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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Can1OufIage Of
Germans Fails
TOFOOI YankS
Americans See Through the
German Effort and
Refuse to Fall.

Paris, France. June s.-Americau
artillery officers are fast becoming
wise to the wiles OF Brother boche"
across the way. And American avia-
tor observers and the men who sit
about white pine tables dissecting the
aviators' photographs as they come
wet from the developing table also
have some hearty laughs at Fritz's
attempts TO camouflage-
Try an old Dodge.
90 you know" laughed an officer.
they even tried the old dodge Of
mounting logs OF wood as cannon on
rs when we first took over the sect7r.
Didn't even camoUflaEe the wooden
cannon. either Just TO remind them
that we weren't as simple as all that,
we let their real batteries have an
extra HEAVY dose OF shellinE the
morning after the wooden cannon
were mounted
you've got TO hand It TO the Hell
MES however. for working hard on
f5feir camouflages now that they have
had a taste OF CIR artillery. For
every battery they have on this sec
Tor they have a second camouflaEc
battery And their Scheinenlore Kom-
nando. OF camouraEe group certain
" did work hard putting in those
false batteries close at hand to the
real ones.
Effort Proves Failure.
"Thev have been doing their
farnedest to get us 10 fire on those
false positions. As soon as their real
battery fires. IN goes a cloud OF light
white smoke from the camouflaEe
battery and boomi comes a detonation
from the same direction which they
would have US believe is a real pieces
Whsngo.
"At night thev work harder still
When the real battery fires a salvo
our night hawks above see five or six
The flashes Of the real battery are.
ri course. heavily shrouded- In the
day time they use smoke bags similar
10 those used by flashlieht photoE-
raphers over the muzzles OF their real
guns"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Women Get
Vote In Italy
Says Premier
Times Have Changed and
Women Are Entitled
To Suffrage.
BY c. CIANFARRA.

DONE. italy. June s.-The advocates
N OF further characterization Of the
government Of Italy in accordance
with the views Of the most progress
i've elements Of the country scored an
other important victory when the
Italian chamber Of deputies passed ty
an overwhelming vote the bill grant
ing the right to vote to every youth
and man who has been drafted and
been at the front, and who. under
the old laws. could not vote either on
account Of age or any other reason
contemplated by law.
80 Opposition to Suffrage.
me last session of the Italian par
lament also has disclosed the fact
Inat opposition 10 woman suffrage on
pouucal and moral grounds has COM
pletely vanished. and that q large
majority OF those who had consist
entity opposed every former effort TO
pass similar bill could now be
counted among the warmest sup
porters OF the measure.
The most prominent convert to uo-
man suffrage in italy is premier Or
lando himself who made official an
nouncement that the government
would support any bill granting to
women the right to vote, and that
any attempt to further 5eny them the
right 10 more direct participation
in the political life Of the country
would be futile. and perhaps. unwiSe.
personally" premier Orlando said
II have not changed my mind Thfr-
ty-siN years ago I published my first
book in which I set forth my views
on the subject ] was then frankly
opposed TO woman suffrage rs our
ideal Of a woman at shat time was
that Of a sweet-faced. white-laire ed
creature whose vote. IL called 90 cast
one. would have been that Of her lue-
band and Of her son. Those women.
our mothers, did not care for the bal
lot box They trusted MS implicitly
and their welfare was the chief aim
of our life.
Times Have Chnm=cL
NO. I have not changed my mind.
but must admit shat times have
changed greatly Today woman has
entered our Industrial life and she
works side by side with us. sharing
all our anEieties. Women are affect
ed by the same problems confronting
us and are equally interested I'm their
solution. They have given to war as
much as we have given. and I believe
the time is here for granting them
the right to vote"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08

% I was tipped off that Gen. Cough.
in command Of the British Fifth
army, who put up such a gallant
fight before his army was pulyerized,
was holding conference at his
headquarters. Then came the order
to defend Amiens az all costs. We
all knew what that meant
"WeH. sir. il was some stunt that
Mai Gen. q. s. Carey pulled off. /
take off my hat TO him. As a pinch
hitter Carey sure did show that he
was there. To takes an Irishman 10
put up a finish fight with his back
to the wall Here's what he did.
StruEEIers Are Modified.
"In the first place he had no army.
But that didn't feaZe him He ere
ated one. He got every one of us
dOg-tired soHs of guns to our feet
and sent us out i'm the highways and
fact, the order was to nab every
available male in uniform, no matter
where we found him.
STRAY companies. battalion Of
engineers. detachments of the Fifth
army school, snlping instructors. pu-
pills of the Second army. detach-
ment OF the school Of the 10Th corps.
all the cooks Of the armies Of the
rear, our own American pioneer divi-
sion. French soldiers home on permis-
sion--ssayi believe me, We were some
army,
Finally we got together 1900 men
Think OF it-22Q0 men 10 defend
front Of 10 kilometers- Well. nc 2-3O
on the morning Of the 26th we had a
general assembly at Villers- Breton
neuX- Company captains were named.
At Q q. m three sectors were created
and all the available guns and small
arms were distributed We scraped
together about 100 machine guns.
most Of them from the army park
Before noon we had 16 machine guns
in line, with good stock Of ammuni-
ton.
we could hear the Boche coming
closer and closer. Some Of us Ameri-
can engineers who had never handled
machine gun were shown how TO
turn the trick with feverish haste.
Imagine us learning how TO slip in
belt Of cartridges with Fritz Smelling
the lines only a few miles away from
US And how we did use our picks
and shOvels tearing up the ground.
constructing shallow trenches and
dugouts,
Everybody Put Into Line.
"All morning long stragglers came
roaming back from the front looking
for their units. Every mothers son
of them was shot out to where we
were and given something TO do
noticed one cockney who had been
l1uIn- ont souu from Eou1lsh
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
GERMAN PRISONERS.
AREHOBOESOF RUSSIA.
DONOT WANT TO FIGHT.
Thousands Of Germans, Released From Prison Camps
in Russia, Wander Aimlessly, Refusing to Work
and Avoiding Efforts to Get Them to
Return to Germany to Fight

7 ONDON. Eng June S.-CCorrespond-
l. ence Of the Associated Press
The German war prisoner has become
the hobo" OF RUSSIAN idle, shift
less wauderer. who wants neither to
work nor TO fight Many such pris-
oners. both Germans and Austrians.
we're encountered at different points
in Russia by the members OF the
American Red Cross Mission returning
from Rumania. They were never un-
der guard. were usually in small
groups. and apparently had no en-
pIoyment or wish for employment
They were without arms and shah
billy clad. and always declared en-
phatically that they had no desire to
even auv wish TO return 10 Germany
until after a general peace was de-
,lared.
Become a Nuisance.
II the prisoners showed any dispo-
sition TO organize or even to travel
about En- maraudiug bands. they would
furnish a serious problem; but under
present conditions they are merely q
nuisance
At small station north Of Vo-
loeda there was group Of about
% prisoners fdlinE on the station
platform. some asleep in the sun,
some playing cards, others whit
Ting little toys and kniczlZnaelzE
ont Of soft wood. The Associated
Press correspondent talked with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08

nARIS. France. June S-"We stopped
l them, but it was a close call" An
American officer in charge of a group
Of American Pioneers which took part
in the battle Of Cambria and the re-
cent Amieus offensive related. upon
his return to Paris. how "Carey's
army and the Americans in it saved
Amiens in the critical days of March
%. so and 81
I'VE Americans found ourselves in
the middle of the melee which fol-
lowed the crushing Of the British
Fifth army, and were forced to fall
back" said the officer. we worked
like Troians wherever we were
needed The railroads in the zone
Of retreat were under constant fire.
and we sweat blood laying rails and
repairing them, so that the vast
stores Of the army could be hauled
back in time.
For five days we had about three
hours sleep in the "a. We plugged
away as If we were in a dream. Ri
Ies and machine guns were issued to
us, and we hung on TO them as If
they were sacks Of gold Even when
we jumped in here and there 10 lend
hand we never left our guns far
away
During the night Of March a we
were forced out Of Saillv-Saillisel
and Combles. We learned that about
5000 Fritz cavalrymen had got into
GuilemOnt. The First British army
was pretty vel fagged out The
lads could scarcely stagger on. And
we we're bleary-eyed bunch our
selves
Ready for Last stand.
I'VE expected to be relieved any
minute; but late on March % we
learned that the last available divf-
sions were i'm line on the Rozieres-
Proyart-SOmme front and that we
could not expect reserves for at least
four days When The news got about
we felt that &c was all over and that
Amiens would 80 under. We We're
ready TO make a last stand and to
take our medicine before it did. how
ever
Back in 1916 the French had con-
structed a line Of defense in an arc
stretching from Demuin TO Anser-
court, east Of 1IarceIcave and west
of Warfusee. Bouzecourt and Sally
le-Sec- But when the Germans re-
treated in March, 1917. everyone was
so sure they would never come back
again that the farmers were per
mitted TO pillow un the ground fiji I'D
BY ROBERT $. DOMAIN.
the trenches. dugouts and other
points Of support
shortly before midnight on March
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
QUICK TO
SEE u. S. TN CLOSE.
ACCORD With ITALY
SOLDIERS At FRONT ARE TOLD
Of MERCY WORK Of RED CROSS
Whole Villages Filled With Refugees, Are Found Reek
ing With Filth and Squalor and Red Cross Work
ers Quickly Rescue the People With
Food and Sanitary Relief.

I HEADQUARTERS Italian Army, June
II S.-CCorrespondence Of the Assoc
ciated Press .-Ar1:va- o. relief from
A erica through the Red Cross agents
behind the Italian front along the
Piave river, which section is filled
with refugees from the regions in
vaded by Teutonic troops. is greeted
with evidences OF fervent gratitude
and jubuation. This is true not only
because Of the actual gifts in money.
food and clothing. but because it sig
nifies to the Italians the fact that
America is standing behind them In
their long conflict " ith the austrian
invaders
The aged priest at Castello-dl-Go-
dega was so overcome by the unex-
pected donations from America that
he threw up his arms. knelt in prayer
and exclaimed; 1T is a gift direct
from heaven"
Wherever the Red Cross work
ers have distributed their relief,
the mayor and local committee
directed the succored families of
that commune TO write to the SOL
dferE ut the front and tell them
what America has done The
MAEk OF NAE -AAAAEEAAAAAA was
tollcd and the people were told
that fhe United states WAS thus
cooperating in close and practical
accord with Italy.
In some cuses huge posters have
Appeared on the town walls with
proclamation by the mayor an
nouncinE what America was do
ing.
The misery which prevails among
the refugees in the provinces Of Ire
viso. Venetia and PadI a IS most dis
tressing. stopping at the little town
Of Riesi, in a tour Of this section,
there was a chance TO see one q these
communities Of refugees in all It's
misery- Il isl strange community,
which has migrated as a whole from
its former home at Vidor, now held
by the enemy. 20 its present habitarion
of Riesi. Vidor is the village on the
east bank Of the Piave which was oc-
cupied by Gen Won BeuloW and his
German troops. and when they came
these rowusueo1le. with only the
clothes on their backs and Few
household belongings, fled across the
Piave and settled down here Most Of
the refugees have scattered ali over
italy. but thss is one OF the few towns
that has held together in its flight
The parish priest led the way as the
Red Cross workers went on q round
Of inspection TO see Just how these
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
ENGLANDNEED5
MANY NURSES IN
ARMY HOSPITALS
Lady Ampthill Says It May
Be Necessary to Con-
script Women.
CANADA SENDING
WOMEN TO HELP

7 ONDON, Eng June ST hope &c
Il viii never be necessary to conscript
women for the nursing Of the sick
and wounded, but it may be necessary
to conscript them for other work.
said Lady AmpthiM the head OF the
". A. d.
we want a great number OF re-
cruits- Since the beginning OF the big
battle women have come forward very
Wen, but more and more nursing
members are needed
II should like TO mention one firm
which has set a fine example in re-
leasing 20 girls for service in the
same way as so many firms released
men for the front This IS Compon-
ents Limited, OF Norwich. who have
provided this special unit and have
helped TO defray the cost OF uniforms.
These girls have been sent to France.
We have also posted So members
who have just arrived from Canada.
What should much like to know
is what has become OF the DISCHARGED
munitions girlsg We stiu hope that
many Of them viii come 20 US"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
New German A1planes
Are Small and UnIucBg

man airplane has made its appear
ance at the front 1t is the Pflaz III
and is q one scatter chasing machine.
Very small and less than So feet in
its spread. IL reminds one Of the all
batross, but does not seem capable
of considerable speed Two of the
machines have already bitten the
dust The first was brought down
by sub-Lieut Herisson and the sec
ond by an American, Lieut. Douglas
Campbell
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08

which the gas has fallen shows no
signs Of it, even upon the closest ex-
animation. and I'm order 20 prevent
detection by smell the Germans make
lii a point to send over at the same
time a mixture OF inoffensive gas
shells. irritants, causrics and toxics.
Penetrate Gas Masks.
me gas now used by the Germans,
which has as its base diphenyl-
chlOroarsine. penetrates even the
French gas mask 1I2, but new COM
presses placed within the mask are
able to neutralize the sas If used in
time.
It is believed that some variant Of
this gas was used in the offensive
Tor Amlens and that the fumes were
blown by the winds from off the
channel toward Paris and its sub
urbs.
Parisians do not fear a long range
bombardment by gas shells. for the
effects Of the gas would be felt only
within the Immediate vicinity OF the
spot where the shells exploded.
IntimidatiuE the French.
Germany is stopping at nothing in
her efforts 20 iurimidate the civilian
population Of France. This week two
women living in different parts Of
France, one In the hamlet of Sico-
tiere lNendeel and the other i'm POu-
gauges. received letters from rela-
lives. prisoners Of war I'm Germany.
The letters were enclosed I'm air.
tight envelopes. which i'm turn were
placed I'm the envelopes which the
prisoners had addressed
In each case when the air-tight en-
velopes were broken open the wo-
men were aware Of "a strange odor.
Some seconds afterWard both were
seized with nausea and became vio-
lently ill., Their cases were dag
nosed as gas poisoning Ii is proba-
BILE that hereafter all letters from
Germany destined for France viii be
opened in Switzerland by the French
authorities.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
French Maiden
Goes 200 Miles
TOSee Her Jim
Is Heartbroken When Cruel
Army Regulation Makes
Her Trip Futile.
n NEWToN q. 80.

NTH the American Army in Pr
w cardy. June S-Love for an Ohio
solder doughboy in a certain in
fantry outfit-brousht a pretty little
French girl more than 200 miles
across France from the Jeanne dare
country TO the very edge OF the great
est battlefield in history. Now she is
weeping in her room in a village here
in Picardy, awaiting deportation 10
her native town
At daybreak an American military
police sergeant found a girl sound
asleep by the roadside in one OF the
villages wherein our troops were bill
.leted before they went into the Pr
cardy trenches. He shook her. she
rubbed her eyes. stumbled to her
feet and apologized in broken Eng
lish for her bedraggled appearance.
A light rain had fallen while she
slept; her dress was wrinHIed and
mudstained; but her hair and her
eyes-oh. wei. the sergeant has told
everyone in town about them.
What are you doing here?7 he
Seeks Her 4Jim.1
81 search for my jim" she replied
9Th. OF the -- infantry. They
told me he was here"
The sergeant called in an interpre-
ter. The Interpreter got the girls
story. She had met Jim back in one
Of the training camps He had been
her first sweetheart she said. Then
he moved out one night without say
ing soOdby- For a week she sought
trace Of him Finally she learned that
his regiment had gone 10 -. She
boarded a train for There she
learned Jim's regiment was en- route
westward. In some manner she OBJ
tanned a military pass and a few days
later arrived at the point at which
Jim had detrained.
Pcuuiless, HunEhy. Keeps Going.
His organization. she learned, had
liked go miles 20 another town. BY
walking and borrowing rides on
trucks she covered the distance in
two days. Jim. she found, had re-
NAMED only two days and had moved
frOntward- Again she took up the
trail and arrived in this village at
midnight, without a single sou, hun
Sly and exhausted
And now tell me" said the little
French girl, where can / find Jim2'
lawful sorry- honestly, awful sor-
ry. said the sergeant but his outfit
went into the trenches last night.
One Of the regimental doctors
brought her around in an hour or so;
and some good hot soup hustled up
by the nearest company cook put her
on her feet But the powers that be
decided that heart affairs and sol
dierinE don't mix. So she's going
home tomorrow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Lyddite, Most Powerful
Explosive, is Out of Use

London. Eng. June S.-Lyddite. stiu
the most powerful shell explosive. has
gone completely out Of fashion. ac-
cording to Prof Young. OF the royal
military academy at WOoiwich- He
could not understand why. he told the
Royal Society Of Arts. because he had
never met an artilleryman who was
not satisfied with it, He said the
SCATTERING power of T. n T. was 10
as compared with Iyddite's H.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
SIAM SENDING
TROOPS To aid
ALLIES IN WAR
Country Sneered at by Ger
many Is Already Giving
Great Aid to Allies.
ALL RESOURCES
GO TO AID WAR

DARIs. France. June S.-When siam
/ declared war on Germany in July.
1917. the German press jeered at the
news. siamese help to the allies. they
declared. would be Of almost no value.
However. thousands Of tons Of German
shipping Immediately. passed into the
hands Of the allies upon the declara-
ton Of war and now the first detach-
ment Of Siamese troops has arrived
in France to do their bit
These troops are not raw recruits.
but have been trained according to
European standards. Military train
ing is compulsory in siam. They have
seen active warfore in the Laos. where
they fought a bloody campaign
against the Chinese.
Eager TO Help Allies.
Naturally / cannot make public
the number OF men sent from Siam
to France" declared prince Vaidya-
kura. Siamese ambassador 10 France.
The length of the voyage TO France
and the difficulties Of transport VIII.
Of course. prevent the sending Of
large coutingents- But the arrival of
the first troops shows that our adhe-
SION 70 the cause Of Justice and right
is not destined 20 remain purely pla-
tonic. We wish 20 show Europe. and
particularly Germany, which has
sueered at us. that our declaration
Of war is not only a diplomatic
siam Rich Country.
slam is a new country Of 5000 900
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
British Cooks, Maids
and Buffers Pledge To
Aid Nation IN the War

London, Eng. June S.-A conference
OF cooks has been held by the food
economy department Of the ministry
Of food at Grosveuor house. and by
special request 2 similar conference
IS 10 be held OF housemaids. parlor
maids and buffers The cooks stated
that their fellow workers would be
willing TO economic I'm all directions
il the facts with regard to food short
age were put before them.
It was agreed by the conference
that when the additional 100000 men
for the army are called up and women
are required TO take their places. up-
per servants viii be willing TO do
without their holidays, provided mis-
tresses VIII simplify the work Of the
lcuse.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Holland and England
Plan Aerial Mail for
after the War Service

Amsterdam. Holland. June S-An
aerial post between England and Hol-
land is the subject Of an interview
given by the Dutch director Of posts
and telegraphs 20 the Dutch news
papers. While doubling whether an
aerial post is possible during war
time, he believes that an international
agreement regarding f. viii be reached
shortly, and q plan adopted as soon
after the war as possible. Meanwhile.
experiments with airplaue postal SER
vice are TO be made by Holland be-
tween Amsterdam and Grouingcn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Gives Al She Has to
Help King She Thinks
Is Pressed For Funds

London, Eng. June S.-Scouaud's
campaign to buy war weapons by sub
scribinE for war bonds has been very
successful Glasgow raised Sl5.o00.OO0
tS50o.00o more than was aimed aD.
while EdinburEh's total for the week
was S12,579.S95 Cabout s4.19s.29S more
than the amount asked for.
One aged woman went to a post
office with her bagful OF money and
said that. hearing the king was re-
Quiring money. she had brought her
all for his disposal The money
amounted to $1,000. which was placed
to her credit i'm war bonds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08

received a strong hint TO return to
Canada as early as ossible-unless
they wish to stay here a year or more
after the end Of the war owing to
lack Of ship room.
1t has been learned at the Canadian
emigration office that the suggestion
has already had effect, and that num-
hers Of wives and other relatives Of
Canadian soldiers-many Of whom
came to this country in the early days
Of the War-prefer TO return to Cana
da now rather than run the risk Of
long detention after peace is de-
clared.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Confidence in Women Is
Shown By LOUD George

London. Eng June S-LIovd
George. in a message TO Mrs Pank-
hurst, says "A great deal depends
upon the women munitiOn workers TO
insure that we are able to prosecute
the war to a victorious conclusion.
and I have always felt confident that
they would not be appealed to in
vain"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
Leslie Faber, English
Actor, German Prisoner

London. Eng. June S.-Maj. Leslie
Faber. who before the war was a wen
known English actor and who was
reported missing" from the western
front a few weeks ago. is now an un-
wounded prisoner in German hands.
according TO dispatches received
through the Red Cross organiza
Maj. Faber is a soniulaw Of Henry
Arthur Jones. the dramatist He was
playing in Diplomacy" ia the United
states in 1915. but left the production
to Join the army as a second ueuten-
ant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
British ancestors Are
Worried AbOnf Russia

London. Ems. June S--British hold
ers Of Russian securities are showing
increasing uneasiness in consequence
Of the financial chaos prevailing in
Petrograd. 1t is being suggested that
the government be asked 20 take
steps for the formation OF a commit
tee TO act with the board Of trade for
the purpose Of protecting Russian in
terasts held in this country.