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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08
GERMANS AND
ALLY QUARREL
Austrians and Germans
Dispute About Which Has
Been Most Aid to Other.

New York, March s.-Relations be-
tween Austria-Hungary and Germany
have not improved by the recent
strike movement in Austria-Hungary
and by the various editorials and
speeches explaining the strike as a
protest against the annexation propa-
ganda Of the Pan-Germans. as is
shown by the comments in the Ger
man press in the latter part OF jan
uary. Newspapers such as the Co.
Iogne Gazette. resent the attitude Of
the Fiennese and lament the utter
ances they made. declaring the cause
Of peace was not served by them
A significant feature in the Ger
man press comments is the fact that
a discussion has been precipitated as
10 which Of the countries had rem
dersd the greater service to the other
during the war.
The Berliner Tageblatt of January
% says there are many people in
Germany who claim that the peoples
Of Austria-Huagary seem 70 torset
easily what the German nation and
army have done for them. These per
sons, the Berlin paper says, are the
same classes who by their attitude
have injured Germany so immensely
in the eyes Of the world and have
AALEuaLE4 EQL4Aa4 ALGEnLE-44E1- LAAI-
are also to be thanked for the fact
that the almost excessive sympathy
with which everything German was
viewed in Austria during the first
year Of the war has not been retained
In its unailOyed purity
Thousands Of Germans Killed.
But the people Of Austria, says the
Berlin paper, cannot forget that IN
their liberated territories, extending
from Bukowina and the snow covered
Carpathians to the southern borders,
there rest besides their own sons
thousands Of Germans.
The Tageb1att then proceeds to ex-
plain that the German government
follows no annezationist scheme and
that any Misunderstanding were
caused by the German proposals at
the Brest-Litovsk conference regard
ing the future of Poland. Luthuania,
C0urland, Livonia and Esthonia- 1t
adds that later the German govern
ment declared II did not desire to
annex these territories but intended
only to conclude treaties with such
sections as seeded from Russia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08
TURKEY TRIES TO SMOOTH
OVER ROBBERY OF RUSSIA

Amsterdam. Holland, March En-
yer Pasha in an address to the Tur-
kish chamber. according to a Constan-
tinople dispatch. said the Bolsheviki
had proclaimed that self determnia-
ton was the right OF all peoples and
that the. Turkish government would
not fail to recognize autonomous gov
ernments already established in the
Caucasus and other governments in
the neighborhood of Turkey and
would support them II necessary
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08

THE Down Stairs
Store has just re-
ceived a new ship
ment Of women's low
shoes for Spring wear.
This lot is composed
Of more than 20 diff
ferent styles. You will
find a sport oxford
made of canvas, with
leather ball strap; patent and
hd pumps In many patterns:
low heel KID oxfords. and a
gray oxford with a welt sole.
leather heel in Louis Cuban
shape. The sizes of these low
shoes range from ~ to s.
in widths from B to D. The
prices range from S1.95 to
$S.9S. Downstairs Store)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08
BAD WEATHER HINDERS
FIGHTING ON ITALIAN LINE

Rome. Italy, March S.-The Italian
war office issued the following state
ment today;
''Unfavorable weather has hindered
all infantry action and greatly mini
mixed the activity of the artillery.
Our batteries fired with some per-
sistency on enemy troops in move
ment in the Val Brenta and in the
region Of Col Della Beretta- Recipro-
cal bursts Of fire occurred in Val La
garina and in the plain south OF Pom
ia Di Piave."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08

a LII are out-of-the-Ordinary val
"A ues resulting from a special pur-
chase. Every blouse is carefully
made with dainty collars and cuffs.
Many are tucked, others trimmed in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08

LOVELY SPRING STYLES IN
NEW SUITS, DRESSES, COATS,
MILLINERY, BLOUSES, SKIRTS,
FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08

WE MAINTAIN THE PROMPTEST |
MAIL AND PHONE ORDER
BUREAUS IN THE SOUTHWEST. |
INVESTIGATE WITH AN ORDER.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08

sHACKIErnN rs DECORATED

London, Eng, Feb. z0.-By MALL
King George has awarded the priced
British Polar medal to Lieut.. Sir
Ernest Shackleton. Lieut. Frank Wild
and y other members Of the imperial
trans-Antarctic expedition Of 19I4-I6.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-08
BRITISH CASUALTIES FEW;
ONLY 3343 FOR WEEK

London, Eng. March s.-For the
first week Of March. British casualties
were SS4S. the lowest Of any week
for several months. The official re-
port for the week ending today fol-
lows:
Killed or died OF wounds-officers
60: men, 62S.
Wounded or missing-officers, 71s;
men. 247S-
The lowest previous week for sew
eral months was the last week in
February. in which there were 357I
casualties. The total casualties for
February, a low month. were 1891.
Evening star., 1918-11-25

worn out Of shape down heel twists and stretches
the entire and it to quickly.
-Four way. to make your shoes wear longer
To get additional service from your footwear, follow
four important suggestions They made by the
president Of great shoe repairing company.
1-Wet shoes should never be dried by heating This
the leather. Let them dry naturally, on shoe
trees possible
keep your shoes shoe trees when you not wear
ing them This preserves their shape
3-Do not wait until your clear through
inner sole before taking them to be repaired When
badly the cobbler has difficulty in pre-
serving the shape and the st Of the shoes.
out Of shape. HayeOSullivans Heels attached imned-
ately OSullvans Heels oulas leather heels and pre-
the proper lines Of your shoes The longer shoe
stays IN shape, the longer It wears
Have O'Su]Evan's Heels put on today
Because Of our special process, osull-
vans Heels combine the greatest durability
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with the greatest resiiency.
They three times
long as leather heels. AvI
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Evening star., 1918-11-25

$ME&SIk = y y lzz1[
: !, : ;;z;:!|||'||!|||!'|'''3lj : : = 3l
Thousand. Of pairs Of shoes made almost good
eoeb month !, tte,. U.S. Satuass Plant II Franc.
Shoe. and leather must be conserved s IL
Neutral travellers and prisoners returning from Germany
bring photographs of shoes made with cloth or paper
and wooden soles Leather has become scarce IN Ger
many that it is almost priceless. #i -.:, I .
Even though danger of such shortage in country
is averted still supply Of leather has been drawn upon
so heavily for war purposes that foct
wear for some time It is the duty Of every one Of
make each pair of shoes last as long as possible
Surely we civilian. can do as much toward !.
saving leather as the u. S. Army
Here is the way you can help Millions Of pairs Of shoes
which should be reclaimed hidden in American closets
Look your discarded footwear. You are almost sure
to find servceable pair Of shoes which you have aside
only because of their soes and run down leather heels
They are OUT their soveny appearance, which
caused you them aside can be quickly reedied Take
them to repair man today. New soles and OSullvans
Heels will straghen them and help put them back IN shape
pair you wearing regularly has down heels
put pair Of osuivans Heels before the shoes are
Evening star., 1918-11-25

Shoe uppers that beyond repair made into shoe
lacings which Of the old shoes
reclaimed and back practically good as new, at
cost Of ony per Of the amount necessary to buy
new shoes.
Thirty officers 600 enlisted men, and $500 civilians are
engaged in American salvage plant in France This
plant reclams half million dollars worth Of wearing
appare every month or total of 900 worth year.
In the receiving department Of this retaining station are
huge piles-alost mountans-of shoes in various
states of disrepair.
The United States Army finds the salvage Of these Shoes
great economy The scarcity Of leather due to the war
the great needed for Shoes harness, and other
equip make necessary for everyone Of us in civilian
life also practice the utmost economy.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
SEEK MISSIONARIES FOR
AFRICAN COLONY WORK.

Yonkers, N Y, Nov. 15.-Hundreds
of students in Methodist theological
seminaries throughout the United
States were invited by ]. N. Ruffin
(white), a member of the London
Chamber of Commerce, to volunteer
as missionaries for the Christianiza-
ton of the Hottentots and Herreros
and other black tribes in former Ger1
man colonies in southwest Africa.
Mr.. Ruffin intimated the British
government stood ready to finance
educated Americans who would go TO
Africa
Bishop j. W. Anderson of Cincinnati,
who introduced Mr.. Ruffin, referred
to the $S0,OOOO0O fund which the
Methodists plan to raise by June l.
Part of this money is to be devoted
to missions in Africa. Among others
who spake was Bishop j. C. Hartwell
of Ohio.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
PERSHING ExONERATES ACTING
CAPT. JAMES WARlNG, JR.

New York, Nov IA news report
has reached the Defender from France
that Lieut.. James H. n. Waring was
arrested and court-martialel on
charge of disobedience OF orders and
insubordinaton under the following
circumstances: Lieut.. Waring, while
acting as captain of his company, was
ordered by white captain from an
other company to detail men of War
ilgs company to gether up tools and
other equipment left scattered about
by the men of which the white cap
tain had command Acting Captain
Waring refused to accept or obey the
order, not willing to make laborers OF
his soldiers. He was arrested, court
martialed and found guilty of dis
obedience of orders and insubordina-
ton. The findings OF the court-mar-
tial were approved by Warnings regi-
mental commander, by his brigadier
general and finally were forwarded to
General Pershing, who disapproved,
reversed them and reinstated Acting
Captain Waring to the command of
his company Acting Captain Waring
is the grandson of the late VIM. War
ing of Washington, D. c., the son of
DR.. ]. II. Waring of Washington. d.
C.. and the nephew of Robert Lewis
Waring of New York City.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
COLORADO. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1915

York Legislature from the Harlem dis
trict, but complete returns indicate
that Z. A. Johnson was defeated by his
Democratic opponent, John ]. Healy,
in the Nineteenth Assembly district.
However, John Clifford Hawkins
came out winner in the Twenty-first
Assembly district Mr.. Hawkins is
lawyer, and formerly was a clerk in
the postoffice. He has been practic-
ing law for about three years. f. A.
Johnson was the first Negro to be
sent to the Assembly, serving his con
stituents for one term-the last ses-
sion of the Legislature.
Illinois; the same as West Virginia,
elected three Colored men to the
State Legislature. They are S. D.
Turner of the First district and Adel-
bert Roberts and Warren Douglas of
the Third district. This is the first
time that the race will be represented
in the Illinois State Legislature by
three Negroes. All are from Chicago.
A Lee Beatty, lawyer, was swept
into office Tuesday week as a mem-
Der lof the Ohio Legislature from Gin
cinHati by large plurality.-New
York Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
ALABAMA CELEBRATES PEACE
>.WITH LYNcHING.
AS Toll Sounded Armistice Singing
Mob Stormed Jail for Help
less Prisoners.

Sheffield, Ala, Nov. 15.-When the
the return of democracy and the down
fall of autocracy, mob of prominent
white citizens of this place, bent on
having a little fun" ransacked the
county Jail and secured George White
side, a prisoner, and hanged his body
to a tree and riddled it with bullets
Whiteside. together with William Bird,
was being held in the Jail charged
with the murder of John Graham,
white policeman, who was found dead
near this city. 1t is thought that Ora
ham was the victim of the bullet fired
by some of his friends following
heated quarrel. Bird was also lynched.
Men Not Guilty.
Bad feeling had been centered on
Whiteside and Bird when it was
learned that they refused to work for
white farmers in this vicinity for low
wages. Threats were made against
the men, and they were told that un-
less they would aid in the harvest of
crops their bodies would be riddled
with bullets. The men expressed
their desire to leave the city and it
was then that they were charged with
the killing of Graham. Grahams' rep
utation as an officer was not of the
best standing, and because of his vio-
lent means in handling prisoners he
was known among police circles as
Cayenne Pepper"
Crowds Get Souvenirs.
The lynching of the two men cast a
gloom over the city and none of our
people took an active part in the cele-
bration of peace. Attempts were made
to strip Whiteside of his clothing and
stuff them with weeds and hay and
drag the effigy to the city square and
burn it. Women and children coming
to the city in wagons and automobiles
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
RACE NEWS S.tis'st S,tisa, s,',,ss g,s"

employers, and wherever possible. OF
white workmen. At these conferences
the problemD of better adjustment
have been discussed, and plans of CO.
operative effort of white and Negro
citizens for 100 per cent labor effl-
cheney in war production have been
made. AS a result, during the last
five months Negro workers advisory
committees, both statewide, by cour
ties, and in towns and cities, nave
been formed, or are being formed, III
six southern states and five noI .hcfn
states.
Competent Negro men who have
had experience with Negro wage earn
ers have been appointed as supervis-
ors in nine states to direct the work
of these committees, and to increase
the morale and efficiency of Negro
wage earners. These committees
have already done constructive work
in many localities. Large numbers OF
letters of approval of this work have
been received from Negroes and from
employers. The Christian Science
Monitor.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
PEACE AND THE
COLORED AMERICAN
BY THE REV GEO GILBERT WALKER, M A, GALVESTON,


to see each of us has a fair share. In
the realms of labor, commerce. educa-
ton, on the battle fields, and in the
things of sacrifice and humanity, we
are realizing that the white American
and the Colored American each partic-
ipate successfully and adequately.
We are learning team work in lie
We are learning to respect each other,
to trust each other, to cooperate in
the things which make for national de-
velopment, righteousness and power
We are bringing things from the
clouds to the ground I'VE are taking
them from the realm of theory and
doctrine into the field of practice and
utility. We are making them work.
We are demanding and realizing a
pragmatic democracy, living, doing,
experimental democracy.
With the dawning of the new era
comes an understanding, a new deter
mination: an understanding of the
grandeur and holiness of American
ideals: a determination to make them
true for all men, black and white
alike.-The Monitor.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
SECRETARY BAKER TALKS OF
COLOREO SOLDIERS IN
FRANCE.

Q OMEWHERE IN FRANCE.-With
a gasoline can as a rostrum, Sec
retary of War Baker. in the course
of his inspection tour over here, ad-
dressed an audience of more than 1000
colored stevedore troops during their
lunch hour The speech, as well as
the entire stage setting, was highly
informal. Part of the Secretary's au-
dience lay sprawled upon the roof OF
a half-finished warehouse overlooking
the local gasoline can. and nearly all
of them went on munching the con-
tents of their mess kits, as it was IN
tended they should do. The Secretary
told the men how proud the people
all the people, home were of them, and
especially how proud their own race
was of them He told them couple
of short, comical stories that quickly
surrounded him with an amphitheater
of white teeth all set in broad smile.
When he wound up by telling them
that when he got back to America ne
was going to tell their people how well
they had been doing, and the big
shove they were giving to the army
supplies which made it possible for the
men at the front to win battles, he got
such hand" as only strong and hon
estly.calloused palms can give
speaker. Both before and after his
talk to them. Secretary Baker mingled
among the men, asking them ques-
tions right and left, and thus getting
much first-hand information from
these colored stevedores.
Perhaps the most impressive feature
of the Secretary's trip among the col
ored men over here was at Blois Here
there is a battalion of Class>B and C
men, all of whom had been wounded
in action and many of whom proudly
wore the CroiX de Guerre or the ID. 5.
c. They were lined up for inspection,
together with their splendid band, also
composed of b and men. The Secre-
tary would not consent to their being
introduced to him, but, as he put it:
"It is an honor to be introduced to
you" From the middle of the boxing
ring and bandstand combined which
is the pride of the Blois camp, Mr..
Baker told them how much their eff
forts had been appreciated by the ma
ton; how greatly the nation was in
debted to them, and they all of them
would be marked men in their com
munities throughout their entire lives
for the service they had rendered their
country in time of urgent need. In
after years" he said, men will come
home to their families and tell with
pride, and with glow upon their
faces, how they had met and fought
with valiant fighting Colored men at
Belleau Wood, at Chateau Thierry, at
Scissors, on the Vesle and at Cham
pagne" Concluding, Secretary Baker
said to these Colored troopers: The
history OF America is in your hands,
for you have enlarged it and helped to
rake it what it is today-a thing to
fill every American with pride"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
LYNCH AT WILL IN STATE OF
ALABAMA.

Sheffield, Ala.-Since the ending OF
the great world war the state of Ala
bama has been doing its utmost to
out-Hun the Hun for barbarity. Two
Negroes have been lynched here with
in two days on frivolous charges.
On November 10, William Bird was
taken from the Sheffield Jail by
mob of one hundred white Amer
leans" and hanged. Bird was cap
tured after running fight and he was
put to death for trying to protect him
self from band of inturiated savages
George Whiteside was taken from
the same Jail on November u, and
hanged to u tree where it was thought
he murdered George Bird, police
man So far there has been no con
elusive evidence that Whitesiee com
mitted the murder.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
MISSOURI, WEST VIRGINIA, OHIO,
ILLINOIS AND NEW YORK
To Have Negro Assemblymen at Their
Next Session.

The election of Colored men to the
Legislature in Missouri. West Vir-
ginia, New York, Illinois and Ohio is
generally regarded as a distinct ad-
vance in public sentiment on the ques-
ton of the Negro holding representa-
tive elective positions. OF the nine
race men chosen at the polls Novem
ber 5, it is doubtful if there was one
who could have been victorious with
out the aid of white voters.
Missouri furnished the biggest sur
prise, the Republicans of the Fourth
district sending William NJ. Riley, an
optometrist, to the Lower House oil
the Legislature over his white oppon-
ent. This is the first time in the his
tory of the state that Negro has
been selected to the Legislature.
West Virginia did itself proud by
choosing three Colored men for the
Lower House,. V. Coleman, Fl. J.
Capehart and T. G. Nutter. This is
said to rival the record of any state
since the days of Reconstruction.
]. V. Coleman of Fayette county
was formerly postmaster at Kimberly
He is engaged in the production OF
coal H. ]. Capehart of Mcdowell
county is an attorney at law, as is T.
G. Nutter of Kanawha, who is Grand
Chancellor of the knights of Pythias
of West Virginia.
Both Fayette and Mcdowell coun-
ties have had colored Legislators be-
fore, but at no time has there been
more than one Colored representative
in the Legislature. The nomination
and election of the three Colored men
is considered remarkable in view oi
the fact that in none of the counties
which they represent is there major
ity of celored voters. In Mcdowell
county the per cent is thirty-four in
Fayette county, twenty-five, and In
Kanawha ten.
1t was at first thought that two
Colored men would sit in the New
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23
NEGRO LABOR IN THE UNITED
STATES.
Official Tells of What Members of
Race Are Doing in War Work
and If Measures to Insure
Ttefr Efficiency
Tteir Efficiency

New York.-What Negro labor has
been doing in the war, and some Of
TIE measures taken to insure his eff
ficiency and morale, were described
by Dr. George E. Haynes, special as
sistant to the secretary of labor, in a
recent speech here.
Dr. Haynes. after praising the pa
triotism displayed by Negro labor,
said there were three facts which had
been kept in mind in the efforts to
increase the morale and efficiency OF
that labor.
First" he enumerated, that the
Negro wage-earners are ready for the
arducus work on the farm and in the
factory, and when given fair chance
and sympathetic guidance in making
the labor program they will respond
enthusiastically. Second, practically
all employers of Negro labor are
white men. Out of this fact develops
racial misunderstanding, prejudice
antagonism, fears and suspicious
This is the third fact of the situation.
ITO meet these conditions. the De
partment of Labor has held number
of state conferences with representa-
tives of Negro wage earners, of white
The Colorado statesman., 1918-11-23

Aunt" Caroline Dye. who died re-
Gently at Newpork, Ark, left $500
silver dollars in her home and $4,000
and several Liberty Loan bonds in
the bank. She is said to have been
over 100 years old and the owner of
real estate valued at more than $780,
900, city and farm property. She
was a famous "fortune-teller," widely
known and patronized by wealthy
white southerners.