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Evening star., 1916-04-14
Explains That Grading With
the Enemy Act" Is Purely
Domestic Legislation.
WILL GUARD THE RIGHTS
OF NEUTRAL COMMERCE
Claims Privilege to Impose Penalties
and Prohibitions Upon Persons
Under England's Jurisdiction.

Great Britains reply to the United
States note which protested against
the trading with the enemy act as
pregnant with possibilities of undue
interference with American trade" de-
scribes the act as purely domestic
legislation to restrict the activities and
trade of persons under British jurisdic-
tion," and assures the United States
that in it's enforcement every care will
he exercised to avoid injury to neutral
commerce.
Evening star., 1916-04-14
Text of the British Reply.

The text of the British reply in the
form of a foreign Office memorandum to
Ambassador Page, dated February Is,
follows:
Il have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your excellency's note OF the
26th ultimo relative to the possible ef-
fects of the trading with the enemy
(extension of powers) act, lSlS' on
United States commerce.
"The act was framed with the object
Of bringing British trading with the
enemy regulations into greater harmony
with those adoped by the French gov
ernment sincei the commencement Of the
war by applying in some degree the test
Of nationality in the determination OF
enemy character in addition to the old
test Of domicile. which experience has
shown cannot provide a sufficient basis
under modern commercial conditions for
measures intended to deprive the enemy
of all assistance, direct or indirect, from
national resources.
Evening star., 1916-04-14
Makes an Exception.

His majesty's. government has there
fore abstained from course Of action
admittedly within their rights as bel
ligerents, which is not only the exist
ing practice of the French govern
ment. but in strict accordance with
the doctrine openly avowed by many
other states to be the basis upon which
their trading with the enemy resula-
tions would be founded in the event
of war. and have confined themselves
to passing a piece of purely domestic
Legislation, empowering them to re-
strict the activities and trade of per-
sons under the British jurisdiction. in
such a manner and to such an extent
as may seem to them to be necessary
to the national interest.
Evening star., 1916-04-14

A ten-year-old boy was killed at
Eckhart, Md. when he climbed steel
pole upon which was slung an electric
Wire -. !. ..ss-e. :.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
DANES HOLD
BANQUET MONDAY NIGHT


The School Danes" held their an
nual banquet on Monday evening at
o'clock in the dining Of the Scot
tish Rite cathedral.
The following members we're pres
ent: Mrs. Wallace L., Quinn, of Car
rizozo; Mrs, S. F. Culberson, Portales;
Mrs. Josie Lockhard, Ration; Mrs.
George Dixon, Hondo; Miss Isabel
Eckles, Silver City; Miss Grace Goe-
bel, Deming; Miss Estelle Hayes, Ros-
we'll; Miss Pearl Hutchinson, East Las
Vegas; Mrs. e. V. Jewett, Carfizozo;
Mrs. Gussie Dwyer, Ration; Mrs. J.. f.
Harris, Deming; Mrs. Lillian Bess,
Tucumcari.
Mrs. r. F. Asplund and Mrs. - v,
Conway, both Of Santa Fe, were guests
of the club.
After the banquet a short business
meeting was conducted, at which Mrs.
George Dixon was elected president,
and Miss Pearl Hutchinson, secretary.
The Schol Danes is an important
organization, with a special as well
as social mission to perform, and is
accomplishing much good for the N.
NJ. e. A. MRS. GEO, DIXON,
Press Correspondent.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
British Bullets Hit
u. S. Hospital Shin

New Orleans, La, Nov. 2S.-Stray
bullets from a rife fred on the Brit
ish steamer Scythian of the Leyland
line, bound in from Liverpool, pierced
the smokestack of the public health
service ship Neptune on Saturday at
the mouth Of the Mississippi. The Nep-
tune reported the affair here today.
No intimatiQn was given in the re-
port of the affair as to whether the
shots we're deliberately fred at the
Neptune OF whether some one aboard
the Scythian was at target practice.
It was stated, however, that the
shots YER fred after the officer in
charge of the quarantine station had
refused permission to some one on
the steamer to shoot the rifle.
Reports to the public health service
say the shots on the steamer Neptune
fired from the British steamer Scyth-
ian undoubtedly were accidental and
indicated that they were fred at some
object in the river.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
OUcr 1000 Teachers in
State Take Advantage
of Summer Instruction
superintendent White Much Pleased With In
creased Interest In and Attendance AT Institutes;
Hopes to See Consolidation Plan Tried Out In
Near Future

ltendentA of these counties for the ex-
ira time. ability n energy SO will
ingly given to the additional institute
period. In this connection a good
many of the educational people of the
state have suggested to me that If
might not be a bad plan TO hold an
eight weeks institute in many Of our
counties where it seems not vet pos
sible for the majority of the teachers
to attend an eight weeks summer nor
NAL school. During the past summer,
three counties. Luna. Grant and Sier-
Ira, waived their county Institutes and
combined same with the state Normal
school at Silver CITY. San Miguel
county, also, waived her institute and
united with the Normal university at
Las Vegas. AS a rule the teachers of
these counties attended the full term
of these normal schools. which was
undoubtedly an advantage to them.
zone of the principal evidences of
growth in u county institutes has
been the employment of assistant in
structors in special subjects, such as
music, drawing, primary methods,
physical culture, manual training and
other industrial subjects. Specialists
in these subjects have done much to
enthuse and increase the attendance
and efficiency of county Institutes.
For the first time n county. Roose-
Welt. held tn teachers examination
prior to the opening of the institute.
| watched the result of this examina,
ton with a good deal Of interest. as It
has been commonly known that the
holding of examinations at the close
Of Institutes influences the teachers
to cram for such examinations. often
to the neglect Of the professional
training and inspiration which they
should otherwise receive in an insti-
tute. There we're fi~fty-three teachers
who took the examination in this
county prior to the institute and only
eight teachers Of this county took ex.
animation at the October examination,
only four OF the last named number
failed in the first examination, where
as IN several OF the other counties
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El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30

shortly before the European War
broke out he wrote a profound disser-
tation on Peace showing that a
world-war was automatically and
dogmatically impossible. THE you
know what happened he declared.
DR.. Roberts suggested that to end the
war DR.. Boyd might write another
monograph on War" DR.. Boyd went
on to show that in men and women
and physical and other RESOURCES New
Mexico had in her such elements of
greatness that no one could assume
to part the veil and really limit her
future possibilities.
Prof. Wagner, who was to speak on
New Mexico and Her Present" had
to be excused before his time had ar
rived. The speeches were all short
and snappy and loudly applauded.
President Z. L. Enloe of the Silver
City normal, officiated with ecIat as
postmaster.
Besides members of the club, inyit-
ed guests included Governor McDon-
aid, A. e. James, M. L. Fox. G. a.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30

put 1t out of the race. Let him con-
slider the story that has heroes and
heroines always succeeding as unfit
for him to waste his time on. l get
out Of patience with the literature, the
drama, the moving pictures that eter-
nally are playing up this so-called sue
cess demonstration. There is too
much exploiting Of the idea that un-
less You see the results OF your labor
in this life you have failed. l would
never read that Success magazine for
that reason. / did not want it around
the house. Fourth, I want my boy to
shun books in which careIessness
about consequences Of good or evil is
played up. And fifth, l want my boy
to shun books that are filed with
slang. We get enough of slang In the
moving picture legends, on the. streets
and Fairgrounds. We all use slang,
perhaps, in our daily speech, but we
do not have to read it in Our books"
Other points made by the speaker
werel the following:
I'm language. I want my boy to
know how to write a clear business
letIer ana 10 use BOOu CONGREGATIONAL
English, not nice English. In his
tory, let him know some Of our great
men; in arithmetic, the seven funda-
mental formations; in geography,
something about climate, soil and topo-
graphy of his own vicinity, and the
influences Of climate on man. In spell
ing, let him acquire the habit of
acquiring new words. In hygiene, I
don't want him to waste his time
learning the names of the muscles and
bones or nerves, but let him learn the
value Of sleep, clean teeth, and eyes
free from strain and the effects Of
drinking water in this western clim-
ate. Naughter). In truth, let him
to think in the other fellows
place, be the other fellow a Spanish
American or a German. In recrea-
ton, let him learn to keep it subject
to his work, and let him learn the
Of time. Remember what the
circus man said: we train u dogs
and our horses, but we educate U
children"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30

Reviewing the work of summer I'M
stitutes in New Mexico in the past
few years, State School Superintend-
ent Alvan N. White told the members
of the institute workers section of
the New Mexico Educational associa-
tion, meeting at the state senate cham
Der this morning, that he was pleased
to note that each year he has been in
office fewer teachers applied for per-
mission to be excused from institute
attendance. He said that one of the
principal evidences of growth of the
county institutes is the necessity for
employing assistant instructors in
special subjects such as music, draw
ing, primary methods, physical cul-
ture and even manual training.
Mr.. White cited figures to show
what various counties were doing rel
alive to expenditures made for insti-
%tutes, and he declared there should
be mo objection to the amount Of ex-
penses incurred, provided actual re-
suits are obtained" He concluded
with a tribute to those who have help
ed In making the summer institutes
the great success they have been ev-
cry year.
Mr.. Whites address, in full, follows:
During the time that | have been
in office ] have acted as chairman of
this section Of the Association and
have on each occasion given you a
preliminary statement of the work of
our county Institutes, together with
such suggestions for improvement as
seem to me appropriate and wise.
The past summer New Mexico made
the most splendid showing inlthe mat
ter of institute and normal school at
tendance, interest manifested, and
general enthusiasm and Improvement
along all institute lines. About $50
teachers attended the two summer
normal schools and the total attend
ance at the various county institutes
was 1893, or a grand total OF 1862
teachers who awaited themselves of
institute and normal school attend
| have been pleased to note that,
during each year I have been in Of
lice, fewer teachers ask to be excused
from institute attendance.
Since the department Of education
accepts Institute or normal school at
tendance in New Mexico, many Of our
teachers meet this requirement of law
by attending standard normal schools
Institutes without the state. Hold
ers of life certificates are required to
attend institute or summer normal
once IN three years. It may be said.
therefore,, that approximately 250O
teachers attended institute or SUMMER
school in this and other states during
past summer. In two counties,
and Rio Arriba, six weeks insti-
.utes were held. and in one county,
Santa Fe, an eight weeks institute
was held. This was deemed advisable
by the county superintendent Of these
counties In order to give increased ad-
Iantage to the teachers of these couns
les who wish to raise the grade of
heir certificate, and I am pleased to
tote that the result in the improves
OF certificates was most crafty
ng to all Concerned Much credit
be given to the county superin-
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30

in an endeavor 70 satisfy myself
whether or not New Mexico's plan
was meeting fully the conditions OF
the state. In some states the insti'
tutes are held for a five days period,
at some time during the school ltegm,
when teachers are allowed to dismiss
their schools, without suspension Of
pay, and come together in a profess
sional and inspirational institute
There is an advantage in this plan
since 1t is less expensive to the teach
err and he is expected to return to his
school with the new ideas and instruc-
ton fresh in his mind. Another adj
vantage would be the sure attendance
by representatives from the state de-
partment of education and u higher
institutions Of learning. 1t is now i'm
possible to attend many of the sum
mer Institutes for the reason that
there are sometimes as many as ten
institutes running at the same time,
at widely distant points. Another
matter which comes to my mind Is the
consolidation of the institutes in two
or more counties, where it is practical
to do so. This may be done under our
present law, If the county suDerin-
tendents in such counties desire to do
so and the state superintendent OF
public instruction deems it expedient.
No such consolidation of institutes
has been made during my administra-
ton. / trust to see this plan tried out
IN the near future, for it is only by
trying the various plans that we may
arrive at what is best to be done.
What Counties Spent
Il had hoped to- have the reports
from all county superintendent, both
statistical and financial, that | might
make some comparisons as to relative
expenses and attendance. However, i
have reports from only sixteen coun-
ties as follows:
Befnalillo county expended on the
institute the sum of $570.38; Chayes,
$34.92; Colfax, $645.50; Curry, $685.
rs; Dona Ana, $40840; Eddy, $516.59;
Grant, 5000; Mckinley, $s2; Otero,
$213,95; Sandoval, S117.50; San Mig
uel, $3.50; Santa Fes $S64.68; Sierra,
SIS; Socorro, $4O5; Torrance, $345.60;
Valencia, S330.SS; Luna, S275. There
should be no objection to the amount
Of expenses incurred, provided actual
results are obtained.
1T is my hope that the papers and
discussions of the advantages of an
eight weeks institute, the relative
time to be devoted to academic and
professional subjects, the suggestions
as to the time of holding county insti.
tutes, and the plan for teachers doing
the reading circle work in a body dur.
Ing the institute. now to follow, will
prove Of worth to the future institutes
to be held in this state. To all those
who have worked with me during the
past five years to make our Institutes
more efficient, I now extend my full
appreciation and many thinks"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
4 Want NY Boy to
Learn IN School" Told By
Lire One From Pueblo
You Train Dogs and Horses, But Educate
Children, Says Prof. Frank Slutz, Superintend-
ent Of Schools in Colorado City; Highly
Illuminating Address to Convention

what want my 8-year-old boy to
learn In school," might, with propriety,
have been the title Of the stirring adj
dress delivered this morning by Prof.
Frank D. Slutz, city school sGperln-
tendent of Pueblo, Colorado, before
the section meeting Of the city school
superintendents Of the New Mexico
Educational Association, at the federal
building this morning.
Prof. SIutz designated his address
as Conformation VS.. Intelligence"
bringing out the point that one trains
dogs and horses, but one "educates'
children. He denounced the system Of
education that aims to stock up chill
dren and young men and women with
a vast fund Of information, merely to
make them well posted. without maxi
ing them think.
mo one under Heaven can learn
for me, / must do that myself he
said. "To learn you is psycologically
as we'll as dramatically incorrect !
can be the director OF the process, but
/ a not learn anyone. A,boy can
be well informed about the system Of
swimming and yet be unable to swim
when the boat turns over. Manual
training has suffered greatly just for
this reason, that SO many pupils have
been taught to go through the m0-
tons Of manual work without doing
anything"
Prof. Slhtz then took up the var
ious branches of a school education
and discussed each one briefly as he
would like them taught to his Swear
old boy.
Five Rules For Reading
He aroused great interest with his
FIVE rules for reading. What ! wish
my boy to know is the way to size
up a book so as to tell which n to
read and which not to read" he said.
"He should know the characteristics
of improper books and then the proper
books will take care of themselves.
Let him learn to class the indecent,
lewd and prurient book as out Of the
race. Let him take the novel that is
based on luck and good fortune and
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
DISTRICT COURT ApJoURNs

After spending the afternoon~in the
hearing of motions and signing of or
ders, Judge Granville A. Richardson
today adjourned the fan term Of the
district court subject to the call OF
the court. Il
Some cases have been set down for
hearing in December. and Judge Rich
ardson will return at that time, pro-
vided he has been able to clear the
docket of the non-jury cases in Curry
and Eddy counties. He will convene
court in Clovis on Friday. In the
event that he is not able to conclude
his other work in time to return to
Santa Fe in December, then Judge q.
c. Abbott will ask some other mem
Der Of the bench to sit for him.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
WHOLESALE SINKING
OF OCEAN VESSELS

London, Nov. 2S.-The Norwegian
steamship Visborg, Of 1911 tons gross,
has been sunk, according to announce
ment made'today at Lloyd's shipping
agency. The captain and crew Of the
vessel have been landed. The captain
reported that the Visborg was sunk by
a submarine.
The visborg was 245 feet long and
built at New Castle in 1885. She was
owned in Haugesund, Norway.
Lloyd's shipping agency today al
nounced the following:
The Danish steamer Villemoes OF
IT'S tons gross, from Esbjerg for
Grimsby, has been captured.
The captain and crew of the Nor
wegian steamer Belleile, of 1883 tons
gross. have been landed and reported
on November 20 as passing Ushant
while bound from ~Gothenburg for Bal
boa.
The French sailing vessel Alfred de
Courcey, Of 1874 tons gross, and the
sailing vessel Malvina, Of liz tons
gross, have been sunk.
The British steamer Rhona, of $40
tons gross, has been sunk.
The captain and crew Of the Greek
steamer C~hristoferos, Of 2435 tons. Of
Piraeus, have been landed and report
the steamer sunk by a German sub
marine.
A Greek steamship whose name is
given as Mihail, believed to be the
Michael, has been torpedoed of Tinos
Island in the Grecian archipelago.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
VESSEL CARRIED cSNLY
A NERfERAf GARGI

n n
New York, Nov. 2S.-The Harris
McGill Steamship company, represent
tatives here of the Hardy Steamship
company, owners of the Chemung, re-
ported sunk today, said the vessel
carried only general cargo, no NUM-
lions or cargo owned by the Italian
government being on board.
The ship was commanded by Cap
tain John L. Duffy and carried a crew
Of 35 men, the majority of whom are
believed to be Americans. No word
Of the loss had been received up to
2 p. m. by the representatives of the
owners from their agents at Genoa
where the vessel was due to arrive to-
day.
The crew list Of the Chemung filed
with customs officers here shows that
only 10 Of the men on board, includ-
ing Captain Duffy, were Americans,
the others being Greeks, Russians,
Spaniards and Mexicans.
The manifesto Of the cargo filed on
date OF sailing shows that it consisted
mainly Of iron and steel products,
chemicals, dried fish, wooden slaves,
etc. Included in the cargo were 5l46
pieces Of copper and 200 bales Of cot
ton.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
~cANvAssINe FICTION

Work of officially canvassing the
result of the recent election is proceed
ing with all possible dispatch, which
is not saying that the task is not to-
dious and long. Commencing yester.
day morning, the board at 8 O'Clock
this afternoon had finished BernalilIo,
Chaves, Colfax and Curry, and was at
work on Dona Ana. It is thought now
that the major part of ten days will be
required to. complete the canvass.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
TEACHERS OF TORRANCE
HOLD A REUNION

The teachers of Torrance county at
tending the state convention held a
very pleasant "Chautauqua reunion"
at the Cathedral, attended by some
thirty teachers. B. G. Wood, principal
at Mountainair, OBLIGATED as toastmas-
ter and numerous and witty responses
we're made.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30

that was calculate to make his audi
tors feel more deeply the privilege
they. enjoy in still being virtually pio-
neers in the real work Of building up
the coming state Of New Mexico.
City superintendent Frank Slutz, Of
Pueblo, made a real hit with his few
brief remarks, right off the bat, on
THE Oldest Capital agreeing with
DR.. Pearse that while he knew moth
ing about his subject, that wasn't ex-
pected of an after dinner speaker.
S1ntz gave his preliminary impress
sions1 of Santa Fe in a very amusing
manner. concluding with the story Of
the old man at Harvard who thought
that ''Veritas' meant ito hi with
Yale and saying that from all he had
heard along the railway, Santa Fe was
synonymous with safety First In
line with this motto Mr.. Slutz quickly
sat down, amid considerable laughter.
Hiram Hadley, Of Mesilla Park,
Nestor of New Mexico education, chip
per and alert despite his more than
four score years, reminisced briefly
regarding the organization of the first
school in the Mesilla valley when
there wasn't one with $50 miles, the
founding of the Las Cruces college
and beginnings of the State college
and first movement to organize teach
ers in the state. 1t was all intensely
interesting and permeated with a
sparkling optimism which, in view of
the speakers venerable years and
long career of service, touched the
hearts of his auditors.
Mr.. Hadley h~umorously referred to
Dean Charles q. Hodgin, of the Uni
versity, R. r. Larkin and others as
the little boys who were just getting
into their gait in educational work.
Since 1888" declared Mr.. Hadley,
emphatically, there has been in the
territory and state of New Mexico
greater educational progress than in
any other part Of the known world in
the same time'-and he defied any
one to contradict the assertion, which
no one, Of course. wished to do.
President Boyd, Of the University,
hesitated to say much about "The Flu
ture Of New Mexico" because, he said,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30
American Ship
u. S. Manned
Reported Sunk

(5y Leased Wire to New Mexiean)
London. Nov. 2S.-Lloyds reports
that the American steamship Chemung
has been sunk.
The Chemung sailed from New
York on November 5 for Genoa and
Naples and stopped at Fayal Azores,
November 20. She was owned by the
Hardy Steamship company Of New
York, was built in 1883 at Buffalo and
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30

was S27 feet long, of 1862 tons gross.
The crew Of the Chemung has been
landed at Valencia by the Spanish
steamer Ginoi, says a Reuter- dispatch
from Valencia today. :
The. Chemupg was torpedoed near
Cabo De Gata, according TO the nisss
patch. The steamer foundered with
the American flag flying, it is added,
the captain having formally refused
to lower the flag.
Babo De Gaia or Cape Gaia, is a
promontory off Spain on the coast Of
Andelusia, forming the eastern side of
the Gulf of Almeria, an arm OF the
Mediterranean.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-30

Pearse, F. d. Slutz and e. Dana John
son.
The delicious dinner vas served by
a bevy of young ladies under the di-
rection of Mrs. Woodruff, and auspi-
ces Of the Woman's Aid of the Pres
lbyterian church. The faultless sery.
ice contributed greatly to the unaaloy-
ed pleasure of the evening. a