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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
MR., WILSON YIELDED PART.
LY TO FEAR, PARTLY TO
HOPE OF POLITICAL
PROFIT.

President Wilson yielded to
the dictation of the heads of the
,Brotherhoods, and made no eff
fort to find out whether the de-
mand was right or wrong. He
made no effort to find out wheth-
er it could be complied with
without raising freight rates. He
made no effort to find out all
the equities in the case; those
affecting the men, those affect
ing the stockholders, those af-
fecting the shippers. He took
his orders from that one of the
parties in interest which he
most feared. He insisted that
the law be passed without in
quiry. And then he deferred the
operation of the law until after
election, which, of course, could
only have been done for political
reasons. = y = The question
at issue was not that of an eight
hour day at all. The question
was whether President and Con-
gress should enact a law, with
out investigation and without
knowledge, to give increased
wages to a certain portion of
the body of wage earners. The
labor leaders on this issue, with
out regard to the right or wrong
of the matter, first coerced the
President, and then with his aid
coerced Congress. The question
at issue was not one of the hours
of labor. 1t was one of wages.
And it was settled by the Presi-
dent and Congress without in
!: vestigation and without knowl-
!; edge. The settlement was due
!: partly to fear. and partly to hope
!; of political profit-From the
!: Speech of Colonel Roosevelt at
: Battle Creek, Michigan, in Be
: half of Mr.. Hughes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
Arrival and Departure Of Mails.

Mails arrive at the Pleasantville
p~ostoffice as follows:
From Philadelphia a. m; 12.45
and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City,, 8 and 1915
a. M, 1855 and 4.55 p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-7.05 and 1890 a.
m, 1915, $50, 4.20 and $40 p. m.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
The Wilson Waltz.

In view of recent events the follow
ing formula overheard on a hotel ye-
randa may be of interest: The Wilson
waltz, one step forward, three steps
backward, hesitate, then sidestep.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
WILSON DEEMED 1T FUTILE
TO STAND FIRMLY.

President Wilson seeks to JUS
tify himself on the ground that
it was futile" and dangerous
to stand firmly" This is an
appeal that can with equal truth
be made by every soldier who
runs away in battle. He further
alleges his belief that the cause
he championed has the sane
ton of the judgment of society
in its favor" | remember thir-
ty-odd years ago in the Black
Hills a local vigilance commit
tee which was in doubt about
hanging a suspected wrongdoer.
While they were discussing the
matter, there appeared over the
neighboring divide a frowsy, ell
derby horseman in a linen dus-
ter, who promptly galloped to-
wards them waving his arms
and shouting "Hang him.! Hang
him !" The leader of the vigil
lantes at once asked the frowsy
stranger what he knew of the
facts, whereupon the stranger
answered: 81 do not know any
thing about the facts, and l nev-
er saw the man before; but
there's eleven of you and only
one of him, and | believe in ma
jority rule! !" This is merely a
picturesque paraphrase of what
Mr.. Wilson calls action under
"the sanction of society,"" 1t ex-
emplities the principle upon
which President Wilson has act
ed in those public matters, in
ternal and external, where he
was threatened with the use of
force.-From the Speech of Col
onel Roosevelt at Battle Greek.
Michigan, in Behalf of Mr..
Hughes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

For "all the news all the time" of
oleasantville, read The Pleasantville
Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

The Administration Is depressed by
stances can 1t postpone election day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

For Atlantic City-12.15 and $40
p. m.
One mail on Sundays for Philadel-
phia and Atlantic City, closes Ais p.
m.
The Office opens daily, except Sun
day, at $50 a. M, and closes at 7.3O
p. M. Saturday night only 8 D. m.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

Wilson insists hat he will
recognize government by assassina-
ton, but he hasn't cut off relations
with those who have assassinated
AmerieSns.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

The first President and the first
Congress that ever submitted to a
hold-up.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

And, by the way, nobody will ever
Democratic Administration unless we
have a bond issue before March 4,
1917.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

Buy Prince Albert every
Where tobacco is sold in
topPy red bags, Sc; tidy red
tins, zoe; handsome pound
and half pound tin hunai-
dors-and-that corking fine
pound crystal glass hunli-
dor With sp-onge-moisfener
TOP that keeps the tobacco
IN such cieUer trin-elpvGys!
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

If you give a party, tell TIE Pleas
antvlIle Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

Betting on Hughes and Wilson Is
dangerous both to Democrats and Re-
publicans. In one of the New Eng
land states such a bet was made a
few days ago. The officers heard of it
and they arrested the Republican on
q charge of robbery and sent the Dem
ocrat to an insane asylum. Be care
full.
One thing we must all admit.
The President is never too proud to
sideStep.
A surplus of $5,2OO,OO0 from the
postal service during the fiscal year
ending June 80, is reported by Post
master-G General Burleson. With the
department more than paying ex-
penses, 1t would seem that the execu-
tive officials could afford to keep on
the payroll members of the National
Guard, who responded when the Presi-
dent called out the Organized Militia
for duty on the border.
IFeSlueHl NllSOu SeeIuS u nave
founded his diplomacy on a rock
which is off its base most Of the time.
The Eastern witsmiths persist in re-
ferring to the Secretary of the Navy
as Miss Josephine Daniels. No won-
der the Woman's Party is camping on
the trail of the Administration
Mr.. Wilson forgot to mention the
pledges of economy in the 1912 plat
form.
"In his diplomacy" says Ollie
James, "the President has sounded
a new note" What, another one?
1t begins to appear that that single
track mind system will have to be
temporarily double-tracked. A few
weeks hence, of course, it will be
side-tracked.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

Democratic Candidate Said That Our
Army Was Ample and That We Did
Not Have Enough Troops to Patrol
the Border; That We were on the
Verge of a Maelstrom and That
There Was No Critical Situation;
That the National Guard Would
Not Do and Then That 1t Must Do.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

One thing we must all admit.
The President is never too proud to
sideStep.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-14

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

ST. Louis 90. Hrookisn i rs
Sr LotlS luis i1 sd inn WON
thc uwI eng ,odfY an "a htN
strftetf Mhlh NhwAN'n taok thc esr
und
tarst ssuas ! ,t.pf Nn IS
Sd lauis n
nrooldyn q
Ngungs steele ANN. ii Gon
tcci Cttnc, and Nlnior
SECOND same IN h h
Hrooklyn Is J.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17

ignorant and corrupt and it is ncccssa-
ry To use corrupt methods to handle it,
such as paying your poll tax and hold
ing them until election and then voting
y0u on the side they desire To vote you
on. We believe this is wrong and an
injustice to many good Mcricans who
are intelligent and who know what they
want and who would rather have honest
voting than corrupt voting.
1T was stated in a jun;o III Mcxiquito
vote. If it was meant by this that Colo
onel Haywood had threatened to put a
stick of dynamite under the Mexican
fote. If il was meant by this that Colo
mel Haywood wanted TO prevent Next
cans voting, then the statement was true
and this pamphlet showing who can vote
and who cannd; il the first stick of dy-
Mantle; the second stick will be the
prosecution of those who vote unlawfHlly
and of those who try to get them to do 80.
There are certain men 1--WE use Ger
tain advisedly) who have bought poll
taxes for some Mexicans. Others who
have furnished money for poll taxes.
who are going 10 fry to beat some or al
Of these five candidates with the Mexi-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17

public attention on the Republican fight,
The primaries will bring TO 4 climax !
hotly-contested struggle for supremacy
among various leaders and factions of
the Republican party. with the governor
ship, carrying control of the State, and u
United States senatorahip a. the grand
prizes. The outlook for Republican sue
cess has been materially frightened by a
healing Of the breach between the Repub-
lican regulars and the Progressives, and
this has led 10 an unusually large number
OF candidates for the various places on the
Republican ticket.
The candidates for thr- Republican nom
nation for governor are: Frederick IT.
Parkhurst of Bangor, Edward w. Wheeler
of Brunswick, Carl Ii. Millikcn of island
Falls. Alexander G. Hagerty OF Ellsworth.
and Timothy Il. Callahan Of Lewiston. For
the Republican senatorial nomination the
asplrants are former Governor Bert NJ.
fernald, Col. Frederick Hale Of Portland.
and Ira q. Hersey of IIoulton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17
UNLAWFULVOT|NG
To GET BLACKEYE
FROM SAN BEN|T0
CANAL LINE MEN PROPOSE THAT THE
COMING ELECTION SHALL BE HON.
EST If THERE WAS NEVER ONE.
PLAN IS TO CALL OUT ALL VOTERS
VINO HOLD ILLEGAL POLL TAX RE-
CEiPTs-PR0SECUTI0N PROMISED

The San Benito irrigated district is
to hold two important clea.ions ut an
early date, one Ia authorize the forma-
tion Of an irrigation district and the
other 10 vote 5000 600 bond issue for the
purchase II the lines of the San Bcnito
Land 4 Water Co, and the committee
charge, representing the landowners. has
set u to bring about such conditions
rs will insure IN honest election.
A pamphlet. printed in English and
Spanish. has been circulated among the
voters warning them that any infrac.
ton Of the election laws in connection
with voting will be followed by prose
cution through the cNorfs of the com.
mittec. The pamphlet is issued by a
committee composed Of j. l. .Landrum.
p. r. Foley. Noah Shafer. Richard Mil
chell and Colonel Alba Haywood. who
are known as the landowners commit
tee and who also are candidates for
election as commissioners for the dis.
trict, basing their candidacy on expert.
encc gained in briaging about the de
tails and compromises that permitted
the coming elections.
The pamphlet is The most extraordina
~ document Of its kind ever issued tn
the public i'm this section. I'm its intro
duction Ia the American voters il says:
This pamphlet is printed in both Eng
lish and Spanish. The object primari-
~ il t. cnlighten the Mexican voters and
eliminate the unlawful voting, and we
print il in English to show. ~secondarily
to the American voters just what We
have done and how and why we have
done it,
I'VE ask the assistance Of both races
to help make the elections clean. We de
sire Just as nearly a unanimous ballot
- possible and one that cannot be ques-
lioned ms to its regularity. because the
lces friction there is the stronger our
bonds will be in the market and the cas-
- a ~ them approved by the attor-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17
Maine Votes Monday To
Choose Its Candidates
Especial 10 The Herald. }

AUGUSTA, Ne, June H., A general
primary election j. to be held in Maine
next Monday for the selection of com
plete tickets from United States senator
campaign which closed today has been one
OF the most interesting and one Of the
most spirited, on the Republican side. that
the Pine Tree State has seen in years.
The fact that Governor Curtis, United
Peters and Guernsey, and other of the prin-
cipal Democratic incumbents are unoppos-
ed for denomination, has served TO center
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17
inc.y general,

ncy general.
I'VE therefore respectfully request
that YOU assist us and the Mexican w
tiers in the district by ascertaining if
possible. the following facts about the
Mcxicans in your locality and neighbor-
hood and that YOU fila out and tear ont
and return To us the blank lines below.
We will keep a check on this informa-
ton and il will greatly assist us nv en-
abling us To make comparisons and 10
make Il complete check with the infor
nation we already have.''
The blank allows places for answer
ing the following questions: Names?
American citizen Yves or mott. His
Poll Tax. How Acquired-Who Paid for
it? Who Furnished the Money? Did h
duly authorize IN agent 80 get il? And
if So. Who? Who Has il Vow Where
Does lie Reside? How Long Has lie
Resided There? Has lie a CITY Poll Tax?
Did lie Vote in the Last City Election?
Does lie Favor the District II Not.
Why Not. Does He Favor the I.andown
crs' Ticket?
The pamphlet goes on TO explain the
great importance of the forthcoming ell
ections Ia San Benito community. stat
ing them a more important than the
schools. ~ the stores, sr tho banks. or
the saloons. or the marketing systems,
or the prec" ling plant Or The The lie
factory or the hotels or anything else
-, 60, Ia,t, NEi,y9 k..t-a Ill al
these things would not be here. aul viii
hot stay here uniess the irrigation dis
trict is formed and the big canal is &c
paired and we have a good irrigation
SYSTEM
Therefore we want every man, whe-
Their he he Mexican or American. TO vote
for this district if he desires to vote Tor
il, provided he has the full right to Tcte.
And We don't want and will not allow
any man. whether he is a Mexican or
an American. 10 vote ut these elections
if he has not the fun right to vote. We
are going to make these clean. honest
elections if we never had an honest elSc-
tion before and if we never had n
again. These elections are too sacred
and important 10 be corrapt. We are
going TO prosecute any man who votes If
he has not the full right 10 VOTE
Continuing, ihe pamphlet explains
and who has not the right To vote. point
ing out that the use of poll tax purchased
by other than the voter with other han
the voters money is illegal and lends
she voter liable To prosecution. II makes
carefully an explanation Of who and
who is not an American citizen and
points out that residents Of San Benito
except in one certain part OF the city
have no right TO vote in the coming
election.
.some politicians say the pamph-
LIT states, that the Mexican vote is al
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17

POSSESSED Of full mental and physical
vigor and pays daily visits To the office
of the Chemical News of which p%ullica-
ionAe has been the editor for many years.
Sir William and Lady Crookcs rcccatly
celebrated their diamond wedding. Fer
forty five years they have resided in the
sam house IN kensington Gardens.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17

can votes. We are going to prevent the
from doing it and We want you TO as
sist us.
The pamphlet concludes with quota
tons from the election laws in regard to
voting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17
Scientist Begins
His Eighty-F fiji Year
Especial ID The Herald

LONDON. June l7.-Sir William
Crookes, the eminent scientist. received
congratulations from a large circle Of
friends today on the beginning Of his s5th
year. He was born in 1882. before Queen
Victoria came to the throne. He - still
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17
$8.75

The only two speed
: inch fan complete with
base switch cord and
plug that can sell at
1915.
Made as good rs n
5000 fan and fully
guaranteed six hours nf
cool breeze from this fan
for i cent M medium
speed or :: IL hours for
] cent az high speed.
Let US fan you 10
sleep.
We also carry IL inch
and III inch stationary
and oscilllting fans with
the new Parker blades.
These are three speed
fans and give the maxi
mum amount of breeze
ut the minimum cost for
current. SEQ our win
dows.
Furniture Department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17

We carry the largest stock Of flash lights and
batteries in lower South Texas.
For 20 cents We give you "A complete flash light
like cut.
Then we have them at x1.00, S1.25, xl.J0.
500. $50. and $500. 49,
Our prices are the low est and besides We keen
fresh batteries coming eve ~ two weeks.
Furniture Department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-17
HOT T

is here to stay and many are still siUelteving oUer the
old fashioned and iUasfefxI sUOOd sfoUe.
Why not make life pleasant and enjoy the comforts
of modern home?
Our 1916 model Detroit Combination oil and gaso-
line stoves are economical reliable, mon-explosiue
and Leave your kitchen as cool as any other room in
the house.
Call at our furniture store today and let our sfoue
expert shOU you just hOU wonderful this ,e,U sfove
is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
WIFE'S FLANNEL
BANK A FAILURE
Savings Hidden in Hus'
bands Winter Under
clothing Disappear

Mrs. Ecker Goldstein, a prudent
housewife Of i47 Jefferson Street, Pas
sale, N. j., deposited three $50 bills
and three 81 bills in her husbands
winter fanncls several weeks ago.
Goldstein donned the garments a few
days ago His uneasy demcanor at the
breakfast table gave the highball to a
train Of tSought in the mind OF his
wife.
what did -cs 10 with the MONEY"
she gaspe1.
Goldstein paused in his contortions.
what money!" he demanded.
you've put on your winter fannels,
haven't your" demanded Mrs. Gold
stein, who regarded his question as an
obstruction on the track.
Goldstein admitted II, and for the
first time heard Of the seasonal safe
deposit vault.
Something did drop out" be recol-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
SLIDE TRAPS BOYS
'NCAVE;l KILLED
Dobin Hood, Jr., Is Victim,
but His Merry Men
Are Saved

,15 little band Of juvenile ad-
> -. ~. led by four-year-Old Robin
Mn 4 plume in his hat sailed
H'0a ,os,erdsy afternoon from ia
'''@ Avenue and Thirteenth Street.
1a',~ sac. and set to work to dig them
w. 49,. ) cave in vacant lot.
TS,re's nothing hike a really first
.,sass lair for a band Of merry
' Robin Hood, irr knew that very
-.a-for he had heard about caves
We .,bber bands in the stories his
=. - told at home-where he was
~. Alfred Seidel. So. knowing well
v,lss Of caves, Robin urged his
-. ..n..,rs 10 valiant labors.
~. cave was al but finished and
,...- Hood haG entered TO inspect it
~, ,brse Of his young retainers. when
~. --.,.s.re went wrong. Sand began to
~ .begt them. and in moment the
49, ~. rssrrv men had been buried be-
~. mass Of earth and sand.
"' Tt. rest Of the little band fed.
-bei- eries brought half dozen fran
-. -otbers who scratched impotently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26

at the pile Of moist. soft earth Then
some one turned in FIRE alarm.
The hremen began to dig. And one
by one there came forth from the pile
of earth three sputtering, coughing
little members Of the band Of merry
men. Robin Hood, jr.. came last. But
he wss very still. His dashing feather
hung crushed, bedraggled its gaudy
red stained by yellow clay. Like his
feather, Robin Hood. too. hung Imply
and his face was white. Then came an
ambulance from st. Johns Hospital
and Robin Hood, jr., was rushed away.
Last night little group stood sadly
about the door Of 26l Twelfth Avenue,
Robin Hood jr,'s. home. Gone was
their bravsdo and their eyes were wet
with tears. They had learned that
Robin Hood. jr., was dead. In the hand
of one was clasped a bit Of bedraggled
red feather-a last memento of the
leader they had lost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
LEO ORNSTEW
RAISES TEMPEST,
BUT IN TEAPOT
Clever Pianist Displays Talent,
Youth and Enthusiasm
in Recital

Young Mr.. Leo 0rnstein is prodig-
iously clever. He has the faculty Of
making people talk about him, even Of
making people take him seriously. In
musical receptions the mention of his
name causes a thrill of interest; peo-
pie take sides for him or against Tea
pot tempests are beloved of the dill
lectionte; a real tempest would send
them scurrying to cover. And the con-
viction grows tina. the tempest brewed
by Mr.. Arnstein is strictly within a
teapot.
Mr.. Ornstein gave a recital yester-
day afternoon in Aeolan Hall. 1t was
a recital we'll attended, better attended
than many "A one given by an ADLER
artist. This does not mean that Mr.
Ornstein is any ordinary pianist; he is
not. When he gets over brewing tea
pot tempests, he may learn to ride on
the whirlwind. He has talent and
youth and enthusiasm. In time he may
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
TWO FINED IN AUTO ROW
Father and Son Pummelled Him, Motor
Car Driver Asserts

Frederick Zurker and his son. Fred
erick, jr., Of PIP East Fiftieth Street,
were fined 81 each in night court last
night on complaint Of John LASER, OF
SCI Beck Street, The Bronx. He said
they jumped a, the running board OF
his automobile at Seyenty-second
Street and Fifth Avenue and pun
melled him.
The Zurkers asserted that LASER had
run into them, and that they. were
simply seeking TO learn the number or
his car. LASER explained that he
might have run close to them, but that
he didn't hit them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
HIS OBJECTIONS JAIL HIM
AS Lawyer" Prisoner Exhausts
Courts Clemency

The objections made by Arthur Cole
cas- lawyer" last night in the night
court brought him three months in the
workhouse. Magistrate Groehl, before
whom he was arraigned on complaint
of Mrs. Agnes Cole, the prisoners sis
ter-in-law, that-he had tried to force
an entrance TO her home, at 3143
Broadway. was at first inclined TO heed
the plea Of Frank Cole, brother of
the prisoner, and send him to sans-
forum.
While the probation officer was tell
ing what ne had learned about the
prisoner, however, Cole continually
interrupted with his objections, and
succeeded in changing the magistrates
intention. He lives at the Columbia
Hotel, at Morningside Avenue and
10th Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
CARNEGIE, 81, SEEKS QUIET
Laird Of Skibo" Abandons Usual Gel.
ebration and Sees Few Callers

Andrew Carnegie yesterday spent his
eighty-frst birthday quietly in his
home, at . East Ninety-frst Street.
Contrary 10 his annual custom. there
was no celebration of any kind. Even
Mr.. Carnegie's custom of meeting the
newspaper men and shaking hands with
them was abandoned owing TO his feeble
health.
Although IL was said at the Carnegie
home that he was in excellent spirits
and stronger than for some time, it has
been known that Mr. Canegie's illness
of last summer left him in such a weak
ened condition that absolute quiet has
been ordered by his physicians.
Many messages OF congratulation
were received at the residence and a
few persons called, but only those most
intimately acquainted with the Laird
Of Skibo" were permitted to see him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26

lected; "a piece-of paper or something.
| threw il out OF the window"
Bacon and eggs wore left TO cool and
a search was instituted az once. MRS.
Barbara Fisher. neighbor, helped. l.
was without result.
Soon sfterward Mrs. Fisher was ar
rested, and $50 bill which was foun
in her purse was applied TO the care
OF her child. who was in an institution.
The Coldsteins heard Of u and Mrs
Goldstein's train of thought went rack
ing along on schedule time. II stopped
with a bang at the police station, and
Mrs. Fisher vas arrested again, this
time on larceny charge.
Another $50 bill was found in her
home, and yesterday Mrs. Fisher. de,
spite her protests that she Mad earned
the money, was held for the grand
Jury,