davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
CHRISTMAS IN
MEXICO DAY Of
SOCIAL, CALLS
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED ~erl

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIeE1
Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 25.-Christmas
week in Mexico is one of social and
religious observances. The celebrations
started five days before Christmas
day and includes dances at the homes
of the better class Of MeXtcans, public
dances in theaters and custom houses
and series of dinners, receptions
and calls, Small presents are eX-
changed almost nightly during the
week rather than on Christmas day
as is the custom in the United States.
However the border towns in Mexico
like Juarez, have copied the American
Christmas customs and even have
trees gaily decorated with the bright
colored trinkets which appear mys-
teriously from American closets on
Christmas eve.
More impressive is the Christmas
week worship at the ancient shrines
scattered throughout Mexico. Here
in Juarez in the Church of Our Lady
of Guadalupe, in the cathedral at
Chihuahua, the old Church of Santa
Eulalia in that mining district and in
the famous shrine of Guadalupe near
Mexico City solemn masses are being
sung, religious professions held and
crowds of people may be found wor-
shipping before the shrine set up TO
the Christ Child Wives and daugh-
tiers of rich haciendados are seen
kneeling beside poor peon laborers
and the rich and poor elbow each
other to participate in the religious
rites.
Christmas in Mexico is known as
"Navidad." or Fiesta de Nayidad,"
meaning the nativity or the festival of
the nativity. Among the poorer
classes it also is called "Noche Bueno"
Good NighD because of the signifi-
canoe OF the night of Christ's birth.
Greetings are being exchanged in the
streets. aud in the homes today as
much as is done in the United States.
Many Christmas cards are mailed in
Mexico although this custom is more
generally observed on New Years day
when everyone sends greeting cards
to their friends and receives many of
them in return.
Light plays a prominent part in the
Mexican Christmas celebrations. The
windows of homes are illuminated
with candles or electric lights while
lights are turned on around the old
church so that they outline the cross
on the spires and may be seen for
miles.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26

yestige of autonomy was destroyed by
the Mohammedans in 1876.
From the time that the Turks
gained complete control, until Turkey
sued for peace few months ago, Ar
menia-has been subjected to unspeak-
able cruelties which eliminated in
the massacres and deportations in
1856 when nearly one million Ar
menians were butchered.
But, after the starvation period is
over, the remnant of the Armenian
people will be permitted to. live in
security for the first time in their
whole history extending back as it
does into the early days of the an
cient world
But Armenia must have food now
or practically all of this brave and
Industrious people will perish. Those
permitted to remain at home--old
men and old women--could not till
the soil, or if they did their crops
were taken by Turks and Kurds. OF
the hundreds of thousands who ref
ugeed into Russia there are few who
have food enough for the remaining
months before crops can be raised
1t is up to opulent America to save
these people from extinction
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
HOOVER DECLARES
COFFEE PRICES
DUE FOR TUMBLE
Ispscr.L coapssrososses TO MORNING JOURNAL

| ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE MORNING JOURNAL
| Washington, Dec. 25.-It is report
! ed that the consumer must look for
ward to a considerable increase in the
| price of coffee for the next year or
/ so, and one of the reasons given is
| large purchases of this commodity
made by Japan. Any attempt on the
| part of spectators in coffee to raise
| the price of this commodity would
seem to be without justification il
! any confidence may be placed in
| Herbert Hoover's comment on the
| worlds coffee supply, made in his
| farewell address to the state food ad-
ministrators at Washington Novem-
| Der IL. last. In the course of this
address, speaking of coffee, Mr..
! Hoover said:
Another prime necessity in the
| United States is that of coffee Our
! computation of the worlds coffee
supplies indicates to us that there is
more than sufficency to carry the
world during the next twelve months
on any basis of likely demand and
sooner or later the speculation which
has been in process in some foreign
countries over coffee, on the theory
| that there would be a world shortage
on peace will, in our view, receive
rude shack''
ImportAN of coffee into the United
States during the nine months ended
September of the current year totaled
nearly 900,000,000 pounds, as COM
pared with 10000 900 pounds for
the similar period of 1917. about 60
per cent of the supply coming from
Brazil. our normal imports. prior to
the war. ran from two to four hun
ures, for the nine months periods
considered. On the other hand our
exports of coffee. both before and
during the war, have remained fairly
constant-about $4,000, 600 pounds for
these nine months periods.
It is reported that a large surplus
of coffee exists in Brazil. so large that
the Brazilians are somewhat worried
as to how they will dispose of it, Next
to the United States Germany, in nor
NAL times. has been the largest con-
sumner of Brazilian coffee, while Aus
tria has also made large demands on
that source. Both these countries
have for a long time been denied the
Brazilian market. and in all likelihood
the demands which will be made on
German merchant vessels by the vic
torious allies VIII result in a large
curtailment of Germany's ability to
secure anything like her normal re-
quirements from Brazil for some time
to come. Ii there was cargo space
sufficient to bring to this country an
nually from Brazil seven or eight
hundred million pounds of coffee
during the period of hostilities, surely
there should be sufficient cargo space
to meet our demands for the ensuing
year, and It seems reasonable to eX-
pect that Brazil will want to unload
her surplus coffee at normal prices,
If not somewhat below normal. Hence
no good reason is apparent whv tho
price to the consumer should be ma
terially advanced unless spectators
have gotten together for a campaign
of profiteering which. so far as now
appears, would be quite indefensibe,
and which. if they persist in their
plan, should entitle them to the rude
shock suggested by Mr. Hoover,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
"A Stubborn Cough
L0osens Right Up
This home made remedy is wonder
for quick results. Easily and
eheapiy made.

Here is u home made syrup which mil
lions OF people have found to be the most
dependable means Of breaking ny. stub
born coughs. II is cheap and simple, but
yerv prompt in action. Under its heal
ing soothing influence, chest soreness
goes phlegm loosens, breathing becomes
easier, tickling in throat stops and you
get good nights restful sleep. The
usual throat and chest colds are con-
luered by ii in 81 hours or less. Moth
inc better Tor bronchitis, hoarseness,
Group. whooping cough, bronchial asthma
or winter coughs
TO make this splendid cough syrup,
pour 2Ia. ounces Of pincx into a pint
bottle and i'll the bottle with plain
grauHlated sugar syrup and shake
thoroughly. II yon prefer, use eari-
fled MOLE ses, honey, or corn syrup,
instead OF sugar syrup. Either way,
you grt full pint--a family supply
Of much better cough syrup than Won
could buy ready-inadG for three times
the, money. Keeps perfectly and chill
dren love its pleasant taste.
Pinex is a special and highly concen-
tratcd compound OF genuine Norway
pine extract, known the world over for
its prompt healing effect vpoH the mem
brancS, @
To avoid disappointment ask YOUR
fun directions, and don't accept any
thing else Guaranteed TO give absolute
satisTaetien or money promptly refunded
The Pincx Co.. IT. Wayne, Ind.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26

The League of Nations must have
power, and neither the power of pub
lie opinion nor threats of non-inter-
course can be sufficient. The League
will need to have at its command
armed forces and these armed forces
will need to be sufficient to control
any one nation or any likely combina-
ton of nations 1t is not possible to
enforce justice with anything less.
What would a government of in
divduals be like if its complete force
was not sufficient to suppress the
strongest among those individuals?
In the same way our ultimate ideal
for the League Of Nations must be
sufficient force to control any nation
which is not ready 10 submit to the
rule of the whole.
Now let us take a hasty glance at
the whole situation. England is right
fully proud of her navy, and she has
no intention of giving it up. Indeed
she plans to keep it as powerful as
any two other navies France has a
magnificent army of seasoned veter-
ans, she is likely to feel that she
will need It to keep Alsace-Lorraine.
Italy has new conquests to maintain
and would like to add to her domin-
ions certain territories in Asia Minor.
She will need her army. Germany is
defeated, but it is hard to keep "a
nation of seventy million pushing,
progressive people in the background.
Austria is broken TO bits, and it is
not likely that any government short
of military autocracy could re-
unite it, at any rate for years and
years to come. Russia IS in a state
of anarchy. But states of anarchy
do not last forever 1t was not many
years after the French revolution be-
fore Napoleon was threatening the
peace of Europe. Russia may become
world power again in five years.
1t is possible. Japan is poor but en-
ergetic. She has good army and
navy and knows how to use them
Her ambitions in China will keep her
busy, and she will want her army and
navy too The United States is dis
banding her army, but we are going
ahead with our naval program as
though we meant business. We have
a merchant fleet that needs protec-
ton and we're going to have bigger
one
All this indicates that the nations
are not planning to disarm Them
selves Just yet, WIN il be possible
for the League of Nations TO form
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
HE COULDN'T STAND TINE.
Stars and Stripes.

RlSl dilu Cti iRNS
In most of the recaptured French
towns, when dawn came on that
frosty morning of November / 1, could
be heard the jingling OF harness. the
squeals and braying Of the mules, the
swelling chorus of ,grumbling and
shouting and laughter-the music of
an American regiment waking up.
In the half frozen mud of one of
the shot-torn roads Yankee lad-he
might have still been in high school
had he stayed in the states-met a
little French girl of about 10 years.
blue with the cold and visibly SILVER
ing in 4 thin, long worn Bingham
dress. M
Well I'll be ------'' said the youth
full doughboy II can't stand that"
His pack was lighter when he took
to the road with his company an hour
or so later. And if any ouartermas-
ter raised fuss about a missing o. ID.
blanket. Stars and Stripes hopes
heaven will have mercy on that guar
termaster's soul.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
WHY WE FOUGHT GERMANY.

Senator Reed of Missouri. and
many another like and unlike him,
fancy the United States went to war
just for sentiment--to save France,
to redeem Belgium, for the sake of
! liberty and justice, therefore he can
not understand why, having achieved
these detectives, this country should
fruther bother about conditions in
Europe.
We did 20 to war for those things,
but we also went to war for the pro-
lection of our own interests, to rid
! ourselves of a monstrous peril, and to
make the world safe for the United
States and tolerable for Americans to
live in.
Our unselfish purposes in respect
to others, and our noble idealisn, are
commendable, but they ought not to
relegate into the background the fact
that our essential interest as a nation
is in the proper outcome of the war
when the peace treaties are signed
We went to war for ourselves, to
save our future, to maintain our own
self-respect, to secure a world con-
genial to us and friendly to our in
terests. And had we minded our
own business, IN the sense of the
words employed by Senator Reed. we
would not only have been false to hui
man liberty and justice, but most
stupid concerning our own welfare as
nation,
The United States in its own inter-
est could not permit the realization
of German ambitions. The United
States as a great power could not ex-
list in the same world with an aggran-
died German empire. AS against
Germany, the continuance of France
was as essential to the United States
as il was to Great Britain herself
AS against the whole world the main
tenance of the British empire is as
essential to the United States as the
maintenance of the United States is
essential to Great Britain.
These necessities forced us into
war. These same necessities rule to-
day and will continue to operate. The
privilege of attending strictly to our
own domestic affairs and letting all
others go hang, we can no longer
cherish as governmental policy. If
we do not take a hand in arranging
the world, the world some fine day
will come hammering at our own
doors,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
WORTHLESS, BECAUSE TOO LATE


Just nov the government health
bureau is sending out u bulletin on
Spanish influenza. The bulletin was
issued September 2S, therefore was
in course of preparation some time
in August. OF course it is worthless
now, because the whole theory of the
flu, as TO cause, treatment and pre-
vention, has changed since then.
The intention of the government Is
the best, of course, but it gets there"
too late. as a rule. The thousands of
yards of red tape in which it winds
everything, makes speed impossible.
The bulletin even states that little
mortality accompanies the flu, except
in certain localities.
Some time next spring we may
expect bulletin under date of De-
cember 2S, in which it will be stated
that Spanish influenza is an epidemic,
the cause of which is unknown, that it
has caused more deaths than any
other disease known to modern civili-
cation, and that vaccination greatly
minimizes the danger from it.
OF course. by that time medical
science will have Learned a great deal
about flu that is not now known, and
sometime during the summer or early
fall of 1919. the federal public hea.tn
service will put out another bulletin
embodying theories the public knew
some months earlier and probably
had forgotten for newer things.
But the public health service is not
nearly so slow as the federal high
way service. The health service may
take the cake for slowness but the
road service takes the whole bakery.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
ARMY IN ODESSA
TO BE REINFORCED

IL pcttIsr .etEthL srRetsL ,.aIEp w,nEl
Odessa. Friday, Dec. 90 (by the As
ISOLATED Press The volunteer army
which is holding odessa under French
command is to be increased by de-
tachments from the Crimea. The
main force of the republican army,
which is now ten miles from odessa,
is reported to have received rein
forcements from Kiev VINO CAME in
an armored train.
More than 200 persons were killed
in the street battles here on Decem-
her Is. n revised count shows One
third of these were civilians. Several
school children were wounded.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
ROOSEVELT LEAVES
HOSPITAL FOR HOME


New York, Dec. 25.-Theodore
Roosevelt celebrated Christmas day
by leaving Roosevelt hospital, where
for two months he had been under
going treatment for sciatica rheuma-
tism After distributing gifts to his
employees and patients the colonel
and Mrs. Roosevelt went by automo-
bile to their home in Oyster Bay,
where he played Santa Claus for his
grandchildrep
Bully" he snapped in reply to
questions as to how he felt. II am
delighted with the treatment | re-
ceived,"
DR.. John H. Richards said he had
thoroughly examined his patient and
that, by exercising care, the colonel
should be able to resume his normal
duties within two months.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
BACHELOR GIRL REFLECTIONS
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

a dose of philosophy or a dyspepsia
tablet.
Men used to find widow fascinat-
ing because she was so much more
interesting and worldly wise than a
young girl; nok they find her fascin-
ating because, besides tie average de-
butante. she is so refreshingly UNI
sophisticated.
Wise people may not expect to find
heaven in matrimOny, but most Of
them appear to expect to get the
earth.
A woman is so complex that she
can prove to man, BY every posi-
BILE convincing argument, that she
feels nothing but platonic friendship
for him. at the same time that she is
thinking how she would like to run
her fingers through his hair.
When man realizes, with u shock,
that he has just asked girl to marry
him, it Is HE. not she. who feels like
exclaiming, This is so sudden!"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26

Funny but we never know how
completely fascinatingly and foolishly
feminine a woman could look until
she put on overalls and a police uni
form.
The fact that he knows that most
Broadway beauties are highly Bur-
banked never prevented a man from
trying to transplant one of them to
a suburban kitchen-ga garden.
A man almost never starts love
affair with serious matrimonial in
tentions--but then, dearie, he almost
never takes his first glass of cham
payne with the serious intention of
becoming intoxicated.
Sometimes the only way for wo-
man to get a mans salary is to take
it in the form of alimony.
a mans soul lies so close to his
digestion that when he looks blue and
downhearted, woman never knows
whether to offer him a kiss, 4 meal,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 90, 1918
GOOD TIME COMING.


Frank A. VANDERBILT president OF
the greatest bank in the United
States, takes an optimistic view OF
American trade. The National City
bank now has thirty-nine branches
in foreign countries and is going 10
increase that number to one hundred
just as rapidly as arrangements can
be completed Through these banks
cans will be furnished free and relia :
BILE information regarding trade con-
ditions in the countries where the
branch banks are located.
This program was announced by
Mr. YandeTlip at a meeting of the
New York Credit Mems association
held a few nights ago in New York
City. In his address Mr.. Vanderlip
said, "the United States has come out
of the war richer than when it went
into it, He pointed out that I'VE
have changed our balance sheet about
thirteen billion dollars internationally
in our favor. and we are going to get
at least five hundred million dollars
annually in interest from foreigners"
1t was pointed out by Mr. Wander
lip that the United States now has
more than third of the worlds
entire stock of gold, and that the for
eign debtors cannot be expected to
nav their nbIipafiopu i'm tI,a JTDi.n1
States with gold. Eventually they will
pay in goods shipped here, but for
the next few months they will have
to pay in additional credits, as inter-
est comes due, and they will have to
buy goods from the United States by
going further in debt.
MIR. Fanderlip believes this country
will again develop a great foreign
trade, without in any way neglecting
enterprises at home. Manufactures
will be stimulated, demand for Amer
lean raw materials of all sorts will
receive fresh impetus, labor will be
employed before a great lapse of time
for reimbursement. and a long era of
prosperity will ensue.
What Mr.. vanderlip says has been
said by the journal for more than
two years-that an era Of great pros
perity must come to this country fol-
lowing formal declaration of the
end of the war provided provisions
are made for the employment of labor
as fast as it comes from the armies
and from the factories which have
been engaged exclusively in wal
work
One of the first things which this
country must attend TO is revision of
the present tariff laws. While we
must have European goods, we must
not allow them to be dumped into
this country in such quantities as to
take the American markets from
American labor. Unemployment in
this country is its greatest present
danger.
We want to assist the European
countries in getting back on their
feet, but We do not want that assist
ance to become so altruistic that il
will make labor idle in America. AS
for American capital, it can find prof
table employment abroad for many
years to come.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
KAROLYI COMPLAINS
AGAINST THE ALLIES

Budapest, Dec, "a (Havas) Count
Karolyi, the Hungarian leader. adj
dressing the peoples assembly today,
complained that the allies were not
carrying out their part Of the armis-
tice agreed to. He declared that it
was impossible to maintain order
while the food necessities of the coun-
try remained unsatisfied
Count Karolyi told the assembly
he had sent message to President
Wilson expressing adhere nee to the
presidents principle and protesting
against what he declared were viola
tons of the conditions Of the armis-
tice., He was confidently awaiting the
presidents decision. he added.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
Hawaiian War on Gamblers.

Honolulu, T. H., Dec. tby mail) -
Action by local authorities to break up
the gambling ring which. it is charged,
has flourished among the Orientals
here has resulted in the Indictment Of
eleven Japanese, Chinese and Ha-
waiians. Vigorous action Is pledged to
end gambling in Honolulu.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
BcIeians Enter germany

Paris, Dec. rs (Havas. 1.-THE First
cavalry brigade of Belgian troops
yesterday entered Germany. having
reached Dalsdorf. This announce
inent Is made BY the Belgian war de-
partrnent.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
want 4, BECOME Yanks.

Honolulu, T. H., Dec. 3 (by mail. -
Since signing of the armistice four
teen German subjects residing in the
territory have applied for American
citizenship.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26

Santa Claus is a good old scout, aft
er all. He makes the children happy,
and the older people are happy be-
cause of the joy of the tots.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26

Newborn nations learning to walk
promise to be the chief outdoor sport
in Europe for the next decade or two.