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The National tribune., 1908-11-19
School Houses Condemned.

The Board appointed to visit the 130-
odd school buildings in the District Of
Columbia have completed their task
tho they have not made a full report.
The result Of the investigation makes
1t sure that whole lot of people have
been regardless of the lives and health
or the children, who must be cooped
in these buildings for at least six hours
each day. There is not a single build
ing in the District that some fault was
not found with its construction. In
most of these school houses the avenues
of exit were largely useless, because
towering plants. pianos, wardrobes,
study tables and what not had been
piled against them, or in the way of
egress from the rooms, so as to make
panic inevitable should a fire break
out. In nearly every school building it
was found that paper and school sup
plies were kept in close proximity to
furnace, ashes were often piled on oiled
wooden floors, oil cans were scattered
around among waste paper and close
TO furnaces, exits were blocked in Vari-
Gus ways, so that children would pile
up in suffocating death in q panic that
emptied or tried to empty O. building
As a matter of fact, the investigating
committee has learned enough to con-
denim to be pulled down at least half
of the school buildings IN the District.
year ago the church buildings were
found to be very dangerous in the mat
ter of egress, yet the building authori-
ties have permitted to be erected the
great Masonic Temple, which looks like
a palace on the outside, but which is
literally death trap for getting out Of
Many of the big apartment houses are
just as bad off for getting out of in case
of fire, and as for the private houses of
three and more stories. it is simply a
matter for wonder that anybody gets
out of them in case of fire. The fire
ordinances of the District are fairly
good, but they are indifferently en-
forced
The National tribune., 1908-11-19
1909 LINCOLN 1909

The Centennial Anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln will occur
next year. and it is now time for Grand
Army Posts, Woman's Relief Corps and
all other patriotic organizations and So
cieties, which may have been formed
having similar ends in view. to begin
preparations for the purpose of fifty ceIe-
brating that important event
Osborn II. Oldroyd, whose residence Is
now in the same house in which Lincoln
died at Washington, d. c., has prepared
an appropriate service to commemorate
that occasion.
The program. con tanning some 20 num-
berS. consists of songs, recitations and
four articles covering the different
phases of Lineoln's life. 1t is a 20-page
illustrated pamphlet, printed on good
paper and in attractive style. The price
of this edition, or compilation, has been
placed at 10 cents per copy, 81 per dozen
or s. per 100. 1t seems impossible that
there can exist single Post or Corps
that could not subscribe for and easily
dispose of at least 100 copies OF this pro-
duction, and thus make a profit of an
amount equal to purchase price. besides
serving as an educator to the people
upon the true greatness of the character
of Abraham Lincoln. Orders sent, pre-
paid, on receipt of price
Communications should be addressed to
O. H. OLDROYD, s1e 10th ST., n. w.
Washington, ID. @,
The National tribune., 1908-11-19
The 1900 Gravity Washer

William Grossman, 123d Pa, Pitts
burg, Pa. Comrade Grossman Is a con-
tractor.
Christian Rhein, 123d a., Allegheny.
Pa.
Louis F. Reid. 123d Pa, Pittsburg,
Pa. Comrade Reid is in the hardware
business.
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6Frazzle" and cola Codrer.v

There is a great fuss made because
the President made use of the word
"frazzle" to express what had been done
to the opposition to Judge Taft. The
word Is about as old as the settlement
of Virginia. II is used by Southerners
to express the last remnant of anything
that has been beaten. whipned. worn
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The Graybeards.

J. w. 3. Cole, Audubon, Iowa, says
that John Anton, Co. 3, 37th Iowa
(Graybeards), lives at North Liberty,
Iowa. at the age of 81, and is in good
health.
The National tribune., 1908-11-19
A BOOK ON GOD HEALING.

Send is cents and obtain a 116-pags
book, 5 L. by inches, giving the
Science of Healing. This book, written
by Bishop Oliver c. Sabin. is very COM
prehensive and plain, Masterpiece in
Metaphysics.
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Mrs Bette DaRJridge. of Winches-
ter the only living former mistress of
the White House with the exception Of
Mrs. Cleveland, IS recovering from an
accident which almost cost her her life
recently at her rcsidence on North
Braddock street, Winchester.
While walking near n stairway she
bruises which, it was feared, would
result seriously in view of her sc years
II is now stated, however, that she is
much better and will recover.
Mrs. Dandrid%e is n daughter OF Pres
fdent Zachary Taylor. When Gen. Tay-
Tor was inaugurated she went to the
White House as the bride of Col. Bliss.
who had been a member OF her fathers
stan during the Mexican War, and on
account of her mother being an invalid
the matter of directing the social func-
Hons of the Executive Mansion fell
The National tribune., 1908-11-19

Saluted with 13 guns, Maj.-Gen.
Leonard Wood last week assumed COM
mand Of the Military Department of
the East, with headquarters on Cover
nors Island. Gen. Wood succeeds Maj
Gen. Frederick ID. Grant. who will take
command of the Department of the
Lakes.
The National tribune., 1908-11-19

The Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Cortelvou are being congratulated
over the birth of their third son and
fifth child. This is the largest family
in the Presidents Cabinet
Their other children are Geo. Bruce
Cortelyou, Jr., who is 10 and student
in Phillips-Andover Academy; William
Winthrop Cortelyou, II. in school at
Aurora, n. Y; Grace. who is II, and
Helen, eight, who are at home.
The National tribune., 1908-11-19

The President is not candidate for
the United St@tss Senate to succeed
Senator Platt That is the word with
the bark on. Tho Prosiden has said il,
and he undoubtedly means it.
The National tribune., 1908-11-19

on the other hand, Secretary of State
Elihu Root Is IN receptive mood. and
IL it can be brought about smoothly,
without friction or seeming TO be reach
ing out for ii, ii Is thought that his cleo
dion viii please him and President
Roosevelt. Secretary Root wants 1t Un-
derstood. however, that the election to
the Senate has got 20 come free, gratis.
for nothing, so TO speak. and that he is
not asking for it,
The National tribune., 1908-11-19

The District Commissioners. after
spending quite a good deal of money
and more sentiment on the ieper Early,
has decided to do what it was obviously
the proper thing to have done long ago,
and that is to live with his wife and
she take care of him. and try to make
s72-a-month pension take care of
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
BAR[S SECRETS OF
BIG POWDER TRUST
Witness in Government Inquiry
Tells How Independent
Firms Were Crushed
Declares Railroads Aided Fight
by Giving Cheap Rates
and Rebates

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-That a 90 per
cent monopoly OF the powder trade in
the United States has been obtained by
81 In certain states. while price OF
1915 was maintained elsewhere, was
the substance of testimony against the
so called powder trust at further
hearing of the case here today.
The litigation is federal suit for
alleged violation of the Sherman anti
trust law. r. s Waddell OF Peoria.
ILL.,, was the only witness today.
For many years Waddell was a gen
eral sales agent OF the combined pow
der companies, and he subsequently be-
came an Independent manufacturer 1t
was he who fled the petition on which
the suit was brought
At the opening James Scarlett. who
appears for the government. said that
he would present the history Of the
combine between the years 1882 and
1892 and produce evidence to show
that a conspiracy among the powder
companies existed at the time the Pc
tition for the suit was filed.
Waddell testified that in 1882 the as
ISOLATION was composed of the E. l..
du Pont powder company, Hazard
powder company. Latin & Rand powder
company, Oriental powder company.
American powder mills. Miami powder
company and the Austrian powder
company. In that year the organiza-
tion was changed to a pool. when two
other companies. the King powder COM
pany and the Ohio powder company
were taken in. They did not join until
bitter rate cutting warfare had occurred.
The witness said that the pool con
troiled between e5 and 9S per cent of
the trade in rifle and sporting powder
and 90 per cent of the trade in blast
ing powder.
In 1889 a governing body was formed
which became known assthe board OF
trade
Among the members OF this body
were: Henry A. du Pont, J. A. Haskell.
r. V. Wheeler, c. NJ. Peters, Arthur
Williams. R. T. Coleman and A o.
Fay.
Between 1889 and 1895 there were
several independent companies formed.
including the Chattanooga powder COM
pany. Almost as soon as the Chat
tanooga company's product was put on
the market, the witness said, the pool
started after them and there was no
quarter given
1T was a short and vicious fight"
added Waddell. We sold powder at
cost and below The fight ended with
ents about July, 1896"
who helped you in the fght?''
asked Scarlett.
The liberal rates on freight which
the railroads were giving at this time
helped us. We got rebates or the
Hoosac Tunnel line and other roads
do not now recall
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
WORKED TO AID
CAUSE OF LABOR

I feel that 1 have the right to speak
frankly in this matter because through
out my term as president il has been
my constant object to do everything in
my power, both by administrative ac-
ton and by endeavoring TO secure leg
islative action to advance the cause of
labor, protect II from unjust aggres-
sion and secure it to its legitimate re-
suits have accomplished something:
/ hope TO accomplish something more
before I leave Office. and I have taken
special and particular interest in Mr.
Taft's candidacy because I believe that
he is the man best qualified for con-
tinuing the work of securing to the
wage workers Of the country their full
rights
will do everything in my power for
the wage workers of the country ex-
cept TO do what is wrong. I viii do
wrong for no man and with all the
force within my power I soIemnly
warn the laboringmen of this country
that any public man who advocates
doing wrong in their interest can not
be trusted by them: and this whether
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22


hurried from one function to another,
and always, at the vantage points en-
route, there are groups of school chill
dren. led by their teachers, singing
Hail, Columbia or cheering the Amer
leans in the English fashion.
GUIDES FOR VISITORS
Every American sailor has Japanese
sailor as guide, and every officer a COM
panion of equal rank. The cordiality
between the officers and men increases
as they become better acquainted and
learn one another's names and charac-
teristics.
Tie newspapers of Tokyo, comment
ing upon the exchange of messages
between President Roosevelt and the
Japanese emperor, unanimously regard
the expressions of their views as indi-
eating an unwritten alliance between
the two nations
1t has been definitely decided that the
fleet will leave Yokohama next Sunday.
October 25
-Four thousand sailors from the fleet
will come to Tokyo tomorrow to attend
a garden party at Hibiya park. to be
given by Y Osaki, the mayor of Tokyo
At the same time the officers will be
entertained at luncheons given by the
mayor and by Prince Shimadazu. later
attending garden party at the British
embassy. Many of the officers will also
De entertained at the home of the presi-
dent of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. a bic
Japanese steamship company; and later
all. commissioned officers and midship-
men OF the fleet have been invited to
a theatrical performance to be given at
the Kabuki theater, the biggest play
house in this city, the Bankers asso-
citation being the hosts
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
LuND TRIAL AGAIN CONTINUED
sPECIAL DIsPATCH no THE CALL

NAPA, Oct. 21-Another postpone
ment was made this morning in the
superior court in the trial of L. H.
Lund on the charge Of numbering John
Woodapple at the latter's house in this
county. The attorney for the defense
appeared in court and stated that he
was under the care of a physician
vember ). when the defense will put
the defendant Lund on the stand The
jurymen were allowed to return TO
their homes
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
CABINET MEMBERS
APPEAR IN COURT
Suffragettes Succeed in Bring
ing Prominent Officials Before
Police Magistrate
Miss Pankhurst Takes Advan-
tage of Publicity Given Move
ment Through Riot Z

LONDON. Oct 21.-The suffra gettes
the British cabinet. David Lloyd George,
chancellor of the exchequer. and
Herbert Gladstone, secretary of state
for home affairs, as witnesses to the
Bow street police court this morning
The occasion was the hearing of the
cases against Mrs. and Miss Pankhurst
and Mrs. Drummond. who were tried for
melting to disorder when they appealed,
early in the month, to- the public to
help them rush" the house of COM
mons, and IL other women, who were
arrested October 1S, charged with dis
orderly conduct A large crowd, in
cluding many suffragettes, had gath
cred.
Miss Pankhurst examined the two
cabinet members. The purport of her
questions. many of which were dis
allowed by the Judge, was to show that
IL the government gave women their
rights" the disorders would come to an
end
After an examination of the two min
listers that lasted all day long. Miss
Pankhurst announced that she still had
so other witnesses to call. Mrs. and
Miss Pankhurst and Mrs. Drummond
were remanded until Saturday, the
other prisoners until tomorrow.
Miss Pankhurst, who holds the de-
gree of bachelor of laws. but who is
disqualified by her sex from practicing
at the bar, is taking full advantage of
this opportunity to advertise the suf-
fragette cause.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22

The jury trying the case of the
guardians Of Fucien Lafocarde against
the Geary street railway company
brought in verdict for $3.50 dam
ages yesterday. Fucien Lafocarde was
killed by a Geary street car August 19
1906, and, being minor. his parents
brought suit for $4,000 damages
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22

Don't forget the grand benedt on
tertainment for ST. Mary's college at
Dreamland. Steiner near Sutter, this
Thursday night.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22

TO TALK ABOUT YELLowsToNE-Dr. H.
II. Bell Will lecture tomorrow night in the
chapel OF the First United Presbyterian church
on Yellowstone park. One hundred excellent
views Of the famous para will be exhibited.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22

fair minded and distinguished a body
OF men as ever passed judgment on an
industrial question, thus refers to the
secondary form OF boycott, that is the
DoycoIt Of innocent persons refusing to
take an aggressive part in contro-
Nersy when they have no concern;
To say this is not to deny the legal
rlght OF any man or ser of men volun-
tarily TO refrain from social inter-
course or business relations with any
persons whom he or they, with or with
out good reason. dislikes. This may
some times be unchristian. but IL is
not illegal. But when il is a concerted
purpose Of a number Of persons not
only 10 abstain themselves from such
intercourse but 10 render the life of
their victim miserable by persuading
and intimidating others. such purpose
is a malicious one and the concerted
attempt 10 accomplish it is a conspira7
cy AZ common law, and merits and
should receive the punishment due to
such a crime "
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22

pain. 4 IrteC. IN
vain. TO ind
T eff from
physicians OF
various schools
OF medicine.
when, as last
resource. N y
life being In
greatest and
imminent dan
ger from q
mortal disease.
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you You cured
me with your
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life. for which cure / tender you my
most sincere thanks. and remain. most
gratefully yours.
MRS. PAULINE KARL FORMES,
1853 Grove St. Oakland. Cal
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Do You Want ss.oos
VERDICT AGAINST GEARY moan

Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page II.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
ROOSEVELT LETTER
SCORES GOMP[RS

oon,lnued from Page J. Column
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22

DIR. WONG HIM-Dear Sir: For sew
eral years. while suffering agonies OF
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
BELL WOULD MAKE
RIACKLISTS LEGAL

So far as the second section of the
bill is concerned. il is perfectly clear
that il would legalize the blacklist and
The sympathetic boycotts carried TO any
extent It would legalize acts which
have time and again been declared
oppressive unjust and immoral by the
best and most eminent labor leaders
themselves
labor movement that agrees with him
has the right morally and should be
given the right legally 10 paralyze or
destroy with impunity the business Of
an innocent third person, against whom
he or they have no direct grievance.
sifnplv because this third person re-
fises 10 ioin with them aggressively
ia a labor controversy with the real
merits Of which he may be utterly un-
Rccuafnted because he refuses TO class
a. his enemy any and every other
employer whom they point out as their
enemy. because he refuses merely upon
their peremptory order 10 excommuni
cate some other employer by ceasing
All business relations with himz
The blacklist and the secondary boy
caft are two Of the most cruel forms
~ onnreSsiOu ever devised by the wit
of man for the infiiction Of suffering
On lis weaker fellows
No court could possibly exercise any
more brutal, unfeeling or despotic
mower than Mr. Gompers claims for
himself and his followers in this legis-
Ia afion. which would permit them with
o,,f let or hindrance or any kind to
csrry on every form and degree of the
secondary boycott
The anthracite strike commission. as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-04
POLICE AND STRIKERS CLASH
FOUR PERSONS INJURED IN BAT
TIE AT CLINTON, MASS.
Italians Refused to Dispense and
Charged officers With Stones
and other Missiles.

CLINTON. Mass. August -four
persons. two of them policemen. were
slightly injured today in an exciting
battle between the police and band OF
striking Italian laborers. About 100 of
the labOrers. who We're employed by the
Bishop Contracting Company of Worces-
ter have been on strike for a week, and
today they tried to prevent strike
breakers frpm taking their places
When the strikebreakers and con-
tractors, under the protection of the
board of se!ectmen and thirty-five police
officers. reached the scene they were met
by about fifty Of the strikers, who un-
furled an American flag and displayed a
placard hearing the words Clinton
strike. Nine hours and $1.75."
The police ordered them off the field.
and on the Italians refusing. chased
them to Burditt street. There the
strikers rallied and attacked the officers
with stones and others missiles. The
officers fired their revolvers into the
The strikers returned the fire and drove
the officers back about $50 yards to a
wooden shanty. where the selectmen and
police took refuge. 1t was found two
offers were injured They are James
Cox, who received bad scalp wound,
and Thomas Whalen. who had his arm
badly hurt by rocks.
The officers and SeleCtmen finally
escaped from the shanty. and with an
other attack on the Italians. drove them
away.
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SALES OF REALTY.
transactions Recently Completed by
Local Brokers.

\ number Of realty deals have been
completed by local firms the past few
days. particulars of which were made
public today.
Joseph Cohen has purchased through
L. Rfchold, real estate broker, propertv
At LIST street and Delaware avenue
southwest as an investment
Charles w. Sheafrer and George w
Stuart have bought ground fronting 124
feet on the east side of 9th street be-
tween F and G streets southwest. which
they intend to improve. The owners
were Edwin L. Wilson and others. But.
1er-Taliaferro Company. in connection
with Dwight L. Anderson. made the sale
Willige. Gibbs & Daniel. real estate
brokers. have sold for Harry Wardman
and Harry B. Wilson the two-story
colonial brick residence numbered 1921
18th street northwest. on the east side
OF that thoroughfare. between Randolph
and Shepherd streets northwest The
house has porch extending nearly
across the entire front Ii has six rooms
and BATH. and is heated by furnace. 1t
is understood that $3.50 was paid for
the property. George Banks Mcintyre
the purchaser, will occupy the house as
his residence.