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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-08
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BORROW on your watcher diamond. M
1ewelry from the Euui.a Uie Loan Soci1tv
l2o North Eighth Street.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
PARrlMo AFrER A ouARREL.

You looked al me with yes grown
bright with pain,
Like some trapped thing And
then you moved your head
slowly from side to side, as though
the strain
Ached In your throat with anger ana
with dread.
Soon You had turned and left me, and
I stood
with 4 Queer sense Ok deafness
over me;
And only wondered duly that you
could
Fasten your trench coat Asp 50 care
TIL you were gone. Then all the mir
was thick
With my last words that seemed 70
leap and culver
And ia my heart / heard 4 little Click
or a door that closes-qnietiy tor-
ever.
Ehnice Tietjens il Poetry,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
Food Storage


New York Herald.
w view with alarm" Is q some.
what ~haelneyed phrase, but II still
hes its nses. One of them Is 10 ex-
press restrainedly the thoughts of the
average American when he reads Of
the big increase in the storage hold.
ings of frozen and cured staple foods.
According to the figures put oat ty
the Departments Of Agriculture the
amount OF pou try placed in storage
D n July 1 exceeded that OF a year
ago BY 467 percent. The increase In
meat supplies varied from 8 per cent
IN the case Of salt pork To 1873 percent
In the case OF frozen lamb and NUT
ton Stocks of frozen heef In staraee
now are footed up in staggering fig
There are 162.3S6,O00 pounds OF
II. of cured beef there are 29,217,00O
pounds; OF frozen pork, 1s3s804,O0O
pounds; 0f lamb and mutton, 7,273,000
pounds, and or dry salt u9d picklod
pork, sol ,96g. 1910 pounds.
Those are tremendous Amounts. The
withdrawal a. this 1.a84.iSsa0Oo pounds
81 meat from the peoples current
food supply serve ia part 20 stlffeh
the price and tends TO the more COM
plete control 0i the markets In those
months when fresh meat md poultry
IRE less plentiful
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
The Evaporation
OF an Army

Decentralization is a very technical
word. 1t calls attention to facts
about the dispersion OF an army
which are of a semiscientific nature
end directs our thoughts from other
very homely. but very impressive re
Elections, Let us substitute another
word-eyaporation, or absorption, or
dispersion even.
We wish to fix our eyes upon the
strange, the impressive phenomena
af the rapid. the almost miraculous
disappearance OF that visible army
which was assembled with such pro-
digious labor and at such tremen-
d0us cost Where is It now? How
seldom we see a khaki uniform. upon
the street, Hundreds upon hundreds
of thousande-a couple of millions
of soldiers. nearly, have DOTTED their
military regalias, donned their citi-
ztn's clothes and slipped quietly back
into civilian pursuits almost without
government aid. "A hundred places
which were made to help them ac-
cpmplish this remarkable feat have
bt en- substantially discarded becanse
they refused to be assisted. Like
the sturdy Americans they were they
Msddled their own canoes back into
The peaceful lakes and harbofs from
which they put out upon the temp
.estuous ocean of the great world.
war. The n Q who we're utterly or
partly ihcapacitated are being tend
cared for and refitted, when ca
for life But the rest-or the
mass Of them. to say the
merged themselves ST.
swiftly and Independently in
to the sea of u national life.
II is an amazing phenomenon. 1t
like watching the rolling away OF
at the end of a tempest, the
dispersion OF a bank OF ocean fog,
The evaporation of a Hood of water.
There is something quite as wonder.
full in the conduct of those glorious
in their retiring to civil life
ls their abandoning civil life for
The horrors OF war, and although the
phenomenon of their quiet Dispersion
Is less brilliant and striking than
Lrat OF their assembling ii is not
admirable and worthy Of rel
lown.
4 Proud as We are or their ability
a perform this nenrzmiracle OF
adaptation to new conditions, glad
~ we are 10 have them back in
/ cir accustomed places undistingu-
from all others, we miss
hem sadly. To see their upright
clad in the habillments Of
var. and feel a thrill of admiration
md OF pride as they strobe along,
vas an inspiration which we are
he poorer for The absence Of.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07

MI "r." "IHt
Welcome the soidiers' hrsdes,i
says the American Lesion Weekly
in the following editorial in the cur.
rent number Of the magaaine Of ihe
national orgauization or American
Veterans lof the great war:
more thnn $4,000 young women 0f
Ffance England. Ireland and Scot.
land have come to 0ur shores ns
citizens, is the brides 81 men who
we're ia service. These girls ia
their own way nre as brave as the
men They married. Zach LEFT home
u fare IN a country whose manners
and customs, ways Of life and
thought, are strange to them. in
the case OF the French girls they
learn a new language.
Each community or neighborho0d
IN which they are to reside should
lid them welcome and accept them
with a spirit of true hospitality,
embraces sympathy and nm
derstanding.n
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07

On June s, 1918, the day on which
the solar eclipse was visible in the
United States, a brilliant star flash
ed out in the evening sky in the
constellation AquiIa, at q point aLout
Et5 degrees west of Altair and 40
degrees south of Vega. says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. A plate. for
'tunately, taken at Harvard obserya-
Ittry on June z, tells us that the
star had then risen to the sixth mag
|nitude, SO. that 1t might have been
Just visible to the naked eye. The
brightness increased a h~undredfold
during the day Of June s, and again
flyefold on the following day. 50.
Il at on the evening Of June Q it
was the brightest star visible in
The northern heavens, decidedly
brighter than Vega. but closely re-
lsembllng It in spectrum. No new
STIR Of such bFiihanoe has Appeared
for owe three centuries. When we
realize that this star Is d sun, prob
ably much larger than eur own, we
i see that tremendous amounts
of energy must have been develop
ed within q few hours; for we know
that tho stars brightness Increased
fully 5 10000 times within q few
days, perhaps in as hours, prior -.
June s II was possible to photo
graph the stars spectrum with the
apparatus at the eclipse camp ~
Wyoming Of the Yorkes observa-
tory on the nights OF June 3, 3 and
10, and thus TO establish the fact
taat the expected change in the
spectrum from that OF d white star
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07

even have to acquiesce for the time
in an injustice to build the foundation
FOR greater Justice throughout the
world. One of the objects Of the
league ia supposed to DO the gradual
accomplishment OF the ideal OF self
Determination OF peoples. Must the
attempt through organization 10 al.
'1eviate national ~injustices be given up
because the aim isn't accomplished
before we start and because Great
Britain has an Irish question and
lima has a Japanese questions
And IT the Opponents OF the league
we're actually convinced that there
was q definite alternative between a
concert Of nations and a lineup be-
tween a GermansJapanesc alliance and
the rest Of the powers, it is possible
Il m ght give pause even to MI. fsaii.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
American Buffalo
Are Now Increasing

Provision is made In the current
agricultural appropriation act for the
secretary OF agriculture to give buff
fpdc to municipalities and public in
st'tutions from any surplus which
may ttfist In the herds now under
the control or the department Of
agriculture. In order to aid iii the
propagation OF the species the bill
provides that animals may be lent to
Of exchanged with other owners OF
american bison. No provision is
mAde TO give them to individuals,
una only sone may be given 10 each
II u%uicipality or public Institution.
= mis- provision is made because OF
the surplus OF bulls in some OF the
department Of agriculture's buffalo
herds, particularly the one in tho
Wichita national forest and game
reserve, In Oklahoma, and because
the department is nearing the real
i4ation OF the first stage In the pre-.
sarvation Of the specie-the acquisi-
tjon Of at least 1000 head OF buffalo
~ the government.
There are approximately 1000 buf-
falo in North America Canada has
something over $500 and the totsl
Number Ia the United States Is more
than 5000. This Is about seven
tines the number in the United
states in 1889, when the first bur.
laio census was taken. individual s
IN the United States W approx
1000 Of the total number IN
this country. There are eight gov
ernment herds, six OF which are I'M
der the control OF the department OF
agriculture. The largest herd In this
is in charge Of the interior
department and is located in tho
Yellowstone national park, where
are about $50 bison. Tho
lerd Of 18 at the National Zoologi-
;al park, at Washington, d. g.
The first herd OF buffalo under
re department Of agriculture was
In 1906 on the Wichita
forest and game preserve.
fhe original herd consisted Of Is
the gift of the New York !
Geological society, and this has nov
rcreased to more than 100 animals
sfthout any outside additions. Two
ierds have been established In the
asst year, one In Sullys Hill park,
n North Dakota, the other In the
'iEgah national game preserve IN
Carolina. The other herds SUI
eryised by the department Of agri-
uIture are located in the Montana
ationai bison range; the Niobrara
e~servation in Nebraska, and the
Wind Cave game preserve in Soutk
,akota. The plan OF the department
!; to establish at least ten herds,
t'dely distributed, in order to pre-
emit the spread Of any contagious
isease, should ii become %uncontro"-
BILE IN any OF the herds.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07


The railroad unions have a simple
remedy for the high cost Of living.
II takes two forms.
The preliminary form Is that Of the
strike.
Tie up all the railroads Of the scoun-
try. stop the shipment OF freight, halt
the transportation of fo0dstuffs, create
local shortages and send the price to
the consumer skylao0ting up again.
1lhis OF course also demOralizes bro
duction and in general KNOCKS the
food situation into u cooked hat, incs4
dentally preventing the government
fr1m carrying out the distribution Of
army food stocks. Meanwhile the
strikers have to share in the general
resulting rise in prices while their
wages are halted.
TAe second phase 10 when the
government. as may be expected iudg-
ina from past performances, giants
the raise and hands eight hundred
million dollars TO the railroad men.
Rites for transportation Of food
stgfss Immediately must be raised to
pay the higher wages and the cost Of
living Immediately takes another
jump. the railroad man among others
getting this benefit. Meanwhile the
non ra~ilroad-union consumer who
didn't get a raise In wages has to stand
double or treble ths burden of the
railroad worker.
The B~rotherhOods took the country
by the throat In a Crisis and threat
ened to make it lose the war II they
sisdn7t get their da4anlids. The latest
exhibit or patriotism is in line with
the former, The railroad organizations
have demanded an immediate raise in
wages, repudiated a proposed serious
government attempt to cut living
cot and have said that III we don't
get our raise instantly well raise
Ii with the country
There is M palliation nor excuse
s0r the helpless inertia OF the gorarl-
la the past few montas IN failing
t0 take action to reduce the living
cost; but II Is now evident that II
hns walked up. This does not mean
however that It can remedy the Con
ditien in five minutes by a decree.
she railroad unions, which at first
rernsitted the government the alter
fative Of solving the problem IN a.
day OF Two, cut out the alternative
Yesterday and made an unqualified
demand for the raise, deliberately re
solving, either by strike or holdup, to-
the cost 81 living again.
1i is about time the government OF
tke United States did a6rT;t b Trail
fc8d policy and sohe tilat VIII hold.
the BrUtherhcods for u while. n rrcw
irK SENSE 6f supreme prwef vested
ii shch a Uusater is not siiSi safest
thing One world for the country All
latge
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07


(New York Times,)
Forever thine. Great Liberty,
The patriot adore OF the free!
Upon all goals OF honor, fame,
Shines the pure glory Of thy name!
THY light has blaznd the sacred way
Fol peace and victory to-day!
Forever thine Great Liberty,
the loyal service Of The freei
For thee each sense that we command,
For thee the labors OF u hand;
Forever shall their efforts bring
Full need TO aid thy fnrtherlng
Forever thine. Great Liberty,
The sacred homage Of the freel
Not while thy fires Hume the sky
Shall duty lac or honor die
In thy loved name still w shall fight
Victorious wars for human right,
Borrower thine. Great Liberty,
The proud s~uhseryienee Of the free
no thee and thee alone we say
Thou art our ruler, lead our way
Thoruehout the tenure Of mankind
Lead thou, and .earth's last triumph
find
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
Wire Rates

"E tX" VA NWA. .AH M|M"M Il
The New Mexico corporation com
mission, which is a fairly expensive
institution tofthe state, has o chance
now to DOT service to the New Mexico
public and should act With prompc;
moss. initiative and an eye ssngle to
the Interest or the public in the mat
ter 81 revising the telegraph ana teleS
phone rates in this state.
As we understand 1t. with the re-
mOval of the Burleson incubus from
the communication systems, the form
or powers and prcrogatiyes OF the
state public utilities commissions are
restored. 1t Is reasonable to assume,
although we do not pretend any
sbstruse legal knowledge in the mat
ter, that the status quo ante is re
stored when the government relin-
pushes control. At any rate, the bur
den Of proof that Burleson burdens
should remain on the pubic certainly
ought TO lie with the Western Union
and the Mountain States Telephone
company. Meanwhile the consumer
who has been praying for relief from
Burleson and his arbitrary indiffer
nee to the rights Of the public should
get the benefit OF this relief promptly
now that the postmaster general is
no longer weighing down the wires.
1t is said the state corporation com
mission has been a little worried be-
cause it didn't feel that It knew ex-
actly where It was lat" The cor
pOrati0n commission need never feel
uneasy so long as it is endeavoring en-
ergeticalIy and persistently 70 look
the interest Of the public. Its
paramount obligation is to see that the
tax payers OF the state get fair treat
ment; and this does not imply unfair
ness to the utilities.
The Postal Telegraph company has
promptly restored the pre-war rates.
It is going to take some stiff argument
to convince the man on the street that
il 0ne company can do 1t another
can't.
The complaint that the Postal ~
getting the cream OF the business Isl
impressive. And the telephone
company could make no bigger hit
with the public than by proceeding to
demonstrate without delay the fact so
universally realized by the American
public that relief from Burleson con
Efol makes possible an immediate and
sweeping Improvement in SERVICE,
and general relations with the
consumer. The Burleson policies have
received The unanimous condemnation
of the people OF the United States and
any attempt to cling to them is not
likely to be very popular,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
Conquest ~


(Scribner's.)
Up, for The march has begun
Forward and onward the press
Swift move the hurrying ranks,
EmeraId file after file.
Grasses and reeds Of the marsh,
Grasses Of meadow and hill,
Glover and buttercup blooms
Led BY the dominant wind.
Manywoiced the acclaim
From myriad, murmuring leaves
OK poplar and maple astir.
Loud is the drum OF the bee;
Strong Is the music and sweet
Pouring from inbilant throats
OF sparrow and glaa bobso-link-
Bright are pennons that wave
Far In the radiant air.
Cold OF the brave fluor-de-liB
set IN long banners Of green,
On To the conquest we move,
An Irresistible host,
Thrilled BY a single desire
The Kingdom of beauty Is wmil
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
SUNSHINE STATE
DON'T STOP II.

Don't stop my paper, printer;
Don't strike my name OF yet;
xou know the times are stringent
And dollars hard TO get;
Hut tug q little harder
Is what ! mean to do,
And scrape enough together
Enough for me and you.
II cant' afford to drop 1t,
And i find it doesn't pay
nc do without a paper,
However others may,
/ hate ID ask my neighbors
To give me tehir's on loan;
They don't just say, but mean 1t
why don't you have your own
HCn can't tell how we miss It
II it, by any fate,
Should happen mot to reach us
Or come a little late;
Then all is in a hub-bub
And things go all awry;
and printer, If you're married
You'll know the reason why.
The children want those stories,
And wife is anxious, too,
All first to glance it over
And then to read 1t through;
And / read the editorials
And scan the local views,
And read the correspondent
And every bit Of news
-Tularosa Tribune.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
lNeW York WORLDS


1nsrsAhe " raiiroaU ireight
NSs " so generaily accepted py
e,s ~ an excuse lor increasing
tthhes piIse 81 commoulties suRlect 20
~ nlsher rates tnat some remariks
y W. text ny chairman Julius
Naut,acnnItt OF the y the raciiic
vs'Vm ueserfe ~a,tentl0n fointing
n = 7Ilh annual report tnat tne
pVputas lm~lressloh oL this relation
nisner rates 70 livinG epsts IS
stosniS e~AassefAesp Nr kdutt
nun says;
mo coin Is small enough 10 rep-
resent any OF these Increases il.
|u'st, but A uae dealer shoule add
ore copper Cent An each cas- 40
ne 1910 prices to reimburse HIM
the Increased cost OF his comm0-
dsty due 70 increased freight ratios
na would grossly ~ogercharee the
purchaser in every case Tle
would make him pay nea1'lg double
ttf proper amount in the case a.
a pair 81 shoes and over six iimne
the proper amount IN the case Of N
pound " ham or bacon"
The statement makes an interest,"
ing contribution to the education
which consumers are nowadays re.
ccsying III the matter Of ~proiiteefing
Certainly failfoad and other cofpoT
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
Plenty 60 Eat

The federal bnreau II maFkata y.
ports over i 10000 0o0 hnNhels "a sehess
IN the .~eleyafofs fIe,n mil s,cre
houses Ana Wholeaale h4aas I. ,.sns
/. not Including ina stocks IN ann
or commefciaI storlse when XII ~aars
than three times the carry ovs,.g ~ I
year AGO. and n connent,on w,,h w"
hummer crop ~ 1q1u az 3 coa,n,ass
assurance ~ nleufv IN III domestSs
needs AZ we'll ID fnr AZ y snsrc
foreign demand 1rhere e s1sn ~ wv.
uerit more Wneat ilour n hss,d 4
M fbi~ firoe ,rst YAM ~sp.s Ivy
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
How the Stars and
Stripes Was Censored
(From the mast Number Of the


Stars and Skripes.)
The Stars and Stripes is no more
but before its swan song took the
breeze it had the satisfaction OF
achieving the final stamp of aa,
th~enticity, the last brand of the gen.
uine O. d. article, like Stun and
reyeiile, for 1t was generously in
Guided in d long list or army prb.
ducts and held up to violent arraign-
ment by a discharged soldier whose
words We're widely quoted in the
States.
About the worst thing that our
gentle critic could say about the
sheet was the fact that all the time
that the buck who was the editor
was busy answering angry letters
from top cutters and other auto
Gratis and trying to get Wally to
draw his cartoon a few hours be-
fore the deadline, "a legend was APP
pearing on the masthead in which
Cpd was a part Of the post office
address.
"Ah-hal' said The corporal. ana
int down another note in his book.
Some day I'll get back and tell the
world that the general staff ran a
propaganda. paper
The facts are these: There a
a censorship ON The Stars and
Stripes II was made up of some
three pritates and enc fat sergeant.
They sat on every article and If
they caught the scent of the press
agent. the observation-disclosures o the
officer who wanted to explain all
about what The enlisted man really
bought, they threw the said contri-
button into the waste basket AMI
Rags. the credulous office blood
swallowed It.
Once in a while this board was
Once IN a while news tproph-
scies OF beefstead and ice cream got
ITO the columns but did not come
rue until long afterward. Once in a
while some joyful enthusiast put
some Pollyanna-keep-smiling
but it wasn't often. You
AN fool some Of the people all OF
he time but you can't fool even g.
Iaidier-editor all Of the time.
SO let them WELD their hammers
1 they win. The Stars and Stripes
i lowered with this. the list issue,
malice toward none, with char
III for all. and apologies 70 no.
,ody.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07

Knoxville Sentinel.)
Laughter, we are told by all au-
thorities on the human emotions,
spring from a tense of satisfaction
end superiority In the laughter over
the laughee, IL we may coin the
word for the occasion. The Paris
Rose Rouge publishes a hitherto I'M
printed essay on laughter by Sted-
bal, IN which the following defini-
ton occurs
What Is laughterg 1t Is a success
sion OF pulmonary spasms accom-
panied by a peculiar facial expires
sion which is SO familiar that + need
rot describe II and by a pIeasurablo
sensation around the chest.
This physical state arises from
a sudden inspiration to compare our
own worth with some one else's and
resulting in a verdict favorable TO
ourselves. Laughter thus arises from
the sudden recognition Of u own
superiority"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07

(From the Brooklyn EasIe.)
Drawer than d long line OF roya
f0robears is George on England. He
has tackled the job 0f reforming The
the national anthem, Of which Gilbert
wrote:
Though its words but imperfectl5
rhyme;
And the Devil himself couldn't
scan them;
With comp0sure polite he endures
day and night
The saftirst went further; he as
sumed that the ~illiteracy must be toll
Grated forever or the kings troubles
he said "One comes in the shape
he can never escape, that implacabIe
national anthem
George v dnfies pessimiam and do
fjes Gilbert's forecast. He's going to
escape or wreck all traditions trying
to do so.
It was in 1740-twenty years be-
fore George III became kiug-that
Henry Cary, immortal author OF 'Sal,
" IN Our Alley, write the awful
words that have rung in the ears Of
sOvereigns W. since. have been
laughed at by intelligent Englishmen,
sneered at by continental critics and
American critics and being indefen-
sible, have never been defended
God Save Our Gracious King:n
o Lord, u God, arise,
Scatter his enemies,
And make them FALL;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knayish tricks,
On him u hopes we fix;
God save us all.
A sample enc stanEa, Is sufficient.
isn't needful to say that the others
are equally bad, making glorious
and victorious" rhyme with reign
u.s. making %cause" ryme with
Voice. so wretched as 10 have real
humorous value. King George has HAD
two substitute stankas written, we
know BY whom. They have al
most the same dignity OF t'America,p
is, Of course, sung TO the same
air:
One realm of c four.
BEST mora end evermore,
God save our land.
Home Of the brave and free,
Set in the silver sea,
tuO HuAhN VI SHANhtf2
God save our land.
Kinsfolk In love and birth
From utmost ends of earth,
God savs as all.
Bid strife End hatred cease,
Bid hope and joy increase,
Spread universal peace,
God a MS all.
Americans, who have no reason to
70 ashamed of America sympathize
with the tecklessly idealistic
eferm king George has determined
They hope he win succeed in his
var on cacophony and bad taste. The
anthem" Of Carey has too long been
disgrace to art as werl as an I'M
Iugnment OF the common sense Of
he English people.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-08-07
pnoeNEss.

Ia. EH
J hear dem white folks talkin',
An ! sketch myself a-halkin'
Cause de world seems done gone
wrong,
An den / sees a robin
Come asskippin, AM asbobbin'
An he sings dat summer song
DO sun g'ineter shine an de dew
will glisten,
y0sflI hear sweet music II you
stop to listen,
Do world keep azm0vin' an a-gOin'
strong,
yor cit lef' behind If You doesn t
step along.
1 hear de white folks sighin'.
Some O. dem Is nearly cryin'
Ear ID trouble, dey say. fob sho'
I'M den j hears a cricket
Over yonder IN de thicket,
k,sihgin' out. Us dat SOL"
On Rran-pap cricket an his gran.
pay way back yonder.
was a.tellin bout re way dem white
folks used to grieve an won
der.
Eut dis world has KEEP armovm an
Il won't move slow.
50 sten along. honey. on de way
you gotter 90.
Washington Star