MEXICANS BESTIR THEMSELVES f
'+ TO PUT AN END TO OUTRAGES;
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Admit That Firing on American Airplane Was Un
warranted, Though Claiming It Was on Mexi
can Territory—Americans Charged with
Being Inconsiderate to Mexicans
LAREDO, Texas, Kept. 4 (by Associated Press).—The
Mexican consul reports that the Carranzistas who fired upon
the American aviators on Tuesday last were within Mexican
territory at the time. He said, however, that the firing was
unwarranted, and that the men probably would be disciplined.
The admission of the Mexican authorities that Carranza
soldiers fired upon the American airplane is believed to have
eliminated the possibility of immediate American retaliation.
The army authorities are putting the situation up to Wash
ington for diplomatic procedure.
A Question of Fact
»
SAX ANTONIO, Texas, Kept, 4 (by Associated Press).—
It has been learned unofficially that the American airplane
which was attacked b ytlie Mexican federals was over American
1 territory when fired upon.
Contradicts Mexican Story
WASHINGTON, Kept. 4 (by Associated Press).—Major
Hickman, commanding the Southern department, reports to
the war department that the American airplane which the Mex
icans fired upon was at no time over Mexican territory. The
Mexicans claim the machine crossed the boundary.
Mexico at Last Stirs Herself
WASHINGTON, Kept. 4 (by Associated Press).—The
f Mexican embassy announces that five outlaws who were re
sponsible for the murder of John Correll, an American, have
been arrested and will be tried at Tampico.
Unnecessary Provocation
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Sept. 4 (by Associated Press).—Two
American airplanes dew over this city yesterday and disap
peared toward the northeast. Numerous protests are being
made against what is considered unnecessary provocation of
the Mexicans by the Americans.
THE SOLDIER VOTE AGAIN
To the Cordova Daily Times:
I congratulate the Times iand T. J.
Donohoe on their skill in side
stepping. I stated in the Times that
the courts and congress have univer
sally decided that a soldier—officer or
private—can vote only where he en
listed. Back comes the Times and
argues that this should not be so.
Comes also Mr. Donohoe and chal
f lenges me to cite any law of congress
or the Alaska legislature which for
bids a signal corps man in Alaska to
vote.
1 concede that there is no such
law. Neither is there any law that
prohibits a Methodist, Presbyterian
or Catholic from voting. The laws
only state who can vote. The pro
hibition lies in the construction the
courts and congress have always
given the term residence as applied
to a soldier. I am not setting myself
up as authority but only citing au
thority. The following from the re
port of house committee on electiois
No. 3 on the Wickersham-Sulzer case
in the last congress ought to be suffi
cient:
“In the case of an officer or en
listed men in the military estab
lishment his domicile during his
continuance in the service is the
domicile or residence which he
had when he received his ap
pointment as an officer or entered
into an enlistment contract with
the United States. This resi
t 4
dence or domicile does not
change while the officer remains
in the military service, as his
movements as an officer are due
to military orders; and his res
idence, so long as it results from
the operation of such orders, is
constrained, a form of residence
that works no change in domi
cile.”
Citing ‘Digest of Opinions of the
Judge Advocate General of the Army
Howland,” pages 976, 977, 978, the
opinion further quotes from McCrary
on Elections, page 70:
Sec. 90.—The fact that an elec
tor is a soldier in the army of the
United States does not disqualify
him from voting at his place of
residence, but he cannot acquire
a residence, so as to qualify him
as a voter by being stationed at
a military post while in the ser
vice of the United States.
Sec. 91.—Soldiers in the United
% States army cannot acquire a res
idence by being long quartered
in a particular place, and though
upon being discharged from the
service they reman in the place
where they have been previously
quartered, if a year’s residence
is required as a qualification for
voting, they must remain there
one year from the date of dis
charge before acquiring the right
to vote.
The committee also cited Hinds’
Precedents, vol. 2, pages 70-71; sec
tion 876, Taylor vs. Reading, Forty
first Congress.
The committee took up the Sulzer
contention that “these soldiers had
already shown their purpose and have
I established their residence in Alas
! lea,” and answered:
“This argument seems to be
based upon the assumption that
the soldier or officer in the mili
tary service sent under orders
away from the state of his
original domicile and stationed
in another state, while subject to
the orders of his superiors, can
have and exercise voluntarily and
in his own right the requisite in
tention necessary to effect a
change in domicile.
“Without stopping to discuss the
public policy of approving here
and establishing a rule of this
kind, it is sufficient to say that the
law and authorities are in practi
cal harmony and are all the other
way.”
I commend to you and Mr. Donohoe
this last statement, concurred in
unanimously by the election commit
tee, composed mostly of lawyers and
with a Democratic majority, and ap
proved by a Democratic house by a
vote of 229 to 64.
In 1870 the United States senate
refused to seat Gen Ames, elected a
senator from Mississippi while sta
tioned there as an officer of the
United States army. He was a Re
publican and the senate was over
whelmingly Republican, but the judi
ciary committee reported against him
for reasons thus stated by Roscoe
Conkling:
“He wrent to Mississippi in obe
dience to military orders; he re
mained there in obedience to mil
itary orders, never having been
in Mississippi previously, so far
as the committee knows. The
committee was required to an
swer this question, ‘Was General
Ames, wThen elected, an inhabitant
of the state of Mississippi?’”
The judiciary committee answered
“No.” Young men of this generation
may not know' that Conkling was one
of the ablest lawyers as wrell as one
of the ablest men that ever sat in
the senate, and that Judge McCrary,
\ ho w'Tote the quoted book on Elec
tions, wras. one of the great lawyers
of his generation. 1 leave the Times
and Mr. Donohoe to fight out with
them and with the lawyers of the last
house the question of law involved.
E. E. RITCHIE.
LEE MAGEE MAKING BIG HIT
His Versatility Makes Him Tremen
dous Asset to Chicago Team—
Can Play Any Position.
Lee Magee has made a big hit with
the Cub fans. He is the type of ball
player who would make good in any
town, being aggressive, decidedly active
and playing the game for all it is
Lee Magee.
worth. His versatility makes him a
tremendous asset. He is capable of
playing any position on the diamond
except pitch and catch. In hitting he
ranks better than the average because
of his ability to operate from either
side of the plate and also because of
his speed. Magee is expected to be
in the Cub batting order as a regular
for the rest of the season.
CARDINAL MERCIER
Cardinal Mercicr, archbishop of j
Reims, is expected to visit America
AOTTS of the
DiAMOM)
Hal Chase has started hitting.
* * *
Sicking, shortstop for the Phillies, is
some base stealer.
* * *
Joe Jackson, in spite of his age, re
mains a fast fielder.
* * *
Arthur Sparks continues to he Tul
sa’s best pitching bet.
* * *
Lees, the young catcher obtained
from the White Sox, looks and acts
bike Ray Schalk.
* * *
Maranville is still catching fly balls
in the “pocket glove” style, with hands
pressed to his belt.
* * *
! .Tosh Devore, veteran major league
player, has been unconditionally re
leased by Indianapolis.
* * =i«
Roy Corhan is back in the lineup
of the San Francisco Seals after a
layoff due to an injury.
* * *
The wonder is how Scott Perry can
keep up his courage pitching for a
gang of misfits like the A’s.
* * * l
Conimander Cravath threatens to do
all in his power to deprive the Phillies
of their amateur standing.
* * *
Oharritv is a handy gent tyo have
around. He plays first, the outfield or
behind the bat, and docs all well.
* * *
Tony Boeckel, not good enough for
Pittsburgh, has won the third-base job
with the Boston Braves.
R. Blix of Copper Center was an ar
rival on today’s train.
A1 Smith of Slate creek, is in the
> city.
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