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aaiN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1915.
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EXECUTIVE MAKES TWO TALKS
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FENDS HIS POLICIES.
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re judged by what thajr think,
by what they i-os^esK," he
men and agriculturists from all parts of
the eouutry.
The President declared that laws are
useless unless they tiprens the moral feel-
ing of the people. Therefore, he said, it is
primarily the duty of Christians to better
lht moral character of all persons. He
added that Christianity is the must vitalii
lug thing in the world.
"Nations are ' to " '
rather tiiau
Mid,
"Some thur hes are over organised," the
l'resjdeut do,lured, amid applause. He
said that he believed tliat the schools and
eliurrhes should be used as social centers
in rtlrai district* as well as In cities.
"America Is great not as a government
but as uu a<comptlshiueut of successful
cltiieuship," he added.
The President and his party left Colum
bus for Wasliingtou touifht at 10:30
o'clock on a spivial traiu.
Ft'I,I. TEXT OK SPEECH,
i The President's speech in full was as
I' follows:
I. "Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Co-
». Uimbus Chamber of Commerce:
J! . "I want, first,' t > elpress my very deep
, |frnt 11 ixle • to you for the cordial manner
) iti whlcli you have greeted me, and my
| delism of privilege In 'landing here before
• JMU to s[»e!ik about some of the things iu
• which w« are mutually Interested. You.
Jj gentlemen, are perhaps more interested iu
II theso matters of policy which affect the
I' business df the eouutry than in any other*;
J. and yet, it lins never siemed to me possible
1, to separate the business of a country
" from its essential spirit and the life of Its
i. people. The mistake that some men have
made has been lit supposing that business
wat one thing and life another, whereas,
they are inseparable iu their principles and
In their expression.
"I must say, that In looking back upon
the past, there Is something about the
V history of business in this country, which
■ Is not wholly satisfactory. It is ltiier-
{; esting to remember that in the early years
!1 of the Republic, we felt ourselves more a
i part of th« general world than we have felt
j slnco then. Down to the War of 1S12 the
eons were full of American ships, Amerl
; ran enterprise was everywhere expressed
?; In American commerce when we were a
■ \ little nation anil yet now that we are a
•" great one the seas are almost bare of our
*lilp» and we trade with other countries
at the convenience of the carriers of other
: nutions. The truth is that after the war
> > of 1*11; we seem deliberately to have
»' chosen to be provincial, to shut ourselves
•J In upon ourselves, exploit our own re
i ' ®ources for our own benefit rather than
[ to address ourselves to foreign commerce
until our domestic development had no
nearly burst Its jacket that there was no
straight jacket In which it could be con-
fined.
CRYING FOR OUTLET.
"Now, American Industry In recent year*
been crying for nn outlet Into the cur-
___jents of the world There were some
American julnds, some American business
men—not a few—who were not built upon
. "r tk* provincial type, who did find their
•- way Into foreign markets and made tho
1 Usual American peaceful conquest In those
' foreign markets, but otlmrs seemed dellber-
- ;ately to refrain or not to know that there
• 1yere opportunities to he availed of.
"I'ntll the recent banklug act von
■~»flot find, so far in I am Informed, a
S TfrHi '
on could
"branch of an Amerlcnn bank anywhere
" 1 outside of the United States, whereas other
" 'Cations of the world were dolug their
banking business on foreign shores
through the instrumentality of tliclr own
L -hankers. I was told at a meeting of
_the American Hankers' Association that
l much of die foreign banking business, the
M business In foreign exchange had to be
done In our ports by branches of Canadla
banks established among ourselves, Hpln
>; done In our ports by branches of Canadian
bunks established among ourselves. Helm
, 11 tern 11st is, we Interpreted the National
it blinking act to mean, since It did not say
||
that the National banks could engage In
thli business, that they could not engage
In It and some of the natural, soma of
the necessary functions were not performed
by American bankers.
"I refer to this merely as an evidence
of what I take leave to call our provin-
cialism. Moreover, during this period, this
very interesting thing happened that
American business men were so Interested,
so protected ugnlnst the competition of
other business men in olher countries that
they proceeded by organization to protect
themselves against each other nnd engaged
In the politics of organization rntlier than
In the statesmanship of enterprise. Tor or-
ganization to prevent successful compe-
tltlou Is not In moral level nnv higher
than running politics upon the basis of
organization rather than upon the basis of
•tntesmnnshlp and achievement.
ORGANIZATION E8HKNTIAL.
"Organisation Is necessary to politics
and It Is necessary to business, but the
object of organization ought not lie ex-
clusion; II ought to be efficiency. The
only legitimate object of organisation Is
efficiency. It can never be legitimate when
It is intended for hostile competitive pur-
poses. I have never entertained the slight-
: «sl Jeauousy of those processes of organ!-
! gallon which led to greater nnd greater
it competency, but I have always been jealous
; of those processes of organisation which
[{ Were Intended In the spirit of exclusion
- spli
•nd monopoly. Itesauae the spirit of ex-
clusion and monopoly Is not the Amerlcnn
spirit. 1 lie American spirit Is n spirit
of opportunity and of equal opportunity
and of admitting every man to the race
who can stand the pnee. So I sAy that we
haw reason fo- look bn< k upon the past of
American business with some dissatisfac-
tion; bnt I for my part, look forward to
the future of American business with the
greatest confidence.
"American business has altered Its point
of view and in proportion as It has altered
Its point of view it has gained In power
anil In momentum. I have sometimes heard
tlhortatlon to the eWoct that politics ought
not be Injected In business, it is just as
important thnt vou should not Inject bust-
jiess Into politics, because so far ss the
business of this country Is concerned, there
ought not be any politics.
A MILITANT DEMOCRAT.
"I, gentlemen, am a Democrat, as vou
probubly have heard, and I am a militant
one of the few uien of my aeiinalntar
t who absolutely believe everv word, for ft-
| ample, of the'virginla bill 'of rights. Most
men use them for Fourth of July purposes
1 stanrt
hat 1 believe
m. N BL. Virginia bill of
rights—1 cite thnt because It was one of
j the first bills of rights; the others were
' largely modeled upon it or run along the
same lines the Virginia bill of rights says
thnt when a government [roves unsuitable
to the life of the people under It (I am not
quoting the language, hut the meaning i,
they have a right to alter or abolish it in
any way that they pie When things
were perhaps more debatable tluiu they are
now about onr immediate neighbor to the
south of i>. I do pot know how many men
<ume to me and suggested that the govern-
ment of Mexico should be altered as we
thought that It ought to l,e altered, bnt
being a subscriber to the doctrine the
Virginia bill of rights. I could not nirree
with them. The Mexicans may not know
what to do with their government, but that
Is none of our business, and so long as I
have that power to prevent It, no one shall
'butt In' to alter it for them.
"That Is what I mean by being a Demo-
crat built on the original plan of the bill
of rights.
PERTINENT TO IH'SINKSS.
"Now those bills of rights say some
things thnt are very pertinent to business.
1 hey assert the absolute equality of right
en the purt of Individuals to access to op
port unify. That U the reason 1 am on
posed to monopoly, not because monopoly
does not produce some excellent results of
a kind, but because It Is Intended to shut
out a lot of people who ought not to be
shut out; and I believe Democracy Is ,the
only thing that vitalizes a whole people
Instead of vitalizing ouly some of the peo
pie of a country. 1 ani not fit to be the
trustee of prosperity for thl* country;
neither are you: neither is any group of
men fit to be the trustees for the economl
csl guidance of this country. 1 believe In
the common man: I believe the genius of
America to be that the common man should
be consulted as to how he Is governed and
should be given the same opportunity
with every other man under his Govern
ment.
FUTURE BUSINESS.
"Now, with regard to the future busi-
ness In this country no mau can speak with
confidence, because it happens that the dis-
tressing events of the months »lnce the
groat European war began have put Amer-
ica In a peculiar relation to the rest of the
world, it looks us if we would have to be
the reserve force of the world In respect
to financial and economical power Every
man can see that the opportunity of Amur
lea 1s going to be unparalleled and that tho
resources of America must be put at the
service of the world as never before. There-
fore It is imperative that no Impediments
should be put In the way of commerce
with the rest of the world. You cannot sell
unless you buy. There must be no Im-
pediments to tho free flow of tho currents
of commerce buck and forth between the
United States, upon which the world will
in part depend, and the other couutrles
which she must supply and serve. And
for tho first time, gentlemen, It happens—
1 believe providentially- that the business
men of America have an Instrumentality
In the new bunking law such as they never
had before for the ebb and flow and free
course of the natural processes of credit.
For the first time we are not bound up In
Bti Inelastic currency. Our credit Is cur-
rent, and that current will run through
all the channels of commerce In every part
of the world
"A gentleman present here today told me
thnt be bad done what I trust It Is not his
habit to do; he sulil he had been looking
up nn old speech of- mine before the Amer-
ican Hankers' Association in Denver sornn
years ago, when I said that I hnd been
culled upon a little while before to nddress
the bankers of New York on the elasticity
of tho currency, and thnt I had replied
thnt I spoke upon It with the more freedom
because I knew nothing about it llelng a
professor at that time on u salary, I was
ut Iu the spirit of service snd
levemeiit the kind of achievement that
cs only through service, the kind "f
leveuient which Is statesmanship, the
esmausuip of those airaogemeuts which
most serviceable to the world. If you
this the American spirit, whether It
labeled so or not, will have its con
i quest far and wide, and when we have
ome back from our long voyage of trade
we will not feeI that we have left strangers
I behind us, but that we have left friends
behind us and ham come to sit bv the fire
j side and speak of the common kinship of
all mankind."
ADDRESS IN EVENING.
j The Pesldent's evening address in purt
| follows:
"I think as we have witnessed the
processes of our civilization in recent years
wo liuve more and more realised how our
cities were tending to draw the vitality
from the countryside, how much less our
| life centered upon country districts and
j how much more upon crowded cities.
"There was a time when America was
I characteristically rural, when practically
| all her streugtu was drawn from quiet
i countrysides where life ran upon estab
llsheil lines and where men and women
j and children were familiar with each other
! In a long established neighborllness but
our rural districts are not now just what
they used to be and have partaken in
recent years of something of the fluidity
that In- characterised our general life.
So that we have again been called upon
from one point of view or another to
stinlj the revitalization of the country-
side There was a time no longer ago
than the youth of my father, for example,
when pastors foliud some of thetr most
vital work In the country churches. I
remember my dear father used to rlile
from church to church In a thickly popu-
lated country region and minister to sev-
eral churches with a sense of ministering
to the most vital interests of the part of
the country in which he lived.
"After all the most vitalizing thing In
the world Is Christianity. The world hss
advanced, advanced In what wo regard as
real civilization not by material nut by
spiritual means and one nation ts dis-
tinguished from another nation by Its
Ideals, not by Its possessions.
"When 1 think of the rural church 1
wonder how fur the rural church Is vital-
izing the lives of the community In which
it exists. We had a great deal to say
recently und it has been very profitably
Mild, about the school as a social ceutvr,
w hich Is meant the sclioolhouse Is a social
center; about making the hous« which In
the day 1< used for the children, g place
which tlielr parents may use In the eve-
nings and the other disengaged times for
the meeting of the community; where
they uie privileged to come together and
talk about anything that is of com-
munity Interest and talk nbout it wTth
the utmost freedom. Some people have
been opposed to It because there are
some things that they do not wnut talked
about. Some boards of education have
been opposed to It because they realized
that it might not he well for the board of
education to be talked nbout. Talk Is a
very dangerous thing; community cotnparl I
sou of views are u verv dangerous thins
to the meu who nre doing the wrong hut
nut In a position to know anything of the
elasticity of the currency. I hope he Is
ready to believe that In the time thnt hits
Intervened I have taken pains to find out
something about the elasticity of the cur-
rency; for 1 whs nn enthusiastic supporter
of the bill which finally established the
Federal reserve system, snd I think that I
understood It.
"At any rate, gentlemen, Jesting apnrt,
I think It does furnish the business men
of this country with an instrument such
us credit never possessed before. Credit
Is a very spontaneous thing Its excur-
sions ought to be personally conducted.
There have been times In this country
when the expeditions of credit were per
snnully conducted. 1 would tistne some of
tile agencies where guides w?re provld.'d.
Hut If you are starting an enterprise 'n
one part of the country you do not want
any guides; rHtber you resent guidance
from another part of the country, nnd
there were times when there were limited
circles In the Eastern portion of -uir great
country who thought they knew more
about business In tti« other parts of the
country than the people who lived In those
purls of the country. I always doubted
them. I know that they did not.
BEAUTY OF DEMOCRACY.
"Th« vision of a democracy thnt I have
Is this, that you must uot be presumptlous
enough to determine beforehand where tho
vitality Is going to come from. The beauty
of n democracy Is that you never -nn tell
when n voungstes Is horn what lie Is go
Ing to do with you. The men who are
going to lead you and dotnlnute you pick
themselves out and elect themselves by an
electoral process over which legislation can
have no control whatever.
"So I want you to share me this vision
of the future of American business—of n
cosmopolitan spirit—of a •spirit of enter
prise out of which the old timidity lias
gone. For you will have to admit, gentle-
men, that American business men have
been timid. They have constantly r.tu to
Washington and said:
For God's rnko
There
CONSTIPATION.
' Yon will look k good while before too
{Bad a preparation for oonatlpatton that
la egnal to Chamber lain'i Tableti.Whui
110
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NN tablets la
il that you d
_iot of a u
fi>lete pofMeea tonic propertUa that
i eatabnehing * natural and regular op-
of the bowel*. Umj oaaea of
agreeable and io nab-
iot realise that It ia A
Chamber lain'ij
that ron do not reallaa that it is the
A of a medicine
ashlnicti
'"It looks like rain.
give us shelter I'
"You do not need Washington.
Is genlous enough In this country to ntaa-
ter the entorprlse of the world, uml It
ought not to ask odds of anybody. I
would like to have the thrilling pride of
realizing thnt there wns nobody in America
who wns afrsld to match wits with the
world.
"The quick origination of tnlnds v-hen
they meet uew circumstances, the rendlness
wltli which Americans adapt themselves
to new circumstances—that is the spirit of
conquest.
"The characteristic American community
for a long time was the frontier commu-
nity tnude on the spot and made iceord-
Ing to the local pattern. Bo that when I
hear Amerlcims begging to be assist-d by
authority 1 wonder where they were born.
1 wonder how long they have breathed
the air of America. I wonder where thalr
papers of spiritual naturalisation nre. For
America now may make peaceful conquest
of the world, und I suv that with nil the
greater confidence, gentlemen, because I
believe und hope that the belief does not
spring merely from the hope thnt when
the present great conflict in Europe Is
over the world is going to wear a illf
ferent aspect. I do not believe that there
Is going to be any patched up peuce. I
believe that thoughtful men of everv coun-
try and of every sort will Insist that when
we get peace again we shall have guar
antees tnut It will remain snd thnt the
Instrumentalities of Justice will be exalt-
<ed above the Instrumentalities of force. I
believe that the spirit that bus hitherto
relgued In the hearts of Americans nnd
in like people everywhere In the world
will assert itself once for all In Interim
ttonal affairs and thnt If America pre
serves her poise, preserves her self pos
session, preserves tier attitude of friendli-
ness toward all the world, she muy have
the privilege whether In one form or an-
other, of being the mediating Influence by
whlcb these things may be Induced.
SPEAKS OF MEDIATION.
"I am now speaking of governmental me-
diation. I have not that In mind at all,
1 mean the spiritual mediation. 1 mean
the recognition of the world that there Is
n country that has ulways wanted tilings
(lone that wuy and whose merchants when
they carry Inelr goods will carry their
Ideas along with them, and that this spirit
of give and take, this spirit of success
only by having better goods and lietter
brains and better training will through
their Influence spread the more rapidly
to the ends of the world. That la what I
mean by the mediating in which I think
American commerce will exert.
"So I challenge you and men like you
throughout the United States to apply your
minds to. your business as if yon were
building up tor the world a great con
^tltutloa of the United States, m If you
| 1 for myself believe In making the school
' the social center, the place thnt the com-
i inunlty eau use for any kind of co-ordi-
nating thnt it wants to do in Its life. Hut
I 1 believe that where the schoolhouse Is lu-
i adequate nnd even where It Is adequate,
that the most vital social center should
be the church Itself; ninl that, not by way
of organizing the church for social serv-
ice tViiit Is uot my topic tonight: that is
another topic—but of making' the com-
munity realize that the congregation and
particularly that the pastor Is interested
In everything that Is lmportnut for that
community and that the members of that
church are ready to co-operste und the
pastor ready to lend his time and his
energy to the kind of organization which
Is necessary outside the church ns well as
in, for the benefit of tho community.
SHOULD LEND HAND.
One of the things the Department of Ag-
riculture ut Wasliingtou is Iryiug to uo
is to show the farmers of the country the
uuslest and best methods of co operation
with regard to marketing their crops,
learning how to handle their crops in u
co-operative fashion. The church ought to
lend Us hand to thnt. The pastor ought to
say, 'If you wunt somebody to look after
this for you, I will give you part of my
time und I will find other men In my
congregation who will help you In the
work und help you without charging you
anything for it.'
•'The church lias too much depended
upon Individual ex a in pie. 'So let their
light shine before meu' has been Inter-
preted to mean 'put your Individual self
on a candlestick und shine.' Now, the
trouble Is thai they are a very poor «umlle
und the light Is very dim. It does not dis-
pel much of the darkness for me Indi-
vidually Iu sit on top of a candlestick but
If I cun leud such llttlo contribution of
spiritual force as 1 have, to my neighbor
nnd to my comrade and to my friend and
wo run draw u circle of friends together
nnd unite our spiritual forces, then wo
have something more tliuu example; we
hnvn co-operation.
"Co-operutloti Is the vital principle of
social life. Not organization merely. I
think I know something nbout organisa-
tion. I chh make an organization but It
Is one thing to have an organization and
another thing to fill It with life. And then
it Is a very Important matter what sort
of life you will fill It with. If the object
of the organization ts what the object
of some business organization Is and the
object of any political organization Is to
absorb the life there Is nothing profitable
in It. But If the object of the organization
is to afford a mechanism by which the
whole community cnu co operatively use
Its life, then there Is n great deal In It.
An organization with the spirit of co-
operullon Is dead ami muy he dangerous.
REFERS TO BASEBALL TEAM.
"There Is s nation which loves to go
through the motions of public meetings
whether there Is anything particularly
important to consider or not. It Is an In-
teresting thing to me how the American
is born knowing how to conduct public
meetings. I remember that when I was
n lad I belonged to nn organisation which
at thnt time seemed to me very important,
which was known as the Llghtfoot baseball
club. <»ur clubroom was a corner, au
unoccupied corner of the loft of my
father's barn that the part of the hay had
not encroached upon, and 1 distinctly re-
member how we used to conduct orderly
meetings of the club In that corner of the
loft. 1 bad never seen a public meeting
and I do not believe any of the other
luds with whom 1 was associated had ever
seen a public meeting, but we somehow
knew how to' conduct one. We were born
that way I suppose. But nothing very im-
portant happened at those meetings and
1 have been present at some church or-
ganization meetings at which nothing more
important hnppened than happened with
the Llghtfoot baseball ciub. I remember
distinctly that my delight and interest
wns In the meetings, not ill what they
were for; just the sense of belonging to an
organisation and dolug something with the
organization it did not very much matter
what. Some churches arc organized that
way, They are exceedingly active about
nothing. Now why not lend that org; ' i ing
instinct, thnt acting instinct to the real
things that are happening In the commun-
ity whether they have anything to do
with the church or not.
"1 am hoping that the outcome of these
conferences, of all that we say and do
about this very Important matter may be to
remind the church that It ts put into this
world not only to serve the Individual soul
but to serve society also. Legislation can-
not, save society. Legislntl »u cannot even
rectify society. The law that will work
Is merely the summing up in legislative
form of the moral Judgment that the com-
munity bus already reached. Law is a
record of achievement. It is not a process
of regeneration. Our wills have to b« re-
generated and our purposes rectified be-
fore we are In u position to enact Inws
that record those moral achievements. And
that is the business, primarily. It seems
to me, of the Christian. Surely Christianity
is the Instrumentality by which rural com-
munities may be transferred and led to
the things that ure great; and surely there
is nothing in the rural community In which
the rural church ought not to be the lender
and In which it ought not to be the vital
actual center.
WANTED TO ADD TESTIMONY.
"That Is the simple message that I cuuie
to utter tonight. I dare s.iy it hus been
repeatedly said in this conference. I mere-
ly wanted to add » testimony to the vu-
lidity and power or that conception. We
are In the world to do something more
tbuti look after ourselves, the reasons I
am proud to be un American Is because
America was given birth by such concep-
tions us these, that its object in the world,
its ouly reason for existence ss a govern-
ment was to show men the paths of liberty
and of mutual serviceability to lift the
common man out of the paths, out of tho
slough of discouragement and even despair;
set nls feet upon firm ground; tell him
here is the high road upon which you are
as much entitled to walk as we are, and
wo will sue that there Is n free field and no
favor and that ns your moral qualities are
und your physical powers, so will your
success be. We will not let any man make
you ufrald and we will not let any man do
you an Injustice.' These are the Ideals of
America, we have not always lived up to
theiu. No community ha» always lived
up to them, but we are dignified by the
fact that thoso nre the things we live for
and sail by.
g _ __
she Is a successful government merely, but
us she is the successful embodiment of n
great Ideal of unselfish citizenship. That
Is what makes the world feel America
draw It like a lodestone; that is the reason
that tho ships that cross the sea have so
many hopeful eyes lifted from their hum
bier quarters towards the shores of 'Hie
uew world. Tbut Is the reason why men
after they have been for a little while In
America and go back for a visit to the old
country have n new light lu tbelr faces,
the light thnt has kindled there lu the
country where they have seen some of their
objects fulfilled. That Is the light that
shines from America. God grunt i'>it It
may ulways shine, and that In i sy it
humble heurth in quiet country el.m-. lies
the flumes may be lighted by which this
great light Is kept alive."
Dexter bicycles |1!5 while they Inst. Pot-
chernlck's. (Adv.)
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A. ('oilman, riuuibor, Crockett >91. (Adv.)
Executive Hoard A<tks $1,200,000 in
Three Years for Institution*—State
Missions to Get $150,000 in 1916.
Special Telegram to The Express,
DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 10.- -As a part of
the proposed $750,000 for all work the
executive board of Iftiptlst general conven-
tion made tip u budget for State missions
amounting to IISO.OOO.
Thursday w»s devoted almost entirely to
the discussion of budgets, amoug them be-
ing J750,000 for all work lu 1010 and
$1,1200,000 In thres years for Baptist In-
stitutions.
At the Thursday evening meeting the
apportionment of the churches mid hotue
missions budget was completed. The total
was $"00,IH)0, distributed utnoug the
churches that are not self supporting and
the missionaries nt work In the Stute.
The llnptlsl Institutions In Dallas also
were subjected to share liberally In the
budget of 11116. There are tho liurot.f
budget of 101#. There are the Baptist
Itsrlum and the Baylor Medl-
A modern home for nurses
Memorial Snnltsrlum and the Buyior
csl College. A t
und u new dining room ure proposed at
the Baptist Sanitarium. Baylor Medicil
College will get an Improved building atid
lunch new equipment.
I nlversnl Percolators. Sum Spier Hard-
ware Co., 210 Losnya St.—(Adv.)
NEW OFFICERS FUR LIONS EXPECT VILLA IIJUABEZ COLLEGES AHE TO REOKN
Club Starts on Second Term With a
Large Membership—Installation
in January.
At a meeting of the Koyal Order of
Lions held In the Lion's Den with every
seat filled last night the first term (*f this
organization was closed and a new one
opened with the election of the following
offb-ers:
President, A. K. Garretson; vice presi-
dent, K. 1 Morse; royal chaplain. .1. 8.
Klein• treasurer, J. II. Halle; secretary,
I'. P. Hoefgen; observer, II. A. Moos; roysl
captain, C, s. McGeeney; inner guard, J.
II. Lents; outer guard, Emil Frank; den
physician, Dr. J. W. Goode.
The ltoy.il Order of Lions was organized
only a few months ago and have since
grown to be one of the strongest clubs of
Sun Antonio, with more than a hundred
members, each representing a trade or a
profession.
The installation of the new officers will
be held some time In January. On motion
of Kiuil Prank It was decided to make this
occasion a memorable one with a big ban-
quet.
ORDEKS SPECIAL SESSION
Judge Chambliss to Hold Court at
Jourdanton for Civil Cases Only.
Special Telegram to The Express.
JOl'KDANTON, Tex., Dec. 10.- For the
first time lu the history of jurisprudence
In this county there will be a special
session of court, tills having beeu or
dered today by Judge Chambliss.
Owing to the unusual amount of busi-
ness on the criminal docket, the entire
alloted lime was used up when court was
adjourned today.
Judge Chunibliss announced that he
would hold a special session for civil
casts only from February 14 to llarch
11, next jear, giving four additional weeks.
The court today overruled a motion for
a new trial In the case of S. V. Branch
vs. the Sun Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Hall-
way Company. In this case, which was
for personal Injury damages, the plain
tiff wus awurded a Judgment for $«*).
MEXICAN ESCAPES NOOSE
Sentenced to Be Hanged Yesterday at
Oakville, Gets 30-Day Reprieve.
Special TVli'grnin to Tbt Kxyretm.
OAKVILLE, Tex., Dec. 10.—Jacinto Gon-
zales, a Mexican sentenced to be hauged
here today for criminal assault ou a ten-
year-old while girl, escaped the noote by
nours when the Sheriff received notice that
Acting Governor Hobby bad granted a
respite ol' thirty days.
The crime was committed on December
It, lust year, ten miles southeast o! Oak-
ville, but feeling was running so high
here thnt he was taken to Jourdanton lor
safekeeping.
Ten days Inter he was tried und given
the death penalty, but a new trial was
granted. This wns held lu Live Oak Coun-
ty, nnd again the death penalty wns Im-
posed This wus appenled hut the higher
court sustained the verdict am} had Act-
ing Governor Hobby not interposed at
the request of the Mexican consul nt San
Antonio the sentince would have been car.
rled out today.
WOULD VOTE COUNTY DRY
San Patricio Prohibitionists Petition
for County-Wide Election.
Bptclsl Telegram to The Kxpresi.
ABANSAS PASS, Tex., Dec. 10.—A pe-
tition has been In circulation In Aransas
Pass and Ingleslde and will be presented
to the Countv Commissioners on Decem-
ber 13 asking them to call uu election for
the purpose uf voting the saloous out of
the county. A similar election was held
about eight months ago and the autls
won my u majority of about a dozen
votes.
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Oll Company Being Organized.
Special Telcgitni to The Express.
A KANSAS PASS, Tel., Dec. 10.—John
Slgmiiiid, up romlnent wholesale man of
Chicago, who owns conslderuble property
ou the bay shore in this city, Is orgnnlilug
the New llarbor (HI Company with a cupi-
tul stock of $100,000 nnd proposes to drill
on his holdings.
Jourdanton Jury Discharged.
Special Telegram to The Express,
JOURDANTON, Tex., Dec. 10,-The Jury
In the case of Koy Jenkins, charged with
the killing of O. Welty, was discharged
this afternoon by District Judge Chambliss
after he wns reusouubly sure that they
could never reach u verdict. They have
had the esse since 10 o'clock Wednesday
night. They stood seven for conviction
nnd five for acquittal. Tills was the only
murder case on trial this term of court,
the one other on the docket having been
continued until the next term.
O———
Memorial for Beeville Church.
Special Teltgram to The Ripress.
BEEVILLE, Tex., Dec. 10.-St. Phillip's
Episcopal Church of this city has been
given n handsome memorial, two brans
eiiehurlstlc candlesticks, by Mrs. K. W.
Barry nnd her sister. Miss I,otitis Law,
given tn memory of Mr. nnd Mrs. Robert
Liiw. Bishop William T. Capers of Sun
Antonio will consecrate the memorial in the
near future.
Two Thousand Villistas in Durango
Ask Amnesty, According to
Benito Garcia.
Tluit preparations are being made to re-
ceive Francisco Villa lu Culduil .Inures
was the luformutlon brought here yesterday
by Benito liarcln >r' EI Paso, who arrive!
here Friday morning.
"Hl| ollto Villa, Francisco's brother, lj In
couii lete lontrol of Juarsa now," asserted
Mr (.nreia, "He owns the Casino there
nnd is deriving nn immense income fiom
the w imbling there. Since taking Jiivez
the \llllstas have made the border to.v.i a
vice center. This, 1 understand, the Car-
ranslstus intend to remedy directly they
occupy the towu.
"At last reports Carranza's central army
was ut Santa Kosnlia awaiting orders from
Obregon tc advance on Chihuahua. Gen-
eral Garciu's Villa army In Durango has
asked for amnesty, which request is now
being considered. Garcia hss 2.0U0 meu lu
Dnrtingo. all of whom he wishes to turn
over to the de facto government."
MEXICO FIGHTING TYPHUS
Reorganization of Institutions of Learn-
ing in Mexico Making Rapid
Progress.
Officially Reported That Situation Is
Well in Hand and Death Rate
Little Above Normal.
GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 10.—Civil nnd
military nuthorltles in the City of Mexico
are working iu harmony with great vigor
to improve the sanitary conditions and
stump out typhus.
This Information Is contained in dis-
patches received by the Mexican consul here
today. The report declares that t.vphns
Is prevalent only In the poorer quarters of
the city, where there is considerable over-
crowding The declaration also Is made
thut the death rute from the dlesnse is
only slightly higher than the normal for
till* season.
The official report for November shows
that In the City of Mexico snd suburbs
there were 2,180 esses of typhus with UK
deaths from the disease. There were 655
(Uses during the first week of December
with l'J8 deaths.
These figures nre given nut In contra-
vention of the reports said to have been
cumul thnt there were 1110 deaths dally
from typhus. It Is declured that the nor-
mal dentil rnte for the city is from 70 to
75 from all causes, nnd that at present
there is only a slight Increase over this
number.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAliE BARRED
Governor of Jalisco, Mexico, Issues
Decree Regulating Liquor Sales.
GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 10.—Governor
Berlangn of the State of Jalisco has Is-
sued a new decree regulating tho manu-
facture nnd sale of alcoholic beverages
which forbids the sale of beer containing
more than i per cent of alcohol or other
fermented beverage which naturally con-
tains more than tnut amount of alcohol.
The manufacture of alcohol from corn,
potatoes, sweet potatoes or uguve plunls
Is prohibited.
News of the new decree of Governor
Berlsngi was contain**! in official dis-
patches received by the Mexican consulate
nore.
CARRANCISTATGIVEN PERMIT
General and Staff May Pass Over
United States Territory.
LAREDO, Tex., Dec. 10.—Permission wus
grunted by the War Department today for
passage through Texas snd Arlioim from
here to Douglas of General Currnsco, a
Cnrrsnsa commander, with fifteen stnlf
officers and six soldiers. They will take
a quantity of supplies shipped In bond.
The fumigation regulation will he ob
served.
World bi'cycles. with guards nnd cosster
brake, fHO. Potchernlck s. (Adv.i
Plants Pecans in City Park.
Special Telegrnni to The Express.
\ ORKTOWN, Tex., Dec. 10—More than
fifty pecan trees of a choice variety arc
being [limited In the City Park. These
trees were donated to the city by citizens.
There now are more than four hundred
trees of nil kinds und varieties lu York-
town's uew City Park.
The Right Sort of stilts for dressiness
and long wear—5BB to $15. Lenti, tsllor,
S12 W. Commerce St.—(Adv.)
—
Wharton Court Has Busy Week.
Special Telngrnm to Tho Express.
WHARTON. Tex., Dec. lO.-Dlstrlct
Court, lu session here, disposed of the
following criminal cases during the week:
Henry Owens, murder, not guilty; L. J.
Jerasek, cow theft, two years with sus-
pended sentence; H. Williams, assault 'o
murder --•■ •
der,
two —
years; James Taylor, burglary, two venrs.
Court will continue throughout the week.
Universal Electric Irons, Ssra Spier
Hnrdwnre Co., 210 Losoyn St.—(Adv.)
■tided sentence; 11. Williams, assault <o
uriler, uot guilty; Calvin, assault to mur-
■r, three years; Henry Skuggs, row theft,
.o yenrs; Jim Anderson, burglary, two
Active preparations are on foot toward
the reconstruction und reorganisation of
the schools of the City of Mexico by the
Ci.rran.za de facto government, according
to a communication received by Cousul C.
Teodulo It. Beltran from the capital yes-
terday.
During the administration of the Dic-
tator Huertu a number of the schools,
notably the National College of Mexico,
were closed down and there has been no
opportunity since to reopen them. Dur
Ing the several severe bombardments of
the city ninny of the primary and normal
sclnols were damaged by shell fire and
these are now being rebuilt.
Among the great schools and colleges
which formerly made the City of Mexico
a center of learning and culture, which
nre now to be thrown open agniu to
scholprs ure the National School of Lit
ernture, the Museum of Colonial Art, the
School of Domestic Science, the School
of Elementary and Advanced Construc-
tion, tin- School ef Chemistry, the Nutiou-
ul College, the School for Tutors and the
Business School for Men. Reorganisation
of the National University has been com
menccd, u new faculty engaged and lists
for scholars opened.
Among other institutions, the Mexican
Exposition of Fine Arts. Is to be mudu
permanent. This exposition was former-
ly situated In New York Cttv. Orders
liuve beett issued by First Chief Car-
ranzn for the publishing of several no-
table works In Spanish by Mexican au-
thors, which nre now on the press. Among
these will 'ie Doctor Jose Marlu Luis
Mora's "Mexico and Her Revolutions";
"A History of the Constitutional Congress
of 1S57," by Don Francisco Zareo, , and a
collection of political essays by Don An-
tonio Mnnero. These works, with others,
will l>e placed In the librnrles of the
schools and colleges throughout Mexico.
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FOR HIS CHRISTMAS.
Have him some shirts made to his meas-
ure by Johnson, 210 Navarro St. (Adv.)
UVALDE MAN DISAPPEARS
Assistant Postmaster Dee Worden Mys-
teriously Missing Since Dec. 2.
Special Telegrom to Th« Express.
UVALDB, Tex., Dec. 10.—Assistant Post-
master l)e« Worden, mysteriously missing
since a week ago yesterday, was. reported
by a ranchman to have been seen In the
woods il few miles east of town yester-
day..
The runebmnn said thnt when he called
to Worden, the lutler, without answering,
plunged Into u thicket and disappeared.
"Picked Over" ts the condition In most
suit stocks, but constant shipments give us
fresh patterns all the lime. Suits $35 to
845. I.entt, tullor, 312 W. Commerce.—
(Adv.)
Boys Are Bitten by Puppy.
HpcHtl 'IVl< grain to The Express.
LOCKHAKT, Tex., Dec. 10.—A son of FA-
gar Loiig und one of Mrs. J. J. Johnson
wuh bitten by u puppy ut th<? Long home
und feurlng thnt the dog hud rnbies, tin*
head was nit off and tuken to Austin today
for Inspection by the 1'usteur Institute.
Federal Inspector at San Ange'o.
Bpedal Telegruui to The Kxpreng.
SAN ANGI1LO, Tex , Dee. 10.—Msrk W.
Lnrkin of Chicago, Inspector of safety sp-
pllnuces for the United Stules Government,
lias beeu here the pust several days in-
specting equipment of the Orient.
Saturday Specials
SO l*»iindfl ftrttimlated Hugur for
With f.Y00 Order Other Groceries
iO I'ouihN (iraniilitltMl Hujmr, 3 Found*
Nectar Coffee $2.00
'J4 l'mindM <»iaiiulated Sugar, I Found
Ncetar Tea
Be»t Coal Otl. per gallon ,...|Oe
J5c Dosnert Fenehe*. per dosen.......$1.00
10r Tnnmtoe*. prr dorm .k,v
10c Sweet Corn, per doirn OOe
Fennut flutter, per pound
Furlty Ilutterlne, per pound
(iood Dairy Butter, per pound :*0<i
Bent Country Butter, per pound Hfte
Shelled Pecans, per pound 40o
Feeuns in tdicll, per pound..... lf'/feo
l.'e Duten, per pncliuge ...I0e
10c Figs, 3 package?* for 2IVc
3-Found Fruit Cake, 60c kind, per lb....40c
Cox X Gordon DreuUfnat Bacon........ ,30c
CruMto LurH. per pound .....10c
Fure Leaf Lard, per pound lt<^<
Be Box Matches, 3 for ....10c
lOe Can Van Camp's Noup. I for I.V
1A<> Can Country Gentleman Corn......,10c
lftc Can Fancy AsparagUN, doxen $1.00
85e Bottle Select Olive* .'iOc
I>. S. Ifog Jowels, per pound ,,,.10c
Sugar-Cured llwm. per pound..18c
2 Be LoaveN Bread for V
1? Found* Irish Fotatoe*
IB Found* Sweet Fotatoe* #,..?Be
4 Found* Onion*
We will Indue a hand-bill price li*t on
the 15th, Including all Xma* good*. Be
*ure and get one. Phone un your order*.
We deliver.
J. F. LUCKETT & CO.
438 East Commerce St.
Crockett 7538.
AUCTION
TODAYuDMofek°p'™' Trustee's Sale Sraw
CRITZER BROTHERS
$75,OOO.OOSTOCKof Fine Diamonds, Jewelry,
Watches. Silverware and Jewelry Novelties
I i V ^ierdayL,TMi V"?"1 j?reak*r at the Critzer Bros.' Auction Sale; the crowds were large, the bidding fast, the bargains great; about 25c on the dol-
lar s how the public is buying these fine goods. Better come today and buy your holiday gifts. You never had a chance like it before and may never
aarain- J. B. GILL, Auctioneer. A Square Deal to All.
CRITZER BROTHERS ESTATE
304 West Commerce Street
TOM BROWN
Manager
Corner St.
Mary's Street
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