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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
Year PROBING
Fatal To Hun
AfrFig hterS
IA German Aviators, All
Credited With Over 20
Victories, Downed.

Paris, France. Aug. LIP to the
present the year 1918 has been dis
.astrous for the German aviation. Dur
ing the past six months Il German
aviators, each one credited with more
than 20 victories, have been killed or
captured by the allies.
Among those who have fallen are
Capt Won Riehtofen $50 victorfes).
Lieut. Won Bulow C28 victories). Capt
Max Muller C3s Victories Capt. Won
Tutscheck (27 victories), Lieut. Fus-
thohh OF victories) and Lieut. Loot
ger ga victories).
Bombing squadrons have also been
hard hit by the allied airmen. Capt
Klein, chief Of squadrons. assigned to
lombard London; Capt. Weese, Capt
.KoehI and many others have been
killed or captured
The year 1917 was likewise unfz-
vorable for the German pilots Thir-
ty two German airmen. whose vic
tories together amounted to 551. were
given in the German casualty list as
missing. killed or in the hands Of
the enemy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
By BERT FORD.

basket. and tenderly drew forth a
pigeon tried and true. We clasped the
message carrier to the birds leg and
tossed it aloft with a prayer.
Already the Boche was hurting gas
and high explosives. Like an arrow
through the tempest Of battle darted
the British carrier pigeon. Fifteen
minutes the bell in the home loft
back Of headquarters tingled. An at
tendant reached up and found the
little dispatch bearer dead on the
shelf. the automatic fitting Of which
under the weight Of its body had rung
the bell.
ShrapueI Did II.
y fragment OF shrapnel had ripped
the metal carrier from the pigeons
leg and driven Il into its breast. hut
had missed its mark itself Impelied
by that mysterious instinct the pig
con, MORALLY wounded, kept on flying
until it reached its goal The story
sounds like fiction, but the records
and the stuffed form in the British
war museum are proof
The birds dramatic death is not the
feature Of the story. The timely mes
sage IL bore resulted in counter ar
tillery action which completely broke
up the German drive. There have
been other Instances where dispatches
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
NURSES CLUB
IN LONDON IS
VERY POPULAR
Dances Are Held Weekly
and Club Is Overcrowded
With Americans.
NOBILITY IS
BACK OF IDEA
By FLOYD MACGRIFF.

7 ONDON, Eng. Aug. 1.-THE nearest
l. thing to a college sorority house in
England IS the American Nurses club,
Just around the corner from the
American embassy AID Just back OF
Buckingham palace
II IS the temporary home and head
quarters OF Z. S. nurses who may be
passing through London en- route to
some hospital II is the social center
for American nurses stationed in hos
pitfalls in and about London
The club. four stories high. for
merly was a residence. On the first
floor are dining room. kitchen. hall
and reception room. while on the
second there are two large rooms
with hardwood floors IN fine condi-
ton for dancing. The third and
fourth floors comprise lodging rooms.
Each Friday night there is a dance.
which lady Harcourt. formerly OF
New York, and a relative OF J. Pier
pont Morgan. often chaperones- Lady
Harcourt was responsible FOR the es-
tablishment OF the club. which al
ready has become so popular and
overcrowded that the countess OF
Granard has loaned Forbes house for
a second nurses club.
Refreshments are served Friday
evenings and American officers. I.
" C. A workers and a few Ameri-
cans in mutt take advantage OF the
---,-4-r-Fs- - ~L-s4F- --f4L 800
home girls"
As a social outlet and recreation
center the club has been a success
from the start Residence in It IS
limited to two weeks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
New Dickens Needed
TO Portray Lives Of
Old Women in London

London. Eng. Aug IA new
Dickens is needed to write the story
Of the old women who sleep in the
doorways OF London
Though there are literally hundreds
Of them, these old women are hard
to find. Their doors are scattered
broadcast. but hidden in the innum-
cradle blind alleys and short. crooked
street Of which London is made a
given door is a lone. night after
night, for the same old woman. or
perhaps for more than one, two or
three sleeping together for the sake
OF warmth
During the day these women go
about with a bag, collecting stray
papers. When the bag is filled II
serves as a cushion for the nights
rest. They sleep sitting upright arms
upon knees and head resting forward
or curl themselves up. with an up
right stone doorpost for pillow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
d NEWTON 9. PARkE.

Germans and Americans in this sec
tor freqently occupy strong points
during the daytime. unconnected by
trenches, from which they retire dur
ing the night 20 avoid being sur
rounded by enemy patrols
II was up to one OF these that the
Grand Rapids man was leading his
men, and, knowing the possibilities
OF enemy ambush, he moved slowly,
reconnoitering every spot where Ger
mans might be hidden
Encounters Germans.
From the communication trench
down which the patrol was proceed
ing there was a cutoff. part OF an
old trench line. Sergt Cunningham
approached this cautiously, with re-
vclver drawn. Suddenly six Ger
mans sprang from the cutoff. shouted
at him to surrender and az the same
fine started firing. Over the parapet
came a still larger group. who cut off
the sergeant and two men immediate
" behind him These were immedi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
j. s. SOCIALISTS AND UNIONS
SUPPORT PRESIDENTS WAR AIM
They Tell Brtons They Are for Prosecuting the War to
Victorious Conclusion, Believing Unless Germany
Is Crushed a Burden Of Militarism Will Be
Laid on the United States for Years.

7 ONDON, Eng. Aug. 17.-CCorre-
l. spondence Of the Associated
Press.)-Emphati assertions that all
American Socialists and labor union
lists unreservedly support president
Wilson's war aims have been given 10
British labor men by members OF the
Social-Democratic league OF America
4 come to emphasize that all
American Socialists and labor union
lists are unreservedly back OF presi-
Wilson and his war aims" declared A.
u Simons. Of Wisconsin. one OF the
members Of the commission. in an ad-
dress he delivered at a dinner given
to the mission. at the house Of com
mons. America stayed out OF the war
two years" continued Mr.. .Simous.
taking recourse to every means at
hand to avoid participation in what
seems the world catastrophe.
since our entrance into the war
president Wilson has given the Ger
mans every opportunity TO avoid fur
Their bloodshed. We have laid our
cards on the table and waited patient
", but the only answer is that Of the
cannon Of the enemy's hosts in battle.
We hate war. We did not want mill
tarism in the United States. But we
are AA-AAAAE AAHH anu AAAAEAAA 10 NA-A-
tinue TO fight with all our means 20
make war a bad investment by any
nation in future"
Must Dodge Military Burden.
John Spargo, another member Of the
declared that unless the
United States was to bear in future
the greatest military burden known
to the nations, Prussiauism must be
crushed at the earliest possible mo-
ment- such creed is in keeping with
our pacifism,' he said. We believe
an inclusive peace would be an IN
paraIleled disaster that thousand
years of toll and suffering could not
right
Many LabOritcs Are Pacifists.
John Hodge, British minister OF
pensions. said there could be no doubt
a bout the soundness Of British labor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
By FEED j. BoLLsIEYER-

completely imprisoning Wharton and
the soldiers.
Then gas shells were thrown over
by the Germans. and through small
crevices the gas sought its way into
the a5ri- The men Immediately put
on their gas masks and at the some
time tried in vain TO force their way
into the open They grew weaker and
weaker from the effort TO break out
Of their prison and from the closeness
OF the place
Manage to Escape.
Finally, however, they managed u
dig a small hole in the side OF the
cave and called for help. Other SOL
diers then released them.
In the meantime, however. the
Americans had started a counter at
tack and had driven the German raid
ers back Wharton helped TO bring n
some Of the wounded. among whom
was young German officer.
He was about IS years old" Whar-
ton said. we found him just outside
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

Darts. France, Aug 17--During the
/ lunch hour one day recently an
American captain mounted the tower
OF the dungeon keep Of an ancient
castle. now the second class fort OF
Tincennes. Up ancient stone stair
ways. past dismal dungeons on the
walls or which prisoners had engrav-
en- their names five centuries and
more ago. he made his way He passed
Tie ancient throne room where St
Louis held his courts from 1926 to
1870. and now stored high with war
supplies
a hundred and seventy feet Of time
worn stairways he climbed, unbarring
huge. heavy swinging doors with mon
ster bolts and locks as he mounted
from stage TO stage Up the same
stairs which the American captain
trudEed virtually ali OF France S
kings have trod in centuries gone by
st Louis. Louis " Philip v.
Charles ", Charles VI. Charles X
Charles Y. Louis II. and Henry V
Of England. who died within the an
Client fortress
Finally the captain stepped out
rrnon the balcony Of the massive
square tower TO n platform where
more THAI half a Thousand years
nEo n great engine OF war stood.
Far below were the small towers,
the moar into which from the dizzy
height prisoners were thrown 10
their deaths in the good old days
Beside the iron railing surrounding
the uozt American soldiers were
knocking up flies" while a French
roIlu in trench helmet and with fixed
havonet looked on from his sentry
box
Airmen Soar Overhead.
High above the ancient fortress ]
SCARED American aviatOrs. members of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

ately engaged By the seven men IN the
rear
Enemy Rms
SerEt Cunningham ran straight ~
the six Germans who were firing a.
him He winged" four OF then
and the entire six sprang out OF tha
trench and started across No Mans
Land Meanwhile the Germans n ne
rear had been routed BY the seven
ing
Cunningham 1saped upon the nara
pet OF the trench and began throwing
-grenades at the retreatinE Boches.
shouting to his men 70 follow his ex-
ample Suddenly he toppled over.
A private ran to him and discovered
that he had been shot through the left
arm and the left breast. one bullet
barely missing his heart But he had
fought on until loss OF blood caused
him TO faint.
As the story IS being written the
doctors believe Cunningham has about
an even chance for life
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

in the var Notwithstanding certain
unfortunate Impressions. we admit. q"
he said, that as in the case OF almost
every country we have a certain pro-
portion Of wrong headed people
among US. and they impose on US the
duty OF great vigilance. For instance
a the moment we are not unaware Of
the threat that among some 400 Ia
Dor candidates for parliament in the
coming general election. there viii
possibly be something like 80 percent
Of them Of the pacifist persuasion"
c. ". BOwerman. parliamentary
secretary Of the British Trade Union.
representing 100000 workers. said
that the heart Of labor IN the British
Isles beat in unison with that OF their
brothers in America on the subject Of
the war The eyes Of socialists and
labor union men in Great Britain. he
added. had been opened by the prog
ress Of the American Social Demo
cratic movement
Welsh Miners Are For War.
William Brace. secretary OF the
home office, declared that the miners
Of South Wales were determined to
make sacrifices to win the war
There is a new land confronting
US said premier Lloyd George in a
recent speech What manner Of c0un-
try it viii be-" he continued. will de-
pend on how the war goes and on how
things 80 after the war.
American Troops superb.
Il am more confident today than I
have ever been. and for reasons il
would not be relevant for me 10 en-
ter on at the moment. but one OF the
latest reasons is the impression made
on me by the American troops 1 saw
in France They are superb in ma
terial and in training and the way
they have borne themselves in the
trying conditions Of battles they have
fought I found a great spirit Of con-
fidence which strengthens our con-
viction Of victory.
The war has upset everything and
when 1t is over the falling back into
normal conditions will be another
disturbance. There Will be a great
social and economic disturbance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

DARIs. France. Aug 17.-Buried for
/ more than an hour in an abri
whose walls had been caved in By
high explosive shells, Harry Wharton,
a r.. II c. A. secretary, Of Philadel-
phla. and a number o. American sol
dlers finally escaped with their lives
The abri. near the firing line in a
sector held by Americans, was also
being used as a Y. II C. A canteen-
A number Of soldiers. off duty for the
time. had just stroIled into the place
when the German guns opened 10.
Shells were landing all around the
abri. blowing up the ground and
throwing earth onto the shelters.
Then a shell struck the side Of the
cave. protected by stones and sand
bags These obstacles. while no doubt
saving tire lives Of those inside the
abri. were thrown against the exits,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
Of
ALLIES EASILY
MAKEFRIENDS
Meet Girls in Tea Rooms of
Hotels Where All Gather
of Afternoons.
GATHERING IS
FULL OF COLOR
By FLOYD 1IACGRIFF.

7 ONION. Eng, Aug. 1z-Where do
l. British and American officers in
London get acquainted in a hurry with
girls? The answer is simple. At tea
rooms.
Every large hotel, every restaurant.
and many special tea rooms" serve
the national beverage every afternoon,
the popular hour being from 4 until 5.
In every tea lounge are women. most
Of them with their silver cigaret cases
and match boxes.
Drinks stronger than tea are avail
able. but women generally let their
male escorts. If they happen upon one.
buy the liquors, for they are expensive.
But tea and CAKES FOR one may be
had for Is cents any place.
Drop into any hotel along the
Strand or up Picadilly way at : in the
afternoon and you will find women
galore, generally well dressed. at
tables. The Portuguese officers in the
gray green uniforms find they can sip
tea and feel comfortable with the blue
eyed mink. who doesn't mind il they
can't say everything they want to IN
English.
Two aviators in khaki fIirt with two
show girls wearing white furs; a Scot
in kits has something with a kick in
il. while his girl friend lights another
two American officers drop in !
and find the girls have kept their en-
gagement and turned up a couple OF
chairs in expectation A French Off I
GER in horizon blue lends color.
1t doesn't get hot enough in Eng
land in sumner 10 make hot tea IN I
popular. Iced tea is practically IN 4
known. or iced anything. for that mat /
Ter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
Pretty Mattresses Serve The Americans
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And They Wear Primrose OVeraIIS, Too
By WILLIAM ]. BUTLER.


II cuffs pretty society mattresses the American officers
They voluntary workers and many the heart hb that
q
Bd The eann under the direction OF Red Cross committee at the
Of g Mrs
dishes served It's about the only place London where Yak
3 good old slab Of pie.
special is apart the Gen Bdde
Il being a soft leaf brown dull blue linoeum.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
POILUS ARE SURE
GHOSTS OF FRENCH.
KINGS GUARD Them.
Say King of Navarro Appears at Castle of Vncennes and
Assures Them Americans Are Coming and All Will
Be Well; American Soldiers Play Ball Where
Captives Used to Fall to Their Death.
By ROBERT $. DOMAIN.

the famous Lafayette ascadrille, their
machines drouinE like s1Wmills on a
summers day They lowered above
perhaps half a dozen captive balloons,
a few Of the hundreds which now pro-
tect Paris against Hun air raids
Old Military Traditions.
"Oh. boy" brea rhed the American
captain, lit sure is an Inspiration to
fight in this country with its military
traditions OF 1000 years, / wish
the old days were back again so we
could drop a couple of tons Of stone
hor'lders on the Huns who tried o"
cross that moat away down there
"I sure would like 10 put on a suit
Of armor and handle a wheel lock ar
Quebus. a cross bow or even a plain,
old fashioned bow and arrow I often
wish we were back in the days when
knights were bold and where we
could get at close quarters, instead OF
fighting battles miles away from the
enemy
Il wonder if Saint Louis would have
given me a commission as captain OF
the catapult which used to hurl half
= ton Of stone from this tower
KinEIy Ghosts Walk
The French colonel who accom-
panied the American captain 10 the
tower smiled
The ghosts Of the kings OF
yrance hover about this tower
he said 'Our puilus who some
times sleep In the old dungeons
say so. 40 IL must he true.
TT may interest you TO learn that
q week ago q pcilu who lost leg al
Nerdun and is now stationed here. I
solemnly told me that the king OF
Navarro appeared TO him while he
was half asleep in the state prison I
just below this tower The king OF
Navarro. according TO tie poilu,
nofuted a lean finger toward the west j
through the barred embrasure and .
said
'L-Amerique- They come All is
we'll"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
WTITH the American Army IN France.

.ITTITH the American Army IN France.
" Aug. 1.-THE story Of sergt
Charles H Cunningham's brave fight
against half a dozen Germans, after
he had been wounded, was recently
released for publication by the censor.
after his mother, IN Grand Rapids,
Mich, had been notified that he was
II the hospital
It was for bravery in this encounter
that Cunningham was recently award
ed the Croix de Guerre- He was the
second American fighting in Alsace
to be so honored by the French
Sergt. Cunningham commanded a
patrol OF ten men that moved down
early one morning 70 enter an Ameri-
can strong point in one OF the Asa
tian valleys. Because OF the noun
famous nature OF the country both
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17
Woman Plumber Wanted In England
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Women Work At Nearly Every Trade

ONDON Eng 17Women everything England
they beginning do little Of everything America But Newman
They haven't found the want has revealed that
all IN the curriculum and there doubtless American the all
thumb type who would be glad recruiting wife the graduates
of the
The school does real lady plumber It
college at Newman viii 80 shng $3.50 lady plumber
potent enough keep its taps running and leaks repaired
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

AIRS. Eumeline Pankhurst English milf
tant suffrage leader. has been engaged as
a speaker for the United States department
OF labor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

Cable News and
Automobile
The sun., 1918-09-07
CURB PRICES MOVE
OYER WIDE SCOPE
Heavy Selling Late in Trading
Session Results in Con-
siderable Losses.

Prices moved over a wider course in
the Curb market yesterday, a heavy
selling movement occurring In the late
trading with the result that considerable
losses were recorded. In tho early part
Of the session tho market was dull with
prices moving in q listless manner. The
selling wave started at the beginning of
the last hour and there were few recov-
cries reported
The higher priced stocks were hit the
hardest United Motors began to slide
off first and declined point before the
close, while Chevrolet, after opening
higher. sold off three points. Houston
Oil was in the early trading. but re-
covered the loss before midday, then
again weakened and was more than 2
points lower.
There was heavy liquidation in the
war stocks, with Wright-Martin Air
craft touching its lowest level in sew
eral weeks. Aetna showed fractional
loss and Submarine Boat declined almost
point. The specialties were dull. Co.
lumblaville Wooden, which was recently
introduced to trading, was firm.
Bonds were quite active with small
losses in most Of the Issues dealt in.
Russian Governments were under heavy
pressure and were substantially lower.
Total sales and range Of prices follow ::
The sun., 1918-09-07
IRREGULARITY IN
CIVILIAN TRADING
Approaching Draft Already AT.
fects Sales, but War Manu-
features Attain Record.

The new draft legislation. according
to the trade reviews, has had the dual
effect Of discouraging buying Of mems
apparel and Of causing closer scrutiny Of
credits by wholesalers pending clearer
views Of tho extent to which customers
are likely to DO affected by the raising
Of the draft age. At the same time that
Government buying and manufacture on
war account make new high records
civilian trade reflects Increasing irregu-
larity owing to . combination Of varying
crop reports. more acute labor scarcity
and Increased and still growing difYiculty
in getting supplies Of merchandise and
material for non-essential manufacture
ing purposes. Brudstreefs will say to-
day in part:
These various cross currents are re-
sponsible for the inability to character
ize the civilian trade situation as any
thing other than irregular though the
immense volume Of bank clearings. the
small number and volume of failures
and liabilities and the current reports Of
crop movement at very high prices point
to a total sum of human endeavor, and
probably Of all trade volume. in excess
Of any period in our history.
III soAio SSStioiiS VI t3io CouHlTy, tne
Northwest. for example. distribution is
good. fall festivals having attracted nu-
merous visitors. But In the South con-
ditions have become somewhat irregular,
cotton crop damage and Ahortage of Ia
Dor influencing a relative pause"
Favorable failure exhibits continue,
according to Dnrs Revie,o, which says
in part:
Not only has the changing season
had less than the usual stimulating In
fluence on general business but the ten
dency in not a few civilian channels Is
toward still further repression of activi-
ties as the war demands enlarge and be-
come increasingly imperative. More COM
pletely than at any previous period the
producing and distributing forces Of the
nation are being concentrated on work
of the most essential character. and off,
cial regulations and restrictions extend
to every industry and trade OF impor-
lance. Under the circumstances. ordi-
nary transactions are not unnaturalIy
confined within closer limits, and con-
servatism is the predominant sentiment
in commercial and financial circles"
The sun., 1918-09-07
YUKON DROPS DIVIDENDS.
Gold Mining Company to Conserve
Cash Resources.

Directors OF the Yukon Gold Mining
Company. a. a meeting held yesterday.
voted unanimously to suspend the pay
ment OF dividends in order to conserve
the company's cash resources y SO Ia
per cent cu.tailment OF electric power
in California VIII reduce the companys
output espondlngly, according TO a
statement issued by William Loeb, Jv,
who pointed out that the value, of the
companys product is stationary. while
the abnormally high cost OF labor, ma
terial, supplies and freight is constantly
rising. Mr. Loeb said in part
notwithstanding these increasing
burdens on the industry. the value of our
The sun., 1918-09-07
"Modern MiIIer's" Outlook.
Special Despatch TO The SUN.

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-Nodern Muller
says: THE threshing of winter wheat
is nearing completion and there Is little
wheat held in the stacks. Farmers have
given more attention to the ploughing
for the new crop than ever before and a
largely increased acreage Is assured.
Wet weather delayed ploughing in south
ern Illinois. There is much grass to be
moved off the farms. In the Northwest
weather conditions have changed. and
moi only threshing Is being rushed but
many sections are ploughing. Up to the
present time conditions could hardly be
better for the war crop next year"