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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05
PICTURE SHOW SPEAKERS TO
TELL OF WAR STAMPS TONIGHT

-Four minute" speakers tonight in
the picture thsaters will explain the
need for subscribing 70 The war saw
ings stamps movement. joseph NJ
Nealon will speak at the Alhamb bra
". H Fryer, Grecian; Charles Brann.
Wigwam; E. II. Whitaker, Unique;
c. NJ Wlchar, Bijou.
Every evening next week these
speakers, with others, will continue
the addresses. said Frank Lyons.
chairman Of the movement. under
auspices Of the national committee on
public information.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05
Rockefeller Can't Get
Standard Oil StoUes To
Warm His Chilli Home

New York, Jan. 5.-John D. Rookie
Teller, jr., has been obliged to close
his New York home and move into
his fathers home at TarrytoWn, \. Y,
because the Standard Oil company
was unable 10 provide him with oil
stove heaters They did not have any
left TO give him.
Mr. Rockefeller's home and those
OF several other wealthy New Workers
adjoining have a common central
heating plant. but lack of coal forced
il 10 close. He sent a requisition 20
the STANDARD Oil company, in which
he an his father are heaviest stock
holders, for So oil stoves.
supply exhausted Can't get them
for you or anybody else was the
answer, Whereupon Mr.. Rockefeller
with q SILVER, decided tomove.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05
WATER POWER
BILL PREPARED
President Turns the Water
Power Problems Over to
Three Cabinet Officers.

Washington. D. c.. January "a
definite legislative policy 20 develop
the nations water power is under
consideration by house leaders today
in the form Of a bill approved by
president Wilson and designed to
handle all water power problems
through & commission composed Of
the secretaries Of war, interior and
agriculture.
The bill proposes to lease the water
power privileges on public lands. In
dian lands. national forests and uavi-
gable streams for not exceeding so
years when the project may be taken
over by the United States, again
leased to the original lessee or leased
to a new lessee All property owned
and held by the Hcensee at the eN-
piration of the lease, valuable and
Servicea bic in the development or dis
tributIon Of power. together with
any locks OF other aids to navigation
constructed by the lessee, may be
taken over by the government upon
the payment Of the fair value. not to
exceed the actual cost OF the property
taken, plus reasonable damages.
Cost, 10 Cents Per Horsepower.
Il requires lessees TO pay reason
lble annual charges OF not less than
ten cents per water power horse
power per annum.
All receipts from these water power
licenses are to be placed IN the fed
eral treasury. The bill provides that
so percent Of the proceeds from ma
tional lore IS shall he expended in
construction Of roads in those forests;
30 percent OF the receipts from pub
lie lands are to be placed in the
reclamation fund; so percent Of re-
ceipts from naviEable streams 70 be
expended in the maintenance and
operation Of dams and other uaviga-
ton structures Of the United States
and that all proceeds from Indian
reservations shall be placed to the
credit Of the Indians.
The bill embraces features Of both
the Ferris bill in the house, and the
Shields bill. in the senate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05
ASK ATTORNEY GENERAL IF
LEGISLATIVE AID is LEGAL

Austin, Texas. Jan. attorney
s neral LOOney was today asked for
al opinion as 70 whether or not the
.-sislature could legally make an ap-
Jpriatiou or in any way render aid
70 the dTouth stricken farmers and
s-Jckmen in west Texas The request
line from a committee appointed at
the recent meetings OF the droUth re-
i.ef committee and the state council
of defence.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05

Piano lamp, exactly like cut;
comes with assorted silk lined
shades; japanese decorated
stand, full height, completely
wired ready TO attach, has two
light sockets. These are a de
layed Christmas special which
we offer at I-3 off. Regular
$500 value. January sale
price G1H nE
only ...--- .-- ~ 1OsOO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05

Sanitary couch, like cut, made OF steel.
well supported; a good cheap bed and
couch combined; regular $3.50 value.
January sale O. on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05

4 UsTIN Tex Jan. 5.-Gov- W.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05

and during my next administration.
If elected. 1 viii continue TO seek
substantial relief FOR the drou,h suf-
ferers.
7 VII present my views later 10
the people on all subjects that per
tain TO the states affairs and give
them from time to time mole n de-
tail on subjects herein referred to-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05
ENGINEER wEYMoUTH HERE.

+. E. Weymouth. chief OF construc-
ton for the L. S. reclamation service
with headquarters in Denver, Colo,
arrived In FL Paso Saturday morning
for an inspection Of the Rio Grande
project D. C. Kenny. a consulting
engineer from Seattle. Wash, was ex-
pected to arrive late this afternoon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05

Z or on Trousers-Let I'm Howl.
Adv.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20
His Drastic Action.

sit seems to me that motorists pass
ing through here are extremely reck-
Less in their driving" said the hyper
critical guest. Don't the authorities
try to do anything to stop their speed
ing through town.
"Well," responded the landlord of
the Petunia tavern, constable Slack
putter didn't do much till one joy rider
ran smack wei him and went racing
off to the westward. But then, you
betcha, he crawled to a telephone,
called up the captain of the home
guards at Wayoverbehind, and ordered
him to get his company out and take
the nefarious russ dead or alive. The
captain didn't do it, but it just showed
how awake to his duty Slack had sud-
denly become. Any time you run over
a small town officer you can get ac-
ton and reaction out of him."-Kan-
sas City Star.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20

Outside OF this unexpected meet
ing, my trip was uneventful.
/ arrived at st. John, New Bruins
wick, and eventually in the little
town Of Momence, ILL.,, OIL the Kan
kakee river.
1 have said that l was never so
happy to arrive in a country as l was
when 1 set foot on Dutch soil. Now,
I'm afraid 1 shall have to take that
statement back. Not until 1 finally
landed in Momence and realized that
1 was again in the town of my child
hood days did / enjoy that feeling OF
absolute security which n never
really appreciates until after a visit
to foreign parts.
Now that / am back, the whole adj
venture constantly recurs to me as a
dream, and I'm never quite sure that
I won't wake up and find it so.
(THE ENID
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20
ADD COLOR TO THE GARDEN
G~oIdfnches, Always Attracted by SUM-
flowers, Make Beauty Spot
Especially Attractive.

A very familiar bird in u gardens,
especially when there are sunfiowers
growing there, is the beautiful little
American goldfinch.
Their deep black wings and tall and
little cap form q striking, though pleas
ing, contrast to their bright yellow
bodies.
Because of their sweet, canary-like
notes they are often called wild ca
naries.
They are very sociable little birds,
being found usually in small focks ;
they even build their nests In small
communities.
When winter approaches the male
changes his bright yellow coat for one
of a soberer color closely resembling
that of the female.
Numbers of them feed upon the sun
flowers in my garden every year, and 1t
is a pleasing sight to go in there and
see their bright yellow bodies flashing
in the sun.
They are hardy little fellows, spend
ing the entire winter with us.-NeW
York Sun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20
H MISSING FACES

Have you noticed that the old town
isn't altogether what it used to be!
That somehow there is a difference
when you go down street? That the
old places are more subdued and
quiet; less busy and noisy? That go
where you will, the club, the bowling
alley, the billiard parlor, anywhere,
there is the same subtle of
change?
The old voices no longer hail you
with such eager challenge, such loyal
welcome, such whole-souled good-fel-
lowship; the old smiles no longer
greet you so warmly and the old hand
claps on the shoulder no longer bring
you the same old sense of comrade-
ship and friendly interest. Something
seems to have slipped silently out Of
life.
For scores of the old faces are
missing; faces that you knew and
loved the best.
They are cover there" in the khaki
the gray Hun line backward toward
the Rhine. They are taking up the
burden of civilization, of democracy
and freedom the liberation of a half
wGrld threatened with e~nslavement 5
the perpetuation of our OWL national
liberty and safety. The overthrow of
'Kaiserdom.
And some Of them are never to
come back!
None of us will ever forget these
missing faces; the faces of u friends,
our brothers, our sweethearts, our
husbands and fathers. All Of us will
hope to welcome them home again,
triumphant from the firing line, the
jaws of death, the literal mouth of
the inferno.
Nor must any of us forget them in
the coming Liberty Loan drive.
For it is to strengthen them and
their fight, to hurry their ultimate
victory and to speed their return, that
these bonds are to be offered. That
and that alone.
Remember these missing faces
these faces that we love.
And begin at once your saving for
the loan.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20
Moxlnn Pictures for the Home.

A comparatively inexpensive combi-
nation moving-picture camera and pro-
jector for amateur use is illustrated In
Popular Mechanics Magazine. 1t
bears about the same relation to the
costly and heavy professional ma
chimes as a compact, light camera does
to a cumbersome apparatus employed
by portrait photographers. Exclusive
of it's tripod, the new movie camera
weighs less than three and a half
pounds. 1t uses standard film n IS
operated as easily as any simple "still'
instrument. The capacity of it's maya
zines, designed for daylight loading, Is
twenty feet, which, because eight In
stead of sixteen pictures are taken per
second, records as much action as
forty feet of film in a professional ma
chine. Sharp, clear pictures capable
of reasonable enlargement for "stills"
are obtained. By changing the lens at
taching a light frame with reels OF
2OO-foot capacity, and mounting a
small, cylindrical lamphouse, the cam
era Is converted into a protector.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20
CHAPTER Xxx.
Home Again.

That same day, in the evening, I
was rendered a banquet at the Hotel
Savoy by a fellow officer who had
bet three other friends of mine that
l would be home by Christmas. This
wager had been made at the time he
heard that / was a prisoner Of war,
and the dinner was the stake.
The first intimation he had of my
safe return from Germany and the
fact hat he had Won his bet was a
telegram l sent him reading as fol-
lows:
Lieut.. Louis Grand:
"War bread bad, so I came home.
pat"
He said he would not part with
that message for a thousand dollars.
Other banquets followed in fast sue
cession. After / had survived nine of
them / figured that l was now in as
much danger of succumbing to a sur
felt of rich food as / had previously
been of dying from starvation, and
for my own protection, l decided to
leave London. Moreover, my thoughts
and my heart were turning back to
the land of my birth, where I knew
there was a loving mother who was
longing for more substantial evidence
of my safe escape than the cables and
letters she had received.
Strangely enough, on the boat which
carried me across the Atlantic, l saw
an r. f. G. man-Lieutenant Lascel-
les.
I walked over to him, held out my
hand and said "HelloI"
He looked at me steadily for at least
a minute.
my friend, you certainly look like
Pat O'Brien," he declared, "but l can't
believe my eyes. Who are your"
l quickly convinced him that his
eye were still to be relied upon, and
then he stared at me for another min
ute or two, shaking his head dubi-
ousry.
His mystification was quite expli.
cable. The last time he had seen me
1 was going down to earth with q
bullet in my face and my machine do
ing a s~pinning-nose dive. He was one
Of my comrades in the flying corps
and was in the fight which resulted
In my capture. He said he had read
the report that / was a prisoner OF
war, but he had never believed 1t, as
he did not think it possible for me to
survive that fall.
He was one of the few men living
out of eighteen who were originally
in my squadron do not mean the
eighteen with whom / sailed from
Canada last May, but the squadron ]
Joined in France.
AS we sat on the deck exchanging
experiences, I would frequently no
tice him gazing intently in my face
as If he were not quite sure that the
whole proposition was not a hoaz
and that I was an imposter.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20

~OUTWITTING
THE HUM
- BY -
LIEUTENANT
PAT O'BRIEN

Copyright. 1918, by Pat AlvR o'Brien
Continued from page 3

to relate In brief the story Of my ex-
perience, and they appeared TO be
very much interested. Perhaps they
did 1t only to give me confidence and
as a sort Of rehearsal for the main
performance, which was scheduled to
take place much sooner than / ex-
pected.
/ had barely completed my story
when the door opened and an attend
ant entered and announced:
"The king will receive Leftenant
O'Brien I"
If he had announced that the kaiser
was outside with a squad Of German
my heart could not have sunk deeper.
Earl Cromer beckoned me to follow
him and we went into a large room,
where / supposed ] was at last to re-
ceive my coaching. but I observed the
earl bow to a man standing there and
realized that / was standing In the
presence Of the king of England.
"Your majesty, Leftenant O'Brien j.
the earl announced, and then immedi-
ately backed from the room. l be-
lieved / would have followed right
behind him, but by that time the
king had me by the hand and was
congratulating me, and he spoke so
very cordially and democratically
that he put me at my ease at once.
He then asked me how l felt and
whether I was in a condition to con-
verse, and when l told him / was, he
said he would be very much pleased
to hear my story In detail.
"Were you treated any worse by the
Germans. leftenant?" he asked, "on
account of being an American? I've
heard that the Germans had threat
ened to shoot Americans serving In
the British army If they captured
them, CHASING them as murderersi
because America was a neutral coun-
try and Americans had no right to
mix In the war. Did you find thai to
be the case?"
/ told him that / had heard similar
reports, but that / did not notice any
appreciable difference in my treat
ment from that accorded Britishers
The king declared that he believed
my escape was due to my pluck ano
will power and that 1t was one OF the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20

lea is the land of opportunity and obli-
CATION, of a chance to get on in the
world honestly if you know how to.
get on, and Of the duty to see to 1t;
that you do not lay an unkind hand
upon the chance and opportunity of
any other striving son of God.
Sacrifices Necessary.
Yes, we are up against the real
thing, and the only question is, regard
less of your race, your faith, your sta
ton in life, are you willing to face it
like people who are worthy to be free?.
Will you hoard your money and take
your chance that providence will win
this fight for you and save it from the
Golfers of the German empire? Or will
you go into partnership with your gov
eminent and win it certainly, although
your incomes may thereby be lessened.
The latter / think is the course of
conduct for the wise and patriotic
man. There lived in my town in
Indiana a man who for 40 years had
been a pillar in n of the prominent
churches. One day he left it and
Joined another. Upon being asked
what he thought of his new church, he
said it was just as good as the old one
and a little cheaper. That, l think,
ought to be the attitude of mind at
the present time. To be a little poorer
at the close of this war, and yet to
feel that your children and your chill
dren's children are safe from the in
cursion of ambitious and bloodthirsty
men is just rs good as to AXE a
chance on heaven winning this war for
a people who are willing to win it for
themselves, and will be, in my opinion,
a good deal cheaper.
To help finance this war Is not only
a duty, but it is a great privilege.
Heretofore you have been political
stockholders in this republic. Some of
the evils of our politics have arisen
from the fact that the interest is pure
ly political and not financial. Now
you have a chance to become a finan-
cial stockholder in your country. The
war, of course, will be financed, If
need be by the very rich of the coun-
try, but it ought not to be, in the in
terests of the good of the country, for
the debt some time must be paid, and
If you will all take as many shares
as you can in this financial company
of yours, it will tend to prudence and
economy in the administration Of pub
lie affairs in the future. 1t will lessen
your taxes, and you and your children
as you pay them will feel that you are
helping to pay yourselves rather than
helping to pay persons who you be-
lieve have unjustly protited out of the
necessities of this war. You can pre-
vent anybody getting an undue inan-
cial advantage out of the Indebtedness
which this people must contract, If
you will do your best. If you will not
do your best, and prefer to keep for
needless luxuries your little earnings,
Justice and fair dealing suggest that
you do not complain if the rich take
the obligations of your government.
No man has a right to growl when he
has had an equal chance with his fell
low men. Put up or shut up.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20

most remarkable escapes he had ever
heard of, which / thought was quite
a compliment, coming as it did from
the king Of England.
81 hope that all the Americans will
give as good an account of themselves
as you have, leftenant," he said, land
I feel quite sure they will. / fully
appreciate all the service rendered us
by Americans before the States en-
tered the war;"
At this moment I asked him If ]
was taking too much time.
"Not at all, ~leftenant. not at all"
he replied, most cordially. Il was
extremely interested in the brief re.
port that came to me of your wonder.
full escape and 1 sent for you because
] wanted to hear the whole story first
hand, and I I'm very glad you were
able to come.
I had not expected to remain more
than a few minutes, as l understood
that four minutes is considered a long
audience with the king. Fifty-two
minutes elapsed before / finally left
therei
During all this time / had done most
of the talking, in response to the
kings request to tell my story. Occa'
~sionally he interrupted to ask a ques.
tion about a point he wanted me to
make clear, but for the most part he
was content to play the part Of a lis
tener.
He seemed to be very keen on every
thing and when I described some OF
the tight holes I got into during my
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20

escape ne evInceu MS sympathy. &c
~casionally l introduced some of the
few humorous incidents of my adven
ture and in every instance he laughed
heartily.
Altogether the impression / got q
him was that he is a very GENIAL,
gracious and alert sovereign. I know
1 have felt more i'll at ease when tSlk.
ing to a major than when speaking
to the king-but perhaps ] had In0re
cause to.
During the whole interview we
were left entirely alone, which i'm
pressed me as significant of the dem
ocratic manner of the present king
Of England, and l certainly came
AVA with the utmost respect for him
In all my conversation, | recalled
afterwards, / never addressed the
King as your Majesty" but used the
military "sir." AS / was a British e.
6cer and he was the head Of the army.
he probably appreciated this manner
of address more than If i had used
the usual "Your Majesty" Perhaps
he attributed 1t to the fact that l
was an American. At any rate, he
didn't evince any d%ispleasure at my
departure from what 1 understand is
the usual form of address.
Before / left he asked me what my
plans for the future were.
"Why, sir, 1 hope to rejoin my
at the earliest possible mo-
menv1% 1 replied.
"Nb, E~eeftenant," he ~rejolned, that
is on of the squestion. We can't risk
losing you for good by sending you
back to a part/of the front opposed
by Germans. because if you were un-
fortunate enough to be captured
again they would undoubtedly shoot
you"
"Well, If l can't serve in France,
sir" l suggested, wouldn't 1t be feas-
ible for me to fly in Italy OF Salon
lear"
NO." he replied, that would be
almost as bad. The only thing that
l can suggest for you to do is either
to take up Instruction. very valu7
able form of service-or perhaps 1t
might be safe enough for you to
serve in Egypt, but just at present,
~leftenant, l think you have done
enough anyway"
Then he rose and shook hands with
me and wished me the best of luck,
and we both said "Good-by."
In the adjoining room l met Earl
Cromer again, and as he accompanied
me to the door seemed to be surprised
at the length of my visit.
AS l left the palace a policeman
and a sentry outside came smartly to
attention. Perhaps they figured l had
been made a general.
AS I was riding back to the hotel
in a taxi l reflected on the remark
able course of events which in the
i,hort space of nine months had taken
me through so much and ended up,
like the finish of a book, with my be-
ing received by his majesty, the
king! When / first joined the Royal
Flying corps I never expected to see
the inside of Buckingham palace,
much less being received by the king
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20
An Observing Frenchman.

Besides being good fighters, the
French are keen-witted and observing.
In Normandy there is a sign up at the
entrance of a field: Horses taken to
grass. Reasonable rates. Horses with
long tails, 1 franc a day. Horses with
short tails, so confines a day." On
being asked why he made this strange
distinction, the farmer explained that
a horse with a short tail is so wor-
ried by flies that he hasn't time to
Craze, while a horse with a long tail
can flick off the flies and eat grass at
the same time.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20
THE AMERICAN WAY

Are the Germans going to lick us?
Not on your life!
Are we going to lick the Germans?
Sure as you're born!
: How soon?
AS soon as we put up enough Of the
mazuma to feed, clothe, furnish with
guns, rifles, ammunition, tanks, motor
lorries, air planes, enough loyal kmeri-
can men to knock the stufings out
Of the Teutons i soon as we buy
enough bonds to win victory.
Buy today! Buy three times as
much Of them as you thought ycr were
going &C ouyl Buy, Buyl Buyi
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-20

1utely and finally you agree to give him
up.
81 do not know how much trouble
your agitating remarks may have
caused among the workers, but hence
forth it will be useless for you to seek
employment in any Of our stores. As
far as we are concerned, you shall be
forever silenced."
IT am afraid" said the girl, her
voice was low, that will not be pos
sible. Because" withsquick concern
in her face she went wei to the young
er man. "Jim," she murmured, "for-
give me, dear, for deceiving even you.
Because, MI. Rogers" she continued,
II have merely been working here as
an inspector among your people. The
deplorable wrongs I have found must
be righted." She smiled a sudden
transforming smile. "You, and Jim,
I am sure, are going to help me right
them"
"An Inspector" James Rogers re-
peated, "do you mean to say that you
were sent to investigate my factories
by Williams of the Press?"
The girl crept close to young Jim's
side. "Why, no" she said, and laugh
ed softly, 81 came myself. My pen
name is-Daniel Wells"
Copyright, 1918, by the Western NeGspa-
per Union.)