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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12

at Gibraltar y hours ahead of the flag
ship. When admiral Austin II Knight
was told of the wager he said Let
them bet; it's the only fun they viii
have between here and Gibraltar
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12
TAFT TO ADDRESS CONGRESS.

Washington. D. c., Nov. IAN in
vitation to make the opening address
to the National Rivers and HarbOrs
congress in this city, Dec 4, was ac-
Cepted today by president Taft.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12
U. S. CREWS WAGER ON
RACE TO GIBRALTAR
Cruisers Tennessee and Montana Sail
Tor COnstantinODle to Safeguard
Amerlcan Interests.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 12-The
armored cruisers Tennessee and Mon
tana sailed today for Constantinople to
safeguard American interests in war
stricken Turkey.
Zest to the trip and inspiration to the
stokers was given, it was learned to-
day, when the crew of the Montana
bet the bluejackets Of the Tennessee
$1,000 that the Montana would arrive
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12
THREE CENT RATE IS
FILES SUIT ENJOLNLNG OFFICIALS
FOUGHT BY SANTA FE

other corporations opposed to some of
the referred bills win take advantage
Of the alleged defect TO delay the put
referred and endorsed referred bills.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12
SUES RAILROAD COMPANY
FOR DAIAGEs or s25.Ooo.

The case OF Mrs Mary Walters, who
is seeking to recover the sum of S25,
600 from the Southern Pacific Railway
company for the death Of her husband,
went to trial Monday afternoon be-
fore a jury IN the 34th district court
The plaintiff alleges that her hus-
band died as the result OF injuries
sustained in a wreck in Aug 1910,
while en- route from El Paso to Los
Angeles, Calf. with a consignment OF
Chinese for the railroad company
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12
rn Our C.ustou,or.

When our phone, No. SO. is busy
please call 20.
Held Bros, Coal and Wood.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12
Auto For Hire.

Call phone for the fast, safe car of
LongwelIs Ed Wolf drives it-AdV.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05
The Failure Of the Direct trAmas,

Now that the presidential pref
erence primaries are about ended.
at least SO far a. the republican
party is concerned. 1t may be well
to examine this new political in
strument and see whether or not
it really accomplishes the purpose
for which it was intended.
Most of the northern states have
used the presidential primary as
q method of expressing their views
upon the subject of candidates. The
alleged reason for its existence is
the fact that the old system brouSh
out comparatively few Of the vot-
ers and thus it was claimed the
result did not express the peo-
ple's will and judgment.
But the fact that in every pri-
mary SO far held not to exceed
40 per cent (and that is a liberal
estimate) of the republican voters
have expressed any preference
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05
Fourth Of July CalebrAtaoA

The Fort Lyon Canal Co. invites
its stockholders. their families and
friends to celebrate the Fourth of
July at or near the Fort Lyon
dredge. BY unanimous vote the
board of directors of the company
at its regular meeting on Monday,
June 3rd, decied to hold Fourth
of July celebration this year at
the dredge.
The purpose is to afford an po-
portunity to the stock holders, their
families and friends to view the
gigantic dredge i'm operation and
see the immense inlet ditch that Is
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05

being constructed from the river
to the reservoir.
Many of the stockholders have
little idea of the stupendous work
that is being carried on in their
interest None should fail to at
tend this celebration. Excursion
trains will be run from all points
ON the Arkansas Valley road.
The dredge is now working in
the vicinity of the railroad and
passengers will be transported to
that point. A short stop will al
so be made at the Horse creek
flume EN- route. Everyone should
come. bring their dinners and pic
mic on the grounds. Plenty of shade
- near where lunch can be eaten
and where a short program OF
speeches. songs and other forms
of entertainment and amusement
will be provided.
Excursion rates will be secured
from all points and! general good
time will be enjoyed. Posters and
programs will be published soon.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05
The Party Crisis NJ Chicago

That the republican party will
pass through one Of the greatest
crises in its history at the Chicago
convention must now be apparent
to the duuest voter. The more
discerning and intelligent OF Mr..
RoOsevelt's followers regard 1t a.
a struggle to determine whether
the radical or the conservative
wing of the party shall have per-
manent possession Of the old con-
Germs machinery. plant. trade mark
labels and good will. AZ an es-
tablished and organized method OF
doing political business. the party
is a valuable asset and It is worth
fighting for. The republicans OPP
posed to Mr.. Roosevelt feel the
same way. There will continue
to be conservatism in politics. and
the conservatives wish to do busi-
ness hereafter with the Organiza-
ton and the prestige OF the re-
publican party back OF them. From
this point OF view. 1t is now more
important to either side that con-
troll of the party should be gain
ed than that the next president
should be republican. For there
will be many presidential elections
after 1912. Public sentiment Will
have its shifts and reactions. and,
causes may be promoted or him
dered by the possession or the loss
of the historic organization which
made Lincoln. Grant and McKin-
ley presidents of the United States.
President Taft has evidently
.ome to believe that very much
is at stake on the simple question
of party control and his refusal to
entertain proposals of compromise
or to withdraw from the contest
under any circumstances what
ever must be mainly due to the
conviction that Mr.. Roosevelt's pro-
gram involves party revolution. Mr..
Roosevelt proposes to make over
the republican party on the most
radical lines, to make 1t sponsor
for principles which have never
been indorsed in the past and
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05

Quite bunch Of well loaded au-
tos. containing boosters for the
Chautauqua. left Lamar yesterday
for the various towns of the coun-
ty. also visiting Las Animas. They
were well supplied with Chautau-
qua literature and enthusiasm. and
their work should result in a vast
amount OF good for the Chautau-
qua.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05
Chicago Convention Forecast


M .tronp-arm tactics at Chicago
annear to he on the Taft cards.
Tba not,,no, oom m,ttaa 10 not ask-
ed or axnected Tn. throw ont any
poosavs,t da,e1atas nronerlv cer.
hfiea All sucb are apnarentlv as
sured of fasr treatment
put can 40 mucb ba said of the
Roosevelt cards, Mr.. McHarg has
been travelling for months drum
ming IN contests. Credentials of
TAFT delegates have been attacked
and foundations laid for warfare
at the national convention.
Narrower Mr. Roosey elt "a of the
st,ons-arm variety or man AND
politician He employs the Ling,
of the pmze ring. He shles h,s
castor into the ring. He xnocAs
mis- opponents through the ropes.
aa sm,,es with confidence. and
announces thai The eight ~ over
Lixe master Ike man ,hs
man ,,o .rs as.,,t,n, AR so.
yeit In his campa,sn take lne,r
cues from and GUIDE ny MN ,ney
ar. pusnac,ous art.r nts tasn,on
ana taLk in p,s, term.. rney ara
saving IA ne 10 tbst the nom,na.
uou mas peen won by him. ana maj
II CANNOT be takeo from nu, ar
lney will know The reason why
rha English or mis- ia tha, tna
koosevelt peools are nrsur,np a
roush-huuse proslam the, .,s
,ry.ax 10 tntim,dats IN. n..,..uaI
COMMITTEES. and n thev ran I'm nm,
they Will Try their hands an ,na
convention itssIf. :.
rhey will bs stronsrin chi..,o
and Wall usa THAR ,ocat .,rsn~,h
Tor all 1t may hs worth s,rast
crowds will vnoon nm rho noos.
Welt caudtascv t..,l,rx 49,. -.
the convsntion hsiir VIM b pl.ved
for. Evsrywhefs. and, At All r,mes.
the shout TOR R6oSave,t vii, no
In evidence.
And. be It noted. Mr. Roossvan
himself will be only st~h,s.n hour.
away. Several trains u1,I ..v.r
the dastapce betveaps Naw yorL
and Chica1o in tba, ,,ma 90 d.,
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05

.
week when thesptogressives. head
ed by e. P. Qostigan. Merle Vim
cent and othete. issued call for
progressive fconvention to be
held at the Brown hotel. in Denver
next Wednesday. for the purpose of
electing a delegation to Chicago to
protest the seats of the delegates
elected by the regular republican
state and congressional conven-
tions Mr. Costigan is authority
for the statement that they are not
proceeding bllndIy and that their
delegation will be seated If Mr.,
Roosevelt controls the national con-
protest the regularly elected dele
cation ON the ground that the con
vention. The progressives will
ventions which sseiected them were
controlled by the corporate ele.
ment of the st6te. The call for
next weeks f69nyention is signed
by the follQt3ng recently elected
Officers OF the City of Denver: Dan
iel Sullivan. ahsriff; James F. Mar
Key. auditoks md J. s. Temple.
deputy treasurer.
Before issalng the call. Mr.. Tenn
pie called cbSlrman MaDonald and
requested thst he reconvene the
regular state Convention for the
purpose OF letsrmining whether or
not the instrSctIons for Taft would
still prevail >ssre it again put to
vote. ChaifmAn Mcdonald replied
by saying thaG to reconvene the
convention Nss not within his jur-
lsdiction: thdt T. IL. Devine of
Pueblo wa& Chairman of the con-
vention an< they should appeal to
MIN. Mr.. cDonAld also told them.
that SO faF. not q singel delegate
OF the soavsntion had requested
that it be reconvened and that
even did he enjoy the power of
reconvsnink y. he would not give
lfne -mzttsr snys confederation until
after a majority of those who com
prised the convention had request
ed 1t. Following this refusal OF
Mr. Mcdonald to convene the con-
ventin. the call was issued for a
statewide convention OF progress
sives.
During the last week three men
4 aGl
cand idates for governor subject to
the will of the republican primar-
les. They are Philip b. Stewart OF
| colorado Springs. Halsted l.. Rit-
ter of Denver. and c. c. Parks OF
GlenwOOd Springs. Messrs. Stew
art and Ritter have announced
themselves on what might he
termed progressive platforms. Mr..
Parks has not announced his plat
form but 1t is generally understood
that he belongs to the cOnserva-
tive school of repubhcanism. A
number of other men have indicat-
ed that they would make similar
announcements within short
! time.
Secretary of State James b.
Pearce made the official announce
ment this week that he would be
candidate for reelection subject
to the will of the democratic pri-
maries. Mr.. Pearce has already
served two terms as secretary OF
state. When asked If he thought
the third term proposition would
be a detriment to his candidacy.
Mr.. Pearce said that he knew a
! man who is running for a third
term position much higher than
the office of the secretary of state.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05

nr.ct,ca, va,ne n, reenlar,tv in NIL
annr.c,at,n1 as he aoes tha
i,,os and understanding the diff
cu,tv of makdne instant and rap-
"A h.od,,ov hv means n, nm tnda-,
anaa,. or.sn,,atiop Mr. Ro,sA-
ve,,,s effort IN caputre the repub-
,,cap national convention was sure
to he "a desnerate "a circumstance
ra,u,r.a From the ber,nnins Of
h,s oman camnaien be has clearly
,r.,dad With the n,,rposa of
n,,nn,ng a, anv sacrifice of marty
,r,dition nrecedent or usases and
q, anv coat IN marty unity. There
hos naver been I'm American his
,orv national convention. re-
nuhucan or democratic. to. which
da,ap.,es had been sent through the
ar,,on n, orssidential preference
nrimaries. Mr.. Roosevelt was him
self Nominated for vice president
In ,soo and for nre.ident in 1904.
ana be sacuredr the nomination. of
bis succesaor in 1908. under the
ola svstem now % much ,beratsd
NV him as nothing but a systsm Of
boss rule II wss far too lste
in 1912 to ovarturn the old syy-
tam since only nix statssr out of
fortv.eisht At the beginning of the
war had made, proyisdon for presi-
dentsal primaries. but Mr.. Rooss-
van made thasa few thu founda-
t,on of his camn.asn and thus in
troa,raay an slament of oonfusfon
which had never dis.urbed, rapub-
i,can. bsfore Hia ourpose was
obvious In ca.a he .hould win
the comparativeiy few urinary
49,, ha wo,la ,hen nnocsed nm
,h. .ssumctiop that tho ~dlI ~
rho renphucan massa.r had bssn
aan,,ta,S ..c.r,.,naa IN the conn
trv .s a whole And th.6 the CON
fro, NJ tho n.tson.l convautiop ba-
lop~ed IN MIN vhsthsr or not IA
deIesats.- vere In . nomsnat ma
,or,tv The n,.n r.. brilliant .ur-
caasr,,i An The siract urinary .taxa
for the normal effect of the .er-
,as n, noouIar vic<or,e. in m. rr,-
mary .tatas MA. nrofonpd Tba
ar~umen, thai tho renpblio.n. of
ali state. mu.e nrefer Mr. Roose-
vslt n the ranublicans of .ix or
e,ybt state. n,afarrsd him MA.
g,vep vary not.h,a sunnort
.Rut the winning Of the most or
rbs urinary .fatee did mt in ~
sol, c,rry uath nr,ha con,,oi ~
tho oonvant,on .pd sba nomins,o,n,
II the older nracadants and ,t.nd-
. ~. uor. ,ov .dh.r.a - NJ
TAR would st.I, ha the v,c.or Tbs
great huIk n, IN. .o,th.,nr a.,a.
-,sas ..ha,o,.v - h,r ...o,a,n.
% a., ,hs a.t.h,i.ha, ,,i. =, ~
-.nu,,,,c.n oam. Tha nu.ror.
oon,a.,. i,.t,,,u.s b. 81. D..
volt manager. 90 ,o- Tho ro.,
mar, ,b,mb,e-i. .,s.,r. .n.cs.,,v
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05

for the largest expression of opin-
ion. If only 40 per cent of the
republicans of the country ex-
press an opion upon presidential
year, with all the excitement and
interest which attaches to that
event, what will happen when on
ly a governor and county officials
are to be elected? Probably not
25 per cent of the people Will
take part.
AS a means. therefore, OF secur-
ing a real expression of the whole
people it must be confessed II Is
a flat failure and little If any bet
ter than the old precinct primary
and convention plan.
Not only that. but the primary
system is open to serious objections
as the people of this state and
county tare already finding out.
Every candidate for public office
cinct in the county or the state.
ii he would be successful. or else
run the risk OF being beaten by
someone with more energy. or a
longer purse. who is able to make
this extensive canvass. 1t is an
expensive proposition to run for
office under the primary. IL a per-
son really hopes to be successful
During the present year we have
seen something Of the expense Of
the New York primary cost about
50 each. acoordine- to the figures
this primary system. Votes In
filed by the secretary of state.
Huge sums. said to be as high az
100000. have been spent In sew
eral states to carry the primaries,
Ii will be seen from this that the
expense for the 1912 presidential
election In money and in time
spent will exceed that OF any cleo
lt5dn n Eilk6fy xH6 ali t6is
tells really nothing OF popular SEN
timent. because in every instance
who shall be nominated.
And while the direct expense is
very great. the indirect expense in
taking the peoples time from their
regular occupations and in iniur-
ing their business can hardly be
measured by dollars. Continued
boiling of the political pot is de-
moralizing to the voters and, de-
structive to business. We are in
deed in danger of degenerating
from Industrial, economic thrift
and inventive genius into a chron-
ic state of political unrest. where
in we shall become Mexicanized.
with an election of some sort
every few weeks.
Apparently. in the minds OF
some of these "reformers'' our
constitution. which has proved its
value through SO many generations
Is to be cast aside as so much
waste paper and as a substitute we
are to have parcel of political
statutes hastily passed which may
be repealed and others put in
their places year hence. This
town and state at the present time
are both flooded with proposed
laws and amendments for some
person who has an ak to grind.
Some of them may be good enough
but there are some unQuestionably
bad, and the bad ones are liable to
become laws when the political
tricksters get behind them.
The whole popular movement for
nomination and for the making of
laws and cconstitutions off-hand. as
one would buy piece Of beef
steak, Is demoralizing to sound
representative government and 1t is
piece of folly because. as has
been shown. it Is not really done
by the people acting as whole.
but by an interested minority of
the people. while the large major
ity decline to take part.-Colorado
Springs Telegraph.
-. :. -. -
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-06-05
State Capital Notas

g The political situation 30 far
as the republicans are concerned
took an entirely different turn this
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-07
ASSESSORS VALUE ID. A. c.
PROPERTY AT SITS. 900

The assessors nave placed a value
OF sl7S,O00 on the ID. A. c. property,
which the Board OF Education desires
TO purchase. r. NJ. Grindley. who
holds the option on the property, asks
$25O,000 Tor IL. Assessor John NaCel
declares that il is not worth a cent
more than 100000 at the outside.
The claims and accounts committee
OF the common council. which has the
school board budget in charge, is in
favor OF the purchase. but not at nc
price demanded. The committee Wis.
tied rs schools, Wednesday, and in
vestigated their needs for the com
ing fiscal year. The aldermen were
inclined 10 be liberal with the re-
quests for new school buildings.
The committee on health and city
hospitals made but few cuts IN the
Poor Commission and Board of Health
budgets. Wednesday II allowed eight
additional sanitary and housing IN.
spectors and six addition milk and
dairy inspectors. The health board
asked $4,000 for the maintenance or
the Herman Kiefer hospital, and the
committee allowed $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-07
ESSON GIVES NAME OF
ALLEGED ACCOMPLlCE

PORT HURON. Mich, March -
The local authorities today diNulged
the name of George Essen : aleBeu
accomplishment is, the name gwen
10 them by the accused young man
who a Few days ago informed etttet
OF Police Marx that he had dream
ed" his accomplice's name. george
Eveston is the man the police are
seeking in connection With the rob
berry and death OF Thomas h. Major
whose body was found ~etAi@ago
in the areaway OF the First Bapust
church.
New that the police haze A good dc
scription OF the man who assisted
George ETsson in carrying Thomas
Major from the Family theater. ol
the night OF Feb. %. the day before
his body was found under the churci
steps, descriptions have been sen, q
every city and town where II IS -
lieved the man might have gone
With these notices went an offer oil
5000 for his arrest.
The police have learned that az
O'Clock in the morning OF last iucs
day, a man visited the home OF HARRY
Alden, who lives on the bank OF The
river, and asked TO be rowed across
the river. Alden refused TO grant the
strangers request That same night
a boat was taken from neighbor OF
Aldens. and was found the next day
on the Canadian side OF the river.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-07
CONVICTED FOR TEARING
OUT HORSES TONGUE
Carl Tessmer, Lodi Township
Farmer, Will Appeal Jury's
Verdict

ANN ARBOR. Mich. March -
The jury in the case of Carl Tessmer
of Lodi township, who is accused OF
tearing out a balky horses tongue
lat November. returned a verdict OF
guilty al ll:30 this morning after
having been out 40 minutes.
Tessmer made no denial of the
facts in the case except 10 claim that
the animal was injured because il
jerked back while a rumpstrap was
seld about it's tongue.
Tessmer's attorney Arthur Brown
of this city made big fight on the
question of requiring the state TO
show malice toward the owner in or.
der TO prove the crime of manning
He admitted that his client was gull.
" OF cruelty TO animals. Prosecutor
Burke insisted that malice might be
inferred from the act. Tessmer will
appeal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-07
TAX Commission PUSHES
CAMPAIGN TO COLLECT
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS
Sends Lists of Mortgages To All
Supervisors in State OF
Michigan
CORPORATIONS MUST DIG
Officials Insist Decided Increase
Must Be Made in Their
Assessed Valuation
CORPORATIONS MUST DIG

LANSING, Mich, March 7-lae
state tax commission is sending 10 all
supervisors lists of mortgages in their
respective districts and unless the
owner can. produce receipts showing
that the tax has been paid under ne
new law, they will be assessed unuer
the old statute. Lists OF bank stoch'
inheritances and all estimates Sill III
the hands OF administrators VIII also
be called TO the attention or the So
pervisors.
Il Is evident that the Investigations
of the special commission or inquiry
into taxation matters appointed at the
last session OF the legislature, mas
stirred the tax commission 10 action
as copies OF the annual reports OF cor
porations fled with the secretary or
state have been forwarded 70 the in'
pervisors In the counties where the
corporations are doing business, aid
unless there is decided increase IN
the assessed valuation or some or TIE
properties. II is understood the cont
mission viii take a hand In the mat
ter and call the supervisors to dc.
count.
Ingham county property Is due for
nm Increase and if the supervisors
fail in the performance OF duty, he
assessing officers will be shown The
light BY the state tax commission. y
copy Of the annual report OF evSry
corporation in Ingham county Was
given to the supervisors, and a COM
parison made between their sworn
statements and the value of the prop
erty as fixed by the assessing officers
Experts employed by the state taY
commission are also appraising The
farm property and other real estate
In Ingham county. The same course
will be putsued in all other counties
OF the state as soon as the experts
in the employ OF the state tax COM
mission complete their work here.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-07
PACKERS COUNSEL
CLAIM LACK OF PROOF

CHICAGO, March 1.-Declarins
that the government had failed utter,
ly in its attempt TO fasten its charge
OF criminal conspiracy 10 any one OF
the ten millionaire packers, Attorney
Levy Mayer and. John s. Miller lead
ing counsel for the defendants. today
presented a formal motion asking
Judge Carpenter TO Instruct the jury
10 return verdict In favor OF the
packers and on their dismissal from
the charge. The government rested
It's main case late yesterday
Attorney Mayer has spent weeks
preparing the morton. IL Is expected
the arguments will take several DAYS,
as half a dozen representatives. of the
packers desire 10 be heard before the
government attorneys reply.
The motion filed today sets forth
the following grounds for dismissal
OF the case under a general charge OF
insufficiency of the evidence:
Lack of proof of any illegal com.
bination.
Lack or evidence. direct or CtrCum'
stantial. of any overt act that might
sustain the charges.
Failure OF the government 10 prove
any one OF the counts in the indic''
ment by the introduction OF collateral
evidence The evidence introduced
relates 10 matters which do not tend
to prove any OF the charges.
A decision by Judge Grosscup Is
cited TO uphold the contention that
indirect and collateral evidence Is
not sufficient 10 put the defense to
the necessity OF producing evidence.
! No presumption against the de-
| PENDANTS has been made out