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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND 1915.

Samuel G. Blythe, who has represented the Saturday Evening
years, ;and who a $ a soundcr Of public sentiment must be regarded
as possessing superior qualifications, is ON record a declaring that
il Theodore Roosevelt wants the combined progressive and rcpnb-
lcan nomination for the presidency in 1916, providing th"r" Is no
radical change of sentiment i'll the meantime, he cn get IT over any
and all competition.
Mr. Blythe points out that there is no republican available VIII"
is a sufficiently commanding figure to warrant the hope that the
Earty with him is a candidate could encompass MIR. Wilson $ defeat
The Taft republicans, the antiTaft republicans, whether they voted
IN 1912 or whether they did not, says Mr.. Blythe, ana whether they
will publicly admit it or whether they will not, are united in the
belief that Roosevelt is the party's only hope for 1916, and that in
Il republican primary they will so declare themselves if given tn"
opportunity.
From the present outlook, the Saturday News is quite inclined
70 agree with Mr. Blythe i'll that there is no republican available
who could be considered even a paSSably good candidate to pit
against President Wilson, Under existing conditions Roosevelt is
the party S only hope, and he is the purtyS hope only upon the con.
diion that he be allowed to dictate the main features of the party
platform.
II the republicans are willing to concede this much in order to
leaequre Theodore Roosevelt, they may possibly go into the cam
paign two years hence with reasonable unity, providing the old-lne
Taft republicans can be swung into line.
Without Roosevelt the party will be beaten, according to pres
ent Indications, for without Roosevelt there will be no compromise
that will include substantially all Of the Roosevelt following of 1912
With Roosevelt, the party might win-or it might not
In any event, so far as the Saturday News is concerned, if the
party wins it must win upon clean-cut principles clearly enunciated
Is Is better to lose than to win upon false premises o upon promises
designed to be broken
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
VILLA AND THE MEXICAN GRAB BAG.

d Ever since Napoleon the third placed Macmillan, the arehduke
cf Austria, upon the Mexican throne in 1861, and long before, Mex
lee has been a grab bag either for men sinbued with a superative
degree of personal ambition or for those possessed with B desire to
exploit the country wonderful resources.
The reforms that the late Madero might have wrought are prob
lenahcals FOR he was never given an opportunity to prove the sort
oil d heart that beat within him.
1T has not been a fight for reform in Mexico. IT has not been d
contest waged between the aristocracy and the citizenship of the
country such as distinguished the struggle for three hundred years
IN Rome between the citizens and the pebian poPsston
Mexico has been q field for exploters and promoters. its I'M
counted and countless possibilities for the production Of wealth
have fired ambitious men with dreams of commercial conquest
The common herd In Mexico has never been for d moment
considered BIZ the conflicting and contending forces that have hitherS
to sought TO monopolize the country IS natural storehouses.
The nists arising from the conflicts have obscure1 d view OF the
true situation. There has been but little fighting for principle in
Atexico AZ the past fifty years AZ has been largely q contest for pelf.
But out of the maze of brigandage and robbesies and murderous
xaaslanehts and bsnighted peonage and bloodsstained battle fields
Here looms the form of d man who commands the attention of
@fhoughtiuI men throughout the world.
Unlettsreas uncoath, there stands forth = bandit and 4 brigand,
#bnt# acEeatnre Of environment, as 81 Representative of Mexicos only
hope aHeas the commanding figure il the present generation Of Mex
SSsean turmoil Iiesis thes one military man Throughout al Mexico
AgM0 myz beEsaidA o@ possess d AsouIs1'# Perhaps III Isl supernuous To
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
RICHARDS AND TAXATION.

The Saturday News is inclined to doubt whether Mr.. Richards,
as an independent candidate for the governorship, with the back
ing OF the progressive party executive committee, will be able to
make appreciable inroads upon Governor Byrne's support in the
pending political contest.
70 begin with, there does not seem to be sufficient time for such
an educational campaign rs Mr.. Richards has undertaken. People
are slow to make radical changes in methods which they have been
following for generations
But the Saturday News is also inclined to the belief that in the
end and IN the main the principles for which Mr.. Richards is con
tending will triumph
Once upon a time, before a gathering of farmers, that noted
railroad builder, james y Hill, declared that it mattered little what
the railroads We're compelled to pay in the way of taxes, for,
SAID ne, the people pay the5taxes anyway.
Our courts are universally holding, and justly so under our sys-
TENS OF conducting business, that public utilities are entitled to such
rates as VIII not only meet all operating expenses but will add a rea-
sonable amount Tor. profit for the capital invested.
VINO pays the taxes, to be. more specific, upon the newspaper
plants DONG business IN South Dakota-yea. in Watertown. to be
still more specific The oWnersg Yes. to be sure-certainly. ves-
Eut whence 90 they derive the means for meeting this obligation?
Assuming that q newspaper plant is operated upon business
principles, and not merely for politics or other personal purpose, the
peopie VINO patfonze the PLAINTIFF advertisers and the subscrib-
N1s-pay Inc taxes N the form of profit on the business transacted.
since, rs Mr.. Richards claims, eghty-fonr per cent Of the taxes
dnd INTO The public treasures IN this state comes directly from a
So on land, he would eliminate the sixteen per cent and would
fshnphfy the system BY basng all public revenues upon land and
land values and upon incomes, the latter as a substitute for our per-
ssonal property tax.
81 ay be g crazy notion, as some openly charge, but, since it is.
ADMITTED that our present system of taxation lis woefuly inequitable,
Ae snail yet come to a substantial recognition of the basic princ-
pic SO forelbly set forth by Mr.. Richards III the present campaign.
IN the final analysis every dollar Of our public funds represents
sa tax on land.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03


tianity, and replied: 1T has never.
been tried So the governments Of
Europe today are not putting their
Christianity into practice. Christ
never taught cooperation and self
denial and helpfnlness for individuals
sion for nations. They have misun-
derstood, and are misrepresenting
Him. %
Visitors to the Sistine Chapel In
the Vatican purchase mirrors from
the guides 80 that through the mir
rors they nay gaze comfortably at
the exquisite Michael Angelo paint
ings on the ceiling. lust 10 people
Will not raise their eyes to look ut
God. But they have their eyes fixed
on you. Y01 are expected tor show
them what Christ IS likeThe Chris
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
THE GOLDEN AGE AT HAND.

S%criptural Evidences That Are Aston
ishing-No One Can Afford to Be
Without the knowledge.
We do our friends a valuable service
when we call their attention to the
valuable book entitled, THE TIME
is AT HAND" in which ara given
many S%criptural evidences to prove
where we are on the stream Of time.
MEMS hearts are failing them for
fear and many of the leading think
ers' are proposing remedies to better
conditions. The Scriptures assure US
that mans extremity will be Gods
opportunity, and this book holds out
an anchor to those who fear the wave
Of unrest now spreading over the
world.
The honest heart confesses that it ia
at q loss for an explanation of tran
spring events. While we refer to this
as the BRAIN AGE and the Age Of
ENLIGHTENMENT. nevertheless
many realize that we are fast APP
preaching a crisis which is wrapped in
darkness owing to the present world
wide social. religious and political nm
rest.
Send 35 cents at once for the book.
Bible and Tract Society, II Hicks
Street. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
Wars of the Past Century


1S14-War in progress between United States and England.
1S1o1s1S-ch hdm, war Of independeaee against Spain. independence es
49, s7s- Tni5sa, states nts declared war , against Algeria:
1ss1!ss5|PsTua a' war s' tnds H" asslseS AGAINST tot aHI spatn.
lsslss'-'t isssps ar g '" ssRso$5ssss dss septsn nSSsts y; ' iss' and Greek
lsssIWar Of Russia IA apoa ns4 T"key H'' Peac @ z s1gSs 3 s% fs2s.
1sso-rrench invasion Of Algiers, war continuing ntermttenty until 1881.
1 1sssIsfsca 1Hsnf war indian Ga 'n saP n thee a unHea s Fassla. Unsuccessful.
1sas1s4o- carst revolution in Spain. ~
1sss1sss-WaP petve ea'1 Hns q n and nd c ninssG rs su1fsa from the opium con-
1s41-Afghan rebellion against British.
5 So between TIE United States and Mckee.
ls4sls4'-H aastGs5 war against Austria for independence. Russia and
s5s1s57-war between England and Persia.
lsssai g. in % 1taiV, French en h' snd A z1ssafan f asssase ai hed"nd.
1ss41war in Danish duchies between Denmark and the allied forces Of
1ss51s7o-south American var Brazil, Uruguay and Argentine republic,
1 1sss.sssseh asss se' r rs'9 ss sn!,s y Austria raF 's sas rrs nsssa.
lMhs7s-casnsf R sepa1a w wal in spatn. surrender Of Don Carlos Feb
s7s-nppssssiEsynac5at nsss. war.
1s7s--souz var in United states Custer massacre.
1szs1s 81 sgssian and Tars Mont en- at v a with Turkey
ls7s1sss-chne makes war upon Bolivia and peru.
1sss5ss5 R5sls s,s z' IL sss es,s. y -s nssR g i HsyB & M n S + sssssS,'
sssisssFran makes war i Madasasears !, : $50
u the servians Who we're defeated ed y AD'~9'0I Z DasAfa
lsss-asssssss # f e eanasa y rs Great e h ssisaiR Ri,,.
ssa ,s sssaIta aanaingy SIN pr. war.
lssolssl-Indan Uprising IN United States under sitting Bull.
1sss1ssat4Sava insurreston e Brain
l lsss1sss-a9isss war var ss.i iassR s & ssss,. ssaa ia IL ss's so.s...
ss7-erecdanTurkis war
1898 s1a, ssssss!Fahp gfa, v.r.
l SIS Per vaI. England soasus,s Dutch republics
1s1e ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS assoaslon r1 begins i hansh''aa.
4 4s5s ! ss, J, s. IN ~ 4s.. turkey over rr'psn
1918 ssryia and Greece attack and defeat Bulgaria
80 gsssS France &c Great > Britain and psS i g 3 q e.. % 'th Ras
numerous e tabuiatss - nv - 'A''sS =
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03

Il the Real Place for Wonder
full and Economical Vacation

Get away from the resorts near
home this year-go to Colorado-feel3
the fascination OF Natures big, wide
p~laces-spend an interesting, restful,
refreshing week or two In the world
famous Rockies.
There are hundreds of good hotels.
camps and boarding houses In Colora-
do, vouched for by the Business Mems
Associations OF Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, where good room
and meals can be secured for 800 per
week and up. Almost all sights are
free and within easy walk or trolley
ride from your room.
Take the limited trains Of the Rock
Island Lines and learn what real train
service is. Steel sleepers, free reclin-
ing chair cars and coaches. Meals at
reasonable prices. Every convenience
for rest, comfort and enjoyment
The only line with direct service.
from the East to both Denver and
Colorado Springs.
Our representatives are travel (
perts. who will help you plan g won.
derful and an economical vacation.
give you full information about hotels.
camps, boarding places, and look after
every detail Of your trip
AK ticket agent for Colorado litera.
ture, II write to Hal. s. Ray. Assist.
ant General Passenger Agent, Rock
Island Lines. Room Adj Des Moinea
Life Building, pessMoines, Ia.
Low fares dallx gu summer
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely, derange he
whole system when entering It through
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J..
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken Internally. acting
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. It is taken internally n made in
Toledo, Ohio. by F. ]. Cheney &c Co. Tes-
timonialS free, "
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
Electric and Gas
Lighting Plants :.

" '.t.. .. .... -[
I am prepared to install either
electric or gas lighting plants in
your home or your place Of bust
ness.
I make a speciality of installing
electric light and gas plants in
farmers homes.
I would be pleased to furnish
estimates Of the cost of either
kind Of plant.
OSCAR EGGE
723 S. Maple st. Phone Blue 566
Watertown, S. D.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
WELFARE WORK
IN c. F. & !. GO,
CAMPS AIDS
FAMILIES Of
MINERS
Christmas Candy and
Toys Distributed at
All the Camps

Not one little
|child of the c. +. 4
1. coal camps will
be forgotten by san
ia Claus. This year
as in years past the
little children will
be the recipients OF
the usual dis,ribu-
tion of candy, nuts,
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
BROTHER OF GEN,
CARRANzA WOULD
CHECK VILLA

On Board U. $. S. San Dicgro. Ma
zatlan, Mex, Dee. 24.-ln the hope of
raising forces to check the villa SEN
timcnt Sn the west coast of Mexico,
General Jesus CarranZa. brother of
General Venustiano Carranza. left
Mazatian today aboard the Mexican
gunboat Guerrero for Salina Cruz
General CarrnnZa's departure follow
I'D upoI a conference here with GEN
eral Tturbide Yesterday en- Guerreri's s
attitude toward the Carranza faction
was considered so uncertain that a
military force went along to keep the
crew from mutiny. Interest in any
further lighting along the Pacific
coast has died. and the soldiers are
selling their arms and ammunition
Troops stationed at MazatIan have
destroyed the Qualifications Quiet
prevails along the entire coast and it
is freely reported that the Carranza
chiefs arc preparing to leave the
country.
one of the effects OF the drawn-out
warfare has been the shrinkase in
the value Of Mexican money. until
one peso today in MaZatlan is worth
only > cents American.
The assistance OF the American
navy was required to eytricate Cap
tain Stewart of the Pacific mail liner
San Juan from an embarrassing sit
uation in Salina Cruz today. A Mex
lean general who had been drinking
detained the vessel when she put in
at that port, demanding transporta-
ion foT his troops and horses. When
the san Juan had been delayed an
hour. however, the cruiser Raleigh
was seen approaching, and the gen
eral hastily withdrew his request.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
GERMAN PLANES
IN AIR RAID
OVER ENGLAND

London. Dec. 24.-A hostile air.
ship dropped bomb over Dover this
morning and then disappeared, ac-
cording to a statement made this aft
ernoon by the official bureau. No
damage was done.
This German raid from the air on
the city of Dover is the first news of
an authentic character of any hostile
air craft visiting Great Britain. The
machine today came from the direc-
tion of Deal and was flying very
nigh. 1t was not sighted over Dover
until it suddenly emerged from the
clouds. Apparently Dover castle was
the objective of the rail, for the
bomb thrown from the aeroplane fell
in the garden in the rear of st.
James rectory, which is located in
front of the castle. The windows in
the rectory and some in the houses
Immediately surrounding the rectory
were broken.
Fog made easy the escape of the
hostile airships. Immediately he
had dropped his bomb the pilot start
cd straight across the channel Thwo
British airsllips went up in an en-
deavor to catch the raider, but the
hostile ship had too much start and
could not be overtaken.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
AGAINST STRIKERS
CHANDLER CASE

Canon City. Dec. 24.-FeliX Pig
liano. leader of the coal miners in
the recent strike, testified today in
the trial of the seven strikers charged
with the murder of William King
that he had attempted to prevent the
captureof the Chandler mine OH
April 90. 1914.
Pigliano is one of the defendants.
lie said that on April %, in company
with David Robb. another defendant.
he went into the hills surrounding
Chandler and tried to persuade the
strikers to cease their attacks. On
the next day. he testified. he repeat
ed the attempt. on orders telephoned
from Denver by John r. Lawson. dis
trict member of the United Mine
Workers international executive
committee.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
TO OPEN
PURSES TO MEN
AT war FRONT

Paris, Dec. 2i.-Christmas at the
front will be as cheerful and comfort
able as the love and self-denial OF
we'll night every family in France
can make it. The spirit of those
whom are not to give presents to one
another, but to unite and give all to
the son. father or brother servin g,
with the flag.
Many a family in France probab-
ly will dine meagcrly tonight and to-
morrow because of the packages of
soft WOODEN things and boxes of deli
cacies which have gone to the kins-
men at the front. Then there are
field glasses. wrist watches, sleepin.
bags and an amazing quantity of
campaign conveniences. The mill
tary administration has been most
considerate in providing transports
SO that all this month numerous vans
loaded with holiday packages We're
among the long supply trains back of
the army.
Many a lone soldier without family
has received various packages of
things to eat, wear. smoke or drink
from societies and from the govern
ment. The ministry of war, among
other things. is sending a bottle of
champagne for every four soldiers at
the front.
All the plum puddinss in the shops
of Paris have been taken by the
French military to send to the Brit
ish soldiers. The Belgian refugees,
especially the children, are being so
overfed that the commission in
charge of them have postponed by
agreement various dinners and enter
tainments so as to extend them over
the next ten days.
King Albert of Belgium has sent a
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
Reward Offered
TO Protect Steel
Highway Signs

The sign posting of the old Santa
Fe trail and the main roads out of
Trinidad as everywhere on the route
Of the National Old Trails will be
permanent. The Southern California
Motor club that has been doing this
for the arrest of any one who de-
stroys or mutilates any of the steel
signs which have been put up. This
announcement was made here by the
three members OF the club who
passed through in a Moreland motor
truck this week on their way from
Los Angeles to Kansas City.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
COAL OPERATORS
GIVE GIFTS TO
ALL EMPLOYEES

Denver. Colo. Dec. 2i-Coal COM
panies observed Christmas this year
by sending supplies of food, clothing
and other necessaries to their former
employees who until recently were
on strike. Comparatively few of the
former strikers have yet secured en-
ploymcnt, and the tent colonies will
have many hundred of mel, women
and children. In their annual dis
trihution of Christmas gifts the coal
companies looked after the needs OF
tho women and children in these
tent colonies, as well as those of the
families of working miners. Tomor-
row larre quantities OF candy and
toys will be bestowed upon the chill
drcn in the tent colonies and the
coal camps.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24

Ions. Infantry attacks followed a
fierce artillery attack made by the
enemy in the region of Souain and
Perthes. These were repulsed.
"A trench kept under continuous
fire by the enemy was lost by us, but
was recaptured in the evening. The
position was abandoned after this
successful counter attack because
parts of the trench had been almost
leveled by the enemy's fire. More
than hundred prisoners were left
in our hands.
ITO the east we have assumed the
offensive and are advancing from
Neidenburg and Soldau Gin East
Prussia. We have repulsed the
Russians after several days fighting
at Mlawa tnortlern Foland) and the
enemy's positions at NIlawa again are
in our hands. More than 900 pris-
oners were taken in these battles.
AT the confluence OF the Bzuria
and Rawka rivers. fierce bayonet at
tacks took place at many places. The
artillery could do little on account of
the misty weather.
THE Russians suffered heavy loss
es on the right bank of the PilNia
river. in the district to the south
east of TomasZow The Russians at
tackled fiercely several times. but
were repulsed by the Austro-German
armies with heavy losses.
Farther to the south, the situa-
tion generally is unchanged
Paris, Dec. 24.-The French Off
cial statement given out this after
noon reiterates a series of French
successes. all of apparently minor i'm
portance, from the sea on the north
to the frontier of Alsace on the south.
The locations where French troops
have gained the advantages are Civ
en- as along the Lys; in the region OF
the Aisne: in Champagne ear Per-
CONTINUED ON paKr -
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-24
SCOTT GAINS
SITUATION ON
BORDER

Washington, Dec. 2i.-,pr0visional
President Gutierrez End General
Villa had long conference last night
in Mexico City, according to advlces
today from state department agents
there. AS no mention was made OF
any street fighting or fri.tion be.
tween the followers of the Two lead
ers. state department officials re-
garded these dispatches as evidence
against reports that Gutierrez had
been made a prisoner and that his
forces had been engaged with villa
troops.
The dispatch, dated late last night,
referred In optimistic terms to the
progress being made In rchabilitatips Z
the central government.
Apparently confirming the state
department view, the minister of for.
eign affairs in GutierreZ's cabinet
telegraphed the Washington repre-
sentative of Gutierrez today shat
there was absolutely nothing new in
the situation in Mexico City.
General Carranza has no intention
of leaving Mexico, according to a
telegram dated yesterday. received
at the Carranza agency here from
ApiZago, a small town northeast Of
Puebla. In addition to requesting
his representatives to deny all such
reports, the message says:
''T am still in the town OF Apizago
visiting the camps Of our troops, and
find them in high spirits and eager
to assume the offensive against the
ieactiOnaries. Necessities of the
campaign demand that 7 visit the
lines of operations in order that
may become acquainted with the ne
cessities of the troops and keep in
close touch with their movements"
A dispatch to the state department
today says Carranza is reported to
have reached Coorosaba on the line
between Vera Cruz and Mexico City.
His troops, it is said, have taken
live stock and other articles at Oriz-
aba and other places along the rail-
way.
A dispatch from Mexico City states
that General Villa has taken a house
there and Will remain indefinitely.
Naco. Ariz., Dec. 24.-Brigadier
General Hugh l.. Scott, chief of staff
of the United States army, left the
American camp this morning to
meet Governor Maytorena, the Villa
bcsieger of Naco, Sonora, on the bor-
der four miles east of here. Two
previous appointments had not been
kept by Maytorena. On Monday the
ground was impossible and yesterday
there was misunderstanding.
General Hill. commanding the Car
rama garrison in Naco. gave orders
today in the presence Of General
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