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, 1919-11-20
HIS SCHEME DIDN'T WORK
This Colonel Evidently Was Wise as
to the Foxy Ways Of His
Junior Officers.

In the regular army 1t is one of the
customs of the service, when at a reg
ular army post, for the Junior officers
TO call upon the senior officers. To
comply with this custom without MAX
ing the calls, the junior office fire.
quentiy waits until he knows the senior
officer is away and then calls at his
LONE and leaves a card. One night
when I was stationed at a post in
Texas, / saw the colonel down town
and on my way home stopped at the
colonel's quarters and put my card
under the door,. / was just leaving
the porch when / noticed a car at the
gate, and IN closer inspection 1 noted
that the colonel was in the car and
was awaiting me at the gate. He
laughingly said: Kind of late to make
a call, isn't 1t, Lieut." This became
one of the colonel's best stories, and
to say that l was more than once
embarrassed would be putting 1t mild.
Exchange.
, 1919-11-20
WI. CARLISLE ESCAPES
NOTED TRAIN RoeeeR GETS OUT
OF PEN.

p William l.. Carlisle, the train robber
who held up three limited Union Pa
cific trains in Wyoming within ten
weeks early in 1916, has escaped from
the ~penitentiary at Rawlins, Wyo, ac-
cording to advices from Laramie. He
was given a life sentence May IL, 1916,
but this was commuted to twenty-five
years Sept. 8. 1919. He was identified
as having held up the Overland limited
in the city limits of Cheyenne April a,
1916. He was accused also of robbing
the California limited, between Lara
mic and Rawlins. April 81, and the
Portland flyer, between Rock Springs
and Green River, Feb. o, 1916.
, 1919-11-20
Return sovIets to Russia.

New York.-Ludwig G. A. X. Mar
tens, self-styled Ambassador of the
Russian soviet government to the
United States" has offered to provide
transportation from the United States
to Russia for all Russian citizens who
desire to leave America, or whose
presence in the United States is unde-
sirable to the federal government. This
offer was made in a letter written by
Martens to Secretary of State Lansing
and made public here.
, 1919-11-20
Lynch Negro in Missouri.

Moberly, Mo.-A negro, one of four
said to have beaten and robbed Ed
ward Thompson, a farmer here, was
lynched by a mob of 100 masked men.
The negro's three companions, who
and spirited here, escaped, but later it
was reported two had been captured
and incarcerated at a point unknown
to the mob. Local authorities said the
negroes admitted they were l. W. WIS.
, 1919-11-20
Formerly Was Oyster King.

Jacob Ockers, known as the "Oys-
ter King" who died recently at his
Long Island IN. y home, was the
first exporter of oysters to Europe, and
his name came to be known IN all
markets where the blue point oyster
found in foreign countries. His
foreign shipments the first year
amounted to only 1000 barrels. Later
his export business became the largest
Of its kind In the United States. and
amounted to 10000 barrels annually.
, 1919-11-20

Advices received in Washington
from Mexico City Nov. Z stated that
Consular Agent Jenkins had been
cleared of all suspicion OF completely
in his kidnapping by Mexican bandits
on Oct. II. The judge investigating
the abduction, the dispatches added,
took occasion to praise Jenkins as a
friend of the Mexican people, and a
respected member of the community
in which he had lived for a number
Of years.
Jenkins was held for S15O,OOO ram
som, and the United States govern
ment, demanding his release sent
what was said to have been the
strongest note ever dispatched in a
dispute between the two republics.
Jenkins was released on Oct. &c, after
his personal attorney, Senior Mestre.
had paid the ransom to the bandit
leader.
Washington on the abduction of Jen-
kins said hat he would nave to effect
his own reimbursement of the money
paid the Mexicans who kidnapped him
unless he could prove that the Next
can government was negligent in af-
fording him protection. His standing
as an official of the United States
government nat no bearing on the
matter, it was stated.
, 1919-11-20
Overcome Fog Danger.

New York.-Wireless equipment
which will overcome all difficulties i'm
posed on mail airplanes by fog and
other unfavorable weather conditions
In being Installed on new planes.
, 1919-11-20
u. S. CONSUL
UNDER ARREST
WILLIAM o. JENKINS HELD FOR
ASSISTING IN OWN As-
DUcTIoN.
KIDNAPPING QUESTIONED
IN DEAL WITH BANDIT
GANG.
ws.l.rn N.upap.r unIon New. service.

western NeTspaper Union News Service
Mexico City, Nov. TI.-william O.
Jenkins, United States consular agent
at Puebla. has been placed under ar
rest and held under surveillance in
his home following charges by Off
cials at Puebla that Jenkins was not
abducted by Federico Cordova, the
bandit leader, but was in connivance
with him, according to information re-
ceived here.
The arrest of Jenkir4 came after
twelve poems had sworn to state
ment before a judge in Puebla de-
claring that Jenkins had been seen in
company with Cordova, who accom-
plished his recent abduction from Pu-
ebla, under no restraint and in ap-
parent understanding with his alleged
captors.
, 1919-11-20
Prevented Kidnapping.

FL Paso. Tex.-Timely Intervention
by the police authorities Of Pachuca,
Hidalgo, recently prevented h carry
Ing put of a plan by rebels to capture
William Caller, consular agent at
Pachuca for the United States and
Great Britain, according 10 a dispatch
from Mexico City, published in a re-
rent issue of Ell Heraldo of chihuahua
City.
, 1919-11-20
India Needs American Goods.

The fact that the Bombay Electric
Tramway company, Bombay, India. re-
Gently placed an order for 1870 tram
trucks in America on account of the
advantageous prices quoted, indicates
that there is further opportunity for
the marketing in India of this and
kindred lines.
, 1919-11-20
cu.ieura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap. dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Ii
only one Of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap. Ointment and Talcum r used
for all toilet prrposes.-Adv.
, 1919-11-20
An Eastern EIinht-

A British airman recently flew in
n day from Mosul, on the upper
Tigris,' ver the Syrian desert, to
Cairo on the Nile. making three stops
on the journey of LOO miles, reports
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
, 1919-11-20
WASHINGTON

Prompt shipment of 25,OOO Canadian
box cars from the United States to re-
lieve the Canadian shortage is being
sought by the Dominion government.
Plans to bring to this country $780,
900 Jewish orphans, provided the State
Department at Washington sanctions
their immigration, were made Monday
by the Jewish relief committee, in ses-
sion at Philadelphia.
Exnortotion Of print poner vvould he
nrohibIted under n bill bv
Iican. South Dakota. Penalty for vio-
lations of the law would be $4,000 or
ten years Imprisonment.
The theory that most neproes have
flat feet was bv the war. DR..
A. b. Jackson. superintendent of Mercy
bospital PbiIadeinbia told q negro 20
construction int reimbursement confer
ence In session at Howard university.
n PRESIDENT mas signed a JOINT res
oiu'io" suspehu'hG assessment WORK on
,oIo rs uu'ins tne c"iehuur year
- a." "
Irn5or 49, To-. 80
claims IN order 70 secure ttt,e LII,
contract IN do s1oo worth Of worr
each wear for five veors on tbe claim
DESPITE the high prices charged. but.
ter consumers are In many cases get
ting percentages of water. salt and col
oring matters, officials of the Bureau
, 1919-11-20

It's a shame the way some young
widows break into the game again and
don't give the maids a chance.
, 1919-11-20

Sometimes a fellow is eating celery
end can't hear opportunity knock.
, 1919-11-20

WESTERN
A plot has been discovered at Tul-
can-Ecuador, TO overthrow the gov
IN A store of arms and ammu-
milton has been captured by the au-
thorities. The headquarters of the
conspiracy is believed TO be in Colon
bia.
Col. Felix DiaZ, a Villista bandit
leader, with 400 men, vas decisively de-
feated in an engagement with Mex
lean federal troops in the Justa de
Avila district, according to official re-
ports received at FL Paso by Andres G..
Garcia, consul general for Mexico.
Diaz, it was said, lost sixty-fOur killed.
The head tax of so recently ap-
proved by the Mexican house of depu-
ties for all persons entering the oun
try, will not apply to individuals
crossing and recrossing the border the
same day, according to the interpretn-
ton placed upon the ruling by Ameri-
can and Mexican border officials nj
Ell Paso.
Texas rangers are in full control of
disputed oil lands on the Texas Okla
hOma border over which officers from
the two states threatened to clash
when the state courts issued conflict
ing writs for possession of the land.
All claimants to the land have agreed
to submit the matter to the United
States Supreme Court and have with
drawn their deputies.
The postoffice at Shingletown. Shas-
ia county, Calf, once a prosperous
mill town, has been closed because no
one could be found to serve as post
master. Standing timber in this dis
trict was purchased and placed in re-
serve by a great lumber corporation,
the water rights that once served to ir-
rigate fertile mountain farms We're
purchased by hydro-electric corpora
tons. and Shingletown gradually slip
ped backward from n thriving noun
tain town to a hamlet of n few fami-
lies.
The discovery of a shortage of 151,-
514,4T6 pesos in the accounts of the
comptroller's office in Mexico for the
year 1918 has created n sensation in
the Mexican-capital, said advices reach
ing Washington. The comptroller's re-
in Mexico City, the shortage
under the head of funds u~naccounted
for" which overs sums owed by all of
those handling government funds,
specifying embellishments and failure
to supply proper vouchers for expendi-
lures.
, 1919-11-20

Turtles lay from $50 to 200 eggs at a
time.
, 1919-11-20
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
western N-wspaper Union News Services.

NeNspapeF Ahtoh EeN SefNlc@
COMING EVENTS.
The Red Cross Christmas Seal sale will
take place all over the United States
from December l to 10. 1919.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
Barometer of Public Opinion


IcllfNr World THIS IL HuonN inouH VoNl-
uluuIratluu even though the writer's OF such are
rf,,, stigma aitycl AS udious. and tor the further
and patcnt reason that my name, cotor cr con
diuou Of Erryiludo cannot alter S'''r "' thuu =
The past few days ut extremely CoId WrAih'r
NJ well NJ winters that are now past ana gone
havo seen public service corporation doi'O'i IN
ts tut, comparable to ihe wanton ana 'r'w'n''
strike ur miners who HtruCk with NE rrrncai'
'ttrI intention ~ freezing tho people 60 hrr"l"
to their demands This cold weather has caught
many people families with smal! children those
who are sick AID Those who are unable 10 with
stand the rieors OF coh caught them 10 a
grasp that means further suffering and sick
moss simply because public srrvi'" corporation
does not furnish sufficient gas to heat 'h"r res
iiar.r- ! hours u att II necessary
Tho lack OF ghs within q small radius ut Tulsa
cannot hr trguoL. th" Lack vf knowledge ~
ut fund, utuuo' excuse. " hat were their prom
l.rs when the last increase ~ rate was given
ihcmf ',
4 nevsnapor ~ integrity and independence.
40 YOUR paper claims to hc. can. n ~ $40 desires.
-, a mighty force In hrinEiug dercuc' corpora
tIuns to It's sense OF duty 10 the peop'y such a
nrwSpaprr when rasrart onlsslous and com
missions appear to hc q part nf the public service
corporations policy vtr send q hiding 20 cov"r
You can do % by Immediately auJ rorcefu..y s
hrE!nniug campaign again. a. wnruE It eVeJy
1ty that your paper u published assigning 4
bright reporter 20 gather facts and statistics nui
20 toll me ,ruth sS tu why suftri"nr gas Is NOT
'n g.. ih. gas shvi ghi and publicity n0 -
Workings and profits and ',rN legitimate or
lu"s .am'lr circumstance 'hH, lh" v"npI, should
Have you the mora courage TO do his
trHrk.,. 'n nn' NuuN While I.ulrr Nrur
splendid editorials against ,nn rui-et. aHur
iu NrrocA,or ,ar's. their head haa boon up i,.
som, time HrI 'ur had NOT sh."t a Ht..,
Tru'hful ruhayiN amt plenty ~ t' ,rn'luul
.'a '.E v.. E.' >yH.. result. Nhr d"
r..,, n,, fl o>r os rur q PEOPLE
D.. .... \.', N. pub .h rn., anonymous
/. - % .n b.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14

! Inquire about Is the public school
system? And DO you realize what
wonderful reputation loyal citizens
give 1t everywhere? The rate OF
growth In he student body In indie
auve of the rate OF growth IN the
city's population.
Cease for one year to absorb this
Increase In the student body satis-
factorily and You will soon have no
Increase TO take care OF DO YOU
want, that? Does any loynl Tu!san
want ~
Most assuredly not.
There Is another feature OF this
business that | want 10 mention
here though II IL not directly con
ncCtcd with the motive OF this story.
That In the unit system of Cunstruc
tion Some object 20 It. ! myself
haye objected. on the ground that
1t l. not 30 attractive az the old
massive architecture But there is
much 10 be said In Us favor | am
going to say hut one thing, aud that
one justlfles It's adoption
when Tulsa was erecting itS new
school buildings at an approximate
cost pf $4,000 room, other .towns
were paying $4,000 The enormous
increase In materials and labor have
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
4 COURT or INDUSTRY.

Governor Allen Of Kansas has set himself the
t1s, or establishing court NJ industry This
court ls 20 have original jurisdiction in all dia-
pute- arising between employers and employees
touching any matter whatsoever. The purpose
* 10 mako strikes and walkouts unnecessary. We
do not know whether tho governor intends TO
make both such practices unlawful or not AT
any rate, and regardless OF how far Governor
Allen intends to 20. Kansas Ia u FIRST rate state In
which to make tho experiment 1t is an Amer
lean atate, and It Is as free from tho big indus
trial congregations as any state OF the union.
II .s tho Kansas governors contention that
that there can bo no serious question concerning
tho constitutional right OF the people to create
such tribunal. In this agree with him fully.
Tho world has contcnded vigorously for the
creation of a tribunal before which these indus
ual disputes can be sctllcd It viii watch the
kansaa movement with the very creates, In
terost
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14

them at all IN due TO very unusual
decision OF the board last spring
Existing conditions were anticipated
AMI the board voted TO increase the
wages OF the teaching staff so that
none would receive less Than $50 a
month. with an average. believe. OF
something like $40 "A month The
average pay OF lanit1rs In tho va
io4s buildings In tll7.s6 month.
The board also decided to pay for a
u.u I2-month period r-,.-
The superintendent the other lay
In u public talk, said that the teach =
ers all returned to their work ,htls-
fled and enthusiastic. hut they are
not satisfied now. They are dis-
heartencd -hecause they. have tiled
ana found thai they cannot make
both ends meet on the pay they are
receiving They also know mat inc
uoard has gone the limit. The con-
sequence is that very large mum Der
q the tea hing rtatf Will not return
TO the work for tho second semester
wuicn begins In January. They Will
give up teaching
And already there Is shortage
OF teachers In the country estimated
At upward OF 100000 There are
huudreds OF schools closed today be-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
School Statistics:

Total number of school properties, %
Total number Of rooms, 525
Value of all school property, So, ,4OO, ,O0O
Bonded indebtedness, $2,216yO yOOO
Average annual finances handled last five years,
$542 ,83O.27.
Average increase in attendance per year, 2lfo.
Average annual paving tax, $500.
Average annual sewer tax, $500.
Average monty gas bills, $2,275.60.
Average monthly water bills, $243.
Average monthly electric bills, $447.9O
Number of pupils in high school, 1926.
Number of pupils in grades, 1l,l54.
Number of pupils in night school, 60S
Number of teachers, $40.
Average pay of teachers $111 go per month
Average pay of janitors, $l1766 per month.
Cost per pupil in high school, per term, $76.5O.
Cost per pupil in grades per term $3672
Assessed valuation of district, $69, 1854, ,695
Tax rate, .OO1 SO mills.
Average increase assessed valuation per year,
$8,6OO,OOO.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14

combined to push the price OF the
unit system 10 approximately So 600
room Muskogee today IL paying
I'll 900,
You have got your moneys worth
In school buildings.
Almost every increase In the
school budget, whether by taxation
direct Or voting a bond issue, has
met with opposition and criticism.
believe that was due 10 lack OF
clear understanding. The costs were
piing up fast; they were burden
some And the costs continue to
pile up and they are going to con-
tinue 70 ',e burdensomo. Rut there
was and 10 n reason for 1t all. Many
reasons. I hope to get some OF them
out so clearly that no further ques-
ton concerning them will remain
School Plant IL Solvent.
The bonded indebtedness Of the
Tulsa school district Ia considerable; /;
not greater than many others not
no great as some OF similar size
hut considerable. Tho difference is
that most oklahoma towns have re-
tired some OF their school bonds,
while Tulsa has been compelled TO
keep right on voting bonds before
any series matured. We are today
i,. i,toray, an avery dollar ~
scbanf ,naahtsd,as. ua .v.r had
rh., -. Z, d., a ,r,,,a rough 90
irn ,ar ,hnx. who ,rv ,o make The
assessed rate--the constitutional rate
meet the demands OF this swift
growing community.
ny referring to the school stats
ties IN the "boS you will discover
,fat for the bonded Indebtedness OF
vsinsJ =, a 100 600 Your educa-
,tar,I nto,, ~. nroved , nrofit,bIs
,nv.,,,ron ,U,s. ,n 3, ~ Ma nsver tprnad ON,
~, 49,, a. sound
nv '..il"Lu ~, ti,,s ,,,,s ,,,o,,e,,
~, ,,or,,. 80 ,h,t oo,,,
49, sni,,,i r,nn, 10 T,ci,g ,vpo
vo-,, ..,,ous ,,nhisrs again ono
!, ,.ons,,r, oxr,,s,nrs- ,,ka care
-, -, an,nal ,,rron.s Thn Mani
,,rs, ha ,,crsass, Tor g.. Is, over.
crowded badly now
TIN other Is adequate provision
for teachers To huild buildings
without having teaching s'an to.
utilize them would lie unju-rfted.
Therefore the second - the greatest
and moro pressing problem, though
a few words as to the irsi-"Nphn'
sion.
When the last bond issue was
voted the purpose was Ia duplicate
The high school That Is 10 erect
another building on the grounds ad-
Joining the present building on the
south The building was necessity
and IL The economy or putting me
Two togeher Is apparent a. glance
One heating plant one adminisira-
tor one SET W ianitors. etc. The an
nuRl saving over two buildings
widely separated is easily under
stood
So tho board IN making NJ iF
budE"' so' aside i35O.oo0 for ne
new high school addition. There
were something Ike so additional
rooms provided for A. tho various
district sites All estimates were On
previous cost plus prevailing prices
" construction materials ard labor
at ne tim" he hond issue "as N"'Fi
What the shrinking Dollar pid.
The budget vas ample to cover all
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
Daily Biblical Quotation
SUNDAY, DECEMBER u.

Blessed In he that considereth the poor. tho
Lord viii deliver him In time OF trouble Psa,
u IA.
Blcst Is the man whose feelings move
And melt win pity to tho Door.
Whose soul with HNmppathiRinR love
Focis what his fellow saints endure
Lord. hc mctirfu unto me. heat my soul for
have siuu"d against thee Irn. II 4
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
PRODUCERS VINO Krrr THr FAITH


'"' "'' "''' INV '"''"
" '''''"' ''' '"" 10 20 /" your 'No''"
"''"'' """ '"' ''"' ""'N'' WIN "h"''N0r 'o"'
"'''' ","S ''"'S '"y '''""'' 'h''' IL ono CLASS
VI producers IN America VINO hhFc kept fal'h,
For three ycor" the great necessity Of ths
world has been Increased by production. In
creased production In the aggregate can he had
only through increased production by the indl-
vidual The demand then was for longer hours
OF more cornos labor
Custom. or perhaps It would be more atcur-
ate to say economy. has established an tinwrit.
ton law under which all classes ana avocntidns
are under contract with society aAu, whole and
rach with The other Tho CITY dweuer contracts
with the country man that h. Will keen the
wheels Of Industry and commerce doing trans.
portntlon lines open and th, markets active
In which he can dispose Of hls surplus products
and purchase Ala necessary commodities II in
return the country man win produce food and
raw material for the city man
TN. mircr no,,,,c,. .,,, ,,o ci,,. mar, -, ,,o
Same h, 10 nm, IN also saw. ,o ~, t,r,,.r -
,opo,,rr 90 IN, =, u,e ,,,tr. co,r,,y an, n,o
aucc fond ma ,oo, ,,, ,,s,,. ,,r ,,,r .,,,o. a..
uuI kecn vo, .,,r,il,, vim ,,,, ,o, ,o,,r rso,,.
Ana so s,cn ovora,Io, i. contr,c,., IN .o,srrr
,or,,,c, with .y,ry o,,.r .,oooi,or .,c, 80
,,y. ps c,uro ,iro ana o,,or,,or "a ~. oo.
hing n IN. othec. will v,v. thai, TINA ana NJ.
c,,i,r ~ .urrIy,n, o,,., ,,,o,s
E.
The comrle,c, .trucr,,, a.. ,,,, ,,,. ,pI,,.,,,,l
and commercial ,on,ic rurr,t,ri,, ,,rco,r,,
f. a. ho,ut,,L min. tor,o, I,,,, ,o,,. an,
,,, d.. .., s,,,. 4, a., ,..,.,,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
WHO KILLED TIN TNE NTY?

The argument goes on AZ 20 who killed the
peace treaty In the last session Of congress- That
In strange too, whom tho orders for It's death
cainc In written form and are now n part OF the
senate record
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14

We never fully realix the seriousness OF the
gas shortage until We sat waiting for the Kettle
to boil at n Ten for Three" In Convention hal
Friday night
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14

In these days OF fuel shortage, the fellow YOU
enjoy most 20 meet SAYS Bill Dinglcy, IL tho
one who grccts YOU with Have you go, a
match 80
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
Oklahoma Oufbursfs
By OTIS LoRToN

a There viii be those, no doubt, who Will say
that the burning of tn" Menace plant at Aurora,
Mo- case Of lust restrihutiun,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14

This .olvum Ia strong for those Chicago re-
tail merchants composing n fair price commits
sion, who come right out In the open and admit
that the price for suits and shoes are from 80
to 200 per cent too high.
Tom knm publicity director for the state
health department says that "whilo the cost OF
everything needed FOR the comfort sustenanco
and amusement of mankind. from apples to
rehras has been increased two and three hun
dred per cent, disease -preventauves have been
cut lust as much" We are not going TO take
issue with MIR. klllian further Than TO say that
tho Inst time we bought zebra steak there
had not been any fuctuation in the market quo
iations for several months
Ordinarily We make no kick against The tax
assessment machinery but In all fairness W"
ought 10 be given the same consideraton eN T.
tended to John H. Rockefeller. HIS personal
IA assessment has been Gpt from i've TO two
millions. and we do think we are entted TO the
same percentage OF reduction.
our position is simply this-ths weather man
pIcked tho wrong time to unload his surplus iee
crop ana shivrry winds upon us. II h" wAhlcd
Ia uivc the public "A square deal he would have
postpuned his clearance sale until a more pro-
DItiOus season
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14

Eut why does he stay In bed
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= hoo'> BuiId Citir~

DO you reaiize that one ~ the
first things these potential citizens