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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-02
vie peIaYs InvestIaatIon


Chihuahua, Mex, March 2.General
villa said today that the orders de-
laying tne Benton Investigation com
mittee, which was halted at Juarez
yesterday, were issued by General Car
rama, who has determined to handle
all diplomatic subjects himself.
Persons in a position to obtain re-
liable information expressed the opin-
ion today that the body Of William
S. Benton, if it is buried here. will
have been too long in the ground to
disclose much to the commission
which is to examine it. 1t has been
limited in official circles that the body.
has probably been subjected to some
chemical action OF obliterate evidence.
If General villa knows where the
body is buried he has not told anyone.
Why the body was brought so far
from the border and when and how
it wasgburied, are SUBJECTS upon which
villa refused to talk. None Of the for
eign consuls has been able to learn
the whereabouts Of the grave. The
Panteon de la Regla, where villa says
the body was interreu, is about two
blocks from the United States con
suIate, and only one block from vii
las residence, Two or three heaps of
earth are the only evidence Of freshly
dug graves and one Of these is the
grave Of Abraham Gonzales. former
governor, who was executed by order
OF Huerta. An attendant at the grave
yard said no other bhrials had taken
place there since villa returned from
Juarez
contradictlng Details
General villa, whife attending bull
fighs, cock fights and balls, has shown
indifference to international complica-
tions arising from the Benton execu-
ton and the Baucn disappearance,
and once said he had ecut the wires
on the subject meaning he did not
wish to discuss it further He already
has given versions Of the events
which led up to the killing Of Ben
ton, some of the versions varying in
details A foreign government rep
.resentative took one version diff
fering from that which villa had CIV
en- to the press, wrote it out and at.
tempted to forward it to his govern.
ment. villa promptly suppressed the
proposed telegram
The representative then said to him:
General villa. YOU can suppress my
telegrams, but YOU cannot prevent me
from telling the truth, and am going
to tell the truth
It was only after pressure had been
brought to bear on Villa that he con
sented to provide a special train far
the Benton commission to come to
Chihuahuas and then delays ensued.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-02
TODAY IN CONGRESS.


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Washington. March 2. Senate: Met
at noon.
Immigration committee continued
on the Burnett bill
Lewis r. Parker Of New Yssiz Pre-
sented amendments to the inmigra-
tion bill.
Woman suffrage constitutional
amendment discussed after an unsllc.
cessful movement to table it.
Ten thousand petitions against the
prohibition constitutional amendment
received from Kentucky
House: Met at noon.
Commissioner Rivers told the in
sular committee nothing but indie
pendence would satisfy Porto Ricans,
Passed bill giving Fort McHenry
grounds to Baltimore for park pur-
poses.
Henry w. Lee Of Chicago told a
committee the Chicago lake front bill
was railroad frame-up.1
Representative slayden blocked a
bill to pension widows and orphans
of the Spanish war.
Secretary Bryan cancelled mis- en-
gagements to explain the Mexican SIT
uation to the foreign affairs com
mittee
Miscellaneous bills considered un-
der unanimous consent.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-02

CONTINUED on Page Four
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01

BY MARY
May Day is the birthday of one Of
the greatest contralto singers the
world has ever known-Janet Patey.
She was born in London in 1912, h r
father, a Scotchman, having his bust
ness in that city. Her opportunities
of studying music and of cultiVating
her voice as a young girl were not
extraordinary, but after her debut, at
the age of eighteen, it was clear that
she possessed a voice of remarkably
fine quality and rare possibilities.
TIL initial performance was a great
success, and Janet was so overcome
with nervousness that she lost the
use of her vocal cords for six months
afterward. But when her voice id
return it came back in richer meas
ure. She had an opportunity to fill a
vacancy caused by the absence of
Nine. Saiton- Dolby, then the leading
contralto of the world, and so well
did Janet sing on this occasion that
she was encouraged to greater devei-
opment of her voice. From this time
forth she was received with enthus-
iasm by the greatest masters of voice
culture in Europe, and when she was
twenty-three she undertook her first
grand concert tour. Not long after
this she married an operate niger
named John Patey, whose ability was
of high order and when she was
twenty-eight she stepped into the po-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
Giant Tooth for Museum

came from an elephant equally as
large as the one just reported found
in the asphalt beds near Los Angeles,
said to be the largest on record. The
tooth. is in a remarkable state of
preservation having even its roots,
the ends of which are just slightly
water worn. It's length is ten inches
across the top. Judging from the size
of the tooth, Professor Blunt esti-
mates that the body of the elephant
was in the neighborhood of eighteen
feet, and stood fourteen feet hiPh.
Another interesting and extremely
valuable contribution just received IN
the museum is in the form of a dozen
volumes of recorded deeds made in
the Philippines from 1916 to 1890 The
earliest volumes contain mostly the
records of early Spanish grants and
form a valuable link in the history of
the Philippines. The records are all
in Spanish and written by hand. The
donation is from a former army Off
GER, who served a number of years in
the islands.
At present the museum attendants
are busily engaged in arranging the
first exhibition in this country of the
collection of laces and embroideries
of Mrs. H.lda Nuttall, of this city.
The collection is valued at approxi-
mately $4,000, and has been brought
here directly from the South Ken
sington Museum, England. Mrs.
Nuttall was more than thirty years
making the collection and the articles
date from 1900 to the present time,
representing the handiwork of Virtu-
ally every country in Europe, with
many pieces obtained in Mexico ana
the Orient.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
Problem of the Debutante

At this time of the year many par
ents are making arrangements to in
troduce their daughters in society.
The long and costly period of incuba-
ton is ended, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. The girl has returned from
a fashionable finishing school, or
from a tour abroad, and she is now
ready-albeit with trepidition-to
cross the Threshold into the scintil-
lating ballroom and beyond that into
a world of pleasure and of pain. of
singular foll.es and sad sincerities, of
false friends and true counSelors.
But what of the immediate process of
initiation? Is the present eXhausting
ordeal, from the autumnal house,
warming to the saekcloth of lenten
penitence anything more than
nerve-racking, sleep destroying char
ivari of vulgar ostentation and hec-
tic, frantic furry to keep pace with
the procession? What useful end is
subserved by this mad rout of over
tapping gayeties that burns the can
die at both ends and reduces a
maiden, who should be buoyant and
radiant and beautiful in spirit and in
health. to a shadow-blase, anemic
and lethargic-of her former charm
ing self?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
Prince a F arm Worker

he encouraged his daughter to go to
London to study domestic sc ence as
a general servant in a middle-class
family, which position she still oe-
cupies.
The advent of Prince Erik inNtheA
village of Hartford caused u cohpd-'
cradle stir within a radius of may
miles, and preparations for dinnefs,
balls and parties in his honor were
made.
But the prince steadfastly declined
al invitations on the plea that he
had no time at his disposal He
works diligently from morning tiB
night, and puts in his spare hours
of an evening with the owner of the
farm and his. family, talking shop"
or paying a modest game of bridget
The prince is a keen footballer, and
often goes with the crowd to the
nearest town, usually Bolton. to look
at the play. and returns home by
excursion train in the approved man.
ner of football enthusiasts. --T-
TIE Young. farmer prince passed
the Christmas HOLIDAYS with his aunt,
Queen Alexandra, at Sandrngfam,
brt. he remembered all his friends at
Fairford. sending each a present or
a s"eeial card with the compliments
of the season.
Prince Erik will remain in England
for another few weeks, after which he
is going to Holland and BELGIUM for
the purpose of strdving in the same
practical and rnobtrUsive manner.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01

There are thousands of people
in TINS country struggling on IN
..z4 ..-.4.i4.s, -..au and dc-
compnshing little, simply because
they have never known the tonic oil
great friendship, the stimulus to en-
deavor, the encouragement when
comes from the consciousness that
others love us, are watching us, are
Interested in our welfare.
1t is 2 great tonic to ambition 10
feel that those who admire us eX-
pect a great deal from us; that they
believe in US; and that we must not
disappoint them.
Nothing else is quite so helpful as
genuine sympathy along the ne OF
ones ambition. Is there anything
more beautiful than the story Of the
owing devotion, the heroic sacrifice,
the announcement and help OF
friends in times of sorrow, great pow
erty and distresses of all kinds?
Many an inventor, writer, states
man, philantrophisJ, teacher, clergy
man, artist, musician, many strug-
gler who has given something TO the
world which has made 1t q little
better and more comfortable place to
live in, would have given up In
despair had it not been for the en-
COuIdSlHB MOius LuC NV AA5
of some friend
If you have friend, you may often
have to stand by him when everybody
else has forsaken him, to believe IN
him when everybody else has lost con-
fidence, and trust him when nobody
else will. This is the test that you
never lose faith, that you stand by
him through thick and thin
1t is only to the great who can be
true friends; the superficial will leave
friend at the point when he needs
them most. People who think TO gain
some advantage by friendship, choose
friends out of selfishness, because
they can help them to clients, pa
tents, customers, capital influence;
but pure friendships are chosen for no
such reasons.
1t does not matter whether our real
friends are prosperous or unfortunate,
it is all the same with us; we never
leave them; they mean the more to us
when they need us most.
There is something unaccountable
about the way in which we choose our
heart friends. 1t is not a matter &c
reason over We do not deliberately
decide to make this person or that
person a friend. There is something
within us which speaks louder and
with a stronger conviction than oui
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
HITERTA AND HIS NERVE.
JAMES SMITH. JR.
MARCH I. 1852.

Huerta most assuredly has apologies to oner
for lack of audacity, or poise. He tells the
A. B. c. medators that he is perfectly willing to quit
fighting aud lay off awhile if that desperate character
villa will only do the same.
It has been evident for some time that If Huerta
didn't quit of his accord the forces of villa would
not only make him quit but that the dictator could
consider himself mighty lucky chap If he could get
beyond the Mexican border with his anatomy intact
For they after the head of Huerta are the Con-
stitutionaliss and nothing short of that particular
Head, it would seem, will appease their longing for
revenge, revenge for the murder of Madero
; Should Villa quit and why? To permit the shat
tered and beaten remnants of Huertas army, losers
in a succession of battles with Villas advancing and
oonquerng legons rest and recoup and prepare for
a resumption of hostilities strengthened and
freshed? Hardly Not if the rebel chief knows the
value of keeping the enemy going, now that he has
him staggering and bewildered. And he apparently
understands thing two about fighting He is not
likely forfeit the great advantage gained for his
cause a cause which he and his followers consider
lust
Can the United States afford to interfere with
Villas operations against Huerta, whom have re-
fused to recognize in other than that of
usurper tyrant and assassin when such interference
must necessarily be of benefit to the dictator and just
as necessarily the enmty of Villa seriously han
dicapping our own soldiers in warfare in land strange
10 them?
And so Huerta will quit If Villa will agree to quit!
Quite a proposition.
= It is tcklish situation at the best. There is much
pride and honor for at stake The honor of "old
GLORY is issue.
= To keep the thrill felt at the sight of the Star
spanged Banner waving, and the strains of our mar
tial stirring fighting ardor, in other and
In other times is important that this country does
not figure in a breakdown" movement.
There should be inspiration for the youth of the
land and coming generations there inspiration
for the soldiers and sailors of past conflicts.
Do not let the other fellows hand us a lemon
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01

wounded, but these figures" says
Rives lin THE United States and
Mexico, 1921 -1S4SD, must be grossly
exaggerated" The casualties of the
American army We're IL killed and 40
wounded, while the navy lost 7 killed
and wounded, a total of 10 men
killed and 81 wounded.
In Admiral F'letcher's operations.
not supposed to be an act of war in
their origin, the American casualties
were II men killed and So wounded,
while the Mexicans lost 126 killed and
1876 wounded. a total of 321. If it
is true, as Rives maintains, that the
figures given out by the Mexicans
after the capitulation in 1S47 were
grossly exaggerated. it seems to
follow that history practically repeats
itself in the casualty list; that is to
say, the casualties inflicted upon the
Americans by "snipers" in undefend-
ed Vera Cruz in 1914 were about the
same as Scott's casualties, while the
losses of Morales defending the city
with more than 1000 men were nc
heavier apparently than those of the
unorganized Vera Cruzians whom
General Mas left behind him t.
harry Admiral Fletcher's pacific in.
Vaders.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
FRIENDLY VERA CRUZ.

Cruz toward troops is remarkable. When the
naval forces landed they had to fight hostile people.
When General Funstons brigade of infantry landed
they were fairly received with acclaim and the civil
administration established In the city received the
praise of the Vera Cruz press.
This revusion of feeling indicates how the Mexican
people have been deceived by the authorities and press
Accustomed cruelty from their rulers, they were
induced believe that the Americans barbarians
who would be in their oppression. Probably the
ignorant Mexicans who sniped at sailors and
rines would have welcomed the invaders with open
arms if they had known the truth.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
THE oFF1CE.HoLDING HABIT STRONG.

Confidence that this is a Republican year is en-
couraging many retired statesmen of the party to
out of their privacy to seek party nominations
Former Congressman John J. Gardner, of Atlantic
County is reported to be of these revived candi
dates.
Gardner has the ofice-holding habit strong He
served from 1878 to 1892 in the State Senate and
from 1893 to 1913 in Congress from the Second dis
trict-fourteen years in the Senate and twenty in
Congress- But he also served five years mayor
of Atlantic City and held the office of alderman and
county
How well Gardner served the people In these vari-
capacities deponent sayeth not. He would have
served another term in Congress and still another if
his constituents had not retired him in 1912 Born
in 1916, Gardner is nigh to seventy years of
age but his ardor to the republic is undated
and there seems chance this year. In Gardeners
case, however, it may be the merest chance.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
Unconscious Humor

Sioux City Tribune-Wanted, a
young man of small capital and abil-
ity.
Hortonville News Susie Bump
slipped on an icy spot Sunday and
fell.
Rogers Daily Post-On account of
moving. will sell one good COW giving
milk and some corn.
Beloit Daily News-For sale-twen-
ty chickens, stone color; guaranteed
to lay fresh eggs.
Connecticut paper - Wanted-A
steady respectable young man to look
after garden and care for COW who
has a good voice and is accustomed
to sing in the choir.-Boston Tran
script
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
NINE SLAVERY IN COLORADO.

Investigation into the conditions of rule by the
mining companies the coal regions of Colorado does
not confirm the compacent statements of John D.
Rockefeller jr. The wonder is that civilized State
should tolerate such conditions which would shame
Russia
The labor is in bondage. government report
shows that in Incorporated towns situated upon mining
company property company is required to enter
and leave. The company employs armed force to
overawe the miners The company stores supply the
miners needs and he is compelled to trade in them
and pay their price
Years ago the store order system prevailed in the
glass industry sections of South Jersey The opera
tives paid mostly in orders company stores,
they kept in debt and virtually the serfs of
the company After many efforts in the Legislature
this nhuman system abolished by statute. Colo
RADIO egalizes it and sanctions wrongs that
are now exciting the indignation of the whole country
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRlsoN SWEET MAkDBN, n.
Author of Pushing to the bfohe'
Copyright 1914.
JE,n4 FRIENDS

Deliberate choice. We feel the thrill
of that affinity which has drawn us
together, which is beyond all argu-
ment or choice. Sour answers to soul,
and we grasp hands-for the first
time perhaps-with a heartiness as
with a friend we had not seen IN many
a year.
What a delightful thing it is to have
friends who love us for our own sake,
who have no "aXes. to grind" who are
always ready to make any sacrifice OF
comfort, of time, or money when we
are in need!
Cicero said that man had received
nothing better from the immortal
gods, nothing more delightful than
friendship. But friendship must be
cultivated. 1t cannot be bought; 1T Is
priceless. If you abandon your friends
for a quarter of a century or moro
while you are buried in your pursuit
of wealth, you cannot expect to go
back and find them where you left
them. Did you ever get or keep any
thing worth while without an effort
equal to it's value?
Only he has friends worth while
who is willing to pay the price for
making and keeping them. He may
not have quite as large a fortune as
| if he gave all of his time TO money
making. But wouldn't you rather
have more good, SJancn trlendS VINO
f., believe in you, and who would stand
by you in the severest adversely, than
have a little more money? What will
enrich the life so much as hosts of
good loyal friends?
Neglected friendships mean great
| deal more than the loss of the pleas
ure and satisfaction they can afford;
| for real friends are our greatest. edu-
Gators. There is no other way of self
expression SO broad and deep as that
which is called out by intimate
| friendship. We can say to friends
what we can never say to others.
They open up avenues of the heart
which, but for them, would remain
closed forever.
That life is poor, indeed, which is
not enriched by friendship. Nothing
else will give you so great satisfac-
ton, no other investment yields such
great returns as the time spentfn the
| cultivation of friendship.
1t is a strange thing that men take
account of stock every year to see
how many dollars they are worth,
and yet do not take account of. the
stock of their friendships. The real
wealth they do not count; the dross
! they weigh, the gold they pass by.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01

A prince at work on an English
farmi
This is almost a daily sight at Fair
fora, Worcestershire, where Prince
Erik of Denmark, third son of Prince
Waldemar, Queen AleXandra's young
est brother, has been working quietly
and steadily for some months, says
the London Mirror.
Prince Erik, who is little more
than twenty years of age, has studied
agriculture since he was boy of
sixteen, and is now on a tour of the
pr ncipal European countries to OBJ
tain his finishing touches in different
departments of practical farming,
which is the principal pursuit of his
countrymen.
The main object of his visit to
England is to obtain first-hand
knowledge of cattle farming, wheat
growing and the raising of pigs.
The Danish Minister of Agriculture
NJ. Kristian Petersen, who paid, a
prolonged visit to Worcestershire last
summer, declared publicly on his re-
turn to Denmark that the English
system of cattle breeding, especially
our profitable methods of utilizing
waste land for raising pigs, was the
finest he had ever seen.
1t was on the minister's advice that
Prince Waldemar decided to let his
farmer son go through a siv-months'
corrse of training at Fairford.
The minister, by the way, is so
great an admirer of English life that
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
ROOSEVELT IN 1916.

Out in Chicago the Progressves appear to be Pro-
ressves for Progressives sake alone, and haven't the
slightest notion of abandoning their position to
with the o. p. any other party. 1t is their idea
70. establish the Progressive party power of its
pwn so that, if there is any mediation proposition
pered by the Republicans, the Progressives will be
IN shape to submit and enforce conditions. The Pro-
Eressives are for Roosevelt for President In 1916 If
the Republicans feel that the nomination of the col
onel would meet the situation, much the better.
Progressives and Republicans can then unite their
strength and march together under the Roosevelt
eanner
AS earnest of their intention and purposes the
Chicago Progressives to city and county
tickets and work to gain force and added prominence
is said that Roosevelt himself and his confden-
tal advisers studying the situation and watching
to see whether the Progressive movement is adyanc-
ing or dwindlng, the end that treaty may be
entered into for the coonels nomination united
ticket. Much will depend the showing made by
Progressves on their account in State and local
elections.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01

that the pay of the porters was less than dollar
day and that the company expected the porters to make
decent wage out of tips In other words, the traV-
cling public which pays the eompanys fares should
nav about onehalf of the wages of the eompanys en-
poyes Says the commission:
1T certainly is a sad commentary on modern push
ness that company rich and powerful as this one
should feel inclined to stoop to the disreputabe prae
tise The time has passed when institutions such as
the Pullman should be permitted by public authority
an indulgence which requires its employees to resort to
whatever means they have in their power obtain the
necessary amount to enable them to live