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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-11

fling at the police. but Just to show
that sometimes lies make the truth
look foolish.
Calls IL Plot
On the other hand. I've seen n
wife-beater tand sober. tool raise
his hand and swear to tell the
less than three persons beat his
frail wife until she sank uncon-
scious at his feet. And then he
kicked her until a Manifested gem
tleman knocked him for a goal.
And that same wife-beater calm
ly got up In police court and lied
and lied and lied.
TITS just plot to put mo in
jail, Judge" whined the wife-beat-
er. 81 never laid a finger on her.
Why. love her. Judge! I wouldn't
harm her for the whole worid.."
Nothing but lies. you understand
Here's another sample of perjury
that happens every day:
Somebody Lied
II saw this fellow put his hand
In this fellows pocket" says the
policeman. under oath. Jones yells
for help. and 1 came up Just in time
to grab him. He had the watch in
his pocket when got him. He's
been here before. He was arrested
last January for stealing q pair OF
boots His mugs In the gallery"
That officer amt teIlin' the truth.
Judge" cries the man In the dock.
II asked this fellow what time II
was and he got sore, that's ALL
got sore. too. and hit him. and he
yelped. I never took his watch"
Now, somebody lies. that's certain.
What Is the judge to do? There's
no question that either policeman or
prisoner is guilty of perjury.
How do you settle such cases?"
asked Judge Gordon. the first time
this perjury thing began to get my
goat
Judge Watches I'm
1T have to rely on my judgment
to get at the TRUTH" Judge Gordon
replied. when on the bench listen
| ing to contradictory testimony day
| in and day out. 1t becomes a habit
to watch for lies. II / catch a wit
ness lying. be he prosecuting wit
ness or prisoner. know exactly
what to do. Innumerable times
see both factions are lying and
know that there Is no other motive
than malice. In such cases en-
deavor to favor the under dog.
II realize that police court
Justice Is q swift procedure. 1t
is necessarily So And because
II Is a swift procedure, Oftimes
| Il Is mistaken IL ! make .
mistake and learn Of 1t later,
I'm the first TO right the wrong.
But II find that I've een
tricked by a clever liar, he need
expect no mercy from. me the
next time he tries to blind me.
IT am we'll aware that perjury 4,
an hourly crime, and I've Otter
thought that an example should BE-
made of the person who lies after h'
has raised his hand in solemn oath
But while am thinking Of the viola
ton OF oaths. the next case come:
up for decision. perjury is half for
gotten today. and wholly forgotten
| tomorrow.
"In many respects you are RICH
In saying that the police court oati
| is q joke. 1t Is until the violatol
happens to receive his just deserts
But 30 long as human nature ex
lists, lies will exist When a man Il
In trouble and the law against him
he usually lies. II he doesn't lie
he's called fool; II he does. he'l
called a perjurer.
Anyway. IL Ananias ever shows III
in Seattle's police court, it'll be will
a halo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-11
by THE POLICE REPORTER

An oath Is a joke in the police
court OF the city OF Seattle.
Perjury. a crime punishable with
= penitentiary sentence. happens
dozens of times a day.
= I've seen men, women and chill
urcn calmly raise their right hands.
fake the oath administered by Po-
Fice Judge John II. Gordon. then
Ealmly sit down and lie.
Lies fiji the air every day-lies
That every hanger-on and court of.
ficer KNOWS are lies-and the
strangest feature of the whole mess
Is that nobody seems to care.
It's curious study. this labyrinth
OF lies. During the past ten years
I've attended several thousand police
court trials--it was my business.
% Show Up Ananias
i've heard Judge Gordon pass on
as high as 1s5 cases. ranging from q
common drunk to wife-beating. In a
single short day. And I think I'm
safe In saying that l heard $50 out
OF the 1875 raise their right hands to
God and lie their heads off.
I've heard policemen lie when the
fellow behind the iron rail was tell
ing the truth.
I've heard these same policemen
lie and put in a good word for some
poor devil who. they knew, had brok.
en- the law.
I've seen whole neighborhoods file
into court over chicken case. and
I've seen witness after witness sink
into chair and lie with an assur-
ance that would make Baron Munich
ausen look like an innocent babe.
II Ananias ever invades the po-
lice court of Seattle, he will look
like George Washington.
Long has II been an axiom In Sc
attle's underworld that you can't
get q square real in police court.
That statement should be taken
with several grains>of salt.
One day l met young fellow
who used to give Seattle policemen
= lot OF trouble. He was bad
one" Incidentally. he has straight
ened up, owns his own home, Is
married and all that.
"'Member the time I walloped
that copper with a ciub?" he asked.
Story He Told
remembered. Tho cop was In
-the hospital six weeks. while the
,Spwn was combed for "the blankety
Mank that pretty near croaked the
bull. as one policeman phrased It.
Finally they got him and-weii,
let him tell it--and l know he told
the truth:
"The bull comes up to dance.
He has II In for me. see? Without
a word he grabs me. and IT'S
quick rush to the door for me.
I'm sore. Of course. and I picks up
the first thing get hold OF and
lets him have 1t. He had no busi-
ness monkeying with me- amt
never done him no HARM Well.
after they arrest me-say. the way
was framed was the limit! I'm
taken into police court ana. so help
me. bulls I never see before get up
on the stand and testify till they're
black In the face. come back
strong and bawi 'em out. but. say
bo. l amt got one chance In
million. What do / get? Me for
90 daysHfm railroaded right"
don't cite this instance as a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-11
Ananias Would Blush IF He Ever
Dropped in on City Police Court

DO you solmenly swear that
you will tell the truth. the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
SO help you God?"
II do"
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22

5 Mr.. G. O. Pearce of Patagonia
mining engineer and operator, is /;
visitor at Nogales, having come yes
terday.
Mrs. Will A. Peterson of Globe, g
relative of Mrs. w. H. Newnes, the
injured 'ady at the base hospital, ar
rived yesterday to be with her af.
f1icted relative.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22
But Two Days OF
Demonstration

Gut two days remain now of the
great demonstration OF stoves and
ranges at the hardware store of F. F.
Rodriguez, 135 Grand Avenue-today
and tomorrow; and the great gift OF
fine gas burning range-with wood
and coal attachment, comes off to-
morrow afternoon. There is a deal
of interest, and every afternoon the
store is crowded by those attending
the demonstration. The attendance
tomorrow afternoon will be unrivalled
The bread, cakes, pies, etc. pre-
pared and served by Mrs. Merkel who
bakes them all in one of the Economy
ranges, are just the top notch in the
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22

Mr.. R. Southgate, from Boston, is
at Nogales.
Better Electric Percolators, Toast.
ers and Heating Appliances: Russell
Electric & Machine Co. 8:21 tt
Yesterday Doctor Chenoweth was
reported ill. He remained at home
and took care of himself.
Electric Supplies, Wholesale ant
Retail: Russell Electric & Machine
Co., 2S3 Morley Avenue. 1921 t
Yesterday Mr.. Marcus A. Smith
returned from Los Angeles, where he
had visited some ten days.
Yesterday Attorney S. F. Noon re-
turned from California, accompanied
by his family.
Flashlights and Batteries at low
prices: Russell Electric & Machine
Co., 233 Morley Ave. 1921 If
CLOSE IN-Small frame house
and lot, on Burk Street, $500 cash.
Box 772, Nogales. 8:22-7t pd
Yesterday Miss L. NJ. Kennedy
came in from the Tress Amigos min
ing camp, and at evening she went to
Tucson by one of the auto stages.
Yesterday County Attorney Leslie
C. Hardy returned from California,
where he had been couple of onths
quite i'll part of the time.
Guaranteed Electric Irons at $4.75;
Russell Electric & Machine Company,
1893 Morley Avenue. 1921 If
Mr.. Max Marks manager of the
Hotel Cohen of Hermosillo, returned
from Bisbee yesterday. He will &c
to the Sonora capital tom orrow.
Break your gfassess. We replace
hem. Arizona Optical Co.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22
John Raphael.
Continued from page ~

CONTINUED from page ~
willing to take them both ON Satur-
day evening.
So, if the promoter-manager of the
Herald can get his "dub" Garrett,
back here, l will pay all the expense
of doing so, and l will fight him to a
finish, giving him all the gate money.
l don't want a cent out of it. 1
want the satisfaction of cleaning up
the "dub:" and if Sisk will come into
the ring with him, I will clean them
both up; and I will bet money on the
side that can whip both of them.
I am glad that Sisk has given me
the chance to come back at him. With
hundreds of other good citizens of
Nogales l have had a profound con-
tempt for Sisk ever since the dis
graceful notation he put into the re-
cords of the Santa Cruz County Draft
Board; and he has given me the
chance l want. I am not hiding be-
hind petticoats; and I am right out
in the open to fight him, or his "dub",
or both of them.
JOHN RAPHAEL.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22
Unfortunate
Mine Property


Court attendants lately returning
from Tucson dilate upon the notoriety
the "Magnate" mining property is
getting through the recent exhibition
of soiled linen in the assizes. The
property is in Arizona, and lies out
in the San Xavier country, between
Nogales and Tucson. 1t is said to
have been promoted through the firm
of Hughes & Dyer of New York and
Philadelphia.
The same firm is also alleged to be
behind GEL Progreso," a mine in
Mexico, which has had lately some
very unfortunate experiences with
savage bandits, having received two
unwelcome visits from those gentry.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22
The brightest lights are ours.
Arizona Gas & Electric Co.

Arizona Gas & Electric Co.
Mr.. James w. Bertrand of Hous-
ton, Texas, IA land and timber in
vestor, and Mr.. William Bertrand of
Magdalena, are visitors at Nogales.
Yesterday Judge w. A. O'Connor
returned from a visit to the Texas
oil fields, where he has interests.
Don't send your broken glasses
away we repair them tOday-ArizOna
Optical Co., 239s Morley Avenue.
Yesterday evening the Nogales
Chamber of Commerce directors were
due for meeting; but they did not
have quorum. Those who We're on
and discussed informally some of
the subjects that were to ge before
the meeting.
Now open for business: Russell
Electric & Machine Company, 233
Morley Avenue. 8:21-tf
Mrs. Newnes. who was hurt so
severely in the automobile accident
Sunday, is reported improving, and
will recover. It was not until yes
terday that it was thought safe to
inform her of the death of her
husband.
We make the nights bright. Ari.
IONA Gas & Electric Co.
Yesterday Mr.. ]. B. Gordon, chief
train dispatcher at Empalme, arrived
from Murietta Hot Spring, California,
where he had been some weeks. To-
morrow he will return to his home
town.
SAVE YOUR EYES Consult ARI-
IONA OPTICAL CO., 239 Morley
Avenue.
Mr.. John w. Griffith, master me-
chanic of the Southern Pacific of
Mexico, returned from the East yes
terday. Mr.. Griffith has under con-
sideration an offer from the Russian
government, of corresponding post
on government railway in that
country, with rank of major in the
army and a salary of So, 900 per an
mum.
Eye Trouble = Consul Arizona
Optical Co.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22
Oregon Forest
Fires Controlled
UNITED Press Service)

HOOD RIVER, Oregon, Aug. 21.-
Forest fires in this section are under
control. Unless new outbreaks of
fire occur no further damage is an
ticipated.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22
"The Career of
Katherine Bush
Sad Bereavement

Early yesterday morning, at St.
Joseph's hospital, the little two-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Bergier of Patagonia, passed away
after a severe illness Of several days
The infant was a grandchild of MI.
and Mrs. C. c. Chapman of Pata
gonia.
Both the parents and grandparents
of the little one were at Nogales, as
were also number of other relatives
having come over together with the
afflicted parents, who have the
sympathy of many friends.
culinary art. Mrs. Merkel modestly
disclaims any particular merit in he'
baking; she says it "is all in the
range"
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22

Power, Gas, Lights and Ice. Ari-
zOna Gas & Electric Co.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-08-22

We grind any lens in a few hours
Arizona Optical Co.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
ARMY AEROPLANE
CRASHES To ROOF
OF ARIZONA HOME

tsr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED ~rRsl

Phoenix, Ariz,, June 2L-An army
Curtiss-H ispano airpIane, engaged to-
night in dropping newspaper and ad-
VeruSing matter for the Luke Memo
rial aero tournament here tomorl Ow,
was totally wrecked in making u
forced landing at Mesa. IS miles
from here, where it crashed down on
top Of the residence of Mrs. c. Pom
erOy, according to message received
here from Lieut.. John r. Lawson, who
was driving the plane. No one was in
jured
Lieutenant Lawson reported that
his engine overheated ana stalled, that
he was unable . volplane to the land
ing field and was forced to come down
in the center of the city.
This is the third machine sent here
from Rockwell field, Calf, for the
tournament in honor of Lieutenant
Frank Luke, Phoenix aviator killed in
France, to be put out of commission.
4 De HaViland -four" was smashed
last night making Il landing here ana
a La Pere was so disabled in Il forced
landing at Yuma yesterday that IL
viii be returned to its base for re-
pairs by railroad. a Fokker, which
started from Rockwell field yesterday,
also was driven down in the Imperial
valley, but was expected to resume
its journey tonight or tomorrow,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
DENVER FINANCIERS
ARE ALLEGED BACK OF
LIQUOR SMUGGLINGS
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE

Denver, June 27.-.That a ring" of
Denver finanCieIs is back of the plot
to bring liquor into Colorado from
Cheyenne by wholesale, and is re-
sponsible for the crossing into this
state of seven automobiles filled with
liquor last Sunday, was the charge
made today by W. S. McGintie, dis
trict attorney for the First judicial
district. ANA Deputy District Attorney
Charles f, Friend of jefferson coun-
ty. Arrests of wealthy Denver men
within the next few days was prom
Used by these officials.
The statements followed Il confer
ence between the two men and Col
Cliff Wilder, head of the state con-
stabulaly. Whether a grand jury will
be called to investigate the liquor
running case will he decided later.
We have conclusive evidence that
a liquor trust exists" said Attorney
McGintie. The officials stated that
the three men so far arrested for com
plicity in the affair were evidently
paid large sums for bringing the liq-
uor into the state
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
THE RACE PROBLEM IN HAITI.

w. A. Wolff in ColllerS.
The Haitians are black. They look
like the negroes Americans know Mt
home Specifically they resemble
them very closely, They have much
more in common with the negroes of
the south than with those of Barda-
does and st. Kits and the other
islands of the British West Indies,
But the resemblance is SUPERFICIAL
The Haitian negro has Wha- no
American negro has ever had race
tradition of political freedom. And
he is entirely unfamiliar with some
thing that has been bred into the
blood and the bone of our neerololk,
The color line. the assertion of the in
feriOrity of the negro race. is praCtiC-
ally unknown in Haiti. Americans
have been drawing that line since the
occupation. But no rea! problem has
been raised yet, and if those in con
troll of the occupation are wise IT
won't be.
You will find various strata social
ly, in Haiti There IS small clemeEi
of highly cultivated. eXtremeE wei
educated, prosperous people. They
speak beautiful French; they have
had their schooling. as a rule, in
Paris. They live we'll: they entertain
! lavishly. They don't like the idea of
being excluded from social functions
given by Americans. but they don't
at yet take that sort of thing |erv
| seriously. No other foreigners in
Haiti even think of the colorlne: the
| American business men, who have
been there for many years ignore it,
| too.
But there ar esigns of trouble. Fc>
| ,,,I, he IN
v'si1ed Port au Prince IN 1910, there
was a dance American Officers
danced with Haitian women; no Am
erican woman danced with a Haitian
partner. There is still talk about
| that; but it is good natured talk.
repetition would make trouble. This
1 is ont an easy problem to solve. OF
/ course But it demands a solution.
Below this top layer of cultured and
educated people there is a sort o.
middle class--sh opkeepers, traders OF
/ various sorts, minor government Off.
! Gals, employees of foreign concerns
i They can read and write as a rule
! but their education stops there. They
4 are adaptable and intelligent and fa,f.
~ ambitious. And like the small up.
! per class, they realize the benefits OF
: the occupation and the imperative
need of continued American control
Both these elements are, and are rca.
sonably sure to continue to be. mos
+, emphatically favorable to the occu
4 patton.
/, But then YOU come to the great
1 mass of the 100000 or more inhabi.
l tants of Haiti, Education is unknown
among them. Their life IS primitiv,
in the extreme. Their clothing repre-
sents wearing apparel in its simples
/ terms, The men are lazy and shift
less; the women do practically all the
\ work. They are an amiahle folk
\ courteous, friendly. engaging in Their
manners. But they are the sort o.
/ people who tore President Guiliaum,
i Sam to pieces when they killed him
and who wrecked and destroyed ev
erything that had belonged to him.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
TWO MEN HANG AT
COLORADO PRISON

laf MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE
Denver, June 27.-CliffOrd Sprouts
and Cruze Romero, convicted muir
dererS, will hc hanged at the state
peniteutiary in Canon City during the
week of July 90 the state board of
pardons todav having denied their
applications for clemenCy.
Sprouts was convicted Of killing W
". Green, turnkey in the Pueblo
county jail Romero, a Mexican, was
found guilty Of the murder of John
Rrcuss. "a farmer near Glenwood
Springs.
Both were sentenced to die this
month lat reprieves were granted
to allow consideration of their plans
by the hoard Both crimes were COM
mttcj last March. other decisions
made by the board were:
Gorilla Carranza, sentenced from
pueblo county, May IA, 1877, for from
twenty-five to forty years for murder.
Appeal denied.
s. l.. Knox, sentenced from Pueblo
county June %, 1917 for from six
TO twelve years for assault. Appeal
denied.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
GLOBE UNIONS REFUSE TO
STRIKE IN AID or MOONEY

Miami, Ariz., June 27.-The Globe
Miami Central Labor union has unan-
imously adopted Il resolution advising
against a strike demonstration in de-
Tense Of Thomas j. Mooney, now serV-
ing a life sentence after conviction
in connection with a Preparedness
day bomb explosion in San Francisco.
Before the passage of the resolu-
ton. speakers stated that large ma
jority Of the workmen of the district
had taken no vote on the proposed
strike, and that any strike of Il small
minority would be useless.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
BLOCKADE WILL NOT
BE LIFTED UNTIL ALL
RATIFY THE TREATY

London, June According to a
statement made in authoritative quar-
ters, the blockade of Germany will
not be lifted until the powers con-
cerned have ratified the peace treaty.
1t is understood however, that owing
to the delay of ratification, inevitable
in America, tile powers have agreed
that President Wilson'S signature
shall be regarded as ratification
pending that o fihe American con-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
WILSON TO URGE RATI-
FICATI0N OF TREATY OF
PEACE AS IT is SIGNED


aced by Germany if the treaty can be
prepared for signature before his de-
parture; otherwise he viii authorize
Secretary of State Lansing to sign the
treaty after his departure
The triple undertaking has already
been communicated in the form of a
letter which will be sent to the Amer
lean senate but the treaty is the for
mai carrying out Of the engagement.
The American newspaper CORE
spOndents were received by President
Wilson at the Hotel De Crllon this
afternoon and the president babe
them farewell
President Wilson in reply to an IN
quiry from Secretary TumuIty on May
9, regarding the proposed pact by
which the United States and Great
Britain would protect France from
aggression, said:
"HappiIy, there is no mystery or
privacy about what | have promised
the government here | have prom
Used to propose to the senate sup
plement in which we shall agree,
subject to the approval fthe cuuu-
ell of the League of Nations, to come
Immediately to the assistance Of
France in case of unprOVOkod attack
by Germany, thus merely Fastening
the action to which we should be
bound by the covenant of the League
of Nations"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
MFTHODISTS WILL BUILD
NEW CHURCH IN PHOENIX

Phoenix, Ariz., June 27.--The Cen
trial Methodist Episcopal church,
south, plans to commence construc-
ton within the next few months Of a
$4,000 church building here which
will contain from so to 60 rooms, II
was announced today. The congrega-
ton recently sold its present build
ing for $65, 900 and plans for the new
church home immediately were
Iol1pTba1
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
ShontS Sinking Rapidly.

New York, June 27.--Theodore p.
Shonts, president Of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company, who has
been i'll at his home here, suffered a
relapse today and was reported to-
night to be sinking rapidly.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-28
A MISTRESS OF ARTS.

Miss Jessica j. Haskell of Halo
we'll, Me-, who was recently elected
president fthe Maine Writers Re-
search club, is the descendant of nine
Revolutionary soldiers. sHer father
and two of her grandfathers We're in
the Civil war. she is a Mayflower de-
scendant. Columbia university has
given her the degree of master of arts.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-29

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When you borrow from Building and Loan
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This plan facilitates an exceptionally low
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always glad to go over your plans with you
and there is no cost or obligation.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-29
Building and Loan Associations Will Help
Build or Buy Your Own Home By
Loaning You Local Money

Home Building and Loan Associations are
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The home-building and loan plan offers the
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as we are not dependent on foreign capital.
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When you borrow from Home Building and