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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 28, 1917.
fits Antenie ifxprrtft
By the Express Publishing Company.
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A LAY SERMON.
So apeak ye and so 40 aa they that
•hall be Judged by the law of liberty. What
doth It profit, my brethren, though a man
•ay be hath faith and have not works?
Can faltb save him? James II, 11, 14.)
This day, the last Christian Sabbath
of the expiring month, has been desig-
nated by our country's Chief Executive,
in accordance with a resolution of the
Congress, as a day upon which our peo-
ple are called upon to offer concerted
prayer to Almighty God for his divine
aid in the success of our arms. Our
men of valor have gone forth in an-
swer to their country's call to do battle
for the cause of liberty, justice and
humanity, which is the cause of right-
eousness and the service of the Lord.
Ln his proclamation touching this day's
observance our great President, in
whom our confidence is well grounded,
says:
"It behooves a great free people,
nurtured as we have been in the eter-
nal principles of justice and right, a
Nation which haa sought from, the
earliest days of its existence to be obe-
dient to the divine teachings which
have inspired it in the exercise of its
liberties, to turn always to the Supreme
Master and cast themselves in faith at
his feet, praying for his aid and succor
in every hour of trial, to the end that
the great aims to which our fathers
dedicated our power as a people may
not perish among men but be always
asserted and defended with fresh ardor
and devotion and through the divine
blessing, set at last upon enduring
foundations for the benefit of all the
free peoples of the earth."
Without divine approbation and di-
vine aid we shall not be able to over-
come the powerful forces of evil that
beset us. Without divine guidance ve
should flounder in doubt and misdirec-
tion and fail for lack of faith and the
sustaining power that comes from reli-
ance upon the supreme and overruling
destiny. The wicked thrive and flourish
for a time, though they set Cod's word
at naught and disregard and defy his
holy law, but sooner or later judgment
overtakes them and good triumphs over
bad. That, we muat believe who put
our trust in the Lord and are unwaver-
ing in the faith. The universal instinct
which directs us to the throne of grace
in the hour of great need testifies to
the scknowledgment of our own insuf-
ficiency and our dependence upon
something higher and greater than our-
selves, and all the forces of earth by
vhich we are surrounded. And so by
prayer we seek sudience with the Weity
from which we sre sure <* derive great
benefit, whether we realise It at the
time in strengthened faith and purpose
or in God'a own plan which paaaes
the unwisdom of our finite minds.
The great Civil War President who
was confronted by a like responsibility
•s that which now rests upon the shoul-
ders of the precent Administration waa
• firm believer in the efficacy of prayer
and when he siNed counsel and aup*
pert he did net fail to seek It at the
aonrea of power and wisdom, snd so
he testifies: "I have been driven
many times to my knees by the over-
whelming conviction thst I had no-
where else to go. Mr. own wisdom and
that of all about no teemed Insuffl-
ate* for the d•*." Lm* Artie*, be-
fore he charged at the battle of Edge
Hill, made this short prayer: "O Lord,
thou knowest how busy I shall be this
day; if I forget thee, do not thou
forget me." Says the poet, Words-
worth :
Prayer In the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed;
Ths motion of u hidden fire
That trembles In the breast.
rrayer Is the burden of a sigh,
The * ------
The falling of a tear,
?he upward gla
When no one »
The upward'glanclng of an eye
ane else is near.
Prayer Is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air.
His watchword at the gate of death—
He enterB heaven with prayer.
O thou by whom we cdme to God,
The life, the truth, the way.;
The path of prayer thyself hast trod—
Lord teach us how to pray.
Emerson says no man ever prayed
heartily without learning something
and we may assume that the more wc
commune with the source of wisdom
the more we seek guidance from on
high and pin our faith to the sacred
Word, the better shall we be able to
serve our Lord and Master in the serv-
ice we give to his children—to liberty
and humaittty. Knowing our cause is
just in seeking to preserve the liberties
of the peoples of the world, to stay
the hand of ruthlessness s.id oppres-
sion and uphold the law, it is fitting
that we should humble ourselves be-
fore God and implore his blessing, and
the aid we shall gain by concerted
prayer will be in the general acknowl-
edgment of the power and grace with-
out which *ars cajinot be won nor any
lasting good accomplished.
"The effectual prayer of the right-
eous man availeth much," says the
apostle. God judges the merit of his
appeal and answereth accordingly. In
coming together in the temples of wor-
ship to declare our dependence upon
and our complete faith in the wisdom
and justice of the Most High we shall
be, sinner and saint ali&e, in an at-
mosphere of righteousness and the spir-
itual elevation which will result will
help to nerve us for the struggle and
the sacrifices which must be made to
accomplish what we set out to do. Th?
Lord helps those who help themselves
and he never turns a deaf ear to the
suppliant at the throne of grace.
the STAGE OF SPEED.
There has co.iio to oj a keen dis-
tinction, with many a difference, be-
twten our lio-yev ola propaganda of
"preparedness" against war and our
current comprehension of what is
meant by preparation for conducting
this war against the Hun. When Gen-
eral Pershing's and Admiral Sims'
commands brought our Flag alongside
the banners of the foremost two allies,
it marked the close of the stage of
casting-about and the compulsory be-
ginning of the stage of speed in every
phase of military, economic and in-
dustrial arrangements to hold up our
end of the great struggle.
The difference, indeed, is as marked
and as important as that between the
1915 "muddling" in England and the
1916-17 period of determined man-
power, which last has proved and will
continue to prove the salvation of the
allies through the adequate supplying
of English munitions. The stage of
speed is a gratifying, as well as an
obligatory change from the stage of
speech-making. The stage of "get the
thing done" should have succeeded
earlier the stage of political argument
over how to do the thing. It is not
likely that there can be entered any
authoritative denial of this claim, at
least, with reapect to some of the more
essential lines of war preparation; and
both the claim itself and the change of
stages are strikingly exemplified by
the record of the United States Ship-
ping Board.
From this body, during the first
precious weeks (and very disturbing
weeks) of its life, there was "much cry
and little wool." The Denman-Goeth-
ala mixup over steel ships versus wood-
en ahips, one plan of building or kind
of contract versus another kind, or
what-not, had the Government by the
nose and the country by the ears. It
supplied probably the most irritating
phase of the atage of language. There-
fore, there is amendatory justice in the
fact that it is now the Shipping Board
which adduces one of the very highly
encouraging items of evidence that the
stage of mighty and expeditious labor
is the only condition for war prepara-
tions that the Government will tolerate.
Chairman Hurley's announcement of
yesterday concerning the "race to re-
new the world's shipping supply before
German submarines cut it to shreds,'
gains in commendation and enhances
the feeling of encouragement not only
because it ia the earnest of much work
and no words at all, but because of its
very reminder that the task in hand
must be in the nature of a "race"!
In brief, the Shipping Board's new
itatua ia that of a readiness and ability
to build many commerce carriers, and
then many more, with skill and dis-
patch. Chairman Hurley says that
practically all contracts have been let
and the board will now bend all its
energiea toward specific performance
of their terms. "Enough shipping has
been contracted for, to carry America
and the alllea through to victory over
the Teutonic alliance, despite subma-
rine ravages past and present." And
in the way of performance, the board's
every plan and order conforms with
•ha stern fact that time ia of the es-
sence; that speed is indispensable to
success. "If there were no progress
we would be discouraged," Mr. Hurley
declares; "but there is substantial
progress and we are not discouraged.
We hope, however, to have things going
at a greater rate of speed soon." That
hope must be tantamount to more than
a promise; it must be tantamount- to
assurance, for without the greatest
possible rate of speed the Shipping
Board cannot fulfill its mission of
basic support of the armies and peo-
ples of the American-European allies.
And we doubt that we shall hear any
more from the United States Shipping
Board until it shall be enabled to ad-
vise that bottoms are being launched at
a rate that will eclipse any record of
the past and any European record made
by the pressure of this war's necessi-
ties.
Such must be the spirit and the
achievement of every other National
organization and interest involved in
the tremendous business of reinforcing
our allies in France and on the seas,
of sustaining their and our civilian
populations throughout the war, anJ
of bringing to each military establish-
ment of the Liberty governments such
resources as can be spared above and
beyond our own necessities. The latest
news from the Italian front must
quicken thjs sense of the scope and
terms of our obligation—our obligation
to speed up! It appears that the dates
for our full military participation in
the active fields of the conflict are
being steaflily advanced, and there is
no question that our additional weight
cannot too soon be hurled against the
entmy. The appeal for speed should
be regarded in every Government cam-
paign and every project for the co-
operation of communities and individ-
uals toward the winning of the war.
WHAT EXPRESS FILES
TELL OF YEARS AGO
\go Today—iWi
Thirty-Five Yearn
•»_. nie iiriuc
dent of JSuii Antonio and both
friends here
CONSERVATION THE REMEDY.
The Federal Reserve Banks have
issued new currency to the amount of
$117,108,000 since the first of last July
and since their organization less than
three years ago have added $t>44,567,-
000 to our currcncy, in addition to
about $100,000,000 per annum added
by National bank notes and the free
coinage of gold.
So writes a financial expert, who
adds that, at the rate we are going, in
about three years our present currency
will have about doubled in volume and
as a consequence the prices of all com-
modities will also be doubled.
The per capita of the circulating
medium is about double what it was
before the upward trend of prices
marked the notable increase in the cost
of living and the remedy suggested by
the financial expert quoted is a reduc-
tion in the volume of the money in cir-
culation. Just how this is to be brought
about is not clearly set forth, but the
point is made that a plethora of money,
with diminished earning power, always
results in high prices for all commodi-
ties, although the money may be of
standard quality, having suffered no
depreciation from undue inflation.
Probably one reason why money is
so much more plentiful and interest
rates so much lower than previous to
the breaking out of the war is because
so much less of it is being invested in
development enterprises, capitalists be-
ing less inclined to embark in building
and improvements while the war lasts,
and more inclined to keep their money
in circulation through other channels
which offer profitable employment.
Thus it appears from the conclusions
of the financial expert quoted that the
high cost of living is the penalty wc
pay—the salaried and wage-earning
particularly—for unexampled prosper-
ity.
There is possibly some merit in this
contention, apart from the inadequate
supply of various commodities of both
foreign and domestic production and
the extraordinary burden of war taxes,
and also apart from the greed of pro-
ducers and distributors and what the
Government calls "profiteering." The
remedy the Government is applying
through the Food Control Administra-
tion, which embraces practically all
marketable products, minerals and
manufactures, as veil as foodstuffs, is
probably the best that could be devised
in present circumstances. If the gen-
eral public, collectively and individual-
ly, will loyally and earnestly co-operate
with the administration in conserva-
tion and in prevention of extravagance
and waste, it will prove effective in
keeping down, in a measure at least,
the high cost of living which would
otherwise bring about the same condi-
tions of hardships and want in our own
country of bounteous harvests as have
been suffered in belligerent countries
abroad.
It has long since become apparent
that the war is not to be won by the
force of arms and by military strategy
but by the sustaining power of food
and provisions. We have not only to
starve out the enemy, but to prevent
the enemy, from atarving ourselves and
our allies. •
♦ ♦ ♦
An interesting impromptu wedding was
celebrated in Word's Hotel parlor. 1 tie con-
tracting parties being A. .J. VV imams,
prominent attorney, and Miss SulUe Green,
botii of Wilson Count> 'Hie ceremony waa
performed by Hev. 1»r. Podsou, of the Bap-
tist Church, in the presence of a large con-
course of friends.
J. I'ebles, Mayor oi Ib-inptstead, and Z.
II. Hammond of that place were in the
elty last nignt, en route to Monterey on a
mining tour.
4 ♦ ♦
Two building permits were issued yes-
terday : Mrs. l.ertiu Kulili, dwelling,
southeast corner »>t Chestnut 1,11,1 »Starr
Streets; J. K. Smith, dwelling, south side
of Krio Street.
A three-year-old m«ii of Joe llalainuda,
a resident of the Third Ward, swallowed
. a bean duy before yesterday, which lodged
in his windpipe. During last night his
mother was awakened by the child cough-
ing und shortly after taking him in her
arms the child died of strangulation.
The Indian Commission lteports that
there are now 2ttJ,Indians in the 1 nlted
States. Unless the rs<r can be preserved
through civilization, the "setting sun will
be readied before mail) decades pass away.
♦ ♦ ♦
The promotion of (Jeneral McKeuzie to
the rank of brigadier general will be loudly
applauded by the people of Texas and of
the frontier, where lie has friends and ad-
mirers by the thousands. General Mc-
kenzie may be rightly claimed ub a fc>an
Antoiilan as his homestead ia here.
♦ ♦ ♦
Arabi's court-martial will be raised to
the dignity of a State trial. The in-
dictment. against him is, substantially, that
under cover of a white flag he got out
of Alcxundriu and surrendered it to fire
and pillage; that he continued the war
after peace had been proclaimed; and,
finally, that he incited < ivll war, devasta-
tion, massacre and pillage in Egyptian
territory.
Fifteen Yram Ago Today—1902.
Charles Mann, one of the naval recruits
enlisted in this city a few weeks ago, has
written to friends saying he is delighted
with the service. He is at Mare Island
Navy Yard, where he will remain on a
training ship for some,time, and then be
transferred to a man o'-war.
One of the most finished artists with
the circus is a big. athletic, fellow who Is
carded on the program aa Frank Smith,
the world's greatest head balancer. Hut
Smith is not his name. lie assumed that
when he left San Antonio to Join the
circus ten years ago. When he reaches
here he will endeavor to ascertain the
whereabouts of his relatives, but until then
will not make known his real name.
♦ ♦
The general educational State conven-
tion of the Americi.u ltaptist Free Mis-
sion Church was held In this city yester-
day at the New Light Baptist Church. The
convention was held in the interest of a
school at Kagle Lake where fifteen acres
of land have been donated.
♦ ♦ ♦
Col. Butler D. rrlce, recently promoted,
has relinquished command of the troops
at Fort Sam Houston, and Major Kobln
son, of the 4th Infantry, being the senior
line offlced present, has assumed com-
mand. Colonel l'rhe has been transferred
to the ItCh Infantry, stationed at Atlanta,
and will leave for that post soon.
♦ ♦ ♦
Jlerinan Daniel Kampmann died yester-
day morning of a stroke of paralysis in
New York City. The news of Ills death
was received here In a brief telegram. He
! had been ill for the past, two years and
was undergoing treatment in New "York
j when his death occurred. Mr. Kampmann
' was born ln San Antonio September i, 18f>7,
j and was educated in the Polytechnic Insti-
tute at Troy, N. V. On returning to San
Aytonlo he took a clerical position in
Lockwood & lvampmatin's Bank, where he
1 remained for about three years. Later
he organized the San Antonio Gas and
Electric Company, assuming the presiden-
cy. Three years ago he sold out this prop-
erty to the Emerson McMillan Syndicate
of New York. He was also engaged at
different times in other prominent enter-
prises und was the proprietor of the Meu-
ger Hotel.
♦ ♦
The daughter of Booker Washington has
been denied admission to Wellesley Col-
lege because she Is deficient in music.
Of course, the good people up that way
would never admit that complexion had I
anything to do with disqualifying her. )
♦ ♦ ♦
City of Mexico—There is no little con-
sternation felt by the Inhabitants of many
towns and cities In the remote south coun-
try on account of showers of ashes fall-
ing into the extensive region from San
Juan Baiitista, capital of the State of Ta-
basco. and Comitan, ln the State of Chia-
I pas, as far north as Salina Cruz, the west-
j ern terminus of the Tehuantepec National
; Hallway. It is believed by Indians that
a liill near rilaiKjue, where there is a
great prehistoric city in ruins, has sud-
denly been transformed into an active vol-
cano.
BOXES OF CEREALS
FROM SAN ANT
AGENT DISTRIBUTING THEM IN
FORT WORTH ARRESTED,
BUT LATER FREED.
Sreclal Telegrata to Th« Express.
FOHT WORTH, Tex., Oct. 27.--Pleces of
ground glass, several as large as a pin
head or small shot, were found In a sample
box of a breakfast; food being distributed
over the city by a representative of a Sua
Antonio distributing company Saturday
afternoon by detectives. The man who
had been distributing the samples was ar-
rested by orders of Police Chief Porter, but
later released with the understanding tn.«t
fie was not to distribute any more of the
cereal here. The man agreed to this and
advised his employer at Sun Antonio that
he had been stopped.
Although the alarm was general .among
housewives of the city, only three specific
cases have been reported to the police
wherein the food really contained glass,
one came from fire biatiou No. 0. Several
bags full of samples taken from the men
after they were arrested was taken to the
chief of police's office and there a rough
examination was made. Little or nothing
could be obtained from experiments, how-
ever small particles very much resembling
glass were found in several biscuits after
they had been ground up.
Captain O'Donnell of No. 6 fire station
said the men there had obtained several
biscuits and ground them to a powder be-
tween two stones, and in several Instances
fine embrasures of the surface could be
found when the dust was brushed away.
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TRAVIS SOLDIER "LANDS
ON" GUARDSMAN SPEAKING
SLIGHTLY OF "DRAFTERS"
Special Telegram to The Express.
FOHT WORTH, Tex., Oct. 27.—Slurring
remarks at the drafted men made by Na-
tional Guardsmen at Camp Bowie were
responsible for at least two fist fights and
perhaps others.
One of the guardsmen got into an alter-
cation with a newly arrived National
Army soldier from Camp Travis and in
the course of the argument said:
"Well, you're only a drafter, any-
way."
The "drafter" proved that he was not
averse to a fight by promptly landing on
his antagonist's Jaw, which started a brief
but lively fight. Another fight also started
for the same reasou.
Drastic provisions have been made by
regimental commanders here to crush out
any feeling of 111-will toward the new men.
Penalties ranging from twenty to ninety
days' confinement have been promulgated
and ln one regiment the word "conscript"
is forbidden.
Ml DENIES
GENERAL SAYS NEITHER HE NOR
FRIENDS HAD ANYTHING TO
DO WITH TEUTONS.
SEVEN CARS OF GASOLINE
BURNED NEAR PORT ARTHUR
Special Telegram to The Express.
PORT ARTHUR. Tex., Oct. 27.—An In-
coming freight train was derailed while
passing over a trestle Just uorth of town
this morning and 11 cars went Into the
ditch. Seven were loaded with gasoline,
j which became ignited and all the cars were
destroyed. Traffic on the line was stopped
and will remain so until temporary re-
pairs can be made. Southwestern telephone
service was interrupted for several hours.
No one was injured.
BABY LEFT SLEEPING IS
BURNED TO DEATH IN HOME
Brazil's President formally declares
that hia country cannot avoid recoR.
nition of the fact that Germany im-
poses on it a state of war. The gov-
ernment of Norway might be interested
in the reasoning which compels this
concluaion. .
Special Telegram to The Express.
L1FKIN, Tex., Oct. 27.—The little child
of Mr. and Mrs. Bonner M. Massinglll, who
live 10 miles south of town, was burned
to death Thursday afternoon about four
o'clock when the family home was destroy-
ed by fire.
The mother had left the house to go to
her mother-in-law's home near by and
had been gone only n short time when she
discovered her home In flames. She rushed
back, but the roof was falling in as she
arrived. All attempts to save the child,
which was left asleep ln the house, were
futile. The charred body was found aftei
the fire was extinguished.
—
CAMP BOWIE ROLL CALL
EUCITS "QUEER" NAMES
FROM INDIAN RECRUITS
Special Telegram to The Bipress.
FORT WORTH, Tex.. Oct. 27.—The spec-
tacle of 202 full-blooded Indians, who ar-
rived this morning to go Into units of the
former 1st Oklahoma Infantry, was wit-
nessed by a large throng of civilians and
officer*, and the tanglee caused when the
Indians and Mexicaus could not .,r would
I not- speak English, caused much mirth.
The names of the new arrivals provoked
laughter from officers and men alike when
the roll was called. Among the typical
Indian names that would seem more to be-
, long to a story of old frontier days than
to a modern war. were the following:
Mankillcr. Cabin Wilson. Quspsw. Musk-
rat. White Shield. Rising H.-ar. Moses
Bird Creek, Jim Sullivan «u diminutive In
dian). Beaver, Good Eagle, et
A storm of laughter that tLr«*atcn»d to
disrupt the dignified calling of the roll
occurred when a tall Indisn stepped ftut
and gravelv announced that his name was
"Long Bone " He was Immediately fol-
lowed by Chief Bacon Kind.
Special Telegram to The Express.
LAREDO, Tex.. Oct. '11.—Gen. Ram-
Garcla Cuellar, former chief of staff of
President P<*rfirio Pia*. and who was
commander of the Diaz forces in the bat-
tle of Cusas Grandes against the Madero
forces in 1010, had his right arm shat-
tered by a dumdum bullet, who was aft-
erwards offered a generalship in the Ma-
dero armv and served as Governor of the
Federal district, and commandant of Chu-
pultepec Mllijtary Academy during the
Huerta regime in Mexico, today in very
strong terms refuted the statements at-
tributed to Robert V. Pesquiera, financial
agent of the Mexican government, sent
out Thursday under an El Paso date, on
behalf of himself, Gen. Eduardo Yturblde
and Gen. Eugenia Aguilar, all of whom
are iu Laredo and were among the seven-
teen men expelled from Mexico by Car-
ranza last week, General Cuellar today
gave out the following statement to the
press: t .
"I emphatically deny that we had any-
thing to do with German agents or Guj-
mau sympathisers in the City of Mex-
ico. Pesquiera's statement is intended to
throw a shadow of susplciou ou us to
counteract the public indlguatlon at our
brutal and Illegal expulsion which has
been created In this country. Since cross-
ing the border we have promised ourselves
to be as loyal and law abiding in the
United States as we were in Mexico."
Santa I'e Officers on Tonr.
Special Telegram to The Express.
TEMPLE, Tex., Oct. '21.—president E.
P. Ripley, Walker P. Ilines, chairman of
the board, and other Santa Fe Railway of-
ficials and directors, traveling III special
train of seveu private cars, spent an hour
here tonight en route to Galveston, the
train coming from Brownwood ami the
west. The party is making the usual In -
spectlon of the ilnes, following the annual
stockholders' meeting at Topeka lane
Thursday.
Joffre Attends Dinner.
By Associated Press.
PARIS, Oct. 27.—The dinner given the
Louisiana delegates to the New Orleans bi-
centenary celebration last night was dis-
tinguished by the presence of Marshal
Joffre, it being the first time the marshal
had ever appeared at any similar event
in Paris. The presence of Marshal Joffre
was due, Emile Hovelacqne explained
later, to his inability to visit New Orleans
during his recent tour of the United
States.
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Sugar Export Stopped.
Bpeclsl Telegrsm to The Fxpress.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Oct. 27.—1 nder
authority of the War Trade Bourd, customs
officials here have stopped the exportation
of sugar to Mexico through this port. Only
sufficient for family use sold at retail here
is permitted to go over the Rio Grande.
Temple Negroes Called.
Special Telegram to The ExpreaT.
TEMPLE. Tex.. Oct. 27.—The first
quota of negro selectlves from tlie Na-
tional Army has been called for by army
authorities and the local exemption board
has issued a summons to forty-five ne-
groes to appear at headquarters Novem-
ber 2. from which twenty will be chosen.
The/ will be entrained for Camp Travis
on November 3.
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New Be*vllle Minister.
Spec I si Telegrsm to The Express.
BEEVILLE, Tex., Oct. 27.-Rev. . M.
Rader. transferred to the West lexis
Methodist Conference from the Southwest
Missouri Conference, has been assigned to
the pastorate of the local Methodist
Church. He succeeds Rev. John Wesley
Smith, who served the local congregation
nine months and who came also from the
Missouri conference. Ills transfer was only
temporary, however, and he has returned
to his conference.
Weimar Rsra Barns.
Sperisl Telejrrsm to The Express.
WEIMAR. Tex., Oct. 17.—The large barn
of Staches Caeek. a merchant of Iioi'iian.
near this place, was burned Friday night,
entailing a loss of several thousand dol-
lar*. It was filled with feedstuff and ia
practically a total loss.
■
Lyceum at Martlndale.
BpeHa! Telegrsm to The Eiprews.
MARTIN PA Lg. Tex., Oct. 27.—As tlie
•ecoud number of the Martindale Lyceum
Court "The Bohemians ' will appear it tH»
JtepU«t Ckurch, Xkunto;, N *— *
AT HOTELS BEGIN
DANCING ON ROOF NEAR NO-
VEMBER GIVES NORTHERN
TOURISTS A SURPRISE.
Fall and winter social festivities burst
Into full activity last night when gala
throngs filled the hotels for the various
special events that had been announced
for the season opening.
Extra dining rooms were opened at the
hotels for the dinner parties and the num-
ber of diners Is believed to have exceeded
all former marks.
Although it is within n few days of
November, open-air dancing ou tlie roof
of the St. Anthony was lu full swing, the
dancers in many Instances wearing dinner
gowns without wraps of any sort. The
dance was typical of the winter festivity
that Is afforded by San Antonio's climate.
It seems, a strange contrast that T. B.
Baker, president of, the Baker Hotel Com-
pany, returned la At night from Kansas
City, which he had left ln a snowstorm.
All dining rooms were pressed into
service at the St. ^nthony for the dinner
crowds and there wg»re dinner parties also
ln Peacock Alley. Over H00 dinners were
served, and In addition there was a ban-
quet given the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College foot*all men and also a wed-
ding supper party.
Presence of a large number of A. & M.
cadets gathered bere for yesterday's game
and the large number of officers and stu-
dent officers added to the gaiety of the
scene. An occasional allied uniform gave
a cosmopolitan tint.
At the Menger the same rush of dinner
parties was experienced. Both large din-
ing rooms and the private dining room
were inservice aud the number of diners
was over 700.
It was not only for dinner that the large
crowds were experienced, but at the St.
Anthony, which was headquarters for the
A, & >1. team and large cohorts of A. &
M. students and alumni, after the dinner
parties were over, the rooms were pressed
Into service to provide sleeping accommo-
dations.
Last night's festivities were only the be-
ginning of the fall and winter activities.
Halloween a goblin dance will be the fea-
ture on the St. Anthony roof, when an-
other large gathering is expected.
NORTHCUFFETELLS
POLITICIANS SEE
ONTHEHORIZON
CELEBRATION WELCOMING SEO
RETARY OF TREASURY HOME,
SUGGESTS POSSIBILITIES.
T
INSTANCES THIS CANTONMENT
AS EXAMPLE OF AMERICA'S
STARTLING EFFICIENCY.
Nemiber L a
. : ,, asft&rS j
Camp Travis has been singled out h.*
Lord Northcllffe, to give the pc°I>le of
England a- conception of the scale ana
npeed with which America is preparing for
her part in the world war.
The description of what has been done
here appears in the Londou Dally Mail for
September 17. a marked copy of which
has been received by H. N. Blooston of
the Hcrtzberg Jewelry Company.
Referring to the cantonments, Lord
Northcliffos budget to the Mall says:
'Let me describe one of these ♦•ities in
the words of an English eyewitness, one
of the sixteen cities which will accommo-
date the first Installment (087,000 men)
gathered by conscription. These cities are
tangible proof of the efficiency of Ameri-
can methods of organization applied to
war-making. We asked ami obtained per-
mission to see one of the most rapidly
finished. It happened to be 2,000 miles
from New York City. It did not seem to
concern those who extended the very cor-
dial Invitation to us that the Journey was
a lontr one. It is regarded here as we in
England look UDon the lonrney from Lon-
don to Newcastle, or from London to
Glasgow. We were particularly interested
ln the construction because it Is the re-
sult of the activities of a great firm not
unknowu in England- Stone & Webster —
whose ramifications' extend not onlv
through the United States, but to most
parts of the world, in the form of the
International Corporations.
"Early in July there lay, three miles
outside San Antonio, Texas, a stretch of
ground covered with a difficult kind of
scrub or bush. On July tl there appeared
an army of between 9,000 and 10,000 work
men of every known nationality, directed
by young Americans of the Harvard aud
Vale type. The .10,000 arrived In every
kind of conveyance—In mule carts, farm
wagons, horse cabs, motors and huge mo-
tor vans. At the end of the day's work
when the whistle had blown the scene re-
sembled that o< some eccentric, elaborate-
ly staged klnematogrnph film. Together
with the aruiy of 10,000 men came many
kinds of nets "f automatic machinery. The
hard con- n»v roads of the .United States
are now made by machinery with a thor-
oughness and permanence which should
attract attention ln Europe. In this new
town outside of San Antonio, twelve miles
of rail, twenty-five miles of road, thirty-
one miles of water pipe, thirty miles of
sewer were accomplished in forty-five
days.
"The scale of wages Is as surprising to
Europeans as the energy expended. The
average wage for all and sundry exceeded
five pounds a week, carpenters getting
twenty-six shillings daily. Nearly all ma-
terial had to be brought from what ap-
pear to us to be vast distance*. As often
aa not the thermometer stood at 100 de-
grees. yet the dallr photographs taken by
the contractors show that progress was
continuous until on August 23. a ':onslder-
able part of the city wag ready for oc-
cupation. The strongly and comfortably
built huts are all provided with heating
arrangements for the winter, and baths,
hot and cold, are attached to each build-
ing. There are vast stores and office
blocks, several postoffices, a huge bakery,
laundry, stables for 1,300 horses ahd
mules, hospitals, schools. In all between
1,200 and 1.300 buildings.
"And what was being done In Texas
was being done simultaneously in fifteen
other parts of the country.**
FEDERAL BANK STATEMENT
New York Record In Resources Made
During the Weak.
Bj Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 27— Liberty
Loan financing was reflected tonight in
the weeklv statement of the Federal Re-
serve Batiks showing a new high record
of t2.528.A6R.000 in resources, sn Increase
of approximately $80,000,000. Conditions of
banks October 26 waa as follows:
RKSOURCES.
Total gold held by banks, $«77,.S50,000.
Total gold reserve. Sl.*r>03.4:i0,000.
Total reserve®, $1 .M2.1H2.000.
Total earning assets. Including invest-
ments. 9084,90*000.
Total resources. $2."»2S.,!HC,000.
LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities. «*,£»,*5,000.
Gold reserve against net deposit liabili-
ties. 06.5 ptr cent.
Gold and lawful money reserve against
net deposit liabilities. 70.3 per cent.
Gold reserve against Federal reserve
notes in actual circulation. 73.» per cect.
Ask Ita!ius's Extradition.
InterostWmsl News Uerrle*.
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—Extradition or
Gsetano Ascuitte, a notorious bandit of
Chicago. U to be asked of the Italian gov-
ernment. It wa* learned here today that
Asmitte ia serving In the Italian army
and police officials have gone frem bere
to New York to consult with the Italian
Ouasol tkare.
Staff Special to The Express.
WASHINGTON, 1>. C., Ot;t. 27.—Will
Secretary McAdoo be a candidate for tha
; Democratic nomination for President in
I 1!>20V This is the question that is agl-
1 tating official Washington following the
I return of Mr. .McAdoo from Ills "swing
' around the circle' in belialf of tho second
' Liberty bond Issue.
j Today lu Washington was "ftloAUoo
Day." All Washington was Invited to ut-
■ tend a welcoming celebration to McAdoo
j on the White lot, just back of the White
i House, where many a big political boom
i lias been launched.
The Government departments closed at
ii o'clock and invitations were extended
to Cabinet officers, Government officials
and tlie public to attend the tribute to the
Secretary of the TrtAisury. The welcom-
ing meeting to .McAdoo was a grand cli-
max to the Liberty Loan campaign. Every
band in Washington played patriotic airs
I and an immense throng greeted the sec-
jt retary.
Secretary McAdoo has returned from a
Nation-wide trip, which began on Sep-
tember ;;o, during which he made eighty-
seven speeches throughout the country for
the big loan.
I'olitical observers here profess to see
In the McAdoo rally the first gun in tlie
! campaign to make McAdoo standard bearer
' of Democracy in 1020. This, celebration
will, of course, receive the widest pub-
licity throughout the country and it will
have an eclat founded ou the great suc-
cess of the second Liberty Loan, which 19
oversubscribed.
The people will very naturally say that
the success of the loan is due to the great
exertions of the Secretary of the Treasury
and the McAdoo political fortunes will be
considerably advanced toward that great
goal, the White House.
Wise old politicians here say that this
celebration, while it may not be the actual
launching of the McAdoo candidacy, Is a
feeler out, as It were, to work up enthusi-
asm for the secretary and to learii what
the people think about the head of the
Treasury.
On the other hand, there Is not lacking
good evidence that President Wilson, if
all goes well with tho country lind wo
begin to win victories over the German
foe, will himself be a candidate for a
third teem, the precedent of no third terra
established by Washington, which Grant,
tlie great victor of the Civil War, could
not overthrow, means nothing to Presi-
dent Wilsou. The President has ever beca
u breaker of precedents.
A straw which may show the way tne
wind is blowing at the White House and
the President s intentions is seen iu a
statement today by a Cabinet officer to
an Iowa Congressman. Said this Cabinet
offcer, "Mr. Wilson will be renominated
unanimously and he will be elected."
This statement was made by Postmaster
General Burleson, the? shrewdest politi-
cian in the Cabinet, and when Burleson
maket; a prediction it is safe to consider
it the real dope.
At anv rate, official Washington has
decided that if Mr. Wilson is not a eandl-
dute for the third term McAdoo will be
the nominee.
CHARLES HORN SUCCUMBS TQ
INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN
THROWN FROM BUGGY.
Shortly after placing flowers on th«
grave of Ills wife in City Cemetery So. 2,
Charles Horn, a well known resident o£
Sun Autoulo was thrown from the huKsy
in which he wus riding yesterday aud
received Injuries from which he died 4
few minutes later.
The horse became frightened and stnrted
to run. and a sudden turn threw Mr. Horn
from the vehicle. The first news of tlie
accident was telephoned the police head-
quarters, Officer Burrows answering tha
call. The body was taken by the Iieibe
Undertaking Company to their chapel.
The deceased was born In Hanover, (,er-
many lu 1^8, and came to the United
States in 1S3!. He was married lu the
same vear At the time of his death lie
waa living at 1014 South Alamo Street.
Surviving him are three daughters. Mrs.
l.ily Kliefoth. Mrs. A. Seidel and Miss Ida
Horn, and one son, Julius Horn, all of
this city. He was a honorary member or
the Turn Vereln, The funeral will be held
from the chapel of the Iteibe Undertaking
Company this afternoon at 4 o'clock, n-
torment will be made In City Cemetery
No. 2
—
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TROOP
TRAINS IS FRUSTRATED
IXGTOXj Kan., Oct. 27.—What IM
believed to have £een an attempt to wrecc
troop trains was frustrated near here to-
day as the result of an accident. A motoe
handcar on which Will Jonee, Rock is-
land track inspector, and an assiatanc
were riding, was derailed near the city;
limits. The men were seriously
An examination of the track showed that
spikes had been wedged between the rail
ends. An engine passing over them would
have been thrown from the track. Troop
trains scheduled to pass over this line to^
day were detoured. A searching InvMtlga-
tlon Is being conducted by railroad an®
civilian authorities.
FALFURRIAS HERD WINS
MANY PRIZES AT DALLAS
— ■ x ''"
Jerseys Tak*- Eighteen Firsts Out of
riwy-Fi
Twei
Five Shown at the
State Fair.
Special Telegram to T*»
DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 27.—In' "*• 'nd*£f
of Jemey cattle Just completed, the ial-
fnrrlas Jersey herd owned by m C. Lo-
oter were awarded ? Iff!
out of twenty flTe shown. The* Included
first prise In aged herd, breeders In Joni g
herd, calf herd, dairy herd, get of bull
and produce of cow, all herd and group
prises. Thl$ South Texa, herd won first
prise in both bull and heifer classes of
yearlings aud senior and Junior cahres »»
bred by them. They also had the Junior
champion heifer and Junior and grand
champion bull on entries bn-d at Kalfur-
rlas. Their prises alao included first ana
second prizes for eowe with yearly au-
thenticated test record. A bull calf out
of the herd sold at auction for MOO, the
ton price of Uie »ule, and two heifer calvea
and oka rear ling helfet sold for aa aver-
age »r ta>C each. ^
Dlplhrrla at IaaiptHi.
8peel.I T.lr*r>ui I. Tb« Fiprf*.
LAMPASAS. Tea., Oct. 27.—Two deatha
have resulted from diptherla here tblj
week. The S year old .on of Mr. and
Mrs J. X. Odlorne and the 8-year-old aoa
of Mr. and Mrs I.on McLean both 4M
of tha diaeaae. Other cases have been re-
ported. but local physicians thlak the
wa la a.
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