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Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER

lbY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS1
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 9.-Refusing
to accept the services of a lawyer, and
declaring the Lord would protect him,
Elijah Frank Sanford, commander Of
the yacht CorOnet, owned by the
Holy GAost" sect was convicted to-
Gay on six counts on the charge of
death of several members os his crew
from starvation.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT

fBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Federal
District Attorney Mccormick of Los
Angeles today conferred with Presi-
dent Taft at the White House. 1t is
believed he made direct report on
the California dynamite probe. This
conference is considered significant in
connection with the news from Los
Angeles that the federal grand jury
there is investigating the finding of
dynamite along the lines of the Harri-
man system at various places during
the recent visit of the President to the
west. 1t is alleged that twenty at
tempts have been made to blow up
bridges or culverts on the Hartman
lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
START CONSTRUCTION
OF CAMPO ROAD

SAN DIEGO, Dec O. Work on the
Campo road was started this morning
al the Cottonwood creek by camp No
3. About sixty men are now busy on
this important route, and more Will
be added as soon as possible. The
work will be rushed toward Potrero
and il is expected that good headway
will be made before spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
M'NAMARAS WILL
APPEAR BEFORE THE
GRAND JURY TODAY

tBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.-It is ru-
mored about the county Jail just be-
fore noon that the McNamaras are be-
ing prepared for a session before the
federal grand jury, despite their re-
fusal to talk to the inquisitors. In the
purported plans of officials it is said
the men will be taken across the
i'bridge of sighs" to the criminal court
loom, where a special session will be
held
: The McNamaras most probably will
be taken to San Quentin at 6 this af-
ternOOn.
The Franklin bribery trial will be
heard by Judge Bordwell on Monday
instead of by Justice Young.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
MEAT PACKERS TRIAL

iBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS1
CHICAGO, Dec 9.-Attorneys for the
packers on trial here for violating the
Sherman antitrust law today per-
emptorily challenged two talesmen,
their first exercise of peremptories.
One talesman was challenged because
he read foreign newspapers and the
other because he participated in po-
litical discussans in country gro
Gerry store,
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
MILITARY OCCUPATION
Of PANAMA CANAL
ZONE IS FEARED

PANAMA, Dec 9.-Commenting on
the recent political disturbances which
eliminated in a riot on December G,
when fighting between the ,partisans
of the administration and it's oppon-
ents occurred in the streets, the Star
a repetition of the scandals will lead
to military occupation and provision
al government by the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
Closing ENGAGEMENT

After their engagement of two weeks
at the Opera House, the Jack Benjamin
Company will give their closing play
tomorrow night and they will leave
behind them wide feeling of kindly
ly have ministered faithfully and well
TO the pleasure of the people of Il
Centre. Tonight they Will present
F"TAe Iron will" and tomorrow night
The Slave Girl"
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
MAURITANIA is FLOATED

LIVERPOOL. Dec. 9.-The Cunard
Steamship Company's liner, Maureta-
mia, which went ashore in the Mersey
late last night, was fioated today ap-
parently undamaged. The big steam
er snapped her anchor chains during a
gale, swung around slowly and drifted
onto the beach near Dingle. She is
due to sail for New York Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
ITALIANS HAVE BEEN EXPELLED

[BY UNITED PRESS CABLE SERVICEl
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-Dispatches today
from Smyrna announce that Turkey, in
reprisal for the Italian attack on Mo-
rocco, has expelled all Italians from
Smyrna and has confiscated their
property.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09
". H.. CLINE, WHO SHOT
HAMMOND, PLEADS GUILTY

". II. Cline toGa" wcnt before Judge
C",c and entered . lea OF gully to
The charge OF assault w.th intent 10
commit murder aad will f,e a petition
fs- probatiGa.
Ile CriAr ia 4lc ....5@..ts several
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09

iGnie:o of Water Company Ne. >, the
, shot:ng being north of Hotville.
1t is known that since the confess
sion of the McNamaras he has been
csasitelips takiag tlis step.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-09

GREAT DOLLAR DAILY
IN IMPERIAL COUNTY
ONE YEAR ONE DOLLAR
Outside Imperial County
One Year Two Dollars
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

forth every foreigner admitted through
our gates to freedom should be compelled
to show q clean bill Of moral health. 1t
Is not a difncuIt matter to require all
immigrants to disclose SO much of their
past history as shall show them free
from afiilfation at any time with any
anarchistic organization. In this par
ticular case. undoubtedly. prevention is
much better than cure. Our criminal pro-
cedure is, through inherent weakness. SO
inefficient that we cannot afford to allow
without vigorous protest any such large
addition to our criminal population as is
implied by the threatened influx of an
archists from England. Once landed.
and scattered about the country. these
undesirable members of society would be
almost impossible to control: and with
the few that have got in in the past
surely we have had trouble and disgrace
enough. Sincerely it is to be hoped that
our immigration authorities will be more
than ordinarily watchful.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

honest service might be given to the
people. but simply that the individual and
the machine might profit.
Nor. unless the people Of Pennsylvania
take the striking lesson they have just
had in these graft cases close to heart.
can we see any immediate signs for Sc
curity in the future. Not by securing
restitution of part Of the stolen funds;
not by sending individual grafters to the
penitentiary. can the State hope for any
permanent reform. 1t is not by guarding
public officials SO that dishonesty is
made dif1icult that ills such as Pennsyl-
vania has suffered from can be
cured The cure must begin from
the ground up: it must start with the
people themselves. who must be brought
to realize that what they want is hon.
est and able public service. and that they
can get what they want only by using
intelligenuy and wisely the most potent
and formidable and successful weapon
against graft-the ballot.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
Regulating the Tipping Evil.

There is being a good deal said by the
press these days about the national craze
for legislation. for the passing Of laws
but the limit seems to have been reached
in the case of a New Jersey legislator
who has introduced bill legalizing tip
ping.
The author of this bill says that he
would make tipping a crime if it could
be done under the Constitution. AS it is.
he proposes to regulate the evil. and thinks
this can be done by regulating the tip
ping rates. Under his law the extreme
limit Of tip for any service would be
a quarter. For being served at dinner.
no matter what the dinner cost. the
diner must not tip more than 20 cents.
For being served with drinks, the tip
must not be more than dime. His limit
cents over and above the regular price.
and 5 cents is to be the legal tip for
the messenger or the bellboy. As PEN
atty for infringing this legalized tipping
regulation, the Trainer of the bill pro-
poses a fine of $50 or one month in the
workhouse for the first offense. and so
or six months for the second oftense. The
dispatches from New Jersey which carry
this interesting news omit to state
whether it is to be the tipped or the tip
per who is to be punished.
This is the first attempt. We imagine.
to legalize tipping. and we hope this
and all other future attempts-wiil fail
as ignominiously as they deserve. The
matter is one that comes wholly within
the province and the power of the indi-
vidual If any individual decides that he
needs an anti-tpping law in order to be
perfectly happy. let him go to work and
pass it in his own mind. and see to il
that he obeys his own law. Once tipping
becomes legalized. we shall all have to
shell out whether We want to Or not. and
the man who. through little pardonable
vanity. chooses to hand over. A trifie
ostentatiously. an oversenerous gratuity
to the waiter who has served the lady
and himself. would. instead of acquiring
a reputation for free-handedness. be SIM
ply obeying the law. And such a law
would not work in any case
1t is hard enough to get good walters
now. even with the tipping system. II
Castor or Alphonse knew that all they
could expect from serving a dinner
properly-havinG the plates at the right
temperature, u just enough sherry in the
terrapin: the sweetbreads hot: the salad
dressing artistic-would be a mere u
cents, we fear they would forsake their
neutrality-suspicious. to become taxicab
drivers. Oh, no, The Jersey idea is un-
sound
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
japanese Sensitiveness.

We are not in accord with those news
papers that are siding with Japan in its
protest against some bills pending in the
California legislature proposing to forbid
the acquisition of land, even if the pro-
posed law does specify that ;he disbar-
ment shall apply only to such aliens who
are not eligible to citizenship in the
United States. thus particularly singing
out the Chinese. japanese, and other
Asiatics
The japanese consul at San Francisco
has addressed a dignified protest to the
legislature of California against these
bills, and some newspapers support the
protest. notably the New York Tribune
which thinks that, as we arc now engaged
in the task of formulating new treaty
with Japan. il would have been wise for
California TO postpone all legislati ton
which is likely TO complicate-not to say
Xacerbate-Americsn- apa.nese relations
until the State Department had concluded
its negotiations
A few years ago. when California pro.
posed legislatio which was regarded as
anti-Japanese. President Roosevelt took a
hand and made an appeal to California
TO refrain from complicatins international
relations.
1t would seem that Japan does not OBJ
ject to the proposed California lesisIa-
ton as it is. II does not object to its
people being classed as aliens. but it does
object to their being classed with the
Chinese and other Oriental aliens ineligi-
BILE to citizenship.
As q matter of fact, in wanting to pre-
vent the Japanese from acquiring real
property in that State, California is doing
no more than Japan does. which is to
prohibit Americans from holding real
estate in Japan. except in one or two
places in the empire in or adjacent to
cities of the treaty ports.
But deeper and of greater significance
is the fact that California is a sovereign
State. We of the East do not have to
deal with the problem of being overrun
with japanese as do those on the Pacific
Coast. and We are, in the nature of
things. capable Of quite understanding
the mental atutdde Of the Californians.
In such legislation as they propose, they
are quite within their rights The diff
Guilty is theirs: the remedy is theirs II
is for them to work out their own saliva
ton.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
BY FRED C. KELLY.

Shortly after he came to Congress two
years ago. Representative Lenroot, Wis
consin insurgent, was introduced te
! Speaker Cannon at reception given b,
Representative McKinlay. Lenroot had
already lined up as one of the most radi.
cal insurgents hereabouts, and Cannon
knew VINO he was. even before the intro
| duction-
The Speaker looked him squarely ir
the eye as ne shook hands, sizing
him up scrutinizinsly. as if he were a
prospective son-in-law or a new chauf-
feur
I've heard of you." observed Cannon
He repeated this remark once or twice
to let it sort of sink into Lenroot's con.
sciousness
Speaker said. in a tone loud enough for
| anybody to hear:
"As mild-mannered man as ever cut
a throat or scuttled a ship
Representative Lever. Of South Caro-
lima. likes dogs. He is not a connoisseur
Of dogs. but he likes 'em. 1t matters
not to him whether dog has a pcdi-
gree or any family connections at all.
dogs dog to Lever.
Feeling as he does about dogs, Lever
was aggrieved the other MORNING when
he met a man near the Capitol grounds
who was taking couple of cute little
white terriers to the pound. just be-
cause they didn't have any folks.
Il suppose they'll be killed to satisfy
some fool ordinance. when lots of peo-
pie would like to have such dogs" re-
marked Lever. as he walked away.
We'll, d'you want EN-" the dog man
yelled after him.
'Oh. I'd take en- if they were bigger.
replied Lever. jokirgiy. II like big
dogs And he hurried on UP to the
Capitol
Little did he wot that the dog man
would stop somebody who knew him and
ascertain his identity
Several hours are supposed to have
elapsed. Also line of asterisks.
Representative Lever. seated in his Of
flee. after the close of the House ses-
sion. gets a phone call from the door
keeper of the House Office Building
There's a man here with two fero-
cious looking dogs" says the doorkeeper.
and it's against the rules to let any
dogs in the building. SO he won't go
way. but just stands here at the door,
and everybody's scared Of the brutes.''
When Lever got down to the door. he
found his acquaintance of the forenoon.
with two regular Uncle Toms Cabin"
looking dogs.
You said YOU wanted some big dogs
the man said. so l found a friend of
mine who says he'll sell these two for
SIS apiece. or you can have one of EN-
for seo.''
Lever told him gently that he'd just
looked up his lease. and found it was
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
Are They Turning Honest.

| There seems to be an indication that
some newspapers believe the graft
ers who have so long had a good and
profitable time with the State of Penn
sylvania are turning honest. We be-
lieve that this is rather too optimistic a
manner in which to view the fact that
the suit brought by the State of Penn
syivania against the politicians who stole
six millions OF dollars was settled by
the return to the State of 81, 4s5 coo. Much
| of this result was brought about by the
| honesty and fearlessnsss of State Treas
| urer William H. Berry, who declined to
pay warrants drawn on him for $751; Con-
which warrants are included in the
| amount returned to the State.
1t has been a wrstched business all
through. and the investigation and prose-
cution disclosed the fact that five high
officials of the Commonwealth were con-
cerned in the thefts- Two of these are
in the penitentiary now-William P. Sny-
der. formerly auditor general. and James
NJ. Shoemaker, superintendent of public
grounds and buildings. The State treas
urer. Mathues, died while out on bail
pending his appeal from a sentence to
Jail. Included in the civil suits Just set
treasurer. and e. B. Hardenberg. a for
mer auditor general. who succeeded in
escaping criminal charges through the
operation Of the statute Of limitations.
The contractor who profited by the graft.
and was the prime offender, is dead.
The Philadelphia North American.
speaking Of the convicted Offenders,
says:
They shared the common doctrine Of
tho Quay school that public office is a
private snap. that its chief purpose Is
to exploit the State for the benefit of the
machine and its creatures. that anything
that can be extracted from the public
treasury under the form Of law Is legiti-
their character. It's only substitute was
turpituAe. They believed that. the law
and the forms Of government are but
tools t0 turn money from the public
purse Into their private Golfers
That Is true In practically all political
graft cases. but there is no indication in
this tafdy return Of part Of the spoils
looted from Pennsyivania's treasury that
the grafters have experienced change
Of heart One trouble with Penusyivania
has always bsen that she has . low
idsal Of pubic service; always With her
he nachins has counted for much moro
than msn. And pablic oGacs has been
Ieought got that dscent encien&, ana
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
The Anarchist DANGER.

The recent battles in London between
the police of that city and the anarchists
served. at any rate. to call attention to
the fact that for many wears England
has been the refuge for those anarchists
who have been driven out of other Eu-
ropean countries. It has even been re-
ported in the English dispatches that
there was well-Understood if not de-
fined agreement between the British au-
thorities and the heads of certain an
archistic organizations to the effect that
so long as the members Of these various
societies agreed not to practice their
dangerous arts against the members of
the English royal family or the British
government they might have asylum in
England undisturbed
But it seems now that England is awake
to the peril of harborins these people
and it is likely that a thorough and ner-
sistent effort will be made to dislodee
them. 1t is not idle speculation to be-
Geve that many Of them may seek a har-
Dor m this country. Mr. Andrew D.
White. the well-known educator and pub
lcist. points out in a recent magazine
article that
The assassin and anarchist whom,
London plans to be well lid of soon have
an admirable refuge in the United States
country lying wide open to them, in
which they will find more companfons
sympathizers. and effective helpers than
in any other. This country, with its
carelessness in admitting foreign GRIM
inals, its ineffective way Of dealing with
them. and its facilities for clearing them
Of guilt, is becoming more and more at
tractive to them every day In the
United States the number of murders
during the year just closed was S975, an
increase OF 800 over the year preceding
Only one murderer in eighty-stx was
given capital punishment. The number
Of murders in the United States is to the
number in England as Ia to
We cannot say that we have not been
thoroughly forewarned In regard 10 the
impending danger of q large anarchistic
immigration. It behooves our immigra-
ton authorities at this time to be moro
than ordinarily careful as to the admis-
don Of immigrants from. al foreagn
countries. and especially from England;
though IN the past We have admitted
Immigration from Grsat Britain under
much les stringent conditions than have
bes4 spplisd to immigrants from othsr
DlHopeau comtxies. Frem this tina
Z q -
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH.
Gov. Osborn Unaunlihcdly for the
Senator'S Reelection.


Lansing Dispatch to the Grand Rapids Herald.
Ever since the election Gov Chase S.
Osborn has been persistently mentioned
as possible candidate for United States
Senator against William Alden Smith
two years hence. Color was added to the
persistent statement by his early an
nouncement that he would not be a can
didate for d second term as governor.
His message. over which there has been
nothing but f1attering comment, has fSr-
thered the rumor.
The question of his candidacy. MT
sGuarely to the governor. was answered
just as sQuarely.
Il shall not be a candidate for Unit I'd
States Senator for governor. nor for
anything else two years hence. I meant
just what / said-that after l have occu-
pied the governors chair for two years
shall be glad to return to my home
and to the occupation ] love.
Il am for William Alden Smith to sue
ceed himself. You may say this just as
strongly as you know how l have known
him intimately for many years 1 first
boosted him for Senator. l love him
and l admire him. l am for him. AMI I
shall he for him for Senator two years
hence. shall not be a candidate my
self.
Il look upon Senator Sp,ith as one of
the really big men at Washington.
believe he Is not only a mighty good
fellow. but mighty capable one Dur
ing his public life he has been honest
and square in his dealings. and has won
not only friends. but wide range of use
fulness. He is one of the powers of the
Senate, and l am for him for another
term"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

against the rules to keep dogs where he
lives. SO that he'd be obliged to renege.
Members of Congress like nothing bet
ter than to take visitor from back home
around to see some Of the celebrities.
such as the Speaker, Champ Clark. the
Vice President, and others. The celeb.
rites call the member by name. in the
course of the conversation. and seem
real chummy. and it makes him look like
the sure 'nough know-em-all kid.
Which introduction having been dis.
posed of, let US now tell our story. A
few days ago Representative Carl An
derson, of Ohio, received a call from
Charles Burtscher. a business man of
Fostor;a. Carl introduced him to Vic
Murdoch. Uncle Joe. Nick Longworth
and one or two others who happened
along, and then he told his visitor that
there was another man of Importance
that he wanted him to meet without fur
ther delay. He referred to Mr.. Beau
champ Clark. next Speaker. but he
didn't say who it was until they were
in Cousin Beauchamp's office. The Wis
itor started TO say something. but An
derson was already under way. and he
delivered real nice little speech, as
follows:
Mr.. Clark, here is a good Democrat
from my town who has been reading
about you. and I'm not sure but one of
the objects of his visit to Washington
was to have the opportunity of meeting
you face to face. Let me present
Mr.
oh, pshaw! I know Burtscher," cut
in the Missourian, before Anderson had
got as far as the mans name He's
the man that hunted up a barber for
me and brought him to my room and
looked after me generally when 1 spoke
in Fostoria. Ohio. few months ago.
I'd have stopped you sooner" the
visitor told his Congressman after twas
all over, but had no idea Clark would
remember me-"
queer condolences happen. Many years
ago. when Senator Overman, Of North
Carolina, was mere youth. he was fired
by an ambition TO he a lawyer by at
tending a murder trial. The defense was
~''N ie" an" tht di Su-itHlS
on both sides were so eloquent that
Overman was completely captivated by
the court room glamour of the legal pro-
fession-S Fourteen years later Overman
was just getting fairly launched into his
law practice when he was retained as
chief counsel in a murder case. The
client. who had just killed his seventh
victim, was the same man whose earlier
trial had fired Overmans ambition to
study law.
Though he is now serving his fourth
term in Congress. Representative Reuben
Osborne Moon. of Pennsylvania. still for
gets occasionally and calls Speaker Can
non your honor. when he starts to
make a speech. Obviously. Moon is a
lawyer. He is serving on the House
Judiciary Committee and the Committee
on Revision of Laws. and he pleads these
connections as an excuse for thinking
he's in court.
tCopyrisht, 1911. by Fred c. kelfyD
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

Next to my own London. would
sooner be here than in any city 1 have
ever visited said Ellen Terry in Chi
cago. She said the same thing in New
York and Boston, and will probably re-
peat it when she comes to Washington.
And, in one sense. it will be perfectly
true.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
Cook Outranks Diplomat.

From the London Chronicle.
On celebrated occasion in Vienna.
when there was much excitement in all
the European courts over affairs Of in
ternational moment. the French ambas-
sador was suddenly recalled by his gov
ernment. 1T Is a very grave affair.
is it not Prince Metternich was asked
by a lady at a court ball. this recall of
the ambassador? mot SO grave. !
assure you. madame" the prince re-
sponded, las 1t would have been II 1t
had been the French Ambassadors cook
who was recalled. The ambassador can
easily be replaced. but not his cook"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

The Dallas (TexD News says it hopes
that when women get on juries they will
stop knitting while listening to testi
mony. Why. they. knitted all right dur.
ing the French revolution.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

newly coined word is ''husbandette,' =
designed TO fill long-feit want" 1t is
Used. we believe. to designate those
chaps who button their wife's gowns up
the back
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

Mr. Edison threatens to discover a
process to make gold out Of common clay.
Then some folks We know would be
worth their weight in gold.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

About the only time delayed in trans
mission is a welcome sign is when it is
tackled on the cold-wave report.