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The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
WOMEN TAKE
ACTIVE PART
IN GOVERNMENT
Are Lawmakers in Asiatic
Countries, Says Mrs. Carrie
C.. Gait
SAYS FUTURE OF ORIENT
DEPENDS UPON WOMEN
Women Office Seekers Those
Who Opposed Suffrage, Says
Noted Leader of Suffragists

sAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. lS.-
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
OF the International Women's Suffrage
alliance, returned to the United States
recently after visiting South Africa.
India. China, japan, Java and the
Philippines for the purpose of investi-
eating the opportunities women have
TO exercise suffrage In these countries
and their general condition, especial
;ly In matters OF education.
The surprising fact learned by Mrs.
Gait Ii that, while women in America
have been struggling for political rec
ignition here on an equality with men,
the cause of womanhood In the Far
East Is also advancing. and that In
some places woman IL already taking
a place In governmental affairs,
when | left this country nearly
two years ago In company with Mrs.
A. Letta Jacobs, president OF the
Netherlands Suffrage assn, we did
not expect to find the women OF the
countries we visited awake and alive
10 the movement" said Mrs. Gait.
We were under the impression that
in the partition OF governmental at
fairs women had been left out en-.
tirely.
ITO our surprise, we found that In
many places woman has been AFFORD
ed the right of participation In their
governments. In many places In In
dia, where the right OF municipal gov
eminent has been accorded, woman Is
active to the extent OF not only having
the right to vote. but also TO take
part In the government.
''In Rangoon, the capital OF Burmah
province, the women have voted for
30 years. In Jave and Malay the pol
itical rights OF men, such as they are.
have been shared by the women for
years.
AT Canton and the province or
Kwantung we found that women are
sitting In the body of government
which corresponds TO our congress.
We attended one of these sessions
and II was interesting TO see no less
than a half dozen women, all clad In
trousers, assisting the men in dc
Nising laws.
There is considerable sentiment
for suffrage in Japan, and the move
ment will make vast strides there in
few years.
Probably the greatest problem be-
fore the women IL presented in the
Philippines. There Is not an Ameri-
can in the Philippines today who will
not say that the women OF the islands
are far superior to the men. In fact,
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
GENERALLEAPS INTO
FAME In NIGHT
Michael Savof, Hero Of Battle
of Kirk Kilissa, Takes Place
With Other Famous Men

LONDON, Nov 19.--Oyer night
that was the night Of the battle OF
Kirk Killissa-Michael SAVIOR. the
Bulgarian minister OF war, gained his
Eiche in history, with other famous
generals.
Savoff was born within q stones
throw OF Adrianople. To be born \
Christian. In Turkey. in 1854, meant
disgrace and oppression Many OF
his Christian playmates spent their
lives In practical serfdom TO the
Turks In the outskirts OF Adrianople,
and were not freed until the other
day SAVIOR and his victorious Bulgar-
ians came marching through Thraco.
driving the Turks before them In
wild. crazed flight.
When Savoff was Ia his parents
Tacked their few household goods and
migrated into Bulgaria.
Savoff was always grim, silent, will
full To be a soldier was his aim; he
had even played soldier. as q BOY, out
an the outskirts OF Adrianople, where
later he was TO march as q real sol
der. He entered the Bulgarian mill
tary school at Sophia. His talents
Immediately marked him az q leader
His government sent him 20 the mill
tary school at Ct Petersburg, IN Rus
STA. Upon his return, In 1885. he was
made captain. Before he was 80 he
was a Bulgarian general and had
won his spurs in the battle OF Slivinit-
"a. When, later, II was decided TO
reorgapize the Bulgarian army. Savon
was selected for the Job, but he
couldn't agree with Stamboulon. then
practical dictator OF Bulgaria, 30 he
retired. Savoff, when he could not
have his own way, would follow no
one else.
In 1897 his government again CALI
ed him to service, giving him charge
Of the military school at Sophia. His
was the task OF training many OF the
men now officers In the victorious
army. In 1902 the government decid-
ed to again renovate the army. Savoff
was ordered TO do his best. And his
best is what the world is seeing to-
DAY.
Savoff secured the law or 1904 max
ing every Bulgarian, able to bear
arms, a soldier Old guns. old sys-
stem, old customs all went to the ash
heap. Savoff built up, silently, force
fully. the great fighting machine with
which, during three weeks, he shat
tered the cream of Turkeys army.
In 1908 Savoff retired. When the
present situation began to develop
the Bulgarians Instantly called for
Savoff. Every Bulgarian seemed per-
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
BABES sire NC GRIP
ON HORIZONTALBAR
Six-MOnths- Old Infant Can Sus-
pend Her Little Body for
Three Minutes at a Time

ST LOUIS. Nov. ia six-months-
old baby that is an athlete is the
proud possession Of Mr. and Mrs. d. III.
Heath Of No. AHA shaw-ave The
baby's name is Cora Marie. She has
blue eyes and blond hair
Though she IL not old enough TO
walk. Cora Marie has such strength in
her tiny hands that she can hold to a
horizontal bar, keeping her body sus-
pended In the air for three minutes
at time.
Her parents discovered that she
could do this trick through the tena-
city with which Cora Marie held to any
object with which she was playing. IL
Cora was on the floor manipulating a
heavy rocker and a person tried 10
take her away he would have TO take
the rocker too, for Cora's hands would
cling to the rocker and Just so high
as they lifted her would Cora lift the
chair.
Several days ago Cora's parents read
in the Post Dispatch OF a two-year-
old child that could do tricks on hor-
izontal bar Mrs. Heath was sure That
Cora could do such tricks, and so she
got a toy broom and offered IL TO the
baby so that Its hands would catch the
handle Of the broom about In the cen
ter.
Then Mrs Heath took one end OF the
broom and Heath the other, so that the
baby would think they were going 10
take away the broom. Cora's little
hands frightened on the handle until the
tips OF her fingers were white. Mr.
and Mrs. Heath lifted and up came the
baby out Of It's cradle, hanging TO the
broom.
The baby did the trick for a Post
Dispatch reporter and photographer
four times In succession and gurgled
with delight at doing IT, Just how
long Cora could hang in the air on a
horizontal bar is not known. as her
Parents have been afraid to put her
TO any test beyond three minutes.
The baby Is still nursing. but also
eats three meals each day, when she is
given three tablespoonfuls or mashed
potatoes with cream gravy.
DR.. II. J. Foster, the Heaths, family
physician says the infant is the most
perfectly formed child he has ever
seen Heath is a foreman in the Frisco
co railroad yards. He Is 2S years old
and his wife 25 Cora Is their first
child She was born May 8.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
when YOUR CHILD
GETS C0NSTIPATED
CLEANSE ITS LITTLE STOMACH
LIVER AND BOWELS WITH
"SYRUP OF FIGS"

Look at the tongue, Mother! II coat
ed IL is a sure sign that your little
ones insides, the stomach. liver and
80 feet OF bowels are clogged up with
purifying waste matter and need a
gentle, thorough cleansing at once.
When your child is listless. droop-
ing pale. doesn't sleep soundly or eat
heartily or Is cross, irritable, feverish
stomach sour, breath bad; has stom
ach-ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, or
is full OF cold, give teaspoonful OF
Syrup OF Figs, and In few hours all
the foul, constipated waste, undigest
ed food and sour bile will gently move
on and out OF it's little bowels with.
out nausea, gripping or weakness, and
you surely will have we'll happy
and smiling -rirfid- ass4H-sAnItly--
With Syrup OF Figs you are not
drugzing your children, being com
posed entirely OF luscious figs, SIENNA
and aromatics il cannot be harmful,
bosides they dearly love its delicious
taste.
,igthers should always keep Syrup
OF Figs handy. II Is the only stomach,
liver and bowel cleanser and regulator
needed A little given today will save
sick child tomorrow.
Full directions for children OF all
ages and for grown-ups plainly print.
e., on the package.
AK your druggist for the full name,
Syrup OF Figs and Elixir OF SIENNA"
prepared by the California Fig Syrup
Co. This is the delicious tasting.
genuine old reliable. Refuse anything
else offered.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19

he only hope OF the islands and other
portions of the Far East remains
in their women.
'They alone are industrious, ana
are beginning to recognize the me-
cessity OF rearing their children to
better things than the men stand for.
Education is now being extended to
the girls, and there is little question
that ultimately the influence 90 good
womanhood will tend to raise the peo-
pie to a higher plane"
Mrs. Gait refused TO acknowledge
her preference in the matter OF a
choice for one OF the three presiden-
tial candidats. She suggested one or
two things that we're nice about Col.
Roosevelt and Gov. Wilson, but was
not 80 kind to President Taft
Il am not interested in women get
ting into ONCE" continued the noted
suffraget. From observation /
should say that many of the women
who do nothing TO bring the ballOtt
to women, and In fact oppose It before
.it IL granted, are the first TO fall into
the band wagon when the opportun-
ity Is affored and try to get an
once"
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19

2 % a,..s Anee the returns Indicated
4; " l-(eness OF the Democratic
I.nssiid throughout the country has
=. Wilson given any expression. BY
word or action. that could be construed
as else than serious contemplation OF
the trials before him.
The uppermost thought In his mind Is
the policy he purposes pursuing As
President OF the United States. This
was evidenced early inst evening when
the flrst meagre returns from New Eng
land and New York state began trick
ling In over the private wire. Mr.. WILL
son was seated In the psflor before the
open CRATE, In Which two large logs
rackled and giOWed ana nxrcd.. their
dancing Hight nasiany fantastic shadows
against walls and uncurtained windows.
In his hand was an open book. held
between him and the ere. He seemed
obllvIous TO the talk OF his wife ma
daughters and the few friends who sur
rounded him.
The title Of the book. which Mr.. Wiz
son laid aside apparently with deep rev
greet when more complete returns began
to pour In. was The American Govern,
nept," by Frederisi- J. HaskinL The
title page declares 10 . book 20 tell
about the Federal 0overnmsnt Of the
United states of Amerfca. what 70 re-
aulred OF the servants Of its people,
rom the Prefidsnt down. and bow
these offlctrs perform THAR ssryiesA"
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
VIII SON TO GET s25.OO0
FOR TRAVELLING EXPENSES

= WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Presi.
dsnt-elect Wilson will receive $25,O0O
q year for travelling expenses just the
same as President Taft does, accord
ing to plans OF the house appropria-
Lions committee, which will begin
drafting the annual appropriation btffs
tomorrow. Wilson Will be entitled
during the period from March 4, to
>July 1, to the unexpended balance or
the $4,000 for the present fiscal year
which will not have been used by
President TAFT.
The committee has received no in.
timation from Wilson as TO his desires,
but In the tentative draft of the bill
now prepared $4,000 is included.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
The Book That Held The
Interest ofWoodrowWilson

while the wires were bringing him the news of
his election to the highest political office in the
world, is book that tells in plain language
the story Of Uncle Sam at work. 1t is the only
book that tells, accurately and without partisan
bias, just what the working machinery OF this
great government accomplishes for it's people
1t has been endorsed by scores of public officials,
has been placed in hundreds of libraries, studied
in thousands of schools and read by hundreds
of thousands of Americans. 1t held Woodrow
Wilson'S attention at the supreme moment of his
life 1t will hold yours whether you are nine
or ninety, man or woman, boy or girl You
can have copy for the mere cost of handling
if you will save the coupon printed elsewhere
In tEis is,ue. - ~
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
WILSON RECEIVES
NEWS OF VICTORY |
I, | WITHOUT ELAT|ON'
II / PreSident-elect Weighed Down
III by Thought of His Vast
- Responsibilities.
triumph OF A CAUSE"
ture
. Next Executive Refuses to
Take, Democratic Landslide
as a Personal Success.
TRIUMPH OF A CAUSE"

PRINCETON. ". J.. Nov. e-"I can,
realize that its trus."
Woodrow wilson. Prssidspt-elset. thus
greeted forenoon viators to-day. who
swarmed to his house to pffer congrat.
ulatlona Among them we're many
members OF the Princeton faculty.
II can't realize that IT'S true re-
pcatod the Governor. IL hasn't quite
dawned on me. ! had been In an i'm
personal stmosphsrs for the last three
months. reading about myself. reading
that was to be elected. and now I can
hardly behave TIA, zee true"
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
Former Detroiter Dead.

Andrew McElroy, a former resident
OF Detroit. died Monday, In the Masonic
home. In Alma. Mich. Mr.. McElroy was
born near Dundas, Ont, In 1891. He IL
survived by two brothers, O. McElroy
and Frank McFlroy, clerks in the city
controllers office. Detroit Interment
viii be made In Grafton, Ont.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19

WASH THE GERMS OUT.
A simple wash; compound OF OIL
OF Wintergreen, Thymol. and other In
gradients as combined In the Odd
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19

In regard Go skin diseases. medical
authorities are now agreed on this:
Don't imprison the disease germs In
your skin by the use OF greasy salves,
snd thus encourage them TO multiply.
A true cure or all eczemRtous diseases
can be brought about only by using
the healing agents ia the form OF
nduid.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
JUMP FROM A BLAZING AZ
BALLOON GETS HIM $1,000 PRIZE

Here are two pictures OF Rodnsn
Law. daredevil baIIoonist, who Eot
$1,000 for going up In balloon ever
tie Hudson river, alongside OF New
York city. dynamitipg the balloon
when 500 feet MP aud droppinE 60 che
river himseIf with q psraehuts. The
s.apsbote him half way down
from the burning balloon Il a remark
able sample Of news-phOtograDhy.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
SaIveS Can't Cure Eczema

Prescription. This penetrates 20 the
disease germs and destroys them. then
soothes and heals the skin 81 nothing
else has ever done.
a b0-cent bottie viii start the cuW
and give you instant relief.
We have made. fast friends .Qf meie
than one family BY Recommending ole
ODD. Prescriptior 70 a skin srnefer
4 now on our positive no pay sv-rsn
tee
Ward-ave.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19

sonally convinced that under Savor
he could fight his best
on TO the front started SaFoff. Be
fore he left he sent this message "a
friend:
Liberty for our bretnren-liberty
Low or never. For this we live aud
for this We are ready TO die
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19
Accused nnrrI.r on Trial.

PORT HURON Nov. Ig.--The trTdf
OF James Courtney. accused OF robbing
the postoffce at New Baltimore, began
In circuit court yesterday afternoon,
the case having been Transferred from
Mt. Clemens The first trial ended IN
q disagreement there Courtney later
escaped from jail and was recaptured
In California. lie IL now compelled 70
n iulpbsrible for him to escape
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19

Is and
who
&c and
Dix in
'sction
ur in
Ough.
Of the
Lsdges
The Detroit times., 1912-11-19

simnson %; JaaL,on N nr,son contsrrea
With Gov Osborn yesterday While no
statement was issued II 10 believed the
present conditions la Jackson prison
since hurns detectives unearthed . plot
TO set nre TO q section OF the instltu-
tion were gone over thoroughly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
BLIND TO LEAD BLIND.
E. T. Schaeffer Would Teach Them to
Work

Kansas City, Kan, April 2.-E. T
| Schaeffer, blind man, who operates
| q chain CT cigar stores in this city, is
! making strong campaign for the
Dem ocratic nomination for state rep
rescEtative. and the sole plank in his
Industrial school for the blind in Kan
SaS.
There is now a school for the blind
in Kansas City, Earsas, but it does not
offer the students any industrial train
ing, unless music be considered in that
category.
In Wisconsin an Industrial school
They learn broommaking. cobbling,
chairmaking, understanding and the
making of baby buggies.
The blind persons earn from $12 to
SIS a week while learning a trade and
still the institution makes money.
Nothing like that ever has been tried
in any other state.
IF the blind people were given only
half chance to make good they
would do it," Mr. Schaeffer said.
MANY of our people are making a 1iv-
ing in trades that they have learned
or picked up. We have piano tuners,
basketmakers chairmakers, business
men, cobblers and men in many 9TH
er trades, but if the blind had a place
to learn these things while they were
young there would be a great many
more making a good living than there
are now. If I am sent to the legisla-
ture that is the thing will work for
"a better chance for the blind
Mr.. Schaeffer has been blind since
he was IL years old. He is now "a.
He has followed several occupations.
He has been proprietor of a barber
shop, owner of a sheep ranch. hotel
proprietor and real estate agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
MESSIAH GIVEN SID TIME.
Annual Festival of Music Opens al
Ldndsborg.

Lfndsborg, Kan, April 2-Thirty
years ago Sunday. Lindsborg sang its
hrst Messiah" thereby establishing
the annual Messiah Festival" which
has since become an institution of ma
donal import. The eighty-second rem
dition of HandePs great oratorio, given
in the auditorium was a fitting cele-
bration of the thirtieth anniversary
The most magnificent chorus that
ever confronted an audience in Linds-
borg, rendered the Messiah in a
manner that has surely never been
excelled in Lindsborg. Every seat in
the capacious choir loft was occupied,
not merely by a person, but by voice
the chorus containing a much higher
percentage of cultured voices than
ever before. However, it is in reality
the old singers, folks who have sung
1t ten, fifteen or twenty years who give
the messiah" its quality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02

~. The name of the writer also is
cut off. The secrecy and caution
which Williams evidently enjoined
upon his correspondents was OBJ
whose many letters is signed with
his name, but merely with the initials.
j. A. p
His Fort ImpregnabIe.
The iron tank in which the hermit
had armed and provisioned himself as
if in preparation of a siege was placed
cunningly in a ravine near the shack
where it was so surrounded by rocks
that it could be approached only
through one narrow entrance which
single man could hold against a
score of invaders.
Although Williams had purchased
40-acre farm on which his cabin
stood, he did not cultivate it, and
owed his support to money which he
received once a month from Long
ton, Kan. He kept accounts in banks
at Golden, Alto Pass and Cane Cir
ardeau. The Alto Pass bank shows a
balance of $50, and in one Golden
bank he had $40 when he died. Much
of his correspondence came from To-
ledo, o., whence he also received a
daily newspaper.
Among the refuses weird habits
which astonished his neighbors was
that of undressing and rolling in the
snow before going to his bed in a
shed outside his cabin.
Hitched Himself to Wagon.
He bought no food in Pomona, but
always ordered his supplies from
Chicago. When they arrived he
would harness himself to a light
spring wagon, draw it to town, fill
it with his goods and drag it home
He kept no horse.
When his acquaintance found he
was i'll they tried to obtain his con-
sent to call a physician but he not
only refused to see a doctor, but also
to take medicine
The body bore a number of old
scars, which seemed to have been in
flicted with a knife.
1t was said that whenever his
neighbors became too inquisitive he
would change his postoffice from one
of the nearby towns to another
Any mail that comes for Williams
will be held for the coroner, who will
open and read it, in the hope of find
ing some clue to the hermit's past.
life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
PLANS TO PROTECT STUDENTS.
Ernporia School Official Warns Them
of Summer Grafters.

Emporia. Kan, April 2.-"Look out
for the summer grafters," was the
keynote of a talk by President Gull
bertson of the College of Emporia be-
fore the students this morning. cat
this time of the year all college towns
are infested with agents who are out
enlisting students for summer work,
and it is the purpose of the faculty
of this school to protect students from
some of these get rich quick
schemes"
President CuIbertson has created a
committee of the faculty known as
student employment committee. and
all agents with vacation work propo-
sitions will be expected to have the ap-
prevail of this body before they go to
the students with them. This is a
measure of the faculty to protect stu
dents from engaging in profitless sum-
mers, and the best schemes for sum-
mer work will be recomm ended to
College of Emporia students by this
means
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
ANOTHER CHINESE STUDENT.
Winfield Now Has Two OrientaIs on
Rolls.

Chinese student has arrived at South
western college to enroll for work.
Jen Ming WI is the arrival direct from
Hing Hwa. Tin Ian Lin. who is also
from Hing Hwa and Miss Mic Lie
Chung have been students here dur
ing the entire school year and are
among the best students in their
classes. Mr.. Lin has also been doing
some translating from Chinese papers
for the Wichita Daily Beacon. Mr.. WI
was Influenced to come to this country
by Mrs. W. M. Brewster, who is a
teacher in the English school in Hing
Hwa. She was elected as a delegate
to the general conference of the Meth
odist church and is now in this coun-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
TOO HEAVY FOR HEARsE.
Kansas Woman's Waist Measure Near.
Iy Six Feet.

Galena, Kan, April "a body
weighing nearly 500 pounds was
buried here, when services were held
for Mrs. Mary Crum, As years old, who
died last night. The body was con-
veyed to the cemetery in an ambu-
lance, the undertaken fearing to test
the strength of his lone hearse. Ten
men were required to lower the body
into the grave. A special casket was
constructed for it.
The normal weight of Mrs Crum
was more than 200 pounds. For four
months she was i'll from dropsy, which
disease caused her remarkable weight.
The waist measurement of the body
was but a few inches less than six
feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
DOG CHAsEs COW INTO HOUSE.
Then Guards Door to Keep Her From
Escaping.

Ellinwood, Kan, April 2.-Tony
Auchstetter, a resident of this city,
had more fun and trouble than 81
with his mule, Maud. Tony left the
gate to the barn lot open and his COW
took walk. When he discovered her
absence he sent his bulldog in pur-
suit and the trouble started. The dog
attached himself to the bovine's left
ear and hung on over fences and
lawns in a most tenacious manner.
The pair continued the merry game
till the COW dashed into the kitchen
door of Nick Keepers residence and
turned over, among other things, a ia
BILE that wass all set for dinner. The
dog then released his hold and took
a position at the door to keep the
COW from getting back out. Tony in
tends to keep the barn lot gate lock-
ed hereafter, and Keeper has advised
him that such action would be consid-
cred a neighborly favor.