Semi-weekly herald., 1910-02-07

Freedom in education, in industry, IN
marriage and in citizenship will short
ly oe woman's. ;-feedc..! :. marriage
means, happily, freedom from the me-
cessity of marriage Women ought 10
marry, but not to be assured nj i've
lihood, and freedom in marriage should
never mean freedom in divorce
The eighteen railroads which insti-
tuted suits agail st the state ANYWAY
commission yer ago have dismissed
| the cases. The suits wAre started
When Republican commissioners were
endeavoring to do SON ething for the
people. Under present regime there
appears TO be nothing doing, hence
the railroads have no kick coming
Don C. Sejtz, publisher of the New
| York World and chairman of the pos
tai committee of the Newspaper Pub
fishers association, gave the house
committee on Dostoffice and post roads
his views upon many features OF the
postal service Saturday. Mr.. SeitZ
declared that the postal deficit would
be $40,000,000 instead of $17,0OO,OO0,
ed by congress, did not go out after
| business like an up-to-date business
house would do. He characterized the
postal service as a great organization,
but said that not enough advantage
was being taken OF the opportunities.
II was his opinion that the railroads
were not so much overDaid by the
government as they were underworld
cd by the government. He thought
the COVE rnment should establish a
parcels post and give the rural car
riers more to carry than a few let
| tiers and at the same time afford the
government additional revenue Mr..
Seitz is ut the head of a great news
paper thilt receives its greatest sup
mail order houses. hence the desire
for a parcels post which would re-
suit in driving half of the smaller
dealers out Of existence. Congress
hiNh Will HtNtI
The saloonSeepers of indianapolis
who were sentenced to attend church
by the mayor the middle of last week
before they could open their saloons,
paid he penalty Sunday. Jerry Sten-
fel, joseph Klemene and Joseph Kre.
ber. were placed in charge of Rev.
John SmDlley of Holy Trinity church,
learned that Sunday is day of rest.
The minister explained TO them very
carefully that ythey must obey the
mayor and that their saloons must
not be opened until Monday morning
ana that 1t would he well for them
to keep themselves In touch with some
one who could testify to their good
behavior. The three men readily sub.
mitted themselves TO the minister's
guidance. and Sunday they were seat.
ed in the church when the services
began and remained Till they were
concluded. To make sure that they
would avoid even the appearance of
evil they remsined away from the
proximity Of their saloons and spent
The afternoon at the home of a church
member designated by the minister
Marion Cummins, who admitted to
the MAJOR that he had not attended
church since he entered the saloon
business. created a sensation when be
entered the Columbia Avenue Metho.
dist church with his wife by his side
Mrs. Cummins is regular attendant,
but the audience smiled as her hus.
band appeared with her.
Alpro ximately sl3,3O0,O0O will be
asked to run the public schools of
Chicago this year.
Conditions on the range in central
wyoming are stea1ily improving, and
sheep are recovering from the effects
of the hard weather of December and
the first Two weeks of January. Flock
masters are reticent in regard TO their
losses, but 1t is certain that 20 per
cent is a reasonable estimate
Three Of the largest manufacturing
firms which had been holding out
against the striking shirtwaist makers
in New York city ave surrendered.
1t is also stated that. under tho as zee.
ment expected to be signed soon, all
except 400 Of the 5000 young women
still on strike will return to work.
According to dguves given out at
Ell Paso by members of the Railway
Conductors, 39h per cent of the Amer.
lean conductors and so per cent of
engineers and dlspatchers employed
on the Mexican national lines have
voted to resign in body. The resig,
nations have been placed in the hands
OF the committee representing the
American railroad men to take effect
Feb. II. Five hundred men (Ameri.
cans) are affected.
Mortimer Singer, he American ayia.
tor, fell with an aeroplsne in which he
was practicing at Carlo, Egypt. Tues.
day, Both of his legs and an arm
were broken. Singer had a narrow
escape In May last, when the balloon
in which he was rising at Seville.
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