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while he could, while, tho winged hand
i. Of opportunity was REACHED out ): ID
him. Money was the only actual pow
or that could BIZ stored. away against
the time Of need. Everything else
was like fairy gold-yellow oai: leaves
on the morning after. Still, stetheim-
or feared to abandon the case to SUBJ
ordinates and go out of St. Louis. He
would be open to the charge Of hav-
ing been purchased by the defendant;
besides that, the assistant district at
torney would step up into his place
before the public eye. He must find
some other way.
In his extremity, he determined to
apply to the Judge for postponement
of the trial until the next term Of
court. This would give him an oppor-
tunity to meet the bankers in New
York, and still conduct the case. He
went at once to the Judge and explain
ed that he had just discovered a posi-
BILE connection of several other prom
inent persons with the wrecking of
the Patton National bank, and that,
before he cross-examined jeremiah
Patton, he wished thoroughly to in
vestigate this evidence and fortify
himself with all the details. This
would take considerable time. Stet-
heimer strengthened his suggestion
with excellent arguments it was a
matter of the greatest public impor'
lance; thousands of helpless deposi-
tors relied wholly on the courts to in
sure the fidelity of their bankers;
swift, complete, ruthless punishment
of every person involved, high or low,
was their only safeguard. He wished
to ferret out every one of the Grim
inals concerned, to run them down,
brand them as thieves, and hand them
over to the warden of the penitentiary,
and the Judge must give him ample
time in which to do this. In fact, 1t
was a duty owed to the whole peo-
pie Of Missouri The judge decided
finally that II these were the facts,
he would direct continuance upon
tho motion Of the district attorney.
stetheimer went then to the attor-
neys for jeremiah Patton. He said to
them that his wife was i'll, threatened
with appendicitis, 1t was thought: that
he wished to take her at once to Phil
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to arrange It. The people are mad
for a sacrifice. A jury-could not b
got that. would acquit a bank presi-
dent under such circumstances. Bel
mont Lane has brought me up to the
door of the penitentiary. The United
States court will put me inside and
turn the key in the lock-"
Randolph Mason paid not the slight
est attention to the mans words. He
merely repeated the last sentence of
his statement.
when you are acquitted" he said,
you will come at once to me, and l
will adjust the remaining features Of
this problem"
Jeremiah Patton returned to St..
Louis on that very evening, and fol-
lowed the order Of subsequent events
in the newspapers Of that city. The
Federal court was at that time open
ing it's session. An indictment was
found. Patton's attorneys demurred
to this indictment. This demurrer
was overruled. They then demanded
an immediate trial, and the court or
dered the case to jury. Two weeks
were consumed in the examination Of
talesmen; new panels were obtained
and almost wholly rejected. It seemed
that every man in the city had con-
celved an opinion against the prisoner.
Finally curious medley Of jurors was
secured, and the government began
the introduction Of it's testimony.
Up to this time, Mason had done
nothing. Now he sent for Jacob Sol
meyer, lawyer of considerable prom
inence, and explained to him what he
was to do. l know in detail how Sol
meyer carried out his instructions:
He went at once to St. Louis and
called on the district attorney. HI
explained that certain large operation
of Chicago and Kansas City were Ia
5oring to effect consolidation Of al,
the big firms in q certain line in the
west into one gigantic company with a
hundred million dollar capitalization,
under the laws of New Jersey; that
the matter was still in an early, for
native state. The bankers who were
to furnish the large sums necessary
to purchase such plants as would not
voluntarily come into the trust, feared
that some unfriendly district attorney
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Cause for CONSERVATION.

The inexperienced district school
teacher had exhausted all other ex-
pedients for the maintenance Of disci-
pine. Going out into the school yard.
she broke of a good-sized switch that
was growing there and administered
primitive punishment to Jimmy Kel-
ley.
There were strange expressions Of
Mortified amazement on the faces Of
the children, and when school was dis
missed at noon they gathered in ex-
cited groups and talked in whispers.
Finally the teachers curiosity could
stand it no longer. Calling Henry
Thomas to her, she demanded tho
cause Of the discussions.
"Why-why-why, teacher" he
stammered, '"that-that switch you
licked Jimmy with-that was the tree
we all set out last Arbor day."-Har-
per's Magazine.
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Old Preiudices Die Hard.

Ancient prejudices have a certain
vitality about them that defles time.
There are plenty Of Englishmen to-
day who will lose their temper in a
discussion on the character of Oliver
Cromwell, and now we find a heated
debate in the French chamber on the
propriety of celebrating the birth an
niversary of Jean Jacques Rousseau,
who first opened his eyes upon the
world two hundred years ago. The
proposal was holly opposed by the
Monarchist-C Catholic minority, number
ing 112 votes, who denounced the be.
stowal Of posthumous honors upon
the man who was described as the
father Of anarchy. And yet there is
hardly an Intelligent man in the
France Of today who would hesitate
to subscribe to every article in the
Contrat Sociale. Compared with the
mildest radical Of today, Rousseau
would rank almost - . consecutive
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IN ac4nitta,. prscludins 4 rerial and
WORKING tho discharge Of Tho prisoner.
jeremiah Patton has been put to trial,
the evidence against him was intro
duced; then, upon the motion of the
district attorney, without any reason
given on the record, and over the pris-
oner's protest, the case was contin-
ued and the jury discharged. These
facts here are In accordance with
those in the case cited. The decision
Of the associate court il not to be
disregarded, and the prisoner must
be set at liberty"
The Judge paused Z moment, took
up the volume Of reports in his hand
and looked down at the packed sea
Of faces. 1T would be folly" he said,
for me to do other than sustain this
motion. The United States Circuit
Court of Appeals would Immediately
reverse me. The government would
be put to the expense Of useless ap-
peal, and would be subject to cen
sure as an arbitrary public servant,
disregarding the doctrine Of law e.
tablished by an associate court. BY
curious accident, this prisoner steps
outside the power Of the law through
one of the numerous safeguards which
our judicial system throws around a
citizen charged with a crime. We do
not know whether or not Jeremiah
Patton is guilty as charged in this
indictment, no jury has decided that;
we know only that the law directs
that he be discharged from custody,
and I so order IT,
On Monday morning after the &C
quittal of jeremiah Patton, Pietro
handed me a cablegram for Randolph
Mason. tore it open and went into
Mason's Office with it. He looked up
from the table as I entered. Parks,
he said, II am ready to adjust the re-
naming feature of this bank prob
lem"
mr.. Mason" I answered, do you
know where jeremiah Patton and Bel
mont Lane are today?"
YES" he said, Patton arrived in
New York last Friday night and Bel
mont Lane is now in the custody OF
the United States consul at Berlin"
INF. Mason" I replied, "for once In
your life you are mistaken"
"Mistaken!" he said, Il mistaken!
EYES," 1 said; you are mistaken.
Jeremiah Patton is dead at the Dres-
den of pneumonia; I came this mo-
ment from his bedside. Belmont
Lane shot himself in the entresol of
the hotel Gross Herzog Won Widen
helm in Berlin at seven o'clock Sun
day morning, when confronted with
your writ Of extradition," and handed
him the cablegram.
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Thirteen YEARS
UnlucI<y Number for Dakota Woman.

The question whether the number
"13" IL really more unlucky than any
other number has never been entirely
settled.
A So. Oak. woman, after thirteen
years Of misery from drinking coffee.
found a way to break the "unlucky
SPELL" Tea is just as Injurious al cof-
fee because it contains caffeine, the
drug in coffee. She writes:
For thirteen years have been .
nervous wreck from drinking coffee.
Ny liver, stomach, heart-in fact, my
whole system being actually, poisoned
by it.
Last year was confined to my bed
for six months. Finally it dawned on
me that coffee caused the trouble.
Then began using Postum instead Of
coffee, but with little faith; as my
mind was in such condition that l
hardly knew what to do next.
Extreme nervousness and failing
eyesight caused me to lose all courage.
In about two weeks after quit coffee
and began to use Postum was able
to read and my head felt clear. I am
improving all the time and I will be Z
strong, well woman yet.
II have fooled more than one person
with delicious cup Of Postum. Mr.
8. wanted to know where bought my
fine coffee. I told her my grocer had
It and when she found out it was Pos
tum she has used it ever since, and
her nerves are building up fine.
my brain is strong, my nerves
steady, my appetite good, and best Of
all, enjoy such sound, pleasant sleep"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Get tho little book in
pkGs, "The Road to Melville"
There's q reason zs.,,. 49,. esss55z4ss H.
Dvsf reaA t1e a1ovo IoGes1f-.A Dsw
0D0 aDDea1D 1F0D t1Do - tG1at 1lboY
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adelphia: that he would probably be
required to remain there during the
operation and the convalescence of the
patient. and requested them to consent
to postponement Of the case until
the following term. The attorneys
courteously expressed their regret,
but replied that this was a criminal
trial, and that they could not consent
to any order, no matter what. Still,
they could not see how their client
would be prejudiced by such . con-
tinuance, and II the Judge wished to
enter such an order, they would make
no vigorous oral argument against it.
When the court convened on Mon
day morning, the Judge made the con-
tinuance upon the motion of the dis
trict attorney. This motion was not
strenuously resisted by the counsel for
jeremiah Patton. They offered for
NAL objection for the prisoner, which
was overruled, and the exception was
entered on the record. The Judge dis
charged the jury, ordered new panel
and took up the trial Of some petty
revenue cases, the assistant district
attorney appearing for the govern
ment
Stetheimer explained the meaning
Of this continuance to tho public by
covertly suggesting the story told to
the Judge. The public was appeased
with the promise Of more and promin-
ent victims, and the district attorney
stood justified in the conduct of his
case. Moreover, his reputation for
shrewdness was established, and his
figure as a farsighted, incorruptible
public servant on the trail Of higher
thieves heightened, widened, doomed
larger. He left Immediately for New
York accompanied by his wife, who
was taken to the station In an ambu-
lance.
Jacob Solmeyer arranged meeting
OF some of the more prosperous look
ing of his clients and took the district
attorney before them. They discussed
the problems Of the great combine,
questioned the lawyer at length upon
LAC okoLuS VI luS1I IISnto uuuSE Lu0
interstate Commerce Act, the posi-.
billty of a Federal investigation, the
effect Of such move on the bonds of
the trust as a security, and the
scope Of the act in its criminal fea-
lures.
The district attorney slurred over
the difficulties in the Federal statue,
pointing out that the section providing
individual punishment for violation Of
the act was already a dead letter, that
the act itself was largely bugaboo to
appease the farmer. He urged the
combine and promised immunity in
Missouri. Solmeyer's bankers" ad-
journed without finally determining
upon the loan to. the contemplated
combine. However, they agreed to
employ the district attorney, in case
the loan was made, and to pay: him
twenty-five thousand dollars q year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20
To Reproduce Riot Scenes.

TO nePTO00CS V1Oe 0CS0eS'
The recent riot at the Federal build
ing, Los Angeles, will be reproduced
at the trial of those arrested by mo-
ton picture films, and shown to the
jury on a screen. It will be the first
time In the history of Jurisprudence
that such evidence will have been in
troduced. While the riot was at its
height a moving-picture company.
with the newest model machine, had
an operator on the scene, and his films
show the entire actions of those per-
sons who are charged with having
caused disturbance
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20
LIE district: Attorney va: On

might attempt to bring the matter in.
to court, and thereby affect the bonds
Of this syndicate, which they would
hold as their security. II, however.
the principal Office Of this great pro-
jected company could be placed in
some large city OF the west, where the
district attorney Of the United States
was person of conservative ideas.
they would furnish the money; other
wise they would not. Solmeyer rep
resented these bankers, and this was
the problem they had presented to
him for solution. He had gone care
fully over the entire field, and finally
settled upon the district attorney Of
st. Louis as filling every requirement
of his clients. If he could act,
Solmeyer would pay him i've thousand
dollars as retainer; then, when the
bankers held their meeting in New
York, he could come before them and
arrange about his annual retainer.
The size of this annual retainer Sol
meyer hesitated to suggest, but in
timated something in the neighbor.
hood Of twenty thousand dollars.
The district attorney glowed with
JOY and increased Importance, put the
Ave thousand dollars in his pocket,
and Jacob Solmeyer returned to his
office in New York.
The trial of jeremiah Patton con-
tinued. All the affairs OF the bank
were gone into. Masses of documen-
tary evidence were introduced. The
district attorney was determined to
make his reputation on this case. He
burned with dramatic pose every piece
OF red fire that he could lay his hands
on. The courtroom swarmed with re-
porters. The evidence was printed in
detail in all the great dailies. Patton
was looked upon as an intolerable
scoundrel who had wrecked the bank
of which he was president, and looted
his depositors by, borrowing on worth
less securities great sums for COM
pany which he owned.
On a Saturday afternoon, the dis
trict attorney closed for the govern
ment and rested his case. On the fol-
lowing Sunday Jacob Solmeyer tele-
graphed the district attorney that
there would be meeting of the bank
ers on Tuesday evening, and to come
at once to New York. Stetheimer call
ed Solmeyer by long-distance tele-
phone, explained his situation In re-
gard to the Patton trial. and asked
If the meeting could not be postponed.
Solmeyer answered that a postpone
ment was impossible, that some men,
bers Of the syndicate were the heads
of great banking houses In Europe and
could not await any mans convent
ence; that the district attorney must
attend the meeting, or return the re-
tainer paid to him and abandon the
scheme.
Uncertain what course to follow, the
district attorney took counsel with his
wife. She advised him to get rich
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Always a safe Remark.

Always SAFE Remark.
Amateur Ned Kelly (sotto voce)-
BY Jove! I've forgotten my jolly
lines. Goodness gracious, whatever
shall I do?
Professional Dan Kelly (equal to
the occasion)-Shoot the nearest po-
iceman and beef out: ITO the bush,
boys, to the h!"-Sydney Bulletin
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Without woman man would be
rough, rude, solitary, and would ignore
all the graces, which are but smiles
OF love.-Francois Augusta de Cha
teaubriand.
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Cautious.

Cautious.
Hobson-1 understand that you pat
ronize Ships the tailor. Does he suit
you?
Harduppe- unless pay him
something in advance.
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For the legal principle In
voIved in this story see Ex
parte UIrich, AZ Fed, 587. This
case was afterward reversed by
the United States Circuit Court
Of Appeals, but not upon the
proposition Of law here dealt
with.
The law as laid down In the
case Of Ex parte U|rich, supra,
follows the best courts in this
country. Sec Highlands v. Com
monwealth, III Penn. St., 1856
Amer. Rep, 236; State ", ca'en-
dine, 8 Iowa; Wight v. State, 5
Ind, 2e2; Mitchell V. State, az
Ohio St., $50.
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~>~~~ W. ~AN~.S ~ee~~~S
he rose and looked a moment over
the courtroom; then he said,
Il sustain your motion, Mr.. Scott
The great audience stirred with
profound, universal surprise. The dis
trict attorney was on his feet. Your
honor" he cried, this prisoner cannot
be discharged. He Is under indict-
ment. He has not been tried. The
case has been merely continued.
There must be an acquittal by jury.
A judge cannot turn a criminal loose
on society by royal edict." =,
The lines along the judges nj outh
curled. Have you read this decis-
ion?" he said.
mol" shouted the district attor-
ney, now angry and alarmed; "but it
cannot annul trial by jury; it cannot
unhinge the gates Of our penal insti-
tutions; it cannot transform a presid-
ing Judge into Caesar, holding the is
sues of life and death in the turn of
his thumb. What court would pro-
nounce a decision holding that a con-
tinuance of the cause should have the
effect of trial by jury, a verdict of
not guilty and a discharge of the
prisoner!"
"Sir," replied the Judge, you in
quire what court would pronounce
such a decree, and reply the United
States District Court for the Western
District of Missouri. It holds In the
case before me precisely what you say
it could not hold, namely that post
ponement Of 4 case and tho discharge
Of 2 jury, after the Introduction Of
the governments evidence and over
the objection Of the prisoner, without
proper reasons therefor. n. in effect
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-10-10
Saved BY His wife.

She's a wise woman who knows just
what to do when her husbands life is
in danger, but Mrs. r. j. Flint, Brain
tree, VT, is of that kind. "She in
sisted on my using Or. Kings New
Discovery, writes Mr.. f. "for a
dreadful cough, when l was so weak
my friends all thought | had only a
short time to live, and it completely
cured me-" A quick cure for coughs
and colds, it is the most safe and re-
liable medicine for many throat and
lung troubles-grip, bronchitis, Group,
whooping cough. quinsy. tonsilitis.
hemorrhages. A trial will convince
you. 80 cts, and Sl.00. Guaranteed
by Haynes & Taylor and James II.
Orme.
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A Serious Accident at
fairview, Wednesday

Last Wednesday eve ming
while at work with the hosting
machinery'over at Fairview. our
young friend. Joe Vaughn, was
caught by some part of the ma
chlnery and suffered a bad hand
as the result. Part of the
thumb Of the left hand was lost
and the other fingers of the same
hand were badly bruised, but
may be saved and not have to be
amputated.
After the accident happened
the unfortunate was brought
here and Drs. Casper and Gard
ner dressed the wounds and ad
mlnlstered to his suTerings. He
was taken to his home out some
'lttle distance from town yester-
C~riSvi.ie Enterprise.
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CALDW ELL SPRINGS
DELAYED from last week }

DELAYED from last week.
There are no new cases of
diphtheria.
The school is in progress again,
but few children are in attend.
ance.
Mrs. Dan Riley is on the sick
list at this writing.
Ed Thompson and wife. of
Starr, we're callers at j. G..
rhurman's this week.
Young Holland will move to
Kuttawa in a few days, where
they will reside in the future.
Sorghum making is in progress.
Rev. John Board, of Flat
Rock, Caldwell Co., was visiting
here Friday.
Mrs. May Stone saw Cochran
& Co.. IS advertisement in the
Record-Press and went at once
and purchased a new Studebaker
wagon of them. Yes, it pays to
advertise.
There is ten times more trav-
cling across the new bridge than
there was before over the muddy
ford. We are still shouting
about the new bridge.
Jerry Barnes and Miss Leta
Flanary made a flying trip to
Lyon Co., Friday.
Mosquitoes, chills and fires
are keeping all of us busy, now.
Charley Jackson says "a sack
of brand costs more than a cow,
is worth, therefore he will quit
feeding it" Charley has a fine
herd Of Jersey mich cows, in
which he takes a great deal of
interest.
Burnett Turley has bought the
Jeffords place Of J. c. Griffin
and will occupy it in few days.
Wine S,oAe nas eCDo ~ Lyon
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-10-10
Mrs. Bland Entertains.

Mrs. w. c. Bland was hostess
70 the Married Ladies' Euchrc
Club last tuesday evening A
salad lunch was served. Misses
Mary Chapman. Elizabeth Whit
ledge and Nellie Nel,on assisted
The hostess IN making the even.
ing enjoyable. Resides the mem.
bers of the club the following
were present; Mrs. c. c. Wat
KRIS Misses Mary Willie Cam
bron and Cecilia Spencer and
Claude Russell. -Uniontown
Telegram.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-10-10
CaITTENDEN SPRINGS
DELAYED from last week. }

DELAYED from last week.
Born to the wife of Edgar
Shoemaker a fine boy.
The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis Martin has recovered
from a spell of pneumonia.
Miss Estella Dobson was in
Marion Wednesday.
Quite a number of people from
this place attended church at
Forest Grove, Sunday.
Lewis Sliger was here Tues
day buying stock.
Little Kittie Belt has recover
ed from a spell of typhoid fever.
A new girl at John Ryan's.
Miss Sadie Hughes is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Eva Hodge, this
week.
w. H. Robertson is reported
some better at this writing.
Mrs. Albert Shoemaker and
son, G. c., are the guests of her
mother this week.
Mrs. G. A. Robertson was the
guest ofTher sister, Mrs. Rena
Shoemaker, Wednesday night.
r. A.sHughes and family WIS.,
tied at the home of w. II. Rob
ertson Sunday.
.als. Meme Uolloman aud son,
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APPLEG
DELAYED from last week }

'p'ahf'b HttNsl
AS We have not seen any news
from this place in quite awhile.
will send in few items.
John Num- and family, of
White City, Kan. who have been
visiting relatives and friends in
this county for the past month,
returned home Tuesday.
b. b. Thurman, who has been
quite sick for some time, is much
better at this writing.
Others who are on the sick
list are Mrs. Harry Beane and
Walter Brightman.
Elmor Crider and family and
Miss Minnie Whitecotton, of SUI
Ivan. were guests Of S. A. Num-
Sunday.
Rev. Hardy, a holiness evan.
gelist, commenced a protracted
meeting at this place Sunday
night.
A sad accident happened 20
Robert Moore near here one day
last week. While going down
what is known as the Blackford
hill, his horse became frightened
and ran away, throwing him out
and breaking his left leg just
above the ankle joint.
Tom Mckinley moved to Black
ford last week.
Mr.. Filpotts, of Webster Co.,
has bought Will Litchfeld's hill
farm. Consideration, $4,000.
Albert Clarke went to Marion
Monday on business.
All persons who have their to-