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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14
MAY He COME BACK?'
Pathetic Appeal Made by In
mate of Penitentiary.
PLANS CHRISTMAS DINNER
John G. Mason, Entitled to Parole,
Wants to Return to Blue
Plains Home.

There Is an old man in a gray building
known as the United States penitentiary
at Leavenworth. Kan, who would prob
ably sacrifice much If the Commissioners
would only guarantee to take him back
to the Home for the Aged and Infirm at
Blue Plains in time for his Christmas
dinner. He is John G. Mason, eighty
years old, the daddy Of the prison.
known to every one OF the 1,1UO convicts
lat Leavenworth. He killed Martin Nc
Crossin. another old man. in q scuft1e at
the home and was given a four-year SEN
tence April 81 last year.
Commissioners to Decide.
Mason's penitentiary record has been
$50 good that the parole board OF the
prison has been willing for some time to
parole him, provided the Commissioners
would guarantee home for the old man.
Mason has ben living with the one idea
in mind of getting back to the only home
he knows in time for the festivities at
Christmas.
He lived at the Home for the Aged and
Infirm for fifteen years before his con-
full of questions as to how the cook is.
ltON Tie Supcf dIlO INV ONCAy
one about the place is getting along. He
has been writing about the Christmas
dinner to come for several months past.
He says he is the only one OF those who
stand a chance Of parole, and he has
no home to go to other than this insti-
tuition run under the board Of charities Of
the District OF Columbia.
Problem for Solution.
Tb> commissioners ,,aa TIA r,at+or nm
der consideration for several weeks. The
question was: Can we stand sponsor for
this MANI" If the Commissioners would
act as best friend for Mason and guar
antee that he would keep out Of trou
Bile the warden at Leavenworth would
parole him almost any day now. Mason.
meanwhile. is counting the days to Christ
mas, with the gradually fading hope that
the Commissioners will take him back.
However, the Commissioners had to put
the matter up to the board OF charities.
which body, in turn, got a report on
Mason from the Home for the Aged and
Infir1n. The report said that at one time
Mason was found carrying revolver.
Conditions Imposed.
Consequently the Commissioners have
told the warden that they will not guar
antee Mason's readmission into the home,
as a preliminary to his parole, but
should the warden and tho board decide
to parole the old man. then the mat
ter Of his going to Blue Plains as a
permanent home would be decided az a
separate matter.
In this deadlock the situation stands.
The parole board has notified the Com
missioners that Mason's case will be
pigeonholed until 1t comes up in the
course Of events for q hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14
Drops In to Pay Respects.
Parents Welcome 2sth Child.

RICHMOND. Ind, December 1.-THE
twenty-eighth child has arrived at the
home Of MIR. and Mrs. Jason Benner at
Newcastle. Ind. Twenty-one of the chill
dren are living. Mr. Benner is forty-nine
years old and his wife is four years his
Junior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14

i
Surveyor Generals Office.
Total allowance for clerks In offices of
| all surveyors general is increased from
sig, 425 to 1851 800, an advance of $SS AIS.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Postmaster Generals Office.
Increase-One clerk at $3.50; fifteen Ia
borers at $500 each, five charwomen at
| $40 each.
Reduction-One clerk at 81 900. one clerk
| at $500; ten coal passers at $500 each.
Supply Division.
Reduction-One clerk at $1,000.
Purchasing Agent.
Reduction-One clerk at $1,000
First Assistants Office.
Reduction-One clerk at $1,000; one
clerk at $500.
Second Assistants Office.
Reduction-Two clerks at $1,000 each;
one clerk at $500.
Third Assistants Office.
Reduction-One clerk at $1,000; three
clerks at 81 600 each; two clerks at $500
each.
Fourth Assistants Office.
Reduction-One clerk at $1,000: six
clerks at $1,000 each; two clerks at $500
each.
DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE.
Increase-One attorney at $3.50: two
attorneys at $4,000 each: one law clerk
at 5000: one clerk at $500: one clerk.
at 81 400: two clerks at $1,000 each;
seven clerks at $1,000 each: one messen-
ger at $40; one Waterman at $720.
Reduction-LaW clerk in Office Of in
ternal revenue solicitor, from $1,000 to
$1.sD: one telegraph operator, at $1,000;
two clerks, at $500 each.
COMMERCE AND LABOR.
Office Of Solicitor.
Increase-Assistant solicitor. 5000.
Reduction-Chief clerk, $2250.
secretary's Office.
Increase-Assistant secretary at $1,000;
clerk, at $1,000: clerk at $1,4OO; two
clerks at $1,000 each; one clerk at $500;
two telephone operators at $72O each;
one messenger at $1,000; two watchmen
at $40.
Reducuon-Two telegraph operators at
81. 200 each.
Bureau Of Corporations.
Increase-Three copyists at $500 each.
Reduction-Two clerks at $40 each;
two clerks at $72O each.
Bureau Of Manufactures.
Increase-One clerk at $1,000.
Steamboat Inspection Service.
Reduction-.Max imum pay for clerks to
steamboat inspectors is reduced from
1900 to $1,4O0 year.
Bureau Of Navigation.
Increase-One clerk at $780,
Reduction-The maximum pay for clerks
to shipping commissioners is reduced
from $3.50 to $1,000 a year.
Division Of Naturalization.
Inerease-One clerk at $500; two
clerks at $1,000; three clerks at $1,400;
three clerks at $1,000; three clerks at
$1,000; one assistant messenger, at $72O;
one messenger boy at $3.50.
Bureau Of Standards.
1ncrease-One associate physicist at
$500; associate physicist at 81, 200; asso-
ciate physicist at $4,000; assistant ply
sicist at $500; assistant physicist at
$1,000; assist chemist at $3.50; two as
sistant physicists at $1,4O0 each; two
laboratory assistants at $1,000 each; two
laboratory assistants at $1,000 each; two
laboratory assistants at 5000 each; three
aids, at $40 each: three laboratory APP
prentices at $40 each: two laboratory
apprentices. at $3.50 each; one clerk at
81 400; one clerk at 81 600: telephone ope-
rator at $40: one mechanician, at 81 ,OOO;
two skilled laborers at 500 each: one
superintendent Of mechanical plant at
$25O0.
Reduction-Ona engineer at 81 800
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14

Immediately on being notified OF the
disaster Director ]. A. Holmes of the
bureau Of mines telesraphed instruc.
tons to A. r. Brown, expert In charge
Of the bureaus mine rescue station at
Knoxville, Tenn, to proceed Immediately
to Tacoma, with all necessary apparatus
to assist in the rescue Of the entombed
miners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14
Claims His Policies Are Sustained.

S~s~>>~AS AA~S = SAASASo &A@S SASsesAAA0Ns
"Onc important observation should be
made. After the standpat majority had
said what 1t had to say In defense Of Mr..
Ballinger. it proceeded to give vigorous
support to the coal land policy which Mr..
Ballinger attacked. It took the Identical
position which Price, CLAWS, Garfield and
l have been defending from the start.
There could be no stronger testimony
to the essential soundness and justice OF
this policy than this emphatic support
by the very men who have just done
what they could to revive public respect
for the most dangerous enemy the con-
servation policies have yet had.
THE question whether or not Mr.. Bal
linger is an unfaithful public servant is
Of little consequence compared to saw
ing the coal in Alaska and the water
power everywhere for the people. II
these resources are saved the men against
whom the majority Of the Investigating
committee have decided will win, no mat
ter what the majority may say. If the
resources are lost to the people these men
will lose, too. That is what the fight is
about.
when this fight to save the natural re-
sources began the coal In Alaska was
about to be lost to the people. The wa
ter-power sites had been opened to entry.
and the conservation policy of the last
administration was being reversed. To-
day the fight for these resources is as
likely to be won as 1t was then likely to
be lost. I can see nothing but good in
that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14

A Want advertise
ment like the above
costs but IS cents an in
sertion in The Star. If
you are in need of a girl
place an advertisement
In The Star and you
will get results. The
best servant girls read
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14
TWENTY-FIVE ARE KILLED
BY AN EXPLOSION IN MINE
Disaster Near Tacoma, Va, Is
Caused by Ignition
Of Gas.

NORTON, Va, December 14.-Twenty-
six mon were entombed by an explosion
In the Greene mine Of the Bond Coal
Company. near Tacoma, at o'clock this
morning. Latest reports indicate that
twenty-five Of the entombed miners are
dead.
The explosion was caused by a quantity
of gas becoming ignited in the workings
Of the mine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14
Pinchot Wants Congress to Act
on BaI|inger Controversy.
SAYS IT CANNOT BE EVADEQ
Declares Minority Report Has Popu-
lar Support.
HOLDS CASE WAS PREJUDGED
Claims 'Standpat Majority" Sus-
Lands and Water Power.

Congress is the court 1t named a
committee to take testimony. 1t cannot
now fairly avoid the responsibility OF
ruling on the reports of the committee"
Thus declares Clifford Pinchot in a state
ment given out today concerning the re-
cent report of the committee named by
Congress to investigate and report as to
the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
"Of. course" declares Mr.. Pinchot. 1.-THE
report Of the majority in favor of Mr..
Ballinger has excited little interest and
less surprise. From the beginning it was
known what the tenor Of the report
would be. Their report was forecasted
and discounted SO completely that polls
Of the committee, true to the actual re-
suit, were published in the papers a few
hours after it's appointment. The stand
pat majority did only what was expect
ed of them. Not only SO. but they did
the easy thing. 1t takes vastly more
moral courage to assume the RESPONSE
bility of deciding against q man in high
place and with powerful friends than to
decide for him.
Says People Support Minority.
''The people long ago decided that
Judge Madison and the minority were
right. Interest now centers in the ques-
ton of what action Congress is going to
take on the report. BY Joint resolution
Congress directed the Investigation of
Mr. Ballinger. Time, effort and money
have been spent on it, but as yet there
Is no final result. There can be none
until Congress acts. When a court ap-
points master to take testimony. find
facts and make recommendations. the
court is bound to consider the masters
report and make final decision on the
questions involved. In this case Con-
gress is the court It named a commit
tee to take testimony. 1t cannot now
fairly avoid the responsibility Of ruling
on the reports Of the committee.
Il am not concerned for my own repu.
tation or fortune in this matter. IRE
specttve of whether the action Of Con-
gress will favor Mr.. Ballinger Or con-
denim him, it is evident the people want
their representatives to make record Of
their own on this question. The con-
stituents Of the men who voted for this
investigation are entitled to know which
of the three reports the committee has
submitted Congress approves. Certainly
the standpatters in Congress who believe
in the Ballinger kind of conservation
should have a chance to go on record to
that effect.
1o;~ 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14
DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE.

Increase-One attorney at $3.50: two
attorneys at $4,000 each: one law clerk
at 5000: one clerk at $500; one clerk.
at $1,4OO: two clerks at $1,000 each;
seven clerks at $1,000 each; one messen-
ger at $40; one Waterman at $720.
Reduction-Law clerk in Office of in
ternai revenue solicitor, from $4,000 to
$1,S0O; one telegraph operator, at $1,000;
two clerks, at $500 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-14

Full Dress Button or
Laced Shoes: q up-to-
date styles; some with
h high arch and $500
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29
The Office Boys
Little Observations

A lot O. people 'ot is interested in
my spiritool welfare dom seem t. give
darn whether git nay eats or not.
I'll try my g-gondest t. be moral
if some of my frien Is will help me t.
git chanct t. rest now an then.
TIL other day I saw woman w'ot
is awful interested in keepin' young
men an women from bein' contamin-
ated by them fight picters, keep girl
in one of our stores haulin' down
dress goods fer hour an then bought
a half-yard Of gingham an ordered 1T
sent home by boy that has t. keep
drivin' in tn hot sun all day long.
I'm willin' to git up an give my
seat t. the woman W 'ot looks like she s
been workin' hard all day, but I'll
freeze t. me seat instead O. givin' it to
Mrs. Richun who could done her
shoppin' an hour or two earlier in tn
day.
I'm thinkin' it ain It on de square t.
spend me own time in a way that will
make me unable t. deliver de goods t.
me boss tn next day.
My goil has t. work FIR a livin', but
that amt no sign that s she amt bet
ter than tn daughter O. the feller that
hires her.
I wonder if de boss O. de big as
sembly is payin' his goils enough t
warrant 'em in takin week off an
improvin' their minds an bodies?
De blokes W 'ot is so interested in me
moral welfare don't seem t. give a
darn whether I git enough t. eat t.
keep me from swipin' things.
Every time I hear de choich bell ring
it makes me think dat it would be cas-
ier FIR me t. consider me future if
didn' t have to woik so bloomin' hard
t. keep goin in de present.
De bloke w'ot tells me dat dere s
plenty o room at de top O. de ladder
takes mighty good care not t tell me
dat lot O. fellers like him has already
pulled out lot O. de rungs.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29
BUCK COMPANY SETTLEMENT
THE END OF A LONG AND BITTER CONTEST REACHED WITH
CREDIT TO BOTH SIDES OF NOW FAMOUS CONTROVERSY

great stove works Of the Buck Stove
and Range Company, in St. Louis. The
metal polishers demanded nine-hour
day instead Of the ten-hour day which
they then had President Van Cleave
refused to listen to the polishers and
the stove concern was placed on the
unfair" list in the publications Of or
ganized labor throughout the country.
President Van Cleave took the matter
into the courts on the ground that the
American Federations unfair" list
constituted boycott and secured the
decision.
In the meantime, Mr.. Van Cleave
was elected to the presidency of the
National Manufacturers Association,
an organization whose chief purpose is
said to be resistance to the demands Of
labor Then in the Christmas holidays
of 1908, came the decision Of Judge D.
Thew Wright, formerly Of Cincinnati,
which sentenced Gompers to jail for
one year; Mitchell, vice president Of
the Federation, for nine months, and
Morrison, its secretary, for six months.
The sentence was pronounced because
the labor leaders had not needed the
judges injunction to cease naming the
Buck Company in the unfair list. The
labor leaders Immediately appealed to
the Supreme Court, which will render
it's decision in October. Mr. Gompers
was very careful to state that in his
opinion, the adjustment just reached
would not affocf tho contamnt nro.
Cincinnati Chronicle
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29
BILLY MAJORS DOPE CARD
THE SAME CONTAINING A FEW UNBIA SFD OPINIONS ABOUT
MATTERS OF MORE OR LESS INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC

The wide spread protest against the
exhibition of the Reno fight pictures
is calculated to make the average man
somewhat weary Not that the protest
is ill-founded, for | am of those who
deprecate the exhibition of such pic
lures. For that matter, the average
picture show is always exhibiting pic
lures that have bad moral effect up
on the boys and girls that flock to
see them. But it wearies me to see
big army of men and women throwing
fits over the exhibition of the Reno
fight pictures and never exhibiting
single symptom of interest in lot OF
other things that are of vastly more
injury to the young men and women
of the country.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29
LABOR DAY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Labor Day committee is called
to meet at the Labor Temple Sunday
afternoon at 2:30. Every man Sc
lected for the committee is urgently
matter off in the right shape. The
time is short and it will take lots of
hustling to make the Labor Day cele-
bration the success that it should be.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

For instance. right here in Lincoln
a big bunch of well meaning men and
women enter protest against the pic
ture exhibition. but they never make
a move towards stopping some things
that are in operation day and night IN
Lincoln things that do more to. shatter
health. wreck morals, destroy homes
and break down the social system than
the exhibition of fight pictures ever
did or ever could do. Did you ever
hear one of those protestants against
the fight pictures making protest
against the conditions that are fore
ing young women of this city to work
for meagre wages in the'hot malodorous
laundries of the city. With my own
eyes | have seen girls taken in a
fainting condition from Lincoln laun-
dries, bundled into hacks and sent
home They had succumbed to the
sitting heat-the heat of the weather
intensified by the heat of the laundry
rooms These girls make small wages
compared with the work they do and
the conditions under which they work.
But never heard of any of these good
people, these censors of public morals,
interfering to better the condition of
the. laundry girls, or even giving con-
sideration to the effects that the pre-
sent industrial system must have upon
the social and economic life of the ma
ton.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

The othre day l saw state official
round up more than fifty little girls
who were working amidst dust and
heat in one big room, crowded closely
together and bending over long tables
hour after hour. What may be ex-
pected of the next generation when
the to-be mothers are being stunted
physically and mentally in the factor
iesq Far be it from me to favor let
ting the boys and girls grow up in
.idleness, but what I object to is an in
dfstrial system that is forcing our
litt1c> boys and girls into the factories,
toiling for pittance and compelling
them to become factors in the problem
of existence. ! rather opine that the
exhibition of prize fight pictures is
not going to add very much of bad
effect to an effect already as bad as
it can be.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

OF course women have right to
workout how about an industrial
condition that forces women into the
industrial field? The woman who is COM
PEELED to work for wages can not be
a home maker, mother. She dis
places the natural bread winner be-
cause she can and does work cheaper
than the man. This means that the
business of home making is falling into
decay. 1t means that the social fab
rc is being destroped-slowly, perhaps
but none the less surely. Today there
are seven million women in the indus
trial field, and they are there to stay.
But shall nothing be done to stay the
tide9 What is the matter of exhibit
ing fight pictures compared to the mat
ter of remedying an industrial system
that is breaking down the American
home which is the bulwark of the re-
public9
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

people are already paying a profit to
the city, and we will spend our money
in getting water to people who are
not already consumers. That may be
good policy-and again it may not be.
But one thing is sure, it is neither fair
nor; just.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

Mayor Brand Whitclok of Toledo
characterizes all this rumpus over the
fight pictures as "a spasmodic acces-
sion of Righteousness over something OF
little or no consequence, in contrast
to generally supine attitude to-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

Congressman Norris felt the stand
pat steam roller at Lincoln last Tues
day. It's pretty hard going up against
the postmaster-re collector ma
chine in Nebraska
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

Your fanatical prohibitionist is sit
ting tight and saying mighty little
these days. BILLY MAJOR.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

And Charley Aldrich, the man who
prevented county option three years
ago, is now posing as the county option
candidate and being boosted by lead
ers of party that stood still on the
liquor question for twenty years.
There's always something strange and
peculiar about politics.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-04

All kinds of weather are favorable
for wild oats.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-04
INJURED
BY GIANT
CRACKER
MERRILL JONES BADLY BURNED
AND EYES INJURED BY FIRE
CRACKER THAT ''HUNG FIRE
BEFORE EXPLODING.

The celebration of Independence
day with firecrackers started off with
its first serious accident this morn
ing when giant firecracker explod-
ed in the hands of Merrill Jones, the
16-year-old son of T. M. Jones, and
in addition to burning his hand to a
crisp, the contents also few into his
right eye, and it is feared that IL
may cause him to lose 1t.
Young Jones started out to cele.
brate the day comparatively early al
the home of his parents on State
street, and it was about 9 O'Clock
that the accident occurred. Jones
had lighted the firecracker and
hurled it into the street and upon
failing to explode he picked it up
and proceeded to examine it. Just
then the burning fuse reached the
powder and the explosion came.
Medical attention was Immediately
summoned but fears were expressed
that the physicians would be unable
to save the injured eye.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-04

loyal. In large sections Of England
and France, the national language
is unintelligible. In Cairo, Egypt,
you can pick out so nationalists, and
no two speak the same language or
wear the same style of dress. Not
so here in America where one lau-
guage is universal, and where by
means of our free schools, free
press, and free church, the immi-
grant is thoroughly In love with his
new home and as patriotic as were
his forefathers in their homeland.
And If the church will give them
the open bible and the glad hand Of
Christian fellowship, we need have
no fear of our national prosperity
or safety.
Never were conditions so favora-
BILE for the evangelization of the
world. The ends of the earth. can
low be reached. America has no
intangling alliances or petty quar-
rels. This generation here may live
to see the worlds evangelization.
The Christian church is as yet play
ing with the matter of missions On
ly one white missionary to every
rs, 900 heathens. And while the
wealth of the Christians in America
amounts to billions, only eleven mil
lions goes TO missions.
The other great mission OF Amer.
lea is that of peace, worldwide
peace. 1t is easy, as many do, to
condemn all war and resort to arms,
but this is only foolish. I have all
respect for the veterans before me
who offered their lives to redeem
four millions of slaves from bond
age. The boys in the Spanish Amer
lean war went out in holy war,
and Spain was driven out not only
of Cuba, but also of the Philippines.
The Revolutionary war of the colo
nists was as holy as any in the Old
Book. Christianity makes war
once in a while a necessity. We
have no right to defend the policy
of non-interference in national af-
fairs any more than in the case of
the drunkard who would beat a de-
fenseless child, or a thief who would
enter your neighbor's home. It is
the duty of the strong to defend the
weak.
But there is a limit to this One
cannot condemn a military budget
of S278,000,000. The struggle of
arms ought to give way to arbitra-
ton. All praise to President Roose-
welt and Secretary Root in securing
arbitration during the Russia-Japan-
ese war, and all praise and credit
for such attempts as Andrew Carne-
gle has made by the erection of a
Temple of Peace at the Hague.
believe in a coming era of peace,
The Christ OF the Andes" and the
100 treaties in the last 10 years
prove we are moving forward. May
the blessing of God be upon the
of America.