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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-27
lery win be relieved by two COM
panies of Texas militia.
AMERICANS SOON
TO Engage BANDITS

Columbus. n A.. MAY 26.-Ameri-
can cavalry men pursuing the fleeing
adherents OF Candelario CeVantes,
who attacked an American army en-
glnecring party near Las Cruces yes-
terday, expected tonight to engage the
Mcxicans within twenty -four hours
according to unofficial reports here
tonight.
Two troops of the Eleventh cavalry
and troop of the Thirteenth were
close behind the bandits when they
passed through Alameda canS on, sew
eral miles southeast Of the village.
Much qualification was expressed
here over the killing of Cervantos, the
most dangerous OF the Mexican bril-
gand leaders IN chihuahua
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-27
Ample Powers Given,

1. me legislative councils are no
6eer confined To making laws. Mem
hna s nov have voice n settling the
i,sei OF the year, not merely in crit
,hs's II after 1t has been settled;
" nave the right of putting Cues
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-27
SPR|C Of ERIN
IS TRANSPLAN
To FRENCH FRONT
Sixteenth Division Of British
Troop Reserves Identity,
Even Unto Flower Pots of
Shamrock,


British Headquarters France. May
There Ia town at the British
front which Is the center OF an Irish
world 1t is the headquarters town
Of the Sixteenth or Irish. division.
Irish voices are heard from the door
ways OF the houses Flower pots of
shamrock are on the mess tables of
officers who gather for their meals In
the modest sitting room of the local
grocer or butcher whore they are
"billeted."
IN his office u general who is Irish
TO the finger tips talks about hiA
troops who were fighting hard against
the Germans during the Dublin riots.
II he is asked IL there are any Sim
Fciners among them he will refer the
inquirer to the men themselves, They
enlisted in the Irish new army bat
talions IN face OF the influence which
produced Sim Feinism.
Most ART Beginners.
Sturdy, middle-aged men with
strips OF color won in campaigns in
India and south Africa while serving
with regular Irish regiments, some
still sergcants some promoted to
commissions, have been the drill mas
ters of vigorous youth from Mayo or
Kilkenny or Glare or Cork But most
Of the officers. In common with most
OF the men, had never been in uni
form when the war began.
a major, who Is over six feet and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-27
COAST ARTILLERY
Is TRANSFERRED

Marathon, Tex, May 26.---Orders
were received today transferring on
the first OF June the 127th company
of coast artillery now stationed here
to Comstock and Dryden. The artil-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-27
Classified
Section

broad Ia proportion, standing still az
a ramrod in salute. who looks as IA
he had been soldering all his life was
a farmer in Waterford. He recruited
u company from the surrounding
countryside and was given command.
Promotion followed as It has for 9TH
or beginners. Those captains who are
memhers of parliament viii get theirs
now unless they are among the cas-
ualtlgs which make room for others
to rise, They say that they thought
they could do better work for home
rule at the front than in the COM
mons.
1--WE wanted 20 draft the lrishmcn
who were in English and Scotch bat
talions into ours so We should have
all the Irish at the front under one
command siid the general. "but We
could not make the arrangement. The
-other comirauders would not part
with their lrishmen. British hattal-
ions like to have "A sprnkling Of Irish
among their numbers My men have
had every test Of trench fighting. gas
and shells and sniping--and they've
dispro,ed any idea that the irish were
not us good at sticking as In a charge.
They've stuck like veterans.
Blank Court Marital Record.
AS for iscipline-there's the rec
ord of court r.ar-ial"---the general In
Dictated some blank spaces opposite
the names of blttalions on the wall
everybody prophesied that we would
have heavy drinking on st patrick's
day because II lot of people have tho
idea that the Irish have weakness
I for drink, / appealed to the men to
be on their good behavior, with tho
result that we did not have single
case of intoxication"
Up TO tho trenches held by tho
Irish stories abound. When a big
high explosive German shell tore a
hole In the parapet q soldier who was
vet to shoveling away the earth that
had filled the trench had only fairly
got started when another shell struck
Just behind him, tearing another Sec
ton OF trench and half buryne him.
| Having crawled out and looked
around. he saluted his catpain and
said,
sir, | have 10 report that al the
| present rate can't finish this ion
| without help. They're gaining on
! me-"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-27
SECOND ARIZONA
UNIT MUSTERED IN

Douglas. Ariz., May 26.--Company
a, First Arizona infantry, was mus
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19

Osborn B. RiIl. aged % years, and
Noah c. Rill. aged II wears. sons Of
Daniel Rill, near Hampstead. died Of
double pneumonia, just six hours
apart
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
MAIL SERVICE
BY AEROPLANES
Routes to Be Established in
Alaska and Massachusetts.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Plan Is To Create More Interest In
Aviation In Connection With Pre-
paredness-Six Weeks For
Trip Now.

Washington.-Aerial mail service to
isolated pIints in Alaska and Massa-
chusetts is contemplated by the Post
Office Department.
Bids were asked for service on eight
routes, seven of them in Alaska. Oc-
tober is named as the date for their
starting.
The routes will be established, the
department announced, as much to
stimulate development Of aviation, be-
cause of it's relation to military pre-
paredness, as to improve the mail serv-
ice. The department believes that ef-
forts already begun to finance an
aerial patrol Of the Atlantic Coast indi-
cate ready capital will be found for
the mail service undertakings.
If the service is successful gradual
expansion will follow to other routes
where transportation is slow and in.
adequate.
The Massachusetts route is from
New Bedford to Nantucket, 56 miles
and return, partly by land and partly
by water. Trips would be made 1S
times a week during the summer
months and six times in the winter.
An aeroplane would have to be able to
carry weight limit of 5000 pounds.
The present cost Of the service is $685.
600 year.
The Alaskan routes form a connect
ing link from Seward to Nome, thence
to Fairbanks and back to Valdez. Most
Of them call for service twice a week
throughout the year.
On some Of the routes the cost now
is as high as 100000 a year and in
winter six weeks is required to make |
the trip. The aeroplane contracts
allow two days for most of the trips.
The longest route, Valdez to Fair
banks, is 358 miles. The extreme time
limit of six weeks on some of the
routes is required because mail some
times has to be routed via Seattle.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
FIRST REAL STEP
| IOSTOP WORLD WAR
The Permanent Committee
Meets at Berne.
TWO WEEKS TRUCE SOUGHT
Pacifists Believe II They Can Bring
This About, Fighting Will Not
Be Resumed Leaders
Are Encouraged.

Berne, Switzerland. - The first
definite move to end the world war
was made here when the permanent
committee to established lasting peace
met to formulate proposals for an
armistice.
Peace advocates from several neu-
tral countries were in Berne for the
meeting.
The committee hopes to obtain the
consent of the belligerents to an
armistice Of at least two weeks before
the spring campaigns bring fresh
slaughter in Europe. They believe if
the guns can be silenced for two weeks
the fighting will never be renewed.
Several peace leaders said they
were encouraged by the German Chan
cellor's recent Reichstag speech to be-
lieve that Germany will give benev-
olent consideration to any plans for an
armistice. If they fail in their plans
for truce, they hope at least to sug-
gest program to the belligerents de-
signed to eliminate some of the more
horrible features of the war One sug-
gestion is that the belligerents pledge
themselves to conduct no more air
raids upon cities behind the battle
front.
Prince Won Beulow, former German
Prince Hohenlohe and
Baron Won Kraft have arrived at Lu-
cerne. 1t was reported they are in
touch with the peace movement here.
German Peace Offer Deniad.
London.-Reports that Germany had
made peace overtures to the Belgian
Government were officially denied by
he legation. The following statement
vas issued by the British Government
Press Bureau:
'The Belgian Government issued a
statement that rumors which have
'een circulated to the effect that peace
have recently been made by |
Germany to the Belgian Government |
re devoid of foundation"
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
THE GERMANS
ON DEFENSIVE
Russians Pushing Fighting on
the GaIiCian Front.
HUNGARIANS DRIVEN BACK
Operations Have Prevented TeutonIe
Forces From Withdrawing
Troops For Use On
Other Fronts.

Petrograd.-The Russian offensive
which has been indicated in late re
ports, is maturing rapidly over the
whole Galician front.
The Germans, according to the ad.
vices from the scene of hostilities, are
on the defensive on three important
rivers, the Sereth, the Pruth and the
Dniester. Cernowit, capital of Buko-
wilma, is again seriously threatened by
the Russian advance east of Raran-
che, as well as by the Russian cross
ing Of the Dniester at Usciecko, where
their troops are firmly intrenched.
This move also has had the effect Of
interrupting one Of the most important
lines of communication between the
armies of Generals Pfanzer and Won
Bothmer.
A third important Russian advance
has been recorded near Zale Szczyky,
where a fierce counter-attack is de-
clared to have been successful in rout-
ing the opposing forces and demoraliz-
ing the Hungarian troops to such an
extent that they retired to a new line
four miles to the rear. In addition to
these breaches announced to have
been made in the opposing lines, the
Russians have been active immediate
ly to the northward of Tarnopol, where
they have moved slightly forward.
While 1t is admitted that these
operations have no immediate
strategic value, it is believed in mill
tary circles here that the new Russian
offensive has prevented the Germans
from Withdrawing troops from this
front, thereby lessening the chances
Of successful attacks on allied lines
elsewhere.
The initiative on the Dvinsk front
remains in German hands, but the
mild weather Of the last month, threat
ening with inundation the trenches
built by the Germans on marshy
ground, is seriously handicapping their
effort to move forward. Prisoners re-
port that great number of French
prisoners are employed in the con-
struction of drainage works.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
Out Of Old Albania.

Save in Epirus. where Greek culture
holds the towns, and even the Moslem
Albanians of the hills write (when
they can write at alb in Greek letters,
no foreign influence has yet invaded
the intimate life OF this exclusive race
Individual Albanians have, indeed
given their talents to bring unity or
order to the life Of other peoples. Half
the captains by land and sea of the
Greek wars Of independence were Al
banians from Epirus or the isles.
Crispi came from the Albanian col
ony In Sicily; the khedivial family
imposed itself on Egypt; the last
grand vizier of the old regime in Tur.
key was South Albanian magnate
But no native church, no native litera-
ture, no local field for statesmanship
has yet exercised the talents Of q
race which is certainly not the least
gifted Of the Balkan peoples. Until
recently an Albanian educated was an
Albanian lost.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
NEW SOURCES Of
STATE REVENUE
IOint Legislative Committee to
Start on hunt.
BAR DISCOUNTS ON TAXES
Mercantile Taxes Will Be ReadJusted.
No Discrimination Between Sexes
In Granting Licenses Will
Be Shown.

State House, Annapolis.-The Sen
ate and House authorized the creation
of a joint committee to discover new
sources of State revenue, with view
to meeting the greater demand upon
the State treasury and, if possible, to
reduce the State tax rate. President
Campbell and Mr.. Cooper represent the
Senate on the committee. The House
is represented by the Speaker, Mr.. Nc
Intosh and Mr.. Hall. Mr.. Mcintosh is
the author of the joint resolution Great
ing the committee. 1t is proposed to
take up the work which was under
taken by the Goodnow Commission at
the beginning. of it's sittings. The field
was found, however, to be broad and
the time too limited for compre-
hensive study of the question.
One of the first tasks of the joint
committee will be to consider the sew
eral bills which have been introduced
providing for taxation in new fields.
These bills will be approved or op-
posed by the committee, according to
their merits or demerits. If possible,
several bills will be consolidated when
the subjects are similar
One Of the first ideas to engage the
attention of the committee will be a
discontinuance of the discount on
prompt payment of taxes. 1t is cal
culated that from this source alone
the State will derive additional annual
revenue of 100000.
Another new source to which the
committee is looking is traders IL
censes as recommended by Governor
Harrington in his last annual report |
as State comptroller.
The committee will also endeavor to !
increase the tax derived from ordinary
business corporations and to divert all
the revenues from this source which
last year was $69, 9,588.40, into the State
treasury, which now receives one-haf
of the revenue, the remainder being :
apportioned among the several coun-
ties and cities.
1t is not proposed to trespass upon
the duties of the State Tax Commits
sion, whose cooperation will be
sought. 1t is recognized that the COM
mission has been hampered by lack of
power. 1t is proposed to remedy these
defects, move in which the joint COM =,
mittee will extend it's aid.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
WILSON AVOWs
HIS CANDIDACY
Formally Notifies Ohio Officials
For Primary.
NOT TO ENTER ANY CONTEST
Announcement OF the Presidents
Determination To Seek Renomina-
tion Expected To Clarity
National Situation.

Washington.-Presidene Wilson con
sented formally for the first time TO
| the use of his name as q Presidential
candidate in the coming campaign At
the same time he declared he was "en-
urely unwilling to enter into any con-
test" for denomination.
Mr.. Wilson's declaration was made
in a letter to the OHIO Secretary Of
State, who had written that candidates
for delegates from that State to the
national conventions must signify their
choices for President by February 25,
and that no Presidential candidates
could be named in that connection
without their consent.
u In several other States where no
such requirements are imposed Mr..
Wilson's name already has been placed
on primary ballots, and his friends
generally have taken it for granted
tnaI ne would be a candidate if con-
WINGED there was any considerable
popular demand for it.
The President was formally notified
OF the requirements of the Ohio law
last week and he wrote Charles Q.
hildebrand, Secretary of State, as fol-
lows:
Il am inclosing to you letter the
occasion of which dare say will be
quite obvious. Friends in Ohio have
called my attention to Section 1854 of
the General Code of Ohio, as amended
in 1914, with regard to primary elec-
tions and have requested that l indi-
cate my willingness to have my name
used.
Il accordingly take the liberty of
sending you the inclosed letter as for
NAL permission under the statute"
The letter the President incIosed
was as follows:
While / am entirely unwilling to |
enter into any contest for the Presi- |
dental nomination of the Democratic |
party, am willing to permit the use |
Of my name that the Democrats in
Ohio may make known their prefer
ence in regard to that nomination.
"In order, therefore, to satisfy the
technical requirements of the statutes
of the State of Ohio, hereby consent
to the use Of my name as candidate
for the Presidency by any candidate
who seeks to be elected delegate to
the National Democratic Convention
which is to assemble in June next"
The President takes the position !
that the voters will have to determine
whether he will make the race for the
Presidency in 1916 as the Democratic
candidate. In letter written to A.
Mitchell Palmer, then a representative
from Pennsylvania, before his inaugu-
ration, Mr.. Wilson made it plain that
he would only be a candidate again
II the Democratic voters desired it.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
WOULD TAX CARRIER TRUCKS.

Senator Bennett, of Wicomico, intro
duced bill to provide license fees for
passenger-carrying automobile trucks
using State or State-aided roads,
graded according to weight and dis
tance travelled.
The bill provides that each such
vehicle weighing less than 5000
pounds shall pay on the basis of one
sixteenth of / cent for each passenger
seat, that charge to be multiplied by
the number of miles travelled over
State or State aided roads outside of
incorporated towns and cities; vehicles
weighing more than 5000 pounds and
less than 5000 pounds shall pay on the
basis of one-twelfth of cent for each
passenger seat, and vehicles weighing
more than 5000 pounds shall pay on
the basis of one-eighth of cent.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
GRADE CROSSINGS.

w. Cabell Bruce, chief counsel to
the Public Service Commission, ap-
peared before the House Committee on
Corporations in behalf of the bill Civ
ing the commission power to compel
abolition of railroad grade crossings.
A bill framed on the same lines was
defeated here two years ago because
Of the cost which. it imposes upon
counties and municipalities, which are
required to pay 33 per cent. of the
expense of construction of the cross
ings.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
MINISTER, AGED 70, ELoPEs.
Marries 21-Year-oId Girl Against Her
Parents Wishes.

Huntington, w. Va.-Details have
reached here of the elopement from
the Beaver Creek section of the Rev.
William Moore, Methodist minister, 70
years old, who has been doing mission
ary work in that section for nearly a
year, and Miss Jennie Alley, Fl years
old, a school teacher. The aged minis
ter has been ceurting the girl for some
time against the wishes of her par
ents, and the couple eloped to Preston
burg, making most of the distance over
the rough mountain country on foot.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
1892 BOY SCOUTS IN U. S.
Membership Last Year Grew as Per
Cent.

Washington.-An increase Of IS per
cent. in membership last year was an
nounced at the annual meeting of the
National Council Of the Boy Scouts of
America. The increase to 1852 boys
and scoutmasters made the year the
most prosperous in the six years his
tory of the movement.
Among the significant items of the
chief scout executives report were
that scout troops had been organized
in almost every church denomination
in the country, and that the 1857
scoutmasters included clergymen,
lawyers, teachers and other
professional men.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
BILL FOR EARLY PRI MARIEs.

Senator Collier offered bill provid.
ing that in all years except those dur
ing which a Presidential election oc-
ours primary elections shall be held
on a date, not later than the second
Tuesday in June.
A similar measure was offered by
former Senator Beck, of Kent county,
two years ago. 1t was defeated, but
Mr.. Beck was in Annapolis not long
ago and declared that the necessity
for the change is now more keenly felt
by his people than ever.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
GREATEST SUBMARINES.
Germany Has Three Carrying Crews
OF Sixty Men.

The Hague. = Three supersub.
marines, superior in speed and eouip-
ment to any underwater craft built By
any nation, have just been finished by
German workmen at Kiel, according
to reports that reached Dutch naya
officials. Each is said to carry crew
Of so men and seven torpedo tubes
and to be able to proceed 1000 miles
without replenishing fuel
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
WOULD BUY LOWER CALIFORNIA.
Representative Randall Offers ResoIu-
ton In House.

Washington.-A resolution to au-
thorize President Wilson to negotiate
with Mexico for the purchase of Lower
California was presented to the House
by Representative Randall, of Califor-
MIA. Such purchase, the resolution
recites, would protect irrigation work
in the Imperial Valley. The resolu-
ton was referred to the Foreign At
fairs Committee. Various proposals
for the sale of Lower California always
have been repudiated by General Car
r&nZa.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
WANTS CONFERENCES ON LIME.

The opposition of some of the lime
manufacturers to the bill introduced
by Mr.. Blanford in the House and Mr..
MCdd in the Senate providing that the
State establish two plants for the
making of lime out of oyster shells in
sections where the farmers cannot now
secure lime at a reasonable rate be-
cause of transportation charges has
caused the sponsors of the bill to at
tempt to bring about a conference be-
tween those opposed and those in
favor of the bill.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
IDEAL MAN DISCOVERED.

He Is Bradford M. Fullerton, Swim.
ming Captain At Harvard.
Cambridge, Mass.-The ideal man
has been discovered at Harvard, ac-
cording to the specifications of the
merchant tailors of the United States.
He is Bradford M. Fullerton, swim.
ming captain, from Spokane, Wash.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19

No toll roads in Washington coun-
ty within one year is the aim of GER
tain interests allied with the Hagers-
town Board of Trade and with this end
in view a bill is being prepared to be
introduced in the Legislature COM
pelling the County Commissioners to
acquire all turnpikes in the county
either by purchase or condemnation.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
81 CAUGHT IN MINE EXPLOSION.
One Man Killed, Three Badly Hurt and
Score Entombed.

Indiana, Pa.-One man was killed,
three we're seriously injured and a
score entombed by a gas explosion in
Mine No. 2 of the Jefferson and Clear
field Coal and Iron Company at Ernest,
six miles from here.
The explosion occurred in an entry
just off the main shaft of the mine.
More than 100 men were at work at
the time, but all managed to escape,
with the exception of 81, who were
trapped by falling rock and debris.
Rescue parties were at once organ
lied and 1S of this number were
brought to the surface several hours
after the explosion. A number were
seriously hurt.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
NEW BRIDGE AT cHEsTERTowN.

A bill appropriating $1S5,O0O for
the construction by the Roads Com
mission of drawbridge across the
Chester river at Chestertown was in
troduced in the Senate by Senator
Legg, who offered it by request" The
bill states that the present bridge
across the Chester river is an old
wooden structure which is unsafe for
loads of any weight. Those back of
the bill offered want concrete bridge
to replace the wooden bridge.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19

Consumption is most common be-
.ween the ages of 25 and 80.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
The Real Need.

do you believe that we should have
a more elastic currency?" asked the
man who is always talking national
finance. mot much!" snorted the man
with the shiny clothes. ITS elastic
enough now. What they ought to do
is make II more adhesive"
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
DANIELS RETURNS DIME.

Declines To Accept Aid From Patriotic
Young Girl.
New York.-Marjorie Sterrett, the
Brooklyn girl who started a contribu-
ton to build battleship for the
cents in postage stamps to a news
paper and calling upon other children
to contribute dime each, has received
a letter from Joseehus Daniels, Secre-
tary Of the Navy, returning her 1O-cent
contribution forwarded by the news
paper.
Mr.. Daniels wrote that the revenue
required for naval construction will
be obtained by taxation in the usual
manner" and that he believed indivi-
dual contributions unnecessary.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
U. S. STEEL ORDERS PILINe UP.
7,s22,z67 Tons On Books At Clos.
Of January.

New York.-The untitled orders Of
the United States Steel Corporation on
January 81 amounted to 1922, ,767 tons
according to the monthly statement
just issued. This is an increase of 116
SAT tons over December.