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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19
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Rich liln Lodge No. A q A.
II. meets Pad aud fth Nouinv uirpts
iii. Al. Rali. ~ a. s. a. Nlue.
Sec'y.
Rich HMi Lodge $40 tl2 4 %, %. r..
meet every Friley night-p e..
Rogers. n. q q 50 Tcaly s
Rich um Lpdu So. ,l of
meets every Teesday uishf~ 1uuu
Couueuy. q, a.. D. ha+ton ~ oi
H. and s.
Usage Lodge So ~ s. niP meets
every Monday nighu Frutsau hel-o
g. G., Joe nolluan, Is of D. nnd E
Rich IN Cnmp $50 lail 3 81 Az,
meets every Thursday pignt-W ~.
Cheyorton, C;l.N Martin Clerk
Pine Camp 80 80, ~ o. NJ mccts
every Friday nlght~Wm Davis go
WIN, Richardson, Ocrk.
Rich IAN Lodge 30 io1d 81 f q,
Elks. meet ist and 2rd Wednesday OF
each month-u ~ Geiger. H. e.
seymour Williamson Nee}
Victoria Camp SO is Rowe
Nslshbors oi AiueT,aa, meets CAD
aud lth Monday nights in y of r.
eSa) Han.-Mrs D. h Hickey or.
acle. MISS Emmu Fry hecorier
Rich nm Lodge A"b Select
knights aud Ladies meets ana aud
tsh Friday EVENINGS ~ a. theFel-
ton Prs.. ~ a. Mycriey sys
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19

Squire g. A, Hjmbrough lss,
Thursday night performed he
ceremony which made liza Cain
and Miss Maud FraukenHeld,
both ot this city, man and wife.
The young coaple lase tle best
wishes 90 theis mbny friends io
this city Tae Tribune extends
congratulations
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19
Ruusvay saturday.

Quite p lively runaway occarr
ed on Park Ave- Saturday. A
couple Of small boys were back
ing one OF A. C. Gates delivery
wagons when il turned over aOa
the horses ran away. They were
stripped before they had run a
block The wagon was consider
ably tern up but no one was ia
iarel.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19

Carl Geuch w.m hos been
managing the 6cneh siore iu
Butler tle pa1 lbre. weeks fe-
turned e. Rich Hil ,lis part 81
last week Tie was accompaued
by his has gssc s@d nieee Miss
Selma Gench and Miss Jsanisa
Reeve.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19

Rich ilin Council No. PISA, America
onliu mcc's every Tuesday night
Dan basorc. Forrest Kerns
Rtea van camp No a5S, A. q. T.. ~.
mcrt let end srd. friday night oI
rfr wuuth-L Rlsck. A. W. VIM.
Winston, scc'y
Royal Arch Chapter A. F.&A N.
So hos meets first Wednesday nleht
So each aiouth. Il n uulett, Il. Il
- b. Hickey, secy
order 81 Essiern star. mcnts g,l,I
aud lth ruesicy nights la each
month-Mn o. a neiamater, ".
So AIRS o. II. Williams secy.
Rich nan Council no Sts. Knight.
end ladlss 90 security, meets the Isl
aud 3rd Thursday nights oi eacl
month John W. Long, President.
= E nelimau, Secy, ; Bellman.
financler
Rlch nam Aerle no 57i Fra tema.
Onler az Eagles, meets eyers Wed.
uesday nightlu X. r. HAL 90 Tru.
uan kelso, President II a stsuek.
secy
Rich iiil Rebekah Lodge. No ai6
meets thr nrst aud third Wcdnesda,
nights ni etch month GO Old FcI
lows hall.--Mlss Lizzie Mctumhs
n q Mrs j. Is. Martin Sec'y
ule a. Is A. mcots every ltl
Thursday nleht Ia hail of X. !
} odge 80 ei-j. " Baker pres.
US. 0.prowen sce'y
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19
Local NeBS.
Personals Tell 8 the Doinqs
People You Know.

Ed Kelly ~ 81 lDuiS ~ visit.
ine friends 10 ibis city.
Jim Walter Of Nevada WAS 4
Rich Hin visitor sunday
Earl McManus and wife were
Nevada visitors last Friday.
Peter kilt was a Nevada visit
or last Friday afternoon
J. W. snider. Of olatbe, Kaas,
was a Rich Hin visitor last
Thursday.
Genial George Dowell, Of Adri-
an, was a visitor in Rich Hill last
Saturday.
Mrs. F. G. Snu8er who had
been visiting friends near Butler
arrived home Saturday.
Mrs. Jas. Nafus, Of Ell Dorado
Springs. is visiting friends in
this city.
Miss MaUde Hoover, Of this
city visited in Metz the latter
part oflast week.
Miss Edith Campbell. of Butler
visited Miss Alice Smith Of the
country west last Friday.
Misses Agnes Watson and
Rhetta Forrer wero Nevada Wis
itors Sunday.
J. A. Brown was a business
visitor in Kansas City the first
Of last week.
Miss Kittie Delamater has re
turned from her Kansas City
visit.
A great many Of our people
took in the Reunion at Nevada
last week
Harry Ashley returned to Kan
sas City Monday after few days
visit with his parents in this
city
Edward Davis and wife Of
Guthrie, Okla, are in this city,
the guests Of Mrs Davis brotherl
f. Wheelbarger.
Mr. and Airs. l. 81. Reeves,
of Kansas Guy visited the family
of NJ. AKmbrough the latter
part Of last week.
Mrs Robert Johnston Of But
Ter is visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs. W. I. Marsh OF this
city.
a large barn belonging TO Jno
Kithcart and situated on his
farm one and a half miles south
Of here burned Sunday. 1t was
filed with baled hav.
Mike Morrisy a brakeman who
resides in Ft. Scott had his
thumb mashed while making a
coupling in the yards here Mon
day morning Dr.. Allen dressed
the wound.
Wanted To bus a good, cheap,
well located residence for a Gus
toner. Want 10 pay for same
on the iustallment plan.
u. S. G, Prowell, Real Es-
tate and Insurance Agent. u
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19

j. b. Martin Sandsyea in New
ada.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-08-19

Rich nii Council 40, PISA, America
onlid mcc's every Tuesday night
Dan BasorC. Forrest Kerns
Er,fv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
rWEST' is VERDICT OF EAST
ERN FARMER WHO ADVER-
TISED FOR A HELPMEET-
WHAT DO YOU SAY?

OAKLAND, Cal dec. T.
Which side of the continent pro-
duces the ideal farmers wife?
Farmer Jas. FurIbush of Witip-
quin, Maryland, answers this
question. He "speaks right out
in meetin'," too.
Fanmer Farbush, aged so, does
not think much of Eastern wom-
en- as presiding geniuses of the
kitchen and the dairy. 80 when
he began to look about for a
helpmate to take the place of his
deceased first wife, he turned to-
ward California.
He sowed three-line want ads
thick among the California dailies
nearly year ago, and now he is
going to do his reaping in Oak
land. He regards Mrs. Margaret
Ferguson. widow OF 80, with
four children, as an ideal farm
er's wife.
After Farmer Funbush has
gathered the last of the crops
from his 128 acre farm on Chesa-
peake Bay, he is coming to Oak
land to make the Widow Fergu-
son his wife.
"The women OF the East are
not my style" he says. ''They
don't think enough about the
kitchen and other household af-
fairs, and although ! do not ex-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
WIDOW DENIES THAT
SHE STOLE LOVE
MRS ADAMS0N, DEFENDANT in $4,000 HEART BALM SUIT
BROUGHT BY CARRIE WILKINSON TAKES STAND AND
SHE CAME WEST WITH WILLIAMSON PURELY By
ACCIDENT.

In the $4,000 alienation suit
of Mrs. Carrie Wilkinson of St
Paul against Mrs. Mary Adamsor
of Tacoma, which is on trial be-
fore a jury in the superior court
a great many depositions of wit
nesses in the East relating to the
relations between Mrs. Adamsor
and Howard Wilkinson, were read
today.
Mrs. Adamson was on the
stand for a few minutes, being
called by the plaintiffs attorneys
She admitted under questioning
that she and Wilkinson had CONS
West on the same train in 1908
This, she said, was an accident
however. She boarded the train
at Minneapolis to find that VIII.
kinson was aboard and going II
Tacoma, she also being bound
for this city.
Lively Scenes Expected.
Lively scenes are expected tC
take place in the court room
when the complainant takes ths
stand to make her charges against
Mrs. Adamson. The two women
were formerly good friends, but
suspicion on the part of Mrs
Wilkinson, who suspected init
mate relations between her hus.
band and the widow, have made
them bitter enemies.
Mrs. Adamson declares that
there are no grounds for the suit
nor for the suspicion of Mrs.
Wilkinson. She says that Will
kinson was driven from his home
because of tie cruelty of his wife
who constantly accused him
wrongfully of being too friendly
with her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
Bennett Still on Trail
of That Fancy Salary
Ex-PARK BOARD PRESIDENT
GOES INTO COURT TO COL
IBCT THAT $500 PER
MONTH SALARY.

Nelson Bennett is still after
that salary which he claims he
earned as president of the park
board, but which the county treas
urer refused to pay.
BENEFITS attorney appeared be-
fore Judge Clifford in the supe-
rior court this morning and Sc
cured a writ of mandate, COM
manding County Treasurer
Meath to pay Bennett 5000 as his
salary for the months of July, Au-
gust and September of this year,
or to come before the court Dec.
II and show cause why he should
not pay it.
The salary was withheld at the
instance of County Attorney Nc
Murray, who gave an opinion,
stating that he did not think It
legal to pay Bennett a salary of
s300 a month as voted to him by
the Metropolitan Park board.
Bennett, unable to secure the
salary, became disgusted with
the whole affair, and after per-
sonal tilt with Marshall X. Smell.
clerk of the board, he resigned.
w. w. Seymour, now president
of the board, is serving the peo-
pie without pay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
FUEL PRICE
ADVANCED
/ 80 CTS.
DEALERS BOOST PRICES OW-
ING TO STORM, BUT PROM
ISE TO REDUCE WHEN
. SNOW GOES.

Wood and coal prices have
been boosted by local dealers
owing, they say, to the extra cost
incurred in delivering.
A straight raise of SO cents pei
eerd on wood and the same
amount per ton on coal has been
put into effect, and those people
VIII 3se fuel bins are depleted are
hit hard, as the cold weather has
doubled the consumption of fuel
throughout the city.
Promise to Cut Them.
The boosted prices the dealers
promise will be lowered just as
soon as the snow disappears from
the streets. Wood is now selling
for, $6.25' a cord, whereas the
prize was S5.75 before the storm.
Roslyn coal mas been advanced to
$3.50 per ton, and British Colum-
bia coal to 50. This latter price
|ths dealers say will probably not
be reduced.
The strike of the switchmen
has not affected the wood supply
of the city, as most of the dealers
are we'll stocked up and plenty
more is to be had on the various
electric lines. The freight tie-up,
however, has reduced the amount
of coal shipped in, but there is no
shortage as yet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
ENTIRE WEST
IN GRIP Of
STORM KING
STREET CAR TRAFFTC IN CHI
CAGO Is TIED UP AND TRAIN
SERVICE DEMORAIIZED-
HEAVY SNOW IN ST. LOUIS.

DENVER, Colo, Dec. IA
record-breaking cold wave is
sweeping the west and south TO-
day. Si inches of snow already
has fallen in st. Louis and 1t still
Is showing.
Chicago is in the grip of the
worst snow storm of the winter
and all street car traffic..is at a
|standstill. All lake navigation
has been suspended and train
Jervice throughout the west is
completely demoralized.
The weather has been excep-
tionally cold throughout Colorado
for three days, and during this
time the mercury twice has been
IL degrees below zero.
Wire communication to Cali
-fornia is Interrupted by a heavy
fall of snow in that state.
Snow is reported in Southern
Arizona, an unusually occurrence.
A blizzard of unusual severity
is raging in Montana, and all traf-
fic is at standstill. In Wyom-
ing train service is interrupted
and all trains on the Texas &
Panhandle railroad are snow
bound.
A heavy snow also is falling
in Kansas and Oklahoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
WHERE Do BEST FARMERS WIVES GROW, EAST OR WEs72

pect wife of mine to do much
work, want her to know how to
do it,"
Mrs. Ferguson says she wants
to get back on the farm, for she
was reared in the country. Her
father Is farmer in Mendocina
county, Cal. Her Oldest son is
13 and wants to be a farmer.
After she had read Furbush.s
advertisement for a farmers wife,
and answered it, sending along
her photograph, Furbush and his
three children compared her pic
ture and letter with the many
Others brought by the POSTWAR.
FATHER and children thougnt
Mrs. Ferguson looked more like
the ideal farmers wife than the
rest, and they liked her admira-
ton for the farm because 1t had
been her old environment. "A
few more letters between the
Eastern and Western lovers set
tied the matter. And now Fur
bush is rushing the work of stor-
ing his products so that he can
make his marital journey to Gait
fornia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. T.
While Lyman j. Gage and his
young bride are jaunting about
the country on their honeymoon,
masons, carpenters, plasterers,
decorators and gardeners are
working under high pressure to
complete a really palatial home
which the aged ex-secretary of the
treasury has designed as the fu-
ture home of the 1.-the, winsome
Mrs. Gage.
San Diego society is looking
forward eagerly to the home-com-
ing.
For the new Mrs. Gage, who
was Miss Ada Ballou, Flora
dora" girl and former chum OF
Nan Patterson, is a leader in the
exclusive set of this city, and was,
even before her recent marriage
to the "Grand Old Roman" as
Cages friends are fond of calling
him.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George M. Ballou, for many
years prominent residents of San
Diego. She is a graduate of the
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
and was a member of John c.
Fishers and Henry Savage's op-
era companies for several years,
In 1901 she was married to Rob-
ert L. Crane of Buffalo, after a
romantic engagement. A year
and a half later, she got divorce
and resumed her maiden name.
She has since lived with her par
ents in San Diego, where her
beauty and her charm of manner
have maintained for her lead
ing position in local social circles.
Gage has lived in San Diego
since he retired from public life
in 1906. He is 73 years old. The
new home which he is building is
on Point Iona, across the bay
from San Diego, where Katherin
Tingley's theosophical headquar-
ters are located.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
THIS IS NO COMBINE, OF COURSE NOT,
JUST A NICE WORKING AGREEMENT
FOUR ELECTRIC CONCERNS
PUT IN SAME BID TO CITY
FOR METERS, BUT THEY
HASTEN TO EXPLAIN THAT
THERE Is NO TRUST-ALL
PROPOSALS THROWN OUT.

Just a working agreement,
not a trust nor collusion Of bid
ders was the explanation offered
by agents of electric concerns this
morning when four of them pre-
sented bids to Commissioner Nc
Gregor for 100 watt-meters at
the same price of $11,726.55.
The Westinghouse, General
Electric, Bowie & Love and Hoff-
man & Godfrey companies all had
the same bid to the very cent.
''It looks like collusion to me-"
said Commissioner McGregor.
The agents protested. Mr..
Winter, the General Electric man,
took the commissioner aside and
explained that it was just a
working agreement" He said
they all worked under patents
and had an agreement as to price.
OF course it is not a "trust" nor
coordination in restraint of
trade" or to silk prices" just
an innocent working agreement" !"
THE government approves of
It," said Winter.
Agent Cramm was present to
Did on Sangamo meters. He Of
fered them for $9,94O, but these
meters have not given satisfac-
tion in the past. The electrician n
was appealed to. He said West
inghouse or Generel Electric met
ers were the best for the city,
he did not care which.
There was stormy time for
a while. Cramm insisted that
the trust was bunkoing the city
by its combine. The other fell
lows insisted there was no COM
bine, just working agreement.
The commissioner felt like a fell
low who had been sold a gold
brick. After he had spent money
for calling for bids then to get
such deal, he did not like it.
"How much would you sell the
city these meters for as wanted ?"
asked the commissioner.
I'VE will sell you one meter or
the whole thousand at the same
proportionate price," said the
agents in chorus.
That settled 1t.
Give 'em back their checks"
said the commisss soner and all
bids were thrown out. The ce
will be no more bids asked on
meters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
ZELAYA LOSES
. IN BLOODY
BAT TIE
ARMY OF NIOARAGUAN PRES
IDENT is ROUTED BY REB-
ELS TODAY - 200 DIE IN
THE FIERCE HAND-TO-HAND
CONFLICT.

(By United Press Leased Wire.
Or NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec.
THE forces of President
Zelaya, under General Vas
quez, were defeated in a
bloody engagement today by
revolutionary forces of Pro-
visional President Estrada,
who are encamped in the vi
cinity of Rama.
According to a wireless
dispatch from Managua via
Port Limon, 200 were killed
in the battle which ragged for
six hours. The revolution
lists captured several cannon
and a large quantity of am
munition, many of the gov
ernment troops were captur-
ed and taken to Rama as
prisoners of war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
INSURANCE CO.
SOUND DESPITE
GIGANTIC Theft

NEW YORK, Dec. 1--WE
|find the Phoenix Insurance COM
|pany still in good financial condi-
|tion, with a surplus of $4,000
900. The policyholders won t
suffer-" is the report on George p.
Sheldon's thieving. The branch
office OF the Phoenix denies the
report that Sheldon is dying. 1t
Ills admitted that he has been Ill
for a month at Greenwich, Conn.
He has not been told by State In
|sufance Superintendent HotchKiss
ofithe sensational report charging
"a shortage OF from, 100000 to
|$1sj00,000 of the company's
|assets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
MYSTER RIOUS
MURDER

(By United Press Leased Wire.
COEUR D'AIENE, Ida, Dec.
THE police today are trying
to find some clue that will lead
to the identity of the murderer
of John H. Billings, recently OF
Spokane, whose mutilated body
was found in a clump OF bushes
on Twentieth street late last
night.
After beating Billings to death
the murderer dragged his body
from the roadway to the clump
of bushes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
SHOOTING SCRAPE
At 6.DAY RACE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Two
thousand onlookers at the six-day
bicycle race in Madison Square
Garden were startled today by the
report of pistol shot from be-
hind a tier of boxes. Two men
had started a fight, and in the
melee which ensued man in the
crowd was shot. The wounded
man, whose injuries are not seri-
Gus, is Christopher Brown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07

WASHINGTON, D. President
annual sent to that
1t consists words
subsequent discussion
OF antitrust and interstate legislation
aon for further the
What the President Wants.
Important matters recommended
Pensions for civil government employees
Postal savings
A ship subsidy.
Legislation a stop to traffic slaves"
The admission
appointment of council to Alaska.
deficit
Framing of injunction
held until
tunity
The president
ment
900 respectively
be careful off anything
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
STRIKEBREAKERS
DESERT JOBS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. Z.
AT the strikers headquarters
today it was announced that out
OF SO non-union men working in
the midway yards at midnight.
but IA reported for duty today.
1t isareported that a fuel fam
inc Is threatening the northwest
ar result Of the strike.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
STR[KEB REAKER
is ARRESTED

James Burns, a strikeIbreaker
from Gle Elum, was arrested at 1
O'Clock this afternoon while eat
ing at the Carleton and charged
with petit larceny. He is ac-
cused by f. s. Sloane, railroad
brakeman, of having stolen a
vest at Gle Elum two weeks ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
Gets DAMAGES

P. D. Mckay, a city detective,
was awarded 1915 damages by a
Jury In the superior court yes
terday for injuries to his right
arm and ankle, sustained April
80 last, when he was thrown to
the pavement by car of the T.
r. e p. company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
WARRANT OUT
FOR ELOPERS

A warrant has been issued upon
pplication of Deputy Prosecutor
Ralph Woods, calling for the ar
est upon statutory charge of
William j. Jones and Mrs. Ethel
VI. Finley, both of Milton, who
ire alleged to have eloped some
lays ago.
|. Jones left a wife and three
children and Mrs. Finley deserted
her husband and the same number
OF little ones. 1t is supposed that
they went to British Columbia.
The two families were neigh
6ors at MiIton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
Oil Magnate
Set free

(By United Press Leased Wire.C
AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 7.-Judge
Calhoun today sustained the Inn
munity plea of II. Clay Pierce, the
oil magnatc, charged with per-
jury, and ordered the jury to re-
turn a verdict of acquittal. Pierce
was freed Is minutes after the
case was called.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS TIED
Up BY STRIKE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Dec.
Six hundred blacksmiths and
boilermakers of the local branch
Iof the American Locomotive COM
pany went out on strike today for
higher wages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
Forty Below Zero Prevails
Three Weeks at Dawson

DAWSON ) Dec. 7.--Extreme
cold, 40 degrees below zero. has
prevailed almost constantly for
three weeks here. Such weather
Us unprecedented so early In the
year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07
TAFT ASKS CONGRESS TO REFORM U.S. COURTS
URGES PROMISED
REFORMS IN HIS ANNUAL
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

WANTS COMMISSION APPOINTED TO AWAY WITH "RED
TAPE" METHODS USED IN ADMINISTRATION JUS
TICE-WOULD PUT END TO "WHITE SLAVE" TRAFFIC.
OTHER NEEDS OF COUNTRY PUT FORTH-ASKS THAT
TREASURY DEFICIT BE MET BY ISSUE CANAL BONDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-07

Long DelayS In courts.
One OF the principal subjects
urged upon congress is the need
for correction in the present
methods employed in the admin
istration of Justice, both in civil
and criminal cases. The president
declares the long delays of i'm
portant cases and recommends a
commission to simplify procedure
in courts, saying:
''In my judgment, a
change in judicial procedure
with a view to reducing it's
expense to private litigants in
civil cases and facilitating the
dispatch of business and final
direction in both civil and
criminal cases constitutes the
greatest need in our Ameri-
can institutions.
Il do not doubt for one
moment that much of the
lawless violence and cruelty
exhibited in lynchings are di-
rectly due to the uncertain
ties and injustice growing
out of the delays in trials.
judgments and the execu-
tions thereof by our courts.
Recommends Commission.
"The procedure in the federal
courts should furnish an example
for the state courts. i therefore
recommend legislation providing
for the appointment by the presi-
dent of commission with author
Ifty to examine these laws and
make recommendation with a
view to simplifying and expedit-
ing the procedure as far as pos
sible, and making it as inexpens-
i've as may be to the litigant of
little means"
As to Nicaragua.
With regard to Nicaragua,
President Taft refers to "sad tale
of the unspeakable barbarities
ana oppression alleged to have
been committed by the Zelaya
government" and to the fact
that two Americans were recently
put to death by order of Zelaya
himself, and says that this gov
ernment is proceeding with de-
liberate circumspection" to de-
termine the exact truth and the
course to be pursued most con-
sis.ent with its dignity, its duty
to American interests and its
moral obligations to Central
America"
''It is very apparent" he says,
that the considerations of geo.
graphic proximity to the canal
zone and to the very substantial
American interests in Central
America give to the United States
"a special position in the zone of
these republics and the Carib-
bean sea.
Sad Tale of Barbarities.
at would be less unnecessary
to rehearse here the sad tale of
unspeakable barbarities and OPP
pressions alleged to have been
committed by the Zelayan govern
ment.
Recently two American were
put to death by order of President
Zelaya himself.
Will Demand Reparation.
"!At the date when this message
is printed this government has
terminated diplomatic. : relations
with the Zelayan government.
''lt later may be necessary for
me to bring this subject to the
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