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/ their 200 couvictS. and passes on all
paroles and pardons. He has his repre-
sentative-eithcr an assistant attorney
general solicitor-in all the great de-
partments Of the government to give
legal advice.
In recent years. through new legisla-
ton he has been placed at the head OF
the greatest and most extensive secret
service system the government ever had.
This is the bureau of investigation, which
has a secret agent in every town OF
500 population or over In the Whole
country With fund Of $4,000 year,
added to by special allotments from spe-
cial funds, the bureau OF investigator
has a multitude of new activities.
When the Madero revolution broke out
in Mexico it was through agents OF the
bureau of investigation, stationed along
the border, that the government operated
to prevent the violation of the neutrality
laws. This same bureau has had charge
of seeking out all of the ramif1cations OF
the white slave trade and securing the
evidence on which nearly 400 convictions
already have been obtained. although the
white slave law went. into effect only
July ID, 1910.
But, following the decisions of the
Supreme Court in the tobacco trust and
Standard Oil cases in 1911, trust IN
designations have been really the
greatest field of the bureaus activity.
Since 1911 the department has been
deluged with complaints of violations
of the Sherman antitrust law. These
| complaints have covered practically
every held of business activity. At the
rate Of about forty month the bu-
reau with it's corps OF detectives, law
yers, expert accountants and other
specialists, has been Investigating
these complaints.
How the bureau secured evidence IN
the bucket-shop cases and in the Vlo-
; lation of postal laws regarding sending
unlawful medical advertisements anu
solicitations through the mails is a
| matter Of recent history. Violations OF
national bank laws are ever being
looked into by the bureau, while an
other branch Of its work is investi-
eating the conduct Of federal court
officials.
At the head Of all this complex ma
chinery for advising government oni-
te:S on the law. prosecuting v1olators
+ u the law and conducting secret in
Nesti cations TO secure evidence Tor
sucu prose buttons stands the Attorne!
/ General. The power that he has and
tho resources that are at his hand to
enforce that power are tremendous.
What this means to individuals and cor
pora tons can readily be imagined
a auiet hammered occasionally peppery,
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bic and attractive characters play hfe!lkc
parts in this robust scheme. An inNig-
Grating out-of-doors quality pervadcs the
whole. II stands clear as an all-around
readable and interesting story of life as
it may exist at present in the far west.
HIS LOVE STORY. BY Marie Van
Worst author of The Girl From
His Town" etc. Illustrations by
Howard Chandler Christy. Indian
apolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
\ dog. French army officer and an
American heiress furnish. in the order
given. the bright entertainment of this
Young soldier to active duty in Algiers
block out the general drift of the ad-
venture. The human intelligence of the
dog and his more than human fidelity
add the brightest of the co,ors of this adj
venture and its most engaging incidents
The romance itself covers a rescue of
the missing soldier a rescue organized
and conducted by the heiress. and in
volving much absorbing business both by
ship and caravan. The invention, rather
fresh as flctional invention goes. is re-
markably well projected. in a good
variety Of scenes, in an interesting group
Of people engaged most naturally and
plausibly in working out an uncommonly
open and above board story OF youth ana
romantic love.
WORK AND LIFE: study Of the
Social Problems Of Today. BY Ira
Woods Howerth. A. NJ. Phi. D.. author
of 1.-The Art of Education" etc. New
York: Sturgis & Walton Company.
Other professors Of sociology are, of
course. wise enough to compare the
authors work with their own eminent
views. but to the ordinary student he
leaves nothing to be said. A social prob
lem, he tells US. is always a question Of
removing some obstacle to progress-and
as the worlds history has been sue
cession of obstacles removed b. progress.
it argues that a book explaining sociology
is of vital Importance to the education OF
the everyday man. In this instance, the
plicity which appeals to the unframed
intelligence of the ordinary reader as
We'll as TO the academic intellect of tine
scholar-a value which erudition does not
always command The Social Problem
Of Today is the first Of dozen chapters
which consider sociology in its re,at on
to wealth. Ia Dor learning. society and
higher patriotism. with a final fore
glimpse of Religion and the New Soc al
Order" in which the scythe of scientific
criticism may sweep over the field OF re-
ern theological conceptions. but the roots
Of religion. imbedded In the soil OF mans
nature, will not be touched. and soon new
beliefs will spring up to take the place Of
the old-Science can no more destroy re-
ligion than 1T can destroy love-"
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or otherwise Of the dances. they per-
form them before the eyes OF all with
out the slightest sign of embarrass-
Inent.
As y rule a large lawn is roped off
and this answers the purpose of n
dancing floor For cha riry's sake half
i crown or so is charged for admission
20 This alfresco ballroom, and Of course
hibit their skill in the intricacies of
hugs. ''trots' and "tangoes."
For hours together couples dance to
the tunes OF the latest ragtime melo-
dies and all the most eccentric of the
negro and cowboy dances-the Arpen-
tine Tango. the Butterscotch pull and
scores OF others arc gone through for
the benefit of the onlookers. AS soon
as the Whirlwind movements of one Of
the dances tires them they rest bit
strenuous glides
another big feature of these garden
parties Is the number Of barrel organs
one sees. Lord So-and-So thinks it
deviiish fun" to hire one of these for
the day and then charge people two
pence or so time for the privilege
OF turning the handle. AS is only nat
urdi: perhaps. ragtimes are the pre-
dominating tunes of these organs and
,he lact mat each is surrounded b.
or the assertion that YOU can't keep
stlll to ragtime."
The upper ten like to make them
serves as amiable as they can at the
partlcs. and 50 their actions in pur-
SUIT or this desire are often very &c
centric For the sake of novelty. most
OF the coster kings" of London are
,.SItea 10 these functions, and the
Marquis of Lord Knows-What" is
hshly delighted when he is able to
introduce MY friend, the Pearly King
OF the Old Kent Road" to his acquaint-
ances.
lbs for a Go in the Roundabout.
Most of the games and exhibitions
winch are seen at an ordinary fair
can be found at these charitable, gar
den parties.
Ihcre are roundabouts swing boats,
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poison vial Of which he carried wit
him to his room. He set the vial con
tanning the poison on the center table
and went about making his prepare
tons for the final act.
when he was ready. lie stepped over
10 the table and discovered that acci =
which inspection showed 10 be a
Gideon Bible. As he opened it, his eyes
fell upon the sentence. II discourag I'd
or In trouble. read Psalm 1876 and John
IA He read these two selec tons then
went to the window and threw the bot
tie Of poison as far as he could send it,
returned to the table. knelt and then
and there gave his heart to God He is
today an active church member and
% good citizen
\ novelist could find plenty of ma
terial OF human interest in the story of
the Gideon Bibles Here is an uncom-
monty dramatic one on file at Gideon
headquarters in Chicago:
"A wife and children were on the
point of being sacrificed by me tonight
when | picked up this book in half
cynical. half curious moment of a pass
ing fancy. Alone here in the room 7
became interested before / realized
The minutes passed. and ! read on un-
consciously. Finally. when il ,lawne.l
upon me that had an appointment. 7
looked at my watch It was an hour
l1te. The train had gone and the wom-
an Wit, whom had agreed to 60 east
prcbahlr was wondering where I was
| am glad 7 missed the train
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sottcd and bnncord thronG Of play
rockers

DYING Fires. Ey Allan Monkhouse
author Of ~ Dcliverance. etc
New York. George II. Doran Com
pany.
This is not u story Of external event.
So. the reader who is caught and held
only when things happen fast and hard.
will count this novel as negligible. For
IT, 10 thesc. Is no more than the drab
record OF u case of matrimony Mar
riaEc. with mutual devotion Of the &C.
static sort. Then. the approaching shade
of boredom. and the on-coming ghost OF
lost ardors Then the baby, and the
mothers transfer of feeling from the
father tn the son. and meanwhile. the
| fathers eye rorthfaring to the spright-
/ liness Of other women. his mood a-light
| to their utstaled charms. And when
the hoy died there began the slow settling
I" disillusion and compromise, the dull
| acceptance Of habit and routine. the
] tension Of cclibacy. all the emotions
grown thin and faint. There was no open
! rupture. no snnderin. crash Away from
home and IN the presence of other people
he seemed like husband She like =
wife-much like other husbands and
wives. as more than likely they We're
This is the story. story of one aspect
of that inscrutable inner life to which
only the most discerning, the most SYM
! ptttHetii SdI 1OIIle, because 1t lies COW
] cred with all the notwithstanding rub
| Dish that an instructive and pa:nstakine
craft can bring to it. This is a novel Of
much the better kind. serious book of
good workmanship and manner that
now and then gives a hint of George
Meredith
PRECIOUS WATERS. BY A. NJ. CHS
holm author of THE Boss of Wind
River etc. Illustrations by Clar-
ence Rowe. New York: Doubleday
Page & Co.
stepping with the times. FORCES ahead of
the cow-punching, embarrassing tales
that a few years ago swarmed so pro-
digously out Of this quarter He faces
a much fresher issue. This adventure,
placed in the foothill country of the west
ern dry belt. turns upon the struggle of
two groups of men for possession Of a
river that Is obviously not large enough
For the uses of both. On the one hand is
a band o. ranchers TO whom the stream
is unreckonably precious in maintain
ing the green and fertile fields that il has
already coaGed out of the desert sand for
them. On the other is d railroad COM
pany. to whom il is equally essential in
attracting settlers and business To the
new road. The situation throws out a
line of plot and counterpart in which the
open and reckless daring of the from
uersman runs neck-and-neck race
with the adrot schemes of the sophisti-
cate corporation. Two romanceS. major
and a minor one. develop naturally along
side this sterner stuff. Throughout capa-
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economic programs. with schemes Tor TIC
education of tho workingman in the IN
dustrial questions and problems OF winch
he is SO much "A part, with measures Tor
the protection of the Wagc-carner-incn,
women and children-With the eStahllsa-
mcnt of settlement houses and instltu-
tional churches. with plans tor TABOR
court. The growth in real Spirltualit! oil
the church itself is not the least OF the
good effects of this material activity on
it's part The facts of this movement. It's
practical scope and bearing. its present
achievements, its plans for the imme-
date future. and its logical elimination III
a church universal round out This I'M
portant study of the present church
awakening.
MISS MYSTERY: \ Novel. BY Eta
Anthony Baker With frOntiSplece
by Wilson {. Dexter. Boston: Little,
Brown a. Co.
a girl young and lovely. and with no
clue to her identity, is found unconscious
i'm a sleeping room of home near New
York Mrs. Porter having no daughter
of her own nurses her unexpected guest
with motherly tenderness. and the Porter
boys, Winfield. engaged to MarEery next
door. and Chester. who is too old 10
spank and too young to kiss, adopt her
with a frank affection which Margery
misunderstands. The course of true love
becomes Economically rough for just long
enough to give zest to reconciliation
and the girl from nowhere. who has been
injured by a blow on the head which
has deprived her Of memory, takes her
place as the daughter of the house. There
is succession of pleasant home hap
penings in which the mysterious girl.
with no knowledge of her own identity,
refuses to consider two proposals of mar
rage and a glimpse into the life of an
underworld woman who poses as the
widow of a millionaire lost at sea- The
solving of the mystery has its happy
climax in-but even to hint at the sur
prisIng turn which fate gives to the plot
would be to rob the story of very real
thrill
STRANGE STORIES FROM THE
from the Chinese by George Soulie
OF the French consular service in
China. Boston: Houghton Mifiiin
Company.
Scholars. the world over read pretty
much the same things. the few classic
and exclusive things. none of which is
of SURPRISING general interest or impor
lance But what the common people of
country. Young and old alike. read over
and over makes a high point of ilumi-
nation for that people. that country. And
here is a little collection of stories in
illustration of the popular literature Of
China as stories of money kings and
queens entertain the average American.
as tales of born lords and ladies appeal
to the common run of English These
are in the main. love stores and ghost
stories the one representing the pose of
the Chinese m nd before the greatest OF
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At Scotland Yard.

From Tit Bits.
Tire Caller-Oh. Inspector. about that
diamond pin | reported ] had stolen last
week-1've just called In 10 let you know
that I've found IL
The lnspector-Found IL. An we've just
got an absolutely priceless clue.
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TTORNEY GEN
T. X \ l. OF the
United States, II
is "A sounding title.
And well il should
be. for the depart
nent over which
he presides is one
of the most i'm
ort ant in the
government. When
the nation was
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The SEVENTEEN Psalm.

Pertinent to current discussions of the
life of young women In big cities is this
message from one letter:
Last night after fighting the fight that
every young woman with any appearance
fights, l found myself in Chicago At This
hotel. l had papers, n,a2az zines books
and other reading matter but for a Joke
yes. joke-I picked up the Bible II
fell open at the SEVENTEEN Psalm Can
you imagine the impression IL made upon
me? ] read ii again and again Need
less to say II helped me. and feel bet
ter, happier and not so much alone
All sorts of persons have written their
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waiting last February for President Will
son to announce the personnel OF MS
cabinet, business and financial interests
Were more interested in the question
who is to be Attorney General?'' than
in any other. not excepting Secretary of
the Treasury.
What "a vast difference there is be-
tween the importance of the position to-
day and what il WAS in the earlier days
Of tn. republic. When. in lIS3. Edmund
Randolph Of Virginia was called TO be
.NitnrIIcy General in the cabinet of Pres-
deut Washington. he came merely as
legal adviser 10 the executive depart
merits Of the government
His salary was Sl..00 year. out OF
which he had to pay his own secretary.
Tnou- h cab net member he had no
drpar lnItnt over which to preside, and
liz was rot even required to live In
u aShing.on.
Ti:- condition, in fact. with modifica-
tions. continued until 1870. when the. De-
partmeut Of Justice was created. To that
time attorneys general We're merely CON
sulting lawyers. They pointed the path
10 be tIod by the President and cabinet
officers lat they administered nothing
themselves. They had no power or au-
;hority over district attorneys. federal
court clerks marshals: they prostcut-
ID nc cases Commissions TO district
attorneys. clerns and marshals We're Is
sued uy the Department OF State and
their accounts, We're supervised py the
l'epartiuent "i the Interior.
noe 1870 however. the power Of the
Aitorrey General has Increased tremsn-
do,,sig Ills utvisor.al Gutits. while more
oncrcu> than ever. are merely an incident
ia MS wors- iic IS the chief pro ecutin3
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belle the real man. Even They cannot
convey an air of indoicuce
.ceinS him one gains II impression
that did We have the old English di-
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in his profession. He is student. but
a quick working one: a man who wants
action and movement. pipe in his
mouth and PARKWAY look in his eye
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raising the tone of their calling. for the
moral movement among commercial traN-
c!ers is one of the portcnts on the day
horizon.
While they hold religious meetings IN
hotel Hobbies and speak in chui chcs. and
have large service laid out for them IN
promoting Temperance and clean speech
among ellow-drummers, yet the one dls-
tinctiye and extraordinary mission OF the
Gideons is their Bible work.. They have
taken as their task. and IL is no small or
der. the placing of copy of the Bible III
every guest room in every hotel IN the
country.
sstay-at-home folks do not realize that
there are probably million persons In
this country who every night sleep away
from home in hotels. or else have no
other homes. At the best. hotel is a
lonely place. Only the men who traVei
know the dreariness OF the evenings
Spcn. in hotels. The marvel is not that
50 many men away from home succumb
Ia temptation but that so many remain
straight. Not all hotels, by any means,
are the great caravansarfes OF the
cities. Life in the hotels of small towns
and villages which hundreds of thou
sands of commercial travellers must
regularly make. must be experienced
to be appreciated.
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5000 New Books Monthly.

Into hotels of all grades the Gideons
have thus far put more than l6o,OOO
bibles. and are increasing that total at
the rate of 5000 a month. These books
are legibly printed and may be read
comfortably. They are the American
Standard Version. All are stamped
with the Gideon name. and have tract
concerning Bible reading pasted on the
inside cover
The scheme is sound pSychologically
The Bibles arc before the mems eyes in
their hours of seclusion, when they are
alone and often homesick and otherwise
in receptive mood. Innumerable
romantic stories have come to the head
quarters concerning men and women
caught on the brink of some wrong ac-
ton. Here is one of the stories told
at the Gideon office:
"A man Gent into hotel in San
Francisco and took room with the in
tention of committing suicide by
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-07-18
TWO GRAVE PROBL EMS
DEMOCRATS MUST FACE TARIFF
AND CURRENCY.
Fhsss Colossal Questions Press for
tsssncdiate Attention and Are
Enough for the Party to
Tackle ut Preosst

The Democracy already has ~
sork cut out for 1t. Two great prob
ems face as which cannot be ignored
One n the direct heritage of the Re-
publican regime of privilege and piu-
'ocracy. That is the tariff situation
The other is becoming daily more
lcute through the very growth OF our
trade and resources. That is the cur
nency question.
Speaking frankly, it is the misfor-
tune OF the party about to assume
he reins that these colossal ques-
tons both press upon us at the same
time. Great political campaigns have
been one-issue campaigns. The law
u political accomplishment ia the law
Of concentration. But circumstances
are memorable. The Republicans
lodged the question of tariff reform
after the plain popular mandate Of
1908; we have 1t left over, and must
lace two problems at once.
Therefore, let as not deliberately
take up a third issue of the first mag
nitude .
The great citadel of the forces of
privilege is the tariff. The tariff bar
ons-steel, lumber, rubber, wool-ere
the men who control the railway sit
uation and the banking situation to
day. Tariff revision is the first essen
tial of really Democratic government
In q country weary OF government
by and for privilege.
Currency reform means the restoY-
alton of q normal equilibrium to q
money situation dominated by q little
knot of bankers who have grown
great, not on straight banking, but on
the manipulation of industrial combtn-
stions protected by tariff monopolies.
They now have power to bring on an
Artificial panic IL 20 disposed. -
These two tasks are enough, In MI
conscience. Shall We take up con
currently the examination of the re-
sources behind more than t1S 900, 90,
900 of railway securities, with q Wow
TO the regulation of income apOn
them? - -.
:; The Adamson bill passed without .
DISSENTING voice This means that
10 act the part OF an intelligent and
patriotic minority in a Democracy
the restraint of the majority from III
considered acts by just criticism and
by adverse votes. The Republicans
in congress care not what happens
to the country II only they can in
volve things in the comprehensive
snarl that will discredit the Demo
cyAts-
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Arrivals at Clifton Hotel Since July
1o.--G. A. Devel, Ell Paso; Otto c.
Ern, Ell Paso; H. w. Remicke, Los
Angeles; F. A. Webster, Metcalf:
Wiley H. Jones, Stafford; J. j. Tuck
er, Clifton; Mr.. Heffner, Phoenix; E.
Clark, Los Angeles; E. G. Spalder,
Tucson; A. D. Jillson, Denver; T. E.
Chapman, City; J.. C. Gatti, City; ].
r. Crandall, Nogales; Leslie Smith,
Nogales; Leslie Smith, Nogales, v. S.
Hills, FL Paso; John Clavy, Ell Paso;
w. H. Tuttle, Ell Paso; Anna Mar
dello, Morenci; D. Tanner, Morenci;
S. J. Moore. Silver City; C. F. Wilk-
man, Milwaukee; Mr.. and Mrs. D. A.
Langley, Metcalf; VIM. Gmahling,
Cananea; T. H. Sutton, Los Angeles;
j., T. Avery, Los Angeles; ]. l..
Fletcher, Phoenix; H. A Owsley, ST
Louis; s. T. Millar, Ell Paso; Mrs.
May Griffin, Pecos; P. E. Ketcherand,
Kansas City; M Boone, Ell Paso; w.
H. Parker and Moore Parker, Dun
can; A. D. Jillson and wife, Denver;
D. M. Weight, Ell Paso; Y. H. Ben
nington, Los Angeles; E., L. Jones,
San Jose; J. D. Hughes, Ell Paso; A.
Wilson and wife, Ranch; A. T. Will
son, Jr,, Ranch; A. ]. Crewdson,
Ranch; w. E. Wilson, Ranch; B. F.
Thum, Stafford; A. r. Lynch, Stafford;
D. H. Wood, St. Louis; Charley Moss,
Ell Paso; w. A. Cortney, Phoenix;
Earl c. Crane, Ell Paso; w. E. Davier,
Tucson; B. Welch, Ell Paso; VIM.
O'Neil, Douglas; M. Parker and wife,
Jackson, Tenn; w. B. futile, Ell
Paso; L. NJ. Greenstein, Columbus,
Ohio; J. o. Bonnell, Ell Paso; L.
Mooney, Ell Paso; John C. Chisolm,
Metcalf; Tom Michod, Morenci c.
E. Braswell, Clifton; Frank Davis,
Morenci; o. ]. Allen, Ell Paso; j.
Dixon, Kansas City: NJ. C. Cheney,
Ell Paso; J. D. Brady, Ell Paso; C.
D. Eyer, Burlingame; E. H Parker,
Ell Paso; ]. Armijo, Las Cruces; VIM.
Kelly, Bisbee; Ernest Kelly, Tucson;
H. M. Parsons, Ell Paso; H. T. Roppy,
Tucson; Young Hall, Des Moines,
Iowa; H. L. Hall, Morenci; Thomas
Mooney, Ell Paso; G. Altenburg,
Santa Fee; R. P. Vivian, Dallas; Geo.
E. Fisher, st. Louis; C. o. Rucker,
ST. Joseph; Carl Rosson, Sparks,
L. Rucker, Bardwell, Ky; P.
w. Linn, Stackville, Miss; A. L.
Reagan, Ell Paso; G. E. McClendon,
J. H. Walsen, Butte, Mon
tana.