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Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
The Colombian Treaty

There is no such demand throughout this country surrender Colombia $25,O00Oo0 for polit ical purposes warrant the calling of a special bian treaty, The democratic politicians behind this treaty profess alarm further delay in ratification the treaty lest Colombia protest the powers.
 This treaty first suggested in the latter part of the Taft admnistra ion, partly to purchase the commercial friendship ,i certain Latin American countries and partly reflection upon the Roosevelt administration though Mr.. Taft part the acts for which it was proposed to surrender S250000 900 by way of reparation Colombia for the loss Panama thereby fixing upon the Roosevelt administration the stigma of having fomented least encouraged revolution by which pros porous and orderly republic has been carved of an unprogressve oppressed so-caled republic that time under the control of dictator.
 MT Taft if left to himself would probably have been averse such treaty. but he yielded a republican faction in opposition to MT. Roosevelt. When Wilson administration into power, MT Bryan always a politician seized with avidity upon the unfinished treaty, negotiated it anew. and for the ratification of which, to fasten shame upon the country for partisan purposes it is now proposed to call an extraordinary session.
 We do not think that any of the powers would be likely themselves with protest would have occurred Colombia to make any pro- test or to expect $25 5OOo gift from the American people but for the politicians Washington.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
CLAIM PEOPLE WERE
(euO eSRd mo1A psnuauoo)

Assistants George H. Harben and Les lie C. Hardy demurred and answered the complaint, vigorously denying each of the arguments brought against the new law. They stated that the meas ure was properly headed on the ballot, and the number of applicants for re- lief under it's provisions in no way jus tified the contention that the payment of these pensions would cause the state to spend more out of the general fund than the law allowed. Relative to the powers of the boards of supervisors, the attorney general argued that the provision of the law relating to aims houses was wholly within the sovereign power of the state. The counties. he said, were merely divisions of the state and acted only as trustees in the case of such institutions. The right to dis pose of such institutions belonged to the people, and they had voted to dis pose of them.
 Contrary to the expectation of many who nave been watching the case with
 great interest, the argument that il
 was not adopted by q majority of the
 qualified electors of the state did moi
 come up. This argument, it is stated will be used by the taxpayers associa ton when the case reaches the su- preme court as it is bound to do. Judge Crosby announced yesterday afternoon that he would announce his decision al g o'clock this morning
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
ANOTHER BRYAN
viscount Haldane Responsible fo
 England's Unpreparedness

To the Editor of the Republican, sir:
 Probably the the most bitterly un popular man in England today IS Wis count Haldane, who. as lord chan cellor in the present cabinet was so hostile to every suggestion of un
 preparedness for war that he, more than any Englishman, is responsible for the lack of preparation whicn handicapped his country so largely at the outbreak of the present war.
 The charges now hurled against him
 that he was the secret friend and
 helper of Germany, deliberately be- traying his own country, are of course absurd. But the damage that he and others like him did their coun- try is no absurd fiction, but a deadly serious fact.
 Lord Haldane, like many men, some high in public life in this coun- try, was and is a professional pacif- | ist He worked steadily to keep down the standing army. He was hostile to the creation of an ade- quate army system. He opposed the program of naval construction urged ! by his colleagues in the cabinet. II l was but q few months ago that he made d visit to Berlin, met and con versed with the Emperor and many German statesmen, and returned to ] his country to try by every means in his power to convince his fel- l low countrymen that there was not
 the remotest possibility of any wal with Germany. The war commenc- ! suade the British public to accept his delusions.
 A hater of militarsm and every l thing connected herewith, he delib- 1 erately deluded himself into d beliel
 in the doctrines now being preached war was a way to invite war. i laundering, self confident doctrine l the practical results which he ac-
 complished in limiting the military preparedness of his own country were fully as disasterous as though ht had been in fact. as he is now hys-
 terically charged with being. actu- ated by deliberately traitorous pur- poses. Germany was shown the val
 ue of training by holding the balance
 of Europe at bay for year.
 l We have many Haldanes here. AnC they have the same self confident fatuousnsss that he exhibited. It i. | to be hoped that their blunders may not have as serious consequence as 1 Haldane's. IL is sincerely to be hopel
 that our people may not be so de luded as to accept the wish for tho
 fact, that they will meet the fact.
 as they are and spend a few mil lions in preparation against war
 instead of in the future paying bil- lions as war indemnity.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
PARISH TRIAL (Contlnued from Page One)

increase being due to such condi- tions as are set forth in the writ ten answers to the charges, and that there would have been a de- crease of about s5,000 but for those very conditions, the witness was then turned over to the attorneys for the proponents of the charges for cross examination.
 The inquiry began with a series of questions as to the correctness of the report submitted on January II by Manager Parish covering the last six months of 1914 Parish said the report was correct so for as he knew. and that it was based on figures taken off his books by his clerk, MT. Boggs. He said he sup posed they corresponded with those of the city auditor as they were checked by him.
 When the question led to details of the decreases reported by Man ager Parish there were frequent clashes between the attorneys. those for Parish urging that he be per | mitted to make his statements as full as he desired, while those for the proponents insisted that he con fine himself to direct answers Mayor Young was obliged to call the at 1 torneys to order by directing them | to get down to business, gentlemen,
 get down to business"
 | The appointment of additional
 members to the police force, the history of the conspiracy of Mex ! jeans to sack the city. and their l subsequent arrest and conviction was also gone into. Parish said he ap- pointed but one or two men to | the force without consulting the chief of police. Once he named Amos Egley, he. said as special officer because Egley came to him and l said that Brisbois had sent him to
 the manager with word that it would
 be all right with him (Brisbois) if
 Parish had him sworn in. After
 wards Brisbois told Parish he had
 not been satisfied with the appoint
 ment of Egley.
 q centainly would not have ap-
 pointed Egley,' said Parish, If l
 had not supposed Brisbois sent him to me for that purpose"
 l w. H. West, who lives on a claim
 adjoining the city property pur-
 chased for sewer outfall said he
 would give 5000 for the property
 right now and that he knew of
 another man who was willing to pay $4000 for it. He said had he
 known that the property could have
 been purchased for $3,000 he would
 lave bought it before Parish, but that
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
NEW MEMBER COMMISSION
 GOES ID DAM
Sydney B. Williamson, New Chief of Construction of the Reclamation Service. Pays Flying Visit to Phoenix

Sydney E. Williamson. new chief of
 vice, and the man who succeeded to
 the vacancy in the reclamation com
 mission, left by the resignation of
 Director F. H. Newell, arrived in
 Phoenix yesterday on his first in spection trip, and almost immediately went To Roosevelt to view the dam.
 Lately of the corps of engineers who worked out the construction problems at Panama. MT. Williamson. is well qualified to build reclamation projects for Uncle Sam. His appointment oc- cured on December 10, soon after the war had put an end to a big en- gineering proposition he was to work out for an English firm. When A P Davis succeeded to the director ship, and the commission was reOr- ganized so that this job included that of chief engineer, MT Williamson was selected to specialize in construction work
 Upon his arrival here, the engineer east about at once for q means of l going to the dam. and preferring to make the trip immediately, instead of delaying to rest here. left with Pro feet Manager C. H. Fitch about noon. Chief Electrical Engineer o. II. En- sign happened to be at Roosevelt, working on the installation of the new power unit, and MT. Williamson inter cepted him with a message at Fish | C,roal- f., rau1afp far 1 copGnlg fiOn The entire party will return today
 to be occupied for a time in the study of reports in the local offices.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
GERMAN SHIPS LAID UP IN OUR PORTS

According to the New York Times there are sixty-six German and Austrian merchant vessels laid up in the ports of the United States or it's isl and possessions. Their gross tonnage 51S 7O6 anG net tonnage 297.7G0 Fifty of these ships fly the German flag, while eleven Austrian yes sels Thirty of the ships a New York eight at Boston, four each at New Orleans and Baltimore three at Philadelphia and eight at Honolulu The Hamburg American line twenty eight of the ships, and the North German Lloyd fifteen. The tonnage in ports of continental United States is 433.67S. They would accommodate 42135 passen- gers The largest in the list is ton Vater- land. with a of 923 men, tied up at New York Next in size is the President Grant. also at New York, with crew of 525 Third in size is the Amerka, of 22,000 tons Boston with a crew of 64l men. Other large vessels in the list are the Kron Prinzessin Cecillie Kaiser Wilhelm II Gin cinnati Pennsylvania Grosser Kurfurst Bulgaria, Barbarossa Princess Irene. Friedrich der Crosse Hamburg and Rhein
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
An Almshouse is an Almshouse

It is not mopportune to remind the gentlemen of the house of representatives that an almshouse by any other name would smell as sweet Nothing is to be gained by an attempted evasion of the initiated old age and mothers pension law. It must be squarely the senate has tried to meet it, or since question the validity of the initiated law has already been brought into the courts it might as proftably be ignored
 The house would provide for the relief of indi gents moi eligible to relief under the old age and mothers pension law which, though doubtless in tended to relieve all indigens, excluded majority of them from relief The house would leave the care of the excluded indigents the devices of the boards supervisors. who may grant pensions or may establish places where they may be maintained; only, such places to be called almshouses, for almshouses have been iterdcted by the old and mothers pension law, which has ordered them to be abolished amshouse. whatever the legis lature may call it, is what recognized dictionary says it is.
 We have called county hospitals aims houses, they nothing else That is what they understood to be by the framers of the old age. and mothers pension law. and that under standing been questioned. The only ques- tions whether the initiated law is valid, and whether, if so the legislature prohibited by the anti repeal nt-amending amendment the sttuton from repeating amending it.
 That amendment protects against amendment repeal by the legislature initiated which have been adopted by majority of the electors This initiated law received a majority of the cast that proposition but not a majority of the votes of all the electors of the state of those who attended election which ths law passed.
 But if the senate could repeal amend the old age and mothers pension directly, the house, by its amendment the bill extend, curtail change in any the purpose of that Reduced to it's lowest terms, the senate bill amended in the house is amendment of the old age and mothers pension law which leaves no power grant public relief any form, to those who eligible to relief under the initiated law.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
Arizona Republicans Editorial Page

connects itself with the dead, distinguished foreigner
 If an eminent citizen of any part of the world has achieved further distinction, it is called by some Angeeno that his nephews cousins wife for time guest of of the Los An geles hotels
 Now comes forward conscience stricken chauf- feur of Los Angeles greve his heart away because it his carelessness, he says. that caused cident which resulted in the amputaton of a leg of Mme Bernhardt We believe the Divine has yet been deprived of her leg We have fol- lowed the closely ought to have done, but have somehow gained the impression that the story of the amputaton grew of a jocular mark by Mme Bernhardt that be per formed in which event she would bear her misfor tune lightly.
 But that enough to bring Los Angeles into the lmelght again with the story of the accident to which the distinguished actress has alluded pos sbly she has not heard of it..
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
Fix Food Prices.

BERLIN Feb. 26 The Bundesrath has raised the price of potatoe pro ducts because the farmers are us ing potatoes for fodder It is hoped this will prevent the consumption of potatoes by cattle The Bundersrath has also fixed the maximum price on which municipalities may exprO- priate hogs in order to lay up the required store.
 The Bundesrath found the price of hogs increasing to such a de gree that it interfered with cities collection the prescribed food stores The maximum prices so fixed are 'ased on prices of the last two mark ct days of January. in various To- calities. Frankfort On Main and Mecklenburg have decided to follow the example of Berlin to issue bread cards. Frankfort limits the weekly consumption of bread to fourteen hundred grams. and Mecklenburg to sixteeh hundred grams
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
COPPER GROWING SCARCE IN GERMANY

Statements made in editorial form by, the En- gineering and Mining Journal regarding supplies of copper in Germany may be summarized as follows: The metal is scarce, and relatively little has been obtained from outside The price high officially 22 cents pound. But the scarcity is not so great as to attract general attention though it is cats- Ing remarkable attention the adoption of sub stitutes. The shortage has materially affected military operations yet the army cautioned be sparng in it's use of the metal Our contemporarv noting that a German correspondent suggests that Germany may adopt substitutes copper which 1T It came to pass, would have a permanently bad effect upon the copper producers of the world de clareS IL does not believe permanent substitutes are readily going to be found It says we have expe- rienced times when we have had make fire with Hint and steel, but very glad to revert to the use of ucifer matches when could get them The substitution of aluminium wire for copper wire has been talked about during many years but has Tailed to make any great headwAy; and we do not believe that the manufacture of belt buckles out of Znc instead of copper is going to reduce the coE- sumption of copper by anywhere near so much as when the automobile manufacturers discontinued brass trimmings and fittings a few years ago - BradStreet's
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
l. [. C. INQUIRY
(Contlnued from Page One.)

the Rock Island from 1902 to 1910, also told the commission he had been asked to resign by Reid. but had no knowledge of why While he had no agreement, he said, he received s10o.00 for past services on all mat ters and all things" between himself and variou Rock Island companies on his withdrawal Jackson said Reid assured him it was not because of any failure in his official duties that the resignation was asked. He said he did not ask for further informa- tion
 E. J. Moore, Philadelphia banker
 not related, it was explained to w. H
 Moore of the group controlling the
 Rock Island said he had attended a
 stockholders meeting of the Rock Is-
 land operating company in 1914 with
 five shares of stock to present a
 resolution for institution of suit for
 the recovery of seven and a half mil
 lions against the directors. A repre-
 sentative of the Central Trust Com pany of New York. he said had voted
 the resolution could be presented. A second meeting went the same way. The trust company representa- tive. he said, had stated his proxy limited him to voting on adjournment only.
 C. H. Warren, assistant to President Leeds of the Rock Island during 1902 04, said he had left the company be- cause MT Leeds had not devoted suf- ficient attention to questions relating 1 to management of the road, and left him up in the air"
 "I left" he said. because the situ-
 ation became unpleasant, and unsat- | isfactory"
 The witness explained that he hat been induced to go to the Rock Is land from the Central Railway of New Jersey by Mr. Leeds, on an agree | ment that he would receive stocl | worth a minimum of $l5O,O0O at tn,
 end of two years. When he left tn, | company, he said, he was given $50, 900 in cash and stock in the New
 Jersey Holding Company of a fac, value of $2O5,00O in accordance witt that agreement
 Earlier in the day Daniel G. Reet was on the stand and testified tha
 the first intimation of the present in vestigation had reached him iron
 David Lamar. The message brough him, he said. was that a speech wa about to be made to congress on thu subject
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27

Parish had slipped one over on him. He said the land was good for az ricultural purposes, that he had F acres of such land upon which there was at the present time good crop of barley.
 E. II. Thornton said he owns land just south of the city property and that a fair value for the 36 acres
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
POSER FOR POSTMASTER GENERAL

Before Postmaster General Burleson can convince the farmers that they could get good service from the contract system-whatever that is-as from the present rural route carriers and at the same time $18,000.000 year, he will have to show them something besides annual report They all from Missouri that propo- stion. If there underpaid service if is the rural route carriers. How the same work could be done for much less requires actual demonstration to be believed.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
Los Angeles on the Job

The people of Los Angeles have infinity of ways of keeping that village in the public eye. If the telegraph carries the story of distinguished foreigner, whose death of acute indigestion is at tbuted to over-indulgence in frankfurters the Los Angeles newspapers forward with the an- nouncement of a resident that his Uncle Heine was inordnatey fond of fankfufters, but fortunately had rot succumbed to their ravages Thus, Los Angeles
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
ALLIES AGREED (Continued From Page One)

the operations of middlemen because of the increasing prices of all com modities, especially food and fuel. Henceforth commodities will go dl rectly from producer to consumer The penalty for these infrngements of these regulations is three months Imprisonment and a heavy fine
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27

of city land would be $lo0 an acre.
 Auditor Cooper was the last wit ness, being recalled to state wheth- CT the figures of the Parish report were correct. He said they were. He said that if forced" increases were deducted the five months of 1914 would show a decrease of some S6,- 000 over 1913.
 Adjournment was then taken at o'clock
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
SHE COOKED BY THE BOOK

My dear, did you make this pud- ding out of the cookery book?"
 Yes, love"
 Well, l thought l tasted one of the covers. Sacred Heart Review
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27
10, THE POOR PLAYWRIGHT

Are you familiar with the motive of links new play?"
 Yes; he needed the money. Phil adelphia Public Ledger.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27

The excess of sentiment, which IS misleading in philanthropy and eco monies, grows acutely dangerous when it interferes with legislation, or with the ordinary rulings of mor- alitv. Agnes Repplier.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-27

Chamber of Commerce Dinner March 4-Adams-
 Ever, body Attend
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-01-13
LOCAL JOTTINGS

| During her trip abroad last summer
Miss Fannie Silbaugh had the misfor-
tune, like thousands Of other American
| travellers, to lose her trunk. By good
dea! of pressure the lost article has
been restored to her.
-Changeable weather conditions has
brought good deal of sickness to peo-
pie of this city and section, mostly Sc
we're colds.
AT the opening of school little Miss
Helen Baldwin celebrated her fifth
| birthday by giving her little associates
in the kindergarten department treat
Of ice cream, served at school.
Bring your shoe repair work to
the SELF Royal Blue" shoe store. A
fine workman always ready to give you
.4lisfaction.
- Rural Mail Carrier Virgil Grubb
, vent to Lacrosse for the purpose of
! having growth removed from his
lace. Mrs Grub braves the weather
and makes the daily round for Uncle
/ Sam.
Edward A. Schmidt was given his
| first try out as mail messenger sub
stitute, making the run from Sparta to
Aberdeen. 1t was during the holiday
season, and Ed, says the burden was a
big one.
Milton WEIGH has rented his town
Of Webster farm and moved with his
| family to Viroqua, occupying the resi-
depce property formerly owned by
Frank Peters west of the camp grounds.
Welcome, Milt.
Joint installation of Woodman and
Royal Neighbor camps viii be held in
Running hall on Thursday evening of
next week. Woodmen and their wives,
Royal Neighbors and their husbands are
invited to be present.
Don't fail to read the continued
story, Trey o. Hearts, running on
an inside page Of the CENSOR. The
thrilling adventures Of this plot are
given in moving pictures at the Opera
house each Wednesday evening.
Harold Nelson, who was long a
stenographer and clerk in the law Of
fee Of ]. Henry Bennett, takes the
place of Assistant Cashier Henry Rentz
at Westby during the latter's absence
as a member Of tn legislature.
"A bevy of buyers was the cause of
many horses being brought TO town for
sale last week. A number of good ami
mails were secured at fair prices. Most
OF these animals, It is expected, are to
be taken abroad for war purposes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-01-13
NOTICE OF ANNUAL NETTING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT HAM
- burg town Mutual Insurance Company will
hold annual meeting at Running's hsi, in the city
Of giroqua. Vernon county. Wis. the third
Wednesday of January 1915 at 10 o'clock A NJ.
full and complete report of the Company 5
Insurance business. done during the year will be
read. Directors for the ensuing year, and also a
member on the Board Of Audit are to be elected
and our present Gasoline Clause. amended to our
By Laws April 5. 1913. where at our last annual
insurance meeting held January 81. 1914 taken up
for discussion. with the intention to have said
Gasoline Clause modified. so as 20 enable our In
suranee Co. to assume reasonable risk for loss
damage that may occur by accidents from such
use Upon discussion of same. said annual meet
ing resolved that our insurance president. TO ap-
point committee of three members 70 form and
modify said gasoline clause n that effect and re-
at NirOqua. January 20. 1915: again TO be taken
up for consideration. and such other busint IS
transacted as may properly come before said
meetirr. LEWIS o. BRYE. Secretary.
Dat Z at Coon Valley. Wis. Jan. :. 1915.