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The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
JUSTICE In MEXICO.
LAW OF SISTER REPUBLIC IS
LITERALLY OBEYED.
Methods of Checking Crime and Pun
ishing Wrongdoers Seem Harsh,
but Are Very Effectual-Food-
stuff Monopolies impossible.

Law in Mexico is to be obeyed. not
Interpreted. The Mexican has definite
IDEAS of what he can and can not do
and is certain that if he breaks the
law he will have a heap of trouble.
The wheels of the legal machinery
grind with fearful slowness there,
but the guilty rarely escape and the
innocent who suffer are few and far
between.
The general attitude of the govern
nent toward one who has committed
IN offense is Numerically opposite
to that of the United States, where
man is presumed innocent until
proved guilty. In many respects the
Mexican procedure is that the man is
guilty until proven innocent.
AS an example, upon the commits
sion of a crime the suspected GRIM
inal is placed in a cell, where for
three days he is not allowed to COM
municate with anyone. In those three
days the prosecution is supposed to
have had sufficient time to sift the
evidence against the Suspect" thor
oughly, and not to be baked in this
by the suspects communicating with
friends, who could hide evidence and
generally aid in thwarting the prose-
cution. While this works hardship
on an innocent person it unquestion-
ably prevents many criminals from es-
tablishing an alibi.
On the other hand, the prosecuting
attorney is bound to warn the suspect
against doing anything which will in
crimihate himself and his clearly de-
fined duty is to protect as we'll as
prosecute.
The tedious delays incident TO Sc
curing a jury in the United States are
eliminated in Mexico, where all
crimes are tried before a judge, who
decides the case and whose decision
is generally irrevocable. While many
Of the laws of Mexico may appear to
a citizen of the United States as pc
culiar or absurd, still some of them
are worthy OF consideration.
The law demands that persons ad-
vertising a show or anything must be
able to fulfill the promises of the ad-
vertisement in detail or else suffer
Imprisonment. This bars circuses and
many other flamboyant advertisers
from Mexico. Several years ago a
theatrical company crossed the line
into Mexico from the United States
and posted bills whereon were dis
played an aggregation Of beautiful
women doing wonderful acrobatic
reats. A large audience attended and
while the acrobatic turns were as adj
vertised the women performers were
far from handsome. The show was
stopped at once, all the money re-
funded to the audience and the man.
agement escaped with a heavy fine.
President Diaz has authority by
which a corner in any of the food
stuff market can be checked at once.
If, for example, there should be a
great scarcity of wheat and the price
rose either through the manipulation
Of spectators or by means of a crop
failure to the point where the poor
could not buy it he can at once re-
move all duty upon wheat shipped
into Mexico and as a result the
American producer sends hundreds OF
car loads into the country, obtaining
good prices for 1t and effectually
stopping what might have been sue
cessful corner.
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
Makes Quite a Difference.

Il wouldn't make a confidante Of
May" said the conceited fellow with a
self-satisfied smirk; "she told me you
said you were crazy to marry me. OF
course, she's no friend, if"
NO." interrupted Miss Wise, "and
she's not even good reporter. ]
didn't say l was but should be-"
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21

Philippines, and belonged TO the best
type of American soldier. Without eX-
ception the black policemen whom /
questioned had served either i'm the Brit
ish army or in the Jamaica or Barbados
police. They were evidently contented,
and were doing their work well. Where
possible the policemen are used to con
troll people OF their own color. but IN
any emergency no hesitation Is felt IN
using them indlscriminately.
lnasmuch as so many both or the Whte
and colored employees have brought their
families with them. schools have been
established, the school service being un-
der Mr.. O'Connor. For the white pupils
white American teachers are employed;
for the colored pupils there are also some
white American teachers, one Spanish
teacher, and one colored American teach
er, most of them being colored teachers
from Jamaica, Barbados and ST. Lucia.
The schoolrooms were good, and II was
pleasant thing to see the. pride that the
teachers were taking in their work ana
their pupils
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21

IL is not only natural, but inevitable.
that work as gigantic as this which
has been undertaken on the isthmus
should arouse every species of hostility
and criticism. The conditions are 40 new
and so trying, and the work so vast, that
IL would be absolutely out of the ques-
ton that mistakes should not be made
Checks will occur. Unforeseen difficulties
will arise. From time 20 time seemingly
well-settled plans will have to be
changed. At present 25.0O0 men are en-
gagged on the task. After awhile the
number will be doubled. In such a null
titude IL is inevitable that there should
be here and there scoundrel. Very
many of the poorer class OF laborers lack
the mental development to protect them
selves against either the rascality OF
others OF their own folly. and II is not
possible for human wisdom TO devise
plan by which they can invariably be
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
PRESIDENT ON PANAMA

this honest cornnlaint was tvnical of
what occurred when | investigated most
or the other honest complaints made 10
me. That is, where the complaints
were not made wantonly or malicious
ly, they almost always proved due to
tallure to appreciate the fact that
time was necessary i'm the creation
and completion of this titanic work in
troDic wilderness. II is impossible
10 avoid some mistakes in building
giant canal through undiscovered
mountains and swamps. while at the
same time sanitating tropic cities, and
providing for the feeding and general
care of from 10000 to 10000 workers.
The complaints brought to me, either
OF insufficient provision in caring for
some OF the laborers, or of failure to
finish the paVements of Colon, or of
failure to supply water or of failure
to build wooden sidewalks for the use
of the laborers i'm the rainy season,
on investigation proved, almost with
ont execution. Ia he due merely To the
utter inability of the commission to do
everything at once.
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
Not Natural.

1T seenls sort OF odd that a wheat
trust should ever be successful"
why not?"
Because II goes against the grain"
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
Unjust Criticism.

Care and forethought have been exer-
cised by the commission, and nothing has
reflected more credit upon them than
or to be deferred by the fear of criticism
from not going ahead fast enough. Ii is
curious to note the fact that many of
the most severe critics of the commission
criticise them for precisely opposite rea-
sons, some complaining bitterly that the
The Yale expositor., 1906-12-21
Care of Employees.

Next in importance to the problem of
sanitation and indeed now or equal I'M
portance, is the problem of securing ana
caring for the mechanics, laborers ana
other employees who actually do the work
on the canal and the railroad. This great
task has been under the control or Mr..
been well done. At present there are
some 5000 white employees and some
$4,000 colored employees on the lsthmus.
| went over the different places where
the different kinds of employees were
working! ! think / saw representatives
of every type both at their work ana IN
their homes: and | conVersed with prob
ably a couple of hundred of them all
told. choosing them at random from
every class and including those who came
especially to present certain grievances
olmost invariably expressed far greater
content and satisfaction with the con-
dtions than did those who called TO
make complaint
Nearly 5000 of the white employees had
come from the United states. No man
can see these young, vigorous men
energetically doing their duty without
a thrill of pride in them as Americans.
They represent on the average a high
class. Doubtless 10 congress the wages
paid them will seem high but as mat
ter of fact the only general complaint
which l found had any real basis among
the complaints made To me upon thf
isthmus was that, owing To the pecullu
surroundings, the cost OF living, ana the
distance from home, the wages were
really not as high as they should be. IN
fact, almost every man / spoke TO felt
that he ought to be receiving more
money-a view. however, which the aver
age man who stays at FOmc IN the
United States probably likewise holds
as regards himself. l append figures of
the wages paid, so that the congress gan
judge the matter for itself Later l shall
confer on the subject with certain repre-
sentative laboF-.men here I'm the United
States, as wetl as going over with Mr..
stevens, the comparative wages paid on
the zone and at home; and l may then
communicate my findings to the, canal
committees of the two houses.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
CLEVER CITIZENS
DODG|NG TAXES
NEW WAY OF BEATING THE
CITY AND COUNTY
Many Mortgage Homes to State InstI-
tutIons at Low Rates of Interest,
Thus Escaping Assessor
and Collector

CITY Assessor Evan Lewis has un-
earthed a method of lodging taxes that
speaks creditably for the clever heads
of some of Los Angeles business men,
but not for their honesty. He pre-
sented his discovery to the city at
torney and asked that official what he
could do about it, but there seems to
be no redress for the city.
The method involves the University
of California and the state School OF
Mechanical Arts. According to a de-
cision of the supreme court, mort
cages held by state institutions of this
nature cannot be taxed by either city
or county, nor can the real estate IN
which these mortgages are held be
levied against for revenue. Mr.. Lewis
has found that these two institutions
hold mortgages on Los Angeles real
estate amounting to $780, 900. If 1t was
available for taxation by the city this
amount would put $4,000 into the mu-
nicipal Golfers.
How Scheme Is Worked
The regents o. these two schools take
mortgage on property for the
assessed valuation, which is about sixty
ner cent of it's actual value, at six per
cent ner annum. At the end of the
wear they rebate two per cent, making
The total percentage for the use of this
money but four per cent. They loan
the money of the colleges endowment
funds :,
The borrower secures the use of all
the money he can raise on MS property
at a low rate of interest and absolutely
relieves himself of all taxes. AS the
state institutions are likewise relieved
CT taxes they can afford to loan money
at a low rate of interest.
The plan shows the following re.
suits: On property worth 100000 the
owner ordinarily would be compelled
to pay the city tax rate of $1.2O on
the hundred and the county $1.1O on the
same amount, making total or $23o
on each $100 worth of his property.
The total amount of his taxes would
| thus be $4,000.
He secures the use of this 100000
from the state institution for $4,000
| AS his mortgage relieves him from his
taxes he really pays but the difference
between $4,000 and $4,000 or $1700, all that
| II costs him for the use of 100000 for
q year.
Adds to Bank Account
1t is presumed that a man clever
enough to dodge his taxes through a
state school mortgage would also be
clever enough to put the money he re-
ceives from the mortgage to some good
use and five per cent would be low
rate of income.
At five per cent the money he had
borrowed for four per cent would bring
him an annual return of $4,000 and give
him a net profit of $4,000 or much more
than his taxes would have amounted
to in the first place. Thus he not only
succeeds in defrauding the city but in
adding to his own bank account.
Assistant City Attorney Hewitt de-
clares that so far he has been unable
to find any way in which the law can
reach this class of tax dodgers.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
SOBS AS SHE is SENTENCED
Middle-Aeed Woman, Repentant, Tells
Judge She Will Never Steal
Aoain

Mrs. Minnie Willems, found guilty
of stealing various small articles from
people for whom she had been work.
ing, was sentenced to thirty days in
Jail for her offense yesterday by JUS
tice Chambers.
The woman wept bitterly and told
the police judge that it was the first
time that she had stolen.
This has been a good lesson to me-
Judge. and / will never steal again."
sobbed the woman as she was led
away to begin her sentence.
Mrs. Willems is nearly fifty years of
age.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

has a confiding manner with the barest
acquaintance. He was very much
frightened by his visitor and feared
that O'Connell would carry out his
threat and actually shoot him If he
told how he had been held up and
blackmailed.
The detectives hope to make out a
good case of extortion against O'Con-
nell, who is being held on suspicion
without bail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
SECURES S110 At
POINT OF PISTOL
CHARLES REID HELD UP BY
MAN HE BEFRlENDED
Compelled by Ralph o'connell to Sign
a Check for $40 and a Note for
$1oo-oConneIl in

Charged with compelling Charles
Reid, son of e. W. Reid, a real es-
tate man. to give up a check for $40
and a promissory note for $100 at the
point of a pistol, Ralph O'Connell was
locked up in the city Jail yesterday
afternoon and detectives are working
to secure evidence.
The charge is a sensational one and
according to the father, who has an
office in the Wilson block O'Connell in
gratiated himself into the favor of
young Reid, accompanied him to his
room in the Hotel Wilson and there
compelled the young man to sign a
check for $40 and also make a prom
issory note for 800.
The following morning Charles told
his father about the episode of the
night before and payment on the check
was Immediately stopped.
The check was drawn on the Equit-
able Savings bank at First and Spring
streets and the bank people on being
informed of the story at once notified
the police.
May Secure More Evidence
Although the police say that it will
be hard to convict the defendant on
the uncorroborated testimony of the
alleged victim, it is thought that ad-
ditional evidence will be Forthcoming
and they are seeking for a confederate
of O'ConnelPs.
E. w. Reid was seen by a Herald rep
resentative yesterday afternoon and
asked for an account of the alleged
forcible eXtortion.
my son told me the story Friday
morning." said Mr.. Reid, land I tried
to keep the matter quiet as we did not
care for any notoriety over the af-
fair.
Charlie came to me in great per-
needed $100 that noon to satisfy the
demands of a man he had slept with
the night before.
II questioned him and found that my
son invited this man OConnell to come
up to our office Thursday night, and
after they had been here for several
hours O'Connell said that he lived in
the hill district and would like to stay
down town that night.
Hotel Wilson.
Pointed Revolver at Him
According to what my son tells me,
] the man got up in the night and point
ed a loaded revolver at Charlie, saying
that he would shoot him unless he
gave him some money.
'Cnarue was very lnuCn frightened
and got out of bed and signed check
for $40 and also made out a one-day
note for 500.
'The man left shortly after and
Charlie did not inform us until Fri
day morning.
II told him to stop payment on the
check and that would see this man
myself and settle with him. 1 was
not afraid of the fellow but my son
is rather nervous, being an inexperi-
enced boy in such affairs.
"1'he bank people at once told the
police and O'Connell was ar
rested before he could come to our
office for the payment on the note.
am sorry for 1 think that the reception
that he would have received would
have been a warm one.
Tried to Keep Story Quiet
"I did not want the story to get into
the papers but now that you know the
story make it as light on my boy as
possible"
Although about "a years of age,
Charles Reid is said to be utterly ig-
norant Of the seamy side of life. and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
ASKS $4,000 FOR INJURIES

Fred A. Munta brought suit in the
United States circuit court yesterday
against the Salt Lake railroad to re-
cover $4,000 damages for injuries re-
ceived by Mrs. Munta in railroad ac-
cident near Rowland on February 1.
The cast was originally filed in the
superior court but was transferred to
the circuit court because the defendant
is q foreign corporation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
SCHALL PROVES INNOCENCE
Convinces Texas Court That He Did
Not Raise Check-Returns
to Los Angeles

Edward Schall returned yesterday
from San Antonio, Tex, where he was
taken on a fugitive warrant charging
him with raising a check. He was able
to prove his innocence of the charge
and came back to this city to assume
a position at downtown hotel.
He said that his former partner in
San Antonio was responsible for his
arrest on a trumped up charge and
that the Texas courts gave him his re-
lease after the preliminary examination.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
Tried to Keep Story Quiet

II did not want the story to get into
the papers but now that you know the
story make it as light on my boy as
possible"
Although about "a years of age,
Charles Reid is said to be utterly ig-
norant of the seamy side of life. and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

The Herald Will sell you sS5 worth of
records and GIVE you a six months
subscription to The Herald and a $26
Talk-o-Phone absolutely free.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02

back to the classics. This may be
plausible, foor at no time in our
HISTORY has there been SO much
INTELLECTUAL imptyniss, or SO nanny
fizzycal defects.
Contrary to electric bilt tlsty-
monials there is no. perfect man,
an there niver will be, because the
last wan died at the close av the
third cintury. In five thousand
years the airth will be overrun
wild vampires in human foorm an
livery day, livery mint, we are un-
consciously incraysin' our impit-
uosity towards that ind. Our
moorals allrldy hang on the brink
av destruction, an whin they go,
intillygince, our only savin' power,
goes wild thin. Win this comes
to pass the haythen anthropophagi
.av the East will be saints COM
pared to the bloodthirsty white
savage, who, in fear an anguish,
tears himsilf in shrids while an
avalanche av madnlss overshadows
a vance great land.
Tiz distiny that is comm
befoor it's time, a fate that human
powers cannot avoid, much liss
resist. an whin it comes the fall
will be more rapid than the rize
liver was. We may not take the
same root back, or raysimble the
foorms we vance did, but we will
ultimately reach the jilly fish
stage agin, to slumber in the ooze .
an slime like our innicint pro-
ginytor av triIlion cinturies ago.
Az nature builded, so.will she
tear asunder, while that puny
diminutive thing called man stands
appalled, at the awful grandeur,
an in the cowardice av his heart
shrakes an scrames for hip to
power he knows not. E. E. H.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02

disobeyed them. The sergeants
are the backbone d regiment
He would have discipline, if he
had to court martial every sergeant
in the regiment, and create new
ones. And much more in the
same strain. Finally he said that.
owing to the excellent character
they had hitherto shown, he
would content himself with admin
istering d severe reprimand.
Talk about a load being lifted
from their minds. Pierce and
Barton felt like new men, as they
marched out of that orderly room
and resumed their caps and side
armies. Their friends were con-
graduating them, when the Ser
geant Major interrupted to say,
that the Colonel wanted to see
them again. They went inside,
and found Colonel Gordon all
alone.
"Boys," he said, "this is not the
orderIy-room now. [ want to
thank you for what you did last
night. Only a husband and father
can appreciate how I feel with re-
gard to your brave rescue of my
wife and daughter. 1t was fortu-
nate for me that you were there,
when you were, and whenever you
want a pass in the future, you
may rely upon getting it. The
quartermaster will supply you with
new uniforms. That is all. 0, l
forgot. Mrs. Gordon and Grace
wish to see you. You had better
go over to the house now"
That night, in the messroom,
they toasted the Colonel and sang:
For he's a jolly good fellow
L. r. j.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02
sses. I guess it's court-martial

passes. guess it's court-martial
for ours"
They wsre admitted by the SEN
try and entered the guardhouse.
Pierce addressed Waters, the SER
geant, in low tone. After telling
of their experience, he said: "You
must report us as coming in late
without passes, for the Colonel
will be sure to know anyway and
it will keep you out of trouble"
So Waters made the report and
shortly after reveille Pierce and
Barton we're placed under arrest.
They realized that there was no
excuse to be made. They had de-
liberately broken the regulations,
and after being refused passes.
If they had saved the, king him.
self, it could not mitigate their
offense. Military regulations are
too sacred to be broken on any
pretext whatever, and when there
is no pretext, the crime is doubly
helnous.
The Colonel held orderly room
at ten o'clock, and after disposing
of several minor cases, the two
sergeants were marched before
him, heads bare without side-arms,
and under escort. The adjutant
read the charges. Sergeant Waters
gave his evidence, as to the time
of the prisoners return and as to
the lack of passes. The Colonel
asked them if they had anything
to say.
Nothing sill" they both replied.
Then the Colonel made long
speech-for him. He expatiated
on the necessity for discipline, and
how the men could not be expected
to obey orders if their sergeants
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02
SynonymS--Th Use.
Taken from q. F. Graham's book on
English Synonyms"
To Raase-T0 Lift.

To raise is to place upright. TO
lift is to take from the ground.
That which is lifted is no longer
in contact with it's under support.
What is raised stands erect, but
still touches the ground. If we
lift child who has fallen, we take
him in our arms; if we raise child
who has fallen, we make him stand
on his legs. In secondary sense,
the same difference exists. Devo-
ton lifts the soul to heaven.
"This gentleman came to be raised
to great titles.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02
Muldoon on Origin and Destiny Of Man.

~ AAN~S3 49, ~OOONO SOF 49,
an gradually crack into two dis
tink oorganisms. To the Dist av
me belafe thin same crawlers- are
our first antsisters, tho, as far as
that goes, wan thayory is as full
av trooth as the Mkt.
Accordin' to science, the first
man waz tadpole an the mkt
wan frog, while the two follyin'
wur ayther sharks or devil fish,
opinion bein' divided. Strange as
such a change may seem there is
nothing thaumaturgical CONNECTED
wild it, while as a phaynomeny, it
is liss Extraordinary than the an
alogy that ixists betwane the cat
typillar an booterhy. The ixtint
av the modification that actually
tux place befoor we wur migalo-
sawruses, is beyant mortal COM
prehinslon, an foor that raison I
behave mesilf joostyfied in omittin'
the loorid details av the life we
lived. Thayoritically spakin', our
DESCENT from the dinosaur to the
prisint-day ape comprised twilve
millyun changes in bone an tissue
an tux nine billyun years befoor
the complate article waz ridy foor
the market. Comparln' the fin
ished product wild the lingth av
time, 1 wud say that, if we had
amy good points we lost thin all
in transit; ESPECIALLY, whin machin-
cry turns out our handsome froonts
an compilations.
AS we gaze on the result av ages
we are shocked full av disgust, foor
wild the possible ixciption av cam
els an orang-ootangs, the human
bipid presints the oogliest panny-
rawmy av amy craytherin natures
alboom. Az coorse, indyvidjooally
in our own eyes we are the
quintisscince av symmitrical per-
fiction, at the same time no hilthy
man can lux himsilf in the face an
conscientiously recognize beauty
there. He may imagine it, do yez
mind, an he might fool payple
ooglier than himsilf, but whin it
comes to dimonstratin' it wild sci
entifc proof, he findsit adeloosion
an q visionary fake. Shure. how
can we ixpict facial adoornmint or
graceful awnbonpawn wild such
outrageous pidal ixtrimyties asthe
fully grown adoolt manny6stsP /
dunno, unliss the race is recaydin'