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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-15
War Order.

Customer-Here, waiter Where.
are the olives? Hold on. Bring me a
half a melon and some cracked ice.
The Waiter Qoudly)-Dumdums,
half bombshell and bowl of shrap-
neli-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-15
g large and steady increase:

These vast expenditures are partly
due to a policy of expansion of the
states activities far beyond what was
formerly conceived to be the proper
function of government, to lack of
business system in organizing these
activities, and to the further fact that
the legislatures have been too gener-
Gus In their appropriations for the
support of the several public institu-
lions.
From the report of the Tax Com
mission, learn that the total amount
of taxes for local and state govern
ment for the fiscal year ending June
so, 1914, aggregates nearly fifty-two
and one-half million dollars. The fol-
lowing table shows the amount de-
rived from each source classified ac-
cording to the system of taxation
which produced it:
General property tax ...$41, 1868 90
Corporation taxes ...... S,437, 10000
Incoms tax ...... 1850, 1880
Inheritance tax ........ 45S,903.00
Total $50, 444, 1890
These figures show why the people
are complaining of high taxes and
are clamoring for change in the poll
cies that have produced such enor-
nous expenditures.
Public institutions that have been
recipients of too liberal appropriations
may not be willing to have their tinan-
cial support cut down, and we may
reasonably expect strong opposition to
any effort to inaugurate a financial
policy that will conform to the de-
mands of the people. However, | re-
gard my election as governor as CON
tract with the people to reduce the
expenditures of the state government
TO a reasonable basis, and / propose to
fulfill that promise so far as it is with
An the power of the executive to do So.
Boards and Commissions.
| One of the tendencies or our state
government In recent years has been
10 create large number of commits
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-15
Expectina More Turn-powns

II understand that Jack has BEEN
thrown over by no fewer than three
girls he's been engaged to-"
Eyes; he's working now on an adj
Unstable engagement ring
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-15

Permf me to suggest to you that
there is no demand in this state at
this time for much new legislation.
The legislatures that have assembled
here in recent years were evidently
possessed with the idea that every
human i'll can be corrected by statute.
The last legislature seemed to be par
ticularly active. 1t remained in ses-
sion for eight months and passed 778
laws.
Laws that are not supported by pub
lie sentiment or for which there is no
general demand are but poorly OBJ
served; and non-observance of the law
creates contempt for all law This
legislature can render the people a
service by removing from the statute
books a large number of laws that are
useless because public opinion does
not support them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-27
LIE Truppe Italiane S'Impa-
droniscono Di Quattro
Citta'Austriache.

LIE truppe ftaliane hanno attrayer-
sato la frontiera, invadendo l'Austria.
Esse 81 .sono .impadronite di 'quattro
citta' della Gorilla: Cervignano, Cor.
monz, Terzo e Caporetto. Gil Italiani
hanno attraversato ii fiume Isonzo 9
sono entrati in terra austriaca, senza
incontrare una seria resistenza. Esst
formano un fronte lungo quaranta
miglia g gil ABSTRACT 81 vanno RITZ
rando davanti ad essi, distruggendo !
ponti e radendo al suolo tutti ] fab
bricati che possono essere di gtoya.
mento al nostri per propositi militari.
In parecchi puntf lungo la Inca |
nostri furono ricevuti da un debole
fuoco d'artiglieria,, ma appena ris.
posero al fuoco; videro gil Austiaci
ritirarsi prontamente. II
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'mentre sonnecchiaya I'abtlitn ooll'-
esercito Eitaliano d ianriaEa un'oden-
silva nello sspa1io dt Sc ore doro n
dichiarazlones della SusgrA aembfa In
dicare 3Ienormef qunntita di lnroro
compito In uuestif lltiini dfeci meal dal
generate Cadornn, comendante In eapn
di lutte lie forze az tertas una tale
svelte1Ia puo'ben pRFasonafai = Queile
della Germanias quando eontncio' q
suo attaccoK sui Belgtos
Cervignano. euno del paesI oceurad
dagli Italian. 81 troYa colo q diect
miglia dai Trieste d eouanicato On.
Vienna taco questof q parla solo delt a.
gliatamente della sepraa fatta dnlln
truppe aerea austTiaea snie cogte
oriental dellItalia, ennp1eEando
damn fattl ed Eenfat issando n poek
resistenza incontrata, 20 seopo delt'
Italia per ora e'di sloEgiAte n dott1
nemica dR Trieste, Iitntera nott9
austro-ungherese 81 Stroyes or nei porh
di Trieste, Pola, Eiume q Sepeh onicos
Ia costa adriaticR quIn6t deillKth
Irimane ben apertal ALI attAceM per
mare. FAlcuni percio tcred ono elie sia
per lItalia difflc he e seofugginlt4 81
bloccare una hot IN 1tttya 6 ben prov.
vista di sottomarint, come earebbe
diffcile per ,quRlunque nitfA hptta-
L'Italia ha peroil syantag gip che i, euo
eserclto, girando 10 costa m mcEt
mento circolare, puosy enite III auto
della propria fotta. PeroM rappoEtn
che un esercito saustro:tede8co q ata
avanzando lungo l,Adige assalendo
forse allie spalle lsessfeito italiano.
potrebbe interamen fur cambinge y
piano del, ltalia
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L.Assalto Ale 9 este
Tta1iane

Mentre l'Italfa 81 aspstta d. estete
assalita sulle scttta fort feates 81 aero
plant abstract non fannp altro. che
scorazzare lungo lie coates gettand0
dele bonnie sulle case del picccN
paesi, certo per non esgere melestat
dial fuoco del fortt. Una cannonfera
scoTtata da quattyo tor
.pediniere.s che ayeya tentato di bonn
bardare n porto al Baxlettas q che era
s:ata MESA I'm fuga dai cannoni dele
.fortezze della cittas Gu vita y motto
del 20 navigare Presto Gargano terri
bilmente isbandatas Acuni credono
che. STA difhclle per l'Itaiia d 8uardare
lutte lie sue coste sdat fEequent attac'
chi dell'Austria.
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NOTICE 70 Dissolve CORPORA:

81 ct . y q. . H
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting OF the stockholders of the
Reed Plumbing Company, corpora
ton created and organized under the
laws of the State of West Virginia
held at Fairmont on the Sth day OF
May, 1915, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, First. That the Reed
Plumbing Company, corporation ere:
'ated and organized under the laws OF
the State of West Virginia, does here
by discontinue business as a. corpora
ton and surrenders to said State its
charter and corporate franchises. The
Board Of Directors will proceed to
convert the property, chooses in action
and all assets Of this corporation into
cash, and pay off and discharge all Its
debts, liabilities and obligations; and
after fully discharging all such debts
liabilities and obligations, divide the
remainder among the stockholders pro
rata with their several holdings OF
stock, but no such payment shall be
made to any stakeholder until after
the publication Of the notice herein
after provided.
Resolved, Second. That the prest'
dent o. this corporation cause notice
of the adoption of the foregoing resolu-
.tiop to be published in the Fairmont
West Virginian, newspaper of gen
eral circulation published near the
principal Office or place of business OF
this corporation, once a week for four
successive weeks, and that he certify
these resolutions to the Secretary OF
State OF the State of West Virginia
and deliver to him certificate show
ing the publication OF said notice as
provided by law.
Given under my hand this 18th day
OF May, 1915.
President Of said Corporation.
q. E. LAYMAN,
Attest: w. C. LAYMAN, Secretary
May 20.27 June $40
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L'Azione Dell'Italia
Ahhreviera'la lInerra.

In Russia 81 crede che lentrata in
guerra dell'Italia abbreyiera'di motto
la durata della guerra. In quanto al
rapport di una pace separate della
Russia con l'Austria, numerosi tenta-
.tivi furono fattt da parte ell'Austria g
.dt attire nazioni, ma lutte fallirono, g
pare che pace Bia impossible.
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I'm Porto Austriaco
ROmhardatO

Una nave italiana bombardo' Porto
Buso in fondo al mare adrtatico,
affondando parecchi battelli a yapore
e facendo fnoltrei47 prigionieri, fra cut
alcuni ufficiali, che stayano sbarcando
a Venezia,
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Preparatiyi Per Il Assalto
hi Trieste

L'esercito italiano 81 sta ASanzando
verso la piazza forte al Trieste e ten;
tando iiF accerchfarla Nello stcsBo
tempo las nostra flotta u IT. rr1
ando con azione sinultanee ad essanse
la citta' da Aparte del mare 81 spera
che la citta'sara,shbfto n naho Del
nostri.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

NOTICE.
We, the undersigned, agree to close
our meat markets at s p. m. during the
months OF June, July and August, ex:
cept Saturday evening.
CHAS.s c. RoBB,
WISE PROVISION CO.,
Il AMOS CLAYTON,
JEFFERSON MEAT MARKET,
SATTERFIELD & BINNS,
T. R. SNYDER.
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Moyimenti Del Nostro

Lesercito avanzantesi. mel territorio
austriaco e'composto di 900, 900 uomini;
essi stanno facendo rapid progressi 9
sono ARRIVAL a soil 10 migila da
Trieste, che, ell loro obbiettiyo. Nella
Ioro avanzata nostri hanno perduto
solo qualche uomo, esi dice che
piud'un soldato STA state sorpreso
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II Bombard Di
Xenezia. 4

Secondo attire Snotizie aRtyate sui
bombardamentof di Nenezia! fisulta
che due aeroplanis che appsfyetc hslIn
citta 'mattinas di 8lunedis dopo aver gIt'
tato undicl bonnie, causando spto
poctii damn, al print f1oehi ayuh n
risposta dai fortiS scappayono 9ih.
Presso Ancona una naRe austfiaea
mando'a fondo agcannpnate th battello
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.L'Italia Dale Ragioni Della

u y
L'ItaNa ha, indirizzato al governi
neutrali del monde una lunga comunt-
cazione owe spiega lie ragioni che
l'hanno indotta dichiarare Ia guerra
all,Aus.ria. Essa dichtara che l'aZione
dell'Austria ha disturbato pequtlibrto
del Balcani 9 la pace d Europea in tai
modo da ledere vitalmente glinteressi
dell'ltalia. Come alieata dell Austrta.
l'Italia asserisce che essa aveva II
diritto di essere consulate prima di
.mandare l'ultimatum, la notizia del
quale lie era pervenuta solo per mezzo
del giornali: Non avendo pol potuto OF:
.tenere diplomaticamente soddtsfaziont
all sue aspiration territoriah nazi-
onalI essa e'stata obbligata dichi-
arare la guerra che era lunico mezzo
per salvaguardare la sua posiEione
elEuropa.
Secondo termini del trattato della
,Triplice Alleanza nessuna dele partt
contrattanti poteva intraprendere
senza IL permesso dele attire alcun
passo la cul consequence potesse i'm.
pore del doveri allie attire due nazioni:
questo articolo fu violate dali Austria
quando mando' ALA Serbia la sua nota
del % luglio 1914, senza IN previo as.
sentimento dell'ItaIia; questo fatto
e'tanto piu'importante perche'la poll
tica ostinata dell'Austria contro la
Serbia dette origine ALA situazione
che direttamente tese ALA provoca!
zione di una guerra europea.
L'Austria cercava di guadagnar
tempo temporeggiando coll'Italia per
cinque mest, prima di venire ad una
concluslone, ed intanto l'Italia era
minacclata di perdere per sempre
Hopportunlta di realizzare lie sue
asplrazioni, basate sopra le tradizionf
g la nazionalita' ed II suo desiderio df
acquistare una sicura posizione nell
Adriatico, mentre attire contingenze
mel conflitto europeo minacciavano 1
suoi principal Interest," in altri mari.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

II goyernoN italiano M aperta una
leva per syolontari soto 20 ami 9
sopra & 90! Nello Htesso giorno IN
gran numeroa al Italian eorsero id
iscriversi, yolenterosi d partire j
fronte. Pareccllih nadrl 81 present
taronof in persona per aTrcilare /
propri igli:
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NoTIcE 10 STOCKHOLDERS.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nuaI meeting of the stockholders Of
the Farmers and Merchants Bank OF
Fairview, located at Fairview, Marion
county, w. Va, will be held at their
banking rooms in said town on Tues
day, June list, 1915, at I O'Clock p. M,
for the purpose OF transacting any and
all business which may regularly come
before such meeting.
Given under our hands this 1st day
Of May, 1916.
II. A. NELL, President.
E o. e. MORRIS, Cashier,
5.6.13-20.27,
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L,,lOdioED ell,A nstria .Contro

81 pensa che $lazione dell1taiia mel
dicharare ID guerra allsAuatrih abba
aVuto per effetto al untheare Yari
element dele nazionatt1 Auatro-
iungheresi. Non &c stato tanto senil
mento di'odio contro ItInghelterf1. is
Francia e. nemmeno contfo h Rus6lal
per quantoS &c; NE etato eontro italia
ecialmentes ma le razze sIaye.
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INSTRUCTIONS

MEN-our illustrated catalogue ex.
plains how We teach barber, trade in
few weeks; mailed free. Write Moler
Barber College, Cincinnati, Ohio.
5.22-6t-No. 1876.
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Due Morti 3 Quaranta
Ferifi.

I'm rapporto del mtnisfero dclia
guerra comunica do Roma che d
nostro esercito ebbe anora solo due
morti q 40 teritIS saIso n vero. r
impossibl etperJ ora aYerne noI1i.
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FOR QUICK RESULTS
HOUSES FOR RENT

49,
FOR RENT One Broom huuge near
j. street; East Park Ave. Gall l39
consol. prone. 5i26-St;;No. 147
FORREST-Jnue 10, groom house on
Walnut aYeaue, close in. Call Bell
phohe s1s:td. 5ss2.s.:So: 49,.
FOR RENI--Houses inquire OF f.
P.aKclley, office 206 Masn street.
Bell phones 1901 and 256:W.
5.19.mo,No. III
For RENT OR sALE-Brand new
four room house in Second ward.
Bath and pantry. Call Bell 679=N.
s-1S-Gtc&o. 1913
FOR RENT-Etght room house on Pier.
pOnt Ave. Apply J. G. MlllerA 5o7
jacobs Building: 6:19.12t-No. ls9
ron RENT-six room house with
bath on Sixth street, rear 500 Fair.
mont Ave. Inquire j. Y. Hamilton,
FairyEew, w. Va. 5.19.12t.No. 1S1
a u j :
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.FuRNrSE:HED ROOMS

FOR RENT Three furnished rooms
with use of bath and lava. Good
location; three minutes walk from.
court house. Apply al Hamilton
st. ,2t.So. l44
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms with
all improvements and home com.
forts. Private family. Inquire Tracs
ton Apartments. 5.22.st--No. 1876
FOR RENT-Furn!shed rooms with or
without light housekeeping. Mrs.
Robertson, corner Monroe and High
streets. 7-24-tf
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bUoLlIIiI373 VI : u 7 2 III -
FOR sAI-E-up.to-dat shoe storel
Main street location Falrmont; new
stock. cheap rent Must be sold At
nree Tor feasnns that can be sstisfacs
.foriiy EXPLAINED. Address Gs
Michael, BOX 12e. Bell phone Ss1SRs
sfs5s q 81 s.tf.No: 123l
INVEST some money and
take an active interest in q good!
business proposition in Fairmont. Ad:
dress Box 14s, West Virgfnian office:
5s27,8t.No. 14si
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d. 900 Prieiio Russi.

Icomunicati uffcIali df Berlino an
nunziano che lesercito tedesco ha
fatto presso Przempsl 81 900 Sprig zion:
ieri russi e sc imposse ssato di motif
cannoni. 81 riporta anche un'altra Wit
itoria del tedeschi nell estremoS slprd,
dove questi respinsero 4 Russi, cendo
2,240 prigionieri4e prendendo loro SO
cannoni. N Il n
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III NaziiOniiS sim Guerra.
81 Con l'entrata d italia nelIaS guerra
europea undici nazioni rimangono
ingaggiate mel gran conhttto; e pc la,
la Grecia q Ia Bulgaria
entreranno anche nella lotta, come
pare probable, allora 81 potra' dire che
quasi tutta Europa e. mel fagello
della guerra.
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MONEY TolLoAN.

5ToSEY ToANED IN sums from
$1,000! up, to anyone having steady
work. No reference or endorsement
required. Address Box 5s5, Clarksburg,
Viva. "a b.6:1mo MOSS
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HOUSES FOR SALE

FOR sALE-1s.room house. baths,
gas. electricity. Block from post
Office. WIN sell cheap II sold in next
thirty days. Apply Box 113, this OF:
Gee. S-l lss ~
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FI,ATs AND APARTMENTS

FOR RENT-Three room apartment,
Yost fats. Apply ]. C. Miller, 507
Jacobs Bldg. 5.1S.12t: No.1S0
FOR RENT-Three rooms and bath,
1902 9Th St, Sth ward, S12.
5.25-12t-No. 143.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE Blank Coal Options at
the West virginian Office. asst
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'tWFSTEVIRGINIA5

7sTATEG FlWEST3NIFtGINlAJE3 IN Z ls73gs
Marion County Court Clerks Ohice
Court OF Morton ECount X; West Virginia.
heretys certify that the aboyc tss the true
and Correct COPY OF an order enteredE by.
fhe County Court OF the said county this
i7ths day Of .Nny, 10t u Z. Z. ~
Clerk of AiartonSC County Court
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FURNISHED ROOMS
SPECIAL !; NOTICES

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, SIS: :.
AtS.the regular session OF the County
Can't held in and for the County OF Ma
ri6nEat the Court House thereof. on NOR
day. NdayE17th, 1915:
fofFCsomm BY c. w. Evans. its sec
retafy,E and rendered petition IN Writ.
fiiSlsigned8 by fifty, or more legal Vo LsEb
IND 4free-holders In the MAEisterlal DIS
fficE3Tof 1Fairmont, In Marion county
west Virginia, y praying for the pertlnfSe =
dents OF certain main pulp2lttS
FoadsISffl said FaIrmont District. Rhicn
netitiong being seen and inspected ny
f1el Court. Is ordered filed. which IS mere
by accordingly done. and wlllch sag ~, pc
Ing. to-wit:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, THE COUNTY
COURT OF MARION COUNTY. WEST
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
Wars Ferocity.
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: When | was little girl remember
wildly that | used to comfort myself when
read of the horrors of war in ancient times
by thinking 1--WE are too civilized to do such
dreadful things now"
Today what ferocity of ancient or media
val history is there that is not multiplied
in intensity! To-day, as in the days when
reading and writing were arts known ely
by the priests, kings and prime ministers
dicker about the price which shall plunge
their innocent subjects into the million fold
tragedy of war. Only this morning a head
line in one of our great dalies reads "Bul-
garia's price is met by the Allies, Is the Re-
port in London" Bulgaria's price-nay, the
kings price, for the murder of thousands
of his subjects, for the devastation of happy
homes, for changing contented wives into
haggard-eyed widows, for starving the rising
generation physically and robbing them of
their education.
When will men learn that they are bought
and sold by their rulers and sent like sheep
into the shambles? How long must this con-
tnue before the united womanhood of the
world shall resent this destruction Of their
labor as mothers and demand its cessation 7?
When will teachers have intelligence enough
to teach history as it should be taught and
mothers no longer give soldier-caps and war
toys to their children?
KATE DEVEREUX BLAKE.
New York, June 10, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26

eral and state division Of railroad owner
ship who is to explain TO the innocent the
economies of the short and the long haul,
of rate making, of railroad and regional
competition? What dabolical punishment
is this devised by some Dantesque brain
to fit the amiable crimes Of our ex-Secre-
tary!
1t may be, of course land the more one
considers it the more plausible an eXplana-
ton of the university's offer it seems), that
Mr. Bryan is expected to deal with polltl-
cal economy as he did with diplomacy
leave it to the subordinates in his depart
ment, while he supplements a generous
salary, in this case $4,000, by lecturing on
the Chautauqua Circuit. There he may
continue his pursuit of peace and of the
combined New York press, his poetic i'm
agnation as untrammeled as if political
economy were not yet born.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
Murder as a Necessity.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In all the talk about the destruction
of the neutrality-suspicious. in the remarks
from all quarters printed in your Mondays
issue-the real point in dispute appears to be
in some danger of being lost sight Of 1t is
this: That while the sinking Of a merchant
vessel by an enemy's ship is an entirely
legitimate act of war, to do this without
warning and in such manner that those
on board can neither surrender nor escape
with their lives changes the aspect of the
deed from one of lawful combat to that OF
base and foul murder, forever dishonoring
alike to the authority that commanded and
the instrument that obeyed. In the case Of the
Lusitania il has never even been pretended
that an armed vessel was present or even in
sight, so that even the poor extenuation Of
immediate necessity is lacking to the assas-
sins Ten minutes grace might have pre-
vented the worst of the tragedy and would
certainly have rendered less conspicuous
upon the page Of history the black and
dreadful stain that besmirches the honor of
q nation that asserts a claim to lead the
world in all those matters that are the glory
Of our race. CANADIAN.
Toronto, Canada, June 16, 1915.
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More Civilized Warfare"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: There was something infinitely pathetic
and ironic in your cartoon of this morning,
entitled "More Civilized Warfare" TOO
many of US are conversant with the facts
about the unfortunate, primitive race OF In
dians you hail as the newest disciples OF
"frightfulness." Who does not recall the
ruthless persecution carried on by Diaz and
the Mexican authorities, when regular bat
teaux of Yaquis were carried out by the Mex
lean Cossacks-the rurales? And all because
these people occupied lands coveted by Diaz
and his oligarchs. The policy of extermina-
ton, when on the least excuse, they were
shot and butchered, although they were su-
pine, unarmed and never capable Of offering
any form of resistance, was enough to war
rant the protest that was so justified in Cuba
and Armenia. But then the capitalists were
fourishing under Diaz, as they did under
Huerta, and soon expect to flourish under
Carranza But to return to the unfortunate
Yaqus. They have been eagerly exploited
as fighting material by the contending par
ties of Mexico to-day, and we should not
be too indignant at the small excuses they
have committed since obtaining arms. In
their dark, befuddled minds all they remem-
Der is that they have suffered at the hands
of the whites, Mexicans especially; and since
they are not the victims of benehcent 'kul-
tur' we should be thankful that their lesson,
learned of our own modern civilization, faii-
ing better examples, should manifest itself
in a confined area and be so easy to check
New York, June 10, 1915. CHAkIlol'