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constantly charging that Hydro
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ment There is no foundation
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case of the rural lines mentioned
above and which are designed to
give farmers cheap power.—LA
BOR, Washington, D. C.
GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT
ON CAPITAL
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Alluding to the concentration
of capital, Governor Roosevelt
of New York recently said:
“This means something pretty
serious. It is pretty serious for
any individual to go out against
these big combinations. People
hesitate to do so. The inten
tion of the men working on
these consolidations may be the
the best. They doubtless think
lit is the best so far as they
themselves are concerned. And
it is, for them. But they are be
coming increasingly more power
ful in the iflnuence they are
building in state and nation, an
influence that some day will
have to flbe met.
“This will have to be combat
ted just as was the power of the
old barons and the earlier kings,
all if whom believed they were
conducting things for the com
mon good. How we shall suc
cessfully deal with these prob
lems will depend on two things;
upon the attitude of the people
themselves, and on retaining in
office people who will look after
the retention of offices in the
hands of the people.”
Just Fits Petersburg Situation
The above expression by the
governor of New York fittingly
expresses the future of Peters
burg in event the hydro-electric
is sold to the Foshay or any oth
er private interest which has
operation of public utilities.
The people of Petersburg will
have to consider the influence of
such a corporation in municipal
aflairs and its domination and
rule of the city, especially in re
lation to securing to that corpor
ation special favors and privileg
es.
Those who would dance MUST
pay the fiddler.
ANOTHER REASON FOR THE
PRESENT CRIME WAVE
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Ruth St. Denis, prominent on
the stage, in Seattle recently ex
pressed herself relative to the
prevalent crime wave in the
United States. It isn’t liquor and
it isn’t w7ar that’s responsible for
the crime wave, she declared. It’s
just lack of self-expression.
“Our young people don’t do
anything for themselves any;
more. They have everything
done for them. They don’t sing
or dance—they ask father for i
money to go to vaudeville or to;
the movies. Many of them don't
play tennis or golf—they pay to
see professionals play baseball or
football.
‘The result is that they have
no natural outlet—and so it
takes an unnatural form. There
is nothing so sane as self-expres
sion—and if it became the rule
instead of the exception our
problem would be largely solv
ed ”
Said an old Indian woman ov
er twenty years ago: “The youth
of today use too much canned
foods; too much of their think
ing is done for them; they do
not get out and work out their
own problems of life as did their
grandfathers. They are becom
ing a generation of weaklings.
They cannot think or do for
themselves.”
High pressure education, high
spots with the smaller essentials
left out; skimm reading, with
very little of the solid substan
tial reading that would tend to j
make one’s brain work to digest
the matter; too much play and
not enough serious aceptance of
the responsibilities of life. All
have a bearing on the present
crime wave.
. In plain wrords, the present
crime wave, slack morals and
jazz age is not due to Volst ead -
ism. It is due to too much loaf
ing time to kill. But rather than
place the cause where it belongs
the tendency is to declare prohi
bition the cause.
APPEAL TO MOTORISTS AND
PARENTS
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The traffic situation, the nar
row streets and lack of traffic re
gulation makes imperative co
operation of motor drivers and
parents in Petersburg. The fol
lowing by Police Captain J. War
ren Smith of Seattle, is worthy
of serious consideration:
“This is a dangerous time of
the year, with children out of
school running around the
streets. Parents should see that
their children go to established
playgrounds for their recreation,
and motorists should keep a con
stant watch for them.
“You can’t expect a child to use
discretion, and motorists should
keep constantly in mind the fact
that-a boy or girl is always like
ly to dash into the street in
front of them.
‘“Lacks Consideration
“Practically every accident is
the fault of the driver who fail
ed to show consideration for oth
er motorists or pedestrians.
“Keep your brakes constantly
in repair, keep your headlights
adjusted, drive carefully and
watch for children in the streets
and cars at intersections.
To parents Captain Smith
says:
“Discourage your children
from playing ball in the streets.
“Don’t let them go coasting
down thoroughfares in their wa
gons.
“Don’t let them steal their
rides or hang onto the tires of
moving cars.
“Warn them of running into
the street at all times and espe
cially from between parked cars.
“Have them use the play
grounds as much as possible in
stead of the streets and side
walks.
“If motorists and parents will
cooperate with the police we will
all have an amazing reduction
in the accident toll to show for
it at the end of the year.”
SENATOR NYE ON COURTS
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“I absolutely agree with the
President that to instill greater
respect for law is one of our fore
most duties, but I want to point
out that if law is to be respected,
it must deal out even-handed
; ustice.
“No government can long en
dme if any considerable portion
of the people have reason to fee1
that the courts are corrupt, that
decisions are dispensed accord
ing to class distinction, or that
the humblest or most despised
citizen can be wrongfully de
prived of property or personal
liberty.
Penalized for Opinions
“Nothing will destroy public
confidence in our judicial sys
tem more swiftly or more surely
than the belief that men are
convicted on ‘framed-up’ evi
dence because they may sub
scribe to unpopular political
opinions.”
APPEAL TO HOOVER FOR TOM
MOONEY
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Effort is being made by cer
tain Progressives to have Presi
dent Hoover exercise executive
clemency in the case of Tom
Mooney, jailed labor leader of
San Francisco. The latest to in
tercede for Mooney is Senator
Nye.
While he did not agree with
the opinions of Mooney and Bill
ings, “that is beside the ques
tion” he declared in the Senate
before its adjournment. “The
facts are that it has been dem
onstrated that Mooney and Bill
ings were entirely innocent of
the crime for which they were
convicted.
“Some of the witnesses against
Mooney have confessed they
were part of the “frame-up.”
The others have been complete
ly discredited. All ten of the
surviving jurors who originally
declared Mooney guilty have
asked for his pardon.
“Not only the jury, but the
trial judge, also believes Moon
ey innocent, The two assistant
district attorneys who helped
conduct the trial, the two cap
tains of police who prepared the
evidence and the attorney gen
eral of California have petition
ed for the pardon of Mooney
and Billings.
. .“There is no question at all as
to the complete innocence of
Mooney and Billings,” Nye de
clared.. “It is becoming appar
ent that the same public utility
corporations which conspired to
put the two men in jail desire to
keep them there.
..“Three governors have been
asked to pardon Mooney and
Billings, but apparently these
public utilities exercise a great
deal of political power in Calif
ornia.
“There is evidence that the
Pacific Gas and Electric Com
pany, whose detective engineer
ed the frame-up, has in the past
few years spent huge sums of
money in California politics.
“Apparently three successive
governors have not dared to go
contrary to the wishes of these
campaign contributors.
“It seems to me that the case
of Mooney and Billings is no
longer the sole concern of the
state of California. There are
hundreds of thousands of peo
ple in the United States whose
respect for law is justifiably
weakened as the result of this
flagrant miscarriage of justice.
“In his campaign to compel
greater respect for law, it seems
to me that President Hoover
may properly use his influence
to see that some action is taken
in correcting this shameful in
justice.”
Senator Wheeler of Montana
branded the Mooney imprison
ment as “one of the foulest con
spiracies ever perpetrated in
this country.”
“It was done because he was
active in labor circles,” declar
ed the Montana Senator.
Senator Schall, the blind Sen
ator from Minneapolis remarked
that he thought “Mooney is as
innocent of the crime of which
he was convicted as any man in |
this Senate.”
IN WHICH BRISBANE SAYS
“Seized liquors, estimated at a
bootleg value of $2,000,000, have
“disappeared” from the Chicago
warehouse where they were
stored in the custody of prohibi
tion service employees. Obvious
ly so much liquor could not have
disappeared without some sort of
connivance. It will be interest
ing to see if the employees are
as readily exonerated as were
those who have been “quick on
the trigger” in dealing with un
offending citizens.”
We add further that the only
reason for much of the disre
spect for the prohibition is due
to connivance of enforcement
officers in manner not much dif
ferent from above—only it is a
case of the big offender getting
off with his “bonded goods”
while the petty larceny “shiner”
gets the stiff jolts—to make a
record for enforcement.
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COURT DECIDES CITY IS
RESPONSIBLE
A city must keep its streets
safe for traffic, the Supreme
Court of Washington, sitting en
banc, ruled in upholding a de
cision recently. Three justices,
however, dissented, d e c 1 a r i ng
that a city is “not an insurer of
safety of travel on its streets.”
The decision upheld that part
of a $10,000 damage verdict in
King County awarding Louis H.
Gabrielson recovery from the
city of Seattle and C. C. Perrine.
Perrine’s automobile struck a
greasy spot on Seneca Street be
tween Third and Fourth Avenues
and skidded for a block, knock
ing Gabrielson from his sign
painting job on the route. The
pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company and the Sound Con
struction & Engineering Com
pany were relieved of damages
by the high court.
DRY LAW EFFECTIVE
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Report made at a conference
of district prohibition adminis
trators of Colorado, Wyoming
md New Mexico, indicate that
'^resident Hoover’s speech on law
enforcement and the threat of
•he Jones law have made those
three states dryer of illicit li
quor.
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