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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
.UNTFRNYER OBJECTS
TO BILLS LANGUAGE
LAWYER TELLS His OPINION or
THE PROPOSED CURRENCY
LAW

Washington. Sept 70 The aenate
banding and currency committee to-
day took up with Samuel Untermyef
of New York the detailed construction
Of tho administration currency bin.
Mr.. Untermyer. while endorsing the
general principles Of the bill. sug-
gested number Of important amend
ments which he said would make the
measure stronger.
Thomas G. ATcRae Of Mount Holy,
Ark, discussed the bin from the
viewpoint Of the small country bank
er. He endorsed the bill generally
ana made a few suggestions for minor
changes.
Nr Untermyer objected to the Ian
uage III The bill, which defines the
bank securities on which currency
shall be issued and which shall ha
eligible for re-discount at the regicn-
al banks. He declared that aeflni
tion too lose and suggested that It s.
narrowed to include only comuefoal
paper representiHs ahr s.
sale of commodity
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
PUT OUT OF THEIR HOMES
MANY OF THE BUILDINGS occU-
PIED BY EMPLOYEES ARE
ORDERED VACATED
GOVERNMENT MAN REBUFFED
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR oFFIc-
lAL DENIED ENTRANCE TO
MINING PROPERTY

Denver, Col, Sept. 29.-The strike
situation in the Coioraoo coal fie1ds
at noon today may be summarized as
follows.
Operators decide to serve eviction
notices on strikers occupying com
pany houses to make room for men
who desire to work, and claim the
mines are working with larger forces
than on Saturday.
Union officials declare strikers
daily gain additions to ranks.
Bloodless exchange Of shots be-
tween strikers and mine guards at
Oakyiew, 20 miles west of Walsen-
burg, this morning
Quiet prevails at all other camps.
The decision to issue eviction no
tices was reached by the operators
at conference in Denver today. 1t
was stated that notice was served on
miners at Hastings today and SINH
lar notices will be posted in other
camps within the next few days. In
the formal statement issued at the
close Of today's conference, the opera-
tors said
Many men who laid down their
tools a week ago have been notified
that they must return to work or pre-
pare to vaoate the houses which they
have been permitted to occupy This
refers, Of course, to men living on
company land and in company houses.
No blame attaches to these men. 1t
takes courage to work under the con-
ditions which exist. But whether
these men are remaining idle because
they do not intend to work or because
Of ignorance or fear OF personal yio-
Ience, they must soon give way to
those who will again take up their
tools. The houses of the mine owners
4 are erected for working, not idle, EN-
ployes."
Touching upon the report that Eth
ebert Stewart, federal mediator ex-
perienced difficulty Yesterday in gain
ing entrance to property Of the mine
owners the statement continued:
This was unfortunate but The men
in charge Of the property were not
to blame Their Instructions are to
keep strangers off private land The
whole thing could have been avoided
had he (Mr. Stewart called at the
offices Of the operators in Denver
or Trinidad and made known his de-
sire to visit the camps He would
have been afforded every opportunity
to investigate and carefully examine
the conditions.
State Auditor Roady Kenehan to-
day made a report to Governor Am
mons, declaring that conditions in
the northern Colorado coal fields dc
not necessitate the presence of state
troops. He added that some men had
/ quit work in Louisville, Lafayette and
other camps last week.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
FEDERATION WINS POINT

Calumet Mich, Sept. 29.- Circuit
Court Judge oBrien today dis
solved the temporary Injunction is
sued by him a week ago prohibiting
picketing and parading by the strik-
ers during the time men we're going
to or coming from work in the mines.
The decision gave notable victory
to the Western Federation Of Miners.
This afternoon Judge O'Brien was to
hear arguments on motion by attor-
neys for the operators for restrain
ing order prohibiting intimidation and
violence.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
OFFER a BARGAIN

San Francisco, Sept. 29.-Bonds and
securities bearing a face value Of ST.
100000 may be bought Of Edward Nc
Donald at the emergency hospital for
$40. They were found sewed in his
pockets when he was taken last night
from cheap lodging house with but
five cents cash to his name. Ques-
toned about his fortune today Nc
Donald said:
"I paid $3.50 for the lot and got bit.
I think I ought to get 500 for them,
but l might take less"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
AVIATOR
BREAKS RECORDS
MAURICE PROVOST MAKES AN
AVERAGE SPEED OF t25
MILES AN HOUR

Rheims, France, Sept. 20. France
retained the international aeroplane
cup, emblematic Of the worlds cham
pionship, by winning today from Bel
GUM over the course Of. 124.2S miles.
Belgium was represented by only
one man, Albert Crombez. He com
pleted the course in one hour, nine
minutes, 50 seconds.
Maurice Provost, the first Of the
French aviators, finished in 59;45 S-5
AN average speed Of 125 miles an
hour.
Emile vedrines, France, finished in
1851 2-5 and was placed second.
Eugene Gilbert, France, finished
third in 1:55 2-5A
Provost, in the course Of the race,
made new worlds records for 10 and
20 kilometers.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
RIoTINe is ENDED

Harriston, Miss, Sept. 29.-Harris-
ton, the scene of yesterdays riot
which cost the lives of three white
men and seven negroes and the
wounding of a score of other persons
when two drugcrazed negro boys,
Walter and Will Jones, ran amuck
was quiet today.
The bodies of the Jones brothers,
who were lynched, were cut from a
coal chute late last night and buried
today.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
stole AmerIean,s Auto

lei Paso. Tex. Sept 20. s. G. Hulse,
superintendent Of the La Boquilla dam
project in Chihuahua, arrived today
with q party Of American refugees.
Tnroute FIulse's automobile was seiz-
ed by Pancho villafi and a coach Civ
ia tie Americans instead Hulse-
about whom the state department has
heen inouiring. SAYS work at La Bo-
quilla is suspended because no sup
plies or materials can be secured as
a result of the disturbances.
With him were Mrs Hulse, G. G
Underhill, superintendent Of construc
ton; John Pincus, Of New York Cityi
Herman Frosbese and wife, San An
tonic, Texas; ]. B. Perkins and wife
Ell Paso; Mr.. and Mrs. James. Los
Angeles and B. S. Fleming.
Mrs. Hulse is the daughter Of Lieu.
tenant Governor John M. Reynolds 81
Pennsylvania who asked the state de
partment to protect her.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
BIG VESSEL AGROUND

Poughkeepsie, n Y, Sept. 49,
Three hundred passengers from the
steamer Mohawk Of the Manhattan
Nayigation company were transfer
red from the vessel early today after
she had gone hard aground on an
embankment off Hyde Park, seven
miles north of here Most Of them
resumed their journey to Albany, ov-
er the New York Central railroad.
In the panic which followed the
grounding, several passengers were
slightly hurt. The accident was due
to a break in the steering gear.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
JUDGE is I'LL

Nahant, Mass, Sept Ex-senator
Henry Cabot Lodge was operated on
last Thursday for a growth on the
right side. For "a fours afterward
his condition was serious. Today It
was said that the patient was as com
Portable as could be expected. sena-
tor Lodge returned from Washington
a few days ego on the conclusion Of
the fight over the tariff bill and at
that time appeared to be in his usual
health, though showing somewhat the
effects Of the strain due to the pro
longed session Of congress.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
constltutlonaIlsts open Campaign

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OpSti GdttiPosSH
Cananea, Sonora, Mex Sept. 80
Constitutionalists throughout Sonora
have begun a concerted effort to n
crease the number of state troops for
the fall campaign against the federals.
Many parties of soldiery headed by
captains, have been sent to different
parts of the state for the purpose Of
conscription.
Arms and ammunition in the pos
session Of civilians are being confis-
Gated. So far, Americans and other
foreigners are not being forced to sur
render their arms, but those who wish
to do so are permitted to exchange
them for quivers, bows and arrows of
the Mayo Indians, 500 Of whom re-
Gently Joined the state troops.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
suEERAeErTEa ADMIT CRIME

yarmouth kae Sept. 30 Mill
tant suffragette arson SQUADS were
again busy today. They destroyed
the greens OF the municipal golf links
here with acid, leaving confession
Of their crime on the ground and a
note saying The timber yard was set
on fire by us. This had reference to
a fire Saturday which destroyed $175,-
coo worth Of lumber.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
LIND WILL Be HAMPERED
PRESIDENTS REPRESENTATIVE
CANNOT NEGOTIATE TRUCE
WITH cARRANzA
CONSTITUTlONALISTS LOSE
BAND OPERATING UNDER GEN
ERAl- GONZALES DEFEATED
AT SABINAs

Washington, Sept. 29.-The admin
istration has reluctantly concluded
that at present there is no constitu-
tional means Of opening communica-
tions on an official basis with the in
surgent parties in Mexico
This fact developed today as the
result of an inquiry whether Mr..
Lind, the presidents special commits
sioner to Mexico, was about to get in
to communication with the constitu-
tionalists with view to securing an
agreement from them to respect a
truce while the projected October
elections in Mexico are under way.
The administration Is much inter
ested in the bringing forward of new
candidates for the presidential nomi-
nation. Though not willing to express
any opinions .as to the significance
Of these entries in their bearing on
the settlement of the question the
Huerta government is genuinely com
plying with the desire Of the United
States government for free and fair
election in Mexico.
Rebels Beaten at sabTnas
Confirmation of the defeat of the
constitutionalists under General Con
zales at Baratan by General Macs,
feedral commander and of the re-
treat Of the rebels to sabinas, has
reached the state department from
the American consul at Ciudad Por-
firio Diaz. He also refers to the des-
truction by the retreating rebels of
extensive mining property and the
burning of the railroad bridge at sa
binas where a battle was expected 70
occur yesterday, though no news has
been received Of it.
Trouble is brewing in the state OF
Tabasco, which has been quiet for
some time, and there are rumors that
the insurrectionists in the southern
part Of the state are only awaiting
the arrival Of expected reinforce
ments to renew hostilities.
The rebels who have been besies-
ling Mazatlan have now sought to
compel surrender Of the federal fore
4 es by cutting off the water supply
Officers at the war department to-
day minimized the Importance Of the
firing on American soldiers near 81
Paso by Mexicans Saturday, when i
was learned in a report from Genera
Bliss, commanding the border patrol
that the Mexicans we're not in uni
form.
General Bliss says the half dozen
t Mexicans who fired the shots had
been celebrating holiday at san ELL
zario and we're said to be drunk Inc
! fire was returned by Troop II OF
+ the Second cavalry, but no one was
Y injured
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29


washington, Sept. 29.-senate; Sen
ator Kern secured unanimous consent
for adjournment until Wednesday.
Senate and house eonferees agreed
+ to conference report on tariff hill, re-
publicans Withholding their approval
Samuel Untermyer, before banking
committee, gave his views on the cur
rency legislation.
Adjourned at 1903 o'clock until
noon wednesday.
House: Democratic Leader Under
wood presented tariff bill conference
report and secured agreement for
meeting Of house at II a. m. Tuesday
to debate on the report.
Adjourned at 1918 p. m. until II
a, m. Tuesday.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29
Houses are BULLET RlddIed

Walsenburg, Colo, Sept 20 Oak
view, mining camp 20 miles west Of
here. was the scene of a bloodless
battle today, when a crowd Of strik-
ers fired from the surrounding hills
into the houses Of strike breakers.
The exchange Of shots continued
about half an hour The mine guards
rushed their assailants, who scatter
ed through the bills. So far as known
none was wounded. A posse is re
ported in pursuit.
Some Of the houses occupied by the
men working in the mine were rid
died with bullets. The oakview mine
is operated by an indepedent com
pany.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29

CORNERSTONE 100 YEARS OLD
Boston, Sept. 29.-The cornerstone
Of st. Mary's Episcopal church at
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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-29

WARM +. !: E '':s:;:;5 s:1;:;5 :ss::;'
and tomorrow. No rain
in sight.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
PLAYING IN HARD LUCK.

It is positively disheartening, the
i'll luck which attends the efforts or
schemers to make trouble for the
Wilson administration.
There was going to be perfectly
awful time over the appointment OF
William Jennings Bryan as secre-
tary of state-but Mr.. Bryan already
takes rank with the half dozen great
est foreign ministers the country
has known.
There was going to be war with
Japan and secession Of California at
the same time over the alien land
bill passed in that state. But Cali
fornia has changed her mind about
seeding, and so far from invading
the Philippines, the Japanese govern
ment has appropriated 100000 for
an exhibit at the Panama Pacific Ex-
position in San Francisco.
There was prophesied a crushing
iasco for the White House in the
lobby Investigations that hash
happened yet either. The senate COM
mittee has put every senator on rec
ord as to his commercial affiliations,
has uncovered that trail OF the sugar
trust, and proved that the president
knew what he was talking about
when he declared there was an or
ganized conspiracy to thwart the will
of the people.
Finally, there was promised dir
ty scandal about the NcNab-Camin-
ETH affair. President Wilson has
blocked that, too. He has accepted
McNab's theatrical resignation so
quickly that that earnest seeker Of
the limelight is still dizzy with the
suddenness of it; and at the same
time ordered prompt prosecution OF
all against whom legal complaint had
been lodged.
The schemers are playing in hard
luck. They are pitting themselves
against a man who has a raZOredged
intellect, a good fund of common
sense, and limitless pluck. That is
"a hard combination to beat.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
THE PRESIDENTS CURRENCY
ADDRESS.

President Wilson's address to con-
gress on the need OF currency re-
form is another white house classic
worthy to rank with his own lnaug-
ural, or with the speech WhereWlth
he shattered a century or presidents
and began the work OF tarltt reVls-
ion.
The president reminds congress
men and senators that their duty TO
the nation takes procedure over
their personal comfort. They are
freeing the American people from
chains forged by unWise and vicious
laws. That work must be finished,
financial tyranny must be abolished
before servants Of the people can
think of vacation.
What will it profit us to be quit
of one kind of monopoly, it we are
to remain in the grip OF another and
more effective kind?
What shall we say if we make
fresh enterprise necessary, and also
make it very difficult, by leaving all
else except the tariff, just as we
found it?
The tyrannies of business, big and
little, lie within the field of credit.
We know that. Shall we not act
upon the knowledge? We must
act now, at whatever sacrifice to our
selves. 1t is a duty which the cir
cumstances forbid us to postpone.
President Wilson goes On to show
that the country needs a currency
which will expand and contract with
the needs Of business, and a bank
~, -
sible the tyrannical control OF mon
ey and credit which is now one or
the greatest sources OF trust power.
The currency bill designed to
bring the reforms for which the
president pleads is a sound and pro-
gressive measure. 1t is not perfect
perhaps; but it is long step toward
perfection. 1t will be a safeguard
from panic and from Wall street ty-
ranny; it will broaden industrial OPP
portunity, and it will forbid any
financial car to mount the throne
lately left vacant by j. Plerpont
Morgan.
President Wilson is speaking the
word of the people When he calls for
an improved currency system, even
as he spoke their words when he
called for revision of the tariff. In
both cases, the people have demand
ed changes to which they are entitl-
ed, and which they should get with
out delay. The Journal hopes and
believes that congress will heed the
presidents urging, and give the
country financial as we'll as tariff re-
form before the extra session ends.
Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03

The mailing of this document, |
find, would cost five cents, and you,
therefore, saved $4,000 for your
employers"
I'm very glad to know it," repli-
ed Palmer.
But what about Senator Lodges
employer" asks Secretary Bryan.
"The saving of this $4,000 to this
beet sugar concern shifted the ex-
pense to the government of the Unit
ed States. Mr.. falmer rejoices over
the saving to his employers. Is there
any reason why United States sena-
tor should be Indifferent to the in
terests of his employer" The ques-
ton admits of but one answer.
The Bull Moose party's publicity
bureau has issued a statement de-
claring that there has been secrecy
in the preparation of the tariff bill,
and Washington is inclined to be
amused at the charge because it is
conceded on all sides that there has
been more news matter printed
about the pending tariff bill than any
in a decade The papers have been
full of the deliberations of the SEN
ate committees in the consideration
of the tariff bill by sections. If there
is a member of congress who has
not given his views on the contents
of the tariff bill, and if there is a
schedule of the bill which hasn't
been written about until the news
paper men know it by heart most OBJ
servers will miss their guess. There
is q disposition to believe the men
in the Bull Moose publicity bureau
haven't been reading the newspapers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
FRIENDS VERSUS Dependent
CIES."

Friends are better than foreign
provinces for a nation.
The United States government has
spent a billion dollars IN acquiring,
conquering and '''pacifying" the Phil
ippines; and the Islands continue to
levy their toll of blood and money.
The government has spent nothing
in gaining the friendship of Canada.
Trade between the Philippines and
the United States for the year end
ING June 80, 1912, amounted to $780,
961,134.
Trade between Canada and the
United States rOr the year 1912 fig
ured up to $43S,070,670
When dispute arose with Japan,
ownership of the Philippines was a
source of weakness, since the Japan
csc would have no trouble in taking
them away from us.
In the same crisis, the friendship
of Canada was a source of strength,
since Canada shares American dis
like for Asiatic immigration, and
Canadian counsels are powerful in
London.
Not soldier is required to keep
the peace along the Canadian line.
One-quarter of the American army
is busy keeping a ssmblance of peace
in the Philippines.
The friendship of Canada is an
asset. The overlordship of the Phil
ippines is liability. Yet men who
call themselves statesmen are will
ing to insult our neighbor on the
north, and go into Mysteries at any
proposition looking toward Philip
pine Independence Jour
nal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
GROWTH OF GREAT ESTATES.

The fortune left by John Jacob AS
tor, who persisted in the Titanic
wreck. has been finally fixed at $751;
2IS,791.05. 1t is called the largest
estate appraised under state tax
laws in the United States. Yet in
proportion to the wealth, population
and resources of the city it, does not
compare with the fortune left by the
original John Jacob Astor, who died
March 30, 1S4S.
Stephen Girard was the richest
man in America when he died in
1881, leaving 81, 500. 900. John Jacob
Aston succeeded to the primacy and
left an estate perhaps overestimated
at S30,00O,00O. New York was then
city of 100000 inhabitants, with
not one-twentieth part of it's present
wealth.
The legal rate of interest long re-
manned at I per cent in New York.
If the original Astor's productive
fortune be reckened at only 20,000.-
OO0 it would amount today, at per
cent, compounded semi-annually, to
nearly $5OO,O0O,000 and at 6 per
cent to nearly $500, 100000. Reck-
less magazine writers have cited the
almost fabulous rise in value OF
fancy real estate in New York to
prove an even more rapid increase
as possible. ''
r But in the case of great landed
estates against such instances OF
rapid rise must be set vacant plots
that "eat their heads off, in interest
and taxes and improved plots in
neigkborhoods that decline in value.
Living expenses of conspicuous fam
lilies are commonly in proportion to
their wealth and accumulated means
are divided among many heirs.
Railroad and industrial fortunes are
subject to the same fate. No living
Gould is as wealthy as Jay Gould in
1892, no living Vanderbilt as veal
thy as william H. Vanderbilt in
1885.
The automatic accumulation OF
wealth is commonly no menace to So
ciety. If it were, some present-day
.Fugger or Medici would bestride the
earth like Colossus. Wealth hampers
national progress and chokes indi-
vidual enterprise only when it is
armed by law, or endowed by the
neglect of law, with privilege and
monopoly.-New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03

The Iowa democratic members In
Washington, by the way, have been
interested in reports from Iowa as
to the activity of the progressive
party members in changing their
party utilization from the G. y. P. to
the Moose partys, A recent report
said 13S Odebolt voters had filed no.
tice of a change of faith, and this
was given out as the beginning of a
state wide campaign to organize the
year.
Congressman Pepper of the Sec
oud Iowa district is receiving many
letters of congratulation from home
on his election as secretary of the
democratic congressional committee,
which is made up of the entire house
and senate membership and which
will have charge of the COMPRESSION
al elections next year. The honor
came to the Iowa congressman unso-
llcited and gives evidence of the
place of leadership he has assumed,
and Of the unbounded confidence his
colleagues in congress repose in him.
Congressman Kirkpatrick OF the
sixth district, one of the three civil
war veterans in the house who fought
oil the Union side, was appointed as
one Of the committee of twenty from
the house to attend the Gettysburg
reunion this week. Speaker Clark
and Mrs. Clark extended the invita-
ton while entertaining the congress-
man and his wife at dinner, and the
speaker added that il looking over
the house he had found that there
was not civil war veteran on the
republican side. Congressman Kirk
patrick welcomed the chance to
spend the week at Gettysburg, camp
ing out with the comrades Of a half
century ago.
J. x. Dougherty.