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THE recent slashing of Jie large painting of Perry’s victory on Lake Erie was the first act of vandalism com
mitted In the capitoi at Washington for many years. In the photograph the cut made may be seen near the
lower left hand cornel The painting is the largest In the capitoi and hangs at the grand landing of the east
staircase In the senega wing.
FREE DIVORCE HERE
——
Severance of Marriage Ties in
Norway Easy to Procure.
New Law, is a Blessing—lts Enact
ment Has Not Been Followed by
a Rush of the Dissatisfied
to Courts.
London. —Norway has now solved
the divorce evil, a correspondent
writes. At least so declares Fru Ella
Anker, one of the leaders of the Nor
wegian women’s movement and a sis
ter-in-law of Herr Johann Castberg,
minister of justice in the last Nor
wegian cabinet. Herr Castberg framed
the law of 1910, which is believed to
have accomplished the miracle. Fru
Anker has come to England to tell the
Englishwomen of the success of her
sex in Norway, and so struck with
her accounts have been many influen
tial women’s organizations that they
have decided to agitate for an Eng
lish divorce law modeled on the Nor
wegian measure.
It was with the hope that Fru Ank
er’s knowledge would be of some as
sistance to you in the United States,
floundering as you are in a divorce
maze from which few are in agree
ment as to the surest way out, that I
have had the following interview.
Fru Anker is a slight, pleasant
faced, rosy complexioned, typical
Scandinavian woman, with an engag
ing freshness of manner. She speaks
English almost without a flaw, but Is
troubled, from an interviewer’s point
of view, with an amount of modesty
anfi self-deprecation that is almost dis
concerting.
But what she lacks in self esteem
she more than makes up in her en
thusiasm for the cause of women. She
is, like most Norwegian women, ab
solutely sure that the beginning of the
brighter era dawned In her country
when partial adult suffrage was grant
ed to her sex. Certainly, declares Fru
Anker, the women were the deciding
PARDONS AN HONEST NEGRO
Governor John Slaton Thinks Twenty
Years Enough for Man Who Con
fessed Murder.
Atlanta. —Nearly 20 twenty years a
convict Is considered by Governor
John M. Slaton as punishment enough ]
for a negro, who, after committing ;
a murder and fleeing from the state. (
paid his own railroad fare back from ।
Mississippi to the scene of the crime
and confessed, expecting to be hanged ।
for his trouble. In the case, that of
James Foster, sent up 20 years ago
from Early county, the governor has
granted a full pardon.
Twenty-four years ago Seaborn ■
Sheffield, a wealthy planter, who lived
alone, was found dead while at the :
supper table. There was no clew to
the murder, and the crime remained :
a mystery until four years later.
While court was in session, Foster i
came to the sheriff and stated to him >
that he was the murderer. The negro !
had fled to Mississippi and remained i
there four years. He said his con-. 1
science drove him to return and con
fess, and he said he expected to be
hanged.
The negro claimed he had been
forced to kill Sheffield by the latter’s
two sons-ln-law, who feared he would
divorce his wife. The negro was giv
en a life sentence, but the white men
he implicated were acquitted. The
negro has been an exemplary prisoner,
■ and Governor Slaton thinks he should
be rewarded for confessing the crime
' "when he was in no danger The par
don of the neg”o was urged by Justice
Powell, of the Court of Appeals, who
is a nephew of the murdered man.
factor in putting through the law that
Is now likely to serve as a model for
other countries.
"First I want to make clear,” said
Fru Anker, “that this law which has
done so much to solve the divorce
evil in my country was one of the
direct results of the enfranchisement
of my sex. The law was passed by a
liberal government, but it had the
support of all parties. It is based on
the principle that mutual love between
the husband and the wife is the only
moral basis for marriage. When that
feeling falls or Is seriously shaken it
is absurd to bind the two together
any longer. The law ought then step
in and provide the means for a di
vorce. Our law provides admission
to separation as the preliminary to
divorce when both parties request it,
and similar relief when one requests
it on such grounds as to make it prob
able that mutual good will is ruined.
If there Is agreement between ’ hus
band and wife, the law grants a di
vorce without inquiring into the rea
sons, but as security that the step has
been well thought over before action
it provides that a year of separation
must intervene between the applica
tion and the actual granting of the di
vorce. If the request is made by only
one party tvzo years of separation
must precede the actual divorce.
“In my country divorce is not looked
upon as a disgrace, but rather as a
relief from an unfortunate state of af
fairs. It is kept out of the courts as
much as possible, the machinery be
ing largely in the hands of adminis
trative officials. The proceedings are
very simple and extremely cheap.
The cost varies In different cases, run
ning from a little less than $1.25 to
$25. It is not necessary to employ
lawyers. It is the duty of the admin
istrative officials to make their own
- investigations and to collect the nec
। essary information, to settle the ques
tion of money and to arrange for the
care of the children.
“When a husband and wife agree
; that they want a divorce they appear
Prince Too Huge For Van
a
Special "Black Maria” Built for
Rajah’s Gigantic Son, Accused
of Stealing Pearls.
Paris. —Paris is convulsed with
laughter because an Indian prince, who
attended the coronation of King
George and Queen Mary of England is
so bulky that he cannot enter-Ahe
Paris black maria, and the cityV^ran
cil has been compelled to build a spe
cial polic j conveyance for the big
brown man from India. His name is
Naushad Ali, and he is a member of
the provincial parliament of Oudh and
a nephew of Rajah Sir Mohammed Ta
baddreg Raoul Kham of Jehangl
rabad.
The reason why this mighty man of
many distinctions has been connected
with the black maria is because of
his fondness for jewelry. A jeweler
named Meyer sent him a rope of
pearls for inspection, the prince hav
ing written: “Please let my secre
tary select jewels to the amount of
$10,000.”
The high sounding titles of Naushad
Ali and of his uncle, the rajah; his
presence at the British coronation,
and the fact that he is Invariably ac
companied by a giraffe-like servant
seven feet high in Indian costume,
threw the usually suspicious jeweler
off his guard.
The thinness of the servant and the
largeness, of his master have been
brought out in most picturesque con
trast, for so devoted Is the servant
that he Insisted on going to jail with
his master. His family has served the
prince’s family>for 300 years.
’ before a magistrate and ask fer ‘an
order.’ He sends them to the concilia
tion board, a permanent Institution for
mediation in all matters of judicial
conflict. If the officials of the con
ciliation board find it impossible to
change the minds of the couple the
latter are granted a separation order.
At the end of one year the ministry
of justice is compelled to make the
divorce final if it is demanded by
either husband or wife.
“Infidelity on the part of either hus
band or wife has been a ground for
divorce in Norway since 1680. It is
still considered a crime, and the of
fender can be punished with penalties
and Imprisonment on the request of
the other party. But few divorces are
nowadays obtained on this ground, the
couples preferring to come to an
agreement and give no reason for
their request for a divorce. In 1910
of the 390 divorces 237 were granted
on the grounds of separation de facto,
131 by mutual consent, eleven on the
ground of insanity, two for bodily un
fitness and only nine for infidelity.
“After separation and divorce the
common property is divided equally
between the husband and the wife.”
MASSACRE OF INDIA LEPERS
Victims Were Assembled by Chinese
Governor and Shot Down by
Soldiers.
Calcutta. —The mission to lepers in
India and the east is responsible tor
a tragic story of the massacre of a
number of lepers In a district near
the French frontier in China.
According to this story, a military
commander of a district induced the
lepers to assemble by the announce
ment that a distribution of rice would
be made. A large number gathered,
bringing with them many children.
Arrived at the rendezvous, the lep
ers were surrounded by soldiers and
shot down. Dead and wounded were
then shoveled Into a deep pit already
prepared and kerosene oil poured
over them, the whole mass then be
ing set on fire.
A few who escaped were hunted
down on the hills and killed.
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It seems that as the prince was tak
ing shinp at Marseilles without having
paid for the jewels or returning them
he was arrested. Hence the black ma
ria. He is at least three times as
big as the average Frenchman, so on
the request of his American lawyer,
Frederick Allain, the city of Paris is
forced to build a black maria of triple
capacity for its pompous, princely, and
most interesting prisoner.
HER GOLDFISH ARE BOMBS
Woman in Letter to Commissioner
Says Her Pets Are Given to Ex
ploding Into Fragments.
Denver, Colo. —Finny McNamaras
are probably at work on the goldfish
tribe in Colorado, according to an opin
ion of Col. James A. Shinn, state game
and fish commissioner. Colonel Shinn
bases his theory of such probability
on a letter received from a Colorado
woman.
"I just wonder what’s the matter
with my goldfish,” the woman wrote
to Colonel Shinn. "They are just as
’ healthy and well fed as they can be.
But lately they have been exploding.
“They will swim around in the most
sportive manner in their bowl and
then suddenly they will come to the
surface of the water, and—pop! bang!
—explode into a thousand bits!"
Child’s Clear Sight.
An intelligent child detects a sham
at once, and resents, more than any
thing, to be patronized.
Why He Couldn't Sit Down.
Harry,, aged six, is an orphan; but
in indulgent grandmother and kind
maiden aunt, have taken care of him.
The first pair of knickerbockers were
secured recently, and it was a proud
moment for the boy when his aunt
put them on him on Sunday morning
and he was permitted to go to church
with his grandmother. Naturally
maiden aunts know very little about
the arrangement of knickerbockers,
and there was a suspicious fullness in
front and an equally mystifying tight
ness in the back to be observed, as
the little chap trudged happily along.
In church Harry sat down, but did
not appear comfortable and stood up.
“Harry, sit down,” whispered his
grandmother. He obediently climbed
back on the seat, but soon slipped off
again. “Harry, you must sit "down.”
"Grapdma, I can’t My pants is chok
ing me.” She looked more closely
than her dim sight had before permit
ted, and discovered the new little
knickerbockers were on hind side be
fore. Harry stood up during the re
mainder of the service.
Ingredients of Life.
The Ingredients of health and long
life are great temperance, open air,
easy labor and little care.—Philip Sid
ney.
A Hold-Up
An Oppressive Trust. .
Before the Coffee Roasters’ Association, in ses- *7^**’*
sion at Chicago on Thursday, Thomas J. Webb, _ z x'***
of Chicago, charged that there is in existence a
coffee combine wnicK is “the most monstrous im
position in the history of human commerce. ’ * *
There is very slight exaggeration about this yy PS*™
statement. It comes very close to being literally
true. There is a coffee combine in Brazil, from '
which country comes the bulk of the coffee used
In the United States, which is backed by the gov- ^^z*****^
eminent of Brazil and financed by it, which com-^i .
pels American consumers, as Mr. Webb said, “to t dF
pay famine prices for coffee when no famine tf*
exists.” al*'
The worst thing about this is that the consum- —-
ers of the United States have been compelled to
put up the money through which this combine, \z'
to further cinch them, has been made effective. J
There were formerly revenue duties imposed upon nJ
all coffee entering the United States. Those taxes /V*
were denounced as an imposition upon the people; A/U
as taxing the poor man’s breakfast table, and the
like. The taxes were removed. Immediately w
thereafter Brazil imposed an export duty upon/^
coffee up to the full amount of the former customs
taxes in this country. The revenue which for- "AS
merly went into the treasury of the United States /Td Jf / * a
was diverted to the treasury of Brazil. The poor /-**
man’s breakfast coffee continued to cost him the [Sj
aameold price. /
But this was only the commencement. The /
4 'valorization” plan was evolved In Brazil. A ' C
Through this plan the government, using the rev- /
n -fwAm AYnnW - / StftHuSTa statistics oz tuG COnGG traaG
enues denved from the export duties for the pur- / a f off jn during
poses, takes all of the surplus crop m a season of I y ears o f over ( W 0 hundred million
large yields and holds it off the market, thus I pounds. Authenticated reports from the
keeping the supply down to the demands of the Fostum factories in this city show a
market and permitting the planters to receive a aHkeZiSf tim”^ ° f POStUm .
much higher price than they would otherwise I While the sales of Postum invariably
have done. I show marked increase year over year, the
The United States consumes more Brazilian cos- I extraordinary demand for that well
fee than does the rest of the world. We are the I known breakfast beverage during 1911 is
xee übuuuw v . << un-ia I very likely due to a public awakening to
best customers of Brazil, and Brazil buys little I oppression of the coffee trust,
from us. Now Brazil is promoting, financing and / Such an awakening naturally disposes
maintaining a trust designed, and working effect- I the multitude who suffer from the ill
ivolv far th. nurnose. to compel American con-^J effects of coffee drinking to be more re-
iveiy tor ww y yv , ceptive to knowledge of harm which so
sumers to pay an exorbitant pnce for the coffee often comeß M a resu ;t o f the use of
they use. What is the remedy?- rSeattlA Pott-In- the drug-beverage, coffee.^ Battle Creek
teUigencer-Not. 19,1911. Evening News—Bec. 19,1911.
POSTUM
is a pure food-drinK made of the field grains, with
a pleasing flavour not unliKe high grade Java.
A Big' PacKag'e
About l| lbs. Costs 25 cts.
At Grocers
Economy to one’s purse is not the main reason
for using Postum.
It is absolutely free from any harmful substance,
such as “caffeine” (the drug in coffee), to which so
much of the nervousness, biliousness and indiges
tion of today are due. Thousands of former coffee
drinhers now use Postum because they Know firom
experience the harm that coffee drinhing causes.
Boil it according to directions (that’s easy) and
it will become clear to you why—
“ There’s a Reason”
Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Battle CreeK, Michigan.
Saw Nh Difference.
"People who seek books from the
fiction section make some funny
breaks," says a librarian of the Li
brary of Congress. “I have, made
note of a member of these, but none
of them amused me more than the
request of a sour-looklng spinster.
"She sternly demanded of me a
copy of ‘The Recollections of a Liar.’
I told her that I didn’t know it, but
that I could give her ‘The Recollec
tions of a Married Man.’
“‘That will do,’ said she acidly.
"It's practically the same thing."—
Lippincott’s.
Swallowing Glory.
The little daughter of a well-known
Baltimore clergyman recently start
led the family while at breakfast by
suddenly exclaiming:
"I’m full of glory I”
“What on earth do you mean,
child?” the father hastened to ask.
“Why,” exclaimed the youngster,
“a sunbeam just got on my spoon, and
I’ve swallowed It."
Wanted "Mill" Supplies.
“I see that you deal in mill sup
plies.”
’Yea.”
“Well, I’d like to buy a pair of
boxing gloves.”
Welcome.
It was 3 o’clock on a cold and frosty 1
morning, and the weary cyclist had!
still many miles to go.
Passing through a lonely village he :
saw a lighted window. Perhaps, he j
thought, he might be able to get some-,
thing to eat and drink. So he knock>
ed. _
“Who’s there,” came a gruff voice
from within.
"A traveler," the cyclist replied In
clear tones.
Back like a shot came the answeri
"Then travel."
Had to Put In Human Interest.
An old negro preacher, says the At
lanta Constitution, gave as his text:
“De tree is known by its fruit, an’ it’s
des impossible to shake de possum
down.”
After the benediction an old broth,
er said to him:
“I never knowed befo’ dat sich a
text wuz In de Bible.”
"Well," admitted the preacher, “it
ain’t set down dat way. I throwed
In de possum to hit de ififolligence
ot my congregation.”
Pessimism.
A pessimist is one who receives a
pair of gloves as a present and wor
ries because they will soon wear out
