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New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
Speakership Candidates Must lell
Where They Stand on Reform
Issues.

It is TO be hoped that the candidates for the
Speakership of the next Assembly will reply Specih
cally and i'm detail to the list of questions sent 10
them by the conference of independent Assembly
men-elect These questions cover some OF the most
important matters likely to come before the Legs
latures lower housc-the form of desirable direct
urinary bill: methods of assuring to munclpaH'leS
real home rule and the kind of charter their resi-
dents desire; retrenchment in state expenditures
and revision of the Assembly rules to do away WIN
the arbitrary power of the Rules Committee anu
some of the secrecy of legislative procedure Whlch
fosters skulduggery.
The attitude of any candidate on these issues Is
bound TO indicate his political views in general and
show whether he is the kind of man TO elect at
tbjs time His answers will tell whether he Is pro-
c,ressive or a andpatter whether he is in touch
with public sentiment on these big questions or
whether his sympathes are with the political
machines His fellows on whom he will call Tor
support in his candidacy are entitled to the fullest
and clearest expression of his views. so they may
Judge of his information and political disposition
The public is even more entitled to such an eI-
preston Of views for the public is not desrous OF
getting any piG-n-a-bag Speaker
The voters do not want Speaker for 1914 he
slowed on them with the benedictiOn of the Repub-
lican machine as was Speaker Merritt. They do
not want a Speaker presented to them by benevo
lent despotism in the name of reform. as was
Speaker Wadsworth. They want TO have the next
Speaker elected after a thorough canvass Of the
members and comparison Of candidates subjected
to the most thorough scrutiny. They want to know
the political record the ideas the ideals Of each man
in the race They do not want any man elected
who is tied mentally or by political alliance to the
past generatOn-tO the backward bOssism that has
cost the Republican party thousands Of its best
members and the first place on the ballot
They want a Speaker who is alive and moving
who has had experience enough so that he won't
be victimized by machine manipuators, and has
sense enough so he will keep his head clear and his
feet on the ground in dealing with the states prob
lens, but imagination and courage enough to try
new methods of solving those problems if he be
evcs them right Such a man is not impossible
TO find.
1t is an excellent thing that there is to be a
sharp contest for this great Office and rharp scru-
tiny of all candidates. It is better that already
there is assembled body of legislators tobe
pledged to vote against any hidebOund machine
candidate and any man not of the present genera
ton politically and alive for growth. The Repub-
lcan party owes it TO itself and to the state to put
its very best man in the Speakers chair It's rep
resentativeS should do anything and cooperate with
any agency to bring that about
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
CONCERNING THE MORAL ALIBPi
SuHragist Explains Nature of Her
Charge Against the "Antis."

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | am very glad to answer Mrs.
Lawrence's question which appeared in
your issue Of November Is, and | shall be
most explicit.
When | so frequently declare that the
woman suffragist does not wish to prove
a moral alibi" it is criticism of the
anti" who, forgetful of the woman nurse
and woman teacher, constantly reiterates
"Woman's place is in the home" | am
using a figure of speech in order to say
deicately that the anti-suffragists are
shirkers. The two Latin words alter
(other) and ibi (place), by phonetic decay.
have become alibi In law. Ito prove an
allbi'' is TO prove ones self elsewhere, 10
confute implication. A moral alibi. as a
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
Commission Government in New York.

Beacon. New York States first commission gov
ernment city has just taken account Of stock after
about five months of existence under the com
mission charter On the record the little munci-
paity has made advocates of this method of hand
ling city affairs will not have to 90 outside this
state any longer for their arguments in favor of it,
The results have been striking and the citizens
are highly pleased.
This city which is a combination Of the villages
of 'Matteawan and Fishkill Landing in Dutchess
County, with about fourteen thousand inhabitants
began operating under its charter on July l.
Since then its commissioners have audited the mu-
nicipal books and installed modern methods of
accounting. In the process they discovered deficit
in one department and compelled restitution and
found that water users cheating the city so
that department reOrganized and became self
sustaining. Competition in the public printing has
been invited with saving in the bills, and much
municipal work heretofore let to contractors has
been handled through the city's departments at a
pattisan school board An advisory committee of
citizens serving without pay. has been selected to
collect information about municipal affairs and give
suggestions TO the commissioners Unsanitary build
ings have been torn down repaired. The city
is preparing to acquire river front for a municipal
dock and a site for civic centre. including
mark and town hall 1t is endeavoring TO reduce
the corporations supplying the community, with the
threat Of a municipal plant in the background.
Much of this record of course must be attributed
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

was worth every Of IT to New York.-Phadelphia
Inquirer.
New York. 1t cannot have even a sale OF opera
tickets without a scandal.-Boston Herald.
New Workers threaten to boycott eggs. But may be
they won't like their drinks sraght-Rochester Union
and Advertiser.
New York gunmen have taken to shooting political
leaders Gunmen, those who hire tnem firm be-
levers in the saying that dead men tell no tales
Pittsburgh Post
Some alleged friends of Mayor Kline of New York
starting a movement to persuade Mayor-elect
Mitchell appoint him Police Commissioner. The word
''alleged is. used adVisedlS SCeveland Plain Dealer
The Appellate Division Of the Supreme Court of New
York asks what is meal? It's what you get three
times a day nowhere else but in Observation-Disclosures
Times Dispatch
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

as 4 result of very recent administrative
changes reported April 1879 the India of
1915 is divided into ten great and five
smaller provinces.
Presclence ard lexicography arc no.
handmaidens. The duty ot the leXicoe-
rapher is TO record things As he hnds
them AZ the time that he is doina his
work, and once he has done that he has
done his duty. And If he errs? Ever
since Adam error has been the common
lot Of humanity We have errors M criu-
csm as well as essays-errors Of judS-
ment. errors of calculation, errors OF the
head and errors of the heart. NO lcXicos-
rapher claims infalibilty.
FRANK II. VIZE1 ELY.
New York. Nov. % 1912
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An enterprising saloonkeeper in New Haven. with
the idea OF gaining the patronage Of the students OF
Eli Yale's university, the other day placed in his
window this sign;
Come in and drink some of my fine creamy Eli
ale"
The news Of that wondrous sign soon reached the
cars Of an equally ambitious publican in Cambridge,
where nourishes the we'll known university Of John
Harvard Two days later the following sign ap-
peared in the window of the Cambridge saloon:
u say, old top drink some Of my fine Harry ard
cider"
you will have to take more exercise" said the
physician.
'iThat shows how doctors may he wrong" said the
visitor. Exercise! Why. I'm one Of the leading
tango danccrs."-W ashngton Star.
HERE'S STARTING TT, ANYWAY.
OIary's Lamb a Twin.-HeadlineJ
Mary's ambkn had a twin,
The family records show
And everywhere the lamb has been
We bet the twin will go.
Your former husband must still love YOU"
"Why So?'
He tells me that he owes a great deal to You"
He's referring to the back alimony.a-Pittsburgh
Post
Can il be that London is being fed Mr. Weer's
brand Of "weal pies? Tabbies and Toms are dis
appearing from the metropolis at such an alarming
rate that the secretary of the Royal Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals has been moved to
write to The London Times about the grcvous
situation. He attributes the high death rate in
pussydom to the fashions in frs. and does not men
ton contributing cause the high cost of living.
Still, there is suspicion that all is not calf that
goes into veal pies. Says the humane society officer
II am afraid that it is fact that these cats are
stolen for their fur. The fur of black cat Of large
size is the most valuable. and black cats the
usually stolen. | would therefore warn all owners
of cats and especially black cats, to take great
not to lose sight Of their pets"
us he rich?'
Il should say he is. He's got three lawyers, four
bookkeepers and seven expert accountants figuring
out his income tax.'-Detrot Free Press.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28

to the energy and ability Of the men elected aS
commissioners Nevertheless they attribute the
results to their freedom from tin, old style charter
restrictions and concentration Of authority and re-
sponsibility in them. II is notably interesting
record this first commission city presents. ON such
n showing the Legislature is likely 10 be asked for
many more commission charters.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28

would be working with inst ad of against the eA-
pert and the expert should he allowed 10 operate
i'm this field as unhampered by irresponsible Ia!
efforts as he is in societys against tuoercuiosis
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28

This country will regard Mrs. Pankhurst's depart
ure with $4,000 tho more complacently because she
leaves not one broken window behind
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28

The village OF Vestal Centre. near Binghamton.
has thirty inhabitants. out Of total Of siXty-hree.
who are all seventy years Of eight Of them
being over eighty Gable Metchnkon az once
New-York tribune., 1913-11-28

What must Hucrta think Of ThanksG wing
Well are you dieting to-day?
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
A Fiery Speech.

William O'Brien in his "Recollec-
lions" gives this picture of Timothy
Healy's first appearance in parliament:
"a quarter of an hour after he took
his seat as member for Wexford he
started up to make his maiden speech
tiny of frame. sardonic Of visage, his
hands in his breeches pockets, as cool
ly insolent as a Partisan gamin, as en-
tirely detestable as a small Diogenes.
peering over the rims of his pincenez
as from his tub, through bilious eyes
over his contemplate audience-and
Mortified the house of commons with
the following eXordium: Mr.. Speaker,
If the noble marquis darlington
thinks he is going to bully us with his
high and mighty Cavendish ways, all
| can tell him is he will find himself
knocked into a cooked hat in a jiffy,
and we will have to put him to the
necessity Of wiping the blood of all
the CayendiShes from his noble nose a
good many times before he disposes
nf US "
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
JAP PORTER KILLS
BURGLAR THEN SUICIDES

Los Angeles, June 19.-Following
the killing of an unidentified white
burglar, Taro Awamura, 2S, Jap
anese porter at the Lowell hotel,
committed suicide today by shooting
himself through the head with re-
vover. The unidentified white man
and companion had robbed C. Il.
Roper, guest at the hotel, OF $63.
The Japanese, hearing Ropers
shouts, rushed out into the corridor
and fired at the fleeing pair. One
fell, shot through the body dying
almost instantly. The other escaped.
When the police arrived Awamura
denied the shooting and asked that
he be allowed to destroy certain let
ters and pictures before being taken
to the police station. This he was al
lowed to do When the officers
turned away the Japanese drew a re-
volver and killed himself Letters
found on the porter lead the police
to believe that he may have been
engaged in the white slave traffic
and killed himself to escape detec-
ton Among the letters were sew
era obscene pictures and reports on
immoral conditions in Los Angeles
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
THE PLAIN OF MARATHON.
Modern Aspect Of the Famous Old
Greek Battlefield.

Greece, though sparsely inhabited, is
In the main a very cheerful looking
country. The loneliness of much Of 1t
is not depressing, the baroness Of much
Of it is not sad | began to understand
this on the day when went to the
plain Of Marathon. which fortunately
lies away from railroads One must go
there by carriage or motor or on
horseback The road Is bad both for
beasts and machinery. but II passes
through country which is typical Of
Greece and through which 1t would be
foolish to go in haste.
Go quietly to Marathon, spend two
hours there. or more. and when you re-
turn In the evening to Athens you will
have tasted new joy You will have
lived for a little while in an exquisite
PASTORAL pastoral through which, II
Is true, no pipes Of Pan have fiuted to
you; heard little music In Greece
but which has been full Of that light
ness, brightness, simplicity and delica-
cy peculiar to Greece. The soil of
the land is light, and, believe, though
Hellenes have told me that In this
am wrong that the heart Of the peo-
pie is light Certainly the heart OF
one traveller was as he made his way
to Marathon along a white road thick
ly powdered with dust-Robert Hich-
ems in Century Magazine.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
++++++++++++++++-

Sacramento, June 19.-Jacob OPP
penheimer, the Human Tiger"
sentenced to hang at Folsom prison
tomorrow for an assault on a fellow
prisoner, was today given new
lease on life by Governor Hiram w.
Johnson, when the governor issued
three weeks reprieve for the con-
demned man The reprieve was
granted following advices received
at the capitol here from the clerk Of
the United States supreme court,
that 0ppenheimer's appeal for a re-
yersal Of Federal Judge Van Fleets
order denying a writ of erorr, was
still pending before Justice VanDe-
vanter Oppenheimer was sentenced
to be hanged on June 6, but a two
weeks reprieve was granted by the
governor. Had the same time been
specified in the latest reprieve the
execution would have taken place on
July 4. AS a result, three weeks
were granted.
Oppenheimer, under death watch
in his cell at Folsom, expected to
hang tomorrow. Last night he re-
uuested music and the prison phono-
graph was set outside his cell. Once
he asked for an encore to Somebody
Else Is Getting It." remarking 81
want Frank Esola to hear that"
Oppenheimer still exhibits a stole
ism considered remarkable by prison
guards. He has requested that no
clergymen witness the execution.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
"BRIDGIE" WEBER RECEIVERS
AND LEAVES HOSPITAL

New York, June 17.-"Bridgie"
Weber, the east side gangster who
was mysteriously stabbed early Sat
urday morning, was so far recovered
today that he was able to leave the
hospital.
Webber absolutely refused to say
anything about the stabbing except
that he was attacked by some un-
known kid" 1t was feared at
first that the knife used might have
been poisoned, but this proved
groundless.
Webber was one of the principal
witnesses against Former Police
Lieut. Becker, who is under SEN
tence of death for instigating the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler, here, and it is suspected
that he was stabbed in revenge for
his testimony against the condemned
officer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
Ways of the japanese.

The thick straw mats are the only
furniture needed in a Japanese house.
They are three by six feet in size and
take the place of tables, beds and
chairs. The house is never heated. In
winter the people put on thick, wadded
kimonoS, sit on their feet and hold
their hands over a little charcoal bra
zier For recreation they go out to the
family burying ground to worship the
spirits Of their ancestors or to a shrine
TO see the cherry blossoms. If earth
quakeS, which are as common there as
thunderstorms here, shake down the
little houses or they are swept away
by the fires that a proverb says sweep
Tokyo every seven Years the little
brown folks only smile and murmur
"Shikata "a mai There is no help for
it.-New York Sun
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
PROGRAM FOR CURRENCY
REFORM LEGISLATION

Washington, June 19.-President
Wilson completed today final ar
rangements for putting through his
program OF currency reform. He
hopes to personally read his message
to congress in the house on Monday
Party leaders say 1t will be impos-
sible to pass the currency bill at the
special session.
It was learned today that the pres
ident's message will declare that the
tariff and currency are twin neces-
stiles, and that financial reform will
insure to the country safety from
drastic cuts in the tariff duties, and
forestall a manufactured panic"
The compromise currency bill fin
ally agreed upon follows the region
al reserve" banking system in many
Of it's features, except that gov
ernment control is assured. 1t d.
vides the country into IS reserve
districts, each with government
board, and all under a central re-
serve board in Washington. The is
sue of $500, 900, 900 in emergency
currency, based upon federal, state
and local bonds, is authorized,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20

The return OF the party of rail-
road people from the coast Tuesday
was without incident other than a
slight accident that partially Grip
Piled two Of the machines. The car
driven by Mr.. Parsons was behind
the others in coming up the hill
near Patrick's creek. and the ma
chine driven by Marye Jordan re-
turned TO see that It met with no
difficulty in the climb. At sharp
Wrc In the road, the two machines
met. and the light headend collision
damaged the radiators Of both cars.
Mr.. Parsons machine continued on
home with It's passengers with no
other ditaculty than the continuous
alling OF a leaky radiator, and the
Jordan machine was brought into
Kerby 10 await the arrival OF new
radiator. A car In charge Of F. b.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
Six roses, any climber other than

Six roses, any climber other than
Marechal Niel-First and second,
Miss Minnie Tufts.
Individual rose in the show ex-
hibited in any color--First, Mrs II.
c. Kinney; second. Leonard Kendall.
Bouquet roses, four varieties and
four blooms each-First, Miss Min
nine TUFTS; second, Mrs. W. scoyille.
Single exhibit Of ten or more var
ieties. each variety to be displayed in
separate vase-First, Mrs H. c.
Bobzien; second, Mrs. J. II Croxton;
third, Mrs. S. d. Williams
In scoring the roses the judges
worked on the basis Of 100 as a per-
feet score, size counting for 2O' color
for 25, form 20, stem 3, substance
Is and foliage IS.
The Hofaker bronze medals were
awarded TO the entries made by Mrs.
II. C. Bobzien, Mrs. VanDyke, Mrs.
w. Scoville, T. P. Cramer, Miss Min
ME Tufts and Geo. Cramer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
HUERTA MAY LOSE
OUT IN MEXICO.

San Francisco, June 19.-Bring-
ing graphic stories of chaotic condi-
tions in Mexico, and telling OF MUIR
der and pillage by bandits in the
guise of rebels, "A men, women and
children, arrived here on the Brit
ish tramp steamer Collingham,
which is in port today from Guaymas
with 100000 in gold bars as cargo.
The refugees, most of whom are
Americans, and include railroad and
mining men of standing, were taken
aboard at Guaymas and Mazatlan
where they say many more are still
waiting for an opportunity to flee
from the terrible conditions in the
southern republic. No regular pas
senger steamer being available, the
refugees persuaded Captain Shirley
of the Collingham, which usually
carries coal and lumber, to take
them away. The ships officers gal
lantly gave up their quarters to the
women and children and cots were
arranged for the men tween decks.
Conditions in Mexico are going
from bad to worse, according to the
refugees, and there is no prospect of
resumption of normal business.
The rebels, who support the policies
of the slain Madero, are gaining the
upper hand in many states. The fed
erals still hold Guaymas, but the
rebels have taken Hermosillo and
Ortiz. For days while Guaymas was
in danger of being taken by the reb-
els, most of the railroad people fled
to trains which were held with steam
up ready to pull out the moment the
expected hostilities began. The reb-
els sent a wild train loaded with
dynamite toward the Guaymas yards,
but it was derailed and the dynamite
safely unloaded, preventing an ex-
plosion.
For six weeks before the arrival
of the Collingham," said Mrs W. F.
McGinnis wife of a Southern Pacific
employe, we lived on the beach be-
low Guaymas in a sort of tent city.
A large party of railroad people de-
cided it was safer there than in our
homes in the city while the town
was in danger of being attacked and
taken by the rebels"
G. Rohrer, owner of hotels at
Guaymas and Cananea, thinks the
days of the Huerta government are
numbered.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
BANKERS WARN
PROSPECTIVE HOMESEEkERS.

Portland, June 19.-Oregon bank
ers today are sending broadcast
warnings to prospective homeseek-
ers, homesteaders and immigrants
against spectators and wild cat
ters," and advising consultation
with committees composed of local
commercial club members and bank
ers before land purchases are made.
The movement is not aimed at the
legitimate real estate agents, ex-
planned Leslie Butler, a banker Of
Hood River, who has returned from
the state convention at Salem, but
against those who have taken pro-
ductive lands out of productivity and
are holding them for advance at
enormous figures
Designing promoters" he said,
have taken advantage of Oregon's
lead in encouraging city men to go
back to the farm and have bought
up fine tracts for sale at unnatural
profits"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
GIVES OPPENHEIMER 3
WEEKS MORE OF LIFE.
n H++++++++++++++++
, REPRIEVED MAN REJOICES Z
HE CAN SEE THE SHOW.

y Folsom Penitentiary. CAL,
June 1s.-Jacob Oppenheimer,
in his death CELL" here today, =
= was told by United Press re- +
y porter that he had been granted +
a three weeks reprieye.
Three weeks?" he said.
= 'Tt's a strange world, isn't it?"
y why, that will give me time 4
' to see the show, won't it?" he =
' asked, turning to Warden John
' ston, and referring to the July 4
= performance to be given by :
' the convicts. AS he spoke, the :
y strains OF music from a rehear- :
' sal fioated into his cell. (
= Can see the show, war :
' den?" he anxiously asked, ap- :
' parently more interested in 1t :
' than in his own fate. I
= He was assured that he :
y could. (
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
Necks and leus.

Naturalists assure us that, with a
few exceptions. there is marked
equality between the lengths Of the
necks and Of the legs Of both birds and
Quadrupeds Whether they be long or
whether they be short is determined.
II seems, chiefly 10y the manner In
which the animal feeds.
CrocodiIes. lizards aud fish have
practically no neckS. Fowls that feed
in the water also offer an example OF
this correspondence between the mem
bers, with the exception Of swans and
geese and some Indian birds. which
gather their food fum the bottom OF
pools aud must Tor that purpose have
long neckS while tine short legs make
u easier fn- them tu Swim Harppr's
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
They Didn't Like Razors

Said Daniel Webster: "-- the razor 1.
It has taught me to curse. 1t has cost
me more time and more trouble than
all my speeches"
Rufus Choate, the lawyer. called the
razor an instrument invented by Luci-
fer to ill up hell with barristers.
Edward Everett never used profane
language. but before shaving he would
invariably give vent to all sorts of
French barbarisms.