Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-09
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Charles E. Hughes received assur-
ances from republican leaders Sun
day, that the entire northern section
of New York state would vote for
him Mr. and Mrs. Hughes attended
church at Niagara Falls, Sunday, and
took a long motor ride in the after
noon They left during the night for
Detroit where Mr.. Hughes formal
campaign opened Monday with two
! speeches.
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Russell Bovee, a young man of
many love affairs, was found with a
bullet wound in his breast Sunday, on
the wooded island at Jackson Park,
/ Chicago Bovee is confined in hos
pital and Mrs. Evelyn Abner and
Miss Pauline Bishop are held pending
statement from the injured man.
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Five large presses on which the
New York Sun is printed were so
badly damaged Sunday night by fire
which started in the cellar of the Sun
building. that Mondays editions were
run off on the presses of the Evening
Mail. There were no employees in the
pressroom when the blaze started.
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Forty cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported in Iowa, according
to statement Saturday at Des Moines,
by the health commissioner. Four
new cases have been reported in the
last three days, one each at Wesly,
Fairbanks, Waterloo and Owen.
1t was said that of the eight cases
at Mason City, two have recovered.
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Warrants were taken out Saturday
at Birmingham, Ala, for the arrest of
Victor H. Hanson, publisher of the
News-Herald, and E. w. Barrett, edit
or of the Age-Herald. The warrants
were the outcome of a controversy
eliminating in a Friday statement in
the Age-Herald that Mr.. Hanson claim
ed reflected on his business honor.
Barrett refused, in reply, to disavow
the article, accepting full response
bility and offering to meet Hanson
some time this week.
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Mexican War News.
Intervention in Mexico would in
many ways be the worst thing that
could happen for both countries. If
the American people were always told
the truth about Mexico they would
realize that the Mexican people are
entirely competent to save themselves
i These are the assertions of Andres
Garcia, consul for the Carranza gov
eminent in FL PasO, who has played
an important part in the correspond
ence between Mexico and the United
States. In an interview obtained by
staff correspondent of The Provi-
dence Journal, Mr.. Garcia further
said:
"The Mexican people as a whole
really are friendly toward Americans.
All this talk of hatred is due largely
to partisan press.
"News from Mexico has been dis
torted and perverted. Villa has been
backed against Carranza in the effort
to make Intervention a necessity.
Naturally our people feel some
alarm when they see great armies
concentrated on our border. But the
patience of the United States so far
has justified our confidence and the
leaders in Mexico realize that the only
way the American government can
adequately cooperate in suppressing
brigandage is to police its borders
thoroughly.
Americans have really had very
little to do with the revolutions in Mex
leo. Our wars have been simply wars
between the rich and powerful and the
poor and oppressed of Mexico.
Nov, as to brigandage. 1t follows
every civil war. 1t followed your civil
war. Gen. Carranza is able to cope
with it if he is given time. Gen. Car
rama had only 10000 men when Villa
rebelled with an army of 10000 men
and yet he was able to raise an army
and crush Villa. Does that not prove
that Carranza is the man the Mexican
people want?
Don't be misled into the belief that
the leaders of the Carranza party in
Mexico are either incompetent or
visionary. They are well-educated
men and patriotic.
Can the peon class in Mexico be
educated and made competent for self
government" asked the interviewer.
Mr.. Garcia grew a bit red in the face
at this question.
We'll" he said, 81 was a goat herd
er when / was a boy. / was peon
working on the farm. I saved little
money and got as far as San Antonio,
where l learned a little English. Then
/ I went back to Mexico and worked on
the railroad.
81 had one or two English text books
and an American newspaper. When
! l couldn't translate a word or pro-
nounce it, l waited till a train came
along with an American engineer and
from him l would get the meaning of
/ the word and its pronunciation.