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ability oil a high order and wide experience
III Affairs II is true there arc some Con
Grossmcn who not worth $40 ii year to
the government. but the membership OF The
House includes Il great number OF able and
efficient public servants
Doubtless there are places in the govern
mcht service which are more ornamental than
useful. and which are given as rewards for
political service. These, however. are few
III number III proportion TO the enormous
business transacted by the national govern
ment. Anybody convcrsant with very large
private corporations IS aware that In them
ornamental officials are paid high salaries
although IT Is widely accepted as true that
such condition exists nowhere outside of
governmental organizations
War and the Transformation OF America
\ soon as the European war cmeryes
y. from the nightmare OF possibilities into
al actually. the United states produced /,
myriad OF prophets and sccrs. Happily these
gifted ones have restricted themselves 10 the
uttcraucc OF forecasts OF the effects OF the
war on the United States. and have not at
tempted TO found new sccts
However, We learn. on moro or loss uuim-
pcachablc prophetic authority. that the
United States is 10 supplant Paris as the
leader in womcn's fashions; Germany in the
production Of music and in the training OF
singers. and London as the banking centre
OF the world
This is what commercial traveller might
cal Il large order" II may never be
booked. Wars that stop short of c3tcrmina-
ton do not destroy the genius Of "A people
Paris was 10 the rest oil the world pretty
much the same after Waterloo as she was
before i. In l $50 she was no more a queen
In her own right than She Was after that
1870. which the German general staff was so
sure would he repeated in 1914 The genius
OF the German people expressed itself in
philosophy and music quite as much when
there Was no German empire. as after Bis
marck and Won Noltkc had crca,cd H. And
London has been commercial and banking
centre Tor a long period OF years
IL is about certain AS anything mundane
can be that the United States will derive
large benefits from this that now raw
ages Europe like pcstilcncc. but that it
Will become overnight the world centre of
art, music. fashion. finance and commerce.
and hold an undisputcd supremacy in all. as
some or the SoothsayerS would have rs he
iievc, sounds less like a sober and serious
probability than an ridcsccnt dream. So far
as Dement'S are concerned. are not going
Ia attain those unless fight for them. and
that We have already suffered many incon-
NenlonccS and serious losses and some actual
hardahips is a painfully accomplished fact
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-01
WIN Taste kcnI Nnr.

English agents buying Missouri mules
Germany viii nov got a taste of real war.--t'o-
iumhia -. o. state
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Where She Studied Art.

Tall Hloude--ticrty ';iddygads couture i tho
envy - every girl ia the store wonder wherc
she learned to make a knot like that.
short Brunette Before she here she
was chief proizel tier IN wholesale bakery
Judge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-01

tins TIMEs-DIsPATCH and Breakrn,t
served together with unfntiinE rcyu-
iPrit. fn the Hest Homes OF nichmond.
Is your morning program completed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-01

y nov appears by means certain that
Sulzcr d!a not receive the Progressive uo,ni,i;t-
'lon Tor Governor 81 New lorl. II he docs got
II tae 'rogrcsstvcs certainly wil have pair to
draw -. Armagcdaon and campaign contribu-
tons purity In politics and the rule oil the
nc"pui, progress ana WALL Street apeculatiou
the Colonel ana "l'lln Same old lsiil,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-01

Those Russian troops have cluded the ccnsors
again: PASSED through England and arc on tho
hrinS Inc n France. Whether they actually
are thore Or not, they have furnished at any
rate ono Of the most Interesting problems TINT
war critics 81 this side &c tire water have had
- settle. Md they have settled it-both ways
u good many hundreds ot timos
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-01

Entered .lmnuar. -. 1908. nj Richmond. w. m
Hrcund- class matter under net "f Congress af
Ntarch =. 1879.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-01

The Alaska coal-lcas.ug hill.
which has passed hoth branches
of Congress, ~ an excellent CON.
scrration measure quito In Tine
with suod.it conceptions OF the
utilization of natural resources.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-01

Day by day evidence accumu-
,EokeJ'. News l1tcs coucrruiuG the utter
81. truStw orthinoss - much ~ the
.'oa' alleged news that T. patadod
the War having been obtained FROM
"cNclusivc' sources. Morbid loIc
ot sensation has been sratined ~ tho tour
nalistic oNploitcrs t. extent bordering cu
iudcccncy. The general reading public i
familiar with the facts Of tho situation. yet
in the face OF tnat public knowledge there arc
dishoncs; newspapers that deliberately fake
columns upon columns purrorting 10 describe
horrors that III fact never occurred The
powers oi imaginati"u exhausted In an an.
dcavo~ 10 make these accounts friChtfui AND
horror piriue possible Journalism tina,
sort ia something moro than Nero dishonesty
1t - betrayal OF trust and a crime against
socicty.--Lps Angeles EXPRESS
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--Gaorao West Dichl.
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER /. 1917
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
representation
FROM SOUTH To
J BE HEAVILY CUT
Call for Republican Conven-
ton in 1916 to Show Re-
duction of SO in Number of
Accredited Delegates,

trr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL eAAstp "'Nhl
New York, OCT. 25.-The bitter
fight waged since 1850 to reduce the
representation of southern states in
republican national conventions has
been won.
Charles y. Hilles. chairman of the
republican national committee, an
nounced today that the call for the
convention Of 1916 would be ON the
new basis, which reduced the number
Of delegates by eighty-nine. Most Of
this loss falls ON the south.
The plan. proposed at the annual
meeting of the national committee in
Washington, last December, was made
effective. Mr.. MILES said. through It's
ratification by conventions in states
which cast a majority of votes in the
present electoral college Every state
convention held since last December
gave its assent to the plan except that
ia Texas, which rejected it
In the next national convention the
delegation from Alabama will be re-
'duccd by eight, Arkansas by three,
Florida. four Georgia, thirteen
Louisiana. eight Mississippi. eight;
New York. two; North Carolina,
three. South Carolina, seven Ten
nessec. three, Texas. sixteen, Virginia,
eight, Hawaii, four; Porto Rico, two
and the Philippines, two
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
oHUMANE sunday IS
GENERALLY OBSERVED

Philadelphia. oct 90 Humane
sunday was observed for the niH
time in churches aud other inslitu.
lions throughout thiH state today with
special services at which the humane
movement was DESCRIBED - not only
hcntting children and aniuilF. hut ns
having an important psychpiorical
bearing upon the proper relations nf
man 20 man Tho American Humane
association plans 20 have nation
wide Observance of the movement
next spring
The observance was lnaugurated by
the Philadelphia nti-Nivisoction So
clcty, and members of the society
were among the speakers Al various
Estate points The prevention OF cruel
~ 10 animals child labor improper
houslns. ruthless business warfare,
and war among nations. were ninrnr
the subjects described me- pafls ~ ihc
work of huunnitarinns.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

transport. animals, which. Il is said.
are destined for the Egyptian from
tier. II ~ considered that the presence
Of sirong Russian forces on the Turk
ish border has influenced her not TO
take any action AGAINST the allies.
Dispatches from Berlin describe
events In the eastern thcatcr Of the
war as not yet having entered u de-
clslvc phase Dispatches from Aus
TRAN army headquarters report that
a battle continues before Prcfmysl
where the front now has assumed the
shape OF crescent With the Aus
TRANS vigorously attacking the north
and south horns ON October -.
$500 Russian prisoners passed the
Austrian headquarters. while lh.000
additional prisoners from przomNsl
and Jnroelau are reported en route
Cholera Is Disappearing.
The use ~ the anti-cholcra serum
IN the Austrian army ia said to have
proved effective. II Ia stated that the
district has been greatly lowered and
army surgeons regarded the danger
Of an epidemic as having disappear
ed
Official denial has been given by
Herlin 90 q report credited 10 an
Italian telegraph agency al Rome
that CoHsacks had captured Heppe.
lin near Warsaw II "a officially stated
uhnt no Zeppelin has been IN the Vi.
entity % Warsaw and moreover, thu
none Of the zeppellus has been taker
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
BIfGIlN TROOPS PRAISED
ron GALLANT RESISTANCE

l.ondon. oct g5.-"AH the allies
must take their huis of to the Bel
lgian army which for several days has
been holding la check two entire Ger
man army corps ncnr Dixmude, frug-
iratlng the German designs on IN
strip of territory between Dnnkirl.
and Calais Says q dispatch 60 the
Timss. from its correspondent in
northern France
Tho message continues
"a N now permitted Ia explain how
the nelgian army was able to take up
"a position on the User canal. IN Other
words how II WAS able 10 make "A fuc-
csssful retreat from Antwerp ia face
81 the elaborate plans Of the Germans.
The Belgian army escaped nnuihila-
ton only by magnificent feat Of
arms II sent a force Of few thou
sand men TO the ncighhorhood of
Mullen Gin cast Flanders, twelve miles
southwest Of GhenD with orders 10
hold bnck the pursuing enemy az all
costs Tor n sufficient period to cover
the retreat Of the main army which
Rugged the Dutch frontier on ita aea-
ward march The battle u Mullen
eventually resulted In the Nlrtunl an-
utilization Of the gallant little body Of
Belgian fighters. but II meant the sa'-
walton Of the belgian army and their
allies.
The casualties In the Belgian army
during Us gallant fighting about Dix
nude have been tremendously heavy,
but the spirit OF the troops is stlll
wonderful"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
RESERVE BANKS
To OPEN DOORS
ON NOVEMBER IS
More Than 100000, 900
Of Currency, Now Locked
Up, viii Be at Once Avail
able for Circulation,

lev scHs,so Jovsssl srrei.L lstsep wlntl
Washington. oct. 25.--The twelve
federal reserve banks OF the new
banking system will be opened for
business on November i6. This was
announced today officially.
Secretary McAdoo. authorized by
the currency act To name the opening
date. made the announcement Ills
choice Of the sixteenth was made des-
pite the fact that the directors and
governors OF the twelve banks in re
cent conference here voted 81 to 30
against opening on that date and ex-
pressed their preference for Noyem-
her 80
In making the announcement, Mr..
McAdoo declared he had reached his
decision after discussion with the fed
eral reserve board, and because OF
emergency conditions in the south, In
the belief that the Opening OF the
hanks viii be helpful there ana viii
benefit business in all sections Of the
country.
In statement issued tonight, the
secretary made 1t clear that under the
new system the federal government
will be able by deposits from the gen
eral fund OF the treasury In reserve
banks to aid producers of staples The
new reserve requirements operative
after the banks are opened, he point
ed out, will release more than $780,
000.0 Of money no@ held by ma
tional banks as reserves and viii add
greatly to the lending power of the
banks.
The following in part is the state
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
GERMANS ARE BEING
BEATEN BACH SLOWLY

London. oct. 20 (3:ii a. ny
slowly hut surely the Germans are
being beaten back on the western
wing aud old men and young lads
are being hurried to the 'front.' says
the Daily Mails Rotterdam corrc-
spondcnt telegraphing Sunday eve
ming The enemy were in strong
force ut Dixmude, where the allies
were rcpulsed, only to attack again
with renewed vigor.
"Roulcrs resembles shamblcs. II
was taken and retaken four times
and battered TO ruins IN the process.
The German guns made the place un-
tcnahle for the allies.
AN Osburg message says the iir-
ing al Ostcnd is very heavy and that
the British are Smelling the suburbs
which are held by the Germans. Last
might and this morning large bodies
of Germans left Bruges for Ostend.
II is believed the Ostcnd piers have
been blown up.
THE German officers in Brussels
have been ordered to the western
front. The only points in Belgium
now held strongly by the Germans
are Liege and Namur."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
LYNCHING FOLLOWS
MURDER OF MARSHAL
y, .,anlna ,oo.n.l SPECIAL ls..so wal

Newport Ark. oct. 25.-Iioward
Davis. negro, who shot and killed
CITY Marshal Payne today, was
lynched by a mob soon after the
murder. Posses of armed citizens are
pursuing two other negroes who shot
at Payne. with the avowed intention
of Nnching both II they are caught.
Marshal Payne attempted to ar
rest the negroes who were creating
"A disturbance when, it is said, all
three opened fire on him. Although
mortollv wounded. he drew his re-
volver and returned the FIRE. wound
ing Davis in the leg, Gripping him
SO ne could not escape. The other
two negroes fled.
4 mob quickly gathered and the
wounded negro was taken outside
the limits of the town and strung up
to "a tree.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
nLoODy ATTACKS ny
GERMANS Al IA BAssII

Paris. Oct Is u1sib .. m.)--The
German masses Al La naasee appear
10 be trying 10 shake themselves loose
from tho close grip of the allies who
menace their communications from
there and from Armentcres Tho I'M
tense ardor Of the battle wns undmn
iahed today Both armies received
reinforcomenis hut the allies lines
withstood formidable shocks and de
lIsered severe eounter-attacks
The furious nature of the conflict
can be gathered from the fact that Ia
front Of one british infantry division
il very Email spacr. over i,bOO ocf.
nan bodies we're found after an en-
gagoment, while 60n German prison
efs were taken by the british in ia
course of one attack
La BaEsee which forms a promon.
tory near Lille. S. very Important
point covering railroads which th
Germans seem determined to captm
at whatever cost but ihc allicA rests.
lance heretofore. haa been too stub
born
The flree nature Ut lh conflict sat
b gathered from thH fact thai IA
taitie continues IL course with i'm
abated violence near the heuiof
coast. and that the Germans Nef ahlt
to force themselves across the Nser
which ls sluggish shallow ivi
where tnc allies opposed them with
strong defence Nang etcis foot Of tln
ground
3epcrul Won kluoks armN VhIef
Was Thought O. ~ NJ Belgium. ha'
mot muNed from ts position an %,
Aisne, bag 'hree other German mmiel
haN, completely changed thfa fronts
Grand Duke Alhfechf of Wuofliem
hurR NOW commands tho forces q
lelslum while General Won Huehau
+ Farther down and hc arms 81
Crown prin, auppfrcht of nHNalt
~ stretched along n, 80 trench 8
on an rxleHaed haiNe 'FRONT.' hetWgri
lhe Somme lad the Aisur and uut
ithe'ms 60 She Afeounc rrelan
in ihls las' aafued region the feht
ing Us nnlt dfsaH0r5 Th troops 81
bath sldw are Helomae Uted 81 Ih,
inactiNilN tui he pns uapv 81 ths ~
posing armies HIe TOO eitatr to pen
mlt of suoyessf0l assaults
During the niRhs sentinel iue p1.f
"a twenty % thirty Nrds n adtanel
Of the ~ inches Nhlch lte DaHnetfr.
by telephone sfh headquarters ).
the rem Whore roue escfe fore,
npsita cali
Ia the AreeHns fre Uu the lahln.
fn tho forest has l..n serf h.t..
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
TO the constant trains Of wounded
that were passing.
POSITION ON COAST ~
REPORTED STATIONARY

London. Oct. 20 (3;i3 a. M The
position on the coast IL stationary TINS
morning" says Daily Mail dispatch
from Flushing, Netherlands, uhder
date Of sunday There Is less llrlnS
and il is more to the southwark. NO
ALTERATION Of the situation is reported
from Osteud.
"The German losses are frightiu''
Three meadows near ostend are heap-
ed with dead. The wounded are now
Installed in private houses in Bruges.
where large wooden sheds are being
rushed up to receive additional IN
iured. Thirty-sevon farm wagons, con-
tanning conclusive mass of wounded.
and dying passed in one hour near
MiddOlkerke.
The Germans have been working
al new entertainments between Coz
sur-Mcr and Wenduyne TO protect the
road 10 Bruges.'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

mont issued By Secretary MeAdoo to-
night
"As soon as the reserve banks are
In operation, | shall transfer to them
a. large an amount of government
funds as possible. this will. in turn,
enable them to extend enlarged cred
its to national banks and state banks
which may become members of the
federal reserve system, which they, In
turn, may extend to their customers.
"By this means and through the
agency Of the federal reserve banks
| hope TO give additional assistance to
that already given by the treasury de-
partment to the cotton producers. the
cotton Industry and the business men
OF the south
"The new reserve requirements
which will become operative on the
sixteenth day Of November. upon the
opening of the federal reserve banks.
will release more than si00,000,000 OF
reserve money and largely increase
the credit facilities OF the banks Of the
country.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
NOTED BRITISH STAFF
OFFICER is DEAD

London. oct 80 C 05 =. M Gen
eral Sir Charles Nottingham Horsley
Douglas. chief Of the imperial general
staff ana first military member of the
army council. died today
General Sir Charles Douglas WAS
appointed chief Of staff Of the British
army on April 1, last. following the
resignation of Sir John French, the
present commander of the British OK
pediuonap forces on the continent.
Sir Charles was born in England in
1850 nd had served in all the British
wars since The Afghan campaign in
1879. He had been Inspector general
OF the home forces since 1872, when
he Was made chief Of general staff
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
ENACt .NTION or OSTE>D
REGARDED PROBABLE

London. Oct. 20 t3:3O a. m)-
Recent developments have been so
favorable for the allies that have
the best reasons for stating that the
German evacuation of Ostend may
be regarded as imminent saws the
Times correspondent in northern
France. under date of sunday
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

Amsterdam. oct tla London.
s.is D. mD- a Berlin dispatch re-
ceiyed here. RlNeS report from the
German general headquarters under
date Of SUNDAY morning II says
''The User Ypres canal between
Nieupoft and DiNmude was crossed
Saturday by further strong German
forces after heavy fighting.
''Easi--Nofthees Of Ypres the en-
smy has received relnforeements. bat
in spite OF ms. our troops have ad-
yanced at several points. capturing
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
GENERAL AND STAFF ARE
BURIED IN OSTEND

London. oct 20 (3:3f a. M -Gen-
cral Won Tripp and nearly all his
staff who were killed in a church
tower ut Leninghc 10y the fire from
the British warships, have been
buried in Ostend, according TO a
Daily Mail dispatch from Flushing
Netherlands
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

Quebec, ont, oct Pa rifle fac
tory here has received from the Brit
fsh government an order for 100000
rifles to be delivered within a year.
The weapons are to be of the same
type as those issued to the Canadian
contingent sent to England
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
FRENCH GAIN MANY
sTR,TEGIC POSITIONS

Paris oct 20 Cby way Of London.
2;a0 y. M Tho French occupy
Thanh. the valley 81 Moenster, tho
valley Of Wcsser and All the passes
there including the pass Of sainte
Marie In Alaace, says an Excelsior
message from Geneva. switzerland, on
the authority OF what is declared to bc
a credible witness from the battlefield
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

about 800 British, amone them tween.
a eight officers including colonel
In the east our forces have be-
gun an offensive movement on Au-
Guaowo. Near haneorod our troops
are nghune Jointly with the Austru-
llungarians and have taken l.soo
prisoners
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
TURKISH SOLDIERS
FIGHT GERMAN OFFICERS

London. Oct 20 ui55 u. MI
There Is considerable friction be-
tween the German military men In
Turkey and the Turkish soldiers" says
Ia Dispatch 70 the Daily Telegraph
from Athens "At Adrinnople TURK
sh troops came 10 blows with their
German officers a protraetcd fight
onsucd Several cars filled with
wounded were sent 10 Constantine
plc"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26
Mothcr of Nole,I children.

ST Louis. Mo, oct sa.-Mrs Lor-
raine Tcnhroeck, wife of Gerrit ".
Tenhroeek consul from the Neither
lands, died here tonight after long
illness. Mrs. Tenhroeek WAS the
mother Of cambridge Colby. progress
sive candidate for the United States
senate from New York. and of Mrs.
Augustus Thomas. wife Of the play
wright