Evening star., 1923-06-10
Fifty Years Ago ill
The Star

After several weeks OF pursuit the
| band Of Modocs who were implicated
in the murder of Gen.
| The Modoc Candy and other mem
/ pu.LI bers OF a commission
sent to settle differ
ences regarding their location in
| California fifty years ago were cap
tured. Immediately arose the ques-
tion of, what punishment should be
meted out to them and how they
issue of June thus discusses the
question:
/ According 10 the reports of today
! from the Modoc country Capt. Jack
and his band have at last been
Gagged: though. Judging by the past.
! il is not an unlikely event that d
postscript may announce that he has
escaped again. The question now
comes up: What shall be done with
them? And the inquiry is complicated d
by the fact that the captqre Of the
leader of the Modoc band and the
squad OF followers who kept with
him to the last was effected through
the agency of some of the Modocs
who have been greater offenders in
the way of unprovoked murder than
Capt. Jack himself. Boston Charley.
who was prominent in trapping Capt.
Jack in his last hiding place, was the
treacherous villain who shot the mis-
/ sionary, Dr. Thomas, in cold blood.
Hooker Jim. another of the blood
hounds employed to track Capt. Jack
was the bloodiest of the murderous
gang engaged in the slaughter of the
settlers at Lost river, and all the
others of the Modoc party who joined
in the betrayal of their chief are
blaekened with especial feats of
murderous deviltry. for which the
vengeance of justice seems to be
imperatively demanded. Can it be
| that Gen. Davis. in order to save
himself little troublesome and dan
gerous campaigning In quest of the
remnant of the Modoc band. has
! weakly barred him with these per-
fidious rascals to grant them i'm
/ munity for the past as a reward for
! the betrayal of their chief? We trust
not, and yet II is hardly probable
that they would perform this service
/ without some hope of being benefited
by 1t. The problem how to deal with
! the captured Modocs, whether by the
! civil or the military arm of the gov
ernment, is likely to be a trouble
some one. and it is to be hoped that
no additional entanglements will be
presented through any rash guaran-
| tees OF Gen. Davis to any Of the
gang"
| Fifty years ago the railroad pass
was much in evidence in all parts OF
the country. Its
Cutting OF the free use led to
Railroad Passes. and unso',s. uS.S
| edly imposed a heavy burden upon
| the railroads. The Star o~ June s,
| 1873, thus notes an effort to abate
| the nuisance: 1.-THE western rail-
roads terminating at Chicago have
taken the right step in regard to
! free passage. At 4 meeting of the
managers they resolved unanimously
| to cancel all outstanding passes at
, the end of this month and to refuse
to issue any more after that date.
This order is absolute, except with
! regard to the passage of employees
| over roads with which they are con-
nected and except In cases where
roads are compelled by existing con-
are no longer to be allowed half fare
: tickets. and railroad ofacers are no
longer to exchange passes with each
| other.
! Grated specifically in tho catalog, but.
of course. they are included under
| the general head of ALL and now 1t
| will be in order for the newspapers
| deed. it is about time for the press
| to shut down on the whole free-pass
| and work -for-nothing system. No
| profession or interest in the United
States or In the world is called on to
! do so much gratuitous work as news
papers Every adventurer and specu-
| Iator who has an ak to grind ex-
poets editors and publishers to turn
| his grindstones. and to give them as
pay a little of the dirty water that
| is left in the trough or not, accord
! ingly as he may be literally or eco
nomicaliy inclined. Let the press fol-
| low the example furnished by the
railroads as indicated above and pay
caah for what they give, and the
| pPoverbiaI poverty Of nswspapsr msn
' will soon become "a. story OF the
paSl.