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American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Finally. let us remember that the
great secret Of clear expression Is SIN
certify. n your deepest desire Is 90
speak the truth. your utterance VIII
have the beauty and the power wi'icp
belong 10 sincere speech. Say inc
thing that you know. the thing tnn'
you heartily believe. and say Doth'hs
else. lie, NIL your discipline In SPEAK
Ing or Writing be a discipline In trut"
telling. Don't talk against convic'iop
or without conviction. Don't amuse
yourself by trying to see II you can
not make strong argument Tor
false position. Don't talk for enee.
Don't talk for popularity. Donf ,als
for, victory, Speak the thing thh'
you have found 70 be true. In YOU
own experience. or the thing WHICH
with the best light You can get yov
believe 10 he true.-"Iive and Learn
Washington Glad1en as+
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24
Do What You Can.

1t is the greatest OF all mistakes, to
do nothing because you can only do
little, but there are men who are al
ways clamorlng for immediate and
stupendous effects, and think that
virtue and knowledge are to be In
creased us tower or temple are to be
increased, where the growth OF Its
magnitude can be measured from day
to day, and you cannot approach II
without percelving fresh pillar, or
admiring an added pinnacle. Sydney
Smith,
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24
Pearls on Trees.

A round white growth In every way
resembling pearl Is frequently found
growing In the Joints Of the bamboo
tree In Java. These have been anal
lyzed and found to be almost pure car.
Donate OF lime, which is what the oy-
ster pearl U.s. These pearls" are also
found on the eoconut tree, the teal
end pomegranate trees.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24
Las palmss.

Las Palmas is the chief town In the
Canary Islands, and Is situated on the
northeast shores Of the Grand Canary.
The town enjoys considerable trade
and Is coming into prominence as a
health resort. Its population Is about
$1,000.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24
aeks Man. ENDURANCE.

"You know. doctor, remarked an
Ohio man who was shot by his wife,
"a woman cant stand us much nag
e'nr MS q man, and ! guess ! MIS-
hitlc. too severe on her,
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

CrunCe BIcHrol'-' ~ ~TlUIa.
Orange blVssonls as n bridal wreath
were first used by the Arabs. The
orange branch bears fruit and nowers
at the same time, and ID therefore
considered to be the emblem Of pros,
perity.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24
.oh. Ihats Different.

Haxel--why did you tell Edith that
secret that told you not to telli
Helen---I didn't tell her. ] Just asked
her II she knew.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

w. L. Hayes was at the First ward
chapel in American Fork Sunday
afternoon. and spoke ON Law and
Order at the Sacrament meeting.
Misses Lorena Nielsen. Vida Fugal.
Maurine Gammett and Mr.. Alfred
6wenson furnished splendid must
cal program of vocal. plano and VOL
IN solos.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24
PI. Grove Locals

Misses Hated and Wee Aydelotte
Of American Fork, we're business Wis
ftors in Pleasant Grove Monday.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

C. Owen Draper made business
trip to Salt Lake Sunday. and remain
ed over Monday.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24
Manila Notes

County Commissioner Oscar War.
nick OF Miliard County was visitor
hero Wednesday with Mr.. c. p. War
nick. zero
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Thora West was Salt Lake Wis
itor Saturday and Sunday with fri
ends.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Councilman Rasmussen OF American
Fork was business visitor in Plea
SAINT Grove Monday.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

It would be impossible for us to try
to report all the visitors from out.of'
town who came here Wednesday for
Strawberry day. Many old familiar
faces were seen as well as thousands
of new ones.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

The berry season now has reached
its height. This week has seen Its
heaviest pickings. There will be
berries Of course for another two
weeks. though the big run is now
over. sasg qi4 Sh
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Archie, West OF Pleasant Grove and
Miss Coda Lott Of Provo were mar
ried last week. and in their honor q
party was given at the homo Of Les
TOR West Friday evening.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Grin Holiday. Clifford Wright. EN-
init Hayes, Ford Paulson. Irving
Smith and their partners enjoyed .
Strawberry bust" 1t the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. l. Hayes Saturday
evening. A.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Mrs. Matte Wood and children. Of
Salt Lake. are visiting at the homo
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. La Hayes during
the Strawberry festival week.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

l.. Marvin Smith Of Salt Lake spent
the week end here with friends and
relatives.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24


Sunday afternoon at the regular
sacrament meeting, the Second Inter.
mediate fourth year class Of the Sun
day School. under. the direction OF
their teacher Merrill Warwick will
give tho following program: Song.
Joseph Smiths First Prayer by
class; Prophets First Vision, Glen
roy Iverson; song. Our Prophet
Dear" double trio OF girls; Incidents
In the Life OF the Prophet. Christie
Johnson; piano solo. Angelyn War
nick; Story OF the Plates, Blanch
Meredith; song. "The Unknown
Grave" Marvel Atwood and Estella
Johnson: Martyrdom of the Prophet,
!Angelyn Warwick: remarks by Supt.
II. v. swenson; song by congregation
The Boy Scouts of Manila have ar
ranged the following program for
Sunday evening: Song. congregation;
prayer: violin solo. Alfred Swenson;
talk. local troop committeeman:
humorous reading. Vida Fugal; de
moustration Of first and by troop;
talk by Executive A. A. Anderson;
solo, Mrs. Minnie Pulley; talk. bishop
II. D. Warwick: violin solo. Alfred
swenson; song. congregation; prayer
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Insersoll Of
American Fork. were visitors here
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. W. n
Clark.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-06-24

Viola and Josie West were Salt
Lake visitors Sunday. whore they A.
landed the funeral Of their cousin.
Mrs. w. Vivian Done.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
The District Attorney: His Office

This is the first of series of mono
graphs on the subject of the District
Attorney, his problems and his functions,
by Mr.. Arthur Train, the author of
"Tutt and Mr.. Tutt," "The Confess
sions of Artemus Quibble," "The Pris-
oner at the Bar" Courts, Criminals
dealing with the intricacies and the ro-
nance of the law. Subsequent parts
of the monograph will treat of the Dis
trict Attorney and his temptations; the
District Attorney and the accused, and
the District Attorney and his difficult
ties.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

The District Attorney: His
Office. By Arthur Train I
Famous Poems of One Poem
Men. By Burton E. Steven
son. ]. l. c. Clarke's "The
Fighting Race. "....... 3
Chronicle and Comment. By
Arthur Bartlett Maurice.
The World of Letters as Others
The Spy Mania in Europe To-
day. By Edmund Brown. 6
Derelicts Who Live Like Kings.
By Negley Farson. ... 7
The Seasons Children's Books.
By Hildegarde Hawthorne
Fourth Article cle.... 8
The Churches of Greenwich Viii
lage. By Harold Seton. ..... 10
New Fiction in Varied Forms II
Mrs. Pat CampbelIs Story. A
Review by Richard Burton. IA
Life as a Great Adventure. A
Review by Frederic Taber
Cooper ............... II
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

"HE police play" and the detective
forms of dramatic and literary ex-
presson-have made the public prosecutor
a familiar figure. Every child who attends
the movies knows that district attorney
is an unscrupulous villain in league with
all the forces of evil while masquerading
as a ST. George. His usual object is to get
rid of his rival for the hand of the Gov
ernor's daughter, by convicting him of a
murder of which he is innocent, and to
hurry him to the electric chair. This
enables the Governor to issue a reprieve
for the hapless victim in the final reel, and
by removing the District Attorney from
office, to cast him into the outer political
and social darkness where he belongs.
The dramatic possibilities of the prose-
cutor as literary material were not fully
realized by authors and playwrights until
the appearance of the gallant figure of
William Travers Jerome in the earlier
years of the present century. Almost i'm
mediately the curtain to every second act
arose upon ground glass door bearing
the then mystic words, District Attorney s
Office" From said door emerged at the
crucial instant an official Sir Galahad-
brave. resourceful, always young and clad
in a nobby business suit and bowler hat.
He smoked cigarettes; the Senatorial
villain puffed cigars. But there was moth
ing to it, Galahad always landed a knock
out on Beelzebub's solar plexus, and the
play ended with the powers of darkness
on the run.
Everybody got tired of Galahad after a
while. and by natural involution, due to
the necessity of giving the audience the
customary jolt in the last act. the pure
and stalwart young District Attorney had
perforce to be transmogrified into the
villain he now is. He may, in a year or So
reacquire his virtue or he may be thrown
out entire as 'old stuff" At present, how
ever he is bad egg and we all know it.
Most people, having a limited personal
experience. gain their impressions of life
and character from fiction and the drama
spoken or celluloid. They are also in
fluenced by tradition, and the traditional
prosecutor is a bull necked gladiator with
an undershot jaw who has no mercies,
even if he ne not destitute of bowels. and
to Jail for stealing a banana.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

borne up by the water contrary to the
course of nature; and if after putting their
bare arms or legs into scalding water they
came out unhurt they were taken to be
innocent of the crime" The theory was
that God would suspend the ordinary laws
of nature in favor Of the innocent. In
other words, if the barons or knights
assembled in "assize" decided that there
was enough evidence to warrant putting a
man on trial for crime, both the law of
nature and the law of reason, operating
naturally and reasonably. inclined toward
conviction.
In like manner persons accused of witch
craft were bound with ropes and thrown
into ponds. If they foated, as might rea-
sonably be expected of an air filled body
further sustained by rope. they were held
to be guilty.
The presumption therefore was that a
man formally accused of crime was guilty
not that he was innocent Indeed, as
late as the fourteenth century the idea
seemed to be that unless there were
few men on the jury who had already
formed q provisional opinion as to the de-
PENDANTS guilt the prosecution would not
have a fair chance and in Willoughby's
case in 1910 the Judge Parning) some
what naively remarked: In such case the
inquest should be taken by the indictors
(the accusers) and others Certainly if
the indictors be not there 1t Is not well for
the King" Since out of the "assize" grew
not only the Grand Jury, but the trial.
or petit, jury as WELL and since the
prosecutor represents the public, who
are the real accusers through these
representative bodies, historically at least,
there is some reason for the popular
impression that the proper function of the
prosecutor who directs the great machinery
of the criminal law and procedure is to
see that persons properly accused of crime
are convicted. That is what he is there
for. and what he is paid for, and if he
makes political capital out of his emotions,
or INDUCES in the luxury of an ostenta-
tious mercy at the expense of the taxpay-
ers, he is no good and ought to be thrown
out Mercy is no part of his job. His
function, once an indictment has been
found on adequate evidence, is to present
the case with all his vigor and to act as the
accuser's (the people's) representative
After the defendant has been found guilty
it is the Judges business and nobody,s else
to take the responsibility of deciding what
shall be done with him. To this extent,
therefore. the popular conception of a pros
ecutor as hard" man is not only sound,
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
By ARTHUR TRAIN.

ever weapons they had. Even after the
institution of organized judicial procedure
a recognized method of deciding whether
or not person charged with murder was
guilty was by handing him a club Of
certain standard shape, size and weight,
supplying his accuser with another, and
letting them "go to it" If one of the
parties did not happen to be handy with
clubs he was allowed to put in substitute
before the gong rang, and the thing was
fought out by proxy. The combat lasted
from sunrise to starlight" or so long as
either survived This right of trial .by
battle" or the appeal of death" was not
abolished in England until 1921, in which
year defendant accused of murder hav-
ing claimed it, the Court of Kings Bench
held it to be still existant. However, as
the official clubs had been accidently mis-
laid by some Beefeatef in the Tower, and
could not be found, the prisoner. having
been convicted in the common or garden
way was hanged after all-with due legal
apologies.
This had always been the historic way
of settling difficulties not only between in
dividuals but between tribes and nations
as well. Did not Hector fight with Achilles
between the drawn up Greeks and Trojans?
Did not the lsraelites and the Philistines
leave the issue to David's sling and Co
liath's spear? Trial by battle was by no
means peculiar to Anglo-Saxon jurispru-
dence. But this mode of individual redress
L,
colors ours to-day-including our ideas of
what a prosecutor is or should be like if
he runs true to type.
There was so much that was unsatis-
factory about this prize ring Justice" that
it was gradually abandoned. One reason
was that rich man might corner the en-
tire supply of fighting men and leave his
poorer opponent without any champion
whatever. This is a practice sometimes re-
sorted to by wealthy litigants even to-day.
Another method of trial in criminal cases
fully recognized by English law long after
the organization of the "assize" Cor jury)
was by the called ordeal" This was
either by fire or water Those who we're
tried by the former" says Bouvier. passed
barefooted and blindfolded over nine hot
glowing plow shares were to carry
burning irons in their hands, and accord
ing as they escaped or not they were
acquitted or condemned. The water ordeal
was performed either in hot or cold water.
In cold water the parties suspected were
adJudged innocent if their bodies were not
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
TABLE OF CONTENTS

rage
A Child's Story of American
Literature. BY Algernon Tas-
sin \and Arthur Bartlett
Maurice IT
Lloyd George Dissected. A Re-
view by H. L. Pangborn. -. 20
From Cub Reporters Note
Book. By Hamilton Peltz.. 22
Weighing Good Wills" Value.
By George Brokaw Compton. "a
The Book Factory. By Edward
Anthony ................ IS
Four Lives of Typical Ameri-
cans. A Review by Judge
Willard Bartlett tt.... 90
Wells's Short World History. 27
Behind the Veil in the Orient.
"A Review by Louis A.
Springer Observation-Disclosures. 2S
The World of Foreign Books.
Russian Books. Surveyed by
Abraham Yarmolinsky. 80. 40
Painters of Scandinavia. A Re-
view by Maurice Francis Egan 81
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
rial by Battle.

The public are not altogether to blame
for this. The District Attorney after a
certain point in legal proceedings, should
and does become sort of legal gladiator
This is partly because all court trials still
retain a distinct flavor of their origin
They are actual contests-np less bitter or
intense because conducted according to the
Queensberry rules of legal etiquette. For
thousands of years the only way of pun
ishng crime was by doing it ones self
Private vengeance was the basis of all
criminal procedure. The aggrieved and the
aggressor simply fought it out with what
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

but as it should be. Once In court he is
in truth a gladiator. a "champion"-en-
gagged in a struggle to prove the defen-
dant's guilt with another gladiator who is
seeking to establish his innocence. He has
no more right to 'let up" on defendant
than a lawyer has in a civil case to con
fess judgment" or to yield up his clients
money under an impulse of generosity; no
more right to conclude that the prisoner
ought to be given another chance than
had the Judge in a recent case chronicled
in the daily press to discharge the prisoner
brought before him for theft on the ground
that the latter had been stealing for his
wife, who was confined in hospital This
misguided member of the judiciary failed
to distinguish between mercy and duty, or
to perceive that neither was inconsistent
with the other. Instead Of conniving at
theft, as he practically did, he should have
found the thief guilty, instructed him as to
the best means of securing relief from the
proper sources and suspended sentence.
But no! The temptation to display to an
admiring public the largeness of his heart
was too great to be resisted, and he pre-
ferred the plaudits of the hangers on to
the purity Of his judicial ermine.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Why Prosecutors Go Wrong.

Yet 1t is owing to such fundamental mis-
conceptions as to the functions of prosecu-
ton that so many district attorneys "go
bad" The power of a prosecutor. par
ticularly in a large city, is so vast that
unconsciousy he all too often comes to
regard himself as sort of Alcalde, who
dispenses justice as a favor and not as a
right belonging to the citizen who demands
it. He takes II upon himself to decide what
ought to be done in every case and II he
concludes that the complaining witness is
a mean sort of fellow he kicks him (and
very likely perfectly good case) out of his
office. This may not work much harm In
certain instances; the fatal error lies I'm the
fact that in so doing he has abandoned
the real and only test, which should be
applied in every case-namely, that of
whether the complainant who has come
to him for relief has suffered viola
ton of his rights. Once a prosecutor gets
noculated with the virus of arbitrary
power he becomes the tool of rascals,
of politicians, and of his own ambitions
alike. The moment he allows himself to
be swayed by any consideration whatever
personal political. social or financial
other than that of enforcing the law
strictly in such cases as come to his no.
tice, from that moment he is a menace to
the community far more dangerous than
any Red" whose only hope lies in demon
strating that constitutional government is
but cloak for tyranny.
Probably there are no public officers in
Christendom welding an immediate au-
beings than the public prosecutors OF New
York Chicago, San Francisco, ST Louis
and Philadelphia. To at least half of
the. city's inhabitants, and often TO many
more he represents the final appeal for
justice. theoretically it is possible for
any citizen who has been wronged to "get
his rights" by applying to the nearest
magistrate But in point of fact, unless
he has the cooperation of the District At
torney here and later he can accomplish
little. The prosecutor generally has a rep
resentative in every police court. whose
business it is TO press criminal charges
when the complainant has no attorney, but
it is clear that if he does so without
enthusiasm the magistrate is not likely to
hold the accused for trial. particularly
as he knows the the District Attorney can
kill" the case later on, either by delaying
its presentation to the Grand Jury, damn
ing it with faint praise before that highly
amenable body (of which he is the legally
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Continued on Follosoing Page.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-09-13
M'CUMBER BONUS is
APPROVED BY SENATE
Certificate Plan Of Compensation Is
Adopted by a Vote Of
AZ to %.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The soldier
bonus bin passed the senate, AZ to %,
with % members absent or not voting.
II w.Is Immediately sent 10 conference
with Senators McCunber, SmOOt and
Mclean, Republicans, and Simmons
and Walsh of Massachusetts, Demo
Gratis. named as cOnferees on the part
of the senate.
II is generally believed two weeks
Will be required TO straighten out the
bin In conference, at the end of which
time 1t will be finally enacted by both
houses and sent 10 the President.
Passage of the bill by the vote regis
tered in the senate seems TO verify pre-
dIctiOns made by bonus opponents that
there will not be sufficient votes TO
pass il over n veto by the President.
The full voting strength of the OppOSl-
ton, counting those senators who vOt-
ed against IL, and those who were
paired against IL, would be "a votes,
which is just two more than would be
needed TO sustain a veto If the entire
senate voted. The total vote In sup
port of the measure would be 62.
Opponents of the measure said that
II the bin is vetoed they will gain sew
eral votes from the number who sup
ported IL on the roll call. Senators sup
porting the bonus however, declared
they will lose none of their votes and
that II the bill is vetoed they will gain
a sufficient number to pass IL.
The bill was supported by q Repub-
licans and 20 Democratic senators. OF
the absentees there were ten senators
for the bill paired with ten against II.
and seven other senator's absent with
out pairs. OF these latter, five were
for the bonus and two against IL.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-09-13
WIFE NO. 4 QUITS MACK
Actor-Producer ~ in San Francisco
Hospital, Declares Beatrice
ecebe Has Left Him.

San Francisco. Sept. 6.-Willard
Mack, dram fist, producer and actor.
who is IN in the Stanford university
hospital, is reported to have informed
friends that his fourth wife, Beatrice
Beebe Mack. actress, has lefc him
definitely. lIrs. Mack, 1t is reported.
left last Thursday. without expla-
nation. for Los Angeles, accom-
panied by her mother and her two
children FROM a former marriage.
Mack has been in the hospital since
Friday. His wife has been playing
here and in San Jose In his lay,
"Kick In" Mac. Is quoted as hav-
ing declared to friends there would
be no reconcile ton. Mack's former
wives were Maude Leone. Marjorie
Rambeau and Pauline Frederick.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-09-13
PILOT FAINTS; TWO CRUSHED
Thousands See Aviator and Passenger
Seriously Injured When Machine
Crashes TO Earth.

Evanston. H.. Sept 6.-While thou
sands nj an air carnival in Burmeister
field. west Of Evanston. looked on a
big biplane. just coming out Of
tail spin. careened sharply and then
plunged, nose down. 400 feet 70 the
ground. II struck with tremendous
impact. burying the pilot. Price Hol-
llngworth. former army flying expert,
and his passenger. Ben Buscher. nine
teen years old. OF Niles Center. under
the wreckage. They were unconscious
when extricated. and taken 10 ST.
Francis hospital. Both may die. Sur
eeons believe Buscher's back is broken
and that Hollingworth. who is still
unconscious. has a fractured skull and
internal injuries. Sky comrades of
the injured pilot declare they believe
HoIlingworth tainted after coming out
Of the tail spin and that the plane. out
Of control. tipped into the nose dive.