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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22

Greatness and the presidency found
John Tyler down on one knee, playing
"knucks" with his boys in a pathway
Of his dooryard in Williamsburg, that
stately old vice regal village of colon
ial Virginia. He had not even heard
that Harrison was ill, until destiny,
without steam, wire or rail to carry
1t. sped to him from Washington by
boat and buggy with the news that the
president had been dead a day and
that the empty presidential chair was
awaiting the vice president
Rising from his game of marbles,
the first problem that confronted this
president by succession, was to get
money enough to take him to the cap
ital. He promptly received the offer
of a loan from money lender of the
neighborhood. But since that thrifty
man had coldly refused to take a sim
liar chance on him a few months be-
fore, the favor was declined now, and
personal friends supplied the needed
amount to convey to the white house
this port of fortune.
1t was the first time that a vice
president had been called upon to dis
charge the one duty which gives that
office its only excuse for existence
to fill vacancy in the presidency
People had all but forgotten the pur-
pose for which the place was created
If those who had nominated Tyler had
given thought to the possibility of
his succeeding to the chief magistracy,
he would have been about the last
man they would have chosen for the
emergency.
Tyler belongs among the third or
fourth.rate presidents. Although a
clean-handed, kindly man of good
presence and polished manners, he
was mediocre country lawyer and a
narrow minded politician, with a gift
for getting offices that he had no gift
for filling. Graduating at 16 from
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22

William and Mary, the only college
besides Harvard to be the alma mater
of three presidents. he was elected to
the Virginia legislature at q, while
his father was serving as governor
At 26 he went to congress; at 35 he
was chosen to the governorship and
at 81 he entered the senate, to which
he was reelected for a second term.
His record of craftsmanship in
those various posts need not detain
the reader a moment. 1t is blank
page, as with so many of our facile
vote getters and place hunters. But
for the accident of anothers death,
Tyler's name would have been buried
with his dust in the oblivion of the
grave.
A Jacksonian Democrat at first,
Tyler followed John C. Calhoun off
into notification and to extremes on
the dogma of States rights and the
protection of slavery. Rather than
obey the fnstructinos Of the Virginia
legislature that he should vote to ex-
punge the censure which the senate
had passed upon Jackson, he broke
with the Democrats. resigned the SEN
atorship and reappeared in the state
legislature as a Wing member. He
was also delegate to the Wing ma
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22
Rid of Signatures Scrawl
Boston Transcript

In connection with the recent news
report that a train was wrecked be-
cause Of a station masters poor pen
manship, it is timely to call attention
to a happy practice which has come
into use. At the end of typewriter
business letters lately, one often
comes across the scrubbed signature.
below which the typist has translated
the sign manual in clear print. This
saves the need of deciphering, and is
a practice which might we'll nave
wide vogue.
AS a matter of fact, few people sign
their names legibly. With great
many there is a positive tric' or az
fectatiop of eligibility 1t is relic OF
the old idea that, to forestall forgery,
there should be something peculiar.
very individual, even cryptic, about
formal signature Such signatures
are purely cabalistic; they are all
right, no doubt, if you are Horace
Greeley or Rudyard Kipling or the
treasurer of the United States, or
somebody exceedingly widely known,
but they are a nuisance to the world
a. you are obscure.
But the signatures of many people
ARE illegible for very different rea-
son from this-the reason that people
have to sign their names great many
times, and get bored and weary, or
very hasty. in doing it, and conse-
uuently relapse into a mere scrawl.
In any case, the great world, which
does not know you from a side of sole
leather, is entitled to have your name
good and plain at the bottom of your
letter; and If you choose to scrawl
your name, it should be plainly type
written also.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22

head the ticket with a shining leader
and line up the IA bile behind.
In England, on the contrary, they
vote for one candidate at a time
now a member of parliament and then
the borough councillor, who is equiva-
lent to our alderman. The voters in
terest is centered on one officer. IL
the outgoing borough councillor has
failed to give satisfaction and runs
again, speaking from the tail of fur
niture van, interest may be conferred
on him SO intensely that the voters
will pelt him with paper sacks filled
with flour-which is a feature of the
British system that do not admire.
The British look at their politics
through the big end of the telescope
and get a clear focus. We look at
ours through the little end. so that
men and issues are too remote to be
distinguished.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
EVENINGS at o'clock for Adults
Reserved seat tickets may be had on
Sunday at St. Andrews school build
ing. Thereafter at the Weiss Furni-
ture Cos Store on Main street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22

tional convention. which nominated
him for vice president.
Nevertheless he agreed with the
Wings only in opposing Jackson and
Van Buren,. In the North, they were
for protection and internal improve
ments; in the South, they were for the
Union above all else, and Tyler was
dead set against each of those policies.
Thurlow Weed and the Wing poll
ticians understood this perfectly. To
distract the North from the slavery
question they nominated the log cabin
hero and to attract the slave-holding
South they nominated with him a dis
ciple of Calhoun. With ticket fac
ing both ways, they adopted no plat
form and stood for nothing except
vote catching.
The scheme worked to perfection
at the polls. But in the hour of its
triumph the Wing president died and
his Democratic running mate was In
the white house.
That unforeseen even served the
Wings right. They had set out to fool
the people and in the end they them
selves were worse fooled. All they
wanted was Tippecanoe, but they got
Tyler, too.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22
"POCAHONTAS"

Comic Operetta to be given by the
members Of the choir Of St. Andrews
Church and their associates.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON at O'clock
for Children.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22
PAGE THREE

idly going into the discard as hauler
Of heavy loads, his successor. the mo-
tor truck, is measured by his pulling
capacity-and probably will continue
to be measured by that scale for CEN
turies.
And the electric lamp, by 1t tiny
night light" or tremendous giaring
affair for street Illuminating, is
measured by what the sntedated tai
low candle used to be able to do. Very
few citizens use candles nowadays
and yet this pickering wick is the
standard for great electric institutions
all over the world.
A horse or a candle should feel
Justly proud that such wonderful ad-
vancement in the art of power is yet
measured by them. &c.. b. s.-.r.-s
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22
Anaesthetics Discovered
By Accident in Most Cases
(BOSton GlObe)

In 1914. Horace Wells, dentist, Hart
ford, Conn, attended lecture by Col
ton on nitrous oXid gas. In illustrat-
ing the lecture gas was administered
to one of the audience, who became
unconscious. This led Wells to be-
lieve that it might be employed to
render painless the extraction of teeth.
He tried it on himself and found that
1t was so.
During the same year William Nor
ton. a Boston dentist, heard that
sulphuric ether could be inhaled in
small quantities to produce uncon.
seriousness. Accordingly, he expert
mented. He was insensible for eight
minutes. On recovering he concluded
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22
wild DAYS IN EARLY
7 WEST ARE RECALLED
BY THEIR EDITOR

KANSAS CITY. Mo. - Pioneering
days Of journalism in the West were
recalled here recently with the retire
ment of, Celbe G. Cline, managing
editor of the Kansas City Journal. Mr..
Cline began his newspaper career in
1881 as a printers devil' on the
Democrat of Leadville. Col.
When the big rush" to the Chero-
kee strip opened in 1890 he was an
experienced editor, and he set out for
the Indian Territory from his parents
home in Kansas in a prairie schooner
h carrying a complete printing plant Mr..
Cline recounted his experiences at
farewell banquet in his honor.
The voyaging editor set stakes at
Pond Creek. unloaded his printing
press and got out what he declares
was the first paper published in the
Indian Territory, carrying an account
OF the race for land.
His editorial office and saloon, Mr..
Cline says, were the first two business
establishments to spring up in Pond
Creek.
In the rush Of events the editor
found himself elected the first mayor
of Pond Creek He was elected by a
majority Of twenty-one over his oppon-
Serious problems soon confronted the
Hedging municipality.
Fights With Railroad.
THE Rock Island, running north and
south. divided Pond Greek into two
. towns" Mr.. Cline said. THE town on
the west side of the tracks-that was
the 'outside'-wanted to be the county
seat 1t effected a separate organiza-
station
and brought pressure to bear on the
railroad not to stop its trains at our
station. So we passed an ordinance
making It an offense for trains to run
through Pond Greek at greater speed
than six miles an hour.
"Of course the ordinance was ignor-
ed. so we got together and set up
S45 feet Of the railroad track on edge
like a picket fence. The engineer OF
the first train to come alone after that
seemed to be possessed with the no.
ton that il he put on speed he could
f1atten that track-fence down and go
over it. For his efforts he piled his
cattle train in the ditch. We arrested
the crew for exceeding the speed
limit
Mr. Cline told Of pleading with
crowd Of 5000 for law and order and
of advising them to release the cattle
from the wrecked cars, which was
done The following day, he said. 100
railroad police descended upon Pond
Greek.
Another Ordinance Passed.
Plainly another ordinance was neces-
sary, he continued, so one was forth
coming forbidding railroad police to
carry arms farther than 100 feet from
the railroad track. The restaurant
was more than 100 feet from the
track, and when the railroad officers
went to eat, a deputized crowd
swooped down on them. captured their
Stacked arms and, at the order OF the
/mayor, arrested every man.
In 1894 Pond Creek had to find a
new mayor, for Mr.. Cline came to
Kansas City, where he did most of his
subsequent newspaper work. He was
managing editor Of the Journal for
eleven years, retiring May /.
In leaving the newspaper business.
Mr. Cline is following desire he has
bad for a dozen years, to devote him.
self to fruit farming. He has farm
Andorcon Mo
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22

Aches and pains often indicate kid
neys out of order. Your kidneys surely
need help-and quickly-when your
hands or feet are swollen and you feel
dull and sluggish, lose your appetite
and your energy and there Is q puffy
look under the eyes. Mrs L Gibson.
18th and Edison ST., LaJunta, Colo.
writes: My kidneys were giving me a
great deal of trouble for some time. I
took Foley Kidney Pills and they help
ed me right away. ] feel fine now"
For sale by A. G. Luken s. Gov $50 Main
St-Advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22
ONE CANDIDATE ATA TIME

1 like the British way of voting for
one candidate at a time. Our cleo
tions. national and local, involve a
long list of candidates. In the excite
ment of voting for headliners like
president, governor or mayor, we
elect the wrong dog catcher. 1t is
scheme that enables politicians to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-22
The Horse and the Candle

We just happened to be reading an
article concerning a 200-horse power
airplane motor, and the pages of said
article were illuminated by 16-candle
power electric lamp which hung above
the desk
The motor is all right. and so is the
lamp-but we are interested in the
power. '!> iHlaFINF
While the faithful old horse is ran
Arizona republican., 1920-05-13

have been mentioned in association with the nomination.
 First Conspiracy Hint
 The first hint at the conspiracy doi- lowed the introduction of an insulting telegram sent by A. r. Parker of Ei Paso to Mir. Moeur, congratulatlng hlfn Iipon having been ejected from office which he is yet holding. It was the contention of AIr. BuIlard that some one Of the accusers of MT Moeur had been in communication with Parker and had told him that MT. Moeur would be dismissed Mir. Bullard said that other information relating to the con- been brought to him and he asked that A. S. Mills. editor and owner of the Messenger. be called to the stand.
 MT Mills was asked regarding an interview or conversation he had with the attorney general. A vigorous oo- jection was interposed by both the attorney general and Mir. StruckmeyeI on the ground that it was improper to inquire into the reason a member of the land board might have for voting to eject the commissioner. The at tOrney general especially objected tc making the investigation the vehicle for a political attack upon him and he announced in the language of the presi- dent at Paris. "in his own proper per- son." that no such attack would be made. Mir. BulIard replied that thai was q thing to be determined by tho sitting board. MT. Jones replied that it was a matter that would be de fermined by himself regardless of the board.
 aYou Shall Not-l Will"
 You shall not" said the attorney general. T wilI.'' replied Mir. Bullarc with the consent of the commission "No, you will not" reiterated the at torney general. At the suggestion ol Governor Campbell the board retired and later announced that whether the investigation should take a direction | against the individual attitude of any member of the board should be left ! with the members who were theI 1 asked to give expression. Mir. Ross said that inasmuch as he had beer subjected to a grilling the night be- fore he was not disposed to spare hi; colleagues any pain ar humiliation I Mir. Simms said he had understood that j the investigation was to be full
Arizona republican., 1920-05-13
PERIL IF MOEUR'
 IS GREAT PICTURE YET BEING SHOWN
Road to Nowhere Still Being Industriously Travelled in
 Nightly Hearing in the
 Rooms of Supreme Court

At the end of the third episode last night of the thrilling screen drama, '.The Per1ls of Mour: or the Road to Nowhere it was announced that an intermission would be taken and the fourth episode would be presented at the same place, the supreme court chambers. next Monday night. Not Nithstanding the rival attraction. the opening of Riverside Park, the picture of last night was we'll I-attended, q fact due in part to the circumstances that there was ID charge for tielSets and, therefore. no basis for a War tax
 The continued nearing into the alleged misdeeds of the state land de- partment was prolonged, acrimonious and marked by mars sharp passages between Mir. Bullard, counsel for Land Commissioner Moeur. and MT. Struck meyer, representing the land board, and particularly. between Mir. l3ullaTd and Attorney General Jones.
 The latter dispute arose over 2 con ttnuation by MT. Bullard of an effort to prove that a conspiracy existed against Mir Moeur. and the attorney rather more than intimated that his scalp was sought because he had am nounced his support of Secretary Nit Simns for governor rather than some other member of the land board, three of the Democratic members of which
Arizona republican., 1920-05-13

ty, has been chosen for q position in the foreign service department of the National City bank of New York, was learned here yesterday.
 He is to spend a year with the bank in New York after which, it is un- derstood, he will be sent to one of it's branches in foreign country. Knowl- edge of French and Spanish, which he speaks with f1uency, together with his college training, won the appointment for Mir. Dunlap, it is said.
 He is a son of the late Judge D. T. Dunlap. His mother, Mrs. Mabel NJ. Dunlap. is now on her way to Palo Alto, where her son is to be graduated. international.
 Summer School Courses
 TUCSON-By invitation of tho Northern Arizona Normal school the University of Arizona will cooperate with the Normal in a summer session of 10 weeks at Flagstaff, June IA 10 August 20. 1920. To meet the needs s,t teachers who wish to enlarge the hari- zon of their education little and better equip themselves in their chosen field and of students who wish to hasten their college graduation Arizona Daily Star.
 Noeales Nimrods OuteIassed
 NOGALES@Th members of tho Nogales Rifle club, who composed the team trying for honors at the state rifle shoot at Tucson Saturday and Sunday, returned home Sunday even- ing in honors. The boys were com pIetely outciassed, on account of tha other teams having coaches wind testing apparatus, and everything ta make for good marksmanshiD, while the Nogales boys simply had to do their best and trust to luck.-Herald
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 sale of s45.0O0. 900 worth of pro- ...-so...n hns haen rnade by Armour and
Arizona republican., 1920-05-13

marked with symptoms which puzzled veterinarians of the entire south side, was solved when a valuable Jersey COW, the property of T. F. Pomeroy' was cut open to determine If possible the cause of the mysterious disease which resulted in the loss of the ani- nal. 4 piece of baling wire four inches long had caused death.
 The wire had entered the stomach, with hay which the animal had picked up from the ground. After it had lodged in the stomach it began slowly piercing the walls and surrounding intestines. Finally it worked it's way up to the animals heart, and when the heart was examined it was discovered that death had resulted when the wire pierced the organ.-Daily Tri- bune.
 Fuller Bill Approved
 GLOBE-Capt James Wiley is in re- ceipt of a circular letter from the bu- reau of pensions, department of the interior advising all persons interest ed that President Wilson has approved the Fuller bill, and which is now a law, increasing pensions to men who served in the war of 1872. the war with Mexico and the civil war. and to wid- ows and children of deceased service men in those wars.
 Those who served 90 days during the civil war and were honorably dis charged will receive $50 per month; those who were discharged for dis ability and who are helpless or blind or nearly so, SIP; those who in service in the line of duty lost one or more limbs or are totally disabled, from s66 to s90; widows, $50 and s6 for each child under 16 years of age; children of officers or enlisted men, under 16 years. $30.-Arizona Record.
 Future for Douglas Boy DOUGLAS-That D. Porter Dunlap, a Douglas young man, to graduate next month from leland Stanford universi-
Arizona republican., 1920-05-13
ABOUT THE STATE
Invente conductor's Hat Check


 OGALES-William s. Larcom of Nogales has been granted U. S- and Canadian patents on d passenger con ductor's hat check device and expects to begin the manufacture of it in the near future The factory probably will be located in Nogales, MT Lareom says, if he can connect the industry with some other business which will justify an establishment Otherwise the device will be manufactured else where by contract. Mir. Larcom is a veteran railway conductor of the United States and Mexico. and the in- vention is necessarily built upon prac- ticaI lines. It is declared to be equally useful to hotel walters and others using checks. A finger ring attachment adds to the convenience of the check device. Herald. .
 Climate Right at Home
 PRESCOTT7John $. Riley, who has been spending the winter and spring in Los Angeles and other Southern Cali fornia points is back in the land or the Hassayampa. When asked about the comparative merits of the climate of Prescott and other parts of the earth he emphatically pronounces this the best ever. He counts a good part of the time wasted when fellow leaves this section looking for climate. Journal Miner.
 Car of Ready Made Garages
 AIESA-A carload of ready built garages was received yesterday ana these will be erected in Bungalow court thus completing what MT. Eeville calls one unit This unit will consist of 90 houses and F garages Southside Union.
 S25, ,0oo Verdict for Plaintiff TUCSON-A verdict of $25.00O was awarded Charles Roy Bnckalew by a jury in the United States court last I pany for damages which the plaintiff sustained in the overturning of mass of molten copper in the company $ smelter at Clifton. The case went to the jury yesterday afternoon at ! o'clock after two days trial. The jury deliberated several hours before re- l turning the verdict. A stay of five days was granted in which the defen- dants have right to move for new trial.-Daily Star.
 Valley Invited to Chandler CHANDLER - Secretary Pickrell brought back the news Monday that Gov. Thomas F. Campbell would be in 1 Chandler next Monday, May IT, for | the celebration of the towns birthday and would make an address at that time.
 The governor will talk on the future of Arizona and he has a subject that will prove limitless in scope of oppor- ] tunities.
 In addition. there will be an open 1 ing address by the mayor of the town, a history of Chandler by will Robin son. a band concert a parade by the school children and a fine program of sports, etc. There is also some talk of 1 giving a big dance at night. All the { events will be free and the whole val l ley is invited to the celebration-Ari- 1 zonan.
 Mystery of Cows Death Solved
 MESA-Slow death by torture,
Arizona republican., 1920-05-13
pate set for Bond Issue

TUCSON - Thursday, June has been set as the date for the forth coming school bond election at which time a bond issue of $70OO0O planned to relieve the present situation of in- adequate school buildings, will be voted upon.
 According to the statement of the board of school trustees, twenty days notice of a school bond election must be given to meet the lawful require ments and the date of June is the earliest one practicable for the holding of the election.
 Electors at this time will be asked to vote upon three points as follows; CD The appropriation of $500 900 for the required additional primary school buildings: CD 4 bond issue of a second S3O0. GOO for new high school; (3) authorization for the sale by the trus- tees of city property now belonging to the school district but which is un- available as school sites.-Arizona Daily Star.
 Money In Goats
 RESCOTT-Aubrey Gist, secRetary of the Yavapai County Goat Breeders association, reports the goat industry as in good shape and says that there are about 50,0O0 of full blood and grade angoras in the county and that the crop of mohair even at low figure VIII DflnS the EFOWeTS apOuN TAAosVVVt and that the increase of these goats will be another s125,000 valuation for the breeders.
 He admits that raising goats and making money doing 1t is work, but that most other kinds of industry re- quire some work, too. His theory IS to waste nothing and that the goat guano can be saved and yield quite an income; and the new packing house project now under way in Phoenix will be another great advantage to the goat industry Miner.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-13

4 sale of $45,000. 900 worth of pro- visions has been made by Armour ana co,,,panv to the German government.