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The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
CUBAN R|OT|NG
 UPSETS HAVANA

HAVANA, Cuba. Oct 27. - This city is in a state of great turmoil as result of another fight which occurred here today The officials of the city seem to be absolutely powerless to quell the disturbances which are growing more and more numerous throughout the town. A serious conflict between the negroes day
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
(Citizen's Special ServiceD ]


 VALDEZ, Oct 27.-The richest lead yet found in this section was struck late yesterday afternoon by Fred Greenough on a claim between Shoup and Columbia bays. The rock, one hundred pounds of which Vas pounded up. yielded six ounces of the yellow stuff The strike was a lucky one for Greenough. The man had accepted a contract to do the assessment work on the ground for quarter interest. the ground be Ing owned by T. F. Dougherty. Il merchant of this place.
 Recently Greenough reported to
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
2,500,000 Girl Wives and
 l7,000 Widows In India

enteen thousand widows. The caste system is said to be responsible for this appalling state of affairs. The death rate in India is likewise of tremendous size. starvation being one of the most noticeable causes of death. Nearly every two years over a half million people die as a direct result of insufficient food.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
MAY LOSE THE
 PHILLIPS SOON

PHILADELPHIA. Oct 27. - Chas Taft, brother of the president. and owner of the big mortgage on the Philadelphia National league club has notified Horace Fogel. the pres ident of the club, that unless Fogel pays the notes that Taft holds against the club immediately, the posed of immediately The Cincin- natl catsup king, Millionaire Livin- stone, has called off the deal that was to give him the club for three quarters of a million dollars
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

LONDON, Oct 2. The latest census of India shows that in the Hindu possessions of Great Britain there are over two and one-half mil lion girls under ten years of age that are the wives of grown men At the same time there are in the vast empire considerably over sev
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
LORD ROBERTS
 GETS OVATION

LONDn<. Oct. 21. - Lord Rob crts. oF,r >e years of age, is stump ins Great Britain in behalf of a Ma tional Military service. The hero of the Hoer war is receiving tremcnd, ous oyatjons everywhere he goes. and the people are !olioAins to sup bort his plans in great numbers. He is still hale and hearty, and his strcns'h is considered wonderful ill view Of his decidedly trenuous fffn
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 27. It was announced here today that Angel Island is congested and that it will be impossible for the medical off. of hoOkworm.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. - Presi dent Taft returned to this city to- day to remain here all winter. The president is now busy preparing a message to the people of the United States
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

FORT WAYNE. Oct. 27. - Aviator Smith, a youth of nineteen. eloped with his bride in an aeroplane and was married one hundred miles away ment
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
SOURDOUGH DINNER.

A most delightful and informal din ner was @iven last evening by Messrs. P. A. Knowlton, principal of the Fairbanks school, George Bevier, his assistant. and Howard Curtis, at the Groves residence, in which they are keeping bachelor quarters.
 Covers were laid for twelve. the guests being Lieut.. and Mrs. A Sin Misses Clara Held. Estelle Fitts. Mar tha Miller, Nell King and Mr. Boar man.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

witnesses. the jurors. even the judge has received warning that they may expect the worse unless Becker l. given another chance or better still his liberty. The members of the jury and the witnesses are being guarded 10 protect them from attack by any of the ursaNory sympathizers of one of the coolest murderers that ever breathed the breath of life.
 DAVIDSON WILL COME NEXT.
 District Attorney Whitman has all nounced that the next trial will he that of Davidson, the man who kill ed Big Jack" Selig. The principal witness in this trial. which will be a short one, will be the widow of the murdered gang leader. As the mur- der was committed in broad daylight, and was seen by the main witnesses of the prosecution. il is thought that in securing the extreme penalty for Davidson. He is raying in his cell, but the alienists say that he is fax ing insanity. as he bears all the trac- es of a sound mind. It is said that the man, knowing his case would go against him, is trying to evade the law on the plea of insanity. He is watched day and night so that he
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
CAPTURED BY THE THOUSAND

The Servian cavalry have captured five thousand Turks. the Bul2arians have taken a total Of fifty thousand Turks, the Montenegrins have made prisoners of about fifteen thousand of the enemy. while the Servian army, exclusive of the cavalry have taken in the neighborhood of seven
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

A woman is always true to a man so long as she feels there is chance of some other woman get ting him.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

of Wilson is so great that it will be an absolute impossibility for the other candidates to overtake him. It will be sweeping victory for the Democrats says the conservative paper.
 ROOSEVELT MORE POPULAR.
 CHICAGO. Oct. 2. - The Examin- CT today comes out with the predic- tion that Theodore Roosevelt will poll larger popular vote than Pres ident Taft. It comedies to Wood.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28

Give a boy a free ticket and he will demand the right to create a disturbance
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
77,000 TURKS ARE CAPTURED

BELGRADE. Oct. 2. - The fall of Uskab has caused the widest demonstrations to take place in this city. It is planned now to form a new country, to be known as the United States of the Balkans. Al the present time there is a fierce battle raging al kumanoya in which over one hundred thousand people are engaged
The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-28
THREATS SENT BROADCAST.

Ganedom has sent threats to every man and woman in any Way connect ed with the case The officials. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18

These applications like all othersn charge of lawyers
politicians, 60 first to James Finch the pardon at
torney for the Department of Justice, who refers them
to the trial Judge and the prosecuting attorney who
figured in the conviction of the petitioner If the
other of these officials reports avoraby the petition,
all the evidence in the case, both and old facts,
sent finally to the President. This Finch a
vel in his work First of all, he intensely human
man, and, secondly, he is of unusual ability in the
judging of evidence. Not only does he collect all the
evidence, but he makes suggestion to the Attorney
General to whether the pardon should be granted
MIR. Wickersham then studies the evidence and thor
oughly digests it, -deducing his recommendation
which is sent to the President Mr.. Taft then makes
final disposition of the
Every pardon is first handled by Finch no mat
ter whether Senator, Representative Judge,
attorney seeks to have taken up at the start by the
President or Mr. Wickersham. Weeping women have
visited Mr. with prayers for clenency for their hs
bands but all have received the reply he gives poll
ticians and attorneys who approach him on the same
mission: : . sf =
"sFhe' case will have to be taken up by the pardon
attorney. I'm sorry can't do anything for you now
but will have to the evidence. If that warrants
clemency, shall give it" .r-
. The wheels of this mill Of mercy follow unfailing
orbit. Every plea for pardon goes to Finch then to
Wiekersham; then to the President. If lawyer has
charge of the movement for mercy, he collects the
papers and does the preliminary work. If poor
vict unable to employ attorney, makes the appica
ton, Finch does the work.
HERE are the important rules governing the poor
- mans prayer:
his age where born previous occupation and place of
residence the crime of which he was convicted, the
court district State and term for how long and to what
prison he was sentenced and the grounds upon which
pardon is asked 1t is necessary to furnish copy
of the indictment other court papers.
"When application is received it is referred at once
with accompanying papers, to the United States attor
new for the district where the trial took place. with d
recton to submit his report and recommendation
thereon sending the statement of his predecessor when
he did himself appear in the and the statement
of any special attorney for the Government who took
part in the trial. He also directed to obtain, if pos
sble the views of the trial Judge and to fill out and
turn blank form of docket entries, from which the
warrant of pardon may be prepared Reports also
secured from the warden and the prison physician in
regard to the prisoners conduct and physical condition
ferred without written request from the United States
attorney the trial Judge; and acted upon
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constitutional; because they had
been mutilated or wounded in
prison; because their families
were ground down by poverty;
because delayed evidence had
been adduced to throw a new
light on their cases; because their
sentences had been too severe;
and for many other reasons. But
bearing on each of these causes
had been almost countless other
considerations. No pardon case
is exactly like any other pardon
case. No citizen, no lawyer, can
foretell whether a pardon will be
granted. Opposed to the COM
pelling reason for clemency in
each case are such questions as
whether the public will be harmed
by the pardon, whether the
prisoner will be benefited, and
whether the work of the courts
should be overthrow.
FIRST of all, any man or wo-
1 man is offered the benefits of
a thorough investigation of his
or her case whenever there is any
show of probability that a pardon
is a possible thing. The employ
ment of lawyer is not neces-
sity. Poverty does not make
dumb the cry for relief. Attorney
General Wickersham, disguised
by the methods of some attorneys
in taking money from convicts,
has circulated a printed page
showing that an application for
pardon, signed by the convict
and two or more creditable per-
sons and addressed to the Presi-
dent in care of the Attorney Gen
eral, will set in motion the wheels
of the mills Of mercy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18


He did not PARDON only paroed, John R. Walsh, the
wealthy Chicago banker, because, in all the efforts
made to secure the old mans release there had been
advanced real for the exercise of cemency
Not until Charles W. Morse the onetime millionaire
of New York, desperately i'll did Mr.. Taft permit
him quarters more comfortable than cell for the treat
of his health. Here again he showed no mercy,
because fact constituting for leniency had
been brought to his notice And it was only to save
Morse from dying convict that the President finally
pardoned him.
If l youth, incarcerated because of my first
offense, and had confessed the consequences of my
evidoing, and if had been a country boy set down
amid the temptations of city life, and thus drawn
astray, and if had mother dependent upon me for
support, all those things true, might hope for
pardon from William H. Taft. But, even if they were
true and there to believe that my release
would have bad effect the community in which |
resided since it might create the impression that crime
not adequately punished by the law, should not be
pardoned | make these statements because in the
High Court of Justice consideration given always to
the public first to the offending individual last. At
issued by the President there must be these two broad
facts the absence of injury to the public the existence
of a real reason for cemency to the individual
By this formula, Morse and many Others have been
tried and repudiated by the President. - -. -.
WAS moved to write this story because of two things
that had to my knowledge. One was that
hundreds of prisoners and their relatives Contlnu
ally taking the wrong toward pardons, wasting
time and money in attempts that must in the end prove
futile. The other that throughout the country
certain class Of lawyers berayng the nobility of their
profession impoverished the families of convicts by
promising pardons that they knew could never be OBJ
tanned | had been told of the who, thinking by
day and dreaming by night of the suffering of his chill
dren, decided to INSCRIPTIONS attorney his home
stead in the West the attorneys unqualified asser-
ton that in return for this fee the pardon would be
forthcoming. had also learned that this lawyer,
pocketing the proceeds of the deed had done nothing
to the pardon, and had left the convict to his
grief and the children their restitution. 1t seemed
that few knew how pardons might be secured, the
back of their issuance and the steps
to put into motion request for clemency Continually
through ignorance, there the possibilities of the
tragedies of who had before their eyes the
network of steel bars when, according justice they
should have been free, workers and producers.
The first discovery that and had
been pardoned by President Taft because they
dying of consumption because the law under which
they had been imprisoned had since been declared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
XV7ILLIAM H. TAFT is
w known as "the merci-
f,,1 praci5ant He

w known as "the merci-
full President" He
issues more pardons than ever
came from any other chief ex-
ecutive of the United States.
The weeping women and sor-
rowing men who have travelled
to Washington from all parts of
the country to ask his clemency
for their imprisoned relatives
have found him merciful. And
yet his mercy is the most preci-
Gus, the most carefully guarded,
attribute he possesses. 1t can
not rightly be called an emo
ton: rather, it is an imper-
sonal thing; for he strives
always to keep out of it any
hint of emotionalism.
The documents and briefs
relating to pardons for federal
offenders are the only papers he
never takes with him on his
railroad trips. Pardons are
things that he will not discuss
on an automobile ride or during
a game of golf. So heavily
fraught are they with the pos
sibilities of good and evil, so
delicately related are the reasons
for and against them, so preg-
nant are they of woe or happi-
ness, that he takes them into his
private office, locks the door,
and, safe from either intrusion
or interruption, studies them in
every phase and to the last iota
of evidence. He recognizes no
Influence" no pressure" no
"intercession." In the quiet of
his room he holds in lone session
the High Court of Mercy, that
court which listens ONLY to facts.
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Verdict of the Authorities

n h water has been examined and reported upon highest
TINS
n S ON regard to the geological formation sanitary conditions
r purity hat these absolutely from
niraes and from albuncnod
M ANALYSES made by the foremost chemists in this
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VIR GINIAN ROAD
SELLSGOLO BONDS
No Trouble in Disposing of as
Many as Were Offered
in London
in London,

cablcSram from London announces
that the sale OF $4,000. 900 OF first
mortgage per cent. 5O-ycar gold
bonds Of the N!rginian Railway Their.
was oversubscribed They are a part
OF the $4,000. 900 recently undcrwritten
IN New York and Philadelphia. which
is one third OF the issue OF $4,000
coo lately approved by the stockholders
Concerning the restrictions placed up
on the Issue OF the unso!d balance of
Shc,co0.000 Of these securities. the syn
dicate has issued "a statement show
ing that for the extension of the main
line not more than $4,000 per mile
shall be Issued, and III no event shall!
the issue exceed the cost OF construc-
ton; for branches the bonds must not
exceed $4,000 per mile; for second
track on main line not over $50 600
per mile; for additions and improve
ments at the Sewalls Point term'n nal
bonds issued must not exceed cost Of
construction; for additional equipment
and also other additions and improve
ments TO the property, the bonds issued
must not exceed 10 per cent of the
actual cost. Other restrictions are also
placed upon the issue OF bonds for
acquiring securities OF other compa-
MES in connection with the V1rgnian
hallway system
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and effectualiy do away with the op
position of those non progressive.
stand pat land -owners who are ever
ready to throw cold water upon any
enterprise. no matter how worthy it
may be-
40 State in tho Union has more
interesting field OF endeavor in this
work than the state OF Virginia. 70.
The lands mostly in need Of drama ge
are. 10 large extent, connected With
some of the Interesting ev.nts in her
history"
The far famed Dismal Swamp, sit
uated in the States OF Virginia and
North Carolina. wing wholly within
that portion OF the Atlantic Coastal
plain which stretches from the James
River and Chesapeak Bay on the
north u Albcrma!le Sound on the
south. and extends with gentle slope.
from the Piedmont Plateau on the west
TO the Atlantic ocean on thu east
covers an approximate AREA OF eigh,
hundred square miles. and contains.
within its limits that picturesque sheet
OF water made Immortal by Thomas
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OPERAT|ONSOF THE
DRAINAGE LAWS
CONTINUED from First Page. J

x
the BENEFITS TO be derived by said
owners. To this end tho lands to be
assessed arc separated into five CLASSES
Inc holding OF any one landowner need
not be all in one class. The number
OF acres In each class is to b, asccr-
tanned. though tho boundary need not
be marked on the ground. The tota!
number of acres owned by one per
son in each class ana the total num-
DIR OF acres benefited. are TO be deter
mined The total number of acres OF
each class In the entire water covered
or drainage districts is to be estimated
as nearly hh rraG.cable and pr scented
IN taoulated form The scale of the
assessment upon the several classes of
land returned ny the commission or
found by them is 10 be in III. ratio OF
q, 4. 3, and !: that is 10 say. as often
cents per acre is assessed against
llhe highest class. cents per acre is
70 be assessed against the n,xt class
cents against the next. . cents against
the next and cent per acre I'm In.
lowest class. This forms the basis OF
sasessm ant or benefits Il the lands
After due notice of these assessments
Gay 10 10 be appointed on which the
commissioners VIII meet 10 h.lr the
complaints of landowners regarding tbe
assessments made The commission
VIII sit as body to hear and deter
mine all complaints that may he fled
with them. the right OF appeal 10
TIC Circuit Court is specified in tin.
act The assessment .c!, g TO De made
up by the Board of Commissioners
af1er assessments have been finally
determined. and tho collections win ho
made by the ,aN collector as in othnr
taxes.
bond Issue Provided For.
The highest assessments thar can n.
mace In one year is an avcrags OF %
cents per acre of the lands, ~, bnno-
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Acme of Purity

M; Sh Waer the Acme OF Purity guaranteed by the Broad Rock
June 80 1900 No - " "
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rhc Problem in Virginia.

~! !" MI. GA $ cNcellsnt paper
ith ~" knowledge that there are
,'pi'I "NI"ltt'iN one million acres or
iand In Virginia which might he ,.c
claimed ana made pron,abln. ana y.,,h
III desire 10 place Virginia I'm tho ria..s
"'h Hcr sister states in the axe, az
progress Improvement ana material
"'V"Iopmrnt Senator Lesncr of Mar
DIX county, introduced In tn. General
assembly Of Virginia, a bill (copi.d
|" large extent. from an Ac, of Tho
General Assembly of North .-orol,nn
"hlrh htcainc law In 1900 cntif1.d
- h''i 10 promote the Pubic Health.
ohVoHionce and Welfare by ievaeing.
"lt'hing aud draining the wet. swami
ana overnnwed lands in tho S,.,o go =
~" bHl passed both Houses. was
approved ny the Governor, ana bccama
la" OF March II. l9i0."
f''ch before the expiration Of that
year. certain parties. fully realizing
."" Dement'S 10 be obtained from such
'eslsiation. filed petition In tho cir,
cunt Court Of Norfolk county. In ac.
r'rdhnce with the terms of this Ach
ana inc hrst drainage district I'm viz
sihiH now IN the process of forma-
non me final survey has bccn co,.
pleted the plat has been nlrd ana
me engineer has estimated that the
lgtii average cost VIII not exceed 50
90 per acre. Tho area TO be drained
comprises In the neighborhood Of &. .
"'o acres and nearly every acre OF
,nls is greatly in. need OF drainage. Tho
"ho!c watershed being practically nm
productive and unsanitary The com
pie'ion OF the canal and proper drain
axe 'hcreln VIII not only increase the
nrp"uc''Ve capacity of The lana and
enhance tho value thereof. bur vii
also cause an improv,m ,nt i'm ~, ,,,ei,
Ways IN the public health and in tho
general welfare OF the community
Far Famed Di-nni SWAMI.
10 discuss this act in detail is ba,.
uhhecessary' but 1t might he well 10
KNOW that.its provisions wflr minimila
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and precious few swamp land owners
or any other landowners are going TO
voluntarily petition the powers that be
to Increase their taxes for any purpos ;
whatever. lnasmuch as th> law Is
labelled IAN act to promote public
operation should not have been left
entirely to the initiative OF Immediate
landowners That defect. in The juds-
ment OF this layman. may make the
lazy dead letter and at tho present
,lme hardly worth the paper Public
Printer Bottom has printed II on.
More Education Needed.
However the swamp-land owners and
the people generally may in lime be
educated up 10 an appreciation of the
tSoH al such draining, leeveeing and
dltchins. as the law contcmplatcs. and
OF the monetary value of IL all. In
thIS matter Mr.. Old. who live. in a
part 81 Virginia that needs consider
anil draining laevcenne and hitcn-
ing. has become very much Interested
and is contributing largely TO this <ind
of cduration
He has attended severa! sessions %
the National Drainage Congress no No.
ihs 4 member OF the same and a mem
"'i OF the orGaHiZacion's executive
committee. representing Virginia on,
that committee.
:, ~, inc Drainage Convention of tho
s,outh"rn Commercial Congress. held In
N"ShNilIe Tenn. last month, Mr.. OLD
Wh" - more optimistic on .his sub
10y IMAM am read ~ paper ON the
u'"'h"se problem in Virginia. which
p"PcF ~ line synopsis of that prob
i"h'. Vt my request Mir. old has fur
hish"d IN" COPY IF ii for puhlica
non. May ii help to arouse great
interest ia the subject Of which il
treats -
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Richest in L,ithia

sne OF comparative the known
o waters on the market Broad Rock richest tbia SALTS
dosouey the purest known.
element absolutely organic
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fitted IL the work costs no more than
n years assessment will produce the
whole thing is wound up in that
year hut where a very much greater
amount is required for the completion
OF the work provision is mace for
pond issue, and the assessments go to
from year TO year I" pay interest on
the bonds and possibly TO provide a
sinking fund for their final tedcni,t
tion.
However. il IS assumed that the in
creased values of thu drained lands
VIII increase the ordinary Income of
the country or drainage district to an
extent that there Will he no trouble.
about paying off the bonds at matur-