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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

mes Sc convino en- arreglar un gran
bale para ma@Ana domingo.
La fiesta promote ser todo un
acontecimiento social. Los encarga-
dos de organizarla han asegurado
que superara en- esplendor a todas
las de esa indole que ha dado el Ca
(Pasa q Ia 5a. Pag. Col. 2a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25
Son aprehendidos

Del grupo, solo cuatro meXicanos
fueron aprehendidos, habiendo resul-
tsdo ser Jose Anto->J Ponce, Vicente
Lira, Jesus Maria Cerda y Pauline
Sanchez, encontrandose este iltimc
herido en- una pierna, herida causa
da por ma de las balas disparadaS
Dor los soldados americaHas. FL res
to del grupo logro escapar, regre-
sando a territorio meyicano, sin sa
berse jamas quienes fueron.
Los cuatro prisioneros fueron lie
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

Cuatro ciudadanOs meXicanos que
habian sido sentencadcs Sufrlr n
pena de muerte Y que deSde el mes
de JUNO del ano de mil nOvec!entos
dieciSeis Sc encontra ban prISioncroS
en- la carcel del conGadO de Webb. So
hallan va Ell territorio meXicano, a
donde Sc dirigjeron inmediatamente
despues de haber sido puestos en- IL
bertad por las autoridafeS miiitares
dc Laredo, Texas, scgun 10 ref!cre un
despacho recibido aver de Ia mcaclo-
NADIA ciudad fronteriZa.
De .eStns cuatro meXicanOs. asi CO.
nc de - priSiOn Y Ge las cauSaS que
mUtivaron Csta V despues la s"n'ta-
cia a sufrir Ia pena capital, habI0
eli varias veces LA PRENSA, y en-
alguna OCCASION, tamhtN, este peri6-
dico inform6 ampliamente acerca de
las gest!Cnes que Sc hic1eron para re-
cabar fondos, por medic de suScrip-
ci0n publica, para sufragar los gas
tos de los abogadoS GncargadCS de
Ia defensa de los prisioneros.
La historic dc los hechOs
Ell case de los citaGos meXicanOs
esta relacionado, de una manera di-
recta, con uno de los periodicos mas
criticos porque han atsavesado, des-.
pues de Ia caida' del regimen del ge-
neral Huerta, las renuiOnes entire
Mexico Y los Estados Unidos.
Daremos al publico sector una re-
laci0n de los hechos, para que los
corezca en- todos sus detalles.
Tres meses despueS de haberse in
tentado en- territorio del Estad" DE-
Chihuahua Ia fuerZa 'eSpediciOnaria
comandsda por el general John J.
Pershing en- persecution de los auto
res del raid" de Columbus, un pc
queno grupo de meXiGanOs armadOs
Sc p-esento en- Ia linea divisoria por
territorio tamaulipeco. frente al Con-
dado de Zapata, Texas.
En- San Ignacio, un punto perte-
neciente a dicho C0ndado Y situado
junto al Rio Bravo. unas dieZ le-
guas al o:iente de Ia ciudad de La
redo. sc hallaban una ~atrulla de SOL
dados americanos, ejerciendo ALI un
servicio de vigilancia, al igual que
las de,nas fuerzas que el gobierno
habia extendido 10 largo de la Il
nea divisoris para proteger la fronte-
ra.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

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= True tranIati0n file with the
i. postmaster al san Antonio, Texas,
= Oh MAY the 2ith. as required b!
!. the act OF October 6. 1917.
I. /. d !. , {. :. = :. = :. :. II =
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25
In raid" de los mexicanos

En- Ia madrugada dei dia ounce dc
JUNO del ano de mil novecientos die
ciseis, Ia patrulla que hacia servicio
dc figilancia en- el puesto de San 1g-
nscio fue atacada por el grupo de me-
xicanos armados, que habia cruzado
el Rio Bravo durante Ia noche con
todo sigilo.
Ell ataque de Ios( mexicancs di6
por resultado la muerte del cabo
Oberlies, jefe de la patrulla Y de dos
soldados rasos. Dado aviso del he
che I, los jefes de las demas patru-
las cercanas V al jefc del fuerte mi
l!tar de Laredo, Texas Sc librarcn
inmediatas 0rdenes para que sc mo-
v;eran en- persecution de. los asaitan-
tes tantas fuerZas como fuera posi-
bic. 10 cual Sc llev0 q cabo con tanta
celeriiad, que los autores del raid
fueron sorprendidos todavia dentrO
De territorio de los Estados UnidOs.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25
Ouienes fornan la eemisioa.

La comision que esta noche mar
cho a Washington esta formada de
las siguientes personas: Appolinary
Dimitrievitch Semenoffsky, duien des
empen6. durante el regimen de he-
rensky. el cargo de Ainistro Mill
tar &c Comunicaeiones; Coronei
Koch, miembro de Il mission rusa
que envi6 KerenSky los Estados
Unidos principles del ano rasado
Whitney WiShnevietZky, representan-
(pssa 3 la sa. Col. Sa.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25
Soto Ia Marina Sc encuentra
en- poder de los carrancistas
La ocup6 I'm general apellidado Galindo
Sigue disgregandose la faida reyoluci6n cabaIerSta

enemigo habia evacuado las poSicio-
mes que tenia, dejando solo una Pc
quena fuerza que fue IA que SOstu-
vo n igero tiroteo con los carran-
cistaS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25
Presentaron sus planes
al Presidente Wilson
Y al Srio. Baker

destino a la SiberiaSpara de ALI pro-
seguir SUI marcha u Rusia y final
mente hacia las trincheras del fren-
re oriental.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

(Pasa a la Ia. Pag. Col 5s.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

(Pasa q Ia Ia. Pag. Col. 4a.J
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25
TO ADVERTISERS A

We guarantee La PRENSA hes q
larger circulation than any ether
Mexican newspaper il the United
States.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

Compre usted sus libroS en- espanol
q la Casa Editorial Lozano, 11S \.
Santa Rosa Ave-, San Antonio, Tex.
Es la mas barata.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

{Psss 3 Ia Ga. Gel. sa.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-25

(Pasa Ia 5a. Pag. Col. Sa.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
Congratulations, Sir"

take a walk if she wants to? She is
not lost, am sure. She has just taken
a little stroll and will come back
again
1.-THE kid would have died. said
Mr. Rooster. if it hadn't been for the
farmer
"A little goat is always called
kid, just as Mrs. Hens small children
are called chickens.
"'That's it, said Billy Goat. why
should she have worried about Junior,
as l suppose | will call him now, when
she knew the farmer would look after
him?'
1.-The very name he is called said
Mr.. Rooster. Every creature in the
barnyard has been calling him Billy
Goat Junior. Doesn't that make you
proud?
lin not conceited,' said Billy Goat.
"'That would not be conceit,' said
Mr.. Rooster.
why notF asked Billy.
at would simply be parents
natural pride
AZ haven't got it-sorry.' said Billy
| Goat, and he started TO walk off.
"'You are very heartless,' said Mr..
Rooster.
But he saw it was useless to talk
to Billy, so he wandered back to tell
the hens all about his talk.
Mrs. White Hen had just returned
! from a chat she had had with Mrs.
Billy Goat, who had come back to the
| barnyard and who hadn't been able to
recognize her own child.
What do you suppose she said to
me-? asked Mrs. White Hen.
"The hens, rooSters and chickens
standing around clucked and crowed.
eve haven't the slightest idea.
What did She say to you"
"'She said continued Mrs. White
Hen in an excited tone, that she didn't
care whether she Lad left Junior or
not Someone would look after him
most likely the farmer
"'Just what Billy Goat told me- said
Mr. Rooster.
"'But / asked her if she was not
afraid that such Il thing would not
happen. Just imagine, tried to eX
plain to her, if the farmer should dc
eide TO wander off when you did.
"'She didn't seem to think much OF
such an idea. She was too calm fol
words. She Just thought that every
thing would turn out ali right. some
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
Greene's Attitude.

(RandoiIh Herald and News)
1t is noticeable that most of the Yer
mont newspapers that support prohibi-
ton from principle criticise Representa-
tive Greene for voting against the fed
cral amendment, while practically all
that oppose it approve of his course
Yet as we unders GOOD Mr. Greene s state
mcnt in explanation he took no ground
on the underlying issue but based his
objection Oh grounds of constitutional
policy, especially the danger of Great
ing a precedent that i'll years to come
would open the door to all sorts Of in
weston Of state and local self-goyern-
ment; and the absence of sufficient rca-
son for such a move, since every state
can have bonedry prohibition that
want il and can he protected through
eZiting federal law in its undisturbetl
enjoyment; and the further reason that
even if nation wide prohibition is de-
asred an amendment giving the people
a chance to vote it in and to vote il
out again if i proves unsatisfactory
IN q faircr method than to clamp on
constitutional prohibition practically
beyond recall. Mr.. Greene sought To
, ~ ply 70 this question the same tests as
he would to others involving the same
fundamental issues
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
DADDSEv[N[N(
KRY TALL az
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER
GOAT LEAVES CHILD.

Mrs. Billy Goat" commenced Dad
dy, had walked off and left her child,
Billy Goat Junior
ITO be sure Billy Goat Junior had
not suffered, because the farmer had
looked after him and he was fast
growing into q nice goat.
Mr.. Rooster went up to Juniors
father one day not long after he had
seen the young goat in the barnyard
and said:
Congratulations sir!'
"What about? asked Billy Goat.
az hear that you've q fine son. and
that Mrs. Billy Goat is unfortunately
lost. l have heard that she wandered
Off in search of some special food she
wanted and that she has not come
back
Dear me, dear me- said Billy
Goat. I'm sure / didn't know / had a
son.
You didn't know it" crowed Mr..
Rooster. What an unnatural father
you are
"Mrs. Billy Goat is just as unnatur-
nj mother as | am father said
Billy.
Nov you are puzzling me- said
Mr.. Rooster.
"Why should she bother about her
child? asked Billy Goat. Cant she
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05

The straits which some cities have
reached in the matter Of coal supply is
shown by the action which is being CON
sdered in Hartford, Conn. Through the
assistance of the police department it is
planned to gather information as to
the stock of coal which families have
in their cellars with a view to prevent
ing boarding. Before coal is delivered
to anyone the fuel committee Will sat
isfy itself by investigation that the
person who ordered it has not got a
supply ON hand. AT least one Hartford
coal dealer believes the situation has
reached a point where such espionage
is necessary if the city is to see that
coal does not 90 where it is not needed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05

business OF the year and forecasts of
the future from eminent financial au-
thorities all over the land. One of the
most concise and timely replies come
from Bernard \. Baruch, who wrote:
There is only one business and that
is the winning of the war. If this coun-
try cannot mobilize its men and re
sources quickly, it will be an evidence
that our much-dierussed prosperity is
based more upon the great natural ad-
vantages which we enjoy than upon
our ability to handle them in compcti-
ton. The ease with which we mobilize
for war will also be a measure Of the
ease with which we dcmobilize for
peace. If one must think in terms of
business, after the war the country
which can demobilizc quickest will have
decided advantage over the others
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
Nothing Left to Shave.

Recently an esteemed citizen dropped i'll
to a tonsorlal establishment to have his
alfalfa rcaped, and being somewhat weary
nc soon fell asleep. For some minutes the
barber made valiant attempts to proceed.
but finally he paused and gently shoot,
the man in the chair.
Excuse me, sir" he said, "but would
yon mind coming ont Of your trance for
q little while, | lind it impossible to
shave You while you are asleep.
Impossible to shave me while | am
asleep. responded the customer, won
deringly. Why it it impossible"
Because, explained the barber as
softly as possible, when You fall into
slmnber your mouth opens so wide that |
cannot find your face Dayton (OD
News
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
a Limping Service.
[ Fitchhuro Sentinel J

llIttH'uiS H'ItiHNl.J
Realizing that rrotests against a
miserable postal service are quite like
~ futile and more apt than not to he
followed by even worse conditions, if
such thing is possible, expressions of
discomfort must occasionally be made
to avoid actual explosion. One might
almost @9v there is no service at all
when compared with days in the past,
but this would not be quite true. A let
ter mailed q few miles away from
Fitchhurg will reach its objective here
if given time enough, but that time
should not be estimated at less than
p hours unless disappointment is in
vited.
One long ago abandoned hope of
ever getting Il newspaper on time, and
considers il bit of rare good luck to
get one less than two days old if the
city Of publication is 80 miles away.
This state of things causes no more
than = duh wonder as to how the post
ri service manages regularly to be so
deficient. 1t does not stir anger as it
once did. But it il longer process
that enc undergoeS to become hardenr |
to tho non-arrivai of letters wnicn are
known through wire communication to
have been sent at certain hour from
Il point less than 10 miles away and
which must travel over half OF New
England TO consume so much time in
arriving at their destination.
Conditions incident to Il country be
ing at war cannot account for it ALL
| Were this true, the average person
would accept ii all as a part Of the
/ price to be paid for freedom. There is
| something radically wrong somewhere
aud someone in Washington ought to
get to the seat of the trouble. 1t is q
widely disseminated fact that there is
/ friction between Postmaster General
/ Burleson and the rank and file Of the
postoflice department. This friction
arises from the fact that the postmas-
| ter general and some of the leaders
/ among the rank and file differ as to
who shall run the department, and Mr.
! Burleson plainly stated few weeks
ago III his annual report to congress
tAat the organizations among the clerks
and carriers were serious drag on eff
/ tcltacy. The clerks and carriers arc
as free III stating their position, which
briefly, is that Mr. BurlesOn Is the drag
because he does not accede to their re
quests for better conditions as to pay
Where the point Of liability lies be
tween these two positions, it is plainly
evident that the department is disor
gained and is getting worse and worse
; all the time. Without at least som,
pride i'll service, there will not be eff
], licicucy, IN the postal department 0
anywhere else. Even if big maiorit,
Of the men in the department seek +
meet all the tasks that come up t
: them, few slackers can neutralize til
whole thing and turn the machine int
, hmping vehicle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
SATURDAY, JANUARY >, 1915.
FIRE LOSSES IN 1917.

Fire losses in the United States and
Canada during thc wear Just ended. ac
cording to the rccosds Of the New York
journal of Commerce, amounted to
.2G7.273.lio. the heaviest in any year
90 the history OF the country exeept
1906, when the great confederation
which followed the san Francisco earth
quake wellcd the total to 4l50.71o.o0o.
The record for 1917 is nearly $50 900,
oo0 in excess of that for 1916. and over
t'o,ooo,oo0 larger than for 1915. Last
months losses amounted to $50. $50 300.
as compared with 81, oG3 ,325 for De
cembor, 1916. and with 420,s77.Io0 for
December. 1919
The war has been a contributing fac
tor in last year 5 large losses. Fire de
stroyed a considerable number of plants
engaged in the manufacture of war mu-
nitions, the notable munition plant losses
including the Canadian Car & Foundry s
plant at Kingsland, y. j., involving a
loss Of #l2,000,b00; the Du Pont powder
plant At Haskell y. j., causing 81 300
coo loss; the munition plant of the
/ Union Switch < Signal company at
Pittsburg. causing a loss of $5,20o.0O0
and the Washburn Wire Works at New
York city, with loss of S1.10o,0o0
In some Of these eases where the
heaviest losses occurred there was lit,
+. tie or no insurance against fire, which
was fortmat" for the insurance com
panics. These figures which the Journa
of Commerce gives should command at
tcntion and induce some measure Of re
form:
The aggregate fire waste OF the Unit
ed States and Canada during the pas
80 years, from ISIS to 1917. inclusive
reached the appalling total Of So, $50,
2G7 ,5Ga. showing an annual average
property destruction Of $lG2 ,0o6,6s9. |
| is generally conceded by those VIII
| make study of fire loss causes that fuI
! II So per cent Of the fires Of this cour
! try are dino to prevontable causes. o
/ this basis Of calculation the preventabl
! fire losses of the country during tn
/ past 40 years reached the total o
\ S4,2l2, l73,900.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05

More than eighty-one per cent Of
1876 soldiers at Camp Dcvens We're
found by f. j. Bliss of Boston to be
wearing shoes from one-half to three
and one-half sizes too short for them,
Mr. Bliss testified recently before the
senate committee on military affairs.
The witness, telling of his efforts to
introduce Il footmeasuring device, said
he had submitted certain information
to the quartermaster general 5 depart
ment three times in writing and five
times orally, and sometimes thought
that trying to tell the war department
anything was like shoveling smoke
against the wind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05

how. and she wouldn't worry about
anything.
Dreadful, dreadful clucked the
hens.
"'Fancy treating our turkey chill
dren in such way gobbled Mr.. and
Mrs. Turkey.
"'Well, sometimes l might be Will
ing to eat mine up said Mrs. Pig.
"'Another unnatural mother, SAID
Mr.. Rooster. We'll, the only thing
that can be said is that Mrs. Pig is too
selfish to care about her little ones
and the goats too like their FAMILY
name-stupid-to care about a nice
young kid like Billy Goat Junior
"And the turkey mothers and hens
all agreed"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05

The secretary of state issued 20,3G6
motor-car licenses in Vermont dur
ing 1917. In 1916 this represented near
~ S365,000 in real money, which is prac-
ticallv handed over to the state high
way commissioner III a lump, TO be cx-
pended in bodybuilding wherever he
thinks best. One of the most urgent
needs of our state system is board of
oversight and audit for such large
amounts as this Rutland
Herald.
Sooner or later Vermont will wake up
to the fact that its highway department
is conducted on a slipshod, inefficient
basis, and that this state, spending less
on roads than any of its nci2hbors, is
getting far less than it should for what
it does spend
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
Back Door Propaganda
By Margaret Widdemer of
The Nigilantes.

He came to the side door to get the
man of the house 5 clothes for pressing.
Ach, it s cold,' he began as he
came inside to wait for them. "And
those poor soldiers, not room enough for
them at the fort, They must be cold.
am sorry for them.
Then we asked him what he would
charge for pressing a frock. and he told
his price After a spirited debate as
to it reasonabLgness he went back to
the war
II see by the papers this morning
That they are going TO raise the age
Of drafting nj TO take men from thirty
seven to tfty,' he said. "Tbat is not
reasonable, nc. ! am a good American
| citizen, bat see that that is wrong.
woall net mind fortv-fve, but II is
al wrong to take POOR old men of fif-
ty.
We told him he had seen it all wrong
that the American government hash I
anything like exhausted its first draft
vet, anG wouldn t take men Of fifty
| anyway. IL was unimpressible to rea-
son.
It was IL the paper he insisted
They viii take them to fifty. 1t is
wrong Of the government.
No cXplanatiCns-not even severity
-availed. lie went off to drop the
same interesting item at the next house,
where the dwelers. may have been
easier Of belief lie had a strong Ger
man accent.
The next visitor happened to be the
meat-maH-for even i'll these parlous
day. one must have meat once in
awhile, ANA this man was the most rea-
sonapie grocer and butcher in town.
r lie, too, stopped a moment to get
warm and wait for his money.
If this war were only overt" he
iamented. Wars is wrong. / have
worked ali my life here in America. |
am good American citizen. | have
buiiI up good business, my wife and
g | nave worked hard. And prices are
50 5ad-so bad | scarcely keep NV
head above water The government
f got lis into this war We ouobt 10
: make leace. is the government for
lirh folks.
Here we lost our tempers. The meat
man Che too had a German accent and
: was born, he confessed, in Prussia) was
: meek Int inSistent The war was
Q wrong. The government could make
peace il it wanted to. And he went
of to say the same next door.
Thank heaven, the egg man is an
American, even if he does charge what
; ne charges. tie said nothing about the
war.
But do You notice the insidiousness
7 of il all? Every German-born citizen
;, apparently. considers It a sacred duty
a to do what he can for Germany as hc
|. goes industriously about his daily tasks
They don't say anything bad enough
g 70 report. They simply keep up then
! constant dropping-the chore-man, The
4 shoe maker, the baker, the candlesticb
maker every German Of that class like
trained chorus. And they have more
chance t. he etlcctuaI than their more
highly situated brothers, simply be
/ cause they are around all the time. Ii
would Dc funny if il werent 50 real.
The back-door propaganda is eoins
steadily On, unropcaed by notice II
y lsl I funny. It's dangerous.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
Little Benny's
Note Book
Ry III pApE
The Park Ave. News.
By LEE PAPE

4
Weather Fellows going to sllool 50
fast YOU mite think they RELY wunt
ca to, on account of cold feet.
SFoarts. Last Thersdaya in skoe4 he
roy Shooster and I'd Wernick had a
contest leeving marbles roll down their
desks to see witch one Miss Kitty wood
sleek to terSt, witch sne spoke TO lie
70. Shuoster vile his 9TH marble was
rolling down, making him stay a hour
after skool.
Almost Bit by Horse Artie Alix
andcr was giving a apple core TO a
horse last Toozday, jest taking his
hand away in time.
Sia5iety Notes. Mr.. Sid Hunt was
siitely i'll last week, going GROUND witn
one finger tied up on account OF squecl-
ing il in door, wich if it had bin his
neck insted Of his finger he wood prob
eriy of had to of went to a hosrit
til. Wen Mr.. Lew Davis
wunts half of sumthing you're eating
he invites YOU TO his next berthday
party, witch has berthday is munths
of yet.
Pome b. Skinny Martin.
No Last Name.
\ bakery wagon horse
lNcaped frum the stable,
Proberly being a lady horse
Bceau,r the driver yelled, Wo Mabel.
lItristin9 Facks About Intristing
People sam Cross has mole on his
stummick. witch its Supposed to be good
luck, Sam Cross hardly ever having a
atummick AXE.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
Unfair to Rowland.
Randolph Herald and Ne

(Randolph Herald and News
During the dull political season il is
a pastime Of the newspapers to men
dates for hubble office, generally with
cut the knowledge or authority of the
parties mentioned. in instance of this
recently is the suggestion Of Hon. F.
A. Rowland Of Montpelier as candi
date for governor and also United
States "nator. It is quite generally
agreed that Mr.. Rowland would cred
itab!v I'LL either office. However, nc
hash I the slightest notion of running
for either place, and does not want
the War Savings campaign, of which
he ha9 charge in Vermont, to be ham
rereA by any suspicion of politics a.
taching