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saN ANTONIO EXPRESS: MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15. 1917
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By Tlx t.xvrm* Publishing Company.
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Wushiimtou, 1>. C. WtultelU Jones, ina-
t l«i .National Kaul. Building.
ihe extraordinary demand which can-
not be met by turther swelling the
volume of silver certificates.
ANOTHER PREMATURE
EXPLOSION?
devices to boost the market when
prices were, low, but the inexorable
law of supply and demand has pre-
vailed just the same.
Not a great many years ago the
farmers of the West and Northwest
/aised so much grain that they were
Ttje corporate owners of the wrecked unable to find a market for the surplus
W HAT EXPRESS FILES
TELL OF YEARS AGO
and they burned corn for fuel because
it did not pay to ship it. Wheat sold
munitions plant in Kingsland have
issued a statement that its fire and ex-
plosion of Thursday "were possibly, if j as low as 35 cents a bushel and other
I nQt probably, of incendiary origin." If products in proportion. Then new
" ' liriskiii'liotei Buidiug- old the further announcement that there markets abroad were successfully
k ! will be an official investigation is not sought and a new demand created and
when the distress of the farmer
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tl Hat six:. street. DrUkiii l a Hl<ig. \ rjon of this statement, and for the has been relieved and he is far more
<Ud phone 1, —_____ — reniporary suppression of uch crimi- prosperous than ever before we corn-
But
Thirty-five Tram Ago Today— 1SH?.
August Bieseubach of this city ba>
tV ted a partnership with parties in N
York to euguge in the manufacture of he
chairs, such as are now being made a
shipped from here by several persons
Farmers say they have not yet had
weather enough to enable them to td;»» - ' ,
hogs. Many who had hogs penned, tat ,
teuing them, have turned out the hogs ou j
account of the warm weather ;iud the e\
pense of feeding them, corn being worm
upwards of Si a bushel.
PRESIDENT OF BETHLEHEM STEEL
COMPANY MAKES PATRIOTIC
OFFER TO UNITED STATES.
EXECUTIVE MUST EXERT EVERY FIRST NIGHT OF SPECTACULAR
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lrt to 32 pH0ts.. .02 04 to 72 pages.. .u>. plots and practices to destroy muni-
lEXAs-tiiNsis uio ! lions plants in this country. But this
...96,614 ■ wreckage is so great, this monetary
mo cities or
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CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO
ADVERTISERS
ONE OF THE LEAST.
The desire of Germany and Austria
t( punish Serbia offers a most compli-
. t'ed difficulty, as the allies have de-
manded that country's restorition with
indemnity." This is Washington com-
ment on the allies' reply to President
Wilson's note, and it is none to care- j
i'ul on the score of justice to the j
Central Powers. It looks as if Serbia
has been very successfully "punished"
long since, and the aim or cause of the
Central Powers in this war is, alone,
self-protection and the maintenance of
their right to the undisturbed prosecu-
tion of all incidents of their national
life. The German Emperor has re-
eatedly awarded this aim and his
ihancellor and Foreign Secretary have
:pqatedly affirmed it. They have done
3 twice within the past thirty days!
Not Serbia, but Russia, was the
entral Powers' black beast in 1914;
lis, also, is the imperial testimony.
is not possible to imagine Serbia,
len, or now, or hereafter, as a men-
;e to those great neighbjrs' nation-
lism; nor is it easy to imagine Aus-
idfs Emperor Charles refusing to en-
r into a peace conference because
f this "most complicated difficulty"
i particular, whatever may be the de-
,ands of Turkey and Bulgaria. This
ould seem to be one of the least of
te many present difficulties. It is
ot a circumstance 10 the demanded
ussianization of Turkey!
burst as premature as that of the cor- of the enhanced prices of his prod-
poVation's half million shells. It isjucts. Too large a share has gone to
sententious antique philosophy that all'the manipulators and the speculators,
things are possible, though many i it is of these we complain and it is
things are unusual; and, of course, j the haphazard and ineffective market-
there is nothing impossible or improb-1 ing system we are trying to improve
able or (unfortunately) unusual aboutjand regulate.
But the lesson of the returns given
out by the Agricultural Department is
the regulation of production, not cur-
tailment. How much the prices of
grain and other foodstuffs is depen-
dent upon the war in Europe is shown
by the fluctuations in the grain mar-
kets based on supposed prospects of
peace, as these appear dimly on the
horizon or recede into darkness. The
Old World will need our farm products
for a long time after the war closes
and probably more of our cotton then
than now, so we need not fear any
great slump in prices, though we pro-
duce to the limit of our capabilities.
But we must consider the probable de-
mands for consumption and diversify
accordingly. It will not do to go back
to the old one-crop system which kept
Texas at a disadvantage for so many
years, for we see now that under the
larger plan of diversification she last
year led all the States of the Union
in the value of her farm products and
showed a big increase in the total
value of her output, although it was a
lean year as average yields go
loss is so great, and the violent de-
struction itself might have been so
grievous to life in an American com-
munity that even the most cautious
predicating of such a charge becomes
grave indeed. Our American peace of
mind and body was Jisturoed badly
enough by such matters of anti-neu-
trality and anti-order in 1915, and it
is earnestly to be hoped that no colos-
sal crime will be uncovered in the aft-
ermath of the Kingsland disaster,
SINKING GREAT SHIPS.
Fifteen years ago there were reports
of experiments, by builders of great
liners, with a mechanism of construc-
tion and operation that would prevent
the ships from sinking as a result of
being torn open by any collision or
shock at sea. But the fearful fate of
the Titanic and of other very costly
vessels, since, would seem to supply
the discouraging answer as to the suc-
cess or failure of this "non-sinkable"
experimentation. Ships remain afloat
with great holes in their sides, by the
ordinary principle of water-tight com-
partments; but reefs, icebergs and
bars, like submerged mines, strike and
tear from below and, particularly in
the case of naval vessels, there seems
to be not even the means of keeping
afloat long enough to save life.
SOMEWHAT SUPERIOR SOUND.
It is no more important or interest-
ing to know that Hon. William Phil
lips, nominated by President Wilson
to be Assistant Secretary of State, is
a Republican, than it is to know that
he is a Massachusetts man, aged thir-
ty-eight years, who outside of public
The latest instance of destruction j |jfe has attained to the worth of such
HE DEMAND FOR SMALL NOTES.
by mine, that of the Italian battleship
Regina Margherita, is typical of this.
Three-fourths of her complement of
940 men perished, and one recalls that
the loss of the warship in which Lord
Kitchener went down was even more
helplessly circumstanced. Marvelous
achievements in naval construction
and operation like that of the sub-
marine Deutschland would seem to
honors as secretary of Harvard Uni-
versity corporation. But it is quite
important to know that he rises from
the post of Third Assistant Secretary
of State; that he has been in our diplo-
matic service thirteen years; that
throughout the war he "has devoted
his attention almost exclusively to
European affairs"; that "his record of
promotions in the service is regarded
Thirty years ago, or thereabout, the
Government stopped issuing what was
known as "greenback" currency, which
was practically the only circulating
medium during and for several years
succeeding the war.
The greenback notes were at a dis-
count from the time of their first issue
until the resumption of specie pay-
ments, which had been suspended
early in the Civil War, but the premium
on gold and silver gradually lessened
after the end of hostilities, so that it
was merely nominal when by act of
Congress the notes were made redeem-
able in gold.
That was in 1879, up to which time
there had been practically no metallic
money in circulation for nearly twenty
vrars, except on the Pacific Coast,
icre the greenbacks had never been
pular. Naturally there was then a
ely demand for the gold and silver
ins, which were more or less of a
velty, to the masses of the people,
d in anticipation of this demand the
mints were run overtime to meet the
possible requirements when the Treas-
ury should begih paying out coin in
redemption of the notes presented. As
soon, however, as the holders of the
notes found they could exchange them
for gold they did not care to make
the exchange, because the notes were
then just as good as any money that
could be had and they have been so
ever since. But bills of a lower de-
nomination than $5 gradually disap-
stand as a rebuke to the failure of j as exceptional" and his latest eleva
scientific minds in this particular, and
the lay mind might be indulged in
some wonder that underseas naviga-
tion itself, considering the physical
laws that it must meet, has not sh6wn
engineers how to effect this most nec-
essary means of saving life and, per-
haps, of affording an opportunity to
salvage property of great value.
CROPS AND DIVERSIFICATION.
According to an estimate of the
Agricultural Department just made
public the total value of all crops of
this country for last year aggregated
practically $9.000,000,(XX), and yet it
was what we call a lean year. There
was a considerable decrease in the
total yield, as compared with the bum-
per crops of the previous year, yet!
there was an increase of more than j
two million dollars in the totdl money j
value.
The difference was, of course, in the |
higher prices which the agricultural j
products commanded because of the
comparative shortage and thg increased j
foreign demand. As a result the farm-
ers made more money on the smaller
crops than they did on the larger, but
tion "is understood to have been de-
cided on despite strong pressure to
induce the President to make a po-
litical appointment."
This is by no means the first Ad-
ministration in which we have heard
too much of "shirt-sleeve diplomacy,"
not necessarily in point of humiliation,
but in point of justified deprecation
of the service itself. It is, however,
an Administration in which we have
heard overmuch about "dollar diplo-
macy" and "deserving Democrats"—
with all due respect to Mr. Bryan—in
connection with instances of service
that was not worth a dollar! Consider-
ing the record of this nominee to a
j position of great consequence in the
office of our business of Stale, may
it not be said that "deserving diplo-
mats" sounds much superior to all our
people of public spirit and National
pride, whatever their party prefer-
ences? In this service we have some
times run more to experiments than to
experts, '
Republicans of the Rules Committee
insist that the Washington-Wall Street
"leak" inquiry is over. Democrat;
say that it is not. The country might
the domestic consumer contributed a ',e interested to learn on what theory
tiou of some City Council of
provided with a ridge iu the •inter and
furnished with au angle of about ID de-
grees, to shed water falling along r<*-n
ter of the street towards the dwellings oti
either side, and hold it there. Theae resi-
dents are uow clamoring for drainage «r
for someone to pay their doctors' bills.
♦ ♦ ♦
James Beabe of Leon Springs Just
received from his son, who is in l'aris, a
wonderful painting of Satan. The face "f
the demou is that of a beautiful woman;
the round, fair arms are drawn about the
head, while long golden locks fall over the
shoulders. The face la young, deadly pale,
but not contracted, while the eyeg are
cold and vigilant. On the back of thi*
strangely seductive picture is written the
word, "i)lable.'L
♦ ♦ ♦
Washington While Mr. Scovllle was at
work in his little office today a man whom
lie did not know entered the room. He
Introduced himself, saying he had come on
a business errand. He bad a proposition
to make and hoped that Mr. Seovllle would
then and there be ready to close with the
offer. "1 have come," said the man, "to
offer you $1,000 for the body of Gulteau.'
This proposition was submitted to Gulteau
and seemed to impress him favorably. After
reflecting a moment he said: "I think 1
ought to brink: more than that. Perhaps
some other fellow will offer 12,000; then
I ran pay my debta." Scovllle finally
said he would give the man an gnawer
tomorrow and promised not to entertain
any other proposition until he had again
seen him.
♦ ♦ ♦
Lampasas Major M. White of this elty,
who first surveyed the line of the Gulf.
Colorado A Santa Fe Railway, now loeated
from lleacham Gan to Lampasas, a dis-
tance of sixteen miles, has Just complete!
the line from Gatesvilie to this place He
claims his line to be a little nearer than
the trunk made by the St. Louis narrow
gauge. He say* the Santa I'e profited by
his line and the narrow gauge could cer
tainly do likewise.
♦ ♦ ♦
A fashion Items says: "Newmarket hats
of felt are shown for aldies to wear with
the masculine Newmarket coat.
♦ ♦ ♦
On the 30th ult. the Mexican government
formally opened the port of Antonio LI
aardo to foreign and coastal trade.
Fifteen Years Ago Today—1902.
The people of Waco are making extensive
preparations for the next annual reunion
of the survivors of Green's Brigade, f'ulted
Confederate Veterans, which will be held
with Pat Cleburne Camp of Waco, assisted
by Sul lioss Camp.
♦ ♦ ♦
Colonel George W. Rraekenrldge cele
brated his seventieth birthday anniversary
yesterday and was the recipient of ntimer
ous handsome floral remembrances from
friends.
♦ ♦ ♦
The San Antonio Trades Council has
arranged to keep open Its hall on Soledad
Street a* a central place where the nn
employed and employers In need of work
men may be brought Into communication.
Tho idea Is to aid in finding work for
unemployed union workmen without cost
to either employe or employer.
♦
William N'egley has been elected a dl
rector of the Alamo National Hank to
fill a vacancy caused by the death of the
late Henry Elmeudorf. Edwin Chamber
lain has been elected second vice president
ot the bank
♦ *
The San Antonio Art League, which has
in hand the good work of beautifying the
public school buildings of the city, wilt
give a gift concert at the Opera House
! during the week preceding Lent. A splen
I did program will bo rendered, in which
(the best amateur talent iu San. Alitonlo
j will take pari.
4- ♦ ♦
Mayor Hicks has received a communica I
tlon front .lames Haley In regard to the
preservation of shade trees from injury mid |
destruction by the parasite mistletoe He 1
says that mistletoe is destroying a great
many valuable shade trees on the streets
and on private property, and general at
tentlon should he called to the ruct so that
the public will he Interested In ridding
tho city of the past.
v ♦ ♦
Washington--The House devoted much
attention today to the proposition by Mr.
Ttixey of Virginia to open the doors of the
Soldiers' Home to ex Confederate veterans.
Two notable speeches were made In sup
port of the proposition, one by Mr. Gard
no/, a Michigan Itenublleun. and the oihor
by DeArtuond. n Missouri Democrat.
♦ 4- ♦
City of Mexico The Chilean delegation
received a cablegram from the Venezuelan
I Foreign officer announcing that It ha*
I acceded to Chile's reciuest In withdrawing
1 the Venezuelan delegation from the I'an
American conference. This is a punishment
procured by Chile upon the Venezuelan
delegates for adhering to the compulsory
arbitration plan, which Is so distasteful
to the Chileans. However, the diplomatic
defeat of the Chileans in the matter of
arbitration is complete. The compulsory
plan will l»e presented tomorrow and pro
vldos that the contracting nations obligate
themselves to submit to the decision of th«-
arbitrators on all controversies, pending
and future, that cannot be arranged diplo
matleally. provided that in the exclusive
opinion of either of the Interested nations
those controversies do not affect their Inde
pendence or honor.
CAMP SCIKRY IS GROWING
Speak
Terrapiu Club
on the complaint of the Navy 1
against the high bids received for war-
ships, fc-ugetie G. Grace, president of the
llcthlehem Steel C ompany, taid that his
company h I determined to make nu offer
to tbe Governni»-ut that if it will build
two of the four authorised battle cruisers
iu navy yards, the Bethlehem Company
will construct the other two at the ascer-
tained cost of building the ship* in the
Government yards without additional ex-
pense or commissions of any kiud. "We
will also contract to have our ships ready
for service ahead of the Government ships,"
he said.
"It would lie a real advantage to Beth-
lehem Steed shipyards to be relieved of !
any obligation to enter upon this naval
INFLUENCE HF. BAS OVER
DEMOCRATS TO SUCCEED.
PRODUCTION AT GRAND EX-
CEEDS EXPECTATIONS.
IP.
International Newt Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—The full
extent of President Wilson's power over
the Democratic majority in Congress will
Kxperience is the best teacher. A youth
was so advised a long while ago, but, as
related in au oft-told story, he wanted
some of the experienced hU own. without
construction,'' Mr. Grace said, "tbe profit demanded if the Presidents legislative trusting altogether to the experience of nu
from it eanuot possibly amount to much
and the responsibility is enormous. But
we do feel a patriotic obligation In the
matter and we realise that it Is our duty
to do everything we can to make our
plant and experience available for the
use of the American Government."
The policy of the Navy Department, Mr.
Grace said, seems to embody an effort
to discourage private enterprise aud to
divert all work for National defense into
Government plants. He told the diners
that although the llethlehem Company lias
been able Mince the European War began
to obtain iu France almost any price it
chose to ask for Itfs products, it has ad-
hered in its charges to the I nlted States
Government to the basis of prices estab-
lished before the war began.
Referring to a recent announcement that
British manufacturers had underbid Amer-
ica. concerns for shells for the American
navy. Mr. Grace said it should be remem
program is to be euacted Into law, It be-
came apparent toulght. The lufluence whlcb
the President has heretofore exerted over
his party in his legislation demands will
be taxed to the utmost to force through
the House and Senate his measure pre-
scribing compulsory Investigation of rait
road strikes, and authorizing the Presi-
dent to take over the railroads in time of
military necessity. Opposition, which has
blocked every effort to hasteu cousldera
elder, who had been all along tbe line and
was well qualified to advise him as to the
snares aud pitfalls that lie along life's
pathway and bow best to escape them, it
would be well for the youth of both sexes
If the counsels of parents and teachers and
the example of those who have threaded
the path and drunk the sweets of a tru->
life or drained the dregs of a misspent
.. . . one were taken to heart, fur then they
tiou of these measures iu the Senate, has | should know more real Joy and happiness
grown to threatening proportions, and op
ponent> of tiio bills, including labor lead-
ers, declared tonight that the measures
are doomed.
Both proposals were advanced by the
President as part of his plau for settling
the threateueu railroad strike last Sep-
tember. They were to balance the Adam-
son eight hour day law granted to the
railroad brotherhoods. No effort was mad*
bered that the Kritish navy had seen little to press them at that time. But the
Hctlon aud tliat it is entirely conceivable President soon after Congress reconvened
a surplus of naval shells notified Chairman Newlands of the Sen-
h the British government i ate Interstate Commerce Committee that
that there is
on haud which ..
might be willing to have its munition
makers dump in the United States and turn
the proceeds into shells for use on the
battlefield.
Department of Justice Lawyers,
Brief, Tell How Adam^on La*
Can Be Put Into Effect.
he desired Immediate action. Since then
opposition by Republican members of the
committee, headed by Senator Cummins,
has practically halted the consideration
of tbe measures. Executive sessions of the
committee to take up the measures have
failed to produce a quorum and action has
been impossible.
Senator Newlands declared today that
If It was necessary, he favored tbe calling
of ai extra session of Congress to enforce
action, it has been sugggsted that the
President may appear personally before
Congress to demand the passage of the
bills. He has so far rejected all sugges
mpromise measures advanced '
of his proposals.
by
Population
Hum Increaned Front
Troops to .'1.018,
2,000
It could be said that a real
has yet begun.
inquiry
Washington reports that a Govern-
ment fcoard to handle rivers and liar
large part of this extra profit to the
farmer in the higher cost of living.
It is not the first time that the small
crop has returned more revenue to the
producers than the bumper crop. As
peared from circulation because of | a matter of fact it is nearly always so | ',ors Proiec,s a"d funds "would re-
preference for the silver dollars and when production is in excess of con- "10ve liUch appropriations front 'pork
Ihe Government discontinued the issue ; sumptive demand. We of the South f,arrc' tendencies. In this connec-
tf the greenback notes of the (lenom- j have seen this fact illustrated particu- ''on' tendencies is nice and mild j nrign,|p hriitnnart'a
nation of $1 and $2, substituting I larly in respect to our cotton crops, an(* inexpressive. | ThVriMnV/ntrrJ
herefor, later, silver certificates. in the difference between the priceB Hi'.'.'rV.
The silver dollars were very popu- j for the staple when the market was Golorndo and the Vi est do honor t'j
lar in the South, especially at cot- I overstocked and when it was apparent i'^e nicni("'y °' Buffalo Bill because
ton picking time, and the country was that the supply would barely measure !he was a nn,ed seou,> but nlanV nien
flooded with them. Long after they up to the needs for consumption be-, °' n,any °'hcr places regret pasu'
Special Telegram to The lixpre
COKITS CIIBISTI. Tex., .tail 14 The
population of Camp Scurry is growing by
leaps and hounds. When occupied on Inst
September 7 by Texas militiamen, the pop.
nlatlon was 2,000, consisting of the Second
and Third Texas Infantry regiments. It
now has 3.01S residents In officers and
enlisted men, the Increase being due to
the transfer from Sainfordyee and Fort
IMnggold of Buttery A. Texas Mold Ar-
tlllery. the field hospltnl from Brownsville
and the arrival of several hundred recruits
| sent from the various recruiting stations
throughout the State.
The report of Adjutant General Heni y
I Hutching* shows the following men sta-
• nft Pmiiii GiMifi'v *
had ceased to be generally acceptable
in the North and East they continued
! * to be used almost exclusively in Texas
and other Southern States in place of
the $1 bills. But a change has come
about in recent years and now the
notes are greatly preferred to an ex-
tent, at least, because no one wants
to be loaded down with silver to carrv
around in his pockets. Now the de-
mand for bills of a lower denomination
than $5 is so great that the Govern-
ment i« going back to the issue of
K'tenback notes for $1 and $2 to meet
fore another crop could be made avail-! ^ecttuse he was a good scout, This
able. We have seen the small cotton , maV s'an8t but il is slang that has
crop bring considerably more money j derivation and definition in sin-
to the producers than did the much I ccri,y-
larger crop of the previous year and i
tinned at Camp Scurry:
Officers. Men.
7
r»i 1.2m
nr. i.4i7
A . d 'J00
Field ftlospltal .1 110
Total
122 IVMpi;
Total.
1(1
1.201
1.47J
200
Oil
t.nm
Hjr Ausik iated Press.
WASHINGTON, 1>. C, Jan. 14 In a
supplemental brief in the Adamsou law
test case received yesterday at the Supreme
Court for formal filing next Monday, tho
Department of Justice makes suggestions
for machinery to put the law into effect.
Under existing railroad wage contracts,
the brief declares, the phrases "day's
work" and "day's wage" have a well rec
ognlsed meaning In most freight servlco
contracts to be "100 miles or less at ten
uilles an hour." Ity substituting a 124
mile per hour "speed basis" for the exist
lug 100-mile, 10 hour day scale, the bri,ef
asserted, the Adamsou eight hour standard
can be generally put luto practical opera
tion.
The following proposed endorsement, on !
existing 10-hour contracts was submitted
to the court:
"VV.hen ever by this schedule more than j
eight hours constitutes a day's work the '
same is iiereby reduced to eight hours,
whether stated in terras of hours or in
terras reducible thereto and all overtime
shall be paid pro rata."
Regarding this proposed effect the brief
adds:
"The Adamaon act declares in effect that
every principal of the class effected, no
matter what his task, shall be considered
iit Hie «nd of eight hours to have earned
the contract price payable for a day's
work. If he Is worked longer, and he
may be. such work will constitute over
time and entitle him to extra pay. Ths
economic btlrden of this extra pay is
counted on to produce an actual shorten
ing of hours and this shortening can be
effected without curtailing tho mileage of
the day's trip If the speed per mile is in-
creased."
Ex-Minister Convict
II ins Parole by Brave
Fight Against Flames
By Associated Press.
TOPi:KA, Kan , .Ian. 14. W. M. Stucke.v,
once pastor of a church In Williamsburg,
was paroled today by Governor Capper.
He still had a little over two years of
a five year sentence to serve. Stuekey has
been in a Kansas City hospital for the last
two months with a broken hip, sustained
while drilling with the prison fire brigade
ai the State neultentlary at Lansing.
Stuekey in 1009, il was shown at his trial.
d|--sorted his wife and several children
and went away with a 17 year-old girl,
one of his church members, lie was
brought ba<k from Illinois In r.)Hl and
given a five-year- sentence. While on bond
a year later pending a decision on his
appeal to the Supreme Court, Stuekey fled
the State. He was not apprehended until
1014, when he was located In Florida,
where he had married a Cuban woman. He
was brought back to Kansas and began
serving his sentence. Last winter he was
granted a temporary parole to visit his
wife, who was 111 In Kansas City.
—
600 Pounds of Candy
Purchased for Use on
North Pole FJxposition
fly Associated Prens.
CHICAGO, Jan. 14. When llaold
Amundsen, the explorer, lelt Chicago to
(Inv for Washington, it was apparent that
life will not be one round of whale blub
ber and concentrated soup tablets on the
expedition upoli which he is preparing to
start for the North Pole. Preparatory for
the six years' absence he purchased 000
pounds of candy and quantities of other
delicacies, including ripe olives, sweet
pickles, pickled pigs' feet, dried fruit, nuts
and apple butter. A ton of meat has been
purchased for each of the fifteen men who
will set out on the expedition.
captain Amundsen said that he had pur
chased also tea. coffee, cigarettes, baking
powder, dried eirg*. dried milk, cheese and
anned vegetables.
tlons of compromise measures advene
opp'.... . .
Labor leaders said they were prepared
to exercise all of their influence In Con.
gress to prevent the enactment of the leg-
islation and that they are assured Re-
publican support In the Senate which will
so delay the legislation as to make its
enactment at this session of Congress Im-
possible.
Brotherhood IIends >lake Protest.
International News Service.
CHICAGO, Jan. 14. - President Wilson
was notified by telegram today that the
four brotherhoods of railroad employes
would take no radical steps while the
Adamsou law was under consideration by
the Supreme Court. The telegram also
protested against the passage of the House
bill now pending, which provides for a
straight eight hour day and compulsory
investigation before a strike can be called.
The dispatch was signed by Warren Pi.
Stone. L. K. Sheppard, W. S. Carter and
W. (J. Lee, executives of the four brother-
hoods.
Printed Apology Takes
Place of Prison Sentence
By Associated Press.
LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 14.—A full public
apology for his part In the rioting at
the county jail last August was the sen
tenced passed yesterday on Charles Kline,
who pleaded guilty of attacking Sheriff
Sherman Kley with intent to lynch a ne-
gro prisouer. He was first sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary, which was
suspended, and the apology sentence sub
stituted.
Cnder its terms the apology must be
printed In every paper in the county.
^
Youth Guilty of Death
of Sweetheart's Father
By Asuoolntofl Press.
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Jan. 14. C. K.
Williams, the youth who hns been «>n trial
here for killing T. C. Hollander, father of
the girl to whom he was paying attention.*,
today was found guilty, the jury assess
Ing his punishment at thirty years in the
penitentiary.
I he shooting took place on a downtown
business corner last August.
The Jury had been out since yesterday.
At a previous trial the jury disagreed.
Palestine Trade Council Elects.
spe. .ill Telegram to The Kxt>renfl.
PALfclSTiNK, Tex., Jan. 14 At a meet
ing of the Palestine Trades and Labor
Council held Friday evening the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
Jack Gulnn, president; W. M. Brown, flr^t
vice president; T. L. Steel, second vice
president; I>. U. Tomklns, corresponding
secretary: K G. Brymer, financial accre
tarv; John Cely, treasurer; W. C. Kiddle,
C O, Miller and U. K. Morrow, trustees;
John T. Mlddleton, sergeant at arms.
AGKD WOMAN 1)1 KS OF HI RN*
i Mrs. Lewellew of Wddy Sustained Fatal In-
juries from tirass Fire She Started.
I Bpp. ial Telegram to Th*» Biarrss.
' TEMPLE. Tex., Jan. 14. Mrs. Fannie
Lewellen of Eddy, aged 73 years, died
In that, city Thursday afternoon from
| burns received In a grass fire which she
I had started. Rev. R A. Hodges of this
! city conducted the funeral services at Ihe
I Pleasant View Cemetery, near Troy. A
! brother, It. L. Lowery. and a son. John,
live In this city. The decedent was a
daughter of Judge J. J. Lowery, a prom I
neut cltlr.cn of the city during Its early
days, and an official of the county.
Announce for Temple Marshal.
Sperlal iTiegram to The Ripresa.
TEMPLE. Tex.. Jan. 14.-J. E. Pollock,
watchman for the last nine years for
tiud less misery and disappointment.
But experience is the only teacher whose,
lessona are always heeded and the play
called "Lxperlencc," which was presented
at the Grand Opera House last night to uu
audience i ha I taxed the capacity of the
house, may he regarded as a moral lesson,
a sermou that deals with the passions and
the vlcisitudes of life and impresses wltii
a series of realistic scenes, both pleasing
and tragic, in the development of sn
allegorical representation of a typical
career.
The appearance of this play at the Grand
had becu preceded by glowing tributes
to its merits and to the merits of the great
cast by which it is played the same thai,
has been with the production since it
started on the road, and the audience m
the Grand last night expected something
out of the uifuiiI in the dramatic Hue. Theie
wag no disappointment, 'i he play, with it-
elahorute setting, lis large number of
capable players, each seeming to be espe
dally adapted to the part assigned: its
appropriate music aud thoroughly adc
•juate equipment throughout, left, nothing
to be desired to add to its completeness.
It was naturally assumed by those who
had read the advance notices, but had noi
seen the production, that "Experience" ft
modeled somewhat on the same Hues as
"Every woman." and so It is so much so,
iu fa< t. that It might appropriately hav»
been called "Everywoman.'' It la a boy
Instead of n girl that is led through the
labyrinth of varying phases of human pa-
slotis and follies and who sees at last the
holloivness of that which seemed pleasing
In the heydey of youth, while treading the
primrose path with Hope. Happiness and
Love, but never realizing the dangers which
beset him on every haud until "Expew
euee" has brought him to the brink of
the awful chasm, which is the end from
which there Is no escape. Until that great
mystery, mother love, steals into ana
awakeus in the heart the still, small voice
of memory II) the street of forgetfulnes*.
Hut the treatment of this allegory is alto
gather different from that of "Every
woman." George V. Hobart, who wrote the
play, is a newspaper man who began as »
police reporter and »» mcM was familiar
with the seamy side of life. Such scenes
as are enacted on the stage were not of
hl« Invention. They were pictures stamped
on his memorv by experience and he has
simply reproduced them, with only au
imaginative setting. The scenes themselves
are taken from life aud hold the mirror
up to nature.
And Fancy working side by side with
Truth
Said: "Help ine set the story down for
> out h.
Of Youth with Springtime ever in his heart,
And scenes with Joy where Sorrow plays
no part!"
And Truth said: "No, we'll write of one
who failed
Whose barque o'er drear and Stormy seas
hitK sailed.
We'll write of Things Thai Are and must
abide
Till Good and Evil perish side by side,
Some weary heart out where Life's break
ors roar;
May we see our feeble light and reach the
shore!
Then Fancy said with sadness in her tone;
"You write It, Truth!" and Truth wroio
on alone.
It was truth that Hobsrl wrote and one
must have only a weak conception of hu-
man nature who cannot recognize it In the
tragedy of youth at depleted on the stage
and as it lui* com* home to ho many
derelicts on the great ocean of life. The
drama is not stilted. It is so simple iu
Its construction and movement that it
appeals to all understandings, it Is not,
sombre as a preachment and never dull.
There are some brilliant parages and wit
and humor thai keeps the audience amused
even when It Is Inclined to be most serious.
The role of "Experience1 is played by
Paul Gllmore, who Is well remembered as
a star who toured the Texas circuit some
jeura ago with a company of his own an I
who first introduced to uh "The Mummy
and the Humming Bird," He was a popu
lar actor then, but he has probably never
been seen to better advantage than In the
character width he now portrays. No one
could play it better, if so well.
Leonard Iioyle as "Youth" Is well
adapted to tlie role in appearance and
manner. With him there is no straining
for effect, but a simple, easy characteriza-
tion that is most befitting.
There arc so many characters, represent-
ing all human passions, that not a great
deal U left for many of them to do. but
especially meritorious was the acting of
Mac Paul as "Pleasure," of Ann Ford as
"Temptation." of Lcona Hogarth an
"Frailty," of Bernard Carney as "Wealth'*
and several others.
The play will be repealed every night
this week, with matinee Wednesday and
Saturday.
WACO (JETS WHOLESALE HOISB
Candle Famine Adds
to Troubles of Paris
Btv \imni-iatrd Preas.
WASHINGTON. |I.
C.. Jim. 14.—Menu
we ftave tried to account for it upon! "The hunt of the House Ways and I.tntii, \.
Ing at ' amp So1
iomc otuer theory than the relation Means Committee for things upon
National Guard on December .".1 was 4.9or»,
of which 2M ar officers and 4.lisp enlisted
men. according t<» the statement issued
by Adjutant Hutchlugs. the report show,
lug that two thirds of tlie guard In at
Cainp Scurry. The remainder are in the
IMg Mend section. The Fourth Te*ns in-
fantrv Is the smallest, having but Mil
enlisted men. Ml! l«'ss than in the Third
Texas and 2.V» uuder the Second Texas
Infantry.
The entire guard Is under command »»f
Hulen, headquarters be.
urry.
of supply and demand. Wc have suc-
ceeded in having "exchanges" abol-
ished or greatly restricted in their
operatloni and have imposed legal re-
strictions on speculations in futures,
established warehouse systems and
credit loans and have suggested other
which it can impose additional inter-
nal taxation without too great a cost
at the polls, goes despairingly on."
Let's see: What about a graduated
scale of taxes on the price increases
that are being slapped onto necessities
of life? f
Williamson C'onnty Woodmen < tilled
Special Telegram to The Ktprea*
GEORGETOWN, Tex Ian. II. The W1I
llamson County Woodmen of the World
Association has been called to meet in an-
nual session In Georgetown «»n Thursday,
January 2T». by President l«ee J Uoun-
troe of Georgetown, Vice President II .1
Fowler of Granger, .t. A. ftteadman of | Mr* It Vogea he«pnke the congratulations
Taylor, secretary, and J. M Schramm of of the visitors to Mr. and Mrs. flrlnkoeter
Granger, treasurer. The association has and the wish they might live to <elei)rate
4 **+ in WllUamaon County. | their golden wedding.
mid oil for light purposes In Paris have
brought candles into general use and the
city is suffering from a caudle famine.
Candles that formerly sold for 2 cents,
reports to the Department of Commerce
say, now cost 6 cents and 7 cents and
price* continue to rise. Many stocks have
been exhausted mid 111 some parts of the
city it is almost Impossible to purchase
candles
Mtirriaae Anniversary Celebrated.
H|>r.' tiI Telearsm to Th# Kiprssa.
PLoHESVlLLE, Tex., .tan. II The hoa
pliable home of Mr. and Mrs. August Krln
koeter was opened to a large crowd of
Motive* and friends Sunday afternoon and
with the Lutheran Women's Society made
happy the marriage anniversary. Music
and nil kinda of refreshments were had
throughout the* May. Aa the guests an
sembled at the beautifully laden table
New Dry (iooda Firm Organized With Cap-
ital of |3dn,ooo.
pedal Telorriim to The F.xpreHg.
WACO. Tel., Jan. 14 --The Williams Pry
Wiley Fisher, candidate for Sheriff six Goods Company of Waco was organized
years ago, and employed as a city police. Saturday with $800,000 capital atock. It
man at present, hns also announced for ; Is to be a wholesale company, headed by
local oil company, has anuouueed himself
a candidate for City Marshal, subject to Special Teleei
the White Man's primary in February. WACO, Tel.,
that office. John L. Irvln, present Incutn. TT. L. Willaui
bent, and George Granger announced for
City Marshal some time ago. A merry race
among the four In looked forward to.
, - <;>
|)alla« Man to Talk at Temple.
Special relegram to The I'xpresa.
TEMPLE, Tex., .lau. 14.—Hon. Henry
D. Llndslev, Mayor of Dallas, has accented
an Invitation to attend the annual ban.
quet of the Chamber of Commerce nevl
Tuesday at the Martin Hotel, where rabbit i
of Ht. Louis.
Rrownwood'a Town CHer Dlea.
Special Telegram to The Express.
BHOWNwOOD, Tex., Jan. 14.—"Uncle
Syl" Tuber, Hrownwood's town crier, la
dead. News of his death arrived In Brown-
wood. his old home, Saturday mornlnc.
and his funeral will be held Monday in
Green leaf Cemetery, Brownwood. His body
arrived from Sweetwater tonight. It was
Uncle Syl during the early 'Sito who as-
will be the principal article of diet Mr. aiimed the duty of parading through the
Llndslev will address the guests on "What \ streets of Brownwood on a mule or what
Dallas, and
Temple."
What
Is Making n Greeted
Will Make a Greater
^
Widow of Ilulf-Century Dies at M.
' £pf>cta. ' • ' irrii'H to Tie l.xprens
yiiAKV.M. I'M.. Jnn. H.-Mnrtlu It,
ijnntlc, nu...I M ,v*nr», dtetl nt tlw twin*
i i.f lier null, .1.... tlnodv. Hutur.tny after-
noon. Mitflul wiiii innilf Iu tin. Pilot Urnvr
I I'riuplpr.v HiiU'l«> nftnrnmin. tlriindinn
liinoilc i ntm> t» tjiiviiin County Mori' the
' Civil W«r h«r linsbiitid foil while fight
I it k with I.pk unit .tiKkson. Hli# In mir-
vlyi'il by tunny ri'lntIv«>m In thin «e<tloii,
Merflirr HniUtrreil M at Trmiile.
spe-ml Telegram to Tho Kxpress.
TEMPLE. Tex., .Ian. VI. Preexlug weath
, er was prevalent here all day today. The
thermometer last night registered L'S and
below, while the mercury fell very low
this morning. A sleet fell at 0 or 10
o'clock and continued for some liuurs.
ever other auliunl he could borrow, yelling
at the lop of his voice the latest news
, of the day.
Mr. Tuber was 70 years of age st the
time of his death. He leavea relatives In
| Brownwood.
Poll Tax Payment* Lag In DeWltt.
Special Telegram to The Kxuresa.
CI.'EBO, Tex., Jan. 14- Poll tax pa.v-
ments for DeWltt County are rocking along
| about a third short of last year, with half
a month to go on. At 10 o'clock Saturday
1 tin* hooks tif Coleetor Stell showed that
-.'IIid polls had been paid, while the totnl
for in t year was .1,801. The usual rush
Incident to the closing days will bring the
total up close to last year, but It Is hardly
thought that lust year's total • will be
passed, though voters here want to have
a volet In any locat option matters tbe Leg-
islature may haud out te be 1
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