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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
ITALY LIKES
The YANKEES
Only Wishes Many More
Of Them Were On Italian
Front For Company.
D RoBERT s. pOMAN.

Milan, Italy. Oct 6-Italy snElss
upon the American Uniform. II Il =
pity there Il not q large forcs OF
American troops here. for their neral
effect would Be great Hundreds OF
thousands OF Italians regard Amer
lea with as much affection - their
native country.
Milan has become accustomed %
visits from the American aviators
training at the FoEgia school Dur
ing the last ten months The AmsrI-
can aviators have had plenty o. time
TO make little tours through Italy.
getting acquainted
Most OF the aviators who spent the
winter and spring training at Foggia
are now either with the American or
Italian armies. The first batch TO 20
TO the 'front.' as a fighting unit went
under the command OF Capt Former
congressman La Guardia-
An American lieutenant carried a
huge American flag as the Americans
passed the famous cathedral and the
stars and Stripes easily carried of
applause honors from the vast crowd.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
let FRENCH BE
WORLD TONGUE
ALI Nations Should Speak
Same Language, Is View
of Aged Frenchman.
By ROBERT s. DOMAIN

Paris, France, Oct Courier be-
tween the first port IN France" and
Paris in July Of last year. interpreter
IN September, 1917, Iiafson officer IN
January. 1913. and now first Heuten-
ant in the secret service, a young
LOuisianan Of French descent sat
down in a restaurant Of the second
class in Paris
A moment after an aged French
man appeared from the rear OF the
restaurant
The Louisianan offered the old fell
low his sixth OF q loaf
'lIais, no. monsieur" he replied
eve are allies; we viii share our
crust" Then the old man unburdened
himself
Listen, young man. I an old,
am not a man OF many ideas. But
have had one all my life. It Is this.
The nations Of the earth and the
peoples Of the earth ali speak their
own languages When they voyage
they cannot understand each other,
for they speak different tongues
Il say. let the government Of the
earth choose a language. be that
French. the worldwide language Of
diplomacy and culture; be It English,
be II a HotteutOt dialect, but let that
tongue be the world language. Let
Il be taught to all the children Of
the world together with their mother
tongue"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
Great Monument VIII
Be Erected For First
Americans Who Died

Paris. France. Oct 5.-(Correspond-
ence OF The Associated Press).-In
memoriam TO the first three soldiers
Of the American army who fell in
action on November 3. 1917. a monu-
ment consisting Of a tall granite
column designed by Louis MajOrelle
will be erected at Bathelement. To-
Gated IN the sector where the heroes
fell.
one side OF the shaft VIII be en-
graved with the following inscrip-
ton:
sons Of their great and glorious
country, they fought for right, for
liberty and civilization against Ger
man imperialism, the scourge OF the
human race. They died on the field
Of honor"
On another side viii be inscribed
the names OF the heroes as follows
"Corpl- J. b Gresham, Evansville.
Pvt. Thomas P. Enright Pittsburg.
Pvt. Merle Hay, Glidden-"
The cross Of Lorraine is sculptered
on another side. It is encircled in a
symbolical wreath The cross bears
the inscription: ''France-United States
1917; from Lorraine 10 the United
States"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
SCIENCE, TURNING SWIFTLY TO ALLIES I'M IT'S
SUPER ACHIEVEMENTS, ALREADY SURPRISES
BESTNVENTIONSO OF KAISER 'GIFTFROMGOTT

making the old type destroyers use
their best speed and seamanship TO
! escape destruction But the size and
armament OF the English under sea
boats remains q secret outside Of ad-
miralty circles So also the secrets OF
that fleet which has jumped from two
and half to eight million tons since
the war started. and continues 70
barge" the seas unchallenged-
The mystery ships" decoying Z
boats to their death, far surpassed
the best German effort OF the kind.
the raiders which had brief and spec
tacular careers in southern waters.
The many and varied methods OF hunt
ing the submarine. which have re-
suited in the destruction Of $50. ac-
cordinE TO announcement Of the prime
minister. viii one day be revealed in
full
American production OF 10000 air
plane engines a month. OF 500. 600 SOL
diers a month; an airplane that will
fly for hours with pilot and machine
gunner dead; air fleets which may yet
bomb Berlin; convoy and transport
systems which have put nearly mill
lion and a half men in France and
keeps them supplied: food control
that grows 100000 hogs and exports
millions Of bushels Of wheat when
there is no surplus; flight at three
miles 4 minute-the new things IN
mechanics and IDEAS seem almost
without end
The made in Germany supermau,
super gun. super war-they are all
changing their abiding place, shifting
TO our side OF the line TO a starting
point from which 20 start a march,
BerlinNard again. but not as friends
and allies
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
DENBIGH CALLS
YANKSPRE5ENT
DAY CRUSADERS
English Earl Praises Mar
velous Fighting Displayed
On French Front.
AMERICANS SAVE
DAY FOR EUROPE
By WULIAM J. BUTLER.

/ I ONDON. Eng. oct Accommodating
/ Il on his recent visit to the areas in
France where the American troops are
fighting and training and the back
areas where their wonderful supply
system is being built up. the earl OF
l Denbigh speaks in glowing terms OF
Americas great effort.
at would do some OF our pacifists
good to be IN France and TO appre-
! ciate the numbers and spirit OF the
rapidly Increasing fighting power OF
the Americans" he said.
THE Americans have come imbued
with the spirit Of crusaders. filled
with Indignation at the treacherous
and brutal deeds OF the Germans. and
equally determined 10 rid the world
once and for all OF the domination Of
Prussian militarism- They regard this
as q foul beast. the continued ex-
istence OF which would make the con-
tinued peace and security in the
world unattainahle by other nations.
I visited the American G. H @
and their advanced airdromes for
bombing Germany. I also saw the
great American flying center with its
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and workshops and well metalled
roads. and I saw two huge supply de-
pots. each laid out over several
square miles OF agricultural land
with sidings totaling some 100 to $50
miles. OF track, in each case with
great warehouses alongside, each de-
pot capable Of supplying daily "a
tons 70 100000 men, together with
all the necessary supplies for main
TnHmHrrnr HhnHn n mha MHann
Marvellous Sight.
The marvel is the speed with
which all this work has been done in
the course OF a few months. and the
extraordinary absence Of anything
approaching hustle and confusion
I also visited Chateau Thierry,
where the American machine gun
ners had been rushed up on the criti-
cal day in the German May offensive.
and only arrived on the scene two
hours before the boches. One Of
their officers told me his men had
only been in the country a short time
and had never seen a boche, but the
moment was vital. and they rushed
up. and 1 saw where they had loop
holed the houses commanding the
fine bridge blown up later and
taken up positions with their ma
chine guns.
Troops Very Confident.
The enemy had tried to rush this
bridge IN mass at s p. m. but re-
ceived such a dose OF lead that the
attack failed, as did further attempts
10 cross the river by boats during
the night and another effort on the
bridge the following morning. TIE
comparatively raw American troops
BY this time had had such splendid
targets that they had acquired great
confidence, and took up well 10 the
artillery fire which the enemy then
brought 10 bear. and the boches never I
got that bridge"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
Paris CROWDS Smile Happily
EUen Though Enemy Tries
To Deal Death From Skies
By FRED ]. BOLLAIEYER.

Darts. France. Oct. 5-"smne and
1 the world smiles with you" It's
the motto Of Paris,
Fifty miles OF so away the Boches
are trying TO hammer and hack their
way through a glittering array Of
allied bayonets which act as a bar
rier to the roads to Paris.
But Parisians, while realizing the
tragic seriousness Of the struggle.
have a saying that there is no need
TO talk war. or even think war. every
hour OF the day
Everybody Happy.
In the Bots de BOulogne on Sundays
the avenues are crowded with pedes-
TRANS. At Armenonviue and other
restaurants the tables under the trees
and at the edges Of little lakes are all
occupied. There is laughter every
where. There is no talk OF war.
Smart carriages drawn by maguifi-
cent horses dash by and disappear in
shady lanes. Automobiles filled with
pretty women speed along the smooth
highways " the Bots. The little lakes
are fairly dotted with rOWboats. while
those small tramcars drawn by cleo
trio locomotives seen in American
amusement parks wend their way
from one end Of the Bots TO the other
carrying joyous. laughing crowds.
In the open plots I'm the Bots Amer
lean and allied soldiers attached to
Paris hospitals or bureaus are play
ing the favorite game Of America
baseball
And before dusk falls there comes
the explosion Of shells Of the distant
cannon used by the Germans 20 bonn
bard the French capital
Watch fhe Girls Pass.
Tables on the sidewalks Of the Cafe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
u. S. ENSIGN TELLS
OF THRILLING FIGHT
OUT over The OCEAN
ONE ALLIED PLANE 5SH0T DOWN
BND ViNI5HE5 IHT0 THE WATER
Ensigns Craft After Standing by Companion TO Last
Zigzags and Escapes Enemy Fire; Report Of Fight
Gives Full Details of Entire Action From Moment
German Squadron Is Sighted Until the Finish
By d. N. EDWARDS.

7 ONION. Eng. Oct 5-Cambat with
l. three times the number OF enemy
airplanes IS an ordinary occurrence
with the combined American and Brit
ish air forces.
The shooting down OF ensign Ste
phen Potter. Z. s. n. r. F.. IN fight
in which two seaplanes engaged
seven German fast machines. Is told
IN a thrilling report IN the achivss OF
the United States navy headquarters
here by the commanding officer OF
the accompanying machine
Ensign Potter was credited Of
ficlally with being the first Amer
lean naval aviator to shoot down
German plane, IN the prevfous
month.
Capt Y. p A F., was IN command
OF seaplane No. while ensign Pot
ter was IN No. sand the account
tells OF the efforts TO destroy the
German planes when they swooped
down on two seapIanes with a squad
ron OF seven They left their North
Sea base at five minutes to 4 o'clock
in the afternoon
When we sighted the hostile air
craft" says Capt Us account. no. 8
was on the starboard bow and about
100 yards away. We sighted the first
two enemy machines, which were on
our port bow. coming toward Us. Both
our machines simultaneously dived
down 20 port at the nearest enemy
machine. which we fired at close
range from our bow guns
Lose Enemy Plane.
The enemy machine continued to
fire at US until we nearly got down
on top OF 70. when she turned TO the
left We continued turning to keep
formation with No. 8. and the enemy
machine was lost to view. Meanwhile.
as We were on our left hand turn.
No s passed very close above Us.
until we completed our turn. when No.
5 was on our port bow some little
distance ahead and had dived down
close TO the water and was steering
west at fun speed.
We simply flattened out and on
reaching the water opened full out
and gradually came abreast Of No. s. Z
We throttled down to regulate our
speed to that OF the other plane. as
our machine was the faster OF the
two We flew in that formation very
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
Two Bordeaux Cafes Are
Barred Blu u. S. Officials

Paris. France. Oct. 5.-Two OF the
leading restaurants at Bordeaux have
been closed to American soldiers by
their military authorities because OF
exhOrbitant prices
One cafe IS said to have charged
two American officers $3.50 for four
eggs and two small glasses Of beer.
while another exacted SL80 for
coffee Sentries were placed at the
doors TO warn all men IN American
uniform that they were not allowed
10 enter either establishment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05

close together for aboEt four ain
utes-
When diving ana turning and dur
ing the time we were oVerhauhnE Nc
8. and flying abreast OF her the en-
envy aircraft was attacking - ron
the rear and I heard firing from our
rear guns The only enemy machine
saw after turning was one Which
came up on our Htarboard beam some
distance away
Loses No. e
Approximately four minutes after
overhauling No. 8, lost sight OF thu
other boat and never saw Il again
From signals exchanged between ny
self and my second pilot. who Wa In
the front cockpit facing ne I vas to
understand that No. s vas slightly
behind u and on our port quarter
After losing sight Of 10. 9
throttIed further back 20 enabis that
machine TO catch Up. also climbing
may machine 70 lessen ny ground
speed 20 further enable her to over
haul rs To the best OF ny recollsc-
ton while turning saw from four 20
seven enemy machines. single seatsrs-
after flying IN that manner for
few minutes I was given 70 under
stand by my engineer and second pilot
that No s had been shot down 81
flames and that the enemy machines
were SUN pursuing Us 50 opener
the engines full out and gave the
second pilot permission to drop the
bombs Soon after I vas informed
that the enemy had broken on the
attack. so we reduced our speed 70
so knots
IN the final part OF the action"
the records show. seven enemy air
planes were IN action. three attacking
No 4, and four shooting into Potter's
ssaplane- He fell behind and began
10 zig-Zag. First he veered Sigh tly
10 starboard and then turned az right
angles 70 port Again No. 4 throttled
down TO let no. s catch Up, al the
same time climbing to reduce speed
Potter turned again. when . few
yards on No As port quarter. He
was then br0adsides 70 all the enemy
machines and under their fire. close
20 the water. No. 4. a few hundred
feet above the water, saw him burst
into flames he came down part
OF the way under control Then he
crashed on his port wing tip. he
was last seen on the surfacs in
flames which turned suddenly into a
huge cloud OF smoke.
Two OF the enemy sucIrcled the
spot, then Joined the other five. When
the pail had cleared not even the
wreckage was visible. No. 4 whose
aerial had been carried away, opened
up at fun speed. dropping bombs 10
tighten herself. and headed for home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05

de la PaiX are at q premium Bronzed
men I'm uniforms Of all allied nations
sit there slipping vari colOred Drinks
through straWs. watching pretty and
dainty women, like bubbles streaming
upward through the glass as they
pass up and down the Boulevard des
Italiens.
In the kiosk the old woman who
sells papers and magazines leans back
quietly and surveys a world contented.
happy and seemingly at peace.
And 40 miles away the Hun keeps
Eammering.
Jokes In Theaters-
Curtains are drawn up on the stages
Of crowded theaters and applause
greets the scenes The orchestras
strike up snappy tunes and the come
dams make their appearance. Well
aware that they are playing to a
cosmopolitan audience. their jokes are
Of an English and American nature
as well as French. Soldiers and Off
GERS. many Of whom have drunk the
bitterest dregs OF the cup Of war.
laugh and applaud. AIerriment holds
sway.
The GothaS Come.
And often before the final drop OF
the curtain there are heard three dis
tInct shots Of the cannon defending
Paris. Then comes the shrek OF the
stationary and mobile sirens. All tell
Paris that the Gothas are on their
way to deal death and destruction.
Yes. Paris knows there's a war
going on" 1t probably knows it bet
ter than any other city. Il has been
nearer to the front and many times
il has been in danger. But the gloom,
II there be gloom, does not show.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
Goes Is Miles
Just For Sleep;
Bloom FrOmBed
K. c. Secretary Is Visited
By Boche Bomber and
Rest Is Shattered.
BY PHIL PAYNE.

Paris. France. oct. 5.-Wouldn't it
make you a trifle irritable after
spending five months at the front
you stole a ride on a French cattle
car to get 10 a town IS miles back
OF the lines so that you could have
a quiet nights rest. and then had
your bedroom ventilated by machine
gun bullets while a bomb from a
boche airplane blew you and your
bed out into the hall as a sort Of
grand finale2
Joheph T. McInerny. OF % Whiting
street Lynn. Mass. who had all the
above mention things happen TO him,
admits that it did make him a trifle
peevish- In fact. McInerney declares
he and the kaiser are positively on
the outs since the night that his
slumbers were interfered with IN
such an unseemly manner.
As a field secretary for the
Knights Of Columbus. McInerny had
been with a division Of New England
troops that took a very prominent
part in the recent Marine drive.
He hoofed il back TO the railroad
line. boarded one Of the dinzy French
freights as it numbered past and took
a first class seat on some straw in
a cattle car.
When the train arrived at a town
Is miles back Of the lines McTnerney
jumped off and wendell his way TO a
hotel.
About 10 o'clock that night two
German airplanes floated over the
little town. A burst OF machine gun
bullets buzzed all round him and let
the night air in through n good many
parts Of the wall. and while Mac was
struggling TO get out OF the bed
clothes. a bomb relieved him of the
trouble by blowing away the entire
wall and tossing the bed and its oc-
cupant into the hall.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
German Soldiers Enjoy Keeping Diaries
-:i:- -:l:- -:.I:- -:H- -:H:-
y. S. Officers Also Enjoy Getting Them
By HENRY G. WALES.

WITH the American Army in
w France, Oet. 5.-sIt's a funny
thing. the difference In mental
ffy among raees,7 said the intel
IiEenee officer, paving over pile
Of documents taken from a batch
OF German prisoners.
sssOW, look at these things that
the bOches we got this morning
lad in their pockets. Nearly ev-
cry one Of them keeps diaries,
writing In them everything in the
world that they see or hear or
Imagine.
..If seems that every Teutou Is
Imbued with the prOciivitieS of n
SPY. when they are among their
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
japanese "Outcasts" May
Know More Freedom

Toxic. Japan. Oct. Correspond
ence Of The Associated Press.-Japa-
nese reformers. stirred by the recent
food riots in which the eta" or out
cast class OF society took a promi-
nent part, are advocating the aboli-
tion Of the caste regulations which
hedge about these people on the
ground that the restrictions are dis
tinctly out Of consonance with the
spirit Of modern Japan.
The eta" might be compared to
the pariahs Of India They number
more than 100000 and are said to
be the descendants Of Korean cap
tives brought to Japan during the
wars OF the sixth century From the
earliest days the eta" have been
slaughterers of cattle and other live
stock and today the majority Of these
people obtain their livelihood as
butchers and tanners.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
Urge LriShmen TO Get LurO the Fight
-:- -:- -..-
OtEcerS Brave Jeeriug TAX OF the Rebels

DUBLIN. Ireland. Oct 5.-CoL
l. Lynch, ". p. accompanied
by Capt o'Grady. " p. one OF the
English labor leaders who Is as
slsting. started his recruiting
campaign by advising a meeting
in Kildare street. Dublin. The
meeting was called by big adver-
tisements published in the evening
papers, and there was good
crowd present. though, as IL
turned out. IL was largely q crit
ical crowd and mostly Sim
Feiuers.
From the outset Col Lynch was
heckled by interrupters. but he
managed to Ee ftn some home
thrusts. The way 10 win nation
ally, he said. was not by stand
ing aside when their cousins in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05

America had rallied 20 the cause
for the allies
Why not stop in Ireland and
share our daugers2 ." said some one
in the crowd
stop in Ireland and share your
cowardice,' was Col Lynch's re-.
3oinder. Some OF them. he added.
hesltated because England was n
the fight, but the cause OF the al
lies was the cause OF France.
America and Ireland The policy
Of raking up old feuds was ont
the policy on which a future eouId
be built
Capt. O'Grady. as the descend
ant OF Irish peasants. said he did
not come TO the home OF his fore
fathers TO be insulted To say
that ireland was going TO sand bv
iu this struggle was one OF the
most contemplate insults that
could be leveled against Ireland
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
Frenchnlan Is Most
Thankful OF atients

Behind The Allied Lines. Oct. s.
Even though suffering. French poiIus
emerging from the erner IN the num-
erOus hospitals 10 the rear, have never
been known 20 fail TO bestow upon
the operating surgeon the French Of
fer OF thanks by q sentimental
-'AIerci"
American physicians have been as
tonished at the amazing regularity
with which the poilus show their
gratitude for their services. After the
most painful undertakings and the
most critical operations. the -merci'
is never forgotten when the soldiers
OF France come to"
The poilu is an exception when II
comes to undergoing medical and sur
gical treatment" said an American
physician He IS the most uncom-
planning and in the same degree the
most thankful patient in the hos
pitals."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05
German Guns Change
Positions Every Night

With the American Armies in
France. oct 5.-There IS a battle OF
wits as well as of guns along the
American front in the mountainous
Lorraine country near the southeast
ern end Of the western front Ger
mans try TO deceive the American in
teligent officers by moving their ma
cine gun and batteries 20 a new po-
sition every night
The Americans solved this problem
by using a series OF tracing maps
which may be made daily and super
imposed upon one another When
these are compared. the various points
to which the guns have been moved
are indicated Then comes the oppo--
tunity for the American artillery TO
DO this work upon them
This system has proved very valu-
able in beating the heavy batteries
behind the German lines