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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

WILLIAM T. STEAD. thrpo months for
a political article entitled the maiden
Tribute" He founded the Review OF
Reviews in 1890 and the American Re
view of Reviews a year later.
Following these publications. he en-
tered journalism in Australia with a
publication known as the Australasian
Review of Reviews. After a visit to
the car in 1898 he began preaching
the propaganda Of universal peace,
founding and editing weekly called
War Against War. He attended The
Hague conference and later strongly
opposed the Boer war with a philippe
entitled "Shall I Stay My Brother
Boer?'"
In 1900 he proposed the formation of
the international union to combat mil
itarism and to secure the adoption Of
the recommendations of The Hague
conference. He wrote many works and
made many visits to this country.
Henry 3. Harris.
Henry B. Harris was born in st.
Louis Dec /. 1866. His father. Will
liam Harris. theatrical manager of
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He was the son of William Astor.
grandson of William 3. Aston ana
great-grandson OF the original john
Jacob Aston. founder of the house il
America.
John Jacob Aston spent bis early
schooldays at St. Paul's. Concord.
n. Fl. Thereafter he went to HarEard
where he was graduated in 1888. Aft
er extensive travels through Europe
and the West Indies he returned to
New York to devote himself to the
management of the great estates when
had been left to him by his father.
Three years after leaving Harvard
he was married. in 1891, to Miss Ava
L. Willing of Philadelphia. They had
two children. William Vincent Aston
who is now twenty, and Alice ten
years old. Soon after his marriage
Colonel Astor began building large
hotels, among them the Old Waldorf,
later Joined to the Astoria; the st,
Regis, Knickcrbocker and the Aston.
Colonel Astor got his title by ap-
Doi1tment OF Governor Morton's staff
and afterwaIl served in the Spanish
American wa!
Mrs. AstOr WAS awarded a divorce
On Nov. 6. 1909 The decree provided
that Mrs. Aston was l. have charge Of
her daughter. Alice. while Colonel AS
Cor took his son. Vincent
I On Sept 9. 1911. Colonel Astor mar
ried Miss Madeleine Talmage Force,
the eighteen-year-old daughter Of VIII
liam II Force of New York.
Isidor Straus.
/ Tsidur Straus was born In Rhenish
: Bavaria on Feb. 6. 1915. His father S
| family came to this country in 1852
and settled at Talbotton. Ga. lsldor
obtained common school education
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

70 vote, shall here give I4y reasons
Tor wishing the ballot:
because [ shall h2 4 citizen Of a
government Of the people. by tie peo-
pie. for the people, and women are
people,
"Because shall land do) have to
obey the laws just as men do. and it
is therefore right that l should have
some part in making tile laws.
Because women are human beings.
They have each soul and a brain,
as well as the physical body. They are
therefore as clever and noble minded
as men. Yet they are not allowed the
same right that men have. Why?
There is no good reason.
rs not Liberty represented as Wo-
man? Yet women are not allowed even
the liberty of voting.
MANY people say that voting would
interfere with the woman's hOusework.
but it does not interfere with the mans
work in Office. store. factory or other
business.
MANY women own property and pay
taxes on it. They should have some
part in making these taxes"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

that Harris got his first training as
theatrical man. becoming connected
with the famous old Howard Athe-
naeum there. He remained identified
with that house for several years, leav-
ing it to become partner in the firm
of Rich & Harris. for many years ac-
live in the theatrical history of Bos-
tor. 1t was during his association with
this firm that he laid the foundations
Of his future success by number of
highly successful ventures. Among the
stars whom he managed in number
Of successful plays at this time were
May Irwin. Pete Daley and Mrs. Lang
try.
He also produced The Climbers"
with Amelia Bingham in the principal
feminine role. and the success of this
play went far toward paving the way
for Harris entry into New York. After
launching Robert Edeson on his star
ring career Harris became manager of
the Hudson theater in 1903.
He acquired the Hackett theater In
1906 and soon after won one of the big
gest victories of his whole career with
Charles Klein's 1.-The Lion and the
MorSo"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

prepared himself for that institution
He was then sixteen years old. and.
with the war fever in the air. he vol
unteered for the Confederate army.
He assisted in the organization OF
company of which his comrades had
chosen him lieutenant.
When he offered himself. however.
he was Informed that the Confederacy
did not have the guns sufficient to arm
It's men and wanted no boys. so he en-
tered his fathers store. Here ne remain
ed two years. when an opportunity came
to him to go to England and remain
in the employ of company there until
the close Of the war His father had
in the meanwhile moved to Columbus.
Ca, and was seriously thinking OK
moving to Philadelphia to start anew
In business His son favored NeT
York instead. and. his advice prevail
ing, the family removing to New York
Mr.. Straus was. with his brothers.
the owner of two of the largest de
partment stores in New York. He
held a prominent place in the field OF
philanthrophy and was supporter OF
almost every charitable institution in
New York regardless of creed He
also was a director in several banking
and financial institutions.
He was a member of the Fifty third
congress and served on the ways ana
means committee His brother. Oscar.
has been minister to Turkey aud WAS
secretary of commerce and labor ir:
President Rooseve!t's cabinet
Major Archibald Butt.
Major Archibald Wllingham Butt.
who WAS President Taft's military aid
was born in Georgia forty one years
ago For several years before he span
ish war he was II newspaper correspond
ent In Washington. representing AT one
time the Louisville Post. the Atlanta
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05


won a much coveted prize in his first
year. His success obtained for him the
position of secretary to Charles Fran
els Adams when the latter was ap-
pointed commissioner to the Vienna ex-
position of 1873. Though only twenty
seven. Millet managed there to keep
up his art studies. do his duties as sec
rotary and report the exposition for
two New York newspapers.
In 1876 he returned to his native
country and got to work harder than
ever. Not only did he report the Cen
tennial exposition at Philadelphia for
the Boston Advertiser. but he found
time TO assist John La Fargo in deco
rating Trinity church. Bostons most
famous place of worship.
In 1877 he became a correspondent
In the Russo-Turkish war and acquit-
ted himself so brilliantly that his work
attracted the attention Of the editors
of the London Daily Mail. who appoint
ed him their correspondent TO succeed
the celebrated Archibald Forbes. Mil
let was by the side of the Russian Gen
eral SkobeIeff in good part OF the
liveliest fighting in the war and wrote
thrilling descriptions of the big events
Of the campaign. He also drew graphic
sketches and emerged from the war
with no less than six decorations for
| bravery under fire.
After that he went to Paris and de-
voted himself for awhile to serious an
study He was chosen member of the
! fine arts jury of the Paris exposition
| In 1878. Returning to Boston. he mar
ried and lived there for awhile. but in
! 1881 he was again on the move. making
| sketches in Europe. Soon after he set
tied down in Worcestershire. England
!, Charles Melville Hays.
Charles Melville Hays was president
of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway companies and was
considered one of the most brilliant
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

elected on tie face of the returns. but
deprived Of the Office after contest.
In 1908. at state convention at
Nashville. Chairman Sanders was al
but killed by men of the opposing fac
tional wing. He was dragged from
the stand and his clothes torn from
him.
Directly traceable to Mr.. Sanders
was the election two years of Ben w.
Hooper for governor over Senator Tay-
Tor.
Senator Sanders is tall. well proper
toned. impressive in manner. not
hasty in speech and an organizer
whose personality apparently carries
weight wherever he goes. He would
not be classed in any sense as an
orator or one who on the platform
would create any particular impress
sion. but his power is rather In the Pc,
liticaI friends be has made in his COM
oaratively short career and rhe alliance
ne il said to have formed With in
iuential interests In Washington
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
tor family uDon the dp1th O

tOr Iamlly upon the death o.
his father. Colonel John Jacob AStur
IL the Titanic disaster, is not yet TWEEN,
ty-one years Old. He was born Ell
Nov. 10, 1891, in the Old William 8st2c
mansion, at Fifth avenue and Thirty
fourth street, New York. where tn.
Waldorf-AstOria now stands.
He was a delicate child, and un3:
he entered Harvard last autumn h2
spent about six months Of each year
at his fathers country house. at Fern
cliff, on the Hudson, three months at
Newport, and three months at the
New York town house. He was always
somewhat tall, with dark. straight
hair and dark blue eyes. resembling
his father especially as to the lower
part of the face
He has always been fond of yacht
ing and automObiling. He accompanied
his father on the trip to the West In
dies two years ago. in which the AS
tor yacht, Nourmahal, was not heard
from for several weeks. John jacob
Astor and his son Vincent were be-
lieved to have been drowned and their
vessel wrecked at that time.
Vincent Aston has been thrown par
ticularly into his fathers company
since his mother. Mrs. Ava Willing
Astor, obtained her divorce from John
Jacob Aston. in November 1909. Tn,
der the divorce decree John jacob AS
tor was to have custody of Vincent
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
VINCENT AsToR.


and Mrs. Astor of the only other child
of the marriage. Muriel, now. ten
years old At the time Of the divorce
the amount of John Jacob Astor's set
Element on his wife was not made
public, but it was said to be $4,000
600 in cash, on the provision that this
sum would later revert to Muriel.
Vincent Astors rumored engagement
to various young society girls has been
made the subject of gossip for the last
year or two. The young man. just be-
fore going to Harvard last autumn.
however, said he wasn't engaged to
any one and that his only interest was
in his studies.
The John Jacob Astor fortune has
been estimated at $100.O00,000. John
Jacob Astor's real property holdings
alone were stated authoritatively last
autumn to be worth more than SAL
100000. The Thirty fourth street half
Of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. part OF
his estate, is assessed at more than
$s,3o0.0O0.
The S1OO,O00000 estate. 1t is under
stood. will be divided between Vincent
Astor and his stepmother, who is about
his age. Just how it is Of course I'M
possible to say.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

during his years
Of work as a newspaper writer was u
write for magazines, and he pf0uuceu
several novels based on his life IN
Mexico and the south that rose TO
more than ordinary level Of finish am
interest
His entry in the army was due to the
late Major General II. c. Corbln, VINO
was adjutant general during the span
ish war and the years following ana
who selected Butt as one of twenty
young officers to go into the fifteen
new volunteer regiments to go to the
Philippines.
While in the islands he wrote sew
eral reports on handling animals in
the tropics that attracted attention.
and one of his military articles so
pleased President Roosevelt that he
later asked him to become his military
aid On his return from the Philip
pines Butt was given commission in
the regular army and sent to Cuba
with the army of occupation. He was
stationed at Havana and did very good
! service there. w lIulu ulOulH oItSA
his return to duty in the quartermas-
ter's department President Roosevelt
| had him detailed to duty as one of his
| personal aids
| He was a bachelor and lived in
! fine old mansion in Washington. where
! he entertained his old friends in hand
! some style.
Major Butt was a graduate of Sc
! vance university. Tennessee. He was
promoted to the grade a year ago aft
er an eleven years record Of most
excellent service He had a brother
= ,.Tfng in London, where his mother
died a few years ago.
Frank D. Millet.
Frank D. MiIlet a noted artist and
correspondent was born at MattapOi-
satt, Mass. in 1916 His adventurous
temperament led him to enlist as a
drummer boy ut the beginning of the
civil war. He was soon promoted to
the position of assistant in the sur
geons' corps. which he held for year.
seeing a great deal of active service.
When the war was over he returned
to Massachusetts and entered Harvard.
On graduation he went into journal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH AND THE TITANIC.
pool. His first command was the Bes-
sic Gibson. pretty ship in her day,
that made fortune for her owners.
He rose rapidly and after having had
command of sailing vessels. Joined the
White Star as fourth officer
He was tall and Of weight proper
tionate to his height His white hair.
white whiskers and mustache made
him called by those who have voyaged
frequently under his care the Grand
Old Man of the Sea" Except the mis-
haps with the Olympic and the trouble
at the opening Of the i'll fated voyage
of the Titanic. he had never had an
accident
Captain Smith vas essentially care
full navigator He never took chances.
He attended himself to every detail Of
his duty and never left to Others what
he ought to see to himself
His home was at Southampton. Eng
land. and he had a charming wife and
a pretty daughter fourteen years old.
His hobby was reading. and he kept
himself closely posted on both Ameri-
can and English politics. as well as
other forms Of news.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

JACQUES or Jacobus, the French and
Latin names of the Stuart kiug in
& whose reign the superimposed crosses
Of St George and ST. Andrew were
placed in the canton of the British flag
to indicate the union of England and
Scotland.
.In that generally accepted view
gof the case the name appropriate
<sly belongs to that part Of the British
Gag, but it is /; mfsnomer to apply X to
the canton of the American flag. with
which .Jacobus Rex certainly had MOTH
Ing to do unless simply to set the ex-
ample of placing union emblem on
the canton"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

often u fatal enemy. The tsetse flies
swarm about sunset. travelling near
the ground and they have been known
to poison entire herds of cattle Mr.
Ok receives ii bath before he dons the
habiliments Of civilization. This bath
consists of oil and resin and is sup
posed to free the animal Of all ticks
and parasites. His ''panties" are then
thoroughly soaked in oil and resin, and
when the swarms Of flies come In con-
tact with the trousers legs they die by
the thousands.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
MARY TAFT HoLTz.
Twelve. year-oId Girl Whose Suffrage
Reasons Won Prize,

Mary Taft Holtz. twelve years old.
Of Brooklyn entered a competition
started by the Women's Political IN
ion, offering cent a word for the best
answer of 800 words to the question
why am | a sutfragistT'
Miss Hotz's reply was conceded to
be the best Of the many received. 1t
follows in part:
why am a suffragist? am not
yet a woman, but when | I'M | want
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
NEWELL SANDERS.
:ls Is the New United States Senator
From Tennessee.


Newell Sanders. who was appointed
United States senator by GoveTno"
HOOPER of Tennessee to succeed the late
Robert /. Taylor. is a native Of In
diana, having been born in Owen coun-
ty July II. 1850, He is graduate OF
the University Of Indiana From 1873
to 1917 he was a merchant in bloom
ington. In 1873 he began the manu-
facture of plows in Chattanooga. and
for twenty years he was president. OF
the Chattanooga Pillow company In
1901 he established Il plow company
that bears his name, He was dele
gate to the national Republican con-
ventions of 1902 and 1906 and has been
chairman of the state committee since
1904. .,.a.
He managed the memorable cam
paign of f. Clay Evans for the gov
ernorship in 1894 and his man was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

note. Is now aSSO-
ciated with the
firm Of Klaw &
Erlanger. The son
received his edu-
cation at the pub
lie schools in st.
Louis and later in
Boston. to which
city his parents
moved while be
was yet a boy. 1t
was in the Mas
sach11SattS capitai
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

ism. joining the
staff of the Bos-
ton Advertiser.
Later he was city
editor of the BOs-
ton Courier and
head Of the Bos-
ton s a t u r d a y
Evening Gazette.
In 1911 he took
up the study of
art at the Royal
academy in Ant
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

which he supple
nented with a
classical course at
Collirsworth in
stitute. 1t was his
ambition to enter
West Point Mill
tary academy. and
probably he would
have done so had
not the war brok-
en- out just at the
tir,oa that hf, had
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

any accession or
style in the South
African s e t t | O.
IN ents. but the
garments have be-
come a necessity
to protect the ami
mails fro N the
tsetse flies. which
GRO n t1ru1onf and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
William r. Stead.

Northern E c h o.
published at Oar
linGton, l@ter be
coming an assist
ant editor Of the
Pail Mall Gazette
in 1880. Three
years later he be
came editor Of
t h a t publication
and in 1889 WAS
inlDriSOnpd t or
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

posed. The Marine
Journal says that
the origin of the
phrase union jack
is uncertain. but
that ''the weight
of evidence is to
the effect that 1t
roc dnrirod from
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

at the City of
Mexico when for
mer Senator Matt
". Ransom Of
n ort b Carolina
was minister and
remained t b er e
until the death Of
Ransom, when he
returned to news
paper work in
WashiE gtOn. One
Of his diversions
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
NOT A UNION JACK.

star spaneled Canton on American
Flag Is Union.
Those who speak of the star spangled
canton on the American flag as ''un-
ion jack" do so enormously. 1t is right
ly called the union" but the term
Jack" is applied correctly only to the
similar canton on the British ensign.
In which the crosses of st. George. st.
Andrew and st. Patrick are superim-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

and successful Of railroad officials. Ee
was born at Rock Island. H.. May 16
1866
His first work in the railroad world
was in the passenger department Of
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad III 81
Louis He WIS soon promoted to az
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
Cows In Panties Safe From Flies,

Cape Town dispatches say that the
latest thing in the s0rtorial line is
trousers for oxen This method Of
clothing beasts of burden is not due to
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

NOTED MEN
LIVES ON
Colonel John Jacob Aston, IsidGT
Strdu5 and Major Archibald
Butt Among Them.
neutrality-suspicious. ~ea"-

ANY we'll known persons we~'
among the paSaeM-erS WA
lost their lives il tAe G.
structiOu of the White star
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

+,,a 11;,. CHARLES NJ. WAYS.
souri Pacific railroad. In 1885, he h~-
came assistant general MANAGER If Il '
road. one year luJer he was "ul'5'H =
general manager of the Wabash. -
Louis and Pacific and later Lpsmmt
manager of the Wabash Western
When the constellation Of tie Wa.
bash lines took place Mr.. Hays WAS
made vice president of the company
and general mama ger of the lines CT
the whole system.
In 1897 he completed the reOrg2niZa-
ton of the Central Vermont Railway
company. subsidiary line of the
Grand Trunk. of which he was then
president.
Upon the death Of the late Coils Z.
Huntington. the president and large
owner in the Southern Pacific com
pany and steamship lines, controlling
inward Of 10000 miles, Mr.. Hays was
the first choice for his successor, an!
the appointment WAS made Jan. l, 1901
In the autumn Of tie same year Il" r.
signed and was recalled to take chaT&"
Of the Grand Trunk Railway Company
Of Canada, becoming second vice pT@Sl-
dent and general manager Jan. |, 1907
On Jan. /. 1910. Mr., HAYS was eject
ed a member of the board Of directors
Of the Grand Trunk Central Railway
company and on that date YVES made
president of the company and its con-
soIidated lines and subsidiary raiLrGat
and steamship companies.
Mr.. Hays had been in full charge OF
the company's affairs in America.
William r. Stead.
William T. Stead was the editor OF
the English Review Of Reviews ana
was known as an advocate of inter
national peace and as an investigator
of psychical phenomena. He was born
in Embleton. England, July .. 1919
His father was the Rev. W. Stead. a
CONGREGATIONAL minister. He was edu-
Gated in Silcoats school, Wakefield. and
upon leaving that institution at the
age of fourteen was made an appren-
tice in merchants office.
He entered journalism and at TWEEN
ty-two years of age was editor OF the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05


liner Titanic" Men of wealth and gen
ius were in the list, and the story OF
how they lost their lives i'll order thar
the women and children might De
saved is one of magnificent h"roisn~
Calm and courageous they went -
their death. and the memory Of the&
noble devotion to duty will forever tc-
main a splendid inspiration.
Following are sketches Of some OF
the prominent victims:
Colonel JOHN Jacob Astor.
Colonel John Jacob Aston, the Amer
lean head Of the .Ast0r family. n1t ~
and owned more hotels and S5yScrHp-
ers than any other New Yorker At
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05

important position
in the office Of the
auditor Of the road
and ter was
transferred to the
general Superin-
tendpnt'S Office,
where he remain
ed until ISL.
That year he was
made secretary to
.J.o -,,arnI ISnn-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-05
Vincent, New
Head of the
Aston Family

W. y LILLIAN VINCENT ASTOR,
49, who became head of the
" W American branch Of the As.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-25
FEDERATION To
AID ACCUSED
FUNDS WILL BE RAISED TO
HELP DEFEND THOSE ON TRI-
Al AT INDIANAPOLIS.

Rochester. \. Y, Nov. 24.-The
American Federation OF Labor decid-
ed today to ask the nuions affiliated
with it to raise money for the de-
fense of the alleged dynamiters who
are OF trial in Indianapolis.
The resolution adopted ~ the con-
yention was:
That delegates 10 the convention
on their return, advise their inter-
national unions and local bodies to
provide financial assistance for the
nnionists on trial in indianapolis to
aid them in securing a fair trial and
in appealing the cases should fair
trial be denied them"
The resolution also urged that the
men on trial be not convicted