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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
ROCKEFELLER BEATEN
BY Cleveland LandIady, Who Sued for
$4,000 Damages.

Cleveland, O.-John D. Rockefeller
through his attorneys, who have been
fighting a $4,000 damage suit for two
years, gave notice in Common Pleas
Court that he had agreed to settle
ment with the plaintiff.
The case grew out of the erection
of the big Rockefeller skyscraper here.
In eXcavating for the building the old
Johson House, now known as the Saun-
ders Hotel, was damaged by the top
pling of its wall, which had been sup
ported for scores of years by the old
Weddell House. Mrs. Martha Condee.
owner, brought suit against Rockefel-
Ter for $4,000 damages, alleging thai
it cost her $2,39O.99 to patch the wall
and that other damage amounted to
what she asked. Just how much is to
be paid the lawyers did not inform
Judge Kennedy, who entered the Or
der for settlement out of court.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
cLEvELAND's LATEST MAN
Pulls Up Ladder to His Bed Room So
Wife Can't Wake Him.

Cleveland O.-The secret of a man
so lazy he pulled the stairs into his
bedroom with him each night, that he
might avoid the early morning call of
his early-rising and hard-working wife,
was barred in Judge Adams court.
Mrs. Anton Sadwski, of No. 440 Sum-
NIT street, made the charge against
her husband, against whom she --ss
testifying in a case brought against
S;adwski for alleged neglect of his six
small children.
why, judge, he is SO lazy" she
walled, "that when he goes to bed In
the attic above our rooms he pulls up
the ladder. That's the only stairway.
and when he has pulled it up with him
/ can't wake him in the morning.
my husband was awfully anxious
for me to marry him, but he left me on
the day we were married and did not
come back for a week. Then ne
begged on his knees, and took him In.
I've supported him ever since"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
The Puzzle Solved.

For "a years past the accounts of
the naval port of Toulon refused to
balance. There was 30 cents too much
in the cash books and even since 1873
this 30 cents has puzzled the official
accountants. Some time ago orders
were sent from Paris that this state
of affairs must cease. Seven special
accountants were set to work, and
after seven months hard labor the
problem was solved. Admiral CALI.
beta former minister of marine, who
was. 81 years ago. one of the officers
of Toulon arsenal, but who for many
years has been living in Paris on his
pension-has just received official no
tice asking him to call at the ministry
of finance and draw the sum of 30
cents. He was underpaid by the
amount when he left Toulon in 1873
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED
March Through Streets to City Hall
ard Seek Help From Mayor.

Cincinnati.-A small army of unem-
ployed men marched through the city
from the square in front of the court
house to the city hall, where a delega-
tion called on Mayor Markbreit ami
requested that the city supply them
with work and lodging Mayor Mark
brett told them that their requests mad
been anticipated by meeting held in
his office the preceding day, at whicn
it was decided to ask council to pro-
vide a fund of $4,000 to be placed at
the disposal of the board Of public
service for the purpose of giving work
to unemployed citizens of Cincinnati.
and to establish a municipal lodging
house, If it can be done legally.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Working the Wage Workers
People Should Be Careful of References for Big Mems
Names Are Often Obtained by Fraudulent Means and
Observation-Disclosures Should Never
Be Taken for Granted
By JOHN MITCHELL,
President United Mine Workers of America.

to warrant his putting his savings
into it. In the first place, use all the
sober common sense you have, and
this with a realization of the fact that
as you cannot bargain advantageously
as an individual with the EMPLOYER
who hires hundreds of men and is ex-
perienced in the art Of getting the
most for his money, neither can your
unframed common sense be safe
guide when it comes to dealing with
men whose business is to dissemble.
Go to man whom you know to be
an honest man conversant with money
and corporation matters and who can
detect an investment fraud at a
glance. Common sense-the shrewd.
natural ability to form accurate judg-
ments---is always at disadvantage
unless one has the best information
upon which to act, and about the
most it can do for man under such
circumstances Is to cause him to get
the real facts before forming a
judgment and a decision. You would
not think of trying your own case in
court If you found yourself involved
in litigation. Yet the majority of
small law suits are simple in compari.
son with the devices which the invest
ment sharpers have evolved They
know that they can reap a golden har.
vest If their scheme is only presented
properly and that they can afford to
employ the most expensive aids in the
way of crooked lawyers to defend
them and to advise investors, and I'm.
scrupulous advertising agents to
prepare booklets. prospectuses, and
Confidential" letters.
When these bats are so skilfully
set that hard-headed and experienced
business men (who themselves know
some of the tricks of the trade), are
deceived by them. what chance do
you think workingman-whose finan-
cial experience is confined. usually to
making the contents of his nay envel-
ope cover the household bills-has to
see through the mysteries of the prop
osition?
There are a few of these financial
sSmapbores. however. which every
wage worker should know how to
read, and can know. At first glance
they seem to show a clear right-of-
way. to give the signal to come on"
at full speed. with, your savings ac-
count In your hand: but when you
know the rules of the road. you can
see a red light--a danger signal
swinging from every one of these SEM
aphore arms.
Here are some of the danger sig
nails of this sort which are very decep.
tive at first glance:
"This company is going to be kept in
the hands of the common people and
out OF the hands of the capitalists"
"The shares of this company have
increased 80 per cent. since our fiscal
agents put the first block of develop
ment stocks on the market, 60 days
ago; they will be advanced 20 points
ON the first day Of next month and
you must act promptly and remit at
. 2.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
True Principle in Advertising.

According to the most careful esti-
mates, the volume of business done by
the mail order houses in the United
States amounts to more than one bill
lion of dollars annually. When it is
considered that 20 years ago there
were no mail order systems of busi-
ness as now known, and that since
then the plan has been developed, 1t
becomes evident to the thinker that
there is magic in advertising, for it is
by advertising alone that the mail
order business has been built up. 1t
would perhaps be fatal for the small
merchant in the agricultural cities and
towns to follow the plans, the distort-
ed and exaggerated advertising meth.
ods of the department stores and the
mail order houses Yet there is a prin-
ciple in advertising that ever holds
good. This principle is as sound for
the little merchant, the dealer in any
kind of wares, as it is for the biggest
concern on earth. In fact, the great
business houses generally had small
beginning, and by publicity pushed up
to the front, writes D. M. Carr.
Did people of agricultural sections
fully realize how the millions taken
to the large cities by the mail order
system causes them a direct injury,
it would not be long before these con.
cerus would be out of business.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
First Bill Becomes a Law.

Columbus, O.-The first bill of The
session became a law when Gov. Har-
providing that on the recommendation
of the state board Of pardons the gov
ernor may temporarily remove an in
mate of the Ohio penitentiary or sus.
pend the sentence. The case applies
to Marie Bernardo, a female convict
in the prison. The law will allow the
governor to remove her to some hos
pital under guard until her child is
born. Then sne must be returned to
prison
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
squirrel HUNTERS"
Now Want Pay For Their Alleged De-
fense Of Cincinnati.

Columbus, O.-Because Of their de-
fense of Cincinnati during the Kirby
Smith raid in 1862, some of the So
called Squirrel Hunters" are now
seeking compensation for their serv-
ices. They responded to the call of
Gov. Todd to defend the state against
invasion, and went to Cincinnati with
all sorts and conditions of firearms and
in their everyday clothes. For their
services they received only a letter
of thanks from the governor. After
organization, they appointed a COM
mittee to draft bill to be presented
to the general assembly, asking that
body to appropriate money for these
services Az years ago.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16

Conspicuous among the enemies
constantly preying upon the wage
Garner while he is fighting the at
tie of organized labor, is the invest
ment swindler. He has all the craft
of wolf. his purpose seeming to be
to attack the workingman from the
rear while his attention is absorbed
by the forces facing him. And these
promoters of the small investment
swindling game have grown so in
numbers, in boldness and in cunning
that their attacks must receive atten-
ton before their depredations amount
to quite as much as the losses which
might come from unfair wage scales
or unjust restrictions upon labor
When a workingman engages in a
struggle to advance the cause Of or
ganized labor, he feels that he is do
ing something substantial for himself,
for his family, and for his fellows.
And so he is; but If he turns over to
the fake investment sharpers all the
concrete results of the advantage thus
u, III" tdt hO AAO"
much more of comfort can he give
himself or his family as net result
OF the transaction?
1t is time for the wage earners Of
America to awaken to the fact that
they are being systematically swim
died by the small investment brokers,
and swindled out of millions of hard
earned dollars every year. Unless they
arouse themselves and protect their
savings they might about as we'll go
back to the old labor conditions. since
there is not much practical choice
between giving the fruits of honest
toll to an over-reacbing and unjust
employer aud handing them over
gratis to systematizcd project for
swindling.
In my opinion there is no class OF
Deople so fit to drink the 'dregs of hu.
man contempt as arc those who glut
themselves upon the small savings
which the wage workers have slowly
and patiently put away in the family
stocking. And if ! could know that
this word of warning wonld be the
means of deterring workingmen who
read 1t from investing their savings
without first making thorough in
vestigation of the proposition offered.
should feel that I had rendered a
service to the wage earners that
could look back upon always with sat
4sfaction. If there is one sacred duty
resting more heavily than another
npon the shoulders of the working.
man, it is that of conserving instead
Of scattering the small surplus which
belongs to his family. 1t is most Sc
rious responsibility and any man who
is sensible of its weight will proceed
cautiously, will sift the situation down
to a hard and cold business basis. be.
fore he surrenders those savings to
anyone, particularly to an unknown
promoter of an investment Sure to
bring large returns within brief pc.
riod."
There are several ways by which
Dne can ten whether or not an invest
Meut offered him is sufficiently solid
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Necrees on Lew Start Riot,

Observation-Disclosures Giltenan and
Weller stopped an incipient riot in the
tenement district on the river front
when a number of colored men and
women, maddened by hunger, broke
open bread boxes in front of stores
and appropriated the contents. In
some cases they held up passers-by on
their way home from groceries and re-
lieved them of their bundles. A reign
of terror was inaugurated and lasted
for over a half hour.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Against Spanish in Brazil.

A knowledge of Spanish, while nec-
essary in all other parts of South
America..is of no advantage in Brazil
Its people are very proud Of their Por.
tuguese customs and language, and
are apt to be unfavorably impressed
by any one who does not pay due re.
spect to the difference between their
nation and those Of Spanish origin
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16

Columbus, O.-An important change
n the present school laws that Will re-
duce the size of boards is the object
of a bill that Senator Arthur Espy, Of
Hamilton county, introduced. 1t pro.
vides for a uniform law over the state
for the election of a board of education
of from three to seven members, all at
large, instead of from districts as at
present.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Editor Gets Appointment.

Columbus, O.-Gov. Harris appoint
ed w. l. Chamberlain, of Hudson.
member of the board Of control, Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna&
ton of Daniel D. White. Mr.. Cham~
beriain is editor of farm paper. Ths
senate confirmed John Courtright, OF
Pickaway county, as a member of tho
above board for the term ending Feb
ruary, 1909, and Gov. Harris appoint
ed him for another term, ending 1911.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16

Columbus, O.--Representative Hunt,
of Hamilton county, introduced in the
house a bill to prevent corporations
from subscribing to political cam
paigns. 1t provides for fine of $4,000
for the offending corporation and im-
prisonment of not more than one year
for the offending agent or attorney Of
the pOmOanV
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Miners Flock to Enlist.

Columbus, O.-Among the numerous
recruits enlisting at the barracks here
are miners from the neighborhood Of
the recent disaster at MOnongah, w.
Va Capt. Young, who has just return
ed from West Virginia, says that the
miners are f1ocking into the service.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
woman Killed Bv a Train.

Warren, GA cab containing Mrs.
Charles Islas, 70, was struck by an
Erie passenger train and the woman
was instantly killed. Her body was
wedged in against the pilot in such y
manner that she was carried several
blocks
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
RaIds Met $4,000.

Columbus, O.-The United States In
ternational Revenue Department, it is
announced, made good haul in Co
lumbus from liquor men and a few
other concerns who violated the law in
regard to using liquor bottles and La
bells more than once. Nearly $4,000
in fines were imposed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Shoots Son on Wifers Grave.

RavennG, O.-Driven frantic by the
verdict of the staff of Bellevue hos
pital, New York, that his seven-year-
old son Eddie must be blind through
out life, Edwin Collier, of Cleveland.
took the boy 10 his wifes grave, in
Ravenna cemetery, shot him dead, and
then shot himself near his heart. He
will die
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Bjo Oil Well.

Tiffin, O-An oil well was drilled
on the Tomb lease, near here, which
is estimated to be good for from 1000
to 1000 barrels every "a hours. 1t is
owned by Straight Brandon, and is
one of the largest wells struck in Ohio
in recent wears.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
AIIeoed Pirate Arrested.

Gallipolis, O.-Thomas Moore, ac
cused of being a member of a gang of
river pirates, has been taken into GUS
tody near Ironton. 1t is alleged he
stole freight, consisting of sugar and
tobacco, off the steamer Oriole and
made way with it in a skiff.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Made Goo Goo" Eyes.

Marion, O.-Charles Knapp, farm
er, applied for a job as detective on
the local police force. He later was
arrested as masher, having stood on
the street corners making eyes" and
insulting remarks to every woman who
passed, and is thought to be insane.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Loses Her Babes.

Lima, O.-Mrs. Viola Ferguson Hall.
who successfully abducted her four
minor children placed in the custody
Of her husband, Arthur Hall, by the
Michigan divorce courts, Eas forced
through habeas corpus prd edings TO
relinquish her own.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Fined For Attempting nribe.

Findlay, O.-Byron Williamson was
fined SIS and costs for attempting to
biibe Chas. E. Thompson, Standard
Oil juror, 1t was imposed by Judge
Babst, after a motion for new trial
had been ovcrruled.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Stole to Study.

Warren, O-J. Roy Mccartney, a
young man 20 years of age, confessed
to County Detective F. H. Flowers to
robbing the Lake Shore railroad STA
tion at Tyrrell Hill. He claims he
needed the money to pay his expenses
nt snhnlN1
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
seruian Giant Indicted.

Steubenville, o.-Within fifteen
hours after he had shot end killed PO-
lice officer L. ]. Mcdonald, Milovan
nodic, the Servian giant, was indict-
ed by the grand Jury for first-degree
murder.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Lid On AnA;n.

Columbus, O.-Mayor Bond expects
to assist the liquor league of the state
so far as it relates to Columbus in clos
ing up saloons where men and women
congregate. He ordered seven places
oIoSod IN
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
At 4 Ripe Old Ace.

Marion, O-When visiting at the
home of his brother, whom he had not
seen since the civil war, Jas. Walton,
so, Spokane, Wash, one of the few re-
naming California Argonauts, died of
PARALYSIS at Kirkpatrick.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16

GAINESVILLE, O.-J. w. Walters, vice
president of the Ohio Hotel Clerks
association, was arrested here on e
charge of embezzling $1,000 from the
funds of the Rogge hotel, where he is
employed as clerk.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
HosoitaI Threatened,

Lorain, GA crowd of angry farm
ers gathered about the city detention
hospital, in which two smallpox pa
tients were housed, and threatened to
burn the building An armed guard
blocked them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-16
Elremen,s BUSY pax.

Saturday is the busy day of the
London firemen, In ten years London
had 1898 Saturday fires, against 5000
ON Monday. the day they were least
frequent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13
RAILROAD LAW IS EYADED
COMMERCE COMMISSIONER so
DECLARES IN SPEECH.
Technicalities, He Asserts, Have De-
feated It's Purpose-He
Doesn't Despair.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, September 12.-''I doubt
If the whole history of lawmaking in this
country discloses such a record of ignor-
ing, evading and defying law as has
marked the course of the interstate COM
merce law. Its purpose has been defeated
through technicalities. But it must not be
assumed that the effort toward govern
ment regulation of interstate commerce
has been. is or will be a failure or that
1t will be abandoned in despair. There
will be no vindictiveness, no playing to
the galleries and no partiality in admins
terng the law as laid down by Congress,
but there will be a firm purpose and an
earnest effort to enforce its fun intent.
This statement was made by r. r.
Clark, interstate commerce commissioner,
in an address this afternoon before the
annual convention of the American AsSo-
citation of Freight Traffic Officials.
Mr. Clark said the roads should be per
mitted to maintain traffic associations,
provided their articles OF incorporation
and their rules are subject to approval
by d federal tribunal and are made pub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13
DUKE SEEKS MISS ELKINS
WOULD DISCUSS OPPOSITION TO
THEIR MARRIAGE.
Will Soon Start for This Country,
More in Love Than
Ever.

NEW YORK, September PA special
cable from Rome says:
The Duke of the AbruZZi. as much in
love ever-more. if that be possible-will
start for New York almost Immediately
to talk with his betrothed, Miss Kath-
crime Elkins, about the difficulties thrown
in the way of their marriage.
One dare not breathe it here, but the
truth is the duke fears now that Senator
Elkins will withdraw his consent to the
match: that American pride will resent
the Italian royal familys naughty atti-
tude.
The Duke of the AbruZzi. as his init
mates know, breads lest the dowager
queens hostility to the marriage and the
kings equally strong but less demonstra-
tive opposition will drive Senator Elkins
to the conclusion that his daughters po-
sition at court here would be rather
equvvocal. The duke knows that. so he
believes his fiancee's father will dismiss
him finally. Therefore. the duke will sail
with a greatly perturbed mind.
Queen Elena is one of the most un-
compromising enemies of the marriage.
Her majesty, princess of Montenegro.
seems anxious to demonstrate her devo-
ton to the dignity of the house of Savoy,
which her own marriage imperiled.
Save among republicans and socialists
public opinion here reflects, Historically
the royal opposition. The Italians are
angry because the Americans, instead of
loudly rejoicing that Miss Elkins was to
marry into the royal house, have taken
an unenthusiastic. somewhat critical, even
irreverent attitude toward the love af-
fair.
The Duke of Aosta and the Count of
Turin remain the firm allies of their
brother the duke, saying. in effect:
He knows the lady and he knows his
own mind. He tells us that we will al
love her when we know her We believe
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13
NEW JOB FOR TAGGART.
Former Chairman Will Look After
Votes of the C. T. A.

CHICAGO. September 12-Before his
departure for the east today to attend
the New York state democratic conven-
ton at Rochester, National Chairman
Mack announced the appointment of for
mer National Chairman Thomas Taggart
of Indianapolis as lead of the CONNER
cfal Travellers Association of the dem
ocratic national committee and William
Hose of New York as vice chairman of
the association. Mr.. Taggart will make
his Headquarters in this city and Indian
apolis and Mr. Hoge will have a bureau
in New York National Committeeman
F. O. Wood of Michigan has been made
secretary of the Travelling Mems Asso-
ciatlon p j. Culkin of Chicago a mem
ber of the engineers brotherhood. has
been placed in charge of the railway
mems bureau of the national committee
The national committee has arranged to
have Mr.. Bryan make several train-end
speeches on the run from Rochester to
that evening. Mr.. Bryan will speak
briefly at stops at Brockport. Medina,
Niagara Falls and TOnawanda.
Mr. Mack left for Buffalo this after
noon and will remain there until Monday.
when he will leave for Rochester. He
said there were many candidates for gov
ernor and while his name had been men
toned the chairman said he was not a
candidate. Mr.. Mack said the Rochester
convention would be harmonious and that
the McCarren delegates from Kings
county would undoubtedly be seated.