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District of Columbia, or Delaware, on
New Jersey. or Colorado.
Shall we look at the other side of
the shield? Mississippi is far from
satisfied with herself, beautiful, deb
onair and healthy matron though she
be. We need some new things, and
some old things bettered, concerning
which / shall not, by enumerating
them, run the risk of hurting the feel
ings of the Little Mother, whose most
dutiful and considerate child l am,
and one of whose favorite sons I, as
some times, when good" have been.
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Incidentally it pays
Qtbue business. zS@Sss lssess
ability ~ ipduy organization science and gen
neeseted inthis and the mechanical
inferior Of the United States ine
their British
they employ three times
i thousand saag ae 6rfts
in case OF de-
United States will depend on
people rlsl ~
old story
intelligent Engishmen admit
said the most efficient in the
OF machnefs
their their adoption Of modern
Z efficiency methods. &4s@,s ead Mst. lta
things industrial writer rev
with 1t in selling ability
adopting thorough meth
o France British competition
the
side that opportunity
make them py
flooding with capital as she has done nape
the markets seek" IL
according modern
thinking safd 1t B9
called upon in
th name Busness pile up
millions for ITSELF SAF%AN16F
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EDITORIALS WORTH
READING
DID lr PAya

There is one question which Massa-
chusetts suffrage leaders may well ask
themselves in view of the result on the
End of November. '-'
In the light of the returns, do they
think that their policy Of coquetting.
with the saloon interests. was a wise.
one?
AS was stated in the October Re-
monstrance, Margaret Foley, Minnie.
Mulry and certain other of their speak
ers were apparently told off to appear
before Bottlers' Unions and brewery
employees, to conciliate the liquor in
terests and to persuade street crowds
that woman suffrage would not take
away their beer; while other of their
speakers kept up the moral uplift"
pretence.
Much the same thing happened in
Massachusetts that happened in Ohio
when similar tactics were adopted.
There the state suffrage leader was
forced to admit, the day after the cleo.
ton, that ''the drys generally did not
vote with u.s.; and her statement was
confirmed by the official figures which
showed that, out of SS counties in the
state, 5S voted for prohibition but
against suffrage.
In Massachusetts, it is not possible
to tell from the returns how far the
suffrage tactics succeeded in winning
saloon votes; but it is reasonably Ger
tain that they alienated temperance
voters. This appears from the heavy
anti-suffrage majorities in no-licenst
cities and towns-and especially IL
I the small towns which never have hat
a saloon. There the temperance sen
ltiment is strongest and there the anti
suffrage majorities were relativel!
larger than in the large cities.
The fair inference seems to be tha
the temperance voters saw through
and were not pleased with the facing
both-ways suffrage policy.-The Bos
ton Remonstrance.
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The title of great book is "The Re
public of Lesser Republics" OF these
lesser republics whose union constl-
tutes the great Republic Mississippi
has been worthy of note down to a.
comparatively recent date, for the
commanding stand taken by her pub
lie men In the affairs of the nation,
and for a peculiar independence Of
Thought and action This has subject
ed her to the criticism Of being "pro-
vincial," which means only sui gen.
Ieris. She has been almost as much
so as either of those variant nurseries
of American provincialism = New
York, Kansas, Texas, or California.
OF course, New York partakes of the
general Middle states characteristics.
but superlatively commercialized; and
Mississippi of the general Southern
states characteristic, but superlative-
ly agriculturalized.
| The population of the Boer or form
er republic of South Africa and that
of Mississippi have not been unlike,
except in language. Both lead plain
Hives; both alike have their strength
constantly renewed, as was that OF An
Itaeus of old, by daily contact with
their Mother Earth. Both shoot well,
ride we'll, live an outdoor life and, as
La rule, speak candidly without diplo-
Em8tic frills. Both have their negro
and an overruling race
pride molding, coloring, motiving or
'Emodifying nearly everything politics,
religion and social life. Both have
combined grim humor with cool cour-
age. Heroes in battle and humorists in
camp were the men who followed
Barksdale, Posey, Humphreys, Feath-
erstone. Lowry and Walthall. Rather
contemptuous they were, and are, OF
outside opinion-superbly, something
amusingly, unfaltering in faith to Ger
tain historic ideals. Independence oi
outside influence and answering 10y
atty to chosen leaders distinguishing
them.
Mississippi's first great senator
George Poindexter, bearded Oh
Hickory in his den." Her most dis
tinguished citizen, Jefferson Davis
easily succeeded John c. Calhoun al
spokesman for the South, and if inferi
or to him in metaphysical subtlety
was his equal in uncompromisins
clearness of logical analysis, and in
ferior to no man who ever lived in un
selfish devotion to his order, his state
} and the ideals and peculiar civiliza
ton of his people. He never solicited
; but always commanded. popularity.
As a soldier, a secretary of war;
finished and cultured orator, as Pres
ident of "a storm-cradled nation tina
I rose and fell without STAIN" and 6
I great man greatly falling with fal
0 ing state" as the post bellum marty
y for all our SINS and as the fine in
u personation of the old regime, he tyl
n flied much that is Mississippian-
, Eplanter life, it's pioneer traditions, tn
more cultured side of its ideals, an
s. its intense democracy and socif
o equality above the race line.
The list of the states other gres
and "sheeted dead" who "listenin
J. Senators did command is long on
Like Cornelia in one respect, Missi
I sippi's most valuable jewels have bee
d her children. / deny beforehand tn;
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cided upon. They object to being
classed as "Exports!"
Ws had, a few years ago, more oc-
togenarians and nonagenarians than
any other state in the Union. l think
with Jefferson that this proves the
healthfulness of the climate and the
yirility of the race; but the late Bish-
Cd Thompson, being asked why it
was responded Because Mississippi
ans know they can't get rich anyhow,
and they don't kill themselves trying,
so live their lives not strenuously but
naturally
True. some sections of our soil Will
have to be made over again. Still,
we have perhaps smaller percentage
of waste lands than any other state,
and even yet an immense area OF Wiz
gin forest-hardwood and yellow pine.
The lands of the Yazoo Delta are as
fertile, and nearly as inexhaustible,
as the Valley of the Nile; and the So
called Mississippi "prairies" equal the
prairies of Illinois in quantity per acre
and quality of corn, small grains and
| clover. and excel them in alfalfa.
/ Before the war, South Carolina was
the Initiative State of the South"
Now Mississippi is. She initiated for
all the Union woman's university
i (called an institute) mot an annex to-,
tnor an amalgamation with, a mans
institution-and laws making woman
independent of her husband and pro-
testing her interest in his estate. She
can sue him in court if she will, and
she may enjoy the precious "privi-
lege" of being sued by him. That's
"woman's rights" for you
She initiated the complete and con-
stitutional solution of the negro suf-
frage question for herself, and for the
other Southern states. Some of them
grated on her plan ideas of their own.
which have not stood the test of the
courts; but the supreme court of the
United States has found on trial moth
ing in our suffrage provisions with
which it could pick flaw as contra
Evening any sentence or letter of the
Federal Constitution.
As consequence, we have racial
peace. There are fewer ontrages and
violations of the law in Mississippi
in proportion to negro population thar
in New York, Delaware, or Illinois
Our darkies are generally well-behav
ed and are improving their status
doing even better than was to be ex
pected of people of their racial traits
/ tendencies and antecedent history IL
S Africa and here. Now and then Their
is a beast among them and equally o
course, the average darky, being
S darky, does not love constant work
and, still more enthusiastically, ha
= not the white mans instructive sens
r OF duty to 'lay up gear" for rain
e day or for posterity. He is "certail
$ that posterity never done nothing flu
g him. and can find no duty restin
e upon him to do anything fur her."
n Fewer farmhouse doors are locke
Q at night in Mississippi than in Ney
e Jersey, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana or Mas
d sachusetts. and fewer regrets ar
Y caused by the lack Of the locking
Country life is safer here than in tn
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w A Mt

Rates in this column, one cen. Q
word each insertion, cash with order.
Count each aDDreviation. initial, street
number, etc. complete word. No
classified ads charged. No CLASSIFIED
ads taken over the telephone. Mo al.
vertisement taken for less than Is
cents. Further information cheerfully
given at office. Both phones 1888.
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eafast Club With Miss
Edith NayIor.

Edith Mayor ~ TOO.
The meeting Saturday OF .he ~
s.a. c,rb was held at the home ol
Mrs Fred Naylor, on Nam s.''
~',.h their daughter, Miss Edith M
Naylor, as hostess. .s
The study of the aiternoon We"
.Madsme Maintenon" with Miss Marie
hin as leader. and she read paper
on eThe France of Louis XIV n'se'
Flourish and Fall" The roll call was
zeal. Quotations relating TO zea''
b;eotrv effort. or religious devotioh'
Miss Gertrude Polk's paper, 'oareei
J and Character Of Madame Maihte'
non.. was read by Miss Marie Hill and
another paper, was given by MISS
Rptb Thrash on "Woman as Poll
tician.v The subject of Miss Margue'
rite Turner's paper was "The ReVoca
tion of the Edict of Nantes and its
Beneficial Results to All Countries
Save It's own"
| A dainty plate luncheon was serveoo
by younger sister of the hostess
Miss Evelyn Naylor and Miss Rather
inc Cary. There were no guests, ant
the club members present were
Misses Ida Belle Camp, Frances Fer
guson, Mary Hightower, Marie Hill
Maggie Mae Johnson, Mackie Powe
Florence Stollenwerck, Ruth Thrash
Marguerite Turner and Ella Braswel
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The Glory of the States
by John SHARP WILLIAMS
tIn the February American Magazine)

she is in another respect like the fan
cied Virginia and Massachusetts, OF
whom some envious Westerner (prob-
ably from Ohio) said: Eyes, their past
is safe enough if there amt no par
ticular consolation for their friends
in their present.
Mississippi is the most nearly ex-
clusively agricultural state in the
Union. There are no cities of over
twenty-five thousand souls, there is
no crowding of men and women in
sweat-shops and back alleys and in
sanitary tenements. Yet we have city
advantages without their corrupting
| influences. Memphis, Tennessee. is
about as much Mississippian as Ten
inesseean; New Orleans is a metropo-
lis for Mississippi almost as much as
for Louisiana; and Mobile is depot
and entrepot for us. Wealth is per-
haps more equally distributed than in
any other state. There are virtually
no paupers and, as far as know, not
i a real millionaire.
We have no mines, few factories;
but none of those conditions affecting
men and women and children in mine
and factory which are at once the ba-
sis of modern civilization superposed
on industrialism and almost the de-
spar of well-wishers Of the human
race. Most of us are so simple that
we would rather. buy our coal and
minerals and have others make our
iron and steel than to risk on our own
soil the repetition of some of the
scenes which have saddened the citi-
zens, and, at the least, not made
brighter the escutcheons, of some OF
our Lesser Republics" so
I Mississippians work for the most
part our of doors, and sleep in health.
full, well-ventilated houses. Even in
our towns, every house is surrounded
by its open yard spaces, and in most
instances by trees and flowers. The
climate is one requiring little clothing
and less fuel. In all except the "dog
; days. it is ideal for raising our chiei
crop-physically and mentally devel
oped children; and our secondary cror
, fine white cotton. The second cror
sometimes fails; the first never-the
: Mexican boll-weevil has not, to the ex
; tent of my present information, at
tackled it. We export the raw ma
: terials out of which are made pretty
: cottages, cotton fabrics, and United
, States senators. OF these last we nov
= have in Washington seven, and al
= ''easily at the 'front.'"
In former times we imported nearl.
a everything else. We have quit tina
s. now Our molasses no longer come
It from Louisiana, our mules from Ken
a lucky cur hogs from Missouri, ou
l. corn from Illinois, our hay from every
r where, nor our schooI-teachers fron
l. New England, our Presbyterian mir
p listers from South Carolina, and ou
s Episcopal clergy from England an
e Virginia. We are growing these d
d versifed products ourselves, and eve
II exporting that part of the surplu
which we think we can best do will
It out We import from those state
g now, not these things SO much, bu
e. chiefly-Men; although we are thinl
s. ing about exporting a few recent!
n elected public officials. This latte
at course has not yet been definitely d.
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HELP WANTED

WANTED Men to learn the barber
trade. Few weeks completes. Ac-
stual experience, careful instructions.
A method that has placed thousands
in good positions. Can we help you.
Write MoIer Barber College, New Or.
leans. Established 1893. 22-6t-p
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Landry-swayne Wedding in

New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Swayne ar
rived this morning from their wedding
trip and are "at home" at the Rob
inson Inn on Buschman street.
Mrs. Swayne, was formerly Miss Re-
gina Landry, youngest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jerome J. Landry of New
Orleans, and her wedding was prettily
solemnized in that city on Tuesday
morning at 7 o'clock in the presence
of a large gathering of friends and
relatives at the Notre Dame de Bon
continued an Page Five.)
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Society and Personals ::
- sg============== y Editor
uRc ANDREW MAC. JONES ....---

~, nome of Paul b. 'onn
Jr., after his father, ror,as m.sy venaDle.
Mrs. T. o. Watkins lett sn sttsul stis the
funeral fn of Mr.. Billy Howe N vs. sdi 4
take place this afternoon loa
The Fortnightly Bridge oiup : a'o,oct' sa'
with Mrs. H. s. Hagerty on W. "r rasu.
street, instead of Thursday VIC
lar meeting day.
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A BIG bargain in nice home, six rooms,
large lot, convenient; cash or terms;
leaving town account bad health. Adj
dress J. J, care News. 24-1t-p.
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FOR SALE-2o-acre tract with house
and outhouses. surrounded by new
hog-wire fence; practically all ready
for cultivation this year For cash,
$500. One and three-quarter miles
west Rawls Springs. g. f. Ames,
owner. 401 Carter Bldg.
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WANTED miscellaneous

WANTED-You to know that we buy,
sell and exchange, all kinds second
hand furniture, and do repairing
and refinishing. Golden Rule Bar
gain House, 12S w. Pine street.
Home Phone 1S1. 6-eod-15t-c
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FOR SALE-Horse and buggy; mare,
Z; works anywhere; both in first
class condition; real classy rig. c. w.
3. Hamrick, sos Ross Bldg.
24-4tp
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FOR sALE-Farm 1S9 acres swo
miles east of Lumberton; lO9 in cul.
uVation; seventy cleared Of stumns
Two four-room houses, ceiled. Good
water and hogs. Splendid market
Tor truck farmer Or. W. w. Hall.
----.-., .,e, Mlss, 24-6tp
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TWENTY-FIVE town lots at $25 cash
each; your choice. See c. F. Ames,
owner 401 Carter Bldg. 22-6t-ch
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WANTED-More pressing. We use
new model machinery keeps clothes
from getting slick. Vacuum cleaner.
Strictly sanitary. Jones Tailoring
Co. Both Phones 20 th,fr&mo 12t
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FOR SALE-Mi.cellaneous

FOR SALE-Mule and mare, or ex.
change for cattle. Phone cumber.
land 629. 10-6t-eod-p
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Born-Sunday night, January 23, to
Judge and Mrs. Paul B. Johnson, on
Bay street, little son, who has been
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-24
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-One chestnut sorrel horse,
blaze face, branded on left shoulder:
weight 900 lbs. Return to J. J. New.
mans Office and receive reward.
21-3t
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cal statements made by member OF
States acted the bully to small nations
south and like coward to the powers
of Europe. was one of the most radi-
the upper house of Congress. 1t has
been widely quoted
This is what he had to say:
4In dealing with the smaller nations
we have acted like a great bully.
When Haiti has revolution and re-
fuses to pay her debts we send war
ships and a few marines to take
charge. When any of these republics
to the south fail to do their duty we
do not hesitate to send men and take
charge of their finances. But when
1t comes to the time that we have to
deal with the greater powers Of the
world we do not act like brave and
courageous nation; we act like cow
ards, am ashamed to say
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FOR SALE or rent at right prices,
residences in all parts of the city.
Farms, cut-over and timbered lands.
Ihos. Ferguson. 22-9t-p
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FOR SALE-Fancy lump Red Ash
coal $3.50 per ton. L. j. Mcdaniel
Transfer Co. Phones 70. 18-eod6-c
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REMEMBER R. H. Walker Coal Co
Best Kentucky coal $4.75 ton. phone
cumberland S25 or ATS. 1S.1m.c
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FOR SALE-Eight yoke oxen, two
wagons, well equipped. Cheap if
bought now. J. T. Haynes, Ellisville,
'"''s' N ID NO. 4. 2O-6t-p
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FOR SALE-Cow pen manure free
from sawdust or shayings. Fifty
cents for one-horse wagon load w c
Cole, both phones 125. 1.oa.,e
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: HHH<<~<<<><~'
SOCIAL CALENDAR.
.ruesdav, January rs.

a
g.. Tuesday, January rs. II
: Afternoon, o'clock: Review
. Club; hostess, Mrs. Charles EN-
Asefa y
- Evening, to IL O'CLOCK
. Dance; hosts, Mr.. and Mrs. T. "
~ Russell; honoree, Mrs. M. u
= Estes.
= Wednesday, January 2e.
. Afternoon, 2.3O .o'clack: Pro- '
. gressive Bridge Club; hostess =
. Mrs. G. F. Dawson.
10 Afternoon, o'clock: Woman =
. Club; hostess, Mrs. Hugh Wheef
- er.
- Thursday, January ~. '
10 Afternoon, 8 o'clock: Mrs. W. '
~ e. Wales entertains the Art =
= Club with musical. '
10 Friday, January 2s. =
. Afternoon, o'clock: Fort '
= nightly Bridge Club; hostess :
= Mrs. H. S. Hagerty.
Q Afternoon, $3.50 o'clock: Study =
. Club; hostess, Mrs. G. M. McWil- =
IL liams.
>~A<>>~<<>><> =
Mss Florena ,Dossett returned sun
day from Gulfport, where she speh'
a few days with friends and relatives
/ -
! Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Russell have al
their guest at the Robinson Inn, tn
latter's sister, Mrs. M. d. Estes, 0
Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing A. Walker lei
Saturday night for New York, e.
route there they will stop at Wasf
ington and Baltimore, and from Ne'
York will go to Montreal, Canada
before returning.
-
Born-Sunday night, January 23,
Ix1~ ~
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FOR SALE-Fat pine knots and kin
ding, 81 per load. cumb. Phone
$40. 21-3t-p
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Russell have al
their guest at the Robinson Inn, TN
latter's sister, Mrs. M. d. Estes, 0
Memphis, Tenn.
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MONDAY, JANUARY "a, 1916.
TRADE VICTORY FOR THE ABLEST

advice british business men
Incidentally it
to American
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Continued an Page Five.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-16
COL. GLENN AROUSES
NO LITTLE CRITICISM
War Department May Ask Him to Ex-
plain Speech Describing Army
as Pathetic"

Considerable criticism was aroused
IN administration circles yesterday
over the address made before the
Sphinx Club in New York Tuesday
night by Col. Edward F. Glenn, chieI
of stan under Gen. Leonard Wood
commander Of the Department of the
East.
Col. Glenn was quoted as describing
the American army as pathetic" and
predicting that Carranza would op-
pose the American invasion.
While Secretary OF War Baker re-
fused to comment. it was learned to.
night that he would probably call or
Col Glenn for an explanation. Of
ficials Of the State Department par
ticularly resent the suggestion con-
corning the attitude of the Mexican
government toward the American ex-
petition. and called attention to the
fact that the relations between the
two governments had already been
rendered delicate by the persistent re-
ports in this country that Carranza
would have to oppose the invaders.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-16
HOUSE SCRIBE BREAKS
INTO RECORD HIMSELF
Reuel Small. Veteran Official Report
er, Tells Lower Chamber What .
Mann Said About Borland.

After spending twenty years record
ing with painstaking accuracy the
speeches of others in the House OF
representatives. Reuel Small, one of
the veteran official reporters of the
House. was given his first opportu-
nifty to break into the Record" him
self on Tuesday.
Mr.. Small was reporting PROCEEDINGS
when Minority Leader Mann snapped
out his remark which Representative
Borland. of Kansas City, considered a
reflection upon his good faith. The
Kansas City member Immediately
moved that Mr.. MRnn's remarks be
taken down and expunged," the phrase
being relic of days when the House
had no stenOgraphic reporters. Where
upon Mr.. Small transcribed his steno-
graphic notes in longhand and made
his first address" to the House.
Mr.. Small did not. as we inadver-
family reported, neglect to make short
hand notes OF the remark to which
Borland took exception. The Speak
er's instruction to the official reporter
to take down what the gentleman
said and the confusion incident to the
passage led the Herald reporter into an
inaccuracy which unintentionally reflect
ed unfairly upon the official reporter.
As is true of all official reporters of
the House. Mr.. Smslrs reputation for
speed and accuracy is NATIONWIDE
among the shorthand craft
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-16
believes WORLD IS
READY TO- HALT WAR
Miss Rebecca Shelly. of Detroit. Tells
Ant-War League European Neu-
trails Favor Disarmament.

MISS Rebecca Shelly, of Detroit, Mich,
a member OF the International Congress
OF Women, which assembled IN Holland
at the outbreak of the present European
cohtict, addressed a meeting given under
auspices or the Anti-War League of the
DisIrlct last night, in the central build
ing OF the Public Library.
MISS Shelly was also a member of the
recent Ford peace pilgrimage, and told
mere hearers that from information
gained while on this last mission she be-
heVed the world was ready TO stop the
war. In both Holland and Norway she
declared that the majority of the people
were IN favor Of international dlsarma-
ment, and that in both those countries the
people were far ahead OF us in their
peace efforts
Kew. Z. II. Parkinson, of Chicago, was
another speaker who also advocated dis
armament as the only course by which
world peace could be procured.
The meeting was presided over by WILL
lam V. Mahoney. president of the league
who announced that Representatives
warren Worth Bailey, of Pennsylvania,
ana James H. C'Cyclone'D Davis, Of
Texas, both OF whom were scheduled to
speak last night, but who were IN
aVoidably detained, would address the
next meeting, TO be held on the first
Wednesday in April.
The league will have a benefit per-
Torrance at Polls Theater on Monday
night, through which it is hoped to raise
sufficient funds to meet the current ex-
penses of the organization.