants in this section Of the country
where the winds blow so very hard at
the very time the young plants are be
ginning their lives
Here's an echo from the P F. P.
excursion. which. though IL gives our
publicity fund a little the best Of IL,
shows the feeling with which the sur
rounding cities greeted the e. Pasoans:
1t is from Bill Kelly's Copper Era at
Clifton;
Clifton was glad Of the oppor-
tunity to be the first to welcome
the business men of FL Paso on
their tour Of Arizona Fl Paso
now boasts of a chamber OF com
merce with membership Of more
than one thousand with 100000
for publicity purposes during the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
Little Interviews

c5rued. The citizens. 1 believe, would
also cooperate with the players in the
attempt TO obtain national match"
The prosperous commerce Of e
Paso is shown in its bank clearings for
the month OF March" said William
Griffin The total OF S1s.345.91O.29
for the month Surpasses the clearinEs
of cities many times the size of this
city. The European war has had its
effect on many cities Of the east and
west. but Il has had no effect in e
Paso. A city that can show A bank
talist. investor, homeseeker OF work
man can make no mistake IN making
his future home in
FL Paso will this year establish a
new building record that would do
credit to a city many times its popula-
ton. said George II. Monroe Dur
ing the past month the building per-
mi-s rOta-ed SI14.0l5. and I have been
told by many of the leading contract
OTIS that this figure viii be exceeded
next month. Il is surprising the amount
Of building that has been underway
during the winter months. In this re-
sect Fl PasO has the advantage Of
many other cities. because Of its mild,
equable climate. \ carpenter or \
bricklayer very seldom IS out OF en-
ployment here. that is. if he desires TO
WOE lA me eastern ana northern
cities such men have little work ex-
cept IN summer. There are not enough
carpenters here TO do the work and
am surprised that many of those in the
east and north do not migrate here"
Although We have Just been mus
tered out and were one Of the last com
panies along the border 10 be dis
charged. every member OF company X
is ready 10 serve the flag again. said
capt Walter +. Jenkins. After we en-
last 20 fuu war strength a new COM
pany VII be formed. Now that a break
with Germany apparently cannot be
averted. l feel sure that the young men
in Ell Paso viii answer promptly to the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
MINUTES IN MANHAT TAN
What The Vampire Net Catches.

OF downfall resulting from broken
faith and love.
II the walls OF the court room could
but s-eak they might tell tale which
would comprise a symposium OF the
tragedies Of fallen women. which have
gone on since the original Magdalent-
Not guilty. not by a joyful Them
bulls hate me and II is an old Of
fender who speaks
My baby was starving. judge. and 1
couldn't let her die" II is now
Young mother pleading her own case
And so they come, the never ending
stream Some OF them old offenders
and some shrinking from the austerity
Of the grim old court officials for the
first time
There is q dividing line though
where the sheep and the goats are sep
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

arated. The hardened old offender pays
her fine or takes her sentence 10 the
Island with an oath. The first time
defendant is sent TO woman probation
officer and her case continued from
week 10 week. while she is under o.
servation-
Down IN the front row. with huge
badges OF their authority pinned on
their coats. there sits a motley collec-
ton OF men detectives of the vice
SQUAD. These are the decoys of the po-
lice Among them you will see men
who are apparently prosperous bank
ers. broadway handles" laboring men
and the sort of man who saunters no
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
cos5right b. George Meftke.y adams

the train had come through without
50 many stops, I would have beaten the
messages here.
FL PasO Is going TO have a real live
Chautauqua again this year. Edgar
kayser has been placed in charge OF
the arrangements Dy Dr. r L. Ramey,
president OF the Rotary club. which
is fatheriug the enterprise again this
year. which means that the committee
making the arrangements and dispOs-
ing of the tickets viii be as live as
the ChautauCua itself
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
BY C. A. MARTIN.

present year That's real eN-
ample Of Pep, Push and Progress
The galley boy gazed at the empty
dump in The composing room 1i en-
muttered. This reminds me OF an
arizona border tOwn-NO saleys-
our idea OF snap: School board
members being reelected after Henry
Kelly puts out ticket against them.
Proud Boasts. Wen control Tighe
or fire HIM
James I. Mari deserves credit for
what he has done towards introducing
new plants into FL PasO. He has done
more by personal example than any
other man in the city 10 encourage
the growth of shrubbery and plants
He has risked his money freely 10 test
the plants he thought might grow here
and has paved the way for others
The Knights Of Pythias lodge in
NagdaIena. y. NJ is so wealthy that
..aen school accommodations proved
insufficient. the lodge erected school
building. which il permitted the schOol
authorities to use rent Iree Ior many
wears, the lodge occupying the second
floor. When the school grew. the lodge
moved out and sold the building at
cost to the school board on the easy
payment plan
II a train running ninety miles IN
hour leaves New York for Chicago ~
the same time . train running 90 miles
an hour leaves Chicago for New York.
which train Is closest 10 New York
when they PASS This is one OF the
things Carl Beers used on the natives
and the P p. P excursionists recently
and he had a lot of them figuring
You can have the answer tomorrow,
II YOU don't get it yourself before
then.
=
judge Peyton F. Edwards was not
born in the United States. but has
served as a state senator and district
judge in Texas and has never missed
voting in q Democratic primary nor q
- ocular election II he was well enough
to go TO the polls. vet ne has never
been naturalized- Not many people
can boast such a record He vas born
in the Republic OF Texas.
At least one corporation doing 1usf-
ness in the southwest might be inoc-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

II W YORK. April 2.-One by one
N they come in, a never ceasing
stream-the modern Magdalenes
OF New York-into the dingy night
court for women at jefferson Market
Not guilty. your honor is the plea
each one offers up as she stands before
the bar OF justice.
Old women. young women, girls vet
in short dresses. pretty women, women
OF all sorts are ensnared in the meshes
Of the net which the police department
mas spread 10 catch these socalled
vampires"
Night after night 30 or more women
are arraigned in the court and night
after night there IS told the old story
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

and down Broadway with nothing 70
DO.
Each night rs the bright electric
lights Of Broadway begin TO twinkle
and beCkon 10 the pleasure seeker.
these decoys set out from headquarters
and scatter TO every part of the city
each one open Frey for the woman
who hunts" Each night. soon after 10
o'clock they begin coming into the old
court room-the decOys bringing their
catch. Sometimes she Is young and
pretty. sometimes she is old, worn and
hageard. Night after night. and their
catch never grows smaller Their ef-
forts to clean the city seem almost in
consequential but sJiu they work on
In the shadow of Washington Square.
where gay Bohemia reigns. the court
l-rinds on. each night turning out its
crist Of tears and woes. While Bohe-
mia frolics the Magdalenes weep.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
Roundabout Toun
Harsh Winds Florists Greatest Enemy Here
Burn The Tender Leaves and Kill Some Plants

cuiated with a little of the Pep which
the Fl Pasoans are supposed 10 have
distributed so generously in the south
west on their recent trade excursion
Last Monday 7 filed a message at
Magdalcua. y. NJ with the Western
Mon Telegraph office, addressed TO
The FL Paso hr-a4d. at lu-45, later
filed another az 1918 The first mes
sage reached the FL Paso office at
ABS and the second one at 4:51- II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
The Wind

THE wind blows off Id and makes me reel and skid and say distressing
and ngs It and takes fall from new paTas0 to my intense
fl
"Y blow wind" land all the iOng day program weird
would be
would and
something
Pm
prunes; windy cheerful and MARBLE
sprghtly
Copyright. by WALL ALAN'N
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
Germany Still Worrying
(BY H. S. H.

= 20 WONDER Germany still worries about how the
n zimmerman note fell into the hands Of the United
States That '1eak" much serious, the Ber
view, than that the plan to have Mexico and Japan make
war against the United disclosed by Washington
The disclosure Germany not at all Foreign minister
Zimmerman blandy owned up that the note AUTHENTIC
ally presented by the United States that he sent It with me
intent that should be communicated to Mexico and by
Mexico to Japan the event that the United States MADE
war on Germany stated that such proposal merely
evidence forethought making preparations toT Possio
eventualtes.
Far more serious Germanys opinion is the fact that
somehow other the note communicated to the ne
can government Dr. shows the anxiety plainly
Of the incident wherein he stated that the
note was dispatched in certain safe way which -al
able to Germany and that he unable TO account G Its
miscarriage The official statement given out through the
News agency states that the affair looks Ike
treason committed American soil
This Is as say that Bernstor some
one Of his immediate family possibly secretary-I
secretary might anything of secret document
turned it over to United States good many hints OF
reacerv have come out Berlin the notes disclosure
has not been stated but there fair Tor guess
that suspicion attaches countess BernstOr merely
because She is American birth and American al
the time nationality this country by marrying
count Won Bernstorff and becoming German subject
If the did by hand and If not turned
the United States in translated form by someone &
tremely close count BernstOTtt OF minister EcaIo
then II must transmitted from Berlin to Bernstort
in Geany most secret code-and the United States or one
of the entente begeens has obtained the
code book Otherwise the message could be decphered
This is obviously of the matters worrying Germany
The Arlington wireless IS powerful enough to communicate
with the Eiffe Paris Consequently it IS possible
under favorable conditions for the Arlington operator to
COPY every message from Berlin the diplomatic code
merely tuning in" the sending apparatus The posi-
biIities Of this are naturally alarming to Berlin.
This affair possesses all the elements OF great drama
based diplomacy The parts have been played IN some
dark av almost under our The passages secret
nav some day be revealed The incident of the Thru
ing side incidents of the war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

fresh air and sunshine Of the spring
and summer.
The Postmaster adyertises that
there are several uncalled-for letters
at the postoffice and if they are not
called for within ten days they Will
be put into the hands of an officer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

The ordinary cost OF a Want Ad in
The FL Paso Herald lis 25 cents. Il
reaches an average Of about $4,000
readers each issue
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
HOCWALLOW LOCALS
Br GEORGE BINGHAM

Miss Flute
Belcher has a
new hat with
TWO large wings
on Il and made
a flying trip to
Tickville this
week.
Isaac II ELL
wanger has had
his whiskers cut
OF so that he
can enjoy the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

The work of congress has been fully mapped cut. All
that remains members is organization and voting
However recalling the verbosy CT previous sessions il
may be some relief TO actual work accomplished with
a minimum Of time lost.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
SOLDIERS KILLED IN FRANCE

>ULUIEhS KILLED N FHANCEs
CarrizOzo. y N, March "a.
Editor Ell Paso Herald:
Kindly inform me through the Let
tiers TO The Herald" column what de-
partment of the French government to
apply to in order to learn the names OF
those who have died for their country.
II. F. D.
address communications TO inquiry
division. minister of war. Paris.
France. and il viii be referred 20 the
proper partment-EditOr.)
Mrs Charles A. Taylor. daughtef Of ths
late Congressman Konig. IS a movie" star
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
T ETTERS to THE
- HERALD

CAN communications must bear the
signature of the writer. but the name
viii be withheld IL re0uested-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

With its other disclaimers German government de-
MES having ANYTHING with the Russian revolution
Naturally the house of HohenzOern would regard with hor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

For quick -esults-Cse Herald Want
AuS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

Because the British keep capturing every day,
that announcement that the Germans had reached their pre-
pared lines and entrenched little wrong Perhaps
the Germans tried to stop but skidded
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02
w

-ONEN OF IL Paso like 10
M dress in many colOrs more
w than the women OF any city
in the United States" said Mrs Nora
Tinsley. I believe that the women OF
this city are almost driven 10 a mixture
of colors by the fact that IN the Next
can quarter OF the city all the women
dress exactly alike in black. American
men don't Ike black on a woman. be-
cause black is a sign OF mourning, and
the American man likes 70 see II worn
for that reason. Now. OF course. a.
all women viii secretly admit. their
dressing is in large part done 70 please
men"
1T IS q very remarkable thing - me
the way the people are meeting the
I German crisis" said AIettaur Mac
| Manus. Georgia civil war veteran IN
I the face OF entering one Of the greatest
/ wars in the history Of the world. If not
! the greatest. men and women 80 about
their business as IL nothing unusual
( was happening What a remarkable
contrast this makes 10 the days pre-
ceding the civil war. when every mans
blood seemed afire. Then not a word
but the subject OF war or possible war
! could be heard discussed. Now the
{ word war seems to have been heard so
I much that the American public. who
! viii only let "A seven days wonder last
/ for - hours iu their converse tiOu.
/ hardly even mention the prospect Of
( war with Germany. II is amazing"
/
! 1T would certainly be q great thing
/ for Fl Paso II this city We're enabled 20
( obtain one of the national tennis
) Matches said r r Reid FL Paso.
Z while one of the most southern points
OF the United States boundary. mas a
number Of crack tennis players that
would he glad to participate in any Sc
? ries where the championship is con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

With Russia as well as Germany and Austria wishing
governments upon Poland that country still has hard tight
ahead.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

Col Roosevelt who wanted TO know whether soul
were rotting find If he doesn't show speed that 10
OF other fellows gathered up the material he va
counting on for army division
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

Such Is the growth FL Paso that the real estate page
can always count big building story.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

Germany never intended 10 make against the United
ates as chancellor Bethmann-H oweg observes. Ger
nanv intended TO let Mexico and Japan do 1t.