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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
MOB ATTACKS
SKATING BOSS
Angered Because One of Their
Number Was Elected From
Rink, Boys Throw Stones.
RACE STARTS AT PARK
AND ENDS AT STATION
Crowd Chases Victim More Than
Mile to Very Door of City
Hall-Blue Coat Ends Riot
Hare Outruns Pursuers.

Angered because one of their gang
had been surrepticiously elected from
the Sumach park skating rink, a
crowd of 80 boys and men, Sunday
evening, shortly after 10 O'Clock, set
upon and chased Floor Manager
Wright nearly a mile only giving up
the race when they came upon a
blue coat near the corner of Yakima
avenue and Second street. Having
proven himself no less nimble of foot
than he was a doger, the victim of
the mob escaped none the worst for
his experience, barring a bad case of
hard breathing.
Acting in the absence of the rcgu-
lar floor manager at the rink, Mr..
Wright according to his own story
was approached by a mum Der of lady
skaters and asked If he would see
that certain alleged hoodlums re-
Trained from making a race track out
of the rink. The manager says he
experienced little trouble with the
gang, all of whom had slackened
their pace when requested until he
ordered a young man named James
to slow down.
Wouldn't Stop Racing.
James, he says, continued to race
around the rink completely ignoring
his order to slacken his pace. This
Wright says, caused him to eject the
lad from the rink.
Once outside the enclosure, James
is said to have summoned his forces
and laid in wait for his humilator.
I
Manager Wright together with a
couple of friends, soon found that he
had walked into a regular ambush.
The place chosen for the assault is
said to have been a dark one and for
this reason the homeward bound trio
managed to gain the park entrance
before Wrights identity was ascer-
tanned by the mob.
Outnumbcrcd-Ran
AS soon as Wright was recognized,
he and his companions were the tar
gets for a perfect storm of stones,
brick bats, clubs and bottles eminat-
ing from behind trees, telegraph
poles and other shelters in every
direction. Finding themselves out
numbered to the tune of ten to one,
the Trio TOOK TO thelr neelS making
for the city with the bowling mob in
hot pursuit.
While several of the mobs missiles
found their way to various places dis
tributed over the floor managers an
atomy, that individual appeared little
the worse for the encounter when he
showed up at the police station for
protection after his exciting run.
Mr.. Wright is quoted as having an
nOunced that he intends making ap-
plication for a1mittance to the Speed
King Racing association having ar
rived at the opinion that with the
proper handicap-to say nothing of
encouragement from the rear-he
can give the best of them "a run for
their money"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07

forcement of the laws prohibiting
children under the age of fourteen
years from working, and prohibiting
women from working more than ten
hours day. Personally, 1 think ten
hours too long, but, be this as it may,
ten hours a day was a great advance.
Among the planks in the platform
of the American Federation of Labor
there are some to which l very
strongly subscribe. They are:
1. Free schools; free textbooks,
and compulsory education.
2. A work day of not more than
eight hours.
8. Release from employment one
day in seven.
4. The abolition of the sweat-shop
system.
5. Sanitary inspection of factory,
workshop, mine and home.
6. Liability of employers for in
jury to body or loss of life
Ct regard the demand in this form
as inadequate. What we need is an
automatically fixed compensation for
all injuries received by the employee
in the course of his duty, this being
more just to the employer. The only
sufferers will be lawyers of the I'M
desirable class which exists chiefly
by carrying on lawsuits of this ma
ture)
7. The passage and enforcement
of rigid anti-child labor laws which
will cover every portion of this coun-
try.
8. Suitable and plentiful play
grounds for children in all cities.
Lessen the Accidents.
Inasmuch as prevention is always
best, especial attention should be paid
to the prevention of industrial acct
dents by passing laws requiring the
use of safety devices AT present the
loss of life and limb among the indus
trial workers of the United States is
simply appalling, and every year
equals in magnitude the killed and
wounded in a fair-sized war Most of
these casualties are preventable; and
our legislative policy should be shap-
ed accordingly. 1t would be good
idea to establish in every icty a mu-
scum of safety devices from which
the workers could get drawings of
them and information as to how they
could be obtained and used.
The matter of compensation for in
juries to employees is, perhaps, more
Immediately vital than any other.
The report of the commission which
has begun to look into this matter on
behalf of the New York legislature
is well worth reading. The bill pre-
scented by the federation of labor in
Wisconsin on this subject seems ex-
cellent. In all dangerous trades the
employer should be forced to share
the burden of the accident, so that
the shock may be borne by the COM
munity as a whole. This would be a
measure of justice in itself, and
would do away with a fruitful source
of antagonism between employer and
employed.
Our ideal should be a rate of wages
sufficiently high to enable workmen
to live in a manner conformable 20
American ideals and standards, to ed
ucate their children, and to provide
for sickness and old age; the abo-
ltion of child labor; safety device
! legislation to prevent industrial acct
dents; and automatic compensation
for losses caused by these industrial
accidents
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
CRAzEO man
CREATES STIR
Calls Roosevelt Liar at Conclus-
ion of Labor Day
Speech.
AFTER ASKING HIM WHO
is PAYING HIS EXPENSES
Quickly Elected By Those Near at
Hand-Roosevelt Tells Labor
ing Men He Is With Them In
Their Struggles.

FARGO, N. D., Sept. 5.-The man
who fought his way to Ex-President
Roosevelt and called him a liar"
gave a bad scare today to the crowd
in Island Park The colonel helped
eject him from the platform.
He had just finished his Labor Day
address to one of the largest crowds
on his western trip. A rainstorm
drenched the people but most of them
stayed throughout to hear him.
At the conclusion of his speech,
there was a rush of people to shake
hands and a small, poorly dressed
man pushed through the packed
throng.
"I have one question to ask you,
Colonel Roosevelt" he shouted, Men
and women about him grew silent.
IT want to know who is paying the
expenses of this trip of yours about
the country" The colonePs face
showed anger.
He advanced a step and shot back
the answer, II consider that an i'm
pertinent question. However, I have
no objection to telling you" He added
that his expenses were borne by the
magazine of which he is one Of the
editors.
Called Him q Liar.
You Lie'' the man shouted so loud
that hundreds heard. The colonel
stepped quickly forward and seized
the mans arm above the elbow. He
explained later he did not know the
mans intentions and did it in self
protection.
The man shouted "Your expenses
are being paid by the people Of the
United States"
Two men seized the stranger, the
colonel not relaxing his grip on the
arm until the man was moving rap
idly from the stand. Elected from
the platform, he was swallowed in
the excited crowd and all traces were
lost. None who saw him could iden,
tify him.
Placed Under Arrest.
The man was arrested later and
charged with disorderly conduct. He
said his name was John Martin, g
painter living in Fargo.
Compliments Federal Judge
In his address here today before
a great crowd in which were hun
dreds of members of unions, Theo.
dore Roosevelt warmly commended
the federal Judge who presided ant
introduced him because the judge, hi
said, had shown himself in sympath!
with the laboring man. He referred
to Judge C. E. Amidon of that dis
trict of North Dakota. When Colone
Roosevelt reached that portion of hi
speech in which he advocated thu
workingmen's compensation act, hi
turned to Judge Amidon and said: :"
cannot help saying just one word a.
to how delighted 1 have been this af
ternoon to hear utterances from {
federal judge who looks ahead, who
stands facing changing conditions
realizing that the constitution mus
be administered, if it is to be admin
istered, by men who know the needs
of wage earners, just as theysympa
thize with and understand the needs
of all other American citizens"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
WILL HELP WORKINGMEN

Colonel Roosevelt spoke as fol-
lows:
Today--vn Labor Day--1 speak in
one sense especially to those person.
ally and vitality interested in the labor
struggle; and yet I speak of this pri-
marily as one aspect of the larger So
cial struggle growing out of the at
tempts to readjust social conditions
and make them more equitable.
The nineteenth century was dis
tinctly one of economic trimuphs-
trumphs in the domain of produce
ton, including transportation and the
mechanics of exchange. The mar
velous progress made in these re-
spects multiplied mans productive
power to an almost inconceivable de-
gree. In the matter of the produc-
ton of wealth, as much progress was
made during the nineteenth century
as during all previous periods since
history dawned-that is, the changes
brought in a single century through
machinery and steam have been
greater than the sum total of the
changes of the preceding thousands
of years; and these very changes and
this material progress have thrust
upon us social and political problems
of the first magnitude. The triumuphs
of the physical sciences in the nine
teenth century represented progress
primarily in the material elements of
civilization. The most pressing prob
lens that confront the present CEN
fury are not concerned with the ma
terial production of wealth. but with
it's distribution. The demands of
progress now deal not so much with
the material as with the moral and
ethical factors of civilization. Our
basic problem is to see that the mar
velously augmented powers of pro-
duction bequeathed to us by the nine
teenth century shall in the twentieth
be made to administer to the needs
of the many rather than be exploited
for the profit of the few.
Dual Capacity
The American wage-earner faces
this larger social problem in a dual
capacity; first, as citizen of the re-
public charged with the full duty Of
citizenship; and next as a wage-earn-
er-as a wage worker-who, together
with his fellow-workers, is vitality
concerned in the question of wages
and general conditions of employ
ment, which affect not only his we'll
being and that of his wife and chill
dren, but the opportunities of all
workers for a higher development
It is true of wage-workers, as of all
other citizens, that most of their
progress must depend upon their own
initiative and their own efforts.
Nevertheless, there are three differ
ent factors in this progress. There
is, first, the share which the mans
own individual qualities must deter
mine. This is the most important
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07

Attorney for American Surety %.
Dnvfrs STATE Surrey O..
O0ces in Miller Blk. North Yak1nA
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
WANTS NAME FOR
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE

School district No. 80 OF the Selah
has just finished a handsome eight
room school house of which 1t is
very proud. The school board now
wants a name for it and in order
that it will be right, have suggested
that the patrons Of that district send
in such names as they think would
be suitable. This will have to be
done during the coming week in or
der that the contractors can put the
name decided upon on the building
before turning 1t over to the direc-
tors. Send your choice of a name to
Geo. Biehn, clerk, Selah, r. F. D.
No. 1.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
LEIGH R. WANTS
TO HELP TAFT
Unselfishly Offers Himself as On
ly Man Who Can Popularize
Administration.
DADDY OF EVERYTHING,
ADMITS QUALIFICATIONS
But Taft, Who Has Troubles of
His Own to Settle, SO Far Has
Not Replied That He Has Ac-
ceeded to the Request.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. 3.
prn eiInnI w Ill Taft

Seattle, Wash, Sept. g.
President w. II. Taft,
Beverly, Mass.
Eliminate other west side candi-
dates. Freeman of Seattle made thir-
teen months campaign, is editor Of
Northwest Farm and Home, straight
Old line republican, member of
Grange and supported by Farmers
union ana all plain common people.
only statesman and orator of the
nine candidates for United States
senator. Only man who can beat
POindcXtcr. VIII populariZc your
administration. Answer North Yak
ina.
LEIGH II. FREEMAN
No, this is not clipping from
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
SECOND RIOT FOLLOWS
Bad Gang Again Attacks Floor Man
ager-Two Lads Arrested

A second riot, for which two lads
giving their names as Leonard Heinze
and John Andrews. are confined in
the county Jail charged with disor-
derby coiduct, and with much more
alarming consequences than the first,
took place shortly before midnight
last night. Floor Manager Wright,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
DIR. DAVID ROSaHD
Physician and SurpoeA.

Off1os over Janeok Drug 0lasA
ResiNencs, Cor. Sixth and Chss&nmA
0fn00 hours-S =. m. to IL "a. -
. - . ,. n. Member Of PsnsGsa
Board.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
MOVING TO WASHINGTON?

Ii 80. correspond with us. We
save you money and secure you
safe transportation of your goods.
Address Post-Anerican Forward
ing Co.. 1873 e. Madison st., Chi
cago, Ill.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-04
TEXAS WANTS IMMIGRATION.
Cincinnati Newspaper Says This Crop
VIII ueIp.

1t is stated that new settlers are
coming into Texas at the rate of 2o,-
GOO each month. yet there is such an
area to settle upon and every section
Of the state is attracting them so
that 1t Is only when a state or ma
tional census is taken that the enor-
nous gain in population becomes APP
parent.
The railways OF the state, as well
as all those of the southwest and
west. are united in a systematic eff
fort to attract settlers from all parts
of Europe.
European steamship lines touching
AT Texas ports are also cooperating
in this work of turning the tide Of
European emigration to Galveston,
Texas, and the southwest, and they
have succeeded in establishing col
onies of Italians, of Hebrews. prin-
cipally from Russia, and of Germans
These colonists are prospecting to
a remarkable degree and their re-
ports TO their former homes in Erope
are having marked effect in causing
continuance of the immigration to
this portion OF the United States
The unusual prosperity this year
of usually prosperous Texas viii
certainly increaes the immigration to
the state, and the admission Of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico to statehood,
viii result In repetition in those
states of the influx of people wit
messed in Oklahoma during the last
ten years.
A prominenet Texan stated the
conditions In his state very clearly
of late years has had each year many
good crops and few poor ones in
her varied agricultural productions,
but in this year of 1910 all her crops
are record breakers"
Wheat, corn, cotton, fruits, veget-
ables, rice, are bringing hundreds OF
millions OF dollars to the state of
Texas this year, and in all that enor-
nous area comprised within her
borders there Is abundant prcsreri-
ty and an immense deman for In
Tor in both the cities ari the coun-
ts districts.
Texans are doing all In them pow.
.tiore of the European imm 'graticr
AID they are succeeding 20 an extent
that promises to materially reduce
the tide of settlers thst has hitherto
entered the port OF NAN York..--Cin-
cinati Enquirer.
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fHmea lifted ibe child from lts CRIB
aud carried Il down stairs. As s3e
opened the front door TO the street.
8be almost collapsed. and was taken
10 charge by neighbors,
In the meantime. Butcher endeav-
ofed to get 10 the kitchen TO find out
lbe cause Of the escaping gas, ana
he too. almost overcome, was fprc,l
to retreat TO the street.
Policeman Hurdigan heard he
connection and went around the
back way. broke open the kitchen
door, and with difficulty got as far
as the gas range and turned off the
flow.
Lying on top Of the range with one
paw against the handle Of an open
burner was "Rotan.'' the cat, dead
From the position of the body, it is
thought that the cat either had fit
or turned on the burner VIII lie
stretching itself in its sleep.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-04

spasmodic manner, could not be
cited, but on the whole there has
been no intelligent thought or con-
structive work done in this line u',-
til recently.
The awakening of the subject III
the Empire state will undoubtedly
have its influence all over the cour-
try, and the credit for this is due
largely to the sense of fair play 10
the producer, the distributor and the
consumer, shown by Senator Geo
H. Cobb and A. E. Merritt Jr.
Realizing that weights and measures
are the basis of all trade, they
believe that the first necessary step
to secure honest weights and meas
ures is an intelligent and efficient
administration and inspection.
The shortage in weights and meas
ures is the one factor which increases
the cost of living which can be re-
moved through a thorough and sys-
measures, and also through the as
sistance of the housekeepers. The
housekceper is necessarily the pur-
chasing department and the receiy-
ing department of the household, and
in this latter capacity she should
have kitchen test outfit to check
the quantity of the commodities pur-
chased. There will be more and more
OF this household economy as soon as
1t is fully realized that the value If
the dollar will be increased from
to 5 per cent when the quantity re-
ceived is what it purports to be. Try
1t and be convinced August Ameri-
can Magazine,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-04
SPANISH Is ESSENTIAL.
American Trade viii Continue tn
Expand in Latin Countries.

In our insular possessions some
thing like 10 100000 people speak
the Spanish language only. Great
numbers of people in the two terri
tories that are about to become states
speak Spanish. Thousands of our
people are engaging in business in
Mexico every year, and our trade
with that Spanish-speaking county
is increasing at marvellous rate an
nually Our $500, 100000 water
highway between the Atlantis AMI
the Pacific will pass practically thru
a Spanish-speaking land. We shall
have a great deal to do in the near
future with the Spanish-speakiny
people of all Central America, and
We may have considerable to do
whether we like it or not, with their
government. Moreover, we are aim
ing and striving to build up closer
commercial intercourse with South
America and its 60 1000 900 Spanish
speaking Inhabitants.
There is in prospect a wonderful
outlet for the surplus youth, energy,
enterprise and capital of this country
in the Spanish-speaking lands close
to us politically or geograp hically.
1t is reasonable to entertain the be-
lief that we shall get on better and
faster with the Spanish-speaking peov
pie who are our dependents and the
Spanish-speaking people who are our
neighbors when we SHALL have taken
the trouble to learn their language
1t lies with us to make the advance,
to take the first step necessary to the
bringing about of better under
standing between ourselves and
these Spanish-speaking people. Thus
far we have done nothing, or next
to nothing, in this direction. In the
whole United States, outside of Arr
IONA and New Mexico. there is not,
it is said a public school in which
the study of the Spanish language
is made compulsory, with the single
exception of West Point Military
Academy. This is not public school
in the strict sense but it is worth
mentioning as striking exception
to the rule.
We really should have taken up
this matter of teaching Spanish ia
the public schools long ago. The pI-
pills who are now passing through
those institutions should be well
grounded in language which, next
to English, will be the most useful
to Americans in the future 1t is not
too late to begin now. il we are to
make real progress in the Spanish
speaking world. The movement for
the compulsory study of Spanish in
the public schools, now being reviv-
ed, seems worthy of every encourage
ment.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-04
A Called Meeting.

All members Of the Ellis Count;
Boys Corn club are requested to
meet at the court house In Waxaha
chic Monday. August sth. at $3.50 y.
m. The boys Of the corn club will he
the guests of the Commercial Clue
for an auto ride and meet the II. &
r. G. agricultural train In body.
Let every member be present. All sec
retarys take notice and advise your
members. Respectfully.
WILLIAM sEALEY. Pres.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-04
THE TEMPTATION TO CHEAT.

One Cause of the High Cost of Liy-
ing is the Short Weight Artist.
The prevalence OF false weigh! IS
and measures and the false use Oh
weights and measures is alarming,
and it is not by any means to the
credit Of this country or to the in
dividual states that the subject has
not received proper recognition The
shameful conditions existing here
are not tolerated by any other civil.z-
ed nation of the world. Some iso-
lated instances Of efficiency in rela-
ton to this subject, In more or less
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-04
WOODMEN SPECIAL.
Trinity and BRACES Valley Win Run
Train from Dallas to Galveston,

Travelling Passenger Agent Tucker
OF the Trinity and Brazos Valley was
in the city today in the interest Of
the Woodmen excursion to Calves
ton Saturday Tickets at reduced
rates will be on sale for the morning
and night trains. In addition to the
regular night train due here at IL: 05
a, m. a special will be operated from
Dallas to Galveston for the aceommo-
dation of Woodmen The train will
pass here at 1e O'Clock Saturday
night. The only stop between Waxa-
hachie and Galveston will be at di-
vision points. The train will leave
Galveston Monday night at / O'Clock
giving the Woodmen plenty of time
To witness the drills.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-04
BROWNE LOSES ON FIRST ROUND
Guttfi DNerrulc> Motion To Quash in-
tiictmcnt Against Lcc p'Ncili
brow u.---Nust Go to Trial


Chicago. III, August i.-ludge
kersten today overruled the motion
TO quash the indictment against Lee
O'Neill Browne. democratic leader
in the Illinois house of represent
tives, accused of bribery. All points
raised by the defense were denied b.
Judge kersten Browne entered n
plea of not guilty The work of Sc
lecting a jury was then commenced.