A THING OF BEAUTY. THE WORLD'S CRISIS Lucia Ames Meade Before Woman Buffrage Congress. OUR PART 10 LEAD DISARNAENTS “Let Women Help te Inspire Men Wik New Cumrage fo War Agninst War, (he Only Way to Justice, "Freosperity and Veace.” BALTIMORE. Feb, 14 — “The World's Present Crisis” wos the subject of an address Ly Lucig Ames Meade before the National Awerfcun Woman suf frage association congress bere. She said: “When we cousider the 120,000,000 Russians aud Siberians who are emery ing frotii political bouglage to compara tive freedom and the awukeniug of that | one-quarter of the human race which the hAme of the purchaser . Mves in Chiua~when we consider the | The liner brought home a young Amer possibilities of new: relations with |*0 Whom the slewaris- 424: other 11. South Americn and what may cowe | 2cDes of the ship will not forget. Je from the second Hugue conference, we Rot rid of about $2,000 or $3.000 (vari perceive that never since history began ously estimated: among the ship's at. bave #0 wany forces been ut work to | “0140S on the way over and would . {have heen still more generous had it bring Rapid Shang in a, of dol ot been that his beneficiaries grew many milllous of human 18% 2 » : ; literally “ashamed to take the money To ignore these Homlentoul nove. The gencrous handed young ey is ments ald to feel uo responsibility for the son of a well known civil engineer them would be unbafdauable in any aud was returning from Paris - The one, but most of ull in au American nlght before the Kaiser was to touch today. Under the oppression and LL Cherbourg be entered a Paris RAID gression of so called ‘Christian’ uations bling resort and “broke the bank.” his China Is turning from a peaceful ua- winnings, sccording to the story he told ton which honors scholarship supreme. aboard the ship, belog about 50.000 Iy to & military uation that is hanging francs. It Is 2aid to have taken a sult & heavy millstone of debt about the cAse 10 carry the mouey away. After heck of willions of poor artisans and breaking the bank be Lad fust time to farmers. For this burdensome aud catch ag early train for Cherbourg dangerous aud wholly unnecessary ad. and the Kaiser dition fo the militarism of the world The first thing be did after be got Christian nations are responsible. But aboard, It 1s related. was to open the Rt 1s not yet quite too lute to lessen or sult case in the smoking room and in- avert this dismal step backward and vite every ane to help bimself. ordering BOeule:L hina exemption from terror of drinks all around at the same time Invasion. Now Is the accepted Hme, “Everybody's money! be ered now ls the day of salvation of the na- “Can't use it all wm’self! Want all to tious who would fasure thelr prosperity help cel'brater™ = and usefuluess In the century now pening “Had we farsighted wisdom today CANNOT STAND PULL. we should do for China what we once did for Japan and by justice and gen erosily make ber our friend ‘My coun. try Is the world, wy countrymen are all mankind’ the golden motto that should be placed ou every schoolroom wall We must cease talking of the ‘dominant’ Anglo-Saxon race of our ‘dominating’ the Pacific ocean There 8 no place fu a civilized world for dom- ination, but omly for leadership, and this leadership must be toward federa- tien, toward co-operation. toward arbl tration and complete JYorid orguniza- tion. More and more the world de mands justice and abhors the injustice which our present anarchical Interna- tional relations create. “The United States, protected by two Oceans, with uot a nation ou the hew- sphere that dares to attack her, with not & uation in the world that is her enemy, a rich nation with endless rev sources and undeveloped markets with. fm her dwn borders, feeding Europe ninety days in a year, this most fortu- nate nation is the one of all others to lead the world out of the Increashigly fotolerable bondage of arwaments. “If the Uufted States will take a strong position on gradual, proportional disarmament, the frst step may De wade toward it at the second Hague conference soon to be held “If they will xgree to neutralize the Philippines, as Belgium and Switzer- land are neutralized, a large fraction of our navy will be rendered needless, now kept.ou the plea of protecting them. If they will agree to protect all private property at sen it will enable England te reduce her navy. If they will agree to call a world assembly at regular intervals to couslder’ pot only the disputed questions which unsettled lead to war, Lut to create a world's commpn coinage und agree upon the settlement of ether matters of mutual Joterest. they will build up gradually that code of International law which alone can make The Hague court ade- quate and efficient for every case, “What we need today fs less craven fear, less frembling at the bugdboos of outside enemies. The nations’ worst enemies have never been red coats or gray coats or Mexicans or Malays They sre the boodlers and grafters— the traitdrs in time Qf peace. the shirk. ers and deserters at the polls. We need 8 OeW conrage, a courage that shall he willing to take a reasonable risk, thst shall dare to lead In fhe new war agninst war. Let us women help to In. spire ohir men with that courage; let our teachers instruct our youth on the meaning of the new internationalism; let vir editors and preachers and con. gressmwen do their part, and our beloy. ed country shall open to the tolling suf- fering millions of this war cursed world the way--thevonly wuy—toward Justice, prosperity and peace.” Kaleer Wilhelm Brings Parisian Hat For Mise Roosevelt, NEW YORK. Feb. 14. — Another pres. #ut for Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived in New York from abroad ou the steam- ship Kaiser Wilhelm. It was an £00 lace hat from Paris. bought for a prom- Inet New York friend of the Roose- veits. It was brought over by a New York milllner and came from one of the best known millinery houses In Paris. where it was made especially for her It is a picture hat for summer wear, says ihe milliner, made of Irish ap pHque lace that was once the property of the Empress Josephine It is adern- &d with two ostrich feathers, said to be the lougest ever plucked. and the Crown is trimmed with pink roses The miliiner sakl he had made the trip to Parts especially to get that hat. He Was not at liberty, be sald, to disclose NATIONAL RST “Eax — Magistrate to Resign Rather Than Be Ruled by Politicians. NEW YORK, Feb. 14 Magistrate E, Gastou Higginbotham of Brooklyn, better known as “the kissing magis trate,” because of the success Lie has Lad in patching up domestle troubles aired Lefore Lim in the Fourth district court of Brooklyn, contemplates resign Ing from the bench, und in giving his rensous for deserting a judicial position he Las held with sigmal success for five Years declares that Le canpot stand the constant Interference of local politi clans In the work of his court He makes serious fusinuatious agninst “certain men’ downtown” who have been trying to stultify the magistrates by baviey offentiers, Obviously gullty of violating the law, freed“when thelr Cases were before the grand jury or the court of genersl sessions - Magistrate Higginbotham was loath to go into details; Lut he did =ay in sub- stance that it is an impossibility to do Justice to all and at the mame time please certain politicians, . He poloted out that time and again, with every evidence that persons brought before him were guilty of serious offenses be fore the law, prisoners have been freed by the higher courts. Further than Waking these insinuations of intolera- ble “pressure from dowamtown” he would say nothing Ever since be ascended the bench Magistrate Higginbotham, who is a man of large private fortune. has given bis salary fo charitable tustitutious baving relations with the courts aud prisons, bas supported many an orphaned Id until a bome eould he found for it. He was the founder of a society which contributes to the sup- port of worthy poor women while thelr husbands are serviug terms In prison It Is reported that another magistrate In Brookiyn also contemplates resigua- tion aud for similar reasons. ty tan Who Fired Assassin Shot! BLYEFIELD, W. Va, Feb. 14—Win- fleld Compton, a white Sogwan ou a Norfolk and Westery train. was shot and killed at Nemours, W. Va. the shot coming from » log cabin uear by occupied by a family named Taylor The Taylor fawlily, consisting of fa. ther, two daughters and ome SOL, were all arrested charged with the crime aud carried to Bramwell. Testimony before the coroner's Jury was coufliet lug, the brother acgusing his twelve: year-old sister with 4iing the fata) shot and. tbe-girl asserting that the Urother “committed the deed A re volver with one elopty chamber was found In the Taylor cablu, No cause Is assigned for the assassination Rooting, Hetates Managed Collecting —E. E. Reynolds, REAL ESTATE For mle in Athens Bayre and Waverly. is E AND ALES BEERS ) Packer Avenue, SAYRE, PA. BOTE "PHONES, ELMER BLOCK ST., SAYRE. No One Kflled In “the Massacre." ST. PETERSBURG. Feb H ~luves tigation of the report In Mouduy's dis patches that a massacre of Jews had taken place at Kalarushi shows that the affalr was of small importance; that there was wo one killed and uo pillag ing. The facts are that a crowd of roughs went through’ the two streets which comprise the Jewish quarter of the town, shouting, fring guns and breaking windows. ———————— Two Killed Near Maurice Stntion, LOUISVILLE. Ky, Feb. 14 -In a collision on the Lopisville and Nash ville railroad near Maurice Station, Ky, 8 few miles south of Clucionat), between the Nushville express and a local passenger train two employees were killed and five hujuced. The pas. were shaken up, None was se- riqusly burt Postoflice Safe Hlown Up, JACKSON. Miss. Feb. 14 ~The post- office at Clinton, Miss, was robbed at An eafly bour. The safe was blown up, t pleces of it going through the walls and | badly damaging an adjoining drug i store. The robbers secured $1000 in | money $400 ine stotips and $1,700 In | Jewelry, No clew to the robbers Las beeu found ———————— Decision Against Abe Hammel, ALBANY, N. YY, Feb. 14. The ordes of the lower court was armed by the court of appeals” Were, thus sustaining the indictment for subornation of per- Jury found against Abraham H, Hum- 4 In connection with the Dodge. x ; thon, Sa EJ - i ————————————— Alter Twe Cont Rate. Wis, Feb, 14. f_— Steps Nets ere locity to the BEAVERS CONFESSES Ex-Postal Official Sentenced | to Two Years In Prison CONSPIRED WITH EX-SENATOR GREEN i Was Guilty of Frand In Connection With Time Recording Clocks Sold fo Government — Six Other Indictments Dropped. WASHINGTON, Feb MH. George W. Beavers, the former chief of the sal. | aries and allowance division of the | postotfice departivent, pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the Eovernment In connection with the sale of time re | cording «locks to the postoffice depart. | ment. He was Immediately sentenced to two years in the penitentiary at | Moundsville, W. Va where August W_ | GEORGE W. BEAVERS Machen, Dr. George I. Lorenz aud the two Groff brothers aiready are con ned, the former for four years and the remaloder for two years each The Indictment to which leavers pleaded guilty was one charging con- spiracy with’ fornier State Senator George E Green of Binghamton, NY The «ix remalning indictments four al legiug vousplracy and two bribery, wil be dropped Under the agreetnent whereby Beavers pleaded guilty he is fot to appear us 4 witness iy any post Mice cases unless called by fers: When he appeared In court Beavers carried lo bis band a suit case fululung such belongings us Le wished lo take to Moundsylile with bin. Be fore seutence was pronounced he Was Asked if he bad anything to to which Le replied ‘Nothing whatever” He was then taken from the room Ly a LRUMY aud placed tn a cell widerneath the courtroom, whence be was taken later Ih the day to the district jall. He will go to Mouudsville with the first bate of prisoners leaving for (hat place the de col say, ——— Sloenm Committee's Sovel Action. ALBANY, N. Y,, Feb. 14.— After the Slocuw disaster a woinibittes of the St Mark's Evangelical Lutheran church, New York city, was appointed to re celve donations und distribute thew to the sufferers in need of ald. This com- Wittee received in all $2031307. Of this amount there Is left undistributed $9.760.06. Tle wwminittee is unable to return this balauce to the donors for the reason that wany contributions were aucnywous, aud lu the full vemes and addresses of the donors were not giveu. The committee Las now beguu a rather novel action in the supreme court askiug that it be permitted to account to the court aud that the court pay over the money (in such wanuer us It way deew proper other cases Helnze Selly Out to Amalgamated. BUTTE, Mont, Fob. 14.—F. Augustus Helnze Las sold to the Amalgamated Copper cownpauy nll Lis Interests in Sil ver Bow county Arthur ©. (Carson representing the Amalguwnted, hss taken churge of the properties turned over, which include the Minute Healy, Rarus, Corra. Beluout, Nippon and Johnstown mines and the Intervsts of the ypockay Mining cowpauy, the Guard- lan Mining company apd the Montana Ore Purchiasiug company Blizsard at Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb 14 A blizzard lu this distgiet has developed into by far the worst storm of the win ter. The train service Is being demor- nlized, and the telegraph aud telephone companies are suffering severely, par ticularly In the uortheastern portion of the state and along the Lake Michigan shore The prospu<ct is that the train service of the state except over the more lumportant will to Le practically nbandoned nes have Leaders of Kharkov Revolt Hela, KHARKOV, Feb. 14. -A plot for a renewal of armed revolt, uruler which Kbarkov has suffered more frequently than any other Russing « ity, has Lewy frustrated by the discovery of the se ret typography in which proclamations calling upou revolutionlsis to rise were printed. Through the confiscated doc ments the leaders have been arrested - Fortification Bill In the Mouse. WASHINGTON, Feb 14. ~The fortl- fications appropriation HH held the at. tention of the hose and was the text for conustderable heated Argument, frst, over Hie lax methods of expenditure of public moneys and, ssvoml the location of the proposed S15 00) he val station for the Philippines over Tablet For Lincoln's Dirthplace. FRANKFOUT, Ky. Fel. 14.24 Lin. colu fablet (on the public squire at Hulgensville, the birthplace of Abra. JOHN A. M'CALL OYING. Last Rites of the Church Administer- ed at Lakewood, N. J, SEW YORK, Feb. 14 —The fast rites of the Roman Catholl chiureh have been administered to Jobin A. Metall, former president of the New York Lire Insurance company, who is dying at Lakewood, N. J, where he has Leen seriously I for some thine. Father Healy of the Church of Our Lady of the Lake, which the McCall family bas alleuded whenever at Lakewood, offi cited. Mr. McCall had had « sinking spell, aud the doctors had been bas=tily called His condition was such that his fam Hy was ndetsed to be prepared for the sors Ms MoCall led somewhat Lut bis cofidition Bulsaquentiy rai re mains critleal Besides Mrs. MeCall there ire now In canstant atterstance three plissician trained i E G Ianeway and Dr, John tderpool of New York have beens « tion three nHrses illed in reusulla- ————— GOLF RECORDS BROKEN, American and British Experts Pinehurst In Medal Piny. PINEHURST. N.C Fell, 14 Req wd breaking golf brought the seventy. two bole medial play the visiting British and American pro fessio wm contest btu een ils to a vlose Tle day was ideal, the course In per fect condition, and hundreds of people thronged the clubbouse and the Roland Jones of the Win. bledon Golf club, London, led the field margin of nine strokes. with a grand total of 8061 with George Low Wf Baitusrol second with 31S: Alex Hent of Huddersfield. England, third with 816. and Donald J Ross of the Pinehurst Golf and the Oakley ( oun try clubs and Alex Smith of Nassaun Hel at fourth, with 212. and divided the money. The prizes were SK $150 S10 gud 850 Ihe sensation of the day the breaking of the local course recard by Willlam Braid of Han pton Terrace with a round of 65 This score is three strokes below the hest professions] re held Ly Dan lil Hoss ff thie famous v8 made Lis COuniry Cor: by u was ord and it clips oie stroke I'raviz Two Favorites at Ascot, ANGELES, a Feb, 14, — A Ascot made the track twa favorites finished use and The Borglay I'he vinuers were Marpessas. at 11 to 5; Muarstinl] Ney it 8 Lr 1: Dew ey. at Sto 1, and Mary Glen tol LOS Irizzling rain sloppy, aml but in front, Valeurs 1 tf other at 4 Vagabond Beat Hannibal Bey NEW ORLEANS, Feb 14 The Falr Krounds track was fast, and Big Stare Latter Hsiung on The sensation i of Hunuitml Bey Liv Vagabond Bom Mat at Yew Orlennes, MEW. ORLEANS et id Thorpe, Careliss and Cres r beaten favorit it bolted 10 the « tity park Laer sede the fis Mat wan ated wax hacked fence ui = Moe gin] was uth uy fen easy In the gisth mice from tens vo fours Theodore Case at Oakland, SAN FRANCISCO, Few M4 In fourth race, w woves! 1o be one the of thier Jost =e 1 HM 1he dav at Oak laud, Thelin whipping Anish Jd by» head over Fyllets Fava during the day Tes Ver vesslul Suffern Man Hobbed, MYACK. N. XY. Feb 14 break an attempt teu to blow Before day made hs rt of the Suffern #et at the sife «resident of Suf thie operating and two up ap postothies in onder to Frederick Wickham fern, two burg! Wis passing the piace when its who had been thery set npon hin with nn robbie! Lim of Lis wate and Ihe and the 1 Vvalvers vil aft other nubiles wiloe appeared soon | rs fled i ulin Smelters on Strike at Newcastle, NEWCASTLE, Pu, Feb. 14 hundred of the Pittsburg Reduction company are ont on strike Livee The mien nee distitistied with onder reducing the nuniber of helpers allowed at the Heretofore heater was but the Iie wen uew cotditions the plant Seven CUP aw ees ai the sinciters allow) Nese to Hoe nt thie wlered from Lienters Cichy reduces {0 three under ole refuses mid were La Follette Declines Lawson's Bid WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 Follefte has deel ues) the nvituth 1 eX tenidesd hy W. Lawson to the comm vote the proxies uuntmber of prolicy hoMers of two of th Hie nsurnpee catbpanies of New York at the it Fhe senator for nk 1 " pressure of Senator La Thonins of Of u Commie nn em be flees tay Hive t ined it work Iw Ings this Impossible of the Ver to under Cans Pudi Ds Ae Rallvway Shops Hurned nt Denver. DENVER. Feb 14.- Fire « mise! hy the end of 0 bhivken ole wire drop ping in a pot of Colorado and Southern r tHroad shops In this city to Eight <hopinen burns Il of thew Pullin nn sles [Hers iri viernish damaged the the mmonnt of $200 000 H*men sustained five were buroed vied VOI passenger conches I'he shops will I= rebuilt Mills Was Not to Mame, PROVIDENCE, I. J. teh. 14. Bd gar Fo Milis was held to without criminal respousihility In cnusing the death of Stephen 8. Shaw ar Cole Sta. ton Inu report mail pohifc by Corotier Lincoln. Mills found Shaw in a vacant he tiouse of og bam. Lincolu, (s proposed it a bil and, belfeving him to be a bur bullet, otused Beauty of Women. Lontends That If Sensations Are ig- Iy Physienl Deformity win Hesuls and Supplies a Simple Hemedy Ia Art and Correct | ising PARIS Feb the tour of Mrs Jeannette Powersy in Awerica have been madi Primarily Mrs Hake scientific Walon H.—Arraugzements Liere Pom 10¥ = object Is to of be of the United States sfinly uty in the Lt when af ter fileas gry Put in force fect not ouly th Will have ua marke they will aly of = | effes irchiitectuyre. od reloog ud on Ig fure Hilsk (Arks, stneets svueraily If Mrs 1 fusions Potneroy 1s right iu her ¢ that the of America rowing Beautiful seus year she will invoke pati nal, mukicipal governments to tid Wallen are fess Lis site and het in forcing women to be wigs beautiful whether they will or not This luvoegtion of the law way sonnd ibsund at first Li But in America =] thousand hitiren iting there are a huud who never have for the weaihd iy soosting vhateves except ih of the law. Why then slioull not the law for the beneiit of the n tion cotiipel wo men to be beautiful regandless of their copula wi desires The contention of Mrs that if sen=ations are ical deformity will re beatiful, they ad form will follow The Women Pomeroy is thes sca=atianus face ugly jive result; if EYmniviry of r ‘med = with simply te beautiful palatable statunafy and te insti]! correct ideas of living ———————————— King Christian Lies In Stnte COPENHAGEN. Feb 14 In trast with the extrene siinplicin feath chamber at the Am fine sirround dulest tatiful ple nia them objects «Olds file 1, fires oon if the I bly of Kiug Christ! “tate here ln the slotskirke, surronne ~l by the iLipressive On the Aa dasbLing fa js “iv Iu hitting a King casket is uo hele of vale afeer = iver of a youthful soldier, but the roval tt 4s aw insignia, tid] the ssmbols of mop contrast with the had hitherto gath shaal er uu of black garbed cronds Lue for over a mile outside csentng all classes of Hu to pay the He dend sovereigu u aud the scepter otitward pur ple robe, irchy Agwin famlly gr Hp in the VERS LKZ sin waiting in the chinrch Deutuntk, piss last tribute 1, in vhich tviifen ered Was & hie HE the « Ohio Is Vor Hate Reform CINCINNATI O. Feb 1 Pres) deat BK II Wiest of the Rovelvers and Shippers’ ussociation of 1 Ly of the boand of directors of ition bas sent the fo lon Nopalto ]. ¥. Doli Veg The nation looking ited those of the not give ianat) order that PEE lug tel Wash to vou Kiam to ington {le vho are ul seuting Cofliy tu Way to senators reps Hr with president fri raflroad interests who would em late the Hepburn bl Oblo, of party X pimeth a unit 11e =U regianilliess for ally real regulations and no shaws Outlaws Only SANTO «1 In Santo DOMINGO, Fel ut slight the Hveinent at Mont. of fact whole evnutey is nnusually quolet attack Dra fa bon small group of their withdrew hy Domingo, 4 report of There basis for revolutionary Uristh, and as a matter the Ihe wade by a ring fu Hie tow mouhtains nt Wis ttlaws. who attempt to tie BEOVerninent cnptare prirsed troops President au eres having withdmwn hls resignn tion the political situation in the He of NS tory Pept» into Dowlngo is Very satisfu Lava Destroying Vesuvius Ratlway, NAPLES, Feb 14. Mount eruption I= assuming alarming propor Vesuvio tions. The Fuulcular raliv 1 track has IX points, and principal station Is threatened with de struction AL effort cing wade to save the station hy construction o a thick wall of m SONry mlb cmbankments of sand Streains of lave nie lowing with cotisiderabile ry hel been damaged at the Is | the re enforn pidity, destroying everything iu I'he cautious ta prevent any joss COUPE wthoritles are tak nK pre of life A Compirollers' WASHINGTON, Fob ence of comptrollers, au mitcial vinssificatlon of wanicipal thd pal under thi tsps ceusus hnrean About 100 ote are in attendance LG cra of the consus bureau chalrminn sod Edward MM Boston secretary (ungress, i \ Htors uhifer freasgy ers and other oiry luterv«<tiad in the uniforn tovotint = statistios hus of the tis of Pow was elected Hoartwell of tatu oped hers cities Austrian Gets Life Sentence AKRON, OO. Feb 14 Nuith nn Austrinn, wns setitenond to the pen Hentiary for Hfe for the murder of Wil Ham Bradley at Barberton Jan S NStdth stabbed his viet to death in a Goorge salogn Heh , A Dry Law For Kentucky, FRANKFORT, Ky Fel 14 he closing of all saloons on ( hristimas amd Thanksgiving day ux well as on Sun duys Is the nspulfvement cold inst in a Hew mivastire latroduced in the house Rockefeller Located at Minami, WEST PALM HEACH, Pla, Feb H eofolin DD. Rockefeller 1s at the Royal Palin hotel In Miami. Hoe ts traveling Incognito, 5 Weather Prababilities, ¥ Falt and older; vortloyest windy, ny My ¥ * amis ai PRICE ONE CENT worth from 15¢ to 25¢, same as lot sold two weeks ago. 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