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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-09
NATIONS SECRET FOES
SHOULD BE CRUSHED.
Gravest Danger to Country Comes
From Within Our Own Borders.

Gravest Danger to Country comes
From Within Our Own Borders.
have spoken to you today, gentle
men. upon single theme, the thor
ough preparation of the nation to care
for its own security and to make sure
OF entire freedom to play the impair.
tial role in this hemisphere and in the
world which we all believe to have
been providentially assigned to it.
have had in my mind no thought Of
any immediate or particular danger
arising out Of our relations with other
nations. We are at peace with all the
nations of the world. and there is rea.
son to hope that no question in con.
tro1rrsy between this and other gov.
err.Nents vii! lead to any serious
breach OF nmicable relations, grave as
some differences of attitude and policy
have been and may yet turn out to be.
] am sorry to say that the gravest
threats against our national peace and
safety have been uttered within our
own borders. There are citizens Of the
United States, | blush to admit, born
under ether flags, but welcomed under
our generous naturalization laws to the
full freedom and opportunity of Amer.
lea. who have poured the poison Of dis.
loyalty into the very arteries of our
national life, who have sought to bring
the authority and good name Of our
government into contempt. to destroy
our industries wherever they thought
1t effective for their vindicuve pur.
poses to strike at them and to debase
our politics to the uses of foreign in.
trigue. Their number is not great as
compared with the whole number OF
those sturdy hosts by which our ma.
ton has been enriched In recent gen.
erations out of virile foreign stocks,
but it is great enough to have brought
deep disgrace upon us and to have
made 1t necessary that we should
promptly make use Of processes Of law
by which we may be purged OF their
corrupt distempers.
America never witnessed anything
like this before. 1t never dreamed 1t
possible that men sworn into its own
citizenship, men drawn out of great
free stocks such as supplied some Of
the best and strongest elements of that
little. but how heroic, nation that In a
high day of old staked Its very life to
free itself from every ENHANCEMENT
that had darkencd the fortunes of the
o.Gcr nations ald set up new stand.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-09

Washington, Dec. 7.--President Will
to-day. dealing mainly with national
defense. proclaimed an advanced Am
ericansm growing from the guardian
ship of the Monroe doctrine to The
full and honorable association" of al,
the Americas.
Although i'm the longest address he
has yet delivered to Congress the
President touched upon variety of
subjects the predominating note was
the necessity of a policy OF military
preparedness to meet the readiust
ments Of the next generation as they
will affect the American continent
lie emphasized his point by saying.
Unless YOU take 1t within YOUR
view and permit the full Significance
Of 1T to command your thought, / cam
not find the right light in which to
set forth the particular matter that
lies at the very front of my whole
thought as | address you to-day
mean national defense.
ATTACKS NEUTRALITY VIOLATORS
The point was not overshadowed
when the President. in the most UNI
measured terms he ever has employed
before Congress, denou ced naturalized
Americans who by their sympathes
for the European belligerents have
endangered American neutrality
While Congress cheered him loudly
he referred to them as having poured
the poison of disloyalty into the very
arteries of our national life" and as
those who would turn in malign re-
action against the government and
people who had welcomed and nur.
tured Them With evidences of deep
feeling the President expressed "the
even deeper humiliation and score
which every self-possessed and
thoughtfully patriotic American must
feel when he thinks of them and of
the discredit they are daily bringing
upon u.s."
While the Presidents outline of tn
administration plan for the army an,
navy passed without ripple of applause
and his references to Pan-Americanisn
were punctuated only with evidences o
approval. republicans and democrat
alike Joined in an emphatic demonstration
at his words Of condemnation for thos
he assaied so unreservedly.
The President took up Pan-Americanisn
at the very outset Of his message.
IAN the governments Of America" sal,
he. stand, so far as We are concerned
upon a footing of genuine equality an,
unquestioned importance We retain un
abated the spirit which was so frankl,
put into words by President Monroe. w
still mean to make a common cause o
national independence and OF politica
liberty in America but that purpose i
now better understood so far as it con
Germs ourselves"
DEMONSTRA OF APPROVAL.
Frequent demonstrations of approval
greeted the Presidents declaration of tn,
| manifest duty of America to renal,
| studiously neutral toward the warrin!
| nations abroad, his assertion of friend
| ship for Mexico, his urgent recommends
| lions for an increased merchant ma rine
the suggestion OF legislation for further
| ing the interests OF the people Of tn
Philippines and Porto Rico and his rec
concentrations for increasing government
revenues.
But chief attention centered about tn
| delineation Of the plans for national de
Tense. the proclamation of Pan-Amercan
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-09
"PAN-AMERICANI.SM
AND PREPAREDNESS"
PRESIDENTS TEXT

Annual Message to Congress Proclaims Ad-
vanced Nationalism Growing Out of Monroe
Doctrine and eliminating in the Full and
Honorable Association of All the Americas
Naturaized Americans with Sympathies for
European Belligerents Are Denounced in No
Uncertain Terms
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

sions of parts, and thus standard
izing their own product so far
as their own factories were con-
cerned. Thus in case of break
age on any part of a buggy it was
easy to obtain an extra part that
exactly fitted, but this had to be
obtained either from the manu-
facturer of the buggy or one of
the dealers representing him.
The executive committee of the
Carriage Builders National Asso-
citation has now recommended
that a standardized buggy should
be adopted by the trade and that
this buggy, wherever it is
made, should conform in all its
parts to a standard set of specifi-
cations drawn upunder the direc-
ton of the association special
committee.
AS soon as this buggy is put on
the market by the different
manufacturers, all dealers in
vehicles and hardware, in cities,
towns and villages, and even the
crossroads blacksmiths, will
carry a supply of the standard
lied parts. 1t will then no longer
be necessary for a buggy owner
to hunt up a particular manu-
facturer or dealer when he is in
need of a spare or repair part,
as all dealers everywhere will
keep in stock the axles, wheels,
bolts, springs and other compo-
nents of the buggy, every part
guaranteed to fit without alter
alton or adjustment into it's appro-
pirate place in the standard
buggy.
In order to show to what extent
the new buggy will be standard
lied, it may be said that if a
dozen of the vehicles were dis
assembled and the parts thrown
into one heap, it would be pos
sible to pick out the different
parts at random, and reassemble
the pieces into dozen complete
buggies, each of which would be
identical with the others and
perfectly fitted in all their parts.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

1u6 value VI COWS, OIlGL CdCClc,
sheep and swine is estimated
The value of cows, other cattle,
sheep and swine is estimated in
this state higher than the aver
age in the United States; but
horses and mules are worth less
here than the average throughout
the country.
With childlike confidence in its
lofty purpose to play politics on
the peoples money, the repub-
lican management of the legis-
lature is jockeying with several
bills in hope to shear off some of
the states appointive offices
from the governors Watchful
control. The governor recon-
mends the adjustment and con-
solidation of several offices, on
the ground that it would save
money and retain the same eff
cheney. The Reeves bills intro
duced in the house followed the
governors plan.
But the republicans, taking
time from their labors to delve
into their own political desires,
have now sprung the McArdle
bills to take the appointment of
several officers from the gov
ernor, and place several depart
ments in the hands of the pres
ent republican officials.
1t seems that the governors
record for efficiency, while pleas
ing to the taxpayers, is not
pleasing to those who have been
working for some republican
as governor for next term. Lister
has made good too mucn so IN
the departments under him, and
if these departments are placed
under republican management,
the governor will not have any
chance to show that he actually
practiced any economy during
FOUR years of his term.
Some time the people of this
state will sit down tight on the
manipulations of politicians in
state affairs. Economy and eff
cheney are needed more than
party intrigues for personal per-
quisites.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

Hitherto each manufacturer of
buggies has had "a law unto him
self" as regards the styles of his
product and the dimensions of
different parts entering into the
construction of his vehicles. The
result of this practice did not
work out as badly as might be
imagined, because, although
there was no definite agreement
as to Standardization of parts,
the large makers of buggies early
saw the advantage of adhering
to particular styles and dimen-
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

providing for the transportation
of alien insane patients of Wash
ington insane hospitals back to
their native countries. There
are 450 of these aliens, according
to Governor Lister, in the West
ern institution and $50 in the
Eastern Washington asylum. 1t
requires an appropriation of $75,
900 to deport them, which is
just one-half the amount the
state pays to keep them one year.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

And then came
The jitney bus!
What will be left
For future generations
To discover?
Is it possible
That the year 1915
Will go
Into history
AS marking the epoch
In transportation?
Shades
Of the old streetcar horse!
Who ever heard
Of a jitney bus
Until it came round the corner
The other day?
One day all is peaceful
On the car tracks;
The next day,
Death
To the conductors rakeoff.
Why is a jitney,
Anyway?
And how
Did it get here just now,
When the legislature
Peace be to it
Is engaged in spending
The rest of your money!
With streetcars
In the middle of streets,
And jit busses
On both sides,
And aircraft above,
And subways beneath,
What is the use
Of trying to travel the streets
When everybody else
Is going, too?
Just as we'll
Stay at home
And save the jit
And wait
Until the buildings
Are put on wheels
And passed along
Before your door
For five cents.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

To carry out the pledges of
the republican platform, enuncia-
ted at the last state convention,
a bill was introduced this week
amending the election laws of
the state of Washington. The
republican convention in its
platform asked that radical chan
ges be made, one of which was
that each person registering as a
voter should then and there de-
clare his party affiliations as one
of the essentials establishing his
eligibility to vote.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

In the first budget ever SUBJ
mitted to Washington legisla-
ture, Governor Ernest Lister
pruned nearly a quarter of a
million dollars from appropria-
tions for all departments and in
stitutions under his supervision
as compared with appropriations
for these departments two years
ago. This big reduction is in line
with the governors pronounced
economy policy. The budget
system instituted by Governor
Lister will, in all Likelihood, here
after be a feature of legislative
sessions, as it gives that body a
definite idea of the administra-
tion's costs.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

The marvel of direct conver-
sation from ocean to ocean is a
reality. Republican leaders can
now communicate direct with
Wall street to find out what is
required of them.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

this article prepared for the use
of the english classes of the colv
lille high school is the first of a
series intended to demonstrate if
possible the necessity of a prop
er understanding of methods in
punctuation capitalization and pa
ragraphing the english language
has changed in many ways since
the day of chaucer and were bac
on or even ruskin suddenly plac
ed in the proofroom of a modern
daily he would find marked
change in the stylebook of all pc
ople in this day the high school
graduate should understand the
art of english the science of lang
uage and the history of symbolic
expression are not by any means
so vital as the ability to use at lie
asst one language properly EXPIRE
ssively and fuently capitalization
is supposed to conform to defnit
e rules yet the number of rule
makers creates CONSERVATION in
the mind of the student punctuat
ion is said to be open or close yet
the ad writer will use dashes in
defiance of other peoples rules
and his work is often most effect
i've paragraphing is the whim of
the writer but may be used to
heighten or lessen the relative
Importance of a sentence one sa
fe rule is to use short clear sente
noes which directly express the
idea desired to be conveyed yet
as in speech the same wording or
manner of expression is not equa
lily effective to all persons or for
all purposes lincoln in his clear
portrayal of ideas by short sente
noes has reached millions of peop
lie many of whom grasp only the
thought overlooking his wonderf
ul style of expression which proc
laimed his forceful character its
now matter of necessity for
most people to properly handle
english with all its peculiarities
knowing where to put the apost
rophe in such words as mems wo
mems childrens peoples etc and
being able by the use of punctuati
on marks to bring out the meant
ng intended
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

Following Governor Listers
recommendation in his message,
the house committee on appro-
priations has authorized a bill
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

With Big Business and a few
professional politicians casting
anxiously about to discover a
possible republican presidential
candidate, the common people
are beginning to wonder why all
this anxiety on the part of the
certain few.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

The unavoidable delay in the
issue of last weeks Examiner
had it's compensations. The
editor was plainly shown that
the paper is looked for by its
subscribers. We only wish that
each advertiser could have heard
the stream of inquiries which
came in by phone and person,
wanting to know why the Exam
iner did not come. 1t might
have shown the advertisers that
a paper which people are willing
to pay for in advance, is one
wanted by the readers, and is
therefore one peculiarly fitted
to carry their store news to the
class of people who pay for what
they get. The 20 columns of tax
summons which had to go in last
weeks paper is sufficient answer
to the query of why the paper
was late.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-02-06

The U. S. department of agri-
culture estimates the number of
head, and average value per head,
of livestock in Washington, Jan.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-20
suFFERAoE ooRIveo AT New YORK

Now that the woman suffrage amendment has been ently but firmly rejected the suffragists will turn their real of pushing their propaganda the three 'ozen that have yet succumbed Hardly had he congressiona lvote been when the first fired in what will be the biggest battle of the CIV campagn-the fight for equal suffrage clause in ne new constitution to be written this year for the New ork state.
 It is uncertain what influence the women win exert n the constitutional convention which will apparently dominated by of the ablest and conserya- ve lawyerstatesman of York city. It is uncertain oo strong hold sufferage has the public of the Empire State The noise made by the suffrage move uent in New York may possibly be misleading It must remembered that the ablest suffrage workers natur fly grayitate the metropolis, and that national activ y How deeply the doctrine has been peue ated among the masses to be Large funds aye been raised for the cause in New York but in of the wealth available for sutferge eyes that may uevise be an untrustworthy index to public sentiment Whether they represent a majority of their fellow omen or not the New York sufferagetsa eager ana onfident And if they win, the carrying of the bgges tate will give them such prestige and momentum tha oost of the other states might be bowled like nine pins.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-20
ExAooeRArINo UNEMPLOYMENT

A church organization interested in relieving un. employment announced other day after supposedly careful investigation that there were in New York City at least 526OOO people of work It appalling statement If true it means that in city there were between 2OOoOoo and 3OOOOOO people-ncluding the workers and their dependents existing without earn ings and presumably without incomes It meant that half he residents of the metropolis i'm cnt want About the same time it announced in Cleveland that there were 6OooO unemployed in that city making almost as large proportion of residents without income Similar statements have been made in other communities of the East South and Middle West
 It is we'll then. in view of the wide publicity given these alarming reports to observe that subsequent care full review of the New York labor situation by nor authoritative agency developed the fact that the prob able number of people work only about 2oo 0OO Even that amount of unemployment is distressing enough and sufficient reproach to society. with it's inevitable background of poverty hopelessness, sickness immortality and death But it is sheer wckedness to ex aegerate the evil New York anywhere else It is libel to American industry It is knethrust in the bach Of reyying business
 Our people are at last awake to the menace of un employment and are graphing with it manfuly and rauonaIy than ever before They are planning and working with newborn confidence that unwilling idle ness is not inevitable and that they may hope to find remedy Let us not discourage either the victims of tho industrial mggernaut or those who trying to hell tem by representing the evil as overwhelming
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-20
coNvERrlNe pHlLApELpAlA

Billy Sunday is busy converting Philadelphia It is obvious that he has man.size job his hands but BIy equal to it. Though he hardly be oected to wake up the whole city to of it's sin uness and a desire for repentance, he is persuading a goody proportion of that corrupt and contentedr municipality to Init the sawdust trail to glory Regular hurch methods may trei rthousands of converts the old ballplayers circus performances the pull 't have their thousands immense audiences fall yer themselves in their eagerness to reach the r's bench when the Rev Billy gives the word
 It's thoroughly interesting phenomenon, this sue ess of the od-fashioned? campmeetng revival spirit Yielded by an eloquent eccentric autocratic slang hanging evangelist What is the secret of it? Mostly doubt the compelling personality of Billy Sunday mselG He has proved himself the most powerful reacher in America today Maybe he is our greatest rator The supreme test of oratory is its power to nove crowds take the people fin the mass. with all differences asd hosulites, and fuse them together and uake them do what the orator wants them to do. Who se make 10000 auditors laugh and weep in unison Sunday can? Or who else draw audiences of 2o- co right along day after day?
 He has rare magnetic force and with it the gift of 2nsuage and the genius of the actor Billy isn't elegant
 his dCuOn. He prefers slang mterspersed with oll- ngsgae to the Presidents English But in slang. his sportlngpage savonarola can rise to heights of yid and elevated eoquence.
 If Billy Sunday himself is unique the gospel he the simple old doctrine of sin and sal- ation that has done duty for nineteen centuries. He roves that the gospel stin has life in it. Men and omen are falling away from their faith the churches halfded and losing influence tpe younger genera on is growing up in careless agnostcism; many { our religious leaders hold that interpretation z Christianity is needed a modern application of it 9 meet the problems of our new industrial society And ct along comes this rowdy roaring evangelist and veeps sinners into his by thousands and tens of lousands. in the good old fashion.
 Do such reyiyals really do good in the long run2 Hs a theme of endless debate Billy Sundays gongs a scandal to good church folk who prefer quiet sdery methods in religious work But Billy keeps right converting hardened sinners with growing enthusi sm and confidence in his mission and nurses the ann iton of bringing its knees even New York the modern abyon And what is anybody doing to do about it?
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-20

uation if the work not real and great one with deeply interested persons backing it. There is real apos toic zeal in the matter Is 1t not after a great mfs application of and waste labor to try to teach aged to read?" asked one of Mrs Stewart on the idea that the energy would accomplish SO much if devoted the teaching of youth "Oh mo-" was the reply mot when it be the of the old son enjoying his Bible for one year"
 No initeracy in Kentucky after 1920" is the slo gan of Kenucky's educational forces
 It's a splendd program they have lad out Why limit it Kentucky? Why not No iteracy in any state after l92O?" Why determined effort to open the gates to all?