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The evening current., 1917-12-20

The committee OF boys appointed
at Loving to get the Christmas tree
are out today In the canyon look
ing for one that will MI the bill
The boys going out for the trophy
are Clayton Wyman, Ned Rosson.
and Fred Nymeyer. There will he
a Christmas tree, bountifully trim
med, and n musical program rem
dered by the Sunday school. and
also n literary program has been
arranged by the school
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Is. II. Polk was in from the ranch
today. coming yesterday. in his car.
bringing his brothers, T. v. and w.
r. Polk. to answer questionaires. u
Cochran. his partner. came down to
MI out the same questions. II. u.
thinks now he will not be here to
spend Christmas. as cattlemen have
Few troubles these dry ,!mes.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Mrs. Ed Cass and family. Of
Lakewood. will he guests OF her sis
ter. Mrs. George Stone. at Orla. for
Christmas dinner They viii have
tree for the children and all kinds
Of games and good times Tor the
grown-ups with roast turkry and
many other dainties on the side.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Assessor Roy Waller and Mrs.
Waller are planning to spend Christ
mas in III Paso with Mrs. T. NJ.
Waller and son, Horace. going Sat
nrday morning. They will return
by the first OF the year and Mrs.
Waller will be ready TO resume tna
kindergarten work.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Mrs. Asbury Moore. who has been
very III again this week. changed
for the better yesterday, and so far
as her many friends can learn.
today she is keeping up the good
resolution, and is enjoying some
especially fine carnations that the
Nacabees presented with their
good wishes. she being one OF that
order
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Miss Vera Hines arrived yesterday
afternoon from Scholle. where she
has been operator for the Santa Fe
Tor the past four months. Miss
Vera is delighted with the work and
will be- found AT her post by thu
New Year. She will enjoy the
Christmas holidays in Carlsbad with
her mother.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

J. W, Anderson. wife and baby
girl came in this morning with Will
lard Bates. from Panama ranch
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson will spend
Christmas in Portales with relatives
going Monday night. Mrs. Ander-
son will stay there few weeks and
Mr.. Anderson will return and help
Mr.. Bates move the cattle to the
new ranch near Weed.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Why not send your soldier boy .
%mas present that he will always
value above all others? Send hiR'
diamond stick pin. See ne
large selection at
SELLERS JEWELRY 60.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

lies IL Il paramount question. We
can win with this kind ~ support"
WITHIN hRSH
"tlload Grocery DiyisiOn) Food Ad-
ministration."
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Richard smith, wife and the three
bows AZ" I town visiting and shop
ping, Richard is answering tho
nulu"."us QUESTIONABLE. which Is be-
ing answered by so many yesterday
and today. They expect to spend
Christmas on the ranch,
The evening current., 1917-12-20

j. q. Graham's wagon and big
team left Carlsbad yesterday with
$4,000 pounds OF oil cake for the
ranch-just a small part that the
cattle on the ranch will need this
winter and spring to chew up.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

l.. A. Cooper. OF Monument. who
ranches with Tom Bingham. came In
Yesterday with Mr.. Bingham TO fill
out his papers for the army. Cat
tie on the Bingham ranch are
standing the dry weather and are
doing fine. as he has part OF his
pasture in the big sand
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Misses Flora and Wrenna Harri-
son. OF Eunice. were guests OF Carls-
bad. Tuesday and Wednesday. and
were registered at the Bates while
they were here.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Come over to the Carlsbad
Bakery and SEQ what a nice, clean
little bakery we have.
The evening current., 1917-12-20
LOCAL NEWS

Father Gilbert was dismissed
- from the Sisters hospital, Tuesday,
and is now AZ home and doing nicely
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Baxter V. Culp. stockman. from
Monument. and wife came in yes
terday to comply with the question
aire law. Mrs. Culp was kept busy
shopping and visiting.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

WANTED:-One platform scale
must be accurate.
Carlsbad Light 4 Power Co.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Mr. Wilson. Of Tishomingo. Okla.
arrived yesterday and Is patient
at the Sisters hospital.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Tom Runyan. from Lakewood Is
in town today, meeting his numcr,
Gus friends and transacting business
in the county seat.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

@. u. Singleton. from the Monu-
nent country. came In yesterday.
to appear before the board here to
answer a few test questions
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Mrs. J. r. Wangler is recovering
nicely from an operation. and was
discharged yesterday from the Sis
ters' hospital. and Is now ut home.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

H. X. Malone is here from the
ranch today.
The evening current., 1917-12-20

Corn-fed Turkeys: FIRST class
meat. J. ID. RACKLEY.
Phone 1862
The sun., 1917-07-10
Bread.

No housewife knows when she buys
Il loaf of bread In this town how much
she is getting. All she is sure of Is
the price. The Federal Food Admin.
lstratiou has bought loaves in $50
New York bakeshops and has found
that a FIVE cent loaf may weigh n
pound and 1t may weigh seven ounces
We have been trained to buy bread
not by weight but by price.
When some bakers decided to in
crease prices this spring they did not
announce that a pound loaf or two
pound loaf would cost more. They
advertised that the Ave cent loaf
would not be baked after n certain
date; that the fifteen cent loaf. a new
conner, would weigh twenty-four
ounces, and that the ten cent loaf
would weigh sixteen ounces. In oil
the advertisements that were issued
the unit emphasized was the cost, not
weight; and the nickel was calmly
assumed to be the smallest measure
Of value known to the people Of New
York.
The Federal shoppers find that GER
tain bakers do not know what 1t costs
to make bread, while others sell below
cost to stimulate trade in profitable
wares. In the shops managed by the
latter the customers pay for the bread
eventually. but not consciously, and
therefore are happy.
II bread were sold by weight. IL a
standard loaf were established by
law. an important and dlfiicult prob
lem would be more easy to solve than
1t is now. A loaf of bread should
mean n particular quantity of bread
1t is not more unreasonable to re,
quire this than 1t Is to compel the
bakers to use ingredients of a certain
quality, or to bake In shops main
tained at certain standards Of cleanli
ness. Already the health of the Gus
toner is safeguarded by sanitary reg
ulatiOns imposed for the protection oi
the community; and housewives arc
entitled to know how much they arr
getting for their money as well as t.
the assurance that bread is of sount
materials decently put together
The sun., 1917-07-10
Russian Praise for ElIhu Root.

In the cordial words Of praise for
ELIHU RooT uttered by Prince Lvoff
day before yesterday we find evidence
Of something more than kindly feel
ing. The Russian Prime Minister
shows himself to be n competent and
discriminating judge of human char
ecter. He has grasped the distinctive
trait of Mr.. RooT's ability as states
man, namely, his breadth of view.
II have had the strongest possible
support from Mr.. Roor personally"
SAYS Prince LvoFF. II am amazed
how, despite his newness to Russia
and the limited opportunities to see
our country, he Immediately grasped
the essential fact that our troubles
were transitory and understood the
broader and more essential problems
which the Russians themselves have
not yet all been able to understand"
After the President had determined
to send n special embassy to Russia
II became a matter of the first i'm
portance to place at Its head a man
who should be capable Of impressing
the revolutionary Government Of that
country as man Of power. The ad-
minlstration Of the affairs of Russia
Is in the hands of Prince LvoFF and
his ssoclates-mostly able men. 1t
was essential to the success of the
mission that their attitude toward 1t
should be friendly, and friendliness
could best be secured by sending them
an ambassador broad minded enough
to comprehend the problems which
perplex the Russian democracy and
sufficiently experienced as states
man to offer wise advice in the effort
to solve them. When he selected
ELIHU Roor as such a man President
WILSON made no mistake. Prince
Lvofr's utterance leaves no doubt on
that subject
The poet has truly said that "men
high minded men"-are what really
constitute a State. The sort of man
the country most needs in these
troublous times Is the man who
makes himself master of the task as
signed to him and then performs II
With patriotic zeal. Men Of this type
do not need to advertise themselves
They do not have to seek employment
Honors seek them-and responsible
tiles, too.
Every American who has the vel
fare of his country at heart will re
joice at the success which is attend
ing the activities Of the Root mission
10 Russia.
The sun., 1917-07-10
THE LITTLE 3D."
And a More Acute Diagnosis Of What
We Are Fighting For.

To THE EprroR OF THE SUN-Sir: Are
the words republic" and democracy
synonymous? Everybody from the
President to the democratic ward heeler
has been deducing no differentiation
whatsoever of late.
A few years ago 1t was rare to hear
an American citizen refer to his coun-
try as democracy-every one was
proclaiming the attributes OF the Re-
public.
II the words republic and "democ-
racy" in a governmental sense repre-
sent no idealistic variance, then indeed
this modern significant blending OF in
terpretations is mighty asset for the
democratic party, and apparently the
leaders are working the advantage with
a will.
II the spokesmen OF the democratic
party use the alluring word 'democ-
racy" to enable the clandestine estao-
lishment OF a close autocratic bureau
cracy, the people may see great re-
publican light in November, 1920.
The word democracy In the demo-
cratic party has only the slgnfcation
OF lip service to-day. II we omit gilt
tering irrelevancies. and frankly pro-
fess our Inmost convictions, We Will
cease chattering about the safeguard
ing Of political theories, and frankly
profess that we are fighting not eX'
cluslvely TO make the world safe for
democracy but to make the world safe
and decent for the hides of humanity.
J. r. LEWIS.
HoIYoRH Mass JulV O.
The sun., 1917-07-10

dressed the fiery sltters, commanding
them to make up their quarrel and
shnke hands" Peace was restored.
He would be useful spirit at n
meeting Of the Board Of Estimate.
Naturally, as q former Colonel and
Admiral, Sir HARRY Is interested in
the war. In London he told a friendly
group that he was keeping watch and
ward over the British fleet, but did
not mention what DRAKE was going
to do about his drum. One night
Miss HAMPER asked him, How are
things In the North Scar HIN! Do
you suppose MORGAN up and told all
he knew, with maybe German spy
hidden In the back parlor? Not he
He just said; "Wet!' This stopped
the indiscreet, but MORGAN did tell
the circle, after the fall OF Warsaw,
that the Bear has only sheathed his
claws"
Many have asked MORGAN why he
assumed another name, and to this he
always replies that "the associations
Of terror which chung round his
memory, because OF the many false
stories of ruthless cruelty. might be
prejudicial to the benefcent work to
which he devoted himself after pass
ing from the physical body" Not
now, old fellow; not since August of
three years ago. The killings Of the
Spanish main look like boys play.
Why MORGAN chose the name JOHN
KING does not appear. There Is one
famous JOHN KING In our own his
tory. He, like MORGAN, was Cover
nor and a soldier He, like MORGAN
went to farm in Jamaica for his
years of rest. Quite another Jamaica
NJ course; our own Jamaica where
JOHN KING's farmhouse stands In it's
little park to-day. Could there have
been the lending OF n name some
where out among the stars? But that
Is speculative. and we have been dis.
cusslng what was in PALLADINos case
an exact science.
The sun., 1917-07-10

lost to the japanese. They had been
unsuccessful In obtaining any aid
from China or in preventing the break
between that country and Germany.
They we're especially bitter against
the President, Ii YUAN HUNo. In the
overthrow Of the republic they saw
an opportunity for defeating any war
like measures and for the establish
ment of conditions advantageous tu
them after the war.
They were, however, unable to fur
nlsh to CHANG HsUN the help Of which
he was most In need. His chief de-
pendence was his own army, his pig
tail regiments" which by some ar
rangement that transcends Western
Imagination he made the Government
maintain and which he used Mt his
own discretion for or against 1t. This
force numbered scarcely more than
$4,000. He had expected the support
OF the former Premier TUAN CHf-JUI,
the Military Governor Of Chi ii and
some Of the strong milltarlstlc parties
Of the northern provinces. TUAN de-
nounced him rs n usurper, the Mill
tGry Governor threw his forces with
the republicans and the northern mill
tarists refused to come to his aid. He
was thus unable to cope with south
China, which had rallied to the sup
port Of the republic and had estab-
lished a provisional Government at
the old capital OF Nanking. He re-
signed, and, II he can keep his head
on his shoulders, he will go back to
Kiangsi TO look after his railroad.
The upheaval has shown that after
five years of trial the republic has
taken firm enough hold In Chinn to
lead great body of the people to
fight to maintain It. What China
most needs now Is strong man.
There seems to be none In sight 10
tnke up its complicated affairs at this
critical time. Here is n chance for
little PIT VI. Let him go back to his
original intention Of coming to Amer
lea to study then, returning to China.
break off with the "old crowd" and
start all over to serve his country as
good republican.
The sun., 1917-07-10
The Embargo and Its Results.

The soundness Of the principle con-
trolling the President in his procla-
nation Of an embargo upon exports
of certain goods Is unshakable. Ger
tain difficulties may spring from IT.
The continued friendship Of some of
the neutral nations may be sacrificed.
Tact and moderation in the enforce
ment Of the principle may avert such
troubles. But that results such as
the President seeks must be attained
In some way is undeniable.
With the slow progress of the mill
tary operations Of this war has come
the effort TO end it by economic pres
sure. Germany is trying to starve
England by the ruthless use of sub
marines to block all shipments to the
British Isles. The effort lags. Re
suits were promised to the German
people in three months from the time
OF decreeing the unlimited submarine
warfare. Five months have passed
and England is still unstarved. To-
day Germany declares her purpose of
meeting this situation by making all
waters her war zone, all ships, re.
gardless of nationality or destination,
her victims.
Great Britain in turn has been en-.
deavoring to starve Germany into
subsection by the employment Of her
overwhelming navy. She has sue
cessfully driven German ships from
the seas and closed German ports
to all commerce. But Germany IL
stiii unstarved, and though feeling
the pinch Of destltution in many way,
still fights on.
BY reducing to subJection and con
verting to her own use vast region,
Of enemy territory Germany has beer
able to supply her wants in a meas
urc. But she is getting supplies II
huge quantities through such neigh
boring neutral countries as SwitZer
land, Holland and Sweden-espe
clally the last two. These nation
have on entire right to sell thel
productS TO Germany. Until TIN
United States entered upon the wa
thoy hnd an entire right to purchus
the goods OF the United States am
resell to Gcrmany--lhough this WA
qualified by the right Of Great Brit
ain to stop these goods under III
law OF blockade and seize them
The sun., 1917-07-10
P'u VI Down Again.

Little P'U VI has been lifted down
again from the imperial throne of his
ancestors on which the Chinese giant,
General CHANG HsUN, scarcely more
than week ago so obligingly seated
him. Twice enthrOned, twice de-
throned Is an experience for a boy
not yet II years of age,
The chief source Of the difficulties
in P'u Yrs public life is the same as
that in the career of many an older
aspirant for honOrs; he was not in the
right company. His sponsor, CHANG
HsUN, represented more than any
other prominent man in China every
thing that the men who had strug-
gled for freedom from the Manchus
least desired In ruler or power
behind the throne. Against no other
usurper could the republicans of
South China so readily combine.
II was suspected from the first that
German influences were back OF the
attempted restoration of the empire.
German agents have been active I'm
China ever since the war began. They
failed In their efforts to secure con.
cessiOns or promises regarding the
Chinese territory that Germany had
The sun., 1917-07-10
A Lesson From East st. Louis.

The facts In the East st. Louis
riots Of July are becoming clearer.
They carry with them a terrible in
dlctment Of the local, county and
State authorities; they offer lesson
to every community in America.
The city administration, apparently
following precedents established by
it's predecessors, tolerated lawlessness
for months, and permitted the police
force to exist in state Of inefficiency
and incompetence.
The county authorities allowed H.
legal conditions to exist, either
through laziness or because OF per-
verted conception of the principle Of
home rule.
The State was serenely oblivious to
the situation that was being created
In an important industrial city within
its bounds.
When the inevitable eruption Of dis
order occurred, the city police, ener-
waited by a long course of lax disci-
pllne and weakened by the system un-
der which they had been trained,
were unfit to handle 1t. The county
government apparently collapsed ut.
terly. And when the State was COM
PEELED to intervene, II sent only 100
troops, and these 1t despatched with
out ammunition for their rifles
Arriving at the scene Of the riots
the soldiers spent hours In utter help.
lessness. They were too few to club
the mob into submission, not armed
to shoot the ringleaders; and when
powder and ball were served to them
the disorder had subsided, the rioters
being satiated or having run out OF
| victims.
1t is idle to say that bad negroes
or bad whites, trades unionists or non
unlonists, were responsible for thes'
disturbances. The business Of govern
ment, city, county and State, is tC
maintain order. II It fails to do that
1t fails in its principal function. Fol
months the city of East st. Louis, thu
county of st. Clair and the State o.
Illinois by their conduct prepared tn,
way for the outbreak, and rendered
themselves impotent in It's presence.
The sun., 1917-07-10
THE NINETY AND NINE.
Prof. Irving Fisher Holds Out Hope
TO the American People.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. VI,
attention has been called to your issu,
of June 12 and to an editorial article
entitled The Pessimists With Lead Per-
ellis" was correctly quoted as sta'Hg
that our health ideals are at nreseu.
low and that 90 per cent Of our Hop0-
lation is below par.
was not correctly quoted, Honor'.
as taking a gloomy view NJ what rsr
or will he done to correct this condition
The "9s per cent" is based on thf
medical examinations Of the Life EN-
tension Institute on bank clerks and
stenographers among l,000 such clcrN
in several banking institutions In New
York and another 1000 foremen a
mechanics in an automobile factory i1
Detroit The figures also harmonic
with data from many other sources. /
was stating the cold facts as | hay,
been able to find them after many years
study. and facts which ! would not my
self have believed a few years ago
was rot stating mere personal op,n'o"
or guess. II you will write to the New
York headquarters of the institute yot
can get the exact percentages of h'r.
bloed pressure, arterlal thickeninE al
,bumin. casts. sugar. defective teeth, eyes
ears, &c,
AS to the future, I am an optn'S
for / believe that the growing res "a
tion of our shortcomings will of fsc'
afford the needed stimulus to cur heal.
ideals, and there is abundant evidence
olY aIl Af shp y
taken in time, can be corrected In fact
it was my own good fortune I'm oNc--
coming tuberculosis twenty years AZ
which led me first to study the prevcDr
ability OF disease. In my report as +
member OF the Roosevelt Consorya'o.
Commission | estimated on tho bass
OF data supplied by authorities on Mint.
different causes Of death that hy app..
ing knowledge already existing We ton.
prolong human life at least fifteen le'.'
and q am willing to add pro ao
much more. Already in the eigh' lea''
since that report was written We Ia"
actually accomplished one-fourh o. 'Hs
estimated possibility.
| The point which we should ~ r''
keep before us is that in "plcds ns oil.
lives, our fortunes and our sacred h'n0
| to protect the nation we imply 'f
We shall first OF all conserve ours'N"
for the sake of our country ln"
the medical examinations are ,rrg lN
| | expect a majority of those drafted .n
of the ten million enrolment 10 A" "'
! jected; but the vast majority o.
reflections can undoubtedly be mad" III
by military training Both those c'
rolled and those too young or 700
to be included in the enrolmcrt oIG
as a matter Of patriotism 20 c' 'H
physical training and to rcl0l.r.
indulgences and habits which 'n2'
| the power To work. war, oven NOR.
than peace, requires the fun stre0-'A .
! the nation. lRvISG l|sHfN
NEW HAVEN, Conn. July ..
The sun., 1917-07-10
DRAFT SELECTION.
An Extraordinary Argument for Al
phabetlcal Choosing.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: There
is a question now before the "selective
draft" administrators and their several
committeeman that penetrates to the
root of the doctrine Of liberty and every
related principle Of destiny. 1t is the
question as to how the selection Is to be
made.
Ia II to be made automatically and In
conformity with the fundamental prin-
eiples of vclitional freedom OF the indi-
vidual who is a factor Of the govern
mental unit by selecting the names In
their alphabetical. order. an order not
determined by chance, but by prenatal
disposition Of the individual, or is 1t TO
be made by elaborated and cumbersome
lottery methods. remote from the indi-
viduais inherent birthright OF free
choice" methods that conflict with stat
utes that forbid gambling? Juries are
not permitted to toss a coin to decide
the disposition Of life, although they are
drawn by chance.
The man or woman who has selected
this environment has selected 1t with
all its so-called chances. And the name
he or she assumes is the FIRST. last and
only positive index TO individual preroga-
tive, no matter how often that index
may be modified during this interval of
| existence. Il is forever the token Of
free will
To resort to lottery methods OF num-
bering registrants names, placing them
In a wheel of fortune and then trusting
to chance" generations after 'chance"
has ruled, not only subordinates individ-
! ual right to be accepted, but invites
trickery, delay, disappointment and dis
loyalty
II the United States Of America is to
take the lead In this epoch OF mortal
complexity It 10 not because she Is rat
tied out OF a man made wheel OF fortune
! but because she, as a nation, chose hes
destiny and her name, which as Amer
lea heads the alphabetical sequence and
| as United States occupies position near
| the foot, and because she Is now evolved
| to that state OF comprehension which
inspires a disposition toward natlona
integrity, candor. fearlessness and right
II she Ia not yet ready she win not
accomplish And In my humble opinion
the method to be hereafter employed
in selecting her conscripts will be al
the handwriting on the wall. 1t will
bespeak the national fate. 1t Is a mat
ter OF greater moment than mobilization
or food enactments because II will AZ
hrm the degree OF national enlighten
ment.
In this connection I wish my nam
to be Aaaa, but as 1t is. 1t Is not IA
from the top. FRANK HUNT.
NEW YoRK, July Q,