El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-25

{ Single DAY IN II Aaeu DIoAeA Ae- Dl-A
I all recognition. the police department
raised $500 in fines for the benefit
/ Of the Red Cross Friday. Many of
the tags issued by the viglanu
I cops have not yet been presented
/ at headquarters, so that there is still
a considerable sum out, said the
police.
Give Red Cross S12a5.
With several hundred tags stu out,
the police department turned over 20
Z the headquarters of the Red Cross
Friday night S1235. as the result Of a
day of tagging by the police for every
violation OF every ordinance on the
city's books. Nearly 1000 persons
were tagged, and every tag cost from
81 up.
in the police court Friday after
noon. drOves and herds OF men and
women flocked before acting judge
Joe Stowe with their tags and dol
lars. So great was the crowd that
it had TO be split. and police captain
P II. Phoenix was deputized as as
sistaut judge. to handle part Of the
crowd. Before long the captain
desk was piled a foot high with tags,
dollar bills and stacks of silver. In
anticipation OF the rush. the Red
receipts already filled out, so that the
multitude Of donors merely handed
ia their dollars and their tags and
were handed back receipts
Gathers in school Marms.
Officer A. a. Funk gathered in six
school teachers at one fell sWOOp Fri
day morning. as lie lay I'm wait near
the Aoy school at $50 o'clock He
watched them unsuspec cut
across the middle OF the block, and
then got their names and issued the
tags. Two others escaped Funk
was forced to let many violators
escape because he ran out Of tags.
lIournfuIIy Admits Six Tags.
One Gut0iSt breeEed into the cap
tain's office during the session Of
court and mOurntully admitted six
tags. He explained that he came
across the bridge from Juarez and
was tagged by the officer at the
bridge because he had no Red Cross
sticker on his car. En- route uptown,
he was tagged by five other officers
for the same offence Capt. Phoenix
exchanged six stickers for the six
tags-and $50.
eCoppersv Are Dee-Iighfed.
A fiendish delight was taken by the
policemen i'm tagging members Of the
bar. especially police court practi-
toners. This is thought to be a re-
suit Of severe cross examination OF
policemen as Witnesses Chief Of po-
lice c.. =. Pollock was tagged twice,
as he absent miudedly missed the
curbiug in trying 10 make q square
turn Inspector Walter Reese also
fell a victim to the same old habit.
Joe Stowe was tagged by a friend
officer who called him across the
street for that purpose Shortly af-
forwards another friend officer called
and when he refused to go, the judge
was showed off the sidewalk and
tagged therefor
Prominent Men Caught.
DR.. W. J.. Brown was tagged twice,
once for parking his car in the wrong
place and another time for jaywaIk-
ing. Attorney Maury Edwards was a
victim. and Harry Potter, the street
times by officers who are street car
patrons. Charles r. LOOMS was an
other lawyer TO fall afoul of the law.
seThe Bitter Bitten.1
Justice A. J. Hail. who instituted
the fashion Of turning fines over 10
the Red Cross and similar causes. was
hailed before judge Stowe like a COM
mon felon and experienced the feeling
OF being on the other side Of the
bench.
one man put himself in an unenvi-
able position by visiting chief Pollock
and asking IL he did not think the
Red Cross was going too far in OBJ
tanning funds by this means. He re-
Ceived so very little satisfaction from
the chief. however. that he made his
objection very brief. He told the
chief that he was not a citizen