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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20


came the best piano player fl the
school and its teacher of music ut
twenty years of age. sl
So at his studies of the classics
he engaged two tutors. one M whom
read to him Till ten At night and the
other Of whom was walked np to begin
his work with the blind youth atS !,
o'clock In the morning on course. the
speedy result Of this oyerstrain was
an enforced rustication of three
months. during which young Camp
bell climbed Tennessee mountains
laying the foundations then for the
fame be afterward won ~ the only
blind man who has ever climbed
Mont Blanc. s3s
1T was his abolitionism. iTnbfbed fn
Boston while taking courses at Far
ward. that caused him to be boycotteti
~ a teacher ID his native state ana
took him to the Perkins Institute for
the Blind III Sonth Boston. It was dur
ing 4 years furlong. 10 be employed
sfn picking Up new ideas for It Ii
Europe. that de learned lot the bare.
Hness OF London Ut faciltties Scr teach.
fn4 ~ sslxd ma reSsfved ID stay
there. The founding of the Royal col.
lege was the result
Sir Francis Ii nearly eighty yeara
old. His sou. Charles r. n Campbell
IL executive secretary Of the Ohio
state commission for the blind.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20
SIR FRANCIS Campbell Il.

The Only American Blind Man Upon
Nsam Knighthood Was csnfsrrsd.
\ Sir Francis Campbell. who has just
resigned AZ principal Of the Royal Nor
NAL College and Academy 81 Music
Tor the Blind II London. ID the only
American blind man upon whom tho
honors 81 knt:hthood have been con-
ferred. The late King Edward thus
honorsd him Tor his work IL TIE ID.
sututicn. which the English regard 10
the nnest n the world for the blind.
Passages ID the early career and
fortunes of Sir Francis Arb Ike pages
sf romancs peciaily that episode
when the teacher of music 1T the small
Tennessee school sor blind. whittier he
was rent aftsr 40 accident had de-
stroysd No. sight Ii Childhood, Tor
bads instruction 10 music 10 him ana
AZ studied 4 W stealth ana through
Incredible toll ana sutEerings ana ID.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20
The Allied States Have Rallied
4 Huge Force to Invade
Turkey. 4.


soldiery 81 Macedonia and Thessaly
and along the Bulgarian. servian and
Montenegrin frontiers. when both Soda I
and Belgrade heard that Count Berch-
told had launched a new scheme for3
bringing the war 70 an end which
would not only save the face Of the
Turk. but mike him more Formidable
than ever "A the Balkans AZ y \ scheme
which d ssid ID take full note Of the
weakness of the triple alliance ~ the
Mediterranean made u BY the substis
tuition Of the French Tor the English
neet in those waters. Naturally II \ os'-
posed in London. Paris and ~ Peters
burg. 3s NJ
Thus ~ gathering 81 the forces AZ
the Balkans u an attempt to anticipate
whAt action TIL chance leries may fake.
locally Inspired, of course. by the Turf:
lsh atrocities 81 the frontiers o. TN
various kingd
III this demonstrat don Buiga m. with
fin population Of nearly s. 0O. coo and
IL ability 10 put 375. 900 men IA the
held. naturally takes the lead. This
army n drilled according to Russian
tactics. Every Bulgar. whatever his ~.
liaon ~ race lthe national faith ii the
orthodox Greek church and 100000 Of
the population ne Turks. III liable to-
military service This iii also true Of
the other Balkan kingdoms. Ia time of
war the nine divisions Of tie army
/ which always occupy strategic POSI-
lions Are automati calIy expanded from
the peace flooding of 53 600 Ia $4,000
ssrSia's Strategic Position.
The strategic position III Servia ii
much better against Austria than Tur-
kew. The Servian race. however. is flot
combined 10 ne population iii The conn-
/ NV proper, number ing 9. 6SS OH. but ex.
tpands into Macedonia and Bosnia and
Herzegoy wilma. and even into Rouinania,i
The country praper ~ the most densely
populated of ally of the Balkan king.
dons having 1888 inhabitants III tha
| square mile, Seryia ii able to put ii
force VI 10000 men in TIE Held. All.
though II gets its arms fron, Germany,
~ soldiers are. Ike those III Bulg ariA.
drilled cqriing u Russian tactics.
Next comes Montenegr Hi. with pop.
ulation ofspnlx go, 100. one quarter ot
whom IN bear artnS There Ii no
ragular army and ~ tactics ars Those
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20

ssss y. n UM sEss
dwiniled down ID Colonel George Ws
E5owe. assistant treasurer of Port fI,i-
HUH. Mich, aged SIXTY Vii. and Cap
HI q, II. Mont ornery. aged Sixty
eight. of the National Soldiers horne.
N Montgomery clad ir lowing wpis-
kers and 4 red bandanna bell. started
with Smith. hut eolla va Az Thu end n
the irst mile. when Y tendon tn IT'LL left
iag gave way and liis physician ordered
him from the course, His place was
taken Nv Colonel Howe. who raf, ftls
second and sixth miles but was na
match nj ri,e sturdy Mich det VIII
completed the course wit6 ScA reIy i
change III pAce.
The winner of TIE remA tabIS ndur4
ance contest Won fahe IA his earlief
yrnrs An \ sbicyt X rsiicef and holds sevs
s6l ainat eur ,letic records He II
n yearS ~ ana served through
ths xlr III he NINTH NV York heavx
sa9tlilS la1d NM TAnfh New Fork hi.
asatxy E It'll hsen INV tfclsiSt Akeat
Sat lsvelahd for tiie 1.akS f5hore ma
NiGhtgan Sent srn a twenfy.
slye ysats NM wzaS spi1nEn sler o " M
lnofiat pcsf. chr q iigE ei ch 1IarkI
Hanna belong "a. isIl IL b ive y u I'M
,'sssai oration for llls DUH OIi tI6e 0c.
lcsSipn f$tiae Hanna flI rRl \ MR. a III
~ Smith faii biz first inartSr III xtwo
y stl fat and ths tifst rnsls n six
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20

ks9Ss @ss y 55s 81 HI Az IN ssss
(nLIAx sULxER ABOVE, AND MARTIN q.
0LYfN.
pliday. passed me bill which au-
horized the raisinS M sthe Mainess once
produced bin providing TOR postal
kyinSs banks aild the parcels flcsf
IA passed 4 new copyrig nut ID VI &
Mr.. Suffers marrtage in January.
p0s. was almost an eicpement ne
lsappeared from Washington ana NV.
al days Inter was found in Atlantic
Pty with bride. who was Miss Clara
|Ddelheim of New York.
Mr.. SuIzer has devoted - much biz
! time to the Offices he has held that
: has not been able to pay much at-
(ntion to his law practire. apd he ~
>puted to bea poor man. /. NJ
kAs Mn orator Congressman S,ilzeF IA
oppressive. He has a ready flow AZ
kcrds. can turn 4 phrase neatly and
kn enthuse Or subdue. cause tears or
)ughter IA the average audience He
mot lacking III Are when ne thinks II
esirable. and he y In de mand to
Reak ut dinners.
Martin n. Glynn. randidate for lieu
tnant governor On the ticket with
bngressman Snlzer. was born IN 4
erm 1T Kinderhook. I. \. \. IN 1871.
I'd worked ar an accountant To get
Dough money To 10 through college.
ks WINS graduated from Fordham mi
ersity. an honor man In the class OK
=. He studied law and WAS admitted
the bar. Then he became editor
4 the Albany Times Eni0n. III 1928.
Then De WINS twenty-six years old. be
fas elected to congress from the A Il
any dtstrict Hel WAS reelected "A
ODs At one time be was the young
h member of congress. President
5cKinIey appointed him = member OF
" national committee of the Louiai-
ha exposition. and hewAs slectsd ~
Ice president 4
Hin 1903 NJ, was elsctsd stats comp
eoaler on tina pemoc ~ Inaepen6r
hce league ,tickef HS ~ fenotnt'
hted II 1905, nnt del4
! Hs II a. orator " sone allnction.
M his fEssndl - that ~ eonptrolla1
= ~ab q f0e,0f sfakt And y 81 ists1 4
oEntl y abusss - his pf1cA 4
R1E Haynn w ttrnip Ks lty <zIalfn61
j ~ convsnaSon whieh n0sstnatl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20

nv - N . Y. Z I. NJ !
\ ~ cratc canoaaats 49, 49, n
nor q New 1ork. was Dorn
IN Elisabeth. y. -. March
hR 1853. hin mother Of Scotch
|vrish ana Dutch ancestry and
Y. f.4her ~ Cerman stock. III ~
y, 1900 - ~ . fam1,v " .e c,,
-l:,. - Z a.. s.th y. -. !. ~, ,,, r.
.. M. ... \, $50 NJ n, m. !. ~ nrtil
- - sr.,,.s.,,. 49, - $500, N 4, I
~" 90. . 49,, s3,,S;s., - 1sc,rn,t ~.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20

IA Montenegro, where the father-in-
law Of King Victor Emmanuel I'LL. of
Italy reigned. there was little enthns5-
aem at the progress OF the Italian
arms ii TripolL
IN ten months an was changed. The
governnent III Constant nople. set az
Nv the commlt tee oY union and prog:
lfefss N NE FoaU IAssgs 3nlef thu
failed To carry ont the reforms proknis,
ed II m powers III Macedonis md
Aibaniss Soon there were the cid
tales Of atrocities that had made Iririd
the days pf Abdul Hamid
II has been shown. however. that
atrocities ia Macedonia usuaiiy follow
| ed ID the wake of d Bulgar fiiibnster-
ing expedition into that viiayet. while
the Montenegrin were not entirely
guiltlsss Ii, urging the al lbanians tp re-
volt Soon NE tension between sofia
and Cetinje and Constantinople fe4
came strained. and there were armed
demonstrations Al eastern Ronnelia
ANA % the Montenegrin frontier Ia
\ July Athens became suddenly alive to
the state 81 AFFAIRS Nv HE descent 81
some Turkish irregulais across the
frontier 81 'rhessaly. EsS
INTERESTS csnsntsd.
Two events soon celnented me III.
terests al the Balkan states and
Greece still closer, Italy mad carried
the war into the Aegean sea and bys
the middle of August was III the pos.
session of twelve islands whose Greek
population welcomed the invaders.
One Of these. Rhodes. formally pes|
titioned the Italian government to ~
annexed to Greece IT was about that
times that Count Leopold Rarchtoid.
who had II February succeeded the
late Count Won AehrenthaI an The IA I'M
tro- Hungarian minister AZ foreign A n
fairs. conceived the ldeasof urging the
powers to bring the Italo-Tnrkfsh war
to i close. he sounded the chancel-
lefies 81 Europe. including Constanti-f
nople, with the formula that Italy
should receive the territory she had
captured III north Africa but should
return the Aegean islands to Turkey
Thus the fact that Vienna might
play an important role lii settling the
affairs 81 Turkey. coupled with the
danger 81 having the Greek popnla-
lions Of the Aegean returned to the
cruelties of Moslem dominion. caused
Athens to come to an Jnderstandin
with Sofia and Cetinje. which was no
secret to Betgrade and Rnkharest.
Rcnmania. however, owing to King.
Charles afiillations with Berlin. had
managed Al far III steer clear Of ail.
complic alfhongh % account of
the prevailing religion the sympathy,
81 the population y naturally with
Greece. III \
euigaria ths Leader. Il
However. Count Berchfold's efforts
amounted To nothing. Paris ana Ton
duh we're Indifferent fo HI schefne.
Barlin cordiaily received IT RnsSasts
attitude piainly shoWsd INT the taAtS
gevsrnmsnt fayorsd sItaIy. const md
[Kocss rsJsetsd The schsms without
nek was ~ centli Al Nh cliiras
~ { - tAs pgWssI + and sins AN
| psn A ~ letts1 sagrAyatad ~,
~ ~ h9 ean1trts with ~ Turk1sA
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20
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e "a S8f 3I x NV M 7N1 733 ~ ~ vs.
DEMOC RATIO
CANDIDATES
|. in NEW YORK

9ArILLIAM sULZER. ths Demo
wv cratic candidate for Cover
V nor Of New York. was born
~ Effxafu.th " Marci,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-10-20
MRS. SARAH CHRISTOPHER.

] Shs Il an Inspector fn New Works. ire
Prevention Bureau. VI
New York has a5woman fire inspect
81. She IS Mrs Sarah w. n. Christie
pher. She has been assigned To the
cloak. suit md skirt factories Of the
city. which number over 800 and emf
ploy lOO, 900 persons. mostly women.
n Mrs Chrfstop pliers chief duties Will
~ 10 drill these employees II prevent
The oasis., 1912-09-28

state legislature for having enacted law which practically nullified, so far as is concerned its own operation. the boasted referendum. As pointed out in the article re- produced, the act was not publish ed until after the period in which it might be referred to the people, and few except those who engineer ed its adoption knew it was upon the statute book; then in it's appli- cation in various localities, a re- monstrance against its action re- quires signatures of one-half the voters, and but three weeks are given to secure such signatures.
 The act is also remarkably care less of the people, in that it gives power to a board of supervisors to grant any transportation corpora tion d right of way over any high.
 way within it's own county, except state roads, and makes it possible for any railway or interurban electric line to lay its tracks along any wagon road within the county, practically giving away valuable rights of way that have been made and paid for out from the public treasury. Had that been the law few years ago the boards of supervisors of Pima and Santa Cruz counties could have granted to the Tucson x Nogales Railroad right of way along the county road between Tucson and Calaba and to have pre- vented it there would have to have been presented to the board within three weeks after adoption Of the granting ordinance a remonstrance signed by fifty per cent of the qualified voters in both counties
The oasis., 1912-09-28

as shown in the last preceding election-a proceeding which would have been impossible.
 But THE OASIS is not at all suf. prised at the joker carried in the act under discussion by its Gila county contemporary. As time passes it will be discovered that there were other and fully far as reaching jokers in other acts passed by the first legislature of the state of Arizona. Hardly ever in the history of American states has there been legislative assembly that was dominated so completely by few men. The great body of legislators in both houses was plas. tic and pliable. Very few of the legislators are men of independent thought and action, and under the caucus system, which had full and unabated sway, those who might have made geod their opposition to dangerous and unworthy meas ures, were helpless. The little coterie which put up the jobs fixed things, all measures were consider. ed first without public discussion in caucus of the majority, which was subservient to the will of the willy manipulators, and when agreed to there that was an end to it. Any measure that came out of the secret caucus with approval of that body, was enacted. Op- position in either house was worse than useless
 Yet the journalistic claquers of the state administration of that legislature lose no occasion to as. sure the people of Arizona that they-said administration and le gislature-are the sum of all wis dom, and that should anything happen to them collectively the flower of human intelligence would be blasted.
The oasis., 1912-09-28
WAKE UPI WAKE Upl

Over in the eastern part of Santa Cruz county two weeks ago there were gathered for sake of social enjoyment and becoming acquaint- ed with one another, large num- Der of the new settlers in that re- zion. Of the new people in Santa Cruz county there were present nearly one hundred persons. And they were representative of nearly one hundred more. All of them have to eat groceries and wear clothing, beside using many other commodities which the merchants of Nogales have for sale. One would have thought that the business men of the line city would have seized the opportunity to attend that gather ing, to become acquainted with the new people and to make some ef- fort to draw this way the great and growing trade of that favored region, which within five years will be one of the wealthiest and most populous portions of Santa Cruz county. Yet not a single merchant of Nogales was present at that gathering, neither in per son nor by representative. There were there half dozen politicians looking for votes, and that was all the representation Nogales had at that important gathering, except THE OASIS editor (and perhaps he was out for votes as we'll as for news and subscriptions).
 Next year there will be at that gathering more than two hundred people, and within two or three years the annual picnic of the settlers in that part of the coun- ty will turn out several hun dred persons. One has reason to believe that a wide awake busi- ness community, such as the mer. chants of Nogales claim they are, would see the advantage in getting in touch with such a community as is growing up within their own
The oasis., 1912-09-28

county and profit by doing so. Were Nogales business men awake to their opportunity they would not let escape them dollars worth of the trade over in the Elgin region and San Rafael valley. They would be getting over there, making themselves ac- quainted, and making people over there friendly with them. They have an opportunity to tie to No- gales with the strongest interest growing communities whose trade will enrich and profit greatly themselves and the line city. Yet they fold their hands, and pay no attention to the great opportunity presented. The business men of Nogales should arrange to handle and find markets for all the pro duce which those regions will be sending forth, and they should be shipping into the country under consideration all the commodities that will be consumed by a large and prosperous population. Within a very short time now there will be coming out of the region THE OASIS Is discussing potatoes, corn, and beans by carloads, with poultry, eggs, butter and garden stuff galore, and few years later the fruit shipments will go forward by trainloads. In exchange there will be going into that region trainloads of groceries, hams, bacon, dry goods, hardware, and agricultural machinery and implements. Have not the business men of Nogales sufficient snap and business acumen to see what is going to happen over there, and get into the swim of the mercantile tide which is starting, and turn it this way? Unless they have they will not only miss what they can get by reaching out and corraling it, but they will lose one valuable asset they have already the county seat.
 This is serious matter. At the end of four years, at the farthest, the east end of Santa Cruz county will outvote all the rest Two years hence there will be at least two hundred voters over there, and in 1916 there will be five hundred That vote thrown solidly can take from Nogales the county seat and set it down wherever those voters like. This is no idle vagary. The land to support the voters is over there, and the voters are going in
 Nogales business men should awaken to the facts stated herein and make friends with them.
The oasis., 1912-09-28
WOULD BLAST THE BLOOM.

Elsewhere this week THE OASIS presents an article from the Globe Silver Belt which carries caustic comment upon the governor and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-06
In Early Days
"Repubhcan Simplicity" Was BY
No Means the Rule During
the Regime of Washington

president WASHINGTON never
i went to congress on public busi-
ness except in stage coach drawn
by six cream-colored horses. The
coach was an object which would ex-
cite the admiration of the throngs
even now In our streets. 1t was built
in the shape of hemisphere. and Its
panels were adorned with cupids sur
rounded with flowers. and fruits. The
coachman and positions were arrayed
In gorgeous liveries Of white and
scarlet.
The Philadelphia Gazette, a govern
ment organ, regularly gave out court
news for the edification Of the citi-
zens. From this journal the people
were permitted to learn as much as 1t
was deemed proper they should know
about the presidents movements, and
a fair amount Of space was also de-
voted to Mrs. Washington, who was,
however, not referred to as MRS.
Washington" but as "the amiable
consort of our beloved president"
When the president made his appear
ance at ball or a public reception a
dais was erected for him, upon which
he might stand apart from the throng,
and the guests or visitors bowed to
him in solemn silence.
Republican simplicity" has only
come in later times. Very few per-
sons presumed to shake hands with
General Washington. One Of his
friends, Governor Morris, rashly
undertook, for a foolish wager, to go
up to him and slap him on the shoul-
der, saying: my dear general, l am
happy to see you 80 we'll" At least
there Is a tradition to that effect. The
moment fixed upon arrived, and Mr..
Morris. already half-reDenting of his
wager, went up to Washington, placed
his hand upon his shoulder and ut
tered the prescribed words. Wash
ington, as the story has 1t, stepped
suddenly back, fixed his gaze upon
Morris for several moments with an
angry frown, until the latter retreated
abashed and sought refuge in the
crowd. No one else ever tried SIM
liar experiine"+ No royal levees were
more puncl. iiously arranged than
those of our first president
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-06

The Christian community, Wnlch rep
resents many denominations OF the
older churches, stand solidly together
IN q conviction of a possible repeti-
ton of the massacres. At Adana l
ad an interview with the leaders OF
the orthodox Greek church, the Greek
Catholic church, the Armenian cam
olic church, the Gregorian Armenian
church and the old Syriac church. ana
they were a unit in declaring that the
attitude of Islam toward Christians
has not changed. and that the worst
is still possible, although they have
confidence in the good intentions OF
the present Governor. Even the Rev.
w. n. Chambers, the American Board
missionary, who has been the lore
most figure in events subsequent 10
the massacres, and is easily the lead
er of the community, is under the
same cloud of depression. Small won
der. when he recalls the murderer
friends who died is his arms, and the
bodies which he rescued from mutila-
ton.
The argument for the possibility
of another massacre lies in the TACT
that there has been no change IN the
minds of the people. The Moslems
have not been made over by the pun
ishment of an inconspicuous few OF
their number. They still look upon
the Christians with antipathy The
village Moslem children cry az their
Christian playmates: 81 am going to
get that dress when we kill you
A Crop Of Orphans.
The aftermath of the massacres Is
the multitude Of orphans, each with
story as individual and as tragic as II
his were the only story OF sorrow IN
the land. I have met many at Tarsus,
where 5000 Armenians refugeed IN
tie American school, so that only two
hundred were slain. saw a little
boy of Z or s, whose father and broth
ers had been killed before his eyes.
I asked how he escaped. WITH a sig
nificant gesture he answered: Il lay
among the dead; that is, he had
fallen down as if slain and had wait
ed until the murderers left.
The mission schools are over
whelmed with these orphans. In Adana
they are so thick in one of the
schools. which the missionaries hope
may one day be made larger, that
they sleep on the floor so closely that
the teachers must pick their way
among their bodies in order to reach