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VOL. I. NO. 14.
DUKE MILLIONS
USED TO BUILD
HIS HOME STATE
Tobacco King Is Developing
Cheap Power All Over Caro
linas to Help Cotton Mills.
AIDS YOUNG BUSINESS MEN
Devotes Fund Toward Financing
Any Embryonic Operator Who
* Can Show Knowledge.
CHARLOTTE, July s,—James B.
Duke, tobacco king, is playing the
role of godfather to North Carolina.
To make his native State prosper
ous he has spent $50,000,000 on power
plants and a similar amount has gone
to aid young business men establish
cotton mills. Other States may scoff
at Duke, but he is a prophet who is
honored in his own country.
A year or two ago Mr. Duke retired
as president of the American Tobeooo
Company. He maintained control of
the British-American Tobacco Com
pany, however, and to-day he domi
nates the tobacco industries of the
Old World; but just prior to laying
down the reins of the American com
pany Mr. Duke conceived the idea of
\ placing North Carolina in the fore
front of the cotton manufacturing
States of the Union.
While the cotton acreage of Ms na
tive State was not nearly so great as
that of other sister States yet he de
termined that the Southern planter
should find a market for his product
without being forced to accept prices
which are materially lessened by ex
cessive freight rates demanded to land
it in the New England mills.
Rivals of New England.
North and South Carolina were both
likely places, in his opinion, for a
chain of cotton mills as well equipped
as those of New England. It is only a
short haul from there to Norfolk and
Newport News, where trans-Atlantic
steamships touch going and coming,
thus easily solving the problem of ex
port facilities.
Then, too, should the mills grow tn
volume their owners could far out
strip their New England competitors
In bidding for the raw product from
neighboring States for the same rea
son that, with a lower freight rate to
reckon with, they could pay the plant
er and broker better prices
Knowing every nook and corner of
his native State by heart, Mr. Duke
awoke to the realization that millions
upon millions of horsepower in her
many waterways was going to waste.
Once harness these streams and erect
power plants at central points and it
would be an easy matter to generate
and diffuse sufficient power to turn
the spindles of every cotton mill in
the two States, as well as to light
every municipality, the homes and
business places of those dwelling
within their confines, and at the same
time to supply the motive power for
every street railway line in the two
States.
The result was cheap power and
light for every county in North Caro
lina.
The demand for the product from
the cotton plants soon became so
compelling that within a few years
the horsepower was doubled and then
some.
Millions for Young.
Making Charlotte his central head
quarters when not at the farm of his
birth, near Durham, he let it be known
that he was ready, willing and eager
to help any and all deserving, ener
getic and capable persons who destred
' to join hands with him in making the
Old North State one of the foremost
cotton manufacturing centers of the
Union.
The formal announcement was
made that a fund of $50,000,000 was
available for the establishment of cot
ton mills at likely and well-selected
points. The money would be forth
coming at an instant’s notice, pro
vided the person could convince those
in charge of it that he had a thor
ough knowledge of the business, was
energetic, faithful and industrious and
possessed sufficient monej- of his own
to make it w-orth his while to strive
for the success of the enterprise and
stick to business.
Scores of young men who grew up
in the cotton mill business, but whose
chances of owning a mill of their own
were remote in the extreme, were
quick to benefit by the offer of their
native State's wealthiest son.
LUTHERAN PASTOR SCORES
CHURCH FAIRS AND SOCIALS
MOUNTAIN, N. DAK., July 5.
• Church socials, fairs and the like were
roundly condemned by B. B. Johnson,
of Minnesota, president of the Ice
landic Lutheran Conference of Amer
ica, when he took charge of the con
ference session here.
Plunges Off Fourth
Story; Spike Hooks
In His Pants; Saved
Thrown by Falling Plank, Man Hangs
Head Downward Until His
Rescuers Arrive.
LOS ANGELES, July 5.—W. E.
Duffessy. a workman employed in the
construction of the new Braley Build
ing at Pasadena, owes his life to the
strength of his overalls, which pre
vented him from being hurled from
the fourth story of the building.
Duffessy was struck on the head by
a plank dropped by a workman on
the floor above him. He was thrown
down the improvised elevator shaft
headfirst, but after falling to the third
floor his overalls caught on a pro
truding spike and held him steadfast.
He remained in this position with
hie head down until several work
men who witnessed the accident hur
riedly made their way, with the aid
of a rope, to where he was hanging
and hauled him to a place of safety.
Champ Clark Moves
As Rent Goes Up SSO
Speaker's Action Starts Rebellion of
Washington Tenants of High-Priced
Apartments for Better Rates.
WASHINGTON, July s.—They
raised the rent SSO a month on Speak
er Champ Clark for hie specious
apartments on the Avenue of the
Presidents, in the heart of official
Washington some time ago.
To-day the Speaker moved to a new
apartment in Congress Hall Hotel.
This hotel Is very near the Capitol,
and the Speaker will save not only in
the matter of rent, but car fare as
well.
The Speaker pulled off his coat to
day. took a holiday from his official
duties, and personally superintended
the removal of his Laree and Penates.
Washingtonians, in danger of having
their rent raised, have taken heart
from hie distinguished example and a
rebellion of tenants is in eight.
Specialize, Forgan’s
Advice to Students
Chicago Banker Also Bays “Better
be Poor in Purse Than Poor
In Soul.”
DE KALB. ILL, July s.—David R.
Forgan, president of the National City
Bank of Chicago, delivered the ad
dress at the commencement exercises
of the Northern Illinois Stale Normal
School.
"There are throe things which 1
would have each student know,” he
said. "First, how to write a legible
hand; second, how to add, subtract
and multiply; third, how to compose
properly an application for a posi
tion.
“This Is an age of specialisation,
and there should be more schools for
vocational and industrial training.
Build character. Better be poor in
purse than poor In soul."
The school graduated 125.
‘Elevator Boy' Now
A Blushing Bride
Police Lieutenant Falls in Love With
Girl He Arrests for Imper
sonating a Man.
LOS ANGELES, July 5.—A simple
little ceremony yesterday afternoon
In the chapel of the Paulist Fathers
In California Street united in mar
riage Police Lieutenant Joseph F.
Stuger and Miss Aileen Shaw.
It marked the culmination of a ro
mance which started a month ago.
when Miss Shaw cast aside her wom
an’s garments, dressed like a man. as
sumed the name of Herbert Emery
and got a job as elevator boy tn the
Hotel Alma-
Up to this time the romance was
simply adventure. But Tuesday
night Stuger stepped in, had her ar
rested Inadvertently and then fell in
love with her.
City Will Operate
3-Cent Dance Halls
Cost Will Be Little to Couples Who
Whirl to Syncopated Music
in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. July s.—After hear
ing the report of Park Superintendent
Hodgkinson on the park dance halls
of Cleveland, the members of the
Park Board decided to give the idea
a trial as soon as the bonds, recent
ly issued, could be sold. Hodgkin
son said the city of Cleveland cleared
a profit of $2,500 on two park dance
halls last year, charging 3 cents a
couple for admission.
Numerous cases of vandalism at
playgrounds were reported by the Su
perintendent. and the board declared
that the grounds W9uld have to be
closed unless proper protection is
given the equipment.
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SUNnAY'yAMr RICAN
Copyright. 1913. by
The Georgian Company.
PASTDR MIKES
MATCH-MfiKING
SPECIAL WORK
Keeps House for Aged on Fees
He Collects for Performing
Marriage Ceremonies.
SCOPE IS NATION-WIDE
East Needs Husbands, While
West Wants Wives, Is Expe
rience of Minister.
OMAHA, July 5. —"Here’s a man
worth $200,000 and he wants a wife,”
says the Rev. Charles W. Savidge, of
Omaha "He's a big cattle man, and
last fall when he sent his range cattle
to market he cleaned up SIO,OOO. He
is 50 years old, never has been mar
ried and is a man of good character.
I won't make his name and address
public, but when I find a woman who
I think will suit him I'll send her
name to him. He tells me he has
never had an opportunity of becoming
acquainted with the right sort, so he
has asked me to find him a wife.’’
Mr. Savidge's fame as a matchmak
er has spread far. and so many people
write him for mates that he has been
compelled to hire a special stenogra
pher to take care of his correspond
ence. Rarely does a day pass that he
has not united from two to five cou
ples. All his marriage fees go to sup
port a home for aged men and wom
en which he established and main
tains in this manner* At present
there are about 35 inmates In his
“House of Hope." None is ever asked
to pay board.
Dane Saska Matrimony.
“Here's another fellow wants a
wife,” he continued. "This man is 24
years old, a Dane by birth, owns a big
farm and is worth about $25,000. He
says he doesn’t know which way to
turn for a wife, so he has asked me
to find one for htm.
"A third one, an American. 33 years
old. a rancher in Western Nebraska,
and worth $35,000, is in the same
predicament. He’s a bachelor —but
not an old one. Says he wants a wife
who likes ranch life, and that she will
not be asked to take part in the
roundup."
Recently Mr. Savidge was called io
the Rosebud country In South Dakota
to lecture a bunch Os ranchmen and
homesteaders on the art of getting
married. The ranchers paid the ex
penses of his trip. He took for his
subject, “Have You Found Your Run
ning Mate?" After his talk a big del
egation of ranchers followed him to
the hotel for a more intimate talk.
They wanted to keep him right there
until they were all supplied with
wives. He placed them in corre
spondence with a number of women
who had asked Mr. Savidge to get
husbands for them.
Men in Biggest Demand.
“That South Dakota bunch cer
tainly did want wives," says Mr. Sav
idge. “They almost wanted to hold
me as a hostage, but I furnished them
the names and addresses of a couple
of dozeh women who have written me
to get husbands for them. When
they finish with their courting and
get ready for the ceremony I'm going
back to tie them together.
"Far more women are seeking hus
bands than there are men seeking
wives.” says Mr. Savidge.
“Every day brings me letters from
women—from here, there and yonder.
Most of the requests for husbands
come from back East, while most men
who want wives live in Western
States.
"Here is a request from a man who
evidently needs someone to look out
for him. He’s a working man and has
not much money, but there Is $3,500
in the hands of a trustee, who has
instructions to build a house with the
money and deed it to the man's wife
when he gets one. The money was
left by his father. He lives in a small
Nebraska town.
“Here's a doctor in a Missouri River
city. He has a fine home and $6,000
in cash in the bank. He owns a farm
of 225 acres about 70 miles from New
York City and he goes down there
every summer for a few weeks. He
is 52 years old.
“Then here is a German, 50 years
old. worth $30,000, with two Nebraska
farms and several houses in a Ne
braska town.
“An Omaha widow, aged 35, dark
hair and eyes, with a splendid home,
well furnished and complete, desires a
husband, and none of the men of her
acquaintance seems to suit her. So
she has asked me to find her one.
"A St. Louis school teacher, with
her own home, wants a husband. Says
she is tired of waiting for some St.
Louis man to propose. She is 32
years old and weighs about 120
pounds. Likewise r Colorado school
teacher. 40 years old, good house
keeper, says she wants an Eastern
husband.
“Here's a nice little telephone oper
ator who has grown tired of answer
ing ’hello’ calls She is slender and
dark and 21 years old. I’ll bet 1 can
■find her a husband In a week."
Mr. Savidge has performed the
wedding ceremony for more than 6,000
applicants.
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1913
EXPERT FINDS
ATARIFF BOARD
ALREADYINU.S.
Dr. Baldwin Declares Department
of Commerce Is Required to
Make Investigations.
NO OTHER BODY IS NEEDED
Special Agents Both at Home and
Abroad Gather All Facts That
Bear on Trade.
By VICTOR ELLKJTT.
WASHINGTON, July s.—lnterest
never seems to die in the vexed ques
tion as to whether or not there
should be a Federal tariff board for
the collecting of information rela
tive to all aspects of the industrial
activities of the United States hav
ing any effect whatsoever on the tar
iff. Former President Taft was a
strong supporter of the tariff board
Idea and there are many members of
both houses of Congress who believe
that such a board is the surest waj'
of solving tariff difficulties. Argu
ments have rotated about this propo
sition for several years.
And all this time the Government
has had a tariff board to all Intents
and purposes, although it seems to
have been In complete Ignorance of
the fact. Dr. A. H. Baldwin, Chief
of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes
tic Commerce of the Department of
Commerce, has discovered the tariff
board.
The Department of Commerce, says
Dr. Baldwin, is a tariff board. The
law which created the Department of
Commerce and Labor gave It author!,
ty to Initiate and conduct all such in
vestigations as are proposed should
he conducted by a specially desig
nated tariff board.
Direct Law on Subject.
A clause of the law charges the
Bureau of Labor, one of the sub
sidiary offices of the Department of
Labor which formerly was a part of
the Department of Commerce and
Labor, with the duty of ascertaining
"at as early a date as possible and
whenever industrial changes should
make it essential, the cost of produc
ing articles at the time dutiable In
the United States, in leading coun
tries where such articles are pro
duced.” in a dozen other parts of the
bill there are specific directions that
the department shall do everything
that the proposed and at one time ex
tant tariff board is expected to do.
A tariff board existed under the
Taft administration, but determined
opposition resulted in the board’s final
dismissal. A significant fact connect
ed with the activities of the tariff
board is that when it began Its work
the board applied to the Department
of Commerce and Labor for experts.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor had been making examinations
along the lines prescribed in the or
ganic act and had a great deal of ma
terial on hand. This material was of
great assistance to the tariff board In
making its investigations.
When the act creating the Depart
ment of Labor as an executive de
partment of the Government was
passed the greater part of this tariff
and industrial work fell to the bu
reaus included under the supervision
of the Department of Commerce. The
Bureau of Labor, however, still is
conducting investigations.
Agents Investigate.
The Bureau of Foreign and. Dome
stic Commerce "carries on the greater
part of this work. It has agents all
over the United States collecting
data. These men go into the manu
facturing districts and make a criti
cal analysis of the state of affairs.
So with all these figures In hand it
Is possible to make the nicest calcula
tions as to what effect changes in the
tariff will have upon the industries.
The Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce also sends agents
abroad These men make the same
general sort of study of foreign In
dustrial conditions that are made In
this country. Then It is easy to fig
ure out how* much of the trade of
American manufacturers would be
taken away from them as the result
of a lower tariff.
These are in effect the functions of
a tariff board, and as they are being
performed by bureaus and depart
ments already established, there is
doubt in Dr. Baldwin’s mind as to
the wisdom of constituting a tariff
board in addition.
PATRIARCH,
112 YEARS OLD, THEIR KING
TOLEDO, OHIO, July s.—John
Williams, 112 years old, was elected
king and a governmental organiza
tion perfected to protect gypsies at
the first session of the convention
held near here.
The convention is being attended
by representatives from tribes in
many States.
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Prize picture of prize child beauty, Theresa Marie Blitz.
This picture has been exhibited in nineteen conventions of pho
tographers and awarded fifteen first prizes.
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Little Topeka Girl Will Visit Principal Cities of
Country and Will Be Given Trip to Paris.
TOPEKA. KANS., July s.—Atlanta
will see the nation’s most beautiful
child, so proclaimed by photographers
of the United States at practically
all their exhibits, when 6-year-old
Theresa Marie Blitz reaches the Geor
gia capital on her tour of the Unit
ed States, which will later extend to
Paris. She leaves her Topeka home
to-day and will return in time to
celebrate her seventh birthday.
Little Miss Blitz was declared to
possess the most perfect features and
figure of any child in the country by
the Boston Art League. She won
the distinction in a contest with 2,000
others from all States of the nation.
The elements which decided the
art league in her case were: “Soft,
wavy, dark-brown hair; big, wistful,
wishful blue eyes, with the memory
of dreams lurking in them; delicately
molded lips and white transparent
skin, with a touch of pink showing
through.”
She is not yet seven. Her weight
Film of Princess in
Low-Cut Gownßurned
Queen Mary Orders Cinema Compa
ny to Destroy Work That Cost
$25,000 —She Pays $135.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 5. —Queen Mary has
ordered the Cinema Company to burn
the films of pictures it made recently
by special permission of the King and
Queen, showing Princess Mary and
the two children of Sir Derek and
Lady Keppel at tea in Buckingham
Palace grounds.
Her reason is that the Princess
Mary appeared In the pictures in a
low-cut frock.
The Queen will pay the cost of the
films, $lB5. but the Cinema Company
is out at least $25,000.
BRIDE GIVES WEDDING RING
TO SAVE HUSBAND FROM JAIL
LIMA, OHIO. July s.—Mrs. Lewis
Kitchen, a telephone operator who re
cently became a bride, saved a To
ledo railroad conductor, her husband,
from being taken to jail by surren
dering her wedding ring after their
honeymoon had been baited by a Con
stable.
Is 55 pounds. Standing in her slip
pers she is 51 inches in height. A
tape line drawn around her arm at the
armpit over one thickness of light
summer wear registers 9 Inches.
Wrist, 5 1-2 Inches; thigh. 16 Inches;
calf. 10 inches; ankle, 7 Inches.
After her tour of the big cities of
this country and a visit to Paris she
will return in time to celebrate her
seventh birthday, November 18. The
resa has great love for flowers and
music and bird life. She knows many
flowers by name.
Little Theresa’s mother died when
the child was eight months old. She
was a beautiful woman and possessed
all the charms and graces so fully re
flected in the figures and features of
the daughter.
Theresa will spend two weeks each
in Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago,
Boston. New York, Philadelphia. At
lanta and Norfolk. The trip to Paris
will be made in five weeks. In New
York and Philadelphia oil paintings
will be made of her.
Ban on Gum; Pretty
Chicago Co-Eds Pout
“Blind Pigs” Started by Girls to
Prove Their Independence
of Rules.
CHICAGO, July 5. —Co-eds at the
University of Chicago were inclined
to-day to pout at a new order which,
in effect, places tho ban on chewing
gum. They don’t want the gum so
much, but many of them regard the
order as an undue infringement of
personal rights.
There was a rumor that several
‘•blind pigs” where the chicle product
may be obtained were already in
operation in co-ed dormitories.
“GOOD FELLOW MAYOR” PUTS
LID ON IN WISCONSIN TOWN
LA CROSSE, WIS„ July 6.—When
Ori J. Sorenson, known during his
first term as the “Good Fellow May
or," was re-elected after a term held
by the opposition, the more liberal
minded citizens agreed that good
times were coming.
Since his election he has been ad
justing the screws on a “lid" the like
of which La Crosse never saw before.
The stopping of baseball pools Is his
latest.
BATTLE OF LOVE ON FIELD -
OF GETTYSBURG IS CLOSED;
EACH SIDEHAILED AS VICTOR
Martial Spirit of Old Soldiers of Both
Blue and Gray Exceeded Only by
Sincere Warmth of Affection for
Their Former Foes.
VETERANS BEAR HEAT WITH
THEIR WARTIME FORTITUDE
General Sickles, of Union Army, and
General Young, of the Confederacy,
Greeted by Warriors They Led and
Fought at Scene of the Reunion.
GETTYSBURG, PA., July s.—The tumult and the shunting
died for the second time on Gettysburg, and the battlefield again
has figured in world history. For no less memorable than the hos
tile conflict of the armies of Lee and Meade in ’63 was the friendly
meeting between the meager remnants of the same armies which,
lasting four days, is at an end to-day.
Voices have been raised in the name of peace and reconciliation
during all the half century since Apoomatox, but they have al
ways remained merely unrealised appeals—until this last week, the
semi-centennial of the greatest battle of the greatest wc. ever
fought between brothers.
And now peace reigns, love reigns at last over the broad, roil
ing stretches of Gettysburg, where for fifty years has hovered a
recollection of crashing terror of sectional hatred, of thirst for
blood.
Affection of Veterans Sincere.
The reunion of the veterans of the Union and of the Confed
eracy has been the sincerest and most effective step ever taken for
the reconciliation of the North and the South—this is so by com
mon consent of the veterans themselves, of younger representatives
of tho two sections, and of expressions which have come from over
the nation.
Yesterday it was proved so, when a pathetic but brave spec
taele was staged. The white-haired men of the Union army ’were
deployed, as nearly as could be calculated, in the positions they
occupied the great third day of the battle at Bloody Angle. They
stood there, proud in the forgetfulness of their years, oblivious of
the terrific heat, oblivious of everything around them, with eyes
seeing only the brave, strong day fifty years before, when they
waited on the same spot for the enemy.
The feeble gray army, also, was placed in battle ordea They,
too, were exultant, eager, powerless to stifle the rebel yell that
bubbled out of their souls.
The command was given to charge. The rebel yell came sharp
and clear. The gray army started toward the bine line. It* charge
did not have the force and nerve that impelled it fifty years ago.
Instead, many of the veterans stumbled in their course, some of
them fell. The advancing line became ragged, where the younger
veterans, eager, outdistanced more feeble comrades. But the spirit
of ’63 was there.
Clasp Hands at Bloody Angle.
Years rolled back, and the echoes of cannonade, the sfghl-of
the all-pervading smoke film, the choking scent of that smoke, the
thrill of battle and of youth—all were revived.
The gray army advanced to the Bloody Angle. The bine army
braced itself for the shock, as they well knew how to do. The two
lines came together.
As they met, the rebel yell became a laugh, the tense faces
of the blue veterans melted. Blue and gray clasped hands and
were friends. The old men were not ashamed of their frank-arms
that went out and around the shoulders of their enemies of fifty
years ago—comrades now—nor of the tears. Nor were any of the
thousands of spectators ashamed of the demonstration in which
they joined impulsively.
All that was spectacular. Yet it was not cxeeptJonrf In
revealing the spirit that prompted the entire reunion. Since last
Tuesday everywhere has been exhibited friendliness and recon
ciliation. More than 50,0CX) veterans were present, sleeping to
gether, tenting together on the old eamp ground, telling endless
stories, pointing out spots here and there where they saw man die
—but always smiling, always shaking hands, always jolly.
G. A. R. Outnumbers U. C. V.
Os those who attended the reunion of the two armies, Ifttle
more than one-fourth were soldiers of the Confederacy. The
others were G. A. R. men, who, with less distance to travel, natu
rally were present in greater numbers.
The trip was trying, with the heat and with little inevitable
discomforts that the old men would not have noticed 50 years
ago, but which now were fraught with danger. There was tragedy
in the sight of the feeble veterans fighting vainly against beat and
exhaustion. There was real tragedy when a dozen or more suc
cumbed and died on the same field where they escaped shot and
shell.
The first two days of the reunion were almost unbearable with
i their heat, and the suffering was great. But a cooling storm blew
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