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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1918.
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WORLD'S GREATEST SHORT COURSE
OPENED AT CAMP TRAVIS MONDAY
Jewish Welfare Board Originates New
I Idea In Training Soldiers To
Be Civilians.
MODERN IMPLEMENTS ARE ALSO SHOWN
Men Soon to Be Discharged Urged by Prominent
Speakers to Return Immediately to Farms.
Thousands Throng Fields to Witness Demon-
strations of Better Farming Methods.
The modern method of "beating the sword into plowshare, was demon-
strated at the opening of the agricultural course and exhibit Monday at Camp
Travis, when a camouflaged army tractor of the caterpillar variety was trans-
lormed from an implement of war to an implement of peace, and was used
to pull heavy plows, pulverizers and harrows across the 150-acre tractor demon-
. tration field. Perhaps no other feature of the exhibit aroused more interest
•imong the thousands of soldiers in attendance than this, although the bee
txhibit, the poultry exhibit, the farm implement exhibits, the dairy and farm
1 ghting exhibits were well patronized by hundreds of future Texas farmers.
The exhibit was formally opened at 2 o'clock by H. W. Auerbach of the
Jewish Welfare Board, under whose auspices the affair is being given. Mr.
uerbach thanked the various organizations who had assisted in getting up the
• xhibit, and said that the purpose of it was to teach the young men to cultivate
.e soil from which the wealth of a nation comes, in order that America might
ideed become the treasury of the world. Capt. R. C. Lowry, military officer
1 charge of the event, replied to Mr. Auerbach's speech, and introduced
_.rig. Gen. G. H. Estes, commanding officer of the camp.
"This occasion marks a transition from
n istate of war to a grate of peace," said
eneral Estes, "and the time bus arrived
lien we are permitted to turn our
•oughts and efforts from war, and prep-
ration for war, and to look forward to
prospect of peace, contentment and bap-
:uess. Our Nation expected every man to
o his full duty in the time of war and
•'ie same will be expected in time of peace.
iilMons of our young men bfcve shown
'lemselves ready Lo die for their country,
ml now they must show themselv* >
:• uallv readv and anxious to live fot her.
lie farm is the firm foundation upon
•hich our country is built, but the day
? past when any man can be a farmer,
•'o calling is so complex, so scientific, .-o
•chnleal as intelligent farming, and none
"8pond8 so fully and so gladly to ap-
Ucation of educational and sclentit.c
lethods of handling. Brains make the
est fertilizer that (tin possibly be used.
Mir effort now is to bring to the atten
ion of those young farmers about to lea v.
uilitary service, the meaning of farming
vith brains as a second in command, lb.*
i udertaking is not a collegiate course >11
agriculture, of course, but it is a sinceie
ffort to arouse such an interest that
■ very man may now go ahead and follow
;'ie lead established, and, having the way
ointed out to him here, will with all hi-
{night and with all his intelligence, follow
that way to success and happiness.
Preparedness a Necessity.
'With the return t,o pursuits of peace
ere is one question which at once pr-
uts itself: What guarantee have we thit
"At the
Sign of
the ( lock"
—at Hertzberg's
Give
Watches
—for Christmas
—the gift that
gives daily service
for a lifetime.
—all makes
—all styles
—all prices
here in this, the
largest watch stock in icxas.
Herlzberg's
Ilertzberr'-
Corner
Houston and
St. Mary's St.
ME- ^
(INTER
A Nationally Known
Han Antonio
Institution.
Vour desire to dine
out should take you
to the Gunter Cafe
—where your friends
dine. The best cuisine
and service.
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Thc-Cafc-
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Many a Youngster
Is behind in his class because
his eyes are weak or defective.
Correctly adjusted lenses elim-
inate the cause.
107 BJJOUSTO.MS
HICKS' BL£>o-
San Antonio's Leading
Optometrists and Optician*.
each one will be permitted to follow his
calling to a satisfactory conclusion, to
establish his home to rnlse his family,
and to enjoy the fruits of honest endeavor,
free from interruption by other peopios
and free from the appreheusion of such
«alamity as has befallen France? What
form of national life insurance shall we
take out? What form of military pre-
paredness shall we inaugurate? If tncre
is one lesson from the grtat war for
America, it is the necessity of prepared-
ness. Hau we been as well prepared .n
1U14 as we are now there would have
been no war. Had we been one-half as
well prepared in l'JIG as we are now. the
war would have ended long since, with
enormous saving of life and treasure, if
the amount of money we will pay out in
interest on our Liberty bonds in the next
ten years had been Judiciously spent t?r
reserve supplies, equipment, "raining and
ether preparedeness for ten years prior
to 1P17 there would have been no war. {
'There is but one answer to the ques-
tion of national insurance, and that is
universal training. We must, have a policy
which will take a young man when he
arrives at suy nineteen years of age and
place him In one of our camps for a six
or nine months course of just such train-
ing us our men have been receiving the
last eighteen months. A training of th.'ir
bodies, their minds, their brains and a
military training to fit them for u call of
defense of the country, should it come.
These men then revert to civil life to le-
coine better men. better citizens and truer
Americans.
Would Remove Dangers.
' Preparedness of this kind, in fact, will
} leinove us from the dangers of war. ior
j no one would dare attack us when at
j last and literally it could be fulfilled that
| American bayonets would sweep down
, from the Rockies and drive the foe into
« the sea,'
"Universal training is the only fair wav;
it is the democratic way; it Is the Amer-
ican way. Ail for the Nation and the
Nation for all."
lollowlng General Estes* address Judge
W s. I'ly addressed the men on the sub-
ject of "Texas' Prospects."
"(Jo back to the farm, boys," he urged.
And those of you who have been selling
ribbons or sardines for someone else, go
hunt you a farm! lie Independent!"
| Speaking from a lifetime of experience as
i a resident < f Texas, he told the men of the
excellent prospects ahead of them, if they
would use the right methods of farming,
i "Go back to the farm and live upright,
pure, manly lives, Just as you have been
, taught to live in the army. Let the trib-
ute that General l'ershing paid to the
| American army, when he said that it
was the cleanest army in the world, apply
| to you as well when you go back to
j civilian life. Preserve that standard and
teach your children to preserve it!"
He Your Own Boh*.
| "Be your own boss! own your own \
home! Those are the kind of men upon
I whom the welfare of the countrv depends. '
1 You don't find the Bolshevik is and the In- !
i dustrial Workers uf the World owning
their own homes."
I Judge Fly did not forget the negro sol- \
diers, of whom a large number were pres- j
ent. He "paid tribute to the manner in
which the American negro had helped in '
the war for liberty and told them that !
the Government would help them. too. to !
become independent and to earn an honest I
living on the farm, where they would do j
some real good in the world, instead of j
becoming waiters or chauffeurs.
"And above all," he admonished them. '
in conclusion, "be true to the lessons yo:j !
have learned in the American uniform."
George J. ltoark explained the purpose
of the course and told the boys the po>
sibillties of Southwest Texas when it
came to farming. In behalf of the Chamber
of Commerce, of which he is the assistant
secretary, he extended an invitation to all
of the soldiers to come to that organiza-
tion for aid as soon as they were dis-
charged and said that the Chamber of Com-
merce would be glad to assist them in
purchasing suitable farming land at rea-
sonable prices in this territory.
Hobby Not Coming.
Governor William P. Hobby was invited
to open the exhibit with an address, but
was unable tj be present. The following
telegram from the Governor was read:
"I sincerely regret that it. will be physl-
! eally Impossible tor me to accept'your kind
; invitation to address the soldiers at Camp
Travis December ltf on the subject of
jfheir opportunity along agricultural lines,
i It has become necessary for me to cancel
all engagements between now and Janu-
ary 1"». Please convey to the boys my
intense int rest in the subject and in their
welfare and mv ambition to be instru-
mental in procuring legislation and consti-
tutional enactments which will result In
providing land for all who desire to till the
soil."
John H. Halle, president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, was also unable to be
present.
While approximately "'.000 soldiers we»re
presrnt of their own volition and displayed !
much interest and enthusiasm in both the
lectures and exhibits, it is expected that 1
I even a greater number will witness the »\- j
I liibit today. A number of new features
I will be added each day, among them a fine
exhibit of poultry, which will be ready
i today The best breeds of birds have been
contributed by the various San Anto&lo
poultry breeders. nmong ttteui C. K. Itiley
of the Garden Farms. Fred Wantzloeben.
W T Mitchell of Shadowlawn Firm and
Gut Kward. A special set of rooms will ,
be set aside f< r this exhibit and <>.
Hudson of Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege will point o
various birds. Special exhibition coops
Urges National Preparedness
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BRIG. r.E\. GEORGE If. ESTES.
GOVERNMENT LAND IS IN UN-
DEVELOPED CONDITION. NOT
READY FOR PLOW.
By ALBERT E. BRYAN.
Staff Correspondent of Universal .Service.
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dee. 1»'» -Farmi
capable of immediate crop production for
the returning United States soldiers will
l ave to be found on other than government
public lands.
\\ hile there are approximately 225,000.-
000 acres of remaining unappropriated and
unreserved public lauds in the country,
practically none of this acreage, as a mat-
ter of fact, is ready for the plow.
Only by irrigation, drainage or clear-
ing can the vast public domains of the
nation be converted into lands suitable for
agricultural purposes.
These foets, of especial Interest In view
of the task ahead of caring for America's
army of returning soldiers, are emphasized
in the annual report by Commissioner Clay
Tall man of the General Land Office, Just
made public.
The crop lands, generally speaking, have
gone into private ownership. The report
states that in many of the arid regions
water is not available for reclamation and
that the great bulk of the 225,000,000 acres
is essentially a grazing proposition for
sheep and cattle.
"The point which we desire to make
clear and which the public Lhould under-
stand Is that generally speaking, the re-
maining public lands are not farm lands
in the ordinary sense of crop production
at all," says Commissioner Tallman. This
does not mean, however, that the home-
coming soldier will find the Government
unprepared to furnish him with the op-
portunity of ultimately acquiring a desir-
able home for himself and family. Two
main propositions under consideration re-
late first to giving employment to all who
wish to work at clearing and leveling the
land not now cultivated, but for which
water is available, and secondly, to pro-
viding employment on new irrigation
projects for which surveys are now under
way.
As alternative suggestions, purchase of
lands from private owners and the co-
operation of States as to lands under State
control are mentioned. With such a pro-
gram under way. Secretary Lane of the
Department of the Interior, has said there
need be no solicitude as to caring for the
returned soldier.
During the past year, the report states,
there have been 734 entries under the new
stock raising homestead act, embracing
230.578 acres. The total area of public and
Indian lands entered and allowed during
the year was 9,974.331 acres.
Withdrawals of approximately 25,000
acres from the National Forest reserves
for agricultural purposes is announced by
the Secretary of Agriculture. This action
is pursuant to an order of the President
Issued shortly before his departure for
Europe, upon the recommendatiou of Sec-
retary Houston. The lands had been
classed as mainly agricultural, and pres-
ent needs of the Nation require their full
utilization.
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american foreign trade
facilities to be enlarged
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Men's Gift Headquarters
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Copyright Jiart Schaff aor A Marj.
Dress Up
The soldiers at home and
the fighters who are com-
ing back want clothes that
reflect the smiles in their
faces and the gladness in
their hearts. Good happy
styles of all-wool quality
that typify the spirit that
has won.
The clothes we have are
that kind—Hart Schaffner
& Marx clothes—stylish
and made in the best quality
—clothes that last longest
and save most. Dress i'p
and smile—now is the time.
Overcoats . .$25 to $50
Suits $30 to $50
Stylish Hats..$4 to $15
'omby-Jones Co.
509-11 East Houston St.
Hurley Shoes
athletic events, such as boxing matches
Dr. 11. II. Harrington, agricultural direc- i
tor for the Southern Pacific & Gulf Hail- [
road, and formerly president of the Agri- j
cultural and Mechanical College, av111 ad-
dress the men on Thursday and 1 l"*. iy.
Fred W. Davis, State Commissioner cf
Agriculture, will also arrive the latter part
of the week.
Mr. Auerbach, who is In charge of the
affair, together with the military officials,
expressed himself as highly pleased with ;
the success of the first day's course.
"Of course we have hardly gotten started
yet," he said, "but the enthusiasm of the
men is wonderful. I didn't know there were
so many of them that were s«> vitally in-
terested in farming. It certainly bodes* we
for the future of the country.
A Thoughtful Mother
Is one who gives her son a suit from
Lent/, for his Christmas gift. Suits or-
dered before the lath will be finished for
Christmas.
LKNTZ. "tailor. '
3f2 West Commerce Street.— (Adv.)
W.S.S.
TEXAS COMPANY VOTES TO
INCREASE CAPITAL SIC
Increase of From SI!!),375.(;0(« to
000,000 Authorized at \nntia
Meeting of Stockholders.
Special Telegram t.» The i;\j.r<-*.
HOUSTON, Tex., l»r.-. p;. -Increase in
the capital Stock from $G9,374^600 to $85,-
000,000 was authorized at t . annual meet-
ing of the stockholders of r: <- Texas Com-
pany held in the company building Mon-
day morning. At a meeting of the direc-
tors following immediate];.. K. c Lufkin
of New York was n i-|, , > president < f
the company, and ai'
returned.
The Increase in ri.
the purpose of tyking
activities of the oar
ting employe- ,o a
The stockholders c
director®: Arnold s
T. ,1. Donoghue. < I' Dodge, It. C. lloline
K. C. Lufkin, G. I. v.bl.. .1. .1. Mitchell!
A. I*. Hepburn, J. N Hill. Amos L l;.-aty,
W. A. Thompson Jr. and U i;. jtrooks.
At a meeting of the newly elected direc-
tors the following offi crs uere re-elected;
E. C. Lufkin, president: 1 J. Donoghue.
first vice presindent; R < IL-Iaic-' vi--e
president; G L NobN. vie pre-i-bnt; W.
A. Thompson Jr. vi , pi-. , j • j j.
Miglietta, vi e pre- ::rn,-• , r ,u"
assistant to the first vice pre j., tit: \mes
L. Beattjr, gener.if i-.-ini- .: tp
secretary: A. C. Miglietta, assist
tary and assistant t r* a •:r«
.assistant secretary n i
urer; Guy Carroll. -Sta
assistant treasurer: s. .i
secretary: W. C M.r
retary: A. II Don- Lhu
urer: G. W Foster. a-»S
It. Tobey, assistant trea
land, comptroller.
W.S.S
SAN ANTONIO JURIST
SPEAKS AT CAM? TRAVIS
Ity Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 10.—Expan-
sion of the Government's facilities for pro
motlng foreign trade is urged in the annual
report of the chief of the Bureau of For-
eign and Domestic Commerce, made public
today. The report said it is inevitable that
the Fnited States will play a more Impor-
tant. role in international trade than ever
before, and that it is a matter of the great-
est urgency that the Government increase
its efforts to have the new trade built <»n
omid ethical and economic foundations.
Extension of the commercial attache an I
trade commissioner services was particu-
larly urged, the reporting that the value
of the promotive work clone by thes,• fiel I
representatives in the past now was gen-
erally conceded. New attache- were nske l
for a number of new posts, such as Horn",
Madrid, Ottawa, City of Mexico, Santiago,
Chile and Athens.
Employment of trade commissioners to
travel from plu< » to place in a specified
district also was recommended. The coun-
tries now in view for such work are Co
loinbla and Venezuela, the Dutch East In-
dies, Egypt, South America and New Zea-
land.
W.S.S.
MEXICO'S CONDITIONS BETTER
Development of (Country's Resources
Being Rapidly Taken Up.
Special Telegram to The Express.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., Dec. 10.—Despite re-
ports of threatened revolutions and coun-
ter-revolutions ia Mexico, business is going
on undisturbed in the sister republic and
bids are made for American capital and
enterprise in the development of the mnav
resources of that country.
In a Pdter to the Eagle Pass Chamber
of Commerce Senor Enrique Guerra, Gov-
ernment industrial agent of the State of
Coahuila and pi" -Ident of the Coinpania
industrial Finai:« icra Mexicana of Saltllio,
says: "We desire to make known to the
world, and espe ia 11 y to the business men
of our -leighboi the United States, that
our doors are opcji to all who may desire
to come to our country to invest in any
line, giving particularly good concessions
to agricultural and Industrial as well ats
mining propositions. We desire to become
better acquainted and thus create closer
commercial relations with your country
and to that effect we have formed state
and nat; >nal industrial departments, so
that through thcui our rich resources may
be made public.'
W.S.S.
no importance attached
to killing of mexicans
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 1«.~No
great importance is attached by officials
here tthe diplomatic exchanges resulting
from the clash at T&mplco on November
li8 in which members of the armed naval
guard of the American steamer Monterey
killed the captain of the Mexican customs
guard and mortally wounded another Mex-
ican soldier. Reports of the Incident are
held to show conclusively that the Amer-
icans acted in w?lf defense and it is ex-
pected that this will bo conceded.
W.S.S.
GLASS IS NOW TRJF.ASURER.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., I>ec. lfi.—Carter
Glass of Virginia was sworn in today
as Secretary of the Treasury. The oath
was administered by Judge James Hay
of Virginia, of the Court of Claims.
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! ■ t «1 stock Is for
are el the increased
ay and of permit-
ire stock.
'■ted the following
et. L. H. Lapham,
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Jl DUE W. S. ri.Y.
wer ?
f.u emissary of Count Crernln. The offer
w:,-- so '»repost rous that General Smuts
is reputed to ha-c dismissed It with one
word: "N'ver."
He Is understood to favor the league >f
natlous project.
W.S.S.
IWiiutifii 1 Roselawn Cemetery.
Family lots $T.0, with free perpetual care,
on easy monthly payments. Phone Crock
ett 34 'JO. State'Hank Bldg. (Adv.)
W.S.S.
discharged negro soldier
hanged by kentucky mob
W. W. l'.ruc
i'.iym
assistant treas-
it tre . -arer : I».
<4r; Ira M Iar-
^ By Associated Press.
HICKMAN. Ky.. Dec 16.—Charles LewU
a discharged negro soldier, who Is allege 1
to l ave attacked Deputy Sheriff Al Thome s
when the latter attemt»* m1 to arrest nlm
, \e terday. was banged bjr a nob mas . i
i men at i : ler Station, ne.tr here early t>
i day. Thomas was badly be..t»n Lewis
! is said to have refused t<i subn .t to arre>*
j en the ground that, his ; rmy i.nitorm ffla-1'
j him immune from arre-t by a .*"11 officer.
!I< was charged with having held up and
j robbed several other negroes
general SMUTS RESIGNS .,0 TfU||0 . ||/r unnn'P
FR0MBPmSHWARCABi.NET NO I0N!b LIKE lijOD S
ut the fine points of the By Universal Fervier.
LONDON, De. ie. jillJ riiri^tlan
Smuts tende^d Itih. resignation today as ^
member of tue War Cabinet.
have been furnished by the Lone Star Poul
try Association. The livestock exhibit will '
also be ready either today or tomorrow, and
i the farm implement exhibits will be com- I
; pleted.
Tmctors Attract Interest.
Due to the delay in getting started, it
was Impossible to carry out the exact
lecture schedule, but it was stated that
the course will begin today, according to
regular schedule. Most of the afternoon
was spent by the men in viewing the va-
rious exhibits, and in watching the tractor 1
demonstrations.
Wednesday Is to be the "hlg day" of i>e
demonstratio n At this time a sham baltle
will be featured, in which infantry, srtil-
lery, machine guns.• airplanes and all the
paraphernalia of modern warfare will be
shown in action. There will be music every .
daj by various bands, and « number of 1
General Smut*, the former Bo,.r leader
has risen sin e tnc outbreak of t., war*
to one of the leading statesmen of tht
British Empire and has been one of the
strornr p.liars of t:„ I.l...v,l r-z- ,
government. II resignation com# ,»n th»
heels of the retirement of Lr»rd Ho>»eri
<>cll as Under-Sc.retary of Mar- for For-
eign Affairs.
General Smut - has repeatedly attra-te,I
worid-w. 'e att'M.iian b> ...... .j„.s r-vealin-»
unusual breadt i of vision and incisive
frankness. He has been considered one of
IJoyd George's most trusted advisers \
year ago he wa? stnt to give a hearing io.
the name of the British government to a
secret peace plea by Austria, made through
Sar^aparilla For a Time I ike This,
After influenza, the ('rip.
When purified blo< d. rebuilt strength and
J regulated bowels ure essential.
I In the after-effects of influerza. the grip
and other prostrat.ug diseases. Hood s Sar-
; saparilla has remarkable health-healping
It expels the poisons that have weakened
and depleted the blood, < .'-inS
i anemia, flabby flesh and la\ muscles. It
is the standard blood remedy witB a suc-
! cessful record of nearly fifty year*.
Many people—it Is realtv astonishing
how many need a fine, genti»\ easy eathar
tic in these trying times. We recommend
, Hood's Pills, used in the best families.
and equally effect.ve with delicate women
| or robust men. Easy to take, easy to j
j operate. (Adv.) I
Pant) G.—The White Naphtha Soap is the fastest
# working laundry soap you can buy.
It dissolves more quickly than other white or yellow laundry
soaps. It makes a rich suds in 30 seconds.
You do not have to wait to heat water or to soften it, for
the soap works effectively in cold water as well as hot, in
soft water as well as hard water.
It moves dirt faster and calls for less effort because it com-
bines the remarkable cleansing powers found only in the
purest white laundry soap, with the well known detergent
strength of naphtha.
'AND
GTHE white
NAPHTHA SOAP
Biggest, heaviest cake of white laundry soap on the market
Saves time and work wherever you now use
Laundry Soap or Naphtha Soap—white or yellow.
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