Indifference To Crime
Is At Root Of The Evil
Maudlin. Srntimenl thai Makr* Hrr?p> and
Martyrs ofTxiiiiinaT* are Tondoncips tTiat Aid in
Making America Mu?l Lawless INalion
II)' ROI1KRT T. KM. W.I.
4 (Cnvrlaht 1*31. B, Th. A d.a n?* I
" Now York, Auk. 10- ? Lax enforcement of the criminal
laws is not responsible for making the American people the
most lawless in all civilization.
This is the opinion ex
pressed today by_ Judge Al
fred J. Talley, of the Court of
General Sessions, which deals
-wiUL-muckjjf.ijiP criminality
of New York City. Judge
Talley has taken the liberty
of pleading guilty for the
American people to the charg
es Inifi anninst-lhfipi.
The very indifference of. the
people tu crimes atnl to criminals,
the Jurist believe*. Ih at the root
of the evil. Judge Talley also
says tliat the American murder
record, which cannot be ' ap
proached by any other nation, is
but an Index to the Aiperlcun
crime r^md in other directions.
In burglaries and highway rob
beries. to- nay nothing of simple
larceny, the I'nited States ho far
outstrips Its sister countries of th?
world that tlH :?? is no w?copid.
Maudlin, mawkish sentiment,
toward crlminuls, the tendency ti
make heroes and martyrs of them,
the flocking of women to court
rooms to see some handsome
?F'"??" ^ ?llfr ? all these ten
dencies of the American people
arWcrrdlted by the criminologists
with helping to make crime at
tractive rather than repugnant,
especially to the young people of
the day.
When Judge Talley told one of
the new judges on the bench with
him a few days ago that he would
be heartbroken to find that most
of the criminals arraigned before
him would be lads of 18 or 10
years of age. he spoke from the
-wisdom of long experience. In
the state of New York all first
offenders under 30 years of age
go to a reformatory. Yet in
spite of this the records show
that one half of all the Inmates
of Sing Sing prison are under 25.
Kiehtv seven per cent of the
prisoners are under 50: -Judge
Talley said today he was very
glad none of the American law
yers recently attending the liar
Association meetings in London
had been called .upon by their
Knglish brethren fo explain these
appalling statistics*
There no longer* is a disposition
on the part of the students of
crime to attribute the present
"wave" to the World War. Moat
of the criminal* of today wore at
their mothers' knees during the
period of the war. They were
not the "men of the trenches"
who had become steeped In the
aTTfirmning. ? ? - ? ? ?
The tendency of today I* to
search the Iioiucr for conditions
which lead mere children to the
criminal courts. Neglect or con
tempt of religions trnlnltm. physi
cal or moral defects, hatred of
honest work, a d?-*lre for an
"easy living," the comparative
ease with which children obtain
moonshine mid other liquors;
these and other easily traced
causes help In a measure to ex
plain the terrifying growth of
crime. The difficulty is that "no
one seems to care." The coming
campaign will find thousands of
spell binders on the stutnp telling
the people wflll U glAIld Slid glU
rlous country they live In. They
will recite statistics as to the
growth of population and of
wealth and of power and even
tell of our recent -achievement"!
abroad, but not one will deal
with a problem regarded by the
men who come in contact with It
as one of the gravest the country
ever faced. President Roosevelt
often preached on the subject,
however, although In his day the
record was not nearly so appall*
inc as It Is at the moment.
Judge Talley quoted a state
ment by Chief Justice Taft. made
four or five years ago. In It he
said :
"The trial of a criminal case
seems like a game of chance with
all the chancett In favor of the
criminal, and If he escapes he
seems to have the sympathy of a
sporting public."
Judge Talley said he wanted
the people of the country to know
that In making his charges about
crime he was not Indicting New
York rity. The record here Is
far better than the average of the
country. Although slaylngs ap
pear common enough on th??
streets and In the boudoirs of the
metropolis, the percentage to the
population of the greater city Is
quite small. Por the past ten
)?iini the homicide rate for the
Mtllre country was 7.2 per 100.
000, In New York It was but
6.6. Chicago rate is 12.7. In
the popular mind New York and
Chicago would be regarded as
two of the wickedest cltle* In the
country, but the statistic do not
bear out any such strictures
Washington, the capital city of
the nation, tops Chicago In the
killing line with a rate of 13.3
per 100.000.
Judge Tilley'a own solution
SAYS DAWKS PLAN
A NSW Kit TO DAVIS
IH( T1i? A??ocUlrd I'rm l
Chicago, Aug. l'J ? Aliod-Ger
man acceptance of the Dawes
plan was declared by Senator
Watson of Indiana in his address
today before the Hamilton Club
of Chicago io be the Republican
'party's anower to the inquiry ?t
John W. Davis, Democratic Pres
idential nominee. _as 4o what sin
gle contribution the present Re
publication administration ban
1 made to the peace of the world.
The senator spoke before leav
ing for Rvanxton where Charles
G. Dttwes tonight will be notified
of the Republican vice presiden
tial nomination.
POSTPOYK HKAItl \<i
TIIK KIKI'O t liaiUiKS
Now York. AOkusI 1!). ? United
States Commissioner Hitchcock
today postponed until September
20 the hearing of the perjury
; charges made against Luis Angel
Firpo by Canon Chase on behalf
of the New York Civic League.
1?ITl?r? II nil I mill ItJTry Will. it
slated for September 11.
VISITS COOLIlNiK
Plymouth, Aiik. 19. ? President
Cool Id ge Was host today at his
father's home |o Henry Ford,
Thomas Edison and Harvey Fire
stone.
calls for a better training of chil
dren in the homes and justice that
will be prompt, adequate and fin
al. The courts are doing their
best, ho declares, but without the
co-operation of the citizen they
can .get nowhere. He citad many
cases In wlilch Jurors have delib
erately flouted the testimony In a
case and released a prisoner who
unquestionably was guilty. Judge
Talley describe* this as a reaction
In the jury box of the general
spirit of lawlessneHs that pervades
the country.
LOW HI I (XH'ItT HOLDS
DAXCK SOT KKBPOXttlULE
Frank Dance. colored. driver of
| (he Ford touring car thai on
Thursday ran into and killed John
E. Coppersmith, resident of Sa
lem township, was exhonerated
from all blame In the accident.
following Ills trial In police court
Tuertd&y morning.
"I believe this was an unavoid
able accident and that there Is no
reason to hnld the defendant for
t probable cause."
So stated Prosecuting Attorney
Sawyer In polico court Tuesday
morning, after listening to the
witnesses in the trial.
"The taking of life Is a serious
thloiT aiid tTTat lK" why *T "Bad Hw
warrant Issued agaln*t Dance. 1
believe any accident of this kind
should bo Investigated," Mr J
Sa wyer explained.
On the stand Dance stated that
he was driving his car at a speed
of about eight miles an hour, that
ho threw on the brakes as -soon ;
as he saw Mr. Coppersmith and
that his engine choked down when {
he put on brakes. The negro
stated that he did not see Mr,
1 Coppersmith until the cur was
jft*ithln__?JiiW feet of him and that
after stopping his car he tried to
grab Mr. Coppersmith before he
hit the pavement but could not. |
Dance stated that hi? right fender
hit Mr. Coppersmith and that he,
fell toward the body of the car.
Alfred Sawyer, Salem farmer, I
and Steve Brothers who lives |
about a mile from Old Weeks-!
vllle and Dr. J. H. llark well of
Weeksvillo were the State wit-"
nesses. Their testimony was
practically the same as that given
to a reporter for this newspaper
last Friday. Tfiey agreed that :
Dance should not bo held' respon- 1
sible for the death of Mr. Copper
smith.
Robert James, colored, for fail
ure to list taxes, paid the taxes
and the cost or court proceedings.
Heywood Whitehurst, colored.1
for an assault with a deadly weap- J
on was fined $15 and costs.
P. V. Hooper submitted to a
charge of parking his car on the
city streets between 2 and 7 a. m.
WILSON IS SCENE
OF TWO SHOOTINGS!
Wilson, Aug. 1T?.- Sara John
son. negro, was killed last night
by an unidentified white man
i who escaped. Jim Strains, negro,
was killed by his brother, Willis,
and Willis Is in jail.
STRIBL1NG SCOKES
OVER JACK STONE
Johnson City, Aug. 19.-? Young
Stribllng scored a technical knock
out last night over Jack Stone of
New York In the fourth round of
an eight round bout after giving
him a terrific beating.
Dancing Masters Propose
But College Men Dispose
The New Slcjis in M?hI?tii Uancp we Srt hy Cnllrgiatp
In I (rfinnci- uf Hull's nn?l Precept* of ihr
Old Dancing Maulers
Ily ROHKRT T. HMAI,I<
(Co?yrl#M. 1*14. Tb? A ???*?)
.New York, Auk. 11). ? The danc- |
ing masters of tho nations have
b?-eh meeting In solemn conclave
here for tho past week endeavor
, lug to eliminate pome of the old i
steps and to Introduce new ones, i
Now thnt they are through, the |
"college l>oy' will go ahead and
Invent the actual steps that fift
! per cent of the dancers will he
dancing during the next 12 !
{ 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 ^ ? It la a "rullt'glate" time
[In which we are living.
Home of the professional re
formers who recently made an In
i ventilation of the dance halls of
tho nw-tropoliK officially blamed
tho college ntudenta for Intro
ducinu the steps to which they ob
Ijected. Not only do the hoys do-.
I vise the foot movements, but they
have their own Ideas as to posture]
and where the hands and arms'
should be held.
It Is only fair to ssy that none
of the collegiate notions coincide
with those of the dancing mas
ters. Most of the latter are old
? masters. They revere the dance1
which for no long has furnished
J them with a livelihood. They do
?not like the ignoring of the wait*.'
The college Influence Is responsi
ble for that, too, it would seem.
The modern student is not a
dreamy, wistful person. He Is a
practical man. He wants action
and "pep* and he means to have !
It.
Nevertheless the dancing mas
ters have gone ahead and Issued'
their new rules and edicts. They j
'would forever break the "grass
hopper grip" the "June bug hug"
and the "hip to hip" hold of the
younger set who believe so Im
plicitly In everything "colleglato"
from trousers that flap In the
breeze to skirts that skirt the
kneet.
With all due ceremony the mas
ters have decreed that dsnclng
couples should "at all times" and
presumably at all places, be at
least three Inches apart. A fow
years ago the rule was six Inches.
j<o It can be peer that even these
Jealous guardians of the morals of
the dance floor are giving ground]
Just a little to the onward rush of
the moderns.
I The masters also have ruled
that tho left arm of the *7;entlt?
mati" who Is guiding tho "lady"
should ho extended In a graceful
manner, whllo hla right hand
reata gently hut a hit firmly in
tho small of tho lady'a hark.
"That'll tho applo nance" nald
a young dancer today. "If the
Prince of Wales reads about It
and got* tho ldoa that you gotta
dance three 1 nches away from
your partner. He'll cancel hln trip
to the United States."
As a matter of fact most of the
youngor not of today would feol
they were doing little dancing
If you maintained a throe Inch
harrier between them. You might
almost an well suggest a three
mile limit, and then, by treaty,
extend It. to 12. To enjoy the
real rhythm of the dance and
step about as one, the young
folk* nay there muat bo no me
point of contact. There has been
a decided evolution In this re
spect during the past few years.
First it was thought that one's
cheek must he snugly parked
against one's partner's cheek
Then tho girls took to th? cuntom
of boring their heads Into their
partner's right shoulder. Thou
there was the knee-cap glide
During the past 12 monthn the
college boys Invented the hlpplty
hop In which hip hones or hip
curves are in constant cGhHinrnl
catlon, but faces are at least 12
Inches apart. Thla strange hold
places the girls in danger of cur
vature of the spine but they got
away with It and seem to like it.
"Mak* the danee floor safe for
tho debutante" is the slogan of
tho dancing teachers and they say
they are golrfg to have clean dan
ring throughout tho country evfn
If it be necessary to adopt an
amendment to the conatitutlon
and enforce it with the Army and
Navy. There is more dancing in
the Army and Navy anyway than
almost any othar place on earth.
The masters will endeavor once
more to resuscitate the dying
wait* and promote the sinuous
tango.
Hut if history repeats Itself the
master will propoae and the colle
giate crowd will dtapose. That Is
the way with thla wayward world.
Mount Geikie Conquered!
They've done II The** three men have reached the top ??' Mount Oeikie
? once called the "uncllmabla mountain"? in Janp^r National Mirk. Can
ntlu. The mountain Is 10.S&4 feet hl?h The t'llmlier*. left to right. are
w. D. Oeddes. Calgary. Alberta. V. A. Fynn. at Louis, and C C? Wute*.
Edmonton. Alberta v
^AYS^DEMOCRATS
ARE ONLY HOPE
Srnator Ilurrifon of MiiwU
sippi Officially Notifies
Bryan of Nominution at
Lincoln, Nrlirasku.
Lincoln. Neb., August 19 ? The
Democratic party i* the only party
! to which progressive dements can
look for direction and leadership,
Senator Harrison, of Mississippi,
declared tonight in officially not!
fylng Governor Charles W. Bryan
.of biS nomination for the vice
presidency. 0 J
OmittiiiK any direct reference
to a third ticket In the fletd. Sen-;
lator Harrison, who was tempore-,
ry chairman of the Democratic
Convention, declared the national
campaign must be contested be
lt ween a "reactionary" Republican
organization and a "progressive"
Democratic ticket.
"Whatever independence one)
may possess and however nonpar- 1
[tisan one niay be," Senator Harrl '
ison said. "He must know that in !
the coming November election!
either the Democratic or Repub
lican ticket will triumph. The
~A7u erica n peoplo themaelven must 1
I .decide between the Republican
land the Democratic Party as to j
which will control the Govern- ,
ment for the next four years."
The Senator assailed the Re- j
publican Party as "Hopelessly!
disrupted, without plan or pur
pose, courage or cohesion." and
declared It to be dominated by
reactionary leadership. He re
viewed tlio record of the Demo- |
cratlc party and exalted the Dav-j
I la-Bryan combination as one to |
which the progressive and inde- j
pendent voters could* look to "ad- !
minister government honestly, j
urotfef the rights of the iimsst-s (
and solve the economc problems
of the day."
After warmly praising the ac
complishments of John W. Davis,
the party standard bearer, as a '
member of tb# House, as Solicitor
General and as Ambassador to
Great Britain. Mr. Harrison paid
a tribute to Governor Bryan for
the "courageous manner' In which '
he handled Nebraska's coal and !
gasoline violations, and for his ef
forts to lower states taxes ami to
economise In the administration '
of state affairs.
"The long list of progressive
?chlcv ments that has* filled the
pathway of your short admlnlstra
Hon." he said. "Reflects credit'
upon the common sense and pa
triotism of your cltlxenshlp."
LAKOLLETTE PLANS
TO ItKEAK SOUTH
Atlanta. Aug. 19. Bupportcr*
of t?a Folletto for President ImmI
night brKah plana for an lnf?-n
*lve drive to break tho **aolid
South."
I I. I Kit UNINJURED
WHEN PLANE FALLS
tllr Th? AnnrluH
Hanoi, French Indo-Chlna. Auk
19. ? Major Pedro /-mini, Argen
tin* round the world filer, m??t
with an accident while taking off
for Canton today, hi* plan* over
turning and receiving damage*
'Which put It out of commlnalon.
Zannl was not Injured.
(WTO* MAJiKfrr
New York. Aug. 19. ? Spot cot.
ton cloaed quiet. Middling 2H Of,,
a decline of 66 point*. Future*,
cloalng bid. Ouct. 25.76. Dec.
21.20, Jan. 25. 16. March 24.45.
Mar 25.66. Aug. 26 26.
I ? ,
TAXES
slightly iihuikk
County taxes will be slightly
higher, while city tax?'H will re
main the Maine in 1 f> 2 4 an com
pared with 1923, IF the budget
.filed in the office of City Audi
tor Snowden In permitted t? stand
without change at the next regu
lar meeting of the City Council.
The County Commissioners
fixed the County levy in special
Mission Monday of this week a."
follows:
l?2:t ti)2l
Bridge and pool* fund .,011 02
General County fund lf? 1 fi 1
County road fund ....Ofi 07 j
County road debt _03 03 j
Interest on road bonds ..20 2f?
School GO 55
Total property tav.
NpcrHti School Tnv
IIKM 1021
Elizabeth City IB ftfi
Salem _.30 30 '
Nixonton .. ^_...10 10 i
Mt. Hermon - 0.1 01
Providence 26 25
Newland 30 30
Tho pnly change* in the County
levy are InvHie school levy; which
Ib Increased from 50 to 65 cents;
tho' bridge and poor fund, re
duced from three to two cents;
and in the County road fund, in
creased from fix to seven cents.
"The County poll tax stands at
$2 as heretofore:
The City Council prepared it.n
budget at a meeting held Friday. .
August R. and will adopt the bud- 1
get, as It Htanda or amended, fol
lowing a public bearing on Mon
day night. September 1. The bud
get ah filed, which la Identical in
every Item with that of last year,
follows:
The following in the Tax I*evy
for tho year 1924 for the Corpor
ation and the Klizabeth City
Grade School District:
Ad Valorem
per $I(M? Vitl. Toll.
et . I .60
City IludgH;
Labor Poll ? 12.00
City Dud get
Water I'oll .30
Graded Schools .30
Graded School,
Poll 00 ,
Graded School.
Bonds v. ,|0
Grade<l School,
liond Poll .... .f,0
Fire Commis
sion .1 2
$1.22
On each surfsci- toll* I, a tax of
$4 Is Imposed.
FRENCH CABINET
VOTES APPROVAL
IH? T*i? AawUtrd
Paris. Aug. 19. ? The French
cshlnet today unanimously ap
proved work of the French
delegation at the International
Conference In l,ondott and
t hank'd It for Important r'sulf*
it obtained in the Interests of
France.
PORT SUDAN IS
.SCENE OF RIOT
Cairo, Auk. 10. Dlflttirlmnr?-a
took plac*- last night at Port Su
dan and martial law wan pro
claimed. the newgpaper Slyamla
declared today. A unit of hl*h
land troop* wan nald to be due at
Port Sudan today.
Til It EE Kit. I. Kit IN
A PISTOL RATTLE
Harian. Ky.. Aim if>. Two
brothera wr? killed and a third
man alao In n placol dual here
laat night.
LUCIUS HOLLY
SENT TO ROADS
<?ivni SnilciKT of Twelve
months in Superior Tour!
TurHclay Another Judg
ment Still I In*>ulisfie<l.
1. urins Holly. colored, long a
r?*|Miii el bootlegger in Pasquotank,
cot a Mint once ?i 1^ nnnths on
i ? roads in Sup'-rior Court Tuck
?lny morning "ii a chat;:e of pos
' session and transporting.
V trri)|i!"l r. ?'????! ( Ml -I" lid* .1
Sl'lllMlC'' t'f }>fx llientfis Oil til?
roads remains suspended, und? r
Judgment rf the Superior Court
' T-tte*4ny- morning.?
Other than n fondness for II
i|iior and a reputation for con
nection with tin* handling of ill I
cit liquor in the County, Holly
wax able to show a good reputa
tion ;,s to r!inract< r and industry.
I '.IhIio p Jtaki'r, appealing from
a recorder's court Judgment of
guilty of o|M>ratluK an automobile
while under thf influ<'li?'?" of li
quor and pl? adiug guilty or as
suult on his v. If.- wan found not
I guilty n* to 1 1n* former charge *?>'
a Pasquotank Jury toward the
close of Monday's ki'mkIoii of Su
perior Court. after the Jury h?d
had tin* <aso utidrr consideration
all afternoon. Tor assault on Ills
will'- In* was Hciilt'iiml |o four
mgiUliH on tlic road*. Tills was
?44m fir*t Jury frial of the term. .
Wiley llrown. colonel and very
I much ho. wan found not guilty on
la cltnrg** of n-rklcK-H driving and
j of Hwau 1 1 with uh autoisiubile as
la deadly weapon by a Pasquotank
Jury late* Monday nfternoon. A
negro in an Hoscx car answering
tin* general description of Drown
and lii.i car undoubtedly was guil
-u mi m, ?||. hM. ?'1i ,i i l d. but tin
evidence ;ih to Wiley's being tho
guilty man was not conclusive
enough to satisfy the jury that
tried him.
A verdict of not. guilty was di
rected by the court at the open
ing of tho Tuesday afternoon ses
sion in the rnso against Moses
Marco alias Willie Millt>r. colored,
charged with forgery and check
flashing.
Parr-o through his attorney, W.
I. Halstoad of South Mills, was
abb' to put up a bang-up defense
built upon the theory that his
brother and not himself was tho
perpetrator ?f the offenses
charged against Moses.
Tho brother, John Ilarco, niean
Itlme has fled to parts unknown.
Met 'OY t Ml A I. A \CKI>
!<<>s AWBeloa, Aug. 19. ? Kid
McCoy, held in suspicion of the
murder In connection with th *
death of Mrs. Theresa Mors, be
came mentally unbalanced in his
cell today, according to police an
nounceiiient.
FI.IKKS DKLAVKI)
FOK TIIKEE PAYS!
(IW Tfc? AfcTlltnl I'frM)
Itayjavnlk. Iceland, Auk. 10.
The American With will for un- 1
| able to li^Vf Ireland f??r at fo-ttJt I
three days owing to damage aul
fered by both planes in attemp:
lug to start yesterday. I. lout l?o
i-Hi' lii. umian in i . foa * .i'.m |.i. ii
the Invitation to joi:i tin* Aim ri- |
cairn ia tho Imp to. (ir^'itlanil.
CHILD LABOR IS j
BEFORE SENATE
lI|>|M'r IIoiim' in Prolonged
Discussion While llou*)*
Pusses Two MoasurPK
Monday Niglit.
Ral?<iKh, August. 10 ? - The
llouso committee in charge oi
the Port Commission Hill thin
inorninK ordvrml the measure re
ported favorably to tbo House. j
An amendment to the Blue)
Sly l-iw ? ro|i"uUi?B ? the ? ffcfllnil
providing u fee for the insurance
commission on rertuln slock was
passed by the Senate.
A constitutional amendment
making the terms of sheriffs and !
coroners four years was defeutod
in the Senate.
Tho debate <?n the Port Com- 1
mlsaton liill in tho House started
Hhortly after one o'clock this
afternoon.
Rah 1Kb, Aim. 1?>. While- the
, House of Kepr?sentatlv?_n _waaj
passing two measures providing ]
. for submission to tlm people of ;
I constitutional amendments, the
upper branch of the North Garo- i
Una Cencral Assembly became In- 1
volyod In a prolonged discussion !
?r 11... I.. Ivrn- I n i.r l..M| |
night. The Senate discussion was
not completed when that body ad- ,
Journed until 10 o'clock this '
j morning. The House adjourned j
until 11a. m.
The House received the Port ,
Commission bill from the Senate
and Representative Tain C. ltowl#\
chairman of the House Water'
Commerce bill, announced th;il it |
would ho given a committee hear- i
| Ing at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Hoiifle sent to the Senate j
the constitutional amendment pro- ;
vlding for Inviolability of sinking {
funds and one Increasing the pay
of legislators.
1 The House adopted and sent to .
the Senate a remrtttfinn providing |
for an investigation of the State |
i prison,
K.VVMINK AI.IKMHT
Chicago, Aug. 10. -- The de
fense today continued cross < \ain- I
inatlon of William (). Krohu, state I
alienist, with indications that the
argument would be^ln upon com- ,
pletlon.
Says W omen F ace Danger
More Calmly Than Men
Woman Dude Wrtiiiglfr Who 1'ilol* Tenderfoot Tour
i-|n Over Trail* of Yoneinilr National Park Huh
Poor Opinion of Clourage
My L i\ OWKN
nm)
? ?iiii p i;iirry. Yoseinltc. Aiik. 1 V
Tin* male nf tli?' apeclea may he]
ml inly sHf sufficient In the aaf?r
reaches, clfy confines, but In the
great open npacrii, where nature
ImprcflHi'H wllli her stupendous- j
n?HH. the gentler aex Iihh II nil ov
er htm f'>r unadulterated m-rye In
ili?- fare of danger. '
Such Ik IIii* testimony. of Mrs.
Hiiffcu lllnnrplt, American only
woman "dud" wrangler," who;
daily pi lot h tourists- mostly ten
derfoot tourists- ovrr the peri
lous and near perilous mountain :
trails of tin? great Yosiunlte Na
tional park.
For three ywird now. Mm. Ulan
rett has been Yowniltf'ti official
dude wrangler and In that Interim
has played guardian angel to
more than flv? thousand horse
bark sight Worn over the preclpi
lomt trails to Glacier Point, Half
Homo, riouda Real, Inaplratlon
I'olnt. Vernal Falls, the spectacu
lar I'elino nidge and other high
and rarlfleil points of Yosemlfc
Interest trails that furnish even
the hard* ned forest rangers a )
"kirk." More than half of the!
tourlsta were women
"Women may he Just aa eaallj
frightened an men, hut they dhow
It less" gttr- llrrh?rrn. "Ijotn of,
tin. ? when the going grtn clone
wh"u you ran look airtight down
out of vnur saddle for a half rallr
or moro, and the nllp of a hoof
means perdition men frequently
get off their borsen and Insist on
walkln ' Women rarely ? \ t
quit their hornra. Ixitn of tlm^a
they ahut their ey* a. and. I Imag
ine, do a lot of silent praying
hut th?-y fr?-ej{e to their saddle I
Ilk o grim death and stick with the.
procc*nions.
"Women also are 1?h head
strong nnd more easily managed |
than mon; less inclined to show
off The greatest trouble with
mal* tourists who go horseback -
lug over the mountain trails In1
that almost all of thatn want to
run their horses whenever there !
Is no danger. When the trail
get a narrow artd the edge haa a
straight up and down vista how-1
(ever. they ahow a lr?f |ph? apeed."
In further *ubHtantlatlon of her
ohMorvatlon that the female of the
RPMld alack* up pretty w> II In
the matter ?>f Iron in tho blood,
Mr*. Illancett rlt'-a Yoaemlto'a
famoua overlinnuInK rock an an
example. The overhanging roc k
| in a nix ton oAlllflJ-P, llli'i'ly (ml*
a need on the hlgh'at api-t of Cla
cler Point. Kilting on the outer
rim of t li#? rock. one c?n look
atraight down into the chlmneya
of Camp Curry, four thousand
fort, below. Climbing out on thla
rock and having one'a picture
"took" la a prize atunt.
"More women go nut on the ov
< rli ,a n k I n k rork than do men" aa
aerta Mr*. Blanoett. "Hut there'a
a difference In the way they do It.
Invariably they are alow and care
ful. They ncldoni aland up, where
aa the men who g<? out uaually
mu at pone for th?- benefit of the
onlooker* Tb#?r#' hare been mora
women who have roha out on that
rock than men but the only ones
who ever f hII are men."
Mr*. Mlanrett. who herda her
tourlMa over Yoaemlte'a p<-rlloutt
tralla an efficiently aa could any
man, and who in her three year*
of dud'- wrangling never had an
accident hefali-any of her tender
foot ward*, 1* a typical Weatern
woman of th* rapidly punning
frontier type, t'ntll tho denth of
her huihand. Dell Hlancett, fa
moua Weatefn bronco bu.iter,
allghtly more than threa year*
ago. ah?? wan a profeaalonal "eon
teat" rider, participating in ro
dnoa and wild went exhibltlona
all over the Went. On four oc
cnalona ahe won tho woinen'a
bucking horae riding chumpien
ahlpa at the famoua Cheyenne and
Pendleton roundup c< lebratlonn.
| Slender, lithe, atill retaining
what women term "complexion"
deaplte the ravagea of blazing
nun and mountain wlnda. Mrs.
Hlancett la a very capable dude
wrangler. Her word la law and
in accepted aa auch among' the
thounnnd* of tourlat "trlppera"
whom ahe, convoya to and from
1 the Sierra*" high placen.
BRYAN ACCEPTS
HIS NOMINATION
In Hi?* Acceptance Speech
He Praise* Parly Platform
~aw "Broad; ? Strong, ? and
Progressive.
{Br AanrUN 1'raaa.)
| Lincoln, Nebraska August 19 ?
Governor Charles \V. Bryan of
Nebraska in accepting the Demo
cratic vice-presidential nomina
tion; her{!_laat "ni^kt praised 111? j
party platform as broad, strong
and progressive -enough to satisfy
- tin* -principle at "equality: befoxe .
tha law." and a fit Instrument
through which farmers and wag*
earners might work their will
without dividing Htrength and
making possible "the triumph ot
reaction and suifish interest."
John \V. Davis, the presides
tial nominee, and himself wer?
termed ' in harmony with the
platform upon which we have
been nominated. "The Dem
ocratic pariy stands as a unit,
"without the intervention of fac
tion. bloc or section," he declarwd, ;
"free from obligation to ellher
Individuals or interest* that
would prevent it from being uead
i to restore confidence in Uovera
. numt und economic, Justica In llMI j
nation."
His selection as "one from the
heart of the great middle west**
as the vice-presidential candi
date, Governor Hryan hailed tt
? Hip D'mmiHii' pnstr'w ?e? gal i
tion of "tho importance of agri
culture as one of the hMlc in
dustries of the nation."
Political unrest and discontent
throughout the country la a pro
tout against the Inaction of those
In public office, he asserted, cou
pling the statement with an accu
sation that "failure of the Re
publican administration to en
force the law againBt conspiracies
In restraint of trade and illegal
< omplnations of business which
stlflo competition has unnecees
arlly. unfairly and dlshonaatly in
creased tho cost of living and per
! inlttod the profltoer to ply Mi
trade without let or hindrance.'*^
Entrance of some states Into
I he field of commerce, in which he
and the'stato of Nebraska were
among the leaders, he attributed
to -"the failure of the national
Republican administration to en-,
force the law against private
monopoly." Although, he con
tinued. millions of dollars a year
were saved to the people in their
coal, gasoline and oil hlUs, he did
not favor such municipal or state
com pet It ion except when "Gov
ernment officials become corrupt
and tho foderul government falls
to function for tho protection of
tho masses. The alternative re
sult would bo I. W. W.'s bolehe-i
nlly and state, he doclared.
Governor Hryan In discussing
what lie formed "a few of the
outstanding Issuch uppermost in
the minds of tho people of the
great agricultural states," includ
ed "women's worth and equality,
child welfare, the Democratic
party's interest In and support of
labor, the needs of the agricul
turist, water power development,
law enforcement and the outlaw
ing of war."
Tho nominee expressed a
elation of the desire of the cit
izen* of f.incoln. where lie has
made his home thirty ysara, V>
have III,- i 1 , , t > f i , 1 1 ' ion made h?r4.
"J am ind' hted to tho people of ;
Lincoln and of Nebraska for
whatever success I may have;
achieved." ho said.
I He referred to bis connection j
for more (i.an 20 years with the
publication of ''The Commoner," !
issued by him and his brother,
William Jennings Hryan, aa hav
ing given "an opportunity to ap
ply the principles of 'equal rights
to all n nd special privileges to
none.* "
"As a business man who has
been endeavoring to apply busi
ness principles to govern ment and
not as an experienced platform
speaker, I will give all the sup
port to our national leader that
my ability will permit," Oov. Bry
an said.
The success of the nation, com
posed of divers peoples and ac
tivities, requires thst the desires
and Interests of each shall he sub
ject to the rights and needs of
all, with individuals, groups, fac
tions, and organizations restrained
to the extent that equal rights of
other sh All not be impaired, be
declared . '
The Democratic platform. fJov.
Hryan assorted, upholds the Ideals
of America, deniandn h return to
hone'ity and equality in gd^^H
inont, and outlines the legislative i
and ndmlnlstratlUe requirements1
for such restoration.
"It Is the most progreaaMH
platform ?\?r promulgated," h# |
d e e | ji r i 1 d
He paid a tribute to hla run
ning mate, saving the spirit ?f i
unity rose and reason trttt^^^H
| In the nomination of "that atltig
lawyer, that trained dlpMflAH
that experienced statesman, !?[?
champion of the right* or hVtqgH
ty. that progressive denadgjflKB
I John W. Pavls." .