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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-12

Frganza promptly forgot her pur-
chase except once each year. when
the tax collector sent her a statement
OF the amount due the county.
About five years ago q prosperous
looking citizen approached Miss Fri
CANA in a Chicago theater and sur
prised her with an offer 10 purchase
her holdings for three times the
amount she had invested, and he
didn't get a chance 70 make the offer
twice so quickly was Il accepted
Later, on a visit to Los Angeles,
Miss F'riEanZa learned that her former
bungalow site was in the center Of a
rich oil producing field and the pros
porous looking man who separated
her from IL was one OF the new nil
lcnaires OF the west
Hiss FrieanZa has dabbled In oil
stocks ever since, in the hope Of
striking IL right, and she is thorough
" versed IN the developments OF the
Texas fields. She welcomed her visit
to this section because OF the oppOr-
tunity II viii give her TO obtain per
sonal knowledge OF the prosperity in
the Texas fields.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-12
FAMILY Of So
IS IN FL PAS0
Descendants Of Ricardo
Bell, Who Made All
Mexico Laugh.

The Bell family is in town. Which
means that q good sized hotel IS
necessary. The Ben family numbers
IS and they are all OF the same
family. Mrs Ricardo Bell is head OF
the family. The others are her eight
sons and five daughters and their
children.
They are Just back from a four
year tour OF south and Central
America, returning east TO TN time
on the big vaudeville circuit for
Alaw and Erlanger, theatrical mag
mates
me sons are Ricardo Albert Ed
ward. Charlie, william, George, Os-
car and arthur The girls are Celia,
Nellie, Sylvia, Eva and stella
Head OF Family Dead.
Ricardo Bell husband and father,
head Of the family, died IN New York
in 1872. Since that time the widow
has been the head OF the family and
she stil IS Although her eldest son
mama" IS consulted on everything
they do. Mama" IS the real head Of
the family Among the boys. she has
q manager. q stage. manager. a musi-
cal director. etc bun mama" Is the
supreme head OF the organization and
as lt was oheyed when the children
were youngsters and mana" was
rearing them while 'Dapa" was max
ing all Mexico laugh Papa" none
other than Ricardo Bell. senior. was
the most famous ruumaEer Mexico
ever produced He made the Orrin
Bros circus n million dollars and
then started his own circus and was
making himself a million when the
revolutions came on and he had to
bring his family 10 the United States
Thr0uEhout the length and breadth
Of Mexico, there was not a child able
70 talk that did not know OF Ricardo
Bell MHTica1s would 20 20 a circus
nieht after night just 20 see Ricardo
Bell work.
BusIne~s 5Inn Well As Clown.
Ricardo Bell was not oulv a funny
clown and q good circus man. but he
was a good business man and as his
children Vrew I'd. he trained each fn
Some different method OF entertain
menf so chat when the family grew
NJ. he did not have a family Of
clowns nor family Of acrohats. Z
neither familv n musicians. hrt he
had family made M Of clowns,
comedians. ven tril onu SITS. etc so that
the family itself could stay together
and give gee own show. vet have al /
.fe acfs different.
For four wears they have been
travelling over South and Central
America Porto Ricn. Havti- Cuba and I
elsewhere Vow thew are coming
0ent7T arrived in Fl pas0 and have !
leased She Colon theater. where they
are -ofhg 70 an0aar f. a week be-
ginning this evening. Then fhev wiz I
m east 70 arrange their American
tine.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-12
TRIXIE ESCAPED
RICHES IN OIL
Got Tired Of Land, Sold On
First Offer; It Was An
Oil Field.

Mss Trixie Frigauza, who opens
"a three day engagement at the Craw-
ford theater Sunday with a special
matinee. IS one of the best posted
women in the country on oil condi-
lions. She has reason 70 be, for she
narrowly missed becoming independ-
emily rich without any effort on her
part Here is the story OF her hard
luck:
Several. years ago while on one Of
her Orpheum vaudeville tours 70 the
Pacific coast she fell into the hands
Of one Of those land sharks, who at
that time exploited ererv visitor to
the Angel city. She was induced TO
invest several hundred dollars in a
tract Of land near Sawtelle, upon
which the agent pictured for her
beautiful bungalow and a delightful
orange grove. After becoming
property owner in California Miss
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-12

Lawyers, and especially jurists. are
said TO live longer on the average
and TO retain their faculties to a
greater degree than men OF any other
profession
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24
Sl.2OO.OOO.OOO IS
ASKED OF TREASURY
FOR j. S. RAILROADS
Estimate Of Director General
Shows That There Has Been
Operating Deficit Of over Half
a Billion During Administration
wa ...aa.t,s -.l..

Washington. May 2t Apprupril-
lions OF sl.2oo.oeo.o 900 iu addition to
800 .0on. 900 already provided. for uso
of tho railroad administration during
lY3s aud 1919 Was requested today
hy Director General Hines.
The estimate revealed that there
had been an opofatng deficit of $3.50
Istgto during the last calendar wear
and OF tZbO.OO0.OOu during the first
four months OF lHlg.
Of tho total OF xi.700 00o.Ooo APP
pruprIalol and requested 81. Hines
said that fI2lA.NON,uOU eventually
would o. returned to the government
This Includes money tiud up in work
ing capital and advanced on account
TO tho railroad corporations.
M Hines said tnnt In uiH Judgment
the operating deficits fur ipls and
fui the four months Doe 1873 we're
clearly dur 90 the war and 90 uh.
normal after. the war conditions lir.
cause ul the present changing cuudi-
tIous be declined tn make any pre-
llctlnu ~ the financial results uf up'
Grafton during the remainder ~ the
NtHr
Mr. liuoE letter which was written
fu Secretary GLASS Hul transmitted hl
tnV latter Go CuugrvHs. IHid.
The operating deficit ~ f2i6.
lst.9tH fur the year 1918 was due
largely 90 two faciH- firrf tho Winter
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24

undated Lead International situa-
ton. iy tho Associated froHif
Gcrnsny's chief peace plonipoten-
tiarics are back az Versailles today
after an impornnt consultation ut
Spa with Premier Sche.dcmaun and
other representatives of the German
home government
10 has been announced from Berlin
that the framing uf gcrmnny'H coun-
ter PROPOSALS ~ tho allied peace terms
was 90 hr considered ut the spa cun-
ference ana " HcrWr probable that the
final form uf these proposals nov had
been decided upon.
There be- on apprcriuhlo pause To-
deveiuumcnts az Paris aud NcrHaillcs
so fur as the making uf peace VIII
Germany b. concerned.
Tho peace CunfDrrsH have been de-
voting much attention 90 the shaping
of the peace treaty 10 ho presented
fn the Austrian delegates A. Il re-
.ult 10 has been announced that M a
pirnnry session 90 the peace confer
cnce 60 he held on Tuesday next, tho
treaty with AuHirtg viii he formally
laid before The representatives % the
allied nations The next dai, Il " CA.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24

pccted the terms will be handed the
Austrian representative.
The military terms q the oocumsnt.
q b. understood. will provide that Aus
iria's great army In 1914, se,ond only
b. that % Germany, he reduced TO a
mere handful ~ is.ooo men. An Inn
plomentf of war nov In the Ia adn uf
the Ausirians are 10 hc destroyed and
the further manufacture OF mum.
lions b. TO be forbidden.
The naval terms. published In part.
some time ago. sweep away the whole
Austrian navy.
Dispatches from Paris Indicate that
the work uf the peace conference will
not end with the signing of the
treaties between the allies and the
ccntral empires. bulgaria and Tur-
key. ~ is said that the work Of nd-
luaiinT conflicting views on subjects
which are Important 70 the allies n
likely 20 take considerable time. II Il
believed therefore. that American
representatives, will remain IN Paris
after the peace has been made and
President Wilson has left Tor the Uni
ted States 10 consider with the repre-
scntatiyes of other gvvernmenis the
varied subjects still demanding at
tcnuOn
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24
HUNS FORM MILITARY CLIQUE
NEW OLIGARCHY MORE
POWERFUL THAN MEN
NOW RULING NATION

NRlClL SWITZERLAND FridayI May 2]-Frcnch wirclcs,
SyicrIA military ogacy Is being formed ia Germany. accord
ing DR. Richard Grclng the author Of vi Accuse who hn.
returned here Munich The ogachy is powerful
than the Sr,mauu government he declared the
only remain power with the support Of the military
caste aud ot mcrrruury troops
IN discussing the terms DR. Grrug said that they
than could have been expected m o the ruin aud dcya
caused 10y the German arwes IT, criticised the speeches de
lvercd 10y Count Brockdoffi aui1au Versailles, aud by
President Fchrcnac before the national assembly In which both
fused admit th" responsibility Of Germany. Dr. GrclnV lt
that such declarations false aud had little weight and showed
that their author, had learned anything lie concludcd
"Grruauy made territory. The o regime
had prepared The people believed that col
because the, had been lied Al this hl tou proved
Tho, pr-, m lying knowingly l1yr right &C. complain
of thr peace because the The result oi their
nttItudr"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24

of 1918 was unprecedented In its Sc
verify and IN 10 costly effect on rail-
road operations. and second, the M
crcascs in passenger and freisht rates
averaging about ls percent were IA
effect Tor only few days In excess
of riN months. while heavily IN
creased expenses due 20 war condi-
uuus were effective ON an ascending
srale throughout the twelve months.
The operating deficit of approxi-
matcy tlt0.u0o. .uO0 Tor the first four
months of lgis II due In part 10 tho
cumulative high levels of cost brought
nhout hs the war Tor labor ana inn.
trrlals aud In part 20 the sudden and
abnormal falling off of business as "a
result of the cessation of war actlyi.
tics The sudden drop IN the demand
fnt fuel Tor other basic commodities
ana the general state " hesitancy due
Co the transition from war conditions
to peace conditions. the fact that the
present period h transitional ana APP
parontly on the cve of important
changes has made Il eNprdient 10 de-
fcr. until the matter can be more ac-
curltg measured. the consideration
of the question nov frequently raised
of an increase IN rates"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24

Denver colo Mly q rh, Nur'h-
rru Hlutst convention tudn, uUluu.
uu-N rejected prupu..I fur a ,sr-
ference fH consider 900 HrrHIl. union
of evangelical uuuf hrH ul America
Th, urupuatI WfH mHdu h5 ur lryH.
ItiorHu church..
a IyuuuuU presented hN lr
ShUIII Matthew. dean uf the dINlUif
school uf fH, University ui chicago
recommending that th, convention Ir.
fuse tu send delegates tu thr if""
posed conference was follow i Dog
cheer. lasting urIrlN ono minute.
There H uu centralized body Nhl'
uUulI deliver the baptist rhurHhra u
uut merger coo corporate unity. tht
resolution stated "lt baptist ghur,hr.
ao mot hHNr organic uuit 1uUuf
tIUms.IE,H. tUpt obviously rIuuu'
have Organic unity with either drUoui.
ulNuua The democracy which H th'
N,H NHHIH Hf uur N.UuwIUtNUUHI liir
uuhD. ANS organic union with rrnur
uf christians huliUr opposite View
uuWI#r Inu impossible
Nu amendment tu fNr resolution
Hstluf .uugruss tu lEHHr, rrysidru
WILSON, request fnr frurHl ui Wal
Time prohibition wHa adopted omit
uur 200 reference iu President N.IHNi
and hIH rrUHWrmuuH'llu tu 'uuff'-.
Tho prupustl tDr 900 Hi.I-"hufrl
federation tur tlu ugIuE TuIIE.Hu
vurk wee fu hpN, h,,u presented tmI
morning Parliamentary dis, ,lsslul
relative tu thr resolution uI I'r
Matthew delayed pr's'uiHtIuu of th
report uu the proposed federation 7
We. expected th, report would hr pre-
routsd 100 th, afternoon sees 1000.
RepurI- uu Young peoples societies
and Nurk Wuuur the negroes Wof
presented IuI rrgummtuittln
adopted that re- conference ut uurthrr
lul southern baptist conventions. me-
Tru IHtpftHf# uuI canadian Baptist
b., hold tn uls.uss post war uruhI Hm.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24
-Roebuck
Stock Sells at
5000 Per Share

Chiraro. May si.-sears- Iioebuck
stock sold az ,goo a share today. This
price Tor the $4,000. .o00 common
stock of tho company h the cqulva-
lent OF $500 a share for the original
t1o.ouo.o0o common issue. II repre-
renis a market value Of ti5o.ooo. 900
for the stock. compared with tia.-
ooo.oo0 AZ the time the company was
Incorporated ana the securities were
first offered TO the public. II mea&
the piling up of ,iss.ooo.ooo In thir-
teen years. or at the rate OF more
than tio.oo0.0oo a year. according 10
estimates made today by Charles l..
Hayes financial editor Of the Chicago
Evening Post.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24
ONLY $4,000 SOLDIERS
TO BE ALLOWED NATION
THAT STOOD SECOND To
GERMANY IN WAR POWER

PAKIS, tFrdAyl May 2l.-It announced tonight that
the treaty to be presented Austria would be considered penary
Tuesday aud would be laid before the Austrian delega
ton probably Wednesday.
The council Of four today considered the military
a formidable army of upward Of million men, which
ond only to that of Germany reduced by the fifteen thou
sand virtually all military supplies would be surrendered
destroyed and further military production abolished.
The naval similarly sweeping, all warxhps being
rendered aud Ausiras position naval power terminated
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24
so Per Cent of
YankS Returned
To Civil Life

Washington. May "a uomohiun
uon uf tho army nov has returned
more than Gu p,rcout of officers and
mon to rNil hfc II WINS announced
Officially The totul, lncludlng par-
tnl reports 10 dste was si,on 1H e.-
2lt1tl. of whom 1850 were Off
oors Sallups from overseas mnco No-
Nomhor ~ lUst have totnllod l1.l,-
Ag7.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24
NORTHERN DAPTISTS
Reject SUGGESTION
FOR CHURCH MERGER
Proposal For Conference to Con.
slider Organic Union OF Evan.
gelical Churches Of America
Turned Down at Denver

|, Denver. t4Iu. NHf Z gIO
! ~ f. HHuHHH fu fLl NuTfnDru
. inuuaf convention us John 10
.uHkrlUIIrI contingent Upon :
, completion uf tNr $4,000 600
, iuuI uuW H,.uE raised waH 900.
, uuuu,Du tu fUr convention to-day
; Hl o. " Aye. ut Philadelphia
, president
, "hr northern baptist yuu,yu-
tIuu to-day voted tu Join the pro.
prHvd lUfHr.yhur.n world move. Z,
mtIf Cor joint campaign iu
, finance rrlEuIuH WORK uf HIl I
, American evangelical uruum.ul f,
, UHus
. rhrr. was ufiI, opposition.
Reservations UNtfr adopted
' providing that frv movement
y should mot attempt organic
3 church uuIuu tuH tnHf lHptIHt
. frIIIHura tHu Independence I
= should H, sifrFu.rIDd Tho
. movement propose U financial
. OtWpIEu similar H the lUIt,i
. Wbr Work. campaign during thr
. wuI
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-24
STEER PRICES

Kansas ci,y-2s TO SO cents lower
for week.
chicago rs cents 70 ti.so iywer for
week.
Denycr-tifso TO sis.so.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-03
.Ebe aR@s srfmttar
Classified Section
EMPLOYMENT.
sALEsMEN ANp AeENTs.
Good Opportunity

MEN and women earn $50 to $50
weekly selling new product; revolution
ICES wash-day methods; dirtiest clothes
spotlessly cleaned without rubbing;
does not injure finest fabrics; manu-
facturers refund full purchase price to
everybody not satisfied after W o
weeks trial; guarantee coupon in every
package. Write H.. Delbare, Pres
720-736 South Dearborn, Chicago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-03
statesmen AND AGENTS.
AMERICAN NEGRO SOLDIER
IN WORLD WAR,

IN WORLD WAR.
New official book, complete, pictorial;
900 pages; 100 photographs. Make $40
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terms. Be first. Credit given; freight
paid, Outfit free. Globe Association,
$50 Como Bldg, Chicago. -
PRIVATE HEAP pulled down $15S
week distributing remarkable pictures
NJ orld's war, its sacrifices, victory
and peace. sixty humanity interesting
subjects. They touch the soul of every
one. Free supply. also important por-
trait catalog. Consolidated Portrait Co.,
1o3a w Adams St, Chicago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
Coleman Has BUSY Time.

State Highway c o IN $ s O II @ I
George p Coleman Is back in his of
flee after one of the busiest weeks Id
has spent since he has held the office
of commissioner.
Monday morning he addressed q
meeting OF Amherst county citizens
Monday afternoon he appeared before
q ioint meeting of citizens OF Bed
ford and Campbell counties. Tuesday
he addressed three meanings In
Henry county and yesterday he spoke
twice-in Roanoke county. In each in
stance his subject was good roads.
Last Saturday Commissioner Cole
.f2aSs bad IL %7a ssesg fsoe 4sen Maslsiagtan
with Secretary of Agriculture Houston
with reference to recent and forth
coming federal state good roads APP
preparations, at which time he tool
UP in detail and discussed the pro-
posed expenditure of the funds Al
the same time he obtained the secre-
tary's Interpretation of the law. gov.
erning the federal appropriations
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21

ginia OF upwards of $14,500.000, prin-
cipal and interest, was passed We'd
nesday afternoon in the senate OF the
West Virginia general assembly. The
commonwealth of Virginia, It Is I'M
derstood. will receive very little as a
result OF the successful termination of
the long fight, the suit having been
brought for the benefit of the security
holders. Virginia, however, will have
it's credit cleared, as the original obli-
cations bore its name.
The amount of the debt is s12,393,-
$3.50, with interest from July, 1915.
until paid, at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum. which. on January 1, 1919.
'totaled $14,562,S6716
i The bill, provides, for the payment
X, x.,se .s,.,,s .4se stsS11 80
Payment Of sI1n62,s67.15 with interest
at 6. per cent per annum until paid,
must be met by check upon the treas
ury of West Virginia by September /,
1919. The rest OF the debt will be
taken care of by a bond issue of $751;
500 900
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
NAVY DEPARTMENT
CLAIMS THE RECORD
Constant Wireless Telephone Com.
~ munfcation With the George
Washington.

Washington, March 20.---The navy
department claims the record for long
distance wireless telephone COM
I&nnication. II has sent messages
<..e s~s s$-,,~,. ~, v4S,sYs
France, a little mare than 5000 miles
This Ii further than the distance COW
cred by the wireless telephone mes
sages exchanged between Glace Bay
and Ireland, which was ALSO miles.
The navy department established
communication between the wireless
station at New Brunswick, N. j., and
the steamship George Washington in
harbor at Rrest, France.
The new record for long distance
communication was announced today
by Commander Hooper of the Radio
section of the navy department. From
the time the George Washington
sailed with President Wilson and
party on board the wireless telephone
station at New Brunswick opened
communication with the wireless tele-
graph operators on board and con-
tinued to send messages Throughout
the period of the journey.
The George Washington was not
equipped TO make any reply to he
communications, but Commander
Hooper has been advised by wireless
telegraph since the George Washing
ton landed that the messages were
heard distinctly all the way to Brest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
Wants to BE Present.

DIR. Joseph T. Maston. secretary OF
the state board of charities and cor
rections Wednesday received a letter
from u. f. budding. representing the
prisoners relief society, of Washing
ton. in which the latter expresses a
Willingness and desire 10 appear be-
fore the board when II meets in spe-
cial called session April 2 TO probe
charges of cruelty preferred aga inst
officials of the state penitentiary by
budding.
DIR Mastin said Wednesday tina.
budding would be invited to be pres
ent and tell what he knows of condi-
tons which he alleges exist at the in
gtitution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
$4,000 TO HEAD OFF
BOLSHEv|ST MOVE

Albany. ". Y, March 20.---The state
senate today voted for a $4,000 ap-
preparation TO investigate an alleged
organized Bolshevik movement CEN
terfng in New York state and with d.
rect backing from Russia, The house
viii act on the resolution Monday.
Senator j. Henry Walters, ma jority
leader who introduced the resolution
charged that $500. 900 in drafts mad
been intercepted while on the way
from Bolshevik leaders in Russia to
their representatives in this country.
The evidence at hand Is so startling,
said Senator Walters. that the legis-
lature should act at once, especially az
congress is not now in session. The
present probe. he said, will not paral-
lei the recent congressional investiga-
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
Must Nnmc Successor.

The question as to who will succeed
the late j. Taylor Ellyson as one OF
the states representatives on the d.
rectoratc of the Richmond. Freder.
iicksburg & Potomac railroad, is upper
most in the minds of conflicting in
terests
The stockholders, it is said, want a
man who will stand for increased divi-
dends. while there are those who want
to see the surplus pile up and the
value of the stock increased. These
interests. it is understood, already are
at work
The state corporation com mission
will have TO make the appointment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21

Campbell county now has three can.
didates for the senatorial nomination
to succeed Senator Walter Il. Addi-
son, of Lynchburg, which is also a
part of that district. The third man
to enter the race is former State Sem
ator A. +. Thomas, of Campbell, who
Is well known In the state.
At one time he was not in full ac-
cord with the policies OF the Demo-
cratic party and announced affiliation
with the Socialists. but that party
proved wholly unsuited to his poll
cies and in such complete lack of har-
mony that. he deserted and resumed
association with the Democrats. He
has given much time to the study Of
politics and political conditions and
trict.