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The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01
SUPPLEMENT
Education

During the last twenty years. there has hecn a marked improvement in the educational system of our State; but there is ample room for still further improvement, and especially in the rural districts. A more liberal and effective policy toward the country schools should be promulgated and worked out. to the eqd that the boys and girls in the country districts may be placed on equal footing With the boys and girls living in the towns and cities. insofar as 1t is possible to do so The country with its limited school privileges and opportunities, has al ways furnished liberal per cent of the great leaders ill every department of life, and il is but right and fair to give this class of people chance to develop tLsir full strength along all educational lines.
 The question of procuring teachers and instructors for both public and private institutions of learning, is be coming a serious problem The com pcnSation paid this class of profeS sional men and women, is so much out of proportion with that of every other profession, until many teachers havo already abandoned this work and ac cepted employment in ether fields ir which the compensation is far in eX. cess of the teachers salary The teachers as rule love their profes sion and are loath to give it up. There is no other profession in which we are so much interested As a rule the life character of the boy or girl is laid and formed in the school room, and so much depends on the character and ability of the teacher Let the pruning knife of retrenchment be applied liberally along other lines heretofore discussed and give more attention to the educa tiea and training of the children of this State
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01
Capital and Laba,

It is to be regretted tha. :.
 of both capital and labor ,,l ways progress under the con,1 ner Of peace and harmony. N certain rights and privile,..
 should not be ignored or da,,.
 other. One cannot exist ..,
 without the other. If evo,.
 honestly examine his own !. the view of discovering wb,.1 fishness there may be lnrll
 and rid himself of that sels., and not until then, will ho qualified to enter into neeo,,.. a just and reasonable set,s. whatever differences, if any a] between the two classes n should be willing to honeS,,. blasly pursue the policy of sI let live While capital sbon,s' denied the right to reaso,.,, for it's services, the laborer " real and actual producer of sn' must receive a living wage D., fixing of this wage, due res.., be had to the cost of the necs,. life, No man envies the labo,, toil of drudgery and dan.,. laborer is not a slave. and .h.. be so regarded. Most of tbeu ! American citizens and should spected and considered as spot
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01
-crnS+ad in tbe liberation of those con

terested in the liberation of those con yictcd of crime The appeals of the mothers and wives of these unfortun- ateS are difficult to resist, But the Governor of the State should possess sufficient strength and courage to a. least pass on these applications for par dons according to the rule of merit The granting of pardonS should never be so freely indulged in. as to become an obstruction to the enforcement of law. or to encourage the commission of crime II cannot be denied that heretofore the granting of pardons has been made to depend too much on the political prestige or influence of the party representing the convict in the implication for the pardon. On the other hand there are doubtless many couvfcts who were entitled to some at the hands of the Gov ernor, but on account of being unable to secure the services of the right party to represent them, have had to serve out their full terms in the peni- tentiary.
 My friends, my contention is that the exercise of the pardoning power should be made to depend on nothing except the merit involved ill each in Iividual case.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01

 1 the orders of master as ii they were so many serfs, vassals or slaves? Are they to be bartered and sold on the political board of trade as if they were so much private property? Is it true that the vote Of any element ill Arkan- sas is a subject of inheritance, and can be handed down from father to son ? If so, then 1 say God help the son to become worthy of emulation and lead ership.
 There are q few people in this State who actually believe that at the death ! of Senator Davis, his political prestige and influence has descended to his eld- est son, and that he has the unfettercd right and authority to transfer it to whomsoeyer he will. As d friend and supporter of Jeff Davis myself, I re- sent and denounce such an idea or in- situation, coming from whatever source or quarter Even Jaff Davis himself failed ill every effort to deliver the vote of his trends to any other candi- date for office; and for a set of poli- tieians to assume that they have the right and power to deliver the vote of an honest and free people to any can- didate for any office, is an insult to the people of this State, and reaec- tion upon their honesty and intelli- gence. Of course it will be denied that deal of this character has been made ; they can't afford to admit it. But every man who pretends to know any thing about State politics, will youch for the truth Of this statement.
 Just prior to Smead Powell's an nouncement for Governor, the closest friend he has in Arkansas told me out of his own mouth, that some of MT. PowelIs friends ill Little Rock had agreed to donate ten thousand dollars to his campaign fund, ii he would make the race for Governor. l wondered then. sHd l wonder how. why any set of individuals would or could be inter eSted to the extent of ten thousand dol lars in the election of any man to the Governors office
 Fellow citizens, I fully realize that in making this fight, I am hucking what is ordinarily termed political machine. consisting of q few politi- clans in Little Rock and Eastern Ar ] kansas l wish to say. however, that this machine effects but few people in either of tine localities mentioned. The people as | whole ill the cia ' e. Little Rock. and in the counties of Eastern ] Arkansas, are just as fair. honest and ] honorable as any people in Arkansas, l and they are just as much opposed to i the methods of machine politics as you or l. My friends, I believe that the i gimc has come wien the plain people of this State are going to ignore the l politicial machines and sIuSh funds, and elect some man to the Governor $ office in whom they have confidence. and to whom they can look for q safe. sane, practical business administration of the affairs of this State If l can't go into the Governors office without 1 being bound hand and foot. bucked and gagged by lot of politicians and politi- cal bosses. then let me go down in | honorable defeat
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01
Bank Guaranty

specteo ana considered as sueb
 Bank Guaranty
 At every regular session of f. lature for q number of years n has been made to enact what k the "Bank Guaranty Law N withstanding tile insistent den, the passage of this bill, sope bankers of the State have busis selves in opposition to it, and to this time been successful i, ing its defeat. The more consl class of bankers, however, hs, opposed the enactment of a ral and conservative bank guarap. l think the demand for this Ia, only fair and reasonable, but mark of progress and adya,l thas cannot be further igno. longer delayed I shall be the k to make war against the bank age not only engaged in a lc. business. but their existence iu,ely indispensable to the eOnia progress of the commercial wOtlI day. However, they should h to abide hy the golden rule, 4D& others aS you would have them yoll The universal rule of sl k to require approved securu moneys loaned by the bank to toners Then why shouldn't ns be required to furnish some security for the money depe1 their vaults. At present all institutions, as we'll as all oths of business, are unusually prz and of course, as long as preset tions continue. the bank guans would be of little service. Nj fire insurance of any servic. | as We don't have q fire.
 The prosperity, and l might s very existence of bank dewl its deposits. The lending of ! poSitOr's money by the bank \ highest rate of interest obtainl practically its only source of n| and no bank can continue to eId don't receive any deposits. Thd take their hard earnings and q them in bank, should not 0 made to feel, but should kn0sl i'll case of financial trouble, or ure of that bank, their intereSt \ protected, and their money retuu| them.
 Every class of people in thkI except q few who think they dictate the financial policy for tiOn, are favorable to the enactn3 Il fair and conservative bank sa law But strange to say, one distinguished candidates for GO1 who has heretofore organized tEI of the State, insofar as it was \ to do so, against the passage \ law, and has led the fight aga from start to finish, is now Oc1 great space in the newspapers Q1 State. advising the public thal the peoples candidate for eV9 His alleged fidelity to the peops' considered in the light of his VI cord, affords a splendid illusla1 Paul'S definition of faith" i stance of things hoped for, tliee1 of things not seen"
 This same candidate was of the recent constitutional eVn1 from Nevada county, and his iVl that body was so notoriousF Fl sition to the interest of the 0] people that n certain labor papo State published him as all ''' the laboring class. The farmeh State appealed to that con''D'1 incorporate into the proposeu Fl tion provision for q graouas tax, and this same candidate the fight of the people, vote' this provision. Guess he ". fighting the fight of the peOpN he voted, in that conveilu"' the proposed reduction of tn. terest rate in this State. WE treasure is, there will your also" By their fruits ye
 them. ."-( Adv.)
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01

eec4s any notice of any of the proposed rossa laws until after they had passed tseaugh the legislature and been signed by the Governor. These laws are lasually originated by dozen or a&if dozen men gathered together in Saaae lawyers office, where the pro gpseped road district is laid out and the Euads therein designated, and the will ard wishes of these few men is ell se4E@d into law without a dissenting aaSe4e in the legislature, and the man
 whose little home is being bonded and
 sae-tgaged for twenty or thirty years Dor au unlimited debt, is probably at aEsis very time, trying to support his M4tia family by cultivating his little homestead. without any knowledge that his home is then and there being ruer4gaged for the next twenty years.
 Before the enactment of ali this srsrriai road legislation, the people Ill asany counties of the State were en- aacgsd in building q modern system or vyOaGs ander the Alexander law, which gives 10 the taxpayers the right to determine the question of building the rrnds and the issuance of the bonds xse-efar. This law is still in force and fwrs,ishes ample authority for building
 and maintaining the highways
 My fellow citizens, 1 long to see an sgsIandmcnt to our constitution, au- fgorIzing inc taxing of personal prop cr1v as well as real estate for these E0,s9ed improvements Why shouldn't f5s man with his half million dollars Esy7.sfrd in stocks and bonds. who rides 4ssfsr fbe roads in his Packards and ENiare,a Arrows, be required to help bear ssFa burden of building and maintaining sFse highways? It is unjust and in 4arg7s table to require the land owners esy, Tssar- the entire burden of this or any <u45yer character of local improvement. Wgyf Is long as the lands must bear this Hssr8en. those who must pay the taxes sF,gs1jd be given some voice in determin- qYr f6c question of bond issue. No can d5fygte for Governor will dare defend xgy law that authorizes q minority to u7grtgage the property of the majority, srfsha41f their knowledge or consent.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01
PardOning Power

deem it hardly necessary to con. S1me any time in defining my position xs te fhe proper exercise of the par fsgaing power It will doubtless be re ssse1nbered that my position has here sSforc been pretty well defined through sy&e columns of the Arkansas Gazette
 ata discussion of this question with n froggner State official. have never tsaken the extreme and unreasonable gsosition that clemency should never sse extended by the Governor in any 4-a1se The framers of our constitution
 saYsowing that cases would arise ir yySich clemency should be extened t, cEssse convicted of crime vested in tn, eg~svernor of this State the power [, syrznt pardons. But that this pswe
 Eaas been greatly abused, there can b.
 res question. I am not unmindfM . etse great pressure that is often brough ess bear on the Governor by those in
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-04-01


 dRgase for Governor will dare defend xuy law that authorizes minority to zaertgage the property of the majority, without their knowledge or consent
 Graduated Land Tax
 fine question of equalizing the bur den of taxes is one that has constantly asi4afed the minds of the people and tgsfa lau=making bodies since the foun- safIsn of our system of government :; aysl 1T is always difficult to view the tyucstion. except from a selfish stand ggllaf. l have reached the conclusion. soTsaver. that the time has come in eysa history of this State, when the con snfsItien should he amended So as to an4flnrize the enactment of graduat- sss9 land tax law The graduated land agx 5dea k based on the same theory as that of the federal income tax law, qwf,iPh is d democratic measure and. m HIT judgment, the faireSt and most equitable way to raise the necessary sNsvenue to support the government Esyt for the income tax law, few or us sgSqlid live to see the present war debt gaid. This law places the burden of raising this revenue largely on those nrss1 able to bear it.
 The graduated land tax will not only &nca, great portion of the burden on tsosae most able to carry it. but it will Apnd to discourage the withholding Era-5 settlement, large bodies of lands Eflcb in q measure, accounts for the nsany sparcely settled communities in Asxnae parts of the State There are ossany thousands of acres of lands in 9Issa State of Arkansas today, lying idle. sAat should be in state of cultiya- @xyn. and doubtless would be, but for e9se fact that they are held by some land syndicate for speculative purposes and not for settlement. These lands .Ranuld he in cultivation, helping to oroduce their part of the neceSsa rieS af life and as they are improved and satfIed up their taxable value k en- i. aants,d accordingly. But my fellow citizens. you will find that when il comes to the consideration of this and syslsar questions that will be discussed I'm qhis campaign. which tend to touch aSSH pockets of the So-called Big BuSi- cress' interest, certain candidates run rK51zE strictly on their reputation as Esoz1nesS men will dodge the issue like .s onc-cyed gander Shying around n mttle snake. And yet. they will tell puaI if elected they will he the Cover afY Of all the people They doubtless aoean to say they would govern" all EAe people.
 PardOning Power
 deem it hardly necessary to con sxane any time in defining my position Is ta fhe proper exercise of the par tSning power It will doubtless be TO sfsenbered that my position has here ysSforc been pretty well defined through sg2e columns of the Arkansas Gazette
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
TO EXAMINE
FARMERS MIND
Roop Confesses to killing Two Chii-
dren Because He Had But
500 to Carry Him Through
the Winter.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. j
LANSING, Mich, Oct. 13.-Earl
Roop, farmer, who confessed killing
his two daughters, was to be exam
ined by alienists today to determine'
whether he is sane.
Roop said he killed the two chill
dren while his wife was i'll at home
with a new born baby because he did
not have money enough to support
the family through the winter.
Roop said his crops were failure.
he had only S10O to last through the
winter and he thought the children
would be better off dead than alive"
according to his alleged confession
made public by officials.
Roop tried to chloroform the two
babies, but failing, buried them alive
in the muck near river. according
to officials.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
POLITICAL
PROPAGANDA
Governor Coolidge Refuses to Pro-
claim October "a as League of
Nation Day as Requested
by Committee.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BOSTON, Mass, Odt 13.-Gover-
nor Calvin Coolidge, republican can
didate for vice president, today re-
fused to proclaim October "a league
OF nations day" declaring he would
not use the Office Of governor 'tfor
the dissemination Of political pro-
paganda by official proclamation re.
sented by many of the people"
The league of nations day commit
tee in New York, in a message to
governors of all states, asked that
October "a be proclaimed 'league of
nations day" and the people be urged
to read the league covenant on that
day in their homes and 'in other
places" In reply Coolidge said:
"I cannot comply with your re-
quest. If by 'other places you mean
places of religious gathering, the
people of Massachusetts would very
much resent official intrusion upon
their worship, nor shall I undertake
to make innocent children advocates
of what they do not comprehend
am glad to join you in any proper
way in securing an intelligent vote.
I am compelled to refuse your pro-
posal that take action which would
appear to give the Wilson league the
official sanction Of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts and that use the
office of governor which : bold for
all the people for the Dissemination
of political propaganda by official
proclamation resented by many of
the people"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
HANGNAN
TO WORK
OVERTIME
THf
Three Scheduled to Swing To
morrow and Two on Friday
in Chicago
Jail.
PENALTY FOR MURDER
Twelve on Original List, But Seven
Get New Lease on Life Through
Governor and
Court.
PENALTY FOR MURDER

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Three men,
sentenced to be hanged tomorrow for
murder, will be placed in death cells
today, unless court or executive ac-
tion interferes. Two others are
scheduled to be hanged Friday.
Tweleve men were originally SEN
fenced to be hanged tomorrow and
Friday, but the supreme court and
Governor Lowden have given seven
new lease on life.
The three, to be hanged tomorrow,
are Nicholas Viana, Frank Campione
and Frank Zagar, convicted OF mur
dering sa4eyn sAeeper.
Friday, Arthur Haensel, ex-sold1eI
and John Henry Reese, negro, are to
be hanged for wife murder.
Jailer George F. Lee has arranged
to hang two of the condemned at one
time tomorrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
ARMY TRUCK
AND AUTOMODP
Glaring Headlights Caus 3
lision Which Results j
Death and Sever u
Wounded.
SOLDIER Is lED
Four Others Badly Injured and Re.
moved to Hospitals After Driver
Of Auto Disap-
pears.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DES MONIES, Ia, Oct. 13.-One
soldier is dead and a girl and four
other soldiers are seriously injured
as the result of collision between
an army truck and an automobile
near here early today.
Corporal Willard Durham, @. M. c..
died at Des Moines hospital short
time after the accident
The injured are:
Sergeant Joe Stewart, broken right
arm.
Corporal Mccoy, badly bruised
about head and body.
Private Earl Spate, broken right
hand, cuts On face.
Private James P. REILLY, badly
bruised about body and left arm.
Miss Catherine Sneeringer, Des
Moines, who was riding in the auto,
severe cuts on the head and numer.
GUS body bruises.
The soldiers are members Of the
Fourteenth cavalry, stationed at
Camp Dodge.
ali att,re injured were removed tc
hospitals.
Glaring headlights on the auto
mobile are said to be responsible for
the collision. The driver of the car
disappeared and his identity has not
been learned, police said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
MRS. WARBURTON
ON WAR PATH
Deposed State Prohibition Director 20
Face Her Accusers and Huri
False Charges in Their
Teeth.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.-A
woman's rage today was added to
the already much involved 1nvest1ga
ton of alleged irregularities in pro-
hibition enforcement in California.
The woman was Mrs. Glad Kimball
Warburton, who last week was dis
charged as state prohibition director
after three weeks of service as the
only woman in the United States
holding such a position. Mrs. War
burton had started for Washington
after her removal from office. But
she did not get beyond Ogden, Utah
and last night she stepped from a
train here announcing she was ready
for a finish fight.
'T have come back to face my &C
cusers,' she announced. Il have
come back to confront them and to
hurl in their teeth their false charges
and their vile insinuations. In fer
tility of Imagination this crowd put
Eleanor Glyn in the shade While
Mrs. Warburton was making hef
statement, Harry Brotaski. former
mayor of Redondo Beach. Calf, now
under arrest charged with conspiracy
to violate the Volstead act, was issu
ing a statement in which he wanted
to know whether any crime had been
committed in the alleged Withdrawal
of fffty-one barrels of liquor from
bond for the supposed purpose of re
freshing delegate to the democratic
national convention.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
Attack by RoIshexiki.

WARSAW, Oct. 13.-The Polish1
communique today said boishevikt
troops were concentrating nearI
Zmorynka for an attack on thet
Ukrainians, to be started soon after1
the signing of the Polish peace
treaty.
Peace Is Signed.
LONDON, Oct. 13.-Peace has been.
signed between Poland and Russia,.l
effective at midnight October 18.
Renewed fighting is expected be-.
tween the bolshevih and General
Wrangers troops in the south. Othert
war clouds gathered in Lithuania,
where the government was reported
drafting troops at Kovno to expel
General Zeligowsh and his soldiers
who seized Wilma and made 1t free
city" A dispatch from CONSTANT
|nople said Armenia had declared
war on Turkish natpnalists and order
ed general mobfl iEatfon.
Dispatches from Riga said war ,
like ceremony accompanied signing
of the peace treaty. The lengthy
treaty was read three times, In Rus
sian, Polish and Lithuanian.
Through it, Poland gains In terri-t
tory and has succeeded in establish
ing corridor between Lfthuania and
Russia The soviet succeeded IN
avoiding payment of gold first claim
ed by Poland.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
LIQUOR RING
IN EXISTENCE
Said to be Under Protection Of Fed
eral Officers With Employe
Accepting Bribe Of Sew
eral Thousands.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Existence OF a
liquor ring, alleged to have operated
here and in the east under protection
of federal officials, was being 1nves-
tigated today.
That an employe of the internal
revenue collectors office here was
given a bribe of 100000 for forging
a permit allowing a shipment of
S125, 900 worth of whiskey from
Louisville to Chicago, was charged in
confession alleged to have been
made by H. A. Sadler, New York
broker. The confession implicated
officials of a Louisville distillery, and
many saloon keepers here. Sadler,
according to the reported confession
also obtained permits in New York
City by paying $500 to an insurance
broker.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-13
FOREST FIRES
ARE RAGING
Fresh Biazes Break Out in Wisconsin
Where State Militia is Ordered
Out to Prevent Spread
inq.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
MADISON, Wis, Oct 13.-Adjutant
General Holway today ordered out a
troop of state militia to fight forest
fires raging near Superior, Wisconsin.
The adjutant general acted on or
ders of Governor Philip, who receiv,
ed reports of fresh fires breaking out
in the Superior district and appeals
for assistance in fighting the flames
Additional troops will be ordered to
the fire zone in case the blazes are not
brought under control soon. A serious
blaze was reported IA the Patterson
state park, near Superior.