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THE RIOHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
ASPIRIN Its Uses
First Introduced by "Bayer" in the Year 1900

Tho namc "Bayer" identifies tho
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
Short SHatcheS
From EUeTyIghere

We surmise the kitchen produces
more b~olshevists than the parlor-
Columbia Record.
Ludendorff says Europe faces dis
aster, but at least it does not face a
German army-Louisville Post
Wonder II those German princes are
asking d divorce because their royal
wives cannot support them2-Houston
Post
II the t~ee-totalers alone had voted
for prohibition. the country would
stil be overwhelmingly wet-Albany
Argus.
Germany is further along IN re-
construction than the United states.
She has. al least signed the peace
treag-CInclnnati Times-Star.
Brooklyn woman. married TO four
man. says she didn't know the law.
Where ignorance IS bliss. it's folly to
be slngle-NeW York Evening Mall
A New York man was permitted to
leave his cell in jail long enough to
get married To save us we cannot
see how he has bettered his condition
Dayton News.
A New York judge has ruled that a
dollar is still worth 100 ent in the
eyes Of the law. Now you know what
is meant by a legal LCtion."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The Shah OF Persia. who is visiting
IN Paris. SAYS his country draws b
line at "shimmy dancing and decol-
lete dresses-Which fact perhaps. ac-
counts for his visit 10 Paris-Nash-
Vile Iennessean.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
A Ripping
DetectiUe Story
Copyright. 1913, BY James A. McCann Co
All rights reserved.

tilated thing, and carried It TO the
ground, loud booming, like the black
crack OF doom Jagged, burning bits
OF wood. twisted balconies red hot
striking the German embassy
Already D embassy people had
poured into the street. panic-stricken,
shouting. cryinE-runuing here and
there in a helpless endeavor-trying
TO save 20 help-Lhen. seeing the fur
mace OF flames, crimson glowing. hiss
ing. sputterinE roaring they turned
and ran
In another minute a fire alarm
doomed q q
Don't let our prisoners escaper
Tenant. keeping his. presence OF
mind, turned TO Xavier Rouy- Take
them away"
"Am right monsieur" and the po-
lice captain clicked the handouts
into place. and hustled his prisoners
down the street through the crowd
OF excited. frightened. gesticuIating
men and women who were pouring
from neighboring houses.
a few more minutes ard there was
the dun, staccat0 humping OF hoofs,
the shriekinE Of KlaXOns and the en-
zines. the ladders and all the rest OF
the fire fighting p-araphernalia
Wnlrled round the corner. the fire
men half dressed. clinEng on behind.
on the sides, wherever they could find
an inch OF support.
It was late that night and Ten
nant sitting soherly on a plush COW
cred ottoman side by side with An
Sele, holding her hand like a respect
ao-e French fiance, was listening TO
II. LantaiEne.
The latter had been sneatf-- fo-
several MINUTES
Monsieur, ne wound I'D. 7 owe
you a debt Of gratitude which ] shall
never be able TO repay. Tou-you
nave been nobly unselfish. You re-
Iuse to take to your credit Of HAVING
solved the Jarvet-Steynard affafT
1ou prefer TO let Il remain a mystery
70 the genera public so as TO save
ne from disgrace and my son.
Lantaigne.- interrupted the
american II guess I am doing right
Neither more nor less. MarceIf"-he
smiled al the Young Lantaigne="Is
Q a murderer. He is a patriot IA
hliled two Of Frances most DANGER
Z enemies Marcelt"-he turned to.
nlm qirect-why don't YOU 20 10.
America It's a bully little old conn
~ III give o letters to friends Of
nine You'll make your way there
you'll forget what is past
Marcel shook his head.
ran youl he said. simply. But.
T shall stay here. France viii nesS
me soon. with war near"
hnt how can I express nv graft
tuqe the chief OF the secret political
police asked again.
Tenant laughed his frank nor-rsr
American laugh.
= taxing your son gently By the
hand. goin~ 20 the door. and CLOSING
u from the outside. I want 10 fa7F
70 your daughter"
on, money he whispered. as the
door closed softly on father and qon
I am so madly IN love with YOU
THE END.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22

under them. there seemed TO be no
sign OF injury
-One man who was going around
in he evening. said that he had been
10 the Associated Charities but that
he was too late as the lodging house
closed and he convinced a we'll
known woman by this argument. and
collected monev there. She was sur
prised the next day when she phoned
and was told that the lodging house
open nlEht and day. and that no
man answering the description of
this man had been near. Another
Falls has been begging for a ticket
there for about six weeks. From the
reports that pour into the office Of
the Associated Charities. she must
have collected several hundred dol
begging from house TO house.
She has used the money TO buy drugs.
Although she was bought a ticket at
one time 20 Wichita Fails and put
on the train. she went TO the first
station out OF Fl Paso and got off and
returned 60 ply her trade.
About % men every night apply at
the lodging house Gud these men
mostly are sick and crippled and a
few have been men out OF work Al
most without exception. they are mer
would not make a public *
from door to door. Any nan or
woman with any respect or pride
would much prefer to go TO an or
ganization. where their condition Is
made public n where they have
10 tel their story once only, than to
from door 10 door and keep re-
peating their appeal day after day
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22

A FEW minutes earlier Tenant
n had decided that. with war near.
Nordeg alive and a prisoner,would be
a tremendously valuable asset inthe
hands Of the French government Now
he was curiously glad that the man
was dying. He did not like the pic
tpre OF him in prison, eating out his
heart He felt a certain sneaklng ad-
miration for this man who had out
Heroded Heroc with steel OF daring
who was a Robespierre in his sincere,
savage. i~ncorruptible ruthlessness
and when NOrdeg momentarily came
out Of his stupor and trled TO speak,
Tenant bent over him a~nXiously.
What is itE he asked. softly Tell
help me up" The words came nat,
s~taccato. Lean me there against
wall want TO die standing-by my
self"
sure, 1 understand"
Tenant slipped his arm around
Nordeg's waist and half dragged him
to the wall.
prop you up. shall j."
-Kes-ittle more TO left-brack-
What about the bracket.
"Help-reach=
OH get you You want to hold
on 70 the bracket to support yourself.
An right. Steady there-steady-
and Tenant helped the mans yell
owing cropping 1lugegrs to reach up
10 the bracket They held there. IA a
spasm"
Then again the terrible noise. half
laughter and half pain, blew from
Nordeg's lips; and again he spoke IN
that flat, s~taccato manner. as IN it
was his energy. his inVincible soul
which kept his life from ebbing into
the dark Of final oblivion:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
THE Man With THE LIMP
By ACHMED ABDULLAH


I die-yes-but you too-au Of
you-you die-like rats Trick walls
both ways-takes you half hour
perhaps more find combination
The word gurgIed out in his throat.
Very suddenly. punching every ounce
Of his dying strength and energy and
savagery and hatred into a tremen-
dous, final effort, he pulled at the
bracket
1t clicked protestinEly. then broke.
Came a strange. threatening, splinter
ing. Kissing noise. a faint pop
-Dead-all@ he stammered, sink
ing 70 the ground.
What do you meant"
Then once more the throaty. chok-
Tire fuse-dynamite-trick walls
can't get out-seren minutes-all ypu
blown 10 he'll and il was thus that
GuIllaume Nordeg died
For a moment. but only for a mo-
ment, confusion and fear Whirled
through Tenants brain. He listened
n time fuse was burning s0me-
where IN the wall Seven minutes
and then God And the rsscuers
might come-would come most any
may
-ouickt~ he shouted TO the others
who were standing IS II fear had
turned them TO stone. out through
this door, Through the casematel To
the old housed"
But Menzies-Kerr was trying 10
keep his voice steady. The trick
wall. HtW-"
It's ait right. I left it open Get
a move on He bent and cut rapidly
through the bonds which held the legs
or the three German secret service
men Here you, II. L~antaigne. Mar
eel Allistair-help yourself 70 a
Dutchman apiece-and see thev don't
get away once you're outside. Hurry
for Gods sakel"
A moment later. with Tenant
bringing up the rear. they were run
ming down b tunnel-like casemate
toward the Pickering Wedge-shaped
smart OF light where the trick wall
was Still open They bounded through.
running ike whippet hounds. and
bumped straight into the -rescuing
partY-Angele in the lead. followed
by Doumay, Ducastel and capt Xa-
vier Roux.
-James@James-dearest-
Tenant took her by the arm and
tWlrled her back in the direction
whence she had come There was no
time for explanation. Just a few
stammered remarks. and they rushed
out OF the house. up the Impasse Gu
dinot, as fast as they could.
None too soon
For they had just turned the corner
or the impasse when, with the moan
ing OF al p~urgatOry. with flames sud
cenly torking up. scarlet hearted. blue
tipped, yellow frayed. With-am i'm
mense popping jar followed by a.
crackle like a machine gun fire. the
whole facade Of the Rohan-Chabot
palace ripped ava from stone-coned
rooI TO granite cellar. 1t jumped into
me air, like a solid mass. 1t seemed
TO swing there. for an eternity: then
came tumbIing down in a crazy.
twisting smoking. burning heap.
senqing I'd an immense mass OF dirty.
smoky Tame that licked the clouds.
with blotchy. speckled ruby and en-
sanguined orange.
Part Of b falling mass struck the
ramshackle house next door. envelop-
ing II in a kissing cloak Of fire; an
other part jumped back into the re-
naming part Of the palace. which
stood there, an expectant. tragic. mu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22

CeTUsT what the legislature can do
to amend the tax law in regard
TO automobiles is hard to guess, IN
less some Of the tax artists propose
TO confiscate motor vehicles said A
c. Baldwin. OF Austin. who IS in the
city for a few days enroute to Cali
foruia. where he expects 70 study the
road system OF that state. Nr.
BALDWIN was state manager OF the
campaign last fail IN behalf OF the
amsndmeut 20 the constitution. which
was intended to authorize the leEis-
1arure TO create a public debts for
highway purposes. said debt to be
limited 20 $4,000, 600, but which was
defeated along with all b other
proposed amendments
"The dispatches have announced
that II governor Hobby calls another
special session. which has been
rumored lately. an effort viii be made
TO readjust the automobile tax in
order 70 relieve the needs Of the high
way commission for more money,
continued M Baldwin
The commission does need more
money, but the automobile IS now
taxed nearly 10 times higher than any
other property. Texas must provide
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
KWK

answer 10 l~eaLeruGWM XVII
L Prince Edward Island IS a
province OF Canada of the eastern
coast and in the Atlantic ocean.
. A "polyglot" nation IS one
whose people speak several differ
8 Rouget de Isle vas a ceie-
brate French writer who IS credited
with the authorship OF the Mar
seillaise-
a polychroms IS a print IN
which many colors are employed.
O. An itinerant IS an individual
who travels about from place 10
s. Edward Beliamy wrote the
famous American novel. Looking
Backward
Z g Is the t~wsnty-first letter OF
our alphabet.
s. 4 nimbus is a luminous cloud
believed by the ancients 70 surround
a god or goddess when on earth; a
halo about the heads Of saints and
divinities. also a rain cloud is called
s. me Mosaic law is the law laid
down for the Hebrews by Moses.
Noltaire was a. celebrated French
dramatist poet and teformer, 1884
New Questions.
T.. What is gastric 1uiceg
. Who was Sir walter Raleigh
g. What is crticle2
g.. What is chicle2
s. What is the Rock OF Gihralter2
s. Who wrote -Barrack Room
T. What is a settlement house,
s. Who was Marshal Ney2
@. What Is oakumf
1G- What is mecca
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22

GOOD-BT, John B~arleycorn-
WE'VE PLAYED with you.
AND LAUGHED with you.
AND CRIED with you
AND HATED you
WE'VE SEEN you eOpe.
IN CHEERFUL guise-
AND SING with Us
AND TELL drOH tales
AND MAKE Us feel
THAT But for you
DREAR TINES would come.
TO THIS old world
YOU'VE CONE TO US
WHEY We were grisvsa
AND SORE at heart
AND WE'LL admit
THAT FOR a time
A LITTLE while.
YOU'VE DULLED the grief.
AND BITTERNESS.
AND WE'D forget
YOU'VE SAT with US
AT BANQUET board
AND BASED our way.
THROUGH DREAET talks
AND TIRED hours
IN STRAIGHT back chairs
YOU'VE TAKEN us.
FROM OUT the cold
WHERE WINTER winds
AND snow and frosts-
HAVE CHILLED Us through
AND BROUGHT US warmth
YOU'VE CONE to Us.
WHEN LAGGARD brain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
Little imaUieUs.
Automobile Taxed 10 Times Higher Than Other Property
81 Paso Should Be Mecca OF SpOrtsmen Of The Southwest

thing that ever makes a city attrac-
tive 10 others and a success is the
constant boosting OF its people re
Gently was in Tennessee and Ala
hama, visiting a number Of cities.
They haven't h advantages there
that we have. but the minute a
stranger hits town they begin filling
him up with Information as 70 the
advantages Of their town n its
beauty That's the spirit that Fl
our enthusiasm, combined with our
offerings TO strangers in every way.
viii make this the most talked OF
town in the United States"
= X =
The Dyer act, recently passed by
congress. which gives federal courts
jurisdiction I've the theft Of automo-
biles where they are taken across the
state line, viii be a big step toward
ity.n said chief OF police J. r Mont
g0mery. This limits. in the first
place, the market OF the thief 20 the
same state in which he sold the car.
II makes him leary about crossing
the line because nearly an Of the
thieves have a wholesome fear OF the
Law and the realization that il is
Uncle sam they are dealing with and
not merely some judge, will tend TO
prevent thefts- Then. should he take
me car across the line Il puts Uncle
Sans detectives on his trail. Just
that many nor officers than he for
merry had 20 contend with. Thieves
operating in FL Paso either must VIC
late this law OF make a long. hard
drive to some other place they can
dispose OF their a II. They won't often
tackle the federal law violation. so
that I think there win be fewer
thefts"
> >
There Is an unusual amount Of
begging from house to house, going
on in FL PasO." said J. 3. Gwin. sec
Rotary Of thd Associated Charities.
This is usually true during the
winter months when professional
beggars leave the north to spend the
winter months In warm climates.
Next sumner most Of them VIII be
farther north One woman reports
that six men called at her house in
half a day. They ten some very in
terestinE stories One man who had
his head and arms tied uD in band
ages and claimed 10 have been TO the
Associated Charlie and that he had
been told there that II he wanted any
help he should 90 u and beg for it.
The citizen TO whom he told this story
familiar enough with the work
OF n Associated Charities to know
that the tale was an impossible one.
also noticed hat the pandages
had been loosely tied and by booking
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
Ripping Rhymes
Cheap Sports

DEPRIVED q beer and bitters BY laws they don't admire, some peevish,
sorshsad critters kick like a house afre They say with prohibition our
co1nuTs bound to reach the depths Of dark demndon, where bnnded bow
vows sIeeea- They should forget the btters; 'tWould be more safe and sane
L IAN With cheerful tWutsrs the water wagons reign Their thirst they're
merely nursing when they denounce the luck, and spend the IN DAYS cuying
the drouth that's Tn amuck Like a frequent teddy" I heard one sport re-
mark 7 used to look quite gaudys when lit up after dark; but since that graft
IS ended l think Of other things and I am feeling splendid, and happy as two
kings fE Popuh las spoken and, though It makes you sore, I'D Boozes
sasPtrs broken tE ever eysmoTe We see the good sport reading the writing
on the val, behold him bithey speeding to some cool waterfall The cheap
sPat grouehy bsggI, says al his rights ae gone. and hunts some punk boot
logger who has a dsnohn-
Copyright BY george Matthew Adams WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
Patter And Chatter
Old Nan oTf'

WHENEVER he heard OF a nan
w who had pnje
advancement IN science, in art, or In
trade.
He would say ns he rumpIed HIS
remnant Of hnirs
THAT Amt nOfhin' much II they'd
gave me n chance
i might OF commanded our army In
IL Amt any trick for a man to
advance
II he Kits the right start and the
Eoin' Is fair
lie sat IN his eorne and shifted his
II chew
It was long since the trousers he
wore had been new,
and he said. a n Far from loafing
50 lonEs
4You take any feTer-whatever he's
And IL merely depends on the way he
begun
Wen I sues that's the way thinssIl
always be nm.
But you needn't tell me that it's
right when it's uronEg1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
Ex-SoIdier Sails to Bring
Bach BeLgian Bride

Hiawatha, Kan. Jan 24-Burtis
sprague, who served with the Ameri-
can army in France. has left his
home here for another trip overseas.
This time SpraEue win bring back
Belgian bride he was compelled 10
leave behind when he returned with
his military unit a few months ago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
PANIsH EMBASSY AsKS
PRONE M

Calexieo. Calf. Jan. .2-The span
ISM embassy at Washington has re-
quested Gov. Stephens 10 demand an
investigation OF the shooting and
killing Of Manuel Lopez Burgo. a
Spaniard. here Sunday night. accord
ing TO advices received here.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
We TOWNE GOSSIP
registered Z. s Patent oraes-

-
AND LAGGARD tongue
COULD FIND no words
FOR IDLE talk.
IN IDLE hours.
AND STIRRED our wit.
50 OTHER fdlsrs.
THOUGHT Us bright
THESE THINGS you've done
AND THESE things. too.
You've DUG deep graves
N EVERY land
WHERE SHINES the sun
AND FILLED them VI.
WITH THOSE you fond.
WHO LAUeHED with you.
AND PLAYED with you
AND DIDN'T know.
THE sKULKING thing.
YOU REALLY were
YOU'VE SENT men cut
WITH KNIFE or gun
OR POISON CUP
To KILL
AND THEY have killed
YOU'VE MADE men thieves
AND RUINED El1lA
AND STARVED wee babea-
AND EVERYWHERE
YOU'VE LEFT your tran.
OF MISERY.
AND VOW you die
AND NOTHING nouns
BESIDE YOUR grave
But HUMAN greed
AND sHFIsHNEss.
THANK you
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22

WHISKY in q drug store IS property
" an elderberry vine IN tn home is
unlawful tn manager O. Melodeou
Hau announces that hereafter no seats
81 be held BY those who come T. tn
the-ater On Wrist watch time.
Copyright National Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22

DANISH BUTTER SHIPPED HERE
New York. jan 24-Nhile Europe
is crying for fats. Danish butter Is
being shipped into the New York mar
for the first time in five years
The first shipment OF $4,000 pounds
arrived from Copenhagen two weeks
ago and 10 has been followed by an
other shipment Of 11A.fS0 pounds.
with more on the way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-22
Little Interviews.

means for a better and more uniform
system OF road building, n road
construction should be under state
supervision. It is fair q levy reason
able special taxes on vehicles to main
tain roads, but not TO build them
Good roads are a community asset,
and the burden Of construction is a
/ community charge After c~onstruc-
ton, the vehicles using them might
properly be required TO maintain
them AdTalorem tax for the benefit
of the roads on a property value Of
500 in rather less than 50 cents.
Motor vehicles T or should be s.
sessed at about 500 In addition TO
the advalorem tax OF about 80 cents,
the average automobile pays a special
license tax to the road fund OF about
Owners OF motor vehicles are
and are not complaining Of tneQuali-
ties Of 6xationA They do not wish,
however, to see these Inequalities ex-
tended. They realize the need OF good
roads. and that good roads would pay
for themselves every 10 to Is years.
Bad roads are costing the people over
s1Oo.0 Gee, 600 every year. most Ct which
is paid by owners OF motor vehicles
and the farmers. Ten ear Of this
vas would concrete nearly every
roadway n Texas. Ther isn't a
farmer in Texas but loses every year
through bad roads a more than his
total taxes Owners Of motor
vehicles lose through bad roads more
than 10 times their taxes, special and
general. on their machines. Simple
business intelligence demands the
building Of good roads-not make
shift macadam and graded dirt roads.
but hard surfaced roads Of a perma-
nent type.
The legislature has come 10 rec
ognize the need Of real roads, but IL
also recognizes that practically Moth
ing can be done until the constitu-
ticnai exhibition against state debt OF
every kind is modified. at least Any
legislative effort to place greater tax
on motor vehicles should be
resisted 4 b state should take
charge OF and conduct a road build
ing campaign In such manner that the
cost OF construction can be saved, and
more than saved out OF the present
waste incidental to the enforced use
Of bad roads"
"El Paso should be a place OF many
attractions for sportsmens said Dan
Murphy, former manager Of the St.
Regis hotel " nave such a large
number OF clear a days that such
sports as auto racing, horse racing
and flying ought TO flourish in this
vicinity That has often led me to
wonder why an automobile speedway
has not been built here The one IN
Juarez could be remodeled to serve
this purpose, but the federal agents
ara indefinite as TO when the border
viii be opened. and who may cross.
But IL we had e big speedway built
or the mesa here 1t should prove a
money maker Eventually It would
draw hundreds OF tourists here. Deal
ers could use II for nonprofessionai
stock a and u could be used
for any number Of events such as this
city does not now have The only