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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
Little InterUieus

o changes and additions are as good as
I the personnel department have Deen
connected with the army Tor the past
rs years. 1t has not been so long ago
that il was not uncommon TO see a
good cook acting rs company clerk
or a perfectly good stenographer on
kitchen police. i have seen rearnslers
as ward masters and graduate phar-
macists on outside fatigue, but the
present method OF listing men by
their qualification has stopped this,
for the most part and one sees rev
or no misfits-'
IF right is to triumph In this war."
said A. =. RoWlands. every Ameri-
can citizen must get behind the
movement TO finance It The com
bined quarters OF the American peo-
pie win whip the kaiser Just as surely
as the sun shines, and in withhold
ing those quarters. q fatal blow IS
struck at the cause Of humanity. The
one solution is buy thrift stamps
We I'm FL Paso have fallen down in
this respect and if we are to hold up
our heads among the patriotic cities
Of the land, we have got TO get in and
buy stamps till il hurts
The bill now before congress and
TO be already approved by the
military committee, proposing 10
change the draft age limits from is
feet the acceptance Of volunteers for
special branches Of the army said
Capt. +. W. Fonda Registered men
have not been accepted for voluntary
enlistment since December is. 1917,
and the law just passed requiring the
registration Of young men becoming
q. on dates set by proclamation OF
the president, has taken from them
the privilege OF volunteering unless
they do so before they register, mas
much as the same orders from the
war department also apply to new
registrauts. Many branches OF the
army are now open, requiring men
specially qualified not only along
technical lines. but as skilled laborers
teamsters- in fact. IL does not matter
what mans occupation is he can
be accepted in some special Organiza-
ton and very probably assigned 10
work similar TO his occupation in
civil life Many inquiries are being
received daily by the recruiting Off
GERS. in view Of the rapid changes be-
ing made by the war department ef-
fecting the status Of volunteers, and
men are promptly existing in the
branches for which they are best
qualified. In view Of the vast pro-
gram Of the war department recruit
ing officers everywhere are of the
opinion that opportunities for volun-
teers are now greater than ever be-
fore, but that delay on the part Of
men who intend to volunteer at some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
Should Die Onighf

II I should die tonight
And Jim should come 70 ny corpse
and say.
Weeping and hsartsick Ger my
lifeless clay
II 7 should die tonight.
And Jim should come and loudly
weep and moan.
And say. Here's the fact, Sir Bout
that loan
I might rise in ny large white
craVat,
And say, what's that7'
II should die tonight.
And Jim came up TO my cold corpse
and knelr.
Clasping my bier to show the GRIEF
he felt
7 say. II 7 should die tonight
And Jim should come to me and
wish 90 own.
Or even hint the source o. that
loan,
might rise the while.
But I'd drop dead again
Wesley Peacock
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

az about the same time what he saw
in an asylum for poor children in
Germany
All the children were skin and bone.
for lack OF food. SIX lay on the
ground. dead of starvation
The kaiser. bronzed, bright eyed,
-'radiaut--aud his six sons all the
same. Ninety percent OF all the chill
dren in Germany half starved. th0us-
ands Of them literally starved TO
death The Germans are welcome to
the consolation they find in the de-
scription Of their radiant, bright eyed
kaiser.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
~ - n AYthnr Brisbane


10 YOU keep track Of the fighting
u Italiausg Rizzo. Italian sailor. was
in command Of a small motorboat.
with ten men and good sized torpe-
does. They saw a great cloud and
knew it meant the coming out OF the
Austrian battle neet-gigantic bat
tleships, torpedo boats. swift de-
stroyers- The battleships carried on
their decks boats equal to the one
commanded by Rizzo. Which way did
he 90?
He turned his boat toward that col
lection Of bartleships and destroyers.
He shot through the destroyers' lire.
launched his torpedo. destroyed one
Of the greatest Austrian dreadnouEhrs
with its crew OF 5000 men-theu
back through the destroyers and es-
capped, stopping his pursuers with a
depth charge nicely calculated
Bizzo, 30 years old. is a typical
Italian, and what De does is not
luck" Before the recent exploit he
entered an Austrian harb0r. cut
eight steel wire cables TO get in. sank
one great battIeship-th Wieu-put
another out Of commission and came
home When you see any of the Ital-
ians that have done such splendid
work helping TO build up this coun-
try, honor them
They belong to the race that has
been doing things. as RiZZ0 does them.
for more than 1000 years. As Rfzzo
fought on horseback without a saddle
before the year one, and Lucullus be-
fore him. and hundreds OF thousands
Of wonderful Roman and Italian
heroes before and since Great is the
Italian race and lucky we and the
allies to include italy in our number.
Here Is a new story Of mixed Ger
man efficiency and inefficieucy. il is
told by an officer representing Bel
GUM in this country. said he.
The Germans arranged for every-
thing except victory.
After n period OF desperate
fighting ut LfeEe we picked up
$4,000 dead Germans. each with
two remarkable pairs Of shoes.
one on his feet, the other strapped
TO his back.
The shoes were OF soft leather
and the soIes OF aluminium. Our
men who wore them found them
wonderfully comfortable, making
ii possible TO march without IA
tiEuc.
The picked troops with these
fine shoes were men trained to
march 80 miles n day. They could
have marched TO Paris In two days
If they hadn't been shot dead In
Belgium.
Here may be a suggestion for
American makers of army shoes and
the aluminium men.
For the general public there Is
comfort in this thought: Forty
three thousand Hauoveriaus so nicely
shod TO walk into Paris walked into
eternity instead-aud the great power
that was TO reach Paris i'm two DAYS
has been marching four years with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

gsTHE convention OF bricklayers has
/ been a remarkable success said
~ j. Moran several OF the most
important measures in the history
~ The state conference were acted
upon. some OF them tending to dis
tl1ct Improvement Of the condition
or brickIarers as a whole. The IS a
day proposition was timely and the
matter Of correspondence schools for
apprentices win be handled to the
best advantage BIZ the new officers,
am sure The Fl PasO committee
did an En- its power TO make the stay
81 the visitors a pleasant one, and
am sure that IL they enjoyed their
visit as much as we did, they had
good time
"Uith the organization OF the
American army there have been many
changes made" said Henry Garrett
-sBut do not think any Of the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
Girl On The Stage Recalls Memories
OF Long Ago And 4 Very Small Crib


SOME WANDERING scribe.
OF THE other days
STAYS LONG enough.
TO BRING them back.
AND KEEP them fresh.
AND THERE comes today
AND I go to the show.
AND q brown-halred girl
CONES TRIPPING out
AND think she's grand
AND tell my wife.
AND WE look at the bill
AND SHE'S Edith Day.
AND WHOEVER she is.
SAY to my wife.
SHE'S SOME swell girl.
AND AN hour ago.
READ somewhere.
THAT THE name or her father.
IS OSCAR day.
A NEWSPAPER man
IN THE Middle West
AND IF oscar sees this.
I WANT him to know.
THAT TN writing it.
BECAUSE He asked me to dinner.
on THAT one day
THAT I didn't dine.
AND BECAUSE she was the kid.
IN THE little crib.
WHERE WE tiptoed out
THANK YOU.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
NameSM The NeWS

Chevr0n pronounced shev-ron)-
Is a badge consisting Of stripes meet
ing at an angle. worn on the sleeve
Of uniform coats. War service chew
rOns are Of gold. and are worn on the
lower half Of the left sleeve. Wound
chevrons are also OF gold. but are
worn on the lower half Of the right
sleeve.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

ONCE UPON time.
MANY YEARS ago.
WHEN ALL you had to dc.
WAS THINK OF a town.
AND MAKE a wish.
AND GET a railroad pass
I MADE a wish.
AND GOT the pass.
AND THE next morning.
At Z a. m
LEFT the train.
IN A strange town.
AND PICKED out a restaurant.
WITH THE largest doughnuts
AND SPENT my dime.
AND WAS broke again.
AND HAD TO get work
AND FELL into a job.
AND WAS given a desk
RIGHT NEXT to a man.
WHOSE NAME was Day.
AND I'LL always believe
HE KNEW I was broke.
BECAUSE THAT night.
WHEN THE paper was out
HE ASKED ne to dinner
AND BEING broke.
I DIDN'T go.
But on later days.
WHEN AFLUENCE came.
WITH FIFTEEN per.
USED to 60 out
AND EAT his food.
AND LOOK IN a crib.
IN A nearby room.
AND TIPTOE out
AND THERE came the time.
WHEN I thought again
OF ANOTHER town.
AND MADE a wish.
AND GOT a PASS.
AND DRTFTED on.
AND YEARS have gone.
AND ONCE in a while
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
~ WaLRs Denatred Poem.
The Rising Cost

THEY'VE raised the cost Of rubber tires oundy
graves my re that i IS most unfair Pm told BY links the gifted gent
Up doubled an
the soil and beeng Ike the
fixing
kicking shortly leaps
bounds" Ny with
and
Gale push limbs bause
fabric tires cord walk the
he played being Mars and thought the world his
bugs and with ho I've had my my
Copyright Mason.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

Beardstowu. H.. June 22--SaIoons
in this city may be closed on account
OF the way. Proprietors declare the
draft has taken most of their custom
ers- But few of them expect TO re-
new liquor licenses when they expire
soon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

DIEKY KERR set his watch another
4 hour ahead this mornin' as he gifts
so hungry in tn afternoon. Upton
Bud found an Indian dart in a field
where his wife WIZ plowiu' t'day.
Copyright National Newspaper Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

Better Begin Now.
You can by all the thrift stamps
you need and no one will prosecute
YOU for boarding.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

But It Cane Be Done.
Judging by the mad desire OF
the Germans for soap, it may be that
they have an idea that If they get
enough Of IL they can wash the souls
of the HohenZOllerns
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

A hundred spiders in a glass live
very nicely on each other. for a while.
Prussia VIII have q chance TO try the
over
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22


The men from this country can
fight and have proved it, And this
country can pay the bills for itself
and others. and is proving it.
tt IS sending men al the rate OF
100000 a month, and money at the
rate Of S509.000. 100000 a month to
help the allies The kaiser said he
wouldn't stand any nonsense from the
United States. He is going 20 stand
other things
Somebody in England and France
is wasting time-gettinE sailors. ship
owners and others 90 promise not 20
deal with Germany or work with the
kaisers subjects after the war Is over.
Need man promise NOT TO deal with
a rattlesuaSe that has bitten him-
Two or three million men-perhaps
100000 or 6,QJo.Q0u-wil return here
from France when the war is done
They viii have influence enough and
votes enough to take care Of German
trade so far as this country is con-
cerned- The new line win be-
Made in Germany. and stayed in
Germany.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
n II ORE TRUTH
W. THAN
4 POETRY

way Under.
Kaiser Under Fire-Berlin news
paper. In a bomb-proof. probably.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

Luke MathewsIa is very busy this
week stopping up the fence cracks to
keep his hogs in He started out to
fatten them so that they would get
too big TO 60 through the cracks, but
has come TO the conclusion that It is
cheaper to make the cracks smaller.
At the postoffioe all arguments as
to when the war Is going to end have
oeen cut out until after the war.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

That is one american importation
business dead, never 10 come TO life
It is one Of many similar deaths
that viii be bitterly reEretted-i1
Germany. not in the United States
McAdo0 says the country viii need
$4,000. 100000 for war this year. The
country now talks in thousands Of
millions
Experts OF Germany viii observe
that the lLcAdoo amount. which in
cludes all the billions lent TO the
allies. is q sum that Germany could
hardly raise IN four years. with prac-
tical confscatiou. And it is less than
half Of one years income in the
United States.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

At least this much was accomplished BY the Arizona
gisature in special session. that the members and tn
oEenor had chance to get lot CT sentiments off thei
1ests. Ditto Norman Carmichael
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

An American transport returned to an American port
lnloaded coaIed took large number Of troops snC
Equipment and was gone again-a IN "a hours. Let Vol
Tirpitz read this and enjoy his morning hate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

"a man who led at Austin; and who viii lead at Wash
ington." Good night
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22


out getting there-and viii march
many a year more tn vain
This IS to be the greatest shipown-
inE country I'm the world The nation
owns 1900 vessels now. viii own 25.-
100000 tons Of shipping and have
s5oo0.Q00, 600 invested in 1890 says
hurley president Wilson's shipbuild-
er, from Chicago. Very good neWs-
Advice TO those in America: Don't
gamble.
II YOU are inclined to buy stocks on
margin and use what feeble brain you
have watching quotations change on
a ticker. postpone the operation for
the present
II you believe that something IS
money 90 buy lt and keep it. no mat
ter what happens. buy it, and good
luck 10 you
But YOU buy stocks on margin at
great risk. especially while this state
Of uncertainty lasts in Europe. There
are ibiities-uOt probabilities, but
possibilities that might make ez-
perlments with stock gambling highly
disastrous III you take this warning.
which you won't you may be glad
of il
one American death Germany VIII
regret bitterly for many a year It IS
the death Of an American business
the importation Of coal tar products.
analine dyes especially, from Germany
TO the United States.
When war began we were depend
ent absolutely upon Germany for
dyes Thanks 10 the war. this coun-
try in 1917 produced S-50.0G0. 600
worth OF coal tar products. exported
SllQoo.o0o wOrth-we had more than
we needed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

King George viii help US celebrate the Fourth Of Jul!
and few years hence the German people may help the res
# the world celebrate the fall Of the Hohenzolerns.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

To become furious France has only to look toward
the east; to be happy, toward the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
Condition of Roosevelt
 Is Steadily Improving

New York, February 10.-Col. Tneo- dore Roosevelt who underwent two oper- ations at the Roosevelt hospital last week, is steadily improving, and his physicians believe tonight that his re- covery is simply matter of time The following bulletin was isssed at the hospital shortly before noon:
 "colonel Roosevelt continues to in- prove. His temperature and pulse are normal. The alarming symptom in his ear has subsided so that there is no indication that a further operation Will be necessary. While Colonel Roosevelt will in all probability suffer acutely for several days. the attending surgeons look for his complete recovery. The es- sential thing now Is quiet and rest'
 Dr. Arthur B. Duel, the eye and ear specialist who is in charge of the case, spent about 20 mintes with the distin- guished patient. Later in the day he reported that there was no char ge in the colonels condition since the morn ing bulletin was issued.
 Mrs Roosevelt tonight received the following message from King George oi England:
 .The Queen and regret the illness of Colonel Roosevelt, and hope for his speedy recovery
 There was stream of callers at thu hospital all day inquiring as to the pa tient's condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
SMALLPOX CASES

Several additional cases of smallpox
 were reported to Sanitary Inspector
 George Shaw today and with the other
 cases which were reported in the city it IS probable that steps will be taken by the city officials to have compulsory vac cination, in order to prevent an epi- denic of this dreaded disease. A meas
 ure has already been taken requiring all school children to be vaccinated or to have certificates showing that they have been satisfactorily vaccinated within the past seven years. The work of vaccinat- 1 ing in the colored quarters has already been done, also in the colored schools, and the physician in charge is now vis- iting the city public school systemati- cally. At the conclusqion of this work,
 the residential section of the city will be | gone over All citizens are urged to see | that their cooks and nurses are vacci-
 mated. because the disease has broken
 out among the white citizens as we'll as
 the colored.
 1 Sanitary Inspector George Shaw and pr. B. c. Gillen, who has charge of the vaccinating in Bessemer, urged that ey cry citizen be vaccinated and take the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

Glasgow, Scotland February 10.-Cap- tain MacLean, of the Tuscania, has sub mitted a report to his owners and to the board of trade and the naval authori- ties. He declined to make statement for publication, remarlSing that the main facts of the disaster already had been fairly stated.
 A young Irish lad, a resident of Glas- gow. who acted as Captain MacLean's s boy, was interviewed by the Associated Press correspondent. The boy said that after the torpedoing Captain MacLean looked to be the coolest man on board. giving orders as if nothing had hap pened to interfere with the ordinary ship routine.
 He was just like a father looking after his children" the boy said. and repeatedly encouraged small parties who were hurryng to get into lifeboats."
 The lad added that the captain s amazing coolness had marvellous effect on the American soldiers. The second officer, who superintended the launching of the boats on the starboard side, the boy said, also gave a splendid ex- ample of courage, exercising great con
 trol over the men and repeatedly risk ing his life to get the boats away.
 The conduct of all of the officers and
 crew was magnificent, the boy de- clared, and they stuck by the ship until all of the soldiers had disembarked The boy also was impressed by the courage Of the American soldiers when the British destroyers came alongside and they had to slide down ropes. which, he said, was a dangerous pro-
 ceeding, owing to the swinging of the boats The Americans accepted the risk
 with great spirit, he said, three of them shouting, "Let her rip as one after another they clambored overheard and | slid rapidly to the deck of warship. l One was coolly smoking a cigarette as | he took his turn on the rope.
 | The Tuscanias second officer had a 1 remarkable experience. He was In a 1 boat with 40 others He said All at | once we bumped into something hard | and when looked around, there was a | submarine lying awash to look at his | dirty work What could We do? We | simply carried on and got picked up. | The tin fish submerged immediately after"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

London February 10.-Reuters (Ltd.l has received copies of carefully verified sworn statements from British soldiers who have returned from German prison camps and hospitals regarding system atic brutality practiced by the Germans on Italian soldiers.
 These reports eminate not from one particular center only. but come from more than dozen different parts of Germany. They have been confirmed by independent testimony. These reports all are of recent origin. as the soldiers who gave the testimony left Germany only recently, a majority of them having been released from prison camps about a month ago.
 Regarding the camp at Langensalza, testimony has been received from more than dozen independent sources. In November about 2o00 Italian prisoners were brought in and placed In separ- ate part of the camp behind barbed wire. According to the reports, they were unnecessarily knocked about by under officers and guards who struck them with rifle butts and scabbards
 The Italians appeared famished and used to rush for their soup. The Ger mans, however. stabbed them with swords and bayonets. killing or wound Ing many of them. Seven or eight Ital- ians were dying from starvation in the camp every day. One Italian testified that he had been 15 days on the jour- ney to the camp and had had only three meals during all that time
 There is strong feeling among the English prisoners that something should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
r |NN|SH STRUGGLE PLEASES BOL SREV|K|
 WHO SEE CONQUEST
Lenine and Trotzky Think Fight Is Mere Prelude to Greater Contest
 in Europe

Stockholm, February 9.-(saturdayo Petrograd have been detained in Stockholm because of instructions re- ccived by the Finnish minister here to wise no passports for foreigners.
 Ira Nelson Morris, the American min ister, has received information from Tornea, on the Finnish border, that a train had left there for Petrograd, but that there was no certainty that 1t would get through to the Russian capital.
 A Swedish relief boat will leave to- morrow for Manty-Luoto, taking provis- ions and money furnished by Minister Morris fer the American consul at Hell singfors.
 Scandinavian refugees brought to Stockholm by the first Swedish relief expedition tell narrowing stories of wholesale murders by the red guards in Helsingfors and Tammerfors. In the lat ter city, according to reports some of them bring. 70 youths were stood against wall and moved down with machine gun fire, while they wept and pleaded for mercy. Their bodies were then
 
 stripped and initiated
 The red guards are reported hunting down students remorselessly and the total murders in Helsingfors, it Is esti- mated, will reach into the hundreds.
 The situation has got entirely out ot the hands of the socialist leaders of the type of Senator Manner and former Pre- mier Tokio, the accounts indicate. Per sons familiar with Finland declare they have no doubt the majority of the coun- try's socialists are fighting on the gov ernment's side. They point out that the district where the white guards strength was chiefly recruited is normally a so- cialst stronghold The revolt, they con- tend. could be quickly suppressed if il were not for Russian soldiers and sail ors who are fighting on the side of the reds on the order of the Smoly institute 1 in Petrograd
 | That Lenine Trotzky and their asso | ciates in Russia regard the Finnisl struggle as a final step in spreadins