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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16

Con estas palabras encabeza-
mos uno de nuestros parrafos del
iueves de la semana pasada y es-
tamos mas que agradecidos por
Ia buena acogida que ha encon-
trado nuestra humanitarla lnlcla-
tiva entire los numerosos favore-
cedores V Iectores de LA PREM
SA que desde luego han respon-
dido al llamamiento que hlclmos
a sus buenos sentimientos en-
nombre de la solidaridad que de-
he existir entire los individuos de
una misma raza, ante el dolor de
un padre y una madre, que sin
sus generosos esfuerzos estan eX-
puestos a yer muy pronto sublr
las gradas de un infamante patti
bulo, a su hijo, casi un nlno, que
culpable 0 inocente, pues por
mas que Sc olga, ninguna de es-
tas dos cosas Sc ha puesto en- cla-
70, es un pedazo de su corazon,
que Sc llevara con su temprana y
tragicasmuerte los Gltimos restos
de una fe q vacila ante los rudos
golpes del destinoy y ante la cruel
dad de los hombres.
Es bueno que sepan esos atllgl
dos padres que sobre Ia justlcla
humana esta la justicia divina,
la voz popular, que es la voz de
Dios y que hay miles de corazo'
nes compasivos a quienes here
de reflejo su infortunio.
En- apoyo de nuestro dicho te
nemos una infnidad de: carta:
que hemos recibido de nuestro!
constantes lectores, sintiendo MI
chisimo que por su nGmero y pa
tra eyitar distinciones, no nos Sc;
| possible publiearlas una per una
pero en- estas lineas van nuestro
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16
Pasa q la pdgina 8.
Americanos acusados
h de asesinatos.

Ell sabado avis6 a Washington
ell Consul americana Mr.. Garret,
de Laredo, que habfa recibido no
ticias de Palafox, Texas, de ha-
ber sido aprehendidos por los fe-
derales los ciudadanos de este
pals James Boyless y Antonio Fa
rias, en- ell rancho de San Enri-
que, cercano a Hidalgo, Mexico,
y de ALI llevados a Ciudad Porf.
rio Diaz, junto con dos mexica-
nos, que sc dice estan complica-
dos en- ell asesinato de dos solda-
dos federales, llevado a cabo en-
ell citado rancho la noche del mier
coles de la semana pasada.
Ell consul americana de Ciudad
Porfirio Dfaz. va tiene noticia de
esos arrestos y es SECURE que pro-
curara por cuantos medios lie sean
posibles, obtener la libertad de
sus conciudadanos, cosa que es
difcil 81 efectivamente cometie-
ron el crimen de que Sc les acu-
sa: por mas que aleguen que los
muertos andaban recogiendo los
caballos y mulas de, rancho.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16
Por segunda vez los rebeIdes fueron
rechazados en- TampIco.
Los canoneros surtos en- el puerto detu,
VierOn Su aVance.

los no combatientes, para 10 cual
debian senalar una zona neutral
que los pusiera fuera de los fue-
Cos de unos y otros.
Sc reanuda Ia lucha.
Ell dia sigulente, o sea el mler-
coles, los rebeldes reanudaron con
mayor furia ell ataque; DerO fue-
ron rechazados con grandes per-
didas, debido en- gran parte al
certero fuego de los canonerOs
''Zaragoza" y "Veracruz'.
Ell jueves repitieron sus alta
que con los 'mismoS resultados Y
sin conseguir la mas minima ven
taja, pues en- cada saIida que ha-
clan eran canoneados por el Ia
ragoza" y el 'Veracruz" y bati-
dos vigorosamente por las fuer-
zaS de terra.
Los rebeldes son rechazadOs
Ell lunes de esta Semana Sc su-
DO en- Veracruz que defnitivamen
te los rebeldes habian sidO recha-
zados, fracasando en- sus intentos
de apoderarse del puerto, no obs
tante que ell cabecilla Luis Caba-
Hero, que fgura como jefe de las
/ fuerzas rebeldes que atacaron
Tampico, dirigi6 un mensage a
Brownsville el lunes, diciendo
que Sc habia apoderado del Guar
tel del Sc Regimiento, que Ia lu-
cha continuaba con mayor empe-
no y que estab ba mandando
sus heridos a los hospitales rebel
des de Ciudad Victoria. Tambien
da cuenta de Ia muerte del cabe-
ella Dominguez, que fue mortal
mente herido al pretender abor-
dar uno de los canoneros fedora
les, recibiendo una bala de canon
que le separ6 una pierna del cuer
DO ocasionandole una muerte vic,
lenta.
i Como la prensa americana de
esta ciudad ha estado muy parcs
en- detalles de la batalla de Tam
pico, nosotros nos inclinamos
Greer 10 que dicen de Veracruz
que los rebeldes Sc han visto obi
gados retirarse ante su impo
tencia para apoderarse del puerto
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16

En- nuestro numero anterior
dimos a nuestros lectores en-
unas cuantas lineas, una notl-
cia de Ultima hora, referente a
que los rebeldes habian empeza-
do a atacar el puerto de Tampl-
co. Y ahora en- possession de meJo-
res Y mas numerosos datos, rea-
nudamos con mayor amplltud
nuestra information.
Empieza la lucha. ~
Las primeras noticias del com;
bate llegaron a esta ciudad, pro-
cedentes de Washington, a don
de fueron trasmitidas por eI Al
mirante Mayo, Jefe de los bu-
uues de guerra americanos ancia-
dos en- aguas meXicanas, cerca
de TampicO.
Ell ataque di6 principle la tar
de del martes de Ia semana pa
sada, y dur6 hasta las primeras
boras de la noche, sin que Sc no.
tara ninguna ventaja aparente
de uno V otro lado. Los rebeldes
atacaron por Dona Cecilia y Ar
Dol Grande, donde Sc hicieron
fuertes, quemando los tanques de
petr6leo de la refineria Pierce y
Ia Aduana Martina ubicada en-
Dona Cecilia, asi como cincuents
carros de ferrocarril cargados dc
mercancias. Alguno de estos IN
cendios Sc cree que fue ocasiona'
do DOR las bombas que el canone'
TO "Veracruz" arrojaba contra
los rebeldes, que desde el prlncl'
Mo manifestation sus intenciones
de apoderarse del puerto por ur
colpe de audacia, 10 que no logra'
ron a pesar de sus esfuerzcs' te'
niendo que suspenderfsu ataque
al caer las sombras de la noche
sobre las tranquilas .aguas de ls
bahia.
A los primeros disparos, mu
chos extranjeros Sc refugiaron {
bordo de los buques de guerr;
americanos, que son numerosos
v ell Almirante Mayo, sin esperal
recibir 6rdenes de Washington
Sc dirigi6 por escrito asfederale
Y rebeIdes, seguramente pidien
doles que respetaran Ia vida d'
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16
Algodon en- venta.

Un agente carrancista llamado
Antonio Elosua, anda en- Hous-
ton proponiendo la venta de dos
milIones de pesos de algod6n,
que Villa Sc ''reivindic6" al en-
trar Torre6n.
Cosas de Ia democracia.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16
NAVAL CONTRA MEXICO.
Presente Wilson exge que banda sadada ampco
EI Ministo de ReIacOnes de nuestrO pals, dice que
Huerta defendera eI honor y Ia soberanla
de Mexico, a CuaIquier preCIo

Ell ncdente desarroado Tampc damos cuenta aba
parece agrava debdo acud del Goblerno america
no. que traa exgr toa pabe6n de esta RepuD
sea saudado menconado puerto las baeras mec
repaacn del arreo del pagador agnos marnos del
barco americana Dolphin"
Ell Presdnte Wilson ha dado orden de que once grandes par
cos de Ia armada pals dan Tampco para ostener
las:demandas del Contra-Almirante Mayo
Los altos empeados de la Administrator Washington ma
nesan tener General Huera acceda los e
secs de la Casa Blanca ordene saludo de Ia bandera
Por oa parte Mnsro de Reacones de nuesro pas don
Jose Lopez Porto Roas enreg6 e martes nota Mr.
Shaughnessy dice Goberno meXcano no pueue
admitr bao estabecdo po las eyes ntenaconae que los
eeaes hayan hecho nsuto nac6n americana que e or
denar pbcamen Erco saude Ia bandera de este pals
r eosrar que Estados UndOs eaban eerclendo una IN
enca ndeda sobe Mexico que Pesdente Huerta estaba
decdo hace repear cuaquer precO honor la soberana
de nuestra RepUblica.
Ea stuac6n que paece pr6xma un conlcto ha
ao gar que un alto empeado del goberno rebede en- Cudad
urez decarara ell ae que anto Villa Carranza solo Pc
contra los ameanos de nvadan terroro
que eos domnan pues dde hace tempo tan de acuerdo So
bre ell particular
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16

Ell iueves de la semana pasada,
mientras los federales Sc defen-
dian de las terribles acometidas
de los rebeldes, en- una de las ca
lies de Tampico inmediatas a.
mar Sc desarrollaba una escena
que puede dar lugar a serias
complicaciones internacionales y
hasta al rompimiento de hostilida
des entire M6xico y los Estados
Unidos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-04-16

El Pagador del canonero anne
ricano Dolphin" " acompanado
de un destacamento de marinos
uniformados y sin armas, Sc diri-
gieron en- una lancha terra, y
al desembarcar fueron aprehen-
didos por el Coronel Hinojosa,
Comandante de un destacamento
federal que por ALI Sc encontra-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

still It was a butiful pannoramma stretched out below us, but was not in the frame of mind to enjoy the scenery. Sail ing round and round several hundred feet above the tree-tops with total strangur whose reesun had evvery cawse to beleeve was totturing on its thrown, when newer before in my life had evver been hyer off the ground on enny thing that movved but the back of an unintellectuel but perfectly dosile hoss, with Mexicon bullets whistling the tango on evvery side did not lend enny gayity to the occasion for me- Under ord
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07
German States Grappng With Unenp]oynert Ins,ance

ance. By dfverting industry and for eign trade from its former to its present path, the community" says Jastrow, cannot escape the claim that 1t Is respon- sible for the greater or less degree of em- ployment"
 Insurance against unemployment is in- terpreted by this school of economical thinkers as an alternative realization of the right to work The state. if 1t is to remain non-sooialistio. cannot fulfil it's obligation to give work to all. In unem- ployment periods 1t can make work only for limited classes of workers. It can build roads and dig canals. thus provid- ing employment for unskilled laborers, but it cannot start temporary silk fac- tories or steel works In order to provide employment for skilled labor. That being so. the state must support the unemployed. or at least help to tide them over months of unemployment.
 This principle is now generally accepted and even applied. For half dozen years past Gerpany has had excellent systems of unemployment insurance. The trouble is that these systems are all local and partial. Certain municipalities have adop d them as regards certain classes of workmen; but there is nowhere sys- tom which insures all workmen: and many municipalities have refrained from adopt ing any system. az result of their con- viction that not they but .he state gov ernments or the imperial government should do the work. They desire homo genous unemployment insurance law which will provide that every unemployed person who fails in honest efforts to get work shall be wholly or partially sup- ported by the state or the ssrnpire The annual 'Stadtetag." which represents all large municipalities in the empire. last year passed resolution demanding in- perial unemployment insurance. Tho Reichstag did the tame thing IA years ago; and in January, 1912. 1t repeated the demand. Tho Reichetag canont put
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

sNlhed iaborers pay s cents weekly and skilled laborers 10 cents. After a worker has paid in 34 weekly premiums he he- comes entitled to unemployment pay on losing his work. Only workers resident in the city for at least q year are allowed to join. After three days of unemploy- ment, the unemployed man begins sto draw 5o cents day: and this rate lasts for 20 days. After that tile rate falls to 25 cents day and this lasts until eight weeks have passed since unemployment pay began After this Is ceases. No sys- tenn has been anywhere adopted which guarantees an unemployed man. however willing he is to wors 10 draw unemploy- ment pay indefinitely. That is not con- sistent with the low premiums and tho small municipal subsidies. The Cologne system was devised against seasonal unemployment, but It has been adopted with variations in other cities In some cities unemployment pay may be drawn for six nunths,
 The chief enemy of the imperial un- employment insurance Is Secretary for the Interior Delbruck When the matter came up fin the Reichstag Herr Delbruck flat- iy opposed the demand of deputy Seil- berschmidt. who is an expert on the mat ter and thoroush-going advocate of imperial action. Delbrucl let out the fact that no serious socia; or technical ob- stacles stand in the way The obstacles are political. Imperial unemployment insurance would politically help the so. cialists. Under the present system the socialist la hor unions nave to bear the chief burden of supporting their un- employed. If the empire bears the bur- den, said Herr Delbruck. the social at union funds will be releved; and the socialists will have much more money In their campaign treasuries for the poe litical and electioneering struggle. Why should the governmens thus kindly play into it's enemies hands?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

through such law without the consent Of the governmentf which means, strictly speaking, the Bundesrat and this con sent Is refused The governments an- swer is that the question is not ripe, which means that the statistical and other material on which insurance could be based does not so far exist.
 Individual states have so far taken up the same attitude as the imperial govern ment. They desire that unemployment in- surance shall be municipal. The munich palities have offered to organize fnsur- ance. but they demand that the state shall recognize it's responsibility by giving . subsidy. The states have refused. Ba- varia is the only, and a new, exception. The present Bavarian King. Ludwig is specially interested in them alter; and last July. while still Prince-Regent, he sent message to Minister von Sodsn ordering him toNtake measures against unemploy-' ment- Asa result the Bavarian govern- ment has offered to pay third of the ex- pense which will fall on the municipalities. This first recognition that state gov ernrnent has dutlee towards the unem- ployed has given great encouragement to unemployment insurance enthusiasts, an the great obstacle with the municipa1tieG 50 far has been lack of funds. Without waiting any longer for sn imperial scheme. the Bavarian towns will now or ganixe unemployment insurance of their own.
 Models for this measure already exist owing to the fact that about 20 large towns. and some small towns have sys- tems of employment insurance which work very we'll. The commonest form is the "Ghent system. so called because 1t was started at Ghent in 1901. being quickly copied by other Belgian towns. The principles of tho Qhent system 1g elf-helped baensd by publse hslp. Ths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

exchange and, on threat of losing his allowance. he must accept work offered
 to him through the exchange or from any other quarter In this, however. he is protected He is not obliged to accept a job which is free as result of a strike
 and if his paticular trade has a mini mum wage fixed by agreement with en- ployers he is not obliged to accept work at less than that wage Also he can refuse work for which, physically or by training. he Is unsuited. A townsman cannot be forced to accept work in the country; and az a rule married work man cannot be forced to leave the town to accept work elsewhere. Some of these limitations. in particular the conception of involuntary unemployment the somewhat elastic To settle disputes the municipalities have established arbitra- ton committees; and these have absolute power to interpret the insurance statutes
 The Ghent system, however, is not a final settlement of the unemployment in- surance problem. It works we'll where 1t can be applied. but ip can be applied only to organized workers. Tn Germany these are from fifth to fourth of the total; and they need insurance least. They are usually the best paid; they have the largest savings: and their membership of labor union guarantees them some help when they lose their work. The unorganixed, ill-paid. semi -pauperized, unskilled labor. This class of labor has the largest percentage of unemployed. and even in prosperous times 1t Is badly af- fected by seasonal and weather condi- tions Also 1t Is the class of labor con corning which there is the least reliable statistical material That makes It dif- ficult to devise for 1t a practicable form of insurance. However. many German cities. led by Cologne are starting or ganizations which will help the unem- ployed as we'll as the organized.
 Cologne's system Is . municipal unem-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

inery circumstances I mite have enjoyed the veew, but between dips and dives and flip-flops, with soft-nosed missels singing, "Don't Rock the Boat, in F myner, l am frank to admit that the hole afturnoon's en- joymint was spoiled.
 Having concluded that the Mexicon s couldn't hit us, if we hung round all sum- mer, and expressing grate satisfaction that his theory had been provven correct, my friend turned the nose of his ship to an an gull of about forty-five degrees, and began to mix us all up with the etheriel blew.
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work. they draw for a limited time. un- employed pay from the union. The un- employed pay is seldom enough for liv- ing on. In towns where unemployed in surance exists, the municipality pays all such unemployed men daily wage, which goes as supplement to what they draw from the unions. Then usual rule Is to pay a supplement equal to one-half of .the union unemployed pay, with maximum of 25 cents. Thus a workman who draws 50 cents day from the union, gets from the town 2b cents; and has total unemployment wags of 75 cents. This income iA small. but Euro pean earning and spending standards are far below American; and 75 cents day is the normal earning wage of unskilled laborers in rull employment.
 The Ghent system was first tried In Strassburg and Erlangen and Is now in force in Mulhausen. Nhrnberg, F'reiburg. (Baden) Mannheim, Stuttgart and some other towns. It is framed round with many limitations which prevent abuse and loss to the towns. The municipali- ties limit the total amount which they intend to pay out each year ,and If this amount threatens to be exceeded, owing to exceptional unemployment, they
 cut down the allowance. Unemployed persons who are sick or wholly incapaci- tated do not benefit. as they come under the general social insurance. Unemploy
 ment which claims to come under the ir,- .surance- clauses must be involuntary
 Strikers and men locked out are excluded
 The drawer of the supplement must put
 himself under municipal control. This is done through the labor exchanges All municipalities nowadays have labor ex- changes, which are simply gratis employ ment agencies for all sorts of manual la bor. The out-of-work must report per- sonally at least once day at tho labor
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Aftur we weer out of range, I begged to be informed if he was on his way to the moon; looking ovver the side of the dad -gasted thing saw the wel-known earth had dis appeered and theere seemed to be nuthing below us but job lot of space I told him it would be foolish for us to go rapping at the outposts of Marrs or enny of them for rain countries without letturs of introduct- sion, but he sed we wasn't up moor than four or five miles. This informasion maid me feel about as cheerful as a morgue, and I tried to amuse myself by lingering what kind of dent I'd make on the top of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07
cRLIN, June 6.-(Special. .)-In-
 surance against unemployment is the burning question in Ger
 v,,opv srbo x,,o<<cx bcs o< 1otA

x. - is the burning question in Ger l94 many. The matter has of late been before the Reichstag. also before the Bavarian, Saxon and numerous minor state parliaments; and in all eases demands have been made by the dem- ocratic parties for the state support of the workmen who, to the number of be- tween 5oo.ooo and 10000 are always out of work
 Tka demand Is backed up by several motives. Firstly, there is the practical motive that even without unemployment insurance, the unemployed are supported by the community. Secondly. 1t is claimed that unemployed insurance has been tested on limited scale in other European countries, and been proved a success. Thirdly, there are the abstract grounds of reason and logic, the chief of which reasons is the right to work" The right to work" Is not new. It was recognized in England under Queen Eliza beth, was pronounced by Rousseau and Fourier; was formulated in Germany by the great Fichte; and was admitted more than 60 years ago even by the reactionary Bismarck.
 Since then the notion of natural rights'' of any kind has been badly shaken. but the right to work has gained accep- tance Tkis is the result of the general spread of state interference. When the state abandoned the policy of "laisser lfatre.'' and set about regulating produc- lion 1t made itself responsible, 1t Is argued, for providing, work for all. or for keeping those for whom # cannot provide work. By encouraging With duties and tariffs certain industries, the state in- jured others; and 1t thereby injured for some the chance of employment. Ger many's greatest authority on unemploy- ment insurance. Professor Jastrow. bases on this the whole claim for such insur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07
Escaping From Mexico City in Flying Machine

tin roof if we dropped that distance, but it was an unpleasant subject.
 He informed me that his air-ship was diffurrent rum enny evver invented. He sed he had a storage syllindur full of en- nergy derived from raddyum that would carry Us menny mllyuns of miles in the breffest time. He had sum curriossity, he sed, to see if he could not ovvercum Spes- siffic Gravity and get far away frum the inflewense of the earth. 1 tried to sooth him. saw rite away that the best thing l could do was to use dipplomasy 1 told him his ambision was lawdabull, but that 1 wasn't prepared for a long trip, and be- sides I had no insasiahull desire that | could not ovvercum to get the best of Spes- siffic Gravity. My hole object in leeving Mexico City with him, I sed, was to get away frum Huerter. I told him that so far as I knew Spessiffic Gravity would saloot the flag, and enny how, why should we att tempt to ovvercum it.
 ''It's in the inturTest of Syense," he sed. "We owe it to posterrity," he in- sisted.
 Of corse I sed am willing to do most ennys thing for Syense, but what has Syense evver dun for usl Besides that, seys, don't owe posterrity a d-m sent. 1 may owe few bills, but theere s nuthing against me on the books of posterrity. Why should we take ehanse of skatturing our remains rum the equatur to Bar Harbur for Syense and posterrity to gloat ovver?
 "Think what an achievemint it will be-" he sed. Yes, seys, but supposed sum- thing should happena Suppose the ruddur broke or the engine slips cog, and we got spilled out in the ix-up9 Sumthing seems to tell me that in such evvent we will have an accident that may prove fatel In which case Syense and posterrity won't evven at tind the funnerel. If we get mensioned in the papurs it will be to the effect that a couple of boneheds got too gay in flying masheen, and big crowd will cum out and give us the onse ovver out of idul currios- sity, so they can commint on the damfools who tried to get funny with Spessiffc Gravity.
 Aftur a while he sed he was just kidding me enny how, and that he did not intind to try out his ship the furst test He sed we would land and make new start latur. agreed to this, but held back mental res- survasion about the new start When the time cums for new start in flying mash cen l shall make point of ordur against it. So we landed at Sal Tillo. Sal Tillo has resently been the sceen of verry san- gunery conflict between the Constitusion- nelst and the forses of Huerter. Aftur a feerse battle lasting several days, the osses-in ammnnision-on both sides be- ing enormds, and sevverel moving picture men being ovvercum by the heet, the Fed derels retreeted, abandoning the feeld to theere foes; that's one of the best things the Fedderes do. Gennerel Villa then marched in and set up his administration by ordur- ing all the Spanish that could be found to be maid into an ommalett. He's quite fond of Spanish ommalett and he's also some what of wag. Hoping you air the same,
 Yours trooly BILL VINES.