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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
In France
To GiOe Employment of
Families OF The Slain

Paris, France. March 1.-(Corre-
spOndence Of the Associated Press).-
Actual work in the establishment Of
three general workshops for the en-
ployment OF women and girls whose
bread-Winners were killed during the
world war, has been begun by q COM
mfttee Of religious leaders Of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Amer
lea The committee. which has the
sanction Of president Poincare and
marshal Joffre, viii devote S2.50o. 900
to reconstruction and reclamation
work during this year.
Among other projects for the relief
OF the devastated region already
started is the purchase OF a site for
French orphans at Grenoble. which
includes a 250-acre farm to be used
in demonstration work among French
peasants to teach them the value OF
modern methods in farming. The
committee also gave 10 the French
Protestant commission S25.000 to be
expended in rehabilitation work
without regard to religious denomina-
ton
France needs so many, many
things that whatever you do will be
of value, particularly in the devas-
tated regions" replied marshal Joffre,
TO a question by the religious leaders
as TO how the Methodist church in
America could best serve France.
When people return TO their former
the frightful destruction that has
been accomplished there" he said.
they viii need not only material. but
also moral assistance A great ten
dency to immortality viii follow the
shock Of their loss.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

Chinese. Arabs and Dutch. besides the
natives.
Here. as throughout the east. there
IS the most intense desire 10 learn
English This tendency has become 50
strong that the Dutch administra-
ton has taken special steps TO foster
the Dutch language, which one must
know for government position
Everything American is much
sought after: goods. clothing, pic
lures sewing machines and especial
" stereopticon and moving picture
exhibitions. One young Arab asked
ne TO bring him back an American
wife. always get an enormous crowd
at one Of my illustrated lectures.
The natives, knowing ] am an
American, often come to me with their
troubles They pour into my ear all
sorts Of stories. especially their com
plants against the government. On
the whole, the Dutch treat them well.
The Dutch government has promised
to pay the salaries Of medical mis-
sionaries and two thirds the cost OF
necessary buildings. This is one OF the
ways in which the Methodist Centen-
airy movement must take advantage
Of the Sumatran opportunity
Adopt Movie Costumes.
zone curious effect Of American
movies. as told me by native friends,
is that the Indigenous highWaymen
and burglars Of the island have taken
to wearing masks over their faces
since seein-- the latest fashions for
gentlemen crooks in the pictures Be
fore that the idea had never occurred
TO them.
There is another great opportunity
for Christianity among the wealthy,
intelligent Chinese. who are rapidly
increasing in numbers in Sumatra- To-
day the religion OF those not yet
Christians is ancestor worship. with
a mixture Of Buddhism and Confu-
cianism They have great receptivity
toward American ideas
Much OF Java is still wild land. in
habited by wild men. In the north the
Ashinese never have been conquered, [
although the Dutch have fought them
for 500 years. There are a number OF
other backward tribes We have great
tigers. which sometimes come right
into the suburbs Of Palembang, wild
and a curious toOthed bird
living on flesh. which has no English
name so far as I am aware"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

7 ONDON. Eng. March s.-BeIgium is
l. setting her house in order again
very fast
Ten thousand refugees are going
back home from England every week,
returned by British government Ap-
proximately 10000 are yet 10 be
transported across the English chan
mel An will be returned home by the
end Of March. Thousands Of them are
in far better circumstances than when
they came. driven from their homes
by the advancing Huns They have
been working on shells that were 70
clear the Germans from their native
land Others have found employment
in various capacities throughout the
British Isles, while thousands have
been able barely 10 make enough to
keep themselves together
British Provide ships.
The British government is giving
transportation wherever the refugees
are unable 70 pay. King Albert Of
Belgium has contributed 100 900 francs
10 assist in the work The British
government IS using vessels which
have brought repatriated British pris-
oners home In addition to this a
steamship service OF one vessel a day
viii be started between Dover, Eng
and Ostsnd, Belgium. the beautiful lit
tie seacoast resort desecrated for four
years BY the Huns. As soon as posi-
BE a line viii be established between
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Portuguese Aid
In War Azores
kACtiUe Base
Possession Of Islands AS
Base Is Active Factor
In The Victory.

Lisbon. Portugal. March Score
spondence OF the Associated Press y
The possession OF the Azores Islands
as a naval base has been a distinct
actor in the allies victory" says rear
admiral Herbert Omar Dunn. o. s n,
commander OF that base, who recently
arrived in Lisbon. where the American
naval men were the heroes Of the
hour.
Rear admiral Dunn was received BY
the new president OF the Portuguese
republic. admiral Canto e Castro. and
a banquet in his honor was given at
the American legation. which was at
tended BY representatives OF all the
allied powers.
In an interview with a Seculo re-
porter. rear admiral Dunn expressed
his warm appreciation OF Portugars
cooperation in dealing with the U-boat
pest from that outpost in the Atlantic
Nothing would please the Azoreans
better than to be able TO pay homage
10 president Wilson personally. When
tie president embarked for Europe.
rear admiral Dunn cabled a request
that the ship might pass IN view OF
the Islands. The request was granted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

London and Antwerp. The refugees
VIII 90 from many ports. Tilbury,
southampton. Hull and Glasgow, be-
sides Dover and London.
Rescued by Sea.
England proved warm refugee for
thousands Of Belgians Of Antwerp.
Bruges. Ostend- Furnes. Ypres and
other cities Of the northern country.
II was less than 100 miles away from
any OF them The panic-stricken peo-
pie flocAed 10 the port cities. prin-
cipally Ostend. There they were per-
mitted to pile their few belongings
the small pieces Of furniture they
had been able 10 transport by their
dog teams and man-and-dOG teams
into great barges and canal boats
These were towed 20 England Scores
OF them were left at Dover all during
the war Some OF the refugees lived
aboard all the time Other boats were
taken around TO other ports. while
still others were emptied Of their pas
sengers, who went TO the munitions
works Towns were deserted. farms
abandoned before the devastating
Hun
Sad Home Coming.
Now these thousands are all getting
back TO prewar conditions and life as
fast as they are able. But many of
them are going back TO homes that
are represented only by a pile of
crushed and pulveriZed bricks and
stone. Even some Of their little farms
have been narrowed by shell fire so
continually that half Of the soil is
ruined by enormous quantities OF ce-
ment and iron
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
USE RIFLES ON
HUN iVIiTlR5
Shooting auns On Wing
Was Common Sport In
Early War DAYS.

London. england. March S.-Lieut.
Col " H. C. Mansfield. D. s o.. drove
down the first German airplane be-
hind the British lines during the re-
treat from Mons in 1914 Mansfield
then was an acknowledgements. The
German pilot and observer escaped
into a wood and before a landing
could be made by Mansfield a British
cavalry patrol. believing it impos-
sible 70 save the machine from the
advancing Germans destroyed st
The first German machine shot
down from the air fen a victim 10
Lieut. Harvey near LeCateau. August
p, 1914. Lieut.. Harvey brought down
the enemy with his revolver
The first German machine to be
brought down in flames was a victim
of Capt. Hawkes., Y. c., in a British
scout in 1915 near Zillebeke.
Equipped only with a revolver rifle
or shotgun, Il IS a marvel how a pilot
ever bested his foe in the air IN those
days. Now aerial gunnery is a fine
art and the devices include twin ma
chine guns, automatic compromising
sights and sometimes an observer TO
do most OF the firing.
But in the early days OF the war.
aerial fighting was more like knight
erranty OF yore. An authentlcat ted
case Of rifle dueling in the air is that
OF Gen. LudlOw-Hewitt, on March .,
1915, when he was captain OF the avi-
alton service. His machine was an
so horsepower Bleriot His observer
was Corp Fitzgerald Hewitt en-
gagged an enemy machine at close
quarters and the Hun pilot was shot
through the head. The machine
crashed near Armentieres.
Officials at the air ministry say
that the marvel IS not that there are
comparatively few recorded cases Of
enemy machines shot down from the
air in the early days OF the war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

CORK. Ireland, March s.-The story
y OF the torpedoing OF the Elder
Dempster liner Obbosso. one OF the
most vivid OF the war. has remained
untold for more than a year. owing
to censorship regulations
Bound from the Gold Coast with 200
passengers. carrying scores OF South
African negroes who were thrown into
Wild panic that made disciplined res
cue work impossible. the Obbosso was
torpedoed 100 niles of the Irish coast
IN the dead OF night. OF 500 on board
40. including several men Of note IN
England's colonial administration.
were lost ". Gibbs. OF London, one
OF the surviving passengers. gives
the following vivid description OF the
sinking:
I'VE assembled at our boat station
and into No. 1 boat with me got about
30 men and 20 women, including MAJ
Gen Collins a M Whitaker. who
was one OF the Germans OF the Gold
Coast. and several other prominent
men The lowering away went Off
all right until we were within six
feet OF the water. when the negro at
the AFTER 1all ceased low erlnE- The
result was that the boats end was in
the air and her bow in the water and
all the time the Obbosso was rushing
along at a speed q about u knots
We were in that position for some
roaring out TO lower away.
but without result. until some body
on the deck cut the rope with a knife.
Thrown Into Sea
Immediately we were tilted end up
and all thrown into the sea When
1 rose to the surface I found that I
was Imprisoned beneath the capstzed
boat with about 20 men and ten or
II women Try as We would none OF
Us could succeed in diving clear and
many decided to climb on to the seats
and rest there with their faces toward
the upturned bottom OF the boat.
Gradually the sir began to get foul
and IN the small space death was al
most sure unless We could succeed In
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

NEW YORK, March s.-Weird is the
~ story Of a land where slavery.
polygamy and witchcraft are flour
ishinG which Earl r. Hibbard. first
white missionary ever sent TO south
ern Sumatra, a great island southeast
OF Asia, told here recently unop his
arrival in New York
Picture q land where alleged ma
gicians. known as pawangs, who are
said to be able to call crocodiIes from
the rivers and wild beasts from the
jungles are delivered to have control
over evil spirits. and you will catch
a glimpse OF the island OF supersti-
ton in the Pacific
Could Support Millions.
This curious land" said 8Ir. Hib-
bard. lis destined to be one Of the
great countries Of the globe. It has
100000 population and could easily
support 10O.000.000. or all the people
OF the United States"
Mr.. Hibbard is head OF the Metho-
dist school in Palembang. and also
runs a prosperous Christian church.
The leading Christians are Chinese
Chinese are erowding the island rap
idly. many Of them are wealthy mer-
chants
our island is roughly as long as
from New York to Chicago and 400
miles broad, said Mr. Hubbard, who
viii tell the possibilities Of Sumatra
for trade and civilization and the
spread OF the gospel in lectures for
the Methodist Centenary movement TO
raise a S120,000,000 mission fund.
The Noisy river. Of which most
Americans never heard. is a minia-
ture Amazon. and good sized steamers
20 40 miles up IL to Palembang. The
Dutch are building a railroad the
length OF the island. with many spurs.
besides many fine highways Rubber,
for one thing. has a vast future there
-Palembang has $4,000 people OF
which 500 are whites. There IS only
one white doctor for the whole city
All the rest Of the medicine and sur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

breaking the sides Of the boat n order
TO let in the fresh air. saw q ray
OF moonlight through the sides OF the
boat and got 70 work For fully half
in order to tear open hole and event.
ually succeeded, and later was able
TO make the hole sufficiently big
enough 20 get ny head through
Die One By One
ne fresh air gave Us relief for :
while. but little By little the people
beneath got weaker and began TO de
of heard men say their parting
goodbye 70 their wives Mr. Whit
raker, who was on a seat near me,
asked his vile to slip of and they
would try 20 dive clear together. She
replied No, I an too sick can't do
it. Very we'll replied llr. Whitaker,
I viii stay and die with you They
then spoke OF their former happy
life together and said their last fars-
wei 20 one another and died shortly
after.
After about four hours I was the
only living person under the boat and
cOrpses were floating about ne in the
water. kept my head in the hole all
the time and with the rise and fan OF
the sea the Jagged boards cut ~
neck and tore my hands. I was IN a
desperate plight and every moment
was ike a year After seven hours
in this position destroyer came along
and picked me up"
Another first class passenger who
was IN the No. 1 boat Of the Obbosso
described how when the boat was up
set he got clear and on coming to
the surface succeeded with the ships
butcher and q negro IN getting onto
the upturned boat after three-quarter
OF an hours struggle in the water
He could hear the groaus OF the peo-
pie underneath and yet could do moth
ing 10 help
Beats Negro Crew.
A steWardess found herself the only
white person IN a boat which was
launched with about 80 negroes. They
were stricken BY fear and would not
row clear OF the sinking ship. so she
was compelled 20 club them with a
stout stick On the head until they
obeyed her commands.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

gerry there are in the hands Of witches
A Radical CnuIdron-
There is a vast mixture Of races
In my church. where / preach in the
single service Ambonese. Menadenese
Chinese. Malays. British Indians.
Chinese and Javanese. besides Dutch
and English, not forgetting that the
pastor is American
The people. rengiously, have sunk
low. Most OF them are Mohammedans,
but OF a debased form. Idolatry.
witchcraft and animism are mixed
with their Mohamm edanism. The ma
gicians. called paWangs, who call the
crOcOdiles TO the banks Of the rivers
and the wild beasts from the Jungles
and who pretend TO have the evil spir-
its under their control. are highly
thought Of
II I have an enemy and viii pay
a pawang high enough he viii send
a magic. invisible poisoned arrow by
o hontu or evil spirit 70 kin the per
say. ~ H '
Propitiate Spirits.
Every year a great pilgrimage
lasting two days is made 10 the TOP
Of Gunong Dempo, highest volcano.
and in a shrine there the evil spirits
are propitiated.
-Poly-amy is common. Wives are
put away on slight cause. W omen are
held lightly. although they do not
wear the veil and have more freedom
than in other Moslem lands.
Slavery also has not been stamped
out Our Christian people fight it,
and OF course the Dutch administra-
tiou gives IL no legal sanction But
it is there In one case a young man
who had become a Christian convert
bought little slave girl 10 save her
from a horrible fate.
The wealthy classes Of Palem-
bang are the Arabs and the Chinese.
The Arabs came here centuries ago,
and some Of the Chinese have been in
the island several generations and
even have forgotten the Chinese Ian
guage- They do not intend 10 return
TO China.
The school OF which I am prlncI-
pal Is self supporting. We have four
teachers and 100 pupils and teach all
primary and some high school sob
Jects. including typewritir~
Included among the pupils are
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
$500 Each

e. u eDVaE rELEH
great 90 tall out OF the clouds otnera
that It does not hurt you a bit TO
drop 1900 OF 1900 feet. II you know
hOw-and Il only does about $3.50
damage TO the airplane.
Here Is what one genial aviator
figures an airplane ought 10 cost.
Air Flivver. $500.
Alrplane. two scatter. $500. hous-
per year. $500; overhauling. per year.
$50; fuel and OIL per mile. centss
each fan OF coffin is not reQuiredl.
$3.50
According to this comforting young
man, some company should come
alcuE and turn out a breed OF aerial
flivvers at a cost OF $500 down-yery
much down. This type would be a BIZ
plane-that IS. 10 would carry two
persons-would be able to climb 1890
OF $4,000 feet and attain a speed OF
from 40 to 80 miles an hour. OF course.
Il you want 20 fail more than $4,000
feet you must pay for the extra
power required TO get you up 50 high.
Load carrying airplanes VIII be much
more expensive
Fan Costs see.
But repairs viii cost very little"
the cheerful aviator assures you.
Even when you take a bad fan
where IL looks as II the machine were
totally smashed up. the repairs only
run up around $3.50"
VIII Last Two Years
OF course. this amount does not In
clude a coffin or any burial expenses
IL the first fall goes all wrong.
II a man becomes a fairly good
flyer and escapes falling all the time.
his airplane should last him two or
possibly three years and require prob
ably only one cverhaulng al cost
81 about s15e
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
PASSENGER RAT
DAMAGES PLANE
Rodent Endangers AVA
tors by Gnawing Rudder
of Big Machine.

London. England. March E-Another
German atrocity- The Gotha and the
Zep were causes Of divorce
Not because the sight OF friend
wife IN public places in nondescript
clothes. curl papers and cold cream.
brought establishment. Most men
didn't see friend wife in hurried At
tire on air raid nights because most
men were in France at the time
But the william OF the piece die So
friend wife under those circumstances
and IN some eases she must have
looked charming. Easements and eel
lars and tubes were close and init
mate places during an alarm. and an
air raid was an adventure which
som etimes developed an adventurous
spirit
The cold dry facts OF the divorce
court records show that many cases OF
martial trouble started when a manly
arm supported a terror-stricken fsmi-
nine form while the high explosive
shells and shrapnel fire reverberated
through the streets OF London In ons
case recently two correspondents were
named and each had been met when
the Germans were on a rampage
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Classic Oxford Whips
Up; Now Democratized

London, England. March S.-Classic
Oxford university has been democra-
tized. and is 70 be keyed up 70 some
thing like new world speed.
Students must now take their meals
in the hall" In the old days they
INDUCED IN expensive breakfasts and
lunches fin their rooms.
AS the freshmen now VIII be most
ly men who have had five years OF
war taken out Of their lives. and VINO
consequently have less time to waste
in slow assimilation Of knowledge,
the pace In the university will be
fas-er
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Smoked With a Woman
IND ReaLLu Enioued Il

London, England, March s-The
Evening News "Londoner's Diary"
column hastens to explain that the in
stance OF a girl smoking in tube
train is not an isolated case The
diarist says:
"A correspondent writes that he
was alone in a nonsmOking cOmpart-
ment Of q train bound for Teddington
when a woman scram bled in just before
the train pulled out, opened her ciga-
ret case and asked il 7 objected to
smoking OF course said no, where
upon she offered me a cigaret. 1 ac-
cepted and she struck a match and
lit il for me"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Social Positions Were
BadZu ShuffIed Bg Var

London, England. March 8.-The
long war Is turning up some tricks
Of shufled social position.
q enlisted when I was IS wrote
an officer. When I left the army
three weeks ago I held the rank OF
colonel
I've never had any business eE~eri-
ence and visions Of a fruit barrow or
small general shop cropped NJ. a
7 started my Job last week and found
10 my joy that the head Of my de-
parLment was a charming young
woman III find it easier to take in
structions rom her than from nan"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

gain any more laureIs there. for
while he was going up into the line
a piece OF shrapuel caught him in the
arm and back TO the hospital he went
again
When ] saw Thayer his arm was
surgeons had told him that within an
other month he'd be honeward bound.
This wouldn't be such a bad old
war" he said '1f those generals
wouldn't insist on kissing a guy.
when they pin a medal on him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
T FREEDOM Of
AIR PROBLEM
FOR NATIONS
French Ace Points Out the
Necessity For Action On
Aeronautics.
IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN SEA QUESTION

Darts. France. March S.-Mllions Of
1 words are being written and
spoken on the question OF freedom Of
the seas. one OF the most difficult
problems the peace conference is tack
ling. Scarcely anything Is being
written or said about freedom Of the
air. Yet control OF the air may win
the worlds next war and make the
1918 peace conferees look foolish in
the eyes OF the next generation
Allied aviation experts not theor-
lists but men who have battled In the
clouds, believe the peace conference
should devote serious study to the
question OF future war in the air.
They believe a great mistake Will be
made II one section Of the conference.
one commission. Is not entrusted
solely with the work OF studying the
development Of aeronautics and its
probable effect on new wars They
believe this section should have the
advice OF the keenest minds in avia-
ton in the world
Unless there develops from the
peace conference a league OF nations
with power sufficient to prevent war,
the airmeu who have fought this war
believe every nation opposed to Ger
many, including the United States,
should at once raise its air force to
the highest possible efficiency, Lieut.
Fonck, the French ace OF aces. Is out
with q statement opposing demObili-
zation OF the French air forces and
advocating development OF aviation
by all possible means.
Can Srfke swiftly.
Fonck points out. as have other
aviatOrs since the armistice was con-
cluded, that the nation which has the
largest number OF planes available
and the largest number OF trained
pilots and observers. may be able TO
strike the decisive blow in the first
few hours OF the next war. A fleet OF
$1,000 planes could cross an enemy
line days before infantry or naval
units could be modified. could de-
stroy cities, wreck railway communt-
cations and gather such Information
as to the enemy's troop movements as
TO make II comparatively simple TO
strike a telling blow.
Yet discussions in the peace pre-
liminaries. from the military stand
point, have dealt almost wholly with
such questions as restricting naval
armament or limiting the size OF
armies. There Is danger. aviation
men believe that this peace confer
ence may commit the same error past
international congresses have COM
mitJeG IN failing TO forsee such diff
culties as the submarine. FOR example,
created.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Junk The OIdAuto And Buv

lGO UEF-
7 ONDON. Eng March S.-Shove your
l. old auto into the barn and buy
nice cheap airplane il you want TO see
what real adventure is
With thousands Of able avlato-s
turned loose from the battlefield We
are now getting the low down" on
nying. Some Of them ten you Il IS