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Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-12
Mayor Balks at
Woman Constable
Taunton Official Declares Appoint
mont Of PoIlcewoman Would
Be illegal.

TAUNTON. oct. 11.-Mayor y. j.
w Fish has put his foot down on the
plans to have a woman elected con-
stable in Taunton. There will be no
policewoman here" says the Mayor.
And when asked why, he says the
City Solicitor says such action would
be unconstitutional. A number of
municipal Councilmen are anxious to
elect Annie V. Rowland constable,
and Insist that the action would be
legal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
~~~O>~>%

We are now getting some results
from the administrations common
sense policy in Mex
Common Sense leo. A few weeks
Diplomacy. ago President Will
son and Secretary
Bryan took action which made it clear
they regard a real constitutional ell
ection as one of Mexico's chief needs.
AS long as administration changes
must be brought about down there
by revolution so long will there be re-
volts. Our administration is trying
in a friendly way to settle Mexico's
trouble by pointing out the cause. The
great powers of Europe have made
known their support Of this plan and
so has Japan. 1t is a logical plan of
action because it looks not merely to
settling the present revolution but to
relieving the necessity for future
revolutions. Within a few months
even the partisan or lingo papers that
now speak of our governments ,atti-
tude as spineless diplomacy will be
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
bear, but 1 was pussonally 'quainted
wild de old boss, so I jes naturally
took dat bear."-Montreal Herald.
IN MIRTHFUL VEIN
A NEW VERSION.

Key Pittman, new senator from Ne
wade, did much of his primary cam
paigning in an automobile. Far out
in the wilderness one day the machine
broke down. Pittman and his fellow
spellbinders wrestled with 1t without
avail. They needed more tools than
the box contained.
A hundred yards from the roadway
stood little shack. Pittman hailed
it. A broad dshouldered Swede en-
erged
Hey called Pittman, "have you
got a monkey wrench?"
"Huh?" said the Swede.
81 said have you got a monkey
wrench?"
mo; this no bane monkey ranch;
this ban sheep ranch" and he slam
med the Washington Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
BRAND NEW EXCUSE.

Casey annonced to his wife, Ellen,
that he was going to the ball game.
All day he was gone Night came.
but no Casey to take his place at the
head of the table. Midnight and no
Casey o'clock-2 o'clock-3 o'clock
mo Casey
AS the 6 o'clock whistles began to
blow Casey stumbled up the front
stairs into the house and awakened
his wife by his efforts to negotiate the
stairs.
She hoped out of bed and met her
better half in the hallway.
WELL" said Mrs. Casey. determin-
alton written on her Amazon face.
"Sal-rite Him. said Casey weak
ly 'The game was called on account
of aylight."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
BY THE SCISSORS
TOWNSEND AS A LOBBYIST.
(Washington Times !

w dSllinS ION Times.
Senator Townsend may feel griey-
ed that president should 'coerce'
congress; but he didn't always In
the spring of 1908 the Cannon organ
ization in the house tried to emascu-
late the interstate commerce law by
refusing an appropriation to enforce
section 20. That section was dear to
Roosevelt He learned of the plot.
and casting about for some reliable
friends to help him, started fight
against the organization. He sent for
Congressman Townsend of Michigan
and placed him in charge of the ad-
ministration's interests on the floor.
The fight lasted week. Mr.. Town
send was the ally of the dictator
Roosevelt in one of the boldest and
most determined efforts of that en-
tire administrator to force congress to
do something it didn't want to do.
The interference with legislative inde-
pendence was flagrant, notorious and
persistently denounced. 1t has just
one justification. The president was
right, congress was wrong.
Roosevelt, ably aided by Townsend
as his first lieutenant, and floor man
ager, won the struggle of nearly a
week. The winning of that fight, the
glory which reflected on him as the
chief aid of Roosevelt in "coercing'
congress, made Mr.. Townsend a sena-
tor. 1t made the people believe, out
in Michigan, that he was progress
sive, and they sent him to the senate.
Silence then, it is to be confessed,
Mr.. Townsend has not seemed much
to realize the need of the progressing
after as well as before election.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
THE LESSER EVIL.

A gentleman from the north was
enjoying the excitement Of a bear
hunt down in Mississippi. The bear
was surrounded in small cane thick
ct The dogs could not get the bear
out and the planter who was at the
head of the hunt called to one of the
negroes:
Sam, go in there and get the bear
out"
The negro hesitated for a moment
and then plunged into the cane. A
few moments later the negro, the
bear and the dogs were rolling upon
the ground outside. After the hunt
was over the visitor said to the ne
gro:
Were you not afraid to go into
that thicket with that bear?"
"Cap'n." replied the negro. "it was
jes dis way, nebber had met dat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
YOU'VE BEEN THERE.

Scene-Any ball yard in the big
leagues.
Umpire doffs cap and faces stand.
Ladders and gentlemen. The
bat-reeze are??X???X? Who wants
program. Ice cole drinks. Pea
nuts for Cincinnati and ???X??X?
Can't tell a player without pro-
gram. Seegars, Chewing gum and
candy. Ham and cheese Who'll
have fresh popcorn for Brooklyn
Cincinnati Enquirer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
HIS REQUEST.

One OF the briefest and aueerest
wills on record is that of an old west
ern farmer who. though reputed to
be rich. died penniless. His win ran:
In the name of God, amen. There's
only one thing I leave; / leave the
earth. My relations have always
wanted that. They can have it,
Boston Transcript.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
IN SNIPETOWN

How do you like tn new mayor;
Uncle SIP"
"Purt' we'll He amt quite livin-
up to expectations, though"
What seems to be the trouble?"
why, dern him, he's been in office
a hull month an amt made no holler
yit bout tn scand'lous clothes our
wimmen folks is wearin.'"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
seventy-five men only seven were

Of seventy-five men only seven were
lest.
1t is improbable that nearly all of
the passengers were women and chill
dren. 1t is certain in any case that
many more men than women were on
beard and that most of them got away
It is equally certain that ship which
could sink in three minutes after col
lision was unfit for the service it was
engaged in.
Cowardice among the crew, if not
among the men passengers, is sug-
gested as strikingly as with the foun-
dering of La Bourgogne in the At
lantic fifteen years ago. The use of
old and easily sinkable ships which so
scandalized the Alaskan passenger
service in the days following the gold
discoveries has evidently not been
abandoned.
1t has always been a general sup
position that married men are less
liable than single men
Matrimony to become criminals.
And Crime. The theory has. been
that the love of wife
and family will keep man straight
whereas if footloose the same man
might go astray.
1t is a theory that is somewhat
shaken when one considers such cas-
es as those of Diggs Caminetti and
Thaw. They are all married men and
the California case in particular en-
phasizes the fact that wedding vows
alone will not suffice to curb a weak
or INSCRIPTIONS disposition.
Yet the records show clearly that
the single man is the chief lawbreak-
er, regardless of those just now in the
limelight. A single man feels little
responsibility and will take hazards
a married man would shun. The
married man who does become caught
in the meshes of the law, whether he
be a burglar or land fraudist, has
a double regret because Of those de-
pendent upon him. AS a rule he will
not. lay himself open to such punish
ment though he might run risks
were the risk entirely for himself.
Matrimony is good insurance
against crime, particularly so when
Cupid writes the policy.
Ses~
With parties preparing to come
clear from New York purely to see
the big show and with local people
sleeping in front of the box office to
secure early seats there are signs that
the popularity of the Roundup is as
good as ever If not more so.
~~~~s>~>~
Major Mclaughlin and DR.. Dixon
should have timed their visit to PEN
dleton about week later and they
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
DIPERTINENT THINGS.

The phonograph talks back
The pitcher has lots of lip.
The dictionary gives us impudence.
The wagon sticks its tongue out.
We get sauce from the fruit jar
Boston Transcript.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25

could have seen the local redmen in
their finery at the Roundup.
N~>~o%S
There will be many here for the
Roundup but the crowd will not be
so large local people can afford to do
any grating.
The grand jury recommends that
the county Jail be enlarged. Has the
jury something big in mind?
$e>Ne%S@
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25

In its comment on the wreck of the
State of California the New York
World treats the
Women and matter in th.s start
Children Last? ling fashion:
The wreck of the
steamship State of California on the
Alaskan coast calls for a searching
public inquiry. 1t is reported to have
sunk within three minutes after strik-
ing hidden rock. OF the thirty or
more passengers lost in a list Of sew
enty-six, nearly all appear to have
been women and children OF a crew
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
IIFEI4IKE.

The irate customer entered the
taxidermist's in a high dudgeon.
See here, SIR" he said addressing
the proprietor, what kind of a job
do you call this? Only last summer
you stuffed this partridge for me and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
THE INNOCENT PUNISHED.

How did that case in which you
served as juror turn out?"
The defendant was acquitted: but
the jury was imprisoned for seven
hours. Washington Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
forced to applaud the results attained.

In taking action towards having
removed from under the government 8
wing such allottees
A Many as do not live on
Sided Problem. res e rv ations and
have no need of the
governments guardianship Secretary
Lane is pursuing a sensible course. 1t
is only remarkable such work was not
done before.
1t is in no sense the government
duty to use its machinery in behalf
of people who are really white not
red and have no just claim to favors
from Uncle Sam There is the case
of Mrs Poindexter wife of the senator
from Washington, who is a local al
lottee. 1t is proper Mrs. Poindexter
should be given patent to her land
ard required to pay taxes upon the
same. Others who are in the same
category should be treated in similar
manner 1t is astonishing action al
eng this line has been so long de-
ferred.
But while the department will be
justified in quickly dropping such
people as these from the rolls it is
just as essential that it move slowly
when it comes to giving patents to
real Indians. A vast number of In
dians are but children yet and it would
be wrong to turn them loose too
quickly. They would sell their land,
squander their money and in time be-
come candidates for the poor farm.
1t is the governments duty to guard
such people until they can be left
alone with safety. 1t is also the gov
ernment's duty to protect Indian wa
ter rights in sections where irrigation
is needed. 1t would be farcical to pro-
tect the land and then allow the wa
ter, which is of more value than the
land, to be taken from the Indians
The government is right in seeking
to withdraw by degrees from the care
of the Indian, but in withdrawing
there is great need of discretion. The
Indian problem is a complicated prob
lem
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25

how all its feathers are falling OUT"
"And you complaint" asked the
taxidermist. why, the bird is mount
ed so naturally that even its feathers
moult in the proper season."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
EXPERIENCED.

Are you accustomed to the care OF
children?"
II should hope So" replied the ap-
plicant for the position. "I've had six
different places this last week"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25

TRUE CHARITY

, / gave a beggar from my little
store
, OF well-earned gold. He spent
the shining ore
And came again, and yet
again, still cold
} And hungry, as before.
, ! gave a thought, and through
that thought of mine
} He found himself a man, su-
, preme. divine!
Fed, clothed, and crowned
with blessings manifold,
} And now he begs no more.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25
PROLONGED FAREWELL.

Where's daughter" asked father.
She'll be at the beach a couple OF
days longer" explained mother, "giv-
ing a young man bood-by kiss"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25

Major Mclaughlin and DR.. Dixon
should have timed their visit to Pen
dleton about a week later and they
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-25

ARE displaying for your inspection the grandest line Of Mems
Clothing and Furnishings for Fall the particular dressers
Of Pendeton had the pleasure Of viewing They reflect all
be wanted in STYLE value, finish and dnnchveness
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-22
ONE ON THE DOCTOR

A certain doctor, who u.s. on his
own frank admission, "the ugliest
man in four counties" has a keen
sense of humor, which enables him to
enjoy many real and unconscious re-
Elections upon his facial deficiencies.
Once, after he had arrived too late
to succor a poor woman who had
been killed in factory, the local
newspaper published an ambiguous
account of the case, which the doctor,
with grim appreciation, preserved.
Having first described how the wo-
man had come by her injuries, the
paragraph went on to say:
Strong hopes were entertained of
saving her life until DR.. p ar
rived; but these hopes unfortunately
proved iIl-founded, for the moment
the doctor showed his face within
the door the poor woman fell back
with gasp and expired"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-22
WANTED SOME HINTS

A gentleman from town, who was
staying in a country village, volun-
teered to give a lecture on Burns"
to the members of the local Mutual
Improvement Society.
Before a good audience he was
warming up to his subject and was
giving "The Cottar's Saturday
Night" in splendid style, when an in
terruption came from working man
standing at the back of the hall.
What is it, my MANI" asked the
lecturer, breaking OF.
81 was wonderin' when you was
goin' to give few hints"
"Hints?" queried the puzzled lee
turer.
Eyes, hints" growled the man at
the back. 81 paid so cents to come
in, cause you was supposed to know
all about burns, and there you stand
saying poetry like parrot, while my
missus, who's upset a saucepan of
bilin' water over her foot, is waitin'
to hear whether she'd better souse it
with oil or shake the flour dredger
over it"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-22
, ABSENT-MINDED

e
Mother-What do you think you
will make /out of my daughters
talent?
Professor (absent mindedly)-
About two dollars a lesson, if the
piano holds out.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22
Republicans to Caucus.

Washington, Aug. 18.-A call
was issued today to Republic
senators and representatives to
caucus in the House chamber
Tuesday night, Aug. 28, to elect
a National Republican Congress.
sional Committee.
The new committee soon after
ward will meet and choose its
chairman and other officers.
Representative Burke of South
Dakota, acting chairman of the
congressional committee, has
served notice that he will not
accept the Craftsmanship. Rep.
resentative Madden Of Illinois
and other veterans in Congress
have been mentioned as posi-
bilities for the executive head.
The caucus also will consider CO.
operation with the Republican
National Committee in campaign
work.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22


work as we'll as Que. The same
may be said Of the human live
wire as of the material live wire.
He is a man whose life has been
planned, who makes each day in
his life count. Like the other
live wire the human live wire
must be connected at both ends
at one with a source of power,
and that is the power of God. A
dead weight or a live wire? 1t
is not what we have been, but
what we are going to be. The
choice is yet to be made. Is it
to continue driftingP Shall it be
that or shall it be the life of the
man who is the live wire? There
was never such a day when there
was such a demand for human
live wires. John D. Rock efeller
Jr. in Leslie's.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22

Without revealing the history
of his past life, Fred Oswin, aged
GA years, died Thursday in River
side hospital in Paducah. For
fifteen years he had been EN-.
ployed at the Hotel Craig, and
was a quiet, unostentatious citi-
zen. He was member of a
prominent and wealthy family
in London, England, but he
never chose to visit his relatives,
nor did they visit him. He cor.
responded with them regularly,
but never disclosed any detail Of
his life before coming to Paducah.
According TO letters in his pos
session he would have been the
sole heir to a large fortune at the
death Of his brother, Alfred o.
win, aged Il years, who resides
in London. The deceased served
in the Spanish American war.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22
paid a fine of $40 and costs.

If these two wretches are con-
victed, as they should be, the
yer dict will be a solemn warning
to others and will be a severe
blow to those who think they
were born into this world to be
vicious and to make Others
vicious.
To show how lightly such Incl.
dents are treated instate courts,
we recall that q similar case was
on trial here. A young girl was
brought into court, and when she
told the story of the wrongs that
had been done her, and she had
been up to the time of this Of
Tense ali innocent girl, lawyers,
jurors and spectators sneered and
jeered. 1t was the most shame.
less spectacle ever witnessed in
q court of law.
About the only forceful police
power ia the United States is the
United States government.
State government is for the
most part thing of consent, pull,
graft or political hatred.
Commercial Appeal.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22


New York State, counted the
greatest in the galaxy of stars
that make up the American con-
stellation, has troubles as well
as graft of it's own. Last week
Governor Sulzer was impeached
but refused to surrender the
great seal of the commonwealth
Martin Il. Glynn, Lieutenant
Governor, tried to assume the
duties Of the office of Governor
and at the very last of the week
refused the Suffers proposition
to submit to the arbitrament Of
the courts, saying, II will not
barter away any of the functions
attaching to the Office in which |
am placed by your impeach-
ment.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22

One of the most beautiful
young women 10 Russia commit
ted suicide recently rather than
follow her husband to Siberia,
where he had gone for the sole
purpose of commanding her to
follow and, in keeping with
Russian custom, she had to obey
the command of her leige lord.
Madame Scheschin, the lady re.
ferred to, had married a million
aire, who was in love with her,
and who got onto the fact that
she was going to divorce him
and use the large fortune secur-
nd from him 10 the prosecution
of her hobby, aeronautics-and
another man who had become a
close friend.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22
Arthur Ament.
Brother-in. Law Of Post.
master Barnett Dies in
N a 8 nv lie Following
Surgical Operation.

On Sunday, August 10th, Mr..
Arthur Ament, at his home In
Perry county. near Britt's Land
ing on the Tennessee River, was
ruptnred by climbing o fruit
tree, but with no seeming seri-
BUSINESS, but on Tuesday follow.
ing he began to suffer and con-
tinued to grow worse until Thurs
day of last week. when he WIS
carried to Nashville, via Lexing.
ton, for operation in the St.
Thomas Hospital. Mr.. Ament
died some three or four hours af-
ter the operation and his remains
were carried back to Perry coun;
ty for burial Mr.. Ament, his
wife and DR.. Yeiser were accom-.
panied to Nashville by Mrs. s..
NJ. Barnett, who remained with
her sister. in-law, going to Perry
county Friday. The funeral oc.
Cured at Butts Landing on last
Saturday and Postmaster S. NJ.
Barnett was present, having
gone to Perry in advance of the
remains. Arthur Ament, a
young man, was married about
three years ago to Eva, sister of
Postmaster s. NJ. Barnett, Of
Lexington, and daughter of Mrs.
8. E. Barnett, who was widowed
years ago. Deceased was a
member Of the Baptist church
and enjoyed an excellent reputa.
ton in the county and commun.
ity in which he lived.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22

It has been said that the fools
are never all dead at the same
time, but they continue to drop
off, one by one, with the posi-.
bility Of two spring up to fill the
place Of each one departing by
various routes. In Berlin, Ger
many, Adolph Amberg, one Of
the chief modelers Of the royal
porcelain factory, killed himself
because he was so much better of
than the majority Of his col
leagues and because so many
others failed while he made more
money than he knew how to
use. He took his own life to
give others a chance. )"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22

as the outgrowth of his arrest
Friday on a charge Of attempting
to entice q small girl to a vacant
building.
/ The aged minister stoutly de.
MED the charges and q question
of his sanity was raised by rela.
tives. Judge Bacon, who was
presiding, referred the case to
Justice Griffin and DR.. o. r.
Drake, the police surgeon, with
instructions, if they decided he
was insane, that he should go to
the Shelby Poor and Insane Asy-
lum; otherwise the fine should
stick.
Justice Griffin and DR.. Drake,
after series of questioning, de-
cided that the man was sane.
He will therefore have to 60 to
workhouse instead of the asy-
lum, unless the relatives pay the
fines imposed.
The original charge preferred
against the aged minister was
changed at the suggestion Of the
court because the mother Of the
girl would not prosecute the
minister.
An effort will no doubt be
made to pay the fines aud release
the old man, a. many think, on
account Of his age, he must be
mentally wrong to attempt such
a crime. Commercial Appeal.
Aug. II.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-22
Harry K. Thaw, who kille

Harry K. Thaw, who killed
Stanford White, in Madison
Square, New York, roof garden,
seven years ago, escaped from
the asylum for the criminally in.
sane where he has been confined
since his conviction, but the af-
ternoon papers Of last Tuesday
reported his detention 10 Cana.
da. We had hoped for Thaw's
permanent escape, as we regret
ted his conviction for killing
White-a conviction " b &c h
would have been hard to accom-
plished in the South, as White
was a moral leper of the worst
type.