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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

isfaction in the confidence -r
people would express in him Ina
not be secured in any other vaF.
And all h nave said ha~ rre-
said with the idea n a I q mar
trust the people and be their Il
representative and go back read
meet them and render a good
count he will up 10 tn,
sponsibility of his legislative i1fs
Il congratulate YOU upon The ce-
dence h has been repo>ed t~ ra.
and ] pray that Your Legislative -
periences may be such that when has
go back 70 Your people You WI III.
back with your esteem increased. -.
cause YOU have realized the ami. av
that rests upon confidence in tho
and justice of you people and g.
sire to be their faithful pubic So.
want.
Il thank YOU
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

~ heartily approve Of the principle
involved in a Statewide primary law.
And / think this principle is apple
able Il every Office from Presidency to
precinct"
This was Secretary OF State William
Jennings Bryan's reply to a News and
Observer mans inquiry:
Mr.. Bryan, what do you think OF
the Statewide primary law for North
'arolina?"
Il do not know any of the details
Of the bill you say is now before the
North Carolina General Assembly, but
am strong for the principle involved
yn a primary.
II would have spoken on the sub
Sect in my address before the General
Assembly had my attention been
drawn to the act that such a bill
was under consideration.
The principle of a primary law,
however, was covered in what / said
about the people having the right to
have what they ant.
"An l said in the support of this
Democratic theory of government is
applicable to the primary. 1t is one
of the methods which is now being
employed to bring the government
nearer the people.
The primary gives the people the
control in selecting their public Of
;icials. The more complete this con
troll is, the more certain are the of.
fcials to reflect the wishes Of theil
constituents.
There is no doubt whatever as tt
the ultimate adoption of the primar,
sn over the United States. Somt
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02
BRYAN GIVES APPROVAL TO
STATEW WIDE PRIMARY BILL
Secretary of State Thinks Principle IS Applicable
To Every Office From Presidency
To Constable

States may lag behind others in adopt
ing it. But it is only a question OF
when the principle involved IN
the primary will be universally
adopted in his country. And it is
just as certain to be applied ultimately
in the nomination of candidates for
Presidents.
The present primary laws of the
different States differ. But experiment
and experience will harmonic these
laws.
There is only one detail to which
I care to draw attention. I think it
better to allow a second choice. This
saves a second primary and is better
than leaving the plurality to control.
Where corporation interests enter
into politics there is danger Of can
didates being put up merely to divide
the vote of the opposition; thus giving
the plurality control.
II think the principal Of the pri-
mary is applicable to every office from
President to precinct"
The Secretary Of State was asked
for an expression Of his views relative
to the Australian Ballot Law. He
said:
Il do not know Of any State going
back to the old system after once
adopting the Australian ballot, and
most of the States have adopted it ir
some form gor other. 1t has made g
marked difference in our elections il
Nebraska. Under the old system i
was much easier to control votes
either by coercion or corruption. Thu
Australian ballot is a protection from
both coercion and corruption"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

stinctively know that the conscience
Of woman is on their side?
Woman Suffrage Coming.
There is nothing in this world in
government that / want that / am
not as willing to submit to the con
science of woman as to the conscience
Of man. And woman suffrage is COM
ing and you might as we'll get ready
for it. You may be one of the pion-
GERS or you may lag behind, but you
might just as we'll get ready, for
there is nothing more certain than
that women are going to vote in this
country.
"How do I know? Because 1 know
that in some States it has been tried
and wherever it mas been tried they
have never turned back
"Now, you are Democrats and Re-
publicans down here and I want to
remind you that when the Democrats
or Republicans win on a proposition
that is partisan they are never sur
Of success being permanent.
Take the tariff question for in
stance. We LAY been haggling about
it and Quarreling about it for a hun
dred years. One side will get in and
raise the tariff and there is COM
plant, and thea the other gets in
and lowers the tariff, and again there
is complaint, and while men like my
self wonder why people should com
plain of a low tariff, yet we find peO-
pie unreasonable enough to do SO.
Back and Forth on Tariff.
con his question of the tariff we
have had to swing back and forth
but, my friends, there is no swinging
back and forth on the question o.
wOman'S suffrage. There is no turn
ing back where women have been al
lowed to vote.
There is no State nor any nation
in the world, SO far as I know, tina
} ever tried oma suffrage and turne
back and so when l find hat all ex
perience is n way I conclude tina
is the right way, because experienc
, is the test, at last, of theories.
7 And, my friends, l have anOthe
, reason for favoring woman suffrage
} l believe that every great question
. at last a moral question and is nc
= settled until the mora principle in
@ VOlVed is passed Upon, and when W
have a moral question to settle W
Q ought not to spurn the aid of woman
4 We are growing in this country. The1
J has been a great awakening and thu
! awakening is simply the manifesto
ton of the growth of moral idea
Questions are going to be settled
, this country not SO much by fndiT
: out the pecuniary advantage to OF
{ person or another, but by finding II
moral principle involved, n whe
you are trying to settle a QuestiG
based upon moral principle you a
not afraid to trust woman any mo
le than you are afraid to trust nan
Is Woman Suffers Most.
n "And speaking Of war, l would Ill
q to see the women have a chance
D express themselves on war. T
a woman suffers more in war than m;
n does. You who were sufferers in Z
Civil War, ] venture to say there
m not a man, however crippled al
he manned but who will testify that t
is woman at home suffered more tn;
at the man. If the man dies On the be
Id tlefield his suffering is but for a m
it. ment, but the suffering at home
ne continuous, for there is the moth
m, upon whom a double burden
n thrown, and the child from whom [
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

me, / Will give you the situation as
we see it in the North and you "a
tell whether it fits conditions Town
here.
Fitness of Women.
If anybody says that women are rot
competent 1 have an answer and n
hat will not be disputed. ] don't
know whether any of your people
doubt the fitness of women for the
suffrage or not, but if l understand it
correctly, it is intelligence and morali-
~ that should fit them to vote, and
II men are not superior in intelligence
and morality you will find it hard to
defend a monopoly Of suffrage for
men, and If you think men are SUI
perior in intelligence and morality
YOU will find it hard to defend a
monopoly of suffrage for men, and if
YOU think men are superior in this
respect let me give you something to
think about in this connection.
when the question came up for
discussion in Lincoln, inquiry was
made at the ~penitentiary, toward
forming IN idea of the relative intel
ligence and morality Of men and
m There were found to be 359
people in that penitentiary; five OF
them were men; more than SO pei
cent Of all the inmates of the peni.
Tertiary in Nebraska were men, les.
than 2 per cen were women. AND
so the question / asked was this:
said when you so to the penitentiar!
YOU find the men in the overwhelm
ing majority, but when YOU 60 t.
church you find the women nj tn
majority.
Show Their Good Sense.
Now. if the women have sens
enough to keep out Of the penitentiar
n morals enough 70 go to church
who will say they are not fit to 60 t
the polls? applause and laughter)
IF You find That the women out
number the men in every good plac
and the men outnumber the women i
every bad place, hen YOU decid
whether the polling place is a goo
place or a bad place, for only on I'll
theory that it is a bad place ougl
he men outnumber the women Their
IS no other test. 1t may not appl
down here, II ] know it is not sal
70 draw conclusions unless you al
acquainted with the subject.
Il n in the North that whenev,
any moral question comes up. IL
bad people are Ok one side and IL
good people are divided, and IL
question that arises in my min
why bad people have more sense ths
good people, and why it is that bs
people have sense enough to stand
Sether and good people divide up al
allow the bad people, altogether
the minority, to overcome them?"
Il find hat whenever the ouesti,
OF suffrage comes up in Z
North that every bad influence
against woman suffrage, and til
every man who lives by sin a
shame and degradation is against
II they i~nstinctively know that {
conscience Of woman is against the
why should not the good people
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02
Legislators Should Carry Out
Will of Constituents

Continued from page three)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02
Ideal for Legislator.

and the ideal, to my mind. TO
Whlch the legislator should strive
sHoulo De TO SO conduct himself on
discussion and votes hat when he re-
turns home every citizen may say TO
MIN, We'll done, thou good and faith
Iui servant and he vould finl a sat
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
NAT TURALIST LOSES
 BOTH HIS HANDS

NOME, July 24.-The Corwin has returned from her first walrus hunt and relates a tale of frightful suffer- ing on the part of the Russian ship Kolyma on the coast of Siberia, which suffering resulted in the loss of four lives and the loss of the hands of Johan Koren, the naturalist who is so well known to the people of this camp. The Corwin brought back big cargo of skins. bone and oil. Captain Healy relates that they met the Rus. sian ship Kolyma near the mouth of the Kolyma river. She had been frozen in there last fall. Two of the crew died during the winter of scurvy and the remainder suffered from ill., ness. In the middle of the winter the vessel tried to escape through the ice but had a large hole torn in her hull bringing her near total destruction. Captain Healy gave the stricken crew all the fresh food of the Corwin and Koren lost his hands by freezing.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
1000 LIVES ARE LOST CAPSIZED BOAT
75O Bodies Recovered From Lake

Special to The Times By Associated
 CHICAGO, July 24-The big steamship East land capsized in the Chicago river this morning resulting in the known deaths of over 300 persons The Eastland had been chartered for the day, by the employees of the Western Electric Company who had planned an excursion to Michigan City Indiana
 At the time of the catastrophe the boat was tied up at the dock and there about 25OO people on board. The cabins were full, mostly of women and children with the most of the excursonists crowdng the decks passing boat in the river attracted the crowd to the outer side of the steamer With hundreds of people crowding the rail on one side of the boat, the vessel commenced to list outward, away from the dock. The water commenced to flow into the cabins and there was no escape for the imprisoned women and children who perished in the river waters among the most awful scenes of anguish and torment
 As the Eastland listed, she broke away from her moorings at the dock turned slowly on her side and floated out into the middle of the river When the boat began to tip the officers shouted warning and ordered the crowd away from the outer rail but it was too late the boat had got too far over to be swung back on her keel She continued to roll until the hawser snapped and then foated off with side of the ship remaining above the water About one hundred of the excursionists climbed upon the submerged portion of the vessel and did yeoman
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
SURVEY OF GOAL
 FIELDS TAKE ALL /. SUMMER

KATALLA, July 24.-There is con. siderable activity in this goold old town, and at last we are enjoying A wave of prosperity. Every idle man has found employment, either with the government party surveying the Boring Coal fields or by the lighthouse people who are installing a new light at Cape St. Elias.
 George Evans arrived on the steamer Watson and will survey and set aside the coal claims the govern. ment desires for naval purposes. The other engineers are laying out the other claims in units, preparatory to leasing them, and it is estimated that to do this work win require most of the summer.
 Captain Porter, who was sent here by the Alaska Engineering Commits sion, to make weather observations. is watching the tide at Kanak Island and also surveying Controller Bay harbor.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

the streets at the head of 50 deputies who had just arrived to relieve the guards duty at the plants of the Standard Oil and the Tidewater Companies Crowds gathered, following the deputies and hoot- ing and calling Before long, the crowd began to stone the marching men and a few shots were fired, without anyone being hit The police reserves hurried to the and succeeded in restoring order without much difficulty Two of the men who were wounded in the first riot, the day before yesterday are expected to die, the hospital physicians having given up hope of saving their lives All the others numbering than fifty, will recover Two concialiators representing the Federal government arrived here today, and began at once to hold con ferences with the representatives of both sides.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
TWO BRYAN MEN APPOINTED ID /. OFFICE

WASHINGTON. D. C., Juyl 24.- President Wilson today made two ap- pointments in Nebraska which have been taken to indicate that there is no serious breach between the chief executive and his ex-secretary of state, Bryan. He appointed Thomas N. Al len, of Lincoln, a brother-in-law of Bryan to the post of United States attorney for the district, and selected George L, Loomis, a strong Bryan advocate as collector of internal revenue for Nebraska.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
RAILROAD AND MINING
 OFFICIALS G0 KENNECOTT

Vice President E. w. Baxter of the Alaska Steamhship Company and Copper River & Northwestern Railway and President Stephen Birch, of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, Thos. Riggs, Jr., of the Alaska Engineering Commission, W. E. Dunkle and E. T. Stannard, mining experts for the Gug- genheims and Superintendent Caleb Corser left on special train this morning for Kennecott. They expect to return to Cordova tomorrow.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
MEXICAN FAMINE C0NT|NUESBE
 ALARMING

WAsHINGTON, D. C., July 24.- Officials of the American Red Cross Society. who called on President Will son yesterday confessed to him their diseouragement at the conditions in Mexico. The Society has been strenu. ously attempting to get food into the famine districts of Mexico. and their efforts have practically all ended with failure. The presiden urged the off cials not to discontinue their efforts to aid the sufferers from the famine. but despite the difficulties they were encountering he asked them to con. tinue trying to get food into the dis tressed sections. and at least do the best they could
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
SHIPS $1,000,000 ORE THIS WEEK

and took notice. This output was increased to $2,000,000 in June and new and startling record is to be established for July. The interior mines are working to their capacity and long the price of copper holds up that metal will continue to be mined and shipped on an extensive scale.
 In the meantime Cordova is being thoroughly advertised throughout tine United States as a great copper producer and from present indications this town will add more to the mineral output of Alaska
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
Northwestern Sails South

The steamer Northwestern reached port at S:SO o'clock last night and re- mained here until 3:SO o'clock this morning taking on ore for the Tacoma smelter Her Cordova passengers for Seattle were Mrs. A. J. Henneke, Miss Estelle Fitz, Peter Vachon, R. l.. Vining. J. B. Howard, F. B. Ewing. Ralph Gordon, George Habu and IA steerage.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
INVESTIGATING ATTACK
 CUNARD LINER ORDUNA
The Times By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, D. O., July 24.-The govern ment has determined to make diplomatic inquiries of Germany concerning the attack made on the Cunard liner Orduna by German submarine At the time of the attack on the Orduna, which is a passenger ship, there were score of Americans on board, whose lives would have been endangered if the torpedo had struck home. One of the American passengers has furnished statement to the State Department confirming the report that the boat was attacked.
 attacked.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

during 1915 than all the rest of the camps in the territory combined.
 In this connection attention is also being directed to the Copper River Valley as a tonnage route and some of the leading newspapers and maga- zines of the country are inquiring why Cordova was entirely overlooked by the Alaska Engineering Commission in making it's surveys from the coast to the interior for a government owned railroad. Possibly the members can offer some explanation of their action, certainly cannot.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

A million dollars worth of copper ore from the Bonanza and Jumbo mines shipped from Cor dova to the Tacoma smeter this week. This valu- able cargo was taken out on three steamers, the Alameda, Seward and Northwestern and there is still about 500 tons of the local docE awaiting the arrival of the freighter Cordova which is due in port tomorrow
 When $1 100000 worth of copper ore was shipped from here in May the financial world sat up
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

CHICAGO, July 24.-Five steamers had been chartered for the big excursion of the Western Elec tric Company today. The Eastland was the first one to be loaded and took her full capacity 25oO passen gers government steamboat inspector stood at the gang plank, while the merrymakers filed on board, and counted them The Eastland is of the fastest excursion boats the lake, being 265 feet long, and 38 feet wide.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

CHICAGO, July 24.-An the down town depart ment stores hurried truck loads of blankets to the river front when the of the terrible catastrophe to the Eastland became known. The blankets were not only used to the dead but to wrap around the drenched women and children who huddled in shivering groups along the dock cold and desolate
 Frantic efforts were made to revive the victims
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
This Is Some Strawberry

There is on exhibition at the Cham Der of Commerce rooms monster strawberry, grown by o. E. Lambert. It measures four and half inches in circumference.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
Makes Record Trip Fairbanks to Cordova

CHITINA, July 23-Bobby Sheldon arrived here last evening at 945 o'clock with his new auto mobile passenger Cadillac. He left Fair banks on Monday evening at 9:30 o'clock, bringing out Thomas Riggs, Jr, a member of the Alaska Engineering Commission, who is en route to Anchorage and six other passengers, one of whom got off at Willow Creek bound for Valdez The first
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
ITALIAN ARMY TAXES
 G0R|z|A AFTER BATTLE
special to The Times By Associated Press.

MILAN, Italy, July 24.-It is reported here that the Italian army has occupied the city of Gorizia The report states that the city, which has been one of the chief obstacles to the advance on Trieste, fell after tremendous artillery battle had been carried on for weeks, with the Italians drawing their trenches closer and closer to the doomed city
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
Making Tour of Alaska

Miss F. NJ Taylor, of Liverpool, one of the tourists on the steamer Northwestern, spent last evening fin town as the guest of Mrs, Nj. Laska. Miss Taylor has visited all South eastern and Southwestern Alaska ports and will make a trip to Dawson before returning to England.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

stop out of Fairbanks was at nonnellys, the next Meters and then Chitna, with six passengers.
 This makes a record trip over the summer trail Commissioner Riggs having made the journey from Fairbanks to Cordova in three days and 19 hours including stops at the roadhouses and waiting at Chitna night for today's train. The actual running time from Fairbanks to Chitna was
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
CHICAGO July 24.-captain Harry Pedersen

CHICAGO, July 24.-Captain Harry Pedersen and First Mate Fisher of the Eastland have delivered themselves up to the police, and been placed under arrest pending determination as to who responsible for the tremendous loss of life on the Eastland. The fire department was called out to assist in the removal of the bodes and when the fremen chopped their way through the side of the overturned ship, they found the bodies of the victims piled one on top of the other like of merchandise. The bodies were loaded upon tug alongside of the Eastland as fast as they were removed On the tug they were placed upon stretch CTS and carried ashore to improvised hospitals that had been arranged out of the buildings on the water front Hundreds of physicians were summoned to direct the work of reconsideration
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
REFORM SCHOOL BOYS
 WIN FAME AT THE FRONT

LONDON, July 24-Twenty thousand boys from reformatories and industrial reform schools have the Victoria Cross and 56 others have been forces since the beginning of the war Three of them have wo nthe Victoria Cross and 56 others have been rewarded with lesser decorations. The ssroll of honor'' shows that ? 100 of the boys have been killed or wounded
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

forty-twO hours.
 Autos are now getting to be quite the popular method of travel here nowadays. Last evening C. l.. lIoyt arrived from Gulkana with his auto truck Harry Chamberlain made the round trip to Jake Nafsted's roadhouse with several passengers and J. P. Rockafellow entertained party, by trip out the trail in his new Dodge machine
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
FaIrbanksans Go Outside

Peter vaehon. R. L. Vining and Miss Estelle Fitz arrived from Fairbanks on yesterdays train and sailed this morning on the Northwestern for Seattle
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
ITALY LIKELY T0 DECLARE
 WAR AGAINST TURKEY
Special to The Times By Associated Press.

ROME, July 23.-The diplomatic relations between Italy and Turkey strained, and there is likely to be an open breach at any moment. The refusal of Turkey to allow Italians to leave that country is increasing the tension and it felt that Italy will declare war on Turkey within few days.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
Miss Helmlck Married

Word was received in the last mail that Miss Merle Helmick, formerly em- ried to MT. O'Keefe, a prominent young business man of Tacoma
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

Pulmotors were secured as soon as possible, and were worked on one body after another. As soon as it became certain that life was extinct, the body would be placed to side and the pulmotor applied to another victim.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24
Blo Catch of Salmon

Yesterday 1S,000 fish were brought in from the Copper River flats for the Canoe Pass Packing Company.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

F.. s. Hewitt. representing Smith Bros. typewriter. is registered at the Windsor Hotel.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-24

F. E. Prasons, of the Schonacker Brokerage Co, Juneau, Is in town looking after local trade.