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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
a Social Fad.

Nor is Mrs. Belmont the only WON
an of the -Four Hundred who wants to
vote. Mrs Clarence FL Mackay. Mrs.
Philip Lydig. Mrs. w X. Vanderbilt.
Jr.. Mrs George Gould. Mrs Richard
Stevens. Miss Caroline Duer and others
whose names are sufficient TO make
fiunkieS of two hemispheres kotow
are also enlisted. If this keeps on the
thing will become as fashionable as
the peach basket hat. Then there will
be no stopping it. Every woman in
the land will be talking for it. and
mere man will be compelled to grant
her request if only to stop the din. A
certain section of the unmarried suf-
fragettes have even gone 10 the length
of resolving that they will not wed any
man unless he is in sympathy with
the cause This ought to make some
converts. also lot of masculine hypo-
critics. When a man really wants to
get married he is rs clay in the hands
of the potter-he will promise any
thing.
There is no question that the suf.
frage cause is advancing In New
York il has become n fad and i'm Lon
don riot. 1t is even crowding MILL.
merry as topic of feminine conversa-
ton. On every Kand one can now hear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03

but recently held. We're addressed by
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. president Of
the National Suffrage society. and by
Professor Zueblin of Chicago. Over
one meeting the mayor of Newport
presided and over the other the gov
ernor of Rhode Island. Mrs Belmont
who. by the way. was formerly Mrs
Vanderbilt. spoke briefly. Mrs Julia
Ward Howe WAS present aud was ac-
corded an ovation. Ii should be said
in the interest of accuracy that. in ad-
dition 10 the Eve Collar tickets. which
admitted TO the house. there were also
one dollar tickets. which admitted only
to the lawn. where the meetings were
held Even ut these prices there was
a large attendance. which shows deyo-
ton to the movement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03

which. 10 my mind. indicates a Mon
golian origin. Tobacco was also ac-
ceptable. The presents to the EsIimos
were rather drain on the supplies dt
Headquarters. but DR.. Cook understood
what he was about. for he was able 70
maintain the friendship of the natives
everywhere, and in time OF need he
could always depend on them.
THE start was made from Anaotoh
with II sleds well laden and eight
Eskimos. There were 900 pounds If
pemmican for the party, and LOO
pounds of walrus meat for the dogs.
The Eskimos. in order to save their
strength. rode on the sleds except
when it was necessary for them 20
walk or run little to keep warm.
THE dogs were we'll able to keep Up
80 or 40 miles under ordinary condi-
tons, and DR.. Cook. on an excursion
before the start. had driven the dogs
at the rate of 60 miles over land ice in
a single day DR.. Cook thought it best
that should return. He was the corl-
mander of the expedition and | obeyed
without hesitation.
willing to Risk Life.
'Francke,' he said TO me as We
parted on the morning of March ), 1
am going to take desperate chance
and | have decided that it would ne
asking too much to ask you TO so with
me. You are young and have life be-
fore you | am willing to risk my life
for this idea and | hope 10 win. |
have reason to believe that shall sue
coed but il | go down | shall go down
alone
ut is ridiculous to say that DR.. Cook
would not have known whether he was
at the pole or not. Any layman would
be able TO recognize where he was by
the position of the &n and MOON or
at least nearly so. Dr. Cook had all
the training OF a navigator. He had
a very fine seXtant, which cost him
$3.50; several compasses, an artificial
horizon. barometer. thermometer
and all the necessary tables, which he
had torn from book which l brought
back with me.
Il have seen him take observations
many times. I have seen his observa-
tionS verified. He also was kind
enough to teach me something of the
use of instruments. and | am able to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03

DIluSe NulSl dut
m9nkey dinners.
Mrs. .. Fl L. belmont has opened her
exclusive Marble House as Il lecture
hall for its devotees, As IN added in
ducenent she allows the public TO have
Il peep AT her celebrated art collec-
ton and her paatial Newport rooms.
True. this new gospel is not without
money and without price," but costs
81 throw. the funds going into the
treasury of the cause. A large array
of people were not only eager to pay
the price to see the Belmont art treas
ures. but We're even willing to remain
to the suffragist lectures as an added
price or added inducement, according
TO the point of view. This method of
propaganda is somewhat different
from that of the English suffragettes
who go to Jail for their principles, but
why break. into Jail when one can
break into society:
These Newport meetings. which were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
Increased Nervous Prostitution

In England the suffragettes, Under
the lead of Mrs. Pankhurst and bor
daughter. have gone up in balloons
started riots. mobbed the home Of tho
prime minister. made several vain at
tempts to break into the house d com
mons. held outdoor meetings, rssad
disturbances at Liberal rallies so tbot
the speakers could not proceed. gone to
prison. had themselves sent thropch
the mails as living letters and dono
every other odd and striking thing that
their fertile imaginations could sr.-
gest. all for the good of the cauSo
Whether or not they have added 70 the
suffrage sentiment, they have uDouoS,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
Had Afternoon Tea.

There were nine families there and
about 60 persons, and at times it
seemed as if most of this population
was at afternoon tea.
They also were awfully fond of rice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
take latitude and longitude myself.
Sees No Room for Doubt.

why there should be any doubt Of
the observations of trained explorer
and navigator, as DR.. Cook is, | am
sure l cannot see. | know the man
and | know how persevering AMI
honest and sincere he is. and | was
never any more certain of anything in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03

legri'y OF DR.. Cook, and are disposed
TO accept his declaration of success
without qualification.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
Less Nerve Racking Methods.

1t Is far cry from an English Jail
TO Mrs. Belmont's Marble House ut
Newport. And even at that the Eng
lish jail may live longer in~history.
Who knows? For my single self,
however. l must say that l like the
American way better. 1t is more COM
Portable even though it may not sound
so heroic and thrilling in the school
histories of the future And in the
long run it will probably prove just
as effective. The women of Finland
got the ballot without making any
noise about it. Australasian ladies did
not go up in balloons and muss up
their hair. yet they have the ballot
box now as an ornament on the center
table The wives and mothers Of Col
orado did not chain themselves to the
ratings in the statehouse. and still
they proudly march to the polls and
spoil as many ballots rs the men. Nor
way had no Pankhurst family. but the
Morse husband has had to divide the
suffrage watermelon with his better
half. Throwing bricks. marching in
the middle of the street and screeching
on cart tails may be necessary in Eng
land. but here 1t would simply be
laughed off the map. and the women
would do most of the laughing.
We have no Panllhursts in America.
but we have Mrs. Howe and Miss
Shaw. and we have the memory of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Susan B. An
thony and Frances T.. Willard. Miss
Shaw. who is both an ordained min
lister and doctor of medicine. was
herself born in England. but escaped
at very early age before she felt the
bad effects She was reared on n
Michigan farm and had scarcely more
educational advantages than Abrah ham
Lincoln. vet she was so assduous in
gaining every possible scrap of knowl-
edge that at fifteen she was school
teacher and shortly after was preach
ing in a little church. The girl preach
err was eloquent. and the congregation
sent her to theological college in Bos-
ton. Her church. the Methodist Epis-
copal. refused regularly TO ordain her
because she was a woman. Then she
went to the Methodist Protestant and
TeCelNpu OENluailOH pdPCiS- u
years she occupied n Massachusetts,
pulpit. being one of the first women
preachers in America She also work
ed in the slums of Boston and. in or
der that she might be Of more service
to the poor. studied and took the de-
gree of NJ. D.. never charging penny
however, for her medical services. She
became widely known as pulpit ora
tor even before she became promf-
nently identified with the suffrage
movement. Now she IS regarded as
one of the most effective speakers on
the platform. Perhaps her greatest
power lies In her deep religious sentf.
ment, but she is also n wit and car
tell stories. Her voice is rich and
musical. and her white hair and rosy
face add to her charm. More than IN
else, she believes in her message. With
such leader and with such finsDcial
and social backing as that furnished
by Mrs. Belmont. Mrs. Mackay aud
others. the American suffragfst move
ment may be heard from H1ring the
next few years. ..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03

my life than that he has performed
this feat and that he verified every
step of his calculations"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03

tyonably Increased the nervous pros.
tratjon of England. They have also
made a laughingstock of the govern.
ment and the police. That is the sur
prising part of their performance and
reveals true generalship. 1t would na.-
uraIly be supposed that these outland.
isb stunts would have brought ridi.
Guile upon their perpetrators. but they
were so engineered by the resourcefui
suffragettes that the ridicule was turn
ed against their opponents. They
showed that. whether or not women
know enough to vote they are suff1-
GENTLY wise to outmaneuver men. This
was not new realization. however
We knew 1t before.
Compared to their British sisters our
American suffragists have been quite
mild and circumspect. In other words.
they have been perfect ladies. No
screaming. bowling and dervish dane
ing for them. In the United States
1.-THE cause" is in the pink tea stage.
A number Of ladies gather in some
other lady's parlor and talk it over,
or if they grow exceptionally radical
and militant they hire a hall. make
speeches and adopt resolutions. They
also send out tracts. All this is quite
harmless and unexciting. 1t does not
attract the spot light or the police.
There is no chance for an American
sufragist to become martyr. The
worst she can do is to go to meetings
and leave her tyrant husband to nurse
the baby and wash the dishes. 1t is
one thing to be dragged off to dun
geOn by ham handed policeman and
quite another to go up to Mrs. Aston
bits and hear somebody crate in a
cOntralto voice. You will never get
the American sister to so to damp
and stuffy Jail. If 1t comes to that,
she will simply take her hubby by the
ear and tell him that she wants a new
ballot box and will he see about it
The American man is well trained.
He is in proper state of subsection.
anG when wiley gets good and ready
70 vote there will be nothing else to it.
Moreover, the American brother Is
foxy. He will never give his woman
kind a chance to play to the grand
stand in the martyrdom role. When
she wants to present her petition TO
the legislature he invites her right into
the main hail. smiles. listens and then
forgets it. John Bull is different He
imagines that if he ever lets Mrs. Bull
have a say and help run things his
dignity will get musSed up, so he will
not even listen to her. This gives Mrs.
b. n chance to scream and gain the
sympathy of the neighbors. Now. if
the British government had been wise
there would have been none of this
hullabaloo. but Mrs. Pankhurst, Miss
Pankhurst and all the other Pank-
bursts would have been allowed to
present their petition and speak their
little piece and that would have been
the end of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
How the Movement Has
Invaded the Ranks OF
the Four Hundred In the
United States and BECOME
Riot In London.
By JAMES A. EDGERToN::

TINE woman suf-
4 frage movement
has been made
fashionable. 1t has
meetings in New
port and national
h ead quarters in
Fifth avenue. 1t has
invaded the ranks
of the Four Hun
dred. where it di-
vides honors with
y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
THE ADVANCE OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Methods of the American
and English Suffrasettes
COntraSted Prominent
Women Who Are Inter-
ested In 1.-The Cause"

the challenge, 81 think / am Just as
good as man." when the speaker in
her heart of hearts probably thinks
she is much better than a man-and
probably is. If this were a question
of goodness it is man that would be
disfranchised./ 1t is really surprising
that women should actually want 10
vote, however. when large section OF
the men do not want TO and will not
unless they are paid for it.
Where Suffrage Has Been Granted
Women can now vote in New Yea
land, Australia. Finland and Norway
They have suffrage rights in Great
Britain in all except parliamentary
elections. They can cast q ballot in
school elections in most of the states
of this country and have full suffrage
in Colorado. Wyoming. Idaho and
Utah. In the state of Washington a
constitutional amendment is now pend
Ing before the people which, If adopt
ed. will add a fifth suffrage state
Wherever the experiment has been
made the result has been neither a
retrogresSion to barbarism nor dying
leap into the millennium. On the con
trary. little or no change has been OBJ
served in political conditions. The
women have voted. in very few cases
have been elected to office, and that is
all. The great machine of popular gov
eminent has ground on very much as
it did before. Those who had been
wildly shouting either for or against
the proposition saw that there was lit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03
Licensed to Wed.

August PLATED. 49,. -. Rock Island
Mrs Ciementine Vanefte. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-03

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
 Genesis of Wo1fvi11e :


the business up somewhat in this wise:
 Let me put you on the Stars rolls" said he. flor fifteen dollars a week, Write only when you feel like it-when you feel the inspiration"
 Now, that word inspiration" is part of the clap-trap of literature. It is one of the bouquets which writers in their affectations, bestow upon themselves-the password by which they claim admittance into inkdom' s upper circles. To have an ''fhspira. ton" shows conclusively that you are genius. For myself. I've never had an inspiration. Inspiration, One might with as much truthful proprie. ty talk of an inspiration to break rock or chop cord wood. I say all this as preliminary to stating that having accepted Jobnston's offer, again began grinding out 'Wolfville' a sketch a week. This I continued through an unbroken stretch of thirty sketches.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
DOUGLAS NEWS NOTES
FROM DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL

| for. Surrounding him were numerous others of his race and yeritable horde of lighter skinned lads who talked the language or Agua Prieta. All looked wistfully at the lucky African as the watery red meat was rapidly disappearing through the cav ernous mouth down into friut basket whose capacity seemed limitless Some made bold toa six for a rind. but, like the boy and the apple core there wasn't any rind. When the red disappeared the green followed, and only when he was in danger of ehok. ing did he go to the trouble of emit ting the seed
 This boy and the others were not long in discovering that He Copper Queen store had received a carload Of watermelons. and. in the hope of being given a partly spoiled melon they lined up in droyes.
 The melons received by the Queen store signify the opening of the wa termelon season in Douglas. The fruit came from below Guaymas The melons weigh from ten to fifteen pounds and are being retailed at five cents the pound. This is unusually early for watermelons here. The mar ket usually waits for Texas or Yuma melons which will not be ripe fer sev- eral weeks.
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DOUGLAS FIRE HORSES
 ARE DULY CHRISTENED

@-s a brief, informal ceremony ssic
 nd done at the fire station, the foa. @sT hcrses were christened by the .remea, tne two drivers being direct. " responsible for the names chosen me span of blacks, which will be used on the hook and ladder truck, We're gwen the names of Nip and Iuch, While the bays of the steamer thsine were called Tom and Jerry Not baa-those names. There's life and Nigor in the names of Nip and 1uck. while the significance of the other tvo names will appeal to every man who has thirsted on a cold day and has had his thirst satisfactorily appeasea
 Both new spans are doing splendid. ly While the approach to the sta. tion entrance is being re-laid with cement. the regular hook and ladder truck IS out of commission and the bays are not being worked out The practice wagon is outside, however, and the bays also. with harness on, so that in the event of fire. the de. partmeRt will have all the equipment required The blacks are being worked out daily. though, and are getting wise to the ways of fire horses in a manner that pleases even critical Prank Ramsey, the man who purchased them. Each responds to the gong without prodding and stops as the suspended harness is reached. Within two or three weeks, Chief Nemeck thinks, all four horses will be thoroughly onto their jobs.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
OPPOSITION ID BOND
 ISSUE NOT FOUND
(FrOm Internationally

There seems to be little, if any. op. position to the proposed school bond issue of s60,000 to be voted upon at an election on Thursday, May 27. The need of additional room in the schools is so generally recognized that it is probable there will be no serious movement to defeat the issue Albert Stacy, member of the board of trus tees and a man who is especially well-informed on questions affecting the public schools. said today that 1t is up to the board to supply more room for the pupils and that it's a case of more school buildings or rent. ed store rooms
 Some few objections have been heard to the bond issue on the ground that there is still sufficient accommodations for all pupils who will apply. This the trustees and Superintendent Lutz have declared to ] be far from the truth of existing con ditions.
 Some other citizens have expressed desire to know in detail upon what they are to vote-that is. just how
 the S60 900 will be expended. The board has made it known that their plans contemplate a separate high school building, to be centrally To- cated. and to cost approximately 1 s3O,000. The only thing lacking is
 the site and in order to determine up
 on that numerous negotiations would have to be entered into. all tending
 to delay other plans for immediate re
 hef which are being considered
 While the high school could not he
 constructed before 1910, other work could be commenced at once, fl bonds carried, 50 as to relieve the | congestion when the fall term oi
 school this year begins. The plan oi
 adding to the Seventh street school
 is favored by the directors as il or fers probably the best available way lof affording practical relief iron present conditions. A school build
 ing for Sunnyside is also under con sideration, but as the school census
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is but few weeks off it was thought best by the trustees to wait for that before determining fully as to the proposed Sunnyside building.
 While there are few, as stated who are objecting to the form of the announcement of the election, still the sentiment seems overwhelming in favor of the bond issue and adequate room for properly handling the school children of Douglas. Moreover. most of those who do not like the indefi- niteness of the notice have the ut most confidence in the business abil- ity of Trustees Stacy. Scott and Hammill, in whose hands the people have voted the responsibility of su- pervising the local school system and
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
SCOTLAND SEEKS ARIZONA
 PINE OF DOUGLAS FIRM

That the name and fame of Doug las and the Bassett Lumber company and who knows but that Manager Albert Stacy also is included ?-have gone around the world. is indicated by letter received by the local lum Der company from Glasgow. Scot land. asking prices on Arizona pine, Manager Stacy's correspondent is Wright. Graham and company of [ Royal Bank place. Glasgow. They want quotations on as much Arizona pine as can conveniently be stored on any of the big transatlantic lin CTS.
 They must have thought we are lumber producers here instead of re tailers," said Mir. Stacy. Being in the lumber business. they of course know of the fine quality of the white
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
YUM YUM SAYS HAPPY NEGRO
 BOY WITH TEETH IN MELON

funyum-yum'' murmured a youth whose complexion indicated his antecedents were recently of Mississ- ippi. aRd. at a more distant period, from Somalilald. as he buried his huge mouth and gleaming teeth in the very yj.als of a twelye-pound waterrne1Sn in the rear of the Copper queen store this morning It was the first of the season and the negro boy was enjoying its succulence as only one of his race can enjoy the Sreen-striped fruit with the red inter
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, May 19-Tn accordance with his intention an nounced last fall, Dr. Charles W. Ei tot today retired from the presidency of Harvard university. after occupy ing that office forty years. The tes- timonial exercises planned in honor of Dr. Eliot will not take place until next October. when they will be held in conjunction with the inauguration of his successor, Dr. X. Lawrence Lowell
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
THE BssEE DAILY REVIEW BsBE ARIZONA THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 2 1909

pine of northern Arizona. This pine probably is better known abroad than 1t is at home. For certain uses it has no superior and there is a wide demand for it."
 Mir. Stacy has sent the communica- tion to firm which is in line to exc cute the order.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
Government Literature a, Library.

w. P. McNair. secretary Of the chamber of commerce. has been ad vised by Hon. Ralph Cameron that he has designated the Copper Queen library of Douglas as one of the geo logical depositary libraries of Arizo na. This entities it to literature published by the geological survey.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
Dog Case in Court.

Under statute which makes it violation of the humane laws to mu- tilate animals. w. B. Millican of Sun nyside has been arrested at the insti' gation of J. E. Bates. also of Sunny side. who charges Millican with shoot ing a dog. the property of Bates. The case has been in court several days but had not been tried until this af- ternoon. when it was set for hear ing before Police Judge Ben Rice.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
B. o. A. N. Dance Pos,ponst

The B. O. A. M. regular dance, Snich was to have ben given uI- light, has been postponed on acccuul f the unusual number of entertain. lents which have occurred this week and last. However. the regular busi- ness meeting will be held this even. ing.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
Nesro's Funeral Largely Attended.

Jesse Osborne. a negro, died Sun day of pneumonia and was buried yesterday afternoon from the colored Baptist church on Fifth street. The funeral was largely attended by the colored people of the city.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
Working El Van Property.

Fritz kohlmeyer was in the city yesterday from Nacozari. He stated that he is still pushing development work on Fl Van copper properties near Nacozari of which he and R. l.. Van Dusen are the principal owners.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
Presbyterian Ladies, Aid.

byterian church will be entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. McDer'
 mott at the c. and A. shelter, from till o'clock.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-20
ELIOT QUITS HARVARD.

keeping it up to the high standard it has always enjoyed.