Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, August 14, 1912, EXTRA 2, Page 3, Image 3

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    HOUSEVOTESNOT
TO INVESTIGATE i
HEALTHBOARO
Bills for Icing Fruit Cars on
Sundays and Screens for
Coaches Passed.
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house this morning killed the pro- '
posed investigation of the state board of |
health by refusing to agree to the report
• of the house committee on hygiene and
sanitation that the resolution pass.
This was a senate resolution, and was
championed in the house by Representa
tive BrowYt, of Fulton, ft was the out
come of an old row between Willis West
moreland. of Atlanta, former chairman oi
‘he board, and Dr. H. F. Harris, the sec
retary
I he investigation was opnoseo by Rep
resentative Vinson, of Baldwin, and the
motion to disagree to the committee re
port prevailed by a vote of 65 to 79.
Hooper Alexander’s effort to have a
• ommittee appointed from the house and '
Senate to investigate the matter of the i
re-lease of the Western and Atlantic rail
re ad seven years from now. was headed *
off by a vote on the railroad committee’s •
favorable report, which was disagreed to
by 37 to 59.
Car Icing Bill Passed.
I he house took the view’ that this was
n ore an effort to provide a few nice jobs
lor somebody than a necessary measure.
I’he bill of Mr. Frederick, of Macon,
providing that fruit cars might be iced
on Sunday, when necessary in the move
ment o» the peach or other perishable
crop, was passed by a vote of 109 to i. |
As the law now stands, ears can not be '
prepared for the reception of fruits on I
Sunday.
Senator Harris’ bill requiring railroads!
Iterating passenger trains in Georgia to
screen all windows was passed.
\ bitch of bills affecting the military
establishment of the state were passed.
' >ne of these bills provides for the
« eding of the state’s authority in the na
iion;J military reservations in Chicka
mauga and Fort Oglethorpe to the Fed
eral government.
I he others are companion bills and af
fect the state -militia only.
No Passes For Sheriffs.
They provide that all riot situations
«hall be immediately’ in command of the
senior military officer present, so far as
the operations of the militia is concerned,
instead of the sheriff, as the laws now I
stand; that military trains may be operat
ed on Sunday in Georgia, that all clerks in
the adjutant general s office shall be
under civil service rules, and that the
State military laws shall conform to the
national laws in other minor particulars.
Senate bill No. 96. w hich provided that j
railroads in Georgia might issue free
passes to sheriffs, w’as slaughtered by an I
adverse vote of S 9 to 30.
't he house plainly was not interested in
its work today. There was not a vote
called that did not have to be taken from
two to four times, in order to get a quo
tum recorded.
The speaker, time and again, had to
admonish the members that it was their
duty to vote one way or the other on all
questions, and repeatedly had to send the
pages into the lobbies and halls to bring
in wandering legislators and force them
to vote.
DETROIT ALDERMEN
ARRAIGNED; OTHERS
IN BIG CONSPIRACY
DETROIT. MICH . Aug. 13,-When nine
aidermen were arraigned on bribery
charges in police court today. Assistant
Prosecutor Josnowski intimated that a big
conspiracy ease was pending in which
others besides aidermen named would be
Involved, but announced that no conspira
cy charges would he made at present.
Charges of Promising to accept a bribe
were preferred against Aldermen William
Koenig, Richard M. Watson. Patrick
<> Brien. William F. Zoeller, Stephen
Skrzycki, William Kindle afid Joseph
Merritt. Examination was set for Au-
gust 30. when tire cases of nine qthers
w ill also be heard.
Ihe case against Council Committee
Secretary E. R. Schreiter, who confessed,
was put over to await the conspiracy in-'
vestigation.
SIO,OOO IN GOLD FOUND
IN HOUSE IN WHICH
NOTED BANDIT DIED
LIBERTY. MO., Aug’. 13. —Ton thou
sand dollars in gold, believed to have
been hidden by William Anderson, a
bandit, who terrorized central Mis
souri immediately after the Civil war,
has been found in the old manor house
on what was the plantation of William
Burch, in Howard county. The house
is being remodeled.
Anderson in 1868 was wounded after
robbing a central Missouri bank and
stopped that night in the manor house
of the Burch plantation, dying several
days later. It was in the room in which
the bandit died the money was found.
SALOON BANDIT SHOOTS
VICTIM AND POLICEMAN
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. Aug. 13.—Two
posses are scouring the country be
tween West Allis and Chicago for five
nt’-n who held up and robbed Alexander
Walzlavik. a Waukesha saloon keeper,,
wounded him and iater fatally shot Pa
trolman Charles K<ou. of West Aliis.
FATHER OF GEORGIANS DEAD,
MONCURE. N. Aug 13.—J. W. Tay
lm. one of the best known citizens of
this community, is dead from a heart at
tack. He was apparently in good health
when he retired. An hour later, his wife
found him dead in bed. He was the
father of Bruce and Henry Taylor, of
Savannah, Ga.. and of a Mrs. Nash, of
Atlanta.
BANK EXAMINER NAMED.
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Aug. 13.
State Superintendent of Banks A. E.
Walker announces the appointment of
J W. Matthews, of Huntsville, as state
bank examiner, to succeed L. P. Hos
mer. who has resigned, effective Sep
* ternber 1. to take a position as national
tank examiner. ‘ f .
Atlanta Church Bars Wearzrs of Hobble
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Headquarters in Chicago,
Open Tomorrow.
CHICAGO. Aug. 13.—Progressive na
tional headquarters will bt opened in
the Hotel LaSalle tomorrow. The ten
tative quarters held at the Congress
have been given up and the force of
clerks and stenographers will occupy
the new headquarters tomorrow. Most
of the third and fourth floors of the
bote! have been reserved and in all
about 40 rooms will be used. From thi“
piace the state, county and national
campaign will be directed. As a not cl
feature of the headquarters three of
fices will be reserved for women. One
will, be for Mi-s Jane Addarns. whe
will have an active pait in the direc
tiop of the national campaign. One
will be for .Mi's. John F. Bass and an
other for Mrs. Raymond Robbins, who
will look after the woman's part of the
campaign in Illinois.
National Committeeman Roy O.
West, of the Republicans, today .enter
tained the members of the national ex
ecutive committee at luncheon. He an
nounced that he will not only continue
to be national Republican committee
man, but that he has no intention of
resigning as Republican state chair
man.
Charles ■ Boeschenstein. Democratic
national committeeman, opened state
headuarters at the Sherman house to
day. Opening of national headquar
ters awaits the arrival of William F.
McCombs, expected here tomorrow.
Fight in Texas
G. O. P. Convention
DAI.LAS. TEXAS, Aug. 13. A split
in the Republican state convention sim.
ilar to that which divided the Repub
lican state committee late yesterday
was imminent today when the conven
tion was called to order.
Colonel Cecil Lyon, with a majority
of the state committee, has complete
control of the regular Republican ma
chinery. An effort by the Taft men to
read him out of the party failed and the
Taft men bolted. It was predicted just
before the convention was called to or
der today that the Taft men would
leave the convention and that those re
maining would indorse the Progressive
ticket.
To Call T. R. in
N. Y. Police Probe
NEW YORK. Aug. 13 -Chairman H.
H. Curran, of the aldermanle commit
tee appointed to investigate municipal
graft, announced today that he would
probably call Colonel Theodore Roose
velt as a witness when the inquiry be
gan. He expects Colonel Roosevelt to
testify as a former police commission
er concerning the methods of the "sys
tem.”
“We are going to call as many for
mer police commissioners as possible.”
said Chairman Curran. "We want to
ask them about the workings of the
'system' and how. in their opinion, the
system' extorted graft
"I feel certain that Colonel Roo-rvelt
could tell us i great deal bout polite
methods during his • it.-."
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND N EWS-
Father 0. N. Jackson Calls
Craze of Women to Show
Shapely Forms Shocking.
When the fair and well formed wear
er of the clinging skirt that has drawn
’he stuciv of sociological workcis sintt
Mr
SBR w hi
its advent and the condemnation of
many wishes to perform her devotions
tit St. Anthony's Catholic rliunh. she
niii't first rush home and change het
habiliments for something mote like
tip garments grandma used to wear.
When the pink possessor of one of
thus* summery, low-cut. sleeveless
drtsst s desires to attend services ir
tne s'ltn? church, she must don some
thing mote suggestive of the solemnity
of the occasion than is implied in the
name "peek-a-boo."
Father (.). N. Jackson, pastor of St.
Anthonys. has taken a firm stand in
the matter. He believes that these
vanities have no place in the ceremo
nies of Hie church. He believes that if
the women arc forbidden wearing such
raiment in church they will cease wear
ing them on the street. When they
eease wearing them in the street, he
thinks, a great good will be done wom
anhood.
Immodest Clothing Worn.
Therefore, he has announced that in
Hie future there will be no persons pos
sessed of "peek-a-boo” in the pews of
his church, while the hobble skirt will
be greeted with equal disfavor.
"It is a deplorable fact that there
are many young women in Atlanta
streets daily who wear immodest doth,
ing," said Father Jackson. "The Cath
olic church is against such a custom,
t and 1 mean positively to forbid such
dress- in my church.
"By immodest clothing I mean the
' clinging skirts and low -cut or sleeve
less waists often seen in the most pub
lic places. Such dresses will not ever
' be allowed in a church reception here
"When in the business section of the
city I have often seen young women
dressed in costumes that are little less
than shocking. They bring remarks
from men on the streets when the
wearers step into street ears or even
pass down the street.
Want to Show Pretty Necks.
"1 titink tlte women do not intend to
do'the harm their suggestive costumes
bring about. They are vain—have
pretty shoulders, a beautiful neck or
shapely arms, and simply like to show
them. Fashions are formed by this
same vanity. New dresses are some
times introduced for no other reason
than they display the graceful lines of
a woman's form —and a dress that does
this is always a popular one.
"A suggestive dress is more harmful
than a vulgar costume. The latter
would arouse disgust in men. As it is,
some dresses of the latest fashion bling
ideas of lax morals to the young men
who view them. That is why they will
not be allowed in my church. At serv
ice worldly thoughts should not be
aroused, and I believe one of the most
common causes for them is the dress
of some of our women. They must have
the entile body covered with the cloth
ing approved of by our modest people,
if they wish a part in St. Anthonys
church."
Father Jackson spoke of the present
day costumes of women upon learning
of such dresses being barred from
services by Cardinal Cavallari, at
Vienna, recently. The cardinal spoke
from his pulpit and stated that he
would in future bar such dresses from
his church.
TRAVELING MEN IN
CLUB TO BOOST FOR
HOOPERALEXANDER
'l’he Traveling Men's Hooper Alexander
Club of Georgia, recently organized, has
issued a letter lauding its candidate as a
“strong man who will raise the standard
of justice and give Uncle Trusty suc
cessful battle.
The letter declares that Alexander has
always stood against corporate greed,
that he made the owners of rich fran
chises pay taxes on them and that sin
gle-handed he won the fight for reduced
railroad fares It predicts he wijl carry
Fulton count.v.
The letter is signed by W. H. Lee. sec
retary; W. I’. Anderson. Ldgar Oliver. <*
.1. Hollingsworth and Charles 1 Brannan.
REAR YOUR BABIES NUDE.
SAYS PROFESSOR KLEIN
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL.. Aug. 13
Professor Louis Klein, in a dissertation
on raising babies, says that they should
not be clothed. He is rearing his own
children entirely nude.
HALL TO SPEAK IN TOOMBS.
VIDALIA. GA., Aug. 13.—The politi
cal friends of Joe Hill Hall have made
arrangements for him to address the
voters "f Toombs nmnlv at this place
when h< oa - • through this section on
Jii - autmu-'bil- campaign "f the state.
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l'’;ithei' <). X. Jackson, pastor
of St. Anthonys. who lias an
nounced that women wearing im
modest clinging skirls and low
necked “peekaboo’' waists can
m>t attend his church. On the
right and left are two Atlanta
girls, snapped on the streets.
Such dresses as these are criti
cised by Father Jackson.
SOUTH’S GOST OF
LUimC GOING UP
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to Approve Half of Rate
Increases Asked.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. -Southern
consumers face the pJ'ispect of a laiy.
increase in the cost of living next year
because the.interstate commerce com
mission will approv'e 50 per cent of tit
rate incieases asked for by railroads
operating in Southeastern Freight as
sociation territory, it was announced
today.
Increases from I t 0.37 1-2 percent in
nearly 22.000 rates on all kinds of
freight to and from this territory were
filed with tile <omtnission, and a partial
checking up has been made by the
commission.
The consumer will have to pay for
these infreased rates.
RAILROADERS TO HAVE
MELON FEAST IN PARK
Locomotive engineers and firemen are
going to forget all about liqngry fire
boxes and balky engines Thursday
night. Kennesaw lodge No. 247, B. of
L. F. & E., on that evening will give a
big watermelon party at the concrete
building in Grant park.
Every member of the lodge In good
standing has been invited to attend and
bring his family along.. The committee
in charge includes C. M. Patterson,
chairman: Homer Chandler, U. G.
Kitchens. J. J. Woodall and T. M. Dos
ter.
GEORGIA TRIPLETS NAMED
FOR WILSON’S DAUGHTERS
VIDALIA, GA.. Aug. 13.—Probably
the only compliment of the kind that
will be tendered Governor Woodrow-
Wilson during his presidential cam
. paign was paid him in this county
when Mr. anil Mrs. Charles Altnand
christened their triplets, all girls, for
the three daughters of Governor and
Mrs. Wilson, naming them Margaret,
Eleanor and Jessie.
WHITFIELD VALUES INCREASE.
DALTON. GA., Aug. 13.—The com
pilation of the figures on the tax re
ceiver’s book shows that property
values have increased $106,748 ir.
Whitfield county during the past year.
The bulk of the gain is in the Dalton
district, values jumping $97,335. Nine
of tlte thirteen districts report gains
The total valuation is $4,661,108.
15 KILLED BY SLAG.
DORTMI’ND, GERMANY, Aug. 13.
Twenty men were buried under a fall
of slag <• t the Boesi h Stet I Works here
today. Fifteen were dead when they
were taken out. The others are so bad
ly injured that some of them will prob
ably die.
200-POUND STURGEON CAUGHT.
AVGUSTA, GA Aug. 13. A stur
geon weighing 300 pounds and one of
tiie largest fish ever caught in the Sa
vannah rivet was landed here by ne
groes fishing with a net The monster
was brought t-> the city in a wagon anti
ha- been Hit object of tnucti curiosity
UK FDR INMO!
WORKERS URGED
American Bar Association Also,
Advocates a Special Court to
Rule on Patents.
MILWAUKEE. WIS.. Aug 13.—Many
reforms, d<signed in the main to facili
tate iouit proiedur.-. are advocated in
reports of -lie --arious committees
»f the American Rar association, now
'n annual convmtion in this city.
rhe question of t dmpensation for in
dustrial accidrnis is- dealt with by the
committee appointed in 1910 to vo-op- ,
crate with the National t'iv'c federa
tion. The committee finds much yet '
to lie desired and rocqtnmontls the en- ’
aetment of uniform laws by all the
states and by the United Slates, based
on the following principles:
It should be compulsory and ex-
< lusive - f other remedies "or in
juries sustained in course of indus
trial employment.
It should apply to :.ll industrial
opc-iatlons or at least to all indus
trial organizations: above a certain
limit of size.
Regardless of Fault.
It should apply to all accidents ,
occurring in the course of indus
trial operations, regardless of the
fault of any one. self-inflicted in
juries not being counted as acci
dents.
The compensation should be ad
judicated by a prompt, simple and
inexpensive proeedure.
Tito compensation should be paid
in regular installments, continuing
dining the disability, or In case of
death during dependent period of
beneficiaries.
The compensation should be
properly proportioned to the wages
received before injury.
The compensation should be paid
with a near absolute certainty as
possible, in the most convenient
manner, and there should be ade
quate security for deferred pay
ments.
The committee on patent, trade
mark and copyright law severely con
demned the proposal of President Taft
that the question of providing a single
court of last resort in patent eases be
solved by adding the proposed duties
and powers of such a court to the func
tions of the commerce court. It is
pointed out that judges who at some
time or other specialized in patent law,
and yet possess a broad understanding
of general law. are ■ needed. To this
end it is proposed that the court be
formed of flv!e Federal judges, the pre
siding judge to be appointed by the
president and to hold'his term for life
and rhe others to be designated by the
chief justice of the supreme court, each
to serve six years. A bill introduced in
the present session of congress by the
Hon. William A. Sulzer, of New York,
providing for such a court, is indorsed.
CHAFIN HOLDS TAFT
TO BLAME FOR LAW
DEFIANCE IN CAPITAL
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Eugene Chafin,
in Chicago today to prepare for the
opening of his campaign as presiden
tial candidate of the Prohibitionists,
answered the assertion of Commission
er General of Immigration Keefe, that
Chafin's charges that while slave laws;
are not enforced are untrue. Chafin
said:
"I refer Mr. Keefe to the July issue
of The American Advance, which gives
a list of disreputable houses which
swarm around official buildings of
Washington. Every one of these houses
holds a Federal tax receipt for license
to sell liquors at retail, and not one
holds a local license granting that per
mission.
"There are 52 of these speak-easies
and slave marts lying within the dis
trict between the white house and the
postoffice. Eight of them are within a
block of the white house.
"I maintain that President Taft is
responsible for this defiance of the law.
because he could stop it at once if he
would."
COASTWISE STEAMER
GOES ASHORE IN FOG;
PASSENGERS IN PANIC
HALIFAX. N. S„ Aug. 13.—The Do
minion Atlantic steamship Prince
George, with passengers and freight
from Boston, ran ashore In a thick fog
today on the Nova Scotia coast soon
after leaving Yarmouth, N. S., accord
ing to wireless dispatches picked up by
wireless stations along the eoast this
afternoon.
Some of the passengers became pan
ic-stricken, the messages declared, and
were taken off by tugboats which were
sent to the assistance of the helpless
liner. Later, when it was seen that the
danger was not great, the passengers
returned to the Prince George. It was
explained that'the damage was slight.
ALABAMANS TO HELP WILSON.
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Aug. 13.
John D. McNeel, Governor O'Neal's :-ee- '
ret try. will take part in the Wilson
campaign at national headquarters. He
leaves September 1 for New York to
start in. General Bibb Graves, of
Montgomery, has also been given a
prominent place on the campaign com
mittee and has gone to the metropolis.
TO IMPROVE WATERWORKS.
t 'OLI'MBUS, GA.. Aug. 13.—Since the
defeat of the $350,000 water bond is
sue at the election of Saturday, the
Columbus Waterworks Company is
taking -teps to improve Its system to
the extent of $150,000. pipe
has been ordered to lay a : ix-invh main
more than one mile.
ARMY HYDROPLANE IS
WRECKED ON WATER; !
2 PILOTS ARE SAVED
PLYMOUTH, MASS.. Aug. 13.—The
new army hydto-aeroplane in which
Lieutenants Arnold and Kirtland were
flying from Marblehead to Stratford,
Conn , to take part in the war maneu
vers, came to grief in this harbor today.
While flying near the wate the air
ship suddenly descended, striking the
water with such force as to smash the
pontoon and the propeller. The two
aviators were thrown out, but escaped
injury. They wore life jackets, which
prevented them ftom sinking before aid
reached them.
The machine had left Duxbury, where
it was compelled- to land last night,
about fifteen minutes before the acci
dent. The machine Is ton badly wreck
ed to continue for some days. The
wreck was towed ashore by a motor
boat.
Army Aviator in Crash.
HEADQUARTERS CHIEF UMPIRE
WAR GAME, STRATFORD, CONN.,
Aug. 13. —An accident which smashed
two aeroplanes and endangered the
lives of a score of women and children
today halted the most pectaoular se
ries of flights ever made by army avia
tors.
Private Beckwith Havens, at an alti
tude of 1,000 feet, found ‘l:e engine of
his Curtis biplane missing badly’ and
volplaned to the, crowded parade
grounds at a speed of 60 miles an hour.
Cavalrvmcn drove the crowd back just
in time, and Havens, righting his ma
chine, coasted down the field and
crashed into another biplane.
HISTORY OF NEGRO
IS TOLD IN A DRAMA
OF “PASSION PLAY”
Deep interest on the part of negroes
of Atlanta is being displayed in the
Negro Passion Play, which is to be
produced under the auspices of the
Atlanta Colored Musical Festival as
sociation at the Auditorium Thursday
and Friday.
Though the third annua! festival will
bo largely musical, it is the intention of
the association to devolve a higher
meaning on the occasion. The mem
bers have made their plans to have the
occasion historical, dramatic and edu
cational as well as a means of giving
Atlanta opportunity to hear the best
that the race has produced from a
vocal and instrumental viewpoint.
The center of the festival will be the
Passion Play. The play is written by-
Rev. H. H. Proctor, of Atlanta, and
carries the negro through his three
periods of development. Paganism. Sla
very and Freedom. Special scenery
has been constructed for the produc
tion and an endeavor will be made to
display negro genius through the sev
eral stages.
The poems of Paul Lawrence Dun
bar and Coleridge Taylor w ill form an
important part of the performance.
Tlte famous Fiske Jubilee singers
will furnish the chorus work, with
Anita Patti Brown, the famous negress
coloratura soprano, as the principal so
loist. The proceeds of the festival will
go toward forwarding the work of the
First Congregational church, the first
negro religious organization to under
take such an endeavor.
SENATE PASSES A BILL
REQUIRING RAILWAYS
TO SCREEN COACHES
To vary the monotony of a dreary ses
sion the senate today was guilty of real
comedy while passing a bill to require
railroads to equip passenger coaches with
cinder deflectors.
The bill was the work of Senator Har
ris, of Cedartown. Its principal opponent
was Senator Mortis, of Augusta. Neither
was present when the measure was ap
proved.
Senator Harris, who has been working
for cinder deflectors for two sessions,
sought to have his bill called up to con
cur In a house amendment. Senator Mor
ris objected.
The vaudeville team of Harris and Mor
ris retired to a smoking room to argue.
In the meantime Senator Felker callet
up the bill and it was passed without op
position.
The bill requires all railroads operating
in Georgia to equip passenger coaches
with effective cinder deflectors beginning
May 1, 1913. Senator Harris said that
this is the law In South Carolina and
railroads entering Georgia have been tn
the habit of removing the deflectors on
crossing the state line.
ALABAMA SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE DIES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Aug. 13.—The body of
Justice Robert Tennent Simpson, asso
ciate justice of the supreme court of
Alabama, who died yesterday in the
Presbyterian hospital, will be taken to
his late home at Florence, Ala., for
burial.
SLAYER FOUND GUILTY.
LA GRANGE, GA., Aug. 13.—Joe
Johnson, a negro, was found guilty by
a Jury in superior court today for the
killing of Bud Jones, whom he shot
last April, during an altercation near
the Coweta county line. The jury rec
ommended mercy.
Nature iti her wisdom and beneficence has provided, in her great
vegetable laboratory, the forest, a cure for most of the ills and ailments of
humanity. Work and study have perfected the compounding of these bo
tanical medicines and placed them at our disposal. We rely upon them
first because of their ability in curing disease, and next because we can use
them with the confidence that such remedies do not injure the system.
e Among the best of these remedies from the forest is
S. S. S., a medicine made entirely of roots, herbs
and barks in such combination as to make it the
greatest of all blood purifiers and the safest of all
tonics. It does not contain* the least particle of
harmful mineral. S. S. S. cures Rheumatism, Ca
tarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Scrofula, Malaria, Skin
Diseases, Contagious Blood Poison and all other
diseases dependent on impure blood. As a tonic
S. S. S. builds up the system by supplying a suffi
cient amount of vigor and nourishment to the body.
S. S. S. always cures without leaving any unpleasant or injurious effects.
It is perfectly safe for young or old. Book on the blood and any medical
advice free. ' r//£ SR7fr S?ECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA,
TYPO HEAD RAPS
CHICAGO STRIKE
MOTIVES
Slimy Hand of Politician and
Venal Labor Leader Behind
It. Says Lynch.
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Aug. 13.'—Dis
cussion of the Chicago newspaper strike
had a prominent place in the annua!
report of President James M. Ly nch, of
the Typographical union, at its conven
tion here. . •
The report, although not naming th®
Socialists, referred to them by un
mistakable inference, criticising the”®
shat ply. Regarding the Chicago strike.
President Lynch said:
"1 have no intention of criticising
any member's political belief dr at
tempting to influence his political opin
ions: those are sacred and they are for
the individual to forpi.
"But where the questionable phase of
politics is injected into trade disputes,
where, in fact, politics is responsive
for those trade disputes, where indus
trial disturbance is fomented and prop
agated in order to advance or disas
trously affect the political fortunes of
some particular party or individual,
then those members'of the trade union
movement who allow themselves to be
used for sinister purposes are open, to
criticism, if not contempt.
"Malicious Revenge.”
"If the Chicago situation, to which I
' refer exhaustively in this report, was
not caused in the first instance by un
der-the-surface political effort, then
the slimy hand of the professional poli
tician and the venal labor leader was
in evidence before the incident had
progressed very tar. Opportunity was
presented for the wreaking of malicious
revenge against one publisher who is
prominent in national politics.
"I care not the party which, stoops to
avail itself of the I outline; that
party or those members of it who are
responsible should be promptly con-
■ detuned. The International Typograph
ical union Is the tail of no political
kite."
one of the Chicago delegates asked
that L. P. Straube. of the Chicago
StereotypOrs union, be given the privi
lege of addressing the convention on
> the pressmen's strike.
President Lynch ruled that L. P.
Straube was not a member in good
- standing of any trade union.
BODIEsTOF 5 ITALIAN
; SLAYERS WHO DIED IN
CHAIR LIE “IN STATE”
1 NEW YORK. Aug. 13.—1 n the rear of
: a little undertaking establishment at
1 236 Mulberry street, in the heart of
"Little Italy," each In an open casket,
are the bodies of five of the murderers
of Mrs. Mary Hall, w'ho paid for their
crime with their lives in the death
chair at Sing Sing yesterday. .Dressed
in shrouds the bodies lie in a. kind of
state while Italians from the quarter
pass before the coffins.
The funerals will be held on Satur
day. A collection is being taken up
and if sufficient money is raised the
dead will be interred with high cere
monials.
SPOONING BARRED IN
POTOMACJIIVER BOATS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.— "Spoon
ing not allowed," is the inscription on
notices hung upon pleasure boats, on
the Potomac river.
ROBBED LANDLORD TO
GET MONEY FOR RENT
WASHINGTON. Aug ’3.—Jatnet
Lymbours was fined In police court
here for robbing his landlord in-order
to get money to pay hlk tent.
PINCHED WOMAN’SC'HEEK
JUST FOR JOKE: SIOO FINE
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Because he
pinched the cheek of a woman sitting
ahead of him in a street car, "just for
a Joke," William Keating was fined SIOO.
CONVICTED SLAYER KILLED.
RALEIGH. N c., Aug. 13.—-Solomon
Shepherd, a negro who was convicted
in Durham three years ago of killing
Engineer Holt and sentenced to 30
years in the penitentiary, was shot and
killed by a guard nea Aberdeen today
as the negro attempted to escape!
GIRL. 11, BECOMES MOTHER.
DAVENPORT. IOWA, Aug. 13.—This
city claims the youngest mother. An
eleven-year-old girl, whose name is
withheld, has given birth to a baby in a
local hospital.
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