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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-21
SlIOKY CITY SEES SNAKES.

IIttslurs, Pa. june 2I--Charmed
by the glaring headlight of a standing
automobile, a five-foot snake, eight
inches in circumference, startled
pedestrians i'm the downtown section
recently. Policemen were summoned
and the reptile was dispatched Its
arrival fin the business district re-
mains a mystery to the police depart
meuL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
POULTRY FARM
Finland Estnl'iishc, Ponltry Farm mt
Bradsford. OpcrRted Under
Municipal Supervision.

a municipal poultry farm---the first
in Observation-Disclosures in bradford,
England. last Ma. promises to he
profitable enterprise. according 20 a re-
port OF United States Consul Augustus
=. Ingram. Seventy thousand eggs per
anrum are needed to meet the demand
OF tho medical institutions maintained
10y the municipality. The farm is sit
uatcd in the ground of the Eierley
fiail Sanatorium for Consumptivcs, and
has fifty chick cn-houScs built on tho
latest approved plans. There are soc
birds. and il is believed the produc-
ton will reach $4,000 eggs per annum.
The farm buildings include REGULATORS.
food stores (where food is hcisted in
by crane and runs down from the
store by galvanized iron chutcs to each
bin IL the mixing house below. and
an cgg house, where there arc nine
tanks for the storage OF % 900 eggs
The prcservativc used is water glass.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
USING THE MOVIES
Peruvian Women Arc BeinE Introduced
TO "MHdc in America Goods"
by Novel Method.

American manufacturers. eager to
takc advantage or wartime conditions
in Peru TO introduce their goods. are
utilizing the motion picture theaters to
induce Peruvian women to buy made
in America" goods.
Motion picture thca;e-s are numcr-
Gus in Peru. and there arc few towns
without at Least one. \ "vcrmcuth.''
or matinee performance, is given from
S or ESQ in afternoon to 1:45 or s
o'clock, win later exhibition from
. To 1880 O'Clock. The first is the
more popular in the capital because a
ln:e dinner hour. which is the rule in
teru. permits society 20 attend An
additional matinee is given on SUNDAYS
starting at 500 o'clock. The average
seating capacity Of Peruvian picture
theaters is 500. The custom OF tax
ing afternoon tea is universal. ard
ono popular tea room in Lima en-
i"rtains Its patrons with mo. ion pic
tEr.s from 4 until o'clock
In the best thcater= many or tho
slides are distinctive and carefully ,rc-
pared in natural coiors. and the Amer
leans are taking advantage of it. In
thc course ~ month this ADVERTISE
msn' will probably he seen by from,
5000 to 10000 persons. Tho Depart
Mcnt cf Commerce says that care ia
being taken to have ali reading matter
translated into idioma;ic Spanish.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
RED Cross TO AID
CIVILIAN WAR VICTIMS
Work Will Not BE Confined Solely
TO Military Hospitals, 1t is
Announced.
RELIEF WORK Is URGENT
Work Back OF the Fighting Lines
VIII Sc devoted to Reconstruct
ton, Not Only or Devastated Re
gionS, but Likewise Humanity.


with tho landinG in Rome OF the
permanent commits sion of the American
Red eros Society for relief work
among the destitute population Of the
Eternal city. begun by the emergency
commission. unicr Major Carl Taylor.
has received new impetus and Will be
continued without interruption til ihc
end OF the war. and. if necessary. as
already seems the case, for any length
Of time after The war
The fact that the American Red
Cross has decided not 10 coniine it's
charitable work 10 purely military hos
pitfalls and Kindred institutions. but
extend il to the civilian victims OF the
war OF many large cities and rural dis
tricts, has attracted widespread at
'cniion. IT is being favorahly com
men;ed upon, while tho whole prs SO
has given unreServed praise 10 the COM
mission for its work. aiming at alleviat-
ing suffering anon;; the families OF the
m.n IL the trenches.
SncakiuC OF he commissions miss ion
IN Italy. one Of The high officials OF the
American led Cross. who was for years
engaged in settlement WORK in 4 large
Ne" England city. said that just now
relief work in some rural districts and
~ the poorer quarters OF the large
cities is more urgent than work in
mi.jtay hospitals.
when the question of sending a
permanent commission to Italy. as we
had already done for France. came up
for discussion" this officer said the
directors OF the organization We're fully
satisfied that the sanitary service of
the Italian army was among tn, bes,
developed by allied nations during the
war.
Under the circu instances the d.rec-
tors OF the organization thought the
American Red eros: would send some
Of It's units 70 the front, but il would.
~ the same time, extend its relief
work TO the civilian population. whose
intense. ON ing 10 the rapidly increasing
cost oF living and the scarcity of many
necessar.es OF life.
The excellent results in this drec-
ton by the emergency com omission.
which was dispatched to Italy as soon
rs the extent OF the reserve at the front
was known. confirmed the permanent
commissions belief that work in the
back lines and in the cities was what
Of the permanent commission, will de-
velop this work as far as the means
placed nj our disposal will permit. Am
bassador Page is fully in Symputhv
with this branch OF our work. and has
promised 10 IS his henrticst co-opera-
ton"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
SERBIAN NEEDS
household Utensils Arc in Demand
iiErWiSc the Food Ncccs-
Sary for Cooking

Household utensils. as we'll as the
food which Is TO be cooked in them.
VII! he much needed in Serbia as soon
as that Serbian territory which is now
in the hands Of the enemy is recoy-
c!ed. Department o. Commerce infor-
nation is 10 tire effect that in Serb,
American manufacturers may nntlcl-
pate mariict for many articles Tin
plate for canning purposes will be
wanted. as we'll as corn, wheat. flour.
h"rd- tack. dried Vegetables lard. eat
ing oil. canned meat. milk. coffee. tea
sugar shoes. leather. clothes. cotton
wool. iron and steel bars. galvanized
sheets and tin plate. Here are a few
OF the things needed by Serbia: trac-
tors. plows harrows rollers. seedcrs
cu'tivaiors. mowers. reapers. scy,hcs
congresses. sickles. wagons. cart axlcs,
wheels. spray pumps. spray bags sui
phur. copper. sulphate. rafia. pig iron
oxen. cattle. horses. goats, fowls in
cubators. seeds. sawnills. motor trucks
saws. saw sharpeners. nails. chains
measuring instruments. rails, corn,
wheat. -four and hard tack.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
SOAP SHORTAGE
BclEians Suffer Because OF Famine,
Which Prevents Them Keep
ing Clean

IL has been noted several times" says
the Belgian Information Bureau. that
soap is almost completely lacking in
certain places in occupied Belgium
where il is sold for an exorbitant price.
This is the case in the region OF
Chartered. The working peor lc. accord
ing 10 Teuton!2ed Brussels journal.
90 not wash any more. except after the
manner Of cats. Consequently. the
S"urNy is spreading, especially in the
home dependent on aid, TO such n de-
gree that several communal admins
ira tions--no:ably that OF chatelct-arc
abou; TO take special measures TO s;op
;his new scourge. In certain COM
muncs establishments are imm cdiately
TO be created whore those who are con
terminated can take special baths under
the supervision of doctors and nurses"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
BELGIAN WOVEN FORCED
TO LABOR FOR GERMANY
Germans Seeking to Compel Them
to Unload Boats at the
Docks.
DISABLED MUST ALSO WORK
Communal School at DudZecle Has
Been Transformed Into Penal Col
ony, With Building Surrounded
With Barbcd Wire.

The correspondent of thc Times at
Amsterdam writes:
"a: Blankcnberghc. the Germans
forced great number OF servants to
leave their situations and tried to com :
pei ,hcm TO take up the work Of un-
loading. docking and transportation fo-
the army. The young Eir.s refused and
were shut up in the !iotcl Belre,!crc.
which serves as a prison. Most OF taen
persisted in their ,cfusa! and we're lib
Grated; they were rcnuiiiiioncd again
and srrt to different places e"ca to
ths "aI OF tho port of Zcebrugsc In
order 10 work there for the Germans.
rarpht.rs OF farmers and the bour-
;.c!.ic from the surrounding country
lave also been RECONSTRUCTED.
The military authority docs no,
spare even the disabled and i'll rho
Telegram correspondent on the frontier
reports that disabled man who han,
2cned to remark that NJ had ori:: one
l"E was told thu, there was work
that he could do with his hands. y
on-armed man was told: We vii!
give you 4 one-arne'i comradc and the
two Of you can do one mans wo-H'
Tho communal school at Dudztel.
has been transformed into "a pena.
colonv. The building is surrounded
with harbcd wire. like prisoners
camp. The chateau near BruSes IL also
employed as "a penal colony"
The Rheinischc Wcstfa'ische Z"itunE
recently contained n communicated.
-manatins from the Labor E<chauS,,
OF Cologne, which said. in part.
Industry meets with NOR; and more
difficulty in procuring AFRICANS difficult
ties that can be remedied Only in 50
far as The supply of labor permits.
The central Intelligence Office for man
ual labor asked at once that foreign
artisans should be called on for aid.
These artisans will not be able (, re-
place entirely tho German work,nen.
10 say nothing of their demands in re
spect to wages, which are very often
N inverse ratio TO fieir capacities. EN-
pcr!ence, moreover. mas still to teach
us whether the employment OF women
from the occupied territories will be
OF advantage for the ;nunitiCn indus
tries. The demand for women work :
ers in the metallrrsic industry. rs we'll
as in chemical and explosive Industries.
Is very sreat, and the supply. accord >
ing to tho figures. is SIM diminished /"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
VITAL STATISTICS
Death md birth Rntcs in Bru,scIs'n
District Disclose Astounding
Situation.

the latest vital statistics report from
the Brussels district shows 4 start
lingly low birth rate in comparison
with the startlinEly large death rate
In one week there we're seventeen
births in the city, OF Brussels and fifty
nine deaths, or Il birth ratio OF 80 and
death rate OF eighteen per 900 in
haDitants In the suburbs one weeks
report shows sevcntyciE births and
1856 deaths. or birth rate OF CO and
a death rate OF lc.7 per 1000 inhabi-
tants. The total number OF births in
the district in ono week was ninety
three and the total number OF deaths
215. or rate of births and 1873 deaths
per 1000 inhabitants.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
FISHING ON LARGE SCALE
NORTH CnroIinB Company With Two
Millions ot Cnnitn, to Tiaui
in The MCnhnicnu

WILMINGTON. \. c.. March THE
Fisheries Products Company. ncorpo-
rated here with $4,000 900 authorized
capital is mapping out work on an
Whining ton and New York men Of
ample means and splendid business
forcs iglt
This new corporation has acquired
and VIII continue 10 operate an cld-es-
tablishcd Gshcrv and JnnnufartiIrin:;
plant that employs from 500 TO l.Gn1
men and proposes to establish fish
cries and plants for the manufactures
O, fish fertilizer and oil All along the
North Carolina coast II is now con
structinG additional buildings and Will
install an equipment Of new machinery
largely increasing its OUTPUT of FISH
oil. fish fertilizer and other flsh prod
ucts. besides arranging To catch and
mnr..ct food fish. Tho company's ships
range til" Atlantic coast from Dcir-
ware 10 Florida, catching mainly tho
mcnhaden.
cIudc y cold Storage plant with a ScDa
rate department for handling edible
sea food which viii he smoked and
packed and otherwise prepared for
shipment. The ships have complete
mcchs nical eduipmcnts for catching
and handling fish. the steamers bcing
unloadcd by bucket elevators. which
are conveyed directly to tho cookinE.
pressing and grinding dcpa rtmonts on
shore. They arc being provided with
new apparatus to catch and handle
food nsh. which will be landed at it's
plants on the Atlantic coast and there
prepared for shipment to market New
uses have been found for the com
pany's product during the past year,
and the FISH scrap hitherto used only
for fertilizer Is now being dried for
chicken feod and mixed with othcr
feeds for cattle and hogs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
NO MORE SABOTAGE
Thosc Of ]. w. w. Found Guilty of
Advocating Violence Will &c
Dcp0rtcG,
tBy Associated Press.

90
WASHINGTON. March 2--Ordcrs TO
dcpcrt all alien members OF the l. w.
w. or any other organization advocut-
ing sabotage or other violence against
tho government was ordered to-day by
the Department of Labor. Special in
rcstiEation was ordered in the /. W.
w. gathering about Seattle. Wash.
In response TO demand for the
Wholesale internment of some 5000
]. w. w. in the Pacific Northwest
Secretary Wilson ordered that any
member advocating sabotage or
anarchy be dcportcd. even though lie
may have committed no overt act. but
ruled that mere membership in the
]. w. ". would not hc ground for de-
porta ton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
VirginInn Promoted.
porta ton

TSneC!lI 20 The TIMe9- DiSpatch.1
FREDERICKSBURG VA. March g
Robert $. Knox, of fredericksburg, Il
son Of the late Robert r. Knox. who
was some time ago promoted in the
United States Army from captain to
major. has within the last few days
been advanced to lieutcnant-colonel.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
PLENTY OF FOOD
J FOR WAR PRISONERS
War Captivcs Scattered in Small
Groups in Every Part
OF France.
WILL lRVh,e VISITS CAMPS
Men Are Usually Set to Work
at Their Own Trades While
Held Prisoner.

SoTE.-Wi.i Irwin. I'm American news
paper man and magazine writer. was Sc
Iectcd by the French yo"nrnIucnt To- pre-
pare report on the treatment Of Gcrmsn
pTiboners In france Irwin has Il rcputa-
Reliability. HIS account Of the second BAT
tie or fpres has been accepted In England
11orrespondcnc" that tho var has produced.
iiis report on German prisoners Ia FRANC"
ts characteristiralty Thorough ana i'm par =
tiai. II has been given 10 tho pr.fs OF the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
BULGAR CAR HELD
AS TEUTON HOSTAGE
Ferdinand Virtually. Prisoner
in Germany to Keep Grip
on Nation

Washington. Aug. 20.


Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria is now
being held by Germany virtually as a
hostage, according to advices through
official channels today That Germany
may be taking this means of insuring
Bugaria's loyalty to the cause of the
Central EmpIres is thought here.
Ferdinand. according to authoritative
information, left Bulgaria suddenly,
after rumors of Bulgarian efforts to-
ward peace appeared. He II now in
seclusion in Germany, resting" German
papers say.
Others familiar with conditions with
Bulgaria declare that Ferdinand has
long been surrounded in the Bulgarian
court with German officers and guards.
When conditions became threatening in
Bulgaria It was suddenly announced
that Gear Ferdinand would leave the
country because Of mental strain" His
movements at first were kept secret, but
later It was learned he was in Ger
many,
Rumors Immediately following Ferdi-
nand's disappearance from Sofia said
he was going to Switzerland. presum-
ably to attempt peace negotiations with
the Allies. What induced him to go
into seclusion in Germany Is not known.
II is significant, however, that he was
not taken into the conference of the
Kaisers of Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary, at which high matters Of state
were discussed. "#
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
CANADA'S CASUALTY LIST
Includes About Score of Ameri-
cans: Several Pennsylyanians

Ottawa, Ont. Aug 20.-In three cas-
ualty lists issued today by the Canadian
Records Office there are 902 names. The
list contains the names of the following
Americans:
Died of wounds: w. r. Caven, Minne-
apolis,' MINI. ~. E. Graves 1918 Fourth
avenue, Detroit
Huston street. Tulsa. Okla. /: A. l.. Stall
man address, given as spring Lake.
Pal; J, Stanley address given as FL
der. Mont.): A. IL. Mccormick. 8O5
North avenue. Pittsburgh, L. G. Seldom,
Tacoma. Wash. ; j. T. Butler, Ports
mouth. Va; q. o. Whitney. Detroit; d.
Naysmith. River Rouge, Mich. F. r.
Davis. Bouiogne. Fla, II. Ashworth, 3l3
South Winchester avenue. Chicago; II.
H. Walker, Holt, Wyo.; C. Lapine, sos
Scott street Calumet. Mich. A. c.
Peterson, 26S6 Eailou street. Chicago I;
J. II. Eddick. Lancaster, Pa; }. +.
Dawson, 451 Kathleen street. Pittsburgh; /;
ID. Mcdonald address given as Myssa,
Ore J, Anderson, wisconsin Il, Cole,
Irwin. Pa; f. L. Grass, 500 East Euclid
avenue. San Antonio. Tex II. r. SOM
eryille, Almonte, Mich: Z. j. Villeneuve,
Sedro Wooley Wash w. Bowles, $50
Clark avenue. Cleveland, o.
lib. e. Saunders, 345 Orleans
street, Detroit. ..t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
French Menace
Vide Enemy Line
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
Chemin-des Danes positions or being
caught on an exposed right flank.
Brilliant American Stroke
The brilliant work of the America n
troops on Saturday In low ground
bordering the little River Fave, east
of ST Die, in the Vosges. has scarcely,
perhaps, received the attention It de-
serves. 1t may be taken for granted
that the affair must have been pretty
serious for the enemy, otherwise Lu-
dendorff would not have allowed him
self In an official report to state that
the German advanced posts have
yielded to an enemy local thrust"
What Ludendorff omitted to add
was that very few defenders of these
advanced posts succeeded in falling
back. as nearly the whole lot were
killed or made prisoners. The Amer.
ican attack. according to accounts
which have reached here. was carried
out with extraordinary dash. Charg-
ing with the bayonet on the village of
Frapelle from two sides, the Amer
leans carried the machine-gun nests
with single rush. cleaning out the
trenches and shelters with grenades as
they went. The German garrison was
wiped out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
u. s. Troops See
Victory in Year
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
front. OF course, during the winter
months, when fighting eases off both
sides will replenish their combatant
forces as best possible.
The German high command will
have perhaps 600, 900 recruits for that
purpose, while the Allied high com.
mand will have 100000 or more
Americans. in addition to recruits.
Who can doubt the relative ability of
the two sides when they face each
other next spring?
] repeat. that it is the belief of the
American army that six months after
next springs effort starts the Ger
mans may be defeated.
While the German Is still a formid.
able foe, those in our army who have
the best information say he has shot
his bolt. The Allied task in March
was to hold the Germans until cold
weather hampered active military op-
eratiens. That task has been so well
done that the enemy not only is held.
but is on the defensive everywhere on
the western front. Having completed
this years task at least two or perhaps
three months before the fighting sea-
son is over, the Allied command is
now carrying out plan to weaken the
enemy as much as practicable, so
that he will be able to oppose that
much less resistance to the Allied VIC
tory drive of 1919.
I find that the idea that the war will
continue at least another year has
spread among the French people. and
the condition has been completely ac.
cepted. This does not mean at all
that they will not hold fast if it takes
longer.
At present they are resigned to an
other year Of war: If it takes longer,
they will resign themselves to as much
time as is necessary, for no longer is
the final outcome doubted.
Certainly, no one doubts that the
British will hold on, and as for the
Americans-they are only beginning.
1t IS felt that there will be poor soil
in the lands of the Allies for pacifist
seed In the next year. Certainly there
is no field in the Entente armies, and
because 1t is freshest. there is the
east Of all in the American army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
VETERINARIANS DISCUSS WAR
Convention Cables Regards to
Members at Front

The American Veterinary Medical
Association in convention In the Belle
vue-Stratford today, held war ses-
sion.' Officers in the army veterinary
corps came to Philadelphia from WASH
ington and other places to attend.
Major John p. Turner, veterinary
corps, National Army, was the principal
speaker. John r. Mohler. chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry. Washington.
spoke.
The convention adopted resolution
to send cablegram to Major L. A.
Merillat, secretary Of the organization
in France, conveying the associations
regards to al members in service.
A letter from Major Merillat wa
read in which he urged the association
to continue fighting for better educa-
tional facilities for the profession.
A report from the executive committee
asking that the University Of the Philip
pines be pu on the accredited list Of
veterinary schools was unanimously
were admitted
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
SUFFRAGISTS DENY
PRETENDED ILLNESS
Indignant Over Statement of
District Official That 1t
Was Self-Imposed
By a Stud Correspondent
Washington, Aug. 20.

WasbingtOn, aug, ~.
The statements made by Commissions
er Louis Brownlow, of the District of
Columbia, last night that the District
authorities are not responsible for the
physical condition of the twenty-seven
suffragists locked up in the Washing
ton jail were today characterized as
false and consciously false in every
detail" by Miss Doris Stevens, of New
York. head of the National Woman's
party, in the absence CT the leaders, who
are in Jail.
Commissioner Brownlow had declared
that the sanitary and heating condi-
lions at the jail were good and all that
could be expected or asked for in a
penal institution. He asserted that Mrs,
w. b. Ascough, who had become SO i'll
1t was necessary to take her out of the
jail, had made herself Ill by taking
emetics, and that the weakened condi-
tion of the other suffragists was caused
by their determined hunger strike and
the taking of emetics
THE charge that the women took
emetics to produce their illness appar-
entity grew out of the following CONVEX
sation between Mrs. Ascough and Com
missioner Brownlow yesterday" said
Miss Doris Stevens.
Mrs' Ascoush, III describing her con-
dition when she came out of the jail.
said 10 him: 1t was necessary for me
to undergo treatment for three hours
after leaving jail In order to clean poi
son out of my system
Within fifteen minutes Commissioner
Brownlow had told Mrs Jessie Hardy
MacKay that Mrs. Ascough had admit
ted she took emetics in jail.
Mrs, MacKay at once faced Conn
missioner BrCwnlow with Mrs Ascough.
He said, We'll. / suppose / misunder-
stood Mrs. Ascough,
Dr. Cora Smith King concerning
Commissioner Brownlow's charges Of
emetics, said:
THE condition of Mrs. Ascough when
she came cut of jail was ,oxic condi-
ton and could not have resulted from
any dose Of emetics."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
HELD FOR BABY BOARDING
Negress Charged With Harbor-
ing Children Without License

De Mia Mills, a negress, conducting
a boarding house for small children at
1888 Federal street, was held under
5000 bail for court today by Magistrate
Meclearv in Sentral Station for viola
ton of the regulation which prevents
unlicensed places from caring for more
than two children under three years
Of age.
six small negro children were found
at the place by A. J. Kincaide, an agent
of the Society for the Protection OF
Children from Cruelty. 1t was learned
that since July IA, five children left at
the Mills house have died.
At first it was suspected the woman
had conducted baby farm similar TO
that alleged to have been uncovered on
South Fifteenth street. However. the
learned that there was no
similarity in the cases and that the
Mills woman merely defied the law by
unlicensed and not having
suitable quarters for the children.