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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
1t was said that his frame and coun-

1t was said that his frame and coun-
tenance would have made an artists
model for decision and strength" The
array of counsel, both for the govern
ment and for the prisoner, was rep
resentative of the able Philadelphia
bar of that day. William NJ Mere
dith, MIR. Dallas and Mr.. Hopkinson
appeared for the prosecution. David
] Paul Brown, Mr. Hazelhurst and Mr.
Armstrong conducted the defense. The
4 rights, under natures first law, of hui
man beings in dire eXtremities, and
the duty of the sailor to the passen-
ger, in such circumstances, were the
themes of both counsel and court.
"Was the homicide necessary" ask
ed Mr. Dallas, addressing the jury.
".That is to say, was the danger in
slant, overwhelming Peril, even ex-
treme peril, is not enough to justify
sacrifice like this. Nor would the
certainty of death be enough, were it
yet prospective. 1t must be instant.
We protest against giving to seamen
the power to make jettison of hui
man beings, as so much cargo; against
allowing sailors, for their own safety,
to throw overheard, whenever they
like and whomsoever they may choose.
If the seamen believed that the ulti-
mate safety of portion was to be
advanced by the sacrifice of another
portion, then it was the clear duty
of the officer and the seamen to give
full notice to all on board and some
mode of selection devised which would
have given all an equal chance for
their lives
Mr.. Armstrong, for the defense,
said: But this case should be tried
in that long boat, sunk down to its
very gunwales with Al half naked,
starved and shivering wretches; the
boat leaking from below, filling from
above; hundred leagues from land;
at midnight; surrounded by ice; un-
from its load, and sub
ject to certain destruction from the
changes of the most changeful of ele-
ments, the winds and the waves. To
these superadd the horrors of famine |
ard the recklessness of despair and |
all the prospects, past utterance, of
their terrible condition. Are these |
United States to come here now a |
year after the events when it is inn I
possible to estimate the elements I
which combined TO make the risk; are |
they, with square and rule and COM I
pass deliberately to measure this boat
in this room: to weigh these passen-
gers; call in philosophers; discuss
specific GRANTEES, and because they,
these judges, find that by their calcu-
lations this unfortunate boats crew
might have had the thousandth part
Of one neor chance of escape, to con-
denim this prisoner to chains and
dungeon for what he did in the terror
and darkness of that terrible night?"
Mr.. Justice Baldwin, in charging I
The jury, said: "The case does not
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30
A Conrad Sea Tragedy Hid.
den in q Law Book

| the testimony. II was calculated tn
chances Of her being picked up "wer'
| 90 to ! against her"
/ The first night. Monday, the boat
remained together. The second nigh
1t was decided that they should sep
arAte to increase their chances Of res
| cue. As they were about to par
company tho mate in the long bos'
protested to the captain that the lat
ter should take some of the passen-
gers from the overcrowded long boat
but the captain refused. The mate
then said something would have to b.
done" "You know what you will
have TO do said the captain. Don't
talk Of that now. Let 1t be the last
resort" Everybody understood what
was meant. The captain then told the
sailors in the long boat that he was
about TO leave them in command Of the
mate, to whom they must render strict
obedience.
The next night the rain was fall
ing heavily upon the half naked pass
engers and laboring sailors in the
long boat. The wind had freshened
and the sea had grown heavier. The
waves dashed over the bow. 8ailors
and passengers were kept bailing hard
to keep the boat ahoat 1t had sunk
almost to the gunwales, Suddenly the
mate ceased battling and cried out:
"This won't do. So help me God,
men, you will have to do something
Some Of the passengers cried out:
"The boat is sinking. The plugs out.
Cod have mercy on our souls"
The mate collapsed and the COM
mand of the little boat virtually fell
To William Holmes. The sailors fully
the mates order that
something would have to be done,'
but not a man moved for few mo-
ments. Then Holmes sprang up and
with the aid Of some Of the other
sailors he went to work" The pas
sengers had not been told what was
70 be done and were not consulted as
70 the procedure. The mate said, do
not part man and wife, and do not
.hrow over any women"
One Riley was told to stand up. He
lid so and was thrown over. Charles
conlin was next siezed. Holmes,
lear, sure you won't throw me QUIT"
le appealed "Yes, Charlie, you must
TO-" said Holmes, and Cnniin was
brown over. Francis Akin, for whose
Ieath Holmes was first tried later,
vas an Irish boy Of II. His manly
Protest afterwards was approved by
curt and jury. He begged that lots
'e drawn. "And if the lot falls on
me-" he said, "I'll go over like man."
tut they disregarded his suggestion,
vcrcame his resistance, and threw
i'm over,
His sister, very young woman,
hen said she did not care to live
onger and if they "would give her
tile clothing that she might die de-
entity" she would follow her brother.
Ter request was granted and she vol
ntarily leaped to her death in the
Did waters. The next victim, Nc
voy, asked for five minutes in which
, say his prayers. The time was
iven him and then he, too, was cast
at Further details of the drown
gs We're not given, except that two
EN-, stiff with cold and more dead
ian alive, were dragged from under G
e seats and thrown out after day I
ght the next morning. No sailor h
as thrown out. In all 10 lives were +
Icrificed. Shortly after the last man I
as sent to his death the ship that h
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attempt to shoot her husband last
night?"
NO" Maynard balanced his hat on
his knee with nice exactness. Burn
ham asked me not to. And to be
quite candid, after had helped Doctor
Hayden put him to bed 1 departed
and left the doctor to tell as much as
he thought fit to Mrs. Burnham when
she returned"
was she out?"
"Yes, gone to some Red Cross meet
ing, so Jones told u.s." Maynard
smiled broadly. II rather imagine
from what was said at breakfast this
morning that Mrs. Burnnam laid her
husbands condition to too conVivial
disposition"
Palmer did not smile. II am afraid
she has frequent occasion to think
that and with reason. Frankly. May
nard, Burnham has been going at a
pretty lively clip during the lact six
months and unless he pulls up he will
be over the preciplce," he said soberly.
Maynards mirth vanished. Il am
sorry to hear it," he declared. Burn
ham is good fellow at bottom, and
his wife," Maynard stopped over to
pick up his hat which had finally
overbalance and rolled 30 the floor.
There was a pause before he again
spoke. at must be doubly hard on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By Business Career of Peter Flint"
(Copyright)

profits you at once see what the eff
cheney of your organization is
Then the light dawned, for the broth
ers looked at each other and laughed.
James," said Charles, 1--WE don't
know all there is to know about busi-
ness finances"
Charles" chuckled James, you and
I ought to go to school again-and here
we've been going along all these years
making money, too-without a real
idea of the economics of business. I
guess we succeeded because the other
fellows know as little as we do"
Duke was frankly pleased at their
appreciation of his knowledge. / must
admit that Duke Is very open to receive
praise of his work.
well, gentlemen" he said, Il must
congratulate you on being able to show
a profit at all. Many people who con-
suit me are actually losing money with
out realizing it. They pie up more and
more stock and believe that shows a
healthy growth, whereas 1t generally
shows that slow moving or dead stock
is being accumulated. and money locked
up in dead stock is worse than useless
Now, tell me, please. when you
started your profit-sharing plan, how
long it ran and why you abandoned
it?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
By NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN
author of "The NareIess Man"

make the match unsuitable. Palmer
had money, influence, and came of a
family long distinguished In his coun
try's annals. Undoubtedly society's yer.
dict would commend such an engage.
ment, and yet-Maynard's thoughts
reverted to Rene La Montague, whose
aristocratic carriage and good looks
were in vast contrast to the square.
jawed bulldog type Of manhood lolling
before him in swive-chair.
II wish you all success III your court.
ship" said Maynard, suddenly con.
scious that an answer was expected
OF him. DO Burnham and his wife ap'
prove?"
"Burnham does" Palmer examined
his fingernails critically. "I have never
been able to get an opinion out of
Mrs. Burnham; she can be very
evasive when 1t suits her."
well, the main thing Is to win the
girls affections" remarked Maynard.
Don't worry about the mother; her
opinion Is of secondary Importance
these days in selecting a husband"
Not in this case; Evelyn loses ner
fortune II she marries without her
mothers consent"
"Ah, indeed? And who inherits the
fortune in case Mrs. Burnham's con.
sent Is withheld?"
Mrs. Burnham."
"Oh" Maynard-stared blankly at
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"Sit down." he exclaimed heartily.
II was afraid you wouldn't come back
after all; you need not wait, Miss
Hail." and the stenographer walked
out, closing the door behind her. Pal.
mer swung his swivel chair about so
as to face his visitor who had selected
a seat near the desk. "I stopped at
the Burnhams' particularly to see you.
but found you had left to come here"
TOO bad" commented Maynard. II
should have telephoned first before CO.
ing to the rehearsal Of the tableaux
at the Belasco, to ask you to wait
for me; my stupidity" He leaned a
little nearer. Have you seen the
taxi-driver?"
Not yet" Maynard's face fell; he
had jumped to the conclusion from
Palmer's manner that he had news of
Importance. THE Potomac Taxi Com
pany reported Sam was engaged to
motor a party out to Camp Meade;
they are expected back this evening"
Palmer drummed his fingers on the
desk a second, then astoRd abruptly:
Did you tell Mrs. BurnhAm about the
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the architect. "An unjust will" he
said gravely. ut is unfair to Evelyn,
very; she has either TO marry to
please her mother, or select a wealthy
man. Or" He paused.
"Or what?"
Choose love in a cottage"
Palmer shrugged his shoulders. ITO
girl brought up to expect every
luxury and never count the cost, love
in cottage hasn't a great appeal
except in the movies. l know I shan't
have an easy time winning Evelyn"
he admitted in a sudden burst Of
candor. "She is very popular, but in
the end" his jaw snapped. Americans
should marry Americans"
Maynard's eyebrows rose slightly;
so Palmer was aware of Rene La
Montagne's courtship of Evelyn! Had
he gained that information the night
before or was the affair common
gossip?
Heard anything further about the
mysterious dead man?S he inquired.
Palmer looked glum. "Not a thing"
he admitted. II called up Coroner
PenfieiI today at Burnham's request
to ask when the inquest would take
place. and was told that a preliminary
examination had been held. the body
put IN receiving vault, and upon
further developments the inquest will
be continued"
Maynard whistled. "The delay is un.
usual; they must be waiting for wit
nesses."
"Or to identify the dead man."
Have they made any progress IL
solving that problem?"
THE coroner did not say"
strange that man can drop ou
Of existence and not be missed or in
quired about" unused Maynard. 9TH
dead man must have had some friend
or relatives"
Perhaps they are not in this cour
try"
They can always cable"
Palmer tilted still farther back II
his chair. Has 1t occurred to yo1
that the dead mans friends or rela
lives may reside in Germany"
DO you mean that the dead maj
was a German spyT"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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The Empty Cottage

The initial fault was mine. know
ought, not to have written poetry. Still
1 submit that the writing of poetry is
more of an amable weakness than a
criminal offense. But was tempted in
this way: I noticed that the BalmoraI
Magazine always used half a page Of
verse each month. Now half a page
ran to just thirty-six lines. 1t occurred
to me that poems of this length would
De exceedingly welcome to the editor.
MOST poets are unbusinesslilSe and write
epics or epigrams. Few, l estimated.
would have the keen business sense to
send just what the editor needed.
l turned to my typewriter and
Knocked Off thirty-sx lines about an
empty cottage-owner gone to the war
flowers and fruit growing wild-lush
grass in the paddock-leaky water butt
and all that sort of thing. Viyidly
realistic, you know-like an auctioneer's.
description with the adjectives reversed
bit. Carefully marking it, Length
thirty-siX lines" I sent it to the editor.
AS i thought. he was weary of hack
ing chunks out of immortal verse and
imploring laureates to write ten lines
| more. He jumped at my business propo-
sition of thirty-six lines.
The verses were published and filed
In beautifully a gap at the end of the
Golden Buttercup: An Intense Romance
of the French Revolution"
I thought 1 had finished with the
beastly thing
! A week later l found out my mistake.
An angry postman came up to my
| door, deposited a huge bundle of letters
and retired growing. M
They were all addressed to me, care
of the editor.
For one brief moment thought I
must by accident have written real
poetry.
tore open the first letter. 1t ran:
Dear Sir-I should like to know
where the empty cottage SO vlvidly and
beautifully described by you is situated
VIII you please say (a) rent, (b) area
of paddock. (c) IL on gravel SOIL am
anxious to take up goat-rearing and bee
Ikeeping. Stamped directed envelope in
closed for your reply which will much
oblige."
They We're all the same except that
some incosed stamped telegram forms,
and others intended to keep hens or pigs.
One careful man, anxious to make the
best of both worlds, inquired IL there
were church and public house in the
immediate vicinity One lady dwelt ems
tirely on the merits of my poem. The
serpent only crept out in her postscript
when she said "P. S.-Could you kind
ly give me the address of the empty
cottage. 1 should love to live In an
abode that has been idealzed by so true
a poet
/ replied to all who inclosed postage
for reply that the cottage in question
was situated on the side of Mount He'll
:, con, and was a mere product of poets
fancy. Half OF them sent abusive LETT
ters in return and forgot to pay post
age on them.
have begun, my next set of verses
for the magazine. Thsy will run z
precisely thirty-six lines and their tlt1o
-~derived from the noble game u poIc>g
--wiIl be "F'uli House ~ I3a6elf(fe Hsr-
l t,n IL Lonaon opIniep. ''
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Mrs. Burnham; aside from her affec'
tion for her husband she is a proud
woman, and to have her affairs dis.
cussed in public must go against the
grain"
1t was Palmer's turn to smile. You
weren't here when their engagement
was announced? Well, my good fel-
low Mrs. Burnham was then the
storm-center of criticism, not to say
amusement. No, I can't believe the
public's opinion. good or bad. inf1u-
ences her actions. She is Jaw unto
herself"
Maynard shook his head in unbelief.
What part Of the country does she
hail from?" he asked.
New York; she comes Of old Knick.
erbocker stock" Palmer tilted back
in his chair. Her daughter Is like
her in looks as we'll as in disposition ;
she also has a will Of her own" he
sighed, then spoke carefully. choosing
his words. II hope to marry her."
Maynard looked at hin, but his
grave manner precluded jesting. After
all there was not so much difference
| in Evelyn's and Palmer's ages as tc
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"Ill bet that old frog is just trying
to scare u.s." he muttered.
"Well, we will fool him. We are not
'fraid cats" Billy took another step to-
ward the thicket when call from be-
hind halted him again.
''woof! Wool Wait! Waltz
It was Johnny Bull, the dog friend OF
Peggy and Billy.
"Woof Wait! I'm coming to guard
you - he barked.
what is there to guard us against?'
asked Peggy anxiously. Johnny Bull
raised his nose and shifted the air.
Cramps !" he growled. Then he ven
tured few steps toward the thicket
and shifted the air again. "A whole
bunch of tramps!" !" he added.
"O-oh, and we were going to run right
into them !" exclaimed Peggy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
ON A HIKE

ON A HIKE
Doggy arid Billy were on hike
L along the river. They had taken
their lunch along and were having the
happiest kind Of time The day was
beautiful with the sun shining, the birds
singing, and gentle breeze ruffling the
surface of the water. All nature seemed
joyous and at play.
Peggy and Billy chatted with the birds.
picked flowers, chased butterflies, and
set ships made of chips sailing away on
the river.
Fun, fun, nothing but fun !" sang
Peggy gleefully.
run. run. you'd better run |" an
swered Bull Frog from the rushes along
the waters edge.
Peggy stopped her singing in hurry
and turned to Billy
what do you think Bull Frog meant
by that?" she asked.
~ guess he's a poet, and has to show
it," rhymed Billy with a laugh.
Sun, sun, shine, gentle sum-" sang
Peggy.
"Shun, shun, dark thickets shun !!
croaked Bull Frog from the rushes
Again Peggy stopped singing.
THAT sounds like a warming" she
said. "And I see dark thicket ahead
of u.s."
"Yes," answered Billy, "but I dom
see any reason for stunning it. What
danger can there be in such peaceful
spot? I'm going to explore it.
Gun, gun ; have you a gun?' croaked
Bull Frog, as Billy started forward
Billy stopped hesitatingly.
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So mCGnGeit may puff fellow. but 1t will never
to me in later life. NJ N MI
! am glad Bruno is so helpful to you.
That's good little epigram you sent,
SO am leaving it in your letter.
l strongly urge you. and indeed any
vigorous. VI red-blooded American. to get
TO Dr. David Snedden, Columbia Uni
versity, New York city.
III ii have a sister who does writing NJ
times. tmes; and an she has been advised to take :
subject She has asked me % to find a 'nat ost
or Mnerner nnt the beIievo was a bonatide school
schools to be pure fakes and I. ocoSrreS Sr spin n
tpe tbe,t, mat perhaps you knew something about
would answer this letter. either " tbroyyeSS ~ yeS
'ou' eo'uihn or using the inclosed envelope.
E. L. H.
scbao1 40 - not .t.,l know ANYTHING about the
scnool TO which you refer. suggest
mat mat you communicate with the SUPER
lntendent of the state Board Of Educa
tion' tio He can give you just the informa-
ton that you wish.
have red ali kinds In yo1r of depsrt t.
ses mncb salesman. salesman. but do not seem to have
We have plenty of material and capital
Sompettive com M BASES ses't'9R Ws to DO business On
the daily papers. Sunday and trade papers
riphte nave nave a good proposition to make to the
,,t,L mani tnat is, we will go ffty-fffv
with W. IN MIN: Can you give US any pointers as
u no" we can catch this fellow?
| .rE -. j. A. ON.
Rave you tried the business colleges
ana night schools? There are num-
Der of industrial institutions teaching
salesmanship. Get IN touch with these
institut ons. They could probably sug-
gest one or two good live wires from
among their students AS there are n
lot OF statesmen reading this story it
might pay you to run an advertisement
adjoining this feature.
or course, as good statesmen are
scarce, It is necessary to have a good
proposition, which I presume you have.
1t is often a COED plan to get a Young
man. give him small salary and COM
mission and train him your own way.
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THE PROBLEM OF THE PROFIT.
SHARING PLAN

THE two brothers sat with their
l. hands spread over their knees and
looked very uncomfortable, but they
were so interested in Bruno Dukes ques-
tions about their business that they were
forgetful of everything else.
Has your stock of merchandise in
creased since the inventory which was
taken at the beginning of the last trad
ing period?"
Charles looked at James and said:
You know more about that than I
do"
"Al right, Charles. It's perhaps
little difficult to explain, for our stock is
less but the value is more. You see,
Mr.. Duke, the war has caused prices to
advance very much SO that-that-' he
f1oundered for an expression.
ct understand" Duke interposed. Now
tell ME, have you taken stock at in
voice prices or at market prices"
"That's where Charles and l differ
explained James. He said we ought to
take stock at invoice price, but I said
we ought to take it at the present-day
price. You see, Mr.. Duke. If prices
declined we'd take the loss right away
so II prices advance we'd be justified In
taking the profit right away. isn't that
so?"
'If you could take the profit right
away, yes. But it is only potential
proft and not real one till the goods
are sold and paid for and all the eX-
nenses involved in the sale are paid"
"There," Charles exclaimed triumph
antly, IT knew you were wrong. James
we ought to take stock at the lowest
figure whichever it may be. either in
voice price or market price. You see
I'm right, for Mr.. Duke agrees with me.
"Hold on a minute" Duke laughed
"Please don't commit me to something
never said. Tell me what you reall!
did?'
"split it $780," James admitted. wv
ought to have shown profit on stool
. of s22, 900, SO we called it $1,000 from
the present profit figure of $2s,ooo, whicl
leaves a real, actual-not a potential
!, Mr. James-profit of $4,000.
l For statistical purposes it's desirabl
: to divide profit into two rarts-profl
j. from buying and profit from selling
!; Profit or loss from buying is that DIFF
J. ference in stock values which occurs be
! tween the buying and the selling of tn
o goods, This figure Is an index of tn
), buver's skill The trading profit tell
e clearly of the salesman's skill"
y The two brothers looked puzzled. S
!. Duke added:
= "If stock has to suffer heavy marx
u down it should be considered as
n error in buying and should not b
- blamed to the statesmen. Any loss
t. price should be debited to the buyin
Il organization, and the selling profit
II should be based on the profit made b
,r the statesmen on the market price. Tht
you can see whether the buying or sci
" ing end of your organization is weal
If the price variants on stock al
!. charged to buying profits. and thu
amount be taken from the business nj