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The state herald., 1914-05-08
REBELS REFUSAL TO ENTER
TRUCE AND STUBBORN At
TITuDE CAUSE ELlMI.
NATION.
HUERTA NAMES AGENTS
REPORT DlcTATOR'S STRENGTH
ON WANE AND BLANQuET
FAVORED AS SUCCESSOR.
weslern Newrpnper unIcn News seryIee.


Washington, May 5.-General Car
rama and the Constitutionalists were
eliminated from proceedings OF the
three South American ENJOYS who
have undertaken to solve the Mexican
problem by mediation.
1t is known also that the United
States, refusing to agree to formal
armistice or permit any question OF
national honor to go before the con-
ferees, may decline to name a medi-
ator
Up to a late hour last night Bryan
had not replied to the mediators as
to the appointment of American dele
gates. The length of the ENJOYS con-
ference with Secretary Bryan led TO
the belief that some of the crucial
questions were being approached.
At the same time the military as
pect of the situation became increas-
ingly prominent again. General Funs-
ton reported renewed demands by the
Mexican federal outposts for the sur
render of the waterworks supplying
the Mexicans retreated General Funs-
ton, after receiving information that
federal troops were moving artillery
down the railroad from the capital
toward Vera Cruz. probably for Gen
eral Gustavo Mas at Soledad, con-
ferred with the officers of the fleet.
1t was arranged to land a number of
field pieces from the warships and
park them where they would be read.
fly available.
General Funston voiced the pre-
vailing spirit In military quarters In
inquiring as to what steps the United
States contemplated. in view OF the
threatening situation.
Secretary Garrison conferred with
his military chiefs, but said no fur.
ther orders had been given for the
movement OF troops. and none are con.
templated during the period OF nego-
tiatlons. The Fourth or Sixth brigade
of the Second division OF the army.
with headquarters at Texas City. is
ready. however, and could quickly go
II more troops are needed.
Word that Huerta was in desperate
straits came from many quarters. One
dispatch from n foreign minister at
Mexico City said briefly of Huerta:
Position desperate" but gave no de-
tails. Still another referred to the
doubtful attitude OF the troops here
tofore loyal TO Huerta.
Information also came tnat the
quarrels between General Banquet.
minister OF war. and Huertn. might
bring banquet TO the front In the
event OF Huerta's fall. much as Huerta
rose on the collapse OF the Madero
regime and the Felix Diaz movement.
The South American mediators held
three sessions during the day and
night, announcing through Secretary
Bryan that General Huer,a had desig.
mated d. Emilio Rabasa. an eminent
Mexican Jurist: Augustin Rodriguez.
and Luis Elguro as his delegates to
confer with the mediators.
In Telegram TO General Carranza.
the mediators announced that In view
OF his refusal to agree TO an nrmistice
with General Huerta. they withdrew
their invitation to him TO send per.
sonal representative 10 participate In
the mediation negotiations.
The state herald., 1914-05-08
Army ApptoptIa.Ion Av.Ilsble tor Ma

waHhinEton.-A Joint resolution to
make immediately available the entire
'ioi 100000 army appropriation bill.
Just passed by both houses Of Con.
Eroas, was introduced NJ President
Wilson's request by Chairman Hay OF
tho House committee on military af.
fairs
The state herald., 1914-05-08
Steamship siberia lie safe a, Manila

San Francisco, MAY 2.-EiFh,eon
hours of anxiety ended with tho re,
port from Manila OF the arrival there
Of the Pacific Main Steamship Com
pany's liner siberia which wna re
ported sinking off tho inlnno of For
moaa,
The state herald., 1914-05-08

When George ID, Poinsett. able sea.
man from the United States battle.
ship Florida. went down beneath fed.
eral rines at Vera cruE. tho frst
American killed nghtins for his coun,
try In the present trouble with Meai.
co. his name went into historic rec.
ords which will live when most OF
10 arc forgotten. lie was shot and
killed while he was raising tho far,
for which he rave his young life. over
mo customs house ~ Vera Cruz
The state herald., 1914-05-08

The percentage of increase in Den
ver's population in the last four years.
according TO the census bureau. has
ben much greater than in other cities
of Denver's class. Comparative figures
are as follows:
The state herald., 1914-05-08

The 1914 population OF the United
States is estimated at lo9.O2i .9s2. a
gain OF more than 100000 since the
taking OF the 1910 census.
The population OF continental Unit
ed States for 1914 is estimated at 9s,.
7Sl,32i. against 91,972.2GG in 1910.
The state herald., 1914-05-08
Former conurcssmsr pI,s,

Portland. ore.-ftufuu Mallory, who
was elected in 1906 TO the National
House Of Representatives from Orc.
gon. died herc. al tho age Of eighty.
two years
The state herald., 1914-05-08
Whyf

Alden has reached the why" age.
1t isn't always easy to answer the
why's. One day he lay on the floor
with his eyes shut
Am asleep. mother7" he asked.
You know you aren't" said his
mother.
We'll. I'm lying down; my eyes are
shut, why amt asleep?"
The state herald., 1914-05-08
uastotn labor condItIons sstlsfaeterY.

New York-Aa May day IA tho date
that mos, Of the contracts between
employers and union employees In the
East expire, much Significance In at.
taohed TO opinions expressed by labor
leadera that never before have labor
conditions been better than this yoHr.
The state herald., 1914-05-08
FEELS like
A new WOMAN
A. Lydia E. Pmkham's Vese-
table Compound Dispelled
Backache, Headaches
and Dizziness.
Piqua, Ohio.-"I would be very un-
grateful II I failed to give Lydia E.

Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound the
praise it deserves,
for / have taken Il
At different imes
and It always re-
heved m Q W h Q n
other m edicines
failed, and when I
hear . woman COM
plain ! always rec
ommend It. Lastwin-
ter / was Attacked
The state herald., 1914-05-08
sIckLEs DIES IN NEW YORK.
wife Of Hero Of Gettysburg Returns
After an Estrangement Of 90 Years.

New York.-Gen. Daniel Sckles
died at his home here. His wife was
Mt his bedside at the end. 1t was the
first time In twenty-nine years that
Mrs. Sickles had spent n night In the
house. Although estranged. she had
The state herald., 1914-05-08

Judging by what some girls face
the parson with they must hate to
work for living.
The state herald., 1914-05-08

II you have lived long. you have
lived wisely.
The state herald., 1914-05-08

Putnam Fadelcss Dyes guarantee
satisfaction. Adv.
The state herald., 1914-05-08

Red Gross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy. makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The state herald., 1914-05-08
Why2

Why7
Edith-Why didn't you tell me you
had that seat painted yesterday,
papa?
Father-why, what happened?
Edith-why. Freddy and sat down
on 1t last night and Freddy got paint
all over the back Of his coat and
trousers!
The state herald., 1914-05-08

Many girl thinks fellow is
man after her own heart when he is
really after her money.
The state herald., 1914-05-08
body pl.eovered In RuIns a, Forbes.

Trinidad.-The body OF George II.
Hall has been found among tho Forbes
ruins. bringing the known dead up TO
ton. nine at tho mine and opa striker.
The state herald., 1914-05-08
Aeroplsne Fall KIN. Army Aviator

iIalbcraindt. Germany, Lieutenant
Meyer OF the German army met his
death when HIS noroplnnc fell near
iInlherniadt
The state herald., 1914-05-08

Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigornte stomach. liver and bowels.
Sugar-costed. tiny grnnulcs, easy to take as
candy. Adv.
The state herald., 1914-05-08

Mexico City, May "A dispatch
said to come from Manzanillo. on the
Pacific coast, announces that the Mex.
lean steamship Luella was sunk in the
harbor by the explosion of mine
which had been planted for the United
States protected cruiser Raleigh.
Vera Cruz, May Persistent re-
ports continue to circulate that Gen
eral Huerta intends to retire from the
provisional presidency of Mexico on
condition that he be assured safe
conduct to port and placed on board
foreign warship.
1t is declared In some Mexican cir
cles here that General Huerta was
ready to resign week ago. but was
prevented from SO doing by internal
dissensions in his cabinet.
The disappearance from the Mex
ican cabinet OF Jose Lopez Portillo y
Rojas. the foreign minister, coupled
with reports that there is a growing
undercurrent OF feeling In Mexico City
against the Huerta government, is In
terpreted here as foreshadowing n
change in the situation in the Federal
capital.
Observation-Disclosures from Brig
adler General Funston on the situation
at Vera Cruz We're the subject of n
long conference at the War Depart
ment between Secretary Garrison and
Major General Wotherspoon, chief OF
staff OF the army. 1t was said General
Funston has asked for instructions, in
view OF the hostile attitude OF the
Mexican army near the city. The gen
eral had reported that the American
outposts mt Vera Cruz were being
watched by Mexicans and there we're
over 10000 Mexican troops encamped
in the vicinity.
Mexico City. May 2.-Dr Edward
Bryan OF the American Red Cross.
who was captured at Zacatecas by
the command of General Joaquin
Mas and sentenced to death as a spy
was saved by an order signed by Min
lister OF War Blanqet.
DR.. Blanquet will be brought to this
city and turned over to the Brazilian
legation. Later he will be sent to
Vera Cruz.
The state herald., 1914-05-08

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and sec that II
The state herald., 1914-05-08

The population of the Rocky Noun.
tain states has increased as following.
according to the census figures:
The state herald., 1914-05-08
SEND US MORE
FEDERAL TROOPS.
GOVERNOR AMMoNs AND MAJOR
HoLBRook MAKE REQUEST
FOR REINFoRcEMENTs.
ARBITRATION REFUSED
COAL PERATo oRs DECLARE
THEY WILL NOT CONFER
WITH THE UNIONS.
DEVELOPMENTS In Coal strike,

Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-07
DIARY OF FATHER TIME

Plutocrats who own two to three
different styles of automobiles
haven't got a thing on the ancient
Egyptian rulers. King Solomon had
about 1 400 carriages for himself and
retinue, the king, of Canaan had 900;
then David captured 700 from kings
of Syria and 1000 from the king of
Zobah. After Alexander's death, a
funeral car was built to convey his
body from Babylon to Alexandria and
this car has perhaps never been ex-
celled in the history of coach build
ing. 1t was designed by the celebrat-
ed architect, Hieronymus, and took
four years to build. 1t was Is feet
long, IL feet wide, had four massive
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-07

wheels and was drawn by 81 mules,
eight abreast. ..--.
The Romans established the use of
carriages for private conveyances,
but their use depended greatly on the
condition of the roads. In 331 B. C.
good road building was begun in the
empire. Roman carriages were or
namented with precious jewels and
Nero never took less than 1000 car
riages on his travels. Covered car
riages were known in the 18th CEN
fury, but it was considered a re-
proach for men to ride in them and
they were left entirely to women.
The public carriage for hire was
first established in London in 1925.
In 1884 coaches became universal
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-07

yOhere all kinds of different wanting
old acquaintance
Teller that president of bank hemer down to the
city the uh day. shear of the bank he does
dismiss with
bmby the cashear to him. here's funny thing i've got
he from hmer must know him. and maybe you'd like
Teller hekmeT, all
think
worked herkimer
chckn alive, a
when tired coulden the
being late
FINELY the
friend should
well the feer think
eye
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29
4 CENTURY LATER.

Hereafter Waterloo VIII o., ~ small
az account than 8, has been ever since
the aa,tle that vas fought there one
ot course. III, famous field hardly a
dozen miles from Brussels. VIII al
ways have the distinction that it Is
the place where Napoleon made his
last stand. But this month ~ AGSust
in the yea- 1914 : witness q military
operations which. IN human probable
ity. viii obscure !n history the long
series Of exploits that came 90 their
finish IT, lslt.
Presert-day war operations are 50
sieant.c that they make the SCI ua;-
ties Of former times look --r.t.-4rt,
and this new war w.. uug-es;lona1.y
Doe of So much account in --zr-zak.zs
that pos,er.ty VIII E,-.e heed what
happened % boundary Ines just pEllr
To- the time when Na1--ec- -a--le5 IL
-. Helena, w-u:- ue--.-s and died
Of cancer.
Al Watsrlo0 the aE-r-s area was
small. the fa-le- Numbered eli told
hardly two hundred thousand men. The
whole affair lasted Jess than eight
hours The place is part q q region
where. now. the battle line j. more
than two hundred miles lons. with
wireless communication and with wea-
p0ns Of destruction aaoat lu the air.
There are radical changes 10 every
thing relating % war-eXCept with re-.
pate and The human agencies that iu-
vOve millions II men 10 the fighting.
The things transpiriug just now
illustrate the melancholy fact that war
in IT'S present form is worse than IL
ever was. How vain all the preaching
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29
NOT GUILTY.

Twenty officers and men OF the
National Guard OF Colorado were tried
by court martial on charges CROWNS
out of the famous Ludlow Battle
last April 20.
The members of the National Guard
were charged with various crimes and
misdemeanors-rang from murder
To arson and larceny-in connection
with the labor riots which turned
Colorado into "a state near To civil war
last spring.
The court martial failed 20 ind a
single state trooper guilty OF a single
crime or a single misdemeanor.
Every one of the twenty-five defend
ants have been acquitted.
The incident-and It's morals
worthy Of more than passing note.
Whenever citizen soldiery IS called
upon for strike duty an almost in
variable result is a yer,,ahIe hemcr-
rhage of accusations seeNinE 90 credit
state troopers with iniquities AS un-
manly as they would be criminal Il
true.
Michigan had this Colorado expert
ence in the upper peninsula one year
ago.
But. almost without exception If the
"yharges" can ever be put TO test
for yeracity, and if the character as
sauauts can ever be brought face TO
face with the necessity for proving
their indictments, complete vindica-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29
ALSACE AND LORRAINE BONE OF
CONTENTION FOR | 600 YEARS
Buffer Provinces Between France and Germany Often Made Thea
ter of Military Operations BY Both Countries.

easily defended because the Alps
broke it in two parts, and the narrow
strip along the Rhine from the Alps
to the North Sea which kept the pos
sessions Of Louis from touching those
of Charles was to great prize not
to be coveted by both of the two
stronger brothers. They soon began to
fight one another about it, each to
take it from Lothian. And the trou-
BILE of the buffer states began.
The mountaineers of Switzerland
wrested themselves free from Lothairs
kingdom in the thirteenth century and
have been a republic ever since. The
Hollanders gained their independence
under William of Orange, and formed
a republic in 164S, but the successors
of Charles the Bold, ruling in France
conquered them later, and ii was not
until 1915 that they were free again.
Belgium then formed a part of Hol-
land, making 1t too powerful for
buffer state in the eyes of the great
powers, so Belgium was separated in
1888.
by Russia if France kept out of the
Prussian- Austrian war of 1866, but
when the war was finished the sue
cessors of Louis the German would
not let it go to the successors of
Charles the Bold Luxembourg was
then made Independent of both and
her fortresses dismantled that she her.
GpI,t
either side. The Small strip of north
ern Italy, which belonged to the king
dom of Lothian was after many vicissi-
tudes incorporated into the union of
the Italian states under Victor En-
manuel II. The bond was such nat
ural one that other states have no
chance of disturbing it.
AIsace- Lorraine in Balance All Wars.
Alsace and Lorraine have alone re-
manned of Lothair's kingdom to be
fought over by the two great nations
on either side Together they cover
an area of 1901 square miles. The
maximum length from north to south
is las miles; the maximum breadth
is twenty-four miles. 1t may be COM
DaIeu 10 the ftuuSbIl IlNtI valley from
Albany to New York IL it not an
extensive territory, but practically
every war in Europe since the passing
of Charlemagne has been concerned
with it.
Republican France, banker today for
despotic Russia i'm the present war;
was the banker Catholic in faith, for
Protestant Sweden and i'm the Thirty
Years War of the seventeenth century,
which Sweden fought against Austria
and Germany, Sweden won and the
spells fell to the banker, France acquir-
ing by the treaty of Westphalia which
closed the war in 1913, all of Alsace
with the exception of the city OF
Strassburg. Germany had to give IL
up as well as confirm France i'm the
possession Of Metz, in Lorraine, at
this time n private appendage of the
sovereign of Austria.
In 1861, during a lull Of peace in the
torniented provinces, Louis XIV OF
France quietly surprised Strassburg
and took IL, so that France had that
province entire. IL was not until af-
ter tho French revolution that the |
whole of Alsace and Lorraine went TO
France.
y One must remeberzth fact. II. cas- \
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29
Weather Conditions

The storm CEN
ter which was To-
Gated over Mis-
souri, has moved
northeastward TO
the Lower Lake
Region. it has
caused h c "a V y
rains from the
central MISSISSIPPI
pi Valley north
and east TO the
Coast. Washing
ton reports S.OO
inches during the
last "a hours.
Brisk winds are
re porte d from
several points in
the northeast. The
Canadian disturb
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29
THE STATE AND THE
IMMIGRANT

Some of the states of the Union. but
unfortunately Michigan is not among
them, have awakened To the fact that
federal laws and regulations do not
fully handle the problem OF immigra-
tion says the Detroit Journal. II is
beginning TO be recognized that the
proper distribution of the foreign pop
ulation seeking Americas shores has
become necessity. and that the
country can absorb n great host pro-
viding these happiness seekers are put
where they belong.
Hereafter in California and Massa-
chusetts the distribution. housing.
schooling and political fusion OF these
workers, with their low standards OF
living, are not To be left TO chance.
Both these states have established
state immigration commissions. Thus
far Massachusetts has only been in
vctigatius, but the probability is that
the care OF the immigrant will no long
er be a matter of good luck or bad
luck. whether he becomes a wealth.
consumer or state burden. Califor-
MIA has taken hold IN earnest, for il
was roregone conclusion that the
openiuE of the Panama canal would
give the opportunity of immgrants
reaching her shores directly from Eu-
rope. and that federal regulations
would not be competent TO handle the
ever-increasinz numbers seeking an
opportunity 10 earn a living.
California, like Michigan, has mill
lion of acres Of virgin soil. The prob
lem with her is. as il also is with
Michigan. how To distribute immigra-
tion in such manner as 10 least at
feet the standard Of living. Congestion
in cities must be discouraged by max
ing 10 easier 20 set a living elsewhere;
and the use OF English must be en-
Couraged 10y the estaJ> shment Of Eng
disappearing schools Tor both children
and adults. Above all, the American
standard OF lNins must be preserved.
--....-
And now we are told that Paris
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29

The history of Germany and the his
tory Of France as separate nations
begins i'm S43, and the history of the
woes and tribulations of Alsace and
Lorraine as buffer state between the
two, and as conquered first by one and
then by the other begin soon after that
same year SAB. That was one thou
sand and seventy-one years ago. The
present campaign of the Germans and
the French in Alsace- Lorraine is
therefore the continuation of strug-
gle over one thousand years old. 1t is
likely to continue in some form or an
other just as long as there is a France
and a Germany in existence, even unto
another thousand years.
The facts of geographical position
have created the problem. 1t is a prob
lem which will remain unsolved and
unsolvable as long as the River Rhine
flows and the Nosges mountains stand.
France says that the river is her true
eastern frontier; Germany says the
frontier lies beside the mountains.
The two countries have sometimes set
tied il one way, after bloody war
and then proclamation of peace. But
the sons or the grandsons have begun
all over again to fight il out and set
tie it the other way-by another pro-
clamation of peace, after one side,
conquered and humbled, had to sue for
peace.
1t was in SAB that the three grand
sons OF Charlemagne, fighting among
themselves, decided to end ii by divid-
ing their grandfather's possessions
among them. They acted on that an
cient principle that the lands, and the
people dwelling upon them, filling the
soil i'm time of peace and lighting the
battles in time of war, were the pri-
vate property of the sovereign, ruling
by the divine right of kings. Charlie
magne had ruled the whole of Europe
asone united government from his cap
ital at Aachen-the AK In Chapelle of
today which belongs to Prussia. The
private possessions Of the pope of It
ally alone were excepted.
Charlemagnes' son, Louis lie Debon-
naire was too weak to hold together
SuCn Heterogeneous empire OF pcO-
pies of different race and temperament
and speaking different tongues, their
only bond being an official religion
that of the sovereign-and a common
government. He das too weak even
to rule in his own family. Long before
he was dead his sons were quarrcling
over their inheritance.
The one who was the strongest, call
ed Louis the German, had the first
choice in the division and he became
the first king of the Germans. The
second strongest, Charles the Bold, had
second choice, and he became the first
king of the Franks, the people of mod
ern France. These two brothers took
land which formed a compact whole
and which could be easily defended
The subjects of Charles all spoke one
language, those of Louis all spoke an
other.
The Inheritance Of the Weakest.
The third brother, Lothian, the weak |
est. had to take what was left of his |
fathers empire, and that included |
what Is now comprised I'm Holland, Bel |
gium Switzerland, Luxembourg, Alsace. |
Lorraine and small strip of northern |
Italy. II was made up of many diff |
ferent nationaliuss. III could not be !
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29
PRESS OPINIONS
ON WAR NEWS

IL goes without saying that If the
United States government establishes
a steamship line for the purpose of
maintaining and developing foreign
commerce it will not attempt to fur
nish contraband or conditional contra
band of war to countries engaged in
Notwithstanding Post.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-29

Paris-Haying been arrested by the
Germans, Hausi. the Alsatian carica-
urist escaped and fled TO France TO
avoid Imprisonment and joined a
French regiment AZ an interpreter. The
German officer who had caused his ar
rest was the first prisoner brought be-
fore him. The officer complained of the
treatment he had received and Hansi
replied 1T was certainly better than
you gave me at Colmar.'