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SAN AN lONIO EXPRESS: WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1916.
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£ 7k t * aftermath of the Berlin promises in| World their individual responsibility ; j
#an »Muomo I the Sussex case were not an apparently and Lloyd-George's measures are the
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By Th» Exptf»» rublUhtng < om|i«»|.
WKP.SKSPAl. 111:' 'EMBI'.R 1 U>11-
Entered tn lie Poatofflee at San Antonio,
Texas, an Second class Matter.
ad lib., ad infinitum performance of
the Sussex and the Marina and the
Arabia pattern. Ten or a dozen in-
quiries in just such cases are pending
between American State Department
and German Foreign Office! And here
FOHKICN IllslNEge OFFICES
111* J i.tin Bsdd Co. '
KaiU'iu oft let, liurrell Building. New
Turk
c»go"{u^cb«aiSiBuli'di'ntt.'s"?*Loifi».^M'>-j is the further news-advice that Arneri-
aobhts and cohresi'ondkni" can officials point to the Marina and
Wa»bin«toB, U. C.—WUtWd Jones> u"' j Arabia cases as parallel with the Sus-
trtct National Bank Building. ... . . „ ,
st»a correspondent—w, u Uornadaj. . sex case in demonstration of a prt-
Austin Tlx.-—IaI JIbwIod, 11* it# .• u*u«
•UUI «twiTi)riikili Hotel liuUding. OM mary lack of proper precautions— the
phone Msas. ' _ . Elgea H L menace to innocept neutral lives in the
Trawling Agents—E. J. .
Ilauser, O. C. Stevens, J. 1.. _
Austin Business Ofllce—loetsph Horrnaijn,
Hi East Sutii street, Urtaklll Hotel Bldg.
Old phone 1»&8.
TERMS Oi glBSCKU'IION
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practice frequently admitted by sub-
marine commanders of attempting to
ascertain the character of a ship by
periscope observations."
This continued destruction bears
best possible proof of the selfish, reck-
less folly of attempting a plan of na-
tional defense by proxy service to the
nation. "Not one man or woman shall
escape doing his or her share."
A MOVE FOR PEACE.
WHAT EXPRESS FILES
FELL OF YEARS AGO
Germany has chosen what appears
to her to be the most propitious time
for making peace proposals in con-
junction with her allies and it is not
surprising that she should stress the
assumed advantage resulting from re-
cent military success in the Balkans
and the apparent deadlock on other
fronts.
It may be that the entente allies will
By carrier—
Daily, 1 month
Dally! 12 8-°° hard b0,h 0n ,he r'KhtS 0f American
semi-Weekly, 6 months •••■ -60 1 nationals and the respect of American be less inclined to listen to peace pro-
Suuday Edition, by mill, « months, | , 1
H, 12 2-00 i diplomatic negotiations; but disavowals
» .to come easily, for the destruction is the
Uaii/, e J-j® main thing!
Dally, 12 monthi '
** ujuuvuo inft
Senil-Weekly, 12 month! luu
The postage rates for mailing The Ex
prea» are as follows:
I to 14 pages.. ,U1 02 to 04 pages
10 to 82 pages . .02 IH to 72 pages
Wli links OF TEXAS—I ""
FINAL CORROBORATION.
.04 I
.06 1
Responding to a congressional reso-
8Ax antOMO 86,6141 lution in this behalf, Secretary of War
Houston !!!!!.7b|«Io Baker has advised Speaker Clark that
Fort Worth"!""""!! "71,634 out of the grand total of 163,-
UKCILATION BOOKS OPEN TO
ADVERTISERS
M. BRIZON'S BLl'RT.
The late Charles Lamb once lament-
ed the possession of a sense of humor
so lively that he was ever unable to
control his risibilities. He had no
force to gravity; he laughed when
others wept and even obsequies of the
departed were, he confessed, not safe
from his tendency to light behavior. By
the same token, there is nothing really
funny about the French Deputies' de-
bate Monday on so serious a matter as
a war appropriation bill nor, circum-
stantially, is there any semblance of
merry jest in the latest of M. Pierre
Brizon's outblurts in that debate; but
. there are historic considerations be-
800 National Guardsmen taken into
the Federal service up to August 31,
last, were without previous ( military
training; and rejection of enrolled
guardsmen for various causes operated
posals now foi the same reason that
Germany is induced to offer them, pre-
ferring to wait until they are in a bet-
ter position to demand the concessions
that they assume to be essential to a
permanent peace.
But, however this may be and what-
ever the terms proposed as a basis of
negotiation, the fact that a move has
been made looking to an adjudication
of the controversy, although it involve?
no immediate cessation of hostilities
pending negotiations, offers an oppor-
tunty for the belligerents to reason to-
gether and for the neutrals, who have
later to decrease the number of re-'heen anxious ,0 ,ender their good of-
cruits to approximately 60 per cent of Ifices- ,0 Iend a helPin8 hand for ,he
this force " ' ■ promotion of peace without being ac-
cused of officious obtrusion. There is
Let it be considered that here was a J
strong force of volunteers willing to I
an intimation that the central powers
i would be satisfied with a restoration
of the status quo ante nellum, which
T'"" * ,,I''17 •:=! would be in effect a drawn battle, giv-l^g The'Toing uVd"'i)nin?ul''li'itiMs «.
ular army in the early summer, but . ' <;„rfieiri
, , . I ino no arhml nHvantncrp tn Pither Side.
utterly lacking in military training;
serve their country, an enlisted force
almost as numerous as that of the reg-
Thirty-five Year* Ago Today—IKHl.
Forty Uroused deur Nkiua wen* >tol«'U
from Hchniidt's warehouse ou Nuevu Street
yesterday,
♦ ♦ ♦
Ed. Steves Jr., who U now trftvcliutf 1"
Europe, is sendiug his parents in thii
city numerous eurloR, innny of which ure
old and valuable and \\ ill add tfreutly to
the attractive collection at their home In
the southern suburb.
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A special from Washington announce*
that Congressman Upson has bad two
mail routes out of San Antonio, one to
Handera and the other to Iflorewillc, re-
stored from three to six trips a week, lie
also had established a route from \alen*
cuela, Dp Witt County, to Lancaster.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Most Kev. Mother St. Pierre ac-
knowledges through The Express the re-
ceipt of a handsome sum. the proceeds of
an entertainment given for the benefit of
the Orphan Asylum by the Twinkling Star
minstrels, in Turner Hall.
♦ ♦ ♦
F. E. Orothaus, now residing in Boerne.
says that San Antonio Is getting nearly
all trade of the country northwest t>t
Fredericksburg. In a single day he count-
ed 122 wagons coming to San Antonio
loaded with produce. Of these, fifty two
were freighted with cotton, most of them
hauling six or eight bales. He says he
never before saw such an amount of traf-
fic on this road.
♦ ♦ ♦
A double marriage took place Saturday
in the Cibolo Valley casino building. Wal
ter Ileal, aon of Casper Heal of Camp
Verde, Kerr County, was joined In mar-
riage to Miss Marie Hadeneff; and Gustav
ileal, son of Adoiph Real of Martinea, at
tho same time wedded Miss .lohanna
SchmitB of New Braunfels. The cere-
mony was performed by the justice of the
peace of that precinct, after which a
sumptuous supper wa* served and dancing
was enjoyed. About 100 guests were pres
ent.
♦ ♦ ♦-
H. Rrendel & Company's ■ I.aredo trans
fer now carries passengers from the Li
redo terminus of the International ltall
road for the low price of -5 cents.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Garfield, widow of the last Presl
dent, has been elected the first honorary
member of the new Shakespeare Society
of London as a slight token of admiration
for the loving devotion shown by her dur
f Mr.
FACT
ELECTED ON NO POLICY—CABI
NET MEMBERS MERE FIG-
URE HEADS.
CHIEF PHIL WRICHT DECLARES
FOR LAW ABOLISHING THEIR
SALE AND USE.
and since 60 per cent of the original
total force is only 98,280 men, let it
also be considered that many thou-
ing no actual advantage to either side,
and on this basis, combined with a dis-
armament agreement, a peace might be
arranged that would be permanent
sands of recruits were rejected who,
Texas has a place in the columns of
iron-producing Slates, in the census re-
port. The total Iron ore product of the
United States for IKso was 7,871,700 tons,
- .a . , | of which Texas produced M.000 tons. Texas
through the realization Of the sug-1 ba» mountains of iron ore and will some
gested plan of an international league I ^"-v. 'ak0 11 leailll,K place in this list of
as State militia or National Guard un- * - ... I States.
. . . , , , . for the preservation of peace in lieu of
der the States, must have had a de3l F r
more military training previously than
hind his reprehended remark that still i can possibly be acquired in a brief ex-
impel a smile and there is sometimes !
a funny side to inconsistency.
The Socialist deputy fired the shot
of speech that "Frenchmen should no
longer fight to assure to Russia the
potses-}ion of Constantinople!" and
was anathematized as "traitor," pro-
voked into a water-glass assault and
battery, and finally excluded from the
chamber.
BritOn Kipling's "Bear that Walks
Like a Man" has not passed out of
mind, and pan-western-European diplo-
macy in strategical efforts to maintain
he "balance of power" against Rus-
sia's desire for a place in the Med'-
:erranenn sun have been restored to
mind by the nature of the two great
nresent alliances. M. Brizon's disa-
greeable reminder that circumstances
do alter cases may be made too much
jf in France on the score of "treason,"
but there are distant possessors of his-
torical knowledge who doubtless will}
ponder on its truth.
The amazing day is upon us when
Western Europe appears not to fear
the Russians even when they bring the
gift of alliance and exact the gift of
Constantinople and the Bosphorous!
perience or two with a civilian training i
camp, as an incident of our "coaxing" |
system under the National defense act
of the last-past session of Congress!
It it to wonder, then, that the "uni-
versal compulsory training" report of
Chief of Staff Scott is now the big
thing oefore the ultimate session of
the same Congress—a report "to which
the entire American general staff is, . .
, _ may decide. At any rate it is encour-
committed ? It would seem that Gen-1 , _
eral Scott's recommendations receive
. I Fifteen Years Ago Today—1901.
resort to force. TCd „11(J otto Zimmeyer, J. C. Holly and
It is not probable that terms of Alfred Nester have returnedI from a hunt-
. , ■ . ing trip in the vicinity of D Hants. I hey
peace entirely acceptable to the en- bagged several deer, two wolves, a wild
tente of the central powers will ever
be offered until one side or the other
has been completely exhausted and is
unable to longer continue the struggle.
It may be sufficient, however, to pro-
pose ter.ns of peace and later to work
out the details in a way that will be
alike honoracle to both sides, as the
tribunal to which the matter is referred
what is at once the highest and the
final corroboration—facts and figures
from the head of the War Department.
Secretary Baker's annual report may
be a palliative argument, but his let-
ter to Speaker Clark constitutes a pos-
itive alarm that makes one forget his
report.
aging to know that a move has been
made which may lead to important
results.
"TOO LONG DESIRED, TOO LATE
ACHIEVED."
UNIVERSAL EXAMPLE.
WHY NOT READJUST VALUES
ALTOGETHER?
Berlin tells a waiting world that the
Greek government—King Constantine
j —has announced to the Entente that
J Greece hereafter will strictly observe
armed neutrality, will make no fur-
! ther concessions to the allies, and will
There is a ready reminder that j conSj(jer any new provocation by thern
Lloyd-George's prime ministerial ap- as # cause of war This is a sturdy
peal to the patriotism of all Britons | an(j sterling cross-ultimatum from'the
has "struck deep into the hearts of the ' vjewpoint of a ..strictly neutr,r on.
common people-the men and women ; looker) am) feoth ,he greaf pity anJ
who actually must fight and work to ^ greaf barrier are that it is too
win the war —because the appeal has ^ ^ Q0nstantine to dispose of that
lly CHAHI.ES P. STKWAKT,
(1'nltcd I'resH Staff Correspondent.)
BUUNOH A1KKS, Nov. IS (lly Mali.)—
"Man of .Mystery" Is a threadbare expres-
sion which should huve hum «aved for
1 Ilpolltu Jrlgoyen, first ltadlcul X'resldeut
of Argentina. People supposed they would
"get u line" on 1 rigoyen after he took of-
fke, but he is us much a mystery as
ever.
lrlgoyen was elected President of Ar-
gentina on uo platform, lie made no
promises. As ltadlcul party leader he pro-
fessed no purpose beyond getting a 1'alr
Rational election, it is generally agreed,
that he got it. it was it this election
that Irigoyeu Has chosen President.
It was assumed that irigoyeu would
outline a policy lu his inaugural address.
Ho maije no inaugural address, it was
expected he would explain himself through
u manifesto, lie had issued no manifesto.
It was surmised that the make-up of Ills
Cabinet would give the public some inkling
concerning his plans. The consensus of
opinion is that his Cabinet, as subsequent-
ly constituted, consists of eight rubber
stamps, each bearing the Impress "lllpollto
Irigoyen."
A little "Who's Who" In this Cabinet
follows:
Carlos A. Been, Minister of Foreign Af-
aflrs, protessur of international law in the
Buenos Aires 1'niverslty, corporation at-
torney and author of certain works re-
ferring disrespectfully to the A-lt-C com
j blnatlou, whose only "reason to be," if It
1 lias one, is declared to be that ol' check-
"the robberies of the United States in Lut-
' In-America."
Domingo E. Salaberry, Minister of !'t
! nance, multi-mililouairo and lawyer who
lias, however, devoted most of Ills time
to managing Ills huge castle interests.
Eipidla Gonzalez, Minister ot War, law
yer and ltadicnl party leader in the State
of Cordoba.
Federico Alvarez do Toledo Jr., Min-
ister of Marine, civil engineer and mil-
lionaire.
ltawon Gomez, Minister of the interior,
lawyer and Radical party leader In the
State of Santiago del Estero.
Houorlo Pueyrrcdou, Minister of Agrl
culture, lawyer, millionaire and descendant
of one of the lending families of Argen
Una.
Jose Salinas, Minister of Justice and
Public instruction, government inspector
of schools in the state of Jujuy.
l'abio Torello, .Minister of Public Works,
ex-newspaper man, lawyer and millionaire.
These men are all Radicals. With one
exception, they are Irigoyenists first and
Radicals afterward. %
The exception is liecu. llecu Is a real
Radical and a good many people question
whether be will stay long In the Cabinet.
He is believed to have been the President's
one sop to his party's wishes.
Salaberry is recognized as an able fi
nacler. Times are hard in Argentina now.
It is expected that the postwar adjust
ment jerlod will be a very difficult one
for the country.
There are a few guesses concerning Iri-
goyeu but they are nothing better than
guesses.
He is one of the most taciturn of men
The Conservative press of Argentina hints
that this Is because he lias nothing lo say.
It is trying to fasten on him the name
of "King Midas," party because everything
Germans profess to think that the Pres
Idem Is friendly toward the central pow-
ers but they can point to nothing he lias
ever said or done lri support this theory.
Some people express the opinion that
be was elected as the representative of
the Argentine land holders, Just as they
contend that his predecessor, 1 >r. T)e la
Plaza, upheld the banking interests. This
surmise seems to rest on no more tangible
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE
CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETING
OK THE ASSOCIATION.
"There ought to be a law against lha
sale and use of kerosene oil stoves," said
Chief Wright last night after bis return
from tho Inst of the eleven fires thai had
called out tno department continually all
day and evening.
There are more fires caused by the use
I of those stoves than any other I can think
1 of," ho continued. "Several of the fires
i today were slutted by the use of them
{ and thai lire ou Alamo Heights the other
j day was from the same cause. They am
| the most dangerous stoves any one < an
possibly use and the things cannot be
, | lighted and lull alone in any house without
G. 0. tieyer was elected president of the I tiu, danger of a fire resulting. The heat
Manufacturers' Club at the annual meet- j causes an expansion of tho round burner
lng of that organization which took place which allows the wick to crawl out and
at the Hunter Hotel last night. when that happens that* Is an explosion.
The three vice presidents who were elect- [ "Unless It is watched and the wick
RE
ed are H. W. Fiuck, James A. Gallagher
and Eugene A. Holingreen. Paul Drelss
was elected treasurer and C. C. Leel, secre-
The new board of directors who will
handle the affairs for tho coining year
are Charles llaumberger Jr., Helming
ltrulin, Paul Dreiss, II. W. Flnck, James A.
Gallagher, G. G. Geyer, llugene llolingreeti,
K. Elliot Jones, N. M. Karuey, J. F. Kline,
li. J. Lange, Cuarles Lucas, John Ran-
dolph Martin, G, S. McElroy, Arthur Mulr,
Mark F. Postlewalte, Corwln T. i'riest,
Walter Steves, Arthur Stirnis, II. N. Tlm-
oiat and L. C. Wiggins.
President G. S. McElroy made a brief
report on the activities of the club while
under his administration making special
mention of the work performed by E. A.
Holingreen and committees representing
the factory owners' organization in the
formation of the freight bureau and stat-
ing that the manufacturers had obtained
more subscriptions towards the bureau
than all the other organizations of Sun
Antonio combined.
lie also paid a special tribute to the
splendid work accomplished by the bureau.
A rising vote of thanks was accorded the
president for Ills past i flicleut services.
The Manufacturers' Club went on record
as being opposed to the asking of as- |
sistauce from the Government for the re
pairing of the damage done to the roads j l!rtv
turned down from timu to time, there is
sure to be something doiug lu the i'lre
Hue.
"Many thousands of dollars' worth o(
damage have been done by llres In this
city through tills cause and many room-
ing houses of the city have several such
stoves scattered all over the building.
"The gasoline stoves are not so danger-
ous because they are all metal but tho
kerosene stoves have a fiber wick which
Is dangerous. Unless something is done
to prohibit their use and sale the kerosene
stove will continue to cause fire dam-
age In this city. I repetft, there should
be a law against them. Every cold day
sees a series of such fires in this city
and the majority of dwelling house fires
ure from such causes," finished tho Chief.
Fires numbered eleven yesterday, start-
ing at 8:1S a. m. when an automobile be-
longing to .I.J. Butcher of (UU Sherman
Street, caught fire at the Southern Pa-
cific Depot. Damage about $o.
At 11:30 a. m. the dwelling house nt lilt)
South l'ine Street, occupied by T. Cam-
eron, burned from an explosion of a gaso-
line stove, doing but slight damage. The
house was owned by 1. S. Toft.
One minute afterwards the home of Miss
P. Neal at 171N Avenue D burned from an
explosion of a kerosene stove and was
damaged to the extent of $100. T he prop.
it' Sun Antonio and Bexar County by the
constant, movement of heavy army trucks
during the past year. In the resolution
passed by the manufacturers It was stated
that "such action was unpatriotic and un-
appreclatlve of the great benefits derived
by Southwest Texas owing to the presence
of the troops."
Eugene A. Holingreen reporting for the
not insured, accordifig to the
agent, T. If. Flaunery.
At 1:88 p. m. tl>e fence around the prop-
erty ot otto Zirkel, at IMS East Commerce
Street, burned; damage
Less than an hour later—at -:lti p. in.—
the grass at lloo East Aslibf Street,
caught fire; no damage.
At 4:24 p. in. the house at 812 Brooklyn
Avenue, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. It,
power committee stated that the committee i singleton was fired' by an explosion of a
Washington's published information
tfcat its diplomatic representatives in
Berlin have been "directed to inform
Germany that the United States Gov-
* em ment is tired of 'mistakes' in the
sinking of merchant vessels" is so
phrased as to imply certain fine dis-
tinctions that ought also to embody
some point of difference; but it may
be said that if these are not distinc-
tions without > difference, the differ-
ence is so obscure as to challenge
one's skepticism whether it really does
obtain.
; The phrasing referred to comes in
'-the averrment that Secretary Grew of
■jthe Berlin embassy has been charged
Iwith delivering the foregoing message
' because '"reparation, indemnity Jand
• punishment of the submarine comman-
der' will not be sufficient to appease
this Government" after the facts of the
{destruction of the merchantman Ma-
rina and the liner Arabia; on the con-
trary, it is expected at this writing
that President Wilson and his Cabinet
have determined upon a note (an-
' other) to Germany "demanding a dis-
l avowal of the sinking" of those two
Vessels.
| Destroy without warning—and then
".offer "reparation, indemnity and pun-
ishment"; or, destroy without warning
—and then "disavow"; is not the dis-
tinction so fine and the difference so
questionable and so slight, if any dif-
ference at all there be, as to suggest
.most pressingly that our Government
should begin to readjust the values in
these diplomatic equations that have
'followed Germany's pledges not to de-
stroy without warning, nor without
provision for the ssfety of humans on
noneombatant crafts?
Perhaps this difference would not
em so clouded, perhaps there would
(ess of a call for Washington to
lit th« first thing first—the actual
:iwarnetf"*8estnittlon, withbut safety
provision, of commerce carriers—if the
come "from one of their own kind,
one who has risen from their ranks."
They trust him from considerations
other than the dignity of highest gov-
ernment office, and will follow him
for the record of his own work rathe'
than because of the new royal estimate
of his official worth.
But the British populace will have
need to apply their class gratification,
in this regard, in terms of patienc;
and self-sacrifice and patriotic achieve-
ment akin to David Lloyd-George's re-
lentless demands upon their labors and
their resources while he was charged
with mobilizing the finances of the
empire and while, as Minister of Mu-
nitions, he was determined to set aside
all economic, moral and physical hand-
icaps to a quick and sufficient supply
of the sinews of war. For it i$ ex-
pected that he will at once demand of
Parliament a "man power" bill, simi-
lar in many respects to that recently
adopted in Germany, but even more
drastic and thorough, run the dis-
patches; "since it is declared by close
friends* that Lloyd-George intends so
to organize Great Britain that not one
man or woman shall escape doing his
or her share to win the war."
The people of countries that happily
are out of the war, but that, immune
from the restraints of neighboring
powers upon any essay at mobilization,
are finding their chief concern to be
preparedness for defense in the event
of war, may derive an invaluabfe ex-
ample from the character of this re-
form that it attributed to the plans of
Lloyd-George, the common-class arch-
enemy of the all-class British "slack-
er." France's almost isolated defense
early in the struggle, and British mis-
takes of campaign thereafter, were
due to nothing so much as the care-
less failure of many thousands of Bri-
tons to do their share and the utter
unwillingness of other thousands to do
theirs. Not in its preparedness against
war, but in its delayed and, therefore,
excessively costly preparedness in the
heat of conflict, does the case of Eng-
land teach the people of the New
hog, some 'coons ami an abundance of
quail and rabbit,
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A certified copy of thr h*t win ami
testament of Klcbard Patrick, deceased.
from the Surrogate ('our* of New York
County, N\ V., December 5. 1887, ha* beeh
filed in the Itexar County Clerk's office.
♦ ♦ ♦
An old wall on Commerce and Frio
Streets that has been threatening to col
lapse for a long time, made good Wed-
nesday night. Fortunately no one wan
under it when the crash cane.
f ♦ ^
An electric indicator has been placed in . —„ .
the Sheriffs office and connection made the King touched turned to gold and
with tho various courtrooms, adding party because of his reputedly long jBars.
greatly to the convenience of the Judge*
and the Sheriff's force.
♦ ♦ ♦
At the meeting of the Mutual Aid Fund
Society, held nt Mission Garden, Charles
Hummel, Our ilnuerinann. Homer Eads,
.Tame* Hainer, Richard Gehnert were
elected directors: ('. I- Cazell, secretary;
August Zlzlk, assistant secretary. The
society now lin.i 11 membership of more , j^rmatrimThaii Vhnt'irlgoyeu in hlniseif
tllsn fion. composed of the best element of j fl iacg(, |1111(i owner.
the city. it lg reported that the church, a stale
♦ ♦ ♦ I institution, was pro-Irlgoyeii at the last
At n called meeting of the Ttotnll rierk's ; election, helped the Radical candidate
T'nion It wns nuiinlmonsly decided to ten- : greatly nt the polls and Is well'pleased to
der their employers, through these col- : see hltu In the "Casii Itodanda," or Ar-
nmns, their services for the evening trade , gentiim White House. Irigoyen is known
during the holidnv senson, from Monday, j to have been liberal in his donations to
' the church, but he Is understood to be
which the allies proposed and Venize-
los practically permitted—the occupa-
tion of Saloniki. The monarch must
be credited with a first-to-last desire
to keep his country out of war, but
he began too late to achieve his de-
sire when he did not prevent the epi-
sode of Saloniki from becoming the
predicate for the troubles in Piraeui, I
Athens and Mitylene,
December 18, to Tuesday, December 24.
♦ ♦ ♦
The stockholders of the San Antonio
Fair Association have dressed their faces
in smiles of satisfaction.
♦ ♦ ♦•
An Eastern paper alludes 1o Congress-
man Burleson's caucus resolution as itn in-
strument containing explosive matter from
the Texas oil fields.
*■ ♦ ♦-
The colony of Itooslers who have tnken
up 60,000 acre* in Archer County, to he
devoted to diversified farming, will serve
tt verv useful purpose by way of example,
as well as In having to develop the agrl
cultural possibilities of that part of
Texas.
♦ ♦ ♦
London The Brussels correspondent nf
the Standard rabies that Mr. Kruger has
heen Informed of the willingness nf sumo
nf the powers lo Intervene In South Africa
If the Boer leaders will acept autonomy
under the supremacy of Great Britain.
personally agnosttcaliy inclined.
The' President, who Is now very rich,
was poor when he was young. It is un-
derstood that he gained his foothold on
borrowed capital, used shrewdly In land
speculation.
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Knights of Columbus Plan Presents
and Automobile Rides for In-
mates of Three Homes.
APPARENTLY QUALIFIED.
Kiitertnlnment for the orphans during the
Christmas season was planned by the
Knights of Columbus at their meeting last
ulglit. Two donations of substantial sine
I will be made. (Hie of these will go to
! the Sulnt Joseph Orpiiatiage for girls, the
j utner to the (Jood Shepherd Orphanage. In
I addition, funds are being raised for i
celebration at the Saint Peter's Orphan
age for Boys, it Is said.
A committee of four, John Iiennefy,
chairman; .lohn Williams, O. It. Mahoney
and Augustus McClosky. were appointed ti
receive contributions And complete arrange-
ments for the celebration at Saint. Peter's,
The tentative plans are to give the boys
an automobile ride In the afternoon, tunny
member* of the Knights of Columbus will
GOOD DAY'S BUSINESS REP ORTEI) | take their cars out for this purpose. Later
they Intend 1o treat them to a Christmas
AT BOOTH IN POSTOFFICE
AND BY BOY SCOUTS.
i. no
ThtJ Associated Press yesterday car-
ried an intimation that, in the event
of Mr. Gregory's resignation of the
Attorney Generalship, Hon. Newton D.
Baker may relinquish his present post
to assume the portfolio of Justice in
the Cabinet, and Mr. Vance C. Mc-
Cormick may succeed Mr. Baker as
Secretary of War. This is more than The Wolff & Marx Company f5
!, t„ d.u. ij | Commonwealth Bank
The above sales of Ked Cross seals were
reported by Mrs. I,eo Cotton as the result
of personal solicitation yesterday. The
work is said to be progressing satlsfac '
torily and it, was predicted that before
the end iff the week sales will be far more
numerous. Many of those who purchased
stamps lit large quantities have not yet
been approached and when these are
reached It Is expected that the total will
be swelled considerably.
The Postofflce booth also reported good
business, but It Is hoped that It will stead
lly Increase as the holidays approach. Mrs.
Herbert Llnscott, general chairman, re
ported the sales at Kll.41. She said that
she has been much encouraged and pleased
ut the work done by the women who have
been In charge of the booth heretofore and
that she Is confident, that those who are
to follow will do as 'well.
A great many persons go to the Post-
office every day anil most of these have
purchased the supply of seals, Some of
them have purchased more than once,
in addition to the regular visitors, It is
said that many travelers and tourists g
wanted cheap power and did not care who
provided it or where it came from. Al-
bert Steves Jr.. who represented the Man-
ufacturers' Club on the charter revision
committee, said that the report of that
ommlttee had been delivered to Mayor
Clinton ti, Brown.
II. N. Tlniolat informed thoso present
that the school exhibits would receive ac-
tive attention after the holiday season and
kerosene stove. Loss J7.r>n. .Mrs. Juifcs
Fisher was the owner.
At 4:45 p. in. a fire In the kitchen of
the house of tKIl Essex Street caused lit-
tle or no il a mage—another oil stove. Tho
owner, J. M. Delgado, carried no insur-
ance on the property.
One minute later August Shaffer's bake
shop and barn burned at 3422 South Flores
Street. About $700 damage was done to
that an exhibit was now at the Los An- | (lj|. buildings anil contents, two horses l>
geies Heights County school. At the sug- , , k|1|p(| „ vuluable Bulldog and about
gestion of Charles Graebner the minutiae t|llrtv bitles >,j hay consumed by tho
1 flames. Origin of the fire was not de-
termined, It having started in the buy
barn in the rear of the bakery.
The roof of the Texas Oil Company's
Meeseheldt streets took
erheated smokestack at
turers will co-operate with the National
One Cent Letter Postage Association In
their endeavor to obtain a one-cent drop
letter postage. iuvj
State Secretary Edgecombe of tho Retail | n, . . n. i.-..nil|< ami
Merchants' Association, talked for a few C from an ove
minutes on matters which would come up S;01 m> .,|,,.iir $500 damage was
at tho coming session of the Legislature. ,jone. fullv covered by Insurance,
lie stated that the interests Of the retailer | 'j, t|l0 wholesale grocery and
dry goods stote of Schwartz. Cohen
mid the manufacturer were similar and ex-
plained the purpose of the anti-trading
stamp hill which would be presented for
consideration, backed by the retailers. Mr.
Edgecombe mentioned the fact that legisla-
tion affecting the employer and the em-
ploye would come before the coining ses-
sion and advocated that an attempt be
made to adjust these matters by mutual
agreement, if possible, saying that he be-
lieved both the employer and the employe
would benefit by adjusting proposed legis-
lation before it reached the legislature.
RE POUT SHOWS GROWTH.
Secretary C. Leel delivered a report
concerning the work of the club for fhe
past your, extracts of which are as fol-
lows :
'We compiled an industrial census of
San Antonio for the purpose of finding
out exactly what the Industries of this
city amounted to. Early In 1910 we moved
our office to the fiimter Hotel and now
possess the best club office In San An-
tonio. We have held Interesting discus-
sions on the following Important subjects.
Fuel, power, money, salesmanship, manu-
facturing costs, selling costs, etc, We have
in various ways assisted new factories to
introduce their goods here.
"Our membership now comprises 120 of
the foremost manufacturers of San An-
tonio, Including practically every one of
the representative factories. During the
year we have obtained a number of new
member
Franklin, at X0K West Commerce Street,
took fire from an unknown cause and some
S2.500 damage resulted.
At 8:50 p. m. a fire at 1120 South San
Marcos Street caused the destruction of
the home of Ramon (lonzales, wherein $50
damage was done to the building ami
its contents. The owner, Jesus Cardenas,
carried not Insurance.
Mississippi Guardsmen in Crash Into
Wagon Load of Hay—Chauffeur
Disappears.
Willie en route to this city from Leon
Springs last night several members of the
First Mississippi Infantry, in a seven
passenger auto ran into a hay wagon
driven by an unknown Mexican ou tho
Fredericksburg road and were severely
shaken up. l our of them- Privates Glild,
, ijydo. Murphy and Stokes were taken lo
During the spring we gave a |,„s( u0Hpltal- *hlle Corporal Pfrcy
lunch composed of all San Antonio uiado 0f Company M, and John Crowley of Com-
good products to the presidents nf the | pgny \ ,,(• simle regiment were uu
fifty-nine women's clubs of San Antonio. , |lurj injuries of the others wire
and another lunch to the members of the flight
Southwest Texas Press Association during ! ' ,Vere picked up by Ed Gelaro. n
their convention. We have had splendid j jitnov driver, en route to town who al-o
co-operation from the home economics I {,r„u|jht into Central Police station
classes of (lie public schools which are j r|ol|S parts of the ear which was badly
tinder the supervision of Miss Emma Pi- j punished up. The driver of the car .iml
rle and also of the Young Women's Chris- jhl. M. xicati, who was hurt, liavii illsap-
tlan Association Cooking School, both of
which have educated ttc coming house
pea red, and have not yet been located.
The soldiers report that the driveil Irlnl
to pass tile farm wagon driven by tho
Mexican but the load of hay was so Inrja
that It took up too much of the road.
, "O —
Woman Elector Huns
Big Colorado Farm
International New* Service.
DENVER, Colo., Hoc. 12 Mrs. Oertrud™
>f Colorado nn<l
interesting; it is lively. Mr. Baker is | ftig Bros
said to be a first-class lawyer, partic-
ularly on the side of the public, and
everybody has been made acquainted
with National Chairman McCormick's
scrappy sticktoltiveness, largely through
his conduct of the Wilson campaign,
but more especially through his sturdy
statements and solid confidence from
the night of November 7 to the night
of November 11, 1916,
Most "deserving" Democrats or Re-
publicans, however, have not the Henry
Van Dyke viewpoint of either court
diplomacy or a college doctorate on the
score of mental compensation.
"England's plan to arm all merchant
vessels will force the United States
to form a clear policy on U-boat war-
fare." Perhaps; but the necessity of
its forming a clear policy on M-vessel
warfare is also suggested.
tree which will have a present for every
boy besides being beautifully decorated
with fruits and candies. The committee
announces that it already has ueurly fifty
dollars with which to meet this expense
anil more Is expected.
INSANE MEXICAN t'SES RAZOR.
Attacks Ills Wife and Daughter and Then
Slashes Nelt—Is Dying.
Called to n house nt Guadalupe »aml
Sabitias Street last night at 8:!I0, De-
lectives Henderson. Proudfoot and Hockey
found inciirnaelon Cormago, recently re-
leased from an Insane asylum, had cut
himself across the stomach anil neck anil
WSa in II dying condition. He had sud-
denly gone Insane again and attacked his
wlfei t'e Lya, and severely cut her on
the hands and back, and attacked his
daughter also, but she managed to escape
from him.
He then, according to the detectives' re-
port, slashed himself so seriously that he
innv die. He was taken to the City Hos-
pital. where lie now is held In a critical
condition.
keepers of Snn Antonio ns to the high
quality of Made in San Antonio food prod-
ucts. 'in June, to assist our local Retail
Merchants' Association wo held a large
exhibit of San Antonto-mnde products dur-
ing tho time of the convention of the State
Retail Merchants' Association.
"This fail we sent comprehensive ex-
hibits representative of San Antonio's In-
dustries, tn tho Gillespie County Fair,
Kerr County Fair, anil the Kendall County
Fair. Our committees have also made an
effort to obtain recognition for San An-
tonio. products by the State purchasing , , ,,, „ ,,f
agent In the purchase of supplies for Stato Lee, first woman etcctoi
institutions. During the year we prepared | former chairman of the Democratic stato
Central Committee, finds It IS Just about
as hard to manage a thirty-three-horsepow-
er tractor as a party rteamroller.
' For Mrs. Lee has taken over (lie
and Issued 10.000 booklets containing an
alphabetical list are made In Sail Antonio
building materials which we mailed tn ev-
ery architect, builder nnd contractor In the
Stato of Texas.
"Wo have also gone ns far ns we crtn-
sldered desirable in urging upon our Gov-
ernment and artny officials, responsible
for the erecting of new buildings nt the
Army Post and the Arsenal, trie deslr
ability of using San Antonio made build-
ing materials. Strong committees from
tlin Manufacturers' Club have waited on
the parties who are responsible for the
ordering of material used In tho now In
^ manage-
ment* of 8 V28U acre farm, which includes
the direction of tho farm lmnds. the con-
trol of slxtv bond of stock and the tlllagu
of "on ai res' of wheat, She Is engaging In
lids active service because her husband is
detained with the Colorado troops ou the
Mexican border. ' '
"When I get on the farm 1 forget poli-
tics altogether," said Mrs. Lee. "One can't
verv well think of anything else when ono
tries to manage a farm of that size, My
refrigerators, tanks, etc., wore made In San
Antonio Walton D. Hood, president of
the School Board. John F. Fcntlnian, ehnlr-
mnn nf the hulldlng committee, and other
members of tjie School board have made a
gronl effort during the past year to give
I preference to San Antonio mndo building
Every boy or girl who sells ten seals materials, price and quality being equal,
this year will get a handsome button and | fn tlio erecting of new public schools. The
II certificate ol euroninent In the National
ternatlonal & Great Northern Railroad
shop< mid buildings nnd also the new hob! v Is Sudan gras-. ,
Missouri. Kansas ft Texas Railroad build- J "1 got up in the morn ng nt ,. oclock
Ings. Our committees also waited on the I nnd by the time I cook anil wash and make
County Judge, nnd the Commissioners, I |H.ds nnd churn and sweep anil clean ami
and on Mayor Clinton 0. Brown, urging ' supervise the work, I am ready tor bed.
upon them the nocessltv of using tho prod- ; "Yes, I expect to spend the rest of my
nets of our factories In this great hospi- , life on the farm. II was the Ideal ol uiy
tnl. 1 nni u'liid In report that the cement, husband and mysolt to have n tarni.
structural steel, brick, sash and doors, "You see, my men ilont KJlow I manage
llrtnix of this co-operation afforded us by
there for thi'lr' ni'itli uiid buy seals. Many j Modern Health Crusaders. For one linn- j the School Board, occurred in November.
of these persons would be'reached In tin dred seals he will gut a silver pin and for1 when President Hood pledged hlmsi
other manner, It Is claimed. \ uUO a gold one. ! that the new high school to be erecti
The lloy Scants lire still Industriously The aale ill the Postofflce was In charge i „n Main Avenue "ill eonsM 100 per cot
celling the souls. Their enthusiasm Is I of the German Literary Club. The fol- j „r ns near that figure ns posilble. of Si
eelllng -
said to be growing day by day. Women
at the head of the movement, claim that
Children are likewise salesmen of Red
Cross Christmas seals.
Medals of merit uwalt those who excel
in this year's sale. Last year Mary Ken
dall nf Grand Rnplds, Mich., boat all
reeords with a sale of .14,250 seals. But
there were oilier good sellers. For ex
ample, there »-iih (Uih Wondt, a fourteen
year-old girl, who managed an entire sale
j in six towns In Lako County, oregon. Erin
I l'ratt acted as mascot of the seal sale
ill Now Orleans nnd sold several thou
sand herself. Julius Peters, aged nine,
of Lake City, Iowa, sold one fourth of the
seals sold In liln town, 552 tn all And
A Birmingham city commissioner
proposes to taboo the local exhibition
of motion pictures with love as their
theme. Taking an idea from Hamlet,
It may be suggeste<Hh«t here is a poll-
tician who would circumvent Nature, huna7«4s"af thousands!
himself
ted
Snn
lowing composed the committee: Miss i Antonlo-niade material!
Elizabeth Sells, chairman: Mrs. A. Schlobei. We have recently prepared a power con
Mrs. Walter Oelkcrs, Mrs. T. O. Tucker, i huk of Sail Antonio's power users.
Misses L. Llock,' C. Datiekamp and II. "Recently wo Inaugurated a movement
Teh*
Mrs. Llnscott announced other commit-
tees as follows:
For this morning, Woman's Parliament:
Mrs. George Powell, chairman; Mrs. Ster
which resulted In many of Olir factories
making minlntiiro exhibits nf their prod-
ucts. These are now being sent to ninety-
six eltv and county schools, at each one of
which thov will remain approximately one
ling Robertson at St. Anthony, with her week. Thirty three thousand pupils are
committee. | making an exhaustive study of the goods
This afternoon, Gibbons Literary Club: and the processes, and the school nnthorl
Ml Paul Maiireiix. chairman : Mrs. A. J. j tlci ate sending -t" • inl Invitations to the
I'll z pa I rick. Mrs. E. P. Stafford, Mrs. parents of the children nnd organizing
Thomas Carey, Mrs J. I Wealhcrall, Miss , pntcrtidiirnetits at which Hie manufacturers
Elizabeth Lytic, Mrs. L. Hudson, Mrs. .1. T.
Lnux, Mrs. .1. Canales, Mrs. II. Heltz,.
ilisses Luclnda SU'lii, Mary Pheluu, Agnes
WisNei
langi
ge.
ran explain their products.
"Wo have also taken up nnd had strong
comui ttoes working on innny Important,
legislative matters. We bare practically no
them and. consequently, wu get along
beautifully."
Red Cross Seals nt Klatnnla.
Special 'lelegmm to Tbfe Express.
Fl.ATi'NiA. Tel., Dee. 13, Red <i;os-
Chrlstnins seals have been placed on sale
at all of the stores hero, a largo number
of seals being sold here every years.
liabilities nnd end up Hie year with n
credit balance In the bank. Thus we flu
Isli the first throe years of our exist
once by eldiig re'ognlzcd ns ttie strouiccst,
best known, most progressive nnd most ag-
gressive commercial organization In
Texas." .
Among those present were S. M
F.lroy, presiding: Paul Krneger, John ltfln-
dolf Martin. N. M. Knrney, George Cusli-
mtin, II. L. Lathrnp. II, W. Flnck, Charles
J. Rosay, L. C. Wiggins, .1. F. Kline.
Dick Prassel. Frank Latino, J. G. Lentz,
Charles Lucas, G. G. Geyer, Ed lircNs, I.II
gone A. Holingreen, Paul Dreiss, T. (I, Hay.
Arthur Storms. W. G. Sinclair, A Battue
lln, B. .1. I.nuge, Jack Itaylmld, II N.
Tlniolat Mark F. I'ostlewulte, Albert.
Sieves Jr., J. A. Patterson, Walter Steves,
li. Elliott Jones, W. II Wlnlerborue,
Charles W, Fichtnor and Secretary C. C.
Leel.
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