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Mean.

What a crouch he i,i How many
children has he2"
"None."
Gee that's lucky Think what the
children he might have had, have
escaped" =.
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To Relieve Gas In The Stomach

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Vital Statistics

Marriage Lleenses.
Ulys Sylvester B~oyedston, ~ years old,
Groom, Texas, and Caroline Mcdaniel,
~ Years old, Enid,
Elery Dewitt, ~ years old, Oklahoma
CITY, and Delaney HRsard, "a years old,
Sentinel.
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Births.
Mr.. and Mrs, 0rcus Athens BeArden,
1904 West First street. girl.
Mr.; and Mira Merrill Dell Miller. 1873
North Western avenue. giri.
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Deaths.
Mrs. Emma Folsom. It, Anthony's hos
pital, 20 years.
Daniel Eatl, emergency hospital. H
years. 70
Aurora Aivs. 10 months.
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Buy War Savings Stamps and Thrift
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

Darts. France. Nov 23.-"Why an
/ I. a German by birth and a former
soldier in the kaisers army. an en-
envy Of Germany" said Sgt. Andrew
Eisch, a member Of the crack first di-
vision, in response TO a question
III tell you one reason, and it's
the same reason that six other Ger
mans in my battalion have. and that
my two brothers who are in the Unit
ed States navy give:
Because. we knew that II the
United States had net gone into the
war within five years from now the
Germans would be half way TO Chi
cago. OF course. eventually. the
United States would have beaten
them. but the loss OF life and prop
erty TO our adopted land would have
been terrible.
Served In Both.
I'VE have served in both armies
We were forced into the one against
our wills. Our answer was that the
seven Of us-au at one time Jaegers
in the German army-enlisted in the
First division within two weeks af-
ter war was declared"
Sergt Eisch, whose home Is at No.
24o River street. Menasha, Wis. was
born in Germany and lived there IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

bars there was beer on draught- cock
tail mixers. and for each set OF dug
outs there was a small artificial ice
plant which also supplied field hos
pitals.
In some OF the officers rooms the
Americans found articles OF women's
apparel and they were not souvenirs
and lucky tokens like garters and
SILK stockings. There were curling
irons and hair pins and makeup
boxes and powder puffs. there was
fllmy silk underwear and tiny pumps
In several Of the dugouts letters
written by the women visitors to
their girl friends IN CharlottenburE
the Montmarte OF Berlin They de-
scribed the good times they were hav-
ing. but despite their quarters deep
underground they seemed worried BY
the bombardment continually re-
ferring TO the thunder OF the bombs.
They described going TO observation
posts at night and looking at the
front. and seeing the German flares
and the flashes from the French and
American guns IN action These let
tiers were written in Enthusiastically
feminine handwriting. but they had
been stamped and censored BY the Of
ficers and the envelopes had been adj
dressed and stamped as censored hr
these officers, so that suspicion might
not be aroused by the military postal
authorities
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23
Germantown SergeantEagerF
Opportunity To Fight The Kaiser

into Berlin with the American
troops" said Eisch.
At scissors, SerEt- Eisch saw one
Of his uncles brought in with a gang
Of German prisoners. and in the re-
cent push in the St. Mihiel sector he
had two Of his cousins placed in
working gang under his charge.
Believe me. made them work. too,
and they told me what would happen
to me II was ever captured by the
Germans. I got their photographs
and sent them home to my folks to
show them" Eisch said. with a remi-
niscent smile as he mentally pictured
his two cousins helping TO clean up
some Of the damage they had done
when the BOche forces retreated-
Because Of his German birth Eisch
has frequently been called by the
commanding officer to interpret for
German prisoners. He noted a great
change in their attitude toward the
Americans in the last six months Of
the war.
"AlI the Germans 7 have talked to
express surprise At the good treat
ment they receive at the hands OF the
Americans. They have been told by
their officers that the Americans kill
all OF the prisoners they take
I have noticed that the quality OF
the bread taken from German prison
ers near the end OF the war has been
much worse than ever. but the men
still have good clothing and their
other rations are good."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

7 ONDON, Eng, Nov. 2s.-When Ger
Il many lost Ostend and Zeebrugge,
U-boat sinkings took an appreciate
drop. Likewise. travel across the
English channel became more safe
Many ships had been sent 10 their
grave by U-boats which came from
the Belgian coast.
With Ostend and Zeebrugge gone
German submarines had to find their
way through two wide mine fields
TO reach the channel by the shortest
route They had TO go through both
the North sea barrage and the one
at Dover which was no simple mat
ter The longer route. around Scot
land. made it impossible for as many
U-boats 70 operate.
Statement OF Sims.
Despite the fact that Germany had
when war ceased more U-boats than
she ever before possessed. she was
not able 10 use even a third Of them
continuously It required a statement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23
German Officers Gay Before Yank Came
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Cocktails and Beer Gardens Among Joys

WITH the American Army. Nov. Is.
w -Demi-monds from the under
world Of Berlin visited German Of
ficers IN their luxurious dugouts be-
hind the front in the St. AIihieI salient.
according TO indubitable evidence OBJ
tanned by the Americans when they
swept over these positions before the
enemy had time to remove his effects
During the four years that they oc-
cupied the salient. the enemy not only
perfected his defence system to the
nth" degree. but also Incorporated
into his living quarters every modern
convenience for the soldiers and lux
ury for the officers
The dugouts were generally eXca-
waited in the reverse slopes OF hills
facing toward the allied lines. so
that they were absolutely immune
from shell fire or afrplane bombs.
Elaborate lighting and ventilation
systems were installed and running
water was piped in
The officers quarters were fur
nished with the fittings OF the chau-
teaus and farm houses in the adjacent
locality, even billiard tables being
dismantled. carried in and set up in
side There were bars in the officers
clubs and beer gardens outside with
rustic arbors and benches. IN the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

til he was ten years old He told me
much OF his remarkable story when I
met him in the headquarters OF the
Knights Of Columbus in this city.
Sergt. Eisch had gone TO the X Of c.
club after being discharged from a
hospital, where he was recovering
from an injury sustained at the front.
Not Quite -.
At present Sergt. Eisch is not quite
% years old. He was a student at the
Chicago Institute Of Technology when
the United States finally accepted
Germanys def and entered the lists
against the BOche.
In 1913 Sergt Eisch visited Ger
many and when he was there was
forced into the army. In vain he pro-
tested and within four months after
being DRAWN into the service he was
sent TO South Africa TO help show the
deluded Africans who were revolving
in German colony the latest sample
Of kulter.
Fought IN Africa.
After fighting in Africa some
months, Eisch and some Of his COM
panions succeeded In deserving and
making their way to a British colony
from which place they boarded q ship
for the United States.
When the great war started, Eisch
and his two brothers received papers
from Germany ordering them to re-
port for service in Germany.
I've reported for service IN Ger
many and I hope TO be able to march
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

stnatly, but supply trains kept NOV
ing up constantly for all that Orders
We're that the men in the front trench
es should have one hot meal day IL
half a dozen men and half a dozen
horses had TO be killed. II a wagon or
a canton got smashed the rest would
just move around IL until II would
be gotten out Of the way And the
driver would drift in casually and say,
Gee. that shell sure came closet
'One day, an outfit near US was get
ting ready TO move They were wait
ing around for mess when a gas alarm
came over. Everyone tore for the
dugouts just as two boys came driv-
ing up in a canton. The cook sticks
his head out OF HIS dugout and yelis;
say, boys, be heroes and save me bis
cult
"Surest thing you know sings out
the youngster beside the driver. and
hops down, making a dash for the
ovens. He grabs a big towel pulls
ont the biscuits, makes a dive for the
kitchen and in about one minute he
was back beside the driver with
big pot Of jam in one hand and pan
OF biscuits in the other.
"Beat 1t. Kid"
Beat Il. kidr he says 10 the driver
and in another minute they were off
down the road
Il asked them when they came back
later why they bothered about the
jam and they just rolled amazed eyes
at ne.
whats the use OF biscuit without
jam they wanted to know Wed
take 4 chance on gas any day for that
combination
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

are faclng-or what spirit they have
/ brought TO their work
4 left Paris on June q TO establish
nOutpOst in the St Mihiel sector
I stayed there until August Il. two
days after Onr men had started their
offensive. when Lieut. Lowry and 7
moved up back OF the new line and
established ourselves in a German
moving picture theater. There was a
moving picture machine there and q
grand piano. and just a few doors
away a great warehouse where gal
Ions OF artificial honey and jam had
been stored for the winter.
They Went Fast.
Our men when they started their
offensive went light. because they
we're going fast. They left their
blankets behind in many cases. and
had just a few timed rations- There
were days at a time when they were
wet TO the skin from drilling rain;
when they went on mighty short "a
tons. because their kitchens OF sup
ply trains had been knocked out by
shellS- when the gas was coming over
as thick as the shells and shrapnel.
And they went through It without the
CULVER Of an eyelash"
Pond who was one OF Roosevelts
Rough Riders during the Spanish
American war. arrived in France last
spring. and enlisted as a volunteer IN
the American Red Cross. He asked to
be sent 10 the front and was assigned
to outpost No. 2 After arranging with
the American Red Cross headquarters
at Toul for his supplies. he estab-
hshed himself in an old stone house
where the Red Cross BROUGHT SOL
diers flocking TO the door. When the
Americans started their offensive on
Aug u his station was no longer
an outpost. so he moved up back Of
the lines two days later.
No Bad Temper.
I can't say enough in praise OF the
American soldiers" said Pond. who
returned to Paris the last of Septem-
Der. Night after night they would
crowd into the outpost for hot chOco-
late and a cheese sandwich. their Of
ficers riding ahead to find out II we
had enough TO feed unexpected groups
Of men who were being moved this
way or that. or who were coming in
for rest Sometimes we had 1900
men in night. but I never once heard
a word OF quarreling or bad temper.
Sometimes there'd be a little rough
profanity. but that was all
punches Of Prisoners.
Tt was great sight when the Of
fensive first started 10 see the boys
coming back from the woods with
punches OF prisoners. They We're
cleaning up stray Huns. and first a
buck private would come out with
couple Of BOches marching ahead OF
him: then another with three or four,
heading for back Of the lines. One
chap came along with a German gun
and a broad grin on his face. III bet
he wouldn't have hurt his neighbor's
cat at home, but he pas pleased to
death.
81 sure got that fellow he said.
He was just laying in a shell hole.
pop-pop-pOpping when 7 got him, and
this was the gun he was doing so
much damage with. Some souvenir
Smelling the Roads.
There never was a day that there
weren't casualties on the road in front
Of our outpost. The Germans were
Smelling roads and crossroads con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

from Admiral Sims. commander Of
L. s warships IN European waters,
to puneture the presumption that
there were veritible shoals Of sub
marines seeking ship prey constantly,
Admiral Sims said there were some
times II or Is U-boats operating at
one time, but the average number
was nine.
Some months ago there were about
20 U-boats operating day by day. The
difficulty of getting to sea, because
OF the North sea barrage and British
and American patrol. explains the de-
crease.
British Did Most.
The British, OF course. did most OF
the patrol work. having some 5000
vessels operating day and night con-
stantly. Another thousand constant
y were undergoing refitting. repair.
and resupply. There were only about
i6a American antisubmarine craft
operating about the British isles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

HEAVIER under ordinary circum-
stances
Everyone with whom I talked had
the highest praise for his shipmates
in the way they got away from the
snip as II was sinking and the help
ing hand that each had for the other
I got the best version OF the affair
from the big fellow formerly men
toned he turned out TO be chief
water tender and fully able TO hold
up the reputation of fat men for tell
ing stories He said the ship went
down on even keel and that there
was very little If any suction. as he
was directly over her at the time, as
were many OF the others.
Sub Comes Up
The submarine came to the sur
face about a minute after the trans
port disappeared This fas chan sub
merged as far as his nose. fully ex-
pecung the submarine to fire with a
machine gun which she had trained
on the RATS and boats. but when II
was apparent that the submarine was
not going to fire, Fatty found a raft
and hoped on
-. after looking them over the sub
keeping on the surface.
Laugh On Fat Man.
Ihey viii never blow a ship from
under gamer lot Of chaps than
those who manned the President Lin
coin They all had the laugh on the
fat water tender. At first they were
all on RATS Fatty was on one side
and five men on the other to keen Il
balanced. When they started 10 di-
vide uD on the RATS some got off the
one Fatty was one and over she went
on top OF him. He said he nearly
died getting on the raft again, as IL
would flop over on him every time
he tried to climb aboard
Fatty Is Aboard.
zone Of the first RATS 10 come
alongside rs was the one with Fatty
aboard Some one looked down and
shouted:
" Gee. the fat guy IS dead
FATTY sat straight up and yelled:
I am, like hell: Just drop me a
couple OF hooks and haul me up
Then he began to sing:
Where Do We Go From Here"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

7 ONDON. Eng. Nov. 25.-The Cow
l. boy Baronet." who was so busy
cowpunching in the southwest that
it was year before he could be found
and notified Of his baronetcy. has ar
rived IN London
He has been a Yank for ten years
despite his title, and he's here now
only because he broke Into the British
army after four unsuccessful attempts
had been made TO gain acceptance By
the British authorities at Washington
The fact that he IS the Rev G. Cave
Brown-Cave. minister. he considered
no reason why he should not be in on
the big show.
Joins salyatIonists.
The baronet Joined the salvation
Army in Brooklyn, and was trans
ferred TO Chester, Pa, he said he
then Joined the Baptist church at
Wnliamstown, \. J., and after three
Sundays trial was accepted as min
lister.
~One day while was preaching on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23

drink a member OF the congregation
got UP and said the town needed
more not less saloons. as they were
good for competition. After SIX
months got 50 fed up that told
my congregation they were worse
than Zulus.
Tries WesIeyun.
Z later went into Kentucky -
Wesleyan minister. and one man
threatened TO shoot me II I preached
there The qualifications for q
preacher in Kentucky seemed to be
inability to read and capacity 10
consume an unlimited amount OF
liquor.
4At Devils Fort IN Elliott county
I came up against the water dogs
4 sect which called themselves Camp
beIlites-whose religion was that the
preacher must dip them In the local
creek
7 had to preach there IN the school
house, guarded By the sheriff and his
men, but I got a large number OF
converts among the 'moonshlners,
one OF whom, after hearing ne, went
into his house and broke up al his
Illicit whisky stills"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23
Lieut.. Ashley Pond, Santa Fe,
Former Rough Rider Praises
Boys At Front Who LickedFoe

Darts. France. Nov. 2s.-star shells
1 and bursts Of shrapnel flashed
through the midnight sky as a lone
artilleryman walked the streets OF
the battered town Of n. just a few
miles back Of the American lines in
the st. Mihiel sector before peace
came. A fine drilling rain was fall
ing and he slapped his arms about
himself vigorously and tried to forget
that his teeth were chattering in tune
with the steady boom and rumble Of
the nightly serenade up the line.
Pounding n sudden corner he nearly
knocked down a man.
what are you doing hereZ" de-
manded the newcomer when he had
recovered sufficient breath.
Waiting For Morning.
Waiting for morning." barked the
artilleryman. The rest Of my bat
terry just got theirs up on the hill
from half dozen shells that Fritz
dropped over and I'm the only one
left 7 tried sleeping in a ditch. but
it's no good I'm too cold"
Better come along with me and get
some hot chocolate" suggested the
newcomer. and the artilleryman
srarled.
SAY. what are you trying to hand
me- Where in hell could 7 get chocO-
late in this Godforsakeni shell hole2
Our leading hotels seem TO have closed
up for the season
Red Cross Outpost.
But mean it," insisted the other
chap. There's a Red Cross outpost
just around the corner"
I'm dreaming" sighed the artillery
man But just don't wake me. Lead
me 10 It, bo." and he slipped his arm
into that Of the Red Cross officer and
followed. half dazed into a half ruined
stone building where the kitchen still
stood intact. There was hot choco-
late steaming in a huge marmite and
there were sardines and cheese sand
witches in the cupboard When the
food had disappeared a blanket was
produced and the man rolled up and
dropped down on a cot.
No breakfast Call.
Needn't bother calling me for
breakfast" he murmured to his host.
who discovered the next morning that
his guest was a member OF the til
battery, heavy field artillery. Just the
afternoon before the battery had
taken position and had sent over a
rers had responded at once and SO
well that all the men were ordered
into their duEouts. They got careless
as dinner time came along and came
out to start mess when half dozen
shells fell-and the only men who
came down TO the valley to tell the
tale was one who had gone TO sleep in
a dugout.
New Mexican in Charge.
He started on with a smile the
next morning. looking for some one
to whom he could report" added Lieut..
Ashley Pond. OF Santa Fe, n. NJ. who
had charge Of outpost No. 2 for three
months.
The morale Of our boys at the
front was 100 percent They're won
derfuli And they're working Won
ders. The people in Paris and the
ones back in the states will never
know what our boys have faced and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23
British Many Carried
Sixty Out OF Each 100
YanRs Across Atlantic

London. Eng Nov. 23.-Every
mother in America who has a son in
France, every sister who has n
brother enlisted in Americas greatest
undertaking. every sweetheart with
plans deferred and hopes in suspense
between each mail from "over here"
can appropriately and sincerely salute
the British Union Jack II would be
no more than, fitting and much over
due tribute TO the gallant sea-services
OF the island empire.
For OF every hundred American
soldiers sent to France 90 OF them
owe their safe arrival to British de-
stroyers and other anti-submarine
craft That IS the percentage Of
United States troops landed in Europe
which have been safeguarded By the
British
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23
By FLOYD sIACGRIFF.

have a force there sufficient to put
Its authority beyond question II
Levantine finance IS to continue as
q postwar factor. then one OF the
root causes OF future conflicts VIII
have been left untouched
Only the eastern half OF Asia Minor.
known as Anatolia, may be considered
Turkish-made 50 by massacres OF
other peoples This area Is larger
than France and rich in minerals
Some cities, especially along the
AEGEAN. have Greek and Christian set
Elements, but Turks dominate mostly.
Thus. excluding the straits, the area
about Constantinopls and Anatolia
might continue as 4 Turkish nation
Development OF Peoples.
Elsewhere development OF the vari-
Gus peoples should be permitted IN
harmed But this cannot be accom-
plished IN q few years. When peo-
pies have been ground down Ike the
Armenians. or encouraged IN evil like
the Kurds. or divided and retarded
like the Arabs. says Sykes. they can
not become nations all at once by
phrases about self determination or
national revival
Must Have Help.
They must have help" says Sykes,
a period Of assistance, sponsorship,
education and development must in
tereFene before such peoples can nope
TO evolve stable and self supporting
institutions We have seen how emaE-
cipation and nationalism uncontrolled
and unchecked have worked in the
Balkans. where a collection Of newly
Invented Or revived states have men
aced the peace OF Europe FOR the last
40 years with their minor policies,
ambitions and aggressiOns-
Desire Improvement.
But in the near east there IS a
material wealth and a general desire
for Improvement II life and prop
erty can be secured and the material
assets OF these regions developed. in
a decade prosperity, education and
general well being VIII produces the
necessary political elements 20 main
tain individual national existence.
The task OF allied democracy is to
supply means for covering this inter
vening period OF transition There
are areas capable OF assuming almost
complete independence. and there are
others sunlcen IN the very depths OF
savagery and anarchy. And none is
capable Of self defence"