THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE
PLOTTERS OF MEXICO
REAR ADMIRAL PEARY
,
AND HIS "SNOW BABY" WAJlIIJN WM 'U I
"Get Out "of"
i the Rut"
Supply of Incriminating Evi
dence Is First Move.
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No Conspirator Is Recognized ao Such
Unices This Qualification Is O. K.
Mexican Situation From Hu
morous View Point.
(Tlie life of a correspondent In Mexico
City It not wlmt It Is crnchecl up to be.
Wnr concHpomJent nuil Moxlrun corre-i
rpondont am piynonymous, ur-npiie mo
Xuct that a Mexican correspondent neor
known nt Just what moment ho In lln
lila to bo "tltlriy-threed," which incanii
belnii flrrt out of the country, nfter an
unpleasant mid danceroun oxprrlonro In
Mexican JalH, n Mexico City torrenpond
ent Iuib been able to nco tho humor of
tlio eltuntlon ns It exist", today In thu
turbulent ljitln-Amerlcan republic, -Hd-Itor'fi
Note.)
Mexico City. Tho first thing ri
Mexican does when ho becomes a con
Bjilrator, or JoIiih a rebel Junta, or ap
prentices himself to learn tho trado
of banditry, or gotH Into tho Plotters'
union, Is to supply himself with In
criminating documents. No consplra
lor ugalnst tho provisional govern
ment of Citizen Gen. Don Vlctorlano
lluerta, presldcnto intcrnlo constltu
tlonal of tho United States of Mexico,
Is recognized na a plottor In good
standing unless ho carries "them pa
pers" on his person.
When a man Is Initiated into a cir
do of Carranclsta or Znpatlutn or
VazqulBtu or BQino othor "Istn" con
spirutors, ho takes a terrlblo oath
never to reveal tho secrets of tho or
der, oven though ho bo put to slow
torturo. Then signs and passwords
nro given him and a largo bunch of
Incriminating documents Is conllded
to his care. Tho "documents" may
dfffor In detail, but they always con
tain tho names and addresses of all
tho conspirators and a full expose of
their nefarious plans and projects,
"with diagrams.
All tho conspirators carry thoso
documents In ihelr breast pockets
when they vcar coats, and In tho pis
tol pockoto of their trousers when
they don't Sometimes but this Is
very rare tboy leavo tho Incriminat
ing documents in their office desks
or lying on their bureaus at home.
Some of tho mombcrs of tho cham
ber of deputies who wore arrested by
order of President lluerta October 10
for conspiracy against his govern-
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Rear Admiral Robert 15 Peary, tho dlseocrcr of the north pole, nnd his
daughter, Miss Mario, specially posed on hoard tho Kaiser Wllhelm the
Grosso, on which vessel Miss Peary returned to America tho other day after
an absenco of 18 months. MIbs Peary Is known all over tho world aB tho
"snow baby," becaiiBo sho was born in tho winter quarters In tho arctic during
ono of tho north polo discoverer's earlier trips, when Mrs. Peary accompanied
him as far north as his baBo of supplies.
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momborB of tho diplomatic corps to
tho national palaco and told them in
an aggrieved tono how thoso tell-talo
papers had boon found in the depu
ties' desks by tlio police, llo really
was very pngry about It, for, as ho
and everyone knows, It is tho correct
thing In tho host plotting circles to
carry bucIi papors on tho person,
where the secrot police can get at
them without vexatious delay and
trouble. Thoro can bo llttlo doubt
that tho Imprisoned deputies will got
much severer sentences than they
would havo rocolvod had they not
maliciously sought to annoy tho po
lice and causo dolay by leaving tho3o
incriminating documents in their
desks, instead of carrying thorn to
Jail, whoro they could havo boon
found without trouble whon tho depu
ties wore searched.
Thoro are instances of record
where suspected plotters liavo mysi
terlously disappeared and their rela
tives havo known them no moro, but
In all such cases the missing onos In
variably were careful to leavo their
incriminating documents where tho
police could find them without trou
bio, thus making it ploasanter for
all. Sometimes tho incriminating
documents are found neatly tied up
with the last will and testament of
the departed. Sometimes they aro
hidden, but tho police are wonderful
exnerto at finding them. Relatives
and frlonds will search a room for
hours, not leaving a squaro Inch un
explored, and discover nothing what
soever, not oven a scrap of writing.
Then, tho pollco will come anu glance
cnrelessly around and, presto, in tho
shako of a lamb's tail they discover
enough incriminating documents to
paper the room ltBelf.
II CftH'T
SEE THE
PRESIDENT
CREED NOT AN ESSENTIAL
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Gen. Don Vlctorlano Huerta
meat carelessly left their Incriminat
ing documentB in their desks in tho
chamber, Instead, of carrying thorn in
their pockets, according to custom,
thus putting tho secret pollco to u
groat deal of unnecessary troublo to
get tho papers.
President lluerta called nit tho
Easy Enough to Be Quite Religious
Without Being Doc
trinal. Provldonco, R. I. Almost any Sun
day wo can find Homothing mentally
stimulating anpng tho lotterB to tho
editor, remarks tho Provldonco Jour
nal. Of such quality was a lettor from
Grecuo ono Sunday referring to a re
cent discussion of a "creodlcss roll-
glon." A prominont clergyman and an
equally prominont publicist camo into
disagreement ovor tlfl question of re
ligious instruction in tho public
schools, In tho couroo of which tho
layman declared that "rollglous in
struction muBt bo In accordance with
Bomo creed," and thorcforo was out of
tho question aB a policy In tho achoolB.
Thoro aro thousands of all creeds
whd will heartily agreo with tho Bub
stance of UiIb opinion. G. K. Chester
ton llatly expresses tho samo Idea in
"A Miscellany of Men," and hla inter
esting way of putting It 1b worth noting:
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FREES ALL HER PRISONERS
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Portugal Government Turns Loose 300
Illiterates, but Keeps tho
Intellectuals.
Lisbon. In order to square Itself
with tho opposition, but moro partic
ularly 'with tho world at largo, tho
government, on tho third anniversary
or tho republic, released 300 Hoyullst
prisoners, soma of whom had been
kept in Jnll for .three yearB without
trial. This act has called forth cen
sure from tho Carbonari prosB tho
prcsB of Portugal's Tammany which
declares that tho royulists "should
huvo boeu allowed to tot In prison,"
and that "tho government 1ms shown
that It fears foreign criticism." Tho
release, howovor, Is not so much to
tho credit of tho government aB tho
first. cablod news of It implied or tho
Carbounrl consuro Indtcatcs.
Tho juujorlty of the prisoners now
released are peasants nnd poor work
men, a distinction having been drawn
by tho government betweon tliesu and
tho less poor or thu better educated
- It 1b a curious distinction, and to tho
vara of a demagogue may havo a lino
sound and dignity, but It Is ono which
a moment's consideration shows to bo
untcimblo nnd absurd, it is presum
ably not intended to bo a premium on
Illiteracy, for tho government pro
fesses a horror of Illiteracy, but It Is,
in fact, a piemlum on servility, mean
ness, and obsequiousness. It Is do
Blgned, says tho government, to divide
thu responsible from tho irresponsible.
A hundred and twenty of tho better
educated prisoners remain accordingly
Jn tho penitentiaries. Uut it tequlres
no voiy high intelligence to know
whother ono prefers tho monarchy to
tho ropubllc, or to renllzo that tho
object of uttack waa tho republic; so
that, assuming that all thu prisoners
wore guilty of taking up arms or ac
tively conspiring against the ropubllc,
which, of courso, la not tho enso, tho
not result of tho distinction drawn by
tho government is to reward thoso
who fought against tho ropubllc, not on
principles, but wantonly, in order to
oarn a few shillings, and to rotaln in
prison thoso who did so honestly, from
conviction.
It is precisely thoso who wero con
demned rather owing to their convic
tions than their actions who aro to
bo kept In pilson. Hecausu some of
them aro prlosts and otheis belong
to tho Portugueso nobility they are
hold responsible, and are to continue
to servo a senterico to which they
should uovor havo bqen condemned.
No ono wishes a nobleman to havo
more favor In tho eyes of tho law
than a lxmsaut, but why should ho
huvo lessT"
The "conspiracy" of those now ro
leased Is at least as clearly estab
lished as that of those who remain In
prison. Tho present government pro
fesses to ahullsh God and religion, but
In undertaking to Judge men by tholr
motives lather thun by their proved
acts It Is assuming u prerogative com
monly hold to be not human hut
divine. I
"Don't uso a noun and then an ad-
Jectlvo that crosses out tho noun. An
adjective qualifies, it cannot contra
dict. Don't sny, 'Glvo me a patriotism
that 1b free from all boundaries.' It 1b
like Baylng'Glvo mo a pork plo with
n i pork In it.' Don't say, 'I look for
ward to that largor religion that shall
havo no special dogmas.' It is like
saying, 'I look forward to that largor
quadruped who shall havo no feet.' A
quadruped means something with four
feet; and a religion means something
that commits a man to some doctriue
aliout tho universe. Don't let the
meok substantive bo absolutely mur
dered by tho Joyful, exuberant adje&
tlvo."
All of which 1b very clever, in th
usual Chestortonlan stylo, but It 1:
misleading lnrgoly falso as well as
truo. What a religion means depends
somewhat upon the individual who pro
fesses It. It does commit tho Individ
ual to soma definite doctrine nbout the
universe, but that doctrino may bo
broad, shallow, narrow or deep. It
may bo slmplo or It may bo full ol
complexities and Inconsequential de
talls that havo nothing to do with the
fundamentals of "rollglous belief" In
tho broad Benso. Tho danger of doc
trino Ib that it Is almost Inevitably
bound to' expand, develop and multl
ply, bo that In tlmo there Is a whole
family of doctrines all grouped under
tho original title and recognized aa
part of tho conventional system.
Mr. Chesterton Is misleading whec
ho cays that tho man who looks for
ward to a rollgloii that shall bear no
special dogmas might as well declare
that ho wants a pork yio with no pork
In It. This might npply to any distinc
tive doctrinal faith, as, for example,
tho liaptlst who 'should express hit
longing for n Uaptist religion that
would bo HUfllcicntly advuncod to dis
card tho rito of baptism, but it Is rldl
cuIoub whon applied to "religion"
without n specification of creed. Sure
ly theiu is a possibility ot something
worthy tho nnmi of "rollgion" that
does not commit Its followers to any
elaborato creed and Is practically free
from speclnl ddgnuiB. Thoro will be,
ninny ngieo with tho gentleman from
Grecuo In his belief that creeds arc
likely to bo of much less Importance
in tho future than they havo been in
tho past.
- .. . ... A-TYti..10tftn. MrtctofUrn
WSiIINGTON. Charles A. Kram, auuuor ior uio nura onv.o ,, .
department nt Washington, at one time in his younger days worked In a
Ills stories of country newspaper euuuia uiu nin.wua
at the Capitol, where ho often Interjects un nnec
doto to Illustrate a point when nppearlng before
some of tho congressional committees.
At ono tlmo, when he was explaining circulation
matters to a commltteo ho told of tho yarn of a
certain colonel who was tho editor of n flam-
it ..It. .. V.lnt. nnmndmnU 1 1 1 0
boyant Btieot in mo suum, wiuuu i""""
trlbuted ob high as a hundred copies a week. g
Tho colonel hau an oiu tramp primer uu mo
staff who could stick typo nnd drink whisky with
7S greater faculty than any other man in tho world
Ho Kopt Uim alive, iurnisuuu nun n" "'i ""
lar now and then, nnd always put him off with an
evasivo answer whenever tho genius would make
a Hat appeal for back pay. Ono dny tho printer,
having accumulated an extra flno Jng and nti ex
traordinary amount of dignity, approached the
colonel with tho threat to resign unless the ghost walked.
" 'Resign,' Bhouted tho Indignant colonel. 'You low-lived companion of tho
ruin fiend! Resign! Why, you'd be as helpless aB a babe in tho woods. You
couldn't itnd as much shelter without mo as could a vagrant fox in a strange
wood. You lngrate! I havo supported you in easo and luxury for no return
and now whon I am temporarily embarrassed you threaten to turn against
mo! Why, if you ever dared to do a thing llko that I would donounco you
with all tho vltrollc nower of my pen! You would be scourged with my scorn
and no decent man who reads my journal would look at you again!'
"Whereupon tho printer turned up his nose.
'"Denounce mo!' ho said with flno dignity, while leaning upon tho desk
for support, 'go ahead and do your .worst! I don't care. Why, I could take
two stops and bo outside of your circulation!'"
Secretary Joseph P. Tumulty Is a Real Censor
AMONG tho many duties which fall to tho lost of Joseph P. Tumulty, tho
president's secretary, is that of censor. Ills right of selection is exercised
on tho president's mail and on his visiting list. It is benevolent censorship
and ono tho president could, not do without, ir
ho saw everybody and read everything designed
for hla inspection ho couldn't get any sleep nor
could ho perform his duties.
For that reason, If you have any personal busi
ness with tho president ot tho United States, you
had best see Mr. Tumulty. Ho is the easiest man
in Washington to have a chat with. If you know
a congressman or a newspaper correspondent, you
can seo and speak with Mr. Tumulty within an
hour. And if tho petitioner's mission Is ono tho
president need know of personally, tho president
will seo tho petitioner or know of tho petition
within five minutes. But if it Isn't then J. P.
Tumulty, tor all his bluo eyes and yellow hair
and beautiful .complexion, 1b a wall of adamant,
one million miles hleh. The white enameled door
between tho secretary's bin room and thw president's offlce seems a poor and
inoffectivo barrier that a humming bird might demolish with his bill until
Joe Tumulty, raising IiIb soft Irish volco a little, remarks to an importunate
one:
"No, sir, you can't see the president.
Then it becomes tho great wall of China.
The president, in tho simple bucolic days when he was a governor ot
Now Jersey nnd Just fixing to bo chief executive of tho nation, thought he
would havo that door open nil the time. But ho has changed his mind. And
It wasn't because of anarchists or lunatics, either. It was because ho just
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It 1b computed that ono' bullut In
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"He Waa a Good Fellow."
nalttmoro. Md.Charlea 1'rlnUala.
amateur stump collector, who died
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It Was Her Debut Into Public School Circles
wv von had been In Washington tho 22d ot September you might havo seen
I tawnoy-halre-l Victor Murdock of Kansas, militant, eager and optimistic
leader of tho Progressive party in tho house of representatives, on his way
to the Henry D. Cooke school with his little seven-
year-old daughter by his side.
It was tho first day of school and little Miss
Murdock was going to enter tho llrst grado. It
was her debut Into public school circles.
Now, tho Henry I. Cooko school is an Impos
ing edifice, said to bo one of tho finest examples
of school structuro in the country. Everything
about It is imposing the broad front steps, the
entry, tho assembly hall. Uut most Imposing of
nil was tlio gentleman whom Representative Mur
dock queried about tho requirements of a little
stranger getting a seat in the llrst grade.
Later Mr. Murdock found the teacher of tho
llrst grade.
"Isn't it too bad a person has to go through
so much red tape to get a child in tho public
achool?'' asked Mr. Murdock.
"Thero isn't any red tape, All you havo to do Is to bring the child and
leavo her. Wo do tho rest."
"Hut I was talking to the principal, and he told mo I would havo to got
affidavits and certificates and a dozen other things," said tho Progressive
leader.
"Ho told you!" exclaimed tho pretty teacher In surprise. "Our principal
isn't a man: it's a woman. Mrs. C. H. Smith."
.lust then tho imposing-looking man with whom Murdock had talked
walked by.
"Isn't that the principal?" ho Inquired. "Ho was the man who told me."
"No, Indeed, Mr. Murdock!" laughed tho teacher. "Ho It. not the prln
clpal he's our janitor!"
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CHU1STSMAS gift givers this year will not be forced to lick their own
stumps when thoy aftlx tho proper postago to their parcels for mailing
unless they wish to, for tho postotflco department announced the other day
that Its postmasters and their assistants woum
attend to that duty if required. (2imF)
Tho Innovation Is put In force in the interests j
of hotter mall service uuring 1110 nouuuy runu -'
md Is expected to facilitate tho moveinont of tho
vast crush of matter that will tax the resources
of the department's many employes.
Orders wero Issued to postmasters to afllx
postago when required on mall matter of the sec
ond, third and fourth class, tho lattor being parcel
post matter. Tho stamps will bo pro-canceled ffnd
tho plan Is expected to prevent tho great waste
of tlmo experienced by postofflco patrons while
waiting In lino to buy postage and mail their
packages.
"Under such authorl7atlon," declared Postmas
ter Gonoral Hurloson, "when a parcel Is presented
for mailing, tho clork receiving it, after collecting tho required postage, may
Indorso on the parcel tho amount of tho postage, which later will be alilxed
by an 'employe, of the postofllce."
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