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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
But One in 20 German
Prisoners in England
Are Worked on Earn1S

London, Eng, Feb. 23.-Only one In
every 20 of the able bodied German
prisoners in this country have been
utilized for work on farms, accord
ing to the Agricultural Gazette.
The journal says there must be well
over 100, 900 able bodied prisoners in
the kingdom and such a number could
do wonders in the way of food pro-
ductiOn II organized. Within the last
two or three weeks the number
actually working on the farms was
less than 5000, the paper asserts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
To ELECT
NEW G0RTES AND
TROUBLE FEARED
Extraordinary Precautions
Are Taken for the
Election.
UNREST GREAT
IN THE NATION

ADRID. Spain. Feb. IA gen
Nj eral election OF members to
- the COrtes CparIianent) VIII
be held throughout Spain Sunday.
Because OF the disturbed condition
Of the country the government has
taken strong precautionary measures
to prevent disorders
Not to Meet until March IA
The next parliament viii not meet
however. until March IS. the old
Cortes having been dissolved By king
Alfonso in January.
Whether or not the forthcominv
congress will support the principles
Of the Alhucemas ministry cannot be
foreseen, but it is accepted as a fore
gone conclusion that the doctrine OF
neutrality will continue IN forca
Great Unrest In Country.
There has been great unrest In
Spain during the past few months.
somented by both the labor classes
and group of army officers compos-
ing to socalled infantry, defence COM
nittees- The army officers openly
detied the government and threatened
a revolution unless the government
adopted more drastic measures in
handing the labor troubles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
England Makes Waste
Yield Oil and Potash
For Nation S Use in Wa

London, Eng, Feb. IA national
scheme has been approved here for
collecting and using nearly every
thing now cast out as household
waste, such as rags, waste paper. old
metal, broken glass, old cans. and
all sorts OF kitchen refuse Every
thing will be sorted and sent to Gen.
tiers where it can be made to replace
something that otherwise would have
10 be brought in ships.
Many experiments have been made
Oil for engines has been extracted
from bad fish and meat; food foT
poultry and pigs. from other. kinds
Of refuse; potash from stalks OF vege-
tables Old tin cans from the city
Of Nottingham are now yielding 400
tons Of iron a year, which is con-
Verted into a low class steel for army
purposes. One Of the triumphs OF
war economy has been in the extrac-
ton and use of the oil with which
leather IS dressed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
AMERICANS Build HUGE FRENCH FORT CIT
Germans Loot Churches
and Residences in Italy
of Art for Berlin ShOU

among which there were some of i'm
mense artistic and historical value.
Some of the villas in which these
collections were stored have also been
greatly damaged by the enemy artil-
lery during the invasion. We have,
for instance, Just ascertained that
count Soderini's villa. near Nervesa,
is nothing but a heap Of ruins, and
with the villa some of TiepOlo's most
beautiful frescos have been destroyed.
THE same thing would have hap
pened to the Tiepolo frescos in the
Cordellina villa, near MontecchiO Nag
giore. had they been still there. In
this case, a few days before the in
vasion, we finally prevailed on the
proprietor to let rs remove them, and
the frescos are now in a safe place.
THE temple that CanOva, the great
est sculptor Italy has produced be-
tween the Renaissance and the 18th
century. erected to his glory and to
that Of his native town, have also been
destroyed. and the masterpieces with
which the sculptor had adorned II
would have also met with the same
fate had not the department Of fine
arts decided to remove them at the
very outbreak of hostiIities.
According to another report in
possession Of the Italian government
the equestrian bronze monument to
NtStoL LlllAlaAuS L. SN1iiuil : III OiS
Of Udine's public squares, has also
been taken down and removed to Aus
tria- In this case the conduct Of the
Austrians is in strong contrast with
that of the Italian military authori-
ties.
Austrian Art UnmOIested.
when our troops entered Gorilla
the first thing that attracted their at
tention was archduke Maximillian' S
monument in CzOriZiafs public Suuare
Now the archduke was Italy's arch
enemy. and the monument an insult
to the Italian nation. Nevertheless,
the Italians never thought o. taking
it down On returning to Gorilla the
Austrians found the monument in a
better condition than when they left
the city"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
Women Replace Men As
Bank Clerks in Germany,
Onlu One Is Dishonest

Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. %
Women bank clerks virtually have re-
placed men in Germany from the early
days Of the war, but the first case OF
an embezzling woman bank clerk has
just occurred in Berlin The accused
girl, Rosa Neumann, was convicted of
stealing $4,000 in Russian securities
from the Dresdner bank and was SEN
fenced to eight months Imprisonment
She stated. during the trial that she
had spent all the proceeds on food and
theater tickets.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

~ OATE. Italy. Feb. 2s.-The report
that an exh bition of work of
arts collected throughout the
Italian invaded provinces has been
inaugurated at the Berlin Academy
Of Fine Arts has caused a tremendous
sensation here This is because the
italian public had been on more than
one occasion formally assured that
every object Of art having any intrin-
sic value had long been removed from
the museums, churches and galleries
in the war zone or in cities and towns
likely to be bombarded by airplanes.
Churches Are Being Looted.
The Berlin report further says that
Germany as well as Austria have both
dispatched to the two invaded prov
inces their best art experts in order
to superintend the removal to Berlin
and Vienna of everything worth tax
ing away. The churches are being
systematically looted of glasses. laces
and metals. and a large number of
church bells have also crossed the
Alps. never. perhaps. to return.
Commander Ugo Ojetti. member of
the Supreme Council of Fine Arts,
who, with the rank Of captain. has
for three years superintended the
work Of protecting monuments in the
war zone, said in an interview that
whatever the invaders have found and
have Keen able to remove, was found
in the pr ate residences and villas
which the Venetian patriarchs built
during the 18th, 18th and 18th centu-
ries.
Says Loot Is From Private Houses.
The art collections belonging to
the state" Capt Ojetti said, have
not been looted for the simple reason
that they are safe hundreds Of miles
away. I alone superintendent the re-
moval Of over 1000 large cases Of
objects Of art. books and manuscripts.
On the other hand, it is more than
probable that the invaders have found
a good booty in the private collections
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
Winston Churchill Giues
Carnegie Medal to Hero

London, Eng, Feb. 2S.-Winston
Churchill presented to Robert John
Kirkham, ~. a member Of the arsenal
inspection staff, a framed Carnegie
certificate for bravery When
bomb was seen to be smoking in a
munition factory, Kirkham picked it
up, ran with it to the door, and threw
il out Of the building a moment be-
fore it exploded. thus saving the lives
Of a number of men and girls.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
Budapest Cafes Must
SerOe War Dinners At
80 Gents a Plate Nou

Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 23.-AlI
restaurants and hotels in Budapest
must now provide a war dinner" at
so cents, according to the latest food
regulations. The menu must consist
Of soup, nine ounces of vegetables,
two ounces Of meat, and a dessert
Small restaurants may not charge
more than so cents for a meat course
with vegetables.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
Berlin Motor Buses
Do Losing Business

Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. 23.-The
Berlin Motor Omnibus company. which
was obliged to conduct its business
last year almost entirely with horses
and steeltired vehicles owing to the
prohibition OF the use Of gasoline Or
rubber tires, ended the year with a
deficit Of S375,OuO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
German Youth Arrested,
Told Soldiers TO Quit

Copenhagen. Denmark. Feb. 23-An
IS year old German workman has
been sentenced to six weeks impris-
onment in Berlin for calling out to a
passing detachment of soldiers,
Throw away your rifles and make
an end OF it"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

FRS. ANDREWS is an officer Of
MI the famous 'STOmmy WaaeIs,"
= = composed of women who have
volunteered for war service with the
WOmen's Army Auxiliary Corps.
These women are the real war work.
ers Of England. and perform all sorts
of general work Invaluable to the
British government IN pushing the
war. They work behind the lines in
France and not n few of them have
been decorated for bravery under
fire.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
Malnutritfon Is Killing Greek islanders
-:H- -:I:- -:II:- -:II:- -:II:-
Cut Oft BY War. Paxos People StaWe

THEs Greece people
be rapidly off fatal disease
4 - caused by malnutrihon
community Now it is completely cut off because its ships longer
sail and nobody calls with supplies
other outlying districts the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
French Academy Makes
Runanian Queen Member

Paris, France. Feb. 23.-The French
academy OF fine arts has elected the
queen Of Rumania to honorary mem
bership as an artist and patroness Of
the arts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
ERECT ACRES OF
GREAT BUILDINGS
FOR WAREHOUSES;
MILES Of DOCKS EXTENDED;
HUGE BASIN MADE Of HARBOR

At Cost of Many Millions Coast Town Is Enlarged Into
Great Supply Front; French Railroads Are Taken
Over to Handle Supplies to the Front; Negro Sol
diers and German Prisoners Work Together.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

- ARTS, France. Feb. 23.-The long
- trail to the trenchesi 1t is a trail
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

A ADRID. Spain, Feb. IA gen
NJ eral election OF members to
- the Cortes (parIiamont) VIII
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10
FROM CAPT. "A. b. WEIGH.

Somewhere in France is q stone
built village which the people call
Bierre- Cher. Here Joan dare re-
ceieved the surrender Of a great Duke
after fierce battle. This was about
500 years ago as near as the inhabit-
ants can tell me. A round stone tow
er is here and before this old fortress
stands a tall iron cross, set deep into
pedestal Of white rock; in 9 nitche
Of the wall is 9 small figure OF MARY
and the Child very sacred, protected
from the storms by roughly hewn
little door. At the foot Of the great
cross lisa pile Of smaller, wooden ones
many Of them-placed there, one for
each soldier dead from this little red
tiled village Of peaceful old people;
some are black now, with four years
seasons storms hut lately there are
many new ones, nicely made, some OF
them bright and smooth; others OF
small branches, CROSSED.
%""Ah. c'est vrai, Monsieur moi Capt.
tan, (they say lis etaient en- avant q
mort lei. Maintenant dams huit jours,
encore ct plus. s..ss'' III WITH ',t I.
s(Ah, tits true, NY Captain, they
were here before tile death-but now
in a week, there will be more.
They know, these people, of the
free battles in Picardy, but the French
government publishes no lists Of the
dead, but the Marie of the villages in
form the people whose boy lis dead.
when gathered TOT 4thert by the old
wounded soldier who beats the drum
~ %ho 4cronL al !, Yss,n,ly. 4 6Aronta h I, A nd
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10
LETTERS FROM SOMEWHERE" IN FRANCE
ness and damp gloom thin, Pickering
points Of gold, and monotonous chant

ness and damp, gloom thin, Pickering
points Of gold, and monotonous chant.
ing of barefooted priests, softening
the seeming GOODNESS of the centuries
worn stone floor and grotesque gar
goyles, which leer from the tall, carv-
en- pillars here she kneels and prays
for the soul Of that hideous thing, ~
ing somewhere along the banks Of the
Disc or where the REDEEMED flood of the
Somme rolls down through Amiens;
that bruised mangled body had borne
the name which was so evenly read of
by the armless drummer Of Bierre-su1
Cher. Il: s
The consolation of tears is not often
INDUCED in in France these days-but
q shrug Of eloquent shoulders; q gasp
ing "'Ah" as the name is read; q pray
err before the favorite Saint; q cross
placed upon the pile with the rest;
"C'est la guerre. II est mort. VOLTA
Today as passed through this vii
lage saw a peasant woman; old she
looked to be; her white lace cap COW
ering her black hair and her tired old
face deep scanned with suffering and
heart wrung agony; her naked feet
thrust into wooden sabots and she
leaned upon tall staff as she went
along the Rue des Romaines toward
the cross by the tower. By the side
Of the way an old couple laboring with
wooden hoes in a field, paused their
work and stood watching her. j, too,
slowed my horse to avoid gpleshins
her with mud and my hi rE md arned
with her sas she. placed, i feverently,
her rude cross Of sticks tcl fefully upon
the pile of others and lelt down in
the mud to pray; at: the roadside
shrine on the Rue des Romaines, where
the Maid Of Orleans, long ago, receiv-
ed the sword Of the vanquished Duke
1t was evening time and journey.
led on through the rain.
Aufil 1913. 4atssS. III, ;ti.i st,ss''77.tt, =
LADDIE.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10
ANOTHER HUN BLUNDER

Long after the war has ceased the wanton de-
struction by Germany's military rulers, Of cathe-
drals, works of art and other treasures Of anti
guilty, will be remembered against them These
are objects which cannot be replaced these and
the lives Of soldiers. The allies are striving to
protect as far as possible the great works Of past
artists and men Of genius, the souvenirs. Of his
tory, bridging the daily life Of by-gone nations
with the present for the pleasure instruction and
profit Of mankind. In RShdbh the treasures q
the British museum, one Of the greatest collec.
tions in the world, have been stored in subways
Many Of these treasures Of art were from Egypt
The cathedrals and buildings in Italy exposed to
the fierce devastation Of the Hun invaders have
also been protected from wanton destruction as
far as possible Y. .i+: Y:
BY bombing the Rheims cathedral the Germans
|antagonized the Mohammedans, possible allies OF
the Turks, ina holy war, for if the. kaiser would
wantonly desecrate houses Of worship in Europe
what would he do to the mosques and sanctuaries
of India? German propaganda in India against
the allies has evidently been . failure. James.
town Alert.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10
WAR FOR HUMANITY

War, in good cause, is not the greatest
evil which nation can suffer. War is an
ugly thing, but not the ugliest Of things;
the decayed and degraded state Of moral and
patriotic feeling which things nothing worth
a war is worse. When people are used as
mere human instruments for firing cannon or
thrusting bayonets, in the service for the sell
fish purposes Of master, such war degrades
people. A war to protect other human
beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to
give victory to their own ideas Of right and
good, and which is their own war, carried on
for an honest purpose by their free choice, is
often the means of their regeneration A man
who has nothing which he is willing to fight
for, nothing which he cares about more than
he does about his personal safety, is miser-
able creature, who has no chance Of being free,
unless made and kept so by the exertions Of
better men than himself AS long as justice
and injustice have not terminated their ever,
renewing fight for ascendency, in the affairs
,.of mankind human beings must be willing,
when need is, to do battle for the one against
the other. OHM STUART MILL .s..ys NJ
u \. 3 This was writtena half century and more
ago, but it might have been written yester
day, it applies 50 well to today's conditions.
The truth is the same yesterday, today and
tomorrow. N ,5s....
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10

FOR SALE-Tomato, cabbage, cauli-
flower, celery, and pepper plants at
Hoskins. 5 lot
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10
THE, III INDIAN AND
THE GOLD HILLS.
Sioux Falls Press

We, reprinted last month from the
Boston Christian Science Monitor an
editorial article discussing the Sioux
Indian Black Hills claims which are
expected to come before congress for
consideration in the near future. In
that article occurred this sentence
with reference to the acquisition by
the white race of the Black Hills pOr-
ton Of the old Sioux reservation In
Dakota: II" The action was without ex-
cuse, without warrant, without the
shadow of Justice (" u 1
Pioneers of Dakota dispute that
viewpoint, and the record sustains
them. George w. KingsDury's admir-
able history OF the territory, price
less and absolutely authoritative con.
tribution to the literature Of rontier
days, goe sinto the matter of the Black
Hills dispute with great thoroughness.
We commend this work to the Boston
newspaper.
The Black Hills region was Indian
land at the time thes white men were
civilizing Dakota territory, not Indian
by virtue of any treaty, but by COM
mon understanding. The Indians knew
that the whites were coming west
ward, and they knew also that the
Black Hills contained rich gold depos.
its. 1t is recorded that sitting Bull
fixed the penalty Of death upon any
Indian who should acqIaint the white
man with the presence of gold in the
hills. The savages Knew the immense
value Of the wealth that was in the re-
gion, but they did not know how to
mine it. Through sQuaw men, whose
Indian wives presumably could not,
like their white sisters. keep secret,
the whites in and around Yankt0n
learned OF the gold In the hills, and
several expeditions were organized,
the government discOuraging them In
each instance. Not until 1866 was the
value OF the region really understood
by whit emen. In August Of that year
Professor F. Nv. Hayden, OF the Phila.
delphia Academy of Science, explored
the hills and reported. Bupt two years
later, notwithstanding the Indications
in 1866 that the government intended:
opening up the Elack Hills to the
white men, q treaty was concluded by
the terms Of which practically one
third Of Dakota territory, including
the Black Hills, was to remain forever
the property of the SIOUX. The valid
ity OF this treaty was assailed by Ter
ritorial Delegate Kidder In the house.
Of representatives In 1876 on the
ground that the house has never had
the matter before 1t, that the senate
only had ratified the agreement. In
his memorable appeal to congress to
separate the Black Hills region from
the Indian country MI. Kidder said:
THE number of Indian parties to
this treaty, as reported by the severas
agents, ID linen, women and children)
4O,391. II these lands, had been as
signed to these Indians In severalty,
each Indian, squaw and papO0se would
have had title to more than 88S acres.
Take from this reservation 0,436
square miles, what this bill calls for,
and then there will sbss reserved for |
each man, woman and child over 4Sz
acres; when white man, including
his family; is entitled only to his rights
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10
REPUDIATES HIS OWN

The statement was made few days ago that
the socialist organization was preparing to raise
funds for the defense of the accused l. w. w.
men. Officials at the headquarters Of the party
deny this, but admit that while the organization
las such is not collecting funds for this purpose,
individual members are doing 80. The organiza-
ton cannot escape responsibility on such plea,
for the trial now in progress is closely enough
related to the spirit of the socialist party in the
United States to make this carry conviction that
the two organizations are proceeding along COM
mon line and for a common purpose.
A few days ago A. G. Townley, president by
grace Of his own appointment Of the National Non
partisan league, said toa congressional committee
that he did not approve Of certain disloyal state
ments attributed to Mr.. Lindbergh, the leagues
candidate for governor of Minnesota, but gave no
hint Of any wavering Of his support to the man
who made them It will not do If Lindbergh
talked disloyalty and Townley continues to sup
port him. Townley is just as disloyal as Lindbergh.
Then there was the case Of Mr.. Townley him
self and his own followers, here and elsewhere.
For three years Mr.. Townley has been promin-
ent public character. He had delivered addresses
by the hundred. But in all that time and in all
that talk, if he has said word Of commentator
for American institutions and the American gov
ernmen if he has ever referred in this war period
to the cause in which the United States is fight
ing in terms which would bring grain Of comfort
to the mother whose son has gone to the front,
word which would resign her to the parting be-
cause the boy had gone to fight in aworthy cause,
if Townley has uttered word of this character,
we never heard Of it. And he has talked, consist
emily and persistently in such manner as is cal
culated to bring the United States government
and all that it stands for into contempt.
In doing this Townley has not spoken the SEN
timents Of the great majority Of those who have
become members Of his organization. But these
thousands Of them, have listened and
kept silent. And that very silence, and the con-
tinuation of amicable relations between them and
the leader whose mouth has fairly frothed sedi-
ton, inevitably involves them in his offense. One
cannot touch pitch and not be defled- Grand
Forks Herald.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-10
HELP FROM NORWAY

a The kaiser is consistent in his villainies, and
he will now have to blow up Norway's passenger
ships trade ships, ferries, hospitals and maternity
homes, for Norway has just concluded a trade
treaty with America which, if anything could,
would justify the strafe business to the limit.
Under this new commercial treaty Norway
can get from America necessary supplies provided
that no goods forwarded with the aid of Ameri-
can bunker coal get to the kaiser. Norway, on
her part, is to furnish nitrates, ores and many
other necessaries of war to America and her allies
and, as America doesn't need these things, they'll
60 to England and France.
Our view Of perfect neutrality has been some
what mussed up by events in this war, but we
can't help feeling that the Norwegian neutrality
has q sort Of Tower Of Pisa inclination. And
we're right glad of it.