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RECALLS THE WAR OF 60 YEARS AGO Colonel Murphy of New York Kn listed As Ko of Fifteen. Nrw York War between the lii,: ed State and MlXleO In 184H hegnn h a result or a skirmish similar to , , ,,,, ,,,, ,.,,,, H(dlng 1.000.000 lh" ' u,,r hy M,,,'1''l"HM,,ullre miles, or 640.000.000 acres to 1 arriHl upon tlic detachment or Ueneral I'ershlng's forces, it was re called hy a veteran of the first Ma lean war. Colonel Charles J Mur phy .who Is the youngest survivor of that conflict. Colonel Murphy was also a staff officer in the Civil war. On June :i he wii . M yeatr old. At 11 la MM In Wet Ninety-third street', ColOMl Murphy, .ominentlng on the fight ' commlsmlnnfr In Kurope of the I'nlt firrlr.il. In which Captain Charles p( HU(l( ,,ppi)r,mpn, f MpfcaRVN T. Iloy.l and Lieutenant Henry II , e ,,,.,, ,,. American relief Adair of troop H. Tenth cavalry, .., ., ,p Umt, ,,r thP KUHHan MM ui.ii.ng the killed, said: fiun'tie In 1SS1. and at th- re.tiest "The news of the first battle In 0f the Ciar ho was sent by the Ameri Mexico reminds me that the WW Wttl can government to Kussla to show Mexico In 1846-K commenced In a tIH various uses of Indian corn For similar way on April 24. 1S4B. al- this and other services be was deco though there waa not a formal le rated hy Hussia. rlaratlon of war between the two countries. Like the fight with ( ar ranxa's men. it waa an ambuscade for the Americans, and similarly UM Americans were attacked by super lor forces of probably four to one. "Captain Thornton, 1' s army marching at the head of 70 men of the Second dragoons In Texas, fell In to an ambuscade of Mexican regular troops on April 24, IMti. numbei be .ween 300 and 400. After a gal lant resistance he waa killed with 16 member of his command, and 38 were wounded The remainder of the force were taken prisoners In thla fight, as In that at Carrltal It in ay be noted that apparently the ap- proximate numbers of the slain and wounded were the same on both aides." It waa six days later when the Mexlcan attacked Fort Brown, and ,., r.'iMil ed. said Colonel Murphy On May S, lienerul Taylor defeated the MixUuii army of (lenearls Am- pudla and Arista at I'alo Alto. It 1 1 iioi.worthy fact that theae battles were fought without a de- clarallon of war on either .side," coiitinii.'.l Hie colonel "lu.l 110 ,Mou i war was eur' made b either of the two contending repuh- Hi . ..inflict- were followed liv .1 eall for Mi I volunteer liv Pi. dent Polk. More than 65,000 vol inn. . 1 . 1 Hsuolided prompt Iv A I .1 , tparlson of the (Ul furnished , iate witii Hi.- i.r.MMt mobil- l.alloii of the mllltla on Presl.leni Wil on'l call. th.-.-.- tlfmrM are kin en by Colonel Murphy : Alabama, tttt Maryland and In trlct ot Columbia, 1372; Arkansas. 1174; Florida, 280; Missouri, 6441; Ijoorgla. HIT; North Carolina, I l.ii, New link. I Mill, In. liana. IMtj Ohio, r,:i;i4; Iowa. 22B; New I 420: Kentucky, 404, Louisiana 7:14 1; iv.in.vha.iia. .117. Mi.-higun 1071.'. THUNNi UM, M.i-sa.hu Belts, 930; 'iYxuk, 7:'.!M, Mil I -'I'l'i-., and S icohin. 1 1 At that timi' M...o had .1 rei-ulai anus oi 11,111, .111.1 I. .1.1 ..ill.. I mi. 1 Hie Meld an a. I. Ill loll. il force, cbnilv volunteers, of nearly 'Jiiii.ihhi men ( nl. UK I Mlirphv reviewed the de tails of Miiue ot the later battles to show, lie ...11. 1, the tricky act ot lien eral Santa Ana 111 Mill a tlM Bl truce and I IW4WIW to ileti.Tal Taylor for the purpose of iviiik nla ai'inv time to i-.-cape Hie n at the Itamho llueua isla. (.eneral Scott, too. later tound that Santa Ana had violated an armislice of loitii.unn hi. ioiliou and fg infocing his army Siieakmn of Hie final big battle' of that war and the taking of the City of Mexico, Colon el Murphy n-callcd tliese unpi essioiis made upon him at the time "It was no holiday war. It was re plete with toilsome marches, with blistcring uud bleeding feet, through hot sands under a tropical Mill, over Jagged rocka and snowv mountain MfM wl'ere liorse and riders per- labed with cold and exposure It Mo) nided with nameless UaK'ilies. both ill bloody fields near many a amoklug gun, and in Hie deep gloom of fever stricken hospital "lu that memorable war of two years we fought 70 battles and en gagellients wtllloui lilt lioai mra ui a alngle or an American ensign Kn gaged always agalust heavy odd, we bore the honor of our great republic triumphantly on our ever advaiu in swords and bayonets. "I must not forget to mention that the soldiers of the Mexican ariuusa, throughout the whole war. were Ml ... ... . ,. ml 1 I...... .. .. er known to stand n single charge of bayonet. "Mended with patriotic reflections, 1 we protidlv recall the fact that we nir.rclii'd DM I UN mill's through UM country Dl .111 enemy alien to ur In race and language, and performed ' in wound the modexty of women The flamea of no defense less homestead lighted tip our MM (4 march and no matin hymn or veper hells were silenced by nur ruining. "What has heen the result of that victorious war" It acquired for us the rant territories of California, Neva da, Colorado, New Mexico. Idaho. Ari I the I lilted States, nearly doubling Its : area " Colonel Murphy enlisted for the Mexican war when If. ears of age, and served In company I), Seventh ' regiment He was one of the only 1 three staff officers of his rank who 1 received the congressional medal of I honor for services In the civil war In 1S90 Colonel Murphy was a special UNIFORMED RANK OFFER SERVICES An asset for the defense of the Culled States In time of war upon which the government at Washing ton counts with confidence baa been uncovered In the tender of the aer- Mces of the members of the uniform e drank of the Order of Klnghla of I'yt bias, several thousand of whom re drilling every week In the north- west states The uniformed rank was organli- ''! as a reserve force for use wben- aver the country required Ita aer- vires and a w Ire from Supreme (ban- cellor Hrlg 8 Young Indicate that h lias offered the trained form the Knights "The Knights of Pythias In the 011- ly fraternity to receive a charter by apodal act of congress, and It lsun- der precullur obligations to the coun- try." said (in S Moser. chairman of the general committee in charge of the meeting of the supreme lodge w li h 11 s to Portland Auitust I to 10. ''I'lie rratiriiin was organized at about Ho- 0M "f ibi- civil war, uud was conceived as a medium for bringing the South and North to- gether In renewed bonda of friend ship. The great work done by the order along theae lines la reflected from the pagea of Its history, and when the time came 10 cultivate a sentiment in Hie inlnds of the young er generation for the defense of the country and a reverence for the flag of the nation, the uniformed rank was formed. Its members are obligated to the flag, and pledged to Its defenaa Thev are drilled and disciplined men, and v I .lover the president needs tin-in Ml additional soldiers can be lUIIMeled Verv itllckly " Tlie uniformed Knlghta ol Pytliia of W.ialiingtoii and Oregon will no 111 to annual encampment at the Cit Park at Vancouver during the con veiiiiou of the supreme lodge m I'mi land in " It is not vet known how many i..iui.iiiies will nioti.l to the call for the eiu'.inipmi'iit but it . . 1 ...I to loiilain not less than M0 men ..,,,,,, w 1 1 1 be under si lictest in i I i(Hrv rill,,s B. wi( . inspected bv l)1u. ,,,.., ,,,,, .',,,t Vancouver At ,.,,,.,.,, ,urs the public will be ad ,,,,, ,( to (lit- camp companies of t lie uniformed rank wm ,mrtleiate a the great par.nii o ,l(, ,,,.,,, on fijggfjgr the first day ()f 1u, (.1)nvetion, and later In the week will engage In a competitive gj 0n Multnomah field. Attractive prize are to be offered by the gett- era eutertalument committee r'ive thousand suffragettes parad- ed in Cliicago In a heavy rain This, though, by no means signifies that they would go to the polls and vote under like condition. If you failed to counect up with !. l,n.nl ...mi ..ull.ill Vi I II lit If.ist u..v-.. ,- - have the satisfaction of knowing that you are several smokes to the good Take heart, brother, take heart! If voui wife declines to laugh at your Jokes you can still go out In th.- woodshed and roar to your heart's content Keep your head, look both ways, and move forward. You'll get thcie HORSE SAVES SOLDIER'S LIFE Survivor of Carrizal Vivid ly Describes the Battle With Mexicans. Klght to one -these are now said Ul tie the odds against the Americans -ifriiggling at Carrizal. A survivor of the engagement, Sam II Harris, a dusky private of (' o,.n T.nili cavalry, was brought lo the border late Sunday afternoon suf fering from wounds In his left shoul der and arm. From him came the assertion that pitted against the 84 men of the American detachment were fully 700 Mexicans. "To top It off," said Harris, "they had a machine gun and they sur prised u. "We approached them In a peace ful way and never had an Idea that they would try to massacre us. Had we known they wanted to fight, we could have glvcji It to them. I guess they got enough, at that." Harris' troup was entirely sur rounded hy the Carranzlstas, he said. He Heaped, wounded, rrom the cor don the enemy had drawn around the Americans by riding straight through their lines on his charger, which bad also heen wounded. He rode this horse until he fell from loss of blood, and then nabbed, another fleeing animal with which he even-, tuallv caught up with other survivors whom he accompanied to field head-' quarter. Harris' account of the battle ami his escape was expressive and color ful. Tears came to his eyes aa he reeounted the herolr effort of his wounded charger to carry him to aafety. "That horse shure aaved my life," ha said "I want you to know I let It I in see how I appreciated It. "Our troop, with Captain lloyd commanding, had pulled hefore t'ar rlxal. The captain ordered everyone to dismount and we all got down. I was a horse holder and I took charge of some animals while the i ib-r stood at attention "Just before Captain lloyd went forward, my horse got nervous and began to prance around I lost what waa going on, looking after those fool animal. "Next thing I knew the alMOttal hud started I looked around ' . tain lloyd was down and I couldn't aee him I kept on looking There waa easily 700 or those 'greasers'1 around us. They had come right up out of the ground, formed a half cir cle. Our men kept on falling The first shots came treat a much lie gun. It was trained right on us. and, be lieve me, It talked fast. Every few minutes it might have been seconds for all I know It would let up while the operator was putting in more slips. Then you could pick out the clicks of the rifle fire. "It was more than two miuute be fore the Mexicans bud surrounded us. We were right there in the middle, righting like the dickens All around the horses were rearing and pluug- i ing. Kvery little bit a liorse or a : man would get a bullet uud go down. "I couldn't tight for I had to keep! a'l.-r those mounts Pretty Hoon my own horse, a great big fellow, stug- , xered and wh'nnied They had lilt' him in the uei k "I put my bund on the spot where the blood was spouting out It waa then they got me in the shoulder "I lost control of the animal.-, eoiii a total Mj own horse was whinny ing and tugged on his rope. I could aa fellows dropping all around me, and horses were running off, over t lie bodies. We didn't have a allow In the woihl and I saw it I cut the horsea loose uud climbed on the animal, lilt It for the thinnest part of the circle. "I went right through the M. vi cans. My horse brushed two of them out of the way as we charged " I owe my life to that horse sura aa you live. Don't you know that animal was so brave and big hearted that he carried me along for 10 miles before he settled down to a walk. Five miles further on hi leg just gave out and he went down. .Man, I hope you never have to aay good-bye to a liorse like that. .iied lo me that I couldn't leave htm 1 looked back to see if there was anyone following There wasn't so I kuelt down and poured a little water on bis (ougue He was slip ping fast and I Just told him bow sorry 1 was 1 thanked him for the mighty big favor he did" me. Yaa, air, 1 thanked him, like he was a hu man And I guee he understood, for he got that look in hi eyes ani mals have when they are grateful. You kuow "I wauled to stay longer, but he waa about gone, coughing blood. No use my staying, when some of those 'greasers' might catch up and get me I was bleeding, too, and In pain. I thanked him again and said 'good bye.' "I walked and walked. A few miles on I ran onto one of our animals. I jumped him and rode on toward Ool onla Oublan Hefore I got there I ran Into some other survivors and went on together.'' THK OV-RWORKKD LAWMAKING INIHSTIIY. Apart from lt merit, the volume of our legislation Is astounding. Con gress and the state legislatures in clude some 7.000 members. Profe.i or Dicey, the great British student of parliamentary activity, nan poim.-u out that congress and our states an nually enact more legislation than is proposed In the same period by the combined parliaments of Great Itrlt aln, Germany, Austria, Italy and France, representing more than two and a half times our national popula tion. In the last session but one , preceding the outbreak of the pres-' iit war, the llrltlsh parliament re celved 647 legislative proposals and i enacted 23. The sixty-third con gress considered 30,053 hills uml Joint resolutions and enacted 700 The present congress since meeting In December, hns received more than 21,000 legislative proposals. Be tween 1901 and 1816, our stale mid national assemblies enacted 78,748 new statutes Forty-three leglsla-1 turea In aeaslon In 19I4-1A exceeded the record of any preceding year by passing 16.222 bills. 1.066 of which were vetoed, 15.0S5 of which became statute to be printed for the en llgbtenment of lawyer and layman upon some 43,500 pagea. During the past seven years the people of the Culled States have recelvd an average of 12,000 new statutes per annum, the fruit of probably not laaa than three-quarters of a million legislative propoaala, dealing In no small part with production distribu tion, finance, In every circumstance of conduct, supervision, employment and organisation. There are times when one la In clined to the v ew that writing his tory and making It are two different thing. It'a haul to realise that Charles K. Hughes waa once a little shaver Federal Inquiry or Railroad Strike? Faced by demands from the conductor!, engineeri, firemen and brakemen that would impoic on the country .111 additional burden in traniportation coiti of $100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that thii wage problem be settled by reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. With theie employes, whose rllicient lervice is acknowledged, the railroadr have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such a public body. Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of the controversy is as follews: "Our lualtrrnrc hsvt dfmomiratrit that wc rann.it harmoniff our dilfrrrnrri ol opinion isd thai eventually iht iiiattrrt in ronlroveny muet be paiiff.i MM i.v ..tliei and hinirirtft.l agrurifi Therefore, we propote that your prupoaala and the proposition of the railway b aJeaaael ol b one or the oilier of the following meihvdt 1 Prrfeiabli by aubiniaaion lo the lalertiaie I .. miner. c I oniiniaiion, the only tribunal oln.h. by reaaon of ita a. 1 uitiulaled information bearing on raitwav eoaditioaa ami its i-oiurol of the revenue of the railnaye, la in a posi tion to consider and protect the rights and e.jUitirt ..I all the interests affected, and lo provide addiliunal revenue nereseaiv lo meet the added coal of operation in .sir tour proposals are found by the Commission to be usl and reasonable . in 111 the event the Interstate CoOMMMI Commission cannot, under eiisling laws, ai i in the premises, thai we loimly request Congress lo lake sui I. tcnaa 's may be accessary to enable the Commission lo consider lad promptly dispose of the questions involved; or t Uy arbiiiaiiun in accordance with the provisions oi the Federal law" (The Newlanda Act). Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in New York. June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question whether authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike. The Interstate Commerce Commission it proposed by the railroads ai the public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasens: No olber body with such a intimate know -dge of railroad eoaditioaa has such aa uaqucationed posi tion 111 the public confidence The rates the railroad may charge the public for transportation are now largely fixed oy this Govcra 11. cm board Out ol every dollar received by the railroads from the public nearly one-bill ia paid directly to the em A Question For the Public to Decide The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of $100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facti. The single issue kef ore the country is whether this controversy is to ke settled by an impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare. National Conference Committee of the Railway ELISHA LEE. CAeurmeu, P. g AISMIGHT. Osi'lltasM AiUhii. Cssi t.ias ae-ilroa. I. a BAI OWIN. b'M't Ummmnr. Csalrsi ( Georgia Rsilwav. C. I gAROO. Ssa'f W...r. Ntw foek N Haveol rfanUrsl RaihaoeV g H COArMAN. Vtm-fnuiml. gowiSjia Railway, a H rITT flea't . WsSask Railway P. H CMlMtlbV -Sul . New Yaik Csalial Railway THK MlTl,K OR THK OIKI,? Indianapolis Kecerd: John Jones, farmer, went to hla barn one morn ing and found there a brand new mule colt He raised It until It wi.s three years old. when $200 waa of fered for It. Instead of selling It he rented It to the city of Indlanapnll for 8.1 cents a day Including hoard, stall, shoeing and medical attend ance. The mule worked 250 days the first year, earning 1212.50 or I'"'! net after tuxei, etc , were paid Mr .Ioiiph boiiKht another mule will. the 1200 which he also rented to t In city, and at the end of the year he had two mules and $400 cash, which he Invested In two more mules He kept this up 15 years, till his first mule colt was 18 years old at which time he owned .12,767 mules worth an average of $100 each, or $3,276,700. The 19th year they earned him a net Income of $6,553, 400. Alice Allen, daughter of Albert Allen, living across the road from Jones, was born the same day the mule colt registered its first kick Her father fed, clothed and educated her for 17 years at a cost of $126 a year, and then sent her to business college for a year at an expense of $400, making her total cost at 18 years $2625. When she was 18 she got a situation as stenographer and office girl with an Indianapolis business bouse at $8 a week, paying for her own room, board, streetcar fare, shoes, doctor bills and as iinuli clothing as what was left would buy All of which merely shows that some things are different from ot h era. Exchange. Some men arise from the slums, make a few dollars, and then look down upon the source from which they sprung. Their heads Just can't hold them. A Connecticut minister has enter ed a 'i. unit lini factory In order to make a living but Hilly Sunday hurls liquid fire rrom the same old stand Continued fallute on the part of Yuan Shi Kal lo engineer a prepar edness parade marl. him a a rank conservative. Well anyway . Mr Hughes does speak, he uys miuiethlng. Aa lie1 ween Hughes and W Ison there idi mid he no question as to which should deserve to ge: the h-nt vote ployes as wagea; and the money to pay increased wage can come from no other source than the rates paid by the public. The Interstate Commerce Commission, with ita con trol over rates, ia ia position to make a complete iavestigaiioa aad render such dccisioa as would pre lect 1 tic interests of the railroad employee, the owners of Ike railroads, sad tat public. C II hUIIIIOM.nl,uw. Greai Noriaefa Rsilwsy C. H. KWsfclJ ( Afaaaaw. Pkllaaelakis A kasa.aa Railway. at W GRICR. SaoVasls, Trim,,.. Ckeseeaaae A Ohio Railway A. g. GRKIG. 4atr. fa garasaars Si lu,., A Saa Piaaciscw Railraaafl. C. a kOUN. Oas'( Afaaaaw. Aukiaaa. TaoakaA Saela Pa Ratio H. W McMASIRR. Cea'r afaaaaw. WWsliata Lake Ryia ReUiaaA. ' ' eat i What has become of the old fash ioned patriot who used to swear to let hla whisker grow until Bryan was elected president? Do You Need Dishes Come and see ours. 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