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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16

huitItud Ge personals me iianan
hruIo. p0r IL simple r2zoR de que no
eonPreaden mis- SImpieS, zero elecil-
Q mstOSGS Ce cETar :. u.staucia s:n
eI uso de EsqiciaaS. 1lros diGen cue
soy ulU Ct JaltUS CEaTiatancS Cue
surcan ei cl7uuSntc. ZERO ninsun2
Ce SSt2S p~SI-GnsS t."asu> Una Legal y
!Qsuflc2GS y4GIG. tvugC sn MI Isose-
sion mnumerahIss testimonies &C pa.
cicuteS agra6CcicuSs ptTS0paS cclSS-
Satiyas y h~Urr2das, que estar p=nR-
6elanIe de EutSrIaads, cOMpetsEsSS,
las lara GaF un2 GeclcTacIOR JuEaa
2segaTandO que las pSJS0.as que 81
gan MIs InStrGcc.OEeS CUIsSlo> he
oucna &C, No solo Pu2dcn allSIaI AS
Intermediates. pero cCESerySr Su sa-
iGC iSSpaeS de aG,IUiriGa, estaS per-
Z SoS residences de ESt2doS I'M
dos y Ae>icC vecInCs Gc aiguao-
&c IDS, prcgEnsstes G~!SaCtaiEecJz M
' nay que zteSugu@F CuG TIGertUs- 81
afbOl st Conocc por su lruto, "a c.aru
vsran que ~ SOY br1lo nj HE ayaaA
e 1Iablo; aGnqGe tFato emf erms 6ades
de toda nIIGraieza. Iii trahaIo Sc a5-
81 en- principles i0glCuS y H~ar1ra.eS :
Il fiicsofia de ~iyIC Ell los ~coaScia1iea-
tes qEe teRgamcS dc nEesi-a setsai
eNIstencia y SUI proPoSito- Nj mas
yrande deseo es ayUGar 4 aqueioS
cre quieraR ser aya6aGos Y servir =
Dies. No s. 2eien epSaazr; nc pa
ruen su Ginsro 4 personals sin esc;u-
euic Que IcscaradsmeAtc pretend>a
o. ~ Professor u. {. MARTINEZ dc Lon
Angeles. California. 70 estoy esta-
hlecido en- esta ) cuaGdo saIga Is
hare saber al public en- mis- .nuncfos.
Prof. -. (. MARTINEZ,
Poderoso SansdGT.
! 1875 s. Spring Street
Los Angeles, Cali, cTuia-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
PERMISOS PARA FINCAR

F. Baca. para const.Tr Una caba-
l,eriza en- 1855 Wall. Miss Laura
Thomas. rara INA cabai!eriza Ell go
Marshall: Green Davidson. para ha-
-er variaS compostureS i la casa l3S
". Houston: Enrique Hernandez. pa
a una casa dc tres cuartoS en- 2436
Guadalupe; John Peters para cerrar
, ga!eria de Ia ASA So W. Ccntcrs
W.P. Riebc, para mover la cas 2307
Buena Vista; Iss1el Marquee, variaS
composuras d Ia casa 244 Speed.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
iCUIDADO!!

r...v~ .~-au-n.~ 1Ja-N!1 - .oCg M sis
.cms p ran.--3~-ri= 90 arp larra "n:c-re-
lad S-, c,:sua-o. Esaaa n"sy,o-c. d'y"'do.
.,n~.sr.--7ea.r es:aba sIt-;saG" eonS:Pados
.rr.gs.r.n. F-I s,clG.Io as sHOs FaF
d.fr-cafrs ?~uy-irv> casa:r t"ca is=s O. '"s-
a.ca-.. g,c. acci;e,. 1i.do n. c:e. "-s me
f-ra-cu ;@r,r c, e:oa'a=u cue - T." -o@iI nj
u.-. :..,.~ ores n"d:-,r@>- IN "rti'c"
IL .,;o .p!u cen una oac-ac;on poG.a H4c'iar
.--zgc. Como ~l;.no rccvrsn rccutri = As
<a;n. Bernard Herb : ne fortuna a las
.e- -amanaS de c9ma7.2, cmpccr a Seutir "a
.sc;s-.=. POGO acs3Gr, ne sen:i nnuy neJ9r2-
r., , = :, t.-,L -oZn o.. ocricC,s lad. NJ
ANTI .. raa-u.s.co ) - genera! "r "acu1n-
z,c,U.inslcs Da- e. rs:6z-aso sam: Ter
ra-t- Errrs' :o@rarga ri absoI"ta mr-o-'a.
=; u. ,is~c lie cualgI.esa enF5-ncdaj del
Tonnage. h:-cdo. rinGa a. intestine. inC're~-
-:,-. c,....aad,-. ac:jrz. a,:mcnto- "g"i"S Y
no ,~..:criae@ aar oca-tona" nal a-jer;o. reSa-
a.. dole dc cabcla O .soait&. do,2rcS dc c.
L5.aa-c. n.ole=;ias dc iaS ,.' us:ra~i&~. ""-
-. ale....CcS d. - ~c.o--s. ficS-e. 9'ei con
e-1rcs Sc ga, c-gpcio:.c>. -. tome Sal2i
R~razrG's Stomach Herbs, y"rha, Hacd;sina.cs
4, Sa:a: Esraard. E una ncdicic' inofcn-
-.y= rac imu', cI s's;cTa ic '"ia in?Urcza
y .cql:..z a an=rc. A>eadai'c al 7.iadar,
SIC ape como II tc. IL. pAcdc ~doui"ir g
"a -erh1s dc yl.or iucs.;aIauie. en- .Ns ia~sii-
a;-c- Ssin- bernard. Saint BERNARD G=rdors.
SpS Common =. Nev Orleans, Ia. 81 areclo
- d. 500 n2uuets. 81 ~uai C d--a-% a.Eu0cs
ncse-. aaga Iii. IA rraeb~ dc,de jgcEo. /"
6evo.~c-canos 81 L:2c.o 80. $50 Z cue macs
~ medi,:ra 10 .e de G- 80 >.t=sfac:ge.os
-c--.;46os.
G4ieSc Ud.je ri co&scso y cy.:c :! Voma- -
.es. nil5oras. acei;cs . o.!a5 troSs- "cacao-2-
Nc ql;tan = rauss dc "A cnic-ned1d. s,nc So
-znertc obi.-sG a mover 10 .7-cSunoE- g
,rsu,o IA antigua c0.c7mclsG rc-rarc-c PEG
agc . cuc-Co sea r-:9zc1z-io ? co:..ac. cCs!-
zsly a=aeaudc, ls d2aa7 c. cs;S=aaSc deb
E.tn q. general tcdos - =-i5cc=1a- S.e@uErc
I'D. = cuaiquie- Go-5o- = coRtestara. Que
q ys.aas meG;c:Eales de Saint Bernard para
81 -tomaGo. no Gentlemen r.nG,.as sustaaci=
laaosa. sinu so,SMcI;c ye-Eas -aiu-a!es Tlc
-,sa nrcuieGzdss u,ndiciaa'cs ) lIs,nSs soE
af ,,,uta14en;e iuoTeas.vas. La =rrhSs mea;-
cips,e. d. Saint Scrnari. sou esenci7leS para
cu-ar c~ualqUier enteruiadGd- L~.iupiaH c. siste-
~ de tcdz impurecS. secOaiurtaa L. saHGzc
V ,~cnisican To- urqaros dj=estjvoS. hacienda
oac 81 cuc-po sea rcfracTario ? eot-acr cual-
c.5-g c~rfcrme,!ad. En- TODD ho=a- dcbcn C
Ecrs~ = "a 8aano. Ady.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
RoRo A UN ESTABLECIMIENTo.

Ayer 4 los dos Y media de la
Mariana tres individuos que, seguH
c deer ie una seNora cue los VIC.
vestian uniform2s mi.!tarcs. por 10
Il sc presume Que eran soldados,
Sc introd1jeron al e=tahlecinieato CO.
n1erc;al, situado en- la Gale De New
Braunfers nimero 1918. h&biendo.
Para clio. rOto Ia cerradura.
Segia parece los 'adrores no Sc
Iley2ron mas que On buen numero de
paGuetes dc cigarros. no hab;endc
sesaramcHte tenido tempo de llevar-
Sc mas porquc Sc p~resumieron que
IA policia sc scercaba.
Fl asurto ha sido consiCnado a la
Pclicia Militar.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
GREECE LA INFLUENZA EN- Ell
CAMPO MAERY.

La epidemic dc la Influenza que,
como aver d;j!mos, reaparecio en- e.
campo miiitar Mahry. situado en- las
~ccrcanias de Austin, segdn los infor,
mes oue aver sc ~recibiaron en- asta
ciadad sicue Ell aumento, h~abiendosc
dado aye" setenta Y nueve caSos
mas de csta enfermedad.
Segun expresan los mismos infor-
mes la cnfermedad esra atacando uni
camente a las t-opas Que reclentc-
mente llegaron dc otroS Estados don
dc la influenza no sc hab!a dcsarro-
llado.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
Sc REGkLA a LA CIUDAD
UN LAGO.

Con motive de cue e. iago del
end, es "a dc "a propiedad dc
la ciudad. pcr habcr sido c7dido re-
c;cntcmcnte por sus propictarios. e.
MAJOR Sam {. Bell tiene en- proyccto
hacc~ &c aquel un uevo parquc. pa
IA 10 cuai pondr& pr5Ximamcnte a
Il consideration de los C~omisicnadoS
81 acordicionamien.o de, !ago con
81 objeto que Sc indic&.
BESIDE lucgo. e. mismo Mayor de
= ciIdad ha p-ohihido ia pesca en- e.
yitado lago. la cual Ell 10 successive
podr& hacercc con germiso especial
dc las oficinas del senior Be-.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
INF0RMACION LOCAL
cyATRo vICIosos ARREsTADoS

Cuatro theron las PERSONS que "a
Escuad~a Contra e %icio arrest" IA
ncche del ;.eve= Il vi@rncs. es-ando
todas c''as acuSadaS dc ~vio.aclon a
los a~-tlcIios ; = i del Reg.amento
de Poiicia. Ne los arrcst2dos mo rue
mU,saGo con veint:cinco pesos. otro
quedo pcadiente de irvestiCGclones '
los dos -estantes fueron conslgnadoS
a "a Policia Militar.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
ALLECIMIENTOS

En- la ciudad dc Piedras Nesras.
Coahuila. faileci6. q dia - del pre-
Scrte mes, d Ia eddad de SO amos. el
senior Eduardo Flores. padre p~olitico
del scHor Leandro Lopez. empleado
de los t~a!leras de este ~reri0dico.
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n

F. senior Carlos B. Spencer. CO.
conocido comerciante dc IA T~ohlac'on
&c Preside. Texas. fallecio c. dla
echo de! actual er a p~chlacion de
Alpine. del mismo E$tado.
Fl senior Spence: ha5ia lido a Al
y:rc COT {; c5icto DC curar7c DC Ia
anfe-mcdaG ace = a~oGsiaba : ALI
cncontr6 e. fin Dc GlaS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
SESSION DEL CLUB DE HISTORIA

e. Club DE- Historic cc!ebro aver
una reunion en- e. hote, Guntcr. a
las dos Y media DC Ia tarde, trat2n-
do a~slntos dc intercs para Ia mlsma
agupac;on Y leyendosc algunos i'm
portsntes trabajos de los socios.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16

En- Ia ciudad dc Monterrey dejo de
cXistir. I Ia edad DE- noventa amos,
a sonora Nictoriana CorteZ Vida. dc
Reyna. abuela de- professor de Mi
sica Gabino Cal1cr6n. radicado en-
csSa ciudad.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16

cual Sc trascribe otro de Berlin.
Las tropas a!emanas en- Varsovla
han sido d~esarmadas Y arrestadas, y
10 mismo sc hara con muchos de los
civiles alemancS Gil la capital po.aca,
especialmente aquellos que desem-
pcnaron ruestoS publicos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
TAMBIEN ESTA
SIEND0 EVACUADA

lONpRES. Nov:embrc 15.-El
ejercito aleman ha cmpezado va a
evacuaci"n general dc F~olonia. &C.
gin dice I'm dcspacho dc Copenba-
que reclbido CT es;a capital. en- cl
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
VISTA.

Rec;bimos aver la de- los senores
Jose c. Encinas Y Rafael r. Montijo,
de Tucson. .Ariz.. Q~uienes Sc L
tran en- ci Cuerpo de Transportes. en-
el Fuerte Sam Houston
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
Registro Civil
MATRIMONIOS

Mariana A. Herrera Y Maria ole
dad RANGE.
Marcos Abrego Y Maria hnri-
quez.
Vicente CarGclaS ) Luisa JuareZ.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-16
LA ULTIMA INFENCIONi
no MAS RASPApURtS EN- SIS
nTSFHS

listed purds tccsr .uzecs cue 20 hsyaT $50
do !ura0tc irs. aEo- con --Jo pcGUcnV us
t-uzentc. e. ,onid" -sra ran dU'co ,laro
como q que produce e~Is}7uirs disco Uucvo.
Este SEaDSiosJ 'rst-I---G-u 60 r1us-,a ln--
.-nt,ncan1cnte 70 r~..ri-ai-- r,as- dN 'ru-.rg-
10 o ~victruiz. I'm ~iuC ur:=ie ro.orI- czfr w.
pTcdurtc- 81 an Instant CEda aptTsEu Sc
~. i.-.-mc--rne- - 49, - .---.L -- =. -
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

highly seasoned news to reprehensihle
type of journalism to which he contributed
10000 words daily before he was rcren-
Grated The style was bizarre It aimed at
shock rather than sense. If it were ro.
spectacle 1t was miserable. It cannot he
denatured without being dcfunct, decent
without being dead. It's brilliancy is the
glow of putrescence. It shines with the
htful gllmmer of decay like the phospho-
rescence of deceased Ash. There is in
such newspaper no binding force for civil
society. In peace it is pestience, in war
skulklng menace. The dissolution of tho
Ties OF stable government is its purpose and
revolution its goal. 1t grazes the line be-
tween the masterpieces of Ben Jonson, Joe
Miller and Tobias Smollett's adventures of
an Atom" 1t is specous and insincere
shallow and coarse, and bears the same re-
latlon to the legitimate public press that
Rabelais does to decent literature save the
french humorlst is redeemed with wit and
philosophy, and the yellow lepers of jour
halsm have neither. Such illegitmate Off
spring OF perverted press instinctivclv
revlle stability and the great foundation
stones of institutional liberty quarried bv
the solemn experience of mankind from the
elemental deeps of eternal things 1t wages
continual war with common sense and rails
at laws. human or divine. All the safe
guards embodied in the shelterinp head
lands of civil liberty are denounced as
CHAINS on the common people. Such news
paper is daily rattle of imaginary chains.
The editor who can clank the chains the
ioudest is paid the highest. Trotzky is the
finished product of that school, and his
government the seething gulf into which
the American people are invited to plunge.
Creel now appears as the great luminary
to scatter the darkness he and his kind have
created. The aboriginal freebooters of de-
based Journalism rebuking the spirits
they called from the vastly deep at 81 $50. 600
annually They remind me of the thrifty
genius who kept kennel of wolves in the
brush and bred them so he could collect
the bounty paid by the county on their
scalps. The bane and antidote are discov-
cred on the same payroll, presided over by
saffron swashbucklcr of former days. A
mental discharge of 10000 words per work
ing day in the rarefed atmosphere of the
Rocky Mountains eXhilarated the imagina-
tion and brought on a verbal looseness
which makes it imprudent for Mr. Creel to
appear before an audience. We have his
own words for it in this hearing, to wit, of
the condition of affairs in Denver when he
wrote the editorials inserted in "The Record"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Fighting Fit

"TNHIs is professionals, not an am
ateur's, war;" says Samuel Hon
klns Adams in an article in the current
number of "Collier's." And
professional soldiers. are not formed bv
natural aptitude alone and without ardu
Gus training, any more than professional
'loihlsts or professional boxers are Upon
TINS rigorous theory of professionalism
down to the last detail our present armv
system is built. 1t aims to scour the
country for the tittest men, and then make
them twice as fit as they were Such is the
al-important Job of our army cantonments.
perhaps the finest, best-manned, and best
equipped human repair shops ever in opcr-
alton"
Mr.. Adams describes in detail the man
ner in which Uncle Sam goes about get
ting "nine-tenths'' Of the best profess
slonal talent in the country into his ser
vice, and quotes physician of national
reputation as having said:
when you hear complaints about minor
faults in the military hospitals, remember
th!s: There isn't a cantonment of the lot
whore the common soldier not only can
D"t must receive mcdlcal attention of a
quality available only to millionaire in
civil life'
A visit to one of the cantonments
evokes from the writer the following sip-
nlficant comparison:
From sanitary and hygienic point of
view 1t IS neither the best nor the worst
OF the camps, but about at the AVERAGE
AS our motor car approaches it, and the
barracks rise into view, | find mvself
snlning the breeze suspiciously. Subcon-
sclous. memory has reverted to the last
military camp with which was on terms
OF intimacy, Camp Wyckoff, the returned
mems hospital of the Spanish-American
War, and | recall the not precisely rose
scented atmosphere of that place and the
classic directions for finding one partic
ularly insantary regiment:
Follow your nose till you have to hold
it,
"ln this present cantonment such a repi
ment would be in a condition of permanent
arrest. The breeze which blows to meet
us here might have come across leagues of
prairie, for all the taint there is in it,"
Telling of the remarkable precautions
taken against the slightest suspicion of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Saving a Million
Soldiers

WE HAVE all heard, and often, that
w various things are going to win the
war-ships, food, guns, airplanes and
machinery, but Cleveland Moffett, writ
ing in the July "McClure's,' says:
"No, money is necessary, material advan-
taees are necessary; but, other things be-
ing reasonably equal, it is men that viii
win this war or not win it. Men behind
the guns! On the ships In the trenches!
And at home! If they are the right kind
of men with the right kind of commanders
and organizers they will win, though
heavily handicapped by conditions, because
they will compel conditions, as has hap
pened in history thousand times If they
are the wrong kind Of men they will lose,
though all skies smile upon them, because
they will deserve to lose.
Applying this to America let us con-
slider what manner of men we are. Let US
take honest account of our faults and
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Making q Sunday School
AVA Hero of Don |uan

W. Creel has noted with deep anxiety
licences ", Of degeneracy among the canaille.
lucy clamor for love scenes that would
maze Don Juan look like q Sunday school
nero. distinct yearning among the prole-
'@f'a' Tor sensational matter of pro-
HOuhced chrome yellow has nearly pros
rated Mr. Creel. Nothing has so disturbed
u''H save his discovery few years ago that
'ne origin of our Federal Constitution was
co alsreputable as to make him think it
0"e"' to be abolished by direct action,
automatic, pure democracy, similar to the
'"e russia is now enjoying
oone Is, 1918, in the House appropriations
S"'-committee hearings, which | have, on
page iol, he still thought So An opportu-
10y iof reform was given him by indulgent
4-en'oefs OF the committee, but he declined
v embrace it and avowed heartily that he
vas seill OF the same opinion
me statute OF limitations he has set up
~saihs' offences seven years old has not vet
,u' against his June, 1918, statement Any
Ao~' whether it has or not, the conversion
NreeI INTO an essential pillar of stable
government makes the resurrection of Laza
.1' seem commonplace. His early enthusi-
@S'''s nave been modified but not his views
'"e constitution. He has only modified
A's forms of expression, he SAYS. Mr.. Creel
attributes the morbid appetite for
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
They Went to Creel,
i Imploring

Our government was framed behind locked
doors by rich men who despised the masses.
to preserve aristocratic privilege. The
whole scheme was a conspiracy against the
people to rivet chains on their necks. They
were implored by Creel six years ago to
rise and smash this insufferable tyranny.
If it were true then, it is true now. If it
were false then, it is unspeakably vicious
and depraved now. A man who will say il
now is a civic leper and under recently en-
acted laws a potential felon The only
mitigation offered is that it is campaign
extravaganza, local temperament and So
phomoric periods. He regrets his phrasing
modified his form Of expression. 1t was too
hectic for lower attitudes than Denver In
stead of screaming, conversational tones and
a more didactic style are now recommended;
maybe the official elocutionist did some
good. lower pitch and denatured epihets
do not purge him of principles which he
AYERS stoutly he still believes 1t is I'M
possible to resist the conviction tdat if
Creel were not on the payroll he would be
going out of one vociferous spasm into an
other emitting 10000 words of crimson
baderdash per day or be in the custody of
the Department of Justice
The senior Senator from Idaho (Mr.
Borah) called my attention TO the most sim
gular composition ever produced from of
fetal sources. 1t had escaped my attention.
The Senate is indebted to him for my COM
ment on it.
The latest exploit of this public function
ary is special feature service article July
7, 1918. From proof sheets we learn it was
sent out by the committee on pitiless pub
licity, or, rather, public information. The
style and familiar nausea remind a Western
man from the Wabash region of overin-
duigence in pawpaws. 1t Identifies unmis-
takably the toad-eater whence it came.
There is no use in having anybodys name
to it. The subject matter and style identify
it completely. The subject is the Secretary
OF War; His wearing apparel, his gait, how
his brain functions, his manner of saying
'yes' or mo-" of making a complete tour of
the brcwn davenports lining the wall Of his
cutter office. giving to each occupant a sue
clnct judicial answer, are minutelv sketched
Without warning the startling information
that he thinks clearly under all ci-cum
stances and is never ambiguous is hurtled
out to an astonshed world
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

blow up the Kaiser's whole feet of marine
pests! He restrained himself to one sub
marine and strewing the sea with wreckage
and oil, so one could have something for
his imagination to work on.
What igh-horsepower expression is
worth is shown by details generated In his
superheated fancy Aboard e warship ac-
companying tho fleet was a prosaic Asso-
ciated Press correspondent, who was unable
to see or to hear any of the engagement.
He persisted in wiring that the whole story
was myth. 1t was, to be euphonous about
it, an artistic elaboration, is the way it was
explained in the hearings
The apocrypha tale that the government
could have put rifle in the hands Of every
soldier as he entered camp emanatel from
the same wellspring of veracity who would
have charge of the distribution Of all human
Information if this joint resolution were
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

sky; | find that thoughtful precaution in
the hearings as 60 back to that time and
pcruse 1t. One thing 1t has netted us, Mr.
President, at least--it has enriched our
vocabulary with new word. Munchausen
is stale and vapid. Strunsky tunes things
up with refreshing variety that falls upon
the ear with indescribable euphony. Creel
admitted before the committee that one air
plane had actually been shipped. This was
much better foundation for most Of his
information than usual that the committee
ard everybody else felt relieved that he got
SO near the truth.
Then came the Won Igel revelations. which
we've given him to prepare copy for publica-
tion. His handiwork relating to Holland
brought an instant and indignant protest
from the Netherlands minister in this city.
Diplomatic matters in an undigested state.
it is noticeable, have not been referred to
him since. Great creative ability and
highvoltage imagination do not impress the
department as promotive of international
helmony among free peoples.
Sensational matter does not appeal to
him. he AYERS. He is so tied to humdrum
routine that anything lurid causes him in
finite torture. He says himself that any
trashy or stupid stuff is at once relegated to
the garbage can.
wonder how he himself keeps out Of it ,
He knows it at sight as a qualified expert
having produced it himself in prodigious
quantities before he was named by the
President as conservator of the free press
of our country.
Mr. Creel said six years ago the American
voter was a Russian serf. The Senate sits
IN despotism and we are the despots. Those
are things stated by public officer, whose
power it is proposed to increase prodgiously
by the passage of such q resolution as this.
The Supreme Court is tyrant. The law is
autocrat wnking at criminals in high
places. The President is helpless. The ex-
ecutive Office must have aroused the SYM
pathy of Congress, for it has delegated
most of its power TO that department.. 1t
would hand over the rest of it if the Con-
sttution were not an obstacle. That docu-
ment is he said, worn out and ought~to be
abolished by having every court decision on
unconstitutional acts of Congress or states
referred to vote of the people. The Con-
stltution in this simple way could be amend
ed every ninety days. All public officers
were to be subject to recall on per cent
petition. Instead of being present in our
the per cent petition demand and justify
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

weaknesses, so that we may remedy then,
Let ours not be the pride that poeth be-
fore destruction."
After pointing out that some $500, 900
draft registrants and, $4,000 applicants
for the navy IN 1916, out of 1O6,392. were
rejected as physically unfit for military
service, Mr.. Motfctt quotes DR.. Eugene
Lyman Fisk, head of the Life Extension
Institute, as justifying the statement
that 60 per cent of the impairment found
is preventable by proper health educa
ton, physical training and periodic med
zeal examination and supervision, and
then adds:
'ln other words, We have failed to bring
up the children of this nation so that, as
men and Women,s they will have the physi-
cal health that they might have; that thew
ought to have; that they must have if they
are to be efficient either in civil life or as
defenders of the flag. This is true, not
only Of millions of American children born
IN poverty and shameful city slums (the
shame is ouls), but of children in our best
families, those that go to exclusive private
schools and expensive colleges
"Ihe physical impairment of our man
power is more serious matter in America
than in other countries owing to the fact
that our population includes millions of
ignorant, ill-nourshed understood foreign
ers, who have swarmed here from the
slums of Europe and have given birth to
millions of more less defective children.
This situation must be recognized and
dealt with.
"How it be dealt with? What can
we do about it? Are we to understand
that Germany has handled this public
problem better than we have?
"Is there anything in our national life
more important than this? Is there any
thing that has been more lamentably
neglected? Is there any better way of pre-
pairing our boys and girls for the stern
civic and military duties that are before
them to give them sound bodies? Re-
member there wise men who believe
that this war with Germany will last many
years yet and will be followed by other
wars. Must America always be unpre-
pared?"