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Evening star., 1915-06-12
Applauds the President.

=, "Of course. I heartily applaud the de-
cision of the President, and in COM
mon with all other Americans who are
loyal to the traditions handed down by
the men who served under Washington,
and by the others who followed Grant
and Lee in the days of Lincoln. pledge
him my heartiest support in all the
steps he takes to uphold the honor and
the interests of this great republic
which are bound up with the mainte-
nance Of democratic liberty and of a
wise spirit of humanity among all the
nations of mankind
Evening star., 1915-06-12

carrying contraband or at least from
those carrying ammunitiono 1t would
require but a slight change in the
shipping laws to make this separation
and belliSerent nations might be re-
strained from unnecessar rily increasing
the contrahand list if they were com
PEELED to carry contraband on trans
ports a s they now carry troops
The above suggestions are respect
fully submitted to those of German
birth or descent. and they are submit
ted in the same spirit to naturalized
citizens from other countries To the
natnralized citizen this is the land of
adoption. but in one sense it may be
nearer to him than it is us who are
native born, for those who come here
are citizens by voluntary choice, while
we are here by accident of birth. They
may be said to have paid higher COM
pliment to the United States than we
who first say the light under the Stars
and Stripes. But. more than that, it
is the land of their children and their
chjldren's children, no matter for
what reason they crossed the ocean
They not only share with US the shap-
ing of our nations destiny, but their
descendants have a part with ours in
all the blessings which the present
generation can. by wise and patriotic
action, bequeath to the generations
that are to follow. w. ]. BRYAN.
Evening star., 1915-06-12
JUDGE GRAY LAUDS
PRESIDENTS SSTAND
Thinks Time Has Come for
United States to De-
fend Humanity.
CITES HAGUE CONVENTION
IN SUPPORT OF THE NOTE
Declares Willful Taking Of Innocent
Life Had Been Unthinkable
as War Act.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j., June r.
Judge George Gray of Wilmington.
Del, former United States senator and
member of the international perma-
nent court of arbitration under The
Hague conference, addressing the New
Jersey Bar Association in convention
here today asserted that the time had
corae las never before in our event.
full history for America to assert the
vital character and binding force of the
obligations which international law
has placed upon belligerent nations.
The destruction of unarmed merchant
ships without regard to the lives or
safety of non-comb:Gtant passengers
and crew was characterized by Judge
Gray as 80 revolving to the common
est instincts of humanity" as to be
presumably unthinkable in the minds
of those who framed this convention"
cat The Hague).
Approves Note to Germany.
OF President Wilson's notes to Ger
many Judge Gray had this to say:
TT was with "a decent respect to the
opinion of mankind that our President
has with dignity. clearness and force
declared the obligations of this law in
his recent message to one of the war
ring powers and has denounced the
destruction of an unarmed merchant
vessel which involved the sacrifice
of the lives of more than a thou
sand innocent men. women and chill
dren, including more than hundred
peaceable citizens of our own coun
try. We all know how the wording of
his message has stirred the hearts of
his countrymen and aroused in his sup
port the patriotic spirit of the whole
nation for which he was spokesman.
There was the strength of modera
tion in it's tone that befitted the char
acter of a great lava bidng and JUS
tice-loving people. Upon that impreg-
nable rock of law and humanity the
President has taken his stand. In this
we have given and will continue to
give him our confidence and support.
Respect for Law Survives.
"Arnid all the savagery and lawless-
ness which have been engendered by
this unprecedented strife" Judge Gray
said, referring to the European war,
respect for international law has not
entirely perished. It's precepts are still
appealed to by the warning nations and
it's obliga tons are recognized even in
their violation. However this may be,
for those nations who are fortunate
enough to be outside of this terrific
conflict and who have proclaimed their
neutrality the positive rules of inter-
national law are not silent but
have become Of transcendent impor-
tance.
Never before in our eventful his
tory has the time been so opportune, or
the conditions so exigenr. for }our
country to assert the rights that be-
long to neutral nation and to invoke
the principles of that body of law
whose existence and development have
been one of the crowning glories of our
civilization. 1t Is for us as never be-
fore to stand up for and assert the
vital character and binding force of
Evening star., 1915-06-12
the most express words of denunci;
tion could do.
Terms Act "Unthinkable."

Such an act. so revolving to the
commonest instincts of humanity, was
presumably unthinkable in the minds
of those who framed this convention.
and was undoubtedly sufficiently COW
cred. by implication at least, in the
well settled rules of international
law"
In conclusion. Judge Gray said: I'VE
stand today in the shadow OF a great
world calamity. and our hearts and
minds are filled with serious thought
and anxiety as to the attitude of our
country as a neutral power. What
ever position we assume, there is no
doubt that we shall present united
front to the nations of the world.
American traditions forbid us to be-
lfeye otherwise than that our position
would be based upon justice. and that
we shall maintain the right as God
gives us to see the right"
Evening star., 1915-06-12
BRYAN ASKS GERMANTOWN
TO HELP IN KEEPING PEACE
Urges Naturalized Teutons to Use lnflu-
ence to Convince Berlin That
President Is Neutral.
TO THE GERMAN-AMERICANs:

met @ address word American citizen
whose he has
that a between fatherand and
European ympahes should be with the
Of this
would be reflection upon YOU Do the
sympathze with their mother country? Do
snpahze with theirs? Is the
true OF Russia OF Why should
who are born AUSTRIA The
extremists on both sides mistaken attachment felt for
brthD ford to this
Evening star., 1915-06-12

the obligation which this law has i'm
posed upon belligerent nations, for the
protection of neutral rights.
Service to the World.
"In doing SO we are performing a
service to the world and humanity and
even to the belligerent nations them
selves. who when the passions of war
have subsided will recognize that their
own essential rights and interests have
been preserved"
Evening star., 1915-06-12
Germany Can Trust United States.

Fourth. hope that Germany will ac-
qulesce IN the demands that have been
made. and 1 hope that she will ac.
qulesce in them without conditions
She can trus: the United States to deal
justly with her in the consideration of
any changes that she may propose in
the international rules that govern the
'king of prizes. The more generously
rhe acts in this matter the greater
viii be the glory which she will de-
rive from it.
II the use of the submarine justified
such a change in the law of blockade
as will permit the Gordon TO be with
drawn far enough from the shore to
avoid the danger OF submarine attack,
may it not be found possible to secure
IN inteGpational agreement by which.
passenSrs will be exaluded from ships.
Evening star., 1915-06-12
Club Plans for New Quarters.

Plans for new quarters are to be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Washing
ton Architectural Club In it's club
rooms, 1917 H street, Tuesday evening
at $3.50 o'clock. according to an an
nouncement sent out by it's secretary,
Thomas ]. Muldowney.
Evening star., 1915-06-12

said Bishop Scott. I'm the frst place.
Africa is no place for them. and. again.
the British government does not en-
courage such immigration"
Evening star., 1915-06-12

are now scattered among African
coast cities. the bishop said.
The movement to take American
negroes back to Africa is a failure.
Evening star., 1915-06-12
No Reward offered for Pigeon Eggs.

mythical reward of $4,000 for a
passenger or wood pigeon nest con-
tanning eggs, supposed to have been Of
fered by the Department of Agricul-
ture. is repudiated today by the de-
partment, which states that the bird
has been extinct for several years. ac-
cording to the best information obtain
able The department wants it un-
derstood that it is not offering any re-
ward The supposed offer of a reward
has sent hundreds of persons, it is
said, securing the woods Of the coun-
try on a hunt for the eggs. Scores Of
letters have been written to the De-
partment OF Agriculture asking for in
formation.
Collapsing as she completed her
Maryland state board examination
Miss Blanche Virginia Kidd, nurse
at Baltimore hospital. died at the
hospital from uremia. She was grad
uaied May p.
Evening star., 1915-06-12
Discusses Mr.. Bryan's Position.

According to Mr.. Bryan's statement"
Col. Roosevelt's statement says, "he
has left the cabinet because President
Wilson. as regards the matters at is
sue with Germany. refuses to follow
the precedent set in the thirty all-in-
elusive arbitration commission treaties
recently negotiated, and declines to
suspend action for year while. a neu-
trail commission investigates the ad-
mitted murder of American men, wom-
en- and children on the high seas, and
further declines to forbid America n
citizens to travel on neutral ships in
accordance with the conditions guar
anteed to us by Germany herself in
solemn treaty
Evening star., 1915-06-12

The work accomplished by the sec
ond Hague conference was reviewed
in detail. In this connection Judge
Gray said
Without expressly SO stating this
convention recognizes the right of cap
ture of enemy merchant ships but pre-
scribes with much particularly that
the captain. officers and members of the
crew of such merchant ship are not to
be made prisoners of war on condition
that they give their parole not to un-
dertake while hostilities last any serv.
ice connected with the operations OF
war.
"The care with which the safety and
treatment of the officers and crew OF
such non -combatant ship are provided
for in this convention gives to its
silence in regard to the intentional de,
struction of such ship without regard
to the lives or safety Of the non com
batant passengers and crew thereon
significance more impressive than
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
 GET NEW FACES.
Surgery Can Now Put on Nose
 or Anything Else.

HAvRE, Jan. 29.-The Trench Army Medical Corps have set apart 8 eminent surgeons, Professors Tuf- flier, Morestin and Sebilean, to make aesthetic repairs" and remove de- formations from the faces of those wounded in the war.
 If a man loses his nose or any part of his face or disfgurement is caus- ed by wound, the face vii! be re- paired by skin grating, and the latest discoveries in surgical science will be used to remedy the deformity.
 Several cases have already been successfully undertaken by the three surgeons. A young corporal who tad part of his face taken away by shell was given a new nose, left jaw, ani cheek. In cases where teeth have been lost, it is said that successful efforts have been made to transplant others, according to a method discovered by Russian dentist.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04

Meet me at The Branch.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04
RIVALRY AS TO WHO
 WAS SHOT UP MOST.
One German Soldier Got Eight Bull
 lets in Him Together.

Berlin, Jan. 29.-There is a friend ly rivary among the wounded in the Berlin hospitals for the distinction of having been the worst shot up man in the war. One who claims 26 wounds holds the present record, but Horst Pfeiffer is envied for his remarkable combination of peril and luck.
 Near Dixmude he received an order which he was to take on his bicycle to the firing line. He had to pass, on his way, a road that was exposed to a hot machine-gun fire from the enemy. He was hit eight times and dropped off into a ditch at the side of the road, but succeeded nevertheless in handing his message to another soldier who carried it to it's destinat- ion. One bullet had grazed his skull another passed through the upper jaw, one through the chin, one through the bone of the right arm, and one struck his left wrist. Two other struck his helmet and his shoes. His comrades finally succeeded in rescuing him from his dangerous position, and sent him to Berlin where he has been awarded an iron cross,
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04

Try our Mclba Brand Sweet Red Peppers for salads and sandwiches. Brown & Hawkins. Quality First"
 Long distance telephone booth at The Branch.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04
NEWS NOTES

l.. F. Shaw will leave m Few days for Knik on business.
 The Traveller" which has been un- dergoing extensive repairs will sail for Cooks inlet after the arrival of the next steamer from the outside. Capt. Cramer reports that he expects to get into Ship creek and probably to Knik. He will take a full cargo of freight for Knik Merchants and also is going to take considerable freight for the Riley party to IditarOd.
 Manager c. W. Wiley, of the Paci- fife Alaska Navigation co. who recently retired and was succeeded by Mir. R. J. Ringwood it is learned does not intend to re-enter business for several months but will take a rest of at least a year.
 The Steamer Bertha of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Go. is undergoing extensive repairs at Seattle and will be used on the Alaska run this year for freight. She is being improved with heavy equipment to handle heavy freight.
 Geo. w. Palmer the Knik merchant is expected in Seward over the trail at an early date. He intended leaving Knik February 1st and will go out side.
 Word has been received that the logs are piled up against the Snow creek bridge in such a manner that the bridge is sure to be carried out by the spring floods if the matter is not atteno d to.
 Sam Graef is another who failed to meet his obligations in relation to the purchasing of maps. He has received a letter from Seattle attorneys warn ing him that if he doesn't pay that eight dollars and fifty cents to Mir Canine there's going to be trouble. Mr. Canine's attorneys have sent simi- lar letters to others here. Mir. Graef has answered but in his letter he en- closed about everything but money.
 Franklin Johnson arrived last night and is remaining. He is one of the oldtimers from Nome and other parts of the territory and seems to think Seward is the place of the future.
 In Popular Mechanics for this month appears a story about the Cop per River railroad which will probably tickle the chamber of commerce of Cordova to death. The story says that when Copper river Overfows it leaves solid ice on the track and that nothing but dynamite can clear the right of way. It also says that forty feet of snow cover the tracks at times and that fuel must be carried to the rotary with dog teams. Just imagine a story like that at the very time Cor dova is paying for a special represent ative at Washington to prove that railroads in all other parts of the world are failures and frosts.
 Miss Dehne has returned home after a short visit in the city.
 Mrs. B. NJ. Burley entertained the Catholic ladies this afternoon and al very pleasant period was enjoyed.
 The mail from the interior was at Mile Twenty at noon today.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04

A great many people outside and inside Alaska are now anxious to get any news they can of the place where the government railroad will be. To save writing letters you could send the Gateway, either your own read copy or get another.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04
JAP CRUISER WRECKED

SAN DIEGO, Feb 4-The Japanese cruiser Asama has been wrecked off the coast of Lower California She is now on the rocks and breaking up fast On board IS
 crew of five hundred men who are believed to be in the most serious danger Three United States warshps are already speeding on their way to save the Japanese but it is feared that their arrival will be too late The cause of the accident mystery at present but that It was merely an ordinary sea accident indicated by the news received here.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04
KILL FIFTY MILLION PIGS

BERLIN, Feb 4-As another precautOn against the loss of food sufS the German government has ordered the killing of fifty million pigs. The meat will be canned and kept for future use but the chief for the slaughter of the animals to the grain on which they were being fed The amount of grain cOmmandeered by the up to the present time amounts to three million tons.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04
MEET WITH BAYONETS

AMSTERDAM Feb 1.-The Germans delivered
 fierce assault on the Belgian positions at Westende yester day. They went right with the bayonet but the Begans repulsed them after what was probably of the most severe fights of the war Westende is between Newport and OStend on the coast
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04

Ten per cent discount on all the new shapes of Gordon and Mallory Hats. Brown & Hawkins. Quality First"
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04

The finest kind of job work as well as the plainest is done by the Gate way.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-04

The newest Kerosene mantle lamps, at Brown & Hawkins, Quality First"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-14
Miniature Electric Railway

Dc> MuinrS. Iowa. Nav ll-"Dangcr'
ITO Volts" on \ big >atirical sign pro.
tcctcd the public from a little miniature
electric railway system IA the rccrIti ri.
markablc exhibition given IN the stu.
dents Of Highland Park college. ncS
Moines. Iowa. oil the campus If that H.
4 itrtion.
The track was 4 foot wide anu the
electric locomotive. although smaller
than 4 boys play had every de-
tail at the big ones ia operation on trac
lion railroads. In pulled it, load M
grades and dartcd arov Il with MI the
assurance If a little &c. trying 10 lonk
like a big one. An immense amount Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-14
Manufacturers Agents.

United States ia 1911. an increase of -.
Ono.Uo~ over 1919. oar shipments "a Alas
Ia last year according L. the bureau ~
foreign and domestic commerce.. depart
mcnt IF aggregated ~23.5O0. 600
including approximately .li 800, 600
worth of manufactures. 6.-fAl.nn worth
Uf fnod>tuifS and ~2.tuU.Uun worth Of gold
silver ana miscellaneous materials. in
-luding foreign merchandise valued at
,i00OuO. A. \ market for our products
Alaska having 4 population II only o..
900. i Of equal Importance with China
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-14
TO WATER
THE CORN CROP
FARMERS OF SAN BEHlT0 TRACT
BELIEVE PLAN ADOPTED BY
COMPANY IS GOOD ONE.
Especial to The IIrraIIl

San Bcnito. Tcxa~. MAY l4.-Pcudmg
The settlement ~ negotiation now under
WAY for the formation III an irrigated dis
tgiri to comprise $4,000 acre. I'D DR. San
Bento tract. = petition Ealing upon the
county commissioner IT, call an election
for that purpose having been presented thi~
week. a plan tor watering the immense corn
crop now ~ ha- been adopted hy Receiver
kow~on. 81 the San Benlio Land < Water
company. which IL believed viii work oui
ad-yantagrou~ly aud ~ TIE means W ~c-
curing enough water IT, save the crop and
any other needing water durin. toe next
few months. ~ least.
The new plan consists 81 \ That rate of
- per acre. payable $3.50 now and the
balance July 4. II i i needed. IN addi-
tion o. the tlate rate q charge IL n per
acre. each watering. will be made IN ADJ
vance. This plan seems IT, have met with
general approval a. many farmer who
have been holding up their water rentals
pending the negotiations now underway. are
paying the receiver. which has enabled
him % ~ct tbs large pumps going and order
many ears ot oil to continue the pumping
operations. Until this plan was proposed.
more or hes doubt existed a. 10 the prob
ability Of getting the big corn crop through
without RAIN. though the crop hu- not ~uf-
Tered 10 amy extent up to this time. and ii
probably would not Tor lhc next week ur
ten day. even with continued dry weather.
a. the ground contains enough moisture tn
carry il that long without additional moi~-
turc.
The condition at The corn crop on the
san Bcnito tract l. excellent IA thi- time.
and the acreage probably the largest I'M
the history of local development. and id
ID a. carried through successfully. a- every
indication now points that IL will W., II will.
with the splendid results from the seasons
truck crops. result In this year being the
banner year from a financial viewpoint ever
known Ia this immediate section. Last year
there were approximately $40 ear loads ut
ear corn shipped from this point. and one
fourth Of the crop retained for home con
sumption. With this wears greatly III
creased acreage and the possibility WI N
being carried through safely. very up-
tImi>tIc feeling prevails among local hu-i-
uc~~ men and farmers. Last year three
-hcilmg outfits operated here. but this -ra-
son these iacilitIf- viii W. increased Nv two
more. the Elrain and san Benito units WI
the Unit Marketing System having already
taken steps Ia install -hclIcr~ ~ handle thc
corn ~ the members VI those two com
munitIe~.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-14
Washington Army Orders.

Washington. y. g.. May l4.-rhc inl-
lowing army order, have been issued
BY direction of the president the re-
tircmeIst of Colonel William L. Blauvclt.
infantry. unassigned. from active service
j. announced and he will proceed t. his
home.
Colonel George II. Sands Il assigned
10 the Fourth Cavalry.
Major T.. i. Hanson. quaricrma>ter
corps will report 10 the commanding
general. Philippine department for tenn
porary duty. pending sailing for United
States .
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-14

First L%ieutcnaa +. T. Whitley. III
fantrN. IL relieved from attachment Ia
the First Infantry.
Captain Il. Ill. Cameron. Jr. retired. il
relieved from duty at Grand Rapids.
Mich. and will proceed To his home.
Leaves IF absence: Colonel T.. +. Laid.
adIutant general three months aud TWEEN
a eight days; Major +. T.. Harris. gene.
RAJ ..aiI. one month.
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labor and technical skill was required
tu make this electric locomotive ri such
small dimensions. 1T KY THE haudiNurh
III ticurgc Courtney. W.T. Ambuv. %Illiuui+
" student I'm thc ruiIrgr uf electrical ru.
gincrring Ia Highland park. and it vl-
exhibited an illustrate the prtrti ilitt
.uf the work lone IAN students there. along
lines or great Interest iur thc near ff
lure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-14
Alaska and American Trade and Industry

Washington. ID. a.. May IL Mcrchan-
disc and treasure lto the value Of $50.
y 1000 moved between Alaska and the
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