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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

DID CROSS boxes 20 around the
AZ world They carry food and medi-
eina, comforts and surgeons knives.
the handiWork Of women who knit
aad fold and sew through long hours
e anxious waiting for news that
seems never 20 come. the work OF lit
lie children. the gifts Of men
And they carry All those things a
long, long way.
A trainload OF Red Cross supplies
tor hard pressed ROumania made the
journey RON Murmansk a Russian
port on The Arctic sea. 70 Jassy. the
war capital Of Roumania- a few
weeks ago. The boxes came from
America They travelled more than
eoo0 miles before they reached their
destination in Roumanian hospitals
and refugee stations
IN Juneau. Alaska, there IS q -four
1Ghtng Red Cross chapter The Eauzs
congresses which the American WON
eventually In SalonilzL Greece, 500
miles away.
ChuuteH Everywhere
me hed Cross has It's chapters
actlVe, Worklng ehapters-almost all
over the earth where Americans are
living The output OF the busy chap
Ter IN Manila goes nearly Is, 600 miles
70 reach a French war hospital be-
hind the American zone.
The plain fact Is that the American
Red Cross as a manufacturing and
DISTRIBUTING concern maintains one Of
the greatest collection and delivery
system on the face OF the earth. There
are about 1900 chaurerF and branch
es nov That means that there are
$4,000 w0rkrooms where Red Cross
boxes are being filled. and from which
they start on their long journeys
me boxes 90 first TO the Il division
nj " g. HInHn e.
menL then 10 central warehouses
overseas. then 70 distributing stations
and so TO the work they were intend
ed 70 do The American organization
- en9plers ana divisions is a great
Iunnel into which American women
pour their gifts for half a dozen ma
lions
Sending Supplies Across.
me trip across the ocean. in these
crowded days, Is made possible only
by the cooperation OF the United
states government the governments
OF france and Italy, through their
Dig eommissicus, and many shipping
agencies The space secured is used
with the most scrupulous cars Re-
cause II Is 50 precious. the Red Cross
must strictly limit its shipments to
goods Of proved value in foreign re-
Since the United States entered the
var no less than $4,000. 900 surgical
Dressings, and 500. 900 garments and
separate pieces OF hospital supplies
nave gone over for the use OF SOL
oiefa and civilians. our own and al
Les On the other side OF the water
not to mention thousands Of tons OF
purchased supplies
Using the Supplies.
. ana Wnen they arrive over there
ne JOB OF getting them into actual
use Is only begun When the Red
Cross reached Paris last sumner it
found the railroads 50 contested that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27
Daily Novelette,

f'HEftE was "a splash and something
1 seemed 70 fall from the bridge: in
fact the something fell before the
splash-water had time to splash.
The Something that fell into the
water was Hardscrapple Tightwad-
Struggling and spIashinE around.
aIr. Hardscrapple Tishtwad. the ovner
Of the Gents Clothing Emporium.
sucked in a lot Of water and sank for
the first time.
Then the poor man swallowed some
more water and sank for the second
time He had only one more chance
for everybody knows that IL a fellow
swallows water and sinks for the third
time ne doesn't come up until he IS
pretty Wen bunged ND.
Cries OF Help, Help" came from
the shore.
suddenly a finely dressed man came
up and, without stopping 10 divest
nimselL or any Of his garments,
plunged into the angry flocdt
With strong strokes and bv using
both arms and his two feet he soon
swan 20 where the clothing merchant
was slipping down FOR the third and
last time.
here were cheers from the river
bank and many willing hands reached
forth 20 drag both men to solid and
safe earth.
Mr.. Hardscrapple Tightwad had
been saved. Good. Fine. Huzzait.
Both men recovered quickly and
after he had recovered from MS 6eze
The clothing merchant rushed up 10
MS brave rescuer with ourstrefche5
arms ana face Wreathed in smiles.
Ny brave sir he said IN a voice
that fairly rippled with the gladness
or sun being there instead OF beneath
the dark waters. "you are a brave
mani You have proved Yourself a
nero and you have saved nv fffel
Your garments are wet and Won wiz
catch a deadly cold. NOT onlv thsT
but your clothes are ruined. Come
slraignt % my store and get a fine.
new suit throughout / VIII sen fber1
TO you as cheap as any other dealer
In town"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

hat comes from abroad This Is so.
not only OF the FUR, but Of the raw silk
for the bands. which comes from
China Japan or Italy. OF the sweat
leather, which IS made OF sheepskin
from France and OF the snellac which
stitfens the brim. and which comes
from India. This is so of all hats. no
matter whether they cost 81 or SO"
In order TO tell you the story Of the
hat OF the soldier. have gone
through the factory of the company
Of which Col. Cummings is president.
following the fur from the rough
skins upon which 81 is imported. TO its
place in the soft crowned. stiff
brimmed heau4elr now used By the
army. All fine felt hats are made
Of the fur Of aquatic and semi aquatic
animals The very finest come from
the otter and also the beaver. the flat
tailed animal which is trapped near
It's dam in the Wilds of northwestern
America Hats almost as fine are
made from the nutria which is a
South american animal somewhat
like the beaver. save that it is smaller
and has round, sharp, pointed tail
All such fur is costly, and that for
the hat Of the soldier comes from the
hare and the rabbit which is very
much cheaper.
From Rabbit skin to Hat.
The general idea as TO felt hats IS
mat AAANN at e. Gu @ ana NAaaNE OF LlQG4EA
out OF - sheet Of felt The fact is that
the FUR goes from the rabbit skin
right into the hat The skins come in
in great bales. are carrotted or
treated with nitrate Of mercury be-
fore they are removed from the hides.
The fur can be felted because each
hair composing 10 consists OF barbed
SHAFT covered with scales or hooks
This can be seen only by means OF
microscope When the hairs are
mixed together. the hooks interlace
ana lnlerlock forming the felt The
mercury causes the scales on the hair
20 open and fits them for telling The
skins are then dampened and run
through a machine which causes the
FUR TO flow off from the hide without
the apparent displacement Of the
hair. This machine has revolving
knives, which whirl around at the
rate OF 1000 revolutions a minute.
the FUR side up, and the knife cuts
off the skin I'm short strings which
look much like the fibers Of shredded
wheat biscuit. These bits fail below
ana are saved 10 make glue The
Iur remains intact, and it moves
along over an endless belt In a thick. /
fluffy sheet Tt is now as soft as
SIX and as light as the finest Of I
down. As I watched this process II
was told that something like 1900 {
600 skins are cut off i'm that way in I
TINS factory every year. That equals ]
about one-third as many skins as !
have already been used for the United 1
States army.
The next step in army hat making /
Is blowing. mixing and cleaning the /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

fur. This is 70 take out the long
hairs and dirt. and TO leave only the
short tfur ready for feltiug. This
work is done in machines where the
cylinders. which have thousands Of
steel teeth, and at the end the fur
Is so fine that IL seems TO be almost
dust notes rather than the hair Of the
rabbit The flbers are then mixed.
coming forth from the machine in
lap, fine and soft and so light and
filmy that they viii hardly bear the
touch They now go TO girls who
measure them out into parcels or
boxes. each containing enough for
one hat Each hat is TO have just so
many ounces Of fur, according to size
and the weight is exact
The Beginning Of a Hat.
The next process is the real begin
ming of the hat This is done BIZ
feeding the fur which has been torn
into pieces into a circular chamber,
in which is a cone Of perforated cop
per about as high as your waist This
cone is damp II has hundreds OF
small holes and Il flies around at
many revolutions per minute. The air
is drawn through these holes by an
exhaust fan below The fur particles
are fed so that they flow In like a
cloud or mist. and they are drawn by
the suction onto the cone, where the
little hooks Of the fibers interlOck
until they cover IL with a thin film
OF felt This covering is not much
thicker than q piece Of blotting paper.
and ii must be very carefully handled.
II remains on the cone. while IL is
taken out wrapped in wet flannel and
dipped in hot water. This causes the
felt TO shrink. and the fibers 20 tight
en- When lifted from the copper cone
IL looks like a petticoat rounded out
at the top, or sugar loaf bag This
is the embryo hat tt is now rolled
and pressed in the hands. and run
through shrinking and hardening ma
chimes to make the felt tighter and
thicker. AT the same time the cone
shorter, and at the end IL has the
right texture and thickness required
for the hat
After this the fur body is dried and
then dyed in @ boiling bath Of chemi-
Gals suited for the fur and then
pulled out into shape The pulling re-
Quires a number OF men. who work in I
steam and over hot water. It is done 4
both by machi2ery and by hand. the f
felt being worked back and forth /.
in this way and that until ID finally /
reaches the form OF the hat OF the SOL I
der The bTim is then soaked or ]
coated with shellac TO give it the I
stiffness required in the brims Of an ]
army hats.
The hat has now to be finished. Il I
must be lroned 10 close the pores opened ]
up by the steaming and stretching. and I
.t must be sandpapered TO make the feir I
smooth The smoothing is done with
emery paper There are a number Of
other processes. 50 that altogether each
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

These hats seldom come into our market
The chinese wear costly hats ard the
ole style OF Mandarin cap was Of silk
Or satin With button on top Indicatir-
the rank Of the wearer- Il Hung ChauF
was degraded by the old empress dowager
BY an order 20 take the peacock feather
cut or his cap.
Among the most striking headgsar CT
the men Of today is that o. rhe Turks.
This is the faE cap IL Is a BRIGHT red
Mltn a blue or black six tassal on top.
10 Is made Of felt and IS without 2 brir1
rising Your or five inches above the head
IL has always been made by Christians
rather than Mohammedsus and the SUP
ply now m use probably CONES from the
factories OF Germany.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

OUR debt to France first Of the
OEuropean nations 10 recognize
the independence Of the United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

20 wish you, I, as wen as my sisters
and NY family. not forgetting the
whole population OF Gruny-ve come
70 wish you all a good year and per
Iect health and 10 give YOU our sin
cere thanks FOR the TOYS and delica-
eles which you have given us. and for
the happy day that we had all to-
gether in our school house at Gruny.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

hat goes through many hands before .
ls ready for trimming
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

4 Oh The ginning OF lAe l11t me-
F-DacEing a Red Cross box az a tn45-
Z ter vrorkroo1n. There are PROBABLY
I 5000 such starting points Tor heo
Cross journeys e..
~ In a Red Cross ware house IN
1merica-2T. 100000 surgical dressing
have already been sent over
CSl Sorting and repacklng surgical
dressings in a stOreroom in Rome Tor
delivery TO Italian military hospitals
fD The flag and the banner are
welcome sights wherever they 90. Tor
they mean the best help that civilian
America can send 70 France me
French railroads cooperate with the
Red Cross TO the limit OF their power,
but since they are overcroWded the
Red Cross was compelled 10 develop
IT'S own motor transport system IN
addition
tl I'm the yard Of a warehouse at
Milan-Red Cross boxes being sent
out TO refugee centers and the battle
Csl A load OF Red Cross chapter
boxes off for the front IN France the
Red Cross has large fleet Of motor
trucks to transport relief and sup
plies
al At the other end OF the giving
Italian soldiers in the Piave trench
es are glad u have what the Red
Cross man brings
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
CUBS WIN LONGEST
GAME OF SEASON

CHICAGO, July is.-Establishins
seasons record for extra innings and
coming within one inning OF the league
record. Chicago yesterday defeated
Philadelphia . to in 2i-frame pitch
ers' duel between Watson and Tyler.
The National League extra-lnnins
record was established in 1917. when
Brooklyn and Pitsburg went % in
nings. Philadelphia and Boston es-
tablished the American League record
in 1906, when they played innings.
Manager Alltchells mobilization Of
his pinch-hittlng reserve in the twenty
first won for Chicago. Bsrbsr, batting
for Zeider, singled; Watson hit killifet,
and McCsbe. batting for Tyler, beat
out bunt, filling the bases. with none
out. Flack then delivered his nth hit
OF the game. scoring Barber.
In the first Flacks walk, a single
and an infleld out gave Chicago its
first run. Philadelphia tied In the
fourth on Hollocher's tumble OF VII
liam's grounded, followed by safe hits
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
BASEBALL BATS ACROSS THE SE
BY RURTON KNIsELY-

Copyright, 1918, Newspaper Enterprise
Association.)
NARA, Japan, July is-Baseball is the
national game Of Japan.
Outside OF wrestling, and wrestling Is
sport rather than a game.
This testifes TO two things:
1. Japan's fOndness for things Amer
lean.
2. The fact that the japanese are the
Americans OF the Orient, with a mental
makeup very similar in Its own way to
the American temperament.
When the Tokyo High School be-
came undisputed college baseball
champions OF Japan this summer by
final decisive victory over Kelo Uni
cersity 10000 people saw the match.
They saw a brand Of baseball unex-
celled In American university circles. A
handful OF American colleges-thOse
which specialize in baseball-might
beat the First Higher High School" OF
Tokyo. The average American college
team, the smaller schools where base
ball is a poor second 10 football and is
even subordinate 10 tack athletics,
would have "stood no chance"
The score against keio, as Mr.. X.
Tsurumi, business manager OF the First
Higher High School team, naively COM
mented on reiolning me after the game,
was -four to skunk"
japanese students work harder than
most American students. Higher edu-
cation means more TO them for the sim
pie reason that IL Is so much rarer,
so much harder to get. But II there Is
one thing OF which studiOus Mr.. X
Tsurumi Is prOuder than any other. Il
is his ability 10 use American baseball
slang.
SO, although -four TO skunk" struck
mo as being a foul ball, It was a home
run In his eyes.
Baseball diamonds are one Of the
prominent features OF parks and recre-
alton grounds in Tokyo and other Jap
snese cities and towns.
The youngsters play ball IN the
streets. They play II on the school
grounds. They play it after work and
on holidays on the "sandlots." They
play It In college.
There are kid teams" sandlot teams"
shop teams, store teams-everything
but big professional leagues. Japan
bids fair soon TO be the paradise OF the
sporting editor.
Uncle Sans national game is so thor
oughly acclimated and naturalized in
Nippon that the boy in the provincial"
city will ask: do you have baseball,
too, in American" But not so the city
OF college player. lie knows his sport
ing guide as well as the players In the
American stove league.
And Chrlsty Mathewson and John Nc
Graw are second only 70 Admiral Togo
In his esteem.
The Tokyo High sohool-Kelo game
was a fast contest on a hard diamond.
The high school teams only advantage
was a level-headed southpaw who fan
ned" a. Keio bstters.
In base running. fielding, coaching
and strategy, In everything from the
pitchers wind-up and the substitution
u runners to the advice Of the infleld /
o make him hit. old boy" Il was
American baseball OF the 1918 model, /
played with American dash and bril-
fancy.
The time drags a little more between
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
TO FIX PRICES
FOR DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, July is.-The National
Wholesale Dry Goods Association decid-
ed ct a meeting here yesterday 10 ap-
point a special committee OF seven
members TO confer with the war indus
tries board and formulate price fixing
program. The committee will suggest
prices which the iobbes will main
tain In line with the action already
taken by the manufacturers.
Speakers said that in fixing prices on
cotton goods and other commodities the
government had no desire TO interfere
with potts, but asks that the same
price be charged the civilian trade as
is charged the government. II is not
proposed 10 disturb established trade
customs.
F. A. Patrick OF Duluth, president Of
the association, presided. The speakers
included Gerrish H. Mllliken OF New
York. chairman Of the war service
committee of the National Association
OF Cotton Manufacturers Spencer Tur-
ner, Of the cotton goods section OF
the war industries board. and John w
Scott OF Chicago. textile director OF
the war industries board. They point
ed out thst one OF the chief aims Of
the government Is 10 stop speculation.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18

With the minor leagues going out OF
business with automatic regularity and
the majors hit hard by enlistments and
desertIons to shipyards or munition
factories, organized baseball will soon
be thing OF the past unless authori-
ties at Washington speedily determine
the status Of the Crowder work or
tight" order. as applied TO ballplsyers.
The delay in obtaining a decision has
already driven many big league players
from baseball and magnstes are frank
~ troubled by the outlook.
The worries OF the msgnates and
the players still left in baseball are nos
occasloned so much by the possibility
that the ball parks may have TO be
closed during the season, as by the
indefinite status OF the case at presen.
which prevents the men whose money
is tied up in the parks from knowing
Just where they stand and what action
they should take TO partly cover their
losses they must sustain In case the
season is not finished.
Actors and movie actors have been
exempted from inc WQFk OF uslb OIutI
as workers in essential industries. but
there have been no rulings on bali
players who entertain thousands by
their skill.
The popularity OF baseball nowadays
cannot be questioned by those con-
versant with the facts.
Practically every big league club is
having a successful season this year.
The ball yards are being crowded al
most daily. The sport is not dead
one by any means. and n smusements
are to be considered essential baseball
deserves consideration.
OF course that is a matter for the
War Department to decide and there
will be no objection TO any ruling
which will In any way tend toward
more speedy ending OF the war.
But the owners at least are entitled
10 know IN advance what will happen
in order that they will be able TO pro-
tect themselves.
At the outside 70 is very doubtful II
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
W00ED ONLY A WEEK,
is BRIDE AT | A. Nj.

BALTIMORE, July is.-Fonowins a
courtship OF one week, First Lieuten-
ant John 4. Smoot. son OF Mr.. ana Mrs.
G. W. Grain Smoot, OF Baltimore, was
married at a m. Monday TO Miss Fran
ces z. Irish. OF Scranton, Pa. The
couple met at Camp Dix, y. J.
Lieutenant Smoot had leave for sun
day when the couple decided TO be mar
rled that day, but they were unable TO
get license without f0rty-eight hours
notice in New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylvanla or Delaware, so they started
for Elkt0n, Md, at s p. m. by motor.
At a. m. they reached Elkton and
the marriage license clerk did not want
to get out OF bed until he learned that
it was a soldier, and then he let II be
known that he was a Civil War veteran
and was ready 10 help a soldier at any
time. Then they went 70 the home OF a
clergyman and were married. /
Lieutenant smoot left his bride with
her sister IN Philadelphia and reached
,amp lust as reveille was being sound
d. and just IN time % save himself
rom being marked absent without
cave.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
THIS SOME GAME.

Unmarried men and married men OF
the p, B. and w store Department VIII
play a twilight game OF ball this after
noon at the athletic grounds at Third
and Church. All Of the girls from the
store department will be on hand to
cheer the married men as their sym
pathles arc with them. Line-ups:
Married men-Schriok. catcher; c. J..
Smith. third base; p. Boyer. center
field: J. Crossan. pitcher; w. Kohlsr,
left field; A. Riley. shortstop; w. J. Nc
Donald, right field; L. Welsh, first base ;
A. s. Lbil, second base.
Unmarried men--lester. catcher
Vannort. pitcher; Gilbert, shortstop
Jefleries, FIRST base; Brumbaugh. second
base; Ayers. third base; Quigley. left
feld; Cramer. right field; Sklar, center
field. Umpires, Charles Stewart on the
bases; Tommy Harkins will be behind
the bat.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
100 MORE DELAWARE
MEN FOR SERVICE

WASHINGTON. July is.-Forty-six
thousand men from all States and the
nistrlct of Columbia have been called
10 the colors by General Crowder, pro
vost marshal. The ysre to be all white
registrants. Movement TO camp VIII
be between August 5 and August ..
This is the frst general call for Au-
gust during which month the military
program provides for the entrsinment
Of 100000 men. Special cards, also is
sued. account for 1894 OF this num-
ber.
Following are the quotas 10 be fur
nlshed by Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Delaware and Maryland. and the camps
10 which the men go:
Delaware. 100; Camp Wsdsworth'
Spartsnburg. S. G.
Maryland. 700: Camp wsdsworth,
Spartanburg, 5. g.
New Jersey. 800; Camp Wadsworth'
Spartanburg, 5. c.
Pennsylvania, 5000: Camp Waos-
worth, Spartanburg. S. c.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18

the Orientals-for fundamental reasons
Their progress. when compared with
Chins's stagnation. shows H. Their
adoption Of baseball shows It. They
have the American dash and love OF
excitement. They have Il because they
are islanders and mountaineers. To
live within sight both OF stately Full
san, with her snow-cOvered 1900 feet
and more, and the rest Of Japsn's thou
sand peaks on the one hand. and the
sea with It's adventures on the other
breeds daring and the love Of quick ex-
plolt.
Peoples who thus can hold baseball
bats across the sea" have too many
in common not 70 un-
ierstand each other. II they can but
restrain themselves from turning their
pats into war clubs.
Evening journal., 1918-07-18
Baseball Faces Doom Unless
Definite War Ruling is Made

any OF the minors will be able 10 con-
tlnue through the season.
The Pacific Cost and Pacific Coast
international leagues were. the last 10
succumb. These were two Of the most
powerful minors and constituted all the
organized baseball on the Pacific coast.
Il is understood that little money is be
ing made by American Association and
international League clubs and Il viii
not be surprising TO hear Of the leagues
terminating their seasons within a
short time.