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i INSANE WOMAN AFTERPRESIDENT 'Arrested at Columbus, O., and She Says She Is the Wife of Executive. COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. 29. A woman about 45 years old and believed to be demented was arrested this forenoon at the Southern hotel when she tried 1o enter an elevator in which President Taft was ascending to go to breakfast. She gave the name of Carrolyn Beers of Greenville, O., and told the police she wanted to give the president a "sacred knife." The woman had been seen about the Southern hotel yesterday and when she attempted to enter the elevator was seized by detectives. "I am the president's wife" the told the detectives, "and I am following him to see if he is true to me. I have a sacred knife which I am going to give him." The woman was rushed to the city prison in an automobile and when searched by the matron two ordinary pocket knives were found in her dress. She persisted in her declaration that she was the president's wife and to quiet her the chief told her he would have the president visit her at the prison this evening. One cf the most common ailments that hard working people are afflicted with is lame back. Apply ChamberJain's ijiniment twice a day and massage the parts thoroughly at each application, and you will get quick relief. For sale by all dealers. To Streets Considered by the Board Today. Several street improvements were up before the board of works this morning. Eight resident property owners living along the alley south of North G street, between Eighth and Ninth street, appeared and registered 'complaints against the proposed cementing of the alley. The board being powerless to order the alley made in face of this opposition, it was decided to make a personal investigation of the condition of the alley, and, if thought best, to improve it to refer the matter to the city council. "The board ordered final assessment rolls for properties Improved by street and alley Improvements. The amount totaled several thousand dollars. -The board ordered plans and specifications for the cementing of an alley between North . Seventh and Eighth streets from B to C street. The Hackman & Klehfoth Coal company was given permission to withdraw their petition for the bricking of South G street. The board will order the street commissioner to expend for labor on bricking North A street from Seventh street to the first alley west, $104.16, which would be the city's share of the expense of bricking the street. As the improvement is to be carried out in a private contract, the street commissioner will expend this sum for labor. This plan for the city paying its share of the street improvement, was followed on North Thirteenth street between the railroad and North E street. .The board ordered a new water works tap put in at the city building. The present line, a inch pipe, is inadequate. A new line, probably of 1 inch in diameter, will be installed at the city building. Lost Strayed from pasture, a bay horse. Please notify Webster Sheffer, 3 miles southeast of City, R. R. No. 2. Phone 5128. EXPECT ACCEPTANCE OF WAGE SCALE (National News Association) - CHICAGO. Aug. 29 Balloting by the employes of the surface car lines of Chicago on the agreement offered by the officials of the company began at 4 o'clock this morning. The polls will close at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, after which the count will begin - at once and may be completed by noon. Indications today were that the vote would be very heavy. Officers of the union believe it will be favorable to accepting the agreement. 'Negotiations between men employed on the elevated lines and the office of the companies will be resumed Sat urday. MARKS OF A GREAT MAN A really great man is known by three signs generosity in the a- ' sign, humanity in the execution and moderation in success. Bismarck.

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CHAUTAUQUA CROWD HEARD ADDRESS BY JOHN MITCHELL

BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE. John Mitchell, the best loved labor leader in this country, and one of the vice presidents of the American Federation of Labor, delivered a splendid address at the Chautauqua last evening, his subject being "The Philosophy, Purpose and Ideals of the Trade Union Movement." And, notwithstanding the terrific storm which preceded his appearance and whose effects were something of a handicap for Mitchell had a tremendous audience, the largest of this year he held his hearers with the force of his convincing arguments for the maintainance of the integrity of the labor union. Edward Stein, president of the local Central Labor Union, introduced Mr. Mitchell after Dr. Davidson, the Chautauqua platform manager, had paid an eulogistic tribute to Mr. Mitchell, as a man and leader, emphasizing the fact that Mitchell had done more to dignify the labor union and to bring the employe and employer to a realization of their inter-dependence than any other one agency. "To properly understand the purpose and ideals of the labor union movement," said Mr. Mitchell in his start, "we must understand the history of modern industrialism. "In early times distribution was not a great factor. Not until the invention of machinery, the use of steam and the establishment of the factory were those conditions created whose solution has taxed the ingenuity of society, "In early times the family produced everything for its own use. Today society is organized on a basis of the interchange of commodities. Through the agency of money, consumers can now secure whatever they need or want. All produce for all instead of each producing for each. Changed Business Methods. "The history of mankind has been more vitally affected by the changes in its own methods of doing business than through any action of government. "Much that Is good and much that is bad is due to these changes. The whole evolution from the monotonously simple to the complex and intricate life of the day is due to the workings of industrialism. "Whether for weal or woe these changes were inevitable, and reforms can only be found in further development." That a separate wage earning class with separate wage earning ideals formed the basis of trade-unionism was the declaration of the speaker. And that it was essentially a modern manifestation since nothing, with the exception of the guilds of the middle ages, had previously existed to correspond to this institution. "Modern trade-unionism must, therefore, be considered as a product of modern industrialism and the direct off-6pring of the factory system," said Mr. Mitchell, going on to say that the average layman misunderstood its purposes from the bewildering array of rules and regulations through which its varying branches were known to the public. Since, on account of its existence in such a diversity of activities, there must be a variety of bases of operation. "The complexity of trade unions, however," continued the speaker, "is merely the complexity of human life. No matter how simple the fundament al principles of an organization, its rules become complex on account of the complexity of present day society." The combinations into trade unions, the speaker stated, naturally followed these complex conditions which made it practically impossible for the laborer to act individually and make an advantageous arrangement with his employer for the sale of his labor. "Labor, which the workman sells," said Mr. Mitchell, "is unlike any other commodity. And there can be no permanent prosperity among the wageearning classes until the principle is firmly and fully established that, in industrial life, the settlement of wages, hours of labor and conditions under which work is done, must be made between employers and workmen collectively. "It is my firm conviction," stated Mr. Mitchell, at this point, "a conviction based upon a life-time of study of the industrial system of our coun try, that the ideal of trade unionism will be attained when a strong organization of labor will find itself face to face with an equally strong organization of employers. The two will then meet upon a basis of approximate equality. And the equitable contract 11 follow." Combination the Idea. The idea of trade unionism was, the speaker stated, to combine in organization all men employed in a given trade with the purpose of regulating standards of wages, hours of labor and Sffl

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conditions under which the latter were performed. That equal pay should be given for equal work. Not, as the public mistakenly thought that every man, whatever his ability, or its lack, would receive equal remuneration. That lia intent was to establish a minimum wage scale which will enable men and women to live in conformity to American standards; hours which would give them a chance to develop their aesthetic tastes and some opportunity for social intercourse; legislation making child labor unlawful; for legislation covering the safety of workers engaged in dangerous occupations, and for the preservation of the constitutional guarantee of trial by jury, etc. That, in short, the labor movement as translated through the labor union, was a moral movement. "It is not true," said Mr. Mitchell, "that labor unions were organized for the purpose of conducting strikes. They were organized for the securing of better wages and better conditions of labor." With reference to the strike, said the speaker, it was a means rarely used for a desired end, stating that the average strike lasted twenty-three days. Yet the average thirty-one years, during which an employer conducted his business, was rarely marked by a strike. That, however, there was more in a justifiable strike than wages or hours of work, was the statement of Mr. Mitchell. That it was for a nobler purpose the altrurian one of supporting a brother in a protest against injustice. That modern and more humane methods of settlement of differences between employe and employer through conciliation and other procedure, which make strikes unnecessary now prevailed, was a cause for felicitation, thought the speaker, referring to himself as one who "was deemed too conservative by the radicals and too radical by the conservatives. But, at least, I wish that there was no degrading poverty." Effect of Overwork. The physiological effect of overwork was dwelt upon by Mr. Mitchell for an explanation of the eight hour day, and that the arguments against it as conducive to the increase of Moil

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drunkenness and other vices, had been completely refuted by statistics, which showed that the reduction of the hours of labor had been followed by a higher standard of living and the diminution of drunkenness and crime, was the declaration of Mr. Mitchell. That its efforts to eliminate child labor and protect women in industrial life would alone justify the existence of the trade union, was his further statement. "Were it not for the influence of trade unions," said Mr. Mitchell, "the conditions under which women and children work would be far worse than they now are. The union demands that women shall be protected morally, physically and industrially. "The union further demands," said Mr. Mitchell, "that women shall not only be protected industrially but shall have the right to vote. And when they do have the right to vote political bosses will find that they can't buy a thousand women's votes for that many glasses of beer." "With each advance of civilization, the period of childhood should be extended," continued the speaker, "in order that the men and women of the next generation may be fully developed. In their efforts to protect children trade unions have been assisted by the best men and women in every walk of life." "Trade unionism," said Mr. Mitchell in conclusion, "is neither revolutionary or destructive, but constructive and evolutionary, and should not be judged by its mistakes but by its merits." Mr. Mitchell was enthusiastically applauded during the course of his address and was surrounded at its conclusion. The local lodge of Moose, of which he is a member, attended in a body.

MORNING SESSION. Professor Elbert Russell held the attention of his audience in the Institute series this morning with his lecture on "The Story of Joseph," as an illustration of the manner in which the Bible might be used in the public schools. That is is through literature, rather than through the teaching of catechisms and dogmas that ethical instruction can best be taught, is the opinion of Professor Russell. "Sectarianism has been in the way of Bible study in our public schools," said Mr. Russell. "And religious instruction through theological dictum only promotes sectarianism. Ethical instruction can best be accomplished through literature and the Bible is the best literature." Bible stories can, therefore, the speaker stated, be made a vehicle for religious and ethical instruction. And this could be brought about through detaching them from their il $2.00 value

biblical moorings, so to speak, and making of them a separate and an enthralling appeal to the Imagination. "Literature, if it is the right kind of literature.'1 said Mr. Russell, "does not need an abstract moral tacked on to the end." So that the end was accomplished it made no difference whether the attack was direct or circuitout. Romantic and Appealing. The story of Joseph was. the speaker stated, one of the most romantic and appealing In bible or any literature. In the first place its setting what, theatrically, is called the mise en scene and that which the literati dominate "local color" was effective, giving the story picturesqueness which term was defined by Mr. Russell as "strangeness United with beauty." That it illustrated, also, the value of character, and, said Mr. Russell, "in this respect the story of Joseph is particularly rich." That in the two types of character, the static, or fixed, and the dynamic, which recognizes its own ability to change, this story was brilliantly ollustrative. And that the development of the plot through character, especially that of Joseph which was essentially dynamic, was one of the strongest reasons for its use in the inculcation of ethical instruction, since, as the speaker stated "Plot is ethically helpful or otherwise, according to the events or motives upon which it turns. A story is good in proportion as character

dominates. Such was that of Joseph." That certain of its climaxes gave utterance to a tremendous religious principle the idea of a providence which over-rules human actions and passions and points them to the place which indicates their relation to the history of mankind.' That the elements of pathos, irony, tragedy and heroism, in their moral aspects, were found In the story of Joseph, and in a manner which emphasized comparisons, and, that, for this reason, the story of Joseph one which exalted forgiveness above vengeance, that forgiveness which attends repentence was an ideal medium for ethical instruction. Incidentally Mr. Russell's address was a clear exposition of the manner in which a story should be written, whether fictional or historical, and could be commended, without regard to that which it was used to illustrate, to those whose inclinations run to the writing or indeed long fiction. Dr. Ross. Dr. Ross preceded Professor Russell with an address on "Sectionalism versus Class Conflict," which set forth the conditions upon which the present operations of society in this country are based with the familiar facts Saks

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with reference to the lines drown between capital and labor and some Interesting commentary thereon. That shifting political and Industrial bases are responsible for the disappearance of that sectionalism which was created by the existence of frontier life, slavery and tariff-protected industries, was the statement of Dr. Ross. And that the social struggle had reduced itself to an industrial problem between capital and labor whos solution is uncertain, a universally recognized fact. Wednesday Afternoon. Professor A. H. Adrian, whose two appearances excited great interest, lectured on "With Burbank In Wonderland" to the delight of his audience yesterday afternoon. Professor Adrian eulogizing Burbank as one of the great discoverers of the age and pointing out the necessity of recognizing the principles upon which he operated in the development of plant life as those which should be used in the development of the human. The Shrollers made their last appearance last night under handl-cap-plng circumstances, but were applauded to the famed echo in their presentation of a Scotch repertoire. Econemy. Knlcker Are yeu cutting down expenses? Bocker Yes; I am paying only half the bills. Puck.

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IS Pays Great Homage to General Booth at Funeral. (National News Association) LONDON. Aug. 29. The funeral today of General Booth, the founder of ;' the Salvation Army, was made the occasion for one of the greatest demonstrations of its kind that London has witnessed in years. Thousands of members of the organization, including practically all of the high officers In the United Kingdom and on the Continent, took part in the funeral procession from the international headquarters in Queen Victoria street to the railway station. The burial was in the family plot in Abney Park Cemetery, in Stoke-Newington. Folger P. Wilson Henry J. Pohtmeyer Harry C Downing HarVey T. Wilton FUNERAL DIRECTORS i Phone 1335. 15 N. 10th St. Automobiles, Coaches, and Aaab lane Service 1IE1 20 OFF ON ENAMELED BEDS A $20.00 Vernis Martin Bed for ..$16.00 A $16.00 Vernis Martin Bed for $12.80 A $12.00 Vernis Martin or White Bed for $9.60 A $10.00 White Paneled Bed for $8.00 A $7.50 White or Vernis Martin Bed for. .$6.00, A $6.00 White or Vernis Martin Bed for. .$4.80 A few White $2.50 Beds for $2.00 CTMTHS KNOmA'v Main Street

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