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Evening star., 1909-09-01
To Abolish Sweatshops.
ON the Springfield Union.

Particularly praiseworthy and striking
Is the latest plan for welfare work con-
ceived by manufacturing interests In
Chicago, where an association of gar
ment-makers proposes to abolish sweat
shops by establishing a group of some
eiehty buildings to include. besides COM
modious manufacturing plants, facilities
for healthful living and recreation calcu-
lated to do away entirely with the old
order of things. Homes, ciubhouses, Ii
braries and gymnasiums are features pro-
posed in the broad plan for the ameliora-
ton of the garment-wOrkers. The shops
alone will cover 40 acres. and $500 en-
ployes will profit by the improvements, If
present plans succeed.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Mr.. Gompers at Paris.

Why should union labor in America
commit itself to a European labor prop
aganda? Why is not the advice against
entanglingzsforeign alliances as good 1or
our union labor as for our body poiitlc !.
Samuel Gompers is having an expert
ence at the Paris convention WHICH
should greatly instruct him, ano'
through him, benefit the organization ne
represents. Evidently 1t was supposed by
the labor leaders of Europe that he had
come to the Paris meeting disposed and
authorized to strike hands with them
for. all that they had in view. When
thew discovered their mistake their well
come cooled, and his suggestions were
barred.
The labor. movements abroad are hon.
eycombed with socialism. In some quar-
ters they express nothing else. Estab-
lished order of every kind, industrial,
political and religious. is under their
ban. and, IL they can accomplish 1t,
new order will be established. Details
of the reformation are few and vague.
but nearly anything is possible under
the shibboleth that whatever is is wrong.
Now this is not the shibboleth OF labor
in America. In the main, American
labor is satisfied with American insti-
tutions. 1t supports them in times or
peace. and fights for them in times of
war It possesses the American weapon
the ballot-for dealing with problems In
which it is interested. 1t possesses also
the right of petition. and can appear by
that and other means before Congress or
state legislatures In seeking laws for its
benefit
Such socialism as has manifested It
self in American labor circles has been OF
foreign origin and advocacy. And, to the
credit Of American labor, it has not pros
pered Recruits to that standard have
been few and uninduential. The men
who have guided, and are now guiding,
union labor In this country are as much
the foes of socialism as any other rep
resentative American citizens. With but
few exceptions. they are aiming. not at
revolution, but only at improved condi-
tions for men who work with their
hands, pretty large contingent among
us.
with labor elsewhere in all legitimate eff
forts to enjoy fair wages and comfortable
homes is natural. But between that and
pledging cooperation in all that may be
attempted by foreign labor in its concep-
tion OF controlling the situation Is wide
gap which should never be bridged
No entangling foreign alliances OF any
kind. This great American principle
makes appeal to all American citizens, re-
gardless of party, or class, or condition,
or creed Let us continue to fight to the
end OF the chapter on that line.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Civic Betterment.
From the New York Evening Post.

The widespread interest in the better
ment of city government is indicated by
the attendance of nearly one thousand
delegates at the convention OF the League
of American Municipalities at Montreal.
That city has recently discovered graft
in It's own administration, so that the
choice of meeting place proved most OPP
perfume. From the secretary's address,
1t appears that forty cities in this coun-
try have already adopted some variety
of the commission type Of government.
and thirty-three others cities scattered
over twenty-five states are at present
considering this new plan.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Trouble.

Trouble at de front do,
Whah de comp'ny come.
Trouble In de kitchen, too.
An dat's a-goin' some;
Trouble in de cellar,
Whah de rats begin to squeak,
An trouble in de garret,
Whah de roof done spring leak
Trouble In de country,
An trouble in de town
Dem kinds dom mount to muffin.
Dey can't keep hangin' roun'.
De very worst dat happens
Is de imaginary kind:
De trouble dat gifts troublesome
Is trouble in yoh mind.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

servation not to keep the casual reader
of dispatches informed, but to supply
Wall street with the latest possible infor-
nation.
Probably some others have been de-
pressed by Mr.. Harriman's frank state
ment and by his solemn promise to take
the world into his confidence as soon as
he learns anything definite regarding his
state of health.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Sky Scouts.
From the Springfield Republican.


Rheims correspondent detects a fact
of much interest to military men in the
phenomenon that an aeroplane flying
low and head on is invisible mile away"
The next step in the adaptation of this
machine TO war will be to paint it green.
or whatever color would make ii indistin-
guishable from the surrounding terrain.
Warships are painted colors to make them
less conspicuous targets against the back
ground of sea and sky. and airships could
be treated in the same way with equal
success.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
ENDANGERED Peasants.

You will be careful not to hit any OF
our rural natives when you go cunning,
won't you?" said the English sportsman S
friend.
I told you," was the stern reply. that
I was going to shoot pheasants fancy, ]
know a pheasant when I see one"
Yes, But. that's the game I'm espe-
cially afraid of. You have such an un-
comfortable habit Of dropping your his"
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Chances for Practice.

You found the people in Europe polite
and obliging. did you not?"
"Oh, yes" answered Mrs. Cumrox
Everything possible is done for the COM
fort of American tourists. Even the
shops print their signs in foreign Ian
guages, and you have no idea how the
custom helps you in your studies
Evening star., 1909-09-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY FHILASDER JOHNSON
The Harmless Foe.

Your political anita Eonist is calling
you every name he can think Of" said
the agitated friend.
Don't interrupt him. answered Sena-
tor Sorghum ut is better to have man
searching the dictionary for epthets than
going after your record for facts"
Evening star., 1909-09-01

Quotations purportins to come from
Leslie NJ Shaw do not always express a
hopeful view OF conditions. Mr.. Shaw
appears to forget that this is an era when
not to be an optimist is to be OFT OF
fashion.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Disillusioned.

Did you say Mr.. and Mrs Meekton
have had a MISUNDERSTANDING
No." answered Miss Cayenne Instead
OF misunderstanding they have come
into a condition of mutual comprehen-
sion."
Evening star., 1909-09-01

j. j. Hill thinks that much harm has
been done by statements about the pros
pect of bumper crops 1t is not every
body who can talk for publication as
much as Mr.. Hill does without making
mistakes.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

1t may be possible to secure uniform
divorce laws. but there will never be any
way of arranging an alimony schedule
that will give general satisfaction.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

Dr.. Wiley must find benzoate of soda,
indeed. objectionable. II he refuses TO
swallow 1t after this great display Of
threats and persuasion.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

After all his experience in public life,
Uncle Joe Cannon Is pretty sure to dis
appoint any statesman who expects him
to curl up and fade away because OF a
few harsh words.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
cKE STAR has . regular ana psrma-
nent Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation OF the
ether Washington dailies. A. 6eWs
and Advertising Medium 1t has NO
competitor.

DIn order to avoid delays on account
ef personal absence letters TO tn
STAR should not be addressed TO any
Individual connected with the ofioe. but
simply 60 THE STAR, or to the Editorial
ss Business Department, according 70
tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

Let the eminent Harvard educator s
critics say what they will. there is no
doubling the influence OF a man who can
push John Woolman to the front as a
best seller.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
The Great Preservative.

From the Rochester Herald.
What Mr.. Hartman needs, according
to the state pure food convention at Dem
yer, is a steady course of benzoate OF
soda
Evening star., 1909-09-01

II Ferdinand Pinney Earlss latest affin-
ny resembles all the portraits OF her which
are published in New York today. that
protean sentimentalist has finally found
variety at one stroke.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

The steamship interests, far from being
grateful because their net earnings have
not yet been taxed, continue to hope for
subsidies.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

John D. Rockefeller says he objects to
poker and all games of chance. Mr..
Rockefeller's success is undoubtedly on
sure-thing basis.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

The French crowd in its enthusiasm
over Farman's airship test had the band
play God Save the King which no
doubt sent another shudder through par
lament
Evening star., 1909-09-01

President Taft's admiration for Massa-
chusetts roads may yet stimulate the
ambitions OF Maryland to improve the
highways in the vicinity of Washington
Evening star., 1909-09-01

Charles W. Morse Is prepared TO demon
strate that the amount required for bail
is only a small portion of the capital he
can raise.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
New Version.

The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rockbound coast,
Where dwelt the lobster and the pie,
Baked beans and tea and toast.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Locked Up.
From the Topeka Journal.

From the Topeka Journal.
Advices from Washington indicate
that there is all kinds of money scat
tered throughout the west these days,
but, as is usually the case, the banks
have possession of 1t.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

1t Is safe to say that IL the Postmaster
General had time to read all the current
literature that Is transmitted by mail,
some of it would have to be expurgated.
Evening star., 1909-09-01

Cubans continue to insist that in the
national lottery scheme they have dis
covered the long-felt want Of this conti-
nents civilization.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
And Prosperity Will Come

From the Baltimore Star.
Cheer up Move quick. Get into the
game The way to make prosperity is to
think il, talk it, work Ii and dream il.
Evening star., 1909-09-01
Eat Them Like Candy

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Orderlics for the easy. pleasant and successful
treatment Of constipation. You may have back
the money you pay US for them il they fail to
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day night. They don't gripe or cause any
annoyance whatever. Two Sizes Ioc and 25c
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sts. The Rexall Stores.
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ever and Genevieve, Miss Fanshawe's maid The
third witness, old woman who had been cook, had
left the house, refusing to remain in haunted
building
Miss Fanshawe greeted them Hospitality and had
them shown to their rooms by Geneveve Before
dressing for dinner Asro and Vaeska had the story
from her She took them herself to the garden and
pointed out the scene of the visitation.
A high brick wall screened the place from the
street and incosed it three sides. The garden
laid out formally, with brick walks along the two
of the rectangular space, and circular pool
with fountain in the middle. Tie fourth side
shut off by the brick wall of the house itself which
there two stories in hei light. Along the south
wall was planted a thicket of high bushes inter
spersed with trees. This wall into the side of the
house Just below Miss Fanshawe's own chamber
whose window showed nine feet above
Genevieves room next. The northern wall
flush with the front of the house. which deco
rated with portico two stories in height. Above
that the soping roof.
I've it walking up and down many time,
from my window over there" said Genevieve 1T
always disappears in the bushes there and
she pointed to the southern wall Once | it
the very top of the roof waving its Yes,
it almost always carries a baby and IS always in
white shroudlike. 1T always stiff; but
won't leave Miss Fanshawe for thing like it
It's queer thing that you and John are the only
here who have ever seen it, said Vaeska,
looking at her fxedly.
oh, cook it many's the time said Gene
We've
- But cook left.
Yes, and good reason why, too! 1t came at her
with run once, and like to scratch her eyes out
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Its queer too that Miss Fanshawe has never
seen it
All, and hope she never will, the poor dearl
It'll be for good if she does. 1t comes to warn
her. I'm thinking"
John the stableman's tale was almost the same
He too had the ghost the roof of the house.
and running swiftly along the garden walk and
often with the baby. In the year he had been en-
poyed at Fanshawe Farm he had seen it he thought
at least dozen times. He appeared to share Gene
We've supersttious terrors and had never dared to
pursue the specter
All this, of course, Miss Fanshawe had heard be-
fore, and with Astro and Vaeska she discussed the
probability of her servants possibly having con-
spired to give the house bad name. But motive
for that apparent and Genevieve's devotion
seemed sincere The talk had already begun to
on her. She showed many signs of nervous
ness becoming at times almost historical. Seeing
this. Astro changed the subject, and nothing more
said of his purpose there.
THAT night he took his place with Valeska at the
end of the garden away from the house, to
watch. He had come prepared to spend several
days for the chances against their seeing any,
thing the first time though the appearances had,
according to John. become much more frequent of
late. So bundled in wraps the two took their seats
bench at the end of the path From here most
of the house windows screened from them: but
a clear vista up the center of the garden was iu-
minated by in its first quarter. Miss Fan
shave, pleading ndispostion. had retired to her
room early.
Behind the seat there small door in the wall
opening path leading to the stable. Directly in
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Grand Central Station, and together they took the
train for Vandyke village to keep their appointment
with Miss Fanshawe.
How little know of you Valeska' Astro said
on the journey down DO YOU realize that it is
almost nothing? You applied in answer to my adj
vertisement for assistant, and you know that it
is habit to ask personal questions unless abso-
lutey necessary But, to me, you are as mysterious
as this Fanshawe ghost are hunting down.
have always had queer feeling about you,-that
didn't want to know too much about your history;
that it prettier situation to be ignorant of
everything except this very happy present when we
working together
oh lets be sure of that. and enjoy it she
breathed. turning her eyes away " | am perfectly
happy! only hope that both shall remain so!'
If Astro had intended by his remarks to give her
an opening for a confession, she did accept it.,
and he did insist. Their talk changed to the
business that occupied their immediate attention.
The first thing is of course. to get the
of the servants and then to the ghost for
selves Finally must lay the specter forever
II have thought that the phantom might have
been mpersonated by of the servants VaIeska
suggested.
With that hypothesis should seek motive, y
he replied
II admit that's what has bafled me-
Well, must follow every clue, that's all
MISS FANSHAWE'S man met them at the station
~ with open carriage, and Astro, seating him
self beside the driver, Immediately began to draw him
out on the subject of the ghost. The Irish,
and willing talk. He himself however had not
seen the spirit, though he believed implicitly in its
existence. John, the stable man, had seen it, how
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Removed from Their Homes

WHEN Carl Schurz was made Secretary of the
w Interior in Hayes Cabinet he issued order
removing the Poncas from their reservation and send
ing them to Indian Territory Here theyremained, in
a strange country, without Government rations and
without any means of support until many of them
died: Among the dead was young of the
chief Standing Bear
When his son died, Standing Bear rebelled
Gathering thirty of his followers, he placed the
body of his son in wagon and started for the
cestra buryng ground of the Poncas the Niobrara
River, seven hundred and fifty miles to the north
But the department ordered General Crook, then
stationed at Fort Omaha, to arrest and mprson
these Indians and this done when the cavalcade
reached the Omaha reservation in Nebraska. To-
gether with the body of the boy, the Indians
brought to Fort Omaha and held awaiting further
orders from Schurz
There of Indignation through the
town of Omaha when it became known that Stand
ing Bear, who had for years prevented the Sioux
from raiding the white settlements, had been
rested and an effort was made to help him. Thomas
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chiefs who have preceded me knew nothing of the
circumstances that surround me. l only hear my
little girl say, Save mel!
In despair / look toward the cliffs behind me.
seem to see dim trail that may lead to way of
looks to be impossible. l make the attempt. l
take my child by the hand and my wife follows
Our hands and feet torn by the sharp
rocks, and trail is marked by blood. At
last l a rift in the rocks. little way beyond
there green praires. The Swift Running Water
pours down between the green islands There
the graves of fathers There again will
pitch our tepee and build our fires / see the light
of the world Just ahead"
The chief became silent again; then, turning toward
there stands a man Behind him l see soldiers like
the leaves of the trees If that man gives permits
sion may pass to life and liberty If he refuses
must go back and sink forever beneath the raging
flood"
Another pause, and then in lower tone, with
his hand still held out appealingly You are that
mani
There was silence in the room as the chief sat
down. Some tears down the Judges face. Cen
eral Crook leaned forward and covered his face with
his hands Some of the women sobbed
All the audience man and
surged shake the hands of the old chief, and
there was scene in that court room never equaled
Several days later Judge Dundy handed down his
decision, setting Standing Bear free and making of
the Indian man He afterward said that Standing
Bears address had secured the decision.
The Chief a Lecture Tour
SOON afterward Standing Bear, accompanied by
~ Tibbles and the Indian girl Bright Eyes, the
latter Interpreter went East, and for three years
the tall, straight Indian spoke almost every night
the wrongs of the Indians. And so well did he de-
pict these wrongs that public opinion became
aroused to such pitch that Congress passed laws
forever putting end to Indian outbreaks.
Never since the decision of the United States court
that an Indian is a man, with the rights of other
men, has there been outbreak except the single
short of 1900 worked up by the willy old Sitting
Bull and beginning and ending with the battle of
Wounded Knee, a that lasted less than
week
The only rights enjoyed by a white that
withheld from an Indian are that the white man can
take whisky into his home, while Indian
cannot and an Indian cannot sell the land
given him by the Government, until twenty-five
years after the deed is handed to him. The Indian
has every other right possessed by white man
and all because Standing Bear made speech before
Judge Dundy in Omaha in 1879.
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By T. r. Porter

II. Tibbles, then a young man,
suggested bringing habeas corpus
proceedings under the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution,
which declares that all persons born
in the United States are citizens
thereof and shall not be deprived
of liberty without due process of
law Up to that time Indians had
never been considered citizens; they
were simply wards of the Govern
ment, to be done with just as the
department having charge of them
chose to do with them John Lee
Webster, then young lawyer, to-
day one of the leading members of
the bar in the West. and A ].
Poppleton, at that time general
h.
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Standing Bear changed all that,
gave them citizenship and legal rights and placed
them in such position that they could own land and
property That was the reason he was the most
talked about Indian; that the reason Henry
w. Longfellow Wendell Phillips, John G.. Whittier,
Miss Alcott, Holmes and other we'll known men and
of letters made of this western Indian
friend and equal.
The Poncas lived in Northern Nebraska, and for
wears were the bulwark that stood between the
white settlements along the Platte River and the
fierce Sioux Indians from the north. The Poncas
fought the white mans battles for years, until
there enough whites in the territory to under
take their defense In this the Poncas
lost hundred braves, and rewarded by
Congress with the fee simple title entire Indian
reservation.
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attorney TOT the Cn1On FaC1hC
railroad undertook the legal end of the work. though
they received no fee.
The was brought before the late Judge Dundy
in federal court and was one of the most important
brought before any court in the land. The writ
served General Crook he in direct
command of the fort where the Indians i'm
priSOned
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His Speech Made the Decision

THE court unique: army officers in full
dress uniform, civilians in business suits gaily
dressed women, and the thirty Indian prisoners
dressed in feathers and gaudy blankets. After the
arguments were completed, Judge Dundy electri-
fed the audience by announcing that Standing Bear
would make plea for himself and his people. None
in the with the exception of the army officers
and General Crook had ever heard an Indian chief
speak Standing Bear could not speak word of
English; but good interpreter secured
The chief rose. Half facing the audience, he held
his right hand and stood motionless so long
that the stiffness of death which had settled down
the audience became almost unbearabe. At last,
holding his up toward the Judge he said:
That hand is not the color of yours; but if l
prick it the blood will flow and l shall feel pain.
The blood is the color of yours.
God made me, and | am
/ never committed crime. If | had, | should
not stand here to make defense. | should suffer
the punishment and make complaint
Still standing, half facing the audience, he looked
past the Judge out of window if gazing far into
the distance. Then he continued:
Il seem to be standing the bank of great
river with my wife and little girl by my side. l
the river and impossible cliffs rise be-
hind me. | hear the noise of great waters; l look
and see food coming The water rises to feet,
and then to knees My little girl stretches her
hands to and cries, Save mel
Il stand where member of my stood
before. There is tradition to guide me. The
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IN his little cabin on a bold
i headland jutting out into the
Niobrara River (the Swift Run
ming Water in Northern Nebraska,
there has just died an old Indian,
chief of the once powerful Ponca
tribe, in his last days reduced to
want, and left without a single
follower. His name was Standing
Bear, and thirty years ago he was
the most talked about Indian in
North America. He made of the
Indian a man.
Previous to 1870 the western
Indians were considered as minors
and were in absolute charge of the
Government They had no legal
rights whatever; did not, and
could not, own a single piece of
property; could not cast a vote;
and, in fact, were just like SO many
horses belonging to the Govern