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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
American

W WASHINGTON.-About two years
w hence If passengers on steamers
entering Manila harbor and passing be-
tween the several small islands that
guard the principal port OF the Philip
pines should inquire with In 'iYerent
interest as to the name and use of a
smaIl dun-colored rock, hardly discern
IDLE any distance away and looking
much Ike an irregular shaped house
boat floating on the ocean, they Will be
told that they are looking at lei Fraile
Island. Perhaps, also, they will be told
that the little island, scarce two hun
dred feet square, is the most diabou-
ckliy effective fertilization OF Its size
IN the world
For eighteen months army engineers
have been directing the work Of forti
Tying what is intended as the backbone
or keystone Of the strong defenses in
Manila harbor They have rezorted to
plan suggested by a young engineer
ofhcer after their superiors h&0 thrown
UP their hands in despair at the pros
poets OF attempting to fortify the rock
which showed It's head above the water
for 80 small an area. 1t involves the
leveling Of the island almost to the sur
face OF the sea and erecting a struc-
ture in the form of a battleship deck
stripped for action. The artificial forti-
Tying Will be OF steel and cement.
The defsnses Of Manila bay entrance
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
Treasury Building Is Overcrowded

building, plans for which were drawn
by William T. Elliott, a surveyor, Who
came TO Washington in 1918.
The 80 granite monoliths, each Of
which cost $500 and weighs 80 tons,
now stand in an unbroken row. They
are Eaid to be the finest example Of
their kind OF The stonecutters art II
required ten men, working 60 days, to
produce each OF them and a solid train
OF 80 fat cars brought them to Wash
inGton from the Quarries in Massacilu-
sets.
To make more space inside the build
ing all the files OF letters and docu-
ments will be stored in the old coal
vaults under the lawn on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue side, and new coal vaults
are being built on the side oppos1te the
White House.
The completed building, SIS It stands,
represents three stSgen Of construction
The nucleus, located by Jackson, was
finished in 1872 The south wing was
finished in 1854. The north wing, fin
ished in 1859, is on the side Of the old
state department building.
The long colonnade OF brown etone,
erected in 1864, deteriorated in the
southern climate and was replaced by
the present granite monoliths little
more than a year ago
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
FLOATING sLUM OF CANTON.
Where the Poor of a Great Chinese
CITY Live.


Stand beside the imperial custom
house at Canton China. and let the
eye range down the river toward
Hong Kong. AS far as the sight
can reach lie boats, boats and again
Doats. These are no ordinary craft
mere vessels of transport plying
hlther and thither, but the countless
homes of myriad Chinese, in which
millions have been born, have lived
ana died. They are the dwellings OF
the very poor. who live In them
practically free from rent, taxes and
the other burdens of the ordinary
citizen.
The Tankia (Which means boat
-dwellers) as the denizens Of these
floating houses are called, form a
sort OF caste apart from the rest of
the Cantonese. The shore dwellcrs
regard them as belonging to lower
social order, and indeed they have
many customs peculiar to them
selves which mark them as q sepa-
rate community How the swarm
fng masses of them contrive tc sup
Poit e8loleute lS mystery, Dut tne1r
chief mode of employment is In car
rying merchandise and passengers
from place to place. In some cases
the daughters of the family go
ashore to work in factories but the
years earnings Of Chinese factory
girl would scarce suffice to buy
single hat for her western sister.
OF course as against this low rate
of pay the standard of living is cor
respondingly different
The houses which make up these
vast floating slums are of all sizes.
Some are but fifteen feet long. From
these cramped dimensions, however,
they range up to a length of fifty or
sixty feet. A boat large enough to
accommodate a family of moderate
size can be obtained for $40, and
since the anchorage is free it is OBJ
vious that the Tankia effect many
savings impossible to the shore
dWeller.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
SET RECORD AT GATUN DAM
Workmen Show Their Appreciation of
President Taft's Visit.

To show their sincere appreciation
of the visit to Panama of President
Taft the workmen have turned in and
broken all division records for the lay
ing of concrete at Gstun Dam.
AT the Gatun locks 4,435 cubic yards
of concrete were placed in day and
at the spillway $40 cubic yards were
laid, making a total of 4,575.
This information was conveyed to
the president in a message signed
1.-THE Men," and which said the record
work was done in recognition of Mr.
Taft's presence in the canal zone
The president sailed for home late
in the day delighted at the progress
being made in the construction of the
icanal and with the cheers of the Pan
amans ringing in his ears.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25

ALBERT ]. MYER, the American
II armys gentleman soldier, is no
longer wearing the uniform of an en-
listed man. He has left Fort Myer
the army reservation named for his
illustrious grandfather. and has gone
back to Boston.
Not only was the passing of the
dandy soldier sudden and unexpected,
but the manner Of his going sensation
al. Mr.. Myer, who was corporal in
the signal corps, has been in the
guardhouse since August. A recent
verdict Of court-martial which tried
him sentenced Corporal Myer to be
reduced to the ranks, to be confined
at hard labor for three months and
to forfeit $50 Of his pay.
The court-martial was little slow
and MySr escaped its Imprisonment
penalty, having been discharged in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
FALL KILLS TOMBSTONE
Famous Aviator Meets Death During
Flight at Denver.

Ralph Johnstone, the famous aHia-
tor, was killed during a flight at Den
yer, Colo.
tombstone was killed by drop of
500 feet with his aeroplane at Over
land park. He tried to remove his
helmet after he struck the earth cave
few short gasps and expired From
the time he lost control c. the ma-
chine until it struck + e earth, it
turned three complete nlersaults and
it is n question WI sther something
broke or whether the machine wRs
broken by the s. ain of these evolu-
tions before it atruck the ground.
Before the last breath of life had
departed from the mangled form u
horde of souvenir hunters fell upon it
and fought for ''mementos of the oc-
casion." The spoilers quarreled and
pulled and tugged among themselves
even ior the possession of the gloves
that had protected Johnstone's hands
from the cold.
These had been torn from his hands
by the first of the mob, but even more
heartless was the action OF one man
who, cheated Of other booty, tore q
splinter of the machine from John
stones body.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
Society Soldier Out at Fort Myer

the meantime. He was given an hon
orable discharge and the army knows
him no more.
Myer created the biggest sensation
the army has had for long time. He
tried to get into West Point, but was
barred by age, and from the naval
academy because Of his size Then
he enlisted in the cavalry, but that
did not cnit his liking and he trans
ferTed into the signal corps, where
he was promoted to be q corporal.
At Fort Ryer the dude soldier was
the envy OF his comrades and a par
ticular bore to his officers. After
hard days drill, or the attendance on
some other military duty, Corporal
Myer would go to his bachelor apart
mentr, have his valet rub him down
and then don the habiliments of n
society man. That night, perhaps, his
commanding officers would find him
in the same ballroom with themselves.
The youngster rode and walked with
the fairest of Washingtons bellies, and
had money to burn. He never did
anything to excite the anger of his
superiors except to play the dual role
Of soldier Gnd dandy. too.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25

EMHEN the small army OF architects
w and artisans has finished the
work now in progress on the Uni
ted States treasury building, the beau
tiful old structure will show the first
material change since 1859. Architec-
turally It still will represent a pagan
temple, indicating, many folk say, the
American peoples worship Of money
But visitors to the nations capital who
have not seen the treasury in 40 years
will find some changes for efficiency
and economy.
The nucleus Of the present building
located whore President Jackson, irri-
tated by the representation of con-
gress in choosing SITE put his hick-
ory stick down with thump and ex-
claimed, Put 'er there, On that spot"
will remain unchanged, but the double
stone staircase leading up to the colon
made on the Fifteenth street side has
been torn away. Architects said it
spoiled the beauty Of that side of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
Bill Of Rights.

The Declaration of Right-16SS-
S9-neXt to Magma Charta, the
greatest landmark in the constitu-
tional history of England, introduced
no new principle into the British
Constitution. Lord Macaulay says
of this famous document that though
it made nothing law which was not
law before. it contained the germ
Of every good law that had been
passed during more than a century
and half, of every good law which
might thereafter be found necessary
to promote the public veal. The
Bill of Rights was the reaffirmation
of Magma Charta with more empha-
sis.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
SENATOR CLAY IS DEAD
End Came Suddenly as Ne Was
COnVersing with Mis- Vile.

United States Senator Alexander
Clay died at Atlanta sanatorium, in
Atlanta, Ga, to which he was
taken ten days ago for special treat
ment. Senator Clay had been desper-
ately i'll for long time, but death was
not expected so suddenly. He had
sinking spells during the night, but
rallied and seemed better. He was
chatting with Mrs. Clay and his son
when he gasped and in moment was
dead.
Dilation of the heart is given as the
cause Of death. But it is understood
Senator Clay was afflicted with can
Ger Of the stomach He will be buried
at Marietta. Senator Clay was in his
57th year and had been in the United
States senate since 1896, having been
chosen to succeed Gen John 3. Gordon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
! CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
10000 oeeeeeescsesss

Mrs. N. P. Garfield, sixty-five years
old, 1117 Ashland boulevard, Chicago,
wife of P e. Garfield, chief clerk in
the Juvenile court, fell six steps down
the stairway in the Boston Store and
was dead when a doctor arrived. She
struck on the back of her head, suf-
fering severe cash, but the police
are undecided whether her death re-
suited from the fall or heart disease
Two men were burned to death and
dozen families fed scantly attlred
into the cold, when a fire destroyed a
barn at the rear of $50 West Forty
seventh street, Chicago. The men had
been sleeping in the hayloft, and
neighbors and firemen were unaware
Of their presence until their charred
bodies were found in the ruins.
George Schuchart, grocer. was shot
to death by an unidentified sssailant
in his store in Rochester, N Y. 1t is
believed by his family the murder was
done by some one who held a grudge,
not by a burglar. No money was
taken.
Edward Morris, forty-two years old,
head of real estate company of Seat
tie, Wash, died from the effects of
pistol wound believed to have been
accidently self-intlicted while he was
examining an old revolver.
S. II. Littlefield, proprietor Of the
Hotel Thomas at Lacon, was killed in
a runaway He formerly resided in
Chicago, where he owned consider
able property. Mr.. Littlefeld was six
ty-four years of age.
BY committing suicide in Chilli
cothe, Ohio, Edward Glasier,. who shot
and killed his wife at birthday party
in Lockland, suburb of Cincinnati,
ended futile search for him.
The last Of the seventy-nine victims
Of the Delagua (Col) mine explosion
was recovered, when the body of Da-
vid Bell, motorman, was removed
from the mine.
A trunk containing a human body
was found in the basement of ten
ement at 450 West 54th street, New
York. 1t had been in the basement for
eight years.
John Junke was killed and another
workman was badly injured in a pre-
mature explosion at the BrowneL In
provement company at Thornton, ILL.,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
Open SHOP is HIT
BY SAMUEL COMPERs
DTelIS on Justice eeft's Blel-
sion In Annual Report

Samuel Gompers, the well known
pr dent of the American Fedora
tif of Labor, devotes large part Of
Liz annual report, made to the thir-
teth convention of the federation at
st Louis to an attack on court in
functions. Mr.. Gompers criticises Su-
rreme Cous Justice Goff for the open
shop decision made during the gar
ment workers strike, and slaps at the
Sixty-First congress for failing to limit
the injunction power OF the courts.
After calling attention to the growth
CT the federation, in this country and
elsewhere, and denying that trade
union is narrow, Gompers takes up
Justice Goff's open shop decision.
While this judges action in this
case is not taken seriously, either by
the press or by the public" said Com
pers, ut served to indicate the neces-
sity that exists for a statute restrain
ing the abuse of power by judges, fed.
eral and state, particularly in the is
suance of injunctions by which the lib
critics of the citizens, when these citi-
Zens are wage carriers, are outrage
ously invaded and denied. 1t is not
amiss here to call attention to the
fact that if workmen may be denied
by injunction, or by any other process
the right that they desire to secure
the union shop; if they may be re-
strained by an injunction from strik-
ing in sympathy with their fellow
workers; if they may be enjoined from
striking for any reason whatever, the
differences between the so-called free
workmen and the workmen who must
yield obedience to their masters
slaves-has gone. The reason for slave
holding is to compel men to work"
President Gompers tells the fedora
tion thrt Justice Goff's decision was
in the isce OF the highest judicial au-
thority ir the land. Then he takes ND
congress, which he blanes for fail
ing to limit the power Of injunction.
President TAFT was willing to oblige
labor he says, but ongress was too
weak to pass law.
He says that there are now three
suits for damages pending IN the fed
eral courts under the Sherman anti
trust law. They are Loewe & Co.,
against the United Hatters Of North
America A. STEINER against the Shirt
Waist Workers and the Ladies Gar
ment Workers unions and others, and
c. w. Post against the officers of the
American Federation of Labor, the Of
ficers of a number of affiliated orgRni-
zatoins and the new management Of
the Bucks Stove and Range company.
The annual report Of Secretary Nor
rison says that there were 1861
members at the close of the fiscal year,
Sept. 30, 1910, a gain of $4,000 over last
year, but 100000 smaller than their
biggest year, 1904. The federation has
a reserve fund of $1S3,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
DEFEAT CARTER IN MONTANA
Will Be Succeeded In Next Federal
Senate BY Democrat.

Thomas H. Carter, senator from
Montana, will be succeeded in the next
federal senate by a Democrat, the Of
fetal canvasses completed having re-
suited in a net Democratic gain of two
members, one each in the house and
senate Heretofore, these had been
claimed by Republicans on unofficial
returns.
There are three candidates for the
senate as Carters successor. T. J.
Walsh, a wealthy lawyer; W. G. Con-
rad, a millionaire banker and mining
man of Helena and supposedly w. A
Clarke, the Butte mining magnate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
POLICE FIRE SHOTS
IN TAILOR'S STRIKE
Garment Workers In Chicago
Indulge in RIoi,ng.

street rioting in Chicago broke
out with renewed vigor in the garment
workers strike at various industrial
centers about town, and the police had
their hands full in checking disturb
ances.
Shots were fired in a riot at 1853
West Twentieth street, where 500
strikers attacked a factory. Police
were called and We're attacked by the
strikers on their arrival. The officers
retaliated by discharging their revol-
vers at the mob.
The mob fled, but twenty-six persons
were arrested.
One of the biggest riots occurred in
The downtown district, outside of 1856
Dearborn street, where the strikers
gathered in hundreds and attacked the
nonunion garment workers.
Five hundred men and women gath
cred at West Adams and Sol..h Hal
sted streets, marched south to jackson
boulevard, and then east past the
many tailoring concerns. The strik-
ers resumed their old tactics of blow
ing horns and whistles in front of the
shops in the hope of inducing the non
union men and women to quit work.
Twenty etrillers, mostly women,
boarded a Larrabee stret car at Chica-
go avenue and, recognizing several
nonunion tailor-shop employees, set up
on them and dragged them from the
car.
A panic ensued. In this men, women
and children were trampled upon and
riot calls were sent to the police The
pickets were aided by 300 striking
garment workers, men and women.
Many cars were boarded by pickets.
The police used their clubs in dis
persing the crowds. Many of the men
strikers were beaten, suffering contu-
sons of the head and face
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
Biz Job to Fill the Supreme Bench

Democrat, appointed from Illinois, has
died, and Justice Moody, a Republic
an, of Massachusetts, has resigned
because Of ill-health, and President
Taft will have to ill those two va
cancies.
In addition to judicial fitness, poll
tics and geographical qualifications
must be considered. Moreover the
president is brought face to face with
o task which will be of tremendous
Importance to the United States for
the next generation. With political
beliefs changing over night and great.
er zeal in governmental supervision
being urged by the dominant party,
the court which President Taft must
reconstruct will pass on all the
changes in the organic laws of the
United States which may be made by
congress.
The problem will not be solved
for the public until after congress
meets, as it has been definitely an
nounced at the White House that no
judicial appointments would be sent
to the senate until the Monday fol-
lowing the reconvening Of congress.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
STATEMENT BY ROOSEVELT
Former President Gives Out First
Word on Recent Elections.

The following statement by Theo-
Gore h seselt, his first comment since
the recent election, occurs in the forth
coming Issue OF Outi.sk:
"On every hand, persrpally and by
correspondence, | have been aslted to
make a statement regarding the I. q.
ton.
so far as I am concerned, l have
nothing whatever to add to or to take
away from the declaration of the pTin-
ciples which | made in the Ossav at
omie speech and elsewhere, east and
west, during the last three months.
"The fight for progressive popular
government has merely begun, and
will certainly go on to triumphant
conclusion in spite of initial checks
and irrespective of the personal sue
cess or failure of individual leaders"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
LEAKEsvLE, GREENE 25 1870
Gibraltar in Manila Bay

present the most picturesque 80 we'll ~
the most complete set OF fortincations
Uncle Sam possesses. Stretching
across the mouth OF the harbor are a
series OF Islands. The largest OF these
lslands and the one which Will be used
as base OF supplies for the others is
CorreSidor, from which the hrkt hostile
gun WAS directed against Admiral Dew
ey'r feet In 1925 On CorreEidor the
army iE inntallinE "a company post
Warehouses OF = capacity 10 contain
supplies for 2 whole year for 10000
men have been built This islsnd is
considered islprsgnable FROM the ssa
side
But the most interesting Of all tao
islands is the El Fraile, Mt present =
tiny rock rising In q pinnacle $50 feet
above the bay. The shape OF the island
Will, as stated, be changed by means
OF steel and concrete walls which will
extend below the water line, TO resem-
bls the hull OF battleshlp. No gee
tiN OF the island ground will be ex-
posed to fire. 1t will be surrounded
and covered over by steel and concrete
walls about fifty feet thick Oh the
sides and almost solid steel on the top.
On the surface OF this deck" two tur-
rets VIII be placed, each turret con
tanning two 14-inch guns. Besides the
four large guns, four si1-inch rapid
fire rifles VIII be placed In embrasures
at the seaward end, and like batteries
Of small guns will be placed at other
points Of advantage. Quarters Will be
provided for only sufficient number
of men TO work the guns and machiu-
cry. The cost OF this powerful little
fortress the most dangerous fort Of It's
size on earth, Will be $4,000, 900, guns.
walls, turrets and all.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25
T0LsT0I AS DUKH0EOR?
Reported He Will Go TO Canada and
Join Religious Fanatics.

4 dispatch received in London from
St Petersburg says that it is reported
that, after brief stay in monastery
Tolstoi will proceed to Canada to join
the Dukhobors
The Dukhobors' headquarters in Can
nda is at Veretfn, Saskatchewan. The
members are fanatical rect who seek
the Messiah on the northwestern
plains OF Canada, marching stark nR-
ked. They follow some Of the teseh-
ings and theories Of TolEtoi sx to So
cfaliam and the utter abandonment Of
all forms Of living which family sp-
prnch luxury.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25

Hamnerstein's new opera house
is the civic pride.
There are 1S1 doctors signs IN six
blocks Of Chestnut street.
row of black men washing a
row of white marble doorsteps gives
fine effect in chiaroscuro.
There are not nearly so many sky
scrapers as in Buffalo; except in a
few buildings the elevators run only
when you ring for them.
The sidewalks are brick as New
York's were hundred years ago.
There are still some open sewers in
the middle of the streets. On wash
days they run full and visibly soapy.
The Schuylkill water is always
muddy. Part of the city now has a
fltering system. The rest buys
spring water.
There are almost no larger-beer
saloons. There are no French and
Italian restaurants. There are only
few hotels.
The many lighthouses in Fair
mount Park along the Schuylkill are
Dullt SOIldly or stone.
Most of the dwellings are Of red
brick and nearly all small. DR..
Weir Mitchell in his new novel calls
Philadelphia The Red City" A
fair house in fair quarter rents for
$25 a month.
Negro children attend all the pub
lie schools and the white people send
theirs to private schools when they
can raise the money.
A New Yorker can find more
things different in Philadelphia than
in Chicago or Denver.
The men average taller than in
New York; there is less immigration
of the small races.
Family and descent are taken
seriously. Money will not buy So
cial position-not at once.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-25

THE seven Justices Of the Supreme
L court of the United States, led by
the venerable Justice Harlan, called
on President Taft the other day to pay
their respects. This annual call Of
courtesy reminded the president of a
duty which is uppermost in his mind
and occupying it almost to the ex-
clusion Of any other consideration, for
the president is called upon to re-
model the highest tribunal in the land.
The president has appointed two
justices already-Hughes in place of
Brewer, who died, and Lurton in place
of Peckham of New York, also dead.
These deaths removed a Republican
and a Democrat, and their successors
were Of the same political faith.
Since then Chief Justice Fuller. a