El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-24

A PPEOAlAIALELI 900 III Paso cit
n liens had been arrested" D.
city police at noon Friday. and ever
one Of the 1900. with others who WIZ
be arrested during the latter par
of the day. viii give UP a portion o
his OF her wealth to the cause OF th,
Red Cross Every man or womai
who drove an automobile q little fast
or who parked a car a little crooked
OF who missed the straight and mar
row trail in crossing the street. was
tagged by a watchfuI blue coated Red
Cross worker and ordered to appear
at the corporation court at ? o'clock
waltz ID 20 the Bar
And they did When court con
Tened at = o'clock, a crowd OF -pris-
cners' filled the courtroom, to the exc
clusion Of all spectators Never iu
the history OF III Pas0's criminologv
had so many violations" of the city
ordinances been detected in a single
day Old men and young ones, pretty
girls, and staid housewives society
buds. and every imaginable caste of
human adult stood with a tag in hand
waiting for the judge TO tell them how
much their donation TO the Red Cross
.HAA-AAA AZ anu aa'A AHa AAAaE INlaAaa
Red Cross receipt duly filled out and
signed, was given the convicted one
By order Of acting police judge Joe =.
stowe
Get aBonds- Fixed.
All morning a steady stream OF VIC
Tins OF the forces vigilance trooped
into the police captains office laid
named by Capt Harry Phoenix or
sgt John Wood. got his receipt and
walked out. while another took his
place. There were a few -repeaters. %
The rule observed by the officers in
naming the bond for the prisoners
was 10 guess at how much they had
and name it. Speeders were hit the
heaviest and, Of the 400 tags brought
into the police station UP to ] o'clock
Friday, all were bonded in amounts
from 81 20 So
One Woman rs Mad.
In most cases the tagged one saw
the point and paid his bond willingly
sometimes even adding 10 IL, but in
one case a tremendous kick was reg
istered by a rustic female in from the
extreme Suburbs Of the valley. who OBJ
1ected strenuuusly TO being tagged be-
cause she had no Red cross sticker on
her car. She stood in danger Of
heavy bond for disturbing the peace
for time but the officers were
AFRAID she wouldn't see the joke. and
merely collected on the original tag.
after which she went away uum0lified-
Among the Goats
Fire marshal ]. F. Williams was
among the goats and paid his dollar
ike a man.
Traffic officer Ed Owens had a reg
ular gold mine at san Antonio and
Campbell streets all morning. and
tagged in the neiEhborho0d Of 100 peO-
pie He fixed a place where unfortu-
nate pedestrians almost had 10 jay
walk to get around it. and he stood
tracted writer's cramp writing down
the names OF the iaTWalEers who
went by IN q steady procession. and
Issuing each OF them a tag
While It was difficult to estimate
Just how much the police viii net in
their days work. it is thought it
would exceed $1,000 considerable
Council Allows the Fun.
The decision TO turn All police court
Zines over To- the Red Cross was
reached by the city council Thursday
afternoon after police officers had
suggested that such action be taken.
Once the police had obtained the or
der. they enforced vigorously every
ordinance the city ever had. One man
was fined because he forgot TO sween
out his place OF business. one Next
can who didn't understa Id the game
was reported TO have called on Mex
lean consul Andres Garcia with tag.
asking. explanation
VIII Figure $4,000.
The result OF El Pasc's Red Cross
drive week IS expected BY the audi ]
tors. Charles Nebeker and smith /
Witham. TO figure close to $4,000. Z
Lne cash receiDts are averaging about Z
50 percent Several large amounts /
have been received by the teams ]
which have not been reported to the /
auditing committee.
Additional names on the honor roll Z
are American Smelling and Refining I
company, {. s. immiEra ton service. I
government intelligence office. S.
kress and company. central fire sta
uon- armour and company. police de- I
parLment, Consumers Ice comuanv. ]