El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-19
INTERN CRITICS
SAYS TONIC. LEA
War Stamp Speaker Tells
Of Kaiser's Helpers Here
Baking Sales.

say this is a war Of conquest We
have a place for them. We have one
OF the places out at Fort Bliss. When
any one offers a criticism Of the gov
eminent. or a criticism Of our presi-
dent, they should be interned behind
steel bars. and kept at hard labor un-
til after the war. and then sent 10 the
country they seem 20 love so WelL'
Tom c. Lea, former mayor Of FL Paso.
told the thousands Of people who
gathered at Cleveland square Tuesday
night 10 hear the talks on the war
saving stamps
R. Emmett Hines. manager Of the
shock troops" Of the war saving
stamp campaign. presided. and intro
duced Mr. Lea. saying m part
This country has been at war for
Is months, and great many Of the
people OF this city have not awakened
70 the seriousness OF the tray yet
There Is too much frivolity: there is
too much OF let George do t.. when
talk OF the fighting is started The
people Of the city and the country
must awake to the fact that this IS a
serious time. and We must be serious
through 10 all"
Band PLAYS cover There
Through the courtesy OF Brig Cen
Robert l. Howe. the Seventh cavalry
band. under the leadership or H. H.
Hirshberger. rendered delightful
program before Mr. Lea talked. and at
the conclusion Of the speech the band
played the star Spangled Banner
As the crowd filed out OF the square
the band played over There
Mr. Hines explained that the band
volunteered TO come 10 FL PasO and
play i'm the square for the purpose Of
getting a crowd together TO hear the
speaker He told the audience that I
the talks were necessary in order that I
the people Of this city be aWak eneu 70 b
the necessity OF the need for help I.
enJoiued the people to listen atten- /
lively 20 the speakers
Mr. Lea. in opening, said &c was /.
difficult matter TO tax against the
footing OF automobile horns. the noise 4
Of passing street cars and railroad +
trains He said in part
some Are Working Hard
There are banded together men
and women in FL Paso who are giving .
their time and their business 10 the I
interest Of the war saving stamp. I
These patriotic citizens spend all or D
their time at the First National bank I
building in the interest OF the war .
saving stamps. There are women I'm 4
this city who are daily tramping the I
hot streets. going from door 90 door
in an effort 10 sell these stamps and /
the baby securities.
This city is pledged 10 sell SL516,-
l-0 worth OF war saving stamps ana 4
my faith in our people Is SUCH that ! \
believe we will sell that many here.
{ know 90 is easier 20 sell $4,000, 600 /
Of Liberty bonds than 10 is 20 sell
5 !. 900. 900 OF thrift stamps. but the
Of the United States
wants every one in the country 20 /
help win this war 1t wants every
nan TO get in and buy some OF these
..rbe bo75s OF this nation cou1d be
easily sold, and we would have 10
pay Tor them. but the government Is
anxious that its people lend them the
money at a good rate OF interest than
10 tax them heavily
Door slammed In Face.
Il am told there is a man in this
,ity who keeps man 10 clean his
lawn. that the expenses OF keeping
The lawn and flowers in nice shape,
md his house perfectly well groomed.
10 buy IS cents worth Of war saving
stamps each month They tell me
gain that one OF these God blessed
women OF the city OF I'll PasO. who Is
going from door to door 20 sell these
stamps. had a woman tell her that the
war saving stamps would have no
more value after the war than the
Confederate money has now
Hard Hitter Needed.
They tell again or one OF the woul-
IN who called at q house in this city,
had the door slammed in her face
when she asked that they buy stamps.
She was told that the people at that
home wanted no government agent
,allinE, and as the woman was leav-
ne the house she said some one in
side the house started phonograph
llaying Die Wacht am Rhein'-this
u the city OF FL Paso.
'I would to God that a $50 pound man
lad been at that door with the woman
Helping her sell those stamps. He
hOuld have been armed with a big
I'm club and when that door was
damned I'm the face Of this little
hat door and smashed the phono-
,raph into a million pieces.
Job for L. S. Marshal.
NO. they don't want any govern
1eut agents calling at the house
What they should have is a United
tates marshal. who should take them /
ut OF the house and TO Fort Bliss
nd confine them behind that st0ckade
vail out there, and when this war Is
ver they should be returned to the
arharous country they love so vel z
we read that the German papers
ay things are to happen iu the
'nited States that viii make the mar
CIV in president Wilson's bones grow
old Before we are through with
-ermany things viii happen on the
OF Europe that viii make
he heart OF Wilhelm grow faint and y
-eak and when the boys OF America
inter- Berlin the blood Of the kaiser q
-ilI grow cold in death
Must Realize Purpose.
"The time has now come when we ,,
lust realize what is at stake in this
reat war. IL is not only your hap
mess, or my happiness. but civiliZa- .
ion is at stake. the future Of the
hildren OF the world the democracy
( the world. and the future OF your
hiidren and my children must be
reserved
NonBuyers Are ProGerman.
Mr.. Hines said that the names OF @
very man. woman and child iu this q
ity are being kept. with the amount o
f stamps they are buying. and the D
mount they should be buying. and O.
-hen this is an over the committee I'm / q
barge viii know exactly who has Q
ought and who has not bought
Those who are buying are Ameri- d
ans" Mr. Hines said. "and those who
re not buying are nroGerman and I 7
ont give a damn whether we win 81
his war OF not and when this is over O.
re- shall know who they are q
Meeting viii be held each night this q
'eek on Cleveland square and special 2
peakers have been engaged 90 adj n
ress the people. There viii be a band u
oncert each night during the present .
eek b
He'll Takes $1,000 worth. q
Miss Rose Hell, secretary No. z. OF vi
istrict No. 5. on Wednesday secured p
he order Of her father. l. n. Hell for
600 worth of war stamns for which n