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HOME EDITION TODAY'S PRICES STeMcan tank note? rtate bills, 8(5)19; pesos, 77c; "cmcan gold, SSc; narionales, 20'ic; bar silver, H os H. quotation, 96kc; copper, $2930; grains, higrer; livestock, steady; stocks, lower. 1 Paso and West Texas, generally fair, cooler; New Mexico, generally fair; Arizona, fair, except j showers east portion. j IATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. DELIVERED ANYWHERE SOc A MONTH EL PASO. TEXAS, SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 8. 1917. 28 PAGES. 3 SECTIONS. TODAY. SINGLE COIT FIVE CENTS DEN A GERMANY IN WAR PLOT . . EIK 2 KILLED, SCORE INJURED IN ARSENAL EXPLOSION; BUILDINGS DESTROYED C Si SUNK If UNSEEN FOE PHILADELPHIA, V--, Sept. Two workmen are known to have been killed and a score badly injured in an explosion at the Prankford arsenal here early today Takes New Zealand Regi ment to England and Is Torpedoed on Return. An Atlantic Port, Sept. 8. News of Uie destruction of the 81S2 ton British inquiry Carelessness of a oivrkman 1 unit. In these there were three and it was believed, was the cause of the! six inch shells, but prompt work of accident. arsenal emploes and city firemen Explosion la Small Building. I saved the buildings and their contents The explosion occurred in one of fro destruction, three small nuildinc known as de-' . Two nun were killed by the burst- a. v. ... i 4. tonatinz drv rooms, where the onmer mp or a snrapnci luse in tne nigD 6 I caps for three and six inch shill and ! esploses buildings iast April was accidental, there being nothing i small arms cartridges are drii d. The1 Lom It Alwat nexw. to indicate that it was caused br an! building n o lestion has it nails Three investigations were under ! was brought here today by several members or her crew who arnvecr on cor- Maj. Montgomery, commandant olj Other Hulldlnjc Cateh Fire. 1 The monetary loss is estimated at the arsenal, and his aids are invest!- Fire followed the explosion and about J30.0OO. Three small friuldinga gating and decline to make any state-j spread to several other ."mall bJiM i were destroyed, together with about ment until they have completed their infrs kno-vn a thc amller; ae::ibiy ' fl,Co detonators. steamship Turaklna by a torpedo from a German submarine, August 13. ; . , 'outside agency. Two of the injured ! pacKed with cinders and eieri ;re- nav SOon after the explosion, in wS Leaaing Squadron Consists of Submarines and Torpeao, are young women. idtntson was n to prevent acc!-1 federal officials the poi.ee and c Boats, With Cruisers following; Baltic Tleet Is Be lieved to Be Reinforced by Part of German High Seas Fleet; Advance Ships Are Bombarded. Pi-TROGRAD. Russia, Sept. 8 Ger- j TOCKHOLM. Sweden, Sept. S. It I ," an varcraft again have been j is reported by the Svenska Dag-1 glued in the Gulf of Riga and , W bladet that German naval forces! e been shelled by the Russian, of considerable strength have been jat lotteries, the war office an- observed in the southern Baltic tak-! pjices. Russian torpedo boats dis-'lne a northerly course. . .crea a Cerman sama.-nc ana en- The leading squadron, it says, con saips. apparently trawlers, were rists ot submarines and torpedo boats. Ijserved in Irbensk sound. They were :-- d by the Russian batteries to re- Cerman Standing Still. with cruisers following them. It is believed to be tbe German Baltic fleet, reinforced by part Of the high . . ... jtwuu. Russian coast cities Is predicted. .. -..is J.isa ironi is reported in to- Kn.i th rh!.f cities which the German fleet can attack. It is believed the German army has penetrated about as -far east and northeast of Riga as it can so before winter sets in and that the German fleet is to carry the war to Petrograd. fta iront is reported in to. official communication. The '.L,..in positions are being recon . .ered by German caalry. Offensive nded. ".; enhagen, L'e.imark, Sept. 8. .e-.,.ns German military ciac.es con t'd y that witb the capture of the "iiportant navai bases of Riga and I'uie: an uende operations on the Riga r" t Mrtually have been ended, savs i Be-I.n dispatch to the National Ti n'nne. it Is considered too late in the ea- to adance farther. This woold --'lu.-e the bnilding of new roads and .e et jhshment of depots. On this enjnt. te dispatch sas, it is nn Kf!v that field marshal von Hln-I z 'fl permit the troops peror William has arrived at Riga, a Berlin dispatch reports. He reviewed the troops and distributed decorations on the battlefield. Russians Are Entrenching. Berlin, Germany. Sept. 8. The Rus sians are hafstily entrenching in the Kiga region to the west or venden. savs toilar'a armv hcadanarters state. ue the advance, with Petrograd i ment- German cavalry is in touch uti.puiu. j with them on this new line and ad- Kalser Is At Riga. I vanced Russian detachments have i.--e-.:am. Holland, Sept. 8 Em-, been poshed back. TheWarAlA Glance j DESPITE the continued re treat of the Russians on the Riga front, indications are not wanting that the German drive in this region has reached nearly Its limits. This view Is taken by leading German military writers, who point to the lateness of the season as making It im probable that von Hindenburg In tends to push his campaign fur therHhis fall. He will be content with safeguarding his new ac quisitions, the bases of Riga and Duenamuende. they intimate. Tbe Franco-Belgian front is witnessing some local Infantry movements, but for the most part the artillery and tbe airmen are the only branches of the service being actively employed by either side. Vienna claims the driving back of the Italians in the Hermada sector, where Gen. Cadorna has been pushing toward Trieste. It is asserted that all the ground won bv him there in the present offensive has been recovered and that more than 000 prisoners have been taken by the Austrians up to the present. !EI1 HE PEOPLE Ifl0 EI EGHETLY SPUR !0 ANNE) American passenger ship from Great Britain. The ship had but recently landed at a British port a detach ment of 1200 New Zealand troops and was on her way to New Tork to take i rarra f n't 1 AlAviuiiig w Vuai ids ii c:t, hi. it, erator engineer of the ship, three members of the crew lost their lives from the explosion of the torpedo. The others. 72 in all. escaped in life boats and were picked up eight hours later by a British destroyer. The at tack occurred about 1 SO miles out and. although the Turakina was Action of Organization in Many Cities Denouncing the j the guns, as the U-boat did not show the New Zealand Shipping company and was built In 190; at Newcastle. England. Blir Ship Middlesex Sunk. Advices from the same source also reported that the British steamship Middlesex, formerly known as the Knicht Bachelor, a vessel of 72(4 tons, likewise under convoy, had been sunk about the same time as was the Delphic. The Middlesex was built in mm ninn nusn ok ens . e b m a, esa a (AT UN United States and Demanding Annexation Shows Careful Nurturing by Autocrats; Declare President "Shamefully Insults the German People." ready has opened, and business wilt ' be concentrated in these, while others i will shut down, except those supply- ingr heat and light. Butchers favor keeping their places open late two COPENHAGEN. Denmark. Sept. S. A well defined movement is manifesting itself in Germany, tude of the reichstasr maioritv in - afternoons a week, otherwise to ciose 9i4 at Glasgow and was owned by tuae 01 tne reicbstag wont m with the sun The jemelers p,, to lhe Federal Steam Navigation corn adopting: the peace resolution with ex-, keep open only on those days when I panr. of London. pressions or maignauon at me rerer-j aruuaw bih unnw-rj "'. SIB LHWENTII lELPSTIlICJflffllilfi German Charge at Buenos Aires Cables Through the Swedish Legation to Berlin, Calling Argentine Act ing Foreign Minister a "Notorious Ass" and Telling Where Ships May Be Attacked. . W: during the north German winter, are I very rew. The city or Stettin nasi ences in president Wilson's reply to pope Benedict to internal conditions . suspended street lighting entirely on j in that country. (The rale of the ' account or lack 01 coau 1 Vood anil File! CThler lrnblma. ASHINGTOX. D. C, Sept. S. i Montro Protegido case there lu.- k The American state depart- ereat change in public fee!;;.--. , . . ... Qpvernment wul In future only cie ment exploded another diplo-1 Arsentlne ships as far as Las Palma matic bombshell today which ranked 'I beg that the small steamers ura with the exposure of Germany's at- j "!d, GuM?; "i,.f J1n"lr-,' 'meaning . . . . ., ........ which sailed Slsti. 3" tons, whic.i tempt to embroil the Lmted States. are (nowi nearing Bordeaux with a Mexico and Japan in war and the at- view to change the flair, mav ' tempt of Germany to form a coali-1 3T,ared.! DO?f'bIe or ls sunk ith ... , . - , .. , out a trace being left i -purlor c tion with England for intervention in senkf). ENDANGERS WHOLE FLEET j Mexico- Todays disclosure wa that. -s.gr.e.i. IFli tiMrmn min orr tj Irvvntin h 1 - " ' - MUTINY OF FOUR SAILORS autocracy.) Business organirations Hood and Fnel Chief Problem.. i-oioe.p.... been using the Swedish le.tion there .. . in various parts of Germany show' The German press and public are saie.y ' a . !!! " "r" . ' ! fiVl. ,Jf,?L Vi. .J e ' 'mm a reliable source the actum ele-- . . j uicmi , 7, i nips ranj ius iwui i u , . NT .L . " minister for fore signs of careful nurtnre and acceler ation of the movement from some cen- LIQUOR MANUFACTURE ENDS: PEORIA, ILL., LOSES ITS TITLE AS WHISKY MAKING CENTER iSSfV!? JSi5rblTi?JI.. i?1 f W and convoyed by 20 British 1 W ZVl?.,11? mjSht tl force which ia twrhns not f-ir.l;oils or constitutional rerorm, eiwpt U"UJ "V" v"5'1"""1 "d might be expected to do with regard tial lorce which is perHaps not far, fQr anpry ordeTS for president wn80n endansered by th alleged mutinous to 8ubmarine warfare and his recom- rtmovcu irom me lniere&is now con- to keep out of German affairs, prac- co"uuci 01 me iour memoers 01 me troling the Lokal Anxeiger. of Berlin.' tically has disappeared from German crew ot an armea Americarii stearu- newsnapers since me reicnstag cow- ri 1 oir uw., pr..MBV.it u. to matee went home and the problem ment. Th Iokal Anzeiger Is owned ' of the potato Is now the topic of the uy m pan-wrman orpanizauon ciose ant, mo crown prnM- nt t,.nnir n r- r. connection with the ramnaien now, . rraers aie proclaiming an a ban e mane m the roiivervat; e pre1-'' for overth row of tht reichstag's de- -isiori. Wow far these neupaprs ILL., Sept. 8. At 11 - VU tonight Peoria, will cease io be the whisky making cen of the w orld. Thousands of gal- of liquor will remain in ware jf! here, bufthe manufacture C ' ' crag-es ends today under the -: 'iial food law, at ihs direction of 'oi djre.-tor Herbert C. Hoover. Ire government remits the dlstil : one week in which to allow the ..tr' which is the liquid product of .orn. to go through a week's process of tUst. nation. At thc end of that v ip no more wh.sky or gin will be produced from the f i e big distil ler wh.ch have been furr.ihing one i. ' n oi uie nation s allouoi bjr the same ' distilleries for cojnQMrclar and. mediefnai uses other thaa toeeragc3 approximates 14046. MftHaRllens. The manufacture of aJ comi tor the latter purposes. wUl cOntuaue as usual, probably ia greater .TOlvme, and tew of the larger distil -feriea, If any, will bare to abut down, according; -to gorernment authorities. Small riants to Clove The clash of distilleries, which will be put out of business, is composed almost wholly of small plants operat ed by from one man to half a dosen men located in California, Ohio and New Jersey, and producing brandy from grapes, apples and peaches. These produce approximately 2.000.000 gallons a year. Those in New Jersey and Ohio, officials believe, will sus pend operations entirely. The Cali- urnU for manv i Iornja Plants, n is mougm. wm con- spirits for rortilying ufacture of sweet wine, Will Incrroae Rerennc. Stopping whisky manufacture. In stead of curtailing the government's revenues, will increase tnem for the next two years, officials believe. Cou pled with tbe pending revenue bill, the withdrawal of whisky from bond will probably treble the revenues within the i.ext 12 months, as the j present law impose: a tax of 51.10 uixi coniempiaies a Some Distilleries Make AlcoboL li'ke brother; & Co.. the Woolner t.iiery and the Corning distillery. .11 cloe their plants next Saturday . i about so per t-nt of their hun .i rQ 0f pn.pIoj ep w ill be laid off. 'ri reat Western and Atlas distil - ie.. so called trust." plants, will --tiiiue to run full blast, manufac- .rmp aicohol and spirits for export I'jTi and manufacture of powder. Th- Great Western will keep up : and the reven c capacity rf lt'0y bushels of corn a da v and the Atlas will not at pres- f ent cut lis capaoit;- (f lu.000 bushels I -ay. It was annource.I this morn- injr Both plants may reduce later, , b-t rranagers aa"rt the, will not be imi Itciuru ir Greatext Plant for Snlr. j rIarke Brother &. Co. have offered ' tiiei- plant for sale and intend to J ' 'se permanentlv They have been j th- largest straisht tinisky distillery ii x'.i word. Woolner's and Coming's I ir,a. rro-n after th war. J : eiue office figures here show i total output of the five distil-! V: ,.-. he-e in whiskv, g.n. spirits, tared ground gained by the Italians, ii aiiu aiconoi ior tne nscai 1n - ,inii,t,n rwrr fmn. tax of Jo.rJ a gallon. A tax on ' ap proximate ij 230,000.000 gallons aws accumulated in the bonded ware houses and on the shelves of whole sale and retail dealers. Approximately 190,000,000 gallons re in w&reltouses and upon that quantity the govern ment will collect taxes upon alcohol for commercial purposes, 'except al cohol for denaturisation, the reve nue bill would impose a tax of $2.20. doubling the present income. There re TOO Dlfltlllerlei. There are approximately 700 dis tilleries in the country, of whlcn more than one half are small fruit brandy plants. The amount of capi tal inesteJ in the latter class is not great in the aggregate. The capital invested in the big producing plants mounts hiph into the millions. Of ficials here believe that losses will be more than wiped out by the prices distillers will obtain for product al ready manufactured. lhltky to lie ?15 n Gallon. In the opinion of some officials, whisky will be selling at $15 a gal Urn within 12 months, affording distillers' enormous profits, A tremendous growth in the use : of commercial alcohol is anticipated, which in time may result in the de mand for a quantity of alcohol at1 least as large the present output j for all purposes. ; donment of the compulsory ad minis -t -at ion of the crop and of maximum l ricea and the return 1a th mnt-ma are in earnest in sureestin diasolu- ! ' mw-i suppiy u fvauuia as ... ... . . . i . snisTt nm n rm a ! lion ot tne r(!tut&fp in vi f rr-nir- tn '. . r i determine. Thar wrrainTv Hr sn ! sfftmttS sire i unleaa the government Willi TeriTecrt Demactaji Increased Jtatlon, InocOon wYtt rooYgada ?n ! eVTt'2? " ..If??" faror of annexationist candidates in I noonds wekly aT 'a reaction inth the campaign. price n .atefcrba It U htl possible to Back Cawpalgn Of Csniiimt. work ana sustain life on the Droposed rte chamber of commerce of Elblng "1'. fe5? pun-"of P0'0 i. .i,.iu. sranis of bread. 20 crams of meat to join those of Berlin, Bremen, Ham- i f"d i'.J?" of 'i-vToratrU pointa r.ne. accordinc to word received to- iurs and Lnbeck In protests against ' Xe i .U k i ""n""1' narvesi day. The sinKlns occurred August 15. night, according to' witnesses who testified against them before a federal commissioner here yesterday. The men were removed from the steamer while off the Delaware cipes. They were held for a further bearing next w eonesoay. mendations about what Germany should do in that connection. One of the messages is most in- foreign affairs who i notorious ass and Anglophile, de clared In a secret session of the ?er, ate thru Argentina would demand from Berlin a promise not to -lr, more Argentine ships. If not agreed to. relations would be broken off. I recommend refusal and if neceasar-. suiting to Argentine, inasmuch as it j calling in the mediation of Spain refers to the Argentine acting foreign minister as a "notorious ass. He is also rafsrrad to as an "Anglophile.' Swedea Made Party In Grime. Copies of the official dispatches Witnesses testified tje fonr men sent to the Berlin foreign office hv threatened the captain and the chief i count Ijtxbarg. the German charge in i oi uie amN guaro ana imi j omwwb Aires, in cinner mrougn tne IS TtS ' BIG BRITISH SHIP DELPHIC SUNK WHILE UNDER CONVOY An Atlantic Port. Sept 8. The British steamship Delphic of SZTS tons, one of the White star line fleet, has been sunk by a 3erman Mbssa- AUSTRIANS SAY ENEMY BEATEN IIAH pea.ee without an note of oresident nicipai autnonties or Halle have is sued a flaming protest against Mr. Wilson, declaring that he insulted the German people gravely and shame fully in bis repl to the pope. To Mue IlUtory Of War. The German general staff Is abou to begin the publication of a scner of monographs on the bijr battles and campaigns of the war. They will b written by participants on the basis of official material and will be the first approach to an official German history of the war. The first volume will appear in October. Fuel Difficulty Already flt. Difficulties with the winter supply nexation nnVi the ot atB and -barley will not permit of ""lso ThedmS-lan "UPPlementary ration of c meat .1 Sarin t f v 1 1 . TKvr whiAh TsinA thA n . 1 a tided over last spr'ng the advices say, some distance off the Irish coast, and while the vessel was under armed convoy The crew was saved. either compelllac them re turn MSEIILTI I liSIBIISIS: Washington. D. c. Sept. ? Closing the mails to disloyal citizens is under consideration by the postoffice de- of fuel in Germany already are being i nartment and the department of jus- lishments for survival in various ; ment s eampaign to wipe out dis branches of trade and industry al-1 loyalty and sedition. WILSON'S REPLy BRITAIN'S ALSO Washington, D. C, Spt. 8. Jrat Britain has advised the United States that president Wilson's reply to pope Benedict's peace proposals is in effect Great Britain's reply as was Indi cated recently la a statement by lord Cecil. London. Kag., Sept. S In the Her mada sector on the front northwest - - ar erdipr Jur.G CO, 1917, to have rrcn t T.2 gallons. Great Shipment Abroad. Ttf-. -ds how that C-boats have f il! to stop sh:pm-nts from feoria i.iiil!fr s to the allies. During the firal ear ending June ?f'. 1917. rev er je r- cords show gallons we-e hipped to the allies, nresumably fov j.owder manufacture. The law re- ici'-eff n certificate of landing to be ieturnti front forMn port; named as Cv-ounation of each rhipment. Cer t.ficates on file show no los?es during m?l year the Austrian war office. The state ment says the Italians can no longer fli HDNDRS! Th Globe and Amfncan distillpHK r' ln-:. ViVeir.ca"aclty ! GERMANS SUFFER LOSSES day. They will continue to operate to produce alcohol and spirits Grain Vned for Food. Washington. P. C . Sept. 8. Manu facture of whisky will cease through out the nation :it 11 oclock tonight, v. hen the prohibit: e clause of the food control act be' ones effective. Millions of bupnels of erain. which ffoi .fficials r?y would otherw!e o found up for v. hisky. will thus he released for food. How many mll- icris, no on knows, for the manufac- Pans, France. Sept. 8. Robin Jay Flynn. of San Francisco, a driver of, rrrvrvAlXE neonle section 1 of the Ameiican ambulance. W DaWefc practically aU of them waa nua w .VurBe u coo.-, mHe toU are crowded together ness under fire. He distinguished j ia a few tha Rcgcue Home himself particuUrly on August l0n We8tmiDSter street. Government when, a shell having destroyed the nm Ti. t. .,. kii. boast of haxing gained a yard of ; body cf his car. he continued to carry, modate 16 people and later arranged sroUJX- wounded men from a perilous ad-jto accommodate 25 "by crowding." .u ,.r 7C a ","! vancea post in a rirst line irencn The p:ajis of tne bllildrs ne Ur con J havri iaken mlire than oJo . along a roaa constanuy unaer tne lempUted, accommodatin- at any m the Hermada region. fire of gas shells. The car was the time, more people than But today According to the announcement the' fourth vhich has been destroyed j there are three times that manv in the ' Austrians pressed back the Italians hn, , driving 1 ir " , from Monte San Gabriele. northeast of iwn"' Be w" a,,r Home. I Gorizia. The Italians are said to have Three other ambulances which the More room is fled. EL PASO'S RESCUE HOME AND ITS WORK FOR CHILDREN: IT NEEDS YOUR HELP NOWI 'LaxburK. " Chance of Minister FrabaUe. "'July . 1S17. Number Without showing any tendency to make con cessions, postpone reply to Argentine note until receipt of further reports A change of atlnistrv is nrobabie At refrards Argentine steamers. I recom- -,- - JC-. l menu eiL Were-madT soSfle Irr J!4"vJ r-L' "V ".f- Jr?"ll Tsey are an (jiteiun. i.uuiR.1 w now Liinv xeu into ; - -7 .,. . the hands of this government, or any -Mixourg reluuTthe' d"Lor.. M ONLY INVASl6cAN MAKE CeI Handed To I-ecatlon. j HOLLANDERS ENTER WAS mpies of use state "IsanlBBrr! uhumm Mililhf ... I Washington. D. C Sent S Nn-!i- same tisae they ware made public to iBS 18S tnan an invasion of her to-i the Argentine embassy and the Swed- wH! .dr've Holland Into the war. at- isn legations here- corning- 10 rnemoers of Tne Xetl.er- -Mnk Without Leaving Trace." lanos mission, here to take up t;-e Besides revealing the means In-.. 01 exports with tne which Germany used Sweden in her ' w 'ritan "rernmert. The Dute machinations in Argentina, the dis-'S ' knwn hunger in the pst. ar.c patches show how the German char-e .' ?ave '""ered hardships enough to at the time Argentina was having' Rnow how tooear them, the commis a critical diplomatic controversy with fLners, sar' and "'though ships mi ijermany over submarine destruction' ., Bu na sa5Ilies cit off the of her ships, was sending through w 1 not drawn into the strugc:. the .Swedish legation information of on elthr side unless their from..- the sailing of certain vessels with are crossed. recommendations that they be sunk -ne members of the mission are . "without leaving any tiace" and in I Van vollenhoven. a trustee of T!.tf other dispatches was informing his Netherlands Oversees Trust : J. B ai government how to regard Argen-. er Van Soldt and A. G A. Van Eelde uu. ptuirais asamsi tne destruction "-nevaiier van Kappard. The NVth"r- n f h,, hl.nfn. 1 1..b : . - . . m.roaucea tner.i lands minister. secretary Lansin FOOD CRISIS IN RUSSIA: SOME CITIES FACE FAMINE mostly Uy G. A. MAIITIX. 1 youth had driven had been blown cp ! by shells, but the fact did not affect his caurage or devotion in the least. IW A PATRflt ClflHT' Many such instances have been IPl A rAlKUL HUHi brougjJt to llKht , ttlHal reports More room is needed to care for these charitable charges. Four thou- j sand dollars are needed to make room 1 for these babies, that thev may grow 1 up into healthy manhood and woman-1 hood. An addition Is needed and will be erected when this money is raised. Half of It has been subscribed, some 1 of it conditionally. Two thousand dollars are yet to be raised to insure' the work being done 1 At present, boys and girls are sleep- J duct on of alcohol for Industrial and riedic:r:fl purposes that there Is no -.y of dete-minine; the exact amount Some Alcohol for rerfamc. rr the l'in.000.000 bushels of grain, o thereabouts, which goes !nto the l. s'.lle-ieh each year, about 40 per - nt. tiperts estimate, comes out in he forn' of whi'-ky and other dis t.lle l beverages. The remainder, made into T.leohoI of exactly the same char acteriIcp js that uted for whisky, even'uall- finds its wy into per fumes, toilet waters bay rum. medi- .ne; ard to Industries where dena tured alcohol is uced m ever Increas ing autities Great Production Kndi. Approximately 11C uoft.eon gallons of w.MsKy are prodo ed eaeh vear bv 'vrr.erican distille:. - Production of London. Enjr.. Sent. 8. "In a natrol since the American ambulance began fight on the Tpres front last night service on the French front. The the enemy suffered considerable American ambulance Is now being casualties northeast of St. Judien," taken into the United States army as says today's official statement. "In 1 a part of its non combatant forces. the neighborhood of Gavrelle, a sue- me Personnel wi. ire almost un- , ,; he pIayhouse. ii the isolation cessful raid was carried out by a changed. It is likely the sefj'ondi-j hospital. In the basement, in the din- small party 01 our troops. I JiiL. -(ing room and Xangemarck was heavily shelled .officers. , room for a eoi by the enemy yesterday evening and there was some hostile artillery ac- GUItJIANS IX AFRICA AIIB POIICUD TO ItETHEAT Mr. and Mrs. McNary Gwe $200 To Aid The Rescue Home Mr. and Mrs. James G. McXary think so well of the work of tbe Rescue Home that they hive donated S100 each to tbe fund for the erection ot the much needed addition to the home. Mr. lie Jfary is among the laymen who will put the needs of the home before the churches of El Paso on Sunday. AU contributions to this work should be made to the Salvation Army Rescue Home ani ent either to the home. 2915 West minster street, or to The Herald office. Contributions to this fond may be made payable monthly if desired. of her shipping. Show. Bad Situation. In the absence of any official com ment whatever on the disclosures it appeared that the manifest purpose of the United States m publishing ir.hiw X rtuSonrWtween r- Sweden. sp- S.-A to., many and Sweden, at least so far as crlsis in Petrograd ami Moscow is -e-the legations in Argentina were con- ' ported in advices rece.ved here fro: TeVi . secnd- to disclose tslHaparar.ua. M. Jurenew. Russian nnr Argentina, where cerman influences ister of communications is sa'.' 1. 21?... ? bLen "forest in all ! have asked Sf. Pleschehon'off. mni-tei soutn America, the manner in which I of supplies, to take" further ext-.u-i-tne uerman i)inlmatin 1 1 i.... . , . , r ewi at tici : ........ uivuurcs lu save tnese -ttlt - capital was giving secret Instructions 1 from famine, saying supplies on Man.i tor the destruction of her shipping! in Petrograd would suftice oniv fc and the manner in which he was guid- ten days and that conditions m '.Mov ing his government in dealing with cow were worse. Argentina diplomatically, shipping I All the bread n Moscow has t.e 1 would be submarined in violation of I distributed ar.d in order to proi.le a I known El Pasoau. interested in their S nat on1 Iaw- 11 was announced 1 farther amount, arrangements l.a. lease because he knew their mother 10:11 Argentina accepted Germany's been made to keep continuous con. " . 1 -UIUl 1 1. U j( f1VU a year IO tne I C .-niiawtlOl) BtMUUVn HI, . . , , . I 1:1- ti; 'maintenance of the home because of ! tne aituatlon which threatened a break ! tween the supplj ccnte,5 :in(i pclr . I these children. n diplomatic relations if not actually erad and Moscow Hi ing "nd loving au'the otherTittle I Swedish charge I, Trapped. ' POLISH DELEGATION IS ones in the place This Home is the' .Barun E. Akerhielm. the Swedish, WDBVlNn rfip cnurDCiriiTV link that prevents the final breaking charge d'affaires, knew of the con- lYUfUUnii tUK J)UVtREIGNTY I SPof .man.5I.,a hom- the link hat!'ent ot the dispatches, or he would! Stockholm. Sweden. Sent. S i..'. "e ro timer iatner ,v tnem 10 go rorwara. gates from Poland including ' or mother without which there nnld He said that not havine- mt '"Ciuuing rep re ue wrecaea nome, rrpnaned dren and ananisheH narentt ' Home keens a chil for wh.r it. 1 viving parent is able to navt II nothing- If v. 'ii fr;ri .- . .. ference which will conclude fee la exacted. ' Th fni ..,;.T .T7 ' lAst ,n,Bt the Poli.-h deleeatio .... -" .1 mgw Rave a Danquet to the entente ni.r.i- P "ThesecVefw6 -, , , " - 1"' a" f Whra ' w .h T,hes!,retry of state today made the exception of the representative thefoltowlng statementt I 01 Japan and Russia. repreentat,ve sviiMLivea 01 inn Knusinn anri . v r ., I r"1''', T,.,d.,"'l a counca are meeting hire ., ,r: At the Argentine embassaV" it was ! t", pT,,!? y "d .ar"" of obta'"". -' the! said any statement wonlrt K. v.hT I : . as sovereign nation t:.t : - - - ' 1 ik 11 l to DO renresenteil .it the Sating Young Girls. The Home is not conducted as some have remarked, -for the benefit of hardened women while they rest after a police raid until they can find a new location to ply their trade." It is true that tome of the more hkrn.nul Ar i El Paso's COlOnv of women nf rhM ' world have been given care at the 1 ure of alcohol for beverage purposes t tlvity at other points later in the I i fo clo-selv blended with the pro- night. No infantry action developed." GERMANS DECLARE FRENCH . ARE RENEWING OFFENSIVE Berlin. Germany. Sept S. The French have resumed the offensive in the Verdun region, according to to day's war office statement. They at tacked last night on a 20 mile front, but were repulsed, it is declared. This morning the battle was renewed. GERMAN ATTACKS IN THREE PLACES STOPPED BY FRENCH Paris, France, Sept, 8. German at tacks last night in Lorraine, east of ne.ms and on the Aisne front were repulsed, it is announced officially. The French took prisoners in suc cessful raid: Havre, France. Sept, S. The follow ing official communication dealing with the campaign tn Sast Africa has been issued by tbe Belgian war oxllce: "The Germans have retreated to tbe south bank of the Kellmbero river in East Africa before a convergent ad vance of Belgian and British troops. KM BAR GO OX PEUIS1! AI11.1; SIIIPMI2.VTS IN KANSAS Kansas City. Mo4 Sept. 8. An em bargo on all shipments of a perish able nature was ordered late last night by all express companies doing business in Kansas. Officials said the order was caused through fear of a general strike resulting from the walkout yesterday of 50 teamsters, clerks and freight handlers of the Adams Express company Rescue Home, the children would. Rescue Home or by its workers, but have had no home: the father would ' the' &re not kept there for more than I have been compelled to give them up i a aa' or so, and the number cared for i to the state or to some orphan ' naa been very few. What th home is asylum This father was able u take really doing Is looking after these them to the Rescue Home, where he parentless children and snatching could see them occasionally while h'yunp girls some of them almost .worked, and send his money to the , ''Js fro it the life of shame that sick wne ac Jiaruo. The mother died1 mreaiens so many or "em. land the children are still there, but! As an indication of tbe i..nd of j the father is now paying for their j work the Home is doing, the figures ed to be a maternltv hnmp-Vh nisA n a. gooo nome ior tnem y " W1" D worm read- eu io uc a maternity nome the place and th.. arft wh H ... i,am inir Thm vear. nn th. .Mr wherever thre Is BeMdes beinir dan gerous to their Jiealth in the inter timt, the pr ---ent condition crowds the homo to such an extent thnt :t is impossible to conduct it to the best advantage. Having been constructed to care for aauits oniy it was originally intend NOW MAKES APPEARANCE W'cSSSJiSSSJTill1 CHINESE REVOLUTION Buenos Aires, to the foreign office at Berlin, which. I reeret to w.r. ' dispatched from Buenos Aires by the! Peking. China, Sept. : i Delayed' Swedish legation as their own offl- i Dr. Sun'Tat Sen has been designatc-1 C'.al messages, addressed to th atnk. I j. ... holm foreiirn office. ' '"rar"iaer,55n,ec '"e T . . .: i "u oi a new miiitarv i ranmniinns nr n- - . eW , . . : " . . oi trniaa. nroca mii .... - . i oa w L at .Trii. J i.elwnnt Is left of tn' ""'e family is , home and only four of them were to ,htt tt ,h y , kept Intact mothers over M years of age! Six in the Lv.n. ore?,rV Prcveuts HresLIng Ip Humes. of the young mothers were below the h.ih se t The expression has often been -ce of 16 and four of them were be- must have a number of alterations! made to make dren. There stairway and of the house. a noloc?ust would be a certainty. Keeps PamlllcM Together. Few El Pasoans know of the great good work this institution Is doing. Besides giving a home to erring girls in need of help and care, it is also caring for the babies of fathers and mothers unable to care for them. In one case that The Herald knows of. as often as he can visit the place: ' time, there have been 14 births in the government has now released Ger- tween his troops and the fonts , wl miucdwi oi uu i man ami A n-rl. - ..!..- i.uk1 . ..BV","U"-"1 . : .. L141 oe- - - ' e un nu.u , iween nu ........ m su.ra nm oeen placed. In ! anton are fleeing to Hons; Konn heard. "Why not send some of those children to an orphanage or let some body adopt them?" Parents who have cnnaren ot their, own don t ask such questions. Every child in the home, but wltn the exception of two. has one or the other parent living Two little babies tne fcteever twins have neither pa t-ween l A and 2U. Hot hern Ln.ler ICS During the year 11. there were 12 births in the home and of this num ber, inly two of tbe mothers were oer JO. fot of thi i wen nnder 1. and six were between K and 10 mere Dauies ail of them. So. tne nome is man had to send bis sick wife to Mar-1 rem. Their father died, first, of tuber-! babies Bab es in realitv many of In Wells for her health They had . culosi. and the mother followed in a then, are. but all of t em are mere tivo small ch, i rfn ant. Mb en rr nnd' cV. un tim unnA.-A. &i . . ' . . -vl 1 re mere us a Av, ;;r; : ;r h.trr "::. "-"1 j?.y m,nrrn ,c jor such as these ' " " v vijcii.-.- iu uie nome, lur a wen mat tne Ktcue Ho ome is working. Albuquerque Man Orders El Paso Auto Lens, Advertised in Herald . . Alboquertrne, N. M, Sept 3. Tuttle Pamt and Uiass Co, El faso. Texas: Enclosed find 75 cents for wfcich please send me a pair of lenses for ?.7!lt , Bukk sue S" nvhes. I saw your advertisement in The 1.1 Paso Herald. Youra truly. 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