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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11
0Conuicts Woes
(Ry George r. surba.l

Students Of civic questions are
claiming wonders for Missouri's new
law to the effect that the wives Of con-
victs may be pensioned. The law IS
not general, and applies only to Kan
sas City, where the whole matter is
left to the Judge of the juvenile court,
and 1t his been in operation but 9 few
mouths, but such claims are made for
it that it is wen to stop long enough
to think about It. since every city IN
this country Is more or less interested
in reforms Of some sort having for
their purpose the aiding of the limo
cent members Of the families Of per
sons who commit crimes.
Under the new law the judge Of the
juvenile court may grant q pension Of
from i've to ten dollars . month to
the wives Of convicts, as wen as to
widows with children for whose sup
port there is no one legally bound.
The probation officer is made q sort
81 guardian for such families az are
pensioned, and he sees to It that the
money goes for the benefit Of the per
sons for whom it Is intended.
Ii discussing the law recently the
Judge Of the juvenile court at Kansas
city made q statement that ought TO
be carefully studied. He said that 9
majority Of the young girls brought
into his court we're the daughters Of
widows who had to leave home to earn
4 support. The daughters Of women
who are able to stay at home and look
Aftar their children, seldom ind their
way into the juvenile tribunal. Hence
ii Il 4 good investment for e munich
pality, the court says. TO furnish g
widowed mother with funds to support
her children. rather than compelling
such mother to leave home 70 earn
their support
It has been the idea Of good many
peopie for q long time that society
could not aftord to have neglected
children brought up in any ccmmun-
ity. These advanced thinkers have
held that 1t would be good invest
ment for any community 70 pension
mothers. since It would do 60 much
coward preventing crime, and much
more toward raising the general
standard Of citizenship IN ccmmun'
ity.
But most Of rs have been selfish u
onr ignorance. We have imagined
that If our own children were provid'
"a Tor II did not make any differences
about other peoples children. VS.
have tried TO live separately and aparl
from the rest Of the community. e
ne belief that what other people did
could not aiEect rs.
Gradually It Is dawning upon ths
world: however. that every man + his
/ brothsr's keeper: that Tiers 4 y
such thing e - Allghtened c1mmu1
| ~ 81 which Tiers s1e some peeplp un
s1iI3ft t1ei there cannot p
freedom non disc Snd crime where
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~ Rev. Father M. 2. Bowling, s. :.
Of Kansas City

Agitation has come to stay with US
because it is needed and because
democracy has planted the seeds Of
discomfort. Universal education
makes the people know their power
and desire more keenly the blessings
possessed by others and Of which they
are deprived. Given democracy, uni
Versal education and manhood suf-
frage, consciousness Of power and
eager desire for the best things Of
life, and nothing but q sense Of duty
and right, fostered BY religion. viii
set bounds to the craving for acQuisi-
ton. VI
cat the stage when all minds are
expectant and excited. Socialism steps
in and demands q hearing. It Is pow
erful because it voices what every
toiler feels, because it recognizes the
remedy for social ills. It deals little
with abstraction, but takes up facts.
It is fact that men. women and
children of the same flesh and blood
as ourselves live, labor and die under
conditions unspeakable without COM
fort. without pleasure, with starvation
or the poor house staring them daily
in the face, constantly fearful Of be-
ing submerged. and all this through no
fault Of their own. Why, Socialism
asks, in this age Of enlightment
should any man or women die Of hun
ger in the midst of plenty? Why
should some roll in wealth and others
sufer fearful want? Why should the
ersopn who does the best he can. and
is willing to work. suffer because he
cannot ind It? Why should sweat
shops exist, why should not some pro-
vision be made for old age. why
should there not be a more equitable
division Of the fruits Of industry? Sure
IL If the government has any function
whatever, it ought to remove these
glaring injustices and Inequalities.
The two old political parties have
either been unable or unwilling to
remedy the evils; they have been too
much occupied with projects Of graft
and greed to pay any attention to the
wants Of the people; they have proved
disappointment and failure; let
them stand aside and give place to
Socialism, which understands the
needs Of the people and proposes To
do something for them. Not few of
those who speak thus and call them
selves Socialists are far from anarch-
lists; some Of them are God-fearing
men, sincerely DESTROYS Of lettering
the condition Of the poor and unwill-
ing to make use of lawful means to
accomplish that end. No matter by
whom formulated or uttered, or for
what purpose. many Of these conten-
lions are just. They have truth on
their side, and deserve cohside ration.
These representations can not be met
by abuse 81 by making lihgt Of exist
ing evils and wrongs. The social
problem must be met on It's merits.
without regard to the personal charac-
ter or the motives Of those who stand
for the new order
= n
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11

London, Jan. S.-Monmouthshire
Western Valleys district miners pass
ed a strong resolution protecting
against "the unwarranted sentence
passed on the strikers leaders by
Judge Lawrence at Glamorgan As
Sizes" and expressing the view that
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11

"the judges are vindictive, biased and
prejudiced against the workers of the
country"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11

San Diego, CAL, Jan. S.-Plumbers
secured increase from $3.50 to IS per
day without strike.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-16
TIE TOork Of q CosOard
nv noNrconERy MORRISON

-N 1868 1 was detailed on court
martial to sit at Nashville TOT
the purpose of trying cases OF
delinquency that had occurred In
the Army of the Cumberland. one
Young fellow, Sergeant Milton Troop,
who was brought before us, engaged
nv attention the moment | saw him.
His bearing was soldierly, and ms
c~ountenance bore the stamp OF a
strong character. He was charged
with desertion to the enemy.
His disappearance occurred while his
regiment was in proximity to the on
federates. Later on the command at
tackled and surprised a small body OF
the enemy, taking a number OF prison
ers. among them the accused. His sto-
nv was that on the evening of his dis
appearance he had pointed out to his
captain that the command was liable
TO be surrounded by the enemy. The
CAPTAIN had declared that there was no
enemy near Troop offered to ride out
and rcconnoiter. The captain gave his
consent. Troop had not gone far before
he was called upon from the rear to
surrender. He had ridden between the
enemy's vedettes. e..
The captain. Croker, being called
| fatty denied the whole story, declared
that he had had no such warning and
, had not given the sergeant permission
or orders to scout. The matter rested
on a question Of veracity between the
two men. The scale was turned against
the accused by the producing of a
scrap Of paper found in his knapsack
on which was written, Meet me to-
night at the bridge south Of the tav-
ern." II was not signed. and as the
handwriting was manifestly disguised
it wa impossible TO tell whether the
writer was man or m At the time
| the message was written the location
described was within the enemy's lines.
When asked to explain this paper, the
prisoner at first refused to do so, but
afterward said that he had formed
the acquaintance Of a young country
girl, who had appointed the meeting.
The captains evidence was so direct
and the accused's explanation so lame
that he was found guilty and sentenced
to be shot. AS he was led away he
made an exclamation which convinced
me of his innocence:
Here's a pretty mess"
1t seemed n very small and unimpor
tant piece Of evidence on which to nd.
Judge a man innocent. and yet it DC
Cured to M a very natural remark
for an innocent one to make under tbs
circumstances. A timid man would
be crushed by fear of the gallows: {
plucky man would naturally first con
slider what a terrible scrape he had go
into.
/ called on the general commanding
before whom the verdict must go 70
approval. and told him that | fearet
an innocent mar was to suffer, givinl
him my impressions, for | had no rea
son. The general said that he woult
not hurry in approving the sentence.
! A month passed. when the genera
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sent for me and told me that thar
were asking at general headquarter.
for the papers in the Troop case, and
he must forward them. If he disan.
proved Of them without reason /,
would place him in a bad position and
would not save the prisoner. As had
nothing on which to base my faith In
Troops innocence except his remark
when convicted / could do nothing
The general approved the papers and
sent them onward and upward. In A
few weeks they were returned, with
an order to carry out the sentence.
Shortly before the execution was to
take place an outpost defended by Cap.
tain Croker was attacked, and the can
tain. deserving his command, fed to
the rear. There being only one other
officer present with the company and
he being a weakllng, the men stuck
together and without a leader beat OF
the enemy.
Then came charges of cowardice
against Captain Croker. | reported
the matter to the general. asking II he
could not stave off Troops execution
in the hope that something might turn
up to throw light on his case. Unfor-
tunately there was no court in session
to try Captain Croker, and there was
an imperative order to shoot Sergeant
Troop. At the generals suggestion |
visited Croker and asked him II he
did not have some further information
as to Troops desertion that bad not
appeared at the trial. l found him
logged, though respondent, and left
him without gaining anything.
The general made up his mind to
| convene a court and try Croker at
once. The court met. Croker was
brought before 1t, convicted OF cow
ardlce and sentenced to be dismissed
from the service. As soon as the pa
ners were forwarded TO the general
for his approval he sent for me.
go to Captain Croker" he said,
"and tell him that II he can and viii
clear Sergeant Troop | viii disapproye
the findings OF the court and permit
him to resign"
1 found the coward disposed to save
what he could OF his reputation by
confesslng himself a villain. He had
overheard a conversation between two
Of his men detailing a plan 10 deDos'
him. Their difficulty was. first. tina
they did not know how TO 20 about i
and, second. there was no officer II
the company fit to put In his place
They finally decided upon Sergean
Troop. who, though a noncommlssion
ed officer. would be acceptable to nj
If they could secure his appointment
Troop had gone on his scout lmmedi
ately after this conversation. anl
when he was recaptured the tempta
ton to get him out of the way was Toe
great for the captain to withstand
Troop was pardoned for an ofense
he had never committed as the sim
plest way out of a pretty ness ant
made captain Of his company. Gro
ker's resignation was accepted. III
subsequently became a prominent cltl
zen OF his town.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-16
AHevfaffon For the Ausfere
A Modest Suitor.

Mrs. Brown was a mistress who nj.
lowed her servant. Jane. to bring her
young man into her kitchen at nights.
Now. Mrs. Brown was very inquisi-
tive and listened outside the door 10
the conversation.
A short time ago Jane got a fresh
young man, and the mistress noticed
how quiet all was when he was in the
kitchen.
Jane" said Mrs. Brown the next
morning, 'how is 1t | never hear any
talk in the kitchen when your new
young man visits your
"Oh, num-" replied Jane; hes that
modest he does nothing but eat when
he calls on me."-Philadelphia Inquir.
er.
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Juvenile Prejudice.

The teacher was very earnest-far
more so than his ~pupils-and the sub
ject he chose was about the terrible
outcome of laziness and idleness. With
due solemnity he drew a terrible pic
ture of the habitual loafer.
"Now, Charlie" said the teacher TO
a little boy who had been looking out
Of the window instead of attending
closely to the lesson.
Charlie was instantly on the alert
"Tell me-" continued the master,
"who is the miserable individual who
gets clothes, food and lodging and yet
does nothing in returnT"
Charles face Frightened.
"Pease, SIR" said he. 1.-THE baby
London Answers.
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THE EARLY SOUTHWEST.
Val, Archaeolosist's Theories on aue'-
zion Of Populations Extent

Val, A~rchaeolosist's Theories on cues
tion Of Populations Extent.
In an article on American archaeoio-
CIV in Harper's DIR. Ellsworth Hunting
ton of Yale discussed the question as
,os wbether the southwestern states
were ever densely populated.
"How long were the ruins OF the
southwest inhabited and how dense
was the population in ancient timesF
Some of the best archaeologists have
strongly insisted that appearances are
deceitful. The hundreds and indeed
thousands of sites of ancient villages
in Colorado, the Texas Panhandle,
Utah. New Mexico and Arizona, as well
as in similar parts Of northern Mexico,
were not all inhabited at one time, so
they tell us. Most represent mere tenn
porary stopping places where migra-
tory bands of a people supposed 10
have been the ancestors of the indians
settled for a few years and then moved
on. At the outside limit, so say these
a~rchaeologists, the entire population
never amounted to more than a few
score thousands, whose civilization was
of the lowest and most insignificant
type. Other students. fewer In num-
Der than the orthodox school, hold that
the majority of the ruins were all oc-
cupied at the same time and for CEN
fury after century.
"They say that the population OF the
arid southwest must have amounted to
many hundred thousands-decidedly
more in all probability than the eoun-
try supports today. Furthermore II
this were so. although the type of civ
ilization may have been most primitive
compared with ours, yet IL was by no
means so low as that Of the modern
Indians. 1t must have been Of the
same grade as that of early Babylonia,
Egypt, Palestine or Greece before the
art of writing was invented. People
who could dwell peacefully for centu-
ries in large, permanent communities
and could build great communal houses
and long systems of canals were by no
means untutored savages. Civil order
and submission to the will OF the ma
jority must have been as well devel-
oped among them as among us"
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A Bold CHALLENGE.

1t had been explained to a man that
mathematics. politics, ethics and gym
nastics els" The plural form bothered
him until somebody said. well. did
you v hear of a mathematic, a
polite. an ethic or a ~gymnasticT'
The doubter retired in confusion, but
came back triumphantly from retire
ment after awhile.
Say, you wise guys" said he, tell
ms the singular of dandruff."-Chicago
Post.
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Ask Me No More,

Ask me no more. The moon may draw
the sea;
The cloud may stoop from heaven and
take the shape,
With fold to fold, Of mountain or Of
cape;
But o too fond, when I have answered
thee?
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more. What answer should I
give?
/ love not hollow cheek or faded eye.
Yet, o my friend, l will not la thee
die
Ask me no more. lest I should bid thee
live;
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more. Thy fate and mine are
seai'd.
1 strove against the stream and all In
vain;
Let the great river take me to the main.
No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield;
Ask me no more.
Alfred Tennyson-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-16
Bushes. ~. q Diversion.

One of the modern versions of the
need of distraction" theory is found
In the following story from the Wash
ington Star.
you don't seem to be making much
progress in golf"
NO." replied the player. "Tt worries
me Do you know, | sometimes wish
! was back at business so as to have
something to take my thoughts off the
game"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-16
PRAYER on the Run.

One day last week two little girls in
Parsons were hurrying TO school and
we're afraid they would be tardy. One
little girl said, Lets kneel right down
and pray that we won't be tardy."
"Oh, no. said the other; lets hike
on to school and pray while we're hik-
in'."-Parsons Sun.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-16
Poodle Versus 6abv.

Myles-You must have an expensive
household. What does that young girl
do? Styles-Oh, she looks after the
baby. We only pay her 50 a month.
well, then. there's that French maid
who wears the cap?" "Oh, yes; she's
expensive. We pay her $50 a month.
She takes care of madam's dogr'-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-16

RULES vERNE'S fantastic vision
Of a generation ago has become
a commonplace experience to
Uncle Sans undersea Jack tars.
After 100 years of experimentation, the
expenditure of many millions OF dol
lars, the loss of hundreds of lives and
the suffering Of martyrs and pioneers
as grewsome as the horrors of the me-
dieval chambers OF torture the sub
tial craft. Germany, France, England.
Japan, the United States and other
nations are each equipped with a feet
of these ironclad fish.
When England some time ago decid-
ed to give up the idea of calling sub
marines by the names Of fish, distin-
tinguishing them with number and let
ter instead, a British nautical poet
broke forth in the following strain:
Only a number, not even a namei
How shall posterity hear of my fame7
Perchance it may still live after the grave
In the name of an ironclad under the wave.
FISH NAMES DROPPED
lHiS can HOW dppiy u inc uisilS
vessels of the American navy. No
more fish names are to be given to the
submarines. The practice instituted
by Charles Bonaparte while secretary
of the navy is now held to be eonfus-
ing and useless. As rapidly as possible
the picturesque names hitherto used
by all these little fighting craft are
being painted out and numbers and
letters being substituted in their stead.
Here is how the changes are being
made:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-16
Only the Best.

A social leader was arranging for a
and called a local professor
into consultation.
81 think" he said, wed better have
two first %violins. two seconds
NO" said the prospective hostess.
II wish to spare no expense. Let US
have only first violins. II you please
Philadelphia Ledger.
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The four submarines authorized by
the last naval appropriation bill are
designated KS, K-6. KIT and ks.
They may destroy the individuality
of the submarine by designations hard
to remember, but the thrilling work
of men whose will it obeys II the
mechanism responds to the labor ex-
pected of 1t always will remain as
hazardous as the day the little craft
first proved a success. A thoughtless
moment on the part OF one careless
member of the crew might send the
sea explorer with its twenty or thirty
men ON an unexpected lengthy visit
to Davy Jones' locker.
Within the sho~ time submarines
have been considered practical dlsas-
ter has followed in their wake. Time
and again one sinks, eve to rise
again with its own power, while the
crew lives perhaps for hours before
the foul air and noxious gases prove
fatal. As long as life remains these
men are fighting with every nerve and
muscle strained to the utmost. seeking
10 reLueuy the ueicSl winch uoiuS
them prisoners under the sea.
A DIARY OF DEATH
A graphic description Of the acct
dental sinking of a submarine was
given to the world in May, 1910. when
No. 6 of the Japanese navy was rails
ed from its watery grave. Lieutenant
sakuma after the fatal sinking of his
boat with himself and fourteen men
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rhe PsxchoIooioaI Momsnt.

Mr.. Flubdub-You women are mighty
slow. During the time it took you to
select that hat / went out and made
$500"
Mrs. Fiubdub-I'm so glad, dear.
You'll need it.-Puck.
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ThankIeasness.

Mrs. Peck-Really, we never know
who our best friends are. Peck-That's
true. There's the fellow | won you
away from. He hasn't spoken to me
since.-Boston Transcript
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An Inherited Lsoaev.

Mrs. Givem-Wbat makes you so
tired? Weary Willie-Heredity, mum.
Me father was the original tired bust
ness man.-Judge.
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Photo by American Press Association.
Numbers Instead of Fishes
Names Adopted For Uncle
Sans Diving Demons-They
Have Been Fortunate In Point
of Accident, While Other Ma
tons Like Vessels Have Met
With Disaster.

of a new whale we WERE, and he nosed
US as a dog might sniff at a stranger
to see if he could make friends with
him or not"