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commssion to apply its plans solely as The safety and uellbeing
an independent executive bo.ty; that: depends upon stable go
those plar.s uere rot applied and sys- supremacy of the la»s.
tematized by and through the depart-1 —
ments and the special organizations of I
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TELL OF YEARS AGO
TiUitTl-mE \ EARS AGO TODAY—1**4
At a of the Alamo and V * or-
the Merchant* Ex. kange. ills* Annie i" t .a
t>rv>idrd «m a>xoiit of the at>se*i e -»l
Mrs. W. a. B*uLrit, the president. and
Mrs. F. p. Uorvl » < levied president.
♦ ♦ ♦
Professor Barbour, organist of San F
nandu Cltkilltl, last night gave an
gan recital for the *utertaiani*ut of a f-w
of his friends, on that grand instiauieiH,
which lias Just been placed in positi-BL
"AUTHORITY" IX ABUNDANCE
| As s»>on as Congres* adjourned, a
i number of the members who Lad rrin
j to the closing hour rushed f->r the
ago train. liandall told a newsiap*
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SLt auu -vl tones
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In the Senate. Sherman of Illinois | '..^Rai
himself makes use of records of that1 signalized Mr. Vt'ilson's return yester-1 *»»'» bt* (wm tot a fi*h« tor n,
day by presenting a resolution de- ut'.uiijing at'* "undid"* Le'V
manding that the President inforri j "J,
that body ''under and by what right | jnmtetf as well saiisiied with t
or by what lawful authority he has'
commission before his investigating
committee; and the doings of the com-
mission figured largely in the press
throughout the period of our participa-
Mil US
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THE RItlHT WAY AND THE
WRONG.
. illt t 1^1 u»«aiu< ile
Hi - ate us loUuM*:
b iu 1* pages., .ol 52 to to wges.
U 'o oj Q- to 12 pages.
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Riots against the h;gh cost of living
oi | in Central Italy have resulted in forc-
ibly reducing prices, according to ad-
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i v*ces receive^ *n Rome, and shop-
U | keepers there are said to have lowered
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their prices w ithout waiting to -be
forced to do so by mob violence.
Lowering the high prices of food-
stuffs and of everything else, partic-
ularly where the prices are the result
m..um.n ui i tit. associate rutss.
i'lw A.sueiiteil ITU. 1. ridu.irelj e"-
tlllt'it lu lh<- use fur rci.JtiiieaU'.ii ot ull
n«-us UispiucUi'8 credited to it «r uut utber 0f speculation and hoarding and profit
eering, is a consummation devoutly to
wih tri'tlitfd .ii tiu« i>aier aud aiou tut
lovai ut'ws published herein.
Ali rights oi repubikatiua »f ipeciai dl«'
pai Lt» Uere are also reserved.
THEY F ORKED.
be wished; tut resorting to nob vio-
lence to accomplish the purpose is not
the right way to go about it. This is
i pretty well established by the fact thst
j where the effort has been made, the
Neither the civilian majority—the ( stores and shops that had been looted
"advisory commission —of the Council are now dosed, and the last state is
of National Defense nor any other gov- j worse than the first.
ernmental agency worked perfectly j That the Italian government has not
during the war, of course; but Con- done all it might have done to prevent
gressman Graham's criticism of that | undue hoarding and profiteering, and
commission, and of the President's ard that there was some excuse for the vio-
the departments' relation to it, does , [ent measures resorted to by the dem-
not demonstrate that it worked with- ] onstrators is indicated by the svtnpa-
out a deal of wisdom and much ef-! thetic attitude of persons in high
♦ ♦ ♦
Texas was houored with the temportry
chairmanship of the National L»etno< ratic
iotiVrtttion. lu honoring Texas, the ioiu-
niittee honored itself aud tn»- «'onveutk>n
b> the selection of Dick llut>bar<l bril-
liant, eloquent, couiuiauUing, he will pre-
side during his brief caret r in the > hair
Aith grace, dignity aud ability.
♦ ♦ ♦
Butler is reported to have said h* will
support the nominee of the L'emo ratic
convention no mutter who he may be.
But will hp bring his little parties along
with him to the polls? Ho might give
Massachusetts to the Democrats.
♦ ♦ ♦
It Is a difficult thing to make th" great
number of Democrats appreciate the good
sense of Mr. Tlltien's remark that the
Democratic partT is not dependent "U tiny
one [><rson. We regret the Inability of
Mr. T. to become a candidate, but we
undertaken to impose upon the people
of this country, and to make its Gov-
ernment subject to, the powers and
organization created in the League ot
Nations.''
Sherman, wre take it, does not ex-
pect an answer to this foolish Sherman
question, which is no more and no
less creditable than his erstwhile
flare-up of reckless invective against
the league and against the Presidsnt
for having anything to do with the
league—or against the league because
the Democratic President had some-
thing to do with it. Nobody has made
plainer the presidential "authority'' in
question than has the Republican
chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, Mr. Lodge; but Sher-
man, to repeat, does not expect the
Senate to adopt his resolution, and ! V,,of 1 Mif,s J
i j , Fountain, T. W. Odett aud wife. Pleas
senator Lodge need not trouble to ar.-1 unton.
swer his question, for almost anv , i ktkf.n yeaks A(;o today—toot
American schoolboy who has read the
Constitution of his Nation could 3n-
WIDE DIVERGENCE IN MEWS DE-
VELOPS AT HEARING ON
COMMISSION'S Rl LES.
The Cipresf Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex.. Julj 8.—In framing
rules for the conservation of oil and k*s
the Railroad Commission has struck a
proposition which will test their ability
both to frame and to execute. That much
was certainly developed wheu the hearing
on the proposed rules had been going
ou for not more thau fifteen minutes.
The oil men have one poiut of view, the
gas men have auother; and the expert of
tne Commission, representing the public,
appear to have still another. The oil men
say that it is not always possible to save
the gas if they are to get the oil from
beneath; that if the proposed rules of the
Commission are to be observed they would
never drill iu an oil well uutU the gad
was entirely gone.
The gas meu recognize that the oil Is
the more valuable lu certain ways, bul
that it is possible to conserve the gas in
a great many cases. They admit that the
adootiou of hard uiid fast rules to accom-
plish this is a difficult matter; but they
do not admit that it is impossible. The
Commission-Fa appear to be of the belief
that the public has rights in the gas aud
TOO MANY CHILDREN
ARE LISTED IN STATE
SCHOLASTIC CENSUS
Eif-esa Attstia Bar**a
AUSTIN. Tex., July 8-Tfce Educa-
tional Department has cut the school
census ot Zapata County from 1M2,
as it was turued in. to about TOO. the
result of an investigation ma-ie by
Bonner Frixzelt. chief supervisor of
rural schools. Mr. Friixeil sail he rut
in several days riding over the county
with a ranger, and he found that in
places where children ha 1 been listed
there was only blank space; other chil-
dren he was entirely unable to locate.
Mr Friixell said he was received with
the greatest courtesy by the officials,
but the enumerators could not explain
the discrepancies, in the list save by
alleging that the children were there
when their names were put on the list
but they were not there when investiga-
tion was made.
The population of the county is al-
most altogether Mexican. Married men
and women were included in the list
which was sent tP the department.
REGENTS HAVE AUTHORIZED AT.
TENDANCE OF SIX FROM
SOUTHERN REPUBLIC.
, The EiiAustia Bureau.
AIM IN, Tex.. July 8.—At a conferen »
I here today a plan lor the exchange of
I*up.Is if the University of Texas aud the
National I niversity ot Mexico was dis-
cus-ed. The matter is to be later re-
I ferred to the board of regeuts of the Uni-
I varsity of Texas. It is planned at pre*-
eut to have au exchange of live or six
pupils between the two Universities, aud
later on there is to be an exchange of pro-
CONDITIONS INVESTIGATED Vv^r> 11 is ITobaMe that the I niver-
lunimiuilj lllVLJIIVm.l-l/ >ily u( Ar ,t l l ulia lhr ( Diversity of New
I Mexico will also be invited to join In th»
Travis Representative Also Claims Too toUlJ,4 conferenPt ww Dr. j,
CONFEDERATES WANT HOME
Many Relatives Employed in
State Departments.
thluk there are several prominent ui< n in | that it must be made available lor the
Pemocrntic party who can lead it to
tin
victory.
♦ ♦ ♦
Among th* visitors in the city yesterday
were C Al. Thurman, a merchant of Mock-
dnle; E. S-hutze of Austin, Col. J•» u T.
llivens of l'earsull, J. \V. Murphy of i'leas-
antou, A. W. <»rei»t; of Palestine, C., \V.
Chapman of Pleasauton, H. I. Kelly of
l're>idio County, .less L. Tyner. Sutln rland
ficacy, or that it quite lacked legal
warrant for its work.
Congressional enactment authorized
the establishment of the Defense
Council, with its six members of Cab-
inet, and its seven private citizens to
be selected by the President; the lat-
ter to act, as Mr. Graham reminds, "in
a purely advisory capacity," and the
Cabinet officers, or departmental
heads, to be "the real executives."
places, if not of .the government itself.
It is suggested by a leading journal of
the capital that the ancient motto u'
the Romans ("the public welfare is
the supreme law") is being applied by
the Italian government, which has
"closed one eye, indeed, in some cases
both, for so long that the people took
the law into their own hands." "It
was right,'' said a prominent states-
man, "that the people should punish
swer it.
The President's "authority" is all-
powerful and abundant; it is grounded
lSnltdtnK permits: s,m Antnitlo School
Board, two-story, four room lirli k school
building, South Flores Street, between
Simpson and Helena Streets. $8,3b>; Joe
Hlppstein, cottage, Montana Street
Ueorge Oswald, one-room st^rp building,
New llrauufels Avenue and Silver Street,
Gregorlo Lopez, house, Keller Street,
by the approval of millions of his
countrymen, whose voice will be heard
and whose will is to be followed by
the governmental body in which Sher-
man moves and has his being and
makes his loud, but unimpressive par-
tisan racket. Sherman and the man
in the street know what is the "au-
thority" in the premises, and w'hat ne
force for ratification of that authority
by the Senate.
But, he complains, "the President ■ ^ose who made millions through the
created a secret government by ignor- J suffering of the entire population," but
ing and reversing the intent of Con- j f,e a(jds that the government now in-
gress" in such enactment, "and made (Cnds to repress any attempt to trans-
the advisory commission the real exec- ] form a just protest into
utives, clothing them with unprece- more serious.
dented and almost illimitable powers. | 0f course, the government could
Behind closed doors, weeks and even j n0( permit these riotous demonstra-
months before war was declared, these tions f0 g0 unchecked and unpunished,
seven men designed practically every j whatever the excuse or provocation,
war measure which Congress subse- j without confessing its impotence to
quentty enacted. They devised the en-' protect and promote the public welfare
tife system of purchasing war sup- .fetter than an unorganized mob; with-
plies, planned a press censorship, de- | out lowering the standard of law and
signed a system of food control and ' order; and so the military power was
selected Herbert Hoover as director, | employed to aid the local police. When
even determining on the daylight-sav- j the soldiers reached Palermo, it is re-
ing scheme." J ported, they were received with ap-
This, Chairman Graham of the | plause, the crowd shouting to then: •
House's committee to investigate war "N0 firing, boys; we are not at the
expenditures follows up with sharp j fr0nt. Here, we are all brothers, ard
disapproval of some of the policies of j all are against the vampires who have
the "secret government" in the matter! starved us." This, after they had pil-
ot pricing war supplies, which disap- ]aged all the shoe stores in the town
proval may or may not be justified, in | and helped themselves generally to
whole or in part; but this is for the! whatsoever they wanted with no idea
stated evidence to show in the formal1 nf compensatory return! This may
report to Congress, and the expressed j not he regarded by the Italians as
NO LACK OF EXPERTS ON LAW
AND ORDER.
in constitutional warrant and fortified j 51o°-
Among the visitors In the city yt <terday
were Dr. I>. M. Thurston of BeeUlle, E.
A. Tollv, stockman, Cuero; Miss C. Bit-
terly of Arneckeville; Jourd .1. Irvln of
Cotulln; I. L. Lowenthal of Dal as; W.
11. Ernest a merchant of Sen.or, with his
family; Mrs. Charles Heal, Ml*' Hollne
Harwell and Master Harwel' H -bbs of
Kerrville; Richard NValrath of D'Uanla. a
nephew of First Assistant City Marshal
August 11. Kieffer.
♦ ♦ ♦
The St. Lonta convention has enough of
spire to maintain the liveliest sort of in-
terest in Its proceedings. The antl-Par-
ker demonstration, which was carefully
arranged to be sprung as so >n as Bryan
should enter the convention hfili at the aft-
ernoon session, was the sensational feature
of Thursday, but it seems the Parker peo-
ple got wind of it In advance aud were
prepared to meet it with a ounter dem-
onstration which kept the convention lu an
uproar for several minutes.
f ♦ ♦
The young man who will come of age
before the general election In November
and who has the other necessary qualifica-
tions as an elector, so that he could then
vote, cannot be barred from the primaries
on the score of being a minor. This has
been explained a number of times, yet
the Attorney lieneral's Office has only re-
cently been queried from numerous sources
concerning the matter, and the answer
been given ought to prove sat-
Staff Special to The Express.
At'ST IN, lex., July 8.~Two resolution'
introduced in the House this morning and
oue promised iu response to a memorial
from the Confederate Soldiers' Home here,
offer probabilities of interesting develop
meuts. Sljity-eigbt of the inmates ot the
home sent up a petition seekiug an inves-
tigation into conditions at the home, and
Representative It aid en proposes to intro-
duce a resolution to appoint a committee
to inquire into their grievances.
A resolution was Introduced by Pedlgo
of Travis and adopted by the House, cit-
ing as a well-known fact that heads of
various of the State departments are
avoiding observance of the law prohibiting
the employment of relatives within the se.
ond degree of kinship in their offices
by tradiug with the heads of other depart-
ments and seeuritig employment for them
lu this way. The resolution < alls upon the
Governor to investigate and enforce the
law by compelling the discharge of such
employes and employing iu their stead men
returning from the artuy.
By the other resolution the Governor
„ ... .. ..... Is directed to have investigated the varl-
the market. Though Commissioner till- ' ous State experimental farms to see If
more suggested that casing head gas plants ■ some of theni cannot be placed on a self-
would certaluly be of some benefit in } sustaining basis or abolished.
the iield aud suggested that some of the 1 Resolutions luvitiug former Attorney
oil companies might profitably install ! General Gregory and Judge Grubb to ad-
use of the consumers of that sort of fuel.
They have impressed upon those attend*
ing the hearing that they want all the iu-
forniaiion It is possible to get; that they
seek to do exact justice to every int» rest
and to make practicable rules, but that
they believe the gas can be saved with-
out detriment to the oil iuterests.
No Market Vet for tiu».
It Is agreed that there has beeu no mar-
ket for the gas as yet, but L. B. Chase,
of the Lone Star Gas Company, stated
that his compauy is now building a pipe
line to the Desdemona field aud as soon
us It Is completed It cau be utilized to
carry the gas to market. This appears
to be the ouly solution of the matter—
a market for the gas and a way to reach
It is related that when four armed
bandits recently attempted to rob a
railway office in a Chicago suburb,
something | they encountered "the receiver, who
had just been discharged from the
United States Navy. Instead of hold-
ing up his hands when commanded, he
reached for a revolver under his desk, j 'sfartory.
shot one of the robbers dead and
frightened the others away, thereby
saving $30,000 of his employer's
money, which was in the safe."
The exploit of this young man—Ru-
dolph Roeder ty name—was a piece of
quick, heady, close-range work that
merits praise and attracts admiration;
yet it merely instances a condition that
has developed in this country since
the termination of the war—a for-
tunate condition, and highly encourag-
ing:
Demobilization of the war Army and i
the war Navy and their allied services
sui-h i>luiiU iu urUer to take the gasoline
ITom the gas.
liiderwood Nazro. j. E. l'ugh, Will N.
Parish, Nelson K. Moody, A. N. Bahn of
various Texas corporations, .and Dave
Connelly of Oklahoma, were named as a
committee to discuss proposed amend-
ments to the rules which have been nro-
inulgated by the Commission. Seated at
the attorney's talde were F. N. Proctor,
K. A. John, George C. Greer and \V. H.
Gill, representing various producing com-
panies and the independents.
J. L. Mildren, the conservation expert
named by the Commission recently, con-
ducted a part of the examination In as-
sisting the Commissioners, ull of whom
took au uctlve part in developing the views
of the conflicting interests.
Underwood Nazro read the rules ns pro-
mulgated by the commission, uud then
suggested amendment thereto as agreed
upon by the oil interests. It was sug-
gested that there be further conference
of the oil men with Mr. Mildren sitting
with them to frame a new rule to pro-
tect the gas strata to the eud that the
dress the Legislature were adopted.
Austin Society Notes
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., July 8.—Miss Dorothy
Hancock left the latter part of last/week
for California, where she will spend a
month visiting friends. During August
Miss Hancock will go East to join her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hancock, who
will spend the heated month* at White
Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and other sum-
mer resorts.
Mrs. Milton R. Gutsch is planning to
leave next week for Sherman to visit her
grandmother, Mrs. Chapman.
Miss Nellie Thelle- has returned from
Dallas, where she went to attend the mar-
riage of her brother, Will Theile.
Tom Watson Is another example of mu-
tability of precedents. He was once nomi-
nated by the Populist party for Vice
President, and was defeated. Now he has
been nominated by the same party for
President. This is the first Instance on
record In which a party nominee for Vice
President who failed to score has after-
wards been taken up by the same party
and nominated for President. If he should
fail to score this time, what next?
♦ ♦ ♦•
Campbellton. Tex,—Cainpbellton today
recei ed the first hale of cotton. It
weighed 410 pounds and was raised by
Marcos Costillo on farm of J. R. Daugh-
try .»u the Atascosa River, south of Camp-
bellton. Costillo will get four more bales
this week from his place.
...... , . - . | Lieutenant and Mrs. John Gould are in
phraseology be liberal enough to impose Austin visiting Lieutenant Gould's mother,
no hardship upon the drillers for oil and Richard Corner. Lieutenant Gould
still strict enough to compel the conserya- ' tiau just returned from several months'
t on ol the gas when il is high above the service overseas, and was met en route
oil-bearing sand. i home by his wife. After a visit here Lieu-
SuKseM Method of Choking Gas How. teuant aI,d Mrs. Gould will go to Wichita
1 he use ot mud fluid in choking off , pang to be the guests of Mrs. Gould's rel-
gas and oil strata penetrated by the <1 rill , iven. Also visiting in the Corner home
was not granted as being sufficient in cer- j js ^jjsg Kathleen Gould, who is Spanish
Secretary to a large firm in Beaumont.
tain instances by the oil men; and it was
suggested that there be such provision
thai advantage may be taken of any new i
method which may be demonstrated as i
effective. Mr. Nazro contended that the i
only way to proceed with economy to the ;
oil companies is to permit them to go
through ail such strata and then to go
back, when they have brought iu the well
and have their casing set, and by the use
of cement or plugs accomplish the pur-
pose.
Misses Mildred Day aud Mary Elizabeth
Starnes have returned from a week end
visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Starnes iu
San Antonio. Both are students in the
summer session of the university.
Mrs. II. 11. Sevier will come over from
San Antonio Wednesday to be the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Mayfleld.
The Capitol Auxiliary of the Red Cross
has disbanded after serving consistently
and well during the period of the war.
NOTRE DAME, 1919
lhere also was objection to the delay of | ^ auxiliary was made up of the women
five da) s alter it was decided to plug up ■ ujl0 are employed in the Capitol, and their
a well, and it was stated that it would im- wurk Was supervised and carried on im-
pose a heavy cost on the drilling coin- ! (ler leadership of Miss Emma Burle-
pames to waft tor such length ot time; j gou Their record is one of the best In
that one day was ample. Attorney Greer i (}le dty, their dues and fines netting fur
declared it to be u popular fallacy that 1 j^e Red Cross over $1,000, and the work
any producing company ever deliberately *..-.,,.,1 *Anvnu..n»nfi
N. Macies, rector of the I nirersity of Mex-
ico; F. Montano, a professor of that in-
stitution; Dr. Robert E. Vinson, president
of the l nlversity of Teias. and Guillermo
Hall, director of the Mexican Trade Bu-
reau of the San Antonio Chamber of Com-
merce. Dr. Macies was accompanied by
his daughter.
The conference was held at the Uni-
versity. In the course of his explanation
of the work of the National Iniversity
of Mexico. Dr. Maries said that "the edu-
. classes <>f Mexico are the friends of
America, aud Prof. Hall will tell you that
when the San Antonio trade excursion vis-
ited our country some weeks ago, they
were everywhere greeted bv crowds of
Mexicans 111 the warmest of friendship"
Dr. Macies traced the history of the early
establishment of the National University
of Mexico as a Catholic school, lie told
of his efforts during the last five years,
since coming to the head of the institu-
tion, to model it along the liues of a mod-
ern American university.
Knulinh Taught In All Branches.
Among the policies adopted by him wa<
the teaching of English in all of the pro-
fessional colleges of the university. He
said that this movement hail the sanction
of President Carrama, and that the Presi-
dent was greatly pleased upon a recent
visit-to the university to hear addresses by
the students lu English.
Dr. Macies has also made the university
a co educational Institution and states that
numbers of women are taking advantage
of the opportunity to secure a higher edu-
cation.
The policy has also been established of
accepting degrees conferred by American
universities ;is equal with degrees conferred
by tile Mexican university and the effort
has been made to build up the work of
that Institution so that its degrees would
take equal rauk with degrees of American
universities.
Dr. Macies stated that the Mexican Na-
tional University has about 4.000 students,
and is composed of a number of colleges,
these being located in separate buildings
scattered over the City of Mexico.
Dr. Vinson to Visit Mexico.
Dr. Vinson explained to his visitors that
the board of regents has authorized him
to make a trip to Mexico to arrange for
bringing six young Mexicans to the Uni-
versity He stated that he expected to
make this trip within the next six months,
uud this announcement was received witli
considerable pleasure by the visitors.
Dr. Vinson was much interested In hear-
ing of the plans and policies of the Mexi-
can National I niversity, aud especially the
curriculum that is being adapted to the
needs 0/ the country.
Dr. Macies told of the Introduction in
scientific farming, chemistry, English and .
of the general acceptance of such Ameri-
can sports as baseball and football.
lie stated that the educational leaders
of Mexico will hold a conference in the
City of Mexico in September, at which
time plans will be worked out for unifying
the educational systems of Mexico. Dr.
Vinson expressed the hope that he might
attend this conference.
The party from Mexico has been travel-
ing throughout the Western States for
some weeks and has visited the Universi-
ties of California and Arizona. At the lat-
ter place the honorary degree of doctor of
laws was conferred upon Dr. Macies.
The visitors were guests of the Rotary
Club at luncheon today and returned to
San Antonio late this afternoon
CAN ALES WANTS BANC0S OF
RIO GRANDE CEDED TO STATE
bestows upon us hundreds of thou
disapproval itself is for the formal re-
port to carry, not, it seems to us, for
the chairman of the investigating com-
mittee to interject or interpolate into
the proceedings of that body. There
will be ample opportunity for both par-
"Bolshevism," but it is very like the
Hunism against which they fought with
so much valor and self-sacrifice for
nearly four years.
In Genoa, the uprising against the
cost of living took a most orderly form.
tisan and businesslike debate on the | 'rhc people imposed a reduction in all
return of the report. j prices, but prevented any violence
It is, and it will be, extremely dif-1 against shopkeepers and exercised great
ficult for anybody to demonstrate that energy in putting down disorderly ele
the advisor>' commission of the De-
fense Council would have been of
much use to the Government—and ex-
ceptionally able men were selected that
Ihey might be of great use to the Gov-
ernment—had they not sedulously and
constantly worked upon and achieved
plans, in effect, would constitute ad-
vice that the Government could accept
and practice. And Chairman Graham's
denunciation certainly evidences the
fact that the eminent business execu-
tives on that commission worked! The
Administration saw fit, in the stress
of wartife conditions and in the need
of much expert aid toward solving the
^■anifold problems of maintaining the
ments. Rut what else than "disorderly
elenftnts" were these self-constituted
dictators of the prices of stocks of
goods of wholesale and retail dealers ?
What is the government for, if not to
regulate and govern and give protec-
tion to its citizens, instead of allowing
its functions to be usurped by an ir-
responsible mob, whether orderly or
disorderly?
The pcdfle on the other side of the
sands of enthusiastic young experts in
law enforcement and the maintenance
of order, who have achieved in that
line the biggest job on record! We
suppose their number runs into the
millions. Fearless, strong, intelligent,
decent Americans, what a force they
" I Through colored glass, on burnished walls, j
. 1 S.I, t ' tie •> 1.. .1 I m f lin uiinllirht fallu •
S<»ft as a psalm, the sunlight falls;
And, iu the corners, cool and dim,
It glow is like a vesper hymn,
Ai d, arch by arch, the ceilings high
Rise like a* hand stretched toward the
sky
To touch God's hand. On every side
Is misty silence; aud the wide
Untroubled spaces seem to tell
That Peace is come—and all is well I
... . . y.. .P' . Mrs. J. A. Jackson returned home last
, contended that It was not levelling from San Antonio, where she spent
feasible for the agent of the Commission j IIluSt delightful day as the guest of Miss
I to stay _ with the workmen during the j Marjn h, i<Vnwick and attended the lunch-
whole time that a well is being drilled. (M,n given iu honor of Mrs. 11. 11. Sevier.
In this connection it was stated by At- ^|rg> Jackson reports a most enjoyable
torney liill that he understands there is j vjsjt and her praises of the luncheon are
fuf°o! ? ®ur^us J11 treasury to unlimited and that Mrs. Sevier's talk of
the credit of the fund with which the | jlpr Htay jn South America was one of the
Commission may employ conservation , ,n08t wonderful and interesting talks she
agentsVg that the tax of 1-20 per cent lm- ever listened to.
posed on the oil companies lor the pur- | Miss Elizabeth Vinson Is having a de-
pose of detraying' the expenses of tlie lightful visit in Houston as the guest of
agents will yield $40,000 per annum; aud jler aUnt, Mrs. J. Lewis Thompson, and
SSffi I ?! 1 ? was sufficient to give a j lias been honoree at several very delight-
. . ... , . | A slender woman kneels in prayer;
may be—and Will be, if we are wise— The sunlight slants across her hair;
to deal with crime and the breeders of, ^aPud" in^h.l'a'oorwf/ looking back,
crime, with dislovalty and anarchy and I a poiiu gropes this eyes are wide)
I Along the ultar rail. The tide
Of war has < ast him brokenly
I pon the shore of life. I see
A girl in costly furs, who cries
Against her muff; 1 see her rise
And hurry out. Two tourists pause
Beside the grated chancel doors,
To stop uud read a carven dute.
treacherous agitation, in our country!
For a long time to come there should
be no lack of available first-class ma-
terial for our systems of police protec-
tion, in any National, State or local
branch of those systems. Those four
armed bandits were nothing for Mr.
Roeder, lately of our Navy, to worry
about; and there are his fellows in our
Army who were no more dismayed by
encounters with four times that num-
ber of armed Huns—vide the citations
and other war records.
New York folk latterly have been
water who had always lived under j much pleased with the showing ot
autocratic rule have but a confuscd
idea of a real democracy and the obli-
gation it imposes. Some of them over
tbe/e, and some who have found their
way over here, are unable to differ-
war establishment, to render the, entiate between liberty and license and
ability of these coadjutors of the de- j are inclined to resort to violence to
partmental chiefs of utmost service;
and we think the public has no fault
to find on that broad score, consider-
ing the necessary and extensive presi-
dential practice of "conscripting" the
services of the most successful busi-
ness and professional men all along
the line of the Government's war sys-
tem.
Criticism has been and will be forth-
coming «t the more serious errors in
policy or practice, on the part of any
official or commission charged with
the conduct of that system—and what
civil or military authority escaped mis-
takes altogether?—but there has been
nnd will be no general criticism of
plans and services that were con-
ceived and executed in the spirit of a
patriotic zeil to sttrt and keep the
accomplish results that could better he
attained through orderly administra-
tion and the practice of self-restraint;
results that inevitably lead to anarchy
and chaos, and contempt of law an!
order. The Mayor of Rome, it is re-
ported, will cut food prices in half to
prevent the plundering of shops. After
this conccssion to the mob spirit, how
long will it be before there will follow
a demand, backed by a strike or some-
thing of the sort, for a further cut of
80 per cent?
The whole world, especially that por.
tion of it directly affected by the war,
is complaining of the high cost of liv-
ing: an inescapable consequence of
years of destruction and waste and
lessened production, aggravated, no
their State Guard in those tests of
quick mobilization and movement that
have been conducted with an eye to
possible rioting and uprising by
"Reds" and other elements of unde-
sirables; and the country at large may
share the pleasure in all such evi-
dences that un-American or anti-
American disturbances are to have
short shrift at the hands of those who
did not fight and win the Great War
in order to prepare a field for mischief-
making by other enemies of law and
order,
In uniform the nations come;
Their voices are a steady hum
Vntil they feel some subtle thrill
That makes them falter, holds them still—
Bronzed boys, who shrugged and laughed
at death,
They stand today with Indrawn breath.
Half mystified.
The colors steal
Into my heart, aud I can feel
the rapture that the artists knew
Who, centuries before me. drew
Their very souls into the glass
Of every window • • Hours pass
Like beads of amber that are strung
Lpou a rainbow, frail and young.
Through mellow glass, on hallowed walls,
The twilight, like faint music, falls;
Aud In each corner, cool and dim,
The music is a splendid hymn,
And, ar'h on arch, the ceilings high.
Seem like u hand stretched toward the
ill
To toueh n Han i that cl taped a rrose—
For 1 ranee, new risen fr« m the loss,
And pain and f ar of bottle-hell,
Kii'.ws I'esee, 01 last, an 1 all Is well!
—Margaret E. gangster, in Christian Her-
ald.
CAUSE D0CKET0F SUPREME
COURT TOTALS 388 CASES
Hindenburg vies with Bethmann-
Hollweg in offering to assume the
Hoheniollern's responsibility for the
course, as well as the cause of the
war. Don't worry, Huns; there is re-
sponsibility enough for you all!
^niuuwiiuiii uiuiv«| ii" 1 a 1 K 11 u
doubt, by the disposition towards I market
Dutch newspapers are wasting on
the ex-Kaiser a lot of space that ought
to be devoted to a good canals cam-
paign or the condition of the cheese
sufficient number of ugents so that in
every considerable field an agent would
be available within reasonable time. That
being the case, there really would be 110
necessity for more than one day of de-
lay after decision hud been reached to
abandon a well.
Impossible to Watch AU Distilling.
Mr. Nazro stated that at times hundreds
of wells are being plugged iu the differ-
ent fields, and it would be practically im-
possible fur the agent of the commission
to attend to them all; that the rules
should be such that the owners could go
ahead with their work and then make
affidavit that the rules had been complied
with.
Expert Mildren cited instances in the
Dtsdemons field, where many millions of
leet of gas have been permitted to go to
waste without effort to save it; and this
he declared to be wrong; he assumed
that the Commission would have the right
to declare a well a gas well If it , blew
steadily lor three days and showed that
it was producing dry gas.
Mr. l-'arish declared that the Legisla-
ture, the Commission nor any one else had
a right to make rules by which the oil
men were prevented from bringing in oil
wells even If there was an incidental waste
of gas.
Mr. Bann said the oil meu wari
in wasting the gas; that it was possible
to save it. He further stated that in many
instances drillers have passed through
valuuble gas strata far above the oil sands
and had permitted the gas to go to waste
when It was known that they could have
cased it olf before proceeding.
Commissioner <»llmore said he knew the
Commissioners fate a delicate situation;
but he regards it us almost a crime to
h
ful affairs. Among the pretty compli-
ments was a luncheon given Saturday at
the Country Club with Miss Anne Godwin
as hostess.
Mrs. Sam Key entertained with a lawn
party Saturday afternoon for her young
son, Sam Key Jr.
Miss Annie Webb Blanton is in Milwau-
kee. Wis., attending the meeting of the
National Educational Association. She
was houored by being elected vice presi-
dent of the association.
WILL CONDl'CT INSTITUTES.
The Express Austin lJurCuu.
AUSTIN, Tex., July s.—Several men ami
women of the faculties of the University
o* Texas will go out this year to conduct
aud assist In county Institutes througu-
out the state. Among these ar®: Fred*
crick Eby, dean or the summer session
and professor of the history of education,
J. L. Henderson, professor of the art ol
teaching; Thomas Fletcher, of the depart-
ment of extension, and president <>1 tin4
normal college to be located at Alpine;
and Miss Amanda Stoltzfus of the depart-
ment of extension.
ROAI) BONDS APPROVED.
TIip Express Austin llureau.
AUSTIN. Tex., July fi - The Attorney
ihn said the oil meu wye wrong General's Department today approved the
following bond issues: Limestone County
Road District No. 14, $260,000, nnd Road
District No. 15, $300,000, both Issues pay-
able serially and bearing Bty per cent In-
terest; City of Laredo Sanitary Sewer
Bonds, $10(M», maturing In forty years,
with twenty-year option, per cent In-
terest; Hidalgo County Common School
Districts Nos. 4, f> and 6, $lfU*to. fj.000 and
$.1,000, respectively, all maturiug in forty
years, with tcn-yeur option, 5 per cent in-
terest.
permit further vuste of a product whlc
belongs to the people of Texixs and whic
they can utilize and should have the
privilege of utilizing. Il»* recognized the
value of the oil, but he thought that the
dollars and cents argument of the oil meu
had auother side and that was the fact
Th<* Kxprrsg AtmtlD Bureau
AUSTIN. Tex., July 8.—A statement pre-
pared by F. T. connerly, clerk of the Su-
preme Court, in regard t» the docket of
that court, shows that the number of
application* 01. hand June ;o, 191\ was 312;
number filed duriug va« ati >n from June 30.
U«IK to Oetote'f 1. 1918, i; number filed
during last term from O- ober 1. 1918. to
June 30, 1019 828. Appl cations pending
on June 30, 1919. nutnbi »d 120. During
the last term ending Jun* 30, 1919, tiCMJ sp-
fdicatlon* were disposed «!. Of this nurn-
•er 1*3 were granted.
With reference to the cruse docket there
wr 4o0 cans* pending at he beginning of
the tnn 1918 ID; appll' St n* grunted and
transferred to eau*e do. #t. 183. making
a total of 042. of the 04J *e* on the cause
docket IM were passed ujon by the Com-
mission of Appeals. Thi Supreme Court
proper disposed of 89 en*- Including dls
that the general public has a similar In-
terest lu the gas produced; sn<f the Com-
mission is charged with the responsibility
for looking after their Interests.
Mr. Chase asserted that In many In-
stances gas has been deliberately wasted
where there is no hope of striking oil;
and this was absolutely wrong.
Suggests I .oral Advisory < ommltte*.
At the afteruoon session W. s. Farish
proposed that the Commission name In
each field a local advisory committee to
consult with anil advise the conservation
agent; the Idea was supported by Judge
Proctor and Judge GUI and appeared to be
favorably received by the Commissioners.
Thi* local committee Is to ser\e without
compensation ami Is to advise tho agent a*
to the conditions In that field; decide
when It Is not possible to strictly carry
out every rule and order of general sppll-
eatlon.
Judge It. A. John directed attention to
inasmuch as they had no gas which was
marketable, and to adopt general rules
would be merely to Impose a burden upon
operators iu the coastul fields with 110
resultant benefit* Howcttf, be suggested
that litis could I"- otareome bi sncn
amendment to the rule as would permit
suspension upon the written application
and written consent of the conservation
agent.
Commissioner Allison Mayfleld suggest-
ed that certain fields where It I* known no
gas exists can be made s general exception
and that the couseut might be obtalued
otherwise according to circumstances
Decision was reached that the oil and
gSS nan get together during the evening
and redraft the rules proposed.
their suggestion* nnd seen
his lie submitted for considers
missal*, leaving a balam pending on the the fact that the rules concerning gas were rate* will b<
. ... |c»u«* docket at Uw pmcat ubu it Ml J^iwl wpUiaUe u Uie tiuuU p—
commendations,
and that
Hon.
This will be given full consideration be-
fore the promulgation of the rules. The
matter was taken under consideration by
the Commission. The matter of pipe line
rate* will be taken up tomorrow by the
Staff Special to The Express.
AUSTIN, Tex , July 8.—A resolution was
Introduced by Representative Canales and
adopted by the House this morning, ask-
ing that the Federal Government cede to
the State of Texas the "bancos," which
have been cut off from time to time by
diversions of the IUo Grande from its
original course, and becoming the prop-
erty of the United States through treaty
with Mexico. These bancos, said Rep-
resentative Canales, have become the ren-
dezvous of bandits an# smugglers from
both sides of the river and should be
placed under the jurisdiction of Texas
so they can be properly policed.
CHARTERS FILED
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., July 8.—Chartered: Glee
Walker Investment Company of Fort Worth,
capital stock $25,000. Incorporators. W. Glen
Walker Jr., Herbert Lilburn, Glen Walker and
Edward K. Collett.
Newton Auto Company of Newton, Capital
stock $15,000, Incorporators, George O. Mark-
ley, E. G. Allbritton. W. B. Powell.
Linden Hotel Company of El l'aso: capital
stock $10,000. Incorporators. C. E. Pollock, C.
A. Wise nnd Robert L. Uolliday.
Klrbyvllle Auto Company of KlrbyrlRe; capi-
tal stuck $1.1,000. Incorporators, George Mark-
ley, Garland Smith and W. B. Powell.
Klbbe Tractor and Implement Company of
Dallas; capital stock $10,000. Incorporators,
Louis G. Klbbe, Joseph E. Murphy and Philip
L. Campbell.
The O. C. Goodwin Cattle Company of San
Augustine; capital stock $10,000. Incorporators,
C. C. Goodwin, Ida V. Goodwin and Claude
Lee.
Cltiiens Garage Company of Victoria; capital
stock $.1,000. Iucorporstora, Mrs. Bella 1*
Wsrtheimer, A. Marc Werthelmer and Gary
Perry.
Cannon-Elllott-Sulllvan Prilling Company of
Wichita Falls; capital stock $10,000. Incor-
porators, Thomas J. (annon. William II. Sulli-
van and Fred A. Elliott.
Bracey, Harper & Co., of Pallas; capital
stock $4,500. Incorporators. C. II. Bracey,
N. E. Harper and W. L. Thornton.
Gulf Hitulltblc Compauy of Houston; capital
dtock $10o,000. Incorporators, J. H. Pittuian.
John L. Wort ham and N. E. Meador.
Permits granted: Universal Petroleum Coin-
panv of TuIhs. vikla.. capital Htock $100,000.
Texas headquarters nt Fort Worth: General
American Oil Compauy of Tulsa. Okla.. capital
stoek $100, Texas headquarters at Austin; Tex-
arkana-llomer oil Company of Homer, La., capi-
tal stock $100,000,
Amendments filed: Sanger Realty CompanJ
ef I»nlla«. de^easclng its capital stock from
ll.oou.uuu to $5,000, Clay Countv Abstract Com-
panv «'f Henrietta, Increasiug its capital stock
from $1,000 to $20,000.
BAR APPROVES COMMISSION.
The F.xpresa Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tel., July 8.—At the recent
meeting of the State Par Association nt
(Inlveston it wus the unnnlmous opinion of
the many lawyers In attendance that the
< reation of the Commission of Appeals by
the 3otb Legislature was a very beneficial
piece of legislation. A resolution w:i*
unanimously adopted commending the work
of the Commission of Appeals, and request-
ing the Legislature to extend the Commis-
sion nf Appeals, as Is contemplated by the
bill Introduced in the Seuate by Seuator
Dean.
sheriff solves v ahor problem
Special Telegram to The Express.
CUERO, Tex., July 8. Sheriff Pace gave
the loafing element a reminder that the
ban upon Idleness which went Into effect
noting ; May 1 has not been lifted when he went
out last night and rounded up eight pool
room habitues, and under convict bond
sent them to various farms to work out
fines and costs.
The activity <»( »he Sheriff end his depa-
tlea have helped some In solving the labor
problems of DeWItt County farms, with
Pdaily rsh.s sud rank growth ol
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