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KSTAjJLl?Hi?lJ 1882. MAKTIN'SBURG, W. VA?. SATURD AY. MARCH 7 1?14 VOL.33 NO. 1.
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SAYS ntbiDb 1.
ADMITS, FIRST TIME,
INTERVENTION POSSIBLE
Executive Mopes to End the
Troubles i'eacefuUy J:ut Re
alizes Crave Outlook
i
United States Big Enough to Wait.
Not to Be Stampded By Foreign '
Pressure or Spcechcs In Congress.
Growing Sentiment For Drastic
Policy Is FL'li.
President Wilson is no longer con
vinced that aimed intervention in
Mexico will finally be a\oide.d. lie i.->
?determined, however, that ii' it comes
it will be only ai't<\ he has exhausted
every effort to prevent it.
He believes that by "watchful
waiting" the United Stales may
avoid war. This country, i:i his
opinion, is strong enough to wait as
long as it chooses. Pressure from
foreign governments is not his great
est concern. He recognizes as dis
tinctly more powerful a growing pub
lic sentiment in this country in i
vor of an aggressive Mex'can ? oik/
Admonition t.o the Powc'S.
This is the attitude of the Presi
dent, as clearly sot forth to ear.ers at
the White House yesterday. It crea
ted a profound impression on those
who listened. It was evident that
Mr. Wilson intended h\s views to
reach not only the American people,
but Great Brtiain and other foreign j
governments, which, it is s i id in
some Quarters, are avowing e;ti\v
under his waiting policy.
But the outstanding l'act t'u;:
for the lirst. t'r.ie President Viis< ??
admitted that military intervention
in Mexico may be a future possibil
ity. Always before, in his conversa
tions with public men, he has re
fused to consider it, however remote
ly.
President Realizes Gravity.
President Wilson revealed that he
fully realized the gravity of the sit
uation resulting from the killing of
William S. Benton, a Brit'sli sub
ject; the reported murder of Gustav
Bauch, and Clements Vergara, Amer
ican citizens, and (Jen. Carranza's
denial of the right of the United
States to look after the interests of
foreigners generally in Mexico.
The President spoke with a firm
ness that showed his determination
not to be stampc1 d into aclion by
radical speeches in Congress, but
with a hint that when the necessity
arose the American government could
be expected to move decisively and
effectively.
Br'tish Attitude Important.
Upon Great Britain's attitude to
ward the Benton case depends large
ly the extent to which the United
States will become involved. Should
England show an inclination to let
the Benton case await a final .adjud
ication at a time when -a firm gov
ernment is established in Mexico the
United States will not feel called
upon to challenge Gen. Carranza's
specific refusal to supply the Wash
ington administration with informa
tion about Benton's death.
Representations have been made
to Gen. Carranza, it is understood,
through American Consul Simpieh, iat
Noga'.es, and 011 their outcome de
pends whether or. not the expedition
Aiiirli had'planned to go to Chihua
!r?:it from .Juarez Sunday to examine
Hen ton's body will carry out its mis
sion.
The Washington administration,
however, is taking- it for granted that
arrangements authorized by (Jen.
Villa v. 11 be approved by Carranza.
"We are waiting for the details to
be completed," said Secretary Bryan.
It was h's only comment.
Realize That Carranza Is Ruffled.
Administration officials 'realize
111 :? t in not communicating first with
?i'ar:- nza they have offended his per
sonal dignity, and they hope to over
conic this by consulting him now,
impressing upon the constitutionalist
c!ii f incidentally that the American
government does not think formali
ties ought to stand in the way of ob
? ining proper protection for foreign
ers.
(!en. C'arranza's declaration that
foreign governments should address
!;i:ii j'.hoiil the welfare of their sub
jects led to a v:sit. to Secretary
. i v.- by S?r Cecil Spring
Lie;', the liriti h ambassador, and
- "to;- Kiaao, the Spanish ambassa
:\ Both Spain and Great B. itain
v, cognb.d the Ilucrta govern
ment ajid have been lookirr to tin
'.'n'bed S'.:!r:s to a ft for them in
irthern Mexico. Th ? 0 is every in
?ieiition that this conrse will !;
? rdinaed. and it U clearly ?-tobl'sh
;1 <hat Carranza's i anerver \? I' 1 ?v?
?..'!* the British government in4
. y ' gni "on or othrr dealings w'th
r.111.
G?. ran::?. IVay Cause Clash.
^'resident Wilson explained to call
.s that many foreign governments
ha:l desired Die United States to
'ok after their subjects, but, of
~oi:r: e, had 110 right to demand it.,
and were not demanding it. Strictly
??pe;ik ng, Carrsnza might insist 011
1 right not to deal with one gov
iiiinent in t!;e interests or another,
out. such a situation undoubtedly
. nld r;ro>:? "e grave oernplications,
REFLECTION OF THE TEACHER.;
|
Once we were called \ipon to read j
a number of essays submitted for a j
prize by pupils of the country schools
of a certain district, and found we
could <assort these essays and with
d degree of certainty gather them
into sheaves, each sheaf from an'es
pecial school. The teachers had not
written the essays; they had simply J
impressed themselves strongly upon !
the plast'c minds of the children, j
The mind of the child is a tablet;
of vax upon which impressions are j
most easily engraved. With heredity i
in the human race we can not at
;-resent successfully cope, yet with
childhood much may be done. The
teacher in the rural school may l>e
a source of good impulses in the j
children, a. fountain of ideals and a j
provoker of aspirations. For the'
country schools, the teacher, young'
v oimei or ycung man, should be se-j
looted who best exemplifies right liv-i
ing and who has the broadest opin
)
ions and ideals of things rural and,
things in general.
To be a true teacher there must
rl n ho sympathy, with diligence.
When these are fo.*nd in the teacher
with principles, trailing and ideals.!
compensation can scarcely be too j
great. It is of nrice'?ss value to get i
the little minds started right in
their thinking.?Breeder's Gazette.
"Undue Influence
Of The South.
I' romi The Cleveland Gazette.
i With the explanation that the Saint
? Lou is (Mo.,) xl public is a democ'atte
daily newspaper, and the Saint Iiiuii?
! Globe-Democrat. from which the lol
loping editorial who taken, is a rwpnbli
c.iin (jail}', the annexed leader will he
1 better understood and appreciated:
The Republic bheds crocodile teaif
over th" undue ir lluence that a federal
primary law would Rive the South in
nomination a Republican candidate for
president and proposes a moditica*.ion
to overcome such disparity. While, as
we have remarked before. Congress will
pa*s no federal primary law of hindii y
force since the constitution forbids i
and the Democrats of the South wouhi
i oppose it under all circumHtanoen. we
wonder why the R-publican. partv1
I mpathetic friend does not go fuiiher
and ins ut that constitutional provisions
, bo eoforced and 'hat the congressional
representation of the South be reduced,
i It. would appear worse for the nouth to
liixedthp oportionate representation in
congress mid in the electoral college
than "o i xwcise a power out of propor
tion to it- v.,ting str?ngth in a mere
iiomtu .?iii^ convt-ntion. The people o
thec onir h;ive a s? cor.d chance at
party i oinir.t-e-*, but when any section
i-given unoue representation in the
Kite oral Col e^e and in Congress theie
ih no ifi i ei'Jy.
"The R ? pn' lie iicpp the 1903 vote in
south a oIina to illustrate. The cen
of t'Jlh g ?vi- Routh Caioiina a popu
uod of ],515.004 In 1908 the com
bine Republican and Democratic vote
for president whh 00 251. Connecticut,
tvith -1 0 (0( nnjaller population and
with only five members of Congree? to
i be seven allowed South Carolina, gave
ihe Republican and Democratic tickets
181 17 i. Mr. Bryan was given a larger
vote in Connecticut thau all candidates
lev'eived in South Carolina. This anom
i ? i* (xpiatned when we consult the
(^ri^liN '!)?) H ? h n t ? ??
of South Carolina consists c ?f 070. ifl
w 11ji - j?< tHin.H Hr,d Sy5,H48 Negroes
i)i Nt <? w do not vo.e and that
ir- not nvi'U popular v, it-h *hite
people im evident. The result r,f this is
that ihe lew white men who take charge
of the politics in that Hate, under direc
tion of Mich men ns Cole Iilea>-e have a
voting power in Con^r?sa and in the
Electoral oilege thte.e or more timrs an
g'eat as that of voters in sections of the
United States where the constitution is
ob-erved. Reduction 1 i Southern rep
!? entation to conform to the constitu
tion would not interlere with white
control locally, hut it would prevent
fine man from doing the voting for two
and having it counted in Congress and
t'e Electoral College. 'I he South hna
always had nio?e representation than it
was entitled to, for under the constitu
tion as it originally stood its property
was given representation.
* The eharge that the Republican par
ty is pactional if a patent absurdity. It
h is received no electoral votes from
Males having 2"> per cent or more Negro
population but it has carried every oth
er Mute In the Union during the la*t
twenty years except the three recently
admitted. Under Republican policies
theSou'h La? b^en mud? prosperous
over it* pro'est, judging from its vote
The statement that Southern rrpresento
tion wms the rock at Chicago that split
the Republican party takes no account
of hiMory, The revision of Republican
representation to correspond to the
vote. f>p: lied to everv congressional dis
trict in the United Stnte*. afT-cting both
New Yo'k and Illinois in ihe reduction,
would h .re been accomplished in the
1'J s national convention but for the
opt o-Mtion of the ir dividual most clam
orous for the reduction m 1912."'
Tne reduction of Southern repre
Hent^tion to conform to the constitution"
might "not interfere with white control
locally," but it would have a tendency
t i eiioourti??? tho ?<* out'ranch in moot of
:*>ou I * ?-? r 11 A I'm A 'iici ion in* and 111. i * in
11 iionoo it? do . i ? i h ?? " it t\> our |?ropU' of
ill >J si'diiiii i I tin country ? it hoi cannot
or will not no U?? t l* , a; t to knock
tint th?? (lisf i arichi; 11 ci ' ' l.iws, " i >|)it
i a 11 v tlion* Iikki ii on th<1 '(] ra ml 1 athor
I'laiiM'," wo cannot uiulor>.lHnd why
ho/iu' niiti nf itiir pmi'Tii' "r at lonal " orj;
n?? fZHlions n.'i tako ??*<? U nci in tins
A IjL ihi|rort.ml mutif!-. Tin1 ouly otliwr
of almoM i <j a.-* I i in |>(?rtiiiK'*> is the rij^ht
of our i n t o t ~ ? tail' pastor,^eis in une rail
r oad oh' 8 imh?|? i <:i*ni of t he ' j in crow "
htaii1 law h nf tin' South. ' s importart
a~ it ih, t?t'K' o.'. at ion in hit' Mi'onlai v to
those two \ I. | j i in [ ?or t a :t m;ittci p to a 11
of our people. Siren^;.* thai llr. W. M.
14. ! 'II l ?0 i-: It ? ! i ? I' N 11 Jo t ? :j I A ?'hi II.' Ill t i< >II
for l ho A11 v i r.cono* ? t of < 'ol < ? i ?d I 'ooj>1 o
and lir. B< ol;< r T. Washington ntol tho
National N?u:.> Mus mots Len^oe, con
tin uo to I* lui-'' to cVt'M tonI'h thom l ut
prefer to ' fiiltoi uwii', tho hard*
eai ped money ol u; peop.e on lota* im
poitmi ma11oj-s .ii.d j?i??;. an1 respect
ively. from \ ?? ?: In w n ->tiioro itn\.
tlnnn that cm 1 o < out* niitko thoni
eco^n i/.e iIioeo Iacta and tnke iho prop*
? ? notion in i lu> ii.toi <>r ol tin- iaeo hotli
orsrani/.at mrr* claim to he standing for?
I>v the Interstate Commerce
Commission About the Issu
ance of Passes
Formal warning to Hie railroads by
the interstate commerce commission
that the isuance of passes, even un
der new laws for use within a st.aie,
may influence the rate decision, 5s
taken as a favorable indication by
traffic men generally. The commis
sion's warning, of cour.se, is not aim
ed at employes and 11k ir dependents
but thos,. outside the railroad ser
vice.
T'nat the railroads in Ihe north
eastern part of the country are al
ready striving to weed out state pass
es is evidenced <>y n of several
o fthem 1h;i{ ? :' > v. i?! "iiore a state
.aw authorizing passes to state olli
cials for iisi; within the stat.e. The
Lackawanna is said to bo one of
these, while the Pennsylvania has
made restrictions in New Jersey de
clining to further comply with the
state law except to the governor and
the principal state officers.
It has been evident for some time
that sentiment in certain quarters in
Washington has favored the granting
of the rate increase. I'1', -ranees of
the President havf. been ,interpreted
as favorable to the roads and the
warning of the commission in accept
ed by the most optimistic as a cer
tain omen that the railroads are to
get their incre.m f. if they can come
before the commission- with their
hands clean.
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IbH ly'ini L
While Repairing firs Line a
Flame lhn'sl I'(;rfh But
Man Escaped
While a. broken ^as I'iik- w;ih being
repaired this inornin'? on lvi;-t Mar
tin street a laborer near being
badly burned. The pick, the man
was using, came in contact, w'th a
bard rock causing a spark to fly, and
instantly there was a flash. The man
leaped from bis po-ition and saved
himself. After a little delay the
blaze was extinguish'd and the re
pair was finished.'
V
T
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Trallie Demoralized With Scores
of Trains Lost and Many
Steamers Overdue
EH.'HT DEATHS SO
FAR KEEN REPORTED
Vchicle3 of All Kinds Abandoned On
Broadway, and Wire Service so
Badly Crippled That Communica
tion Has Been Almost Discontinu
ed?Suffering Reported.
XK!\V YORK, March ?Snow,
which had ceased for a few hours
during the night., began falling again
.vest erday. The gale formed big
drills in the country districts and
added to the troubles of the railroads.
Not in 2f> years had Greater New
York and environs experienced such
a storm. At times the velocity of the
wind had reached 84 miles an hour.
lOight deaths were reported here.
Streets and sidewalks are covered
with an Icy coating, making walking
dillicult and dangerous and vehicular
tralllc is almost impossible.
Scores of Trains Lost.
No milk trafns reached the city
during the forenoon. Of 25 vessels
'1 ne at the port of New York yester
day only one, tho Delaware, of the
Clyde line, from Philadelphia, had re
ported befor0 noon.
All trains to and from the west and
south were subject to Indefinite d(?
lay. Communication trains came in
laboriously, hauled by two engines.
Trains on the New York Central lines
fared but little better than on other
roads. Points upstate could not be
reached by wire early yesterday, and
the whereabouts of several Incoming
mail and passenger trains could not
be learned. Among other trains re
ported lost was the Twentieth Cen
tury Limited. Between Peekskill and
fold Springs, a distance of about 11
miles, 30 broken telegraph poles are
down. Albany and Buffalo were out
of communication and New York
Central trains between those points
were reported lost.
Hundreds of Factories Closed
The Pennsylvania station was
crowded with travelers who got no
encouragement from the information
bureau. The ofllcers of the road said
conditions would not Improve until
the storm abated. Several way trains
were started south from Jersey City,
under orders to make what progress
they could. Announcement was made
at noon that all trains on the Cen
tral Railroad of New Jersey and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, be
tween New York and Philadelphia and
Washington had been abandoned un
til further notice.
In the city cars, wagons and auto
mobiles were stalled everywhere, de
serted by their drivers. Suburban
towns were wTthout electric lights,,
falling wires having <made It neces
sary to cut off tho current.
Autos Deserted In Broadway.
On the elevated lines In Manhat
tan. the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn
trains were kept running more fre
quently than usual to prevent the
drifts on the structures from rising
too high. In Broadway automobiles
were left In snowbanks by their cfcauf^
feurs. 3Torses were removed froxw
trucks and wagons. 4 uv