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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec.
3.-The Merchants and
Manufacturers association,
representing "big business"
in it's fight here to break the
man who works, has started
a war on children in the fur
therance Of it's scheme to
down anything resembling
organized labor.
The children are the messenger
boys employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Co. The strike is
story of petty arrests by the po-
lice of these kids" who work for
$50 to $50 a month. 1t is a pitiful
story OF how grasping corpora
ton, assisted by an organization of
business men is trying to break
the kids" because they cought JUS
tice only. 1t is another chapter in
the struggle between big business
and labor in Los Angeles, and be-
hind the scenes, helping the tele.
graph company, is the M. & NJ,
whose members ranks as "the best
citizens" of Los Angeles.
But listen to Frank Eckstrom,
one of the boy strikers, he tells the
story of the troubles between the
messenger boys and the telegraph
trust" big business, the M. & M.
and the Los Angeles police force,
all the interests allied to break a
few kids because they have organ
lied for protection.
You see," he began, IT worked
for 'em first about five years ago.
| was little and they could bull
doze me. We only got a cent and a
half for message then. The com
pany has always kept too many
boys, SOS not to lose any messages,
but when there's so many of us we
can't make morn'n S. a week. They
| wouldn't let us go home if we was
| sick, and if we failed to show up
Sunday we got locked 81, even. If
we hadn't made anything that
week. When we was late they
fined us 20 cents an hour.
1--WE had to buy our own wheels
and pay for keeping them in order
and we are always in danger OF
bein' killed. If boy got in a col.
Iision and was hurt the company
didn't care any more than If he was
yellow dog. Amongst the kids,
when a fellow was hurt and down
we always rustled around and took
up collections and tried to help
but nix from the company.
Then there was always favorit
ism. Some few Of the kids got al
the gravy"
."Gravy?"
81 mean the good assignments
hotels and things like that, where
you deliver big bunch of mes
| sages at once and make good
| thing. The rest of the kids had
| to take Out-of-the-way places, where
we rode a long distance and got 4
| cents"
Don't you get 10 cents for a
message?"
mot SOS you could notice 1t
The company always writes on the
message 10 cents for delivery
That's a graft, because the com.
pany takes cents and the boy gets
only 4. That's the way the com
pany fools the public. 1t has al
ready been paid for that message.
And it was because of these
things in the Western Union and
American District Telegraph com
panies that you struck"
Rightly speaking, we didn't
strike, not this time. The com
panies locked us out for belonging
to the union after they forced us to
| organize.
well, they was unfair like ]
told you, but there was more yet
We had a clerk that was awful
hard on the kids; he was always
,,,,nnhinf nd h,,1
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
NO TROUBLE ABOUT
DRESS IN SCHOOLS

When asked about the regula
tons being enforced in other cities
in regard to school girl dress of the
extreme fashion sort, Superinten
dent Bruce M. Watson of the city
schools said that he did not an
ticipate any trouble in this city and
stated that he felt sure that school
girls would continue to exercise
sufficient judgment in the matter
of dress and make regulations un
necessary. so So
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
70 MEXICAN REBELS
KILLED IN BATTLE

Official dispatches state that 10
rebels and IA federal soldiers were
killed and $50 insurgents and so
regular soldiers wounded.
General Navarro planned Mon
day to capture Guerrero and adj
vanced upon the town. The rebe,s
were entrenched several miles
from Guerrero, and after a stub
born fight were dislodged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
} TRAIN HITS COW;
, COW HITS NEGRO;
, MAN AND DOG DEAD

q MOBILE, Ala, Dec. IA
q When Louisville & Nash
. vile passenger train out of 4
. Nashville struck a cow near
. Kirkland late Saturday after
q noon the consequences were
q unusual. The COW was hurled
. to one side, striking a negro
q who was watching the train
= go by. The negro was knock
. ed into a puddle of water and
= killed. In falling he struck
= dog, which also was playing
. the part of an innocent by
. stander, and killed it.
q q Q . q q Q Q q . q q . . Q 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
ALICE MRS.
.SCHENCK INSANE

10y OHiteO TTceo ISdeeu "UoJ
WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. IA
An affidavit declaring that her
great grandmother. grandmother,
father and two sisters were victims
of insanity, was filed today with
a motion for a continuance by at
torneys for Mrs. Laura Schneck,
whose trial for alleged attempted
poisoning of her husband was
scheduled to be called today.
When the trial is begun Mrs.
Shenck's plea will be insanity, &C
cording to the affidavits. The
document continues:
1.-THE affiant states and expects
to prove that the defendant is and
at the time the offense of which
she was charged, was committed,
was insane"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
MISGUIDED YOUTHS.

Just embarking upon would-be
career of sure-thing gambling, Ed
ward Lewis and Alfred Todd, both
mere youths, who were arrested in
the Idaho hotel on suspicion of be-
ing implicated in room thefts, were
sentenced to serve Is days in jail
by Police Judge Mann yesterday
afternoon. When arrested the
young fellows were found to be
well supplied with "phony" cards,
loaded dice and marked cards.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
DON'T FIRE IN CITY.

Little shining bullseyes on a side
hill caught the eye of N. D. Nc
Ivor Sunday afternoon, and he
started to pop at them with his .22
caliber rifle. AS a result he was
heard firing by special officer,
who roped him in for discharging a
firearm in the city limits.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
WAR ON CHILDREN THE LATEST MOVE
Of BIG BUSINESS" IN FIGHT ON LABOR

dozin' and err chasin' 'em. Finally
the manager fired him for bein'
mean to the kids and put in red
headed fellow by the name OF
Bates. We called him Red and
he sure was all right; all the kids
was crazy about him. This made
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
FIRST WOMAN BANK
PRESIDENT IS DEAD

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 12.-Mrs.
Marion Carson Williams is dead
here, aged 70. She was the only
woman in North Carolina ever a
bank president. She held that po-
sition several years in the State
National bank of Raleigh, and was
up to that time the only woman
who had ever held such position IN
the United States.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

the manager sore and he fired
Red and put the mean one back.
Then we struck to get Red back
and won out. The manager put him
back and give him S. month
more. But he started in and made
it so hot Red had to resign"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
sec. GOO in 4 sTOvEPjPE. I

. Hid in stovepipe were
= found bank books and bonds
= representing total value of
. $4,000, with a will, left by
= Miss Emily Williams, near 4
. Milford, N. J.
. She was 20 years old and
. lived alone. Her body was
. found Sunday, several days
. after she had died Of heart
q disease.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

PORTLAND, .Ore.-General Har-
rison Grey Otis, proprietor of the
Los Angeles Times, has just closed
a contract with an Oregon city
paper mill for 100000 worth Of
paper to be used in the publication
of the Times. This Is the largest
single contract for paper ever
made in the west,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY
PARTY

Frederick Guy
Strickland, Al
years old today,
is a Christian
minister who
lectures over
the country for
the labor move
ment. He Is
among the fore
most of the
Christian social
lists who say
their aim is to
apply the gospel
to industry. sub
shutting the
golden rule for
the rule of
gold"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
More Room Needed
For Player Pianos
TWE NTY. FIVE UPRIGHT
PIANOS GREATLY REDUCED
IN PRICE TO MAKE ROOM.

We need more room at once for
player-pianos in order to display to
advantage the many fine lines that
we now carry and the variety Of
styles we have for Christmas buy
ers to consider. Our temporary
store, where we are located during
erection of our new building, has
many limitations, but we have de-
cided that it Is better to sacrifice
our profit in closing out odd styles
of new pianos and all slightly used
ones, than to limit our display Of
player-pianos-the most popular
instrument for the whole famiIy's
Christmas gift.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
MAN ON FIRE SAVES LIFE
BY JUMPING INTO BARREL

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. IA
Wright Powell. a travelling sales
man. lighted a match while his
gloves were saturated with gaso-
line. His clothes caught on fire
and he saved his life by jumping
into a rain barrel filled with wa
for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

SEATTLE.-An explosion today
in the Western Improvement COM
pany's coal mine at Ravensdale, 20
miles southwest of Seattle, en-
tomber five men, two at least of
whom are probably killed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
(ey United Press Leased Wire,

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 14.-The
extent of two days battle near
Guerrero was made public today
by the war department. 1t was
stated that 300 rebels engaged in
conflict with 500 federal troops un-
der General Navarro, and that the
insurgents were twice driven back
leaving their dead in the trenches.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

Please patronize John E. Lyon,
low price plumber. Repairing a
specially. Tel. M. 1897. Corner
Third and Howard. ***
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

Miss Rose Melville, who has en-
tertained countless thousands in
her role of isis Hopkins" is really
Mrs. Frank Minzey, since about a
year ago. She has just left the
stage temporarily because she ex-
poets the most beautiful Christmas
present a woman ever had. Only
one guess is permitted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

How Organization of Bust
ness Men in Los Angeles
Has Descended to Perse-
cution Of Messenger Boys
in Fight to Establish
"Open Shop"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
BREED THEATRE.
~Hsy Out West" Thrilling Western
 t Feature.

One of the most attrac cJive pictures r< Ehe season is the feature at the Breed theatre for the balance of the week. and -ss entitled Way Out West This Is breezy tale of two young rrcxpectorS- who are seen making their weary way across the American desert, and fhefr cznteens rapidly becoming sonptkd. they stop at the first cabin ~ lse&L In ft they find a dying EEEchzlzn. and ore of the young fel- rcr. is touched by the mans condition and attempts to administer some komely remedy that he has near by RhEe the other fellow thinks 1t time wzsted- In payment for his act of mercy. the old man turns over to the szrrRr7tan, the chart of a secret claim, with dEsccfons for reaching it. The enrious cowboy watches the opportuni ". and in the night. steals the coveted rharf. and makes his way to the czafrn. after emptying his comrades rnrseen- Tn possession of the claim, he fe haunted by a vision of his com rade dying on the plain, and his con science coEupelS him to return to the <-rsnE man T,f1e rigl11ful owner is car -1ed to his new possessions and he de- rfdee 10 divide the heritage with his olE friersd zfno is conscience stricken but grateful
 MT Frank Pouf. sings the beautiful hcue bzllad Always think of Mother and is conpeiled to respond to triple encoreS-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
VIEWS AND VARIETIES
Clever Sayings


 Come over to our comet party to- night" Whats the limit going to be ?"-Houston Post.
 Webster was compiling A dictionary. Getting together a few words to use in 50-word telegram" he explained. Herewith the public called him bless ed.-N. Y. Sun.
 Wait not for opportunity.
 But keep on working every day And sometimes, if you are saving
 wood,
 You'll find that she'll come your way
 Detroit Free Press.
 He doesn't seem to be awed by the comet" Hes not to be awed by any thing that he can see for nothing "- Louisville Courier Journal
 "Do drummers really get business by telling funny stories?" Depends al- the travelling salesman. "Sometimes I tell funny stories and sometimes abuse the trusts."-Pittsburg Post
 My Brooklyn aunt has put me down in her will for thirty thousand It pays to honor the old folks" What did you do?, T went into half-mourn- ing the time her pet rubber plant died."-Louisville Courier Journal.
 "Out to luncheon-Back in five min utes," read the sign on the door. "Are you sure he will get back in that time?" asked the anxious caller, Yes" said the wise office boy. "He ain't got the price of en-minute lunch in his es."-CleVeland Leader.
 'I understand you have a fine track team here,' said the visitor to the nn1ao man who as showing wbat him 6Gigo oysF tse holds most of the medals" "The town pawnbroker," answered his guide after due deliberation.-Buffa Express.
 Well, Willie. hear you have a new baby at your house." Yep" What is it., little sister or little brother?' T dunno. All I heard was pa kiclSin' about it bein' an ultimate consumer" Chicago Record Herald.
 "Sir. have grown gray in your ser- vice." began the old beokkeeper. pre- linafnary to asking for a raise. 'I was intending to speak to you about that" responded the head of the firm. Get bottle of hair dye Otherwise. the place you with a younger man."-- PittsburR Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
CLOUDY BRTGHT.

TheEe,s aSres a romnpIi,ng on the stairway. There's a racket in the kitchen.
 There's loud far-reaehing call And a chorus of glad answers,
 Lifting, laughing, full of play, For the baby that was ailing
 Yesterday is well today Just last night she moaned and tumbled In her sleep, and moaned and cried. Ana her iather, and her mother Watching, watching. watching prayimM
 dhfough,
 With her lips pursed for "Boow Daddy went away this morning
 Toahis labor in the town Ere the baby had awakened
 On his brow q troubled frown;
 Ti4l his soul was sick with care.s Now he's hiding in some corner
 From the baby-she's a bear. You could see how worry gripped him When he turned into the street You could see that he was barking You could see that he was watching Enlightened, for the yellow curls
 or the best of little girls And he did not see her coming
 Hands outstretched adown the street, And he did not catch the batter
 Of the flying, baby feet
 Wit a heavy heart and sore, And the baby bounced to meet him. Laughing. just inside the door! There is laughter in the hallway,
 There's a giggle on the stair, There is singing in the kitchen And she says she's "gona eatchui"
 And the clouds have rolled away; For the baby that was ailing
 Yesterday ts well today,
 -J. M Lewis in Houston Post
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
CIerayman's Sons Testim0- nial of Tuberculosis Cure

To neglect a cold, bronchitis. lung trou- ble or Consumption is dangerous We all know how prone people are to deny they have Consumption. It is a hatterlng dis ease and the sufferer is filled with bright hopes Of improvement Call Consumption by it's own dread name-and then-take Hickman 8 sAIterative. because it is effec- tive in Tuberculosis. No one need doubt about sit-there is plenty of evidence from live witnesses. Investigate the following:
 Amenia. N. Y., July g, 1S09-
 GentleTn en-: Prior to Feb, 1898, was To- cated incRochester. N. V. suffering with LaG19pe, which developed into Tuberculo- sig. My physician gave me one month to five Twas having terrible night sweats and mfd-day caiAs and losing flesh rapidly. having zone from 155 to 135 lbs. coughed and raised continually and became So weak that walking a few feet exhausted me On my5return home. my regular phy- sician gave me little encouragement. My father who is a clergyman heard of Eek mans Aiterative and induced me to take it. The night sweats and chflls disap- peared my cough became easier and grad ually diminished and in few days de- veloped an appetite. the first in months. I am now in perfect health. back to 155 lbs. I feel certain that I owe my life to Eek mans Alterative.
 lSigned) E. H. COWLES
 Eckman's A1terative is good for all Throat and Lung troubles, and is on sale in Norwich by Lee & Osgood Co.,, and other Druggists It can also be ob- taired af, or, procured by. your local Druggists. Ask for Booklet of Cured Ca ses, or write for Evidence to the Eckman Laboratory, Phifa., Pa.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
Not Snortsmanlike.

The apparent disposition on the part of certain communities through which he has passed on his way to Chicago to insult and if possible, intimidate the pugiIist Johnson is neither decent nor sportsmanlike. It would not have occurred had he been white: that his skin happens to be dark furnishes the neanest and chea pest of reasons for any such display of dislike.
 Everybody who was at Reno agrees that Johnson fought a fair and square battle according to the rules that gov ern the priZe-ring. In so far as such a brutal exhibition could be clean, it was that, and the negro did nothing to make it otherwise. He distinctly dis avoWed the nonsense about race supremacy being on trial. He won because he was the better man physi- calIy- From all accounts he was modest and inoffensive, save in the squared circle itself.
 So long as the champion bruiser behaves himself. he is entitled to the fair-play treatment that any man ought to receive regardless of his color. Those who revile him simply because he is black are not good sports uo matter what their clainl.-Boston Post,
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
IrSspendert Pictures at the Audito-
 rum.

The Independent films shown by the rrovfng very popular. aocording to the Laughter and applause heard at this popular house all this week The act fHE Of Miss Florence Lawrence, the leading lady T the Imp Co.. is noIh- sEx less than wonderful. as every ex- rrx<sion and 1esture she ma kes gives the exact impression she wishes to convey Miss Lawrence is more fla rrfIfsriy known as The Biograph Girl '' and The Girl with a Thousand Faces g The Imp Go control her services ex- c7uzirely
 Another Independent firm that pro- 1ncas -Amerfcans' subjects only is the <e- York Motion Picture Co, who make the famous Bison films. deal zr< mostly with TesteEn subjects. their actors are known for their skill with the 1arse1- rife. and their exquisite nersemanship- Red Wing and Rad Deer two full blooded Sioux Indians. are prcnnfneut members of the Bison company
 Besides the above mentioned firms there are tEenty-sevea others allied with the Independent side and the Au- dsrorsum handles them all
 There Is an entire change of pro- <ranme today. Mr- Smith the singer r-ndering Tn the Wildwood where the EuebelEs Crow and the Indian melo- dv ~OEaiaIla-"
 Did you see Our Teddy's- return % 1he best picture ever taken of Roose- Eet-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
aHAT IS GOING ON TONIGHT

Vaudeville and Motion Pictures at Auc4rcriun-
 Motion Pictures and Illustrated Songs rt Breed TheRter
 S@dE wick Post No 1.-G. A. R.. meets h Buckingham Memorial
 Gardner Lodge No 46. k- of F., meets in ag1es Hall.
 Norwich. Com ma ndery, No 631, C- O.. E- C. meets at a2 Clin Street
 Loyal H H Oszood Lodge, No 6920, !. O. O. F. M T., meets in Ponemah Hall. Tafrvf11e
 Lodge oscar. No. 90. V O. of A., meets in Eoresters Hall
 Norwich Stationary Engineers Asso- riation- No G. meets in Bill Block
 Virginia Dare Council. No 25. D. of L.. meets at 54 Washington Street.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
Rowing Four Miles.

T haven't changed my mind" said the old graduate Three miles are miles enough for college crews It was the fourth mile that rocked the shell for the Yale eight. They didn't go up in the air at the three-m mark I read that the stroke pulled three times without touching the wa ter and that after his oar slipped from his hands he went through the motions before he collapsed. that the next man was 90 exhausted that he couldn't sup port the stroke. that third man sn the boat was all in and that the Harvard man had nothing up their sleeves or in their arms when they EnIshed-not another ounce.
 And I am going to read tomorrow " next week that that sort of thing is good for man. that it helps prolong his life when he pumps himself com p3etefy out and that the heart is the strongest for the strain put upon it. But I haven't got to believe it: thank heEven here are a lot of things said and ~r5fsen in the world that I haven t Rot to believe
 It's c dzzerent proposition for the N4fp0EtfR men on the ether side cf the
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
Ho.~ earnur Started.

To the public of two generations p-eceding the present there was no than that of Phineas Taylor Barnum who -zs born at Bethel. Conn, a hun dror years ago today No man better understood the art of keeping his name before the people and making it's prom xnence a factor in the advancement of pnrzonel interests He demonstr tra | ed rho raluc of advertising as few men 1ekure him had done, though many have learned the lesson since to their great advantage His business enter prfses were characterized by origi- zRiity and botdness of conception and carried out with vigor- The very au- dAci<y of some of them fascinated the public and almost justif1ed his esti- -u2te of it that it liked to be hum bu<Eed- He was not sensitive to crit icfsna- but the thing that he most dread was indifference
 The traveller by the Shore line be- tween Boston and New York sees across the water from New London in -t1e town of Groton a stately rnonu- rfseu- That is associated with the in 1rsi business success of P T. Bar nun When still a youth and the pro- rr<stor Of small store in his native town he was made agent for a lottery chartered by the state. for the pur- pc4e of building this structure and ekfs aided materially his early start fn active life though TeVerses soon fcl3e~ed- Few men experienced more -EczrSfrudes in fortune than he. though the ultimate balance was largely in his favor When only nineteen years old he established and edited a weekly nerspsper called the Herald of Free dom but made it so very free that he xss imprisoned sixty days for libel
 If was five or six years later that he Bret airentured in the show business He was attracted by the advertisement cf the sale of slave woman named Joyce Heth- who her master claimed.
 l I nurse of George Washingto produc- 1n< ancient Documents to prove it Bsrrum Bought her for a thousand dol lars. and exhibited her all over the counry, his receipts being often as high fifteen hundred dollars a week She died in almost a year and a post T1crtem examination showed that about eighty years had been added to her actual age; but that did not detract from the financial success of the en- ferrrise--Boston Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
POETRY.
WHEN TIT RAINS IN Tuu coUN,

WHEN TT RAINS IN THE COUNTRY. When it rains in the country what do Well. listen moment and will tell Iris pleesent to think of the pleasure When aii of the world is all drizzle and
 wet,
 When work cant be done in the gar And fishing and hunting no pleasure When kitchens are oozy and parlors When the wind and the rain Is at its When it rains in the country what do An! Could you but see us all snug No fretting, no worry because of the And Q. 1t is restful. the beat on the
 panel
 No beaches no shopping, no concerts.
 no shows, No fussing. no worry about our inc
 clothes,
 What do we do really? You ask me When, # rains in the country we just
 let it rain.
 Joe Cone in Boston Herald.