El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-17
KEEP BORDER QUIET; DEFEAT
GERMAN SCHEME, SAYS GENERAL
Commander Howe Stresses Need Of Good Relations
With Mexico at Chamber of Commerce Luncheon;
Says Somebody Formerly Failed in Duty; Tom Lea
Starts Fund for City Troop, Texas Cavalry


/ lauons with Mexico and thus de-
feaung German attempts TO create
friction or the border and thus neut-
ralize large bodies Of American troops
was stressed in a brief but emphatic
talk BY Brig. Gen Robert L Howe,
commander Of the district at the
monthly luncheon Of the chamber Of
commerce. wednesday noon at Hotel
Sheldon
The meeting was an enthusiastic
one. one OF its features being an i'm
mediate response 20 an appeal of Tom
Lea former mayor. that $500 be con-
tributed al once towards feeding men
OF troop l. pending muster i'm 20 the
federalized Texas guard Subscrip-
q few minutes
Otis c. Coles. president OF the
chamber. called the meeting TO order
and in brief Introductory talk.
urged the necessity Of working first
for winning the war. then promoting
cure war Industries here, buying val
ley products. and boosting Cloudcroft
and the AlamoEordo road M Coles
then presented the general
No SnlpiHE For Two Months
at has been my ambition to better
conditions on the border" said the
general Il take pleasure fin the faCt
that the president OF the United
States is also interested. The people
OF FL Paso have responded TO the sug-
Eestion also AT meeting Of Juarez
and ID Easo chamber Of commerce
delegates. 7 saw sealed favorable re-
lations between the two countries I
am glad 10 So that i'm two months
there has not been one shot fired
across the border. That simply
shows that somebody was not doing
Must Make Relations Better.
Inspired by evil influences-you
know that I meau-there was some
who had fired 10 this side Should
those evil Influences prevail. the Ger
mans would gain wonderful adj
vantage By neutralIZInE OF mega living
thousands Of our men on the border. .
at no cost 10 the German government. I
Therefore. we must do all we can
actively % make the relations better
If we can't do this actively, then we
must help az least passively. Through 4
the efforts Of the chamber OF com
merce. Mexican consul Garcia and
others. much has been done to cause .
@ better understanding and today the
situation is better than IL was three T
months ago.
Volunteer Must Eat.
Tom Lea was the next speaker. and !,
after repeating the plea for the pro-
motion Of good feeling on the border 7
presented the case for the men I'm T
Capt A. T. Wilson's company Of Texas
cavalrymen- These men have been
recruited from Sierra Blanca and
over the ranches and on the 18th they
svill be inspected by a government
man. Capt Wilson wants 70 try 10
have them here several DAYS before
hand IN order 70 dril them for the in
spectiou. They must eat, and ne has
Hr7H. e. a."
Tor mess know you VIII readily d
contribute 20 q fund 10 feed these
boys-TeIas boys who are ready 10
enter service for you, for me. for all
OF US"
Starting the fund BY giving SOS
himself 1lr. Lea called for other sub
scrlptions- Every one Jumped Up att
once and tn a few minutes $3.50. repre-
scented mostly By cash and checks.
was secured
Clubs with the Chamber.
RePresentatires Of various orEsniz-
atoms Of citizens were then hear5
from II. r AcCliutock. president Of T.
Rotary, brought the message that Ro-I
taTE was with the chamber Of COM
merce I'm all public movements. J. ".
FeaEs president Of klWauis. brought Is
The same message. ". r. Winch.
speaking for the Advertising club.I
said that organization was in the
70 be factor in anything started by ]
the chamber Julius Erakauer. Tor ,
the University club. said his orEaniza-
ton was for the war first the city
second and Itself last OF $50 mem-i
bers, about so percent are wearing Z
the Uniform. he said. James Z. Mari
Tor the Realty club. said realtors. as
a national body. were in war work
with all their might
SAYS Home Town Best.
A good word. or rather a bunch OF Z
good words was then said Tor the
-old home town" by c. A. Martin. who &
returned recently from a trip to the
middle west u never was so glad 10 (
get back 10 Ei Paso as now" he said ]
y didn't find anything fin any Of the S
cities I visited that we hadn't already ]
secured or started here The heat in {
kansas City and St. Louis was ter =
rifle Returning home, i found the 7
same temperature here. but 70 was &
Ike coming into a refrigerator. be-
cause cur dry climate made 10 com
Portable compared with those cities J
Dallas. which boasts u is the best :
city in Texas. isn't one. two. three !
with FL Paso. Il is a jay town COM
pared with ours There are no storesI
with departm tents there 10 compare 7
with the White House and Popular
Needs More Amusemeufr.
rEf PaEn needs fr~n-rr-ar-- M ---r-- "a ?