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HOME EDITION
TODAY'S PRICES
ri Vii-it. notes -tale bills S'aig Pesos 63
' n '2 1-2 Kccionak-' 19 1-2 Bar silver II
iiOiatiT 82 7-8 Copper $29!3-30 Grain
- 'ivru'fiv r:ropg Stocks irregular.
WEATHER FORECAST
El Pan and West Texas cloudy; New Mexico
h under showers; Arizona thunder shower-
32 PAGES. 3 SECTIONS. TODAY
' . ES f NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
DELIVERED ANYWHERE 0C A MONTH.
EL PASO. TEXAS. SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST II. 1917.
SINGLE COPT FI1E CENTS.
ABINE
Six Vicious German Assaults
Broken Up By British Fire;
FOOD CONTROL
ICIER! IH
Both Allies Advance the Lines
I
Introduces Resolution To Compel United States To
Definite War Aims and Call On Allies For Re-Statement
of Their Peace Terms; Anti-Militarists
Take Gue for Demonstration in Gallery.
Mi I N'GTON. I). . Aug. 11.
peace resolution was tn-
oduced in the senate today
" - 'or La Follette. providing
1 2 I mted States define definite-
objects for which it shall con-
o wage war and that the allies
- Vn.e a public restatement of
- ..'-e terms which they will de-
Intl-M.IHortMti Wt Rm..
after senator La Follette in--e
1 h resolution mimeographed
- t ' i-iiifr the name of the Amer-
' rum Against Militarism were
-Dutd in the press gallery. Sen-
SCHOOLS FOR NAVIGATION I
TO BE ESTABLISHED ON COAST1
1 Mass. Aug. II. The United
't F'.ipmg board recruiting serv-
htadquarters of which ais
city today announced ih
'"t.on of arrangements for on-en-z
ri navigation schools on the
-i. f c roast. The schools will he
' ean V-dro San Diego. San Fran-
c Portland Asotir and Seattle.
T . a few weeks it was stated all
-e '" schools authorized by congress
t training deck officers for the
rf' int marine. By September. 1.
rd.rR- to officials the capacity of
pa- ; cat ion schools will be about
' deck officers a month.
Tne present capacity of the engi--
-g Fchools in Boston. Hoboken.
' iore. Cleveland. Chicago. New
and Seattle is 40 students a
it th.
4. V ERIC AN URMBX ARB
CITED FOR GALLANTRY
France Aug. 21. Among the
.iT'.in in the army orders printed
- erday official journal are
f'fllow-ng American aviators:
z Ronald Hoskier. New York a
i-r r of th Lafayette escadrllla.
v 1 o was killed by a Germ en aviator
Quentin. April 4: Edirond O.
w York. whA wrnm the
-t Ai rican flyer to !le !n France '
war t ervice. axt Lient. WUliam ;
Thaw of
Pittsburg who is popularly!
r o w n
iac''
France as "the American!
y- - -- 1
J53 It "NEW TORK BIKB
OP HK AT WRKK OF AUG. 4
N'ew York. Aug. H. The number of 1
raths caused by the heat wave the
v " l ? B" .' .V T; 1
Legal Obstacles
Cut Plan Of The Railroads
- I : Paso Herald:
R the legal aspect of the cit.'s
A
a titude in dealing with the the Talue of the rlghs hat win nns
railroads and the people with.be taken from the owners of prjp-
-.-e-i to the closing of streets and i trty on "reets. It has been hld
"' tr. k by our hiEher courts that while -he
; . is 10 submerging the tracks f clty my abandon lts rKht to k3p
1 t.(- d"' ided by the vote of the open a street or alley it cannot ln
-trs of Kl Paso next Tuesday. tact close a street so as to obstruct
Vbeen somewhat muddled STvSuS-
seated by those advocating a vote : curing the payment in advance of the
r t.ne people in favor of closing cer- Ualne of the property right thus
....-i. 1 hep- . little .mace In I taken- It is held that such an ob-
t 1 Ft. tets. I Beg a utue space in stractlon is not a 43 ma to
t . ..'i to present some legal ad 1 property which might only give rise
r-n- objections to the proposed j to a damage suit but is a taking of
. property without due process of law
v 1- unless the value of the rights taken
The v nole scheme of the under- 1 8ha pai) or currA in advance
tak.' S iiai proceeded on a false basis. of the closing of the streets. Bowers
11 i.j been assumed and it appears vs. Machin. 11 a W 73S.
t.rn t-d adiocacy of the plan daily ' X with the city unable to vote
tn. undertaking depends wholly ; temenJus. neaVSi
rt the c.iy doing that to which Lie ; haustion of the taxing power to sup-
. . irods agree. And acting on mat
- the city council accepted al-
n m Undilv an ordinance drawn by
t reprt.-ntativea of the railroads.
ordinance the city has agreed
-a! :t in never do anything more
v iid-r the position of the raii-
i aJ3 :..ore onerous than that pro-..-
in the ordinance and es-ffii.l-
that the city shall never re-
re i'ic railroads to cover over the
! d.tch along which it is to run
Nu th. truth of the legal sitm-
u5 .- a is well known to the c'ty .
. ttorne. and me raiiroaa morirj
h.t it- nv in exercise of tne police .
;.oer delegated by the state to it in
n d arter may unconditionally re-
. i: r the railroads to satDuret
th-ir tra.ks and cover them at their
un license The city need not as-
re an of the expense of this re- '
QuiieT-eiu If lawyers who have not
advised themselves on inm suoj-c.
re to read authorities they might
i.-u't our supreme court decision
i th. case of H. c T. C Ry. Co. vs.
tv of Uallas. 84 SL W. 48 and the
c.s . n of the supreme court ot me
i utti stales in Kauway vs. -ni-t
o 1'j6 r. S. 154. and Lake Shore
.v iL S Hi. Co. vs. Ohio. 173 C. S.
Ihe last case cited denies the
tonte-tion that the police power Is
iitn.ted to securing the health.
m.rii or safety of the public and
holds that it extends to regulations
to support the public convenience.
As the ordinance which is worded
r t e the hands of the city council
it- phedly conditioned on the city
v - ! tr able to close Durango and
M. r. streets it may be well to vote
M.n thr proposition and insist en
t- lounril xercising its power
fi-rt.ut agreeing to pay part of the
npm-e of an undertaking which is
-nloii a railroad's responsibility
hi. d u.thout agreeing to a perpetual
onen ditch and the smoke nuisance
r.at must result therefrom.
UnfT-r the existing conditions of
r.ndd Indebtedness of the city no
progress towards accomplishing even
the Rlf way measure attempted will
l.e tt -.de by the people voting to close
- rtrt-. and the city's agreement to
ator La Follette denied the orgau.za-
tion had any connection with the
i resolution declaring he aad prepared
it on lus own responsiouity. tie
added however a copy had been fur-
n i j-tied to a representative of the or-
ganization who requested one
Oppose- ANnriHtitiH r 1 ndrmnKy.
The resolution seeks to put con-
gress on record as opposing support
by the United States for annexations
or indemnities for other nations and
proposes the amassing of a common
fund by all belligerents for restora-
tion of battle devastated territory.
Senator La Follette r.i-ude no speech
on his resolution and there was no
debate. On motion of senator Wil-
liams. It went over a day under the
rules.
YOUNG PRUSSIAN PRINCE
VIRTUALLY UNDER ARREST
Berlin. Germany Aug. 11.
ing to an announcement in
flcial Gazette the oungest
Accord -the
of-
son of
prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
who bears the same name as h s
father has been placed under inter- "
diction by count von Eulenburg. min-
ister of the royal house. i
The prince who is 2 years old. is t
charged with extravagance and has j
been placed under the guardianship I
of Capt. von Heyden his military cs- (
cort.
COLO. LABOR FI2DKRATION
OPFOSBS CONSTABVLARY
Boulder. Colo. Aug. 11. Resolutions
condemning the state constabulary
recently provided for at a special ses-
sion of the state legislature to re-
place the national guard were adopted
at today's session of the state con-
vention of the Colorado state federa-
tion of labor here.
The establishment of a state con
stabulary- was. opposed b labor or-
ganizations over the state previous to f
Its enactment into law. on the erround !
InKt "
lAlr t uim-
"
At.HntLn.HHLt. ft.vn.
CITY FOR S. W.
WKinnis I
Albuquerque. N. M- Aug. 1L-
nouncement nas oeen maae ny
local chamber of commerce that the1
Medical and Surgical Association of j
the Southwest will hold its annual
convention here in December. Many
tl t .J. . 1 ? K I
To The Open
build a storm sewer. The city cannot
tlls he f f"8 ft.fr favorable
port oonas. wnere is tne money to
come from to pay or secure probably
oeiween nan a muuon ana a million
dollars to pay for property rights I
taken and to pay for building a I
sewer which would not be at all nec-
cover over their tracks with slight
raising of grades of streets In (dose
proximity to this work?
It is reasonably certain that if i"ie
damages are to be paid by the city
for closing the streets and the sewer
Is to be built at the expense of the
city and all this before the roads are
"""" ""- as me miui-
nance Provides tBere wiu not be ay.
thing done for a number of ye-.rs.
'T? " "W1.1? l7
my"w requ'rTO- to get ott lne graae j
iT.i . expense ij
. Jl!ly J2. B mder uie
s""Lf5' "uch o' i
- r j .C- -Xr -.
"D ney wm not. sen
the storm sewer to protect their I
""Baa. xacr cui neiiect tne waicr
at tne entrances to the subway.
and
the surface and storm water will nass
over the road as it passes on the i
Street now and into the present storm
swer. which is being cared for br the I
railroad companies at their expense.
The roads cannot be compelled tol
abandon their present rights of way '
and go around the city at least unless
tne operation 01 tne roads in a sub-
way cannot be accomplished. Bui lf
the requirements the city should
make in no unfriendly attitude but
as a public necessity should be-
come more onerous than would be the
expense of going around near the
river they might be expected to take
that course.
It is not feasible or expedient for
the city to proceed further along the
line of permitting an open subway
and paying expenses of a storm sewer
and for rights of property owners
abutting on streets sought to be
closed and that no progress will be
made towards getting the roads off
the crossings but that this much to be
desired end will be indefinitely de-
layed by the course which is bein
pursued. F. G. Morris.
uVImiN Knjr . Aug. 11. Six Ger -
nan a?-fcaults were made on the
British positions to the east of
"i iTts during the night according ta
th.- British official statement issued
today. They all broke down after
fit-iw fighting.
F eld marshal Haig reported that
i he Uritith maintained their positions
to the east of Ypres and gained
near the Ypres-Menin road.
Freneh Make (atim AIct.
Fans. France. Aug. 1L Xorth of
St. Quentin French troops last night
made important progress In the re-
gion of Fayt. says the official state-
ment given out today by the French
war department. The French eject-
ed the Germans from a large part of
the terrain which they had captured
on the night of August 9-10.
Ceriuan Attark Fa IK.
In the Champagne the Germans
launched several attacks over a front
of nearly two miles in the region of
Camillet and at one point succeeded
in penetrating the French advanced
trenches. In an energetic counter
attack the French statement says the
Frenchmen regained the lost ground
with the exception of about 50 yards
which the Germans still occupy.
French Kecaptcrr Trench.
On the Aisne front the French car-
ried out a brilliant attack south of
Allies and recaptured an important :
PERU TO BREAK i
WITH GERMANY
ppriivinn SpTlflt.P "EtldorRMf
UVId.Il OcJUdltJ XiXIUUIfcCfc
President WilSOTl's
Stand in War.
Washington D. C Aug. 11. It isi
now considered almost certain that!
Peru will sever diplomatic relations!
with Germany as a result of the sink-j
ing of the Peruvian bark Lorton. J
Germany has proposed that the case)
of the Lorton be submitted to a prize j
court. Pern has declined to accept '
the proposal according to official
advices received here by the Peruvian
unnAt wt-M
.s.nj.r
dorsine president Wilson's stand
in
i iae war Jiuu lu&l orcu in lei.t-
ryctet shortly.
The cfi.cial message to Mr. Do!
J.cyre said: 1
-The German government having
decMed to submit the circumstances'
of the sinking of the Peruvian bark
Lorton to a prize court the govern
ment of Peru has Instructed the
minister of Peru at Berlin to state
' that in accordance with the Declara-
tion of London invoked by Germany
the sinking of the Peruvian bark
! Lorton is wholly unjustified owing
: to the nationality of. the ship the
i quality and destination of its cargo.
the locality wnere the snip was sunk
the impossibility for the ship to be
acquainted with the German decree
establishing a barred zone which de-
cree moreover the Peruvian govern-
ment does not recognize and the
principles ruling maritime warfare !
and protecting neutral ships. j
"The minister of Peru has been in-i
st rue ted further to declare that thej
Peruvian government does not and ;
will not accept to submit this ques-1
tion to a prize court and that it in-!
sists upon the reparations and in-
demnities previously claimed." t
LIEBKNECHT ISLIBERATED;
WEIGHS ONLY 84 POUrCS
I Paris France Aug. II. Dr. Karl
Liebknt-cht Socialist leader in the
German re.chstag. who was arrested
in connection with the Mar dav
1 demonstrations in Berlin in isle
was iioerateu a ioruiignt ago bv thej
German government through fear he'
might die in prison. He is said to I
be suffering from tuberculosis weigh-
ng only s pounds.
Tne
e authenticity of the above seem. !
certain says me lempr ueneva cor-
respondent although the German
newspapers in obedience to orders
have kept silent regarding it.
son and sentenced to four years and
one month in prison. A courtmart.al
at Thorn also is said to have sen-
tenced lr. Liebknecht to four and a
half years at hard labor charging
that he attempted to incise the sol-
diers of Thorn garrison to disobedi-
ence and rebellion.
GEIfHAXS FIHBini)i: TO
1"VV ASIERirt CITIZRXS
Berlin. German). Auir. 11. The bun-
desrath. or federal council has passed
a measure prohibiting Germans from
making payments to citizens or resi-
dents of the United States
L
GERMANY GAINS IN TR YING
TO COMPLETE CONQUEST
OF REST OF RUMANIA
y ONDOX. Eng. Aug. 11. The mil-
I ftary critics here are watching l
K . '
tne oerman attack in Rumania
with anxiety. The greater part of
Moldavia the only section of the
country remaining in Rumanian
hands is being attacked as shown in
official dispatches from the north
west and south and the Russians and
Rumanians who until recently con-
ducted a victorious offensive are now
losing ground at all points.
Field marshal von Mackensen's
thrust in the neighborhood of Fok-
shanl is the most serious of the oper-
ations being carried out by the Ger-
' trench which had been stormed by tt
Germans. Kepulsmg seeral counter
attacks the French maintained their
new positions. The statement follows:
"North of St. Quentin we realized
appreciable progress in the region of
Fayet and ejected the enemy from the
largest part of the trench elements
in which he had gained a footing
on the night of August 9-l(. We
took IS prisoners.
Kmfit Cmter Attaekh.
"South of Allies a brilliant attack
gave us an important trench which
had been solidly taken by the enemy
our troops resisted several counter
positions. We took ten prisoners.
"In the Champagne alti i artillery
preparation extending our a front of
1.8 miles the Germans launched
simultaneously several attacks in the
region of Carnillet. East and west
of this hill our fire stopped short
the enemj assaulting waves which
suffered heavy losses.
German Xrt Stt Yards.
"North of Camillet. the- enemy suc-
ceeded in penetrating our advanced
line but. energetically returning to
the offensive we regained the lost
terrain with the exception of So yards
of ground which is still occupied by
the Germans.
Knemy Pioneer IleNtraycd.
"In the region of the Casque one
of our scouting groups entered the
German lines and annihilated a de-
tachment of enemy pioneers.
"German aviators in the course of
the night dropned bombs in the re-
TheWarAtA Glance
FIELD marshal Haig clinched
his hold last night on the
ground won in Friday's at-
tack on the Flanders front east
of Ypres.
The Germans made their inevit-
able heavy counter attacks no
less than six of them during the
night but all without success.
Not only did the British maintain
their positions but gained some
additional ground on their right
wing near the Tpres-Menln road.
These new gains probably are
important to the success of the
British general's plans for it was
In Just this sector that the Brit-
ish had failed to make all the
progress expected of them.
On the remainder of the two
mile front running north of the
1 pres-Routers a llway.
all
the
objectives were
achieved In
yes-
ince terdav's assa jit and havt-
been held
I The r-mn nf
especially stubborn on the British
right bat the result of the night's
Iteming as reflected so the London
official account shows that de-
spite this the British forces were
able to forge ahead.
While the British and French
have been making another for-
ward throst In the process of
driving a wedjfte into the German
lines in Belgium the French forces
have been heavily engaged on
their own soil to the south near
St. Quentin. on the Alsne front
and in the Champagne.
French Regain Itlne
In the St. Quentin area Gen.
Petain's troops regained nearly all
the section of line which the Ger-
mans had penetrated ln their sud-
den thrust on Thursday night.
North of the Aisne they carried
out a brilliant attack and recap-
tured and held the whole of an
important trench which the Ger-
mans recently had taken south of
Aillea.
Germnn Attack Broken
The fighting in the Champagne
was of German initiative. An at-
tack launched over a front of
nearly two miles was broken up
by the French except at one point
to the north of Carnillet and even
here the Germans afterward were
eje-ted from the elements they
had penetrated with the exception
of a stretch of some 50 yards.
This Say Story Is
Knocked Into Skies
Stake. Mont..
Locke wrote the
Auc.
one had poisoned hii
II Locke it
. . . .
.nrkmi. on an nnhrenltahle buckle-i
paa ior uriiij i.iu.c. u i
the kaiser's agents. Failing to pump :
out the well officers seined it and
found first models of the huckle-pads. i
Locke had made them out of skunk i
hide. He thinks his little son threw
them in the well. 1
man troops and die furious rcsi.-t-
anc - of the allies is not meeting with
' success.
Kitr - ce
Mtiuitlon Is Very Grate.
The enemy's passage of the Sou-
chit ra riier reported vesterday is
regarded as placing in immediate
jeopardy the Maria Sesti junction
railroad the possession of which is of
immense Importance to the Russians
and Rumanians. Attention is called
here to the absence of the Russian
official statement yesterday while It
is remarked that the Rumanian report
does not appear to deal with the lat-
est events.
Kunianlnn Forced to Hetlre.
Petrograd. Russia. Aug. 11. In a
mon of anoy. There were no vie- i
tims and the damage was of little .
importance." I
Gain of Yeterriny.
British Front in France and Bel-
gium. Aug. 11. The British yesterday
added another brief but important
sequel to the battle of last week when
they carried by assault the German
forward positions along the front be-
tween Frezenberg and the Ypres-
Menin road and thereby obtained
strong defences which had remained
in the enemy's possession on the
Westhoek ridge after the battle of
July 51. At the same time their
French allies on the left advanced
to a considerable depth east and north
of Bixschoote.
Frrneh Capture Five Gun.
Xear the junction of the French and
Rrltish armies the former oushed
their lines across the Steenlck river
and a little north of this point occu-
pied on the west bank of the stream
several farms that the Germans had
been forced to evacuate under pres-
sure of artillery fire and the gradu-
ally tightening of the French lines.
Among the booty captured hy the
French were five - guns which the
enemy had been unable to remove in
their hurried withdrawal.
The forcing of the Germans from
the Westhoek ridge add a strong
link to the new line of British de-
fences. Th possession of this rfdsre
has been bitterly contested fe-ause
(CBtinoed on I'aze 4. Vmi. I.I
ill TO RE
: WITH 1R C
ROP
T31n. rp t.- rtif cj... i DUI arastic measures will not be em-
JrlanS lO XSeCOme oell SUP- ployed onlen negotiations with pro-
porting and Relieve Na
tions of Food Imports.
New York Aug. 11 Immediate
steps by the Cuban government to co-
operate more closely with the United
States food administration during the
war will be discussed in Washington
early next week at a conefrenee be-
tween Capt. l.eorge Reno of the
Cuban department of agriculture and
j j V. ' ' ' . v
food administrator. Capt. Reno brings
zrom navana aata bearing on vuoa a t
.LiMlity tn become more and more a j
satf aupponiaar mtnro.-s far as the!
production of foodstuffs is concerned 1
and to bo less of a dependent on other 1
countries' for imports of diversified j
food materials. I
rtw Clrr CMralMHM.
During hm stay in the United .
States which will be an extended one !
Capt. Reno will ditvuss with other
government officials closer coordina-
tion between Cuba and the I'nited
States in methods of maximum price-
fixing transportation of sugar and
other crops from Cuban ports to this
country and to other of the allied na-
tions and other preparations which
president Menocal of Cuba and his ad-
visers have long had under considera-
tion. Tn Tftcrrae Vrndncttoa.
Ti.. nr.lilnt Fmill. Vnrte? of I
Cuba who formerly headed the Cuban ' operate in meeting the national emer-
denartment of agriculture has worked i cency. I do not believe that drastic
out a plan ln consultation with presi- f-vces need be an pi led to maintain
dent Menocal and various Cuban econ- j economic distribution and sane use of
omists. whereby next ear's produc-1 supplies by the great majority of
tion of diversified vegetables and American people. But if there be
livestock will. It is believed reduce those who expect to exploit this hour
the importations of food supplies and i of sacrifice if there are men or or-
release considerable tonnage space for ganizations scheming to increase the
the transportation of the Cuban sugar I trials of this country we shall not
crop and various war material re- ! hesitate to apply to the full the dras-
ouired to carry out Cuba's plans for I tic coercive powers that congress has
making her coasts impregnable to ! conferred upon us in this Instrument
possible German attack. i AoW Sutfrrs Extortion.
..... . "I" enforcing the measures of the
hnt All Yntt I fin I Inn act- il is not onr intention to proceed
Cat SilL I OU Vllll I an .p a host of nnnitlv m.o.nr.. K
Is the New Slogan Now
Washington D. C Aug. 11. "Eat
all you can't can" is the new slogan
of the department of agriculture In
Its campaign for conservation of per
ishable fruits and vegetable.
Heretofore it has bee- -can all you (
can but now with a big output of
iruits ano vegeiaoies tne oepanmeni
l'nunK " ne nousewnes
11 u.rahamt mietit m-ell vary her menus hy devis-
marshal somel1? d'shea composed in large part of
"f?' 'U."-V . "
"While it is imperative that as :
much food as possible should be put I elated with us in this struggle The
up in tins or glass jars or else dried diversion of 40.OOO.e of their men to
and properly stored. i-ay a depart-' war or war work: the additional mil-
i ment statement 'it :s nevertheless' lions of women drafted to the places
w. i! to bear in mind that by varying of their husbands and brothers the
the diet much food which would oth- j toll of the submarine have all con-
ermse be lost can be made lo sus- spired to n reduce production that
tain life." 1 thjir hirvrsU this autumn will fall
' 500.HM.eoo bushels of grain below
MAY CHANGE DEMURRAGE ! their normal VroducHon. wyd
rtfti rf -T-i-i tt- t- or- n r-- ! pendent upon import from other coun-
KULCD 1U ntLCAOt LAKSitiies for a substantial oart of their
Tex.. Aug. 11 The railroad 1
. . . i
Austin.
wmuiissiuii ia.e notice mat 11
. . n . .
sepiember 1 1. the question of certain
proposed amendments to existing de-
tr.urraire rules. It is nronnsed
make the rules more stringent in or-
der to rtlleie the congestion of .-are.
li :s als-o proposed to slightly increase
th- derrurrase rates.
tsubooin battle on Thursday the Ru
manian troops southwest of okna I
were lorceu to retire for a distance i
of about three miles. The central al
lied forces continued to develop their
offensive west of the Fokshani rail-
way and the Russo-Rumanians were
forced to retire across the river
Suchltxa. East of the railway all the
Teuton attacks were repulsed and
MA officers and men were taken pris-
oner by the Russians. j
We Ilattle In i;alieia. 1
The Russian war offic rerwrrt an-!
nounced that the Austro-Germans at-
if aenn waves near in 1 1
'age of Zarkor. southwest of Brody
in northeastern Gallcia.
Grain Regulation Measure
To Be Announced Wilhin
Next Feu) Days.
PRICE FIXING
WILL COME SOON
Food A dminislralion Intends j
To Stabilize and Not '
Disrupt Business.
7.SHIXGTON. D. C.
w
Machinery for controling the
nation's food supply was set
in motion today after formal an-1
nouncement by preside
tent Wilson of !
?pointment as!
Herbert Hoove: s appoi:
food administrator.
The food administration under di-1
rection of Mr. Hoover will have gen- i
eral supervision of supply regulation.
The department of agriculture will
assist in food conservation by an edu-
cational campaign and will administer
the food production measure. The
leuerai traae commission will com
pile rood scales. Production
costal
have recently been investigated by
the commission and price fixing prob-
ably will be made in conformity with
as recommendations.
WonM MabHIze ComHtfon.
The purpose of the food administra-
: tion is to stabilize and not to disturb
I conditions Mr. Hoover declared. Ef-
forts will be made to check specula
tion and correct price abuses he said.
ducers and manufacturers fail.
Iiorerf Annranrement of Plan.
Mr. Hoover's statement outlining
the government's purposes In admin-
istering the food legislation follows -
"The hopes of the food administra-
tion are threefold. First to so guide
ine iraue in
i tie lunaameniai iooa
rnrnmnilfiiM a. tn .nmin.t. .;i. ' coosuiauiuve conference Oi me mier- . .11 o u uic wuiv.
"lation r?lr f n.i wI!SS? I n"""1 Socialist organixation at cabinet were taken completely bv
practice" an? 0 stabilize nriceS ? ll Stockholm occasioned big headlines surpr.se by his sttnude at the laoo-
!K Naples SeSond to ! ln W Evening News which al- conference.
guard our exports so that against
the world's shortage we "tain suf f i-
to cooperate with the allies to pre-!
j Tent inflation of prictI and. lhrd. 1
inn we stimulate in everv manner
within our power the saving of our
food in-order that we nun- increase
export to our allies to a point which
will enable them to properly provision
their armies and to feed their peoples
during the oosaiog winter.
Woatt CwreH Abo.ro.
"The food administration Is called
into being to stabilize and not to
disturb conditions and to defend hon
est enterprise against illegitimate
competition. It has been devised to
correct the abnormalities and abuses
that have crept Into trade bv reason
01 tne world disturbance and to re
store business as far as may be to a
reasonable basis.
"The business men of this country.
T am convinced as a result of many
hundreds of conferences with renre-
l sentatives of the great forces of food
supply will fairlv and eenerouslv co-
raner dv cooramatlon with the va-
rious trades to effect such construct-
ive regulations as will render gam-
bling extortion and other wasteful
practices impossible and will stabilize
prices. e propose to proceed as rap-
idly as possible with constructive
to announce each nror. Tli-
m t rpr)y formulated. We hone
within next few davs to announce
the method of wheat and flour con-
troL
People JInt lie Fed.
"The deep obligation is upon us to
..a th. .rmM ...i
1? "nrwernBroin aI;
112s. r e n upe of the destruction of
iIhiI.. . .
Snipping bv submarine and the IsaIa.
iirlt n" . .ivri .
iigerent lines are forced to a large
degree upon our markets not only as
me nearest out as tne oniv market
capable of relieving their bitter neces-
sity. 3lnt ISxpert rs5.Ojs Hiuhets.
"Therefore whereas we exported be-
fore the war but SO.OM.OOO bushels of
wheat per annum this year by one
means or another we must find for
them !:s.000o bushels and this in
the face of a short crop. Our best
will but partly meet their needs for
even then they must reduce their
bread consumption 25 percent and It
will be war bread they must eat
war tread of which a large portion
consists of other cereals.
"Already the greater call for meat
and animal products. Hn. tn th. tt-M.
of war on the millions of men on the !
ugnung tine ana tne enhanced physi-
cal labor of Donulations orifin.eilv
subsisting on lighter
on lirrhter diet. uimli I
c " wauequaie wona supply.
have compelled our allies to kill up-
.... vm I- neitn 01 ineir stock
animals. This ls burning the candle
at both ends for they are thus stif-
ling their annual production. There-
fore not only must we increase their
supplies of meat and dairy products
but must prepare as war goes on to
meet an even greater demand for
these necessary commodities.
.. lleiMoml fr Micar.
ami itaiv tormrl urn.
duced their own sugar while England
Germany. Owing to the inability of I
(Continued on I'aBe f. Ol. 2.) j
. importea largely troni
LnUL
URGESSHNOtNE LABDR DELEGATES
10 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Cabinet is Astounded That
. m t - .
His Withdrawal Follows; Seamen's Union
Won't Transport Labor Delegates.
LONDON" Enp. Aug. 11. Arthur 1 lude caustically to the speech j'
Henderson labor member of the James Ramsay. MacDonald. Uior
. . . leader in which he referred to our
British war council has resigned j .-(j..- fri.d.
his membership In the cabinet.
His resignation followed his ap- the policy to be pursued ian b- !n-
pearance yesterday before the British Zn-fllon Bta.fed.
labor conference in a speech In j Havelock Wilson president of th-
which he advocated sending a British
delegation to discuss peace terms .
with the delegations from other coun- I
tries at the conference of the inter-
national Socialist organisation at
Stockholm Sweden.
The government has been definite-
ly against any interference in peace-
discussions by unauthorized organiza-
tions and the premier stated that fact
emphatically a recent statement i VonSS". " '
Our German KrlrndV Angers. Cabinet I Astonished.
Yesterday's decision of the labor. Premier Llojd George fn a lett-
conference to send delegates to a accepting Mr. Henderson's resign -
. .
j J UCSOU W OUKm IS Dead;
Is Revealed Then As An
Unknown Philanthropist
Tucson. Ariz. Aug. 11. Mrs. La -
vjnla B. Steward a philanthropist
whose contributions to science and
charity became public only with her
death died last night at her summer
home at Oracle Ariz.
w.. . . . .
With her husband a retired manu-
facturer she came to Arizona from
Joliet. Ills in 1S. Mr. Stewarl
died at Oracle in 1S0I.
Last fall she gave a 169.000 tele-
scope to the state university as a
id ncr nusoa.no. dui ins
5S"e .fJ5? "..tHi
until today. II rs. Steward bad
financed the education of scores of
students at the university here.
GIRL LOSES ARM IN AUTO
ACCIDENT NEAR AMARILLO
Amarillo. Texas. Aug. 11. In an
auto accident near Whitedeer Miss
Viola. Dauer received injuries which
necessitated amputating ner left arm.
Her mother also was severely injured
and Ruth and Gladys Dauer. young
girls were shaken up and bruised.
The car in which the Dauers were
riding was overturned in miklnr a
sharp turn. The injured were brought
'"
Why The "Subway" Would Not
Solve The Crossing Nuisance
Editor Kl Paso Herald:
o
X August 6 I addressed a com
munication to the El Paso
Times on the subject of the
proposed subway. For some reason
the Times has failed or refused to
print my communication but I had
anticipated this result and caused a
carbon copy to be made with the in-
tention of submitting it to The
Herald.
I might say. in this connection that
some months ago the Times solicited
a communication from me upon this
subject that being; prior to the adop-
tion of the ordinance providing for
the subway and the Times then ap-
peared to approve of the views which
I expressed. Including the view that
the proper solution of the grade
crossing question would be a belt line
along the river front.
Below is the communication (in
part) submitted to the Times:
The question itself to one of great
importance to the city of El Paso
and. it seems to me has not received
anything like the public considera
The War Hand Book
SJ tthaDd ?-f ih" Arm-V . Pietori.1 Atla-c-
receded from New wk today. The maps a all complete a. d are
all revised up to August i 1917.
Pre. "e Tery frw of who do not kave a relative or frien.i M .a-
ing the khaki or blue serge of service.
We owe it to them to follow their travels to watch them win an.i
to sympathize wrth anv temporary reverses. You can do jr bit hi
understandtuR their work and their hardships through our War Hand
Book. "The Army and Navy I-irtsriaJ."
This Joes not show bloody battle scenes. It is not offensive ;o the
timid of heartrending to the Bothers of young recruits. It shows the
implement of warfare without its gruesosse result tt shows the locations
of the battles without their awful cost.
TlH'"le n these Atlases opens Monday morning at 8:3. The price
"fon'y "trtywnts. and it is a great vahse for the money. T is offer v
good for Kl Paso Herald readers only. 3i extra cost for peer.tse to out
of town readers.
Henderson. Labor Member
.
i The premier mil e asked whethe-
i national teamen's i nton. issued
statement today saying he was dis-
satisfied with the conference and tha:
he was going to organize a coanttr
move.
-The Sailors and Firemen's Union.'
declared the head of the Seamen""
organization "are fully deterramec
to stick to their guns and refuse to
carry the peace delegates abroad."
A definite announcement of tfe
. : . i. v .v t .
' JVUUU fOrtO KlCOnS
Would Pick Cotton In
TexanBiil Not Needed
Austin ex- Aug. 11. T. & Je-.
' lilnga state farm specialist of the
'federal department of agriculture
f today received a telegram from W :
Spill man. chief of division of far
management U S department
agriculture ln which he advised t h -
lf is w.thin one weeV
the government can obtain 30 njv
cotton pickers for Texas from Po--tr.
Kico. The pickers are to recer. .
. i sn hiji r- .!..
Mr. Jennings replied that ther""-
-..i w& nn i 1..
Portation of cotton pickers because of
continued drouths in south centra.'.
and west Texas. The farmers
leaving that section for north and
northeast Texas where the cotton
crop is fine consequently there is r'
need to import cotton pickers.
ONE KILLED TWENTY HURT.
IN COLORADO TORNADO
Two Buttes. Cole Aug 11. Frank
Pruett. a printer was killed and t'j
persons were hurt one probably fi-
tally. last night when a tornad
struck Two Buttes. Two store build
ings ana tnree residences were
wrecked and many small
buildnc
were aemousnea.
tion that it deserves. We are a :
agreed that the grade crossings J(
they exist at this time are a nuisar.ee.
but aside from this I am of the opi- -j
ion that the Times has not submi :er
much argument in favor of the ra.
i road company's proposition to low -
ineir iracxs
The Two lsnes.
Either we must s.nk the raiira.
tracks or we must run them arc i-. J
the southern portion of the o.
These two alternate propositions con-
stitute the issue that is now before
the people of El Paso even thoug
but one of them is to be voted for or
against in the election
The Times takts the posit. -n tn
the city has no means of rem- i"
the railroads to run a belt 1 n-
around the south side of t..wn bu-
this position is not at .ill tena-
my judgment. It mav be trie ft-
the city council cannot tak- a
stick and force the railroads to aka
up their tracks from the heart of the
city and relay them on the south side
but it is also true that prior to tha'
adoption of the ordinance which con-
templates the sinking of the tracks
tne city had no power or author. t t..
compel the railroad companies to m -dertake
that enterprise In .-he
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