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THURSDAY. APRIL 9, 1914.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE—NORTH AND
SOUTH.
Senator Borah’s declaration that
there can be no national legislation j
providing for equal suffrage, unless
the Fifteenth amendment to the Con
stitution is repealed, expresses a con
viction very generally held in 1he
South and which is being shared by
a constantly increasing number of
Northern men and women who have
taken the pains to acquaint them- ^
selves with franchise conditions in
rhe Southern states.
The disfranchisement of negro male
voters has required all 'he legal skill
the Southern states possess and they
are not inclined to complicate the
problem further by wholesale addi
tions to the electorate. Southern wo
men have been progressing rapidly
along lines of independent thinking
and acting, but many of the leaders
among them hesitate to support any
legislation which would extend the
franchise to the negro women.
Southern men, particularly the polit
ical leaders, fear that the enactment
of a national law granting the fran
chise to women would lead to ef
forts to enforce the Fifteenth amend
ment, which has been evaded by spe
cial enactments in most of the South
ern states.
Whatever action may be taken by
congress in submitting an equal suf
frage amendment to the Constitu
tion. it is certain that enough South
ern states would register in the neg
ative to prevent its ratification by the
required three fourths votes of all the
states. The Virginia legislature lias
just defeated a woman’s suffrage bill
by an almost unanimous vote and Vir
ginia's attitude on the question may
be taken as fairly representative of
Ihe sentiment in other Southern
states.
Equal suffrage is in fair way to
win another distinctive victory in the
North. The Massachusetts senate has
■gone on record by a vote of 22 to 2
in favor of striking tile word "male"
from the State Constitution. This is
a remarkable victory, when it is re
membered that the proposition has
been before the Massachusetts senate
annually for many years and has usu
ally been defeated without debate or
the formaJity of a roll call. It is
expected that the measure will be
passed by the lower house of the
Massachusetts legislature without
much opposition. The victory shows
that, the Massachusetts senate is tak
ing cognizance of public opinion.—Ex.
THE DOWNWARD TREND OF FOOD
PRICES.
The decline in prices which is caus
ing a sigh of relief among consum
ers and a sigh of discontent on the
farms, is not confined to the United
States. The London Statist says that
a general fail occurred throughout the
world in the year ending with the first
of February. Furthermore it pre
diets additional declines in the fu
ture, bringing some relief to the
classes that have been distressed by
the cost of living.
A part of the decline in the United
States may be fairly charged to the
new tariff. In the world at large some
other cause must bo found. It is dif
ficult to put one’s linger on any par
ticular thing and say with confidence
that it caused the pendium to begin
to swing the other way The easiest
theory is to say that prices do swing
like a pendulum and that the time
has arrived for the return movement.
The three parties in the Denmark
parliament have reached an agree
ment which insures a radical enlarge
ment of the franchised population of
the nation. All property qualifications
for voters will be abolished and suf
frage will be granted to women. The
victory is due almost entirely to the
activity of the women who have been
making a determined effort to obtain
the enactment of an election reform
bill. The women of Denmark con
ducted their campaign without any
of the methods employed by the mili
tants of Great Britain. They appealed
to the intelligence of the men In and
out of office and their victory is a re
buke and a lesson to the British work
ers for equal suffrage.
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WITH turn
Governor Strong Addresses Crowd
Numbering Thousands After Big
Automobile Parade.
TACOMA. April 9.—-Tacoma cele
brated the passage of the Alaska
railroad bill last night by a monster
parade and reception to Governor
Strong. Nearly one thousand autos,
gaily decorated, formed in line and
paraded to the Federal building,
where Governor Strong delivered it
brilliant address.
Hundreds of Alaskans now make
Tacoma their home and their number
was augmented by scores of north
erners who are visiting in the Puget
Sound cities awaiting the opening of
navigation before starting north.
Governor Strong prophesied a bril -
liant future for the. northland anti
urged Tacoma io form closer connec
tions in order that it might secure its
full share of the prosperity which was
bound to follow the development of
the) resources of Alaska. It is esti
mated that more than 50,000 people
listened to the address.
WARNS WORKMEN
TO STAY AWAT
TACOMA. April 9. In his address
last evening Governor Strong warned
workmen against rushing to Alaska
at present hoping to find work there.
He stated that there were hundreds
of idle men in Juneau and that the
number was constantly increasing. He
believed that when the government
began operations on the railroads
that there would be work for all, but
at the present time there were more
than enough unemployed men to till
all the positions offered.
Governor Strong also expressed the
opinion that a tremendous rush would
lake place to the north during the
next.few years owing to the nation
wide attention which had been at
traded to the resources of Alaska.
MAURICE LEEHEY BUYS
SEWARD PROPERTY
Maurice Leehey, the well known Se
attle attorney, who is now in Cordova,
where he is counsel for the defendants
in many of the Shushanna mining
cases, apparently believes that Sew
aid has not lost all chance of becom
ing the terminus of the government
railroad. He recently completed the
i purchase of a block of 15 lots from
John K. ilallaine and secured options
on several other pieceR of property.
CASTS FIRST VOTE
WHEN 101 YEARS OLD
SYCAMORE, 111., April 9.—Mrs.
Swinback, aged 101 years, cast her
first ballot on Tuesday last. She vot
ed for her county to go dry and ex
pressed keen delight when the re
turns showed tliat her wish had been
gratified.
Bid* Wanted.
Bids will be received for 100 feet
of tunnel work on the Sealey-Davis
property. Contractors to furnish all
materials except tools. All bids must
be in not later than Saturday, April
18. 1914. T. J. DEVINNEY.
The Cost of Illness.
Money making is very often asso
ciated with health breaking. Both
are occasionally found together at the
goal. Place your wagers on the lat
ter. It will most often win. Men too
often sacrifice health at their business
desks in pursuit of money that they
do not need. Self-preservation is an
important law of Nature; yet too often
it Is forgotten—until too late. What
you will not do for your health can
be done for you—hat and more also.
Health assurance is of more value
than life insurance—to you personally.
Health means continuance of earn
ing capacity. Osteopathy is Jhe on
ly school of medicine that lays em
phasis on this phase of health—
health’s business worth Is productiv
ity. It restores many of the unfit to
productivity. Efficiency in business
results from examination and treat
ment, where treatment is needed, at
the bands of an osteopath. We all
feel more fit in evelry way after ad
justment. Aud it prolongs life. So
the cost of Illness Is really much
greater in every way than the cost
of health. '■* ;
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MAIL COURTSHIP WINS.
Postal Cards Unite Couple Whose Ages
Are Seventy-six and Seventy-one.
Wiikesbarro. I’a.—After courting five
months through the mails ami meeting
bis Inide only live weeks ago, Joseph
VV. Oliver, seventy-one years old, fit
Sweet Valley, I’a., and Mrs. Mary Van ^
Ault, seventy-six ' years old. of this
city, were united in marriage here by
Alderman John 1’. Pollock.
Frank Lewis, a truck farmer, was
tin* ipatcbmaker. After the death of
Mrs. Van Ault's husband five months
ago Lewis learned that she was heart
broken. One day he suggested that
she many again, declaring that he
knew ail aged mail out in the country
who would make her a good husband.
Then Lewis saw Oliver and suggest
ed marriage to liiin. Oliver became in
terested at once and asked for the
woman's inline and address. The next
day lie mailed a colored postal to her.
giving ills mime and rural address. In
a short time lie received a colored post
al from Mrs. Van Allit, and then he
ventured to write a letter. The cor
respondence led lo a meeting and the
marriage followed.
ON A GOOSEBERRY JAG.
New Fruity Intoxicant Produces a
Great Walloping Power.
Fort Collins. Colo.—The weird dreams
of the absinthe drinker have nothing
on the peculiar effects of a new kind
of jag inducer wiilcli has been dis
covered by some Russians who live
near Loveland.
This new booze is a fermented
gooseberry juice and while under its
influence Henry Moser, a small Rus
sian. whipped Peter Krefg and George
Addison.' both of them six feet. tall.
The battle tool; place at the home of
Henry Schaffer, and in police court
Moser gave a vivid description of the
power he felt and told the court to
wns only sorry his legs were too short
to make it possible for him to over
take Addison, who ran away la-fore he
was entirely knocked out.
PELICAN SWALLOWS
TWO PET PIGEONS
Birds Rescued Alive by Cen
tral Park Zoo Keeper.
New York.—A highly excited young
woman ran into the office of Hill Sny
der, head animal keeper at Central
park.
He saw the look of terror on her face
and wondered if a lion had broken
loose. He demanded, "What’s the
trouble?”
“Tbe pelican!" she shrieked. "The
pelican!"
"What's tlie matter with tbe peli
can?” Snyder asked. “What's it done?"
i "The pelican! It's swallowed two
pigeons! I just saw it swallow them.
Come quickly. It might swallow some
more of them."
Snyder laughed.
"That happens about twice a month,"
said he.
"But the poor birds! What will be
come of them ?”
| The girl was almost sobbing.
“Come with me," Kill said sooUdug
ly, "and I'll show you what becomes
of the poor birds."
He led the way to the cage where
tbe pelicans and other great hilled
birds are kept.
Snyder wre« Joined by oilier keepers,
and tbe-cage w as surrounded.
Sure enough a pelican's immense bill
was bulging out as though the bird
had swallowed a football.
"Are yon ready?" called Snyder.
“All ready.” replied the other keep
era.
“Kl Capitan. Kl Capitan!” shouted
tlie keepers until the park echoed with
their cries.
El Capitau, who was the pelican,
opened his bill and a pigeon (lew out.
“Goody, goody!” screamed the girl.
Again the keepers shouted, “Kl Cap!
tan. El Capita!!!" Again the pelican
glanced around and opened his bill. A
second pigeon fluttered out and flew
away.
The girl clapped her hands with Joy
and asked: "Aren’t they hurt? Why
aren’t they hurt V"
“That’s easy." answered Snyder.
“You see the feathers are dry. nud n
bird cannot swallow a dry. feathery
substance. That pelican tries to gulp
those pigeons so often they’re getting
used to it. All we have to do when he
tries It is to frighten him by shouting
his name us loud as we can. That
makes him open Ids mouth.”
Tbe amazed girl left the park.
“It’s true as gospel,” said Snyder
afterward. “Up to date that pelican’s
never swallowed any of our pigeons,
and I don’t think lie'll succeed very
soon either.”
LEAN MEN WICKED, HE SAYS.
“Laughter, Pat Man's Gift, the Mark
of Humanity," Quayle 8aya. ,
Washington.-Bishop Quayle of the
Methodist church has compiled some
statistics on fat and lean men. He
said:
“Man. when lie Is lean, taken him
self too seriously and squeaks whan
he walks. He is wicked find has not
half the chance the fat man has of
being good.
“Laughter, the gift of the fat man.
Is the mark .of humanity. '
“Mm hare; not eo muck t* laugh at,'
but women em laugh easier, for they
hare a eahdect to wit. the meu,"
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Comforting to the Eyes
Even ix G is the most enjoyable
time for reading. The quiet
world allows you to see more
clearly the scenes, and to fee! more
deeply the emotions, portrayed by the
author’s words.
It is very’ essentia!', however, to have a good light, other
wise the strained eyes tire the senses and rob the evening
reading of its keenest pleasure.
Electric light, which can be readily obtained in any inten
sity suitable' for the eyes of either young or old, affords the
best reading light, and Edison Mazda Lamps furnish an
abundance of it at minimum cost.
Substitute Mazda Lamps for the old carbon lamps in
your lamp sockets and note the difference in the amount and
quality of the light.
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