. ObregorCs Attempt to Name Successor
Outstanding Phase of Mexican Trouble
, From the Boston Transcript.
There can be little doubt that the revolt in Mexico against
President Obregon and his government, constitutes a real threat to
the peace and quiet, of that country. The military forces in five
state#—Vera Cruz, San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua, Miehoacan and
Tamaulipas—are said to have joined in the uprising, and the ter
ritory thus affected seems to be large enough to indicate that the
insurgent movement has plenty of supporters and that its strength
is by no means confined to one state. In Vera Cruz, the command
ment of the Gulf fleet and the chief of Marines, with their com
mands, have cast in their lot with the insurgents, and if the addi
tion in military strength this made is not formidable it is neverthe
less not inconsiderable. Insurgent movements in' Mexico in the
past have seldom experienced any difficulty in enlisting beneath
their banner men with a certain amount of proficiency in the busi
ness of soldiering, and the present case is not likely to prove an ex
ception to the rule. The insurgents, so far as they have mada
known their grievances, are opposed to President Obregon because
of his support of the candidacy in the coming elections of General
P Elias Calles, who has many enemies among his countrymen. The
bill of grievances has the usual number of generalities. “In de
fense of the institutions of the r epublic and to contribute with our
military honor to the conservation of peace and respect for the
free people and to prevent the odious impositions which aim at des
troying in its cradle our democratic forra of government,”
•declared the Vera Cruz insurgents in their message to Presi
Obregon, “we have resolved to assume the defence of the
instiutions offended so seriously by the Government you repre
sent.” Specifically the message mentions the “violation” of the
sovereignty of the states of San Luis Potosi and Miqjioacan, and
the “anarchy and the lack of discipline” fomented in the army
by the higher officers. Adolfo de la Huerta seems to be the choice
of the insurgents to head the new Government which they are plan
ning, and it is not without interest to note that De la Huerta held
office not long ago under Obregon as minister of finance, but re
signed after a personal quarrel with his chief.
No great national issue seems to be involved in the revolt
Against the Central Government, no crucial difference in matters
of foreign poliojr. It would be a fair guess that personal differ
ences and quarrels between individuals were as important factors
as any other in bringing about he present defiance of the authority
of the Central Government. Herein of course4ies the danger of a
resort to arms as a means of obtaining redress for injured feelings.
Personal vendettas seldom lead to anything but general misery and
suffering, as the history of Mexico itself has proved.
PATHS.
For good adventures I endorse
The little paths you come across:
But not the prisoned ones that we
Keep straight and clean and orderly
In yards and gardens. There they
stay
And never roam or swerve nor
stray;
Sedate and staid In brick and gravel,
Little paths that may not travel,
Whose dull business Is to meet
The burden of domestic feet.
For, oh, the kind of path I mean
Is dim and shadowy and green;
A narrow, winding one that strayed
Wayward and daring; undismayed
By ditches, hills or woods that cramp,
Ragged and restless as a tramp.
An idle vagabond, cajoling
Gypay feet like mine to strolling
“That dreams at midday In the shade
Of vibrant, singing walls of jade
In whose cool shadows can be heard
The music of a brook or bird.
A path whose curves and bordering
trees
May hide a thousand mysteries;
With grass grown high enough to
screen
A pygmy or a fairy queen;
And forests dense whose gloom may
hold
Wild, fierce brigands or hidden
gold
A dryad may be there to free
From eome strong; ancient ogre
tree.
Dr something wlerd and strange,
almost •
As queer and lonely as a ghost.
Oh, they belong—these roving trails—
To us who believe In fairy tales.
And smiles and muscles I would spend
To find what may be at the end.
—Anne Blackwell Payne, In New
York Herald.
THE COMMERCIAL VIEW OF
LIFE
They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
ror twenty pieces of silver.—Gen. 87;
28.
Suppose we take the commercial
view of life.
Wo ehall then say that all things
must be measured by their money
value, and that it is neither profit
able nor necessary to Inquire Into
fiheir real nature or their essential
worth, v
Men and sheep are worth What they
will bring In the open market; and
this depends upon the supply and
demand.
Sheep of a very rare breed have
been sold for as much as five or
six thousand dollars.
But men of common stock, In
places where man are plenty and
cheap (as for example In Central
Africa), may be purchased for -tttie
price of a rusty musket or a piece of
cotton cloth.
According to the principle we must
admit that the comparative value
of a man and a sheep la a very un
certain matter, and that there are
times when the dumb animal Is mueh
the more valuable of the two.
Of course, you perceive that Uhls
View, carried out to Its logical con
clusion means slavery; and you c .1
my attention to the fact that slav
ery has been abolished by common
consent of the civilized world.
Yes, thank God, that is true. Wg
have done away with the logical con
clusion.
But have we gotten rid entirely of
tlhe premise on which it rested?
Does not the commercial view of
life Still exist In civilized society? j
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College Women. I
From the Indeper.di n; (X. Y >
What does college do f... v men"
Or what does it do to Many
things, apparently^ 'lf •'.?-& Vassar
alumni, 877 report themselves house
wives, 1,216 are following professions,
and 1,823 have no occupation. Of
the Barnard claes of 1913, thirty-four
stayed at home and twenty became
professional or business women,
whereas In the more modern class of
1923 eighty^nlne stayed at home,
married, or went traveling and 133
turned to the professions.
Last July trains coming over the
mountains of Norway Into Bergen and
Christiana cgntad % feot snow. _
TODAY
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Clemenceau, 82 years old, after
standing the strain of the war for
years, is now hurt in an automobile
wreck. The doctors have sewed up
his face, including one of his lips. He
takes food through a straw; can’t
talk, but smiles. Doctors say he will
be all right after a week's rest.
Real Frenchman, brought up on
sound, light red wine and plain food,
has a powerful constitution.
William J. Bryan has a southern
dark horse for president, “dry and
progressive.” Josephus Daniels,
formerly secretary of the navy, Is
said to be the man.
This can be said for Daniels. When
he ran the navy, you didn’t find the
big grafters sitting in his ante
room waiting for what could be pick
ed up. They found early in the game
that he was not the grafters' friend.
One crowd for instance, competing
with the Ignited States in manufac
ture of torpedoes, fixed an exorbit
ant price, and would not listen to Mr.
Daniels’ protest.
Daniels said; “You will take the fair
price I offer, or I will take your
plant and start operating it for the
government next Monday morning.”
Then the gentlemen changed their
minds and they found a nice fair pry
fit in Mr. Daniels' price. That's the
sort of man the people like. But it
is not probable that Mr. Daniels will
be named, although Bryan un
doubtedly could make a very inter
esting fight for him if he wanted to.
Law and order enthusiasts some
times proceed strangely. Sakaye
Osugl, a socialist leader, displeased
rw and order.” When the earth
quake came and thing's were mixed,
Japanese Captain ffiiakasu killed
Osugi and his -wife and child “for
patriotic motives.” They sentenced
the captain to eight years in Jail.
A big funeral was planned for
Osugl by way of protest. Three “law
and order” friends broke into the pro
ceedlngg with revolvers, stole tha
ashes of Osugl and escaped. They
buried a photograph of Osugl in place
of his ashes and did the best they
could to stir up enthusiasm, but tho
funeral was a failure.
If some socialist, when the next
earthquake comes, should murder a
conspicuous “law and order” gontle
man, murdering also his wife and
child and later stealing his ashes,
that woul^be denounced as primitive
barbarism and “worthy of a social
ist.”
It’s different, however, when “law
and order” commits the offence.
The golden lid of Tutankhamen’s
magnificent coffin has been raised,
showing glorious decorations in blue
and gold, with plenty of space for an
extra corps* or two. There ere still
one or two doors of the coffin to be
opened. Then will be found the re
mains of the creature who ones ruled
all Egypt, now'a dried mass of skin
and bone, preserved to prove S,000
years later, that nothing matters ex
cept what you do while you are still
alive.
Victor Berger, only socialist In
congress, describes republican *x4
other radicals as "all dressed up and
no place to go.” They are dissatis
fied and say so, but “have no pro
gram.” That’* a good description.
Desultory radicalism doesn’t produce
great retults.
Venlzelos followers are leading In
the Creek election. The king may go
and a republic take his place.
That’s common sense news.
Of 66,724 children born In Chicago
last year, not one is blind. Blindness
is caused by cruel nature’s visiting of
the sins of fathers upon the children,
also by incompetence and neglect In
child birth.
In Chicago, law compels all cases
of sore eyes among infants to be re
ported within six hours, and that
saves the eight of the children.
A report says: "To take car* of a
blind child costa the state $600 •
yeah Who can tell what the eight
and para of a blind baby costa the
heart of a mother.’’
ON THE POSITIVE SIDS
Learn to do good.—Isaiah 1:7.
Denial is a barren fig-tree.
Doubt is like fog. It hides things,
but it does not destroy them.
It is easier to get what we like
than to escape from what we dis
like.
Good music is not difficult to ob
tain. But it is hard to get away
from tho ugly noises with which the
modern city is cursed.
To open a fine vista you have only
to cut a few trees. But to shut out
an ugly view you must plant a grove
and wait for It to grow.
You will teach your children good
principle! more readily than you will
rid them of bad habits.
The best way to correct a foul od
or in a room is not to burn a pastille,
but to open the windows and let the
fresh air blow in.
If you will tell your boy what to do,
you will shorten the needful cata
logue of Don’ts.
The untenanted house is the one
that Is in danger.
But well doing, like everything else
worth while, has to be learned.
A Woman Leader In India.
From the Living Age.
The London Herald describes a re
markable woman leader who has
appeared in India's agitation for
independence. She is the mother of
ohammed All and Shankat All, the
two osleni patriots now In prison for
workipg against Britsih rule. She la
a ready and persuasive speaker,
with a tremendous following. The
Herald correspondent thus describe*
her recepton at Madura-.
"A huge crowd of Hindus and Mos
lems, but mostly Hindus, greeted this
new figure in the tragic drama of
Indian politics. Both inside and out
side the station a mass of humanity
stood patiently waiting for a long
absent mother. Amid the beating of
drums and the playing of pipes, she
was borne aloft on a chair literally
hidden beneath a mass of flowers.
In this Dravidian stronghold, with its
mighty temples dedicated to Krishna
andVishr.u, ahe seemed to be tho per
sonification fo Hlndu-Moslem unity.
As I looked on at the triumphal pro
gress. I wondered who could dare
describe Hindu-Moslem unity as a
fiction of mischievous agitators.
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Tsa From Tea Leaves.
From London Ideas.
In Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina,
the Brazilian states, and to a less ex
tent in Chili, a peculiar kind of tea Is
largely used by the native population.
It is obtained from the roasted and
pulverized leaves of an evergreen for
est tree, the Ilex Paraguayensis.
The outer branches of the tree are
cut off and passed rapidly through
the flames of a large fire, which
wilts the leaves and tender stems,
which are afterward dried and thor
oughly smoked over a slow fire. Then
they are ground to powder, and thus
prepared for the making of tea.
The beverage is said to be more
gently stimulating than either coffee
or ordinary tea. but it has a smoky
flavor, disagreeable to the unaccus
tomed palate.
For ten years there has been «
steady Increase in the proportion of
women to men among immigrants
from ail parts of Europe. Last year,
for the first time since immigration
statistics have been kept, there were
more women than men admitted to
the country. The proportion was 61.6
per cent. This situation is partially
explained by the fact that immigrants
of former years have prospered and
are now sending for their mothers,
wives and daughters to join them.
Despite the Increasing number of wom
en coming In there Is no apparent re
lief for the household help problem. A
trifling proportion of these women
take up domestic work. Many of them
enter factories. Statistics show that
of the women immigrants compara
tively few are trained for any kind
of employment. The same condition
is found among the men. ~A large pro
portion of the immigrants are classi
fied under “no occupation.” Thera
are fewer laborers coming in than at
any time in 20 years.
Dr. Harrlss, New York traffic ex
pert, brings from Europe a suggestion
that should interest Mr. Smith and
everybody else.
“Build express automobile roads
above the railroad tracks, wherever
that is possible,” says Dr. Harris*.
Let the railroads charge a yearly
sum for automobiles, using the upper
deck of the railroad.
..ew York Central tracks from
New York to, Albany, the Northwest
ern and the St. Paul eut of Chicago
and many other railroads, particu
larly the Long Island Railroad In
New York state, could each take care
of hundreds of thousands of automo
biles. Much of the commuting traf
fic would go by automobile and mot
or bus and the railroads, quite pro
perly, would get a return on all
passengers and express matter thus
carried.
Where Elephants Go To Die.
From the Ohio State Journal.
The statement has been made many
times that no white man ever has
seen the body of an elephant that
died from natural causes either in
Africa or India, and where they go
when they feel the summons is one of
the secrets hlddeh from the most per
sistent students of natural history.
One of the stories on that subject
Is that there is a secret graveyard In
the mountains In the Interior of Af
rica, entrance to which man has not
discovered, to which the elephants
soberly journey to find their tomb,
and varied atbrles have been told of
the millions of value In Ivory there
If venturesome man could but find
the elephant sleeping grounds.
In the state of Kansas there are
still reported to be six counties which
have no Christian churches and 20
counties with no resident Christian
ministers.
A thief proof electrio light bulb has
been made by providing a breakable
plaster of parts ring In the plug which
once destroyed prevents the lamp
from being screwed from the socket.
* Farmers at Perr* Malre, have been
burning some of their hay because
Ihey tould not ^get help to cot It.
A strange assassin of Budapest kil
led animals In the zoological garden.
An old hlppltamus, one ostrich, three
alligators and baboon are his victims
to date. Pins in food killed the ost
rich, he poisoned the baboon.
"Strange" you say. "What could
induce a man to kill poor creatures
with no chance to defend them
selves ?”
Well, what pleasure do men find
shooting quail and pheasants turned
out, fed, almost tame. What pleasure
in pulling out of the water with steel
hooks in their mouths, fish bred es
| pectally, that somebody might have
[ pleaguje Of booking UittpT
Hollywood Shoos
Away Film-Struck
Youthful Shieks and Shebaa
Futily Seek Movie Jobs
In Screen Capital
Los Angeles.—"Don't try to break
into the movies In Hollywood.”
That Is the nucleus of a sticker
printed by the Hollywood Chamber
of Commerce, andn It will be broad
cast throughout the nation to dis
courage girls and boys, who, accord
ing to reports, really should be In
grammer or high school.
Officials of the Chamber of Com
merce said:
"We have started a campaign to
discourage the unwarranted Influx
of young people Into Hollywood and
Los Angeles. The Hollywood Cham
ber of Commerce considers the cam
paign one of the most important
moves undertaken in recent months.
Its design Is not entirely to relieve
Hollywood of the embarrassment of
having a lot of untrained youngsters
thrown upon Its charity; rather the
primary object la to save the young
sters themselves the embarrassment
that inevitably awaits them.
"Compiled records show that dur
ing t he past year 10,000 boys and
girls, who should be in grammar or
high school, have Invaded Hollywood
to seek employment In motion pic
tures. The records show that none
Was able even to get started In tha
movies.”
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UNITED STATES IS
SEEN AS NATION OF
WINE CONSUMERS
Rome—Prof. L. Marescalcht, pres
ident of the Wine Growers' associa
tion, has Just told the dry forces of
Italy that while they ait endeavor
ing to reduce the area devoted to
wine in or'er to increase that for
the growth of wheat, the American
farmer is just discovering that grapes
will pay him immensely more than
corn or wheat.
Professor Marescalchi has also
made a series of prophecies. He says
that the near future will clearly
show that the repeal of the Volstead
act in the United States Is not ab
solutely necessary and that the ques
tion of prohibition will be automati
cally solved by the individual Ameri
can In a way that will make tho av
erage Italian wine lover blush.
"In a year or two,” Professor Mare
scalcht says, "you will see the Ameri
can maiden advertising among her
accomplishment* that of making table
claret. The future American house
wife will not only serve her husband
a good, spicy dinner, but a sparkling
glass of wine. A decanter full of red,
dry Chianti will (Hand majectically
on the center of the table, and the
tired husband will sip the ‘bottled
sunshine,’ as the Roman poet says,
while reading his favorite paper and
blowing the incense from his 'brier'
ceiling-ward.
“A triple revolution is in sight. In
the neat future every home will in
clude a cool cellar to keep the home
made wine; wine will replace cofTee
at dinner and supper, and farmers
will be more interested in the quota
tion on the price of grape than in
that of wheat.
“The loving wife will be glad, too.
She will no longer fear the effects on
her husband of the deadly and costly
concoction peddled by the booUegger.
Furthermore, wine will supply a
wholesome “Jag” that can be slept
off In a few hours. The bootlegger
will die a natural death.
Fierce Wolves Invade
Northern Portugal
Llbson—Attacks by wolves are be
coming Sequent in Northern Por
tugal, and the Inhabitants of many
villages and hamlets are becoming
terror-stricken as a result.
Although it is early in the winter
for such occurrences, the facts that
much snow has fallen and the
weather has been very cold are bq
lleved responsible for their fierce
depredations.
A woman at Cela was hoeing In a
field near her home when a large
she-wolf attacked her. She endeavor
ed to beat off the animal with her
hoo, and a desperate fight .followed.
Neighbors came to her assistance and
killed the animal.
I'armors In fields adjoining woods
report similar experiences.
Germany's High Prices
Empty Berlin's Hotela
Berlin.—These are lean days for
Berlin hotels.
Before the war, the number of
strangers In the city was never less
than one million a month. It is
far below lOO.GOO a month.
The foreigners especially have been
scared away, first by the eAceaSive
prlrg. which make living much
cheaper In other lands, and second
by the nationalistic propaganda
against all foreigners, who were ac
cused of eating u{> the food that be
longed to the Germans.
During October only G69 Americans
arrived In Berlin, against more than
twice that number during September.
The Berlin papers are lamenting this
drop with its loss of revenijq
Fatal.
Prom Judge.
She (oo.vly)—Is it dangerous to drive
with one hand?
He (brutally)—you bet! More than
.fellow has run Into a church do
WOMAN FLEES JAIL.
Oswego. Kans., Dec. 13 (U. P.)_
Mrs Nellie Grant, escaped from the
Labette county jail during the night,
by sawing the bars of her cell. She
was under sentence to the woman’s
reformatory at Lansing charged with
a statutory offense.
The Irish of It.
Prom the Boston Transcript
It was during a dry spell and a show,
er having come up. Dr. Blank remark
ed to his gardens, “This rain will
do a lot pf gooff Patrick."
„'',t win **»»*- returned Pat
Shure an hour of (t npw will de more
good In five minutes than a month of It
would do In ■> week at aaf g**— uwat
Statistics Show Facts of Growth and ,
Development in World*s Greatest Nation
From Forbes Magazine.
America is growing.
To compare or contrast the America of today with the Araeri*
ca of ten years ago or twenty years ago would be like contrasting
a railway train with a stage coach.
Most of the things pessimists and alarmists take fright at
are simply manifestations of our progress and development as a
nation.
Many business men and bankers who ought to reason more
soundly have fallen into the habit of comparing current facts and
figures and conditions prevailing at the peak of the boom caused
by the inflation brought by the World war.
Eddies there always have been and always will be in our na
tional prosperity. But the all-important undercurrent is forward
and upward.
Ponder these illustrations:
The value of our manufactures is four times what it was in
1900.
Four times as much money was paid out in wages last year
as was paid in 1900.
Workers—persons gainfully occupied—have increased more
than 12 million since 1900, and total population has grown nearly
35 million.
Bank deposits have multiplied from 7 billion dollars to 37
billion dollars.
Savings bank deposits have increased 200 per went., to fully
7 billion dollars.
Bank olearings have gone, since 1900, from under 85 billion
dollars to fully 377 billion dollars.
Money in circulation has jumped up almost 200 per cent.
Pig iron output has doubled what it was when the century
opened.
Petroleum output h-s more than doubled since 1914 and is
nearly ten limes what is was in 1900.
Coal production doubled in the last twenly years.
Exports of manufacturers are four-fold what they were in
1900 and total exports three-fold.
Imports of manufacturing material last year were five times
the value of the 1900 imports, and total imports have jumped
from below 1 billion dollars to not far from 4 billion dollars.
Our national wealth is now estimated at 3 hundred- billion
dollars; in 1900 it was less than ninety billion dollars.
Our output of minerals has risen 300 per cent.
Our farms were valued at twenty billion dollars in 1900, con
trasted with not far from eighty billion dollars twenty years
later.
Farm products have soared in value from well under 5 bil
lion dollars to over 21 billion dollars.
Use of electric service has increased 2,000 per cent., and uss
of gas service 220 per cent, in the last twenty years.
Our railroads carried more than twice as much freight laal
year as they did in the first year of the current century.
The number of passenger automobiles manufactured in 1899
was 37 hundred; last year the total exceeded 2 million 4 hundred
thousand, and this year the round figure -vyill be 3 million.
We imported less than 1 hundred million dollars worth tf
raw silk in 1914, contrasted with more than 4 hundred million
dollars worth for the year ending June 30 last.
Twenty years ago the amount of life insurance in force in
the United States was ten billion, 5 hundred million; this year
the forty leading insurance companies are estimating that at least
7 billion, 7 hundred fifty million dollars worth of new insurance
will be written.
Twenty years ago we had less than 9 hundred thousand tele
phones ; we now have more than 14 million.
Our wheat production has increased 65 per cent, and corn
production 50 per cent, since 1900.
Germany’s Payment of Past Due
Interest to France Shows Progress
From “The Bache Review.”
The first substantial result of the Ruhr occupation, in the way
of obtaining reparations, has materialized through the signing
of an agreement by the German interests to pay at once around
$15,000,000 past due, and to turn over 18 per cent, of the output of
their mines to the Allied powers. They agree further to pay an
additional tax of 10 francs a ton on all the rest of the coal they
sell. As the New York Times says:
“In other words, the French have at last got a promise to
pay from the men who can pay—the rich Germans who have used
political troubles and the forcing down of the mark to gather al
most all the Wealth of the country into their hands. The occupa
tion of the Ruhr depended for its justification on its success in
putting pressure on those Germans who could pay and would not;
and apparently it has succeeded. The Ruhr and Rhine magnates
are virtually agreeing to pay a percentage of their output in re
parations in return for permission to resume work. And
it has been for some time that this was the only practical
way in which reparations could be collected for some years to
come. • • •
“M. Poincare has at last got something worth having, and has
got it without formally losing contact with his allies. No wonder
the Chamber gave him a vote of confidence by a majority of seven
to one.”
It cannot but be considered now how unwise and impractical
was the attempt at passive resistance. If this had not been under
taken, it would have saved the German people a vast amount of
suffering among the middle classes and would have avoided the
tension and upset of the rest of the world for ten long months.
This has been worse than lost time, because it has helped to bring
down upon a great minority of the German population, ever-in
creasing poverty and suffering, a large part of which might
have been avoided.
Inasmuch as this settlement brings nearer some plan for the
stabilizing of Germany’s chaotio currency situation and p>’ts the
burden of payments upon the industrialists who have reaped a
great harvest from their country’s misfortunes, it will prove a dis
tinct benefit to many millions of suffering German people who
were helpless to extricate themselves from the toils of the money
changers.
It is not a victory of France over Germany, but an enforcement
of payment from a nation whose funds had been systematically pur
loined and its financial body bled to death by adroit manipulaion
of the mark.
“Pot Luck” for Farmers, Special Favors
for Others, Phase of Coolidge Statement
From the Milwaukee Journal (Ind. Repub.)
The farmer who was looking for real relief in President Coo
lidge’s address will be more deeply disappointed the more he ex
amines the message. Not that the average farmer expected a
recommendation for price fixing, for the great majority of farm
ers do not waut prices of their products set by political commis
sions. But the discouraging thing is that the president offers
nothing to close the margin between the prices farmers get for
what they sell in an open market and the prices they must pay
for manufactured goods in a closed market.
And yet, when all is said and done, what else could Mr. Coo
lidge say about the tariff! For this is the position of his party; it
does represent what they have done and are standing for today.
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