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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-12
eERMAN AIRCRAFT RECORD

Berlin, via Sayville wireless.
Feb. le.-Official statistics OF
German flyers and anti-aircraft
batteries since the start Of the
war, issued, today, show this
record 20 January 81, 1917:
Hostile machines destroyed,
l,O02.
Hostile machines put out OF
combat, LOO.
Value of destroyed machines
50,O0O,000 marks (Sll,9l0,-
000).
In 1914 and 1915. the state
ment said, 1853 hostile aero
planes were brought down; in
1916. 7s4, and in January,
1917, 50.
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ORVILLE WRIGHT
Continued from page one.]

KOUHVIHt-1 4IuIH Pu6O WIZ -
81 would be absolutely against the
manufacture of zeppelins or dirigibles
except for observation purposes. AS
an offensive weapon in war the Yep
pelin has been a flat failure"
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heavens went,
All. know now what it all meant
. twas a message God had sent.
ALBERT ROBERTS.
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CHINA ALSO BREAKS

London, Feb. l2-China has !;
broken off diplomatic relations 4
with Germany. it was authorita- I;
lively reported here this after X
noon.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

lary rehabilitation. at any rate. lhere
we're plenty Of regulars to take their
places. Khaki dominates South Texas.
AS the train from the North brings you
into San Antonio-by all odds the most
delightful of Texas towns, to say moth
ing of forty-sevcn states Of the Union
YOU see for miles along the track Camp
Wilson. the most complete concentration
base that this country ever has known.
And when. little later. some enthuSl-
astic San Antonian has driven you out
to the wide-sprawled place. you III turn
Will be enthused at the completeness OF
it. Here are the cOrrals and there are
the motor trucks. five thousand OF them,
parked in field as big as one Of our
Eastern farms. They are up from the
border and being made as spick and
span as soap and water and paint can
make them. You are reminded OF the
observations of the foreign attaches
who watched Pershng's little army
come up out of Mexico These men, well
schooled in the equipments and in the
great armies of the nations OF Europe
said that 1t was the best equipped body
of men that had ever marched into
field or marched out of 1t once again.
No detail was lacking-even the har-
ness upon the mules was complete to the
last detail Our army may not have an
excess Of equipment, but what 1t has
and it has great deal more than most
persons imagine-can well be stamped
"A No. l." 1t looks as if we were not
going to be caught at this time as we
were caught at the beginning Of the
Spanish war-absolutely and totally UNI
prepared. And for that we have every
reason to be profoundly thankful.
Yet, parenthetically, | may add here
and now that our state OF preparedness
is a thing in which we can have no sur
passing pride. For two years and hall
we have been faced, not alone with a
difficult border situation, but with the
most critical international problem III
the entire history of our country.
Within a year | have visited two OF our
great arsenals-the one in New Eng
land, which specializes in rifles, and the
one in the Middle West, which turns out
general army supplies. | was aston
ished to find neither of these two great
plants running at anything like full ca
pacity. The makers of munitions for
the warning nations of Europe were not
only keeping labor away from them, but
they actually were hiring the govern
ment's own laborers. And the men who
remained at the lathes were being
courted by scheming Congressman, who
sought to make their individual tasks
the easier and the output of the arsenal
lust so much the smaller in consequence.
On the other hand, there have been IN
fuences at work in the War Department
and not the least of these is General
Leonard Wood-which, backed by an
arousing public sentiment, have begun
the preparation of our army-and have
accomplished little less than marvels.
If the Mexican crisis had done nothing
else for us than give us that model base
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

camp at San Antonio and the big field
filled with modern motor transports. it
could still be reckoned as a genuine as
set TO our preparedness.
But it has done mOre-much more.
Here il ranking officer of the Texas
Guard who expresses 1t in his own way:
81 want you to look at these boys he
says. 81 want you to take good look
at their bronzed faces and their tough
looking muscles, and then bear in mind
that little less than year ago many OF
them were whitc-faced and puny and
fabby. They came to us from the
counter and the desk Of the cities
weaklings-and we have made men of
them. And that is not true of Texas
alone. but of every other state which
sent her Guardsmen down to the Rio
Grande."
Could any more eloquent word be
spoken for universal training?
70 90 from Brownsville to MatamOras
is quite an undertaking-even though
the twin spires of the cathedral of the
very old Mexican town seem hardly
more than a stones throw from Fort
Brown. upon our Yankee side Of the Rio
Grande. which even here at its mouth,
seems hardly larger than the new barge
canal which is being built across the
centre OF this state. There is high
way bridge, built primarily for the
accommodation of the railroad. At
present there is a single line Of rails
which links Brownsville with the rest
Of the United States likewise a single
line Of rails which links Matamoras With
the fine city of Monterey and the rest OF
Mexico. The railroad track upon the
bridge connects these-in theory. a.
least. But a stout steel boXcar stands IL
our end Of the bridge, and around about
its wheels and trucks are piled a barri-
Cade of sandbags-a temporary and in
provised fertilization. That link of rail
road is incOmuHicad0-deci Yet
in proper day, when we have all come
to our senses and are treating the MeXi-
can situation in a logical and sensible
fashion, Brownsville bridge will be one
of the all-important links Of the country,
for a line is already surveyed from
Matamoras on to the great port and oil
producing centre OF Tampico-a line
which eventually will reach the City of
Mexico and form a route to 1t from ST.
Louis and Chicago and New York, two
hundred miles shorter than the shortest
of the present routes.
To the casual traveller who wishes to
go-with his camera-frOm Brownsville
into Matamoras, and so in a trice into
Mexico itself, the bridge is rather incon-
veniently placed. 1t is we'll that it is So
for otherwise he would not have the OPP
pOrtunity of crossing with the ferryman,
whose stout and seemingly untiring
arms pull the heavy boat across the
brisk current at all hours Of the day.
Nor would he have an opportunity of
riding upon the mulos, as the good folk
of Matamoras call their more or less
rapid transit system. For Matamoras
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

ana New Ork seem 10 ne Jlle Only tlllco
in which hOrsecars are retained as
method of transportation.
I'VE shall dine at the Frenchman's
when we reach Matamoras," said my
Texas friend and escort.
Not to know the Frenchman's was
Grass ignorance indeed. For thirty years
it has been doing business in sun
baked. dusty side street. hardly stones
throw from the main plaza of the town.
And during the most trOublous Of recent
times it did not close its doors. Its hos
pitality Is not subject to revolutions.
"The poor markets of our city-they
are so empty" our host had sighed, and
yet he brought to us a luncheon which
began with onion soup, tarried at plOver
and the finest teal duck | have ever
eaten, conceded SGlade Of marvellous
flavor, and ended with an Omelette
sOuffle and the inevitable demi-tGSSG.
And the claret was the best that the
hillsdes of California could produce.
The entire meal was complete-it was
more than complete-it was delicious.
But the Frenchman apologized for being
compelled to charge IS cents for it. But
The high cost of living has come to Mex
leo as we'll as to every other land in the
wide world.
And all the while we lunched in the
cool, bare, shadowy, dusty place, with
its one end giving to the street and the
ether to a lovely courtyard, the boys Of
Matamoras stood in the street door and
begged pennies. Tourists-American
tourists, if you please--have not been
coming to the town these last four years
But some of the older boys must have
remembered or perhaps it was their
parents or interested relatives who re-
membered. Strangers, camera, cop
pers-of course. And as the coppers
multiplied they begat boys, who multi
piled more rapidly. They came in fresh
relays-the open season for tourists was
begun. Timidly they began their native
tongue. Oh, for a smattering of Span
ish at such a time as this But when
their only tongue failed there were the
hands; they speak a language that is
common to all men. A thrust of child
iSh finger toward the kodak, the sign Of
the Cross. the motion of hands lowering
a coffin into an opened grave. Did the
strangers with the picture-t taking ma
chine wish to see the cathedral, and the
cemetery? What could be simpler?
Smiles everywhere for the Americanos
and never a frown or a muttered whis-
per of unpleaSantness. The men and
women of Matamoras seem to be follow
ing their First Chief in good faith in.
deed. Within a fortnight they have
established a Chamber of Commerce in
the Mexican town and the officers of the
military establishments on both sides of
the Rio Grande have exchanged dinner
partieS-although there is wise rule
which prevents our soldiers from cross
ing the river. The motives Of the khaki
are too easily misunderstood. And
there have been times in the distant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

past when our own troopers have erred
quite as much as those Of the Mexican
regiments.
But Mexico is filling up with Ger
mans, you say.
Is it? They are not in evidence IN
Natamoras. nor at Monterey And they
have not been crossing out of TeXas-at
least not according to the testimony OF
the railroad officers. and they ought to
know. Their ticket records would SHOW
quickly any unusual volume of travel.
On the way North bought a st. Louis
paper, and it said that the records of the
four gateways from Texas into Mexico
Brownsville, Laredo, Eagle Pass and
FL Paso-had shown that during the
greater part of March but eighty-three
German citizens had passed out Of the
United States, and that out of these
thirty-four had returned. Of course, it
would be possible to cross at other than
these four designated railroad gate
ways. But there would be no object in
it. And there has been no unreasonable
passenger traffic down into Texas from
the North.
Still, It is Just as well TO let the Texans
believe that the Germans have been
nobilizing an army Of invasion south OF
the Rio Grande-th9t the wonderful
Zimmerman expose had Some basis in
fact as we'll as in theory. The fear OF
that mysterious German-MeXican army
has been great quickener Of national
feeling, of national patriotism, of a de-
sire for thorough national preparedness
in the Lone Star State. 1t was only
short time ago that Texas was encOurag-
ing-even to the extent of special legS
lation-the Made in Texas League,
whose chief object was through prOpa
ganda and other means to induce the
Texans to use the products manu-
featured in their own state to the eX-
clusion of products from without. And
when | passed through Austin that brisk
and handsome capital was shaken by the
stirring question of whether the Gov
ernor had really used some of the funds
of his contingent expense account to
purchase chicken salad for his opening
reception at the Executive Mansion.
Which shows that, after all, there is no
great difference between Texas and New
York.
But by the time | returned North
from the Rio Grande it took no subtle
car to discern change in the air.
Texans are not one whit less loyal than
the felix of New York. The repeated
outrages, both within the United States
end without, were not without effect.
Bryan had come to Austin and had
spoken to a great crowd whose innate
curiosity had assembled it in the Capt.
toll. but which listened to him with not
more than shadow of the enthusiasm
which used to greet him wherever he
showed himself. On the other hand, the
enlistments to both the Federal army
and the Texas Guard were proceeding
with enthusiasm. And the patriotic
feeling of the residents Of the state,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

ME man VINO Hdu HeIeeu " NI"''
the Rio Grande with me de-
N INJURED at my camera. The
Mexicans would not like it, he argued
But | stood firm for the kodak.
1T has gone everywhere that have
gone" told him. and it shall so into
Mexico with me-"
But they're touchy-and they're I'M
friendly" was the reply, Like as not
they would see you taking pictures and
clap sou into jail and would have one
deuce of time getting you out
The American Consul at Matamoras
at the present time residing in hotel
in BrownSville-seconded this opinion
But the camera went into Mexico, never
theless. 1t took many pictures. And
the reception given it and its owner was
AT no time anything less than cordial
Yet this was despite the fact that Mata-
moras suns itself upon the very boun-
dary-where the anti-American feeling
if any really exists, is supposed to be
much more bitter than in the more re-
mote portions of Mexico.
have mentioned this incident be-
cause It ia typical Of the lack Of interest
and Of the distrust that the residents OF
border Texas have in their neighbors-
q lack of interest and distrust that
seems to me to be born as much OF a
ack Of understanding as Of anything
Use And the lack Of understanding
seems to ne chiefly due to the TACT that
rcw business men Of Mexico speak Eng
Hsh and even fewer Texans Of position
and influence speak Spanish. Person
ally. l should not care to cross the Klo
Grande again without having at least
Smattering Of the native tongue OF the
- NIexicans. Not only is there the great
3persopal loss in not understanding bet
y fer the charm and the quaintness OF
their lives, but the feeling comes over one
that he is a pretty poor American VINO
cannot step into a neighboring state ana
sneak. even though haltingly, its own
tongue. In San Antonio, in Houston, IN
ElPaso. the excellent Texas high schools
have long taught the classic languages
of antiquity. If these same schools had
taught Spanish instead OF Latin ana
Greek, would there be the colossal mis-
understanding to-day on our Southern
rim. all the way from one gulf to the
other? Sometimes we of the North
sometimes even the TeXans-accuse the
Nexicans of laziness, of perpetual
manana-Which, being freely trans
lated. means putting off until tomorrow
the things that should be done to-day.
But is our neglect. particularly the
neglect of MeXicO's nearest neighbOrs to
master the not difficult Spanish, to be
charged to anything else than laziness?
think not. | think that Texas has
missed large commercial opportunity
to place it upon no broader or more
dealistic platform, in letting the
movies" keep her away from the cult
walton of the Spanish tongue. 1t is an
opportunity which is not yet closed.
IS 81 ~ ta
All the morning we had seen soldiers
even though the Federalized National
Guard had been sent home for tempo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

which is not only largest Of all the stats
of the Union. but the one which Dos.
sesses almost the largest potential pos
yiblities. was not to be doubted.
A resident OF San Antonio voiced tht
Tor me. San Antonio is peculiar ID.
mixture of races-Germans and Mex.
cans dominate the town. The man witt
whom | talked was a German--te The
finger tips. | asked him as to his Icy.
atty
MY father. like 50 many Others who
came and brought civilization to this IT.
tie oldtime corner of Texas, was reyO
lutionist of 1918" he said. HE was a
refugee. His coming here was a protest
against Prussianism. And much as |
love the Fatherland, my Church, ny
language, my traditions, cannot FORGE
that it is that same Prussiansm againsl
which my father and his friends struA
that is dominating the German madneS
Of to-day. With these things true, hOg
can / fail to give my love and my alleg
ance to the land which has given life st
protection to me and mine all theS
years.
The best assurance Of a feeling moi
alone of national preparedness, but
rather of national unity, came 10 ne
from newspaper editor down IN Ar.
kansas. lie was a clever editor, his
paper far above the average. It vas
being printed in the very interior OF the
and; town seemingly as remote am
secure from invasion as Denver or SAT-
Lake City.
81 suppose you folks down here aretM
peace at any price?' / asked him. he
answered. without hesitation:
Eve are for the United States-w
United States at any price
Ny blood began to tingle. felt =
growing pride in Arkansas.
1--WE feel down here that we are dow
in the centre Of the ship, ship who
has entered upon a stormy sea. i@
who are over on the Atlantic seaboan
are in the bow. You can see ahead all
you must steer our craft. We truty@
We can do no less. And trusting y@
we must be guided by you. Our ln1
ests and our faiths are common; SO nus
be our energies
We are, indeed, great nation. la"
itself is as large as Germany. we @'
nation not alone Of many climates az
conditions Of living, but Of many falln
traditions. religions. languages. IL %
been said that our national unity ehoe
with the Civil War; that we are to-cs'
not homogeneous, but rather he's'v
eeneous. And this statement comes '
one with almost appalling force Wne
he makes a flying trip across the cow
nent or down into the distant SOu~
west. Yet when he pauses upon sueA
trip and takes the time and lnteres,
look beneath the surface, he finds 'D
America South, America West eve
America midwest, is as firm ana J
sponsive to the touch as the Amefess
the Northeast. And in this his lai'A
national patriotism, national unity =
the ultimate success of our grea'
tional experiment in democracy
mensely strengthened.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-05
1.-THE World Must Be Made Safe For Democracy

homes at the same time they bring you
an income.
You may buy Liberty Bonds as small as
$50 and pay for them by instruments.
Go to the nearest bank, the nearest post
Office, the nearest department store, or
send to the United States Department for
Liberty Bond.
Other lands of Democracy are making
their fight and sacrifices for Democracy.
The hour of Americas opportunity and
privilege strikes. Lend your utmost to your
government. Buy her Bonds. Buy, and in
buying strike our answer home, that the
world may know beyond doubt that
Americas War Answer, "Makes the World
Safe for Democracy.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-05

Put every dollar you can spare into a
Liberty Bond. Never before could your
dollar buy SO much. 1t buys safety for your
country, your homes and your children,
now and for years to come. 1t buys life and
liberty without taking cent away from you.
1t fights for us, and pays for the privilege of
fighting. 1t fulflls a duty which has the
combined rewards of good deed and a
good investment.
For the Second l. liberty Loan is the best
investment in the wohd to-day. A Liberty
Bond is money which pays you a secured
income for your home and family. Always
safe as gold, always worth its face value,
every Liberty Bond, with the end of the
war, is sure to be held at premium.
You men and women with a few dollars
to invest can put them to fghing for your
Evening star., 1917-10-07

clothes hung and from the bottom Of 1t
dragged khaki uniform. It was stiH 30
caked with mud and snow that when ne
fiung It on the floor it splashed ike
How would you like to wear one ,sa Ct
those2" he demanded. "Stinking with
lice, and sweat, and blood; the blood OF
men you've helped or the field. and your
own blood.
As though committing hari-kart he
slashed his hand across his stomach ano
drew it from his waist to his chin. I'm
scraped with shrapnel from there 10
there" said Mr.. Hamlin. And anotner
time I got ball in the shoulder; That
would have been a 'blighty' for fighting
man-they're always giving them leave.
but all l got was six weeks at Havre IN
a hospital Then 1t was the Dardaneiles,
and sunstroke and sand; sleeping In sand.
eating sand, sand in your boots, sand IN
your teeth; hiding in holes In the sano
like a dirty prairie dog.
"And then, OF to Serbia! and the ne1a
act opens In the snow and the mud: Cold!
God, how cold 1t was! And most OF US
wearing sun helmets.
AS though the cold still gnawed at his
bones he shivered.
'It isn't the danger" he protested. 1T
isn't that I'm getting away from. To
hell with the danger! It's just the plain
your own master, never being clean, never
being warm" Again he shivered and
rubbed one hand against the other.
There were no bridges over the
wade In and then sleep in the open with
the khaki frozen to us There was no fire-
wood; not enough to warm a pot OF tea.
There were no wounded. All our casual
ties were frost bite and pneumonia
We've been in camp for month now
near Doiran and it's worse there than
on the march When we take the men
out of the blankets their toes fall of.
Evening star., 1917-10-07

Well, then, my dope is to get out quick,
and map the rest Of your trip when
you're safe in Athens"
1t was no business of mine. but I
had to look up. The stranger was now
pacing the floor. I noticed that while
his face was almost black with tan.
his upper lip had been lately shaved and
was quite white. I noticed also that he
had his hands in the pockets OF one Of
Johns blue serge suits, and that the
pink silk shirt he wore was one that
had belonged to the Kid. Except for
the pink shirts. in the appearance OF
the young man there was nothing un-
usual. He was OF familiar type. He
our middle west, capable, matter-of-fact
and unimaginative. If he had worn a
fountain pen in his upper wafstcoat
pocket, I would have guessed he was the
publicity man for a new automobile:
John picked up his hat and said, Ihats
good advice Give me your steamer ticket.
Hamlin. and I'll have them change 1t.
He went out, but he did not ask Ham,
lin to go with him.
Uncle Jim rose. and murmured some
thing about the Cafe Roma and tea. But,
neither did he invite Hamlin to go with
him. Instead he told him to make HIM
self at home, and II he wanted anything
the waiter would bring 1t from the cafe
downstairs. Then the Kid, as though he
also was uncomfortable at being left
alone with Hamlin. hurried to the door.
"Going to get you suit case, ne ex-
planned. Back in five minutes"
The stranger made no answer. Prob
ably, he did not hear him. Not hundred
feet from our windows three Greek steam
ers were huddled together. and the eyes
Of the American were fixed on them. The
one for which John had promised to buy
a new ticket lay nearest She was to sail
in two hours. impatiently. in short quick
steps the stranger paced the length OF the
room, but when he turned and SO could