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New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
NO WESTERN STRIKE
Engineers Get Average Wage
Increase of 10 Per Gent.

Chicago, Dec. A.-The wage dispute be-
tween the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers and the sxty-cne railroads west,
north and south of Chicago was settled
here to-day. There will be no strike. In
stead, the engineers get an increase in
wages of 10 1-3 per cent OF their 1910 wage
scale, giving them Christmas promise of
an average of approximately Sla2 for each
Of the 5000 men involved for each sub
sequent year. Specifically the agreement
provides for raise of 40 cents day for
all engineers. with a differential in add-
ton of 25 cents for 215.0oo pound engines,
an added differential Of 75 cents a DAY for
the smaller Mailet engines and diferen-
tial of 81 day for the heaviest Mallets,
In a letter to United States Commis-
eioner Charles P. Neill. who as mediator
under the Erdman act brought the settle
nasnt out of what seemed sure disagree
ment, Grand Chief Engineer Warren 5.
Stone of the Brotherhood gave as the rea-
son for accepting the terms offered the
suffering and loss which would attend
general Western strike.
Numerous specific working conditions are
improved by the agreement signed formally
late to-day, and engineers receive control
of electric and gasolene motor cars used as
locomotives, with an increase or 7o ceAts
a day in present wages. Hostlers unoer
the protection Of the engineers get an IN
crease Of Is cents a. day.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
ORDER EXPRESS RATES CUT
Canadian Railway Commission
Give Three Months Notice.

Ottawa, Dee. e4-The Canadian Halfway
Commission has directed the express COM
panies of the Dominion to hle lower tariH
rates within three months The commis-
sion declares that express rates are too
high. and that. as the express companies
are owned by the railway companies, there
is no occasion for the existence OF separate
companies to handle the express business
A rate reduction of at least 10 per cent
in through express traffic is ordered, iocai
rates TO be correspordingly cut. The exist
ing form of shipment contract Is ordered
abolished The commission holds III lts
Judgment filed to-day that the present form
of contract is unreasonable and designed
to enable the companies to escape respon-
sibility for shipments lost or damaged
The commission afhrms that the express
companies overpay the railways for accom-
modations in stations and intmates thal
this is a convenient way OF dlsposlng OF
profits which otherwise might be so con-
spicuously large as to be inconvenient
Describing methods of financing 1n va
rious express and railway companies. the
commission points cut that the Dominlon
Express, owned by the Canadian Pacific
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
POLICE FORCE DIsBANDED
le Grand Smith, Of Nyack, Feels That
Villages Are ungrateful.

S-a-k, n. Y. Dec. q fSpecisn Villages,
like republics. are unsrsteful. The defend
ers Of their liberties in the summer are
likely TO be eating snowhslls II the win
ter This IS the opinion held by LIE Grand
smith, who was dismissed last night from
-he police forcs, after the Board Of Trus-
tees, in session Until midnight, adiuSged
him guilty Of dishonesty According to wit
resses. Smith laid in with George Lane,
the negro pcurdrnaster, who has been COL
ieorine fees.fcr dogs he fid not kill
What made It tough Tor Smith was that
ere bsvh:sszered trustee, after g talk about
the high casi Of living, said Smith should
come befo-s the board and turn over his
star. n.ghrstick. uniform and revolver-snd
Smith did. Then rhe solon added that re-
frerchnent was the slogan of The village.
end there really was no use for police
r1sn IN the winter anyway. He n,cved that
the force be dishanded
Fire him don't dishand him said an
ether member OF the board We may need
him again next summer, when there's an
other dog catcher On Ih5 Job" So the vote
70 frs hin, ~es carried and now hyack is
forceless, and viii remain SO until the birds
come north again.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
"HOLY GKOSTERS" DROWN
Two of Mysterious Grew Lost
When Boat Swamps.
rEy Telegraph to The Tribune


Norfolk. Va, Dec 24.-Two members OF
the Holy Ghost and Us" band on board
the barkentins Kingdom were drowned and
five others narrowly escaped death to-
night. when dory from that vessel cap
sized on the bar off Ocean View There IS
considerable mystery about the Kingdom
which sailed from Portland. Me. more than
two months ago. For more than month
the Holy .Ghosters" have been sailing
around Chesapeake Bay and UP its inlets.
Six of the crew under command Of Nc
Kensey. sailing master of the kinEderr,
came ashore in a small dory from the
Farl5ertine which was anchored about
three miles off Ocean View, TO mail let
fer. They made the inbound trip IN spite
of their unfan1iliarity with the tides and
bars of that part of the coast They start
ed on the return trip. undeterred by the
brea kers piling up on the beach IN front
of q thirty-naile wind. The boat was
s-parnred.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
RATES ON MILK HELD UP
Commerce Commission Suspends
Proposed Advances Until May /.

Washington. Dec 24.-Propesed ad-
vances Of freight rates on cream and
condensed milk filed by various railroads
were suspended by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to-day from the effse-
tive date Of the tariffs, January 2. 1911,
until May !. 1911 Among the roads at
rected By the order are the Erie. the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. the
Fittsburg & Lake Erie, the New York,
Chicago & ST Louis, the Pennsylvania
and the Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago &,
St Louis. II is said that the propristy
of the proposed increases has been ques-
toned and the commission will inquire
into their reasonableness before they are
permitted to go into effect
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
SAY He USED OLD GAME.
Police Declare Man SWindled
Relatives of Dead Persons.
DIAMONDS ON lNSTALMENTS
fostofice Authorities Follow Up
Letter Said to Have Been
Written by Prisoner.

CHARGED with the fraudulent use OF the
,s,ls. q Young man described by the police
es John Rieoel. twenty-four years old. alias
Jsu1es P Coleman. was arrested near one
Of the entrances OF the general postofioe
last evening.
Thomas RsdGy. acting chief postoftice in
snector, the complainant, declared tnet
pieCel had been carrying on a sWinoians
game with the aid of the mails. His scheme
vas 20 write to persons who had oieo re-
Gently ard refer TO certain payments oue
on diamond rings sold on the instalrnent
Plan, Reddy explained.
II ves an old game Relatives Of the
dead man or woman would open the letter
erd in nine cases out of ten, would for
ward the payments demanded, supposins
they would receive diamond ring at slight
cost. RiedeI, according to the inspector,
would inform them that all but one or two
rsvrn-uts had been made upon the ring.
The names of the dead we're taken from
various. newspapers, said Eeddy. He eN-
riasned ttst letter sent TO Thomas Nc
perrrott." at No 72 School street, Boston,
brought about -Riedel's downfall. The rela-
five. of the dead man forwarded the latter
TO the New York postofhcc-
This letter said Reddy. was signed
.James P. Coleman" and bore the address
s'Nos ~ and 2sa Pearl street" Upon the
sor of the sheet was printed Dealer in
Diamonds and Jewelry." Reddy said The
eleuths Of the Postoffce Department re-
ported that they found q mail box marked
with the name James P. Coleman N the
Pearl street building entrance. Then the
registered letter window in the postofhce
was watched
When the man called 9. few days ago he
was asked If he was James P. Coleman
re replied that he was MIR. Coleman's
clerk Last night, according 70 the post
Office sleuths. Rie6eI hired q man on the
street to go 70 the registered mail window
and ssk for his mail When the man ap-
peared he was ssizsd. and ha Immediately
told the officers that he was acting for a
man uho was waiting On The Broadway
side Of the building.
Detectives briggs. Quillon and Perkins,
OF the Central Office. who had been placed
on the case. hurried to the street and ar
rested Riedel within few feet Of one Of
the Broadway entrances Of the postoffIce
They took their prisoner before Commits
eioner Shields.-and declare that he made q
fun confession after two hours questioning
The prisoner was IA ken to Police Head
quarters. after his examination. There hs
gave MS address as No. 156 knickerhocker
avenue, Brooklyn, and said he lived with
his mother.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
DIES AT DOOR OF HOSPITAL

David Picker,. hfty-fve years old, Of No.
s2a West 18th street, z confidential en-
pIcye Of R G Dun & Co, the rnercan ntiie
agency. died last night in q private snnnu-
lance 5ust ss the vehicle stopped ct the
entrance 10 Mount Sinai Hospital, where
Picsen was 10 undergo medical treatment
for dropsy Picken had been suffering
from dropsy for eight weeks. and yester-
GAY the malady became so troublesome
that he decided TO enter z, hospital Death
came suddenly. Only q few moments be-
fore he expired Picken had been chatting
with Edward J Scully. who wss driving
the ambulance.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
INJURED WRESTLER BETTER
Princeton Student, Eelrlsss in Bed, to
Have a Harry Christmas.
rB- TeIegrarh u TIE Tribune !

TB- Telegraph 70 TIE Tribune
Priroeton. -. J, Der 24-Earold Collins
Warren, CT swarthnore. Penn, whose
epine was severely injured in g wrestling
match Two weeks ago, Tlll have his mother
END fsthsr with him m the Isabella Nc
Gosh InHrmary On Christmas Day. Al
though Warren is practically unable 10
move, the doctors and nurses have taken
every step TO make him ss comfortable as
possible, and his parents are planning tc
make his Christmas Dsy happy IN spite
Of hts condition.
Dr. J. N Cs-nochsn. the university rhy-
e.cian, was able TO assure Dr.. Warren to
night CT his SON ultimate recovery Mrs
Warren has spent most Of rcr tine at her
sons bedside since his injury. Ee is cheer
9ul. and IS able to talk freely now.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
VOTE BUYING IN OHIO
Every Sixth Man in the County
Involved, Says Judge.

Portsmouth. Ohio, Dec A.-Fifty more
arrests were made to-day in. Manchester,
Ohio. in the investigation BY the grand jury
Of vote selling. Five hundred more arrests,
il was said to-day. by county authorities.
will be made next week It is now believed
the inquiry will involve Two thousand men.
Judge Blair to-day said that at less'
every sixth man in the county would bs
the subject Of the investigation
ID 10 date IL voters have acknowledged
their guilt. Among them IS the Rev. Isaac
Hilten, of Red Brush, who admitted selling
his vote in the last election for so, Be
cause Of the ministers financial conditior
Judge Blair made his fine a light one, but
disfrsrchised him Tor FIVE wears.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
LANpMAN TO SUCCEED RueeLEs

The New York Central LINES announced
yesterday the appointment Of I. w. Land
man as general passenger agent of the
Michigan Central, effective January ], 10
succeed @. n. Ruggles. Mr. Ruggles has
held the position since 1881. He retirss on
account Of i'll health Mr.. Landnan has
been connected With the New York Cen
traI. Lines for number of years and is
az present general passenger agent of the
Lake Erie & Western. He will make his
headquarters at Chicago
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
UPSTATE DRoUTH BROKEN
Heavy Rain Brings Relief to Farmers
and Mill Owners,

saratoga Springs. n. Y, Dee. PA heavy
rain which has been falling for the last
twelve hours has brought relief to the mill
owners along the upper Hudson and to the
farmers in this section who have been suf-
fering from the long drouth that has pre-
vailed since early in the fall.
The Hudson River and other streams have
been rising, and reports from the mill towns
are that the plants which have been shut
down or running on short time will be en-
abled to resume operations soon- Many Of
the farmers have been drawing water for
their stock a distance of three or four miles.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
SLOWER -ISMAN SUIT SETTLED.

The difficulty between Felix 1sman and
Park Commissioner Slower over the alleged
+ncrca achrnents OF the building at the south
east corner OF s23 street and Broadway.
owned by Mr.. -Isnaan, is settled. according
TO Mr.. Slower. An injunction was secured
by the Park Commissioner, but since that
finne the projections over the building line
have heen removed.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

Railway. is capitalized ana pays dividsnds
ON 100000. although the railway ooss"
could find only s14.5c0 cash which hsd ever
been put into capital. In seven years "a
Dominion Cypress earned N1sf's.oso sHo
paid the Canadian Pacific Railway VS."
24e. or $50 per cent During the same time
the Canadian Express Company, owned oS
tho Grand Trunk Railroad. etFped ";
9s6 and paid the Grand Trunk =: M OK
55.5 per cent, on assets stated - NizHS.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
BALLINGER's NEW ASSISTANT
Carmi A. Thompson, Of Ohio, Accepts
Appointment from President.

Columbus, Ohio. Dec. A-Carmi a.
Thompson Secretary Of State. whose nome
Is in 1ronton, Ohio. to-day announced hls
acceptance from President Taft OF tho OF
fee of Assistant Secretary Of the Interior.
Mr.. Thomrsons term here expires on jan
uary g. He was twice elected Secretary OF
state, following one term as Speaker Of the
Ohio House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Thompson will succeed. as Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, Jesse e. Wilson.
who some time ago expressed desire TO
resign The salary of the office Is $3.50
year. Secretary Ballinger has two assist
ants, tho first being Frank Pierce
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

believe that the entire system over winch
the subway trains may be operated. m
clucing the three elevated extensions IN
Tho Bronx. would revert to the city At the
end Of that period II the ecnrany's Pro-
resa! should be accepted.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
$3.50 and $l7s Nainsock
...... NIGHT Gowns at $l.O0

Nainsooly, can1bric, 1ongcloth or muslin,
round, square, high or V shaped neeks
or empire styles, long or short sleeves
trimmed with 1aces, tucks, embroidery
beading and ribbon.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
THOMAS oARMony Ill,
Attcrr1ey General-Elect Threatened
with pneumcris

Rochester. Dec @-Thomes Cermody. Al
torney Genersl-elect, vino IS i'll at his home
81 Penn Ysn, IS threatened with pneumonia
according to edviees received by local DEM
ocrs-ic leaders, who expected Mr. Carmody
80 attend z conference here to-day in con-
necrion with the appointment Of deputy
from Monroe County
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
LARGEST CATTLE FEEDER DEAD.

Central City, Neh.. Dec 24.-Thomas Ben
ton Hord. of this place, said TO have been
the largest cattle feeder In the world, died
to-day at Minneapolis.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
j. ANDRE,
.CTjRER and ImEGE
Artistic Hair Goods

Esery description made 10 order
SPECIALIST IN hair coloring, har6reeeing
MARCEL waving. shsInpoolng, manicuTins facial
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New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

BIAIR's PILLS CELEBRATED ENGLISH
IEMEDY FOR GOCT AND RHEUMATIsM
&AEE AND RELIABLE. AT YOUR DEUGCJSF
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
These Sales Begin Tuesday.
tuesday Extra z~c Stamps Free

is Of 10 Complimentary S. H Green Trading Stan
date and only 100 free stamps good in any bool
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02

The air men are drawing larger
crowds than the hot air men.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02
q . Q q Q q Q . Q 80 q q
} VIEWS OF EDITORS ON
POLITICS IN FLORIDA.
80 80 . . . . . .
Gave Best Efforts.

Gave Best Efforts.
Hon. ". A. Blount, Of Pensacola.
Florfdas leading lawyer and now
candidate for the United States SEN
ate, has professional ideal SO just
and elevated that all lawyers in Flor
ida and elsewhere might We1f-tale tt
for their own. In Mr.. Blount's pub
lished platform upon which he makes
his campaign for senator. he says, in
speaking of himself as a lawyer:
"My endeavor has been to give to
each client the very best that was in
NE, so that the right and justice of
his case might prevail At the same
time have felt that the law was not
a jusgle, in which the greatest master
of forms and technicalities should
win, but that 1t was a science for the
working out Of the right between man
and man, and that a lawyers duty to
his client in no wise justified a sacri.
ice Of his self-respect by the perpetra.
ton OF a wrong upon his adversary
|-Suwannee Democrat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02
LABOR JOURNAL ON
VIM. A. BLOUNT

The following article appeared in
The Journal Of the knights of Labor,
published at Washington, D. c., for
November, 1910:
Florida Will Send 6Iount.
The prospects of having man
elected to the United States senate
who will deal fairly and justly with
the wants of labor. were never bright
er than when Hon. w. A. Blount, of
Pensacola, Fla, over his signature.
stated that "he was candidate to
succeed Senator Taliaferro,' whose
term as such expires next March.
The Democratic wing of the United
States senate has long been in need
of a leader, a master mind, who was
able to cope with Republican senators
while steering his party clear of the
snares, tangles and pitfalls set for it
by willy opponents. Blount is nat
ural born leader of men, a friend Of
the poor and downtrodden, who have
few to speak for them in the places
where speaking counts for something.
He is the special friend of the work
ing men and women, not only of his
state, but of the entire country.
1t is but simple justice to W. A.
Blount that the Journal of the
Knights of Labor makes this state
ment. He was member of the arbi-
tTation board that had to do with the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02
Reforms in the
Postal Service.

Most people will remember Post
master General Hitchcock as an ener-
aetic gentleman, who carries in his
pocket the southern delegates to re-
publican national conventions and
who votes them AT will. playing them
like pawns on the political checker.
board. But IL must be conceded that
= man who can switch one third of
the delegates to a national convention
to Mr.. Taft, after they had been in
structod for Mr.. Cortelyon must have
some executive ability and in that cold
blooded sense Of the word. must be a
good business man.
It Is somewhat dificult TO asso-
ciate the word. reform. with Mr..
Hitchcock, but this is an era of sur.
prises and this member of the cabinet
seems to be about to apply soma
business methods to the administra-
ton Of the postofice department
It is high time these methods we're
applied.
The particular reform that Mr..
Hitchcock is about to inaugurate is to
furnish to membtrs OF congress stamps
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02

Read The Journals Want
Ads and ~->GA Ah4-ehv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02

Mr. Morgan D. Jones, a well known
practicing attorney, Of F1orala, Ala
bama, in his idle hours, has written
an entertaining and instructive novel,
called "a Nest Of vipers". The story
deals with the trials and struggles of
an orphan girl and of the Spartan for
titude of an orphan boy. Reading
this new book reminds one that while
it is unfortunate it is nevertheless
true that many beautiful homes in
the world are not really homes, but
are merely houses and that in many
Of these are words spoken that are
sharper than a serpent's tongue. The
scenes Of Mr.. Jones's book are. laid in
the south and are true to nature.
The story is bright and interesting
and will no doubt be widely read and
appreciated.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02

great strike in the logging and lum-
Der territory of Florida and Alabama,
and numbering many thousands Of
workingmen. He, it is true, represent
ed the employing interest. but his Sc
lection as arbitrator was unanimously
approved by the executive officers who
represented the strikers. and by the
strikers themselves. Having implicit
confidence in his ability to deal with
the intricate questions which were in
volved in the controversy and his fair
ness and impartiality in deciding the
points at issue, caused them TO hail
with delight his selection as arbitra-
tor. Through his manner OF handling
men, and the esteem in which he was
held by all parties to the controversy,
the mills and camps were Immediate
ly opened on his order, and all men
returned to work pending his decis-
ion, which was all that We as workers
could wish or hope for.
This is the man who Is TO fl the
place made vacant through the retire
ment of Senator Taliaferro. In t4Is
change the workingmen of the coun-
| try secure friend in the highest
| legislative body in the world. his
party associates brilliant. brainy.
| tactful coadiutor, and one who will
ever be a thorn in the side of the
enemy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-02
Mother and Daughter
Both Glad to Recommend Partisan
Sage, the Guaranteed Hair
Grower and Dandruf
Cure

Mrs. j. r. Burgess writes from 514
Plum St, Danville, Va. June 4, 19lo,
as follows:
L have used Partisan. Sage and ind
it to be all you claim for it, and cheer
fully recommend it to any one who Is
suffering from any hair dandrun, or
scalp trouble"
On the same date Ruth Odille Bur
CESS, the charming little daughter OF
Mrs. Burgess, wrote:
Il am only a little girl, but ! want
to tell what Partisan Sage has done
Tor me. l had scalp disease that
looked like dandruff and when 1t was
combed up there would be bloody
water under the dandruff. Mamma
tried everything in the way OF hair
tonics without results. until she saw
the advertisement of Partisan Sag :;
she got bottle and it cured me. but
kept on using 1t. Now l have as
| beautiful a head of hair as any girl
Men, women and children, in every
section Of America who are using or
binary commercial hair tonics should
| give Parisian> Sage a trial. 1t Is sc
far ahead of all others that one appu'
cation will prove its great superiority
stop falling hair and itching scalp, and
to drive out all dandruf in two weeks
or money back. 1t grows hair in
abundance and gives to the hair q
lustrous and fascinating appearance
90 cents a large bottle at Hannah
Bros. and druggists everywhere.
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on this and some time in the course
Of human events, congress may get
sufficiently far away from the express
companies to adopt shis reform.
II u In operation in nearly all other
ctvilixed countries The United States
In this instance il the laggard.
4 Pensacolian may now under the
international postal rules send eleven
pounds Of merchandise to Hong Kong,
China, or anywhere else at the utter
most ends Of the earth. for twelve
cents ., pound: but he must pay six
teen cents q pound to send 4 package
Of merchandise to Bagdad or De-
Funiak Springs and he must confine
his package to four pounds. Nice dis
tinction. Is 1t not?
While he was postmaster general,
Mr.. Meyer believed that with the adop
ton Of the parcels post on the free
delivery routes. the great deficit in
the postal budget would soon evapo
rate and that the post office depart
ment instead Of being a great burden
to the government would be an actual
source Of revenue and even after we
adopt penny postage for letters would
continue such.