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IHE "AN ANTONIO LIGHT
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OCTOBER CIRCULATION.
Tho total daily average circulation of the dally edi-
tion of The ban Antonio Light during tho month of
October. I*l4. was 30.275 copies and of the Sunday
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bbUiLE THE LOCAL CIRCULATION
OF ANY OTHER PAPER
GENERAL HUGH L. SCOTT
Civilians of San Antonio as well as
officers of Fort Sam Houston will be
highly gratified at the elevation of Briga-
dier General Hugh L. Scott to the posi-
tion of chief of staff of the United States
army. Like Colonel Charles G. Treat who
was formerly post commander here and
who is now a member of the general staff
of the army General Scott has a host of
friends in San Antonio. He is well
known throughout the Southwest and as
in the case of Colonel Treat his geniality
and broad sympathies which extend far
beyond the confines of army life have
made possible a popular knowledge of
his military abilities.
One may easily imagine a fortunate sig-
nificance in the circumstance that it was
President Wilson who chose General
Scott as chief of staff. For General Scott
is not a militarist. Apparently he does
not believe in taking up arms merely for
the sake of war. His almost invariable
success in treating with the Indians of
the West in the early days exemplifies
the truth of the old saying: “The victor-
ies of peace are no less than those of war.”
He never moved against the Indians when
he could negotiate a peaceful settlement
with them and few are the instances in
which he failed to dissuade them from
going on the war path. This policy of
patience and forbearance should assure
most harmonious relations between the
president and the general staff of the
army.
It is probably in his role as a pacifier
that General Scott is most widely known
He is one of the best friends the Indians
of North America ever had. He knows
their customs thoroughly and he is reck
oned the world’s highest authority on
the Indian sign-language. There is prob-
ably not a tribe on this continent that
has escaped his close observation and
certainly there is none with whose mem-
bers he is unable to carry on a “dumb
conversation.” From the signs used by
the various tribes in their inter-communi-
cation he has formed a universal lan-
guage—a sort of digital esperanto which
every red man can easily comprehend.
General Scott is intimately acquainted
v’ith the conditions and needs of the
Southwest—a knowledge which he holds
in common with Colonel Treat. Conse-
quently whatever influence these two
able officers may have in providing for
the military needs of the country will
doubtless be exerted largely for the bene-
fit of this section.
FALLACIES OF WAR
In the circumstances surrounding the
execution of Carl Lody as a German spy
one may find much for philosophic con-
ideration. Let it be conceded at the out-
set that the exaction of the death pen-
alty in this instance as in all such was
in strict accordance with so-called inter-
national law. But to one who refuses
to accept the long and universal existence
of an institution as a criterion of its moral
right to survive Lody’s execution may
reveal the shallowness of the so-called
principles and ideals with which warring
nations profess to be animated and that
even those assumed virtues are submerged
by the blinding impulse of war.
The institution of which Lody was the
victim stands as a monumental contradic-
tion of the claim that war can be made
"civilized.” War under any conditions
is as uncivilized as it was in the darkest
days of barbarism. The attempt to “civi-
lize” it is merely the outcropping of ideals
which flourish during peace but which
the fact of war itself repudiates. Such
an attempt is a most significant confession
that war is wrong. War and the attempt
to place it on a "civilized” basis represent
a strife between two great factors in
human existence and the only possible
good that lies latent in the attempt may
be the ultimate abolition of war.
। Such points may be finely drawn but
i they carry an unmistakable philosophic
appeal. By all patriotic Germans Lody
। will be regarded as a hero; his deeds will
live among German traditions as those
of a man who gladly sacrificed his own
life for the good of his country. By Eng-
lishmen Lody will be regarded as one
of the most despicable characters that
ever wore disguise. Lody was shot for
doing the very thing that would bring
lasting fame in England to a British spy
operating in German territory. The Ger-
mans would treat a British spy just as
Lody was treated. Yet from the uni-
versal viewpoint the bravery of the one
must be regarded in the same light as
the bravery of the other for the ideals
served by the two are identical.
The most flagrant inconsistency ap-
pears in the contrast between the regard
in which a spy is held in his own coun-
try and the international provision for
the punishment of espionage. Summary
death is the penalty that a spy must
pay when he is caught? By making such
an agreement the nations have confessed
to each other that espionage is the great-
est crime which may be committed
against the country in which it is prac-
ticed. Instead of agreeing upon a uni-
form punishment for an act over which
they have the power to exercise direct
control would it not be more logical
and more subservient of the attempt to
“civilize” war for the nations to abolish
espionage altogether? Whether its aboli-
tion is practical is another thing.
So-called international law does not say
to the nations: "You are forbidden to
practice espionage under pain of inter-
national retribution.” It says to them:
"Espionage is not only permitted but is
expected; your spies will be put to death
however if they are caught.” From the
moral and philosophic viewpoint it would
be just as logical for the nations to per-
mit poisoned bullets or chained shells
and agree on a uniform punishment for
those caught using them.
The attitude of the dreaded barbarian
toward such matters is colored with great-
er sincerity than that of so-called civilized
combatants. Primitive man who made
no pretense to such fine morality as mod-
ern man assumes held higher than all
things else the simple cause for which
he fought. The use of any means to-
ward his end—victory—was admissible.
By placing artificial restrictions upon the
methods he may employ and by agree-
ing with the enemy on a uniform punish-
ment for the employment of a method
which is admitted to be wrong by the
very fact of the agreement itself modern
man discounts his own sincerity in up-
holding the principles and ideals for the
triumph of which he fires the deadly bul-
let through the heart of his fellow ma?.
If nations would go to war for only such
great principles as overtower all things
else—principles that would warrant the
trampling under foot of all lesser con-
siderations for the sake of victory—the
world would have fewer wars. As long
as nations are able to agree upon meth-
ods of warfare or upon a uniform punish-
ment for espionage they have not reach-
ed that stage of moral urgency which
justifies the shedding of human blood
for human welfare.
PROTECTING RABBITS
Sometimes what is common in one
section of the country is a curiosity in
another. Here in Texas nobody thinks
anything of shooting a rabbit but up in
New Jersey they have just fined a boy
$lOO and sent him to jail for killing a
rabbit “out of season.”
It will be news to the majority of peo-
ple in this part of the world that there
is a closed season for rabbits anywhere
in America but it seems that such is the
fact.
Not only has the boy gone to jail for
four months for shooting the rabbit but
he has been fined $25 because he killed
it with a repeating rifle. To a certainty
New Jersey needs more rabbits or less
law.
The trouble grew originally out of a
family row between the Plums and the
Philipsons. A rabbit belonging to one
of the Plums hopped over into a Philipson
' garden and began to make a meal off
la Philipson cabbage. Young Oscar
'Philipson 19 years of age seized his trusty
22-caliber repeating rifle and shot the
cabbage out of the rabbit. It is on record
that he fired but one shot and it .is a
deeply mooted question of law whether
a man who fires one shot from a rifle
which is capable of repeating but which
in this instance is not made to repeat is
guilty of violating a law against repeat-
ing rifles. If he is guilty there is no
reason why another fellow with a single-
shot rifle might not sit on a fence and
shoo* all day because he has a rifle which
is not capable of repeating although the
: | shooter constantly repeats his shots. The
i only difference between a single-shot rifle
land a repeating rifle is that the repeat-
ing rifle can be made to bunch its shots
a little more closely. Neither can
fire but one shot at a time; both can
be made to duplicate the previous pro-
cess and repeating is repeating. How-
ever this is something for the lawyers
and the courts to fuss about. We are
dealing with rabbits.
It seems that previous to the tragedy
of this cabbage-eating rabbit there had
been bad blood growing out of allega-
tions of bad milk between the families
of Plum and Philipson. Mrs. Plum dis-
tributes milk and Mrs. Philipson de-
clared that she could get better milk
and save half a cent a day by walking
half a mile iot better and cheaper milk.
Right here where the families soured on
the milk was where the death of the rab-
bit became possible. It was made prob-
able when the Plum dog wandered into
the Philipson yard and killed a Philipson
chicken. It is also solemnly asserted
that on one never-to-be-forgotten day
Mrs. Plum threw a stone and killed a
Philipson‘chicken. No affidavit has been
submitted with this assertion and everv-
body is therefore free to doubt that the
lady hit anything when she threw the
stone.
Naturally all these things brought
about a state of war and when young
Philipson up and shot the rabbit’ the
furies broke loose. He was arrested and
is now in jail. It is not for Texas to
quarrel with the administration of local
laws in New Jersey but it is gratifying
to report that a petition is being circu-
lated for the release of young Philipson
and he has a chance of being set at
liberty.
There has always been something amiss
with the state laws of New Jersey. It
was they that fostered the iniquitous
trusts and now they claim that killing
a chicken is less of a crime than killing
a rabbit. It is a law that does not ap-
peal to .Texas and we are glad that we do
not reside where such a statute exists.
Besides—if New Jersey needs rabbits
so badly that she is compelled to pro-
tect them by a closed season why does
she not import a few million from Texas?
If she needs them and we do not —and
that is about the proposition—the scheme
would be good for her and good for us.
New Jersey should go it.
Is It Christianity?
We boast of this as a Christian era and the
West as being the home of Christian people but
the war now In progres in Europe should give
us pause and make us ask if this is Christianity
and if we are really Christians. Among the
warriors on the battlefield and in the camp that
are doing all In their power to violate flagrantly
the command. "Thou Shalt not kill" are 200000
members of the Young Men’s Christian Associa-
tion and 63000 otdained ecclesiastics of the
denominations pious people no doubt practice
their daily devotions and pray to God for the
success of their respective arms. They ask God
for mercy and for forgiveness and then go out
end shoot the brains out of their fellow-man or
run him through the body with a sword. They
fancy that they are serving God. and that they
are good Christians. Each one thinks that he is
right and that he has God on his side and
that his enemy is wrong and has the devil on
his stde. All of which suggests the question:
Would Christ recognize Christianity if he were
to return to earth ?—Memphis News-Scimitar.
Working Out the l*roblem.
From present indications a large acreage of
grain will be planted this fall and the rains
have fallen at the most propitious time so that
should conditions remain favorable we will hit
the nail on the head next year. It is good to
see this undaunted courage exhibited by the
farmers and they will yet triumph though they
pass through the wine press of privations in
gaining the experience which is the school from
which they will graduate into success. All the
free advice and all the theories ever given or
promulgated will not solve the problem; It must
be sensibly worked out by the planters them-
selves. Indeed they need the co-operation and
intelligent sympathy of all other business peo-
ple while they are working out these problems
but of advice and theories they need none.—
Hamilton Record.
Jobless Man Can Help.
Even the man who Is out of a job can help to
restore normal conditions by facing the future
with the courage and hopefulness that the
actual situation warrants. Optimism Is a potent
factor in the establishment of that confidence
which is necessary if the business world is to
move forward carrying its broad plans of ex-
pansion and betterment into effect and in the
restoration of such confidence every man can
help. Moreover the man who radiates optimism
and courage is the one who is most likely to
find a place for the exercise of his energies
even when places are scarce.—Birmingham
News.
Our Sentiments.
Request has been made of the Herald by an
eastern publication for information respecting
the sentiment of the people in this locality with
reference to which side In the great European
war is favored. After considering the matter
fully and dispassionately we reached the con-
clusion and so Informed the writer that so far
as our people were concerned we didn’t give a
hang much which side licked provided It were
quickly done and normal conditions again re-
stored. If we did not size up the situation as it
is we are perfectly willing to be corrected.—
DenlsOn Herald.
Mistakes Will Happen.
J. C. Vaughan Progressive candidate for Con-
gress In the Second Illinois district received a
telegram from President Wilson wishing him
success. He hastened to give publicity to the In-
dorsement. Then along came another telegram
from the president saying he had Intended to
give the endorsement to the Democratic candi-
date. M. B. O’Leary and the first message was a
mistake and would Mr. Vaughan kindly forgive
and forget it. But accidents are bound to hap-
pen in the best regulated administration when
It is so busy handing out these rapid-fire en-
dorsements to everj’ Thomas Richard and Henry.
—Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
The Carman Verdict.
considerable details of the testimony given in the
Carman murder trial probably expected acquit-
tal of the accused woman. The prosecution had
no direct evidence against Mrs. Carman and In
any one of the states lying further south than
New York she would not have been brought to
trial in the expectation that the evidence of the
maid would have had any effect whatever upon
a jury.—Utica N. Y.. Observer.
Did Them No Harm.
It Is of common notoriety that abroad none
but Americans with more money than they know
what to do with insist on first class railway tick-
ets. while the natives prefer second class and
even third class and not to think of it we do
not believe it did any harm whatever to compel
cur home-coming plutocrats to enjoy the
beauties of the voyage second cabin and steer-
age.—Omaha Bee.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
■
For the Little Folk
Sleepy Time Tales
MRS. HEN’S INCUBATOR CHICKS.
Once upon a time Mrs. Hen laid an
<gg then another and another un-
til she had a nest full of big white
eggs. She hopped up into the next
and sat on the eggs to keep them
warm for she had decided that she
'."anted some little Huffy chickens all
of her own.
The next morning she got down
and went to her breakers! and when
she got back to the nest she was
just in time to see a man carrying
oft her precious eggs. She walked
along behind him and saw him put
the eggs in something that looked
';ke a wooden box with glass In
front.
They lay in rows in plain sight and
Mrs. Hen sat down to watch them.
There she sat all of that day and
for many days after that watching to
see that her eggs were not taken
away from her again. She did not
dare to stay very long when she
went to get her breakfast and so
grew very thin and one day she
heard a man say: “What is the mat-
ter with this old hem? She hangs
around this incubator all the time.*’
Mrs. Hen had never heard of an
incubator but she knew that they
were talking about the wooden box
that held her eggs and she watched
closer than ever. One morning as she
sat watching she heard a little noise
that sounded very much like a faint
“peep peep” and she looked up at
the.window and sure enough therp
was a little chicken looking at her
and saying: “Peep peep.”
As she looked another and an-
other hopped out of its shell and
soon twelve chickens were looking
out at her from the window. She
flew at the glass and tried to get to
them and perhaps she would have If
just then a man had not come and
stopped her.
Mrs. Hen “heard him say; “I de-
clare I believe the old hen knew her
own chickens I think I will give
them to her and let her care for
them.” Sh Mrs. Hen got her chickens
and she took much care of them that
they grew to be the largest chickens
on the farm and she was very proud
of her incubator children.
NEWEST PELLAGRA THEORY.
From the New’Orleans Tlmes-Pleayune.
The public health service commis-
sion on pellagra In a report recently
filed commits itself to the con-
clusion that the disease is "essential-
ly of dietary origin.” Dr. Goldber-
ger head of the commission briefly
announced this result some time ago.
This week's report goes a little fur-
ther Into detail but does not if we
may judge from the published ex-
cerpts undertake to clear away all
the mysteries surrounding the dis-
ease. The commission finds that pel-
lagra is "dependent on some yet un-
determined fault in a diet in which
the animal or leguminous protein
component is disproportionately
small and the nonleguminous vege-
table component is disproportionate-
ly large." It does not develop the re-
port adds "in those who consume a
good rich mixed and well-balanced
and varied diet.” Sufferers from the
disease should be fed. he recom-
mends "an abundance of fresh milk
eggs fresh lean meat beans and
peas.” Residents of the sections
where pellagra exists arg urged to
Include in thejr dally diet "articles
of food containing the leguminous
proteins—especially during the late
fall winter and early spring
months.”
Pellagra has been studied these
past few years by medical scientists
In many lands and a good many
theories have been evolved regarding
Daily Fashion Hint
Faille classique of a wonderful a hade of peacock bind composed this
costume recently worn at an afternoon tea. The sleeveless bodice cross-
es in surplice effect developing into tie back sasli ends. Worn snugly
at the wrists and coming far over tli e hands arc the sleeves of gold-em-
hroidered net with wide flaring coll ar and vest of the not. Button boots
of patent leather with tops of chain ois fittingly complete the toilette.
Its causation. We have had for ex.
ample the theory that it is an infec-
tion conveyed by the sand fly or some
other insect which is supported by
scientists who have made careful
study of the* disease. Italian investi-
gators announced their conclusion a
year or two ago that it was caused
by “silica existing In colloidal solu-
j tlon In drinking water.” The original
theory which held the disease due to
(the eating of corn products particu-
larly to moldy corn has been aban-
doned by most Investigators. The
'American commission’s findings will
not and should not. put an end to
! research work whether Its theory
I gains acceptance among scientists or
i.ot. Many puzzling features remain
to be accounted for. The compara-
tively recent appearance of pellagra
HE TRIED TO TAKE A NAP
Ci pyright I*l4 International News Servlca
in the United States and Its rapid
spread in some sections have not ac-
companied any marked or radical
cnange of the national diet so far as
we know.
But it is very much to be hoped
that the findings of the American in-
vestigators— their conclusion in par-
ticular that the disease is not "com-
municable"—will be vindicated.
There seems to be no doubt that the
change of diet is in very many cases
helpful. So that the adoption of the
commission's suggestions regarding
diet and the treatment of sufferers
need not wait complete acceptance of
its theory by the scientific world.
Cigarettes manufactured In the United
States last year if laid end to end. would
almost girdle the world twenty-three
tlmea
NOV. 17 1914.
At the Theaters
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
"Bought and Paid For.” or "De-
mon Rum Rampant” as it might be
appropriately called was presented
at the Grand Opera House Monday
night at popular prices. The play af-
fords entertainment to persons of
omnivorous dramatic tastes. For it
frankly strives to teach a moral and
in the attempt it exploits the most
sordid depths to whlbh intemperance
may lead.
Although the players make no
claim to stellar reputation they
should be commended tor “playing
down” tho most sensational Ilnea.
Thus the most sordid of the situa-
ti ns are lesa distasteful to the sensi-
tive palate than if all the opportuni-
ties for sensationalism were taken
advantage of.
The performance will be repeated
Tuesday night. '
Observant Citizen
There was a tense moment at the
Monday morning session of the state
conference of Charities and Correc-
tions. If it had not been such a "lady-
like” convention something might
have happened. A spark very often
starts a conflagration.
It came about unexpectedly—that
slap at the fair name of San Antonio
—just like the European war. The
woman secretary of a Galveston
charitable organization was making
her report. It was an interesting re-
port. too and claimed close atten-
tion from the audience.
Then like a true "booster” she
began telling about Galveston and its
advantages. She made reference to
the vast shipping Interests and other
features and concluded with the fol-
lowing words:
"Galveston is a city of 45000 in-
habitants." Then to impress that fact
oy means of comparison she added
"about the size of San Antonio.”
Instantly a subdued hub-bub was
heard in the audience—there being
many San Antonians present The
sound resembled the low rumble of
thunder preceding a storm.
Within the next few second a half
dozen women were on their feet
each claiming recognition of the
chairman to give the information
that San Antonio s population is con-
siderably in excess of 100.000 and
that it bears the proud distinction of
being the largest city in the state.
After quiet had been restored the
speaker proceeded to make explana-
tions and apologies. She hadn t been
in Texas very long and was not en-
tirely familiar with statistics of dif-
ferent cities.
The convention resumed. Its wonted
calm and other reports were given
without San Antonio's pride being
ruffled. —
THE MILLION INCOME.
From* th« Houston T-legrsm.
The fact that not a single person
in Great Britain confessed to an in-
come of 11000.000. while in the
United States 44 made .returns show-
ing that income or greater is held
to be a remarkable contrast. On a
5 per cent basis $20000000 is re r
qulred to yield the million income
and the indication of the returns
that there are no such fortunes in
Great Britain causes no slight sur-
prise.
This of course is modified by the
fact that mostl of the wealth of the
British aristocracy is in land and
under the English laws rents are
not taxable as Income. This lets the
landlords and other British land
owners out ' of the computation
though the number of that class
whose rentals exceed a million per
year is undoubtedly quite small.
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