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El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
NICOTINE AND
RUM DEVIL TABOO
IN valencia COUNTY
AROMATIC QuiD AND SULPHUR
GUS cIGARoOT UNDER BAN OF
EDUCATORS EQUALLY WITH
\ HlGHBALL AND GINrFizz

MY Lady Nicotine and the Rum
Devil have been put in the same class
as undesirable citizens down in va
lencia county by the education-pow,
ers-that-be.s y
A teacher who goes out to the rural
school and begins his days work
with a quid inahis mouth, a lighted
cigarette warming his fingers, or q
cigar between his lips, won't do,
that's all.
"a pedagogue who takes a swig OF
whisky or a few drops OF "Schnapps''
to get up a good blood circulation,
will find his pay check and the let
tiers IN. F. u" Ono further use) on
his desk soon after somebody smells
his breath. TX tii is1f
mo booze and no tobacco"-that
is the slogan that rural school teach
ers must follow, according to a ruling
of the Valencia county board of edu-
cation. This is the information con.
tanned in a letter received at the
state department of education today
from County School Superintendent
Saturnlno Baca.
And as a further evidence OF prog.
ress MIR. Baca writes that there will
be a nine months term of school,
even without these stimulants, tobac-
co and alcohol. Teachers are to be
paid according to their 5 certificates.
Most of the applicants are for first or
second grade. Valencia county is
to be turned over in its Sleep" is the
expression some people have used on
hearing Of this change in educational
affairs. MI. Paca writes that it is
desired to make the county as up-to-
date as any other in education mat
tiers.
THE elimination of tobacco and
stimulants of every kind, both now
being heavily taxed, it IS believed
will be a material assistance to the
teachers in solving the problem Of
the H. G. L.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
TWO MILLION DOLLAR
CONCERNS ORGANIZED

Silver City men incorporated two
$1,000,000 companies here today. One
is the Murray C LAME company.
which Is headed by State Senator W.
D. Murray and which plans the estab.
lishment Of general stores, the first
one In Deming. The other is Ell Norte
Copper company. which will mine In
Grant county. Besides Senator Muir
ray, the incorporators of the Murray
& Layne company are Thomas L.
Lowe, Edward A. Layne, and Salo
Schultz, and the concern is starting
with $4,000 subscribed. The incorpor-
ators Of Ell Norte Copper company are
Frank w. Vellacott, Matt Fowler and
Claribel Thurman, and this concern
likewise is starting with $4,000 paid In.
The Rio Grande Light, Heat &
Power company, which plans the
Whiterock Canyon power plant, filed
notice of the conversion OF $1,000. 600
of common stock into preferred stock.
The Savage Tire company, a Cali
fornia corporation, has been admitted
to do business in New Mexico. 1t will
have a branch at Lordsburg, with New
lin J. Stott as statutory agent.
The Tular0sa Copper Basin COM
pany, OF Tularosa, has filed an amend
ment increasing its capital from
$1,000. 900 to $1,000, 900.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
ALL MEN REJECTED
BY COUNTY DRAFT
! BOARD ARE RECALLED
WHEN RULES RELAX
CHANGE IN PHYSICAL REQUIRE.
MENTs CAUSES NEW DEAL;
MEN WITH ORDER NUMBERS
OVER 1874 NEED NOT APPEAR

The members Of the local draft
board announced this afternoon that
all Of the men rejected heretofore on
the ground of physical disability have
been recalled These men were
drawn in the first lot Of "a names
to show cause why they should not
be drafted as soldiers into the U. s.
army.
The decision to recall all Of the
physical reflections was. reached
shortly after the receipt of new in
structions from the provost marshal,
General Crowder, relaxing a number
Of rules in force when the first ply
steal examination was made. The
men are summoned to appear before
the board on Saturday, August IS.
Many Not Called Appear
Following the request of the U. s..
government to print all the names of
men drafted In this county, the New
Mexican from day to day has an
nounced the names, 100 at a time, CIV
ing the serial number as we'll as the
order number. 1t appears, however,
that many men throughout the coun-
ty have misunderstood these an
.nouncements and have been coming
to Santa Fe to present themselves be-
fore the county or local board. This
action is entirely Unnecessary. The
board announced as distinctly as 1t
could that the first "a would be sum-
moned on certain dates; then the
board, finding that "a men might not
supply the quota of AZ needed by
Santa Fe county, added 100 names,
making 1914 in all. All men with
order numbers higher than 1914 are to
attend to their business affairs as
usual. II any more men are needed
the local board will summon them,
not only through the press but by a
special card sent to each person.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
TO HAVE GIRLS
REFORMATORY MUST
Be DELAYED; FINANCES
ARE IN BAD SHAPE
HIGH COST OF LIVING CAUSES
MONTHLY DEFICIT; BOYS TO BE
MOVED INTO NEW BUILDING

The financial situation of the State
Reform School at Springer Is bad, ac-
cording to a report made at a meet
ing OF the board of directors Of that in
stitution at Springer yesterday, which
was attended by Governor Lindsey.
The high cost of living during the last
year has resulted in a monthly deficit
in the maintenance fund, and the APP
preparation for the building has proved
inadequate to place the building in
condition for occupancy. Economies
and readjustments were suggested In
an effort to cut down the deficit, but
it may be necessary to borrow some
money for maintenance. The sale Of
100 tons of alfalfa raised by the boys
In the school will provide some funds.
Arrangements were made at the
meeting to nov the inmates from the
old school to the new building, and to
get along with the present furniture
until the new school can be COM
pletely equipped. Plans for a $1,000
barn we're called off, and other pro-
posed expenditures at the new plant,
postponed.
Governor Lindsey estimates that 1t
would require an expenditure of sew
eral hundred dollars to place the Re-
form School in condition to receive
girls, and unless 1t is decided that war
emergency funds can be used for that
purpose, the plans to provide a refor-
matory for girls may have to be aban-
doned for the present.
Governor Lindsey returned to Santa
from Springer last night. When
he left here Sunday afternoon he in
tended to go through to Ration, but
was held up by a washout on the
Santa Fe line a short distance above
Springer.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
(WeatherlC rop Report for the Weel
Ending August IA, 1910

The week started hot, mostly cleal
and dry, but light local showers be
gan again Thursday and became more
general and heavy Saturday and Sun
day; heavy local down pours cover
ing most of the state Sunday an
Sunday night. These afforded grel:
relief, especially over the northeast
east and south portions. Northeast
and east counties report ranges and
dry land crops greatly benefited,
Water scarcity over the ranges has
been relieved and ranges should re-
vive rapidly, to the marked benefit Of
stock. Corn, where we'll cultivated,
is doing we'll, although much dry land
corn Is poor and small. The third
cutting of alfalfa is beginning in
southern valleys, and the shipment of
cantaloupes is at its height from the
lower Rio Grande.
Springer: Heavy rains the 9-10th
were of great benefit to crops and
range; good crops now assured.
LAS Vegas: Heavy rains occurred
Sunday over the northern counties.
A bridge was swept away four miles
east OF Springer and traffic delayed
for a period.
Fort Sumner: A heavy down pour
occurred Sunday, 2.S5 inches of rain
falling; 1t was a slow soaking rain
and general over this part of the
state. Temperatures during the
week were high.
iDulce: Only light showers occur
red; the week was hot and dry.
Taos: Light showers occurred tho
last of the week. Irrigation water is
becoming scarce, especially over the
south portions of the valley where
heavy rains have fallen. Alfalfa
Is suffering and the second crop will
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
Channel Gator
Rio Crande to
Beat H. c. of L!

Albuquerque. N. M, Aug. 15.-
Five hundred channel catfish
have been applied for by the Al
buquerque Game Protective asso-
citation and If received will be
placed In the Rio Grande near
Albuquerque as an experiment to
determine the suitability of the
river for this species. The appli-
cation has been submitted to Sen
ator Jones for endorsement and
the fish are expected this fall.
The officers Of the G. P. "a.
point out that they are trying to
find out a fish which will fur
nish both sport and food and
which will thrive in the Rio
Grande. They state hal the
carp and mud-cat now found in
the river furnish fairly good
sport but are practically worth
less for food purposes after the
water has become warm. Chan
mel catfish are said to thrive In
many Of the warm, muddy
streams throughout the country
and there is believed to be a
good chance that they will sue
coed in New Mexico. Shipment
will be consigned to Harry T.
johnson, of the G. p. A..
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
ONE Of M|ERA WILLS
FRAUDULENT CLAIM
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN
DISPOSITION OF 100000 ESTATE
OF LATE PROMINENT sANDo.
VAL COUNTY REPUBLICAN

M. ats~ L
~ ~ Inn ~ W. pv.,tsp NY wiuoM
m,i, =, ~ miv.a' uon.es.ls
" ~ =. .aas
3 psoua1 oo"n.. ~ nunn =
aa.ioua ..ata saS v.sA.ps.a sen
sha S;snos,.iou 90 49, iosu ~
tate. directly AFFECTING well.Hnown
residents of Santa Fe. The Aim
nueroue Herald tells tha, story no "a
lows:
nr,aro a,oa 90 oo.a..L 4 ,o,c -
" oo.op !, ao - ,rav'
'n5 an os.a " over ~@ivo,oVv. W.
mnS W. n'ou - 'no piopase ~
" 90 hsa ,aa. s,,m eaon uns
viii ,aft. half of Mic estate ~ bic wife
Mereiilda q, de Miera. and the other
half TO Onofre Miera Akers and Este.
fana Miera wagner residents of santa
Re his sisters. .Iobn w Akers Of
Santa Ne his hrother.in.law ana Ven,
caslano Z Miara his hrothar The
other will was offarad bv Roman Tara,
millo who was n A Miera,a confiden.
tial secretarv during hja lifetime Nv
tbis will the widow was left half NJ
the estate and the other half was left
to a niece of hers on the condition
that she should never marry and that
she should take care of Mrs. Miera as
long as the latter lived. Mrs. Miera Is
an invalid and has been for 20 years,
being a sufferer from paralysis.
In January 1917 a,tar q hearing
tho Chs conrt re,actad tho will nf'
ferad bv Roman IaramiIlo and do.
81 rad tba other 70 ha tha ios+ will ana
testament. Mrs. Miera has. therefore,
through her attorneys, Barth and Ma.
bry. of Albuquerque. filed a petition
contrasting the will which the court ac.
cepted as legal.
A .tort,;ny taot,,ro ~ -oon,aot,on
NTH sha Viii ,aoantaS ~. ~ nn"hata
an',n4 ~ az eat that noS ~
ho sro,d,iant ona ~ +he s,;tressas
sat5 ,mhns. 1870 .nnra ~ ~
r,,ii wh;,h tha carrt d-aoantaS has
mada amdov;t cort,fu;n9 that no d;d
nnt "a h;s s;anat,ra ~ .ha doc,,-
,mart until sone Ton or tuo,va dav,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
u. S. Prise NER
READS BOOK AND
TRIES SUICIDE

Albuquerque, N. M, Aug. 49,
After reading 1.-The Man without a
Country" James Kelly, a federal pris-
oner in the county jail, attempted to
commit suicide. He climbed to the
top of the cage of the Jail and was
about to dive to the cement floor
when stopped by other prisoners. He
said he wanted to end his life.
Kelly ~recentely attempted to starve
himself to death, and me is now under
observation for lunacy. He is an
Irishman who has not taken out cit
izenship papers. He was arrested on
a charge Of selling liquor to Indians.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
GREAT RELIEF FROM DROUTHBY
GENERAL SHOWERS OF PAST WEEK

be light. unless heavy rains ocsu
soon.
Santa Fe; Fair showers occurret
Saturday and Sunday, with cooler
partly cloudy, threatening weather
till the close of the week. "A few
heavy downpours are reported neal
but general relief for the range ant
dry farming has not occurred, ant
even the showers In the canyon are
not as heavy as usual; water in the
reservoir is low.
Elephant Butte: The week was
dry and warm.
Deming: Only light showers oc
Cured; truck gardens are doing well
plenty of sunshine, but rain
needed.
Agricultural College: Good show.
ers Sunday and some relief from the
warmth; shipments of cantaloupes
are at their best, and are large.
Ell Paso: Good heavy showers oc-
Cured Sunday, a~ffording much re-
lief. Good crops of cantaloupes and
vegetables are being marketed; some
farmers making the third cutting of
alfalfa. Ranges are much improved
by the rains in the vicinity of the
station.
Fort Stanton: The second cutting
of alfalfa is under way, with light
yield. Gardens are late but favor
able; second planting of corn just
coming up. Ranges are much i'm
proved and dry farming is more fav-
irrigated corn is good.
Roswell: Good shower Sunday and
ranges are improving. It a. one Of
the hottest weeks of the year.
Pearl: Light shower Sunday and
1t still looks gloomy for crops and
not enough rain has fallen for
needed moisture yet.
CHARLES e. LINNEY,
Meteorological.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
500 Auto Volunteers
In Various Counties
Organized
EVERY SECTION
is REPRESENTED

UA - fF.NMN m4-
Thirty captains of New Mexico Mo
tor Minute Men," enrolled some time
ago by Leroy o. Moore Of Santa Fe,
We're named today by Governor Lind,
sey. Twensy-seven of the 2S counties
OF the state have a captain each, and
Mora county has three. that county
being divided into three districts. The
county captains will organize the auto
mobile owners in the various counties,
and each colnty organization will be
expected to finance itself The cap.
tains named follow:
Grant County-Charles B. Morrill,,
Silver City, 155 cars pledged for the
service.
Bernalillo-Charles s.. White of AL.
b%uquerque; 141 cars. a
Chaves-C. M. Farnsworth, Roswell;
122 cars. slie2
colfax-o. L. Phillips, Ration; 90
cars.
socorro-w. G. nammeI, socorro;
70 cars.
Eddy-Earl N. Bigler, Artesia; rs
cars. Sft
Luna-D. o. ~snodgrass, Deming; "A
cars.
Union-John Spring. Clayton; SO
cars.
San Miguel-Wm Springer, Las We,
gas; 81 cars.
Curry-A. J.. Whiting, Clovis; 5S
cars.
Santa Fec. N. Lasater, Santa Fe;
81 cars.
Torrance-John McGilvery. Lucy; So
cars. ~
Dona Ana--w. G. Gerber, Las Cru
'ces; So cars. ,....
Quay-Harry H. McElroy, Tucum-
carl; So cars.
Lincoln-John B. Baird, Carrizozo;
43 cars. rs
Mora-R. E. Alldredge, Roy; J.
Frank Curns, Wagon Mound; Harry
j. Hpag, Mora; al cars.
Guadalupe-James w. Ruane, Santa
Rosa 80 cars.
Otero-Clarence M. Hunter, Alamo.
gordo; 80 cars.
valencia-L. c. Becker, Belen; 80
cars.
McKinley--A. T. Hannett, Gallup;
% cars.
Roosevelt. T. Wilcox, Portales;
Is cars.
sierra-F. w. Bernis, Hillsboro; 10
cars.
Taos-Floyd Hamlin, Questa; 10
cars.
De Baca-Harry Makemson, Fl. Sum-
ner; 8 cars.
Rio Arriba = Edward Sargent,
Chama: 5 cars.
San Juan-Willis Martin, Farming
ton; s cars. sits s-@ 4,fr3l
Sandoval-Francisco c. de Baca,
B~ernalillo; 4 cars.
Lea-A. c. Heard, Loyington; 8
1900 Owners Volunteer !
In commissioning the county cap
tains today Governor Lindsey sent
each one a letter, in which he said:
Paris was saved by the automo-
bile! 1t was General Joffre's COM
Wandering of thousands of machines
to quicken transport Of troops that
made 1t possible for the French army
to turn back the invading German
horde. With the aeroplane and the
the automobile has formed
a trio Of forces which in the air, on
sea and land, have been and will be
the leading factors in determining the
outcome of this great conflict.
There is a place for the automobile
at home, as we'll as at the front. Dur
ing these stressful times we never
know when the emergency will arise
here in New Mexico when the auto
mobile will be imperatively needed.
Some time ago a letter was sent
out to the automobile owners of New
Mexico asking them to volunteer the
use of their machines in the event of
any war emergency. Fifteen hundred
owners periodically responded. We
propose to have these volunteers band
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
80 CAPTAINS OF NEW Mexico MOTOR
MINUTE men APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR

ed together into a statewide organiza.
tion to be known as the New Mexico
Motor Minute Men; each county to
have a captain who will be responsi.
BILE for the organization within his
county.
you are, therefore, hereby appoint.
ed captain of the Motor Minute Men OF
your county to serve during. the time
OF the present war. The names and
addresses of the automobile volunteers
In your county will be found enclosed
and you are requested to secure as
many members as possible In addition
to those who have already volunteered.
You are requested, to Immediately call
a meeting Of these volunteers for the
purpose of enrolling their names as
members Of the organization and ar
range for the quick mobilization OF
their forces and automobiles In re-
Spouse TO such calls and signals and
instructions as conditions in your coun-
ty warrant"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
Higher Ups Behind
Referendum Demand
On the Draft Law

HL w A.-f -|. w. HF e. -
Trip, s. d., Aug. 15.--That the in
SEPARATION for the action of Is German
Socialists, in signing a petition, to, the
sheriff Of Hutchinson county, South
Dakota, demanding a referendum on
the draft law and the war and at
tempting to intimidate county Of
fieials charged with the operation Of
the, draft machinery, for which the
men we're arrested yesterday by fed
eral officers was derived from some
higher source involving persons who
have enjoyed state honors' was the
opinion expressed here today by citi.
zens and officials of unquestionable
loyalty.
August Frederick, n Of the ar
rested petitioners and acknowledged
leader of the Socialist party In Hutch
inson county, who is said to have cir
oulated the paper, declared 80 per
cent of the population of the county
subscribed to his beliefs in regard to
the war and the draft.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
FORTUNES in SHIPPING

AMSTERDAM ~ The Vienna CORE
spondent of the Berliner Tageblatt as
serts that huge fortunes are being
made On the Vienna bourse by specu-
lation in shipping shares. These are
being forced up by a group of Trieste
financiers and, as an instance OF the
rise which has occurred,
the correspondent says Austro-Ameri-
can shares which stood at $40 in April
were quoted at 1850 in July, while
those of other shipping companies are
being quoted proportionately high.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
1 VI. VI THREATENS
GENERAL STRIKE
lNE0UR STATES.
Il NORTHWEST
Anarchists Will Seek to
Stop Construction and
\ tlaI IF arm Work
FIVE SPECIFIC
DEMANDS MADE

(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)i
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 15.-IJnless
five specific demands are granted by
August 20, the Industrial Workers OF
the World will call q general strike
in Washington and Oregon, Idaho and
Montana, according to a statement
today by James Rowan. district gee.
rotary of the i. w. w.
Call for a general strike is address.
ed to the agricultural and construc-
ton workers. iRowman said that the
governors OF Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Oregon have been mott
fled Of the call for a strike unless the
demands r granted. The demands
in the statement are as follows:
All class-war prisoners must be re-
leased. A ten-hour day in the harvest
fields. Better sanitary conditions. No
discrimination against union men for
being such.
Union halls must be allowed to con-
duct legitimate business of organiz-
ing workers without interference by
commercial clubs, "vigilantes' or cor
poration-controlled public officers of
the law.
The call for a strike recites that
"for the last few weeks a systematic
persecution has been carried on
against our members. Halls have
been closed, our members arrested
and thrown into Jail and held there
without trial and without any charges
being preferred against them. The
treatment accorded u fellow work
ers in these places is nothing short
of barbarous.
The lynching of Frank Little, an
Industrial Worker of the World in
Butte, is cited in the statement as an
example Of the tactics that are ad-
vocated against us by the master
class" :
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
A TINY REPUBLIC

DORSET, ENGLAND. Down In
Dorsetshire there has been established
a Republic called the Little Com
monwealth," which has its own coin
age and which is used as a reforma.
tory for youngsters from two years OF
age upward. The experiment has
proved a success. The children sent
down there from metropolitan police
courts to reform earned eight to nine
cents an hour out Of which they paid
SITS a week for board and lodgings.
The Republic has been recognized
by the home Office as a certified refor-
matory.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
TO-
take OVER GRAIN
SUPPLY CONTROL.
FORMED TODAY
Hoover Chief; Garfield
! Heads Wheat Price
Fixing Board
gpiaa4 @
CAPITAL STOCK OF
FIRM 50.00O,OOO
BY Leased Wire to New Mexican

(By Leased Wire to New 'Mexlcan.)
Washington, Aug. 15.-With the ap-
proval of President Wilson the food
administration today announced the
formation of a corporation to take
over control of the ,country's grain
supply. The following executive Of
ficers have been named:
Herbert Hoover, chairman.
Julius Barnes, Duluth, Mimi, presi-
dent.
Gates w. Mcaarrah, New York.
treasurer.
F.. G. Crowell. Kansas City, vice
president. A
Edward Chambers, Chicago, trans
portation director.
Curtis H. Lindley, San Francisco,
counsel.
J. W. shorthill. York, Neb, secre.
tary.
The personnel Of the wheat price.
fixing commission was announced as
follows:
Henry A. Garfield, president Of vii.
Hams College, chairman.
Charles Barrett, Union City, Ca,
president Of the Farmers union.
William G. Doak, Roanoke, Va, vice
president OF the brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen.
Eugene y. Funk, Bloomington, Ill,
president Of the National Corn associ-
alton.
Edward +. Laid, Fargo, N. d., presi-
dent of the North Dakota Agricultural
college.
l.. J. Tabor, huntsville, Ohio, mas.
ter of the Ohio State Grange.
Frank r. Taussig, chairman of the
tariff commission.
Thee. NJ Vail, president OF the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company.
Henry J. Waters, president Of the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Milling interests named a committee
to cooperate with the food administra-
ton negotiating voluntary regula.
ton ofethe milling industry. The com
mission is under the Craftsmanship OF
James F. Bell, of Minneapolis.
Twelve men were named by the food
administration to represent the grain
division at the various terminals. They
are: ,,g.
Edward M. Flesh at st. Louis; M.
H. Houser at Portland, Ore; G. B. Fox,
New Orleans; H.. B. Erwin, Philadel-
phia; p. Fl. Ginder, Duluth; Frank L.
Carey, Minneapolis; Geo. 8. Jackssn,
Baltimore. Md; H, B. Jackson, Chi,
cago: Charles Kennedy, Buffalo; r. A..
Levin. San Francisco; d. F. Piazzek,
Kansas City: Chas. r. Neal, Omaha.
The grain corporation will have a
capital of $50, 0OO. 900 and will be or
ganized along the lines of the ship.
ping board fleet corpora
ton. 1t will be managed by the grain
of tha food administration
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
TAFT LEAVES cLAYP CENTER

Cay Center, Kansas, Aug. 15.-For.
mer President VIM. H. Taft, much i'm.
proved after his illness here Of more
than a week, left here today enroute
to his summer home at Murray Bay,
Canada.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
ATTORNEY GENERAL FINISHES
REPORT ON BlSBEE

Bisbee, Ariz., Aug. 15.-Attorney
General Wiley e. Jones returned
here today from Douglas and will
leave tonight for Phoenix where he
will place the 200 page report Of his
investigation here in the hands Of
Governor Thos. e. Campbell.
The report Is said to deal ex'
haustively with every phase of the
deportation of alleged members Of
the /. w. W. and events following,
Governor Campbell has already been
informed OF the salient points of AT.
torney General Jones' report.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16

regular normal work, the school is
emphasizing the preparation Of young
men and women for ~instructing in
business courses, in domestic science
and household arts and in physical
training. 1t also is offering instruc-
ton of a nature that equips young
people for business careers, and many
of its graduates are filing responsible
positions in that line Of endeavor.