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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-04-02
Veto Messages

GOVERNOR ODDIE has been
pretty busy the past few days form
ing his veto message 10 new laws
that did not meet his approval Nam
~ the vetoes followed from uncon-
stitutional provisions, or from on
hicts with other laws on the code,
This was necessary and should have
followed.
In the case OF the blacklisting law
the Governor took the problem IN
der care and treated it without gloves.
The law was. most freely discussed
during the Legislature. 1t was trim
med down from its original drastic
introduction, but even when passed
was considered a bill that was pretty
far-reaching and was opposed by a
number of the members OF the late
Legislature. 1t passed in a compro-
mise form
The Governor in vetoing this bill has
taken the problem at its head. 1t
was a question, as there was a strong
lobby working for the law and the
fear Of this lobby kept many in line
when the vote came in the two houses.
In other words, it was passed up TO
the Governor. He at least took a
firm stand and his views on the law
will be a matter of discussion, with
the executive acting as he thought
best for the state at large.
The veto of the highway measure.
while it will be a disappointment to
many, yet instances are shown in the
message that give cause for the veto.
The fact that the Russell. law, which
provides that counties may bond
themselves for this important work,
in a measure compensates for the loss
Of the direct appropriations that the
other bills called for. It appears that
the gravest mistake is the lack of a
sufficient fund TO carry on this state
work. 1t was a case OF treasury ana
the funds were not on hand.
Tn looking over the laws that have
been vetoed it appears that the Gov
ernor has exercised judgment and his
explanations are valid in each in
stance
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-04-02
Applying Single Tax

TAX COMMISSIONER Pastoriza
Of his own accord applied the single
tax principle in the city OF Mouston,
Texas, quite indifferent to the TACT
that the proceeding was unconstitu-
tional.
AS 500 as he was elected to Office
he assessed land at its full cash val
ne, and improvements at only Is per
cent OF their actual cost, entirely ig-
noring all personal property, such as
furniture, money, stocks, bonds, NOR
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-04-02

tgages automobiles, etc, althoug IN
Texas it is legally subject to taxa
ton.
The result was an assessment roll
OF $4,000, 0O0-the largest OF any.
city in the state-and the city tax
rate was reduced from Sl.70 to $l,5O.
P~astoriza was reelected recently
by a big majority.
Whatever may be thought OF the
single tax as applied to agricultural
lands, the policy Of relieving i'm
provements and personal property
from taxation in towns and cities has
much to commend it. Fully three
quarters and perhaps nine-tenths, of
all personal property taxes is a most
fruitful source of perjury, inequality
and injustice.
1t may be illogical to claim the re-
markable growth of Vancouver, B. C..
is due mainly or at all TO the single
tax, but at least the single ttax has
moi operated there I prevent rapid
progress.
In that city land values have trebel-
| ed in four years. since taXatioon OF
| improvements was abolished, and
| there has been a O noticeable in
crease in fine buildings.-Bee.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-04-02
New Styles in Verdicts

MOT GUILTY, because he is SO
handsome" is the substance of the
verdict rendered by the women jurors
in the case OF a gentleman with
heavenly eyes" who was tried last
week at Redwood City. California. for
stealing a horse. The gentleman &C
cused had admitted his guilt. but
that made no difference.
That verdict suggests that homely
men should hire pretty men to do
their stealing. and that handsome
men with Heavenly eyes" should be
closely yelled when there are women
on the jury. Still, a horse thief has
as much right to put his heavenly
eyes" in evidence before women jur-
ors as a bank theft has o exhibit
his social prominence TO a male jury.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-04-02
THE REV. IRL. r.
HICKS 1913 ALMANAC

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
WASP STING MAKES
POOR CRIPPLE Walk
Feels "Hot Needle Pierce His
Ankle and Runs,

st. Louis Charles Wightman, dep
gty- county clerk at Clayton, told how
he had just been able to walk without
clutches for the first time in thirty
eight Of the forty-two years of his life.
He fell when he was four years old
and injured both legs permanently.
He said that neighbor had told him
a snake story just before he went to
bed 1t was tale of a black snake
ever SO many feet long and an incredi-
bic number of inches thick, which the
neighbor had said he had killed.
Charles woke up in the morning with
the story still in mind. He thought
how comfortable it was to live in
country where one could sleep in peace
instead of in one of those countries
where, he had heard, snakes some
times creep in and share ones bed
Reveling in the thought, he thrust
his right leg deeper under the covers.
Then something that stung like hot
needle pierced his ankle.
Il sprang out of bed and ran and
stumbled twelve feet across the room,''
he said. 1T was the first time 1 had
taken so many steps unassisted since
was a baby"
"And was it really snake p he was
asked
No. 1t was wasp" And he show
ed the ankle where the sting had swol-
len it.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
UNEMPLOYED REGION
MAY Be A BONANZA
Indications That Upper Hayes
River Is Rich In Gold.

Edmonton. Alberta. = George Gardi-
ner of Ottawa is in Edmonton outfit
ting for a trek over the trail of ro-
nance to the Upper Hayes river dis
trict to prospect a gold claim located
by man he believes to have been his
uncle on the bank of tho Peace river
In 1898, during the rush to the Yukon,
when this city was made the starting
point Of the overland trail to the Klon-
dixie. ..&~-a
The story told here by Gardiner is
that during the Klondike rush three
prospectors went into the Hayes river
country, which, except for small part
along the river near Vermilion, is I'M
explored. One Of the party was found
on the river bank a year afterward
The man was enlaciated and lived only
a few hours, but in his last few min
utes Of life told of a fight with Indians,
who killed his two companions. He
had in his possession samples of the
richest gold 1t could have been pro-
cured in no other place, so it may be
that that UNEMPLOYED territory is rich
in the yellow metal.
Though the hinterland has been ex-
plored to points within the arctic cir
Gle, the Upper Hayes river country
still remains a vast unknown stretch.
Remarking upon the fact, an old timer
in the north country said he had never
known of a white man getting far into
that part of the country. '.r.
From Edmonton to Peace river
crossing by way of Athabasca is 400
miles, and outside Of about fifty
mile stretch beyond Peace river cross
ing and the Upper Hayes still lies a
great unexplored land of rolling and.
so far as is known, open country It
Is inhabited by the Dog Ribs tribe of
Indians. The territory runs clear
through to the mountains on the Brit
ish Columbia side. and it is supposed
that large number Of '.bad Indians"
have settled in there,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
STREET STREWN WITH BILLS.
Thought to Be Robbers Plumber. by
Government Officials.

Thought to Be Robbers Plumber. by
Government Officials.
LeavenwOrth, Kan.-Three postoffice
inspectors have begun an investigation
Of the finding of hundreds of dollars in
gold certif> ates believed to be a por-
ton of $4,000 stolen by Charles Saw
age from a mail truck in the Union
station in Kansas City five years ago.
Developments show that persons have
been finding the certificates. mostly of
the $40 denomination. for month and
have kept the matter secret. 1t is esti-
mated that at least $1,000 has been
picked up in cutters. vacant lots and
back yards.
All the money was discovered within
a radius of eight blocks of the home
Of a relative of Charles Savage at
whose house he stopped before his ar
rest. .% 4
One theory of the investigators is
that the money was concealed in a tree
and dislodged by recent high Winds
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
CANNOT SLEEP ON BED.
Twenty Years In Cell Units ParoIed
Convict For Real Bed.

Twenty Years In Cell Units Paroied
Convict For Real Bed.
Topeka. Kan. Morgan Wright, sent
to prison in 1893 from Cowley county
for completely in the murder Of con-
stable and released on parole by Gov
ernor Hodges. found that free bed
was so soft he was unable to sleep his
first night out OF prison. Wright came
to Topeka to thank the governor. He
is on his way to see his father in
Shawnee. Okla. and then will go to
California to begin life anew
II didn't sleep we'll last night" said
Wright to the governor 1T was the
first real bed have slept in for nearly
twenty years.
when left,the prison Yesterday |
didn't know which way to turn or what
to do. 1t was all SO new and strange
to me. Every one seemed so busy and
in such a hurry that can't quite I'M
derstand it. Even the school chill
dren rushed along the street. But
think If the world is such busy place
that there must be some place for me.
and | am going to try to find it"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14

said In strikes, as in war. there are
destruction and ruin. but there are
times when they cannot be avoided
Il look upon the department. of labor
as means of helping to bring nearer
year by year the goal Of social justice.
Every man is entitled to the full social
equivalent of what he produces. The
problem is to arrive at that condition
Capital and labor are partners.
Capital without labor is ineffective;
labor without capital is idle Capital
is animate: labor gives it life The
one can produce nothing without the
employment Of the other To be effec-
tive capital and labor must serve each
other. Their interests diverge when
they come to divide what they have
produced. These two elements should
sit down together and work out plan
by which the division of profits will be
fair, with due regard for the rights of
EACH"
1t has been feared by advocates of
the open shop that Secretary Wilson
would lean little closer to organized
labor than he should do in this country
Of all sorts of labor But he denies
that he is to be a union labor officer of
the government He believes that la
Doring people should organize and that
i union labor man. as rule is more
fit than the nOnunion worker
with the growing industries" said
[ Mr.. Wilson there is no longer that
personal relation between employer
and employed that formerly existed
The employer is compelled to deal
with larger numbers The employee
AS an individual cannot make as salts
factory contract with the employer
as he can when he nnites with his fell
low workers and fellow men. That is
/ what makes labor movement neces
i sary
] The depa rtment of labor was insti-
ituted to obtain by the rule of reason
! that is. by striking a basis where the
! employer can compete with rivals and
! also pay satisfactory wages-a fair and
amfcable adjustment of all trade dis
! putes. This would be rule of reason
based upon facts.
THE purposes for which the depart
ment Of labor was established will
have been accomplished If we can
bring capital and labor together upon
Just basis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
AN UNUSUAL MORTGAGE.
Farmer Puts Up Chickens, Hogs and
Revolver as Security.

Farmer Puts Up Chickens, Hogs and
Revolver as Security.
r Washington, Ga.-There was placed
on record in the Office of the clerk of
Wilkes county what is considered the
most unusual mortgage ever recorded
In this or any other county. g.
The security named in the recorded
instrument consists of the following
valuable property-to wit: mine chick
en- hens. two SOW hogs and 80 caliber
pistol" The amount Of the debt thus
secured is 500. and it is provided that
If the obligation is not met at maturity
the property mentioned therein shall
be sold at public cutlery. All home
stead exemption rights are waived by
the maker of the mortgage.
The question is being asked, Does
this mortgage emphasize the increas-
Ing value Of the hog and hominy'
propaganda, or is it but another indi-
cation of the extreme stringency' in
the land about which so much has been
said and -which?' -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
CRAZY W0oDPEc kERs, THESE,
Failing 70 Find Acorns, They Gathe,
Pebbles For Food.

Failing 70 Find Acorns They Gather
Pebbles For Food.
San Francisco. The woodpeckers of
Sonoma county are suffering from a
mild sort Of insanity, according to an
erudite document issued by the Muse
UNI of Vertebrate Zoology Of the Uni
versity of California. The document
says:
''The reason why California wood
peckers in the vicinity Of Sonoma
mountain should have stored pebbles
instead Of the customary acorns is a
mystery.
I'VE know that instinct works as au-
tomaticaily as an alarm clock. In the
failure Of an acorn crop it would seem
possible that the woodpecker might in
stnctiVely- have stored some other
available kind of food but to have
chosen stones instead Of some sort of
food carries the analogy too far
Tt seems as though any bird with
the intelligence of the California wood
pecker which would make the same
mistake ought to be classed as insane. .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
SENATOR DILLINGHAM;.

SENATOR DILLINGHAM;.
pose Of reducing undesirable immigra-
ton, he has sought to provide for the
liberal operation Of it's provisions
Transient visitors are not counted in
fixing the limit, nor are those aliens
who return to this country after visit
Ing their homes. nor aliens coming
even for the first time if their near
relatives are already in America The
professional and business classes are
altogether exempt from the provisions
Of the bill, and the secretary Of labor
Is authorized to admit aliens in ex-
cess Of the 10 per cent limit for hui
manitarian reasons.
"The average annual immigration
from Austria Hungary during the last
ten years." said Mr.. Dillingham;. "has
been approximately 100000, but under
the bill immigration from that country
would be limited to 10000 annually.
at least until the census Of 1920 afford
ed new basis for computation. I'm
migration from Italy has averaged
100000 annually. but future immigra-
ton from that country would be limit
ed to about 134.5OO. while Greece
would be limited to 10000 as COM
pared with an average of about 10000
in recent years Apparently immigra-
ton from Turkey would be cut down
about one-half: OF all the principal
sources Of southern and eastern Eu-
ropean immigration Russia alone would
seem to be little affected. as under the
proposed law 173.5OO immigrants could
be admitted from that country annual
ly as compared with an average an
nual immigration Of 172.5OO during the
past ten years.
"On the other hand. Germany has
furnished an average Of $4,000 immi-
grants in recent years and under the
proposed law could send 25O.O0O. The
United Kingdom could send about
25S,OOO, but has sent an average Of
10000 in the last ten years. In the
cases of France. Belgium. Switzerland.
the Netherlands and the Scandinavian
countries the margin is not so large,
but it is not believed that the law
would in any way affect immigration
from such countries
1t is not expected that Mr.. Dilling-
hams bill will receive consideration at
the present session. but he hopes for
nonpartisan support for it next winter.
In the meantime he, with other sena-
tors who favor it. will work quietly
n the interests of the measure
. Z . T. = 4 { /. 4 i 2 :
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
WOULD AVOID ALL
LABOR DISPUTES
Industrial Peace Chief Aim Of
Secretary Wilson.
TO UPL|FT CONDITIONS
capital and Labor Are Partners, and
Each Should Have Voice In. Deter
mining the Terms He says-Doesn't
Favor Strikes.

Each Should Have Voice Ia. Deter
mining the Terms" He Says-Doesnt
Favor Strikes.
Washington William Bauchop Will
son. secretary OF, labor, is a strong,
sturdy man, with blond hair, fair face.
fighting gray blue eyes and a Scotch
accent. He was born at Blantyre.
Scotland. April 2. 1862. and came to
this country nine years later. Settling
with his parents in Tioga county, at
Arnot. Pa. he became a mine worker
at the age of ten The following year.
just after he had passed his eleventh
year, he was made half member of
the Mine Workers union. He obtain
ed his early education from a small
village school and in rough and tumble
debates in union meetings. He was
elected to the Sixtieth. Sixty-hrst and
Sixty-second congresses. March 4 he
was appointed secretary of the new
department Of labor
This. briefly, is the story of the man
who Is the first to hold a particular
ca binet Office. ~
what this department hopes to do
primarily" said Secretary Wilson, lis
to try to bring about such conditions
that 'uplift' work in industrial centers
will not be needed. We are proceeding
on the assumption that capital and la
Dor are partners. capital furnishing
the material ready for use and labor
the vitalizing force. Capital and la
Dor should each have a voice in deter
mining the terms Of the partnership"
Secretary Wilson thinks that a strike
Is like a war between nations-to be
resorted to when all other efforts have
failed III s..
II would not favor strike if any
thing else was left for me to do" he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
PASTORS ADOPT .EUGENlCs.
Won't Perform Marriages For tn.
Physically Unfit.

Won't Perform Marriages For the
Physically Unfit.
Lynn. Mass.-The Protestant clergy
men here (Methodist, Episcopal, Con
gregationalists and Baptsts) have re-
solved individually to take stand for
the physical fitness Of applicants for
marriage, and they are to meet to con
centrate their energies In behalf Of the
protection of society
( The Rev. c.. Thurston Chase of the
Central Congregational church. the
pioneer in the movement said:
+ Il have performed my last marriage
ceremony in which iii will not be nee
essary for the couple to furnish certifi-
Gates vouching for their physical 1T
ness
IT maintain that a minister should
refuse to perform the marriage cere-
mony when he thinks It should not be
performed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14
TABLOID BOOZE IS
SERVED IN maine
One May Garry Whisky or
Beer In Vest Pocket.

Bangor, Me.-A Maine sheriff might
find barrel of beer or even jug Of
whisky, but he can't find beer lozenge
or cocktail tablet, and over that glad
fact the thirsty of this state are rejoic-
ing now. ..... .-. - 70.
For the tabloid booze drummer has
come to Maine and is doing rushing
business in condensed drinks of all
kinds, from plain whisky to cocktails
and from beer to gin fzzes The drum
mer carries considerable stock of the
| tablets with him for immediate de-
mands and Iarranges for further and
unlimited supplies by mail Many
bars in Bangor, Lewiston and Portland
are selling tabloid drinks, while a
great many men who just must have
their whisky or beer when they want
it have obtained their own supplies
and make their liquor at home while
they wait. and the wait is not long.
Nobody here knows anything about
the constituent elements of the tablets.
but nobody cares so long as they pro-
duce something that looks and tastes
like liquor
The tablets come in little paper
boxes or glass bottles of dozen each.
and the price varies A small phial of
one kind of tablets. costing Is cents.
dissolved in a gallon of water, with
other ingredients costing SO cents.
makes gallon of what passes for
Whisky-total cost. 90 cents. 1t is not
whisky that would appeal to a con
noisseur. for it burns and bites all the
way down. but is as near to whisky as
a good many people are able to get in
some parts of Maine, and it goes
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-14

~ talked Of and every effort possible
has been made to prevent the quintu-
pie loan from being consummated In
Shanghai the severest censure is being
passed upon the president and the cab
met, and so reckless is the language
being used that the municipal authori-
ties in that port recently were COM
PEELED to take notice Of it and issue an
order threatening to arrest and try
any editor, publisher, reporter or print
er guilty Of unrestrained expression Of
opinion.
! Yuan Shih Kai ,regarded the outburst
with apparent Indifference for some
time, but Of late he has been moving
troops to strategic points and in other
ways has indicated that he is alive to
the probabilities if be does not show
his hand and indicate his intentions.
| The opposition is coming almost sole.
ly from the Kuo Mintang, and, while it
seems that they have considerable
! cause for complaint that republican
principles are not being carried out as
they should be, they have in sense
ebullitions of their publicists in Shang.
hal -. .@.- T.
Proceeding upon constitutional lines.
the Kuo Mintang may have compelled
hearing of their claims, but the atti-
tude adopted by the newspaper they
publish in English in Shanghai has
alienated most foreign sympathy and
has rendered it difficult for the leaders
to carry on the campaign they inaugu-
rated This newspaper has proved
fatal to the party.
Other newspapers published in Chi
nese have followed suit, and the result
has been the stirring Of the people to
such an extent that a second revolu-
ton is believed to be on the tapis. At
all events the president is preparing
for one. and, in addition to moving
troops. he has issued mandates which
are intended to indicate what his in
tentions are. On May 2 he issued two
| In the first he describes how the
country has just passed through revo-
luton. how ''many mere followers of
the righteous cause" took advantage of
the name Of revolution Ito extort and
injure law abiding people, and how
the constitutional spirit Of the coun-
try has not yet soundly recovered
He recalls how be has pardoned Of
tenders who have been guilty Of con
spiracy, hoping they would repent of
their guilty conduct. and describes the
situation as dangerous to the highest
degree. the financial strength Of the
nation being dried up and the people
E having practically very little to make
their lives worth living
In the second mandate morality is
described as the foundation of repub-
lican government and law the limit,
and from that the president goes on to
refer to the murder of Sung Chiaojen
and the signing Of the loan. The for
mer he states offers no excuse to sus-
pect the premier. and. as Tor the latter,
I it was competent for the governor to
sign the loan agreement the late ma
tional council having passed +.