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New-York tribune., 1915-01-03
TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE
FORMERLY OPPOSED, NOW HE FAVoRs IT

As years have passed | have been more arc
more impressed with the difficulty and con-
plexity of those problems and also with tf'
power Of society to solve them; but am cen
vnced that for their solution we must i0o'
to the many not to the few. We need all Tx
people, woman as much as men. In the o'
mocracy which is to solve them we must nav
not a part of society. but the whole
The insight that women have shown INV
problems which men did not and pefnAP
could not understand has convinced me ~
only that women should have the ballot o.
that we need them 70 have it. This IS e'Pe
chilly the case because these prob ems W.
have to be solved largely through coAe''''
action in which legislation is necessary
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03

come up and sniff open air or catch glimpse
OF daylight Russian settlers in Siberia at that
time were of opinion that the erstwhile owner
of the tusks they so often found had been
beast allied to the elephant, inhabiting the
country in a warmer era, long ago, and having
been drowned en- masse by the food.
AS far back as 1886, Wilson'S stay in Russia
gave him quite sufficient data-which he pub
lished shortly afterward together with de-
scrption of portions of the skeleton OF the
mammoth and drawings Of an under jaw-to
give European anatomists inkling of the
strange brute's identity. Witsen himself def
nitely stated his belief that the mammoth was
an ancient species OF elephant
Hannbalian elephants de guerre and giants
by no means exhaust the guesses at primi-
geniuss identity. Verstegan, writer on Eng
lish antiquities in the reign OF Charles II, ex-
pressed himself thus: q have talked with such
laboring men as usually have dgged wells and
the deep foundations of buildings, and they all
agree that they do commonly, in all places,
find an nnumerable quantity Of shells and in
many places the great bones OF fishes 1t
seems highly probable that "the great bones
of fishes were mammoth.
In 1880 the remains of a mammoth were dis
covered by some laborers digging a trench in
the park of Francis Biddulph Esq, at Benton,
in Sussex. England. The bones were loosely
ntermingled and in rather bad shape. 1t was
concluded that they were remains Of drowned
elephant that had been washed thither from
Africa in the time OF the food.
bave hepu
to the blessed saints Of the Church of Rome,
especially in Spain and Italy and carried
around the fields in time OF drouth, by way
of propitiating the unkindly heavens.
The American Indians and those of Alaska
attribute finds of mammoth bones to-day TO
their revered ancestors; while, on the other
side of the world, the Hindoos think that their
finds OF the extinct north British Indian NAM
moth are the bones of the Rakshas or Titans
of their folklore
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS WOMEN VOTERS

wage earning. men and women Of our e0''
try-adopted the following resolution;
Whereas, The granting OF the oaIos
women upon equal terms with men mas os.
strated by practical operation IN the S.sN =,
California and other states that It IS '"'
best interests of humanity; and ,..,i
Whereas Justice and fair dealing os..s;ss
that women. and particularly wage es asrc
women, shall be given the same voting F
and privileges as are accorded to nen ,od
means OF self-protection and advaneene" .,hs,.
Whereas. The women OF our county, IA,
ever given the opportunity, have pIovsss, q
the ballot in their hands IS an insuu nsu.. ,,es
great worth in the struggle OF the hu'"'
toward the goal OF social JUSTICE ano I,bc,
Whereas, The American Federation - t,o5r
since its inception has proclaimeu w. "A o
mental right OF woman 20 the odno'
equal footing with man. therefore coz
Resolved by the thirty-third snnsAii sba.
vention of the American Federation .. - %
That we reaffirm with increased enphs AMT
former declaration in favor OF woman ,hs e.
and urge upon the unionists OF the any I.,s pfe
STABILITY OF vigorously and perssIen,, shsb
noting this great cause, TO the enc "A pfirc'
soon become a universally estaoHSns NE 10
nj. in order that the women may os ,sfcss
r.nd.r thr;r valuable assistance 20 u.I 10
striving Tor humane legislation ana SUI
tice.
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03

their heads much over the origin Of mammoth
remains. It was left for Western Europe TO
originate the giant theory.
A mammoth skeleton, unearthed in the reign
of the Emperor Henry III, about the middle
Of the eleventh century, was declared to be
none other than the remains Of Pallas, son OF
Evander; he stood in his socks higher than
the walls of Rome" we are assured.
The famous Giant of Lucerne' was dug up
in ST. Felix Platter, distinguished professor
of medicine. at Basle, examined him by order
of the Council Of Lucerne and reconstructed
his bones into a human" skeleton, twenty-six
feet high The councillors Of Lucerne were
quite pleased and proud They used him as
supporter OF the arms of the city, after sketch
bv Platter. Unfortunately, however, one day
spoil sport scientist Of astrological tastes-no
less parsonage, in fact, than the great natural
ist Blumenbach-came TO view him, and under
his disenchanting gaze the son OF Anak forth
with resolved himself into an elephantine fraud
of the first magnitude. Some OF his bones are
still to be found in the museum OF the College
Of Jesuits, at Lucerne.
TWO GREAT DIVISIONS OF OPINION
AND MUCH BITTERNESS.
Still earlier excavated in the reign Of Louis
XIII the Giant OF Dauphine had a no less
ephemeral success He was declared to have
been one of the Cimbri who fought against
Marius, and it was even decided by abstract
reasoning that his original name and station
was King Teutobochus but he was merely an
ingenious arrangement of bones of the masto-
don, the mammoth's first cousin. There were
two great divisions Of opinion over this grand
Seigneur de Dauphine. The pro-Teutobochus
faction was bitterly opposed by section OF
the savants of the day who held him to be the
remains of war elephant Hannibal had care
lessly lost.
In the time Of James I Of England Lord
Cherbury was appointed by His Britannia Ma
iesty to make inquiry touching some huge
bones-mammoth, it would seem-dug up near
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03
By LOUIS D. BRANDEIS.

Il is just a quarter
OF a century since l
last expressed in pub
lie my views on woman
suffrage. Then l op-
posed it. To-day | ad-
vocate IT.
That change in opin-
ion is the result of
my own experience in
the various movements
with which | have been
connected, in which we
have tried 10 solve the
social. economic and
political problems that
T l-... ..,,o - tt-,,A
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03
By JOHN MITCHELL.

At the Detroit CON
vention of the Ameri-
can Federation OF La
Dor, held in 1890, or
twenty-fou years ago,
a resolution was adopt
ed declaring in the
name OF the Ameri-
can workingmen that
women should be en-
franchised, that in re-
spect TO voting they
should have the same
rights as men. At vari-
Gus conventions of the
American Federation OF
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03
By SAMUEL GOMPERS.

The ballot IS the
symbol Of political
freedom. 1t gives its
possessor political eX-
istence, with the right
TO a voice in the deter
mination Of matters
that vitality concern his
daily life. The right
Of ballot means full
membership in organ
lied society and brings
d sense Of superiority
and Of freedom. Men
Of many ages have
struggled and fought
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03
By JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN.

Although strongly
urged in past years, |
have always refused to
oppose the demand for
woman suffrage. l
have felt decidedly that
il was a matter for the
women themselves to
decide. The women are
now making their sen
timents pretty clearly
heard, and justice
seems 20 me 10 de-
mand the granting OF
their request.
Furthermore. | rec
many matters OF public
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03

Labor since that time the declaration OF the
Detroit convention has been reafhrmed, and
the keen and sustained interest of the wage
earners in the subject of equal suffrage is evil
denced by the fact that the convention of the
Federation held in November, lel3-a conven-
ton which represented directly over two mill
ion organized workmen and which expressed
the hopes and aspirations in the economic
field of all the wage earning, the millions OF
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03

RELICS OF MONSTERS
CREDITED ALSO TO
SAINTS AND TO
HAN MEALS
ELEPHANTS

Some Of the Samoyedes who roam along +.
Siberian shore OF the Arctic Ocean saw =.
cording to Reclus, that the mammoth il =.
monster, living on dead bodies cast I'd on ..
beach, others having legendary beliefs th,,
was vast bird, the talons OF which wer. ..
tusks they collect nowadays. The ostiaks !,
allied race, held yet another belief, which ,.,,
detailed 10 J. B. Muller, Swedish prisoner I.
war, in Siberia who published a work on th.,
folklore, in 1920. They thought it was hu,.
beast with movable horns-the tusks. Viz
these implements, which projected aboy. n.
eye, it dug through clay and mud with ven,
and mastery, but on coming into vein Of san;
it houndered, stuck helpessly in its tracks M
died Many natives, wrote Muller, had ,og
him they had seen such animals on the 9th,
side of Beresovsk, lurking in large caves
the Orals
THE BURROWING OF MANY MAN
MOTHS CAUSED EARTHQUAKES
rather similar story OF the mammoth wa
told Klaproth by Chinese traders, at Kiskaa
who called the ivory "tusks Of the gisn, "a
Tien-Shu" II avoided light, they ayerred {.
ing in dark holes in the earth, near the Por
Sea- its flesh was cooling and whol.son.
eat"
Some Chinese literate, according to Nor.
denskjold, considered that the discovery .,
these huge earth rats might explain esrh.
quakes (the quake being caused by covey Or
drove of mammoths burrowing along at to,
speed, just under the surface Of the sOil)
Apropos OF these curious beliefs about h,
mammoth in particular, it might not be amia
TO mention one OF two held about elephants
general by scientists of bygone days.
Many early authorities held that elephanr
had tanks in their heads, from which they bsx
spurts of water at their foes. Phile stated ,hr
the elephant has two hearts-one in use Will,
it behaves nicely and the other when possessed
of the devil and on the rampage. The fsroa
scientific scrivener OF Georgian England, Sr
Thomas Browne, averred in his "Pseudodora
Epidemica" that: 1T hath no joynts Being IN.
able to lye down, it lieth against tree, whnh
the hunters, observing, doe saw asunds,
whereon the beast relying, by the fall OF Tx
tree, falls also downe tselfe and is able to ris,
no more" However, he was anticipated BY
Pliny who described the "Machls,' denzer
of Sweden, as 'jointless.
Aristotle wabbled on the problem OF whethe
the elephants had knee joints; and Aelian, 20
years later, naively expressed his wonder a
how the Roman elephants danced. having NJ
Joints. Phile, in poem, dedicated TO Empero
Andres II, doubted the elephants possession
knee Joints. As late. indeed, as the thrteent
century. Matthew Paris's drawing OF the els
phant given Henry Ill in 1855, by the Kini
Of France, gave it no leg joints.
Even Shakespeare. it would appear, accepted
the falacy, as witness his lines in "Trous and
Cressida": The elephant hath joints, but non'
for courtesy. His legs are for necessity, not
for fiexure" And Donne, in his Progress o.
a Soul deemed this beast: The only harm
less great thing Yet nature hath given hin
no knee TO bend Himself he up-props, OF
himself relies; still sleeping, stands
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03

"NHE SOdS must nave oHyOy0u "'a'y
hearty laugh over humanity's attempts
10 account for the remains OF NAM
moths. Scientists, clergymen and
laity. white men in pot hats, no less than mere
savages. used to bring forward and stubbornly
advocate bizarre theory after theory toohsh
suggestions for the most part that con
terporaneous data should have precluded
A study of the mammoth theories Of bygone
davs provides an apt illustration of the innate
conservation and egotism of man and his
strong distaste for granting that there are great
gaps and chasms in his knowledge No doubt
there were a few brave spirits in olden Europe
who held that the great bones and tusks and
teeth had belonged TO an extinct monster, OF
which history gave no tidings, but fail to md
records of their views. The world OF Occi-
dental learning merely shifted contemporary
A. such soatterbrainS. and went on to assert
that patiently these finds were the remains OF
giants or saints or HannbaIs army elephants.
There is every reason to believe that the
ivory. AZ an events of the mammoth was
familiar article Of commerce in early Greek
civilization Theophrastus, of Lesbos, pupil
OF Aristotle. was believe, the FIRST writer 20
record a trade in fossil ivory and bones. 1t
Is Ekelv that these were obtained from local
deposits. for they were referred TO by Pauslnias
FIVE centuries later.
DISCOVERIES OUT OF WHICH GREW
THE GREEK LEGENDS.
A number Of Greek legends are founded, too,
on such discoveries. Pliny mentions these
scripta Of Theophrastus and states that the
earlier writer described the ivory as OF black
and white color" 1t was probably these data
that led Pliny 70 add after instancing Aelian's
profession that elephants shed their tusks once
in ten years. that they always hide these dis
carded tusks underground.
Demosthenes's father was an ivory dealer,
wholesaler. and owned factory for making
cabinet ware and knife handles. 1t is more
than probable that these Greek mammoth tusks
came into his hands now and then and refer
ence TO further usages may be intended IN the
passage Of the Odyssey apropos OF the luxury
of the early Greek p1inces-"The spos OF ele-
Dhants the roofs inlay Ivory nearly gave out,
bv the way in the time OF Pliny, though a
couple Of centuries earlier it was so plentiful
that Polybus tells OF the use OF elephant tusks
in Africa for fences and door posts.
Abou-El- Kassim's Arabic manuscript OF the
tenth century tells OF ivory that was evidently
mammoth tusks forming a recognized article
OF trade in the bazaar at Khva. in Turkestan.
At that time, or very shortly afterward, China
began 10 do a considerable business in mann
moth tusks There are data in old Chinese
writings 10 show that not only did the natives
of Northern Siberia bring down mammoth
ivory TO Mongolia but Chinese collectors went
up into Siberia 10 obtain supplies Of tusks.
The Encyclopedia Britannica is the authority
for statement I fail 10 find corroborated, that
mammoth ivory has been exported to China
and Europe for more than a thousand years
Apparently the Greeks OF old did not bother
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03

continued on .i,,a page
New-York tribune., 1915-01-03
QUAINT EFFORTS IN
OLDEN TIMES TO
ACCOUNT FOR
REMAINS OF
MAMMALS
BY BASSETT DIGBY.

.HE gods must have enjoyed many
hearty laugh over humanity's attempts
10 account for the remains OF mann
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PRAIRIE HON E

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Brown and children
were Sunday evening guests at the Ed
Richard home.
Miss Della Larson, who is ATTENDING
Madison Normal, came home to spend
her Thanksgiving vacation with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Larson.
Miss Arthur visited at the VIM. Ken
nedy home the latter part of the week.
The pupils of Alton 13 and Sterling
A enjoyed a two days vacation last
week.
The Lundeen family of Fountain
were Sunday visitors at the Ira Brown
home.
Mrs. Ira Blakely spent Tuesday af.
ternoon in Brookings with Mrs. E. F.
Evans.
Ray Shank came home from col
lege to spend his vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Shank.
Quite a number of boys enjoyed a
good duck hunt at Lake Albert last
Friday, autoing up in the Wheeler car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gillett visited
Sunday afternoon with friends in Me-
dairy.
Mrs. II. Sloan entertained friends
the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Chapman enter.
tanned twenty friends and relatives al
their home last Thursday at a big
Thanksgiving dinner and supper. All
enjoyed a jolly good time eating tur
key and oysters.
Miss Olive Chinook was a pleasant
Saturday.
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TRENTON

M. F. Sutton and family spent
Thanksgiving with friends in Harris
burg, S. d.
Mrs, w. A. Garfield, accompanied
by her daughters, Miss Ethel and Mrs.
jerks, and Mr.. Canfield's sister from
Wisconsin, attended church in Tren-
ton Sunday.
The Ladies Aid of Trenton township
will hold a supper and sale of useful
and fancy articles at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Jay Sanders on Thursday
evening, December 9th. The proceeds
will go to the churches and Orphans
Home. Everyone is cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Harvey and fam
lily, also Mr.. and Mrs. G.. C. Bower,
were entertained at the C. c. Nelson
home last Thursday evening.
James Biggar and a lady friend were
calling in South Trenton last Monday
evening.
Quite a number of Trenton young
folks attended a social gathering at
the Durland home last Saturday even
ing.
Miss Lucille Zimmerman Is visiting
friends in Trenton this week.
Ralph Reeves has returned from his
Montana trip and is quite favorably
impressed with the country.
Willis Lynbach arrived last week
with a car load of goods. He returned
to Sioux Falls last Tuesday and his
father, mother and sister came here
the same day.
The carpenters have begun work on
the new barn on the Frank Simmons
farm.
The Epworth League will hold an
oyster supper Friday evening. Decem'
Der 3rd, In the new barn just west Of
the grange school house on what has
been known as the e. B. Newton farm
The price OF supper win be Is cents
The proceeds win be used to support
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FOUNTAIN

The Fred Buettner and Frank Swan
son families ate Thanksgiving dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. August Swanson.
Miss Ethel Hubbard spent the last
of the week with her parents at Ar
lington, returning Sunday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrison entertained
the Chambers and FELTON, families
Thanksgiving Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hussey spent
Thanksgiving with the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Bane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinol Norton and fam
lily spent Thursday at the Herman
Melcher home near Bushnell.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Pullman and family
drove to Sterling last Thursday and
spent the day with MI. and Mrs. Pier
sail.
Mrs. Chas. Hilgendorf arrived from
Luverne, Mimi, last Saturday for a
visit at the home of her son, Arthur
Engel. She will also visit with hel
sister, Mrs. Neal at Brookings.
Mrs. Fred Buettner spent last Wed
nesday with Mrs. John Miller at Alton
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Brown were guests
at the A. G. Lundeen home T~hanksgiv
ing Day.
MI. and Mrs. Hilly. r and family
from White were entertained at the
| Henry Pullman home Sunday.
Roy Minton and family of White
Mrs. A. j. Neal and children of Brook
ings and the Wesley Elston famil.
were visitors at the Arthur Enge
home Sunday.
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r ~BROOKINGS

Mrs. Hamerick called on Mrs.
Schrader Wednesday afternoon.
President Warren of Yankton Col
lege called at the j. A. Keck home on
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldridge and daugh-
ter Bernadene and Miss st. Clair ate
Thanksgiving dinner at the Chas. Yule
home.
Fred Faulkner and family and Mrs.
Lindley were entertained on Thanks
giving at the E. C. Sheldon home in
Brookings.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Schrader on Saturday morning,
November 81.
Those who were entertained at the
James Sloan home on Thanksgiving
were Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Killing, Mrs.
Wilcox, Samuel and Miss Moore, Mr..
and Mrs. James Sloan, Jr., ]. A. Keck
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Keck.
Miss Margaret Ryger of Brookings
visited Sunday at the Keck home.
Miss Alice Moore left Saturday
morning for her home at Webster City
Iowa, after an extended visit with heI
sister, Mrs. w. B. Wilcox.
Next Friday night is the regular
grange night. Oflcers for the coming
year will be elected.
Mrs. F. Faulkner, Mrs. Olson and
daughters, Lille. Myrtle and Florence
and Mrs. Chas. Keck and Miss Myrtle
Keck visited school last Friday after
noon.
On December 18th a temperance pro
gram will be given at the Pleasant
View grange. A speaker will be en-
gagged and the general public is invited
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MEDARY

Considerable blowing was done last
week but cold weather arrived Satur-
day evening and the ground is frozen
too hard for work at present.
Mr.. Stearns entertained company
last week.
Mr.. Ady was driving in this vicinity
last Friday.
w. l.. Turner drove through here to
B~rookings last Saturday evening.
Wedding bells were ringing in North
Medary this week.
The Trenton Ladies Aid will hold a
fair and supper at the Jay Sanders
home on Thursday evening, Deem
Der 9th, TO which all are invited. The
proceeds will be given to the minister
and the Orphans Home.
Everyone in this vicinity was duly
thankful.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Ringle spent
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. w. N.
Atkins.
Mrs. Fred Hill and family were driy.
ing in Trenton last Thursday.
f. b. Newton of Brookings was driv.
ing here last Friday.
Mr.. Reeve was driving here Sunday
r. Eggeman expects to leave for his
Minnesota home in a short time.
Miss Blanche Holmes of Brookings
will make her home with Mrs. H. |
Stearns for a few months.
The following pupils of District 8.
have neither been absent nor tardy
during the month ending November "a
1915: Beatrice f. Carter. Ellen Maher
James Maher, Lewis Nelson, Robert R
Carter, Christina Nelson, Sylvia L. Car
ter, Eunice Nagel. Arthur Nagel. Mis-
Blanche Holmes, teacher.
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LAKEToN

Andy Madsen is or the sick list.
Miss Clara Christensen spent Sunday
with her friend, Miss Irene Christen-
sen.
A large number of friends helped
Miss Elsie Larson celebrate her birth
day anniversary last Wednesday. She
received many beautiful presents.
Andrew Norgaard and family and
sister, Miss Carrie, were Sunday
guests at the August Nystrom home.
Miss Viola Nielsen spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. Paul Dahl.
Christ Christensen and family were
entertained at the Albert Nielsen home
Sunday.
A large number of friends spent
Sunday at the Andrew Johnson home.
Christoffer Madsen and daughters,
Misses Mae, Annie and Cora, autoed
to Madison and returned with their
daughter and sister. Miss Emma, who
spent the Thanksgiving vacation with
home folks. She returned to Madison
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EUR

Mr.. Chambers autoed up from Iro-
quois Tuesday to spend the day with
his daughter, Mrs. Maurice Kern and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Kerr spent Sun
day with the latter's mother, Mrs.
Smith at Brookings.
Miss Blanche Tompkins was a guest
of Miss Edna Fleming Tuesday.
Miss Beulah Kerr spent Sunday with
Miss Eunice Clifford.
Most of the young people from this
vicinity attended the dance at White
Thanksgiving night. A good time was
reported by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Cochran enter
taineed the Olympic Club Thursday
evening in honor of the latter's sister,
Miss Margaret. Mrs. Cochran COM
pletely surprised the, crowd by an.
nouncing the marriage of her sister,
Margaret Clifford, to Mr.. Cecil Kelsey
of Brook Parks, Mimi, which was
solemnized that day at high o o at
the home of the brides parents. The
young couple left Friday noon on their
honeymoon trip to the cities. We
wish them much joy and happiness in
their new life.
Ansel Kerr and Miss Clara Hand.
werk were the guests of Lester and
Edna Fleming Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Perso, Jr., is on the sick
list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hurd and little
son of Bruce visited Mrs. Hurd's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kerr, Sun
day evening.
Little Mildred Perso spent Thanks
giving Day with her aunts, Misses
Mary and Ruth Perso.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Jensen and Mr.
and Mrs. J. Otteson autoed to Tyler
Mimi, Tuesday to spend the day with
friends and relatives, returning home
that evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Coulter and Miss
Agnes Bodine were entertained at the
Kern home Sunday.
Frank Billet called on Miss Minnie
Rittman Sunday evening.
Miss Clara Handwerk spent the las
of the week in Brookings with hel
mother and sister.