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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

on the strength of the statement
of the petitioner that when he signed
the petition in the suit he was In Tul-
sa and so drunk that he deprived Of
hi right senses, a suit was filed in
the district court of Muskogee county
to get possession of $4,000 paid to
the court from the sale of the plain
uffs lands, has been dismissed.
George Fields was the petitioner.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19

Frank Young, " Tulsa, Who owns
u good string Of high-class race
horses, IS having phenomenal sue
cess on all tracks in nearly every
trotting and pacing meet this sum
mcr and have been uniformly sue
cessful in finishing in the money
According to letter from John Me
Quaig, who is driving for Mr.. Young
his horses scored four straight first
places at a recent meet at Anthony
Kan. The horses to win were Gus
tavo, Graham Bellinl, O'Quill and
Charmond
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
Columbus Wins Pcnnant

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 1S-Colum-
bus won the pennant in the South
Atlantic League this afternoon by de-
feating Columbia by score of to 2,
SPORTS - - .
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-19
Leased Wire Service From
Associated Press
Yes, That Helps Make Advertising "PuII" Because it
Increases Circulation

The largest circulation-especially
in it's home circulation-along
with service and cooperation
which we furnish our advertisers
makes The World the paper for
paying results.
Following the installation of the
leased wire, circulation will re-
spond and results will increase,
because Of more interest in the
paper.
Use sufficient space regularly in
the home newspaper with the big
circulation and you will win.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

principle of ''thc general welfare. - tC
The destruction OF many forms of iusi
protection OF the men. women and
children engaged in industry! Unit
these questions are answered author
ltatlvcly, once and for all. organized
labor viii be the prey OF combined en-
emieS having as instruments shrewd
counsel under fec and as legal agencies
courts VINO place in the way of labor
whatever barriers can be formed
out of the vcstIgcs Of the local com.
pulsion which held swav when labor
was hardly above the status of serf.
dom.
For the wage worker to hold that
courts are fallible, and 10 seen the
fact well forward in contendinG for
what ne regards as his rights. so far
from manifesting .disrespect. is merely
acting upon what has been taught hin,
bv the state in establishing Il system
OF checks IN The hierarchy OF courts as
well As by the constantly differing
opinions OF Judges themselves The
grAduatlons of courts. the higher pos.
sesslng rcvlslonary powers over the
lower, result in exhibiting error in a
large percentage of the lower courts
decisions. or al least differences in the
practical effect of their conclusions as
compared with those of the court $
ABOVE them MalorltN rule on 4 diyid.
ed beach indicates faIlibilitv in one
of the parties TO the division. and i'm
the course of a session of court of
several members each may find him
self IN the minority on one or more
decisions. IN which case he is entitled
the majority as falliblc To organized
labor. bringing to the courts questions
springlng from modernized industry.
the Judges have furnished continual H..
lustrations of inadaptabilitv either to
ono anothcr's views OF 10 prevailing
public opinion, Their decisions on these
questions have also shown their ten
dengcs as dispuiauts TO place an en-.
JhasIs on either, one OF the other amid
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

10 respect the courts is an ad.
monitory call SO often made on the
werkingman that be has formulated for
general consideration a countercaIj. He
cannot condense 1t In another three
words. His response 10 the implied
criticism addressed him might propcrIv
begin with some inquiry as 10 what
rlass in society habitually shows more
respect than has own for the Judiciary
AS an institution. Do the politicians
for instancel Do the captains of in.
dustry'' He believes that in their
sphere. Judges ought 10 be experts and
accordingly appreciated He under
stands that order, that prime essential
10 society, depends largely on obedience
10 the bench. He knows that as the Iav,
IS, so society is and vice versa, and
that accordingly as the law IS we'll or
badly administered so muah the botter
or the worse for all classes, includinp n
tho wage workers. To these familiar
common place generalities he assents.
without argument.
But. is it the duty OF the working.
man so TO reverence the courts that he
should regard their decisions "a above
the range of his discussion! Should he
maintain and express no Judgment of
his own on his constitutional or inherent
rights!
Queries such as these might appear alb.
surd We're it not that inexperienced per
sons often make a show OF Indignation
when told that the decision Of auv court
is 10 be opposed. ''Why did YOU not
obey the court and so avoid making
Yourself liable TO Jail senteuce?' was
IN substance asked by "A woman in an
audience which had been addressed by
me on some phases of labor's rights
Apparently she regarded questioninp
any court s conclusions as disobedience
10 the law or nj least evidence of a law
less spirit. She bad given no weight tc
the ono important fact that an appcal
through legal form is q .iustifable oppo
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sitlon 10 a court possibly in error, She
nad not understood that contesting
lower courts decision clear up to the
hlghest court, especially in case In-
VoiVlng constitutional right, or a legal
point not fully settled, might be a pa
trlotic duty.
10 considerable extent. ignorance
AKIN to tins woman IS, is the foundation
OF y more or less general impression
winch organized labor's critics would
nave stand for public opinion. that the
American workingmau is against the
courts; is in fact in the habit Of de
nouDeing and disobeying them.
What is true in this charge is that
the organized working classes are Of ne
cessity AT the present time obliged TO
direct the attention Of the country to
what they believe are errors or short
comIngs in certain proceedings of law
courts with regard 10 labor questions
which are unsettled and which, il now
seems. can only be settled through a So
e,al process involving several stages
These questions require first TO be dis.
| cussed publicly. Their reply will in
volve defining the limits within which
courts may act; courts are not to en-
croach on rights of the citizen which
viii be clearly established. and thew are
to be assigned their unquestionablv
proper place relative 10 the lawmaking
and executive departments of our gov
ernment. One important result OF this
process viii be that in their judgments
the courts viii apply principles of hu-
man rights which today are accent cd
BY. the enlightened majority, not only of
TINS country. but all civilized countries.
The first of thesesquestions is the
matter OF discussing the fallibilitv of
the courts themselves as especially
shown in the Inconsistency OF their
findings on the problems incident 10
the. development OF our new Industrial
society.
Certain points in this urinary IN.
] quiry are now up before the country in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

masses of men. he is next prepared 10
state definitely what he holds certain
of these rights to he. As a good and
worthy citizen, he is ready 10 contend
for such rights-in the courts. i'll the
public forum. and al the polls. He
has been taught that right worth
having is worth fighting for and that
right neglected must be brought for.
ward by the man who ought 10 possess
and exercise ii. In conducting this
struggle the wage Garner surely is
guilty of no improperly in pointing
ont where, In his opinion. Judges have
ignored his rights, and where their ac-
tlon has been q violation of the funda.
mental principles of our republic.
Moreover, certain Of these rights arc
TODAY pressing for an immediate and
the wage Garner 5 right of exercising
free speech and Of maintaining free
press. and IN regard to these is TO be
defined the Just limit Of courts in.
tereferencc with a citizen : uttcrauces,
in spoken or printed word Very I'M
portaDt practical questions next fol-
low closely. What arc the constitu-
tional limits TO conrf Injunction in
labor disputes! What act relative TO
an order from the bench constitutes a
contempt Of courtf Is the wage work
er to exercise freely his right to dis.
pose OF his labor as ne wills? Is he
TO exercise his right 10 control his
purchasing power as he wills? How
far may he 20 in inducing another
wage Garner 10 ioin him in an action
which in his Judgment promotes benc.
fits 70 both! What are a union man IS
rights on the highway? MAY an organ
inatJon Of wage workers refuse to work
with men Objectionable TO them? l. 1T
CRIME for group of men 10 do that
which II is legal for ono of their mum.
ber to do! How long is the bench TO
he free 10 play off the always dubious
principles Of ''freedom Of contract -
against the manifest aud impcraIiye
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urgent form. Is there a tendency among
onr Judges 10 lag behind general prog"
ress IN the acceptance of certain prin-
clpies OF sociology true IN the opinion
OF nearly all men whose daily expert
ences or studies bring before their
minds the social effects Of the new in
dustrial conditions! Are those "rights
OF persons. made obvious 10 the work
ing class by the facts Of life as they
now are accorded in ihe courts equal
consideration with the 'Erights Of
things, as established generations
ago. when the worker was lttle more
than dumb and dependent chattell
On this point, the most conspicuous
facts as regards the courts cannot be
dwelt upon TOO emphatically. In de-
Gliding cases involving labor s claims,
a Judge has before him in every IN.
stance two practically contradictory
sets of precedents. He may give primary
Importance and preponderaut weight to
the precedents Immediately affecting
human rights, the personal rights which
lie IN the category that principally con-
Germs the masses; or he may take the
contrary view, from another chain oil
precedenis that legal rights are for
the most part concretely represented
In property. In Man VS.. The Dollar the
Judge. gulded by line of legally valid
precedents, may he inclined to award
Judgment TO substance, property. IN
eontradistinction TO what mnv seem 10
him TO he comparatively shadow,
namely. rights disassociated from mate.
rial possessions
When the wage worker, in arguing
TO society his cause relative TO the
courts, has established the fact of the
fallibIlity of Judges and of the roas-
onableness Of his query as TO ten.
dency existing among them TO follow
the prccedcnts. which in his opinion
stan1 ~ opstaciee 10 inc Just protection
Of the lives and the rights of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
II E WAGE EARN ERS A ND tn
JUDICIA R Y

eohnIctine principles. The series of
aesuitS or the spllt.up of the court of
Appeals OF New York i'm 1904 in find.
ING py a vote of four to one, that
.ne eadght-hour act passed in that state
III loo, was UNCONSTITUTIONAL, was from
iseNtrsj points of view worth a law-coI,
Ieee education 10 the labor men Of the
country. Two members of the court
rspdrded the act as AN interference by
me IeglSiarure with right of the mu-
nictpTclitN, and therefore unconstitution-
az Wo othefs. to whose minds il de-
pr!Ned an individual Of property with.
OUT que process Of law. also found il nm
constitutional. But the fifth Judge. ac-
ceptlng II rs police regulation in the
interest OF public health and morality.
ma, ,ntalhed that IL was constitutional
'uu't!al confusion leaving the matter
IN TINS shape, The people of the state
TOOK IT up and by the aid of a iudge
PROOF constitutional amendment nasscd
an eight-hour act, the terms of which
sallied 9 with provisions the United
STATES supreme court had declared valid
IN The Kansas eight hour law.
on the likelihood Of Judges VARYING
III ihcir views OF elementary legal min.
cipies'. one or the other of which nv
rms time ought 10 be an established
oas,s VI our pu6lic policy, the judicial
ov', 81 on INC New lork ten-hour bak-
.N dct Is witness. BY vote of four
10 .nIee. the state court of appeals held
9 80. me statute was proper exercise
y 'ne ponce power and therefore con
:titutlonaJ. Bnt in the United St,tos
supreme court five Judges to four bel
INC Jaw TO be unconstitutional on tbc
ground that IT attempted an arhitrarv
interference tn with the freedom Of con.
ne g'si of the lesson TO the waqe.
ehoncr ~ III ,hesc various decisions is thar
hn prlncipics of The law which NAV
or 'unoked IN regard TO such statutes
1.h o". lc" and easily understood.
e''" ~ an instrument TO be
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

grasped and employed with w
effect by interested IitIgauts. ~.
Not only does one see plap',
these typical eases that Judges an
lible, but also that they may Oe w
by personal associations and iu.:
tions. That being the fact, tue sst;
lions for Justice of The Wage,N",,'
masses may be sufficient mothe Il
warrant IN endeavoring to G".''
their own views of justice. ri.
Their opponents may reaSohau3: :1
out to demonstrate that the ptp'rr
of law which the wage earne,S
pose cannot be aligned with rea,usa
Justice. that the law woulu ,sss
heavier burdens on society. OF ns,a,,
der il the wage earners 'p.I pst
would be the chief sufferers IN
charge the wage earners VIZ.
respect for the judiciary because
criticise. even in severe terms
views held by certain judges .sb1
ing attention from the esseutlo' ~
TO an incidental point, ~ IS ~
the question, The wage Garner Is isst
tinently call attention 10 ine innteo,.sn}
corded in Bigelow v,s5si
Cases. that RS far back as i' IA,
appellate courts had overruleu IA
10000 Of their own decisions. sess'
could still respect the courts AZ
ingly. ,,;on u
Tmperyious 10 any superstluoana aass,
there are principles III law .. osams
ment which he may not prshr ,hs n
discuss, as may other laymen' h;s te' n.
worker is prepared to assert r,s .s<
to free speech and a free Gns;olfl
bring comment on this Pnooss q
once to concrete point, feii;ns i, I
be made 10 the opinion rcPalai; tl
ficiallv rendered bv Ch,cf uNSt;Stritt
ard of the supreme court. coulf
Columbia. Referring 10 tuv nueut'
tional inhibition of any abr'uss a,-sss \,
the freedom of speech or ihe pre- pre-.
(Continued on Following rss'2
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

TAMES. the London Times expert is cr,d;,.
u having rs thorough knowledge Of tho .as s'
war as some Of the world 5 most noted pcnc,,,
all the world heraldlng the ''victorv,,-
japanese forces in the battle OF Liau yaru
alone OF the military experts and Correspondent, !
ont said that il was noi triumph for ,apane,. 7
and that the point for which the battle had bs.
Quoted must be fought all over again at Muta..
this engagement more men were killed Than :.
battle since Gettysburg and Sedau
But The Japanese wouldn't ie; James c,u
paper that they bad lost-or. at best failed o. "e =.
ard James knew that, too. Had he said ,h;s "
dsptachrs his DAYS Of usefulness with tbc H.
army would have been nj an end He was tbc ppy
upon 10 decide important question whether
ful account Of this hRttie and its significance a. ~
Of more value TO his paper aud The world M lare' wv
any service he might render in the future nv TcI x
with the Japanese army and remaining silent sbama
results Of the Sght at Lau- Yang. lie wen, ~ ~
the japanese army zone and sent several coInm.s
his paper. Two days later japanese bonds fall
or ten points. and when the government tried ~ it
more money in the world market for the nn,w %
extending var operations il could not get r. "
Sooner or later all correspondents Rnd them.
in conflict with government, and the manner in ,
James met his problem is typical Of tho a.
made by others Of the breed called into c1istosaa
the of cannon on some world battle-ground
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
SHORT STORIES

Harry ~ Atwood, tho noted aviator, VI 4
guest of honor at dinner in New York on h
casiop of his record flight. Atwood ; reply 10 ~
aviation terminated neatly with these wots
'FThe aeroplane has come MT last, but il "
long time coming. We imagine Necessity
mother Of Invention, looking uD at a sky all d
crossed with flying machines and then saving
shake Of her old head and Il contcnted smilc.
- of all my family. the aeroplane has bea
hardest to raise -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
Success VS.. Failure

''I met Thomas \. Edison at the Carton Ia
don, - said New Yorker on the ClInard pier =
ison astonished me with his account of the hard
ne has done III his tlne Why The man thinks
ing of working twenty hours a day for weeks on
After lunch one dav Edison and | wslke1
the HRymarket Edison, as usual. talked about
work, T said thoughtfuv:
'' Il suppose success always means nard v
doesn T. it,
'''Tes.' said Edison, it docs
He nodded toward q poor old sandwich mai
poor. thin. bent old fellow Of 20 so staggering
in the gutter under three heavy and enormom .
wich boards-and he added:
g But failure means barder work !"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

TINE Italo. Turkish conflict finds many of The ~
" brood Of war correspondents walking do,
safer paths of peace, from which, apparently ,ha
little likelihood of Iurlng them John r. Has
went through tho (iraeco- Turkish war with 81,
Crane and Richard Harding Davis compsno,S
mains IN Illinois where he nurses political smbas
Hector Fuller. who did stunts Off Port Arhu,
around the Sea of Japan for the Chicago Daily n
is anchored down nj IN editorial desk in RuTalo L
about the only battles fought are the nd,stri,y
gagcments wHgcd between Buffalo aul thr other
manufacturing ports. Richard II. Iittlr's at,cru
form has again become of the familiar sipM
Chicago streets; Jack London is studying the sr
forces amid his familiar California environment,
ward Marshall who lost leg in the Cuban tm,
hack in 9S, finds il TO his liking Ia write poIii,
New York and work for tho upttcrs: Win
Churchill has settled down into the hum,irum m
being United States secretary for The coonrs IN
don with only occasional battle of Slc,nr
break the monotouy; Harding Davis has esrT
aviation. because ii permits the imagination 10 Al
higher flights.
As trade. thc war correspondent business Il
looking up.
As traditiou-wel. it reads better
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
Morgan's Reason for Doubt.

j. Pierpont Morgan looking up from bls
beloved solitaire i'll the saloon Of the OLYMPIC, =
resident Of Denver the news Of western ro:irs
'EWe, sir. our most startling news. SAD
Denverte, smiling, sis that John Blank T-heIs
named Colorado statesman-''h has turned Bapu
Turned Baptistf'' said Mr. Morgan.
Yes, SIT; turned Baptist
But 10 turn Baptist, don't YOU have TO be td
immersed go
Eyes sir: that is correct
Mr. Morgan shook his head grimlv ana bis
blue twinkled as be said:
''Thcn i can Z believe this report Blank
never consent to disappear from the public yiss
that length Of time. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

THE profession Of war correspondent WAS once
rigorous and hazardous. William Howard Rus
sell the famous Bull Run Russell who reported
our civil war for the London Times. found ii
Henry NJ Stanley and j. 4. MacCahan, who made
history for his craft by his ride 10 Khva, learned
its dangers and rests beneath monument al New
Lexington Ohio, which engraved the words
ssIiberator oG Bulgaria. In those days cor.
respondents faced pcrs took their lives in their
hands and through their own initiative and ingenuity
cot tho news OF world conflicts through to civiliza-
ton rcayed il by mounted courers faced arrest from
friend and foe alike that their ''stuf reached
the wires and got in print
Just AS modern science and invention revolutions
lied the reporting facilities TO he found tines of
war so a new type Of CORES pondent along and
altered the popular conception Of martial gath
erers.
Richard Harding Davis ono may venture to say in
all safety made the reporting Of 9 fashionable
pursuit invested it with the fictitious gIamor Of his
Van Bibber substituting for the caution and strategy
of the old timers the buoyancy, dcvilmaycarc and SO
ca dressing which have clung to correspondents since
the Philadelphia literary fashion plate went through
the Gracco Turkish campaign surrounded by body
guard comprising half of regular military company
on a war footing assua sug thirst with native wines
and warding Off starvation with rye loavcs. cream
cheese, olives and fruit.
What would Bull Run Russell have said to
that-the Russell who had to take his scant food
where he found it in the shell battered south. and
who failed to find ii oftcner than he found it? What
trarled General Kaufman S Russian army for four
weeks over Asia covered plains and wound up
his pursuit 200 miles Of blistcrng desert after
seventeen DAYS riding, seeing along his entire route
the swollen bodies of camels that had died from
thirsti
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

ID ERHAPS the chief the modern reporter Of
IL wars is vastly different from his professional
because he is accessible most Of the time
q his managing editor back in the home oihce There
ism I managing editor of big American newspaper
who doesn't think he swing ms STAFF of cor
respondents thousands of miles away in .war.ridden
territory. better than the corrcsp spondens the spot
can swing themselves il left to their devices
If you happen to know managing editor ask him If
this ism t true.
Correspondents like Russell and Lionel James, the
military expert Of the London Times; explorer
respondents like Stanley, who set out TO find Living
the depths of Africa; the Archibald Forbeses
and the MacGabaus arranged for their own trans
portation, gave and took their orders, served
their couriers found their food. and often not
cooked il themselves Topographic obstacles put
in the way merely to be overcome by interchangeable
travel. Lack of food was another lucky circumstance
for what correspondent could work half well on
full stomach he could when he had take y
reef u his belt buckle because his cavity amdships
ached from utter emptiness?
MacGahan s feat is perhaps the most remark BILE
in the annals of reporting. Kaufman had taken
his Russian army and started for Khva. He had ban
ished all of the correspondents Not one was per
mitted accompany his force. MacGahan declined
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
W0PLD Rg
VAR NEWS

world first graphic story of the earthquake over
the wires of the Associated Press. People who have
the faculty of remembering phrases will recall his
wonderful story Of that cataclysmc disasters mp
hcaval which he conveyed to The world in single
sentence by saving that ''Mcssiua shaken
terrier shakes rat
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

persisted of thirst Waterhocs were sixty sometimes
ciehty miles apart. MacGaban and his guides filled
their goatskins with each hole and managed
TO make the supply for their sturdy ponies hold out
until they reached another well. On The seventeenth
day when the journey completed Mac(iahan rode
INTO the Russian camp and put under arrest
The Russian troops made such hero Of AIacGob,o
for TINS feat that he forgiven bv General K.ur
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
HO GO UNDER PLRE 20 FURNISH

mann and later ON. when hussia and rurkev . Il
this Yankee correspondent rode with tho l.,
he Russian army and was Iionzed bv tho ~,
heing related that there were times when oo,
ments ran TO welcome him when he rode =,