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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1W*.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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f. L. HUY. htWsker.
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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.
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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. Born Keptetnber 7, 1845.
1892— Boer* defeated the British at th#
Tagela.
1900—fjueon Wllbeluifun, . of the Nether*
land*, pave a illntier to Mr. Kruger.
Vpiiwntelnn government ap|>e*led
through United State# for arbitration
of Kumpenu e|*lm».
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