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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE LAW
BY MARTHA BENSLEY BRUERE

SHE isn't Just what you'd cxpcct in O. lawyer said
~ the Literary Light "In the Old t.1ial DAYS she
would have been the Lady Chatciaine %, great house
hold looking out for the health and pp.ncSs q h.,
scrfs but nowadays there ISM enough h1usekeeuirg
to 90 round and she has to take Out % law
"Oh see here protested Mr. Quao<,n5os sDo
YOU think its what Charlotte Perkins Gilman ca,
Kitchen mindcdncss that I'm putting into Jaws, L
isn't at all But these immgran. ~ith their iuartu.
late sense Of wrong
finds people in trouble and hclpc- ati mayiioalqe
sense Of lcyong, She treats them y they were he,
ncighbors children, lost and too frightened 70 DO any.
thing but cry
Vel, why not" asked Mrs Quaasenlos earnestly
AT Won saw child that had been neglected " abuse
so that it had run away from home wouldn't you II
to find out what was wrong with the home or The
parents? Thats al did about those immigrants viii
the whip marks on their backs: folowci them IN
the turpcntinc camps, from there back 10 # ralroa.
and steamship companies, across the Atan' and H..
their homes. And there found what was wrong The
were poor, hungry 'axriiicn and their Goyo-nmert
didn't care enough about them 10 protect them 4gare
kidnappcrS.
"Y6u don't mean they're kiaapped!' | OBJECTED
well. II that, practically. The whole b. Is coun,r
Of Italy Bulgaria. and Greece swarns with agents Cf
steamship companics, who tempt them over with ials
prctenscs Of fabulous wealth Why, one n N IN South
crn Greece nine mulcback miles from q -alrai sta.
ton told me that he had cleared thirty ousand do
lars in five years IN commissions from e steamship
companies for Turing immigrants 70 The ~ni,ed Sta,a
And right under the nose Of the Greek Government
EOR long time We have had runaway o5s,repero.
immigrants pouring in on Us AMI .-.e tired q
mans scheme Of building high restrictive nee abo
our countrv-and then letting them pa g. The pal.g
and creep through Did It ever OCCUR .a my Of %
legal minds that they might step over 'o r.rcn, S4l
and say. Keep your naughty children d.. aomet
And vet we've been doing that very hing IN it'll
There was a case knew in the New YORK Chidrei
Court where two boys arrested tor Try aTce-T
on Friday It wasn't until the following ae'day ta4.
their parents wealthy people living on <er,ie DIV
discovered they were gone. When t.t "el dresst
father and mother appeared in court o., ase Tsic~
ing to punish the children or put 81. blame On us
nursery governcSs. put them on probation tie nae
them promise TO see that their childrer -e in bed
night and that they were where they ..rgct dung
the day. The international application o.. this it4
doesn't seem to have been thought Of '' A.r, Qua,a
enbos doing lust what the Judge had i.-0 placed u
responsibility for the immigrants She found in the .g'
pcntinc camps back home. She has presented bill.
Congress which says:
No alien shall be admitted into the Ua'e States ~
less he presents a certificate Of eligibility ay NJ h.
Of the munich GIity ce he has last ycsidt AMI bearing u
C5rarssl page &c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

"Oh. ANYBODY who can draw a brief can take care OF
the cases I'm leaving; but this Alabama business
different. Men have been coming INTO my oiOc VIZ.
wells and whip cuts their backs They say thcy
have been held as slaves in the labor camps, chalnco
and beaten and robbed If its true that hundreds Of
men are being held in pconagc down there tle IoCai
federal attorney has got to know about III by iorCC'
necessary Nothing can be done up here Ana theil
it's lust possible that there isn't law to INT Their par
tictar case anyway. If that's need the facts TO
get a law from Congress that WILL -, c
"Now, isn't that Just like a woman howled the Cu9
Lawyer Trying to get law to ut your case ilS'e"u
Of fitting your ease TO the law!
"But isn't that what the law is for, to be httcd 70
things that really happcn:' asked Mrs Quackenbos;
brought the Lady Lawyer blue SIX coat ana =; a
gorgeous flower trimmed hat in which She lookcd-"el
not like dcaconess And before the lawyer appreii-
tcc had done with his amazement she slammed the CAP
door and with laugh and wave OF her mana was gone
II was so Ike hcrto feel that the wrongs OF anyone
within her countrvs gates her concern; to treat
the whole United States though 1t was Just mousse
hold and she a careful housewife dispensing domestic
justcc
EEE picture Of the Lady Lawyer flashing away to the
L turDentinc camps with a swirl Of her bright bor-
rowcd cloak still clear in my mind when she iiMt-
tered down beside my tcatabe three years !ter; me
Literary Light, who had first gone South with her IN
search of copy but had later followed half over the
world through sheer affection, came with her.
knew as al the world does, that she had laid facts
before the President which had lei to her appointment
eral that she had got the head Of great lumber and
turpcnnc company committed for pconage, and that
she had appeared before Congress with plan Tor the
protection Of the immigrant and Of the people Of Amer
lea against immigration frauds But the really great
things she was after, did not know.
you see" she explained, 81 soon found that 1t
doesn't help the immigrants to jail few men 50 long as
everybody outside the Jail thinks it is good business to
keep up the old game It's like teaching children that
the harm in cheating in getting caught We have been
prosecuting these pconagc cases for more than two
years and yet the traffic in immigrants goes night on
Why, one OF the very worst offenders had himself
elected to the Senate and sits the congressional
Committee immigration to investigate his own
crimes! don't believe Jas ever solved any real human
problems, anyway; but
Mrs. Quackcnhos had abscntly dropped lump after
lump into her till II too sweet to drink. Oh,
do give me another cup" she laughed.
And the Literary Light who had seen her safely
through a fact hunt in the Mississippi swamps, where
she had been shot from the woods who had met her
in Naples on her from search for evidence in the
mountain villages Of Greece and had watched anxousy
during mysterious interviews with subtle oriental Off
cals. took her sterny in hand and gave her proper
cup Of tea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11


h :: :::: !: 4; =: &: 5: ": !:
IE0g0gNS LAWYERS every day! Didn't hurrying
IEZ2N|N shvStcrS fairly crowd one off the
RSYE,oJNN3J sidewalks? Was there single bust
lOHEEIlM] ness block without the sign "\Otary
WlE9fSiIW Public and Counsellor at Law "!
WEVVV WHY there are twenty-story build
NNSA// ings down near Wall Street full
"a h<N a. of lawyers a warren is Of rabbits.
~ - More lawyers put these things IN
W elegant English; but she pushed
Il know all that" she sad "but
they aren't in Our field at ALL We've sort OF legal
work to do: to Straightcn out tdngcS after thcy
are made but prevent things getting INTO mess
"But why do YOU think that IS woman province;
Because to make things run smooth is a domestic
problem We've been trained to 1t for gcncratlofS ana
now that there isn't enough housekeeping in the world
to keep all busy some OF us can turn Our domestic
instincts loose on law. Oh, | wish you'd come in and
help"
but don't think have a legal mind objected
"You don't need one She cried.
And then she went to explain that woman S IN
hertcd instincts were better law than any that the
schools could teach her. because they Sprarg from ages
of experience Of what best for the race ana thoSh
of course they weren't inallibc they nearly 50
as ANYTHING we had. "What need, she concluded,
SIS domestic minded lawyers.
She got me persuaded TO the extent of reading book
bv certain Williston about some things called "torts
and incidentally brought me in contact with group OF
women who not trying to play man legal game,
but had put on new game OF their own IN the OLD
established courts
THIRST saw this new game in process when one day,
as we were drinking in the freight. Mrs. Mary
Grace QuackcnboS, whom we used to call the Lady
LAWYER, rushed in and demanded:
"Will somebody lend me a cloak and hat:
"What for?" asked a Literary Light, who, having
JUS broken into Best Magazines, had the nerve to
ask questions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

y DO wish would study law cried a woman
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-16
From Presidents
Message
On Canadian J.
Reciprocity

N my annuai message of Dec. g,
1910, stated that the policy Of
broader and closer trade rela-
Evening star., 1911-01-29
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY %. 1911

II ERE'S the place where
two farmers sons have
= - built up a business of over
Evening star., 1911-01-29
100000 a year

READER: If you want to make money with poultry
the Curtiss brothers making it, subscribe
for the FARM JOURNAL, and get with it the
Evening star., 1911-01-29

NIOLINISTS suffer great deal OF phys
ical inconvenience. Have you ever
realized how awkward and unnatural is the
position of holding the instrument? Most of
us have an idea that the violin is held against
the neck and shoulder by the players left
hand, whichgra the arm of the instrument.
All great violin teachers insist that the left
hand be entirely free. and to achieve this the
violin is actually held by the players chin.
To achieve this his head is held in distorted
position, and this, working against the eleva-
tion of the left arm and shoulder causes COM
preston of the heart and lungs and curva-
ture of the spine. An x ray photograph of
any prominent violin virtuoso would reveal
a decided twist to the spinal column. The
next time you hear Maud Powell, Fritz
Kreisler, or Mischa Elman, watch them as
they walk off the stage, and notice how the
spine tits toward the left, beginning at a
point just below the shoulder blades.
Many great violinists become more or less
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
NEGLECTED THE VALLEYS

Do you know that Mound, Hunt
ington. South Fork, Lamoille,
Starr, Ruby and Glover valleys
were neglected by the county COM
missioners when they appointed
the district health officers? II
these are such a good thing for
the people. why were the people of
these valleys neglected? Ruby
valley has about as many people as
Gold Circle and DIR. Hager is one
Of them. Why was he not given q
place on the county's payroll? The
health of the valley people should
be looked after just as carefully as
those who live in railroad towns or
mining camps. Then, beside the
health Of his people. DIR. Hager
might find some "old shacks" in
Ruby valley that are dangerous to
life and property. He mig ht
hustle around and tear them down.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
THOROUGHLY WARMED

An old time gentleman of New
buryport. describing his school
days in the opening Of years of the
nineteenth century, has this to
say Of wintry day:
I'VE found our inks!ands all
frozen up. These required to be
thawed out. To do this there was
a board held up by bricks over the
stove on which the pewter ink
stands were placed. bit before
the copy was witten down the ink
would be again frozen.
Then the boy took his ink to the
stove again and while II was thaw-
ing laid in store of Caloric for
himself. standing by the stove,
watching closely that the pewter
should not melt.
"Thc clothes of the boy were
made of corduroy jacket and
trousers in one and nothing
under but shirt. These absorbed
the heat like sheet iron. SO that
when a boy returned TO his seat
he was often compelled to carry
/ his inkstand in his mouth,
employing both hands to hold his
trousers off from his knees, and
with every precaution the skin
was often mottled and scorchcd."
Another old time school boy in
his later years recalled an even
severcr experience.
81 can remember" he re corded,
how "crowding close 20 the stove
to toast the shivcrs from my poor
lite body, scorched hole in mS
trousers in front and exclaimed
aloud at the disaster, where upor
the master thrasheG hole int
them behind, and when ! wen
home to my mother she told mi
qrimly il was we'll that thing'
should match and that as my shir'
WINS such an old one she was vii
ling to risk fraying II on the back
and she reached for strap ant
did!
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
A SURPRISE PARTY

A very much surprised couple
returned to their home Saturday
evening to find that during their
absence at the Presbyterian Christ
mas tree host of their friends
had taken complete possession of
the place. The occasion was the
celef ration Of the 26th wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Pratt.
A double surprise awaited the
bewildered couple, when all the
guests having assembled in one
room, DR. Clark on their behalf
presented to Mr. and Mrs Pratt a
solid silver sugar and cream set
with plate glass plateau. At a
late hour the pleasant occasion
terminated with delicious refresh
ments.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Things don't always 20 like
clockwork for those who live on
tick.
People who see themselves as
others see them believe what they
see.
He is truly great man who can
lose his money and still retain his
friends.
When they get to heaven some
people will be almost ss much
surprised TO find other people as
the certain ether people will be TO
find them.
The only sure bet is the one you
didn't make.
A man never realized the value
Of plenty Of closet room till he
acquires family skeleton.
The widow dresses in black, but
liz doesn't have to be fast black.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
NUMBER So
TREATY TO PREVENT
DRY NIAGARA

The United States and Canada
have negotiated a treaty which
controls the diversion of water
from the Niagara river and
preserves the scenic grandeur of
Niagara Falls for all time. The
treaty goes into full effect auto
matically in March, upon the
expiration Of the law which now
limits some Of its provisions.
The international agreement
was made in response to a general
demand that the question Of water
diversion be settled once and for
sll in accordance with expert
opinion. The treaty makers had
exhaustive tests conducted by
hydraulic engineers. and it was
determined that diversions should
not exceed $4,000 cubic feet a
second on the Canadian side and
20, 900 feet on the American side,
out Of total flow of 100000 cubic
feet second. The use of this
quantity of water for power
purposes, the engineers found,
would not affect the appearance
Of the Falls sufficiently for the
eye to detect. Since only about
half the quantity permitted by the
treaty is now diverted, twice the
present horse power can be pro-
duced without endangerinR the
scenic beauty of the cataract.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
BAD CHECK MAN
HOLDS UP OFFICER

Last Saturday a chap by the
name Of b. II. Mason arrived in
Wabuska and proceeded to make
things lively, representing that
ne was mining man of some i'm.
portance, out of money. but ready
TO do business. He persuaded D.
{. Beach of that place to endorse
a S2cO check for him, drawn OF
the Mancos bank of Colorado.
The Lyon County Bank cashed the
check and Mason proceeded to
have a good time. He spent
money freely and a game of poker
put him in Beach's debt to the
extent of Sos more. Another
check was issued but Beach made
him take this check up with the
money he had first borrowed.
Mason next passed a $25 check on
the Yerinpton Drup Co In tho
meantime the hank here had
telegraphed to the Mancos bank
and found that Mason bsd rassod
number Of hmm cb.cL.
on them in California N II
Van Alstine then svore nm, q w.r
rant for Mason's arrest md bo
was taken into custodv wbon bo
arrived here from Wabusnka bu,
was not placed in ian .s ,be
officers thought he was q nice feI.
low. Monday evening as Denutv
Sheriff Thompson went IN cnnfns
the mar Mason stuck a Vun ir
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
FACTS REGARDING
PANAMA CANAL

Length of canal from deep water
to deep water, 50l miles.
Length on land. 40s miles.
Bottom width Of channel maxi
NUM-, 1000 feet.
Bottom width of channel,
Culebra cut. which is nine miles
long, 800 feet.
Number Of locks lin pairs) l2.
Usable length of locks, 1000
feet.
Usable width of locks, ll0 feet.
Gatun lake, area 164 square
miles.
Gatun lake channel (width), IS
feet.
Total excavation necessary, l74.-
666. 594 cubic yards.
Excavation accomplished July
IL, 1911. l42.967, ,554 cubic yards.
Excavation by French 1916. $50
cubic yards.
Excavation by the French useful
to the present canal, 2990S, O0O
cubic yards.
Concrete total estimate for the
canal, 5000. 900 cubic yards.
Time of transit through com.
pleted canal 10 to IL hours.
Time Of passage through locks 3
hours.
Canal zone area about 4S4 miles
Canal area owned by the
United States. about 322 square
miles.
French buildings, number &C
quired. 2510.
Canal force. actually at work
about $4,000.
Canal force, Anne ricans, $500.
Cost of Canal. estimated total
1915, 100000.
Work begun by Americans May
4, 1904. Date of CON pletion, Jan
uary ], 1915.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
JACOBS STORE BURGLARIzEO

The store of the Seymour Jacobs
Company was entered by burglars
last night aud l3 suits of clothing,
suit cases. IL silk muffiers, ~
watches. lot of underwear and
two or three dollars in nickles
and dimes were taken. MIR.
Jacobs estimates the value of the
property taken ut very close to
$500.
The burglars broke a glass in
the skylight and used a long
clothes line fastened around a
chimney to gain enterance TO the
store. The rope was also used to
haul the stolen property to the
roof and tn haul up the ones who
did the work in the store.
When Ed Keyser opened the
store this morning, he saw the
rope dangling through The sky
light and the broken glass and
notified Mr.. Jacobs at once. The
officers were also notified and
Mexican. Chiuaman and a squaw
were taken into custody. The job
was too slick for such a combina-
tion. 1t was probably done by
professionals.
The burglary is thought to have
occurred between ii and IL 80
o'clock last night as at that hour
Mrs. Arden at the Elk Care heard
a noise as if some one were on the
roof.
Sheriff Harris has notified
officers up and down the railroads
and in Salt Ike and Odgen AID
the burglars may be caught with
the loot.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
IT PAYS TO READ THE BIBLE

81 contend it pays to read the
Bible" said Dave Leahy. secretary
to Governor Stubs of Kansas.
1T is good for the morals of every
man and woman-and il is a great
literature. Also, it pays in ether
ways.
"A good m any wears ago was
running paper in a small town
in the southern part of the state.
My partner was young fellow
who knew about the business and
mechanical ends of the plant.
was the editor. 1t was tough GO
ing. One day we got to a place
where we had to have ten dollars
to get some paper out of the ex-
press Office or we could not issue
our pail adium of the liberties of
the people thereabout. had no
ten. My partner had no ten.
There wasn't dime between US.
However. that was his lookout.
| was writing a powerful editorial
article and ] wanted to use a
quotation from the Bible. !
looked around the Office for one.
There was none. So yelled out
to my partner TO go and buy a
Bible at the bookstore near by.
He told me he couldn't buy a
sandwich-much less a Bible.
Well, said, "l'v got to have
Bible so | can round out this
gem of English prose | am COM
posing. Go out aid rustic for
one"
He started out; and while
browsing around, trying to bor-
row one, he remembered his
mother had given him a nice new
Bible when he left home. He
galloped up to his boarding place,
found the Bible and brought it
back to the office.
AS was running through the
leaves to find the verse wanted
what do you think | found? A ten
dollar bill his mother had put
there when he left home! That
was just enough to take our white
paper out of the express office
and the people were thus provi.
dntially not drprivd Of their
weekly message Of cheer, instruc-
ton, admonition and advice
which would have been disastrous.
for that was whale Of ar
edi,oriall"- Saturday Evening
| Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
DEFENDANTS WILL
ANSWER INDICTMENTS
ON TUESDAY NEXT

In the district court this morn.
ing at 10 o'clock Thomas J.
Carnev, Edward Carney and II. c.
Lawson were arraigned as a result
Of bench warrants issued Wednes-
/day night following indictments
by the grand jury charging alleged
violations of the anti-gambling
law and the indictments formally
read to them individually. Law
yer James c. Guinane appeared
IN be half of all three defendants.
and as more time was desired TO
answer to the indictments. the
court granted an extension until
Tuesday morning next at 10
o'clock.
The Indictment against Thomas
J. Carney charged that on or about
November % he did unlawfuly
engage in a stud poker game, and
the same offence is allegede in the
indictments against Ed Carney
and II. c. Lawson except that in
the former case, the date is given
as on or about October %, and
the latter or on about 2. Lawson
announced that his name was not
II. &. Lawson. but Charles c.
LAWSON. and the court ordered z
note made in the records of the
facts. and that future action il
the case be designated under hi.
true name. The indictments show
tina: the names Of the witnesse:
examined by the grand jury were
Thomas Kay. George Steiffc. Mix,
A. Leddy c. b Comerford
Andrew Gcdz and Oscar Smith
Virginia Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-29
RICHARD 7. RUTHERFORD

At o'clock this morning, MIR.
Richard I. Rutherford, a pioneer
Of California and a resident Of this
county since 1886, passed away at
the residence Of his daughter, Mrs.
" f.. Johnson.
Mr.. Rutherford was born at
WaddiGEton, New York on the Sth
day of April. 1887. In 1858. he
left his rome and went to Cali
fornia. setting in Port Wine,
Sierra county where he engaged
in mining and carpenter work.
There he met. wooed and won
Miss T.. Jane Culver who survives
him. On December ;. 1861 they
were married. and since then they
have travelled life's rugged road
together.
In 1886. he came to Nevada and
settled at Tuscarora. In 1888, he
moved TO North Fork and engaged
in ranching and stock raising. He
resided there until about two years
ago when he was stricken with
paralysis and moved to Carlin,
whc;e he could get medical atten-
tion and be with his daughter,
Mrs. G. b. Happier. He came to
EIko recently and went TO the
home of his daughter, Mrs.
Johnson.
An aged widow, three daughters,
Mrs. William Martin Of Logan,
Utah: Mrs. w. f.. Johnson. of
Elko. and Mrs. Charles B. Happier
OF Garlin, and four sons, W. f..
II. j., +. c. and G.. A., residing
In this county, and X. A., living
IN Idaho.
Mr.. Rutherford was held in high
esteem by those who kScw him.
Tic was an indulgonts husband, a
Kind and loving father and an
upright, honorable man. lie lived
long and useful life and left a
good name to his bercavcd family.
The Independent extends the
sympathy Of the community 10 the
bercavcd family. May God in his
infinite goodness comfort and
console them in their bereavement.
The funeral will take place from
the Presbyterian church tomorrow
sunday, afternoon at 2 o'clock
Friends and acquaintance are
respectfully requested to attend.