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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-01-04

The enforcing of the Manitoba Tenn.
perance act has been in capable hands
1t the figures which they give out are
indicative of the amount Of work they
have done. During the year up till Dec.
~ there have been 483 prosecutions. OF
these 3 we're dismissed and 456 convic-
tions have been secured: These are
divided as follows-l5l convictions for
having, 126 for selling, 36 keeping for
sale. 20 for purchasing. SO for allowing
drinking in public place, 81 for allow.
ing drunkenness, S for giving liquor to
minors. andi2l for sundry offences. The
total fines imposed amounted to S76,977-
20;;::l5 being over $500 Three Jail terms
Of SIX months each were imposed With
out the option Of fine. The depart
ment looks forward to greatly increased
work when the new prohibition order is
put to force.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-01-04
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

History proves that the American peo.
pie love soldier.
They also love successful wa, presi-
dent. Here is history:
Revolutionary War:-Wash,ngton, mill
tary leader. elected end re elected.
War of l8I2:-Madison, war president
reelected. Later jackson military lead
er, elected.
Mexican War:-Taylor military lead
er, elected.
Civil War:-Lincoln, rejected. Later
Grant military leader elected.
Spanish War:-McKinley reelected.
Later Roosevelt military leader elected.
This history suggests the following
queries:
Will Mr.. Wilson as our president be
reelected?
Will some military leader arise as
candidate from his success in war work?
Will the fact that reelection means
third term for Wilson without decisive
figure with the electors or with himself?
Will the fact that he was reelected at
the last time ''because he kept US out
of war" but went to war immediately
afterwards have any-special influence on
denomination or election?
AS president Mr.. Wilson is just now
receiving almost unanimous support
from the American people. Would this
support be transferred to him if he be-
comes candidate?
All OF the answers to the above ques-
tions are without doubt subjects to the
events of the future. Unless successful
in his war aims he will undoubtedly be
turned down. If unsuccessful, whether
his fault or misfortune. he will be made
the goat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-01-04
FOOL POLITICS.

Two years ago this congressional dis
trict elected Baer to Congress as our
representative.
This next fall he will become his own
successor it the same political plans are
followed.
And yet Mr.. Baer is undoubtedly the
choice of the minority. There is no
doubt that il either of the candidates that
opposed Baer had been his only opposer
that Baer would have been defeated.
There is but one political issue before
the people Of this District, Of this state,
OF this nation. We did not realize it as
a people at the last election.
The question now being asked by men
of intelligence. by men with political
foresight, is "Do.the people of America,
of the seperate states, Of the. various
Congressional districts know that we
are at war?''
Every vote cast in this district for
Bangs and for Burtness was boomerang
in that these votes nullfied each other
and permitted us to be represented by
an agent Of the kaiser lin effect).
just as Russia is doing we did with
practically the same result. We were
Republicans and Democrats all right
but the Bolshenki walked easily be-
tween. with the kaiser closely following.
The Nom n-partlsans have declared war
against both the Republican and the
Democratic parties but these two parties
go far have preferred to fight each other
rather than to fight the common enemy
What fools We mortal politicians are.''.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-01-04

The Non-P Partisan leader, tho oficial:
publication Of the Non-P Partisan parry
has been moved from Fargo Is ST. Paui.
IA this state considerable dissspsiou hssi
developed in the rank md lls sof the
leaders. At the capitol vhsssss thsy Hold
fall swing tho discod = nythine iii
pleasant fcy tho ofeaniss stiion 1l,ere ~
stlong ~ of opposi ~ te ~ esss, \ 8
Fss ~ - Il = ~ m = II q ffe
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-01-04
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

The British have regained some lost
territory near Cambria. In the almost
constant struggle near Verdun the
French report some successes. In Italy
the Germans now appear to be rather
on the defensive aud the French forces
there claim gains. In Palestine the
British are still driving the Turks away
from Jerusalem and other parts of the
Hel Land. Along the Russian battle
lines the situation is indefinite. While
many Of the Russian soldiers have gone
back to their homes and many of the
Germans have been transferred to the
western front and to Italy, there ap.
pears yet to be an irregular battle line,
son which In some places there is some
scrapping and in other places the re-
I spective force are "fraternizing."
The peace parleys between the kaiser
and the Bolsheviki are still progressing.
The reports OF progress are rather con
ficting. One day everything appears to
: be going smoothly while at other times
the delegates are said to have gone home
in disgust. That the Kaiser finds it to
his great advantage to talk peace with
these fanatical authorities and is using
that advantage in the present is quite
apparent, but few war critics can see
any possible peace between the kaiser
or Bolsheviki because there is no middle
aground between such extremes. If
there is a peace, then it will certainly be
. German peace, and il it is a German
peace, it is not probable that the rest Of
Russia. and including q large number Of
the Bolsheviki. will be satisfied. While
the Bolsheviki are in powerin Petrograd
and some other cities, they are but 3
4 small part Of the one hundred and eighty
millions &of Russian. II they should
make anything like 9 compromise, it is
possible that the remainder OF Russia
might agree to the terms, but il the
:serms are not satisfactory then in all
! probability there will be another il not
\ several revolutions.
:s But what 4 day or a week may bring
'seorth g Russia no man may prophesy.
Twelye ships was the submarine toll
4 last week. While these weekly losses
are expensive in the allies in financial
L Way, and to some extent in human lives
Jet the number of ships lost compared
nth the total tonnage q the world is too
small g ont any real figure il transpora.
tion. Besidsss thst we are gradually
learning that tho subs don't have TOO
i coy u time themselves. merchant
N tsanspo port With 4 couple Sof guns which
onos gsts slght II ! psliscops n ~ elssss
5s saual naich - = NIB; biIe the
pth bopbs, nov 4 uassl 81 s6e dssSt &c tlnys 6i
etash in TN IN ot sS "a snlp d 4 Iso n i
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-01-04
Official Directory

~ s Senators a Gronna
20 . 9 y Rssspresen- sss John N, Baer
Z lieutenant Governor-A T Kraabel !,
. Secretary Of State Thomas Hall +
, state Treasurer=.John Steen /
Attorney Generai-Wm Langer
Railroad Com 5 s ! Plsahasai sahaasGaip +
missioners- Chas " Fieick !
supt of Pub Inst-E Taylor !
Com Com q Ar ansn[abesJ e TaboI-Jon E STHss Hasan
IS: :!:;:::: y:
Judge 7th Jud. Dist-W J. Kneeshaw
STATE SENATOR
Walter Wexford ;
REPRESENTATIVES !
(Wm Pleasance .
1st District Henry GeiRer
O'Connor
COUNTY OFFICIALS I
States Attorney-Wm McMurchte
Clerk of Court d Winlaw
Sheriff-Chas Atkinson 1
Auditorium. w Felson 4
TreasurerlHugh Gibson 4
Register of Deeds--Geo Roadhouse 1
County Judge-H 6 WICK 1
Surveyor-Herman Campbell 1
SuDt of Schools-Charlotte Jones 1
Coroner-Frank w. Deason 4
Public Admin'r-Geo Peterson 4
(1st-A B Purdy. Toilette 1
2nd-J Staples, Concrete 4
County srd-Adam Norton, Caval'r !
Somrs 4th-W ] Watts Leroy !
l5th-Jos Morrison Drayton 4!
r CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
Z Alex. Morrison, Collector
Robert Morrison Special Deputy !
4 Al = Won, Ha5ysy w9,th deputies /:
Err Russell Immigration Inspector
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-01-04

Attorney G. A. NJ. Spencer who was
= prominent figure in politics il this
state 10 early years and resident Of Graf
ton has located in Venice. Californin.
Mr. Spencer vent 70 the Pacitic ooast
several ysars ago and locatsd 81 Arroyo,
ICalifornia whore hs practiced Law. l
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16
". p. Metcof
Highly Praises
NeW History
Editor Journal:

Editor Journal:
DIR. Breasted's book ancient
Times; History of the Early World"
deserves all the praise and more than
your editorial of this morning gives it,
Any student who wishes to under
stand why and how the human race
has arrived at its present condition
of development will find between the
covers the most interesting, compre-
hensive and luminous account of its
gradual progress from the early stone
age down to the beginning of modern
history.
DR.. Breasted possesses q marvellous
faculty for expressing in words the
scenes of ancient times and the book
is as facinating as a moving picture
would be. If | could have had such
a book when 1 was young. ] would
have saved countless hours delving
into "many quaint and curious vol
ume of forgotten lore"
1t is history written from new
angle, Formerly such books were
dreary record of births and deaths of
kings, dates of battles and offered
no attraction IN any way to the stu
dent. But DR. Breasted'S grasp of
tho real forces underlying the gradual
rise of civilization and his mastery
portrayal of them in clear concise
language visualizes the whole record
so that it is as hard to lay down the
book as though one were reading the
most interesting novel of the day If
parents We're to read and study this
book with their children, liberal
education for both would result.
w. p. METCALF.
A ADVANTAGEOUS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16

followed the Golden Rule as a ma
ton? Some quarters Of cen
tury ago We had a dispute with Mex
leo, A war followed. As result we
took over about half of MeXicos ter
ritory, Without considering the right
and wrong of the original dispute,
suppose Mexico hau beaten us;
should we have liked it TO have her
take half of our territory? Even if
we had been very wrong in the first
place, could anything justify her in
such a robbery? OF course now, it
looks as though things had turned
out for the best We won the war
and we took the territory, and every
body is atisfied-except Mexico Let
it not be inferred that | am arguing
for a return of this territory to Mex
leo now. That would be a greater
injustice than the original one But
most of us have more than sneaking
suspicion that our original seizure of
it was little shady. If anybody else
had done it, we'd call it robbery,
So much for the Mexican war.
That was a long while ago. and we
probably would not do such a thing
now Most of our territory we ac-
quired by purchase. To be sure the
inhabitants of the various districts
that we bought were not formally
consulted about the matter but after
ALL these inhabitants Were not so
very numerous.
SO let us pass ali that and come
down to the Spanish war The big
slogan in that war was, Remember
the Maine Perhaps some day we'll
wish we could forget it, a battleship
of ours was sunk. No satisfactory
evidence was adduced at that time
or ever has been adduced that the
government or any RESPONSE
BILE Spanish official had anything to
do with it, But we rushed into war
anyhow Some persons blame it on
the Hearst newspapers, which sort of
got us excited
However that is, we won the war.
took Porto Rico, paid Spain for the
Philippines, tand pretended to make
Cuba free Cuba Is free in the same
way that Canada lis free. But Eng
land calls Canada part Of the empire.
II we had an empife, we'd call Cuba
pnrt of il We ID ltiie stlnle thing. but
we call il a differentpamee Indeed,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16

we have more control in Cuba than
England has in Canada. Twice since
we set Cuba free" we have inter-
fered in her government, and the last
time, we made it plain that If We
had to come again we might come for
good. Besides all that. we retain for
ourselves her seaport on the south,
Guantanamo. If some power defeat
ed us, kept San Francisco, and inter-
fered with our government once in a
while we should consider that we
were not free nation. Neither is
Cuba free.
The question of Panama is not al
together pleasant. There is treaty
pending now which practically ack
nowledges that we wronged Colombia
in the matter so far our congress
has refused to ratify it. We do not
like to admit that we were wrong.
But so far as | know, those who are
obstructing the ratification of this
treaty have never suggested that we
refer the matter to an impartial
tribunal.
Then, Of course, there is the matter
of the Panama canal tolls. All the
European nations consider that We
came within an ace of treating q
treaty as a scrap of paper. But for
England's protest we'd have done it,
All this is mighty unpleasant. But
the inference is plain enough. We
haven't been true to our high idei Is,
We have been in the game of rGWCr
politics along with the other nations.
The rule of might has prevailed IN
stead of the rule of right
And the conclusion of the matter
is that the system is wrong from tao
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16
A WORD FOR SANTA CLAUS.

Just a little more than a week and
we shall have Christmas with us, But
Santa Glars the patron saint of tho
Christmas time will make his calls
on the night before Christmas
After reading and printing very
well written communication against
Santa Claus-the jolly little saint be-
ing lambasted largely because he was
said to be of German orisin-the
journal has finished the task of in
vestigating the nativity of this friend
of the children, We find his name is
not German but Dutch. Claus is a
Holland name, not German.
But Santa Claus was not born in
Holland, even. His name belongs to
Holland, but his picture was taken in
America by great artist, T. II, Mast,
who was then working on Harper's
Weekly Mr. Mast was on his way
home the night before Christmas
when he caught clear view of Santa
Claus as the jolly little saint was
just starting down a chimney with
load of dolls and sleds and candy and
a lot of other things dear to children
Mr.. Mast took out his pencil, and
by the moonlight and the snowlight,
made a sketch of Santa Claus that
was so true to life ard so appealed
to the Imagination c. old and young
alike that it is now better known
throughout the civilized world than
are the pictures of President Wilson
or Lloyd George today, or of any
being that ever has lived on the earth
- possibly excepting Corresio's
painting of his conception of how
Christ looked.
But as to the nativity of Santa
Claus. we are certain that he was
born In the hearts of parents who
love their children, and that he will
live as long as mother-love exists.
old Santa never really has been seen
by any person except Mr.. Mast. Also
no other person ever saw old Santa S
reindeer team But millions of chill
dren have seen the well-filled stock
ing on Christmaa morning after they
had dreamed OF hearing faint foot
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16
nxrRAyAGANr PHOEBE SNOW.

Waiter Weyl in the New Republic.
A year ago the Erie railroad was
paying high salaries to employees
whose sole task it was to urge you to
travel by the Eric Or ship freight by
the Erie instead OF by the Pennsyl-
vana or the New York Central. The
companies engaged intelligent and
capable men to take business away
from each other. Competitive adver-
Using was on the same plane; Phoebe
Snow insisted on your travelling by
one line instead of another. Time
tables We're also competitive, waste
full and aggressive. Each railroad
wished to run its own passenger trains
at the best hours. with the result that
all were run at the same hour. Two
20-hour trains left Chicago at the
same hour and arrived in New York
at the same hour Between Chicago
and Minneapolis, Chicago and ST.
Louis, Chicago and Kansas City, there
were in each case from three to five
trains running at the same hour and,
therefore, running half full or almost
empty As the public did not need all
these trains, the railroad administra-
ton telescoped them. 1t made one
train run where three ran before; it
ran as many full trains as the traffic
warranted-and no more. 1t also
consolidated certain passenger sta
tions--allowing. for example, travel
ers on the Baltimore & Ohio to use
the Pennsylvania terminal at New
York. The railroad administration
thus eased the transition from a sys-
TEN of competing empty trains to one
of consolidated full trains.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16
USE FOR A RED FLAG,

The red flags, which many cities are
now properly barring from being dis
played may still be put to good use by
using the following recipe.
Take your red flag and cut 1t INTO
long narrow strips. Using seven OF
these strips and six white stripes or
similar length and width, sew them
together, alternating the colors. Cut
out rectangle in one of the upper
corners CT what you now have, to the
depth of seven of the strips thus unit
ed (four red and three white) and put
a piece of blue cloth in its place. Upon
the blue sew forty EIGHT white stars
and you will have flag that you may
display with pride anywhere in the
world
If you don't want to so to the trou-
BILE of following the above recipe. the
only proper use of your red flag is a
danger signal, which is its true signifl-
canoe, whether used by railroad
hand, or Haunted by anarchist. social
ist of Bolshevist.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16
LIGHT AT LAST.

There has been much speculation re-
dent in his declaration in favor of
freedom of the seas. The journal
is in receipt of book entitled
Three Centuries of Treaties of Peace
and Their Teachings by Sir George
Phillimore, one of Englands most
distinguished jurists, which probably
throws the fullest light on the sub
ject.
The Declaration of Paris, following
the Crimean war provided:
The neutral flag covers enemy's
goods with the exception of contra
band of war" and neutral goods,
with the exception of contraband of
war, are not liable to capture under
the enemy's flag"
According to Colonel House, free
dom of the seas means abolition of
the right of a belligerent to capture
even contraband of war when it is
going in a neutral vessel TO a neutral
port, even if there is ,justifiable pre-
sumption that it is intended for the
cnemy's use. Also, according to Col
onel House. neutral flag should pro-
tect contraband of war in a neutral
vessel consigned to an enemy port,
unless there is effective blockade of
the particular port where the cargo
is expected to land.
But it is doubtful II Great Britain
and France will agree even to a con-
tinuance of the announcements of
the Declaration of Paris. In 1915
Great Britain and France issued a
declaration. as reprisal against the
German submarine blockade, that
they would hold themselves free to
detain and take into port ships carry
ing goods of presumed enemy destina-
ton, ownership, or origin"
The United States has attempted in
the past to secure international agree
ment against the capture of the enc
mys private property at sea; but
after the experiences of the war Just
ending, it is a safe prediction that
no such proposition would be enter
tanned by Great Britain or France.
Such prediction is particularly safe
when on9 considers that such efforts
have also been made in the past hy
Germany, Austria and Russia when
each nation had only a small fleet
compared with that of Great Britain
but maintained vast conscript army
From speeches delivered during the
campaign in the British Isles, it is
pretty safe guess that Great Britain
will propose the abrogation of the
Declaration of Paris and advocate a
return to the old English prize law
in war time.
Should Lloyd George press such
proposal as a return to the old Eng
lish prize law, there is little doubt
that it will be fought by President
Wilson, and his opposition to that
particular demand will have the SUBJ
port of the American people gener-
ally.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16

falls in the house the night before.
Santa Claus is as real as are the
fairies, as real as love which keeps
the world moving. as real as goodness
This is going to be a wonderful
Christmas. The world IS more in
harmony with the spirit of Christmas
than it ever was before, and we all
hope that as the years and the CEN
turtles pass humanity will become
more and more like the Christ. for
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-16
MONDAY. DECEMBER 1G, 1918
ALBUQUERQUE ENTITLED TO
REIIEF.

The Journal published this morning
communication from City Manager
Hebenstreit in which he shows con-
clusively that Albuquerque must have
the benefit of a larger percentage of
the taxes the city pays
without going into close analysis
of the figures, the Journal merely
points out that more than sixty thou
sand dollars in city taxes goes to the
benefit of the county outside, without
compromising advantages to the city.
Under the law the county collects
the city taxes and receives therefor
$23,1OO. This sum could bc collected
by the city without additional ex-
pense to, the city machinery,
Mr. Htbenstreit shows thai the city
paid more than seventy-cight per
cent of all the taxes collected by he
county treasurer in 1917, and received
back for city uses Just a little more
than forty-one per cent
The city manager suggests two
remedies;
l. The establishment of a county
and city of Albuquerque, the bound
aries of which could be fixed by the
legislature, giving to the new county
all the powers vested in the present
county of Bernalillo.
.. REIMBURSEMENT of the laws so
that the city would be given permits
sion to assess. collect and handle its
own taxes, but he would not have the
legislature relieve the city from con-
tribution of its proporttonate share
toward the maintenance Of the cOur-
ty organization.
In the Journals opinion a new
county will not be constituted, but
there is no question that relief for
the city must be granted. Futher-
more, we do not believe that the cit
izenry of the county would wish con
tnuance of a relationsh p so palpa-
bly, unjust and so luminous to the
growth of the city.
When it is contemplated that the
city contributes more than sixty thou
sand dollars annually to the county.
from which the city receives no direct
benefit, it must be apparent to III"
lawmakers that Albuquerque is en-
titled to have a larger hand in the
leyying, collecting and expenditure of
the taxes she pays.