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NONPARTISAN
OFFICIALS BULE
IN MILWAUKEE
Craft 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 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 ■
iklns.
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
things 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 “tory” Republicans, in
stead of the Democrats. It was a
great illustration of the fact that par
tisan lines are worked in tnunicipil
affairs purely as a fetish.
Things went along this way until
three years ago Milwaukee was fi-ree.i
over to the Socialist narty to escape
the old partisan control.
The next was taken last year when
the people who had the old
Republican and Democratic partisan
rowd by using the Socialist party
shoved aside the old-time bosses and
brought out of the wreckage a ticket
composed of good men. running on a
pledge to scrape off the political bar
nacles and put the city administra
tion on as nearly as possible the basis
of a large, well-managed corpora
' ion.
T:e candidates on this icket were
pledged not to be partisan if elected
to office and not to take any part ir.
artisan politics while holding office
further than to cast their votes.
Speaking broadly, the Socialists htl
given the city an honest administra--
tio.n though there is always the que
tion of whether it was an able on-.
The same honesty of administration
lias been continued, but the partisan
ties which held the Socialists have
been lopped off. aqj efficiency has
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 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, tlqit 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. .1. 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*DECIDES TO LET
WOMEN DICTATE AFFAIRS
CHICAGO. Sept. 20.—Traditions of
lie Ton family, the largest incorpo
rated family in the world, were upset
at the annual reunion, when suffra
gists elected women to all important
offices. When Mrs. Thomas Brad
shaw had been elected president, aft
er 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.
* LONDONSOAPMAKER
GIVES PEOPLE ART WORK
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—0il paintings
so rthe people is 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
-I'*-?
Life-Saver Dodges the Issue
Commissioner of Navigation, Mi
nority Leader Mann and Champ
Clark Discuss Question.
WASHINGTON, Sept 20.—Are
women braver than men?
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 (’lark, coming from
the “Show Me” State, says it is t
“stand-off” between men and women.
S. I. Kimball, geiteral sui>eriniend
ent of the Live-Saving Servi e.
doesn't want to show favoritism, and
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 relac- ;
ing tu conditions on vessels on the
Great Lakes, and it has awakened
widespread discussion.
The charges were filed by the Amer- I
ican Vigilance Association. They al
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- I
rine disasters, that men were ham- j
pered in their efforts to escape bv
th* need of looking after the women,
and that women should not be al
lowed on board the small trading ves
sels. where the life-saving facilities
were necessarily limited.
Finds Charges ’Unfounded.
(iemmissioner 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. Chamberlain, “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. The rule on
shipboard, ‘women and children first,
is based on the fundamental resoo't
for womanhood and on self-sacrifice,
common qualities of mer in th s
country, in which, however, those
making charges in this case seem
wholly deficient, and to the existence
of which thev seem blind.”
Unofficial anprovnl of Commission
er Chamber’ain’s views has been giv- '
pn hv the Department of Commerce, |
inasmuch as it made special effort t<>
give them publicity.
Madden Is Enthusiastic.
Representative Madden, of th (
who paid particular note to Mr. ,
Chamberlain’s report, was the m • j
enthusiastic in his indorsement of (he
Commissioner's views.
“I have never seen a woman who in
time of danger, wasn’t braver than <
man while the danger lasted,” said
Mr. Madden. “When it comes to being
equal to an emergency, a woman is
Ihe superior of any man saw
She may collapse when it is over, but
while the peril lasts she is as calm
and collected us if nothing at all was
the matter.
“I have never seen women 1n a
marine disaster, but 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
Farmer Pays $75
For U. S. Lighthouse
Rural Visitor to Chicago Strikes
Bargain With Stranger Who
Needed Money Badly.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—Franklyn P
Foster, a farmer of Kankakee, learned
that he is not alive to all the tricks
of the bunko man. Fostqj- came to
Chicago to see the sights. He met
an engaging fellow.
Foster’s new friend confided that
he owned the lighthouse in Chicago i
Harbor, off Randolph street, and that I
he received 50 cents for every vessel |
that passed there. He said his wife j
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 m<>- I
torboat and went out to take posses- ;
sion.
“I've bought this thing," he told the
keeper, “and 1 guess I'll take charge
now.”
“You may have bought this place ;
and from the way you talk I suspect
you did." returned the kdeper, “but I
Uncle Sam still owns it and I guess ;
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 I
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.
The girl recently wrote to Presi- ,
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
ident von don't know how sorry I
am to hear this. I am 18 years old
and our old dog Fanny is the same
age 'We have never been separated
and I can not bear the thought of
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
j ed."— REPRESENTATIVE MAR
TIN B MADDEN, OF ILLINOIS.
“When it comes to physical suf
fering, a woman is much braver
than a man. She wiil endure pain
that will make a man whimper like
a baby."—MINORITY LEADER
MANN.
“Some are brave—like man; 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 wreck, perfectly quiet, cool
j and seemingly disinterested until the
thing u <■ over, and then helpful and
• considerate.
\ woman is constituted to be sym
pathetic and useful in case df need,
while a man. as a rule, rea'ly doesn't
have that finer sensibility He would
. be able to direct and command, but
when it comes to the reai test of the
| finer things necessary, he hasn’t had
j 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 h’.s sympa
thies and unfits him for the things
which a woman aporoachea with a so
much finer sentiment.”
Woman Capable of Suffering.
Minority Leader Mann said:
“When it comes to physical suffer
ing. a woman is much braver than a
■ 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 I might change my mind if 1
had given it more thought. It seems
to me now that because a man is
more accustomed to physical danger,
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, tha: the effect would be to
give him he*ter command when fac
ing death anywhere but on the sick
bed.”
Speaker Champ Clark disposed of
t subject in his usual epigrammatic
manner.
“Some are brave —like men: and
some are not —liko men." he said.
Life Sr ver Noncommittal,
And S :r ■ ’ ’• ndont Kimball, of the
Life Saving Service, a man who has
j .corked his way to the top by indus
j trv and judgment went the Speaker
even <>n*» better in declining to be
pinned down to the subject.
“Really, you know.” he said—and
apparently through his mind went
visions of the px dicament he would
be in if he said the wrong thing on
such a delicate matter—“l can’t give
an opinion without looking up the rec
ords.”
“But surely,” it was argued, “your
long experience must have given you
an impression, at least, of the phys
ical courage of ..(.men.”
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
Official of California Town Will
Take No Pay, Turning Wages
Over to Poor.
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL.. Sept.
20. -Fred T. Perris, 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-
1 ton, M. D. Katz and J. F. Parker,
I asks this committee that SIOO of the
i total fund of $1,143.75 be given to the
. Y. M. C. A. and the balance divided
i equally among the Catholic, Jewish
i and Protestant organizations.
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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMEKIUAN, ATLANI A, «A., SUNUA Y, SEFTEMB
HERMIT BUILDER
JF RAILWAYS HUS
PROVED Mffl
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 b»- himself and for which
he obtained the right-of-way by pur
chase from farmers. Rudolph Myers
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 ipules, 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
he had no backing, h*» 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.
Bratt
fibs
W, jr STI
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“ XIT /"E Tecentl'y 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 $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
Uncle Sam Hunts
For Two Good Cooks!
Government Chefs Must Be Also
Able to Cock Sears in a Way to
Please Minnesota Indians.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.—Uncle
Sam wants a cook—two cooks, in
fact. He has put his ad in the paper
for two competent cooks to proceed
immediately to White Earth, which is I
>r. Minnesota, and they must be able
♦o cook beans for the Minnesota In
dian-'.
Civil service examinations for these
important posts will be held October
6. The advance bulletins issued by
the Government do not specify
whether or not a complete knowledge
of proteids. carbohydrates and other
; orange articles said to inhabit our’
, nourishment is Neither do
• they require an intimate knowledge
I of die eiics.
FRENCH CARICATURtsts
TO HOLD BIG EXHIBITION;
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. Sept The first exhi
bition of the Society of French Carlca
‘ ( tur’s’s—please do not confound them
! with the humorists -will open in No
j vember. The witty draughtsman
known as “Sem” doubtless will be one
;: of the attractions of the show. His
latest album, dealing with “Real and
■ unreal ( hie." has made almost as big
' a hit as his earlier one. which bur
i !• - govil <it hei w ls< I 't-aii-
ville and Trcmville.
SR 21, 1913
uiSTcR iSLAND
IS MIfSTERY Os
PACIFIC OCEAN
I
Believed To Be Remnant of Sub-!
merged Continent—People
Developed Writing.
SAN* FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.
Easter* Island, Xhe riddle of the Pa
cific! .Situated 2.000 miles from the |
nearest continent, rock-bound and !
this small desolate island.,
| the farthest outpost of the Polynesian 1
I group, has earned the title of “The '
Mystery of the Pacific."
This sphinx of the oceans and i
its nearly extinct inhabitants have •
proven a battling problem to scientists
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
NOT WHAT WE SAY-
BUT WHAT OTHERS SAY!
“•J
The National Shoe Wholesalers'
Association Monthly
Bulletin Says:
j 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
1! 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 <>f
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
ed out of lava from jin extinct crater
eight miles away. •
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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 j, wife, i.i
the eyes of the law. furnishes no ex
cuse for attempting to separate that
wife from her store teeth, even though
the husband did buy them and con
sidered them his property. This in
the ruling of Police Judge Aukl
and as a result Henry Hardesty went
to 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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