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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-04
Early Massachusetts,
Returns Favor. Gardner.

BOSTON, Nov. 4-The first com
plete returns for Governor in the
State election came in to-day from
Maspee, a Cape Cod town. The vote
was: Bird, Progressive, g. Foss, In
dependent, 70; Gardner, Republican,
80; Walsh, Democrat, 3. Last years
vote was: Bird, Progressive, 8; Wal
ker, Republican, Sc; Foss, Demo-
crat, 6.
Other early returns were:
Acushnet-Bird, 81; Foss, 80; Gard
ner, 50: Walsh, 30. Last year this
town was Bird, 81 Foss, So; Wal
ker, IS.
For Governor the vote from three
towns and six New Bedford precincts
were; Gardner, Republican, 1,4O8;
Walsh, Democrat, 1885, Bird, Progress
sivs, 6S8; Foss, Independent, 230.
Last year the same towns and pre-
cincts gave Walker, Republican,
1852; Foss, Democrat, 1,05l; Bird.
Progressive, 591.
Avon--Bird, Progressive, l48; Foss,
Independent, 3 Gardner, Republican,
81; Walsh, Democrat, 1863. Last year:
Bird, Progressive, lei; Foss, Demo-
crat, 149; Walker, 81.
Ninety precincts in Boston gave
Bird 1874; Foss, 1,l65; Gardner,
4,624; Walsh, 1886.
Lakeville-Blrd, AZ; Foss, II; Gard =
ner, .; Walsh. 10. Last year Bird,
3d. Foss, 80; Walker, AZ.
. Provinoetown-Bird IS; Foss, 81:
Gardner Eli; Walsh, 104. Last year
Bird. 101; Foss, 145; Walker, IS.
Twenty towns in Massachusetts
gave Bird 1911, Foss, 299, Gardner,
1,19s; Walsh, 73S. Last year: Bird,
Js2Ss5 @eeA STA Walker 14Az2a
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GEORGIA M|L|T|AMEN
REPORTED 0RDEREDT0
Be READY FOR SERVICE
THE MEXICAN SITUATION:

Dispatches Mexico City state that Huertas regna
ton has been demanded by President Wilson.
dispatches that Huera will ignore the de-
the time being and has appealed to representatives
of the powers for their backing.
Washington dispatches state that Secretary Bryan at
his Office nearly all night expecting important news from
Mexico Early in the day he refused to deny affirm the
ports ultimaum Later he denied that umaum had
been issued
of Georgia chairman of the Foreign Rea
Committee says the Mexican situation has about reached
conclusion" Navy and War Departments are active.
Dispatches from Mexico City carry denial from Charge
dAfares oshaughnessy that he had presented any ut
matum to Huerta.
Huerta refused discuss the subject with intervewers
In diplomatic circles it recognized that Secretary Bry
ans denial mentions 'umatum but does not say that
note has note been sent to Huerta.
Georgia militia reported to be under orders for
date call to service and General Evans who vacation
in Mississippi reported to have received orders to reo his
Command at Fort Mcpherson to be ready for movement of
troops.
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Two Cars of Troops
Pass Through City

Two carloads Of United States
troops passed through Atlanta late
Tuesday afternoon en- route from
Fort Barancas, Pensacola, Fla, 10
Fort Oglethorpe, Tenn. A large crowd
Of people greeted the soldiers at the
Union Passenger Station
inquiry of the officers in charge
failed to reveal any Significance in the
movement Of these troops with the
Mexican situation.
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OTHER AND DAUGHTER END LIVES
RACING RESULTS

out, won; Meadowsweep 1872 q. Park &,
ITO, out, second. No time taken. Only
two starters.
FOURTH-The Tonkaway steepie-
chase, Agar olds and up, about 2 miles:
Peregrine Pickle 142 IF. Clark, rs.
out, won; Hands All Around 1856 o..
Ryan, rs, out, second; Cherry Melotte
LAB &c. Heider) 2, ITO, out. third.
No time taken. Also ran: Doreen III,
Jim. Hanson, Bill Andrews, O'COnnor.
Adventures fell
FTFTH-The Stayers handicap, hacks
and hunters, about 21a miles: Nosegay
$50 IF. Alpers), Ia, out, won; Specu-
No time taken Only two starters.
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eminent.
The conferences are expected
to last several days and Huerta
is expected to make his reply to
President Wilson s demands only
after the foreign ENJOYS have
communicated his plea to their
home governments and received
instructions. ),
Hope for Powers Support.
Huerta by this action Ia making a
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strong bid for international support
but no matter what the outcome may
be, it is expected that his answer will
be a complete defiance Of the Ameri
can demands. He has a faint hope
of securing support from other pow
ers, but if this fails he is expected to
go It alone" and lead the Mexican
army in person against any invaders
1t is possible that Huerta will make
no formal reply to the American de-
mand, but will, instead, haIt pass
- :
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.Porfirio Diaz to Live
Near Bryan at Miami

MIAMI, FLA, Nov 4.--Porhrio Diaz.
d.nossd ruler OF Mexico, will return
from Europe December /, and take up
bis residence in Miami.
His nephew, Rafael Ruesgs. Mex
can Consul here TO-DAY engaged ~ M
isusi winter home Of Sscre1aET Of
State BrTans -.--------,--l-----A->-.-----
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SS ygne med wealth estimated at
gooO'ooo,Ooo was represented to-
esy at a gigantic business mems
athN nome rule mass meeting in
me historic Ulster Hall. George
vert, president of the Chamber
VI commerce, presided.
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ENTRIES.
Al LATONIA.


FTRST-Allowances. all ages, 5lz fur
longs: Please Welles SO, Loveland go.
Martha Mckee SO, Bayberry Candle 90,
xManson sS, Bank Bill 90, Laird OF
Langden IS, Lindar 100, Destino 100,
xHocnir 100, Herpes 116, Oakland 116.
SECOND-Seling, two-year- olds. G
furlongs: Bob Hensley IS. Tavolara 100,
Shepherdess 100. Bulgarian 1903, Little
Bean 1903, Transit 1903, Lost Fortune 105,
DR.. Samuel los, Ida Lavinia 105, Malay
107, Candy Box 105, Lady Moonet ITO.
THIRD-Handicap two-year- odds, s
furlongs: Buck Keenon IS, Bronze Wing
80. xxBac 100, Maude F. L. 1903. John
Gund 1o7, xxBlack Toney LA.
FOURTH-Handicap, three year olds,
s furlongs: Sebago 107, Floral Park 1908.
The Widow Moon 10S, Theresa Gill 109,
Presumption liz.
FTFTH-Allowances three-year- olds
and up: mile; Or. Jackson 50, Galos sS,
MimorioSo 109, Orperth 109, Black
Branch 109, Sun Queen 1O9, Jabot 1os.
sIXTH-selling, four year-olds and
Briggs los. Falcada 10s. Howdy Howdy
10S, Hoffman iii, Dynamite Iii, Love-
day iii, Polls Ill. Irish Kid 112, Phil
Mohr liz, Princess Thorpe 112. Ocean
Queen liz, Effendi lis.
txo A. Bianchi entry; IKE. r. Brad
Weather clear; track fast.
AT PIMLICU.
FTRST-selling; 2-year-olds; ~ fur
longs: Tandsticker 102, ISlmahdi los.
S2 v gHst Msy M is M Rse TeF IT,
Thelma 1o7. Behest 81, Lady Grant
liz, Harebell l02. Single Ray l05.
ACCOMPLISHING; handicap; 3-year-
olds and up; mile: Hans Creek 101,
Lad of Langden 1913. Beach Sand 1913,
Inez 100, Noseredna So, Cockspur 50,
schailer 10S, Moisant IS. Garth i07, MI
chael Angelo 9S, Prince Floral 80. Kin
der Lou 1903. Inferno Queen IS. Danvilie
THIRD Stafford Handicap; S-year-
Odds and up; furlongs: Azyisde Ill.
Prince Ahmed 104. Lochiel SO, Progress
i've IS. Sickle 1903, Eadbald 1o2, Yenghee
m NJ s s Ca 49, Carlton S Sea
106, Isidora SO. prince Ahmed and
Lochiel Bedwell entry; GenesIa and
Montressor Wilson entry)
FOURTH-Handicap 3-year-oIds and
up; steeplechase; 2 miles: irwin P.
14o, The Elephant 1856, Clan Alpine 1Sa,
CleII's Sister 1888, George. Emo 12S, The
wellsin 106, Bally Bay 1870, FlatfoOt 1870,
YariGo 1a4i Col9999ssl 49, Ennisldllep
Bally Bay Parr entry)
FTFTH-Selling; handicap; 3-year-
ODDS and up; ! S-16 miles: Colby IS,
Good Day 1903, Hatteras 1903, Cliff Stream
1903, Chester Krum 106, Charles f.
Granger 10S, Brando 1903. Napier 105,
NY Fellow 1903. Blackboard 107, Modes
ITO, Oakhurst liz.
SIXTH-Three-y year olds and up mile
and 70 yards: Nonpareil 106, Brynary
Iii. Judge Monck 113, Autumn los,
Kormack 116, Hester Prynne Ill, Tale
Carrier Ill.
Selling; two-year- olds; ;
5h furlongs: Heart Beat ITO, Mordecai
liz. Woodrow 100, Salvation Nell 102,
Suwanee 1902, Jesail 1O5, Harvest Queen
1902, High Priest 102, Beau Pere f02,
No Manager 102, Helen NJ 102, Kedron
1O2.
Weather clear. Track fast.
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coRNELlA, GA, Nov. 4.--Judse
Emory Speer left here to-day for
Atksnss No 10 s4qts4ls kRpRovad1
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4.-The
Los Angeles to Yuma road race
was won by Davis In a Loeomo-
bile. The time was 18 hours and
SO minutes.
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kIEFF, Nov. 4.-The defense in
the ritual murder" case of Men,
del Bells, the Jewish workman
accused of slashing to death An
drew Yushinsky, a 13-year-old
Christian boy, rested to day aft
err further expert testimony had
been given in behalf Of the de-
PENDANT. Professor Taxa, of Mos
COW, testified in favor Of Bells,
explaining that the modern YER
sion Of ritual murders" Is moth
ing more than a superstition"
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Would Sue City.

centinasd on Page G. Column 6,
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ABILENE, TEXAS, Nov. A.
The New York Giants Chicago
White Sox game here this after
noon was postponed on account
Of rain. The two teams left on
their special train at 4 o'clock for
E Paso, where it was announced
Msthewson and LeVerenz will be
the opposing pitchers o-morrow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07

AS Kindt was shrewd Judge OF human
nature and would supply his tools only to
the most capable men, he soon was getting
in this novel way large. steady income,
with very little risk to himself.
1t was generally thought impossible to
cheat Kindt out Of what he regarded as his
rightful due. No matter how far away
from him the robbery was he was sure to
hear OF 1t, and to put In claim for his
share at the first opportunity.
AS / have already said many times Harry
Raymond and Mark Shinburn were the
cleverest burglars who ever blew open a
safe. In previous articles I have traced
the history of their surprising careers, but,
II l remember right, did not mention an
amusing incident in which they figured
once when they were trying to get some
friends of theirs out of Jail.
Raymond and Shinburn were the leaders
OF the desperate gang which robbed an eX-
press car on the New York Central Rail-
road and got away with 100000. All the
express robbers escaped except Ike Marsh
and Charley Bullard. They were arrested
in Canada, and, after their extradition,
we're lodged in the Jail at White Plains,
n. Y. Raymond and Shinburn at once put
their heads together to get them out
AS a first step they engaged a lawyer
ex-Recorder Smith, Of New York City
and paid him retainer Of $1,000 Smith
put the money In his pocket, and with
Raymond and Shinburn started for White
Plains to have talk with the prisoners.
Before they reached their destination
Smith found to his amazement that dur.
ing the journey his pockets had been
picked. The one thousand dollar fee he
had just accepted was gone-apd so were
his gold watch and chain!
Raymond always denied having robbed
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their mechanism. "Sheeney Mike" was q
valuable member Of this combination on
account of his quickness in observing the
peculiar construction of the buildings it
was planned to rob and In pointing out
their weak points He was especially
clever at secreting himself In buildings
during business hours and later cutting
through floors and partitions to get at his
plunder.
One of the Ingenious schemes which
originated In "Sheeney Mikes" fertile
brain was that Of tying long threads foot
or two above the floor at various points
In a store or warehouse This obviated
the necessity of long hours of tiresome
watching to see what places the watchman
visited during the night and whether any
OF the employees were dn the habit Of re-
turning TO the store after business hours.
When "Sheeney Mike" planned a rob-
berry he would visit the store under some
pretext OF other and hide himself away in
some corner until the place was locked
up for the night and the watchmen had
made their first rounds. Then he would
stretch his threads around the place, go
back to the hotel and go to bed Before
daybreak he would rise and make his
way into the store again.
An inspection Of the threads-which
were broken and which were unbroken-
would give him pretty clear idea of
what had been going on there during the
night and he would lay his plans for the
robbery accordingly.
''Sheeney Mike" was never a bank bur
glar, but made a speciality Of robbing
1eWelry and silk stores. While Howard
and the rest Of his band were engaged In
some bank campaign he would devote his
attention to the peculiar crimes which he
knew how to plan and carry out more
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
By DR.. Hugo Kirsch.

T~rTHILE this is an age OF sue
NYF cess-making, man attainS
w success more slowly than
he did In previous generations. Ihis
is because he retains his youth
longer and the dividing line OF ola
age has been moved twenty years
farther on.
Our grandfathers considered
man middle-aged at thirty, ano a'
fifty they placed him induOltaoly III
the old men class. To-day a man Is
still looked upon as young at for'S
and even after he has consideraols
passed that period. Thereafter nc
is middle~aged until ne Is well past
sixty, and no intelligent person has
the hardihood to class him as olu
until ne is seventy Napoleon cOn
sidered his marshals who were o'o'
forty old men. He, ike MS coh
oueror. Wellington, Mrabeau anu
Marat. and the English PITT p'I
reached The height of his lame -n'
power when ne was thirty lhh.H
cray lampooned De Florac as loor
ish old man because while As "" %
thirty-fve be still claimed 10 Oe
young. he
I'VE have never mad iiine " ~
young" said Bcnaparte oil AihiSc
and OF them. From Childhood 'ne
passed into the gravity OF ,eSpoas;
bility bearing manhood. ReSpOn'-
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Sophie Lyon.

othcials and learned hs- 4,
duped.
:, AT another time JoAus. !,
tne appearance of the z.Ass
company 80 exactly that ! +
sip In behind The ds.s 1 +
While he was at lunch gi ~,
several thousand doll,s |, :,
all the clerks in the oslu
once When a large 'Ily .ai
open for the deposit Of t,u,s
offices, Johnson made ~ n
bank as a brokers' clsrs, lu,
with consummate coolasl =
The vault as II his right b ),
yond all question. aud vllf
bearing a box on hIs .hrly.,
s6O,OOO worth Of bonds. Tlsl
was offered for the reiun n
plunder he personated ,s r.
senting the thief and scts.gt
amount put up for ths *
stolen property.
One Of his most rsuunsa
effected by following ths u
New York national bank vh
Ing a package OF bonds sraz
900, When the president ed
he laid the package for a =
desk while he stepped 10 d
up his oyercoat. As soon u
turned Johnson anatchd I;
and successfully made bis d
johnson can probably t.ll
that he has entered more n
other sneak thief, living 6r 81
a greater amount Of ra,5
S37,SlO in one lump from y
York by watching the ns'z
bank messenger, Tho his Y
charge, When this neszH
away for a moment to ,nAs
>bank ne laid his small ea,Tn
ing over $4,000, on al =
When he returned a isE =
the bag was missing and 81
who had contrived to rs,su
off under his coat.
All the men ! am lelltg n
to-day we're master cTi@u
could make crime psy :1sv
But how did they succeed
GENTLEMAN George tIa'
death while trying to fghl .
Rhode Island prison shsit :
a twenty-fve-year senla&
mond and Chauncey Joh'M
and so did French Gas
came to end "Sheeney AIas
in the charity ward Of
Even Mark ShinbuTn. "
lars" to-day has aolHns
The millions he stole u
You see, lis The an. :
lhst's - brought home 1fih ,
Iin, Dhssjs by the career t.s, ., s,s' \
ran rraT, mentiion-CRlNE Dos :
never has paid any Ole :
and 1t never will ,o,ga
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nlm a uDeral snare or
skilfully t b an any
other thief. In some
OF the most daring Of
these ventures he
had no one to assist
him-eXcept a few
uuckmen, who were,
as a rule, entirely
ignorant that the
goods they were
hired to cart away
were being stolen.
"Sheeny Mike" sell
dom made a haul
amounting to less than
$4,000. He sold all
his stuff to Mother
Mandelbaum and a
few other note d
fences Most OF his
crimes were commit
ted to order-that is,
the fences" pointed
out certain goods
they wanted, and
Mike made his terms
In advance for steal
ing them.
French Gus" Kindt
was another burglar
who, like "Sheeny
Nike" applied shrewd
business methods to
crime. He was a IA
mons key.htter, and
there was always the
keenest rivalry be-
tween him and a
burglar called Dutch
Dan" over which was
the more expert in
this line.
But Kindt's reputa-
tion in the underworld
rested chiefly Upon his
ability as a maker
Of burglars tools. The
tools he made we're
generally considered
better than those OF
any other man-With
the possible exception
OF Mark Sninburn.
So many burglars
came 10 hin 10 buy
tools that kirdt 5nal-
ly conceived the idea
OF renting them out
on a percent &c basis.
The tools remained
kindt's property, the
burglars who took
them. agreeing % pay
every b IN 8 they
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Houu Long Are We foa'

bility aged them
tbey we're Indeed d, 4,
'-F But the tendsas -
to prolOng youu "A
afar of. At thru ,i1|
all the buOyancy 4 ~
spIrItedpes' and. . ~
lack Of . 'sn'' ~
This spirit snd ~. =,
most men unll D, ~
or passed iO'u -
man alIades !,..'I g ;. IsSas|
lnde. TO hinssa . 4, FL
One rea'oa y >, ,,d -
ostay" to yOulo -, -
s1;; ss; i !; i5sr.: ios T'... =. ':l.I.....s:sa
sIG slept on ,.,s. O. iss Ian l1
every t"el', ,.s,.r&
a youth o. ps. ...s. ~
ver's and 'g- ,ssst.
lake q .-l.-
tI play solf D., ~ ,s%I
enins I the ''4 ~
die ase. 81 tysx.~.
ness d BE rl.s SS|
owneri0'p i.@% ~
Of nodcr'i' ,5ss -
Il, 10 lcpstl;,s, y. 'ssss
nge at j '..s-,is 80
lence Is cel'.G .., .l.',.G9D
wesr wei : end t'.i gSs&I
ttal exist, g, . Is
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- He quickly exchanged his
coat and hat for an ink
stained linen coat and skull
cap such as bookkeepers Wear.
II, johnson cooIly walked
back into the bank, removed
his simple but effective dis
9uise, and disappeared with the
bonds by another door.
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Gus Klndt, Uh0 Organizedo !
Crime Trust and Other
Notorious Citizens of the Underm,4

stole. 1t was, you see,
a veritable " crime
trust" which he had
formed.
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the lawyer, but the twinkle in his eye
what incredulous.
Anyway" he used to say, ut was a.
waste Of good money to hire lawyer. In
less than a week we had Marsh and Bull
lard out Of that jail without any legal as-
sistance, and all 1t cost US was a nights
hard work"
And that Is really what happened. The
White Plains jail was a dilapidated old
structure. One dark, stormy night Ray
mond and Shinburn, with the assistance
Of Billy Forester and some other thieves.
tunnelled through It's rickety walls and
freed not only Marsh and Bullard but ten
other prisoners.
This was an exploit In which Shinburn
always took a peculiar pride. II have
broken out Of more jails than ! can re-
member" he once said to me, shut that
was the only time l ever broke into one"
man almost as shrewd as Shinburn OF
Raymond, as close-fsted as "Sheeney
Mike" or Trench Gus" and as audacious
as Gentleman George" was Chauncey
Johnson. He was not a burglar but a
Dduh SuSdhy duu III IuiS oAdSlin6 ino oA
daylight thievery he had no superior and
few equals.
One Of his earliest feats was the theft
Of a bundle containing $4,000 worth of
bonds from a woman prominent in New
York society.
johnson saw this woman leave the bank
for her carriage with the bonds in her
hand He was prepared for Just such an
opportunity.
Stepping behind a door In the bank he
quickly exchanged his coat and hat for
an ink-stained linen coat and skull
cap such as bookkeepers wear Thrusting
a pen behind his ear he followed the
woman to the street,
Just as she was entering her carriage
he cfaDood I'M n her and said
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hO clSPPCu Np W hNA SN %N
politely:
1.-THE cashier finds he has
made q slight mistake In re-
cording the numbers OF your
bonds. May l take them back
TO him for just a moment?'
Thinking that, OF course, he
was one Of the hank clerks,
the lady handed over the pre-
cious package without the
slightest hesitation.
Johnson returned 10 the
bank, took OFF his simple but
effective disguise and disap-
peared with tho bonds by an
other door.
His victim waited patiently
for fifteen minutes - then,
when it was too late, she
told her troubles TO the bank
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-Johnso1 saw the woman
leave the bank for her car
riage with the package OF bonds
In her hand.
2 Thinking he was one Of
the banks clerks, she hand.
cd over the bonds without quea.
ton when he said there had
been a mistake in the numbers.
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THTvHILE this is an age o. sue
NV cess-making, man attalns
w success more slowly than
The citizen., 1913-11-14
ULT|MATUM ON
CURRENCY BILL
Fundamentals Must Be Restored
or Caucus Will Be Called.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AGREE
kilograms Sent To Absentee Senators
Directing Them To Return.
Measure Is Greatly
Changed.

Washington-Dem leaders in
the Senate have decided that unless
the Senate. Banking and Currency
Committee promptly voted back into
the Administration Currency bill some
OF the fundamentals that it had eli
minated. party conference or caucus
would be called to consider the sub
ject. kilograms We're sent TO absent
Democrats urging them to return to
Washington at once.
The Senate committee had con
tinued to make changes in the House
bill to which supporters of the Ad-
minisration took exception and a
number of Democratic Senators at the
White House told President Wilson
that no progress would be made by
permitting the House bill to be
buffeted about in a committee wherein
q coalition Of Republicans and "insur-
gent" Democrats would alter the en-
tire theory Of the measure. 1t is not
known what position the President
took. Newspaper men who asked the
President whether a caucus would be
called were told by him that it was a
subject for the Senate to decide.
The citizen., 1913-11-14
PURITAN ANCESTOR

ter than he know. Else how can we
explain the surprislng fact that, in
spite of his aversion to discussing sex
phenomena and sex rights, he created
a form of society in which woman at
tanned a prestige, freedom of action
and a scope of opportunity such as
she had not known in previous ages.
Let others explain how the puritanic
ancestor, laboring under the handicap
of atrophied conversational powers,
ignorant of the works of Ellen Key
and Oliver Schreiner, succeeded in
working out theory that it is mans
function to labor and provide, and
woman's function to expand and en-
joy. The task is too difficult for the
present writer. Nor can he explain
this other startling fact that without
any knowledge that this is the CEN
tury of the child, without explicit
recognition of the sacred duty he
owed to the future of the race as en-
bodied in the child, the puritan an
cestor. wherever he went built his
schoolhouse and his church stimuli
taneously, and after the schoolhouse
he erected high schools, and after the
high schools he created universities,
and stinted himself in order that his
children might go to these univer-
sites and might have more money to
spend than was good for them.