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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

THE Red Cross is about to receive another SIOOoo00o0
var fund It viii be the second sun Of that size since
The war commenced The campaign for the second $780,
100000 begins today and VIII last week. It viii be
short and vigorous drive, whi1wnd Of patriotism and
liberal financial subscriptions
The goal is but there Is no bar against over
subscriptions nor any limit placed such subscribing
The S100o00OO0 will be oyersubscbed else the American
people viii fall down their record They have oVersuo-
scrbed everything else Up They viii 60 the
minimum again for they realize the Red Cross has become
one Of the essentials IN making. However para
dozica that may appear i Is true. The country at
needs the relief which the Red Cross affords It IS doing
great good the soldiers in the battle and the train
ing camps IN France and along the way from front line TO
rest biets Like the Y H. T. A. the Red Cross IS al nano
when needed Each gives assistance Of its own kind The
Red Cross also is with the sailors It watches them when
their dsoyeTs slash about through the North sea fighting
Uboats and il Is prompt TO afford them relief the
occasions when they return to port worsted their fighting
craft torpedoed and themselves wounded half sick
This fact to escape notice, that we have no aison
agency between ourselves and allies influential
for good the Red Cross fox its humane work it
doing everything possible to extend relief to the people OF
the allied countries and when Il cares Tor ana protects
them it wins their love and the appreciation Of their gov
ernmens They pay homage to the American Red Cross
society forget that It IS part Of the United
States being created ont Of the American people and sup
ported by them.
Out Of the S00o00000 given last June by the American
people, it authoritativey stated that S45O00OCo or
nearly onehaf has gone to help the refugees the repar
ates orphans and the wounded Of the French Belgian
Italian Serian and Rumanian peoples When the Huns
northern Italy and the allied peoples woke 70 sense
the tragedy being enacted before them troops rushed
from France TO stieu the Italian line right with the
troops went the American Red Cross with hospitals med
zeal and surgical supplies and with relief for the refugees
compelled flee from their homes TO keep away from the
Teuton barbarians The Red Cross is working to alleviate
TIE suerings In Seria and Montenegro Its mission
one Of the Rumana when It became dangerous
because Of the enemy entertainments to remain any longer
That was about the time that Rumania made the called
peace treaty. with the central powers.
The Red Cross has spent more than S5o,o00,0o0 IN
France alone IN the establishment Of canteeus for the sol
drs French as well American, the reconstruction Of
devastated districts the are Of homeless children the hou
ing Of refugees the sending of food clothes and supplies
to the sorey burdeued civilian population she
More than 100000 has been spent fighting tuberculosis
which had gained formidable hold considerable ele-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
Little Interviews

whole department IN bis olsal-Ea-
ton
Ell Paso must be pretty vel
cleaned up BY this time said A @.
Miller From what I learn, the ma
joritv Of arrests that have been made
lately have been Mexican and negro
girls and have not been very heavy
at that White women sem 20 be quit
ting the fast life IN FL Paso pretty
generally. and mus be retiring either
to life in the country, or 20 other
cities, not blessed with so viSlant a
purity squad
why is IT," asked a. G. Miller.
that the drivers Of service cars IN
FL Paso, and other cities as well seem
constitutionally unable 10 do their
work for the price agreed upon
originally In almost every case, "a
service car driver is able 10 figure
out some way TO charge his patron
more than the proper price. and &c
doesn't make any difference whether
the trip has been slowed down By his
own fault or engine trouble CT not, he
charges you for that time Just the
same They seem 10 have knacH
OF making the man who is hiring
them feel that his soul is not his own,
and that they are doing him q great
favor by deigniug to transport hlul
from one place 10 another. have
never been able 20 inquire the reason
why 81 Is that this class Of men ars
so universally stricken with the same
habit"
The great majority OF the roads
o. the United States are not con-
structed 10 stand Up under any con
siderable amount OF traffic." said L.
J. Henderson. ~ any OF our great
highways were suddenly called on TO
transport any great body OF troops.
and supplies. % would be merely a
matter Of days until the road beds
would be reduced 20 dust. and the
bighway would simply be q wide ruL
Heavy national expenditure is ueces-
sary TO make the roads OF the country
the asset they ought TO be in times
OF peace or war, economically, and
from a military standpoint The fed
eral government is the only agency
through which this work can eff
ciently be done, because IL U.s. the only
agency which can sufficiently organ
iZe the great state highways into a
coherent, single transcoutineutal sys-
tenn, OF series OF systems That s.
one reason why the people OF this
country must wake to the urgency Of
legislation m this matter. and must
make representations 10 thzlr repre-
scntatives in congress. which viii en-
courage prompt action in the matter
Of highways
some excellent bargains are 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
TRAVELETTE
PEACoCk ALLEY.
By NIKsAH.

PEACOCK ALLEY.
DEACOCE ALLEY. in the Willard
l hotel is the favorite promenade Of
the fsshionables Of Washington. AID
also of those who desire 10 be thought
fashionable. The walk from the hotel
lobby 10 the = street entrance has
become historic-its Carpeted length
has been trod by the feet Of the
nations heroes, her greatest states
men and best beloved motion picture
actresses
In these war days the crowd is
thickly sprinkled with uniforms Of
almost every nation. their bright col
OTIS and lavish display OF gold braid
tightening the usual somber attire %
the masculine part Of the throug. The
bright blue Of the French uniform
Outshines the sober khaki and olive
drab OF ms American or English sOl-
der Perhaps this IS the reason that
every Washington bud yearns 20
promenade Peacock alley with
French officer or two in attendance.
The scene reminds old Washington
ians Of past inauguration and Fourth
OF July parades. An occasional empty
sleeve or crutch lends an air Of pathcs
&c The otherwise carefree crowd
The new Congressman in Washing
ton generally stops az the Willard,
and Peacock alley IS the first glimpse
he and his wife have Of Washington
society. They watch the passing
throuE with eager eyes, the budding
statesmen seeing II every portly, dig
nified stranger a cabinet officer or al
least a senator His wife inspects the
feminine portion OF the prOmeuaders,
making mental notes as 10 the differ
euce in the fashions Of Washington
and her native town
The new made brides are there In
full force taking in Washington on
their wedding trip. Little Mrs Sec
oud Lieutenant straightens her new
hat and trys to look as though her
new husband was at least a colonel
while plain Mrs. So and So tries not
TO look like the reason her husband
was exempted.
Statesmen. soldiers, actresses and
society buds stroll through the alley
TO the music OF the latest popular hlJ
played by the hotel orchestra. New
corners array themselves along the
sides OF the hall. watching the stroll
ers with euvious interest, but in q
week OF two they become a part Of
the throng and stroll through the
alley with all the EOnchalance Of old
timers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

KIT Is in accord with an economic
l law that The first thing 10 suffer
when there is a scarcity OF food IS
cattle" said r.. S Truubuu. agricul-
tural agent Of the Z. p. & s. ". That
explains why cattle herds have been
depleted IN all belliserent countries.
There is a scientific explanation c.
this. The amount OF food consumed
by cattle. or even poultry, IS greater
in uutritive value than the food pro-
duced. In Other words, there is more
nourishment in what a steer eats than
the flesh he produces Therefore, in
the absence Of grass range. which is
not edible for humans, cattle are
killed and put into the food supply
and the feeds they would have con
sumed are saved If the war lasts
long enough, this law viii force beef
into the class Of luXuries-'
Central Mexico is producing a big
wheat crop, said l. s. Plumb. Much
more than the supply needed in that
country VIII be harvested and the
United States viii secure a part Of It.
I am informed by friends who have
been I'm central Mexico that vast tracts
are in wheat that promises good
yields. This means considerable for
the United states, as the best market
for the overproduction is in this coun-
try
Realty values in Fl Paso have at
least held their own during the past
year" said Dr.. p. n RiEdol. OF the
Newman Investment company. IN
the case OF vacant lots. the market
has remained stationary, 10 Is true,
during our first year OF war, but
values Of improved properties have
shown an inclination 20 rise some
what. Personally, ] have done more
business during the past year than
ever did. and while a great part Of the
transactions were trades in every
case values have held up. 7 look for
. general boom in II Paso real estate
after the war
"The police department has made
an enviahle record On the matter Of
the number Of members in the service
Of the country said chief c. Z. Pol
lock. There are now actually in the
uniform Is policemen, formerly OF this
department, not counting several
who have already enlisted, but have
not been called. or who expect to
enlist very shortly. OF a number Of
former officers now with the colors
who were discharged for various rea-
sons II is q fact that our men are
making good with the army, and I
have been told that one army officer
said that he would like to have the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
Daily NOUeLette

HrRRAH THE sUFFs.

HUNTING DOWN A SPY.
CHEERLCCE BONES. the great de-
y tecuve. was engaged in perhaps
The most thrilling and exciting work
Of his career He. himself thought
that his life was not worth q tink-
er's obstruction against a stream Ev-
cry second his life was in peril.
And why was his life In periI2
Because he was attempting 10 track
down q gang OF spies. These were
not ordinary spies.
They were German spies.
They were coumunicstlnE with the
enemy and thelr work was being done
IN a code which no ether person in
The world could decode-
Here is she thrilling story. some
person or persons were continually
sending messages 10 Germany in a
code which was pulling 20 say the
least The plan was simple. a Ger
man would suddenly appear IN front
Of his place OF business and quietly
and unosteuratiously hang up pla-
ard bearing impossible messages.
These messages would secretly be
passed all over town and during the
day numerous men Of undoubted Ger
man blood would sneak into the place.
remain for so or 40 or 50 minutes and
then emerge 10 repair rapidly TO some
other place.
Sheerluck Bones had been called iu
70 solve the gigantic mystery Dis
guisiuE himself as q Locomotive In
search Of Bethlehem Steel rails
shserluck uuostentatiously walked
the streets OF the great manufactur-
1ng center. Finally be spied Ger
man II the very act Of hanging out
one ct the signs and approaching II
sneeriueEs hair rose with horror as
Inc read
A II " so
For eight hours Sheerluck watched
-lar sign and watched the Germans
enter and leave and the more he tried
70 solve the enigma the more his
brain wabbIed- Finally he decided to
use harsh measures and arrest the
man who had hung out the sign, the
ioea being thar he might friEhten the
third. four and seventh degrees. So
sheer-uc1 raped on the window and
out came the proprietor
Sheerlucll pointed a long f0refin-
scr a. the sign. but said not one
-Ahar' said the man. apparently
-ecoguizing that he had been discov-
cred YOU wants him."
i do said EheerlucE as he took
Of his coat and vest and displayed
his detective sign 81 want him right
away
-Ach. ys.7 responded the German.
who could not read the detective
badge and who was therefore not un-
duly alarmed. Bud vou shust have
for 20 wait fife minnets tt shust
take fife odor zshu minuets for 90
cook them ham n eEes vich We is
TO-DAY sell Tor dirty cendts. Some
cheep. slnd't it,"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

= neutral is known by the company
he dOesn keep--Boston Transcript
Never look the way you feel unless
you feel pleasant--Bingham Press
Two heads aren't better than one
when they're both solid bone--Albauy
Journal
And the Russian who thinks that his
country is at peace has an imagination
as elestic as q wad OF chewing gun
Los Angeles Express.
The man who gets failt-hearted and
quits half way when paying for q Lib
erty Bond Is not made Of the stuff
that wins e War.-Des Eoines Regis
ter.
Ebert Severance is now engaged in
figuring how the ten tons of ashes
in his back yard came from the five
tons Of coal he burned this winter
Kansas City star.
Where there's a viii there's a way,
often, Of bres king ir--COlumhia state.
Some people who imagine they
are heightened are merely footing
a high-pitched horn Albany Journal
A London cable dispatch says Nick
Romanoff was moved 81 he couldn't
escape We don't see lay a man iu
Russia would try % escape. Hes bet
ter or locked up.-AlbuquerqUe Jou--
nal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
Uncle Walls Denalured Poem.
The Hatred Stunt

THEY pity gal0ot
gly young sprung
hatred and doomed charity sublime sanity
have halo There's
and inhuHn butes who butcher children with their blades
Truly coed cannot Their hearts night though ike the cheapest
said the chaps mised by Wilhelm with his willow head by
used but sentimental who's fond
mild the whole Now dnnsT6zen
crime bid doubts depart rufan to nv
is
III his points again when he with Staying
loathe the bloody skate please excuse while hate
CoDynght Walt MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
THE RED CROSS Will RECEIVET
THE BIG WAR FUND 1T NEEDS

ent Of the French population $4,000 has been spent
for the shelter Of orphans For the reconstruction OF
villages s. O9756 has been expended. This includes
eral relief work in the devastated Franklin K Lane
secretary of the interior Is authority for these hgures he
one Of the foremost opagners IN this Red Cross drive
Carrying relief to Italy above mentioned, more than
S3OOOOO0 was spent This work is St being carried on
There is Red Cross staff permanently attached to the
Italian army and It is caring for sick and wounded Italian
sodery and another section is dey0tng its attention to the
miseries Of the civilian population.
So widely varied the work Of the Red Cross that It IS
take another phase American funds viii soon
make the field Of Monastir back Of the lines in Seva
fertile once more through the importation Of seeds and
agricultural implements It great granary. It
VIII be again The peasants there but they are war
vaged destitute They would plant but have nothing 20
plant nor implements with which to till the ground. In
this section Of Serva more than $4,000 refugees have been
on the verge Of starvation for than two years It Is
the purpose Of the Red Cross to for them well as
ossibe for the present and at the time TO help
them to become self supporting by furnishing them the
means Of making living
These are some OF the achievements OF the Red Cross
Its work is just beginning f. many believe the war
viii last for some years come what the Red Cross has
done win seem insignificant what it viii do. The allied
governments carrying the war against the German
monster The German machine Is creating havoc IN the
allied countries It the mission Of the Red Cross TO assist
the allied governments by nuyng far possible, the
ravage of the Hun by extending prompt reet TO soldiers
and civilians alike. It is wonderful task TO which the
Red Cross has addressed its energies It's work calls Tor
ability Of highest character Its affairs are being con-
produced. Self sacrificing and women ere working day
and night without remuneration with thought for hours
of labor giving themselves and their money tor this
greatest humanitarian work Of all time.
The work Of the Red Cross appeals to the best impulses
IN our people 1t is the embodiment Of practical godness
II calls for the support Of every man, woman and child
among people and that support It VIII receive WITHOUT
stint night through to the end
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

NAM SIMS says the comb at the
1 Tickville hotel must be dangerous,
as they keep it chained to the wall al
the time.
Some miscreaHt ransacked the store
at Rye Straw, Friday afternoon. The
manager has no clue as to who the rob
Der IS, as be was deeply engaged in 9
game Of checkers at the time.
Jefferson Potlocks has been on The
sick list for some time, but is up, nov
and again, able to ask the blessing and
pass the corn bread.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
FORMER CAR IS TO GO TO
SWITZERLAND. AN EXILE

Geneva Switzerland, Nay 90
Nicholas RomanofE former emperor
OF Russia, and his family, according
to reports printed In Vienna uewspa-
pers, has been given his choice or
exile IN Rumania OF Switzerland ana
has decided TO 20 10 Switzerland
This concession, . IS added. was
granted by the soviet government OF
certain conditions. the principal one
being that he would refrain from
making efforts to return 70 the Rus
sian throne.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
Things In General

ADS WE NEVER SIZE
please Remember the Slogans.)
Ride IN
THE EOTTENKAR
"A Fleece Of Cheese.
Don ask Usersi They VIII EiTe
you a bum steer
Smoke a
FLOR DEL CABBAGEO CIGAR
One VIII Be Enough
Made by the Infamous Naiodor Manu-
featuring Co. Never saw Havana
For Your Vacation
Go TO
LONESOMEHURST
Nothing 20 Do There
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

But YOU know bow IL is
IN a big hotel
THAT'S FULL o. people
YOU'VE GOT 70 Be careful
ABOUT PAYING bifil
FOR SOMEBODY else.
BECAUSE ALWAYS.
THERE'S SURE 70 be somebody
SHOPPING AROUND.
FRoX YOUR home town
AND II they're eatty.
AND BESIDES.
I WANTED to ask you.
WHAT IT is
YOU CAV buy in a drug store
FOR FIFTEEN cents
AND WHATEVER 81 was
I HOPE 10 helped you
AND send you the wish
THAT YOUR beautiful France.
NAY SOON be at peace
AND MAY give TO you.
N THE years to come.
As MUCH Of joy.
As YOU'VE given Us.
N THE years that are gone
I THANK you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
Sees Beef In Luxury Glass; If The War Lasts Long Enough
Central Mexico Will Have Wheat To Sell To The Americans

be found roT- I'D resideuces.- said O.
H. LeaveI, and many El PasoanS are
acquiring homes az prices which
make them a splendid investment
The home hunter who sought 10 buy
on a 'shoestring,' paying practically
nothing down and with the balance
deferred 10 the extreme limit, has ai-
most disappeared and the present
class of buyers are people OF good
business judgment. making substan-
tial payments and realizing that now
is the time 20 secure full value FOR
every dollar
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

MADAME SARAH Bernhard
PLAYING N Chicago
ny DEAR Madame
THE OTHER morning
WHEY ! got ny bill
FROM THE hotel
WHILE I was In Chicago
THERE WAS a charge
OF FIFTEEN cents
FOR DRUGS"
AND I couldn't remember.
GETTING ANY drugs
AND was quite sure.
TT WAS a mistake.
AND PM Scotch.
AND FIFTEEN cents
IS FIFTEEN cents
AND vent right down
WHERE pay my BILL
AND I said
''VvHAT Is this
THIS FIFTEEN eentse"
AND SHE looked it up
AND DISCOVERED.
IT WAS a mistake
AND SHE said.
at WAS something
esENT FROM the pharmacist
ITO SARAH Bernhard
~AND THEY charged it TO you"
AND RIGHT away
1 TRIED % ten her
IT WAS an right
AND NEVER to mind it.
AND I'D pay it,
BECAUSE. ANYWAY.
WHAT WAS fifteen cents.
WHEY IN the dining room.
JUST FOR spinach.
IT WAS forty cents.
But SHE wouldn't listen.
AND / couldn't pay It
SHE WOULDN'T let me.
AND IN writing TO you.
Just TO tel you.
THAT IF I had known.
THE DRUGS were for you.
/ WOULD have paid it.
AND NEVER said a word.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

IT VIZ thought fer 4 while tday that
Tel BiHkley WIZ poisoned by mis-
take, but tn druggist said It WIZ tn
kind he's been sellin' right along. An
ole fashioned thug tried T. rob a bank
without an abb at Brownsburg, Mon
day.
Copyright National Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

Arizons Is fIinq M With Mexican farmhands As long
as thew stick to cotton culture and keep away from German
zutur they're welcome and power TO their arms IoT
hoeing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

Perhaps It Is Just coincidence that the 50 Pershng
veterans who were brought back to the United States TO
stimulate interest in the Third Liberty loan, were not
brought to this part Of the country during the campaign
Thew were presumably used where stimulus was needed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

NAMES IN THE NEWS
The AIplui-pron0unced -al-pe-le
ARE the Alpine soldiers OF the ltal-
Ian army. They are picked force OF
mouutaineers and are regarded as the
elite OF the army. both as regards
physique and stamina
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20

IF the shoe pinches, observed the
young lady across the way, put it on.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
"A TORE TRUTH
N THAN
AVA POETRY


UIIIleI0 UeLOTc F7ItNIUTEs
Never before did so many Amer
cans spend so much money in Eu-
rope. or for such a good purpose.
IL 9Iay Do Him a Little Good
We hope the emperor OF Germany
is kept fully informed as 10 the IN
happy plight Of the eZemperor Of
Russia
The Most Fertile Field.
II any OF the senators or congress
men ever eat lt the Washington hc-
tells. they'll know where TO begin
when they start the next revenue bill
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-20
When One Goes To 4 Hotel And Gets A
Bill That Was Intended For Another

By q B.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

of the 'imponderables" in opposing the
international conference. It concludes
it's editorial thus.
"As the past policy Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor in it's class struggle has
plainly showed, its leaders are lacking in
political vision and in constructive political
conviction. If they are not interested in
the use of political weapons and if they are
harsh and unconciliatory in their manner,
their behavior is caused by inability to
understand and to share the political and
social idealism of their French and British
brethren"
"The New York Evening Post" had
this to say:
"Some of the factors which are likely to
count in favor Of the British Labor party
in the event of a general election are
weighty. The programme Of peace and re-
construction promulgated last December is
not only one of the most remarkable docu-
ments which the war has produced, but its
formulation has given the party leader
ship in ideas and ideals which no other Eng
lish party has yet exhibited. The insistence
of the party upon its right to discuss terms
of peace, whether the government thought
such discussion opportune or not, has done
much to keep to the front the contention
that the aim Of the war is peace, not ma
tional advantage"
<"The New York World" commenting
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

profiteers And the war profteer is now
on the grill.
Back in December President Wilson
stated that "while we have eliminated
profiteering in certain branches of indus
try it still runs impudently rampant in
Others" In his annual address he urged
the enactment of price-fixing law that
would make profteering impossible. But
the more vigorous note, struck in his
speech few weeks since on the ques-
tion Of taxation, has served to set afoot
a course Of definite action. "The profit
eering that cannot be got at by the re-
straints of conscience and love of coun-
try" declared Mr.. Wilson, "can be got
at by taxation. There Is such profteer-
ing now and the information with re-
gard to it is available and indisputable. :"
1t was Senator Borah who stepped for
ward and urged legislation to end this
evil which Mr.. Wilson had called "im-