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Fhilidclphla, Irl.lir, June 2, 1916.
'Tit always morning somewhere
in the world. R. H. Home,
Thoro is enough raw matorial In tho
pnrranza whiskers for a rope.
Archlo Itoosovclt, who has Just bo
come a lieutenant at Plattsburg, seems
to have a leaning toward politics.
Tho llrst Mexican war mado Each
ery Taylor Presldont. Tho namo of tho
hero of tho approaching war Is not yet
disclosed.
Tho Government has advertised for
bids for 42,642 horBOs and 20,200 mules,
fhis ought to make tho Government solid
In Missouri.
Tho mombors of tho A. B. C. con
ference understand tho A. B. C. of in
ternational law. They are to remain
neutral in caso of war with Mexico.
It seems that a forebear of Obregon
Vras an Irish soldier of fortune by namo
O'Brien, but wo havo a feeling that this
Will not occasion an Irish-American move
ment against going Into Mexico.
Unitod States District Attorney
Marshall having been adjudged' guilty of
contempt of tho House, a warrant for his
arrest has been issued. If contempt of
tho Houso wore a genoral cause for arrest
., but it isn't.
Reports that Japan sees an oppor-
Sinlty in tho Mexican situation need not
i taken too seriously. When it comes
to a showdown about the only foreign aid
Worth whllo that Mexico will get will bo
bom tho United States.
In tlmo of war prepare for peace.
!Tho maintenance of American prosperity
and high wages Is the goal toward which
our statesmanship must logically tend.
Democratic administration has invariably
proved to bo a constant effort to mako It
harder for Amorlcans and easier for for
eigners to earn a profit. Men who under
stand tho theory of protection and the
means to apply it are the kind of men
who will be needed in Washington the
pest four years.
The difficulty of getting recruits
for tho National Guard, which Genoral
Price calls a disgrace to the city, is no
doubt due to a largo extent to tho scarcity
of labor of any kind. Most of that class
of young rr.en of adventurous spirit who
Eo into tho army havo evidently yielded
to the lure of high wages. But now that
bo many business men have offered full
pay and leavo of absence to employes
there should, be a big increase In the re
cruiting figures.
Tho New York Herald and other
hewspapors aro endeavoring to Induce Mr,
Hughes to announce his Cabinet in ad
vance, the idea being that this would
strengthen tho ticket and also givo tho
people a chanco to havo a say in the
making of tho Cabinet. The solution of
the matter is to havo the VIco President,
by virtue of his office, become Secretary
of Stato, a position of real importance
and one in the tilling of which the people
should havo somo say In these days of
the new Internationalism.
Tho Administration seems to bo In
an awful hurry to tell what will be done
when tho war with Mexico Is finished, it
Is positively amazing to find the Depart
ment of State announcing that interven
tion In Mexican affairs is not in any way
our object and that hostilities would be
"without purpose on the part of the
United States other than to end the con
ditions which menace our national peace
and the safety of our citizens." Interven
tion, as a matter of fact, la our purpose.
Otherwise the present situation Is ridic
ulous. Wo certainly are not going to
wage a war with bandits unless we are
determined later to establish a real Gov
ernment in Mexico, with, guarantees of its
future conduct. Merely to drive one set
of bandits back now with the certainty
of another set taking their places later
would be rank folly. Nor can any living
man tell what new conditions may arise
during a war. Any effort to tie the hands
of this Government for the futuie must
necessarily ba abortive, and it may be
seriously doubted if a Hughes Adminfstra.
tion would feel itself bound and restricted
y the arbitrary pronouncements of the
Administration as now organized.
of war with Mexico now
exists. It has existed for. many
months. Our borders haVeJ been subject
to military aggression, In which our cltl
zons havo been killed and their property
destroyed. Our own armies havo boon
Within foreign territory, not for ng
grcsslvo purposes, but becauso solely In
that way could wo hopo adequately to
protect our own domain. Only our re
luctnnco to wage warfare against n peo
pio already ruined and pauperized by
their own fellows has ptovontcd us from
spreading our forces fiom sea to sea
south of tho Mo Grande, in ordu'- to com
pel rcspoct for American rights and also
to rostoro law and ordor In n rich terri
tory which has been given over to chaos.
Tho answer to our latest noto was a
vicious, treacherous and dastardly nttack
on American soldiers. That Is tho sort of
answer which cannot bo misunderstood.
Tho oily lies which havo passed for
diplomacy In tho Mexican Govoinment,
and which for ono tcason or another tho
United States heretoforo has feigned to
believe, cannot bo accepted now. Tho
Rubicon hns been crossed, nnd "the
gravc3t conseriuonces" against which
Cananza was wnrned ato now inevitable.
It makes no difference whether German
agents havo fomented this troublo or not.
Tho outstanding fact Is that a long series
of outrages, tenaciously persevered in by
Mexicans nnd maliciously continued,
leaves us now with no recourso but tho
vindication of our prestige, honor and
rights by force of arms. AVo havo had tho
gadfly on our Honks long enough. Tho
tlmo to temporize, has passed, and naught
remains but to convlnco by force tho
credulous bandits who havo refused to
listen to logic and havo belloved that wo
aro too cowardly to assert ourselves.
It is a difficult undertaking with which
wo aro confronted. Gonoral Funstons
repented demands for more troops Imme
diately is proof enough of tho serious
ness of tho situation. Tho expeditionary
forco Is small, tho border territory to be
protected Is long, and In tho very midst
of arguments for preparedness we find
ourselves in tho situation for which pre
paredness was urged. Mr. Koosevelt's
recent denunciation of the laxness where
by, months after tho opening of tho Euro
pean conflict, we were left without nn
extra gun, nn extra ship or an extra uni
form other than provided for in the usual
courso of events, was Justified then nnd Is
more Justified now. But there Is no longer
room for denunciation of any sort. There
Is but ono thing to do, and that Is to
throw the public opinion of the nation
unanimously behind tho Administration.
Every good American Is an American,
not a partisan. In a tlmo such as this.
Wo should urge on the Government
tho advisability of recruiting a number
of regiments of colored men. There are
no better fighters In tho world than
American men of color, when properly
officered, and those men are particularly
fitted for the kind of work tho army
will have to perform In Mexico. In the
South they aro already accustomed to
tho cllmato. It Is an augury of tho work
colored citizens may be expected to do
that tho first armed conflict should havo
been fought by tho Tenth Cavalry, which
has to its credit so many deeds of ad
venturous daring and which has so often
proved itself in tho ultimato test. Wo
take It that there Is now no projudlco
against tho employment of colored troops,
and If there Is, It Is a prejudice to which
no attention should bo paid by tho con
stituted authorities.
Nor need wo 'have any fear of what
other nations may think nbout tho right
eousness of our action. No people nro
entitled to reduco their affairs to chaos.
No peoplo have the right to fall back
Into barbarousness and reduce a part
of tho surface of tho earth to ruin. Aside
from all tho outrages which havo been
committed against us, thoro Is a law
higher than constitutions or political di
visions or arbitrary national delimita
tions of territory, and It is tho law
which requires a sober, earnest peoplo to
rescuo from destruction another people
or another proximate land where anarchy
reigns. There Is no criticism that this
continent was taken from tho barbarous
Indians. We propose now to take no
territory, but wo do propose to see to It
that peace and order reign south of tho
Rio Grande, even as they reign In Cuba,
and we need havo no more hesitation
In bringing this about than our ancestors
had In reducing the aborigines to sub
jection. Civilization, wo believe, marches with
us, and It Is for a higher purpoBo oven
than the vindication of our rights that
Pennsylvanlans Join with other Ameri
cans In answering tho summons of the
bugle. We carry rn our shoulders the
white man's burden, which Is tho bur
den, too, of every man who Is an Ameri
can, no matter what his color or hl
creed, nnd It is a burden which, however
reluctantly we have assumed It, wo shall
carry through enthusiastically, with
honor and with self-respect.
The Old, Old Tunes of Yesterday
However sweet the throbbing harp, how-
ever skilled tho art,
ATo tictooorn tune man hopo to win icorn
welcome In the heart
Like that wo give so glad to Hits which
played us to the fray
The old, old tunes of blithesome youth,
tho tunes of yesterday.
What rose or green, what lane or theme,
what wings afar to sea,
What racing cloud, what spindrift wind,
what bird within a tree,
Can bo like those that gave the chant or
sunny roundelay
Which mado our heart, for daring joy,
leap fast in yesterday!
The brlnger of a ballad goes, but leaves
hli little song
To roam across the lonely hill, or through
the city throng,
Itenewlng life, Us own and ours, by path'
ering on Its way
licmcmbrance sweet, In vale or street,
of that old yesterday.
In auld tang syne, away back home, a
carcfice chorus chimes
To sleighing bells, then rings again, with
strains of olden times.
Hare eyes arc closed these many days
which sparkled quick in play
Upon those ways which ivlnd away from
all that yesterday.
Somo songs which spring within our
heart were tuned to drip o' rain.
Old homely songs, dear foolish songs, and
songs iclth sting of pain..
We learned them on the vagrant's way,
where vagrant hearts will stray.
And how they sing, ahl In the heart, a
warmth of yesterday.
However throbs the pulsing harp, how
ever sound the strings,
The neio found song for us hath not that
power of sweeping wings
"H'7ifc7i wafts us back to that fresh morn
when life was just our play
At weaving dreams, ohl wondrous
dreams, the dreams In yesterday,
SHON RCA.
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THE Illustrations In tho National Goo
graphic Magazine are always splendid,
but when, under a photographic reproduc
tion of a hand loom of ancient pattern
still used In tho highlands of Peru wo
read, "Tho plcturo shows tho process of
laying down tho warp for a largo blanket
at an elevation of 14,000 feet," It leaves us
somewhat up in tho air.
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THE FIRST WAR
WITH MEXICOI
It Began With an Attack
Americans Like That
at Carrizal Laat
Wednesday
KTAn doeb not wait on .' .
Y Y lamatlons. It depends onTh '
sltion of ono of tho partle, i u J1 '"
the challenge of tho other. '
iuu iuexican war of 1846 S h
fore Congress knew that ..'.! Vsan 11
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Twinkle, twinkle, llttlo Jap,
How wo wonder where you are
In this Moxlcano scrap
Also If you're going far.
"Somewhere on Broad street, where they
ought to know better," writes A. D. M., "I
saw this, outsldo a movie theatre:
Last Week
Anna Palowa
In the
Dumb Girl of Portlcl
and It you don't get It at first, look It over
again."
nn suit case stuit
Sir A name's a name, but If I wore David
A. Marshall, of 2I0 Ansley St . dermantown.
I'd hcsltnto to onfor my Initials placed on tho
side clcvutlon o my suit case. B. K. It,
Preparedness How to Pronounce It
IT'S not a crlmo wo may at once confess
In speech to havo a sound pre-par-cd-
ness,
As If tho word syllablcally bore
Not three distinct divisions, but had four.
Yet, as It comes expressly from "prepared,"
Tho accent of Its parent stem Is Bhared.
Wo may assume that only leather-head-ness
Would twist and turn It Into "pre-pa-red-
ness,"
And orators need show no sign of scared-
ness
When they pronounce It (as they should)
)rc-;iarc(f-no3s,
A trl-part word It Is correctly reckoned
And with tho emphasis upon tho second.
ACCORDING TO LAW.
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Roosevelt's Foolish Breaks Condemned English Hyphenates as
Bad as Any Other Kind Other Matters of
Current Interest
MILLIONS FOR THE MILLIONS
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The hand that fed the primaries
and threw meat to tho hyphen has, been
bitten, by tha hyphen presumably, and at
the primary. Senator Clapp passes after
a long and undistinguished service and
his elimination came through the very
system he so ardently upheld. Perhaps
his own defeat Justifies him. Certainly
tha voters of Minnesota showed a fine
spirit of independence when they refused
to return tha man who. posing as a ne-
publican, sat in the councils of the Pro
Tesalveif and who, asking American
Jioora a? a Senator, voted for tha treach-
E ARE a tiny minority ruled by
that gigantic majority, the dead. It
is they who havo given us the conditions
we live under; most of the laws, all of
tho traditions. The traditions remain
bright and living things so far as thoso
who pass leave them so. The act of
Charles W. Kolb in leaving one-half of
his $2,000,000 estate for the benefit of
sufferers, of students, of homeless little
ones and old folk and of the work of
churches in spreading the gospel at home'
and abroad throws the weight of one
more good citizen Into the scales on the
side of the traditions which make life
worth while for those who remain.
Both Charles Kolb and his brother,
Louis, In a quiet way and with avoidance
of publicity, have for a number of years
given summer vacations to as many hun
dreds of poor children as they could.
That the last thing that either of them
wanted was pralso for it makes It all tha
better. Tha brother who goes remem
bers these children in his will, leaving
$100,000 to the Children's Country Week
Association. Such gifts, when they coma
from mm who think of them as little
things, as part of the ancient kindliness
of the human family, aro not earmarked
as charities.
Doar Tom You may chnse nway all
doubts as to the eligibility of Professor J.
Liberty Tadd for admission to your Vesti
bule of Notables. Tho "J." stands for Jus
tice a fact which the artistic gentleman
will verify, nnd his old pupils In the draw
ing, modeling, carving nnd cabinetwork
classes at tho Catholic High School will
tell you that the Professor's full name Is
Justice Liberty Independence Tadd.
FRA ALESSIO.
HCJIlMJIINOEIt -IIKI.I)
Miss Elsie M. Hvld, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs
John C. Held, was married to Mr. William
Hchlmmlnctr last nlsht at the home ot the
brlde'n parents
Mornlnc Contemporary,
The truest thing of this we quote
is In the head.
That "Bchlmminger Is held," we note,
And, be it said,
We do not doubt this hope of each
w,'o jnora to pait
Until the journey's end they reach
Is in tho heart.
Our Blackmail Department
What would it be
worth to a promi
nent civil engineer
of fifty-odd to sup
press ' tho story of
how, fifty-odd years
ago, he wandered
Into Gillespie's paint
shop downtown,
wearing nothing but
a mischievous grin
and a straw hat,
and proceeded t o
paint his own ten
der hide a beautiful
green?
ounioua, ibwt itt
Bo many people rail about the weather,
And oust It so, with all their might and
main,
We really can't determine altogether
Just tchqf it is that makes the weather
vane,
This department fi tree to oil readers who
utxh to eipresa their opinions on subjects of
current interest. It is an open iorttm, and the
Evenlno Ledger (nsumrs no responsibility Jor
the vleu's ot its correspondents.
ROOSEVELT'S MISTAKES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger!
Sir In" tho letter headed "Misapprehen
sion About Progressives," Henry A. Dom
berser Is no doubt sincere, but the people
aro not going to Judge tho Republican or
Democratic parties by what Is promised In
tho platform of either one of them.
There Is a vast difference between promise
and performance, as the people know from
past experience. '
Tho reason the people did not want
Roosevelt was becauso ho failed utterly to
fulfil what they had good reason to expect
f from him when he was President. The
people had a right to expect a reform Ad
ministration thiough him during his second
term as President. His 'whole claim to sup
port from tho people was based upon what
he always said about giving everybody "'a
square deal."
Instead of devoting his tlmo or attention
to something real and worth while ho made
several foolish breaks, such as trying to
take the motto "In Cod, We Trust" off of our
coins and trying to chango the spelling of
a number of words things so utterly non
sensical that now they appear ridiculous. If
he had studied tariff requirements or made
any attempt to look to the Interest of tho
people In an economical sense he probably
would havo left a better Impression on tho
history of his country.
Ills pretended antagonism to what ho
called "malefactors of great wealth" was
amusing In the light of the "My Dear Harrl
man" letter, and so disgusted many of the
voters who formerly had fnlth In Itoosevelt
that no amount of manufactured enthu
siasm could ever resurrect him from politi
cal oblivion.
Tho people have no confidence In any
platform put forth by tho Republican party
In a presidential campaign, becauso In tho
past half century, during which time the
Republican party has been In powor most
of the tlmo, the people have seen themselves
repeatedly made the "goats" of designing
and unscrupulous politicians. The people
are intelligent; they know what they want;
they know It Is posslblo to have a tariff
schedule so framed that It will be satis
factory to them Just as well as an Intelligent
man knows whether a shoe fltB him or not.
The great mistake which the Republican
party made, and seems determined to make
again. Is to refuse to recognize the fact that
worklngmen of today have brains enough to
understand geography and mathematics. As
Mr. Bombereer rightly says, "The fight Is
on to a finish."
The only thing that puzzles me Is what
men like Mr. Bomberger diuld see In fol
lowing Boosevelt, knowing his career as
they did JOHN J. FLEMING.
Philadelphia, Juno 21.
ENGLISH HYPHENATES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The doctrine of preparedness was
drat preached In America In 1634. On Sep.
tember 19 of that year Boston recelved.news
that an arbitrary, special commission for
all the colonies had been appointed In Eng
land, and It was even rumored that a Gov
ernor General was on his way. The news
greatly excited the colonists of Massachu
setts Bay, and the first active defensive
measures against England were undertaken.
Six hundred pounds were raised toward
fortifications, qn January 19, 16J5, clergy
men assembled at Boston and unanimously
declared against tho reception of a Gover
nor General. And here Is tho gospel of pre
paredness as they preached It: "We ought
to defend our lawful possessions If we aro
able; If not, to avoid and protract."
It can properly bo said that America
was born in 1G34, tho llrst year when the
words "foreign encroachments" becamo as
a real symbol to the colonists at Plymouth.
England has always been the enemy of this
country. In 1770, 1812, 18G1, 18D3, 1916,
England has endeavored to bring America
to her will, either by force. Intrigue or
bribery.
I heard former Commissioner of High
ways Carlisle, of New York, a personal
friend of Secretary Lansing, say that In
London tjiey talked of the next great war
between tho yellow races America and
Japan yet that statement was greeted only
wiui iiiugnier ny larusie s audience, "rep
resentative business mon of the com
munity." Not ono appeared to resent that
Englishmen thought Americans were yellow
all the way through Not one appeared
willing and eager to mako tho Englishman
cat his words; yet when Carlisle went fur
ther and talked of national honor as applied
to tho Lusltanla, thoso hyphenated Ameri
cans applauded wildly.
"Our lawful possessions," to quote the pa
trlots of 1634, "consist of something else
than mere property, profits and popcorn
patriotism.'' "Our lawful possessions" In
clude a traditional hatred of Eng
land, becauso we know that England, not
Germany, Is our logical enemy. Tho hy
phenated citizen has been the English loy
alist, never the Germnn-Amerlcan. It was
the activity of tho English loyallBt that de
veloped tho German loyalist, the two
American parasites. When the latter saw
this country was being used as tho stamp
ing ground of Old World Idcns by the for
mer he naturally entered Into the game. The
true American is ttio one who tells both
English and German loyalists that they
cannot use this continent on which to settle
their otfn quarrels. If they must fight, then
let them go Into their owmback yard, Jail
tho Teutonic conspirator for his crimes, but
don't overlook the English fop, with his
smooth talk, bloody hands encased In kid
gloves and mind morally perverted by his
commercialized ambitions.
Preparedness Is excellent, but we should
prepare against the real foe. And when
America wakes up, bb It soon will, then we
will bo able to Join In that twisted tune,
"God Save the King," for only God has
the power to do It. The English can't and
the Americans won't Ood save the King!
CECIL MONTAGUE.
Philadelphia, June 21.
What Do You Know?
General Taylor, who had taker. ivi'.'KS
to tho Rio Grando during the v
Cttll4j fit r0 tola , .
goons up the river in April Z M
formation nbout tho slzo 0f a rl 'i
which Gonoral Torrojon was Z2 ft
into Texas. Captain Thl? "".
force, deserted by their gulleenU7' hJ
corral of a hacienda to make itSty
about tho Mexican force when tv. 5
was suddenly closed upon thm T. !
covered that ho had entered a Iran
Mexicans opened fire. r?nntni- -p' "
was wounded and 16 of his offlcer, ."il
men wero cither killed or Injured L- '
Captain Hardee, tho second In comS
surrendered. Tho survivors wertUi,!
Thoro is a significant parallel bulil
this action nnd tho ambushlnn- :..
tho 10th CaValry at Canizal on v2,4
ilnv. whlrh roiling i .. . "Ml
. --" ' io capture or
largo number of men. nm tt,. .. S
leading up to It nro qulto dlffcr'ent.fmit
tho series of unrescnted and i...-,.jV:
insults which tho United States' C
celved from Mexico during the ,lat t
ui itiiuu .yutwa.
Tho Republic of Texas
Qurrlci of pencral interest wilt be answered
in this column. Ten questions, the answers to
which eicru welUintormcd person should know,
aro asked dallu.
QUIZ
1. What Is the difference between direct anil In
direct taxes?
2. Whv Is It Incorrect to say "IUo Grande
Itlier"?
3. What van the "A It C" mediation of 1014?
4. Describe the Mexican flair.
15. Mhnt Is meant by n "mosquito licet"?
0. Who Is the "Man Prldnj"?
7. What Is the I'cnliileuch?
8. What Is mufti?
0. Ily whom nnd when una the expression "per-
fidloiiH "Albion" llrst used?
10. When n man bnjs a property contiguous wllh
the mean, ho.v far out does It extend?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. When. It Is noon In 1'hllndclphln It Is 11
o.'clock on the Texas border. 10 on the
eu- Mexico nnd Arlrona border nnd 0 on
tho (ullfornla border.
3. A prlinte soldier recehes S180 n year.
3. Ilonler States: Texas, New Mexico. Arllona,
fnliroriihi, Tnmaiillpas, t'oahulla, Chl
luinliua, Sonora, l.oier California.
4. Gregory. Attorney fieneral. nnd mild to be
the President's chohe for (Supreme Court
Justice.
5. rireshlpi A shin filled with combustible to
lie sent analnst hostile ships to set them
nitre.
0. "New France": Canada.
7' A VXU1'!''.'! I'nuth" Is usually taken lo mean
1011 fathoms,
8. "Good wine needs no hush": This refers to
the old custom of hnnslne Ivy or boughs
lieroro Inns nhere eood nine wns to be
had.
0. A "cul de sac": A blind alley.
10. "Candling" eggs: Holding them before n
candle to see If they nre good.
GEN. PRICE'S CONDEMNATION
To the Editor Evening Ledger:
Sir General Price's statement today that
tho city Is disgraced by tho slow recruiting
of the National Guard is what was expected
by thosa who know that the attempt to
make this branch of the national army an
adequate secondary line of defense would
never succeed. Tho National Ouard has
Its uses, It Is composed of good citizens,
but there are many men in it who never
expected to go to war. They have enlisted
as theyjvpuld enter a social club. Before
we are properly prepared we. must have a
body of men trained In arms because they
intend t use them In case of need. They
can be secured best by an adequate stand,
dig army wlh a reserve made up of those
who have received their discharge from ac
tive service and have been put in on the
second line ot defense.
MILITARY STUDENT.
, Philadelphia, June 22.
Sir May I ask you. to accept for your
Noah's Ark a few creatures you over
looked In last Saturday's poem? Very well
(business of cracking , whip), here they
come: John H, Seal, I, Sabel, George Hor
sey, Walter E. Stags, pharles 'A. Doe, It
Starling. H. W. Goos, C, Swan, A. Wood
co9k. J. B. Partridge, Philip B. Hawk, E.
Swallow, P. (What! Oh, very well.)
,VT. ITS.
Sounded So
That cljy boavdei with tha Jons; hair
an tortle-shell specs,4' said the farmer's
wife, "'has wrote somethln ha cajUj 'a
Summer Idyl" " '
"Bo?" said, her husband,
about our hired man." -
"HI bet it's
FAIRNESS
The railroads that are underpaid should
be granted an increase. The rates charged
by raUroa'ds that are overpaid should be
scaled. The quarrel between the. Govern
ment and the railroads over the mall con
tracts has been 'going on for years. It
should be trrnlnated. Johnstown Dally
Democrat.. . t v
DEMOCRACY AND WAR
The worst Wjrs are the so-called "hoi
wars;" the next .worst are tha dynastic,
wars, the warp JwWch resolve themselves
largely into c?ntef$s hetwsen tha classes
and their 4up4 .rwpeellvaly Dsmocrfcy
Is, upon the whole, the best, but by no
mean an, InjfaUlbl preventive o war- Tha
classes wha "will .have o do tha actual
fighting wQTlSii rh recklessly to war.
It there is to be any killing they want to
know the reason, Why. "" Tha moral ap
plicable to the present situation Ir, curiously
enough, not an argument in favor of a
hastypeace. It is an argument Jn favor of
a permanent peace and that involves light
ing until all the influences which make for
Var are cast down. Montreal Herald.
REGULAR
' Wall street Is greatly agitated over the
trouble with Mexico. But then a State of
agitation is a part of the day's work in Wall
slnset--Clnclnnatl Times-Star.
TIME AND -TIDE
A few mora naval engagements Jn the
Baltic and we will have a eavy worth
whUs Ja ppita of Congress. St Pul Pfo
jser Press.
Stcfansson
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can
you tell me what happened to Stefansson
and the Karluk In 1914 and 1915? O. S,
Vllhjalmur Stefansson was given up for
dead In 1914, but months later reappeared.
On September 20 tho Karluk was believed
to be frozen In for tho winter, about 15
miles north of tho Colvllle Itlver. She had
on board most of the expedition and the
larger part of tho stores, Stefansson left
her to hunt on shore, when, on September
23, a fierce gale drove the Ice nnd tho Im
prisoned Karluk to the west, and she was
not seen again In Alaskan waters. Sha
drifted to tho northwest and southwest for
110 dayB, and was finally crushed In tho
ice to the northeast of Wrangell Island. A
large quantity of supplies, placed on the
Ice was loaded on sledges, and the retreat
to Wrangell Island began, Two parties of
four men each never reached the Island.
Fifteen persons. Including Captain Bartlett,
commander of the Karluk, reached Wrangell
Island. Bartlett, with a seaman and an
Eskimo, set out across the sea Ice for Si
beria on February 18, and three months
later reached fit. Michael, Alaska, bringing
news of theidlsaster On. September 14 the
v nuivivum uh itrangen island were
brought to Nome. Alaska, having been res
cued by the gasoline schooner King and
Wing, the only vessel that has ever reached
the Island; three men. had died on the
Island. Stefansson. meanwhile, had been
trying to carry on his work with Oils crip
pled force. Ills party landed on Banks
Island In June, 1914. In February. 1916.
ha started north again.
Tobacco Tax
It. W. S. The Internal revenue taxes on
6M0Q,00O. year m0 Wer raothan
Ballot Frauds
T, W. H. The, "four frauds" of ballot
ng to which you probably are referring are
Impersonation, repeating, box stuffing and
counting out votes.
Oldest Library
F, D. 8. The oldest library in EurnnA
s probably the National LlbTaV of Parfs
which was founded In 1328. "s,
Roofs Candidacy
Cdltor of "What Da Yqu Know" Would
y I1 te'l who nominated and sec
onded tha nomination of lhu Root for
President at the Chicago contention. (2)
Was he an active candidate for it? m Was
he ex-presldent Taft's cholca? C4) Is ha
a veteran of tha cj vll War? ' b
A ROOT MAN,
(1) Nicholas Murray Butler nominate!
Mr. Root, and judg, Bynum. of NTh Car
olina, end E. W BrUt, of California J
pnded the nomination (2) Mr Root VB
raceptlvj candidate and headquarters T
opened for him in Chicago, bt he "id ot
openly advocate his own nomination nor
take an active pm ,a , PrJS.t??,J
campaign. n rmr Presldlu d$
Botaxpxsss bis choice. (4) No. ola
Texas, ns tho school children, fcs'Js
had revolted nnd proclaimed Its rndN.4l
onco of Mexico In 1830. It had besn Jl
ognlzed by tho United Statps nn r.s
European Powers, but Mexico still t-
slstcd that it was merely a State In r
belllon. Negotiations for tho admhston o(
tho Republic of Texas to the Iflplon mf
In progress for many months before uj
deflnlto action was taken. When It r
camo evident that tho Texas Congress wuj
likely to pass a resolution consenting f
annexation on July -i, 1845, General Taj.'
tor was ordered to proceed to the territory!
of the now Stato with a body of trocpil
In nrrlnr in n ni-nnn tr,l in Ki.i -Ai
... ..- ,-...,,. I.. w icoioi anya
efforts of Mexico to assert her JurlsdVs
tion over any part of tho territory on till
left bank of tho Rio Grande. Meilcoi
insisted that tho Neuces River, whlchj
enters the gulf at Corpus Chrlstl, was tfiif
proper boundary. 4 .1
General Taylor took his force from
Now Orleans and mado his hcadquarttna
near Corpus Chrlstl. He kent hlmsfiffi
informed of Mexican sentiment, and la's
the autumn tho American Consul at MaU.
moros, on tho Rio Grande, reported that!
mu luuAiL-una wuro. peaccaDiy disposed,
that there had been no Increase In thij
garrison and that no ono expected anr
trouble. Ho remained In the vicinity oP
Corpus Chrlstl tho greater partrof th s
winter of 1846-7 with a force of less than
4000 men.
Tho historians of tho period say that
although ho was 61 years old and ha4
served In tho War of 1812, It was'doubt-.
ful If ho or any other officer In th
commana naa over Decora seen so many
of tho regular army together at once, i
There wore colonels there who ha4nerrf 1
seen their wholo regiments and leiif- '
ants who had risen to the rank of cap-
tains in the satno regiment to had
never met. Mnny of tho officers iai not
seen ono another slnco they we.ro hj i
gethor in the War of 1812, and.mani 'J
nthitpi, mni - tlin ftt-of tlm. nine t)iiF f
ww.iu.u ....,. u w.u ., ....., H.n.v - ,
graduation from West Point eats btr 3s
fore. Many old Infantry officers had
nover drilled In evolutions of the llneaqj
many others had never seen battalion a
drill slnco tljey wero graduated. Suca,
was American preparedness 70 years jS 3
Colonels Who Had Never Seen Then
Regiments ,
Genoral Taylor changed these men and
their troons from a disorganized fore
lhto a capable and efllclent army wlill'l
ho waited for developments. He, wai
ordered In March to take up a position
on tho Rio Grande and started In thrtj
divisions on the 9th. 10th and 11th A
March. Ho reached the Little Colorado;
a salt latroon. on March 21. The feWl
was not more than 300 feet wide and,jj
fordable. A Mexican force was on m
western shore, The captain in commanl
crossed nnd Informed tho Americans thaj
if tjhey attempted to go further he W
peremptory orders to fire upon them. At
tho same tlma he handed to General
Tnvlor a conv of a proclamation i"Mj
,.. .1 . 1 . in Matnmoroi
few days before. It declared that "tM
annexation of the department, pi
to the United States, projected and ?o,
summated by the tdrtuous policy ''
-..-. - .. -.,- j - vflt K&tlSfT'
uamnoi 01 tno union, uu "" -- ft
the ambitious deslra of the degentWl
sons of Washington, The civilized
has, nlranSv raenpnllPll In tllSt li
the marks of injustice, Iniquity and tti
m-.t aAHr1flliia -rlnlatlnn nf tho m"1?j
of natlops," It continued in this w
to Its end, (h.-
General Taylor curtly informed v
officer that he Intended to cross at cwj
Ho did cross, and the Mexicans
appeared without carrying out their m
emptory orders." There was v-tj.
interference with him until he reaw
i.-ri- - j- ito Matamoros. B!
attack on Captain Thornton's
April 24 was tha first overt act. W J
followed by the battle of P""l4
May 8. the first pitched battle ot the Hg
"ONE BY ONE"
We can't expect perfection all ftj
and so we suppose we ro" "- "wnilaiw
,..i. 1. .,. oii.r elimination of inluZ
Barnes, Jr., even If, Penrose Jgi.
stronger than ever.-Mllwaukea Jpun
nmcvp nnwFBPUL LIGHT
...,i warchlblht to M
Alio Hiu jjumv,.-. - .ilvn h'0
world was tested at the M
Yard rcentlv. The lens has a dim,g?
flva feet.
A watcher in
a hll ldinff B, l' ...-U
""-.'A V.. ".1; raused R'CW
rcjiuricu iui mo "- .t,n oa iw
lamp In his room to cai "":, we
. 11 mu-n,.i,. Waa nlaved on O01H ., j
""' " ." "--..rr j on the iv
very stoAO
of tha Manhattan bridge ana wr jjg
worth Building. Persons "J"", pMSf
C A, Building, two miles from thj
vnrrf lrt Bverv StOaS WSS V"v ,j.
yard, said
llghttd, . ,. ,. ..unSatrfliS
Tha light's tuweuva 'Vrder4 m"S
Ten mites. oeviM 7 wr IW
in tha fortlfifatlojjs atoM Vtr w
New X01K wona.
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