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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
UESTIONS
and
ANS WEIR

n How much money was raised IN
" the five Liberty ioaBss C. H. $
a. Altogether. S51.s0o,o0o,oo0 has
been raised
O. when are benefits paid on war
risk insurnnees E G.
A The benefits from war risk in
surance are paid only IA the event OF
the death OF the insured, o. Of his
becoming totally and permanently dis
.ab1es from injuries received in line
OF duty.
O. what are the names o. the Of
Ulcers who have ranked as "no-
miraIf'' J. $ G.
A There have been many rear ad-
r1Irals. even vice admirals, but rev
..a5-7-fraIs~ in the American navy
The following IS the list. AoLliI. .,
David c. Farragut, admiral Datl4 -
Porter. admiral Henry 7. Mayo scnleL
Of Atlantic squadron al presentl: al
miraI William K Benson tchleI Of %
erations) The following men nave
ranked as admirals, while command
ing the squadrons indicated A1stLn
nT knight fAsiaticl, William - "a
nerton (Pacidcl. Albert G. Mlnlef
b~1re- rAsiatic). Thomas B. Howard
rpacfffcl. The Admiral OF the Navy
US a peculiar title conferred on
GEORGE Dewey and never held b. ans
other man
O. How man stars are there in the
heavensf T.. \ ;.
A. The Naval Observatory says
that the best optical means Wnicn
human genius can devise show from a
billion TO a billion and half stars.
and this number is supposed TO De
close 10 the total number Of existing
stars. However. only about $500 can
be seen even on the clearests 1rosLlesL
night, by the naked eye
@. How much money was appro-
uriated by the 18Th or war congress-
r. W.
a In all-s5T. 900. 100000 was appro-
7riated By the 65th congress-
ftnv reader OF The Herald who
vranrs the facts on any subject car
+ secure prompt service BY WrtenB lns
81 Paso Herald Information Bureau
I Frederic J. Haskin, director, Wasnlns- b
ton. ID. c. state your questions DrleL-
I " and enclose q scent stamp FOR re-
1 turn postage All inquiries are con-
Q Fdentfal. the replies being sent direct
7 70 each Individually
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
Keep The Victory Bonds Up

TIEEP YOUR Victory bonds If you can't do that, don't
n eprecate the interest for everybody else by selling
them under value It wrongs all the others whose money
is tied up in these bonds.
Dallas banker announced that he wanted TO buy VIC
tory bonds value $780, at S9s75 Shortly atterWard he
received wire from Washington requesting him 10 dscon-
Time the offer and informing him that his action IN de-
restnq the price bonds injurious TO the credit
OF the government unfair to all holders or bonds be
cause the bonds were 100 cents the dollar and he
was irving 10 induce some holders to part with their bonds
for less than their worth
The banker replied that in New York these notes were
bsing bought and sold prices lower than he Of
tered The secretary Of the treasury Carter Glass; wired
back to the Dallas that the New York stock exchange
was not dealing in Victory bonds all. M Glass again
called attention 10 the depreciation likely 10 result Iron
such offers the banker was making
That the Victory bonds VIII go above par is the view
expressed by Frank NJ Smith, federal district director OF
war loans for this district. He says:
at Is nv personal belief that these viii never 90
below par. I supported in this opinion by the New
York Times which said recently There Is much debate
as to what VIII be the opening price. Many inclined
10 the belief the notes viii move to above par Inc
Victory should command par OF better as soon
as they are listed the exchange"
Nj Smith IS probably right to predicting par for
the notes If they not 90 above par 1t viii be because
people who under ordinary circumstances would be IN the
market for bonds already presumably well supplied
with them On the other hand, these same holders VIII
be interested in preventing possible, the notes falling
below par This be done by ignoring all offers to part
with bonds at the fraction under 1OO In justice 10
the government; fairness all fellow citizens men, wo-
men and children who have bought Victory bonds their
value should be held up to par.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
More Truth Than Poetry =
lis An III Wind, Etc.
By JAMES J. EIONTAGUE.

IT'S an ID wind they say, that blows no one some good
Cor some words Of that sort we reealD,
And though this War depressed us-any war would
things could turn ont much verse, after all
Some blessings have come since the roll Of the drum
Called Yankees to action last year,
And one Of the things that Adversely brings
Is lull m the slang people hear.
MO more 20, you LiddOl" resOunds on the street
And the term, Baby Doll, must have died.
With the word HSnOOky-OOkums" no longer We meet
Twas a terrible thorn IN the side.
That drou "Steve, gOtcha!" spread over the land
Like the growth Of a cancer or gumoT
Til the war came along and one thing that We canned
Was LOT Of that minor league humOE.
come slang fingers On, but slangs not 50 bad,
- And we don't mind expressions ike Pep,
And we don't mind It much when dad tells his lad
He would better be watching his STEP"
Yes some blessings have since the roll Of the drum
Called Yankees to action last year,
And one Of the things that Adversely brings
Is Iull IN the slang that we hear.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
Ripping RHYMES
The Next Crusade
D ~ MAsON

tYIELL next ca1npaignsrs say
w
places pipe,
aght disgrace? quit years
smoked for years. the yard laid buried
and roundy the back and called thing
again
all weep plead while skirhd
day, wTand with the filled until hit the
my yawps nicotine and
nothing world could with mind all placid credit
Copyright By George zattzs~ Adams WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

WE wonder VIA tn ole fashioned
w mayor that used t order tn opery
house biIlposter Z paste dates over tn
legs on tn show bills would think O
tn underwear ads an swimmin' pic
lures in tn modern newspaper. It
must be exasperatin' Z be stylish an
poor.
-opyrleht NatIanaI e.erspaper servIca
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Knoxville, Tenn May ls--Ihe
Community Zine company has filed
application for a charter here. capi-
talized az 81. 100000 The company.
which holds options on more than
100 acres Of zinc land living between
Mascot and Strawberry Plains. Tenn.
isl planning TO BEGIN prospecting work
within the next few weeks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
WANTS TO HEAR FROM
pARENTsr LIVES II Dol Ga

AIRS. Jane Wuabe. Of 1906 A avenue,
Douglas. Ariz.. has written The Her
aid asking that the paper help her
in locating her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. a. Paris. whom she has not heard
from since they were living in FL
Paso. Mrs. Wilabe says her parents
are getting aged. and she fears they
may need her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Washington. D. C.. May 19.-From
France comes a call TO the victory
gardeners fthe United States. It
was in she form Of a request from
Capt. Herman C. Pitts. n. c.. United
States army, asking the National War
Garden commission 10 send one OF Its
garden manuals to his wife in Provi-
dence, r J. "The boys who fought,
says the commission. know how i'm
portant are their home soldiers Of the
sol"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

ONE OF the rewards
THAT SOMETIMES comes
TO COLUMN conductors
Is THAT once in a while.
SOME wELL-srEANING friend
WILL NAME a dog
OR PERHAPS a calf
OR MAYBE a cat
AND GIVE it the name
OF THE -olumn conductor
IT'S HAPPENED 10 me
AND RIGHT at this moment
AWAY OUT in the west
THERE ARE two or three eats
OF THE male persuasion
AND A growing calf
AND THREE good dogs
THAT BEAR my name.
AND IN proud as can be
AND don't even know
IF THEY carry the name.
N A digniaed way.
As I'D like them to do.
But ENoUGH's enough
AND IN worried today
BECAUSE a friend OF mine
HAS SENT me word
FROM THE Golden West
THAT a canning company.
Is CANNING clans
CLOSE By the place.
WHERE I used to live
AND RIGHT on the label
N BIG red letters
THEY'VE PRINTED the name
THE X. c. b. Clam
AND THEY advertise
THAT THE h. c. r. CLAN
Is THE hard-shelled sort
WITH THE TAT little neck.
+ AND THEY further say.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
When TheyNane Things for Fellow
Why in the World Make It Clans?


THAT BEFORE they're canned
EVERY BIT OF the sand
HAS BEEN wsll-washed out
AND THE friend who writes
To TELL ne Of this.
SAYS HE'S tried the clans
JUST BECAUSE he knows ne
AND THEY'RE "tougher'n tripe-'
AND I'VE had his letter
FOR TWO or three days
AND I'VE tried to be proud
OF THIS new distinction
THAT HAS come to ne
AND THEY recall
WHAT A low-down affair.
A CLAN really is
AND HOW cold It is
AND HOW elammy 81 Is
AND II has no senss-
AND JUST lays around
IN A mess Of mud
AND IT makes me sick.
AND WHOEVER it vas
THAT PICKED ny name.
TO GO on the cans
HAD A lot Of nerve
AND MY wife says
THAT SHE can't understand
HOW THEY thought OF ne.
WHEN THEY were looking
around,
FOR SOME sort Of name
THAT WOULD fit a canned clan
/ THANK you
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Elyria, Ohio, May 19.-"TFe are 60
ing 70 have a public spanking and ]
ia open court who viii volun-
teer7' Every husky in the employ
OF the city shot up his hand. The
victims were three small boys who
had hurled stones at a troop train
and had hit a railroad fireman Their
parents agreed TO the spanking or
dered by the court. The 'spankers''
are to be drafted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

The Oklahoma on Producers com
pany has pending a contract TO lease
5000 acres OF land for oil exploitation
and for putting down a veil thereon
five miles north OF Ballingsr. Tex.
The contracts depend upon the ab-
stracts for the acreage being ap-
uroved
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Earl curzon Of KedlestOn said If Germany refused to
SIGN the peace treaty the allies mot unprepared for
every emergency That is the modest backhanded Eng
Iish way of saying the allies all loaded for bear
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
4 Line O. Cheer
Each Day O. The Year
BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

COMMON PROPERTY
I shall not pluck the rose
mat by the roadside grows
For il is bloomins there
For every one 10 share,
To Beautify the day
For travellers on the way
And not a gift for me
To seize on selfishly-
fCopvright. 1913. by the McClura
newspaper Syndicate-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Macmillan Harden spent much Of time in jail because
he insisted on telling the truth in spite Of the kaiser Now
he insists on telling it. spite of the proetarat Making
himself unpopular all around, what chance VIII he stand
he ever wants TO for office?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Well If the San Francisco labor council doesn't think
MONEYS case can be benefited by striking, the matter
might as well be dropped Courts Of the United States
are not to be influenced by demonstrations OF threats
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Those who ridcule Workers and cast asperions on
the draft may explain how it that the nth dy
sion Of draft men, called Metropolitan because 1t came
from New York city envirOns, happened to make
larger advance against the enemy than any other division
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

For some roadhouse patrons the county road would be
too narrow if It 100 feet vide and II II were ha
mile IN width they would get lost
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Hard cider seems to have been left out Of the alcoholic
ban Can that be political maneuver, concession to
ha vnfa7
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

Gold bricks are out of fashion but bottle full of oil and
sand goes fine.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

rnishes readers free o.
b any and all subjects
Q resources q the va
onErssg and the many
Three cents IN post
10 Information uautrd
c = Haskin. Dlrs1tor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

v 9lIlrTo1 TlTl
r. 70 questions on
the unparalleled
AZ Library o. Cor
e az Warrington
STATE clearly the
Bureau. Frederic
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19

O. How much money was appro-
A. In alI.s57. 000. 100000 was aDDro-
uriqted by the 65th congress.
The Washington times., 1919-10-13
Why Not Ask Congress To. Help
Settle Our Street Car Problem
By EARL GOODWIN

The Public Utilities Commission has the hardest Job
on earth and it might do well to cut the whole knot and
tell Congress something like this:
'sThis is NO problem to be settled without law You
created these two street railway companies and look what
p mess they are In. You fix i"
In other words, the ONLY way to get ive-cent fare
is by law
one road would reach this stage in highly prosperous
condition and that the other would be hard put pay It's
operag expenses No foesaW the various tanges and
troubles that have been nightmare to the town. the pas
sengers the officials Of the roads and the members Of the
Public Utilities Commission When the Public Utilities
Commission was created could have foretod the
troubles that lay before it.
Yet there is in the law creating the commission pro
vision that when valuation is found shall be reported
to Congress within ten days.
Surely that seems to indicate that Congress believed It
should fix street car fare rates at least that Congress
situation.
We have situation here that NO utilities commission
can cure permanently.
This is the reasOn Every time rate is raised it is fol-
lowed by another raises and so forth and 50
Meantime the service is not improved the population
is increasing and the general disgust Of the public is
ing rather than waning.
It wants ve-cent fare with universal FREE transfers
The city viii not develop without the easiest and best
street car traffic; and the increased street fares other
cities have not proved blessing by any means
There are ways to get fvecent fare; and Of The
ways is through the Kutz plan; another is by the Sms
merger plan.
fve-cent fare and the deficit any to be made up out
Congress is ready and willing to correct the street car
mudde here
Why not ask Congress to helpi
The Washington times., 1919-10-13
Soldier Blocked IN Civil Service
Promotion

70 tie Editor Of THE TINES:
j have been reading your letters
daily in regard to the bonus for all
eZ-soIdiers. sailors, and marines. Ger
tainly appreciate the fact that you
nFs interested in the boys who sac
Finced everything for their country.
The writer Is an eZ-sOldieF (no
l-Ickerl, married and have served
eighteen months in the United States
army, and certainly think that Con-
gresB should do something for US
boys who lost 50 much Gnacially, as
wei a8 endured all kinds Of hard
ships. II this g. justice, then think
we are not entitled 70 bonus: Before
entering the army in September, 1917
Wns employed under Civil Service Gt
a salary Of 81 200. and after serving
fae above Gpscihsd time in the y. S.
army was reingtated in this depart
mant at the same salary. Have been
in this office for seven months and II
seems absolutely impossible TO get a
promotion. The auditor says the pro-
motions are being made very slowly
now. and a. wasn't employed in
this office before I entered the army
there were others who would be
Granted the increase IN salary before
Be could promote me- Now you real
fre the living conditions have ad-
Rancsd nearly twice what they were
fEasyeaFH ago, yet an receiving the
mnro SALARY which aid. after serving
ny country Tor one and q half yeaFG
~ $50 per month There are quite =
GeT Girls end Womsn living with their
paFeuts we are receiving much bet
6eF salaries than thiG. and in many
careG there are several girls as well
- ths nGF1ltE, On Ghs sane family
el1osa 1UZilE q laEElT GaaIE taal
The Washington times., 1919-10-13

grinding a barrel Of -four at each o them,
paid them that price, plus o profit OF IS
cents on each barrel. and took the hour
away.
.Q-How does the size OF our Merchant
,tiH1R HSriRe compare with that Of other eoun-
A-The United states has the second
largest Merchant Marine. According to
the United states shipping Board, the
gross tonnage OF sea-goinE vessels, inelud-
ing boats from 100 gross tons up Is an fol-
lows; Great Britain, 900; United
states including vessels on the Great
land, 1,574.0o0; Italy, 1905, 900; Japan,
5.S55,0o0; Norway 2,5s7.o0o: Sweden.
on an Indiana railrOadsr is injured
while on his run into Michigan, from which
state you'd he get a wOrkman's eomgen-
sation! g. @.
A.--The United states Railroad Admin
iBtration says that u q railroad man %
hurt while working on an interstate Job, he
would receive compensation from the state
9.-How many ship yards are there In
A.--The United states shipping Board
says there are about 200 shipyards doing
work at the present time.
Q:-How many men are there In the
United States Of voting age? J. r.
A.-Ths estimated total number OF men
UN-A N"~-lNs WV ~ nv N9eAAAg - aNHaaaH-
I5l.
o.-I was drafted in 1913, and served six
months in q military camp IN this coun-
try. Am l entitled TO a headstone?
H. q.
A-Every man who was In the military
service 10 entitled TO q regulation tomb
stone issued by the Government.
On what year was the FIRST issue Of
one-cent pieces made? v A.
A--The first One-cent pieces we're coined
April Z, l792 There was an issue Of one
cent pieces made OF bronze on April -,
1854
Q-Why Is the term parliamentary used
Ia parliamentary law or usage? e. X
A-The word parliamentary Ia de-
rived from the French parliament" mean
ing a speaking or discussing; hence, Il ls
applied TO the form OF law used IN bodies
similar 70 a parliament or legislature
The BureOu cannot give advice on
legal, medical, and financial matters.
II does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaust
ivs research on any subject
The Washington times., 1919-10-13
RECREATION VERSUS UNREST
By Frederic J. Haskin.

that there was great danger; that
In three or four months the coun-
try might be in a hopeless state
of chaos, II something Is not done.
Well, the captains Of industry de-
cided to do it. They decided to
contribute about a fourth Of their
millions in order to keep the other
three-fourths, this fourth to be
used largely in providing amuse-
ment and recreation for the people.
Send Out Trained Leaders.
Trained leaders are to be sent
out to communities all over the
country to organize recreation cen
ters, games, amateur theatricals,
and social affairs People will not
only be provided with free enter
tainment, but they will be trained
to provide entertainment for 9TH
ers. This will help to supply that
The Washington times., 1919-10-13

o.-who writes. ideas Of Plain Country
Women7" Z u. ~
A.-Juliette V. Strauss is the author Of
this feature. She was born IN hockViitie,' ,
Indiana in iss' and vas was edqGgISa siIS fop or me
RockyiIIe Tribune which WAS owned oy
her husband She has contributed 70 IN
diana and various other newspapers ano
magazines.
O.-what is the proper way to place an
Alt should be written in the following
FREDERIC J. HAsKIN,
Washington,
1885 You Street u. I.
rbo re.soD for writing the address this
way IS that the mail may be handled more
sxpeditiously by the Postofnce DepaIt-
ment. The clerks who handle the letteI
from the writer to the recipient. are not
interested in the street address. W hen thS
street address iB placed as mere lhulS1tSI
It may be ignored until It finally reaches
the letter carrier.
o-What did the Peace COnferenoe at
Paris cost the United StatesT Z -
A-PresIdent Wilson asked for an sppro-
priatIon OF 8s2T.B6T for the expenses OF the
peace delegates and their BtahG- II - e1-
timRted that the total amount VIII DC over
100000.
OF a man riding on a car which is
leaps into the air will the car run from
under him or will he come down in the
same place from which he leaPed!
A-Ths car will not run from under him
because his body iG travelling at the same
rate as the car.
o.-Is the present government OF France
and its President SOcialiBttc? o. N. X.
A-President Poincaire Is not Socialist,
and the Socialist party does not rule IN
France.
o.-Is it possible for a snake TO charm
q human being? NJ, U. y
A-The Biological Survey says that II is
impossible for q snake 20 charm human
being.
o-Are the men who served IN the
United States Merchant Marine during the
war entitled 20 the $50 bonuB2 y. 7.
A-Thsy are not. The question: of Civ
ing a bonus TO persons who have nerved IN
the Merchant Marine has been rofrrred "a
Congress. but 70 date nothing has been done
along this line.
o-How did the GoyeTnm0t get It's
flour during the war? ID. II. V.
Alt bought the wheat Ia the fixed
price, took this raw material 10 the mills
studied the mills 70 determir the cost oi
The Washington times., 1919-10-13

demand for self-eXpressiOn, which
is one Of the most significant mani
festatiOns Of this age-sOmetimes
it is called the will to power"
One night several months ago, q
group Of five girls appeared to
watch one Of the choral rehearsals
that was going on. When a third
of the way through the director
suddenly discovered that the girl
who was to sing the next solo had
not shown up. This was the third
rehearsal she had missed, and as
the part was important her ABB
scence was q distinct handicap.
The director could not refrain from
unburdening his outraged feelings,
whereupon one Of the girls in the
group Of FIVE showed her neighbOr,
an embarrassed damsel Of eighteen,
forward, and said.
Here, get her to sing it for you.
The Washington times., 1919-10-13

a great majority Of married sx-
soldiers, This is justice, isn't IL, and
q square deal?
Another injustice is this: II one
held Civil Service status before en-
tering the army, Il Is very difficult
TO set = position elsewhere, at a
larger salary, for the first question
the employer asks do you hold Civil
Service statUs?" Il is impossible to
transfer from one department 70 an
other at q larger salary, for I have
two places in view now which would
pay q much higher salary, but I can
not get Transferred owing to the red
tape Is this justice to the boys?
Just = word in reply 20 the letters
written by Tom L Saxon, Kensing-
ton, Nd, in answer to the one written
BY =. p. +. c., in which he hopes the
Government does not grant the bonus.
/ personally feel that Mr.. Saxon isn't
married, and has q sufficiently large
Income, or there Is something certain
ly wrong with him. Perhaps he is
one Of those shave-tails, which he
spoke Of, and got his commission by
seme political means.
Here Is the whole situation "a q nut
shell: II the Government would dis
pose Of the thousands Of automobiles
which are sitting out in ali kinds OF
weather going 70 ruin, (in the dif-
fereut cantOnmentG) a. well as mil
ions Of dollars worth Of other Gov
eFnmalt property which We all helped
pay for, then they could give the boys
q very liberal bonus. IL this was done
then there would be no need for E. p.
+. G. or his parents or Mr.. Saxon
70 eOutFibuts 20 this worthy cause.
= x room ne Auditor fer War
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