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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

play and romance in the practice OF
hygiene, and by definite program with
tangible rewards So eagerly have
the children in certain sections OF the
country taken TO the daily "chore"
idea that a toothbrush shortage is re-
ported in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Oklahoma
Growth Of the movement Is indi
Gated by membership figures from
states leading in the crusade move
ment as follows. Texas. 10000; Min
nesota, 100000; Iowa, 100000: Okla
homa. Us, 900: Oregon. $1,000; Idaho.
1857; Utah. $4,000; Kansas, 100. 900
Arkansas, $4,000; Alabama, $4,000;
Wisconsin. $4,000; Pennsylvania,
10000; Maryland, $1,000; South Caro-
lima, 1880: District Of Columbia, 15,-
900; Rhode Island. $4,000. and New
Hampshire, 5000.
The health crusade movement Is not
confined to America alone: notwith-
standing the war the idea has spread
to foreign countries and enlistments
have been reported from China, Corea,
Canada, Cuba and France. 1Ir. De-
Forest said.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
CRUSADE DRAWS
YOUNG AMERICA
Three Million Children in
Big Movement to Pro
mote Sane Living.

New York. May 6.-With their lives
pledged 10 the pursuit Of good health.
more than 100000 school children
throughout America have been en-
rolled in the modern health crusade,
a disease prevention movement which
is being developed in the public
schools Of the country under the aus
pices OF the National tuberculosis As
ISOLATION and the Junior Red Cross, II
was announced today by Charles NJ
DeForest. crusader executive at the
former organizations headquarters
here.
Among the larger cities where the
movement has been adopted In all or
said. are FL Paso. Baltimore, Blrm-
ingham, Cleveland. Dallas, Indianapo-
lis. Kansas City. Minneapolis, Newark,
New Orleans. New York, philadelphia
Providence, Portland (Ore-l. Seattle
and Washington, .. c. While prima-
rily intended for elementary grades,
the crusade has been taken up by a
number OF high schools and IN some
states the system is being taught also
20 student teachers in normal schools.
Enlistment IN the movement ir-
wolves something like passing a phys
ical examination. for the recruit must
for at least two weeks follow a daily
health program The child who lives
up 20 70 percent Of the crusaders
health rules for two, five. ten and IS
weeks becomes successfully a page, a
squire. knight and knight banneret in
health chivalry- In health tourna-
ments participated in by whole classes
and schools the crusaders 90 "a'joust-
ine for germs
The health chores" performance OF
which each child is put on his honor
TO record on a special card over his
own signature. are as follows;
'I washed my hands before each
meal today I washed not only my
face. but my ears and neck and
cleaned my finger nails today: tried
today 10 keep fingers, pencils and ev-
erything that might be unclean out
OF my mouth and nose; drank a glass
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
Retrenchn1ent Is Cry Of Taxpayer
To The Government As Taxes Mount
And Expenses And Waste Pile Up

UTASHINGTON, D. @, May Time
for the extra session OF the
sixty congress is growing near.
in the opinion Of the few congress-
men who still remain in Washington
Reports from the peace conference at
Paris are that within a short time the
peace treaty viii be ready for sub
mission to the senate and that means
the president viii return to the United
States and soon thereafter call the
special session Of the new congress
a few congressman are already drift
ing back to the capital from their
homes in anticipation Of an early
meeting OF the new congress.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
Wireless Operators Learn German
Signal Codes And Lure ZeppeLins
To Destruction With False Orders

NEW YORK, May 1T was the
N stories that we could not write
that. to newspapermen in Europe
durin the war. seemed the best
stories, and among these the wireless
tricks employed in the war in the air.
the constant struggle Of the code ex-
perts on both sides with new cryptic
grams and ciphers invented as fast
as old ones were worked out by the
enemy, viii yield a rich mass Of ma
terial 70 the romancers and historians
Of the future. II was only last week
that the British press censorship was
definitely Withdrawn and with It the
prohibition on discussion Of the use
Of wireless in combating airplane and
Zeppelin raids.
Three Of the ZeppeIins that,
during the last Lepp rlr1d ga 1On-
don in 1918, WANDERED far from
their hOmelFard course and came
down in France were trapped by
a wireless code expert. This fact
has been carefully concealed, and
the public was informed ut the
time that storms had driven the
airships from their route.
It was a French sharp who picked
up code signals from the wireless
stations, stretching from Nauen TO
Lake Constance, sent to Zeppelins
eELaklnE pracLlce night over the
interior OF Germany, who N n worked
out the meaning of the mystic sym
bols, and plotted the downfall Of the
next fleet OF airships that made
trip over British and French soil The
British wireless stations as well as
the French were put in possession Of
the secret. and by a stroke Of luck
for our side the Germans raided Lon
don without changing their code.
The rest was easy. The unfOr-
tunate German captains soon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

made necessary by the huge war debt
and the current expenditures, but
there is no doubt now that these taxes
are bearing heavily on the people.
big and little. Already there is an
insistent demand for economy in fur
rher government expenditures, and
this demand IS reflected in the state
ments OF Clark and Good
Graft Is Exposed.
An era Of war is always an era OF
eXtrava gance- The war with Ger
many was no exception Millions Of
dollars were wasted by the war and
navy departments. the shipping board
and Hos Island and other government
agencies, that could have been saved
The next congress viii investigate all
these expenditure
Besides waste. previous inves-
LEGATIONS By the last congress-
showed all Einds Of graft in army
and navy contracts; even eases Of
plain stealing from the govern
ment were more than hintcd NJ
IN some instances. All this bust
ness viii be thoroughly exposed
in the coming investiEations.
The ordinary citizen. who had moth
ing TO do with war contracts. and
whose contribution to the victory
over Germany was paid in hard cash.
earned by the sweat Of his brow. or
equally hard mental labor. and per
haps IN the blood Of parent. son or
kindred. now wants TO see govern
ment retrench, and be conducted as
economical as possible While the
citizen did not and does not grudge
support 70 the government in men ana
money, he wants the sacrifices that
he made TO count dollar for dollar.
This is what he IS going to insist upon
from now on ANY political party or
politician who fails TO heed this man
date viii feel the peoples resentment
az the next congressional and national
elections. congressman believe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

{ peated- "Firel Firet7 the operator
kept calling. IS o. So
In the darkness two miles
above the heaViuE waters OF the
North sea "A British plane had
come upom Ifs and a lucky in
eendiary bullet had fired the mon
ster's gasbaE. As the story was
told TO me, not AL the hatred felt
by every EnElishman for the men
in the flying terror that murdered
women and children in their beds
could keep back pity from the
hearts Of those English boys in
the lonely station on the coast
rs they read the signals and
realized what they meant and
what was happening.
Trained, probably in a naval school,
TO send out S o. S. signals when in
distress, the German operator sitting
in his little cabin that whirled round
and round as the Zeppelin fell down.
the roar OF the furnace above in his
ears, the CHASTITY light Of the flames
above him. mechanically repeated his
tragic and ridiculous appeals for sue
sor to listening friends and foes. No
human power he well knew. could
save him and his comrades from in
cineration before they struck the
sea But still the calls for help con-
tinued- AT the end Of a minute and
a half they stopped
when Silence Came.
The two English lads on duty
looked at each other and shuddered
when silence came, broken only by
the drOne OF the photograph record
as IL ground on The flames, they
knew. had spread to the cabin: either
the operator whose futile calls they
had heard had leaped from the win
dow to the seas below. or was a blaz-
ing bundle Of rags and flesh beside
his instrume COpyriEhr, 1913, BY
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

knew Of course. that the enemy
was sending fake direction
signals, but so accurately had the
German wave length been ascer-
tanned and adopted that the Yep
peltn wireless operators could
not distinguish between the gen
uine signals and the initiation.
FrantieaIly as the German sta
tons tried to help the Zepps get
their bearings, IL was no use with
French and British operators cut
ting in with contrary orders every
few minutes The Zepps were
literally and figuratively at sea,
they wandered al over northern
France, one got out over the
Mediterranean, and no more
Zepp raids were tried during the
remaining year of war.
one OF the grimmest experiences Of
the war came 10 two British wireless
operators on the east coast during
the raid preceding this disastrous one
in February, 1918 On a photograph
record, they were recording signals
passing between a homegoing Yep
pelin and the direction stations in
Germany. Two Of these stations
we're assigned to each Zeppelin They
kept sending out signals OF equal
streng tn so long as the Zepp kept
straight on its course, the signals
sounded in the ai-ship's wireless
cabin with equal strength When
he big balloon wandered to right or
eft, one signal would get stronger
and the other weaker. and from the
wireless operators report the captain
,ould correct his course. 1t was in
part through the confusion Of these
signals that the flock OF Zepps In
he last raid were lured astray.
While the monograph was grind
ng away. the call for help Of the sea,
s o. s. Las" suddenly was recorded.
Again and again the signal was re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
Ready For Operation,
Surgeon Says No Need

Springfield. III. May Strapped
to an operating table in a local hos
pitaL Gilbert Davies was all ready
for an operation. which his physician
advised for rupture. The nurse was
there 10 administer ether. Then the
hospital surgeon entered. Looking
Davies over. he said: You don't need
an operation I can find nothing TO
warrant it." Davies was released and
walked unassisted from the hospital
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
The atfter-smart of shoOing- remedy

OTRETCHING the skin
- over the face or shaving
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
DAILY RECORD.

" aEEAnLI DEEAAs
lizzie Reina 20 Laura Dickinson and
Mittie Lighfoots SIS acres in FL Paso
County.
A1exander's addition: z L Marshall
and wife to John Walthall lots 5 and
6, block 1s6.
Marriage Licenses.
Ernest Clancy and Mayme Zell
Gray.
Ramirez
Albert IngIes and Lorena Baure-
geois.
Building Permit.
c. n. Bassett, corner san Antonio
and Stanton streets. To remodel
Trust building. $4,000
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
FORGED THEATER PASSES.

Boston, Mass, May Found guilty
Of forging and selling theater passes.
Gene Campbell Clark was sentenced
70 six months in the house OF correc-
ton In municipal court.
About 200 passes on all the Shubert
houses in Boston were found. and Ed
ward smith. manager Of four Shu-
bert theaters, told the court that be-
tween $500 and $4,000 in worthless
passes were out 1t was charged
Clark sold the passes at fun value
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

and stand straight TO eat slowly. and
TO attend TO toilet and each need Of
my body at its regular time: I tried
today TO keep neat and cheerful con-
stantly and TO be helpful TO others;
I took a full bath on each day Of the
week that is checked"
The success Of the movement. &C
cording TO its leaders. IS due 10 the
interest in health aroused in the chill
dren by introducing the elements Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

Of water before each meal and before
going to bed. and drank no tea, COT
fee or other injurious drinks today;
I brushed ny teeth thoroughly in the
morning and in the evening today;
I took ten OF more slow, deep breaths
Of fresh air today; played outdoors,
or with the window open. more than
30 minutes today; I was in bed ten
hours OF more last night and kept my
windows open; I tried today to sit up
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

The Republicans viii be in control
OF both house and senate Economy
is 20 be the watchWord. according
to representative James ". Good. Of
Iowa. who viii be chairman OF the
house appropriation committee Chair
man Good has promised an economical
and businessllke administration. For
mer speaker Champ Clark had also
announced that the Democrats in the
house and senate viii follow a SINH
lar policy Of retrenchment
Greatest Budget on Record.
It is well that this IS the attitude
OF congress generally, Irrespective Of
political parties, say congressman, be-
cause the annual government budget
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1920, viii be S10.191.O49. 600. the great
est on record. and the revenue in sight
to pay this gigantic sum win be short
OF the total by at least $500. 100000
Time was when a billiOn-dollar con-
gress scared everybody who heard it,
but the time has now come for ten
billion-dolar congresses.
Net appropriations during the war
and for the next fiscal year amount
TO the almost unbelievable sum Of
more than forty-seven billion dollars.
The interest on the public debt an
nuallv viii for many years hereafter
be more that the first billion dollars
congress appropriated
Taxes Grow AlarminEIy.
Citizens who are rejecting on pro-
cesses Of government, and who are
mentally Weighing the public eLpen-
dltures and income, particularly the
taxes, are really alarmed at the fiscal
outlook Of this country. according TO
senators and representatives.. Not
that bankruptcy stares the country tn
the face; lar from that. This republic
actually possesses one-third Of the
total wealth Of the whole worid-an-
ether almost unhclieva BILE fact. but "a
fact, nevertheless. from the statisti-
clans of the treasury department and
the department Of commerce and
labor. The country can stand the
enormous expenditures. and the peo-
pie can pay the stupendOus taxes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

The fine bzi1ncs hetzeen hezTisers aad MIA
n=ss explains N PAT il very choice sroma.
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FAY Nl
BANTER
~
EAST is WEST"

nothing could be further from the
fact" he went on. 1T Is probably
true that some of my songs have hit
the public's fancy, but that Is only
because have tried to give the public
what it liked. I have not made the
public or any part of It like my
music. No composer can do that. Mr..
and Mrs. Audience tell every composer
what they want, and II Mr.. Composer
is anxious to keep on eating regu-
larly he gives Mr.. and Mrs. Audience
just what they ask for. 1t takes some
thought, of course, but il can be done
If one puts ones mind to 1t.
My best efforts have not always
met with the success l had hoped for"
he continued, For instance. until
wrote this music for She's n Good
Fellow l regarded the music OF Rock
a-Bye Baby as the best score l had
ever written. Yet it did not compare
In popularity with the music of oh
Boy to put it mildly. The jury is still
out on my score of She's a Good Fell
low but I don't mind saying that I've
never worked harder or taken more
pains on any music I've ever written.
There's one song in the last act-the
garden song which is sung by DIN
Howland-for which there are seven
different orchestrations.
why did take so much pains with
this scorer" he repeated. I'm tell you
frankly. I believe that theatregoers
are going to demand better musical
plays when prohibition comes into eff
feet They will not be satisfied with
the jazzy type of entertainments that
are holding the boards in many Broad
way playhouses. wrote this music
with q view of having 1t appreciated
by people who come TO the theatre
without any alcoholic stimulation. I
don't insinuate that people come to the
theatre that way at the present time.
merely believe that people will be
more exacting after July !. And
hope. therefore. that She's Good
Fellow will have a longer run after
July ! than before It."
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an inspiration. and 1 felt his loss
greatly when he passed beyond.
AS the years went by. began
playing in New York productions
from time to time, mostly in melo-
dramas. Long runs never appealed
to me. I always wanted new parts"
The repertoire OF Nine. ModJeska
with all its variety was what 1 loved
and sought. and falling that tried
for the nearest equivalent. Person
ally. I never even then. and less even
now, regarded the one part actor as
an actor at all. AS see 1t, an actor
should be able to place his personality
within the shells OF many characters
| and give them souls In accordance
with the authors vision and creation.
After I left the ModJeska company.
still In search OF changing roles,
went into stock IN Toronto, then into
more stock In Kansas City and New
Orleans. I have since conducted my
own stock companies in Boston and
I other New England cities, sometimes
running three OF them at one time,
passing on from one to another Of
| them with hardly any vacation. In
that time I enlarged my gallery OF
parts until II included over 500 char
acters, ranging from Hamlet" to THE
Man from Mexico
OF recent years I have played on
Broadway In a variety Of parts, also,
returning here first to play in Gals
worthy's Justice" for John D. WILL
Jams. In this connection owe debt
OF gratitude to Iden Payne, whose fine
understanding OF Galsworthy gave TO
his direction a clarity as unusual as it
was helpful. Later 1 appeared with
John Drew as Capt, CostiOdn in PEN
dennis" At the beginning OF the
present season ! was with George
Broadhursts spy play, "The Woman
on the Index" following that with an
engagement which has continued ever
since as the kindly 10 Sang Kee In
East Is West" with the inimitable
Fay Banter.
Also at times I have threatened to
develop into a producer when saw
plays that should be put before the
public, when no one else would do it,
One of these was Les Flambeaux."
which I saw In Paris during 1912. and
after four years of effort finally got to
production in New York under a
translated title. The Torches" It
will revive some day. And now have
secured the American rights to Gals
| worthys drama Tho Mob" which
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tinued, but I feel that you have the
qualities that an actor ought 10 have"
Three years later WAS on the stage,
acting in one OF those two plays / hap
pened to have seen. 1t was my first
Job. and was in a stock company at
San Jose, Cal. BY the way, Frank
was 1892. And I had crossed the
Rubicon. To change the figure, Dud-
ley had sown a seed. which, growing,
changed the whole course OF life. Who
knows but for that l might have
helped to build the Panama Canal?
My engagement with the San Jose
stock company was brief. Four weeks
and no more, but glorious weeks they
were. The company moved on to San
Diego. taking me with them and we
remained there four weeks. Thence
we journeyed-in the language of
Xenophon-four parasangs northward,
but the details are unimportant. We
stranded In Bakersfield. and got home
to San Francisco somehow. I believe
! walked.
One year later I was playing impor-
tant roles with Nine. ModJeska: Won
Keller in "Magda," Armand In "Ca-
mille," Mdcda1. Mdurtce de- Sa1e, the
Earl Of Leicester, and others. re-
mained with Nine. Modjeska two
years. Next played with p. ]. Hen
ley. brother Of the poet W. e. Hen
ley. a fine actor whose art many dis
corning theatregoers will recall. I
think he was the best actor I have
ever known. though I realize that his
world fame is not tho greatest. But
can say that to me he was always