The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30
REVIEW OF PAST WEEK
Continued from first page)

not-ls proving disloyal to the land OF
their adoption. This Is shown by such
instances as the annual picnic Of the
Schwabenverein In Chicago. where for
several days the assembled Germans
sccupied themselves In %denouncing
Americas entry into the war, abusing
the president. sneering Mt our armed
forces and making fun OF the draft and
the National army. The same thing
is going on all over the land, where
Teutons get together, but they are pre-
pairing to reap a harvest Of woe for
themselves, for the men OF the depart
ment Of justice are cogniZant of their
words and acts. II Is comforting to
believe that the great mass of German
Americans are truly loyal, but thou.
sands Of the more ignorant are led into
d~isloyalty by the f~alsehoods of German
secret agents and by the u%tterances
of the La Follettes, the Reeds. the
Masons and the William Hale Thomp-
sons for whom all na~tive-born Ameri.
cans blush.
Former Ambassador Gerard, Secre.
tnry of Commerce Redfeld. and other
prominent men found opportunity last
week to denounce bitterly the coward
~. t~reacherous pro.Germans and pusi.
luminous pacifists, who are doing all
they can to make the world unsafe for
democracy. -
me threat Of the l. w. W. to tie up
:. industries Of the West, including
the harvest, II their leaders were not
released was met promptly by the ar
rest of a lot more of the gang, and the
great strike fizzled out miserably. No
sooner was this trouble passed than the
machinists and boilerlnakers, employed
in the Atlantic coast shipyards, were
called on TO quit. This of course would
put n stop to vast amounts Of govern
uent naval work, and the United
States mediators got busy nj once. Sev.
eral thousand men stopped work, but
most of them either pledged Secretary
Daniels that they would not quit. or
delayed action until n vote could be
taken.
President Cuts Coal Prices.
Having started Mr.. Hoover well on
ihe food conservation campaign. Pres
Ident Wilson last week turned to the
almost equally pressing coal problem,
which for several weeks had been *
ercislng the wits of various state ad.
illustrations. Having studied the pro-
AUCTION cost figures supplied him by
ne trade commission. the president Is
med an executive order fixing a tenta-
i've scale OF prices for bituminous coal
1t the mines In nearly all coal produc.
ing districts OF the country. These
prices In some instances are more than
81 a ton below the voluntary prices
fixed ut the conference last June. The
scale Is subject to change when a meth
cd OF administering the fuel supplies
Of the country has been determined
and put into operation.
Later In the week the president
canned DIR. Harry Garfield fuel admin.
istrator, fixed anthracite prices for
producers and jobbers and set n limit
on profits to be made by bituminous
wholesalers.
The senate spent most OF the week
IN consideration Of the revenue bill.
Among other things It increased the
finance committees income tax pro-
visions by n total return to the treas
ury Of ST3,0O0,OOO, adopting unanimous
~ the Gerry amendment, which adds
S40.OOO,OO0 to the returns from In.
comes of half u million and over.
Japan's Mission In Washington.
The imperial japanese mission vas
formally received In Washington by
Secretary Lansing and other govern.
! ment officials on Wednesday. Its head,
ViscOunt Ishii, made II clear that the
mission has come not on n commercial
! or political crrand, but to decide on
J how the two nations ran best coop
I crate. in both n military and an eco
4 monte sense, In carrying on the war.
J The neutral countries Of Europe-so'
J called, though no country there Is any
4 longer really neutral-nre still trying
q 20 get around the American embargo
j that Is so painful to their pocketbooks
: and their stomachs; but the lndica'
= lions are that unless they quit supply
q ing Germany with f~oodstuffs, their suf'
. fering will only increase. Switzerland
= and Holland, which depend on Ger
many for coal, have contracted TO lend
. tHt hulStT IufBt NuHlN III i'Nuiu if'
. privilege OF continuing tn buy their fue
. from his country.
Hungary took n real step toward
characterization and freedom from Ger
. man and Austrian influence In the ap
y polntment Of DIR. Alexander Wekcrl'
9 as Hungarian premier. to succeed rs
terhazy. The new premier Is popular
q Democratic, n financial genius and !
n known to be no friend Of Germany
. The new nationalist movement In Hun
. gary has attained great strength, and
a Is said King Charles Is In complete hal
n mony with the desires Of the nation.
q German avlators distinguished then
. selves last week by another raid o
a English coast towns In which IL pei
" sons were killed, and by deliberatel
y bombing two French hospitals benin
Il the verdun lines and then shootin
n ao,,, tho ,Jn,tnro and nursal who war