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The Washington times., 1915-01-31
with Truce Declared Over Sun.
day, Leaders See Bitter
Battle Ahead.
Permanent POLICY SOUGHT
Senator Ollie James May Be
Called Upon Tomorrow to
Block FiIibuster.

with the Senate war over the snip
ourehase bill still on. though truce
was declared over sunday. Democratic
leaders are giving serious consideration
20 further modification Of the measure.
Already the bill has been much
CHANGED from the form in which the
Administration at frst gave 1t the or
f,cial o. X. Now there are signs thae
It will be changed further.
Senator Norris Of Nebraska stirreo
M a. lot Of trouble for the Democratic
leaders the other day when he de-
clared the bill would have to be changed
in two respects before he would sup
port 1t, although he had long favored
Government ownership Of vessels.
Seeks Permanent Policy.
In the first place. he demanded ina.
the bill make provision for permanent
policy. He denounced the present pro
Visions to tho extent that they con-
template the purchase OF snips ny to
Government. the building up or PROM. ~.
able lines, and then disposal oi tne
vessels to private interests to the fat
advantage Of such interests. 49,.
Senator Norris demanded that are are
taxpayers be- given a chance to snare
fh,s proposed enterprise: He poln.eu
out that the bill contemplated merely
Temporary policy. and that tnis was
actly what he did not want. nc ranEe.
The criticisms Of Senator Norris; az
we'll as of other Senators. and deVsaop.
ments in an internssioh1a1 III t1on leaders in
the senate to sweat blood. Tnev are
the more concerned over the attack on
Senator Norris because they rear @ 1ne
political effects Of a. prEisrnss %;,i msre thar
$hex fear the criticisms Of conservative
Republicans. .,,r..
fore, giving consideration to the aoop
Norris amendment to make the Gov
ernment ownership policy permanent
Would Be Farce.
Senator Norris talked today OF tn
plan Of a temporary policy OF Govern
mont ownership. with subsequent SAFE
Of ships to private interests when thei
orerations became profitable.
''Unless q ship purchase measure pro
vides for a permanent policy OF Govern
ment ownership it Is farce. at So sa'n fiksi; ng
on the subject Of purchase Of ship
~ belliseTsnts st is that MSnt the one Ao%!h III
11Nos;dent has made known he Is op
nosed to uch an amendment.
ThV doe. not mean = the the, AdTiI,stra ID intsrna
Wins as as been alleged, There
%season % 70 j5elieve the Administratio
has beco1 al, sufficiently agprehensiVV Nv
OF trouble with England. Russia an
Trance. and perhaps, Japan II 1t doe
so' that it: will not buy them BY BY
to have an mendment put on the p pii
aIainst pure hase Of belligerent snip
1scJ,id arno,1ylt to a confession on tn
part Of the Democratic leaders tho
they had bee ONE ne,,s5 concerned cewec. over Tn
Senator Resting Today.
Senators arc resting today. followin
III. f,libuster OF, the ship purchase bl
ana the sall-ni, ylrt session Of Frida
nient. The result was that after sittin
The Washington times., 1915-01-31
Fifteen Persons Hurt
AS Flyer Jumps Track

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Jan. N.-An
Atlantic Coast Limo passenger train
from New York to Jacksonville. known
az the West Indian Limited. which left
New York at s:15 a. m. Friday. was
wrecked at Callahan. twenty miles north
Of Jacksonville.
It ia reported that fifteen persons were
hurt, but none seriously.
A telephone message from Callahan
late today said a relief train had left
for Jacksonville with the injured.
It was said five Pullman cars were de-
rallied by a broken rail.
The Washington times., 1915-01-31
Despite DeniaIs and Evasions,
Nation Would Face Serious
Complication.
INFORMAL PROTESTS MADE
Bryan Not Likely to Permit Pur'
chase Of Vessels, Even IT
Measure Is Enacted.

OFFICIAL denials and evasions not
withdrawing. It Is known In WASH
,npton that the Government will face
a most serious situation II 1t follows
out its original intention Of purchas-
ing the ships of nations now at war.
once the ship purchase bill has been
passed.
The State Department has been
riven clearly to understand that Great
Britain, Russia, and France will not
stand idly by and permit German ves-
.els to be transferred to the American
flag, In other words. the State De-
partment knows and the White House
knows that II the ship purchase bill Is
passed and German ships are bought,
they will be seized.
Whether Germany would protest
against the taking over Of English
French, or Russian ships Is not known.
II is safe to assume that she would do
so. although. with her navy bottled
up she Is not in position to make .
| protest effective.
Won't Recognize Transfers.
The position Of Russia and France is
that they will not recognize transfers
of ships OF belligerents to neutra
| power. The English position. as 1t hal
| been made known to the State Depart
ment, is not the same in terms. but II
little dnrerent for practical purposes
It Is that England will regard tn
| .....%or ~ ynasels Of holliRercnt,
u tends to change the military balance
a. an unneutral act. This means tina
IL the United states buys German ship
ENGLAND will seize them. and the mat
ter will have to be fought out IN
"A story that Sir Edward Grey ha
| sent a note OF protest TO the state de
partment on this subject has brough g,1
state Department denies II. and Leade
Underwood. of the House. has denied !,
These denials are technically correc
The Washington times., 1915-01-31

tenn, late this afternoon turned his
attention to the plan Of the bakers to
raise prices to s cents a loaf. Clyne
refused to make q formal statement,
but he intimated that Federal investt-
gators will be ''at the elbows Of the
bakers" to see that there IL no viola
tion Of any statute In tho matter Of
fixing prices.
The Washington times., 1915-01-31
H. w. Putnam, Inventor of
Horseshoe Nails, Dead

SAN DIEGO. CAL. Jan. 3l.-Henry
w. Putnam. ninety. theorist, and in
ventor Of barbed wire and horseshoe
nails, Is dead at his paiatial homo here.
sonthern California. He was one OF
the chief builders in the Brooklyn. N.
Y. elevated railway system. A son.
Henry W. Putnam. resides In New
York.
The Washington times., 1915-01-31
Will Read to Blind.

Mrs. Joseph N. Stoddard will give
readinSs at the Library of the Blind
Tuesday afternoon from to O'Clock.
A similar program will be given We'd
nesday night by Mrs. Bell Lewis.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
BOARD RAISES VALUES
INCREASE OF SIS, 5,ooo, 900 ORDERED
ON DENVER PROPERTY.
Colorado Tax Commission Recon-.
mends Changes in Forty-Five
Counties Under New
State Law.

Denyer.-The valuation OF taxable
property in Colorado this year will be
within few million dollars OF last
year. according to the State Tax Com
mission. In view Of the fact that the
valuation Of Denver shows decrease
OF approximately s37.0O0.OO0, this will
mean an improved showing by the
other counties of the state. The to-
tai valuation last year was s., ,306, 900,
900. The only two large increases or
dered by the state commission are foI
Denver, s55, 5,4oS,s9O, and Weld county
$780,, 900.
Increases in about forty-five coun
ties were recommended to the various
county boards by the tax commission
In most counties the raises suggested
are comparatively slight ones. Those
in Denver and Weld counties are the
largest.
The recommendations were made
under the amendment to the state
constitution adopted by the people al
the last state election, which is now
In effect for the first time.
1t allows the county boards oil
equalization to equalize the assess
ments as made by the local assessor
without regard to the effect on the
aggregate valuation.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
SPORT.

By defeating Del Norte to 3, Mon.
te Vista won the championship Of the
San Luis valley.
The Midwest Bowling Association
fixed Nov. 10 as the opening date Of
this years tournament, which Is to be
held at Omaha.
The International Baseball League
ended Its season at New York with
the pennant going to Buffalo after one
of the closest finishes In years.
New Orleans was assured of the
Southern Association pennant by win.
ming the second game Of a double
header with Little Rock. I to 1.
Dario Resta, winner OF this years
Vanderbilt cup and grand prize auto
race, drove his car over the new two
mile track at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y,
for 10 miles, in 5:32 4-5, an estimated
speed of 10S.03 miles an hour.
The mile state pacing record was
broken on the State Fair ground track
at Pueblo. Colo, when Waynetta, a
horse entered in the $1,000 event, cir.
cled the oval In 2:0SA. The owner
received special prize of $50 In addi.
tion to the purse for the race.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
Prize CANADIAN WHEAT
NoRTHERNERs EXPECT TO CAR.
RY OFF SWEEPSTAKES.
coioradoans Have Good Chance to
Win Prize at international Soil
Products Exposition.

Denyer-Paul Gerlach of Aliens,
Saskatchewan; Seager Wheeler of
Rostron, and r. H. Carter of Post
Qu'Appell, are three Of the Canadian
wheat growers who have exhibits to
the International Soil Products Expo.
sition on the way from Canada. Sea-
ger Wheeler won the sweepstakes
premium last year at the International
Soil Products Exposition at Wichita.
The wheat which he thinks will carry
off the big prize this year is a bushel
of hard red winter wheat.
Henry Kruger Of Beaver Dam, Wis,
is another wheat raiser who wants to
carry off the sweepstakes premium.
and there are hundreds of entries to
be made from Montana, North and
South Dakota and Kansas.
II Colorado wheat growers are lucky
they stand much better chance Of
winning big stakes than any Of the
other states, as the Colorado wheat
that gets the sweepstakes premium
Of $3.50 will have added to 1t the Colo
RADIO premium Of 5000 and then an
other SIS added to that for luck.
The 5000 prize is offered by the In.
ternati0nal Farm Congress for the
best bushel Of wheat, any variety, the
$3.50 In gold is offered by the Ma
tional banks Of the city for the best
bushel Of wheat grown in Colorado in
1915, and the SIS is offered for the
best bushel OF wheat as first pre-
MUM. Therefore. II the Colorado
farmer gets the sweepstakes he will
have $575.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
GEN { RAJ.

Labor troubles in Connecticut are
on the increase. in spite of many ad.
justments which have been made
either after strike or to avoid one.
The wreck of a Mexican military
train, resulting in the death Of ninety
persons, occurring one mile out Of Salt.
lilo. according to advices received In
Laredo
Elmer Hughes, %, was married at
Prescott. Mich, to Mrs. Emma Mar.
win, 81 years old The bride is moth
er of five children and grandmother
Of four.
The proposed mammoth credit loan
to Great Britain and France, accord
ing to reports, Is to be underwritten
by large syndicate of American
financiers and bankers.
The first cargo OF German-made toys
to arrive at Philadelphia this year
was unloaded from the Holland.Amer
lean line steamer Zaandyk. There
we're 1.200 cases In the cargo.
Dr. Susan La Flesch Picotte. 40, for
many years prominent as a physician
and missionary worker among the In.
dians Of Nebraska and adjoining
states. died at her home at Waithill,
Neb.
Mayor Mitchell of New York said
that the budget for 1916 may be $2i2,
100000, the increased figure being due
to the direct state tax of $4,000 900
Of which the city will have to pay
$13.500,000.
Plans for a national medical exami.
nation day. d children's health cru.
sade and tuberculosis Sunday, to be
held during tuberculosis week. Dec. g.
IL. were announced In New York by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
$1,000 Fine Against Corporations.

Denver.-For the first time in the
history of the office of the district at.
torney informations against corpora.
tions behind in the payment OF the
corporation tax and in returning their
yearly report to the secretary of state
will be drawn up. The informations
will lay the negligent corporations Ii.
able to fine OF $1,000 each, unless
the yearly statements and taxes are
paid at once. according to District At.
torney Rush. Only $4,000 at the ut
most could be collected, according to
calculations made by Mr.. Rush. mas
much as only 200 out of the 1000 list
ed corporations are operating at the
present time
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
Governor Cancels Trip to Seattle.

Denver.-Governo Carlson Cancelled
his trip to the adjourned conference
of western governors at Seattle. Pres.
sure OF important state affairs was
given as the reason. He had previ
ously abandoned his trip to the irri
cation congress at Sacramento. This
conference. which met three months
ago to outline western legislation for
submission to Congress, planned to
draw up unanimous program. Gov.
ernor Carlson has specially interested
himself in proposed revision of the
power site laws. The military board
entanglements, the Risley hearing, the
important decisions pending before
the Supreme Court in regard to civil
service and the Lawson case, were
among the chief circumstances that
decided him to cancel his Seattle ap,
pointment.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
Warden capp Scores In Job Fight.

Buena Vista. Warden M. P. Capp
Of the state reformatory won the first
round Of his fight with !. L. Shaw for
possession OF the office in the Dis.
trict Court here when Judge Caven-
der held that the civil service law of
1912 had abolished terms In the clas-
sified service. Shaw claimed that
Capp was appointed to fill vacancy
and that his term expired April 6,
when Governor Carlson named him as
Capp's successor The decision was
rendered on demurrer and the 1915
civil service law was not involved.
This phase of the case will now be
taken up. The new statute removed
capp from the classified service, but
he has refused to surrender the
office.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
A BRIEF RECORD or PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EicN couNrRlEA
IN LATE DISPATCHES
0olNC8 AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Russia will call an additional army
OF 100000 reserves to colors.
An Austrian submarine torpedoed
and sank large British transport in
the southern Adriatic.
The new Austrian movement against
the Serbs is increasing in extent after
the long interval Of inaction on this
frcnt.
The number OF Russians taken
prisoners since May by the Aus.
trians and Germans Is reckoned by La
Suisse at 2,571,750.
Official announcement was made in
the House Of Commons that the total
OF British war casualties up to Aug.
2l was 3S1.sS3 officers and men killed,
wounded or missing.
The Lausanne Gazette at Geneva
says it has learned that the German
government has decided to issue a
declaration annexing to the German
empire the occupied territories in
France and Belgium.
A new vote Of credit for 1880, ,eo0,.
900 was asked In the House Of Com.
mons by Premier Asquith. This
brings the total up to 1910 900, 900.
The premier announced that nearly
100000 men had enlisted.
The Germans have lost twenty sub
marines since the beginning Of the
war, according to an editorial note in
the London Motorship and Motorboat,
while the British losses have been
only seven .inclnding the E-7.
Adyices from Censtantinople, &C.
cording to the Athens correspondent
Of the Exchange Telegraph Company,
are to the effect that all government
financial institutions. such as the
Ottoman bank. are making prepare.
tions to move to the interior Of Asia
Minor
According to the most recent finan-
cial report. NJ. Ribot said. the average
monthly war expenses Of Russia were
1,S00.000,000 francs 1890, 900 ,000) :.
Germany's monthly war expenses ap.
proach $500. 100000 francs ($50o, ,00O,.
00o), while Great Britain's exceed this
amount
The Germans have occupied Wilma
and have succeed In almost surround
ing a portion of the Russian army
whic is fighting In the railway tri.
angle between wilma. Ida and Vile
ika. At the southern end OF the line
General ivanoff is keeping Field Mar.
shal Won Mackensen at arm's-length
from the fortress OF Rovno, the key
to the route to Kiev, and in counter
attacks has retaken a number of vii
lages in Volhynia and Galicia.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
FOREIGN.

The Colombian Cabinet resigned al
the result Of disagreement with the
Congress.
Food prices have increased about IS
per cent in England since the declara-
tion OF war.
Ankerwycke. the historic mansion
In Wraysbury, England. in whose
grounds King Henry VIII. wooed Anne
Boleyn, was destroyed by fire.
According to Stockholm dispatches.
the Socialist deputy Tcheidse and sew
enteen of the members OF the Rus
sian Duma have been arrested.
The first order the British govern.
ment placed with the Canadian manu-
facturers for field artillery guns and
howitzers amounted to $65,000,000.
The 115th anniversary Of the dec.
laration Of Gillian independence was
celebrated throughout the republic
with greater enthusiasm than usual.
Count Won Bernstorff has been Civ.
en- power to settle with the United
States. and agreements may soon be
signed In Washington ending disputes
with Germany over submarines.
The Turin. Italy, Gazetta del Po
polo says 1t has received dispatch
from Petrograd stating that Emperor
Nicholas has granted amnesty to all
political prisoners. The number az
fected Is said to be more than 100 ,000
Five members Of the Smithsonian
Institution expedition which left Sc
attle under command of Johann Ko.
rem. the Norwegian naturalist, In
June. 1914. to collect specimens In the
Arctic. returned to Nome aboard the
power schooner Eagle from the Sibe.
rian coast.
The power Schooner Ruby arrived
at Nome. Alaska. from Herschel Is
land. on the Arctic coast west of the
mouth Of the Mackenzie river, with
news that vilhjalmur Stefansson, the
Canadian explorer. who. with two
companions. Storker. Storkerson and
Ole Anderson. set out from Martin
Point, Alaska. March %. 1914, over
the frozen Polar ocean to search for
supposed new lands In the Beaufort
sea, ID not only alive and well, but has
accomplished every purpose for which
tie hazardous journey was under
taken.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
Bio Credit Loan Seems Assured.

New York Munitions Of war will
not be allowed to block the proposed
big credit loan to Great Britain and
France; nor will the $600,0O0,000 or
$500 100000 to be obtained be locked
up at once In New York treasure
chest. according 10 consensus Of opin.
ion Of those In close touch with nego-
tiations for raising the money
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
REPORT BIG CEREAL CROPS.
Forecasts Indicate Unusually Large
Production in All Grain Districts.


Production in All Grain Districts.
Washington.-Big cereal crops this
year In nearly all OF the worlds chief
agricultural countries are forecasted
In cable reports received at the De.
partment OF Agriculture from the In.
ternational Institute of Agriculture at
Rome.
The total 1915 production Of cereals
In countries included In previous re.
ports. plus Canada and Asiatic Russia,
are estimated at.
Wheat, 3.l5i,000o00: rye, 1,093, ,000,.
600: barley. l.os9,ooO. 900, and oats, g..
4i9.o0O.O0o bushels. The 1915 produc.
tion OF corn In Italy, Rumania, .'siatic
and European Russia. Switzerland
United States and Japan Is placed al
1885,. 10000 bushels.
Expressed as percentages. taking
1914 production as 100 per cent. these
1915 crops promise to be, for wheat
1929; rye. 1863: barley, 1885, oats
1875. and corn. 1l0.s per cent.
For ten governments Of Asiatic Rus
sia the 1915 forecast ia, for wheat
l44.000,O00: rye. 2S.0O0.000; barley, 49,,
100000, and oats, 141.000.0OO bushels
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
Declares aoo Concern. pefune,.

Denver.-More than 800 corpora
tions doing business in the state Of
Colorado have been declared defunct
and imperative by Secretary OF State
Ramer, owing to their failure to file
annual reports and pay the flat tax
prescribed by the law passed in 1913
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
ARRIVES uNHERALpEp; STARTS
INSPECTION or c.F.AI.co.
PROPERTIES.
INTERVIEWS MINERS
TALKS TO BOSSES AND suPERlN.
TENoENrs TO LEARN WHAT
CONDITIONS ARE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

~ " 'fePsi ehieH NEWS service.
Trinidad. Colo--There is nothins
suggestive OF the casual or perfume
tory in the examination that John d.
Rockefeller Jr is making of condi-
tions OF the coal companies operated
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany in southern Colorado.
Nothing escapes the keen, alert
young man of millions who is here to
learn for himself the exact situation
as to the surroundings and working
conditions of men employed in the
southern coal fields. especially in con-
nection with the company of which he
is a director.
Mr.. Rockefeller. who had travelled
all the way from New York without
his destination becoming known,
stepped from an ordinary sleeping car
on Santa Fe train arriving from
Chicago Monday morning. He was &C.
companied only by his secretary,
Charles 0. Heydt. Mr.. Rockefeller
was welcomed at the station by Jesse
F. Welborn. president of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. and others.
II iss not in any sense a personally
conducted tour OF inspection in that
Mr.. Rockefeller Is led by officials who
show what they want him to see, but
the young magnate leads for himself.
He seeks the truth concerning the liv-
ing conditions OF the miners and man.
ifests the greatest interest in the wa
ter they drink, the conditions at the
trading places. the roads and high
ways, the comfort OF the homes and
the facilities provided for the enter
tainment OF the residents OF the coal
camps.
He doesn't seek figures as to out.
put or concern himself with means for
increasing production. but talks to the
miners as one with an interest in
their welfare.
He asks pointed questions concern.
ing the character OF the work, and
seeks suggestions from miner, fire
boss. the clerk behind the store roun.
ers. the housewife and the camp doc.
tors n
He ate lunch with the camp super.
intendent fresh from the mines, at.
tired in overalls.
He talked to the school children,
and throughout showed the interest
that he undoubtedly feels in the gen
eral welfare and social betterment OF
the workers in the mines.
At Berwind Mr.. Rockefeller entered
a number of the houses inhabited by
the miners. made inquiries concerning
the heating. lighting and home condi-
tions generally. visited the camp hos
pital and made numerous inquiries
concerning the health and comfort of
the camp and commended the work
on the roads and grounds accom-
plished by means of the money con-
tributed by the Rockefeller founda-
tion.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
Add s5s,ooo,o to Denver Values.

Denver.-The State Tax Commits
sion has unanimously recommended to
the Denver County Board OF Equaliza-
tion. the city commissioners sitting as
a county board. that the assessed val.
uation of Denver made by Commits
sioner of Finance Pitcher be raised
55,40S.990 on certain classes OF prop
erty and that the average valuations
on horses, mules. dairy cattle and
motorcycles be increased. Increases
In about forty-five counties were rec.
ommended to the various county
boards by the Tax Commission.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-09-23
WESTERN.

Colorado is to have auto mail deliv-
cry.
The eighteenth annual meeting OF
the American Mining Congress was
held in San Francisco.
Charles T.. Lynch Of Denver is dead
as the result of an automobile acci.
dent near Idaho Falls. Ida.
The Rt. Rev. Thos. A. Conaty.
bishop of the Catholic diocese OF Los
Angeles and Monterey was found dead
In bed in a cottage at Coronado
Beach. Calf.
The fifteenth anniversary Of the In.
dependence of Guatemala was cele-
brated as Guatemala day at the Pan.
anna Pacific Exposition at San Fran.
cisco.
A large party representing the elite
of society Of half 9 dozen cities, jour
neyed by special train from New York
to Easthampton. l.. l., to attend the
Of Miss Olga Wiborg and Sid
rstey Webster Fish.
- Final surveys, preparatory to con,
struction work. have been made dur.
ing the past few days on the exten.
sion Of the Union Pacific system from
Wyoming into the Colorado field
tapped by the Moffat road.
Newman Erb. wealthy railroad or.
ganizer. was reported to be in com
Portable and satisfactory condition
Monday, no change having taken
place since he recovered from the
first effects OF the two poison tab
lets he swallowed by mistake.