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REYES ASKS DELAY
Suffrage Not Guaranteed,
Mexican Candidate Says.
CANDIDATE for PROTIIONOTAHV.
FOR TREASURER.
. F. Weaver
JUSTICE DISPENSED BY UNCLE SI'S
FLOATING COURT FROM PDRTTOPORT
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Residence, 1302 EastSt.
Revenue Cutter Carries Offi
cials to Try Alaskan
Transgressors.
Juries Chosen Wherever Ses
sions of the Court
Are Held.
MADERO DENIES THE CHARGES
(ntB CITIZEN, WEDNKSIlAY1, SKI"!'. 0, 1011.
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SOMEWHERE oft tho Alaskan
coast at tills very moment a
vessel flying the stars and
stripes Is working her way from
port to port dealing out Justice to
those accused of breaking the lairs of
tho United States. This ship Is tho
United States revenue cutter Thetis,
and bcr mission Is hers atone, for no
where else on any of tho seven seas
can her counterpart bo found. In her
Uncle Sam posses bob tho only floating
court In tho world. ,
, Less than a quarter of a century ago
It was the wild beast of tho bold spirits
who tempted fortund in tho Alaskan
loo fields, where "there's never a law
of Ood or man runs north to fifty
three!" ,But today tho law reaches
that far and beyond and spares no
villages or waste places In so doing.
And this Is duo In general to the
strong arm of the government and In
particular to this floating court that
recently set out on her unique cruise.
Onco every year, though this is only
the second trip made, a ship of the
revenue cutter service visits the prin
cipal ports of Alaska, carrying on
board tho court officials ,from Valdez,
who enforce laws and administer jus
tice over a territory so scattered that,
but for them, lawlessness might reign
as supreme as in the old days. At
tho various points touched rude build
ings or.schoolbouscs aro turned into
Impromptu courthouses and justice
meted out Not infrequently the deck
of tho vessel becomes tho scene of the
trials of tho offenders. In many, In
stances thoso to be tried have been
brought moro than a hundred miles
to answer tholr accusers.
Territory Covered.
The territory covered by this floating
court is known as the third district of
Alaska and embraces the southwestern
portion of the -country and tho Aleu
tian Islands. Courts in tho other sec
'tlons are' maintained much as they
aro in the states. All cases of a grave
naturo aro tried, at Valdez, tho head
quarters of tho district, and there, too,
are tho best equipped Jail and the wait
ing court officials. And so it was
that from Valdez tho Thetis set sail
on her cruise of Justice, which will
last nearly two months. According to
orders, Unalaska was the first port,
then Nushagak, Unga and Kodlak.
The presiding officer of the court this
year Is Judgo Thomas II. Lyons, and
tho Thetis Is commanded by Captain S.
O. Cochran. A prosecuting attorney
for the government and counsel for
the defense aro also carried. Four of
the Junior officers (or the vessel are
sworn In as commissioners and four
special United States deputy mar
shals. Tho 'former on tho current
cruise are Lieutenant Michael Ryan,
Lieutenant Thaddeus G. Crapester,
Lieutenant Archibald H. Scally and
Lieutenant Edward D. Jones, and the
latter Lieutenant William Williams,
Lieutenant Joseph B. Befec, Lieuten
ant Roy P. Munlo and Lieutenant John
S. Baylls. Trial is by jury chosen nt
the places whero the court is held.
The Procedure.
The dates of the court sessions are
of necessity published beforehand.
When tho boat arrives an entire day
'may be spent In arranging a building
wherein the sessions may bo held and
sometimes two or three moro In get
ting Jurors. Finally court convenes,
and tho treadmill of tho law7 runs its
slow but certain course. The la? it
self naturally is tho law of all other
places over which the stars and stripes
wavo.
In Unalaska, whero the longer ses
sions are held, there Is a girl who acts
as court interpreter. She is a half
breed In our reckoning. Though sep
arated by several thousand miles, a
strango similarity of taste in breaking
tho law seems to exist between Alas
ka and Kentucky, for the making of
what In tho latter is called "moon
shine" and in tho former "hootehna
hoo" (more commonly "hootch") is
one of tho offenses that consume a
goodly share of tho court's time. And
this .year, perhaps for tho last time,
Japanese seal poachers will have to bo
taught tho meaning of Undo Sam's
word "obey." So thero is a variety
of tho unusual to bo dealt with by the
court.
When the little revenue cutter starts
on her cruise she must bo prepared to
meet almost any exigency, for, aside
frpm carrying the court, assisting In
court proceedings ,and several lesser
details, sho will have to bring back to
Valdez for trial all Japanese- seal
poachers and other offenders condemn
ed to spend terms In either a. federal
prison In the states or in tha ono at
Valdez.
Some Experiences,
lieutenant Frank Austin while serv
ing onco as a deputy marshal was
conveying a largo party of Japanese,
alleged seal poachers, to Valdez for
trial. By never relaxing his authori
ty be managed to avoid serious trou
ble with them. At some of tho stops
they even so far forgot their arrest as
to Indulge in their favorite pastime ot
00
wrestling . with each other on the
beach. But one night when the shli
was tied up in port one df them dis
appeared. Whether ho had Jumped
overboard and was drowned or had
succeeded in reaching the shore and
secreting himself In tho interior of
the country was never ascertained.
He had literally vanished overnight.
In another Instance, Lieutenant Al
len relates, a party of revenue cutter
men had captured a seal poaching
vessel, but were unable to feet con
clusive evidence, though they felt
quite suro of tho Justice of their
charge. The Japs objected to being
placed on their ship and being towed
to tho three, mile lltA as is custom
ary. So they wore loaded into small
boats and literally driven to their ves
sel with clubbed rifles as extra induce
ments to obey.
Ordinarily, though, the Japanese
seal poacher is not combative. A Jail
scutenco Is usually more of a pleasure
than a punishment to him. The food
in tho jails Is far more inviting than
that served on their own ships and
tho work much lighter. In nine cases
out of ten a blank shell discharged or
shot across tho bow of a suspected
seal poacher brings It to In a Jiffy.
If not a solid shot works wonders.
Then the revenue officers board the
.boat and search for evidence.
Whatever trouble tho Japanese seal
poachers have given this country In
the past, the future holds promlsb of
relief. A treaty passed congress by
which England, Russia and the .Japa
nese agreed to Join this country In
not hunting seal within a six mile
limit instead of n three mile one. And
In addition Japan and Russia have
consented to hunt seal along their
own respective coast lines.
Their Crimes.
The natives are but rarely accused
of theft. Assembled In a store, they
will help themselves to pocketknlves
and other trinkets that appeal to them.
Theso will bo passed from ono to the
other with enthusiasm. But the store
keeper never bothers to keep tab on
them, for lie well knows that every
article will bo returned to tho Identical
place from which It wns taken. Theft,
if anv. p.xlsts among tho lower class
of white men.
Murder, however, is less Infrequent.
It is a custom among the natives, if a
white man kills one of them, to kill
not tho murderer, 'but tho first white
man encountered. This state of af
fairs often brings pocullar cases before
the court.
Judge James Wlckcrsham, delegate
to congress from Alaska, has often sat
In Judgment upon the natives.
"Although they are beginning to re
alize tho significance of our law," he
says, "they And that they conflict at
every turn with their own customs.
What to them has always been right
Is suddenly changed to wrong. Their
marriage custom is by no means a bar
ter. The prospective husband does not
bid for her In a business fashion, but
comes with presents and pays, her real
court Sho takes pride In the size of
the 'price' offered for her. She Is the
center of Interest in her village and Is
proud of being wooed in that manner."
The floating court came out of a trip
that Judge Wlckersham made some
ten years ago. He held court then at
Unalaska and recalls one decidedly
unusual incident of the work.
A Murder Case.
"It was a murder case," he said, "and
one of tho most dastardly I ever ran
aoross. The man who committed tho
deed was an American who had served
during tho Spanish-American war In
a Tennessee regiment Whllo In the
Philippines ho shot a man for no other
reason, apparently, than for the fun
of seeing him die.
"At tho expiration of his prison sen
tence ho boardec a fishing boat bound
for tho Aleutian country. At Unlmak
island tho boat stopped for water, and
he, with several others, went ashore.
Upon landing they discovered three
tents pitched well back from tho beach
and in them mining implements of
value. When tho wnter had been ob
tained he remained on tho island.
"Tho fishing boat sailed away with
out.him. Ho returned to the tents and,
taking rifles and ammunition, made
his way to some nearby hills. Thero
he awaited tho return of tho prospec
tors who owned the tents. As they
came within range ho opened fire on
them, killing three out of four of them.
"Thirty days later other prospectors
landed on tho Island and found the
surviving one of tho four lying beneath
an overturned boat, half crazed and
starving. They took him with them
io Unalaska, where ho told his terri
bio story to the commanding officer of
the Manning, and that vessel set out
immediately for the Island. They
found tho skeletons of tho three men
killed and after searching discovered
two men attired in tho dead men's
clothes. Both wcro arrested. Ono wns
tho American, The other proved at
the trial that ho had como to tho is
land after the murder had been com
mitted by tho testimony of tho threo
head men of an Eskimo village, who
presented a convincing alibi for him.
Tho American was convicted and
hanged."
Opponents In Campaign For President
In Controversy Over Date of Eleo
tlon to Choose Sucoessor to Diaz.'
Each Side Carries Arms.
City of Mexico, Aug. 31. Friends of
General Bernardo Reyes have made a
move for the postponement of tho
coming presidential election on the
grounds that the country is not yet
sufficiently settled and prepared for a
vote.
"If the nation is without guarantees
in October as it is now, the elections
should be postponed, for not to do so
would be n grave offense and the exor
cise of tho rights of suffrage would do
generate Into a bloody drama," de
clared General Reyes.
"If suffrage Is to be guaranteed let
us have the elections, but if the lib
erty of the voters is to bo restrained
at the time of casting their votes and
the liberty of the people Is to bo rent
by violent actions, then tho elections
should bo put off."
Theso General Reyes declared arc
his ideas subject to tho principles pro
claimed by the revolution.
General Reyes spoke of tho declara
tion made by Vera Estanol to tho
effect that the states have not been
legnlly divided into electoral districts,
saying that if true should come n post
ponement Another reason produced
by the opponents of October elections
is the fact tlint many Madcrists are
still under arms. General Reyes said
in referring to the nrmed Maderlsts
that it was notable that only tho revo
lutionists who have turned away from
the Mexican principles of tho revolu
tion to follow Madero personally are
tho ones for tho most part who are
still under nrms.
General Reyes snd he believed the
matter of postponing the elections
should should be decided In October
when the time nppointed comes around.
"It is true," said Madero, "that there
are armed Madcrists. Many of the
revolutionists when the struggle was
over went home and took their arms
with them. The Reyclsts have moro
arms than the Madcrists, so they have
no room to complain. Tho Maderlsts
don't need arms; votes will bo enough
for us."
As to the declaration that the terri
tory has not been divided, Madero said
this was not the case, and could not
be used as nn excuse for putting off
the elections. The division of tho ter
ritory into electoral districts was mndo
at Uio time of the election of tho presi
dent and vice president, who resigned
their posts on account of tho demands
of the revolution.
TAFT WILL INVADE
INSURGENT TERRITORY-
President's Forty Day Trip Will Taka
Him to tho Pacific Coast.
Plans for Presiddht Taft's coming
trip through the west and to the Pa
cific coast have been completed. Tho
journey will be almost as extensive as
that taken by tho president on his fa
mous "swing around the circle" In
1000, when ho traveled moro than 13,
000 miles and visited thirty-threo states.
He will break ground for tho Panama
Canal exposition nt San Francisco and
attempt to scale the 14,000 feet of
Mount Rainless precipitous slope.
Tho president will bo gone six weeks.
In that time it is expected that he will
make close to 200 speeches from plat
forms and from tho rear end of his
private car. Republican leaders look
upon the trip as tho most important,
politically, that the president has map
ped out since ho entered tho White
House, no will go through all tho
states in the west dominated, by tho
progressive Republicans, who are count
ed on to oppose his renomlnation next
year.
Until the question of the adjournment
of congress was out of tho way tho
president was undecided whether ho
should bo gono threo weeks or six.
The president will leave Beverly
Sept. 17, returning east about Nov. 1.
Ho' will go through Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado .and Nevada to tho
coast Most of tho big cities in that
section, including Des Moines, Kansas
City, Omaha, Denver and Salt Lak
City, will be visited, but tho plans for
the trip contemplate stops at scores of
smaller places as well. From Califor
nia tho president will go north to
Portland nnd Seattle. Three days aro
to bo sprit Jn Washington state, and
the route eastward will allow blm to
stop in Idaho, Montana, tho Dakotas
and Minnesota.
Whllo no spellbinders are to bo taken
along, it is probable that members of
tho cabinet or congressmen will be
come traveling companions of the pres
ident at various points.
"Oh, zees langvalteh!" complained
the foreigner.
"What's tho matter with it?" asked
tho native;
"You say, 'I am down nnd out; I
am nil in!' Oh, zees langvalteh!"
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JOHN N. SItAIll'STEEN.
To tho Republicans ot VVayno Co.:
I take this means of announcing
myself as a candidate for the nomi
nation of Prothonotary at the pri
maries, Sept. 30, 1911.
To most of you I am known per
sonally. During my seventeen years
of service, as a clerk in the Hones
dale postoffice my efforts have been
to perform my duties faithfully and
courteously to the patrons of the of
fice and tho public generally.
To the voters with whom I am not
personally acquainted I would say
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his accidental death when I was six
teen years old I have tried to make,
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Wayne county. .My school days,
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a boy of eleven years I spent my
summers slate picking on tho Dela
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school during the winter. I also
spent several summers working on a
farm in Cherry Ridge.
After school 1 entered tho office
of the Honesdale Iron Works, known
now as the Guerney Electric Elevator
Co., where I. stayed a number of
years and later entered the Hones
dale postofflco serving two years un
der William P. Brlggs. I then went
to the Carbondalo Lumber company
as a bookkeeper, remaining with
them until the apointment as post
master of Miss Mary E. Gerety, who
lateu became the wife of Hon. C. A.
McCarty. In' June, 180C, I returned
to tho Honesdale postoffice whore I
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no tool of any boss or bosses. I
simply desire In common with every
American citizen to better my condi
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I will devote all my time and atten
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Most cordially yours,
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
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