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"***;•?*,, ,:l,'^r £f Ivy H • *>i V.> * Xr «;.. 4 - • a"'- --1.,v.- J b ' ^ ^ V^v. «*!>$. 7*» iplled By JOHN 0ICKIN80N SHERMAN ETTER than all printed biographies are the renewals and continuations of the lives of greater men in the lives of the less. No other American, and very few men of any nation or period have entered so intimately Into the personal experience of millions as Abraham Lincoln. The words of him who never had li year in school are used in teaching college students the highest possibilities of language. His coined phrases are worn smooth and dateless in current speech. But more than that, his habit of thought has guided the thinking of errand boy and President. His faith quickens the faith of us all. Shelley wrote of Keats: He is made one with nature; there la heard , _ • Hie voice in all her mueic, from the moan : ^ Of thunder to the song of night's sweet bird; ' He is a presence to be felt and known '=# , . . In darkness and in light, from herb and stone . '• Spreading itself where'er that Power may mov# - ^ . Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied lovi^ *' Sustains it from beneath and kindles It above. , !? In such wise the man whose birth we celebrate entered into the life of his people and Is 1q process of penetrating the wider circles of the 1 whole world's life. This, on its earthward tide. Is the immortality of Abraham Lincoln. The man had a thousand Boswells but no great one. . . Some 1,500 books or pamphlets have been issued dealing with the various phases of the subject. . . But if the choice must be made between the books other men have written about ldm and Lincoln's own words, the letters and addresses hold first place. He can be trusted as the best witness in his own case. His word was as good as his bond, and his life was as good as his word. Speech was the water from a living well, tinder which the stream of character never failed. .Probably the majority of men desire to be count- •d on the side of truth. But few will make any 0teat effort to find what is true. And, Sir Thomas Browne declares, not every man is a fit champion of truth. For when the man who is right in principle falls In the trial by combat, the cause suffers (n his defeat. )fSr Abraham Lincoln was not a speculative philoaopher, an originator of systems of thought. But ha was one of the greatest exponents and defenders of truth in its applications and illustrations fn human experience that the world has ever seen. Bis life and words--which are inseparable--perfectly teach the balance between thought and act, principle and practice, general truth and parties fair fact. <The sane Is true of the tetters, which are foil tft keen and kindly applications to the life of each I .<»e of us and of the whole people. Even with .Gettysburg and the second Inaugural in mind, we have found a more nearly complete and satisfying expression of the man in his letters than In his addresses. In them he confounds the enemies of the Republic, admonishes, warns, and instructs his people, and comforts the broken-hearted with a tenderness that had blossomed upon the graves of Kanc.v Hanks and Ann Rutledge and upon those of Ms children. , ^For in this man reason and emotion were joined like form and color in a flower. He rejoiced 1^ the exercise of his mind, but he had none 1 of that intellectual arrogance that denies all It cannot comprehend or prove. The charge of athe- • tsin is the most futile of all that have been brought against him. As an inquiring boy he read Tom Paine and wrote an essay along radical lines, but the pressure of human need constrained him to V . tnm to Divinity. '^Prayer was the very breath of his later rile.. ^ 6en. Daniel Sickles was hardly the man to invent a pious tale. He has repeated to many witnesses the story of Lincoln's prayer before Gettysburg. •tfk i-iS}. Ending of Arms Parley Staged in Continental Memorial Hall , at Washington. Iff THE PRESttlEtrr HWKM& But it Is inconceivable that so hooect a man coold write hia reverent expressions of trust in the A1- " mighty without a personal sense of relationship. The two men of the Nineteenth century who have drawn and held the most intense admiration of the civilized world are Napoleon Bonaparte and Abraham Lincoln. Both were great leaders* great executives. Both had the power of binding their followers to them with a personal loyalty stronger than the ties of blood. Both appeal to the Imagination of millions who never saw them. But, as the Evening Sun pointed out on tM anniversary of Waterloo, It is the downfall of Na- f poieon that the world remembers, the long-deferred but Inevitable defeat of ambition. Lincoln died victorious, not alone in the circumstance of triumphant arms and a nation reunited but in the victory of unselfish devotion to the cause of human freedom. He Identified his life with the progress# of mankind, and in losing himself he found in|* rortallty.--(Editorial in New York Sun, 1919). The assertion "That all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain; and it was placed in the Dec laratlon not for that bat for future use. Its authors meant it to be--as, thank God, It Is now proving itself--a stumblingblock to all those who in aftertimes might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant, when such should reappear in this fair land and commence their vocation, they should find left for them at least one hard nut W ' crack. (Speech at Springfield, 111., June 20, 1857,) Think nothing of me; take no thought for the political fate of any man whomsoever, but come back to the truths that are in the Declaration of Independence. While pretending no indifference to earthly honors, I do claim to be actuated In this contest by something higher than an anxiety for ofHce. I charge you to drop every paltry and insignificant thought for any man's success. It is nothing; Judge Douglas is nothing. But do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity--the Declaration of Independence. (Speech at Bardatown, 111., Aug. 12, 1858.) I have often inquired of myself what great prti£ clple or idea it was that kept this confederacy do long together. It was not the mere matter of thfe separation of the colonies from the motherland but that sentiment In the Declaration of Indepen* dence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country but, I hope, to the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that' in due time the weight would be lifted from the > shoulders of all men. {Speech at Independent Hall, Philadelphia, Feb. 22. 1861.) Jut soberly, it Is notf no child's play to save principles of Jefferson from total overthrown « in this nation. . . . This is a world of compensation, and he w!»o would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve It not for themselves, and. under a just God, cannot long retain It. All honor to Jefferson--to thfc man who. In the concrete pressure of a struggle for national Independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary" document an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there that today. aAd In all coming days, it shall be a rebuke, and a stumblingblock to the very harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression. (Letter to .' Republicans of Boston, April 6, 1859, in reply to an invitation to attend a celebration In honor of ' Jefferson's birthday.) » This declared indifference, but as I must think,' covert seal, for the spread of slavery, I cannot but hate. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence In the world, enables the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites. causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity, and especially because It forces so many good men among ourselves Into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty, criticising the Declaration of Independence and Insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. (Speech at Ottawa, III., Aug. 21, 1858.) What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and Independence? It Is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, the guns of pur war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army. These are not our reliance Against a resumption of tyranny in our fajr |and. . . . Our reliance is in the love of liberty Which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defenfe is In the preservation of the spirit which prized liberty as the heritage of all men In all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around our own doors. (Speech at Chicago, HI.. Sept. 11, 1S58.) f All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa jcomfclned, with all the treusure of the earth (ouriown excepted) In their military chest, with a Boaabarte for a commander, could not by force take a Jrink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Kidge In a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expefcted? I answer, if it ever reaches us it must spring up among us; It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its aUthor and finisher. As a nation of freedmen we {must live through all time or die by suicide. (Speech fit Sprlngtield. 111., Jan. 27, 1837.) f " No man Is good enough to govern another man Vithout that other's consent. . . . Those who deny freedom to others deserve it hot for themselves, and under a just God cannot long retain It. (Speech at Springfield, III., £ct. 1, 1854.) Allow all the governed an equal voice In the government; that and that only is self-governinent. . . . Finally, I insist that if there Is anything that it is the duty of the whole people to never Intrust to hands other than their own that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and Institutions. (8peedi at Peoria, 111., Oct. 16, 1854.) The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting all working people of all nations, tongues and kindreds. (Reply to committee of Workingmen's association of New York, Mar. 21, 1864.) We will hereafter speak for freedom and against slavery as long as the Constitution guarantees free speech; until everywhere on this wide land the sun' shall shine, and the rain shall fall, and the wind shall blow upon no man who goes forth to unrequited toil. (1856, History of Abraham Lincoln.--Arnold, p. 97.) . I go for all sharing the privilege of the government who assist in bearing its burdens, . . . by no means excluding females. (Announcement - of political views, June 13, 1S3&) I am opposed to the limitation or lessening ol Resume of Nations' Treaties That May Prevent Future Conflicts (r;, ©efinite Moves of Peace ^ v World Are Epitomized. " Washington. Feb. 7.--The grand finale of the Washington conference on limitation of armaments and Pacific and Far Eastern questions was staged in Continental Memorial hall Monday. The delegates attached their signatures to five treaties, listened to a speech of benediction bjf President Harding and then went home to await the reaction that will show whether the peopie are as pleased as they are with tlieir ministrations unto an unset world. The scene even outshone that of the opening day. President Harding occupied a seat on the floor during the ceremony of signing the pacts, while Mrs. Harding looked down upon the diplomats and distinguished dignitaries from a box. Flanking on all sides of the delegates arrayed about the square green-covered table were the member*! of the cabinet justices of the Supreme court, attaches of the delegations and the full diplomatic corsps resident In Washington, members of the senate and house and 200 newspa-4 per correspondents from all lands and all climes. The ceremonies of signing alone required two hours and a quarter. The delegates were seated and had to rise and walk around the great table to the point where the treaties were spread out as their delegations were announced In turn. The conference, just closed, resulted in these definite moves toward world peace: A ten-year quadruple treaty between the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan, pledging the powers to respect each. others' territory In the Pacific and calling for a conference of nations when the peace of the Pacific region is threatened, this compact to abrogate the long standing Anglo-Japanese alliance. A five-power treaty by the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan, limiting the size of their navies; scrapping all building programs and nearly 850,000 tons of battleships, the pact to run for 15 years. A five-power treaty condemning and forbidding under international law the use of poison gas In warfare and making it Illegal and an act of piracy for a submarine to attack or sink a merchant ship. A three-power agrement by the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, providing for the maintenance of the status quo in Pacific fortifications and naval bases. Settlement between Japan and China of the long standing and threatening Shantung controversy. An agreement of the nine powers to adhere to and revitalise the "open door" policy incorporated Into a treaty with China which makes many provisions for breaking the International shackles upon that republic. A formal pledge by Japan to withdraw from Siberia and the northern portion of the Island of Sakhalin when a stable Russian government can deal with outrages in Sakhalin, and pledging guaranty of the territorial integrity of Russia and equality of opportunity within its borders. Modification by Japan of the "twenty- one demands" upon China. Treaty making allocation of former German cables in the Pacific. Treaty of the nine powers with China establishing an effective 5 per cent tax and providing a commission to assess surtaxes for further increasing revenue of that republic. . The creation of an international commission to meet within three months to review and revise the laws of war to conform to new Implements of warfare. DRY AGENTS SEIZE PULLMAN Idaho District Attorney' Files Case . Against Sleeper--Two Suitcases ef Liquor Found. Botse, Idaho, Feb. 7.--United States District Attorney E. G. Davis filed the case of the United States against "One Standard Pullman Sleeper," seized by state and federal dry agents. Papers were served on the care as It was to the right of suffrage. If anything I am In favor I leave for Spokane. Friday night offi- Of its extension or enlargement. I want to lift J cers found two suitcases of liquor on men up--to broaden rather than contract their ! it. They arrested three Pullman emprivileges. (Interview, Springfield, III.--Heittdon, ployees who were held. The Oregon p. 625.) But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate^ we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this gronnd. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled -here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor Short Line Railroad company gave $20,000 bond for' appearance of the car and it was released. W, W. Wilson Gets Job, Washington, Feb. 7.--William W. long remember what we say here, but it can never ' Wilson of Chicago, former representa- ,.forget what they did here. It Is for us. the living, tive from Illinois, has been appointed . lather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work i general counsel of the alien property Which they who fought here have thus far so nobly custodian's office, it was announced advanced. It is rather for us'to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from ' these honored dead we take increased devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall Dot have died in vain; that this nation, under Cod, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for -the people, shall not perish from the earth. (Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.) Tompkins, - Manitoba beauty, who has been elected queen of Winnipeg's annual winter carnival, by a 27,000,000 vote. SEEK TAYLOR SLAYER Los Angeles Police Quiz Movie State in Murder Cat*. Mabel Normand Last Person to See Director Alive--Servant Threatened Revenge. LS« A*geles, Cai., Feb. jealousy, hate and unanswered love all were considered by the police In continuing their search for the slayer of Wiiiltm Desmond Taylor, motion picture director, whose body was found In his coartment here. While the meager clews obtained so far pointed chiefly to the commission of the crime by a man, the detectives actively engaged on the case said they-still believed it possible that Taylor had been killed bar a woman. Thetr hunt was largely centered along three lines, It was said--the trail of the skulking figure of a man seen around the director's apartments both before and after neighbors heard a shot in the iiight; the whereabouts of a former servant, arrested for the alleged robbery of the director and reported to have threatened revenge; and the sender of an anonymous letter in which were Inclosed pawn tickets for articles stolen from Taylor. Bvery person known to have been In or near the apartments where Taylor's body, with a bullet wound In the neck, was found yesterday morning has been closely questioned in the search for clews to the murderer. These persons range from Heftry Peavey, Taylor's negro houseman, to Mabel Normand, motion picture actress, while others prominent la the film Industry whose names were brought Into newspapers In connection with the director's death Included Edna Purviance and Mary Miles Mlnter, also motion picture actresses. Peavey gave the police an account of his finding the body and of his spreading the alarm. Miss Normand, who was one of the last to see the director alive, told of a call she made at his apartments the night before in con nectlon with a book Taylor had loaned her. Miss Purviance, who occupies an apartment near that of Taylor, telephoned the news of his death to Miss Normand shortly after Peavey had discovered the body, and Miss Mlnter was said to have burst Into tears when she arrived at the Taylor apartment with her mother to learn if they could help in any way. Taylor had directed many actors prominent In the film world, including Miss Mlnter and Mary Plckford. Pictures of the two and that of Miss Normand occupied prominent places. Jfli his apartments. KENY0N MADE II. S. JUDGE Iowa Senator, Leader ef Farm Bloc, Appointed by Harding--Confirmed at Once. Washington, Feb. 2.--President Harding sent to the senate the noml nation of Senator Kenyon of Iowa, to be Judge of the Eighth Circuit. The senate soon after receiving the nomlhatlon confirmed It in open executive session, an honor rarely paid to nominees. Senator Kenyon announced he would accept the appointment. The Iowa senator, who Is one of the leaders of the senate and chairman of the agricultural bloc of that body. In a formal statement Issued upon receipt of ms nomination by the senate expressed appreciation of the President's action, which he said would ennble him to achieve his ambition "to serve on the federal bench." PANTOMIME PURELY ROMAN IDEA £ Not until the drama had been established for more than 500 yearn was tile pantomime, one of the simplest farms of dramatic art, originated The drama was the Invention of the Greeks. b»t the pantomime was a purely Roman \i«1ea Two aspiring actors, Pylades siYnKHathyllus, one of whom Wtis afflh H i tie first pel year 22 < t trouble gave of this kind In as »inly a makeshift on their part because of the Illness of one of the performers, but their audience was so delighted that they continued with the prtx|ucti«i of the wordless drama. < Sinners Are Never Bores. **'I never knew a woman who regretted marrying a rake.' said Mrs. rhirtston. *1 have known women who uiurried good, straight men, and lived with them for - life quite suceessfolly --but In their her.rts they knew the loss of adventure, though they dared sot own to It. It's the sinners who never bore."* 'I believe all actors are married as soon as they are born. I never met one who was a bachelor. Not even at a week-end.' "Oh. well, tbey must say something In self-defense, musn't they.' 'I shall be very fond of him.' said Mary^ com posedly. 'You will have to, to make your married life endurable.' 'I think the one thing a woman never forgives to having nothing to forgive,' returned Mary."--From "Wandering Fir»f by Dolf Wyllarde. m Longevity of Women. ? • Although on the average womed IIvt longer than men, a woman of twentyfive has fewer chances of living to fifty tliun a man of the same age. On the other hand, if a man and woman have !>oth reached the age of fifty, the chucces'are that the woman will outlive the <nan, « fact accounted f<# bf the difference in* temperament. here. Mora Yanks Leave Germaifyt. Antwerp, Feb. 7.--The United States army transport Cantlgny, with 1,100 officers and men ot the American forces in Germany, from Cobleuz. on board, sailed Friday evening for America. j Public Debt Slumps. < Wellington, Feb. 4.--Tlie public debt decreased approximately $.jO.(*K).- 000 In January, according to figures announced by the treasury winch showed the public debt on January 31 to be *23,388.544^36." ~ ' Col. H. E. Rives Found Dead. Danville, III., Feb. 4.--Col. Henry EL Rives, governor of the national soldiers' home here from 1917 to IH20. was found dead in bed at hia home in Paris. Illy jupydlHg eeived here. " ^ Poisoned Candy for Chaweetlei*. London, Feb. 7.--A mysterious attempt to poison with drugged chocolates Dr. Lewis R. Farnell, Irector of Exeter college and vice chancellor of Oxford, has created a sensation. He ia responsible for discipline;". *• * • Chicago Engineer Ol Chicago, Feb. 7.--George wasimigton Jackson, one of the best-hnown Engineering contractors In the United States and the city's traction expert in the pending 5-cent-fare iiHgatioo. died of pneumonia. New Mexico University Burned. Bast Las Vegas. N. M.. Feb. 6.--Fire believed to have started from a defective Hue of the New Mexico Normal university nearly destroyed the building. The main library of the diversity was burned. -- - Cop Kills Brother. Decorah, la., Feb. 6.--Matt Dntnon. vtllage ^marshal, shot aud killed his brother, Ai. at a dance. The officer was taking J&ck Morris, who was In- |oxi«-ated. from the hi^j|( |irben £,1 bet son Interfered, v •rites lbs. Hardee Raprfef Lydia L Pinkkam's Vegitihk Compound Loa Angeles, Calif.-"I mnsCtaH .that I am a true friend to Lydia E. ham Compound. I have taken it off and oa for twenty years and it has helped ma change from a delicate girl to a stout, healthy woman. 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