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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
FINE WEATHER USHERS
IN HOLIDAYS ON BORDER
Loads of Packages From Home Tax
the Regular Transportation
Facilities at Camp.

CAMP OF BATTERY B. N. G. D. c.,
Douglas, Ariz, December % (by maiD.
Great preparations are being made
for Christmas by officers and men OF
Battery B, District of Columbia Field
Artillery, and members of the outfit
are planning to enjoy the day as much
as possible II the sand storms which
have been raging for several days
cease they anticipate a day OF pleasure.
Every mail brings loads of packages
from home to the battery. and the mail
orderly, Private E. G. Mohler. is about
the most sought-after individual In
Douglas, as far as the members of the
battery are concerned. Up to- this time
Mohler has been able to handle all the
mail in the saddle bags on his eight
rtff1e daily ride to Camp Harry J. Jones.
where the military post office for this
district is situated, but now 1t is nee
essary to take twohorse wagon to
handle the great bulk OF mall that Is
pouring in every day.
The Golden State Limited. when is
scheduled to pass through douglas In
the evening at $50, and which ordina.
rily has brought a few bags OF mail
from ten to fourteen hours late, ana
this morning it arrived thirteen hours
late. but it brought four cars of mail
for this district, and 1t taxed the ca
pacity of the wagon to load the ar
tillerymens mail.
Abolishes Old Mess Line.
Mess sergt. Richard G. Henkelman is
preparing for big feed Christmas day.
and has additional "kitchen dicks" to
help him out with the mess. Sergt. Hen
kelman has abolished the old mess line
where the men used to line up and get 1t
served individually, and now has the mess
placed on the tables where every man
can help himself. He says this Is self
protection, and if any man does not get
enough it is his own fault.
Although the battery is intrenched for
cold weather and the mess shack has
been boarded up and a stove installed, the
men for the past week have not felt the
necessity of it, as they have been en-
loving July weather and are in hlgh
homes that this will continue over the
holidays. Yesterday the battery marched
eight miles TO Niggerhead mountain;
where they were put through a mounted
and dismounted inspection by regular
army officers.
Last Sunday the battery foot ball team
! ,ourneyed TO Bisbee, their old camping
ground. and came off victorious IN game
with the strong Calumet ana Arlzona
mine team, winning by Al to 0. The Z.
and A. team had not been defeated De-
fore in over four years Other games are
| scheduled in this part OF Arizona IN the
near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
MAY TAX WOOL,
RUBBER, COFFEE
Continued from First PageD

tContlnued from First Fage.)
enues and expenditures of the govern
ment be made Ineligible to the public.
Neither the appropriations nor the
new taxes imposed to carry out the
preparedness program have any true
relation to the ordinary appropriations
and revenues. When extraordinary
taxes are levied it is due the taxpayer
that he should know the purpose for
which he is paying them.
Many citizens are opposed to paying
taxes for the construction of public
buildings. the Improvement of certain
rivers and harbors and similar pur-
poses. but are periodically willing to
pay extra taxes for the reasonable en-
largement of the army and navy and
extension of our Notifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Will Go Over Request.

The American members of the Joint
commission which drew the Atlantic
City protocol will meet here Tuesday
to go over Gen. Carranza's request for
modification and to consider whether
any basis Is offered for further confer
ences with the Mexican commissioners
Charles A. Douglas, an attorney for
the CarranZa government. saw Counsel
or Polk of the State Department yes
terday and Is understood to have made
a further plea for withdrawal of the
troops.
Several army officers of high rank
are no longer attempting to conceal
their impotence over the joint commits
sions failure to secure ratification OF
an agreement. and openly are urging
that the altered conditions in Mexico
make 1t imperative to bring the 1900
men now in Mexico to positions on tho
border where they could be handled to
better advantage IL it becomes neces-
Sary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Roper's Condition Improves.

Roper, who was struck on the head with
the handle of a grubbing hoe and his
| skull fractured. is at George Washington
University Hospital 1t was stated at the
institution last night that his condition,
although critical, was improved.
The attack on Roper was made while
he was alone in charge of the six prison.
ers. After Roper had been felled his
sweater. watch and revolver were taken
from him. They were later recovered
when the four prisoners were captured in
a vacant house about four miles from the
workhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Special Tax Levy Suggested.

This special program of prepared
ness should therefore be maintained by
special tax levy so designated in the
law. The recent levy embraced in the
omnibus revenue act of last September
was enacted as a special levy for pre-
paredness purposes. and should be
designated as such for Il period of three
years by provision in the next special
levy to be made at the present session.
THE line of demarcation between the
ordinary receipts and expenditures and
the existing and proposed extraordinary
receipts and expenditures for prepared
ness is easily drawn. The receipts from
the revenue laws existing prior to the
recent enactment of the omnibus reve-
nue. act will continue, as they have
heretofore, to take care of all the or
binary expenditures of the government.
The ordinary receipts for the fiscal
year 1916 Were S719,000,0O0, as COM
pared with ordinary disbursements of
S124, 100000. The estimated ordinary
receipts for 1917. emitting those of the
omnibus revenue law, are substantially
aS5,000,000, while the estimated ordi-
nary disbursements for that year, less
the excess disbursements for the army
and navy and extension of fortifica-
lions. are S771,000,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Rebels Gain Ground.

Reports to the State and War Depart
ments yesterday supported unofficial adj
vices indicating that Villa is rapidly gain
ing strength in northern Mexico that
make his suppression by the Carranza
army appear doubtful At the same time
followers Of Felix Diaz are said to be
making trouble in the south. while
Manuel Palaez and other rebel leaders
are gaining ground in the central por-
tions of the republic.
The official advices Indicated that the
Carranza forces in Saltillo two days
ago were anticipating an attack by
Villa forces. The governor of the state
had directed that the government
archives be prepared for removal. and
many prominent civilians and officials
had sent their families to the bor-
der. Successes of the Villa forces about
Torreon were confirmed by the advices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Official Washington Perplexed.

Official Washington, however, was
deeply perplexed as to the future, and
admitted that it probably depended on
the internal conditions and confidence
of the two warning groups, and sec
ondly on how far President Wilson
would decide to push his own peace eff
forts. On the whole, first comment in
dicated that hopes of an early peace
may have diminished but had not dis
appeared
After reading the unofficial text of
the note. Count Won Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, authorized the
following statement:
President Wilson having suggested
the finding of a method of stating
terms. do not think that this note will
be answered by my government until
after the entente allies have replied to
the Presidents suggestion. stating, If
they SO desire, the modus they pro-
pose"
The German embassy was outwardly
not favorably impressed with the tenor
of the entente note. However. the
declaration that "a mere suggestion,
without a statement OF terms, that ne
gotiations should be opened is not an
offer Of peace" was taken to contain a
yelled invitation to give terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Receipts and Expenditures.

hece1ptS ana expenditures.
THE estimated ordinary receipts for
the fiscal year 1918. less those of the
omnibus revenue act. are about $685.
100000. while the estimated ordinary
disbursements for that year. less ex-
cess disbursements for the army and
navy and extension Of Notifications, are
S776.000.000. A safe working balance
would remain in the Treasury.
The estimated expenditures for pre-
paredness for the fiscal years 1917 and
1918 aggregate nearly $500, 900, 900.
This does not include DEFICIENCIES nor
the expense of the Mexican border pa
troll. which latter will amount to more
than 1925, 100000.
The foregoing contemplates the is
suance of Panama canal bonds to the
extent of $70.000.000 under the shipping
law and the nitrate plant provision,
and s25.000.o00 additional fof the pay
'ment of the Danish West Indian Is
lands, should this be directed.
THE methods herein suggested
would afford a real basis for the de-
velopment of an efficient budget
system
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Purpose Of Villa Campaign.

Villas operations in the past few
weeks have convinced army men here
that he and other leaders of the reac-
tionary movement are following a plan
of campaign having for its immediate
object the recruiting Of an army and
the collection of equipment rather than
the occupation of territory. 1t is point
ed out that Villa has entered towns OF
importance in northern Mexico eight
times since he resumed operations on
larger scale. only to surrender them
again without a struggle. The net re-
suit has been to add to his fighting
strength materially through the con.
version of Carranza soldiers. captured
and deserving, into rebel troops, and
through captures of arms and ammuni.
ton, including about thirty pieces OF
artillery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Predicament Deemed Serious.

1t is this situation. coupled with the
continued operations of smaller bands
about Saltillo and other districts and a
more important movement along the
central east coast. that has caused OBJ
servers here to regard with greater Sc
robustness the predicament of the Car
rama government. In considerable
area near Tuxpam. Manuel Palace, who
has been in control there for almost
two years. has recently EXTENDED ms
onerations toward the south without
opposition Moving northward, appar-
entity with the intention of joining
him, is Jose Isabel Robes. with a force
estimated at from one to hve thousano.
If a juncture is effected, it would make
possible the isolation of the Carranza
capital from both Tampico and Vera
Cruz In cooperation with them the
Cedillo brothers appear to be operating
along the railroad connecting San Luis
Potosi and Tampico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

There were no official expressions
here of the views of President Wilson
and the administration on the entente
reply to the German peace proposals.
for the dual reason that the United
States is acting only as an intermedi-
airy between the belligerents. and be-
cause a policy of silence has been
adopted during this stage of the peace
negotiations.
The unofficial opinion. which prob
ably was reflection of the official hope
for progress toward peace, was that
some means for a further exchange be-
tween the warning powers would be
found. and that even If the present ne
gotiations fail a basis had been laid
which it was hoped would make for
progress in the final analysis.
First informal comment by one Off
cial who had had a chance to study
carefully an official forecast. and who
checked against it the full press text,
was that the allies had responded very
much as expected, that they had played
their strongest cards for moral support
among their own people and in neutral
countries, and that while they had
made it hard for Germany to reply
without decidedly changing her tone
they had still left the door open for
another advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
On Way to chihuahua.

Unofficial reports yesterday that the
bandit leader was on his way to
Chihuahua again caused no surprise
here, since it is known that Gen.
Marguia's force there is not well sup
piled with ammunition and many
stories of disaffection in his army have
reached government agents on the bor-
der 1t is expected that villa VIII
make every effort to dispose of the
Marguia force before the arrival on
Gen. Obregon, reported on his way to
chihuahua to take command.
Oficials would not be surprised IL
similar tactics were employed by vita
in a short time to weaken the car
rama strength in the north about
Monterey and Saltillo. prominent points
on the National railroad east OF CHI
huahua.
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
CHURCH IN WYOMING.

From reports made by the various
pastors of the diocese of Cheyenne,
the chancellor has just prepared his
annual report for the Catholic Direc-
tory of New York. II covers the period
extending from October, 1915, to Octo-
Der, 1916. Within these twelve
months there has been healthy
growth in every line of religious en-
deavor, as may be seen from the fol-
lowing figures: Infant baptisms SOB,
converts 98, marriages 1874. In the
same period there have been but 11S
deaths. New churches have been
erected at Rawlins. Cody and Hudson,
while plans have been drawn for new
churches at Casper. Mooncroft and Up.
ton. and new parochial residence
at Lander. The diocese embraces the
whole state of Wyoming, vast indeed
in territory, but as yet sparsely set
tied. and has within it's jurisdiction
twenty-three priests, who minister to
a Catholic population estimated at fif-
teen thousand
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
PENN MUTUAL LIFE
8. A. STockWELL, GEN. ACT.
305 Andrus Bldg.
Phones: N. w. Mic. 1904, Cent. 1904
"See Stockwell Soon"

great tradition. Those unfaltering
eyes of his that he begged might be
unbandaged that he might have his
last look at Ireland seem to have un-
nerved the soldiers. Twice the order
was given to fire, with no result.
Connolly, dying in frightful agony
carried out on stretcher and propped
up to be shot, could yet pray for the
soldiers who formed the firing party.
"'Never let what you are doing to-
day disturb you,' said Mac Bride to
the officer, who, it was said, showed
some emotion. I have been looking
down rifle barrels all my life, and I'm
not afraid now
From the English point of view
these men were doubtless rebels and
deserved their fate. But surely many
thoughtful Englishmen must feel dubi.
GUS of the wisdom of shooting a man
who dies thanking you for the high
honor you have done him in allowing
him so glorious death. 1t seems a
tragedy, indeed, that rising, which
on it's intellectual side was a mixture
OF Dumas, Mazzini and that eternal
Irish sage of gentle fighting and cour-
teous dying that haunts some of the
finest minds in Ireland, should end in
those incendiary bombs and execu.
tions that are the usual vindications
Of military power, and which translate
their victims into the realm of romance
and glory forever"
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
TWO FINE TRIBUTES.

A man who edited a New York pa
per for so years died recently aged 81.
An Office associate said of him: "In
the 20 years l worked with him, |
never knew him to lose his temper"
A fine tribute, but finer one was
paid to a Boston journalist, Catholic,
who died some years ago. Representa-.
tives from the Boston papers gathered
at the station, going out to the funeral
of their brother journalist, and while
they waited for the train they talked
Of the good qualities Of the dead, his
ability as a journalist. his fidelity to
duty, etc. II worked beside him for
II years" said one man. "and through
times of storm and stress that brought
out the worst in the rest of us, never
heard H speak an ,mcharitable OIL
an unclean, or a profane word. Nor
would he listen to one. If he couldn't
stop unseemly talk, he would walk
away from it."
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09

this notice upon said mortgage and
upon the debt thereby secured, the sum
If Nns T ana $500 sc :ssg Snf %o
lars; and that no action or proceeding
at law or otherwise has been insti-
t tSesa to recover said debt or any part
Now, therefore, notice is hereby CIV
en- That by virtue Of the power, Of sale
In IN s. said mortgage contained and there
statute in such case made and pro-
U v1ded the me- SAID t, m9rtgage will be fore
scpbed ng ana &C.
in the City Of Minneapolis. County Of
Hennepin and State of Minnesota, to-
wit:
Fifteen l1s) Kenwood s an Add ali e1of to
SStraaisht lin IN; drawn Pafallsi e and IS
that part Of Lot Eight tV IS n'' said I'D
6 6oek westHrly Of and nstraght line
dividing Lots Eight Is and S Nj w. Is,
in said block in said Addition.
smths F S s ASd One TO hn Eawn
ITW ne ,;t pa (21); Block Three 81. Of
Commencing at the Southwesterly
e9rner Of Lot Twenty (2o), BLOCK Three
90, in said Addition; thence Northerly
along along the westerly line Of said Lot
ns5l feet, or to the Northwesterly cor
right angles Easterly along the North
erly line Of said Lot Twenty (2O),
twenty-five ,l25). feet; thence at right
angles Southerly fifteen Q5) feet;
thence at right angles Easterly thirty
s s ffs and she eaese Wits fgh fse Wgl
erly line. of said Lot Twenty-one (21),
one hundred twenty I20) feet to the
Southerly line of said Lot Twenty -one
cd; thence at right angles Westerly
hfty-fye (55) feet along the southerly
Twenty-one (215 to the point Of begi nu
ming. will be sold by the Sheriff Of said
auction to the highest bidder for cash,
IN the lobby of the Sheriff's main office
IN the court house and city hall build
ing In the City Of Minneapolis, Henne-
End day, Of January, A. b. 1911, at ten
o'clock in the. forenoon Of said day, to
pay and satisfy the amount which will
then be due on said mortgage and the
debt secured thereby, together with the
costs and expenses of this foreclosure
and the sum of One Hundred (100) DOL
lars, attorneys fees. as in said mort
gage stipulated and agreed to be paid
on foreclosure thereof.
Dated October 81, a, p; 1915 gnf,o
- Assignee Of Mortgage.
MARTIN & WEST.
Attorneys tt,itH yso Tor Assignee Of Mortgage.
st. Paul, Minnesota.
Nov. 11-Jan. 6.
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
FAMOUS AMERICAN FAMILY
CATHOLIC.

Miss Edith Deacon. Americas IA
nous beauty, was married this month
to Mr. Henry G. Gray Of New York,
Father McGarry Of st. Cecilia church
Boston. officiating. The wedding took
place in the marble room at Rock
Maple Farm. Beverly. Mass, the coun-
try home of Hon. George Won Meyer,
eX-ambassador to Italy The daugh-
ter of the late Edward Parker Deacon,
grandson Of Mrs. VIM. Astor, is the
granddaughter of Rear Admiral Bald
win. U. S. N. Mrs. Gray. her mother
and her sisters became Catholics sew
eral years ago while resident in Paris
One Of her sisters is the wife of Prince
Albert Radziwill of Poland and Rome,
who is related to the imperial family
of Austria. while her other sister, Miss
Gladys Deacon, was at one time re.
ported engaged to the Crown Prince
of Germany.
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
BISHOP EoLEY,s JUBILEE,

On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4 and
S, Rt. Rev. John Samuel Foley, D. D.,
venerable and we'll beloved Bishop of
Detroit, quietly observed the 28th an
niversary of his conservation and the
S3rd anniversary of his birth. On
Dec. 20 he will as quietly observe the
Goth anniversary of his ordination to
the Holy Priesthood. Though attain
ing so patriarchal an age, the beloved
Bishop is in fairly good health for one
who has seen long and arduous Herv-
ice in the Lords Vineyard and on Nov.
6 he was able to take a ride out in the
sunshine, which was very pleasing
news to all who know of his ZEAL
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09

NOT CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY.
James Morey, Brooklyn, N. Y,
writes to the Springfield Republican,
to correct any wrong impression that
the public may receive as to what
Truth society Jeremiah O'Leary rep
resents. ct is possible" he says,
that some have confused the Ameri-
can Truth Society, the organization
under which jeremiah A. O'Leary and
his aggregation are conducting part of
their activities with the Catholic so.
ciety. This should not be. The for.
mer is pro-German propaganda
pure and simple, while the Catholic
Truth Society has a distinctly reli-
gious purpose in disseminating the
truth concerning Catholic teaching"
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
U. S. PRIEST CALLED TO ROME
as Dominican Assistant
General.

Rev. John Il. McNicholas, o. P, the
we'll known Dominican, who has been
prominent in national affairs of Holy
Name societies for years, has been
called to Rome to act as assistant
master general of the Dominican Or.
der. This exceptionally high honor,
conferred on Father McNicholas by
the newly elected master general,
Very Rev. Louis Theissling, marks
him as the first American ever named
to act in this capacity.
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
PRIEST.LlNGUiST,

The Rev. Roderick McEachen, pas
tor of st. Mary church, Barton, o., has
the unique distinction Of being able
to preach in thirteen languages. His
congregation is composed of coal min
ers who speak nine languages. Father
McEachen was coal miner and UNI
derstands all their difficulties. He
came into prominence by his great
work for the relief of miners and their
families during the fourteen months
coal strike in Eastern Ohio. The
priest-linguist has been appointed an
instructor at the Catholic university
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
THE DAYLIGHT SAVING PLAN is
COMMENDED.

SS"WCiNDGOs
DR.. James j. Walsh makes some
sensible suggestions in America about
saving daylight He would have
the people get up earlier and go to bed
earlier. Students in particular profit
by this disposal of time. The relig-
ious orders retain the old fashioned
custom Of early rising because their
rules require it.
"In so doing they are living in &C.
cord with nature says the doctor.
Generally they rise at o'clock or
earlier, and usually they do not have
breakfast until or little later. They
retire at 10 o'clock or little earlier,
and so they use the artificial light of
the darker hours OF the day much less
than other people
Here is case where the old fash.
toned way is much more healthy than
the new tangled, and where to be out
of the fashion is likely to keep one
in the world much longer than to be
fashionable.
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE EORECLO-
SURE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that default
mas as, occurred in the conditions Of Ger
liyered by .Harve D. Hagerty and
MILESTONE Valley Realty Company, a
corporation. as mortgagors, to r. r.
Dragoo, as MORTGAGE. which said
mortgage bears date the 5th day Of
for record in the office Of the Register
of Deeds for Hennepin County. Minne-
sofa, on the 9Th day. of April. A. D.
1916. at two-thirty O'clock in the after
noon of said day and was duly re-
corded in Book 90 of Mortgages. on
page 1o2 thereof. which said mortgage
was on the 18th day Of April. A, D. 1916.
duly assigned to I. w. Bouck, which
said assignment was duly filed for rec
ord with the Register Of Deeds in and
the cath day Of April, A. D. 1916. at
eleven twenty-five o'clock in the fore:
in Book 81 Of Mortgages. on page 26S
thereof; in that the principal and in
mortgage has not been paid as pro-
vided therein. That there is claimed
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
PRIEST FIFTY YEARS.

Rev. Alphonse J. Coppens. S. j.,
celebrated Solemn High Mass in St..
Ignatius church, Baltimore. Nd, OFT
a recent Sunday. the 50th ann:ver.
sary of his first Mass. which he offered
in England. Father Coppens was born
in Alost. Belgium, and studied in the
Jesuit college in that town; later at
Antwerp. Client and Bruges. He was
ordained in Liverpool in 1866. and then
later came to America, where for As
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09
Landed to Prevent
Not Foster Revolution

Continued from page ~
The Irish standard., 1916-12-09

of much Of their support. 1t is incum-
bent upon the people Of America, who
are at peace, to contribute even more
generously than before to the mission
airy work. In that way will they be
actively assisting in the good that it
accomplishes.