Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 5, 13 November 1911 — Page 8

iAGE EIGIIT. THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1911.

LABOR HEARS

L STATEMENTS President Gompers' Annual Report to American Federation of Labor Convention a Bitter One. (Continued from Page One.) general sentiment of liberty. Unauthorized edictti from the bench are proving to be naught as against the barriers placed before then by public opinion. "The laborers of this country want to know where they are with regard to the law. In labor injunction cases in general they hold that not they thornselves, but the courts, have been violators of the law. "At length it has become evident to all open-minded men that Important chances are impending in our methods of government, and especially with reference to the status of political parties. Voters are now demanding better reasons for their support of a particular candidate than his nomination by a party or his endorsement by some official or unofficial boss. They will no longer submit to the rule of evasion and false pretense found in platforms, presidential messages and public addresses. "In the progress being made toward popular rule, labor can claim an Important, if not a leading part. The spirit of liberty cannot be stayed even by presidents, nor by armies and navies, nor by injunctions and jail sentences. Referendum and Recall. "The Initiative and referendum are now in full force In several states, are Indeed recognized In the constitution of nine states, and are operative on fundamental, and occasionally financial propositions in all, or nearly all, the states of the union, and besides in many cities on local propositions. "The last battle line of the opposition is at the provision for the recall of judges. But that part of this general reform has been In force in several cities for several years and in four states during a shorter period. No case of a worthy, deserving judge being recalled, or a case where the recall of a judge was of even' doubtful propriety, can be cited. "Why all this placing of judicial officers on pedestals above other public servants? This semi-deflcation of the Judiciary, this sanctimonious cant about 'mob rule,' some of which was in President Taft's message vetoing the Arizona admission bill, is mere cant and drivel. The people who pay the taxes, bear the brunt of wars, do the work of the world, have as a clear right to recall and discharge unfaithful officers, including the judiciary, as they have to choose them in the first instance. And they are as capable of forming an opinion In the one case as 1n the other." The fire holocaust In the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory at New York, which caused the death of nearly 150 persons, mostly women, came in for comment by President Gompers, who .held it up as an example of "the cruel and blind selfishness of a class of employers In regard to the health and safety of workers." In this connection he recommended that industrial bodies use their efforts to cause the enforcement of existing law and also the promotion of inquiry as to needed law for better sanitary and safe workshop conditions. Work of Prisoners. In decrying the prevailing systems of conducting the penal institutions. President Gompers said: "F'risoners should be required to work not for the private profits of contractors, nor even for the financial profit of the state, but for the benefit of their dependents and for their own reformation." After telling his experiences in the Gompers-Mitchell-Morrison Supreme Court contempt case. President Gompers wielded his hammer against several features of court procedure which he personally encountered. "It should be understood," he said, "that when a case of this character is referred to an examiner, obedience to subpoena, even to the defendants to testify against themselves, is expected to be obeyed, and that they are expected to answer any and all questions, no matter how lrrevalent they may be. It is true that counsel may object to the questions, but the answer is expected and. under order of the court, compelled to be given. It is true that when the written testimony is presented, the court may exclude those questions and the answers, but they have been written and they have been read by the judge, and must have some influence in forming bis judgment and decision." Work in Congress. The Increasing influence and strength of the American Federation of Labor in Congress was pointed out by President Gompers. He said: "The fifteen members of the House of Representatives holding trade union cards of membership frequently hold conferences with the officers of the Federation, counselling with us as to the best methods by which they could be of service to tbe cause of labor and to the people generally. They are: W. B. Wilson, coal miner, Democrat; Robert E. Lee. Blacksmith, Democrat; John A. Martin, locomotive firemen. Democrat; William J. Cary. commercial telegraphers. Republican; Victor L. Berger, typographical. Socialist; Wm. Hughes, textile workers. Democrat; Frank Buchanan, Str. Iron workers, Democrat; James T. McDermott, commercial telegraphers. Democrat; David J. Lewis, coal miners. Demotrat; Cbas. 8mith, B. R. R. telegraph-

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HARRY ers, Democrat; Carl C. Anderson, musicians, Democrat; Isaac E. Sherwood, typographical, Democrat; E. E. Roberts, metal miners. Republican; John R. Farr, typographical, Republican; James J. Maher, hatters, Democrat. The good this group of men has already accomplished, the good they can do and no doubt will do in Congress, ! k , ,k .,., t, ' diiuuiu ujiMU; i in. i , ri 1 1 ui muui auu an liberty-loving citizens with the duty, responsibility and the advantage of not only securing the re-election of the members of this group, but also increasing the number and the possibilities of their influence and power for just and humane legislation." President Gompers urged better laws for the employers' liability and workmen's compensation; exulted over the extension of the application of the eight-hour labor law; expressed a need for improved methods of compulsory locomotive boiler inspection, more stringent child labor laws and abolishment of the "thrid degree" in labor strike cases; compliments the U. S. Bureau of Mines on its work; discountenanced the efforts to do away with second-class postage, and branded the western cereal manufacture, Post, as a despicable labor-hater" for his fight on the American Federation of Labor. Honesty Extraordinary. A traveler writing in an Italian mnga?,in snys that the Swiss canton of Tlcino is inhabited by the most honest folk It is possible to Imagine. In most of the Tlclnese Tillages, the writer says, the oldest inhabitants do not remember any 'case of thieving, however petty, within a lifetime. Lost objects when fo'ind must never be taken away; they must be left where they were dropped or placed in a conspicuous position so that the rightful owner can find bis property more easily. Tbe case is ciied of an American woman tourist who lost her purse on an excursion in the Val Capriasca. The pur.'e contained gold coin and a jeweled watch. I'pon returning from her trip the found the purse with its contents intact oti a little heap of leaves, so placed that it could not fail to attract her attention. New York Sun. Tnc Psrsess of India. It was f.t a poiut near the ancient City of St. rat that the Pfrsees first landed in India when driven out of Persia by their Mohammedan conquerors eleven centuries ajro. Few things are more remarkable than the manner in which this small cc.njmnnity has retained its relipion and racial characteristics xine hanged during that long period. The peculiar style of headdress worn by the Parsees is said to have been made compulsory by the Hindu Icing of India when the Tarsees first obtained rrfn.ue in that country, and they have used it ev.r since. Today the Parsers r.re the leading commercial nation of India. Told Him In Few Words. A man once wrote to the ReT. C. H. Ppursreou. the famous preacher, saying that he had heard he smoked and could not belieTe it to be true Would Mr. Spurgeon write and tell nlm If It really was so? The reply was: "Dear Sir I cultivate my flowers and burn my weeds. Your truly, C. H. Spurgeon." Puzzling. Millions Do you think yon win learn to like your . titled son-in-law? Billions I don't know. I can't tell where to place him in my expense account, lie is neither a lecreation nor an Investment. A Child Wonder. "What a wonderful memory your child has for names and faces! "Yes. replied the proud mother. "She never fails to recognize any of her former stepfathers." Judge. True glory consists In so living as to make tbe world happier and better for our living. Pliny.

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FIGHT SHY OF A RAT. Let the Rodent Escape Rather Than Run the Risk of a Bite. "Never attack a rat in a closed room." says an old warehouseman who UUn LI CI LA l I I KS ft. V. - IJ7 ft ICUV. 7 J kl UCTU 1 ing with rodents. "Open a door or window aud give it a chance to get awa-y- KTen if you've got a dog to lp you. you may be bitten if you don't. Rat bites are very dangerous. A rat eats all sorts of carriou and filth and then puts his dirty whiskers into anything else he wants to sample. "Here's another idiosyncrasy of rats. They logically carry out the principle of the surTival of the fittest. And they are not merely suffragettes or suffragists, but the females absolutely boss the rat tribe. The slightest token of physical weakness in the baby rat is the signal for death at the teeth of its mother. About five rats surviTe from a nest of ten or fifteen. The male rat will light to save the little oues. but is invariably driven off by the ferocity of tbe mother. You never saw a rat yet that wasn't a perfect specimen. If the mothers did not have this trait the earth would be overrun with rats. "Rats live and travel in colonies. The head of the group is always an old female rat. When I start to clean up a settlement of rats I lay for the head female rat. If I catch and kill her the others disappear." New York Times. The Bear He Missed. Telling in his book of some hunting experiences near the uorth pole, Captaiu Sverdrup wrote: "Walruses and seals were harpooned and shot and also the large arctic hare, which seems to have contracted the peculiar habit of frequently running long distances on its hind legs. Hunting was not always easy, the atmosphere playing strange tricks with the eyesight, as witness the following account of tbe stalking of a bear: "With the utmost caution, with his gun ready and bis eye fixed Inexorably on the bear. Serlei advanced to the spot. Meanwhile the bear sat wagging its head, but keeping a good lookout, it appeared, for when Sehlel had come some twenty steps nearer it rose and flew away. It flew as well as any bird, which, after all. was not remarkable, for it was a glaucous gull.' " Helping Her Out. A young lady boarder in a country household lamented the absence of letters. Catching little Melba. the pet of the household, up in her arms, she said: "Precious, nobody loves m: I guess I'll go out in tbe garden and eat worms." The next day Miss Alice was interrupted by a low knocking at the door. In answer to her summons Melba tered, grasping a large chip carefully in both hands. The child said: "Miss Alice, bad postman not bring you any letter: here's free big worms. Now you won't hare to go out in the garden. Los Angeles Times. A Splurge Anyhow. "So ' you employed the most expensive soloists you could find for your musical!" "Yes." replied Mr. Cumrox. "Mother and tbe girls insisted on it. I don't know whether their idea was to show that we do care for art or that we don't care for money." Washington Star. Important. "Ton seem anxious lately. In lore? "You've guessed it." "Trying to get up nerve enough to propose? "No: trying to get np nerve enough to ask my boss for a salary raise." Washington Herald. But He Probably Did. "Father." said tbe youth, according to a writer in tbe Boston Transcript, 1 bare decided to become an artist. Hare you any objection?" "No, provided you don't draw flet me."

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CABINET OF MAYOR HELD ITS MONTHLY CONFERENCE TODAY

Most of Time Taken Up Over the Question as to Whether Park Was Just "Glen," or "Glen Miller." (Continued from Page One.) the various departments, saying that from now until the first of the year the city would have to remain within the appropriations, although he said that there is enough money to pay for the improvemen's contracted. Dairy Inspector Flook reported that some dairymen are constructing new milk houses on their farms, and that although he does not say conditions at all dairies are ideal, he declares that they are improving rapidly. Upon his suggestion members of the board of works and city health officers will vivsit some of the dairies with him in the near future. Inspector Flook said that the Marion meat packers who was shipping unin spected meat into this city had stop-1 ped the practise. City's Health Good. j The report of Sanitary Inspector j Scherb showed that at the present j time there is but one case of smallpox and two cases of chicken pox in the city. There are no other contagious diseases in the city. Fire Chief Miller stated that everything was in good condition in his department. He intends to sell an extra horse at Hose House No. 1. The financial report for the month of October was submitted by Mr. Hollern. For labor, $319.10 was expended and for miscellaneous expenses, $104.05, maging a total of $423.15. Mr. Holiorn said that he probably will have $50 left in his appropriation at the end of the year. He said he had inspected all the parks of the city November 1, and found them in good condition. He reported that 400 bushels of corn had been gathered from a field connected with Glen Miller which belongs to the city. According to the report of William Whitacre, superintendent of the crematory, 575 yards of wet garbage, 141 yeards of dry garbage and 40 animals were consumed during the month of October. Market Master John Taylor said that everything in his department was in good shape. Street Commissioner Genn said that a sewer on North Eighth street from B to D is in bad condition, it being choked up with roots from trees. CHICKEN SUPPER. St. Paul's Episcopal Parish House, Friday evening, Nov. 17, six to eight o'clock. 13-3t HUMAN SKULL PUZZLE. A Cavity That May Have Been the Seat of a Sixth Sense. Despite the progress of physiology the study of the human body is full of mystery. Some of its well known organs have never revealed either their uses or the reason of their creation. The part played by the spleen in human life was discovered but recently. It is now regarded as one of the principal agents in the circulation of the blo)d. Hut there are in the marvelous human organism mysterious parts which it is possible that no savant, however profound his learning, may ever understand. For instance, in the skull, behind the cartilage of the nose, there is a little cavity of unknown origin. Physiologists believe that at one time several thousand generations ago it contained a gland consisting of two lobas joined by their common base. This cavity tho delta turcica is, in the opinion of certain savants, the Testige of a sixth s-Mise which was of great use to the antediluvian ancestors of man. It is believed that this liit!e gland enabled them to see in the darkness when they had not yet learned the secret of procuring light: that it was the seat of the mysterious sense of situation or locality, the power to orient their course. th sense so highly developed to this day in savages and certain animals. The theory Is plausible, but it is doubtful whether man will ever acquire any real knowledge of the reason for the existence of the delta turcica. Exchange. NESTS IN COLONIES. Hemes of the African Grosbeaks as Big as Native's Hut. The biggest bird's nest in the world, not excepting the stork's, is built by the African grosbeak. It is really 100 nests or more bonnd together with closely interwoven sticks, vines and strands of coarse grass and is not built by a single pair of birds, but by a colony of them. It is of such enormous size that at a little distance it is often mistaken for one of the native hut3 built in the trees so frequently found In wild tropical countries where man eating animals abound, and the only way to sleep in safety is to "roost high." The birds usually select a thorn tree, probably because of the protection afforded by the sharp, long thorns against marauders. All around the nest the roof of sticks, thatched with dry grass, projects to let the rain ran off. A deep fringe of grass hangs from this cornice like a curtain to keep out any stray drops. These itJt nests are added to from year 'tiifyear. each pair of mated birds building -m the main nest. Sometimes tbe nest becomes too heavy, and the branch breaks or the great mass of slicks falls to the ground, destroyed by its own weight. The grosbeak is no larger than an English sparrow and just as gregarious. New York Press.

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Miss Mears Wins Honors For Battleship. MISS WtNlFRKU MKABS. Miss Winifred Mears. a California girl, well known iu Sau Francisco am! Washington society, is the originator of the idea to have the battleship Ore gou, known the world over as the "bulldog" of the navy, lead the con bined tieet of the nations through the Panama caual on its completion in 1915. Congressman Foss, chairman of the house committee on'naVal affairs, has publicly and officially approved her plan. Miss Mears has sent petitions all over the United States in behalf of the Oregon, and these are being signed by leadiug officials and professional and business men of the country and are being forwarded to Washington. Some time ago the secretary of the navy stated that if the people desired this honor for the Oregon he would have no objection to it. The Oregon was placed in commission recently after having been out of commission five years. It is understood that the placing of tbe great ship of war in commission was due to the efforts of Congressman Kahn of California. In her petition Miss Mears states: "Other sea fighters may be of more ponderous proportions; others may loom with more impressive outline on human vision; others may have a longer roll call in their complement of men and an armament of weightier and more nun?erous guns. But of all the ships that, ever sailed the sea, of all the fighting machines that ever cleared for action, not one in all history has a record as sailer or fighter that equals that of the good ship Oregon. "Nothing would so emphasize tbe completion of the Panama canal as the U. S. S. Oregon leading the naTies of the world on this occasion, as she would symbolize at once the militancy of tho United States in naval creation and her skill in canal building." It's Very Smart. OTer a petticoat of jed Telvet this moire silk tunic, also in the rich red shade, Is most gracefully draped to OOWS OF MOIRE ATD VELVET. suggest folds of fabric swathing th( figure. Above the tunic is a little bodice of red chiffon showing the nev double sleeve. Washing Lingerie Waists. Wash as usual, but do not starch When dry dip in borax water, using one tablespoonful of borax to one quart of warm water. Wring out and fold in a towel for a few hours. Then iron dry. Tbe waists will not get mussed nearly as soon as when starched, and they are much easier to iron. Disappointed: Mr. 3L Oh. I've been doing quite a round of calls, and I've been so onfortunate! Mrs. X. What everybody oat? Mr. X. No; everybody in! London Opinion. E. C. HADLEY Meat Market 2591 123$ Bala

SOLDIERS' MONUMENT For Bay State Men Who Fell at Petersburg.

(National News Association) PETERSBURG. Va.. Nov. 13 The handsome granite monument erected to the memory of the Massachusetts soldiers who fought and fell on the ! historic Crater battlefield was dedicat- j ed today with impressive ceremonies; in the presence of a largo number of , prominent men from the Bay State and ; i many residents of Petersburg and vi cinity. Veterans of the Blue and the Cray had an equal share in the cere- J monies. Governor Mann of Virginia welcomed the visitors and Governor Foss of Massachusetts delivered the address of acceptance. Alfred S. Roe v as the orator of the day and the unveiling ceremony was performed by Miss Otelia Mahone McGill. a granddaughter of the late General William Mahone. The ceremonies closed with a benediction by Father O'Farrell. chaplain of A. P. Hill Camp of the United Confederate Veterans. The memorial consists of a granite shaft 22 feet high, surmounted by a bronze eagle bearing in its beak an olive branch, emblematic of peace. A bronze tablet bears the coat of arms of Massachusetts and another tablet contains the inscription: "To the memory of the soldiers and sailors who gave their lives in the army of the Potomac and the James in the various battles of Virginia. This monument is erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." They Might Do Worse. The German proprietor of a Brooklyn delicatessen store has got far enough along to pun in English. A writer in the New York Sun reports the fact. Hanging in the window of the little shop Is this advertisement: "The best you can do Is to buy our wurst" A Borrower. "lias Dinguss any occupation?" inquired Ruggles. "Yes." said Shadbolt "He's a solicitor." "Solicitor? For what?" "Small and unsecured loans." Chicago Tribune. A Surprised Poet. Wife What is the matter, dear? Haven't they published your poem? Poet Oh. yes. thafs all right, but they're actually selling the paper at a penny, as though there was nothing unusual in it. London Tit-Bits. Tickled With a Feather. "I never knew any one who could be so tickled with a feather as my wife." "Ticklish, is she?" 'Not usually, but this was an ostrich feather she bought at a bargain sale." Philadelphia Trnr Palladium Want Ads Pay. You have no business so important as the solvency of your estate, and the Safety of Your Family. Our TWENTY Years Experience enables us to give you EXPERT Advice. H. F. PARDIECK, District Mgrr. J. O. Barber, Special Representative Rooms, 6 and 7 Kelly Block. Phone 1965.

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PACKERS WILL BE TRIED ON MONDAY

(National News Association) CHICAGO, Nov. 15. While preparations were being made for a newgrand jury of the Beef Trust U. marshalls are busy serving subpoenal on witnesses to be used in the trial of ten millionaire Chicago packers. After years of investigation into the Beef Trust the packers will be placed on trial next Monday before Judge Car penter in the U. S. circuit court on criminal charges of persuing a scheme to monopoilze and restrain interstate, trade, in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The penalty which may be inflicted in event of a conviction is $5,000, a year in the county jail, or both. Venus and Jupiter. The "earth's twin sister." Venus, is 07.000,000 miles from the sun. It receive more heat than we do. Very little is known of Venus, and so few markings are seen that it is not known ; whether Venus rotates on its axis once In twenty-four hours or once In 225 days. Jupiter, the giant of the sun's family. Is covered with a shell of clouds which change so Tapidly that conditions there can be interpreted only in one way that Jupiter is so Urge and it has cooled so slowly that it is still far too hot to support life. Lost In Practice. "She is a woman with, a Tery strong mind." "Not as strong as It was. "IIow do you know?" "Just heard her giving her hnsbanB a piece of It." Philadelphia Bulletin. lien who are so afraid of doing foolish things that they lack the courage to attempt wise ones will never do much. WANTED YOUR MACHINE AND REPAIR WORK BALLINGER 4. GIBBS MACHINISTS REAR 220 LINCOLN STREET e Phone 3040 or 3158 WHY NOT? Get all your little accounts Straightened up and get on your feet? It is a constant worry to have a number of small bills, which you have to be paying on all the time. We will loan you enough money to pay off all those bills and some extra money, and you will have only ONE small payment to make each pay day. We will loan you $50.00 on Household goods, Pianos, Wagons, Teams, etc., and your payment will be $1.20 per week for SO weeks. Other amounts in proportion. We make loans In city and all surrounding towns and country. If you need money, fill out and mail to us the following blank and we will send a representative to you. Phone 1545 Name Address Richmond Loan Co. Room 8, Colonial Bldg. Richmond, Ind. 714 to 720 So. 9th St Phone 1685 HEAT

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