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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
RUSSIANS BEGIN
TOFEEL PINCH
Of HUNGER
Worst Mouths For the
Country VIII Be March
and April.
BLOCKADE CAUSES
MUCH SUFFERING

TTELSINGFORS, Finland Dec 90
n Correspondence Of The Asso-
ciated Press.)-The only bread the
majority OF the residents OF PeuOgrad
have been able TO obtain for months
has been the socalled "duranda." made
from naxseed skins from which the
oil has been pressed n Saponen, a
Pstrograd art dealer, who recently
succeeded in escaping from BOlshevist
Russia TO Finland. who discIoses this
situation says the bread is highly ir-
ritating and causes stomach trouble
NJ Saponen expressed the opinion
that II the allied blockade continued
the worst months for Bolshevist Rus
STA would be March and April He
stated that. though Unemployment
was general in Petrograd. it was diff
flcult to hire E-orkmen owing 10 their
weakened condition and apathy. The
propertied class. who are not allowed
food rations. get nothing except what
they manage to buy surreptihously
By selling their furniture and other
possessions.
BarterfnE Il Extensive.
fBartering Is extensively practiced
In Petrograd and Moscow as wei as
in the country" continued u. Sapo-
men NO one may legally possess
more than 5000 rubles- When people
have nothing more with which they
may trade they must Join the Com
munist party In order TO get work
That IS difficult. however. for the
burgeoisie. All the educated peoplei
try TO move into the country where
conditions are better
HTnwnH 10
that time had enjoyed special priFi-
leges. became the objects Of persecu-
ton, declared NJ Saponen. This grad
ually Increased until June when the
foreigners, especially the Esllsh, were
me Germans after the Brest-
LitOvsk conference could no as they
liked, but a change came with the
German revolution The German dip
lomats we're badly treated and after
June j. all Germans shared the tate
Of other foreigners"
There has been little home life Tn
Petrograd since July l. "a saponen
stated. when parents we're ordered 70
take al meals in the Communal eat
ing house. This order has not yet
been extended TO MOSCOW
owing TO the closing OF millinery
shops and other places employing
large numbers OF women those VINO
were physically able went into the
munition works and factories The
remainder were shut off from a lVell-
hood and we're forced 10 shift for
themselves as best they could
Women Given Protection.
What police protection Petrograd
enjoys Is given by women, said ~
Saponen. and continued:
a year ago every person ~ as
law unto himself. the authorities do
ing little TO Suppress lawlesness. but
since spring the police and militia
made up or women from the Baltic
provinces. have been trying 70 keep
order In Moscow there IS regular
militia, the members OF which are
often. themselves, arrested By sol
diers"
Although burglars caught IN Petro-
grad are promptly executed by the
Bolshevists, robberies are still fire.
quent-
wines and Vodka are still obtain
able at exorbitant prices.
Asked n the Bolshevists were show .
inC any signs of factiOnal division, 81
Saponen said that none would admit
publicly that there was not unanimity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
New Motor Regulations
In Ireland Are Seuerl

Dublin, ireland. Dec 2o.-Much re-
sentiment has been aroused among
Irish motorists by the government S
new order under which nobody is al
lowed to own or drive an automobile
in Ireland unless he has obtained a
permit from the police
It Is intended TO prevent the use o.
automobiles as aids TO crime, Per
mits will be given only TO persons
concerning whose character and dis
positions the police are satisfied
Permits have already been refused
on the ground that the applicants arc
not loyal Before a permit Is issued
the applicant must furnish two photo
graphs and descriptions OF himself
and his car. The regulation applies
to chauffeurs as strictly as TO own
ers. and the drivers and mechanics
union has threatened TO go on strike
II IT IS enforced.
The orders was provoked By the fact
that Sim Fein raiders for arms and
men who had attacked police barracks
have escaped capture BY using fast
cars and motorcycles Traders in
cars and taxicab owners say that the
regulation viii kill their business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
? rince's Mission Vas To
Cement Friendship Here

London. Eng Dec. 20.-Ths warmth
Of America's welcome to the prince
OF wales moved The Globe to remark
humorously- americans viii pIeace
remember that he is our prince. not
theirs" The paper explains that the
Americans gave the prince such a
reception that anybody might be ex-
cused for fearing that they had some
anneXatiouist designs in view"
The princes welcome in New York,
the Globe added, was the real thing
coming from. perhaps. the most warm
hearted people in the world. They
have much TO teach him OF the
warmth OF that friendship which mis-
chief makers cannot break and ne
had somewhat to teach them about
institutions which. 10 may be. they
have occasionly misunderstood
The only thing wanted 10 make
the friendship Of Britain and America
inpregnable is that they should know
one another better than they do To
help on that work was the prince s
mission"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Beyond Craze
Is Paradise Where Eternal
Youth And Happiness Exist
English Author Says New World Is Land of Sympathy
Where Ill Matched Couples VIII Find New Love;
A Place Of Joy and Laughter, and New World
Of Hope and Glory For Faded and Enfeebled.

7 ONDON, Eng Dec 2o.-What is life
l. like beyond the gravee
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. in his
book. The vital Message" claims to
have solved that great problem which
has puzzled the minds Of countless
generations Of men
What we have both in mind and
character" he writes, Eve carry over
with rs No man IS TOO old TO learn.
for what he learns he keeps.
No Physical Side
There IS no physical side 10 love and
no child birth. though there is close
union between those married people
who really love each other. and gen
orally there is deep sympathetic
friendship and comradeship between
the sexes Every man or woman finds
soul mate sooner Of later"
according to Sir Arthur ar
ranEementH are mnde in the next
world to meet the case Of cou-
pies who are I'll matched on
1t is a world Of sympathy" he de-
clares- Only those who have this
tie foregather- The sullen husband.
the flighty wife, is no longer there 10
plague the innocent spouse. All is
SWEEP ana peaceful II Is me long
rest cure after the nerve strain OF
lie, and before new experiences in
the future.
The circumstances are homely and
familiar. Happy circles live in pleas
ant homesteads. with every amenity
Of beauty and Of music. Beautiful
gardens, lovely flowers. green woods,
pleasant lakes, domestic pets-au Of
these are fully described in the mes
sages OF the pioneer travellers who
have at last got news back 10 those
who loiter in the old dinEy home.
There are no poor and no rich.
The craftman may still pursue his
task. but he does Il for the JOY
OF the work.
There wiz be no dull moments in
the coming world
Place Of JOY.
It Is a place Of joy and laughter.
There are games and sports Of all
sorts. though none which cause paiu
70 lower life Food and drink in the
grosser sense do not exist, but there
seem 10 be pleasure OF taste"
Children viii STOW older and elder
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

" people viii become youthful A
balance Of youth. beauty and health
win be struck
erhe child grows up 10 the nor
NAL, so that the mother who lost
a child Of two years old, and dies
herself 20 years later, finds a
groFTn I'D daughter OF - awaiting
her coming. Age which g. pro-
duced chiefly by the MECHANICAL
presence Of line in our nrteries,
disappears. and the individual re-
verts to the full normal growth
and appearance of completed
manhood md vFomanhoOd.1
II is a land OF hope and glory for
the faded and enfeebled. physically
and mentally:
Mourn Not Lost.
Let 10 woman mourn her lost
beauty and no man his lost strength
and weakening brain" states Sir Ar
thur 1T all awaits them once more
on the other side. Nor Is. any de-
formity or bodily weakness there, for
all is normal and az It's best
The same applies 10 all birthmarks
deformities, blindness and other irp-
projections None OF them is per-
manent, and all will vanish in thai
happier life that awaits us
ConEenial Paradise.
In the new paradise men viii be in
con eulal ana Iainillar surrQu lQll Isl
Every earthly thing has its equiv
alent Scoffers have guffawed over
alcohol and tobacco. but II al things
we're reproduced It would be a flaw
II these were not reproduced also.
That they shsIld be abused as they
are here would, indeed, be evil It'd
ings"
Sir Arthur points out that the
revelation @nbolishea the idea Of
n grOtesque he'll and OF n fantastic
heaven He answers the critic
who wants to know why cIairvOy-
ants have visions where the AGED
father Is seen clad In the old
fashioned garments OF another
age. or the grandmother with
crinoline and ehiEnon are these
the habiiiments of heaFen9
Certainly not" replies Sir Arthur
70 the critic OF skeptic. such visions
are not spirits, but they are pictures
which are built UP before US OF shot
BY spirits into our brains or those OF
the seer for the purpose Of recoEni-
ton Hence the gray hair and hence
the ancient garb."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Women Judges Possibility Ii Next so
Years After Fair Sex Has Eliminated
TgmDeramentAnd InstiuctiDe Feeling

should not possess all these quail
ties. The contention that they
may be Influenced By instintie-
tive feeling ~ against calm
Judgment O. not In itself sufficient
argument against their becoming
magistrates.
If the big majority Of women are.
as I believe, stili untitled for the dis
charge OF judicial affairs, yet I think
things are moving very fast in their
favor think the next twenty years
VIII witness an enormous difference
No Sudden RuHtlinE
1T must not be supposed there win
suddenly be a rustling Of women s
dresses on magisteriai benches. how e.
ever desirable in principle il may be
20 have women magistrates The lord
chancellor will require 20 be satisfied
REGARDING the fitness OF women
nominees 20 be justices Of the peace
But with regard TO the high court,
nobody need concern himself about
that, for a period OF from twenty
five 20 thirty years IS the average 4
takes a barrister to qualify himself
for such an appointment, and then ne
can obtain IL only Dy reason Of his
undoubted eminence in his profession
and his qualities OF character and
temper.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
PAPERS REVEAL
PLAN Of RAID
BY IRISH
Evidence Is Produced At
the Trial Of John
HaTrell.
POLICE UNABLE
TO PROVE GUILT

7 ONDON. Eng. Dec. 20.-Three eE-
l. t-aordinary documents, two Of
which we're written in code con-
tanning directions for a raid by Irish
revolutionistH on certain police bar
racks in Tounty Galway, we're read
during the trial Of John Farrell, at
kenmore depot on the charge OF
being in possession Of seditious docu-
ments.
one OF these documents. which, po-
lice testified. were found in the home
of FarreIl's father A. Wolf Ter
race, Athl0u6r directed that no quar-
Ter should be shown inmates Of the
barracks, Il evidently being the In
teution Of the revolucionaries to
carry out the assault while the police
were asleep
The first OF the papers read:
Brigade Instructions.
Headquarters, Moate-
All unarmeo men are 70 1all BACK
on Monte, bringing with them all the
implements posi- le-spades, shOvels,
picks and everything OF use Fourth
battalion viii act as already IN
structed- Al police barracks are to
be rafded. main roads and railways
All armed men must be mounted on
bicycles
Give No Quarter
The second document in code read;
All poiics barracks, except those
situated In towns such as Athlone,
where there Is an Whelmlng su-
periority must be rushed stimuli
faue0usly ana no quarter given 10 the
police Let the officers Of - com
uauy. therefore. prepare plans 20 deal
il the districts in which they are TO
operate. have secured twenty de-
tonatorE and fuses get al the cans
possible say, six inches by four
inches, and mix bits OF scrap iron.
half-inch pieces with cement See 70
this instantly.
The third document, which was not
coded, read:
Ask commandants II they have
found ell places IN district where
arms are kept. and all possible in
formation to same for raiding pur-
poses, 70 hold account Of same undl
cali Brigade Council Commandments
10 get the names OF each P I G. sta
place where they get provisions.
Commanders 10 get number OF SOL
Ciers in districts where they are stu
ated. 10 what particular branch Of
the service they belong, what aero
7r1mes. n any, and whether for con-
artllsry IS situated. also mention the
number Of guns. It IS necessary TO
ascertain as far as possible where
provisions come from
Found Not Guilty
Farrell declined 10 recognize the
right Of the court TO try him. but
cross-eEamined the police witnesses.
one OF whom stated that he could
not say Il the box IN which the docu-
ments were found or the bedroom
belonged 70 Farrell, who submitted
-hat the police had not proved that
the documents we're his
He was found mot guilty" and dis
charged
Joseph RourI7s and Stephen Wise
we're acquitted by court-martial at
Galway the former for being in pos
session Of ammunition and the latter
for having q revolver in his pos
session
found in a tin box in Wise's house
with a membership card OF the Irish
Volunteers Containing Rourke's name.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Busy London Chilly To Friend Cupid;
LOVERS Stand Under Rain-Soaked
Trees And DoorWays To Do Spooning

likely as not. shares this with auotl.
CT young man friend -
What e 70 be done for these boy
and glrls-the future citizens Of the
empireG
Useless 70 suggest that halls should
be opened where light and warmth
would accompany suitable snpervis-
ioni Let Us be candid about this
London lovers don't respond 10 thest
Weli-meaut RttemptE-they have sew
eral times been made-t0 tuEnisr
them with a kind OF charitable spuri-
ously. CHEEKY social center
Given that there q ne home
purlur IN which they can SIT, thcy
vote f0r the freedom Of the open
street strange taste the
-.phflunthropfc worker may con
slider Ia bat there IL g.!
What iE varitahly inhuman. how
ever. IS that IN our streeIs ano
squares there are no seats The lovers
have nowhere 70 sit down anG rest
Hour after hour they must stand or
frudEe Is GO conceivable that the
well-to-do can realize how few pub
lie seats exist In London7 You NAV
walk sor miles and miles and miles
which 70 relax your fatigued limbs
Not Mere spoouinE-
These young people. be it under
stood. behave exactly as lovers In @
Weather class behave. Their cunQu c-
Is. as a rule irreproachable- To dis
miss the whole business as mere
"spooningT Is both vulgar and short
highted All lovers "spoon" and have
a right 20 spoon. Bluntlv. these
"spoouinEs- should be ENCOURAGED
not Ioked askance at Their diacom-
forts. their publicity. are the outcome
OF social conditions Tor which, az the
moment-especially in the light o.
the house shortage seems hope
less TO find a speedy cure.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Predicts Future War;
Urges Oil Conservation

London. Eng Dec. 20.-Rear ad-
mira1 Philip Dumas expresses the be-
lief that the world Is not through
with war.
Save the oil. take care OF Il and
ton OF petroleum technologists the
other day IF for nothing else we
shall require Il for the wars Of the
future, which. believe me, viii come
despite the efforts Of the late army
OF Feniuses IN Paris 70 make future
wars impossible.
This has been war Waged
largely On OIL The next one will be
nearly wholly so, and Bismarck s
Gfctun OF ebIood and iron" brought
uu 10 date VIII read blood and OIL "
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

7 ONDON Eng. Dec. 2a.-Lord Buck
l. master, ezlord chancellor Cchief
justiee) Of England. believes in wo-
men acting as judges. but he does
not think women. who have just been
admitted 70 the bar IN this country.
can qualify for iudgeships under
thirty years
Enactment OF the seL-disqualifica-
lion bill opens Up the prospect Of
women serving on iuries and oecom-
Ing magistrates. and. IN time, even
judges IN the law courts the ape
u the Judicial system
some women OF eLcep L-ollal LaA-
euts are admirably fitted 70 serve on
The magisterial bench or on Jurles'
lord Buckmaster stated, but nothing
1vauld persuade me yet TO appoint
magistrates from the enormous mass
Of ordinary women aucn lhiAs
would be preposterouG-
aTnfT quite recently they have
been occupied in small domestic
concerns AID In performing social
duties Of q trivial Character The
Hftle circle Of events and oceu-
hitherto moved In this country
has untitled them mentally and
remperumemtaliy for real judicial
work IN course OF law
The essential qualities ID good
magistrate are;
Some knowledge Of local affairs
As much freedom as possible
from any political or trade organiza-
ton
Freedom From Prejudice.
Absolute freedom from prejudice
Broad knowledge of human ma
ture-
a character which IS unimpeach-
abe and which commands respect
II see no reason why women
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

I ONDON. Eng Dec 20.-yFhat Is the
Il most pathetic. sight IN London2
7 observe it every evening as I 90
home 10 dinner. And II I fare forth
after dinner TO a theater I Sc the pa
thetic sight again. Through my tavi-
cab window. when return from the
theater. I catch a fleeing glimpse
once more OF that pathetic sight
London loversi
Everywhere-at area gates in the
gloomy side streets or lettering by
the prlson-like ratings which sur
round the gardens IN the squares
there are couples counting
silence Extraordinary.
They stand silently. these pairs
Their silence IS extraordinary. Hour
after hour they exchange not a word
They are too happy 20 talk They are
unconscious OF the passers-oy, uu-
conscious Of the fog. even OF the rain
Their euchautmeut O. eurluhle.
But what a civilization a. this
which allows such cruel-Weu,
uncomfortnbie--cou Do
these poor, blfssful youngsters
really prefer 90 stand. Wenrisome-
y, in the doorwHys and under the
dripping trees whose branches
hang over backyard TnIisf OF
course they don't.
They have no spacious homes in
which the courtship may progress
befittingly. as IS the case with the
rich middle and upper classes There
is more privacy in the street than
under the family roof
Have No Homes
To be sure. there may be no family
roof The giri ls probably living in
above q shop; fhc young man rents
only z halrn.rr In lne.-nnl. IS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Peers Sister Resigns
In Rou OUer u. S. Flag

Rutland. Vt, Dec. 20--Miss Annie
A.. Aftken. superintendent OF the Rut-
land hospital has resigned following
an Investigation begun into an anti
American Incident which occurred al
the hospital recently Miss Altken p
a sister Of baron Beaverbrooks' a
Canadian
An aldermanic investigating com
mittee was told that Miss Anna Nc
Lane. Of woodstock. n B., when
shown a picture bearing an American
nag. said IL would be pretty III 10
were not for that dirty red. white
and blue nag" American nurses re
ported the affair TO Miss Aitkeu, but
She. 10 was testified, reprimanded
them.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Negro Education Urged
Bu Tennessee GoUemoI

New York. y. Y Dec 2e--An ap-
peal for protection for the southern
negro from the northern radical agi-
tator was made BY Gov A H. Rob
erts. OF Tennessee, at dinner in the
Hotel Astor here, which marked the
beginning Of a campaign for $1,000
600 endowment for Fisk university OF
Nashville.
He made a plea for simple Justice
for the black race in the south and
said that while the greatest blunder
fin the history Of the nation was the
granting OF the franchise 10 the ne
gro. thereby making him a factor in
politics. the best way OF meeting the
situation and solving the race ques-
tion is 20 educate negroes for lead
ership OF their own people.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Cotton Nil Strike Ends
After Fight Of 4 Years

Middleton, Eng, Dec 2O.-A cotton
mill strike which lasted four years
has just been settled The employees
Of a spinning mill here quit work fin
October, 1915. owing 10 an alleged
grievance. The plant has remained
Virtually idle since.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Victim Found In ireland for
defence OF Realm Act''

Dublin. Ireland, Dec 20.-Ihe au-
thorities IN Ireland have revived the
PROVISION Of the Defence OF the
Realm act which was employed
freely in the early days Of the war.
Giving them power TO order anybody
suspected Of acting in manner
prejudicial TO the public safety 10
change his place Of residence and re-
move outside a specified area
John Fitzpatrick. foreman OF q
printing establishment in Tipperary.
has been ordered 70 reside hence
forth outside the province OF Munster
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Religious Re0ioal Spreads
Throughout South Wales

Aheraman. South Wales, Dec. 90
Another religious revival is spread
ing over wales. II was started al a
mission by stephen Jeffreys. a Welsh
revfvalist. Reports Of supernatural
visions and instances OF divine heal
ing have been followed by hundreds
OF conversions and people are travel
vivaL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Shipping More Liquor To
Canada Than In Vet Days

birmingham, Ems. Dec 20. - Sir
James Stevenson. director OF dis
tiuery. said in a speech the other day
that. although Canada had gone
largely dry" his firm were being
asked 90 ship more goods 10 that
country than when 1t was supposed
TO be wet"
They had a request from their
agents 10 substitute glass shoppers
for corks. and now that the country
had gone dry. corks were difficult 20
obtain"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
BIames English Govt
For High Cost OF Meats

London, Eng. Dec. 20-The British
Incorporated Society Of Meat Import
ers blames the government for the
present high cost Of meat in Eng
land The society states that the
storage warehouses Of the United
Kingdom are full and that there is no
storage space left for cargoes Of
frozen meat now arriving at the rate
OF $4,000 tons q month.
1T is only the fact that the govern
ment IS the holder and only seller Of
this meat that keeps IL at its present
exorbitaut price declared the society.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Reactions From War Cause
Depression OF Finances

Stockholm. Sweden. Dec -Q-tte-
action after the wartime boom,
strikes. the high cost Of living. in
creased taxation and lack OF capital
have combined TO cause a general de-
preston In the Swedish financial
market
Several large financial and com
mercia1 concerns have recently failed
drawing down with them affiliated
firms stock exchange quotations for
leading securities have declined tn
the lowest figures Tor many years
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Madrd's First Subway
Crowded By Joy Riders

Madrid. Spain. Dec. 20.-Riding in
the Metro. SpaIn's first underground
railway system. IS the latest diver
sion Of the young and old Of Madrid.
The trains are crowded. every hour
being a rush hour, while on sundays
and holidays thousands so home dis
appointed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
THOUSANDS ABANDON
HOMES; SEEK SAFETY
With BRITISH FORCES
LARGE NUMBERS Of GIRLS REMAIN
AS INMATES Of M05LEM HAREM5

Most Tragic Situation In History Unveiled As Rescue
Workers Facing Possible Death, Struggle Back to
Safety; Unrest Grows AS No Action Is
Taken Since Signing of Armistioe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

To be sure. there may be no family
roof The girl u probably living in
above q shop; fhe Young man rents
only a bedroom in lodgings as