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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12

Recent Elections NulIified, New EIec-
tlons Next July.

tlons Next July.
4 Mexico City. - The Mexican Con-
gress nullified the presidential cleo
tions. New elections are called for
next July. Congress, according to this
action. expects General Huerta to re-
main in the presidency for at least
seven months more. and if the time
necessary for the selection and In
stalIation Of his successor is taken into
consideration, 1t will be well toward
the end of September, next year before
he yields his power to another
In voting that the recent presi-
dental election was null the deputies
decided to fix the first Sunday in
July, 1914, as the date for the new
election. They also confirmed the
position of General Huerta as pro-
visional president until then.
The measures taken also provide
for the election of a new Congress-
since the one elected to take the place
Of that dissolved by Huerta is to serve
out an unexpired term which should
terminate on September 10. The rea-
son given for nullifying the elections
was the insufficlency of the number
OF votes cast. 1t was stated that the
entire number OF voting places in the
republic is 14,225 and that returns
were received from TOT.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
SUFFRAGSTS
GALL ON WILSON
Try to Win President over TO
Their Cause.
WILL NOT SEND A MESSAGE
Tells Delegation His Rule lie To Urge
Nothing On Congress With
out Consideration BY
Party.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. suffrage, the
question which has vigorously pro
jected itself on the political forum
confronted President Wilson Monday
in the persons OF s8 members of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association from all parts of the coun.
try, who pleaded that he use his in.
fuence with Congress- to obtain the
ballot for the women of the nation.
1t was the FIRST time the President
had been brought face to face with
the issue in a formal way He told
bis callers that, whatever might be
his personal views on woman suffrage
or any other subject. he had made it a
rule not to urge anything upon Con
sress that had not been the subject OF
organic consideration" by the Demo
cratic party, Of which he considered
himself the spokesman.
The President said that when mem.
be " Congress- consulted him he
nd freely give his views, and he
sSdded that having already been asked
his opinion about the organization of
a standing committee in the House Of
Representatives to consider woman
suffrage, he had expressed himself in
favor OF such a committee.
Some Of the members of the delega-
tion were disappointed. some felt en-
couraged. others were non-committal.
DR. Anna Howard Shaw expressed the
view that the Presidents Endorsement
Of the idea 81 special committee in
the House was All that could have
been expected under the circum-
stances.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
pHE WAS FIRST WOMAN LAWYER
Miss Phoebe couzlns Dies In Poverty
In St. Louis.

st. Louis.-Miss Phoebe Couzins.
the first woman lawyer in the United
States and the first woman who ever
served as United States Marshal, died
here Miss Couzins was ~ years old
and death came as the elimination
OF a long illness, which she had suf-
fered in poverty in squalid room in
a crowded section of the city. Ap-
peais for assistance recently had been
made by friends in her behalf FIRE.
quentiy in recent years she had sought
aid from the Federal Government and
from breweries, whose cause she had
championed in many campaigns
AGAINST prohibitory legislation.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12

srsaDs' sdsd
ice, weather "a regulation Sucn a
plan. Secretary Houston believes, will
promote coordination.
Plans for redistricting the country,
for the enforcement Of the Pure Food
law are announced, and the Secretary
makes public his intention to ask for
authority to prepare amendments 70
the Pure Food law to improve the food
supply, protect the public health anu
promote uniformity in food legislation.
Free distribution of seeds by Con-
gressmen should be discontinued, the
Secretary recommends. He would
conduct in its stead a constructive
work in securing and distributing new
seeds and plants.
Financial Help For Farmers.
Conditions vary widely in the United
States, says the report, because farm
ers do not equally need better credit
arrangements, and all sections are not
similarly circumstanced. 1t contends
that when all necessary allowance has
been made for fundamental factors II
is probably clear that the rural cora
munities are not as efficiently served
as they should be by existing financial
arrangements. The Secretary believes
there does not appear to be need for
unique or special legislation or for
legislation which shall aim to give the
farmer credit on easier terms th'IM
other members of society. What es
needed is the creation of conditions
and machinery which shall enable him
on similar credit foundations to secure
money at the same rates as those that
prevail for other classes and for other
| sections.
Good roads are prerequisite for
better marketing, for better schools
and for more comfortable rural liv-
ing" says the Secretary. Better
sanitation and hygiene in the home, In
TIE school and in the community are
just as vital for the rural community
as for the urban" says the report.
Would Help the Housewife.
: To gain information to enable the
department better to serve rural WON
en- the Secretary has addressed letters
OF inquiry to the women of $4,000
selected farms covering every county.
Analysis of the letters shows that farm
women desire assistance as to ways
of securing running water, introduc-
ing household power machinery and
labor-saying arrangements and provid-
ing better hygienic and sanitary con
ditions. Many seek advice as to the
better marketing of the articles tney
produce.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
8 KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
700 Pounds OF Powder Blow Up At
Du Pout Subsidiary.

Wilmington. DeI.-Six men were
killed and two injured in an explosion
in the gelatine mixing house of the
hepauno Chemical Company, at Gibbs.
town. N. j. The dead include Harry
Horner, foreman; Howard Clark and
Herbert Mullen. all of Paulsboro.
n. J.-Seven hundred pounds of pow
der blew up from a cause that will
never be known. The one-story cor
rugated iron mill in which the powder
was being mixed was completely
wrecked
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
so,,ss ENLISTED MEN IN NAVY
Largest Number On Rolls Since the
Civil War.

Washington.-Fo the first time
since the Cevil War the enlisted
strength of the navy has passed the
$4,000 mark, the total number OF en-.
listed men now being 50,1S6. There
has been net gain in the enlisted
complement since July last of 2,06S.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12

The tide has turned. It will hereaft-
er be all Republican in this state for
many years. Whenever all the Repub.
licans unite 1t is evident that they can
overwhelm the Massachusetts Democ-
-acy.-Worcester fMassl Telegram.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
5000 RUSSIAN EGGS.


Philadelphia.-Thirty-six thousand
eggs were imported here from Rus
sia. They comprise the first of what
is expected to be big consignment
to break the egg corner in this city.
The shipment was admitted from the
liner Graf Waldersee free of duty,
and will be sent to local bakers.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
WHEEL BABIES 1900 MILES.
updesrafts Reach Philadelphia From
Nebraska.

Philadelphia that they
had wheeled their three little girls
nearly II v miles in baby carriages,
Milton Up sgraff a his wife arrived
in this city after four months jour.
ney from Nebraska. The last lap,
from Lancaster, Pa. and a few other
short stretches. were made in trains.
but most of the trip was made afoot
They began the trip more than 16
weeks ago. pushing a pair of 2-year-
old twins and another 4-year-old child
in baby coaches.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
TELEGRAPH TICKS.

Jersey City.-Edward, deserted
baby. was awarded FIRST prize az a
better babies" contest here. The
founding was adjudged 100 per cent
perfect
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
NEXT

Votes For Children Now Being De.
manded.
Washington. for Children"
are being advocated by Mrs. Alice
Thatcher Post, wife of the Assistant
Secretary of Labor. She addressed a
meeting of the Woman's Single Tax
League, of Washington, on the sub
ject "The individual soul is the ulti-
mate social unit" said Mrs. Post.
male or female. old or young, rich or
poor, wise or foolish, the individual is
the citizen. The rule should be: One
citizen. one vote"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
TO HAVE COMMUNITY TREE.
Governments Officials To Attend Fss.
tlvities In Washington.

washington.-The will be com.
munity Christmas tree on the broad
plaza at the east front of the Capitol
Christmas eve. with high government
officials participating in the festivi-
ties and the United States Marine
Band furnishing music. Vice-Presi-
dent Marshall and Speaker Clark
signed permits suspending Capitol
rules to allow the erection of the tree.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12

Washington. The channels Of
plomatic correspondence between
span and the United States over the
Plifornia Alien Land law have been
Fhausted, wishou6 results, and any
|tio' Y y Il looking Y % an y Ioetment Of the
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
THAw TO SUPREME COURT.
Constitutional Questions viii Go To
Highest Federal Tribunal.

Highest Federal Tribunal.
Concord, N. H. Judge Edgar
Aldrich ruled that the mental condi-
ton of Harry X. Thaw must be deter
mined in the Federal courts The
Courts announcement was made at the
hearing on Thaw's petition to be ad-
mitted to bail. "The constitutional
questions involved in this case" added
Judge Aldrich, "are of such import
ance that / shall not pass upon them
myself, but shall forward them as
promptly as possible to the Supreme
Court of the United States"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
HAS RIGHT POLICY
Roosevelt Correct in His Desire
for the "RecalI."
Under the Present System the Courts
Can, and Do. Override the VIII Of
the People In Numerous
Cases.

mo such formidable power is known
to any Representative government as
the American Republican irresponsible
judicial vetoi power to dismiss laws
as the president may dismiss officers.
without question The taxing power.
the currency and impost, the process
power, municipal police. the militia
power, commerce and intercourse at
home as well as abroad, the purse and
the sword, church and state-all pow
er, in fine, is to be concentrated in the
judicial focus"
Certainly no one can say that the
statement of the irresponsible and com
plete power of American courts ia
modern. The quoted words were print
ed rs years ago In the Democratic Re-
view, published in Washington.
But 1t is doubtful If even yet the
people are fully aware of the political
power Of courts. All of us have real
lied Gas In the 1896 income tax de-
cision) that the courts can veto law
of the lawmakers body. We know that
by interpretations new meanings can
be put in valid statutes. But it has
not been brought home definitely and
generally tbst il the members OF
court do not approve the legality OF
public policy that the people do ap-
prove, then the court can defeat the
policy, and there is now no machinery
of government to set the peoples will
above the courts WILL
OF course, there Is the power OF war
las the Civil war set the peoples win
above the courts will In the Dred Scott
case. But a people that believes In
law and, order ought not to have a
system OF popular government whose
capstone lie mob violence or military
violence
Now. why cannot an orderly, regular
method of preserving popular power
be substituted for the merely possible
power OF revolt? Why cannot the pow
er of courts to interpret the constitu-
tion and avert unwise and Illegal legis-
4! lsilqPR es psesAESSbsa aF ! The Ysy sama tims
st masters OF their own government
IL These things can be done by \
Roosevelt's device OF providing tt
,e when court says certain pub
Id policy is unconstitutional the decisi
al shall be referred to the people to 9
At whether the court is right or wroni
il. Mr.. Roosevelt's point is that the p,
pie should say whether on matters
IN public policy. the courts are right
IA wrong; instead of the courts sayi
Whather fine naonIo ra rioht ~. xrro,
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
CHEAPER RATES
IN PARCEL POST.
Commission Approves Post
master Generals Plan.
CHANGE IN EFFECT JANUARY /
Fifty-Pound Limit Fixed For First and
Second Zones = Twenty In
All Others = Books
Admitted.

Washington.-Pos Postmaster General
Burleson's proposal to increase the
weight limits of parcel post packages
In the first and second zonee from 20
to 80 pounds, to admit books to the
parcel post and to reduce rates in the
third, fourth, fifth and sixth zones was
approved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The maximum weight Of parcels to
all zones beyond the second was in
creased from II to 20 pounds.
One of the reasons in raising the
weight limit In the local zones is to
encourage the utilization of the parcel
post as shipping agency for farm
produce to the cities. After January
l a farmer living at any point in
Maryland. as far south in Virginia as
Newport News, Petersburg or Lexing-
ton, Va. in one-half OF Pennsylvania,
two-thirds of New Jersey and all Della
ware, can ship to Baltimore mar
ket basket" weighing so pounds for
54 cents.
The commissions consent" to the
proposed changes was transmitted In
three letters from Chairman Clark to
Postmaster General Burleson. The
approved changes in rates and
weights, to be in effect January /.
1914. follow;
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12

ptft4ft'< @f'N nfA @SAtS ACA VAth "'At+hfc%
aI &ound to seven cents for the first
po,snd and tour cents for each add
tioual pound.
/ To reduce the rates for the fifth zone
from nine cents for the first pound
and seven cents for each additional
poiind to eight cents for the firsi
pound and six cents for each addi
tional pound.
To reduce the rates for the sixth
zone from ten cents for the first pound
and nine cents for each additional
pound to nine cents for the flrsi
pound and eight cents for each addi
tional pound.
Revenue VIII Cover Cost.
"It seems obvious" says the com
mission, "that'the service to the pub
lie will be promoted by these changes
provided the revenue from the serv
ice is not less than the cost thereof
Your experience and statistics seen
to show clearly that the revenue will
not be less than the cost of the serv
Ice"
Serious objections to the proposed
change in the rates on books an6
catalogues were made chiefly by mail
ers of heavy catalogues, but the com
mission says it feels that the changes
are in the Interest of the public gener
ally.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-12
TO REORGAN|zE
THE Department
Intention Of the Secretary Of
Agriculture.
HOUsToRs FIRST REPORT.
Secretary Wants Authority To study
Domestic conditiona-.-Fed-
ersI Aid For Roads
Urged,
HOusTcRs FIRST REPORT.

Washington. .Reorganization of the
Department Of Agriculture is fore
shadowed in Secretary Houston's hrsI
annual report presented to President
Wilson A plan, to be submitted
e. gress inh, thasflscal estimates
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-20
"THE SPOOK OF SPOONDOM HATH ARISEN!--
CITIES FACE NEW SPOONING PROBLEM"
FE
BY WINNIE LEE

BY WINNIE LEE
That modern chivalFy bears a
price-tag marked "spooning" is the
accusation made by the girls who
wrote letters published previously.
And now one young man comes
back in this way:
1.-THE spook of spoondom hath
arisen!
why won't the girls be scared
enough to tell the truth? Some girls
can't talk about thing that interests
man. And as for listening, a fellow
might as well talk to stump. Then,
of course, he just naturally gets
spoony!
And that's only what the girl ex-
poets! But she pretends to feel so
hurt" ...~
I've a score of letters of the same
tenor. Of course, this was Adams
argument, and mans inherited chiv-
airy has never restrained him from
using it, but not even a militant suf-
fraget will discuss "woman-the-temp-
ter" nowadays.
However, rms mans opening SEN
tence, written in Jest, contains the
prophecy of brand new social ques-
ton. 1t is a problem bound to puzzle
the best brains of theIaWnakers, and
the preachers and the doctors in this
country before long!
For spooning is a ghost which has
already arisen! It isrhaunting many
an unhappy girl today; it is the black
shadow which follows behind many
a remorsefuI man.
Reformers trying to regulate mu-
nicipal amusements find spooning
their greatest obstacle. Elwood V.
Street, secretary Of the Cleveland
Federation for Charity and Philan-
thropy, in a recent newspaper article,
ho1 he
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-20
as though we as people were
ashamed Of loving and considered
marriage the greatest of jokes.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow

in maternity homes give spooning as
the first cause of all their wretched-
ness. And according to Rose Living
ston, New York's little crusader,
spooning is the white slaver's first
snatch at his victim.
/. Spooning has got to be reckoned
with, some day, as big factor in the
social upIift of every community.
Meanwhile the girls who question
mans right ID claim a kiss as fee
for his company must fight the first
battle in this great campaign I'M
aided.
Writes a little stenographer to me,
with wisdom beyond her years:
There is no such thing as limo
cent spooning, unless in cases of
very unsophisticated girls-girls
whom it is any real mans duty to
protect" ....
And a business woman makes this
point:
"Spooning in its very essence is en-
ttrely different from the love-making
which precedes marriage. With the
latter comes the understanding of
two persons mated spiritually, men
tally and physically, instead of mere
physical attraction alone Is there
nothing which will make a 'spoony'
girl recognize before it is too late, the
folly of her simple little soul?"
This newest of social problems
based on a very old sex-tangle is
purely an American problem, as more
than one of my. correspondents has
pointed out.
"Spooning is without question the
result of phases quite peculiar to
American life and customs" writes
a well-known musician who has
studied much abroad. "In this coun-
try susceptible young people are
everywhere entertained with songs,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-20

find the baggage of the newIyweds
of any other country done up in white
ribbons and pIastered with jokes
more or less vulgar. 1t almost seems
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-18
BUCKAR00ES MEET
BOISE THIS WEEK

Having lost the entire series to the
North Yakima team but not at all
discouraged by their i'll fortune, the
Pendleton Buckarooes arrived home
this morning on the n. p. train and
are ready to meet Boise for a week
on their home grounds. The league
leaders will arrive in the morning
and their appearance here for six
games will close the baseball season
in Pendleton.
Every game which the Bucks drop
ped to the Braves last week was by
a very close margin. The jinks seemed
to be settled upon their bench for
not once was luck with them. With
lead even until the last inning, some
thing would inevitably happen to rob
them of the sweets of victory. With
any kind of luck at all, the boys de-
clare they would have taken four of
the seven games. The seventh game
was made necessary through the fact
that President Sweet allowed the pro-
test of Manager Gordon on the game
which Pendleton took from Yakima
here on July 81 when Umpire Jimmie
Richardson made a decision on an in
field fly with the bases full which was
contrary to the rules.
Richardson will officiate here this
week and Hall will hold the Indicator
in Walla Walla where Yakima will
meet the Bears.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-18
AT THE PICTURE SHOWS.
The Orpheun.

For Tuesdays change, a two-reel
Nitagraph featuring Edith Storey, E.
X. Lincoln, Anita Stewart, Harry
Northrup and L. Rogers Lytton. This
is one of the greatest pictures ever
played. 1t is one that will be remem-
bered by everyone who sees it.
"A Prince of Evil" Vita. Two-reel
The story of an unscrupulous prince
intent upon marrying a wealthy girl
who loves another. The lengths to
which he goes, the compromising sit
uation that he devises, bringing in
her sister, who finally saves her,
make this picture of swift moving
romance and adventure.
"Baffled, Not Beaten" Kalem. A
young lawyer who seeks the hand OF
the daughter of the president of the
traction company is told by her father
that he can not marry her until he
has firmly established himself in his
profession. A strange fate causes the
young man to prosecute a suit against
the traction company. who by under
hand methods try to steal some pa
pers from Harold. He is thrown out
of car and badly injured but when
he wins the case against the COM
pany the president is obliged to keep
his promise and the young people
are made happy.
Where Clouds and Mountains
Meet" Pathe. An interesting and
beautiful film of the Yosemite valley.
Colombo, Capital of Island of Cey-
lon" Pathe iiorilxisha thro,,,b
this little town, showing all the
scenes of interest which are indeed
many.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-18
PaStinle.

Visitors to the Pastime will enjoy
a good hearty laugh when they see
THE Tables Turned" hilarious Wit.
agraph comedy featuring Dorothy
Kelly Norma Talmadge, Rose Tapley
and Mrs. Kate Price. Honor Thy
Father" is the two part feature and
Thomas McQuade devotes a whole
page in the Moving Picture World
setting forth its many excellent quail
tiles. -
Honor Thy Father" Cines, 10y
al girl. promises her dying father
never to let his money pass into the
hands of his scheming wife and dis
sipated son. She falls i'll. they bully
and threaten and finally plan to drug
her. The violent measures visited
upon her when she escapes, and upon
her lover after he takes her part.
provide a picture full of sensational
scenes and thrilling climaxes
"The Tables Turned" Vitagraph.
Aunt Mary has been shaming sick for
a long time and her crankiness has
completely worn out the whole fam
lily. An accident discloses that her
invalidlsm is entirely a fake and the
tables are clevery turned upon her by
her niece Betty. All the family fall
sick and Aunt Mary has to do the
work She has learned her lesson
and develops into a really useful
housewife.
"The Meadow Lark" Edison A
country love story with pretty out
door scenes. A fine part of the acting
is the portrayal of theatrical life. The
climax where the minister finds the