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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-06

make one feel that the present atp,s
OF the world is beyond measure trari-
cal Aud yet my fellow countrymcn.
] belieye that this great catastrophe
winch has fallen upon the world ina
inc shape Of war rs going 10 do ua ia
America ~ any rate a rroat service.
II u going 10 ohiiEe overv man 10
know that he lives in new age and
that he has got 10 act not according
90 the traditions OF the past but ac.
cording 10 the necessities Of tho pres-
ont and the prophecies Of the future.
America up 10 the present time has
been as n by deliberate choice con-
fined and provincial and il Will be im-
possible Tor her to remain confined
and provincial.
Alies-etotth--be b..augs-to .ule
world and all 0f thc attitudes Of
America will henceforth be altered
You know what Interests me as the
most dramatic thing that ever hap
pened In our history was the diqcov.
cry 81 America, not because it was
the discovery Of America but hecauge
until America was discovered an ewes
In Europe were turned 10 the cast.
England was then at the back Of civ
ili1aton Behind her were tho I'M
known spaces OF the Atlantic An the
world lived 10 the eastward In Eu-
ropc all the trade routes Of the world
worked their ways down towards the
east
World ON "A Pivot.
And then all Of sudden with tho
discovery ~ America the world was
turned on its pivot and GreBt Britain
WAS at the front OF the world An tho
tides being shut OFF by tho fortunate
circumstance fortunate az the time.
Of the capture OF Constuntinople by
the Turks. The cutting Off OF tho
eastern routes forced - world-lo look
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-06
.RUMORS ABOUT BANDITS
LACK CONFIRMATION


Brow uSNiilC. Tex. oct 5.--l;umor
OF q rcgrudrs- of bandit activities
in the lower Rio Graude valley. We're
prcy4Ient tonight without offfria$ con
frmation. Army officers have pre-
diCted for several DAYS that there soon
would Doe another outbreaks because
OF shortage of food ON the Mexican
side one If the rumors said a mem
her Of "a detail of regulars stationed
at Barrcda seven miles south of San
Benito, was killed tonight i'm @ bandit
attuCk.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-06

very important that the statesmen Of
other parts of the world should I'M
I derstand America. America has held
off from the present conflict with
/ which the rest OF the world Is ablaze.
not because she Is not interested not
| because she was Indifferent but be-
/ cause the part she wanted to play
was different part from that
The singularity Of the present war
/ is that its origin and objects have
never been disclosed They have Oh
scure European roots which we do
not know how to trace so great
cOnflagration could not have bfokcn
out II the finder had not been there
and the spark Do danger Of falling at
any time We were not the finder
The spark did not come from U.S. 1T
Will take the long inquiry Of history
to explain this war. But Europe ought
not % misunderstood us
Advice Of Washington.
I'VE are holding off Not because
we DO not feel concerned. but because
when we exert the force Of this ma
ton we want to know what we are eX-
ertins it for You know that we have
always remembered and reyered the
advice Of the great Washington. who
advise MS 10 avoid foreign enlangle-
ments. By that I understand him 10
mean avoid being entanglsd In the
ambitions and the national purposes
Of other nations. IL does not mean,
IL I may bee permitted TO venture an
Interpretation of the meaning Of that
great man-it does not moan that we
are to avoid the entangemerJs q TIC
world fdr we are part of the world
and nothing that concerns the whole
world can be Indifferent To u.s. We
want always to hold the force OF
America 20 fight for what Not
merely for the rights Of property or
Of national ambition but for the rights
Of mankind Nothing that concerns
humanity nothing that concerns the
essential rights Of mankind can be
foreign or Indifferent to us but m
fighting for these things, my fellow
citizens. We ought to have a touch
stone. We want % have q tcst. We
ought 10 know Whenever We act. what
the purpose is. what the ultimate goal
is.
Vow. the tombstone is this ON
our own part, absolute siugleness Of
heart and purpose ON our allegiance
to American and then "a justification
Of That allegiance TO America hy hold /
ing the doctrine that is truly AmeTi- [
can. that the states Of America We're /
set up to vindicate the rights OF man |
and not tho rights Of property on the |
rights of self-aggraudizemcut and ag /
erosion Property, we have found to I
be the Indispensable foundation Of /
stable institutions but the rights of |
are the essence Of free in-i
stltuuons and nothing can take prece- .
QeUCe tu them
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-06

ni2ht will appear before moving pic
ture cameras at the Essex County
Country club, West Orange, y. j..
saturday. lie will join there with
representatives Of the moving picture
interests who seek to learn his views
upon the question Of national cen
sorship. After the conference the
candidate will be filmed
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-06

Yokohama, oct 5.-Mrs. Eliza
Scidmore. mother Of George H. Scid-
more American consul general here,
died today. aged 80 years.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-06


lhas got 10 be- done now i'm a WV tina
Twin deserve the confidence ~ m.
Iworid American star.,g,., a. ,,.,fr /,
IAmeric4n eptarprfse Is eo,,g r.
put TO the test American jd..I. ~,
. for the first time ~ b.. avbitft.d ,,,.oy
II worldwide srale American r,tr1os
er arc going 10 he tested b, tba mn
poses of mankind ana r..t BID, a.. ,rr
poses on national ambition. sav fha.
Ia b. "a pit. moi fo BE- ,eurs.fp tbee.
tdgvt-
Bliss 4 i'm this d7y for nm Aucrt.
Loan TO be- alive ana to be vaun, mus,
BE- very heaven because aIr mo desfiD,
into whose great fruit.ons America
Ihis promised 10 lead the world Is pou
0pnu to Doc achieved under her leader.
.shIp II She viii SEQ and take mo v..,,
Ian ~ this. gentlemen. is In tho ais
.tracf buf in fh, concrete b ,,fsps .
livery Interesting variety ~ things and
j want won 90 know ttat. 10 ouytt not
thar it does not boz ms copreutior make
|aug difference who does these fbf,gs
provided eou see 10 IN cha. thay ave
done. Uut America ain r,,er f,.r,,.,-1
hera'f ~ She don't do them. And 7
want Won 10 believe mo Union g.t.
that certain things have receutiy hecg
accommodated by tsg'gIstIar now, 49,,
accomplished vI,b ttesa idesls ana
purposes In mind.
Sometime a.. fsrsI,.a orrrelt,.r. S..
thinking that the commerce Of recent
Neats has chiefly consisted In exports
slim ulated by the war u viii be-
worth your while 20 look into the fig
We'. our exports havc boon about in
This proportion An increase In cx-
ports during those years OF some two
thousand millions expressed i'm dollars.
and an Increase in tho national wealth
.oi ioriF-one thousand millions-twen-
y times the increase Of our exports
'Fn an increase in our exports of two
thousand millions produce so tupen-
.dous an effect 8s 20 multiply itself
twenty tunes tH our national wealth
The TACT Us that the world has poured
u he4llh upon us ly reason IL the
TACT mat we are AT last waking up 10
the f3't that tho world has need Of
~" wealth thar we possess and that.
therefore, the real business OF extern
sion is 10 release these forces and to
see that no iwpediment shall bo placed
10 the way That Is the reason h has
been tho studiuus ondcayOr Of recent
years 10 see 10 n that business men
got rid Of the belief which some of
them had that the law was intended
to restrain them and not Intended 10
serve them
Antitrust laws
Take the arfI-trtist la.gg for ,,.,,,
pIe. frutu ver,. .r,,,r,l,s s.,,,..r -.
saw most American b,,lirssg mar,
spokc of tho aptl-tr,gt t,,,s MIN,
..-.. ' w" ''''t "
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25
THE. CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
Paula Wishes for Death ut Sight of Her Cheap Boarding
House!

But said. rather supercilious-
~. don't you think that any man
ager would rather-all things being
equal--havo ladies anu gentlemen in
his company than people OF no edu-
cation and culture at ALL"
My little friend looked at me rath-
er quizzically and then answered:
"'You poor child. you have so
much TO learn and you are going TO
have a hard time learning g.
What do you mean
az mean nobody will ask you II
you have a college education. While
education may help To keep place
II you have been properly educated.
for that means trained mind. II
Will not have much influence with
the average theatrical manager, who
has no education and very little
mind himself
'If were you I'd apply 20 the
college association, however, telling
them you need work--they may be
able 20 place You somewhere. In
the meantime. II you think you want
to stay at the Young woman's Chris.
tian association. I'll get two OF ~"
men IN the ono" 20 sign your arHii-
cation In the morning
"'But vou- friends don't know
me- sjsmmercd.
That doesn't make any tiT.r
rn-e hey viii sign II for me; ;Erso
V1cTc can work a pun fcr YOU
- ID ike to nut ono CvCr '"'t
1li maid ~ the desk with her rates
dolt think, however, that you VIII
want 20 go there. am going 60
,eave this week. ! find you pay too
much money for the sake of giving
up your liberty
"'Oh. yes she FASTENED on as
opened my mouth to speak. I know
rs sound deadly respectable to say
IL am living at the Y. W. G. A."
but you will come to find out that
even deadly responsibility" does
not mean much IN this forgetting
business. Indeed, there are many
places where respectability is a liza
bllity rather than an asset. I've
been earning my living ever since
I was IL years old and I know
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25

81 shall never forget. Margie.
said Paula. the first sensation ] had
when | saw that cheap boarding
house on Fifteenth st. For a mo-
ment thought could not stay
there, wanted 20 die.
MY good little friend seemed 10
think II was all right. She stayed
with me quite while and we talk
ed a long time about what ! should
do 10 earn living
"She was stenographor In real
estate Office, and | could see that
she looked At me in real pity when
told her that really had no idea
at what should work 20 earn my
daily bread
1--WE got TO do something !
said. I was the best amateur actress
in my class at school, and | thought
! would try the dramatic agencies
6rst.'
she looked me over with an APP
praising glance and then answered :;
Eyes. think you would do well
on the stage. but am afraid you
will have hard time getting the
chance unless you have n pull
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25

him. She few In King Eagles way
and did her very best TO interfere,
all the time screaming at King
Eagle and calling him a robber and
thief and everything bad she could
think OF She was trying TO make
King Eagle so angry that he would
leave Plunger alone and try 10 pun.
ish her
But King Eagle Is altogether too
smart 10 be fooled In any such way
az that He knew exactly what she
was trying 10 do. and he paid no
attention 10 her except 10 threaten
her with his great claws when she
ventured too near He wanted that
big, fat fish and he meant 10 have It.
Al first he was simply mildly threat
ening. He did not want 20 hurt
Plunger. not that ne cared particu-
larly for Plunger He didn't His
reason for not wanting TO hurt
Plunger was purely selfish, | sus
pect. He wanted that particular
fish. but he would want more fish In
the future, and II he hurt Plungcr
and disabled him, who would catch
those fish for him in the future? SO
his whole idea was merely 10 fright.
en- Plunger into dropping that fish.
Plunger knew this. for Plunger is
no fool, and so he held on and hoped
with all his might that King Eagle
would lose patience and give up.
And nj last King Eagle did lost pa
thence. but with no intention OF Civ
ing mp. He began TO lose his tenn
per. Piunger saw sudden change
In the fierce eyes OF King Eagle.
They grew still more fierce. Plum
gers heart failed and he shivered
with fear
stop fooling and drop that Ash =
Kissed King Eagle.
with a scream OF rage and disap-
pointment Plunger obeyed He didn't
dare do otherwise. The king was no
longer to he denied II was might
and not right that gave him his way
Next Stery-"Bsster Bear Has No
Luck"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25

Tom Clark's father died in battle,
Not the less So. because the only
weapons involved were brains and
money, instead of cold steel and hot
lead For the most murderous wars
Of The present day are fought not in
trenches but At Office desks.
John Clark had begun life az a mill
hand. BY sheer oleverness, by tire
less Industry. By an almost uncanny
power over his fellow men, he had
fought his way upward until he was
president OF the great mills which
he had entered a quarter century
earlier. as day lsborer.
But he was manufacturer, not a
fnancier His directors presently
formed a clique 10 oust him from
power and TO put one OF their own
henchinen in his place.
Tie clique's chance came wher
they lured Clark into a mary finan
| cial deal whose nature they misrep
resented TO him. AS a result when
the president one day entered the
! board room for conference, he
found the directors already waiting
him. One OF them opened the at
tnck by saying CURLY:
You have failed TO redeem the
stock you pledged for the C. G. 4
Y loans. We have taken n up,
The control OF the mills has there.
fore passed 10 us. We deeply re-
gret. OF course"
81 will take your regrets for grant.
ed. gentlemen" interrupted Clark
land | will not waste your time by
telling you what think OF this un.
derhand deel You have tricked me
out OF power You have the whip
hand. II you expect me to cringe
under the whip or TO whine for
mercy. 20 do not know John Clark
You want my resignation as presi
dent. of course. 1t Will be in your
secretary's hands within half an
hour Good day"
Turning on his heel he strobe ont
OF the room and back 10 his own
private Office. lie had promised 10
hand in his resignation within &c
minutes. in a long lifetime of bust
ness probity, that was the one and
only promise John Clark ever broke
For. as he reached his desk, a
sudden sharp pain m the left side
sent him staggering into the near.
est chair. There he groped rum.
Sling al his collar ard mumbled a
few gaspincly incoherent words.
Before his secretary sud stenog,
raphcr could hurry across lhe room
10 the stricken man, he slid Imply
from the chair 10 the floor. and lay
there, very still. in curiously hud
died and inert mass
The blow that had wrecked his
future had also taken his life. The
shock had been too much for an al
ready feeble heart az ton
Thus did John Clark fight q life
long battle Thus did he lose battle
and life in one stroke. And IL be,
hooved his only son TO take w the
fight as best he could, 10 support
his sister and his widowed mother
Tom Clark had been reared as a
rich mans son. He vas Just ending
his senior year at Yale when word
came Of his fathers death and OF
the total wreck OF the family for.
tunes
He hurried home, and after he
had Installed his mother and sis
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25

Ho did IL for love OF mo, ! know
But can't get Job on the strength
OF what I've spent all those years
In studying. So I'm going 10 try
the one kind OF thing where my
muscle and my grit will bring mo
dividends"
IL don't understand
MY father went In at 20 az day
laborer at the mills over yunder.
When he was so he practically
owned the mills. His example IL
good enough for me. Tomorrow
morning I'm going over TO the milf
70 see Mr.. Peltx. the new president.
For dads sake he'll give re work
there"
las a common mill hand?" cried
Mrs. Clark In disgust
NO" contradiCted Tom. "No
man 10 common mill hand, unless
he chooses 10 be. Every man can
be an uncommon" mill hand. and
In that way he can rise 10 better
job. That is what | mean to do
Mr.. Peltz will start me on living
wage, I'm sure. In these busy timet
the lowest wages paid over there Ia
two dollars a day. With twelve dol
lars week as start I'll soor
forge ahead. Watch me do it."
And in spite Of all the protests Of
his mother and sister he held to his
resolve. Early next morning he
sought an interview with Peltz, the
new president The latter-more
because there was a shortage o.
men than from any sentiment abou
John Clark's memory-turned Ton
over 10 Joe Carr, department
foreman, with orders to put him u
work.
(To Be Continued)
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25
WEIGHED IN BALANCE

ter IN SlQe-SlTtel NblldBo lHat
seemed pitlably tiny and squalid,
after their big house or Maple-st..
he began at once 10 seek some
method of supporting them and him
self.
but there he met the first setback
OF his easy-going young life. Hitler
to, the ways had all been creased
for him. Now he found them sand
papered.
Tom was a crack football man. he
was more than fair tennis player,
he had been n moderately good stu
dent, he also knew how 10 order o
dinner and he could tell vintage
vine from Californian. He wore
his clothes well, and was clean OF
limb and OF life.
All these foregoing traits are ex-
cellent. for n rich mans son. But
there is no special market for them
in the business world. Two years
in commercial school outvalues
them all. and II ranks higher for
|
four-year course At 4 university.
Tom speedily discovered that his
services were In no derand at all
among the merchants and financiers
Of his little hometown. The best
he could hope for, froE any OF
them, was an ofice-boy start, nj
about five dollars a week. And one
cannot support a mother and sister
on such sum.
Home he came, discouraged and
grimly resolute, after a week Of
fruitless search for work. To his
mother he poured out the story OF
his troubles and OF a plan that had
been bred Of his failures
"I've received racc-horse train
ing" he began, "and I've got 10 do
plow-horse work on it. must for
get all the gracefully useless accom-
plishments I've learned IT college
and buckle down TO something that
will keep US in bread and board.
| The fact that n horse can do this
mile in 2:03 is not OF any great
interest 10 a farmer who wants a
field plowed or load Of hay drawn.
must forget how to race and
learn how 10 plow."
"But Tom, dear" said his mother,
your father wanted you 10 have all
the Injuries and good times that he
himself missed in his boyhood. That
Is why he never taught you TO WORK
| or to-
Dad meant II all for the best
answered Tom, but, In spite of
that. he was wrong. Here in Amer
lea, where fortunes are lost In a
day, every boy ought TO be taught
how to earn a living, by the time
he IS Is, whether he will ever need
TO earn II or not. What would VIC
think Of people whose lives were
forever menaced by foods and yet
who neglected to teach their chill
dren 10 SWIM"
"But. dear"
what is done Is DONE" contln.
ued Tom, I'm not blaming dad.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25

way?
Not T. Not u
FOR the kins Is great and the king Is
And the KING. you know. can do no
wrong,
Al least that is the way kings
themselves seem TO think. Too OF.
ten they think that might makes
right. You and know better. But
kings. poor things. ueye. have had
the advantages that we have. Too
often they never have learned TO do
things for themselves, because they
never have had 10 do things for
themselves. They simply command
that things be done for them. And
so. because they have this power 20
command they too often have come
10 think that they have right to
command anything that they please.
They cannot understand that other
people have rights.
II Is something this way with
F., King Eagle. He likes fish. but he
never has learned TO catch them for
! himself So because he likes fish
+. and wants fish and Is big enough
I and strong enough he feels that he
has a perfect right 10 take them
from Plunger the Ffsh Hawk. and
that Plunger should gladly give them
up ar his demand because he If the
king II he were not tho king !
suspect he would be called just 4
plain robber Hut no one thinks or
calling the king robber-that Is,
no one but Plunger.
When fishing Is good and Piunger
can catch plenty without half trying
he doesn't much mind giving up
few 10 King Eagle lie may grum-
bic a little, but that Is all. But
when. as on this particular morning.
he has fished patiently for long.
long time without catching n single
fish. and then when he is almost
ready 10 give up does catch tine.
big. fat nsh he thinks # rather too
much 10 have King Eagle suddenly
annear and demand that fish. So
Plunger made up his mind that he
would not give II up until ne abso-
Iutely had 20 In spite OF King Eagles
orders TO drop e.
Now. Plunger the Fish Hawk IS a
wonderful nier but. wonderful as he
r.. King Eagle Is "A still more won
derful fier. and Plunger knows IL.
In spite OF this he did his best to
out.fy King Eagle But the fsh VAS
big and heavy. and 40, Of course
Plunger could not ~ his best. He
lodged this way and that way
mounted high in the air and drop
ped suddenly. all the time WORKING
toward tho Green Forest. But all
the time King Eagle kept right with
him without half trying. actually
Mapping his great wings In Plungers
very face. and all the time com
handing Plunger 10 drop that hsh'
Plunger was about reHdy IN give Up
when Mrs. PlunEer arrived to help
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25
BOY Killed BY Bolt.

ADRIAN. Mich, July 2A-Floyd
Fox, aged 10, was instantly killed
by a bolt OF lightning while WORKING
IN a feid two miles south Of ousted
late Saturday afternoon. Tho boy
was riding on q moving machine
and was cutting barley at the time
the bolt struck beside his left
ear, melting his glasses. Tho horses
were stunned and tho machine
wrecked.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25

ariuory while the general publlc
win be received In the Arcadia.
II the temporary bridge to Bello
Isle is completed by Aug. Z. the iue.
tice will probaoly oficIate at the
formal orening Of the structure.
Mayor Marx and Commissioners Fen
kell viii determine curing the week
whether the bridge WIN oe In tine
proper stage OF completion by that
time. ~
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25

air spesches during the campaign.
and this is considered impractica-
BILE.
Returning from New York, where
he has bean attending the campaign
committee conferences. Charles b.
Warren. national committeeman.
gave out the details of Justice
Hughes visit. Republican social
clubs. ward organizations ind other
bodies win hear Mr.. Hughes IN the
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25
HUGHES TO MAKE
TWO TALKS HERE

Charles Evans Hughes. Republi-
can nominee for president. will
make two speeches in Detroit. one
In Arcadia hall md one IN the arm
DRY. Aug. 7. The open-air meeting
plan has been dropped because, II
Is thought, II would set precedent
causing him 10 make many open
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25
CAST OF CHARACTERS

TOM CLARK, athlete. who be-
comes q mIllworker.
JOHN CLARK, Toms father,
who leaves his family penni-
less when his mills are taken
away from him through stock
manipulation.
JOE CARR, foreman In the mills.
EDNA CARR, his daughter.
A0NEW GRAHAM, efficiency
superintendent, who dlsIlkes
Tom and loves Edna.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-25
The King Has His Way,
Copyright 1910 by T. w. Burgsss1

oh. who shau say to the king. May.
nay?
Not /! Not /!
Oh, who shall refuse the king his
way
Not /! Not n
For the king Is great and the king Is
strong.
And the king. you know. can do no
wrong.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-08


And this" said the alleged old sol.
oier' fostering long,sufferIng editor
VINO was an old soldier, Us where
Arabs were massec = front of us
mere pointing to another place on a
alFty pocket-map-'is where our di.
visfon was drawn up in zareba We
teployed in this direction, and our ,eft
wing was attacked by the enemy ON
THIS knoll. Just at this point | VISA
wounded on the left shoulder. and a
hundred yards farther on got nv
night arm shattered by piece of one
ol our own shells, and" HBut," in.
terrupted the bored editor, where ala
you get your brains blown out."-Ion.
don Tit-Bits.