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The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1915-01-01
Making Trinidad a City of Lights:

Making Trinidad City OF Lights
Manager and progressive body
councmen taken place amcng lighted
The old wooden long appearance
have been replaced by beautiful
congy painted tungens have throughout
districts tn old Briefly
has been transform I'd from mediocre modern
people Trim dad receiving light
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1915-01-01
CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE TRINIDAD co.

CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE TRINIDAD CO DURING 1914
Ration Extension:
The extension line of the local power company
info the northern coal fields the large projects
contract with the ST Louis
Rocky Pacific for the eechcato Their MINING
nnertes near the the
e,a nasses into history the big $4,000
volt line Divide transmitting energy for the development
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1915-01-01

The Central Station PaVes the road
10 industrial activity. and there is no
reason Why Trinidad should not be-
come one of the most thriving little
business centers in the west We're
for it let's all get together and
rail- fer . BIGGER and better Trini-
dad. Let's make 1915 year of
achievement
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1915-01-01

We Wish Peaceful and Happy Ney Year TO all, and an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
the Kings pro-German sympathy and

the Kings pro-German sympathy and
he was the head Of the war party
that 40 overwhelmingly won at the
last election. He Is generally recog.
nized as favoring Intervention on the
side Of the Allies. The formation of
this league carries with 1t the signif-
cant fact that these small States have
for the time being buried their differ
ences and are no longer in fear of
one another. With these menaces
removed all the States would be
freer to act. The Balkans could put
into the field almost a million men,
a force that at present might 20 far to
determining victory for the side upon
which its weight is thrown.
But apart from the united action of
the Balkans there Is the question OF
the course of the individual States.
Although the ruling houses and the
military class are ~pro-German, the
people in every instance in which they
have given expression have shown
themselves strongly anti-German. The
recent elections in Greece prove this
as well as the agitation in Rumania.
The Austrians have refused to con.
cede Pennsylvania, but they have sub.
stituted for IT the province Of Bessa.
rabia and a part Of Bukowina,
While this offer may represent more
value I'm acres and resources II does
not present the same appeal to the
Rumanians. Transylvania's popula-
tion Is largely made up OF people
who speak the Rumanian tongue and
who are OF the same racial origin as
the inhabitants Of the Kingdom of
%Rumania, and leaders such as Lu.
CACiN r welding n great influence
In their pleas for the liberation OF
their Transylvanian brethren from
the thraldom they have suffered un-
der Austro-Hungarian rule.
A significant circumstance Is the
Irritation and the threats Of punish.
ment appearing in the German press
because Ruinania has stopped the
shipment of munitions Of war from
Germany TO the Turks. This has
proved a valuable assistance to the
Allies. Moreover. 1t is evidently the
act Of the people themselves. How
much further this expression OF popu.
lar feeling may continue is hard Il
tell but there is no doubt that NOT
only Rumania hut the whole Of the
Balkans is on the point Of an ultl.
mate decision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
Destroying the Bryan Myth.

Despite the easily understandable
efforts of the Administration at Wash.
ington To conceal the more humiliatins
indiscretions AMI positive i%mproprie.
ties committed by WILLIAM J. BRYAN
In the months which were his term In
the State Department. the truth is
coming out. In the matter of his IA sh
communications to Amba ssador DUN
BA. much OF 1t Is now known. There
Is not IN American who will not blush
for the misrepresentation as he gives
thanks that the Of incompe-
tence, fatuous vanity and ignorance
has finally passed.
Mr.. BRYAN's violations Of precedent
aud lack OF respect for convention
were emba IRA ssing. His meddlesomC
disposition, his futile desire TO i'm.
press his own fantastic ideals on a
world he knew nothing of. were OBJ.
structive to the orderly administra.
ton of the nations affairs. His pri.
waite notifications and alterations OF
public documents, his whispered as.
suranUs that the President was I,
trucker to uniformed sentiment and
a Chief Magistrate guilty OF %atrocious
d%uplicty, hindered the intelligent prof
ects Of honorable craftsmanship and
exposed our diplomatic correspon.
dence to the contempt of Powers with
which our Government engaged in
serious negotiations.
Not because 1t believed Mr.. BRYAN
should be spared. hut for the sake OF
American self-esteem. The sun ha,
hoped that the full measure Of his
shortcomings might he %unrevealed be,
yond the small circle which necessarily
was cognizant Of them. But the i'm.
portance of the effects his injudicious
and unwi>e acts produced has pre-
Guided the possibility OF completely
hiding them. The publication OF tn.
more notorious Of his offendings may
have two good results: 1t should estab,
fish even in the most benlghted Of his
partisans an understanding OF his un.
fitness Tor official place, and by its
cumulative effect 1t must destroy,
wherever II still Is entertained. the
notion that WILLIAM J. BRYAN Is
competent to admonlsh. advise or On
struct his fellow citizens.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
DISRAELI ON THE VOTE
To Cast n Ballot l. "a Privilege. Not
u Right.

To THE EDITOR ~ THE SUN-Str Your
attitude with regard TO Cardinal Glib
bons's position on woman suffrage meets
with approval, and rightly. am At
present absorbed In Volume III. of the
Life OF Benjamin Disraeli' begun by
W. +. Moueypcnny and continued II
his death by George Earle Buckle.
read on page 30:
People talked. he tDisrsell. in lsisl said.
about the right to a vote. The suffrage
was not a right. II was not even a trust.
that very vague and somewhat Csntias
phrase. Il was a privilege.
Here Disraeli intcrposed an interest
ing passage about female suffrage
In a country governed by a woman.
where you allow women to form part Of
the other estate of tho realm. peeressrs
In their own right, for example. where
you allow a woman not only to hold land
hut TO he a lady Of the manor and hold
legal courts, where a woman by Jaw may
be a church warden, | do not see. when she
has 20 much 90 DO with State and church.
on what reasons. II YOU come to right.
she has not a right 70 vote. All this
proves that right has nothing to do with
the matter.
This, Of course, contains much Of Dis
raeli's political philosophy and regards
bHt ''pIll''S ~ 'H' 'N'''t VI ne Itdlil'
But even in these United States the
franchise Is a privilege. based in my
State at least on prior payment, within
two years preceding the attempt at Vot-
ing. OF a State or county tan, and IN
the cities our voters are obliged To
answer under oath twenty-five questions
concerning their physical being. their
occupation and residence tto the very
floor and room II not an owner of real
estate or a householdcr). Registration
looks must he signed, and this all takes
place annually. j NJ. DEE.
EAsroS, Pa, July II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15

II Is credjbly reported that the eff
forts of the State tn preserve the
beavers in its northern forest lands
have been successful, and that these
Interesting engineers have increased
numerically in the most gratifying
manner.
They ire in fact. so active In the
construction of their dams and habi-
tations that they have alarmed the
pelt hunters and the lumbermen. who
zee in their activities a distinct dan
ger to the State, which can be avert
I'd only by turning loose the trappers
10 exterminate the beavers, and the
lumbermen to cut down the forests,
70 that there can be no possibility of
their reinstatement in the future.
The State certainly deserves con.
graduation on the success of its eX-
pertinent in conserving this form Of
wild life: and il Is not less 10 be fe-
Hcitated upon the fact that the alert
dealers in furs and the insatiate
lumbermen are by no means likely to
receive permission to put into opera
hon their benevolent plans for reliev-
ing II of anxiety for the welfare of
the beavers in the future.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
rs AMERICA WEAKENINGi
Our Lawless Habits and Contempt Of
Authority Indlct Us.

To THE EDITOR OF TIL SuN-Sir! THE
U says: The Government possesses
and will employ means for the suppress
sion of the disloyal."
| venture to say that THE SUNS ad-
mirable judgment has failed II In this
case. the Government has the
means for their suppression. yes; that
IL would employ these means vigorously
and decisively in case of necessity Is
very much to be doubted, The control
ling characteristics OF all governmental
action. State or Federal, toward law
l~essness OF whatever nature are at pres
ent hesitant. vacillating. ~apoiogetic. In
effective.
This is perhaps the natural and inev-
liable consequence of a softenlng OF the
individual fibre, a general lack of se,t-
business, itself the result OF tho rela-
lively easy struggle for existence in this
most favored part o. the New World, one
need not be endowed with the gift OF
prophecy to foretell the issue OF a con-
'iict between such a people and one like
the Germans In Europe or the japanese
in Asia, vigorous. alert. aggressive,
prompt to act. imbued with respect for
authority through all the strata of So
clety, authority personiiied In the su.
preme hcad of the nation. authority
that exacts and receives obedience.
Nobody who reflects on the growth of
cowardly sentimentality in the United
states since the spanish war, "A senti-
mentality that finds its incarnation III
Bryan and Jane Addams, would care
to dwell on the consequences of a single
handed contest with a first class mill
tary Power. TIL belief that "a break
with such a Power can be evaded merely
OF our W ~volition the events OF the
past yea prove to be fatuous. unless we
are prepared to submit to every evil,
place In the family OF nations, to say
nothing Of dignity. honor and s~elf-re-
spect. rather than resort to arms,
What will be will be. Things Will
take their appointed curse. If the peo-
pie OF the United States are beginning
TO lack virility and seriousness of pur-
pose. II to the average man the stand
ing OF the home team transcends in
Importance the present relations between
the United States and Germany. lugu-
brlous prophesylng Of the eventual out
come is futile. a remedy Will he APP
piled TO that disease sooner or later.
III. however, 1t is not presunptuous for
a citizen of the United States so to do,
| at least would venture to advise those
charged with the execution of the laws
mat they do their duty toward society
not only now, when their country Is
confronted with "A great crisis, but at
all times, in creating a wholesome re-
spect Tor law, authority ard order, by a
rigorous but Just and impartial execu-
tlph OF the laws on all offenders, social
or political. CoIrMatA.
NEN YORK, July ia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
The Situation in the Balkans.

The power that the Balkans would
WELD as determining factors in the
present crisis of the war brings again
into prominence the uncertain atti-
tude of these States. Two situations
have developed that indicate they
will, in fact must, reach an early de.
cislon. At a meeting in Athens of
representatives Of the States the BAL
kan Alliance, 50 formidable in the
last war against the Turks, has been,
according to report, reorganizel, and
Austria, after weeks of negotiations
similar to those she carried on with
Italy. has demanded that Rumanla
announce within a month either her
neutrality or her resolve upon active
participation In the war.
The prime mover in the reorganiza.
ton Of the Alliance Is NJ. VENIzEIos,
It's originator. As Greek Premier his
withdrawal was forced on account OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
READ AND GROW THIN.
Details Of q Hunger Cure That Con.
Germs Stout Persons.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: why
the detailed article on Jacob Pfener and
his hunger strike Fifteen days Is not
a remarkable fast nor is Mr.. pfener's
method OF curing stomach trouble UNI
usual.
In June. 1910. | tasted for twenty-four
days. lost about thirty-five pounds AMI
practically cured myself OF stomach
trouble which had reached a point, In
spite Of doctors and o~steopaths. whore
! could eat nothing without distress.
| reduced my food to nothing IN three
days ard for twenty-four days nothing
but water entered my stomach
Since hat time | have been eating bu;
one meal a day. dinner al night. and al
though that meal is widely varied, both
as to time and quantity of food. my
bread basket behaves, unless | abuse il
wdntonly. ! eat anything | want and
as much as ! want AZ this one meal.
Anybody who is inclined to he stout can
hc benefited, | believe, by this method.
Hut let all thin people beware, no mat
ter what kina OF stomach trouble they
possess.
! can put on three pounds a day with
half a pound OF candy. besides causing
II strike In the digestive department.
that takes days to adjust. sweets ar
therefore barred. although | am fond
OF them.
But the real friend of obesity :
breakfast. cut out breakfast rigidly and
YOU cut out pounds OF flesh. The best
time to eat Is In the middle OF the day,
II one can do 80 conveniently, and then
have as hearty a meal as one wishes.
There are many days in the summer
when my.dinner consists Of only a salad
and some toast or rolls. At anothe.
time, II ! am hungry. | eat meat, veg.-
tables, pastry or anything ! want. But
oh. We fat people, there must I've ~
n!hbling between meals, no tea. or COT
fee, or milk, or buttermilN, nothing but
water. ali Of that you want
I'm no doctor and no one suggested
the method | employed. | worked IL out
for myself In misery and desperation.
and II worked and has worked Ger
since. II 1t will do any one els =.
much good AS II has done me II W \
have fulfilled It's mission. u.
NEW YORK. July ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
Bung Up the Pork Barrel.

Whether Secretary McADoo's order
designed TO limit the expenditure for
Federal buildings TO sums basel on
the needs of the communities they
are to adorn is in part dictated by
the ~exigencies of the Treasury Ii u
matter that will interest nobody. The
Secretary has made a practical move
against the spending OF hundreds of
thousands of taxpayers money for the
strengthening of political fences and
the appeasement of local appetitcs.
The abuse has endured for years.
The erection of large, highly ornate
post Offices in towns whose business
has offered no e or reason for
their being has become a common
place. Neither the needs of the SER
vice nor the convenience of the public
has dictated the operations of Fed
eral architect and contractor, but the
popularity or manlpulative skill OF
the Congressman ana his subseryiency
10 the petty interests of back home
A post Office building for a vote; this
formula gives the clue to not a few
monuments to village greed and pa
rochial activity in the Congress. The
system Of give and take has had its
influence in favor Of the non-essential
and against the worthy projects. No
defence is attempted of the processes
by which the strong box has been
tapped year after year TO build where
no buildings were needed in order
that Job holders not worth their salt
might continue on the payroll.
Mr.. MCADoo has ser himself up
against a grave evil. IN the unpictur-
esque cause Of economy. He will
have the support of all who believe
In honest business administration Of
public affairs: and when the incl
ience of his repressive ideas begins
to be felt among the proposed bene-
fciaries of waste lie will need 1t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
TRUST THE PRESIDENT
Admirable Adyice for All American,
to Follow.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir,
America, the land of every nationality in
the world, containing 10000. 600 German
and Austrian Americans and about
three time az many English and
French Americans. is called upon to
enter the war on the side OF each COM
blatant.
But America must not even think OF
war. for she can surely foretell what
would happen to her IL such a terrible
calamity overlook her. Surely she
has had a strong enough example in the
large hole that Europe has pitched
Itself into, Anyhow II would not be at
all to Il interests to go to war we
have nothing to gain by causing tho
death of thousands Of our precious
American citizens.
] do not mean to say that we are Ia
sit quietly while Germany dictates her
terms to us. BY M means hut what
ever happens. trust in the President
and he will stick by us.
BRUCE s.. McNAuGHr.
BROOKLYN. July IA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15

He Might Raise an Interesting CUES.
ton for n Jury.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
United states statutes forbid the pre-
pairing of a military expedition against
any prince. people or State with which
the United States Is at peace, In tho
case of the Laureda, So Federal Re
porter, $50, the court states that 'ncu-
trality laws are designed to prevent dis
tinctly hostile acts against a friendly
Power which tend to involve this coun-
try In war
According to the usual rules of plead
ing in criminal cases the information
or warrant under which General IIucrta
has been arrested should state spec!n-
cully against what prince. people or State
il is alleged his expedition is prepared.
II the allegation IL that 1t is against
the Mexican people the General might
raise an interesting issue for the Jury
by claiming that he represents the peo-
pie of his land and has IA better title
to the Office Of President thar the other
chleftains who are fighting for control
on the other side of the Rio Grande.
Few Americans who have had deal
ings with Zapata. villa, Carranza or
the Naqui Indians would think IL proper
to describe them AS friendly Powers
It seems II little harsh Ia put the old
General in jail with common criminals
before he liz tried. On a number OF
occasions he treated Americans with
courtesy and consideration for their
safety when II was difficult and unpopu-
lar for him to do so.
There is no law which prevents him
going back to Mexico, and in view
Of the condition Of affairs over the
hosder II ought not to he expected that
he should 10 unarmed or without "A
sufficient number OF retainers to protect
himself against attack, There are many
xlsh. think mn "a ,,tpf,,t. ~,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
STEWARDS FOR ALL SHIPS
4 Mutual Welfare Association at thc
Service OF the Companies.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: In
an article in THE Sun of June 20 YOU
stated that 1t WAS difficult, for an Eng
lish ship to get stewards as the wages
We're not tempting,
WIN YOU kindly notify all steamship
companies h "a they can get all the
stewards they require from our EN-
ploymcnt bureau at IL South street.
known as the Marine Cooks and
Stewards Association II Is main.
tanned by thousands OF stewards. who
pay S. TO join and % cents Il week,
for the accommodation OF steamship
companies.
To American stewards s26 a month
paid by British ships looks like a gold
mint Their pay Is only s2250 n
month, British ships were paying SEQ
A month before the war started A
bonus of So to $40 is now being ~. d.
submarines do not worry steamship
boys, as you suggested.
GEORGE ALFRED ~SEYBouRNF,
Assistant Steward.
S. s, PAsToREs, at Havana. July S,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
UNLUCKY
The Case Against II Declared Not
Proved by an Idle Judge.

To iii EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: It
wasn't the superstition about Friday
that kept the friends of "Peregrine in a
Pickle" from starting on a vacation
with him OF that day it was psyche
logical intuition that laid before them
"Peregrine's" nature as afterward re-
vealed in this expression in his letter
to TIKI SUN. TO begin the business OF
vacation"
Has the art OF idleness. too, fallen
upon sinful days and become a business
like dining" Have the complaining
brooks" no message, the birds no songs
that can stimulate man to
with nature and wash his soul In the
purity of untarnished thoughts and so
feel the larger movements of the un-
fettered mind?
JAMES d. DEwELL, Jr.
New HAVEN, Conn.,, July II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
THE ELEVATED COCKROACH
Competent Authority Reports Second
DimensiOnal Feats In ChInu.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Str. Re-
fcrring TO the editorial article of sun
DAY, July IL, entitled The Winged
C~ockroach. may | say that In books
"HI'h ! nave written | ave tried TO
give both the humorous and entomologi-
cal history OF this new arrival in
America? Where did this wonderful
species of the family blattida come
Ilom' Immediately from south China,
,housh he is as old AS the Scriptural
ETHIOPIA. which means burnt faces"
tie, as a burntfacc, peeped from be-
hihd the damp water pots piled in the
'nud nuts OF the brave soldiers of King
SnIshak, who came from Nubia to fight
King Hehoboam in ga h. &.
Who does not snow this winged king
OF co~ckroaches in south China to-day?
WHY winged. bold and big he is-thrte
times the size OF our pest. He assails
Your glass Of milk or your stronger DIS
t~lI!ation a. you raise IL. and many are
tho risks " lip and sip. When
two friends toasted each others health
We used to gamble as 70 whose glass
ne would pop into. lie outraces YOU
when you approach the insect netting
over your bed. When you accept the
aerial war and assaIl him on high. then
2e oUtwits YOU by crawlius under the
bed and winking at YOU.
How did he come 20 America? The
gigs possibly came across the Pacific
IN the mud Of nArcissls roots. When
Was IN China the United States
Marine Hospital Service inspectors, ever
Nlgilant, used To Insist that all mud
should be washed OF exported lly
roots. You say II il hs true that the
cockroach has been elevated" VIII Won
kindly Glide this word "if"? Because his
IS the asrop'anic age, and 1t really is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
Prosperity in Zinc.

The new tariff which made posi-
bic the delivery here of European
spelter at lower cost than We could
produce it sped the American zinc
industry merrily along the high road
10 ruin and extinction. Strong com
panies that still survived were oper'
lted at the lowest possible capacity
many of the smaller concerns were
shut down entirely. On the other
hand European production, which
prior to the adoption If the present
tariff had been correspondingly de
pressed by the rapid expansion of the
American industry, revived with as,
Consisting rapidly. Foreign zinc he,
same frs, American zinc nowhere
For u American zine at such price,
IS 1t could be sold and leave a living
margin the demand was practically
iothlng at all. European zinc flooded
the market.
But the war has changed all that
With foreign zinc cut off American
zinc manufacture is having such pros
perity aS il has rarely If ever know
before. The high grade ores of the
Joplin, Missouri, district are IN de
nand about NJ to III" limit Of supply
Plants in Missouri and Kansas ION.
)ut of commission are now pushed I,
her utmost capacity. In the Wis
-