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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
RUSSIA HAS FOOD AND MONEY BUT IS
BECA USE BOLS7EVLKT STEAL

7 oNDON. Eng, April 25.-Bolshevik
Il leaders not only steal great guam
titles Of food. but destroy other large
stores through careless handling. &C
cording to one Of Russia's greatest
merchants. who has just escaped
cross the frontier and made his way
to London
This refugee at one time was prac-
tically the wheat king Of western
Europe. He has unrivaled knowledge
OF the food conditions prevailing in
Bolshevik'Russia at the end of Janu-
airy.
AT the present time" ne said. the
food supply in Russia is completely
This disorganlzation
was caused b. a whole series Of
things. which may be summed up as
the unbearsb Die burden Of the war.
The efforts made by Russia in the
common allied cause. and the sacri-
lces che made. which helped the allies
10 win the war. gradually disorganized
the whole economic life Of Russia. Al
ter the revolution the situation grew
worse and worse, and the bolshevik
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

Darts, France, April 2s.-Ancien;
castles and mines, old monasteries
crowded by new factories which some
times usurp historic abbeys. wooded
and Jagged hills dimmed by a pain Of
smoke form the picture presented by
the Saar valley.
Prized for its precious coal deposits,
among the richest in Europe. this val
ley, which now is playing such a con-
spicuous part in the peace conference
deliberations, is a highly compact area
when compared TO American coal
fields.
The Saar valley. strictly speaking.
extends along the Saar river from
Conzs where Il emuties into the No
sene, five miles above Treves, south
ward into Lorraine, where the river
is artifically extended 10 the Rhine
and Marne canal, an air line distance
Of less than Is miles.
Coal Field Is Small
The coal fields themselves lie about
seaarbrucken- They cover about 20
square miles, and before the war pro-
duced some 10.000,000 tons a year.
That tonnage equals a third Of the
annual coal output in France But
the extent seems small compared with
sylTania belt, and the yield is but
oue-fo1tieth OF the coal mined an
nually in the United States.
Thus not all the Saar valley, It is
evident is a mining region Toward
the mouth Of the little river are vine
yards, often planted in the beds Of
the former loops OF the river before
e carved ont more direct courses.
from which came a portion Of the IA
nous Moselle wines
Vineyards Antedafe Christianity.
Moselle wines are older than the
Rhine wines Vines were planted
along the Moselle less than three cen
turtles after the birth Of Christ A
Latin poet, Ansonius. sang their
praises in "Mosella," wherein he also
mentioned a royal villa whose remains
are TO be seen 70 this day at Conz.
Travelling up the Saar the peaceful
vineyards soon seem far away amid
the hum Of industry from many q
small manufacturing town The val
ley is populous but there are no large
cities. The industries are scattered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

through many small towns, such as
Saarburg, Saarl0uis. Serrig. Merzig
and Taben-
Near the Lorraine border is Saar-
brucken, metropolis Of the region.
with only 10000 population. Not all
the coal mined in the Saarbrucken
fields, by any means, is used In local
industries Much Of Il went. before
the war, up the Saar and through the
canals 10 Italy and Switzerland.
Where Napoleon III Fought.
Saarbrucken, but 10 miles northeast
OF Metz and As miles from the French
border, was the Fort Sumter of the
Franco-Prussian war, scene Of the
first and last success Of the French
arms in 1870, and the one brief foot
hold the French gained on German
soil There Napoleon III. with his son
at his side. led the unprepared French
forces against vanguard Of the army
Of prince Frederick Charles The Ger
mans practiced an adroit sort Of
camOutlage- Day by day the same SOL
diers would appear in different uni
forms and new caps, leading the
a much greater force than was on
hand at that point
When the emperor's son fired the
first mitrailleuse the war was on, the
Prussians retreated in a few hours.
and in Paris the victory was hailed
as 2 Smashing INITIAL success Later
IL was learned that fewer than a hun
dred men were killed on both sides.
Four days later the Germans recap
tured Saarbrucken and proceeded to-
ward Paris.
Is Historic Ground.
Nearly every town along the Saar
has some historic landmark At Saar-
burg are the ruins OF the old castle
Of the electors Of Treves- at Serrig is
a chapel where Frederick William "
laid away the remains Of King John
Of Bohemia. Taben has many ancient
abbeys; at Mettlach IS an eighth cen
fury home Of the Benedictines which
was utilized by an earthenware fac
tory more than a century ago; at
Merzig Is a Roman cathedral Of the
twelfth century, and Saarlouis is the
birthplace Of marshal Ney. An old
castle at Saarbrucken saw the rule Of
the counts Of Ardennes, the pro-
OF Nassau. the garrisons
Of France, the iron rule Of Germany.
and now awaits the decision Of the
Paris conference for its future fate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

the United States until the hungry
people could arrange 70 take Il in
land themselves. It has been shown
that under the pressure OF necessity
the people have arranged for inland
transportation quickly and were will
ing 70 assume the responsibility for
proper delivery.
Gunboat at DauzIE.
The staff at Rotterdam is charged
with seeing that food for the Poles
IS safely delivered at Danzig. The
Inhabitants OF DanziE we're not aware
that the United states would protect
its food as long as it was IN port
and viewed with alarm the entrances
OF a gunboat into the harbor along
with the Westward Ho, the first food
ship to arrive. The alarm vas 80
great that a rumor was spread over
Europe on the basis OF Danzig reports
that the Americans had captured the
town The gunboat still Is there and
viii remain as long as the shipments
continue
The Belgian relief ships 80 TO Ant.
Terp and what supplies il has been
possible TO send 10 the Films have
been directed from the Copenhzge3
headquarters OF the navy.
The direction OF the entire system
Is centured IN the London headquar-
ters
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

! ones adopt begging for a profession.
The Servians. on the other hand, are
Industrious and tidy. The homes OF
the Servian peasants are models OF
cleanliness.
An Educated Race.
The people Of Bosnia and Herze-
goTina have great native intelligence
Many speak several languages. The
educat ted classes are students Of poll
tics and economies The words lib
erty and freedom are constantly on
their lips. They say that all their
hope is centered in president Wilson
While there is an abundance Of food
In the larger cities, some Of the viz
lagos are suffering severely There
is complete lack Of food suitable for
cheildren and the sick Most Of the
hospitals are badly in need Of
blankets. linen, surgical dressings and
medicine There has been an alarming
increase in the number OF typhus
cases, particularly among the poor,
many Of whom have only one outfit
OF clothing which they never change
or wash until worn out. They are
therefore good subjects for the typnus
house.
The American Red Cross commits
sion to the Balkans has sent a num-
Der OF physicians and nurses to help
the local authorities and has also
given the hospitals supplies OF cloth
ing, surgical dressings. and medicines
It has relief stations at Ragusa. Spal-
alto, Fiume, Mostar and Sarajevo. The
United States food administration is
sending large quantities Of flour and
fats into the interior regions. where
restitution IS Worse.
Love America.
The people and government are pro-
foundly grateful for this help from
America On every hand the CORE
spondent heard expressions Of admir-
alton and gratitude among the Bos-
mans and Servians for this timely as
sistance-
It is no exaggeration to say that
america stands first in the affections
OF the people, not only because Amer
lea has helped them with food and
the great nation overseas has cham
pioned their struggle for national
unity and independence
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

regime, in spite OF high-flown prom
ises, led TO final Reorganization.
Cities Starving.
'The urban population, especially in
Petrograd and Moscow. is undoubted-
" starving, although not all Of the
classes are suffering equally. The
harvest Of 1918, according TO all &C
counts, was very good The bOlshe-
vlks have themselves announced Of
ficially that in soviet Russia food
stuffs are only nine percent short OF
the fun amount required to feed the
population.
How can the famine be explained?
BY the fact that the peasants. having
lots Of money but having no posi-
bility Of purchasing what they need
with that money, refuse to sell their
corn. In order to obtain IL. the Boil
sheviks send armed food gangs to the
villages, leaving the peasants enough
corn to last them till the next har-
vest and confiscatinE the remainder.
These acquisitions are accompanied
by all kinds Of oppression and abuses
For example. in two cantons the
requisition amounted to $500, 900
pounds Of oats and 100 900 pounds Of
millet. whereas the quantity actually
taken was 4,6s0.000 pounds Of oats
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
England's Air Record
In VA Shows Wonderful
Growth of Flying Force

London, Eng April 2s.-Here's a
birdseys view Of Britain's air efforts
during the war. as outlined by MAJ
Gen sesly. Of the air ministry;
Started the war with six squadrons
and finished with zoo.
Fought between 10000 and 50.00o
battles in the air.
Were building 1000 airplanss a
month when the armlstice was signed
had $4,000 officers and about $4,000
cadets in service.
shot down just under 5000 enemy
machines in all theaters OF war.
Lost $500 airplanes. the greater
number shot down in battle
Now IS building enormous expert
mental airplzne. with al foot span. IS
feet long, and to carry 10000 pounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

hand. are opposed to home rule for
the whole or any part OF the country,
but in the event OF its becoming in
evitable they have the promise Of the
cabinet through Sir Edward Carson's
influence, that in anW scheme at
tempted the six predominantly Union
ist counties OF Ulster will not be CO.
arced TO come under a Dublin pariia-
menL This IS the great point OF
cleavage
Fear Sim Feiz-
The southern Unionists feel that in
a home rule parliament their interests
would be less likely 10 suffer IL they
had in II a strong representative from
Ulster. but they complain that listers
selfLshness in standing out betraya
them 70 the mercies Of predominant
~ Sim Eeiu parliament In these
circumstances influential opinion in
Unionist circles is being sought TO en-
deavor 70 bring all Unionists together
to fight against home rule in all
forms so long as possible, but in the
end 70 throw all their forces into a
strong opposition in the Dublin par
lament which may eventually Be
forced on them They hope thereby
TO exercise an effective influence IN
mitigating the evils which are apprs-
hended from the extremists OF the
Sim Feln element
II IS with this object that TIE
southern Unionists through their
newly formed body, the Unionist
Antipartition league. have issued a
strong appeal for unity and common
action The men behind this move
meut, Of whom lord Middleton Is the
chief know more OF what is going on
behind the scenes than most people
and the strength and urgency OF their
appeal betray the knowledge which
they obviously have OF the onward
march OF events toward the forcing
~ "a Hnr~ra -rrHa ~--n- --rr--n
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
London Papers Raging OUer Proper
Model For Venus OF The Present Day

7 oNDON, Eng April 2s.-From the
Il newspaper war which still RACES in
London over the question OF what IS
the IDEAL modern Venus. a casual
American reader might picture baggy
trousered artists stalking Regent
street. Bond street and Hyde Park
daily in vain attempt to pierce the
Of feminine camouflage and
emerge triumphantly in print, which
viii silence all further search
Louis Banner thinks the artists Of
Greece had an easy task. for women
were In those days and in that place
more OF type, while their robes were
similar. Hence one could be a judge
with some certainty. How may one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

come TO any reasonably accurate con-
illusions regarding the present genera
ton with 1000 types OF Womaniy
beauty and with all the aids and arti-
tces OF the dressmakers' artl'
He thinks Venus OF Milo as a beauty
"is decidedly out OF date" And he
argues that the task OF the modern
discoverer is one almost verging upon
the impossible But he promptly brings
forward modern Venus. leYertheless
She Is built on these lines.
MY choice would 90 to the woman
with the tip-tilted nose, a ful-dpped
mouth rather on the large size a
good, round chin and long. fun throat
OF course one naturally associates
beauty with a figure rather above the
average than below. The figure should
be slight and wiLowy and the legs
rather long"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26

tremely unsatisfactory, in the view Of
many here.
Germans Of all classes are hostile
10 an Independent Poland They are
especially fearful Of POLAND obtain
ing possession Of the port of Dsnzig.
which would separate from Germany
the east Prussian province annexed
70 Prussia from Poland by Freder-
lex Il
Everyone recognizes Danzig as the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
Allies Must Settle Danzig Dispute
Or Lntenene IN Mem Polish Sfate

7 ONDON, Eng. April 2s.-Keen in
Il terest is evinced here over the
statement Of n Pichon. French min
ister Of foreign affairs, that the
allies must intervene in Poland If the
present negotiations come to naught.
The position Of the new republic Of
Poland poised between Germany. Bo-
hemia and Bolshevist Russia, is ex-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
lac nv GFr MIsH.

HAIG MAY GET WISH.
London. Eng, April 26.-It Is
rumored that sir Douglas Haig viii
become commanderinchief Of the
British forces in India this autumn.
a position said to be the goal Of his
desire" Sir Douglas is now com
mander Of the home forces.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
FOOD ADMINISTRATION HAS BASE
At SARAJEV0, WHERE WAR BEGAN

Bosnian City, the Scene of the Murder Of Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand Shows No Effects of the
Struggle and Is Gay Capital Thronged With Off
GERS and Men of American and Allied Forces
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
lands SUPPLIES FOR
POLES UNDER GUNS OF
WARSHIP AT DANZIG
INLAND PEOPLES FED THROUGH
ADRIATIC AND CON5TANT INOPLE

London Headquarters Directs Hoover's Huge System
Of Relief Through the Busy Stats at Distributing
Points in Reach of the Transportation Lines to
Districts Suffering From Effects of the War.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
SAAR VALLEY FIELD
OF BATTLE IN MANY
EUROPEAN CONFLICTS.
RICHEST COAL DISTRICT IN ALL
EUROPE EXISTS IN 4 SMALL AREA.

Ancient Castles and Monasteres Are Crowded by Busy
Factories and Mines, Beside the Mosele, Where
Vineyards Antedating Christianity Still Produce
The Wines of Which the Roman Poets Sung.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
HOME RULE BILL FOR IRELAND
EXPECTEDAT NEXT PARLIAMENT

Ulster Stands Firm for Allegiance to British Empire
And Declines to Compromise With Insrgent Sim
Fem While Southern Unionists Fear Result of Att
tude of North; Anti-Partisan League Is Formed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
Spectators, Operators and Investors AtUaH
With Interest Auction of 900 Bronx Lots

Prospective home builders, investors
both large and small and operators
are offered another big chance to OBJ
tain Bronx lots at auction this week
Those who may not be able to attend
on the opening day Of the sale on
Tuesday cen go on Wcdne sday, for in
all there are 1000 lots to be disposed
Of, TIE holdings of the Sound Realty
Company. IN order 10 give ali who
care chance 10 attend The auction
and to prevent the haste that would
have to be made ii the parcels were
sold in 2 single day. Joseph p. Day,
the auctioneer, decided to hold it on
Vcsey Street room, beginning at noon.
Lots Bounded BY Transit
These are all the lots remaining in
the possession OF the Sound Realty
Company, which was formed num-
Der OF years ago by several prom
inent business men and real es-
state experts to deal in tracts rf
vacant land. They are located along
and between the White Plains Road
subway and the New York. West
cent TO the Webster Avenue extension
Of the Third Avenue elevated road.
which has It's terminal at Gunhir
and White Plains roads at the Gunhill
Road station on the White Plains Road
subway. and is now in course Of com
pletion; also in the Bayches.cr Ave
nue. STATEN section of the Harlem di-
vision Of the New York Central &
Harlem River Railroad.
OF the lots to be sold practically ali
ere located between the Bronx end
Pelham Parkway and East 243a Street
Oh and adjacent to the several transit
lines referred to. Many O. The lots are
located directly at and adjacent to the
stations on these transit lines. While
others have their frontaees or some
of the most important and fastest
growing thoroughfares in The Bronx.
such as Boston Road. Williamsbridga
Road. Eastchester Road, GunhIl Road
Barnes. Bryon. Lydig. Neill, Home
Lurting, Yates, Herring, Tenbroek
Pearsail and Nereid avenues, The
Bronx Boulevard and many others of
the most prominent and active streets
and avenues in this section.
Sale Comprises Large Area
me area covered by the properties
included in this great sale is about
four miles in length and two 10 three
miles in width The lots are so widely
separated, variouslv located and differ
SO in yheir characteristics that il
would indeed be next to Impossible to
find prospective purchaser VINO could
not discover one or more lots to his
liking and that would answer the pur-
pose of his investment or his require
ments.
Perhaps the most important offering
is that Of the three or four dozen plots
consisting of several hundred lots, 10
Gated on aud Immediately adjacent to
White Plains Road and the subway.
This section. practically all the way
from The Bronx and. Pelham Parkway
to East 243d Street. two blocks north
ot the terminal station at e4lst Street,
IS well improved with business build
ines private dwellings aud a low
multi-fanily houses.
There are in this section many ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

colient opportunities for business loca-
tions and the improvement Of lots with
con- binaton business and residential
buildings. Hardly ever before in The
history OF the auction room has there
been such Wholesale Offering OF fine
corner and inside lots in the Immediate
vicinity Of subway stations, and il is
expected that the bidding for these
properties will' be extremely active
and spirited.
Each Of those lots in fact is a "busi-
ness opportunity an opening for the
establishment there by some local or
downtown merchant Of new store or
2 branch OF an oid-esta olished one
One Of the largest blocks OF lots to
be sold lies between Mace and Adee
avenues, the junction Of Williams
bridge and Boston roads. at Spencer
Square and the line OF the New York.
Westchester & Boston Railroad at the
Alierton Avenue station.
In this immediate vicinity, Jacob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
Start Work on BROOKLYN
$6,OOO,OOO Project
Operations Begun for Building
1000 Attractive Homes at
HYDE Park

In the midst of SO much agitation
by various committees over the high
cost Of rent. II is encouraging to see
somebody really doing something to
help the situation. Definite action 10
help solve the housing problem has
been taken by william +. Harmon &
Co. at their attractive development in
Brooklyn. known as Hyde Park.
Elisha Snifin has just sold Cor the
company to the Prem brook Corporation.
o. New York, twelve hundred lots. on
which will be bu.it one thousan sem
detached houses OF high quality in de
sign and construction.
Ground was broken yesterday for the
first unit Of one hundred houses, the
construction company being the
ellen-Stuart Company, Of Pittsburgh.
Penn. They will be OF frame stucco,
16.4x36.9, on lots 24x10o. They VIII
have all modern conveniences and many
features of special attractivencss.
The houses will have sly rooms IN
five different styles ot architecture.
with hardwood, double Foor.. French
doors, easement windows. shutters and
piazzas and will sell for $500.
The operation will represent cost
OF about $6.0Oo.ooo.
Mr.. Snifin has also financed the frs.
mortgages with the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. all OF which will
run for ten or fl Gen years. Iais
feature will interest prospective buy
ers because it will remove The bugaboo
Of called mortgage and tfe Necessitv
of replacing q mortgage at an neon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

Leitner recently began the construc-
ton Of the first unit IN a group Of six
hundred houses. which operation will
bring large resident population INTO
the William bridge Road and Alierton
Avenue section. Another large block
of lots lies on both sides Of Boston
Road and has considerable frontage
in Gunhll Road
In statement made yesterday Jo-
serh ?. Day, auctioneer said that the
Sound Realty Company was organized
number Of years ago by some OF The
best known experts in the real estate
world. There We're thirty-two of these
men III the original company. Of whom
all but twelve since have died.
The forthcoming big sale has been
ordered because of the constant urg-
ing of the executors Of the estates
that the holdings of their clients be
liquldated and the affairs of the com
pany wound up at the earliest possible
moment. This the twelve members
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
HPAR7MEN7' HOUSE on PROPERTY TO sE Sold
9RO1CW4Y FAciMG EzWC OR7Z1Wc7 pHRK

on Broadway. the westerly line ex
tends into one of the most picturesque
regions Of rolling hills and woodland.
dotted with the homes Of men prom
inent in finance, business, art and
literature. The land hereabouts is held
in strongly restricted ownerships, so
that private dwelling occupation viii
continue 10 predominant indefinitely.
to the exclusion OF commercial and
o9her buildings OF nondescript char
acter.
Builders who have operated in this
section have found ready market
for dwellings Of the six. seven and
e. ght room type, and more recently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

now alive have agreed to dc. and the
sale next Tuesday and Wednesday Is
the result of that decision.
Well Known Men in Syndicate
The original member OF the Sound
Realty Company were all we'll known
men. The twelve that are alive today
are Max Marx. J. Romaine Brown. liz.
nan SOM. William 6 Rosenfeld. Peter
Alexander; A. II. Bowman. Frederick
Grasmuck. Henry Nj. Goidfogle. Joseph
Harnsheim, william II uurs,. Thomas
f. McAvoy and Jacob Rossbach
The twenty estates are those ot An
drew J. Conpich. Martin D. + na. "
than Wise, OTIS X. Dirnmock A. N
Benheim. Joseph Hamershlae. Arthar
Alexander. Thomas Alexander. Jane
Alexander, William P. BAKER. julius
&. Miller. Ernst Fhrmon. George "
Gallinger. 4. ii. kalmus. John c. Roo
gers, Maurice Rapp, Herman RoSen-
thai, Edward O. Scherni kow. William
Lesley Sheafer and Max !. Iliman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

have extended their operations to the
larger type containing ten and four
teen rooms, several Of which are now
IN course of construction.
1t is only within the last few years
that builders Of multi family buildings
have invaded this district. A few
years ago the Van Cortlandt estate
started what was intended to he com
plete Improvement Of the entire front
age Of their Broadway holdings. One
apartment house was erected TO test
tie market demand. ard the house was
fully rented before completion. and
since then has not had q vacancy The
success OF the initial enterprise re-