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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
Turns Court
WrOngSide Ont
At 4 Smoker
Club S Grid Puts
On Unique Trial
For Fun.

Court procedure underwent a COM
plete reversal at the Gridiron session
of the University club Friday night.
when the purity squad jury tried
the gas house gang" for loud and
boisterous language while engage in
the crime of shooting one Kelly Pool
The purity squad" was selected by
an army doctor. instead Of by attor-
neys for the state and defence, and a
chemical test was necessary before
they could serve. The judge cross
examined the witnesses. instead of
the attorneys. while one OF the ''pris-
oners" was permitted to conduct the
case for the defence from the prison.
ers' dock The judge instructed the
jury to return a verdict Of guilty be-
fore the attorneys were permitted to
make their arguments to the jury and
the jury and court clerk played a
game of table pool while the trial was
in progress. The sentence Of the court
was inflicted upon the audience.
which was condemned to listen to the
prisoners sing.
Joking Covers Wide Range.
The FL Paso cleanup campaign. the
wet and dry" election and the in
ternaI affairs Of the University club
all came in for a share of good ma
tured joking at the session of the
Gridiron club. which was in charge of
the program for the monthly club
smoker. County attorney W H.
Fryer acted as presiding judge; Dr.
Paul Gallagher was court bailiff; Nor
man Walker. court clerk; DR.. Waugge,
court physician; Joe Page, prosecut-
ing attorney; Z. S. Goen. attorney for
the defence; Charlie Brann, court
cryer, and George Harris. expert
The jury was selected from
the crowd which attended the smoker
and each was given a medical exami-
nation before being accepted.
Prominent Men Speak.
Talks were made at the smoker by
county attorney Fryer. Charles Walk
sr. for the guests, and attorney W. B.
Ware, and a musical program was
given, which included singing by the
gas house gang" a pianolog, an
song by Maj. N. H. Barbour,
and a discussion of the purity cam
paign by W. H Fryer and Charlie
Brann from an Overland street view
point. Physical director A L. Holm
and a group Of athletes from the Y.
u c. A gave an exhibition Of tumbing
and wrestling.
Sandwiches and coffee were served
n the Dutch room during the smoker. |
which was attended by more than 100 /
Members
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
MEN UNWILLING TO SHOOT
AT A u. S. SOLDIER

Hachita, n. NJ, March 9.-Their
feet wrapped in gunny sacks, footsore,
hungry and thirsty and discouraged
to the point Of returning to the
American side OF the border and sur
rendering, Tom and John Powers and
Tom Sisson were brought here on
cavalry horses today and placed IN
the government guard house. later
being taken to Stafford, Ariz.
The men told Lieut. Hayes, in COM
mand OF the cavalry detachment, that
they would never have surrendered
alive to the Arizona state officers but
they would surrender rather than
shoot a United States soldier. The
three were heavily armed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
HOLGUIN'S BANDITS WON'T
ATTACK IF LET ALONE

Fear that rebels in the field near
Juarez would attack the garrison was
dispelled Saturday when a message
was received by Gen. Ciniceros from
Epifanio Holguin stating he had no
intention of attacking the Casas
Grandes garrison II he was permitted
to remain on the Carmen ranch The
revolt Of the Fl Vale federal earri-
son was denied by Americans coming
from Casas Grandes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
FIVE MEXICAN BANDITS
ARE KILLED BY POSSEMEN

Corpus Christi, Texas, March g.
Five Of 80 Mexican bandits who raid
ed the Tom East ranch, south Of
Hebronville, last night, have been
killed by posses headed by Texas
rangers and IL others Of the band
have been located and will be sac
counted for before daylight" accord
ing 10 a message received late last
night from Hebr0nville. None OF the
Dossemen was injured
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
PASO DEL NORTE OWNERS
ELECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Zach T. White, James 6. McNary.
Charles r. LOOMS. J. J. Mundy
Horace B. Stevens, W. I. Tooley and
II D. Slater were elected directors Of
the company which owns the Paso del
Norte hotel building at a meeting of
the stockholders this week. The new
directorate has not yet organized and
elected Officers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09

Camp Cody, Deming, n NJ, March p
The following incoming officers
have registered at divisio nheadquar-
tiers: Mai. Philip Chandler. n. r. C;
second Lieut.. George R. Johnson. v.
r. c. and first Lieut.. Charles H
Lrilz, .. S. n. G.
First Lieut. Llewellyn Ledbetter. II
r. c., has been ordered to Fort Bliss
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
BERGER AND FOUR OTHER
SOCIALISTS ARE INDICTED

Chicago. Ill March 9.-An indict-
ment charging former congressman
Victor L. Berger OF Wisconsin with
interfering with the United States
prosecution of the war was handed
down today by the federal grand jury.
Others indicted were Adolph Ger
mer. national secretary Of the Social
list party, J. Louis Engdahl. William
p. kruse. and Irwin ST. John Tucker.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
OFF ENEMY TRADING LIsT.

John A Wright, special agent OF
the war trade board, has been noti-
fled from Washington that three
Mexican firms. hitherto listed on the
moved. They are Ismael Gonzales,
Merida. Yuc.: Isidoro Ochoa and COM
pany. Veracruz, and F. Roeder Next
co CITY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
MRS. SUSIE LOCKaIAN.

Mrs Susie Lockman. IS years Of
age, who came here from New Mexico
last December, died at her home, 701
Ochoa street, at an early hour Satur-
day morning. Mrs. oLckman is sur
vived by four daughters. Mrs. Lucy
Weily, Mrs Kate Johnston, Mrs. Clara
Jones and Mrs Alice Rucker. all of
New Mexico. Funeral arrangements
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
MRS. BRIDGET E. WREN.

Funeral services for Mrs. Bridget
z. Wren, who died Thursday after
noon, was held from the Mclean. Sim
mons and Hartford chapel Saturday
morning. Solemn requiem mass was
said at St Patrick's cathedral IN
terment was in Concordia Catholic
cemetery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
MEDIATOR MYERS HERE.

Joseph S. Myers, federal labor dis
pute mediator for Arizona, is in FL
Paso. having come from the Hayden
neighborhood. where he was instru-
troubles. Although all details OF the
settlement at Hayden have not yet
been worked out. the miners are back
at work, report said.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09

A. c. Irwin. IS years Of age. a health
seeker, died at a local hospital Friday
morning. Mr.. Irwin was a travelling
salesman and came to this city from
Birmingham. Ala, about four months
ago. The body is at the Raster
morgue where il is being held pend
ing advices from deceased's brother.
Worrell Irwin. OF Birmingham
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
GEORGE frankly.

George Franklin. S. years OF age
a carpenter, died at a local hospital
Thursday following an illness of six
months He had been sick at the
hospital for the past five DAYS. The
body is held at the Raster morgue
pending funeral arrangements. He
had been a resident Of this city for
the past five years
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
Held no ID. IURY.

Jesus Rodriguez Huizar waived pre-
liminary hearing and was held to the
federal grand jury in 500 bond Satur-
day on a complaint alleging smuggl-
ing one quart OF alcohol into the
United States via FL Paso. March 7.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09

have not been completed The body
is at the Peak morgue.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09

Manicuring. 35c; shampoo. 35c; scalp
treatment. SOC: curl. 15c; plain facial,
Soc; electric facial, soc: packs. Use.
Special prices apply only from II a.
m to p. m. commencing today and
continuing all next weekday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
American Beauty ParlOr.
Roberts-Banner Bldg.
Ladies Only.

Phone 522S. FL Paso. Texas.
Under New Management.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09
Lynching IL Feared.

Stafford, Ariz-, March 9.-News of
the capture of the Powers brothers
and Tom Sisson so excited the people
of the ella valley that the local Off
GERS last night refused to give out
the date of their probable arrival in
Stafford The officers at the sheriff S
office confessed that they feared they
would be unable to prevent a lynch
ing if the public knew when to expect
the men here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
j. s. ISSUES WARRANTS
FOR RUSSIAN SAILORS
Members of 0msk Crew to Face
Charges of Violating
Espionage Act.

NORFOLK. Va, March 16.-Forty-
three members of the crew of the Rus
sian steamer Omsk. in port here,
face charges of violating the espi-
onage act as the result of their efforts
Wednesday night to seize the steamer.
Warrants for the men were sworn out
last night after documents found
aboard the vessel indicated that certain
members of the crew, government
agents said. were mot bona flde sea-
men, but rather highly intellectual
parties to political plot which finally
planned to divert the Omsk's cargo to
Russia"
The ships cargo of cotton is con-
signed to Liverpool.
The warrants charge specific inter
ference with foreign relations and neu-
trality, failure to comply with port
regulations by interfering with the
naval guard placed on the ship by Gus
toms Collector Hamilton and plotting
to seize a neutral vessel.
Federal agents who have been inves-
tigating the affair said last night that
some of the crew had confessed through
interpreters that in the event the cap
tain refused their wage demands they
had planned to seize the ship at sea.
operate it through a bolShevik COM
mittee and make some Russian port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
HOLD TWO AS SUSPECTS
OF HOG ISLAND PLOT
Pennsylvania Authorities 1mprison
Shipyard Workers Following Testi-
mony of Finding Dynamite.

CHESTER, Pa, March 16.-Stanley
Lockavitz and Martin Pushkofki, both
of Camden, n. j.. were held without
bail yesterday for a further hearing fol-
lowing their arrest at the yard of the
Sun Shipbuilding Company in this city
The men are believed to be implicated
in the plot to blow up the Hog Island
shipyardS. 1t was testified in Wash
ncton that 245 pounds of dynamite had
been found secreted about the yards
Lockavitz is credited with the state
ment that they'll get blowed up yet.
making this assertion to a number OF
the workmen. He formerly worked at
the Baldwin Locomotive Works and
the Hog Island yards and was dis
charged from both places because OF
suspicious actions.
Lewis Gctz testified yesterday that
Lockavitz informed him that he had
drawn plans for submarine which he
had placed in the hands of the Polish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
In the Kansas City Star.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 16.-The
Bible warns us to grid up our IONS II
we wish to win race. Most certainly
we cannot expect to do well in the
present struggle unless we bend every
energy to the task and exercise all
our forethought in instant preparation
Russia's betrayal of the allied cause
under the foolish and Ubiquitous lead
of the bolsheviki has been a betrayal
Of the United States and of the cause
of liberty and democracy and justice
throughout the world. Above all it has
been a betrayal of Russia herself. And
it has. of course, absolved US of every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
MORE ROOM FOR CLERKS,
PLEA TO HOUSEKEEPERS
Mrs. Alexander E. Williams Urges
Cooperation of Washington Home
Owners in War Work.

A warning that the soldiers in France
cannot carry on a successful war
against the Huns without the co-opera-
ton of the army of clerks in Washing
ton has been sounded by Mrs. Alexan-
der E Williams of $500 18th street in
appealing to the housekeepers OF
Washington to throw open their homes
to the young women coming here to do
the governments war work.
Mrs. Williams, who is the wife of a
lieutenant colonel in the Army, has
found rooms for scores of girls since
last summer by exhorting her friends
to take them in and by assisting
groups of young women who were will
ing to rent houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
Urges Others to Aid.

Having exhausted her own sources of
finding accommodation she now APP
peals to other Washington women to
go among their friends, as she did. and
induce them to take in one or more OF
the young women who left good homes
to accept government positions here.
Il am in receipt of nearly 1000 let
ters," said Mrs. Williams, many of
them reading thus: Cant you help me
find a home? ! have a miserable little
room, poorly lighted and ventilated.
and | have spent all this week looking
for a house. | must return to my own
home if fail to find comfortable quar-
tiers within the next week
Il know of nearly sixty young wom-
en- who have gone back home recently
because they were unable to find de-
Sirab BILE homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
SEEKS AID FOR ALIENS.
Secretary Lane Asks President to
Press Bill for FOREIGNERS Education.

Secretary Lane has sought the aid OF
President Wilson in pressing for the pas
sage of a pending bill which would pro-
vide funds for a campaign by the bureau
of education against illiteracy among the
people generally and against ignorance OF
the English language among the foreign
born.
Secretary Lane addressed letters of APP
peal TO the President and to Senator
Smith of Georgia and Representative
Sears of Florida chairman of the con
eressionai committees on education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
SUGAR CENTER IS WIPED OUT
Tidal Wave, Cyclone and Rain Bring
Disaster to Mackay, Queensland.
Especial Correspondence of The Even
ing Star and Chicago Daily News.)

SYDNEY, n. S. W., February o.
Mackay, the sugar city of Queensland,
was practically wiped out of existence
by tidal wave January %. following
a cyclone and rainstorm which ragged
over northern Queensland, flooded large
areas of country and washed away sew
eral towns The sugar city has a pop
ulation of about 1000 souls. The
wharves have been swept away. the
town is submerged and almost every
thing in it is destroyed. Many lives
Were lost and hundreds were rendered
homeless and starving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16

leaders for the purpose Of carrying
German sympathizers back to Germany
from this country.
Lockavitx, who was born in Prussia,
claims to be an American. PushkoEki
is a Russian. Investigation disclosed
that wherever the men worked they
exerted every effort to be Alongside
each other.
The federal authorities have been
notified Of the arrest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
Votes to Amend National Bank Laws

The Senate has passed a bill. which
was introduced by Senator Owen of
Oklahoma, amending the national bank
laws to permit banks to lend money on
notes secured by liberty bonds or
Treasury certificates, issued during the
war. The amounts would be limited to
so per cent of the banks capital and
surplus. The bill now goes to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
SOLDIERS DELAYED MAIL
IN FRANCE STlRS HOUSE

Postmaster General Burleson is re-
quested in resolution adopted by the
House to furnish Congress with any in
formation available regarding co-opera-
ton Of the Post Office Department with
military authorities in France.
Many members of Congress have re-
revived complaints that soldier mail has
been delayed and it has been the sub
1ect Of DISCUSSION in the House from
time to time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16

States it's debtor, but it is not as yet
as important military factor as the
army of Belgium of Portugal or OF
Serbia Let us quit talking peace ana
bend all our efforts to winning the war
and thereby winning the only kind OF
peace that will be safe, honorable and
lasting.
Copyright, 1918, the Kansas City Star,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16

The Rev. Charles +. Creighton,
founder of Nebraska Wesleyan College.
noted Methodist minister and former
pastor of leading churches in Cleve-
land. Ohio, Buffalo and other New York
cities. has died at Columbus, Ohio, fol
lowing a stroke Of apopleXN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
ROOSEVELT URGES SPEED IN
AMERICAN WAR PREPARATIONS
Declares y. S. Should Hustle Work on Can
non, Flying Machines and Start System
of Universal Training.

obligation to her. Our duty is to stand
by England and France and Belgium
and Serbia, who have stood by us.
Russia has ruined herself in Ger
many's interest, and has immensely in
creased the spirit fthe rest of us.
This simply means we ought to re-
double our efforts. We should be
building the cargo ships in three
eight hour-shift days and should treat
work on them as being equivalent to
work in the army.
Should Speed Work.
We should speed to the utmost the
work on the cannon and the flying ma
chimes, so our Army may cease having
to rely on the French for artillery and
airplanes. The Army should copy the
wisdom of the Navy in regard to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16

Lewis auto rifle, and should use this
weapon to the utmost limit, even al
though 1t prove wise later to super
sede it with the Browning weapon.
We ought at once introduce obligate
universal military training for our
young men between nineteen and
twenty-one They would not be sent to
war until they were twenty-one. This
would be the most effective step in pre-
pairing to get ready an army of five
million men.
Such an army would be relatively no
larger than the four hundred thousand
men. which gallant Canada, to her eter-
nal honor, has already raised. Let us
begin now to prepare ourselves for a
three-year war. If we had prepared as
we ought to have done during the two
and one-half years before we at last
reluctantly felt our duty and went to
war we would have put couple OF
million of fighting men into Europe last
June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
Would Have Stuck.

Russia would never have broken. and
in all probability the war would have
ended with almost no fighting.
The result is no use in crying over
the enormous quantities of milk We
have already spilled unless it becomes
necessary in order to prevent us from
continuing to spill it in the present
and future Failure to prepare as above
outlined NAV cause as much trouble in
the future as our past failure to pre-
mare has already caused us.
Gen. Pershing's gallant little army
has already made the entire United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
Annual "Fixed Charges"

She then sets forth three items which
are yearly fixed charges. namely: In
ferest at per cent on the S5,69360, or
$341-61; tax on one-third of the house,
or the top floor. s35, and one-third of
the years coal bill. fifteen tons, $50.
These three fixed charges total s42661.
We now have the operating expenses
to consider" continued Mrs. Coville.
The foremost of these is maid service.
To keep four rooms, large hall. stairs,
porch and bathroom in immaculate con-
dition. will keep one maid busy for
half her time. Therefore We reckon as
monthly operating expenses:
Half of maids wages, SIS; half of
maids board, $40; electricity, So: gas
Tor hot water, 81; laundry per month,
$s-6S; toilet paper and soap, so cents.
making total of S40.4s. Multiplying
this by twelve we have a yearly oper-
at1ng expense of SiS5.76.
Every business man knows that this
plant must be kept in condition. The
business men and women in the hotel
keeping profession must just as surely
provide sinking fund. which we call
a maintenance fund, to keep their plant
IN perfect condition, otherwise their
capital is being depleted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
Third Item of Investment.

THE third item of capital invested
consists of bedding and towels, and the
prices quoted are the actual prices OF
the qualities used in the house under
consideration. with any doubt on the
side of cheapness rather than expense
The house is to be run on the allow
ance of a clean bath towel and clean
hand towel for each man every day,
two clean sheets and pillowcases each
week and a clean spread once in four
weeks.
'aThe outlay for bedding and towels
follows: Sixteen sheets at SLIGO. s256O;
sixteen piIlowcases at so cents. IS: five
bedspreads at SIS. s25: four comfort
ables, s32: four blankets, $50: four
mattress pads, IS; four dozen bath tow
els, $24; four dozen hand towels, s24;
four dozen wash cloths. 81, and eight
bureau scarfs, SIS. These total s1SS.60."
Mrs. Coville summarizes the items
of capital as $4,000. the value of the
floor of the house being rented; s505,
furniture. and s1SS.60 for bedding and
towels. making a total investment of
$5.69360
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
Cost of Maintenance.

The way to arrive at a fair animal
sum Tor maintenance, if one is not to
make a pure guess. is to assume for
each article length of life and divide
the nrst cost of that article by the
number of years it will last, This is
variously called depreciation, wear and
tear, or as We shall call it, mainte-
nance.
For furniture maintenance is some
what difhcult to reckon fairly as there
IN SO much difference in severity of
use, but certain items will be found
rather 1nvariable. Mattresses wiI1 he
renovated once in four years. or one
mattress each year, at a cost of 81
shades may last six years, rugs of the
variety allowed will wear out certainly
IN -FOUR years, curtains in less time. At
Ieast one chair will go to pieces and be
replaced year. Bed linens and towels
are expected to be completely beyond
use at the end of one year spreads in
Two Sheets washed by a steam laun-
cry t"enty-six times a year and towels
tnirty times have been through a
strenuous experience, and after nine
teen trips a spread would be no more -
Mrs Coville then listed Items of
maintenance and repairs. as follows
RenoVate mattress. 50: two new shades
30; rugs. SO; curtains, So; chair, 81;
papering once in four years, $50: com
plete renewal of linen, ss1 90: renew
spread every two years. $3.50; com
forts and blankets. s775; new mazda
1ghts, 81. These items total s162.25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-16
Summary of All Expenses.

Mrs. Coville then summarized all ex-
penses: Interest on investment, s34I 81 j..
taxes for one-third of house S35: one,
third of years coal bill, $50; operating
expenses, S4s576. and maintenance
$162-25, making the yearly cost of the
four rooms. $1.074.62
Dividing this sum by forty-eight.
Mrs. Coville reaches the estimate of
$22.39 as the actual cost of each room
per year.
This is the actual cost" continued
the speaker, "of each room, without
counting anything for profit: and, even
! SO. various small charges have been To-
nored-for example. insurance, water.
screens. awnings. Note, also nothing
has been charged for structural re-
pairs. If the roof leaks. or If pipes get
clogged or freeze, as so frequently thew
did last winter, there will be large
emergency bills.