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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17

ed out that one of the most reprehen-
sible things president could do
would be TO attempt to control the
personnel of congress through mflu-
ence of the executive office. Yet. as
it never before was attempted by any
president, he tried last year TO con-
troll the elections to house and senate.
But the most fragrant of all changes
of front by the president. and the
least eXcusable, is his assent to Sc
cret diplomacy at the peace confer
ence. 1t is stated that the British and
American delegates opposed secrecy,
but were overruled by France, Italy
and Japan.
What the president could have done
and should have done was to an
nounce to the other delegations that
the United States delegates would
give the fullest information of what
was transpiring to the American
press. Other delegations could do as
they liked.
There was no reason for the presi-
dent allowing himself to he over ;ulcd.
and the country will MT excuse hum
for it,
Fhe people Of the United States are
the real rulers OF the natun Be-
cause of secret diplomacy in Europe
thy were forced into the war. They
have a right to know what IS going
on thind the doors of the pc zee con-
Ce.ence, what the differences between
enc lotions are and how those differ
tneCs can be composed.
1t i, said that the rYosisnn,. after
thN preliminaries have oeen arranged,
will come back to the United States
and make an ocean to ocean tour for
the purpose of explaining his policies
to the people. Good talker as the
president is, he will find it difficult
to explain just why the American peo-
pie had to wall for information re-
the conference until the head
of the American delegation came
home to give his version of it.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

The prohibition amendment to the
and the legalized liquor traffic in this
couatry soon will be n thing of the
past, as slavery and the opium and
cocaine traffics are things Of the past
legally.
Much as We may talk of personal
liberty. in the passage of the prohibi-
ton amendment no human being suf-
fers deprivation hurtful to him. But
millions of people. now living and yet
10 be born, are the beneficiaries of
This act.
AS revolutionary measure the fed
eral prohibition amendment is of the
first Importance. We cannot give
place above ii in the long look, even
to the winning of the war, though the
war was more exigent for the time it
was being fought.
The whole country will be meal
culably benefited financially by pro-
hihition, the liquor traffic being the
greatest OF all wastes of the peoples
substance, and the moral and physical
benefits will be so great that it is inn
possible for us to appraise them now
with any degree of adequacy.
While under the terms of the
amendment prohibition will become
effective one year from today, there
10 ,,nu, ~ dapht that artual nrnbjhi
ton will begin July list, when the war
prohibition measure begins to oper-
ate.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
WILSON SWITCHES .NGAIN

"Pitiless publicity" was one of the
presidents slogans. Before starting
to Paris he also declared for open
covenants openly arrived at
Colonel Roosevelt once remarked:
THE president claims to have one
track mind. but beyond doubt he has
splendid switching facilities"
President Wilson has been on every
side of every question, and the peo-
pie have excused his changeableness
as the growth of the man as his en-
vironments changed. But his changes
of late have been due to shrinkagc,
rather than growth.
After declaring politics adjourned
he undertook TO line up the voters for
the democratic party. The nation re-
scented 1t at the polls. rebuked ii in a
most convincing way In his writings
before he became president he point
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
ME- X|CO CANNOT
SELL TERRITORY,
SAYS GOVERNOR
Esteban Cantu, Who Controls
Lower California, Issues
Statement in Reply to Re-
cent Talk of j. S, Purchase,

10y MORNING JOURNAL srsc,sL .Hasro '. "E
San Francisco, Jan. 16--Mexfco's
legal inability to. sell lower Califor-
MIA to the United States as proposed
in congress, is set forth in state
ment authorized by Governor Este
ban Cantu of Lower Califorlia, issued
by his secretary, and received here
today.
Governor Cantu's statement also
asserts a belief that there has been
no demand by inhabitants Of Lower
California for such a purchase.
The statement follows:
Governor Cantu has nothing to
say about the resolution of purehas-
ing a portion of the Mexican terri
tory. which has been submitted by
some American congressman. They
are perfectly free to discuss the mat
ter, but it would be we'll to observe
that, according to the Mexican con-
stitution, neither the president nor
the congress of Mexico are authorized
to dispose of any part of the nation
al territory The only thing that
Governor Cantu would like to set
straight, because 1t involves a mis-
representation, is the statement pub
lished by some American papers, that
a number of inhabitants of the nor
thern district Of Lower California,
both Mexican and American, had
asked the government of the United
States, or any of its high functions
aries to purchase this portion of the
Mexican republic. The governor is
sure that not a single application of
that kind has been made. and refer
endum among the inhabitants of this
district, and among all the popula-
ton of the Mexican republic, for that
matter, would bear out the truth. of
what the governor asserts
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17

the man in the eye and say; Yes, we
! dia blockade the south, but we
shouldn't have done it," or we have
! 10 hem and haW and try to get out
of II the best we can. Not having any
national humility we choose the latter
course.
But, Of course, the point OF the
whole thing is that you can't set up
rules of warfare and expect the ma
tons to abide by them. War wasn't
arranged by the Marquis of Queens
bury. If it is contrary to a nations
interest to obey Il rule, it won't obey
it. War isn't a game. War is--but
sherman told us what it was The
way to abolish cheating in war is to
abolish war, There isn't any other
way,
And when you get right down to it,
the whole question has changed SO
much that the old rules are all out Of
Date anyway. There used to be q
three mile limit around the seashora,
and battleships weren't supposed to
come closer. In those days the guns
couldn't shoot more than three miles,
But nowadays il battleshiD could an
ehor fifteen miles out at sea from Il
seaport town and pick off the gas
works, the electric light plant. the
water works. and half the churches in
the city and do it as sort of exercise
before the captain got up for break
fast.
SO the upshot of the matter is that
we believe in the freedom of the seas,
even if we haven't always extended
that privilege to our enemies And
we recognize that were never going
to get freedom of the seas as long as
the nations are able to adapt the rules
TO their own purposes in war time
We've got to have a world orgahiza
ton that IS capable of guaranteeing
the thing. That organization is the
League OF Nations.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
Bring friend to church Sunday.
Santn E,e Enainecrs.

East Las Vegas, n NJ, Jan. Ill.
+. Trainer, for thirtyseven years a
resident of Las Vegas, is dead at his
home here after long illness Mr.
Trainer was employed by the Santa Fe
railway as an engineer, running be-
tween this city and Albuquerque for
many years. Several years ago he re-
tired from the main road and became
employed in the shops He is survived
by wife and eight sons and daugh-
tiers. Mr., Trainer was q member OF
the brotherhood of Locomotive engi-
neers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS
BY JOSIAH II. REED.

u good idea. Men fought the same as
Fhey ate breakfast--sort of as a mat
aer of course-but they tried to be
mannerly about it. At least, that was
1.-THE theory, Blockade of a city in
wartime was permitted so that a
siege might be made effective; but il
wasn't considered the thing to block
ade city without letting the women
and children escape. And the idea Of
hiockading whole country SO as to
starve the civilian population was
contrary to the whole theory Of inter-
national law. And any good Ameri-
can before 1860 could have explained
that very Well
But then our civil war came and
changed all that. The north was very
anxious to beat the south, and WASH t
making any too good of job of it.
It was suggested that the north block
AIDE the whole south and cut off the
cotton trade with England. 1t was
contended that if ii was all right to
blockade a city. it was all right to
blockade a country. But, of course,
It wasn't. The whole object was diff
ferent. It was different from merely
laying siege to city for strategic
purposes 1t was done TO bring suf-
fering among the civilian population.
1t did, And some people think that
the north couldn't have won without
the blockade And to some persons
that iustfies the use of ii. But it
doesn't really, AS stated at the be-
ginning of this article. a thing is right
or 1t isn't, and whether we ever did it
Or not has nothing to do with the
matter.
Now after tho civil war we grad
ualiy began to talk again about the
freedom OF the seas. At the second
Hague conference our delegates made
some fine speeches on the subject
Freedom of the seas was one of Will
sons fourteen points. 1t seems to be-
long there. It's q grand old American
doctrine. But. of course. when any
body SAYS, What about the blockade
of the south in the civil war; we are
IN trouble. Either we have to look
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
TODAY'S EVENTS

Birthday greetings to David Lloyd
George. British premier, who is SC
wears old today.
After more than 40 years of active
service, Col Robert n. Getty former
commander of Camp Dodge will be
placed on the retired list today for
age
The general annual assembly of the
Royal Architectural Institute of Can
ada will open at Montreal today and
continue in session over tomorrow.
The 2l3th anniversary of the birth
of Benjamin Franklin, patron saint"
of the printing craft, Will be observed
by the fraternity throughout the
United States today.
An interstate convention of Young
Mems Christian Association leaders
of the southwestern states will begin
its sessions today at FL Paso
Secretary of Commerce William G..
Redfield is to be the principal speak
er tonight at the annual meeting of
the Albany On. W Chamber Of Com
merce.
Arrangements for the proposed
world cotton conference are to be de-
veloped at meeting of United States
cotton men to be held today in Wash
ingtOn, ID. G..
A great patriotic mass meeting is
to be held tonight in Madison Square
Garden to show New York's appreci-
alton of the work done by the return
ing soldiers, sailors and marines,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
NOSE CL0GGED FROM ' =
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

All. What relief! Your clogged
nostrils open right up, the air pas
sages of your head are clear and
you can breathe freely. No more
hawking, snuffling, mucous dis
charge, headache, dryness-no strug-
Cling for breath at night, your cold
or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from
your druggist now Apply a little of
this fragrant. antiseptic cream in
your nostrlls. let it penetrate through
every air passage of the head; soothe
and heal the swollen, inflamed mu-
cous membrane, giving you instant
relief Elys Cream Balm is just
what every cold and catarrh suf-
ferer has been seeking. It's just
splendid. # AaAi
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
T0DlY,S BIRTHDAYS

David Lloyd George, Rritain's pre-.
mier who scored a victory almost
without precedent in the recent cleo
tons, born at Manchester. Sc years
ago today.
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty
England's famous sea dog" whose
ceaseless vigilance rendered the Ger
man fleet powerless, born in Ireland
4S years ago today.
Col Robert N. Getty U. s. A.. who
retires today for age, born in New
York, GA years ago today.
DR.. Palmer G.. Ricketts,, president
of Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute
born at Elkton, Md, 63 years ago to-
day.
Francis Sayre, grandson of Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, born in the
White House, years ago today
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
FRIDAY II, 1919
uNENrIOHM CRISIS EXISTS
IN NEW Mi1NICO.


That an unemployment crisis exists
in Albuquerque may be news to the
people or this city, but the fact re-
mains that from ten TO forty New
Mexico mon each day apply TO the
L. S. employment office in this city
for work and are turned away be-
cause there are no Jobs to be found
for them
Not less than seventy-fivo thousand
men are now idle in Detroit. and the
estimate is that more than a half mill
lion are seeking work in New York
City alone What IS true of Detroit
and New York is true in about the
same proportion in every big city OF
the country The numbers Of the un-
employed will increase rapidly as the
war work is shut down and the sol
diers are discharged
For this condition the federal gov
eminent Is solely to blame. But that
fact does not hello 20 feed the hungry
or give employment to the unem-
ployed.
Coming home in a steady stream
are approximately twenty thousand
New Mexico men-sixteeu thousand
of them from the army and the re-
mainder from the war factories of the
east the west and the south. These
men are the concern of New Mexico
The federal government took them
away as volunteers CT through tie
draft 1t returns them to finl en-,
ployment the best they can.
The federal employment service for
New Mexico has absolutely no place
for any more men. For a time there
was demand at Prescott, Ai'iz., but
that demand has been filled,
The railroad, under federal con-
troll, is finding difficulty in keeping
the men now on the payrolls. and
there is not Il ion open for additional
men in the railroad service in this
state,
Governor Iarrazolo recommends
legislation for the employment of the
returned soldiers. That legislation
should be passed nj the earliest posi-
bile moment, for an emergency exists
which only the state can meet.
1t is useless to urge congress to do
anything. The president has declared
aGaihat congressional action. stating
that the problem Of employment is
one for tho business intrests of the
country. OF course. he endorsed the
plan of Secretary Lane for settling
returned soldiers on reclaimed lands.
But not an acre of such land has
been selected, and after It has been
selected from three to five years must
intervene before the first apportion-
ments can be made for settlement.
We are less prepared for peace than
We were for war. But far more inn
portant than assessing the blame is
the job of placing the men who want
work and cannot get it,
Displacing employees in order to
make room for the returned soldiers
will not solve the problem. One ner-
son without food gets about as hun
CRY as another.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
IN THE DAYS NEWS,

Col. Robert n. Getty Z. s. A., who
will he placed on the retired list to-
day for age, leaves behind him an ex-
cellent record of faithful and eff
cient service as an officer of the Unit
ed States army. He is native of
New York and was appointed to the
United States Military Academy from
that State. Ever since his graduation
from West Point, more than forty
years ago, he has been connected
with the infantry arm of the service,
In his early days as an officer he saw
much exciting service in the Indian
campaigns on the western frontier.
He was an active participant in the
war with Spain and later put in sew
eral years on duty in the Philippines.
In the early part of the war with
Germany Col, Getty was made bril-
gadier-general in the new national
army and placed in command of
Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
WAS RESTLESS AT NIGHT

Sufferers from kinney trouble eX-
perience bacltache. rheumatic pains,
aches in joints and muscles and other
torturous Affections f. w. Kit, r.
+. ID. ., Box 9, Shorters. Ala, writes:
II used Foley Kidney Pills as I was
SO restless over night with pains in
my back and side. They did me good
and | truthfully say Foley Kidney
Pills is the medicine for kidney
troubles" Sold everywhere.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR

Italians repulsed severe attack on
river front nearest Venice.
President Wilson summoned house
and senate leaders on Russian situa-
ton.
German effort to destroy Ameri-
can wheat crop by poisonous pollen
discovered.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder for kidney and bIad-
der troubles gravel, diabetes, weak and
lame backs, rheumatism and irregularities
OF the kidneys and bladder in both men
and women. Regulates bladder troubles In
ehiaren' IL not sold by your druggist. win
be sent by mail on focefpt of s1.25 One
small bottle IL two months treatment and
often cures. Send for sworn testimonials.
Or. E. W Hail. 1925 Olive street. st. Louis,
No. Sold BY druRg,sa
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
DRIVE AWAY HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and Temples

A headache remedy without the dan.
gers of headache medicine" Relieves
/. headache and that miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And it acts at once |!
Musterole is a clean, white ointment.
made with oil of mustard. Better than
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Used only externally, and in no way can
it affect stomach and heart, as some in
ternal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis.
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con.
Gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago,
all pains and aches of the back or Joints.
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains,
frosted feet, colds of the chest lit often
prevents pneumonia).
Soc and Coo lars: hospital size 81 50
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
Bring q friend to church Sunday.

Irish stew is almost unknown II
Ireland.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-16

getting the average soldier to France:
These figures ares:
Fare for one Soldier.
III From battlefield or camp IN
France to seaport, $4,000.
(2) Across the Atlantic $4,000.
(3) From u. S. to civilian home
S74OO.
Total Fare home for one man $4,000
Multiplying these figures by 2,OO0,-
900 gives the total fare for the A. e..
f. as follows:
Fare for A. E. f.
III From the fighting line to French
seaports $128,O00,000.
(2l Across the Atlantic $124, 900, 900.
(3) From u. S. parts to civilian
homes. $148,000, 900.
Total Fare home for A. E. F. $780,
100000.
The Governments general plan has
been to reverse the process by which
the bows we're sent to France. That
is why it has been possible to give
such accurate figures as to the cost
They were drawn from experience
That is why the individual cost is
so high. If it were merely question
of moving large number Of men as in
dividuals the great number would per-
nit combinations of resources that
would result in reduced rates per man.
But the A. E. F. is an army and must
be brought home as an army. It must
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-16

repeated so often that many actually
believe they have seen it.
The story might have gone on in
definitely if it hadn't been for M. w.
Ireland, Surgeon General of the Unit
ed States army, who is more quail
fled than any other living man TO
speak authoritatively on subject. In a
telegram received today from him at
Victory Liberty Loan headquarters,
he denied the basket story in every
particular.
81 have examined the records of the
American Expeditionary Forces and
am able to say that there is not a
single basket case in the American
army. ! wish to emphasize that there
has not been single instance of an
American soldier so wounded during
the whole war"
Tell this to the next friend who re-
lates to you the wars most popular
horror story.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-16

erica has shown the world it is still
backing Liberty and is willing to pay
for peace and prosperity.
The War Savings campaign is one
of education in Americanism and thrift
and is building the foundations that
make possible such great outpouring
of capital as the Victory Liberty Loan.
The War Savings movement is not
a three weeks affair. 1t is a perman-
ent part of America life. 1t is go
ing to light the way to the future
power of America and while Ameri-
cans will all give the Liberty Loan
the right of way in April, they will
turn to War Savings work with re-
newed zest and appreciation after the
more pressing job is over.
If you don't already belong to a
War Savings Society, better look a.
round for one that suits you or form
one of your own.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-16

This is the estimate of Army author
tiles of the cost of bringing each man
Of the A. E. F. from the battlefields
Of France to his own family door
step.
When the fighting stopped Novem-
Der II with the signing of the armis-
tice, the A. E. F. numbered about an
even 1000, 900 men.
With four fifty-dollar Liberty Bonds
required to pay each mans fare, sub
scription to the Victory Liberty Loan
fotaiing $500 900. 900 will be needed to
bring the whole Army home.
Uncle Sam will have to pay q big
baggage check with each passenger
fare. And the journey is in three sec
tions, each one expensive. That IS
what makes the total individual fare
SO high.
Army transportation experts have
figured out the average fare home for
each man on the basis of the cost OF
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-16
GOOD THINGS FROM THE WAR.

Rebuilding of the American merch-
ant fleet, which had been dwindling
since 100 years ago when Yankee sail
ing ships were queens of the sea.
Liberation of Italy's "unredeemed
territory" which had been under auto
cracy for generations.
Repayment to France of the debt
to Lafayette"
Development in the United States OF
such industry as dyestuff manufacture
potash making, ens-grinding, and 9th.
ers in which we formerly depended on
Germany.
Proof that the American melting
pot" has done it's work, Tanks Of every
ancestry having fought shoulder to
shoulder in army and navy for the
principles on which American demo
cracy stands.
Universal manhood suffrage granted
in England, together with broad wO-
man suffrage.
Capitalization Of the principles held
by the worlds democratic nations as
opposed to the former autocracies
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-16
A GRUESOME TALE.

OF. all the gruesome stories the war
has produced, none perhaps has gain
ed wider currency than the one about
the number of American soldiers who
lost both legs and both arms and are
obliged to live in baskets.
During the last few weeks it has
grown more popular than the famous
war myth about the fortune-teller
who said 'sthe war would end Nov. IL
just as sure as your chauffeur lies
dead under your car"
Thousands Of persons will swear
that they have seen with their own
eyes American soldiers being carried
around in baskets. The yarn has been
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-16
Which have been OyerthrOwn.

which have been OverthrOWn.
Liberation of the Armenians a
Christian people, from MOslem Op-
preston.
Prospective freedom to the Slavic
races of southeastern Europe from
centuries of Germanic Imperialism. :
Restoration of the ancient kingdom
of Poland, which $50 years ago was
more powerful than Russia.
Proof to the world that militarism
by itself, cannot conquer, no matter
how powerful, unless it represents a
cause which the mass of nations peO-
pie to be just.