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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

ONDON, Jan lS.-The whole British
l. navy has got the jazz. Caught #
from the Yanks.
The epidemic is worst among the
officers.
It developed in this way.
Every Yankee battIeship has its Jazz
band And they can put the skirIing
Scotchman in the shade. They viii
play at any time or all the time. as
suits their fancy and the desires OF
others
Several nights ago one OF the com
manders invited a couple Of British
officers over to the wardroom to listen
to the jazz band. The British were
highly elated at the performance.
They We're astounde- that there
should be SO much talent among the
ratings When the evening was
over the British expressed themselves
as having had a glorious time. The
commander babe the British good
night and extended . general invita-
ton to thcm TO come the next night
and bring a few other officers for a
more complete performance.
And we viii give you the latest
Charlie Chaplin reel in the country. %
was added
Came by Scores.
The Nanks prepared for half a dozen
or q dozen officers When the hour
approached for the British TO gather
gigs cutters, launches. steamers and
sailors swarmed across and mush-
rOomed around the foot OF TIE battle
ships companionWay- Scores Of Brit
ism officers scampered up. They hur-
ried 10 the Wardroom as quickly as
they could They soon filled every
chair. Then the American officers
we're compelled TO build a niger
heaven" out OF tables at the back OF
the room. The smaller men slid in
easily The longer-legged men folded
themselves M and were jammed in.
chucklng all the time.
ColtaEiSn Spreads.
And At that there were many who
were disappointed. Their disappoint-
ment was made all the keener when
their fellow officers told them what a
great time they had missed As soon
as the Yankee commander. who first
spread the epidemic, learned Of the
disappointment OF the others he i'm
mediately obtained permission to give
a three days jazz entertainment a
large stage was erected on the de tx
of the battleship. Invitations were
sent all about the Grand fleet. includ-
ing every one from Admiral Sir David
Beatty down.
The ships theatre was damned the
first night Admirals. rear-admira1s
captains, commanders. lieutenant
commanders, lieutenants and junior
officers occupied the reserved section.
while the ships crew festooned them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

I OOKDoG. Eng. Jan 1s.-CCorre-
l. sDondence Of the Associated Press)
Capt William Martin. Of the British
trawler King Stephen who. from fear
% trezchery.. refused to take off the
crew OF the disabled Zeppelin LIS
IN the North sea in February, 1916. died
II months later OF a nervous collapse,
caused b. the mistaken belief that he
had been poisoned. This and other
facts concerning the incident now are
aVauabIe for the first time and It is
possible to tell the story IN detail It
is believed here that the IS Germans
composing the crew Of the LIS per
ished.
The action Of Capt. Martin evoked
denunciation Of alleged British in
humanity" IN the German press which
compared the affair TO the celebrated
BarzIonE case. Il is claimed here that
public opinion upheld Capt Martin in
his position. that Il the had taken the
Germans on board the trawler they
would have captured the vessel and
lisarmed his crew OF ten men II will
be recalled that the Rev. Arthur W.
Ingram. bishop OF London publicly
declared. we ought TO stand by a
skipper. The Germans have killed
chiTalry IN wartime"
His Life Threatened
because OF his action. Capt Martin,
Dc is learned, received a number Of let
tiers threatening his life About II
months after the North sea Incident.
he became III after smoking a cigaret
from q package sent him By mail and
he was convinced that the cigarets
contained poison Analysis Of the to-
hacco proved that his fears were IN
founded but he never recovered from
tile shock The verdict Of his physi-
clan vas that he had died from sheer
fright
The LIS had taken part In 3 raid
over the midland counties Of England
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
Dodecmese Islands
Plead For Reunion
With The Hellenes

London. Eng, Jan 1S.-Residents Of
the Dodecanese Islands recently ar
rived in London with an appeal to
president Wilson, premier LLOYD
George and premier Clemenceau Of
France, that their twelve islands in
the Aegean sea. which were controlled
by Turkey. be reunited with their
mother country, Greece Dr. Skevos
LervOs and Paris Eoussos are the
signers OF the petition. as ~the eNecu-
tive committee OF the Inhabitants OF
the Dodecanese.
The Dodecanese," the petition SAYS.
where Herodotus. the father OF his
tory. and Hippocrates. the father Of
medicine. have seen the day: the
Dodecanese. which have reared and in
spired so many poets. physicians and
philosophers. fervently request you to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

/ in which 81 noncombatants We're
killed and III injured. The Zeppelin
was damaged by gunfire and COM
PEELED TO descend 10 the North sea,
where Capt Martin Of the King Ste
phen found her resting in the water.
According - Capt. Martins story the
Zeppelin's commander offered him a
reward if he would take off the Cen
nan crew but Martin refused saving,
I don't trust YOU
Took No Chances
i had talked IT over with George
quoted as saying. and we agreed that
II We lowered a boat and sent some
Of the crew 10 the Zeppelin they would
be kept as prisoners until we did as
the Germans wished which would
probably be that in the end we should
have them take charge Of the ship If
they came on board. or if We refused
10 fetch them OF they would carry the
crew OF our boat down with them. I
was determined TO take no risks /
knew what the Germans had done TO
my class in the North sea. and. be-
sides, Zeppelin crews dropping bombs
on houses and killing women and
children didn't appeal to me There
were IL Germans and only ten Of Us
and you could scarcely imagine their
allowing Us to take them as prisoners.
There We're two TO one.
so I told the commander plainly
that nothing he could say would in
duce ne TO rescue them. Il was not
a nice feeling TO leave IS men TO
drown. even II they were your enc
mics When the commander saw we
were leaving and that there was no
chance Of being rescued, he and the
others set up a howl Their rage was
awful Shaking their fists in despair,
they kept shouting out Colt strafe
England And they kept shouting
this again and again as long as we
were whiting hearing The weather
had been steadily growing worse and
as no vessel was in sight, I knew the
Germans were doomed, but ] felt that
had done the right thing under the
circumstances
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

2
hatchs and other vantage points
Then came the jazzers-
VIrginian Head Deyn.
Lieut.. Tuuey shelley. OF Virginia
IFS head devil He comes from the only
town in the world Of the name
TransfluTia- He was hesitant about
admitting the name, because he said
at the present II was so suggestive OF
an epidemic de pulled the whole
show together Ensign l. H. David
son, Of Ansonia. Conn. is responsible
for the faZZer music He is officially
recorded in the program as one
who though even smaller. has proved
that he can produce more noise than
turret one" Lieut. T. D. Carr. Of New
York, devised the scenery
With a blast from the band the
great tragedy begins. You know it's a
tragedy because someone is going 70
have his head chopped off Maybe it's
Lieut. Shelley. for they have put all
the blame for the show on him The
thing is called Hop" II is intro
duced as "a nightmare in two spasms
with a prologue and an aftermath.
Official Plot.
Here is the official plot:
Bill Gadget and Jim Swab, having
surreptitiously entered the sickbay
and made away with a dope needle
loaded TO the hilt with liquid essence
Of happiness. talk over the places they
would like to visit and the things they
would like TO do. Having planned
their itinerary they bare their arms
and inject a quantity OF the joy-deal-
ing fluid"
Vow they are off Along come Bill
Gadget. who is none other than John
J. Hoffman, Of Baltimore. and Jim
SWab. who is C. j. Nicely. Of New Or
leans. They are just two rummy
swashbucklin', sWaEEerin'. devils
They take their dope Then they enter
The Harem of Raz-el-DazzelL"
And along comes the prime min
lister. who is really r F. Cav, OF
Boston. and no more Of a prime min
lister than you or any other sailor
He's just all disguised up. The prince
Of Arabia. II. p. HUFF. Of Trenton, fol-
lows. and in the motely groups that
twist up the plot are L F. Greenstreet
OF Kansas CITY, as soothsayer: Felix
Garcia. Of Jacksonville. Fla. as head
chopper; A. Johnson. Of New York. as
the gypsy; F. J. Fletcher. Of New
York, as Naomi. the pearl OF the Nile.
I'm one Of those Oriental taxicabs. all
draped in silks and satins and borne
on the shoulders Of two huskies. A.
W. Moirs of Sugar Grove. Ill. as
Fatima- the sultan's favorite wife.
making an excellent example OF the
rotten taste % the sultan. and then
the dancing girls. r l. Dix, Of st.
Louis; Leon T. Jennings, OF Bridge
port; J. F. Woods, OF Mount Carmel.
Pa George Bosley. of Chicago: An
thony Viearo, OF Lyons, \. Y. and John
T. Moran, Of Waterville. y. Y-beauti-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

.DARIs, France, Jan. 1s.-Marshal
u Foch was about to unleash a new
offensive which would have threat
ened the capture OF all the German
armies in France. Luxembourg and Bel
GUM when the enemy sent his peace
emissaries 70 request armistiee terms
on November g. the day the Americans
.stormed Sedan.
The actual cutting OF the Mszieres-
Longuyon railway crippled the Ger
man transport lines behind the re-
treating front in France and Flanders
but il did not prevent the enemy con-
tinuing his slow and methOdical re-
treat by falling back slowly along
dirt roads and hauling his material
with him, without losing too great q
proportion OF It
Held Germans Safe
The allied high command had no
intention Of letting Hindenburg es-
cape with his armies shattered but
intact, however BY the first week in
November marshal Foch had concen-
trated a powerful force OF men and
massed a staggering number OF bat
teries and tanks in the sector north
closely followed the old frontier as
established in 1871 Chateau Sallns
was the initial objective, with the
valley OF the Saare and Saarbrucken
as the ultimate goal. thus masking
Metz from the east and outflanking
this mighty fortress. already men
aced from the west by the American
elimination Of the Saint lfihiel sa-
lient and their subsequent successes.
The MenacinE Wedge.
The driving Of a wedge northWard
from Chateau Salins menacing the
Saare district would have automat-
icaliy thrown the enemy out OF his
positions further TO the east, espe-
cially if accompanied with a demon
stration in the Belfort region. and
would have threatened the great
Rhine center Of transportation and
war material The operation was al
most carLaln OF SLICES. oWinE TO the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

ash & Perlmutter" which. because OF
the hurry. had not been removed. It
was the London motor buses thar
furnished quick transportation for
~Kitchener's Moo
The French forthwith threw their
caps into the air and shouted.
"Vlve lie Gen. Potash. vive le Cen
Perlmutter.-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
Cheer Generals Potash and PerImutter
-;I:- -;II:- -.Ii.- -:l:- -:il:-
Tomn7ies Receive Unexpected Ovstion

l. told by Mai. Beth. better known
to Americans as Ian Hay
Ii was in the early DAYS OF the war
and British Tommies in a London
motor bus were entering Lille on their
way TO Mons. on the side Of the bus
was the theatre advertisement Pot
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

London, Jan 18-Germany lost Is
Zeppelins during the war. the total
in Germany. The Zeps dropped ap-
proximately 5000 bombs in England.
thus the net cost to Germany was
something like S115.000.O00 for her
Zeppelin campaign And the damage
done in England viii have TO be paid
for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

Rome. Italy. Jan lS.-Nheu the
news Of Austria's defeat came. the
Yanks stationed at the base camp !n
the war zone staged a real snake
dance Of the variety used by college
men TO celebrate football victories
before they got into the bigger game
OF war. The Italian people enjoyed e..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
Soldiers Uniform Has Nine Pockets
-s|:- -.;- -:.:- -:l:- -:l:-
-Pockets Contain 4 Queer Collection

ID ONE. Jan TIE averase sol
N der uniform contains nine
pockets says the Ambulance Service
News. The number IS uniform 50 are
TIE cn1t=uts- Tn the average uniform
pockets VIII be found Unanswered
letters in great numbers. some kind
% a note book % keep addresses in,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
FOCH PLANNED BLOW
AIMED AT CAPITAL
OF The PRUSSIANS
WOULD HAVE SHATTERED ARMIES
BY SMASHING FLANK MOVEMENT

Plans of the Great Marshal of France Believed To Have
Been Known to German High Command and to Have
Caused Acceptance of Humiliating Terms Imposed
On Germany In Return For Halt Of Offensive.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
YANKS LEAVE
HOSPITAL FOR
SHAM BATTLE
Wounded Soldiers Stage
Cambria Fight For Red
Cross Movies.
MAKE 1T LIKE
THE REAL THING

7 ONDON, Jan 1s.-The men Of the
Il 27th and 30th American divisions
who are now in hospital at hartford.
near London. celebrated the conclusion
Of the armistice by staging for the
Red Cross movies" a mock battle in
imitation Of their feat in breaking up
the Hindenburg line between Cambria
and St Quentin during the last days
of September and the first days Of
October. says a writer in the Ameri-
can Red Cross Bulletin
Act On Clutches.
In the mock battle the convalescent
Americans. some on crutches, formed
two detachments. one OF which took
the part Of Germans. while the other
represented the attacking Americans.
Volunteers for the German side were
decidedly scarce. so a policy OF con-
scription was decided upon with two
bars OF Red Cross chocolates for
wages.
Wheeled Chairs Tanks.
The tanks" in the attack were Sc
verely wounded men In wheel chairs:
the ambulanecs were mainly wheel
barroWs- The reserves were all men
on crutches- The battle took place
in a large field near the hartford
hospital II occupied an entire after
noon The opposing armies met IN
the center OF No Mans Land After
a hand-to-hand fight the Yanks smil-
ingly listened 10 cries OF "kameradsl"
as a large German force surrendered
Internationally.
A shell Hole Raid.
Next there wa an interesting ex-
hibition Of grenade throwing. A
group OF Germans in a shell hole"
had TO be cleaned up" and a party
Of Americans under Lieut.. Edward J.
Bonny was sent out to do the task.
They approached the unsuspecting
Germans from a ciump Of bushes and
threw grenades made OF mud into the
shell hole until all but one OF the
Germans were declared killed The
last one OF the enemy at this point
was rushed" and made 10 kiss the
American nag
Large parties Of hospital patients
who were not participants in the
battle lined the edge Of the field
and cheered the participants. oblivi-
Gus to all the imaginary shells and
shrapneL
There was great fun loading the
Imitation casualties into the ambu-
lances. Several OF the severest cases
were men suffering from attacks OF
what the fighters called Laughing
gas"
AT the end OF the battle both sides
adjourned TO the hospital for tea
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

lev envelopes. a lew cisarettes. a
box Of matches. Motto dirty hand
kerchiefs, some more letters from the
states, two or three newspaper clip
pings. a pocket book contents not
eNplOred), many Italian coins OF
large size and small denominations
and some more letters from the
States.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
.RTTSTTCE STOPPED DRIVE FOR BERLIN
BRLTON WHO REFUSED
DROWNING HUNS help
BREAKS DOWN; DIES

Captain of Trawler Who Watched Crew of Zeppelin
Drown In North Sea and Wouldn't Help Is So Sc
verely Criticised and Threatened That He Finally
Believes He Has Been Poisoned and Death Follows
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
Most BeIo0ed Ship
OF American Navy
Is Famous CoIquol

Queenstown Eng Jan lS--Ihe
most important ship in the world TO-
da is not the Queen Elizabeth which
led the conquering fleet in the pro-
cession which divorced Germany from
her navy.
It is the american store ship Col
Quor. Ask any COB"
The store ship comes heavily loaded
with Christmas turkey. candy, TO-
bacco. grapefruit and a hold or two
fHll Of items Of lesser Importance,
such as beans and flour.
take. but the Germans came back
with.
-Englishmen always keep their
word Hot neal Coupon for hot
meali"
According 10 the story, nothing re-
mained for that British division but
to set 10 work at once and prepare hot
food for the hungry prisoners stream
ing in. thereby considerably slowing
up the advance 1T that point OF the
lime
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
Dublin Parts With
american A0iators
With Great Regret

Dublin. Ireland.s Jan 1S.-American
airmen now stationed at various aero
drome centers in Dublin and vicinity
are preparing to return at once 20 the
United States.
They have been saying good bye 70
the friends. both military and civilian.
whom they have made during their
inly popular with all classes. and
during their stay here. one has never
heard a word OF complaint regarding
the conduct OF Americans in any
branch OF the military or naval
service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
@1AecJ5n5S IAT9c eENl1aAE-

=1AscJ555S I1JTc eETsG1ATT
A MEXICAN troops marching into Germany. The men,
most of whom of the 2ath infantry, crossing
bridge the river Mosee, which marks the boundary
line between the duchy Of Luxembourg and Germany. In
group of officers the right is (near fo-egrOund)
Brig Gen. F. C. Marshall. In the background IS the Lux
emburg city of WoTmedange The contrast between the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

kindly intercede IN favor OF their re-
union with Greece. and 20 plead at the
peace conference for their deliver
ence"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

selves around the rurrets, on guns
hatchs and other vantage points
Then came the jazzers-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

fuI things, an painted up and ralLIe-
idazzied TO look Ike the real. genuine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18

able News, Sport
and Classified Section
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-29

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Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-12

the house, amendments to Senator
Cordears blue sky law and confer
ence committee composed of Cor
deal, Peterson and Neal was named.
A motion to place H. r. 414 and
H. r. AIS on the general file after
the judiciary committee had recon-
mended their indefinite postpone
ment was lost, IS to Is. These bills
make it misdemeanor to sell any
property bought on the installment
plan before entirely paid for. The
committee reported the same matter
was already covered in laws.
Alter Pharmacists Rules.
The pharmacists bill was again up
in the senate Friday morning. AS
finally advanced to third reading it
provides that any person who can
successfully pass the examinations
given by the state board is entitled
to a licenye, whether he has ever
had any training in this line or not
H. R. 482, which makes the
weights and measures law much
stricter in regard to the selling of
coal, was advanced to third reading.
The bill provides that all retail coal
dealers must keep weight slips of
all coal sold and upon the request of
the buyer, must load the coal back
and weigh it for the satisfaction of
the purchaser.
The fence bill was passed by a
vote of 10 to II. 1t makes the land
owner bear half Of the expense of
building a fence between his land
and the adjoining land.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-12
SOLDIER VOTING
La " REPEALED
BY The SENATE
Entire Law Rewritten and Ac-
ton Taken With Little 0ppo-
sition; Cut CustodiaI Farm
Appropriation in Half.
BY a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, April 1.-THE state SEN
ate Friday voted to repeal the SOL
der voting law. when the Cordial
amendment to S. F. No. 262, prac-
tically rewriting the entire law,
passed without practically any OPP
position.
Members of the senate argued that
the bill was impractical and only a
small percentage of the ballots sent
out were ever returned. The vote
on the amended bill was rs to 3.
S. F. No. 537, which appropriates
$4,000 to be used for compiling a
list of all Nebraska men in the serv-
ice during the war and giving them
each an engraved certificate of serv-
ice was engrossed for third reading
as recommended by the finance
committee.
For Custodial Farm.
The appropriation for the Gus
todial farm for women, which was
fixed at 100000 by H. R. No. 4O7,
was sliced in half on the recomfnen-
dation of the finance committee. The
bill was also amended so that the
custodial farm will care for women
with social diseases and will parole
no women afflicted with such a
disease. This amendment was pro-
posed by Peterson.
The senate refused to concur IN
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-12
COOPERATIVE
BANKING BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Opposition Makes Hard Fight
on Measure; Call Of House,
Which Lasts Two
Hours, Invoked.
By 4 Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, Neb., April ll.-After
hours of parliamentary strategy, in
which every resource instead of a
filibuster was used, House Roll SOL,
the farmers cooperative banking
hill. passed the lower house Of the
Legislature today by a vote of 50 for
and 80 against.
A call of the house was invoked,
and this lasted for two hours, al
though opponents of the bill tried
repeatedly to get the call raised,
and though there were times when
only one, or at the outside, three
votes we're lacking, the call was
never raised until the final passage
Of the bill without the emergency
clause.
]. o. Schmidt, Nonpartisan
lacquer, of Saunders county, who
has hitherto been considered with
out influence in shaping legislation,
was the leader in the fight for the
bill and when the vote was finally
given and tabulation made, ac-
cording to party lines, it was in the
nature of a Chinese puzzle.
Bankers Oppose Bill.
There are seven members of the
house who give their occupations as
bankers, and there are also so men,
Ders who are stockholders, direc-
TORS or attorneys of banking in
stitutions, who considered this bill
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-12
WILLIAMS And
ALLYN NAMED
ON STATE BOARD
Former Head Of Lincoln Hos
pitaI for Insane Appointed
for Long Term; Allyn
Serves Till July.
BY a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, April 1l.-(Special Tele-
gram -Governor McKelvie has
filled the vacancies on the State
Board of Control, made by the resig-
nation of ex-Gov. Silas A. Holcomb,
effective May l. In a communica-
ton to the senate, which acts on
the appointments, the governor
says:
Il submit to your honorable body
for your approval the following
names for membership on the Board
of Commissioners of state institu-
tons to fill the vacancy that will be
created by the resignation of Hon.
Silas A. Holcomb, which becomes
effective May l, 1919.
Il desire to appoint Mr.. A. E.
Allyn to serve from May /, 1919 to
July /, 1919, and DR.. B. F. Williams
to serve from July l, 1919 to July
l, 1921.
by way of explanation for my
having submitted two names to fill
the vacancy created by Mr.. Hol-
combs resignation, there are several
reasons why this seems advisable.
First, DR.. Williams is a resident of
the First district and would not be
eligible until Mr.. Gerdes, who is also
a resident of the First district, has
retired. Second, DR.. Williams is
now in the military service and will
not be in a position to take up his
work by May l. Third, Mr.. Allyn
has already been confirmed by your
honorable body for membership
on the board to begin July 1, 1919,
and it is desirable that he should
take up the work at the earliest pos
sible moment in order that he may
become acquainted with it.
For your further information, !
would advise that DR.. B. F. Will
liams, whose name is proposed here
for membership on the board, was
for several years superintendent of
the Asylum for the Insane, located
at Lincoln, and I think his many
years of successful connection with
institutional work especially fits him
for this position"