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EL PASO MORNING TIMES
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Three Men in National Crisis.
IN THE .rlminl ulnklnn t the funard liner
I.uKltanlu by th Oermnn Rovernmenl with tha
(leatrurtlon of more than 1.000 hclplMt) paaai-ntera.
IndudlnK more than 100 American cltlaena lh
American nation la afforded a trlkln opportunity
to note the artlon of throe men our president and
two ex-preldenU.
rrealdeni Wllaon rnunaela modorallon on the part
of Ihe public with the aJMiuranne that tha matter
will be alfted to the bottom reaponalblllty faatancd
where It belonaK. and Oermany admoniaheit that
auch method would not be tolerated by the Amerl-
en nation He backed thl up with a note to Oar-
many that hae received tt)e endoraement of all
fair-minded Americana.
E-President Taft In broad--uaed patrlotlam.
proceeded to place himself In line with the preal-
dent. with expressions worthy of the man and wor-
thy of the occasion. He aald:
"The news of the sin kin of the l.usttania as It
comes this mornln is most dtstrnaains;. It presanU
a situation of Ihe most difficult character properly
swakenins great national concern. It doea not wish
to embarrass the president or the administration by
a dwcuaslon of th subject at this stage of the In-
formation except to express confidence that the
president will follow s wise and ptvlriolU. course."
Theodore Roosevelt the STeal American swash-
buckler and yrating windmill hastened to ridicule
Ihe position of President Wilson snd declared Wil-
son's policies would make the United states as im-
potent as t'hlna With his characteristic use of the
first person singular this political mountebank pro-
ceeded to rant and rave In such a manner as Is a
shame upon the American people lie said:
"On the night of the day that the disaster oc-
curred I called Ihe sttentlon of our people to the
fact that Ihe sinking of the I.usltania
"1 called attention to the fact that this was
merely Ih. application on the high seas and at our
expense
"I ssid that not only our duly to humanity at
large
"I can do little more than reiterate what I then
said etc."
Anl this Is tlie msn the New York Herald says
should le president of the United states st thla
critical juncture in our history this man who goes
about as h roaring Hon. and who by his Intemperate
speech and actions would quickly Involve this coun-
try in trouble which would bring sorrow and Buf-
fering to generatlona of our people yet unborn.
War any nation must always be our very
last poHsllile recourse.
Herman Kidder of the Htaats-.eit ung the German-American
morning newspaper published in
New York says of himself and other Qermans in
the Lulled States: "We are with Ihe preeldent of
the I n.ted States to the finish In all matters af-
fecting national honor or national prestige." And
that is the way to talk It
It will be readily noticed that Oeneral Francisco
Villa is smong the number who have demonstrated
i decided ability to come bask.
Capital Punishment in Arizona.
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KM as If the efforts of ihe governor of
Arlsone to abolish cspltal punishment In Ihst
state contrary to Ihe laws of Arlcnna. have finally
reached the limit.
In the stgte prison at Florence there are free
convicted murderers sentenced to hang after fair
and Impartial trials In Arlsona state courts and;
ho hsve been kept from paying the penalty of
their crimes through executive action since tleorge
W. P. Hunt has been governor of Arlsona. These
men are Chaves Peres. Perslia Rodrigues uñé
Vlllaloho.
These five men ere under sentence of death
and hse been contlnnally reprieved by the gov-
ernor who has declsred no murderers shall he
hung while he Is governor of Arlxons. At the last
stale election ihe pardoning and reprieving power
wa taken nut of the hands of the governor and
vested in a board of pardons by vote of the people
but these five men were under rrpriose until
May Zl.
The state psrdonlng board hss investigated the
application of Ihe five men for clemency and de-
clined to Interfere but It Is freely predicted the
governor will devise some scheme to prevent or
delay the egecutlons In fsct. It Is whispered that
a plan haa already been formed to prevent the
executions.
francisco Rodriguez 21 years of age was con-
victed of the murder of his wife In Tucson and sen-
tenced to death May 17 ltll.
N R. t'havex killed Deputy Sheriff Charles King
of Yavapai county. August 27. 1110. He was con-
victed on January 10. ltll and sentenced to hang.
Eduardo Perez killed K. Chacon at Congress
Junction on November 10. in in. and wss convicted
In Presentí In December. 1010 snd sentenced to
hang.
Miguel Peralta killed his divorced wife and her
paramour at Jerome. June 2. 1(12. pleaded guilty
and on July 11 ltlS was sentenced to hang.
Ramon Vlllalobo killed Phin Rrown town mar-
añal of Ray on August IS 1914. He was convicted
on November 24 1114 and sentenced to hang.
Two of these five murderers killed Arizona peace
officers and all of the five are Mexicans four of
them being born In Mexico.
In the election held In Oraham county. Arizona
a few days ago. Involving the proposition of inolng
the county seat from Solomonsvllle. Safford re-
ceived 7 votes Pima 689 and Thatcher 427. As
Safford did not receive a majority of all the votes
cast the election was not decisive and a final elec-
tion must be held to determine whether the county
aeat shall go to Safford or Pima.
Japan Is proceeding with her plans for the ben-
evolent assimilation of China in such a manner as
to leave absolutely no doubt as to the result Rut
she had better act quickly and get the sleeping
Chlneae Hon on his feet for there Is certain to be
a crossing of European spheres of influence In such
a manner aa will provoke aome future Interesting
developments.
The Confederate reunion at Richmond Vs.. on
June 1-2 will be a great time foe Ihe old heroes
who wore the gray. While the ranks of these grand
old veterans are constantly being thinned It la ex-
pected that fully 10.090 of them will enjoy the re-
union and lake part In the annual parade.
The woman member of the Colorado stale sen-
ate declares that hereafter she will demand to be
treated like a gentleman and a hateful Florida
exchange auggeata the lady must he surfeited with
soft drlnka
There Is one fact standing out quite plainly
regarding the I.usltania crime and that Is it was
nearly the death knell of neutrality in the I'nlted
States.
The American people have no 111 will for the
people of Germany. The feeling of resentment in
thla country is wholly toward the German government.
At thia moment It appears that T. R. and Sena-
tor Borah are about the only diatlnguiahed Ameri-
cans who are not standing behind President Wllaon.
Germany must understand that killing American
clttsens Is not carrying the war home to Great
Britain
Our old friend Doc. Cook may succeed in climb-
ing Mount Everest in Ihe Himalayas but In will
never be able to make anybody believe It.
OUR COUNTRY BY
OUR PRESIDENT.
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tric con-
unt II the
but the treaty of
War With the French and Indians.
Published by special arrangement with tha Prest-
dent through the MsClure Newspaper Syndicate.
EVEN the little tnat n
Keen gained In King Wil-
llam a war had now to be
gained all over again.
Sir William Phlps hsd tak-
en Port Royal very handily
st the outset of that war
ii seo i and Acadia with It.
and there had been
flculty In holding
quered provino
war ended
Ryswick had handed back to
the French everything the
English had taken the statesmen of England hardly
heeding America at all In the terms lb. agreed
to snd so a beginning was once more loe made.
The war began as every one knew It must
with forays on the border: the Indians were the
first afoot and were more tq be feared than the
French.
The first movement of the English wss made
nt the south where before the first year 11702)
of the war was out the Csrollnss struck at the
power of Spain In Worlds. They sent a little force
against St. Augustine and easily swept the town
Itself hut stood daunted before the walls of the
castle lacking cannon -to reduce It. and came hastily
away at sight of two Spanish ships standing into
the harbor leaving their very stores and ammuni-
tion behind them In their panic.
They had ssddled the colony with a debt of
9.000 pounds and gained nothing. But they at
least kept their own borders safe against the In-
dians and their own little capital at Charleston safe
against reprisals by the Spaniards.
The Apalachees who served the Spaniards on
the border they swept from their forest country
in 1702 snd made their border quiet by fire and
sword driving hundreds of the tribesmen they did
not kill to new seats beyond the Savannah.
Three years went by before they were in their
turn attacked by a force out of Florida fpon a
day In August. 1709. while the little capital lay
stricken with yellow fever a fleet of five French
vessels appeareds off the. bar at their harbor
mouth bringing Spanish troops from Havana and
St. Augustine.
There was a quick rally to meet them. Colonial
mllltla went to face their landing parties; gallant
'n lorn-1 Rhett manned a little flotilla to check them
on the water and they were driven off leaving 220
prisoners and a captured ship behind them. The
southern const could take care of Itself.
Nothing had boon done meanwhile In the north.
The first year of the war ( 1702) had seen
lioston robbed of 300 of her inhabitants by the
scourge of smallpox and New York stricken with
a fatal fever brought out of the West Indies from
which no man could rally. That dismal year lin-
gered for many a day in the memory of the men
of the middle colonies as "the time of the great
sickness."
The northernmost border had been harried from
Wells to Casco by the French Indians 1T99; Desr-
field far away In the wilderness by the Connecticut
had been fearfully dealt with at gland of night. In
the midwinter of 1704. by a combined force of
French and Indiana: In 1706 the French In Acadia
had brought temporary ruin upon (he English trad-
ing posts in Newfoundland: and a French privateer
had insolently come In open day into the bay at
New York as If to show the English there how de-
fenceless their great harbor was with all the coast
about It (1709).
And yet there had been no counter-stroke by
the English except that Colonel. Church of Mas-
sachusetts had spent the summer of 1704 In de-
stroying as he could the smaller and leas defended
French and Indian villages upon the coasts which
lay about the Penobscot and the Bay of Fundy.
In 1707 a aerlous attempt was made to take Port
Royal. Colonel March took 1.090 men ngrainst the
place In twenty-three transports opnvoyed by a
man of war. and regularly laid alege to It; but
lacked knowledge of the bualneaa he had under-
taken and failed utterly.
Atadla Recomen .Not la Scotia.
Southwest Press.
During the last week a few more houses have
been filled up and the available supply hag been
reduced to about four. Tombstone t Ariz. I Proe-
pector.
It Is evident that the old camp has been placed
back on the map and Is facing both progress and
prosperity if sll of its former vacant houses have
been fllleil And the entire Southwest will rejoice
at e-r. . . Idence ol prosperity that develops at
htalnric old lonihatone.
Ions count) hss two of the largest and best
irrigation reservoirs In the west Imperial and
Zimmermen hss three oi the greatest Irrigation
systems from springs la the world Comanche
Lama and M San Pedro with a dosen other smaller
In operation or course of preparation notably santa
Rosa. Monument. Caaa Blanca Tunas. Diamond Y.
White Sulphur and Barrilla: and a thousand sec-
tions thst may be Irrigated By shallow pumping
wells Fort Stockton (Texas) Pioneer.
Pesos eonnty is lucky In Its Irrigation advan-
tages for Irrigsted farming Is the kind that soon
makes t man Independent and a commiinKy happy
and prospermia.
Vletsrlaao Huerta the extinguished Mexlesn
statesman to with us. "I consider It my first duty."
he said when he reached New York "ta salute this
great nation." We take It then that Oeneral Huer-
ta's visit was Intended by way of belated amends for
his historic failure to salute the American flag.
Biabas ( Arts. ) Review.
Cenersl Muerta has disclosed the fact that his
memory is not the least bit falling or treacherous
The failure lo deliver that salute earlier has evi-
dently preted upon hi. mind.
The fashionable skirt. It Is said will show five
Inches of the ankle. That's nothing to what the
high street car step shows.--Tucson (Aria) Star.
The high street csr step never shows anything
Interesting. It csn always ba seen between the
ground snd the street csr step.
Business men from other towns admit that Por-
tales hss the brightest prospects of any town In the
Southwest for growth and prosperity the coming
year Portales IN. M.) Herald-Times.
All the towns of eastern New Mexico are pros-
perous owing to the fact that good crops were
made east year cattle and wool are bringing good
prices 'ond seasons continue and new people are
constantly coning In.
It has rained every day this week and dry farm-
ers are in a puzzle They will either have to drain
their land or change their way of farming. It
rains in this country. ?layton (N. M.) News.
Still every year will prove seasonable. The
wise farmer will prepare for possible lean years
ahead during those years when good seasons are
the rule.
Lillian Russell says "no soman can succeed
without attractive clothes." Sometimes very little
clothes are quHe attractive. Albuquerque (N. M.)
Journal. .
We have often noticed the tantalizing fondness
of flies for bald s pot and we hasten to agree
with the Albuquerque editor.
Mining ia beginning to receive attention from
capital and Investors snd without doubt that Im-
portant Industry Is entering upan an unparalleled
period of prosparlty. Nogales (Arts.) Oasts
There to much activity In mining circles now
throughout the Southwest and new mines are being
opened In many localities. Sensational gold dls
coverles are reported in Grant county New Mexico
and at other points.
Vice-Presldet Marshall to very original. His
sayings show that he is bright level-headed and a
deep thinker. We predict that he will eventually
be more prominent even than Be is today. It would
not surprise us If he some day sits In the presidential
chair. San Simon (Aria.) Artesian Belt.
Vice President Marshall is a great favorite
throughout the country and has done much to
bring the office be occupies into national promi-
nence. He is one of the brainy men of the Demo-
cratic party.
The Hazel mine which is located north of Van
Horn will be put in operation soon after the first
of June. The Pecos mine which ia located five
miles north of the Hasal will also be opened by
Its owners Van Horn (Texas) Advocate.
The time la not far distant when the mining in-
terests of West Texas will attract as much attention
as those In any other portion of the great South-
west. West Texas Is rich In mineral wealth.
Old timers say that the range In the mountains
la tn better shape and the cattle In better condition
than far years and years. Truly this is going to
be a year of plenty for the man in west Texas.
Balmorhea i Texas) Herald. .
And West Texas richly deserves sll the prosperity
that to now beaded in thst direction. The men
who are making the west have had to undergo many
tríala and vicissitudes In the struggles they have
made to develop that section.
We hope that the "peace at any price advocatea"
In this country will take notice of the lesson that
China presents and Join in advocating thorough pre-
paration for protection la the United States. No-
gales (Arto.) Herald.
There are some people who look upon readiness
for war gs almost constituting a crime but with
the entire world nearly ablaze with It. our country
should make all necessary preparations for the up-
holding of American rights in every quarter of the
globe.
GLIMPSES OF THE PAST.
I From the Files o The Times)
TWENTY -FOUR YEARS AGO TODATr
Judge N. Van Morn of Peeot City arrived lr
the city accompanied by his daughter. Mrs Kendsll
Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Vila desire to express their
grstltude to those who risked their lives to rescue
their two daughters from the river yesterday..
The entire southern part of the city. Up to Sec
ond street wss Inundated yesterday by a sudder
rise In the river which covered the ground to a
depth of several feet.
Mayor Capíes wss authorized. If possible to cut
a ditch through Sania Fe street to carry off the
surplus water at a meeting of the city council last
night. The city engineer was Instructed to visit
the lower part of the city every evening and take
measures of Iho water.
E. S. Jennings arrived In El Paso from the Clt)
of Mexico.
J. B. Wnul and A. 8. Douglas left for Big Springs.
Texas.
II. s. Mlnton left for Marshall. Texas uftar
spending some time in the city.
Charles Slack and son arrived in the city from
Parral. Mexico.
8. F. Judy general manager of the l'ecos Valley
railroad arrived in the city from Eddy. N. M.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY
President C B. Eddy of the El Paso & North-
eastern railway arrived In the city from Capitán.
N. M.
Mrs. J. A. Merrill and daughter left on a trip
to Cloudcroft.
W. B. Bates arrived In the city from Jarillti
N. M.
El Paso's delegates to the State Fireman's con-
vention held at Waxahachie. W. Tuttle Charles
Jones and Colonel Neff returned to the city. Ar-
thur 8a worth Is stopping over at Austin while
Frank Powers and family-' and Uncle John Julian
are taking a dip In the surf at Galveston.
Judge Van Sickle candidate for the legislature
arrived in the city from Alpine.
Present Indications are that the sheriffs' con-
vention to be held in El Paso beginning .July 10
will be well attended. The sheriffs' association
numbers about ISO members. A side trip to Cloud-
croft for the guests at the convention will doubtless
be arranged.
Richard B. Cowling was spending a few days In
the city visiting hia old school chum. James A.
Brock.
ft ftf" muus mvu oi manager MroOKS ot me
Western Union left for I .as Vegas. N. M.
SBS
Daniel F. McCoy arrived In the olty to arrange
for the appearance of the Crawford stock company
in the city In the near future.
Southwestern Progress.
Douglas the Copper City of Arizona. Is enjoying
a splendid growth and development at this time
it being estimated thai building operations there In
the immediate future will segregate fully 2200000.
Two new public school buildings to cost about
$90.000 the Kress building to cost 925.000 and the
Elks' Home to cost $20000. are among the build-
ings soon to be constructed.
Shipments of copper ore from the state of So-
nora Into the United States at Douglas Aria are
showing considerable Improvement importations for
the month of April being valued at approximately
4000009 pesos. The Moctezuma Copper company
shipped (97 cars of concentrates to the Douglas
smelter during the month of April.
The prospect for a bumper crop of tomatoes In
the Mimbres valley adjacent to Demlng N. M is
exceptionally bright this season some of the grow-
ers having put out as many as 100000 plants this
season. During the past two years the canning
industry has assumed large proportions in that
section and has become one of the most profitable
Industries. The Demiag canning plant is to be im-
mediately enlarged.
The McRae saw mill located In Haynes canyon
near Alamogordo. N. M.. to soon to be put in opera-
tion again and will give employment to about it
men. The product of thla mill ia handled prin-
cipally by Alamogordo lumber yards
THAT SON-IN-LAW OF PA'S
Well. Cedncs Intentions Are Good.
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