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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-30
Fl CONTRAbAUDO DE- Ii ADUANA
PROVOCA Una INVESTIGATION
C0NTRABANDO POR MILES De D0LARES
Ell grupo carrancista que enro a las eiecclones ma
sido acusado

cree cue Ia propaganda inlclada u
timamenre Y en- la cue figure Meza
Leon como candidate para Diputado
suplente. costo una fuerte cantidad a
los politicos de Segundo orden del Dis
trito Norte.
FL candidate Jose T. Velazquez
obtuvo ell triunfo en- las clecciones
debido, Sc cree q la poca p~opularidad
del grupo c~&rrancista. Con este mo
two. los partiGarios de Felazquez hi
cieron propalar la especie de que ha-
bia sido d~escubierto IN desfalco a Ia
Aduana de Mexicali, Y que entire los
complicados estaha I'm grupo dc ca
rrancistas prominenteS.
Tambien Sc habla de n serie de
contrabandos que rontan q algunoS
miles de pesos Y cue Sc dice Sc lie
vaban a cabo con lie i~nfluencia de IN
alto empleado de la Sccretaria dc Ha-
cienGa.
Como ell senior Meza Leon Sc Sc
paro de sd empleo para poder to-
mar Dartc en- las elecciones, sc nom
bro otro cmpleado para sustituirio
' es este cl que ha encoutrado las
irregularidades de que damoS cuenta.
FL g~obernGGor iaterrisne.
Los escandaIos han l!egado a ser
tan grandes. cue las autozidades rer
Gobicrno del Distrito int~evinieron
W para poner coSo. debido segun sc
cree, a la neceSidad dc scatlsfacer q
Ia opinion cue prevalece en- TODD e!
Distrito contra los hasta hoy comPro-
matidoS en- este sensational aSunto.
Al p~resentarse e, actual admins
trador de la .Aduana DE- Nexicali. Sc
nor Mateo Ortiz, ante el gObernador
Can;j para darle cGcnta de las IRE
gularidades que habia encotr@do en-
la o~ficina. e. f~unc!onario contesto que
Sc tratamitara cl asunto Ell IA form2
legal. esso es pidiendo cue fIera nom
brado IN Inspector especial per Ia
Secretaria de Hacienda. eli que deci
dir. 81 las ;rregularidadcS dcbcn =.
t-aer zobre los que resu.ten cuipab'cs
la Intervention Dc las autoridades jill
diciales.
En- case de que Sc tenga que pro
crder criminaimeHte, cosa que Sc
espera. Sc hara sin consideration i Ia
ca.egoria de los complicados en- cl
asGnto.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-30
A distintos srabaj

Sc hizo constar en- IA me@c.onada
junta que. cump!iendo con su patrlo-
tico deber. las oficiras del Servicio
de Empleos de los Est@dos Unidos, hs-
bian cstado enviando gran numero dc
trabaiadores DC Texas, para diversae
factorias. 4 QUE t2maran parte en-
los trabaios de Ia guerra; mas que no
seria n~ecesario enviar fue-a de- Esta-
do a todos los sin trabaio. 81 loT CO.
sccheros de Ia costa, ~accedian a Ia
solicitud.
Tambien Sc acordo c~onseguir con
la Direction General de los Fe"roca-
rifles, una Quota de I'm centavo por
mjIla. para los %empleados en- traoa-
ios de la guerra, que marcharan 4
hacerse cargo de elloS.
The sun., 1918-12-11
HosrdIng the Last Rum.

A few weeks ago the opponents OF
national prohibition were bemoaning
the prospect of too sudden drought
that would hurt the Treasury. 1t
was predicted, on the face Of the nv
erage consumption of hard liquor,
that the first Of next July would find
in the bonded warehouses a million
or more gallons Of stuff upon which no
revenue tax would ever be paid How
now? The word comes from Wash
IngtOn that the total stock of potable
hard stuff now In the Government
warehouses Is only 11s,OO0,O0O gal
Ions. This is being withdrawn from
bond ut n rate that increases furi-
ously each month.
II must be that the wicked who
say "Here's howl" are practical in
preparedness. With rum costing
twice as much as It cost before the
war they are going In for IL with a
spirit worthy OF greater cause
Strong drink Is being boarded for the
presumably indefinite days Of dryness
that will begin early next summer.
Sporadic Incidents show how the un-
regenerate butterflies Of booze are
acting like ants. conscious Of the
The sun., 1918-12-11

perilous future. A man in Phlladel.
phia consulted with Insurance actua.
rles rs to the probable length OF his
life and then laid In some seven
thousand galionc of liquor for his
prospective twenty years. 1t came
out In court the other day that a
woman In Brooklyn had STO0 worth
Of spirits In her cellar.
II all the rum Of this country goes
Into the possession Of forehnndetl con-
sumers by spring we shall zee the
thoughtless thirsty reforming before
the Governments scheduled time.
Mr.. Broke will have to go without
unless he has formed Intimate social
relations with Mr.. Plentiful. And the
latter. will he be generous with that
which, once consumed. cannot be re.
placed legally2 "Who steals my purse
steals trash" he may shy, "but he
who steals-or borrows-a quart of
old rye from me Is going too far"
We may see armed guards pacing In
front OF that Philadelphia cellar
which holds 100 barrels of rum for
the man who expects to drink until
the year 1928
The case OF the claret blbber Ia
more difficult to solve than that Of
the whlskey drinker. No city apart.
ment will store more light wine than
Is consumed mt any one table d'h6te
In an evening. Your Greenwich VII
lager who cannot or will not be
weaned from his red ink must either
leave America or go into the country,
grow his own grapes and slyly turn
their Juice into n stlmulant. How can
n Government watch every barrel of
grape Juice or, for that matter. Of
cider, and seize 1t Just rs 1t turns7
The sun., 1918-12-11
THE SOLDIERS CLOTHING
Mayn't He Keep His Shirt When the
Four Months Are Cps

To THE EDIToH OF THE SuN-Str. In
Gle Sam should permit HIS nephews on
leaving the service to purchase at a
very low price any part of their uni
forms, arms or equipment.
The boys have well earned the prlvi-
lege. but. aside from that, practically
every dollar realised from such sales
and In the aggregate II would amount
to millions, would be velvet" Just so
much saved from the wreck. just 50
much less material to be stored away
to rot. mIldew. rust, be eaten by moths,
become ohsoste. and finally be sold NJ
auction for little or nothing, as was the
case with the stun left over from the
civil war.
In 1903 I bought at retail in New
York for $3.50 an unused "a calibre
powder and ball Remington revolver
that cost the GoNernment SIS each by
the carload. an unused Springfield rifle
with bayonet for the same amount, and
beautiful sword for sls5. Uncle Sam
probably did not realize over half Of
those ridlculously low prices
The nation at this time. could wen
AFFORD to give the men their clothing
shoes, &c.
II the men are TO have the use OF
hat. one pair OF shoes. &C., for four
months. why ask them for tho return
of these articles at all?
]. II. NETrLEroN.
NHw MILFORD, Conn. December Q.
The sun., 1918-12-11
"presldins" Over the Cabinet.

The wireless IL n blessed invention
for taking care OF gracious after.
thoughts:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-v,ce- Presi.
dent MARsHALL was asked by President
WILSON in wireless message to-day 10
preside at the usual Tuesday Cablne,
meeting at the White House."
II was undoubtedly comfort ia
the President to know that one VA.
cant chair at the Cabinet meeting
would be occupied. II not filed. 1t
was possibly pleasure to Mr.. MAR.
SHALL to assist ut a function not par
tlcularly advisory even when the
President Is there.
Friends of the Constitution need
not worry, for that document does
not mention the Cabinet. Anybody
Is legally entitled to ''preside" at n
Cabinet meeting II the President and
the members will permit him to do so.
II the President permitted. Mr.. MAR
SHALL could preside over the Hon.
JOSEPH Z. TUMrLrY, go far as the
Constitution Is concerned.
Glorious MARcoNi! II sour inven-
ton had never done more than to
summon a shepherd for the forlorn
Cabinet, your patient labor would
not have been in vain.
The sun., 1918-12-11
nal turkish conquetUr of the city Of

nal Turkish conqueror Of the city Of
Constantinople.
The present Sultan has been de.
| scribed much as was his Immediate
predecessor, "a well meaning man." AZ
WAHrD- UDDIN, the youngest of ABDUL
HANDS, brothers, he was quite well
known In the foreign quarters OF Pera
and was considered man Of far more
advanced ideas than the ordinary
Turkish prince. His expressions of
regret mt the unfortunate choice OF
Turkey In her participation In the
war and Of the Armenian masscres
may have been genuine. But he
could no more have prevented either
OF these acts than could his brother F:
his utter unfamiliarity with affairs Of
state makes him merely another pup
pet Sultan. Unfortunately for Turkey
. the present Grand vlzier, TEwFIK
Pasha, formerly Turkish Ambassador
Mt London, and man with the same
craftsmanship qualities Of old KIAMi1
Pasha II now more than so years
! old and unequal to the tnsk Of form
Ing strong or efficient Government.
With depleted treasury, n tisorgan-
lied and useless army. an incapable
Government and territory in occu.
patton Of allied armies, Turkey IL
weaker. more powerless than at any
time In her whole checkered wretched
| existence.
The occupation Of Constantinople
without ostentation and display IL IN
n measure characteristic OF the allied
! latitude to this city and TO Turkey.
The Nenr East question, involving rs
1t does the fate Of Conetantlnople, the
dismemberment of Turkey and the
protection of the Ottoman people. Is
more vital to-day. perhaps, than ever
before but az regards its settlement.
or any feature Of Its settlement there
is a sphinx-llke silence. One thing.
however, IS evident: the present oecu.
patton marks the passing of Constan-
tinople as the exclusive "City of the
Sultans."
The sun., 1918-12-11
CLOTHES FOR EX-SOLDIERS.
One Plan for Conservation Of Wool
by the Government.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: ]
! saw in the Sunday papers a statement
that the officers and men in the Reserve
, Army will be permitted to wear their
/ uniforms but three months after being
mustered out These officers were re-
Qulred TO make a heavy outlay for uni
forms and equipment and many were
forced to go into debt for the privilege
Of serving their country. 1t will be an
additional hardship II these patriotic
| men are forced to equip themselves
with civilian clothes within three months
OF their discharge from service. This is
also true of men in the ranks since II
will undoubtedly be found that many
OF them have either lost or outgrown
| their pre-war garments. while their time
OF service has been too short to permit
saving sufficient money from their
meagre pay to buy new clothing.
on the other hand. II 10 stated that
the Government has on hand thousands
OF uniforms. overcoats. hats and shoes
which will not be needed for the United
States forces when on a peace basis.
Why. then. should not Congress and
the War and Navy Departments con-
serve the clothing supply OF the nation
! while wool, cotton and leather are 80
high by permitting the discharged men
to continue wearing their uniforms for
a period of one or more years after the
close Of the war, with privilege OF pur-
chasing from the Quartermaster gar
ments, hats and shoes at cost to replace
those worn out7 This would be q small
return for the sacrifices they have made
In saving the world from slavery. To
distinguish the men in active service
from those mustered out, the latter
could be required TO wear a suitable
badge; or they might be retained as a
reserve force, subject 20 call within the
period named in case the Hun once more
breaks faith.
This matter has been Brought TO the
attention OF the War Department and
Colonel Robert f. Wyllie, Chief OF the
Equipment Branch OF the General Staff,
writes that the law at present permits
officers and men to wear uniforms for
but three months after being mustered
out. He states, however, that legtsla-
ton has been requested ito authorize
the retention and wearing OF such uni
forms on special occasions indefinitely"
II Is evident that tho wearing OF uni
forms on special occasions only would
he OF little benefit to q man who has no
other clothing but his uniform when
mustered out.
rNrnber OF the leading members of
the House and Senate Committees on
Military Affairs have promised to sup
port the passage of a law permitting
discharged soldiers TO wear their uni
forms on all occasions.
HAROLD p. BROWN.
NEW YORK, December 10.
The sun., 1918-12-11
Worth Getting and Worth Reading

TO THE EDlroR or THE sUN-Siri This
check is sent at the request of my son,
Private Charles Stuart Onnsby. Com
pany |, 1880 United States Infantry.
Twenty-sixth Division. A. T. r.
know OF no greater compliment than
this which could be paid even to a great
newspaper. Here is a young man who
IL in constant danger OF death, hard
worked and with little rest, who has
been 40 hard pressed for time that he
had TO go into the thick OF It, twice in
two weeks for several days at n time,
and with all the suspense and absolute
physical suffering Che was gassed twice)
entaied, does not forget to remind me
that renewal of his subscription to
THE Sun will be due shortly. And not
10 forget It, think this ia praise enough,
even for TIE Sun.
so will you kindly DO what ne desires?
RoBEHT oRMsBY, NJ. d.
NEW York, December 10.
The sun., 1918-12-11
TRADE BRIEFS.

The manufacture Of white arsenic on
Commercial. scale was brought to a sue.
cessful stage In Rhodesa early this year.
man In England is in the market FOR
incandecent gas and electric burners o,
the swan neck type.
The Dominion Government IL IA hpu,
ten large steel steamships In British Co
lumbia shipyards, the value OF tho CON.
tracts Rpproxiinating $lG.oOO.OOO
Tools, hardware. tobacco, cotton OIL. CO..,
oring matter, lumber and petroleum ar.
tho needs OF man In Algeria.
Commercial Attache Edward, At Tb.
Hague says that It is oiiidally announced
that the bread ration viii be Increased
from the present ration OF zoo grams to
$50 grams person day,
The annual report OF the treasurer .,
the state OF South Australia for the v,or
ending June 30, 1918. lust made pYh,lc
shows revenues OF $40. S0a.3T9, exnapdI.
lures OF 500. sos.4GS and surp,us ot
SASH,
The declared value OF the exports TO IN.
United states from the Bradford consular
district England, during September 1915,
was tbs4, s9s as compared with $3.50, 500
In the o0rrsspondinSAn 0Aih ~ l0IT.
The sun., 1918-12-11
your OLD JOBS HERE"
The Returned Soldier Finds Wei.
come at His Bank.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--sir: Upon
the rehabilitation Of the army division
to which ! was attached. l wrote to my
former place OF employment. large
downtown banking Institution. inqulr-
ing whether-t could again assume my
duties there.
The assurance Of one Of It's officers
that my position was awaiting me and
Just to present myself to the cashier and
20 to work." Ia worth commendatlon.
This 10 an example which all employers
and institutions should follow.
A RETURNED EMPLoTEE.
BROOKLYN, December 10.
The sun., 1918-12-11
The Passing OF the City of the
SultanS.

The occupation of Constantinople
by the Allies has been surprise, even
a disappointment, to Its inhabitants
1t was effected In such calm,
methodlcal way, with such a lack OF
military display and force as to he
entirely out of harmony with all the
clty's history and traditions. II was
difficult for the people to imagine.
writes a correspondent of the Londoa
Times, that a conquering military
force can arrive and install itself with
n complete absence OF excess, either
Aomicidal or spectacular"
Constantnoples picture OF a trium-
plant entry By conqueror, picture
wildly painted for the inhabitants by
their masters during the war, was an
entry such as marked the first occu-
patton of the city by the Turks them
selves. GIBBoN graphically described
this in saying that Constantinople was
left naked and desolate. without a
prince or people" There was some
thing woefully inconsistent with these
ideals in the landing Of the British
commander, accompanied By a few
sailors, from motor boat at the
Galata bridge. the anchoring Of n
small fleet Of allied ships In the
Golden Horn and the gradual, almost
lmperceptible sitting OF soldiers
throughout the different quarters OF
the city. The army Of occupation
made no exactions; 1t merely under
took the task OF cleaning up the city
and restoring order.
Tho fortunes of the Byzantine capt.
tai were not at lower ebb at the
time Of the Turkish conquest than
we're the fortunes Of modern Constan-
tinople at the time of the allied occu-
patton. So far Us the Young Turks
are concerned their excuse for an ex-
istence passed with their inability To
unite the different Ottoman peoples
into anything approaching nation
Their Governmental successor, the
Committee of Union and Progress, be-
came more tyrannical and oppressive
than the Sultan whose rule It had
supplanted. The result was the natural
outcome of the secret control which
1t had established. The power came
into the hands Of the few who were
aggressive and INSCRIPTIONS enough
to seize 1t.
Turkey thus had in ENvER Pasha.
TALAAT Pasha and DJAMEL Pasha
trlumvirate that completed its col
lapse. Upon ENvER rests the respon-
dbillty for turning the country over
to Germany and for dragging 1t into
the war against the advice of the
older and ADLER men OF the nation |:
upon TALAAT and DJAMEL rests the
responsibility Of the massacre and op-
preston Of the non-Turkish races of
the Empire. II IL curious fact that
none Of these men were really Turks.
ENvER was of Polish extraction; his
two associates OF mixed Levantine
blood. Their career seems that OF nd
venturers; all are to-day fugltives.
The loot carried away by ENvER alone
Is reported to be $112,5OO 900, spells
greater In value than fell to the origi-
The sun., 1918-12-11

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I'm
der normal conditions We cannot deport
certain class OF undesirable citizens
now we are stu at war and living un.
der the laws OF war.
In our lnternment camps we have
many thousand enemy aliens. Is there
any good reason why. before peace is
declared, we should rot take. advantage
OF the present opportunity ~and send
these undesirables to our prison camps
in Europe? When they are released II
surely would be better 10 set them free
in their native countries than permit
them to continue to reside here-and be-
cause of their records in this country
they could. by all that is right. be denied
the privilege OF returning.
ELMER Il. JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. December 10.
The sun., 1918-12-11

An interesting fact IN Japant. q ..en
clature Is The double reading 2 r. gee
names The most conspinuous rasa b. ',A.
OF the present Prime MINISTER he s cor.
orally spoken Of a. lie! Iisra or Ha.a mo-
as in japanese tho family name a 80
precrd's the given nam" but K"' 4.
tho Japaues7 Chinese prorIr. 'or %
character tor his name TnkRs'H '
"Krr' IL 20 easy 90 proug"roe t.' 80
AS IN the case II IN" last 81 t1r -hrs -
oome 90 he the name 10y wA}.A &c pee
m!or Is invariably called nv he ...rr~
men That Ia the name ~ vA'.' Pc .
designated even by tho orig'a Tol e. ~
u the House Of Representative
The sun., 1918-12-11
DYNES AND KILOBARS.
The New Barometer Scale Set Forth
in Terms Of the Snip Of a Finger.

To THE EDfroR OF THE SuN--Sir: A
teacher writes: Il have been ordered
10 instruct my class how to use the new
barometer scale. Now. can't find any
thing about It In any text book or In
anything in the public library. VIII
you please help pcor schoolkeep In
distress?
Wen, well! That Is New Rochelle
over and over again. 1t never would
have happened In Mount Vernon, where
education 10 sane. Evidently your prin-
elpal or superintendent or supervisor OF
aerograph practice has been putting one
over you. It is dollars to doughnuts
that he doesn't know anything about
II himself and ls relying on you to get
the information for him. Now II you
are familiar with Greek scientific terms.
and the differential calculus. and have
memorzed the logarithmic reciprocal OF
the cosine OF phi, you will find a KIN
dersarten discussion Of the subject In
the March, 1909, Monthly Weather Re-
vietc.
Nowadays only the people in ceme-
teries use the inch scale in expressing
barometric pressure. Never. never,
never say that the barometer Is at
80 inches BE one Of the elite and say
762 millimeters. But. unfortunately, our
savahts are out OF tune with n system
which makes mean sea level the base
n, the measurement OF atmospheric pres
sure so they have taken the dyne as
unit In devising a new base In place
OF sea level.
A dyne is the force which will inpart
TO a weight OF one gram an accelera-
tion Of one centlmeter In one second Of
time. Possibly you may be too stupid
to understand this lucid and simple ex-
prossion. Well. try this Take a worn
silver half dime with a hole in IT, The
coin weighs about one gram. o. II
IN n silk strand a yard or 80 long and
hang IL pendulum fashion.
Nav Ilsteri Bend YOUR second finger
until u forms n circle with your thumb
ana amin the coin so that It swings a
,r,a4 less than half an inch. Your snip
IA rouph,v one dyne. Long practice on
the ears Of YOUR pupils should enable
Won IN do this with a single effort
Not, IL the force OF that snip were
a1er,ed IN the barometer II would Jack
Tho nArrurv in the tube bit higher.
and the amount was TO be called one
,rIl,,har Rut metric folks are always
ga,,,,g into trouble with both feet, and
!, wos fo,,d that not n barometer In
Cbr,stendom would measure a millihar.
Won can, s,umn a metric crank with
a,y trieIng d,giculty OF that sort so,
instead of one dyne he took one million
-.1tzx 49, n,ra
,o haron,e,e.. pressure being a million
The sun., 1918-12-11
DUNDAFF GOES DRY.
This Causes a Pennsylvania Philoso.
pher 90 Figure Up.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--st- Vet.
H. came around TO say all was up with
DundaY Vet is our wagner and
Dundaff our oldest Pennsylvania town
In the northern tier.
The saloon. he said. had been put
out OF business That old shebang had
been in business 100 years; had cost
the hamlet $1,000 each year. and had
paid license and tax OF 500 a year,
1t cost 5000 to get 800
Dundaf Is now saving $500 every
year. thanks 10 the drys. She has 1870
people. The saving is 50 each Uncle
Sam has 1O0,000.O0o Can we go d:y
and save 100000, 900 each year, IL
we can. how long will It take to pay
our debts2 y. c. KENYON.
FOREST CITY, Pa. December 10.