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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27
NEXT POPE?
QUESTION NOW
italians Have Been Chosen
Since Time OF Pope
Urban VI.

the Academy of the Noble Ecclesias-
tics in Rome. He was appointed to d
position in the encourage OF Pope Leo
and short time later was sent to Can
ada on diplomatic mission.
He was created domestic prelate
March 13. 1897. and two years later
was elected president of the academy
where he had finished his education.
In less than another year he was made
titular archbishop. enjoying that
rank. although he did not actually con-
duct the affairs Of an archdiocese.
In 1900 he was Pope Leo's represent
alive at the coronation Of King Ed
ward Of England Not long after that
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27
Cody, English Aviator,
May Attempt the
Transatlantic Flight,

AMONG the ayiators interested in
"a the proposed attempt to cross
the Atlantic ocean in an aero
plane is Captain s. +. Cody.
renowned English bird man. Captain
Cody's opinion. with which many avia-
tors agree, is that in ten years men will
be flying across the ocean aud not
thinking of it as much of a feat.
He has entered the contest aud is
planning a machine to be ready i'll
year with which he thinks he can
make the attempt. The great difficult
ty. experts say. is to construct hydro
aeroplane which will be powerful
enough to carry fuel for the entire trip
without a stop. thus doing away with
the necessity Of supply ship. Some
contend the trip could be made in
twenty hours in one straight flight.
provided the aeroplane went high
enough and was favored by the wind.
The offer of London newspaper to
pay $4,000 for the first fight of
heavier than air machine across the
Atlantic is attracting the attention of
many air men.
Rodman Law. for one. believes he
can make the trip with ease He plans
to start from the east coast of New
foundland in hydroaeroplane in July,
accompanied by Harry Bingham
Brown Law expects to make the trip
In thirty-six hours. including one stop
in midocean.
Tentative arrangements. be says.
have already been made with the Gu
nard, White Star and Anchor steam
ship lines. which will instruct cap
tains Of their vessels to keep sharp
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27

MES. E16NEr.INE 1ANKHURsT.
erty il connection with the bomb ex-
plosiou at Lloyd Georges new home
ct Walton Heath She was commit
ted for the May assizes Of the Surrey
county court. but refused to promise
rood behavior and was sent to Hollo-
way 1nil
Shortly afterward the case was trans
1erred to the central criminal court.
London. and set for the April assizes.
Mrs. Pankhurst's sentence. April 3.
did not dismay her Or her followers
While other suffragists rtOted In the
courtroom she was led away declaring
that she would soon be out OF prison.
dead or afiva
She went on q hunger strike I'M
mediareIy on entering prison. according
to her jailers. calmly refusing to eat
che food that was placed in Der cell
Runors that she was forcfbfy fed have
been denied by the prison officials
A startling subsequent incident was
the receipt Of an anonymous letter.
threatening death. BY Justice. Sir
Charles Montague Lush. who imposed
the three year sentence on Mrs Pank-
hurst The letter was turned over 70
scotland Yard. and strong bodyguard
was at once assigned to accompany
Justice Lush when he left his home or
his courtroom.
In, the course Of her defense before
lJustice Lush Mrs. Psnkhurst spoke
nfteen minutes to the jnry. She plead
"a guilty and followed the plea with
scathine denunciation Of "manrnade
hwRr
Several times during Tho eourse O
her speech she was interrupted BY Jus.
dee Lush. who. informed her that she
w1s not combining her REMARKS b tne
essential subject and that she was mol
aef1ng with proper decorum
Nrs Punkhnnst retorted that M
1ordship WAS mot qualified to say whist
vap dec0rum for her.
Mfs. Paukhurst nsked the Jury 70 ac'
luit her ..for the welfare of the coun
try and The. race Concluding % m
passloOe terma. she said that what
eveR the Entehce might b rho would
- NH She declared thst = -
80 - prispn aItye apd 1pa 49, =
Gnht aGaln she vUuld at once eoSoOe
~ acfisit5a u hiAan = su6sasA
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27

20 MRS. JOHN W. KERN.
wife Of the president. apd Mrs. Thorn
as r. Marshall. wife of the vice presi-
dent
The event was arranged to introduce
Mrs Wilson and Mrs. Marshall. as
well as the wives of cabinet members.
to Washington society.
Mrs Kern is noted for her charm
ing manner. her intellectual attain
ments and her good bumor. She is a
capital entertainer. and her popularity
is increasing daily.
Any event at which Mrs. Kern pre-
sides or in which she Is leading fi0-
ure is certain to be enjoyable and sue
cessful. her acquaintance in society
declare.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27
fp 8
WHO WILL Be THE
IS PERTINENT.
Many Capable Men, Some
Americans. In the Col
Iege of Cardinals.

wv YHEN the report of the critical
~ illness Of Pope Plus y. came
from the Vatican a few days
ago there was an immediate
revival Of speculation as to who would
next occupy the throne of Peter in
case Of the venerable pontiff's death.
AS a matter of fact. there has hardly
been a time during the past year when
the question was not receiving some
attention. The reason was that. in ad
dition to being a very old man-he was
born in 1835-Pope Plus. according to
his physicians. had begun to show
symptoms of threatened complication
of chronic affections.
In the college Of cardinals there are
several men whose fitness for the papal
power has often been commented upon.
This subject is of more than usual in
terest in this country at present. for
the reason that there are now three
American cardinals. one of whom
might possibly succeed Pope Plus.
While it IS true that the election of
an American would be unprecedented
and that it is not likely to happen it
Is also fact that any man in the
Catholic church. be he layman or priest.
bishop or cardinal. Is eligible to the Of
fee of pope.
The college of cardinals is its own
authority in the matter Of selecting a
pope. but the custom Of electing car
dinal, and an Italian cardinal at that.
has prevailed from the time Of Pope
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27


hull win make It possible to keep such
a ship a0oat long enough to take OF
everybody on board even II the hull
should be ripped open
The White Star liney Olympic. anoth-
er large ship belonging to the company
which owned the Titanic. recently was
overhaujed and equipped with a double
bull similar to the one illustrated here
The Vaterland has many other safety
devices and Is truly q wonder Of the
shipbuilders' ability and ingenuity
She is $50 feet bong and 100 feet beam.
An idea Of the great sise OF the Va
terland may b. obtained from the fact
that the largest locomotive IN the
world couh pass through one Of the
liners smokest8rka Thu yudder of the
ship weighs ninety tons. and the stock
% which e SWINGS wei9ha TO tons.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27

EGARDLESS of whether equal
suffrage is good or bad. no
woman occupies a more prom
inens place in current history
than Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, by
far the most prominent figure in the
turbulent campaigns waged by Eng
lishwomen for the right to vote.
Her sentence to three years at hard
labor on a charge of melting bomb
explosion at the home of David LLOYD
George followed her sixth arrest.
Each of the other five arrests grew
out Of an attempt to serve THE cause. $
In February. 1908. Mrs. Pankhurst
was sentenced to six weeks imprison-
ment for leading a raid on the house
OF commons. She served the whole
sentence.
In October. 1903, she was sentenced
for three months for melting to riot.
She was released few weeks before
the sentence expired.
Two years later she was arrested
while heading deputation of 400 wo.
men who were demanding an inter
View with the prime minister. No
charge was preferred. however. and
she was released.
When militancy began to mark the
suffragists operations early in 1912
Mrs. Pankhurst was sentenced to two
months Imprisonment for window
smashing.
While she was serving that sentence
she and her daughter. Miss Christabel
Pankhurst. with Pethick Lawrence
and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence. were
charged with conspiracy in connection
with the general window smashing
raid on Oxford. Regent and Bond
street shops. London.
Miss Pankhurst escaped arrest and
went into exile In France. The 9th
ers were sentenced to nine months
imprisonment.
Mrs Pankhurst went on a hunger
strike. and after five weeks all three
4 were released.
Last February Mrs. Pankhurst was
arrested on charge Of '1ncfting t.
commit malicious. destruction Of prop
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27
SIGHTSEEING CAR FOR CANAL
Uncle Sam Makes Special Provision
For Tourists In Panama.

~ IOoTSoSS vi Fdnama.
Uncle Sam has done everything pos
s1ble to make the Panama canal zone
as good place to live and work as
Is to be found in the tropics He has
established strict sanitary regulations.
adopted every means of insuring safety
and has provided the workmen there
with the best possible living quarters
But. besides doing so much for the
men who are digging the great canal,
he has put forth special efforts on be
half of tourists who visit the zone to
see the most wonderful engineering
project of our day
The Illustration here shows q, sight
seeing car for the use of tourists. The
floor of the car slopes upward from the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27
MRS. KERN A SOCIAL LEADER.

Washington Society Finds Her .
Charming Asset.
Mrs. John w. Kern, wife of Senator
Kern of Indiana. president pro. TEN
of .he senate. has taken her place as
one of the new social leaders of the
capital
She was selected by the society wo-
men of Washington to preside as toast
mistress ut the first formal breakfast
in honor of Mrs Woodrow Wilson,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27
Long Prison Record Of
Mrs. PaGkhurst, Head
Of English Suffragists.

~ EGARDLESS of whether equal
suffrage is good or bad. no
woman occupies a more prom.
inent MACE in curront h;,&-r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-27

AMONG the ayiators interested in
"a the proposed attempt to cross
"a the Atlantic ocean in an aero
nlanp is Captain $. +. Cody. q
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
EDDYVILLE.

Miss Hunter who has been visiting
the past week at the r. Fl. Walker
home, returned to Abba Thursday. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Walker and
daughter Helen who will spend few
days with friends in Abba.
Christian church was delightfully."- en-
tertained on Wednesday evening at the
Adam Embling home. Twenty five
members were present and enjoyed a
social hour. A short musical program
was given after which refreshments
were served.
Mr.. and Mrs F. Bickford have re-
turned from weeks visit with rela-
tives in Pella.
J. f. Cumpton and family who
moved to Canada year ago are NOV
ing back to farm near OskalOosa
which Mr.. Cumpton recently purchas-
ed
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Elliot who have
been spending the past month with
their son in ST. Louis returned home
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Alice Steele spent Thursday in
Abba visiting her daughter Mrs. John
Scott.
Miss Zoe Decker went to Minneapolis
Thursday to visit indefinitely with her
friend Mona Griffin.
Miss Lillian Lore entertained a
number Of friends on Wednesday even
ing at her home south of Eddyville.
Thirty young people were present and
were delightfully."- entertained. Refresh
ments were served.
J.. G. Householder who has been in
Eddyville acting as judge for the Tri-
County Poultry show, returned to his
home at Bonaparte Thursday.
Miss Lizzie Lee who has been visit
ing the past two weeks with relatives
in Eddyville. returned to her home in
Oskaloosa Thursday.
The Reliable society of the Christian
church was entertained on Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. John Koontz and
Mrs G. E. Stephenson at the home Of
the latter. Fifty members of the diff
ferent church societies were present
The subject Of the program was Pure
Food" and was in charge of Mrs.
Mary Bell who gave some excellent
ideas on how to detect impure food
and honest weights and measures.
Mrs. Eva Tempelton, Mrs. Milt Clark
and Mrs. Adam Embling read interest
ing papers on the subject. Mrs. George
Berry gave reading on Our Mis-
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CATION which Consul Fuller now re
ports.
Were Hunted With Rifles.

Sir Roger found that among other
things the Peruvian Amazon company
imported 200 Barbados men, who upon
their arrival in the rubber district,
were armed with Winchester rifles and
sent into the jungle to capture and en-
slave Indians dwelling along the upper
Amazon tributaries. The British consul
found that in the exercise Of, this il
legal compulsion, the Indians were
murdered, flogged and otherwise tor
tured. the company. through its agents
forcing the Barbados men actively to
participate in the atrocities in order to
compel the helpless natives to scour
the forests and bring in India rubber
upon their backs from the remote dis
tricts. The Barbados men in turn COM
planned Of harsh treatment accorded
them by agents higher up, who de-
prived them Of food as means to COM
pei them to drive the Indians to fur
ther extremes. The entire plan of OPP
erations seemed to be based on a
system Of oppression from the highest
to the humblest in the employ of the
company, which is declared to have
welded always an iron hand from the
far away London office.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
RUSS ELL.

John w. Plots accompanied con
signment of stock to Ottumwa on
Tuesday.
Lenley and Besco held their dissolu,
ton sale at the T. F. Lemley farm two
and a half miles east Of Russell on
Tuesday, Feb. 4.
The many friends of Geo. Collinson
who had to go to New Mexico few
ago on account of his health planned
a postal card shower for him on
Tuesday.
The farmers near Russell planned a
wolf hunt for Thursday for Cedar
township, having round UP near the
center of the township.
Miss Marie Coffman of Indianola
who has been teaching school north
of town spent Saturday with friends
at Charlton.
Chas. Russell of st. Joseph, Mo-,
came Tuesday for a few days visit
with his cousin Gerald Larimer.
The union revival meeting which
have been in progress at the Presby-
terian church for the past three weeks
closed on Monday evening, Feb. 8. The
meetings were we'll attended, large
crowds being in attendance every
night No revival meeting in Russell
has seen such crowds. The local min
listers done all the preaching and
splendid sermons were delivered. Al
though the number of converts was
not large a splendid meeting was held.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
HELEN KELLER
GAVE LECTURE
Although Blind, Deaf and Until Re-
Gently Dumb, She Was Easily
Heard Through the Hall.

Chicago, Feb. 7.-Specials from
Monte Clair, N. j., tell of the first lee
ture delivered there last night by Miss
Helen Keller. blind, deaf and once
dumb. Despite the handicap under
which the talented young woman work.
ed, she was heard without difficulty
except by those in the rear of the
room.
The lecture was under the auspices
of the local socialist party. She de-
clared that she owed her ability to her
teachers and said in part:
eve are blind and deaf until our
eyes are open to our fellow men,
If we had a penetrating vision we
would not endure what we see in the
world today.
The land, the life and the machin-
cry belong to the few. All the work
they do gains for the workers mere
livelihood. 1t is the labor Of the poor
and the ignorant that makes us re-
fined and comfortable. I am no pes
simist. I believe that a man was in
tended for the light and shall not die.
1t is a good world and it will be much
better when you help me to make 1t
more as I want it,"
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obtain any information but such as 1t
was desired he should procure. The
Indians, who were friendly enough and
willing to talk through an interpreter
are said to have covered and lapsed
into silence whenever the vigilant
overseerS approached.
Although the company against which
the charges of cruelty are laid, still is
in control of the Indians Consul Fuller
hopes ultimately for mitigation of their
suffering through the efforts Of Presi-
dent Billinghurst who, since he as
sumed the leadership of the Peruvian
government. has shown by acts and
utterances that his policy would be
vigorous regarding the Putumayo ques-
ton. He believes that before long dras-
tic measures will be taken to end for
ever all forms Of abuses committed
against the defenseless natives of the
Putumayo. whom he found to be not
wild and unta mable but mild, docile,
inoffensive and childlike, as described
by Sir Roger Easement, British Consul
General at Rio de Janeiro, who inves-
tigated the situation in 1910.
1t was the disclosures made in Sir
Rogers report that influenced the
state department to order the investi-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
ASKS FORFEITURE
OF WESTERN LAND
Government Holds S. P. Railroad Fails
in Observation-Disclosures Con-
siders Titles.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 7.-Compro-
misses of the title to $4,000 acres of
valuable timber lanl in Western Ore
gon was considered today by Attorney
General Wickersham after conferences
with representatives of 81 purchasers
Of the tract from the Oregon and Cali
fornia railroad, subsidiary of the
Southern Pacific, in whose land grant
the land was originally included.
The government contends that the
railroad has not fulfilled all it's obliga-
lions under the grant and has institu-
ted suit for its forfeiture. Under au-
thority of congress, the attorney gen.
eral is given discretion to permit. in
nocent purchasers from the railroad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
BARROW COUNSEL
RISKS HIS HEALTH
Attorney Earl Rogers scorns Doctors
Orders to Examine Witnesses In
Bribery Case.

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. 7.-Disre.
garding doctors warnings to quit the
Darrow case or de- Earl Rogers,
counsel for Clarence S. barrow, con-
Quoted the examination today of Geo.
N. Lockwood, a yenireman who played
the principal role in the jury bribery
incident, which abruptly ended the
Mcnamara trial in November, 1911.
Rogers was taken i'll last week and
Darrow directed his own case. The
doctors decided last night that unless
Rogers abandoned all work he would
die or lose his reason. He insisted,
nevertheless ON appearing in court to-
day to cross examine Lockwood, who,
next to Bert H. Franklin and Robert
F. Balm, the Mcnamara juror who con-
fessed to having been bribed, Is the
most important witness against OAR
row. '-..'
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WICKERSHAM PAPERS
ASKED FOR BY HOUSE
CONTINUED From Page ~

checks eventually" said Secretary
Bailey. "Now 80 per cent of the dis
bursting Is done by depositaries.'
Secretary Bailey thought the treas
ury ought to keep working balance
of not less than S25,000,000 and that
about $50,00OsO00 should be kept in the
national banks to aid in handling gov
eminent business from day to day. At
present the government has a balance
of about $9O.O00,00O with approximate
ly $46,000,000 in the national banks.
Root to be Heard.
After brief session today the SEN
ate committee on interoceanic canals
decided to take no action on the Root
amendment for repeal of the free pas
sage provision of the Panama canal
act until after Senator Root had been
heard in it's support.
The committee will meet again next
week.
House Debates Agriculture.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was under consideration when the
honse met an hour earlier than usual
today to allow more time for the de-
bate.
Steering Committee Named.
Senators Oliver, LaFollette, Root,
Smoot, and Cummins were designated
today as the legislative steering COM
mittee authorized by Yesterdays re-
publican caucus. 1t is expected that
the committee will be in constant
touch with the legislative situation
and not only indicate the measures
preferred but do much to keep the cal
endar cleared.
Sent to Conference Committees.
The Lever and Page bills for agri-
culture and vocational school extern
sion today went to conference COM
mittee Of the house and senate for
compromise.
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NEW ROAD BILL TO
BE READY NEXT WEEK
Continued From Page ~

,
II Ill never see the road, understand
t: ere is difference OF opinion as tc
which one of two routes is thus to be
Ia-ed across the state, one wanting
The River to River road and the other
"a ton bent on making it the white
way road. But the matter of get
fs;ng the money they are as one. 1t is
because the Legislature has seen this
situation ard doesn't intend to be
swayed by it that some Of the pro-
fessional road agitators have got mad
and are saving mean things about the
iegisl .ture."
w. D. Elackmore of Taylor county,
a former member the legislature,
,,:le here the other day gave his
i'eas on the subject. Il am in favor
of the Ohio plan Of having the state
rrcvide for road districts and assess
ne the cost of loads up to the land
near by. That is the way roads have
en- built in Ohio, Indiana and other
states. But in the long run you have
got to depend for, good roads on the
people who live near where the roads
are to be built. Road necessities are
largely neighborhood affairs. If you
put an extra tax on our farm lands
for reads you will force many to leave
the state By all means avoid any
scheme for borrowing a big sum OF
money"
Chairman Balkema Of the highways
committee declares that the committee
is making excellent progress and along
lines that will commend themselves to
the people of the state when fully
known. The members have shown
great deal of backbone in refusing to
be carried off their feet by criticism
or a flourish of prodding.
The WrIghtman Bill.
A conspicuous feature of the Wright
bility and workmen's compensation.
offered in the senate as a substitute
for the commission bill which was in
troduced on the first day of the ses-
sion, is that it provides for COM
plete reorganization of the bureau of
labor statistics and other bureaus hav-
ing to do with affairs of the labor
world.
A newly established bureau of in
dustries" is to supersede and supplant
the present bureau Of labor statistics
and the head of this bureau gets his
salary raised to $4,000 year he Will
have important functions in connec-
ton with the enforcement of the pro-
posed law on employers liability.
Under this reorganized bureau will
be placed all that relates to mine in
spection and hotel inspection. There
will be organized the following depart
ments, namely: statistical, mine in
spection, general inspection employ
ment and labor, and hotel inspection,
each with chief or head. There will
be two deputies in the bureau with
$1,000 year each, six inspectors and
a woman inspector. The head of the
department. With four of his assistants
would constitute sort of general well
fare commission. III
This arrangement would decrease
the expense of the labor departments
of the state, especially as to mine in.