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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-04
COL. NELSON 5 CASE
UP To SUPREME
JUSTICES
Court Is SkepticaI Of Opinion
Condemning Editor Prepar-
e5 IL Advance by Judge
Guthrie in Contempt Action,
ny Morning journal special Leased wireJ

CBy Morning journal special Leased wire)
jefferson city. Mo, May 3.--Argu-
ments before the Missouri supreme
court in the contempt case against
Colonel William r. Nelson. editor and
owner Of the Kansas City Star. today
were devoted largely to the action of
Judge Joseph A Guthrie. ot the Jack
son county circuit court, in writing an
opinion adiudgine Mr.. Nelson guilty
of contempt before the hearing in
charge was held Members Of the
court asked the attorneys pointed
questions about the proprlety of
Judge Guthrie's action. and Attorney
O. II. Dean, of Kansas city. and the
judges INDUCED IN an extended colo
quy about the opinion.
AS a practieng attorney, Mr..
Dean, asked Judge Brown, would
you like to have judge write the
opinion before the ease is called for
trial?e
III any competent testimony had
been introduced to explain the false
hoods in the article complained Of, ,"
Mr. Dean said. Judge Guthrie would
have changed his opinion"
Solomon said some six or seven
hundred years before christ that he
who adiudges cause before he hears
It is unWise, Judge Woodson remark
ed.
when do you claim Mr. Nelson had
his hearing ?" Judge Graves asked
WAS it the morning he was in court
or the evening before at Judge Guth-
rie's home. when he wrote the opn-
ion2"
Mr.. Dean replied that the hearing
was a perfectly orderly one and that
Judge Guthrie would have heard any
competent testimony Mr. Nelson or
his attorneys could have presented TO
explain the articles
Getting down to brass tacNs
doesn't this early preparation look
little suspicious" Judge Graves ASK
ed.
THE return to the citation was
confession MIR. Dean answered
Judge Guthrie so regarded It, NC
merely wrote down his views on the
law. 1t was such as any lawyer might
have done before entering case
Mr. Dean added that no one hau
impunged Judge Guthrie's INTEGRITY
or motives, and that G. G. CROW lne
commissioner who heard testimonN IN
the case for the supreme court. in ms
report had not impunged Judge GUN
rie's act in preparing his opinion IN
advance.
1T looks little singular that
man would write up a judgment PEE
fore the case was heard. remarkea
judge Graves.
This ended the good natured eN-
changes about Judge Guthrie's opln
ion.
The court sittine en- banc. heard the
arguments in the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings brought by Mr. Nelson aftef
Judge Guthrie had sentenced him TO
iail for one day for alleged contempt.
The court will render a decision later
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-04
EssAD PASHA DEFEATS
TURKISH FORCE AT DURAIIO

paris. MAY IA Cettinje dispatch
says that accOrdine To news from Ales-
sio. a sauguinary battle WIS fought
on Friday before Durazzo between q
Turkish army under Djavid l'asha
ana troops under Essad pasha. the
defender Of scutarl Diavid Pasha
was routed. his forces fleeing In an
directions.
The sereians opened the road to
Durazzo to Iessad pasha. and part OF
his troops entered town in triumph.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-04
AUSTRIA AND ITALY
MAY ACT IN CONCERT

Rome. May 81 No special agree
ments exist between Austria and
italy regarding Albunia
II the Moutcnegrins persist in re-
msing To- evacuate Scutari, and the
embassadoriai conference is unable To
find collective means for cOerclng
Montenegro. Austria Will undertake
to drive them out.
Diavid Pasha continues 10 occupy
Avlona. whore there has been much
disorder and hloodshcd. Italy may
be obliged to take military measres
To re-establisb order there
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-04
RUSSIA Will CAUTION
AUSTRIA AND ITALN

Frankfort-on the Main. Germany,
MAY 8 Russia viii not regard Aus
tran or Austro-Italian Intervention in
Albania hs cause FOR war, accord
ing to dispatch from st. Peters
burg to the Frankfort Gazette The
Russian government however, prob
ably Will demand declarations from
both the Austrian and Italian govern
mcnts that their occupation Of Alpan-
ian territory is not permanent.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-04
M caucus ON budget system.

Washington. May 3.-Democratic
Leader Underwood today agreed to
call, Immediately after the house
passes the tariff bill, a meeting Of the
democratic caucus committee to out
line a budget appropriation systems
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-04
EXPOSITION PRESIDENT
DECl INES TO STATE VIEW ;

Santa cruz. Calf. May S.-At his
summer home here tonight President
Chas G. Moore. Of the Panama Pa
cific exposition. declined to say
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-04

Fort Worth Tex May B. j q.
McCabe. general freight agent of the
Rock island railway died here today.
lie recently suffered a stroke Of par
alyss
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
APRIL FOOL JOKE, ALL RIGHT
Grocer, His Wife, and Unknown
"Sucker" All Mixed Up in Pecu-
liar Little Comedy.

"Oh, no, there won't be any divorce"
said the grocer. '.'Wife and l won't
speak to each other for the next three
months, and then we'll begin to get
friendly again. You see, had changed
small bills for a fifty, and when l
went home that night wife wanted a
new dress. told her couldn't afford
it, as l had had bad fifty passed on
me, and when she doubted I showed
her the bill. She took my word for
it and said she'd wait
THAT was good for her." said the
listener. =
So it was, but you wait minute.
| showed the bill into my vest pocket
and thought no more Of it till next
morning-April Fool morning. The
bill was gone and I bumped for the
house like cyclone. Had she seen
it? She had. She had found it on
the bedroom floor. Thank Heaven"
That was lucky.
And then she told me that being
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HOLD RECORD FOR FASTING
Two Eccentric EnsIishmen Who Prac-
ticed Self-Denial Through Many
Years of Their Lives.

The most persistent faster of all
time was probably Roger Crahb, who
lived in the time of the common
wealth
In order to carry out his ideas most
effectually he sold off his stock in
trade, distributed the proceeds among
the poor and took up his residence in
a hut near Ickenham where he lived
on three farthings a week.
Instead of strong drinks and
Wines says the eccentric Roger. Il
give the old man cup of water and
instead of roast mutton and rabbit
give him broth thickened with bran
and pudding made with bran and
turnip leaves chopped together"
Vigorous health was the result, says
the London Chronicle, but his absten-
ton from food was regarded with
such suspicion that on one occasion
he narrowly escaped being burned
alive as wizard.
Another famous hermit who man.
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happy. I'm certainly unfortunate
enough. I've got all the elements he
needs to work on
From New York;" He considered
the delicate form, the youthful face,
and whistled. "Will you please tell
me where your home is, Nonpareil?''
She waved her arm inclusively
America. l wish it were concentrat-
ed in some spot, but it's just spread
out thin under the Stars and Stripes.
My country's about all | have" She
broke off with a catch in her voice
she tried to laugh, but it was no use.
Suddenly it came to Abbott Ashton
that he understood the language of
moon, watching woods, meadow-lands,
even the gathering rain-clouds; all
spoke of the universal brotherhood of
man with nature; brotherhood in
Guiding the most ambitious superin-
tendent of schools and homeless
Nonpareil; a brotherhood to be con-
firmed by the elasping of sincere
hands. There was danger in such a
confirmation, for it carried Abbott be-
yond the limits that mark a superin-
tendent's confines. . g-... ..
AS he stood on the bridge, holding
Fran's hand in a warm and sympa-
thetic pressure, he was not unlike one
On picket-service who slips over the
trenches to hold friendly parley with
the enemy. Abbott did not know there
was any danger in this brotherly
handclasp; but that was because he
could not see fleshy and elderly lady
slowly coming down the hill. AS SUI
perintendent, he should doubtless have
considered his responsibilities to the
public; he did consider them when the
lady, breathless and severe, ap-
preached the bridge, while every
pound of her ample form cast it's
weight upon the seal of her disapprov-
ing, low-voiced and significant, Good
evening, Professor Ashton"
Fran whistled. .- like ..
The lady heard, but she swept on
without once glancing back. There
was in her none of that saline ten
dency that r"de of Lot a widower; ;
the lady desired to see no more.
Fran opened her eyes at Abbott to
their widest extent, as she demurely
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of the words rang as warning, and
he became preternaturally solemn.
"Goodness!" cried Fran, consider
ing his grave mouth and Thoughtful
eyes, docs it hurt that bad?"
Abbott smiled. All the same, the
position of superintendent must not
be bartered away for the transitory
pleasures of a boot-bridge 1--WE had
better hurry, if you please" he said
gravely.
81 am so afraid of you," murmured
Fran. But l know the meeting will
last a long time yet I'd hate to have
to wait long at Mr.. Gregory's with
that disagreeable lady who isn't Mrs.
Gregory" .-...
Abbott was startled. Why did she
thus designate Mr.. Gregory's secre-
tary? He looked keenly at Fran, but
she only said plaintively:
Cant we stay here?"
He was disturbed and perplexed. 1t
was as if fitting shadow from some
uniformed cloud of thought-mist had
fallen upon the everyday world out of
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"Ah!" murmured Fran comprehend.
ingly. At Gregory's gate, she said.
Now you run back to the tent and
I'll beard the lion by myself 1 know
1t has sharp teeth, but guess it won't
bite me. Do you try to get back to
the tent before the meetings. over
Show yourself there Parade up and
down the aisles."
He laughed heartily, all the sorrier
for her because he found himself in
trouble. ..
1T was fun while it lasted, WASN'T
it," Fran exclaimed, with sudden
gurgle.
Part of it was" he admitted
"Good-by, then, little Nonpareil."
He held out his hand.
mo, sir!" cried Fran, clasping her
hands behind her. That's what got
you into trouble. Good-by. Run for
it!''
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ing in the dark when the moons
shining"
Fran was gieeful. "All right" she
cried in one of her childish tones.
shrill, fresh, vibratory with the mu-
sic of innocence.
By this time they had reached the
foot-bridge that spanned the deep ra-
vine. Here the wagon-road made it's
crossing of tiny stream, by slipping
under the foot-bridge, some fifteen
feet below. On the left lay struggling
Littleburg with it's four or five hun
dred houses, family twinkling, and be-
yond the meadows on the right, a
fringe of woods started up as If it did
not belong there, but had come to be
seen, while above the woods swung
the big moon with Fran on the foot
bridge to shine for.
Fran's hat dangled idly in her hand
as she drew herself with backward
movement upon the railing. The moon
light was full upon her face; so was
the young mans gaze. One of her
feet found, after leisurely exploration,
a down-slanting board upon the edge
of which she pressed her heel for sup
port. The other foot swayed to and
fro above the flooring, while a little
hand on either side of her gripped the
top rail.
Here l am" she said, shaking back
rebellious hair
Abbott Ashton studied her with
grave deliberation-it is doubtful If he
had ever before so thoroughly en-
joyed his duties as usher. He pro-
nounced judicially, you are older
than you look"
"Yes," Fran explained, my expe-
rience accounts for that. I've had
lots"
Abbott's lingering here beneath the
moon when he should have been hur-
rying back to the tent, showed how
unequally the good things of life-ex-
perience, for instance-are divided
"You are SIXTEEN" he hazarded, con-
scious Of strange exhilaration
Fran lodged the issue behind
smile-"And l don't think you are so
awfully DID," ....-
Abbott was brought to himself with
n jolt that threw him hard upon self
consciousness. 81 am superintendent
of the public school," The very sound
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
Hen Causes a Strike.

The untimely laying of an egg in a
crate caused the strike at the North
eastern railway station at London,
England.
A porter, in moving crate of live
hens, noticed that one of the fowls
had laid an egg. Slipping his hand
through the bars of the crate, he took
the egg out and placed it on his bar
row for safety. A railway detective
Immediately arrested the porter and
took him and the egg to the railway
police station.
Within a few minutes all the rail-
way staff on duty ceased work, until
the district superintendent was in
formed of the incident, and ordered
the mans release. The staff then re-
turned to work, but the officials are
still considering the fate of the egg,
which for the present remains in the
superintendent office.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
CHAPTER ~.

The Wc:11an Who Was Not Mrs. Greg
." ory.
Hardly had Abbott Ashton disap-
peared down the village vista of moon
light and shadow-patches, before
Fran's mood changed. Instead of
seeking to carry out her threat of
boarding the lion in the den, she sank
down on the porch-steps, gathered her
knees in her arms, and stared straight
before her.
Though of skillful resources, of i'm
pregnable resolution, Fran could be
despondent to the bluest degree; and
though competent at the clash, she
often found herself purpling on the
eve of the crisis. The moment had
come to test her fighting qualities, yet
she dropped despondently.
Hamilton Gregory was coming
through the gate. AS he halted in sur
prise, black shadow rose slowly,
wearily. He, little dreaming that he
was confronted by shadow from the
past, saw in her only the girl who
had been publicly expelled from the
tent.
The choir-leader had expected his
homecoming to be crowned by a
vision very different. He came up
the walk slowly, not knowing what to
say. She waited, outwardly calm, in
wardly gathering power. White-hot
action from Fran, when the iron was
fo hn Ont of hn in ry
shadows her will leaped keen as a
blade.
She addressed him, Good evening,
Mr. Gregory"
He halted When he spoke, his tone
expressed not only general disap-
proval of all girls who wander away
from their homes in the night, but an
especial repugnance to one who could
laugh during religious services. "Do
you want to speak to me, child?"
yes" The word was almost a
whisper. The sound of his voice had
weakened her.
What do you want?" He stepped
up on the porch. The moon had van
ished behind the rising masses of
stcrm-clouds, not to appear again, but
the light through the glass door re-
vealed his poetic features. Flashes of
lightning as yet faint but rapid in re-
currence, showed his beauty as that
of a young man. Fran remained 81
lent, moved more than she could have
thought possible. He stared intently,
but under that preposterous hat she
was practically invisible, save as a
black shadow. He added again, with
growing impatience, What do you
want?"
His snfriendliness gave her the spur
she needed. 81 want a home" she
said decidedly.
Hamilton Gregory was seriously dis
turbed However evil-disposed, the
waif should not be left to wander aim
lessly about the streets. Of the three
hotels in Littleburg, the cheapest was
not overly particular. He would take
her there. do you mean to tell me,
he temporized, that you are abso-
lutely alone?"
Fran's tone was a little hard, not
because she felt bitter, but lest she
betray too great feeling, Absolutely
alone in the world"
eTO BE CONTINUED
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aged to reduce diet to very simple.
proportions was James Lucas, with
whom many of us are doubtless
familiar as Mr. Mopes in Charles
Dickens tom Tiddler's Ground"
Lucas lived mainly upon bread and
penny buns, though to these were
added at times eggs and herrings and
gin. A basket slung from the roof
out of reach of the rats served him as
larGer, and he abjured washing, all
furniture and clothes, wrapping him.
self in an old blanket.
A generosity with gin made him the
friend of all the tramps in the king
dom and eventually he had to employ
two armed watchmen to protect him
from their attentions. A hermit with
a bodyguard is something of a para
dox
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15

it was a counterfeit, and being as it
was April Fools day, she had taken
it out to the sidewalk and then
watched a man picking 1t up. She
was laughing at his feelings when he
hound himself stung."
And you told her she had flung
away fifty gold dollars?"
Yes, and that her mother must
go, and the hired girl must go, and
we'd have to make a pound a butter
do us for week, and a hundred other
things. l jumped up and down.
swore. smashed things"
And them"
'Oh, she just called me fool and
let it go at that, and I guess she's
right.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15

"Duhan, rakia, pushke, dash
tina"
Meaning tobacco, brandy, guns and
love-" Guns are most in evidence, for
every man must shooter be shot.
This little land of blood feuds is
tucked away in the group of noun
tains that form Montenegro. Much of
it is a rocky, barren wilderness and
not cultivatable. The heat in mid
summer is overpowering; but cold.
shallow rivers run through valleys
rich with cherries, figs and almonds.
There are few Lridges, and those who
wish to cross usually wade. Market
gardens line the river banks. In them
small ponds are made and the water
dipped out with immense wooden
ladies and showered on the crops.
Albania is inhabited by distinctly
different tribes, each led by heredi-
tary standard bearer-an honor
handed down from father to son, or
the nearest male heir. The chief or
leader of each tribe is absolute mas
ter of the others and their focks and
worldly possessions are held in COM
mon.
Of Strange Mixture.
They are strange mixture of emo
ton and unnatural insensibility. They
prefer to have a hand chopped off for
theft, instead of serving a short prison
sentence. They are broken-hearted
over murdered son-but continue to
shoot. They are proud of their high
death rate and spend more for guns
and ammunition than for food. They
buy caps and powder and cast their
own bullets. Martini cartridges are
most popular because they are easily
filled and wound worse than the rapid
firing Mauser. For a severe wound at
close range nothing can compare with
their old-fashioned fint-lock, rammed
with dram Of powder, big bullet,
spikes, glass plinters, etc. Many of
the weapons are silver mounted and
ornamented with initiation sapphires
or rubies.
The old idea of publication by blood
blood vengeance-is the ruling belief
in Albania. Blood only can wipe away
UiOOu, IL 40 S1hCh oSAlSSiy oSSolo
ing to rule and not classed with MUIR
der A blow, or even an insult, re-
quires blood. Blood only can cleanse
the sin of marrying a girl who was
betrothed to another. Abduction or
adultery demands blood. This does
not necessarily mean the blood of the
offender himself-any male blood of
his tribe answers the purpose.
1t is against the rules to shoot a
man when he is with a woman, a child,
or a company of friends. Therefore,
many men never step out of doors
alone. When on the march, men must
walk a gun barrel apart; for if gun
should strike someone accidentally,
the blow must be avenged. Women
who always spin while marching, keep
the length of a distaff apart.
Have No Prisons.
There are no prisons. Albania pun
ishes by fines or fires. Death would
simply start new feuds. When a man
slays, he finds place of safety and
then announces that his honor is
clean. That he is then liable to be
shot by any member of the other tribe,
troubles him not, but in a few dis
tricts a council has authority to burn
his house, demolish his crops, kill his
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asked, How cold is it? My ther-
mometer is frozen"
The young man did not betray un-
easiness, though he was really
alarmed, for his knowledge of the
fleshy lady enabled him to foresee
gathering clouds more sinister than
those overhead. The obvious thing
to be done was to release the slender
hand; he did so rather hastily.
"Have got you into trouble?" Fran
asked, with her elfsh laugh. ''If so,
we'll be neighbors, for that's where !
live. Who was she?"
Miss Sapphira Clinton" he an
swered as, by common impulse, they
began walking toward Hamilton Greg
ory's house. Bob Clinton's sister,
and my landlady" The more Abbott
thought of his adventure, the darker
it grew; before they reached their des-
tination it had become deep gray.
do you mean the Brother Clinton
that couldn't get 'through'?"
Eyes He's the chairman of
the School Board"
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The audience became so passionate

The audience became so passionate
ly devoted to some of the characters
interpreted for their pleasure that
they sometimes showed quite fierce
hostility to the actors who had to take
parts inimical to them. One night,
for instance, BRAND, who had repre-
island of Saint Helena when Napoleon
was imprisoned there, was seized by
some roughs as he left the theater
and flung into the basin of the
Chateau d'Eau. This quite delighted
him, and he gloateL over it as a
triumph when he was telling the tragi-
comic incident the next day.-From
the Bookman