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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1910-03-03
THE LAST WAS
THE BEST OF ALL.
mirror Fund" Series of Enter
tainment Closed-Mirror
Will be Finest Publ
cation Ever.

The high school entertainment at the
opera house Friday night was unamous-
" pronounced a "corker" by the au-
dience, which was numerous enough to
fill the house. The kids have improved
CONSTANTLY in the quality of their enter
tainments and the announcement that
this WAS the last of the series was the
only unwelcome feature of the enter
tainment.
The program was "headlined" by
three comedy skits, Gossip" A Board
ing House," and "Wanted-a Servant, +"
all of which were remarkably we'll hand
led. Miss Retha Baird as the Irish
servant and Clarence Keith as the negro
lodger came in for the most applause.
A quartet, composed OF Misses Mooter
and Merrill, Messrs Keith and Earl sang
two numbers in very pleasing style; in
fact their rendering OF the religious Sc.
lection, "My Father Knows" was be-
,ond what could ordinarily be expected
" high school students. There was al
~ = male quartet, which was one of the
tiggest hits Of the evening. As a music
number this feature could have Teen
improved upon, but as a mirth producer
, as beyond criticism.
The recitations, solos and other mum.
p"rs we're all good, and the school pa
er by Grace Gulick kept the house 10 a
cor'inuous laugh fer ten minutes.
This entertainment closed the "Mirror
Fund" series as originally planned, but
- possible that another will be put on
il it appears there is demand for it.
The mirror is the annual school souvenir
ooklet, which the students are plan.
ming to make an unusually elaborate
fair this year. They have contracted
tor four hundred books of approximate
I, rs pages, and the demand already
visible may make it necessary to in
rease that number. They have reduc
| ed the price of the book from $500 to 35c
and will canvas the town and country
for subscriptions. The book will con
tain about seventy half tone cuts anc
perhaps two dozen cartoons by students
Some unusual talent OF this kind ha!
been unearthed this year in the school
A canvas for advertisements for thu
book will be made this week in all prob
ability and an increased patronage il
looked for in that line. The greatly in
creased subscription list of the book
coupled with the fact that larger page
is sold at the same price charged two
years ago should enable them to book
"full up' on ads. The News doesn't
often boost rival in business, but we
believe merchants will make no mistake
10 patronizing the "Mirror." 1t is the
kind of publication that is devoured tC
the last line by every person that open:
it, and each advertiser has the addition
al satisfaction of thus standing as &
friend of the school, for the advertising
is what makes the book possible, and 6
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1910-03-03

Miss Leona Boots entertained party
OF friends at cards vt her home last
Wednesday evenininc. The guests were
Messrs. and Mines A A. Lear, G. E.
)Vantrees, and r.. 3 Griffith; Messrs.
Ernest Crawford, Clarence Brown and
Bert Ward; Misses Alberta Melton and
Veva Kennedy.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1910-03-03

Mrs j. o. Persinger left for junction
City, Kans., to take charge of a hotel.
Enroute she stopped at Joplin where
Mr.. Persinger is working in the mines.
Jim will probably join her at Junction
City very shortly.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
KISSER RUNS AMUCK
in CROWD OF GIRLS
Boole Says He Thought They
We're His Nieces and
Embraced All

John Boole, waiter, went into a
nickelodeon on Sunday night in Broad
way near Stockton and sat down be-
side some young girls. The girls be-
gan to scream, and when Policeman
Handley was called in they told him
that Boole had in the darkness kissed
them all. Boole was arrested on a
charge of disturbing the peace
In Police Judge Shortalrs court yes
terday, when asked through Interpreter
Aguirre what made him start a kissing
bee, he said: 81 heard that some of
my nieces were there and 1 thought
these girls were they. 1 sat down be-
side them and they asked me to kiss
them. What else could 1 do?''
rs that SOP" said the judge iron
ically We'll, will send you to the
county jail for so days, and that will
be lesson to you to be sure in future
that you are kissing your nieces"
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
JOKER IN CHARTER
AMENDMENT FOUND
Police Judges Conlan and Short
all May Lose Two Years
of Their Terms
Nothing Apparently Can Be Done
Now to Straighten Out
the Tangle

Police Judges Conlan and Shortall
were much perturbed yesterday when
]. C. Saulmann showed them Joker"
in amendment to the proposed amend
ments adopted by the charter conven-
tion by which two years would be cut
off their terms of service as judges
The amendment refers to the election
of municipal officers, including four po-
lice judges, first by a primary election
in September and a general election in
November, each to hold Office for four
years. The first elections under the
amendment would be held next year.
Conlan and Shortall were elected in
November last for four years in ac-
charter. but according to the amend
ment they would have to run again
next year
Section l, chapter of article IL of
the charter, referring TO the election Of
municipal officers, is the section sought
to be amended and in which the term
of the police judges is made four years,
but section /, chapter OF article 5,
which is the governing section re-
garding police judges. is not amended
or repealed, and much confusion would
arise from the fact that the board of
supervisors can not now rectify the
mistake by reason of the fact that sec
tion %, chapter 1 of article 2, provides
that whenever a petition signed by 15
per cent of the voters is presented the
board must submit it to the voters.
According to Saulmann, the legisla--
ture can not rectify the mistake, as it
can only either adopt or reject the
amendment as whole.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
SPRING VALLEY CASES
CONTINUED TO MONDAY
u. s. District Judge harrington
Orders Postponement

The arguments in the United States
circuit court in the proceedings brought
by the Spring Valley water company TO
restrain the city from enforcing the
water rates set by the board of super
-visors. and the hearing on the order to
show cause why Attorney Daniel O'Con-
nell and his client, DR.. A. J. Minaker.
should not be punished for contempt
of court for violating the Injunction
prohibiting the bringing of suits on
water rates in state courts, were con
tinued yesterday until next Monday.
The hearing was to have been before
District Judge z. S. Harrington of Ne
vada- Other matters which came be-
fore him in his own district necessi-
tated the postponement.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
MRS. KENT'S SHOME.
OPENED FOR FETE
Open Air Entertainments to
Benefit Presbyterian Or
phanage and Farm
Boys and Girls to Enjoy Trips
in Touring Cars in
Ross Valley
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

e kENTFIELD, Sept. 26.-Through the
generosity of Mrs. A. E. Kent in throw
ing open her spacious home and
grounds for charity more than 100
orphan boys and girls will ride over
the Dig estate and lanes of Ross valley
In dozen big touring cars Saturday,
while a grape festival and open air
entertainment will complete the round
OF pleasure. Nearly all Marin's smart
set VIII make the grape festival their
mecca and society women of San Fran
cisco and other bay cities will also
attend in numbers
The proceeds of the affair will go
to the Presbyterian orphanage and
farm at San Anselmo, of which Mrs.
Kent and many other prominent women
on this side of the bay are patronesses.
NEW JOYS FOR TOTS
Few of the orphans have ever ridden
In autos. number of Mrs. Kent's
guests will come in machines, which
will be placed at the disposal Of the
children. At the orphanage the inno-
cent Joy rides are the sole topic Of
discussion among the little tots.
There will also be excursions over
the Kent estate in pony carts and many
other forms of entertainment. The
afternoon program is in charge of Mrs
John Dollar. Mrs. C. II. Farrell of
san Rafael will sing several sweet
melodies. Mrs. Daisy Kimball Adams
who before her marriage to Louis
Adams of New York was instructor of
eiGcution at Mills college, will recite
The Horseman in the Sky" by AM
brose Bserce, and child selections from
Eugene Field and Whitcomb Riley.
GRAPES FOR VISITORS
The grape festival will not be such
in name only. The Kent home, almost
at the base of Mount malpais, is
noted for the delicious grapes that
grow on its grounds. Mrs. Kent is
fond of bestowing punches of luscious
grapes on her visitors, and when they
come in force Saturday heaping bas
kets of the fruit will await them.
Twenty artistic booths have been
built under the arbors and trees. The
society maids and matrons who will
conduct them will wear costumes har-
monizing with the color effect. An
oriental tea garden has been arranged
where a boys band viii furnish
music.
Women of the First Presbyterian
church of San Rafael will conduct a
cafateria, where dainty viands will be
supplied. The patronesses of the fete
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
new Chief TO BE
chosen THURSDAY
Martins Resignation and Re-
tirement on Pension Viii
PreCede Selection
Sergt. O'Meara, Property Clerk
Judge and Commissioner
Sullivan Candidates

1t was semiofficially announced yes
terday that at the meeting of the police
commissioners Thursday afternoon the
resignation of John B. Martin as chief
OF police would be presented and ac-
cepted. Following this action the COM
missioners will meet as a pension board
and will receive and approve of Mar
tins application TO be retired on tla.
pension list as captain. owing to dis
ability.
Martins successor will be appointed
at the same meeting and speculation
is rife as TO who will rule the desti-
nies of the department. II was gen
orally conceded when Martins retire
ment was mentioned that his successor
would be Sergeant John J. O'Meara.
and although his friends still believe in
the prediction. another candidate is
now freely mentioned as the choice of
the mayor. He is Bernard Judge. at
present property clerk, who secured
that position through the mayors In
fuence. Judge ranks as a patrolman.
and scoffers say that it would not be
the proper thing to promote one of
that rank to the head of the depart.
ment, but it is pointed out that when
Jerry Dinan was made chief Of police
under the Schmitz regime he was only
a patrolman, although working as a
detective sergeant.
A new Richmond entered the field
yesterday, and if he insists upon get
ting the position of chief the mayor
will have no hesitation in compelling
the commissioners to appoint him 10
fill the vacancy. The favored one is
Joseph Sullivan, member OF the com
mission. in whom the mayor has i'm
plicit confidence. Friends OF Sullivan
say that although he has had no ex-
perience with the actual workings OF
the department. except what he has
gained during the few months he has
been on the commission, he is full of
energy and could speedily make him
self familiar with all OF the necessary
details.
II is understood that the commission
ers will hold conference with the
mayor today or tomorrow, when the
mayors wishes in the matter of the
new chief will be made known and the
program for Thursdays meeting ar
ranged.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
YOUNG MAN GETS RING,
BUT is ARRESTED LATER
False Pretense Charge Faces
Him on His Return

stylishly dressed young man called
at Andrews diamond palace, SO Kearny
street on August Is and introduced
himself to Sam C. Baker, the manager,
as Christopher Stoughton and said he
expected a letter from his mother in
the east in few days with draft for
$4,000. On that representation he got
a pair of diamond earrings and dia-
mond ring valued at $497- He did not
make his appearance again and Baker
learned that he was also known as
James Christopher Mcguire. The po-
lice were notified and descriptions of
Stoughton were sent broadcast. Yes
terday word was received that he had
been arrested in Sacramento. and Baker
swore to a complaint before Police
Judge Weller. charging him with OBJ
tanning property by false pretenses.
Detective Geimann will bring him back.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27

GIRLS and FLEES
Policemen Chase the Reckless
Chauffeur, but He Speeds
Up and Escapes

Shortly after midnight yesterday
morning an automobile going at over
so miles an hour along Sixteenth street
struck Miss May McDermott. Is years
of age, living at 126 Elsie street. and
two girl friends at the Valencia street
crossing. They were all knocked
down. Miss McDermott tainted and
went into convulsions, but soon re-
covered. Neither of the girls was
seriously injured. The chauffeur kept
going, although chased by Policemen
Creedon and Fugit, who fired shot in
the air to stop him. He made his
escape.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
RECOUNT OF BULLS VOTES
MAY COMMENCE TO-DAY
Lawyer Contests Nomination
for Superior Judge

Franklin P. Bull, whose nomination
on the republican ticket for superior
Judge has been contested by Frank w.
Sawyer, filed an affidavit with the
county clerk yesterday in which he
contended that the other republican
nominees. James NJ. Trout, George H.
Bahrs and r. B. Mcclellan, were neces-
sary parties to the action. He de-
manded that their names be added as
respondents before the recount began.
Bull denies Sawyer's allegation that
the contestant was deprived of many
votes through errors on the part of the
election officers.
Judge Murasky postponed to this
morning the hearing of the contest
If all the technical preliminaries have
been disposed Of the recount will begin
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
Opposition i'm South

OAKLAND, Sept 26.-Battle is i'm
pending over the Panama Pacific expo
sition in the trans Mississippi con-
gress, which will convene November
% and continue for three days at San
Antonio. Tex. The directors of the
Oakland chamber of commerce have
been advised that a strong effort will
be made to secure an Endorsement from
the congress of New Orleans as the
exposition city At its meeting to-
morrow the chamber of commerce will
consider the question of sending a
delegation from this side of the bay
to work in harmony with delegations
from San Francisco and other cities of
California and the Pacific coast gem
orally to present San Francisco's
claims to the exposition.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
CHINESE CITIES WELCOME
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN

The American businessmen represent
ing the chambers of commerce of the
Pacific coast who are touring the orient
10 strengthen business ties are being
entertained lavishly along the route
according to telegraphic advices re-
ceived by the San Francisco chamber
OF commerce from American Consul
General Wilder of Shanghai. All the
business organizations in the cities Wis
tied have heH receptions for the Wis
itors and in Shanghai the streets were
decorated and fireworks were burned
sn token OF welcome
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27

LECTURES IN sCHooLs-A series of free lee
lures in the public schools have been ar
ranged. These will be delivered by William
Fl. Jordan. on travel science. government.
economics. art and music. The first will be
next Thursday night in the Laguna Honda
school. in Seventh avenue between Irving and
Judah streets
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
NEW Y. M. c. A. BUILDING
is NEARING COMPLETION

Christian association at Golden Gate
avenue and Hyde street has so far ad-
vanced toward completion that it has
been decided to open it on Thursday,
November 10.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16
MAKES ( DIFFERENCE
Presidential Endorsement Not Con
sidered as Dangerous as On
Senatorship.

Presidential Endorsement Not Con-
sdered as Dangerous as On
Senatorship.
They eau strain at Il gnat and swal-
low camel without blinking an eye,
those Toledo Democrats. In the re-
port of the Lucas county convention
it is recorded:
"The convention also passed a res
olution with a hurrah to the effect
that We approve of Governor Har-
mon for the nomination as president
on the national Democratic ticket for
1922 This is the first Democratic
convention IN the state to declare ON
Harmon's candidacy for the presi-
dency in 1912"
Isn't this action a little inconsist-
ent with Governor Harmon's pro-
nouncement for "S-s-s-h! S-s-s-h!
Dont-wake-the-baby!" campaign?
If it is perdition and destruction to
make a senatorial endorsement, isn't
it walking through broken glass and
over hot stones to take such a posi-
tive stand on a matter that will even
tuate some l8 months after the dread
ed senatoTship comes face to face
with lust nOw?"
Isn't there really danger In a pres
idential endorsement to the success
of the endorsing party this fall!
Some of the Bryan fellows may take
this as a direct slap at their ideal
| and perpetual candidate. Some OF
the men whose votes are wanted foI
the Democratic state ticket this fall
may be advanced radicals who have
a fondness for Folk; or conservative
partisans who feel that party hope
lies in Gaynor; or may live in Dor
der counties and be middle-of-the
readers who like Marshall of Indiana
Committing the Ohio Democracy tc
Harmon for president in 1912, win oI
lose, come what may, Tom Johnson
to the contrary Notwithstanding ap
pears to be injudiciOus-the action OF
persons who are not informed as tC
the real situation. If it be "unwise
to inject the senatorial question into
this falls campaign" it Is Marcf
madness to inject the presidential
question so much more remote.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16
If You Own Cows

it will not only be interesting but it
will be profitable for you to read that
little national dairy magazine, Kim
balls Dairy Farmer. It is published
semi-monthly at Waterloo, Iowa, the
hub of the great dairy region of the
central west. It is ably edited, we'll
printed on good book paper and hand
somely illustrated by actual photo
graphs taken exclusively for it. Its
purpose is educational and to the man
who would make his COWS yield larger
profits, this little magazine is indis-
pensable. Regardless of how many
other papers the farmer may take, this
one is worth many times its price to
him. The subscription price is only
5O cents a year, and the paper will
positively be discontinued at expira
tion. Send for sample copy.
Kimball's Dairy Farm er.
Waterloo, Iowa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16
PUSH SUIT WITH WGOR
Government: Seeks Men "Hipher Up
In Sugar Fraud Scandal.

GoHRTJlUE0S OSSkS WSH JDlAUGp W
In Sugar Fraud Scandal
Shortly after the exposure, through
the efforts Of Collector Loeb OF New
York. Of the weighing frauds Drac.
iiced by the sugar trust at Its vii.
liamsburg docks, there was a clamor
for an investigation by congress,
President Taft, however opposed
any such action. holding that to
make public all evidence in the
hands of the government would de-.
feat the possibility of securing a con-
viction of the men higher up"
To secure conviction Of the cor.
rupted government clerks and weigh
men was comparatively easy mat
ter, but the presidents well-known
desire to reach those Of greater au-
thority seems in a fair way to be-
coming realized now.
In the trial of Charles R. Heike,
secretary Cf the sugar company, the
other day there was a sensation
when Oliver Splitter, who had been
convicted last February, was called
on the stand. He had been pardoned
by the president in order that his
| testimony might be used in the case
now on trial. The cashier and su.
perintendeGt of the refinery are also
on trial, and Spitzer's testimony i'm
| plicated both, directly, in the frauds.
1t is not difficult to recall the tu-
mutt raised by the Democratic press
when President Taft objected to fur
nishing all papers in the sugar scan
dal to congress, and insinuations
were not lacking that the president
was seeking to protect the trust. The
ultimate developments will likely
prove a complete vindication of the
presidents course.
The president expressed himself on
the matter of trust prosecutions
some time ago in substantially this
I language:
The serious difficulty in prosecut-
ing men or corporations for creating
| mOnOpolies comes, as matter OF
| fact--in criminal cases-not from the
| lack of convincing evidence, but from
the reluctance of juries to send the
individual offender to prison for what
he has done.
at is easy for the average citizen
to declaim about what should be
done to the makers Of trusts, but,
when he is actually in the jury box,
he finds it very difficult to send a
man to Jail for practices that until
within a comparatively short time,
have been considered legitimate and
clever.
"In one of the foremost recent
trust Investigations, virtually all OF
the evidence secured by the govern
ment was based upon the conduct of
one man, the president Of the offend
ing corporation; yet, when the jury
came to render its verdict this man
was set free and the corporation was
fined This is unfortunate, for, in
my opinion. nothing would stop this
building up Of monopolies more
quickly than the conviction of some
of the individuals who create them
by their Illegal acts"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16

The fact that those lin the know"
were expecting rather mild sugges-
ton confirms in many minds the sus-
picion that the Honorable Bill Finley
himself was at the bottom of it all.
Finley, has according to this dag
nosis, double purpose to serve: he
wants to hold on to the Bryan life
line, and is anxious to establish an
alibi in case a Democratic legislative
triumph should yield another Payne
or another Rrice to the United States
senate. Then, when Harmon should
be relegated to the down-and-outs,
some original kilograms could be
flashed to give the Honorable Bill a
clean bill of health, and to prove that
while he was in the camp of the cor
porationists he was doing his very
best to keep 'em honest-undertaktn
to bring about reform within the
party.
BY keeping on the right side Of
Bryan Mr.. Finley may also have had
hopes Of keeping back the demand
for publicity of campaign contribu,
tions. The Harmon fund of 1908 has
never yet been spread on the min
utes, and the public clamor for light
is likely to increase rather than d.
minish. The Democratic platform OF
1910 can scarcely contain publicity
plank with the disbursement of the
1908 fund still a dark secret. The
Bryan folk love strife when principle
is at stake. By injecting the sena.
torid endol sement enough II COZ
vention quarrel will be provoked to
cloak the emission Of any reference
TO publicity.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16

eral League Of Ohio does not give
any premonitory symptoms of repeat
ing its fund of 1905 for Harmons S
help. From whence, then, shall tinan-
cial succor come if the senatorial am
billions of John R. Mclean, NJ. +. In
gals. James Kilbourne and Ed Han
ley, the Dayton boss, be not slmul-
taneously famed with hope?
F. 7. d.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16

AS for Governor Harmon, 1t has
been patent all along that he can not
be expected to sanction or permit
senatorial endorsement. There is a
campaign to be fought, and the Lib
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16

But whatever the UnrpoS, the
maTk's beel overshOG the BryaE
bO't hit too hard And eEth~ proof
hat Finley had fore-knowledge Of It
the oil inspector was the only one
In the Harmon camp who was not
knocked of his pins by the blow. He
hastily explained that quite evidently
Bryan did not understand" and gave
the cue for the governors own re-
joinder, which followed in parallel
thought some "a hours later.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16
TRUTHS IN TABLOID

Advice to hungry senatorial
boodlers in Ohio: Look at Lorimer
and behaVe!
Maybe Alton B. Parker might be
induced to sustain Judge Harmon's
YIews as to senatorial endorsements! |!