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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16

How many men could your coun-
try put in the field in a week?" In
CURED the German emperor.
About five hundred thousand" an
swered his guide, slightly ~exaggerating
the real number.
what If 1 should come against you
with a million menu"
SIN that case, your majesty" suave-
ly replied the Swiss general, I'VE
should have to shoot twice"
This anecdote may or may not be
authentic, but it serves to show the
true military quality of the Swiss
army, which for It's size and cost is
one of the finest bodies of marksmen
In the world.
From the days of the mythical Will
liam Tell and the apple the Swiss have
made shooting a national sport. Prob
ably no army In the world can show
so high an attainment for sh~arpshoot-
Ing as the Swiss, and during the last
three years the knowledge of this
quality no doubt has not been entirely
without effect in the preservation of
the Swiss neutrality.
Surrounded by belligerents since the
has been able to maintain its neutral
ity, and this despite the fact that with
In her borders are opinions that sharp
ly favor one or the other of the coun-
tries at war.
While the cantons which border the
German nmniFn Orn en- for nc tho
issues o" the war 60, profoundly pro-
German, and while the inhabitants of
the majority Of the cantons speak
nothing but German, this favor does
not extend further than the borders
of the country. Switzerland as a
country is q neutral state, and has
refused to enter the war on either
side.
Self-preservation plays a great part
In this view, nc doubt, for were the
country to align itself with the GEN.
trail powers 1t would soon be overrun
from the south and west by the troops
of the allies, only too eager to find a
more direct route into the center of
Germany. On the other hand, any
attempt to ally itself with the entente
powers would result in having German
troops pour over the eastern borders In
such numbers that the little country
could not expect to escape suffering,
The part assigned her in the great war
has been recognized by all the bellig-
erents as that of the Good Samaritan.
And there the little country stands in
the midst of wars alarms, serenely on
guard, but otherwise playing the
part of the neutral and the friend
of all.
One of these days there will be a
peace conference, and as almost every
civilized nation is now engaged in the
war on one side or the other, indica-
lions point to Switzerland as being
the logical country for n round table
talk of the powers, and, furthermore,
the capital of Switzerland, Berne, I'M
doubtedly is the place where such
conference will be held.
Berne is one of the most fascinat.
Ing cities In Europe. Its founda-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
Get Your Full Share.

Are you getting your full share Of
good out of the things around you?
A sunset will make an artist happy,
and a poet win draw from a common
wayside flower thoughts hat lie too
deep for tears" Do not be one of the
people who having eyes see not, and
having ears hear not. Remember that
all things have good in them, and that
a share of 1t is yours.-Girl's Com
panion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16

Austria's production of raw sugar
during the 1917 campaign amounted to
$4,000 metric tons, or about 100000
tons less than in 1916. Hungary's out
put is placed at 10000 tons, as against
100000 tons in 1916. Prices are high
er in Hungary than in Austria.
In Auburn, N. Y, an altar of ice
was used at an outdoor service of the
Church of SIS. Peter and Paul, which
was held for the purpose of demon
strating that fuel is u%nessential in on
n~ection with worship. The service also
Included baptismal rites.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
Unusual I~neentIve

My little niece was given two COM
%plimentary tickets to a moving picture
show. So her mother told her to call
me and ask me to go with her. When
she called up l told her 1 was sorry,
but I could not go. "Oh, please do go,
dear auntie," she called over the phone,
because the seats r waiting."-Chi-
cago Tribune
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
Why, the Brute!

"Oh, have you lost your dog?" ex-
claimed the visitor alphabetically.
"Why l didn't see anything about it
in the lost column"
"No," replied Mrs. Leonidas w. Van
Quentin. my husband put it among
the cards of thanks kansas City
Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
CITY and VILLAGE peIInauents.

Recently the Journal of Delinquency
declared that ia one state the villages
rather than the cities furnished a larg-
er proportionate share Of delinQuents.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16

There are more temptations to break
the commandments than there are en-
couragements to keep them. ResOlvB
to help break the temptations and e.
help make the encouragements.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16

Faith is the practical exercise of
the spiritual eyes. Spirit is the only
true substance. The spiritual body 10
the real man.-Henry Wood.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
Rla Hat. Riaaer Bill.

my new hat is pretty big"
81 thought so, too, but when l got
the bill for it It made your hat look
like the head Of a PIN"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16

In material things It's not what We
want but what we get that counts. IN
spiritual, it's not what we claim bus
what we've got.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
5wtze rIan0 LikelWto
Stage Conference
That will Gr0 War

OF long before the present
war was begun the kaiser
attended a shooting festi-
val in Switzerland during
the grand meneuvers in
that country. He was
naturally attended by a
Swiss general, to whom
bo nIiod biS ouactionS
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
The Review of
Odds and Ends
@@
BY VINCENT q. PERRY

copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Every time a young mans liver
gets 10 acting UP he imagines he is
IN loVe--Indianapolis Star
No, congresswoman Rankin will not
introduce bill for a talkless day
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Red Guard and the White
Guard in Finland are having a color
tuI experience.-Galvest News.
Doubtless the kaiser also thanks
the good old German God" for his
aid in shooting down the German
strikers.-Detroit Free Press.
Billy Sunday says the world is COM
ing to an end pretty soon. Some OF
these days Billy may try his hauu
prophesying Texas weather-Houston
Post.
Won Hindenburg is calling out 16
year old German boys to go into mill
tary training. What are mothers
feelings to an iron man" who is bent
upon making a reputation for him
self2-Dallas News.
Berlin reports that the kaiser has
created a special decoration for U
boat crews" But the kaiser's sons
and kinfolk will contrive, doubtless,
to worry along without winning this
brand new decoration" = New Or
leans TimeS-Picayune.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
URGE WILSON TO ADOPT
NATIONAL LIVESTOCK POLICY

Washington. D. c.. Feb. IA CON-
mittee OF the American National Live
stock association waited on president
Wilson yesterday and presented a Pc
tition urging the formulation OF a ma
tional livestock policy. It was sug-
gested that Joint committee Of the
department Of agriculture and the
food administration draw up that
policy.
Dwight B. Heard. Of Phoenix,
Ariz-, member of the committee. ad-
dressed the president. declaring the
hard and fast line drawn between
production and distribution OF meat
was responsible for unsatisfactory
conditions.
While the meat producer" he said,
sees his industry in serious danger
as result Of the conditions men
toned. he finds labor amply protected
and receiving liberal returns, and the
meat packers. as well as producers OF
steel. copper. flour, sugar. lumber and
many other commodities making lib
eral profits, and as a livestock pro-
Queer. he naturally feels that he is
entitled to fair returns"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
MEXICO WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH
MORE GOVERNORS LIKE GEN. GALES

warfare effective, the governor has temporarily
stepped out of his civil office and has become military
commander He is directing the campaign in person The
Yaqu hosties being killed rapidly encountered
by the federal troops and the combatants being
deported the Yaqui valley and other former strong
holds That is hard the Yaquis but it is the only way
the state government for restoring peace after
nearly 20 years of Indian fighting.
Gov Gales long ago conceived the advantages to be de-
rived from prohibition and in consequence Sonora is
nearly bone dry any state will be. For long time
death the penalty for violation and few the boot
leggers who would risk their lives for little liquor
Crime has decreased restitution has decreased and
perity has increased
This is what of fair and intelligent administra-
ton 1t is free of antAmercan, Germanophle spirit The
administration Col Esteban Cantu of Lower California
much like that of Gov Gales Both good neighbors
Mexico
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
Ranges Are in Good Shape Cattle Are Scarce in Mexico
Leather Substitutes Are Often as Good as Real Leather

Elements and defalcations. This in
crease is however. not noticeable in
the banking business. Burglaries, on
the other hand, appear to be station
airy, neither increasing nor decreas-
ing The war does not appear to
have had any special influence one
to the individual to finance the great
way or another in burglaries."
The government is today making
war, and it is up to each person. no
matter who they are. to realize their
individual responsibility" said Mrs.
A S. Peatross- TT does not make any
difference whether the individual is
poor or rich, his or her help is well
coined Just the same. Texas has been
called for to loan the government
SS1'00O,0OO, but the way that FL Paso
people have been doing the past
couple Of weeks shows that FL Paso
people are going to do their share in
rolling up the states total"
The athletic exercises COMPANY 4.
Defence league, is going through at
its semiweekly drills Is one OF the
attractive things about the home
guard. said Lieut.. Col Roy Barnuu-
Many business men do not get half
enough exercise for their muscles and
need Just this drill, besides the mill
tary marching and defence instruc-
ton can notice a number OF our
men looking a lot healthier already
for their night drills"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
GiOing Credit To Ahmen.
By LIEUTENANT FIIzHUeH GREEN. .. 5.

drifted over the enemy batteries. and
returned with what proved TO be
straight dope that Johnny Red had no
intention Of starting anything.
This exploit was such a feather In
loves bonnet that his pay was in
creased to SO a day. Which ruined
him. For, though he made subsequent
flights-or drifts, the gross indecen-
cy of paying common professor such
a sum when men were dying for less,
IL was reduced to IS. But his retire
acit-"
The union army then made its own
~aerostats," as they were called
Regular reconnaissance work was
carried out, but as the balloon was al
ways captive the zone Of inquiry was
very narrow. Foreigners came over
to investigate the wild rumors which
had become rife in Europe One was
TO the effect that regular wings had
been supplied our infantry who would
henceforth in actual fact fly to the
charge. Among the visitors was
young German count who afterwards
became well known in London and
Paris. His name was Zeppelin
The technique of this early aviation
corps was very crude. Their gas bags
were rough cotton goods. oiled. and
doubled-spliced at the seams Infla-
ton was achieved by means Of hot
air from a pine knot fire. A heavy
rope anchored the balloon. Several
times this got foul OF the operators
on the ground and had to be cut The
observer landed when and where he
could. Usually he drowned or else
ate his supper in a Confederate prison
camp.
And now they come and go, come
and 20 as thew please. But lets see
that a lot of them go.-Copyright,
1918, by George Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
Education of NeW
York Woman Voter
Begins In Earnest

New York, Feb. 14--The education
Of the woman voter of New York city
began today In the first Of series OF
lectures given under the auspices OF
the Woman's Voters Council OF the
Woman's Suffrage party OF the city
Of New York.
Two courses OF six lectures each are
to be given on Thursdays Marion
Booth Kelly viii give the afternoon
lectures. The evening courses are 10
be given by Gratia Collier.
The afternoon subject viii pc
practical Talks on What Every
Woman Voter Should Know rms
viii include the vote, the government
Of greater New York, the New York
state government the federal govern
practical demonstration of voting.
The subjects for the evening
courses are: Your Vote: What It May
Do For YOU" Why We Have We, Naa ION
al. CITY and State Laws The Man
and the Officer The Mayor and the
City" and Political Parties"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
DAILY RECORD.



AItura park, Lebanon street-P. E
Johnson 10 Mrs Kona Stuart, east
1-3 feet Of lot 2, lot 3. and west 1-3
feet OF lot 4, block II, s515os February
5, 1918.
Ysabel Ainsa Flato ct al TO Mar
guerite Ainsa Woods, one quarter in
terest in a tract on the west line OF
North oregon street, 1871 feet south
OF Boulevard street. and running 100
feet front on Oregon street and back
40 feet S3S33-53: December Is. 1917.
East FL Paso addition. Montana
street-Texas Bank and Trust COM
pany to z. E Ross. lots 1 and 2. block
10. $4,000; February 3. 1913
Lincoln Park addition, Rosa street
-Manuela Luna to aIanuela Saldivar,
lot II. block p, 800; February II,
santa Fe addition. B. Garcia to
Jose II. Garcia, lot %. block G. 81;
October 20. 1871
Camp addition IF B. Garcia to
Mrs J. A Alderete. lot 10, block III,
81: February IS. 1918.
Building Permits
II. Gonna, Ninth and Santa Ee, two
room house. $50.
a. A Lawler. A B c alley. repairing.
N oliver. AS South Stanton. re-
NJ Carson, 1921 East Rio Grande.
repairs and remodelIng. $500.
Perry Kirkpatrick. Stanton and
Mills, remodeling. $4,000.
J. ". Johnson. 100 East Franklin.
repairs. $50.
Licensed to Marry.
Thomas F. Smead and Laura Stan
ley
Alexander Hernandez and Amilia
Chavira-
David Meter and P. Marentez-
Robert Newman and Alice Pickard
Lochhausen and Roberta n Rolf.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
Daily Novelette,
(This Weekis MvstervD
THREE N A boat.

his WEEK s MYSLETN.N
(By author Of: ION the High Seas
or Caruso's Top Notes; The Colored
Races; The Wasnout on the Line OF
Each Monday: 'Myrz's Mystic Mir
ror"; jenkins ink: -Dashaway
Booze or The Temperance Town;
The Bound Calf or In Ten Volumes;
The Dirty Doin's Of Dooley Dooner";
The Poisoned Pepper; Cooked IN
the Ladle Of the Soup: kicking our
selves as Others Fleece U.s.; ''Hogan's
Hoax; Another Mans Shoes or
Stolen Boots; and one other to be
finished by August.)
t6~WE me the ringP' she Missed
hissively.
The Earl Of Poptucket
slowly slid his right hand into the
left hand pocket of his pearl gray
trousers.
Il cawn't." he said in low voice.
why cawn't your she Knocked, and
her wonderful yellow eyes flashed as
she stood there in her robe Of Russian
rudle trimmed round with red ruch-
Ny pocket is full Of molasses,- he
explained with a weak smile.
Prove it," she glinted.
He turned the pocket inside out, and
the molasses dripped over the thick
Ostermoor carpet
one turned pale so suddenly that
he could hear the sound.
"That's Eileen Dempsey's work.
she sparkled
six of one and eighteen thirds Of
the other" he answered coolly. and
took his hat off the chandelier and
left
Hardly had the door clicked behind
him when the telephone tinkled. She
answered It
Il just wanted to give you the
ring" said the telephone girl sweetly.
(The reader first submitting the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
Little Interuiews

to sell Government contracts have
tied them up. and private dealers are
forced TO rely on composition ma
terials to a great extent. OF course.
there are some tanneries that are still
supplying the general trade. but were
IL not for the substitutes for leather,
the trade would be up against it. For
tunately, material is procurable that
is even better than leather in many
respects"
while it may be an unwelcome
fact to face, nevertheless the expert
ence Of bonding and surety companies
shows that embezZlements and defal-
cations from firms and corporations.
excluding banking institutions, are
increasing over the United States"
said George H. Schaeffer, OF Dallas.
After an experience of II years in
the insurance business can only at
tribute this increase in unfaithfulness
to economic causes-in other words,
the high cost of living or the high
cost of high living. 1t seems to be
true that extravaganza and economic
pressure cause most of the embez-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14

II he world has conceded the
genius OF Wright ard curtiss
Il but only as individuals. In real
ity our national aeronautic prowess
runs back 60 years and more.
When we contemplate the $1,000
100000 which has been suggested for
the next aviation budget, and the plan
OF building $4,000 machines in one
year # is a little difficult to under
stand the governments former atti-
tude.
The balloon idea" was brought to
Washington in 1851 by Prof Lowe. He
was young inventor who started US
making artificial ice He died only
four years ago after a long life which
was calculated TO spite his enemies
in the capitol They had called him a
lunstic when he proposed TO fly over
the Confederate lines and bring back
Information
There was a rumor that the hostile
army was about to attack. Young
loves balloon was used as a last re-
sort He ascended about 5000 feet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
Years Ago Today
From The Herald OF
This Date, 1904

n r Morehead. mayor OF FL
Paso. has written a vigorously
worded letter TO the chief OF
police. in which the mayor tells the
chief the police must either get busy
and clean up the moral condition Of
the city or else get out OF office.
A b MCKEE, private secretary OF
the chief Of police. was stricken with
paralysis at o'clock last night.
Clarence Hayden. commercial agent
Of the Illinois Central at Los Angeles.
is in this city on a visit.
Garrett King. travelling representa-
tive Of the E. P. & S w. returned
last night from a business trip over
the line.
ent Of the E P & S. W, accompanied
BY his wife and family. left yesteF-
day for California for his health.
The FL Paso Bar association met
yesterday afternoon to discuss en-
dorsing various candidates for the
judgeships. The bar endorsed judges
A N. Walthall ]. n GoEgin and Jo-
seph z. Sweeney. 1t is said the Demo-
Gratis have agreed to nominate the
candidates endorsed by the bar.
Minister Powell has teIegraphed
Washington that American property
IS suffering heavily as a result of the
San Domingo instruction
The high school boys gave a dance
last evening at the Young Woman's
club. Mrs. Darbyshire and Mrs. Peck
were the chaperons.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Kohlberg have re-
turned from New York. where they
have been for the past few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. s Long left Thurs
cay for several months trip through
California
The Carnival OF Seasons" for the
benefit Of the Texas worlds fair
building at the Myar opera house last
night. proved to be very successful.
The entertainment was in charge OF
Mrs. B F. Hammett and enthusiastic
FL Paso women.
Mining investments pay the holders
OF the investments very well and the
days OF validating are over. says A
". Clifford, secretary OF the Interna-
tional Miners association A great
many Of the investments now pay as
high as Il percent. he says.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
TRAVELETTE
By NTKsAH


- Yorkshire. Eng. Built in tn,
seventh century the city has in spots
surprisingly modern air; by the side
OF narrow, crooked streets. laid out in
the time OF Alfred the Great, stand
imposing modern houses cleaning
with fresh paint Then perhaps by the
side OF some unusually naughty man
sion cuddle little houses with the
caves and gables OF another century.
seemingly quite crushed by the proud
air OF their new neighbors.
At nightfall the town crier stalks
through the streets and market plac
blowing an exceedingly rusty horn.
In the old days a householder robbed
between the blowing of this horn and
sunrise could claim the value of the
theft from the eity's treasury. For
this privilege he was taxed fourpence,
e1ghtpence II his house boosted a back
door, as well as a front one. thus
doubling the danger from meddlers.
The tax and payments have been abol-
lshed, but the horn is still blown at
nine in the evening as II has been
since the eighth century. The may
orS badge is horn and baldric with
the motto, Except the Lord keep the
city, the Waterman waketh in vain"
Waken roughly by its Waterman Re
petedly the city has been destroyed
and sacked. It was burnt BY the
Danes in $50 and again in later years
by the Normans and Scots.
"A true as Ripon rOwells" was an
old English saying and Ripon was
vastly proud Of its reputation as the
maker Of the best spurs in England,
but since the fashion Of wearing such
adornment as an Indispensable part
OF the masculine attire has passed. the
manufacture OF spurs has ceased to be
leading industry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
Uncle Walls Denotmed Poem.
Following the Rules

Uncle Sam appoints to work on conservation IN follow that p
to
= down win gentle kidding hump
bthey
it. he declares
eating useless chicken,
the gooseess
rushed officials when
veil they're PpOunded 1t not to
but days
pointed p Some absurd leaves daEed and
he would not be He
gddy;
Shoes barefoot
the soldier yonder
copyriEht George WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14

LhD ANGE conditions in Mexico
are very favorable to the
cattle industry" said Gen
Luis Terrazas, but I am afraid that
if the expectation Of cattle continues
in the large numbers that it has dur
ing the past year, the COW business
in northern Mexico will be very Sc
riously crippled. Feed is plentiful,
especially in Chihuahua, and there is
an abundance OF water. Such cattle
as are left in Mexico are in splendid
shape, but advices that I receive from
my own holdings in that country are
to the effect that but little of my own
stock remains in Chihuahua, and
other cattle is not plentiful"
Leather substitutes are becoming
increasingly in demand" said C. s.
PiclSeL Leather houses and tanner
les which year ago could supply the
most extensive order now have little
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14

"Pd like T. have a talking machine if
it vuzn' fer stayin' at home" said Mrs.
Lafe Bud this mornin'. It would be a
fine thing if we could close some in
dividuals up one or two days a week.
Copyright National Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
PLAcEp IN FAKER CLAss

Decatur, Ill, Feb. 14.-Fortune tel
lers are classed as takers here. The
city commissioners have repealed the
law legalizing clairvoyants on the
ground that municipalities have no
authority to legalize takers. This is
sue was brought up when an itinerant
palnist applied for a license to prac-
tfce
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14
NEW MEX. GOVERNOR TO
DELIVER CHICAGO ADDRESS

tation to deliver a patriotic address
in one Of the Chicago high schools on
Washington's birthday anniversary
has been received and accepted by
Gov w E Lindsey.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14

correct solution OF Three in a Boat"
VIII De awarded a nickel plated pea
nut sheller.-Ed. the Morning Glory
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-14

MI. Ford has completely turned attention from tn
water lily to the water Lizzie.