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He made IT,. wooden shoes I'm standing
III.
Tie rapidity with which the political
cause OF great joy to the working man.
IEtil lSlg Denmark was an absolute
monarchy a. bureaucratic as Russia. In
.ilat year s:ie secured constitution and
a parliament of two houses. In lstaj. the
farmers obtained ard held an ove--wheln-
iIl- liberal majority III the lower house
Eut the government did not become par
liamentarE = clause in the conStitu-
ton nahied the king tn make provisional
laws the dan after parliament adjourned.
H. this way the conservatives kept the
kirg was forced tn accede to tho forma-
ton of liberal ministry. from what may
be described a the central rather taan
the extreme eft
Now. after eight years Of experiments: $
with liberal governments. Denmark has a
cabine. selected fIom the group next ia
tire Sncial-,l. 'nGcratS on the extreme left.
H. Itself the radical party is II IN nority
and it's government thuS 'unparlia mem
tarN. The present distribution Of the
III members If tlis. lower house. from
right 10 left. -. conservatives. II: mod
crates. ~: reform left. -; radicals Ii:
independents who usually vote with the
radicals. and so1ial-democrats. ~ The
radical ministry depends for its cont n
uance on the solid support of the social
democrats and the partial backing of the
reform left.
The success of social-democracy in Den
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brave sailor y struggles to keep the man
afloat We're titanic. as tine sea was run
ming angriiy and the waves We're high.
But he stayed with his man until both
We're hauled on. by the boat.
Overheard. riding boots and ALL went
Patrolman Harry Lobdeu of the New
York traffic squad on a similar mission
OF mercy which brought him also the
American medal OF courage. The man
he was after had fallen into the East
river while Lnbdell was on his way, in a
car. TO his 1907 Christmas dinner. He
also got caught in the death clutch CT his
charge. and try as he might at first he
could, not break the imperied ones hold
OF his arms. So the two wen: down
without aid from shore and they stayed
under so long that the throngs OH the
docks thought them gone for good and
fierce submarine struggle the patrolman
tore his ,f.arge loose and swan with him
to hawser sixty feet away. Along this
he worked his way to dock. carrying
was thrown to the pair. This the police
man fastened to the now unconscious
, mans body. which was drawn safely to
bulkhead: but when the line was next
thrown to Lobdell himself his hands had
become powerless from the icy water.
Then human chain was formed and the
bottom man pulled the patrolman out OF
the jaws of death.
How Jacob NJ. Dickinson. the present
Secretary Of War. gained rank among
these honor medalists of 1909 has already
lea ked into print. He got the award for
Jumping into Detroit river amid a lot
Of sharp rilings on the night of August
%. 1875, to rescue James r. Joy, dis
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him. some years ago to represent tiiem
in parliament.
Most wonderful of all. perhaps, il the
career of the new minister of agricul-
tnre. PoGl Christensen. His occupation
IL small husbandman'' is itself ;tn ont
growth of a radical program. This
movement consists in the carving up OF
large estates into small plots of land
from half acre 10 several acres III
extent which are sold. by aid of GOV
ernment loan, to men who would other
wise he servants on the large estates.
Mr. Christensen il one Of these small
farmers At one time he ehed out his
meager living by carving and selling
wooden shoes.
In $780, Mr.. Christensens fellow farm
discovered that he could talk like II
clergyman. They elected him to par
lament. where he has since labDred for
the radical cause. returning. however,
Sundays to his little farm.
in a district called the Wilderness 1t
took many inquiries and many muddy
turns to find the farm. The peasants all
wear wooden shoes, and talk an impossl-
HE dialect They are proud OF our
Poul." though some of them have not Yet
heard that he was a member of the cabi-
net.
"Poul ChriStens. said one old farmer.
edo | know where Poul ChristenS lives?
Why he is member of parliament.
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Peter MunciI. minister of the interior, is
came expert in political economy. and
won the degree of doctor of philosophy.
lie earns his bread by Journalism and by
teaching in teachers high school. Poll
ticiaIs are worse paid and have less
graft in Denmark than i'll other lands.
Edward Brandes, minister of finance. Is
also doctor of philosophy. He obtained
his degree. curiously enough, for oriental
studies He is Il merchant son and
brother to George Brandes. the essayist.
Being man of great versatility. Edward
Brandes became a playwright and a jour
naist. and editor and one of the founders
Of Denmark's most influential newspaper,
the great radical daily Politiken, Il paper
modelled OH American lines. Rrandes
connection with the new ministry has led
to the charge that 1t is academic min
istry-that it is the government of the
newspaper Politiken." Like Brandes. tine
minister Of war. Christopher krabbe. Was
q journalist until he entered politics.
The only cabinet member upon whom
Il suspicion of "aristocracy' can fall is
the minister of foreign affairs, Scavenius,
"A gentleman of the middle class who en-
tered diplomacy. The previous govern
nents, even the liberals. have chosen
noblemen for this portfolio.
The minister of education is also
minister of the gospel, pastor of a tiny
church in the southern part of Shetland.
His parisilioners liked his political prin-
ciples as we'll as his sermons. and sent
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mark is startling. In 1854 il elected its
first member to parliament. In 1872 it
had eight members: in 1903 sixteen. and.
after the last election. twenty-four. or
more than the conservatives. The social
democrats desire Ia carry out tine pro-
gram of the French revolution. ny the
complete and immediate reorganization or
society The radicals have the same end
in view bat are willing to bring 1t about
gradually The radicals would gladly
Fave taken social-deinocrats into the pres
ent ministry. but they refuse on prime pie
10 serve in any cabinet until tiiey have
ma iority in parliament The Danish so
cialists are. for all that. more practical
than their German brothers. and they are
willing TO assist the !adcai government IN
carrying out pract cal. il. III their eyes,
too moderate measures Of reform.
The present ministry is opposed 10 mill
tarism. They think the neutrality Of Den
mark can best he preserved bN at least
Partial disarmament. Copenhagen should
be an open port. IL there Is to b" any On
trayasant expenditure Il should bf ia ta''
direction Of schools and Libraries. The
seek - Gu: up tie large estates into small
holdings They advo. ate progressive
inheritance taN-in fact. measures Of Al
kinds which will tend 10 give every citi-
zen an equal opportunity.
4 visit 10 the Danish parliament gives
foreigner a vivid Impression OF tie dem
ocratic nature of this body. l; is not ma
usual Ia see Two or three members from
the country taking their seats Without
collars in jersey or sweater.
downright in the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown. All rights strictly rcscrvedD
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tinguished citizen OF Detroit. then in his
eighty fifth year.
\ peculiar phase of this case was TIC
extraordinary amount of good luck that
Gas handed around TO most OF those
concerned in it. Not only was Mr.. Joy
blessed with the restoration of his life
bit his rescUer ultimately became Set
rotary of War. While Mr.. Newoer-y, the
owner Of the yach; from which the res
cue was effected, became Secretary of the
bility OF the principal witness Of the at
fair mas just now become Mr.. justice
Lurton of the Supreme Court Of the
United States. An amusing inciden: OF
the event is related by one OF the wit
raSSas, who, after the rescue, found Mr..
D:cknson's chief concern To be that he
had carried his umbrella with him when
he dived into the water and that it was
lost
All of these. SO far, received gold m ID
ais, while those to he mentioned here
under got similar decorations in silver:
Seamen Peter Rurd. Frank Me:vine and
Felix Jennings of the navy, QuaTtern!as-
ter Charles Arnold, Gunner Alfred Strom
and Seaman j. J. DoIan Of the revenue
marine, were all thus honorel for leap
ing into the sea to rescue comrades
washed overheard while Corporal Claude
Stewart Of the Tin Infantry was deco
rated for saving i nne-year-old girl
afte,. diving for her three times. Others
on the list We're William GeorShegan,
Harry l.. Jones and John Henne ssey,
boat captains. WHO made heroic rescues;
Irving T. Hough of Old Orchard Me.
Peter Ma.tson and Policeman Joseph
Weckesser both of New York, and Hugh
Wylie, a New Castle DelD boy. all for
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,wer house Of parliament. and became. IN
the course Of years. the leader Of lis
party. At the end Of October, 1909. ne
brought about the overthrow Of Count
Holsteins compromise ministry. and the
king called upon Theodore Zahlc to form
Denmark's first radical government
Zahle is the youngest premier Denmark
ever has had.
His wife has been Il good help 10 him,
even in the earning Of bread. She is dn
expert StenoBraphtr. and has. for some
years. been employed In parliament. When
Zahle made the opening address for the
new government his wife sat directly in
front of him aiItf took down every word.
II suppose YOU will not keep your po-
stion.' was asked Mrs. Zahie. now that
Your husband is prime minister?
And you All American"' she replied
with "A smile. ITO ask such Il question,
Don't You that il Is all the greater
pleasure TO report his speeches.
None of Zahles eight colleagues belong
to the aristocracy. None has served i'll
a cabinet before
Mr. Weimann. minister of commerce. is
a merchants son. lie himself passed
from business into the consular service.
In 1895 he was vice consul inN'aicago.
Jensen-Onsted, minister of labor, * "a
farmer He also has been in America,
where he spent -four years OF his youth.
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solicitor of the Treasury. the chief of the
revenue cutter service and the general
superintendent of the life-saying service
Solemnly sits upon the evidence. 1t also
sits upon scores of pseudo heroes who do
not come up to the national standard.
Always a considerable numbo.' of months
and sometimes Il goodly stretcl of years
elspse between the commission of the act
of hcroSm and the final announcement of
the award.
No pluck!er deed was thus rewarded IN
the past year than that of a woman
Mrs. Charles Albert Small of New York
city. In September, 1907, she and a
Mrs Mays, Mrs. Towson and others
We're bathing at Sea Gate. New York har
Dor. when Mrs. Mays was carried out
beyond her depth and called for help.
Mrs. ToUson swan at once to her i'm
periled companions assistance, but was
gripped abont the arms by the latter and
the two went under together. Mean
while Mrs. Small. who had struck out to
the rescue. reached the two drowning
women just as they were going under
the second time and Mrs. Mays now re-
leased Mrs. Towson only to grasp Mrs.
Small. who in her turn was next dragged
to the bottom, while Mrs. Towson. the
first 10 give aid. sank by herself from
utter exhaustion.
There then took place under water a
terrific struggle. IN which Mrs. Small re-
tanned rare presence of mind. She fought
herself loose from Mrs. Mays, grasped
the latter in such a way that she could
bring her to the surface. and after having
another struggle with Mrs. ToWson,
brought both women TO the lie ine
ffty feet away, and thence to shore.
This distance Mcs. Small covered with
two broken ribs resulting from the kicks
of her frantic companions while she was
breaking their death lock upon her she
also sustained internal ln1urMS Hfoh
which She was lying il the hospital more
than year after the rescue
Another particularly piucky rescue
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Sether for the nonce luminaries of
equal magnitude.
! am speaking OF those vino have been
awarded Our iron cross of courage-the
official Life Saving Medal of Honor
awarded not by any private fund. state
or association, but by Uncle Sam himself.
! have just spent a whole day going
through the afiidavits in the twentyseven
cases favuraby acted upon. ] say aft
davits. because the evidence of each can
oidate must he sworn to-not only that,
bat each witness must have clean bill
o. honesty given under oath before a
federal official. Then the government 5
hero committee-conssting always Of the
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jumping overheard and hauling out
drowning persons.
Four more received silver medals for
bravery in saving lives during the i,urn-
ing of the steamer Siocum liz New York
harbor. in 1904. aud one of the pluckiest
of these was "A colored man. Henry
George. VINO. undaunted by the fact that
his little boat was half filed with water
and had but one oar1ock. managed TO
navigate il to the rescue Of four people
and then returned with il to rescue wonl-
en- and children from beneath the side of
the burning vessel where lie ran great
risk from being caught under the listing
superstructure.
Two other rewarded heroes of the Slo-
cum are Rush \. Webster. policeman.
and James Owens. hricklayer Web
ster took skff to the burning boat. but
il capsized shortly after reaching her. yet
he kept at the work OF rescue by swim
ming and managed to save a number of
people before falling exhausted.
Owens, in like manner, remained I'M
daunted after the capsiZe Of a rowboa
in which he hurried 20 the blazing vessel.
IL was overturned by the frantic passen-
gers. hat by swimming with them. one
by one, lie helped To rescue upward Of
thirty.
TlIis awful tragedy also had its heroine,
a fifteen year-o.d Irish girl. Mary Nc
pitaI on North Brothers Island. wherein
she was confined with scarlet fever, saw
the stru.gling victims and. unmindful
OF her danger eitEe' from her disease o.
from drowning, rushed tn the shore ana
into the water. where she managed TO
rescue nine children before being carried
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back to The hospital. The presentation
af her medal made special eNcn'
in the HoIs'. % Representatives last sum
Three more girl mcdsiisis arc ~ The
list. Two of them are sisters. Alice al
Dorothy EdserlN of New York eiiy. Who
a year ago las; august. when a1ed thir
teen and fourteen. resp.cfiNciN. saved 7
Young woman from drowning IN Pelham
bay. The three We're swimming to-
setller when the Young woman stared
for raft lop feet out and i'm deep watcr-
but sank exhausted when half way f.
this point. Roth children braNelN struck
out FOR her. and after using great pres
ence of mind in preventing her from
clutching them. swan with her. one o.
each side, IL shore. TIL" other young
heroine Of tie year WAS Stella BarthoIo-
NEW. seventeen year-uid girl. who.
while swimming in the Russian river.
California. while that stream Was flooded.
saw young man bather sink H. 4
dangerous pool Al bend Of th"
stream. Hearing his strangling CRY. So
turned. swan for him. and after he lad
gone down the second time in twenty
five feet Of water went under after him.
While fifty Stupefied people locked o.
from a cauopied pavilion on shore SIN.
brought him up. but lie grasped her about
the shoulders and thrust her under. How
ever. by a heroic effort. and While iie"-
self choking with water. she managed -
keep him afioat until both were rescued
by three men in d Skiff.
But the most rema rka bile OF these cases
of heroism just rewarded by medal
Of honor is that o: Harry Ronney.
cripple of Fairfield. Conn. who has no
fingers on his left hand. and but two On
his right hand who has. but two toes
on each fOot-whose feet. in fact. are Dat
four inches long, and who is but three ard
one-half feet in stature. He and com
pan:on. while out In a seventeen-iooi cat
boat on Long Island sound one night 4
wear ago last September. were caught "a
A storm. The boat capsized md his COM
panion went overheard. becoming ell
tangled and nearly suffocated beneatfl
the ynainsail. But Bonney. undaunted D.
his condition. went overheard. swain
around the boat. dived under the SAIL.
pulled his companion ont and got fin
safe unon the upiulned hull. Here tie
two remained all night. but at the break
of dav the rescued man became exhaust
ed and was washed overheard 10y the
heavy swelS. Then Bonney Went over
board. pulled him out again. ana iaid ms
unconscious form over the capsiZed nun
After their plight had lasted for nine
hours, the sea breaking over them con
tinual,y. a boat came in sight, and 4
rope was thrown 10 Bonney This ne
wound about his left arm. aud then with
his right he grasped his senseless com
RAMON and both were dragged To safety
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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DRIME Minister Began
i Life as a Shoemaker and
His Wife Is Still Employed
as a Parliamentary Shorthand
Writer, While the Minister of
Agriculture is a Small Holder
and Still Works His Little
Farm Growth of Social
Democracy in Denmark Has
Forced the Aristocracy From
Power and Placed the Desti-
MES of the Country in the
Hands of Men Inspired by
Revolutionary Ideals.
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brought this national decoration to Reg
inald Brooks of Wcstbury. l.. I. At mid
night, a year ago last June. while cross
ing on a Long Island ferryboat when a
bad storm was raging upon the sound.
he heard a cry of Man overheard" and.
shouldering through the scores of stupc-
fed people crowding the after rail. dived
in after a figure seen splasnins in the
inky water The man had gone down
the second time when Brooks reached
him. but retained sufficient strength 10
grasp the latter about the neck and hold
him powerless. At Iangth Brooks con
quered. yet only 10 be caught again and
again in the awful embrace of ti;e drown
ing man. Thus the struggle continued.
while the storm tide carried both tn" men
and the boat half 4 mile down stream
Then the still paralyZeG onlookers saw an
arm rise out of the water and strike a
blow which laid a limp form prone upon
the surface. And after thus knocking tire
man senseless. Brooks. now on the verge
of exhaustion grasped q rope and brought
his almost lifeless burden safely over
the gunwale.
\ similar deed, now rewarded by ma
tional medal. was lately performed il
Panama larbor when Seaman Gregory
Shanahan Of the Tennessee responded To
this same CRY Of Man overheard and
went over the rail after a drunken maa
who had fallen from n steamer. Shana-
han had to perform some submarine OK
ploration before locating the human
wreck. but a length he grappled il with
his strong arms and bore il 10 tie sur
face.
Now it was for the men upon the Eear-
by boats to do their work, and franticalEy
they fs.ed with their boathooks for the
sailor and his charge but they missed d.
Then a buoy was thrown out and Shana-
han brought the drunken man to it, but
he could not take hold. After this the
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HI. past years hero
list has just been
announced by the
government. a n Il
what a leteroge-
neous galaxy If
braves it shows
black man q II d
" hite. woman and
Guild. Hercules and
cri p y ! g. cabinet
minister and labor
er, all shining to-
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Z.'Llc j. >Eucmak"rS son. lie WAS
born il 1>,a; il little room behind lis
fathers shop il an old red-tiied house in
tifc quaint town of Roskiide Iahlc's
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A VARIEGATED Galaxy
IA Decorated for Courage
Includes White Man and
Negro. Woman and Child,
Hercules and Cripple, Cabi-
net Officer and Laborer.
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Srecial c"rrosnou.Ience r The STR.
.,E,< n...n,i,c,
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Ills college career was successful one.
IN 1899 lie WAS admitted TO the bar, and
eventually to the higher courts, and he
is head of law firm.
But politics have always been Zahle' S
ruling passion In college days he was
noted a. a deLater and a vigorous expo
ncnt of radical Ideals. and lie was one of
the founders Of The Student League,
which. with the newspaper Politiken, IS
one Of the two great organs Of Danish
radicalism. In 1895 he was elected to the
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PEOPLE NOT ARISTOCRACY RULE IN NEW

parents occupied only Few rooms on
the ground floor One door opened on
the street the other on the guard or
cobbled court where Theodore played
The father was pubic-spirited man.
In his long winter evenings group OF
friends smoked their clay pipes In the
shop, and listened while the autocrat Of
the shoemaker's benc!. held forth on the
iniuuities CT the conservative government
The boy listened eagerly. He borrowed
scraps Of leather from the shop. and ar
ranged them out in the court iii the form
Of parliaments. When he began to read
ne was chiefly interested in newspapers
and books Of history.
Theodoye early learned the shoemaker
trade. and assisted his father out of
school hours. At the age of eleven he Ell
tered the Roskilde Latin school He had
plenty Of stimulating surroundings. Ros-
kilde was once tie capital OF Denmark,
and the Latin school IS under the shadow
of the great cathedral. The boy lost in
tcrcst III Shoemaker's lasts. for his heart
Was ~ his books. \ farmer uncle pre-
dicted that the king would some dag need
their TEcpdor. So the tamil! put their
heads and purses together, and sent the
boy ~ 10 the University OF Copenhagen
To study the law.
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copyright tano. ~ DIN Elrrcth Watkins,
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rahn "a rIaucni mhe ii urr official short
hand r
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Jensen-Onsted, minister of labor, * a
farmer. He also has been in America
where he spent foui years OF his youth
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him. some years ago, To represent tAem
in parliament.
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sMULT|M|[L |ONA|RE PREDICTS REVOLT OF PEOPLE
# THE HIGH COST OF LIVING CONTINUES

why, that crowd down in
flag at them a couple of times.
says something about standing
pat and ends with talk of Geo.
Washington and Henry Clay.
Standing pat! Such talk by
the tariff trainers is nonsense. We
don't hear of downward tariff re-
vision. Here in this state there is
a senator up for reelection who
isn't competent to represent the
people. He is too friendly with
the railroads"
"Mr. Barber, the readers of the
Times would like to hear your
remedy. What is it?"
Better laws and better law
makers. Fewer politicians and
less of this stand pat talk. Let
the trusts control the earth. We
almost do control the worlds COM
merce now. But REGULATE the
trusts. Make them obey the laws.
It's an economic question, isn't
lit?
Then why is not the election of
good men to congress an economic
question?
Every man who is paying more
than he ought to for the necessar.
les of life ought to make his vote
as much an economic question as
the price he pays for dozen oil
eggs.
I'm not trying to get into poll
tics with these theories. Politi-
clans are no more to me in my
daily life than the blooded cows
I'm raising out on my farm near
here. Cows with me are a form
of economics. So with the politi-
clans that we put into office"
Mr.. Barber is in his sixty-ninth
year. His financial interests are
scattered from New York to Cali
fornia and in South America and
Europe. Even while he talked his
mills in Switzerland, London and
Chile were buzzing.
Here was something for wage
earners to think about. If Barber,
Iplutocrat and founder of trusts,
thinks SO, don't Morgan, Aldrich,
Rockefeller and Cannon think so,
too? If not, what DO they think
of this great problem of today?