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The Coconino sun., 1912-06-14
FLAGSTAFF LODGE NO. TF&AM

Regular meeting on first Saturday of each month at Elks Hall Visiting brethren In. vited to attend. JOSEPH K. TREAT, W. M
 E. s. MILLER, Secretary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-05

4nroaFh the spcctacles OF some Of
ihe editors of foreign birth. notably
POLES and Southern Europeans. certain
i'epuDlirn leaders lave found in Ger
'aSn remnras Woodrow Wilson made
touching undesirable Immigrants levi
cence' that The Democratic candidate
FOR President IS 20 foe 20 tho laborine
man. ana "possesses no sympathy
with the 'oAins CLASSES" Truly re-
markable discovery. but still more re-
markahle is 1t that they ala not also
discover such corroborative support of
'the evidence that Nv. wilson 5 IN
imicahie TO the Working man and eho
iollins classes AS is embraced In his
career as Governor or New Jersey
Their failure SO to do argues most
astonishing. almos, unpardonablc. SUI
perhcialiiy 81 invesagat.on ana unac-
co"n'ahle neglect OF details
notwithstanding We have no sympa =
my with their cause wo feel SO deeply
Tor thoin. on account OF their amena-
AiAts" TO criticism for thc.I short-sieh.-
fdness or oversight. that we arc con-
'traiaed 70 bear them helping han.
hy adauc!ng little 81 thc detailed
llt none the less potent corrobora,iye
EVIDENCE aforosaid MOREOVER another
mpaling confederation with MS IS
tAe duy oi funy oniientonins the pu
and preventing St from becomin..
the victim Of "a half truth. which d
worse than 1a!sohood
y part Of the record Of New jersey
under the leadership and tho in.
iiuenao o. oir Wilson is this. IN.
r'ssing Of an employees LIABILITY and
Compensation act. Legislation nhibit.
laH c'nHioymeni Of children durlne
seno'i hours ana az night and pro-
Yin4as ior aity-eleht hour wofl
woee measure for the protection d
wof@ncn from deleterious fumes noXi
gus gases ana draushta ia fac,orlcs
proylflon foresiAbiiahine an cisht-hou
aay for state county ana munic'pa
work ana cnacimcnts insutu,lus
s.mi-montnly pay vol for rallwa.
employees stttns d sauitaiy s,anaar
foi saRe-shops Regulating cmrloymon
! nsf'4cics and s'oppiVz eonirac, iabo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-05

In penal institutions. This. us we have
Indicated. IS only part OF tho detailed
record sustaining tho concrete evil
denco. so to speak, or woodrow VIII
sons cnInity to tho laboring man and
lack of sympathy for the telling
masses, revealed to our Republican
friends in their study OF the Demo-
cratic nominees observations on un-
desirable immigrants: but 1t is SUM-
cient to prove that their friends missed
Il golden opportunity TO clinch the "evi-
denoo'--by utterly annihnating it.
And by the way. when It comes to
what Mr.. Wilson really did say regard
ing undesirable immigrants, we are
reminded that there Is etory that on
one occasion. way back yonder, u Judge
OF an English nisi prius oc@rt warned
witnesses against testifying TO any
thing they saw through Opaque"
glass. as such glass was likely to
distort tho vision and the objects seen
Since our Republican friends saw III
Mr.. Wilson'S deliverance specific men
ton Of irish and Northern European
immigrants who were not mentioned
at all or even implied. the suggestion
is that possibly the spectacles OF the
foreign born editors through which
they Were looking were mado of tho
Same sort OF deceptive glass However.
that is another story from tho ono that.
ewing to the progressive though con-
servative administration Of Woodrow
Wilson. New Jersey has in the last
two years done more than she had IN
the preceding seventeen for the amell-
Grafton of the condition OF tho toiline
classes thus leaving those WHO
would incuicate the Impression that
tho Democratic nominee is not the
friend of labor not a leg to stand or.
Woodrow Wilson'S career OF practical
constructive statesmanship IS so abso-
!utely destructive of all contention 20
the contrary that no workingman who
has taken the trouble to acquire even
the most elementary knowledge OF st
can fail TO recognize and in duty to
his fellow worlangmen concede the
fact
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and religious welfare OF all the people
win sow it's seed in q hundTed other
places and help the cause of good
roads throughout the State OF Vir-
einia. II the people of Patrick succeed
the people OF other counties Will feel
tina, they must also succeed
The Tlmes-Dispatch thoroughly in
dorses tho policy to be tried out in
Patrick and commends the patriotic
people OF that county for their initia-
live .n this new method OF solving an
old problem Nor is It out of place
TO congratulate the Stuart Enterprise
for the splen1idly strenuous manner
in which it is supporting Good Roads
Day" for tina, progressive weekly is
devoting practically ali OF its news
and editorial space TO tho project.
Were fncro moro weekly editors like
w C. Hylton and more weellies like
tho Enterprise. the people in the mud
taxed counties would be aroused 10
pun together for better highways as
a means to achieve their own larger
prosperity
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Ni"c'N'N's FIRST coon ROADS

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.s. n,o,o,-i. jill. i, ILL,
a5veu,.n, ~. IN no,,,rton .rn.
,o,,,. ,, ,o.n., s.,.a ~. LIZ,
A..sus, X se .ccoa po.5s n,., H.,
ey.- sscson oe ,ro .o,,+.. ,.u.
ltoa .s.a,e fnn aa,ts w5ri ~ m.
in.proyemcnt az ,ho hirhwavs r,r
te, honrs cvery rrYsressiv, cuiza, of
ia,r.cR-s,.r thai. means almost an
Ssh! do ,ias.'uart toward oonstrue,ins
Net,e- roaas Ia place af n., almost
.mpassab!e ones nsu Oh assistance
nina pubac oads hese have suffered
searmly from TIE rains ~ hc
sprins aha Skinner and ,ac damas
doue has aroused the citizens to IL
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INCREASE:
FEW ARE PUNISHED
Since Staying OF Gambler RosertAal, American
Prison Association Has Been Compiling
Figures.

to ono Shot that the slayers Of Herman
kosentha! and the bTgto wno Killed
Mary Barbuto Will never he electro
cuted for tAeir crimes Julia Conuols
murderer killed himself They have
more than eighty chances ia tneir
favor TO escape the death penalty
against one that they Viii bc adc-
uuately punished according 10 law
Increase OF 900 Murders.
Jucge DE Coureey reports shows that
there were nearly 300 more murders
in the United states last year than
Ia the previous year. yet, but one In
clsnty six WAS capitally punished, AS
againsi ono OF seventy four Tor the
previous year.
1'1is shows. as only ngures can snow
mat violent crimes have Increased
nlarming!y while the notorious lastly
OF the police and the courts mas be-
come even more las thus Increasing
The ratio Of the effect OF crime upon
the people
For each million Of the population
in 800 there were rs homlcidcs in
the United States In Italy less taan
fifteen in Canada less than thirteen.
in Grea, Britain less than nine. and
In Germany less than two homicidcs
tor every million or the population
OF the nineteen persons who com
mittoG murder In London last year nve
committed suicide before they were
arrested. Al OF the others. except
rcui were arresten ana either con
v.eted and executed or were sent to
insane asylum- excepting ono. who
committed suicide while in prison
awaiting trial.
the American Press Association Will
call attention to comparison OF the
ngures in London with the figures OF
New York City. where lio murders
were committed ia tho same time.
That the excessive use OF strong
liquors is She urinary cause for the
violent crimes in this country is dis
proven by the association. The use Of
liquors in this country is not con
sidered an alarming vice. and figures
are submitted 10 substantiate this
!css Strong DRINK.
Thor" Is certsln.y less atronp drink
including in this term whlskey, gin.
brandy and rum. consumed in St. Louis
or Chicago than IN any city OF half
their size in Great Britain" the re-
port continues. Lot the traveller COM
pare Liverpool and Glasgow with ST.
Louis or Chirago in this respect with
vastly Lore drunkenness in Liverpool
and Glasgow there are fewer murders
there because in England punishment
is swift and certain. while in st Louis
IT Is slow and uncertain
IAN unsettled state OF society is q
cause for the prevalence Of crime Be
tween the year 1919 and 1850 the most
heterogeneous population that any
spot on the face Of the earth could pre-
sent was to be found I'm tho territory
of California. In tho eager search for
gold men of every nation and from
every cline formed society rs rude
as It was cphomcral Courts were
quickly found to be a necessity. but
,hcy were scarcely established before
they were corrupted. and tho worst
element at orco dictated and dcfIcd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-05

New York, August i--Recent crimes
OF violence. including the conspiracy
resulting in Herman Rosenthal.y
death ana the atrocious murders OF
two little girls, Julia Connors and
Mary Barbuto. have aroused the Amer
lean Prison Association, which is pre-
pairing q pronounccment against The
courts.
IN New York city last year there
We're ll9 cases of homicide while in
London. with far greater ropula-
ton. there were only nineteen" says
Judge De Courcoy, of the Supreme
Court OF Massachusetts, who Is chti--
man OF the American PRISON Ass1cin-
tons committee on criminal procedure.
Then he adds: In the United Stttes
punishment for crime is slow ana IN
certain in England 1t Is swift ana
certain"
These recent crimes in Ncw York
City. which have stirred the count; y
and caused comment in European
newspapers, viii be the subject OF a
special report los the Prison Associa-
ton. advance sheets OF which indi-
cate that criminal procedure in the
courts is TO blame for the prevalence
OF such outlawry.
Ten Thousand homici%e crimes are
committees in the United states oucn
year says tho head of the Sew YORK
State Iieformatory. at Elinira who IS
a leading crminologlst active in the
Prison Association. "Onc hundred and
eighteen homicide crimes We're com
mitted in Chicago in 1903. Twenty 81
the same kind Of crimes were commit
ted for the same time in London, and
London is four times the size Of Chi
cago
"Homicial crime in the United
states has increased 450 per cent since
1883 Thereof the ratio of convic-
tons is less than 10 per cent. The
same ratio for Germany is % per cent.
tfomiciial crime in the United states
exceeds the total of that OF any ten
civilized nations. outside OF Russia
VIII show Tint Courts Are 10 blame.
From these and other statistics be-
ing complied. and ~ Judge De Cour-
ceys Significant comparison with Eng
land it is apparent to criminaloglsts
that the Prison AS ociation .ntenss
to show that the courts are largely
TO blame for the prevalence of crime.
| Nearly thirty persons are murdered
| each day In the United States, eN-
Guiding Alaska and the island depend
encies. Not one murderer In four m
/ the United states is brought to trial,
according 10 the associations Stats
! ties. and not ono In twenty-five of
those brought to trial receives Il death
sentence.
one commentator on these neurea
reduces 1t to the parianre OF the race
track betting ring by declaring
! III You commit murder Il IS better
! than a three to ono shot that YOU Will
never be brought to trial II YOU lose
that bet it is better than a ten TO one
shot that you will never he sentenced
to tho penitentiary and 1t 's better
than an eighty to one shot that you
will never be hanged or electrocuted.
! That Is. IT Is better than an eighty
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their DEGREES. Deaths oy violence be-
gan 70 exceed ga number those b. dis
casc or accident
I'm 1881 ,he people. long suffering
and slow 70 move. ~ last arose Ia the!r
might and grappied With the prouiew.
II is the same problem we have to-
dny how 70 prevent tie increase OF
crime. It's solution was the vigilance
committee. whose Justice was unru-
!sutiug aud uapurchuslb!c. whose code
Knew no technicaNtles whose drcrecs
we're not appealable. ana whose swift
Iess of execution has known uoparall,l
ln Judicial history
Vigilance Committee KEPT Down { rinc.
During the reign OF th.s cxtfaord-
mary trlounai crimes against thr per-
son were reduced to "a minimum. The
transition period was not ended. So
ciety remained as mixed and uncer-
tain IN 1851 as before 1851 but be-
tore 1851 punishment FOR crime was
very glow ana uncertain. while In 1854
it was very prompt and certain.
rBy and by thr yigor OF the orsani-
zation languished with the object OF
IT'S formation apparently accomplish-
lack OF anything 10 do the ordinary
courts OF iaw with their forms and
tcchnicalitics asserted themselves. and
while society became more settled
crime multiplied
Therefore, crlmnoloGists believe. tho
Roscnthal and the Iulia Connors ami
Mary Barbuto murders may lead to !
REORGANIZATION OF the courts which
VIII make Justice as swift and certain
- il was hl California and IS IN Eng
land and Germany.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-05
rwENrIuru Century scnooLs

Through The land at this season
parents are searching their hearts wi,h
carnestness ana devotion to plan for.
another year OF school life for their
children. 1t Is. In fact. tho one SUI
promo question for democracy. Ut
means the bettcrmont of the race. 1t
means tho development of tho indi-
vidual. 1t means the ultimate so.u-
uon OF ali temporary questions with
which twentieth century lie Is vcxed.
In the concrete If there are lo.oOo.OoO
cA ldren spending this year In schools
ii means that lO,OoOo0o years OF human
lie arc being spent. is 1t wonderful
thcn that prayers and misgivings ac-
company tho search? Is IL strange
that all thinkers ana all men OF hone
PINT tho question OF education above
;hc issues OF banking reform. of trust
regulation. OF tariN reduction. even OF
national wealth ana the bounteous
Sits OF the soil? This Is no small
query that q weary ana fading mother
puts to herself as shc makes button
holes "a new school clothes. 1t is tho
very heart OF her hearts life. what
shall THIS LITTLE one be taught? Ana
how shall It DE taught? To be wiser
and happier than !?
If there he any certain answer to
her quest at all if must be That the
new generation shall somehow be
tausht to really be wiser ana happier
so education that does not moan these
ends IS OF amy value. 10 education
that means merely the prolongation OF
another existence through span OF
years MS a barren physical fact is true
cancaton For education means lead-
ing out 1t gathers all the young OF
10 coming years together ana leads
them little farther along toward
some noble and distant goal This is
wnat tho twentieth century school
must do. If it fails. not all its bright
oorrldors its pictures. its laboratories.
It's playsrounds. its manual training
and it's games. can justify their exist
cnc 1t stands 10 be judged one a
single fact that the little children
have life and have it moro abundanuy.
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KEEPING ROOSEVELT ALIVE.

The d.ssruntled ana defeated poliu-
cal doctors OF the country meet in
consultation to-day In Chicago with
the ultimate purpose o, injecting nitro
s'ycerine into the ncliacAl career OF
Theodore Roosevelt to Keep it alive
THE Third Farty Is ala heroic rom ady
bat viii avail nausht. its base has
SEVER beer efcaeiqus and it VIII not
be now Political parties form them
elves around and build themselves
w on principles ana not persons. Poll
tlcal parties express public opinion and
iot private lust for office.
Political parties have heretofore dl,-
tered with each other rs to issues rath-
than individuals. They have dis
agreed as 10 Interpretations. They
Save not pcrpetuated personal srudges
Thoy have not based their titles to
Us .stencc upon claims of fraud. They
have not denied that naiorities rule.
They have not considered any indiyio-
ual necessary to them or ie the ma
ton
The Third Term Party primarily is
not "a PARTY of ssucs but the party
- an nalvliuai THE meat that it
feeds upon is tile meat Of ono mans
personal defeat ITS purpose Is inc SAT-
lsfaction OF enc mans eradgc 1t RE-
arircs Of applicants for membership
OILY that they subscribe to the belief
that the i'rcsidcrt of the United
States is ,-or- and f-f,-Lf,f.4,, ana
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-05
LIKES nEp-unADrp HUSBANDS.
Mrs. Francis Has Had Two and L,
rhinlkina. OF n IhIrd

New York. August 4.-"My first hus-
band was red-headed My present
husband is red-hoaded I intend TO
have red-headed husband as long as
live. As soon a4 l am freed by d.
Vorce 1 VIII get another one. lilo Will
oe ed-headed can be married
week after I get divorce. have 100
applications on my waiting list now
and red headed policeman heads the
list"
This declaration was made In tho
city Court. Yonkers. Yesterday after
noon by Mrs. Jeannett4 Robo Rice
Francis twenty-.our Years old. who
had her husband. Thoma. ~ Francis.
arrested for nonsuppori 1t followed
statement by Francis that he intended
20 get a divorce. Tile case against him
was adjourned til Wednesday.
Mrs. Francis's first husband Ernest
hice. from whom She was divorced At
Greenwich. Conn. two Years ago after
a married life OF ave Years. is now in
Saginaw. Mich. with their two chill
drcn.
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rur Lor1nn MONROE pocrRlNE.


The next President of tho United
states might well undertake as
proof Of his broad vision and construc-
tive genius. to lay down an intorprcta-
ton of the Monroe Doctrine that VIII
represent tile attitude the American
people at heart desire to take In the
matter OF foreign extensions Of power
ON the Western Hemisphere. lie might
wen Undertake to answer tho ques-
lions that are asked at home and
abroad: What is the Monroe Doctrine?
In how far do the people support IL?
Upon what fundamental principle IS It
hased7 AS At present formulated. the
famous doctrine IS becoming more and
more possible menace TO our inter-
national peace. Its now assertion by
Senate resolution brings fl TO Nsht
once more, not In It's nne and tradl-
tional form Of a demand that the New
World he permitted TO work out It's
nroblcms Of government in it's own
way. but as possible torch with which
iingoes can Stir MP war fovers, and as
chip on the shoulder that other ma
lions arc arrogan;ly requested to take
note Of
Tho Monroe Doctrine can be defined
in two very different ways. Ii has an
economic meaning and a human mean-
ing. II may be tho demand that out
siders recognize our commercial rights
.n our own territory It may mean
shat tho United states guarantees to
,hc world that the hemisphere i, dom
mates is dedicated to democracy and
that no inierference with the methods
az democracy VIII he tolerated In
both cases there comes I'm tho issue of
whether tho Monroe Doctrine is in
tended to protect the lesser countries.
though protecting thcm 20 protect
ourselves. Whatever of all possible
moauinss can be attached 10 this In
ternational declaration 1t would be
won fri tho cause OF peace and for the
assurance Of our own suturc actions. to
Jet an parties be clearly appsized OF
It's nnai import
We doubt whether the pocplc know
what they want 10 imply by tho Non
roe Doctrine or how far they are ready
20 back IT up. But d cannot be dodg
ga That thcre is always the possible
challenge hy European power bent
on cNtendlns its commercial sphere.
Nor can il hc doubted that such chal-
lcnre would moan either armed re-
tsliatlon or Withdrawal OF the prin-
Ciule We attempt 10 decide notntnr
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LET JUDGE uANroRD RESIGN.
House So Drop Proceedings In View of
Jurl-t. Action.

Washington. Aus-st 1.-THE com
mittee OF Represt n,ltivos which took
testimony against Federal Judge Corne-
Illus Haniord. in seattle. Wash. recon-
mended to the House Judiciary Com
mitteo that the iu 1eachmcnt proceed
mas be droppod ana that President
Iaft accept tho judges resignation.
Tho President had delayed action on
the resignation to await tho commit
toes action
Tho Committee on judiciary adopted
the recommendation of its subcommit-
Tee and on Monday Chairman Clayton
VIII move in the House that the fur
thor prosecution Of Judge Hanford be
abandoned.
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try TO FREE ALLcon.
Iinbr"s Corpus Writ for Man who Built
Jersey spite Fences

Lons hiaaoh y J.. August An
Gnort IS being made by friends to have
Jamcs ~ Argor who huilt the widely
known spite feucos. released from the
state ASYLUM. 10 which he was COM
miited ten ago. \ writ OF habcas
corpus ISSUED at the instance OF w J.
~ onatd. 81 Atlantic Highlands, will be
heard before Chancellor Garrison
at Jersey City Monday morning
me pcint sod by Leonard is that
llr. g. j. Grenieg city physician Of Long
hEancn' was aot qualified to sign tile
commitment 9tpers for the reason tina
Ae hah not ioen practiclng five years
as tNe statutes require.
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Ispecial 70 Tic mos-DispAtc
Lynchburg Va. August 4.-W. Il.
Camp OF this city. has thirty-one pom
derosa tomato plants in his garden
which average nine feet tall, and from
which six bushels of tomatoes have
already been taken. with three or four
times that amount to be gathered The
Vegetables average a pound each In
size
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-05

Our little brown ward ia the Phil
ippinos takes to the public school with
reasonable zeal. but he takes to our
game Of baseball with bubhiins en-
thusiasm- The national game of the
Philippines used to be cock -nghting.
hut baseball is already showing 1t. ana
tile natignal same of our country ana
as chief COLONIAL dependency win soon
oe Identical Tho good American
game has taken such hold on the
youthful Fnipino tAat 1T is recog-
Hized as 90 distinct influence in the
civilization of tho natives'
a member OF the faculty OF the
University OF chicago Of course.
everybody knows that whom ii comes
to supplying newspaper ,ony that in
stitution has tho highest battiug aver
aeo-has lately returned from The isl
lands 80 say that cvcrywhorc baseball
IS played the morals anl living OF the
poople are better ana the general
health of tile males superior Unm
the bat and baii were Imported. tho
Il.pinos were NOT tonl OF e>,rc,sr.
'tHt NOW every Filipino boy is f3nd
Of tne game. Every village VIII soon
have ITS nine and every city its ANA
tcur League. ana soon there win be 81
National and an American League i'm
tao Islands In lit,lo while more
The Philippines WEI know enough TO
can the umpire "rohbor' ana the
f
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DIES AFTER roRrY-DAY FAST.
Eirhty-one-Icar-old Man In Lynn.
NMss.. sinrNcs In ucd

Mass. stnrvcs in He'd.
Lynn. Mass. August 4.-Edwar I'd
Hanian. eighty-ono years old. died at
the homo of his son. Robert Iianlan.
II Hood Street after a forty days fast
During this period Hanlan subsisted on
water which ho drank IN small quanti-
ties ne los; 100 pounds In weight and
was reduced io living skeleton.
While fasting IIanlan kept TO his bed
and for the last few days was so weak
he was unable TO move or to speak
above "a whisper. Four weeks ago
iianlan was s.yen up by his physicians.
who declared that he could live only
a few DAYS longer. For days previous
ne had eaten no solid food. Ills WIFE,
siNty-nlro year old was overcome
While caring Cor him and died at his
bedside
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BULL OVERTURNS AUTO
Entnngics Its Head in Nrecknse.
rmriv TIlms spnrcd RcinS Goreh.

TIT! E"HN 'T"4V" I.VI"7 W -"
Ilkhart. Ind. August i.-l'ivc per-
sons narrowly escaped death or seri-
Gus injury here when a bull. maddened
by the sight OF a big red automobile.
charged the car. overturning 1t into
a ditch at the roadside.
Only tic fact that the animals head
became fastened In the wreckage it is
believed prevented the occupants of
the car from being eored Tho pas
scngcrs in tho car were C. r. Frye
and four mcnbers OF his family. who
live ia Middlotown. o. All escaped
with few scratches and bruises.
The animal was so badly injured
that it had to bc shot.