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Search Made for "Smithy"

LARKSPUR. Nov. 3.-Detectives and
local authorities searched the hills and
gulches north Of Larkspur canyon to-
dav in the hope Of finding the trail OF
the tramp with the bandaged eye who
answers the description OF "Smithy, ="
the dynamite suspect, and who has been
begging food al night in the neighbor-
hood of the lonely cabin near which the
suitcase ard dyna mite We're found by
Town Marshal Frank Murphy and Will
lam Larsen sunday The result was
the confirmation Of Larsens statement
that the cabin had been recently occu-
pied and also the discovery Of a derby
nat marked &C. :" and pair Of greasy
overalls These articles We're found in
the brush near the spot where the suit
case and dynamite lay, and are believed
by .arsen. upon whose property the
"a bin stands. TO have been cast aside
by the suspect.
while ] do not place great signif1-
canoe in the hat and overalls," said
Larsen. they may possibly have some
bearing on the case. 'Smithy,' while
on the launch Pastime, was known to
have worn a derby hat and. overalls.
snd both articles are Of the size that
would ht him. It may be that he chose
the isolated cabin as a place TO meet
his companions, and that after they
purchased the dynamite they ran the
launch Up Richardson bay and the
slough that runs by Larkspur and left
aim TO hide in the canyon"
Murphy admitted today that the suit
case and dynamite were in his posses
sion. However. 'he took little interest
il the search made in and around the
canyon. and il is believed that he has
definite knowledge as TO "Smithy's"
whereabouts. or is waiting for him to
return 10 q certain place.
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New Subscriptionsto to
Calls Orphan Fund

Friends of the orphans of Mount
St. Joscph's asylum added to The
Calls fund yesterday $56.75. In:
cluded in this amount mas $l6.25
given BY residents of Noe valley.
Following mere the subscriptions re-
ceiped yesterday:
Previously Acknowledged S10,616.S7
MISS B. CR0NIN, Bakers
field ......... 800
LOUIS RENNER. ... 800
BUCKINGHAM & HECHT 1000
NJ. C.....a....... 200
KNIGHTS OF COLUM-
BUS, Salinas. ... 1000
DETECTIVE p. O'C0N-
NELL ... 800
DETECTIVE +. ESOLA.. $50
BLANCHE J. MeQUADE,
Berkeley ..... LOO
PRESIDENTS OF NOE
VALLEY names below 1925
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pousrRs LOOT RANK-Bancroft. Ia. Nov. 3.
Robbers dynamited the safe in the Farmers
and Traders bank last night and escaped with
$4,000
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FEDERAL EMPLOYEES Go
HOME. FOR ELECTIONS

WASHINGTON, Nov 3.-Government
employees who live in sections of the
country distant from here are begin
ming to leave the city in order to reach
their homes in time to vote Tuesday. 1t
is estimated that more than 5000 men
will go home to vote.
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BRIANDFORMSNEW
FRENCH CABINET

PARIS. Nov s-M. BRAND has or
ganized the new cabinet as follows:
Premier and minister OF the interior. Aristide
BRAND; justice Theodore Girard; foreign Affairs.
Stephen Pichon: war. General Brun; marine.
Boue de Papyrere; public instruction. Maurice
Faure; finance. NJ. Klotz: commerce. jean Du-
puy; agriculture. Maurice Raynaud colonies. NJ.
MoreI: labor, Louis Lafferre; public works. NJ
Pureh
Under secretaries have been appoint
ed as follows:
Marine NJ Guisthau; finance Andre Lafevre;
war. NJ. Noulens; fine arts. NJ. Dujardn Beau
metz.
GREEK ART LECTURERS sUBJEcT-'The
Mystery of Greek Art is the subject Of lee
ture by f. Backus formerly editor OF the
Seattle Tribune. to be given this evening at the
Auditorium. Page and Fillmore streets Miss
Camille Stronack will render vocal selections
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women TESTIFY
BEFORE GRAND
JURY in south
Mrs. Caplan, Mrs. Pesenti and
Mrs. Emily Stuperich Are
Dynamite Witnesses
San Francisco Labor Leaders
Permitted to Return I'M
til Needed

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 3.-Mrs. Flora
Caplan. wife Of one Of the men named
IN connection with the alleged dy-
namiting Of the Times newspaper plant
here. was the most important witness
called before the special grand jury to-
day. Two other women, Mrs c. A Pc
senti. wife Of a Corte MADEIRA hotel
keeper and Mrs. Emily stuperich,
whose husband keeps a hotel in Sausa-
Tito, also testified.
IN all there were Il witnesses called
into the inquisitOriaI chamber during
the day and Deputy District Attorney
McComas was assisted in his eXamina-
tion by Earl Rogers. who conducted the
search for evidence in the case and
who after appearing as a witness yes
terday took paIt in the grand jury pro-
ceedings today as a special deputy dis
trict attorney.
MRS. PEsENTI WEEPs
Mrs. Caplan. Mrs. Pesenti and Mrs.
Stuperich- were The first women wit
nesses called upon 10 testify, and after
her Interrogation this afternoon Mrs.
Pesenti broke down and wept She
cried for half an hour while resting in
the courtroom Of Presiding Judge
Bordweu She was comforted finally
by Mrs. Caplan. who showed no signs
OF having undergone an ordeal at the
hands OF the questioners in the grand
jury room.
Another important witness who tes-
tined was John G. O'Brien. owner Of
the South San Francisco cottage in
which the dynamite said to have
been secreted by the suspected trio
Smithy," Bryce and Caplan-was
found. A. MiciO. the real estate agents
clerk who let the O'Brien house TO the
alleged conspirators, followed O'Brien
upon the stand. Then came George a.
Dixon. assistant manage Of the Hotel
Argonaut in san Francisco. where the
alleged plotters are said TO have lived
while they were operating the launch
Pastime. The last witness of the day
was Harry Piper. the jockey who saw
aboard the launch the Wrappings later
found with the dynamite in South San
Francisco.
LABOR LEADERS EXCUSED
Olaf Tveitmoe. Anton Johannsen.
Eric 3. Morton and other San Fran
cisco labor leaders. who were sum
moned before the Los Angeles grand
jury now Investigating the Times dis
aster, We're told today by Deputy Dis
1r.ct Attorney c. c. McComas. in
charge Of the investiga tion. that their
presence would not be required before
the inQu.sitorial body before Saturday
and probably not until next week. Nc
Eomas further informed the men that
they might return to san Francisco to
attend 10 private matters If they cared
and he would wire them when they
are wanted in Los Angeles again. The
witnesses win return to San Francisco
this afternoon.
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CHOLERA SPREADS IN RoME-Rome, Nov.
Six new cases of cholera and six deaths
We're officially reported In the last "a hours.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-06-11
QUEER PROPOSITION T..
FOR UNIoNIZING MEN
n: MADE BY. OPERATORS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. June 10
w. r. Russell. former state president
OF, the United Mine Workers of
America, now labor commissioner for
the O'Gara Coal company, of Chi
cago, came to the city to make q
proposition to Thomas L. Lewis. ma
tional president of the mine workers,
looking to- the organization of the
miners Of. West Virginia, the hotbed
s.of nonunionisrn in the mining in
dustry. 4ssss-a5::.. .=ss%@ :s3 -,
!. t...rhe O,Gara Coal company owns
mines in Ohio; Indiana, Illinois; West
Virginia, ',-said Russell. I'm all these
mines except the West Virginia mines
the miners are" :unionized and they
receive the union scale OF wages: In
West Virginia., however. the men are
not: organized and they receive lower
wages than In the other mines. I'm
der these conditions our company is
forced to take Its union mined coal
into the market and compete with
Its own Iion-union coal which is pro-
duced. at a lower cost. thus making
the company a competitor Of itself.
We wish to unfonize our mines in
West Virginia. and when this is ac-
complished we are positive that It
viii be the entering wedge which will
bring about the amortization Of prac-
tically all the mines in West Vir-
ginia." -,
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DID KERMIT GO AROUND.
THAT FIERCE sTING-cATq

According to the cablegrams, Ker-
init Roosevelt, who was with his IA
Their on his recent African hunting
trip, Is a4better shot than even his
illustrious3 parent. Mr. Roosevelt Is
very proudssof his sons marksrl1an-
ship, and he took pains to give him
first shot at any unusually interest
ing object Of the chase.
:, It seems that they we're out hunt
ing together one day and saw an AMI
NAL which they knew at once to be q
specimen OF the very rare ana much
dreaded sting-cat, called IN the native
dialect J. +dipdIE- buzzwuzz. : rs ss .. =s
A popularity Of this animal Is that
it manages to keep hidden behind the
tree trunk Or other object It IS on
only showing Its eyes, which stick out
so far that sthe yssss can look around 4
corner. ss sSS ss=
Kermit found that no matt il where
he went ne scouldti, Z sc a good shot
at II. He went round and round the
tree, holding his sun ready to fire,
always hoping TIE dubdig -buzzwuzz
yotlid< EXPOSE hi1nsel IS But 60 Kermit
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-06-11
GREASE FOR RAILROADS
MEASURES, BUT SANDBAGs
FOR BILLS OF WORKERS

WASHINGTON, D. c., June TO-
For the safety Of railroad employees,
Representative Martin, of Colorado,
railroads to maintain a sufficient
clearance between structures located
on their roadways and the cars pass
ing over their lines.
Himself locomotive fireman, and
from a family of railroad men, Rep
representative Martin tells the story of
his brother who, while firing on a
western line had his scalp gashed by
a passing mail train, so close did the
rushing cars Craze his cab window.
1T is to compel the companies to
give some measure of protection to
their men," explained the Coloradan,
men who now face death daily be-
cause many locon otives and cars are
built with width exceeding ten feet,
and six inches, that I have presented
this bill.
-Four years firing in a motive
cab taught me the need of this meas
ure which, by the way, has the ap-
proval of the railroad brotherhoods. p"
A maximum height of fourteen feet
and six inches, measured from the
track rail to the top of the car, is
also provided in the bill, and no over
head wires, bridges or viaduct are to
he maintained at less height than
twenty feet from. the Track
In the switching of cars this meas
ure will make it unlawful to main
tain side tracks at less distance than
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twelve feet and six inches from the
center line Of any other parallel track
providing that the distance between
these tracks may be closed up at a
necessary distance from the track in
tersection.
In order to guard the lives of
yardmen and employees generally the
bill further states that all space be-
tween tracks must be kept in such
condition as to permit safe passage
over them by day or night.
Members of the railroad brother
hoods legislative committees point to
the case with which legislation put
ting millions into the pockets of the
railroad corporations find their
creased way through congress and
are asking if it is not time that life
saving laws be given some considera-
ton,
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INDIANA LIABILITY ACT
rs HELD CONSTITUTIONAL

WASHINGTON, D. c.. June TO-
The supreme court of the. United
States has upheld the Indiana state
employers liability act by its judg-
ment in the suit of Spencer Melton
against the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, holding the statute .consti-,
tutional --. : y >,D
Melton. a carpenter, was injured
at Howell, Ind., while building
bridge. He alleged the accident was
due to defective tools. The lower
court awarded him $4,000 damages
On appeal, the railroad alleged the
act was Unconstitutional and that it
did not apply to individuals whose
employees might be injured, but only
to corporations, contending that the
carpenter was not direct employe
Of railroad IF; So. '>
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U. M. or W. DIDN'T OPPOSE,

. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 10
The statement that the officers Of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea are opposed to the appointment
OF DR.. Holmes as head Of the mining
bureau and have urged President
Taft not to appoint. him, is vigorously
denied in. the current issue Of the
Mine Workers Journal. ~. <.z..:@s'.. %E>.
- It -is also declared that the miners
have not opposed the appointment of
David Ross to the position, because
Of his want OF scientific knowledge
Of mining and the miners, organ
declares that Ross has had many
years Of study and actual experience
in mining, which are better than
scientific knowledge. Il.
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UNORGANIED MEN STRIKE.

TOLEDO, June 10.-One of To-
ledo's premier open Shops" the
National Malleable Castings company
is tied up because several hundred
Hungarians demand the munificent
sum of 20 cents an hour in these days
of sky-high prices. The men also
demand the adjustment of that Gus
tom which compels them TO sign
away rights to sue for damages, in
case they are injured.
The new employers LIABILITY law
makes this illegal, but the Hungar-
ians are Ignorant, and the "open
shoppers" profited by this until Bust
ness Agent Kuemmerle and Herman
Horowitz, a. member of Machinists
No. 105, and fellow countryman Of
the strikers, told them otherwise.
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went round, the animal went round
also, always keeping behind the tree.
At last he had to give up shooting at
it at all. So
In telling about the incident in
camp that night, he said: II kept
going around the thing, but I could
never get bead on it,
mo, my son, you didn't go around
it at ALL" said his father, "for as
you moved, it moved also, and since
you revolved in concentric circles it
cannot be said strictly that you
went around it, '*-
Decide for yourself whether Ker-
init did really go around the sting
cat or not. He certainly went around
the tree-but so did the sting-cat; the
two, in fact, followed parallel courses
around the tree as center. But did
Kermit go around the sting-cat?
That's the question. -
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ETAOIN, THE PUZZLER.

The swift was piling up his string,
His fingers worked like anything,
And now and then a slug occurred
Containing this mysterious word
= 49,. ETAOIN. -.,.s -
"Great feavens!' cried the reader
grim,
I'D like, to take a club to him; ..
His takes are bad enough at best,
But his mistakes beats all the rest
ETAOIN.
The pressman grinned with ghoulish
glee- -.
A most sardonic cuss was he: -
To see the word that looks like pi >.
Had missed the readers eagle eye
ETAOIN.
The editor, in helpless rage, - -
G]ared down at the offending page
Where his pet leader was adorned
With that strange word he loathed /.
and scorned- -
ETAOIN.
The poor subscriber clutched his
.-. brain; -. - .,.E.::5EsIr.i g. Z
There's that Internal thing again!
What means that weird, ungainly
~.: word -
NJ dictionary ever heard %
/, = ETAOIN. ,,j: -%~s-f ~
.~, -" - z..L -
So, dear subscriber. I'll define
And state this ending to a line,
From San Francisco to New York
Means damn the luck in limo talk.
ETAOIN.
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$1,000 b. OF L. F. MEMBERS
GET RAISE BY ARBITRATION

CHICAGO, June 10.-The $4,000
members Of the Brotherhood Of Lo-
connective Firemen and Enginemen to-
day gained important increases in
wages amounting to hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars yearly by the deci-
zion of the arbitration committee
which has been deliberating iii Chi
cago: The committee, organized un-
der the: terms Of the Erdman act,
prevented . strike by. taking up the
problem, and both sides are pledged
to accept its findings. 5 = = +,
The increase dates back to Jan.
] last. :, &st.l ID & 4 = Z. 4 z
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WESTERN SYSTEMS BOOST WAGES

WESTERLY SYSTEMS BOOST WAGES
DENVER, Colo. June 1o.-Repre-
sentattves st fourteen railway sys-
terms Of the west, ct a meeting here
last week decided to put in effect at
once al, increase OF 6 cents an hour
for. yardmen, 80 =. - H.
The same rules will be applied on
these; roads that prevail in the Chi
cago and. Eastern yards. It is ex-
pected TIL t this move will avert q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-06-11
BREWERS AND MEN PLAY 4 s.:. IS.
A ISL. i GAME OF GIVE AND TAKE

.s WARRINGTON" June 1o.-rhe
employers sof brewery workers in this
city have made q concession to their
employees In the matters Of hours
and labot. They have granted an
eight-hour day. In return the em-
sployes have made a concession. They
have agreed to: take not more than
two drinks OF beer during the eight
hours. - ssf;;::5ss zz@:,i' = 7-'-.s-s
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Rats Do Lydia's Printing.

Members Of the Duluth local OF
the Typographical union have been
notified from indianapolis headquar-
tiers that the printing Of the Lydia
Pinkham Medicine company is unfair
and being done in rat shop.
The boys declare that they will take
no more ofttLydia's dope until better
conditions have been established.
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IT'S COMING, SURE!

I'm lust common workman, @s S
But I've got word to say, -
The country's getting richer
But I'm poorer every day;
Just to keep myself alive. +. !
The boss has lots Of capital, =:
And education. too. : =. ~. :.
The boss can do a Lot of things :.
don't know how to do.
But he works hard and worked hard
And so I cannot see s..{s-n* it,ss@s 4:
Why he should gobble up the loaf
And leave the crumbs for me!
The boss he runs his auto,
Eut the trolley does for me.
My wife she does the washing
But his lady pours the tea,
His boys are all in college
But mine are all at work,
His girl is Sin society,"
And mine is "tust a clerk
I don't intend to kill the goose
That lays the golden egg,
i don't intend to whimp.r
Or to stand around and beg,
But I'm waiting and I'm workt,lg
For the day that's sure to be
That brings q fair division .s
To the lads like you and me.
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Announce 2oth, Anniversary.

The United Brotherhood 81 Car
penters and Joiners. the second larg-#
est International union IN the coun-
try has sent q letter to its various
locals announcing that the twenty
ninth anniversary OF It's institution
Will, occur in August TIE lstter an
nounces that each local - expected to
observe the event. ..sT s .s. Z.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-06-11
FARGO Bo'OKBINDERs STICK
BY COMRADES ON STRIKE

FARGO, n. B., June 1o.-rhe
bookbindefs employed by Walker
Bros. &. Hardy, WHO went out on.
strike May IL for an increase in
wages, are determined to win out if
they have to continue the struggle
indefinitely. Ali the, other binderies
il the city signed the new scale, and
their employees are sticking BY their
striking Fellow workers. 49,.
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Buckeye Railfoadeas Raised.

n TOLEDO. June 10 .-switehn,en,
ehrakemen, yardman ana d conductors
employed Oh the Toledo 4 ohio cen
ftral railroad have been informed Of
wage increases running from Il 10.
sSS per cent. Twelve hundred en-
ployes are affected. .5z 4
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IS WHEY Eat the hotel office The
clerk says they don take pets, Algy,
so suppose Fido and you will have.
to put up Ia the basement t.
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s.That horrid cat!,.

Whats the matter. girl p? ~ 55
20, s the cat went to sleep on my
new hat, and wore her downtown
and back! B. Il s5 ss5s
Evening journal., 1910-04-29
Peoples Column
MERGER OF PUBLIC
SERVICE CORPORATIONS

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL:
For two weeks past our public
prints. your among them. have con-
tanned articles relative to negotiations
for the merging Of local public service
.corporations, and all indications point
10 the consummation of this scheme
since THE JOURNAL can always be
depended upon to protect the interests
OF the innocent public when its atten-
tion is called to menacing condition,
Z am writing this TO enlist your aid
and support 70 prevent this proposed
coalition and the consequent hold-up
of the public.
The proposed merger is said 20 in
clude the Wilmington City Railway
Company the wilmington City Elec-
trio Company and the Wilmington
Light & Power Company. and, IL the
Information published by the news
papers Is correct, the only way in
which il can be made to earn the
money its promoters anticipate, IS by
high handed defiance of the public's
right TO transportation. communlca-
ton. lighting and other utilities at the
lowest possible price commensurate
with fair return on the capital in
vested.
just now Wilmington is particu-
larly fortunate In the matter of cleo
trio current prices. II is said that tho
average rate here is less than seven
cents a kilowat This is a very rea-
sonablc charge, as prices go, yet there
are plants which are making money OF
rates one-hah of this II is commonly
Anderstood that the present income o
she two electric light plants represents
a more than fair return on the actua
tost OF construction and therefore
Since it is said that the proposed com
.bine will have TO increase the average
Fate to at least ten cents a hlowat II
sN'ill be necessary for IL to have TO go
into politics to prevent other inter-
lists from getting or using lighting
.franchises.
~ lf the combine should go through
Rnd il. as 1 predict, an attempt shall
Nc made 70 increase rates. the Street
and Sewer Department should stand
Foady to grant a competing franchise
~ any reputable promoters, and / trust
WHE EVENING JOURNAL will lend
rts aid TO the accomplishment OF such
" purpose.
3 Thc railway property at the present
slime it is alleged. is operated on a
Neprociation basis and the present net
1arnings over operating expenses
aRould be difhcult TO maintain with a
nigh class service. In fact. II would
not be surprising IN one of the first
-noves of the combine should be to
aliscontinue transfers and the sale OF
iSix-for-a quarter tickets.
] do not wish to pose as an alarmist
hor am ] one wilfully to stand in the
sway of any progressive movement, but
nhe result Of all such combinations as
Hs proposed is TO skin" the public al
livery possible point in order TO at
1empt to pay interest and fixed charges
pn the water-logged properties.
p I am neither a railroad nor an cleo
Uric lighting expert. but from such m
Formation as I am able TO obtain from
neople who know what they are talk
eng about there is no way possible
Evening journal., 1910-04-29

for the proposed merger to keep afoat
without raising the prices for electric
light and abolishing the strip tickets
and possibly transfers also.
IL Is probably only due to the de-
sire of the would-be purchasers TO
make as good a bargain as possible
that the public has been able to
learn even the little that
has leaked out about the pro-
posed deal. And very likely even they
now regret that so much publicity has
been given 10 their endeavors. For in
all these excursions Irto the realms
of high finance il IS the public that
pays and pays dearly.
An increase In electric lighting rates
and the abolishing Of strip tickets and
transfers is possibility too serious
to be lightly dismissed and ] sincerely
trust that THE EVENING JOURNAL.
win thoroughly expose the true sig
nincance Of this proposed combination
which some Of our financial magnates
are laboring so diligently to bring
about.
Your truly
A Citizen.
Wilmington, April 27.
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mand.
And all Is his that anxious men will
give
For site or soil-the simple right to live.
Thus brains are racked and backs arc
burden-bent
While slavery's purpose is attained in
rent.
II seems to me. Dear Sir, that the moral
OF the above verse is; The higher assess
ment in placed on houses the higher the
rent will be. and the higher tax is on
unimproved land ine cheaper land will
become.
The Single Tax viii bring about this re-
suit and Il Is the only proposition before
the people OF to-day that will 40 so-and
/ might add: The Single Tax is the only
proposition that win solve the problem
Of the high cost Of living--the Changers TO
the contrary, notwithstanding.
Yours truly.
William J. Hogan.
No. 9i7 Lowering avenue, City.