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Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-23
FRANCE BUYING
 U. s. LOCOMOTIVES End of War Finds Country Poorly Equipped; Roll
 ing Stock Needed

PARIS. France, Jan. 2S.-(Corre- spOndence of the Associated Press D. France, as a result of the war, finds itself short of 5000 locomotives and 100000 cars, while the transportation material that is still nOminally on the active list is badly out of repair. The shortage of rolling stock has become very acute lately, for the number of locomotives and cars out of cOmmis- sion for various defects has increased since July last by 10 and 30 per cent respectively.
 To meet the growing difficulties in the matter of repairs. the state muni- tiOn factories at Lyons, Toulouse and Roanne have, since the armistice. been turned with all speed into railway re pairing shops.
 Buy U. s. Cars
 The French government has long hesitated to place orders in the United States, where alone new rolling stock could be procured. for fear of depress- ing the French rate of exchange un- duly; but the cOuntry'S needs became so pressing that orders have now been given, it is understood. for purchaS- ing 500 locomotives and S2,000 cars, while 27,OOO American cars that were to have been shipped to France for the use of the American expedition ary force have also been acquired.
 Perhaps the biggest task before the French transportation experts is the restoration of the destroyed railway tracks in the invaded part of France An army of 75,000 workers will be en- gagged on the great work for months, II includes the reconstruction of 14 tunnels and 16,00O bridges, for which 5O,0OO tons of metal are required.
 Borrow" Lines
 In addition, hundreds of miles of main and branch lines have been tenn DOraTiiy borrowed" for military pur- poses from elsewhere, and must now be relaid.
 The departments affected have been divided up into sections, for each of which a chief reOrganiZer" has been appointed. Each of them has been re luired to give an undertaking that he will have his section in proper work ing order as regards transportation, in he course of the present year.
 An appropriation of 120.O00, ,0OO II AoAiSS t1SS oSSA HAaO0 oS SHS SO'OI IT nent to enable the railway companies 70 purchase rolling stock for urgent public needs. The minister of public works has declared that, in his view, l he restoration of Frances northern ! md eastern railway systems should be made a first charge upon the war in- iemnity to be paid by the enemy.
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Surveys made by the United States department of labor, through its divi- sion of public work and construction development, show that this country is far behind its needs in modern school buildings The education of our children is not a plaything to be taken up one moment and cast aside the next
 Effective instruction of children must be. regular and systematic Any other kind is next to useless Regu- lar attendance at school is as neees- sary to education as regular meals are to life, and proper sanitary conditions in the schOOlhOuse are absolutely es- sentiaI to training the young mind
 Fresh air, light. heat, playgrounds. are companions of text bOks m i'm
Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-23

are crowded and herded so that ef- fective education is almost impossible. because the thoughts of the pupils are constantly distracted from their work The result Of such a system will surely be half-baked intellects and inefficient men and women. And that, in turn, will mean national de cadence
 The working people are vitally con cerned in this school building QueS- tiOn-- It is their children who are the pupils Of the public schools. It is their children who will suffer through the neglect of our system of eduea- tion- It is their children who will not be properly equipped for the battle of life. Then the slogan of the working people should be:
Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-23
INDIANS IN ALASKA
 ISSUE OWN PAPER

JUNEA, Alaska, Jan, S5,(-By Mail0 -AlaSks Indians Of Hydahurg. a na, tive village near here, are issuing a paper, The New Native" In its first issue the paper says, The New Ma tlVe's name was chosen for the req, son that the natives of Hydaourg gre no lOnSer the native of 70 years ago. They haze fOrSaken their belief in toteiSm and other antiQuSted GUS, toms and have embraced the fruits of civilization.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-23

practical assurance that the puhliea- tions or the census. usually eoming out long time alter the enumeration, may be more QOlcSly at hand to suidS the estimates ot governmental and
 industrial leaders. and generally guide and demonstrate the progress of na. tional civilization. They are being produced largely by the work of youthful apprentices from Washing. mgton schools, which have vocational courses.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-23
ALASKANS SEEK TO
 REPEAL MARTEN LAW

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Jan. 7.-(By Mail)-When Alaska's legislature con venes this coming March. one of the matters to be put up before it by sportsmen and trappers will be repeal of the statute which penalizes the catching of martens in traps or other wise
 The marten, say trappers, is born thief and destroyer of the feathered tribe He will even try to steal bait left in traps, with the result that he is trapped himself and the unfortun- ate owner of the trap thereupon finds himself in the position of having com m1tted an Offense against the law. Eggs of the voting birds, and the home of the trappers, is left unprotected, are also prey to the marten-
Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-23

If we don't build them now, we shall have to pay heavily for our failure to do so in the future.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
Can't Be Ignored

The honorable, the unruffled secre-
tary Of war will have some diff
Guilty preserving his familiar atti-
tude toward the latest criticism OF
his action in extending clemency to
the men who evaded military service
during the late unpleasantness.
This time the d~enunciation comes
from the men who cannot be ignor-
ed nor smiled down-the officers and
men who fought fer the flag and
who, RELEASED from the mnffler of
service in the army are. quite free to
say and say with startling c~learness
what they think Of the head of the
war department who made II easy
for tho sleckers.
The action of the American Legion
in st. Louis will meet with the en-
dorsement of all red-blooded Ameri-
Gems, The man who wouldn't fight
for his country when asked to, while
his country was in peril is. just as
r~eereant to his Americanism and his
patriotism now az he was when the
war was on. MT Baker cannot place
him on a level with the wounded ex-
SO easily as that and get
away with tiff we Judge the tenn
per Alright OF the people who Just
row went enthusiastically and ire
yer the top again with the
Victory Loan to pay the bilI-includ-
ne the bill for Mr.. Bakers mis-
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15

AAN|0I ~ ~ Aa4|AI 81
We cali you Frogs, my heartieh.
With your regimental blue
And p'rapa twas not through lovin'
That we wished the name on you.
But now that you have got 1t
And its likely 1t will cling,
II seems that maybe, somehow,
There's a meanin' to the thing.
Through four long fearful winters
In your chilly Flanders bogs
You've sQuatted-eating, sleeping,
m your mud holes just like Frogs,
Like Frogswhose spots have
mingled
with each grass and stone and
stick
You camoufIaged your hiding
You were first to pull the trick.
Like Frogs you sat and squinted
Cross at f'ritzie--day by day,
But you were tout suite b%eaucoup
When you leaped into the fray.
You left a heap o. Frogs legs
In those marshes where you soaked
Where tens and tens OF thousands
OF your punctured poilus croaked.
Yes. we've dubbed you Frogs, my
hearties.
With your spattered rags of blue,
With your scars and stumps and
crltches
Which you'll carry till you're
through
But well you've proved your fitness
For the rank you got by chance,
And so once more here's to you,
Oh, you dauntless Frogs Of Francc!
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15

How The Germans
Are Handcuffed
-lNew York Herald.l

One OF the best possible assurances
Of peace lies in the enemy's deprive
ton Of the means Of making war. THAT
is why it is not only essential that
France should have back her iron
mines In the Briey district but should
also hold control Of the Sarre coal
basin. Coal and iron are the first
essentials in waging war. Take them
away and Germany is practically
powerless. Under the terms OF the
peace treaty she stands to lose 70 per
cent of her iron ore for all time and
one third OF her coal until, at any rate
the French coal mines are restored 70
productiyeness. OF course Germany
may discover other coal and iron de-
posits within her own territory, but
the contingency does not seem prob
able. A much greater risk is that she
may obtain hold or control Of the min
eral resources OF Russia. There are
vast coal deposits in the Don district,
there r iron and copper in the eau
cosus, and there are various rich min
eral deposits in the urals and other
regions.
Germany, having lost the great Briey
iron district, doubtless will be looking
to Russia and other countries, includ-
ing Sweden, for more iron to keep
Krupp's going for a time as q peace
industry, but by and by for the old
purpose. Everything possible should
be done within the four corners of the
peace treaty and also outside that
document to ~eirrunlvent the enemy in
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
How Necessities
Become Luxuries


M
Because the cost Of living has gone
up and prices have gone out Of sight
those things which, were formerls
purchased at reasonable prices and
were In the reach Of all r now
termed lVxuriegsn ct least tor taxa
tion purposes. People, who have been
accustomed to buy good articles be-
cause they thought ii paid to do SO,
must now pay luxury taxes on these
purchases. 1t WAS bad enough when
the prices went up, but now the gov
eminent has added to the burden, pen
alizing as il were, the consumer for
"a condition which Is not any fault OF
his, and in which he Is made the goat
all along thesline.
Every woman knows that when she
goes to buy a Wilton carpet, perhaps
choosing IL for It's general economical
value, she ian not get It at much less
than $40 a yard. Mr.. Kitchen and
HIS associates IN the late democratic
congress decided that any carpet
costing more than IS q yard. If Mrs.
Tucson buys enough carpet at $40 a
yard to tit a room fifteen by twelve,
she will have to pay q tax OF 80 cents
q yard, or $40 all told.
Every woman knows that in the
present state OF shoe prices 1t il i'm
possible for some women to buy their
particular kinds of shoes for less than
Si2. But every woman, or man, who
pays more than $40 for a pair Of shoes
win pay q tax OF 10 cents on every
dollar paid In excess OF $40.
There are many men who have worn
Ihe same brand and style OF hat
early manhood, perhaps a derby
that used to sell for $5y but which
now costs So. The man who pays S.
Tor a hat must pay a luxury tax" Of
30 cents, the Kitchinites having de-
that only the rich worthy Of be-
ng gouged, would pay ore than SIS
or a hat. The tax hits w~aistcoats in
he same measure. If Mr.. Tucson
to indulge in a ten dollar waist
,oat with his dinner clothes, he must
land over half a dollar to the treas
Try for. having the pleasure. II he is
10 fat that a five dollar ready-made
vaistcoat win not fit him, he mus
for his sins.
The shoppers who have not FOL
owed the Kitchin schemes for taxing
verifying. will probably be surprised
then they bump into the taxes In the
torres, all the way from the soda
.ountain to the trunk department. Let
hom be patient when the salesman
eds them of the 10 per cent added to
be old price. 1t isn't his fault, nor
he fault of the employer, who has to
mploy more bookkeepers to keep
rack Of the taxes. 1t is the fault OF
ir. Wilson's late congress. 1t is an
vii which must be endured at least
NTH the new congress is called into
I,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15

H
For the moment the little, old city
OF Ftume. pictursequely situated on
the bay OF Guarnero, inlet Of the
Adriatic, Is the center Of world inter.
lest, Because Of Italy's desire to OBJ.
tain It the amity Of the nations OF the
earth is jcopardized. Like Sarajevo,
where occurred the murder that pre-
eipitated the world war, Fiume was
little known Until II doomed forth as
the rock on which world peace might
SO to wreck. While statesmen try to
save the day or get the city the people
rf tho world attempt ~variously 10 pro-
nounce the unfamiliar name, HFume,"
nFyo0-me, "Fee-oo-me,f ''Fe-o-ma.
Fee-oo.man is correct.
Fiume Is a city Of 10000 to 10000
inhabitants, mainly Italians and
nlyrians. Its history goes back to
Roman days and it's Importance at
that time Is denoted by a triumphal
arch supposed to have been erected
by Emperor Claudius II, indicating
that the place was once the scene OF
a Roman triumph. Subsequently the
Byzantine emperors ruled and in the
ninth century the city attained indie
pendence under a line OF dukes. In
l471 1t passed into possession Of Aus
tris and 300 years later was attached
to the crown Of Hungary, becoming a
royal free city.
To Hungary Fiume was especially
important as it's only seaport. It is
easily one Of the most important Of
tho Adriatic cities, possessing three
harbOrs. a breakwater, a two mile
long quay, enjoying a heavy com
merce, importing great quantities OF
wine. rice, tobacco and raw inte, ex-
porting flour, sugar and lumber and
possessing such industrial establish.
ments as a government tobacco fac
tory, an enormous petroleum refinery,
d rice Smelling factory. paper mills and
mills. The fisheries are import.
ant. especially those of funny. Edu.
.sationally Plume is, or rather was, the
seat Of the Hungarian naval academy,
4 royal gymnasium and two high
schpois.
The city consists Of two parts. the
I'd town, built IN a hill, with crooked,
streets, and the new town,
stretching along the shore, with fine.
lroad streets, handsome squares, a
public garden ind with many
public buildings. Among its
ornaments are the ancient cathedral
whose facade resembles the Roman
'antheon, the church Of st. -vitus.
after Santa Maria del la Salute
1 Venice, the town hall, the govern
aent buildings. the naval academy
nd the municipal theater. Under
hungarian rule the city was admins
cred by o separate governor who
a member Of the upper house OF
lie Hungarian parliament. 1t sent
our representatives TO the lower
Of the kingdom and was entitled
] two representatives in the diet Of
'ruatia and Slavonia.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
A Suggestion

M
The forestry service has begun the
experiment Of patrol of the national
forests. chiefly for fire lookout pur
poses, with airplanes. The old days
or the sweaty and smoke begrimed
.tNnsers desperately hacking fire lines
may give way ere long to the spec
tacle Of Hatty forest aviators noncha-
lantly dropping fire extinguisher
bombs from a biplane idling along 4
thousand feet above the -confIagration.
Meanwhile the experiment suggests
something for Tom Gable, New Mexico
fish and game warden. Tom, sailing
olong over the spruces In a Curtiss,
would rather have 1t on the game law
violator over Jacks creek. The lat
ter would have no alternative, after
shooting the out-of-season buck, but
to crawl into a hole In the ground.
There would be no use hiding behind
o bush because Tom could see all
around the bush The nomadic and
NinlrOdic Navajo, firm in his ancestral
belief that the game was his long be-
fore the paleface came, wouldn't no
tice the hawk airiIy clrcling the
fafthest blue until the blame thing
swooped down on him, caught with the
goods, developing into the majesty OF
the law in the person OF r., late of,
Dawson. In ten minutes the aston
ished red skin his mouth still hang
ing open. could be set down in front
OF the court house and the machinery
OF Justice set in motion so fast he
would think the goddess had been
iazzed.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
Very Deep Stuff

7 have had III recent months one
very, very deep ems of privilege
said the president in his address to
the French Academy Of Moral and
Political Sciences. He went on TO
state that he had never uttered his
private thoughts. but was just acting
as spokesman and m~outhpiece for the
Great Heart OF America.
The New Mexican has been frank
to commend many of the ideas and ac.
complishments Of the president at the
world peace conference. But it is this
line Of talk that handicaps him and
gets on the nerves OF the Great Heart
Of America. II the president would
cut out the very yery's and the sob
stuff and the mayf-not's and dish up
some crisp, b~usiness-like, unassgming.
straight-tothe-point Americanese once
in a while he would get by In much
better shape with the concise and
busy heart Of America, It is this
wearisome, studied, ~selfconscious
style Of verbose and mueilaginous ex-
preston that makes such heavy going
for the dlrect-thinking and actins
American people. The president never
seems to BIO able to get away from
this deep stuff. You arc befogged by
the insistent personal note and the
nebulous wordiness when you a. try
ing to think out the Issue and get at
the facts. Mr.. Wilson has a real
genius for observation and pious bore
someness, a genius which reached its
zenith during the world peace con
ference.
And 1t doesn't hang together. III
tho president was speaking the throbs
OF the great heart Of America when
he said 1t didn't make any difference
about the Monroe doctrine, that he
merely borrowing 1t from Amer
lea and presenting IT to the world,
how is It that after getting into the
treaty and the covenant the Monroe
acknowledgements and a number Of
other things insisted upon by his
critics, he is still speaking accurately
for the Great Heart OF America Is
America changing heart so rapidly 40
all thisg
The president may be nearly over,
come with the consciousness of his
very great fidelity to the ideals
OF America and its Great Heart; but
II does seem that It would be more
fitting for America itself to heap the
encomiums. Moreover Mr.. Wilson can
keep his ear to the ground much bet-i
tsr to catch the cardiac vibrations
from the great heart OF the u. s. a.,
IL he doesn't keep both ears so busy
listening to the siren music of his
own yOlnininous conversation.
IT Is hard9to resist The feeling that
the president feels that the ideals orl
Aiherfca-many Of which he really
has streight in his mind-are digni-i
fled, ennobled and immortalized BY
passage through his oral o%rifice; and
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
CLAYTON NOW WELL
SUPPLIED WITH MARSHALS.

kCla9LQn NeWS.)
Last Wednesday night the city
board appointed g. J. CruInley city
marshal, and he assumed the duties
of his office on Thursday. John Spring
is also city marshal. having been APP
pointed to fill out the unexpired term
OF the regularly elected marshal who
resigned. About a month ago the city
board informed MIR. Spring that his
services would not be needed after the
first Of May. The time has expired,
ard Mr.. Spring continues to wear his
badge which reads 'City Marshal p
Clayton is considered a peaceful town,
vet we find ourselves with q surplus
Of peace officers. If the sheriff and
his force Of deputies and the two city
marshals are not asleep, the boot
leggers and high-steppers had better
be a little carotid.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
Villa

= I"|kr
"A recent arrival from Mexico In
Santa ne gave an account OF the latest
activities Of Pancho villa which threw
rather d favorable light than other
Wise on the recent stunts of this hmax
Ing Mexlcan bandit This man, a min
ing operator, gave villa credit for
Keeping his word 81 to the protection
~ certain properties and one gather
cd from his reports OF statements by
the ~redoubtable Francisco that he still
regards himself increasingly in the
light Of a statesman whose intentions
toward his country are benevolent
rather than otherwise.
1t is a conceded fact that francisco
Villa Is a most remarkable man. 1t
Will take considerable argument, how
ever, to demonstrate that his genius
Is for anything else than destruction.
esterday came reports of the destruc-
tion by Villistas Of five railroad
bridges on the Mexican National rail
ways, including the great Ortiz bridge
over the Concho riyer-the destrnc-
tion In other words Of property worth
probably hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars. II Is this kind OF ~benevoIence,
LIS toDtlA5 ~ CithN1S uhouhs AbbbNt9 |
and murder which have always mark
ed the pathway OF this interesting
brigand. Regardless OF the merits of
the regime headed by the peeyish
gentleman with the long whiskers who
the kaiser, it is hard to picture
Villa as a desirable alternative. Per-
haps his potential talents for ~construc-
ton and restoration, for the mainten-
ance Of law and order have not yet
had a chance to demonstrate them
His past performances have
certainly given ground for the belief
hat Mexico under control of Villa
would be one glorious and CORY riot
permeated by the smell of pulque and
yunpowder.
It might be said that when anyone
ooks upon Villa hopefully as an al
sentative in Mexico, no further com
nentary on the situation in that
messy country need, be had.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
Some Alcoholic
Confusion
[Detroit Free Preas.l

1t used to be that alcohol was a
cused OF befuddling the mind, but now
Ithe soDer brains OF III those interested
either on the wet or on the dry side
ARE confused, fairly added over the
conundrum: Is beer to be, or not to
beg Looming dead ahead is the emer
gency act f%orbidding manufacture
litter April 30 and sale after June 80
of beer, wine, and other intoxicating
malt or vinous beverages. But in
seeming opposition to this federal re-
'quirement is the admission in New
York the other day by United States
District Attorney Caffey that he has
received no instruction from Washing
ton to prosecute brewers distributing
beer of az per cent alcoholic contents,
Still further to the confusion OF the
public mind comes announcement
from Washington that collectors Of In
ternal revenue throughout the country
have been directed to unseal the locks
on brewery pipe lines which have re-
NAMED idle since brewing a forbid
den by presidential proclamation De-
cember i Previously the internal
revenue department had insisted that
beer OF 1s OF 1 per cen alcoholic CON
tent was intoxicating. but following
tile famous "2# per cent" opinion
written by former Senator Elihu Root
there appears to have been q change
of view.
The issue has come before the Unit
ed States court in New York city and
the honorable judge has been asked to
construe the food conservation act OF
1917, the war time prohibition act ana
the revenue departments rulings oil
these two acts. Regardless of. what
decision may he had from the lower
court the issue is one its way to de-
termination BY the United States su.
preme court.
Over against this line Of action
stands the prohibitional constitutional
amendment. which becomes effective
one year from date of its final %ratifi-
cation, that is one year from january
16. 1919. when Nebraska, the neees-
sary thirty-sixth state, acted. 1t must
be remembered, however, that con
gressional action Is necessary to make
this prohibition constitutional amend
operative, Court action to pre-
vent the amendment becoming opera
tive has already been started In sey,i
eTal parts Of the country, an dpartieu
lar emphasis is being laid on the fact
that the amendment specifically IN
hibita Intoxicating liquors, Tx
Senator Roots contention IL that z#
cent alcoholic content Is not in
t~oxicating and the whole national
stage seems set for q colossal dispur
tation on the subject Of the alcoholic
percentage necessary to render q lq
nor inehriating,
Amazing, such alcoholic confusion
without a drop Of intoxicant to mar
the prevailing sohriety.