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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
PRESIDENT WILL
KEEP PROMISES
VIII Recommend to Congress
Change in Injunction Law.
CRIMINAL CODE A DISGRACE

The President Ashamed of the Fact
That the Poor Man Has No Equal
Opportunity With Rich Litisant.
VIII Try to Place Them on Equal
Footing.
Chicago. Sept. 17.-Speaking with
great earnestness to a mass meeting
in Orchestra hall, President Taft de
clared that no question before the
American people today Is more i'm
portant than the improvement of the
administration of justice, and he an
nounced his intention of recommend
ing to congress the appointment Of a
commission to take up the question
of the laws delay in the federal courts.
The president said he hoped that the
report of this commission, when rem
dered, would serve also as a guide to
the state of the Union in effecting rem
edial legislation.
The president at the end of a day OF
sightseeing, OF base ball, OF receptions
and dining. received an uproarious
greeting when he reached Orchestra
hall to make the only set speech OF
his stay in Chicago. Recalling that iC
was In this same hall during the cam
paign of a year & that he faced an
audience of more than 1900 working
men and made one of the crucial ad-
dresses of his candidacy, the president
assured mis- hearers that he had not
forgotten his campaign promises and
the platform declarations of his party.
Mr.. Taft devoted the entire first
part of his speech to the subject of
labor, and said he intended to recon
mend to congress in his first message
legislation to carry out the platform
promise as to injunctions-that no in
junction or restraining order should
be issued without notice except where
irreparable injury would result from
delay, in which case a speedy hearing
should be granted.
Believes In Organized Labor.
The president declared anew his be
lief in organized labor, and congratu-
lated the leaders of the movement
that they have set their faces like
flint against the doctrines of social
ism" He also said:
81 know there is an element among
employers of labor and investors of
capital which is utterly opposed to the
organization of labor. | cannot sympa-
thize with this element in the slight.
est degree. | think 1t is q wise course
for laborers to unite to defend their
interests. IL is a wise course for them
to provide a fund by which should oc-
casion arise and strikes or lockouts
follow, those who lose their places may
be supported pending an adjustment
of the difficulties. | think the en-
ployer who declines to deal with or
ganlzed labor and to recognize it as q
proper element in the settlement OF
wage controversies is behind the
times. There is not the slightest doubt
that if labor had remained u%norganized
wages would be very much lower"
Taking up next the subject of the
courts, the president asserted with
earnest emphasis that the administra-
fion of criminal law today is a dis
grace to American civilization. Asham-
ed of the fact. as Americans might
well be, he declared that the poor man
has not noy an equal opportunity with
the rich litigant, and said it was his
purpose to do what he could to place
the poor man on a more equal footing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Grows New Set Of Finer Nails.

Laurel. Dcl, Sept ~2G.-Joseph Ellis
aged eighty nine years, probably the
oldest man in this section, is growing
a new set of finger nails, Five of the
Did nails have entirely disappeared
and new one have come in their
places, INT the remaining old ones
show signs of being routed by the new
ones.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
BOY FIRES CAR OF CATTLE
GleefuIIy Applies Match That Roaota
helrless Creatures.

Pittsburg, Sept. 20.-A boy set fire
to the straw in a cattle car on a sill
ing near Washington, Pa, to e what
effect it would have on the cattle. Ten
of them burned to death and a mum
Der of others had to be shot.
The boy was gleeful. according tc
persons who saw him from a distance
until he saw the mischief he had cau3-
ed, and then he fed. The police are
looking for him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Bio Grain Company Fails.

Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 18.-The IT.
Fl. Bunch company, IN OF the largest
grain concerns in the United States,
filed a petition in bankruptcy. 1t is re-
ported hat local banking institutions
are involved to the extent of $500, 900
The annual business of the concern, 1t
is stated, had ranged between $4,000
900 and $1,000. 900.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
BISHOP HEADS LIST

Governor Fort Appoints tuberculosis
Commission.
Trenton, Sept. 18-Goyernor Fort ap-
pointed the commission provided by n
joint resolution passed at the last ses-
sion to prosecute an educational cam
paign against the spread of tuberculo-
sis in this state. The commissioners
appointed are Right Rev. James A. Nc
Faul, bishop of Trenton; DIR. William
G. Schauf1er, Lakewood; Mrs. Sidney
M. Colgate, Orange; Mrs. William l..
Dayton, Trenton, and William c. Small
wood, of Newark.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
BOMB KILLS TWELVE

Many Others Injured by Explosion In
Italy.
Rome, Sept. 1S.-Three houses were
destroyed at Riace, Calabria. by a
bomb explosion. Twelve persons were
killed, including an entire family of
the name of PUGET. Many others were
injured.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25

Loot Found Concealed on Robber.
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 1S.-Benjaminl
Solomon was arrested here. chargeds
with the larceny of jewelry at Geneva, |
N. Y. The jewels, valued at hundreds
of dollars, were found concealed in al
fiat tin box sewn inside the top of his
trousers. He will be returned to Ge-,
neya. i
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
LURED TO DEATH IN DREkl.
Aged Woman Saw Reckoning Finger OF
Dead Husband.

Dead
Elizabeth, NJ. j. Sept. 20-Lured By
the reckoning finger of her dead hus-
band appearing TO her In a dream
Mrs. Margaret Wilson, eighty-1ve
years old, u~nfastened a window in the
bedroom of her home in Clark place
and tumbled to her death upon the
ground, less than four feet below.
The fall awoke Mrs. Wilson, and
before she passed away she managed
to tell her story. She said she had
dreamed Of her son, who died eleven
years ago OF a fall from a bicycle. II
the dream had appeared the figure o.
her husband, who died about a yea
ago, and who seemed to be beckoninP
her on. She sustained internal injuries
and a fractured hip and fingered but q
few hours.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Secuted Idea of War.

President Taft secuted the idea that
there ever had been the slightest dan
ger of trouble between Japan and
America. He paid high compliment to
the military yalor of Japan when the
country was fighting in defense of
her rights and the maintenance Of her
prestige on the field of battle"
But" he declared, Japan today IS
fighting for victories of peace, and we
all hope she will succeed. We are not
going to yield ourselves in that con
test, however, If we can help it"
President Taft's address. which
throughout was filled with expressions
of the warmest admiration for the
Japanese emperor and the japanese
people, followed a speech by Baron
%Shibusawa, a prominent banker of To
kio and chairman of the visiting com
mission, in which, speaking in his ma
tive tongue, he referred to President
Taft "as one OF the foremost men Of
the age and a warm and true friend Of
Japan"
He proposed the health of the presi-
dent and led his fellow countrymen IN
three resounding "banZais." Mr.. Taft
proposed the health of the emperor
with a "%banzai," which was caught up
and re-echoed by the American guests.
Preceding the luncheon the presi-
dent was introduced to each member
of the japanese commission, and his
hearty words of greeting, his quick
recollection of having met many of the
visitors during his several visits to
Japan and of little incidents in which
they had a part, seemed completely to
captivate them, and each man as he
passed appeared reluctant to release
the presidents hand or to curtail the
informal exchange of compliments.
Taft Compliments the Ladies'.
Mr.. Taft also received the ladies Of
the party, declaring to Baroness Shi-
buwasa that America wanted to see
more of the ladies of Japan and to en-
courage their coming to this country
with the men.
1T isn't fair" said the president,
that Japan should keep back the most
charming of her creatures"
To Baron ~Shibusawa the president
said he was sorry he could not receive
him at the White House at Wash
ington.
Baron Kanda, a graduate of Am
herst, greeted the president as a fell
low member of the Psi Epsilon frater-
nifty.
"Well, we'll" said the president, Eve
will shake hands again, but Wen just
conceal our grip"
To Mr.. Dol, Of Osaka, the president
declared he was going again to Japan
some day just to see Osaka.
To DR.. T. Kumagae. physician of the
Imperial university at Toxic, President
Taft said:
I'VE have a profound admiration for
the physicians of japan. They taught
us the way TO stamp out the plague.
In Manila they taught us to label the
rats and by following them to theil
holes to wipe out the sources of in
lection. We owe them a lasting debt
of gratitude"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
BEES COST GIRL MUCH HAIR
Enters Her Pompadour and Leads to
Lots of Trouble.

Milton, Del, Sept. Polar flew mi
a worthy cause and Miss Laura Con,
nor lost ome of her tresses when al
bee became entangled in her pompal
dour. Miss Conner was cleaning a,
window when the bee nestled in the,
hair. Her cries brought three sisters.
to her rescue, and with all of them;
brushing the pompadour was wrecked;
and much hair torn out. The bee es
capped. J
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Welcomes Commercial Mission
to This Country.
DRANK TOAST TO MIKADO
The President In His Speech Paid a
Tribute to the Japanese For Their
Industry and Patriotism and Greeted
Each One Personally.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 20.-Presi-
dent Taft met the fifty members of the
Japanese commercial mission to the
United States, babe them a hearty
welcome to the country. assured them
Of the lasting friendship Of the Amer.
can people, paid a tribute to their
qualities OF industry and patriotism
and in conclusion drank a toast to the
emperor OF Japan as 'the warm arl
sincere friend OF America" amid great
enthusiasm among both his japanese
and American hearers.
The meeting with the Japanese was
at a luncheon at the Lafayette club on
the shores of beautiful Lake Mime
tonka, twenty miles out of the city,
rendered by the Commercial Club OF
Minneapolis.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE.

Karl Franz Joseph, heir presumptive TO
the throne of Austria, is being planned,
according to a report emanating from
court circles here.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
KAISER'S DAUGHTER TO WE'D
Princess Victoria Louise May Marry
Austrian Archduke.

Vienna, Sept. 18.-The union OF Vic
toria Louise. only daughter of Emperor
William, of Germany, and Archduke
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
CONTEST FOR YOUNG ARTISTS

Boys and girls of public school age all invited compete
for prize of be given for the best pen and ink drawing
which be strictly original
Topic: Some Pets Enjoy" Pictures to be A inches
wide by inches deep and include figures
with appropriate background. All work for this
be received this office later than Thursday July
for publication July 18.
Topic: Getting Ready for Our Summer Vacation Trip"
This may show any of the incidental trip in
the country from the first work of packing trunks and mother
sewing stitches in the wardrobe Of of the
members of the party to the group the Station waiting for
trunks to be checked and the train to steam away.
Pictures be 49 inches wide by inches deep, and
office than Thursday July Is for pub
lcation July rs.
All work submitted for this be drawn in
black drawing ink smooth white Bristol board 1t be
original and entirely the work of the boy girl who submits it.
Pictures for this contest must be accompanied by ad
dress and grade of school (if any of the artist
No drawings will be returned
Address all drawings Aunt Laurie Sunday Herald Junior
The Herald Los Angeles, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04

quently prevail. the bell is used to warn
vessels of the danger of approaching
too near the island and coast. The
light keeper has a large and very intel
ligent shepherd dog that answers to
the name of Don Carlos. This dog has
been trained to toll the fog bell when
the weather is very heavy. So well
trained is Don Carlos that when the
fog comes rolling in he rushes, unbid
den by the keeper to the bell and be-
gins to tug at the rope and to sound
the alarm This the faithful fellow
continues to do until relieved by his
master. Don Carlos often takes his
turn at the bell during the night when
the keeper is busy looking after the
light.
~"I do not see how l could get along
without Don Carlos" the keeper de-
clares. 81 am all alone. and have no
other assistant; but l can always rely
implicitly on my dog. He knows his
duty and faithfully performs it, wheth-
er told to do so or not"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
RAILROAD ACCIDENT
WITHOUT DIRE RESULTS

4 I was on the back piazza where the
accident happened, and the rail-
n road was the hammock.
one day Mamie, Florence aud Bob
came out from breakfast with their
arms full of dolls and tin soldiers to
take ride. They made believe that
the train was going very fast indeed,
and they had a great time getting on
board. Bob was the engineer, Mamie
the brakeman, who called out the
names of the stations.
Before they started all the dolls and
the soldiers had been put on the bay
window seat, to be taken up as pas
sengers along the road. Bob the en-
gineer, took hold of the rope which was
fastened to the blind-catch in the side
of the house; Mamie, the conductor,
shouted, "All aboard" and Florence.
the brakeman, called out San Fran
ciscov before they had gone an inch.
You see that the engineer, by pulling
on the rope could swing the hammock
back and forth, and when the train
was going very fast the conductor could
GedtH HtI DslSSSilSNiS wa N'AN
seat and drag them on board.
One would think that 1t would take
long time to go from San Francisco,
Cal. to New Jersey, but in about tive
minutes the brakeman called out,
.'Newark!" The conductor made
grab at the passengers on the window
seat and hauled on board big hand
full. although two tin soldiers and
rubber doll fell to the ground and were
instantly killed.
on rushed the train, passing rapidly
through London" New York" and
africa" but just as they were ap-
preaching "Quashville, the very last
station on the time table, and where
they always stopped for refreshments,
a COW got upon the track. Then there
was a great ringing of make-believe
bells and whistling of make-beleve
whistles-enough to make a buffalo
run for his life. But alas! the rope
that held the hammock had been
swinging on the big hook little too
long, for it was worn nearly through,
and Just as the ke-believe cow
Jumped off the track bang went the
railroad down to the piazza!
The china doll passengers were brok-
en- all to pieces and the tin soldiers
were bent up double. But what was
worse, the engineer, conductor and
brakeman were dreadfully bumped up.
Yet they must have reached "Quash-
vile" in due time. for 1 saw them hav-
ing their refreshments as usual, with
lust as good appetites as ever, al
though there was piece of wet brown
paper on each of their little foreheads.
Philadelphia Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04

er paraphernalia which has to be in
cluded in the luggage when the family
starts off on pleasure trips. furnishes
amusing matter for the artist with the
well developed sense of humor.
Junior artists can get plenty of ma
terial for these pictures by spending
an hour or so in any of the railroad
or electric stations here, and there
ought to be many good pictures with
this topic as a suggestion.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
JUNIOR PICTURES ALL
SHOW HAPPY YOUNG FOLK


cluded practically every sort of
Il good times which boys and girls
enjoy. There were little tots on the
saw, bigger ones jumping rope and
the number of schoolboys and girls
who went bathing and digging sand
at the beach when vacation days ar
rived was simply enormous. Picnick-
ing, too, was a favorite amusement and
the most tempting looking luncheons
were seen spread beneath the cool, in
vfting shadow of some tall tree, or be-
side a sparkling brook. The boys were
given rather more show than is usual
in the drawing topics and were to be
seen in the pictures riding horseback,
swinging and playing baseball with all
the hilarity of real boys just out of
school
Several of the pictures We're partic-
ularly spirited. Among the artists who
contributed the best of these pictures
were Alvin Ireland, 1249 West Twenty
fifth street, Sixteenth street school, A4;
Josephine Larson 337 Gardner street,
Hollywood. Fremont school, grade AS,
age 10 years; Marguerite Case, Gar
dena, grade 8, private lessons; Ralph
Robinson, $3.50 Towne avenue, Main
street school, grade AS and Irwin
Haines, 2515 South Main street, Thir-
tieth street school, grade B7.
A number of pictures showing pretty
woodland scenes or groups of young
folk enjoying the ocean breezes ere
received from Emma RoWena Bedford,
box 80 r. F. D.. Redlands; Charles I.
Coiner, 527 Chapala street, Santa Bar
bara, grade 5, age 10 years; Doris
East Fifty fourth street, Hooper ave-
nue. school, grade AS, and Irwin Haines
and Marguerite Case, whose pictures
were mentioned before.
Other pictures which denote ability
of a promising sort were contributed
by Albert Levine, Eel Monte, box 81,
grade Z; Nellie G. Cooley, Upland,
grade Z; Gretchen Larson, Hollywood,
Fremont school, grade GA Viola Sto-
Rutherford Anaheim, R. f. d. No 3,
box 12, grade 6, age H. Arthur
S24 East Twenty-seVenth street,
Twenty y-eighth street school, grade Az
Nellie Branscom, Downey, grade s.
Mary Johnson, SS6 Market street,
Riverside, Grant school, grade 6, sent
a we'll arranged picture, but did not
use her black ink with sufficient force
to allow of effective reproduction
Irene Tanner, PSI East Thirtieth street,
Thirtieth street school, grade AS, neg
lected the rule that figures must show
at least some portion of the features,
and she sent two cunning sunbonnet
babies. which were rather we'll drawn
Lille May Burt, Hermosa Beach, grade
6. used blue ink instead of black and
tried TO introduce too much detail in
her picture Her work is promising,
however, and with little practice she
will do much better work.
The topic for July rs, Getting
Ready for Our Summer Vacation
Trip" will be an amusing one to draw,
and many of the Junior artists will un-
dOubtedly draw humorous pictures.
There is always something laughable
about the process of packing-that is,
when one is not personally concerned.
The various parcels. hampers and 9TH
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
THE DOG AND THE FOG BELL

No animal in the world equals a
dog as a faithful sentinel when it comes
to keeping watch and ward" in the
interests of it's master. Some dogs
may be taught to perform duties of an
unusual nature. Off the shores of Alas
ka, on a small, rocky island writes ].
Mayne Baltimore, in the Nashville Vis-
itor is a little light station. connected
with which is a fog bell. During the
continuance of dense fogs. which fire.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
VISITORS HOURS

Aunt Laurie will be In her office In
The Herald building to issue prizes,
receive calls from Juniors. teachers.
parents and others Monday afternoon
from until o'clock and Saturday
from 10 in the morning until o'clock
In the afternoon. Other appointments
may be made at any time by telephone
when the regular hours do not suit
the convenience of visitors.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-11-30

When the whales were still frequent
along the lines a. passenger iraVcl
across the Atlantic nothing was more
common than 10 see the great beasts
hurting their bulk clean ont Of the
waves and. after n flight through the
air. falling back into the sen with an
enormous splash. n spectacle never
falling Of interest 10 the ocean tourist.
but not due TO any sportive DISPOSE
ton on the part OF the leviathan OF the
deep-Quite the contrary. The breach
ing Of the whale Is no fun for the
beast. II is n frantic effort to RID
himself OF the torture of carache.
There is a marine crustacean when
pesters whales TO the verge Of. endur-
ance. and there seems reason TO be-
lIeve that some whales have been driv-
en- Insane by these tiny parasites. IL
Is a crab Of about the size OF that
which Is found in the oyster. When
II lodges on the whale II infests the
inner surface Of the eyelids and the
ear. By swift rushes on the surface
the whale Is able TO clear its eyes. but
the crab in the Inner ear cannot be
dls.odged by any such means.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-11-30
COY Ewes" For Two.

The drawback OF fancy names Tor
dishes is their tendency to be deficient
IN prosaic information. Would you
order angels on horseback" for in-
stance. IL you did not know what sort
OF thing ii was: And to appeal to the
waiter to interpret is humlliating. A
correspondent recalls his own fate In
the matter Of "ochsenaugen" fox eyesi-
Having repeatedly seen them on the
menu among the pudding class during
n tour in Germany. he and his wife
eventually ordered them. Two poT-
tious?" asked the woman walter "Oh.
yes. two portions" II proved that two
portions OF OK eyes meant six fried
eggs-as the final course OF hearty
meal Aud. rs The wife had the moral
courage to refuse 10 eat more than
one. the cowardly husband, unwilling
to give away that he had not known
what be was ordering. had to worry
down the five others.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-11-30
He Thought II Peculiar.

Some years ago Frank A. Munsey
the magazine man. hired private sec
rotary. Speaker Reed dropped In tC
call on Mr.. MunSey. who was an old
friend Of his. The secretary said thai
Mr.. Munsey was engaged.
"All right" said Reed, "l'll wait
At the end Of half an hour Munsey's
door opened. and the publisher mp
peared. showing his caller out
Seeing the speaker. be grasped his
hand and dragged him into bis office
An hour later. when Reed had gone
Mr.. Munsey called his secretary.
look here. Block" he said. "whai
do you mean by letting Speaker Rec
wait unannounced half an .hour?'
"Wa-wa- watb that Mr.. Reed?"
1T certainly Was"
"Why. | thought II wath the Rev
DR.. John Hall" said the secretary.
"Dr. Hall has been dead two years.
answered Munsey severely.
II know H." replied the secretary
''Thath why thought II wath tho rery
peculiar"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-11-30
Marry. Come Up.

A middle aged Welsh market woman
visited q theater for the first time In
her life and was much interested IN
the piece. which was founded on
Kingsley's Westward Hor'
Mari" sat in a front seat 10 one
scene an actor. representing famous
old Admiral John Hawkins. came on
the stage and wrathfully testified
against "croakers." concluding his
speech With the old fashioned epitbet;
Marry. come upr'
mo, thank eu. surr," said Mari. ris'
ing IN her seat and courtesying respect
fully. Il will do famous down by
here"
The audience reared. and Mari gaz-
ed about In wonder. Quiet restored
the actor continued his vigorous tirnde
against "croakers." again concluding
with. Marry. sneak up. | say"
Il eau see splendid by here. SURF
thank Gu. surr." protested Mari. Il
am 'shamed to go on the platform