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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
Castle Garden.

Castle Garden was built by the Unit
ed States in 1907 from the plans of
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Williams.
c. E., and was called Fort Clinton. In
1922 it was ceded to New York city;
in 1924 it became a place Of amuse-
ment and about 1926 got its present
name; in 1916 there were Ethiopian
minstrels there: in 1919 theatrical
companies played there; in 1850 Jenny
Lind sang there; in 1855 it was closed
as a place Of amusement and the COM
missioner of emigration took it an an
emigrant depot; in 1870 it suffered
from fire, and on July 8, 1876, it was
burned to the ground. 1t was rebuilt
at once. In 1892 the depot was moved
to Ellis island, and Castle Garden re-
verted to the city, which in 1896 open
ed an aquarium there.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
WONDER ISLAND Of HISTORY.
Tho Story of Sicily Is Compendium OF
Medieval Romance.

Medieval Romance.
Sicily's history is as vivid and pic
turesque, as ferocious and creative and
destructive, as mythical and intensely
practical as the stories of all the rest
of the world put together. And in
beauty of nature. of climate. or man.
and of beast, the island is Il paradise
today, whether or not it was ever the
workless, painless. passionless elysium
where our first ancestors enjoyed all
the good things of life Without having
to toll.
Nature itself. now in the guise of the
misunderstood gods of old. now in con-
vulsions or in quiet fertility that sci
ence has made plain to us. weaves
it's mysterious shuttle through and
through the highly colored fabric.
And men-such men-tower above
their fellows in the story like Titans-
Pindar, Aeschylus, Theocritus, Thucy-
dides, Archimedes, the two great HE
rons, Cicero, Verres- Diodorus Hamil-
car and Hannibal, Roger the Count anu
Roger the King, Belisarius, the great
crusaders Richard of the Lion Heart
and Louis the Saint of France, Charles
Of Anjou, Frederick H., the wonder
of the world" and Garibaldi. Even
this partial list reads like a compendi-
um Of ancient and medieval romance
and chivalry.-National Geographic
Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
Then He 0rifted.

Miss Uppson-Mildred," said the
poor but otherwise honest aad ambi.
tious young man. II have padded my
own canoe for years and feel sure
can support you. Will you be my
wife?'
Nothing doing in the canoe line, y
replied the naughty maid. If you
had sailed your own yacht for years
might have considered your proposal
Chicago News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
Our First 1attIsship.

The first American battleship was
the old Texas of Spanish-American
war fame. She was authorized by con-
gress in 1886 and was completed six
years later. The original battleship
was little over 800 feet long and had a
displacement of 6,315 tons. The pres
ent day Texas is 554 feet long and has
a tonnage of 27,OOO tons. The old Tex
as ended her days as a target for navy
practice.-Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
HE KNEW A GOOD PLAY.
Tho Sagaeious Canine Didn't Ever
Have to Read II.

Tho sagaeious Canine Didn't Even
Have to Read It.
One day l brought to my rooms in
Twenty-third street a box Of old man
uscripts. Death and Trap, a bulldog
and fox terrier, stood by and looked
on idly while as idly looked over the
plays. Suddenly Trap few at q heap
Of manuscripts and seized a printed
book. We tried to get it from him.
He dashed about the room. under and
over the bed.
The landlady opened the door. Out
went Trap, nearly upsetting my land
lady. Ny brother Sam and rushed
after the dog. Trap headed down
Twenty-third street direct to the Ly-
ceum theater, play in mouth. In and
out among cabs and cars, pedestrians
and jehus. that wonderful dog went
directly to the box Office of the theater.
Frank Bunce, the business manager,
beheld him. What has he got thereT'
said he. "A play" said I. docs he
want me to read it?" said Bunce. IF
you please" 1 replied. Take it up
stairs to Mr.. Frohman." said the busi-
ness manager.
Twas done. Frohman read it. He
accepted and produced it. The play
had been written twenty years before
for my father by Madison Morton and
Robert Reece. They called it TRADE" {"
Frohman christened it 1.-The Highest
Bidder" The play was great sue
cess and started both Dan Fr0hman
and myself on the waters of prosper
ity-Edward H. Sothern's 1.-The Mel
ancholy Tale of Me-"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
Weather or No.

Now tell u.s." sternly demanded the
young legal luminary. whose brow
overhung like the back of swapping
turtle. addressing the covering wit
ness, "what was the weather, If any.
upon the afternoon in question:
London Saturday Journal
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19

"You should never take anything
that doesn't agree with you" admon-
ished the physician.
The patient glanced around ruefully
at his wife.
If I had always followed that rule
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
Anxious to Save Him.

What are you doing there?'
Figuring on the upkeep Of an auto
mobile"
you can't afford to buy an automo-
bile
II know it. I'm just getting up some
data with which to convince a friend
Of mine that he can't afford to buy one
either. Age-Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
PLAINLY of Practice.

"Have you any special qualification
for this job you are asking for in our
establishment as hoorwalker?'
"Oh, yes, sir! My twins have just
been ething."-BaItimore American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
Too lona.

Edith-Haven't you and Jack been
engaged long enough to get marriedf
Ethe[Too long! He hasn't got q
eont left.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-01-19
Doubts Heredity.

"Do you believe in heredity"
NO.
"Why not?"
"Look at the cheap skates that had
great ancestors. Free Press.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
SUFFRAGETTES ARE
GRASPING AT FINAL
STRAWIN CAMPAIGN
Picketing White House Gates Mild Form of Heck
ling LIS Last Resort When They See Chances
to Change the Presidents Mind Go
Glimmering 1t Started
by HUGH W. ROBERTS

washington, January 19.-(Special.)
desperate as a result of countless fail
ures and drear prospect of future disap-
polntment the suffragettes now grasp
at final straw. That final straw is
mild form of hecklng directed against
the President of the United States. It's
perpetrators call it auto-suggestion. Its
traducers regard it as an outward and
visible form of neurasthenia
At any rate, countless observers for the
past several days shave noted the fact
that at the various gates opening into
the grounds surrounding the White
House, women, their faces stamped with
sweet resignation to martyrdom, stand
silent and interminably. To each passer-
by whether he be the chief executive of
the nation, his wife, or a mere bearer
OF groceries to the Presidents pantry,
these women present their standard On
the familiar background of yellow, black
letters PROFOUND a changing in
quiry:
Mr.. President, What Will You Do For
Woman Suffrage?"
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SUFFRAGISTS OF
HOLLAND RETIRE
FROM PICKET DUTY
Women Who Have Been
Trying for Months to
Influence Parliament
Give Up Finally

The Hague, Netherlands, December 30.
The suffragist picket, with it's score of
motto bearing and yellow beribboned
women has vanished from the entrance to
the Dutch Parliament. For long weeks
they had stuck to their posts. rain or
shine. Holland is apt to be wet at all
times; mostly so in the fall, but the
women kept their vigil standing, drawn
up in line, on deal planks laid on the
edge of the arcaded sidewalk They
came from different parts of the country
to take their turn on sentry duty, some
times travelling long distances for the pur-
poses. The guard had become a ia
miliar sight to The Hague public, and
more particularly to ministers and par
liamentary deputies
Inside the building their president, DR..
Aletta Jacobs, accompanied by one of her
followers, had kept faithful watch oc-
cupying a box placed at her disposal by
the chairman of the chamber himself
Each morning she drove up to the cham
Der in her automobile, alighted and
turned to inspect the company of the sa :
luting guard. One day she petitioned
the astonished chairman of the cham
Der TO be appointed government commits
sary, charged to assist the prime min
lister in dealing with the suffrage article
OF the constitution during the deliberations
of the of the chamber
When the suffagists withdrew they fired
a last shot at Parliament in the shape of
an address protesting lin the name of
thousands and thousands in the country
against the fact that the popular chamber
should have finally passed this portion of
the revised constitution without ac-
knoWledg1ng women's rights.
we feel deeply indignant" declares
the Women's Suffrage association. sthat
the interests of all women have been sac
r1hced to those of small percentage of
men. The stream of fine words in which
the Importance of women's suffrage for
the state was demonstrated by the prime
minister and by many deputies, has
turned out to be but empty sounds. 1t has
been acknowledged that womens suffrage
lies in the spirit of our times, that it must
and will speedily come also in this coun-
try, and 1t Is fncomprehensible that cour-
age should have been lacking to grant
the vote to women in this constitutional
revision. This in consequence of the Sec
ond Chamber compels women to resume
the struggle in the country a struggle
which will be harder and bitterer than
ever
However the women are not entirely
disappointed, for under the revised consti-
tuition just passed members of their sex
will be eligible for Parliament, for the
provincial councils and for the council OF
state. Moreover, the constitutional bolt
has been removed from the door that bars
the way to actual women's suffrage: if
the bills in question finally reach the state
hnn xxyin h AZ - =
eted vote by an ordinary legislative
measure, that is, a bare parliamentary
majority, which was before impossible.
Opposition was offered by various mem
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
JOHN NJ. CRAbTRE:E:
GAINED "a POUNDS
Quit Taking Tanlac IS
Months Ago-Still Retains
Weight and Feels Fine

L have actually. gained "a pounds on
three bottles of Tanlac and 1 now know
what it is to enjoy life and good health
after suffering for 20 years. said John
M. Crabtree, a general merchant at Five
Mile, Station A, Dallas, Tex, few days
ago.
IT bought my first bottle over 10 months
ago, when I lived at Gallatin, Tenn"
continued Mr.. Crabtree, "and I want to
tell you, it was the best investment I
ever made in my life. l began to i'm
prove almost from the start and three
bottles simply made me over into new
man. have enjoyed the best Of health
ever since.
81 suffered with cartarrh of the ston1-
ach and indigestion for 20 years and for
IS months, before l started taking Tan
lac, / had to live almost entirely on
cereals. My stomach was full of gas and
/ suffered with awful headaches all the
time. ] was as nervous as q man gets
to be and could hardly sleep at all and
could get no ease or comfort any time
| spent nearly all of one whole year in
bed and was unable to do anything at
all and fell off in weight to 11S pounds.
i had all the symptoms of catarrh and
I just can't describe all the suffering
had to endure from it for those 20 years.
81 kept reading about Tanlac in the
papers DuC Il cOulun make up IHy liAuQ
to try 1t, because I had tried so many
different kinds of medicines and had been
disappointed each time. But when my
friends, who knew my dreadful condition,
begged me I bought bottle and began
taking it and the results in my case have
been nothing short of wonderful. After
using my third bottle / found I had in
creased in weight from lis pounds to 1852,
making an actual gain of "a pounds-all
my troubles were gone and was feel
ing like another man.
Although it has been a year and a
half since Tanlac relieved me of my awful
catarrhal trouble and Indigestion and
made life worth living, I still retain my
Increase in weight and feel simply fine
all the time. I've been eating anything
/ want all the time-in fact anything
anybody else can-and sleeping like a
child every night. Being made into a
strong healthy man after suffering as
long as I did is enough to make me re-
joice and I'm glad to indorse Tanlac be-
cause l know what it has done for me.
You can just tell anyone to ask me about
Tanlac and I'll tell them what have
told you"
Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu-
sively by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store and
Patton-Pope Drug Co.; in Ensley by D.
w. Morris Drug Co.; in Bessemer by Pc
gram-Patton Drug Co.; in Pratt City by
Gale Drug Co., and in North Brming
ham by Walker Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
MOTOR TOURISTS
TO VISIT GADSDEN
Citizens to Petition Elec-
tions on Tick Eradication
and Special Tax

Gadsden, January 13.-(Special.)
Thirty autoists. members of the Scar
borough motor guide southern tour
party, are expected to reach Gadsden
Sunday night or Monday. They had
planned to go by Chattanooga, but on
advice of Secretary P. O. Aiken of
the Huntsville Chamber of Comm cree
will follow the Alabama jackson
Highway to Gadsden and then take
the Forrest highway to Rome. If
weather conditions are not too bad,
local business men will motor to Gun
tersville to meet the party.
The council at its meeting Monday
night probably will be asked to con
slider the names of eight or ten promi-
nent citizens, who are applicants for
the position of city clerk. from which
Joseph Balfour yesterday resigned.
When the finance committee of the
city council met last night to hear
protests on the new license schedule
only four were presented.
The Striplin School Improvement as
ISOLATION will open a lunch room in
the Stmplin school, Miss Helen Adams
being in charge.
Plans for circulating petitions ask
ing elections on tick eradication and
for a 3-mill school tax will be cir
culated at once following the action
of citizens at the courthouse today.
Capt. w. P. Lay has gone to Wash
ington to work for the passage of the
Shields general dam bill. The passage
of this bill, it is believed will hasten
the opening of the Coosa to naviga-
ton.
Special exercises in honor of the
birthdays of Robert T.. Lee and Gen.
Thomas J. Jackson will be held by
the Etowah chapter. United Daughters
1880 o'clock next Saturday morning
Four crosses of honor will be con-
ferred.
r. w. Saxon, 20 years old, manager
of the Southern Bell Telephone COM
pany at Albertvil1e. died here last
night after an operation for appen-
dicitis. He is survived by his mother,
Mrs NJ e. Lowery of Sayre; two
brothers. w. J. and G.. r. Saxon; and
one sister, Mrs. ]. r. Strong of AL
bertville. He was to have married
Miss Kate Worley of New Hope
Miss Mary A. Dill, 20 years old Of
st. Clair county died this morning at
the home of Mrs. Lewis II. Browning
on South Fourth street. The body will
be taken to Hopewel1. in ST. Clair
county, for burial at 10 o'clock Sun
day morning.
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bers OF the right even TO these conces-
slons. Votes for women were objected to
as in conflict with the calling of women
as wife and mother. by the orthodox, old
fashioned, Conservative Dutchmen.
The prime minister. Mr. Cort van der
Linden, who is himself In favor of
womans suffrage in principle, had the
parliamentary wisdom to take what he
could get and he refused at present to
embody votes for women in the constitu-
ton, on the ground that women's suf-
frage would have to be universal II placed
there at all, so that all women, even
those who did not desire 1t or were OPP
posed thereto, would be called upon to go
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
Eufaula Commercial Club
Elects Officers for Year

Eufaula, January 49, Especial. 1.-The
Commercial club held it's annual meet
ing last night, electing DR.. w. S. Britt
president for the fifth term. He has
served as president since the organiza-
ton of the club. Fl. G. Holleman was
named vice president and 7. G.. Wilkinson
secretary and treasurer. These officers,
together with c. A. Locke and j. f..
Pomoery, constitute the executive commit
tee of the club. The club went on record
as requesting the board of revenue of
Barbour county to appropriate $3.50 for the
maintenance of farm demonstration,
similar amount to be had from the state
and federal governments.
After one of the most successful years.
despite the general business depression
in this immediate section, the stockhold-
ers of the Bank of Eufaula held their
annual meeting today receiving at the
same time a semi-annual dividend of 4
per cent. The following were elected
to the board of directors: w. l.. Wild.
Col. Robert Moulthrop. G. IT. Dent. N. W.
Roberts, G. A. Locke. II. Lampley. Jr.,
j. L. Houston Of ComW. w. L. wild
was reelected president Colonel Moul-
throp was chosen vice president. to sue
coed Colonel Conner, who had served since
the organization of the bank 10 years
ago. II. Lampley, Jr.. was reelected
cashier.
I. M. Patterson of Clayton solicitor
of the Third judicial circuit, has an
nounced the appointment of w. III. Mer-
rill of Eufaula, member Of the law
firm Of A. H Merrill & Sons. as solicitor
of Barbour county, under the provisions
of the new judicial code Mr.. Merrill
duties will be chiefly in the probate court,
Of which B. T. Roberts of Clayton has
just become judge, succeeding 7. D.
Grubbs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
Haleyville Bank Prosperous

Haleyville. january 13.-tSpecial) The
stockholders Of the Traders and Farm
ers bank Of this place held their regu-
lar annual meeting on yesterday. A divi-
dend of 10 per cent was declared, and an
additional amount Of SA per cent was
carried to the surplus fund. This has
been one of the best years in the his
tory of the institution: their statement
showing that the deposits have increased
more than $4,000 in the past year. All
%: the former officers and directors were
elected. The officers are as follows:
President. w. w. Haley: cashier, J. H
Haley, and assistant cashier p 4. Haley.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
Hughes Double Arrested
in Mobile on Charge
Made by Health Officer

Mobile, January 13.-(Special.)- Rudolph
Won Wolden because of his striking SIM
ilarity to ex-Supreme Court Judge Charles
E. Hughes, has been jokingly pointed out
as the republican national candidate, has
been arrested here on a charge of prac-
ticing medicine without a license. DR..
Charles A. Mohr city health officer, made
the complaint to the police. When ar
raigned in the recorders court Friday
morning at the defendants request, the
hearing was postponed until January 49,.
1t is said that Won Wolden is a diet
specialist, and, according to the chief of
police he came to Mobile on a guarantee
Of $1,000 by Is persons who, it is SAID
wished his treatment. Won Wolden main
tains an expensive suite in the biggest
hotel in Mobile.
If information the county solicitor has
is proved in court, George Britton, ne.
gro, burned the Aimwell Baptist church
(colored)r for Sc. The fire was not con-
fined, however, to the church, but num-
Der of other houses in the vicinity were
destroyed, causing big financial loss. The
fire occurred last November. Britton was
arrested today.
Episcopal churches of Mobile are hav-
ing a hard time to retain their rectors
because of numerous calls they are re-
ceiving to other parishes. Not long ago
Rev. t. III. Johnston, pastor of All Saints
church, accepted an Atlanta appointment.
January | Rev. A. G. Richards, rector Of
Trinity church, went to Athens, Ga. About
the same time, Rev. Matthew Brewster,
D. D., Of Christ's church, refused an offer
of a big church in New Orleans. Now DR..
brewster ia in Ashevi1Ia NJ O. decidip O.
whether he will accept a call to that
field. Rev. E. G. Hunter. at one time rec
tor of St. Peters church, Talladega but
lately residing at haywood, ILL.,, is priest
in-charge at Trinity until a permanent Sc
lection is made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
Inspect Graphite Properties

Clanton, January 1S.-(SpeciaL)- Mr. w.
F. Shugate,I Mr.. E. Argo and Mr.. T. D.
Eppes, all of Birmingham, and promo
tiers of the Goodwater Graphite Mining
have been spending the past
week in Coosa and Chiffon counties look
ing over graphite mining matter. They
express themselves as satisfied with the
of the graphite deposits on their
Coosa county property.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14

to the polling booth. He apparently
thinks more sufragist educational work
among women is needed, and that the
vote should be conferred by a more grad
ual process.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14
Some Golfer

From Puck.
Whilst played golf yesterday for tina
first time.
GiIlis-How did you make out?
WILTSHIRE. Made a home run right
at the start. I hit the first ball into
the tall grass in left field and ran around
the whole Is holes before they found It
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14

order had come. whether from the White
House or elsewhere ono could not tell
that the hecklers. unless moved to yio-
lence, were not TO be disturbed.
LOCHINVAR RIDES BY
And very soon, President Wilson came
riding by. From a distance, the automo-
bile of the President was easily recogniz-
ed. The hecklers rushed to their guns
Every vestige of a smile rapidly faded
from their lips. When the President
reached the scene, the women were studi-
ously impressively serious. They extend
ed their banner. The President looked
to the right and left, but the cannon
still Numbered" There was no escape
1t is probable that he thought of raising
his hat. But he didn't. Instead, he com
promised. There was the merest sugges-
ton of smile at the corners of his
mouth. That was all.
And the suffragettes, as the car rolled
within the Enclosure, simply gazed into
each others faces. We'll, what do you
think of that?' was what they seemed
to be asking right into the heart But
if there was an answer, the wind caught
~ anu IL was AOSb III Tic 1lOiSS VI d pass
ing street car.
MRS. WILSON GRIM
History will probably not record all the
incidents of that first day or that first
week. 1t would be attempting the ridicu-
lous to note the obvious effect produced
on the ordinary individual. sightseers
from Wisconsin checked themselves and
silently gazed. porter, behind the cup
of his palm, laughed aloud A band of
Indians, perhaps the last of the Mohicans,
observed and noisily like tackdaws chat
ted. Perhaps they wondered if the
white man had really wrought improve
ment over the old order of things.
And then came Mrs. Wilson. AS ner
car approached, the woman stood
staunch. AS the car passed underneath,
there was a suggestive rustling of the
silk. But if the effort was made to at
tract the attention of Mrs. Wilson, it
failed. She was silent. She was unob-
servant. Straight to the front she bent
her unvarying gaze She was grim.
One would imagine as matter of fact
that Mrs. Wilson was a trifle resentful
At any rate, she displayed none of that
good natured indifference, that almost
too human sang-froid which had been
the characteristic OF the PRESIDENTS SUD
mission.
WILL IT WORK?
The practical, matter Of fact Individual
too often unkindly called the cynic,
knows that the women will continue to
stand guard about the portals of the
White House until March 4-and having
stood will stand no more.
Poetry-or is philosophy ?-declares, on
the other hand, that constant dripping
wears away the stone. Mr.. Bryan AYERS
that the builder dies and is forgot while
the dreamer lives forever and a day
Policemen, by third degree methods, "
wiring confessions by the eternal repeti-
ton of question 1t remains to be seen
if these female politicians will, as re-
suit of their constant vigil and never
changing query, force Mr.. Wilson in
mental desperation to answer their ques-
ton:
"Mr. President, What Will You Do For
Woman Suffrage?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-01-14

order had come. whether from the White
House or elsewhere ono could not tell,
that the hecklers. unless moved to yio-
lence, were not to be disturbed