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Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21
ROOT IN BRILLIANT
 ADDRESS PROPOSES MANY LAW REFORMS
Tells Members Of American Bar Association That There Is
 Room For Improvement In Le-
 gal Practice In This Country

WASHINGTON, Oct 2O.-As one specific measure by which American legislation might be greatly improved Senator Elihu Root urged upon the American Bar Association at it's am nual meeting here tonight that both the national and state legislatures avail themselves of expert assistance in their lawmaking lie saw that lawyers might also greatly reform themselves by applying rules of eyi- dence with more regard to comm sense.
 He mentioned various complaints laid at the door of the law and the lawyer. Some were unfounded some had a basis of truth but were over drawn, and behind the surface of fault finding there was real attitude of respect and confidence, but 'I think we must concedo." he said. "thai there is room for improvement in the administration of the law m this country"
 'lt is worth while for all of us," he continued, from whatever states, to give serious consideration to these complaints about the administration of justice from whatever quarter they come. We are pretty sure to indicate tendencies to be guarded against else where. Wherever people are wrong in thel criticisms, that ought to be shown, and wherever they are right the conditions ought to be remedied. Answering his own question as tc what the Bar might do to improve the administration of justice in the United States. he said:
 "First. we can improve our law making We make too many laws 1 According to a count made in the ! Library of Congress our national and state legislatures passed 62,114 stat utes during the five years from 190' ! to 1915 inclusive. Ruring the sam' five years 63.379 decisions of the na tional and state courts of last resor were reported in 63O volumes
 Many of these statutes are drawr 1 artlfcialiy, carelessly. ignoranUy Their terms are SO vague. uncertain doubtful, that they breed litigation inevitably They are thrust Into th' body Of existing laws without any body taking the panst to ascertain what the existing laws are, what de cisions the courts have made in ar plying and interpreting them, or wha the resultant of forces will be whei the old laws and the new are brough together.
 "All this mass of in considered badly drawn, experimental irsi-im precision legislation with which th country is flooded from year to yea causes innumerable Allegations whic clog the calendars Of the eourts, 70, cupy the time Of the judges and de J lay Che disposition Of other litigation It creates new questions faster tha the courts can decide old ones.
 "Of course an this Is not a matte to be dealt with by lawyers at th
 Bar Courts cannot apply tho rcu edy nor can lawyers as officers
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21

Little Sammy was generally at log. gerheads with his father, who had a habit of using his razor-strop in way that was not in accordance with Sammy's views. One morning. after the raaorstrop had been more than usually busy, Sammy's mother went out into the field to look for her much stropped child. To her astonishment she found him fondling huge goat for which he usually professed a deep hatred
 "Why. sammy, darling, it is nice to see you being so kind to poor Billy! Why arc you being so gentle with him today?"
 Over Sammys face came a look of unspeakable gratitude as he gave tho wondering goat another carrot
 "He hutted father into the pond this morning." murmured the dear little chap, batting his four-footed friend affectiOnately.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21

the courts. But lawyers probably make up the majority of every leg, islative body in the United States. and moreover the opinions of lawyers in their own communities on such a sub ject as this will have a great effect in forming the public opinion which controls legislatures.
 Another thing the Bar can do,' he continued, lis to simplify the proceed ure of four courts The American man is intensely practical and direct in his methods American procedure ought to follow as closely as possible the methods of thought and action of American farmers and business men. A multitude of con troversies about statutory rights inter venes between che suitor's demand for redress and his fnal judgment There is a premium on shrewd, in genious. shifty attorneys. There ia no premium for all this bedevilment of our practice by law A short and simple practice act in each iurisdic- tion-such as some states have al- ready is all that is necessary. The courts want to do justice, and they will if they are permitted to.
 There is no country of the world in which rules for the exclusion of evidence are applied with the rigidity and technicality obtaining in tho United States. Our trial practice in the admission and exclusion of evil dence does not agree with the com mon sense. the experience, or the instincts of any intelligent laymen in the country As consequence, while we are aiming to exclude mat ters which our rules declare to be in- competent or irrelevant or inmate rial, we are frequently also excluding the truth
 "We apply these rules with the same rigidity to women, whose minds work in an entirely different way from the mind of any lawyer who ever had anything to do with devising or developing the rules of evidence. It is an exceedingly difficult thing to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, on the witness stand, as any lawyer who has been witness must realize; and the sim plest way to get that done is to come as near as possible to allowing people to tell their stories their own way.
 q think there is a broader defect { fin our trial of cases in this, that we are apt to play a game instead of l trying to get down as rapidly as pos sible to the merits of the case And we play the game for an it is worth
 We enjoy the exercise of skill and the strategy and tactics of litigation So we make our law suits a game oi chess where they are not a game ol chance.
 We are in a period of universal de velopment All business. all science an thought, are casting off old shack les and impediments and improvinl their methods, increasing their eff ciency, lifting up their standards ! should not be that our noble profes
 sion is alone to remain stationar
 and without growth along the line
 of better service and greater useful
 ness"
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21

Win the who stf profess to believe that the zeppelns win play great part in the war please ex- plain why if the zeppens have the power to erry and great cities, the Germans did not early turn them lose Antwerp and thus prevent he heavy losses entailed in the investment Of that city?
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21

The strategy of the censors is simple and easily understood They move P force op the situation that for the time commands vital interest leaving the news papers to null the movement that has fruited in either failure Thus the newspapers en- abled to keep three four days a week behind the war But that better than they able do any other great conflict
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21
ftt t Ht FINAL ARGUMENT IN STEEL SUIT

PHILADELPHIA. Oct 2O- Final
 arguments in the suit of the United States Government to dissolve thel United States Steel Corporation were heard iu the Federal Courts here to- day
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21

A teacher in one of the schools in the North recently received the fol- lowing not from the mother of one of her pupils:
 Dear Mis,-You writ me about whipping Sammy. I hereby give you permission to beet him up eny time 1t is necessary 10 learn him lessens. He is jest like his father-you have to learn him with a clubb Pound mol ege into him. wante him to git it, and don't pay no atenshion to what his father says; m handle him"
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21
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A lady complained to her mill;man of the quality of milk he sold her.
 Well mum" said the milkman. "the COWS don't get enough grass feed this time O year Why. them cows are just as sorry about it as | am. often see 'em cryin-regular cryin'. mum-because they feel as how their milk don't do em credit. Don't you believe it. mum?"
 "Oh. yes, believe it. responded his customer; "but I wish in future you'd sec that they don't drop their tears into our can
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
The 5lobe Printing Co.. Publisher
ST. LOUIS. MO

Edward I. Eversole. guardian Frank
r Eversole, minor, final settlement.
N. f. Rhodes, guardian Mayme
" hlte. minor. final settlement.
Geo. F. Patterson, administrator
john T. Patterson, deceased, final set-
tlement
J. {. Kirby, administrators Joscph
Kirby. deceased, annual settlement.
Blewett Smith, administrat.r Charles
d. Smith, deceased. final settlement.
State Of Missouri, County 81 WASH
ington.-ss. /. James \. Henson.
Judge Of the Probate Court If said
county and state, hereby certify that
the above is true copy u. t..e nr,.!,a:e
Court docket for the May term. l1li,
as same appears Of rec"r.l in nv "ii.,,..
In testimony whereof set NV hand
and aftix the seal Of sad court, this
lst day Of April, 1911.
rSoat1 JANE \. HENSON.
,'tdge III fft,bl:p
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Tai!Iess Sheep.

We are finding out from day to
day that it is not wise to be dead
sure about anything. We have
been telling oUr~e.der~ for more
than thirty years tllac ma
ture intended sheep T. nav-s tails
just why, X r."v.r knew. We
have SAID ,i1ar f"r .ou@ aaes be
fore The dav> ct A',rall"G.. farm
erS have been cutting OF the tails
OF the sheep wien i suited them
t. do 50, bat nevertheless the
tail persisted in appearing.
Now |e arr conf0uuded be
yond measure by the receipt OF
Il photograph from the South Da-
kota experiment station Of not
only one. but t.vo lambs. a few
weeks Oil, ttial Were ;)orn With
at tails We !<neW ~ lid not
know half u, rnuc:4 a., people are
disposed - think .Ea 10: bat this
conv!nceS - that we don't know
even as much ~ We thought we
did.
These lambs. which are the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Once Denied, Now Admitted.

The error which causes US the
present alarums and excursions,
and may cost blood and treasure
too, has been one Of misunder-
standing the Mexican tempera-
ment and the actual conditions.
Hating intervention above all
things, Mr.. Wilson adopted pol
icy whose logical end was inter
vention. Detesting war and fer
eign aggression, he has been
compelled to call upon the army
and navy Two courses were
open to the president: he might
have recognized the Huerta re-
gime tho worse in its origins and
morals than most of those which
preceded it,. or ne and his secre-
tary of state might. in with hold
lug that recognition. have i'm
pressed Mexico with continuity
and firmneSs Of policy, There
has been the same difficulty in
dealing with this situation that
is found in handling a high strung
and Ill bred child, with the add
ed difficulty that this child is
armed and insOlent and that there
are several millions of him. What
the situation will be when these
words reach our readers. no one
knows now. but the president
seems to have dismissed pride
of opinion, recognized the job
ahead of him. and placed his
hand firmly to the plow With
Lincoln he may we'll say: I con
fess plainly that events have con
trolled me. From Golfers
Weekly.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Probate Court Docket.

Docket Of cases in which settlements
are due from administrators, execu-
tors. guardians and cura,oEs at the
ensuing Mav term Of the Probate
Court Of Washington County. Missou-
II, commencing on the second Mon
day III May. 1914.
First nav-Mcndar, Nav II. 1914.
Etwar.L T. Ever-oe, snarttian John
". Dawson. minor. final settlement.
Geo. H. Cain, guardian Champ
Brit ge.ater, minor, final settlement.
CvUtaia Hafdie, executrix Robert
Hardie. deceased, annual settlement.
y. /. Hunter, guardian Lawrence
c. fake ct al. minors, annual settle
nleIt.
Norman K, White, guardian May
!. y mite, minor, annual settlement.
John T. Eyens, guardian LytIe star
KEY, minor, annual settlement.
>econt Eay-Tuesdav. May Il.
james \. Shields. Jr, administration
James \, shields. r., dcceased, final
settlement.
John Compton. guardian Roy Sill
:. minor. annual settlement.
K. r. Bean, executor John VI. Bean,
deceased. annual settlement.
James :. Dal.en, administrator
john T. Da!ieu, deceased. annual set
t.emlut.
.!:ce W:deman, exc utrix j. F.
Nitenau, deceased, annual settle
mens.
@. Y. Ramsey ana J. +. Vineyard,
executors William B. Ramsey, &C.
ceased. annual settlement.
Third Day-W s,iuessiav, MAY Il.
Maggie i'aughertv. atmiDistra,rix
J.hu ". Daugheltv. deceased. annual
settlement
Thomas Sloan, administrator Col
umhnS Sloan. deceased. annual SIT
tiement
Jesse l., Eaton, administrator Join
\. Eaton. deceased. fna! settlement.
James ". Martin, administrator
jain L. Martin, decea sed final -at.!e-
u}ent.
Chas. II, bicheson, administrator
Julia Capler, deceased, final settle
ment.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Thinks He Has Cure for Ieprosy,

Chaulmoogra oil. combined with
camphor and resorcin and given ny
podermicaly. is regarded by Dr.. Vic
tor G. Heiser OF the San Lazaro Leper
hospital. Manila, as curative OF l.p-
rosy. The Lancet of London comments
on the discharge OF two OF Dr.. Hais-
er's cases after having been free from
leprosy tor two years. Still other
cases show cumulative evidence OF the
treatments value. In the same issue
OF the Lancet Is a letter from DR..
Ernest E. Francis. chief medical Off
Ger Of the Assam-Bengal railway, re-
porting that most of the so-caIied
"chaulmoogra OIL now on the Euro
pean market Is spurious or adulter-
ated Leper asylums, governments.
and the drug trade are on notice that
the crop OF tarahtosenos kurzii seeds,
from which the oil is extracted, failed
in 1912, and the substitute oil taken
from the hyd1ocarpus wightiana Is
not e@cacious.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Tbs Cd nome Town.

tn DAY >e.ro,. @gri,g- II =
mans III when he ceases 20 e
inte, ed III the 6ail~ or zee ly
papt the place that he -.
call home. Granted that i :
pr'n-r on the poorest paper;
granted tn; there are 10 ed ln.i-
ais, Or that the editorials are not
worth reading-grant all this.
still your feelings and mine and
those Of every other healthy NOR
tai are summoned up in this little
poem from Denver Post:
When the evenin' shade is fallin'
at the endin Of the day,
An feiiIer rests from labor,
smokin at his pipe o clay.
There's nothing does him so
much good. be 70, tune up or
down
As the little country paper from
his Old Home Town.
1t ain a thing of beauty and its
print ain always clean.
But it stralghtens out his tenn
per when a feIler's feelin'
mean.
It takes the wrinkles. otf his face
an brushes of the frown.
That little country paner from
his Old Home Town.
It tells Of all the parties an balls
Of Pumpkin Row,
Bout who spent Sunday with
who's girl. ana now
Crops il grow, and how it keeps
a feIIer posted bout who's
Up an who's down. that little
paper FROM his Old Home Town
Now. | like to read the daiIies
an story papers TOO.
An af times the Ea.!er novels an
some other tra>h-por' t YOU:
But when | want so0e readin'
that ! brush away d frown
I want the little paper from my
Old Home Town.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized TO announce
PATRICK II. WARD
as a candidate for the office OF Presid-
ing Judge Of the County Court. sub
ject to the decision of the Republican Il
voters a, the primary election.
We are authorized to announce
DAVID u. JARVIS
as candidate for the office Of Cir
cult Clerk. subject to the decision OF
the Republican voters at the primary
election.
We are authorized 70 announce
WILLIAM \. COOPER.
as g candidate fox the office - Prose-
cutting Attorney. subject TO the :ieci-
sion OF ,he Republican voters a. the
prin arv election.
We are authorized to announce
PARkE ". BANTA
as candidate for the office II Prose-
cutting Attorney. subject to the ierl-
sion % the Republican voters at the
primary etef:ion
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Laws Governing Subscriptions.

Most readers Of newspapers
aud many publishers are not ia
miliar with the laws governing
subscriptions. Here are the de
cIsions of the United States
Court on the subject.
"SubscriOers who do not give
express notice to the contrary
are considered as wishing to re-
new their subscriptions.
If the subscribers order a
discontinUance Of their publica-
tion the publisher may continue
to send them until all dues are
paid.
IF the subscriber refuses to
take periodicals from the Post
Office to which they are directed,
he is responsible until he has
settled his bill and ordered the
paper discontinued.
IF Subscribers move to other
places without informing the
publisher and the papers are
sent to the former address, the
subscriber IS held responsible.
The courts have held that re-
fusing to take periodicals from
the postottice or removing and
leaving them uncaLled for is pri-
ma facie evidence intention to
defraud.
If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound TO give notice at
the end Of the time ii they do
not wish to continue taking it.
otherwise the subscriber is re-
sponsible until express notice
with payment Of all arrearage is
sent to the publisher. =
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
A Printing Feat.

The government printing Office
at Washington has just accom-.
plished a feat which is worthy OF
place in history. It got out
the largest issue of the Congress
sional Record ever printed the
other day. 1t contains 186 pag-
es, averaging about 1000 words
to a page-about $4,000 words.
The entire work of setting the
type. correcting the proof, print.
ing and binding was accomplish
ed in eight hours. 1t was the
complete record of the exciting
day Of speech-making and dis
putting in both houses of congress
turned over in the evening to the
prinTin Office and returned as
usual in the shape Of the printed
Record, in time to be delivered
the first thing in the morning at
the home of every mem Der Of
congress. For the first three
hours thirty seven type machin-
es worked for all they we're
worth, and for the next four
hours there were fifty machines
the entire capacity of the of
ice-on the job. 1t required just
one hour to print the entire edi-
ton. Probably never before in
the history of the world has the
manuscript for d book of that
size been received in the evening
and thousands of copies of the
bound book been delivered early
the next morning.-San DIEGO
Union.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06

Someone remarks that Polite
Elvins is not big enough to wear
Senator Stone'S shoes. Perhaps
not the gum" ones the Senator
is accustomed to shutfling
around in, we don't believe Po-
lite has his eyes on those: but
we somehow cannot recall any
circumstances in the Senator :
public career that indicates he
wears an official shoe of abnor-
mally large capacity for public
service. In fact, the Senator $
official shoes are much shrunken
from their contact with alum,
which Polite will be careful t.
brush off, should he succeed to
them.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06

to admit that here are exceptions
to all laws, even to that law Of
nature that sheep shall have tails.
We must say, however, that one
Of these lambs seems to be
ashamed Of itself and hides its
face, while the other has sort
OF Wi>tful look. and seems to be
looking back, perhaps to see if.
after all, it may not have tail.
And thereby hangs a tale. -
Nallaces Farmer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06

1t is reported that State Labor
Com missioner Fitzpatrick will
v, vt jobs for idle men. Idle men,
Th, sre must be something wrong
somewhere, for We are now liv-
ing u no er Democratic admin
stration. There may have been
some idle men under Republican
rule, though such fact was never
particularly prominent; but the
Demo- ;ratic party distinctly and
empha tically went before the
people in 1912 with the promise
that it could and would improve
the con ditions prevailing under
Republ lean rule. And now the
state must be a job hunter for
idle men.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Great Are the John D.s.

Great are the John D s. father
land son. They control billions
OF dollars, also the government
of your Uncle Samuel and that
Of the states where it pleases
them 10 operate in looting the
treasures IF the earth with the
commo on people" as their slaves.
They have nothing to abritrate"
with anybody. The government
may haul them into court and
tine them S2o,Q00.OnO on occa-
sion. bat it couldn't collect
penny Of i: bat when they tell
the governor of a stat. or even
your Uncle Samuel. march
your trnon> tn our possessions
anu protect oar '.s1iE:..c - proper
ty "-vo!l. the troops simply
march. They have fitted col
lar j!po1 the daily press. and.
while such paper, may devote
column OH column to the shoot
ing uf few American sailors nlu
marines in Mexico. they are Per
mitted to make only the briefest
mention. obscured as much as
possible, OF the shooting down
of women and children in the
mining camps of Colorado by the
private gun men and state sol
dlery taking orders from the
minions of the Rockfellers when
the slaves happened to assert
themselves for rights that even
a slave may cherish. Down at
Tampico where the Americans
and Mexicans were about to do
some shooting at each other for
causes more or less trivial, are
located some of the oil wells and |
oil storage tanks belonging to /
the John D.s precious Standard |
Oil Company. The American |
made busy to get |
a neutral zone established |
around this property lest the
tanks be perforated and some of |
the John D.s' profits escape.
Men might shoot and slaughter
each other as much as they
pleased, but the oil wells and
tanks of the John DIS were neu-
trail and sacred. And while the
John DIS are great and the earth
and all it contains and all that
walks thereon is theirs, they
are also meek and lowly before
the Lord, and have reserved
seats in advance close to the
throne of grace. The Recording
Angel has been admOniShed to
keep their record clean and pure,
that g en- these richest men on
earth may enter the kingdom
Of heaven. despite the scriptural
for injunctions never
vet held the great John DIS.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
The Good Old Game.

The game opened with molas
ses at +he stick. Smallpox was
catching. Cigar was in the box
and had plenty of smoke. Horn
was playing fist base and Fiddle
was playing second. Corn was
in the field. Apples was umpire.
When AK came to bat he chop
ped one nd made the Cake walk
and SaWdust filled the bags.
Song made hit and Twenty
made q score. Every foot of
Ground kicked and they said
Apple was rotten. Balloon start
ed to pitch but went up IN the
air. Then Cherry tried it but
was wild. When Spider caught
the Fly the crowd cheered. Need
lie tried to umpire. He was sharp
enough but had only one eye. Ice
kept cool until he was hit by a
pitched ball. then you should
have heard Ice Cream. Cabbage
had head and kept quiet. Grass
covered lots of ground in the
field. Organ refused to play
Hornet stung the ball but it fell
into the hands of Clock. Bread
loafed around until they put him
out. In the fifth inning Wind
blowed about what he could do
and Hammer began to knock.
then the trees began to leave.
Knife was put out for cutting
first base. The crowd roasted
Peanut all through the game,
and everyb body kicked when they
put Light out. Then Meat was
put out at the plate. The score
was tot and the game was over.
Door said if he had pitched he
would have shut them out. There
was a lot of betting on the game
and Soap cleaned up, out Egg
went broke Exchange.
The Colonel has arrived in
Para. where he will spend q cou-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-05-06
Mexican "Cartwhee!" Hatn

General villa, like most Of his coun.
trymen, has fancy for large -5rimmed
hats. AT American who strved tor
some years as secretary %; Il Mexican
corporation. says hat The Mexicacs
possess a special weakness for hats
OF the cartwheel type, II is by r,
means unusual il Mexico tn see a
man wearing hat worth s3n or s9s5.
while his suit is not worth Z dic,e. in
one part of the county a law has been
enacted imposing fine Of $40 on er.ry
man found to be wearing a hat more
than 50 inches wide"