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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
FrIaht cau.es Less Of spsseh.

Traverse City. Mich. July 14-Near-
ly crushed between a sightseeing auto
and touring car. Miss Rhoda Rotten
bury. twe.. y-five years old. was 50
frightened rer vocal chords were mar.
Aiyzed. Doctors do not believe she viii
ever be able TO speak again.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
JOHN D. GIVES
S1O,OOO,OOO
OIL King Increases Donation to
General Education Board.
TOTAL is NOW S52,OOO,OOO

He Also Released the Board From the
Obligation TO Hold In Perpetuity
the Funds, and n In the Future the
Purpose Of the Foundation Becomes
Remote the Principal May Be DIS.
tributed.
John ID. Rockefeller has increased
his donations TO the General Educa-
ton Board by an additional gift Of
$l0.0O0000. and also released the
board from the obligation TO hold in
perpetuity the funds contributed by
him The gift. announced by Freder-
ick T. Gates. the chairman OF the
board. brings Mr.. Rockefeller's dona-
lions 10 the general education board
TO $52.0O0.0OO. II was contributed. &C.
cording 20 the statement made by
Chairman Gates. because the income
OF the present fund available TO appro-
priatiOn had been exhausted and 4
larger income 10 meet educational
needs Of great importance had be-
come necessary.
Mr.. Rockefeller's action I'm empow-
~AAAArn NAAN NNtiA u anu us NuNNt1oOIH 10
distribute the principal OF funds con-
tributed by him upon the Affirmative
vote OF twO-thirds OF the members was
said 20 have been taken IN consider
alton OF the possibility. now remote.
that AZ some future time the object
and purpose OF the Rockefeller foun.
dation might become obsolete. Under
the original conditions imposed the
fund would have had 70 continue in
petpetuity. irrespective OF whether a
public demand for its continuance ex-
listed or not.
Since the receipt Of It's foundation
for higher education in 1905 the gen
eral education board has subscribed
20 the colleges OF this country $3.937.-
500. The colleges 20 which these sub
scriptions have been made are TO
raise supplemental sums amounting
20 $l4.037 500 When these agreements
have been completed. the total addi-
ton 20 collegiate endowment in this
country. through the agency OF the
board and the friends OF the colleges.
will be Sl7.975.O00
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
Revised Version.

Simplex-Miss Cashleigh proposed
to me three times during the last
month OF leap year. but couldn't
make up my mind to accept her.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is she worth?
Stmplex-Nearly half a million.
HammertoD-Well. all that I've got
TO say is that a fool and another fools
money are hard to unite.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
pics From Picked Pimnle.

ples FROM PICKED Pimple.
An electrician named Edmonds. "A
Pottsville. Pa. who allowed friend 20
sQueezG open pimple last week, died
from the result. The wound became
infected and blood poisoning spread
all about his head and neck and even
under his scalp.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17

Boy. Hurt July 5, Dies Of Lockjavv.
Easton. Pa. July 14.-Earnest Ney-
hart. fourteen years old. died At Butts
Vile, ~ J.. near here. Of lockiaw. the
result Of a blank cartridge wound sus-
tanned on the nth OF July.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17

mouth ana begging piteOusly for wa
ter. Marshall Lewis. colored was led
back 90 the scaffold to be hanged a
second time at Nashville. Ca, after the
sheriff had made a bungling job OF the
first attempt to execute him.
The drop of six feet stretced the
cotton rope so that the mans feet
touched the earth. lie was cut down.
and with the aid OF one man mounted
the scadold a second time talking CO.
herenty.
The second attempt proved unsuc-
cesssful in breaking the condemned
mans neck, death resulting in fifteen
minutes from strangulation.
Lewis shot and killed Clifford Ruth
erford. assistant postmaster az I.enox.
Ca. April Is. He confessed his guilt.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
TRAP 2 ALLEGED MURDERERS
Used Bob White" Call to Capture
Youths CHARGED Win Murder.


Youths Charged With Murder.
Reading. Pa, July 14.-After a .des-
perate struggle. local and state police.
by ruse. captured Richard Barnes
and George Stadtman. charged with
murder on Neversink mountain.
The two youths are accused OF kick
ing an old Junk man. Charles FRANKIE.
to death two weeks ago. They fed 20
Chicago, but returned. hiding In the
mountains, getting In communication
with relatives. who furnished them
with food and were to provide them
with money 20 get TO Panama
The officer approached whistling
Bob White" the signal used by rela-
tves when visiting the fugitives. a
desperate struggle ensued before the
pair was overpowered.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
Husband Returns After p Yesrs

After absenting himself from his
wife and family for twenty-one years.
John Taggart. formerly Rev. John
Taggart. a minister OF the Methodist
Protestant church. and modern
Enoch Arden, turned up at the home
OF his wife 0 Hemlock township. near
bloomsbury. Pa. only 10 and that
she had been married for many years
10 another man, and that her second
husband. John VanHorn. was now In
the county jail serving = sentence fol-
lowing his conviction Of a crime In
which Taggart's own son was the pros
ecutor and which implicated Van
Horns own daughter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
Old Pair Burned 70 Death.

VIu TdIT DuTflVu % OoaINs
Thomas Gerrity, ninety years old
and his wife. Cynthia, who was past
eighty. who lived on the outskirts OF
the village OF PatchoEue. l. l.. were
burned to Heath. Il IL believed they
we're victims OF robbery and incen-
diarism
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
baron de Roth,ohIld > snioid.

Vienna. July I4.-Barou Oskar de
Rothschild. second son OF Baron Al
bert de Rothschild. committed suicide
by firing a bullet into his head. The
motives for his action are not known.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17


among them
family
also the main part or the
second third
Arrangement and convenience
90 y 40 Feet exclusive or verand but including
blocks In the be about$5
THE THOMPSON
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17

Generous Lady-Here, my little boy.
know you are hungry for box OF
these animal crackers.
Boy-Much obliged. lady. but my
folks u vegetarians.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17

Rounder-Did you notice the dead
heats out at the racetrack to-day
Sportwood-No. was too busy look.
Ing out for the dead beats
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
colorina of stocklnn KIIls Wonan.

Coloring Of Stocking Kills Woman.
Mrs. Phoebe Clayton. OF Freehold.
n. j., widow. thirty years Old is dead
at Long Branch OF blood poisoning
caused by dye in her stocking Het
leg was broken In an accident. and
some OF the dye got into a wound
The amputation OF her right leg failed
to save her
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
Paid $4,000 For Brood Mare.

u POSfCOO tut GEooo ware.
The sensational price Of $50 zoe wNa
paid at TatteTsaIls In Newmarket,
England. for the brood mare Flair. the
property of the late Sir Daniel Cooper.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
Asked and Answered

Little wiliie-say. pa. what Is
kleDtomaniac?
PA kieptownsiac. my son. is a
thief selcon worth less than 800. 900.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17

while the father was chastising his
mother. the latter having called upon
the boy for help.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17

Il think they'll marry. She is hi
frst love"
That doesn't mean anything"
We'll. he is her last chance"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
Matching HIs Feelings

"Bagsby Is very chesty since he
started to buy a new house"
Yes. so much so that he insisted
On getting one with . swell front"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17

orewsoms Scene al Georgia Hanging.
With blood streaming from his
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-17
Attractive Six Room House.

Carefully Planned Inside and Out-Architects Esti-
mate For Cost of Construction About $4,000
by Thoua,L Vests Seattle. wash
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20

and inheritance taxes, the nation
al government should bravely by
taxation apportion the deficit
among the several states according
to population, and the states
should in turn raise their respec-
tive quota Of the deficit by levy
ing tax on the value Of land
This would force the land out of
the hands Of useless spectators
and make it avilable to industry
Thus, stimulating commerce and
creating an effective demand for
goods Of every description.
BY this means the present
deficit could easily be met, and at
the same time the possibility of
reoccuring deficits prevented.
w. I. BoRRM AN.
Parkersburg, w. Va.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20

weeping and wailing and gnashing
of teeth among the nti-trusters.
The trust magnates also thought
that the enforcement OF the law
would be announcement to them. So
they foughtit in the courts, contend
ing that it was unconstitutional.
The highest tribunal has denied
their contention-and they are re-
joicing over it.
When we were young we used to
take delight in propounding the
conundrum, "\Vhen is a door not
a dOor!' Now we have 4 new one.
When is an owner not an ownerq
If a railroad corporation owns the
stock of 4 coal mine company, ap-
points it's officers and directors.
controls its policy, tells it when to
mine coal and when to stop, and
pockets the dividends from its
business,is the railroad corporation
the owner of the coal mines?
Does it have Can interest, direct
or indirect,' in the coal produced?
Yes, says the layman. For all
practical purposes it is the owner
of the mine; certainly it has 4 very
real interest in the mine and the
coal.
Yes, says the Trust lawyers as
we'll as the Government lawyers
While the railroad corporation is
not exactly the owner of the mine
yet it has a distinct interest in the
mine and its product.
All wrong, says the Supreme
Court. This is one Of the times
when an owner is not on owner.
This is one of the times an interest
is not an interest.
! In a businrss sense. in an
economic sense, in any ordinary
sense whtever, the railroad com
pany has very effective interest
In the business of a coal mining
company whose stock it owns.
But in legal sense it has no inter
est whatever. Therefore. while
! the Hepburn law is entirely con
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
LAND SPECTATORS
FOE TO COMMERCE
Fair Apportionment of Land Taxatio
Will Stimulate Business and Pre-
vent Unscrupulous Speculation.

To the Editor of The Labor
Argus:-It is said that the United
States Government is at the pre-
sent time mourning a deficit of one
million dollars week.
Part of the deficit may be due to
reckless expenditure and another
part may be due to the falling off
OF imports and likewise decreas.
in the consumption Of commodities
from which the internal revenue
is derived. The latter phase of
the question being the result of the
present hard times.
To stop the deficit, therefore,
reckless expenditures shoul1
cease, and if the deficit still oc.
ours, instead of rescrting to such
makeshlfts as graduated income
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
Workers Wives Must Help.

Too much stress cannot be laid
upon soliciting the assistance of
the women folks. They can be
made the most important factor in
this work of ours for better wages
and shorter hours. They do two
thirds of the buying for the family
and three-thirds Of the talking.
and buying and talking is all that
is needed to make our movement
success. In the cities best organ
lied the auxiliary clubs of ladies
accomplish far more than many Of
the unions. The women are more
thoughtful, as rule, and once
convinced Of the amount of good
they can do us they will render it
cheerfully
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
TWeed1edurn
TWeedledee

There is more than one way to
SKIN cat.' The justice of the
Supreme Court know that as we'll
AS any one else.
Declaring laws unconstitutional is
not the only way to get rid of
them Unconstitutional is get
ting to be an unpopular as we'll as
too familiar word. People have
seen so many good laws, and
SO many laws which they thought
good declared unconstitutional,
mat they are beginning to resent it
heglnnln9 to lose their reverence
Tor the judicial ermine, beginning
to think that if the Constitution
IS all that the Supreme Court
says it is General Sherman Bell
may not have been so far wrong in
what he said about the venerable
Uoucemcnt.
30 the Supreme Court has found
new way The really up to date
raper IS to declare the law con
>IlIullonal. and then to explain
lilat the law does not mean what
us author said it meant, what the
numbers of Congressman who
voted tor 1t said it meant, what
lile President who signed it said it
meant, what the counsel on both
SIDES said ia meant. what the lower
courts said it meant, and what the
whole public supposed that it
really did mean.
nat is what the Supreme Court
las done with the so-called com
hlodItleS clause Of the Hepburn
railroad Rate law
lheantl trust people thought that
'a", II upheld and enforced was
gong to break up the Coal Trust
ny compelling the coal carr, ING
roads to give up their ownership
~ coal mines. SO the trust
busters and trust CURRIERS' reioiced
III lhe passage of the act and hoped
IL would be declared cons4itr+Io
al.
" ell, it has been-but tbere is
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20

stitutional, you are all mistaken
in supposing that it will interfere
with the operations of the Coal
Trust. The railroad companies
may own and control all the coal
mine companies they choose, so
long as they do not own the coal
itself-in legal sense.
"when you called the honorable
gentleman a humbug,' asks the
president Of the Pickwick Club,
"did you use the phrase in it's
ordinary sense7' And the Of
Tending member replies: "I have
no hesitation in saying that I did
not. I used it in a Pickwickian
sense" And then all was lovely
and serene.
When the theologians of the
Middle Ages had carried to the
highest development their art of
providing that right was wrong
and wrong was right and that
every Thou shall not'' in the
Decalogue might be construed into
"Thou mayst' the end of
theocratic rule was near.
The jurists Of our own day might
profit by their example. n. Y.
Call
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
Officers West Virginia State Fedora.
ton of Labor.

WIN. r. WEIGH, President 24o7 Eoff
Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
FRANK w. SNYDER, SecretarvTreas-
urer, Box $50, Charleston, w. Va.
w. r. HARRINGTON, 1st, Vice Presi-
dent, 4o4 South Chestnut St. Clarks-
burg, w. Va.
J. P. McGRRW, and Vice President
Charleston, w. Va.
O. F.. McNILLION,, srd Vice President,
SI1 Ridgeley Ave. Fairrnont, w. Va.
+. NJ. QCANN, 4th Vice President, sI41
Jacob Street, Wheeling, w, Va
J. T. FIELDER, 5th Vice President.
Huntington. w. Va.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
The Printers Union Label on Your
Printed Matter -

Does not cost you one cent extra
Will make for you friends aud
draw you business.
Means that you believe in fair
treatment of working people.
Means that you a1e spending
money with home workmen to the
advantage Of Charleston business
men and merchants.
Assures you of the patronage
and good will of the working peo-
pie OF the kanawha Valley.
Demand it! You get the best
Demand the union label
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20

Your union hall is the place to
discuss business Of the organiza-
ton, not on street corners and be.
fore the counter. Your attend
ance at the meetings VIII stimulate
the local and encourage the officers
who fight your battles for you.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20

Demand the union label.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
MACNATES IN SESSION
RIG LEAGUE MEN GATHER DU-
 RING WEEK.
Case of Piteler Terrey Will Be Con- Hidered and Wtii xse Oae of
 Important Matters. .

New York, Dec. 12.--A series of im- nortant base ball meetings begins here tomorrow. The National Commission meets first tomorrow morning to de- eide on the case of Pitcher Torrey. now on the Cincinnati reserve list but claimed by the Springfield Club of the Three League. On Tuesday the Ma. tional League will have its annual meeting and on "wednesday the Amer tcan League will open It's sessions
 Many club owners. managers. play CTS and umpires are, already here. The National League magnates say their meeting will be harmonious. but their statements do not coincide with the opinions of others. All the club own CTS have reached this city except stan lev Robison. of St. Louis. Horace Fo- gel, of Philadelphia. and John Dovey, of Boston.
 The leaders of the Heydier and Ward factions are both anxious to see Robison as 1t Is thought his vote will decide whether John Heydler. Presi- dent of the National League. shall hold over in office.
 The election of John M. Ward as President of the National League. Is considered impossible by Barney Drey- fuss, of Pittsburg. Dreyfuss says there will be war, no matter on whom the two factions decide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
BLERIOT'S AERoPLANE
 SMASHES INTO HOUSE

Constantinople, Dec. AM. Bleriot the French aeroplanist. who made tho night across the English channel, had another serious accident here today. He was giving an exhibition In the presence of an immense crowd when his aeroplane collided with house. The force of impact turned the ma- cbine completely over and Bleriot fell to the ground. He was injured on tho left side and probably internally in- jured. His machine was wrecked.
 Blerict did not wish to disappoint the crowds that had gathered, although a strong wind was blowing. No sooh- CT had he ascended then he was car- ried by the wind about mile and q half toward a hill. He was unable to rise above the, roofs of the houses on the hill.
 Mime. Bleriot had him conveyed to the French hospital. She reassured the crowds that were besieging the hos pital, representing the condition of her husband to be fairly satisfactory, but said that nothing definite could be learned until tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
LEADERS CONFER
WILL HOLD MOMcNTOUs MEETING
 IN PITTsDURG.
Ia Addition to Discussion of Switch mems strikes Unlonists VIII Plan Ftght on Steel C0m-
 pnny,a Policy.

Pittsburg, Dec. 12.-One of the most momentous labor conferences of recent years will begin here tomorrow when the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor and the national officers of the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Iron. Steel and Tin Plate Work CTS open deliberations. over the present strike situation of the union empl oyes of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. a subsidiary of the Cnited States Steel Corporation.
 The conference is scheduled to Gis- cuss the tin mill employees strike, tut 1t is known before the deliberations will have ceased. subjects ranging from the strike of. the union switchmen of the Nerthwest to the strike of the .hand- make'' glass blowers of the mid dle States will have been thoroughly .threshed out and the campaigns long and bitter planned out in full
 Congress will be appealed to and as a last resort sum of money will be put aside by the Federation Council to stand long strike siege along with many lines of industry.
 President Samuel Gompers. If the Federation, who will be In attendance at the conference, tonight in short interview stated that the present gath ering of union labor leaders was sig nilicanti and Wouio De pFotiuc ot Bkeae results before It's disbanding.
 Principal among the many subjects to be discussed by the labor leaders will be the fight contemplated against the United States. Steel Corporation by union men the United States over. As a last resort this strike will te called In all of the various plants and producing concerns of the United States Steel Corporation. But the strike will only be called after at. tempts to settle the trouble otherwise have failed -on the part of the union men.
 The. "open shop policy of the Steel Corporation seems to be the bone of contention over which the Federation offfcers are most highly incensed. TWO hundred labor leaders through out the United States will be In at tendance at these conferences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
READING OF DEATH,
 HE ENDS HIS LIFE

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 12.--Using a pistol, an unknown man committed suicide by shooting himself through the head this afternoon on First Ave nue, north. When found, magazine lav by his side opened at a page on which was the following marked para graph:
 "The unwritten code governs his de- cIsions, all ofrenses had a common penalty-death.
 The article was entitled, "A Self Constituted Executioner." The sui eide was welltdressed. In his hat were the initials "A, J. o." and the thare mark of New York firm. In inc inside pocket of his coat was the name "J. E. osborne" and marks showing the garment was made in sherbrooke, Quebec. Ills linen was marked "A. J. o." and these same initials were on his gold watch. Hang ing from his watch chain was a Knights of Pythias badge. He was apparently 40 years old and huneh- hack His face was smoothshaven and drawn and emaciated, as If from disease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
PROMINlr GIlzN TIT DIE
Yeung Nsn,n Ssves IT of
 Fstkez's Assailant
Feiiewi.s susel4e q re..x sss. CT Threshold q sweetkssrs's Home Comes Ffxnt n<twes. dsk<r
 Memb<rs sf Two
 rsniIies.

Cuba. Dec. 1s< Oliver c. uimer. a prominent citizen of Butler, in choctaw County. was probably fatally cut this morning at } o'clock by Ben BruIstes. another well-known citizen.
 Miss Lucy timer. daughter Of the wounded man. was between the two trying to separate them. and Is pros trated from seeing the blood squirting from the wound in her fathers throat.
 It Is probable she saved Bruistef's life as she had her fathers arm pin- toned in such way during the encoun- ter that her father could not ese his pistol. Bruister was arrested
 The affair grew out Of Mondays tragedy in Butler. when young Crom- well Uimer killed himself on the door step of Miss Margaret Bruister, daugh- ter of Ben Bruister. They had been sweethearts for years. but Mf. and Mrs Bruister had ordered them to terminate their love affair because of their ages
 UImer delivered some letters to the BtfA He tgfSuS AuNs hccVfuiA& to the statements. fired a bullet through his brain on the doorstep.
 Some of Uimer.s friends iiscredit the statement that It was suicide because Of bad bruise on the young mans head. They also resent the statement because of the fact that the body was allowed to remain there for so long, and. in fact. the affair was not gener- ally known until q neighbor found the body.
 Feeling Is very high In the srommu- nity between partisaus of the two fam iiies.. both Of whom are prominent. and it is feared there will be further trou- ble. Young Barton Uiner was taken into custody by the sheriff today be- cause he was swearing vengeance against hiH father's aesailant. 2.
 l. R uimer Of Deuaopolts ( brother of the w0nnded man. pessed threugll here tuniEl1t eu rerts to the beside of hfs bfafher.