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IIEARRT’S SUNDAY AMERICAN,
ATLANTA, C,A„ SUNDAY, JULY 27, l!m.
WHO THE SHEIK-UL-ISLAM IS,
AND HIS POWER.
H E is the religious head of all Mohammedans, holding ec
clesiastical sway over his co-religionists everywhere in
the world.
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His official position resembles that of the Archbishop of
Canterbury.
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His most dreaded power is that of proclaiming a Holy War,
which might arouse the Moslems of British India and Egypt,
French North Africa and German East Africa to armed re
bellion.
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He is supreme interpreter of the Koran and first magis
trate of the Ottoman Empire.
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He is keeper of the great seal, as well as de facto Minister
of Justice and Education.
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He may depose the Sultan.
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He enjoys precedence over all the other dignitaries of the
Ottoman Empire, and his rank is so exalted that he can marry
into the imperial family on terms of equality.
Sheik-ul-Islam Argues for Polygamy
and Unlimited Divorce in One of
the Most Extraordinary Interviews
Ever Obtained by Any Newspaper.
By VAHAN CARD AS HAN.
(A Citizen of Turkey educated at Columbia University, who has recently
returned to Constantinople.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 26.—
“The Moslem is permitted to marry
more than one woman under the
strictest rules and regulations. The
result is a general monogamy. The
Christian is forbidden to marry more
than one woman. The result is wide
spread polygamy and immorality.”
“If a man and woman have made a
mistake in marrying, why perpetuate
the mistake? Perhaps each of them
could make another person happy?”
Such are two utterances of the
Shiek-ul-Islam, the venerated arch
priest of the 200,000,000 of Islam
throughout the world, in an interview
granted to a commissioner sent to
His Highness by The American to
day.
Never before, in the thirteen cen
turies that have rolled by sinoe Mo
hammed, Prophet of Allah, existed,
has a v*Hek-ul-lslam granted such an
interview.
# Alway_, as to-day, the grand ar
biter of he destiny of Islam, with
his high office and tremendous
power, dwells almost like a demigod
in the Babi-Fetra, the Mohammedan
Vatican, here removed from the
gaze and contast of the ordinary mor
tal. Scores of doctors of theology
and of interpreters of the Koran are
with him.
He Speaks of Women
And to an Unbeliever.
Most remarkable of all, the Shiek-
ul-Islam spoke to on e who is not a
Moslem of woman, of marriage; of di-
■vorce, of the Koran. Never was such
a thing known. To broach sue sub
jects to the head of Islam has been
regarded as the height of audacity;
as sacrilege.
“Your Highness,” said I, after be
ing admitted to the presence, “the
newspaper that sends me to you is
anxious to be enlightened as to
Islam’s present attitude toward
polygamy, toward the veil and shawl
which so many Turkish women are
discarding, and above all toward the
so-called ‘feminist’ movement whose
fundamental purpose is to bring
about equality of the sexes; equality
of opportunity for women and men.”
The eyes of the wise old man of
the East were fixed on the rug on
which his chair rested. Visibly, His
Excellency the Counselor to the
Sheik-ul-Islam, who was at his side,
and the advisers and theologians who
surrounded him, were amazed by my
boldness. After a moment's pause,
His Highness raised his head, and
with a direct and kindly look, said:
“My son, I am highly pleased to
see one who is so deeply interested
in the tenets and doctrines of Islam,
which are always holy and Just. May
Allah bless and guard them. But
your questions aim so directly at the
foundation rock of Islam that it is de
sirable that you should leave them
with me ill writing in the fashion
required by the Koran and usage.
Then, through the proper authorities.
I shall refer to Islam for answers.”
“But I said:
“ *1 thank Your Highness for your
gracious and generous suggestion. But
I am informed that the Synod, in
accordance with precedent and usage,
would answer only “yes” or “no” to
my questions. I beg you to elaborate
your answers with your own lips, so
■*—1 they may go to the uninitiated,
to those who do not understand Mo
hammedanism and who perhaps are
Inimical to its precepts and insti-
4 tutlons.
“The venerable head of the church
consulted with His Excellency the
Counselor and some of the theolo
gians about him. Then he said gra
ciously: 4
“ ‘My son, I will answer briefly such
questions as I see fit.*
“Your Highness, the whole world
attaches particular importance to the
attitude of Mohammedanism toward
woman," I said.
“Islam is far more solicitous for
the welfare of the woman than any
other religion,” replied the present
prophet of Allah. “Islam is earnestly
anxious to keep her away from the
depressing and degrading influences
and struggles of the street, train free
association with men, and to confine
her within the precincts of the home,
as the Lord ordained.
“Physically she is unfit to perform
the labors of the man. She can not
discharge her most Important func
tion in life, which Is the reproduc
tion of the race, outside of the home.
Islam follows the line of least resist
ance. It obeys nature. It obeys God.
It is a logical religion.
Why Should Woman Hide
Fr 0 m the Face of Man?
“Why, Your Highness, does Islam
decree that woman shall hide herself
from the gaze of man?"
“Because Allah knew that her
charms would awaken impure
thoughts In the mind of the man.
which would naturally bring in their
train, as in Europe, family dissen
sions, infelicities and general Immor
ality.
“Allah directed the woman in ex
plicit terms to condeal her face and
her ornaments from the view of men.
Allah is all-knowing and all-wise. Al
lah does not change His mind. He
knew’ thirteen hundred years ago the
character of the nature of the man to
come thirteen hundred years hence.
“If any change were to be made in
His Law, He would have provided
for it. He did not. So we must ad
here to the veil and the shawl as long
as Islam remains a living religion.
May Allah prosper it.
“It will last as long ss the world
itself. To discard the veil and the
shawl would clearly mean to refute
the great attribute of the infallibil
ity of Allah. As I stated, Islam is
based upon logic and therefore it
can not contradict itself by abandon
ing a guiding principle such as the
infallibility of Deity.”
Polygamy Long Ago
Devised Can Not Change.
“Islam approves of polygamy,” 1
ventured.
“What I have just said of the veil
and shawl applies with equal force
to polygamy.” responded the Sheik-
ul-Islam. “That is, polygamy was de
vised by Allah centuries ago, and it
can not be changed by the transient
whim or decision or direction of men
and laws.
“When God in His infinite wisdom
sent His Apostle to this world He so
ordained that Arabia should become
the cradle of the True Faith. At this
time, in Arabia there were three
women to one man. The men of
Arabia w r ere accustomed to an unre
stricted plurality of wives. Arabia is
a tropical country and as such polyg
amy becomes a physiological neces
sity. Our Lord directed that a faith
ful man have more than one wife; as
many as four wives at a time.
“But he said a Moslem must divide
his time and attention equally among
his several wives. If he goes out hs
must take them all. He must buy
for them exactly the same wearing
apparel. Even in the distribution of
his affections he must not be partial
to one of them.
"These are severe rules to follow.
What do they all mean? They mean
that a Moslem who can not fulfill all
the conditions laid down by the Lord,
physically, temperamentally and eco
nomically, must marry only one
woman.
“The difference I observe between
the polygamy of Islam and that of
the Christian world is decidedly re
freshing and encouraging to me. The
Moslem Is permitted to marry more
than one woman under the strictest
rules and regulations; the result is a
general monogamy.
"The Chrltsian is forbidden to
marrv more than one woman; he re
sult is widespread polygamy and im
morality.
“Our religion does not regard with
disfavor or as immoral the atten
tion of a Moslem to another woman,
provided that he has fulfilled all his
duties to his wives. I am inclined to
bekeve that the world is floating in
the direction of Islam.
“A Moslem can divorce his wife
simply by signifying his intention to
do so,” I said. 1
He Should Have the Right
To Divorce His Wife.
Announced the Rheik-ul-Islam:
“If he has fullfled his contracted
obligations, h** should Jiave the ^riv-
ileg of divorcing his wife, if that
could accrue to their happiness. You
Baby Hailed Senate’s Best Boss
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Marshall’s Namesake Rules Body
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Presides at Executive Session
Thomas Marshall Sutherland, namesake of the Vice Presi
dent, is shown with his arms about that pleased official’s shoul
ders. The little boy recently presided over an executive session
of the Senate.
w ise Men of Upper House Pay Tribute to Tiny
. Wielder of Historic Gavel.
WASHINGTON, July 26.—“Free
and a half years old,” replies Thomas
Marshall Sutherland, namesake of
the Vice President of the United
States, when you ask him his age.
Thomas, despite his age, has re
cently come into possession of na
tion-wide publicity through his pre
siding over the Senate in an execu
tive session.
“And the little fellow, seated up
there behind the desk in the lap of
the Vice President, every little
while pounding the desk with the
gavel, carried the job off to perfec
tion,” said one of the Senate mem
bers to-day. “He looked like an old-
timer at the Job.”
Born Marshall’s Election Day.
Thomas, a handsome little fellow,
with the face of a cherub and big
hazel eyes, is the son of the Rev.
A. D. Sutherland, of Berkley Springs,
W. Va. He was born in Columbia
City, Ind*., on the day the Vice Presi
dent was elected Governor of In
diana, and the proud father, always
a stanch supporter of "Tom” Mar
shall, named the little fellow' after
him.
At present Thomas is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall, and the tw’o, who
are childless, have grown greatly at
tached to the little fellow. In fact,
Mrs. Marshall recently declared that
she dreaded the time when Thomas
w'ould have to return home.
On Friday, when the Vice President
entered the Senate chamber, he was
leading Thomas by the hand. The lit
tle fellow didn’t seem at all per
turbed, and when the Vice President
dropped into his chair behind the
high desk and planted Thomas on his
knee, the lad just looked about the
room and smiled at every one.
Remains Through Session.
Thomas remained in the Vice
President’s lap all during the session,
and every little while hit the hard-
w’ood top of the desk a resounding
smash with the gavel, that made
more than one of the members sit up
with a Jerk.
When the session closed, Thomas
was made the honor guest of the day
and in true democratic fashion re
ceived those who came to pay their
compliments.
He is not only the youngest, but
the only person outside of the Vice
President, who in many years has oc
cupied the chair behind the desk
during an executive session.
“How do you like the job?” the lit
tle fellow was asked.
“Wery fine,” he replied.
Then he was asked how old he
was:
“Free and a half,” was the reply
and a moment later he was wrapped
in the arms of the Vice President-
know that before a Mohammedan
takes a woman for wife he promises
to give to her, upon divorcing her, a
certain sum of money in lieu of dow
er. Very few men to-day are able to
fulfill this ante-nuptial agreement, so
it becomes a shield to the woman.
“If a man and his wife can not
dwell in harmony, it would be utterly
senseless to force them to remain un
der the same roof forever. To do so
would be a grievous thing In the sight
of God. It would be an assumption
of human infallibility, which is false
and Illogical.
“If a man and woman have commit
ted a mistake in marrying each other,
why perpetuate the mistake?
“I understand t.iat in certain Euro
pean countries those who are unable
to pay lawyers’ fees and court dis
bursements are debarred from obtain
ing relief to their marital infelicity.
In Islam no time and no money are
wasted. A woman or a man with a
just case can be freed within 24
hours.”
“Now, the broadest of questions, if
your highness pleases, what is the
relation of Mohammedanism to
the state?”
The Sheik Has More
Power Than the Pope.
The Sheig-ul-I»lam is Infinitely
more powerful than the Pope in the
Roman Catholic Church, for he pos
sesses vast temporal power. A change
in the form of government, the ac
cession, the deposition of a Sultan,*
can be legalized only by his decree.
Holy wars which Sheiks-ul-Islam
have declared in times past have
deluged in blood vast sections of
Europe and Asia.
The aged successor of Mohammed
said:
“Islam is based on the oneness of
God, on His infinity and absolute jus
tice. It is the only logical and true
religion. It is the only royal road to
salvation. Every child at Its birth is
Moslem. Baptism or other forms of
initiation or affiliation change th»
original nature of the child. The
worship a Moslerruperforms five times
a day is but a fulfillment of a uM
obligation, and it can not achieve for
giveness of all sins unless the sinner
truly and earnestly repents for his
sins.
“No one can deceive our Lord. May
His sway envelop the entire world!
“Mohammedanism is opposed io
gambling, drunkenness* uncleanliness,
oppression of others, theft and all
forms of '>*-“ rin 'Mtii s that accrue to
the injury and agony of our fellow-
men. It is opposed to ritualism. It is
a plain and common-sense religion.
“Now as to the relation of Moham
medanism to the State. Islam recog
nizes the equality of all the elements
of the State in the eye of the law.
Islam recognizes the legitimacy and
propriety of assembling deliberative
or parliamentary bodies, consisting of
all the elements in the State, for the
purpose, of discussing subjects and
measures that fall directly within the
province of the temporal power."
“They must not concern themselves,
however, with matters and duties that
pertain to the faith.
“You know that the contents of
the Holy Koran were handed down to
Mohammed bv God through the Arcn-
angel Gabriel. Yet Mohammed, to
avoid the possibility of any.error in
transmission or transcription, or in
his own understanding thereof, in the
last instance assembled a council to
deliberate upon each word and sen
tence of every chapter.
“The veil, the shawl and polygamy
must be kept and respected within
the provisions of the laws that govern
them.
“Men and women must not inter
mingle in any sphere of life. Women
are permitted to educate themselves,
but without any association with men.
“Those who advocate the slightest
change in these things are the .ene
mies of Islam, and their reward shall
be eternal fire.”
At the last words, Allah’s represen
tative on earth raised his thin, ascetic
hand: his voice was almost fierce.
The interview was at an end. I bowel
and salaamed deeply and was ush
ered out.
The Sheik-ul-Islam appeared to
me to be about 90 years old, but the
spirituality of his face defied any ac
curate estimate of his age. He is not
more than 5 feet 7 inches tall; his
stooped shoulders bespoke the stu
dent who has burned the midnight
oil studying the Koran.
His eyes are blue and lustrous;
he has a long gray beard. His outer
garment was a long black mantle,
which he wore unbuttoned.
How He Secured the
Difficult Interview.
My learned friend. Dr. Izzet-dine
Bey, president of the Department of
Infants* Estates, a prominent mem
ber of the house * of the Sheik-ul-
Islam, was the means of gaining me
an audience with the teacher of
Islam. The belief is forced upon me.
that the venerable man expected only
an audience—had no idea of grant
ing this unique interview.
IS IF Gif MAGIC
Construction on Exposition Build
ings Is Far Advanced and They
Will Be Ready on Time.
SAX FRAXCISCO, July 26—Xo
one can imagine what a wonderful
and stupendous affair the Panama-
Pacific Internationa] Exposition, to
open in San Francisco February 20,
1916. will be, for it will be unparal
leled In magnitude and splendor.
Construction upon the exposition is
far advanced. Thousands of men arc
at work. More than fifteen million
feet of lumber are piled upon the
grounds and steamers with lumber
cargoes are arriving daily.
Hundreds of teams are employed.
The sounds of circular >aw and steam
hammer, the puffing of locomotives
upon the expositi >n grounds at Har
bor View, Just inside the Golden Gate,
accompany the construction of the
greatest universal exposition in his
tory.
Ten Palaces Under Construction.
Ten of the vast exhibit palaces are
under construction; one of the build-!
ings, the service building, is com
pleted and occupied. From the Gold
en Gate the colossal proportions of
Machinery Hall, the huge framework
of which flanks the main group on
the east, are evident at a distance of
three miles.
The exposition is assured as the
greatest friendly international gath
ering ever held. Twenty-seven of the
world’s nations have accepted the in
vitation, conveyed through the De
partment of State, to participate; 35
Commonwealths have elected loca
tions for their state pavilions. Mam-
great international congresses and
conventions will be held in San Fran
cisco in 1915.
Commercial emissaries from all por
tions of the globe will meet to plan
for future trade. The world is pre
paring to join America In celebrating
the opening of the Panama Canal
upon a wonderful scale. All exhibit
palaces are being constructed under
definite time contracts and will be
completed months before the opening
day. No delay in the work will rrg li
the beauty of the finished snectacle.
New Standard in Art.
The effect of the exposition palaces
will be marvelous; it is probable that
the designs of many of America's
most celebrated architects will create
a new standard in American art. The
Palace of Machinery, now almost
completed, will not, by any means,
be the loftiest of the exhibit palaces,
although it will be the largest single
structure, covering, with its wings, al
most ten acres of ground; its three
vast naves rising 135 feet are less
than half the height, of the first rim
of hills inclosing the exposition
grounds on the south, east and west
To the west of the Palace of Ma
chinery will be the center group of
eight exhibit buildings, facing on the
harbor for 3,000 feet, running 1,200
feet north and south, and with in
terconnecting colonnades and gate
ways to bind the group together wo
that It will from the Golden Gate
seem as one colossal palace, a mar
velous Oriental city, with its skyline
of 110 feet, and with tow-erlng golden
domes and minarets rising 150, 270
and 430 feet.
Organization Is Thorough.
To construct a universal exposi
tion almost over night calls for
thorough organization. In the build
ing of the Panama-Pacific Interna-
tionaj Exposition each structure and
each piece of construction is let un
der separate contract and each of
the many large contracting firms en
gaged is performing its separate task
and yet is w-orking in harmony with
the entire organization.
The production of the Panama-Pa
cific International Exposition will in
volve a tremendous outlay. It is the
estimate of the comptroller of the ex
position that its completion will call
for an expenditure of 80,000,000 of dol
lars and this estimate, of course, does
not include the inirinsic wealth rep
resented in the vast total of the ex
hibits of the world. The spectacle
will be fully completed and perfected
In every detail upon its formal open
ing. All fourteen main exhibit palaces
will be finished in July, 1914, affording
ample time in which to complete the
details of their adornment.
Girl’s Circus Leap
Saves Boy inRunaway
Jumps From Back of Own Horse to
That of the Bolting
Animal.
SHARON, PA., July 26.—Seeing
that the life of Frank Hanna, a boy,
was in danger, as he w’as being drag
ged along the road in a runaway,
Prances Heanley sent her horse gal
loping in pursuit of the maddened
horse and as she reached its side she
leaped on Its back and brought it to
a standstill. Young Hanna was not
badly hurt.
Hanna was driving home in a bug
gy when his horse ran away. In en
deavoring to stop the animal he be
came entangled in the reins and fell
from the buggy| His horse started on
another spurt and the lad was being
dragged along the rough road when
his predicament was discovered by
Miss Heanly, w ho was horseback rid
ing along the road.
“SHINPLASTER” MONEY,
RELIC OF WAR, REAPPEARS
Nation Officially
Approves Kissing
Pension Clerk Is Restored to Office
When He Proves Pretty Girl
Dared Him.
WASHINGTON, July 26.—It Is not
wTong to kiss a pretty girl with whom
you are associated in the Government
service, provided the pretty girl
purses her lips and utters a deft. This
principle was laid down in the Pen
sion Office in the case of Frank D.
Hester, a chief of section, who was
accused of the osculatory diversion
during office hours.
Gaylord M. Saltzgaber, Pension
Commissioner, suspended Mr. Hester
upon learning of the affair and un
dertook an investigation. After un
winding many yards of red tape and
going into the matter from all angles,
the Commissioner Uncovered that the
young woman had “dared’’.. Hester's,
evidence of affection Hester, there-*
fore, was reinstated.
Cash Bonus Aids
Labor of Cupid
Packing Company Places Premium
on Matrimony Among Employees,
With Good Results.
CHICAGO. July 26.—A cash bonus
to every employee who marries, of
fered by Swift & Co. at the stock-
yards, has caused a rushing business
for Cupid, $50 being offered to all de-
prrtment heads w’ho married and $25
to all other employees. Albert Nel
son, head of the donation depart
ment, said he was kept busy all
through June handing out the com
pany’s checks and blessings.
“The marriage bonus is the compa
ny’s encouragement to its employees
to marry,” he said. “It goes to the
men who marry as w r ell as the girls
w’ho marry, and if both parties to the
romance are employees they get a
double bonus.”
Eugenic Marriage
Act Passed in Dakota
Wedding of Diseased Persons Pro
hibited, While Habitual Drunk
ards Are To Be Kept Single.
GRAND FORKS. N. DAK., July 26.—
Under the new North Dakota marriage
law’, which has just become effective,
the intermarriage of diseased persons Is
prohibted. This is the first step taken
toward the more rigid control of mar
riages, and is in line with the general
movement throughout the country for
the physical examination of persons
about to enter the marriage state.
Each person seeking to be married
must file with the license clerk a cer
tificate of good health, the certificate
to show that the person is not afflict
ed with any contagious or infectious
disease. Another certificate must be
filed to show that the parties are not
in any manner related by blood
Habitual drunljarils are prohibited
from marrying under the provisions of
the new law also
Girl Loses Voice
In Thunder Storm
Rendered Dumb With Every Elec
trical Display, but Returns to
Normal When Surprised.
DOLLAR BAY. MICH., July 26.—
Every time it thunders Lucy Sepha-
lia, 12 years old. of Dollar Bay, loses
her voice.
Six weeks ago she lost her voice
during a thnueferstorm. Four weeks
later It was restored when she was
playfully frightened by a friend.
During each electrical storm since
that time the same thintr happened,
but each time her voice has been re
stored by a prearranged surprise or
shock.
Physicians have been studying the
case, but no solution has been given.
Lincoln Highway
To Cross Country
Association Plans to 9pend $10,000,-
000 on Mammoth Undertaking of
Coast to Coast Road.
DETROIT. July 26—The Lincoln
Highway Association is the new name
of what has been known formerly as
the Coast to Coast Rock Highway Asso
ciation, according to a formal announce
ment made at the headquarters just es
tablished here.
It is declared that the object and
purposes of this mammoth undertaking
have not been charged, and of the
$10,000,000 necessary to carry the work
through to completion more than $4.
200.000 has already been pledged. In
fact, engineers of the Lincoln High
way Association are already at work
mapping out the route of the highway
Sues Doctor to End
‘Spell’ Over His Wife
SIster-in-Law Enters Suit Against
Physician for $50,000, Alleging
Defamation of Character.
CHICAGO. July 26.—Dr. G. E. Fos-
berg, No. 521o Kimbark avenue, yes
terday w’as sued for $50,000 for al
leged defamation of character by his
sister-in-law, Mrs. F. E. Musgrove,
No. 6922 Stewart avenue.
She admits she has small hope of
winning her suit, but hopes to turn
the light on the doctor’s past and
break what she declares is a hypnotic
hold he has on his wife.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO., July 26
Five 10-cent “shinplasters.” the name
applied to the fractional currency is
sued during the Civil War, were re
ceived by Secretary of State Roach
from Leon Vlrlet, of Paris, FVance, in
part payment of a commission issued
to him By Governor Major as Com
missioner of Deeds for Missouri in
FYance and adjoining countries.
These are the first “shinplasters” to
make their appearance in any of the
departments of State Government
during the past twenty years. They
were in excellent condirion and wer«*
of the issue of 1868 and 1663.
GROSS FIGURES PLANNED.
SEATTLE. July 26.—Mrs. M. J.
Wessels, of Hillyard, Wash., has been
commissioned to prepare scenery and
figures, with grains, grasses and
plants, to decorate the ceilings and
walls of the State buildings at the
Panama Exposition. She did notable
work at those in Chicago, St. Louis.
Portland and Jamestown.
Why Endure Sore Feet
Here is Positive Easy Cure
Th« following 1b said to be the surest and '
quickest cure known to science for all foot ail
ments: "Dissolve two tablespnoufuL* of Calo
clde compound In a basin of warm water. Soak
the feet In this for fully fifteen minutes, gen
tly rubbing the aore parts." The «
effect is really wonderful. All
soreness goes Instantly; the feet
feel delightful. Coma and cal- \
louses can be peeled right off. 1
It gives Immediate relief for aore i
bunions, sweaty, smelly and ach- i
log feet. A twenty-five cent box i
of Caloclde Is said to bo sulb- 1
dent to cure the worst feat. It '
works through the pore* and re- '
moves the cause of the trouble. .
Don’t waste time on uncertain remedies. Any (
druggist lias Caloclde compound In stock or he \
can get It in a few hours from his wholesale >
house.
OKLAHOMA NOW AOTIST WOULD
WOULD BEMAOL DIVORCE NIECE
INTO 2 SHIES 0FWHITT1EB
Difference of Interests in Eastern
and Western Sections Cause
of Movement to Divide.
TUT,SA. OKI,A„ July 26.—The divi-
sion of Oklahoma into two States,
practically along the lines that distin
guished Indian Territory from Okla
homa Territory before their union
into a single State, is the latest move
ment in Oklahoma.
This movement had its inception
with the Tulsa and Muskogee Com
mercial Clubs. It is generally favored
by the oil interests, and to a large
extent by the coal and lead mining
interests of Eastern Oklahoma. There
is also considerable sentiment in
Western Oklahoma in favor of such a
division. .
Discord Constant in State.
The fact there is lack of unity of
interest between the eastern and
western half of the State is responsi
ble now r for the effort being made to
create two States out of Oklahoma.
The chief resources of Eastern Okla
homa ai*e minerals, oil, gas, coal, lead
and zinc. Western Oklahoma is strict
ly an agricultural country. What Is
of benefit to Eastern Oklahoma is
likely to be of no benefit to the we9t
side of the State, and vice versa.
There is constant discord between
the two sides of the State, which
crops out a every State gathering
where sectional divisions have to be
considered in matters of business.
The Legislature is a constant scene of
warfare between membf. from East
ern and Western Oklahoma. An item
of legislation benefiting the oil indus
try is usually assailed by the mem
bers of the “west side” because of
its alleged ‘aint of Standard Oil.
Agriculture Neglected.
The members of the Legislature
from the “east side,” particularly from
the oil belt and mining regions, care
little for legislation beneficial to the
agricultural interests of t be other
half of the State. And thus there in
discord and milling all along the line
that has increased instead of dimin
ished since the State was admitted
to the Union six years ago.
Of the possible 1,700,000 population
in Oklahoma at least 1,000,000 are In
Eastern Oklahoma.
Fifteen Tongues Fail
To Aid Lost Woman
Finn Finally Appears and Directs
Her to Home Where She
Was Employed.
NEW YORK, July 26.—Mary Pier-
Finland three weeks ago, got lost
enen, who came to this country from
yesterday. On the Third avenue ele
vated station at 137th street, she was
unable to make anyone understand
her request to be directed to her
home.
Fifteen persons in as many lan r
guages tried in vain to converse with
her. Somebody found a Finn in busi
ness in the neighborhood. Mary told
him that she wanted to know how she
could reach the I^om ft for Incurables
at Third avenue and 133d street,
where she was employed in the
nurses’ quarters. She got the di
rections.
HORSE, DESPISED, ENDS LIFE.
SPOKANE, July 26.—Deliberate sui
cide is the verdict given by employees
of the Spokane Humane Society re
garding the demise ct Ben, a decrepit,
deserted horse. He sampled the clover
vat'-h on the bluff overlooking the river
>a<| of the humane barn, then plunged
headlong over the precipice.
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Art Triumphs Over Cupid in the
Case of Isaac Caliga, Bos
ton Painter.
SALEM, MASS., July 26.—Art ver
sus home life and the love of a beau
tiful Quakeress—and art win*!
This is the story of the shattered
romance of Isaac Henry Caliga, the
Boston and Salem artist, and his wife,
Mrs. Phoebe Woodman Caliga, niece
of the poet Whittier. It is the story
of a painter who comes to the parting
of the w’ays—who finds he must
choose between his art and his home
life and love of his wife.
It was love and home against brush
and canvas—and to brush and canvas
go the victory. Result—a trip to the
divorce court.
The artist, who has filed the suit In
the Salem Divorce Court, eays his aim
is to make his wife free to go and do
what she pleases.
Caliga says the cause of tt all is
“too much temperament on my part.”
He says his wife is Inclined to do
mestic things and applies the word
4 devoted” to her.
Agreed to Disagree.
He says he and his beautiful wife
had agreed to disagree—that they are
still friends; that his wife was
brought up in Quaker surroundings In
the “quaint, yet pleasing style of the
Quakers.”
"Maybe I’ve been too faithful to my
art,” said Artist Caliga, “and haven't
paid enough attention to my home. It
is for our own happiness that I take
this action. It will make her free to
go and do what she pleases. Our
home life since we were married w r as
one of the pleasantest, and she is a
devoted mother and was a devoted
wife. But I think this artistic tem
perament of mine did not allow me
to understand things quite.
Brought Up as Quaker.
“As you know, sh© was brought up
In Quaker surroundings, being a rela
tive of Whittier. She is naturally of
a retiring and quiet disposition.
“I have the greatest respect for her,
and our friends that we knew’ when
we lived together understand the
situation very clearly. They feel
sorry for us, yet feel that our mu
tual understanding, that of agree
ing to disagree, w r as the wisest and
best thing to do.
“No, I’m not of that artistic tem
perament that promotes the throwing
of plates and crockery one minute
and making ardent love the next. No,
not that, just a love for my art and
possibly too strong for one that has
a family. You know, love is a great
big proposition. Well, you also know
we don’t always have things come
out as we had planned, and that was
our case, so we had a mutual under
standing and we still hold each oth
er’s respecL”
MORPHINE
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Equipped with modern conveniences,
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No doposlt or fee asked until owe is
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Patients also cured at home. For In
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BLE, Supt, Box 889, Lebanon. Tenn.
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Through trains, large, easy and well-ventilated
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New York.$38.25 Baltimore . .$29.25
Boston.... 42.25 Philadelphia 34.05
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