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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
FOR THE HOME. TOWN.

Be booster" for your home town.
BY patroniziIS other than local insti-
tutions you are using a boomerang
that is likely to fly back and do you
injury when you least expect it. No
one can be an ideal citizen and talk
and work against the interests of his
home town So long as you are resi-
dent of a community, do your part
towards assisting it to greater
progress.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

Every kind and class of goods have
a real value, and this value is based
upon the cost of the raw material, the
price of the labor in producing it, and
the cost of distribution. Whenever
there are big bargains offered in any
line, and goods offered below value"
be careful and see that you are not
getting an inferior article.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24
Rln searlno capacIty.

London theaters, music halls and
concert halls provide seating accom-
mediation for $4,000 people, .
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

While the farmer may receive a
dozen papers from the large cities, he
invariably reads his local paper. 1t
is to the interest of the farmer as wen
as the merchant that the latter use
its columns freely to tell Of the latest
prices, goods freshly received, etc.
The farmer wants to buy, and the
merchants want to sell, and the farm
er will buy when and where he can
save money. The merchant who lets
business go away from his town
through lack of advertising rightly is
not a very enterprising business man.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-24

It is we'll to be on guard when deal
ing with Inherent agents, sellers OF
groceries, carriages, machinery, pat
ent rights, etc. 1t is pretty good idea
to never take grab-bag chance when
you wish to buy an article. See what
you are purchasing before paying for
"A Hl-H
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
WOman'S Great Opportunity.

1t is curious enough that over in
little Finland, a country only a short
time ago under the guardianship OF
despotic Russia, woman suffrage is
to get its first great practical test.
In the new legislature which meets
May % there will be nineteen wo-
men members on an absolute equal
ity in all respects with the men, the
first known instance of the kind in
the civilized world. And not only
will the nineteenth have an opportun-
ity to immortalize themselves, but
they will be further honored by
having one of their number chosen
vice president of the body.
From Miss KakkiLoski, one Of the
leaders of the feminine contingent
of the Finnish parliament, comes
the interesting information that the
fair members are not to oppose the
policies of their confreres simply be-
cause the latter are men.
"Will the women in the legisla-
ture form a group and follow spe-
cial program" was the question put
to her.
Certainly not" she answered.
I'VE can scarcely have any disagree
ments with the men, for we know
they never will oppose our demands
in regard to our political rights. We
do not aim to make the women like
the men; all we want is to make
the women reliable wives. We con-
denim the conventionalism of Amer
lean women, the coquetry of the
French, and the slavery of the Ger
man. The only difficulties may be
concerning new marriage and di-
vorce laws"
A lot of interesting experiments
The Washington times., 1907-05-16

PIE in such form that even if it is
adopted it viii be certain of rejec-
ton by the President! They would
subject the community to the tur-
MOL, expense, and evaporation of a
bitter campaign which, however it
might turn, would be absolutely
boOtless.
The real end at which these gen
tlemen are aiming is so apparent
that no sophistries can disguise it.
They want delay; they want to pun
ish the State fo- being democratic.
They want to lengthen the period of
corporate freedom from supervision,
regulation, or adequate taxation.
They ere begging the cooperation
of the Republican party organiza-
ton with the argument that the
party's interest demands that the
State be kept out with its seven
electoral votes till after the Presi-
Dental election.
1t viii be a scandal of national
proportions if this conspiracy shall
succeed. 1t will surely react against
any political party that for partisan
ends resorts to such measures. The
people of Indian Territory, especial
~, are in crying need of the benefits
of Statehood. 1t viii be nothing
less than a national outrage to
keep this million and half of peo-
pie waiting three or four more years
for the privilege of establishing
schools and effective administration
of their affairs.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
Little Hope for 1t.

If, as is reported, the church in
Ireland is opposed TO the new Irish
bill now in parliament, the measure
has no hope of being accepted by
the Dublin convention, for practical
ly every parish priest in the land
will be a delegate. Cardinal Louge,
Archbishop Walsh, and the bishops
of Limerick and Kildare are said to
have united in opposition to the bill,
and its fate in the great gathering
of Nationalists, therefore, may as
well be considered as sealed. The
half loaf is clearly not acceptable in
place of all the bread.
After the rejection at Dublin.
what then?
The governments course is clear,
and that is to withdraw the measure
at once. There is no use in at
tempting to push through parlia-
ment a plan that Ireland rejects.
Even benefcent coercion is not now
tolerable. So there viii disappear
for while longer the hope that Ire
land might get a fuller measure of
liberty.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
STARS AT COLUMBIA
TO PRESENT 'FEATHERBRAIN'

The Columbia Theater Company, with
It's strong trio OF leading players-Wilton
Iackaye, Hilda Spong, and Charlotte
WaIker-oners for its third week re
vival of ''Featherbrain," one OF the
earlier Madison Square successes, IN
which both Wilton Lackaye and Mrs
FIske won honors- This sprighuy com
edv Is the adaptation by James Albery
from the French of '@Tete de Linotte,
by Theodore Barriere. Raymond De
lardes. and Edmond Gondinet-
It ran two seasons in the French cap
itaI: a winter season al the Criterion
Theater. in London. and was brought
out at the Madison Square Theater, IN
New York Mr.. Lacllaye then scored a
triumph for his skillful, original, and
finished Interpretation OF the charm
Ingly droH role of Don Stephano Ruy
Conan. a fiery Portuguese He viii next
week interpret the role Of the Portuguese
for the first time since he created IL
Miss Hnda Spong viii have the title
role and Miss Charlotte Walker viii be
seen as an actress. The box Office sale
opened today.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16

and theories ought TO be threshed
out and turned into facts by this BIZ
sexual parliament. If women have
the instinct and art of legislation,
it will surely develop here. If they
can frame measures for the good of
their kind, that ability will come to
the fore. If they are visionary, flip
pant, unstable, that, too, viii be put
in evidence. We do not believe they
will prove themselves to be the lat
ter, by any means. They are fire.
quently more conscientious and hon
est than men, and they may be able
to raise politics to a higher plane.
These women of Finland are so
much in earnest that their mistakes
are likely to be on the side of too
much zeal and haste for reforms.
But whatever they do. the rest of
the world is bound to look on with
interest.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
@RoBIN HOOD" SELECTED
FOR OPERA OPENING

Next Monday morning the advance
sale for the first week Of the opera
season at the New National viii be
opened. As previously announced, the
opening bill will be the Smith & De
Koven comic opera, Robin Hood
MANY singers famous for their work
in this opera when it was for so many
years a prominent part OF the Bos-
tonian repertoire have been engaged 10
appear az the New National the week
OF Nav q Among the better known
are George 3. rockingham, the origf-
nal F'rfar Tuck; Agnes Stone, who sang
Dame burden with the earlier produc-
tons. and Edith Bradford
There will be nine performances OF
Robin Hood" there being a special
Decoration Day performance in addition
to the regular Wednesday and Sstur-
day natinees- Summer prices, ., %
and IS cents. viii prevail durng the en-
gagemeut. except that the Wednesday
matinees are 10 be especially for the
school children OF Washington and their
parents, and all seats will be held at
% cents.
Season seats viii be held for SUB
scribers until noon or the day for which
they are reserved.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
The Real Settlement.

This is the day of white and black
discussion. The problem of the
Negroes position in our society fills
our magazines, newspapers, and
general conversation But nothing
of il that has come TO local notice
has been more TO the point or heav-
Ter with common sense than these
few paragraphs from the annual ad-
dress of the bishop of Washington
delivered yesterday to the diocesan
convention:
At the present day the colored people
/ or America are led astray by mere de-
lusions as to the way in which the diff
| ference between a stronger and weak
er race may be overcome.
The most ignorant Of them think that
/ by standing for their political rights as
| cree recognition as social equals. and.
| therefore, many Of these act with blat-
ant self-assertion and an assumption Of
| equality whenever the opportunity offers
/ in public or private. Others dream that
| they will bres < down the color line by
| becoming householders; and, therefore,
are buying up all the land they can pay
| FOR; others suppose that they can at
/ tain the same object through the pos
| session of wealth: and others stin aim
I for equality by being educated In
| schools and colleges, entering upon the
! learned professions and having unlver-
| sity degrees attached 70 their names.
/ believe from deep conviction that the
| negro should have. indeed. all the scope
he needs for self-help and development.
| and that, for such development he
should be given equality Of opportunity
in all directions with the white man.
But no stream can rise higher than its
fountain head, and the history OF the
negro race in the past forty years IS a
great historic lesson. Though. for more
than a generation, the negroes have
been made the political equals Of the
| whites by universal suffrage, the result
has only brought out more plainly than
| ever before the fact that they are NOR
/ ally and intellectually q weaker race,
| and that. even II they should become
men Of education, race antagonism
! would only become stronger and more
| sharply defined.
The ultimate test Of a race is moral
superiority and efficiency OF life, and
/ thic Is the only power that can over
| come race anita gonisIn. II a negro win
/ for himself a strong, robust Christ-like
! character. with all the elements that
make up that distinctive type OF char
8cter, his moral superiority cannot but
/ be felt and reverenced by all who know
him. whether his skin is white or black.
That is a long quotation for edi-
torial use, the meat of it is its justi-
fication. The ultimate test of the
negro race viii not be Offices, OF
professional degrees, or property
holdings. None of these can adj
vance the colored people without
that element of character which
Bishop Satteflee has described as
moral superiority and efficiency of
life" To attain to that he must, in
the end, cross for himself the wide
gulf which now separates him from
the white man. Any settlement of
the negro problem short of that
must be artificial.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
oAngy Chorus Girls Warrant
Against Her Stage Manager for
Alleged "S4Uing on Her Jor''
RuffIcd Member of Corps de Ballet of Thor
oughbreds" Stamps Her Foot and Cries
For Legal Means of Vengeance.

Following the troubles between Arnold
DAILY and his leading lady, Richard
Mansfield and his feminine star, and
other great actors OF note. comes a
rupture in washington theatrical circles.
Miss Margaret Hickey. a member Of
the corps de ballet, rufled and highly
indignant at what she termed the rude
manners" of Charles Douglass. stage
manager Of the ''Thoroughbreds, which
is playing a weeks engagement at a
Washington playhouse. appeared at the
Police Court yesterday and swore out
a warrant for his arrest charging him
with having slapped her. She Informed
the clerk privately that a friend of hers
intended doing the same thing.
"Swing on the Jor."
According to the pathetic tale related
by the member OF the ''Thoroughbreds, -
she was shining on the stage with her
accustomed briIliancy last evening when
the ballet girl next 10 her seriously
disturbed her peace OF mind by in
forming her that the unfeeling stage
manager had swung on her jor-"
Miss Hickey stated that she was busy
In consoling her fellow. terpsicoreau
devotee on the misfortunes resulting
from the employment Of such man.
ager as the curtain came down. when
suddenly that dignitary walked out and
confronted them
whats the trouble?' he inquired
The Washington times., 1907-05-16

And the complainant states that he
prepared TO duplicate his swing on the
other ladys i'jor."
Don't you dare hit my friend" Miss
Hickey Is said 70 have replied, stepping
in front Of the girl.
WhereupOn the manager is alleged TO
have struck the peacemaker's chin with
Unnecessary violence.
/ wish IL 10 be distinctly understood"
said the Indignant Miss Hickey 70 a
small crowd Of attentive listeners It
the Police Court. that I wish this
man punished for this blow II is
not Necessary for any man to re-
mind lady Of anything In any such
manner as that. and I won't stand for
IT" And she stamped her foot upon
the floor with vigor.
Manager Incredulous.
mo-" she continued, shaking her
pretty head from side 10 side. Il am de-
termined not 10 stand for r." Then 20
the clerk, "One warrant please. for az
sault"
Charles Douglass. the manager. de-
ciined 10 give out any statement OF The
affair further than TO express his dis
belief that the warrant had been gotten
out
II he stiH feels that way there Is a
big surprise in store for him.
The warrant was served late yester-
day. and Douglass gave 80 for his ap-
pearance. He forfeited his bond this
morning. neither principal appearing
when the case was called in Police
Court
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
The Oklahoma Situation.

One fair and proper course is open
in this Oklahoma constitution affair.
II is not the course which is being
urged upon the Administration by
the aggregation of politicians who
have come to Washington with the
manifest purpose not of getting n
better constitution but of getting
none at all. If these officeholders
and corporation lawyers had come
with the sincere purpose of securing
amendment of the defects in the
constitution, and doing it in good
faith, it is reasonable to assume
that they would have been found in
conference with the chairmen OF the
committees on Territories. Instead
their business was with the chair
man of the Republican Congression-
al campaign committee.
The whole business is political.
The, Oklahoma Republican party and
special interests had planned to set
up a tremendous howl about the
outrage of the new constitution,
and to organize public opinion
against it. Instead they have found
that public opinion is wise enough
to understand that they and not
the constitution makers propose a
gigantic outrage. Unregulated cor
Porations, untaxed special interests,
interested officials whose tenure will
end when the voice of the commun-
ity can make itself heard, and a po-
litical campaign committee, consti-
tute poor tribunal before which to
try the constitution.
If these gentlemen are sincere
they viii ask that the President
hear all sides, ascertain definitely
whether the constitution is IN such
form that he cannot approve it, and
then. if he shall decide against It
indicate his objections so that the
constitutional convention may be re-
assembled and given opportunity to
reconsider its work. That would be
fair. Instead. there is the word OF
these patriotic agents of railroad
and coal companies for the state
ment that this course will not do al
all; that the constitution must be
beaten at the polls if possible. and
if not thus beaten must be vetoed
by the President. They ask that the
instrument be submitted to the peo-
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
THOUGHT PAUPER,
IS RICH WOMAN

ST. LOUIS. May 1.-THE Identity OF
a woman Twenty-Five years, who has
been in the City Hospital here for sew
eral weeks registered as a pauper, has
been established.
She Is Mrs. Rose Sheridan. Of Mon
treaI, Canada, and. instead Of being
destitute. has money in the bank, is
heir to an estate said to be worth
5000 900 In England. and Is herself said
to be of aristocratic blood.
At the Union Depot she tainted while
en- route from Hot Springs. Ark. 10
Millery, Mass. She became delirious,
and was taken TO the hospital. She
will start for Millery, Mass, on Fri
day next. She IS the granddaughter OF
Sir Alexander John Ball. Of London,
who died several years ago, leaving a
large estate, Of which she is one OF the
heirs.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
NEW RECTOR ENTERTAINED
AT ST. AL0YS1US CLUB

The Rev. Joseph ]. Himmel. S. J., the
new rector of st. AIoysius parish. was
the guest last night of the Aloysius
Club at a banquet in Gonzaga College
Hall in his honor. Members of tho
congregation. with the members OF the
club, extended their new rector a cor
dial and enthusiastic welcome.
Thomas J. Donovan. president of the
club. presided, with the Rev Aloysius.
Brosnan, S. J.. POSTMASTER. Among the
speakers were Rev. David Hillhouse Buell.
s. J., of Georgetown University: Judge
DeLacy, the Rev. Eugene Mcdonald.
S. J.. James r. Shea, the Rev. Father
Mullen, and p. T. Moran. There was ..
musical program.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
CHICAGO LUNCHES
CAUSE Of SUICIDE

CHICAGO. May 16.-As in 90 per cent
of Chicago suicides. quick lunches drove
Florence H. Brough, a pretty singer in
the st. James Episcopal Church choir,
20 commit suicide, her physician de-
clared.
I'm q quick lunch fend." she told
her aunt, Mrs. Mary Under. The other
day. "aDd I'm going to die an old
maid"
Charges by the physicians that there
were more victims of the Quick-lunch
habit in Chicago than in any other city,
were borne oslt by the managers of
eating places, who boosted that they
could feed people quicker than could
me managers Of airy restaurant in the
world
UnqueStionahly the inability to d.
gest food causes many suicides in Chi
ca 60" said Dr. w. A. Evans. Chicago's
health commissioner
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
Woman Rides Wheel
Through Big Forest Fire
Country Home Surrounded by Blazing
Woods, Orange. Mass, She Pedals
Way to Safety.

WORCESTER, Mass. May 16.-Find-
ing that their summer home was sur
rounded by raging forest fire and vas
doomed 70 destruction, Mrs. A J..
Henry, OF Orange, with rare presence
Of mind. rushed from her house, mounted
her wheel. and dashed at fun speed
down a narrow path lined on either side
with fierce flames. After quarter-mile
sprint she was out of the woods and In
A clearing. where she fell, painting for
breath, from her bicycle She was con-
siderabTy scOrched and frightened. but
her life was saved by her pluck and
quick action.
Brush fire had been burning 10 the
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
COMES FOR BRIDE
AFTERFORTY YEARS

MILLERSBURG, Ohio, May Is
Forty years ago w S. Fortune. farm
hand living near here. wanted TO marry
Martha, daughter Of Bradford Mid
daug. a weIl-to-do farmer.
one day he stroned to the Middaug
farm and. taking a shingle, wrote his
plea for Middaug's daughters hand on
It and sent 1t TO his prospective father
in-law. The latter wrote his consent
on the single and sent it back to For
tune.
Fortune was too bashful to speak Il
the girl herself, and drifted west.
When Middaug's barn was RACED las
week the single was found and for
warded 20 Fortune In Nebraska Word
came today that he would return tc
Milersburg and claim his bride. Meth
er he nor Martha married
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
Lovers Acts in Parks
Prove Spring Is Here

CLEVELAND. Nay 16-"spring."
said Joe Goldsol. chief OF the city's
park police, is here 1t was long
time coming. but It Is here now. How
do 1 know? Huh, that's easy. Stroll
ing IN the parks, I espied scores Of
couples spooning and pressing lips 70
lips. That's the way TO tell The ad-
vent OF spring Is always accompanied
by the smacks OF lovers in the parks
All! kisses that emanate from the lips
Of the cooling boys and girls are music
to my ears.
Spring is the time for love. No; I'm
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
DAN BURKE IN A NEW ACT
AT CHASE'S NEXT WEEK

Chase's next week viii resound with
the mernment from such comedy nov
city features as Dan Burke and his col
lege girls, Frank Bush, Scarf and Violet
Alien company, Walter Hawley and Ma
tale Olcott, Rosaire and Doreto, Car
Isles performing ponies. the Holds
worths. and the "Disagreeable Honey
moon motion pictures TIE college
girls viii be accompanied by Mr.. Burke
himself, the act being the same in every
respect as when II ran for six months
at the London TivOli. Mr.. -Burke's splen-
did character dancing is 2 special nov
city. Frank Bush is the president Of
national Ananias Club, although neither
a multimillOnaire or a trust magnate
The Allen company viii radiate fun and
frolic In The Travelling Man" Mr..
Hawley and Miss Olcott viii present a
deliciously humorous farce, Just Mar
rfed a Week" The rem aiming acts are
standard attractions
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
AWAIT INFORMATION
ON ISTHAUS STRIKE

Reports of strike among the steam
shovel men on the Isthmian canal work
are discredlted by the canal officials
In Washington, in the absence Of any
confirmatory reports from Colonel
GOethals, to whom a cable dispatch has
been sent by Secretary Bishop. IL :
expected that reply, giving the ex-
act situation, viii be received today.
Jackson Smith, a member OF the
Isthmian Canal Commission, in charge
Of the division Of labor, who has ar
rived in Washington, has issued a state
ment in which he describes the claims
Of the wOrhmen as unreasonable. he
believes there will be no strike
Most of the labOrers receive twice as
much as they would for the same grade
of work in the States, and on fbe
lsthmus they are provided with quar-
tiers, heat, AID light.
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
How to Get Good Milk.

Our local milk problem is much
simplifed by the reports made TO
the commission yesterday. The con-
illusions might be summarized in the
following admonitions to the house
holder:
Buy no milk which shows n sedi.
ment after 1t has stood two hours.
PasteUrize at home all the mix
you use.
Be ready to pay five or six cents
a gallon more for milk brought
into the District at a proper tenn
perature, which is less than so
degrees.
PatrOnize no dealer who does
not show himself ready to coop
crate with the authorities.
Throw the weight of yOur per.
sOnal influence to obtain a local
meteorological laboratory and a
sufficient number of inspectors.
Not all of this is said so plainly
by the members of the commission
But all of it is to be found in the
several reports adopted. Moreover
the reports suggest a reward worth
q much higher price than the care
and cost they recommend when they
say:
II we can reduce our typhoid fever
: rate even only 10 per cent by this meth
cd, not to mention infantiie diarrheas
and other infectious diseases, 1t is clear
" our duty to do It
II is indeed
The Washington times., 1907-05-16
COMING TO THE THEATERS

the manicure girl who causes 50 much
trouble in his love affair with DIurieI
Eden. The full strength Of the com
pany viii be utilized. introducing sever
al new members who are not seen in
The Importance Of Being Earnest -
the current Offering.
Among these are Miss Desmond Kelley.
who VIII be seen as Murel Eden. and
Charles Arthur, who appears as Captain
Bastling. In the celebrated manicure
shop scene a number Of pretty Wash
ingtOn girls will appear as manicure
girls. The story deals with SOphy'
effort 20 break of q match between
Lord Quex and Miss Muriel Eden. he,
however, skillfully turns the tables on
her The big scene between these two
Is brilliant battle OF wits, and is con-
siCered one Of the strongest scenes ever
written for two characters on the stage.