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The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
AMERICAN SUFFRAGISTS COMPARED WITH
MILITANT SISTERS ACROSS THE WATER
Recent Outrages in England
Have Prejudiced the Pub
lie Against the Cause in
that Country.

New York, March 1.-THE effectiveness
of the American campaign for equal sur
frage as compared with the Enshsh
method of attaining the same end, was
shown in bold contrast at suffrage head
quarters here.
I'm America said a prominent suf-
fragette. speaking on English and Amer
lean methoC of furthering the cause.
there have been no militant tactics, no
brick throwing. no calumnies upon the
authorities. and the cause Of equal rights
has progressed steadily. until to-day
there is bright prospect of winning over
the remainder Of the States which still
bar women from the polls.
In support of the contention that the
quiet methods of campaigning in Ameri-
ca were more effective than the militancy
OF England, a list of the suffrage out
RACES committed in the latter country
was drawn up. It follows:
Assault on Ministers.
September :. 19ce.-Prime minister hus-
tied at Lympne Castle. Folkestone.
November Il. 19I9-Mr. Churchill struck
with dog whip at Bristol.
November 9. 19l0.-Mr. Burrell mobbed.
Horse Guards parade.
July lS 19l2.-Hatchet thrown into car
riage in which the prime minister and
Mr.. John Redmond were driving through
the streets of Dublin. Mr.. McKenna as
sauIted at CaerleCn. near Newport.
July 70, lsl2-Prime minister assaulted
at Chester
ID after raid on House of Commons.
June 30 l90o.-Twenty- nine women ar
rested.
June 30, 1soe-One hundred and twelve
women arrested.
November q. 1a1l-Two hundred and
twenty-three women arrested.
January Is, 190S-Prime minister's house
raided
March l. l9l2-se0OOO damage done by
understanding in Westminster and
Westend.
July L.. 1912-Explosives found in Mr..
Mckenna's room at the home Office.
July l3. 1912-Attempt to fire Nuneham
Park residence of Mr.. Lewis Harcourt
July 1S 1912-Attempt TO set fire to
Theater Royal, Dublin.
November %. 1912-Parafin placed n
letter-boxes all over the country
January 90 19l3-Six windows broken
at Lambeth Palace, and many in the
Westend.
February 3. 1s13-Case smashed in
jewel room at Tower of London.
February 1s, 19lS-Attempt to blow up
lome Of Lloyd-George with dynamite
bombs.
Meeting stopped.
November 13. 190s-Mr. Birrell howled
down at City Temple.
December Z, 190S-Rowdyism at Mr..
.loyd-George's meeting. Albert Hall.
November %, 19l1-Prime minister
auwled down at City Temple
Against this list of outrages on person
and property the record of Americas s
light for equal rights is practically spot
less. 1t was explained, however. that
militants in the ranks of the American
suffragettes.
Several young American suffragettes
have gone to England and have enlisted
Under the Pankhurst banner. These have
taken their part in the window smash
ing campaign and have done their little
stint in Jail But the vast majority Of
the American suffragetes are not in SYM
pathy with the English methods.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
Uncle SAM Spends millions
TO PROTECT WORLDS SHIPPING
Extensive Lighthouse System Warns Vessels from Shoals and
Reefs Along Coast Lines Of United States.
Protection for Lakes Also.

protection OF shipping that lighthouses
be erected either on rocks or reefs ex-
posed to the sea or actually in the water.
on the sand. or rock bottom. Such work
has called forth the greatest skill of en-
gineers.
been used. Where the foundation is ex-
posed, even at the lowest tides, masonry
towers have been. with great labor and
often danger. fitted to the bedrock: other
wise the structure has been erected on
iron piles driven. screwed, or pumped
into the sand or coral, or on caissons
fioated to the site and set on the bottom
or sunk deeper by the pneumatic process,
or by the use OF coferdams. within which
the masonry tower has been erected:
smaller structures have been placed on
riprap foundations.
The earliest example now existing of
sea-swept lighthouse is the beautiful
tower of Cordouan. built in 1854 to 1871
on a rock in the sea at the mouth of the
Gironde, on the west coast of France.
This lighthouse has since been altered
ture was deliberately decorated and one
floor was occupied by a chapel.
Eddystone Light Famous.
The most famous OF the sea-swept
lighthouses rs the Eddystone. thirteen
iHIlcs ndGDOE, EnSldnO.
This was completed in 1899 after four
years of work. During the first year all
that was accomplished was drilling
twelve holes in the rock and fastening
irons in them. This lighthouse. with the
keepers and the engineer who built il.
disappeared in the great storm of No
vember. 17oS, and since that time three
other lighthouses have been erected on.
the Eddystone.
Electric lights are used at a few light
stations only The expense Is too great
to warrant the employment of electricity
at many important stations.
The electric light at Navesink. on the
Highlands just south of New York Har-
Dor. is the most powerful coast light in
the United States. This light shows each
five seconds a flash of one-tenth second
duration estimated at S0000.oOC candle
power. Although on account of the
curvature of the earth the light itself
cannot be seen more than twenty-five
miles, its beam has been reported to
have been observed in the sky at a dis
tance of seventy NAUTICAL miles.
1t is important that lights be 50 dis
tinguished from each other as to avoid
the possibility of the mariner mistaking
one for another. To this end lights are
distinguished by their number, color in
tensity. or time of visibility.
With the system now available Of fish
ing and occulting lights it is possible to
obtain a great variety of clearly dis
ltinguishabie characteristics.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
German Not Popular.


There are many urgent reforms need
ed in our national education; those who
are best qualified to speak could make
many a startling revelation il they only
dared to speak out And there is ample
evidence that almost every part of our
educational machinery requires the most
thorough overhauling. In the words of
Bacon, ''Instauratio Hacienda alb imis
fundamentals But doubt whether there
does exist any more glaring proof of
the present ineficiency of our secondary
dalous attitude toward the study Of the
German language and literature.
The plain and unvarnished truth is
that at the beginning of this. the twen-
tieth century, when Germany is the su-
preme political and commercial power on
the continent of Europe. the study of
German is steadily going back in the
United Kingdom. In some parts it. Is
actually dying out. In many important
secondary schools it is being discontin-
ued. Even in the Scottish universities.
which pride themselves on being more
modern and more progressive than the
English universities. there does not ex-
ist one single chair OF German. In Ok
ford a chair of German was only estab-
lished through the munificence of a pa
triotic German merchant
Ana even Wnen tnere are teachers
there are very few students. In one of
the greatest British universities, with a
constituency of $500 students, there has
| been, for the last ten years. an average
of FIVE to six man students. And the
reluctance OF young men to study Ger
man is perfectly intelligible. The study of
German does not pay. 1t brings neith-
er material rewards nor official recogui-
ton. All the prizes. all the scholar
! ships and fellowships. go to other sub
jects, and mainly to the classics lie,
any reader of Everyman stand up and
say that I am exaggerating. would only
be too delighted to discover that a.
wrong. ----
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

The most stupid biunder of the entire
English campaign. according to the
American point of view. was the blow
ing up of the home of Lloyd-GeorGe. 1t
was pointed out that Lloyd-George was
most favorably disposed toward equal
suffrage, and, Furthermore, that he was
immensely popular. The attack. there
fore. is believed to have had the effect
of estranging a powerful advocate of the
cause, and, at the same time, of arousing
spirit Of, resentment among English-
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

men generally which may ruin the wom-
ems chances of forcing their reform
through Parliament.
This change in attitude, say American
workers for the cause. has been evil
denced in the past, and will be further
evidenced in the future by hostility on
the part of the authorities. They say
that the hunger strike" is decreasing
in its effectiveness as means of re-
leasing the women from Jail: that there
ianR strong disposition on the part of
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

many Englishmen to let the women
starve i'm Jail IL they want to, and that
the sentiment of the entire country has
undergone a change.
In sharp contrast to the indifference
and opposition, militant methods in Eng
land have brought to light. suffragettes
here pointed to the prompt sympathy
elected from all parts OF the United
States when it became known that the
suffrage parade in Washington on March
|3 had been invaded by. hoodlumA
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

cousin who has set his heart on win
ming the girl. wild deluge from a
broken dam foods the barranca and
solves all difficulties.
II is not plain why the novel gets
this title. for there is no real mystery
between the covers. But we are hkely
to forget our quest for the secret (that
is not a secreD in the fine description
of Mexican scenery.
The reader will come on much that
is timely In the chance discussions OF
the political situation. The following
is worth quoting: "Porfrio Diaz has
given US thirty years of slow, warm
peace. Before DiaZ we had sixty-nve
rulers In sixty years, very few OF
whom died in their beds. Once re-
move his iron hand from our throat
and we shall go at IL again. revolu-
tion upon revolution"
Aside from the entertaining story.
The Mystery of Barranca" contains a
great deal of useful information as TO
Mexico's customs. manners. and tradi-
tional antipathies.
RETRosPECTIoN: By Hubert Howe Bancroft.
New York-The Bancroft Company. publishers
Between the covers of a single vol
| ume. "Retrospection." Hubert Howe
Bancroft has packed his opinion oi
nearly everything that has occurred In
| American political, social, and eco
nomic life during the past sixty years
Every chapter is almost a book in It.
self. Reviewing It means reviewing
American history from 1850 to 1912.
| The author describes what he knows
from intimate knowledge of the gold
rush in 1889: his disgust with the idle
rich of to-day: what he thinks about
| the Panama Canal. journalism, Asiatit
| immigration. education. and the Nc
| Namaras. As matter OF fact Mr.
Bancroft gives one the impression oi
worthy and intelligent gentleman ol
the old school, rather bewildered ir
modern surroundings. But his book Il
all the more valuable on that account
II is an Illuminating book in the hands
| OF one in harmony with the socia
| transition We are now undergoing. II
will show why men who attained theil
prime In 1875, are exasperated by wha'
are called the vagaries of 1913.
Mr.. Bancroft is dissatisfied with
most things. but mainly so with the
! administration Of law in America. Law
and Justice are not the same things
here, he alleges. However. we may
| weld the terms together in statutes
and tribunals: however we may SOUND
| them from the rostrum. there is nc
relatively between them.
| There Is a testy note which almost
! completely dominated the book. max
ling IL fine entertainment for the phil
osopher with a sense OF humor. Tht
! author makes the sparks fly from
| whatever he runs against.
A chapter devoted to comparative
] republicanism lis of timely interest
Here Mr.. Bancroft deals closely witt
the government OF Mexico under Por'
firio Diaz and the characteristics o'
the inhabitants. The historian states
that Mexico has made genuine prog
ress toward acquiring the capacity o.
selg-goyernment. and he has no feai
that a future will not see lofty ideal:
Of democracy realized south OF the Rif
Grande-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Negro Murderer To
Die In Electric Chair.

A record breaking trial was held
at Versailles Monday in the case of
Silas Williams, the 17-year-old
negro boy who murdered Mrs.
Susan Black and attacked her
daughter, Mrs. Lee Moffett, at
their home near Troy, Woodford
county, several weeks ago. The
case was called in Judge Stout's
court and the jury was out but one
minute and a half, filing into the
courtroom with a verdict of guilty
and fixing the penalty at death in
the electric chair.
Following the prompt action of
the jury Judge Stout Immediately
pronounced sentence on the con-
demned negro and fixed Friday,
March 81, as the day for the exc
cution.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
MaQOwan Loses Suit.

After a trial lasting three days
the Jury in the Fayette Circuit
Court Saturday returned a verdict
for the railroad in the suit brought
by Mr.. James r. Mcgowan. of
this city, against the g. & 0. Rail
way Company for 1,999.99 dam
ages on account of the death of a
trotting-bred sucking colt which
had its leg broken and had to be put
to death while being shipped over
the company's road from this city
to Lexington. Mr.. Magowan's
many friends here will regret to
learn of him losing his case as it
was generally thought his claim
was..just.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
To the Democratic Voters
of 18th Senatorial District.

| am just recovering from a Sc
we're spell of pneumonia, and will
be confined to the house for sew
eral weeks, but just as soon as /
can get out | intend to announce
my candidacy for State Senator in
this district, subject to the action
of the Democratic party, l ex-
pect to make an active canvass of
the district and in the meantime
hope the Democrats of the district
will not make any promises until /
have had an opportunity to pre-
sent my claims.
RUFUS MADDEN.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Mrs. Mirah n. Boyd Dies
al SharpSburQ, XIV.

Mrs Marian II. Boyd, aged 80
years died at her home in Sharps-
burg, Thursday night of cancer of
the stomach. Mrs. Boyd was one
of the most prominent women in
Bath county nd had host of
friends who will learn of her death
with regret. She had been men,
Der of the Somerset Christian
church since 16 years of age and
had always led a lovely christian
life.
She is survived by three chill
dren, Mr.. g. G. Boyd, of this
county; Mr.. w. A. Boyd, of Bath
county and Mrs. A. S. Gillaspie,
of Bourbon county. Besides her
children she is survived by one
brother, Mr.. j. Il. Highland of
this county and two sisters, Mrs.
Leo Gaines and Mrs. Daniel
Henry, also of this county.
The Funeral services were held
at the Somerset Christian Church
Saturday, conducted by Rev. H.
d. Clark, burial in Machpelah
cemetery.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
No Ball Team This Year.

At called meeting at the Court
House in the interest of the local
baseball team Wednesday, only
four or five were present and there
was absolutely no interest shown
among the fans and as a result Mt.
Sterling will not be represented
in the Blue Grass League this
year. The majority of the towns
are in a very bad financial condi-
ton and the future of the league
does not look very hattering.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Autos Arrive.

The car load of Ford Automo-
biles recently sold by Mr.. Paul
Strother. local agent of the COM
pany here has been received and
are being assembled at the Stroth-
er Garage on Bank street and de-
livery will be made in a few days.
This we'll known concern have sold
a number Of cars this Spring. due
to the tireless efforts of their Mr..
Strother.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
HORSE
THIEVES
Steal Horse from RObt.
BridgfOrth and We're
Captured in Lexington
The Horse Was Recovered in Win
chester After Being Sold.

Friday night two horse thieves
stole valuable horse from Mr..
Robert sBridgforth's stable sand
took the animal to Winchester
where it was disposed of for $50.
Early Saturday morning while
returning from a dance" at Win
chester Messrs. Seth Bolts and
Allie Hardin passed two men
leading horse and when they ar
rived in this city and learned about
thesstolen horse told the authorl-
ties about the parties they met on
the road. The officials at Win
chester were at once notified and
the animal was soon recovered
whichR had been sold for $50 and
had later refused to sell for $3.50.
The thieves purchased new clothes
with the money and skipped out
of Winchester to Lexington where
they were taken into custody and
later admitted their guilt. They
gave their names as William Wat
ers and Ernest Smith, of Menifee
county, aged 81 and Is respect
fully. They willsbe brought here
for trial.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
36-2t.
III. Wilson and Miss
Margaret NAH Married.

News recently reached here an
nouncing the marriage of j. T..
Wilson to Miss Margaret Hall of
this city. The wedding took place
in Hopkinsville, March 9th. The
bride is daughter of the late j.
Milt Hall. The groom is well
known in this city where he was
formerly manager of the Postal
Telegraph Company. The couple
have the best wishes of many
friends here.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19

Z cents per pound.
Campbell & Simpson sold 30 750-
pound cows to Kerr & Peed, of
Taylorsville, KY, at cents. A
great many other sales were made
at about these prices.
The mule trade was in good
shape and prices were high, heavy
mules selling at from $3.50 to $500
per pair.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
RUFUS MADDEN.
For Rent.

Modern cottage on Winchester
pike, near city limits, of six rooms
and bath, gas for lights and heat
ing. About two acres of land,
stable and garden. In first class
repair. Phone 147.
35-tf. Roy l.. Morris.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Knife Slips.

While Mr.. Sam Hollearn was
pruning some fruit trees Monday
his knife slipped, cutting a long
cash in his left hand, causing it to
bleed profusnly and necessitating
the taking of several stitches.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Lost.

Case containing legal papers
and books on pike between Mt.
Sterling and Corinth church.
Finder please return to this Office
or notify
Charles Moore,
36-2t. Ashland, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Exchange.

The best things to eat prepared
by the best cooks in the county
Saturday, March 22nd. Watch
Roberts & Ringo's window.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19

Since Excuse Me" began it's
run at the Gaiety Theatre, New
York, some three years ago, over
a thousand gold bracelets have
been scattered among the audi
ences that have witnessed the play.
During the third act the young
bridegroom is embarrassed by con-
fronting a girl on whom he had
showered favors before he met
THE" girl. Among these favors
was gold bracelet engraved with
IA fond inscription. For many miles
of the journey to Reno he tries to
get possession of the tell-tale brace
let. Finally during a holdup of
the train on which all three acts of
Excuse Me" occur, he secures the
bauble and filings it from the car
window-but it lands in the lap of
someone in the audience. This is
the explanation of why thousand
girls and more are wearing "Ex-
cuse Me" bracelets today.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Former Local Boy HOnOred.

At a meeting of the Bluegrass
Typographical Union, No. 1879,
held in Lexington Sunday, Mr..
Tracy Evans, formerly of this
city, but now connected with the
Lexington Leader, was elected
Vice President.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
Mr.. S|LAS
STOf[R
SuCCumbS to an Attack
of Acute Indigestion
Saturday, March 10
Was One of Montgomery COunty'S
Foremost Citizens.

Mr.. Silas Stofer died Saturday,
March Is, 1913, suffering with an
attack of acute indigestion and
weak heart.
The statement that Mr.. Stofer is
dead will cause many a strong
heart to culver. He was man
among men and the suddenness of
his death makes it all the more
shocEing.
1t was on Saturday morning
while in his buggy on his farm
near this city he was stricken. He
was found in a semi-conscious con-
dition and carried to the residence
of Mr.. Ray Moss, where he was
attended by Drs. B. f. and w. r.
Thompson. In a short while he
rallied and it was thought he would
pull through, but in a short while
he received another stroke and ex-
pired within a few hours.
The fact that he died while at
his post of duty will be an inspira-
ton to his offsp7inga in after years.
Mr.. Stofer was p years of age
and had been in poor health for
about two years, only recently
having returned from Lexington,
where he was under the care of a
specialist.
He was twice married and is
survived by wife and four chill
dren. His first wife was Miss
Bette Turner. who died many
years ago, leaving two sons, James,
of Texas. and John, of this county.
His second wife was, before mar
riage, Miss Belle Darnell, of Elem
ing county. who, with two chill
dren, Mrs. Harry B, Ringo and
Mr.. Jackson Stofer, both of this
city, survive.
The funeral services were held
at his late residence Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ser
vices were conducted by his pas
tor, Rev. A. H. Hibshman. with
burial in Machpelah cemetery.
Mr.. Stofer was one of the lead
ing farmers of this section, owning
one of the most beautiful places in
the State, consisting of 375 acres
of beautiful Blue Grass soil. He
was an elder in the Presbyterian
church and had long been an untir-
ing church worker, giving much
of his time and means to the needy. |
He was good, big hearted,
Christiin gentleman, the memory
of whom will live on throughout
eternity,
Alas! one of our loved ones has
passed with the passing of winter.
With beauty and with blessings,
for a little while he decked our
lives, but now on earth he will be
be seen no moIe, but the soul of
one who performed his duty as he
saw it will live on throughout the
ages in the beautiful City of God.
1--WE drop tear on the lonely bier
And think Of day far or near,
When the crimson streak ON the pallid
cheek
Speaks life forever, for the lowly and
meek.
1--WE dream of a far-away shore.
Where friends nor flowers fade no more;
In vision sweet we pillow our heads
On restful calm on fowery beds;
There death is dead, and life forever
and free,
Where the land of time meets the eter-
nal sea-"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-19
COUNTY
court DAY
About $500 Cattle On
Market and Prices
Very High.
Mule Trade Good at Prices From
$3.50 to $500 a Pair.

About $500 cattle on the mar
ket. The quality was fair, trade
was good but not brisk; prices
were simply out of sight. We
never saw stock cattle sell as high
as they sold Monday on any mar
ket in this country. When 900 to
1,00O-pound steers sell for $3.50
per hundred it begins to look bad
for people who eat beef.
Yearlings sold at ST to $3.50;
heifers at 81 to 6 cents, with some
selling by the head at over that
price; cows at to 81 cents, with
old cows and rough oxen at 81 to a
cents. A few hogs were for sale
at prices from 8 to 10 cents. A
good-sized crowd was at the pens
and there were plenty of buyers,
but they were a bit shy of the
prices. One buyer, who regularly
attends this market, said he did
not intend to buy cattle at over Z
cents, but he bought a car load at
a cents.