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RULE"—AND RUN.
Berlin Socialist Vorwaerts. Germany
never has ruled, and does not rui-.
and never will rule tlie world! i li', the j
Mime token, "Britons never will |
slaves," and we hail Columbia as a [
happy land, and the sons of l-ran-e |
have fully awakened to glory, i
So we say that even the crocodile
will read the lament of Vorwaerts dry
eyed. Germany was sueii a disgusting i
spectacle in her days of "rule" that j
myriad people must refu;-.' 10 look upci .
her as a pathetic spectacle in her re-
sultant days ot ruin.
\ LAV SERMON.
I.. ; ili,- lnr>:.kc* lus way, .inn ' ii.-
lii..'i|,-btt'Ous mini bis tluuchis. ilsniab, iv.i
To the pure, all tilings are pure; tn
the prurient, all things are prurient.
The cliamelion takes color from the
obiect with which it is associated;
thought takes iis shape and color from
the mind in which it is conceived. It
is good or bad according to the source
of its inspiration. If the mind he pure
..lid ciean. it will give forth only clean
thoughts, because it will harbor no
other sort. Cleanliness ol body i.- an
essential of physical health, and clean-
\ liness of spirit can alone make lor
j spiritual elevation. To think evil is
i to do evil, and communing with ev:l
i thoughts leads to the commission of
, evil deeds. Keep the heart pure and
rile mind clean and ihere can he no
temptation to sin, nr at least none tha.
may not be easily overcome. If we
permit our thoughts to flow in unclean
channels they must of necessity be-
come foul, and yet, having become ac-
customed to an atmosphere of filth,
they will revel in it and so debase the
mind as to rob it of purity and of every
coloring save that which is vile.
It has been said there is nothing
cither good or bad, but thinking makes
it so. Not always, perhaps, but most
generally, it is the point of view, gov-
erned and controlled by a pure aiU
well-trained mind, or by a diseased or
disordered imagination. V/e do right
when we think right, and we think
right only wh.*n we arc clean minded.
Then whatsoever we think is bad nuist
be so and whatsoever we think is good
is, or, becomes so.
Emerson says "spiritual force is
stronger than material; thought rules
the world," hut greatest i- lie who rules
his thoughts and keeps in subjection
such as arc unworthy. "Garner up
pleasant thoughts in your mind, for
pleasant thoughts make pleasant lues,
and so we should treasure them to the
exclusion of the sort lliat bring worry
Germany must accept any terms of-
fered her, regardless of how unjust
and humiliating they may be. From
the tenor of President iison s declara-
tions. and more especially the tone ot
the English and French press, the eon
ditions to be imposed upon Germany
will touch the heartstrings of every
erman. _u-ho has it i ai|d trouble, that do wrong to others
as well as to ourselves, that are the
seeds of discord, or that may be
temptations to evil, because they are
impure and dcarading. Jonathan Ed-
wards says: "Temples have their
sacred images and we see what influ-
ence they have always had over a
great part fo mankind; but in truth,
the ideas and images in men's minds
nre the invisible powers that constant
tly govern them, and to these they all
pay universally a ready submission.'
Said Marcus Antoninus: "The happi-
ness of your life depends upon the
quality of your thoughts, therefore
guard accordingly; and take care that
you entertain no notions unsuitable to
virtue and reasonable nature."
If there be no evil thoughts, there
will be no evil tongue lo give them ex-
pression, and even worse than thinking
evil is speaking it. The tongue is one
of the greatest agencies of mischief,
of discord and of home and heart
wrecking that curses mankind and
womankind. Give thy thoughts no
tongue if they are unclean, for their
tendency is to debase and pollute. To
give utterance to them is to confess the
uncleanliness of creative or induigent
mental source. According to Solomon,
life and death arc in the tongue. "Such
as thy words are, such will thine af-
fections be esteemed; and such as thine
"Wer hat es gesagt
said?—the unsubdued hyphenate may
demand. Why, the preceding para-
graph is the effect of an editorial in
Vorwaerts, Berlin—the leading oiga.i
}! the German Socialists.
If Vorwaerts was "permitted'' to say
(his, it is significant of the Hohenzol-
lern-Hun government's imminent pros-
tration. If Vorwaerts said this with-
out permission, it is nevertheless true
tj the extent that "Germany must ac-
cept any terms offered her," now or a
little later on.
Self-respect forbids any argument
with a German Socialist editor anent
the matter of "injustice" to Germany,
it having been infallibly demonstrated
that a denizen of Deutschland knows
as mucht about "justice"—except as a
subject for hypocritical whining when
he is brought to book for his crimes
of injustice and brutality--as a cow
knows about aviation. The least said
sbout German "justice," and the Ger
man's "heartstrings," the better. Dante
Alighieri, we remember, consigned
hypocrites to the nethermost circle ot
his visioned hell.
But as to the "humiliation" of the
Germans, that is something else, yet
besides. That is something over which
not even a crocodile would shed tears.
That is something as inevitable, just
and proper as the well-known truths
- - .. . . , ,, „„j | affections, wil be thy ueeds; and such
that pride goetn before a fall, and tne ] ' > "
_ . . j 4. „ , ic ! as thy deeds will be thy life, said
waees of sin is death, and deflation •= - , .
s .u: .i,„. „„„ k,m,n ! Socrates. If thy thoughs be clean and
pure so must be the language in which
they are clothed.
.. . „ „-j 11 " you wouid fathom the character
m liated ? How to avoid it—even if we , . . , , . , ,
7, - • •„ .i, „ r,rM ' 3,,£' mental processes of one with whom
umnH ? Th«»r#» m nn wav in the world
the most painful thing that can happen
to a swelled head.
Germany and the Germans "hu
would? There is no way in the world
Shortly after our country entered
the war, a Gotham suburbanite told,
in the New York Commercial, of a re-
markably illuminating experience: He
was passing through a residence street,
and encountered a little group of Teu
tonic children in wartime controversy
with a little group of American chil-
dren. To clinch the argument, one ot
the Teuton tots burst out defiantly:
"Te Germans will rule the world!
The youngster did not suck that out
of his thumb. He sucked it out of his
meals with his hyphenated parents, in
his home, along with the sauerkraut
and beer.
"We Germans will rule the world!
So it was in Berlin; so in New York;
to in St. Petersburg; so in Pekin; so
in Cape Town; so in Rio de Janeiro;
so in the South Sea; so throughout the
Seven Seas.
you are thrown in contact there is
probably no better way of judging tSin
by his speech, for that alone affords
an index to the dominating thought.
Ribald speech, blasphemy, coarse and
vulgar insinuations and allusions are
apt to show a vulgar trend of the mind
which admits such thonghts and sug-
gestions to clog and besmirch its chan-
nels. That is the sort of self-debase-
ment that finds favor with like minds
and its harmfulness grows by what i'
feeds upon. How much better it would
be if we tried to cultivate a pure mind,
and turned away from the coarse and
ribald as we would from anything that
defileth or that would offend good
taste and good discrimination!
The tongue is at once the best and
j the worst part of man, and has been
j the author of more mischief, more
j misery and more destruction than the
| sword. "Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking guile,"
tuesday's election.
By-elections will be held throughout i
the Union next Tuesday, and despite i
the fact the chief concern just now is j
the winning of the war, a vast deal ot ,
partisanism is being imccted into the |
contest lor control of the next Con- j
gress.
In these elections, members of the |
popular branch of Congress will be j
chosen in all uic States, but until the |
past week or >o there was little appeat-
unee of o.ircme partyism, though each
political party has named its candi- .
dates and, in an individual way, each
I as prosecuted his canvass.
Reccntiv a question has arisen as to j
the advisability of electing members oi i
Congress of the President's own po- f
litical party, 8* art endorsement,of his ,
Administration and as most likely to
he in harmony therewith. As against
this contention assumed by the Demo-
crats, Republicans claim that they j
have, tor the most part, loyally sup-
ported the war measures ol the Ad-
ministration, while some of the Demo-
cratic Congressmen have not. Looking
at the matter in this way, a great many |
of the voters, perhaps a very large !
majority, who put country above party j
will vot- for 100 per cent Americans j
without regard to party label, wherever j
there is a loyalty distinction between |
opposing candidates, it any such there ;
be. This may not be true • f hide-bound i
partisans of a political party, a^ it cer- j
fairly will not be ot self-seeding party j
leaders who have axes to grind; but J
tlie masses of the voters, of whatever '
party, are loyal to the Government, and
whatever may be Ihe political complex-
ion of the House of the new Congress
to be chosen next Tuesday, it will re-
flect the loyal sentiment of the country
and will be an endorsement to the Ad-
ministration.
The terms of thirty-two members of
the Senate will expire with the present
Congress, March 3, next. Nominations
for these were made during the past
snnmer, and candidates for the nomi-
nation who were not supposed to be
whole-hearted supporters of the Ad-
ministration's war policy were general-
ly turned down in the party primaries;
so, whatever may be the issue of the
election, there will be no lessening ol
the pure brand of Americanism in the
Senate of the new Congress.
As the two great political parties
now .stand in Congress, they arc nearly
evenly divided, with the Democrats
holding an advantage in the Senate
which they are likely to maintain. As
lo the political complexion of the next
House, there is considerable doubt, in-
asmuch as the result of a general elec-
tion can never be foretold with any
degree of accuracy. The best guess,
however, is that the Democrats will
hold their own, because the Adminis-
ttation has the confidence of the peo-
ple and must be accorded the prestige
of successful prosecution of the war.
mercy to the turk,
after all.
In contemplating the twenty-one cx-
ce.ient, salutary terns of the armistice
granted to Turkey by the allied powers,
one must iook wi'n especial fivor on
Term No. 16 and Term No. 20:
Ail Germans and Austnans must be
expelled from Turkey within one
month.
Turkey must sever all relations w ith
the central poweis.
We are not disposed to cjvi1 af the
time limit of one month for the de-
Teutonization of Turkey, though one
week would be more lo our Iikmg and,
we think, quite ample. Morovcr, Ihe
shorter period would be kinder to Tur-
key. In the words of the unhappy
Carton, it is a far, far better thing that
the allies are doing for her than she
has ever done for herself. Without the
Germans, it is a far, far better rest that
she goes to than she has ever known!
Rottener than the rottenest in her na-
tional mixture cf cold-blooded Moham-
medan cynicism and passionate Ger-
man "kultur," without the "kultur" she
will be somewhat less rolten.
in Term 16 and Term 20 we discern
that the allies are showing an un-
strained quality of mercy to the Turk,
after all.
WHAT EXPRESS FILES
TELL OF YEARS AGO
THIHTV-I It 1. VK.1B9 A(IO TOD.\V—HM-
The following sat.'s ot city property wciv
Made tills wei'fc: »• -litem ., of J. A. I'ulimi
to It. A TIIih-s, Ja,n.)l>; rcrtldenec ot' (ius A. j
Kauipiuiinu to L>. C. Mlt.-ii.-Il. $8,000; r^sl- i
dene- of \v. Ksscr to .1. W. Hnunlg. .f.'t.Odil;
I'i'si.icin-p oi .Mrs. L. o. Crawford to I.- A- j
Hayiien, si.sou: residence of Mrs, Nelson
t" J.\ Ktiiz, W.SOO.
♦ ♦ ♦
uogarding tiw proposed Son Antoui®.
Colorado City & Kansas City Hallway, t.
Ot Vogei gi "Tlie president <'i the 1 olo*
iudo .National P.ank will visit S;.n >utouiu.
und probably Hoerno, In a fortnight to ro
«<»lve subscriptions to stock, and it N
hoped that San Antonio will respond in :
proportion to her wealth ami ttiat Doerno I
^ill take .stock siifflelent entitle her to
nr. lo.'isr one director In the company. !• '
is intended to begin soon a- !>iacticable
tiif construction of this roail troin t'olo
ratio Oit.v toward San Antonio, and l'rom
Sail Antonio, via P.ocnie. '•» Colorado Cit.v.
1 hen, us Kunn a- colim- Hons ute made, to :
«'vtend the n ad to n port «-n the gulf coast. ,
Ihe Kansas road v.'ili .;■ • in the San An
tonlo, Colorado City A. Kansas < ity Rail- ■
loud, to form a trunk line."
♦ ♦ ♦
A reward ol *l«> i- oi t. i- I by t! sports
men of Gainesville the i- r-oii who kills >
tiie largest number of hawks up to March |
I. next. A sworn statement will be ac-
cepted as pi oof.
♦ ♦ ♦
ih-rlin The bureau of statistics ^ives the
Imports of grain into <.« rman> from Jan-
uary I til September "o, which show a
decrease compared with the same period of
]x.s'j; while exports show an increase in
wheat ami o:;ts. The municipal council has
contributed 100,000 mark- to the fund for
the l.uther Institute in I-elpsic. and *o0,-
oon to a monument for Luther in I'.erlln.
♦ ♦♦
Cairo. K{i*vpt The report ol the detent ot
the r»iise Prophet and the slaughter or
his army by Hicks I'asha, is discredited.
The military authorities consider that
rii ks I'asha s army was seven days march
from Klobelo. at the time of the alleged
victory.
SOUD SOUTH IS i WELL PAVES If NATIONAL LEADER
BACK OF WILSON FOR QUICK TEST OT
democratic victory assured
in all but four congres-
sional districts.
IliTKKN VJi.X \(,<> TODAY—lM):t.
W. II. West, expert accountant, after
working six months on the city's books,
has made final reports to the city council.
It covers 'he period from March 1, 1S00, to
February I'M, 1003, ami is a complete ex-
position of tlie city's books for that period.
It comprises tables of the claims due the
city, as well as the municipal indebtedness.
There are no startling disclosures, though
there are some discrepancies and small
shortage'-, due to clerical and other errors,
and there are some severe criticisms <>f the
systems of bookkeeping in the various de-
pa rtments.
» ♦ ♦
linllding permits: I. It. Baldwin, cottage,
McKinlev Avenue; \V. H Uromgoole, cot-
tage, Blaine Street: Ceiedonlo Rodriguez,,
frame house, Smith Street; Arthur <»nen
ther. rebuilt house. South Alamo Street;
Kric Alenger, addition, North Laredo
Street; M. II. Krvkinc, addition, Brooklyn
Avenue.
♦ ♦ ^
< ol, A. W. Houston, president of the
Bexar County Bar Association, has ap-
pointed the foil.-wing committee on organ-
ization. constitution and by laws: Leroy
O. Deaman. chairman; William Aubrey,
Charles W. Ogden, Frank If. Wash, George
ft. Hlnes. As soon as the committee com-
pletes its labors. President Houston will
call a meeting of the association to re-
ceive and net on its report
♦ ♦ ♦
If the War Department refuses to give
Frofeh-or Langley the $30,000 he wants to
• nn v <>n his air experiments, he might, tak*
a flier through the postofflce department
and m-o whether It has that much left.
♦ ♦ ♦-
TodsCft election *ill decide whether
it lore Roosevelt or Arthur Pugh Cn'"
man i.*. the greatest man in Maryland pop-
tics. and uiay also vindicate Miss HuUla
Todd, who had to give up the postoffl-'c
because of the same sort of pernicious
activity in Maryland politics which the
President himself began to exercise Im-
mediately thereafter.
A Montreal newspaper is agitating the
annexn!ion of Canada to the Fnitcd States,
with the understanding that each province
of the dominion shall be allowed two Seu-
atora in the Nationally congress.
ASSESSING PROPERTY
"We Germans will rule the world!
No beer garden no strictly Cermwi ^ ps#]m ^ ^
organization for the satisfaction of the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
s gregarious instinct e eu onic_ I tongues of men and of angels and have
' instinct ii' any land, lacked familiar- i ^ char , am be£ome8as
itv with that oompons, arrogant decla- .
,n »•> ■ v r " trass and a tinkling cvmbal
rrution: It belonged with the beer and
lent nutriment to the pretzels. It went
v-ith the red face and the spiked mous-
taches. Without it, and without its
aamnable significance, there would
have been no excuse for bellowing
"Deutschland ueber nlles" and hoching
the Kaiser—even in the shadow of the
Statue of Liberty, that goddess whom
so many Germans professed to seek in
this country more than a century ago.
H was the bloat-disejse resultant of the
"Melfpolitik" of "Gross Deutschland'
ihat Hohenzoilcrn crammed down the
ihrorts of bis mentally lethargic sub- "0 jov, 0 bliss.O rapture.' Let hap
jects ill over the world. piness now .'lap'" The Czechs ana
And now—what? "Germany must j Slovaks soon will wipe the Hapsourg
off the n>a»'
. , . ... „ _nrt i orass ana a iinxnng cymoai. Charity
It belonged with the beer an?. ...
j tridleth the tongue when it is evil dis-
posed toward fellow mortals, and a
clean mind and a pure heart harbors
no thoughts tint set an idle or a vicious ,
tongue to wagging. If we have clean I
thoughts, we shall have clean speech,
as well as clean de.-ires. and righteous-
ness will prevail.
Prof. Ernest Denis considers that the
situation arising from the Berlin peace
proffers was "admirably handled by
President Wilson." But then, M. Denis
is merely an eminent French educator,
publicist and nationalist. He is not
presumed to know the desires and de-
; mands of his own people. G. O. P.
politicians in Washington will not hesi-
1 tate to contradict him.
Alien Property Custodian Palmer an-
nounces that there are no more Ger-
man woolen mills in the United States.
What has become of the old-fashioned
j hyphenate of 1916 who wanted us to
go to war with England over the mat-
ter of German cloth and German
i dyes?
Whether or not the Bolsheviki have
I decided to massacre all members ct
the Russian upper classes, the world
woula be decidedly the gainer if the
Russian upper classes were to mas-
sacre the entire pack of Bolsheviki.
"Street in Prague to be remained for
Wilson.'' Yet besides, there is a street
in every German city that will be ra
named for somebody other than Wil-
hclm.
Tlmrf aro numerous Instances of Injudi-
cious meusuivs tending lo produce i-esulis
diametrically nppuslto l-> those intended,
one of the most stiikiiiK illustrations being
tiie so-called uniform rule In valuing proj)-
ertv for taxation. Tliougli declared to he
perfect in theory, it lias operated lu reality
to produce Kt'osly unfair au.l unjust class-
ifhation.
Tills is admitted even by tlie opponents
to tlie pen.line admirable amfn.lineiit to
tlie (ililn Constitution v.hicli abolishes the
ninety-three veal's old uniform rule in this
State! and seeks to confer upon the Gen-
eral Assembly poiver to clngfcify property
und provide for a uniform rate for each
class thus created.
In taxation it is only what one pays
tl.at counts. High valuation usually means
a low tax rate and a high tax rate a low
valuation, things to which the taxpayers
give little hee.f, being concerned only In
paving the bill rendered. U> making val
tuitions different for various kinds of prop
ort* the assessor really installs a crass.-
fixation SI heme while asserting Its uni-
formity because the tax rate Is the same
in all cases.
The rule should not be the value of
property, but the ability of the thing as
...«^eil to meet tlie tav No one will assert
with iustt.-e that a "S per .-cut municipal
bond should pay the same rate as a busi-
ness property yielding 10 or l.i per cent.
In,-nine taxes are paid according to the
assessed person s yearly taking, and. unite
properly, not upon the value of the things
from which the money comes to him. In
their essence they represent the classifica-
tion plan which is proposed for adoption
at the cle.-tlon In November.
It is gratifying to observe that the
agricultural Interests, which have been the
bulwark against this reform, are beginning
to see the light. This comes streaming
in upon them from other States where the
chislsflcatlon plan baa been adopted. In
even case vast amounts of hitherto tin
taxeil Intangible property have come out
of hiding, an.l l^-en placed upon the tax
rolls with the effect of largely increasing
revenues nnd redi:< lug the rate* upon real
ami visible ueraonal property. -Cincinnati
I'.uquirer
— w.s.s.
From the Mail Box
WRONG POLITICAL METHOD.
To the I -1:tor of The t'.ipress Uefer-
ring to the President's attempt to ' make
it nafe for the 1 »einocratP," and his de
f.nsc that In 1HPM certain Republican*.
Harrison and Roosevelt, neither of them in
office, and Senator Lodge asked the elec-
t.on of Republican Congreaamen in aup-
port of Pre ideut McKinley. the apologists
for Mr. Wllnon do not consider that, ill
smh a plea on such grounds was wrong
tin i* as now. regardless of who urged
it; (2) the plea then was purely personal
with these parties, two of whom were non
freeholders: and (*» President McKinley
made no such appeal either personally or
officially .
Did Mr Wilson then rote for a Repub-
lican for emigres* on exactly the same
grounds that he now seeks everyone to
vote for a Detnoi rat? He had all the more
reason to do so, for st that time tha
blghent persoual and political ideals of
the Democrats were Bryan and free si I
TUEO M PLfMMER.
San A nt on If. Oct. 81. 1W1M.
W.S.*.-
KELLY FIELD INSTRUCTOR
FLIES TO FORT CROOK, NEB.
r.y \»M.<'intet| Press.
ATLANTA, <»a.. Nov. U. Support of
the Democratic administration declared by
President Wilson to lie necessary to suc-
cessful conclusion of the war and to peace
negotiation*, already has been granted in
the South, through the Democratic pri-
maries, in which all except one man point-
ed out by the President as having failed
to support the administration were elitei
uated.
In practically every race in the South
for the two houses ut Congress except «n
two Congressional districts in Tennessee
and one each in Virginia and North c.u\»-
lina, Democratic nominees are assured of
elections next Tuesday, in lis primaries
last summer that party ss\cpt out of the
Held Senators Yardnmun Mississipot
and llardwick of (icoigia, declared by the
President io have failed iu aupportlng
l;i« administration, while lleprebentutix -
Slayden of the !• ourteeuth Texas distri t
rcslgued from the race to succeed himself
the day after it became publicly known
that tiie chief executive opposed him.
There was one exception. Representative
Iluddleston of the Ninth Alabama Dis-
trict won the Democratic nomination, de-
spite Presidential opposition He goes
into the election Tuesday with a Republi-
can opponent. .1. it. Thompson, one of thrc
Republicans seeking Congressional honor*
iroin Alabama.
lu no Sou the • i state will important
constitutional amendments he voted on.
but. all states except Florida will eie i.
Senators this year. All except Florida,
Mississippi. Louisiana and North Car »
Una will elect Governors.
In Mississippi. South Carolina. Louisi-
ana, Alabama. Virginia and Arkansas the
Democratic nominees for the Senate are
without opposition. In Georgia, YV. f.
Harris, Democratic nominee, is opposed
by a former Democrat, G. H. Williams,
now a Republican; in Tennessee, John Iv
Shields, Democrat incumbent, by H. Clay
Fvans, Republican; in Texas, Morris Shep
pard, Democrat incumbent, by .1. Webster
Flannlgan. Republican; In North Caro-
lina. F. M. Simmons. Democrat Incum-
bent, by John M. Morehead, Republican;
in Oklahoma, Robert L. Owen, Democrat
incumbent, by W. II. .Johuson, Republi-
can.
Republican candidates are running for
the House of Representatives In two ot
the Georgia districts, tho seventh and
ninth, but the re-election of Democratic
nominees appear assured. The First and
Second Tenne- see, the latter being nor
mally Republican; the Ninth Virginia and
two Carolina district-, are the only South-
ern Congressional district* where Repub-
licans appear to have chances for vie
torles.
NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE IS
ACTIVE IN CENTRAL WEST
PY Associated Press*.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2 The Central Stales
virtually doped their campaign activities
tonight, with thn two major parties « onfi
dent of victory in tbe salient contests for
scats in Congress at Tuesday's election.
Of the Senatorial contests I" Illinois,
Minnesota. Montana. Nebraska. South Da
kota. Iowa. Kansas, Missouri. Kentucky
and Michigan, perhaps the Michigan bat
tie between Henry Ford, choice of'Presi-
dent Wilson, and Truman H. Newberry,
Republican, attracts greatest public lu-
te rest.
Iu Illinois Medlll Mccormick's Republi-
can supporters planned a lively windup
of the fight for Senator Lewis' seat.
In Minnesota Willis G. Calderwood, Na-
tional party, opposes Senator Knute Nel-
son. Republican, wbo seeks his filth term
unopposed by Democrats.
Activities of the Nou Partisan League
have been outstanding features in four
States. In North Dakota candidates seek
all State offices, Congress, and threaten
control of the Legislature; in Minnesota
the leaguo seeks the Governorship and
Congressman Clarence Miller's scat; In
South Dakota a battle is on for State con-
trol, and in Nebraska support Is accorded
chosen candidates.
Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Ohio will
elect full State tickets. In Ohio and Mis
sourl State-wide prohibition are paramount
issue*.
Fqual suffrage will be voted upon in
South Dakota, Oklahoma and Michigan.
By Associated Press.
Nl'W YORK, Nov. 2.--Chief interest in
the election next. Tuesday In all the New
England and Middle Atlantic States cen-
ters in the choice of T'nited States Senators
or members of the House of Representa-
tive*.
The campaign in the last two weeks has
developed into one of the bitterest politi-
cal contests in years for the control of
('ongress.
In New York Democrats and Republicans
are bending every effort to gain seats in
Congress, except in a few strongly radical
districts In this city, where they have
united to oppose the Socialist nominees.
Governor Whitman, who seeks re-election,
has attempted to convince the voters that
the election of Alfred K. Smith, his Demo
cratlc opponent, would mean Tammany
Hall control of the State. Mr. Smith, on
the other hand. Tias made charges of ex
travagance against the Whitman adminis-
tration.
The liquor question Is the ehW Issue In
the Pennsylvania contest. William C:
Sproul, a Chester millionaire, is the Re-
publican candidate for Governor on a dry
platform; Eugene C. Bonniwell, the Demo
cratlc nominee, has been charged with be-
ing a "wet" candidate. His candidacy has
been repudiated by Vance C. McCormlck,
A. Mitchell Palmer and other Democratic
leader*.
In MBassacliusetts all but one of the
present members of Congress are seeking
re-election, but the inwi^t bitterly fought
battle lias been between T'nited States Sen-
ator Weeks, who Is seeking another term,
and former Governor David I. Walsh, his
Democratic opponent.
In Delaware interest centers in the con-
tent for Fnitcd States Senator. Lewis H.
Rail is seeking the seat of Willard Sauls-
bury, President Pro Tem. of the Senate.
Rhode Island, New Hampshire. New Jer-
sey and West Virginia have Senatorial con
tests, while in Maryland and Connecticut
interest centers in gaining seats in the
lower house. Prohibition is tbe principal
issue In Vermont.
W.S.S.
MEMBER AVIATION CORPS
MISSING SINCE MONDAY
Special Telegram to Th»* K\pre*s.
WITH Till' AMERICAN ARMY WEST
OF THE MET"HE. Nov. 2 Lieut. A Ii.
Patterson of Wtlke*barre. Pa., attached to
the aviation corps in this sector, ha* been
missing since Mouday when he was as
signed to the duty of protecting obnervers
during a reconnaissance north of Verdun.
Lieutenant Patterson had brought down six
iiormiu planes since entering the serv
be.
INFLUENZA ABATING,
PNEUMONIA INCREASING
PROHIBITION ISSUE
refusal to grant permits
.means mandamus proceed-
ings in supreme court.
forecast places republicans
at 230, democrats 172,
doubtful 33.
The Fx pre-* Austiu Bureau.
AI ST IN, Tex., Nov. 2 Comptroller ii
B Terrell today gave out a statement iu .
which he said he would refuse to issue ,
liquor dealers' permits even if the Court ,
<f Criminal Appeals refuses J( rehear in/
in the Stato-wble prohibition « a -c I ins
means that a mandamus will be brought!
In the Supreme Court for :i qui<-U test «»t j
tlie question till the civil side Ot the dock- ,
et. Had Mr. Terrell followed the [dan
of issuing permits the Attorncv General
could have continued his Injunctions do- |
lug saloons and made it many months be- :
fore a final decision could be had in the,
<ivil courts as to the validity ol the State ;
wide act. State cases have precedence on j
the docket of the courts
Mr. Terrell accepts the advice of \i
toruey General Looiiey not to Issue per i
inits, and thus expedites the case to a 1
final decision on tiie civil issues Involved.
It remains to be seen if the Supreme Court
will accede to the majority of the ' ourts
of V'riminal Appeals and hold the act void I
or dissent and have a conflict between the j
criminal and civil courts of last resort
in the state.
Mr. Terrell made his position clear to- |
day in the following statement given to the j
press ;
"In view of the fact that this department
is receiving numerous inquiries from di-
ferent sections of the State as t-> the prob-
able rime when applications for permits for
retail liquor licenses can be considered.
I deem it proper to make this public state-
ment in order that all parties may under
stand the attitude of the Comptrollers
Department.
"The Court of Criminal Appeals has
held that section of the State-wide prohi-
bition law that prohibits the sale of in-
toxicating liquors, unconstitutional. No
other section of the law, us I under-
stand it. has been passed on by the
court.
"1 am advised that the State, through
its Attorney General, Is preparing a mo-
tion for a rehearing. The Attorney Gen
eral. who is the legal advisor of the Comp-
troller, in a communication to thH de-
partment. says that irrespective of tho
final disposition of the case now pending
before the Conn of Criminal Appeals, it
will be unlawful for the Comptroller to
Issue permits, therefore, this department
will decline to grant any application for
a permit to engage in the liquor business
in Texas until it can lie shown, beyond
any doubt, that no law remains on tlie
statute which prohibits the issuance of a
liquor dealer's license.
"The Legislature, In its wisdom, and in
response to the demand of the people for
prohibition, enacted this statute. Wheth-
er the organic law of the land, the Con
stltutlou, was ignored by the Representa-
tives of tbe people Is not a question for
mo to determine, but as an officer of
the State, I shall do all In my power to
fee that the statutes as written, are en-
forced.''
INFLUENZA CLAIMS TOTAL
OF 2,497 VICTIMS IN TEXAS
The T'xprr»-* Austin to reau.
,M sTIN. Tex . Nov. 2. Reports received
todaj by the »tate Health Department
from thirteen cities, which do not include
Houston. Fort Worth or Austin, show i
total of new cases of influenza in Texas
on November 1. Thirty-five new cases of
pneumonia and twanty seven deaths were
reported. Up date 123,394 cases of in
fluen7.a, ;:,Sto cases of pneumonia and 2.45)7
deaths have been reported to the State
Health Department. The cities which ro
ported today were San Antonio, lil Pa^o.
Galveston, Corpus Chrlsti. Dallas. Marshall,
Paris, San Angelo, Waco, Temple, Tyler,
Amarlllo and Beaumont.
AUSTIN CITIZENS PROTEST
RULING ON SILO MATERIAL
Th« Kvpress Aunt In Bureau.
AT'Si'lN. Tex.. Nov. 2. - The protest
made by leading ommerclal and industrial
organizations of Texas to the War Indus
tries Board against the proposed plan to
place silo buildlm; material on the non-
essential list has been joined in bv Gov
ernor Hobby and Commissioner of Agri
culture Fred W. Davis. A telegram has
been sent, to the board stating that "Texas,
being an agricultural and stock raising
State, and the necessity for raising more,
food and feed, and conservation of same
impels opposition to placing silo material
on the nouessonti.il list."
GIRL BADLY BURNED IN
ATTEMPT TO RESCUE DOLL
The 10tpress AriRtia Bureau.
AFSTIN. Tex., Nov. 2. In attempting to
rescue hep doll which had fallen in the
fire, Mary Helen Philllpus, 7 years old. suf
fered serious burns when her dress caught
fire. She Is the daughter of H. Phillipus
and the accident occurred while the little
girl was attending a party.
TEXAS FLAG AT HALF MAST
IN HONOR OF JUDGE ONION
in liimnniiNT.vrivE s. d. fkss,
i('ikiirat,ill Niitli.nnl Kpi.ubli. au ( ouffreef
ional Committee.)
Special iVlecriiin to The Express.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 2.--The pres-
ent House when It organized consisted ol
jr. Democrats. 21"> Republicans and rlv®
not classed with either, making 435, the full
membership. Several vacancies have ®c-
curred, some by death and others by res-
lgnatlon . ,
The present party division stands -14
Democrat*. 207 Republicans and seven not
classified, two of whom are inclined to tha
Republicans and live voted with the Dein-
ocruts when this Congress organized, leav-
ing seven vacancies to be filled.
Conceding the independents to the Dem-
ocrats. a change Of eight votes m Repub-
lican favor will give us the House. My
estimate is made up from the usual reports
from candidates. committeemen, special
field men and numerous letters in reply
to my request sent to various citizens from
many parts of tlie country.
Estimates are difficult of certainty due
tu many unusual elements or agencies not
present in preceding campaigns. These ele-
ments some of them local and others mors
'.videlv spread. u.h as the Nonpartisan
League in the Northwest and some or
them identified with the war.
No campaign wa ; ever conducted m whica
so much attention has been paid to the
record of sitting members to a certain the
position on this war We have had a re-
search man doing little el -e than supply-
ing this information from official records,
both to our own members and the Repub-
lican opponents of the Democratic sitting
members.
There has never been a campaign '0
which such personal scrutiny was made.
The war being the dominant interest ana
the' Republicans from the beginning be-
coming the war party, the campaign dis-
plays the unique phase of a minority party
contending that it has shown a better and
more vigorou- support of the war policies
of the Democratic President than the Dem-
ocratic majority. , . ..
Tho campaign has not furnished the
usual issues when clear-cut differentiation
!> apparent where one party affirms and
tlie other denies 'The issues have been
ilu. prosecution of the war most vigor*
ously. the assurance of a conclusive peace
for permanent safety of the iuture and the
direction of the reconstruction after the
war with some incidental adverse com-
ment "poll mi takes of war preparation
aud administration.
Mr. Fess' forecast of tho result of the
elc tlon for members of the House, sum-
marized, is: , ,
Safely Republican, 2*50; safely Demo-
cratic, 172, doubtful. 33.
w.s.s.
I i 8 9V3
The Express Austin Bureau.
A1 8TIN, Tex., N >v. 2. The Texas flag
was at half mast on the Texas Capitol to-
day out of respect to the memory of the
late John F. Onion, former member of the
Legislature from the San Antonio district,
who died at Dallas Thursday.
TEXTROOK BOARD ADJOtRNS.
The Kxnress Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 2 The State Text
book Commission, which has been In ses-
sion since October Lo. adjourned today un-
til December 2, when it will reconvene to
complete tho adoptions for the public
schools of the State.
Before taking recess today the commis-
sion selected the practical drawing books
bv Prof. Long of Dallas, the prices being
la and 18 cents. With the paper for draw-
ing, the prices ure lh and 23 cents, respec-
tively. for the two books.
Basal readers and the geographies are
to be adopted when tbe commission recon-
venes. These are probably the largest
contracts to be let by the commission.
HOBBY CANCELS WACO TRIP.
The Express Austin Bureau.
AFSTIN. Tex.. Nov. 2. -Governor Hobby,
because of his Indisposition, lie having suf
fered from a severo cold the last few days,
canceled his engagement to open tne Texas
Cotton Palace at Waco today. 'The Gov-
ernor remained at the executive mansion
today.
-W.S.S.
WANT MORE MOTORS
, Liberty Motor Factories to Produce
More Liberty Motors.
Archduke Jo.-ef and Emperor Karl
are miserably regarding Count Karojy.
as the pesi in Budapest.
"The Dutch have taken Hollanc" is
an historically symbolic saving Jhat
may go into the discard now that -lit
Bohemians ha*, e takjn Bohemia.
OMAHA. Neb Nov. 2 - Lieut. M. 11.
Miller, instructor in flying at Kelly Field,
S«.i Antonio. Texas, landed at Fort Crook
la!'* today er. route to Waterloo, Iowa, to
visit hi* parents.
Lieut'Siant Millar was in the air about
hours in making the flight. He left
v'an Anton!) Thursday night, stopping at
Carruther Fi<dd, Fort Worth. Oklahoma
« ity sod Abilene. Kan. The flight to Wat-
erloo will be resumed tomorrow.
A favorable wind enabled the lieutenant
to msk" tbe last lap of the trip to Omaha
at a speed of moi«* than 100 miles an hour.
*.*.».
LIEUT. NEWMAN KILLED
IN FALL AT RICH FIELD
spe. ial Telefrtro fo The Expr»«s.
WASHINGTON. D. C . Nov. 2—New . ase«
of lufiueiu.t reported In the past twenty^
four hour* lu the Brmv eamp« wa* 1.V.7
ugainst 2.07G yesterday. The new pneu-
monia eases were 292. an increase of 12
over yesterday. The death* for the day
were 10!t. e nulling yesterday's total. These
figure* mark a new low record for the
epidemic
w..«»s
COL. MULLER IN CHARGE
OF THE 100TH DIVISION
ncept toy lersw offered her," sobs the ; .
Tbe Fourth LU
I iiai.ouo o\er?ubsc-
jcrmas loan is u<
'If Pre**.
' i STIN. Tex.. Nor. 2—Lieut, frvin Net-
■* Cberrydaie. Va.. «»« fatally hurt
"Afupanion. Lieutenant Clogget, in-
By A*«v-:t»e(J Pr*««.
FORT WORTH Tex. Sow 2—Col. Carl
Muller. wbo has be*n in France a rear
with the infantry, has been assigned to
tbe 100th Division li*re He was com
mandant st A. and M College In Texas in
1W-17. with th# rank of captain His
home is at Freuharo
nr.* s.
U OR K OR FIGHT ORDKR EXTENDED.
By Associated PT>-«"«
WASHINGTON. D C. Nov. 2.—Impor-
tant extensions of the 'work or fight"
order are planned by Provost Marshal Gen-
eral Crowder. The new terms nre being
considered In tbe light of experience with
the operation of tbe ruling since it became
effective la»t summer, and in considera-
8pedal Telegram to The Expre«»
WASHINGTON. D C, Nov 2—The War
Department has called upon the Araeri
cau Liberty motor factories to produce
4Xa) engines Oils month, which is called
••<> eral Pershing Mouth."
With n quota of :'.,ooo for last month,
the factories produced ••.87s', an increase ol
1 JSou ovr the production of the nreced
ing month. The Nordyke Marmon factory
of Indianapolis won the monthly pennant
which was taken to the plant bv a De
Havlland Liberty airplane flying from De
troit.
INFLUENZA SITUATION AT
FORT WORTH IS IMPROVING
Sb~-I»1 to Th. Ftp""
KORT WORTH To*. .No-. J.—Only ,ix-
1v-f.ri. new influenza rases were rei.orte.1
to tbe rnite<l Public Health s«?rr;.»
In the week Just ended and while officers
«. knowledge that this repre>eiits only, n
fraction of the actual number, comparison
, .vi*h the reports for the |irec*dinj wee<
J ^ho«- cunclnslTely that the c|.i<lcmic U.-s
' w»-ned. »
• Pneumonia '*ases numl»eretl nb. as coni-
»arcd with 162 during tbe preceding wee^.
nut many of tbe cases reportefl were old
od°s brought to tbe attention ot heaPti
officers following an urgent appeal to
physicians to report. Some local physicians
IE
municipal and military kir is
departments in impres-
sive parade.
National Fire Prevention Day w.is ob-
scrvo.l in San Antonio Saturday, botb tPn
innni-ipai and mlliiarj- tiro dopgrtmenis
pafti'-lpiilinc In nil impresnlve i.aia.l®
tlirousrii the bUflne«« streets of the city.
A nninlicr of Four Minute Ppoakens ail*
dressed crowds on the busy corners, urg-
ing the necessity of conserving tho Na-
tion's resources by the elimination of pre-
ventable fires.
Th© parade was headed by ( apt. Harry
L Collins, fire marshal of Camp Travis.
Hiding in the car with him were Chief
A. .1 Goet/. of the San Antonio Fire De-
partment. and Miss Helen Collins, daugh-
ter of Captain Collins, and mascot of :he
Camp Travis Military Fire Department.
Following this car was a hose and pump-
ing car from Camp Travis, manned by
a crew of military firemen. The Nine-
teenth Infantr\ Hand came next. In Hn*
with fill v musicians, playing patriotic
airs. This band Is now commanded by
Lieut. F. A. HoTloway. The big aerial
hook and ladder truck of tho San An-
tonio Fire Department brought up t.ia
rear, bearing forty placards that held mes-
sages of pointed antl fire propaganda.
Following a short baud concert at each
of six busv corners, the Fouremlnute
speakers. F A Chapa. A. P. Harrett and
C. A. Davies, addressed the crowds.
After tiie parade. Chief Goetz was sere-
naded nt central fire station by the Nine-
teenth Infantry Band, following the for-
mal presentation to him of a beautiful
gold badge by members of the Sau An-
tonio Fire Department.
W.s.f,T
STOREY MYRICK SUCCUMBS
TO INFLUENZA AT L0CKHART
Special Telogrnm to The Express. r
LOCK HART, Tex . Nov. 2.—-Lorkbart
has suffered one of the greatest losses so
far frun the Influenza epidemic In the
death of Storcv My rick, which occurred
Fridav at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. I>. Myrick. The deceased was
sick about ten days. , , (1_
He w/is reared here and was about
years of age, and was considered one of
the wealthiest young men in this section.
Resides being extensively encaged in the
stock business, be was one of the county a
largest land cultivators, having the last
season cultivated about ."i.onu acres of land.
Besides ills parents, he leaves two sis-
ters Margaret and Francs, and a brother,
Jnnie-- Myrick, now 111 France. II" was a
srrandson of tlie late I,. ,T. Storey, and
was n nephew nt Mrs. .1. H. Martindale,
San Ant.uiii.; .Iinl^e James L. Storey,
Houston, and John T. and V A. Storey
of Lockhnrt. besides beinir 'onnected with
a large number of prominent families iu
other Texas cities. Funeral arrangements
have not been announced. The deceased
was one c.f the ui"v:t popular young men
In Lock hart, and his death Is a shock to
the entire county.
—W.S.S.
DAUGHTER FIRST SETTLER
OF LEON COUNTY IS DEAD
I Special Telegram to The Express,
i NORMANGFK, Tex.. Nov. 2.—Mrs Eliza-
beth A llaUoti. aged K"» years, died here
Friday. She was the daughter of Robert
I Roger*, the first settler of Leon County,
who settled on the north side of the old
San Antonio road as a member of Austin's
Colony iu the early '3(Vs. Mrs. Batson
I,ail u brother killed by the Indians in
lull view of the family, she being an eye
witness. She was huddled up in the coi-
ner of a block house while her father and
brothers fought away the redskins, shoot-
ing through port bole*.
She leaves a host «.f children, grandchild
dreu and great grandchildren.
w.s.s.
TWO GERMANS IN ONE DAY
RECORD OF LOCAL SOLDIER
After being annoyed by the watchfulness
i aii«l frequent shot*, of a German sniper,
K. A Post, ;M.M Ma blue Gun P.attalion.
•Hith Division, waited until the proper
I amount of the German's anatomy was ex-
j posed and then dbl a little -sniping ' of
i bis own, according »o a letter received bv
i ijjs father M A. Po-t watchmaker at .115
Alamo Plaza. After disposing of two of
the Orman marksmen. Post se ured tha
helmet of one and sent It to hU fath,£
j who has placed it on exhibition in the
i window of the Alamo Jewelry « ompany.
In the letter Post writes That he kille«I
j two snipers on the same day.
w.s.s.
CALLED ON FOR MEN.
BALL1NGFR. Tex.. Nov. 2.-Tbis county
has been tailed on to furnish flfty-seren
men for army camps on November 11.
Thirtv of tic men to go to Camp Travis,
17 to Camp Bowie. 0 to Galveston and one
to Camp Mabry.
W.I.H.
niKS or POISON FROM pancarks.
Bv Assodflted Pres*- ^ 4 _
PALESTINK. Tex.. Nov. 2.—Lrnest Cnr-
i ' • • ,i.|,nn rvf v*rhr« this
I'll, iii.i.yo iv •• ,i
are still dtllatory about report'-i* pneu-
monia e«!»». although required to do so by
the State law
tlon of Its effect among the men #f the
1* t* 45 age limits wbo registered Sepltm
ber 13.
n airulane the. were flying
n airo
•M fell 100 f«»et at » landing
eiirenant Newman died
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