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EL PASO HERALD EDITORIAL and MAGAZINE PAGE Must Do It Alone On The Long Trail "Anti-Preparedness" In The Sierra Madre Short Snatches From Everywhere. Monday, April 3, 1916. Regardless of whether the many rumors of Carranza troops joining Villa or withdrawing from his path to avoid him, are grounded in truth or not, the fact cannot be evaded that if the Americans are to capture Villa and his bandits they will have to do the work alone and they will have to have stronger cooperation from Washington. If any Carrancistas really do extend cooperation in the pursuit, so much the better and easier, but it will be folly to count on them doing so. lion interference is about all the Americans can ask or expect. Carranza troops are concentrating in considerable force where they cannot possibly be of any assistance in the pursuit of Villa. There is nothing whatever to indicate that this concentration of Carranza forces is a menace to the American border or to our troops in Mexico. But the fact that all these Mexican troops are being withdrawn from Villa's front, so as to let him pass at will through the lines in trying to escape the Americans, is enough to cause the Americans to lay aside any lingering hopes they may have had that they were to enjoy any considerable cooperation of the Carrancistas. All the warnings and mutterings of discontent on the part of Mexicans of whatever faction only serve to emphasize the first duty of the American govern ment, which is to stay with the Villa pursuit to the finish, if it -means going through to the isthmus of Panama and maintaining a force in Mexico for the next SO years. The Americans have shown that they have no ulterior or sinister purpose, and they intend to prove their good will and good faith by cleaning out ,this bunch of murderers that is following Villa's leadership. Such an act will be a greater service to Mexico and Mexicans than to anyone else. Felipe Angeles, Villa's former chief lieutenant, now living in safety in the 1 Paso valley under the American flag, says it was unwise to send American troops to Mexico, and warns them to get out in 30 days or there will be war. It is just such talk as his that promotes ill feeling and foments war passions. o Imagine starting a jackrabbit to run from here to Oklahoma, with his own choice of route; giving him a week's start; and then sending the 1 Paso police force out to catch him. That would be comparable to the chase after Villa, except that Villa has friends who do not always tell the soldiers the truth about Pancho's whereabouts. It is 12 weeks since Santa Ysabel, 25 days since Columbus. American troops are now in the very region where Villa's band of assassins massacred the Amer icans of the Cusi mining company. Possibly some of the same bunch that committed that horrible crime have paid the penalty at Columbus and Guerrero. But the leaders are still at large. Except for some of the pursuits after Indians in earlier days, and possibly some British expeditions in Africa, the world has never seen a man-hunt to com pare with this one. The number of troops engaged is probably larger than any similar expedition ever had before, and the distance penetrated into the rough mountain country without other means of transporta tion than the army itself provides, gives this expedi tion distinction. The Americans are comporting themselves with fine regard for the feelings, the pride and sentiment, of the Mexicans. Nothing has been done by the American troops that can possibly be construed as hostile to the country or its people. The pursuit is for a baid of outlaw murderers, and the trail is still warm. The troops in the field are determined to see the thing through to success, if only they be left a free hand by the Washington authorities. Military considerations l will not bring about a pause in the chase short of success It is to be hoped that political considerations or false sentiment will not interfere. If the chase be backed by Washington to the point of success in its sole purpose, the net result will be excellent. The Mexicans who have come into contact with the American troops have gained a new idea about their northern neighbors, and the word will pass around, in spite of efforts of Villa and others to spread falsehoods calculated to create ill feeling. Mexicans have often asked what may be the limit of patience on the part of the American government. It will be seen that there is a point somewhere, at which for bearance ceases to be a virtue. If New York would keep its "journalists" at home, New York would not have to worry about fake news from "the border." "The border" has become insuf ferably tired of the scoldings administered by eastern editors who send their star fakirs out here with in structions to "send a goo6,story, never mind the facts." o Things look different in the sunny morn from what they looked the chilly night before. Organizations to oppose "preparedness" are becoming common all over the east. Women have inaugurated their own anti-preparedness movements, but men are taking an active part 'also, forming separate organiza tions. In not a few of the colleges, factions have arisen, one for, one against, preparedness. Naturally one looks to the lists of names to find a lot of freak men and women who are always "agin" something, and the seeket is not disappointed, for the freaks are there. But added to the freaks are a very much larger numbet of men and women who really rate for something in the country, and whose influence will be dangerous when thrown on the wrong side of a vitally important question like that of the national defence. "Preparedness" narrows down to this: A navy suffi ciently strong so that an independent fleet can be kept on each side of the continent, each adequate to meet and defeat any possible enemy fleet at sea with out drawing from the other fleet; adequate port-defences; a regular army of 175,000 to 200,000 men, which would provide a mobile army of about 100,000 in continental United States; a national guard that is really national; universal military training in time of peace, and universal service in time of war; ade quate preparation by way of materials for possible combat as well as for suitable training; coordination of the transportation and industrial resources and fa cilities of the nation. Let the issue be clearly drawn, and let the country fight it out in the usual way, through a campaign of education, and through the polls. The anti-preparedness folks need not worry: there is mighty little danger that the country will do anything to annoy them. The country as a whole is anti-preparedness. It will take a good deal of energetic effort to arouse the country to a realization of the need as it actually exists. o It is a wonder the pacifists do not send Billy Sunday over to Europe to fight the war out bloodlessly. Every time Billy Sunday preaches, hundreds are knocked down and out by anguish over their sina. Ambulances, trained nurses, and first aid packages are needed in a rush after every meeting. The reverend Billy might first fight the Germans to a finish with their own con sciences, and after their trenches were filled with the unconscious, he could wipe out the British lines, and so on through the 14 nations, and by the time they all got up and out again on one graad glory trail, war would be wiped out forever. The old Sierra Madre, the great mother mountains of the Mexican continent, the backbone of Mexico, en ters into the sphere of war influence and will change plans and specifications not only for airships but for the wireless outfits. The high altitudes with peaks rising in the clouds and deep canyons breaking down to vast depths, the cold, the Uiin air, the eddies, whirl winds, and currents are too much for the cleverest fly ing machine wings or engine and too much sometimes for the stoutest and strongest hearts of the air men. According to some of the wireless operators, the heavy ore deposits in the mountains deflect their deli cate instruments and make the machines unreliable though this sounds like pure romance. The old mother mountains are neutral Mexican or American is all one to the mountains hut so far Villa has the best of it because his quickness and skill and insight are in no way dependent on delicate machines. The Americans will have to match wits and perseverance and swiftness with the bandit. Modern science of war is not going to help much in the Sierra Madre. o Passengers on the steamship Adriatic when they arrived at New York, told of the excitement which the wireless operator caused by posting on the ship's bul letin board a Teport reading: "United States army missing for two days." After all on board had become sufficiently excited by this news, and Europeans had been duly aroused, the' operator appeared and corrected the dispatch by inserting the word "aviator" after "army." There was a general sigh of relief. o What a wonderful system the president must: have, to be able to distinguish the lies sent in by liars on his payroll from other lies of other liars. The president said in a speech in New York that his personal contents would create a sensation if revealed. o "They are all good towns" said the experienced trav eling man after he had finished giving a new coifler in the field a catalog ofc fOO or so stopping places in a few hundred miles of El Paso. And so they are. o Hope they won't tie up the troops with too many conditions. There is no good reason why tie Car rancistas should want to hamper them in their wort o One thing sure, Pershing is no blabbing gossip, when it comes to sending news out. The war may yet be ended in the German relehstag. nutland (Vt) Herald. It' a lucky father who can wear his son's old clothes. Nashville Banner. Portugal -will sson regret that it forced itself into the war. Baltimore American. Reports of Russia's military death sewn to have been exaggerated. Wall Street Journal. Our Idea of the beet way to surround Villa Is to slip a noose over his head. Dallas News. Every woman must have a pet If she can't have a eat or a dog, she gets a man. New York Times. at. Louis burglars stole a statue of Mark Twain. How Mark would have enjoyed that! Detroit Free Press. When some people have no business of their own to look aftfcr they become public spirited. Nashville Banner. Even clover Is going up in price; but that fact won't keep the politicians out of It Baltimore American. "Lost opportunity," remarked the man on the car, "always goes around to the back door to knock."- Toledo Blade. When everylrody becomes thrifty the fellows who are after the easy money will have to go to work. Toledo Blade. It's only the tall fence around the social swim that1 makes It seem attractive to those on the outside. Albany Journal Greatest mystery to us Is where they put what they take out of tho Panama eanal. Is the ocean fill ing up? St- Xiouls GIobe-DemoeraL The highwayman who requests his victim to throw up his bnds and throw down his arms simultaneously is asking too muoh. Chicago News. If any definite plot exists to force a break with the Carranza government, the Washington adminis tration should expose the plotters at once. Los Angeles Tribune. One of the strangest things Is people's willingness to work harder than they would for wages, to obtain something that seems, merely seems, to be for nothing. Albany Journal Of course, all these hyphenates who say Germany Is such a great place to live in will hurry back when peace comes and help pay the kaiser's war taxea Philadelphia North American. Daily reports from Mexico are to the effect that Villa is "only SO miles" ahead of his American pur suers. And If the bandit and his gang can continue to maintain a lead of "only 50 miles" the chase after them is going to be of considerable duration. Topeka State Journal. U. S. Senate Long On Talk and Skort On Action Brignt, Tireless T y HOWARD L. EANN. traveling expenses, including the right alkers ALways Get the Jots r t THE United States senate Is a dig- Tnlfled body of American patriots t0 frank anything that will go into a who are long on talk'and short on mtoot cr- The man who '"vented the For some reason or other Jst as .iction Boon .ik a man establishes a r Dputation at hoim m a bright and tireless talker he is ent to the senate, where he Is j allowed to wrap his tongue around the t Knlish language and discharge mtaln forn,.i'ioit at the rati of 00 misses j per minute Th senate Is i umposed largely of j it. en -who re not in need of ready t inotii and ran look an oerdue laun- dr hill in the fse without a tremor. ' There is a great deal of wealth in the i senate, but it Is not making so much ' noise as it used to. This is due to the ' pernicious effect of the primary else- i tion law. which compels every senator to hide his stovepipe hat and unearned increment and mingle with a suspicious lertorate clad only In conscious vlr- ' tLe and a salt-and-pepper suit 'When two aenatora get together and begin to discuss the primary election law, there Is a display of fireworks that would make Palne's "Pall of Rome" look like a Chlneee lantern at a lawn social The senate pays J7.500 a year and f Tuy jmT Ho oom gsL OK TMJNKS - I S? Jiws, fawofaooN u)XJs I franci' a juc or aj V SoGSUM,A Cow, A(jl Pi 1xtt ' A S tin -ypl wafffr- The Right (ofrnnk anything that will go lol Ink o a OO-foot far. franking privilege shoulJ have a mon ument on Pennsylvania avenue, paid for by the express companies, Instead of being criticised by the jackals of yellow journalism, which will not let a senator frank home an ipright piano without breaking out In misspelled In vective and sending marked copies to his constituents. Some choice brands of native elo quence are constantly on tap In the senate and make inspiring reading af ter being translated Into English by the editor of the - .cord. This gentle man : as never been appreciated as he should be. When one stops to think of the number of United States senators who rise to their feet every day and commit nameless crimes against the laws of syntax, knowing that the edi tor of the Record will supply the cor rect grammar and pronunciation, U would seem that a night school In the use of our noble language could be started in the senate without disap pointing people who sit in the gallery. The senate is a deliberative body, but it is not passing any bills with eyes closed. There are times when a little deliberation Hs a good thing, and this Is one of them. Protected by the Adams Newspaper Service. Check for $43,538,131.11 In Payment For Steel Bond Issue Is Given In New York,. New York, April 3 One of the larg est checks that has ever been paid in the United States passed through the New Tork clearing house during the past week. It called for the transfer of funds amounting to $43,138,131.11 In payment for bonds of one of the steel companies which have recently been sold by a syndicate of bankers. So far as could be recalled, there have been only four other checks drawn In the whole history of American flnaice for amounts approaching that repre sented in. this check. The largest check which has ever been drawn In this country was for $65.075. 000 in payment for a sale of bonds ftf? one of the large railroad companies, which also received a check for fl9.000.000 early last year as a result of a bond Issue. In May, 1904, the secretary of the treasury came. to New York with a check for $-10,060,-000 which the United States govern ment paid to the French syndicate in the Panama canal purchase. In the same year a check for $40,000,000 was turned over to the Mexican government In connection with an issue of Mexican bonds. The mikado of Japan is going to build a $1,000,000 hotel on imperial ground in Toklo. Old Custom Of Removing Hats For Funerals Fine Many Failed To Do Tnis For Dead Lieutenant "i MAT be old fashioned," said John Wilson, "but it seems to me that the old fashioned cus tom of removing one's hat when a funeral passes by is a good one. Last week when the body of -Lieut J. W. Allison was escorted to the station by the soldiers, everyone stopped to watch it pass, but very, very few paid the tribute of respect of removing their hats. Yet that man died in the services of his country. Surely, even in the rush of this busy day and ace, if a man stops to watch a funeral pro cession he ought to remove his hat as the hearse passes." "I do not think that people gener ally are crediting the.wild eyed stories about El Paso that are being circulated by some of the newspaper syndicates throughout the country." said Sirs. A. G. Anderson. "I had a letter from a friend In Colorado this morning. In which she commented upon the story of the hidden machine guns on erery hill. She said: 'None of us believe those stories for on the face of It what would be the value of hidden guns It the fact that they were there was loudly proclaimed through all the papers? I guess these stories were manufactured in some of our own newspaper offices.' Let us hope that Other people will take the same view of them." "I believe there should be a closer regulation of women's hats." said II. B. Thomson. "When at church Sunday I noticed so many ridiculous hats perched upon the tops of women that I got away from the sermon wonder ing why they did it Not one of the hats would protect a woman from the under law designed to encourage rifle practice and amilated with the na tional Rifle club, the membership will be given opportunity to enter the rifle contests of the national organization and compete for honors. Among our members are many excellent rifle shots and when we do enter the contests we should carry off some honors. The range at the Ft Franklin Country club will be open at all times and we ex pect the rifle club to be one of the rain or shine: not one of them were j large attractions of the new Country LETTERS To Uhe HERALD AU communications mil bear the signature 6t the writer, bet the same will be withheld it reanested) OPINIONS OP TUB IIBRALf). Pampa, Texas, March 20, 191. 1 Tutor Kl Paso Hearld: I do not care to take The Herald an longer. You use too much slush and not enough facts. Tou want war too had Get right and I will take your )n per Harry DeJernett. Rosoo. Texas, March 28, 191. Editor El Paso Herald: The Herald la. without a doubt, the best paper In the' west. H. C. Powell. cnowixc FLOWERS. Editor E! Paso Herald: T was very much interested In the article of March tl In The Herald and sympathize very deeply with the Indi vidual who had lier flowers destroyed u in' cniiaren in JSi i-bso. It is my opinion that there are a great many others who have had sim ilar experiences. I too, have had some very grave experiences, but not with children altogether It seems to me there are so many grown-ups In El Paso who haven't the least respect for flowers. Lent spring I ordered from Portland, Oregon, very rare and very expensive plants for a border around my yard. 1 made a trench and put out the young plants, which gave forth every color of the rainbow, and paid for the rid. lift and the manure and for labor. Then all the children in the neighbor hood gathered and proceeded to have great joy In running up and down in that trench Their mothers took It as a great joke, because I almost got hys terical 1 called the flock in and with sneets and goodies bribed them not to do that again, but then there was the milkman, iceman, grocery man. postman all went through and over the young grass, which I was trying to coax to grow, when there was a cement walk from the street around to the rear of my house. What few scattering plants survKed in the border, were very ptettv. This spring, with the monev my hus band gave me for flowers. I Invested In pot plants, because I couldn't keen an thing In the ground, and after mut. time and agony with the floilst t got them all arranged on my front perch, and was very muoh pleased. But they only became fine targets for tlie news PJpei delivery boys, who, doubling their papers hard, if they didn't break a pot got a plant sure every time. ' An Irish 'Woman. Csrransa faction has not exerted its ut most efforts to bring about peace, and to maintain peace with the United States. If they .would only ston to consider the vsst numbers of utterly Ignorant men who are lured or driven to follow the "great bandit" whom our country flattered, and assisted in get ting the hold he has today, they would perhaps realize what the feeble Car ransa government has had to con front Our "Americanized friend" further says that If Villa is suoh an enemy to the Carranza followers, she doesn't see why they have not captured him. I think she and others, who are per plexed by the same question, will per haps, have an opportunity to learn why this was the case; they will find out that it was not such an easy task those people had, and still have on hand. I. too. am nuzzled ahntit uiniAlhlni. but perhaps someone can enllgten me in the matter. I want to know why """" rmi ana a lew Diners who nave, lor ai least six years, Deen mak Ing threats, boasts, and roarlne- for In tervention In Mexico, do not go across the border, now that the opportunity is ample and their dreams of Inter vention more likely to be realised. If they have such humane purposes In view as the senator said, "not of whipping Mexico, but of scourging out the bandits," why don't they go over and participate in the hardships that the poor, weary, sore-footed boys now over there are having to endure, and thus show their true heroism? I Iftlleve that we shall all learn that the Carranza people have done all thev could to control the banditry, and I hope that ere long, with the asslstantce of our government, Villa will be cap tured, and peace restored In Mexico. To our Americanized Mexican friend I wish to ask that she at least concede that there are some Mexicans who are sincere In expressing their regrets in regard to the Columbus massacre and fi1 ,t.h.er V'acks upon Americans by the Villa bandits. (Miss) Sara De Aguajo. WHEN A -FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND BY BRIGGS rho t: oss ' ABE MARTIN DEFENDS TUB CARRANCISTAI. i-., . ,., Cap'I?n' ' M- March 29 1 nitor Kl Paso Herald: Referring to a letter which appeared I" resent issue entitled "A Woman's lew." and signed "An Americanized Mexican.' I do not agree with this Americanized friend's views and the stand she takes in regard to the Mexi can problem T am an American, born and reared In New Mexico mv parents tame from Mexico but I haVe a er tender spot in my heart for the Mexl r.m people, and am deeply Interested In ihr f.ite of th country of my fathers I annot. like senator Fall and other prejudiced Americans, and per haps man "Americanized Mexicans" believe that the airanza followers would not bae ghen the alarm oi prevented the outrage upon the peace ful, slumbering little town of Colum bus had they been aware that the ilia bandits were preparing for It. Ir is not doing justice to the Mexican people to make such broad assertions, and I Would certain U loith to he iden tified as having proceeded from a race that, according to some narrow-minded people h opinions of them, are a lot of mean, heartless satages Ther .-in i Rnat manv peor.le who Grocer King Trumbull, who recently! laueu, announces mat ne'u open a nickel the-ater an' pay dollar fer dollar. Mrs. Emmy Path has received a souvenir card from her niece, who is workin' in one o' th' best families in Indvnonlns. sairin' . . . , ; ' ' ' !.iinv or pietend to beiuve, that the things are breakm tine icr her. I Thing i" comfortable to wear. Some of them and some like the head pieces of Aztecs and Egyptians. There they were be fore me long stretches of greens and blues and reds and pinks, in all sorts of material, covered and bulwarked with artificial flowers and leaves and feathers: and not a single one of them fitting In with the dignity of the place or the spirit of the hocr." "When I have any spare time I like to watch men at work," said J. Arthur Tobias. "There is nothing so invig orating as to watch other men carry ing hods and pushing: wheelbarrows and lifting weights. Wlrk has a fas cination for people that is for people to look on. Everybody enjors Watch ing a concrete or steel building go up; everybody likes to watch an excavation take place. It's one of the healthiest amusements that a bystander can in- auige in. "The newly organized -Mt, FranKlln Rifle club Is gaining in popularity and we fully expect to get S00 members." psaid l. C. Sutton. .Being orgamzea club." "After a visit to Austin and to San Antonio, I have returned to El Paso with the imnression rieonlv rnnteil thnt ! El Paso is the best city I have seen in uexas, saia r. it. -uarcum. -San Anto nio has a greater population, but I doubt If it does a larger business and certainly El Paso has a more metro politan appearance." "Despite the fact that the tire de partment made a total of 4s runs a record during the month of March, the estimated amount of property de stroyed by fire was very small." said assistant fire chief John T. Sullivan. "There were also a number of fires during the month, such as the Held Fuel company, the Snider Jewelry company, and several others, where heavy losses were sustained, but on the ' whole the average Is very small, which speaks well for the department The second largest number of fires to oc cur In one month was last November, when there were 45 alarms, which eclipsed the former record by one alarm." II. S. CDUHT IS Grand and Petit Juries Se lected for Federal Court; New Judge. The April term of the United States district court opened Monday morn ing, with judge William B. Sheppard of the northern district of Florida on the bench, in place of Judge T. S. Maxey, who Is holding court In New Orleans. The morning was taken np in era panelling the grand and petit Juries. Grand Jury. The grand Jury is as follows: T. M. Wilson, Marfa, foreman. W. U. Carre, El Paso. It A. Kile, Marfa. .' C E. Davidson. Alpine. R. A. Klbbey. Clint C. C Ballard, El Paso. T. W. Turner, Kl Paso". J. H. Lock, Marfa. Loul C. Rtchey, Alpine. C. S. PIckrell, El Paso. A. L. Hawley, El Paso. W. a Haden, El Paso. II A. Bogel. Marfa. Will Cromble. El Paso. A. F. Kerr, El Paso. V.'. P. Fischer, Marfa. G. W. Chambers. Marfa. G. W. Mecklin, Marfa. Dan Coffman, Marathon. Tent Jury. The petit jury selected was as fol lows: " J. W. Cooper, Marfa. E. J. Atkinson, Alpine. I. SESSION S. D. Morris, Van Horn. Henry Daly, Shafter. W. H. Terry, Alpine. H. L. HancocK, Alpine. Carlos Boudreaux. Marathon. J D. Campbell. El Paso. R. W. Mcfiee. Marfa. E. IL Burk, El Paso. J. I. Gourley, Alpine. Haymon Krupp, El Paso. Homer Cartwright Marfa. Geo. F. Allen. El Paso. A S, Justice, Alpine. IL L. Hfrey, El Paso T. D. Porcher, El Paso. Harry Swain, El Paso. W. N. Holder. Van Horn. Jas. D. Shannon. Marfa, SIOI COURT, n no Idabel, Okla.. April J. At the con clusion of the testimony today at the preliminary hearing of Oscar Martin, a negro, charged with attacking a white girl, a mob of 500 stormed the court room, seized the prisoner and banged him from a back balcony of the court honse. Marching On I HAVE read a hundred essays on the Causes of the Fight, and every country'i in the wrong, and all are in the right; the bones of countless butchered men are bleaching in the light, and Death goes marching on. The war was forced on yonder king, who couldn't dodge the scrap; and it was forced on t'other king, who is a peaceful chap; and meanwhile over every foot of Europe's soggy map! King Death is marching on. It seems a shame, when all the kings were suffer ing for peace, that war should spring its wrinkled front, and all its dogs release, that generals should wade around in blood and fur and grease, and Death go marching on. And still the soldiers fight and slay, their little wage to earn; and where the vine and figtree were, the lurid beacons burn; the sleepless chil dren watch and wait for dads who won't return, and Death is marching on. It must have been spontaneous, the great and bloody game; if anyone's responsible no man will take the blame; old Europe's littered with her dead, her blind a'ni halt and lame, and Death goes marching on. (Protected by the Adams Newspaper Service ) WALT UASOft. EL PASO HERALD DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE. THAT NO GOOD CAUSE SHALL LACK A CHASIPIO.V, AND THAT EVIL SHALL NOT THRIVW UNOPPOSED. H. D. Slater, editor and controlling owner, has directed The Herald for IS 7eani J. C. Wllmsrth Is Manager and O. . Martin la New Edllar. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION. AND AUDIT BtltBAU OF CIRCULATIONS. AN INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER The El Paso Herald was established in March. 1881. 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