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.vai'ed and since that time periodic az
amendment and revision has been an.
II -rized and this useful authority
now "%,:'s In nearly all States.
TAI Question now presents itself
as 10 The best method which .ld- been
adopted FOR revising State cunstitu-
tions. Reviewing these. il has been
found that the following three well
defined methods have been used. Ia
all but twelve States constitutional
conventions ar" provided for in the
articles, and even in these such con-
ventions may be called by the I.egis-
!ature. Two constitutions contain
Seii-'Nccuting provisions whereby a
contention when approved by the pco.
pie may aSsamb" and submit articles
f"r amendments without further acts
from the LEGISLATURE. However. many
constitutions contain detailed rcsula-
uons as To III" membership. time. com
Pensatinn. &c. In all States, except
one, amendments may be Initiated At
any time in the Legislatu 70 he later
submitted to the people for ratlfica-
tiun. In thirty States the action II
one Legislature is al! that is required.
and in fourteen tn" approval OF two
successive Legislatures is necessary.
In on" commonwealth an amend
mont may be- accepted 10y two-thirds
uf rarn house for two successive
Legislatures and then become a part
al the constitution without reference
Ia the people. but in none uf the States
is the action Of the Legislature to he
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confectipnerv' could see that at
glance. and il gave me- irrling nf
bigness, kind a.. | remember. % bc re
qucsted by grown up man, a friend
or Jesse James, not 10 say anything
to anybody about having seen him
talking with the bandit and to he
bribed To keep still about the meeting,
took the "nigger heads" but on
the way home I changed my mind
about keeping still about the incido nj.
told my father that ia seen Jesse
James in the store. MY father qucs-
toned me closely about il. ana CON
cuded by admonshing mo not to hlnh
ANYTHING about it to anybody els on
peril of a thrashinG
could have got him and Store
keeper Brunstetter into "A sort of lam
with each other, | know now, had I
not followed his advice. So kept
still. hard as II was, and II was not
until Jesse James was killed. a couple
of months later, that ! was in a posi-
tion to swagger around and tell the
small boys of my circle how I'd seen
Jesse James again-of course I'd told
them all about the first time--at Brun-
stetter's store.
Between my first and second sight
nf JeFse James I'd had a queer small
boy run in with a famous" and par
tlcularly vicious member uf he James
gang the man known as Wood IIite.
One summer afternoon another boy
and ! were padding around at the
, edge Of the Missouri River about
midway mtween the town and the
fort Neither Of us could swim. or
course we had been forbidden to 20
anywhere near the eacherous Fig
Muddy, which every year took its
regular toll OF men and boys, who
were caught in the dangerous e-ldics
and currents and drawn underneath
the always shifting sandhars,
There was tlat h"ttomed skin
pulled up on the muddy shore. A
tough looking, hohoish individual
with a straggly very sandy beard
passing along on the railroad track
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JTE INDIANS THE REAL TROUBLEN1Ak<ERS

10 figure as an INSCRIPTIONS cheat ana
ribald
IN their relations with the whites
both tribes present an interesting record.
Tive Piutes have been. on the whole.
friendly though in the 'Gns they were
repeatedly abused 10y white settlers.
I'm Nevada. where many Piuies are moi
attached to agencies. the women are
very extensively employed for dones-
tic service. while the men hire them
selves cut az farm laborers This close
association with the whites has brou ght
about "A very general knowledge of the
English language; even men of 40 or
7o arc able 10 keep up a very fair con-
versation a condition of affairs hardly
ovor encountered nmopr IN. more i'm
prc,..ivc Iudiuns of the plains ON the
other hand. the Piutc- Of the town TAU
a prey to the bootleggcr and Other un-
desirable Influences of civilization. 30 that
the reservation life seems far better
suited to their present stage Of develop
mont
Tho I-,os ,ro tho dosnair of tho 9TH
rt,,;s, T., <,,,b, s,,-;5ys Co,o-
r.do ,o,r ,bo storm captrc Of urosen,
,,;s,u,h,,,os ,o,,,a ,hou ,br,o voars
,co tho mos, destitute native tribe
b,,i ,,.,,, mo, Ii,,;,,, Il, ,nis,rs,blo can-
,os ,iris without farming land. food
o ,ro,,or,,, co ,i,,,o ,eoc,od Inc civil
! i2ation AT the distance Of rtv-cight
miles from the railroad that not sin
gle individual on the reservation knew
enough English to act as my interpreter.
/ At Ignacio. some distance 10 the east.
! conditions were much better. Here
| some of the Utcs were fairly prosperous
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ability To swim But the fact that We
had To swim no doubt had the most to
do with it. We struck ou. as we'd
seen other boys do, with the overland
stroke and We stayed ON top of the
water The huge bodied man who
had thrown us in diVed in head first
and camr up alongside uf us.
20 course y'kin SWIM knowed II
but YOU pups didn't" he spluttcred
happily.
He was decent enough when he saw
that We We're tiring aud that We were
too small tn climb back into the skin
without assistance tu help us by grab
bling each of uS underneath ana boost
ing us over the Gtnwalr
When We all three rot uur clothes
on again D." ruHcd w Uarh to tho
l.eavenwurth side and pulled the boat
back on the muddy beach. Before he
started To shamblr III toward the
town on the railroad track he said
to us:
IF anybody ever asts YOU pups who
learned you how to swim, jcs' you tell
'em that Wood Hite teachch you see -"
Wood Ilitc" ditn't mean anything
to ne then but when not long
aft, rward wood TIitc was killed
while robb.ng tnin, II ! remember
correctly inadvertently hmrtcd out
in my fathers presence the story of
how IN" other boy and myself had been
thrown into the Missouri from a skir
by man who had told us his name
was Wood Hite, MY father produced
a newspaper that had "A cut OF the
man, and | quickly recognized the
pictur as that Of the man who had
hurled us from the skff
! thought II was all very kapoo
and nifty on my part To- have been on
Spcnking terms with Wood Hitc--f for
a Few moments until. that is. my
father escorted me in state to the
w.odshrd and Sldked me tu a sound
Whaling for having been down at the
rivers brink on that occasion OF my
meeting with Wood iiito. aSainst OF
repeated patcrnal orders tu the con-
trary.
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ahuN~ us. saw this SKIN and sized j,
up Then n" slid down the bank and
looked into the bottom Of IL fnr oars.
The short oars were there. and he got
into the boat
WAN a ride, YOU pups the man
growlcd good naturcdly al us two
youngsters.
~ course We wan ed ride II was
dehghtful To- bc invited to ride in
sl>ih by a hohoish looking individual
too, So We huppcd into the boat and
h" pushed IL off, picked up the oars
and roW"d out into the middle uf The
WIDE, yellow, turg.d river. " was a
hard pull in the swift current, and
on his oars and allowed the boat to
drift swiftly down midstrcam.
81 reckon III have swim" he said
then. "Can YOU brats swim"
We couldn't, We told him as he
started to take IN his clothes.
"Oh yes, ykin,' he rcpded with his
hoboIsh grin. ~ onl- think " can't
swim. Rut y kin, Take or y'r duds,"
There was something peremptory
ami yet fairly good nature1 IN the way
hc gave the command. We only had
a couple uf garments each nv way of
duds to take Off, and We removed EN-.
by this time To" man WAS stripped,
"A magnificent lnoking individual. and
was ready to go over the side OF the
skin himself.
you pups jcs' think v can't swim, "
he Snil and lp pic%ci the other hoy
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Continued from rum Page.

sumo he took the cartridge as a SOU
Nenir. .Afterward Brunstetter said that
James had told him that he had a pre-
monltion Of early death and that was
what they had been talking about,
Brunstetter having grown up with
Jesse James in the section OF Missouri
from which the Jamcses sprang.
Jesse James walked out OF the side
door OF the store without, to my in
tense relief bestowing any further
scowllnr glares upon me, When Brun-
stetler, looking thoughtful. came for
ward to the front part ~ the store and
asked me what ! wanted, | gasped
II know that man YOU was taikin'
with mean | know who he is."
The Storckeeper shot me an ANA zed
looh. !. a pallid. Trembling small boy,
felt than that maybe ! hadn't ought
toEe said anything to Brunstetter
about what ! knew. But l was too
far in then to recede and | could see
that he looked sccptical anyhow.
which wrought upon my pride.
Know him" What are you talkin'
about, you cub How dye know hin? ?
An II y'know him, then who is he?"
why, he's jesse James, Mr. Brun-
stetter." blurted out.
The st@~ekeeper reached the sacks
in a stride and got me by the ear.
Look a'here y chinny whelp, are
y tryin' Z git me in trouble with y'r
crazy notions? Who dun toll you sech
a thing as that"
II seen him before onct, and that's
him" ] stuck 1t out.
He let go of my ear and stared at
me.
"You keep that kin O. gun = your
self youngstrr," he said to me then
sternly, Don't you go aroun' tellin'
people anythin' like that, dye hea r?
Dye want Z git me in trouble"
| told him | didn't want Ia do any
thing OF the kind, and he sort of
sof,en"d up. He scoopcd up handful
"f licori"c Trigger heads" out of q
case and pushed them at me. Hush
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i~ used Daring the decade from
lSHg-isnS ~ amendments were sub
mittcd. of which number fifty-o
came from California, nay from
Louisiana. thirty from Missouri and
tween, two from oregon aad MiChi-
gan
The process OF ratifYing these pro
posed amendments is usually very dH
ficul, largely because Of the indiifey-
ence ~ ;hc pe pl" II the 40 amend
N, is submitted during the decad"
','H-'9"N. $40 brought ont less than
90 y = cent II the total 20 err Will q
tNirty-S.Ven drew less than % pr
cent Bu' ~. rcIsOa { ? tai indif'or-
oDcc may ~ Clldr Whcc the trivial
character of many amendments is
showu. The mai ri'Y uf these are com
parativc,y unimpurtant or are o.
m, r"lv local interest. B7sii,s. there IL
~ g"m FOR discussion upon abstract
prop'- it.p.s which the aV'raC Not r
c1u.ot comprehend. y political issue
is ,lsily don ilcd with a l'ld'r who's"
ier,ouAL' Us s. enthusiasm, but 4
institutional m y T"nt f'"n stan .
or fills ua it> m".its alone.
In som" states. notably tn. south
eGn and Western. clever de, ces are
adopted 10y tn election u'iir ais FIR in
ssv.@- attention 1" proposed amend
ments. These frcqu ntly Ike tho
form a. tile priutci upon the al
lot. II hi. Is not cross d off q" erased /,
1t mus; lr e. un d in favor ~ the
amrnlm,n, TIE effect of failure t.
SpsuI, .lr.i, iuI,r- arupgt l. shawn
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Secretary of State Points Out Three Best Methods of Revising

leges. freed m of speech. BROAD SUI
irlgc qualifi,ati ms and popular rep
r sentdtion in government Many W
the instrument originally were very
brief. from one to i've thousand words
IN length. Gradually amend i or re-
NIs,d. those fundamental laws grew tu
the extent that to-day thcy are from
5000 {, 90. 900 words in lelSth, aver
aging about 5000. This increase -
largely due to the growing compleX.ty
in th, ,miE.-t!it ON Of the var Gus
functions of government and also
because OF Ie, essarv systems OF
checks and balances over the division.
%: government.
The II: - com non characteristics "
written constitutions are usually 4
preamble and bin of rights with arti-
cles on suffrage. provisions affecting
the methods Of amendment and other
miscellaneous matters concerning the
enumeration Of state officers within
tie three divisions uf tho government
hut often without specifying their
functions In some the hiu ~ rights
contains certain qualifications for
holding office.
They ".l provide for fun free .om
in religion. which no longer restricts
the cV, - uf the ballot. : Snc stat =
limit this r. rInchiSe to personally reg
.storcd voter or those who have paid
a poll tax. In about eight states an
educational qualification is necessary.
while siN have certain property re-
ourcmcHts. Manhood suffrage has
been wiicnrd IN twelve states to in
ciudo women. while. with the cxccp-
tion NJ fourteen states above noted.
comparatively few restrictions as to
property ar education qualifications
are included. Eight States allow aliens
who have declared their intentions Of
becoming citizens the franchise pri, l.
lcgc
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Neither the Ute nor the Pint" eyer
prictispd any cultivation # th" -ii
in the o'd days. both lcading q purely
nonadic lifo IN spite OF the generi.
cultural similarity due 10 tlcir migrd-
tory condition tlNrc were and still per
sist apprcciahlc diiTcrciccs Those
are largely due 90 thc fict thlt the
I,c9 cant in contact with the more
hicliy Gcvelp;,ed indians Of ihc prairie.
uni"r whose il luence ,hav ,Irncd into
hint'rs .f nInalo. began 10 use Tia
Skin covered canical .ipi for q hIti,a-
ton and adopted the typical ullir.
costume
The Piutps. who were remote from IN"
more complicated culture OF the plans
Indians subs;stcd very largely on small
game and on wild roofs and fruits. such
a. the pine nUt. which they still grind
into -four on fiai slabs OF stone. Their
ordinary shelter was the wikiup. a small
rounded hut covered with tule rIisheS
on the sides and almost open al IL" top.
This ancient dwelling he's row been
larcely supplauted by fran" houst~
baeketry il the most highly developed
Of Pluto indus' r.es and continues to
thrive. The forms ranging from huge
burden baskets 20 tast Gully decorated
bowl shaped rla'tngs. In this line of
activity the Plutes show kinship with
the Californian natives. With GONE Of
these they aI-o share the balsa. a curious
form of raft punted aiong the marshy
lakes during IN" fall duck hunt 1t
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s::arlitt,d "a the Governor for his an
pro.al. Sine 1901 .-yo.al states
have allowed amendments to he
initiated directly bv the pnoplr In
ore ron th, signature of l,or cent
of the registered voters - reuuirod
Will. i'm Missouri Der cent. of the
voters i'm two-thirds of the con grcs-
sional districts is all that is neces-
sarv.
MI or the St,t,s. howe, or. re-
ull-e a i1ihi.catinn in tho rcw,rapors
of all o. the pr, .nS.d amendments
for a.vcrsi months prior {, -. date
of TN. tr submission to .hr pc,p'c In
som, Safes this publication has
taken pamphlet form containing
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Robert Lowie Attributes
Robert LOWlc AttrlbuteS
Latest Uprising to-
Them and Not the
Plutcs Some Past
History Of + hese
Members of the Sho-
shonean Family
shonean Family
n, ROErvr LDwIH of the >mrri-
can Museum of >aturai History.

a., !,,,,. ,r ia,
u.a, 49,. ,..., -r,,,,~ il rsoc
j ,,.. ,.i.,.. ,,,ii,l i,
,., . Ii.t,,, ,r..,...
tho n,r,h,rn Jmtc oi northern ard
u.s,orp N.xodo ns ypu as ia, nd ioin-
ing uar,s Of Cal.g.ruia and Oregon.
and tho Southern Piutc in southern
p,ost Nevada and thr ndincpu, sections
or ,,,z,r, and If,h II srems ,ryb-
ablc th,t the Indians whose r si,,i
anco to autb.,it- is now attracting
nt,cnt;on are moi piutcs in either s.cr,se
lint r,tb,r S..utbcru I,es. for all
tho loc,ii,ias mautiuucJ in the news
go. -. p,,r ,ion,i-
cello ana 'or''"' are S''"'''" !" wv
-Four Corners region. where Utah. Colo
rado. New Mexico and Arizona meet.
.,,a iii. :. tia, ,,,.ri...,.,. ,r .h, s,u,h-
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is made entirely Of two bundles of tule
r,ishes1 and turns up, oddly enough in
very much he same form among the
Indians of Peru
The NEUROLOGICAL conceptions of the
Ute and Piuie are similar and highly
distinctive In the tales Of both tribes
the coyote plays the most prominent
part: the creation of the Indians is as
cribed TO him, and so is the origin Of
most of their arts and of many natural
PHENOMENA. But while in one sense the
coyote thus appears as the savior
and hero of his people, he is often made
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The of State has acted chairman
the
prepares delegates
by Of all original constitutions
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.HE assembling i'm Albany neNt
April of de.cgates 10 a coH-
veutiun mcel.n. for the pun
1,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-30
ToDAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Richard F., schindler. League Island and
Klemp. SO Rockand st.
John s. Buzzi. 1928 Mifflin ST.. and Lena AL
banese. o42 s. 9th ST.
Harry G. Banner, Newark n. j., and Julia II.
Hass. Mosart, Pa.
K9roly, BSsnyskoyisI, a9Cs KIpp St, and Helena
Earle G.. Boyer, 1886 w. York St, and Anna
4. Hughes, Drifton Pa.
stanIslaus Murkunis. 1910 Carlton ST., and
oSn &Ssaa f. beahe 1855 Mats camac s st. and Es
leila smith. 1898 $scS \. ,t Camag st; -
Harry A. Jones 21So sedseiey ave, and Viola
George u' Il Gnod old $&ai T% HoWe St.. and Mamie
j.. Wallace, hN0s Jackson st., -. ,,,--
Kasimir KaladinskIs. 1929 DraudywIne ST.. and
'gs j. ThSmG p%nsyy 81 M EaES%G4S sMo2fS S. st. and
Elsie NJ Stevenson, aSlo n Lee st. 'S''' "'''
anfee and aertrade "a RYAN 175S s. st.
William W. ,Magee. 263o y; Lawrence. ST.. and
James s j. ssaIlin 37St \. 4th St. St, and Mary
caaei aad naBdS g. dlrs a4s 4 %Pss g. st.
George Keith, H. I5a S,o s. GISyeand ave, and
James ossy i3S5 N % sd O s and Harriet W.
Hall, 1898 y; Allison St; p, -, No.,
Antoni Zielinski. 1927 l.. Thompson ST., and
Jania Rogowslla. 35G2 Orthodox st.
wojich Misock, ,20i1 Almond st.. and Kata-
Sidney Wolhorg, Washington, d. c., and Car
RE Hammerslough. $500 Cedar ave.
Sem Hladosak,, 45S5 stiles ST.. and Maria
John II. Clark, 171S \. Bodne St. and Caro-
line J. Donnelly, l5i4 aa y; 4th st;
Edith Griffith. laO Meyer st.
Edward T. Donahus,o COZ \. 18th ST.. and
waclaw wasliewski, 1858 Bermuda ST., and
Anna Juniewcz, 1893 Bermuda ST.
Yon Wojnar, 2l2S Duncan st.. and Marya
Francissek Rojcor. 4S20 stiles ST.. and Teohla
Shorna. 4539 Stiles st.
Ruth P, taskill. 2o3a T; Wlshart st. 81.
Joseph +. Connor. $50 Mifflin ST., and Marie
f. Shanahan, 123 Christian st.
Leon Getley. League Island. and Julia B.
Higgins, co.'s Magnolia ave.
Samuel A. Klein, Cleveland Ohio, and Anna
Wrtshafter 2TJ6 Ksnsington ave.
Frank A. Cloud, 2l3 w. Tabor road, and Clara
II. Reed 54l w. WestmOreland st.
George G.. McCann, 1858 Il. Dakota ST.. and
Anna NJ. Vockeroih. 3066 Joyce st.
John ]. Kavanaugh 4ldS y. lIth ST.. and
Mary A. Mclaughlin, 4i6S n. nth st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-30
TWO PHELADELPHTANS
HONORED AS HEROES
Carnegie Medals Are Awarded
to Sylvester A. Mahan and
Horace d. Beck

Two Philadelphians have been awarded
bronze medals by the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission for acts of herosm. The
men were among 60 recognized by the
commission. They are Sylvester A.
Mahan. II years old. of 1863 Martin street.
Roxborough, and Horace d. Beck, 20
years, of Jenklntown.
The commissions awards, announced
last night, included eight silver medals
and 50 bronze medals. Nine of the heroes
lost their lives, and to the dependents OF
six of these, pensions aggregating $3.50
a year, were granted to the dependents
of one of the heroes and three others
who lost their lives, sums totaling S2165,
to be applied subject to the direction of
the commission, in various ways, were
awarded.
In addition to these money grants, sums
aggregating $1,000 were appropriated for
educational purposes in six of the cases
and s2S50O awarded toward the purchase
of homes in 40 cases, all of which pay
ments are subject to the approval of the
benefcary's plans by the commission
The act which brought the bronze
medal to Mahan occurred on Sunday.
July 2s. 1912, at Crcsson and Leverng
streets lie was approaching grade
crossing at that point when some one
shouted that n child was on the railroad
tracks. Tho child was sitting about 50
feet away from the lad, playing with
ballast An express train was approach
ing at high rate of speed. Mahan ran
UP the track, seized the child and jumped
away just as the train whzzed by. The
locomotive brushed his arm and knocked
him to the ground, but he got up, turned
the child over to n policeman and dis
appeared A companion reported the
rescue to the police.
Horace d. Beck. a member of the Beck
Engraving Company. who also won
hero medal, saved DIR. w. NJ. Hillegas
from drowning in Grassy Bay, near
Beach Haven, n. j., on October 20, 1913,
when lunch burned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-30
GEORGE c. LEUPOLD'S WILL
LEAVES ESTATE TO RELATIVES
Its Value Estimated at More Than
100000

An estate valued at more than 100000
was left by George c. Leopold, who died
recently at his residence, 13l East Gorgas
street, and whose will was admitted to
probate today.
Although the exact amount of the
estate involved is not named in the testa-
ment. its size is indicated by the fee paid
to the Register of Wills, which was the
maximum and is paid only on estates of
more than 100000.
The bulk of the estate is left to n
brother Charles w. Leopold, and to six
sisters. The executors are Charles Leu
pold and George c. Weiss.
The Pennsylvania Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals received a
bequest of $3.50 in the will of Susan
Aldrich, 10 Carpenter lane. The docu-
ment was admitted to probate today. The
entire estate is valued at $500. OF this
sum $500 is divided in private bequests
and about $500 is divided among relatives.
An estate of $4,000 is involved in the
street, which was admitted to probate
today. A daughter. Ettie Newly, is cut
off with a hequest of S. by the docu-
ment. The remainder of the estate is
divided among the widow, Mrs. Zella S.
Newly, and daughter, Cornelia w.
Newly
Other wills probated today were John
G. Mclaughlin, Sd and Catharine streets,
$47O0 and Henry w. Lambrith, 1888 Green
street, 5000. The personality of the
estate of Margaret j. Doyle was ap-
praised today at $l3, 1923. %.