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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04

lent OF waterways had been carried
forward In haphazard fashion in
the past, and that new method
should be adopted
Il believe in the deep waterway"
said the president. Il am for It, and
| shall use all the power that pos.
sess In doing what may be accom-.
plished to give you citizens Of this
great valley what you SO earnestly de.
sire II is all a part of still great.
er movement inaugurated by Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and properly called
Ivy him the conservation of our ma.
tional resources.
The projects for irrigation and for
the improvement Of waterways in the
future are not to be for the purpose
of distributing pork to every part of
the country. Every measure is to be
adopted on the ground that II will be
useful to the whole country. They
are not to be adopted for sending
certain congressman back to Wash.
ington or for making certain parts OF
the country profitable during the ex-
penditure Of the money
I'VE should take up every compre-
hcnsive project on its merits and de-
termine whether the country where
the project is to be carried out has so
far developed rs to justify the enor.
nous expenditure OF money and II II
will be useful when done When we
decide in favor of project, believe
IN Issuing bonds to carry 1t to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible. II has
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
Voters Understand Game of Grab.

In the early days of tariff robbery,
protection was defended on the
ground that the country's resources
and particularly infant industries
needed development No high tariff
champion dared TO raise this WORKOUT
plea IN the recent tariff debate. The
cCnntry's intelligence forbade 1t.
For, when protected" trusts can
Accumulate vast millions by undersel-
ling foreign competitors, In the lat.
ter's own markets. by the simple de.
vice of robbing American consumers
In the hom- market, 1t is apparent
that the infant industry plea is no
longer available.
Abandoning all the old.time argu.
ments, the high tariff champions of
the Aldrich school were compelled to
invent new protection" arguments.
That their pleas were simply sophis-
tries. in a huge game OF grab. the in.
telligent American west understands
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
U. s. SUPREME COURT DENIES
REHEARlNG TO SHERIFF
SHIP AND OTHERS.
ALL CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY
Charge Was That They Helped Plan
TO Lynch a Negro at chatta-
nooga-AIl viii Be Sen.
fenced in Washington.

Washington, ID. C.-The United
States supreme court denied a petit
ton for a rehearing OF the contempt
cases against Sheriff James Z. Shipp,
Deputy jeremiah NJ. Gibson and VIII
liams Nolan, Padgett and Mayse, and
directed that these men be brought
to Washington for sentence on No
vember l5
The six men were found guilty Of
contempt Of the United States su.
preme court in conspiring to lynch
Ed Johnson, n negro. at Chattanooga
Tenn. March 49, 1906.
They were adjudged guilty on the
last day of the 1908 term of the
United States supreme court, but
werc granted stay pending petition
for rehearlng
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
TAFT WITH ALDRfCH
WEST MUST UNDERSTAND Hosi.
TON OF PRESIDENT.
Chief Executive Signed Measure Real
izing That II Meant Reputation
Of the Party's Pledge to
the Country.

Mr., Taft's defense of the Aldrich
tariff in his Winona speech is bitter
disappointment to the west. That sec.
ton approved of the action of the ten
Republican senators from Minnesota.
Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota,
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, and it
cherished the delusion that Mr.. Taft
on his western trip would express
sympathy with their views Far from
being paclfied by his labored plea in
support OF the best tariff bill that
the Republican party has ever passed"
1t finds fresh cause for resentment.
As a matter OF fact, there never
was any reason for the west to ex-
pect that Mr.. Taft would attack the
Aldrich tariff bill. He signed II with.
out hesltancy Immediately upon its
passage. and on signing It issued a
statement defending II as an adequate
fulfilment of Republican pledges Dur.
Ing the last days of the session when
he urged reductions upon the confer.
ence committee he called none of the
western insurgents into consultation.
His attitude all through the earlier
stages OF the tariff fight had been stu.
diously neutral. and while in the end
he secured concessions that the insur.
gents favored, he showed no sympathy
with their attacks upon the stand-pat
leaders.
MIR. Tafts ambition In revising the
i
in the party He is still so solicItous
about maintaining the party solIdari-
ty for accomplishing It's chief pur-
poses" that he protests against any
show of Indignation and would post
pOne further tariff agitation until after
the next presidential election. The
western Republicans are angry at be-
ing robbed and want to renew the
fight at once.
As a harmonizer Mr.. Taft failed ut
Winona Perhaps he did not realize
how seriously the west had taken his
campaign pledges in favor of an hon
est and downward revision, or that
many Republicans there are still cap.
able of regarding the tariff as moral
as well as a political issue. His ex.
preston of Joy that "a number OF
those who thought It their duty to
vote against the bin insist that they
are still Republicans" has not served
to make matters better.
The western progressives have no
misgivings about their own Republl.
canlsm. II is Mr. Taft's Republlcanism
that they are finding fault with.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
NelahborIY Consideration

Il heard your baby crying nearly all
night What was the matter with itT'
I think she wanted me to get up and
carr. her around but was afraid II |
did you'd be disturbed by hearing me
ram ping the floor over your head"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
Uncle Joe's Memory.

Uncle Joe Cannon now declares
that the new tariff law is the best
thing done by congress In the last so
years. That rare old man seems to
have forgotten his statement of three
years ago that all this talk about
there being a demand for tariff re-
vision was blankety-blanked tommy
rot-Portland Telegram.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
conspired to Lynch Negro.

Sheriff Ship and his co.dcfendants
were declared by the court to be
guilty OF an act Of contempt in com
bining In 1906 in conspiracy too
lynch negro named Johnson who
had been sentenced 70 death by the
local courts for a heinous crime. and
In whose case the supreme court had
interfercd to the extent Of granting
an appeal which had the effect Of a
superscdeas.
On the night following the an
nouncemont OF the courts action
Johnson was taken out of Jail in
Chattanooga by a mob and lynchCd
There was no resistance on the part
OF the jail authorities, and Ship and
a number Of his deputies as well as
about twenty citizens were proceeded
against on the charge of contempt of
the federal court
The case has been pending ever
since and the number OF defendants
was from time to time reduced until
only nine remained. OF these, six
were found guilty OF being in con.
tempt.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
vIroinIa CONGRESSMAN Dead

Petersburg, Va.-Francls Rives
Lassiter, congressman from the
Fourth district, died of aparalysis OF
the heart caused by strain due to
the present state campaign. He was
born here In 1866.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
King Menelik Dyinu.

Rome, ltaly.-The latest reports
state that King Menelik OF Abysslnia
is sinking fast 1t Is feared that
complications will arise over the sue
cession.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04

The Independent tobacco producers
have suddenly discovered that the re-
Gently passed tariff bill was drawn in
favor Of the trusts. This Is a most
surprising discovery, which every one
else had made weeks ago-nutts
fMont.l Miner.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
Korean Rioters DISPERSED.

Seoul, Korea,-Several hundred
rioters, who few nights ago
set fire to the union station and who
reassembled the following day and
were proceeding northward, have been
dispersed by the troops.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
Our Geographical Center.

II Alaska be excluded from consid
GRAFTON. Kansas Is geographically the
central state OF the United States. II
lies between longitudes % degrees 81
minutes and l02 degrees west. aud be
tween latitude 81 degrees and 40 de
grees north.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
Lost In the Shuttle

ScribbIer-"So old Skinflint's family
didn't like the obituary wrote" Ed.
itor-"oh. the obituary was all right.
but the fool foreman ran 1t under the
head OF People and Pleasant
events"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
New In Judicial Procedure.

The case is regarded as OF cxcep-
tional interest because 1t is practically
the first time that the highest court
I'm the United States has undertaken
to assert its dignity or TO resent acts
or words rejecting upon 1t.
In the case of sheriff Shipp and
Deputy Gibson the court, in effect de.
carcs that there may be contempt
IN a failure Of officers Of the law to
prevent crime In contempt of the
court and in taking cognizance Of an
OGcsnsr at so great distance. :he
court for the first time asserts by
action It's right to compel the proper
respect and treatment Of its verdicls
In all parts Of the Union
Reviewing the proceedings In the
case Of Johnson. the negro who was
lynChod. the chief Justice pointed out
that even before the case was brought
to the supreme court that there had
many threats Of lynching because Of
the serious character Of the ncgro's
offeuse.
He pointed out that the fail had
been left entirely unguarded and in
charge of Deputy Gibson. when every
precaution TO guard the prisoner
should have been taken.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04

when man says, and know
what I'm talking about" says the
Philosopher of Folly, the only way
can get even is by asking him n
prove IT."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04

President Taft has already had to
back up three of his cabinet officers.
done so valiantly. as. indeed. H. must
II he is TO have IA cabinet at all. Yet
he probably wishes he did not have
t. do it,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04

No further doubt exists that the
campaign for relief from tariff bur-
dens must be fought without aid or
encouragement from the president.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
TAFT FOR WATERWAY
TELLS CONVENTION AT NEW Or
LEANS HE FAVoRS THE
PROJECT.
For THE BENEFIT OF ALL
President Promises the Support Of
he Administration, But viii Not
Itand for Any "Pork BARREL
Sherman, Cannon and Dickinson
Pledge Aid.

New Orleans, Nov, 1.-Ringing de-
mands for ~ feet through the val.
ley" and elaborate argument In sup
port Of the program for the creation
Of Il deep waterway from the lakes to
the gulf have marked the great con
yentiOn Of the Deep Waterway asso-
Giatlon that opened here Saturday
President Taft, Vice.President Shci.
man. Speaker Cannon, governors of
tAe Mississippi valley states, innumer-
able senators and representatives and
mighty throng Of private citizens
who believe in the big river project
are here and all urge that It be un-
dcrtakcn and carried to a speedy con
Clusion
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04


been proposed that we issue bonds TOT
100000 900 or 81 900 100000, and cut
It up and parcel the money out in this
and that section Of the country. ]
am opposed 10 any such proposition.
because It not only smells Of the
pork barrel but would be q pork
BARREL"
Sherman, Too, is for II.
Vice.President James S. sherman
has brought to the people OF the mid.
die west the message of the east.
promising enthusiastic support or the
waterway program. I'VE people OF
the east depend on your people Of the
west" said he. when we help you.
we help ourselves, so there is every
reason why We should do all In our
power for you, as soon as we realize
what you want and why you want 1t.
Speaker Cannon and Secretary Of
War Dickinson are no less outspolCn
In their assurances of support, and
many senators and representatives,
among them Senator Lorlmer OF III.
nois, the father Of the deep waterway
movement this afternoon made ad.
dresses full OF hopeful enthusiasm.
kavanaueh Opens Convention.
William K KavanauEh OF Missouri.
president OF the association, called the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
Not for q "Pork Barrel"

At the same time Mr. Taft made It
plain that he would not stand for any
plan TO make n pork barrel" of the
project He said he opposed any
such general bond issue of 100000.
400 or Sl.OOO,O0OOOO for waterways
Improvement, the money TO be cut
up and parceled out to different sec.
tons. lie declared that the improve
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04
President Tat, Promises Support.

President Taft, who arrived In New
Orleans escorted by n great fiotilla,
after an Illuminating trip down the
Mississippi river froai 81. Louis. land
cd from the lighthouse tender Clean
der about eight o'clock Saturday
morning, and was driven TO his no
tel through streets that were cano-
pied with magnolia barnches, palmct.
toes and southern moss and every.
where the notices Fourteen Feet
Through the Valley" and River Rate
Regulation Is Rate Regulation" At
the Athenaeum in the afternoon the
president aroused storm Of cheers
by promising that II the l4.feet project
proved feasible and advisable, the
present administration would favor
the issuance of government bonds to
defray the cost
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04

William X. KayanauEh OF Missouri.
president OF the association, called the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
a sure that is to do the same if you find

sure that is to do the same if you find
anything.
How does that help? Well. can't
just analyze it, but it's one of my be-
liefs that acting in an honorable and
altruistic and otherwise desirable man
ner is the best way to get other people
to act in that same manner.
a few weeks ago I suggested that if
every one would place his name and
address in his glasses case was sure
that in case of loss he would get them
again.
1 could not imagine that any one
| who found anything so comparatively
valueleSS for himself, and so almost
| invaluable to some one else as a pair
of glasses, if he were supplied with a
| name and address, could possibly fail
to return them, or at least notify the
| owner.
| But was talking with a prominent
| oculist yesterday, and he tells me that
| Is by no means the case.
1t is very rare, he says that anything
| is heard from lost glasses, even when
the name ana address are plainly set
forth.
One of his customers he went on to
tell me, lost a pair of very highly
ground, extremely expensive glasses in
a certain large church in this city. She
| knew positively that she left them in
| a seat The same and address were in
/ the case and yet they were not turned
in to the janitor snor did she ever hear
of them again
Such a thing is abse lutely inexcus-
| able, and it seems to me that even in
| cases where there is no clue to the
owner the finder should feel bound to
| make some effort to restore the article.
If a valuable article is found in a
| building or store or train or car, there
| is, of course, lost article department
TO which 1t should be turned over
Some people object to doing this on the
ground that If the owner does not
claim his property, the lost article de-
partment, and not the finder, profits
but think that in most of these places
you will find the people ready to agree
to let you have the article if the own
er does not claim it within a certain
time.
When any valuable is found on the
street, think it is the finders duty to
search the lost and found columns of
all the newspa pers. ard If the article
is of any great value to advertise its
finding, offering, of course, to restore
it on payment of costs.
When anything is found in the coun-
try Or in town the posting of a notice
on post or tree near the spot where
the article was found or in the post
| office or some other public building
often helps to locate the owner.
Any of these efforts is a bother, of
course.
But a bother that it may mean a
great deal to you some time to have
some one take for you.
Wherefore, suppose you deserve it
by taking it for some one else, if you
happen to get the chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

clasped their crucifixes. images of the
Madonna and the saints and with char
asteris1ic cries adm prayers lmplore1
that their little nuts be spared. Mean
time the molten mass crawled irreslst1-
bly, forward as though determined that
nothing should escape 1T.
Storms of Cinders.
At times a storm of cinders obscured
the volcano and then suddenly shift
Of the wind forced back the cloud and
the sun bursting through smiled down
Upon the most fertile country in the
world.
The summit of Mt Etna appears to be
still covered with snow.
The people of the district have been
wrought up to a high pitch of excite
ment and are ready for miracles, though
at the same time declaring that the
evil eye is upon them.
At a little roadside altar erected to
st. Joseph, at point above Nlcolosl,
the women, priests and children had
gathered to implore mercy. As they
knelt thew saw in the distance the de-
nearer the agitation among the group
increased until one exclaimed, "A mir
acIe has occurred. The lava Will not
touch the sanctuary!
The cry was taken up by the others
and then the chanting of the melan-
choly Sicilian hymns was renewed.
Nearer came the lava. but when its
heat had nearly suffocated the praying
ones the stream was diverted. With
cries of joy at what appeared to be a
miraculous manifestation, the suppl
cants sprang to their feet. A moment
later the course of the flood again
changed and sweeping down upon the
Worshipers, permitted them barely time
to fee for their lives while it engulfed
and burned the sanctuary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

How many people, / wonder, have
any active conscience about the return
ing of lost articles?
BY having an active conscience
about lost articles mean looking upon
it a positive responsibility to do
any valuable article which one finds
back to it's owner
Doubtless some one says that it's up
to the owner to do the chasing, that
it isn't the finders responsibility at all.
1 know it isn't legally, but 1 think it is
morally.
If you lose anything, you want the
man who finds it to do anything he can
towards getting it back to you, don't
you? Well, the very best way to in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
AETNA IS STILL BUSY.
River of Lava Extends a Distance of
Twenty-Five Miles.

Catania, Sicily. March 26.-The erup-
lions from the side craters of Mount
Etna continued today and the fiery
river formed at the foot of Mount Cas-
tellazzo moved slowly toward Borrello
and Belpasso, consuming everything in
it's path
The lavatic stream winding in and
cut over the uneven surface at the
mountain bases has covered proba bly,
20 miles, though it's head is not more
than 10 miles from the sources in an air
line. Throughout the night the summit
OF Mt. Etna appeared to be ablaze, but
today cloud of black smoke enveloped
the peak Prolonged rumblingS from
the central crater and frequent explo-
sions from the side assures served as
effectually the flood itself to hold in
terror the populace for miles around.
An early morning visit into the
threatened region afforded a spectacle
n agnif1cent beyond description, which
could be thoroughly enjoyed by the
hundreds of sight seerS flocking there,
but for the other side of the picture
The terror and real distress of the peas
ants in the vicinity Is depressing. A
panic has seized them and though they
chung to their little homes until the
flood was almost upon them they have
now abandoned all but their portable
property and driving before them their
donkeys and pigs, the former loaded
with household goods, they are wan
dering about with the single aim of
preserving what little has been left to
them.
On the hill tops little groups of men.
women and children could be seen look
ing back sadly to the sites of their
former homes, low covered with lava
to height of perhaps Is feet. Others
whose homes had not been overtaken,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
w. FL. KEMPER
FOR MAYOR.
A WOMAN'S APPEAL

To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism,
whether muscular or of the joints. sciati-
kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write to
her for a home treatment which bag
repeatedly cured all of these tortures
She feels It her duty to send it to all
sufferers FREE You cure yourself at
home thousands will testify-no change
Of climate being necessary. This simple
discovery banishes uric acid from the
blood, 1oosens the stiffened joints. puri-
flies the blood. and brightens the eyes,
giving elasticity and tone to the whole
system. If the above interests you, for
proof address Mrs NJ. Summers, Box r.
South Bind, Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
UGLIEST CITY IN U. S.
So Says Arnold Drummer, President
American Architects.

New York. March 26.-New York
is well nigh the ugiiest city in the
country, according to Arnold A. Brun-
ner, president of the American Insti-
tute of Architects. 1.-THE whole city
needs rebuilding says he in an in
terview given out here today
1.-The trouble with New York is that
it has not brought up properly. A city
should be built on an orderly plan, just
as a house is constructed. We build a
bridge, a railroad station, or a new
municipal building without giving a
thought to the streets that lead to it or
the grounds that surround it,
T-7-ervhodv reads the State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

bred Owen. Miss Rose Lovitt. Miss
Alice Riddle. Miss Cozie Crawford,
Miss Katherine Stanley. Miss Ethel
Nattingly, Miss Maize Weekly, Miss
Lois Conard. Miss May Tomlinson,
Miss Alice White, Mr.. Charles Bunt-
ing, Mr.. Richard Whitcomb, Mr. Rob-
ert Whitcomb. Mr.. Ralph Keller. Mr..
Ray Oliver. Mr. Arthur Nichols. Mr..
Lee Samuels, Mr.. Morris Tucker, Mr..
Berrel Johnson, Mr.. Merrill Gage, Mr..
Clyde WATSON. Miss S1ey and Miss
Ansel chaperoned the crowd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

The students repeated last years
surprise of Mr. Dougherty, Wednes-
day at the noon hour. 1t was his
forty-eighth birthday, and at IL
o'clock the desks in the large room
were quickly laid with paper napkins
and wooden plates, Mr.. Dougherty
being in his front office. Viands were
suddenly brought out of hiding, and
before Mr.. Dougherty knew what was
doing he and the whole school and
friends who had dropped in, were en-
joying a feast that was abundant and
varied.
After the lunch had been disposed
of Mr.. Dougherty was called on for a
speech, and told how he felt about it.
He said he was enjoying his life work
more every day he lived, and realizing
more and more how really big a thing
really is: The best thing in it is the
signs of appreciation received from
both present and former students, and
he referred especially to several let
tiers just received from graduates.
Professor Huff, of the Commercial
department. Miss Altman, principal of
the Typewriting department, Mr.. Cor
bin, manager of the Direct-Advertis-
ing department, and Mr.. Elvin, the
business manager. as well as County
Superintendent Ely, also responded
to toaStS.