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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-05

AT tins particular time iu tine
worlds affairs sober thought and re-
Election ought 10 be- the rule with ref
erence to every matter touching our
foreign relations
This is no time or place TO be seek
ing new points Of difference or creating
new causes OF friction with great pow
ers with which we have been AT COM
plete peace and with which We desire
TO remain in complete accord and ami
ty- We nave enough ahead OF US which
We cannot avoid
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-05

JAPAN OBJECTS TO THE
U. S. EXCLUSION LAWS
Continued from page -

say that the japanese embassy had
called attention 10 the provisions
he house already has repassed the
l-7Tf over Tho veto
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-05

senator Reed said that in view Of ex-
isting conditions he thought the sen
ATE should most seriously consider
what il wished 10 do with the immi-
grafton bill
Il lay II hard on the conscience and
intelligence of the senator's senator
Reed continued. whether at this par
ucular juncture we desire To 90 any
thing that viii in the slightest degree
tend 10 disturb the amicable relations
between this country and country
with which we have no serious contro-
VerSr
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-05
Stocks
FIRM, HIGHER
Trading During First Half
Hour Monday Heavy, With
Coppers Strong.

Monday market opened with mixed quo
tatilus. some shares. especially the special
ties. showing a decline. according to advices
10 Curtiss. Manning & Co. stocks and bonds
Hotel sheldon lobby The cooper shares
were firm around Saturdays closing prices-
shares opened higher. L. :. Steel over the
week end gained two points
Trading during the first hour was very
heavy on the upward trend and all shares
appreciated ia value Utah opened az los
sagged q little 10 100 =. and under volumi-
nous absorption. rose TO 10 and At noon
held firm at 109a a Anaconda opened at
14iz. which the low sale for the day.
and continued steady upward trend on
confident buying 20 q. and at noon was 76i3-
Chino Copper opened at 52-t. which
also the low price. and duplicated the
ton OF Anaconda rising TO IS and at its
highest price showing considerable resistant
10 a little profit taking which occurred
around the noon hour. and held firm at 81
The action q kenuecOtt. Inspiration. Butte
e Superior. Greeue-Canauea. Shattuck Arr
IONA Nevada Consolidated. Old Dominion
and Copper Range. including Central Leather
was a repetition Of the history made n
Utah. steel and Anaconda today
Verde Extension on the curb suffered
less Of two points over Saturday closing
price. but seemed TO be doing better at noon.
being strongly bid at 3fsa-
Copper STOCKS Quotations
The following quotations furnished by To-
gan & Bryan's private wire TO Curtiss. Man
ring e. Co. stocks and bonds Sheldon hotel.
give closing prices
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-05

Eyes Examined Properly.
Geo. d Kendall. 22S Mesa Avenue,
Makes Glasses Right.-Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16
Germans. Two only were left stand

Germans. Two only were left stand
ing when we got in.
When We saw the gun had been 81
fenced aud the crew disabled Godsall
and worked round to the right about
ten yards from the shell hole where
We had sheltered ourselves while
throwing bombs into the emplacement
and scaled the German parapet We
rushed the gun position. The officer
who had been III charge was standing
with his back TO us, firing with his re-
volver down the trench at our men
who were coming over at another
point. reached him before Godsall
and bayoneted him. The other Ger
man who had survived our bombing
threw up his hands and mouthed the
Teutonic slogan Of surrender-"M Mercy,
kameradw My bayonet had broken
off in the encounter with the German
officer, SO picked up German rife
with bayonet fixed, and Godsall and
worked on down the trench.
The German who had surrendered
stood with his hands held high above
his head, waiting for us to tell him
what to do. He never took his eyes
off Of us even to look at his officer, ly-
ing at his feet. AS we moved down
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16
No. 5. Wounded
In Action.
By Sergeant Alexander Mcclintock.
D. G. NJ, 87th Overseas Batt.,
Canadian Gren. Guards
Copyright 1917. by the Bell Syn
dicate. Inc.

Sergeant McClintock, an American
boy of Lexington KY, has seen service
IN France, sOas decorated for braveru
t00unded and invahded home. He "a
telling his story, a thrilling one, and
this 10 the nth article of the series. In
the preceding ones he described ho,o he
reached the front, fighting in Belgium,
and then the great preparations for the
Sonn,e battle. In this installnent he
tells Of conditions and describes first
hand the fighting IN that greatest of all
battles.
nUR high command apparently
meant to make sure thing of
the general assault upon the Re-
gina trench, in which we were to par
ticipate. Three times the order to Ego
over the top" was countermanded. The
assault was first planned for Oct. 10.
Then the date was changed to the Goth.
Finally, at 1910 noon Of Oct. p, we
went. It was the first general assault
we had taken part in, and we were in
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16

a highly nervous state. I'll admit
that
1t seemed almost certain death to
start over in broad daylight, yet, as
1t turned out, the crossing of No Mans
Land was accomplished rather more
easily than In our night raids. Our
battalion was on the extreme right of
the line, and that added materially to
our difficulties, first by compelling us
to advance through mud so deep that
some Of our men sank to their hips in
1t and. second, by giving US the hottest
little spot in France to hold later.
was In charge of the second
wave" OF assault line. This is called
the 'mopping up" wave, because the
business Of the men composing 1t is
thoroughly to bomb out a position
crossed by the first wave, to capture
or kill all Of the enemy remaining and
to put the trench in condition to be
defended against counterattack by
reversing the fire steps and throwing
up parapets.
Our artillery had given the Germans
such battertng and the curtain fire
which our guns dropped just thirty to
Forty yards ahead Of us was SO pow
erful that we lost comparatively few
men going over-only those who were
knocked down by shells which the Ger
mans landed among us through our
barrage. They never caught us with
their machine gun sweeping until we
neared their trenches. Then a good
many Of our men began to drop, but
we were In their front trench before
they could cut US up anywhere near
completely. Going over / was struck
by shell fragments on the hand and
leg, but the wounds were not severe
enough to stop me. In fact, did not
know that had been wounded until
felt blood running into my shoe.
Then discovered the cut in my leg,
but saw that 1t was quite shallow and
that no artery of importance had been
damaged. So l went on.
had the familiar feeling Of nervous
ness and physical shrinking and nausea
at the beginning Of this fight, but by
the time we were halfway across No
Mans Land had my nerve back.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16

after our conversation. Both he and
my pal Macfarlane were shot down
dead that morning.
When they called for volunteers to
go with me In discharge Of Major Lew
is order the entire company responded.
l picked out twenty-five men, twelve
bayonet men and thirteen bombers.
They agreed to my plan, which was
to get within twenty-five yards Of the
gun emplacement before attacking, to
place no dependence on rifle fire, but
to bomb them out and take the posi-
ton with the bayonet. We followed
that plan and took the emplacement
quicker than we had expected to 30,
but there were only two of us left
when we got there-Private Godsall,
No. 177,O63, and myself. Ali the rest
of the twenty five were dead or down.
The emplacement was held by eleven
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16

Mrs. Myrtle Hester from Mo-
dale is spending the day in the
city with friends.
Louis Ladue is the proud own
er of a fine new Saxon roadster.
Mrs. G.. r.. Johnson and chill
dren returned home this morn
ing from a two-weeks' visit with
relatives in Humboldt, Ia.
Mrs. Leslie Rockhill from
hardwood arrived in the city last
evening for a visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Freeman,
and friends.
Conductor Mason on Train No.
9 is taking layoff from his
work on account of having acct
dentally broken a small bone in
his foot.
Misses Lucie and Velma Sales
returned to their home in Sioux
City this morning after enjoying
a two-weeks' visit here with the
o. A. Scofield family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16
ED WELSH.

Ed Welsh, former citizen of
this city and fireman on the C. g.
N. w. for years, died at the
Nicholas Sem hospital in Omaha
last evening after an operation.
The remains will be brought
here tomorrow afternoon and the
funeral will be held from st. Pat
ricks church at p. m.
Burial in Mt. Carmel.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16

The sixth article of this remarkable
personal narrative will appear soon.
1t Is entitled
No. elaborated For Bravery; Home
and Unclo Sam
This concluding article of the series re-
lates in detail how England cares for tie
wounded. How the king and queen came
to the bed Of an American boy and dec
Grated him in a London hospital for gal
lantry. Interesting, intimate and anus
ing incidents told by and of the wounded
Tommies. Trying to fight for Uncle Sam.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' s;:ss ;s: O. ZzfAzz7z-
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT

Washington, ID. c., August s.
A summary of the August crop
report for the State of Iowa and
for the United States, as COM
piled by the Bureau of Crop Esti-
mates, U. S. department of agri-
culture, is as follow:
CORN.
State-August 4 forecast, ILL.,
100000 bu.; production last year,
Dec. estimate, 366,825,OOO blu.
I United States-August 4 fore
cast, 3,t90,0OO,0OO bu.; produc-
ton last year, Dec. estimate.
2,583,241,O 900 bu.
WINTER WHEAT
| state-Aug. forecast, 2,99O.-
600 bu.; last year, 100000 blu.
! United States-Aug. 4 forecast.
100000 bu.; last year, lSl,-
$4,000 blu.
4 SPRING WHEAT.
l State-Aug. 4 forecast. $780,
600 bu.; last year, 4,i6O,OOO blu.
4 United States-Aug. 4 forecast.
: 236, 100000 bu.; last year, l58,-
,'142, 900 blu.
State-Aug. 4 forecast, 2O9,-
100000 bu.; last year, 1886. $50 900
blu.
United States-Aug. 1 forecast.
1.46O,OO0,O00 bu.; last year, L.
PSI, 100000 blu.
BARLEY.
State-Aug. 4 forecast. 9,OlO,-
600 bu.; last year, SOP 900 bu.
United States--Aug. forecast,
203, 100000 bu.; last year, $780,,
921 900 blu.
| State-Aug 4 forecast, 999.OlO
bu.; last year, $4,000 blu.
United :states-Aug. forecast.
56,O00,000 bu.; last year. 41,3S3,-
600 bu.
4 POTATOES.
State-Aug forecast, l2,-
100000 bu.;; last year, 4,s3o,0oo
blu.
United States-Aug. 4 forecast,
l61 100000 bu.; last year, 2S5,-
437 900 blu.
ALL HAY.
State-Aug. 4 foecast, 1900
600 tons; last year, 6,64l 900
tons.
United States-Aug. fore
cast, 1O0,00O,OO0 tons; last
year, 100, 100000 tons.
The first price given below is
the average on August this
year and the second the average
on August 4 last year:
State-Wheat, $3.50 and 81 OF
per bu.; corn, S2.O2 and 73c;;
oats, CSC and 35c; potatoes, 81 "a
and 9Oc; hay, 1920 and SS. 80
per ton; eggs, 80 and 20 cents per
dozen.
United States-W Wheat, s2.29
and S1.07; corn, SI.97 and 79c;
oats, 74c and 4Oc: potatoes, Sill
and 96c; hay, Sl3.42 and SlO.68
per ton: eggs, soc and 2ic dozen.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16
OVER THERE
The Thrill and the He'll Of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lex.
ington, KY, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For He Tells the Facts-Unadorn-
ed. Wounded, Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "0ut There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full Of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches in France.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16

Floyd Hardy and Jas. Hough-
ton are home from Glenwood for
IAN over Sunday visit with home
folks.
Miss Irene Johnson is reported
on the sick list.
Mrs. j. ID. Brown fractured the
bone in her right thigh last eve
ming. She was descending the
porch steps at her home on Third
street and thought She had reach
ed the bottom when she missed
the last step and fell, with the
above result. This injury will
lay her up for some time. DR..
Hugh Tamisiea is in attendance.
w. R. Frey was called to Cor
|rectionville this morning by a
message saying his father-in-
law was badly injured in an acct
ldent Yesterday. Mrs. Frey has
been there the past two weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. David l.. Miller
are spending the week end with
Mrs. Miller's brother in Creigh-
, ton, Neb.
Miss Edna Young from Council
Bluffs is spending a few days
here with her brother, j. w.
Young and family.
Mrs. j. A. F. Porter is enter
'talnlng as her guests Mrs. Syrena
Flagler and daughter. Mrs. Nettie
Strauss from Lincoln.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16
CARNIVAL sloMEn.

The Home Coming committee
has signed the famous Nat Reiss
Shows for Home Coming Week.
This show comes highly recon-
mended and the committee feels
that they were fortunate in Sc
curing them. Their shows and
attractions are all clean and we'll
worth attending. They have a
miniature circus with them which
has been favored with a fine
writeup wherever they have
played. They carry twenty
piece concert band which is con
slderably above the average show
band and their troupe of Hawaiian
actors and actresses are drawing
big crowds. This company plays
Council Bluffs, under the aus
plces of the Commercial Club, the
week before they come here.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE ACTS
 ON MANY BILLS THIS MORNING

JUNEAU Tuesday May 1.-The house and senate of the Alaska legislature holding day and night sessions The house this morning passed the following bills
 For revenue tax from large salmon firms
 For registration of all contagious diseases in the ter ritory
 For defining the rights of lOcatorS to waters and streams.
 memorial addressed to President Wilson was ln troduced urging the early completion of the government railroad from Matanuska to the Resurrection bay term nal
 The following bills laid on the table this morn ing:
 Providing for the acceptance of grants of land and money for the Fairbanks agricultural college.
 The wolf bounty bill.
 The bill providing for the increase of the salary of the attorney general from $5OOO to $7OOO also passed requesting that the senate rescnd the action of yesterday The change is salary is not effective until 1921.
 The primary bill met with approval and was passed
 The eght-hour law for women workers was reconl- mended.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
FOR
 HEAVY WORK ON
 U. s. RAILROAD

The past few days of spring weather have greatly improved condi- tions aong the line of the railroad and it will not be long before the heavy work of construction will be under way for this season. There is no snow at all north Of Mile 62 and along Turnagain Arm, but from Mile 40 to 62 there is still considerable snow along the right-of-way.
 The work of relocating the line be- tween Mile 76 and 81 has been com pleted, and station men will soon be put to work on this five mile stretch. The grading between Mile Il and 76 is to be completed about the first of August.
 There are only two places between Kern creek and Mile 100 that are not now under actual construction, and these are between 76 and S1 and S3 and S9. The work on these districts will start immediately.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
PLANNED ID TAP WIRES AFTER DYNAM|T|NC J.
 P. MORGAN'S OFL|CES
(By United States Cable)

NEW YORK, Tuesday, May 1.-Wof Hirsch, chem ist and George Meyrnger both German employees at the Roosevelt hospital were arrested today the charge of having a bomb in their possession
 It is thought they intended placing the bomb some where in Wall Street
 When in court today Hirsch made confession, say ing that he and Meyringer their way to blow up the offices of J. P. Morgan when arrested.
 Hrsch's plan, following the dynamiting of Morgans offices tap telegraph trunk lines between Chicago, Washington and New York, for the purpose of sending out false reports of the assassination of President Wilson and Uboa raids and then disrupt the wires to prevent the sending of denias
 All of this schemng for the purpose of affecting the stock markets for speculative benefits he expected to derive so Hirsch claimed.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01

THE HAGUE, Tuesday, May 1.- The town of Essen is shut off from the rest of Germany, and completely isolated from the rest of the world to prevent the slightest information re- garding the strike at the Krupp works from leaking out.
 Strikes are general in the small towns near the Dutch frontier.
 The first May day strike in that section being held by the Germans is
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
CHAMBERLAIN WOULD CHANGE DRAFT BILL
 ID GIVE WIDER SCOPE
(By United States Cabls)

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 1. - Senator Cham berlan introduced in the senate today plea asking for the repassage of the seective cOnScrpton blll
 Upon advice of the judge advocate general desire to amend the b" Chamberlain said ESQ to substitute the word emergency in the place of the word war" wherever it appears in the bill
 he reason given me for the desired change is that the bill now applies only to the with Germany, and if we were drawn into war with other nations would not apply to thOSe'
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
ON DEPOT
 STARTS AT ONCE

The clearing of the depot site will commence tomorrow and the excavat- inS work will then begin. Plans are already drawn for the depot building, and the material for it's construction will arrive at an early date. The site for the new depot is located at the foot of Adams street.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
FAIRBANKS PEOPLE C0NGREGATE
 TO WATCH THE SPRING BREAKUP

FAIRBANKS, Monday, April 3O.-Hmdreds of peo- pe gathered on the bridge constructed by the Alaska road commission and along the river banks Sunday to view the spectacle of the ice taking out the piers of the old bridge for the last time.
 The annual spring breakup took place at S2O o'clock Sunday afternoon The ice is still holding in the Panama and Yukon rivers
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
FOOD SHORTAGE
 CAUSES STRIKE.

reported from Mons, the heart of the Belgium coal fields.
 The Echo de Beige announced today that the miners at Mons have struck as protest against food shortage.
 The world would be astounded by the moderation of the German peace terms, says the General Anzeger of Dusseldorf, Germany, quoting in re- cent dispatch from Berlin statement given out to former correspondents in Berlin.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
CENSORSHIP LID IS ON; WAR DEPARTMENT TAKES CONTROL
 OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH

....onINGTON, Tuesday, May l. - Actual censor ship went into effect today when the department took control of all telephone and telegraph lines as well as the navy cables
 Dating from today only messages which have actually passed the censor will be transmitted.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
CHICAGO MAYOR MADE DISLOYAl REMARKS REGARDING
 FRENCH-BRITISH COMMISSIONS
(By United States Cable)

CHICAGO, Tuesday, May 1-Secret agents operat- ing under the direction of the department of justice have reported to Washington officials the alleged dsoya ut terances of William Hale Thompson mayor of Chicago in declining to invite the British and French commissions to make visit to Chicago
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
GENERAL ARMY STAFF OPPOSED TO SENDING TROOPS TO FRANCE;
 FAVORS FULL TRAINING FIRST
(By United States Cable,

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 1.-The proposal of Vvian and Jore that force of 25OO0 soldiers be dis patched France immediately for the moral effect that it would have, is opposed by the American general staff which favors full training first
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
J, s, HAS TITLE TO INTERNED
 SHIPS-.. BELGIUM GETS BIG LOAN

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May l. - The senate has passed resolution transferring title to the ntened Ger vessels to the United States government to be used as merchant shps as security for loan of to be made to Belgium.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
NEW POSTMASTERS
 NAMED FOR ALASKA

WASHINGTON, April 1S.- The following postmasters have been ap- pointed by President Wilson for AL aska: Agnes Skoff, Cleary; Emma Nelson, Complex; Charles A. Fox, Craig.
 
 William Simpson of Roosevelt ar rived on the train last night.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
GERMANY WILL MAKE
 NEW PEACE OFFER IS
 REPORT. ATTACK
(By United States Cable)

BERLIN, Tuesday, May 1.-The Tagebatt says today that Bethmann Hollweg will make another peace offer Thursday.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
5000 BRITISH SOLDIERS FALL

BERLIN, Tuesday, May 1.-The war department an- nounced this morning the defeat of British forces in their attempt to take the village of Oppy the River Scarpe.
 Six thousand British soldiers fell during the attack within and before the German positions
 Nineteen thousand prisoners and 40 machine guns were captured and tank destroyed while the bat tie was in progress.
 Strong and furious artillery fighting continues on both banks of the River Scarpe.
 FRENCH CAPTURE TRENCHES
 PARIS, Tuesday, May 1. - The French troops have captured enemy trenches for depth of from 800 to 1000 meters in the neighborhood of Mont Cavilet Champagne district.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
BRAZIL DECLARES HER NEUTRALITY

RIO DE JANEIRO, Monday, April 30-The Brazilian government today issued proclamation of neutrality in to the declaration of between the United States and Germany.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
BOATS AND TRAINS

The Alaska is due from the south tonight.
 The Admiral Farragut is due Thurs day.
 The Mariposa is due in Juneau to- day.
 The train will leave Thursday morning for Mile 34 St & o'clock.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01

James Assault Case Postponed
 The case of Jimmy James which was set for trial yesterday afternoon, was, upon the request of the defend ant, postponed until Thursday, at which time James will enter his plea to the charge.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
RESERVE BANKS IN 3 COAST CITIES

SEATTLE, Tuesday, May 1.-According to the state ment issued last week. branches of the federal bank have been established in Portland Spokane and this city.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
ALASKA GREETS RUSSIAN REPUBL|
GERMANY RUNNING SHORT OF GUNS

LONDON Monday, April 3O.-From documents cap- red by the British in France today it is indicated that the Germans are running short of large guns, and shells of all types.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-01
CARRANzA NOW MEXICAN PRESIDENT

MEXICO CITY, Tuesday, May l. - Carranza took office
 today as the first constitutional president the sinaton of Madero.