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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-22

any European nation" said Harry
Mitchell Above everything else. the
people il this country love the United
States. They may be called upon TO
fight IL, but there IS not one who will
raise a hand against it. No matter
how new an Immigrant 70 the United
States is. he realizes that this is the
home OF the free"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-22

As regards the supreme courts decision on the AdasOn
eight hour law it gathered that the law constitutional
by vote
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-22

rUNE 30 OF this year viii be the 25th
anniversary OF the killing Of Capt.
Frank Jones. OF the Texas rangers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-22

The chamber OF displayed its share of pep
push and progress by increasing the membership roll
1000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-22

President Wilson held congress to strict accountability
ike Germany did.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
Trial Is Delayed;
Court Unable to
Get an Attorney

krraignment of Richard Preston,
charged with stealing a rifle from
George Warrington, $40 North Stone
wall avenue, was continued in Judge
Maupin's court this morning because the
prisoner was unable TO get an attorney
to represent him.
A resolution adopted Sunday by the
Oklahoma City Bar association jro-
vided that no cases should be tried until
after January IA TO enable all attorneys
to give their time to assisting regis,
trants in filling out the questionnaires
The resolution provided that one might
insist on a trial Of criminal charge
against him. and Judge Maupin sue.
ceeded in getting an attorney for Pies
ton The arraignment will he held thi
afternoon.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
~
81 WAS ALMOST
HELPLESS, SAYS
RAILROAD MAN
Rheumatism Overcome by Tan
lac and He's Laid His
Clutches Aside.

when 7 began taking Tanlac was.
almost helpless--uSt hobbing around
on crutcheS- and had fallen off from
one hundred and eighty pounds to one
hundred and sixty four, but now |
have gained back all my lost weight,
feel fine and can get around as nimble
as could years ago
Roy Lands, who made the above re-
markablc statement, lives at 1905 East
Hattie street, Fort Worth, and has
been in the employ OF the Texas & Pa
ofic railroad for twenty years, holding
the responsible position OF head tower
man.
81 didn't know at first" he continued.
what my trouble was, hut about two
years ago was taken sick and after
staying in bed for twenty eight DAYS !
found myself in the clutches Of sciatic
rheumatism From then on ] was al.
most an invalid and while | did man
age 10 attend TO my work part OF the
time, ] had to use Crutches and my Suf
icring was terrible had terrific pains
IN my right hip, knee and foot, also had
intense cramping pains in my left leg
| couldn't lie on my back or left side
at all and my left leg petlshed away to
the size Of my arm, couldn't stand
up or SIT still long enough to drink a
cup oi coffee ! was badly conStpated
and nervous my kidneys were all out
of order and | cfNhln't get much rest
My appetite was very poor and my
/ stomach 50 upset that | had TO live on
eggs and milk for seven or eight
I months
Il spent two summers in Canada and
had the best treatment ! could get in
the south and northwest Also tried
o,lcopalhc and chiropraclic treatment
and every kind Of medicine ! knew of,
but got no relief, and at times got so
blue and discouraged didn't care much
whether lived OF not. SO when |
+ read Of Tanlac and made up my mind
to try 1t | had just about abandoned all
hope OF ever recovering
Il noticed an improvement almost
from the time | started on Tanlac. My
kidneys We're soon acting better and
my nerves qucted down so | could
sleep My appetite improved then the
lamencsS gradually diminished, and
became less conSupated So kept
taking Ianlac and getting better and
finally my pains about all disappeared
and | laid my crutcheS aside Now
can lie in bed in any position and sleer
all night long and find no trouble in
looking after the duties of my position
These are the results have gotten from
eight bottles Of Tanlac, and | certainly
don't believe anyone suffering like
. did will make a mistake by giving il a
trial.
, Tanlac is sold in Oklahoma City ex-
clusiyely by Westiall Drug Co,-Ady
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

completed and has been needed for =
considerable time, Mrs. X w. Davsoa,
president of the board says.
Mrs. Dawson says that the children
of the Sunbeam home there are thirty
seven in all, will have their usual
Christmas tree, on the afternoon before
Christmas. This tree, together with
toys, will be given by girls club Of
which Miss D. Stone is president.
Presents will also be given the child
rem by several women's clubs in tho
city, Mrs. Dawson says.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
Girl Collects Books
For Sunbeam Home

Miss Dorothy Unknown" who re-
fuses to give her name, is collecting
children's story books, for the young
sters in the Sunbeam home. She says
that anyone who has a story book to
give away, call Walnut 1858 and the
mysterious unknown girl will call for
the books.
These books" she says will all be
collected by Wednesday. 1t is my idea
to take up a collection among few of
my friends and buy a fumed oak book
case, put the books in it, and send il
as a present to the Sunbeam home to
help furnish a new play room for the
children" This room has lust been
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

Michelangelo not painting, nor Napo-
leon not being a great general, no mat
ter whether they had been born to
wealth or poverty, but the most OF us
have TO have a spur in our sides TO
make us get mp and show what speed
and staying power IS in us
And there's nothing like poverty to
sharpen a mans wits, steel his muscles
and bring out every bit OF ability that is
in him. He's got TO succeed. His bread
depends on it. He can't give up. Ninety
nine percent OF the successful literary
and artistic men and women in the
world were poor boys and girls, but
the rich we're not goaded on by need ;
the poor were, so the rich gave up the
fight and the poor battled on to victory.
So madame, the one best bet at fame is
poverty. And that's another Of the
advantages that the poor give their
children.
Stomach Empty; Make Money.
When II comes TO making money
there's no such incentive as hungry
desire for the things that rich people
have, coupled with empty pockets The
thing that made me millionaire was a
Sneer at my patched trousers when |
was a lad at school. ] wasn't anything
but a child, but ! swore to myself that
| would have everything that the rich
had, and that craving for luxuries that
had never known nerved me to 90
through incredible toll hardship and
striving
"Look about you. Almost every man
Of Importance in America today, from
the president down, was born TO poverty,
and because he was trying TO get out of
poverty he raised himself to where he
is now. That incentive was the advan-
tage that their parents gave them. We
rich men can give our sons no such ad
vantages We smother their ambitions
with luxury We take away from them
the necessity for effort. We make them
shining object for every tempter and
then we break our hearts because they
turn out weaklings instead of men
81 tell you that If did what know
would be the best thing for my family
| would give away every penny OF my
fortune and beStow upon my children
the blessing Of roverty and Of having
to deny themselves and struggle in
their youth
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
MILLION RIFLES
ORDERED FOR U. S.
ARMY BY June 30
General Crozier Reviews Sit
uation in His Report

WASHINGTON, Dec H--Army
ordnance conditions at the beginning Of
s,he present fiscal year are treated only
briefly by Major General Crozier, chief
of ordnance, in the annual report Of
his bureau made public today
The report shows that m to Iune 20
orders have been placed for one mil
lion Enfield rifles. details Of the re
chambering of the British standard
gun for American ammunition having
been completed June J.
On the machine gun situation, Major
Crozier says that these weapons have
been found efficient by the machine gun
board but that procurement OF an adc-
quate supply was a question OF securing
deliveries.
Few Guns on Hand.
an other words" he adds, the num-
Der of machine guns on hand when war
was declared was SO small that IT was
necessary to keep going at the greatest
possible capacity those machine gun
factories which were already in opera
tion and TO utilize their output when the
guns so manufactured had been report
ed by the board as sufficient even
though they may not have been report.
cd as most efficient
Every energy has been bent TO Sc
cure satisfactory output and consider
able progress in this direction is being
made. Funds appropriated 10 date are
adequate for the purpose
Our Guns Like French.
II Is shown in the report that all
American field guns are TO be similar
in caliber to the French "seyenty-iives'
which have been so much discussed
since the war began. 4r5 French semi
automatic brccch mechanism also has
been adopted in modified form, so that
American machines and batteries in
France can be served from the same
ammunition factories Anti-arcralt
guns of the "scvcnty-iive' type also
have been adopted Both these and the
machine guns are under manufacture
in quantity, the report says A conSld-
cradle number OF the anti aircraft guns
figured for mounting on motor trucks
also had been ordered
Other Guns Designed in June.
The report shows that 3,S-inch and
0.inch howltEers, the guns principally
used for barrage work in trench fight
ing, were designed and ready for manu-
facture on June 80 General Crotier
expresses appreciation OF the co-opera-
tion of French and British ordnance
experts in turning out these guns.
The production of large caliber, mo-
bile artillery, that is, weapons Of the
type of the German forty-two centlme-
ter guns, appears to be the chief source
OF delay in the arrny's equipment. Gen
eral Crozler says a process OF supply
ing our troops with these guns "neces-
sarily will be slow and Disappointing
although every advantage has been taxi
en- Of the assistance secured from
abroad"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
Girls Who Have 10 Work for
Living Become Better WOm-
en- Through Necessity of
Not Gadding About
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman
Writer

IJ ENVY you the advantages that
YOU are able to give your chill.
a dren" said the millionaire 10 the
poor woman.
The advantages that can give my
children" cried the poor woman in
amazement, what advantage can |
give my children2"
The great advantage Of poverty
replied the millionaire
You're Moeking Me.
You are mocking me, said the WON
an why the bittereN thing in power
ty to me is the fact that cannot give
my children the advantages that want
to give them For myself do not great =
ly care ] have been poor so long and
have done without the things that |
wanted so long that my personal de-
Slres have been atrophicd. | can ac-
cept poverty for myself with patience
and philosophy
But with my children 1t is another
matter The knowledge that cannot
give my children the advantages that
the rich can give theirs stabs me to the
hear, and vets my pillow with tears.
see my girls pretty charming and at
tractlyc, and ! yearn to give them beau
tiiul clothes, to take them to winter
and summer resorts, to entertain for
them, to give them social advantages.
What Could Be.
Il see my boys handsome, manly with
fine minds, energetic and ambitious,
and would give my very life to send
them to college, to give them the ad
vantage OF education and start in the
world.
Instead Of my being able to do what
] would like for my children they have
had to do for themselves. One of my
girls is stenographer, the other is in
store Both of my boys have been at
work since they were 10. have been
able to give none OF them any ad-
vantage'"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
.PRoBIsMS
sG;yfAls7esH:|lR GAe sH:|lRA4s1,RE;T1S RA4s1,RE;T1S.

DEAR MRS. THOMPSON: | have
Il been going with man for years
- and | care great deal for him and
he seems TO think lot OF me, but he
drinks and talks to other women who
do not amount to much ] have asked
him 10 quit drin apd let other women
alone. hut he won't DO you think IL |
married him he would keep doing this
way or do you think he would stop2
Would it be best TO let this man 60
and forget him or to try to help him
a while longcr2 lie is my pleasure
and all | care for
A LONELY HEART.
II YOU married the man he would
not stop drinking and paying attention
to other women, and the chances are
he would get worse Ii is fact that
it a woman cannot help a man TO re-
form before she marries him she cannot
aiterward
Drink makes beast OF a man He
becomes very selfish and thoughtleSs
hut at the same time he suffers and
needs good. wholesome friends. II you
are happy trying to help him, ! think
you should go ahead Probably your
happiness is sort of misery too, be-
cause 1t is so unsatiSiying to love a
drinking man
Never for one minute think OF mar
rying him. II you did and had child
rcn, the chances arc they would not
he normal. They would inherit ten
denotes toward moral and physical
weakness. Both you and the children
would be subject to humiliation, poverty
and abuse
Dear Mrs Thompson: Is it con
siderrd the proper thing to reply to
all letters Of sympathy received after
the death Of beloved rclativc2
PERPLEXED.
The letters are supposed to be an
swcrcd Some people have cards
printed or engraved which show their
appreciation for the sympathy shown
in their time of sorrow These cards
are mailed TO ali who have sent
flowers or expressed their sympathy in
a letter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
HINTS FoR
YOUR HoMH
Foods Of Our Forefathers Urged To-
day as Wartime Substitutes"

Would you believe that there were
thousands of American families who
never knew the delights of a plate of
corn cakes" or spoon bread" or
old-iashoned Southern corn bread"
until Mr.. Hoover touched them with
the magic wand Of PUBLICITY He awak-
ened all sections to a knowledge Of
their great nourishing value as well
As their palatability-iacts which the
south has known since the day of the
Indian.
Many. very many Of us had long ago
discontinued that good old dish OF
our boyhood days--oameal porridgc.
the most nourishing OF all breakfasts,
until Mr.. Hoover reminded US of it,
with the result that the rolled oats
mills are now working night and day
to supply the demand
Primarily, this research work by the
food administration was made impera-
tive by the vital necessity OF reduc
ing the American consumption OF
wheat, OF which outside OF this coun
try there is world shortage, which
II is up 20 us TO replace
There IS a similar shortage oi sugar
and fats, and here, too Europe whose
farmers have left their fields to fight
our battles until We are ready-looks
to us for help
We can save sugar by the free use
OF corn syrup, which years ago was
looked upon with suspicion, but which
now is recognized as being the mos
healihiul and easily assimilated Of al
sweets. This is especially the case
when corn syrup is eaten hv children
in whom It produces none oi the fer
mentaton induced by other sugars il
the digestive processes
In baking, cooking and candy max
ing a mixture OF three quarters corr
syrup and one-Quarter granulated su
gar in most cases takes the place q
/, cake and candy mixtures for whicI
straight sugar as formerly used.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. wife oi IN
food administrator. has played an i'm
portant part in the discovery of ne,
foods. In the search for a substanc
better than lard or butter Tor cookin,
Mrs. Hoover found corn oil Sh
was so impressed with its food valu
in addition 10 its utility as a cookin
oil, that she informed all her fricn'
the good news spread and the cor
mills and refineries are ~ow kept bus
suppiying the demand
What will the bows who return fro
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
Poverty Has Silver Lining"
Dorothy Dix Says, and Shows
How 1t Boosts Men to Success

young daughters had TO roll up their
sleeves and 60 to work instead OF spend
ing their time gadding around from
store to store and party to party. and
filling their days with silly extrava-
gances and amusement hut when YOU
come down to brass tar do you really
think that the idle L better for a
girl physically, morg 1r spiritually
than il IS for her to b, aged in some
useful work.
Don't you think that the girl who
uses her brains IN graphing with the
real problems OF the world develops
into more intelligent human being
than the girl who never exercises her
mind over anything but dress and
brldge1 Don't you think that the girl
who has achieved independence and
can stand on her two strong little feet
is finer character than the poor weak
parasitic female who has TO hang onto
some man for support as long as she
lives?
Chance to Marry Happily.
Don't you think thai the poor girl
has a better chance to marry happily
than the rich girl' | think no girls in
the world have as poor a show of get
ting decent husband as rich ones. They
are pursued by fortune hunters and
they are surrounded by idle, worthless,
selfish, pampered pets that have never
done anything in their lives but think
about themselves md their own pleasure
and amusement.
"1he men who are doing things and
swho are worth marrying your daugh-
terS have ten times the matrimonial op-
portuniteS that mine have When your
daughters marry they will be married
for love mine will be married by men
with an eager eye on their dowries
Believe me, the opportunity of getting
a good husband is one of the advantages
of poverty that ought to 60 long ways
towards taking away its sting with girls.
kk A s for your boys, poverty is the
n making OF young man 1t is
as easy for camel to go
through the eye OF needle as for a
rich mans son to amount TO anything.
OF course il we were all of noble and
heroic mold we would go ahead and
achieve things because we would feel
it our sacred duty to account for the
talents entrusted to us. But we are not
of noble and heroic mold We are
mostly lazy shirkcrs and we do only
the things that we are forced to do.
What Poverty Does.
Perhaps the supremely endowed,
the great geniuses, would have per
formed their divine tasks whether
they had been rich or poor. You can't
think of Shakespeare not writing, nor
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

ET XCEPT the greatest advantage
Of all-povcrty," repeated the
millionaire. 81 have heard that
your daughter who is slenographer
has become the private secretary to the
head of her firm. and that the one in
the store is going to be made a buyer.
| am told that both OF your boys are
hustling, wide awake young fellows
who are looked upon as coming men by
their employers. SO it seems to me that
you have proved my theory that poverty
is blessing in youth even il it is a
blessing that is so camouflaged that
we don't recognize it at sight
Not Idle Rich.
u can sympathize with you in tn,
way you have felt when your prett,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17
OFF TO THE WAR!
When Women Fight.

The fact that Russian women fofmeo
y regiment called the Battalion OF
Death" which was the first regiment Of
the kind in the history Of civilization,
has stirred up the question whether our
women could form . line of defense foe
- = -
the United States.
Every woman's ouruens m the way
are hghtened when she turns to the
right medicine. If her existence Ia
made gloomy by the chronic weaknesses,
delicate arrangements, and painful dis
orders that affiict her SEX she will find
relief and emancipation from her
troubles in DR.. Pierce's Fsvorite Pre-
scription. If she's overworked, nervous,
or rundown" she finds new life and
strength. It's q powerful, invigorating
tonic and nervine which was discovered
and used by an eminent physician for
many year in female complaints" and
weaknesses. For young girls just
entering womanhood, for women at
critical times; in bearing down sensa'
tons, pains, liberation, inflammation,
he "Favorite Prescription" will surely
is prepared with glycerin.
optains no alcohol. and is now sold in tablet
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

America never was very strong on
standing armies. But when it comes to
fighting armies, that's something dif-
ferent again.-Washington Herald
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

Let US keep Christmas this year BY
keeping up the Red Cross,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

On this, our first Christmas in the
war, the Red Cross symbol will add
the thought of serious purpose and sac
rifice which through accomplishment
1t represents.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

A new electrically lighted egg can
a.. prints names, dates or other In
scriptions on eggs with rubber stamp
9 they arc inserted into 9
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

What will the boys who return from
~ front think OF those who do mo-;
NJ the Red Crossl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

Christmas-the great spirit of service
.-our Red Cross symbol is mercy.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

and kindred ailments the Favorte Prescription will surely
benefit This herbal tonic is prepared with giycerin-
The Prescription" contains alcohol and sold tablet
town hv almost all druggists for Send 10 Dr. Pierce
nv,ds Hotel Buffalo Y for large trial package Of tablets
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

Copyright, 1917, by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-17

In baking, cooking and candy max
ing a mixture Of three-quartrrs corn
syrup and one-Quarter granulated su-
gar in most cases takes the place OF
cake and candy mixtures for which
straight sugar as formerly used.
Evening journal., 1917-05-16

7 is clear enough now that the United States will
never get started i'm this war will never put in mo-
ton her tremendous power 20 end tho war; until mem
bors Of Congress are made to that they
hired to work for tho nation and not for themselves
Nearly six weeks have passed since with the most
exalted Of motives and the most righteous Of aims
declared to the world that took up the sword 10 de-
fcnd civilization and democracy Today many OF our
activities arc still hung upon dead center because OF
the muuIshncss ignorance and egotism displayed
IN Congress
Helped Of course. by daIoyaty; because should
not for a,moment overlook the fact that the Copper
heads are busy ON Capitol Hill without tho courage
to come into the open they seize opportunity TO
try TO sting into paralysis the government they have
sworn to uphold.
frhs is the tragic situation
We see France being blcd before us. We hear her
appeals for help We feel deeply the national obliga-
tion TO aid heron her account and no less
some Of as oven begin 10 understand that IL allow
France to be crushed our existence placed in the
doadliest peril.
The nation. deeply moved, demands action swift
sure, resolute.
Six weeks and scarcely ono piece Of war legislation
completed
Get something moving, get under way, get started
on some line Of action.
The summer which is the only time when there can
be effective movements on the western front is very
short in that latitude Every moment is priceless. II
the men IN Congress keep this way they will prevent
any kind Of action by this country until the Summer Of
1918. and who knows what may happen to us and our
Allies before that time?
Where do we trap all these premium inCompetents
that we send to Congress? Whence do they come?
What is the method by which select only too often
he duh minds and thick skulls in district state
TO 90 to Washington and up everything with their
ncurable stupidity?