Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-28

cient to turn the total vote of the
country. President Menocal announc-
es that the government has command
Of the situation, and that the rebellion
will soon be crushed.
The President appointed to the Fed
eral Trade Commission on February
10 w. B. Colver, Democrat. publisher
of the st. Paul Daily News and ex-Gov-
ernor Franklin Fort Of New Jersey,
Republican. Mr.. Colver succeeds E.
N. Hurley, resigned, and Governor
Fort succeeds George H. Rublee,
whom the Senate rejected as a person
al favor to one of it's members, Gal
linger of New Hampshire.
The House passed on February 10,
by 1853 to %, the naval appropriation
bill carrying $36S,553, 3SS.O7, or $685.
100000 more than the bill of last year.
Before passage an amendment by Con-
gresham Mann was adopted declar-
ing: 1T is hereby reaffirmed to be the
policy of the United States to adjust
and settle its International disputes
through mediation or arbitration to
the end that war may be honorably
avoided"
In letter to Governor Whitman on
February IL, William Bulloch of the
Bureau Of City Inquiry of New York
City charges that IS acres of land at
RockaWay, bought by the city for $5,-
032 an acre from the Neponset Realty
Company, had been valued for taxa
ton by the company's appraisers un-
nQfh tro 7t
was originally owned by the State,
which sold it in December, 1909, to the
Neponset Realty Company for $751;
1882. II the State received a fair
price and II the price paid by the city
represents its true worth then the
land has increased in value 2,400 per
cent in little more than seven years.
A mass meeting Of Columbia Univer-
sity students on February Is adopted
a protest against the action of Profess
sor J. D. Prince in prohibiting a talk
at the Cosmopolitan Club Of the uni
versity by Count Ilya Tolstoy. The
meeting was attended by 300 students
who called on President Nicholas Muir.
ray Butler ITO declare publicly that
freedom Of thought and expression are
not to be suppressed" The meeting
was addressed by five members of the
faculty. An apology was sent to Count
TolstOy. In an interview Professor
Prince stated as the cause Of his &C.
ton that at this time any attempt ITO
belittle the importance of nationalism
and to denounce patriotism ought not
to be associated with the name Of the
university"
Henry P. Fletcher, American Am
bassador to Mexico, arrived in Mex
leo City on the 18th. Mr.. Fletcher
was accorded elaborate honors both 1T
his destination and at the State lines,
where he was met by the governors
OF the States through which he pass
ed. He expressed himself as very
much pleased at his reception thru
out the journey from the border to the
capital. At Saltillo he had an oppor-
tunity to see something of the new
school construction, and attended q
meeting of teachers from all parts Of
Mexico. General Zapata has issued
another manifesto, denouncing the de
facto government, and warning for
eign countries against entering into
treaties with 1t. Present dispatches
indicate that the Carranza government
Is overcoming armed opposition, which
Is now confined to irregular bands that
resort to guerilla warfare.
A protest meeting against war was
held under auspices Of the Woman's
Peace Party at the Coliseum In Chi
cago on February 49,. attended. by
more than $4,000 people,, Reverend
Fred A. Moore presided. It: was lad.
dressed. BY Cons Galloway aof
Texas. Herbert s. Aigelow, Grace Alb