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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
THE SECRET OPPOSITION

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, in her
recent address in Boston, said that
sinister forces are working against
equal suffrage under the surface, in
addition to the respectable conserva-
tives who lead the open opposition.
The remark was pertinent, in view of
the sensational disclosures that have
Just come out through investigation
by United States officials into the poll
tical activities of some of the big
Pennsylvania breweries. The Phila-
delphia American says: 1.-THE gov
eminent has evidence of large liquor
funds having been used to finance
the anti-suffrage campaign last fall
in New Jersey, Massachusetts, New
York and Pennsylvania"
Many of Mrs. Cats hearers must
also have recalled the exposure last
autumn of the Boston & Maine rail-
roads expenditures to fight woman
suffrage in New Hampshire. The road
is in difficulties, and its books were
Investigated. According to New
Hampshire papers, they were found
to contain, among other interesting
items, the record of money paid our
for work against votes for women.
Mrs. Cats older hearers must also
have recalled how the Southern Pa
cific railroad used its influence against
the granting of woman suffrage in
California and Oregon. Indeed, 1t
was believed in California that the
suffrage amendment could not have
carried if the Southern Pacific's poll
cal machine had not happened to be
at that time all broken up.
The railroad opposition to equal
suffrage is a fact. In the case of the
Boston & Maine, the record is there
in black and white. The reason for it
is problem for the anti-suffragists
to explain. The suffragists believe 1t
is because the railroads fear that the
women would require them to take
better precautions to safeguard hui
man life, and precautions cost money.
Womans Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
FIRST M. e. CHURCH

Let everyone resolve to be at Sun
day school next Sunday. Children S
Day will be one week from Sunday.
The Committee will give us SPLEEN
did program. We will be glad to bap-
tie children on that day. Last Sun
day was anniversary day of the death
of our little Olivene Childs and in
token of her blessed memory the DR..
and Mrs. Childs and the Frick family
announced their intention of build
ing a S. s. class room on the church
The gift is greatly appreciated by the
s. S. and church and a fitting resolu-
ton was adopted by the S. S. and the
congregation at the church service.
The work will be done at once. How
much our young people can make
their lives count for if they are di-
rected in the right way.
Sermons at IL a. m. and p. m. We
extend a cordial invitation to you to
attend the preaching services.
Epworth League service at p. m.
Come to the League service. The
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
PRESENTS FINE MEMORIAL

Sunday, May 2S was the anniver-
sary of the death of Ollivene Childs
and in her memory, DR.. and Mrs. r.
F. Childs and the Ed. Frick family
announced gift of a Sunday school
class room to the M. E. church of
Audubon. The room will be built on
the northwest corner of the church.
at the right side of the pulpit, and
will be similar to the choir room in
the south side of the church. The gift
was thankfully accepted and a resolu-
ton of thanks passed by the Sunday
school and the members of the church
The memorial is indeed a fitting one
and highly appreciated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
IOWA FARM EDITORS ASK
EQUAL VOICE FOR WOMEN

Wallace'S Farmer" Jarnagin's Iowa
Farmer" Pierce's Homestead"
and Meredith's Successful Far
ming" Reflect Opinion of Grain
Belt
In State such as Iowa, where the
interests are largely agricultural, the
farm publications WELD big infiu-
ence and their editorial columns not
only reflect public opinion but do
much to mould it. 1t is significant
that the editors of the farm publica-
lions of the State are staunch sup
porters of equal suffrage.
Some idea of the loyal support
which these editors are giving the
cause of equal suffrage may be gain
ed from the following editorials:
when Abraham Lincoln spoke of
a government of the people, for the
people, and by the people, he put in
the fewest possible words all that we
can think of as desirable in govern
ment. I do not see how we can have
a government of the people, for the
people, or by the people until our
women have an equal voice with men.
ucy Will W luc luii III CIV
erything except the ballot. They
should share with us in that, not
alone because it is just and right that
they should, but because hey are fully
as competent as men to use that bal
lot wisely Henry c. Wallace, Edi-
tor "Wallace's Farmer"
1--WE are constrained to believe
that the responsibility of voting simp-
ly gives a greater leverage for doing
good, for helpfulness and dignity in
her work, for a higher concept of her
ability and influence and a greater
interest in the great problems that
confront humanity without regard to
sex."-J. w. Jarnagin, Editor "The
Iowa Farmer"
81 rejoice that the grain belt is at
last beginning to see the light. 1t is
a foregone conclusion that Iowa wom-
en- will soon be voting. We, of the
farm, can advance the day when this
will be the case not only in Iowa but
in every State in the Union. Will you
join hands with me in bringing that
day nearer, and in giving to your
wife and mine, your daughter anu
mine, your mother and mine, the
right and the privilege which nothing
but blind prejudice has deprived them
of Observation-Disclosures M. Pierce,
Editor 1.-THE Homestead"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Regular services may be expected
on next Sabbath. The Bible school
let us come promptly at 10 a. m.
Services of public worship at IL a. IN.
and p. IN. Morning theme, THE
Temple Life" Evening theme,
Whatsoever Things are Pure"
Devotional and Fellowship gather
ing on Wednesday evening. THE
Fruit of the Spirit-'Love".
Come, let us go up to the Noun
tain of the Lord, to the House of the
God of Jacob, and He will teach us
of His way, and we will walk in His
paths!"
Thos. B. Greenlee, Pastor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
MARRIED AT EXTRA

Shortly after noon last Thursday,
Chris Kronberg Christensen and Mar
garet Kronberg went to County Clerk
Rice and procured a marriage license
then proceeded to the Danish Luth-
eran parsonage to be married. Rev.
Christensen being absent from home,
the couple went to Extra, where the
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Rasmussen. The happy couple were
accompanied by Hans Henriksen of
Guthrie Center.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

District Convention will be held AZ
Guthrie Center on June 10, IA, Is.
We will send six delegates and great
number more will attend. Last year
we secured the banner for attendance
and if we get it again this year we
get to keep the banner.
We were permitted to get to Mel
vile Center last Sunday and were
greeted by good audience. We will
now boldly announce service for next
Sunday. Let everybody come. We
are going to have a big tent meeting
beginning about August first. Broth
er Freedline will help.
The General Conference of our
church closed on last Monday. Seven
new Bishops were elected. The Rev.
Homer StuntZ, d. D., becomes the
resident bishop at Omaha.
Jackson Giddens, Pastor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
VISITING HER SISTER

Mrs. f. J. Smith of Blanket, Texas,
lin with her sister, Mrs. R. II. Gar
nett and with other relatives, left
friends at Rockwell City, when she
goes to Mt. Vernon, Ia, to visit her
son, C. ]. Smith, after which she re-
turns to her home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Garnett accompanied her as far as
Carroll on her journey.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
HOLD MONTHLY MEETING

The Ladies Aid Society of the Ger
man Lutheran church met with Mrs.
Henry Sunberg yesterday afternoon.
Business of interest for the church
was transacted and refreshments
were served. A pleasant time was
enjoyed by the ladies'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

Mrs. j. A. Johnson, who visited
with Mrs. II. A. Walters who has been
very i'll, left Saturday morning for
her home at Council Bluffs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
BOY LABOR NOW
SCARCE in LONDON
One Lad Makes $3.50 and
Bonus a Week-Others
Equal Parents Wage.

II came out in a police court the
other day that boy IN mis- teens was
making 26 shllings $3.50 a week and
a bonus, says THE London Times"
On all sides boys just out of school are
now making wages which their fathers
never made before the war. Wages
more than a pound a week seem COM
mon, for the boy of sixteen who caddled
for us on the golf course the other
Saturday afternoon gratuitously and
gracefully informed US that he was only
doing this for "a breather,' as he was
a blacksmith's mate at % shlllings
(s5.50) a week.
Boy labor is very scarce. In the old
DAYS a card in a shop window saying
"Boy Wanted" brought within a few
hours applicants in scores for blind
alley" job at shillings ($2) a week.
The cards in the shop windows now
say, "Boy or Girl Wanted" and they
hang in the windows for days. Errand
boys, messenger boys and the like can
hardly be found, and the present writer
knows of at least one great office where
the only boys that can be secured 10
run errands are either deaf, purblind
or half-witted. A boy of fourteen
thinks nothing of asking for pound a
week. which the employer is glad to
pay him.
Now is the boys opportunity; and on
the whole the boy is rising TO it nobly.
In many a poor home I'VE are apt to
forget that many poor homes are left
almost untouched by the prevalent pros
perity) the boy is the chief means of
support; and very often he is a steader
worker and more generous contributor
to hous ehold expenses than father was.
The public house has yet no charms for
him. though he spends more money than
he should on movies and cigarettes.
And there are not many savings, after
all. with prices where they are. The
boy has responsibility, and he feels il;
and he is all the better for it. He is
still young enough, though he would not
like 10 be told so, 10 preserve the de-
light of all children in being useful, in
doing something real"
In the public schools insubordinate
youths grow lawabiding when. as
pupils, they have TO administer the law.
In the poorer classes the proud posi-
tion OF being responsible wage earners
calls out corresponding virtues.
IL calls out, too, other merits that
might also have lain hidden. There
were thousands of cases in the old
days of boys who could read and write
and figure well, forced, by lack of OPP
portunity or influence, to become van
boys, errand boys and what not; and a
year or two OF such work left them
less equipped for being useful than
they were when they first left school.
Under present conditions boys of
fifteen have to take the place of grown
clerks, and they prove tina they can
do it, In general, the demand for
labor, which has uneerthed so much
ability in woman, has revealed also the
worth of the boy. He is still, good
ness knows, an imperfect creature
but, take him all around, he has shown
that he has more brains and applica-
ton than we thought.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
WILL MEET BY
THE SEASH0RE
State Realty Convention
To Be Held at Long
Beach in October.

Long Beach will be the scene this
year of the annual state realty con-
vention, held under the auspices OF
the Real Estate Association of this
state. The convention days are Oc-
tober 5, 6 and 7. The 1914 conven-
ton, held at the Hotel Aston, New York
City, was the frs tof its kind IN this
city, and was addressed by Mayor
Mitchell, Borough President Marks,
Robert f. Bowling. William C. Breed,
Of the Merchants Association; Presi-
dent Lawrence Mcclure of the Real
Estate Board, Gage +. Tarbell, Abram
/. Elkus, Joseph S. Schwsb and many
others, including municipal and state
officials. Notable trips were made
through Queens, The Bronx and Brook
Ign.
Last year the twelfth annual conven-
tion was held at Saratoga Springs.
Many well known persons took part
in the discussions Of public and pro-
fessional problems.
This year" says l.. d. Woodwork,
of New York. president OF the associs-
ton, "the state organization will meet
on Long Island. where we have hun
dreds of members, and where the real
~ developments as a whole are more
numerous, exclusive and startling than
anywhere else in the world, and the
problems of the professional broker
are much accumulated. Furthermore,
the commercial and governmental prob
lens of Long Island are of special i'm
portance to the state, and Nassau
County has been a leader in admins
trative reforms which are under dis
cussion in all parts of the common
wealth.
This convention is expected 20 be
by far the largest gathering Of realty
interests in New York, for reasons
which will be apparent as the plans
develop. The discussions and enter
tainment will appeal to every owner
OF realty, TO every person whose saw
ings are invested in real estate or real
estate securities through banks and
insurance companies, and particularly
to every real estate broker and oper-
ator"
George S. Horton, of Brooklyn, sec
rotary, will be ready within few days
to announce the several special COM
mittees which will have in hand the
details Of the convention. Headquar-
tiers will be at the Hotel Nassau, on
the boardwalk and ocean beach.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
A BLANKET BRIBE
One That Tempted an Officer of the
Sultan.

| had had experience with corrupt
ible Turkish officers; and one day, when
barrack conditions became unendur-
able, | went to the officer commanding
our division-an old Arab from Lata-
keh who had been called from retire
ment at the time Of the mobilization,
writes Alexander Aaronsohn in "The
Atlantic Monthly" He lived in little
tent near the mosque where | found
him squatting on the floor, nodding
drowsily over his comfortable pauncL.
As he was an officer of the old regime,
entered boldly, squatted beside him
and told him my troubles. The answer
came with an enormous shrug Of the
shoulders.
you are serving the Sultan. Hard
ship should be sweet"
81 should be more fit 10 serve him
il ! got more sleep and rest"
He waved fat hand about the tent.
Look at me. Here | am, an officer
Of rank and shooting a knowing look
at mel have not even a nice ban-
ket."
"A crime! A crimel" interrupted.
ITO think Of it, when |, a humble sol
der, have dozens of them at home! |
should be honored If you would allow
me" Ny voice trailed of sugges-
lively.
How could you get one?" he asked.
"Oh, | have friends here in Sailed;
but | must be able to sleep in a nice
place"
"Of course, certainly. What would
you suggest"
That hotel kept by the Jewish
widow might do" replied.
More amenities were exchanged, the
upshot of which was that my four
friends and were given permission to
sleep at the ina humble place, but
infinitely better than the mosque. Ii
was all perfectly simple.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
THE COMMANDMENT or vERDUN

From a high hill between 3. and
Verdun | got my first good look at the
German bombardment, writes Henry
Sheahan. in the Atlantic Monthly"
From the edge of earth and sky, far
across the moorlands, ray after ray
of violet-whitc fire made a swift stab
at the stars Mingled with the rays,
now seen here. now there, the reddish
violet semi-circle of the great mortars
flared for the briefest instant above
the horizon. From the direction of this
inferno came loud roaring, rum
bling and roaring, increasing in vol
ume the sound OF great river toss
ing huge rocks through subterrancan
abysses. Every little while great
she'll, landing in the city, would
blow a great hole of white in the
night, and so laundering was the crash
Of arrival that we almost expected 70
see the city sink into the earth.
Terrible in the desolation OF the
night, on fire. haunted by spectres OF
wounded men who crept along the mar
row lanes by the city walls, Verdun
was once more undergoing the des-
TIMES of war. The shells were falling
along the rue Mazel and or the citadel.
A group of old houses by the Mouse
had burnt to rafters of Pickering flame.
and as | passed them one collapsed
into the flooded river in a cloud of
kissing steam.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
TURKISH CITY
OFTEN BESIEGED
Russians Follow Prece-
dent in the Taking of
TrebizOnd.

. Trebzond, the important city on
Black Sea that the Russians have
taken, has a very cheokered and very
interesting past. Originally a Greek
colony from Sinope, the city has been
bcsieged and occupied by the Goihs,
the Georgians, the Seljuks, the Turko-
mans and the presept Ottoman Turks
in turn, says 1.-THE Youths Compan-
ion" II was at Trebizond that Keno
phon rested his army after his re-
treat from Persia, and a hill some few
hours journey inland is still pointed
out as the place where his tired hosts
first greeted the sea with the famous
cry, "Thalassa, Thalassa!" The Grand
Comment founded an empire here
when the Byzantine Empire fell TO
pieces at the time OF the fourth cru
SADIE, and the ruins of the fortress
and citadel they built are still, in
spite of Turkish vandalism, almost in
tact.
The ancient town, strongly walled
and protected on the east and on the
west By deep ravines, with the only &c
cess to it from the land side along a
narrow and exposed ridge, is n fine
strength combined. The outlines OF
the old harbor testify TO an admirable
scheme both for defence and offence.
The Palace of the Comment still COM
mands an extensive view of the wooded
heights surrounding the town. Lying
on low plateau on the shore of the
Black Sea and backed by mountain
ranges Of imposing height, the town has
an exceedingly picturesque situation.
The luxuriant foliage that the moist
and equable climate of the region en-
courages makes the place beautiful as
well.
Before the days of regular sailings
round the Cape of Good Hope almost
the whole Of the Indian and Persian
trade came through Trebizond. But
after they took Batum the Russians
built a railway thence through Kars to
the Persian frontier; and this alterna-
tive route, in spite of its heavy charges.
has robbed Trebizond Of much OF the
TRANSPORT trade that the cape route
and the Suez Canal had left it. There
are no manufactures and no industries
native TO the town, and in recent years
the value of the imports has always
exceeded that of the exports from the
district, the difference being made up
from the profits yielded By the trans
port business. The population in 1913
was estimated at nearly $4,000, OF
whom the most were Turks; the rest
were Levantine Greeks, Armenians and
a motley crowd of Persian muleteers,
porters and passing merchants.
Running parallel some miles with
the Deirmendereh River Is the one
and only road into the interior anc
Persia. Constructed by European en-
gineers, this highawy is an excellent
one for the East. 1t is available right
up to Erzerum for wagons of any sort
and only in two places are the
gradients serious and the conditions
nnfavorable 1t is the only road by
which supplies can be carried to
Erzerum. The distance from Trebi-
zond to Erzerum, as measured IN the
East. is twelve to fourteen days By
caravan. eight days by carriage and
relays, and three to four days by the
Turkish post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
FATE OF CHINESE RAILROAD.

Less than 800 was paid for the frs,
locomotive in China. II weighed
twenty-five hundredwelght. The rails
were about the size Of walking sticks
and lay thirty inches apart One day
after the seven-mile line had been op-
Grating only few months. a trespasser
was run over and killed by the little
engine. says THE Christian Herald"
The rails were promptly torn Up and
shipped to Formosa to rust, thus end
ing the fate Of the first railroad in
China.
That was only forty years ago. Now
China has more than 5000 miles OF
railway, with a net revenue Of more
than 100000 a year. And c. c.
Wang, OF the government railway bu-
reau. stands sponsor for this prophecy:
ut is no exaggeration TO say that
there will be more railways built in
China during the coming twenty five
years than in sll the rest Of the world
combined"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
DEAL BEACH AUCTION SALE
Offering Of 80 Plots To BE Disposed
of Next Saturday.

An auction sale of unusual interest
will be held by Joseph p. Day at Deal
Beach n. j., on Saturday, August ., at
2:30 p. nj. The property to be ohereu
consists of ninety-nine plots, the larger
part Of which are located on the Allan
tic Ocean and near Ocean Avenue, the
principal boulevard through this sec
ton. The sale will be an absolute
of Chancery OF New Jersey, and will at
ford an exceptional opportunity to Sc
cure very desirable fully improved plots
at prices TO be made by the bidders
themselves.
of the Jersey coast. By a strange Co
incidence the date appointed for the
sale of this property is the same date
set for the notification to President
Wilson of his nomination at Shadow
Lawn, Long Branch. \. j., only few
minutes by trolley from the property
10 be offered at Deal Beach,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
More New Work Begun in
June than in Any Other
Month This Year.
44 PER CENT INCREASE
OVER 1915 BUSINESS
Estimated Cost of Projects in
10S Places Amounts to
S91,76S,0S0.

Instead Of slowing down more nearly
TO normal, the building operations for
the month of June show the most de-
cded gains recorded during the last
half year. The official reports of build
ing permits issued in 1903 principal cit
les Of the country, as received by THE
American Contractor" New York. total
S91 ,76s, $50. as compared with 1890
sec for June, 1915. This is an increase
of A per cent. The comparative gain
for May was 80 per cent; for April.
16 per cent; for March. IS per cent;
for February, 20 per cent; and for
January. 35 per GENT. June, therefore,
indicates that building activity, instead
of shrinking, is speeding up.
In regard to this "The American
Contractor" says:
This condition is most gratifying
when it is remembered that consider
able amount of construction work is
held in allegiance. pending a reduction
in the cost of iron and steel and per-
haps some other forms of material.
There has been a softening of prices
for structural material, however, in re-
cent weeks, and the date when this
withheld business may be commenced
may not be far in the future. Not
only is the volume of business largely
in excess of that Of year ago, but the
number of building permits shows an
increase, namely, 26,593, compared with
PASS for June, 1915.
"Of the 103 cities included in the list
below, G. show gains and SO losses.
New York. in its FIVE boroughs. makes
the substantial gain of III per cent;
Chicago scores a 40 per cent improve
ment, and Philadelphia one OF 33 per
cent. There are many other notable
gains"
A summary of the monthly building
statistics for the first six months OF
the year reaches the total of s4Si,786,-
GIG, as compared with S3sl,264,S54 for
the first six months Of 1915, an in
crease Of q per cent.
The details OF the June statement
are as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23
CHEESE.

Receipts. 1905 boxes. State. whole milk.