The evening world., 1913-04-15

Of vetsrs, taking voters "A a class. are
the Womsn. They usually aim for the
thing that will result In the greatest
Coed 10 the general community. They
win certainly make better laws for the
children and the workers. and 1t seema
TO me that there In a great appeal to
humanity In the suffrage cause.
in my state the votea for women iss
. foregone conclusion, the bill having
paOed the Legislature twice and soon
to be up for the third and last passage.
Women AZ workers for . cause have
shown unlimited patience and persever-
ance. and In similar lines when they
have the vote ana work for . worthy
principle I think their efforts will be
aimed In the right direction In adjust
ing and making laws. The suffrage
women OF our state have been particu-
larly active. and my wife IL heartily In
accord with them. She believes In the
untirlnG energy and stability of women
when they are healthy"
sroRv or A RESCUE IN A eLlZ.
zARo At NOME.
Senator Pittman has several times
spoken OF the spirit OF 'bensvolence and
protection instiiled by the Elks into the
Arctic Brotherhood. which made the
members Of that society famous for
their daring and heroic rescues Of un-
fortunates lost In the blixzards Of the
Arctic. He tells Of one Of the instances
that occurred at Nome:
| "Once. In the middle of the night
there came knock at my door. A man
came to tell me that dog team had
Just limpsd into town and that there
was no one with them; that We were to
meet at the Brotherhood hall. In hall
IN hour twenty or thirty men were a,
the hall with their dog teams 1t wa
impossible to tell where the lone dog
team had como from. but we all knew
that on some OF the many trails cominl
into Nome ore or more human being,
lay exhausted and helpless In the grasI
Of that cruel storm. There waS~no de-
lay. Each took different route. For Z
few seconds the meek tinkls Of sleigi
bells was heard above the whistling o
the wind. = form was seen battling
against the wind and swiyllng show
l
Arctic tundra. the wind blowing fort,
miles an hour and the thermometer
20 degrees below zero. The air wa.
nlled with dry snow. swirling. eddyinl
and waving In fantastic curves, lik,
some massive piece of waite drapery
now and again settling between tn,
driver and his dogs; drifting across tn,
trail until only the instinct OF a vol
dog could follow II: piercing, the eye
With the biting pain OF the whirlwind
tossed alkali Of Death Valley. Ye
through the long night they broke thei
way onward. Toward morning tn
storm settled and day broke cold an,
sullsn.
The hrst team returned about 4 II
the afternoon. tho dogs limping an,
whiting In the harness. the driver de
spondent, exhausted and suffering from
. badly frosen hand. 80 they returned
one after another. with the same tai
Of hopeless search. Midnight OF an
other day was approaching. But on
chance remained. Louie Lanes tear
OF ten magnificent husky dogs. the prid
OF the Arctic. sent out upon the terribi
Coast trail, had not returned. Mer
heavily wrapped In furs, could he see
In the glare OF the saloon lights. con
sregated In silent groups on the mai
street. while the A. y. han was file
with . restless crowd. every nerv
tense. waiting for the Hrst sound OF tn
dog team's bells. A pistol shot sounde
way down the street. then another
Thsn cheers were picked up and carrie
along In . mighty wave. Down IN
street came that magnificent team
HEADS erect. tails In the air. runnin
like demons. Swing their last strengtl
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