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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIHAY. JL*LY IS. 1906. / 6 IN THE BISHOP’S OFFICE; A LITTLE TALE OF HOW ONE REPORTER GOT EVEN By EDWIN CAMP. T' ,HE Bight Reverend Henry Cod m«n Potter, bishop of New York and master laborer in the vine yard, has written to a London paper denying the seventeen simultaneous In terviews published In New York papers upon that eminent prelate's recent re turn from a trip to Great Britain. In these seventen simultaneous state ments the bishop was quoted as eiab orating on the text that no love was lost between England and the United Sl f t If *eems that when these utterances reached dear old Lunnon, therewith came a sensation. British ecclesiastics, humble and dignitary, became busy, and there was much ado. It'la even possible that prayers were offered for the benefit of the frowanl bishop. And now, In defense, the bishop has averred he didn't’say It, the charitable Inferehce being that seventeen New York papers simultaneously made the same mistake. The bishop Is noted for' his charity. But with that • Incident, this story has nothing to do. It, merely serves as a "that reminds me" of what once happened In this city of Atlanta. A prelate, a trip to Great Britain, a public utterance, a newspaper report of It, an upheaval In England, a denial of the utterance, a reporter In disgrace. In despair, and Anally in triumph were Incidents of the tale one Is about to relate. It Is a story that newspaper men love to tell, so. complete was the vengeance achjeved, ^ ^ Most folks talk In haste and repent at leisure. That’s why you hear so many denials of newspaper reports. Except when It comes to having an editor or ex-edltor In a gubernatorial race, newspaper men are accurate above the average degree of human certainty. They are trained to hear what people aay and to transmit with Inexorable truth what they aay to cold type. Of course, reporters make mta-' takes. If they were above making mis takes, tbey wouldn't be mere JJ5 a week reporters, there being a constant and unsatisfied demand for geniuidx tn better paying professions. But It can be set down as a fact that a little more than half of the denials of newspaper Interviews are denials of what', were truthful reports. This much by way of generality. Long enough ago to permit the re cital of facta—without use of namer an eminent prelate, whose sonorous voice Is still occasionally heard In the South, went to England. Without ref. erence to his personality or denomi nation. he will hereinafter be referred to as the Bishop. If he were not a bishop, he was at least Important enough so to be styled. He put In a good two months aerpss the water, being a man of catholic 'na. ture and close observation. Shortly, after he returned to his na. tlve heath ho was. called upon to give a lecture ln-Atlanta'aboiit his trip. The eminent prelate was of sufficient Importance to be of public Interest, and s reporter for a paper here wag assign ed to "cover” the story. This reporter was then a youngster, being what Is vulgarly known in newspaper parlance si a "cub.”; J The eminent prelate started off his lecture In tame fashion, hut he soon He had had an excellent warmed .ur>. He had had an excellen dinner and was.feelldg fln«. .‘There wn before him a most attentive and mo? sympathetic audience. And the report- er was not conspicuous. So the eminent, prelate . ran amuck. With mordant sarcasm, he described Englishmen and English women. He accused them of being dull, stupid, bigoted. Intolerant, circum scribed In an area of Intense provin cialism. There was much of Interest In his arraignment and, as the Bishop was a bishop, there must have been much truth In lti Meanwhile the unobtrusive reporter was religiously taking notes on what was being said. The story was the best the paper printed the next day. It was.dressed up In great shape by. the city editor. It was full of short paragraphs, bristling with wit; there was a little frame In. which were 'Inclosed some of the Bishop's pithy epigrams and from the center of the page beamed the rotund face of the Bishop, two columns wide. The cub was told he was getting along well and was promised a raise of (2.(0 s week In his salary. It must have been.a dull day In the world of news, for the press associa tions put the Bishop story on the wire •nd it was published In all the papers of the country. It even went across the water to Great Britain, where It received much space In the London papers. - Now, in this trip the Bishop has been the guest of some very prominent peo ple In England, and his caustic criti cism didn't rest well. He was accused In papers ecclesiastical and temporal of awful discourtesy, of Irreparable breaph of etiquette. In short, of un- blshop-llke action. The Bishop's mail for a few weeks thereafter was loaded with marked pa pers from Great Britain. So, he sat him down and wrote a let ter to The. London Times, In which he branded as false the statements attrib uted to him. "What’s the harm," he argued l himself; 'it will appease the Engllsl and won't hurt anybody! Nobody here In the South or in Atlanta will know " ' ig about It." Times printed the denial, and the Bishop's social position In Great Britain was restored. Howbelt, the world Is small. Down at Albany there was a man who wore mutton chop whiskers, a •cork helmet,..was a-member.of the Bishop's denomination, and subscribed * — " nddn Times. He -was an for The Loi Englishman. He read the Bishop’s denial as- print ed In The Thunderer, and ho waxed Indignant. The thing ought to be de nied In the Atlanta paper, too. So he wrote a scorching letter to the editor of the Atlanta paper, demanding that the reporter, who had so griev ously misrepresented the Bishop; be given condign punishment He also asked that his subscription be discon tinued. The editor sent the letter to the city, editor, with a note that the matter be Investigated and the reporter dls charged. The city editor told the cub he might work the week out, but that after that hs was not needed. The cub protested his accuracy In the matter, but to no avail. The city editor had hla orders. Only, be didn't print any retraction. » • • .• • The reporter knew he had been'ac curate and truthful. He also saw that his career had been blighted right at the start. So he put his wits to work. " That day the reporter called at the Bishop’s office. The prelate wras-feel ing fine. He had got himself out of a pretty tnesa, and everybody was satis fied, he thought; And nobody ever HARD LABOR ON THE GANG LAW NEEDED IN ATLANTA TO CURB SUICIDE WAVE’- By CLAUD NEALY. HE epidemic of suicides and at tempts at sulclds during ths past few months has estab lished for the city of Atlanta a remark able record and hoe aroused consider able comment This marked prevalence of the sui cidal mania has developed the ques tion: "la there any remedy that can stop to any material degree the attempts at self-destruction T*‘ In a discussion of the suicide record a few days ago at the Grady hospital. In which Institution during tha past few weeks numbers of efforts at self, murder have been thwarted by medical science and skill, Dr. T. F. Brewster, the superintendent, expressed himself as favoring the enactment of a slats law to penalise eltempte at enlclde. Dr. Brewster believes the application of this legal remedy would prove the meane of greatly diminishing the num her of such attempts. Hit Idea Is to make an attempt at self-murder a crime Just the same as an attempt by one person to murder another. He proposes that all per sons, men and women, who try to kill themselves and who fall should be sent to the chain gang and wear stripes, A good long term at hard la- TO THE STIRRING STRAINS OF DIXIE, SOLDIERS IN KHAKI START ON HIKE t l£ “Oh, It's hike, boys, hike, An' It's up an’ march away, redd , the London papers 'here, so no- Pn _ ™.“ hodv knew nnvthlno- nbnlifthe wnv he I * the ellle a S-Cflllln US at. daw n- body knew anything about the way he squirmed out He received ‘ the reporter In a gra- Oh, weil break,you rookies In When the band begins to play. espyssaWi * i F ° r sold, with a benignant smile. ‘Tm not so old myself," he smirked, as he | added a cubit to his stature and sev eral to his chest expansion. The men of the Seventeenth were humming the rhyme Saturday morning The reporter said he had Just come f at the Y swung out of Fort McPherson around for a chat. If It were not con- to the chert road and turned toward sumlng too much of the Bishop's valu-lthe city streets. They emphasized It able time. Ho had been very much with' thumping heels on pacing block Interested In that lecture about ■ the trip to Great Britain, he said, and had " Mph . aIt ' ** ” lt “ 8<1 . ,n f' 88 * r0 . m th8 heard ever so many Battering com- I drum * toward tha head of the column; menta on it. ths clatter of the wagon train over the ' ("Really,” beamed the Bishop as his I cobblestones echoed it. The boys were cordtallty grew Into unctuousness. "I 0 ff to Chlckamauga after many delays, thought it was pretty good myself. It 0 „ f th . 200.mlle "hike" to the hit them off so nicely, don't ; you L° r ‘00-mlle hike to the know.” I summer encampment. The reporter tried to keep his voice Through'the streets in, the early from trembling na he asked: dawn marched the regulars, khnkl- ••Well, what did‘you think of my re- trousered, blue-shlrted, swinging Jaunt port of it. Bishop?" 1 "Most excellent, .my son,” he. said. Then came the climax. 8, T'11 ho frnnlc with vmi. ily under 16 pounds of Merrlam pack or haversack. The twaive'companies of ■3B1 bo frank with you, ^Bishop,” the the Seventeenth, usually the center of •porter said. 'T came over to get a,'.tiheorlng'crowd, fouQd themselves aW ou to help me. I’m Just beginning I most without watchers o4 this occa- BMnonar Winulli n*w1 T Want -tn.iHan 1-iA .sSSfl . most •r a p!$j r . P *Tho help of I ! , ' on .. | "‘e^oiV man carried' sIxTeen pounds Its blinds when the regiment passed me. Now, if you would.'Just writs a I through ths city. Only the early work -note..to.Mr. Blank, -the ’editor, saying era—newsboys, milkmen, butchers — you liked my report of your lecture, It (topped to watch tho ’ Seventeenth would advance mo In hla opinion find marrt| pBst The ^Bishop always strived ?o please ma j' ch past. ■ The rain drenched tho —when it didn’t cost anything—and regiment as it turned into Peachtree here was a chance to make a good street, but no soldier minds a wetting, friend tot life. Water is better than dust. 80 hs wrote a fine little note to the I Sergeant Jones hummed tho lines as editor, saying he wished to express 1 he turned out Saturday morning. It his appreciation of the thorough, ac-1 was the last thing he remembered f curate and Intelligent report of Mr. the night before,'when with Corp Jones, the most estlmablo young gen- Smith and Private Brown he hod been tleman-who attended his lecture on Buying a’squad of the rawer mon. .They his trip to Great Britain. .. had rubbed In Jt well on the fellow The reporter.saw him seal the ep- who were still new io the’khaki, velope, and himself Volunteered to drop looked upon th# march to Chtckami it in the box. He thanked the Bishop “*» Picnic trip. • _ most profusely, and backed out of the £ cro ?! Pats'!® ground In the gray office before the dawn came the voice of tho When he got half a block away, he bugle. It was the reveille, calling the Hounded the passers-by with a wild I 1° turn out for the march, Tho By DUDLEY GLA8S. streets and on over the muddy roads It marched, officers and men more than 600;strong. At tho end of tho march waits Chlckamauga, 1U dress parades, Its drills, Its dances for the officers at the mountain Inn, Its days of leave In a new town for the enlisted men. But there are 200 miles of dusty road and sixteen days to go. There will be no regret when the march is over. "But Ife easy pickin' on a hike like this," said Private Williams to tho man on his left. "You ought to do a 20-mlle trick through Luzon, with tho little brown men tnkln' a shot at you every now an' then nn'‘ between times. There's no restin' then. I know, for I've been there." It will be no forced march for the Seventeenth. Twelve mllee and a half a day la the average route laid out on the'maps. Reveille will sound long be fore dawn, breakfast will be over and would forever destroy the suicide germ and cleanae the system of all desire for an untimely ceaaatlon of life. "Many Attampts Mars Faksa.” Dr. Brewster declares that a consid erable percentage of the attempted sui cides ere thoroughly Insincere and are prompted solely by a spirit of spiteful- ness. Many of the attempted sui cides are considered by the hospital officials as nothing more than a "bluff," the patients swallowing a little lauda num or morphine, to spile someone or arouse sympathy end persons guilty of such acts should by all insane be punished. If we hod an antl-aulclrlo law, Ir w.iiiM im> us ;i club to strike fear to tho hearts of such people, at, least, nnd would change the Id.ns of many people ns to the value of life. The Idea of a long term at hard labor In the chain gang would serve ns a splendid tonic." WOmen in Majority Here. The Cr.cH ’|. • | I:.iI rdx reveal the fact that the great majority of at tempts at suicide are made by wom en. mostly white woman. These rec ords demonstrate as a remarkable fact that an attempt at self-destruction by a negro man Is a rarity. It is a de cidedly Infrequent occurrence when a nsgro man becomes so despondent and morose that he will endeavor to take hla life. This species of humanity seems thoroughly Imbued with the desire to live Just as long as possible. Very few negro women seek death at their own hands, but such Instances are more numerous than among tho masculine members of the race. According to the records, however. It hss become a common pnstlmx among members of the white race to attempt, to abbreviate their earthly ex- • Istence. A big percentage of these at tempts Involve unfortunate women who suddenly corns to a realization of their deplnrntile condition with overwhelm ing force and who court death nnd the grave ae a panacea for their terrible mental anguish snd gloom. Lovs Affairs Figure Strong. On the other hsnd, family troubles figure largely In the suicides and at tempts. And then lore plays Its part, too. During Ists months, the Grady hospital has formed the temporary! abode of a score or more of young I women, some of them girls not out of their teens, who have sought death by various means because of some mis hap In en affair of the heart. The fa- bud, a day's march. Ringgold will be next reached, and then the march straight to Chlckamauga will be made. The men of the Seventeenth will not feel the sixteen days' "hike." They have been prepared for It by weekly marches through the country surrounding At lanta, many of these covering more than the distances set for ths dally grind of the 100-mlls Journey. The men were all In eplendld splrtte when they left the fort and seemtd to welcome the change of air. Fort McPherson will be practically deserted. The ladles of the officer!' families are leaving for mountain and seaside resorts for ths summer, for there Is no provision made at Chlcka mauga for either "the colonel's lady or Judy O'Grady.’’ The woman watch ed the regiment march sway In the ■ray dawn as many another woman as watched the boys in blue or. boys In tore uawn, ureiiKtast win do over ana ioh* vswon me ooya in Diue or ooys in tho march begun before sunrise. By | gray—but there were no heartaches on noon the regiment will be in camp again, lo rest until the following morn Ing. Scouting or "reoonnolssance” parties ive berm sent ahead, and theso wilt mark out tho places for the bivouac, convenient to water and to'riUlroad point*. Heavy baggage, will, h e.-uiiM! be handled by wngon trains, will be shipped to points along the line of astounded the paasert-by whoop. The city editor smiled as he read tho letter after "the chief had sent down-to him. Then he tpld the cub disregard what h« had said about quitting. The letter was sent to the man at Albany, along with the one of com. plaint he had written to the editor. And so the Incident closed. shrill voice had a gong of It*, own; "Oh, I can’t git ’em up, I can't.git 'em .up, I cart’t git'’em’up, In tha morning." This was no dally turnout for early rbl dally grind of auar mount, dress parade, megs If the Bishop ever nearo or tne au- to chlckamauga i Park. Every m«n “'“J » h ® , C “S « “ft h * pulled hie belt tight ae he fell Into ae_ never said anything I ranks, every man gave a closer hitch to The cub has since gone Into politics, hav ,„ Mk and wriggled hie toes Into where tact and diplomacy receive great all t (, e comfort an, army shoo could CHUBBY CHARLEY NORTHEN; LANDMARK OF THE CAPITOL^A^AfT^I'AlSiAAi 11 r thlnkln' 'twill take the starch out of give. ,. ‘"Tie the laat fall-ln on the old pa rade ground till October," ■ said , the S ide sergeant to the colors. . " 'Twill no easy steppln' over smooth turf for two weeks now. You want to get By JQHN C. REESE. Politicians come and go; guberna torial battlea are waged fiercely, won last, then forgotten; presidencies of Hi® senate agitate aaplranta and their Wends today; the tide of political for tune bears this man to momentary suc cess, the undertow carries that man to oblivion. But Charles S. Northen goes serenely 0 n as th# secretary of the Georgia senate. Usually the success of this or that man is susceptible of reasonable anal- l»l». but if you try to put your finger absolutely on any one specific thing that Insure# this rotund and Jovial j?ung gentleman's hold on the place, you ve got something that defies you. <<r course, everybody likes him. He'd “Jfulj' have survived the vicissitudes or political existence and exigencies otherwise. Politics Is kindly to hu- mamty for long periods, only to be- ? m ", an Insatiate maelstrom finally to •ngulr. Charley Northeq's the man defies the maelstrom. Once a politician was asked why Charley Northen had such a cinch on if* renstorlal secretaryship, and In- TfUatlngly the inquisitor wanted to ■mow why somebody else couldn’t get place. The answer came blunt to the nolnt: -Any man who thinks be can railroad "fat.ey Northen into obscurity Is elth- S 1 damn fool or don’t know anything. Is the cleverest fellow that ever S favor, and I’d see my own brother r* me most caloric corner of Hades vf.fe I'd support him, If Charley even ■anted he wanted th# place.” ■fat man perhaps gave na accurate ae any of us will sver have, rtf f hat's the difference? " He Is the "uratary 0 f the senate, and Georgia starch some of theee officer boys. Am I right, my bucko?" "Right you are,i said the colors, "an' praise the Lord end the book of regu lations, the officers will hike with the rest of us. There’ll be no forced march on thle.lrlp,” From a corner of the reservation came the rattle of wheels and chains. Occasionally the thud of an' Iron hoof against smashing wood was borne across (he parade ground and the voices of teamsters were uplifted In language forbidden In the book. The wagon train, nineteen strong, with four Georgia mules to the wagon, was get- t under way. 'he rattle of the drums ceased. As the brown lines settled into "Atten tion," the roll call began, quick, snap py, the names rattling from the ser geants’ throats tike bullets from a Max im gun. There were no absentees, but the few luckless ones on the sick list. Even the’ guard house had given up Its regular lodgers. When the regi ment marched away there would be left but a handful of man and a lonely officer or two to guard the reservation and cheer the ladles of the Seventeenth. There were not many on the hospital list. The colonel reined. In his big horse and watched the long line In khaki. Behind him were: the regimental and battalion officers, thslr-horses pawing the freab grass of the parade. The ad jutant galloped from center, to flank and back again. There was a quick Inspection, a word Or two to the com pany officers, a report- to the colonel, then the bugle sounded once more, the regiment broke Into columns of fours and guns went to the shoulders. From nor any other state ever bad a more the regimental band came a quick-step, cmnetent one martial, atlrrlng. It put life and vigor competen . ., _ h . Into every man In the line. The Sev- If a fellow baa any capacity | en tee nt h was off on Its long "hike." Out of the reservation swung the , .Seventeenth. From th# cool grass of Continued on Pegs Eight Jthe government grounds Into tha city on hla back, and sixteen pounds la no light load for a long tramp on a July day. Haversack, two days’ field ra dons, eighty rounds of blnnlt cartridges, blanket, poncho nnd half tent make up the burden of each enlisted man. Two half tents are Joined together nt the camp nnd shelter for two men provided. (The men wore the regulation khaki unlfiirrn, without the blouse, a blue army shirt being sulist Itun-rl f.ir- llil-r. Other uniforms and nci ment will be forwarded The officers 'will not ua iujo uuhhm the march. Maps of the country will be’drawn, the roads Will be carefully located, flag signals or."wlg-wags" will be practiced along the way. The regi ment will proceed exactly aa though In an enemy’s country In real warfare. iffiS M regiment. be mad* ...VHHBi Etowah and return, occupying two days. At Calhoun the regiment will leave the main route and go to Red- thls morning, It was not real war— Just a picnic. For many mllss the Seventeenth Uplted States will follow tho route of march over which Sherman and his devastating horde trod more than for ty yeqrs ago. By the same landmarks, over the same streams, the soldiers of Uncle Sam will retrace the steps taken by those other soldiers of Uncle Snnt In the march to the sea. But Instead of weeping women and wounded men in meet laughing boys nnd girls, • better than to swing they will meet lat who ask nothing _ on the gate and welcome the passing regiment. .'Instead of the desolate re gion of which Sherman boasted that "i crow would have to carry hla own ra tlons," they will find a smiling country side, bright with prosperity, awake with progress. And what Is the tune’the band of the Seventeenth played as 11 marched out of the reservation? What waa the quick-step which set the feet tapping In the early morning, which brought cheers along the march from Southern farmer In the fields and Northern sol dier In the ranks? Not the song of that sweeping raid of long ago, not rman's "Marching Through Geor gia,” with Its shrill scream of the fife, Its Jarring rattle of the drums. No, the air which cheered the tired Ameri cana on their march waa ths song of the old South them the song of the new South nnd the new North now. Just t'Dlxle." to nrouso sympathy. An antl-ei)!cld*i vorlte method adopted In tho major- law, It Is believed, would grcntly do- Illy of these cusps is the poison route, crease. If not entirely slop, this close f principally laudanum As a result dr of fakes. . I this desire on the isiti of theso young "Suicides nnd attempts nt suicide are women to die, the drndy hospital phy- bocnmlng dscldcdly too'common,” said slclnns have hod their hands full. It Dr. lirnwator, "and soma remedy should I will be remembered that only about, be provided. If possible. The value of two weeks ago the hospital received 1 life In many Instances Is entirely too four poison cases In one day, one pa- low. This question of suleldes Is a tlsnt, a negro womhn, dying. Tbo oth- aerlous problem, and 1 think It Is high er patients, n trio of white women, all time that the law should take a lmnd. recovered. If n person reaches such a stage that The fact that practically nil of the, he regards hie life as valueless, the law would-be suicides recover gives rise! should establish a value for him. If an I to the assertion that many of them attempt st self-destruction Is made and really don’t want to die, but Is not successful, then the offender should bo severely punished. ’An ntlempt by nny person to de stroy Ms or her life Is n crime and I think It would be a splendid Idea If we hud a law making such an attempt a chain gang offense. Many of these ly "bluffing." Tho hospital physicians pint.- Hint "ill'. Ill a few ruses Is suf ficient poison swallowed to kill. ‘"1 III re tv.Olid I... Mill.'l.les generally iii.dte i lie nilflnkc ef Inking ton Utile of the • pels.in," remarked one physl- nt they really business repprted attempts at suicide are merely they ought to Investigate nnd nscer- exhibitions of spite work or efforts to tain Ju«t what quantity to take." FIRST ALL STEEL PASSENGER CAR BUILT FOR RAILROAD COMES TO A TLANTA MON DA Y SOUTHERN’S ARMOR-PLATE PA88ENQER COACH. By HARRY AITCHISON. . Tbe first all-steel passenger car for a railroad ever made In the United States will arrive In Atlanta over the Southern, railway Monday moralng, the car for the past two weeks having been on exhibition at the convention of the Master Carbulldera of tbe Country at Atlantic City. The car was taken to Washington Wedeesday and equipped for active service. The new car Is the first of three which are being made for the Southern road as an experiment. If there three prove successful, the entire road will be equipped with the all-steel coaches and other roade with leaa courage for experiments will quickly follow suit. The Pennsylvania officials have recent ly become Interested In the move of the Southern, and they also have or dered an experimental car, which will soon be In actual service. If they prove practical, that road also will adopt them Immediately. The first steel car Is considered a handsome affair by tboee railroad men who have seen it, and has created a stir of Interest among the officials of all roads. It Is over 74 feet in length, SS feet Inside length, 9 feet 10 Inches wide and 14 feet 2 Inches high. Ths sntlre car Is made of compressed steel, and what little wood Is used In the Interior Irinfinlngs Is carefully coated with a fireproof substance which will make the car as fire-proof ae Is possible under any conditions. Even the floor of the car Is of steel. For several years the New York Central lines have been us ing steel covered cars, but the Interior and many parts of tbe exterior are composed of wood. Tbe steel coated cars have not been as great a success as was hoped for, and many are In clined to think that the all-steel cars wtirbe even more of a disappolnment. The new steel cars will possess many great advantages over the type In com mon use. In addition to being Impossi ble to act afire. It Is also Impossible for the car to telescope during a wreck, and It would be Impossible for the ends to be smashed In. In a wreck similar to the one -In which a picnic train fig ured In Atlanta a few weeks ago and one life was lost, tbe splintering of wood and tha bulging of sides would have been prevented If steel had been used Instead of wood. Such a till as being crushed beneath a seat woi be almost an Impossibility. Ho, If the steel care are adopted genen railroads, aa It seems prol they will be, tbe danger from frightful wrecks will be reduced to a minimum. Weight Only Disadvantage. The greatest disadvantage of the new car Is Us excesalra weight, say railroad men who have been studying the mat ter. The new car which will be seen for the first time In Atlanta Monday will weigh about IE per cent more than lies which are to that the Pressed Stsef^Cpv ’ who have the contract for the expei mental can, can reduce the weight at least S per cent, thereby relieving that disadvantage. DRAWING MATERIAL At John L. Moore 4k Sons’ for draughts men, schools and colleges. 42 North building. ••• Company, lie experl- Broad St, Prudential I 40,000 COAL MINERS WILL RESUME WORK By Private Leesed Wire. Harrisburg, Pa,, July 14.—At a con ference between the operators and President John Mitchell, It was rie<'lil«l that the 40,000 miners In (lie Central Pennsylvania bituminous district, who have been on strike since April 1. shall resume work. The men get an advance In wages snd an eight-hour day, but failed to get a closed shop. TO PRESENT SILVER SERVICE TO NEW BATTLESHIPS Rperlal to Tbe lieorxten. New Orleans, La., .July 1 handsome silver service that I presented to the battleehlp Lo when she arrives here has been con tracted for with a New Orlv.ui* Him. Arrangements are In course of |n .qiHra- tlon for a dual presenter n. th. i mp osition belt!#: to have the people of Tennessee to make their gift to the battleship Tennessee, which is to oj’uie here at the same time. —