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$5OO,O0O,OOO
RAIL ADVANCE
Passenger Fares to Be 3 and
Maybe 3 1-2 Cents
a Mile.
ALL FREIGHT CHARGES Up
McAdOO to Announce Increase
Next Weck-Forced by
Boost in Wages.
ALL FREIGHT CHARGES Up
Special Dsspstch 70 tn, srv.

wAsHiSG1oS. May "a huge in.
crease in railroad freight rates and pas
senrer fares is to be announced By hi
rector-Genera, OF Railroads McAdoo
early mex, week. almost coincident with
announcement OF wage increases granted
all railway employees receiving less
than $3.50 a month
The wa.-c increases to be granted will
aggregate s30o. 900, 900 and possibly
more. The freigh: rate and passenger
fare increases are to De mads on a
basis OF return which will not only
absorb this wage Increase but heavy eS-
penditures for locomotives and cars that
may run to 5000. 900. 900.
Advance Totals $500. 900 900.
This means rate ard fare advance
axgregatinR half a billion dollars. IN
the IS per cent case the railroads re-
ceived about $50. 900 900 from the So
called rs per cent. advance. II applied
however. only in Eastern territory. and
principally on commodity rates
There is little doubt passenger fares
will be increased to 3 cents a mile. and
perhaps 8ts cents@a mile. Al present
the mileage basis Is -, cents mile
Class freight rates are expected to bear
the brunt OF the increase These rates
apply largely on manufactured articles
that go in less than carload shipments.
They necessitate greater service than
coal. ores and other heavy, commodities.
Though some rates will be increased
more than others in a leVell!uy deemed
advisable from the experience OF the IN
terstata Commerce comm!ss in rate
making. II is not likely that single
commodity or article will escape
Under the railroad control act PreG-
dent Wilson has full power to tx and
review rates. This power has been dele
gated to Director-Genera' of Railroads
Mc.Adoo All rates made are subject TO
review by the Interstate CNumerce
Commission II protest is fled. but with
the Government as arhtsr Of the rates
il Is liking there ~ little possibility oe
any reduction.
With the Government guara';tecinG
returns TO tho railroads under Govern
ment operation II Il essential mat in
creased charges put on by such opera
ton be met. The must be paid ether
through rate returns or from the Treas
ury. as railroad earnings are guar
anteed.
1t is Director-(;ener McAdoo's view
that the persons and business interests
getting the service should bear the bur
der. even though it will be distributed
to the people
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Baseball and Golf for
the Smoke Fund To-day

TWILL be a great day for the
fellows in the trenches il
only the weather here is fine.
This is the day Of the qualifying
round for the frst of the monthly
golf tournaments of the Dun
woodie Country Club. Also this
afternoon at 3 o'clock the Naval
Reserves and the Guaranty
Trust teams play what promises
to be . sizzling game Of baseball.
The game is to be on Commercial
High Scht.l field. Brooklyn. On
page s are directions for get
ting there. Both events are for
THE SUN Tobacco Fund.
WARMING! THE SUN TO-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
tion or publication. It employs
no agents or solicitors.
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\ German raid vas made yc>t.rda.
north Of Hill ~. near Lens. and tsu
British troopers are reported missias
Early last night German attack in
A,,luy Wood north OF Albert. failed
The British made raids SouIhweFf Of
La Basss. ard north Of tie Nprcs-
Conncs Canal. in both ot which the,
took prisoners.
Paris reports that the German line
was penetrated by the French south %
'anny Matz, which * northwest Of
l.assigny, French troops last nigh; car
ried out raids along several parts uf the
front notably southeast OF Coucy, or the
Aisnc front, IN the Champagne. and in
The Vosges. in Which prisoners were
'ahcr G"-mar -aids ntt"'rpted ," ,h"
Vest Of Novon and southeast of Mesnil-
St Georges were failures
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Fisaves for Divisions.
Adyices from divisions in other parts
Of the United States show that yester-
days contributions In the Central Divi-
slon totaIled ss.3s5,0o0 this includes
g. seN. .aae from ChicaEo) that the Lake
Division reported 37.esso7s; Gulf. n.-
ss,l0s: Mountain. &i.5ss.sss; New
England, sA,ooi.ooo; Northsrn. ss.ass.-
900; Northwestern, s2.iss.sf; Pacific.
s3.oss.4:s: Pennsylvania. H,ls5.s21
Potomac. Si.sI7sss; Southern. ss.ooi.-
ssi: Southwestern. Ss.oso.bio; Foreign.
,T:s.04o.
The grand total 10 really larger. for
from some OF these divisions no reports
we're received yesterday and 80 Thurs
days are given.
In Greater New York. a. announced at
the, luncheon Of the captains. the thirty
Coatiswcd Sk F1tk PeOc.
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ZEPPELIN SUNK 4; NORTH SEA.
British Destroyer Rescues Crew Of
German AIrship.

LONDON. May sA.--Fishermen who
have arrived at EsbJerE on the Danish
coast Of the North Sea say that a Yep
pelin haa been brough, down In the
North Sea. a CopenhaEen despatch to the
Exchange telegraph Company reports.
The crew OF the German airsiiip was
rescued b Q British destroyer.
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NEW GERMAN PRESS BUREAU.
Plan 10 Encir"ir World. says
DWtcb Newspaper.

AMSTERDAM. May ct.--The Hdndeis-
blod says It learns that preparations are
being made in Germany TO establish
p,n-tierman news organization. The or
ganization will cover the entire world
One OF the first steps in this direction.
according to the newspaper has been
the founding OF national Dutch news
agency at The Hague,
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U-BOAT TORPEDOES
MOLDAVA AT NIGHT
IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
Admiralty Fears Americans Were Killed in One Com
partment-Submarine Not Sighted Before
Shot Struck Amidships.


dava with board has been orpeded and sunk
according official bulletin Admiralty
The statement follows:
The torpedoed
yesterday morning There casualties the but
Of the American board
been accounted for. feared they killed
ment by the explosion.
The Modavia torpedoed without 1t a
light night and although lookout kept the attacking sub
torpedo
amdhps
The sailors and soldiers alike showed They fell calmly into
line and awaited orders When that the Moava
of by the escorting ships
The lost all of their belongings but supplied with
clothing the different naval where they taken.
1t believed that the soldiers missing from the Mol
sleeping the bottom deck overtaken by the
reach the main deck 1t also presumed that of the ladders
destroyed.
time after being struck and first hoped that her water
tight compartments would enable her to reach port.
Modava owned by the Peninsua
She built Greenock
in 1908, and was $50 feet long
Victims Believed to Be National Army Men.
sp.oa, Despatch to rurs
WASHINGTON 24-Ofcals deeply concerned to-
ysix American soldiers had lost their
transport Moldavia. Details lacking a late
received by the was the
msnt by the War Department:
received from London that the British
cruiser Modva has been sunk and that hyx
the American soldiers aboard missing The announcement
made by the British Admiralty
the Americans the
the vessel The Americans to have
been killed either by explosion of the torpedo BY some
aboard.
there ntimaton to the identity OF the American
regarded unlikely that they formed
these being moved from Great
The understanding that the ship was sunk IN
the English Channel
War Department and Navy Department to-
night awaiting further details
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$S,O00,Oo0,O00
TAX PREDICTED
BY REP. KITCHIN
Simmons of Senate Tries to
Bar Bill. but House
Gives Up Hope.
SENATOR SEES WILSON
Argues Vainly for Two Hours
But Will Submit Final
Brief To-day.
SENATOR SEES WILSON
SSeciaI DespnscA 10 Tar SrS.

WAsutsaroS Mny oA-w,,h the
Presiden, Withholding Anal decision bu,
continuing to lean STRONGLY toward the
contention Of the Treasury Depa rtment
that a revenue bill Is necessary q, this
session the controversy between Con-
sress and Secretary McAdoo reached an
acute stage a, a White House confer
ence between President Wilson and
Chairman Simmons Of the Senate Finance
Committee tonight.
For two hours. from s to 10 O'clock
Senator simmons arxued with President
Wilson against a revenue bill. House
Leaders after n telephone converse ton
with Secretary McAdoo this afternoon
rad abandoned hope Of a postponement
Of bill. and although Representa- tive
Kitchin was scheduled to appear at the
White House conference he did not show
up
s'mm mons >" "oPe'"'
Late to-day Representatives Kltchir
and Garner. both Of whom attended con-
ferences at the White House and with
Secretary McAdoo yesterday. told their
colleagues a revenue bill at this session
was regarded by them as a certainty.
They gave interviews predicting long
hearings and an extended session Of Con-
yress.
Senator simmons did not bring about
change in the situation tonight. but
said when he left tbs White House he
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.,,.s u I'll, 80 ~. p.Ls.,. -,
-'' WIZ "s~"'
'o-nhorro".
congress 10 attempting 10 eet from
Mr.. Wilson yes" or ''no" answer as to
out 'h's 's pea"eFa ate i'o' "'''"s 10 ~"
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CROSS sum
NEARING QUOTA
Fund Here .S23,85O.111. Less
Than Two Million Below
Mark Set.
$40, 100000 NOW SOUGHT
Nation Reports $685. 6O3 :
Atlantic Division Over Top,
but Still Working.
$40, 100000 NOW SOUGHT

OF course everybody knew that
Father Knickcrhocker wouldn't prove q
slacker in the Red Cross drive, but all
the same there was big feeling Of
relief when II was announced At yes
,erday's luncheon of team captains at
the Chamber OF Commerce that Greater
New York had reached the total Of
s23.s5O,i1.
With the goal less than $4,000. 900
on and three days to MAKE II in sue
cess is a sure thing. But nobody Is
taking any time of for undue opt.-
mism. Down TO the least OF the work
ers every one keeps keyed up to the
job. for as the team captains said 10
each other. with towns like the
Oranges in New Jersey doubling their
quota New York oush. To he ashamed
to stop at the $4,000, 900 mark. Thirty
million or bust was I'll slogan with
which the captains separated
kilograms from Washington showed
the United States som sthing less than
$4,000 900 short OF its 100000, 900
mark. The exact sum Uncle Sam had
to repor. late in the afternoon was
sSs.sss,GO3. and of course in such a
tremendous thing exact figures gath
cred In such hurry really mean
approximate, for not all the collections
are reported the day they are nad'
n can always be taken for granted
that the amour is never smaller than
announced.
Division Cp 10 Quota.
The Atlantic division. which includes
New York outside Of the Greater city.
went over the ton triumphantly early
yesterday. It's total was sll.Ila.1s3. IS,
Of which New York state raised 50,
9S4.s4I7:: New Jersey. sS,3ic.S?s.39,
and Connecticut. s2.+Il.5l5.s5. So
even il Father kuicksrhocker cui, to-
night and didn't do another thing the
quota Of the three Atlantic States in
Guiding the Greater city. which is
s35 900, ,OOo. would lie safely attained,
OF the many chapters which exceeded
their quota are Elisabeth, y, j.. which
went $4,000 over Bernardsviie, So
600 over: the Oranges. which doubled
their quota and have set new one.
$3eo. 900: Waterbury. Conn. rl1.0OO
over: Hartford. S6s.OOO over. and
Bridgepo port. se5.0oo over
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German Submarine
Enters Spanish Port

MADRID, May 24.-It is Of
ficially announced that the
German submarine No. IS en-.
tered the port Of Santander at 6
o'clock this morning.
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Mr.. Hughes. arousing the audisnc>
WIN glowing tribute to the Itsliar
s'"rt in the war. which he said Md no.
.7en sufficiently praised. gave ~. Baker
70 spoke later. the cue Tor his an
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Cesti.wed N StttA Ps0e,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-02
War Serrice WorR.

The first dance given at the Khaki
club since its renovation occurred
Saturday evening and was one Of the
largest dances ever given there. The
club has recently redecorated and re-
modelled and is most pleasant and
comfortable place for the enlisted OF
the army to make headquarters. The
great open fire adds cheer 10 the sur
rOundings and the club was a pretty
scene for the dance. A number Of Fl
Paso's matrons were chaperones-
Miss Nellie May Bowen and a group
OF entertainers will present 4 pro-
gram at the tabernacle Of the 18th
cavalry supply train this evening
These interesting numbers will be
given by the girls in quaint Normandy
frocks- Miss Bowen will sing a group
Of songs at the opening Of the pro-
gram. including "Oui. Out. Marie"
and "Oh, Frenchy, Frenchy." other
numbers viii be a dance, en- costume
by Miss Marion Calnan. violin selec-
ton by Miss Virginia. Bean. a group
Of songs by Mrs. Helen Cooper VIII
Iams, reading by Miss Mary Ca
pies. and a ukulele seNtet by six
girls en- costume-Mfss Marion Cal
Caples, Miss Mary Glnther. Miss Mar
Earet OConnor and Miss Frances
Lockett- AS the final number Of the
program. Miss Bowen will sing a
group OF songs. the soldiers favorite
Miss Bowen will accompany all the
numbers on the program except her
own. Her songs will be accompanied
by Pvt. Redmond. OF the 18th supply
train. who is a graduate OF the Bos-
ton Conservatory Of Music The pro-
gram will be presented to the men
Of the remount station on the eve
ming Of December Il and will he at
that time under the direction Of Mrs.
Helen Cooper Williams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-02
Weddings.

The following clipping from the
San Antonio Express viii be of inter
est to the many friends OF Miss Viva
Burns Of this city. Miss Burns is 4
popular girl OF this city and is prom
inent in church work:
"Sergt. Walter Bevans. 240th field
hospital. Camp Travis and Miss Viva
Burns of FL Paso were married at
7. NJ c A. building No IS. Camp
Travis. Thursday morning. Miss
Burns is the daughter OF J. ". Burns,
secretary OF Y. " c. a. building No.
IS. The ceremony was performed by
Jerry Jeter, religious secretary. and
attended by Miss Ruth Burns, and
Sergt- Billy Grubbs. After the cere-
mony the party attended a banquet at
the company headquarters. First
street and Avenue F. Mr. and Mrs
Bevans viii be at home TO their
friends after December 1, at sos San
Pedro avenue
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-02
5000 YEARS AGO
IS WELL LIKED
Mixing Of Past and Pres
ent Is New Redmond Bill
At the Crawford.

Far past and the immediate present
We're considerably mixeG up. 10 the
vast entertainment OF the audience. in
5000 Years Ago. given its first show
ing Sunday at the Crawford by the
Ed Redmond Follies Co.
1t was a story of a Greek neophyte,
otherwise Miss Robbie Dean, reincar-
mated. Greoian robes and all, and the
tangles which she innoeently created
for a henpecked man and his family
and friends.
Mr.. Redmond played the part OF the
henpecked man, who. having one very
modern wife. was constantly in diff
culties while trying TO explain the
presence Of his Grecian friend, and he
played his part as he plays eevrythinS
to the satisfaction Of the audience
He received frequent applause. as did
also Miss Deane. Miss Marvin HAM
mond again had the part Of a nagginS
wife, role which seems 10 have been
wished on her rather frequently OF
late. Eddie Mitchell is as good as
usual in the part Of a worrying re-
lative Of Mr.. Redmoud's, while Miss
Peggy Belts, as his nemesis. Mrs Red
mond as his governess. Joe kemper as
his benefactor. HOyt Smythe as his
business associate and Ed Young as
his NEUROLOGICAL worshipper all give
the audience a great deal 70 laugh
about
Interpreted throughout the show
are many catchy songs. in which the
principals and the muses. strange
name for chorusl sing and dance ef-
fectirely- The song list follows;
Hello. I've been Looking For YOU
..... Miss NOblitt and girls
Beans. Beans -.----.----- MI SIn4 lIlc
The Ladder OF Roses -----.--.-----
....- Miss Hammond and girls
(a) Am Sorry I Made You Cry;
(b) The End Of a Perfect Day
...-.....-...... Mr.. Kemper
I Don't Want a Million IS
..... Miss NOblitt and Mr.. kemper
Jazzin' the Blues Away --------
........... Afr. Smythe and girls
Goodbye, Happy Days -----
...-... Miss Deane and girls
When We Went to Sunday School,
............ Miss Noblitt and girls
One Sweet Day 1880 Miss Hammond
- Mr.. Young and girls
The house was practically sold out
Sunday night. which is the best kind
of proof that RedmOnd's stuff IS tax
ing well. H s. Il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-02
Parties.

Little Mary Msrmaduke Lander was
hostess to a very charming party
Saturday afternoon at the Lander
home on Silver street. The affair was
a benefit buncO party for the United
War Work fund The reception rooms
were decorated. IN a patriotic motif
and the prizes Thrift Stamps were
won by Florence Brady, the consOla-
ton falling to Ruth Fennessy. The
guests were Florence Brady Lois
Cornell of Las Cruces. James Daland,
Laura Mishel. Mildred Boone. Mary
Harrington. Mary Powers. Claudia
Morris, Virginia Morris, Lille Steten.
Eloise Jones. Minnie Quisenberry,
Connie May Tobias. Elsie Bauer. Ber-
nice Franklin. Sarah Davis. Margaret
Palm. Margery Currie. Sam FAINT, jr..
David Mishel. Richard Wright. Bu-
ford Burke. Jack Staten. The follow
ing matrons enjoyed tea with Mrs.
Lander: Mrs. A. ". Edwards. Mrs.
George Daland. Mrs. J. ". Brady Mrs.
Mona Brady and Mrs. Cornell Of Las
Cruces
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-02
Emanen Club of the High Schools
Host At Big Dance At Woman'S Club

I THE first large dance of the season
I L Of the high school set was given on
Saturday evening at the Woman's clua
building. when the Emanen club. a
new high school organization. was
host to a large number Of friends.
The chaperons for the dance were
Mrs Howard Waldron, Mrs. II. F.
Kettler, Mrs. H. P Howard, Airs.
James Z. Bowen and Mrs V. Z.
Raggio.
The entire faculty Of the high school
was invited.
In charge Of the dance were Miss
Sylvia Rivers. Jimmie Bowen and Jack
Cole.
Among those attending were Misses
Louise Crawford. Irene Railston. Dor
othy Waldron. Lillian Corcoran, Flor
ence Cathcart. Frederick kipp, Card
ner Leeper. Wflhelmina Moore. Norma
Herskowitz. Dorothy Lewis. Emmie
Wheatley. Lillian Wisbrun. Edith Big
ham, Zaleme NeWsome. Ninetta Lin
dauer, Frances Earle. Elsie Collins,
Ethel Amstater, Nellie Mae Beau
champ. Gussie GOar. lone Garrett,
Katherine Griffith, Dona Hale. Alice
Van Eaton. Corine Weisart, Ruth Gil
christ, Selma Herskowitz, Frances
Franklin, Ella May Hill. AIinett Wat
son. Kathleen Orndorff. Burtram Orn-
dorff, Alzina -OrndOrff. Viola Sorrells.
Thula Hardie, Estelle Milton, Margery
GoOch, Dorothy Crane. Mildred Pew,
Caroline Plumb. Louise Gamnrell. Ma
rion Calnan, Helen LoOmis. Katherine
Earle. Lucille Crenshaw, la Won SOr-
rells. HARRIET Heermans. June Coving-
ton, Eloise Knots. Dan Ella Burk.
Lavina Kuhn, Katherine White. Gladys
\
Their. June March, Margaret stevens.
Blanch Dawson, Evelyn Ellison. Lucille
Plumb. Alberta Eaton Jean Giichrist.
Gladys Booth, Mary Caples, Frances
Lockett, Pearl Powell. Ruth Elstner.
Marbary Crane, Frances Woodward.
Aline Woodward. Mary Ginther' Mar
gerry Pew. Louise Peach. Helen ket-
tier. AIable Shea. Mary Howard. Edith
Harvey. Olive Russell. Fay Tullous,
Louise Sisterman, Alice Horrell. Kath-
crime Ostrander. Margery Lou Love,
Isabel Hull. Martha Lowman. Mrs.
Margaret Kinnon stevens, Misses
Pearl PomerOy. Stella Brick Thelma
SPinelli. Nell Boomer, Lena Palmer,
Margaret Hines. Dildred Barker, Vir-
ginia Cooper, Jeanet Davis. Henrietta
Jacobs, Lula Barnett, Dorothy Stiles.
katherine kilburn. Myra Pearson,
Pearl Bias, katherine Tepfer, and
George Bemis, Horace Duncan, Tom
O'Keefe. John O'Keefe. Ruben Lapport,
Lieut. Reynolds. Lieut.. Zoll. Pvt owen,
Kuno Doerr. jr-, Spencer Darbyshire,
Paul Hale. Bob Martin. George Cross,
Douglas Kitchersid. Harold Laskin.
John Richardson, Richard Crawford,
+ G. Ketchersid. Eric Munroe. George
Streeter. George Thurmon. Floyd
Wentworth, Capt Kidd, Bob Bryant,
Alfred Bryant. Baily Winters, Kenneth
Clifford. William Jennings Somers
Putnam. Delmar Roberts, Curtis Sum-
mers, Sollie Stolaroff, Leonard Good
man, Frank Gilletts Johnnie Appel,
Joe King, Blain CosErove, Willis FL
lis, Rex Kipp. Sherrod Mengel, Grady
Jones. R. Richardson. Lieut.. Jensen,
Ted Cooley. Clifford Irwin. Hillard
Bryan. James Cannon. I. II. Fryer. ".
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-02
FL Paso Social and Club
Happenings for Tuesday

UNITING and sewing departments
n OF the Red Cross open in the
morning in the work rooms in the
White House.
Comforts committee OF the Navy
league open in the morning in the
Popular. Mrs. B. Z. widdas and Mrs.
Steve Aguirre in charge.
Opening of the Austin Park Chris
tan church bazaar.
The Westminster circle Of the West
minister Presbyterian church will hold
q regular meeting at 2:5O o'clock in
the afternoon
The council Of Jewish women will
meet in Community hall. temple
Mount Sinai. at p. ~.
Meeting OF the women OF the con-
gregation of the First Baptist church
at the church at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing for the purpose OF doing reclama-
ton work of soldiers garments.
The Aid society Of the First Pres
byterian church will meet in the at
ternoon in the church parlors.
Meeting OF the FL PasO Review No
~ Of the Macabees at ESQ o'clock at
Odd Fellows hall.
Meeting of the womens' Bible class
of the Trinity Methodist church in
the church at o'clock