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The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
TROLLEY CAR RUN BY GHOSTS
Round Trip, with No One Aboard,
Made on Hackensack Line.
Affidavits Are Lacking, So Cum
GrRnO Sails Better BE Used by
Readers Of Yarns.

A haunted trolley car is the latest sen
sation at East Rutherford. y. J. No
afidavits are supplied with the yarn,
however.
The car, which is one OF welI-knowp
half dozen that daily run through East
Rutherford. over the tracks Of the New
ark and Hackensack line, was always
considered perfectly normal until Friday
Just what is the matter with II now no
one seems able TO determine
The car (No AZ, for purposes OF identi-
fication) had been run in from Hacken-
sack 10 the car barns at East Ruthe--
ford and was left standing on a siding
while the motorman and conductor went
into the barn 10 get their midday meal.
Before going, the motorman had taken
the precaution TO remove the controller
and the conductor had pulled the trolley
two feet down from the overhead wire
and tied it.
While the car was standing all by it.
self, employees eating in the car barns
noticed peculiar electric disturbance In
the air, and could also hear a strange
sound, half moan, half hoot. unlike any
sound they had ever heard before. One
man wanted to go out and investigate,
but his companions laughed at him and
told him the sound was merely the or
dinary noise OF a trolley spool on a wire.
Probably the spool was stiff they said
Just then a hatless man dashed t. the
door and cried that the car that had been
standing outside was moving away on
It's own account. with its trolley pole two
feet short OF the wire The laughing men
left their food and hurried out in time to
see the car rapidly disappearing.
Although the cars trolley pole was
way short OF the wire. It was splitting
shower OF blue sparks. Some of the men
declare positively that a distinct sulphur
Gus smell filed the air
The car was away two hours. In that
time it was seen by hundreds of persons
There was no one on either OF its plat
forms, no one was inside 1t. 1t ran the
entire length OF the trip TO Hackensack.
doubled the loop there. and came back to
the East Rutherford barn. where II start
ed Then il stopped of it's own accord.
One man who followed it in an auto
mobile declares the car invariably slowed
down when in danger OF Overtaklng a
car ahead. Since none OF the persons
who met it knew anything about trolley
cars, no one dared board II.
Expert electricians who examined the
car after its return to the barn were IN
able 20 find anything wrong with it. The
"nole occurrence Is profound mystery.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
HIDING IN THE CHORUS.
AtehiSon Globe Writer Gets Face
tIOus Abou. the Chorus Man.

If a man commits some terrible
crime. and wishes to become obscure.
to hide from the world, to lose his
identity. instead Of flying TO some
strange and uncivilized country. where
he will surely be tracked. why does he
not become a chorus man? He would
never be discovered. No one ever
looks at chorus man; no one knows
his name; he might as well be dis
embodied spirit. When an opera com
pany comes 10 town, the principals and
ShornS girls scatter themselves over
the streets and through the hotels. but
no one knows or cares what becomes Of
che chorus man When the curtain
goes up in the evening on the prodac-
tion of the opera gayly dressed, laugh
ing. singing chorus girls come dancing
on the stage. and completely hidden by
their flying legs and waving arms,
somewhere In the far background
stands the chorus man. 1t sometimes
happens that the chorus girl in posing.
needs a knee to sit on. and from some
where in the back of the stage comes
the knee Of the chorus man: II supports
her for a moment and disappears.
The figure of the chorus man may be
fat, or lean; his voice may be tenor or
bass; his hair may be blue. and his
eyes pink; no one knows. No one ever
sees or hears the chorus man. He IS
as completely shFouded in oblivion as
though he had been dead and buried
millions of years ago.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

months This house Is in Sixty-second
street. just off Fifth avenue. Scarcely
two blocks below il in the avenue are
apartments which are said 10 be the most
expensive in the, city. with an average
annual rental Of $4,000 each. People who
have two of these apartments thrown
into one to enjoy a spacious home Pay
just twice that sum FOR the additional
privilege.
New York hotels TO longer shelter only
a transient population Each great car
avanSary means home TO unnumbered
small families. John W. Gates is said
TO have paid $4,000 year for his suite III
the Plaza Hotel. A certain wealthy
woman is said to exceed this figure by
$4,000 in the sGm she pays for her luxU-
rious hotel apartment ~ tie Holland
House one may enjoy the use OF two
rooms and bath for Sl5.0oO a year, and
at the ST Regis a the rate OF 81 Il day.
while the Waldorf charges $4,000 year
for small suites
The 81. Regis is perhaps the only place
in New York which viii not make a long
lease A tenant is charged by the day
only, and may decrease or add to the
number OF rooms in his suite at his own
convenience and depart AT pleasure. with
no lease TO occasion months OF outlay
during absence
Special Privileges COstIiest.
The highest rents in New York are
paid for standing room The most prince
~ rental paid for store, Office. residence.
apartment. or hotel space does not com
pare, proportionally, with the sum ex-
pended for humble bootblack stand. a
soda fountain, or cigar kiosk.
A. Schultz pays $50 a square foot for
cigar privileges in The Cortlandt street
terminal building. and this Is said 10
be next TO the highest rent paid by
anybody in the world. The cigar lease
for the northwest corner Of Cortlandt
and Church streets runs for twelve years
At cost Of $50 a square foot for 800
square feet, While the lease includes five
other stands in the terminal building
at a tOtal cost OF S500009. One Of these is
in the exact center Of the Hudson ter
minal cOnc0urse floor. and for this glass
booth, open on three sides and covering
a space y by feet in size. a rental
Of $3.50 year is charged II is said that
lSS 900 cigars al two for p cents would
have 70 be sold 70 cover a years ex-
epenSes of this stand. and. taking other
expenses into account. $4,000 would need
10 be disposed OF before profits would
begin.
Higher prices are paid for cigar privi-
leSes than for any other occupying a
proportionate amount OF space in a
Broadway Office building $500 IS receiv-
ed as annual rent for a stand ninety
square feet In size. and such stands pay
correspOndingly high prices for spaUe in
other buildings and hotels.
Booth space is rented subject 10 bid and
charged Tor on the basis OF the business
proposed as much as on the local tiCn OF
space. Eight trades ara great Iessees Of
space privileges. and rank in the follow
ing order as profitable tenants OF these.
Tobacco. bOotblack, soda water package
candy news, flowers. fruit. and cutlery
and satchel stands.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Jesse James six-shooter.

Stumbling over a large fruit can on
the hin back of Jesse James former
residence in St. Joseph the other day.
while searching for a cave that was
said to be a rendezvous OF tough boys.
PatrOlman Wilson picked up the vessel
and found 90 his amaZement that Il
contained a revolver Of ancient make.
says the St. Joseph Gazette Judging
from the amount Of dirt and rust on
the gun il had been cncaSed in the can
Tor al least ten years. IL not many
more. One cartridge, an old-fashioued
copper she'll was in the cylinder.
The gun was Cclts and was marked
on the barrel as having been patented
IN 1871 Wilson believes the gun was
the property OF Jesse James, ana
values his fnd very highly.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
NEW ALASKAN DISH.
Moose Nose n Fine Nutritious Food,
SnyS Far North Hunter.

From the Seattle Tines
The nose Of a big Alaska bull moose
weighs eight pounds. and when boiled
tWentE-four hours into Selatine
makes the choicest and most nutri-
tous article Of diet 10 be had in All
Alaska. At least this is what Web
ster Brown, OF this city. who has
hunted and surveyed all over Alaska.
says. and he ought 10 know.
Alaska moose" said Brown vestcr-
day, is the best same food 10 be had
~ Alaska. and those who subsist for
large part OF the time on the game
OK the country are careful when they
kill big moose or any other kind Of
big game 10 have means at hand to
take care Of the carcass and save it,
I remember not many months ago
in the White River country when
our food ran short and we killed q
big bull moose and made away in the
next few days with the most Of his
good points. We were travelling
over rolling. partly open country in
the direction Of the Tanana Valley.
and every particle OF fresh meat
counted. When the carcass was all
butchered up and packed away
boiled the big. gristly. fat nose OF
the moose about twenty-four hours.
after spending five hours scratching
the hair of the hide and picking il
out by the roots
Well sir. I boiled that moose's
nose until IT made the finest SOFT Of
gelatine You ever saw. and absolute
ly clear, and Of a delicious sweet and
nutty flavor. 10 made a meal for
the whole OUTFIT for every dav for
three days. and In my judEemeut the
dish contained mere lasting and
nurishinS qualities than anything
that we had
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
The Nnmcr of RrItish Inns-

The little inns which We pass going
from London TO Scotland. and even the
wine shops. gioried . in pretentious
names which were generally -SispIayed
in illustrated signs hanging on
brackets. says Frank Preston IN the
Outing Ma gaziEe- We had great fun
in watching for these odd signs and
writing down some Of the most unusual.
We passed The Red Bull" and In
neighborly proximity The Red Cow
and The Dun Cow" sir john Barley
corn" was near enough 10 hear The
Five Bells and just beyond this. as II
not TO be OUtdOne in the bell line. the
proprietor of one inn called his place
The Ring o Bells" Later we passed
The Easy Chair and "Wait for the
Wagon, "The Nag's Head The
Spread Eagle" and down near the end
Of the list We had recorded The Black
Boy and The Head. Hand and
stomach
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

great as Ibsen is as poet, philosopher,
and dramatist. I do not think the cynical
and false conclusion of that work of art
for such it is-should be taken as a
true criticism Of life. His Enemy Of the
People with less poetry. is, 10 my mind.
a nobler work. because there is no shat
tering Of ideals.
Should girls go on the stage? Why
not-provided. of course. they have the
proper qualifications and the right ambi-
tion? The stage Is for the good-the good
of is eXpOnents and the good Of human
ity-just as much as literature is. Be
cause q decadent, repellant book appears,
like a sudden poisonous growth. is that a
reason why literature should be discour-
aged? And because there are pitfalls IN
stage life. should one retard its growth
by discOuraging girls or boys from meet
ing its problems and reading its re-
wards?'
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

men. and now comes the Barclay printer
machine which a lecturer in a museum
would call the marvel Of the mechanical
world"
And Il IS a marvel It is almost un-
canny 10 see a typewriter clicking along
at high speed and pouring out messages
that are ready for the MESSENGER bOv at
the rate OF 100 or 80 an hOurl That's
what the Barclay printing telegraph does.
The best part OF IL is that. like the wash
4ng machine your wife buys for 50 cents
a week forever. child can operate it
Three parts make up the Barclay: The
perforator- a typewriter that prepares the
tape. punching into it the letters Of the
message You wish TO send; the transmit
ter into which the tape is fed automat-
ically. a contrivance similar 10 the Wheat
stone transmitter. and the typewriter that
receives the message. \ girl who can
operate a typewriter can learn to operate
the perfOrator in thirty minutes so that
she can punch about $50 messages. In A
nine-hour day The transmitter Of
course. is automatic. and will hande
about 400 or 500 words minute. The av-
erage message contains seventeen words
The receiving typewriter needs the atfen-
ton Of only one girl 20 put the lnessag ge
blanks into the machine. and even she
may be dispensed with later By putting
the blanks on roller
Ordinarily. 100 or more messages an
hour are received on one Of these type-
writer's. 4 flrst-class telegraph operator.
using a typewriter. is able 10 receive
about forty messages an hour. Cnder ex-
tr3ordinary strain this is increased 70
sixty messages. The faster the operators
work the greater is the risk Of error. and
errors mean delay. The Barclay printer
makes no mistakes IL the tape is correct
ly punched. ~Whatever is put into the
transmitter in Kansas CITY will come ON
or the typewriter in Chicago. ready for
delivery.
The Barclay printer is made up. by ad-
dition and improvement. OF two printing
telegraph machines, the Wheatstone and
the Buckingham. both owned By the
Western Union. The Barclay uses an ex-
elusive alphabet made up OF dots and
dashes and spaces. One wire may be on
Grated through TWO machines duplex
SO that. oonservatively, I'D or 3N mes
sages an hour may be handled bv nou-
expert labor where formerly men we're
employed who received SO 20 Sis month.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
go" FOR KNIGHTS OF THE KEY

Within the last week there have been
installed in the local Offices OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company a number
Of machines which viii practically revo-
lutionize the sending Of messages.
For sixty years the improvements Of
the Morse system were inconsequential.
Only within the last few years have any
radical departures been made from the
methods used in sending words by cleo
tricity from Baltimore TO Washington in
1874
Numerous efforts have been made to
invent a practical telegraph machine. one
which transmits and receives messages
without the use of the human hand. But
it remained for John C. Barclay. assist
ant general manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. to invent a
machine OF which the operator needs
only a knowledge of the standard type
writer keyboard.
in the machine installed in the local
Offices, four girls without any knowledge
OF telegraphy do the work which formerly
required six or seven expert operators
TO know the Morse code, so in case the
ntrument goes wrong for any reason the
old-style keyboard can be used TO CHECK
up" Both in accuracy and in speed is the
machine superior to the work of the
most expert telegrapher.
Two machines have been installed here
one sending and receiving messages 20
New York. while the other both sends
and receives on a Chicago wire. Two
more machines viii shortly be installed
one for the Philadelphia business and the
other for Pittsburg. These machines are
now in use in New York. Chicago. Phua-
delphia, Boston. Buffalo, St Louis. and
Kansas City.
This will not entirely displace the teleg-
rapher for the machine can only be in
stalled advantageously in offices that
have a constant flow Of business. II is
intricate and complicated. and in its pres
ent form is not adaptable for work in a
small Office.
Years and years ago, when the stock
ticker first was used. telegraph operators
predicted that some day a machine would
be invented that would put them out of
business. The Wheatstone automatic tel
egraph trebled the carrying capacity Of
wires and took the places Of hundreds Of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30
Do NOT
PATRONIZE
BUCK STOVES
AND RANGESl
ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
Just Word of Two About tn
Handlers of the -Juice."

Just a Word of Two About the
Handlers of the -Juiee."
Its an i'll wind that does not blow
electrical workers The high winds
and heavy electrical storms that have
prevailed in this neck o. the woods
for the last week or two has had the
effect of increasing work for the cleo
tricai workers. The wind has tangled
wires. the lightning has burned out
fuses. both together have put considl-
oracle money into circulation by rea-
son of making work
Frank Harkins, a lineman belonging
to the Las Vegas Union. was run over
by train at Minden last Sunday One
arm had to be amputated- He will be
cared for by the electrical workers of
this jurisdiction and sent to his home
There are a lot of union men who
are not electrical workers who would
like TO see Mark Castor nominated for
the legislature by the republicans of
Lancaster county Castor has with
drawal card but that does not mean
that he is any the less a union man.
He would still be on the active list If
the rules of the union permitted
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

it isn't worth rememhering-has
learned a thing or two lately. This
may be a surprising statement. but
it is true. He learned it Just like a
child learns to dread the getting
up against a hot stove
He is the fellow who was lauded
by the subservient daily press be-
cause of his bravery in killing an
anarchist who attacked him at his
cwn door. The fact that the --anar-
chiss" was an ignorant Russian boy
VINO had Just arrived in Chicago and
thought he had to report the same
10 the chief of police. just like he did
IN Russia, was not given any par
tlcular attention by the daily press
He is the same fellow who gathers
his blue-clad minions about MIN and
Gisperses iobless men who meet to
Protest against conditions. claiming
that they are anarchists" He is
always Matching up an anarchist
plot to expose. thereby getting his
Eame in the papers.
But he made a mistake a week or
two ago. Learning that the social
Ssts. then in national convention as
sembled in Chicago. were going to
have a moving picture show and
show pictures exposing the bitter
contrast OF wealth and poverty. he
scented another appeal to preju-
oice." another anarchist plot He
eonfiscated the lantern slides. and
then waited for the applause from
the daily papers What he heard
wasn't applause 1t was the buzz
of about the busiest lot of hornets
that ever got into action The fool
chief of police had made the mis-
take OF confoundirs socialism with
anarchS-a common raf-sake of the
ignorant and tho pSsssessors OF I'M
earned wealth. Those socialists
merely went out and secured dupii-
cate sii0eS. and they added some of
their own The added ones bore bit
~OE AAUAlS AAAHSU az SAXS HUH CAxASA
q police They invited him to resort
&c the courts They made him the
laughing stock of every man in chi
caso who has brains enough in his
head 10 soil pillow Slip If his head
broke ana run in the night
But this isn't altogether the point
The point is this,
Haven't things come 10 a pretty
pass in free America when a lot OF
workinsmen are not allowed TO gather
10 talk over their own affairs. wher
Some ignorant lout of a chief o1
police, appointed by politicians who
are the paid tools of the predator,
interests, can club workingmen ovel
the head for the heinouS offense q
being out of work, when free speed
Is denied ON the streets by \ car il
DolSceman,s uniform. and in tbs
press by a be-wigged and be-gownes
Judge appointed for lifes
Just think it over. Mr.. Working
man Maybe this isn't such a FIRE:
/ country as YOU have been thinkins
il is
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

, ~Printerss Ink" The reeo0-
3 mixed authority On advertie-
, ing, after 4 thorough investi-
, cation on this subject. Gays:
3 "A labor paper 10 4 far bet
: ter advertising medium than
= an ordinary newspaper In
3 comparison with circulation.
3 A labor paper. for example.
= having 1000 subscribers Is Of
3 more value to the business
3 man who 1dvertises in Il
= th>a an ordinary paper with
3 1900 suhseriberAS
3 = = y = = > = = = y =
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

Now what would you think of a
member of trades union who landed
a fat political job because he was
member of the union, and after
he landed it refused to pay dues any
moree Well name him some of these
days
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

Every time GRIPPE Cuts, Post
cry union man knows it But they
didn't know that a woman like Mar
garet A. Haley was in Lincoln for
the purpose of telling them something
that would benefit them. Funny.
isn't ite
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

Personally John A. Johnson of
Minnesota is a good man, but he is
b und to accumulate a lot of polit-
ical filth if he doesn't cut loose from
tie gang that is pushing him
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

The proposition TO make Mr.. Clark,
Of the Order of Railway Conductors,
Mr. Taft's running mate would mean
that Mr.. Clark would have to pose
as the ''Old Dog Tray" of the GO p.
ssae of the campaign Wen be bit
ierly disappointed in Clark is he buys
that political gold brick
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

hyrodermic injection of brains
wouldn't hurt the chief of police of
Chicago a little bit, except that the
unexpected presence of brains in his
skull might make his head ache a
little.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

The bred Scott decision FASTENED
the overflow of slavery. The Dam
bury case decision viii hasten the
time when labor will demand its po-
litical. civil and industrial rights
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30
RAILROAD sRorHERHoops.

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE EN-
GlNEERS, Division No. ss-Neets SEC
cnd and fourth Sunday Chief En-
FIrst Assistant Engineer. F. D. Palmer.
rs South Tenth street Second Assist
ant Engineer, H Wiggen5oss, Court
House.
eolIERMAkERs' BROTHERHOOD. No.
ffs-Neets second and fourth Friday
evenings A o. L. W. hall ie87 @.
resiasns, Charles Peterson Ice Jack
Indiana and Toozalin avenues. Have
lock
MAcHINIsrs- ASSOCIATION. No. Csc
Meets nrss Friday in Havelock- third
rriday at A. o z w hail, Lincoln
Secretary. C III. Lingle. 50 North Sew
enteenth-
sRoraERHooD OF RAILWAY CAR
MEN-Meets first and third Saturday
evenings A. o. L. W. hall President.
H T. Season. 1851 North Twenty
ssur'h, Rseordins Secretary. c. E
p. Ludwig. lis. South Seventh
ssoIs.ssooo OF LoeoMor,xE
Meets second and fourth Sunday
i, K9rsI 81 North Txslfsh- sssIs-
sRorhERAooD OF RAILWAY TRAM
YEN. NO. i7o-Meets second and fourth
Master. J. ID. Andrews I7ss O. Secre-
sary. D. J. Cooper. eies South Ninth
sRorhERnooD OF swurcaMEN. No
toNesss hr<s sunday at , m. Sc
S San sJSd.y a, p ma Ssrpsnssr.
Ray. ieae Knox Financial Secresary
J. Johnson .sls d.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

The twenty union men who heard
Miss Haley have been talking so
rauch about it that if Miss Haley will
make a return date she will talk to
f,.lly forty union men
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

Perhaps YOU have noticed that the
Injunction that sticks is the one is
sued against the workingman, and the
Injunction that is unheedei is the
enc issued against capitalistic con-
Germs like the beef trust and the
Northern Securities outfit.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

When the Lincoln Labor Temple
as completed. as the result of the toll
and sacrifices of the minority, the
majority will swell up and say, Gosh.
work.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

Showing by means of pictures the
bitter contracts between poverty AMI
wealth is another appeal to preju-
dice" that the capitalistic press viii
roundly denounce-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

Thursday night Of last week, than
there were to hear Miss Haley. And
IS long as union men pay more at
tention to educating their feet than
they do to educating their heads,
they will be complaining about their
unhappy lot
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30
WILL GO TO DENVER.
Three Labor Men Instructed for
Bryan.

The Democracy of the District Of
Columbia at its convention Thursday.
elected three active labor union men
to do to the Denver convention: ]. J.
Purcell, of the Electrical Workers.
Sam De Nedry, Of typographical I'm
ion, delegates, and James W. Dyer, of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters, alter
nate.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

Every sincere union man carries a
stick of moral dynamite in his hand
He carries it for the purpose of dyna-
hitting the novels. not the palaces
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-30

A lot of people are anxious TO save
children by parading who wouldn't
take the trouble TO save child slaves
by demanding the union label.