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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-20
WHAT HUGHES WOULD
HAVE LEFT UADONE
That Is Campaigns True Angle
and Not the Trite Question
With Which HeckIers Are
Nagging the Republican
Standard Bearer.
ACHIEVEMENTS ASSURANCE
LAUNDERING is NO HABIT

Wincing Democrats Trying TO Run
Away From the Record of the Ad-
ministration and to Inveigle the
Voters Down Rhetorical Bypaths,
All In the Thinly- Disguised Effort
to Change the Subject.
When Mr. Hughes criticises the rec
ord of the Administration the spokes-
men of Mr. Wilson cry: What would
you have done?" They forget that it
is Mr. Wilson and not Mr.. Hughes
who is on trial. They forget that
four years ago Mr.. Wilson criticised
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt through
out the campaign and that Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt defended their re-
spective records, instead of crying
What would you have done?" They
forget these things or they refuse to
confess them. They are trying to run
away from the record of the Admins
tration and induce the people to fol-
low them down some bypath Of rhe-
torical hypothesis, all in the effort to
change the subject
by their fruits We shall know
them" When Mr.. Hughes was Gov
ernOr of New York he did not pay
political debts by filing the public
Offices with unfit men. He did not
champion certain principles during his
campaign and repudiate them after he
entered Office AS Governor, he did
not resort to brave and beautiful
words as substitute for firm and con-
sistent deeds. He was careful in his
use of words, but he backed his words
with deeds. He did not promise what
he could not perform. He did not
plaster the people with compliments
they did not deserve. He was not
rhetorician, he was not fiatterer, he
or for capital, for the strong or the
weak, when the right was on their
side.
Mr. Wilson's spokesman seek to di-
vert attention from the attacks Mr..
Hughes is making upon the record of
the Administration by asking him,
"What would you do?" They are I'M
consciously helping Mr.. Hughes. They
are recalling to the memory Of the
people the record he made throughout
his two terms as Governor of New
York 1t was then that re first said
public office shall not be a private
snap under my administration, and
made performance square with prom
ise There is this about Mr.. Hughes
that makes him so different from Mr..
Wilson: Hughes means what he
says" So it is that the campaign is
really a contest of character between
two men, with sincerity as the differ
entiating and deciding factor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-20
TO PUBLISH Old
LUSITANIA NOTE
Last Of Correspondence to Be
Made Public.
YIELDED POINT TO GERMANY

Recognized Right to Sink Steamer as
ReprisaI, but Denied Right to Harm
Americans-U S. to File Claims for
Mail Damages Against the Allies.
Will Amount to Many Millions.
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Mystery sur
rounding the German note, delivered
to the state department, February 6,
and providing for 4 settlement of the
Lusitania dispute, may soon be dis
sipated by the notes publication.
Officials who have seen the docu-
ment asserted that it is complete
answer to criticisms by Charles E..
Hughes. 1t is understood the note set
ties all questions relating to the sink
ing of the Lusitania except the
amount of indemnity to be paid.
It is learned the document is about
200 words long and expresses Ger
many's profound regret that Ameri-
cans lost their lives when the liner
was sunk 1t does not disavow the act.
Illegal Blockade Charged.
The reason assigned for refusing to
make a disavowal was that Germany
was acting in retaliation against the
illegal blockade proclaimed by Great
Britain.
Acceptance of the note by the Uni
ted States, it was declared, was an
admission of Germany's right of re-
tafiation, and Germany admitted, that
such retaliation must not jeopardize
the lives of American citizens in the
enjoyment of their rights.
Germany clairred the right to at
tack the Lusita1ia. According to it's
representations, the action of Great
Britain, November 10, 1909, declaring
the North Sea q war zone, justified
the German government in retaliating
by proclaiming the waters surround
ing the British Isles a war area.
u. S. to File Claims for Mail Damage.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-The United
States will file claims against the
French and British governments for
injuries suffered by American citi-
zens under the allies censorship of
American mails.
These claims will amount to many
millions, rivaling the famous Alabama
claims in the amount involved Off
Gals asserted the state department
will not present the demands until
after the November elections.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-20
Berlin Claims Russ Defeated.

BERLIN crushing defeat
of the Russian armies attacking the
Lemberg defense lines was announced
by the war office. The Teutons took
Russian trenches on front of mile
and half, taking 1880 prisoners.
Ten machine guns were captured. The
official report saws.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-20
WILSON OFF FOR CHICAGO
President Will Make Three Nonpar-
tisan Speeches in Lake City.

tisan Speeches in Lake City.
ASBURY PARK, N J. = Presi-
dent Wilson went to New York and
left for Chicago at 1 o'clock in the af.
ternoon on his third invasion of the
middle west
Encouraged b. the reports of his
campaign managers that there is a
good fighting chance to carry Illinois,
Mr.. Wilson agreed to make three
speeches in Chicago on Thursday.
The program for the day calls for a
luncheon reception at the Chicago
Press club which will be followed by
an address to a nonpartisan women's
meeting at the Auditorium in the af-
ternoon. The third speech will be de-
1ivered at the pavilion before the New
Citizens Alliance
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-20
HoIdinu Their Position.

BUCHAREST Austro German
attacks in Pennsylvania have been re
pulsed by the Roumanians, the war
Office announces. The Roumanians
are. holding their positions west of the
frontier.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-20

Gen. Pershing's army continues In
fine fettle, .sfit for a fight or frolic."
To its credit let it be said IL went ss
far as politics permitted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
ANOTHER GERMAN DRIVE
EXPECTED AT VERDUN

Paris, April ga new phase oil
the battle of Verdun has begun and
the belief prevails that the violence
of the latest attacks foreshawods
another attempt of the Germans to
rush the fortress with their vast
forces. New batteries of large cali
Der have been moved up closer to
the French front and the German
infantry has been rested and reor-
gained.
Yesterdays fighting on the whole
was not Unfavorable to the French,
1t is authoritatively stated. The OBJ
ject of the Germans was to clear the
approaches to Fort Douaumont and
$4,000 men were thrown forward
on the mile and half line between
Douaumont fort and the village of
Vaux.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
SENATOR FALL SAYS THAT
WILSON'S DEFEAT is SURE

Ell Paso, April 4.-United States
Senator A. B. Fall of New Mexico
returned today from an automobile
trip of 450 miles along the Mexican
border.
He made the trip to gather in
formation at first hand of condi-
lions on the southern frontier. He
will use the information in the
campaign he will lead in the senate
against President Wilson's policy in
dealing with the Mexican situation.
President Wilson will be nomin-
ated at the st. Louis convention by
reclamation" said Senator Fall.
mo self-respecting Democrat would
assume responsibility for the mis-
takes of President Wilson's admins
tration or attempt the hopeless task
of explaining them.
president Wilson'S days in the
white house are numbered lie will
be defeated in the November cleo
tion as sure as the sun shines.
president Wilson is a pedagogue
elevated to the presidential chair.
The administration of few prcsi-
dents has been crowded with nation
al crises. He has dealt with every
crisis in the weak way, mollyccddle,
nambypamby way. In no crisis has
he played the pedagogue with more
discredit to the American nation
than in this Mexican embroglio.
"He has done nothing but play
politics since he moved into the
white house. l think most persons,
who all along have credited him
with sincerity, can see with half an
eye, that his present half-hearted
aggressive policy in Mexico is poll
tics pure and simple"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
FREE TRADE, FALLING REVENUE

With the average rate of duty or
imports shrinking monthly, and
Chairman Kitchin of the ways and
means committee holding the whip
hand in revenue legislation, the
outlook for the current fiscal year
is gloomy.
During the month of January
1916, seventy-four per cent of oul
imports entered without paying q
silver of revenue into the all but
bankrupt treasury OF the Omitted
States. The average rate of duty on
all imports was slightly over s pei
cent This records the highest
percentage of duty free imports
and the lowest average duty rate
for any month under the Democrat
ic tariff law since its enactment in
October, 1913.
Our imports for January amount
ed to s1S4.192,OOO, or $21, 900, 600
greater than for January. 1913,
under the Republican tariff law
But our customs revenues for Jan
uary, 1913, amounted to $29,334,-
900, whereas for January, 1916,
they amounted to but s15,544,000,
or difference of s1S,79O,O0O in
favor of the Republican law. Janu-
airy, 1915, was also a war month,
and our imports were cut down to
$122,372,000, on which revenue
was collected in the sum of $16,-
55s,000. Here we have imports
amounting to $4,000, 900 less than
for the 1916 month. but the reven-
ues were 100000 greater, con-
elusive evidence that It is the en-
larged free list of the Democratic
law, rather than the curtailment of
imports due TO the war, which is
playing such havoc with the Gus
toms revenues.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
H. j. ALLEN SAYS ALL
REPUBLICANS WILL UNITE

Washington, April 4.-As Henry
J. Allen of Kansas, who has been
in New York attending the Progress
sive conference and incidentally
visiting Colonel Roosevelt, sees it,
the Republicans and Progressives
are going to meet at Chicago in a
true spirit of cooperation" put
ting national needs above factional
consideration. He does not believe
Colonel Roosevelt is a candidate,
and furthermore, he says Colonel
Roosevelt will not permit the Pro-
gressives to nominate him and at
tempt thereby to force the Republi-
cans to accept him.
The Progressive conference was
held following the Root-Roosevelt
reunion dinner" Leaders who fol-
lowed Colonel Roosevelt in 1912
were present from several sections
Of the country. Mr.. Allen came to
Washington today from New York.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
SENATE TO AMEND
BIGGER ARMY BILL
Fighting Against Second Amendment
to Eliminate Volunteer Army
LOBBY CHARGES AGAINST ARMY
Clause to Be Proposed Provides for
National Guard Section of
the General Staff at
Capital

Washington, April 4.-Over Wig
orous objection by Chairman Cham
berlain of the military committee,
the senate voted, 35 to 80, for the
Cummins plan to amend the army
reorganization bill by creating a ma
tional guard section of the general
staff. When recess was taken the
chairman and other members of
the committee were fighting hard
against a second amendment cham
pioned by Senator Cummins and
Senator Lee, of Maryland, which
would eliminate the provision for o
federal volunteer army.
Senator Chamberlain charged
during the debate that pernicious
activity on the part of officers of
both the national guard and the
regular army threatened to undo
the months of serious work done by
the committee and he threatened
that unless the army officers ceased
attempting to influence legislation
through personal appeal to sena-
tors, he would seek to have them
disciplined by the war department.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

Emporia Gazette: An Emporia
man-Dr. Horace Whittlesy, to be
exact-received a letter from Next
co this week telling Of procession
of celebration given by the Mexican
government employees in the City
of Mexico in honor of the massacre
at Columbus, N. NJ. 1t is likely that
the Mexican people believe that the
Columbus raid was justified. The
American troops in Mexico are risk
ing their lives every moment they
are there.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
GERONIMO AND VILLA

If 1t is an interesting coincidence
that seventy years ago United State
armies were carrying the Stars ant
Stripes to glorious victories oil
Mexican battlefields in a regular
war, it is hardly less interesting t
note that thirty years ago American
troops were carrying on a punitive
expedition in pursuit of Geronimo
and other Apache chieftains, who
were captured after a pursuit last
ing four months and during which
the American forces traversed 3014
miles of the same sort of mountain
Gus territory in which the forces OF
General Pershing are now operat-
ing.
In a recent issue of the New York
Times General Leonard Wood gives
a most interesting account of this
campaign, in which the brave and
Inflated Lawton, who lost his life
in the Philippines several years ago,
was one of the real heroes. Wood
and Lawton were the only officers
to go through the entire Geronimo
campaign General Miles was in
command of the troops on the bor-
der OCCUPYING the same relative po-
sition as Funston today. General
Pershing, another hero of the Phil
ippines, and now in command of
the expedition against Villa, was a
conspicuous figure in the PHILIPPINE
operations with Lawton.
General Wood shares the belief
that the expedition is far from be-
ing a jaunt or 10y ride" in any
sense of the word. The latent antag-
onism of the Carranza government
is one of the surprising and mex
cusable complications with which
the Pershing troops have to con-
tend. Carranzas reluctance to per-
NIT the use of Mexican railroads
for the transportation of supplies to
troops engaged in a task which
means the pacification Of Mexico
and the restoration of the Carranza
authority, is not based on either in
or real patriotism so far
as the first chief" Is concerned.
1t will not be we'll, however, for
Carranza or his government If any
serious results follow refusal to
in this respect. If disas-
ter should befall the Expedition,
which Carranza is insisting on
,ircumstantial written agreement"
covering all the details of this CO.
operation in the matter of railroad
facilities, the results will be de-
,idedly uncomfortable for the con-
stitutional authorities, if the Amei-
can people have anything to say in
he matter. The latter will hope for
he best and try to be prepared for
may ensue-Kansas City
Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
MISS WILMA CUTLER ACCEPTS
POSITION WITH THE NEWS

Miss wilma Cutler who last week
completed her school term at Dis
trict No. 26, this morning started
reporting for the Dickinson County
News. She is handling the city news
and locals. Miss Cutler graduated
from the high school in the class
Of 1918, has taught two terms of
school, is hustler, popularity known
and will make good at her venture
into the news game.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

be bought and improved for twice
the money the fair grounds can be
bought for The grounds are needed
for all the towns school athletics
and the purposes that make for q
healthful community. All our neigh
boring towns are equipping their
parks beautifully. Clay Center, Sa-
lima, Junction City, Marion-every
enterprising towns taking pride
in its park. Abilene cannot afford to
let this chance go. AS the town is
growing the present grounds could
not be bought for $4,000 ten years
hence.
The $4,000 bonds will increase
the taxes on $1,000 valuation 20
cents; on $500, 10 cents; on 500,
3 cents-it is trifle compared with
the benefits to accrue to the people.
1t means nothing to the fair as
ISOLATION, whose members will lose
about one-third their investment
for there are several offers of $12,-
600 from private parties who want
to make a farm of the grounds.
1t is Abilene's one chance-let's
don't miss It,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

Down in Cherokee county they
have just completed eight miles of
gravel road, costing $4,000 a mile.
The work began last fall and would
have been completed much sooner,
but the bad weather interfered.
Dickinson with its new road mach
inery is planning to construct gravel
roads across the county in both
directions and expects to do 1t at a
cost of 5000 to $500 a mile. The
abundance of good gravel and use
of modern methods of road making
will make the difference.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
COCKTAILS TO PANAMA
TO INSPECT SLIDES

Panama. April 3.-Maj. Gen.
George w. Goethals, governor OF
the Panama canal zone. has return
ed to the isthmus from Washington.
General GOethals will make an ex-
animation of the entire slide area in
the Gaillard cut. and probably af-
terward will issue a statement re-
garding the opening Of the canal for
traffic.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

Colonel Bryan announces that he
will support President Wilson for
denomination if elected a delegate
to the st. Louis convention from
Nebraska. Recalling what happened
to the Colonels Champ Clark in
structions at Baltimore this is
enough to excite alarm in the Will
son camp.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
ABnENE.s LAST CHANCE

The fair grounds purchase is the
last chance Abilene will have to
obtain a park. The fair association
will II the bonds do not carry put
the grounds up for sale and the
property win become a farm or
town lots. East. north or south is
no property that is suitable for a
park and If It were, none that could
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

Both the woman suffrage and
the prohibition amendments have
been indefinitely postponed by the
committee in congress. Congress
and especially the Democratic end
of it, has so much other business on
hand that women's rights and whis-
ky wrongs will have to go uncarei
Gazette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
VILLA, FINANCIAL WRECK,
SEEKS MONEY OF FRIENDS

Ell Paso, April 4.-Pancho Villa
is a financial wreck.
OF the many millions he gathered
for himself and his friends during
the two years he controlled the
greater part of northern Mexico he
has not a dollar left.
His former friends have deserted
him, living extensively on the mon
ey they gained through Villa activi-
ties.
Villa has been sending urgent APP
peals to them for few dollars.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

1t will be noticed that President
Wilson came across and appointed a
postmaster in Kansas City satisfac-
tory to Senator Jim Reed. He also
gave up to Tammany Hall on the
New York postmastership. Did Bry-
an fight and bleed in vain at Balti-
more.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

One thing can be truly said OF
President Wilson's administration :
There have been very few dull days.
Marion Review. Very true-when
the administration was no. going In
one direction it was headed for an
other and 1t kept the country guess
ing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

Ell Paso, April 4.-Francisco
Villa, unwounded and accompanied
by only eight men, was at Satevo,
fifty miles south of Chihuahua City,
two days ago, according to informa-
tion received here from Mexican
sources, which usually have proved
reliable in the past
If this information is correct it
bears out previous reports that the
bandit chief is headed toward Par
raj and is leading his American
pursuers by at least sixty miles.
San Antonio, April 4.-The fear
expressed at army headquarters
that Francisco Villa had escaped
from the region in which General
Pershing's cavalry columns are OPP
Grating soon became a conviction.
No report from Mexico stated that
he disappeared but all information
obtained indicated that we was
gone.
Six columns of cavalry are yet
riding the hills and plains while
scouts are endeavoring to pick up
the trail of the scattered bands as
we'll as that of their fugitive chief.
General Pershing also reported
that he had difficulty in securing
reliable guides.
Which way Villa has gone is now
largely a question for General Per-
shing's scouts to answer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
"STUDENT COP" NEGLECTED
BOOKS AND LOSES STAR

Manhattan, April 3.-Because
complaints had been made to Mayor
S. F. Goheen that A. B. Tillman, a
student at the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college, was neglecting his
studies in the interests of the city
as a special officer" the mayor can
celled Tillman's appointment and
called in his star.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
FEDERAL COURT BILL FOR
SALIVA THROUGH HOUSE

Washington, April 4.-The house
passed the Helvering bill providing
for a term of the federal court at
Salina.
The bill viii now go to the SEN
ate and If passed there will un-
doubtedly be signed by the president
and become effective.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
MANY "DRY" AND "WET''
ELECTIONS IN ILLIONIS

Chicago, April 4.-There are
wet and dry" elections in 1875
townships in Illinois today, in which
there are PA cities, villages and
settlements. The Anti-Saloon Lea
que of Illinois filed petitions in more
than eighty townships.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
$50, 900 DAMAGE LOSS IN
ALABAMA TORNADO SUNDAY

Mobile, Ala. April 3.-Several
persons were injured, twelve homes
and a school building demolished
ana many cattle killed by a tornado
which swept over Yellow Pine. Ala,
early Sunday. The property damage
is estimated at $4,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
BRAKEMAN FOUND 5 BOYS
WHO WERE GOING AFTER VILLA

Bendena, Kan, April 3.-Five st.
Joseph boys who ran away from
home and were on their way to
Mexico to help fight Villa, were
found in a Rock Island freight car
here. In spite of their pleas the
hard hearted brakeman made them
disembark. The youngsters were all
hungred and agreed that one night
on the trail was all they wanted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
Large Chinese city RevoIts

Annoy, April S.-Chang Chow Flu,
one Of the largest cities Of China,
has declared its independence Of
the government OF Yuan Shi Kai.
Chang Chow Flu is a city OF about
nine hundred thousand inhabitants.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
Ohautauqua Is Indefinite

The effort to secure a chautau-
qua for Abilene has not yet been
successful OF the fifty names re-
quired to guarantee the attraction
about half have been secured. II
will probably be taken up later.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06
JAPANESE STEAMER WRECKED
ON ROCK-1O5 BELIEVED LOST

Toxic, April 3.-The steamer
Watkatsu Maru, bound from Nag
asaki for coastal points, has been
wrecked on a sunken rock. Eighty
nine Of her passengers and sixteen
members of the crew are believed
to have been drowned.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

The Aggie boys started in to
clean out cigarette selling in Man
haitian and did good job. A col
lege boy is some power in whatever
he undertakes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

The tension at Washington Is
again reported to be relaxing. II Il
keeps on Tightening and relaxing as
IL has in the past year It win lose
some Of its elasticity some Of these
days.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-04-06

"why do we ALLEVIATE Inventive
Genius?" is a query of the New
York Sun. We don't. Uncle Sam has
lots of 1t left. If you don't believe 1t
Just read some of the stuff the spe-
cial war correspondents are sending
in from Europe.