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NONPARTISAN
OFFIDIALS RULE
IN IME
Graft and Inefficiency of the Party
System Is Lifted From the
Town’c Citizens.
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BOSSES ARE WIPED OUT 1
Some Successful Moves Made
Since Redemption of Munici
pality From Old Parties.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20. —One of
the features of the redemption of
Wisconsin that has not attracted greit
attention is the rescue of Milwaukee
from partisan politics. Long before
the Socialists broke in here as ad
ministrators of the city, by the elec
tion of 1910. party lines really had
ceased to exist.
Party tickets appeared in the vari
ous municipal elections, but they were
put up by the men who had no poli
tics other than desire to control the
city for special purposes and who
worked the political parties as man
ikins.
It was the same old game and the
same old rule by the special interests,
disreputable elements and politicians
who gave the city inefficient, as well
as dishonest, administration. Her •
things got no bad that city officials
were indicted and bundled off to pris
on and the administration of Mayor
Rose became notorious. Here they
say the real supporters of Rose wer?
always the “tory" Republicans, in
stead of the Democrats. It was a
great illustration of the fact that par
tisan lines ’are worked in municipii
affairs purely as a fetish.
Things went along this way until
three years ago Milwaukee was forced
over to the Socialist narty to escape
the old partisan control.
The next was taken last year when
llie people who had deefated the old
Republican and Democratic partisan
rowd by using the Socialist party
saoxed aside the old-time bosses ani '
brought out of the wreckage a ticket i
< omposed <»f good men. running on
pledge to scrape off the political bat
nacles and put the city administra
tion on as nearly as possible the basis
of a large, well-managed corpora
tion.
The candidates on this h ket were
I hedged not to be partisan if elected
to office and not to take any part it.
• artisan politics while holding office
further than to cast their votes.
Speaking broadly, the Socialists ha 1
given the city an honest administra
lio.n though there is always the qu**w.
Hon of whether it was an able on*.
The same honesty of administration*
iias been continued, but the partisan
ties which held the Socialists have
been lopped off. and efficiency hw
been introduced.
Meat Club Solves
Problem of Farmers
Rural Housekeepers Band Together
To Keep All Supplied With
Fresh Beef.
ALEXANDRIA. MINN.. Sept. 20.
A novel farmers’ club has been dis
covered in the town of Moe. in this
county. This organization is known
as a “meat club." and while it has
no formal constitution and by-laws,
there is a tacit agreement among its
members which is complied with im
plicitly.
The purpose of the club is tn sup
ply its members with fresh meat, es
pecially in the'summer months, when
securing good meat is one of« the se
rious problems of rural life. The club
has onlj ten members, though it has
been in operation over twenty years.
The club has a fixed price for the
front and him# quarter cuts, that of
the former at present being 9 cents,
while the hind quarter cuts are fig
ured at 10 cents. The member at
whose house the cutting takes place
keeps most of the soup bones.
DENTIST IS CHARGED
WITH ROBBING TEETH
SOUTH BEND, IND., Sept, 20,
Charged with extracting and-steal
ing The gold fillings from scores of
dental patients. James D. Jones was
arrested in Chicago and turned over
to the police of South Bend.
Jones’ arrest followed a hunt of
four months. J. D. Watts swore out
the warrant. Jones is alleged to have
extracted all the gold he could find
in his customers’ molars on the
ground that the work was faulty.
After exhausting his mines, he ran
away.
FAMILY DECI DES TO LET
WOMEN DICTATE AFFAIRS
* CHICAGO. Sept. 20.-—Traditions of
he Ton family, the largest incorpo
rated family in the world, were upset
at the annual reunion, when suffra
gists ele< ted women to all important
offices. When Mrs. Thomas Brad
shaw had been elected president, aft
er a spirited contest, one of the in
fluential male members of the family
said:
“It seems to be the spirit of the
day to let the women run things, and
we might as well let them have the
remainder of the offices without oppo
sition.
LONDON SOAPMAKEfT
GIVES PEOPLE ART WORK
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—0il paintings
so rthe people in the latest form of art
development. A prominent London
soap man has made a start by erect
ing at Oxford street and Tottenham
road, a great London thoroughfare,
an oil painting of a steamer plowing
her way to harbor on a misty, cloud
shadowed day.
He intends to distribute 100 of these
canvases over London, painted by
well-known artists
Women Declared the Bravest
Men’s Courage Held Lacking
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Life-Saver Dodges the Issue
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Commissioner of Navigation, Mi
nority Leader Mann and Champ
Clark Discuss Question.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Are
women braver than men?
E. T. Chamberlain. Commissioner
of Navigation, says they are.
Martin B Madden, member of Con
gress from Illinois, says they are.
Minority Leader Mann says they
are, in some respects.
Speaker Champ Clark, coming from
the “Show Me" State, says it is a
“stand-off" between men and women.
S. I. Kimball, gerf’eral superintend- '
ent of the Live-Saving Service, i
doesn’t want to show favoritism, an 1
says “both men and women are gen
erally brave.”
. Chamberlain's declaration is very 1
emphatic. It is contained in a report
which he has just made to the Secre
tary of Commerce on charges relat- '
ing to conditions on vessels on the
Great Lakes, and it has awakened
widespread discussion.
The charges were filed by the Amer- |
ican Vigilance Association. They al- i
leged it was a habit of masters of
small vessels on the lakes to have
women on board, ostensibly as cooks,
but really for immoral purposes. The
association wanted the practice
stopped. One of its arguments was
that women were in the way in ma
rine disasters, that men were ham
pered in their efforts to escape by
the need of looking after the women,
and that women should not bo 11
lowed on board the small Lading ves
sels. where the life-saving facilities
were necessarily limited.
Finds Charges Unfounded.
Commissioner Chamberlain was di
rected to make an investigation. He
did so. He found the charges against
the masters of the vessels were un
founded. and he said as much. The.
thing that really aroused his indig
nation. however, was the allegation
that women were in the way in dis
asters and the intimation that they
were lacking in physical bravery.
“Women, as a rule, in marine dis
asters/’ said Mr. <’hambcrlain. “have
shown courage, self-possession, self
reliance and obedience, and almost
without exception any display of
cowardice or unrestrained manifesta
tion of the instinct of self-preserva
tion has come from men. Th** rule on
shipboard, ‘women and children fir.st.
'is based on the fundamental respect
i for womanhood and on self-sacrifice,
common qualities of mer in this
country, in which, however, those
making chargee in this case seem
1 wholly deficient, and to the existence
of which they seem blind.”
Unofficial approval of Commission
er Chamberlain’s views has been giv
en by the Department of Commerce,
inasmuch as it made Special effort to
give them publicity.
Madden Is Enthusiastic.
Representative Madden, of th?se
who paid particular note to My.
Chamberlain’s report, was the m"»."
enthusiastic In his indorsement of the
* Commissioner’s views.
1 "I have never seen a woman who in
' time of danger wasn’t braver thaq a
1 man while the danger lasted," said
Mr. Madden. "When it comes to being
equal to an emergency, a woman is
the superior of any man J ever saw
• She may collapse when it is over, but
I while the peril lasts she is as calm
and collected as if nothing at all was
the matter.
“I have never seen women in a
, marine disaster, hut I have seen them
in automobile and railroad wrecks,
and one thing is about as exciting as
another. I have seen my wife in a
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Farmer Pays $75
; For U. S. Lighthouse
Rural Visitor to Chicago Strikes
Bargain With Stranger Who
Needed Money Badly.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. —Frank lyn P
Foster, a farmer of Kankakee, learned
that he is not alive to all the tricks
of the bunko man. Foster came to
Chicago to see the sights. He met
an engaging fellow.
Foster’s new friend confided that
he owned the lighthouse in Chicago
Harbor, off Randolph street, and that
he received 50 cents for every vessel
that passed there. He said his wife
was sick in California and that he
needed money to reach her bedside.
Foster bargained for a short time
and gave $75. Then he tented a mo
' torboat and went out to take posses- ;
sion.
I “I’ve bought this thing.” he told the
keeper, “and I guess I ll take charge j
' now.”
“You may have bought this place
: and from the way you talk I suspect ;
you did.” returned the keeper, “hut
; Uncle Sam still owns it and 1 guess j
| I’ll remain in charge.’’
Dog in Yellowstone
By Wilson's Order
President Listens to Girl’s Appeal to
Take Pet Into National
Park.
PARSONS, KANS.. Sept. 20.—A
Kansas girl and her pet dog. with the
assistance of President Wilson, have
broken down the strict rule against
dogs being permitted in Yellowstone
National Park. Miss Ethel Provost,
of Parsons, received an announce
ment from the Department of the In
terior that her request to take her
dog. Fanny, into the park had been
granted.
I The girl recently wrote to Presi
dent Wilson: “My father is soon to’
> take the management of a hotel in I
Yellowstone National Park. We have j
been informed that no dogs are al- j
lowed in the park confines. Mr. Pres- '
ident. you don’t know how sorry I i
am to hear this. I am 18 years old •
and our old dog Fanny is the same ;
age. We have never been separated i
and T can not bear the thought of I
leaving her behind. She is very old i
for a dog and would not be able to’
harm any nf the paft’k animals,”
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HOW AUTHORITIES VIEW ’
WOMEN FOR COURAGE
“I have never seen a woman who,
in time of danger, wasn’t braver I
than a man while the danger last
ed.”—R EPR ESENTATIVE MAR
TIN B. MADDEN, OF ILLINOIS. j
“When it comes to physical suf- ]
sering, a woman is much braver |
than a man. She will endure pain (
that will make a man whimper like i
a baby”—MINORITY LEADER
MANN.
“Some are brave —like men; and
some are not —like men."—SPEAK
ER CHAMP CLARK.
“I find, as a rule, men and worn
en both are generally brave.”— ,
SUPERINTENDENT KIMBALL,
OF THE LIFE-SAVING SERV- 1
ice. ;
I railroad wreck, perfectly quiet, cool ,
I and seemingly disinterested until the
, 1 thing was over, and then helpful and J
considerate.
"A woman is constituted to be sym
pathetic and useful in case of need,
while a man, as a rule, really doesn’t
have that finer sensibility. He would
1 be able to direct and command, but
when it comes to the real test of the
finer things necessary, he hasn’t hail
the training that gives a woman her
power. His life is worked out in a
different environment. His dealing
with the coarser things of life, with
business matters, dulls his sympa
thies and unfits him for the things
which a woman approaches with a so
much finer sentiment."
Woman Capable of Suffering.
Minority Loader Mann said:
“When it comes to phy>iuai suffer
ing. a woman is much braver than «
man. She will endure pain that will
make a man whimper like a baby.
But when it comes to actual physical
danger, such as a disaster on water
or on land. I am inclined to think
, that a man is the braver of the two.
"And yet it Is something about
which 1 might change my mind if I
• had given it more thought. It seems j
to me now that because a man is
more accustomed to physical danger.
t because be takes more risks with his
body from boyhood up. and because
of necessity he goes to the front in
everything where physical courage is
i required, that the effect would be to
give him better command when fac
i ing death anywhere but on the sick
. bed."
Speaker Champ Clark disposed of
the subject in his usual epigrammatic
manner.
"Some are brave —like men; and
; some are not—like men," he said.
Life Saver Noncommittal.
And Superintendent Kimball, of the
» Life Saving Service, a man who has ;
worked hi.- way to the top by indus
try and judgment went the Speaker I
• even one better in declining to be |
pinned down to the subject.
• "Really, you Ttnow,” he said—and
apparently through his mind went
I visions of the predicament he would
; be in if ho said the wrong thing on
• such a delicate matter —“I can’t give
an opinion without looking up the rec
ords."
i “But surely." it was argued, “your
; long experience must have given you
an impression, at least, of the. phys
i leal courage oi women."
i Mr. Kimball had a happy thought.
“Say for me,” he observed, happily.
5 “that I find, as a rule, men and worn
i en both are generally brave.”
8 Years’ Salary To
Be Given to Charity
Official of California Town Will '
Take No Pay, Turning Wages
Over to Poor.
SAN BERNARDINO. CAL..’ Sept.
20. Fred T. Perrif. a pioneer, for
eight years a member of the San Ber
nardino Water Commission, will turn
over his salary for all that time to
charity. He has never cashed a war
rant as a member of the commission.
Mr. Perris, in a letter to H. M. Bar
ton, M. D. Katz and J. F. Parker,
asks this committee that SIOO of the
total fund of $1,143.75 be given to the
V. M. C. A. and the balance divided
equally among the Catholic, Jewish
and Protestant organizations.
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tUfiAKSI'S SUNDAY AMEKHJAN, A I LAN lA, Al NUAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1913
HERMIT BUILDER
OF RAILWAYS HAS
PROVED WISDOM
With Pair of Mules, Kansas Man
Graded Four Miles, Then In
tetested the Santa Fe.
JETMORE, KANS., Sept. 20.—After
four years of hard work on a railroad
projected lr- himself and for which
he obtained the right-of-way by pur
chase from farmers. Rudolph Myci
the other day led a gang of Santa Fe
railway laborers to the roadbed and
set them to work on a 54-mile cut-off
from this city to Garden City.
With no assistance except that of a
pair of mules, Myers Tiad graded four
miles of the road during the time he
has been here. When he first dis
closed to residents that he planned a
line to Garden City, and admitted that
he had no backing, he was looked
upon as unsound mentally, but de
spite the unfavorable criticism he
doggedly pursued his work and now
the town realizes the wisdom of his
plans.
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Uncle Sam Hunts
For Two Good Cooks I
Government Chefs Must Be Also
Able to Cook Beans in a Way to
Please Minnesota Indians.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.—Unci’*
I Sam wants a cook—two cooks, in
i fact. He has put his ad in the paper
• for two competent cooks to proceed
I immediately to White Earth, which is
' ir. Minnesota, and they must be able
to cook beans fur the Minnesota In
dian •.
Civil service examinations for these
important posts will be held October
6. The advance bulletins issued bx
the Government do not specify
whether or not a complete knowledge
of proteids. carbohydrates and other
I ; strange articles said to inhabit our
nourishment is necessary. Neither d*.
I they require an intimate knowledge
of dietetics.
FRENCH CARICATURISTS
TO HOLD BIG EXHIBITION
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Sept. 20—The first exhi
bition of the Society of French Carica -
, turists —please do not confound them
with the humorists—will open in No
vember. The witty draughtsman
known as "Sem" doubtless will be one
I of the attractions of the show. His
latest album, dealing with "Real and
> unreal chic." has made almost as big
a hit as his earlier ones which bfir
; lesqueo "Tangoville,” otherwise Deau
i ville and Trouville.
“ TT recently visited Lynchburg, ‘The Hill City’ of the southland, and came away
yl/ impressed with what we saw of its wonderful trade and development, population
considered. Our investigations pertained largely to its shoe business, which bids
fair to outstrip many much larger shoe centres.
“Our investigation showed that Lynchburg’s principal industry is shoes.
“The growth of the shoe industry during the last ten years in this bustling Virginia
city has been so phenomenal as to mark an era of development unparalleled in our trade.
Its wholesale shoe business began in 1878 with one concern and a restricted local terri
tory; in 1888 it amounted to $500,000. Ten years later it amounted to over
$2,500,000. During eight years its shoe manufacturing grew from nothing to over
$6,000,000 annually, and in 23 years the total shoe business has grown from $500,000
in 1888 to $11,000,000 in 1911; over 1700%. The above describes the growth of Lynch
burg’s shoe business. Can it be equalled by any city of its size anywhere in the world ?”
When You Buy LYNCHBURG Shoes
You Are Patronizing Southern Industry
From Which Every Southerner Must Eventually Benefit
EASTER ISLAND
15 MOT DF
PACIFIC M
Believed To Be Remnant of Sub
merged Continent—People
Developed Writing.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.
Easier Island, the riddle of the Pa
cific! Situated 2.000 miles from the i
nearest continent, rock-bound ami '
| slormsw ept. this small desolate island. t
the farthest outpost of the Polynesian
group, has earned the title of "The
Mystery of the Pacific."
This sphinx of the (Means anti
its nearly extinct inhabitants have
proven a baffling problem to scientists I
an 1 explorers of modern times. It is '
said by some to be the remains of
a submerged continent and declared
by others only to have been inhab
ited by an advanced race of natives.
The Easter Islanders were the only i
NOT WHAT WE SAY
BUT WHAT OTHERS SAY!
The National Shoe Wholesalers'
Association Monthly
Bulletin Says:
natives of the Pacific islands who had
developed the art of writing. Their
inscriptions are on wooden tablets
and bear a remarkable resemblance to
ancient Babylonian. These hiero
glyphics have never been decipher
ed.
This mysterious people was a race
of idol worshipers and had mastered
to some degree the art of sculpture
and masonry.
On the island, which is about 50
square miles in extent, are immense
platforms facing the sea. formed of
large stones fitted together, some of
which weigh five tons, and in places
the sea side of the walls are 30 feet
high and over 200 feet long. On these
platforms stand colossal figures <’arv
ed out of lava from an extinct crater
eight miles away.
ATLANTA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Twen(y-iwo of remarkably successful work Greater demand for our
graduates than we can supply. Best attendance south of Philadelphia.
Begins October 6th. Address
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A MODERN CONSERVATORY
20 East Baker St. Phone Ivy 6986
Complete courses in Piano. Voice. Violin. Crgan. Harmony, Counterpoint and
Oratory, by teachers of reputation.
Incorporated and empowered by the State to confer Degrees.
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Court Holds Wife
Can Keep Store Teeth
Husband’s Plea That He Paid for
Them Does Not Give Him
Possession.
NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO. Sept.
20.—Separation from one m wife, in
the eyes of the law. furnishes no ex
cuse for attempting to separate thal
wife from her store teeth, even though
the husband did buy them and con
sidered them his property. This i*.
the ruling of Police Judge
and as a result Henry Hardesty went
to the workhouse under a thirty-day
sentence.
"But. judge. I bought and paid for
them,” Hardesty expostulated. “She
wears 'em. but they’re mine.”
Judge Aukam declined lu accept
the husband’s viewpoint.
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