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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
IN BALTIC
GREAT MENACE
To TRADE
Floating Death Dealers
Cause Much Danger
to Shipping.
SHIPS MUST KEEP
CLOSE TO SHORES

Olga. Letvia, Aug. Thousands Of
n anchorless, floating mines laid by
the Russian navy early in the war
still streW the Baltic sea, constituting
a grave menace to traffic between the
ports OF the west Russian republics
and the outside world. The mine fields
are practically uncharted and such
chartings as do exist are OF little
value, for the fields have become
dispersed and stray mines drift with
the winds and tides far from their
original mooriEss.
The only comparatively safe route
through the Baltic Is the narrow
channel from Copenhagen TO Nitau.
recently cleared by British mine
sWeepers. Even this sea lane is dan
gerous, for there Is nothing to keep
derelict mines from drifting into the
cleared zone.
Vessels bound for Riga, Hemal and
RsVal loaded with American Red
Crgss stores and hospital supplies
mast give the mine fields a wide
berth. keeping well inshore. Coast
wise navigation along the west Rus
sian seaboard Is extremely hazardous
with q complete knowledge Of every
rock, reef and current
Formerly the coastal route was
never used by ships in foreign trade,
but now that the menace Of the mine
fields has forced the cargo steamers
inshore. the fishermen OF the region
have given up their traWling and are
plotting trading vessels from port to
port
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Aerial Lines Big Success IN France;
-Four Routes Operating - Planned

one from Paris 70 Brussels, and one
from Bordeaux to Barcelona Other
lines projected are those between An
tibes, IN the south OF France, and
Tunis. the Marseilles-Algiers line; a
erVice between Paris and Geneva and
a long international aerial route be-
tween Paris, Prague Warsaw and
Bucharest For the convenience OF
Americans who desire TO see the bat
tlefields on the western front there
Is to be a service leaving Paris in the
morning and going by way Of Cha
tezu- Thierry and Scissors to Rheims
The work We have accomplished
SO far" said n Flandin, under-secre-
tary for aviation, represents only
small part Of our program But Just
as soon as the necessary credits are
voted Tou VIII see a wonderful in
crease in our activities Our greatest
expense Is In the purchase Of landing
places
''The regulations governing aerial
traffic were drawn up In October.
1913, by a convention agreed 70 by the
principal allied powers. but ali these
powers have not yet ratified the con-
vention- In these circumstances the
nations between which there Is reEu-
lar aerial traffic have had to make
special conventions France and Eng
land. France and Switzerland. France
and Belgium have signed such agree
ments
since the end Of the war aerial
traffic has increased to an enormous
extent Between Paris and London
the service today comprises nearly 100
trips a month In April 1872 passen-
gers and about 10 tons OF merchan-
disc were transported. Twenty sacks
Of mall we're carried IN ths same
month
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
YOUTH SECRET
BRINGS RUSH
OFSUPPLIANTS
World Wide Stampede for In
formation Bothers
Professor

TTIENNA. Austria, Aug. T-Professor
Y steinach. who claims to have dis
covered the secret OF youth. has been
overwhelmed with kilograms from all
parts Of the world asking for infor-
nation OF his method OF rejuvenation.
OF advising the arrival OF patients
AZ Vienna
It was reported that he had claimed
to have found that a certain gland
has an influence over the develop
ment Of human and animal life. and
that, BY a slight operation or by
X-rays, he can accelerate the age Of
people OF retard t.
Steinbach is frightened at this
stormtide- he is a calm scholar, liv-
ing in retirement for his studies. and
aithough he published the results Of
his researches, he does not desire 20
operate. leaving It to surgeons 10 put
his discovery into practice
For a year Steinbach has been
forced TO suspend his experiments.
not having sufficient means at his
command 10 maintain a laboratory.
william RouI. the famous biolo-
gs@<-in an article published in the
%ieue Ereie Press, remarks.
livery surgeon IS able 20 perform
the operation Indicated by Steinbach
without danger 1t is the duty OF
cultured nations 70 give Steinbach a
donation FOR tbs. continuation OF his
researches
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
1000 DEMAND
KAISER'SHOME
BE TENEMENT
Homeless Crowd In Front Of
Palace Shouts for
Rooms In It.

DERLIE, Germany. Aug. -Four
d thousand disconnected Berlin ten
ants demanded with loud cheers
IN mass meeting before kaiser VII
helms Inter den Linden palace that
the SOC rooms in the immense palace
formerly occupied By Wflheln's fam
ily and domestics be used for housing
homeless Berlin families
The mass meeting was called BY
persons embittered by their failure
TO secure quarters through the Off
cial housing commission Spectators
quickly swelled ths crowd until &
filled the space called 'schlossplatz,"
between the palace and the kaiser
stables Ssichsrheitswehr. the green
clad security police used for riot
duty, remained quietly at the edge OF
the crowd when they learned that It
was only an overflow meeting OF q
meiter-rat or renters council"
Speakers found rostrums on pillars
and the pedestals OF statuary.
I'VE demand that the SOC rooms OF
Schloss Freiheit be put at the disposal
Of the housing commission" shouted
one OF the renter orators, holding HIS
speech IN one hand and hanging to a
piece Of statuary with the other.
we demand that the empty bar
racks which formerly housed more
than - regiments in Berlin be con-
verted into dwellings until the hous-
ing priTation has passed"
The crowd adopted the resolutions
with lusty cheers and then quietly
dispersed Those who had waited IN
the hope Of seeing the ambitious ten
ants take possession OF their palace
left badly disappointed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Baby Kissing Barred IF British
MobLewonla1 Runs For Parliament


how their children are getting on in
school ] have been asked more than
once about my own children
But on such occasions there is q
limit beyond which one need not 60
One need not. for instance. pick up
child that happens to be running
about and kiss It Mothers would
regard such an action as an affectation
and would arterward discuss among
themselves what some folks wiz do
to get a vote
Are Keen for Politics.
The men. find. are IN deadly ear
nest and have well conceived views
on all the vital questions OF the day.
The women are more concerned about
their general welfare than about a
candidates views OF their children
They have a keener interest In
politics than men ever give them
credit for.
Housing. food prices, and the prices
Of all commodities are problems
which affect them more deeply than
anything else, and a satisfactory
answer to such questions Is more
convincing than kiss on a baby's
cheek
7 do believe. however, that II Z
district were asked to choose be-
tween two women OF equal intelli-
gence. personality, charm and gem
eral appearance would have a strong
advantage"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Holds Pontius Pilates
Old Job; It's a Had One

Jerusalem. Palestine. AUG The
Office Of governor OF Jerusalem, once
occupied BY Pontius Plate, is now
held BY Col Ronald Storrs. a grad
uate OF Cambridge university and son
o. the dean Of Rochester college.
England
His task is one to test the admins
trative ability OF any man. Jerusa-
lem Is city OF disunions, where.
whatever may come Of the future.
for the moment Zionists and Arabs
are passionateiy divided and to steer
a Just path between them and induce
them 70 join him on that path Is
thankless work.
II is 70 that task. however. that
he chiefly devotes himself Twice a
week he has meetings OF his favorlte
pro-Jerusalem society. where French.
Italians, British. Americans. rabbis.
Iionists, leaders. commercial men OF
standing and others who are in any
way prominent in the life Of the city
are brought together and in the
course OF debate led to see that they
have in common a single citizenship.
His motto as governor Is unity and
be friends"
Colonel Storrs was one OF the prime
movers in the establishment Of an
independent Arab kingdom. He Is IS
years old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Big Ocean Liners Are Doomed; Cost
Of Building And Running Too Creat

I ONDON. Eng Aug The big ship
l. era Is doomed Such Is the only
inference 70 be drawn from the
statement OF Harold A Sanderson, the
White Star line chairman, to a party
Of distinguished guests on board the
Olympic, after II again had been made
into a floating palace from a war
time troopship fuu OF the honors OF
war.
Mr.. Sanderson made Il clear that
the mammoth liner Of today is no
longer an economical proposition,
that IL costs too much to build TO
maintain and 70 run OF the mon
sters" built by the White Star line,
he said, the Olympic was their one
live lamb remaining, and would con-
tinue TO be for long time. The White
star line was going to build to the
extent Of its money and its credit
but. declared Mr.. Sauderson en-
satisfied with something less luxur-
ious than the Olympic.
Mr.. Sanderson let US into the secret
OF this decision OF the White Star d.
rectorate- The ship that had been
II the White Star line had never paid
one penny dividend since the war. II
it had accumulated all its earnings.
and had in addition added the money
received for the ships that had been
lost. and the Insurance money. the
grand total would not enable them to
replace the ships and TO restore the
company to its old position
This decision OF the White Star to
concentrate on smaller ships has IN
doubtedly been come 10 after discus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Senegalese Soldiers
Would CiUiIize Turks

Constantinople. Turkey. Aug. IL
Black troops. many OF them sens-
galess. have been used BY the French
in their joint occupation Of this city.
The Senegalese wear bright green
uniforms and red fezzes. Their faces
are decorated with scars across the
cheeks and about the eyes They
usually wear large rings in the ears
and many OF them have straggly
boards cut 70 a point on the chin.
Although the Senegalese are Moslems,
they get on badly with the Turks,
especially IN the interior. where much
OF the feeling against the French is
traceable 70 the black troops.
A member OF the Turkish foreign
office staff who was educated at sew
eral European universities and has
lived all over the world. recently ap-
preached a group OF SeneEaless SOL
diers near the Sublime Porte and en-
gagged them in conversation, address,
ing them IN French.
~Just why did you come over
here2" he asked.
we came 70 bring civilization to
the Turks the leader Of the group
retorted hauEhtily.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Miss Venus Would Be Poor
Model. Good Stenogropher

oNDoN Eng Aug 7Picue yOuIse-Venus walking
Il the streets Of Loudon's shOn-pate West bs.
It might happen That IS it would inevitably happen the classic
Of
who sell wearing making things
o loneliness.
Miss de Milo might find other
these days It isn't past
present. voted her to be better fitted physically than
model Of beauty present standards The dressmak Of the West
don't
conprOmingy they do it, too.
Of
could her nothing to do except display coak
would be almost impossible gracefully except looseoviug
draperiesD
The Venus Of Milo would look like unless she swathed
OF black velvet testified Miss the Maison
Alexander Il with the artist who said that the dIessmak dream
il scupors nightmare.
@Ths slim straight figure clothes
the classic figure would often look k that
a masterpiece"
VEINS, returned, a stenOEraphsrs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
8 PAIR TIES IN
AUSTRIA FIGHT
FOR POWER
Elections for New National
Assembly Come in
October.
LEVY ON WEALTH
PRINCIPAL ISSUE

Z JENNA, Austria. Aug. Tt Is now
v settled that elections for a new
national assembly VIII be held the
first week IN October Unless an
most unlikely in view Of the present
internal situation. the temporary
cabinet that took office recently viii
continue IN power and carry out the
nonpartisan program agreed on Al
its creation
The wealth levy and constitutional
reform, on which came the deadlock
that resulted in the downfall Of the
Renner ministry, still occupy the
leading place as issues II was agreed
that their consideration should con-
tinue and an effort be made TO reach
a compromise that viii permit OF pas
sage in some form The Social Dem
ocrats and the Christian Socialists.
supported by the Big German party,
are so far apart, however, that an
acceptable compromise OF q workable
character IS regarded as unlikely.
Throw blame on Each Other.
The Social Democrats are uuyield-
ing in their insistence on a compul-
sorry fortune contribution that shall
place the burden OF the taxation on
wealth, landed and otherwise. while
the g.. conservative parties, united in
this declare that 50 radical a meas
urs as that proposed shall never be-
come law.
At present all parties are playing
for position in the coming campaign
and attempting TO throw the burden
OF blame for the failure OF the as
sembly 70 enact any OF the vital
measures before It, on the other
The Socialists at first attempted to
eliminate themselves entirely from
the new ministry. For 10 days they
held out, wishing 10 compel the Chris
tan Socialists and Big Germans 10
shoulder the government alone. The
political move in this was so obvious
that the latter refused the trap and
the socalled working cabinet result
ed In IL the Socialists retain the
portfolio OF var, giving them con-
troll OF the army, while the Christian
Socialists have the ministry OF the
Interior, which means control OF the
police.
Result Is In Doubt
The state Of politics in Austria may
De judged by the Importance attached
TO these two forces
The Big Germans, heretofore IN
represented BY a portfolio, consented
70 enter the temporary government
and hold the ministry OF justice. With
elections three months away IL Is i'm
possible to predict a result The gen
eral belief IS. however, that neither
OF the dominant parties can secure
? working majority. The probabiIiz
ties are that the Big Germans will
make some gains, IN view OF the in
slstent agitation for fusion with Ger
many or Bavaria. and again form a
block that viii hold the balance OF
power.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
REVENGE FOR
MASSACRE Is
JAPANESE CRY
Public Feeling Rises to High
Pitch As Details Are
Received.

TOXIC Japan, Aug IA cry for
vengeance for the massacre OF
the Japanese colony at Niko-
lslevslI. Siberia Is gweeping Japan
Public feeling il rising to q dan
gsrous pitch as new details Of the
Nikolaievsk horror are published The
newspapers declare It Is a greater
crime than the Busitana outrage, and
they demand that retribution shall be
exacted fer the murders.
What has stirred most deeply the
emotions OF Japan Is the story Of the
death Of the commander Of the Japa-
nese detachment and the consul gem
eral who were the last survivors Of
the japanese party.
Kills Fauai1y, Then Frienda-
When the local BoIsheviks occupied
the town the japanese detachment in
dents took refuge in the consulate,
which was soon set on fire BY the
ensny's artillery. The party within
the consulate was eventually reduced
to the consul general. his wife and
two children, and the commander OF
the japanese detachment.
There was no way OF escape and no
thought Of surrender and they SOL
emily dressed in their best clothes to
meet death. The consul general shot
his wife and children dead Then the
two men stabbed each other. Samurai
fashion
The japanese troops penetrated TO
Nflzolaisysk when the ice melted. and
found the town in ashes. saw on the
walls Of the prison cells, where many
japanese were slaughtered, scribbled
verses bidding Japan: Remember"
The earlier press attitude criticiz-
ing the authorities for leaving the
small force st such an Isolated post
has given way TO the general call for
vengeance. Some demand the dis
patch OF a punitive expedition. and
others the annexation OF the district.
The matter IS certain to cause
serious trouble for the government
A special session Of parliament opens
soon. 4 great memorial service has
been arranged to take place in the
public park, and a representative Of
4ha a--ne-nY "a ernecfed n affarH
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Beads and Bread in Same
Class IN Contar7tinobLe

Constantinople. Turkey. Aug. T.
Beads are more necessary than bread
% the Levantine. Men. women and
children wear and carry beads to
ward OF III luck. Even the horseg
and donkeys have strands OF beads
about their necks TO battle the evil
eye" and the long horns OF the work
oxen are decorated with blue and
white beads to keep them from fall
Ing prey 10 diseases.
In Athens. Coustantinople. Tiflis,
smyrna and other cities OF the Le-
want men OF all classes carry short
strands Of fidEet beads which they
play with while walking in the
street. riding In street cars and
trains just as nervous men in the
vest finger their watchchains- Bead
shops abound everywhere in the
larger cities and general stores and
market stalls sell them In the smaller
places Peddlers have them in the
streets everywhere.
Light colored amber beads Of large
size are the latest thing in beads for
women Leerschaum beads are also
popular and for the moment plain
beads OF all sorts have displaced
highly ornate carved beads OF the
type which Syrians produce IN great
quantities for expectation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07

I ONDON, Eng. Aug. LADY Green
IL wood wife Of the new chief sec
rotary Tor Ireland. would run an
intimate" campaign, II as has been
suggested. she were to contest a seat
for parliament, but II would not be &
-Daby-kissing- campaign
As the English wife OF one OF the
foremost Canadian born politicians in
England, and as seasoned cam
paigner in aid OF her husband. Lady
Greenwood speaks with conviction on
the subject OF vote getting methods.
Were contesting a seat today
she said, -canvassing would play a
slight part in my plans I should
concentrate on outdoor meetings.
! should arrange 10 meet the men
and talk TO them at the lunch hour.
More Expected Of Women.
7 should ask the women to come
and hear my views IN the afternoon
when the homework was finished and
the children IN school Those who
were not able to attend meetings /
should visit in their homes-not to
gossip on irrelevant subjects, but to
discuss seriously the problems Of the
day.
Much more is expected Of a woman
candidate than Of a man. The women
to whom she appeals for votes sx-
pect little attentions which men
could be forgiven for overlooking.
Parents sometimes like to talk OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Laborer Seeks To Break
Big Sugar Association

Honolulu, 7. H, Aug. T.-Suit has
just been LAUGHED here to establish
or disprove the legal existence OF the
hawaiian Sugar Planters associa-
ton, an organization comprised Of all
the large plantations in the territory,
whose output in 1873 was valued at
upwards Of $4,000. 900.
The litigation. instituted in behalf
OF a Filipino named Buenavenrura
AginEa- seeks in the first place to re-
cover $500 damages from the associa-
ton for alleged breach Of contract IN
refusing 70 pay AginEa's expenses
back 70 the Philippines after the ex-
piratiou OF his LABOR contract term
Of three years. The contention Of the
association is that since Aginga went
on strike he has forfeited his right
10 the return passage money.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Hawaiiii Il S Main Military
Post WI Be Enlarged

Honolulu, T. h, Aug. IA Earri-
son at Fort Schofield. near here, to
consist Of nine regiments OF infantry
engineers, field artillery and cavalry,
together with a field battalion, a
trench mortar battery, an aero squad
ron. a balloon company, engineer
sanitary and supply trains and rail-
way artillery. is the plan for Hawaii.s
most important military post as laid
before members Of the congressional
party, which spent three days here
waiian department OF the army.
The estimated cost Of construction
under the program. together with i'm
mediate needs and those Of the fiscal
year 1922. was placed at $5,65o.000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07

nAR1s. France. Aug -Four aerial
lines carrying passengers and
merchandise are already in fun
operation IN France, and within two
or three months this service viii IN
clude II more. Besides the Paris
London service. which was Installed
several months ago. there is a regu-
lar service between Bordeaux and
Toulouse, one between Nice and Mines
and one joining France, spain ana
Morocco, with stops at Barcelona.
Alicante and Rabat.
me new lines which are to be
onered this summer include service
between Malaga. Spain and Rabat,
1rorocco- one from Bayonne, in the
south Of France. to Bilbao and san
farder. one rom Paris 10 Verdun, de-
signed chiefly for the benefit OF
American visitors to the battlefieldsi
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
To Raise
Rank OF Legations

Buenos Aires. Argentina. Aug. IT,
Argentina plans to raise 10 the rank
OF embassies her legations in England
France, Italy and Germany, placing
elgn representations in Spain and IN
the United States.
This higher standing OF the Argen-
tine representations in Paris and Lon
don will be accompanied with the
purchase OF buildings in keeping with
their rank.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Hard To Tell Hol0 Kaiser
Is Getting On In Holland

Doom. Holland. Aug. doom has
already begun to display the same
lack OF interest about the former en-
peror William OF his doings as was
displayed at Amerongen-
Only the village busybodies. who
Ike to gossip about everything. sneak
Of him at all. and they. OF course. try
to make mysteries Of everything they
hear, whispering the stories which.
usually, are children OF their own
fancy.
The Dutch police. who guard the
House OF Doom and all OF It's ap-
proaches. are very jealous and nearly
every foreigner who dares 10 ap-
proach the gates IS either arrested
or sharply questioned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Austrian Officers Widow
Is Jailed For Smuggling

Geneva, Switzerland. Aug. L.
Madame Bella Hartmann, young
widow Of an Austrian officer, has
been sentenced at Lindau to pay a
fine OF $4,000 marks and serve one
month IN jail, for smuggling. II Is
said she defrauded the Berlin and
Vienna authorities out Of more than
50 900, 900 by means OF a small army
Of employees at Lake Constance. who
used six automobiles. three motor
boats and other paraphernalia in their
Illicit business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
Toxic Industries
Ire Forced to Shut Domn

Toxic, Japan, Aug. The closing
Of japanese factories on account Of
depression In business has especially
affected the hat shirt and umbrella
makers OF Toxic. Five thousand
Workmen are idle and facing want.
In the Osaka district over 200 fac
tories have been shut The match
industry has been seriously affected.
thousands being thrown out OF en-
ployment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
More Deaths Than
Births In Austria In Year

Vienna. Austria, Aug. III the
present birth and death rate con-
tinues, experts figure that Austria
viii be depopulated by 50 percent in
50 years In 1913 there were 1900
more deaths than births. while the
number OF marriages Was lar above
normal.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07

sion with the Cunard company. and
effect has already been given TO its
new policy. The new liner Homeric
now building az Belfast 70 run in con-
junction with the Olympic on the New
! Ork southampton service. is OF cnlF
$1,000 tons, as compared with the
Olympics $4,000. All the new Gun
arders on the stocks are also Of au-
probably smaller tonnage than the
giant Aquitania, now completing re-
conditioning
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07
WIear Loin Cloth Only
And Choke Profteers

Cardiff. wales. Aug The
mayor Of Newport. Peter Wright.
has Issued a dire threat II the
Price OF clothing does not come
down
Speaking at Abereorn he de-
clared.
y have not purchased a suit Of
clothes for years, and rather than
pay the present prices I viii do
as the coolies do and simply wear
q ioin cloth"