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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2(>, '12.
INCREASE IN SUICIDES.
The current issue, of I lie Jour
nal of lite American Medical As
sociation directs attention to the
alarming increase of suicides in
this country. It is shown that our
suicide rate is now above 10 in
100,000 of population and last
year there were some 15,000 sui
cide* in the United States. In our
cities during the last 20 years Hie
suicide rale has risen from some
what more than 12 in 100,000 pop
ulation to more than 20 in I00,_
000.
Another interesting fact in con
nect ion wilh the statistics on I he!
subject is thai. I be larger cities ot i
I he country, I hose ahove 250,000
in population, used to liobl the
unenviable distinction of a much
higher suicide rale than the
smaller cities, but in 70 cities un
ci •! the quarter of a million mark
I be suicide rale wax last year
equal to or above that «»f the 21
larger cities.
While physicians and alienists
may ponder this problem and is
sue learned dissertations upon
it, the fact remains that the ques
tion of "to be or not to be" is one
for individual solution. The times
may be out of joint, but each in
dividual must decide for himself
whether he is born to set them
right or to accept conditions as he
finds them and make the best of
them. The modest-salaried em
ploye who has an Axminster taste
and a rag-carpet, income cannot
be reached by schools, education
or expert medical advice unless
be has the inherent power to lift
himself; to take care of himself
first, and then throw his surplus
weight and energy to movements
looking for the betterment of con
ditions generally. This is no agej
for weaklings. Xo man has a right i
to claim that the world owe* him
a living, however strong may be
his claim that (lie world owes hiini
a chance to make a living. IIe|
cannot insist I bat he is bis broth
er's keeper until he has demon
strated his ability to keep him
self and have a surplus energy loi
be devoted to the keeping «»f his
brother. This sounds selfish,
perhaps, but it is human nature.
It is a contest for the survival
of the fittest, or, and we like it
belter, the survival of the tightest.
The churches, the public schools
and the individuals may do much
in impressing upon the early
youth the correct ideals of life,
ideals that will not be swept away
by the glitter and glare of modern 1
social and business conditions
when the young man or young
woman shall become dependent
upon his or her own efTorls f«»r a
livelihood and a standing in soci
ety. Though removed from the
restraints of earlier church and 1
home environments, the influence
of both should be made so last
ing that temptation can be eas
ily discerned ami overcome.
The real test and the real rem
edy, however, rests willi the itirli
vi«111n 1 and Ili«* changing of condi
tions I hat will make every human
being joymiM in (hp very Joy of
living and immune lo the appeal
of Iho weaklings who delude
themselves with the thought (hat
I hey ean find quiet, and peace
through the use of the hare hod
kin. : "{ f
COURT REFORM8 IN OHIO.
While President Taft seems (o
ho living in fear, Judging him by
his public utterances, that "the
Ark of (he Covenant" is going on
(he rocks if any change is made
in the existing machinery of (he
law and (he courts, (he s(o(e of
Ohio ban boon, by popnlnr vote,
adopting constitutional amend
ments that promise to go a long
way in revising our court proced
ure and eliminating the causes of
"the law's delays," against which
I he people have been so long, «o
loudly and so ineffectively pro
testing.
In Ohio the voters have ratified
the amendments to their Consti
tution which bear directly upon
court procedure and the cause of
just:ce. One reform, which will
impress laymen a8 being particu
larly interesting, provides for a
Verdict, in civil cases, upon a vote
of three-fourths of Ihe jurymen.
That will appeal to most people
as a common sense change, as it
will prevent a few obstinate jurors
from blocking justice. Authority
also is granted for bringing suits
against the state, something that
cannot be done at present.
Provision was made for a Cir
cuit Court of Appeals, to be the
court of last resort in a majority
of eases. The Supreme Court
would hear suits involving con
stitutional points and grave crim
inal cases. Provision is made for
Common Pleas JCourts in each
county, and gives to the people
the right to combine the common
pleas judgeship with the probate
judgeship. The justices of the
peace are to be abolished in cities
having police courts.
An amendent to the constitution
provides that. Ihe stale has the
right to lake depositions in crim
inal eases, and thai the juJge
shall lake notice of Ihe failure of
Ihe accused to testify. Still an
other amendment provides for the
regulation of Ihe use of expert,
witnesses and expert testimony in
criminal cases. The limit of J?12
000 damages that may be recov
ered for wrongful death is re
moved. And in the future no in
junelions will be issued in In
line disputes except to protect
physical properly.
TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS.
Tli«i inability of a meiv citiirl
iliM'ision |o copc with great pre
datory wealth was ni'voi* more (
[•loarly shown than in the Amori- *
can supreme court's decision to
dissolve the Standard Oil com
pany into its original component
parts. What is generally known i
Us I ho Standard Oil Company is J
really a holding company, lhe div- ,
idond earning companies number
3i in all, being combined under
that name, and stretching across J
Ihe United States from Maine fo
California. ;
The court's decision to dissolve
Lhe holding company wa* intend
ed as a blow at Standard Oil. It ^
a-as I bought that the Standard Oil
had too much power; it practical
ly dictated tho oil prices of Amer
ica. With Ihe 3i companies un
ler ditTerent management Ibis
ivould not happen. This was the
court's idea.
When the court's decision was
innounced Standard Oil sold for
?f»75 a share. A panic occurred (
ind Ihe shares fell lo a shade be- |
low -Sinn. Fliif Ihe panic was a
Ihing of a day. A few months
later, when Ihe reorganization was
slill under way. Standard Oil was
Hinted a| about $900 a share.
This, according to American
financial writers, was directly Ihe
■aus(» of Ihe court's decision. The
<ix or seven old men who manage I
Ihe Standard Oil made some two .
tinndred millions of dollars as a
result of this court decision which
vas intended lo crush them.
When Ihe Standard Oil-which
everyone knew by name-was dis
solved, what happened? A man
ivho had one share of Standard
lil was piven proportionately his
share of each of I ho 3i oil com
l»anies, which Ihe term Standard
Til represented. Tho man with ]
tni' share received a certificate 1
Idling him thai now he owned '
?83.983.non of, snv. Iho Maine Oil
'ompany, whose market value was
?5 cents. And so nn, in the oili
er 33 instances lie was given a
fractional share in s°'oe company
»f which ho know nothing, for
»ome absurd amount. Instead of <
liaving one share of stock, ho had
fragments, which together rep- .
rerouted what he had before, only
tailored across te conlinonl, and
In Ihroo dozen pieces.
Small investors in a panic Ihrow '
Iheir fragment* of shares on Ihc
market. Rockefeller and his as
sociate spicked these up al far
le«s fhan Iheir real value. And,
not lo pro info detaMs. the result
was a.s slated above—thai Rocke
feller and his associates prained
two hundred millions as Ihc re
sult of an adverse court decision
which Ihe small investors lost
most nf thai amount.
When an adverse decMon
aprainsf an American multi-mil
lionaire's company prives lhal man
and his associates a bonus of a
eotiplc of hundred million—Alas
ka's output for almost, a couple
of years—one hesitates even to
Imaprine what a favorable court
deci*fon would mean lo one of
these frreat companies.
Occasionally a day passes with
out more than one aviator being
killed.
"Bryan Talks Again" is the
headline in a New York paper.
Why "Again r]
Dr. Ana Shaw insists that ev
ery woman should have four chil
dren.' The score to date is i to 0
against Dr. Shaw.
The trusts are making no com
plaint because the Supreme Court
of the United Slates is about three
years behind the docket.
San Francisco claims to have
elected an honest man for may
ro. San Francisco will discover
that the country is full of Mis
sourians.
ORDER TO 8HOW CAU8E ON PE
TITION TO 8ELL LAND.
n the United States Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of the guardian
hio of the estate of Nels Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
Iilion to sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nols Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail,
jevvis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
erested in the above-named cs
ate or in the sale of lands be
onging to said estate:
The petition of Charles <S.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly filed in this court, r?p
esenting lhat it would be for the1
lenelit of the estate of said in— >
ompetent person and of all per-!
mis interested therein that, eer-1
am lands and mining property of]
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, ann
raying lhat license be granted
<> the said Charles Sail, as
uardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and eac-h
)f you arc hereby cited, ordered
ind required to show cause, if
ny you have, before this court,
t the United States Conimis3ion
r's court room in the court house
n the town of Valdez, in the above
lamed precinct in the Territory
>f Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
ooer, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
vhy the prayer (f said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Uaska, this 26th day of August,
912.
THOMAS R. SHEPARD,
udge of the United States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.—In Probate.
Iharles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
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