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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-02-20
NELSON CONTEMPT CASE.


Judge Latshaw's remark that
he would never permit William
r. Nelson, editor of the Kansas
City Star, to go to Jail, was Gre
ditable to his sense of justice,
| but he based his determination
on the wrong ground. He said lit
would be a rcproach to the com
monwealth for Il man who has
done as much for Kansas City as
/ Mr.. Nelson has done, to be cart
ed away to Jail like a common
thing"
We go beyond this. We hold
that the sentencing of Mr.. Mel
son by Judge Guthrie for con
tempt of court because Mr.. Mel
son criticised the action of the
court in his newspaper was an
outrageous exercise of arbitrary
power. 1t would be as outrage
Gus in the case of the most obs.
cure citizen.
Thrusting aside all considera.
tion of the truth or falsity, the
justice or injustice of the Stars
article which was offensive to
Judge Guthrie we do not be-
lieve he was right in attempting
to exercise his power as judge
to punish citizen for criticising
his action on the bench. The
power to punish for contempt
should never be exercised for
acts beyond the IMMEDIATE
PRESENCE OF THE COURT,
unless upon officers of the court
or upon persons guilty of disobe-
dience to the courts orders. 1t
should certainly never extend to
the punishment of newspaper
editors for criticising judicial
actions and proceedings. The
press should be as free to criti-
else judges as to criticise other
public officers and it should be
subject to the same responsible
ty under the law for it's utter
anceS.
The conviction of Mr.. Nelson
expressed nothing except the
offended mind of the Judge.
There was no trial before an i'm
partial tribunal. There was no
hearing of the facts and no con-
sideration of the case as presen.
ted by the offender or his attor-
ney. The court was Judge, jury
and law.
A Judge has the same recourse
as any citizen against defama-
tory or libelous articles in the
newspapers. He can bring suit
under the civil or criminal code
or both and seek vindication in
court.
We can assure Judge Guthrie
that tine article in the Star, no
matter how defamatory it may
have been, does not as he said,
tend to bring judicial proceed
ings into disrepute" nearly so
much as the arbitrary acts of
judges through contempt pro-
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-02-20

they are we'll aware of the poor
encouragement and assistance the
city receives from the public, in
fact, the city is many times open
ly defied, but when the state
gets after them it is different.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-02-20

Cow and Calf for Sale-Cow is
fresh, calf 3-week old, Good COW ant
good conditioned. Theo. Klinkhardt
Ferguson Mill Seat, near Hayti. l3t
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
LOBBY GOSSIP
Mint Director Boosts Wilson

I. w. II. Shanahan, recently ap-
pointed director of the mint in San
Francisco by President Woodrow Will
son, is an ardent booster for the chief
executive. Mr.. Shanahan, who is at the
Palace. just returned from lengthy
visit to Washington. He is an attorney
by profession and lives in Redding. He
said:
President Wilson is not the weak
kneed person that some people think.
He has a mind of his own and does
considerable able bodied thinking with
it, My impression of the president is
that he is a big man and that he will
be one of the best chief ma gistrates
this country has ever had. When one
considers the grave problems he has
had to face in the short space of time he
has been in office and when one thinks
OF the able manner in which he has
solved them, one is forced to concede
he has much ability. The American
people need not worry about Presi-
dent Wilson. He is credit to the
United States and those who oppose
him in political faith if they are just,
will say that he is wonderful man.
Speaking of the mint, Mr.. Shanahan
said:
II do not contemplate making any
sweeping changes / couldn't. as
matter of fact if / wanted to- The
president appoints nearly all of the
employees who are not on the civil
service list, and / won't have anything
to do with this. Ny appointment has
not been confirmed by the senate as
yet SO / am not yet the director.
will make my home in San Francisco
and / will do the best 1 can to keep
the institution in this city
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
GOING UP!

According to the latest reports from
the statisticians of the bureau of labor,
the cost of living is still going up. The
reports show that the principal articles
of food, including Is staples. represent
ing approximately two-thirds of the
expenditure for food by the average
workingman's family, have undergone
a decided increase in retail price, even
since 1912. Sugar is the one exception.
Just as the revision of the tariff is 'un-
hesitatingly downward so the cost of
living is going ''unllesitatingly up
ward"
In the figures showing the cost of
living there can be read the greatest
task that confronts the democratic
party-the reduction of the cost of liv-
ing. Prices throughout the world have
been on the upward trend and it has
been shown by economists not of the
political variety that the cost OF living
has no definite relation to the tariff.
In view Of the character of the cam
paign made by the democrats, how
ever, there is no consolation for them
in the argument that the tariff has
nothing to do with the cost of living.
If the reduction of the tariff does not
bring down the cost of living, the
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
~chool Begins

No other large city in the union outside OF
California begins its school year in July, as
San Francisco does, forming notable tribute, as
it does to the equable and agreeable climate
which prevails here
The opening day this week some 5000
children begin their studies for the first time.
Before the last day of enrolment it is estimated
by Superintendent Roncovieri that between
1900 and $4,000 pupils will be registered in the
public schools.
The present year will number OF new fea-
lures in the schools. The most important of these is
the new vocational work that is to be undertaken.
The Incorporating of the kindergarten in the
school system. too is OF great Importance. The
establishment of three intermediate schools may
prove to be desirable change Much is expected
of them at any rate and it is be hoped they will
Justify their establishment
Each new year sees advance and Improvement
in the public school system but there IS vast
amount yet remaining to be done. In fact 1t is not
unreasonable to assume that the day is coming
when the whole of the present public school sys-
tenn of the United States will be remodeled
and rearraneed as to develop each individual child
to the full extent of its ability, as DR.. Montessori
now does, but it probably will be long day to
that happy time.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
| Direct Elected Senator

- To the Honorable Augustus Octavius Bacon.
democrat, of Macon Georgia, senior United
States senator from that state, belongs the honor
of being the first member of the United States
senate elected to that body by direct vote OF the
people OF the state
AS this makes him historical character, it
may be interesting to show just who and what he
is. He was born-appropriately for democrat
in Bryan county, Georgia October 20 1882 and
is, therefore, nearly "A years old. His father was
a clergyman. and Senator Bacon bears the Uni
versity OF Georgia degrees OF A. B., B. L.. A. NJ,
and l.. L. d. He entered the confederate army
in 1901 was adjutant OF his regiment, and subse-
quently captain on the general staff He prac-
ticed law from the end of the civil war until he
elected to the United States senate in 1894
The term for which he has just been elected will
be his fourth, and If he lives to end it lie will have
been United States senator for nearly a quarter
of a century.
Senator Bacon is known as the most volum-
nous talker in the senate since the death of SEN
ator Morgan OF Alabama, and like most of the
members of the senate from the southern states
who, like himself, served in the confederate army
and became practcing lawyers he is apt to find
d grave constitutional problem in the most minute
topic. In other words, he belongs to the class
which used to be called the Constitution savers
Since the retirement OF Senator Bailey of Texas
Mr.. Bacon is about the last of the senator's to
preserve the old beio' the wah traditions.
That he is reactonary in the extreme it should
be needless to add. So lately as last week, in a
resolution reported by Senator Root, providing
for research and law drafting bureau in the con-
gressonal library, modelled after Wisconsins S
great work, Senator Bacon talked, single handed
against even his party to the effect that such
bureau would tend to destroy the senate.
Senator Bacon's election is the best proof that
the dangers are non existent which the opponents
of direct election claimed would be found in every
case, saying that only radical demagogues would
be elected.
If the first product of direct election OF United
States senators is Bourbon reactionary nearly
Is years old, nothing is likely to happen
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Western Horses Easily Sold

James Quigley. horse breeder of
Manx, says that western horses are
very popular in the east and that they
find ready markets. Mr.. Quigley said.
Western horses, unbroken, are find
ing ready sale in the markets of the
east and eastern buyers are making
regular shipments to Chicago and other
large eastern centers. l have shipped
several cars of northwestern horses to
Chicago. My stock runs from 1000 to
1,2oo pounds and is very suitable for
light delivery wagons. The horses
are strong and wiry and are more en-
during than some stock raised in other
sections of the country
'tThe belief prevails generally that
automobiles are interfering with the
sale of horses in the larger manufac-
turing centers. but this is a mistake.
l have been dealing in horses for many
years and l find the demand is in
creasing rather than diminishing. Ca
nada has taken several thousand horses
from Minnesota breeders during the
last few years and our stock is some
very high for the next couple of years
in our section of the country just be-
cause of this | am not surprised now
at the good horses / find in California.
You nave plenty of feeding grounds.
water and sunshine, just what is needed
,sca Il
are noted all over the world The best
Percheron | ever saw was bred in Cali
fornia down in San Bernardino county"
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

democrats will be hard pressed to find
material for their next campaign.
On the other hand, the republican
party will be provided with an issue
without any labor on its part. Having
turned the republicans out because OF
the high cost of living, the voters nat
urally will resent the failure of the
democrats to make good on this one
vital issue affecting every man, woman
and child in the country. The demo-
Gratis will not be able to make the
same excuses that were made by the
republicans. They will not be able
to say that the tariff has nothing to
do with the cost of living because
that would be reputation of their
own statements in the last campaign.
Thus, whether the tariff has, or has;
not. any relation to high prices, tho
democrats have placed burden on
their own shoulders which they can
not dislodge. They must conquer what
the economists say is an unavoidable
condition, prevailing not only i'm the
United States but in every country
The democrats must cut down tho
cost OF living or face the wrath of the
voters a. the next election-Washing
ton Post
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

seems to have felt keenly the attitude Of this state
in the alien land ownership matter.
But Japan as a nation has come to realize that
neither this country nor this state has intended to
give offense to Japan because it was Japan.
The visit here OF many distinguished japanese,
who came to study public sentiment appears to
have satisfied the visitors of the one thing in
which they appeared most concerned, that there
is here no studied intent OF opposition no lack OF
national and individual riendliness for japanese
as individuals or as nation.
That there has been tempest IN teapot, and
that it has now blown over, is evident both III
Japan and in the United States and the speech of
Mr. Hashimoto it is hoped will close the incident,
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Petaluma 5 Needs

Petaluma has fine streets. but seldom
is there street to be found that has q
sign on the corner desigating the name
This is much needed improvement to
the town. which should be atteuded to
right away. OF the large number OF
visitors In town on the fourth there
were many who wanted to find the
house OF friend or relative, but how
hard it was to find it when the streets
were found not to be named Now
lets have this improvement.-Pet
luna Courier.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

STATE HOMES FOR soLD1ERs-H. D. f..
Pine Ridge The following are the requirements
| FOR admission to state home for volunteer sol
diers
States service turing q war in which it was
engaged.
2. Disability which prevents the applicant
from earning his l.=iny by labor.
3 Applicants for admission win be required
to sfpulate and agree to abide by all the rules
or by its order; to perform all duties required
of them, and to obey all the lawful orders of the
officers of the home. Attention Is called TO the
fact that by the law establishing the home the
cles OF war and will be governed thereby in the
same manner IL they were in the army of the
United States.
4. soldier sailor must forward with his
application for admission MS discharge paper,
and when he is peu<ionef. his pension
tifcate. which papers will be retained at the
branch to which the applicant is admitted. to
be kept there for him, and returned to him when
he is discharged This rule is adopted to prevent
the loss OF such papers and certificates, and to
Will be considered unless these papers are sent
with 1t. If the original discharge does not exist
q copy Of discharge certt6ed by the
navy department. by the adjutant general of
the state, must accompany the application
~
LOAN SHARKS. H.. city. The bill intro
duced in the last legislature by Senator Bryant.
commonly known as the s1oan shark bill.'' vas
signed by the governor 1t regulates the assign
ment of wages and prohibits the assignment of
wages to be earned in the future
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
LITTLE MOVIES
Two Baskets

A New Haven citizen who started his
business career peddling home made
starch from basket died recently,
leaving an estate valued at $1,30o,0oe.
This recalls the piaintive story OF
Artemus Ward. who was pointing out
the sights of Cleveland to an out of
town friend.
do you see the old party crossing
the square over there-the patriarch
with the jungle of white whiskers?"
Yes replied the eager friend.
We'll. that old chap started out in
life with a borrowed basket"
"And now?" the eager friend
prompted.
He still owes for the basket
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Dasadena's For Sale' Signs

The Pasadena realty board has taken the lead.
according to the Star, in banishing For Sale
real estate signs from the prosperous little southern
city
Since the movement started other nearby
towns are following Pasadena example
There few things to be seen III a city more
prejudicial in the eyes OF the stranger than For
Sale" signs plastered all over the place.
In reality such signs give very misleading
impression. A very few OF them in prominent
positions may sivezthc idea that great deal more
than the sign shows is also on the market.
II property is for sale there is, of course, no
reason why public announcement of that fact should
not be made daily newspaper, if it is frank and
tells the truth will admit that it may be suspected
of being interested party, because it naturally
believes in the value of advertising in its own
columns. But even allowing for that rejudice, II
you wish to call it that, the fact remains that the
one method of advertising is known to be less
conspicuous and more effective than the other
The Pasadena scheme for sgnless city, far
as the realty business is concerned is good one,
and if it is proved permanent success there, is
bound to spread until it becomes general.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
FERR Y r ALES
By LINDSAY CAMPBELL

Here is another Tamalpais fire
| story. They are telling it out at the
| Presidio and those commuters who
, are not forest rangers are repeating II
with uncharitable glee. At the head
of Biythedale canyon. so the story
goes, about 200 fight worn regulars
went into camp. The fire on the
| mountain seemed to be under control.
| The soldiers had earned their rest,
break they hit the trail again with
out a murmur.
An excited forest ranger, on the
Mill Valley end of telephone, re-
ported to the commanding officer OF
| the 200 regulars that new fire had
| broken out in the vicinity OF Lark
spur.
Tell us how to get there said the
commanding officer, 'and we'll jump
right OUT
MARCH your men to Mill Valley
said the ranger. Wen have special
you out to Larkspur. One of our men
will meet you there and guide you to
the fire.
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| Down the hot, dusty road to Mill
Valley tramped the tired regulars, who
| had enjoyed just enough rest to make
them realize how weary they were. At
Mill Valley they boarded the special
train and at Larkspur they were met
| by the ranger who was to lead them
| to the confla grafton.
| Oscar Beyfus, according to some OF
ranger guide. The regulars have
shorter and uglier names for him now.
Whatever his name, he knew exactly
where the new fire was and would lead
the way.
Up hill and down declivity he led
them; through jungles of poison oak
and nettles and over. dusty stretches
on which there was no shade from
the hot sun. 1t was the toughest hike
of the campaign. The commanding Of
hcer. noting the played out condition
of his men, was about to call halt
when their guide exclaimed:
Were getting there. The smoke
saw is just over this ridge
X X
Over the ridge scrambled the SOL
diers, and when they saw what they
did see, not even the presence of their
commanding officer and the restraining
influence of military discipline modi
fed the temperature of the language
with which they relieved their feel
iags.
The guide had led them back to the
Blythedale camp, from the ease of
which they had been so ruthlessly torn,
and the fire from which arose the smoke
that had caused the alarm, was their
own camp fire.
No, AS far as I can learn they did
not invite that forest ranger to stay
for dinner.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Japan at the Exposition

Cd All doubt as to what Japan will do at the
Panama-Pacific exposition may be considered
put at rest by the statement OF Mr. Hashnloto
vice minister of commerce
Mr.. Hashimoto said The authorities under
stand that it is reasonable for japanese merchants
TO refuse to exhibit at the Panama Pacific exposi-
ton owing to their natural resentment against
the alien land ownership law, but such participa-
ton would ease the situation and the Japanese
government hopes that the nation will send as
many exhibits as possible.
1t is manifest by this statement that Japan
will do its best and will be represented worthily
as it always has been at international expositions
1t can not be denied that Japan might readily
have found reasonable excuses for non participa-
ton in the exposition, since the nation as whole
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

BRACELET-W. T. n, Cucamonga There i.
absolute data as to when bracelets were first
worn adornments by either savage or civilized
nations. Bracelets being worn by men are men
women Genesis 80. In Europe bracelets
and armlets were worn by the barbarian and the
classical nations from the earliest times The
Gsuls them. and the Sabines as early as
the foundation OF Rome had golden armlets on
the left arm.
GLACIER PARK-a. 0. s.. City. Glacier Ma
tiona park is located in Montana, and has an
area of about s15. acres Within this marx
there about $50 lakes, ranging from few
more than 60 glaciers in the park. The park
is open TO tourists from May to September Is
of each year.
X
SEAPoRTS-o. S. B., City The I'VE yrestest
movement. entered and cleared, rank In the fol
lowing order: New York, Antwerp. London
Hamburg and Rotterdam.
X x
HOPLAND-Subs City The elevation, of
HopIand Mendocno county, is 4s7 feet above the
sea level
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Door RED" Kelly

On Monday night the police commission re-
fused to grant RED" Kely's application to
change his Midway dance hall on Pacific street
into cafe with dancing privileges and an en-
trance on Columbus avenue.
When the commission unanimously refused to
grant the license Kelly according to the reporter
wiped his eyes and said: 1 quit
Poor Red Kelly He wipes his eyes and
quits
Slow music, and tunn-tun tum-tum the
fiddle strings, should accompany this sad an
nouncement; for Red Kellys place has been one
of the most notorious the Barbary coast, where
red lights are hung out to steer the unsteady
traveller in the right, that is to say, the wrong
direction
1t may be true, as poor Red Kelly says, that
he quits because he can't make living in the cafe
business unless dancing is permitted; but the com
bination of cafe and dancing girls of the kind
Red" Kelly wants does not sit well on the stonl-
ach of San Francisco.
There are cafes, and respectable ones, not very
far from the Midway, which is the place Mr. Kelly
thinks he will quit which do make living
without the dance hall attachment, and this
throws little doubt the sincerity OF Mr..
Kelly's statement. Indeed there some doubts
in minds whether pity and sorrow for Mr..
Kel1y's misfortunes are not wholly wasted.
Dancing and drinking taken together make a
bad combination. The Rockefeller report shows
that they form one of the chief sources of the
corruption of young girls. city can be liberal
in its administration without standing for the ad-
mission of minor females nominally for the pur-
pose of dancing to places where drinks sold,
and specially where the place is like the Midway.
Commissioner Kuhl, and Father Terrence
Carraher, president OF the North Beach associa-
tion are to be congratulated on the effectiveness
of their opposition to Mr.. Kelly. Poor "Red"
needs no pity.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
THE STATE PRESS
Pasadena LOYAL

A dispute has arisen as to whether
titled to the distinction OF being the
highest peak in the United States
proper. The height Of the mountains
is to be expertly determined. Our bet
is on Mount Whitney, and the noble
California peak will please lift itself
to its full height while its measure
ment is being NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
A Mean rick

when I asked her to marry me she
said no. a thousand times no.
"Well?"
Naturally thought would be safe
in asking her 999 times.
sAnd them
"She accepted me when asked her
ce.''-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Unkind

Did they ask you to sing at the
Hooblers?''
Yes"
Did you?'
Il played for time and told them
forgot my music
Yes
THAT idiotic Tom Hoobler said that
the last time he heard me sing 1
brought my music and forgot my
voice. c."-CleNeland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
A Favorite Theme

Had an interview with a farmer
just now said the poet, (which gave
me quite a shock"
s'How was thate"
He told me that new mown hay had
no points of superiority whatever over
hay year old."-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
SHARP POINTS
2 Mulch

Philadelphia girl who started a
hunger strike" succumbed after
two days fast, when she was offered
a plate of ice cream and Strawberries
1hat was y muteh. as Artemus Ward
used to say. She could withstand
tempting chicken dinner, but straw
berries and ice cream were another
mattcr.-Utica Press
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Up Against 1t

ut does look a little coarse to swal-
low a sandwich at one gulp," said the
man at the afternoon tea.
.'Well?"
But what is q fellow to do with a
plate of cake in one hand and cup
City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
From the Boil to the Egg

II that Philadelphia scientist finds
way of making cotton bons mature
quickly artifciaily. it is hoped he will
next turn his hand to an effort to nrc-
vent eggs from maturing too soon
San Antonio Express.