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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14
PORTO RICO ASKS
FOR CITIZENSHIP

Whether Porto Ricans are to be sue
cessful this year in getting the United
States congress to admit them to Amer
lean citizenship is the question upper
most in the minds of the islanders at
present. Although citizenship has been
promised since the days Of the Span
ish-American war and American occu-
patton, seventeen years ago. each con-
gress since that time has failed to pass
the necessary laws. The islanders are
now hopeful that the first Democratic
administration since 1893 will act ia
vorably and give them definite politi-
cal status. At present Porto Ricans
are merely "citizens of Porto Rico"
In the hope that favorable legislation
may be obtained Governor Arthur va
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

"Join or ell lick you again!" We opine
that "Josephus" reckons without his
host. Republican manhood is neither
dead or sleeping. It's the most stable
and virile asset of the G. 0. P.-about
which Joseph knows little and which
he nowise comprehends.
So "Josephus is trying to convince
the people Of Montana that he is for
Teddy and Teddy is for him. Only by
this chameleon taking on the Roose-
Welt hue has he or could he have, the
slightest hope. So he is sailing
in Teddy's shadow. Stand up, MIR.
Dixon! Stand up! Are you Repub-
lican or are you so called progressive?
If the Republicans nominate Theodore,
Burton or William H. Taft, will you
support him? If the progressives nom
mate Roosevelt and the Republicans
nominate Root. will you campaign and
vote for the latter? AS you are running
as a Republican delegate, what is your
objection to openly and in manly way,
announcing that you are a Republican?
Is it because you are wolf in sleeps
clothing playing both ends against the
middle? Assume stability and man.
hood if you have it not. New North
west.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

ger of Porto Rico is now in Washing
ton urging congress to act. Bills pro.
viding new organic act to take the
place Of the temporary Foraker act,
which went into force in 1901, estab-
fishing civil government and which has
been in force ever since, have already
been introduced in congress by Chair
man Jones OF the house committee on
insular affairs and by Senator Willard
Salisbury Of Delaware.
The chief features of the bills to be
considered by congress, it is expected
will provide both for blanket citizen
ship and greater degree Of home rule
The most important home rule feature
is the provision for an elective senate
of nineteen members. The present
lower house is already elected, while
the present upper house. or senate, Is
composed Of eleven members, all OF
whom are appointed by the president
Of the United States and six of whom
are heads Of executive departments OF
the insular government.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

Sleeping rooms are at a prem
ium. Private houses were called
upon last night to supply the de-
mand.
Will be in room 2 Scarce Bldg.
April 1922, with a new line of up
to date Spring hats. Prices rea-
sonable. Old hats made new. Give
me a call. Miss Wright.
FOR RENT-6 room house acre of
ground in Roman. Apply to A. l.. Miller,
Poison. Sop
Two good mich COWS for sale, re-
Gently fresh, 4 years old, we'll bred
Durham w. Wright, call q miles
west of Pablo's. 50-51p
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

Photo by American Press Association.
KING PETER AND sERvIAN OFFICERS.
it was he who had put new courage in
his soldiers when they were retiring
before the dense masses Austria had
poured across the Danube and the
Save. He had to be carried to Lazare
vatz, in the first line of Stefanovitch's
army, where he went into the trench
of the Second regiment, the famous
"Iron Regiment" helping himself along
with Il stick. There he exchanged the
stick for rifle and said to his sol
ders: MY children, | know you are
very tired. You have fought like he
roes. But our country is in danger.
He who can resist no longer can so
home again without fear of being pun
ished. But the country is in danger.
and | have come here with you to die
fer our country. Let those remain who
wish to die with their king for Servia."
Then he lifted his rifle and fired. The
words Of the old king who had left his
bed of pain to fight in the trench cleo
trified the soldiers. They threw them
SclN cS Iol Nitlu " ltuouI IcSltdtloll, anu
twelve days later not an Austrian was
left on Se-vian territory and Belgrade
was retaken.
Now. the king was hoping for rep
etition of the miracle. Again he Wis
tied the first line trenches. remaining
with his soldiers for two hours, lifting
laboriously the rifle to fire. But he
appeared very sad on his return to
Nish. The ministers had already de-
parted. He decided to return to Kra-
lievo
| AT krusevatz he saw the car which
was carrying the Generalissimo Put
mix. the old, never beaten volvode.
whom all Servian soldiers call affec-
tionately grandfather" Putnik was
coming from Kraguyevatz, which the
Germans We're on the point of enter
ing, and the old voivode, i'll. like the
king, but untiring. had to abandon the
place. The two cars met and came to
a stop. At the time Krusevatz was
stricken by the fear carried like con-
tagion by the columns of refugees
from Nish and from the north. The
road was INSTRUCTED by the people, the
peasants carts, the oxen. Some one
recognized the cars. and two names
passed along the crowd. THE king. the
voivode." And suddenly that crowd
was silenced as if by magic. They
made road for the cars to pass, lin
ing the sides. The men lifted their
caps: the women looked on with heavy.
fascinated eyes. None said a word.
Not cry was uttered. The two mo-
torcars moved on slowly, and it SEEM
ed as If funeral procession were
passing.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14
The Railroad Situation

The question of an eight-hour day for
railway employees is now before the
country and it seriously threatens to
tie up our whole transportation system.
The working man claims that eight
hours constitutes days work and that
it is unjust and oppressive to require
more of him. He insists that the re-
manning hours belong to himself, his
family and friends.
The railroads, on the other hand, con-
tend that they can not afford to grant
this demand. They claim that such a
concession would not only entail adj
ditional expense for labor but would
also require large sums to provide for
new divisions and the equipment that
must go with them.
The third party, the American public,
has not yet expressed it's opinion.
No one denies the justice of an eight
hour day, but the contentious of the
railroad companies outweigh this? What
is the financial situation of the rail-
roads? In the East most of them were
built with the aid of state and local SUBJ
sides. In the West all the early trans
continental lines received from the
government grant of free right of
way together with from twenty to forty
sections of land for every mile of track.
In addition to this Congress advanced
practically all the capital with which
they were built. The case of the
Northern Pacific is typical. In Mon
tana alone it received fifteen million
acres of the public domain, of which
fully half is still in the hands of the
company. AS one railroad official put
it the Northern Pacific obtained lands
enough "to build the entire railroad to
Puget Sound, to fit out fleet of sail
ing vessels and steamers for the China
and India trade, and leave a surplus
that would roll up into the millions. "
In addition to this states and counties
made large grants in their eagerness to
help. Why then are the railroads so
poor?
1t is claimed that in many cases the
dividends are low. Where this is true
the capital stock represents mostly
water. In five years the Erie increas-
ed it's capital stock from $4,000 to
S78,0O0,0 without adding cent to it's
physical value. In 1902, by it's own
fiat the Rock Island increased it's cap
ital stock by dividends ranging from
sixty to one hundred per cent
1t has been urged that many of those
who purchased watered stock did so
from honest motives, and that they
should not suffer with the guilty. Who
should guarantee dividends on these
fctitius values? Surely not the wage
earners who operate the trains and re.
pair the road. The question is simply
this: Must the railroad employees OF
the United States forever work over
time to sustain inflated values, the pro-
duct of speculation and jobbery?-New
Northwest.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14
ADVENTURES OF
old KING peter
Brave Monarch Insisted on
Sharing Army's Dangers.

~AHE valiant old king. Peter of
Servia, has found Il warm wei
N come in Greece, where he has
arrived after many adventures.
Some of them are described by Signor
Fraccaroti, the correspondent of a
Milan paper who says:
King Peter was i'll even before the
war 1t is because of his illness that
the supreme command of the opera
tons had to be intrusted to his son
Alexander, the heir to the throne. The
king was undergoing medical treat
ment at TOpola. AS soon as he felt
convinced that Bulgaria would attack
Servia the old king, i'll rs he was, de
clarcd his intention to proceed i'm
Bulgars. His physician opposed him
and forbade him to go.
The king resisted at first; then he
seemed resigned, Very we'll" he an
swered the doctor. Two days later he
left without telling the DOCTOR He ar
rived in Nish in Il motorCur aud went
to find pasitch in his bare study Of tho
palace and ask him permission to visit
the front. PaSitch was amazed to see
the king SO i'll and anxious, with eyes
like burning Goals, the face thin and
drawn. And the question astonishcd
him. Why should the king ask for a
permit? II am a soldier" explained
King Peter. "Thcre is a voivode in
command of our armies; hence | must
ask for permission" They telephoned
to KraguyevatZ. Putnik was still in
Kraguyevatz then. The doctor was
also summoned. The vOivOuc begged
the king. the doctor commanded him.
not to go. But he went nevertheless.
Perhaps the old king was hoping
for another miracle Last December
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

A. L. Miller is down from Pol
son today looking after business
interests here and meeting old
friends.
Basile, the imported Belgian
stallion will stand the season of
1916 in Roman on Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays, COM
mencing on Thursday, April q.
At the home ranch the balance
of the time. Have your mares
at the breeding barn not later
than 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
&C. L. Peden.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14
Offers Dead Horse

Ex-senator Dixon is presenting the
Republicans of Montana witha .Trojan
Horse" inside of which Josephus alone
is concealed. This ''Horse" is most
wonderful specimen of the species. He
wears huge eyeglasses, shows a most
formidable frontage of teeth, is covered
with a blanket marked Progressive, +"
and is named ''reddy" "Our Joe" is
indescribably busy in publishing eulogies
and encomiums on the marvellous ver-
satility and accomplishments of this
horse. He poses as ''touter' and
'barker" for this animal which 80
sephus" offers on the sacrifcial alter.
joseph, of course, can never enter the
sacred precincts of the G. O. P. alone.
He's too we'll known, especially as an
incorrigible, would be, political assassin.
Political ingrates and lepers are never
welcome into the old circle. So, unable
to gain admittance on his own merits,
his own record and his known hypocrisy,
he resorts to the ancient scheme of the
Trojans.
While posing as the political manager
of Theodore Roosevelt-the Arranged
don Progressive he announces that he
is going to the Republican convention
as delegate. That's the extent of the
announcement. Never once has he
said "come on, boys, let's be friends
agaln!" Never once has he shown the
flag of truce! Never once has he
promised to support the Republican
nominee or it's platform! Never yet
has he attended, though invited to at
tend, a Republican gathering! Never
yet has he deigned to even personally
associate with his old Republican
cronies! No never He boldly stalks
forth with DR.. Lanstrum-a another
tribune of the people and savior of the
poor-and issues an edict to all Repub-
licans that they must join the Roose-
welt League or get off the earth. The
command is plain and unmistakable:
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14
Round Butte Notes

Rev. Tester will preach at
Round Butte, Sunday, April 18th
at two o'clock.
The Round Butte Aid will
meet with Mrs. Joe Sanford,
Wednesday, April 10Th.
The Round Butte Sunday
school will give a programme on
Easter Sunday at 2 o'clock.
Mrs, Erick johnson and Mrs.
Mauthe were Poison visitors
Saturday.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

Theodore Roosevelt has wired his
friends in Montana asking them to re-
frain from writing his name on their
ballots as their choice for the republ-
can presidential nomination. He had
previously instructed the secretary of
state not to have his name printed on
the ballots, but some Of his admirers
started movement to carry the state
for him by writing his name on the
ballots. Strange, isn't it, that man
is naturally forced into being president.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14
Derby Out as Aerial Head.

London, April 11.-Premier Asquith
has accepted the resignation of the
Earl of Derby. as chairman and Lord
Montague as vice chairman of the
Joint naval and military board in con
troll of the aerial service.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

"Cummins for President" will be the
slogan of Montana republicans from
now until after the primary on April
2lst.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

We may say that we prefer the Ger
man Modlin to the Russian Nowo-
georgiewsk for that Polish town with.
out violating strict neutrality.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-04-14

T%HE valiant old king. Peter of
Servia. has found warm wei
n come i'm Greece, where he has
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-01
NORTH CAROLINA.

In March, 1915 the General Assembly of North Carolina
enacted statute Section of which made it unlawful for
any person whatsoever deliver in any manner or by any
means whatsoever for hire otherwise more pack
ages at one time from point within without the State, to
any person. f corporation in the State splrtuous
or vinous liquors or Intoxicating btter quantity greater
than quart any malt liquors quantity greater than
five gallons and by Sections and made unlawful for any
person. firm, corporation at time in one OF more
packages to receive any point within the State for his OF
her se or for the use of any person. m corporation
sprtuous or liquors intoxicating btters in guam
ty greater than quart any malt liquors in quantity
greater than FIVE gallons or within fifteen days.
This statute has been unanimously sustained by the Supreme
Court of North Carolina in the of Glenn So Er Co.,
decided December 1s 1915 not yet reported The Court
in that case after sustaining the WebbKenyon Law expressly
approved and followed the Alabama decision of So En- Co.
Whte SUPRA and quoted from the opinion with approval
the paragraph from the Wttle which is herenabove
forth
The case of Williams State 146 N. C. 6I8, has been
relied authority against the validity OF said statute
but the court declared that the question involved not raised
or decided in the Williams case and thereby the Supreme
Court of North Carolina removed said Williams case any
authority for the appellants contention upon the present record
The Williams case itself decided by divided Couf
and the Supreme Court of Mississippi in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-01
One Gallon a Month LaU
Before Supreme Court

Constitutionalty of Law Argued by Attorney
General Peoples and Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Donai7ick in the Supreme Court-An Ex-
haustiue ReUieu0 of the Prohibition Law
of All the States and Cities Cases
Bearing on the Subject.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-01

Continued From Last Issue)
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-22
HOT DEBATE HAD.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(Delayed) Issues arising from the war preci- pitated a warm debate il teh Senate. Great Britain's interference with American trade was characterized ss perpetual robbery Germany was branded as guilty of murder Pleas were made for an embargo on muni- tions and foodstuffs to England. Charges were made and denied that the British censor intercepted Ameri- can mail to take advantage of trade secrets.
 The possibility of war to enforce American rights did not escape at tention, but the suggestion was coun- terbalanced with the appeal for calm deliberation and await justice from the cooler heads after the belligerents recovered from their war madness.
 The debate was precipitated by Hoke Smith, who denounced England's course in holding up neutral com merce, and particularly her interfer- ence with cotton shipments to Ger many. He proposed an embargo against England. The attitude was endorsed by Borah
 John Sharp Williams declared he was unwilling to go to war for mere dollars. nor would he have the people of Dixie" placed in an attitude Of holding property until the issues of murder ol the high seas were settled. Emith asserted that Congress should act as the President, can do nothing but write. He insisted the United States should have the nerve to in. sist on their commercial rights.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-22
REPORT ON CONTROL OF WATER POWER IS
 MADE TO CONGRESS
Statement Discloses that Eigh- teen Corporations Control More than Half Power Used by Public Utilities.

WASHINGTON, Jan 20. (Delayed) The control of the country's water power is in the hands of small group of corporations with almost endless maze of inter-communication ac- cording to a report sent to congress by the Department of Agriculture.
 Eighteen corporations are shown to control more than half the water pow CT employed in the operation of public utilities, while more than a quarter is controlled by six. Particular attention is called to the tendency towards as sociation or community interests Mention was made of the relations be- tween the power companies and east ern banks, through common director ates and officers.
 The report resulted from resolu- tion passed in the last session of con- gress. The expected information will be used as a guidance for the prepara- ton of legislation affecting water de Yelopment The report says that in 1912 fifty per cent of the primary pow er in the mountain states was opened hy the public service corporations fifty-four per cent in Pacific states, while now public service corporations own 90 per cent of both groups of states.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-22
FAMILY AVOIDS
 SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
 ThedforGs Biack-Draught.

McDuff. Var suffered for several years" says Mrs. J. B. Whitaker, of lhis place, "with sick headache, and stomach trouble.
 Ten years ago a friend told me tc fry Thedford's Black-Draught, which did, and found it to be the best family medi- cine for young and old.
 keep Black -Draught on hand all the time now, and when my children feel little bad, they ask me for dose, and ii does them more good than any medicine they ever tried.
 We never have long spell of sick ness in our family, since we commenced using Black-Draught."
 Thedford's Black-Draught is purely vegetable, and has been found to regu- late weak stonlachs, aid digestion, re- lieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea, headache, sick stomach, and similar symptoms.
 It has been in constant use tor more than 70 years, and has benefited more than mplion people.
 Your druggist sells and recommends Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get a package to-day. NC. i2a
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-22
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL
Health is Worth Saving. and Some Bisbee People Know Hcw to
 Save 1t.

Many Bisbee people take their lives in their hands by neglectins the kid neys when they know these organs need help. Weak kidneys are respor- sible for Q vast amount of suffering and ill health-the slightest delay is dangerous. Use Doan's Kidney Pills "a remedy that has helped thousands Of kidney sufferers. Here is Bisbee citizens recommendation.
 Mrs. Carrie Craw ford. School Hin. Bisbee, says: "I have found that Doans Kidney Pills do all they are advertised to do. I am a graduate nurse and have given Doan's Kidney Pills to patients and used them my self have never known them to fail to cure any complaint of the kid neys or bladder For backaches. headaches and dizzy spells. there is no better medicine than Deans Kid uey Pills. I used to suffer from these troubles, but Doan's Kidney Pills cured me"
 Price soc at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Ooan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Crawford had. Foster-Milburn O., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
 Advertisement
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-22
RUSSIANS CLAIM TO
 HAVE CAPTURED BIG
 AUSTRIAN BATTLELINE
Big Battle Thought Impending in the Tigris Valley Be tween Turks and British Troops. Other News.

LONDON. Jan. 20. Delayed)-The Russians claim 10 have captured an Austrian sector and repulsed five coun ter7attacks northeast of Czernowitz in the course of the offensive. They claim the Turks were driven back in the Caucasus. A big battle is expect. ed in the Tigris valley where an Eng: fish column is coming to the relief of the British force beseiged at Kut-Eli Mara.
 Besides the usual artillery duels and mining operations on the western front the British assayed an infantry attack north of Frelinghein, which Der. lin reported was repulsed. Although it was officially announced that fight ing was resumed between the Austrian and Montenegrins, no details are re- ported. King Nicholas is declared to be at Podgoritz with his troops.
 Col E. M House. Wilson's personal
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-22
WARS COME VERY SUDDENLY SAYS
 GEN. CARTER
Retired Army Officers Dis cusses Preparedness. Sen- ate Debate Is Healed On Issues Arising from War.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(Delayed) Amy military policy, adequate to the country's needs, must realize the fact that wars come suddenly, and must be in instant readiness to meet at tack, was the assertion of Major Gen eral Carter, retired. in a statement before the Senate military committee. Carter recommended incerasing the standing army so that mobile force of 131 900 would be available. also that federal volunteers be. organized on a basis of regiment to each con gresational district.
 Carter declared war conditions may be forced on us through the diplo- matic notes without congregassional action. He cited England's declara tion against Germany and Japan's at tack on Russia as illustrations. Carter's scheme for preparedness was embodied in a report submitted last April to secretary of war, which evidently was the basis for the con IAo'A Carter has not believed that a period for intensive training for federal vol unteer regiment be appointed iron the regulars, also non commissioned staff. He recommended that troop: be trained for two years in such way: as practicable in each district. Carter believed that compulsory service was the only means of fully insuring the nation against attack. al though he believed it unwise to at tempt to enact such a measure unti opportunity was given to obtain vol unteers.
 He suggested a change of Garrison'' plan, reducing the size of the tactica divisions, as more suited to America, conditions. American roads. he said would not permit the handling o great bodies of troops as was done il Europe. He also said the roadi would not stand the movement of six teen inch howitzers and recommend ed Garrison's plan to accompan! mobile troops.