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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23
Little interUiews

Washington in complaint against our
jail censorship. by which we require
permission to read all letters written
BY prisoners before they are sealed
and mailed We find it necessary.
however, TO enforce this rule strictly"
The past week or ten days the
United States employment service has
been heavily taxed in its endeavor 10
supply domestics and Iaundresses, %
said ". H Brooks. Of the local
bureau This has been due to the
great amount OF sickness prevailing
among the class that do that kind
Of work. The demand for such labor
has more than trebled itself. while
the supply has decreased practically
double. and hence the result has been
a big advance in wages offered such
persons Increased demands are
made upon this bureau for local COM
mon labor and. where the wages Of
fered are in keeping with the present
times. we have no trouble in supply
ing such labor promptly"
y
Railroad ticket sales have greatly
decreased since the influenza epidemic
began its siege" said H D. 1IcGregor,
agent ar the consolidated ticket Of
fees in FL Paso. 1T seems that only
those people who find it absolutely
necessary are moving from place to
place, every one else staying close ct
home. hoping to avoid the wide
spread malady- The local situation
seems very much improved. but II IS
still far from normal, judging from
the usual sale OF tickets for railroad
travel"
1T IS the duty OF Fl Paso to con-
tribute TO the relief OF the drouth
stricken district Of west Texas" said
George r. LeBaron. This city draws
much Of its trade from the stricken
section and it is therefore directly in
terested in its welfare and progress
Many people from the district have
already moved into FL Paso and the
valley Besides. it should afford US
pleasure to aid those people so closely
CONNECTED with US. when they so
sorely need our assistance"
=
Influenza and kindred maIadies are
still causing a great deal Of suffering
in the city and there yet remains
much to be done before normal con-
ditions return" said Malcolm Fraser
Nowhere can one do more urgently
needed work than with those who are
and caring for the poor. IN
fortunate Mexicans Of the city who
are unable to provide necessary care
and attention to the sick ones OF their
families. 1t is hoped that still more
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23
Little lntcUieus
Inspector Says Many Sick MexicanS Refusing Treatment
Demand For Domestic Labor TrebIes at S. Bureau Here

THERE are many more Mexieans on
L the south side suffering from IN
fuenza than Aoy hospital reports
show" said L 7. Jones. city health
inspector. while many of the Mex
lean residents show a willingness to
be taken TO the hospital. numbers of
others reported to be III refuse to ac-
company the inspectors to the hos
pital, and remain i'll in their homes"
= r =
Complaints about the food are not
the only matters that distress the
jailers." said deputy sheriff Ed Bry-
ant We have on hand one prisoner
who IS very anxious not TO have any
OF his rights infringed, and he has
written TO the postmaster general at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23
Stopping Devastation

THE order said have been German field
mandeTs the devastation of and country
side is evidence of contrte and repentant spirit
It evidence that Germany is trying patch things
up well possible against the day Of reckoning More
over although there is provision that commanders who
persist wanton destruction will be punished the allied
peoples will have their doubts whether punishment is
inflicted.
Awful as has been the destruction of cities towns farm
buildings mines, factories machinery tools and ind
vduaI and shrubs in Germanys calmly planned eff
fort TO make all invaded territory desert before being
forced to abandon it. these not the chief acts of aroc
ity land charged against the Germans.
What the world holds chiefly against the Germans
what has earned fol them the name of Hunshas been
the murder Of nnocen the torture Of the helpless, the
dissertation of womanhood and manhood, the fendish
cruelties practed babies the besmrchng of sacred
stitutions the barbartes inflicted upon consecrated
and of the church. bombing of hospitals
murder Of doctors and engaged solely in acts of
mercy.
These few of the long list of atrocities which
Germany must before God and outraged world
These of the things which have made Germany
outlaw among nations. No denials aside the
facts No avert the punishment which the
pressed blind the world to the fact that the
very nature of the German be changed before he viii
be fit to live with.
It's time to make good on those W. s. S pledges.
There is some consolation in the fact that e.
won't have dig up extra penny for the privilege of
standing up.
It's poor economy to let the paving unrepaired
is in some parts of town
It would far better the writing stopped
long enough let Perng take Metz and invade south
Germany
-o
EbeTs kingdom being restored to him, but there is
a mighty debt still to be collected
There almost many suggestions for enduring
peace as recipes for curing influenza.
For some reason Wilhelm has less to say, Karl ROs
neT, than during the German offensive.
The fact is, Americans not ready to make peace
They have Just been tuned up 70 making war
They used talk of the crack divisions of the Prus
sian guard. Cracked divisions
As the mist is removed from the amistice the
Huns arm viii be visible.
It would be diverting spectacle to put all the price
zougers in the country into community and let them
try to get rich by robbing each other
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

YOU won't be gone very long. viii
you Uncle Wiggily." asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat lady
heusekeeper. one morning, as the
bunny rabbit gentleman started out
from his hollow stump bungalow.
Not very long" he answered "Only
long enough TO have an adventure"
Then he started of. hopping through
the woods and over the fields. won
dsring what would happen 10 him,
when. all at once. he heard a funny
little barking sound down in the
brown leaves Of the forest.
Ny" wonder what that Is"
thought Uncle Wfggily. 7 hope II
isn't a little fox barking. for I know
they do sound just like a dog. at
times And II there are little foxes
around, there may be big ones. I'd
best be careful
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

CAN remember.
WHEN I was a kid.
BACK IN OrilliA
THAT THERE was a gang
LIVED DOWN near the tannsry.
AND ALL the time.
THE GANG I was IN.
KEPT HAVING trouble.
WITH THE tannery gang.
AND THE names we'd call them
AND THEY'D call Us
WE'RE SOMETHING awful
AND ALL the time.
THEY'D WANT to fight
AND IT came winter.
AND VIZ all built forts
AND can remember.
THAT TIE tannery gang
BUILT \ great big fort
on THE edge OF the common
AND one Saturday morning.
MY BIG brother
GOT OUR gang.
AND WE started TO fight
WITH TIE tannsry gang.
AND WE soon found out.
THAT THE tannery gang
WAS PUTTING stones.
INSIDE TUE snowbails.
WHICH so far as we knew.
WAS AGAINsr the law
OF SNOWFALL warfare
But ANYWAY.
WE KEPT getting closer.
To THE tannery fort.
AND WE Just kept fighting
AND DRILLING or.
AND N little while.
THE TANNERY gang
STUCK Up a handkerchief.
NAILED TO a stick.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23
Modern Parallel to the Days of a
Fellows Childhood and Gang Days

AND WE knew then
THAT THEY wanted to quit
AND WE all chsered
EXCEPT MY brother.
AND ANOTHER boy.
AND THEY said
NOT on yer NE
WE'RE GOING to beat those guys.
$50 THEY'LL go baekto hstannsry.
land STAY there.
FOR THE rest Of their lives.
-AND WELL wreck thS fort
%AND THE whole cheese,
COME on you kids
AND IN five minutes.
YOU'D NEVER have known
THERE7D BEEN a fort
AND THAT tanne-y gang
WAS BEAT to a pulp.
AND WE'D caught the leader.
AND MADE him play dead
AND SIT up and bark
AND EVERYTHING else.
AND AFTER that
WE MARCHED around
AND OUR little brothers
WERE IN the parade
BECAUSE WHILE re were right
ING
AND TAXING the fort
THEY WERE packing snovbans-
AS HARD a. they could
AND As fast as they could.
AND BRINGING them to Us
IN THEIR caps.
OR N other words
THEY STAYED IN the rear
AND BOUGHT Liberty bond
AND WAR saving stamps
AND THEY had a right
TO MARCH with Us.
WHEN THE war was over.
THANK you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23
RAINS IN TEXAS.

Dallas. Tex, Oct. 23.-CeneraI rains
fell Monday night over Texas and
Oklahoma from west Of Amarillo
southwark through Uvalde and east
ward over the state. the United States
weather bureau announced here. The
heaviest precipitation was at Waxa-
hachie. Tex. where $3.50 inches were
recorded
The rain still was falling Tuesday
over portions OF the interior OF Texas
and Oklahoma.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

Women workers in England are fast
becoming unionized and since the war
began their numbers have more than
doubled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

7 ESLIE TANGER went mushrOOmin'
Il yesterday an poisoned his whole
family on golf balls. A Teller that's
got good health has got all tn luck
that's comm T. him.
Copyright National Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

OF the over 100000 organized
workers in Hungary. $1,000 are
women
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

Wilhelm has lost any divine right he may have
thought he had.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

1t would be dveTting spectacle to put all the price
gougers the country into community and let them
try to get rich by robbing each other.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

What We want the peace that passeth Hunderstand-
ing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

As soon as the mist is from the armstee the
Huns arm viii be visible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

It's time to make good on those W. s. S. pledges
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

It's poor economy to let the paving go unrepaired
IS in parts of town
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

There is some consolation in the fact that FL Pasoan
7ont have to dig up extra penny for the privilege Of
landing up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

It would be far better the writing stopped
long enough to let Perhng take Metz and invade south
GermanT.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

The fact is Americans not ready to make Peac'
hey have Just been tuned up 10 making
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

They used to talk of the crack divisions Of the Prus-
an guard Cracked divisions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

EbeTts kingdom is being restored to him, but there is
mighty debt still TO be collected.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

There are almost as many suggestions for enduring
eace as recipes for curing influenza.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23

For some reason Wilhelm has less to say, via Karl Res
sr, than during the German offensive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
PERILS OF BABYHOOD

According to an official govern
ment statement made in connection
with the federal campaign to save
the lives of babies during war time,
it is six times safer to be a soldier
in the trenches than to be a baby
in it's cradle in the United States.
In the first three years of the war
the total number of men in the
English Army killed in action or dy-
ing from wounds amounted to seven
out of every 100, which is less than
two per cent. a year. At the same
time in the United States twelve
babies under one year of age died
out of every 100 born.
This statement has so aroused New
York women that they are making
a systematic campaign to reduce the
infant death rate. Interest in the
campaign has spread to all classes
of women. Girls in business offices.
shops and factories are promising to
devote their evenings to furthering
the campaign which is being carried
on by the Babies Welfare Associa-
ton in connection with the Health
division of the Mayors Committee
on National Defense.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
LINE UP BEHIND SPROUL

DR.. Homer w. Tope, Philadelphia,
district superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, has issued a state
ment in which he declares that tenn
perance workers must line up be-
hind Sproul for Governor. with
victory in sight" his letter reads, ft
would be a fatal mistake to divide
our forces and support any inde-
pendent movement" On it the Phil
adelphia Record says: 'The state
ment is regarded as significant be-
cause of the fact that it was be-
lieved in many quarters that O'Neil
would refuse to accept the decision
of the primaries and would launch
out as the candidate Of third party.
The bottom fell out of the O'Neil
plans, however, when tabulation of
the state vote showed he was de-
feated by Senator Sproul by a ma
jority of more than 10000 votes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
Victory or Ruin

they see. UP to now their protests
have been gagged in their throats by
the military party, and their con-
Germ over the fearful price of all
that is going on has been laughed to
scorn by those who count no cost too
great for the accomplishments of
an army in the field.
Sooner or later all things end,
and for Germany's wild financial
fling payment will sooner or later
be demanded. With her finances
weakened, her credit destroyed, her
international trade gone, she will be
bloodless Germany, the dead ember
of nation. In anticipation, are we
not, then, entitled to count upon the
fear of such catastrophe, in con-
junction with apprehension over
military results, as factor likely to
so weaken the German peoples pur-
pose to go on, that they themselves
will hasten the inevitable break 2"
, Germany's only hope is in mill
tary successes. The financial fabric
is hollow and rotten; it will fall in
to dust at the moment when mill
tary efforts fail. The failure is bound
to come, whether now on the West
ern front or later when the American
millions have reinforced the Allies
The troop movement" says Secre-
tary Daniels, in an impromptu speech
this week, will reach the million
mark in a few weeks; in a few
months the two million mark will
have been reached, and ten million
or more men will be sent, if need be-
to win the war;"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
WHEN SIMS SPEAKS

VTICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM S.
" SIMS may not realize his pow
er to hearten his countrymen,
but it is a fact that Americans are
more inspired by his occasional state
ments than by the utterances of any
other outstanding figure in the great
world war. He seems to sense the
vital facts in the changing panorama
of the tragedy of the ages and the
optimism which characterizes his
messages is always tempered with
rare good sense and an appreciation
of actual conditions.
Also. his presence at recent base
ball game in England, staged as a
benefit for the charity fund of the
Army and Navy, showed the human
side of this popular officer. whose
great part in the elimination of the
submarine menace will not be fully
understood until the end of the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
[From the Boche Review

lFrOm the Boone Review.
T T becomes necessary to watch the
progress of the German drive
a with what fortitude can be COM
manded. An attainment of its OBJ
ject is Germany's last chance. But If
the object is attained, it means for
us and the Allies only a longer war.
1t is because of the desperate eco
nomic situation in Germany that she
must have O victory this time, to
save her. In an article on Ger
many's financial condition, in the
Magazine of Wall Street, Frederick
w. Gehle says:
Germany is plunging over the
brink of ruin and bankruptcy, self
hypnotized by her cry. 'AnneXations
and Indemnities!' The eager gamb-
Ter who plays for big stakes is no
more insane than Germany. With
him, too, the end must justify every
thing, or all is lost. Germany's
whole mad scheme, from first to last,
has made no provision against de-
feat. Victory only is considered;
loot is counted on to offset the blood
and iron cost of war, indemnities are
relied on to make up the money
cost.
"Germany's only salvation from
ton is complete victory. Missing
the mark, she faces a future in
which she herself must bear back
breaking, impossible burden. \ Her
f1nanciers and businessmen see this,
and were they permitted to speak
they would tell to the people what
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT

1t is chronicled that United States
troops at the front return the
enemy's fire two 10 one and give him
back a double dose of whatever he
sends over" American prodigality
in Europe was always notorious
New York World.
After proclaiming the president
the greatest living statesman. Colonei
House is quoted as modestly adding
that his mind and that of the presi-
dent run parallel on most sub
jects. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
AS the German press put it. Ger
many and Austria are lighting
shoulder to shoulder until peace is
won," which is a tactful way of say
ing that neither dares to turn its
back on the other.-Newark News.
And when it comes to the delirium
tremens of optimism, what do you
think of that Irishman who said
that if the Germans win the Sim
Fein intend to turn in and lick the
conquering Kaiser? - New York
Morning Telegraph.
It was desirable, of course, to in
scribe the new Russian flag with
something short, simple, and easy to
read at q distance. So after mature
deliberation they settled upon this:
"Rossiskaya Sotzialyitscheskaya Fed
eratiVnaya SovietslSaya Respublika."
Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03

of the indifference or carelessness
of individual members of the board.
So much is involved in the proper
maintenance of the city that the
city council must cooperate in the
discharge of important public duties.
1t is undoubtedly necessary to di-
vide the work. but this fact will not
relieve any one of the five of per-
sonal responsibility for general re-
suits. Weekly reports in brief form
from each head of a department
might help the city council to CO.
ordinate its activities and avoid
failure here and there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

The Rev. J. J. Schindel, pror1i-
nent Allentown clergyman, yesterday
took UP his work as pastor of one or
he Philadelphia churches.
The Rev. J. c. r. Ewing. presi-
dent of one of the colleges in India,
will deliver addresses at commence
ment exercises in western towns.
"A. II. Young, government safety
expert, says in addresses he has
been delivering that harmony and
cooperation in war work is needed
everywhere.
Erasmus Wilson, of the Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times, was elected
president of the Johnstown Flood
Correspondents Association.
John p. Connolly, Philadelphia
city solicitor, is a member or the
laymen's committee for the recep-
ton of Archbishop Dougherty.
Col. II. r. Laird, of Williams,
mort. retiring commander of thS
Templars in this state, was pre-
sented with insignia at the close of
the convocation at Williamsport.
Captain E. K. Roden, OF Scran-
ton. has renewed his move to have
one of the new colliers called the
Scranton. He got Secretary Daniels
to promise to consider 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
LOAFERS AND THE'WAR

TN proclamation of Governor
Whitman, of New York, it is de-
clared that public exigency re-
quires that every ablebodied male
person between the ages of eighteen
and fifty years should be habitually
and regularly engaged in some law
full, useful ana recognized business,
profession, occupation. trade or en-
ployment until the termination of
the war. Under the proclamation
penalties are imposed providing
fines and imprisonment, and sheriffs
and others charged with the en-
forcement of law are directed to
hunt out all ablebodied males be-
tween the ages mentioned and who
are not employed.
1t is said that there are still in
Harrisburg a considerable number of
husky individuals who are suffering
from that tired feeling which mani
tests itself about locust blossom time
and who have no visible employ
ment. There are also in this city
hundreds of boys under twenty who
find ample time for the exercise of
their destructive tendencies In the
parks and elsewhere. These should
be rounded up and be required to
expend their energies in some use
full fashion.
A police census of Harrisburg.
which would show the occupants of
every house and how and where
these occupants are employed, would
furnish a basis for practical effort
in eliminating the loafer. It IA no
secret that a large number of men
and women are bluffing through this
war period without doing anything
that can be construed as of aid in
winning the war. These are per-
fectly willing to let George do it, and
when the great struggle is ended
they are likely to be the first to
march in the victorious parade well
up to the front.
1t is time that Harrisburg should
know who are helping and who are
loafing in this crisis Of the world,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
PRO-PENNSYLVANIAN

~ AUERKRAUT is neutral" the
National Food Administrator
~ announces.
This is an astounding statement,
Mr.. Hoover, but We'll be charitable
enough to recall that it was made
on the hottest day of the season and
the heat may have caused the slip.
Now everybody in Pennsylvania, at
least, knows that sauerkraut is no
more neutral than Limburger cheese.
What the administrator means is
that it is not pro-German, and with
that we agree. Sordid German ef-
ficiency never evolved anything like
sauerkraut. Sauerkraut is thing of
sentiment, and there is no sentiment
in the Teuton soul. Sauerkraut is a
dish to entrance poet. A platter of 1t
might offer theme for a painter
If he could restrain his appetite long
enough to utilize the model. A ma
ton might grow sturdy on a sauer-
kraut diet; it might wax happy, fat
and contented on sauerkraut-but
there is no room for frightfulness in
the heart of a man well-fed up on
this greatest Pennsylvania delicacy.
Under the benign and'soporific in
fiuence of plentitude of well-cooked
kraut the Kaiser and Won Hinden-
burg would become docile as fattened
hogs and peace would be restored
throughout the world.
Sauerkraut is not neutral; it is
pro-ally and pro-American and above
all else pro-Pennsylvanian. In the
language of the Berks county bard:
Sauerkraut Is good,
Sauerkraut is fine.
thinks l ought to know it,
For / eats 1t all the time.
And not for a moment should its
loyal Americanism have been ques-
toned. Be little more careful how
you talk about old friends of ours,
Mr.. Hoover, little more careful
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
LOOK US OVER

THIS week Harrisburg merchants
are demonstrating the Monte"
hosiery, the product of one of
the city's leading industries. This is
a splendid thing from every stand
point and it might be we'll in some
definite way to continue the display
of local interest in local products by
calling attention to other manufac-
turing concerns of Harrisburg, whose
products are known far and wide.
This city is becoming more and
more an industrial and manufac-
turing center and with its unrivaled
distributing facilities 1t is bound to
develop into one of the great indus
trial and manufacturing centers OF
the country.