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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1918.
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theme. It was a cold day wheji the
suffragette was not served up in the
joke column. The stage, the weekly
comic, the after-dinner speaker—all
have lost a friend. There's always
someone taking the joy out of life;
and this time it is the Texas Legisla-
ture.
Texas has a new baby—and its a
girl! Some of the legislative fathers
are wearing a sheepish look for they
wanted a boy. They have to back and
explain to the gang how it all hap-
pened, and they are not hilarious over
the job. However, they need not be
ashamed of the little darling, for take
the State by and large, the Texas fam-
ily is delighted at the new addition.
JAPAN IS LYING LOW.
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ADVEKT1SUKS.
UhUbLii OJj' TUJfi ASSOCIATED PHlStW.
The Associated Press is exclusively en
titled to the use for republication of*"
Dews dispatches credited to it or not other-
wise credited in this paper and also the
focal news published herein.
All rights of republication of special die
patches here are also reserved.
PROFITEERING IN NECESSITIES.
A statistician has figured that tlie
purchasing power of a dollar is 30
per cent less than it was in 1014.
Probably this is far short of the mark,
the cost of commodities entering into
the .necessities of life having risen on
a much higher average.
The baker now gets 10 cents for a
loaf of bread that he used to sell for
5 cents; the haberdasher gets 20 cents
for a shirt collar that he used to sell
two for 3 quarter, and the shoe dealer
isks nearly twice as much for certain
qualities of shoes as he did before the
war. •
It is easy to understand why some of
the prices are higher because of scar-
city due to war conditions, hut why
the extreme prices for home products
that should not cost much more to
grow now than they formerly did, it
not quite clear. We pay 3 cents for
• postage stamp that we used to get
for 2 cents, but that is bccause the
Government has to raise more revenue
to meet the war expenses, and this ft
one of the means of doing it. We are
simply giving the extra one cent to the
Government as a war tax, ajid we Jo
not object to it, bccause we are per-
fectly willing to help the Government
in that way or in any other way that
wc can. But why has the purchasing
power of the dollar decreased while
the value of the dollar has not dimin-
ished in any degree through deprecia-
tion of the currency, as it has in some
of the other countries, and as it did
during our Civil War?
In those days gold and silver coins
disappeared from the channels, of trade
■ nd the paper currency substituted was
at a discount, and remained so for
several years after the war. It is not
so now, for our paper money is just
as good as gold and is likely to re-
main so. Wc have a tremendous gold
reserve, a£ well as almost unlimited
financial resources to back it up and
these have not been affected by the
comparatively paltry demands so far
made upon them. Is it not a fact that
there is too much profiteering in the
necessities of life, because of the
heavy demands made upon us by 'he
allies that affords the opportunity?
And is not this sort of profiteering
about the worst we have to contend
with?
The matter of Japanese intervention
Ln Russia is being held in abeyance
pending developments that are being
noted with intense interest affecting
future political and military move-
ments.
What is to be the attitude of the
Bolsheviki toward the invaders from
this time forward is yet to be determ-
ined. Trotzky has intimated that a
defensive army is to be organized for
resistance and that it may call to-
gether all the loyal elements of the
country, and Trotzky does not want
any outside interference.
There appears to be a disposition
at Washington and at the allied capi-
tals to give Trotzky a chance to prove
what he can do. The foreign embas-
sies that were hurrying out of the
country a short time ago have appar-
ently made up their minds • to stay
where they are until something turns
up, and this would indicate that some-
thing is expected to turn up. Of
course, we can hardly conjecture as
to what may or may not happen in
Russia, for the situation there :s so
involved as to puzzle not only a Phila- i
delphia lawyer but anybody else. And
we know quite as little as to what
Japan may have up her sleeve. There
is not much doubt, however, that un-
less Russia makes some sort of effort
in her own behalf pretty soon Japan is
going into Siberia and she may be
welcomed under the guarantees fur-
nished by the Japs and the allies. i
That the British have full confidence
in the Japs was indicated by the
speech of Foreign Secretary Balfour
a few days ago when he said:
"Japan has behaved with pcrfcct (
loyalty, and if she gives promises with
regard to Russian integrity or on any
question connected with Russia she
will keep them as she has kept all
promises she has made in connection
with this war, or in any great punlic
transactions with the United States
and the allies." Tokio has disclaimed
any intention of taking advantage of
present circumstances to feather her
shelling the woods with all their might.
Unquestionably Germany is dis-
playing a strong inclination for peace.
She has been doing that for more than
a year and has been maneuvering in
every conceivable way to cajole or
drive the forces she is fighting to the
same Inclination. But always it is a
German peace, an impossible peace,
that the allies would not now, would
never have considered, and will never
consider, and the Huns know it, but
they go blindly and blunderingly on
in the hope that they may finally
frighten their enemies into such a
peace as they have imposed on Russia
and Roumania. The Huns-continue to
be arrogant and boastful and count
their greatest military blunder of the
war, the adventure in the East, which
has so sapped their strength in the
West, as a marvelous achievement.
They always so consider their warfare
on defenseless peoples or their
triumphs due to overwhelming force.
But so far as the attainment of the
ends sought at the beginnihg of the
war are concerned they know in their
hearts there is no element of proba-
bility. They know as well as we do
that they cannot win. At the same
time, they know that they must ,keep
on fighting until they are whipped to
a standstill, unless they can bring
about a negotiated peace of the sort
they have been striving for since they
realized the inevitable.
But the United States and the allies
will have none of it. They may suffer
a temporary defeat on the western
front, as the allies did before the bat-
tle of the Marne; as the French did
before Verdun; as the Italians did
after the debacle in the Isonso, but the
effect would only be to make them
gird up their loins for further efforts
and further sacrifice and to fight the
harder until the victory of democracy,
humanity and justice has been won,
regardless of the time it may take to
j do it and of the cost it may entail.
Then we will be ready to talk peace,
Ihe peace of victory over militarism,
of right over might, of justice and
humanity and world democracy—the
peace that will be enduring. When
Germany's inclination is toward that
sort of peace and some responsible
authority outside the Huns and Junk-
| crs whose pledges are not worthy Of
trust or consideration, is ready to pro-
pose it, negotiations may be opened
(hat will result in an honorable and
WHAT EXPRESS FILES
TELL OF YEARS AGO
Tliirty-fiv© Years Ago—1883.
A consignment, of wool was received to-
day from Callahan County. This in the
earliest consignment that has been mado
for iwenty years.
Corpus Chrlsti.—An enthusiastic meeting
was hold tonight at the market hall, in
this city, relative to the Nueces Valley
Railroad. Speeches were made by a num
nor ot prominent citizens, among whom
were John Glvens, Stanlev Welch. .1. B.
Mitchell and CoJ. Nelson Plato. The lat
ter gentleman is collector of this port,
and. as an Item showing the increase ">f
shipment of bonded goods over the Texas
Mexican Hallway, stated that It now
amounted to nearly a quarter of a million
dollars per month. Libeial additions wore
made to the list of subscriptions, which
insures the commencement of the work at
an early date.
_ ♦ ♦
The new tariff bill entirely abolishes the
Internal revenue heretofore roljeefed in the
shape of stamps, bank check . patent med-
icines, perfumes, cosmetics, playing cards,
and on matches, and the tax ou bank da
posits and bank capital.
Fifteen Years Ago—1003.
Recruits are arriving in the Department
of Texas to fill out the 4th Infantry anu
12th Cavalry in view of their departure
for the Philippines.
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The Postoffice Department will order
an investigation Into the < haracter and
operations of the oil companies and the
mining organizations that are flooding the
country with advertisement of stock it
very low prices and a practical guarantee
of liberal dividends and rapid increase in
the value of the stock.
♦- ♦-
It, Is charged t.bat several companies are
advertising Texas oil stocks in the East
and have no property In the fields what-
ever and they are pure swindling schemes,
even more bold ln their operations than
turf investment companies that were re-
cently forced to the wall.
♦ ♦-
The alacrity and persistency with which
all amendments to the House bill to pro
vent pool selling or hotting on horse races
were voted down In the Senate, shows
either au intention to pass the measure
as it or to kill it altogether, and it Is
impoossible to determine which The bill
was aimed only at the pool rooms and did
not attempt to prevent pool sellibg or bat-
ting on races at the track. As amended
in the House it provides h penalty to be
imposed npon any person who shall engage
or assist in pool selling, book making,
making or accepting any bet on any horse
race at any time or place.
BOY PLEADS GUILTY
PASSING OF BILLS
ELEVEN IMPORTANT MEASURES
(iO THROUGH IN TEN MINUTES.
FINAL SPURT ON.
; endurin;; peace. Not till then.
IN PARIS IN APRIL.
The German Kaiser is reported as
saying that the decisive moment of the
war has come.
This may be taken to mean that the
Kaiser is staking everything on Von
Hindenburg's promise to be in Paris
in April, and if the doughty warrior's
. , , promise is to be fulfilled the Kaiser
ewn nest at the expense of her neigh- . ... , .
y , . . I realizes that he will have to hurry,
bor in opposition to the wishes of the ; ., .
,, . .. it is not now a matter of months or
United States or the allies, but if1 •
. . ... . , i weeks, but of davs, for April is close
Japan should go into Siberia without a
perfect understanding the effect might
be to further complicate matters, pos-
sibly by driving the Russians into the
arms of the Germans as a choice of
evils. Perhaps it will all come out
satisfactorily in the end.
WHEN PEACE WILL COME.
at hand and it is some distance from
Yprcs to Paris, even with the way
cleared for the men and guns that are
to make the trip. So the supreme mo-
ment has come for the Hindenburg
fellow to make good, or disappoint the
Kaiser, who is depending on him, and ! Tn'Thi
the people back home who were grow
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HARRY RICHARDSON SET FIRE TO
OPERA HOUSE TO SETTLE
GRUDGE AGAINST EMPLOYE.
An Amsterdam newspaper learns
cciving this assurance.
Breaking through the line of the
that Germany is displaying a Strang | allies will not suffice, if that is al! the
inclination for peace and threatens i Huns can accomplish by their great
that unless the entente becomes sub- drive. Von Hindenburg must be in
missive to her wishes within a few i Paris in April in order to redeem his
days she will turn loose her batteries | promise, and to make good the state-
ment of the Kaiser that "the decisive
moment of the war has come."
When the Huns had almost reached
Verdun and thought they had that cit-
adel in their grasp the gallant Frcn-h-
on the western front and do her worst
Since this information was given out
from Amsterdam the Huns have es
saved a vigorous bombardment all
nlong the British front in France and
Flanders with minimum results. They | men stood out and said with .decision,
A NEW VOICE IN THE HOUSE.
The women of Texas have achieved
the vote. Whether that means all that
the phrase "Equal Rights" means, is
another question. It does mean how-
ever, that the women of the State have J
now in their hands an instrument to j
effect those rights whatever they may
be. The vote itself is nothing, it is
a means to an end.
The struggle has been a long one
and the victory is well won and well
deserved. The campaign of education
and agitation has been carried on with
intelligence, patience, and courage.
Not the least, it has been conducted in
the best of good humor. Without this
grace of humor the women vJould have
suffered a case of nerves. And tnis
because the chief weapon against the
cause was ridicule. The cartoonist in
particular, the joker in general, and
the male in occasion*!, has lost a dear
have pierced the line in some places
just enough to make a dertt, but that
is about all.
It is not at all surprising that after
months of elaborate preparation and
massing of troops both along and be-
hind their line they should be able to
make some impression by their fierce
bombarding, followed by intense in-
fantry assaults, but that is quite a
different thing from'breaking through
as the British and French have done
on occasions when they acquired con-
siderable terrain. The great Teutonic
offensive in the West will amount to
nothing substantial unless the Huns
are enabled thereby to push on to their
objectives and occupy Calais and
Paris, and even that would not mean
that Germany had won the war, any-
more than when she first crashed
through Belgium, or when her arm'es
had overrun the Balkans or, later, a
great part of Russia. The United
States, alone, is a pretty good matcfy
for Germany, and the United States
has hardly got into the war as yet.
The supreme test in the West,
whether initiated by the Huns or by
the forces of the entente allies, may
be imminent, or it may be a long way
in the future, depending Ln a'measure
upon whether the allies are ready to
meet or to force it. That they can
hold back the Huns as long as they
choose to do so there is hardly a rea-
sonable doubt. That the Huns .ire
eager to force the test or to do more
than to try their favorite game of Muff
and frightfulncss there is scarcely any
doubt, although they may engage in
Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 2- The arrest
and conviction of Harry Richardson, an
Austin youth, 15 years old. has solved the
mystery of the origin of n fire which
damaged the Hancock opera House stag*?
and roof to the extent of over $10,000, and
which for a time endangered a whole cltj
block, as well as the lives of many persons
who were in the opera house witnessing a
motion picture show. Only by prompt
response and efficient work by the fir*
department was the fire confined to the
theater, and quick action by Manager
George H. Walker, in having the asbestos
fire emergency curtain lowered, prevented
the flames spreading to the front of the
building. As it was .there was no panic
in the audience, it withdrawing in order
through the many exits to the street.
Young Richardson was convicted of
arson iu connection with the fire. H
confessed t<» the « rlino and entered a plea
of guilty in the County Court. Judge
Dave Pickle assessed punishment of ;m
indeterminate sentence of from two to five
years iu the State Training School for
Juveniles at (iatesville. Richardson in his
confession implicated another hoy of about
his age, and who is in jail, but who denies
the accusation.
The Hancock Opera House Are occurred
on the night of March 5, and the theory
advanced was that it was caused by d«-
feetive electric light wiring. Deputy Con
stable Ray (Jrlffin several days ag> got
on to a clue clearly indicating that the
fire was of incendiary origin, with sus-
picion falling strongly on Harry Richard
sou. The boy disappeared from his home
s «Ity. <; riff in succeeded in striking
his trail, which led in San Antonio, when
he was arrested, and brought back to Au«;
in£ restless and impatient befnre re- I tin yesterday afternoon.
The youthful prisoner when confronted
with the evidence collected by the officer,
confessed. He said he with several other
boys had been hired by the stage man
ager of the Hancock Opera House to act
as "supes" in a show aud were promised
$1 each for their services. When pay day
nmo around, Richardson said the stage
manager paid only 50 cents per "supe."
That made him angry, be said, and he
decided to sret even with the stage man
ager, and planned setting the opera house
on fire.
Aceordlng to bis confession, be, with
another boy, at 10 o'clock at night slinped
down the alley leading to the stage of the
opera house, and while a motion picture
show was In progress, he climbed through
a window onto rhe stage. He said he
kindled a fire on the stage with news-
papers, the papers, he said, being handed
to him by his alleged accomplice. After
firing the stack of papers. Richardson
said he and his pal hurriedly left the
theater.
Asked If he did not think of the gr»;*t
danger in which he was plat ing the people
in the front of the opera house, the hov
answered that he had not given them a
thought, that his sole motive was to burn
the opera house in order that the stage
manager would be out of a Job.
State Pi re Marshal S. W. Inglish, who
attended the trial of the youth, congrat
ulated Deputy Constable Griffin for his
splendid work in solving the mystery of
the fire, Griffin having accomplished the
work without assistance.
"It was a great piece of work," ra'd 1
Marshal Inglish. "This is a most remark-
able case, and I hope that the arrest an<i
conviction of this boy will prove a lesson ;
to wayward youths."
Griffin will he paid a reward of $300 by !
the city, there being a standing reward
of that amount for arrests and convictions
in arson cases.
Staff Special to The Kxpress.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 22.—Eleven bills
were finally passed ln ten minutes this
afternoon in the House of Representatives,
which is moving at top speed with th*s
prospect of acting one way or another on
each of the measures presented to the
special thirty-day session. This record
of eleven bills in ten minutes is the time
record for the session. In a short spurt
of three minutes the House passed even
that record in passing five bills. Tin;
five bills thus passed were all local bills
regarding school districts iu West Texas,
but the eleven passed in ten minutes were
general hills.
The first of them was the Lange bill
regarding telephone rates, providing a
court appeal upon the reasonableness of
public utility rates, with a limitation that
less tbau S per cent, return on investment
shall not be held reasonable.
The bill carrying the provision that the
primary ballot pledge shall include a
promise of support of the National tlckct
of the party was another of the eleven.
The others were the bill limiting cam-
paign expenses; the bill regulating de-
livery of patents by the Land office; the
bill abolishing the office of Commissioner
of Pensions; the junk bill; the bill for
the sale of the State quarantine property
to the Federal Government; the bill re-
quiring all elementary public school work
to be conducted in the English language,
the equity of redemption bill; the bill
fixing graduated scale for salaries of
prison guards; and the bill requiring per-
mits for the conduct of business upon
which a gross receipts tax is collectable.
Such speed is possible only on bills tha*
r.lready have been before the House and
have been engrossed, so that their final
passage is merely a matter of form.
High speed m.:y be expected until the
end of the sesaion, however, as Speaker
Fuller has already Issued a warning that
House bills which did not reach engross
mont today have little chance of final
action at the session. The fact that the
j House recessed until o'clock tomorrow
morning Instead of adjourning until to-
| morrow, hay help the chances of some,
j of the hills, as. in effect, it continues to-
morrow as a part of today's session and
gives bills the same chance they would
I have, had today.
All bills did not receive the same quick
passage through the House. Those so
hurried through were ones that met no
objection. In case of objection, the ques-
tion of their consideration went to a voto
and then it -took a two thirds vote to
permit consideration.
Repeated efforts to bring up House Bill
No. ('!. which seeks to put the Highway
Department under the State Railroad
Commission, failed in this way. The bill
was refused consideration the lnat time
on an aye and no roll call, when It mup-
tered 5'! ayes for consideration, but not.
the required two thirds vote. The bill
may be considered particularly unlucky,
as it was next on regular order for con-
sideration and would have come up with-
out the two thirds vote when the Houo'e
Voted to recoss until tomorrow.
There was considerable debate on sonr*
of the measures that came up, particularly
the appropriation bill. Ry the time it had
been amended, its items contained more
new provisions than the original bill car-
ried It was also pared in places, the
most notable alteration of this sort being
the removal of an appropriation of $5,(>00
a year for two years' expenses on Nnrsery
Inspectors of the Agricultural Depart
mont. This change made at the request
of Representative Poage of Waco, caused
a flurry in the House a short time later.
Representative Johnson of Kills, was told
by an employe of the Agricultural De-
partment that this change would In effort
put. 500 nurseries out of business, as they
cannot ship trees until they have been in-
spected.
Mr. Johnson conveyed this statement
to Mr. I'ofcgp. Mr. Poage secured recogni-
tion of the acting speaker, and asserted
that the House was fnll of department,
employes arguing with the members about
the appropriation bills, "thev ought to b-
fives Cope, McMillin, Blackman, Ncill and
McComb were named.
Tho bill fixing the salury of the Super
intemlont of Public Buildings and
Grounds at $2,400 a year was finalo
pasted.
A bill requiring uniform weights for
meal and flour und for bushels of sweet,
potatoes, tomatoes and peanuts according
to the Hoover standard was engrossed,
after explanation that it was a Food Ad-
ministration request.
The bill ' hanging proceedure ln forcible
entry and detainer suits to avoid the pn\<
ent ability of persons to block gaining of
possession by taking a pauper's oath was
also engroMed.
The Senate bill, providing an appropria-
tion of $.'i0,00o for the State Training
School for Boys at Gatesville, was passed
to third reading, as was also the Senate
bill authorizing the Attorney General tf>
bring suits when necessary to prevent
suspension of train service when service
Is ordered continued by tlyj HallroaJ
Commission.
Three vice combating measures by Sen-
ator Lattimore were placed on the House
calendar and referred to committees. On *
new House bill was .introduced, providing
for a municipal court at. Port Arthur.
A resolution to Invite the Commissioner
of Agriculture to address a joint session
of the House and Senate on a plan lor
pricing cotton ran Into opposition which
developed so much of an argument that
Speaker Fuller, who had permitted tha
resolution to come up in the expectation
that it would delay the reces* already
moved but a moment, withdrew the reso-
lution from consideration until tomorrow.
D. J. Nelll, former president of Ihe Farm-
ers' Union, was speaking for the resolu-
tion when It wa« withdrawn.
MORNING SESSION.
After lengthy deoate this morning the
House refused to concur in the Senate
amendment to the "literacy bill," which
would have cut out the provision placed
in the bill by the House permitting aid
to he gtveu persons who have been citi-
zens or the United States for twenty-ona
years and are unable to read and write.
The other Senate amendments, stating the
penalty and adding an emergency clause
were concurred in. Concurrence was also
given a corrective Senate amendment
which added the words "of election" after
"judges" in specifying who may give all
in the excepted case?.
A conference then was asked and the
House conferees appoiuted arc Representa-
tives Dudley of El Paso. Canales or
Brownsville, Tliomason of El Paso. Rag-
by of Lavaca and Bryan of Midland.
Representative Bagby was largely re-
sponsible for the retention of the House
provision for aid to citizens of twenty-
one years standing who cannot read and
write, making a plea for the unlettered
fathers of hoys who now are in the United
States Array.
"Do you want to send the word to |n>-
of them." he asked, "that you have barred
his father from participation in the Gov-
ernment for which he is fightingV"
Barry Miller of Dallas also made a
strong plea on behalf of the Bohemian
citizens, ejting the patriotism with which
the Bohemian youths volunteered for the
war.
Representative Dudley of El Paso argued
for the Seaute amendment, asserting that,
along the border many persons had
crossed into Mexico to avoid sendee in the
United States when war became imminent.
Representative Canales of Brownsville
spoke in defense of the border population
in the lower section of the Rio Grande.
He said that he with General Morten had
conducted an investigation to determine
the cause of people crossing into Mexico
aud that their investigation showed that
it was due to propaganda of two Get*
mans and to that of Americans who want
ed to buy the Mexicans' stock at low
prices. He said they spread the report,
that the United States was going t«» force
Mexican citizens Into the army. He as-
serted that some American citizens did go
into Mexico with the others but that in
nearly every instance they have returned
and now are at the cautonments. Mr.
Dudley, in reply, said that bis remarks
applied to the portion of the border with
which he was familiar.
The amendment to the State highway
bill was finally passed by a vote of 10S to
7. As finally passed the bill makes only
OFFICERS APPRECIATE OPPOR-
TUNITY GIVEN MEN FOR REC-
REATION AND EDUCATION.
"You shall not pass," and the Huns
did not. >X'hen they were sweeping
everything before them in their drive
oji Italy they were halted at the Piave
and were told: "You shall not pass."
and they did not. Something of that
sort is liable to happen again before
Von Hindenburg reaches Paris. -Then
Von Hindenburg and the Kaiser, both,
may wish they had not spoken. Still,
it is not much trouble for any of the
Huns to take back anything they nay
have said.
ARMY CAPTAIN AT AUSTIN
TO DIRECT WORK IN NEW
GOVERNMENT RADIO SCHOOL
Here's a howdy-do. A Belgian nurse
who is now living in Texas has been
advised that unless she pays Germany
8,000 francs her father, in Belgium,
will be deported to Germany. But
if it suits the purpose of the Huns
they will deport him anyway, regard-
less of payment of the ransom. Self | Tb* Expr*M Austin Bureau,
respecting brigands who get money
that way would live up to their agree-
ment, but the Huns cannot be trusted
to live up to any agreement. Of course,
they would not get the ransom, even if
the nurse were permitted to send it,
knowing the unreliability of the Huns,
as she must.
It is gratifying to have the assur-
ance of the war council that west of
the Suez the allied line is firm in a
political and military sense and quite
capable of meeting any enemy offen-
sive and that east of the Suez there is
no menace. Some observers have been
\ little apprehensive on that score, w'th
the British so far from their base in
tue enemy's country.
AUSTIN. Tex . March 22.—Captain MofJ
erhak of the I nited State* Army has ar
rived at the University of Texas to tak<» :
• harsre of the new Government Radio
School whi h is to start here soon. Other
officers arc also arriving to take up the
work under ('aptain Moderhak Tempo-
rary headquarters of the radio hool arc
established in the engineering building at
the University of Texas, and preparation* j
are being made to receive applicant* for
the school, which will start work h«^e
soon. •
Definite facts as to the school are not
yet known, but It is a well established
fact that the school is to be only for men
of the 1 nited States Army who have been
assigned to this place for training aud not
for civilian**.
Dr. I,eroy Itrown. for several years an
instructor iu the University of Texas, mill
have etiargo of the instruction of the stu-
dent-. His staff of assistants i* *"HI pre-
pared Thirty-three men. who will prob-
ably be under him. have made the twent>-
word i»»-r minute requirement
Dr itr<»wn has, since the establishment
of the s. M a. in Austin, been in charge
of the radio work in that school, and has
at the same time had hit usual work in
tlie university for direction
out. attending to business instead of up
lore." said Mr Poage The speaker called
on the Sergeant at Arms for enforcement
of the rule afaloit lobbying.
An appropriation of fT»00 a year for two
years f<»r espouses of a Traveling Deput,
State Revenue Agent wa
nppioprlation bill and later cut out, after
Representative Cope hs<t rend a part of
tb< Investigating Committe* report re
girding the Revenue Ilopartment. and had
made the Btfttcneoi that the department
claimed cradit for collecting ravanua
which was not delinquent but would be
paid into the Treasury in regular course
if the Revenue Agents did not make it
convenient to l»o in tha places where large
taxfts were payable at the time they be-
came due.
Representative Benson said by traveling
they found much money due the State
that otherwise would not be collected.
A deficiency appropriation for the Lid
ueation Department, amounting to $12,300
was <ut out of the bill after being rec-
ommended by the committee, but it whs
restored after Representative Johnson of
Kills, secured a reconsideration and an
nouticed tnat more funds are needed for
the department, because of its plaua to
take up a war campaljnt that is baiua
urged by the Federal Government Hurh
an appropriation was mada the subject
of a special mossnce bv the Governor.
The biggest single item of the bill ie
an appropriation of $l.*i(t,0Q0. or so mi^ch of
it as is needed, to refund proportionate
amounts of liquor licenses for the unex-
pired terms of the licenses.
The bill was so amended a a to make
the refund apply not only to expiration
of license under *he State wide law, but
under the /.one bill. The State Lunatn
Asylum was given an appropriation of
IM.noo for installing new boilers on the
plea that the work must be done hefor*
winter.
The asylum was also given an appro
priation of $15,000 for additional olothlug
•nd other needs of this year and $.30,00^
for next
Au appropriaton of $is,000 for comple-
tion of the Quarantine Station at Sabine
1'hii »nd one of $16,000 for genera] de-
fn ien-des on Sheriffs. Judges and attor-
reye fff>< and such matters were also in-
cluded in the bill. Numerous smaller
items were included in the bill, which
w-jg finally passed under suspension of
the rules.
The State Council of Defense bill, auth-
crliine employment of a secretary, was
also finalh passed
The approprftatkm of the Council of De-
fense w<»rk was contained m a separate
appropriation bill formerly passed
A report of the free conference commit-
tee i■ - ii the bill fixing salaries of bounty
>■ Uoi>! Superintendents was adopteq
carr\,ig a compromise scale. Under the
- thQa a d "pted the salary of a
Superintendent of a county with less
than "no scholastics will be $1,000; in
coiintlr - between 2.000 and .*{,000 wchola*
ti- ». fl.joo; between .1,000 and 4,ii<0
*. ho «-ti-v $l.44Nt; between 4.000 and o.OOu
scholastics. $1/i00: between ."».<•<«» au'i
H 000 >clM*iaattc«, $1.HflO; betw een 6.000 ana
scholastics $1,700; between 7.000 and
0.000 - hoiastles. $1.H00; between 0.000
end loom scholastics, $2,000 and over
RIOIIM scholastics, $2,100.
The flmjso concurred also In the repoit
on the majority primary bill, the matter
which the principal topic yesterdav
b^in - regarded a* past ..istory so much,
♦l at it s, ,n«Hy attracted attention, today.
The Representatives, however, refused to
agree to Senat" changes in the Mil re
quiring ;(?i jn\ ntory of State property to
l»c fi!« .1 \.;th the rtu.terlntfndeut 1'ui lie
Hulldirm> and Grounds upon the state-
ment fh.it the Senate amendment would
permit departmental heads to buy fnrui
ture without the Superintendent havii.g
an opportunity to supply them with ftouie
already > w ne.l by the Mate.
A conference was asked and Bep:
two changes In the present law. The one
change permits the State Highway Do
partment to assist in the building of ton
miles of road a year in a county instead
of two and a half miles; the other makes
the automobile tax assessable on a quar
terly basis.
Under the present law a person who
bought a car before July 1 has to pav a
full year's fax. Under ihe proposed
change If bought after the first three
months of the year he would only pay
for three fourths of the year and so on.
The plan proposed in the committee of
reducing the tax from ,15 cents per horse,
power to 25 cents was brought up on the
floor but voted down, as was also a prop-
osition to reduce it to 30 cents. Repre-
sentatlve Carloek. who had offered the
suggestion to the committee, oppose* it
when offered from the floor saying that
an investigation showed that the figures
upon which he had advocated the change
are misleading. He had based the plan
on the fact that the present tax was fixed
upon an estimate of 150.000 cars and that
there are over 200,000. He explained that
further Investigation, however, showed
added to j.he | that over 20.000 oars are ones in the serv-
ice of the War Department and not sub
ject to tax nnd that there are alo many
In the service of municipalities which are
exempt..
Woman suffrage again came in for
cheers and applause this morning when
>he suffrage bill tied with more than u
yard of flag ribbon was laid upon the
Speaker's desk and signed by him.
The Senate amendments to the bill pro
Tiding for the greater safety and the
health of women Industrial employes were
concurred in. One amendment change*
the wording from "women" to "female'*
and the other makes the provisions appli-
cable to oetabllshmenfs with seven or more
such employes. The change in wording
was made ln order thai the provisions may
epply to girls as well as women.
Resolutions were adopted on the death
of John W. Robhins former State Treas
urer and a former member of the Legis-
lature.
SOUTHWESTERN ASYLUM
ASKS FOR APPROPRIATION
I)r. Beverly Young Says Commodities
Used Have Increased in
Cost.
The Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 22.—governor
Hobby today, at the request of Dr. Rev
erly Young, superintendent of the South
western Insane Asylum at San Antoni.,,
submitted to the Legislature the subject
of an additional appropriation of $25,000
for that institution. Dr. Young, in a let
ter to the Governor requesting the add!
tional appropriation, said that it was
necessary because of the Increased cost of
commodities used by the institution. The
Governor submitted a copy of the letter
to the legislature. It is as follows:
To His Excellency. W. TV Hobby, Gov-
ernor of Texas, Austin. Tex.:
Dear Sir: By July 1, 1918, the appro-
priation made for the Southwestern Insane
Asylum, bv the first called session of the
Thirty-fifth Legislature, for the fiscal year
ending August .11, 1918, of $210,000, for
support and maintenance, will have e\
hansted.
In explanation and to justify your grar.l
of a deficiency in this item of the in-
propriatlon made by the first called ses
slon of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, be
cause of the unusual high coat of everv
commodity u*ed by this institution, for
Instsnce. the three items of fuel, oil. flour
and beef, is costing us $3*,070 more than
they did during the fiscal year ending
Augnst .11, 1917, and every other article
bought haa Increased In the same propor-
tion, it will require $25,000 to buy the
ne<-esaarr ^unnllea for this Institution, to
August 31, 1918.
Therefore, for the reasons above state 1,
I know that the deficiency In this appro-
priation at the time indicated, will be
925.000, hen«-e 1 estimate the sum of $25,000
as the amount ne^ssary to tide me over iu
said appropriation, until the next appro-
priation becomes available, aud respect-
fully request your approval thereof.
tSlgned.)
-'KRLY YOUNG,
Superintendent.
Delinquent Law Planed.
Tbe Eipre»» AuMin Bureau.
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 22.—The Governor
today signed thf bill amending the delin-
quent child law to make It apply to girls
aa well aa boye.
The Express Austin Bureau.
Al sj l.N, lex., March 22.—The American
Library Association has issued a special
bulletin with retereuce to its library war
service, a copy of which has been recelveu
by state Librarian C. Kiaerner. It is as
loilows:
Krom quarters high and low come
words of approval of the library war
service of tlie American Library Asso-
ciation—a service which is reaching into
every camp, training station and naval
post iu this country, and which is now
extending overseas to ou* men iu France.
rhe results of fur-reaching plans &V0
becoming every day more apparent, and
officers and men alike are votciug their
appreciation.
WHAT THE OFFICERS SAY.
Maj. Gen. George Bell Jr., Camp Logan:
"I wish to extend appreciation ou he-
half of the tt3rd Division. Its officers and
enlisted men. for the excellent library re
cently erected and opened here ln Camp
Logan.
"Since the opening of the library and
its excellent selection of books, it has
become, not alone a popular place for
officers and enlisted men as a means of
recreation, but also as a place of self-
education, and 1 am very pleased to say
that the camp, as a whole, is deriving il*
benefits."
Maj. Gen. E. F. Glenn, Camp Sherman:
"I wish every citizen of the United
States could be made to appreciate tbe
f-1 len'id work that is being .lone by the
American Library Association."
Lieut. Coin. \V. L. Ayers, U. S. N. R. F*
"United States Naval Radio School, Har-
vard University:
"I am writing to extend our most
hourly appreciation for your services iu
behalf of the war library connected with
the Naval Radio Station at Harvard.
"If you could see this library crowded
as it is during the evening hours, and the
hours of liberty and recreation, in which
the enlisted men are eagerly pouring
through these books which you have fur-
nished I am sure you would understand
that the enlisted men thoroughly appre-
ciate wat you have done for them." *
Maj. John T. Axton, chaplain in charge,
Camp Merritt:
"I want to record with you my appro
elation of the work the American Library
Association is doir g at ' amp Merritt and
to say to you that it will be my pleasure
to co-operate in every possible way with
your representatives."
From far away Santo Domingo cornea
tills letter from Brig. Gen. J. H. Pendle-
ton, commanding in rhe 2nd Provisional
iirigade, United States Marine:
"It is a great pleasure to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of the 13th instant,
notifying us of the shipment of books.
"I take tills occasion to tender, in be-
half of this brigade of marines, moil
hearty thanks. English reading matter
is n«t sold here, as the language is not in
vogue, and for the troops in the provinces:
it is even more difficult to obtain any-
thing at all to read.
"Contributions of books are especially
valued reading is a great aid to military
discipline "
Nut only from *htf men themselves, but
fretn the various agencies with which the
A. L. A. works, have come the warrant
expressions of commendations.
Here Is one from 8. G. Laman. T. M.
C. A. educational secretary, at Camp Up-
ton.
"Allow me to express through you, the
appreciation of the Y. M. C. A. for tbe
kindly help and co-operation which t.he
American Library Association has given
us In our service to the soldiers of Camp
Upton.
"There seems to be nn ever-increasing
demand for the best current literature,
both fiction and general llternture and
technical subjects. It. is difficult, to say
which of those three is the most In de-
mand. and I should like to suggest very
strongly that the A. L. A. in Its campaign
lay emphasis upon all three types of liter-
ature."
Here is another from A. M. Souby, edu-
cational secretary of the Southeastern De-
partment of the Y. M. C. A.:
"Allow mo to express -to you my deep
appreciation of the irreat work the Amer
ioau Library Association is doing in all
of the camps fhaf T have visited. Your
buildings are beautiful, and your repre-
sentatives are me i of characetr and abil-
ity. Kver.vwhere thev are doing their ut-
most to serve the men in the army and
<o-operat-» Aery cordlstiy with the Y. M
C. A. authorities. 1 know of no greater
work being done than that by the Amer-
ican library Association in our military
camp5."
The 'ibrary «ar service co operates not
only with the V M. but with the
Knights *»f Columbus, the Noting Mens
Hebrew Association, a no an other organ-
izations working In the ramps. The fo|
lowing from C ardinal Gibbons Indicates
how well the K. of C. hnve been served:
"His eminence directs me to write and
commend the very worthy enterprise of
securing good books for soldiers and sail-
ors Very truly yours.
"ALBERT K. SMITH. Secy."
And here is a letter which speaks for
Itself:
"War Department. Commission f»n
Training Camp ActivUie^ Washington,
D. C.
"Dr. Herbert Putnam.
"Library of Congress,
"Washington. I). C.
"Mv Dear Dr. Putnam :
"Our district directors are reporting
most enthuslasticallv on the camp libra-
ries. Those buildings and the afcilltiea
they offer soem to be ''ery much appre-
ciated by the mop 'those that 1 hove
seen in several of the camps seems to he
very well managed and liberally patrrm-
I sod. Congratulations on the good work
vou are doing. Sincerely yours.
"LEE F. HANMER."
So the evidence accumulates and the A.
L. A. feels that It is no longer necessary
to prove its case. What remains to do la
to supply the service and the books. The
service is ready and organized; 800,000
books are in the camps: but 2.000,000
more are needed for our men "over there,
and to obtain these a Nation-wide cam-
paign will take place tbe week beginning
March 18. Every home In the land shoull
contribute toward a grand total, so mag
nif!cent, that there will never gaaln be
rny dearth of books to place at the serv-
ice of our fighting men.
NEGRO ASKS STATE AID
TO ANALYZE HEN'S HABITS
The Express Anstln Buresn.
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 22.—In these days
Pure Food and Drug Commissioner R. H.
Hoffman -Ir. 1s called upon to analyze al-
most everything, but the request that wae
presented to him today took the "per-
simmon." as Dr. Hoffman expressed it.
An Austin negro came to the Pure fc'ood
and Drug Department today, and asked for
the "Boss Poor Food Gemmen." He was
shown into Commissioner Hoffman's of-
fice. The negro carried a small paper bag,
which contained several small balls, ap-
parentlv of lime formation
"What Is dem things. Mr. Poor Food
Man?" asked the negro, and before Dr.
Hoffman could make answer the darkey
went on to say that they were laid by his
hen. "Dat hen am a pow'fully good chirk-
en. and she goes on de nest jist as reglarly.
and when she cackles and cackles, I goes
out and finds nuthin' but things like dis.
Her cackle is Jist right; why ain't dey no
egg?"
Dr. Hoffman has taken the cage under
advisement, but he freely admits that he
Is a little puzzled.
Want Fort Arthur Court.
The Exprene Au*tiu Buremi.
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 22.—Governor
Hobby submitted to the legislature today
the subject of j:n act to create and estab
lish at P«»rt /.rthar Jefferson County, a
city of over .*>.000 population, a court to
be knowu as tbe Municipal Court of Port
Arthur, and to prescribe its organization,
jurisdiction and procedure and to confirm
th® jurisdiction and procedure of other
courts thereto.
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