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The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Marshal Worker received word from
Bingham, H., yesterday of the failing
condition OF his mother. Mrs. Julia
Worker, and leaves today to be at her
bedside. Mrs. Worker is nearing the
"three score years and ten" aye and 1t
is doubtful If she will recover.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
The wEra'sBiq
Popularity Contest
; Continued from Page One)

Clip out the nomination blank to-
day and send to the contest depart
ment with the name OF the young lady
you would like to see win the piano.
Subscriptions may be secured any
where and votes will be allowed on all
subscriptions as shown above. Enter
your name or that OF q friend and get
good start.
The Office OF the Contest editor is in
the business office OF the New Era and
he will be glad to furnish any infor.
nation desired. Read carefully every
thing In this announcement and that
on another page Of this issue.
There will be a ballot box In the
business office OF the New Era where
you can deposit your coupons for your
favorite candidate, or they will be
placed there II mailed to the contest
editor.
This contest will close May i. 1912.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Miss Lille Craig, who has been
making her home In the II. G. Green
home for the past year, accompanied
Marshal Worker to her home In Bing.
ham. ILL.,. today and will spend several
months visiting home folks. She eX-
poets to return again to Ordway.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Among the new advertisements this
week appears half page OF jasper A.
Fosdick, who has secured the agency
for the Majestic ranges and will hold
demonstration at his store during
all Of next week
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Mrs. NJ. E. Bashor will entertain
the Thursday Afternoon club on April
4. A report of the meeting held this
week with Mrs. David Widmark will
be given next week.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

W. Fl. Curtis did not leave this week
as he had expected and will preach at
the Christian church as usual on Sun
day. Let every member try and be
OraSpnt.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Miss Margaret Worden taught the
children in Miss Susie Adams room
In our public school Wednesday and
Thursday OF this week while Miss
Adams was taking teachers examin-
alton.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

J. r. Dannelley stopped over be-
tween trains Wednesday for short
visit with friends on his way from
Chanute, Kansas to his home in Pu-
chin
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

New goods arriving this week: EN-
broideries, laces, threads OF all kinds,
collars, belts. etc. Also carry mems
hose, ties, and handkerchiefs. Mrs.
G. w. Colgin.-tf49
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
Telephones In Hotels,

OF the 100000 telephones installed
in the United States 800. 900 nre 10
Gated in hotel bedrooms Popular Me
chnnics
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

The Crowley County Realty and In
vestment company has rented rooms
in the rear of M. A. Rhodes jewelry
store and will move from the upper
floor OF the same building this week.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Harry Clark and wife OF Maxwell,
n. NJ. arrived Monday for n visit in
the DR.. JeTcry home. r. Clark Is a
brother OF Mrs. Jeffery.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Contestants in the New Era voting
contest should plan an active cam.
paign, and begin their work immed.
lately. The hustlers are sure to win
the valuable prizes.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Mrs. william Gayetty, accompanied
by her son, Merit, and DR.. J. E. JetTcry.
went to Pueblo yesterday for medical
examination.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

The Ordway Hardware and Furni.
ture company handles the BeldinR
Hall Century line OF refrigerators.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Day old chicks will be on sale to-
morrow and Saturday, Marc 30, at 10
cents each. r. l.. ThOmpsOn.-2t3
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Fancy seed oats, wheat, cane seed,
katfir corn, chick food, milo maize and
boil barley for sale by Tiedemann.
See him before you buy.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
Common In New York,

tied by the changing Of an ambulance
bell. The ambulance stopped at the
side door Of hotel and the attend
ants hurriedly entered the building
with their stretcher. But there was
no crowd, no confusion.
whats the excitement" the stran'
ger asked a native.
"There's no excitement" the latter
replied. "A stage lady has shot q
wealthy gentleman. That's all"
And he hurried along.-Cleveland
Dealer.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Miss Bess Dixon went to Colorado
Springs Tuesday in response to a tele-
gram announcing her sisters illness.
She expects to be absent several days.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Ordway tablets make business look.
ing letters. Booster envelopes never
go astray-at Martins, of course.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Miss Martina Herrara of the Hotel
Ordway is at present at home, taking
care Of her mother. who is i'll. She
expects to be absent about Il week or
ten DAYS.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

J. W. Fogg, representing the Wales
visible adding machine company. was
a pleasant caller at this Office Wcdnes.
day. He makes Pueblo headquarters.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

The Dempster make OF pumps and
windmills at the Ordway Hardware
and Furniture company.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Mrs. John HOrnback is moving this
week from the Swink farm west of
town to the Jas. Brown place north.
east OF Ordway.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Republicans or Democrats can secure
the "best coal" at r. W. English Lum-
ber Co. It's Niggerhead. $3.50 per
tOn.-tn
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

The contest will be fair and square
to all the contestants. No favoritism
will be shown.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
Too Foxy.

Those who '>!ly pose as recluses
when dull entertainment is to be pro-
vtded deceive only themselves.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Thoroughbred Bud Rose comb
Rhode Island Red eggs, Is for 81. 90. F.
J. HOffman.-tf3
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Corroborat Detail.
Has ne secured n footing In trader
HE ought to- He's In the wholesale
shoe business"
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Contestants should clip the coupons
from the New Era each week, and in
sist that their friends help them.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Lee Salycr Of Sugar City has dis
posed OF his restaurant in that place.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Think "Tiedemann" when you want
some good coal. 1t is Niger head.
NufY ced.-34tf 'ar.-rfl
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His Reason.

His Reason.
Rural Voter (decldedly)-Ah'm
votin' for t'other mon.
Candidate-But you say you're
never seen him.
Rural Voter-No, but Alive seen
thee-M. A. p.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

BORN-TO Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Herrara. on Thursday, March 81. a
pirl
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Rev. G. +. Iwig OF the Evangelical
church is attending conference in
Kansas.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

And the next day-which was the
first day OF spring-it showed.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
Putting II Gently

Putting It Gently.
He-What do you consider Ia q nice
name for q girl?
She-Yours. dear!
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

The next big combination sale Il
elsewhere in this issue.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
LOSt

LOST
POcketbOOk, containing currency and
receipts. Return to G. NJ. Jackson
and receive reward.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
PrIco Of Success.

No worthy enterprise can be done
by US without continual plodding and
wearisomeness to our abilities.-Mil.
ton.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Still have a few good second hand
stoves on hand.-FOsdick.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Mrs. c. c. Kelley has been the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. E. II. Van Ornam the
past week.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Alex Gray was visitor In Pueblo
last Saturday.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

BORN-TO Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. CoR.
man on Monday, March lS. a.girl.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Sale bills printed at the New Era.
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Newton
Bollacker on Wednesday, March l3, u
GIRL
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22
LOCAL NEWS

New and second hand furniture at
FoSdick'S.
Notice Adams advertisement In
this ISSUE
The Ordway new era., 1912-03-22

Duck Creek water for sale by Fl. G..
Tiedemann. Delivered any time
lStf
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Slaughter Of the Gator.

Alligator hunting in Colombia II an
industry which furnishes the natives
with considerable sport. 1t 10 a r
ried on along the Magdalena river
from December to April, and in
July and August. During these rain
less months the streams subside,
draining the great alluvial plains
which border the main stream. The
alligators. which rushed out onto the
inundated flats during the previous
swelling of the river, crowd back
through the connecting branches and
channels, where the Indian hunters
slaughter them In large numbers.
spearing them and hauling them out
on the banks, where they are stunned
and then beheaded with long-handled
axes. Rifles are not used owing 10
the prohibition Of the use Of firearms
except shotguns. Hundreds of ALI
gators are also left stuck in the deep
slime left by the recedtng waters,
over which their short legs will not
drag their heavy bodies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13

to arrange 1t. The people are mao
for a sacrifice. A jury could not be
got that would acquit a bank presi-
lent 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 !
will adjust the remaining features Of
this problem"
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 its 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 a 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-
ceived an opinion against the prisoner.
Finally a curious medley Of jurors was
secured, and the government began
the introduction of its testimony.
Up to this time, Mason had done
nothing. Now he sent for Jacob Sol
meyer, a lawyer Of considerable prom
inenoe, and explained to him what he
was to do. I know In detail how Sol
meyer carried out his Instructions:
He went at once to ST. Louis and
called on the district attorney. He
explained that certain large operator.
Of Chicago and Kansas City were Ia
5ortng to effect a consolidation Of al
the big firms in a 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 int the trust, feared
that some unfriendly district attorney
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
bis eet:

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 a 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 a retainer; then, when the
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
five 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 or 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 vas president, and looted
his depositors by borrowing on worth
less securities great sums for a 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 a 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
II the meeting could not be postponed.
Solmeyer answered that a postpone
ment was impossible, that some mem
hers 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
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13

while he could, while the winged hand
of opportunity was reached out to
lin. Money was the only actual pow
err that could be stored away against
the time Of need. Everything else
was like fairy gold-yellow oaL. leaves
on the morning after. Still, Stethelm-
er feared to abandon the case to sub
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 n
some other way.
In his extremity, he determined to
apply to the Judge for a 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 q posi-
BILE connection Of several other prom
inent persons with the wrecking OF
the Patton National bank. and that.
before he c~ross-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 deposit
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 n of the Grim
inals concerned, to run them down,
brand them as thieves, and ham 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 a continuance upon
the motion Of the district attorney.
Stetheimer went then to the attor-
neys for jeremiah Patton. He said to
them that his wife was Ill, threatened
with appendicitis, 1t was thought: that
he wished to take her at once to Phil
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13

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 q postponement of the case until
the following term. The attorneys
c~ourteously expressed their regret,
but replied that this was a criminal
trial. and that they could not consent
they could not see how their client
would be ~prejudiced by such a 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 or Mon
day morning, the Judge made the con
tinuance upon the motion Of the dis
trict attorney. This motion was not
s~trenuously resisted by the counsel for
jeremiah Patton. They offered a for
NAL objection for the prisoner, which
was overruled, and the exception was
entered on the record. The Judge dis
charged the jury, ordered a new panel
n took up the trial Of some petty
cases, the assistant district
attorney appearing for the govern
ment.
Stetheimer explained the meaning
Of this continuance to the 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
-I ~1-ylp@o ,n~ osfoL1isL~J ~rJ It,
figure as a f~ar-sighted, 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 a 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
the status OF their rights under the
interstate Commerce Act, the posi-
bility of a Federal investigations, the
effect Of such q 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 a bugaboo to
appease the farmer. He urged the
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 LOAF was made, and to pay him
twenty-five thousand dollars q year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
musical swis. Horses.

The Swiss horse is apparently .
very musical animal-or not, cor
ing to the hearers ear. Strings OF
bells are hung round their necks. pro
ducing a musical jangle at every step.
Some Of the horses with the most
bells, l noticed, were the thinnest-
apparently they went without food to
buy bells. A horse like that ought q
be restrained.
/ should not are to be horse in
Switzerland. Hitherto l had found the
people extremely kind and consider
ate to their animals. Probably they
are not intentionally unkind to their
horses in Switzerland. but 1t seems
to me they are a trife Inconsistencies
Nearly every driver, for some undis-
coverable reason, carries a IRE buck
ct; this, when not in use Il never did
see one in use, and have no idea what
they are carried for), is slung on tho
shafts Immediately under the horses
nose. In the winter such a practice
may be grateful and comforting. but in
the summer time it seems to me. =
horse should be able to keep its own
wainwright even prefer to-
From the Wide World.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13

an acquittal, precluding a retrial and
working the discharge of the 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 is mo- to be
d%isregarded. and the prisoner must
be set at liberty"
The judge paused a 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 a useless ap-
peal, and l would be subject to CEN
sure as an arbitrary public servant.
disregarding the doctrine Of law es-
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 .
citizen charged with q 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 ! so order It,"
On Monday morning after the &C
quittal Of jeremiah Patton, Pietro
Mason. l tore it open and went into
Mason's Office with 1t. He looked up
from the table as l entered. Parks"
he said, II am ready to adjust the 70
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"
"Mr. Mason" / replied, for once in
your life o are mistaken"
Mistaken" he said, Il mistaken"
YES" l said; you are mistaken.
Jeremiah Patton Is dead at the Ores
den Of pneumonia; l came this mo
ment from his bedside. Belmont
Lane shot himself in the entresol OF
the hotel Gross Herzog o Widen
helm in Berlin at seven o'clock Sun
day morning, when confronted with
your writ of extradition," and I handed
him the cablegram.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
old Preiudices Die Hard.

Ancient p~rejudices have a certain
vitality about them that defles time.
There are plenty of Englishmen to-
day who will lose their temper in =
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 ~
niversary Of Jean Jacques Rousseau,
who first opened his eyes upon ia
world two hundred years 60. The
proposal was hotly opposed BY The
Monarchist-C Catholic minority. numbssA
ing 112 votes. who denounced the b.
stowal Of posthumous honors upo0
the man who wa described . ~
father Of anarchy. And yet thGo -
hardly an Intelligent man in IL
France Of today Who would heGtta1o
to subscribe to . article = -
Central Sociale. Compared WITH ~
mildest radical Of today. Ro1a1eaq
would rank almost - . c0nservaeav4
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13

For the legal principle In
voIved In this story BEE Ex
parte UIrieh, 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 az laid down In the
case Of Elk parte Ulrich, supra,
follows the best courts In this
country. See Highlands Y. Com
monwealth, III Penn. St., 1856
Amer. Rep, 236; State ", calen-
dine, 8 Iowa; Wight v. State, 8
Ind, 2s2; Mitchell v. State, ~
Ohio ST., 3s3.