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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
IS REAL
Conditions in United States Are
Not Due to the War.
Export Of Agricultural and Manufac-
tured Products for twenty Months
Prove Ti1is-Statistics That
Battle Republican Orators.

Uncle Sam would be on easy street
financially and business would be
booming even If there had not been
the stimulus to trade arising out Of
the war in Europe" said Fred B..
Lynch CT Minnesota, in an interview.
Figures show" continued Mr.
Lynch, that within the last 20 months
we have exported $4,000, 100000 Of
agricultural and manufactured prod
ucts, while in the same time the value
Of war munitions exports make to-
tai of only $34O,00O,O0O. These, in
Geed, are startling figures, but we
could cut out the value of the exporta.
tons for the warning countries of Eu-
rope and have still tremendous to-
tai coming solely from the nations in.
Gustry and natural wealth. Of course
our Republican friends are quick to
say that all this prosperity is due to
the extraordinary conditions in Eu-
rope, but they are appealing to the
credulity of the people and will, I
think, make very little Roadway with
those who take the pains to make a
careful investigation.
For long while the American peo-
pie were told that they could not have
prosperity under Demo cratic rule. A
lot of Republican orators made that
statement so often that no doubt they
got to believing it themselves. In
the face of the cold statistics of to-
day the Democrats can get back at
them very neatly, for it is a condition
Of prosperity and not a theory that
now STANDS revealed where even the
dullest man can see it for himself"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
1000 WAGON DRIVERS STRIKE
Chicago Expressmen Quit Work to En-
force Demands for Recognition
of Union.

Chicago, May 17.-Nearly 1000 ex-
press wagon drivers employed by all
the big railroad express companies in
Chicago went on strike to enforce
their demands that their union be
recognized by the companies
No Official recognition was given by
any company to the drivers organiza
ton. The attitude Of employers was
that the men were at liberty to or
ganize, but they would not be treated
any differently because they were or
ganized.
The companies involved and the
number of men on strike, according to
figures of union leaders, are as fol
lows: American Express company,
400; Adams Express company, 200;
Wells Fargo Express company, 100:
Western Express company, so; Great
Northern Express company, 80 to 100.
Other smaller concerns, including
the Merchants and National and
Northern Express companies, wete
also hit by the strike.
Several bricks were thrown at TWO
drivers. The strikers were dispersed
by the arrival of policemen WHO re,
sponded to a riot call IZarcG French.
fifty-four years old, Of sos West Adams
street. an employee Of the Adams Elk
press company. was hit by brick
and is believed to be dying.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
The Wrong Cart?

The New York Tribune, which came
out with such whoop for Roosevelt
few weeks ago, seems to have qu;-
city .crept indoors again. At least i.
is not whooping any more for the
Bull Moose chieftain-not since tho
Massachusetts primary, but has decd
ed to take a vote among its readers TO
find out where it is "at" Can it be
that it is beginning to fear that the
vehicle it jumped into 50 precipitous-
ly is not a band wagon, but tum-
bril- louisville Courier-J ournal
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
Reveals a Sorry Condition.

Republican opportunists find moth
ing improper in going outside their
party to consider the availability
of Roosevelt the disrupter, or
Ford the ingenious mugwump, but
they could not, of course accept
the leadership of the man who leads
the opposition to Republicanism. Moth,
ing must be done which would so ad,
vertise present distress or so imperil
the future existence of the party
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
The Issue of smartness.

The main trouble with the Repub-
iican party is that it has no princi-
pies and no issues that relate to ac-
tUal conditions of government, and
does not know where to find them.
All the claim it can make to power
is the egctistical assertion that while
there May be no party issue, Repub-
licsns are ipso facto smarter than
Democrats and Sc ought to govern.
No opposing party ever overturned e
national administration On such plat
form, and we doubt il one ever wiz.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
FELIX 1DlAZ B0BS UP AGAIN
Nephew of Former President Of Mex
leo is in the State Of Caxaca,
Is Report.

Washington, May 17.-Feiix Dhz,
nephew of the former president Of
Mexico, and who is reported to be
heading another revolutionary move
ment in that country, has bobbed up
again. The department Of justice was
officially advised that Diaz is in the
state OF Oaxaca, Mexico. where it is
known revolutionary movement
against the de facto government has
gained much Roadway. Diaz's where
abouts had been unknown for the last
three weeks. At various times he
was reported in New Orleans and New
York. and one report had it that he
had gone to Europe.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
"Stampede Proof"

Republican leaders" are quoted ty
the New York Times as having no
fear that the Chicago convention will
be stampeded fer anybody. Such
exceeding care" they said, has been
exercised to ohtain staid and I'M
emotional delegates, that the con-
dition will be as near stampede
proof as a convention can possibly re
made"
A stampede proof convention, in
the opinion of the Republican leaders.
is one which will do what the old
guard leaders from Massachusetts,,
New York, and Pennsylvania think is
best to be done.-Kansas City Star
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
BIG STEAMERS I'M COLLISION
italian Liner and Swedish Ship DAM
aged in Fog-One Goes Into
Drydock.

New York, May I'm dense fog
that hung over the coast the Italian
liner San Giovanni aGd the Swedish
steamer Grekland~ collided off Sandy
Hook while outward hound from this
mort. The Grekl. nd, which was bound
for Scotland with large cargo of
munitions consigned TO the allies, was
badly damaged and returned TO port
to go into drydock.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19
LIGHTNING KILLS SIX MEN
Bolt Strikes Box Car Used as Living
Quarters for Laborers at
Warren, O.

Warren, Ohio. May ia bolt of
lightning struck box car, converted
into living quarters for laborers on
TIE Erie railroad. Six occupants Of
the car were burned to death before
they could escape. All were foreign
era
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
CRUR D'ALENE
The Occur d'Alene Press has been
purchased by G r. Scott.

The Occur d'Alene Press has been
purchased by G r. Scott.
Occur d'Alene's budget for. the cur
rent fiscal year calls for an expendi-
ture of not to exceed $59.639. Last
year the amount was $54,Is5.
Following are the members OF the
delegation from Kootenai county 10
the democratic platform convention
to be held at Boise June 81: Robt.
IL. Elder, j. @. White, Frank Lang
ley, r. D. Leeper. j. L. McClear, ".
b. Ross. p. j. Whalen. Glen NJ.
Vowel, W. S. Cope and T. j. Deck.
The Idaho Pedigree Seed associa.
tion organized in Occur d'Alene last
week starts out with capital stock
OF $4,000, with board Uf directors
consisting of E. NJ. Jones OF Harrison.
l.. G. Shadduck OF Occur d'Alene, G.
b. Mccall of Belmont, M. L. Root of
Athol and Chas. ii. Bellmer of
Kamiah. The officers for the FIRST
year are E. NJ. Jones, president: M.
l.. Root, vice president; G B. Mccall,
secretary-treasurer.
T. R. Gerdes has appointed the
committee TO he in Charge OF the re :
publican-progresslve and progressive
republican get together dinner which
will be held at the Hotel Idaho on
the evening Of July 3. Everyone In
the two parties is invited without
further invitation. The following
will serve on the committee: Bert A.
Reed, r. L. Black, Fred Williams.
F. N. Kilborn, and George L. Wall.
Word was received by members OF
the family, sol Lakeside, OF the
death of Mrs. A. A. Sage at A Anamosa,
Iowa, Thursday, June 18th. Mrs.
Sage went TO Iowa the latter part OF
April to visit her aged father after
an absence OF 26 years and Mr. Sage
left two weeks ago to join her at that
place. from whence they intended to
make other visits through the east.
Mrs. Sage died on the evening OF his
arrival. Mr.. and Mrs A. A. Sage
formerly lived near Belmont.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
W. R. C. State Officers.

Officers elected by the Women's
Relief Corps at the state convention
at Pocatello last week are as follows:
President, Hattie l.. Ackerman,
Payette; senior vice president, Anuc
t. Gore, Boise; junior Vice president,
Cynthia Stokesberty, Emmett; treas :.
Urer, Rachel Moffat, Nampa; chap
lain, Della Hamilton, Salmon.
Examining board-C Chairman, Maud
Dlttemore. Occur d'AleDe; Georgia
Steinbower, Emmett; Katherine
Johnson, Coeur d'Alene; Mary Brad
bury, Idaho Falls; Winnie Ford,
Rathdrum.
Appointive oiiicers-Secretary, An
ME e. Trlplow, Weiser; press cor
respondent, Ella Reynolds, Harrison;
'atriotlc instructor, Elizabeth Wheel
or IDAHO Falls; l. and |. officer, En- :
ma N, lsou, Standpoint; Inspector,
Kate Mo, -ison, Wallace; counselor,
Martha Whee house.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
President Wilson Renominated.


AT st. Louis, Mo-, at 1856 O'Clock
thursday night, June Is, Woodrow
wilson was renomlnated by acclama-
lion as the Democratic candidate for
president. immediately thereafter
marshalPs nomination as vice presi-
ueutiaI candidate was made, also by
acclamation.
10 PRESIDENT Wilson's nomination
9nere was only one dissenting vote,
''ooert Emmett Burke of Illinois,
VINO came to the convention declaring
ruaC ne was opposed to the president,
t'is vote technically made the presi-
uents nomination 1921 to |.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
ITEMS OF COUNTY TOWNS
What NeighboTiDg People Are
Doing.
FROM THE EXCHANGE TABLE
Brevities of Kootenai County Com
munities.
POST FALLS

Miss Irene Broadhead caught an
eight'pound bass In German lake.
The Automatic Thresher Machine
company is building eight machines.
j. W. Broadhead packed up last
week preparatory to moving TO VAL
lier, Mont, with four teams and
three bugeies.
Miss Irene, Beavers OF Post Falls
was among the ITO graduates from
The Lewis & Clark high school, Spo.
kane this year.
The village treasurer has received
The check for S3O5O race track license
money awarded by the court, and the
council has paid Attorney LaVIene
Of Occur d'Alene $3.50 fee In the case.
Mr. LaVlene had demanded $4Oo but
accepted the smaller amount.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
SPIRIT LAKE

The Woman's club has closed a
successful season.
The Commercial club dance is an
nounced for June %.
3 Miles Egbers has opened law
Office at Athol.
The Welch Market team was de-
feated by Spirit Lake by scare Of 7
too.
Thomas Matthias Skok, engineer ON
the Milwaukee died at Prindle's hos
pital Thursday of last week OF appen.
dlcitis. lie was resident of Spirit
Lake eight years, was 80 years OF age
and leaves widow and two sons.
Undertaken o. w. Stone of Rathdru,u
prepared the body for shipment TO
Elmd, Wash. =
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
he declared.

life" he declared.
Truly, that naturally favored
country became a paradise In tn,
form OF great agricultural democra-
cy' The use OF the lands was free
use alone gave a right of possession.
'Schools were vpubllc-education was
universal. Art, literature, the scien-
ces hourished. Mexico tended TO a
noble and exalted future.
Then came the Diaz revolution In
1876. The reactionarles returned to
power. The Mexican people, under
tne rear OF foreign invasion, accepted
the domestic dictator, and In the
course of the succeeding "a years sank
oaek into the depths OF a desperate e
and despairing peonage.
"Dlaz strengthened the army and
secured foreign influence by dlstribu-
Ting grants aud concessions to power
tul speculative interests. Newspaper
men 10 other countries were his bene.
nciaries and sang his praises with
LOUD acclaim-declariug him to be
tne grand man of Mexico, the great.
est constructive statesman of the
western world. Such was the genesis
OF the 'Dlaz myth
"At one streke $llO, 900, 900 OF pure
water was Injected into the national
debt of the country and the holders
OF the bonds representing this steal
were permitted to exchange them for
the very best lands of the republic on
a basis of $50 In bonds for 500 In
lands at 3 cents per acre.
"The schools were closed-the
peaceful people we're murdered or
dragged to Yucatan, where they were
sold into slavery. Monopoly again
hourished and the great Aztec popu-
lation again fell into the depths of
degrading peonage. Words can not
express the woeful condition OF the
people. Those who never have come |
Ia contact with such misery can not
believe that it ever existed.
"Out of these conditions rose the |
vast estates of William Randolph /
Hearst $4,000, 900 acres), Harrison
Gray Otis 100000, 900 acres), the
rafts, NJ. e Hay and other, too
numerous to mention--estates con-
erred by military dictator against !
.he will and interests of the Mexican i
people, to bolster the insecure DOS =
ion of the usurper and deafen the
people of the world 10 the facts by /
he loud singing of false praises-es- {
,ates absolutely lndefensible and |
IMMORAL"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
Idaho Troops
To Boise
Colonel Edelblute, Commander, and First
Battalion Left Wednesday.

All the Idaho troops are to be-
assembled at Boise, an order to
that effect being issued by Adiu-
tant General p. H. Crow. He
said ldaho's guard could mobilize
: 700 men at Boise in three days.
Colonel w. II. Edelblute, COM
mander of the and Infantry, re-
ceived a telegram at Rathdrum
early Monday morning from the
adIutant general informing him of
the mobilization order and asking
him to assist in recruiting the
northern battalion.
Company A, National Guard OF
Idaho, and the and Infantry band,
both OF Standpoint, passed through
Rathdrum by special train Wed.
nesday morning, bound for the
state mobilization camp at Boise.
Officers with the company of 46
men were Capt J p. MatthIenscn
and Lieut. Ernest Miller, and the
band Of over 40 members was in
charge OF Capt. A. II. Allen,
regimentals quartermaster. Major
Clement Wilkins Of Hope, COM
mander of the first battalion, ac-
companied the contingent, and
Colonel w. Fl. EdelbIute. COM
mander of the and Infantry, Joined
them here.
The train stopped here about
fifteen minutes, the band playing
a selection as salute to the col
onel. Business places were closed
Tor half an hour and considerable
crowd was assembled at the depot
TO see the boys off and cheer them
on their way.
Other organizations from nor
thern Idaho which left for Boise
Wednesday were Company c of
Coeur d'Alene, Z of Grangeville
and + OF Lewiston.
Recruiting officers were left at
each OF The home stations 10 en-
list men for service in the regiment
and send them TO Boise in groups
OF three or four until the companies
have their required numbers. Col
onel Edelblute before leaving,
designated Lieut.. !. X. Nj. Culr,
former captain and battalion
quartermaster, as recruiting officer
at Rathdrum. to receive applicants
for enlistment IN this vicinity and
procure transportation for them.
An opportunity is offered for a trip
10 the Mexican border aud
probably for some active service
there.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
CHANGED IRON TO COPPER.
Curious Transformation Wrought by
Natures Alchemy.

Natures Alchemy.
Not so very long ago a curious find
was made In one of the copper mines
at El Cobre, Cuba. These mines.
once among the richest In the world
were abandoned for long time on ac-
count of the Instructions In Cuba
against the Spanish rule. In 1868 the
coal supply was cut off by the insur-
gents. and consequently pumping be.
came impossible, and the mines be-
came i1lled with water.
After the Spanish war an American
company bought the mines and pro.
ceeded to pump out the water. In one
of the shafts thus made accessible
was found what once represented an
iron pickax ss well as some crowbars.
The metal In these implements had, 1t
is said, turned to copper. Extraordi.
nary as this may appear, 1t can be
scientifically explained.
The water, filtering through the rock
and the copper ore veins dissolved
some of the copper, the solution con-
tanning sulphate of copper. AS soon
as the sulphu-ic acid in this solution
touched the iron it at once dissolved
that metal and deposited copper in its
place, for sulphuric acid has a greater
affinity for iron than for copper. In
the process certain impurities which
had existed in the iron were left be-
hind undisturbed. The wooden handle
of The AK was In good condition. The
metal was porous and irregular in
shape, but in the general outline pre-
served the form of the ak, somewhat
enlarged in size. Washington Star.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
National Guard
Mobilizing.
President Wilson Prepares For War
With Mexico.

Sunday night, June 18, Presi
dent Wilson issued an order TO,
the immediate mobilization of the
national guard Of the several states
at their respective state mobiliza.
tion points, for muster into the
service OF the United States in
readiness for use on the Mexican
border at such time and place as
may be designated by General
Frederick Funston, commanding
the United States forces on the
border.
1t was estimated that about 85, :
900 men would be assembled un-
der this call and that efforts would
be made to recruit companies to
full strength so that total of
probably 100, 900 men would re-
spond to the call. General Funs-
toms command on the border and
in Mexico consisted of about 40,
900 regulars and 5000 national
guard before the call was issued
June 18.
The action, to mobilize the U. S.
national guard followed the
declaration by General Trevino,
commanding the Carranzista army
OF the north, that he would con-
slider any movement of General
Pershing's troops south, east or
west, as hostile act. He so
notified General Pershing last Fri
day, and in SO doing acted upon
specific instructions from General
Carranza, who had previously de-
manded that American troops be
Withdrawn from Mexico.
On June Ie it was stated by
President Wilson's advisers at
Washington that upon General
Carranza's reception of stern re-
iusal to heed his demands for re-
call of American troops from Mexi-
co hinges the question of a Mexi-
can war.
While the diplomatic steps were
In progress the nation was stirring
throughout its length and breadth
with the movement of national
guardsmep mobilizing to guard |
the border. At least 100, 900 and
possibly far larger number were
preparing for active service under
the presidents call. For the
present, it was said, their mission
will be purely one of defense.
Even when mobilization is com
pleted such units will be ordered /
south only as General Funston de-
sires.
A dispatch from Mexico City, |
June I9, said nti-American feel !
ing ran high, the streets were
thronged with patriotic paraders
demonstrating their willingness to
defend the country's honor and
dignity in case of a foreign war.
General Carranza told the throngs
that Mexico was not seeking war,
but would not avoid it at the cost
OF national dignity.
CONTINUED ON r4eE Two.)
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
Taxes Due Again.

All property owners who have paid
the first installment of the 1915 taxes
should not overlook the fact that The
last lnstallment should be paid before
the flrst Monday In July to avoid the
issuance of delinquent certificates
and penalty. These taxes are now
due and should receive prompt at
tention bV the tax payer.-adv.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
THEY FEAR INTERVENTION
Carranza Officer Says 1t Will Be
Calamity to Mexican PEOPLE.

|
Calamity to Mexican People.
From the Spokane Chronicle, Mon.
day, June lo:
United States intervention in Mex
ico, which dispatches from the Dor.
der made to appear imminent, is
feared by the people of the southern
republic, ACCORDING 70
Colonel Ledwidge of the Mexican
constitutionalist army, who is in
Spokane.
Colonel Ledwidge, who is repre-
senting the liberal party of Mexico in
campaign of education to the
American people by means of lee.
ture tour, traced the historic and
economic causes of the present dis
turbed conditions in the southern
republic.
Would Be Calamity.
The people of Mexico fear inter
vention,' he declared. I'VE believe
that no greater calamity can befall
us. On the threshold of peace won
by our own valor--on the very edge
OF the restoration of an internal noli.
cy that at one time rendered us the
happiest and most prosperous of
people, the presence of a foreign
power, the recrudescence of mono
poly through all armed force, would
thrust us back into peonage and
retard the cause of liberty by fully
l00.years.
With the distribution Of the lands
to the people, peace is absolutely as
sured and Mexico will move forward
to an era of prosperity similar to
that Of the day Of Benito Juarez. We
appeal to the American people to
learn the flcts, to act with wisdom,
and to yield US that sympathy we
should justly expect from a people |
like ourselves, strongly determined |
to be free.
In Mexico, as in all countries,
the perversion of natural economic |
laws is at the base OF all the diff
Guilty." he said. The Withholding
of the free use of the land from the
naturally agricultural Aztec people
reduces them to species of slavery
called peonage, and from their need
and desire to rehabilitate themselves
as freemen comes this ever recurring
spirit of revolt.
Wilson Agrees.
All economists agree upon this
point and President Wilson, in a
recent speech, made it clear that the
American administration is profound
~ aware of this basic fact and realizes
that permanent peace can only be
effected in Mexico when a proper
of the land problem is at
tanned and put in operation.
The colonel sketched the 300 years
of Spanish rule, showing the slavery
into which the native people were
under the yiceroys and the
feudalistic hacienda system of land
monopoly. He told OF the revolt of
the poems under Hidalgo and Morelos
and the declaration of independence
ia 1918. The short-lived empire of
Iturbide, the succession of revolution
ary presidents from Bustamente down
to the second empire under Maximll.
ian of Austria, the destruction OF
that empire and the accession Of
Benito Juarez to the presidency un-
der the revised constitution OF 1857.
"The restoration of the constitu- |
tion of IS57-the greatest state paper {
aver wrltten-was the greatest
triumph of the common people, and
under the wise guidance OF Juar"Z,
Mexico entered upon its golden aGe,
when none were oppressed aUd all ,
we're RECALLED with the comforts OF
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23

The s,a,o o,o, ment of the G. A.
H. held at Pocatello, ~ D
suited 10 the election OF '. H. n''"'
OF Twin Falls for departm ~ 0o"
inander. J. G. Tously of Boi. 20"
chosen senior vice commander ~"
Frank Gibbon OF Pocate!lo, juoi.
vice commander.
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