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VOLUME VII!. CLAYTON, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1915. ' NUMBER 25.
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4ilYAN Al GERMAN-AMERICANS
Is U'. n. Playing Shrewd Political
Game? Nentrality of United
States Must be Maintained.1
Forinor Secretary of State Bryan
has done a distinct service to the
country by, his timely and clear let
ter to the Grman-Americans. For
quite a while, the feeling has been
growing that the administration was
, favoring the allies. So bitter had the
feeling become that an effort was
being mudo to line up a German
American sentiment against the prea
ident with a view to )iis defeat in
19K), should he be the democratic
nominee. Letters have been sent
from the, "Fatherland," a German
American publication, to German
Americans in every part of the coun
try asking how many of them voted
rr Wilson, and how many votes
lue C-rnian-Americans could ín
ilrrr.yd In the next election .
AH of this was because the presi
dent would not undertake to stop
the shipment of ammunition to the
allies. Mr. Bryan shows clearly why
such shipments cannot be hindered
during the existance of the war. One
cannot change international law now.
To do so would amount to hostility
to Gwat Britian, France, Russia and
Italy, nations which did not accum
ulate munitions in peace, as Ger
' "íñány did.
The right to sell munitions of war
ti belligerents is w
Mnfcilleally so in ' the
tween this country and Germany.
Germany has sold artillery, rilles
and ammunition freely in every
modern war sold them to Spain
while the Spanish-American war
was in progress and the United
States entered no protest, because
to have done so would have been to
protest against a well-t-stablished
principle of international law. Ger
many would sell munitions now to
any belligerent were she neutral in
stead of bein engaged in war.
When the war began, Germany
had a fujl supply of munitions of the
material on hand for' their manu
facture, and she caught the allies
unprepared. But her ahvantage was
offset to some extent by the fact that
the allies had command of the seas
and could import munitions from
America factories.
Military experts believe that the
Austro-Germun drive in Galicia, now
going on, has succeeded largely be
cause Hussia, her Artie ports shut
off by ice until r -cently, and her
long trans-Siberian railroad line
congested by extra burdens put up
on it, has been unable to get muni
tions. As Mr. Bryan points out clearly,
it is no part of the duty of the Unit
ed States as a neutral to give Ger
many the same opportunity to over
come her enemies on her western
front. The markets of the United
States are open to the world. Any
one may buy here if he has the
money or the credit. That is true
neutrality. Also as Mr. Bryan points
out, international law cannot be
changed while the war is going on.
To do so would be to put us in the
attitude of allying ourselves with
one combatant against another.
It is to be hoped that Mr. Bryan's
letter to German-American citizens
will be understood clearly and that
it will stop all the foolish talk of a
German-American alliance against
the president. Hyphenated politics
is wrong always, and generally re
acts upon thoss who promote it
As Felix Martinez pointed out in
his commencement address at the
state university some weeks ago, the
effort to promote a Spanish-Ameri
can influence in New Mexico cannot
be other than ruinous to the Spanish-American
people in the state..
Should a German-American group
be formed against President Wilson,
it would solidify all other voters for
him and he would be re-elected by
every vote of the electoral college
Should the men who are trying to
from a Snani.sh-American group in
New Mexico succeed to any danger
ous extent they would merely Solid
ify the Anglo-American vote against
them, could not hold their own vote,
and the result would be that :sew
Mexico would be as solidly demo
cratic as Arizona is.
The German-American movement
is foolish, and the Spanish-American
movement in New Mexico is
suicidal. The men of brain of both
races understand it so. Albuquer
que Journal.
Xew Mexico at San Diego
San Diego, California, June 15th,
1915. Following is a brief summary
of the daily reports of tho New
Mexico Building for the week end
ing Saturday, June 5th.
Monday was the biggest day in the
history of the building. Fully 7000
people visited the building on that
day. Over 1200 listening to the lec
ture program which covered the en
tire state. We distributed over 5000
pieces of literature that day. Over
300 cards requesting more informa
tion were lllled out. These names
will be sent to all parts of the state.
Attendance for tho week was ap
proximately 11,000. The attendance
at the lectures averages 20 people
per lecture. We are now giving 52
separate and distinct lectures cov
ering every section of the state. The
program repeats twice a week, how
ever, we often give special lectures
for people who are interested and
have not the time to visit the build
ing again.
Tuesday night the auditorium was
I packed to capacity. Dr. A. L. Kroe-
11 recognized I department of Anthropology,
,,,, h ! University of California, lectured on
iridLy ut":..Ti.rjiin,.i, rln" rin Wort.
nesday afternoon Mrs. Isa Maud
I lsen, 'lectured on Thos. A. Edison.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. Grace Duf
fle Boylan of Chicago; delighted
capacity audience with her splen
did recitations and character studies
Hon. A. A. Jones of Las Vegas,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
'. and many other prominent men and
; women visited the building buring
the week. Ninety six New Mexico
people registered during the week.
They were all greatly pleased with
the wonderful disnlay made here
j and the courteous and business like
! manner in which the work is being
, conducted.
I We sent out over 500 letters dur-
ing the week, to all Commercial
I Clubs, newspapers, interested par
ties, etc- in the state and elsewhere.
These letters contained reports and
lists of people who are interested in
New Mexico.
A very successful week closed
Saturday at 5: 40 p. m.
Baptist Services t
for Sunday, June 20, 1915
9:15 a. m. Sunday School.
11:00 a. in. Morning worship, "The
Transformed Life."
2:00 p. in. Junior B. Y .P. U.
7:00 p. m. Senior B. Y. P. U.
7:15 p. m. Evening sermon, "God's
Own Love."
Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evening.
J. 0. Herrin, Pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Cavanaugh, of
near orcnviue, were L,iayun visit
ors Thursday.
H. E. Pace of near Seneca, -was a
business visitor and trader in the
ily Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Bivens -mad"
a trip to Clayton in their car Friday,
to visit with friends.
Mis. Paz Val verde left Friday for
V
a trip to an i-rancisco, an uiego,
and other California points. She
will be accompanied by her niece
Miss Ireiie Bear, of Pueblo, Colo.
, Methmllst Notes v
9:15 a. n Sunday School
10:45 a. in. Morning worship. Ser
mon by the pastor, and reception
of members into the church.
3:00 i. in. Preaching at Apache
Valley school house.
8.00 p. ut. Evening worship and
sermon. Sido by Miss McWhond.
Preaching, at- Mountain View
school house on Wednesday even
ing, June 23, at 8:00 p. m.
Bible study on Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'clock,
Hay Spotts Dum, Minister
The n-'wsy paper i. 00 per year.
CALL FOIl MASS MEETING
.
At a meeting of the Board of J
Education of Clayton in con-.
junction with the Business 1
Mens Association and citizens J
of School District No. 1, held
Wednesday evening, June 10,
1915, a resoultion was passed J
asking that a Mass Meeting of
the citizens of this district be
held at tho courthouse on
Tuesday evening, June 22, 1915,
at 8 o'clock.
The purpose of this Mass J
Meeting is to let the people
know the needs of th epublic
schools of this district, and why J
a $50,000 bond issue is ncses-
sary to meet those needs, and
to show w hat the money is to J
be expended for
The School Hoard, with i oun-
ty Superintendent II. H. Errett J
as spokesman, will be present
to explain tho sitnation.
All citizens of School Dis
trict No. 1 are urged to be pre-
sent.
PAZ VALVE P. DE
W. C. BAUNHAHT
S. M. EDMONDSON,
Committee
State Capital News
Santa Fe, N. M, Juno 17, As the
counties begin reporting the total
assessed Valuation it becomes more
certain than ever that under the
workings of the new tax law, known
generally as the "Bursum" act, the
state will be short something like
twenty-five per cent. This, will
force such increases of valuations
on the different classes of property
as will bring the total assessed val
uation up to the required amount.
The seriousness of the .situation is
more generally recognized when it.
is known that the shortage of val
uation now expected ' will be one
hundred millions of dollars.
The total assessed valuation of the
state for 1911 was about $.70,000,000,
while the levy was on one-third of
that amount, This year, according
to the provisions of the Bursum act,
the levy will be against the full
valuation, and it "is obligatory that
the full value of all property be
given. With the various restrictions
of the law considered, it will be nec
essary to have a full valuation of
more than four hundred millions
this year to meet tho requirements
of the stale government and the va
rious other appropriations made by
the legislature.
With this startling situation con
fronting the tax payer the peculiar
ities of some of tfie legislation im
posed upon the people at the last
sessin of the legislature. The most
expensive, as a matter of course, is
the county salary bill, which will
undoubtedly increase the cost of the
county officials to the tax payers
over the fee system, and because
the fees of the past three years were
not sufficient to meet the salary
paymnts some of the counties have
already been forced to issue certi
ficates of indebtedness to pay their
officials. Under the new law the
valuations will be so increased that
by 1917 it is expected that at least
twenty of the counties of the state
will advance into a higher class for
county salary purposes, which means
ut least one hundred thousand dol
lyars more for the tax payer to
meet
And besides the numerous other
extravagances, indulged iti by the
legislature, there is the law book
printing deal, whereby the New
, Mexico tax payers are forced to pay
' thirty-five thusand dollars for al
most' seventeen , thousand dollars
worth of printing. In addition to
that the same legislature appropri
ated two thousand dollars to a rep
ublican lawyer of Albuquerque to
translate the codification, and the
translating laready made, and be
fore paid for by the taxpayers, all
all the lawyers so favored has to do
is to paste up the printed pages for
the printer. But the taxpayer pays
for it just like
a translation at a
fancy price.
And then the slate traveling aud
itor and the traveling auditor and
bank exeminer mix-up has cost the
tax payers some money, and prom
ises to cost more.
The legislature itself expended
nearly fifty thousand dollars in all,
much of it going for political horse
plays, liktj the Las Cruces bank fail
ure examination; employees and
little side-grafts, and there was the
perfectly useless insurance commis
sioner, with a more useless ofllce
force with absolutely nothing to do,
which was an expensive bit of leg
islatingfor the tax payers.
All these things are attracting the
attention of the men who pay tho
bills, and from the way they are
taking it there is likely to be a shak
ing up of old bones in the republi
can party at the next state conven
ion. .
Candidates for the democratic
nominations will be numerous be
fore the next state convention, and
for some of the offices there will be
struggles. Tho attorney general has
opened the way for more contests in
both conventions by rendering an
opinion to the effect that the re
cently adopted amendment to the
constitution will permit all officials
to succeed themselves, and there is
a strong chance that a number, both
ate and count
themselves in line.
U. E. S. Banquet
A very enjoyable affair was the
banquet given by the ladies of the
Eastern Star, to their husbands and
friends at the Masonic Lodge room,
Monday evening. Excellent music
was furnished by the orchestra un
der the direction of Mr. E. C. Bris
tol. The tables were beautifully
decorated with roses, and all did
ample justice to the supper, which
consisted of roast turkey and beef,
hot rolls, salids, pickles, cake, sher
bet, coffee and iced tea.
About sixty were present and all
expressed themselves as having had
a very delightful evening.
$10.00 REWARD
For the return of my black mare
weighing 1000 pounds and bavin,.'
p roaehed inane 'villi a large win.1
ripe in her face. Sii strayed hwuy
trim my place May 30th. Iin rma
lion leading to her recovery will be
1 nerally rewarded.
L. K. WHITAKEI'..
lf..rringtop, N. M.
Wanted. Girl for general house
work. Inquire at this office. 25-lt.
D. I)oininguez of near Atencio, at
tended to business in the city Thurs
day and Friday.
O. W. Smith of near Mt Dora, at
tended to business in the county
seat Thursday.
See G. C. Smith before you buy
that buggy. He is agent for the best
rig on the market tf
County ClerK Juan J. Diiran spent
Wednesday and Thursday at his
ranch on the Pinabetis.
lwm tliipntv nr ie.p erenm hnn
gry go to the City Drug Store. It's
their business to give relief. s'
Mrf. and Mrs. W. Scott of the
Otto neighborhood, vere trading and
shopping in the city Tuesday,
v"Mr. and Mrs. E. U. Jacobs of near
Grenville, were in the city Thurs
day trading and looking after busi
ness. Julian Mestas of near Cuates, a
particular friend of 'The' New man,
was in the city Thursday and Fri
day. Harry Rieke. a New Mexican and
News reader who is forced to tho
necesity of gelling his mail at Cor
lena, Texas was here the forepart of
the week trading and looking after
business.
2,11G,000 MEN SLAIN AH TOLD
Appalling Loss of Lives In Worlds
Greatest War. Itussiuns are Big
gest Losers.
v Figures on the losses of the prin
cipal powers engaged in the war,
furnished by the Red Cross society
and made public today by Dr. K.
Ziegler, the imperial Gcrmon con
sul in this city, illustrate the im
mensity of the conflict now rag
ing in Europe, Asia and Africa.
These figures constitute the first
authentic information regarding the
losses suffered by Tho powers since
the beginning of hostilities. Tho
total killed in the first six months'
fighting is 2,110,000, divided as fol
lows: Germany, 182,000; Austria,
311,000; France, 401,000; England,
11(5,000; Russia, 733,000.
The losses of tho Belgians, Mont
enegrins, Turks and Japs are not
included in the summary, exact fig
ures not having been obtainable.
The Hed Cross figures show that
every day of the war, up to March
1, tho losses of all countries engaged
averaged 41,300, divided as follows:
Dead 10,110; wounded 23,000, and
prisoners, ,;ioo. rue toiai losses or
the allies averaged 28,000 daily,
while those of the central powers,
Germany and Austria-Hungary, av-
raged 13,300 a day.
The State Fair
New Mexico is to have a real state
fair this year, a larger and bigger
fair than has ever before been
dreamed of in this slate. While it is
impossible to secure as large exhib
it as some of the state fairs in the
thickly populated sections of the
country, the New Mexico fair this
year will bu as excellent in all lines
as the largest of tho stale exposi
tions. What absolutely insures such a
fay; is the fact that R. E. Putney of
Albuquerque,' lias been Secured to
take the presidency of the state fair
commission. Mr. Putney is the man
who led the Y. M. C. A. movement in'
Albuqu.erque last fall when under
I Ins 'never give up
leadership $75,-
000 was raised in one week, Mr. Put
ney giving $12,000 to the campaign.
He is known as a man who never
goes alter success wiinout securing
it. Once' interested in a project, he
gives it his entire attention and en
thusiasm, just as he is giving them
to the 1915 state fair.
In accepting a position on the fair
commission, Mr. Putney said that
New Mexico will have a fair this
year of heretofore unknown pro
portions and excellence. "I tell you
we are going to have a humdinger
fair. There will bo no deficit when
this fair is over, and everyone will
be satisfied. We are going to make
the fair a state-wide institution and
we are going to give the people their
money's worth at the gate. I am go
ing to give my best efforts to this
fair and my time so that when it is
over the entire state can feel proud
of its fair and be glad that it partici
pated." Associated with Mr. Putney on
the commission is H. II. Betts of
Silver City and C. . Scheurich of
Clovis. These gentlemen aro welU
known for their ability and willing
ness to sacrifice their personal in
terests for the publio good. They,
also, said that they are going to give
their best efforts for the 1915 fair.
R. W. Wiley has been chosen for
the secretaryship of the fair, insur
ing that the one who will have
charge of Ihe details is entirely
competent Mr. Wiley has handled
some large fairs in the past in Cal
ifornia and knows every require
ment for a real fair. He is at pre
sent lining up the biggest and best
attractions in the United States for
the New Mexico fair and he promis
es "one week of joy and madness"
for the fair visitors during the days
of the fair which will open Octob
er 11th. .
All rubber goods, drugs and drug
sundries at tho City Drug Store.
When in doubt of the truth, sub
scribe for The News, the popular
paper, it will convince you.