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Arizona republican., 1908-04-02
SANTA FE TINS TABLE.
PHOENIX CITY TIME.

"The Diamond Jo," for Hot
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burg, Prescott and branch
points, Jerome, Ash Fork,
Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and all points
west 900 am. 1855 am.
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for Hot Springs Junction
(Castle Hot Springs,
Wickenburg, A. & c.
branch points, Congress
Junction, Prescott, Ash
Fork, Denver. Kansas
City, Chicago and all
points east. $500 am. 4:10 pm.
No trains on A. & c. Ry.
or Poland branch Sun
days.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-02
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The National tribune., 1908-03-04

became SO heated as to approach
threat Of personal collision. The sym
pathies of the committee were clearly
against Commander Simms, but he stuck
to his guns bravely. and his resolute
attitude will compel the truth to come
out. OF course, a large part of this are
the family Quarrels between the differ
ent cliques among the naval officers. but
the committee refused to consider these,
and expressed a determination to con-
fine the inquiries directly to the alleged
faults in naval construction.
Probably there are very many things
in our naval construction which can be
improved, and the indication is strongly
in that way of remedying whatever
actual sea practice shows to be faulty.
This is inevitable, because naval archi-
lecture is progressive science, like any
other, and what may be the best this
year may be far from the best next
year. At the same time other Nations
are suffering precisely as we are, and We
can rest assured that our fighting ves-
sells are as good, if not a little better,
than any that the other Nations have
afoat.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

We have received the following let
ter from the Minister of the Argentine
Republic:
Editor National Tribune: 1 have re-
ceived the copies of the edition of
Thursday, 9Th ult., of The National
Tribune, which you have had the kind
ness to send me, and in which appeared
the interesting article on the Argentine
Republic, accompanied to it very fiat
tering mention of its representative in
Washington. / thank you very cordial
ly in the name of my country for your
and in my own for your kindly refer
ence to my personality. Without the
visit of the fleet of Admiral Evans to
Buenos Ayres 1t would not have been
given the publication in The National
Tribune, making known to the vast cir
Gle of its readers a country in regard
to which in the United States has had
only superficial knowledge and incom-
plete information. and this is not always
exact. The publication confirms TIL,
truth of the assertion of President
United States are but messengers OF
friendship and of good will The cur
rents of reciprocal affection were
aroused by the beautiful fleet in its triI
towards the Pacific Ocean, and your
article is a result. for which 1 agair
cordially thank you.-Senor Don e
Portela, Argentine Minister, Washing
ton. ID. c.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

public. A Californian of some promi-
nence in his community dropped in
there the other afternoon during pro-
tracted visit in Washington. The Presi-
dent asked about conditions in the Wis
itor's city, and went on to tell the Wis
itor how the campaign stood with ref
erence to the Secretary of War all over
the country. He began with Maine,
where he said Taft was going to have
half of the delegates; went to Massa-
chusetts. where he predicted that Taft
would get 20 out of 80 delegates; men,
toned his own State of New York as
likely to give Taft three-fourths of its
big delegation; spoke of Illinois as for
Cannon. altho Taft could have more
than half the delegates from that State
on the first ballot if he should need
them.
In this fashion he went over the sit
uation State by State. explaining also
how the allies had blocked the game
o. himself and Secretary Taft in the
South. but that they were nevertheless
hopeful of securing a majority of the
convention without depending upon the
Southern delegates. They had been at
work over all the West, the President
said, with assurances now that practi-
cally all the Western country. including
the Mississippi Valley and the region
to the West would be for the Secretary
of War
The allied candidates dispute the
Presidents figures. as they contend il
will be impossible for the Secretary of
War to go into the convention with a
clear majority of all the delegates. And
yet it will take a couple of months to
tell who is right or whether any of the
prophets will be correct. The President
not only collects the information on his
own hook, but he is in frequent confer
ence with the Taft managers. Almost
every day some one of them is at the
White House offices for a talk about
things in general and in detail. So all
told he is probably the best informed
of anyone as to what the Taft boom
can really do.
1t has long been known that should
1t become necessary the President will
make a public statement in behalf of
his Secretary of War. He would do
that at any time. should II he proven
to him that such a step would be worth
while. However, he prefers not to go
to that length. He wants to keep such
public statement in reserve against
some great emergency. in which Secre-
tary Taft would be in sore need of such
influential support to save him the nom.
ination.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

oklahoma is now competing for the
center of the country's stage so long
held by Kansas, and the claims bureau
OF the new State is working overtime.
Still more surprising, some of these
claims seem to be actually well founded
and the latest one, that Oklahoma has
the richest coal fields in the world will
bear examination. 1t is said that one
field extends uninterruptedly from the
Arkansas line. near Fort Smith, dis
tance of 1875 miles to the southwest, and
embraces more than 400, 900 acres. Ir
the fields which have been already de
veloped there is an estimate of 5000.
900, 900 tons, which is only an earnes
of what can be found by farther exam
ination.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

The Evening Journal, of Jersey City,
n. J., notes that Immediately after the
war veterans were conspicuous in all
public places for number of years
This came partly because they were OF
an unusual force of character, and part
ly from the feeling of patriotism or
the part of the people. The roster OF
the present Legislature, however. does
not contain the name of a single civi
war veteran. The majority of the mem.
bers were born since the war closed
The Evening Journal thinks that thos,
veterans who remain in public employ.
ment should be carefully protected from
removal or persecution by the younger
element.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
MONUMENT TO GEN. SHERMAN.

The people of Lancaster, o., and
thereabouts are moving in the way of
securing a statue in that city in honor
of Gen. VIM. 4. Sherman, who was
born in Lancaster. and made his home
there for many years. The Ohio Legis-
lature has appropriated $4,000 for a
one to Gen. VIM. II. Gibson, and $4,000
to Maj. VIM. Mckinley. The Lancaster
people believe that $4,000 appropria-
ton for a monumen to Gen. Sherman
at Lancaster would be suitable and
proper. and are petitioning the Legis-
lature to that effect ts
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

The fact that nothing can be pro-
posed for which Americans will not
volunteer receives new illustration. A
misleading paragraph in paper recent
Iy stated that the Navy Department
wanted volunteers to stay in the turret
Of the Monitor Florida while that ship
was fired upon by new shell to test
Its power against armor. Immediately
r. A. Tascoe, of Glenridge, N. j., and
Daniel H. Mills. Of Belleview, KY. wrote
to the Department, offering themselves
for the experiment. The Department
has replied that It win not need their
services, since no human being will be
in the turret at the time that 1t is fired
upon The Department, however. would
like to have them enlist In the Navy.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
TEMPERANCE IN ENGLAND.

The temperance cause is making not
able progress in England, where there
is more need for work than in any place
in the world From the earliest his
tory the English have been noted for
their drinking habits, and they have no
rivals as deep drinkers, unless ii is the
Danes and Swedes. How ancient is this
fame Hamlet tells us:
This heavy-headed revel, east and west
Makes US traducd and taxd of other
Nations;
They clepe us drum. ,rds, and with
swinish phrase
Soil our addition"
Unquestionably the deepest, most
sodden and degrading drunkenness in
the world can be found in London and
other great cities. There is more
general use of stimulants, mostly gin,
and a deeper and more revolving de-
graduation resulting therefrom, found in
the slums of London, Liverpool and
other civilized country. At the same
time it must be said that nowhere has
there been more energetic work done
for temperance than in England, Scot
land and Ireland. Most of our temper
ance movements originated there, and
the sternest and most aggressive foes
Of the drink demon are found among
the English, Scotch, Irish and Welch.
Now the friends of temperance are TAX
ing the practical way of attacking the
drink evil from the restrictive side. and
Parliament has before it measure in
the nature of high license. The bill
proposes to reduce the number of pub
lics," as they are called in England to
one for every $50 people in the city and
one for every 40 people in the country.
This seems an astonishingly large al
lowance, but when we learn that the
restriction will cut off some 10000 sa-
looms we have an idea of how liberally
the three Kingdoms are supplied with
gin mills. The attack has to be made
on the liquor power with great circum-
spection, since this is firmly intrenched.
The capital invested in places for the
sale of liquor is estimated at the in
credible sum of $1,000. 900, 900, while
more than 100000 people get their
living in some way from the sale of the
destructive drink to their fellows. The
brewer lords are more naughty and
arrogant in Great Britain than in this
country, and one of the few ways that
a commoner can get into the aristocracy
is by becoming the head of big brew
cry. All this power and influence COM
pels the temperance advocates to ad-
vance cautiously, and the bill proposes
that the wiping out of the 10000 sa-
looms shall extend over a period of 20
years. Pecuniary compensation is pro-
vided for many of the more valuable
licenses which will be voided, and In
the issuance of new licenses local op-
ton will govern, so that a majority of
the parochial electors may prohibit it,
granting a license for period of two
years. The temperance bill is the prin-
cipal measure which the party in power
will present to the present Parliament.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
A. Won welsbach, the inventor of til

A. Won Welsbach, the inventor of the
incandescent gas mantle which bears
his name, has now made another i'm
portant, probably much more impor-
tant invention. He has found that when
iron is alIoyed with cerium, lanthanum
and some of the other earth metals it
will produce showers of exceedingly
bright sparks when scratched with file
or knife. Flames can be produced as
large as a mans hand and of intense
brilliancy. The sparks will kindle
tinder, gases and saturated wicks and
will also ignite explosives. There are
any number of possibilities of great
usefulness for this invention. One pro-
posed use is to light incandescent gas
lamps at a distance by friction with a
steel moved by a magnet. They will
be safer to ignite explosives. since they
will be free from the danger of spon-
taneous or accidental explosion such as
the present primers and igniters are
| subject to.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

The Earl of Yarmouth is not quit
ter. Altho his wife got a divorce from
him for reasons that even the strict
English courts decided, offhand. were
entirely sufficient, he is after another
American fortune, and it is reported
that he has persuaded Miss Norma
Munro, formerly bosom friend of his
wife. TO marry him. Leslie Carter. who
knows them both intimately, says with
the charming frankness of women with
regard to one another. Both of them
will be stung."
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

We all have abundant memories of
the sad work done by hot air, but now
cold air enters as a competitor The
chilled torrent forced before a falling
glacier demolished a hotel near Berne,
Switzerland, killing 1S people and in
juring Is others.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
NEW YORK PENSIONS.

There have been two bills introduced
into the New York Assembly on the
subject of State pensions. One, by
Senator Cassidy, provides for the ap-
pointment of the Commissioner of Pen
sions at salary of $4,000 a year. and
proposes a pension rate of $8, $40 and
$12 month for veterans of 65, 10 and
rs years of age respectively. Any vet
eran who is an inmate of a State in
stitution or who is receiving over $40 a
month from the Government, or any
municipality, or who fails to support
his wife, shall be prohibited from par
ticipating in the pension. The bill is
to go to the voters of the State for
adoption at the next general election.
The bill Introduced by Senator Owens
includes militiamen who were wound
ed in the State service. and grants ss
a month at the age of 81. $40 a month
at 70 and $12 at rs Militiamen wound
ed in the State service will be compen-
sated for medical attendance.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

AS soon as they put the clamps on
the divorce practices in one section it
breaks out in another. No sooner had
the racket about easy divorces in South
Dakota quieted down than the news
comes that Sc divorces have been grant
ed in two weeks in Davidson County
Tenn, in which County Nashville is sit.
uated After ALL Nashville is a much
pleasanter city in which to wait the
necessary probation time than the un.
developed country in South Dakota
Anyone caR spend the few months re.
quired for residence very pleasantly and
profitably by visiting the old battlefields
and the wonderfully fertile and pic.
turesque country lying between Nash.
vile and Chattanooga.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
.sos1 C HoavN % q NoLaNIHsvA
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
alway. state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When You renew from another post
office give former address as well.
When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

Booker 7. Washington gives the pro-
hibition movement in the South his
warmest encomiums. and says that it
will be the greatest blessing possible to
his race. He claims that two-thirds of
the mobs. lynchings and burnings at the
stake were the result of bad whisky in
bad negros and bad whites.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

Europe has fit again over the seri-
Gus Illness of the Emperor Francis Jo-
sef, which makes it impossible to hold
the contemplated celebration of the Goth
anniversary of his reign. There is moth
ing in European politics so disturbing
as Francis Josefs health. There is the
possibility that his heterogeneous EN-
pire will fall to pieces at his death, and
the scramble for the fragments bring
about a general European war.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

The German military laws are mex
orable. Herr Won Bohlen-Halbach. who
had the supreme good fortune last year
er Of the great steel works. with a per.
sonal income of s5,000.000 year, has
been ordered to take his turn Of duty
for six weeks in a cavalry regiment il
which he formerly served his time.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

This is time when many things
work out queerly. The Minnesota
farmers sold their wheat for future de-
livery at s1.16. Now wheat is under 81
but they get their price all the same
A remarkable change has come ovel
their minds in regard to the immortality
of trading in futures.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

A boom has been started at Toledo,
o., for Gen. I. R. Sherwood for running
mate to Bryan. Gen. Sherwood, who
was gallant soldier during the war
and man of large experience in pub
lie affairs. has come quite prominently
before the public recently by his advo-
eacy of pension legislation and his
forceful speeches.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

Mr.. Bryan is brought up against the
snubbing post in one of his usual
thoughtless allegations. Thomas Z.
Ryan replies very decidedly to Bryan's
charge that he and James J. Hill were
buying up Southern delegates against
him by fat denial, which brings it up
to Mr.. Bryan to furnish proof. This he
cannot do.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

The Paris papers continue to insist
vehemently that we are spelling for q
war This shows even more than the
usual French ignorance of all countrie:
outside their own.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
A Checker Problem.

Editor National Tribune: I have q
problem that 1 would like to have
solved thru the columns of your paper,
The National Tribune; that is, to place
the checkers on the board the same as
for q game of checkers, double corner
to the right, and then commence jump
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

Tammany is making an effort to take
advantage of the disorganization of the
New York Democracy to get into con-
troll of the party. with Charles +. MUIR
ply as State boss. Well. Murphy could
not be worse than many the party has
had
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
HOMES FOn SAILORS.

Attention is called to the fact that
there is no Home for disabled sailors
and seamen in this country except the
Naval Home at Philadelphia, to which
no one can be admitted unless he has
served 20 years. This is felt to be a
great drawback to the policy of the
Government in encouraging enlistments
of young men in the Navy. There are
men discharged from the Navy all the
time who are broken down, and yet
there is no place for them to go to, un-
less they have served the required 20
years. The sailors feel that this is Il
great injustice to them, since the SOL
dicrs are treated much better in the
way Of Homes, and there is always
some place for a soldier to go to who
has served in the Army any length of
time. James w. Huston, of Indianapo-
lis, Ind, butted up squarely against this
disagreeable fact when he paid his own
way to the Home at Marion, Ind, but
found that he could not be admitted,
not even to stay over night, until he
Indianapolis; yet there were soldiers
in the Home who had served only from
seven to 15 days. AS great proportion
of the sailors now enlisted are from the
interior of the country, there should be
either provision made for their admis-
sion to the Soldiers Hcmes. or there
should be Homes built for them.
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
WASHINGTON

CHANGES IN PENSION ROLL, JAM
UARY, 1898.
Number o. pensioners on roll
Dec. 81, 1907. 7........... 95S,5S5
Gains to ll JaAuary, 1soS... 2.4s5
Total. ......... 962,06
Losses to roll JANUARY, 1908
Death II ~ ........ 1870
Other eaRFes go sso 4.1so
Number of pensioners Jan. 81,
1908 ...................... s57.s3o
Net decrease for January, 1908. 1856
Civil War Survivors.
Number civil warisurvivors Dec.
81, 1907 635,s1s
Gains during January, 1908.... 584
Total. 636, 403
Losses during January, 1905
Death ................2 $3.50
Other causes ......... 81
-' 3,017
Number civil war survivors Jan.
81. 1908 ................... 6Ss,sss
The National tribune., 1908-03-04
COMPLIMENT FROM THE pERUvIANs.

1t was compliment that we should
highly appreciate, that the Peruvians,
in addition to giving our fleet a most
cordial and enthusiastic reception, made
Washington's Birthday holiday in
Lima. with business suspended and all
manner of festivities. Peru. the land
of ancient renOwn, expects to take a
new birth when the Panama Canal is
completed. This will bring the COM
munity into close touch with the rest
of the world, and particularly with the
United States. More than any other
country in South America. Peru ex-
poets great advantages from the con-
structiOn of the canal. Peru Is a coun-
try of limitiess wealth. only waiting en-
ergetic. exploitation at the hands of en-
terprising men, and as soon as the
canal is completed and there is rapid
and certain communication between the
United States and that country. it is ex-
pected that they Americans will go in
there as they have into Mexico, and
develop the country's rich mines and
its immense agricultural possibilities.
Probably we shall get large portion
of our Indispensable rubber from Peru,
and it will not be long until the ancient
fame of Peru for wealth is revived. The
probabilities point to Peru coming into
more intimate relations with us than
any of our Spanish American neighbors
except Mexico. The visit of the fleet
has been of the greatest possible bene-
fit in developing pleasant and profitable
rela tinnS with the limited States
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

Number civil war survivors Jan.
81, 1908
Decrease
The National tribune., 1908-03-04

Governors of States. who might help
the Taft boom along IL they would. have
been literally represented at Cabinet
dinners this year. No man who has a
bid to a state dinner of any kind at
the White House, whether he live 500
or 5000 miles away. would decline an
invitation. And so the Governors have
been coming in gradually all Winter
long, and the Taft workers have been
waiting for them, as soon as they (the
Governors) had a good White House
dinner inside their jackets. Lawyers
and editors and others. who have en-
listed under the Taft banner, have also
been trooping to Washington, and nev-
er get away without bid to White
House luncheon.
There is no question but what op-
portunity is improved to talk politics
on such occasions. Some of the dinner
or luncheon guests say so. Some OF
them deny it. But that is because they
know that etiquet forbids they should
discuss what transpired at a dinner OF
an entirely private character. Over in
the White House offices 1t is a little
different. Politics, Taft politics, are
discussed over there so frequently and
so openly that many reports reach the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-03
JUDGE WILL NOT LISTEN x
READING OF AEFIDAvlTs.
NO CHANGE OF VENUE
Court Refuses to Grant Plea Of Law
yers for Former Political Boss Of
San Francisco District Court Of
Appeals Restrained.

at-NI-HEL| ATGl IArHaa. .rr -L ---
San Francisco, April abraham
Ruef, the central figure in the bribery.
graft prosecution, whose technical
skirmishes to avoid trial, have kept
two courts occupied for two months,
sustained three adverse rulings today,
one in the superior, and two in the
appellate courts.
His actual trial on one Of the many
charges Of bribery seems to be IL
sight. Judge Dooling Of San Benito
county, who vas requested by Judge
Dunno to preside in the latter's de
,partment of the superior court, in the
trial OF Ruef, denied the motion 81
.Ruef's counsel for q transfer of the
case to another department. The dis
trict court OF appeals application has
been restrained.
In the days proceedings, Judge
Dooling intimated that he would not
receive any afidavits bearing upon
the existence Of a contract which was
unknown to law and whose enforce
ment rested upon the faith Of the
prosecution.