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Rapid Political Rise in
New York State I
aq resent Exýcutives
IIT E ne.w gov.rrnor o, f Nw York
state allld the lieutennl: llt giover
nor are quite young men wli.'n
the hi.tort.any of their respe'
.vg, offices is taken into considerll
tion They were both poor boys, who
Id'de their own way in tie world and
made It steadily and quickly.
Martin H. Glynn is physlhnlly and
almperameatally the direct opposite of
Mr. BSuier. Of small stature, with
twinkling eyes, a good natured face
and a well developed sense of humor,
be is utterly lacking In all bombastic
qualities.
Martin H. 4jynn was born forty-two
years ago I the town of Kinderbook,
Sb Columbia ,eeunty, near the bome
etads of Martin Van Buren and Sam
mel J. Tildes. He was educated in the
publie 1cbeol.,of his native town and
as a youth ea.s-employed as an assist
sat bookkeeper In a cotton mill, where
hO earned sufflent money to defray
the cost of tde college education. In
1800 he eatered Fordham university
apd was graduated at the bead of his
leaam In 1804.
For a time Mr. Olynn chose journal
,jam for his ie ,work. He joined the
lafft of the TImesUnion in Albany and
advanced In a 'few years to the post
of managing editor. In the meantime
he had devoted himself to the study of
law and was admitted to the bar In
50.7. By reason of his forceful edi
stoeals and speeches the young editor
-had become a Agure In polities in Al
tany and had acquired considerable
:piominence in (the councils of the
Democratic party. In 1898 he was
Sow)minated and elected to congress.
*bere he served two terms and made
,~~~~W~llc~Y r
-ftSe DuIar bin gerv
be w p t ea~se"m ef o m
the tu Deumeradc mad n
leae celayentious nomi
;` t it t0or tat ratmgptrotr.
'" igetid with till of hbis rn
eS teapt William Randolph
who bded thme bipartisan
: IP ,utigtlatsion as c niptrol
wst "M ~,m aauoa~ of
Chw~tI. Huglems. He dl
u from the ndrnhmltradtmf
and wamt mp.4all3 active
oUt I(avmlvdmc and i-er
teat were rardiUgt heir ta:n
e ag them to pa sip.
týOgreutioa let tall
: NOW wh# huq 1100
- gu~.t. of Sbr t uaC
- U .iSh ~t RL
~-~sIC U e~af mw J -i 16
i t 7 4Ita7 v i `he was
,~l. = Ret dt.UmdeS the pubº
:is Now tie 1M!as
Re hSiq'tas 1. wae
t0e Ci611r0 of the dt*
N es lA W wbe oim fir
wer eidUtad to I m . Ec
to the ear the smam
-~WB ' rnervuad in tme iasaemb
and wan rnotnonated as ISM'
r.d 4.10 rem that year to
for bhi sfwflnrmt lie wan
in In )1t b1 r a auid wa
fr wire elerted ti the witate
1R and imer4 anm mweral
lrt ml;ttWe HeR warn we
Ppr erav terum nine# avid was
by the IieIorfrtI an
term. Atof timenste anid
- Nurrafet Iear o thlat
NEW L.ORD CHIEF IJSTICE.
eir Rufus 'saacs the First Jew to IMold
That Exalted Position.
Sir Itufu luana's. the rcently aW
pointl illord P'hief iust ice of Lngla nd.
hns haid a re'markabll career i n. is tie
first .hw to , oli th It exaltil position.
Ili s?,,-rcess in politic i i I: been. scarce
ly le.s l thiliat of thi e liiions il
rm ii. )lleel \Viitoria's favorite lirs'
mier. le is liftyllthree yeirs ol( and
hns l.eln attorney general since 1910.
Thle son of a .Iewish merchant in tll
city of Ilndonl. he Ibegan life an a busi
se. iman anld failed. e was "ham*
merd'" on ,the Stock Exchange. thel
studied low At the age of thirty
eight he was named queen's counsel.
bia loeme from his practice at that
time amounting to more than s$10o
f -*
IR 1 UFR IXSAACS.
a year. His new position is for life
and carries with it a salary of $-10.,0;
anuially and the offer of a peerage.
I1 l!W0i Sir Iltifuis war re.-tlri l ti
parliament as a Liberal. In iXAi hi.
wait made solicitor general. atid frotmt
that office he was promoted to ttlr'
ney general. A. iattorney general he
condlcited the official inquiry into the
Titalslc disaster. In 1911 he was cre
ated privy councilor and made knight
commander of the Victorian order.
Sir Lut."' wife wares a Miss Edithl
Cohbe of blew York, whose father
moved to t+Iglallnd tter making a fr
ts1ne . Amestea.
The aplaiumtneato: 8lr Rufus to the
s di clder Joslcesahp .will cause mach
leartbrning among this political op
mealmts, wbo ,sle.sa hbt to make the
ret iof blnliscretikns in the par
chaelm at dlareoni stoke for speeulS
tve m .liapes. Although the comeatl
aS.li oft higies lato ;the socalled Mar
K.at · eaual beolved the attorney
general of the charge of eoruptlon by
a vale of d to 16, At was thought by
many that is pure.hse-of 3~0.000 shares
of stoel is the American Marconi comn
lty at a time when -negotiations were
on foot for a aivernment contract with
the Eniilliah ltMlrcol compsmy was
highly Imprnper for a eahinet mininster
and dlsquallfied him for the heafshlipl
of the judieial iwnch. which. a.rclding
to precedent. was his ri.ht nst leadie of
the her.
Among the celelbrated law cases en
dertaken by ilr Rtefus hIattes was the
prosecution of Whittaker Wright. the
flaSslcier. who wee extradited from
America. He was also conn.el for tLhe
-bontuee of Yarmouth. who was Mins
Alice Thaw of P [ittburgh. hI her mu.t
oer annulment of inania to the firl
of Yarmouth. now Marquis at Ieort
Seed. Richard Cr*er rstsiaed Sir itr -
ite upea several ocesslone. 6a0hlW ia
The beil action agaltet esartale as
for statemelot respecttin Mr.
erCaer'. career n the tur ead a.
?Smmmey boar in New York.
COlSrTt OVER LIBERTY SELL
Mleny ppose the Plan of $ndli It to
4ie Panama Expd1ltiam.
treams opposition to sedling the
lamou Ijberty bell to the Panaman
exposition in 1915 has develope In
Philadelphia. Meeting of local patri:
otie societies bhave been held, and pet
tions have been presented to the city
connell asktng that body to vote
agalnst the transportation of the hib
torle relic to Ban Franceico. Petitioar
are also benlg circulated in all parts
of the conotry.
On the other band. Mayor Blanken
burs of Phladelphia favors sending
aU OL,, taJsarn anLL.
pie benl to the exposition. The argu
lnent advanctd that the bell is a as
tional relic has met with his approval.
The opposition to this Is based on the
contentlon that there is danger the hi.
toric relic will be destroyed or endun
pemed in the long trip. The pdople
who desire to exhibit the old bell at
the e ntio hare promised their nit
.s i t aring for the .etl 4luh Li
gtaft and willie it is on exthhltfo
i M SOLIER S O MEXIC
MILITANTS IN .RlEAL BTLESF
'1 7 Hundred Mexican Some lave Sisef Fromn the
Soro Enlisted as - anks as Officers of
1oldierrs Guerrillas.
a i
¶ [" A OMENT ag coming SD the Ftol'
Sin lu m~v)y ways today. and In
troub*it Mexico they are
actually coming to the front
along the frin line. They are real
militants. at le t 200 Mexican women
fighting on one ide or the other In the
field. This d not mean the camp
tollowers, for here are thousands of
aneb. with.~ev ral times as many chil
dren, inthe tr&.i of the forces, but it
means regular soldiers, out with rifle
and gun. accepting the lot of the
soldier. reaping the rewards of the
victor. paying the penalty of the loser,
-enduring hardships and asking no
quarter. Some Oven are officers of ir
regular 'rces, guerrillas attaches now
to one side anS now $ the othE.
obeyed uncomplainingly bp mee who
are apt to chafe et *ng diseiplin.
-i.
WO UMOUE'D WOMAN OeIIUamRLIs.
capeste.d always by those who are
Lgoweing -more and more to respect
Befa ide la 'orre Is one of the wo
ne .eldiera ito ,rise from the ranks.
and tse has a esore or more of alster
motle , tnme millitants in this day and
gemeraeion. lenora Carmen Alanis.
who weaptuoed Juares last year with
twelve mem:ant. disarmed the volunteer
home gaesOa. .Is another. "Chica."
whose other anrme 4i a mystery. is still
another, and there are Maria Cas
tanado. "CMiwlita." who stole the di
patches from Orosco and rode away
in a rain of testts: "the Pride of the
Army," Jeansa Aivaerez. over in Sin
aloa: the "Woman loctor of Sonora."
whom the federnls caught in August.
and a half dozen others. They are reg
ular officers. dnly com-missioned.
A great denl of Indian blood corn
ponnded with Spanish and an ocra
atonal sound of French or Aztec Mexi
can produced the strain which evolved
dhe woman soldier of Mexsw today. It
has all developed within thies years of
demnoralization. and wheret it will end
no one can May. In a majority of in
stac.es the start In military life was as
I I`
U- -
S,.mes.: IBs aiB of be otBerk t wua Be
rdSl evoioo d as wh b bad ed.
lawed a uibasad hther or eMwethear
-a the SeII
t atl ChfbsIues among the mlttitar
thece b -so one better known than
Sels de is tre. Men Bpeak of Se.
aere Alals .with ad.btrat~on bat they
grow enthuslastie over Bella as they
tall of the acts of recklessness and
daring of her young but eventful life.
She Is not over eighteen years of age.
Senora Carmen Alankh Is the wife of
Colonel Alaala. who fought with Ma
dero against Das. He was killed, and
his wife stepped into the comnland of
his forces. They say that the senor:a
is all military and appears to know her
book as well as any man. the pre
serves the stlictest dltlipline In ber
troop and Ights her mean Ilke a vet
eran. She will always be renembered
as theb woman who re4.nptured Juarez
last year.
Maria Ca aUdo is an artiiierT r-e
aw;fighting .-aay 'With bar busiban4.
C4tai- Castarndo of the federal
toawes. They sy she can run a smnall
eld -gun or a mountain bowite.r as
well as a man. She had her tirt expe
xieneeIn :tlheOrozco revolution ou the
Jtebel -side. and her blue shirt wide
,'bimmed sombrero and divided khaki
-skirt became Very Well knows to all
-bhe -soldiers.
Men speak dt the Senora Castanado
-with reverence and respect. "'Mujei
'isllente" they any of her. which is the
highest title they can give a woman In
,the new ordlo@ things. but Lhey $now
ittle of hb.
#.f Chica. s Olh tthbe Iand, they
sall a hundred etorie, and they know
eserything abho4 her except het name.
Cdhia .iO duly -enlisted rebel soldier,
Wears mnanM cloties, carries a rile and
-uses it like a man. 4p to last accounts
she Was with tIr brother and father
in the ranks. They say she fights like
a demon anO I fend of witnessing thf
g~eention of federal prisoners.
Ylou g.o back in itella de Ia Torte fa
someu one f"enm ing .t'hiquita. ex
Icep that i'hiqits, spy and soldi~ foie
.lte Otlel army. is.t' even higher class
1han She Iir- Q4 yi n ' vonIg woman
thi.lnita 'o)l. l thJol the southi anl
vwas ewe a te 4 in lf 1 nilat e States arli
She r.l iiit.Oimi@n nOeeny 4ifrlpz
tl'e+ jrzoo ireviolutian, announcing that
.hBe was; a trained nurd come to m.n
ister to tihe wounded patriots. There
wais iOtiIng .)onIeailed abhot this ar
,rival. for she went at Once to hetlb
quarterty there it is snai the Rebel
£ TlTS OF MEIJUAS AMAWU.
eo .mander himself se~umbed to her
charms. made her chief nurse and gave
her special attention.
Chiquita made a dash out of Jimlnes
on horseback a week later with about
all the important papers, maps and
documents Orosco had. Over desert
and mountain she rode, her pursuers
dropping farther and farther behind.
The chase lasted several days. She
was, about the heat spy the federals
had. Chiquita is with them this year.
and when last heard of they had chas
ed her out of IFagle Pass for helping
to prove that the neutrality act is
mostly a prosldct of the Imagination
Shbe is versatile. She can he by turns
a spy, a nurse, and then a soldier out
in the trenches
The Pride of the Army. an eieleent
ifste at the begalning. Is a vsllant
biller when the 4ped arlses. Yb.
aD arm.y ramusert "'the P*@" sad
a ll her by no tero name. NIme
ahmer than elm. they asa. and the
tad of esels her s.ften not ea the ldtig
be helpdg the wnmed as resoitly
t abwre wars besa gtali. M n waer by
her wherever ste Is. and her way I as
safe as if she were la her own hbse
at Chhlbuaba.
The Woman IDoetor. as has been
said. was captered by the federals over
in Sonora and information about her
ceased about the middle of August
She had been in the field ablut two
months. It seems that she was a
medical examiner for the federalsl
around Monterey. alnd it was. disover
ed that for a rewasrd she was giving
citizens medical certifliestes exempting
them from military service.
This can only lie a partina list of the
women sold!iers of Mexico Frmn aill
states where the internerlne war rages.
come relports f the wn'olnen i ghtern
Zapata has 'several with himn in More
los. Amtonst the Y'.litlis of Sonora there
are many OhregmI. has them on his.
rolls. and every half bandit. half
soldier Irregular has more.
SFme*e4 *9 ;sisitappiio Seecutive
Charg. Pim ;rdlh MseLolhducat
It auly It. that -4tiil :. ,'·-l ,'l 2,\.P
-or will haif1 t1a: r e , t ol tris' n iI'lI i
nient p r ce"t ling- Alih,"iti l tel,.mi .- 01a
(.overnor Earl lketre,'r ,f Sisi<liprl
-r1 report'wl s c ionsuirlrht to lrneI i:ý
pefarhmiint pro- edings nitt 9i i
1 big Iplitiiial fight illas ttil lve' i, f
'ated by the puibllinat'ni in a T.Vsa~ pa
pet olf a charge ut«'erlninui Arerllnt
$rew'lT.
It is allegid that tielttenant 4,;&(@
0ot Theodore #* Iilbo 4layvt U. 8
a*gist of Jackson, o veral statb gead
I-
SOVERNOR EARL BREWER.
thr and representatives nrd t. R
Royce oP mlemlhis are behind the
movement t ilmplach the governor
Boyce was involved In a cotton denl
e'riticised by (Governor Brewer. Brew
er's friends assert that the "plot" Is
the result of his activity in sending
Sseveral prominent men to the eniten
ti ry for grafting.
larl Brewer was inaugaerated as gor
.-snor of Mississippi on Jam. 14. 1912.'
Me is a native of Misalsstppi and is
I iery-tbree years of age. He gradun
aI In the law department of the
state university in 1892 and took up
the gpractice of law thereafter. In his
ye.th hbe worked as a farm hand in a
leree .amp. was a brakeman and fire
imn Am a railroad and for several
years a .owboy In Texas. He decided
to .t ay Jaw. and with the money he
had earned he paid his expenses part
way thretlCh his studies. Then the
law frm with which he studied ad
vaneed Mlmr a loan sufficient to carry
him through to his graduation. After
graduating at Jsaw he was very success
fil at Its pract~te. and he enjoys a wide
popularity thIroeaout the state.
OLYMPIC HERO A BENEDICT
Ralph Craig "Beaten te.a Frazzle" by
Dan Cupid.
Ralph Cook Craig of L)etroit. the
great college sprinter and'lero of the
Olympic gapines. as been oeutsteppe,
by DOa Cupid and is now a~blushinj
0
Sby American Press Association.
RALPB CRAIO WfINING BEAT AT STOCR
HOLM.
bridegroom. Mrs. Craig was Airmerly
Miss Elizabeth Spies of %Montclair.
N. .I.
Craig won irnth the 100 and =10 yard
races at iStckhlolm nlt year a. d
shares with [inward [Drew the honTor
of being the world's greatest short Ilg
tanie runner He has declared that
he will retire troti the cinder p.ath or
sood.
Ul0 .61dUIRel.l .4. "s. . ®i .
toy affors
S irodtades ts ? heI
Stiullliou xistense thc I lo .iIU
o)ld Ne( YSork wnetiert school
Mn institutiou u i'lue of it.
kinug, :as passed out of the -.rtrol of
the New York city board of oduie.tior
and become a state institution
For " time last spring aiter the
board at the end of a long.debaite had
refused to appropriate funds for the
maintenance of the Institution it seem
ed likely that the training ship New
port had made her last cruise with boy
sailors and that the old school, whose
graduates are found on all the seas of
the world, was to pass quietly out of
existence. At this point, bowever, the
state department of educatlon stepped
in, and arrangements were made
whereby the school simply passes dl
nutly from the city to the state.
The new regime is not likely to brlig
with it any material change in admia
istration or policy,.blt It will consider
ably broaden the Beld.
Heretofore the supils have been
drawn excluslvely . from the public
schools of New York, city. Hereafter
they will come t*om all over the state.
As the present enrollment is Rar short
of the school's capacity, the change
will he for the.bett r.
'The 9.wport, WPhich Is a cruising
training ship in urii'rier and a floating
home 3rln school '`Oi'm combined in
winter, is * trim' .hrkentine rigged
steel $gunl3oal. withi: auxiliary steam
power. Isened .for n::training ship by
the :nvy departmnebt . For over thirty
ye'ars, .1i. sc hool ,was hOlused on )hoard
the historic old St. Mary's. but the St.
Marey 'iS Inst passed beyond seawor
thiiness, and her place has been wor
thily lilled.
During the evinter. months, from Oc
.,Wher to May. the Newport lies quietly
alongside the pier at the foot of East
Twenty-fourth street. while her young
charges speed quiet days under the In
struction of theit masters, all of them
officers of the navy, in the ordinary
high school braacde, sopplemented by
a certain amount of. steam engineering
and navigation sedt var.d by "marlin*
Sspike seamanship;" as the knowledge
Photo by Arlerwlra I'rees ASaociRtlORf
THE B;NEWPORT AND (.IMMANDIDH TILf
M.%N, UC a. .
of knots and s.li4e.m. tewds and bitches
and the mysterrie of *ltanding anrd run'
uing rigging i t ralrtld
The younsg eumi' 'tmnst be betweel
the ages of .tto hi ulatd twenty,
though be is usually tnht little abo-ve
sixteen. Be Iha ihliged to pass at lihr
teal examlulation.antlprtesenlt a cert.li
eate of character.. .
'The tralalin stlpisa In funo m ne·e
reformatory or a upattarimtn." the laI
trPctioon a ay. .
Hflaing pas.ed Ihi physlica l ahd men
tal eamrin.toln and a sipposit of StM to
cover the coat of. his outfit haringit It#n
paid for hint. 1.w yo,ungater requltr-e
hbI iililformi anid it halnnloctk and
takes, hli berth letwetn, decks.
During the wi.des term the Ihoy 11iiv
on bolrd. but those on good conduct
record a:re permitted to go home uon
Saturday and Sumlnday. Many are the
struggle" and* 'the humlpsl Iaforu they
master ise art of swinging a huta.m
mock andrl the neroltntk. renit of ins.ert'
the oltueelf itll the smate when swtrunlt.
There are a:iso rumorl of aundry good
humoredl prnlks played by Meec.rd year
boys on the hb::ileam "landluhbbers" jtilt
come ona i~ed
About lMay I ,asamlationlt are over.
aid all haAdla are Ithen snt home for
a two weekt*' )oa'Ume. while the old
Newport rores t. ir' ti the Brooklyll
nary yard tU he 0eb ted. keitaed, o(le*
hauled and geMwUraiy pit In order for
the aImmUIIr ,-risie.
Of rueenit year, sli proVsth' h.ilt been
to make one yeasr a forenlll runise,
with visits to smal of Ilie grerot eai'
ports of Kluroen. tagrsn lttwkhnlmn to
Gibraltar. ,aId the mRal year to go no
fart'.er ilaroad Ithls e-.-tmda
On the rolae which eidedl Seplt :44
the Newplorlt simply)Y worked her way
tIr iii 1 dui iw t the sr'ast h% rusty at.asge+,
her farth,.lt It'ri of .ni t1 ein_, niht
fax. N , 11er fifty-four btui <ailors
did all the \ork ,,f hIanllilg hser. the
onlyi experienro t'ul enfitri i, nIs'i. 'ot'
1ide ofi the "ti'era. lwiing the lhtllt'w;ilr
and i1;I it"ke I I'etersas' . nl1klltl anti
takiulte thir t k hii . at h a o it. : u ., well
i.a shouotiit . th,. xIIII fillt l15illv1 ,i atit
nI011. It Id l it niu i i ih sak'IIIIe ill (' "it
miander III l'sil m.siun. I' S the
veteri n "p'ltn lli-teissieat of -the t:,sh,.
had unlty iwirdts ost iruishe far t,,ii

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