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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

7 ONDON, Eng Nov. 16-Within a
l. few months. three years viii have
elapsed since the united armies OF the
Germans, Austro- ldagyars and Bull
Ears. under Mackensen and Kosvess,
conquered Serbia, and thus laid open
the road from Hamburg to the Per
sian gulf
The great Serbian general. Marshal
Putnik, seeing that help from the al
lies could not arrive in time. and
that king Constantine had torn up
the treaty Of alliance with Serbia de-
cided upon a methodicsl retreat de-
fen5ing the ground, step by step He
desired TO preserve the Serbian army
as an active force. since in modern
war the seizure Of enemy territory
does not play a decisive part.
Reach Island Of Corfu
The enemy rejoiced 10 think that
Serbia had ceased TO be, and that her
army would perish in the Albanian
mountain Businesses. IN the mean
time, the remnants Of the Servlan
army which had been engaged in war
since 1912, and in 1914 twice beat the
greatly superior and better equipped
Austrian armies TO their knees. de-
spite starvation. sickness and super
reaching the island of Corfu
After a short rest OF a few months
the Serbian army. nursed back to
health By French and British doctors
and medical staffs. reorganized. re-
equipped and furnished with arms by
The allies, took the field once more
IN the Sanonizi front. The German
Bulgars received the news with an
ironicaI smile, because they had
counted on it that the Serbian army
no longer existed, and the enslayed
population Of occupied Serbia was be-
ing morally tortured with the legend
that the remnant Of the Serbian army
had beenI sunk by submarine.
Take New LaUrels.
But very soon. when the allied Of
fensive on thine Saloniki front was
launched, the Serbian regiments
crowned their standards with fresh
laurels- It was the Serbs who took
Kaymakehzlan (s2s4 feet) by storm,
as well as other almost impregnable
positions, long fortified by Mscken-
sens army. On this occasion out Of
a total Of 1900 Bulgar-German pris-
oners. the Serbs alone took 5000, and
OF 100 guns they captured so.
The taking Of Bitelj (donastlr) cost
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

chance to go north. Wen. I figures
that there must be something COM
ing off where everybody Is going to.
so stick along. I got a French truck
going from Chateau-Thierry to Chal-
ons, and the old boy driving it gave
me some bread and a slug OF bum red
wine or so for the makin'a because
he didn't have any tobac.
AT Chalons I stuck all night again
and slept in one Of these abris they
have dug by the city in case OF air
planes dropping bombs around there.
should say there was only a few
soldiers down there that didn't have
any place to sleep outside OF myself.
Next morning. I grabbed breakfast
from a French outfit OF marines that
was handling some OF the French ma
val guns and Juggling them off some
where's, and they gave me a pretty
good breakfast at that, except there
was no canned COW for the coffee.
hoped an ambulance then, one OF the
little flivvers that the American kids
been driving over here ever since the
war began, and this kid gave me a
great line. He'd been all through all
the war everywhere and sure wised
me ID on the whole situation and all
the country we run through. I dropped
off around noon to chew the fat with
some Americans I see beside the road
and they had a mess kitchen with
steam up. They give me pretty good
dinner, too. with some hot biscuits
among other things. and they told
me they had pie the day before for
dessert. but don't know about that,
because wasn't there.
Leaves train Mt TouI.
7 got off the train at Toul and
stalled around a lot and met some lads
who took me over to the 7. n C A. A
7. NJ. c. A guy asked me what a
sailor is doing around here. and one
of the doughboys pipes up and says
that am with the heavy artillery or
something. and the = II c. A guy
says is that so2 I got a fast line on
where the front was and started hoof-
ing 1t up the road that night. The
N. P-'s never gave me a tumble, and,
in fact, one Of them bummed a light
off of me ufcIred nv an .r,r,Y-rf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

including food parcels; struck them.
whipped them and generally treated
them so badly that even some Ger
mans were ashamed Of the conduct
Of those in charge.
Publication OF the report, called
forth by the recent address Of sir
George Cave, home secretary. in the
house Of commons, brings to light an
appalling record Of inhumanity. As
usual. this carries the interlineation
Of trickery and double dealing which
has come TO be expected in any af-
fairs in which the German govern
ment figured
Killed by own Men.
Evidence in the hands Of the COM
mittee forces il to the conclusion
that as early, at the latest, as the
month OF August, 1916, the German
command were systematically en-
ploying their British as we'll as other
prisoners in forced labor close be-
hind the western firing line, thereby.
deliberately, II must be so said, ex-
posing them to the fire Of the guns
Of their own and allied armies"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

ward, the Dora was the newspaper.
the grocery boy, the mail carrier, the
supply bearer and even a Santa
Claus. Every year Just before Christ
mas she made it a point to leave
Seward in time to get the Christmas
mail and packages west before the
holiday
Children Named After Her.
Children Of the westward were
named after the boat their parents
had come TO love. Il is said there is
hardly town or fishing village on
the run that cannot boast OF at least
one girl christened Dora.
For over 30 years the Dora's run
has been in northern waters. It has
been claimed she operated on the
most northerly winter route in the
world, the fifteenth Of each month
leaving here on a 200 mile trip to
Dutch Harbor. Unimak Pass and
other points and back. Once in q
while she would venture north into
the Boring sea with supplies
The log OF the Dora was one thrill
ing event after another. Occas ianally
in the winter she would pull in here
with ice from her topmast TO water
line. Gales drove her ashore scores
of times. frequently forced her to run
for shelter but never sent her down
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Hun Shell Had "Speer"
Written On 1t, He Says

Paris. Nov. 1s.-corporaIs P. H and
Louis Speer. brothers. belonging to
the same infantry company. say that
one German she'll had "speer" writ
ten all over t.
For the Speer brothers Of Con-
neaut. Ohio. were both injured by
shrapnel at the same time and be-
lieve they were victims OF the same
shell.
our company was charging a hill
between the Vesle and the Aisne
rivers when I was HIT said corporal
P II. Speer, who was wounded in the
left leg We had advanced about a
mile when 1 was knocked out"
he was in charge OF an automatic
rifle squad which he says did its
bit" before the -Spesr'' shell, as he
calls Il, arrived.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Yankee Filler Takes
French Girl As Bride

With the First American Army,
Nov. 16.-Capt Robert Soubiran, Of
New York. who has been in France
fighting since the beginning OF the
war. has been married. His bride Is
a French girl. Nile. A. N. Chouday.
Maj. William Thaw, OF Pittsburg,
organizer and leader Of the Lafayette
Escadrille. was best man, and Capt
Dudley Hill, Lieut.. Ray Bridgeman
and Capt. Robert L Rickwell. Lafay-
cite Escadrille veterans, were present
at the wedding
Capt Soubiran was an automobile
racing driver in America when the
war broke out. He came to France
Immediately and Joined the French
infantry, being engaged in the Cham
payne offensive in September. 1915.
Afterward he became an aviator and
was a member OF the Lafayette unit
almost since its organization He
was a close friend OF Maj. Lufhery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
MoDement of Coal on
u. Railroad
ShoDs Worth OF Linz

Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 16.-Al-
ready coal Is moving in good sized
quantities over the stretch OF railroad
laid recently by the United States
government between Seward and An
chorage.
No coal has yet been shipped over
the line yet for use outside Of Alaska
Nearly every train leaving here takes
three or four cars OF fuel from the
nearby mines for Seward.
Unless unusually severe weather
forbids. the task Of laying steel on
the railroad between Anchorage and
Fairbanks will be continued through
out the coming winter.
Regular trains between Seward and
Anchorage now run every Saturday
carrying passengers and freight This
train service will keep Anchorage in
direct touch with the outside world.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Heat Forced Through IL
Feet Of Sandbags SdOes
Dd Vincii' S Last Supper' .

Milan. Italy. Nov. IA heating
apparatus powerful enough to force
heat through a pile OF sand bags Il
feet thick and to dry without scorch-
ing the wall behind is needed to pre-
serve one OF the worlds masterpieces.
The Last Supper" Of Leonardo da
Vinci. which is painted on the wall Of
the church of Santa Maria dele Ora
zie here. The dampness which accu-
mulates in the sand necessary as a
protection from air raids is fast fad
ing the colors of the picture, already
damaged by time.
The restoration necessary for Leo
nardo's picture is ,unsuited to the
frescoes Of Luini and other masters
painted on the same wall. How to give
each set Of masterpieces the treatment
required and still guard against dan
ger in the air has been the problem.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Dugouts Popular Homes For IS. Stats
III -::- -:II- -:I:- -:l:-
Build Safe Rooms Under Shell Craters

WITH the American Forces in
w France. Nov. 1s.-Dugouts are
popular as homes for the staffs OF
American army corps and divisions
as their occupancy enables the Off
Gers directing operations TO be in
close communication with their regi-
ments in action
The staff OF the second American
division which assisted the French to
drive the Germans out OF Rheims had
its headquarters IN suippes for a
time. but when the push" moved for
ward and the Germans were forced
out Of Souain It became difficult to
maintain close liaison between the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
High Speed Train Tube
Planned For London

London. Nov. 16.-London will have
some high speed tubes for passenger
traffic II plans outlined by T. ". C
Kearney, materialize. Mr. Kearney
said surveys had been made for two
tubes. run mainly by gravity on the
switchbaek system. which would carry
trains from Cricklewood North Lon
dom 10 the Oval South London, in
Il minutes. allowing for II stops,
while from the Crystal Palace 70 the
Strand the journey would be covered
in ten minutes with seven stops.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

American troops and staff officers.
Souain was constantly under fire. so
the Americans chose the alternative
Of a dugout- They went almost to
desolation and destruction they bur
roWed underneath the shell craters
and gaping mine holes and built
themselves q tiny little underground
house. The rooms were so small that
a dozen people would fiil any one to
suffocations but the house was safe
and-shell and bomb proof. Imme-
diately the situation improved, for
from the general commanding the di-
vision to the orderly and dispatch
runner. who hourly risked his life by
going up TO the front, all were safe
as long as inside.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Gen. Petain Pays High
Tribute To u. S. DriDerS

Paris, Nov. Is.-Gen. Petain, COM
mander IN chief OF the French armies,
after a recent decoration Of a French
division with the fOuragere, compli-
mented the American ambulance
drivers attached to the division and
In turn told the Americans that they
should feel proud TO serve with such
a distinguished fighting unit
For" Gen Petain added, at is one
Of the best divisions in the whole
French army"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
British Manufacturers
Ask ShibS For Cotton

London. Nov. Representative
OF the cotton manufacturers industry
have appealed to the British board OF
trade for additional tonnage for the
transportation OF cotton from Amer
lea. They declared that the Increasing
shortage OF raw cotton was likely to
cause the mills to be closed unless steps
were taken to increase the supply
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

The statue remained in that strange
poise after the Huns had been rolled
back By the battle OF the 8larne. An
effort was made TO brace the statue
in its recumbent position 80 that Il
would not fall until the tower itself
gave way.
When the British line vas driven
back in March last the Hun again en-
retired at the beginning Of the anied
offensive the tower with its statue
had fallen This, curiously, marked
the high tide OF German invasion.
From that day on the Hun hordes
were pressed back. The people o.
Albert believe luck OF. the Germans
deserted them when the Virgin % Al
bert was fen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Russia BolsheOik To
Bestow MilHdru Order

Amsterdam, Nov. 1.-THE Bolsheviz
government OF Russia has Instituted
a military order for valor." It Is a
tiny red flag. and the person on whom
It Is conferred is also given q certifi-
cate emitting him to wear it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
SERVIA'S RENAISSANCE CONES
AFTER MONTHS Of SUFFERING

Whole Race Is Awaiting the Dawn Which VIII Bring
Resurrection of Servia and the Establishment of the
Jugo-Slav State Free and United Throughout the
Land Refugees Now Return to Stricken Country
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
AMERICAN TANK SERVICE MEN
SEE HOT FIGHTING At FRONT

Sergeant AVERT Describes Attack In Which His Com
panion Loses Life From Bullet Which Found Its Way
Through Peephole of Armed Tractor, Whose Hea7-
lily Plated Sides Would Turn Shell Projectile.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
HUNS PLACE BRITONS.
BEFORE SHELLS OF
ENGLISH ARTILLERY
PRISONERS ARE SUBJECTED To
lJNUTTERABLE INHUMANITIES

= $3.50 Deprive Captives of Sufficient Food, Clothing
and Comforts; Rob Their Victims of Packages Sent
Them From Home; Even Prussans Ashamed of the
III Treatment Accorded Unfortunate Englishmen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

CAPTAIN X. Serbian
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18
MUCH IN LITTLE

Fraulein Thea Won Pattkmer. at
tached to the Turkish forces operat-
ing in Mesopotamia. Is the only wom-
an war correspondent officially recog-
nized by the German government.
Miss Augusta Seaman of Milwau-
kee, whose father was an officer In
the German army, will purchase and
outfit Red Cross automobile and
drive it herself.
The Central railroad of Georgia en-
ploys 10 women agents. whose duty
II is to solicit and handle all freight
and other matters pertaining to this
end of the business.
Camel hump Is regarded as great
delicncy by the Arabians.
Mesa Verde National Park. Colo
RADIO. can boast of the ruins of build
ing which scientists have proved Is
more than 1900 years old.
Francis J. Wallis of Fitchburg. Wis.,,
age Fifty. tried 10 enlist In the engi-
neer corps, but was refused because
of his age. lie then sold his property
and bought $500 worth Of Liberty
bonds.
Kansas has an antitipping crusade
and may have a law prohibiting CIV
ing or receiving gratuities for public
services.
United States wealth was estimated
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18
Prevent Eye Strain.

Naturally, great deal of eye trou-
BILE is not to be prevented. as 1t is all
to often indigenous to the individual.
hut some of it may be. Constant eye
strain will bring on serious and some
times incurable trouble. and that Is
one Of the things which one can pre-
vent. Avoid reading or sewiDg-in
fact, all close wOrk-in dim light,
and--what Is just as impOrtant-see
that the light is coming from the right
direction. Never work with light
shining directly into your eyes. 1t
should fall upon your work. and your
eyes should be shielded from its glare
nv softly colOred shade Of some sort.
II Is best to have the light over the
left shoulder. II such thing Is posi-
hlo
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18

New YOrk.-France puts hustle in
front of gown, and America puts 1t
In the back. Such is the interesting
struggle going on between designers.
Two men, one Of this continent and
one of that, were responsible for the
1917 hustle. and it may be confidently
asserted that no woman designer had
q part in its creation or development.
1t took the public just six weeks
TO level the fashion to the common
place. 1t Is because Of this public
acceptance that the style must be
dealt with generously by the reporters
of fashion who usually can give only
passing attention 10 each new idea as
IL is shot across the battlefield of ap-
parel. one mans idea attracts at
tention Out that attention is DETECTED
by every other mans idea, but when
this individual idea is multiplied a
thousand times by buyers and sellers,
by women who pretend to be fashion
able and by those who care nothing
about the word. then the fashion be-
comes the style
If you talk earnestly with those who
deal in exclusive clothes, you will hear
them say that the silhouette must
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18
When Applying Your Valance.

There is always an easier and mo,
practiced way of doing things than tn
way you are doing them. Take. for IL
stance. the applying of the valance
your window draperies, says woman
writer. If you are doing it in the or
binary way you, no doubt, nail tbs
valance in place. Then when it come.
time To take it off for cleaning pur
poses you have the trouble of pullir
out the nails and oftener thar not tn
material is torn in the process. Thu
easier and more practical way is
substitute clasps for the nails. Sew
the pockets Of the clasps to a strUn
tape and nail this to the board. At
tach the snaps to the valance at tn,
proper places and your problem u
solve
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18
No Return to FuIIness.
GRAY HAIR is NOW STYLISH
SiIvery Locks Do Much to Soften
Whole Facial Expression, Bring
ing Tone to Cheeks and Eyes.

Gray hair has become the style. Just
why it should be connected with age is
something that cannot be answered.
Anyone who is twenty-one years old or
more is likely to have gray hair. Ger
tainly girl twenty-one years old need
not hide her gray hairs thinking they
signify age.
one excellent argument in favor of
the present fashion for this color OF
trcsScs is that gray hair does much To
make n woman look kindlier and sweet
or and more beautiful. With the
changing of the hair the whole face
~nftcns in expression. This Is partly
due tn the fact that gray has queer
little way of bringing out the pink in
your cheeks and bringing out the dark
er color in your eyes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18
Here's the Old Boy, Himself!"

When they had talked for awhile. MIR.
BOwser asked:
Don't you ever get lonesome out
here?"
~ get darned lonesome" replied the
farmer, land so do all the rest Of us,
even to the hens and cows. Say. Mr..
Bowser, sometimes we get rather
cheerful, and those are the times we
talk of suicide!"
Don't you ever get up to the cityT
oueried Mr.. Powser rs ne felt feel
ing OF pity for the whole family.
"Once in a great while / go up. but
I never have over a half dollar in
nv pockets and I don't see anything
worth telling them about when l get
hOme."
"How came you TO let the farm run
down so bad?" was queried.
LONELINESS and melancholy, sir" was
the uply. 'When Il man is lonely and
melancholy. he don't care rip how
things 60. can see as well as you can
hat the fences are rOtting away, the
old barn is about ready to fall down
and there ought to be a hustling man
around here. That's Me reason want
70 sell. want to g away from this
loneliness. We all V mt to see some
thing new and exciting"
"why don't you come up to the city
eor week?"
"Say. that would jest fit us. but we
might as well think Of going to Heav-
en-. Where's the money to pay our ex
oenses? II we could get away for O
week. we'd come home here full OF
ambition. and the old COW would hard
" know any of US. but there's no use
wasting breath In talking about IT,"
Mr.. BOwser's heart was touched
lie felt pity for the whole family. He
cast around In his mind for some
way out for the unfOrtunates. He die
aot mean to say what he did say. but
found himself remarking:
"Why, If you think you could leave
the farm for a week. you can all come
up town and stop for a week and u
cont cost you a red cent"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18

The Grand Falls of Labrador are
the highest in the world-they have
sheer drop of 1900 feet. The falls
of Niagara drop 164 feet.
New Zealand. in 1916. slaughtered
3.34S.61S lambs for food.
Argentina's national wealth is es-
timated at S9,S2O,OOO.OOO.
Britain has replaced 1,256,OOO men
in industries by women.
SPANS commerce in 1916 tOtaled
$419.672,322. of which $3.50, 664, 231
represented imports.
In some of the cigar stores Of Italy
patrons light up from a piece of rope
which is hung up In convenient place
and allowed to burn slowly.
About S13,OOO.OOO of the total esti-
mated cost of $56,OOO,OOO has been
spent to date on the Welland ship
canal. The work has been suspended
on account of the war.
BY mere waste. caused by coins
rubbing one against another, the civil
lied world loses one ton and a quar-
ter of gold and IS tons Of silver an
nually.
Over 10000 cities and towns in the
United States use 9.151, 211 telephones.
1t is estimated that an average Of
5000, 100000 messages are sent over
these lines annually.
Bahia, Brazil, has p sugar mills.
The worlds greatest telescope u
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18
Annexation Of South Sea Islands.


A formal declaration that Japan in.
tends to retain possession. after the
war, Of the South Sea islands, now un.
der her protection, is urged upon the
government by the Tokyo Asahi. The
new French cabinet has declared, In
the chamber of deputies. says the To-
kyo journal, they will not stop fight.
ing until the recovery Of Alsace-Lor-
raine; 1t Is wise for a nation to de-
clare its aims in prosecuting a war.
Notwithstanding this, some Japanese
bureaucratic statesmen make a point
Of denOuncing the attitude of those in
favor Of declaring to the world the
just and proper demands of the Jana.
nese people, in connection with the
war. lest 1t hurt the feelings of the
allies. 1t is mistake to view a dec
laration of the just claims Of a nation
as a demonstration Of selfish inten.
tons or breach Of international et.
quette. says the Tokyo paper, and the
japanese government should follow
the example Of the French cabinet and
make a public declaration at once a,
to Japan's intention to retain posses.
sion OF the South Sea islands ofter tho
war and to make other proper claims
such frank declarations on the mart
OF belligerents are important in mai.
Ing known to all concerned their trre
intentions. The Tokyo Asahi Concludes
by declaring that the japanese peonle
are DESTROYS that their government
snail take such step at the present
important juncture.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18

hands over again. and say to Mrs.
BOwser:
TELL the old boy that shall al
ways love him for this. and you can
take 1t that we shall be grateful to
you as long as we live. Tell him that
the melancholy Is gone. and the
loneliness is gone, and the first thing
I shall do when reach home will be
to put new hinge on the gate. and
hustle around to brighten up things"
And when Mr.. BOwser reached
home, hours later. all that Mrs. Bow
ser said to him was:
''They got of about three O'Clock"
"Oh. they did. eh?" was his reply:
and he felt IN his vest pocket and
pulled out fifty-dollar bill and hand
ed IL over