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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
WOMEN AS STREET
CAR CONDUCTORS

The hiring of women as street. car
conductors by the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company is a novel step that
is arousing much attention. The por-
lions of the Industrial world reserved
for men only are growing pretty small.
There need be no question of wo-
mems ability to perform the duty Of
car conductors. They will have change
computed while the meNwould be blum
dering through their trousers pockets
4 snap Of their teeth will make drunk
en- roughs quail, while men would
have to take off their coats and fight
to preserve order. N
Furthermore, generous minded men
are glad to see women capture any
field of labor in which they are able
to succeed. The man who snivels be-
cause woman has got his job away
from him Is usually one who also fails
in the racewith men, r
Furthermore, when you think of all
the rough and incompetent men who
somehow succeed In getting good
bright women as wives, you can't re
sist sympathy with the effort Of wo
men to place themselves on an indie
pendent basis, where they won't have
to pick up any ole piece Of male drift
wood that may come along.
The principal objection to all this Il
: minnie invasion of new fields. lies II
the question whether the result will b
the placing of new burdens on mother
of families. The admission Of VIC
men into factories xhas had the ten
dency to deprive the working-man an
his children of the home tended by tn
wifely and mother heart.
When the workingman must put u
with a cold dinner because his helI
mate is transplanted from the coo
stove to the mill, when the childre
run loose aand unwashed and III
coddled through the streets becaus
Mother is tending loom, there Is
social loss that no amount Of none
can replace. Ell
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
soaAH AND THE CONSTITUTION

Some very interesting discussion Of
the constitution is being had at this
time. One Of the most interesting
events was the dinner Of the Penn
sylvania society held Saturday night
in New York at which James Bryce.
retiring British ambassador, and Sena-
tor Borah Of Idaho were speakers. Am
bassador Bryce is recognized critic
and admirer Of the American constitu-
ton and it was to his published work
upon the government Of the United
States that Senator Borah referred in
one part Of his address. The occas-
ion of the New York meeting, COM
memorating the 125th anniversary OF
the framing of the constitution, was es
pecially adapted to discussion Of this
subject.
Colonel Roosevelt added to the In
terest of the general subject in his
recent Chicago speech in which he
likewise referred to that instrument
! He there said:
I'VE hold with Abraham Lincoln
/ that the people are the masters
of the constitution. We believe IL
the constitution, and for that very
; reason we contemptuously thrust as.d'
the efforts OF the reactionaries to turf
it into fetish for the obstruction o
justice. The constitution was creates
: to secure justice. and we refuse to a
: low it to be so perverted as to becom
a BARTER tetweon the people and
: justicet
e senatol Borah. who delivered one c
I {th| -sseetEes at the Me-
ssrday night also spok
~ to make Of tn
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30
THE PARCELS POST
AND THE MERCHANTS

a
The new parcels post law has been
viewed with a great deal of misgiv-
ing by retail merchants everywhere.
However, It should give them new op.
portunities Of which they have had
little conception.
It improves their position a. respects
distant mail order houses. A mall
order house 300 to 900 miles away
must pay 60 cents to get 10 pound
parcel mailed. The local merchant
serving the same article to a so
mile territory, can get the same thing
carried for 80 cents. He can send 1t
for local delivery. including such rural
routes a. may start at the home post
office, for II cents.
A mail order house over 1000 miles
away must pay 81 cents to get such
a parcel mailed.
It should be possible for the local
merchants Of this town to develop a
good trade in the outlying country for
material to be delivered by parcels
kost.
Suppose a farmer wants steak fol
dinner. He can order it by telephone
and have it mailed within so miles fol
eight. cents. The possibilities fol
the development Of this business art
unlimited. The postage is cheaper thai
the time he would spend in the pro
vision store making bis purchase and
paying tor Isl at
TIE outlying country around this
town, there is thus q great potentia
trade waiting for someone to get.
will go to the man who gets after i
with advertising. &tf.-.
The people In the farm home rarel!
pass the town merchants shop win
dow. They will do their shoppin
through the newspaper. There tn
merchant has chance to show thel
his goods. It b great show win
dow in which the entire communit
looks every day. Formerly high e.
press charges threw obstacles aroun
mail order business to the near I
territory. Now the lower rates an
the spread OF rural delivery open
big new field for the merchant wit
an outlying country to draw fror
Advertising in this newspaper W
bring this business.
.,.mist office. Advertisers
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30

a sort Of ark of the cove
nant which must not be touched by
the profane hands Of the people In
whose behalf it was ostensibly written
and adopted. He said:
Those who have been disposed to
look upon the great charter - An In
spired document will find In q renewed
study Of its growth and adoption am
pA facts with which to dispel the
supeFstition. 80 We are seeking
to adjust the details Of tho govern
ment to an industrial life Of which
the fathers never dreamed-the re-
suit must for time remain in doubt.
With political power in the hands Of
the majority and wealth drifting more
and more into the hands Of the mi
nority, the supreme test Of the consti-
tuition is still in the future. The Of
feet Of another hundred years upon
the fundamental law no one is wise
enough to foretell nor foolish enough
W dbeCAApI w PAORAOoy" ~
true friend, therefore, Of these insti-
tutions, the real defenders and pro-
tectors Of the constitution are
men and women who seek to better
conditions and make more prosperous
sanitary and wholesome the life OF t I
average citizen, who at the risk Of
being charged with insincerity and de-
magoguery are looking to the physical
! and moral being OF those and their
children who have been less successful
than their, brothers in the gathering
Of this worlds goods. The statesman
who raises the average of good citi-
zenship, who diffuses contentment and
happiness and loyalty throughout the
home of the disconnected and discour
aged, who sees not alone to the cold
legal rights of man but to the doing
of social justice as well must in the
end rank as the real defender OF the
constitution. IA
Senator Borah, however. included
words of caution upon the other side
He said:
"Those who are prone to regard i
as obsolete, cumbersome and impracti
cable will find more than enough t.
dispel the illusion In its Fundamental
q conception it can never become obso
4 lete until a peoples government be
I comes ANCIENT and out Of
J. shall be conce{ 80
q of power, the Sxchanse Place
and intrigue"
Ambassador -,
II things, said:
" Both the ID
q self and all tho4
e which have beeQ'
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30

lines have had the effect Of steadying
the machinery Of government, of slow
ing down impulses, Of securing r.
spect for the rights Ct every man and
every section Of tbs leople. Such ser
vices would seem to you much more
wonderful II it were not that you
are 50 familiar with them. Look at
other popular governments and see
how much they have suffered from
the want of similar safeguards il you
wish fully to realize what your consti-
tutions. federal AMI state. have done
for you.
EVERY government in which popular
sovereignty is recognized needs to be
in some way or other steadied.
"With you. where class counts for so
much less than 1t does in Europe and
where traditions have not had SO much
power, there have been many moments
whenthings would have gone badly had
It not been for the respect you have
all formed for the constitution. In
particular, you have shown the world
how it Is possible to reconcile ma
tional unity with the existence Of local
enlightenment in larger and smaller
communities over the immense spaces
Of Q continent. a problem which a
. century and half ago every one
would have thought insoluble. Thus
has the constitution of the United
States become, by the example Of its
workings and the halo of fame which
now surrounds it. one of the vitalizing
forces Of the world. IA
! "Let us honor the memory Of the
illustrious men who rendered this in
comparable and enduring service not
only to you. but to all mankind
One point we want to make in all
This is the recognition Of the need OF
change. Sometimes those changes are
made by the people: sometimes they
are made by the courts through judi.
cial construction, number of which
charges could be cited. Even Ambassa
dor Bryce. reared as he has been un.
der the atmosphere Of opposition to
governmental changes, is forced to ad
init. theoretically. at least, the neces
! sity for change. His point relative
to too hasty changes is good, bu,
hardly pertinent in view Of the history
sch sAanges. as have occurred
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30

IN give you q better clubbing
ssshan any
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-30

Clean. soft cotton rags wanted at
rs,.,;st office. Advertisement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24
SELECT DATE FOR
OFFICERS CAMP
State Military Board Decides on
Winchester as Most Suit
l. able Location.

Details of the general plan outlined
In The Times Dispatch for the officers
camp wore perfected yesterday morn
ing when the state Military Board
met IN q Hangover" session from
Friday night. The camp, for tho mill
tary instruction of infantry officers
of tho Virginia Volunteers. Will be
conducted for one week at Winchester.
and viii be under the supervision OF
United States army officers. The State
officers. $50 in all, Will so into camp
on May 20.
Virginia troops will be ordered to
hit. Gretna. Pa for the Joint encamp-
ment of militia. and United States
regulars about July 10, said Adjutant-
General Sale after the meeting yes
terdny. The infantry regiment Will
have about two weeks IN this camp.
while the artillery batteries viii be
rent TO Fort Riley. Kan. TO manocuvre
with the army batteries.
The question of a keeper for the
rife ranse al Virginia Beach was not
settled because no suitable candidate
was presented. According to the OIL
cials. capable keeper Is needed IL
the range ls to BIO maintained in proper
ahape
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24

than ever before, he thought, with the
approach of tho completion of nhe
Panama Canal
He could not see tho consistency.
ne said. In the present plan which
proposes to charge American vessels
The same tolls which will be imposed
on foreign shipping. in Wow of the in
variable law in force on, all inland
waterways that no American vessel
shaii be charged any tolls whatever.
IL the principle Is sound on the inland
waterways. improved and maintained
at the expense of thu government. II
was equally right. in his opinion. for
inc Panama Canal constructed br tho
mutton ut an expense of many millions
secretary Nagel concluded with n
warning against the tendency to lool,
LOT relief from unhealthy business
conditions. to such improved modern
iles as initiative. referendum and re-
call instead of n sturdy shoulderinp
OF the burden and an earnest effor, to
remedy evils by psrfeo,ing the gov
ernmental machinery now In force.
ny way of parting. Secretary Navel
PAID warm tribute to President Taft
as 4 President OF the whole IJnited
states, without favorittsm or sectional
prejudice Tho reference was loudly
applaudcd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24
RUNAWAY Bird c
GOES. BACK HOME
Mrs. Wombaugh Found at
Forest Hill Residence, En-
gagged as a Houscmaid.

While the telegraph wires were
carrying messages back and forth in
an effort to locate Mrs. o. L Wom-
baugh. ninctcen-year-old girl VINO
was married six months ago, and
whose sudden disappearance from Oak
Ridge. n. c.. on Wednesday night led
to the arrest of Boyd II. Sing. col
lege student. Detective Sergeant Wren
found hor yesterday at tho homo r
Mrs NJ. c. Mann. ut Forest HIN, where
she was engaged on Friday as house.
maid. Thoroughly repentant, Mira.
Wombaugh Joined her uncle. Professor
A. d. Holt, principal of Oak Ridge
institute. and returned With him to
North Carolina last night.
According to 4 statement which Pro-
lessor Holt telephoned to The Times
Dispatch last night. his niece has not
been with Sing since the two disap-
peared from Oak Ridge on Wednes-
day night.
Says She Didn't EIopc
MY niece did not go away with tho
young man as we had thought" said
Professor Holt. "She was determined
TO leave her husband with whom she
could not get along. and Sling went
away from school about tho same time.
L think IT was his Intention to join r.
but she tells me that she would not
have done so even II Sing had made
the effort. My niece is very happy
to return to Durham where she will
begin work in her uncle's law ofIioe on
Monday"
During the conversation with Profes-
sor Holt. the telephone connection
which often happens-was broken. and
he could not be located again before
he left the city. Consequently, no
statement could be obtained from him
as to whether or not the criminal pro-
ceedings against Sing would end.
After her arrival in Richmond on
Thursday night Mrs. Wombaugh
stopped at downtown hotel. Friday
morning she was in Broad Street
store and had asked 20 be directed to
the headquarters of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association. Miss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24

gel, FOR n company organized il New
Jersey or any other State to unticl-
pate its reception In q. sister State.
In Arkansas. understand. they havo "a
simple way of managing things That
must compete; IL you don't you uTe
guilty. But II you compete enough to
hurt anybody else. then you are guilty,
too Surely no country but the prod
igal United States could exist under
such system.
"Thors is no agency Mt present in
tho United States to determine what
shall constitute proper organization
except tho Supreme Court. That body
has virtually und ertaken to luy down
the rules under which Interstate cor
porations shall do business, and the
worst feature of It Is that It's decision
is final Instead of having an admin.
istrative body to regulate business, we
have court OF last resort. from whose
decision there Is no appeal"
Advocates Mcr, aunt Marine.
In the course of his address Secre-
tary Nagcl found time to urge upon
his hearers the benefits which would
accrue to American commerce, from a
we'll established merchant marine. He
had no intention. he said, OIL arguing
ship subsidies.
He didn't care how the merchant
marine came, but that 1t must come
before American manufacturers are to
compete In equitable terms with those
OF foreign nations he was ccrtuin. The
need was more insistent at this time
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24
BITTER AGAINST MEN
Lndy Cook, Militant Sunrnrette. s,
Harsh Things,

huus COOK, Militant SufYrnEette, Saw.
Harsh Things.
Washington, March ear 81 hadn.,
oeen for the fact that their wives or
osrhphers-women Mt any rate
wrote their speeches, not more TIA N
mar the Senators and REPRESENTATIVES
would ever have secured their iohs -
according to the declaration M 'Gady
tennessee Claflin Cook, AmorIco.s
ORIG lnal militant suffragette. here 20
night. Incidentally, she said ha rSh
Things about manhood OF the present
generation.
Not until we have gotten rid o.
. ,li, generation OF blatherlng rou,s
VIII we women get our rights" tho
sultraEette asserted. III women hod
me vote don't believe we would
exercise the ballot. but II is the prjn-
cipie OF the thing we wal T."
JeEeheracy OF men of the present
gay, Lady Cook said, arose trom the
pelcf that II was an absolute neces
SHY nhet young man should sow wild
Il am not a race suicide exponent, "
she CONTINUED, but I think fewer chill
aren in families and more attention
TO mankind"
Lad Lady Goo Cook appeared before a con-
sressional committee in 1870, asking
tor womens suffrage; on Monday she
expects 20 ask the same COMMITTEES OF
'he senate Tor tho same privilege.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24

Beardslsy. of tho association, CHANGED
10 DC near. so she introduced herself
ana took tho girl to tho Office on North
ruth Street Sho gavo her name as
Miss Hope.
In looking after the welfara Of many
strange girls who come TO the city
without escorts. Miss Beardsley though,
mat Miss Hope was not Miss Hope and
'hat there was something strange con
nected with her visit But she wanteo
work Mrs. Manns application for n
houssmaid was on file. and Mish Homo
was sent to her home and employed.
Everybody was struck with the girls
beauty.
Girl Quickly Found.
Early yesterday morning Miss
Beardsley called up detective head.
quarters and asked Captain McMahon
II the polica anywhere were looking
ior girl. Sergeant Wren was semi
TO the Young Womens Christian Asso
citation to get Information from ME-,
beardsiey. and when he returned 10
adquarters. Professor Holt came in
win the request that the department
assist In tho search for his niece rhc
search was really ended befor. II be.
gan Tor Sergeant Wren went irm..
oiately to Forest Hill with Professor
MOTT tho latter remaining some dis
lance from the Mann residence unt,l
nc got the signal 10 approach. NJ.
ON oaugh was perfectly wiililE TO rt.
turn She went to Murphy Hotel
with her uncle and remained there
until the two got an evening tray, for
North Carolina
sing. the student. was arret,ed In
GREENSBORO on charge OF abduction
ana was held in default OF $4,000 bail.
ms nome Is in Florence. S. c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24
brother. John T.. Jr. ana two sisters.
1 SWa 3, Hattie G. Hushes and Mrs. W. N.

Mss Mss Hattie Hat G. Hughes and Mrs. ". n.
Jo.eph Young Anderson.
Soseph Young Anderson, only SON of
resdda Goarie Al Anderson. dicd at his
ness. MI. Anderson was oonnectad
and Madh b nanade msp; Lewis. Gray Company,
grioved by this announcement OF his
suuaen death. He is survived 81 his
H. Watson Boisseau,
O.. ye Ma.son B9isseau died in Toledo.
was an old Richmond boy. and wss
Mar,eeUn OF the late DR.. II. W. and
6roth un H. H., soisseau. He leaves two
Nu NIP boisseau: Mrs. r. l.. Bailey and
s ,.,I George d. Wilson. HIS renaina
ARA mra Se brought hero for burial. and
announced later.
rsnec,o, #. Lieb.
ue aotSito The Iimes.Disp9tchJ
aged eighty ono years. died a., Sis
nome nom near Burgess Store, this morn.
ms after q long Illness
,e o. L. aicKcnney.
Especial TO The 1im.s- Dispatch
McK ea.nsvilio. Va. March 80. l.
s siisn,eaney died In this county. aged
The funeral servicea Will be condmetc 1
1y Rev: p. L Hardcastie. assisted Sv
Ny Sioos Mckenney. OF Kensington,
Mekenney leaves. besides u widow
FOUR Eone.
IL. IL. shnckeIford.
Gi o,p,"aas 70 Inc Times y ispatch.I
II; Shackelford died at his home in
G,hSEucester county. near Shackeiford,
erai monthss' at Mr an Illness Of sew.
iargeiy engaged in business. and was a
=, iiitnent member of the Belomes NJ.
Wife, three dah nc Is survived BY his
SMt df,.. Orange. n. j.. Mrs. Samuel
WdiII iiaYy' M MgNH,,lnaGton. W. Va; Mrs
coward Shackelford and Frank
S2naekeiford, Gloucester. H. H. shncEeil
s sGra n %as tho brother OF Munscll
June by Netus Walker. who is now
s.Srt,ng eighteen years In tho peni-
Especial to The Times DIspatch.1
~ Asheville. y. G.. March ss.GJ. w.
TAYLOR. who has been resident of
"a ,n's ely in for the past soyen yeare. died
performed In nm effort to save his lie
S Sr. ,Iiayi9r moved to Asheville from
iaken TO that place for interment. He
Tren, Mrs Harry Voorhees, and 4. T.
sonic order '"' ''"
Dcnthn at saIem.
;, salem. Va. March 23.--Miss Clara
Mo9re. aged fourteen years. died last
night at II o'clock at the home OF her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs G. F. Moore. on
Market Street, after ucing Ill three
weeks with pneumonia. Besides her
parents. she leaves several sisters and
brothers.
Mrs Amanda Grant aged eighty
Lour years. wife OF the late Frederick
cram, for many years depot agent