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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
GENERAL.

A total of 9,516,4S2 books we're
given out by the New York public
library last year
Renegade Indians, Utcs aud Plutes,
fired on a party returning from Bluff,
Utah, which reached Certez, Colo.
Hiram II Nlokerson, a widely known
former railway president. died at
North Wayne, Maine, after a pro-
longed Illness.
Harry Kendall Thaw, suffering from
rheumatism, went on the stand In New
York and told the complete story of
his escape from the state hospital for
the criminal insane at Matteawan.
Mrs. Ida shiffen Walters. arraigned
in the Supreme Court in New York,
pleaded not guilty to indictments
charging her with the murder OF her
babies, Loretta and John, by poison.
Mrs. John d. Rockefeller. wife Of
the richest man in the world, died
suddenly at the Rockefeller country
home in Pocantico Hills, n. Y. She
was seyenty-five years Of age and had
been an invalid for a year.
BY the time peace comes to Europe
there will be 100000 widows, $780,
~fatherless children. and 100000 won
en- forced 10 marry inferior men" &c.
cording to Hamilton Holt, editor of the
Independent. Editor Holt gave the
figures at a peace meeting at the Uni
versity Of Chicago.
The attendance at the MONDAY
Lenten services In Denver is bigger
than In any other Western city in
which / have been. Business men
and women seem to realize the value
Of religion IN daily life. Il Is a
~leavenlng influence which in time will
work toward better relations between
capital and labor" In these words
the Rev. Irving johnson Of F%airbault.
MINI who conducted the MONDAY
meetings in Denver, expressed him
self.
A story OF massaores, devastation
and deaths from privatlon was told
in New York by DIR. A. ID. Yuseif, a
Persian physician who arrived from
his home country, in describing the re-
cent invasion Of Urumia, northern
Persia. by the Kurds.
With the approval OF Governor With
, combe, regular Sunday religious sery'
ice at the Oregon state %penitentlary
was eliminated IN favor OF a motion
picture play. For the next four Sun.
days prisoners will attend motion pic
tnre shows instead Of religious sery'
ices.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
WESTERN,

the New Mexico Legislature ad.
iourned Saturday.
The three men entombed in the
Ayrshire coal mine near Oakland city,
Ind, were found dead when the debris
was cleared away.
Rear Admiral Thomas D. Howard
hoisted the four-starred fig Of admiral
of the fleet on the armored cruiser
Colorado, flagship OF the Pacific fleet
at San Diego, Cal.
James EaGs How, who devotes his
time to agitation in favor Of "hoboes,
inherited property at st. Louis worth
S125,00O and the income from a trust
fund of equal size.
Mrs. Y. S. Griffin, ninety years old,
is uead NJ salt Lake after a residence
OF fifty years in Salt Lake county.
leaving two children, twenty grand
children, lorty-eight great-rrandchild
rem and thirteen great-great-grand-
children.
Persisting in his last moments that
ne never had been untrute TO his wife,
Robert z. Showulter, wealthy Love.
land, Colo, rancher, died al the coun
~ hospital In Denver, as the result Of
bullet wounds inflicted by Clayton
Pattison of Denver when Pattison
found his wife with Showalter in a
rooming house at 1853 Curtis street.
The report Of the New Mexico Leg.
islative joint committee, which in.
vestigated the causes Of the failure OF
the insolyent First State bank Of Las
Cruces and the relations toward the
bank OF the State College, the COVER
nor and the travelling auditor, vas
submitted TO the Legislature by the
chairman, Representative Blood OF
San Miguel county.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
CONDENSED RECORD OF TIE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
.fROIl ALL SOURCES
RAYiNcs, oINos 5. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERiNes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
western Newspaper Uu,on Ncws Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Thlrty.seven were drowned when
three British ships were sunk II raids
By German submarines Tuesday.
Ire British steamship Wyvisbrook
has been seized by Carranza author
Ties AZ Campeche aud her commander,
Captain Muir, has been placed in jail.
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels or
eered the destroyers McDougal and
Dayton from Guantanamo to New
York TO aid the port authorities there
Ia maintaining neutrality.
A complete and searching inquiry
into all the facts concerning the sink.
ting OF the American sailing ship vii.
Liam p. Frye by the German armed
auxiliary cruiser Eitel Friedrich was
ordered by President Wilson.
The British admiralty announces the
loss of the auxiliary cruiser Bayano
while the vessel was engaged In pa
troll duty. Eight officers and eight.
e men were rescued, but It Is feared
that the remainder Of the crew OF 200
were lost.
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Lon.
don Daily Mail says: at is reported
In German naval circles that eleven
submarines have been lost since Feb.
is. The loss OF four of these has
been officially admitted, while seven
have been missing for nearly three
weeks"
The Mittag Zeitung Of Berlin has
published a list OF merchantmen said
to have been destroyed by the Ger.
man army since the beginning OF the
war. According to It, German vessels
have sunk III steamers with a total
tonnage OF 100000; four auxiliary
cruisers with a total tonnage, OF 32,
500; n sailing vessel, one schooner.
eight mine sweepers and one troop
transport.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
FOREIGN.

A British soldier was killed by a
lion, according to the latest casualty
list from German East Africa.
Warning to Americans to leave Mex.
leo has been reiterated by the State
Department through the Brazilian min.
lister at Mexico City.
Mrs. Clara Muriel Kipling, a nurse
In the American hospital in Paris, has
been awarded the gold "medaille
d'Honneur des Epidemies."
Great Britain's plan to give effect
to the naval reprisal measures against
Germany as embodied in an order in
council was signed by King George.
Mrs Emma DalQuist, proprietor OF a
road house at Safety. twenty-five miles
east Of Nome, Alanka, was lost In "a
blizzard and no trace of her a be
found.
There has been prepared by the gov
eminent a new decree which extends
the moratorium in France for another
period OF three months, from April /
to June 80.
Italy and Rumania probably will
enter .ae war together on the side OF
the allies, according to newspapers at
Rome, which oppose the present policy
Of neutrality.
Walter Hines Page, the American
ambassador, and Mrs. Page, have an
nounced in London the engagement OF
their daughter, Katherine, to Charles
Greedy Loring, son Of the late General
Charles Loring OF Boston.
4 bulletin issued at Bordeaux,
France, by Dr. Denuce, who is In at.
tendance upon Nine. Sarah Bernhard
whose right leg was amputated recent
ly, a y that the condition of Nine.
Bernhard continues to be very salts
factory.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
OCHANGELEGISLATURE
TwENTY.MEMeER BODY PLAN OF
REPRESENTATIVE BRYANT.
Governor Would Introduce Bills Under
Provisions Of Proposed consti-
tutlonal Amendment.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Santa F6.--A Legislature Of twenty
members, which shall consider only
bills submitted to It by the governor
Of the state. is provided for in a Joint
resolution introduced in the House by
Mr., Bryant, Democrat, OF Roosevelt
county. The resolution calls for the
amendment OF Sections 3 and 8 Of Ar.
ticle 4 Of the Constitution and the pro
vision covering apportionment. It pro
vldes that one senator and n repre-
sentative shall be elected from each of
the eight judicial districts and that
four representatives Shall be elected
from the state at large. The governor
Is given the right to introduce in Ell.
Their house not to exceed ten bills, and
with the exception OF general appro.
priation measures, these are the only
ones that can be considered. The res
olutlon also provides for the converting
Of the Legislature on the first Tues
day Of July.
A Joint resolution, introduced by
Judge Hewitt, seeks to amend Section
90 OF Article 6 OF the Constitution so
as to provide that bills shall go into
effect on dates named therein. and
when no dates are named, as soon as
passed and approved. The amendment
would do away with the necessity OF
the familiar emergency clause.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
Nlnety-nlne indictments Returned.

Santa F6.-Expressing regret that
owing to legal obstacles" the govern.
or and travelling auditor could not be
indicted, the Dona Ana county grand
jury, In It's report, severely c~ensured
both officials for their alleged negli.
gence In not taking steps to prevent
the loss OF public funds by the failure
of the First State BANK OF Las Cruces
and to protect the State College depos.
It's amounting to some $4,000, in that
institution. Ninety nine indictments
we're returned by the grand Jury.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
Report Food supply Decreasing.

Observation-Disclosures reports re.
ceived Sunday by the State Depart.
msnt from the American consul at
Manzanillo say anarchy prevails there,
the Carranza troops In possession
being unable to maintain order, and
that the food supply is decreasing,
The Villa-Zapata troops are Investing
tine approaches to the town. Admiral
Howard, commanding the Pacific fleet.
Is understood to Ne preparing 70 take
foreigners away from Manzanillo II
conditions do not improve. The Pro
gress1 port has been closed.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19

London. Count Sergius Julovich
Witte, Russia's first prime minister.
Is dead, says a Petrograd dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company. Count
Witte, who was born June 20, 149, at
Tiflis, was one Of the Russian pleni-
po~tentiarles at Portsmouth, N. H., In
the negotiations for peace with Japan
in 1905. He afterwards vas macs a
count, and appointed president Of the
new ministry, but retired in 1906 and
held no important post after that time.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
N

Samuel L. Rogers OF Franklin, N.
C., has been selected by President VII
son for director OF the census to sue.
coed William j. Harris Of Cedartown.
Ca.
Encouraging advices telling OF the
relief of tine food famine In Mexico
City through the evacuation Of the
capital by the forces OF Gen. Obregon,
the Carranza commander were
clouded Friday by the news that on
the entry Of the Zapata troops John
H. McManus, an American citizen. was
murdered. The rioting Included at
lacks on the national palace to liber.
ate $50 Catholic priests imprisoned
there.
Secretary Of the Treasury McAd0o
was stricken with appendicitis and
went to the Providence hospital foT
an operation.
Senior Riano. the Spanish amhassa
dor. informed the State Department
that four spanlards had been assassi
mated in Mexico City.
Wheat held In country mills ans
elevators on March I amounted e
ss.0e9 900 bushels. the Department O
Agriculture estimated, compared will
$4,000, 900 bushels one year & ans
Iis.OOO.OOO in 1913.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
SPORT.

William Martin, infiolder Of the
Boston Nationals, broke his right
ankle while practicing at Macon, Ga.
The stewards Of the London Jockey
Club have called a meeting to consider
the question OF continued horse racing
during the war.
Betting on horse races IN Texas was
put off for at least two years when
the House killed the pari.mutuel bill
by a vote of rs to II.
Miss Madge Frazer, Scottish woman
golf champion, died OF fever in Serbia,
according TO dispatches received In
London from Nish.
Arthur Smith, an aviator, showing
off before the members OF the Amerl-
car Association OF Fairs and Exposl.
tions at Chicago, assembled in his bi,
plane over the lake front amt lies.
cribed thirty.two samersaults in the
air.
A bill to permit horse racing in
Arizona under the pari.mutuel system
Of betting was acted upon favorably
by the lower House of the Legislature
sitting as a committee Of the whole,
The bill already has passed the Sen.
ate.
Willie Richie won a clean-cut vic
tory over Freddie Welsh in ten
rounds in Madison Square Garden,
New York, forcing the fight through
out and landing at least two clean
punches to every one the champion
vas able to get home.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
eank PreeIdent HeId: others one.

Las Cruces.-T, Il, II. Smith, presi
dent OF the defunct First State Bank,
was held by the sherlff's office. al.
though he expressed confidence that
his bond Of $4,000 would be furnished
Smith was arrested In connection with
the banks closing. Hugh Clary, II. Q,
Porter and w. n. Hager were arrested
ON perjury charges, according to sher.
III Felipe Lucero, who served the pa,
pers, They were directors OF the bank.
Each furnished S2,5GO bond.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
its only Meaning.

Uncle Roger had been poly for
some time. and had tried with alacrity
every sort OF patent medicine he could
secure,
An old acquaintance hailed him
with:
Hello, uncle. How are you-all now
adays?"
How is /? wy, bawss, TO mostly
six hunts a meals vitdes ain mean
muffin T. me, 'scusin' somepin tub take
medicine atteri'-Judge.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
Charitable Institutions Appropriations

Santa Fe.-Senate Bill No. 142, Il
separate appropriation measure for the
benefit of charitable institutions and
hospitals, for which appropriations
were made by the Legislative Assem-
bly, Of 1909, was passed by the Senate
under suspension Of the rules. Tho
bin makes the following annual appro.
priations for the various institutions,
for the fourth and fifth fiscal years:
st. Vincent's hospital, Santa F6, 49,
600; Grant County hospital. Silver
City, $500; Sisters Of Mercy hospi-
tai, Silver City, $500; Ladies' hospi.
tai, Silver City, $500; Eddy County
hospital, Carlsbad. $500; Sisters hos
pital, Albuquerque, $4,000; Relief Soci.
ely, Las Vegas, $4,000; Gallup hosDi-
tai, Gallup, $4,000; st. Mary's hospi-
tai, Roswell, $500; Sisters OF Loretto,
Mora, $1,000 Sisters Of Loretto, Las
Cruces, $1,000; New Mexico orphans.
school, Santa F6, $4,000.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
Teachers FIGHT over Banks Affairs.

Santa Fe-The minute book Of the
defunct First State Bank of Las Cru,
ces, containing all the formal legal
records of the corporation, and regard.
ed as invaluable evidence in the effort
to ~substantiate charges against the
president and directors now under
bond, is missing. 1t vas last seen in
the room where the hearing was held
at Las Cruces, just before the assault
by President T. Il. II. Smith OF the
bank on Attorney Reed Holloman. Re.
ceiver Clapp Of the bank Is conducting
a thorough investigation. A fistic en-.
counter occurred between President
George II. Ladd Of the college and Pro.
fessor II. II. Hare Of the faculty, the
result, It is said, Of the testimony nd.
duced by both men at the hearing.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
Recess Appointments.

Santa F6.-Goyernor Mcdonald re.
ported to the Senate the following re.
cess appointments: e. h. Smdley
Manuel Abreu and Scott Etter as
members OF the board OF water com
misSioners; Bernard Appel, as q
member OF the insane asylum board
and Clark Oily, II. o, Strong and c
A. Rising, as members Of the State
Board OF Embalmers.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19

Santa Fe.-Governor Mcdonald has
appointed the following notaries pub.
lie: Santiago Rivera, Anton Chico,
Guadalupe county; Fred a. Becker,
Belen, Valencia county; w. A. Nc.
Millin, Albuquerque. Bernalillo coun'
~.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
"oh, Fair New Mexico" State SONG.

Santa Fe.-By unanimous consent,
six House and three Senate bills were
introduced. The Senate general APP.
preparation bill also was introduced.
The House bills include one making
Miss Elizabeth Garrett's "Oh, Fsir
New Mexico" the state song, and ap
propriating money for It's publication
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19

A mans inclination to give advice
is strong in inverse ratio to his fit-
ness to give ALBANY Journal.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19

BE happy Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue, Delights
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19

The brazilian cotton crop is increas
ing in quantity and quality,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19
STATE NEWS
IoF TO ALL
NEW MEXICO


2-3-Annunl Meeting Southwcst-
crn New Mexico Cattle Growers As
ISOLATION, az silver City.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-19

Fayat, Azores. - The American
steamer Corning returned to this port
with her engines damaged.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
COUNCIL Gets
ORDINANCE TO
MAKE CITY DRY

Councilman Hesksth planned
Monday afternoon 10 introduce an
ordinance rs drafted by Corpora
ton Counsel Bradford. making ~.
fective locally the state constitu.
tional amendment calling for PROFIT.
bition.
This Is n result Of Mayor CHS
contention. as published several
days ago In The Star. that II such
an ordnance were not drawn I'm
mediately. Seattle would be unable
TO enforce the dry law
Tho Hesketh ordinance contains
n provlso making II effective. only
In tho event tho constitutional
amendment Is held valid by the
courts.
Tho report In Sunday paper
that Seattle would have prohibi.
ton ordinance whether the state
was held TO be dry or not was
branded false Monday by Mayor
GIN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
HAzEN j. BREAKS
INTO PRINT AGAIN

Hazen j. Titus. the great big
baked potato demon. has again
been inyeigled into permitting pub
llcity TO be given the Northern Pa
ciflc railroads dining car service
de luxe. OF which he Is superinten.
dent.
The Pacific Coast Hotel and
Apartment Record. published in Los
Angeles. devotes several pages In
It's current issue TO describing
Titus service and the excellent
commissary In Seattle. and chicken
ranch at Kent. operated under
Titus direction. as auxillaries TO
his dining car department.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
SALTS fine FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We Eat Too Much Meat. Which
Clogs Kidneys, Then Back Hurts
and Bladder Bothers You.

Most folks forget that the kid
neys. like the bowels. get sluggish
and clogged and need a flushing &C,
casionally. else We have backache
and dull misery in the kidney
region. severe headaches. rheu.
matte twinges. torpid liver. acid
stomach. sleeplessness and all
sorts OF bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kid.
neys active and clean. and the mo
ment you feel an ache or pain In
the kidney region, get about four
ounces OF Jad Salts from any good
drug store here, take a tablespoon
full in a glass OF water before
breakfast for few days and your
Kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts IL made from the acid
OF grapes and lemon Juice. com
bined with lithia, and Is harmless
to flush clogged kidneys and slim.
ulate them to normal activity. 1t
also neutralizes the acids In the
urine so II no longer initiates. thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jsd Salts is harmless; inexpen-
sive: makes delightful effer.
yescent lithia- water drink which
everybody should take now and
then to keep their kidneys clean.
thus avoiding serious compiled
tons.
a well-known local druggist SAYS
he sells lots OF Jad Salts 10 folks
who believe IN overcoming kidney
trouble while IL is only trouble.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
NEGRO LEADER
And EDUCATOR
DIES IN ALABAMA

TUSKEGEE. Ala. Nov is--
Elaborate preparations are beine
made here today for the funeral
wednesday OF Booker T. Washing
ton. prominent educator and lead
er OF the negro race. who died here
yesterday four hours after his re.
turn from New York.
Hardening OF the arteries caused
death. following n nervous break
down. He was stricken In New
York. where he had lectured Oct.
%. He insisted upon being taken
back to Tuskegee. as he wanted to
die In the South.
A widow and three children sur.
vivc.
Washington. born in slavery.
gained fame as a teacher and All
thor. lie had been honored with
degrees from several universities.
and was founder OF the Tuskegee
Industrial school for negroes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
WANTS IMMIGRTA0lN
HEADQUARTERS MERE

Urging more stringent enforce
ment OF the immigration laws. Pres
ident u. p. Marsh. of the state fed
Grafton of labor, has written n let
ter to Secretary OF Labor Wilson,
asking that immigration headquar-
ters be transferred from Montreal
to Seattle, that a complete border
patrol between Washington ana
Columbia be established
and thatsan automobile and motor
cycle squad be equipped TO follow
auto smugglers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
CHURCHILL EXPLAINS

LONDON. Nov. 15.--Addressing
an expectant commons today. Win
ston Churchill. once first lord OF
the admiralty. declared he had
nothing 10 do with sending the
British force to Antwerp-one OF
the so-called "follles' recently pub.
licly criticised
At the same time he denied the
charge that the Dardanelles expe'
dition was started off half cock
ed" On the other hand, he ex'
planned the expedition was pro
foundly and maturely considered.
The crowd that thronged the
house OF commons had anticipated
a sensational explanation of his res.
ignatiou from the cabinet to go to
war with the oxford Yeomanry
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
ALLIES GAIN GROUND

ATHENS. Nov. i5.--Foot by foot
only. the allies are gaining in their
struggle In Southern Serbia
Besides the principal battle along
the line thru Veles 10 Tetoyo. hot
eombais are raging at many places
e s'sa raffh wcHt
The French arc driving heavily
az s.sst svl.s. tue fall OF which Is
hourly expected So many Hulgars
have been Killed the Bulgarian
commanders have asked an armis-
tice 10 bury the dead.
The French artillery has inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy at sew
.eral points.
In capturing Tetcvo. the Serbs
took 500 prisoners and quantities
of ammunition. Reports declared
the Dulgars. however. again invest
ed the town.
Along the western mofayn. Bull
gars and Serbs are fighting grimly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15

found floating IN Seattle's harbor
November 6. has revealed a quanti-
~ Of arsenic, leading to the belief
that he was poisoned for the dia-
mond ring he wore.
Sullivan was proprietor OF a Ia
coma cigar stand which friends
gave him recently. after the Taco
ma Times told about him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
.AusrRIANs WIN IN EAST

have cleared the west bank OF the
river Styr. according 10 official an
nouncement This Is regarded as
one of the most important victories
In Galicla recently.
At the same time the war office
announced capture of $500 more
Serbs in northern Serbia. along
with l2 cannon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15
DENY SMELLING LlFuBoArs

LONDON. Nov. i5.~-Doubt stIll
shronds events surrounding the
Austrian torpedoing OF the Italian
liner Ancona. tho both Austria and
Italy had presented their versions.
Austria maintained warning was
given the liner and sufficient time
10 debark her passengers. She dc.
MED that abe had 6helled depart.
ing llfcboats.
Italy claimed the submarine fired
at the Ancona without warning and
continued this course even 10 ihe
extent Of killing or wounding pas
sengers who sought refuge In the
llfcbnats