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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
GOVERNOR
TAKES A HAND
Attempts to Arrange Meet.
ing Between Switchmen
and Employers.
BY limited Press Wire

by OHlleu IIeSS wire.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec20-
Spurren on by the beligerent atti-
tude of the American Federation of
Labor conference in st. Paul and the
open threats of sympathetic strike
OF freight handlers and railroad
clerks Governor Eberhardt attempted
today to arrange a meeting of rail-
way managers and striking swit,h-
men.
The governor has been waited on
by committee from the railway de.
partment OF the American Fedora
tion, headed by H. b. Perham, chair
man of the department Perham. as
spokesman, said the strike situation
was "fie;,e." He felt that the COVER
nor should do something He intimat-
ed that II might be necessary to call
out the organizations affiliated with
the railroad department although he
hoped for a perfect settlement
Governor Eberhardt declared he
mad done ali in his power
II am more than willing to act if
find there is anything for me to do
within my province. will try to ar
range a conference between the rail.
roads ami the switchmen."
Tuesday night Is given as the final
limit to peaceful negotiations. The
labor conference committee of ten re-
sumed operations today In st. Paul
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
SPOKANE LETTER

Spokane, Wash, Dec. Is Pretty
Florence Pretz, Creator of Bill
iken,, "God-of- Things as They Ought
to-be," little dreams that the idol she
banished from her modest home at
Kansas City because he proved an
ungrateful wretch to his maker.
meanwhile bringing luck to scores of
thousands of worshlpers at his shrine
has a pleasant surprise in store for
her The ridiculous, grinning fetish
will bring recognition of a substantial
kind for her, If the movement to be
launched in Spokane is as successful
as its promoters expect 1t to be.
Arthur w. Jones, secretary of the
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Club of Spokane, which will disband
to be reorganized as the quarter Mil
lion Club on the evening of January
13, Is planning email assessment on
the 1900 members of the organizat-
ion, also 1000 candidates to be in
itiated that night, as a nucleus of n
Billiken fund. A committee of $50
will then make canvass of the
homes and offices of lumbermen,
mine operators, railroads builders,
bonanza wheat ranchers,apple grow
| ers, land owners and others to levy
an assessment of not more than nine
| cents for every clay idol found on the
premises.
1--WE expect to raise not less than
$1,000 before the close of the cam
paign," said Mr.. Jones in outlining
the plan, 'and every penny of IL will
| be forwarded to Miss Pretz. in the
| event she desires to resume her art
| studies. The brave girl belongs to
us as much as If she were a native
| daughter of "the City Beautiful" and
we hope to be able to change her
keen disappointment over losing con-
| troll of her creation to a joyful re-
alization of things as they should be,
and prove that after all Billiken, now
repudiated, is indeed her god of good
fortune"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
a Timely Caution.

Don't give any one bric-a.brnc or pic
lures unless you are morally sure you
know his taste. Presents that must be
displayed are apt TO, be great strain
on the affections. No matter how the
receiver may hate them, he must IA
thar them and dcface his rooms with
them or insult the giver. Now. n book,
for instance. even IL the receiver
doesn't like II and doesn't want II. can
be tucked away among other books
and forgotten. but an ugly vase we
have always with us-at least till we
can smash 1t.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 4:32. rises 7:l7: moon sets
1:O7 a. m: p. M, planet Saturn ap-
parently stationary: GAG p. m. moon
in conjunction with Mars, passing from
west to east of the planet, 5 degrees
south thereof, visible till midnight;
1853 a. m. moon in conjunction with
Saturn, passing from west to east OF
the planet, ~ degrees south thereof,
seen approaching till midnight; suns
declination, % degrees and 20 minutes
south of celestial equator.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
MONDAY, DECEMBER 90, 1909.
Dec. 20 In American History.

1s13-Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, states
man and famous war governor OF
Iowa. born; died 1894.
1S60-South Carolina adopted the ordi
nance of secession.
3-Centennial anniversary Of the
signing Of the Louisiana purchase
treaty celebrated at New Orleans
190S-Major Orlando Jay Smith. Fed
eral veteran of the civil war, editol
and philosophical writer, founde,
Of the American Press Association
died at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y; borl
1S42.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
LAWS GOVERNING DIVORCE

Walter George Smith, a prominent
Philadelphia attorney, has resigned
his membership OF the board of trus-
tees of the University of Pennsyl-
vania because of a difference of opin-
ion between himself and other mem
bers of the board over the appoint
ment of q professor who held certain
views on divorce. Mr. Smith was ac-
tive in the recent movement TO MAKE
the laws governing divorce uniform
throughout the United States. He
doubts the propriety OF appointing
DR.. l.. p Lichtenberger to a chair in
the university, hasing his objections
en- views expressed by the professor
at a meeting Of the American Socio-
logical Society.
Many observers have been rather
puzzled by the slow progress made
by the advo' ates of uniform divorce
law and C Elimination of the causes
for wh1lh divorces may be granted,
But in truth there is more apparent
unity on the subject than really ex-
lists. Those who favor a continuance
of the present laws do not express
themselves as freely as the reform
ers, and their opposition to a change
is felt rather than seen. 1t is always
hard TO change a condition that has
come into being by the gradual evo-
luton of society forces, and however
desirable it may be to limit the num-
Der of divorces in the United States,
is a litficult task to accomplish it
DR.. Lichtenberger has become
somewhat conspicuous because he has
stated mis- opinions on the subject
with considerable emphasis and de-
nies the utility of the agitation to
restrict divorces. He sad: 1--WE
might as well seek to stop suicide
by prohibitive legislation as divorce.
The same method, as Prof. Horard
has indicated, Is constructive treat
ment TO the causes rather than des-
tructive treatment Of the results,
Marriage in the aspect we are DIS
cusslng IS the legal sanction of the
social custom of the family. 1t Is de-
pendent upon the law neither for its
institution nor for it's perpetuation.
We need to get rid of the fear that
the family will disintergate unless
held together by law. The family al
ways will arse and dislntergrate as
the necessities OF life require, with
s;ant regard for our laws on the sub
ject."
The controversy generally comes
back to the question whether mar
riage is OF divine or human origin
Is II sacrament or civil contract
Those who believe that marriage ds a
sacrament in Christian lands, but
only a civil contract in heather
countries, can never accept the
purely secular views OF Dr., Lichten-
berger, wlo seems to reason rather
from anthropologcal grounds than
from the premises furnished by the
churh 1t is not at all surprising
that Mr.. Smith resigned.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

dinner with SAVIOR yextras in the
way of food, is lot the only special
provision for the soldiers celebra-
ton. There is a relaxation of the
rigor of military discipline, which
to many enlisted men DIS even more
welcome than the turkey and cram
berries. On Christmas day the man
in the barracks may do pretty much
as he pleases.
But pigs is pigs, and soldering
Is soldering, so It follows that few
of the men are shut out of the gen.
eral hilarity of the holiday because
they must perform soldiers duty
as on other days The guard mount
Is for Christmas as we'll as for all
all other days, and military regula-
tions cannot forego this requirement
no matter how much the victims
may growl under their blouses. Even
the extra dinner in the barracks,
while it is rare treat TO most OF
the men, makes work for some OF
them which Is regarded in the army
as about the most calamitous detail
in the business.
Guard duty and kit hen work are
things studously to be avoided by
the enlisted men. 1t is not pleasant
for a soldier to be kept on guard
walking beat or pacing up and
down in front of headquarters when
the rest If the fellows are inside the
barracks singing songs, telling stor'
les. eating turkey or out on the
parade ground playing games or do
ing skylarkings tunts. Accordingl!
the experienced soldier makes II
point 10 escape Christmas guard dut!
If possible. There are several ways o
doing this The first sergeant oil th'
company sometimes, it is hinted
helms the veterans out by passiv'
co-operation, which throws the bur
den of the day upon young recruits
who are passing their first Christmas
in the service. Ie permits the Oh
timers to swap dates for guard dut'
with the recruits so that the latte
will find themselves detailed.
Santa Claus also comes TO TN
soldier. This is true literally AM
6puratively. He comes through uh'
: mails or the express companies IL
he shane of boxes or packages IRON
home folks. On bis s13 a month th'
colder does not have much OF sur
Mus to srend in buying presents u
send ho.ne, but this fact does no
mdlitate against his receiving memen
,oos from the old hearthstone. 1t !
ALWAYS an event in ramp or barracK
vban some man receives a hett'
nackage lies fore Christmas AS
ru,e the contents are shared with tn
soldied's cronies il they happen !"
no oF the edible variety and any
the cronias fail to receive similar re
membranes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

7. Does your company loan on
personal securities?
Answer. No. We loan only on
first mortgage real estate. the safest
of all securities. Our appraisers have
studied real estate and they know its
value. We pay five per cent on time
deposits and invite your patronage
Our assets ss.40O.0O0 Call or write
for booklets showing how money Il
received and loaned.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
MORTALITY RATE INCREASES.

Altoona. Pa, Dec. 20.-Reports
reaching the Pennsylvania railroads
car shops here today show that the
extremely cold weather and the un-
precedented activity of the railorad,
necessitating the adding Of many ex-
ira passenger and freight trains, has
resulted in an average loss of life Of
one trainman a day for the past
week on this division.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
CuANNEL CROssER is ILL.

Vienna, Dec. 20.-LOuis BIerIot,
the "channel crosser," aeroplanist,
was taken to a Vienna hospital to-
day. He is in n serious condition
from the injuries sustained in his re-
cent aeroplane accident in Constants
nople. He was enroute from
Constantinople to Paris when he suf'
fered severe RELAPSE here.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE ARMY.

Christmas in the various forts
garrisoned by the United States
troops never passes without a cut
and dried celebration. Preparation
for the event Is made long in ad-
vance. Every soldier knows that
something e1atra is going to be his
portion TOR that day. The Christmas
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

here to watch an operation for a
gun-shot wound, accidentally infiict-
ed by his father while shooting rats
on the homestead. Previously. she
directed the work of building a
stretcher, upon which the young man
was strapped and carried down the
steep mountain side to Blue Ridge by
six sturdy homesteaders. While the
injured man is in precarious condi-
tion, the hospital attendants say he
has more than fighting chance for
his life, and for this they give all the
credit to the brave little woman, who
rendered first aid following the
shooting and carried out the details
of bringing him to Spokane. The
accident occurred when Dunwoody
passed a loaded gun to his son, the
cartridge being discharged just as the
latter was about to grasp the stock.
The contents struck the young man
full in the body.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

the district of eastern Washington
denied the application for citizenship
by Maurice o. Fitzmaurice, a crimp
was put into n plan by the liquor in
terests in Spokane to launch a daily
newspaper to espouse their cause.
The petitioner was subjected to a
gruelling examination by ]. b. Lind
sley. assistant United States district
attorney, who brought out that since
coming TO America from Ireland, FIVE
years ago, Fltzmaurice has posed as
an Episcopal rector, rancher, lodg-
ing-h keeper, lecturer, lawyer
and author in South Dakota, as pub
Usher of small newspapers in Wash
ington and Idaho and, according to
| his own statement, as a promoter
and an active political power in Spo-
kane. II was also entered n matter
of record that he had been accused
and arrested on the charge of COM
/ mitting unspeakable crimes. Fitz-
maurice told number of "hard
| luck" stories about being robbed
while in South Dakota, but these
were disproved by witnesses.
Preliminary arrangements have
| been completed by the Spokane
chamber of commerce to finance the
third National apple show in this city
the middle of November or early in
| December, 1910, when II is purposed
to make larger and better exhibit
ton than ever before, with from $685.
600 and $4,000 in premiums. The
| second show cost $4,000 or $1,000
less than the total fund appropriated
by the people of Spokane. That 1t
was not a money-makfng enterprise
Is evidenced by the statement that
the expenses of the show were more
than $4,000 above the receipts from
admissions and concessions No
| charge was made for entries in the
various competitions fsnging from
the carload sweepstake OF $1,000 to
prizes of SO for single plates of ap-
les. nor were competitors required to
| pay for exhibition space. II. II.
| Rice, secretary will leave
| for Denver early in January to at
tend the Colorado show, afterward
making an extended tour of the orch
ard districts in eastern, southern and
middlewestern states.
| Mrs. M. Dunwoody, wife of q
rancher living IL miles north OF
Blue Ridge, Wash, proved herself a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

Statistics compiled from a personal
diary kept by A. w. Busby, pio-
neer thresherman and rancher in
Kittitas county, WASH, west of Spo-
kane, show that he has threshed
total of 1.920,033 bushels of grain
since 1872, as follows: Wheat, 804.-
1862; oats, $1,000; barley. 39S,257.
His earnings are placed as $751;
922.S9, with expenses at s47,495.72,
leaving a profit of $2S,427.17. He
has operated from one to three
threshing machines since 1908, and
in that time threshed 266,SS4 bushels
of grain, or an average of 44,SS4 a
year. The machines were operated
226 days during the six years, the
average profit being more than $3.50
for season of 81 1-2 days. 1t is es-
timated that Busby has threshed ap-
proximately so per cent OF the grain
grown in the Kittitas valley during
the last 81 years, since which time.
he reports. there has never been
crop failure. He is preparing to In
crease his forces in 1910, when he
expects to do commercial threshing
in the districts adjoining Kittitas
county
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

CLOSED CHRISTMAS.
Our store will be closed all day
Saturday. -.
- UhIer-Phillips CO.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

Mrs. M. Dunwoody, wife of a
rancher living 12 miles north of
Blue Ridge. Wash, proved herself a
type of the Spartan mother when
she sat by the side of her 21-years'
old son Harry in st. LuKes hospital
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20

When Judge Edward Whitson in
the United States circuit court for
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28

The Chattanooga Times and a New
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28
Merchants Should Get
Busy For Holiday Trade.

The coming holiday season promises
to bring with it a better trade than
Pensacola merchants have had in sew
eral years.
The merchants who get this trade
win be the ones who go after it. And
the merchants who go after it will do
their most effective work through the
advertising columns of the newspaper.
There was a time when merchants
could do business, and sometimes get
rich, without the assistance of news
paper advertising. That time is now
gone by. People who have money to
spend have come to look to the adver-
Using columns Of the newspaper for
information as to what, where, and
when to buy and what to pay for the
goods they purchase. They not only
trade with the man who advertises,
but the vast majority of them will not
trade with the man who does not ad-
Vertise.
Why is this so? Simply because of
three reasons-First. newspaper ad-
yertising through the power of sug-
gestion constitutes a peculiar psychic
force which the human mind cannot
resist; second. it forms a convenient
as wen as attractive guide for the pur-
chaser; and third, II indicates a pro-
gressiveness and an enterprise on the
part of the advertising merchant that
the non-advertising merchant does not
possess.
The man who has the enterprise to-
go after business is the one who isl
apt to have the best goods on his
shelves-if he didn't have, he couldn't
AFFORD to submit his stock and prices
to the cold business scrutiny of the
buying public.
The Journal believes that with De-
cember trade is going to open up in
very gratifying shape, and it urges
merchants to begin Immediately al
campaign to get that trade. Don't
wait until people get all ready to buy
and then take your chance with every
competitor to get a share Of their
trade. Burn 1t into their minds now
that your place is the one which con-
tains the things they will want to |
buy Then, when they get ready to
buy. your place is the one to which |
they will go.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28
New Pavement
For PaIafox Street.

The Journal is in hearty accord with
the idea Of repaying Palafox street
The present pavement is worn out
and ought to be replaced by new
This paved portion OF Pa1afox street
is the main business thoroughfare OF
the city and it viii constitute a pretty
spectacle, remaining as it is, with new
pavement all around 1t.
Pensacola is just now spending a
half million dollars on street paving.
When the work is completed we shall
have approximately eleven miles OF
paved streets. In the face OF this vast
expenditure and OF the splendid paving
which we are securing, it would be
nothing short Of a disgrace to permit
the old Palafox street pavement to re-
main. The brick may be taken up
and used on some less important
street, but this street in the heart of
the business section should be repaved
while the other work is going on.
The paving of this particular section
OF Pensacola is one matter, at least, in
which the city cannot AFFORD to be
parsimonious. 1t is one case where
the best is the cheapest, and The Jour
nal is glad to see that public senti-
ment generally seems to favor the
best
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28

holic liquors in that state. The vote
on this issue occurs tomorrow.

| holic liquors in that state. The vote
on this issue occurs tomorrow.
There is a wide diversity of opinion
as to what the result Of this election
will be, but regardless of the vote on
the amendment a singular unanimity
OF sentiment seems to exist regarding
the liquor traffic itself. All of the
people who favor the amendment are,
of course, opposed to the open saloon.
and about nine out of ten speakers on
the anti-amendment side have, while
opposing the amendment itself, de-
clared emphatically against the future
establishment of the saloon in Ala
bama.
It would seem, therefore, that no
matter what the result of the vote on
the amendment, the saloon is not
likely to return to Alabama. The only
difference of opinion on the question
seems to be as to whether the saloon
shall be prohibited by constitutional
provision or by legislative statute.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28

York paper think that if anybody
could defeat Mr.. Taft for the presi-
dency next time, Woodrow Wilson
could. That is the highest tribute to
the hold the president has on the peo-
pie that has yet appeared. If that is
true, it looks like the Big Smile will
have another occasion to assert itself,
which will be in the shape of a second
term.-SeIma (Ala.) Times.
But we expect the New York paper"
is nothing more formidable than Har-
per's Weekly, whose always talented
and seldom practical editor, Col.
George Brinton Mcclellan Harvey, was
for Wilson first, last and forever in
1904 and 1908, chiefly, we presume,
because Col. Harvey and President
Wilson are neighbors in Princeton, the
quiet New Jersey village where the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28

Governor Glenn is reported to have
advised the shooting, and the shooting
to kill, of violatOrs of the prohibition
laws, We assume that he meant that
they should be shot with the law and
not with bullets.-COlUmbUs CGa.) En-
qUiTeT-Sun.
That's what he meant, unquestion-
ably, Robert BTOadnax Glenn, of
North CaroIina-we assume our GeOr-
gia contemporary refers to the recent
chief ruler of the TaTheeIs-is pre-
eminently a mild, bland and pacific
gentleman, teetotaHy opposed to physi-
cal violence Of any sort. form or char
acter. The most violent bodily exer-
ton of which former Governor Glenn
has been guilty was when, on the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28

opening day of the Eastern Carolina
ball league a year or more back, he
hauled off frock coat and white vest,
rolled I'D the moist sleeves Of a blue
and green striped negligee, spat three
times on the palm of his right paw
and two times on the palm of his left
paw, and sent a noble outshOOt car
rolling down to the home plate, which
it missed by something like the length
of an average players arm plus the
length of an Out-stTetched bat-and
then some. No, the former governor
of North Carolina isn't going to shoot
anybody. Even if he tried, his aim
with a bullet might not be radically
different from his aim with a baseball.
The Chattanooga Times and a New
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-28
DURING SLEEP
Nature Repairs the Human Eng

Nature Repairs the Human Engine.
The activities of the day cause more
or less waste of tissues in the human
engine. which is repaired at night dur
ing sleep.
The man or woman who can sleep
well at night, is sure of the necessary
repairs, other things being right. to
make each day a time of usefulness
and living a real Joy.
But let insomnia get hold of you.
and the struggle begins, of trying to
work with a machine out of repair.
A Nebr. wOman'S experience with COT
fee as a producer Of insomnia is inter
esting. She says:
I used TO be a coffee drinker and
was so nervous ! could not sleep at
night before about y o'clock, unless
would take some medicine l was IN
der the doctors care for about ) years
and my weight got down to 50 lbs.
The doctor said I would have to
quit drinking coffee. Then nv father
got me to try Postum, which he said
had done wonders for him. l am past
IS and before I quit drinking coffee.
ny heart would jump and futter at
times. miss a beat, then beat so fast
I could hardly breathe in enough air
and | would get smOtheTed.
My tongue would get so stiff l
could not talk and | could not hold
glass to drink from Since l have
been drinking Postum, in place of
coffee, I can sleep sound any time
lie down. and l feel I owe everything
to Postum. I now weigh 120 lbs. and
am Wen"
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