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NONPARTISAN
mas rule
' MLIKEi
G '"ft and Inefficiency of the Party
System Is Lifted From the
Town’c Citizens.
BOSSES ARE WIPED OUT
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 great
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
ion of 1910, party lines really had
ceased to exist.
Party tickets appeared in the vari
ous municipal elections, but they were
put up py the men who had no poli
tics other than desire to control th*
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. Here
tilings got so 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 were ‘
always the “lory” Republicans, in
stead of the Democrats. It was a
great illustration of the fact that par
tisan lines are worked in municipal
aft a .9 purely as a fetish.
Things went along this way until
three xtars ago Milwaukee was f- rce.i
over to the Socialist »'arty to escape
the old partisan control.
The nexi was taken |*ist year when
V • • proplu who had deefated the old
Republic m and Democratic partisan
ro«.\d by using the Socialist party |
oved aside the old-time bosses an I '
brought out of the wreckage a tickc e
■ inoos’-u » f good rm n. running on a 1
l '-dge to scrape or the political bar- |
r ecks and put the citj administra-:
inn on as marly as possible the basis
.*■ •. large, well-managed corpora- I
■ ion.
• candidates on this icket were i
not to be partisan if elected i
to offiv and not to take anv part it.
po! tl( s v. h’le holding office I
f trthei : ’ an to cast their vote*
Speakimr broadly, the Socialists h i .1
a ven tin « itv an honest administra
iio.n though, there is always the que®.
tion of whether it w:s an able on*.
The stmc honesty of administration
. ts k en' continued, but the partisan
i».< which held the Socialists have
been lopped off. and efficiency h'«
been introduced.
Meat Club Solves :
Problem of Farmers-:
Rural Housekeepers Band Together'
To Keep All Supplied With
Fresh Beef.
MINN., Sept. 20 —[
A novel fanners' club has been dis
covered in the town of Moe. in this I
county. This organization is known;
as a "meat club." and while it has I
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 to 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 only ten members, though it has
been in operation over twenty years.
The club has a fixed price for the
front and hind quarter cuts, that of
'he 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 tlie soup bones.
DENTIST IS CHARGED
WITH ROBBING TEETH
SOUTH BEND. IND., Sept. 20.
Charged with extracting and steal
ing th* 4 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
•y tract ed all the gold he could find
n his customers’ molars on the
ground that the work was faulty. |
\fter exhausting his mines, he ran I
FAMILY DECIDES TO LET
WOMEN DICTATE AFFAIRS
(’HICAGO. Sept. 20. —Traditions of j
io- Ton family, the largest incorpo
rated family in the world, were upset
at the annual reunion, when suffra
ts elected women to all important
offices. When Mrs. Thomas Brad
:haw had been elected president, aft
er a spirited contest, one of the in
iluential 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
r ina’.nder of the offices without oppo
sition.
LONDON SOAPMAKER
GIVES PEOPLE ART WORK!
Special Cade to The American.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—0il paintings!
so rthe people m the latest form of art
development. A prominent London
soap man has made a start by erect
ing at Oxford street and Tottenham
road, i great London thoroughfare,
an oil painting of a steamer plowing
her way to harbor on a misty, cloud
shadowed day.
He intends to distribute too of these
anva<es or* London, painted by
w•-I I-know n artists.
Women Declared the Bravest
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Men’s Courage Held Lacking
.>•<.
Life-Saver Dodges the Issue
I Commissioner of Navigation, Mi
nority Leader Mann and Champ
Clark Discuss Question.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Ale '
women braver than nv-n?
E. T. < hamberlain. Commissioner
of Navigation, says they are.
Martin B Mauden, member of Con
gress from Illinois, says they are
Minority Leader Mann says they
are. in some respect 9.
Speaker Champ Clark, coming from
the “Show Me” Suite, says h is .<
“stand-off” between men and worn* n.
S. I. Kimball, general superintend
ent of the Live-Saving S rvi ••*.
doe«n’t want to, show favoritism, an I
says “both men and women are gen
erally brave.”
Chamberlain's declaration is very
emphatic. It is contained in a report
which he has just made to the Secre
tary of Commerce on charges rela -
■ Ing to conditions on vessels on th**
Great Lakes, and it has aw aken , d
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, os ensibly 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 bv
the need of looking after the worn *n,
and that women should not be ti j
lowed on board the small trading ves
sels. where the life-saving facilities
were necessarily limited.
Finds Chgraes Unfounded.
Commissioner Chamberlain was di
rected to make an investigation. H»
did so. He found the charges again?’
the masters of the vessels were un
founded. and hp said as much. Tie
thing that really aroused his indig
nation. however, was the allegation I
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. Chamberlain, “have
shown courage, self-possession, self
reliance and obedience, and almost
without exception anv display
cow’ardlce or unrestrained manifesti
tinn of the instinct of self-preserva
tion has come from men. The rule on
J shipboard, ‘women and children first,
'is based on the fundamental resne R
I for womanhopd and on self-sacrifice,
common qualities of me? in tn'.s
| country, in which, however, th
i making charges in this case seem I
whollv deficient, and to the existent 1
' of which thev seem blind.”
Unofficial •nnrovii of Commission- •
'er Chamber'aln’s views ■’•is been giv- ,
j on bv ’he Department of rnmwr«v
iaasmuth as it made special effort t*
' give them publicity.
Madden Is Enthusiastic.
Representative Madden, of thos
who paid particular note to Mr |
Chamberlain's report, was the m • * j
enthusiastic in his indorsement of the ,
Commissioner's views.
“I have never seen a woman who in
time of danger wasn’t braver than •
i man w hile the danger lasted,” said
| Mr. Madden. “When it conies to being
[ equal to an emergency, a woman is
I the superior of any man Never saw
: She may collapse when it is over, but
| while the peril lasts she is as calm
and collected as if nothing at all was
J the matter.
i "I have never seen women in a
1 marine disaster, 1 ut I have seen them
lin automobile* and railroad wrecks,
and one thing is about as exciting as
j 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.—Franklyu P
Foster, a farmer of Kankakee, learned I
that he is not alive to all the tricfts 1
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 j
and gave $75. Then he rented a mo- !
torboat and went out to take posses- |
sion.
I ‘‘l've bought this thing," he told the I
I keeper, "and I guess I'll take charge ;
now."
"You may have bought this place
and from the way you talk I suspect '
you did.” returned the keeper, "but
I Uncle Sam still owns it and I guess ■
I 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. Mins 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.
The girl recently wrote to Presi- J
dent Wilson: “My father is soon to !
take the management of a hotel in '
Yellowstone National Park. We have ;
been informed that no dogs are al- ;
lowed in the park confines. Mr. Pres- i
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
for a dog and would not be able to '
harm any of the park animals.”
HOW AUTHORITIES VIEW
WOMEN FOR COURAGE
“I have never seen a woman who.
in time of danger, wasn’t braver
than a man while the danger last
ed.”—REPRESENTATIVE MAR
TIN B. MADDEN, OF ILLINOIS.
“When it comes to physical suf
fering. a woman is ’much braver
than a man. She will endure pain
that will make a man whimper like
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 wom
en both are generally brave.” —
SUPERINTENDENT KIMBALL,
OF THE LIFE-SAVING SERV
ICE.
I railroad perfectly quiet, cool
i an i seemingly disinterested until the
’ thing was over, and then helpful and
( considerate.
’ " \ woman is constituted to be sym-
pathetic and useful in case of need,
w hile a man, as a ruh*. ready doesn’t
have that finer sensibility. He would
be able to direct and command, but
when it comes to the real test of the i
finer things rc*ce>sary. b* 4 hasn’t had j
the training that giv* 4 ? a woman her
power. His life is worked out in a
<Jfferent environment. His dealing
with the coarser things of life, with
business matters, dulls tits sympa
thies and unfits him for the things
w hich a woman approaches with a s<>
much finer sentiment.’’
Woman Capable of Suffering.
, Minority Leader Mann said:
“When it conics to physical suffer
ing. a woman is much braver than a
I man. She will endure pain that will
make a man whimper like a baby.
Rut 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. I
“And yet it Is something about |
which I might change my mind if 1 j
had given it more thought. It seems i
to me now that because a man is '
mo r e accustomed to physical danger. I
because he takes more risks with his
body from boyhood up. and because
of necessity he goes to the front in
everything where physical courage is
required, :hat the effect would be to
give him better command when fac
t ing death anywhere but on the sick
i ixd.”
j Speaker Champ Clark disposed of
‘t c subject in his usual epigrammatic
! manner.
’ Some are brave—like men; and
some arc not—like men," he said.
Life Noncommittal.
Ami .on :it ten<h Kimball, of the
i Life Saving Service, a man who has i
* worked ;<i> ,\.iv to the top by
j try and judgment went the Speaker ,
jpven one better in declining to be j
• pinned down to rhe subject.
“Reallv, you know." he said--and i
apparentJv through his mind went
visions of the n,<dicament he would’
be in if he said the wrong thing on ,
such a delicate matter "I can’t give
an opinion without looking up the rec
on’s.”
“But surely.” It was argued, “your
long experience must have given you
an impression, at least, of the phys
ical courage o t .omen.”
Mr. Kimball had a happy thought.
“Say for me.” he observed, happily,
“that I find, as a rule, men and wom
en both are generally brave."
8 Years' Salary To
Be Given to Charity
i
Official of California Town Will |
Take No Pay, Turning Wages
Over to Poor.
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., Sept.
| 20. —Fred T. Perris, a pioneer, for
1 eight years a member of the San Ber
nardino Water Commission, will turn
over his salary for all that time to
charity. IW* 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
Y. M. C. A. and the balance divided
equally among the Catholic, Jewish !
and Protestant organizations.
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lIKAKST'N SUNDAY AJItKII AN. AII.AN 1 A, OA . M NDAY. SEPTEMB
HERMIT BUILDES
OF ROIL® Hffi
PROVED HOU!
With Pair of Mules, Kansas Man
Graded Four Miles, Then In
tetested the Santa Fe.
JETMORE, KANS,. Sept. 2u.—After
four years of hard work on a railroad
projected b” himself and for which
he obtained the right-of-way by pur
chase fiom farmers. Rudolph Myri
the other day led a gang of Santa Fe
railway laborers to the roadbed and
set them to work on a 34-mile cut-off
j from this city to Garden City.
With no assistance except that of a
I pair of mules, Myers had 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
jhe had no backing, he was looked
upon as unsound mentally, but de
spite the unfavorable criticism h»*
doggedly put sued his work ami now
the town realizes the wisdom of his
plan?.
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“TT 7"E recently visited Lynchburg, ‘The Hill City’of the southland, and came away
1/1/ 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 5500.000. 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 anv city of its size anywhere in the world ?”
H When You Buy LYNCHBURG Shoes
11 You Are Patronizing Southern Industry
i I From Which Every Southerner Must Eventually Benefit
Unole Sam Hunts
For Two Good Cooks
Government Chefs Must Be Also
Able to Cook Bears in a Way to
Please Minnesota Indians.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2u.—Uncle
Sam wants a <ook—two cooks, in
! 1 fact. He has put his ad in the paper
for two competent coot - to proceed
immediately to Whitt Earth, which i?
I h; Minnesota, ar.d the’, must be able.
*•» cook beans for the Minnesota In
j cllan a
Civi] 9-rvice examinations for
| important post® will be hell October
6 Th** a ’varce bull ins issued bv
the Government do not specify
■ whether or not a complete knowledge
’ ; of prnteid.-. carbohydrates and other
’ s’tr tn£»* irtic les said to inhabit our
, ; noiirls: ment is *«ar\. Neither ci*
!they r**<»uire an intima’e knowledge
| of dietetics.
FRENCH CARICATURISTS
; TO HOLD BIG EXHIBITION
Special Cable to The American
1 I’AltiS. Sept. 2'«. The first exhi
r bition €«f the Society of French t’arica
-1 tur sis—please do not confound them
. with the humorists —will ofw?n in No r
( vember. The witty draughtsman
l i known as “Sem” doubtless will be one
j of the attractions of th<* show. His
latest album, dealing with “Real and
■ unreal chic,” has made a’mo. t as big
a hit a« his earlier one which bur-
< lesqued “Tangoville,” otherwise Deau
vi’le and Trouville.
, NOT WHAT WE SAY—
iBUT WHAT OTHERS SAY!
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The National Shoe Wholesalers*
Association Monthly
Bulletin Says:
r 21. inin
Misia
is m of
FffilFlE OCEM
Believed To Be Remnant of Sub
merged Continent—People
Developed Writing.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 20.—1
' [ Easter Inland, the riddle of the Pa-{
j cific! Situated 2.0V0 miles from the I
: nearest continent, rock-bound and
* stormswept, this small desolate island. (
| the farthest outpost of the Polynesian ;
group, has earned the title of “The <
Mystery of the Pacific.”
This sphinx of the oceans and ;
i its nearly extinct inhabitants have 1
i proven a baffling problem i<» scientists *
. ar. 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- i
ited by an advanced race of natives.
The Easter Islanders were the only
’ natives of the Pacific islands who had
j developed the art of w riting. Their
! Inscriptions are on wooden tablets
• and bear a remarkable resemblance to
i ancient Babylonian. These hiero
| glyphics have never been decipher-
«d.
This mysterious people was a race
>f idol worshipers and had mastered
• to some J gree the art of sculpture
j and masonry.
On the island, which is about 50
i 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 carv
j ed out of lava from an extinct crater
’ eight miles away.
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1 Court Holds Wife
■ Can Keep Store TeetL
•
Husband’s Plea That He Paid for
Them Does Not Give Him
Possession.
1 NEW WASHINGTON. OHIO, Sept
■ 20.—Separation from one - wife, b
the eyes of the law’, furnishes no ex-
! ct.se for attempting to separate that
wife from her store teeth, even though
the husband did buy them and con
’ sidered them his property. This iu
' the ruling of Police Judge
( and as a result Henry Hardesty went
1 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 to accept
the husband’s viewpoint.
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