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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
Playing Rabbit, child Is KiIIed.

DR.. Otis W. Miller, formerly Of Ala
mogordo. offices 215 Caples Bldg
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

THE Popular is apt to do the unusual, So with
regular business of the season in front, we ammo
passes the records of the pas-in number Of yards,
In the face of predictions that this Spring will be one
we offer Silks of Quality at matchless prices.
When measured by the yardstick Of desirabity this
Spring suits, waists and Innings.
There are Foulard Silks galore very things that
standard staple. So they are, but The Popular
wants to get rid Of Besides Foulards you viii find Oh
Tussahs Cloth of Gold etc. We have silk dress for
to pay
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

to loyal guards, for a consideration
but the Zapatists. reinforced by the
former rebel forces of General" AL
mazan, another dissatisfied revolution
AIRY leader. first inflicted a reverse up
on Figueroa's rurals, in the mountain
fastness of the Sierra of Ocotlan,
which separates the states of More
los n Guerrero, after which they
eluded them and the various federal
columns sent after them by beating
their way eastward through Morelos
and across the ravines of AmatZinac
into the neighboring state of Puebla.
When the government forces resort
cd to savage reprisals, such as burn
ing down villages. im~prisoning women
and children and hanging or shooting
all men believed to be in league with
Zarata. II warfare in these unhappy
districts of Mexico naturally tool Il
turn for the worse, and the whole re-
gion became almost uninhabitable.
The railway traffic between the capt.
tai and Morelos has been brought to a
standstill since the recent holdup and
massacre of railway passengers and
their escort of armed soldiers half
way between the city of Mexico and
Cuernavaca, when forty persons were
killed.
Since this event several of the rail-
way stations and bridges along that
line have been burned down by the
Zapatists. only a few hours from the
City Of Mexico. SO that the railway
service between the capital and the
states of Morelos and Guerrero has
had to be suspended altogether.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
R
FREIGHT SIDEWAYS
Traffic Men Are Talking OF Installing
Underground System at Rail.
way Terminals.

Minneapolis. MINI. Aug. GA
system of subway freight lines for
the transportation of Minneapolis
goods to railway terminals and for
the convenience Of the shipper who
makes large sales within the city
limits is being discussed by traffic ex-
perts who acknowledge that they
have not yet looked into the physical
problems of such a system fully
enough to venture suggestions as to
how the plan should be carried out.
Nevertheless. all agree that Minnea-
polls is in need Of a more complete
system OF taking care of traffic.
The alleys upon which real doors
of wholesale houses. warehouses and
retail establishments open, are at
present the principal city thorough
fares for the shipper, IL he is not To-
Gated lear the large terminals or On
trackage. Many of the large ship
pers have secured property for their
establishments on trackage this year,
and more are planning to move near
er the railroad terminals. But as the
city grows, it is pointed out that there
will be an ever increasing need for
system that will handle the freight
similar to that in use in Chicago for
instance.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

about it till it was presented, but II
both the parties are to insist on abso-
lutte loyalty on The part of their can
didates, the candidates have no alter
native to choose n party or the 9TH
er. And if they choose that one. the
other will have them not. 1t is tough,
but hat seems to be the situation.
Three Might &c On.
From the conference room in Cleve-
land, where James r. Garfield, Walter
Brown, Walter Meals. Nat c. Wright
and other leaders of the new cause
met. the word came hat even IL it
were possible legally to put a mans
name on the ballot twice there are
only two, and at the outside three,
candidates nov on the republican tick
ct who would be endorsed. The two
certain of endorsement if they want it
are Freeman II. Eagleson, candidate
for attorney general, and William
public works and candidate for cleo
ton for a fourth term. Kirtley was a
member of the republican state cen
trail committee, but walked out when
Walter Brown did. two weeks ago.
Eagleson, former speaker of the low
er house of the legislature, was one of
the ablest of the counsel attached to
the attorney generals Office when u.
G. Denman. lately denied nomination
for governor by the Taft people, was
attorney general.
The third man who might be accep-
able to the bull moose leaders in John
l.. Sullivan of East Liverpool. one of
the able and amiable gentlemen who
are caught unwittingly and unwilling
ly in the mixup in the republican par
ty. Mr.. Sullivan will get votes on
whatever ticket his name may appear.
votes If his name were to appear on
TIVE tickets.
Garford for Governor.
When the bull moose convention
meets. Arthur L. Garford of Elyria
will have the call for the nomination
for governor. He has sc many ele-
ments in his favor that his nomination
will be made without much trouble
unless he decides to put it aside.
The constitutional amendments are
to be voted on September 8. More in
terest is being taken and better than
a fifty per cent vote is now predicted.
1t is pretty generally conceded that
the license amendment will be adopt
eel. There is a strong probability that
the initiative and referendum pro-
posal Will go through and some of the
judicial reform proposals. The labor
proposals are being fought pretty hard
by the state board of commerce. which
is also fighting the initiative and refer
endum as we'll as the proposal that
nine jurors may bring in a verdict in
civil cases. The labor proposals. how
ever. will run close, if not carry.
Woman's suffrage was a long ways
off two weeks e but has made rapid
gains. The women behind the move
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
GlH NEW CLEANUP PROBLEM

Mexico ard Nicaragua arc makiE&
ii larU for thu Caucasian mind 20
holl fast to the belief tha, the civili-
cation and Development If North
America can be wrought without
breaking the power Of the Indian i'm
tn. countries living in the southern
par: of the continent. Thc white
connurrurs Of tho United States ana
farada found It necessary Ia clear
,fic pathway OF civilization by pushing
ns:d" h red man from ocean 20
cc:an and from Hudson bay 20 tho
Mexican su,f. thus solving at once
and for GOOD tho problem which me
Spanish conquistadores sought to get
around by exploiting the Indian as Il
commercial asset. p blunder that
flrally led 20 the fult restoration Of
rho Indian 20 power. with all the evils
invariably attendant upon their inca
pacity TO cover
But for the Mexican war. doubt
les all the stretch of territory claim
c6 for us by right of conquest today
would be included in tho Immense
area of misrule ana violence between
the Rio Grande and the Istnmus of
finaIhd. Inc spanish ticl!ieI1. M
Guiding tine half bloods. are giving
way 20 the full-bloodcd native. whose,
savage instincts arr INDUCED to the
fui! once he gets a taste of power.
Such Is General Mcna. tho untutorcd
Eicaraguan blacksmith. He is of the
class which holds the United States
in fear and hatred. moved apparently
by an instructive feeling that the peo-
pie who cleaned up 10000 900 square
miles Of territory owe which the red
man had held sway will ono day cross
the lire and dispose of the remnant
CT the race Of natives.
The state department regards the
situation in Nicaragua as n Of the
most difficult this country ha faced
in many years. General Mena's linn
tied conceptions of diplomatic inter-
course make it Impossible to find a
stable base. or any base at all, for
negotiations. Pillage and massacre
are his tactics, as strongly character
istic in him as in the savages whose
frightful deeds are recorded in our
own history. We would prefer that
our neighbors should take to the ways
of civilization, but if their intensifying
attitude Of hostility continues to
make for intolerable conditions. that
would leave us no alternative than to
follow the dictates of civilization and
humanity today as in the past. We
must go to the rescue Of u kith and
kin as we have a thousand times in
our experience with the Indian.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

Arthur V. Hendricks. a Chicago bust
ness man. who recently returned from
the island.
by progrcss l mean the improve
mcnt that is manifest in the sanitary
and civic conditions of the principal
cities. The remark of Speaker Clark
IN the house a day or so ago, when he
asked if Porto Rico is a part Of the
United States. is of course, always
relevant. because under the form of
government the Porto Ricans really do
not know what relation to his coun-
try they occupy. 1t is this uncertain
~ as to their position AS Il part of the
United States that causes so much un-
rest in Porto Rico.
In 1893, San Juan n Ponce, the
two largest cities of Porto Rico, were
misunderstanding communities. /
went to the island as "A member of a
Wisconsin regiment. and on the day
we landed at Ponce, after the evacua-
ton of the city by the Spaniards, the
people were in a high state of excite
ment. AT that time Ponce had no
sanitary improvements. There were
no sewers. no provision for combat
Ing disease. and begGars thronged the
streets. About the only rhoerfu,
thing we found in Ponce was ice
manufactured ice. 1t was the only
evidence that Ponce had any idea of
civilization. When the American
troops took possession of the town,
they congregatcd in the two principal
h"tcls-if they could be called hotels
and the first day we landed the beg-
CARS of Ponce surrounded these ho-
tells and %piteously implored the Off
GERS for aims. 1t seemed to me that
a the population of Ponce was made
up of mc1dicants. On the occasion of
my recent visit there ] found condi-
tion' entirely changed. The city has
a hne sewerage system, and beggars
arc conspicuous only by their absence.
II this government should Civ Porto
Rico the benefits conferred upon 9TH
er territories. 1t would materially heir
its people"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
mo STRADuNG WILL Be
ALLOWED BY PROGRESSIVE
CONTINUED from page ~

publican ticket and the republican
platform. which endorses Taft and his
administration. If they cannot do
that. Daugherty's position is that they
should resign from the republican
ticket and go over to the bull moose
party entirely.
Chairman-to-be Brown appears to
be of the opinion that men who seek
nomination before the bull loose con
v~ention must become members OF the
bull moose party, hence cannot still
be members of the republican party.
To take this stand Mr.. Brown and his
colleagues must break the ties that
bind them to many warm friendships.
but in the formation of q new party
some interests must suffer and the bull
moose managers evidently believe the
principles involved in the new party
movement are of vastly more import
.ance than the interests of a few cam
didates for office.
SO Secretary of State Graves is not
troubling himself with the question
that might have been presented to
him. OF curse he would not bother
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

In spite of the odium which has
tans for these many generations, it
seems To he we'll established that in
point OF fact they burned very few
witches AT Salem or elsewhere. AT all
events the weird sisterhuod is not yet
extinct, If common report be true. and
if they assemble less Frequently on
the blasted heath or keep their Sab
lath less often in the stormy fast
nesses of the brarken. il is simply he
cause they have sSumed new shapes
and adopted new methods To plague
mankind.
only n few years ago a leading
American authority on sorcory gave
!. rs his opinion hat the belief in
witchcratt is rs implicit and as uni
V"rS'll today as Il ever was. A t"le-
G.am from Washington. Pa, give,
tho details of the incident which fur
n;ehcs a partial confirmation OF this
Wow. Elizabeth Plat, who is de
s|"rihod as n typical negro "mammy'
o. the old school. was placed on trial.
CHARGED by her n%eishoorS, both black
n white. with being u witch. and
~ t''l'llG iitl'Il bl Il't lliiit tbSilllS
spells" ON thos. she dislik, d. TIL"
complaint against her Was mad" by
tho wife Of one Charles Adams. who
lrstiii"d Ia the excitement caused in
fhc n"~iGhhurho"d by the duskv
d3neh;"r "f Iilith. and a dozen Wit
losses declared their belief in her
ability ." cast spells and summon
:nil!'S from III" NaSty deep.
Tho presiding MAGISTRATE was not
ri.j;. prepared to commit himself on
IN subject Of tho witchcraft. hut he
found a solution which seemed salts
factory to every one concerned-ex-
.n,,' the 'witch'~-hy imposing n fine
Il S2h for disorderly conduct.
\ prosecutor and a dozen Witnesses
FIR one small community bearing ties
,ir,"my I" their belief in COMPUTATIONS
~hirh are t,lde rthan the Witch of
"I.ir4cr would indicat" that tn. veneer
j. sin HVry thin on our boosted civil
izuiinn. 1t. of course, is no secret
mat the belief in Vo"lon magic still
:-,ihsists in the West Indies, and To a
certain extent among tho negroes of
Nh oath. In remote sections where
:!i, id traditions Smr1ice the "~conjur"
'""" is - potent agency. Eut tn" SUI
7,eistitious fear of days and numbers
OF nl-"men existing in every walk Of
lie, taken in conjunction with an aC-
iiinl trial for ~Witchcraft in a buStlinS
l'enMa ylvania city, would inlicat" that
til.. i"uorant and un~culturcd are not
":nu,. in their acceptance of the magic
ir.caM'ttiunS which cxtrt an ,-vil intlu-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
STIMSON ON WESTERN TOUR.
Is Pleased With Army Appropriation
Bill,

Washington. Aug. 27.-secretary
Stimson of the war department left
Washington early today for a tour Of
inspection Of western military posts.
going by way Of New York. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Stimson. Brig
adler General Crozier and Major Las
siler of the general staff.
The party will stop first at Fort
Benjamin Harrison near indianapolis,
Ind. then at Chicago. Fort d. A.
Russell in Wyoming and finally the
Preside of San Francisco.
Before leaving the secretary ex-
pressed himself as more than pleased
with the army appropriation bill. The
most important feature of the bill. he
said, in his opinion, was the step to-
ward creating a regular army re>
serve. This section of the bill was
agreed upon as a compromise for a
long term of enlistment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
GATES NOT so RICH.
Appraisal Shows His Estate to be
About $18. 900, OOO.


According to the appraisal jus,
made of the estate Of John w. Gates
the financier. who died in August
1911, his fortune totals, in round num-
bers. only $4,000. 900. which is less
than half the figure he was generally
supposed to be worth at the time OF
his death. It is less than a year age
that the value of the estate was plac-
ed at between $40. 000. 900 and s40.-
600. 900 by Judge Henry A. Glider
sleeve, his counsel and the drawer of
the will.
For several years before his death
John w. Gates had been practically
out of stock market speculations and
had devoted himself to the upbuild-
ing of several large enterprises with
which he was identified. chiefly the
Texas company. the rival of the Stand
ard Oil company in the southwestern
oil fields. He withdrew from Wall
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

"~tanadianS are taking "A deeper In
t"r'St IN the coming presidential cleo
tion in The United States than they
have over before manifested in a ma
tional election in this country" said
Thomas Stevens. a politician Of Mont
real.
1T is natural. of course. that the
presidential fight this year should
arouse greater interest than aver be-
fore among foreign nations. because II
is the first time in many years that
the situation has been so complicated.
But the Canadians are peculiarly in
terestcd, because in the last decade the
relations between the two countries
have become closer and the Canadian
have come TO know two Of the candI-
dates better than they have ever
known other men who have aspired to
the head Of the American govern
ment
During the administration OF Mr..
Roosevelt. canada and the United
States carried on negotiations that
brought the people of the two coun-
tries into intimate relation. and the
recent contest over reciprocity, Of
course. made nearly every man In
Canada familiar with President Taft
and the leaders in our congress-.
There has been a considerable
change since the last general election
in the dominion and the defeat of the
proposed reciprocity pact. ] believe
If the election We're to be held again.
the result would be different. And in
this connection. it is somewhat curious
that while in Canada many of those
who opposed reciprocity n year ago
are now in favor of it, the sentiment
in this country seems to have chang
ed, and those who We're most eager
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

trihuting toothbrushes to east side
kids. run a great risk Of having them
mistake the tooth paste for all-day
suckers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

\ Kentucky nan serving a term in
Jail for forgery has written "a poem
which seems likely to win him a par
don There's nothing like being YER
satile with the pen.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

\ Philadelphia bride received "a
wedding cake guaranteed to last
twenty-five years II should serve
10Y I'll the matrimonial adventures
the avcragc person nowadays expert
CnCnG.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

Andy Carnegie has presented A
d%iploocus to tho Argentine republic;
ard Just after Secretary Knox has
bcen trying SO hard to make a hit
down there. too.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

Reducing the rates through Suez
won't greatly benefit trading ships
which can save three OF four valuable
weeks by taking the Panama cut.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

1t is quite evident that the news
that congress has finally decided not
to cripple the American navy hasn't
percolated down into Nicaragua vet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

Architects and builders are expert
cncing quite q boom owing to the
heavy orders just received for a COM
modious annex to the Ananias club.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

The Chicago circus elephant which
tired of the usual routine. took charge
o: the performance. and chased the
clown up the tent pole must lave
been reading up on current politics.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

Kid Mccoy is awfully sore on the
British, but We suspect he will have to
get his revenge by numbering the
kings English.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

The West Virginia miner who went
to Washington under the impression
congress would give him a wood
On leg did not know that our states
men furnish these only to lame ducks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

ment are doing intelligent and effec-
tive work. 1t is about an even chance
ut this writing.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

Beggars Few I'm Porto Rico.
Porto Rico has made wonderful
progress since it came under the pro-
lection Of the United States" said
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28

SeciMc i.).lt Frank Hitchcock has
started a government laundry. II
MIGHT u" = good idea if some of those
senators "ould patronize 1t and stop
washing thei rdirty linen in public.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington, d. O.
At Washington. D. O.

49, -
Tho German vote OF The United
States will rally to tn" support of
president Taft" declared Mr.. Richard
~Haltholdt, member of ungress from
81. Louis. II SAY this because l know
that the Germans of this country have
always refused t" be stanpedcd to
the standard of IN abnormal move
mont They declined to join thr pro-
hihitionists: they declined to be sway
ed by tn" SporiouS arguments of the
silN"rites. and they will decline to he
stampcd"d int" Il movement that has
Tor its purpose the destruction of tho
republican party. cannot believe
that tn" thinking people of this coun-
Try will he persuaded hy the false ar
suncnts of Col. Roosevelt.
The German voters will never be
brought to support Roosevelt and his
third party by the arguments that the
former president is making. Woman
suffrage. indeed II was not so many
months ago that Col. Roosevelt an
nounced that he approved the declara-
ti"n of Emperor William of Germany
that tn" province of womcn was the
three k's-kueche. kirrhc, and kinder
stuhl"'-which, translated. means the
kitchen. church and nursery. This
Endorsement by Roosevelt of the kais-
cr's uttcrance hardly seems compatible
With the coloncl's hearty and almost
historical championship of female
suffrage AZ this time.
II am convinced that President Taft
is Gaining ground every day. I believe
that h president has more than an
even chance To carry Missouri. He
will carry other states that may now
appear to be doubtful"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
THE SURVIVAL OF W1TCHcRAlT.

WEDNESDAY,. AUGUST IS. 1912.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-28
Curious Condensentions

Average farm earnings in Wiscon-
SIN have been found to equal $500 a
YEAR.
OF the nine millions inhabting New
} ork state, seven millions live in cities.
h sum of ten million francs is be-
spent on the Improvement of Paris
The Washington times., 1912-12-05

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Some of the Mayors who have already secured signature
of the citizens and officials of their cities:
Mayor w. O. Head Of Louisville KY
Mayor John X. Royal, Harrisburg, Pa
Mayor Preston, Baltimore, Md
Mayor Irving Of Bnghamton N. Y.
Mayor W. M. Holland, Dallas, Texas.
W. Burke President Board City Commissioners, Sacramento
Cal.
Mayor D. F. O'Connell Worcester, Mass.
Mayor H. L. Kish, Wheeling w. Va
Mayor N. P. Morrison, Florence, Ala
Mayor c. B. Bruch, Cleburne Texas.
Mayor.elect R. H. Milan, Fort Worth, Texas.
Mayor Edward Phillips, Dayton, Ohio.
Mayor Edward Schwenck, Syracuse, N.
The Parker post., 1912-12-07
En- Passant.

En- Passant.
Lila B. Papot, nee Seeley, who was
visiting relatives in the valley for a
few weeks, returned to Los Angeles
the first of the month.
Mrs Lydia Brown has departed for
visit to Los Angeles. She expects