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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
FABLE OF THE SERPENT TONGUE

tFrom the Fables of Robert Loui.
Stevenson.)
A man quarreled with his friend
Il have been much deceived in you,
said the man.
And the friend made a face at him
and went away.
little later they both died and
came together before the great white
Justice OF the Peace. 1t began to look
black for the friend, but the man for
a while had clear character and was
getting into good spirits.
Il find here some record of o. quar-
rel said the Justice, looking in his
notes. (which of you was in the
wrong?"
a'IIe was said the man. "He spoke
i'll Of me behind my back
Did he so2' said the Justice. And
pray how did he speak about your
neighbors?"
"oh, he had always nasty
tongue.' said the man.
And YOU chose him for your
friend" cried the Justice. my good
fellow. we have no use here for
fools"
50 the man was cast into the pit.
and the friend laughed out loud in
the dark and remained to be tried on
other charges
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
Battle of NeW Orleans Occurred
One Hundred Years Ago Friday

/ the wilderness. lie put the city under
n artial law and summoned troops
from Baton Rouge, Tennessee and
Mississippi. The first skirmlsh was
two days before Christmas, sixty miles
below New Orleans. A second en-
gagement occurred on New Years
day. behind the famous cotton-b bale
breastworks. the British using hogs
heads Of sugar for defenses But the
decisive tettle was still TO come. AZ
ter days ana nights spent in vigorous
building OF earthworlks. the dawn of
the Sth of January found the two
little armies grinly facing each other
for the final struggle, Jackson $
- AGO men were entrenched along the
Rodriguez canal.
The British attacked In several d.
visions. and for two hours the battle
ragged. But the deadly volleys from
the American cannon and muskets
played havoc with them. They fell
by the hundreds. General Pakenham,
riding from the rear TO rally his re-
"a tHtiiiH hANtHef ift'iNNu lniNt HiibAH
and died In a few minutes; Generals
Gibbs ana keane also fell The Brit
lsh---thoroughy repulsed in the short
but bloody battle--left 700 dead upon
the field and twice as many wounded.
The entire American loss was n.
General Lomhert. who had succeeded
to the British command. decided to
IA. Il. !
on the 27th Of January sailed away
from the shores of louisiana Thus
ended--let us hope forever--the APP I
peal to arms between the United /
States and Great Britain"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
Weinman Would Haze
Some Things Changed

David Weinman. one of Albuquer-
uue's best known business men, sug-
gests thai a set OF New years resolu-
tons are in order for the people and
the council Of the city which would,
from Mr. weinman's standpoint, ma
tcrially improve conditions In Albn-
auerque.
In the first place, Mr. Welnman
would have garage employees and au-
tomobllists swear off from backing
autos out Of garages without first Civ
Ing due warning TO innocent pedes-
trians whose lives and limbs might
otherwise be endangered. II they
won't swear off he thinks the city
council should take u hand and do a
little swearing on It's own account
The abolition Of the soft coal nuis-
anco in the business district Of the
city IS another reform which Mr..
Wenman thinks would be appropri-
ate 60 the new year.
Ringing church BELLS a. all sorts of
nnseomlv hours IL thing which gets
on some peoples nerve, Mir Wein-
man IS one OF these, and he would
have the matter regulated
The use OF Copper avenues paved
streets for heavy trucking is a thing
the prohibition OF which is also sag-
geslod Tbe nucks not. only wear out
tho paN moni bat frequently, IN the
early hours af the mofnlnR nuke
noise enough, as Mr MelEman, eNs
presses it. 20 Wake the dead
Finally Mr Nflnman believes that
stock and pNullN raiaiHF should Pc
muled an outside ihe rilf Limits ifsl
Waul4 prahllai ihe keenne ~ euNa.
thakeH# Hntka and aNfh birds ANA
Neath inside fhf ellY
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
TIM sIIIP-PURcHAsE BILL.


The plan Of the president 10 have
the government of fhe United States
engage IN overseas commerce as q
carrier Of freight ana passengers, Is
not without elements Of merit, also
OF danger.
Il cannot be denied mat the ship
ping companies have not met the
cmergency Possibly II was impossible
for them to meet It. When the sugges-
/ ton Of government competition ap-
pcarod probably they feared To make
an effort 10 expand their business In
The face Of what might mean large
financial loss
The fact remains that American
exporters are finding difficulty In se-
curing transportation. and the rates
charged bnve advanced SO az TO
greatly hamper the commerce now
actually being carried on.
The government is strong enough
to buy or build ships and carry car
goes without figuring whether the ven
lure would pay In dollars and cents.
The great advantage would be in the
promotion Of business and industry
at home. the galvanization Of our fac
tories into life and activity.
on the other hand. the greatest
care and tact would be necessary in
the handling Of such enterprise or
grave complications would be sure to
arise GoVernment-owue ships would
have much the Same Significance,
from sovereignty viewpoint. ms our
have. Seizure Of one of the
goVcrnment-owned vessels by a for
eign warship. or its detention in any
way would be likely to involve grave
complications.
On the other hand. il Is hardly like |
~ that government agents would fail I
70 see 70 Il that cargoes were above |
So much care would be OBJ
served that there would be no occa-
sion for any one Of the beligerent
countries to question the good faith
Of the ships manifests.
Generally speaking, this country is
opposed to government ownership.
The policy of Capitalization has been
'arried too far now Private enter
Prise and initiative are being stifled
~ the nation IN many lines Uncle
sam Is a bunglesome operator and I
lie winds everything in
niles OF red tape. Authority of de-
heads is hampered BY
congress, ana suhordinates are ham
,ered by departmental heads.
II the government is TO so INFO the
'arryng trade, Il should be only for
he purpose Of meeting an emergency
90 great for private enterprise to
'ope with Meantime, the prosperity
Il the country should not be made
he football OF party politics
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
The Easiest Way.

They are telling in Washington al
aneodote about the president.
The president, at recent dinner
party conversed with selfmade mil
llonaire who disapproved of the study
of foreign languages.
I've known men to get less through
knowing foreign languages, but never
more the millionaire declared
i don't quite follow your reason
ing, the president said with smile,
when you claim that knowledge OF
foreign languages means less money.
Your view is. then. that there is mon
ey IN not knowing foreign languages,
yes? Well, II that be so, IL certainly
is an easy way of acquiring wealth"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
a JusTIrABLE COMBINATION.


Much a. has been said derogatory
OF the trust meaning big combina-
ton Of capital for the more economic
administration Of some particular en-
terprlse, Il must be admitted that
sueh combinations. stripped Of the
abuses Of monopoly. are merely the
result OF scientific organization for
economy ana efficiency In service.
Tho complete administrative con-
soliaailon Of the New York Central
lines Is the most perfect illustration
given ~ the Fundamental trust prnci-
pie az its best The New York cen.
trail began with the union 81 3 little
bunch Of roads much as me southern
be- The consolidation OF sixteen. or
more, anee bankrupt lines Tho initial
ilnes Of the Sew Nofk Central were
nH fhf lower Hudson, small IN come
mrison ~ lhe modern trolley limos
IA ihe neSi stasc Obey eole operated
go N0nalo. will ffeFhl and passenger
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af talsis ~ reach ehimga
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06

Mexico, Mexicans are solely RESPONSE
BILE Tor the ruin Of the country No
foreign foe has ravaged the country,
robbing and burning. numbering and
outragng The horrors have been per-
petrated by Mexicans upon Mexicans,
and the end Of II all IA not in sight
II would be no Wild prediction that
the great European war will bove
been fought out and pence restored
before the struggle between unserup-
ulous and ambitions leaders In Mex
leo has ceased. II has ragged now for
nearly four years and. 10 far as we
may judge Is likely 10 continue for
four or even ten years more.
When the time comes that the re-
sources Of the country are exhausted;
whom there Is no more loot. 10 fight
for; when guns and ammunition can
not be bought, pence VIII come. and
only chen, unless some Washington
administration should decide at Inst
10 intervene for the restoration Of
lrder.
In view Of conditions IN Mexico,
linking men cannot view without APP
lreheusion, the proposition 10 con
er autonomy on the Philippines un-
Ter an American protectorate. Either
his country should hold the Philip
limos with "a firm hand or II should
bandon the islands 20 their fate, let
hat fate be what he inhabitants or
he Japanese may determine upon
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
The Storyteijers
The Silver Lining.

An anecdote of very high life in
deed--an anecdote. in fact, about the
young Prince of Wales--is going the
rounds of Washington.
The royal young second lieutenant,
before setting out for the front, is
said to have declared at a London din
ner party;
We'll. there's one blessing about
this war al least-they can't force me
now to marry a German princess
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
MIIIie Was Mixed.

Little Miles father and grandfath-
er We're republicans; and, as election
drew near, they spoke of their OPP
ponents with increasing warmth.
never needing Miles attentive ears
and wondering eyes.
One night, however, as the little
maid was preparing for bed. she
she whispered in frightened voice
"Oh, mamma. | don't dare to go up
stairs I'm afraid there's democrat
under the bed"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06

one week later the last vscount Mon
tagu was drowned in the Rhine.
After the death of the last Wis.,
count Montagu the property Of Cow
dray came into the possession Of the
late viscoUnts sister. Mrs. stephen
Poyntz, who soon after receiving the
estate lost two OF her sons by drown
ing az Rognor Al the death OF Mrs.
Poyntz the property was divided be-
tween her three daughters. but was
sold TO the late Earl OF Egmont in
ls43. In 1909 II came into the hands
Of Sir Weetman Pearson and, when
Sir Weetman, on coming 10 his pre-
ferment, chose the title OF Lord Cow
dray, 1 remember how an old Sussex
woman, thinking Of the story Of The
historic curse. grayely shook her
head.
London viii have TO adapt itself to
conditions which are completely nov
el. The metropolis Is shortening its
evenings, while the season continues
to lengthen. Shopping and theater-
going will soon occupy afternoons. for
the lights OUT order is affecting AL
Glasses. Two of the West End thea
tiers, His Majestys and the Criterion,
have already dropped evening per-
formances, save twice week. and
present plays after lunch some thea
tiers are likely to follow their exam
pie. As things are now, with London
In a state of zimmerman darkness of
an evening, a visit to the play for res
idents in Suburbla has become a
somewhat risky adventure
London is developing a new set OF
social conditions to ri the dark and |
rheerless street light NJ night Many |
pf the big shops now dismiss their
staffs ut instead of so that assist
ants may not have 10 feel their way |
home, and now that there is |
ban upon bright windows shopkeepers I
everywhere are putting up their shut /
ers at instead Of o. Even the traf- |
lie underground has fallen off con- I
iiderably although the trip is consid-
'rably safer than pilgrimage along
he cavernous Strand.
There Is a little antique shop near
Regents park well known to the res !
dents of the neighborhood. A card
displayed in the window says.
Owing TO the war
] am very poor.
ANY reasonable offer
Welcome. am sure
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
ouR BUSINESS STANDARDS.

Federal Judge Pope u New Mexico
IL hearing q ease Ia Nav York city
IN which book dealer IL charged
with swiudlihg the customs service
out OF sb0,00O on Rlbles, hymn books
and prayer books imported Which
recalls ibsen's famous character Peer
Gynt. who saiarzed the difference be-
tween the theory ana the practice Of
modern morality IN business when
he boaated that he amassed colos-
sal fortune In America by dealing in
Bibles aud slaves and BY exporting
IDOLS % heather countries and fol-
lowing them with rum aud mission.
aries. when Louis james. with The
art Of master actor. presented 10
SENS bitter sarcasm on the stage Of
more than 0 decade ago Il was large
~ believed as representative OF The
business standards of the time.
ISN'T we are told today that the
Commonwealth steel company Of lll-
nois has rejected an order for $4,000
600 worth Of shfapnel to be used 10
the European war. and at the re-
quest Of thc president. Charles NJ !
Schwah cancelled contracts for /
SIS. 100000 worth OF submarines These !
acts by American business men came |
NJ a rather formidable reioinder TO
The charge that moral principles Of
civilization have completely broken
down
Two generations ago such con-
cepiion Of business ethics would have
been looked upon not only as absurd
but as opposed 70 the welfare of the
mutton. Bnt the book man Of New
York. who carried on swindllng
trade In Bibles and prayer books, and 4
Peer Gynt who made his fortune out
Of slaves, Bibles. heather idols. mis-
sionaries and rum. are not fepresen-
tatlye OF the American business man
of today Neither are the steel men
who turn down big profits, that might
be made LEGALLY through the war
These are individual eases, due large
~ 60 personal feeling.
who can say at any given time
what is right and what is wrong for
the progress Of humanity Had Eu-
rope refused 20 sell supplies 20 tho
United States during the civil war.
The Institution OF slavery might sim
be in existence.
Most Of Us, however, coneede that .
under present circumstances there is !.
IA vital distinction between sending /,
food to the hungry people Of Eu-
rope, and encouraging bl0odshed BY +
sending shells and guns for wages
Every ease must be decided upon It's
merits, and indeed. the difference Of
ten seems a matter OF halr-spltting f,
For example, il Is ,
FOR schwab to supply mu-
nitlons of war, but he is not allowed
10 ship submarines A ship may carry !
cotton used in the manufacture Of
but may not carry cop-
per used Ia the manufacture o. ordi-
nance.
Al first view, there appears to be !
IN inveterate Inconsistency In these
various rulings Bnt what they really
signify Is simply that business moral
iy and international law are con-
ssantW approXlnatlng but never o
achieving perfection This would be a Il
sorry world. were mankind 10 rest a
content with the vision of It's primi- {
tive ancestors Human Inconsistency :
ii natural eoneomltant Of the en-. a
dcavor 10 dn Nhai Is right r.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
IIis Slarl.

I'm going TO have my boy begin
az the bottom and work up said The
millionaire.
II presume you intend to start him
IN as an office boy, them"
Exactly
shall put him on the payroll at
the regular office boys salary Gf
No. : wonldnf DO that You'd
better start him AT about $500 week.
The hqys simply got TO have q little
packet money
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06

Every dlle while We hear Of some
one cniled home by goiung hold OF
.lbo wrong bottle" Every man who
drinks ANYTHING stronger than tea,
gets hold Of the wrong bottle.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06

II Is thought that most Of the RUS
sian police force Will have TO be sent
70 the front Since the abolition Of the
sale OF vodka. policemen are having
nothing to do.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06

GENERAL : reported The aide, AN
efefnpNefinR force % he enemy on
molof@ ales hes attacked our lofi
wins
sound she feireai replied the
efnflti ana efaef ms iafh algde
~ HNlffl pW rHai
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06

The United States imported i0O, 600
parrots last year, which explains why
We hear 80 much noise about election
time when the orators get busy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06
STORIES OF THE WAR

/
tLondon Correspondence, n. Y SUM
what Is the life Of the big guns
mat are playing so great part In
this war; A big naval gun II used
| ~ after firing 100 rounds. After 100
rounds the rifling Of the core or lining
OF the gun IN destroyed by hot gases
from the explosive, not. as one might
SUPPOSE by the friction Of the she'll
The refugee committee has a very
difficult task. The number of home.
less Eeigians already deaf with il
1900 That total. big as II n. will
be added TO enormously az result Of
the inflow Of people from Antwerp.
Client and other towns, occupied by
the Germans The biggest total Of
one day was 0.000-m0stly refugees
from Antwerp The immediate diff
Guilty before the committee is TO find
suitable housing for the newcomers.
In the END Il will largely become a
question Of funds.
One Of the many revelations the
war has made IS that Of the power OF
an aeroplane struck by a rifle or shell
fire to continue flying. In the recent
raid on Dusseldorf. for example, Lieu
tenant Marks aeroplane was struck
twenly-onc times and two Of the con.
trol wires were cut. Yet he contn-
ued flying until he had crossed the
frontier fnd reached place OF per-
feet safety 10 descend. Aviation Is
appealing more and more TO sports
men.
The death OF tae Hon. Geoffrey |
Pearson. Lord Cowdrays son, by q
German bullet reminds one forcibly |
Of the violent death of other heirs 10 \
cowdray the historic mansion near
Mdhurst. and Of the curse that was
In 1888. when Sir An
Ihony Browne. father OF the first Lord
Montagu. was presented with Battle
Abbey by Henry VIII. Sir Anthony
destroyed the great church Of Battle
and the clolsters and converted the
lbbott's lodgings into dwelling
great hall one OF the dispossessed
monks entered and solemnly cursed
he family. declaring that the Mon
ngu line should perish by fire and
water. II was not until 1903, two
centuries ana half later, that the
,nrse was fulfilled In that year Cow
hay house was destroyed by fire aud
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06


oh, sometimes CLEANS upon oui
sight,
Through present wrong, the eternal
right;
And step by step, since time began,
We see the steady gain of man.
That all Of good the past hath had
Remains to make our own time glad,
our common. daily life divine,
And every land a Palestine.
Through the hard voices of our day
4 low. sweet prelude finds its way,
Through clouds Of doubt and creeds
OF fear,
a light is breathing calm and clear,
Henceforth my heart shall sigh no
more
For old time and holier shore;
Gods love and blessing then and
there
Are now and here and everywhere.
tJohn Greenleaf Whttier.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-06

the germ is potentially immortal and
that II Is only the body which grows
up around from ii that really dies
Living beings are thus like beads
threaded on a string that goes back
TO the very beginnings OF life, the
beads falling off in death, the string
remaining. II followed from the thet
DRY that changes acquired during the
lifetime Of the individual are not In
heriied and that race improvements
achieved during a generation do not
pass from parents N their children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-19
COUNTIES WANT
TAX EXEMPTION
THOSE IN STORM STRICKEN DIS
TRlCT LEFT IN DESTITUTE CON-
DITION AFTER STORM.
Try Associated Press,

Austin. Tex. Oct. Is. Should Cover
nor James T.. Ferguson decrdcd to call an
extra session of the thirty fourth legisla-
ture il is probable, according TO Informal
tion here, that he will submit to the lar
makers a petition signed by "A .numhcr ~
citizens of Chambers and ~othrr counties IN
the storm stricken portion of East and
South Texas, asking that these communi-
ties be exempt from state taxation for a
period of ten years. There i precedent
for such action, should the matter be sub
mitted and passed. it j. said, in the ease
of Galveston, that city having been grant
ed such exemption some years ago. The
petition now in MIR. Ferguson's hands
states many persons in the afflicted coun-
ties were left in u destitute condition by
the August storm, their crops having been
destroyed and live stock valued in excess
Of $500, 900 killed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-19
SUFFRAGE TEST
IN NEW JERSEY
WILL STATE FIGURE AS FIRST OF
ORIGINAL 10 GIVE ITS WOMEN.
The VOTE RIGHT.
Especial t. The iicraid.D

Trenton. \. j.. Dct. ~ Will New
Jersey figure as The first Of the Original
Thirteen "a give its women the vote?
This * the question of the hour in pp
liticai circles along the Atlantic sea
beard. After u great campaign from one
,nd Ia the other Of the state. the Sufra
giStS are heamuic with c%nntideiir today.
while the voters are registering
day. while fhr voters are registering
tfcid' tf-riSiun ~ 10 whether women will
de- given cqinl franchise
'f'rteilcnt WILSON - of ,ouSc the He'd
ing figncr in their cantesi. Just how far
his personal Influence will be felt " p,oh
ftinatical: for. although AZ liz former
governor and rs its college president.
the chief executive il strong with the
people Of New Jersey. il is believed H.,
has done no mere than make the simple
announcement Of his Intention tn favor
shc ladies when he pesiSis his ballot today
Gin the other lund- the political nrgani
zations of all parties are none too >trong
fof. tht suffrage measure. and IL j. b.
Ilicsedc that If they are ont in strength
ito defeat the measure, the chances are
very isa,r for the amendment.
Accnrhin. Ia The estimates of Dr. I'm
mn IIowrl Shaw. the women will carry
the state toda, bv virtue nf the rural
vote. the labor vote and i good sized see
tion Of the commuters vote.
InaSmrTh * the New Jersey result
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-19

comes.
That great moment arrived the sex
md Monday in August. 1874. Charles
could scarcely contain his Impatlcnc1'.
so well had the publicity work for the
performance been done ~ the new ad
vance agent that when the hey the wis
only fourtcen) raised the window ot the
box office at seven O'Clock there WIS n
long line waiting 10 buy tickets. The
final word If ia junction from tiuStaxc
was:
> Remember. Charley. ynu must ~
careful because YOU will -bc personally
responsible for any shortage III cash
when You balance up
The houes was suisi out. When Gus
tave asked him after the count up VI ~
was short. the eager faced lad replied
am not short - am fift, cents
overt
" Then YOU can keep that aS = reward
for your good work. said tiu>tavr.
"Callcnder was on hand the opening
night. He watched the hoy III the box
.ifice with an amused and lively inter
st. When he was through selling tick
-. he stepped up ~ him with 4 smile
~ his face and said /:
= Young fellow. | like Your locks au'l
voir ways. Ven aud | will be doing bust
tess some day
by day h. worked iH the Graphic ~
flee. only getting of for the maii~rS:
AZ night h. wa>'in the box -ofli,r IN Hoo
'ey's in BROOKLYN. his smiling face
beamin. like 4 moons through the win.
low. He was IN his element at last an J