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The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - Former Secretary
Bryan, in the first section of his
statement on The Causeless War
prophesied that the greatest peace
making opportunity in all history was
certain to come to the United States,
and declared there would be a de-
mand for an international conference
with the return of peace, to change
the rules of international law, which
seem to have been made for the ma
lions at war rather than for the ma
tions at peace
Under the stress and strain of the
titanic struggle in which they are en-
gagged" Bryan's statement says, each
side has felt itself justified in en-
croaching on the rights of the neu-
trails. The ocean highways, the COM
mon property of all, have been to
some extent appropriated for war pur-
poses and delicate diplomatic ques-
| lions are forced upon the neutral ma
tons
Just at this time, when these ques-
tions are most acute, the belligerent
governments are least able to deal
with them with the calmness and poise
which their great Importance de-
mands.
mo wonder every neutral nation is
increasingly anxious for the war to
end, but of all the neutral nations ours
has the most reason to pray for the
return of peace-most reason to set
its face resolutely against participa-
ton in this war.
This nation, the head of the neu,
trail group, and the sincere friend OF
all the belligerents, is the duty bounC
to set an example in patience and self
restraint.
in all history no such opportunity
has ever come to any other nation as
that which is destined to come to the
United States In all history no 9th
er peacemaker has ever been in posi-
ton to claim as rich a. blessing as that
which will be pronounced upon oul
President when the time for mediation
comes-as come it must"
Introducing his statement, Bryan
graphically describes the horrors ant
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
Smith Judgment for $4,000 Affirmed

Denver.-The State Supreme Court
granted a new trial to Lauro Garcia,
a Mexican convicted of killing Mar
shall C. E. Brockman of Fort Collins,
affirmed judgment for $4,000
awarded Sylvia T. Smith, who was
editor of newspaper at Marble, Colo.
where she was forcibly deported, and
declared that James A. Shinn, former
ly state game and fish commissioner,
was properly succeeded in office by
Walter B. Fraser as the result of a
competitive civil service examination.
A long list of decisions was an
nounced by the court. Garcia OBJ
tanned a new trial because new evil
dence supporting the defense that he
is insane has been discovered by his
attorneys Miss Smith obtained her
judgment in the lower court against
C. F. Meek, an official of the Colorado
Yule Marble Company. who is now
dead. She alleged he was instru-
mental in having her forcibly de-
ported from Marble because of articles
in her paper criticising his company.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
YAouI INDIANS DECLARE WAR.
Announce Hostlitles Against Ger
many, Mexico and America.

San Diego. Calf, June 1.-THE
flagship Colorado, of the Pacific fleet,
with three companies of marines, prob
ably will sail for the south today. The
expedition will go to the Yaqui val
ley, Sonora with force of 300 ma
rines, under the command of Major
McKelvy, fully equipped with machine
guns and artillery, and prepared for
eventualities. The cruisers Cleveland
and New Orleans, now at Guaymas,
are prepared to take aboard refugees
if necessary. Admiral Howard is in
command of the Colorado
The Yaqui Indians, according to ad-
vices. have declared war on Germany.
Mexico and the United States. Their
declaration of war on Germany. the
advices said, was because German
colonist, crack rifle shot, defended
his home in the last Yaqui raid with
remarkable success and much disas-
ter to the raiders
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

the evidences of racial friendship and
good will which exist in the majority
of communities. And Negroes imi
tate white men closely; if white peo-
pie break the law, drink and gamble.
Negroes will; il white people are
sober, law-abiding and Industrious.
Negroes will be. Counseling the Ne.
groes Mr.. Washington advised them
to stay in the country where the soil
and the rain and the sun draw no
color line. He urged his hearers not
to live in a knapsack, but to settle
down and to get property. He told
them that fifty years the white man
had been carrying the Negro on his
back and that he was getting tired.
He babe them consider how they
could use at home what they had
learned at school And he advised
them not to talk about white people,
but to talk to them, to make friends
with them.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
Pardon Granted Edward ]. Estes.

Denver.-Edward ]. Estes, former
chairman of the Weld county board
of commissioners. who early in 1912
was sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary on an admitted charge
OF forgery involving county funds, and
whose term later was committed by
former Governor Ammons to three
years, was granted full pardon by
Gov. George A. Carlson, who as dis
trict attorney Of Weld county in 1912
waged the prosecution that resulted
In his conviction.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

Booker Washington. accompanied
by a company of 20 other educated
colored men, has recently made
visit to larger centers of population
in Louisiana. The coming of the Wis
itors was widely advertised in ad-
vance, and Negroes gathered in large
numbers to attend the meetings held.
Some journeyed ten. twenty and even
forty niles-on mule back, in buggy,
In wagon. At Shreveport, on the west
ern border of the state, ten thousand
gathered principally to hear Mr..
Washington. He was the chief speak
er and principal attraction at all
points. White citizens of prominence
lent encouragement to the meetings
by their presence. Booker Washing
ton gave wise and wholesome counsel
to both races. In talking to the whites
he reminded them that it is better to
educate Negroes than to take care of
criminals; that Louisiana paid too
high a compliment to Negro children
by assuming that a Negro child could
get satisfactory education by CIV
ing him only three or four months
schooling in the year; that the nation
hears too much about lynchings and
racial difficulties and too little about
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
s14,SO9,OOO IN WHEAT
THE 1915 CROP $4,000 BUSHELS
IN EXCESS OF LAST YEAR.
Winter Wheat Estimated 6,s9o,ooo
Bushels and Spring Crop at S.
100000, With Gain in Prices.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-Farmers of Colorado will
reap a winter wheat crop $4,000
bushels in excess of last year, and
will sell it at Al cents bushel over
1914 prices. making a net gain for
1915 of $262, 400. The total to be de.
rived from the winter wheat crop OF
the state is sS.O9O,20O, as approx
mated by the statistics of the United
States weather bureau.
A yield of spring wheat in Colorado
of 5,660,00O bushels. compared with
100000 bushels last year, is pre-
dicted in the report. The government
crop of spring wheat is expected to
show a gain in 1915 over 1914 of ap-
proximately 6S,00O,000 bushels.
The combined winter and spring
wheat crops of the United States will
reach nearly 95O,oO0,OOO bushels this
year, and OF this Colorado will con
tribute 12,55O,000 bushels, and sell it
at s14,SO9,000.
The following figures are issued by
the bureau OF crop estimates, in co
operation with the weather bureau
and the Department of Agriculture:
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
Craig Colony Needs Funds.

Denver.-Funds are needed to sup
port Craig colony, the outdoor SAM
tarium for INDECENT tuberculosis vic.
tins established by the late Frank
Myron Craig, and dedicated to the
tubercular poor A campaign for
popular subscriptions will soon be
launched
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

AS a rule employees in breweries,
are immune from consumption. Tur-
pentine works and rope works are a
protection from rheumatism. Work.
ers in copper mines need not fear
typhoid.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
Zeppelin Toll in Britain Is Forty

London.-The British war office
took the public into its confidence to
the extent of revealing that sixteen
persons were killed in the Zeppelin
raid Tuesday night and twenty-four on
June 6.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
Grand Duke conatantine Dead.

Petrograd.-Grand Duke Constan
tine Constantinovitch, president OF
the Imperial Academy of Sciences and
head of the department of military
schools, died of heart disease at the
age of 81 years.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

oats are also higher than in 1914, with
larger crops than last year predicted
for the country.
The price of sugar has increased.
The retail price is sos a hundred
weight or to the small buyer 81 for
fourteen pounds. Refiners predict
that the war will keep the price up for
some time.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
Meads Appointment Confirmed.

Denver.-Official confirmation has
come from Washington concerning
the announcement that Elwood Mead,
engineer of note. has been selected
as head of the central board of review
for the irrigation projects now under
construction by the United States
reclamation. service.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

The government of India has ap
pointed an expert to make an exhaus-
tive study of the white ants of that
country, which completely destroy all
books with which they come in con.
tact if not detected in time.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

The problem of giving southeastern
Italy an adequate water supply, which
has been studied since Roman times,
is about to be solved by the construc.
ton OF an aqueduct to cost about
$4,000, 900.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

Last summer saw completed the de-
marcation of the boundary line be-
tween Alaska and Canada, straight
north along the one hundred and forty
first meridian to the Arctic ocean. No
other boundary demarcation has ex-
tended into such high latitudes and
few boundaries of equal length are so
straight. The line follows the meridian
without deviation. regardless of noun
tains, swamps and forests.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
AFRO-AMER|CAN CU[[|NCS

kuno Meyer said the other day that
the great war was the price the world
is paying for the mechanical comforts
which have been piled up so rapidly.
Again another historian clinches the
point. The time it is W. E. B. Dubois,
the author of a brilliant book on
The Negro" which Holt has just pub
lished in the Home University Lii
brary
Dubois says that the Negro in
Africa has been practically enslaved
by the civilized nations of Europe.
The growth of trade unions made In
vestors look to Africa for opportun-
tiles. That meant the partition of
Africa. And this partition of Africa
brought revision of the ideas of Negro
uplift. Why was it necessary, the Eu-
ropean investors urged, to push con-
tinent of black workers along the
paths of social uplift by education,
trades unionism, property holding and
the electoral franchise when the work
ers desired no change and the rate Of
European profit would suffer-"
Accumulated profits from the me-
generations drove France, Belgium,
England, Germany, italy, Spain and
Portugal to carve Africa according to
their own tastes. Dubois can see no
hope for the race until Negroes fight
not simply for their own rights as
men, but for the ideals of the greater
world in which they live; the emanci-
patton of women, universal peace,
democratic government, the socializa-
ton of wealth and human brother
hood"
That does not mean inevitable prog
ress 1t means unacceptable degrade
ton if the generous spirits of the
world do not strive to the utmost. At
a crisis like this every virtue, every
ideal, every dream of glory can be
forsaken in an instant. Brute force
can displace reason, and the world,
like the gallant boy on the Aisne, can
make itself "the instrument through
which a greater force works out its
inscrutable ends through the impulses
of terror and repulsion.'
The alternative is justice, fraternity
and equality.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

The adoption by the Baptist con-
vention of the report to locate the pro-
posed Negro seminary at Memphis
came after considerable discussion.
Nashville submitted a pleasing prop
osition for the location of tho SEM
mary, but because of the distance to
Nashville from the center of Negro
population to be benefited by the SEM
mary. it was decided that Memphis
would be a more suitable place. 1t
was agreed to raise at an early date
$4,000 for this purpose. DR.. Milton
e. Griggs, Negro, of Tennessee. made
a profound impression and showed the
fine spirit of brotherliness and CO.
operation which exists between the
white and the Negro Baptists His
address showed fine spirit of loyal
ty to the South and the white people.
He acknowledged the debt which he
and his people owed to the South and
to the southern people. He said that
it was here that he got his language
his knowledge of industry and his re-
ligion, that he was proud Of his race
and of the white people. He declared
that the white people of the South
have helped the Negroes far beyond
their calculations. giving them new
unity and inspiring them to self-uplift
and self-help He declared that the
work of the southern white people is
affecting the Negro. not externally
but in real emancipation Of the
race. One-third of the voting strength
of the United States the South con
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19

philadelphia yearly loss because OF
rats is estimated at $1,OO0,OOO.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-06-19
BRYAN SEES US.
AS PEACEMAKER
ISSUES HIS FIRST STATEMENT ON
cAUSEtESS WAR AND TELLS
NEEDS OF NEUTRALS.
CHANGE RULES OF LAW
SEES OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD;
PREDICTS TREATIES PRO-
TEcTlNG ALL NATIONS.

western newspaper Union News Service,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-10
PROHIBITION TO
BE CONSIDERED
BY LABOR MEN

san Francisco, Nov. DISAPPOINTMENT of
various committees to handle the work
OF the convention was the most important
work OF single adjourned session of the
American Federation of Labor TODAY.
providence, r. l., sent a Geographic in
vitation bidding for the convention next
year.
The question Of whether the American
Federation of Labor should go on record
as in favor or opposed to prohibition was
expected to be the main issue at today's
session of the Both annual convention of
the organization. The question. il was
announced, would come up through mo-
ton introduced by the Milwaukee dele
gates of brewery workers to Gust from
the floors Of future conventions fraternsl
delegates Of religious organizations.
Fraternal delegates OF religious organ
nations. including the special council of
the Churches OF Christ in America, were
seated At the opening session yesterday
by unanimous approva, Of the committee
on credentials.
The Milwaukee brewer workers con-
tend that the religious organizations are
antagonistic to liquor production ana
traffic.
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ELLIOTT HOLDS
HIS POSITION
OF PRESIDENT

New York, Nov. 9-Howard Elliott.
chairman of the board and president OF
the company. was reelected to his
present Office at the meeting OF the
board Of directors Of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co,
here today The other officers re-elect-
ed were:
Vice presidents. Benjamin Camp
bell, A. r. Whaley; vice president and
general counsel, T. G. Buckland; vice
president and comptroller. ]. NJ Tom
Enson. secretary, A. E. Clark; treas
urer, A. S. May.
These mem bers of the executive
committee Of the board Of directors
were elected:
Howard Elliott, Boston; Arthur T
Hadley. New Haven; T. Dewitt Guy
Ter. Philadelphia; W. Murray Crane,
Boston; Edward Milligan, Hartford;
John T. Pratt, New York; Frank ".
Rockville, CT
The other committees named were:
Commute on Housatonic Power Co.,
and Waterbury Gas Light Co, Howard
Elliot; Eli Whitney, Harris White
more, John T. Pratt, Arthur T Had
ley.
Committee on Billiard Co. matter:
Howard Elliott, James L. Richards,
Francis T, Maxwell, Edward Milligan.
Committee on Boston real estate;
Howard Elliott, James l. Richards
Joseph z. Russell.
Committee on Eastern Steamship Co,
matter: Howard Elliott Benjamin
Campbell, James L. Richards, Joseph
r. Russell.
Committee On New England Invest
ment & Security Co. matter: Howard
Elliott, James L. Richards and Joseph
r. Russell. Edward Milligan.
The resignation Of H A Fahyan,
purchasing agent, was accepted by
the directors. and George G. Yoemans
was appointed his successor.
Authority was given hy the d:rec-
tors to begin al once the putting in Of
q four-track fou9dation for re.
bridge over the Thames river at New
London, Ct.
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General Orders y. v. D.

General orders 40. q
Section | Having been elected com
mander Of the Dept. q Maine. Union
Veterans Union, at Ire END annual
convention held al 1sftas, Me oct. ".
1914. ] hereby assume command and
ldeee my hes, efforts, with the assist
ance " m. officers and comrades. 10
mako The cor9lnc wear a successful one
i; our order. Headquarters will be as
tablished at Tosus Me N II. u. Y. s.
Sec. :. the following officers were
elected and Installed. o. T. GHdden.
Dept. c2H2rander Togus, Ne; G. t.
Stevens. 1st deputy commander. Au-
gQsta. Me. c. T Burr. IND deputv
commander, Auburn. Ne; =. =. Pratt,
surgeon general, Auburn, Me: j. r.
true, Dept chaplain, Tocus, Me. !;
Joan w. J.. johnson, adjutant general.
Gardiner, Me; Charles J. House. quar-
ternasteI general, Augusta NE. Ex-
ecutive committee. G. F. Aver. Saco:
+ y. Burgess, Tosus: ". s. Oallman.
1o2us; NJ Tjbbetts, Bangor: j. L.
Rushton Last Machias: j. ~ Shan
non. Saco. and Charles J. House. Au-
gusta.
sec. 2 The following appointments
nave been made upon the staff Of the
department commander, and they will
he obeyed and respected accordingly.
Chief o. staff, Gem Patrick HAYES Of
losus inspector general WINSTON s.
paknan. Tosus; judge advocate gen
eraL Wainwright Cushing, Foxcroft;
and mastering officer. Charles Folsom
Tones, Skowhegan
Sec. 4. Upon receipt Of this General
Order the colonel Of each command
VIII forward TO these headquarters the
name OF one comrade TO act as aid
de-carnp upon the staff Of the dep2rt-
ment commander
sec. b. All personal cc1arau-: cations
should be addressed to the department
commander at Togus. RE All other
communications must Re addressed to
the adJutant general at Gardiner. Me.
Sec. 6. In the transmission Of the
quarterly reports the per capita Of 10
cents for each mem Der, also u cents
Tor each new member mustered must
he enclosed with the reports and for
Warded TO the adjutant general All
checks and money orders must be
maze payable to the quartermaster
general, Charles J. House, Augusta
Ne
Sec. :. As soon as the newly cleo
ed officers of the Precinct comma nde
are installed, the names Of the colonel
doJutan1 and quartermaster, with the
postoffice address Of each, also the
evening and the place Of meeting. must
De forwarded to the adjutant general
by the Installing officer.
BY Command: Q. F. GLIDDEN
Dept. Commander
JOHN ". P. JOHNSON.
Adjutant General.
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CHELSEA

u s. tina Lawrence passed the
@eeE-tnd a. thch ONE Of her father.
=. g. Lawrence. returning Ia Augusta
Monday Inornlus.
Several deel nave been seen within
tn limits II the r"a-n since the law
went Of. none have been brought down
Us yet however.
. Gen. Falr4ck Hayes is reported as
being a+out the same. being able TO
/ SEE Visitors al all times
William heene of the National Sol
GERS Hore was caller in town Sun
dal.
Percy Morgan has fully recovered
from his recent Illness and IS now en-
gagged III answering the "caN Of III.
wild finding the life IN the open
greatly 10 mis- advantage Seldom does
This second Joe Knowles return home
without some sort Of game strung over
Ills shoulder
schools III town Will soon close for
the long winter vacation.
Or. and Mrs. II. X. Stinson OF thu
National soldiers Home were in town
one day thls week.
Samuel Harris i planning TO move
ms family 10 Randolph for the winter.
Mir Harris condition remains about
the same. His son Frank Will move
OHIO the home place and carry on the
farm.
Master Warren Hayes. one Of our
representative young fellows in Town
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NATIONAL HOME.


olncer OF the Gay " wednesday, capt.
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James Z. Libby, former farmer al
this branch, who has been visiting
friends here for q few days returned
Tuesday 10 his home in Saco.
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visit TO his former home in East Or
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-10
Family of Late
Gen. Rogi Legal
ly Resuscitated
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Toxic. Oct 6-No subject has caused
more Of 2 clanor Of public discussion in
Japan in recent Years than an imperial
decree legally resuscitating the family Of
the late General Nogi, the hero Of Port
Arthur and the idol Of the Japaneses ma
ton. A storm Of protest has risen from
all parts Of the Empire because Of the
fact that General Nogi, who committed
haralliri with his wife on the night Of
the funeral Of Emperor Mutsuhito, left
q will expressing his disaproval Of the
custom Of adopting heirs in Japan and
requesting that his family become extinct.
General Nogi's later life was saddened
IN the loss Of his two sons in the war
with Russia He was constantly re
Guested by relatives and friends 10 adopt
an heir in fulnlment Of japanese custom
and thus to continue the succession Of his
house Nogi. however. refused, declaring
that 10 his mind the practice Of adop-
ton had worked very badly and often
had resulted in bring discredit to the fam
lily He preferred that his own house.
which had been given the rank of nobility
nv the emperor should become extinct
after his death
This desire was contained very explicit
~ in his last testament in which he de-
c7ared the tonlbs Of the family ances-
tors should be cared for by blood rela-
lions so long as any Of them survive, and
not by others.
He gave directions that his body should
be contributed to medical school for
dissection Under the belief that his wife
would survive him, Count Nogi con-
Guided his will with the words: THE
name of the House of Nogi will be re-
tanned during my wife's lifetime and
after that it is my earnest hope that my
family will be extinguished.'
The successor to Count Nogi is not a
blood relation. He is Notosato Mori,
younger brother of Viscount Motoo Mort.
An imperial decree ordering Mr.. Mort TO
take over the house Of the late General
Nog as well as the title of Count was
issued on the third anniversary of the
suicide of the hero Of Port Arthur. The
fact that the new head of the house has
already made application for the family
relics and memorials has heightened pub
lie feeling or the matter. The new
count NOEl IL ISSclflHS OH SllulcSs
stream of anonymous letters some
threatening and all protesting his sue
ceeding TO the name of Nogi in defiance
of the wish of the great soldier.
The question occupies the foremost
place in the press which quotes many
jurists as holding the step illegal. 1t is
likely that the question viii come up in
the next session of the Diet The for
rner head of the Mort house was a daimio
Of Choshu clan of which the late Count
Nogi was member and this is one rea-
son why a man Of the present genera
ton was selected The entire contro-
versy is Of special interest because II
shows that public opinion in Japan now
dares to criticize even a decree of the
Emperor, In former days criticism of an
imperial edict would have been regarded
as entirely disloyA and Impossible.