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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1W*. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN tmm nvnt cum. uu* f. L. HUY. htWsker. Published Every Afternoon (Except Samlaj) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 25 West Alabama St., Atlanta. Go. Subscription Rates. nns Year HP Six Months fg Three Months L2S By Carrier. Per Week M Smith A Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for all territory outside or Georgia. I'blnsn Oflre Tribune Bldg. New York Office Potter Bldg. FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN. Widely teparated In the new* of the day a* It appeared In -The Geor glan Friday afternoon are two paragraph* that may well be conddered together. They furnfih Ju*t about the finest clincher to the argument The Georgian has been making that could be turned up In a month of Sundays. Here they are: The board of education decided to tmk the city council for 5189.- (NO for tiro new school build* luga next year. The city Iron miry Is In «ueU' g ood condition tlmt the trustees are called lu the 100,000 I Kinds. They Were duo Juno ID. 1911. If yon hare ntiy trouble getting THE GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department nod bars It promptly rem edied. Telephones; Bell 491.7 Milo. tlona Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN be limited to 400 wordt In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith, though the nntnes will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will not he returned unless stamps are sear for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor sds. owns Its wsterworks. Other cities do . this end if ~ with n prod •s they art. there Is no good ... .... ... __ big SO G dertaklng. Still Atlanta should set I faco In tint direction NOW. “Lamar Hall." In another column In today'a Geor gian appear two proteat* against the statement, which recently appeared In this paper, that Governor Terrell had been “handed a lemon" by tho ac tion of the board of directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial college In naming the new building "I-nmnr Hall" Inatcad of "Terrell Hall.” Hon. Ed. A. Tlgner, In his card, state* that the report probably left the Impression that Governor Terrell had been defeated In the ambition to have the building named for hint If auch an Inference may be drawn from that report, It was certainly not the Intention of The Georgian or the reporter In question to give It. The Oeorglan handled the Incident solely as a matter of news as It de veloped at the meeting, and Is still of the opinion that when It was proposed at tho meeting to name the building for the governor and when this prop osition was defeated, the governor was "handed a lemon" aa the slanguage haa It. Hut It Is not a matter of great Im portance. We are sure that Joseph M. Terrell Is too broadminded nnd too liberal a gentleman to havo any feel ing In the matter, and that he joins In prtlslng the honor given to tho Hon R. N. Lamar. The Cause of the Wreck? The corporation commission of the state of Virginia has been Investigat ing the wreck that caused the death of Pre.ldent Bamuel Bpencer, of tho Southern railway, on last Thanks giving Day. It haa not yet announced its findings, but It Is stated In tho newa dispatches that tt has been es tablished by the evidence submitted that the operators' methods have been lax In managing tho block system; that It Is In charge of mere youths; and that all aorta of Irregularities have been occurring In the operating ayatem. It was also shown that one of the two operators at Ragoon and law yer*. between which |>olnts the dis astrous wreck occurred, was employed by the Southern Railway Company before he waa twenty years old; the other Is only seventeen. Neither had sent a message, commercial or other wise, on his own responsibility, before being placed In a tower with the fate of a hundred lives dependent upon bla vigilance and ability. Those facts, in themselves, consti tute an Indictment against the South ern railway—the railway system with the bloodiest record among sanguinary American lines. But—here's the rub. There Is only one thing that will prevent railway collisions. It is the “absolute block system.” In this sys tem telegraph operators ."re placed In the towers separating the blocks. Their duty is to keep Informed as to the movement of trains, and never to allow a train to enter a block until the man at the next tower signals that the preceding train has passed out. \Viis operator has up other duties to CSftorm. The operator employed for this purpose by the Southern railway has many. The Southern employ* for the block system it* telegraph operators st sta tion*, busied a* they are In many cases with selling tickets, handling freight and sending and receiving commercial messages — frequently mere boys, working for small sala ries and often working over hours. On some American railroads the pernicious system Is tolerated of al lowing an engineer to enter a block already occupied by a train, the as- stmiitioii being that he will proceed " ' lv. feeling hi* way. as It were. And yet children of Atlanta when they go to school sre being put In cellars and coal rooms. Will the efty council allow this to continue, with the municipal treas ury In such good condition that the Piedmont Park bonds may he re deemed five years before they are due? This Is not purposed as a criticism of the action of those able public servants In whose hands the city's finances l.ie. They are men who are doing their duty well. By redeeming these bonds before maturity they are saving some little money for the city. The oxact amount Is the dif ference between ?> per cent on $60,000 and the Interest at ttie current rate on the same amount. Not much, but the action was doubtless well ad vised. Yet, children of Atlanta when they go to school are being put In cel lars and coal rooms. With the city treasury in such good condition, can this state of af fairs be allowed to continue? x The board of education, at Its meeting. Thursday afternoon. Indorsed the move The Georgian has made In asking that better facilities be afforded the school children of this city. It asked for two new buildings to obviate the present crowded conditions, and to provide for the normal Increase In attendance. It Is an able, conservative board of education we have. This' board knows what Is needed. Its request of council for $130,000 for the new buildings should be heed ed by the city council. It la better to cut tbe corners and to skimp In any other depart ment; the school children should be the first thought of council. Tho Oeorglan Is making this fight because it believes that In the children of Atlanta rests the city's future. And on their education de pends much of the usefulness of these children when they become 'men and women. Let the council realize the Importance of the claim. THE WEEK IN COTTON. The cotton market during the week has suffered a aevere decline In face of the most active and strong market for dry goods ever expe rienced. Tho farmer, until the middle of the week, was confident that the “bread and meat" mark would not be touched again this season, be lieving that the enormous demand for goods would keep his product well above 10 cents, that the spinners could well afford, and were apparently wilting, to pay nearer 11c than 10c for their supplies. In fact the mar ket for futures gave promise of better prices, the favorable Influence being a bullish glnncrs' report Issued on Monday, the figures at 10,025,- 000 bales ginned up to December 1, which. It was believed, Indicated an estimate of some 12,250,000 bales by the government, due on Tuesdsy. On Tuesday tho tone wns steady at tbe opening, though It waa ap parent that the trade waa decidedly nervous with a dlaiiosltlon noticea ble to await the government's estimate to be Issued at 2 o'clock before making new ventures. There waa little doing prior to Its Issuance, though It was reported the Wall street clique wore selling with.perfect confidence. Promptly at 2 o'clock the estimate was flashed, tbe figures being giv en at 12,546.000. A semi-panic followed the announcement, traders on the floor fell over each other In their efforts to sell cotton at any price offered, and as a result of the day’s trading, a decline' of 6$ to 64 points was recorded. That tho decline waa not greater was due to tho fact that tho public has become wise and was not In the market. The tendency since the Issusnce of the government's guess has been steadily downward, the close on Friday showing losses of $4.70 to $5.25 per bale for contract cotton.. The decline In futures has had an adverse Influence on spot cotton, and from the hlghcat paint of the week the decline has been 6-8c. The slump In cotton the past two weeks can be attributed to yro estimates of the crop—the first by The New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat, and tho second by the government. That these estimates are as accurate ns It is iKissllilo for them to ho under the circumstances, and that there arc a number of honest people engaged In gathering data for thofr com pilation Is not doubted, but when It Is known generally that at least a million bales must bo added to get a correct total It Is difficult to see how tho estimate of 12,546,000 bales can be of benefit to the producer. It 1s said new methods have been employed by the government this season In compiling nnd deducing the figures, nnd there Is a possibility that for the first lime tho government haa over-estimated tho crop. This has been a frequent cause of wreck*. Can it be that Operator Mattox, who admits that he allowed two trains on the same block, yet main tains that he wns following the rule of the railroad, Is referring to this as the cause of the wreck that ended th% life of the president of his road, and of live passengers? GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. Sew York, Deo. 14.—Here are some of u* visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—A. Dina, Jr., J. II. Nutting. I*. Death of “Uncle Bob.” AN UN JUS! IMPRESSION CONCERNING GO V, TERRELL CORRECTED B1 MR. TIGNER Knew Nothing of Vote to Name New Builc ing at Milledgeville After Himself—Had Suggested F. G. DuBignon be Honored. To the Editor of The Georgian; In Thursday's Georgian your reporter does Governor Terrell an Injustice'. Governor Terrell did not know any thing about the proceedings of the board' of directors of the Georgia Nor mal and Industrial College. At the meeting In Atlanta Thursday three of the members of the board, Including Mr. R. N. Lamar himself, voted to name the building “Lamar Hall.” The two other members present voluntarity voted to name the building “Terrell Hall." This vote was really a com pliment to Governor Terrell and was pot “handing him a lemon.” Your re porter, In giving an account of the pro ceeding*. probably left the Impression •in the minds of some that Governor Terrell had been defeated In an ambl tlon to have the building named after himself. This Is not true. 1. Governor Terrell did not know that the board expected to meet In Atlanta. ' 2. He did not know that the board as voting on the matter of naming the building. 3. I made, the motron to name the building "Terrell Hall.” 1 made this motion entirely of my own accord. 1 have never at any time spoken of this matter to Governor Terrell, nor has he ever mentioned the matter to me, 1 do not think that this subject has ever been mentioned to him by any one of the board. 4. In Milledgeville there has been a popular demand that the building be named “Terrell Hall." The suggestion was first made last June by Max Mey- erhart. Governor Terrell, In response to this, slated to President M. M. Parks that lie did not desire the building named for himself. He suggested that good person to give this honor to would be Hon. F. G. duBtgnon, who has been tbe president of the board of directors of ths college for a number of years. In view of these facts. It is unjust and ridiculous to put Governor Terrell In a false light. Governor Terrell Is very popular In Milledgeville. He has worked unselfishly and effectively f tho cause of education. No governor of Georgia lias ever done more to up build the college* of the state. He haa certainly been a true friend to the Georgia Normal and Industrial Col lege. As a matter of fair play, Mr. Editor, I request that you give there facts the sams prominence that you gave the article In Thursday's paper. Knowing the fairness of The Georgian and the high character of Its president and editor, I believe you will do this, ED A. TIGNER, Director of a. N. & I. College. Milledgeville, Ga„ Dec. 14. Card From James M. DuPree. To the Editor of The Georgian: In a recent Issue of The Georgian, headed “Not Terrell, but Lamar; Trus tees of School Hand Governor a Ripe Lemon," you art In error In so much of said piece wherein you stats that tt waa upon my motion that the new dormitory be named In honor of Hon. R. N. Lamar, and that Hoii. R. E Green was In the chair. Now, the re verse Is true. I was In the chair, hav Ing Just Immediately preceding been unanimously chosen vice president of the board, and the motion to name the new building In honor of Hon. R. N, Lamar waa made by Hon. R. E. Green It Is true, as stated In said piece, I voted to name the building Lamar, to d*dd* the matter, th* vote standing two for Governor Ttrrell and two for Hon, R. N. Lamar. You will please make thl correction and thereby great ly oblige and do me JustlcC. JAMES M. DuPREE. Montezuma, Ga, Dec. 14. The Visit of the Children. The Georgian la very glad that the board of education haa seen proper to allow the school children to nrcent known * n '* deemed him for lilt true ano* me scnooi emmren 10 accept worth 0 nljr • few <1 *y* before, ,,id The Associated Ureas found a '‘human Intercut” Kory In th*» funeral of "Unc^ Bob,” nn old negro boulter who in Nashville the other day. The pnlllMMirors were prominent while men who bad Invitation of thla paper to visit ita plant and to see a newspaper In the making. The 'Visit of the children to yds of fice win be a matter of pleasure to every member of the staff from the hlgheat potentate herein down to the smudglest and slangiest galley boy, The coming of the children and their going through the plant will doubtless t>c a benefit to them, as It will give them a pretty good Idea of the practical workings of one of the most highly organized businesses In operation. It should also be a mat ter of considerable Interest to them to watch the process of the turning out of a modern dally. Whsre tKe Georgia Delegation Live In Waehlngton. SENATORS. Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon avenue. A. 8. Clay, the Normandie. CONGRESSMEN. \V. 4*. Adamson, the Oxford. O. L. Kartlett. the Bhoreham. Thninufc M. Bell, the Iruquois. tV. (». Brantley, the Chapin. T. \V. Hardwick, the Bhoreham. W. M. Howard, the Bancroft. Gordon Lee. the Bhorfham. K. H. I«ewls, the Metropolitan. J. \V. Overstreet, the Metropoli tan. L. K Livingston, 1916 Bfftnj»re street. / J. M. Griggs. »h«* Metropolitan. negro woman tiled In n Georgia city nuil the best white people, of the elty followed her remain* to the grave nnd covered It with flowers. It has not been two yesrs since the re mains of on oh! I In Ires ton negro were borne to the grave by lending white eltl* sent of the town. As a matter of fort, there are many simitar “human Interest” stories In the South. The fnlthful old negro, commanding tbe respect uri| affec tion of good white |*eonle, lays il&Wn his burden and goes to the tomb mourned of alt who knew him. We do not know that there Is In .u.h manlfestntlons of esteem and reapect leeeou for the negroes of the present g oration nnd shall not itttempt to point o These osvnnloiml demount rat lone of low nt the death of some aged negro sre wiwth noting, however. The news ngenelee correctly appraise their news value by telegraphing aeeounts of such oceurrcnret to nil parts of the country. People like to know of the lives and deaths of these humble nnd fnlthful otil men ami womei hite people of the Month Inl and respeot The youthful negro might Irani from such incident* however, that s life of Industry, fidelity and rlghteousni-ss will never fall to cnmtnsiul from white peo- pie the respect which Is Its due; nnd that no umount of Imistermis Insletem-o uihhi recognition, no amount of edmittbm or wenlth. no* mount of clamor or Imastfiil assertion will evtr evoke it In the ntweiuv of those liner qualities of character which •t the tribute of popular affection aud esteem. May Ite. the respect and regard of white people are ii«*t worth having. In the view of some negroes of the present genera tion. Whether true or not. It Is certain that only character and true worth exact 'itucnslnn respect for imgroes. nnd only ha meter nnd true worth give mine of consequence to any attainment which on# tuny Imast. It Is true, however, that the tributes of respect nml affect...n paid by white peo. ide to the memory of such men as “Uncle Bob.” »f Nashville, and (he suitable old “Secretary of Stale” of |»r. Fly, of tial •ston. ore never uccsirded to monies of recent genera I l«»n. The rrassui why may ta» rasllv discovered by thus* Interested III fcuowfw*.—Ilowst.su INwt, The Great Liquid Crystal By GARRETT P. SERVJSS. B VERY Improvement In nstronondeal ((holography renders more evident . the marvelous tendency of the stars to arrange themselves lu large. winding and smuotltnes curiously looped nml Involved rows. In photographs of tho richer ports nf the Milky way these star strenms lire ulwnys to be foum!, nml the hotter tho photographs the more clearly deffned Is this extraonllnnry phenomenon. Another singular nml most slgnlrtcnnt these photographs Is the existehce In nos, In which nlntost no stars tire seen, but which are itssoelnted In a striking dimmer with adjacent streams of stars. The appearance recall* Hint of crooked tin ths meandering across a sandy waste, tuo pebbles lielng heaped np on cither side. But ivhnt ginl* have walked through these fields of stars, leaving traces behind them? These appearances fecur too frequent! o |H>rnilt the supposition that they are a Mental. It Is pfiilti flint Siimc cause, soul great Inn* of arrangement, tins been nt work priMlucIng them. They show In tho most convincing manner that tbe millions of suns constituting the Milky Way nrs ns fntlmntely rslatml to one another ns art* the atoms composing n crystal. Each star occupies n place ordained for It In the constitution of the stellar universe. They Imve not fallen by pure accident Into the places where we see them. In short, the milverse Is Itself like sn Immense crys tab whose molecules obey the law of lu formation, and arrange themselves with ref- renco only to that law, nml strictly with gnrd to one another, ft Is Itcconilng evident that even our atm, although to us It seems I minted from the other stars, falls into Its place lu this grand system, and Is no more Independent with regard to Its situation or Its move ment lit space than one of the atoms of a dlntmmd. Recent Investigations show that the sun Is a member of a star system, or a star stream, and If wo could look at It from a sufficiently great distance It la prolMibic that the existence of this stream would become evident nt n glance, nml the sun with Its Imuicdlnte associates would present an appearance resembling* whnt photographs show lu the more distant parts if the universe. Heen from a still greater Itatnnce, It is possible that tbe law of structure of the entire universe would np' grnplU«‘ully delineated In Its form. I we ara accustomed to think of a id ns something fixed aud rlghl. where* .... ,.e know that the atara are all in awtft motion, nml moving In vnrlous directions. All crystals* however, are not rigid. Ons of the latest discoveries of physics Is that mid eryatala, whose *oy a law of cryatal' llzntloii by assuming definite positions with reference t«» one another, nevertheless re tain a certain freedom of movement am themselves. It Is to a cryatal aP this scrlptlou that the starry universe may lo-st I Mi likened. Its solar atoms are all In mo tion. yet st the same time their placet any chosen period are prescrllied by absolute taw of association. The great star 4-rystnl tlmt we call the universe thus presents Itself as something nt once fixed nml yet alterable. It “flows from form to form.” never losing Its Identity or Its individuality, "changing and yet mi changed.” D I* for the Imagination, lu at met eil by acleuec, to picture the ever shifting ta-aiity of this gigantic knleldo- scoplr cosmic crystal viewed by tbs eye of Omnipotence. A literary BRIDEGROOM. By HALL CAINE. A higher compliment has seblom been pnld to ivotunu than is tmpll*d c tu tbe choosing of a wife by Mr. Unit mine. It Is true that Shakespeare was married, but the bfogra pliers tell us that tbe Incident occurred In bis early youth, when he was still In tbe Veuus and Adonis stage of sentiment, and that his marital rareer was not nltogetber satisfactory to the nee Miss Hathaway. Hut no such 4'ritlclsui can Ik» put forward In the rase of hliu whom many love to think of as our nineteenth and twentieth century Khakespesre. Mr. mine's brain Is so large. nn< products of It have Iteen so numerous, that It Is a matter of some surprise that Ills heart, except on the Imaginative able, ■hmibl have retiialued active cuough to per mit of Ills personally engaging In a ro mance. The only planstTde explanation seems to lie last, like other great men. he Is great all over. But after we have eon- ceded this, the marvel still remains, how Is he to find leisure to lie a husband V When he has ilom* his dally stunt on bla new novel: when he has written (he dialogue the next scene In his new play nden ■ws, nml hue trusted with the ib-slguing of his black vel vet small cloches, how Is be to contrive to talk over domestic coucenis with Mrs. mine, to piny with the children, and to em bark upon u series of mm-Io! 4-nlls? More over. It Is conceivable. If not probable, that Mrs. mine might wish to listen to his read ing *»f his novels and plays Iwfore they go forth to the publishers ,*nd theater mana gers. She might even—for we might as well confront all contingencies—get a no tion that something ought to to* modified or omitted, or *|ic might, misted by the vivid character of his genius for itortmlt- nrc. undertake to qnnttkm him ataoit u».- models for hi* dramatis personae; Is this or that heroine made out of pure fancy, or was there, at some time, route one who originated.—Houston t*usu Ungers la bis memory as a prototype? All these things, or any of them, would take time. If they took nothing else, sod mean while there Is an Insatiable public raging outalde the door for fta literary pabulum. Mr. Caine, In hla long and honorable career, haa never, that we remember, be trayed Ignorance of.anything, and be must therefor* have known all these thlugs be fore he laid hla heart and fortune at the feet of the future Mrs. Caine. Aud that is why we rejoice in the compliment paid to all her aeg in her. a$h! may we not con gratulate literature likewise? For there can Ih* no doubt that Mr. and Mrs. Cnlue's contributions to the population of the world will nlao Ih* contributions to literature, and that the tribe of Caines and Shakespcnrea will not be suffered to become extinct. THE MAGAZINE POETESS -By WILLIAM F. KIRK. Out In the littered kitchen, scolding a peevish child. Feeding snother a pretzel, Mrs. Mi loney smiled; Mr*. Michael Maloney, th* wife of a teamster man. Held by s lifelong contract to wrestle with pot and pan. Swift o'er the wrapping paper her atub of a pencil flew— Thla la the magazine menage ehe aimed at the heart of you: To My King. When flret you came Into my barren I He. With golden glory thlnlng from your eyes, I straight divined that Aldenn waa my prize, .Or Arcady, where aoula with btlaa are rife; O heavenly pain, that cuttent like a knife! How floated my young heart to Para dise On that great wave no woman may know twice! A noble prince hod claimed me for hi* wife. The Joys and sorrows of my childhood hours— * The girlish groping* for Love's Inner HOUl, What time I wandered plucking dew- drenched flowers— Hsve vanished, nuw that I am at my goal. O sweeter than the sweetest Bamnlan «Int, strain thee to my bosom, king t mine! , —ELSA DE VERB. ONLY AS CHILDREN CAN. Two little children were playing on* day. Only as children can. One was a lady rich and gay. Used to having her own sweet way The other a chauffeur man; And they were going and going far For a long trip In their auto car. She was bidding the babies goodby. Only ns mothers ran; He was standing haughtily nigh; 'Twaa nothing to him, so let them cry (Just like a chauffeur man); And so while she and the babies klst. He gave the handle another twist. The bablea were dollies of every hue. Headless and dirty were they; The "auto" a trunk that once was new, And It was a splendid touring car, too. Forty horse power that day. But those babies were real, the auto could go; For such Is the kingdom of children, you know. Could we but create like the children, forsooth. Out of th* rough things whten are ours, And call to our aid the genius of youth. With all of hla mystical powers. We would paint the dark days with th* paint brush of truth, And borrow our tints from the flow ers. —Chicago Record-Herald. Ml.* Frusle Allw>|k ntllulul.lered an I'Trr •Sc nf chnlk to her face Tucwlsy nml hi* Itnen hNikhiz very halt- ever -tiHv. i.ut Is unw wrac tiettnr.—tlngwallnw Kcatucldsu. Clara—Hbe put* hits of feeltug Into her ■Ingtug. (Inesu't »be> Kent)— Ye»: hut It mutt be awrul to feel that wsy.—Itiu»rt t.-t. -She thinks''her husband It s deepeljed villain.*’ "Why?" "Well. »he - s never heen *Me to eaten him ilnln* anything wrung."—leml.vllle 'ourler .Journal. A rliielnlMtl llaiitiat iliureh h*s ilm-Mi-f la psy the nuatnr's wile a salary. That’s one nf the hrlshtest hie** Cluctuualt Xvrr NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD. Nine new unions have recently been organized by the national organisation of Hotel Employees. The International convention of the Seamen's Union was held thjs week In Boston. Strike benefits were paid to the amount of <1(3,069.53 and death bene fits of $29,375 by the International As sociation of Machinists In the past fis cal year. The United Mine Workers last month elected fifteen member* of the next Pennsylvania legislature. All district attorneys In the United Btates have been instructed by Attor ney General Moody In a circular let ter to enforce strictly the provisions of th* eight-hour law as applied to labor ers ahd mechanics employed on public works. The Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union has changed Its rules to enable wood lathers to accept a lower late of wages while learning metal lathing. A sum equivalent to $300,000 was ex pended for strike benefits and aid to boycotted union men during the past three years by the labor unions of Bwe- i GOSSIPI machine that will hurl coal Into the firebox of a locomotive at the rate of 200 shovelfuls a minute, If necessa ry, will lighten the labor of the fire* men on many of the engines of the Northwestern railroad. An order has been placed for 700 of these mechanical stokers at a cost of 1350,000. A reduction In the hour* of labor In the rubber factories of Providence. R. I., has recently been granted. The employees now work nine hours a day instead of ten hours, without reduction in pay. The concession benefited about 10,000 persons. The Amalgamated Leathers Workers’ Union of America has reaffirmed the Idea of blgli dues nnd adopted a resolution In favor of the nlue-hour day. Reports of the state lal»or bureaus show that capital and lalior In many Important dries are working In i-loscr harmony and that trade agreements have In numer ous Instances supplanted' tbe strike nnd look-out methods or settling Industrial dis putes. * . Tbs United drotberbood of Leather Work- rs on Horse Goods Is particularly strong iu tbe fkwth nnd West. A general advance In the wages of the railway dispatchers on the roads In t “ "* *1e Northwest haa been announced. • Carpenters’ union In Spoknue s nounces that there Is not au unfair ci uloyliig carpenter on Its list; adding also there are few non-union carpenters in In thv year 1tt6, the Tolmcco Workers’ International Union used 4,982,980 union In- beta. Iii 1906 the number used was 406,- 100,000. ^all makers In Bugtaud get $8 a week, and In the United States 130; hot the hng llsh worker products only 200 pouuda of nails n week, while the American, with Improved machinery, turns out 6,500. The Cltlxena’ Industrial Association of America, In session nt .Chicago, adopted resolutions denouncing child labor and call ing for the establishment of trade schools throughout tbe United Htntei. The trade unions In the Transvaal report that 20 per cent of tbe skilled workers there are Idle. Smokers are agitated by the announce- mont of a strike among the plpemakera or 8t. Cloud In the Jura, France. Tbe mayor and city council of'htrst/ord, Kane., were recently threatened with Im prisonment by the state labor commission- *r. because they refused to comply with the eight-hour law. that port. The annual report of the New Zealand labor department shows that that country absorbed thousands of new arrivals during the post year. One of tbe heat known clothing dealers of Boston has bet n brought Into the courts by the United Garment Workers to answer to a charge of putting union labels on non-nnlon goods. Hcronteen new local unlous hive been added to the roster x>f the Amalgnmale4| Hheet Mein I Workers r Alllrfice during the Inst quarter* Railway worker* of the United Kingdom are aliout to begtn n concerted movement for a reduction of working hours and au Increase of psy. career with n meml»ershl|» vt nearly 290,009. n 1*3). one Kiigllsh weaver i Sheet metal workers iu Dos Moines. In., hsve obtained a raise In tliclr inlnltiiuiii wage scale from 89 to 37!i cents an hour. The Richmond, Fredericksburg nnd Foto- ma* railway ha* granted the roiiuost of the Hrr therhrod of Conductors for an eight-hour day. It Is said to Im* one of the first roads ‘ tbe country to make this concession. Trade* unionist* of t’levetand. Ohio, art- working with the local police dc|»artnieiit secure one day off lu seven tor patrol men. Findlay. Foatorl.i and Tiffin, three enter 1 cities of the Rnckeye Ktate, have I a tri-city labor congress. Trades unionist* of Ibiltlnmre recently so ured the first arrest for violation tif tne new child tabor law. By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Dec. 15.—Charles 51. Schwab has gone to Mexico for a few weeks. - — ' Here are some Washington society notes: Miss Cannon will-open the home of the speaker for a tea In compliment to the Misses Shonts, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, 5t^ji- day. Mr*. L. Z. Letter Is again at her home In Dupont Circle and will remain there for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa Wnlah will have aa house guests Ml*4 Lillian Hurd, of Denver, for whom they will give a large dinner Tuesday. When the wise woman wants to spend 3509 or more on a gown she se lects for her color either black of white. Mrs. Roosevelt clung to this rule for so long that several persona constant ly hinted all her gown* were either dyed or made over affairs. To prove ■he occasionally got a brand-new frock, she was compelled, against her judg ment, to Indulge In blue, pink and yel lows. The wife of the vice president, how ever. Is proof against criticism, and ahe invariably wears either black or white on state occasions. Mrs. Fairbanks haa Just received from her home dress maker, for she still patronizes Indian- apolla talent, a gorgeous gown of Muck chiffon cloth, radiant In gold and sliver embroidery. They’re twins, aren't they? la a ques. tlon (almost universal) made by many persons on first beholding the two daughters of Mr. Shonts, boss of the Panama canal. Of course, the girls are not twins, for .Miss Theodora was born thirteen months before Miss Mar garet, but they do resemble each other fth remarkable closeness. They will make their bows to official society In Washington thla winter. They wear clothes somewhat alike, too. If one has selected blue the other Is In corn color; they also show well- thought-out color scheme. When Miss Theodora Is bewitching In yellow her hat Is green, the exact shade of her slater’s gown. The pair always appear together In society. Mrs. Depew, In violet velvet, black plumed hat, Is one of the women point ed out frequently by guides In the United States senate. Few afternoons find the handsome wife of tho New Yorker absent from tbe senate gallery, and great la the display of affection with which she escorts her nged spouse home, stopping often on the way to alp tea In the home of some of their friends, Mrs. Depew haa sent out cards for a series of entertainments and ahe In tends that Washington's fashionable folk shall know she haa had her social renaissance. She Is a favorite among the diplomats and has found It easy to get ambassadors and ministers to grace her board. Her Thursday* at home are likewise well attended. Dispatches from Rome still continue to comment on the transfer of Am bassador White from the Italian cap ital to Paris. It Is said that the op position of the Italian government and of Italian society to the American am bassador dates from the first recep tion held by Mr. White after arriving In Rome. According to rumor, the trouble started (then the court marshal sub mitted a list of guests the government wished to have invited to the recep tion. Among these waa n princess who aeema to be an Italian Princess Chi- may. Mr. White promptly told the of. flclala that he did not wish hla wife to meet persons of this class, a proceed ing unknown In Italian court circles, and the Incident caused wide comment and a practical boycott of the Ameri can embassy by Roman society. Tho action of President Roosevelt in appointing Mr. White to the Important French post ,is looked upon as nn In dorsement of Mr. Whlte’H course In up holding the purity of American wom anhood. The strange case of Hon, Peter A. Porter, representative-elect from tho Thirty-fourth New York district. Is attracting no end of attention about the national house nf representatives. Hon. Porter la the man who rode an old milk cow to hla several meetings with his opponent, who waa Hon.'Jhn Wolcott Wadsworth, who fought the administration’s meat Inspection hill. All hla life long Mr. Porter has been a Republican, aa waa Ills father before him. Now, however, he la threatened with being barred out of the Repub lican caucus when he takes his seat a* n member nf the house uf the sixtieth congress. He la much averse to being charac terised aa a Democrat. He la endeav oring to have Ida name transferred on the official roll to the Republican sld*> As yet he hqs not succeeded. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. DECEMBER 15. 1814—The\ llartforil convention was o|H>ne<1. W71—“Hot*" Tweed «treated on a charga of felony nml conflnoil In the Metro* IHilltan Imti'l, Sew York. IKK)—Hloux 4-htrf Sitting Hull killed In Nklrmtah with ludlans lu 84>uth Da* kota. -Calvin S. Rrtee, American financier* died. 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