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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-25
.H0 W I HE
Commission
81 PLAN PAYS.
Gle N C Y AND
ECONOMY UNDER BUSI- {.
NESS SYSTEM
INSTRUMENTATION CIRCULATED
BY CERTAIN POLITICIANS
Cities in Kansas and Elsewhere
That Have Tried II are UNI
foTnIy Satisfied

CFroaa the Kansas City StaI)
piltsburg, Kas., Feb lS-To The
star: rris city VIII vote next Mon
day on the adoption Of commission
government. The enemies of the plan
Eere ere urging the argument that
taxes have been Increased in every
city whel il has been adopted. A
iew weeks ago the State Association
Of County Clerks and County Com
missioners met in this city and con-
tennel the plan, ana the county Of
ficers in the counties in which com
mission government cities are locat
I'd are pHng quoted he-e as author
~ for he statement that commits
sion rule Is very expensive Knowing
that The star is favorable to the plan
/ write TO ask If commission govern
ment has increased taxes anywhere
IN Kansas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-25

YOUR OPPORTUNITY
10 BE MADE BEAUTIFUL
FRANCIS WILCOX
The Woodbury. Face lN-
pert, viii be ii Guthrie FEB.
2s, 20, a7. This IS the first
time a recognized Face Spe-
cialist ard Beauty Expert has
visited skis city and it i AZ
opportasEtv 70 find out how
All Aged Face can he changed
ID Youth NOW I'gliness can
be traded for Beauty and how
JlnsigIitly 5lenishcs can be
positively PainleSsly and Per-
manenily done away with.
By Means Of These Up-to-
date Methods any of this
--------------~-------.--. -----.-r-'s-..--~"-
Work can be done in one
s------------------------
Visit,
Wrinkles are filled out
changing ol,l age into youth
and attractireness Hollow
checks Or a weak chin can be
rounded out giving health and
strength Of character p A
weak face. An ugly dcnted
flat nose can be built up to
normal and made To beautiiy
ali ordinary looking face
This Il all dpnegbyE means
of the Injection dMthod.
whereby a chemical tat il in-
troduced under the skin in
The places where tat should b.
II acts precisely as fat woutl.gg
taking its place as II nature \
had placed il there.
ANY one having mbecoIn
ing features or who i prena-
turely lined or wrinkled or
who has lines 81 dissipation.
scars Of. other unsighth blcm
ishes is invited to
CALL AND INTERVIEW
Miss Wilcox
Men invited as we'll as wo-
men. For an appointment OF
further particulars, call or adj
dress
MISS ANNA SHOENHAIR
BEAUTY PARLORS
2f5 ~ OKLA. AVE. GUTHRIE
Phone 1887
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

promptly surmised that the man was
hanging around for any old job he
might pick up.
Here, you," she called, fetch me
a cab, ard be quick about it! I'm
late now"
She didn't know that she was adj
dressing the first Of all the peers OF
England. The duke didn't let her
know either. Instead, he meekly trot-
ted off like a hard up porter and
brought cab around quickly. He
gratefully accepted the stxpenny bit
the lady thrust at him. touched his
cap and carefully closed the cab door
for her. That sixpence is one of hts
most cherished possessions today
The duke is the only person in all
the empire who can give orders to
the king and queen, to say nothing
of the princes and princesses of the
blood royal; the only one who enjoys
the chief perquisites after q corona
ton; the only one who prescribes just
what their majesties shall wear when
they are crowned.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

ed upon, and doc" was nominated by
a progressive Republican convention,
ditto Democratic and finally the In
: dependence league
He made his first speech in the Am
sterdam Opera House, and though ap-
parently embarrassed he won out with
this talk:
You men know can't make a
speech. I'm going to talk to you
Teddy Roosevelt has beer going up
and down telling you what the issues
Of this campaign are-not. He made
a lot of fuss six years ago about the
full dinner pail You heard a lot
about it in 1908 Now, Teddy has just
gone through here making lot of
noise without saying anything. was
near his choo-choo car the other day,
and when he had gone / picked this
up along the track. He had dropped
IT.
The doc. leaned over behind the
table and brought to light battered
tin dinner pail
On the side Of it was printed in
white letters. 1910"
.'Now," drawled the doctor, wen
see what the full dinner pail of 1908
contains in 1910"
Pulling off the cover. he produced a
big juicy lemon.
That's where you come in,'' he said.
But that was as far as he got. The
audience saw the point. and the lemon
was launched as the campaign issue.
The hose issue was brought out a
few years previously when d railroad
and a trolley line thought they would
cross the Akin land without asking.
The doc" permitted the rail having
and all Improvements up to the run.
ming Of the first trains. Then he
blocked the way with motorcar
and three feet Of garden hose. The
latter he used to beat the division SUI
perintendent over the head with when
physical arguments were tried, and it
ended the debate. Later both roads
settled the bill and now pass unmo-
Tested
On his house to house canvass Akin
used the lemon and dinner pail and
hose as his arguments and carried ali
three with him as evidence
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

parts OF the country congratulating the
first citizen of New York city, on his
apple checked youth
Mr.. Bigelow recently completed an
other onslaught on the tariff-his pet
aversion entitled Building Temples
of Peace With Untempered Mortar .
and also opened the Bigelow museum
at Maiden, N Y, his native town. The
museum, gift of the aged author, is
also library and lecture hall. The nu-
cleus Of the library consists of his
torical papers and books covering
events contemporaneous with the dfplo-
mats life and activities. The museum
contains many memorials of Maiden,
which was partly founded and built up
by Mr.. Bigelow's father.
The nonagenarian was born Nov. 25,
1917, and was educated at Union col
Iege. He was one of the editors of the
New York Evening Post from 1e49 to
1861, during William Cullen Bryant's
regime, and was minister to France
from 1864 to 1867. He has made an
annual visit to France ever since and
expects TO reDeat it next summer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
MISS WHEN GOULD.

MISS WHEN GOULD.
veteran Of the Matabele and Boer wars.
He is now a guest of the Goulds at
Georgian Court. Lakewood, N. ].
Miss Gould is not yet eighteen years
old, and New York society has seen
but little of her, Though the inheritor
of millions, she has been reared demo-
cratically and is an outdoor girl. She
rides to hounds and as a fancy dancer
has awakened applause from profess
sional judges.
If Miss Gould marries Baron Decies
she will find in him a kindred spirit
so far as the sports afeld are con-
cerned. He is a polo player of inter-
national reputation and brought his
stable with him to America, probably
knowing of the Goulds' fondness for
that pastime.
The coming out party is to be Won
drous affair That of her sister was
held at the Plaza hotel. where the en-
tire second floor was reserved for the
Goulds and their guests and transform
ed into a bower Of flowers. The cotil-
lion favors were of gold
Miss Gould is tall. slender, dark and
lissom. with a rich color, clear. bril-
liant eyes and a remarkable complex
ion of the traditional roses and cream.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

majority into one of 254 for himself.
Until the Sixty-second congress con-
Yenes Dr. Akin will take care of the
two offices he now oecupies-justice of
the peace and president of the village
of Akin, near Amsterdam, in the Mo-
hawk valley. Those jobs keep him toll
erabiy busy, because he is the auto
speed regulator of that section, and, as
many motorists can testify, he regu-
form is:
No grating, full days work, complete
obedience Of the law, no tax lodging and
your moneys worth If you are a citizen.
Dentist Akin has a great dislike Of
bosses, and this dislike includes Colo
mel Roosevelt, and he made it the star
plank of his brief platform. in which
he described his policies as follows:
Foe of bosses. champion of direct
primaries.
Beef, Is cents pound.
Liver, IA cents a pound.
Wages, $1.25 a day.
Absolutely and unqualided1y in favor
of the conservation of our natural re-
sources, free air and free sunlight
DR.. Akin proved great campaigner,
as good as his ancestors who settled
early in the Mohawk valley and fought
OFF Indians His quick wit. rugged,
shrewd visage. piercing eyes, dry, hui
morous voice and popularity made him
a foe hard to cope with. and with such
aids as the hose. dinner pail and lem
on he couldn't lose.
He suggested to a friend, who was
something of an insurging Republic
an, though not necessarily an insur-
gent of the Kansas stripe. that he
might be good man to go to con-
gress and beat Cy Drury, G. o. P.
machine candidate The idea was act
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
AMERICA PLANS A GIBRALTAR
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is Site to Be
Inspected by Caps.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is Site to Be
Inspected by Caps.
The United States government has
practically abandoned its idea of es-
tablishing a powerful naval base in
the Philippines, and Chief Naval Con
structor Washington L. Caps is going
to the far east to pass upon o number
OF sites tentatively selected.
The navy yard at Cavite, in Manila
harbor-the original selection for the
American Gibraltar-does not contain
enough water for the purpose, and the
station at Olongapo, on Subig bay, will
be a mere repair station, as it cannot
be made impregnable.
But it is essential that the United
States should have a strong oriental
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
MODEL TROLLEY CAR FOR SON

inventor Makes Youthful Heart Glad
With Mechanical Toy.
In the realm of model makers one
of the most remarkable is Lester L.
Kneeland of Lynn, Mass. whose prize
achievement has been bis recently
completed trolley car 1t is six and q
half feet long. weighs 40 pounds and
is a perfect model of a practical. Or
binary size trolley, has motors. brakes
and all the innumerable equipments
and runs under electricity on tiny
circular track in his yard. Even the
car wheels are bali bearing 1t is fit
ted to use two motors if necessary.
while the brakes are so finely adjusted
that they can be drawn up to prevent
the wheels from turning in the slight
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
In the LimeIigIt
Gossip Of Persons In the
Dispatches

- NGLISH mobility has a bread
and butter peeress," though
the title will not be found in
Burke Or Debrett The person
so entitled is the Viscountess Of Helms
ley, daughter of the Countess OF War
wick, who is known as a Socialist
of pronounced tendencies. Though
wealthy she prefers a simple outdoor
life for herself and her children, which
view is shared by her husband: hence
the nickname
The viscountess prefers a Sunbonn@
and print frock to silks ana Satins, YET
she knows the latter as well, having
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

that great occasion.
Who is the Duke of Norfolk?
His grace is premier nobleman of
all the empire, hereditary earl mar
shall. one OF the richest peers in all
the kingdom, who Of all the long list
of nobility is privileged to walk, stand
or sit next to royalty itself Of all
the twe1ty-eight dukes Of Great
Britain he is No. l. Those other
dukes with whom Americans are most
familar-because they have American
wives-the Duke Of Marlborough and
the Duke of Manchester, come No. 10
and No 10 in the list Of precedence.
Their titles are dated long after the
Duke Of Norfolk's, which was granted
to his ancestor. the first duke, in
1883 He is the fifteenth Of the line
and is now gixtythree years old.
The duke is called the worst dressed
man in all England, for he cares
nothing for style and will stick to an
old suit of clothes until it is almost in
rags. On account Of his dress he has
had many amusing experiences, One
day he CHANGED to be standing outside
railway station in his shabbiest at
tire. A lady hustled out Of the waiting
room, apparently in a very great
hurry. Casting an eye at the poorly
clad figure in the i'll fitting clothes, she
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

all because Of the
extravaganza not
alone Of the Ameri-
can people. but of
the entire world.
While the result will
be the loss of money
and the throwing
out of work of many
thousands. Mr.. Hill
does not believe 1t
will result in a
financial panic and
thinks the aynari.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

clothes, but Seidel
intends these adorn-
ments shall be left
home next time, as
well as decollete
go ms and new
hats. AS it was.
the costuming was
moderate, and the
silks and ginghams
mingled in demo
cratic manner.
81 think t b e S e
gatherings b av
something a bona
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

which society folk and working people
of both sexes met and danced as
equals Moreover, this was one ball
at which there were no wallfowers.
The floor manager saw to that as of
fetal ''introducer''
1t astonished even Mayor Emil Seidel
to note the society people who at
tended and danced with the workers.
Fashionable men appeared in evening
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

ence will be worked out by events
Extravaganza has been our great
fault, he said I'VE have been vast
ing entirely too much in nonproductive
undertakings As rule. we have been
given too much to adornments. We
have become obsessed with the city
beautiful in municipal affairs. We
have followed like policies in the state
and national governments -
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

of the small salaried middle class fam
lilies who must live near a large city
and yet cannot afford to live in it
with comfort.
The Forest Hills foundation consists
of 142 acres beyond Jamaica and thir-
teen minutes by railroad and tube into
New York and is expected to furnish
homes for 1850 families 1t is not to
be charitable venture, for the tenants
will meet rentals Of from $25 a month
upward toward paying off principal
and interest and owning fine home
in the end
More than s2,25o,o0o has already
been expended on the project by, Mrs.
Sage, and more than twice that amount
is to be put into the upbuilding of the
colony. Next will come a similar plan
for laboring classes on less costly land.
One of the features will be a special
ly constructed railroad station al the
entrance to the property. At the en-
trance will be a broad public square.
with ornamental structures, In which
will be the business offices, stores and
shops, with Misunderstanding apart
ments and single rooms on the upper
floors, Back Of the square will be the
village green. two and half acres.
Bridges will connect the railroad sta
ton and the apartment houses, so that
commuters may enter and leave trains
without exposure In stormy weather.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

them that will make for the better
ment of the CITY," said the mayor
"You know when we read about each
other in the papers or hear each other
talked about we sometimes think that
the other fellows are awful fellows
But when we look into each. others
eyes, as we did that night, we find
that the other fellows are not so bad
after ALL
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
JOHN BIGEL0W 90, BUT YOUNG
Opens Museum In Native Town snd
Completes Book

Opens MUSEUM IN Native Town snd
Completes Book.
John Bigelow, historian and diplomat,
celebrated his ninety third birthday re
Gently and made busy day of it too.
Indeed he was so busy putting the fin
ishing touches to new book, the con-
Guiding volume of 'Retrospections of a
Long Life" that he could not devote
the time to receive his congratulating
friends until afternoon At that time
many notable figures gathered at the
old house facing Gramercy park, New
York city, close by the old home of
his staneh friend Samuel j. Tilden-
Letters and kilograms came from adj
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
TITLE FOR WHEN GOULD?
May Be Baroness Decies After Cor
geous Coming Out Party.

Close on the heels Of the announce
ment that the coming out party of
Miss Vivien Gould will surpass the
golden splendor that marked the debut
Of her sister Marjorie, now young Mrs.
Anthony J. Drexel. comes the rumor
that the second daughter Of George J.
Gould is to become the bride Of an
English nobleman, John Graham Hope
Horsley Beresford. Baron Decies. aged
forty-four. The baron is a distinguish
ed soldier, being lieutenant colonel Of
the Seventh hussars, winner of the
distinguished service order In the
campaign against the Mad MulIah and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

est. Out Of a disused pocket f1ashlight
he devised the headlight for the minia-
ture trolley.
There Is a tiny fare register even
on the car, and it works as accurately
as those in common use on the big
cars.
Mr. Kneeland has been working
since 1907 on this model, and the re-
suit Of his labors is being sought by
several railroads that desire to use it
as an advertising medium.
"But they haven't got it away from
me yet" he says. because this model
is the faVorite plaything of his son.
The man is natural genius in this
particular line, model making. He be-
gan his endeavors by constructing q
locomotive that was two and a haif
feet long and weighed only forty
pounds, A rich Haverhill nan forth
with secured it as a toy sor his son.
Then Kneeland constructed an electric
clock with dial twelve inches in d.
8mefnr
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

station, and, while Pearl Harbor is like
" to be the selection, it will not mean
the abandonment of Olongapo as a
plant where the American Pacific feet
can put in for repairs The report of
the constructor will determine the
amount of the appropriation which
will be asked of congress.
When his work in the Philippines is
concluded the chief constructor will
return to the United States by way of
Europe, taking advantage Of the OPP
portunity to make a thorough study of
recent developments in naval construc-
ton in the great navy yards of the
European maritime powers. Inciden-
tally he is also to look into the devel-
opment of the aeroplane for naval use.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

coast. but never be-
fore at the request
of the a C C u s e d.
However. NJ a y or
Mccarthy is in no
d a n g er, as the
grand jury has de-
clined to probe in
the absence OF spe-
cifc charges.
The mayor charg-
ed that certain bust
ness men. whom he
\
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

stories of his having accepted brides
and asserted that he had been waited
upon by trinity of newspaper editors.
shown the proofs Of his guilt and
forced to beg for mercy, promising his
resignation at the conclusion of the
fight for the Panama Pacific aYnnsitinn
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

appeared frequent
9y at court, She
is now twenty-s six
sears of age and is
Che elother of two
ehildren. The Wis
count is heir Of the
first Earl of Fever
B1am, and their
home is at NaWton
Towers, in York
shire.
The "breaS and
butteD peeress" is
a beauty and the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

reappeared in
Paris with an
actress the We
hicle of its intro
ductfon. NJ ] lie.
Pierat, one of
the leading wo-
men at the Come
d i e Franchise,
now appears IN g
shackIed cow n,
but it is at the
knees and not
the ankles that
the hobble ap
pears. The gown
is brought in dur
inc q * 9 t 9 b
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

! WAUkEE d a q
been In the pub
lie eye much of
| a t e. First it
elected a Social
list mayor. then
a Socialist con-
gresham. Victor
L. Berger, and
now its various
Socialist officials
have given a mu
niciDal ball. at
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

Mrs. Russell Sage has announced
her plans for the disbursal of several
more millions of dollars in aid of hu-
mainly in model home colony on
Long Island called the Forest Hills
Gardens foundation. This is expect
ed to go far in solving the problems
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
Dinner Pail and
Lemon Won Seat
In Congress
STURDY dentist

STURDY dentist.
who made his
campaign with a
lemon, a tin pail
and three feet of
garden hose aS
his ammunition.
will represent the
Twenty fifth New
York district in
congress in De
C e N er. 1911.
This man. DR..
T b ron Akin.
sformed a
e 10G panuhIiaan
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

Dortraying d country girl who has
married a man about town and found
herself speedily neglected During his
absence from Paris she becomes the
smartest thing in the French capital
and the change brought about by her
gowns, cigarettes and coquery causes
the husband to fall in love with her
1t is in the knee hobbled gown that
the caDtivation is effected. and the
new style has quite resurrected the
much abused mode in Paris
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
knee HobbIs Is Latsst,

The hobble skirt Is supposed to be
down and out in Europe, though stll
rampant in America. But the fad In
a modified or exaggerated form has
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
SIouCI1y Duke
In Charge of
Coronation

T present writing
one of the bus
lest nen in Great
Britain is the
Duke of Norfolk,
who Is arranging
every detail OF
King Georges
coronation a n d
will be master OF
ere monies ON
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

James ]. Hill. railroad and empire
builder. has turned pessimist, and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

1t falls to the lot of but few men to
be told they can name their own sal
airy under certain conditions, and fewer
still can fill these conditions. But the
case of man in such circumstances
offering to fulfill the stipulations with
out accepting cent is without prece-
dent Yet such a case is presented by
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston, who rep
resented CLAWS in the Ballinger con-
gressional hearing and who now urges
the claims of eastern shippers against
the railroads before the interstate COM
merce commission
Mr.. Brandeis recently asserted before
the commission that the railroads
through inefficient management vast
ed $1,O00.000 day This was an
swered by four western railway presi-
dents in telegram which said. eff you
can point out practical way by which
a substantial portion of $1,00O.000 daily
may be saved several western railways
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

would be pleased to tender you employ
ment, allowing you to name your own
salary"
That might appear facer to most
people, for the statement appeared
rather general in character But Mr.
Brandeis Is still at pat and replied that
he believed that scientific management
would accomplish the tremendous saw
ing and suggested conference of all
railway presidents He then added
that he would not accept any salary
for his services. Free legal work in
the public interest is his hobby.
In speaking of novelties the demand
of Mayor P. Fl. Mccarthy of San Fran
cisco that grand jury sift charges
that he had accepted brides of 10000
and $4,000 should certainly be reck-
oned. Such charges have frequently
been matters of grand jury investiga-
tons In the metropolis Of the Pacific
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18

beauty and was educated in the pub
lie schools near Warwick castle, being
sent to Partisan finishing school on
completing the high school course at
home This was one of the democrat
1c ideas of the Countess of Warwick
that aroused much comment among her
relatives and friends, but she insisted
that she wanted her children to know
life as it really is and not as presented
in one little circle.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-18
People of Note
Snapshots at Celebrities
Talked About

MILWAUKEE ha,