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Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-12

A. BELCHER, former sl L perior judge of San Francisco
 contributed the following articl
 on Treason" to the Frida issue of the Los Angele Times:
 In view of the activities of the l. w. w. and of certain hyphen ates in the past few weeks, espe- cially throughout the Pacific and the Middle Western States, it would seem that everyone ought to know what constitutes treason against the United States. l used the word "hyphonates" in its crit icisable sense, i. e., as meaning those of foreign birth residing within the United States who, in words or deeds, favor the enemies of the United States as against the United States, and do not compre- hend therein those fOreign-born who have proved themselves to be Americans. The hyphen is not the crux, but the mans heart, whether that is at the American end of the hyphen-whether the man is wholly committed to the United States and unreservedly against her enemies. For no man can serve two masters. From of old the command has ever been the same: Choose ye this day whom ye shall servei" As touching the l. w. w., they make a pretense that their activities are purely those of labor; so McNam- ara and his cobombers pretended, in the Los Angeles criminal trials; but murder was shown to have been murder and punishment was awarded accordingly. So, treason is treason; and it may be Protean-may assume hundred different forms. It is to be re- membered, also. that the activi- ties of the I. w. w. were deferred until after the United States was at war with Germany.
 The law makes no distinctions in treason. There is no half-trea- son. Any treason is all treason. And the alien may take no com fort in that not having become a citizen of the United States he is not amenable to the law of trea- son. He is amenable. The high est duty of government is self protection; and as treason strikes against the life of government, the alien is subject to the law of treason equally with the native born or naturalized citizen be- cause he lives here for the time being. The supreme court Of the United States made that clear long years ago: Carlisle vs. U. S., 16 Wall, 147: "The alien, whilst domi- oiled in this country, owes local and temporary allegiance, which continues during the period of his residence" Tn it's decision the court followed and adopted the broad principle laid down by Daniel Webster when Secretary of State: Independently of resi- dence with intention to continue such residence; Independently of any domiciliation; independently of the taking of any oath of aIIeg- lance, it is we'll known that, by the public law, an alien or strangerborn, for so long time as he continues within the donin- Ions of foreign government, owes obedience to the laws of that government, and may be PUN lSHED for treason or other crimes as native-born subject might be. G Web. Wks. 526).
 By the statutes of the United states treason is defined as fol- lows:
 "O Whoever. owing allegiance to the United States. levies war
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-12

First publication August 11th, 1917. Last publication October 18th, 1917.
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Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-12
ENTREATY

O tenor singing in the night, Pray have an end, desist and cease, Cease thus to sing with all your might That piece. Determination, it is true,
 Is fine, we like it, we allow, And yet we like it not in you
 Just now. How can we sleep the while you
 screech?
 Pray leave the song and let it be- You've tried and tried enough to reach That c.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-12
S oMAcH AND LIVER TROUBLES

No end of misery and actual suffer ing is caused by disorders of the stom- ach and liver, and may be avoided by the use of Chamberlain's Tablets. Give them trial. They only cost a quar- ter.-Adv.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-12

Something almost always turns up for the man who stard to turn down.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05

der in chief Of the American army. TIE
Identification of the penmanShip Of the
commission with that Of the entry in
the journal and Of both with an auto
graph letter of Mstlack's that is among
the papers of the Continental congress
is certain.
Probably there was not at that time
man in the country who was Mat
lacks equal as pemnan. Later ThSm-
son had two clerks in his office, George
Bond and Thomas Edison, each Of
whom wrote good engrosSing hand;
so did General WaShington'S secretary,
Richard Varick. Alexander Hamilton
wrote finer land than any of them,
but neither he nor any of the others
could equal the beauty of Matlack's
capital letters and the clearness and
symmetry of his writing as whole.
Matlaek Copied the Declaration.
Fortunately, Mtlack was still a
clerk in Thomson's office when fhe
Declaration of Independence was or
dered to be engrSsed for final sigma
ture, and the task Of copying IT was as.
signed to him. He copied from the
broadside, "In Congress, July 4, l776,"
which is reproduced in the written
Declaration 10 the same form Of let
ter1ng.
II is not easy y identify the penman-
ship Of document like the Declare.
ton, for the writer has written very
plainly ant in characters Of twice the
normal size, but some individual Pc
culiarities appear in this as In all
writing. A few years ago some Of the
officials in the library Of congress who
knew that Matlack was the best PEN
man employed by Thomson made a
comparison Of General Washingtons
commission, which was known to have
been written b him, with the DeClara-
ton.
The first peculiar letter in the COM
mission is the capital IN" in New
Hampshire, and We find Its counterpart
In Natures" In the second line Of the
body Of the Declaration. The graceful
flourish at the top Of IT" In the word
ITO" In the commission is repeated In
the second Of the sentences beginning
THAT" In the Declaration. In the word
"Offer" In the commission there is a
marked peculiarly In the double ~"
the first ~ is made like the old.fash.
Toned long "s." II appears In the word
EFFECT" in the Declaration, then In
"suffer" and ''sufferable." That is the
most noteworthy popularity in Mat.
lacks writing. The capital ID" in the
commission and In the last line Of the
Declaration; the capital "B" in the
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05

commission and In the word British"
In the Declaration; the whole word
Congress" In both dOcuments-those
and other details established beyond
doubt that the writer Of the great
Declaration was Timothy Matlack.
Although Timothy Matiack lived a
long time, he did not live long enough
to see the harm that befell the docu.
ment he had written so handsomely.
He and his contemporaries were proud
OF II, and their descendants have held
1t In reverence above all other docu.
ments; and to satisfy the patriotic Gu.
riosity OF the pes0,e who have wished
to see II those who were its custodIans
In past years subjected II to treatmept
that did It irreparable injury.
In 1924, when John Quincy Adams
was secretary Of state, a skilled en-
graver, William J. Stone, made cop
per plate fac-simile Of the Declaration.
That is the only one that has ever been
made. II was distributed by order Of
congress and is familiar to US all. II is
a perfect reproduction In every partic-
ular Of the original document as II was
when the facsimile was made, and Is q
fine specimen Of the engravers art. I'm.
fortunately at the time he made II pho
Biography had not been discovered, and
Stone took an impression Of the docu.
ment itself, and In doing so carried OF
some Of the ink.
Signatures Almost Invisible.
That was a great injury; but equal
harm came to the document by keeping
II on exhibition In strong light. II
was In the state department until 1S41,
when II was placed In the patent office,
where II remained until the Centennial
exhibition Of 1875, when II was taken
to Philadelphia. There II remained for
nearly year; then II was returned TO
Washington and went back to the sec.
retary Of states office.
Already the Ink had begun to fade,
but the document was again put on ex-
hibition. The ink faded rapidly and by
1894 many Of the signatures had be-
come almost invisible. Then there WINS
a formal conference Of scientific men,
who considered what was the best
course to take to protect II.
Wise ceunselors advised that II
should not be experimental with. and
II was left untouched. II was taken
from Its place Of exhibition, however,
and put into a dark safe. secure from
further damage from the light Dur
ing the last 20 years very few persons
have been permitted TO look upon its
face and the handsome handlwork Of
Timothy Matlack remains hidden from
the world.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05
CONVENTION
AT BLACKBURN
Interesting Singing Meets Next At
Shady Grove Sunday
July 18th.

1t was the good fortune Of the
writer TO be permitted to attend
a singing convention at the
Blackburn church on Sunday,
June oath.
Those who love songs, s0ciality
and something good to eat will
never know what they missed
by not being there.
The meeting was under the
control Of Prof. G. W. Travis,
who is recognized all over this
and adjoining counties, as one
of the greatest of song lovers, as
we'll as an excellent singer and
proficient teacher of vocal music.
Prof. Travis has been teaching
singing schools for more than
twenty years. He also, teaches
instrumental music and voice
successfully. Mr.. Travis re.
cognizes the fact that no com.
munity organization is comelete
without it's community singing,
50 he is doing all he can to re-
es ablished this important factor
which has been almost lost from
the good old times" There
were five or six full choirs at
this meeting, besides singers
and song lovers. young girls and
their lovers, curiosity seekers,
idle spectators, by ISLANDERS,
others with no object at all in
view. old folks, young folks,
men, women, children, and
babies galore, IN all about fifteen
hundred people besides horses
and buggies and automobiles.
We sang and ate dinner on the
ground, drank water and melted,
the day was hot
AZ on the fifth Sunday in July,
we have our next singing con.
vention at the beautiful little
tri.county center, Shady Grove,
Now. il you miss this one it is
your fault because | have told you
where and when it is to be. All
lovers of song, sociality. chin
music; curiosity seekers, by
ISLANDERS, idlers and all will find
this a good place to be on that
day. The Shady Grove choir
extended to US a cordial invita-
ton, singers, choirs. candidate.
and all, but said bring your din.
pers. ! am going. Won't you
come along too?
Signed,
Spectator, SirGer, Candidate.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05
SALEM -
delayed FROM lastweek. u

delayed frowlastweek.)I
Our little town should be proud
Of the brave: and patriotic boys
she has produced; as Willie
Loyd-who has been in Texas al
work for some time is spending
a week with his mother. and has
announced that he has Joined
the U. S. N, and expects tc
leave next week to serve his
country.
Mrs. Clara Brown is spending
her vacation with her sister
Mrs. J. A. Farris, relatives and
friends.
Mrs. J.. III. Richa r d so n s
daughter, Mrs. Baker. of Leal
Ceralvo. KY. who has been Wis.
iting her parents at Salem, has
returned:home.
John Pace and Jim LsRue are
being pleasantly visited by their
son. grandson and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. James LaRue, Jr.
of Oklahoma.
Several people from here at.
tended the Chautauqua at Ma.
rion last week.
Mr.. Mcdaniel, wife and chill.
dren attended the Southern
Harmony singing at Union Sun.
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop Rappo.
lee are the honored host and
hostess of little Mrs Christine
Charles Rappolee at present
Miss Nella Baker is spending
a few days at the home of Dr..
]. V. Hayden.
Miss Corine Graves. who has
been away attending college, has
returned to her home to spend
her summer vacation.
Mrs. Raymond Babb. son and
daughters spent Sunday at the
home of J. H. Price.
Miss Katherine Gresham, Of
this place, has been the guest Of
her sister, Mrs. Press Guess, of
Marion, and attending the Chau-
tauqua.
Mrs. DR.. F. M. Matlock is
visiting for few days in Smith.
land.
Mrs. Julia Hudson spent Sat.
urday and Sunday in Salem.
Brownie.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05
DID MATLACK'S
i, HAND HOLD Pen?
Good Evidence That Clerk Actu.
ally Wrote" Declaration
of independence. ~
FAMOUS FOR SKILLFUL WORK
Timothy Matlack, Employed In tho
Office Of Charles Thomson, See
rotary in the First Congress. 10
Accorded Honor by Expert
Who Has Investigated. r

~ YHO wrote the Declaration
M Of Independence Thomas
Wv Jefferson, of course, every.
one knows that. But who
held the pen and formed the letters on
the great piece Of parchment that the
, members Of the Continental congress
signed? 1t is one Of the largest official
papers in existence-One skin Of parch.
nent nearly three feet long and more
than two feet wide. The writing is
nearly twice the normal size and is I'M
usually handsome and clear.
The secretary who was ordered to
promulgate the work was Charles
Thomson, a man Of high character who
had been the principal of a school at
New Castle, Del, and an active patriot.
The first congress chose him as secre-
tary In 1774, and he held the Office un-
till the Continental congress passed
out Of existence In March, 1889. There
were 10 presidents Of the Continental
congress, but there was only one sec
fetafy. he made the entries In the
Journal In 1774, and he wrote the last
entry.
Died At Aos Of hlnety.FIvs.
During all those Is years II was only
- rare occasions that any other hand
man bis wrote In the journal. When
he Continental congress passed out Of
existence be retired to private life and
aever held once again; but he did not
die until 1924, when he was almost
ninety-f1ve years old. One Of the clerks
u his Office in IT'S and 1776 and after
ward, in $780, a member of the con.
Gress from Pennsylvania, survived him
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05

~ i've years. The clerk was Timothy
eGaflack, who died at Holmesburg, Pa.
h 1890, when he was ninety.nine years
age.
Timothy Matlack, writes Gaillart
Hunt, chief Of manuscript division IL
bfary, In the Youths Companion, was
. Quaker by birth. but he was an open
advocate Of fighting, and In l778 was
elected captain Of a militia band In
Philadelphia, known as the ''Shirt bat.
Gallon" So the Quakers, who were op
posed to war, expelled him, and In
@781 he and some others formed the
Sect known as "Free Quakers." Be.
ddes being In the Continental congress
he held number Of important Offices
under the government Of Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia. His last service
was as alderman Of Philadelphia from
1913 to 1918.
|, Was Q Great Penman.
To carry out the order OF the con.
gress that the Declaration be pro-
claimed, Thomson needed more than O
score Of copies, for he had TO send |,
10 everyone Of the states and to the
army. So to save time he did not at,
tempt 10 have any copies written OF,
with the pen, but sent the original
drafts, which the congress had passed
TO the official printer, John Dunlap
The following morning the printed
copies were In Thomsons hands.
II was from one Of those copies tia,
Philadelphia first heard the Declare
ton read, and II was one Of them thu,
became the official copy, for Thomson
had not copied the Declaration ever
into the journal Of the congress he
fore he gave II TO the printer; bu,
when he wrote the Journal for July 4
he left q blank spoce for the Declara
ton. and the next day, with two wafer,
Of red wax, he fastened In the prin,et
broadside. At the time Il had beer
signed only by John Hancock, MS presi
dent OF congress, and countersigned b,
Charles Thomson as secretary.
Wrote wsshInoton's Commission.
! have said sometimes an entfs was
made In the Journal Of the congress by
another hand than Thomson's, writes
Mr.. Hunt The first Of those occa.
sions was on June -, l775, when Tim.
othy Matlack recorded a resolution to
set aside Q day for fasting and prayer
10 avert the desolating cnlamities that
seemed to be impending. Matlack had
been apponqed Q clerk In Thomson's
,(ice on May 10. and Eve days later, on
Nay 20. he wrote out the most import.
mt. document that the congress had
sued up to that time--the commission
o George Washington to be comman.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05

Heat. like n thick bl.ck blanket closely Byneli lay.
harried the spirit OF him who waited for day
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05

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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05
Caesar Rodney's Ride
By Richard J. BeamiSh

4Yow %
OF
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in
all the
on in
OF
In c
vote the three delegates
c % 4
Dcwares independents.
the
bring
o Philadelphia
relatives and the commands
Philadelphia There with his remaining strength Rodney
thu Of for
h colony
the to
the
his Byhsd
n ell u o. o Deawan'
4 o. la and
gallo Of Caesar riding
a block blanket closely on Byneii lay
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05

A woman screamed loud at the vision.
but Rodney was riding again.
Though. beneath him. the back Of his
horse was q rack 10 torture tbs
bravest Of men.
Great WEAKNESS came upon Rodney. He
salloped AS one In a dream:
But lightning-llke pains broke his frances
AS rocks break a mountain stream.
Somewhere. In the misty morning. his
comrade faltered and fell
Thence rode at his side. with long silent
stride. q Shape that Rodney knew
well
The tropical heat-hase closed round him.
the Yelled and the wrath at his side.
At inns and by-lancs he changed horses,
then. on with the furious ride.
Weakness at last made him falter. He
fed and then slumbered awhile.
But the will was 90 strong that the req
was not long. for the goal still lay
many q mile.
And then he sAnr into the city. the half
Tory town OF Penn.
Down Passyunk Road he galloped. past
His veil streaned, q pennon OF Freedom,
But the horse he bestrode knew the turns
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-05

Down Pasyunh Road he Eared and
limbs
30 the the shell Of n man
gently only friend
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-07

CROOKED LIKE THE OTHER
WETS.-AIbert Mickow did not give
figures for the total dry territory VS..
the total wet territory because these
figures show up the vets. He picked
special cases under powerful inf1u-
ences other than the wet and dry
question. 1t is foolish to compare
oId-established, agricultural Kansas
with newly-settled, cratic, mining
Nevada.
Even if you do make this cOmpaTi-
son you will find the conditions still
are better in Kansas than Nevada
and that the latter is just trying to
catch up and with a good ways yet
to go in spite of many good things in
that state. In the mines, where the
wage scale has been forced to in
crease greatly, it has been largely
due to desert and mountain transpOr-
tation, increasing hazard and diff
Guilty of work, rich mine deposits, and
these in undesirable isolated sections,
where men will not go unless there
is a good thing in it. The increase
has been in spite of the saloons, as
the total figures indicate.
The wage increase in the ten years
ending 1915 was: In dry states, 1O3
per cent; in near-dry states, II; in
part license, IS; in wet, 81. It was
the same with the increase in cap
ital invested: Dry states, 1885 per
cent; near-dry, 1918; part license,
1921; wet, SO. Insane per 100000 in
dry states at last census, 1883; near
dry, $50; part license, 234; wet,
1858; and paupers per 100000 in
dry states, ass; near-dry, 54.4; part
license, 1881; wet, 127. Homes.
owned free of debt in dry states:
1876; near-dry, ia; part license, 81, |
wet, 57.9.
There is little doubt that total
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-07

- ElEHL ] n HENs - Il CIV DCOBld
in Chicago know that l am to be adj
vice dispenser on the medical staff of
The Day Book. In fact, the editor
himself doesn't know it. I've got a
Home Medical Guide" that l bought
for a song, so that all who are afflict-
ed with anything but ringbOne, spav-
in, CHAMBERS or line-O-typitis may
take advantage of this opportunity of
getting so healthy that it hurts"
The fact that Pm pale and sickly
looking and worried over the future
myself shouldn't keep people from
asking my advice on questions relat-
Jig to the getting of health and hap
piness. But this is really not the
point. What l intended to say was
that Doc Evans of the Tribune AYERS
that the reason why so many men
don't hold onto their jobs more than
a few months in the year is because
they are afflicted with a form of in
sanity known as ''paranOia." This,
he maintains, is the cause of not .
being able to hold on to jobs, while
the fact is that it is only the effect
of the scarcity and quality of jobs.
Such men as he seem to be paid
especially to hide the causes" of and
stall off as long as possible the
"cure" for our main disorders. With
Home Medical Guide as his ell
bow and fat salary coming in, why
shouldn't he be Chicago's chief long
distance adviser on ailments in gen.
eral?
That paranOia is an effect"
symptom, - any honest medical man
will tell you. Doc Evans would lose
his job in a hurry if he were to tell
the cause Of or offer a real cure for
paranOia. The cause is lack Of de-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-07

pect many less drug or any other
stores in a highly centralized pOpula-
ton like that of Illinois than an even
Iy, rather thinIy, spread out one like
Kansas. Half the population of uli-
nois is within easy 'reach Of any one
of the big downtown Chicago stores,
Get all the figures not special cases
and the great benefits of prohibition
show Up-Jehiel S. Davis.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-07
IS for a noble causelare now for

gotten.
Mr.. DaTTOW would not use the
old trial by combat in a lawsuit.
Then why use trial by combat in a
national dificulty?-A Single TaxeT.
Macon beacon., 1917-09-28
Save the Whole Corn Plant.

Feed is going to be mighty high
ngaln next winter and spring, and
wise is the farmer who does every.
thing in his power this fall toward
saving an adequate supply.
In doing this the South should
not overlook the great saving that
may be effected by harvesting the
whole corn plant, Instead Of the
ears only, as is now she general
rule. Cut and cured at the right
stage, the stalks and blades pro.
vide a very acceptable form of
roughage-not the best, OF course,
but good enough to save heavy
feed bills. September and October,
because OF their usual light rain
fall, are ideal months for doing
this work, and if it is done right
little or no loss of the fodder will
occur.
VIII you let 40 per cent of your
corn crop 90 to waste this year, or
Will you save it all by cutting,
shocking and housing the entire
ants-PrOgressive Farmer.