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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
Ford Employees
ReCeiUe Bonus
Of 10 Million
The Company Starts New
Profit-Sharing Plan on
Huge Scale.

Detroit. Mich. Dec. 31.-An elabor-
alton OF its profit-sharine plan.
whereby all employees will be enabled
20 purchase certificates Of investment
in the company guaranteed 20 return
six percent a year. aad a distribution
Of bonuses that will total between
SS.000.0o0 and S1O.OO0.000, was an
nounced today by the Ford Motor
company.
approximately $4,000 employees Of
the Ford Motor company. and other
interests OF Henry FORD and his son,
EdseL DO is announced, VIII be eliGi-
BILE TO participate. 70 is announced
only a beginning, and that other
plans for charging the income and
Increasing the purchasing power Of
the dollar Of our employees are under
consideration
Based on Wage and Service.
The amount Of the bonuses VIII be
based on an employees daily wage and
from $50 In the case Of a worker in
the c0mpany's service three months
and receiving the minimum wage Of
Sc q day. 10 500 iu the case OF the
worker with five years Of service,
and reccitlug a wage Of $3.50 a day
&
than $3.50 q month viii participate
pr0portionately. on the basis Of the
length and value Of service
Restricted 10 Employees
The certificates Of investment viii
be issued in denominations OF 500,
$500 and $1,000, and are 90 be nom
neeotiable and rou-assiguah They
will be restricted 20 employees In the
actual and active service OF tie COM
pany.
The Investment certificates are 70
be purchased only with wages or
bonuses received from the company.
and not more than one-third OF the
employees wages may be thus IN
vested.
IL is provided the certificates may
be left standing in the name OF q
OF the directors. TO draw interest and
payments for the benefit Of his de-
1eudents.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

gram. Among the organizations
which VIII meet are the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. Inter
national Reform bureau. National
Temperance council, World Prohihl-
ton federation, Methodist Board Of
Temperance, Prohibition and Public
Morals. National Legislative confer
euce- and National Prohibition foun-
dati0n. a victory banquet viii be
held January Is.
The next moral victory IN con
gress," VIII be the subject OF discus
sion at one meeting Of the reform bu-
reau.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
MRS. OFT TRIES
To GET LIBERTY.
Former Ell Paso Woman
Asks for Bond on Charge
Of Numbering Husband.


Dallas, Texas, Dec 3I.-Habeas cor
pus proceedings for Mrs. Andrew Oft,
formerly Of Fl Paso, who shot and
killed her husband, Andrew OFT, here,
VIII be held in Dallas Thursday morn
ing.
Mrs. OFT was indicted by the Dallas
county grand jury last Saturday. The
indictment charges murder. Ii was re-
turned at 10 a. n. while Mrs. OFT sat
in justice court awaiting her exam
ining trial She wore diamonds and
handsome wrist watch set in platinum.
She was calm and a smile was on her
face.
Otis father. r. C. OFT, is here from
Joplin, Mo. "Just a few. days before
my boy was killed, I got a letter from
him asking me TO come and live with
him. said the father Next I heard,
he had been shot and killed
Hrs. Otis attorneys are now anxious.
for newspaper men to interview Mrs.
Oft. Prior to Saturday, she refused
10 see any persons except her att0r-
neFs. It is understood Mrs. Otis plea
VIII be self defence.
On what grounds she VIII base the.
defence is not known. There are two,
snystery. women in the case. One isl
said to be a friend Of Mrs. Oft and
the other a friend Of Off,
Police say that one Of the women
took Otis trunk out Of his room Just
after he was shot and hid 1t. The
other woman was seen with Mrs. Oft
just before the shooting, it Is said
just what part these women play IN
the tragedy Is being kept a secret byj
airs. Otis attorneys
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
CITY SALESMAN PURCHASES
INTEREST m CIGAR STORE

Jack Burke, for ever two years as
ISOLATED with the Louis Lewkouitz
Tobacco company IN El Paso as city
statesmen. and for several months
prior % that. manager Of a local
cigar store. has purchased an in
terest IN the Security Tobacco store.
202 Mills street.
The store viii be improved with
new fixtures and possibly ENLARGED
during the year. Associated with lIr
Burke are Max Hirsch and Ben Kline
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
Ell Paso Not to Become
RENDEZVOUS for ThieUes

Ell Paso IS not 10 become a winter
resort for thieves and drug addicts.
In such terms chief OF police j. r
Montgomery explains his order for
a cleanup, which resulted in many
arrests OF suspicious characters and
iolers Tuesday and Wednesday. The
chief has ordered that all persons
not able 20 show themselves as useful
citizens shall undergo an investiga-
ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
Masons To Keep Al
Records In English

sonic lodges working under the jur-
isdiction OF the grand lodge OF the
state Of New York must Keep their
records in English beginning January
!. 1920. according TO a ruling Just
made by grand master William s.
Farmer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

and imports through Galveston dur
ing 1913. reached a total value %
sf75.56&565. according 70 figures
compiled today. The value OF the
exports is given as s460.0S9.100. Cot
ton led On eypnrts and reached a to-
tai OF 3.355.7S7 bales.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

AUaeTH alla1a AAHEA
at @. me- lsth
meridian time. Dec
81. 1913.
Fure1asfss
FL rlF1 and vicln-
Ity. Tonight prob
ably fair and cold
err Thursday fair
and colder.
New Mexico Gen
orally fair tonight
and Thursday. and
colder Thur day IN
east portion tonight.
Arizona en- %
orally rLfr tonight
and probably Thurs
day. colder north
portion Thursday.
y =r TeEaE- To-
night probably fair
and colder with cold
wave IN north por-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
HOLD . OK MANUFACTURER
CHANCE u aLrnEnr. q

Chicopee. Mass, Dec. 31--Sam Darl-
ing and Max Saunders, Hartford
truckmen. were arrested by marshal
Alfred T. C1rron. OF the ChicOpee
police last night on charges Of man
slaughter. growing out Of the large
number Of deaths IN the Connecticut
valley as a result OF drinking whisky
containing wood alcohol
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
Ell PASn Y. N. c. A. BOARD
TO MEET AT MeNARY HOME

Members Of the FL Paso Y. ". C.
A. board win hold a get-toaether
meeting at James Graham McNary's
residence in Austin terrace Friday
night at 7.30 o'clock. when plans viii
be discussed for the cominE year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

IlIcaE0- III Dc oL--NattleW
Zimmerman, a druggist was recon-
mended held 10 face a manslaughter
charge Tuesday by a coroner's jury
investigating the death Of three men
resulting from drinking wood alcohol
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
HieUes Drain Ships
Compass OF Alcohol

CAN FRANCISCO. calf, Dec 81
y san Francisco police last
night admitted their bewildcrment
at what they called a new one"
IL was the request by Lieut. Com
" n. Wadden. executive officer
Of the q. s. S Nebraska at Mare
Island navy yard, that the olice
locate thieves who broke into the
vessels $1,000 main steering com
pass and drained il Of four gallons
Of alcohol some time Christmas
eve
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
BETTER THAN
WHISKEY FOR
COLDS and FLU

New elixir, called Aspiron-
al, medicated with latest
scientific remedies, used
and endorsed by Euro
pean and American army
surgeons to cut short a
cold and prevent cOmpli-
cations.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

santa Fe. NJ ~. Dec. 31.-Lieut- Gov
B. r. Pankey viii return here jan
uary 5 70 assume the acting governor
ship while the governor Is IN Wash
ingtou,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

London EnE-, Dec 3l.-Lleut- Col
Cuthbert James. coalition Unionist
has been elected 20 the house Of
commons in the Bramley. Kent, dis
trict, over Francis Hodsel. Laborite
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

ticn, temp.-aturs about 10 in Panhandle:
Thursday fair: colder except Panhandle
Relative humidity IN III Paso az noon
Wednesday vas % percent. temperature
at noon was 60
Precipitation last - hours Caehesl .....t
state OF weather -........r
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
THE WEATHER

c. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31

want KODAK Finishirz-see Gan
dara--AdV.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19
POTOSI.

It is with much sorrow that we
must again chronicle the death of an
other young woman of Potosi. Mrs.
Gerhard B. Kaiser, who died Sunday
evening, March 9Th, at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Gunther, with whom she was temper
ar1ly residing. She was taken ill with
influenza follower by pneumonia
about a week before the spirit of the
beloved young wife and mother as
cended to her heavenly home. Gene
We've Gunther was born in the village
OF Potosi July %, 1890 and died Mar.
9Th, 1919, aged % years, z months and
IL days. The memory of the dear
young woman and the home where she
was born and that she loved to we'll
VIII live always in the hearts of those
she has left behind. She graduated
from the Potosi high school with the
CLASS OF 1908 and for several years
hereafter successfully taught school.
Her classmates were Josephine Gies-
en-, Esther Schumacher, Hannah
Droesler, Emma Duve, Isabelle Nc
Laughlin, Lillian Kelly Laura WED
man and Cornelius Elskamp. She is
the first one of the class to pass to the
silent beyond. She was married to
Gerhard B. Kaiser of the town of
jamestown, at st. Thomas Catholic
church in Potosi, Nov. 80, 1916. Rev.
Fr. J. r. Prucha ceseDrating the nup-
tai mass and performed the marriage
ceremony. Shortly after their mar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19

riage the young couple went to Pitts
vile to follow farming. firing of that
country they returned to Grant county
with the intention of going on a farm
near Cuba City and arrived in Potosi
only a few days before the beloved
young wife became i'll and resulting
in death. The funeral took place on
Tuesday forenoon from the home of
the parents to st. Thomas Catholic
church where a solemn requiem mass
was celebrated by FIR. Prucha. Fol-
lowing the funeral services at St.
Thomas church the remains were TAX
en- to st. Andrews cemetery where
the interment was made, Rev. FIR
Scheffer conducting the burial SER
vice. Mrs. Kaiser was a devout Cath
ollc and died with all the rights of
the church. Besides her grief strick-
en- husband and a little boy eighteen
months old, she is mourned by her
aged parents, six sisters, Mary, Jose
phine and Martha Gunther at home,
Mrs. Jos. Kragman of Clinton, Iowa,
Mrs. A. F. Fuerstenberg of Watson,
Sask., Canada, and Mrs. Theresa
Guinon of Grand Rapids, Mich, and
two brothers, Jos. of Clinton, Ia. and
Alois of Werna, Neb. The family de-
sire to express their sincere thanks
to the kind friends who so willingly
rendered their assistance during the
sickness and death of the beloved wife
and daughter and sister.
Mrs. Minnie Pluemer of Elkader,
Ia. is visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
John H. Schaefer and Mrs. Alois PATTI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19

ner.
Nick Schumacher met with a pain
full accident on Sunday week ago.
He was ascending a stairway in front
of the brewery when the structure
gave away precipitating him to the
hard ground. He sustained severe
sprain of his his right leg besides re-
ceiving other injuries. He has since
been confined to his home.
Mrs. JOS Neid had the misfortune
to fall a few days ago and broke a
shoulder blade.
Miss ,Hilda Giesen recently under
went an operation at the Mercy hos
pital in Dubuque for the removal of
a tumor We hear that the operation
was successful and she is doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Marcus are NOV
ing from the village and will in the
future reside on the farm recently
purchased by them from Albert Duve.
DR.. Mecum is having rooms suit
ably arranged for an office in the sec
ond story of the Durley building over
the S. A. Thomas store.
Miss Leila Turner was taken to the
Finley hospital in Dubuque last week
to undergo an operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sanders of Mo-
line, Ill, passed through Potosi last
Thursday enroute to Lancaster being
called there by the death of the lat
ter's father, Henry Thomas.
The vacant store room in the w.
J. Welsh building is undergoing re-
pairs and will soon be occupied as a
general store by Eugene Webb and
Robert Glennon. Both of these men
were members of the firm of Dickin-
son, Glennon & Webb and have had
considerable experience in the mer-
camille business.
Miss Genevieve Kelly, who is TAX
ing training at the New Sanitarium at
Prairie du Chen, enjoyed a few days
visit with her parents and sisters in
Potosi.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Berge have made
some decided improvements in re-
modelling the interior of their resi-
dence.
Mrs. Mary OFT has received word
that her son Ira had safely landed
| from overseas and is looking for his
home coming in the very near future.
Mrs. Jos. Seipp of Lancaster, was
visitor with relatives and friends
in Potosi last Thursday.
Mrs. Neil Mclaughlin was the guest
of her daughter, Belle, in Dubuque a
few days last week.
| DR.. Bowers of Lake City, Mimi, for
merly of Potosi, was a business caller
here last Friday and Saturday.
The Misses Clara Steinforth, Nellie
Clark, Bessie barrow, Ella and Mary
Kelly were shoppers in Dubuque Sat
urday.
At the town caucus held Saturday
the ofllowing named men were nomin-
ated FOR town officers: Supervisors,
G. G.. Hampton, Chmn., Henry Kreis-
er, Jos. Pink; Town Clerk, F. R. Tob-
in; Town Treas, E. M. Wilmott; As
SCISSOR, Jas. McGarry; Justice of the
Peace, E. M Wilmott and H. B. Up
pena; Constables, Leo Lesser, Thos.
Dunn, Jos. Kerkenbush.
At the voltage caucus held Satur-
day evening S. A. Thomas was nomin-
ated for president of the village board /;
trustees, L. G. Edwards, Jess Key and
G. j. Ragatz; Village Clerk, G. L.
Galloway; Treas, w. A. Schumacher ;
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19
DICKEYVILLE

we are having an abundance of mud
but 1t is getting so near spring we
nope to have warmer, brighter DAYS
soon.
Saturday was caucus day, rainv
day, but quite a number succeeded in
getting through the water and mud
and enjoyed the excitement there usz
ually is on caucus day.
AS time passes we notice some
changes in our village. Mrs. Ginter
and daughter are no longer at the
telephone office; Mr.. Wackerbauser
answers the calls now.
John Keufrers started work at his
new feed mill last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Millison have
come from Dubuque and located in
our village
We claim Virgil Piddington as a
| resident of Paris, and the eight or
nine foxes killed by him were in the
town of Paris. ~
Lizzie Remmenapp is assisting Mrs.
Pete Zimmerman with her house
work uoo
Our merchant, H. j. Lebens. is very
pussy supplying the wants of his cus-
toners.
John Hesseling was called to the
nome OF his sister in Harrison to holm
care for his mother who is quite i'll.
Henry Schroeder Sr. is still quite
poorly. 49,
John Gubbles Sr. has moved to Cuba
and will make his home with HE
daughter. Mrs. Lizzie LoeffelhoIz
Clarence Hesseling will work for
Leo Zimmerman this summer.
Nick Zimmerman has finished col
iectlng taxes for this year. but is nom
mated to do the work another year.
Joe Hinderman, our town clerk. is
also nominated to succeed himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19
GERMAN PLAY QUESTION
NOT SERIOUS-PHILIPP

MadisOn-Gov. Philip declined to
discuss plea from Milwaukee Ger
mans for protection in giving a Ger
man entertainment.
Il don't think there is any serious
situation in Milwaukee, he said. II
have heard of no prospect of trouble.
No doubt German will be heard in
Milwaukee for many years to come.
We have permitted it to be taught in
our schools and do yet. The legis-
lature has passed no act forbidding
it, though asked it to do so.''
The governor said he had received
no communication relative to the Ger
man entertainment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19
LEGISLATOR CALLS
SOME HARD NAMES.

T. S. Nolan of GAINESVILLE, called T.
N. Tittemore, Lieut.. Gov. Dithmar and
Industrial Com. Hambrecht, liars and
self-seeking demagogues in the house
last Friday. The sharp statement
grew out of Tittemore's utterances be-
fore the legislative labor conference
when he declared that labor was bet
ter prepared to legislate for the peo-
pie than the legislature itself. Nolan
IN his speech claimed that the legis-
lature represented all of the people
and not just a part.
A Herald want ad will sell il
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19

blasting, retaining land, ditching
and other agricultural purposes will
be revoked on March Is, the interior
department announced The only
qualification is that this revocation
does not allow enemy aliens or SUBJ
Jects OF country allied with an en-
envy of the United States to manufac-
lure, purchase or use explosives at
any time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19
EXPLOSIVE LICENSE
REGULATION REVOKED

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The war
time regulations requiring licenses
for the use of explosives in stump
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19

Joe is very thorough and gives time
and patience to his work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-19

A Herald want ad will sell it.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-21
Negro Preacher, 94, Weds
Rev. Moses Allen Takes Bride
Who Is Forty-Seyen

Here are couple of surprises for
the folks who have heard the Rev.
Moses Allen, q dark skinned itinerant
preacher in Harlem's Little Africa.
The first is that the Rev. Moses, as
spry and forceful speaker as ever
expounded the Bible on street corner.
is ninety-four years old. The second
is that the Rev. Moses is bridegroom.
He was married Monday to Mrs.
Laura Brown, who runs the United
House of Prayer at 1875 West 132d
Street. She is forty-seven years old.
They are living at Is East 132d
Street, where the Rev. Moses sal
lies forth daily to confound and con-
vince the ungodly with the Scriptures.
The Rev. Moses has been preaching
most Of the time since the Civil War,
starting his career in Texas. He was
a slave in Mississippi during the Re
bellion.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-21
Honolulu Offers $4,000
Pathfinder PLANES Leave
Over Course to Toronto
Machines in Race Monday Will
Bear Messages From Wilson
and Prince of Wales

Two United States Air Service air
planes left Hazelhurst Field, Long ISL
and, yesterday to fly over the course
of the international aerial handicap
race, between New York, Toronto and
return, which starts Monday.
The official pathinding machine of
the American Flying Club will fly over
the course to-day. This machine will
be piloted by Cole J. Younger. 1t will
make stops at all three control sta
tions, established at Albany, Syracuse
and Buffalo. under the Identical con-
ditions of the race.
The race, which is under the aus
plces of the American Flying Club, will
start simultaneously from Toronto and
New York. 1t was announced yester-
day that when the American entries
leave Hazehurst Field, Long Island,
they Will carry message of greeting
from President Wilson to the Prince
of Wales in Canada.
The Canadian entries will be started
from Toronto by the Prince of Wales
and will carry personal message of
greeting from the prince to President
Wilson.
The Aero Club of Canada yesterday
announced that the Postmaster Gen
eral of that country has issued 10000
special aerial stamps for mail to be
carried to this city by the competing
machines.
Forty-four machines have already
been entered for the race They will
compete under handicap conditions
for $4,000 in prizes offered by the
Hotel Commodore. American, British
French, Italian and German types of
alrplaneS are enterd.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-21
Grand Jury Ordered to
Probe Milk Dealers
Justice Meeks Charges Body to
Investigate Details of Alleged
Conspiracy

Tho. extraordinary GRAND fury was
charged by Justice Weeks yesterday at
the request of District Attorney
Swami, to investigate an alleged con-
spiracy Of milk distributors here. Mr..
Swami was permitted to place, the
matter before the jury.
He asked that mandatory subpoenas
Of the court be served on the men i'm
plicated in tho alleged combination,
described them as members of COM
bination of milk distributors which
had raised the prices of milk on
August l cent quart"
Justice Weeks said that he doubted
whether or not the grand Jury could
act on matters other than those re-
lating to anarchy. He was assured by
Mr.. Swami that sufficient evidence had
been adduced to warrant immediate
action by the grand jury. The justice
told the District Attorney to continue
with his presentations.
Mr.. Swami said that he is seeking
indictments under Section $50 of the
panel law, which provides tina. III
two or moro persons conspire to COM
nit any act injurious to the pub
lie health, to public morals, or to
trade and commerce, they are guilty
of misdemeanor."
New-York tribune., 1919-08-21
Regan jury Disagrees
Case Will Be Retired Sept. 3
Before SpeciaI T,1ry

The jury in the case of Peter F.
Ckid) Regan, charged with forgery
as a second offender. after being out
four hours was unable to come to an
agreement and was discharged last
night by Judge Mcintyre, of General
Sessions. The court directed that the
case be retired on September 3 before
a special jury. The bail of the defend
ant, $4,000. was continued.
Regan is charged with having forged
the name of Robert G. Hamilton, jr.
of San Francisco, to a travellers check
OF $50. The defendant is brother of
Police Lieutenant Martin Regan.
In his summation William J. Fallon
Regan's counsel, took exception to
points in Judge McIntyre's charge, and
referred to 1T as "an animated sum-
nation for the prosecution"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-21
War HOnOrs To Be
Conferred ON IA
American Soldiers
Belgian, French, Italian and
American Decorations To
Be Awarded at To-day's
Ceremony at City Hall

Among the forty-four former SOL
diers of the American army who will
receive decorations in the Aldermanic
Chamber, City Hall, at noon to-day,
will be Sergeant Thomas J. Haynes,
Of $50 Summit Avenue, Jersey City,
who will be invested with the insignia
Of the Belgian order of Knights of
Leopold. The French Medaille Mill
taire, awarded to only twenty-four
other Americans, will be bestowed upon
Corporal Frank Smith, Of 726 126th
Street Richmond Hill, who will re-
ceivo also the Croix de Guerre with
palm.
Two decorations will be bestowed
upon Lieutenant William Meloney, 11S
West Sixty-third STREET; Corporal Mi
chael Ruane, I'LL Southern Boulevard.
The Bronx, and Lieutenant Thorndyke
Deland, 220 West Forty-sixth Street.
Maloney and Deland will be made
chevaliers of the Legion of Honor and
also receive the French war cross.
Ruane is to have a French war cross
and the Italian Croce di Guerra
Business Men on List
Colonel James A McCrea, vice-pre
ident of the Bankers Trust Company,
and Colonel Richard H Williams, of
Broadway, will be made officers of
the Legion of Honor, while Chaplain
Major John j. Allan, of the 77th Di-
vision will receive the French way
cross
Admission to the ceremonies is lin
tied TO officers in uniform and to mem
,bers OF patriotic societies, to whom
cards already have been issued The
list Of awards follows:
knight of the Order of Leopold [Beigiun)
Sergeant Thomas j. Haynes, $50 Summit
Avenue. Jersey City
Offrer Of the Legion d'Hnnuru%( %(nlonel