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German in the fatherIand. became the
first woman student at the American
school at Athens and returned to the
United States TO lecture and to hold
orofeSsorships in several colleges. in
Guiding Smith This indefatiga ole woman
climbed the Matterhorn in 1872 and Two
wears later Popocatepetl and Orizaba. in
South America. she being the first wom-
an TO ascend the latter. After other
practice climbs in the Alps she attempt
I'd the summit OF Mount Sorata, in tie
Andes. This was in 1908. and she took
two Swiss guides with her. but the party
failed to reach the top. She returned in
1904. and accompanied only by a man OF
limited Notwithstanding experience
reached approximately 1850 feet, or
within tHO to 500 feet of the summit.
After this she decided that n still taller
Andean giant was Mount Fuascaran. in
Peru. and she attempted IL without guides
in 1906. but failed. Then last year she
tried the great Huascsran again and
reached the summit. which she estimated
TO touch an altitude of 80, s0O-24 900 feet
and perhaps higher thus giving her, she
claims. nearly or quite the worlds rec
ord -
''If. as seems probable, the height
is 4.ocO feet. have the honor of
brea king the worlds record for men as
we'll as women adds Miss Peck. the
greatest height previously claimed being
~. 500 feet. attained some years ago by
w. w. Graham. in the Himalayas." But
20 this claim. Prof Charles f.. Fay OF
Tufts College. president Of the American
Alpine Club and sometime president of
the Appalachian Mountain Club. replies:
1T is to be regretted that she secured
no hypsometric reading at the summit OF
Huascaran. which is not generally recOg
nized as holding go prominent a place as
Miss Peck ac,ords it,
The hypsometer, which il TO the noun
tain climber what the sextant is to the
polar explorer. is a combination Of the
thermometer and barometer for measur-
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DNDER of wonders.
The despotic empire
of China is to be-
com C a conStitu-
tional monarchy. 1t
is to have a ma
tional parliament
and provincial ase
semblies-its people
are TO make their
own laws and to
learn TO gov e r n
[ n en- selves. The
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of mountain climb
ing public interest
is now drawn by
the Cook Barrill
dispute over Mount
Mckinley and the
new world record
of 24,6OO feet Just
attained by the
Duke of the
-AbruzZi.
Alpinism was still
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MOUNT Mckinley Con-
NA troversy Turns Public
Attention to the Perilous Art
of Alpinism - New World
Record Just Made by Abruz-
ri in the Himalayas-Warm
Argument Now as to Who
Holds Second Place One
Who Claims Most Is a Yam
kee Woman Two Greatest
American Mountain Climbers
Are of Weaker Sex" Are
Cooks Only Two American
Peers Other A m eri IN
First Accents" COMPETE
ton Has Been Exciting.
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But even if Ora ham had been entirely
eliminated, Miss Peck would have had to
fight the championship matter out with two
Norwegians, c. W. Rubenson and Mon
rad-Aas. who in 1907 climbed TO the sum-
nit OF this same Kabru, claimed by Gra-
ham twenty-three years before them. Be
sides gaining the then highest unchal-
lenged record they established the high
est camp In which man has ever passed
the night. This was -, 600 feet up. They
also spent twelve days at height Of
1890 feet, and the fact that they SUI
fered little from rerefied air has caused
an upward squirt in Graham stock. for
the chief count which Grahams critics
made against him was that he could not
have reached such an elevation and re-
tanned the health which he claimed.
And rating third or fourth on the honor
liSt-it depending in part where Miss
Peck belonS>--there is now DIR. T. G..
Longstaff, WHO year before last conquer
ed -. 466 feet on Trisul. peak OF the
Carnival, in the HimalayaS.
The man upon whose brow the anti
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Canadian Alpine Club All of these So
cietes, here and abroad. contain expert
climbers.
The new "farthest up record just
earned by the Duke of the Abruzzi. is ire
mendous honor, and whoever is awarded
the laurelS for arctic Slory-Cook or
Peary-must vie with this royal Italian
for rank as the chief explorer of our gen.
Grafton. The altitude of ~ .tjOJ feet which he
has just attained in the Hinalayas means
a height of four and two-thirds miles,
whereas Mont Blanc reaches to less than
:hree. The mountain upon which the new
record was made is Bride Peak, one Of
the northwes tern Himalayas, in the neigh
borhood of Mount Goodwin Austin, which
latter is the second highest summit of the
world. The region is remote and imDer-
fectly surveyed. and the difficulties of ap-
prOach must be added 10 those OF ascent.
Ii was Abruzzi who held the North Amer
lean record. which Dr. Cook claims to
nave broken by climbing Mount McKin-
ley two years ago. This the duke earned
in 1897 by climbing to the summit of our
Mount st. Elias in Alaska. which reaches
1904 feet. -Four unsuccessful attempts
had been made to scale this summit be-
fore AbruzZi attempted il. To reach it
he had to penetrate a subarctic waste
far from civilization, and he found its
entire altitude practically above the snow
line. Upon its slopes the duke received
the training which enabled him to at
tain his 'farthest north a few years
later. Again. in 1906, Abruzzi added to
his laurels by ascending fourteen of the
highest SUBMITS of the Ruwenzori that
snowy source of the Nile which stands
almost upon the equator. The highest of
these peaks climbed by Abruzzi is about
1856 feet, or about 1000 feet lofter
than Mont Blanc. To reach the SUBMITS
the duke led an army of 22o native
porters and other assistants from Victoria
NyanZa 21S miles to Fort Portal, Uganda
the very end of civilization. Then he
climbed the slippery hills through jungles
up, where he exchanged his porters for
a harder lot. After ascending all of the
higher peaks. he named the two loftiest
Margherita and Alexandra. in honor of
his queen and that of England. The ex-
petition covered four months and no lives
were lost.
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This W. W. Graham. who was generally
thought to have held for twenty-siX
years the world record just broken by
Abruzzi is commonly credited with "a
r1J feet instead Of the ~. 500 accorded
him by Miss Peck. Graham was mod
est Young EngliShman Of excellent
ply sioue WHO had gone TO the Himalayas
for sport and recreation. In 1884 he de-
scribed his climb OF Kabru, a neighbor OF
Mount Everest before the British Royal
Geographic Society. whose members were
enthusiastic in Railing him as the cham
pion mountain climber Of the world But
an attack upon his story made soon aft
erwari diveded aplinists the world over
into two factions tie one hailing him as
a hero, the other branding him an i'm
poster. Previous TO his climb the record
was held by u. W. Freshfield. who in
1858 had won II by climb to 1910 feet
on Elbruz, the Ioftiest peak of the Cauca-
SuS
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As To who held the record which Alb
ruzzi has just broken has been a matter
of controversy even more complicated
than the Peary-Cook imbrogliO. and the
duke has clarified the atmosphere IN TAX
ing the bone Of contention away from the
other disputants. The last claimant be
fore him has been an American woman,
Miss Annie Smith Peck. of Providence
r. l., a graduate of the University Of
Michigan, who, after studying music and
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RANK c. CARPENTER WRITES OF CENAS NEW CONSTITUTION
PEKING.

Copyright 1903 by Frank G. Csrpenter)
Special Correspondence Of The Star
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wright. 1909. by John EIfreth Watkins
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= . the perilous art
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ANDF rs WoRSn1AN< JEAreD On Top Of FPvNrA1N

Canadian Alpine Club. All of these So
cieties. here and abroad. contain expert
climbers
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
FEDERATION DAY.

For the club women this was the
great day at the Fair, many prominent
visiting club women being guests o
honor. A very delightful short pro
gramme was carried out at the Mode
Home at 2 80 o'clock. Charming mu-
steal numbers were given by Mrs. Sid.
ney Florsheim, accompanied by Mrs. S
B. Hicks, on the piano. Violin selec-
tons were given by Mrs. Files, accom-
panied by Mis-, Irma McVoy Egan, both
accomplished musicians.
Miss Jean Gordon was introduced by
Senator Barrett with a tribute compli-
mentary to her intellect, influence and
prominence. Miss Gordon spoke on the
theme dear to her heart, suffrage for
women. Her arguments were clear and
logical, her manner charming.
Mrs J. Creighton Matthews of New
Orleans, president of the State Fedora
ton of Womens Clubs, made beauti-
full short talk instead Of presenting her
prepared address, which the deeply in
terested audience would have gladly
heard
The rooms were tastefully decorated
in evergreens and autumn flowers Tea
and nabisco waters were served The
hostess clubs were the Civic League,
Mrs. W. K Henderson, president, who
was also chairman of the programme
for the day; Hypatia Club, Era Civic
Club, Authors Club and Home Char
liable Association. The presidents. as
sisted by other club members received
during the entire day Federation Day
was great success.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
HOW TO ENFORCE PROHIBI-
TON LAWS.

From the Jeffersonian: Where the
sale of intoxicating liquor is made
criminal there are, necessarily, two par
ties to the crime, because it takes two
to make a sale. One man can commit
a murder or theft, but one man can
not commit violation of the prohibi
ton law
The buyer who makes an illegal pur-
chase of the stuff knows that he is a
rat'y to a crime. Why not deal with
him accordingly, and penaize the pur-
chase? The enactment of such law
would make it easy for the detective or
the vigilant policeman to do the rest.
I X law Furnishes both parties where
vote is sold; it ought to punish both
parties when the prohibition law is vio-
lated.
As an alternative, another plan would
do the work Make it a misdemeanor
for man to refuse to tell the authori-
ties where he bought his liquor.
Concealment of crime is itself of a
criminal nature and no good citizen will
be guilty of it. If men who are in pos
session of whiskey-or whose condition
makes it clear that they have recently
drunk some-knew that they would
have to go to the chain gang for refus-
ing to tell where they got it, there would
be few who would patronize the blind
tiger
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
Subscription Price $2.oo a year.
HARKEYs RESIGNATION.

The resignation of E. E. Harkey as a
member of the Police jury of Caddo
Parish, when announced yesterday, was
a surprise. 1t was known to the people
that he had been indicted by the Grand
Jury for selling liquor without license
and that soon thereafter, and before the
warrant for his arrest was issued, he
had departed from this city, going to
New Mexico, where it is said he will
reside in the future The resignation is
now effective, or will be with the meet
ing of the Police Jury on Thursday
next. His seat will then be declared
vacant To fill the vacancy there will
be held an election in December next.
He IS one of the members elected on
the anti-prohibitionist ticket Having
been engaged in the liquor traffic and
having been saloon man, his sympa-
thies were fully with the saloon. He,
as all others of his kind, entertained a
contempt for the prohibition law, which,
however, he concealed automatically
when in the company or in the midst of
men who did not share his views, and
it was unnecessary for him to be pro-
nounced. In him the saloonists and the
lawbreakers had a champion who did
not fail them until his indictment for
selling booze at the Pastime Club. Hav-
ing been indicted by the Grand Jury,
and with the certainty of conviction
staring him in the face, with imprison-'
ment in jail or work on the public
roads for several months, Ed Harkey
reached the conclusion that it would be
better to not take the risk, and he is
gone.
AT the next session of the Police Jury
his absence will be keenly felt when the
petition for another election will be
called for consideration The signers of
this petition, among whom are noted
the lawbreakers now in jail or on the
public roads, have been hopeful that the
Police Jury would order another cleo
IiOi1 DIT WHICH 10 TAKE lIiC SGliSG Vi lliS
voters on the prohibition law. These
signers have assumed that they can
carry the election and defeat prohibit
ton if they can secure this election. In
this issue before the Police Jury Har
keys vote and presence would be all
important, but he will not be here, and
with another vote on which they relied
and will not be here, they are fore
doomed to defeat
1t is safe to say that the Police Jury
will not view favorably this petition,
signed by lawbreakers and others who
are pleading for the return of the saloon
with all its evils. To realize that the
traffickers in liquors will fail in their
anticipation is gratifying, at least TO the
citizens who stand for law and order
and against the saloons, which are the
breeders of crime and of disorders.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
GAMBLING ORDINANCE

At the session of the Council next
Tuesday the gambling ordinance intro
luced at the meeting i'll October will be
called to its second and possibly to its
third and final reading. This ordinance
has been prepared with care and delib-
Grafton with the intent of filling long
felt want. The ordinance which it is
intended to supersede and which is now
in force is farce. 1t gives opportun-
ity to gamble if the play is screened
from public view The ordinance pend
ing, it appears, is in danger of defeat.
If it can not be defeated outright, it is
designed to weigh it with such amend
ments, provisions and exceptions as will
make it more ridiculous than the ordi-
nance in force, which permits gambling
if it be screened from public view. The
responsibility must rest on the Council,
If the Council is opposed to an ordi-
nance operating against gambling, the
Cnu'cil should then repeal the present
ordnance which permits gambling if
screened, and declare Shreveport to be
a wide-open town for gamblers and
fakirs.
Better have no ordinance than one
which is farce.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
BENTON HIGH SCHOOL

Manual training is well taught in the
Benton High School. Displayed side by
side with the Shreveport school work
was the pretty exhibit from Benton.
Baskets, bags and mats of raffia, cush-
ions artistically stenciled, science tab
let's, showing class work and fine free
hand drawing. Prof. w A. Fortson,
superintendent of the Bossier schools,
and Prof. Many, principal of the Ben
ton High School, appreciative of the
advantages offered by the Fair, have
pledged themselves to make a complete
graded exhibit at the next Fair. Com
petition is the life of trade and it is ais
the life of the schools. To be satisfied
means stagnation. The schools do not
stop, they are moving forward all the
time.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
lie CIRCLE ARTISTIOUE.

Tuesday evening, November 9, the
opening attraction of LIE Circle Arts
tique will be given at the Travis street
auditorium The entertainers will be
Elias Day and Oranne Truitt Day. MIR.
Day is an impersonator and is said to
be as near perfection as possible. Miss
Truitt is reader and has the charm
of freshness of youth, with none of its
crudeness." lie Circle Artistique offers
high class attractions which will appeal,
of course, only to the people of culture.
Shreveport is a city now, and its cul-
tural circle is large enough to give fine
patronage to the best in every line OF
entertainment.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

ution. Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Avery,
Ir. Hardtner and Mr.. Hart were
FAMED a committee on proposed sub
committees. This committee Is author
zed to act by correspondence and to re-
port at the next meeting of the execu-
i've council on the first Tuesday in jan
tary 1910.
The president, under authority of
their constitution which provides fer
parish organizers, one Of the duties be-
ING TO secure members for the associa-
tiont appointed Mrs. Avery.
As it was found that the regular an
nual meeting date, which is fixed for
the first Tuesday in December, will
conflict with the meeting of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress in
Washington which some members de-
sire to attend the council agreed to ad-
iourn to the first Tuesday in January
next and to meet in Minden.
There is no initiation fee to the as
ISOLATION, and the annual dues are but
$I.oo, and persons desiring to join are
requested to send their names to the,
secretary, Mrs. A. B. Avery, Shreve-
port, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
CORDIAL FEELINGS.

In the private ward of hospital there
was recently testy old millionaire
whose case gave his physician consid-
cradle difficulty at first.
well" asked the crusty patient one
morning, how do you find me this
morning2"
You're getting on fine responded
the doctor rubbing his hands with an
air of satisfaction, your legs are still
swollen, but that doesn't trouble me-
"Of course it Doesn't" howled the
old man. "And let ME tell you this, if
your legs were swollen it wouldn't trou-
bic me either!"-Judge.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
AWARDS IN THE EDUCATIONAL
DIVISION.

Mrs Matte H. Williams, superin-
tendent; Mrs. Mary Field, assistant SUI
perintendent; Judges, Mrs. J. S. Young
Mrs. P. T. Hedges, Mrs H. H Har-
grove Very careful. conscientious and
capable work was done by the judges
who spent hours in examining the en-
tries, finding it difficult in several in
stances to decide. The following were
the awards made:
Best general work for city schools,
Shreveport High School
Best manual training, girls depart
ment, Shreveport High School.
Best exhibit free hand drawing, city
schools, Shreveport High School
Best exhibit free hand drawing, town
schools, Bastrop, La.
Best booklet, any poem, illustrated,
Sth grade, Mrs. ]. S. Swann's medal,
Vida Harris, central school.
Special mention and award of red
and white premium ribbons to Iris Rus
sell and Mamie Goldman, central school,
Shreveport
Best booklet, any poem, illustrated,
9TH grade, Mary Evelyn Eglin, central
school.
Special mention and award of red and
white ribbons to Clara Mabry and Mary
Farley, central school.
Best exhibit manual training, tes.4..a
school, Benton, Bossier parish
Best specimen free hand drawing,
Mrs Bolinger's medal, Dorothy Bill
letter, ID grade. central school.
Special mention and award of red and
white premium ribbons, sketch of trees
from nature, by Virgian Hunt, fresh
man, central school; Orlens Allen,
drawing of maps. free hand, marking
route of Cook and Peary, 9th grade
Travis street.
Best history papers illustrated, Miss
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
DIPLOMAS.

The Shreveport schools are not the
only winners of the handsome State
Fair diplomas this time. The Bastrop
High School had large and beautiful
exhibit of drawing and water colors at
tractively mounted with name of school
above. The exhibit showed variety and
excellence. Fruits and flowers from ma
ture. drawings in pencil and ink show
ing Designating and objects. Miss Laura
Briggs is the accomplished teacher of
drawing in the Bastrop schools.
With the hope of the additional build
ing promised for next year, Bastrop,
is well as the other schools, will have
more space, and the department of edu-
cation at last be able to spread itself.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
THE RESULT IN MARYLAND.

he KE0OLI IN MAR1 LAND, +
It may be accepted as a fact that the
proposed amendment to the State Con
stitution OF Maryland, designed to
eliminate the negro as factor in poll
tics. has been defeated.
This is no surprise, since it should
have been anticipated In Maryland the
issue was not conferred in racial dis
tinction, and the Republicans, whose
main reliance is on the negro vote, cen
tributed their best effort against the
amendment.
Had the amendment been ratified, the
negro in Maryland would have been
sidetracked as voter, as he is in Louis
lana and in Mississippi and other States
of the South.
The negro is today the dominant po-
litical power in Maryland His inf1u-
ence is the equal of the white man., and
if SO inclined he can demand the politi-
cal recognition to which he is entitled.
He can contest and hold Office as well
as any Republican, and now that he has
secured this power he may exercise it
to his advantage.
The negro in Maryland, as in Illinois
and Ohio and other States of the North
where his vote secures the majority for
the Republicans, should rebel against
being used as the cats paw. He should
demand and insist on an equal distribu-
ton of the offices and the privileges
which are enjoyed by his Republican
allies of the Caucasian persuasion.
Now IS the negroes opportunity.
There will come a time when the pres
eSflJffiIttiUIIs VIII be altered radically
For a little while the negro may dom
mate IN politics in Maryland and other
States Of the North where he holds the
balance of power, but he will be forced
to his natural position.
What would the Republicans of
Maryland do should the negro demand
social recognition with the whites
Would they concede this right?
In white mans country the white
man must rule. In white mans coun-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
LOUISIANA FORESTRY ASSOCE
ALTON.

The executive council of the Louis
lana Forestry ASSOCIATION held their
session at the Grunewald Hotel in New
Orleans Tuesday, November I. There
were present the following members
Henry E. Hardtner, president; w. O.
Hart, vice president; Mrs. A. B. Az
cry, secretary; Mrs. ] D Wilkinson
and Harry T. Gamble, members at
large, and Charles P Johnson, member
from the First Congressional District,
and F. ]. Grace, from the Sixth Con
gressiona1 District, with Mrs. John D.
Wilkinson as chairman.
Under the authority of their consti-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
PERSONAL.

Mrs. L. F. Marbury of Ruston and
Miss Helen Marbury were visitors to
the Fair, coming specially to visit their
uncle, DR.. J. c. Egan, whose illness has
occasioned great anxiety throughout
the doctors large circle of relatives and
friends
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Scanland of
Benton and Mrs. J. S. Swami of
Swannhaven were appreciated visitors
at the Fair on Friday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
AN ATTRACTIVE BOOTH.

The pretty white canvas booth flying
high school pennats and athletic colors
of purple and gold. where hot gunbo
was served, was the favorite "wayside
inn" at the Fair. Misses Spearing, Cray
ton and Sharpe, assisted by relays of
bright high school girls, served the hun
CRY crowds that came. Assisting also
most efficiently were Mrs. ]. A. Pretz
and Mrs. ]. w. Bell, The proceeds
are fol the benefit of the High School
Athletic Association
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW.

The Annual Flower Show for the
benefit of the Home for the Homeless
will be held in the basement of Simon
building, corner Texas and Edwards
streets, beginning on Wednesday, No
yember 10 It will continue until No
venber II inclusive. Admission 25c
admission and dinner soc; admission
and supper soc. It is a cause which
should appeal to every good citizen.
The best dinners and suppers will be
served.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Wilson of Homer
and little daughter were visitors to the
Fair Friday. Mrs Wilson is one of the
leading club women in the State She
is chairman of the department of house
hold economics of the Federated Clubs,
and is president of the Shakespeare
Club in her own town, woman of in
huence and leader with great charm
of manner.