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AN INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE, THAT flO GOOD CAUSE SHALL LACK A CHAMPION, AND THAT EVIL SHALL NOT THRIVE UNOPPOSED. H. D. Slater, Editor-in-Chief and eoattolIin (rsrner, has directed The Herala for Years; G. A. Martin is News Editor. EL PASO HERALD THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. Snpertor admire futures and complete news report by Associated Press Leased Wire and 0 Special CorreVDonlentcoTeVlner Arizona. New Mexico, west Texas. Mexico. Wasb- PnhUaneofbr'Herlid'iSwa lfaInc.i H. D. Slater (owner of two-thirds Interest) President; f-a WUnVarth (ownVr it one-flfth .Interest) Manager: toe remainingone-elghtb 'Merest Is owned among 11 stockholders who are as follows: H. L. Capell. H. K. Steveii j ITsmlthfj J.Mnndr. Waters Davis. H. A. Trne. MeGlennon estate. W. IP PayneTa. a Cano a A Martin. A. U 8harpe. and John P. Karasey. Editorial and Magazine Page Wednesday, August Twelfth, 1914. Glory and wJ rE CANT alt rise to shining MoHDtain s snowy hood, but we worth the while, if we will but the spirit's bhndsess; when I am dead I'd rather have folks say, "His heart pos sessed the milk of haman kindness," than have them speak of scads I pnt away. A little fame too often makes us haughty, makes us forget that we're but com mon mud, and we swell up, until, becoming dotty, we take a fall, and make a sick'ning thud. When we've success in sordid worldly matters, we feel contempt for all the ones who fail; we view with scorn the poor man's rags and tatters, and heedless hear the hungry orphan's waiL We waste our lives in tawrdy triumphs winning, for useless gawds we strive and toil and grind; and even now, as at the world's beginning, the kind heart beats the proud and mighty mind. Let us be good, be kind, oh man and maiden, let us be true, and squarely play the game, and we'll stack high among the hosts of Aidenn, and that will beat your little Hall of Fame. (Copyright try George M. Adams.) Why We Abandon Veracruz W 'ITHDRAWAL of the American thing: that the authorities warships may have before watching that port; that the ships after their long stay in southern waters need thorough overhauling, provisioning, restocking with ammunition; and that the personnel needs a rest from tropical service before engaging in the hard work be fore it in connection with world affairs. The United States will need every ship it can force into commission. It will need every man and every gun jt can get ready. The responsibility of the United States is heavy, since this is the only great neutral power and even a technical violation of neutrality may bring -us into instant conflict with some belligerent. Illustrating the possibility of complications confronting us, our duty requires 11s to intern and disarm any war vessel of a belligerent that may take refuge in an American port and refuse to leave within 24 hours. Suppose a German squadron takes refbge in the Philippines or Hawaii or Cuba; is ordered to leave; overstays the limit; it given notice of internment; tries to run out of the harbor at night under the American guns; Is fired on by American vessels or forts; re plies to" the fire; if the American officer should overstep his rights one jot under such delicate circumstances it is conceivable that. Germany might declare war against us forthwith. Or imagine hostile fleets chasing each other through the Panama canal; agents of one belligerent blow up a lock, or destroy a ship of the enemy in American waters; lots o4 things might happen. Any belligerent will take it for granted that we are aiding the enemy if we even technically violate neutrality to the detriment of that belfigerent There are infinite possibilities for errors of judgment that may involve ns with the powers at any moment. Yes, we shall need to hold all our ships in readiness momentarily. Vera Cruz can worry along without us not that Mexico is quiet, but that the whole world is in eruption and reverting to chaos. Panama Canal SATURDAY of this week the Panama canal will be opened to commerce of all nations on equal terms, and to the war vessels of all powers alike. Washington announces that the date will not be changed on account of the war. The announcement of the date, August 15, was made on the very day that Austria started this mighty eruption by sending her ultimatum to Servia. The opening wUI take place four months ahead of the time originally set by the engineers. If we had any ships, the opening trade in South America at this time of all the merchant vessels sailing the high seas, American tonnage is less than .40th of the world's tonnage. Practically all our immense foreign trade, which last year amounted to $4,300,000,000, was carried in foreign bottoms. It is a grimly ridiculous commentary on our shortsighted American marine policy that the coaling stations for the American navy all over the world are absolutely dependent on ships of foreign- nations now among the belligerent powers, for, transport of coaL Of three British vessels carrying navy ceal to San Diego and Los Angeles for our public stations, only one has been heard from and the others are supposed to be already prizes of German cruisers or trying to elude them. After next Saturday the Panama canal will be open to all vessels of 30 feet draft or less. Warships of all nations will have the right to use it peaceably and uninterruptedly. A treaty burdens the United States with maintaining the neutrality of) the canal. A treaty is no stronger than its strongest signer. Any power may challenge us if it so desires. The safety of the canal depends, not on any treaty in such a crisis, but on our might England has numerous strong naval bases in the Caribbean and west Atlantic,' as well as in the Pacific Germany has naval bases on both sides cf the American continent. In the North Sea WHAT IS Germany's naval game in the Worth sea? The indiscriminate planting of mines in the open sea between Great Britain and the west main coast, as well as in the Channel, creates as great a menace to German ships as to any other. This indicates that Germany win avoid a naval battle on tie open sea, bnt will hold her fleets around her ports and naval bases, defending her coasts and trying to save her ships, while utilizing her enormous fleet of torpedo boats and destroyers to assail British ships wherever they can be sighted, and to keep hostile fleets from approaching to give battle. Under such circBmstances, Britain will not only have to protect her coast and her ships against sudden attack, but she will find it absolutely necessary to pursue the German battleships, "give battle under most disadvantageous circum stances, under the guns of German land batteries, "and destroy German ships even at greater actual loss to herself in each engagement. England has ships to waste- oennany has not. Britain is new placed nder the -necessity of utterly destroying German sea power. England will pursue German ships into every sea and every part in the world, and undertake to sink or capture them, or bottle them up in neutral har bors for internment during the war. So soon as England can release enough cruisers and auxiliaries to patrol a lane across the Atlantic, commerce with America will resume. This may take SO days. 14 Years Ago Today from The Hernia This Date 1900. A. Solomon has gone to Bowie, Ariz. Judge Richardson and wife are in X gales. Ariz. E A Shelton left yesterday for Cloudcroft to spend a few days. The Misses Maple and Smith are vis iting friends in Los Angeles and Dem ing Miss Annie Kemp is spending a few days with MaJ. Loughborough? family at Fort Bliss. A lar;;e number of bills were ap proved today by the county commis sioners' court Horace B. Stevens. Zach "White and Flojd Payne came down this evening from Cloudcroft. Frank Vernon left this morning for eastern Texas to spend a leave of ab sence with home folks James Hague came In from Sierra Blanca today, where he is located with the countv surveying party Miss Ora w. L. Slater has returned f-or' rinuderoft where she has been visitir Horao B -iens and famii Snc-rr?i Petlcola"! the eitv e!ec- ' ' ' U-t rf I r ei, t111- l - - v.. j l.ier Ji. . a- i Goodness heights of glory, we can't all x climb Fame can make onr lives au nunKy-aory, and be 200&. The Inst for wealth bespeaks WALT MASON. fleet from Vera Cruz means just one at Washington foresee that the American them much more important work than Open Saturday ought greatly to aid us in extending onr I world wide suspension of commerce. Of tract, the new company Is called upon to supply the instruments used In test ing the lights. Announcement has been made that lor the midwinter carnival at least a ten dollar rate will prevail from Texas points and it is likely that even this will be bettered before the matter is finally settled. At a meeting of the chamber of com merce last night It was decided that the chamber wouui nn, fiMmiir m. dertake to have presented next month tbe battle of sn t. . k. r.. Fireworks company. Francisco Mallen, the Mexican con sul today, through the city clerk, pre sented to the public library of HI Paso a pictorial atlas of Mexico. It con tains maps of the republic of Mexico and the various Mexican states. The poesrbilttes of the midwinter carnival have nerer been more bright than at tbe present time. Mayor Onate. of Juarez, stated this morning that as Iar as Juarez was concerned, the suc cess of the affair was assured. The El Paso Border Rifles, a com pany or the Fourth regiment of the .. ? state guard, will arrie In the J cm- Mondav nicht 'While at the an- l or iiuii t iK-ani,rp. , r, the M 1 ' mminii i i-ipiurea urst prize, ee.ni' rcr it " ' ' ' i f' r i jrd ti u i 'Hi . rs jlz -d Li. s. LITTLE INTERVIEWS AST to commend lodge E. L. Medler for the careful manner in which he prepared that road log from El Paso to Elephant Butte dam," said W. D. Small, of the El Paso Foundry, who returned Tuesday from a trip to the dam in his Ford car. Mr Small was accompanied by nis father. IV. X. Snail, and his mother and sister. They went up to Las Cruces first, then took a run out to Van Patten's resort then came back to Lad Cruces and from there went to the dam. Returning, they stopped at Selden and visited JtsJ. W. H H. Llewellyn, arriving; home Tuesday morning: "We found the road log absolutely accurate in every respect and by care fully noting: it. wiwere able to know when we were coming to bad places in the road and to be prepared for them. I want to suggest tbt if all automobilists would be as careful and as thoughtful as Judge Medler, we would soon have one of the best col lection of road logs in the cuntry. I want to suggest that every automobil ist who covers a new road, make a oareful log of it for The Herald so that other automobilists can benefit from it. I certainly found the log to the dam of great benefit. We had absolutely no trouble In following it and had never been over the road be fore." "The hailstorm down the Rio Grande valley," oaid C. E. Waterhonse. chief dispatcher at the Union depot, "was the most terrific of the season Monday evening. I and my son had the mis fortune to be cauxbt out in lie and we knew very well what it was. The hail was as big as marbles and, fell with the rapidity of the fire of a machine sun. The interurban line was halted for about 15 minutes, due to the down pen r. The wind was blowing a cafe, and it seemed hardly possible that anyone could stand up under it. What impressed me as so peculiar vas tu.it not a drop of rain fell In El Paso, while the storm was going on down the valley." "There Is a lot of interest In tfte pro posed Borderland race this winter," said F. C. Muatain. of the El Paso A. Southwestern, Tuesday. "A grctt deal or interest Is being manifested especi ally in Phoenix and Tucson, as the run over the Borderland turned out so suc cessfully last year. Indications are that there will be a large number of entries in the event rrom Arizona There will be at least three cars from Tucson that Z know of. an equal num ber from Phoenix, while Globe. Tempe, Demtng. Lordsbur- and other towns along the line have declared their In tention of entering cars. I think th-it there will be at least SO entrants from Arizona and New Mexico." 4J- "I like storms," said L. M. Lawsen. "They make you realise that some big ger force than '-on is managing things and It is a good feeling. I do not like to hear of the destruction of property or crops, of course but there Is noth ing like a good thunder storm, with plenty of lightning, to make a man feel how really small and Insignificant after all he Is. compared with the great forces of nature." "We are lcoking forward with much Dleasnrf. tn tmw plmnlMwr, i.i 1 tnito TT r vol., a -. n I tlcally all the delegates and visitors who are here attending the Democratic MAP OF WAR OPERATIONS IN '?w? wsctrri 'Sipw- A J VXN ''! f&M W HILE all or most of the 11 forts surrounding Liege still hold out against the furious Ger man bombardment, and Liege itself re mains in the hands of the Belgians, the Germans are follow ing out the tactics ipoieon infl inn Moitke Tn leainsr uffi. l f' to hil,l the ch. k and sendirgr s t n LliO tt j Honeymoons BY GEORGE FITCH. Author of At Good Old SlwasW THE honeymoon is that brief period when married life is all honey and nobody gets stung. The honeymoon begins immediately after the last soft words are said by the minister and continues until the first hard words are said by the young husband. This is usually thought to require a month. However, some enterprising husbands manage to condense the honeymoon into a very few days. In this enterprising and hurried world of ours, where people often have to get married half a dozen times in as many years, spending a whole month on a honeymoon is regarded as a rank waste of time. The honeymoon Is so called be cause It is all stuck up with sweet words. Making life pleasant for each otber is the sole occupation of honey mooners. Sometimes a newly mar ried couple contracts the habit of doing this. Then the honeymoon Is domesticated and used as a parlor lamp for the rest of their lives Other couples seem to expend all of their tboughtfulness during this month and to go bankrupt on consid eration and good nature shortly after wards. It is because of this fact that sp many married people rcpaii to Reno or to other famous uncoupling centers shortly after their marriage in order that they may begin all over again and have a honeymoon with someone else. There is another reason why the honeymoon is congested with happi ness and good feeling. This is be cause the young husband hasn't any thing to worry about. It is the one time in his life when the spending of money in a reckless and frivolous manner is his sole duty. All he has convention will make an effort to visit the dty above the clouds on Friday. Arrangement for the trip are now be ing made. There will be several extra coaches attached to the train, and the hotel people will be notified to pre pare for an unusually large number of guests. Cloudcroft with its scenic railroad and picturesque scenery will be something novel for the visitors who have never seen it." "The Democratic convention will help El Paso In many ways." said J. D Ponder. "In tne.flrst place a majority of the visitors from east Texas have never been to El Paso before. They now realize what a big. growing metro politan city we have here, and It will help El Paso In securing legislation and encourage big conventions to come here in the future. Heretofore El Paso has been considered a remote spot by many east Texan. Now they wil all want to come here." POLICE ASKED TO FIND MISSING MAN Chief of police L X Davis U la re ceipt of s. telegram from Chester H. Hun ker, assistant district attorney at Las Vegas, X. X.. asMar him to assist In locat ing1 Joan K. Larktn. a ranchman of East YsMghn. N. M-. -who zarstsrloaslT disap peared July Is. The telegram states that Larkln was last heard of In EI Paso. The local polloe know nothing of Larklnv ac cording to chief Davis. Fighting is In progress at TongTes, northwest of Liege, while German out posts have penttrated to Hannut, est of taree este'Ji the Germ n forces had been consolidated Into two main armies, one operating south of Liege along the mer Ourthe. the other north of Liege and west of the rier -Meuc Tne north, ni i-my t-v ill prnl.ahiv now eek to moe toward Brussels bv wa of H to do Is to think up each morning some way of getting rid of his sav Tnits of the four previous years. This is a fascinating Job, but presently tbe wedding trip is over and the y Nl kow now muq. cat I rt-Vi 1- i2i8j2c7 WJnYvecjwr.D&ut, v lilJISU HXVtUT FtTCHED M ' '-J Me uk nouns f ?. I 2 XJ "The IVeddinc Trip Is Over." newly elected head of a family be gins to face the job of making his salary stretch twice as far as it eer went before. If he can accomplisn this and still use the same brand of language which he dispensed with such abandon on his wedding trip 1 e is in Class A. Extra-super quality husband and his wife can look with pity upon the rich wives who go oat riding with a black eye in a $6000 automobile Copyrighted by George Matthew Adam. ELECTRIC LINE HAS TROUBLE WITH RAIN Another heavy rain Tuesday afternoon In 1 Paso and Its suhnrbe canned con siderable troaWe for the street car com pany. In some parts of the dty the track was undermined by the water as it rushed down arroyos from the moun tains and the tnnnel" on the Grand View line was flooded. This necessitated a transfer of passengers, -who had to wait about a block. An electric ptunp was pnt to work draining the tonne! as soon as the rain ceased, and throsgh traffic was interrupted bat a short time. . The rain blew Dp oet of the east and showed the delegates to the Democratic convention that 1 Paso enjoys rains at frequent Intervals. The rain soaked the decorations, ran the delegates In doors and made the hotel lobbies so crowded that passage through them was difficult. ATTEMPTED HOLDUP RESULTS IN ARRESTS While wmlkinr atoar the Franklla caaal ToMdry night F W. Gibson. 11 vine In the S block on South EI Paso street. w mceoated by two men who he says at tmptd to bold him. up. Gibson yelled for assistance, and mounted policemen Ware and Veaters, who were near, hurriedly responded. The officer arrested two Mexicans, giving- their names as Ramon Olgvla and Francisco Santanaso. The former Is charged with assault with latent to rob. -while the latter la booked as a suspicions character. Both were picked up. peadlag a heartBC fortified The French are alrt. d at araur, nd Blltish ani i-,emh r-ops -will aid the Belgians in the deft n , of these hree siriteic por ts ifioekins; one of the great road to a .tn The defenders of Liege will find themseKes cut off from their base and sur-ounded on all fides by German ! Mo of the fi,htu ' f - some Hire "This Is My Birthday Anniversary" SHOP windows speak of winter, and the shortening days suggest that the fall equinox is onlv a few weeks off; indeed, it will not be long before we hear tbe shoveling of coal. So it goes one season after another. Today comes and we began to plan for tomorrow. All life is a preparation. The youn" folks in today's birthday list have been preparing al! their liTeg so far, and all that tb.y do today affects tbe days to coma; always it ill be that they work for tomorrow. How careful, then, we should be of today! Among the El Paso boys and girls bora on August 12 are: Frank Mills Keeney, 7. Lloyd Beisor, 17. Mary Wadlington, 16. Edith Robertson, 17. Virginia Abbott. 13. Helen Manning, S. Lillian Lewis, 15. Mary Clifford, 16. Catherine Barnes, 17. Mildred Boiawn, IS. There is a ticket of admission to the Bijou at The Herald office for each one named above who will eall for it. "Ofiss Birthday" has the tickets in charge. . Tommy In Trouble nv Fi.onr VCK i RS Ti.Br h Id ne. . kitty boys and firls that fc" only way to keep out of trouble ... f .lti-ai tell the t'uth and neier " " W ....... try to decene. Most of the time they obeyed her and always confessed when they had done something; naughty, but at other times well, they acted Just the way some human children act. Tommy Tabby was usually a very honest little kitty boy. and. although he was naughtier than all of the res. of the Tabby family put together, be was forgiven because he owned up. But once upon a time he came very j near not couicsswe,. 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Liee to Nir-ll- rr r - -t.,1- to ITl.-iels C YODFll. a "j- i -1: He wa i K1I--1 as . t.L d and &id nu: been purusned u e . until Jr naaj morning came Xot xt I cin just get through t- i dav." he remarked as he crawled ,t . . . T I ,.. ... .... .... .I..., 1.,. . i'i utru, 4 .i ki iif e vlL 11I1L lOik; It would take too long to tell; and this must be a short story, how he tried to be a good kitty boj He didn ; run up and down stairs, and he kent i his toys off the floor, and he dicn t ran in the ram Darrei. and he diun t tease his sisters, and he well, he was just good. But there was one thing that ne thought would not do any harm, lis couldn't resist chasing flies. ' Tonm v w it luc- riynL way wiui me xiy swa -! tar." said Mr. Tabb), very kinc'y : "Ton will break something in a zninjLa j or two." She was trying very hard 1 help Tom to be good, tor she wanted I him tn cr on th nifnii. ilmnit n tia 1).. I as he did. But he did not use the t.y t cH au atoppea xor e moment But besran again as soon as Tabby left tbe room Just look at l:ib picture and you will see what nappe 1 without my telling you. He saw al? burring blue bottle fly on the edge ; the bowl of Hour that his mother .'; -d been mixing. He crept up. and rai-ea his paw, and swooooooop' He knocked tbe bowl over and spilled flour on h u self and tbe floor. He stood as stiH as a marble cat -Now I have done it," he whispered i himself T east go on the picnic j -less," he looked at the overturned bowl and then at the stairs. 'I can g t away and clean up before mother catches me." And that -was just what he did. lid ran upstairs, and brushed nimself dea and then jumped in bed to take his r p without being toM. Tve cleaned up all the tracks." he said drowsily. B-i. he had forgotten one thing. Mrs. Tabby entered the room downstairs and threw up her paws n. horror. "What a mess." she criei "I wonder who has done thisf Sue looked about the room, and saw n -t one sign of kitty girl or kitty !uj but what was that on the floor? O -lined in flour, two small feet ral made tracks leading away from the scene of the troable. All that she had to do was to r -low the tracks. They led straight i.r,. stairs, into Tommv's bed room ari right to the side of the bed where i-e laj asleep There they stopped ari there were no other traces of floa even on his clothing. Mrs. Tabbr then took his little paw in her hand and looked at it closely. Sure enough, tlnj traces of flou were hidden between the toes, and there was paste where it had been washed off "Poor little fellow." she smiled to herself, he did so wait -3 go to that picnic I won't punish him yet. HI wait until tonight, and see if he confesses. He has tried to de ceive me. but I will forgie him if he tells, and will let him so on the picnic " At dinner time Mrs. Tabby asked "Who spilled the flour." but no out answered. No one seemed to know "Tommy will not ftet to go," sh thought, and sighed, for she worr-ed to see her little kitty boy so naorti' and did not like to give him suc a severe punishment. And do you know that Tot-iv Tabby held out until after he -3d gotten into bed' And then he tho.irt and tnouirbt. and could not go - sleep, and then he said: Til d f I don't care if I do have to s-" borne from the picnic. Mother w"I be happier " It was just about two seca'-s after that Mrs. Tabby felt two ' -little arras around her neck, a-i ' tearful whiskered face preyed against hers. She let Tommj loii fese, and them she told him that sh bad known all. day. Not a word was said about the pic nlc but the, nest morning ver ear'r a proud kitty mother waked a happy little kitty bov in time to join the others for the picnic 1C0 Years Ago Today O XE HITNDRED TSARS AGO to ttey an acrJrBt was reached by which the Cue of G"i Hop, or Cape ColoiiT. occufW ig th southern extremity of Af-ici wu finallr cded to Knsjland. Origi nal ly discovered b the Portugese Tia -ijcator. Vasco da Qama, at the er3 of the fifteenth centur . the Cape tvs first colonised b the Dutch in loo1- and for nearly lo - the coun'r remained uncle-- -h 4 ' h 'lag Xi English rxped - i t x the oolo i during the Napoleonic wars and - " tlnued in possession until It b "tored to the Dutch b the pp i e Airlens in lsJ The colom s "V taken bv'the Enphdii four e t ? "X v r f I lege k .r-l r 'w Wiu.Jl . a Li-ffc. in r tl nnd In 'M 'ht terrltorv ws fa-.; t 'el t -, J, cl I . i. I ml.- L.m j I i (. .imlij t , utile 'hi , itheri ,r-i nil