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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
ONLY A DOG.



Greeley, Colo.-Despairing of ever
again seeing their little house dog,
which had been missing for several
days, Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Bowers drove
out to Linn Grove cemetery to place
flowers on the grave of their baby
who died a few months ago. There
on the tiny mound they found the dog
asleep and almost exhausted from
grief and hunger.-News dispatch"
Yes, it was only a dog" keeping
the love vigil under the stars in Linn
Grove cemetery.
The Bowers family, no doubt. had
been criticized for keeping it around
the house. Indignant highbrows,
quite possibly, had written letters to
the Greeley papers to protest that
there were too many worthless ours
in this town" There was nothing in
viting about it, perhaps, to look at.
1t barked at the milkman and made
life a burden for the iceman. Occa-
it chased the neighbours cat
up a tree. and when it found nobody
to annoy. and the baby was asleep, it
amused itself by scratching its ears
in public! Members of the women's
clubs wondered what the Bowers
family meant" by lavishing affection
on such = dog
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
JOURNAL TALKLETS|
ON TEXTS TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES
CAUSE TRorRrE

Roswell peaches are selling in
Albuquerque for $3.50 a bushels. and
are in great demand at that figure.
You can get tn" finest peaches in the
world here fer six bits to a dollar a
bushel Where is the connection {?
Simply this, If the good old Santa Fe
was running its own business, unin-
terrupted with by meddlesome theor-
lists, there would be a rate on peaches
that would make it possible to ship
and profitabl, sell every peach grown
in the Pecos valley. See the point,
beloved Roswell News.
Not so now. The railway bosses at
Washington never get in a hurry but
resent local efforts to secure special
consideration A hot season ripened
the Pecos valley peach crop so rapidly
in August that a Roswell Cannery and
home people could not use all of the
fruit in time to save it. Lower freight
rates quickly made would have taken
the peaches all over New Mexico, that
was hungry for them. The Santa Fe
local employees knew this, but were
unable to secure arrangement. 1t is
true peaches came to Albuquerque, at
even the above price, but now a news
paper at Roswell contains an adver-
tisement by an orchardist appealing
to people to come to the orchard and
buy at three bushels for 81. A gov
eminent bureau al Washington does
not worry about the needs of any one
community. The Santa Fe, when
managed by men interested in the
localities traversed was ever ready
to meet needs. and at times even to
serve without profit. to save local
losses.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
THE INCREASE OF TAXEs.


Municipal and government expenses
are increasing. The tax payer is in
for increased assessments. However,
he does not always settle the bill him
self. The greater part of the. taxes
come out of the mass of the consum-
ing public.
In the case of real estate that is
what usually happens. If taxes are
SO high that It becomes Improbable
to build and rent houses and bust
ness structures, no one will put them
up. That makes them scarce. Soon
existing owners of such property can
get higher rent, which in effect
means that the occupant pays the tax.
The people who pay no taxes or only
small ones. have an interest in seeing
that the levies are kept within reason.
1t seems inevitable that taxes should
rise. The building of goods roads
must continue. They will cost much
more per mile than formerly, School
teachers have been paid such low
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
NO STRING ON JAPAN.

In explaining his confidence that
Japan will in her own good time re-
lease her gtip upon the Shantung
land of China, President Wilson told
a senate committee that the under
standing was not merely verbal 1t
was strengthened by written record
on the minutes of the conference at
Paris setting forth such declaration
by japanese delegates. President Will
son has been a LAWYER and knows that
no matter what is said upon such an
occasion, nor what is written into cur
rent proceedings, the subsequent
signed treaty or contract is accepted
IN court or by governing body as
covering the final legal binding
obligation.
In case Japan now, or any future
set of her officials or delegates,
should not desire to adhere to the
promise, they would but refer to the
terms of the treaty. and what had
been said in a conference or written
into minutes would be judged as i'm
material. The omission of anythilt,
that could have been inserted and
made part of the treaty would be con-
sidered as intentional.
In other words. what one means to
perform should be expressed finally
in the contract and Japan is not bound
to restore Shantung.
Unless Colonel House agreed with
the president in conserving for Japan
to have Shantung, Mr.. Wilson seems
to have been alone in trusting to the
Fighting of a wrong by some later ar
rangement. The president positively
declined to tell the senate committee
how the American delegation voted
as a whole, though its every act should
be known to the senate and the people
whom they represent. But he admitted
that he did not agree with Secretary
Lansing, who was opposed to granting
the demand Of Japan,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
WOULD STOP RUG BEATING.

The semi-annual task of beating
dust from household rugs and carpets
will no longer be an unpleasant pros
pect for husbands OF Milwaukee If the
common council enacts an ordinance
now before it.
This ordinance proposes to make
beating or shaking a rug or carpet, old
garment, bedding or any similar
article, upon or near inhabited
dwellings," an offense punishable by
a fine of from IS to $50. Inc default
of payment the offender would be sent
to the house sof correction from 10
to so days
Beating the family rugs would be
possible only in case reasonable pre-
caution is taken to prevent dust
particles or portions of said articles
from being blown, scattered or other
wise passing from the place where
such beating or cleaning is car
ried on"
Just how friend wife would get her
rugs and carpets beaten appears to
be something of puzzle where the
backyard clothesline and vigorous
manipulation of carpet beaten have
heretofore been relied upon.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
TExas ONCE OYSTER BED.

On many lofty hilltops in Texas are
vast accumulations of oysters shells.
How did they get there? 1t was long
regarded as first-c.ass mystery and
even awakened awe in superstitious
minds.
The explanation is simple enough.
Most of Texas was at one time under
water and much of its submerged area
was covered by an oyster bed-prob-
ably the biggest that ever existed.
Eventually the region was uplifted by
geogolic causes; streams cut their way
hither and thither through the new
made land, and here and there hills
were left with oyster shells still re-
naming on their SUBMITS.
There is no question about the an
cient oyster bed. because it is there
today, forming a continuous sheet
twenty feet thick halfway across the
state. Composing a limy rock, In
which the shells are loosely cemented
together, it equals in extent and
thickness the coal seams of Pennsyl-
vania.
When those bivales were alone IL
was the age of oysters. and there were
thousands of species. whereas now
only five or six are known. One of
them had shells five inches thick.
pair of them weighing eight or ten
pounds Another, called the cocks
comb" had beautiful toothed shell.
Another has been named the 'griffen'
because of beak above the hinge.
Another resembled in shape a boat
with upturned prov. and yet another
was fashioned like a rams horn
People in Texas gather and burn
these ancient oyster shells for lime;
also for making roads. The shells OF
one species they call Skulls" because
they resemble the human Uranium,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
Tobacco Habit
Dangerous

says Doctor Conner. formerly OF Johns
Hopkins hospital. Thousands of men suf-
tering from fatal diseases would be In per-
feet health today were 1t not for the deadly
drug Nicotine, Stop the habit now before
it's too late. It's simple process to rid
yourself of the tobacco habit In any form.
Just go to any up-to-date drug store and
get Nlcotol tablets; take them as directed
and 10; the pernicious habit quickly van
lshes. Druggists refund the money II they
fail Be sure to read large and interesting
announcement by Doctor Common soon to
appear in this paper. 1t tells OF the dan
ger of nicotine poisoning and how to avoid
1t. In the meantime try Nicotol tablets;
you will be surprised at the results--For sale
~ the Briggs Pharmacy and the Ruppe
nrux stora.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
THE NEW GERMAN CONSTITU-
TION,

The new constitution OF Germany,
a synopsis of which has ben cabled
from Berlin, is something of a tumble
of imperialism. democracy and
socialism. II is not strange that the
imperial style is retained in what is
put forth as an instrument of pop
ular government, since it is difficult
to cast off in brief time the names
and descriptions made familiar by
more than a generation of common
use.
At the very beginning the constitu-
ton declares that the German empire
is republican state. That covers the
essential of governmental reform so
far as statement goes, though it
would have been preferable had ma
ton been substituted for empire"
Still, sovereignty is based on the peo-
pie, and so long as there is no inter-
ference with the exercise of popular
sovereignty we may believe that Ger
many will develop along democratic
lines. The influence of the socialists
is visible in the long list of rights re-
served to the "imperlar government
with respect to social activities.
Not much of sovereignty is left to
individual states, but that need not be
matter of concern so long as pop
ular rights in the Imperial" rights In
the national government are respected
and the peoples control of national
interests through a truly representa-
tive reichstag is unhampered. The
constitution apparently provides safe
guards against domination of the
empire by any caste or by the re-
personalities of any one state. but it
will prove efficacious in this regard
only if the people, through intelligent
exercise of their right of franchise,
are ever vigilant in protection of their
own interests. Independent action by
the president will be impossible unless
the reichstag abdicates its authority
and prerogatives, which are derived
solely from the people.
Specific declaration that "the gem
orally recognized rules of interna-
tlonal law will be held as binding on
the empire may draw sneers from
those who doubt that the new Ger
man government is not to be dominat
ed by the spirit of the old. Its SINGER
ity will be demonstrated when the
new nation is put to test. That is true
with regard to observance of the con-
stitution as a whole. If the German
people respect their own fundamental
law they will in time gain the re-
spect of the world.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
CHINA CURBs TOBACCO.
Detroit News.

Peking, China-China's ministry Of
the interior has telegraphed the fol-
lowing circular instruction to the
Shenchanks and Tutungs all over the
country:
ut has been noticed that almost
everyone in the country has INDUCED
in the use of cigars or cigarets, which
will become a worse curse to the ma
ton than opium in former days I'M
less some restrictions are imposed. II
is hereby decided that before taking
up any measure for the total prohibi-
ton of 1t use, the following restrictions
shall be imposed: |, No boy or girl
under is years of age shall be allowed
to smoke cigars or c!garets. 2. Any
military or naval man using it shall
be punished. 8. The use OF cigars and
cigarets in all government schools and
colleges shall be strictly prohibited"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
TUESDAY. &c. 1915
THE DEADLOCK AT WASHINGTON

1t is now known that the senate will
not ratify the treaty without reserVa-
lions are written into the document
itself. Mere definitions of America 5
understanding of the terms of the
treaty will not suffice. Each of the
other nations would have its own set
of definitions. and the result would be
interpretations by an international
body in which the United states would
have but one vote.
What the presidents attitude will
be is a matter of speculation. In the
conference at the White House. he
made it very clear that he was OPP
posed to any reservations that would
have to be acquiesced in by other
slgnatories Especially did he object
to being obliged to ask Germany's
assent. But when Senator Fail point
member of the league and that, there
fore, her consent to interpretations
will not be needed. he was forced to
admit the truth of that statement and
said he had not thought of it before
Reading the long stenographic re-
port of the conference 1t IS noted that
the president, having engaged in all
the discussions of the council of four
over the treaty, is very clear in his
own mind as to the meanings of the
text. l'nconsciously. however, he sup
plies from his own knowledge the in
terpretations intended by him, pos
sibly the interpretations intended by
the council. But he still refuses to
submit the process verbal of the
council to the senate.
However, the covenant is an inter-
national contract and must be inter-
preted from its own language. not
from what some one who helped three
other men make it understands It to
mean. Congressman Mann drew the
Mann act, and the committee work
ing with him had a clear understand
ing of what they meant by its Ian
guage. But when the courts inter
preted it. the Mann act was found to
mean a vast deal more than the
author of the bill and the committee
ever contemplated that it should
mean.
The covenant is expected to be a
perpetual contract. OUTLYING all who
made it. An entirely different set of
minds will interpret It, Hence the
necessity for clearing UP all possible
misunderstanding before it is exc
cuted.
The president is perfectly willing for
the senate to interpret the covenant
in a resolution entirely separate from
the covenant itself and apart from the
treaty instrument. Such interpreted
tons would. of course, not be. binding;
they would merely be expressions of
the opinions of this particular senate.
in order to be effective, they must be
formal reservations included in the
ratification.
That is where the conflict between
the president and the senate comes
in. That is the point at issue. That
is the question that must be settled
in one way or another before the
treaty becomes effective.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
WRITE 1T DOWN.

Pen and ink, crystallizing facts and
figures in indelible design are irrefut-
able and incontrovertible. To be sure
to remember-and not misremember
write it down."
Memory is tickle and treacherous.
Apparently ineradicable impressions
turn transient -- evaporate - become
illusory or elusive-are eventually
hopelessly lost. The only way to pre-
serve and insure permanence of pre-
cision is to write It down"
Memory is huge everlasting
quicksand. Mental notes and jottings
are quickly erased and effaced Put
"it" in your notebook-later you'll
have it at your fingers ends and ton
CUES tip.
You can't gain or retain place or
plaudit till you learn to write it
down"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
TODAY's EVENTS

Today is the centenary of the brit
of Prince Albert of Saxe-COburg ant
Gotha, husband of the late Queer
Victoria and grandfather of the pre-
sent British sovereign.
The first annual meeting of the con
ference of commissioners on uniform
ity of laws throughout Canada will
open today at Winnipeg.
Lieut. Gov, Lee NJ Russell anC
Lieut.. Oscar G. Johnston will contes
for the democratic nomination 70
governor in the run-off primary il
Mississippi today.
The repeal of the war tax on jewelry
win be urged by the American Ma,
tional Retail jewelers. association
meeting in annual convention today al
Chicago.
A special election is to be held il
Spokane today to decide proposal for
a general increase in wages of all city
employees, including a As per cent ad-
vance for the firemen and policemen
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
VIEW YORK FACES
HARDEST WINTER
Of MANY YEARS

SPECIAL CONSEQUENCES TO MORNING Jousn.,,
New York, Aug. 25. - Unless some
orce can cut down the doubled costs
# living before fail, this city is sure
face a winter of the heaviest hard
hip in all its history, according to
economic experts who have Just con-
uded a searching survey of Local liy-
ng costs. Already the population of
he tenement sections is hard put to
t TO meet bare food and clothing
ostS, with not one penny available
or the fuel charges that stand be-
ween their people and actual suffer-
ng in the cold spells. If the govern
nent fails to work out a lowering in
he costs of dai needs here before
he first frosts set in the authorities
ear worse conditions, than humanity
las ever had to endure here.
Bolshevik BlOwups.
That the Bolshevik blowups that
were threatened for the Fourth of
July still impend is admitted by the
secret service sleuths who are search
ing for the trail of the reds, day and
hight hereabOuts. Date after date
or bomb demonstrations has been set,
hese men declare, only to be called
off on account of vigilant police inter-
erence just in the nick of time. If the
bounds of the law can keep up with
he agile reyolutionists, it may be
possible to continue to ward off a day
# red fury, it is declared; otherwise,
his town may yet feel the cowardly
hand of the red plotters.
Tourist Trials.
Though the tourist tide has not vet
begun TO ebb from the outlying high
ways, the motorists crowd are now
'eporting such bad road conditions as
may yet cut down touring to this
own. All over the state not only
pleasure traffic, but vital commercial
and agricultural trucking is held up
by unbuilt. .unimproved and unkept
highways, the visiting chauffeurs re-
port Until the government at Albany
has fully remedied road conditions.
that mean much to every resident of
the state, the automobiles declare
that they will bitterly oppose any at
tempt to tax the whole state for any
ha f-hllion-d dollar project to build and
run state water power plants for the
Few who can use electricity.
Suburban Signs.
Struggling to meet the pressing de-
manu- luI suburban housing at al
most any price, builders all about this
city are just beginning to. erect cot
tages at cost that only high prices
and rents can meet. Thousands OF
families are crying for shelter within
twenty miles of town, and offering
tempting premiums for the build of
any sort of shelter. With labor I'M
certain and the costs of material IT
top notch scales this building boom
is regarded as a sure sign of return
ing prosperity, once costs are lowered
to near normal. .--
Swithin Shouters.
While every day seems to bring
some sort of downpour, the believers
in the st. Swithin's day myth are
making themselves almost harder to
bear than the weather. No plan for
excursion is free from the person who
dolefully quotes this days dark rec
ord, and no shower fails to draw out
applause from such WEATHER fans.
Before the public has endured many
more showery weeks it will be in
mood to murder any one who quotes
this unpopular superstition.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder for kidney and
bladder troubles. gravel, diabetes,
irregularities of the kidneys and
weak and lame backs, rheumatism ind
bladder in both men and women, Reg
ulates bladder trouble in children. If
not sold by your druggist. will be
sent by mail on receipt of $1.25 One
small bottle is two months treatment
and often cures. Send for sworn tes-
timonials. Dr. E. w. Hall. 1885 Olive
gists.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
On the DAYS News. .

Sir James Atkins, who will preside
over the annual meeting of the Cana.
dian Bar association to be held H.
Winnipeg this week. IS the presen'
acknowledgement of Manitoba anG
one of the eminent legal lights of the
dominion. He is a native of ontario
was educated at Toronto university
and studied law. From 1879 to 1896
he was counsel for the justice depart
ment. In 1900 he was appointed coun-
sci for the Manitoba government. His
private practice with corporations and
with banks has been large. and to this
was added the duties and rewards of
being solicitor of the Canadian Pacific
railway IN Winnipeg. In 1915 he was
appointed lieutenant-gov of the
Province, an office which had been
held by his father, the Hon. James
Cox Atkins, in 1882.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
LET ENGLAND WORK IT OUT.

Prohibition in America VIII mean
prohibition everywhere sooner or later
Europe will not be able TO compete
with us under such conditions. The
British press does not represent the
real feeling. There is already. strong
sentiment for prohibition among the
young men. and this will grow as the
experiment proves successful with US
If | were advising our prohibitonists
| should counsel leaving England to
her own desires. If we urge it direct
ly or indirectly 1t will be longer COM
ing than if we do not.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
Today's Anniversaries,

1S31-First railway in Paris, connect
ing Paris with St Germans,
was opened.
1S50-Louis Philippe. former king OF
the French. died in exile in
England. Born oct. 6, 1913.
1S71-Twenty lives lost in "a collision
on the Boston and Portland
railroad, at Revere, Mass.
1S73-First kindergarten in America
established at St. Louis.
190G-Russian General Min assassi-
mated By girl at Peterhof.
l90S-The British steamer Dunearn
foundered off the coast of
Japan, with a loss of fifty-two
lives.
1909-M. Latham. a French aviator,
flew ninety-five miles at
Rheims, breaking all records
for distance,
1911-The Rivadavia, the largest bat
tieshIp in the world up to that
time, was launched at Quincy,
Mass, for the Argentine navy.
surrendered to the
British.
1915-Berlin announced the German
occupation of the important
Russian fortress of Brest-
Litovsk.
191G-British aircraft dropped five
tons of bombs on points behind
the German lines.
1917-In air raid near Verdun the
Germans dropped bombs on
American base hospital.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
stomach Trouble.

There are many who should be
greatly encouraged to know that
stomach troubles can be cured. Mrs.
T. E. Hullinger, Mansfield, Ohio, was
sick for three months with stomach
trouble and constipation. She saw
Chamberlain's Tablets advertised and
decided to try them. Let her tell it.
',The first dose did me more good than
all of the medicine had previously
taken and by taking two bottles Of the
tablets / was positively cured"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-26
FOR BURNING POWDER.

John A. Haley, postmaster patriot,
publisher, says in the Carrizozo News,
under a heading of "Oh, Lord, How
LongY'
The recently discharged soldiers
are more than anxious to rejoin their
regiments if needed to put a stop to
this numbering and robbinS of Amer
leans in Mexico 1t may be that the
powers that be in Washington are CIV
ing that country rope enough to hang
itself, but it is the opinion of the
American people that it has been
given too much. Our government has
more war material than it has use
for, Why not burn some of it across
the border until Mexico and the Mexi-
cans decide to be good, and promise to
respect Americans and American
property? 1t will be a costly affair,
but it will have to be done some time,
and the sooner it is done the better
it will be for Mexico and America"