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EL PASO HERALD 'EDITORIAL and MAGAZINE PAGE
NOTHING BUT SELECTIVE DRAFT Hogwaiw Locals THE MIRAGE
BY HAL COFFMAN Kfriffifl
SUFFICES TO FURNISH THE MEN
(BY H. S. H.)
Tnosdav August 11 1!'1T.
r-f-jHU keuulak army Having Men
1 authorized quota it is interesting
Aoril 1 1 .750000 men have volunteered for United
States military service in tie regular army national guard
navy and marine corps and that 21 itates out of 48 have
completed their quota of recruits for the regular army.
More than 1000000 men have been enroled in the national
service and may be said to have been armed and equipped
though that process is not yet complete. This accomplish-
ment within four months after the initial call to the colors
is worthy of comment.
Many of those wno volunteered
iiwt! for no lack of the fiffhtin? snirit. for no flaws in i advice from the eovernor how he might avoid that service.
their conviction that the United States
war in a worthv cause but for physical
Altogether volunteering workea out as well in the
United States on this occasion as it every worked out any-
where. Its fatal flaws were that it did not provide men
in the very great numbers in which they will be needed
all through this war and that it held within itself the
gross ineonalities of service the injustice which the selec-
tive draft removes. In any other war the volunteering of
a million men would have been wonderful. In this war a
m-Jlion men constitute just the initial force the basis for
a really great army. In any other war a million men
m!ght fight it through. In this wax constant and regular
additions are essential. It is partly because the additions
ma;t be oi fixed sixe and available on prescribed dates
that no dependence can be placed on the chance of vol-
unteering. As Elihu Root chief commissioner of the United States
mission to Russia said Russians reading of tie anti-draft
activities the riots of the draft registers the strikes the
activities of the I. W. W. and other disorderly occurrences
xn.ght form the conclusion that the United itates is seem
with
anti-war spirit. These matters being colorful I we t0 f ignt even
and sensational form the chief items in
news. But if one comes to believe lor a moment inai me
people of the United States as a whole or in any con-
siderable number whatever are not in accord with the
war policy of this government let him
the armed torces on cms counuy rnuay
Vnrp on Anril 1
Ho such impression could prevail in El Paso. We have
seen too many additions to the troops here to be under any
misapprehension. We have seen a good many thousands
of recruits here. We have seen a sort of transformation
in the face of the average man in uniform because of thesee
recruits. We are visualizing the soldier as a young fellow
ot fme features high intelligence and the light of a purpose
in h.o eyes. We have heard their volleying cheers resound
a? their trains departed for the east on the way toward
Germany.
The soint is in the men and in tne
come more and more evident. It will be plainer than now j kim Jf mjl a gjtuation arose as to make it possible
v. hen the drafted men are called into service and when they j o
undergo their transrormaiiou nam. -1rV
to soldiers with the same meai lmensuieu ay muus.
Such sporadic anti-war demonstrations as we are wit-
nessing are the blowing off of steam by a democratic
people It could not oeccur in an autocracy without por-
tending a revolution and it would be regarded fearfully as
such by the ruKng powers. Here we know it for what it
is and we know it does not represent the spirit of the
whole people.
When informed that Aurora Boreahs was interfering
with the overland telegraph service an operator said he
never did approve of these girl key-pounders anyhow.
In the Austin sector of the southern front there was a
notable exchange of artillery fire centering about the
capitoL Otherwise relative calm prevailed.
o
The only trouble with the Apache uprising story was
that it lived up to L W. W. standards of the present in-
stead of to Apache traditions of 1870.
Many Reserve
El Pasoans C
- i; AI'.B going to see a lot of
X these "U. S. R." officers on
V V the streets in a few days.
")'.' a hundred or more El Pasoans
hd.e jut been graduated at Lon
n;s and most Of them will be
. tms week on a leave of two
i-ks uefore joining the army for
a- e serv ice.
alter H- Case who received a cap-
. n i oin mission writes his brother
' Wa'.ter has long been prominent
i tne local lodge) that he will be
Thursday ror a visit of two
h t eks with them.
B ecdlove Smith who received a
T-rraion as lieutenant will come
n jnie for a visit with his father and
n ..the r. judge and Mrs. W. R. Smith
arid Ins sisters.
OvriK Schwartz will be back for
a sit of a short time with his father.
- I Schwartz and his friends here.
r d n-ttton DaTis is coming home to
. -. t .in judge and Mrs. Waters Da-
v c fx-" ore taking up his work as a
f -s lieutenant of artillery. JUeut-
n 'iivarti is going Into tho quarter-
rrjsttr corns.
I ia tical'y all of those commisslon-
i w i .1 ci me home for a short rest and
visit Kith friends and relatives.
Tonld viallagher. who received a
mm cslOT) as captain in the infantry
--ervt- corps was formerly assistant
o d'untr attorney W. H. Fryer and
h?s hud a number of years of military
'a'ncc He is a son of the late Dr.
! V. ;allaher and a brother of Dr.
"aui ;al'.agher now in the gov-e-mnent
service at Fort Bliss.
Henrv K. Robertson who received
s commission of captain is tho son of
va K Robertson. 1012 Montana street
and wa formerly connected with the
K I'aso Bridge and Iron company.
i'apt Ttohertson Is a graduate of the
Mexico Military Institute of Ros-
nll. N. M.
i lark 1 risrht. son of Dr. and Mrs.
V J. Wright 111 Montana street
-was given a captain's commission. He
s a graduate of the EI Paso high
hool and attended an eastern mili-
tarv school.
r-harles V. Jackson commissioned
as first lieutenant is a former em-
ploye of the Anderson-Finer Invest-
ment company and resided at S12
North ochoa street.
Ralph Geiger. commissioned as
second lieutenant was a student at
the Texas State School of Mines and
s a graduate of the EI Paso High
school.
George R. "Wells commissioned as
captain in the reserve corps resided
a 1-06 Magoffin avenue and was an
osteopath.
Frank O. Scotten Jr. commissioned
second lieutenant is tho son of ex-
city JaJIor Frank Scotten and
is an El Paso High school student
He is a brother of Miss Edna Elaine
Scotten Toung Scotten attended the
citizens' training camp in San Diego
Uncle Walt's
The Cankering Cost
THE cost of living is sa beastly my bank account it kills; my language is
chaste or priestly when I pay up my bills. Retrenchment has to be my
motto if I'd survive at all and so I use the same old auto yov saw me
buy last fall. You see me with all vain expenses remorsely cut down; I only
use two residences one rural one in town. It keeps me hustling toiling scut-
tling to pay my bills when due though I have but one butler buttling when
T am used to two. My wife is raising a commotion since she can only spend
fortnight by the heaving ocean she's used to months on end. So long it is that
I've forgotten just when I wore silk shirts; the ones I have seem made of cotton
and such a come-down hurts. Methink if times get any tougher. Ill take a
pcorfcouse jaunt; there's something wrong when men must suffer the grievous
nanjrc of want. To ruin's brink yon see me waddle impoverished and lean; I
ug liere in a touring model instead ot limousine.
Crpvr.glt by George Matthew Adams. WALT MASON.
tinea up to us inn -
to note that since
and dreaded the
forces in which
tor service were re
has entered uponi Gov. Campbell
defects.
but go through with
this bitterness of
the day's domestic
kish or Chinese
look at the size of j New jjerico Texas
as thick of it.
nation it wiu oe- . . -t rrmM ..j
. . . i
BISBEE seems to oe greatly in ncca oi nnm
A flood has jnst occurred there from which the dam-
age is estimated at $50000. Such floods are not
infrequent in Bisbee. One occurred some years ago which
caused much greater loss while floods occasioning damage
are of almost yearly occurrence.
This is due to the fact that Bisbee it built on hills and
in canyons with the business houses in the canyons and
the heavy summer rains precipitate torrents of water down
the canyons flooding stores and sometimes washing away
light structures.
While Bisbee considered itself little more than a mining
camp though a big one there was a disposition to put np
with these losses as unavoidable but now that it has
achieved permanency and is coming to be considered a city
some way will have to be found to avert them.
Roundabout Town
. XT 1 n T" TLX OI 1 !
Officers Will -De Mere Shortly !
oming iiome xo visit wuuixiciiua
By fi. A. MARTI-V
r-.i.t . o.- son where he received
a diploma.
Samuel L. Dalton. commissioned
second lieutenant was bookkeeper of
the Brunswtck-Balke Collender com-
Ralph Homan. a brother of Dr. R. B. i
Homan. of El Paso was commis
sioned second lieutenant.
enry Welsch. whose son Harry.
h. Keen civen a second lieutenancy
is expecting the lad home for a visit
in a short time. Young Welsch got
v. ...rnmiminn t a camn in the east.
He is another high school graduate
and also attenaea tne civilian indu
ing camp at Monterey. iai iwi jcjm.
After the war. when a man runs
for office he is going to be asked
"What did you do in tl.e war against
Germany 7"
A miHIarv slacker nil! do to
wslcb In c4H Hie. fer a slaekrr
la a slacker anywhere.
A sign says that a certain cigar is
"equal to the best five cent cigar."
which Is not saying very much for
this particular brand anyhow.
Jt 4
If Gen. Bell wishes to give any of
his men practice with their gas masks
he can take them down to tbe five
mile bridge near that stink plant al-
most any night or. when the wind
is favorable (or unfavorable) even
as close as Washington park near
where the sewer empties into the
river.
A E. Rowlands writes from Ocean
Park ra.l- that tbe mermaids are
lonelv for and send their regards to
Robert Krakaner.
A good lodge man it usually a
good citizen.
WANTED Information about one
George Theisen. ist heard of in-
vestigating what made Milwaukee
famous.
' .
"California is prosperous regard-
less of what the knockers have had
to say." asserted A. J. Strayer. who
is Just back from a month's visit In
that state. "I saw a number of 'for
rent' aigna in Ixis Angeles. San Fran-
cisco and Oakland but the business
houses were all doing a good business
and business men told me they had
never had a better season. The
beaches at Los Angeles are all do-
ing the same big business as in years
pat."
Mr. Strayer and Mrs. Strayer spent
a week seeing the shows and eating
fish and lobsters in San Francisco
and he says if "Tbe High Cost of Lov-
ing" comes this way. it is a show
that every El Pasoan wants to see if
he likes a laugh. They spent a week
camping uf in the Sierras near Lake
Tahoe. a week motoring fishing and
hunting through Mendocino and Hum-
Denatured Poem.
Fighting Against Relatives
A SON of Mme. Schumann-Heinle opera singer ap-
peared before Gov. Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona
a few days ago for advice as to a dilemma in which
he found himself. He was an American citizen of German
parentage. He was registered for the draft and liable for
service. He had relatives in the German military service
thought of going into battle against the
his blood kin were enroled. He sought
informed him there was nothing to do
it. The selective draft law does not
contemplate relieving from service those who have rela-
tives in the fighting forces of the enemy. The natural
reluctance to engage in battle against those among whom
one's relatives are included does not constitute conscientious '
objection in the- contemplation of the law which regards
conscientious objection as a religious objection to wars
in general and is designed to meet the scruples of Quakers
and other nonmilitant sects.
Yonng Schumann and others of German ancestry sim-
ilarly placed should remember this: Germany would not
relieve their relatives of the obligation of fighting against
them. Their relatives by all means would have been taken
into service and obliged to fight against whatever foe
Germany arose to encounter no matter how families
might be divided against each other. The same situation
arose frequently in the civil war in tne united states
though in that war more of the element of volunteering
was involved. It might be said that every war brings up
relative fighting against relative and as
long as wars continue tne same condition wiu arise. tieiuuisiic:isiia in aanu or a comm
xBIkey or China tomorrow men of Tnr-
ancestrv would be found in our army
fighting against people of their own blood possibly against
their own relatives. Had war between the United States
j wru-n ivrnrrMt laat wear the Snanish-Amerieaiis of
and Arizona would have been in the
Finally. Mr. Schumann should remember that whatever
may be his family ties the call of nationality in wartime
is paramount He is not a German subject but an Amen- j
can citizen and Germany subjected this country his '
country to every outrage before the limit of endurance 1
was reached and the United States went into the war.
Not only that but Germany afterward semiofficially de-
nounced him and his kind naturalized Americans German-
Americans as worthless cowardly and traitors to the
fatherland. Official Germany has nothing but hatred
for him and all other naturalized Americans would kill i
eomnel hw relatives to shoot
A Problem For Bisbee
bolt counties Mr. Strajer's old husi-
nts territorv. and .nother neek at j
the beaches near Los Angeles. They
were gone just a month.
Going; to ehnrrh may net make
a man any better than Rttinir He
other llBrr. hut it hn tkh a-
TSBtnKC that It never vtnn known
tt hurt bim.
With all the popular young men
going to war. some of the oldtimers
may have a chance to "come back"
politically.
El Paso valley farmers plant too
much corn to the acre water it too
much and cultivate it too little ac-
cording to M. G. Curtis. Mr. Curtis
was down tbe valley Sunday and he
thinks with many others that there
is a large amount of room for im-
proving present methods of cultiva
tion in wis county
"I saw some fine looking corn stalks
but scarcely anything on them." he
said "It seems to me that tbe peo-
ple down there don't understand how
to cultivate the land or rather the
corn. I saw some as fine looking land
as I ever looked at. and am satisfied
with the advantage of the water that
1 can make 5a or 75 bushels of corn
per acre They have enough corn on
one acre to plant at least five acres
and they depend too much upon the
water 'cultivating the corn without
any work scarcely.
"If they would put in more work
and less water and plant less corn
per acre they would make more good
corn on one acre than they can on
five acres under the present method
of cultivating.
"As for Johnson grass it would
not stay on land of mine two v ears."
FOURTEKX YEA HS ABO.
The alte of the prexent nitwpa f
ffcc HI 1'aao A Sonlhivrntern rail-
rend rnii a nana dune and the
aame rvea true uf mtat if that
weetien notr surrounding the Alts
Vlata chooI. noarrntaent Hill baa
not been plattrd nf placed on tbe
market and Fred Knollenberg dfa
nat lite out there hndn't eaen
come here. The preaent Elks
Hub vrai a school hoBae and hat!
the same ilangeroua ntalra tfcjut it
hsa nnrr. Fnther Koy la the nnly
mlnlater left In Kl Iaao nho nan
here at that time.
M
ORE TrutK
Tlian Poetry
By JA3IES J. MONTAGUE.
We're Doing Our Beat Colonel.
Mr. Roosevelt asks us to prepare
for the next ereat war. which is what
we fancied we were doing by trying
to get ready for this one.
rlaylng With Dynamite.
The I. W. W. had better go slow
about Inciting the noble redmen to
go to war. Certain English colonists
tried that once and very shortly
afterward England was put to the
painful necessity of sending over new
colonists to take their places.
One Senator Sees a Light.
John Sharp Williams says the neo-
ple are tired o( hearing statesmen
gabble about nothing. Now that ne
has discovered it there will be a lit-
tle improvement In the Congressional
itecoru. anyway.
AT TEN V PAIR.
Bleaalag on thee little mnn.
Barefoot boy arlth cheeka of tan;
Moat nny one would envy ynuae
Tbe money you muni sate on ahoea.
Ont-eilncklns the Marker.
i . K11 im mr-.il tiifn h t - z
THE Rye Straw storekeeper finds
that it is not safe to guarantee
everything he sells now like he
used to as now and then some serious-
minded customer calls his hand.
Cupid deals with the eternal ques-
tion; Hoover with the internal ques-
tion. The coming generation will have.
j mixed in with its many other modern
j uous glancing out of the tails of its
i eyes while walking. It will have in
herited this queer action from those
j of the present generation who are
i afraid thev will vet run over at street
! crossings. i
PEPS MR.KA8U381E
wnMctrvin.L break
M WIFES HEAW IF I SHOULD
KSEftT HER
2WKY BLMTt
IV WU. BREAK NbUR ROBT
Book if she RWS Moo and
RUHS XOulMTO THE bWRCE
Court;
I Once In The Limelight
f Being Tales of Those "Who
i l rni t i
nna xnen uroppea
'Pawnee
nur (ifi. m ... .
...... u -o-
T covered -prairie schooner" sr-
rived st Wellington. Kan. with
a family of three one of whom was
a boy of 7 years. This boy was later
destined to become one of the grea
pioneer figures ot Oklahoma rni a
financial power of no mean caliber.
The boy was Gordon W. Utile.
Young I.lllie grew up in an atmos-
pbsro of Indian raids sad general un-
rest. He became proficient with rifle
and revolver and often accompanied
11
and revolver and often accompanied
cxploration tours he picked up va-
rious Indian dialects which in later
years stood him In good stead.
When the famous "Trapper Tom"
aeciuea to iSKe an expeauion into tne sanize a real wiia west imiw. roe
Oklahoma bad lands young I-lllie ' gathered together a number of prorai-
joined the partv . The object of the ; nent figures of the old west and
trip was to slay buffaloes and ship
the meat to the contractors then
nuuaing tne ureat northwestern rail-
road. l FSMdluc n Tmvsm.
1 The trip was successful from a
I financial standpoint and many of the
men of the nartv decided to settle In
Oklahoma and make It their home.
A small village was erected and un-
der the leadership of Trapper Tom
the party secured some valuable hold-
ings in the Cherokee strip.
The Indian uprisings which Okla-
homa passed through before it came
to be considered a safe place to live
were bloody and numerous. Gordon
Lillie participated in many of these
and soon became a valuable govern-
. ment scout and official interpreter.
I He was well liked by the Pawnees.
who took him Into the tribe as an
j associate chief and he soon became
I known as "Pawnee Bui.
At this time the cattlemen nf th I
southwest swept up into Oklahoma
from Texas bent on battle. In those
days a cattle ranch was maintained
only by forte of arms and cow-punchers
were selected for their ability to
ficht.
The Texas cattlemen were bent on
defraudfnz the Pawnees out nf valu
able grazing Ground. nut were
thwarted by Gordon Lillie and Maj. i
OUR ENEMIES WITHIN
Socialist Propaganda Not
Pro-German.
SOCIALIST papers continually be-
tray not only bow antl American
but how absolutely pro German
are those into whose hands the con-
trol of the party has fallen. On June
1 "The Socialist News." of Cleve-
land under the title "Which Is the
Lie?" ssid:
"During the last tew days the local
newspapers have taken a new tack In
handling the war news.
"For weeks we have been reading
about the alllra' victories. The sub-
marine menace had been met. The
British and French were uniformly
tuctctfful ir. their attacks on tho
Hlndenburg line. Victory after vic-
tory has been recorded for the allies.
Untold tl'ousanda of German prison-
ers have been captured and other
thousands have been blown Into per-
dition. "That has been onr daily food as
purveyed by the newsmongers. There
hasn't been a ghost of a chance left
for the Germans. They were being
beaten and almost annihilated on
every front.
Some Stroacc Sareaam.
"And. now lo and behold! All of
the victories all of the prisoners and
all of the killed and wounded have i
ROMANCE OF A
(EE: QEE QA2.UAP STOCK. GIVE ME 20 p- x
i
Reached the Front Page
t j -vi a
jact 10 UDseumy
Bill.
-tvi.i.. n.i.r e ..
.u i ...
1 awncey.
g. aft Xort!l did nd
i became the "white chief." He ruled
tho Pawnees in a manner that proved
wise and efficient. He taught them
tho value of farming and raising cat-
tle and horses and today the Paw-
nees are perbaps the largest Indian
farmers In Oklahoma.
the tribe atood. there is now a citv
called Pawnee City and MaJ. Gordon
Lillie Is the "big medicine." He Is
nrfri4nt nf tba local hank and nwna
j a huge home ranch south of the city.
where for a number of years he trlea
to raise buffalo for meat. This ven-
ture did not prcve successful and be
! bacan looking around ror another
I means of making money.
It was then that be decided to or-
started on tne roaa. f rom tne iirsc
his show was a success and as his
only other rival at that time- was
Buffalo Bill he became well known
throughout the country.
Joins -HHrfab Hill"
In 1M he Joined forces witlv.Kuf-
falo Bill and tho two organized a
much larger show and for a time
were highly successful. They then
decided to mage tne traveling organi-
zatlon greater than anything which
had ever before been attempted.
The show went to smash in Bay-
onne. X. J-. in 1914. and Buffalo Bill
and Pawnee Bill came to hot words
which led to the parting of the ways.
Buffalo Bill went back to Wyoming a
broken spirited old man. and his part-
ner returned to Oklahoma seemingly
serene as ever.
From that date however. Pawnee
Bill has kept out of the limelight. He
is a solid cltlxen of Pawnee City and
has vast Interests which take up most
of his attention. He is the last pic-
turesque figure of the old west ana
the last of the old plainsmen who
formed the romantic circle of which
Buffalo Bill was the leading spirit
Today Gordon Lima eits in ms
hank and centers his entire attention
n mnkinp inonrv while his former
.irtner rest in peace on the moun-
tain craics overlooking Denver.
Only Anti-American But
?one for naught. Not only have the
allies accomplished nothing but we
are in Immediate danger In this coun-
try. The German soldiers may all
sprout wings overnight and fly across
the three thousand miles of water
and establish a HIndenburg line from
Chesapeake hay to Iake Champlain.
That is the new song that Is being
sung by these honest purveyors of
news.
"Quick about it. then. Everybody
volunteer. Everybody forget about
what tbe constitution savs about 'in-
voluntary servitude' and become a
conscript. And. most important of all
every Ixdy buy Liberty l.nK or surely
Mr. Hindenburg will establish his line
right through the middle of Penn-
sylvania and JCew Tork. and thus
prevent our Industrial masters In New
Tork from continulna- the efficient
direction of the work of exploiting
those of us who happen to live to the'
west oi tnat line. or. maybe. Mr.
mirarnvarg wii oe so nasty as to run
separate line in a westerly direc
tlon down Euclid avenue.
TVtola of CapHaltam.
"Sow then gentle readers you who
are accustomed to accept as the gos-
pel anything yon see In the pages or
these handy tools of capitalism which
story are you going to believe?
Did the newspapers lie when thev
told you the Germans were tottering
on their laat legs?
"Are they lying now In trying to
STOCK GAMBLER
i
Little Interviews
Says Bandits Overrun Mexico; Livestock Killed.
El Paso County s Jail Finest In United States
"B'
E"AL'SE of the fact that ban-
dita are still intestine: the
i .
parauvriy uiiie crops raisea in norm-
trn vte.co .nd ranchers have made no
ern Mexico and ranchers have made no
attempt to restock the ranges al-
most devastated of cattle by raiders."
said Wiliam J. Long. "Years ago there
were thousands of head of cattle and
sheep on tbe ranges of the state of
Chihuahua where today there are but
few. The majority have been con-
' "seated
by tho warring factions.
Oftentimes large herds were killed
simply for the hides which would be
marketed and there was no attempt
made to market tbe meat. As a result
of this slaughter tho number of cat-
tle has diminished greatly. In Mexico
next winter there will be hunger and
want unless
oanaitry is suppressed
and the government is able to secure
a large loan. Today there is little
money in circulation throughout the
republic and when I recently was in
Torreon I was informed that the sol-
diers and government emploves had
not been paid for two months."
! "There Is certainly no excuse for an
.able bodied man begging on the
instill fear In your hearts through
fear of a Oei USS?? lnrouS"
"Our aroess la that ih lvina-
before and are lying now.'
in the same issue Tha Socla
t
"ca saiu:
he training camps to repair the
aamase which are Just now being
touted by the press because tho gov-
ernment needs cannon fodder so bad-
ly represent the customary methods
of the reformers of capitalism. They
propose to deal with the effect In
place of the cause."
neetarea War la Commercial.
The national headquarters of the
iaiist party in Chicago gave wide
distribution to a pamphlet by Irwin
John Tucker called "The Price We
J- in mis pamphlet Mr. Tucker
"aid among other things:
"For this war as every one who
thinks or knows anvthlna- will sav
ahenever truth telling becomes safe
w"oioie again this war Is to
determine the question whether the
or commerce of the allied
nations or rf the central empires have
the superior right to exploit undevel-
oped countries.
. 'u ' o determine whether Inter-
est dividends and profits shall be
paid to Investors spe.-.ktns German
French Pklng English and
"Our entry into It was determined
by the certainty that if the allies do
"SLr L Mr5an'a loans to those
ailUi wn.h repudiated and those
iSL Investors who bit on his
promises would be hooked."
171 "nient that America went
Into the war to safeguard the Mor-
gan loans to the alll?. i. .
" socialists in their en-
hatrei rancor ""d clss
'War Aathlnc bat Hfrrr."
v.Mr.' Tuckr "ays further in his para-
Si CtLc?.lael by the American So-
cialist party:
"Conscription is upon us: tbe draft
law is a fact!
"Into your homes the recruiting of-
ficers are coming. They will take
your sons of military age and im-
press them Into the army-
fh.m T: 5? i"f ." ak
urcm up in long rows break
th. 7' j'1.00"'- "
them to denlov ami vh..i
- ... D Pot Into their hands
they will be taught not to think only
to ooey witnout questioning.
Then thev will K- shinnt .t. w
the submarine zone by the hundreds
of thousands to the bloody quagmire
of Europe.
"Into the seething heaving swamp
of torn flesh and floating entrails
win oe piungeo. m regiments
divisions and armies screaming as
they go.
Wsoltf Keep Men Out.
"Agonies of torture Will rend their
nesh from their sinews will crack
their bones and dissolve their lungs:
- By T. E. P
owers
'streets these das and those who haOi the building for theroseivf
tne nerve to panhandle as this form
of begging la generally know n. get
uiiu. sun intraora receive
Ilttl itmnilhi nt rhfn
lew donations." said Sam Callam.
'There are a few beggars in EI Paso
who are able bodied but they are few-
ami far between. Men begging now
are ioiu 10 eniibi or go to work some-
where. There is no longer the excuse
for them that they cannot secure em-
ployment. At Iteming the govern-
ment wants hundreds of skilled and
unskilled laborers to build Camp
Cody and has been able to secure but
about half the r umber needed. When 1 1
was at Deming Saturday I was told1 Tne heavy ra r. tna' floodr-I 7
by contractors that the best wages .and vicinity Sundav afteri
being paid for skilk-e labor In tho
country is being paid to the carpen
ters plumbers and other laborers now
employed on tho buildings."
"I have been building Jails for 20
years and have constructed jails in
every state in the union but two. but
I can truthfully say that ' El Paso's
county jail is the finest in tbe United
States." said H. Murphy. "There might
be larger ones but there are none
better. I make this statement with
reference to economy of space sani-
tation security of construction and
every feature of the building. Tbe
taxpayers of tbe county may examine
and every pang will be multiplied
"Black death will be a guest at
every American fireside: mothers and
fathers and sisters wives and sweet-
hearts will know tho weight of that
awful vacancv left by the bullet whi ;h
finds Its mark.
"And still the recruiting officers
win come seising ase alter age.
mounting up to the elJer ones and
taking the younger ones as they
grow up to soldier size.
"And still the toll of dearth will
grow.
"The manhood of America gazes at
that seething heaving swamp of
bloody carrion In Europe and ears.
Must we be that!'
"You cannot avoid It: yon are be-
ins dragged whipped lashed hurled
into it: yonr flesh and brains and
entrails must be crashed oat of yon
and poured Into that mass of fester-
ing decay.
Paw Polka Muttering.
The poor folks are growling and
muttering. with savage s.deiong
stances ana are rolling up their
sleevt-s.
For the price they pay for their)
Adcice to the Lovelorn
By BKVTRICE FAIRFAX.
lMKVT IHI IT.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am IS and know a young doc-
tor five years my senlos.
My parents are off for three
months and my friend has asked
me to go to tbe seaside for two
months and board In a hotel and
go under his name. We are not
engaged end I am puzzled as to
what I should do. He admits ho
loves me dearly and desires to
make me his wife when my
parents return.
a Madge-
My dear child of course you cant
do this. Goina- nnder this man's
name when you have no right to It
would put you in an imoossibio nttna
tlon. You must not dream of aoinir
without the fall icnowlAdre and ron
younc to be in a t otI unehapraned.
man wno rea!! cared for vou
would sua-a;trt Midi a thine unless' he
were so young that he did not realize
the enormity of what he was aakin.
1 think you should take your mother
Into your confidence at once since
your youna- doctor ia (I say it sadly
and thoushtfullr either a bit ot a
knae or a jiood bit of a fool! This
isn't the wav a man treats a girl he
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THIRTY-SKVF'XTH YKr. OF ri'BLICATlOX SunerinT vi7 .
at .1
plete r.port by Associated Press ' e.ej Wire j-.J
' - r :nra
"d w for.
"W ash-neton. r
TftT. as Seomd Class Matte
Jfo girl wnz ever so purty she couH
chew gnat with impunity. Who r
members when ear farmers use
raise autre whiskers than anything
dae?
Copjrrisht National JJewapape r P--v '
Short Snatches
From Everywhere
The plea that motorists save pa
lino by elirmnatirs; joy rides
have fallen on deaf ear? Bi i
ham Ago-Hera'.d
A Now York doctor savs cr -sense
Is a disease o:ie to w - en
New Tork doctor evidentlv k.3
been exposed. Kansas C.ty t i-
Wben gasoline sets up to ro c
a gallon there won z oe much m- - 1
government regulation of plea .
riding. Charlotte News and co'j' .
In the certainty that Unrl
going: to spend a lot of irorv
grafters are pricking up the -and
smiling. Knox Mile Jojr. 1
Tribune.
The feeling again; the
tactics of congrsss is not u
Ton must remamber we have a
food speculators in our midst M i
Telegraph.
certain exactly where
paid out went.'
.
If we had a system of unive-
military training there would n--
s. manv mn w.th minor phv .u'
fc ct.v." said J. Icaida clerk o!
county exeTt'tion board "We
many 'men with fiat arches ef- r-
the eyes or similar imperfect n- s
would have been co-rected in te -
fancy if we had universal tra r-"-r
am heartily in favor of prepar '
war before war comes "
thousands of dollars worth of
to cattlemen of th southwest
herds were suffern.e; from
water" said E. L. Punran. of -"i
tonfo. The rain caTn ;uit s'
right time and when it wa -the
most in m oi.in.-.-u T e
in the western pirt of the f-T--ry
dry."
-"El
Paso's four r. -1 - ial gta - '
panies seem to he well estaM
their ramps" said C R. Jone
tho boys seem to be m excellent
Its and eagerly await the re.
orders to proceed to the mbi!
camp at Fort Worth."
in stupidity
is
ffefnc bev
power to pav '
Trightful reports are he'nir "
of the ravages of venereal u i-
in tho army training camps ar '
the barracks where the gil rr.
tion workers live.
"One of the sreat na-iona tot
men through loathon-e. immo-
eases than on the firing line .j
the first 15 months of the f
"Back from the Mexican bord- r -boys
come spreading the cur-.
the great black plague amo-in h :
dreds of thousands of homs.
ing the lives of innocent woit-i
unborn babe.
"Over in E'l-ore ln mllllO' - of -
men are dep-iv.-r! of their 1.
and 50 millions of babies c
never be.
"Of those women who win ' i
their mates given back to tbem. t' -are
20 millions who wi'l hav ri
wrecks of men meri'.illv tie-i- -physically
brokrn. mo-ally - .r-
This is the wav th.-. Amer-. fi -elallst
party is tririr to h. 'p
1 government in it wor-
117. by the Tribune Assoctat...
wants for his wife. It would M
your name and mieht ruin in-'
acter. Remember it can't be u..r
IATHODI tTIO.V.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
Kindly advise me im it r
when two women are int-od . I
for thorn to shake hands" V
would you consider it good for
for a woman upon introduction
a man to extend her hand Sb " 1
a woman when seated uton
tnduction to either a woman or i
man rise or remain sitting"
These questions have eorre i
among a group of friends w
have decided to abide by
Judgment.
V. . .
Of course It ;s proper for women 4
nanas wiien trey are it-.
What s cord.nL courw
friendlv is almost invar a' 'v
"proper" Hold out your hand to i
man when vou are presented tn -
That is friemllv not forward 1-
not necesaarv to rise when va-j a-
introouced to anotner voung pe--
j Particularly tf it he a man
But a'
-i r .1 r "
I ways rise for your eMers
course a man stands w henevp
pii are standlnc. whether he
then being introduced to then
Xo Hypocrite.
China ha pone into th w.i-
she doesn't pretend that Bu . i
going- to lead her armies to
HeraM nulides i1- bv abso-r- .
The Telegrapu. Ti. Telecrii i
The Advertiser. Tha Tnd.n.n.... .
.vn .Me..... West Tftas
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