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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

ing ous for other cities Chicago. Bos-
ton, ST. Louis Washington. Cincinnati,
are on his list Wheth-r he is reach
ing out for these cities or whether they
are reaching out after him does not
matter. lie is still hammcring away
on his contention that grand opera at
popular prices is here, In part this
has been worked out O.: his idea of
educational opera
So much for the man who has been
cigar machine inventor. 4 real estate
speculator, a manager of vaudeville a
plunger in whatever he undertakes,
humorist in his way and the happy ia
ther of six children.
Spanked to Success.
There il such a thing as being
spanked into success. That is what
started Oscar Hammerstein on his ca
reer as lmprcsario. His father admin
igtered the blows. Hammerstcin pere
wanted Oscar To become violinist.
Oscars mother preferred to see him
,'in on the flute one day the father
was called away from home on busl-
ness, and his stay was protracted.
Mrs. Hammerstein engaged flute
master 10 give lessons to Oscar The
boy learned rapidly, BY the time his
father returned oscar had mastered
several pieces Early one morning his
mother stole into Osc rs room ana
told him his father was asleep She
suggested that oscar take lis flute and
stand before the door of his fathers
chamber and play, Oscar selected
when the Swallows Homeward Fly"
The birds We're turned looc on dulcet
notes. Suddenly the door opened
Hamrerstein Tere en- 2cshabllle came
forth. lie seized tn, LAD ana spanked
him In the good old fashioned way.
What became of the flute Is ualsnown.
The boy, stung mentally and physical
ly, resolved then and there to get am
other audience and become a caterer
for its amusement His audience was
the public. He had seen enough to
know that the public liked music or
any other form Of amusement but mu-
sic was uppermost in his mind all the
while ROLAND CREELE
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

lie life, nor has he passed tho point at
which men lose interest in the ques-
tions of the moment. While he is a
Republican, he has never allied him
self conspicuously with any party ma
chinery. In the opinion of a class OF
politicians this should initiate against
his appointment; I'm the opinion of an
other class { Slould enhance his value
as an ambassador. 1t would not be to
Mr.. Lows credit to say that he was
not criticised as mayor of New York
city He had made n strenuous cam
paign, and much was expected. Dur
ing his term, however. { Is simply the
truth to say that his administration
was clean anu for the best interests of
the city regardless Of politics, accord
ing 20 the views of Mr.. Low. 1t
should be said that when he was mayor
the term of Office was for only one
year, and II Is political belief in both
parties that one brief term does not
give an administration the opportunity
IL deserves Mr., Low was mayor from
1902 until 1903.
Before ther was the Greater New
York Mr. Low was mayor of Brooklyn
from 1890 10 1897 He was an unsuc-
cessful candidate for mayor of Greater
New York i'm 1897 He was born in
Brooklyn I'm 1850 and has been identi-
fled with the affairs of that city and
Of New York city ever since he at
incd his majority. He was graduated
from Columbia in 1870 and holds the
degree of LII. ID. from the University
of New York, Amherst, University Of
Pennsylvania, Harvard. Trinity, Prince
ton an, Yale. He was president OF
Columbia university from 1890 to 1901
In 1899 he was a delegate TO the peace
conference at The Hague.
Career of Robert Bacon.
Mr.. Robert Bacon is younger man
than eX-Mayor Low, but he has been
in .1blic life so long that he Is re-
garded as past the meridian. He has
not yet reached that line He made
his reputation in Wall street. His
mind was trained almost entirely along
financial lines. He was an active fac
tor in the huge combinations of cor
porate wealth and power that aroused
public criticism and attack -Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Mr., Bacon were in
the class of 80 at Harvard, Mr.. Bacon
is one of tho old Barnstable family in
Massachusetts When he went to New
York he became associated with the
house of j, T. Morgan g. Co. In the
absence of MIR Morgan young Bacon
was In entire control OF the business
When President Roosevelt called Mr..
Bacon as assistant secretary of state.
under Secretary Root, Il was updef
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

stood that the selection was personal
ne. But 1t had the entire approval Of
Secretary Root of the state departs
ment, who had great faith in the out
come Of the young appointee. When
Secretary Root resigned. after his cleo.
tion as United States senator from
New York, Mr.. Bacon succeeded him
as secretary of state and held the
place until after the. Inauguration OF
President Taft.
The report that Mr.. Bacon has leased
the house of Ambassador White in
Paris has led some 10 believe that his
appointment has already been decided
upon by President Taft. Mr. Bacon Is
rich. He has an accomplished and So
cially ambitious wife. He Is q linguist.
being particularly fond of French. Hs
has n commanding figure and person.
ality, is devoted TO fine arts and given
to outdoor lie, preferring it TO any
other, 1t is said. lie has a head that
recalls the Gtecian mold. clear COM
pleNio" and merry eyes-sure signs OF
good sleep and good living, accordins
to the authorities on such subjects
and withal is a good fellow in the
highest and best definition of that
much abused term.
AS a tribute TO his ability In the coal
strike negotiations he was asked, on th,
death of Conrad n. Jordan, to taks ths
assistant treasurership OF the Uniteo
States, which he declined. Whila noe
dyed in the wool clubman, he is .
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

about the river~ springing from a
mountain Of copper Is not very far
wrong.
Notwithstanding all that has been
written and told about Alaska, little is
yet known except by geographers and
scientists Of its vast area. With Its
outlying islands IL covers 100000
square miles. If you will figure this
up and compare II with Iowa. for ex-
ample, you will discover that Alaska
Is ten times larger than the Hawkeye
state As a unit IL has an Independent
shape larger than all the states bor-
dcring on the Pacific ocean. with Ari-
zona and Nevada thrown in for good
measure. It's bays. inlets indentations
i'm the coast and its islands give IL O
coast line Of 26,5OO miles. In 1908 its
population was estimated to be about
10000, and this consisted of whites.
The Indian population mas never been
definitely cstimated-some say $4,000
others 10000. The reason for this dis
cropancy lies I'm the fact that every few
years a new tribe g found of which
there had been no previous history.
The gold product of Alaska in 1907
was S1S,00O.0c0. This was augmented
I'm 1905 In twenty years the product
has been $l2G,000,00O. The gold bear
ing creeks in the vicinity of Fairbanks.
1000 miles from Nome, are many feet
beneath the surface of the earth. and
the entire depth is frozen ground and
gravel. How can It be guessed what
Is here hidden? JOHN. A. CONN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

who believed that they had not been
fairly treated as patrons of the high
est musical entertainment to go ahead.
He was given carte blanche to build a
temple regardless of expense and then
get the best talent that money could
procure. The Manhattan Opera House
is the result. II cost S2,000000.
Mr.. Hammerstein has always main
tained that he was young. He is not
yet sixty years of age. He has the
shrewdness and the persistence of q
mature man, but he has the curiosity,
the tirelessness of n boy. To him
there is fascination in the voice OF the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

$50 miles long and thirty miles wide. in
which. besides the prolific oil bearing
sands. are lakes and springs OF oil, one
lake being of great size.
Race Between Telegraph and Railroad
While the old fashioned iron horse
has been pushing its way up valleys
and along streams the telegraph has
"vertal<en 1t and accomplished Won
ders. In 1904 more than 1,4S6 miles OF
Alaska cable had been laid. Tele-
graph wires overland have been cons
structed into countries where few
years ago no white man had ever been
seen. Since 1901 more than 1000 miles
OF telegraph and cable have been built
by United States interests. and 1000
miles of Canadian government lines
have been constructed from the inter
national. boundary beyond Dawson. and
every town of more than 500 inhabit-
ants has its telephone service.
Railroads are the forerunners of civ
ilization in all new countries. The
first railroad was begun in south
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

ether game, aithouBn tnere is
4 u still enough ice there to Grip
pie all the ice combines tf the world
II IL could be shipped.
The country of desolation for which
this government paid Russia $7,200,OOO
In ,lS67-or 2 cents an acre, as 1t has
been fgured-now teens with mo 1ern
cities, obtains and ships products other
than gold by railroads, talks business
by telephone and IL in communication
by wire with the civilized nations OF
the earth. Steamboats, carry passen-
gers on great rivers In summer, and In
winter where there are no railroad
lines travellers and the mails are con-
veyed in big sleighs.
In summer time little boats and ca
noes ripple the waters of inland lakes
cottage doors stand open to welcome
travellers. and gardens yield delicacies
of the season, while the yards are full
of bloom which breathes fragrance as
sweet as that which one inhales In
more southerly climates. Even In WIN
ter the temperature in some of the
cities Is only degrees on an average
lower than It Is In eastern cities on the
coast
Only n few years ago the Alaska
Central railroad was opened dis
tance of hundred miles. The water
terminus of this road Is on Resurrec-
tion bay, In central Alaska, open all
the year round by reason of the warm
Japanese current. Since this opening
the road has been pushed 4lS miles
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
OSCAR AAMMERSTEIN, PROMOTER OF EDUCATIONAL
GRAND OPERA.

tenor; he loves the smell Of the ny
lofts; he lows to linger in the per-
fume of a fashionable audience; he
listens like boy when the strings of
the orchestra are vibrating. Somebody
who made an analysts of the man once
said hat he never grew up. He was
likened to Peter Pan II took him
thirty seven years to get whore he Is,
And now he Is not only great I'M
presario In New York city, but is reach
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

agent of any clique, but he maintaihed
that In a great city there should pe
more than one field for grand opera.
lie just happened along az the psy-
Geological moment, lie believed tpal
grand opera could be givcn at popular
prices. This idea Is connected WIN
his plans for educational opera, He
said very bhlntly that II wonld take
money 10 carry out his Idea.
lie was told by sone Of the people
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
Seth Lo0c and Robert Bacon
Am6a"adorial Possibilities In the Taft Admnistraton-Fit
ness Of the Former For 81. James and Of the
Latter For the Mission to France.

a n the course of time, possibly in
the near future President Taft
will appoint an ambassador to
a succeed Mr.. Whitelaw Reid and
an ambassador to France to succeed
Mr. Henry White.
Dlplomatically considered, these two
missions are the most important in
the administration. Ever since the in
auguration of President Taft political
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

appointments for these missions. The
most frequently mentioned are Mr..
Seth Low and Mr. Robert Bacon. the
former for st. James and tho latter
for France, which no longer has its
court
Although ey-Mayor Low has never
been in the diplomatic orbit. he has
many qualifications necessary for the
mission with which his name has been
mentioned lie is the embodiment Of
the Latin maxim which, freely trans
lated. reads gentle in manners, but
forcible IN deeds" He has scholarly
attainments and culture, independent
views. plenty OF money and Is not
handicapped with inexperienco IN pub
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
Oscar Hamme,ytein's Ne0c Venture
HoqV the Promoter Of Educational Opera Reached be HeghH
: of Mdsterful Impresano = II Man
IVA With a Boys Cmiosity.
With a Boys Curiosity.

successful builder and manager OF the
aters, roof gardens and other places
OF amusement. He did not appear at
this juncture as rival or as the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
No American pentisss In Germany.

Germany does not permit dentists to
style themselves American" as Is the
custom all over Europe,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
Corn Of Canada and Cape Colony.

Canada grows siXty-three bushels OF
corn to the acre Cape Colony ten
bushels.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
Islands Ct Great Britain.

There are about l200 Islands in the
al"Y.D which we can the British isles
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
Where Coffee ls Duty Ere

Holland is the only European eoun
try that admits coffee duty free
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04

~ " WHEN Oscar Hammerstein,
impresario in several cit
NN les, to which others may
be added, announced early
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-28
WHITES Cream vermifuge

ican the prey, to the number of l0O,- 0O0a year, of the procurer and the cadet. To governors of all States a letter, asking for telegraphic reply at the expense of the committee, was sent the text of which was as fol- laws:
 -tThat there is systematic traffic in igrls of American homes-a hunt, sale and ruin of our girls-has been established by federal prosecutors in enforcing federal laws which apply to alien girls, by state prosecutors and rescue workers. 1t beyond question a fact-a menace to all American homes, for the traffic is ruthless, insidious and natioal-even international. Approximately 100 900 girls per year are recruited, more from the rural than urban homes.
 What is to be done, Is the next phase. Laws aimed at the detention of girls under pretense of debts, the WulL0 SldVcIy, duU dI IAc Sdtictc, of whom there are 5000 in Chicago living off earnings of their prey American girls-are recommended as ! the most imperative needs. Is there adequate law or punishment in your State? We enclose copies of bills, having the highest endorsement, which probably will be enacted !n Illinois We ask you to consider them. Cannot you have them put on your statute books if you find you' State is unprotected, as most states are? Can it be done at this session of your Legislature.
 Delays cost 1S0 daughters per da2. Please telegraph your reply-at our expense.
 Also 8 letter stating your personal views wiu be much appreciated by this Committee"
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In the period covered by the above figures per capita tax was received on an average of 44,720 members, Thus the pension assessment has averaged 34 4-5 cents per member per month.
 The pension is paid once In every four weeks, the idea being to give each pensioner thirteen checks in twelve months. At the close of busi- ness on January 31, 1909, six pen sion payments had been made, cover ing the twenty-four weeks ending January 16, 1909 The amount paid to pensioners-$3S,3 ,344-is an aver age of $1,597 per week. Should this ratio be maintained for fifty-two weeks-one year-the demands OH the pension fund would be far less than its revenue. However, the ex- penditures from the fund will con- stantly grow, as is evidenced by the continued addition of names to the
  is also borne out by the experience of the English unions that have for years conducted pension funds.
 Applications for the pension to the number of 566 had been received and acted upon up to January 31, 1909 Of this number fl petitions were dis approved Death invaded the ranks of the pensioners on IT occasions leaving 504 pensioners on the roll on the date named above.
 An analysis of the ages of the pension applicants develops the no- table fact that the average age oi the 566 applicants is 6S.5 years. Oi the total number 59.6 per cent (S36) are between 60 and 70 years; 3o.e per cent (202) are septuagenarians 4.7 per cent (2O are octogenarians while one is a nanagenarian. There Is one woman on the pension roll Miss E. Louise Bryant, of New Haver (Conn.) Union No. 47. She Is 62 years of age. and has been a member of the International Union for thirty. two consecutive years.
 Regarding the Assessment.
 After collecting the assessment fol ten months and paying the pension for twenty-four weeks-almost hal a year-therc is healthy balanc, in the fund. Each day brings new applications for this benefit. Tn, membership will grow older with thu passing of each year, and as the mum Der of members reaching the age o 50 increases with the constantly ad vancing years, and the requirement. that go with employment becom more onerOus, we must expect COT responding increment in the list o : pensioners. It is known that larg } number of members who are legall, , entitled to the pension have not ask ed therefor. Trade conditions ma further change and these men be de l prived of employment. With thes facts in view, let us not reach hast. , conclusions. The increasing balanc in the fund is not a cause for worry It Is a safeguard in every possibl 7 way, and, like the reserve fund 0 , large insurance societies, may prov the salvation of the InternatiOna Union and the pension plan in tn years to come.
 ' -WANTED-Old rags at Grapht
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-28
GOVERNORS ASKED TO PROTECT GIRLS Committee In Charge Of Bills Makes Fight
 National LAW ONLY SAFEGUARD
LAW ONLY SAFEGUARD
The Glaring Lack of Law to Suppress Barter of Daughters of American
 Homes Is Shown.

Chicago, March, 12.-lo IuFnlsh adequate protection of law for daugh- ters of American home against the white slave procurers, federal sta- tutes not applying, the governors of every state have been apealed to by the committee In charge of the b1lls now pending in the Illinois Legisla- ture. Copies of the two Illinois bills have been sent to each governor. The bill have been framed with tn ut mist care as to legal and "constitu- tional points by some of the pest lawyers and jurists ill Chicago. Facts in the white Slave traffic" show them to be the most immediate needs, punishment of thesseaaet and pf the detention of sirVl debts" aEseh Gael graph hi answer Indicating whether similar bills cannot be enacted in his State to supply the lack of State law.
 The committee which has this ac- tive campaign in hand includes As sistant United States District Attor- ney Parkin, who personally conducted l the federal raids which resulted in 1 the discovery of systematic, inter- national traffic in girls, who were 1 both imported and exported and sold. The committee also includes Assist ant States Attorney Clifford G. Roe, l who has prosecuted some 250 white slave cases" and has been active in ] the work of the Illinois Vigilance Association, Representative Charles Lederer, who introduced the Illinois bills; Ernest X. Bell, Secretary of the Illinois Vigilance Association, Henry P. Heizer, law partner. of Speaker Shurtleff of the Illinois House and ) Forrest Crissey, advisory editor o1 the Womant World.
 Uncle Sam's hands being tied SC far as the girls of American homes were concerned, Assistant United States District Attorney Parkin issu- ed a warning, in an article published in the Woman's World, that parents must look to State laws for protec- tion. All the facts available regard ing State laws and the appalling facts of an every day traffic in girls pro cured chiefly in rural districts, were put into the hands of this committee The committee had assurances of tht support of the Woman's World anG financial aid from its publisher, Geo H. Currier. often called the Ameri
 can Harmsworth." using the power of his enormous circulation in var
 ious public movements. Heaiquar
 ters were established, an advisor. lcimmittee chosen, including Arthur
 Burrage Farwell, of the Chicago Law
 and Order League. James Bronson Reynolds. Secretary of the Nationa
 Vigilance Association, J. G. Shearer Toronto, Secretary of the Moral an,
 Reform Council of Canada. Robert B
 Armstrong, former Assistant Secre ltary of the Treasury. and the com
 mittee took up determined worl
 Lack of organization he'd left Amer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-28
TYPOGRAPHICAL
 UNION PENSIONS
How the Plan Ha> Worked out pu'' ing Twenty.Four Weeks eI HIS Af' plication.

It has never been tue poi1eS VI ~ ,n+orn,tional Typographical Union to follow. In all advance movements and achievements the printers have , heen in the lead. The progressive ness of the organization was cieafiy demonstrated in the establishment oi the Union Printers Home at Colorauo Springs, Colo. When the institution was opened in 1892, the more con seryative trade unionists viewed the nroiect with doubt as to its practl- cability. After sixteen years the Home stands today the only one of It's Kind in the world, grand monument 10 q great organization, its mission es- tablished and it's work constantly hroadening. Recognizing that many aged and incapacitated members were unable, because of family ties, to avail themselves of the comforts of the Home, the International Union decided on another advanced step ana established the present old age pen nion fund.- This movement orlglnatNd at the convention of 1905, which adopted a resolution providing TOT the appointment of a committee of three to report to the next session a plan for "a system of pension ana relief for aged and sick members.
 The eight strike, begun on Jan- nary 1, 1906. so occupied the atteh- tion of the organization that Presl- dent Lynch delayed the appointment syf the committee until after the l9O6 convention, which decided the tune then ripe for the further considefa- tion of this subject. At the l9Ui con- yention the committee appointed by President Lynch reported, and it's recommendations, which are emboH- fed in the present pension laws, were adopted. The proposed plan was submitted to a referendum vote oi the membership in October, 1907, and was adopted by vote of l',l'1 1or' to 9,194 against, with a provision that the pension assessment should not become effective until the eight-hour assessment then being collected was discontinued. In February. 1908. the executive council ordered that the ~ eight hour assessment be discontinn- ed with that month, and directed the collection of the pension assessment beginning with March, 1908. The as eessment being on the percentage paln, the revenue for any one month does not reach headquarters until the following month. Thus the Interna- tional Union had re ceived the assess ment for ten months-March to De cember, 1908, inclusive-at the close of business January 31. 1909.
 It was estimated by the committee preparing the old age pension la" that the assessment of one-half of per cent on the total earnings of al Hnembers would produce $16S,000 pel Gear. and it was thought that the vannnal disbursements of pensions tt pensioners would aggregate $1o4,ooo This estimate was thought to be con servatiye. and the result of ter months experience with the fund IS therefore, somewhat surprising. Int receipts of the fund have been fal in excess of the estimate, and the ex nenditures therefrom conslderabi. .ass than was anticipated, with thi' RECEIPTS.
 e1half ot per cent es-
 sessment. March to De-
 cs,nher ,eoe tiss, ,s7o [.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-28

Miss Norma Chatham, of Marlin, Texas, is expected to arrive in this city in a few days to be the guest of Mrs. Will Miller. Miss Chatham has been attending the conservatory of music at Cincinnati
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-28

-SRR CHARLES J. PADDING, DISTRICT MANAGER OF THE NA' TIONAL LIFE OF THE U. s. A.. (CHICAGO). HE CAN WRITE YOU ANY KIND OF A POLICY YOU WANT. S-14 U
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-28

To produce that lily white com plexion try Madam W&t.rs' Face Cream.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-28

Rev and Mrs. L. Tomme left yes terday for Tillar, where Rev. Tomme we'll fill an appointment today.