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The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17

Denver-The State Supreme Court,
in majority opinion written by JUS
tice White. upheld the right claimed
by the State Tax Commission to arbi-
trarily increase property valuations re-
turned by county assessors.
The decision was delivered in the
mandamus proceedings instituted by
Clair j. Pitcher, county assessor OF
Denver. and overthrows every conten-
tion made by him.
Justices Garrigues, Gabbert and Hill
dissented in separate opinions. There
is no recall of the decision, as it up
holds the constitution of the state, and
the recall may be exercised only when
opinions of TIE court overrule the con-
stituton.
The main point made by justice
White in the majority opinion, which
was concurred in Dy Chief Justice
Musser and Justices Bailey and Scott,
was that
values placed by assessors are not
conclusive and binding on the State
Tax Commission Values of property
on which taxes are to be levied are to
be determined not by county assess
ors alone, but only in conjunction
with other officers and boards provid-
ed for the purpose of correcting errors
and inequalities in valuation as fixed
by the assessor, and to bring all prop
erty values to the legislative stand
ard.
Whatever confusion has arisen or
may arise in the extension and col
lection of taxes growing out of the
questions here involved the opinion
concludes, must be attributable to the
fact that local public officers have
failed and refused to obey the man
date of the entire people of the state,
expressed through and directed by
their legislative will"
The opinion means that the S101,-
000,000.0O added to Denver's assessed
valuation over the returns made by
Assessor Pitcher must stand.
1t also means that the total of $780,
000,00000 added to fifty-seven other
counties in the state must stand.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
GENERAL.

Twenty persons were injured and
fifteen buildings badly damaged at
Cleveland, Ohio. by an explosion of
sewer gas in a telephone conduit.
Harry Jordan and Edward Haight,
known in police circles as the pink
shirt twins" sawed and fought their
way out of the Cumberland county
Jail at Bridgeton, N. ].
In the opinion of speakers at the
annual convention of the National
Shoe Retailers Association at New
York which closed with a banquet,
the retail price of shoes soon may
reach $40 a pair,
Clayton NJ. Saxty, accused of rob-
bing the Wells-Fargo express office at
Fort Smith Ark, of a package con-
tanning more than $4,000 in gold and
currency, was arrested in st. Louis
with $5,714 in his possession.
Charles F. Ryan. appearing in the
New York financial district lin a snow
storm for the first time in several
months, announced that the National
Bank of Commerce, of which he is a
stockh0lder, will join the federal re-
serve organization.
Antitrust and rural credit legisla-
ton are considered of paramount and
immediate Importance by President
Wilson. Although the influence of the
executive will be exerted in behalf of
other measures as well during the
present session of Congress, he indi-
Gated in a conversation with newspa-
per correspondents aboard his train
from Pass Christian, Miss, for Wash
ington, that in the immediate future
these subjects would occupy the for
um of public attention.
Mrs. Ida Won Clausson, who once
tried to sue Theodore Roosevelt for
S1,000,000 because she said he
thwarted her presentation to the king
of Sweden, was committed to Mattea-
wan asylum for the criminal insane by
Judge Malone in the court of special
sessions of New York.
Paul G. Menzel of New York and
Miss Evaline Smith of Denver, stood
on the platform at Aeolian hall In New
York and made marriage VOWS accord.
ing to the form of the New Thought
church. This was the first marriage
under New Thought tenets
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
FOREIGN.

The Manitoba Legislature unani.
motion of J. A. Simpson, of the gov
ernment party.
A terrible snowstorm has swept
over northwestern Russia, blocking
the roads and the railways and inter
fering with telegraphic communica-
ton.
The pope has appointed Cardinal
Merry Del Val archpriest of st.
Peters to succeed the late Cardinal
Rampolla, according to official an
nouncement made at Rome.
The entire village of Castel Guglial-
mi, Italy, was destroyed by fire ig'
nited by the overturning of a cook
stove The 5000 inhabitants es-
capped without personal injury.
Joseph Chamberlain, the venerable
British statesman, has decided to re-
tire from parliament at the next gen
eral election. He has served conttnu-
ously as a member of the House OF
Commons since 1876, all this time rep
resenting West Birmingham.
Turning their backs on Mexico, the
ragged soldiers and generals of the
Mexican federal army, routed by the
rebels from Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite
Preside, Tex, began their strange
march toward Fort Bliss at Ell Paso,
Tex, where they are to be kept indefi-
nitely as wards of the United States
government.
The Norwegian authorities received
from the French tribunal the decree
of arrest and a demand for the extra
dition OF Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the
American artist, and Miss Charlotte
Herman, who are charged with kid
naping Earle's eight-year-old son from
school in France. 1t is understood
the demand will be granted.
Japan is heroically meeting a double
affliction-famine in the north and
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in
the south. Ten million people are in
need of food in northern Hondo and
Hokkaido and there have been many
deaths from starvation. In the south
the islands of Kiushiu and Shikoku are
in the grip of seismic disturbances.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
STATE GAINS BIG sum
WHEN SUPREME COURT SUs-
TAINS ASSESSMENT RAISE.
Colorado Justices Declare Commission
and Board of Equalization Acts
Are Legal.
Effect of pecision.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH NEWS
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Thomas j. Peoples, attorney general
murder at Columbia.
Government cooperation has been
obtained by San Francisco in dealing
with her unemployed.
Finished lumber, dry kilns and
sheds valued at $25O,OOO were des-
troyed by fire at Los Angeles.
The fourth trial of DR.. B. Clarke
Hyde, charged with the murder OF
Col. Thomas Swope, was postponed
again and set for Jan. 10.
A Salt Lake paper says that the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad is Pre-
pairing to move its general offices
from Denver to Salt Lake City.
The Riverside plant of the U. S.
Steel corporation resumed operations
in full at Wheeling, w. Va, after an
idleness of four months. APPROX
mately 5000 men are affected.
There are no bad boys by nature,
they are made bad by circumstances.
it was argued by Jacob Riis, in an ad-
dress before the national conference
Mich.
While driving his locomotive fifty
five miles an hour, George S. Perry OF
Seattle, engineer of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul's fast overland
train, the Olympian, dropped dead OF
heart disease at his throttle.
A movement to build a million-dol-
hn
memory of Gen. Andrew Jackson,
hero of the battle of New Orleans and
seventh president of the United States
was launched at a banquet at Nash
vile, Tenn.
Roger OMara, trustee for the es-
tate of Harry X. Thaw, and his conf
Dental adviser, said in Pittsburg that
formed for Thaw if he is released on
bail he would probably come to Pitts
burg and go into business.
Burr l.. Harris, young negro SEN
fenced to be hanged Feb. 13 for the
murder of Mrs. Rebecca Gay, Chris
tian Science practitioner in Los An
geles, confessed at Sacramento that
he also killed and robbed C. e. Pen
dell, a Los Angeles diamond broker.
Fourteen fresh eviction suits,
coupled with a blizzard and the first
break in the union ranks at Ahmeek
village in the northern part of the
strike district, coused Western FEEDER
alton of Miners leaders TO shake their
heads obviously at Houghton, Mich.
Stephen Godo of st. Louis, who a
few days ago advertised in the news
papers offering his children for sale
his daughter Margaret, six, for $4,000
and his son Stephen. Jr., eight, for ST.
600, declared he would not take mil
lion for either one. In fact, he would
not sell them and all because he has a
job.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
Mine Death Was Unavoidable.

Victor.-A coroner's jury held an in
quest into the death of Benjamin R.
Crump, twenty-four years old, the
miner killed at the Dead Pine mine by
the falling of loaded bucket The in
quest was held in the city council
chambers. Six witnesses were eX-
amined by Assistant District Attorney
Guy hewitt The verdict was that the
accident was unavoidable. Funera!
services for Crump were held and the
body sent to Clark, Mo-
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17

All assessments must be made on
fun cash value basis.
Right of State Board of Equaliza-
tion to equalize between counties by
increasing aggregate values as well
as reducing them, is upheld.
New state revenue laws and law
creating Colorado Tax Commission
held constitutional
Power of state authorities to pre-
vent under-asse ssment of property
by assessors for political or other
purposes is recognized.
Amounts of taxes paid by each in
diVidual will be the same as they
would have been under the old sys-
tenn.
State government will receive rev.
enue of which it has hitherto been
deprived by under assessments OF
county officers.
Denver pays $19,9OS less in taxes
to state government this year than
last year.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
Soldier Shoots strlkebreaker,

Walsenburg.-Th first fatal gun
shot fired by militiaman in the strike
zone, occurred near the Cameron mine
when John German, 27, strikehreak-
er, was shot in the stomach and killed
by Charles Obley, a private with Com
pany First Infantry from Fort Col
Inns. according to information received
by the military authorities and mine
operators
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
Ranchman Killed in Water Dispute

Yampa.-John F. McWilliams, 55, a
wealthy bachelor living near Yampa,
was fatally shot through the head by
George Williams, a neighbor. The
shooting took place at the home of
McWilliams, near Yampa, and was the
result of a quarrel over water rights,
which originated last summer.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
stork Seems Partial to Girls.

Boulder.-There were 176 births to
107 deaths in the rural districts out
side Of Boulder, according to the re-
port made public by A. E. Howe, reg
istrar. Twenty-Five more girl babies
were born than boys.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
Reward Offered for Cattle Thieves.

Grand Junction.-In a determined
effort to stop cattle stealing in Mesa
county the Cattle Owners Protective
Association has offered rewards aggre-
eating $500 for the arrest and con-
viction of those who have stolen ap-
proximatelly $1,000 worth of cattle
during the last few months.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
Coal Strike Cases All Continued,

Trinidad-All criminal cases grow
ing out of the present coal strike were
continued until the March term in the
District Court on motion of f. w.
Clark, attorney of the United Mine
Workers of America.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-01-17
Lafayette Man Shot and Killed.

Lafayette.-An unidentified assassin
shot and killed Marcelino Gaguez, a
Mexican beet worker, on the main
street of Lafayette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
STR|CTEST SECRECY
IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES
Story Of Engagement Reaches
New York in Private Cable
gram From Abroad. 4

New York, Aug. 10.-Private cable
adVices received here report that a
1otilla Of German torpedo boats has
attacked British warships in the
Humber, the waterway to Hull, on the
east coast of England, sinking four of
them. The report adds that "a num-
Der of German torpedo boats were
lost"
These advices, closely following the
statement of the British admiralty
that the first news of the war might
be ~unfavOrable, indicate there has
been more serious contact between
the naval forces of Germany and Eng
land than those officially announced
by the admiralty.
The private report would indicate
that vessels other than torpedo boats
were involved in the engagement and
that some Of the more powerful boats
have suffered damage. 1t is possible
the British admiralty had knowledge
of this naval engagement when the
prediction was made by Mr.. Churchill.
The private advices fail to state the
time the reported engagement took
place and the number Of dead and
wounded is not included in the dis.
match
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
GERMANY DENIES
BELGIAN VICTORY

Berlin, Aug. 1o.-An official an:
nouncement BY the German govern.
ment says: ,
) "On Wednesday the German ad-
n guards penetrated along the
entire Belgian frontier. A small de.
tachment tried "a coup de main with
great holiness at Liege.
Some of the cavalry entered Liege
with the intention of Selling the com
mander of the forces, who only saved
himself by fight.
can attempt on the fortress itself,
the Notifications of which are mod
ern, was gupsuccessful. Our troops
are before the fortress, in contact
with the enemy.
A hostile foreign press will char
acterize the enterprise, which cannot
in the slightest influence the larger
operations,.ass defeats It, however,
is only a unique act Of heroism in the
history. of war and a sign Of the
heroic gallantry of our troops" r
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
|kAISER's TROOPS ARE
SLOWLY ADVANCING
Belgian Losses Said to Be
About 0ne-FouIth That Of
Their Antagonists.

Brussels, Aug. 10.-When his de-
mand for a twenty-four-hour. armis-
tice to collect the wounded and bury
the dead" was refused General Won
Emmich, the German commander, or
dered his entire army against Liege.
The Seventh, Ninth and Tenth corps
are engaged and the battle line en-
braces the entire chain of the Liege
Notifications. d. -. <
The slaughter is terrible rs the
Belgian fire is deadly. The Germans
are advancing over open spaces, that
have been accurately mapped and the
range determined by the Belgians.
German field artillery, mortars and
siege guns are in action, pouring
thousands of exploding shells into the
Belgian fortress.
General Goudneur said the request
for an armistice was intended. to per-
nit the Germans to hurry up two adj
ditional army corps that were press
ing forward from Cologne. .
He says the Germans have been out
witted at every point to date.
The Belgians have apparently fall
en- back defeated and whenever the
Germans have rushed forward they
have been trapped. This ruse has
worked several times, he claims.
In addition several regiments of
German cavalry, who had managed to
cross the Mouse, were surprised by
Belgians and literally cut to pieces.
Those not, killed or wounded were
forced to surrender. p.
General .Goudneur reported to the
war Office that up to the present the
entire Belgian losses have totaled
only 5000 men in killed and wound
ed as, against 10000 to the Germans.
Germans Continue Advance.
The Germans are, reported as con-
tinuing their advance en- .masse de-
spite the heavy losses sustained.
Il is believed here they desire to
overwhelm the Belgian forces by
sheer weight of numbers. 1t is be-
lieved the German advance is being
led by portions of the Seventh army
corps, which is commanded by Gen
eral ~Eimmen Ditmaler and by the
flower of General Won Emmich's Tenth
corps, with the Ninth corps, that has
already borne the brunt of the fight
and suffered heavy losses, held in re-
serve. That the Germans intend to
capture Liege is indicated by the re-
ports that further r~einforcements
have been brought up.
In addition other German armies
are moving to reinforce the army that
invaded Luxembourg.
The French forces are moving
through Belgium as rapidly as posi-.
BILE and it is reported at the war Office
that the advance guard of 200, 900
Frenchmen have already effected a
junction with the Belgian army at a
point not made public.
It is known that French and Ger
man skirmishers have been in contact
at Marrehan and this is believed here
to be the prelude to serious fighting
there. ,'-
The Germans are continuing their
display of, wonderful bravery. In the
face of the fire from the fort guns
they have been steadily pushing their
lines forward and, although repulsed
in general charges, have been able to
bring their artillery much closer to
the Belgian forts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
LUSITANIA ELUDES
GERMAN CRUISERS

Liverpool, Aug. 10.-After a dash
across the ocean, during which she
the Cunard liner Lusitania is expect
ed to arrive here within a few hours
unless she meets with some mishap
in the last stage of her voyage.
Wireless messages from the Lusi-
tania state that she is making excel
lent time. She steered southwark out
of her regular course after being
warned that a German cruiser was
waiting near the regular lane to in
tercHDt her.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
IS DAMAGED
BY COMMANDMENT
~

Stockholm, Aug. 1O.-The captain
of a schooner which has arrived from
Libau, having sailed from the Rus
sian port on Aug. 4, reports a heavy
bombardment of Libau by the German
fleet and that the ~fOrtresses were
badly damaged but still holding out.
He saw no warships on the voyage.
All the stores and the wharves at
Hango, Finland, were burned, having
been blown UP by Finn apd Russian
troops. 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
PICTURES TO
T. ADVERTISE STATE
Continued from Page ~

venient to the business and wholesale
district and to those who would find
it necessary to do business at the
postoffice. Under the free delivery
system in vogue in your city, very
few women and children, especially
the youngsters of minor age-have
business at the %postoffice, except in
connection with business interests,
of the city, SO the question of having
a postoffice located in the geograph-
ical center is worthy of but little con-
sideration.
Favored by 80 Per Cent.
cit is said that about ninety per
cent of your business men favor this
site and their judgment appears
good from a practical, economic and
standpoint.
Reasonable arguments could
doubtless ibe advanced favoring the
location of the building elsewhere by
parties interested in selling a par
ticular site, but these parties should
realize that in the very lear future
their lots will be in big demand for
other. purposes at double the price
they would be compelled to accept in
a competitive bid.
ssThe broad view, regardless of per-
sonal interests, should be adopted at
this time, and the u%noccupied block
north Of the railway stations utilized.
for the building of a postoffice."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
TW0 GIRLS AND BOY KILLED
Meet Death in Attempting to Cross
Railway Tracks.

Glassboro, N. j. Aug. 10.--Two
girls and a boy were killed by an At
lantic City electric express train here
when they attempted to drive across
the tracks of the West Jersey and
Seashore railroad. The dead are:
Harriet Homon, eleven years old;
Harry Fomon,, fifteen years, and Har.
riet Latin, eighteen years old.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
RUSSIA PUTS BLAME
FOR WvvAAR0AGERMANY

St. Petersburg, Aug. 10.-The gov.
eminent has published the official
papers in connection with the nego-
tiations between Russia and Ger:
many preceding the war. 1t is said
that they show~Russ;a's pacific inten-
tons to the lest and fix complete re-
spcnsibility for the war on Germany.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL?
Many Bemidji People Know The I'm
portance Of Healthy Kidneys.

Many Bemidji People Know The I'm.
portance Of Healthy Kidneys.
The kidneys filter the blood.
They workfFnight and day. -.
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Weak kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney iii should be neglected.
There is possible danger in delay.
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out,
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
italy to Urge Mediation.

Rome, Aug. 1O.-President Wilson's
offer lof mediation In the European
conflict is warmly received by the
Italian government and will be heart
ily supported should the o%pportunity
osdfer for its application,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
ON STREETS or ANTWERP
Belgian Troops Parade With German
Helmets on Bayonets.

Rotterdam, Aug. 10.-Returning
from the front the Ninth regiment of
the army defending Liege paraded
through the streets Of Antwerp car
rying German helmets upon their
baionets.
With their tokens of victory the
regiment aroused the people of Ant
werp to a frenzy Of patriotic entnu-
siasm.. Vast thronws cheered and
wept as the regiment mare he'll through
the city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-10
AuSTR|ANS DRIVEN
FROM SERWAN SOIL

Nish, Seryia, Aug. 1O.-Not a single
Austrian soldier is now on Servian
soil, it was stated at the war Office.
The Austrians have been repulsed
at Semendra and all other points.
The row prince, heading the main
division of the Servian army, has as
sumed the offensive. directing a de-
termined attack against the Austrian
army.
It was officially announced that a
fServian army already has occupied
Foticha, in Bosnia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-04
Proper Thing Now Is TO
Peel Off Soiled Skin

Those who abhor sticky, greasy,
shiny. streaked compilations should
religiOusly avoid creams, powders
and rouges during the heated days.
There's no need for them. anyway.
since the virtues of mercolized wax
have become known. No amount
of perspiration will produce any
evidence that you've been using the
wax. As 1t is applied at bedtime
and washed off i'm the morning. the
complexion never looks like a
makeup. Mercolized wax gradually
takes off a bad complexion, instead
of adding anything to make it
worse. It has none of the disad-
vantages of cosmetics and accom-
plishes much more In keeping the
complexion beautifully white, sat
my and youthful Just get an
ounce of IL at your druggists and
see what a few days treatment will
do. Use It like cold cream.
Another effective summer treat
ment-heat tending to cause wrin-
kles and flabbiness-is skin
tightener made by dissolving I OF.
powdered saxolite in u pt. witch
hazel. Its use Gas a face BATH
leaves no trace.
Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-04
BERRY FESTO
FOR VASHION

Arrangements are well under
way for the annual strawberry
festival, to be held at Lisabeula
June 20, under the direction of
the Federation of Clubs of Wash
on Island. The commercial bodies
of Seattle, Tacoma, Duwamish,
Puyallup and Sumner have been
asked to cooperate in making the
festival even more of success
than it has been in previous
years. II is expected that the
attendance will exceed 5000.
Governor Lister and Mayor Gill
of Seattle and Mayor Fawcett of
Tacoma have been invited.
Lisabeula is on the west pass,
the scenic waterway between
Seattle and Tacoma.