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RALEIGHN. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
Birdts Eye View of Messina Sicily P the Recent Earthquake.
NflW SA1R THAI
INEQUALITY OF
PRIVILEGES IS
300,001) DIED IN
lr uMtiftk&Vt a J lWM a S
ITALIAN HORROR
The Official Estimate is Now
Placed Above 100,
000 Deaths
LIPARI ISLANDS ARE
NOW DISAPPEARING
No AnH'i'ica'iN Except OHIoinl Fumlly
At Messina Art' Known to Have
PerishoO Population of Upari Is
lands, Which. Were Obliterated.
Wast 28,000 Many looters Have
Been Killed by Soldiers in the
' Stilt ken Clt les Queen, ilarhed as
Peasant, is Doing Relief Work.
; (Special Cnble to The Times.)
. Rome, aJn. 1 The Upari, or Aeo
lian Islands, thought to have been
engulfed with their 28,000 inhabi
tants, are safe. ;
This, tlio .first bit of bright news
co come from devastated Italy sinco
the earthquake Monday, waa receiv
ed today by the minister of marine
from the commander of the -torped
boat dispatched yesterduy ,t6 verify
the report that the islands had sunk
into the sea and that every luVia bi-
. taut had perished.
Today's dlBpatch says .that while
tne islands icit ttie quaite only a few
buildings have- b(en demolished and
not a single life was lost.
(fly leased Wlr? to The Times.) , ,
New 'York, Jan. 1 No Americans
except thofflclaU f& .thi-'MewlDfi
coiiaiilat, i8Urt rViytr" n.mthe'n-'-'nrT
kno,vn: t r.ae died in the cari.h
quake. Ambassador Gi'lscom wires
from Ronin today that more wai-th-nuakn
shaken are recorded in Italy,
all slight. Three were felt in Romo.
The Upari Islands, 28,000 popula
tion, in the Mediterranean, off Sicily,
have disappeared. The Italian for
eign office says 100,000 at least are
dead. '
The Marquis Di Ruvolito says (0,
000 have perished, while most esti
mates run anove mv.vvv. icauao of stat.-wid.. prohililtion, In an-
Many looters have been killed by tk-lpation or the '..contest lfon tlv:
soldiers in the stricken cities. 1 legislature that reKiilted in tlv assas-
It is said tile king will urge that slnation of former Senator Kihvavc! V.
'the earthquake zone be abandoned by 1 earmark oim, weeks ntso. It is claim
all inhabitants. 0,1 ,J-V 'i"-' lemporance people tiiat this
u.rti.1 !. 1... h.n ,oiutn.u,i has if-actod to the kooiI of tlK- cause
in and about Reggio, and ghouls ue
stimmarily. executed. The king has
offered 10,000 soldiers to Sicily to
protect property.
The quqen has been doing good re
lief work in the garb of a common
woman, and says, "It is not as queen
but as a woman, I am here."
Pestilence threatens the devastat
ed area and survivors are removed
as rapidly as possible.
The naval supply ship Celtic has
sailed from New York loaded with
165,000 dollars worth of supplies and
more than $130,000 of relief funds
were raised here yesterday.
Taormlna Eta-aped.
Washlntgon, D. C, Jan. 1 Follow
ing is a dispatch received from Am
bassador Orlscom by the state de
partment today:
"Italian foreign office assures vie
that Taormlna escaped uninjured.
ThiB answers many inquiries received
from American citizens as to relative.)'
nnd friends In that Place, The for- i
elgn office has received : a ' telegram !
saying that there is no olliclal newaj
iu regard to our consulate at Mes
sina.".
The dispatch Is from Rome.
EstiinateN fiDO.OOO Dead.
(By Cable to The Times)
Rome, Jan. 1 The Aellan Islands,
including the Island of Stroniboll and
its rolcano, famed in fable, have dls
. .. ' .J ..1 . . .i 1 ,,- S .an
I'
HU IHU1CU Bnauuncu uu vj pen ,
and their 28,000 inhabitants have wealthy people throughout Germany
perished. The government has dls-' ' liberally respomllng to the appeal
Jatched a torpedo boat to ascertain'' ,,., tlm sufferers . from the
' J . . j Italian earthquake. The city of Her-
the facts. iin hits voted ilO.oon marks. An anony.
There have been forty-two distinct m(m8 donor nl u,eKion has cent 30,
shocks since the first quake of Mon- m lnilrks t0 the fund. The knlser has
day,.! which laid southern Italy- In wroyred nl availabb! (iermun warships
waste, and the precise extent of the to proceed forthwith to S'clly to give
disaster probably never will be every possible aid. The emperor and
known. j empress have rach telegraphed their
The Marquis Dl RuvolUo says 300,- profound sympathy to the king and
000 persons have perished, while ,1'n of Italy.
.u.- .r ... .. onn nrtn In accordance with tho emperors
Uiuor nuwilin IVU Hum v,viw.
Jherea. in Sicily and Calabria ."' h Ir?. Sfs S vender.n7the Tai.u.n and gun; . ' :' -' '-
which U now a vast graveyard, may -. mU cf about lx thougand tons, have ment ,band' flre? tare bulle s OIl0 of tho mon unconscious. He was Tho collections of the Roman Cath
became " a desert unlnhabltated hy bee oraered to Sicilian waters. nl w" a r?w nouri after 6Ue carried btlow unconscious and was olic and Protestant Episcopal churches
man. . The kinf will urge that hu- Jt )a eitlmated that some six thou- given birth to a child and then klllea treated by the members of the crew. ! are yet to be made and thnre arc
man residence tn the earthquake
(Continued on Page Seven.) I
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Uirfl's-yc Vitw ol Mi-nkIiiii, SI
WANT PROfflllONif (1IIPI r" I)1F FfJflM
A Big Fiotit Will Be Bade
Tennessee ;
tntislntuiv Convciii's .Monday and the
Struggle For StJU--widL I'l-ohlhi- ' ti
tion Will I!c AnU-Saloon
lii-aiic ("nims That FlyM Is Al
vojuly V.o;s.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Rllstol. T nn., Jan.' 1-Tlu
leRislu- i
tuiv of TernicsMOf roiivi'iirs Aliiiiilay at
Nnshvllly and the strugplc for statp'r
wide jiroliihltion will li-",In.
- "Wo hdvo tlir- flfc'it . alr-i.i-
dwlareVVj ,Ft. Ufr'Mito!,, li
'.a of the
Is aslstiiiK hi oi-ganllnr..'tlo lelfisila
ture. uk he irt : i'or Naslivdle lo he
present at t!i,' ,ciieiiintf of the 'assembly.
"The Mia i i lly of .the liieiiihei s of
both houses are either pledged, and in
structed to vote flu- state-wide pro
hibition or are avowedly In favor of
the bll, and .we will win despite thaH
activities of Governor Patterson anilV'PCniiiK th
I his forces, for local option
The fight In
'IVnnessee-.wlll--.be one I
of the hottest ever ttnifed in the I
state and the campaign Iin." been on
for weeks; It was in his zeal lor tile
. i nii'l that saloons are sure to go.
PRACTICAL JOKER
CAUSES SUICIDE
(By Leased Wira to The Times)
New York, Jan. 1 Hcenuso some
practical joker sent him a postal curd
containing a picture of a drunken man
and a cat, Christopher Shelling, of 68(
Lexington H venue, Urooklyn, tried to
commit suicide today by- drinking
muriatic acid.
Shelling hd been on "the water
wagon" for a year ami took It very
hard that anyone should have sent
him tuch a New Year souvenir. He
stayed up 'ast night and went to bed
seemingly in a- cheerful frame of mind,
This morning his wife, beard him
groaning and went to htm.
"We'i, I've done It " he said,
She sent for a physician and he was
hurried to the Thishwlck Hospital,
where It was said he will probably recover.-
..'v..'- '.-'.
C.EHM.1XY HKSPOXDS.
;iving Lllwrally io Enrtliqnake Kuf
feiers Warships Sent to Country.
(By Cable to The Times)
Merlin, Jan. 1 Financiers and
- U .1,1.. rinl,l t nnUn .
.nd Germans, Including Herr Mar-
tens, the consul, have perished. I
'
ci.y. v. Mcli is reiufVt'tl 10 lime Ix'i-n J
UUUI LI; lilL. I llUill
eIpinogas
( By l.ciise(i Wiie to Tin.' 'l imes)
Chicago, Jl h. 1 -'-Jly.jfery ttuirounds
ie ' death by. ;,'.' iif two ncrs-ons a
mail, ami bis -wife found asphyxiated
j hi the IkiUko at '.J'.iW-'JS Cortland street.
; early today, t.ias e ieiipinB' frum a Jel
in Hie room exploded when the son Of
' t In- coupled lighted
a mateh r.nd: th -
pletun- of his dead . parents lyjn( on
i the hed . revealed to hlin 111 a Hash,
j (he .shock 1'reeziiiK iin the lips the
! cheery "Happy KeW.Ye.ar'I-'frrcetinfj he.
t hrotiphl, them..
The ileaiU'i'. Albeit iottunHta. Il -yrftti
-low, a tarv.rer: iMr4UVi'rt,-'A.il'
, Awukeneil at' the in "as of day
Hon. Adiert I'ViltUli'e.t'o. Jl.. nisi'.:-
the
hlH tiareuts' room to wish them, happy!.
New Vear t'din!,", 1 i
; 'KniK'king at the door of the ehuni-
her he faili'l to I'oase tlie itnn ite. ,
Repeated UnoekinK lail'-.l lo ineii an
lo ilieli an
answer, the
son hei uine alarmed and ,
door. -'striking a match as j
lu did so. he was almost knmrked down i
hy the explos'on and blinding ilash ,
through which hi
Saw in a dazed way ,
his parents apparent. y sleeping. . j
TIIUICW W1FK INTO TIRK.
Jealous Chicago Man l-ents Tlis AVile i
Then lltirns H 'r to Death. j
(Dy Leased Wire to The Times) .
Chicago. .Ian. 1 The police today !
are sparching for Elijah Kaffiy i'ol-j
lowing the finding of buniail bones In
the ashes takon from a furnace in an
apartment building at No. 5112 Cor
nell avenue, together with the disnp
pearanco of Mrs. Annie Itaffiy. who j
..,..i,,-o.i -in tiio luindinir. The',
M r....i..,.i.. ...... ' .- " , The double suicide , a me as a eltinax
police say the bones are those of Mrs. , .-, W(,,.k-S ci,u.ss f Miss iiu. ndo
ltiirfty and thai she was' choked. 1 ,.,, (joniy, vim was utrlekeii ilmin
beaten over the head with an Iron bar j with' bronchial pneumonia (he day b, -by
her husband and then thrown into ( fore .Christmas.
the hot lire In the furnace. j Friends of the couple slate that they
Mil.- it.... i. .... ..ii.o..Ci- ' wi'i'i. ilevofid in itii'i!' ilaui:l.Iei . :
. tne Iioueu vast: iilia uuv -ii
ened bv a statement tiiado by ' Raffty
. ,;... Mu.n- enlnred In n
', . , jihey were grief ': striek. n. ''Declining
saloon last Monday nlsht.. (l ,,,,,,, llf aU) r,,lm ,vn,,thetie
Hawkins told the police I neighbors, they went Into the bedroom
"When I saw Raltty ; there were of ,hoU.:alrt-m,.nt and. with their
bloodstains on his ibirt and hands in.ms nmt ,nch other, ii-.haled the
and I asked him what the trouble '-.drug they apparently ..hoped '.-.would
was. He told ine he had. choked and unite them .with, their daughter;
beaten his wife and then thrown her! ..-r
in the furnace and left her burning.
S
The woman was employed
D, Richardson, a tenant in the
ment house, and she is said to havej
made her husband jealous by her
flirtations with a porter employed by I
the C. 13. & Q. Railroad. i
MIXISTKK MONDELLAMISSIXfi.
Italians Are Concerned Aliout the
Kate of the Minister to Havana.
(Hy Cable to The Times. I
Havana, Jan. 1-Italians here ure
concerned about the fate of the family i
of Slgnor (Jlaeomo Mondclla. Italian
minister, who Is now on his way from standard !1 tank American reached
Snnto Domingo to Havana, havinr. quarantine, today from Antwerp,
left this city some time ago on t dip- i . ,. - . . ,
, , 1 .11 I ccording to the story of the first
lomntlc mission. , ; "
Slgnor Mondella Is from Messina, elUcer, the captain, Max Sehtoager,
where 'his family lived. Charge with other of his men, were standing
d'AITulres Haflco, who is now In charge on the bridge of the American Christ
hete, h is cabled - inquiring about th? mas afternoon when n wave, ineasur
Monilellas, but has received no reply, '"'f. according to the first male, forty
. j feet, broke over the starboard bow
Killed Wife nnd Himself. with tremendous force.
i-rtv LmspH Wlro to The TlnieR) Striking the bridge, the giant wave
Newport, R. I., Jan. 1 Corporal
...... .
Nelson Henry, of the Seventh real
himself.' She Is probably fatally
wounded,
t t. V k J ."' ' -: .
vvo-iliirtss :cw1wiv'il l y i!h- 1 cut i-iii'
iirt- nIihwii in llir !i -( imc.
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- ' This isi'tp shows the eiirlln;-.iali
i'one in ow'' I lily. I he lost i'l lite
in flic territory covered tiy tie.- tnap
,as been Rfi'iiter than auy previously
Iin(WI1 seismic litaclysni.
SEEK DEATH TO
END THEIR GRIEF
thy Leased Win
New York, .ran,
lo Tiie Tiniest
1 Wiihin a f w!
.hours after tin death or their i
year- I
tauhtei. j. i. (.,dy. a i
oio iiauglilei. j. i'. (i.ndy, a pi.i
at the New .York t'n!vei.-iiy. and his
i wife eiiniliiitt.'d stiieide by Inhalhig
I'hlorofoi -ii luiius in their aiai luieiit.
at fl.'d West l ilth street..
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M''tty and tnlented young ui,l. and,
"'at when she sueeunibed to her tllnes.s 1
'HUGE WAVE SWEEPS
OVER Oil. STEAMER
(Hy Leiiped Vlro lo 'lite Times)
New York. Jan. 1 -Willi her captain
suffering f loin ..several' .broken' t
the result of ;t huge wave tiiat swept
l over her stai hoard now, ami mining
him and several of his'ollleers against
the bridge rail
twCntv feet a v a y , tip'
gathered up the cupta'a and tin- of-
l,,.,l..,l tli, .1,1 nir'iliicl ti
Xone of the officers wore seriously
injured.
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l'.-HI'lf,. 1 e-.ln- ir 1:- l.ov .
. .'At her.i.. we a!'. .H' '.'h'se. In..'.;
wai.d.ii'i ;' i .-intjimane. "t the . haiy
iid prosp.VI.ty '.-.we . now', -i.-itjt-y..
iSitfned): . " IT.t.lAM H. 'I'M".
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mock ni l:!, i:i;sn.Ti i A r ally.
Traelc I'tiiliiiL' to a Verry ilou-e !ar
jj Vounn .Mitii Killed by I'lieiid.
-,-.' i liy U as. d Vir I ti.Thi Times) -.'
: Oal.lar.d. ' el., .i.'ti 1 Inl'erma.ii'm
has been r.H.-ive.f '.a tbi ; city -of a
tragi eetiaiu- of ;i ni-'irj house ptirf.y
of '(it; Ma ad -.young i'olks m 1 lie. sum
mer home of I :.. H. I, Carlei or.' at
Hen Lenioi.d. Sunt a Cr.i. i .'inii.t V;
I'.i n Thomas X. Ritchie was .s.iut
nr.d instantly Killed in a moi l; duel
wkh his fhtim, Ti'ing Conekroft.'
The I vn y ou; its, together v.-il'.i Dr.
Knowles iiiid M'?." Kiv.nvli's aiul I n
l.ith'i'V -I'rietii':, Mi.s Darolhy Itridg .
of .Mil! Val!e, , Avere gnosis of Sidney,
I'arlet.m, son if Dr. Cru-'.i-lon. Tliej
party was. 'just . coming to an end,'1
when one of the three men proposal -a
nioek (ie.i. Ritchie emptied the
shells from his weapon, young Carle
ton did t he sami , but in ihe eoui'us-;
'.on of jerts and laughter. ConeKrofi
lor-ot to iinload his weapon. . Kitchie!
and Conekroft advanced toward eac.r
oilier, and Kiteiiie, who was lirst to
.snap -.the- trigger' of .his gun, . 'hanier- j
inuiy s".hl: . i
"Wliy don't you shoot ?"' I
Coiieki'oft : pulled the trigger.'
There was a loud report a:; the shell
exploded and Hil eh;e, . .raising.' his
arm's spasmodically, cried . .;( tun
-hot!" aiid .fell to the-, floor, at the'
tori ui .miss t now ies ana iMiss lirmge.
A physician was hastily siimnnmed,
but Kiteiiie had expired. Lie bullet
having penetrated his lieart. ,
MAW CON'TRIDITIONS.
Aloney Flows 111 Steady Streams to
llelief of Suirercr.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
N'ew York, ; Jan. tCoiitriluitloiis
Mowed it) steady sirenins through
various channels yesterday for the re
lief of the Ktifferers from the cata
strophe of Sicily and Calabria mid
counting the principal olliclal funds,
the total turn of $:iu,i,ni) was In hand
befojo sundown.
Including the Cnlted States Steel
Corporation gift 'of $..".0i'0 and f lO.coo
from Wall street nnd .smaller funds
started throughout (he c'ty. It is likely
thut nearly $10(i.oiiit was given, 'rhese
amounts, too, represent only - a small
proportion of the total sum which is
likely to be given, for the systematic
ingathering of the offerings of th.' clt
tm. -nt ' V.rtr Ynrl, him mill. Inl I..
, many Important nssoc'atlona which
are about to take action.
RS WISH!
1
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llaiy.
Till' liarlmr
aiiih Im'ali va( r
hains to gu on stand
T. Jenkins ilains Will Tnllieom,as' in
Story of Crlnis
l Apeeteil t ii on Slaml. Monday and
Tell hi Metail the KNiry o' the
j (urder of Amiis- Is Kneced to
i lie t!ie ('roMiirne S.jisauiin of the
1) 1- use.'
Mjy Loavd Win
:c, . Yci l!.. Jaii. I
'I! . tell "' III,. -Mxl y
Vg;.ij ';. w'n h di -niri
in Tiie Times)'
'I', it--uk ins Hrtins-V,i-
. -ihi. . liayiddfl
ie T.e ee and detail
hen tils tiinl- for the murder of Vil
.'.1 : K A n ii Is l.s '. rrf: ained In the sn-
. n e eoiir; at KlM-iiiiiif iin -Monday.
i'l i.i isnni.e win iVik. tiie stand in
-, l't-.: ilefeuVe .led 1 1'ftl e : t -if le.stl-
'iY' '.a Ale-
-. at.
r
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t.' "eS lo. i .
- .Mtlieugh -,
the heglntiinu'
.: ha.
if. tin
i en planned at
ise, ihe defend-
:l'll' l!' V I 'I S :e
i. Msi.'i'ri tn - th
I reeeli a itelnnto
iiiMiter until today.
wh. 'i l ie antnontativeV announced
i, i,-.. . ..... o ... .. .... i . .. ... .
ilia toeir eli.. in woul I
in. -'i i li.. in inui i i.uiow . ins la-,. ,
t!;er on 111.' witness stand.
vvh'ie the appe iranee ,f t. Jenkins
l :. in ; uiioii tiie stan.r Is expected to
b- '.tlu.- crowning s. iis it ion of the de-
r. ii--. (he niosi .seti:-.iti..n;,i feature so
t.ii was the rending of the alleged con-
fi-isinv Willi1 iiy Mr ( "iiiudia Libbey,
ll in. s ol her relations with .Minis. .
.'. hn .! . .Mi l in vri today gav." out
th - na'.n .-. of his i'tsiinity experts.
T.!ie ; -.- I M. Levi .Manson. till! Mad.
i.-. n a en'.ie. and 111, .lohn Hills, of.
I It iinoi e. who liL,tired in the . rei-ent
trial of .ir'.'- A 1 1 1 1 f liradley in. -Wash-i.i:.!oi.
for. t i. nun d-'r of nx-Sen.-i.tor
.Yi-h'.n Ihown. of I'tah. ftot'n have
rt'trilied I'ai.lain 'Mains at the county
Icil
:
:ll J.i'Mg- lsl.UI i 1
.1 t.i c.-iy .tiiat 1
nn-nta wreck i
t y. and are pre
is l on-ii'.'-i-ible
ov. r li s beautiful
v:t!i Annis.
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OME AT ELGIN
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; Lig'ii
llOilS''
lol li"
Ii ,reis
Sti'lllti;
la ;t-e, ire to The Times),
i. III., .lam l'iaytoii' I,, ildy, a
latle r sit the Si. -Charles Home
yV. "was s.-n i d in, in death at. the
'of - al'Amt, iiniiales ..of the in
:r dui'iig a riot nt the st:ite in-
tiin'.ioii v h'-ii . Walter llai'llctt,- a' sec-
1 ,md insii uetoi
' t -.ine ami :oi e
oi' the si-hool, arrived In
cut yd the death of Ihe
who l-.i.i li.'.-n severely
. (li st teach
tieateii and was helpics in the liands
of his clialges. ;..:.'. , '
It -is said tliit, four riots ha ve heeil
st art ei I by a gang of uiirnly boys in the
past two We.'ks..
Tin' .Injuries, sustained by Leddy were
sel ions ..ellnllgil tiV eilllSe, ills i III llleil la to
ri signal ion. lie was badly ."bruised
about the lead, and body and was
bteeddig tii tin a dozen cuts tiboiit the
head when rescued. .
VANDI'UHILT IIDTKL.
Alfred Vaiiderbilt Will T.uild Hotel
in New York.
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times) t
New York, J.T.i. 1---Alfrel Gwynnc
' Vanderliilt will build a big hotel, af
ter alj. on his l'ark Avenue block be
tween Thirty-third and Thlrt -fourth
streets. ' . i
Mr. Vanderbilfs architects have
filed plans for a 19-story hotel to
i cost 12,000,000 on the site of one of
Mho old time , Vanderbilt mansions.
Mr. Vaiiderbilt haj planned elaborate
apartments in the hotel for himself
and otners of the younger Vander-
bllts sot.
R T IN
BETWEEN SEXES XI
Time Has Come When Woman
May Free Herself From
Yoke of Bondage
DOMESTIC IDEALS TO
! UNDERGO A CHANGE
is iK railinn to the Intelligence to
Kxpect Women to be Itlind Duped
Any l.onier Lillian Ifa'll Makes
Coniiiiint on Mrs. A nn is' Loyalty to
Her Dead Hushand Doors of (kill
cation and of Opportunity to Earn
Money Are Being Opened to Wo
men.
(l!y I.1I.I.1W ItKLIi)
New York. Jan. 1 Never was the
I man 9 idea ot what a woman s loyalty
mo ner. nusuana should ue and a wo
jma.rs definition of the limit to n
j wife's loyalty, more clearly exempli
1 fled than in the varying comments,
made upon .Mrs. Annis declaration
to the' press that In spite of details in
testimony of her husband's liaison
I'wi.th Claudia Mains (which no one in
the world could have invented, so
low and disgusting, were they) she
tstill. believed her 'husband loved only
her, his wifi, and was absolutely true
to her, his wife, and that there was
mil bins wrong in her husband's
friendship for Claudia Hnlns. The
men, almost to si man, applauded her
devotion to her husband's memory,
approved of her apparent blindness
and deafness and general unbellefrj-
In,.'- win:.rT.i"e?t"-.'fen-;hfi- .u a nnmiir.
t ied hiih, who declared that no wo-"
lmill ,h intelligence of Mrs. Annls
anii.'iii's to possess, coiilrl onsslhlv tie,
', .i..t i
, . . : .
I lo my mind the attitude Of en-
uiusiasuc approval on tne part or tne
: married men was most diverting. It
whs so tr.iiversal It seemed to mean
" and I most sincerely and devoutly
hope that my Wife Is as blind and as
loyal as Mrs. Annis, but I KNOW
su, jsh't."
jH
degrading to the intelligence
to expect women to be blind dupes
any longer. We are being taught to
thi.ik. Doors of education and of
'opportunity to earn money are being
opened In lis, at which we have
knocked in vain for years. Public
opinion is turning our way at laBt.
I If you teach women to think, one
of the first things we will think about
j (Contined on Page Seven.)
IT'S DOLLARS
DOUGHNUTS
that we have made a REC
ORD. 1 HUN has been a hard
year on all kinds ol business,
yet we have made some won
derful gains in circulation,
and our books show that we
have made a clear gain of
18',
in CIRCCLATION, and we
consider ' this .a new record
for a panic year, when most
HU .-.other papers have been
ptaj ing a losing game.
FOR 1909
j we are not making any new
i resolutions, but we are going
ahi'ad at tlio same stead
i gait that has been brlngln
I us such fine results all th
I . -year..
I'. . !
WE PRINT THE
NEWS
I
while It is fresh, and the peo
plo of the city and state op
predate this fact. '
ADVERTISERS
I will (lo well to consider thU
great increase and our fine fa
! i-llliies for bringing their bus. .
Iness to the attention of the
RKADING PCRLIC.
YKSTKKDAY'S ORCVLATIOy
5.860.
EVENING TIMES
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