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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
to convene ne two officers Of the

to convene ne two officers of the
crown notified the war office author
tiles that the jurisdiction Of the court
was too limited for action that might
be necessary, and the proceedings Of
the court martial were accordingly
suspended.
The war officers commission then
decided TO apply to the police for
summonses against the accused, as
the investigation had shown that the
corruption was more extensive than
at first suspected.
R. D. Muir the prosecuting counsel,
mentioned accidentally today that the
main charge against the civilian de-
PENDANTS was directed at them indi-
vidually. rather than as the firm of
Upton, Limited, with which they
we're connected
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
FIRE nURNs DOCKS

Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. IT. Flames
famed BY a stiff river breeze destroy
ed the Atlantic Coast Lac decks hers
today with loss Of 100000. -Four
ships. the Danish steamer PyckIand
and three schooners, ablaze. floaled
down the St johns river in the wake
Of five burning lighters. cut loose from
the dock. The lighters, loaded with
lumber and ties. were destroyed
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
Mercsdo to Be Executed

Mexico City, Jan. 1.-THE federal
war office today declared that if Cen
eral Salvador Mercado, lately com
mander of the federal troops at O1in-
aga returns to Mexico he will be
court martialed by the first federal
force he encounters.
Government officials have nick
named General Mercado the evacu-
ator.f They express dissatisfaction
with the manner in which he aban-
doned the towns Of Parral Chihuahua
and Ojinaga.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
orozco Reported Dead

Washington, Jan, IT, Brigadier
General Tasker N. Bliss, in a message
to the war department today, report
ing the arrest of General Jose Inez
Salazar at sanderson, Texas. said
Brisadier General Parker, command.
ing the First cavalry brigade, had re-
ceived a report Of the death of Gen.
eral Orozco No details as to time
or place were given. The last officials
here heard, General Orozco was sup
posed to be in Cuatro Cienegas, c a.
hula.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
Laredo Breathes easier

Laredo, Tex, Jan. ia federal
scouting party, returning todly from a
point 2 miles down the Rio Grande,
reported that the rebel force at that
place numbered only about 200 Rebel
leaders say this is scouting party
awaiting the advance of the main ar
my which is to attack Nueyo Laredo
in about ten days, but no confirma
tion Of these plans was available
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
coRoNER sToPs EuNERAL

New York, Jan. M Efforts by the
coroner to gain further information
concerning the death Of Richard D.
Lankford, vice president of the South
ern railway, asphyMated by gas last
Tuesday in his Brooklyn home, delay
ed the departure today Of the funeral
party which accompanied the body to
Princess Ann. Md, where it will be
inferred tomorrow.
AS the pail bearers were leaving the
Lankford home at the close Of the
funeral services the coroner interfer-
ed, ordered the coffin to be set down
and demanded the production Of a
strong box belonging to the railroad
man, which, he had been told, con
tanned papers which would throw
light on the question as to whether
Lankford had committed suicide. The
box was turned over 70 him and the
coroner consented to the removal OF
the body.
He was told by friends OF Lankford
that it contained letter to Miss
Helen Patterson of Brooklyn to whom
Lankford was to have been married
today, and their wedding ring. Later
the box was found to hold an envelope
containing the lease Of an apartment
they were to have occupied after their
marriage. It was addressed to Miss
Patterson. The wedding ring also
was in the box.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17

Washington, Jan. I7.Japan is I'M
dertaking to relieve the sufferers
from earthquake and volcanic erup-
ton through Its own agencies before
looking for external aid. II answer
to an offer from the American Red
Cross the japanese government,
through American Ambassador Guth-
rie. cabled the following, received here
today:
The Japanese Red Cross, through
President Yiscount Hanondusa ex-
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
TODAY IN CONGRESS-
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Washington, Jan. IN Senate; met
at noon
senator Hoke Smith spoke for
early passage Of an agricultural ex-
tension bill.
Elections committee continued
working on the Lee and Glass sena-
torial cases.
Senator Borah introduced a bill for
a new government institution to act
as a marketing agency for farm pro
ducts.
House Met at noon.
Rules committee deferred action on
proposed Investigations Of the Col
orado and Michigan strikes
Consideration Of the postoftice ap-
preparations bill continued
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17
Loss 81 Lie AnnaIIinn

Toxic, Jan. 17.-An indication that
the loss of life on rhe island Of sa-
lura, which was devastated by the
eruption Of the volcano Sal1ura-Jima,
may be much larger than had been
supposed, is given in a report receiv-
ed here from an official of the inter
ior department who was sent to Kag-
oshima to investigate. He reports
that 5000 out Of Sakuras estimated
population of 10000 had been account
ed for up to the evening Of the six
teenth Other refugees, 1t is said,
will be found in other directions, but
the loss Of life evidently was extreme
ly heavy.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-01-17

Bishop Walter Andrews of the Eng
lish church in Hok-Kaido. the famine
stricken district, writes that the suf-
fering everywhere is intense. The
farmers, he said, are hit hardest, and
their families are eating soups made
Of chopped straw. leaves and rotten
potatoes and meat taken from cats,
dogs and fish. The more fortunate
have a thin Cruel made Of rice or
wheat.
The net results, he writes, are many
deaths from cold and starvation and
an increase Of crime and beggars.
Many girls, he declares have been
sold into slavery. He tells Of many
children fainting in schools, sick from
lack of food
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
Flag Day.

Neither the blind wOrshiper of the
American flag who looks on 1t as the
banner of an ideal civilization actually
achieved nor the splenetic pesslmlst
who in WEAKNESS or contempt holds IL
to be the symbol of fraud on liberty
approaches Flag day in a proper or
reasonable spirit That either is use
less we should not say. Each In his
wav contributes to the formation or
sane conceptions of civic duty and re-
sponsibility, the one by awakening in
lis n recognition Of the high asp!ra-
lions of democracy, the other by re-
minding us how far below the level or
those ambitions Is our most consider
able accomplishment. That the Ameri-
can experiment was worth trying, that
il has succeeded in a gratifying de
gree, that it has conferred great bene
! fits on mankind and that the govern
ment born of it, retaining substantial
ly the form It now has. is destined to
| perform still greater services for hu
mainly. we firmly believe. Notwith
| standing the dissatisfaction aroused
by certain outcomes of our industrial
development and with complete rec
ognition not only of obvious politica
disabilities inherent In the fedora
scheme of administration, but of it
less evident weaknesses, we still main
tain that as in the past this democ
racy has won honor and fame so II
the future it will deserve respect AM
confidence.-NewY York Sun.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
Want Independent Outlet.

It has always been, sore point
amongst Germans that their own Fa-
Their Rhine should make his entrance
into the sea through Dutch territory
instead of imperial. Thus a very
great proportion of the profits from
German traffic into and out of the
Rhine is snapped up by Holland,
which. from a mercantile point of
view. commands Europe's most famous
northern river at the great port of
Rotterdam. A conference has been
held at Munich to discuss the question
of creating a German mouth to the
Rhine. One of the declarations: AL
German shipbuilding hitherto has been
profiting the Dutch without costing
them a penny. Germany must nov
construct an independent outlet to the
worlds markets.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

Washington. Perhaps nowhere
else in the world is there a country
so full of contrasts as Mexico, writes
William Joseph Showalter to the Ma
tional Geographic society, at WASH
ington. D. c. With a university es-
tablished before John Harvard, kllhu
Yale. or William and Mary were oorh'
the masses of it's people are hopeless
ly ignorant With hospital iouhueu
before jamestown was ever drediieu
of. it is one of the most backward
regions of the earth in medical way
With natural riches greater than those
Of a thousand Midases, its masses are
lust as poor as the proverbial church
mouse. With a constitution as per
feet as any organic law in the CIVIL
ICED world, it is a nation whose rulers
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
~ NRs5T AnE79CAV HAG-

On June IA. 1777, the continental con
gress voted that the flag of the thlr
teen United States should consist Oh
thirteen stripes, alternate red ana
white, the union being thirteen stars
white in a blue field, representing
new constellation. In 1894, Vermont
and Kentucky having been admitted
to the union, it was voted that new
stripe and a new star for each should
be added The apparent design was
to continue this process of ADDITION
as new states came in:
In 1918, however, Tennessee, ONO
Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi
| having Joined the union, with ILLINOIS,
! Alabama. and Missouri knocking at
| the door. it was decided to alter the
arrangement In that year 1t was
voted that the stripes should be thlr'
teen only, recalling the original thir
teen" while the union should have
one star added to it with the admls
sion of each new state, the following
Fourth of July being the date OF al
dition in each instance.
In that form the flag of the Unltee
States, "OId Glory" as 1t has iovihgi,
been called, has become familiar u
the people of all nations. 1t has beei
carried around the globe by the battle
feet of a world power. 1t has peer
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

followed with devotion by thousands
of soldiers. 1t has stirred the lottlest
sentiment of those who have hVed De-
meath its protecting folds.
To the American citizen it stan'A
for sovereignty. And sovereignty &c
him means more than 1t does to the
citizen of almost every other country
because It is vested in the people
themselves rather than in some indivld-
ual who claims it by right or Dlrth'
or divine will, or conquest in war. Inc
flag is an inspiration in times OF dlHi-
Guilty and danger. 1t makes strong ap-
peal to the spirit of loyalty. 1t serves
as an imperative call to duty. Inc
/ anxious questioning Of Francis Scott
Key until the dawn's early light and
the fierce fighting of the soldier III
the last rally about the standard nave
common birth.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
WORLD CONTAINS NO COUNTRY So
FULL Of CONTRASTS AS MEXICO
ALTHOUGH University Was Established There Before John Har
ward EHhu Yale or William and Mary Were Born, the
Masses of Its People Are HopeIeSSy Ignorant
Parks Victim Of Poisoned Cigarette

of tough meat the juice attacks the
fiber and softens II.
No other country south of the RIO !
Grande is so we'll supplied with rail- /
roads. Prior to the Madero revolution
ii had 10000 miles of up-to-date Amerl-
can railroad, which carried ll,OOO'VoV
passengers annually and handed
about II 900 tons of freight Their
total revenues amounted to about S4O,-
100000. The government owns con-
trolling interest in the major portion
of the mileage of the railroads.
Mexico produces one-third of the
worlds silver, a considerable percent
age of its gold, one-ninth of its Lead
and one-twentieth of It's copper. me
: country's mineral production, exclu-
sive of iron, coal and petroleum
I amounted to S15S, 100000 in 1910. The
! famous iron mountain at Durango is
estimated to contain 500 million tons
of iron ore, which is worth seven times
the value of all the gold and silver
mined in Mexico in two centuries. Inc
Santa Mario graphite mines are the
largest and most important In the
! Western world. The region around
the Gulf of Mexico is very rich In pc
troleum. One company at Poteri del
Llano struck a gusher which flowed
100000 barrels of oil day.
THE drawn-work of the Mexican
Indian is justly famed throughout the
world. and deserves to rank with the
finest of Spanish and Italian laces
The Indians make all sorts OF small
objects to attract the centavos OF the
tourist. The little dolls Of Cuerna
vaca. a half-inch tall and dressed II
finely embroidered raiment, are th'
admiration of every one who sees
them. The small clay animals. per
fectly fashioned and ranging from tn
peaceful dog to the charging bull ant
/ the bucking mule, would do credit U
the genius of many a sculptor who's
name figures in the art publication
}. of the world. But perhaps the mos
wonderful Of all are the tiny dresse
+ fleas, which may be bought In Mexic
City. Another wonderful work OF tn
: Indians is the making Of feather pie
r lures from the plumage OF hummint
d birds. now almost lost art.
a THE Indians Of Mexico eat man
Il curious foods. One of the most r.
n markable of these is made of the egg
t, of a species Of marsh fly. This fly d.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

Hindu women use it for the same
purpose as their Mexican sisters, to
cause their lovers to lose their minds.
Hindu robbers mix it in candy and
give it by some tricks to the inmates
of a house The eaters of the candy
are thrown into a deep sleep, under
cover of which the burglars loot.
Toloachi is a low-growing plant with
white flowers and curious seed vessels
projecting much like the horns Of a
steer. The seeds ere pounded and
mixed in the tobacco of a cigarette
Usually melancholic idocy and slum-
Der are induced, but sometimes there
is violent madness and even quick
death. 1t has been used by Mexican
men to kill rival.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

fashion as tamales. and In this form
are eaten"
The report that Private Parks was
temporarily insane from a poisoheu
cigarette given him by Mexican glri
when he rode straight into the Next
can lines on the back of one blooded
horse and leading another, is highly
credible to those who have travelled
I'm the Land of the greasers. the
Mexican women have often given TINS
poison to their lovers out of jealousy.
This herb, is neen, or toloachi. and
the plants spread in many slightly dlf
ferent species almost all over the
/ earth 1t is our jimson weed. The
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

always have been a law unto them
selves.
Here YOU will see a Mexican half
breed. barefooted, wearing a dollar
pair of trousers, a fifty-cent shirt, anu
a ten-dollar sombrero. There, at
single glance and within the length OF
a single city block, you may see an
Indian cargador. a donkey, an ox-cart'
a carriage. a railroad train, street
car and an automobile-almost every
type OF locomotion since Adam. You
NAV tread the burning sands OF
tropical desert with the wet or the
perpetual snow Of towering mountains
still upon your shoes. You may take
a single railway journey Of SO hours
in which the people you see at the
railroad station will be dressed in four
different weights of clothing. Every
where you turn there is contrast. high
lights and deep shadows.
Mexico probably has greater
range Of remarkable vegetation than
any other country in the world. The
| DaITOt ITult dCO PhOuuNCo
shaped fruit, bearing a close resem-
blance to green parakeets. When the
parakeet Is frightened 1t makes dash
for the parrot tree, where 1t assumes
a position which makes 1t look like
the fruit itself. So close is the re-
semblance that their enemies. the
hawks, occasionally fly by tree on
which a dozen or more of these birds
are sitting, apparently unaware OF
their presence. Another remarkable
tree is the 'Arbol de Dinamfte-dyna
mite tree-whose fruit, II kept In
warm place, bursts with considerable
force and a loud report, scattering III
fat seeds to a surprising distance. Ont
of the most interesting fruits In Mex
leo is known as the melon zapote. o.
papaya. 1t contains considerable pep
sin. which reacts against both aci'
and alkaline conditions of the ston
! ach. and 1t is said that diet whicl
r includes papaya precludes dyspepsia
v Both the fruit and the leaves posses
|. the singular property of renderin
tough meat tender. When the pull
of the fruit is rubbed over a piec
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
A FLAG DAY LYRIC.

There's a splendor in the heavens
Which adorns the western SKIES
While the golden stars of morning
Add their luster as 1t nies.
'Tis the gathering flame of ages
Lighting pathway for the free
which its followers call "Old Glory,
And It stands for Liberty.
There's a spiendor in the heavens
And it's made OF blue and white.
With the hue of human courage
Adding majesty and might.
And that flaming thing. all huttering.
AS the western breezes blow
In their onward sweep OF progress,
Serving newer realms to show,
Is a sign to all the nations
That the whole worlds moving on
To the heights of greater Freedom
And to deeds yet to be done!
. Yes. that splendor in the heavens
Though symbolic OF the fray,
. Yields a CLEAN of placid radiance
/: Which portends a brighter day.
A.: And we need to heed that splendor,
=: Brightest since the world began
!: For II means an age of Freedom.
d: And of life and joy to man!
Il. Hyiand c. Kirk.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
Point Of View.

You would not wonder that l nave
forsaken play writing" said Booth
Harrington in Indianapolis. If you
knew how hard it is today to make a
success.
Musical comedies like The Girl
From Paris are what the public wants
rather than serious plays.
Mr.. Harrington, smiling, Continued
"A young man who had seen the
first performance of The Girl FROM
Paris from a front row seat said as
he left the theater with a friend amid
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

form OF CfOuIS u
prize-fghters and contestants in attn
letic events and as the garb OF clowns
The flag itself has been used to make
sacks for the transportation OF coai
and other merchandise.
AS the result of the efforts OF the
American Flag association, which Is
made I'D of committees representing |
many patriotic societies, and OF the
societies themselves, there are no"
laws intended to protect the flag from
dissertation on the statute books OF !
nearly every state. The federal gov
eminent has also forbidden the use OF
the flag in registration Of trademarks
and the United States Supreme court
has affirmed the constitutionality or
flag legislation by the different states
and the right to make criminal all acts
of Dissertation.
That It should have been necessary
to obtain a decision from the Supreme
court regarding the constitutionallty
of such measures may seem curious.
The value of the use of the nag TOT
commercial purposes was thought by
n yender OF cigars to be sufficient TO
warrant him in carrying case
brought against him under the flag
law of New York through all the
courts OF the state, from the lowest 10
the highest. The result was the de-
cision that a part of the law was I'M
constitutional. When an effort was
made the succeeding year to have the
law amended to meet the flaw COM
mittee of a bar association, without
the authority Of the association, op-
posed the passage Of the amendment
at the solicitation Of one of the mem
bers who had represented the Cigar
makers association. Although TINS
measure was fought up to the very
desk of the governor, 1t was placed
upon the statute books.
Today in a large majority OF the
states the flag may be used for onl,
such purposes as are in keeping witt
its great significance. The laws arr
not uniform, and therefore there II
more license regarding the use OF tn
flag In some states than in others. II
New York ii is against the law to pu
any lettering or design upon the ma
tional or state flag, or to sell or Civ
away or even possess any article
merchandise or a vehicle for the trans
portation of merchandise which ha
upon 1t a representation Of either fiaf
II Is also against the law to mutilat
OF deface in any way, trample upor
defy or cast contempt by word or a6
upon these emblems.
Flag day is observed with create
consideration with each passing yea
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

Elysees in June, 1912, an automopiie
belonging to NJ. Lefranc was damaged
by a taxiauto which collided with IL
in attempting to avoid a foot passen-
ger. M. Flores. The taxi drivers at
tempt. however, was unsuccessful. and
M Flores was knocked down and IN
jured.
NJ Lefranc sued the Compagnie
Generate des Taxiautos for $240 TOT
the damage done his machine.
The company. in defense, entered
the novel plea that the accident was
due to NJ. Flores carelessness.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
VICTIM MUST PAY DAMAGE
Injured Pedestrian Held Responsible
for Auto Wreck in Paris-Csse
Precedent.

A Judgment which is likely to cause
a great deal of comment was gwen
In the Paris courts when foot pas
senger who had been knocked down
by a taxiauto was held responsible
to another automobile in trying to
avoid him.
While proceeding down the Champs
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

posits it's eggs in incredible quantities
upon flags and rushes. The eggs are
gathered and made into cakes which
are sold in the markets. The Indians
call the eggs water-wheat. They re-
semble fine fish roe, and when mixed
with corn meal and fowl eggs form a
staple article of diet, particularly dur
ing Lent. The insects themselves.
which are about the size of the house
fly, are captured. pounded into paste,
boiled in corn husks IN much the same
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13
Could Hold Him.

jeremiah Corcoran and his horse
and buggy were familiar combina-
ton on the streets-or street-of
Homeberg. One day the nag caught
the driver mapping and started of on
a gallop with Jerry tugging valiantly
at the reins.
Whats the matter, Jerry? called
an acquaintance from the sidewalk.
Cant you hold him.
Sure, can hold him. shouted Jer
~. still Juggling at the lines. but
can't stop him"