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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
ADDRESSES FIXED
BY NIKE CLERK
EXPERT IN SENDING IMPROPER
" ADDRESSED LETTERS
TO DESTINATIONS.
MANY POSTAL PUZZLES SEEM
EASY SOLUTION AT
LAST.

How does Uncle Sam manage to
deliver misdirected letters. and how
does he find letter that is lost?
Ask the NIKE clerk.
Mike clerks and NIKE mail are two
features of the great government
postoffice services with which the
public has little direct contact, but
which contribute materially to its
success. Mike letters are such let
ters as, by reason of defective or de-
ficient address, cannot Immediately
reach their destination; and NIKE
clerks, like surgeons in a hospital,
are those who cut off, Or add to,
straighten out, or readjust, the NAL
formation of the address and send the
letter on it's way.
How the Work is Done.
When a letter fails to reach its des'
tination-not more than one in 10000
does-and it is reported to the post
Office authorities, a thorough and rig
orous search is instituted as if the
crown of jewels of England had been
misplaced. 1t is done SO quietly, so
Systematically, however, that often
the complainant does not know how
it is brought about.
A blank-form 1510-iS sent to
person whose letter has gone astray,
and after he has answered all the
questions, his activities cease. This
blank then goes automatically to the
held for postage department" the
general delivery department and the
dead letter department. If it is not
found in one of these, that fact is SO
stated that sticker attached to the
form sheet Then it is forwarded to
the place where the letter is supposed
to be delivered, and all this work is
repeated.
The chances are in favor of the let
ter being found before that time, but
if it is not. the form goes on to Wash.
mgton is renewed in the dead letter
office. Whatever the final result may
be, the complainant is notified and
the report becomes one of record.
Specialists In Addresses.
Most delayed deliveries, however,
are due to wrong or insufficient ad
dress and it is here that the NIKE
clerk gets in his fine work. At the
Madison office are a number of dis.
t1ibutors who know every prominent
citizen in Madison by name, his home
address and his business address, yet
would not recognize him if he walked
into the office If letter comes to
such person, with no other address
than Madison, they know where to
send it.
Trouble comes from letters bear
ing the name of a prominent man
here as addressee and given asresid-
ing in another city. Clerks also know
the prominent men in all cities for
hundreds of miles around. A letter
addressed to DR.. Philip Fox, Burr W.
Jones, or others of equal fame, at
Milwaukee, Beloit, GAINESVILLE or Wa
tertown, would come to Madison on
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
PERSONAL


Mrs Robert NJ. La Fnliet1e anu
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt were eject
I'd vice presidents at the child ooiF
ference at Clark university
p.ymaster General Eustace T..
Rogers. chief of the naval bureau '@l
washington. D. c., will be placed Oh
the retired list on his own appiioo
ton. + nm
Mrs William K. Vanderbilt went up
III c1;fford r. Harmon i'm his aero
nlane at MineoIa, L. i. The nlgn' ma'
a,,+ cbort because a spectator soI III
the way ,..+b
The condition of Queen Ellzaoetn
~ Ronmania Carmen SYLVIA VINO -
suffering from a severe attack Oh @p-
nendicitis, is reported as lmpfo"lhe'
The queen is in her slAty-se'eii'
year. s+or of
Tho Rev. R. W. Roberts, pastor u
.ba conversational church AT Eager
ton has received an appointment DIS
nonresident member OF the UnlVer-
si+,, extension lecture branch and HIS
euhiect will be astronomy.
Reports from London say that MIS-
Anthony ]. Drexel, Jr., who oeioie
her marriage a few weeks ago WAS
Miss Marjory Gould, is suffering from
an abscess in the ear, winch may
make a dangerous operation neces'
sary. ,:,
Miss Alice L. Webb, former NIL
waukee newspaper woman ana lol
five wears assistant editor OF the
news bureau of the University OF WIS.
consin, has been appointed editor OF
the news buream of the State Agrlcui
tural college of Oregon.
Lieutenant Colonel .. A. Watrous'
Milwaukee,; w. ]. Mckay OF Madlson
and the Rev. J. A. Collinge of Cllnton
were the speakers ait the Rock county
soldiers picnic at Beloit. Colonel
Watrous made defense OF the negro
and said the civil war advanced civil
ization for the race.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
CAUSE OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
Tire "Chance-Takers," According to
Master Mechanic Roesch.

Master Mechanic Roesch.
why so many accidents on our
railroads." The answer to this Ques-
ton is given by Master Mechanic F.
P Roesch of the EJ Paso and South
western railroad, in one word chance
takers" And he says enphaically
that the chance-taker must go; having
done away with our accidents. The
fundamental cause of railway sur
geons at their recent annual meeting,
is the human element. He gives an
honor list" of roads that did not
k IL single passenger during the last
fiscal year, but omits to mention the
Lackawanna, which has not killed one
in 10 years. We read as follows IN
Railway and Locomotive Engineer
ing
Mr. Roesch said that in former
years it was not uncommon to hear
the statement that in proportion to
the number of men engaged there We're
more fatalities on American railways
than in any one battle in the civil
war. At the pre~ent time railroads
afford greater safety to the passen-
gers carried by them than by any
other means of transportation
In support of this NJ. Roesch
pointed out that the Pennsylvania, the
Burlington, the Sante Fe and the
Chicago and Northwestern ran their
passenger trains for the year ending
June 80, 1909, without a single fatality
to pa sengers. In 1908 the New York
city street cars killed 444 persons and
injured $4,000. With regard to steam
railroads, very few accidents can be
set down to defective equipment.
Railroads are still striving to improve
conditions further by con;tantly adopt
ing, at enormous outlay and expense,
any new equipment or appliances
which have stood the test and are
proved to be efficient safety devices.
when one comes down to the only
phase of railroad operation that SO far
has been beyond absolute control, the
element of human fallibility stands
out as the primary cause of accidents
in SO cases ont of every 100. The
whole matter, therefore, in Mr..
Roesch's opinion, resolves itself into
a campaign of education. Everyone
connected with railroad work must be
, taught that he is a valuable cog in
the railway machine. and that any
failure on his part may jeopardize the
live; of hundreds.
"Mr. Roesch is emphatic in what he
says of how to deal with the man who
is habitually careless On this sub
iect Mr.. Roesch says: The chance
taker, regardless of position, NUT
be weeded out, and if he cannot
be brought to a realization of his re-
sponsibility in any other manner, then
statutory law should be enacted and
enforced, treating the proven chance,
taken through whose carelessness, IN
difference or neglect others have been
subject to injury, as a convicted Grim
inal, as much so as one who commits
a felonious assault.
when men can be taught to re-
aliZe that Indifference to the safety OF
others may in the course of events
some time place his own life or that
of member of his family in danger,
a longer step will have been taken
toward increased safety than all the
mechanical ann1ianceS that con socci-
bly, be dopted.--Literary Digest.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

aviation meet here were productive OF
very remarkable flying by the mono
planes. Leblanc, with a Bleriot ma
chine, beat the worlds record for 1UU
kilometers t62 miles), covering the
distance in one hour, sixteen minutes
and eleven seconds. He also estaD-
lished new records at 80, 40 and 50
kiloneters. Morane, also using a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
FALLS AGAINST SAW.
Mill Workman Has Head Nearly
Severed From Body.

Marinette, Wis, July 12-Edward
Douche, employed by the Merryman
Manufacturing company, stepped ON
platform in the sawmill just as it
started to move and hurled him
against band saw. The saw pene-
trated the back of his neck to the
spine and just under the brain and
went through mis- arm to the shoulder
blade. If the carriage had gone 6
inches further, he would have been
cut in two. He is expected to recov-
er.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

Gus injury when his horse ran away
and smashed his buggy against a
lamp post at Louisville, KY Fred
Yourg, boiler maker, started TO
walk home only to fail dying On the
ground from wound inflicted oy a
niece of glass. When the buggy struck
the lamp post the street lamp was
broken and a piece OF glass new out'
MERGING the jugular vein
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
PORTUGAL to lnerease rariff.

Lisbon, Portugal, July 12.-The gov
eminent is preparing a general revis-
ion of the tariff. 1t will double the
duties against countries which have
no commercial treaties with Portugal
and will increase them from 10 to 80
per cent. against others.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14
ElkS in Reunion.

Detroit, July 9.-The national re-
union of the Elks opens today. A
delegation of 800 Elks arrived yester-
day from st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-14

On petition of the International Pa
per company Federal Judge Colt ap-
pointed John Norris of New York and
Charles F. Weed receivers of the
Boston Herald company.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

Hinton. March 27..-(SpeciaD- -
The meeting of the State Federation
Of Nomen's Clubs in their fourth an
nual session at Hinton was we'll at.
tended. The meeting opened Friday
morning with the vice president. Mrs
II. G. a. Washington, presiding, in
the absence of the president. Miss NJ
b. Jeffries, of Charleston. Devotion
al exercises were followed by intro
ductory remarks by Mrs. Washington.
What Good is tho Federation.
She said in part:
after any of these large meetings,
state or national, many inquire what
good is such meeting? What has it
done? AS this question: is tiresomely
repeated ii is pardonable to repeat
the answer. thugh it may be tire.
some TO some who do not need it.
The main purpose of these large
meetings is not for action. but for dis
cuSsiOn."
Tho Immediate function is to
bring together women otherwise
widely separated to discuss matters
OF vital interest to them and to the
world"
They just get together and talk"
protested the critics, just as though
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

that were not the initial step in hui
man progress
TO get together is essential in all
successful undertakings. To talk is
necessary preliminary to all collect
i've action. The primal step in dem
ocratic procedure is S9ust this getting
together and talking. What the talk
| results an depends "entirely- upon, the
character and earnestness of the per-
sons who come together to talk.
These women's meetings from the
smallest local club to the widest ma
tlonal federation have one large use
which underlies and stands above all
others, viz: by means Of the club.
women are awakening to the respon-
slDillty resting upon them as the
moulders Of nation. They are be-
ginning to study the problem before
them and realize not love alone but
love and skill must combine before
they can expect a masterpiece. They
| go home from these meetings with q
new and broader feeling of kinship
with one another, Of common interest
| IN common danger and a common
good. They better understand the
needs Of today and how to serve
| them. SO by improving our mother
citizens VIC gradually improve our
whole people"
| Business Session
All the officers were present at the
| opening Of tie meeting save the pres
lucnt, who was detained because Of
dutIcs at home until Friday evening
Methods Of housewives was the
subject Of practical paper by Miss
Susie Marks an energetic club woman
Of Montgomery.
The president then appointed the
val iOus committees and the rea1
work of the Federation was on il
I earne 81. --------.-.------
One Of The most inspiring parts OF
the morning session, was the report:
Of the different clubs. The activities
OF the various club women through
out the state are varied, but all re
ports, written and verbal, breathet
q spirit Of earncStness in their spirits
to be Of service in the elevation O.
the race.
The most important paper Of tn,
AFTERNOON session was that Of Mrs
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31
AIsCHBIsHO1"s ANNIVERSARY

Winnipeg, Man, March 3O.--Rep--
resentatives Of the Roman Catholic
church throughout Manitoba, Alber.
"a and Saskatche van joined in al,
elaborate celebration today OF the
afteenth anniversary of the. coDsecra-
ton OF the Most Rev. Louis p. A.
Langevin as Archbishop of St, poni.
face His Grace was the ce1ebrant
OF high mass In the cathedral this
morning and during the day he re-
ceived numerous congratulations.
Archbishop Langevin Is native OF
Quebec and was educated at Montreal
College and at the tsulpician Grand
Seminary in Montreal In 1893 he
came to Manitoba as Superior of the
Oblates in the archdiocese OF st. Bon.
race and rector Of st. Mary's
church III this city. Two years later
he was elevated to the archbishop.
ric.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

The low prices and easy terms up-
on which suburban lots may be Dur-
chased offer exceptional oDportuni-
ties to the Negro who really wants tc
better his condition, who would rear
his children in more beautiful sur.
roundings
Openings are becoming fewer every
day for the black man either TO bu,
OF rent in desirable localities With,
the r!tv proper. He cannot buy be-
cauS" prices are prohibitiVe: nor can
he rent, for tn" reason the dcmanC
OF the white tenants arc greater thar
Of houses. The result i,
that unpavcd alleys and streets in The
red light districts are the only ref
uge for the Negro. Good bows anC
: girls can not be reared in such en-
V1ronment5, where neither health no.
morality can be conserved
The Advocate holds no brief ia,
any real estate firm, nor has it an,
property it wishes to unload. It
only interest in the subject is tina
lts clientele may accept salvation be
fore 1t Is eternally too late. that il
readers may attain that independence
which comes to him whose name i
enrolled among those who pay taxes
Prices are not likely to be lower no
terms easier than now. On the con
trary, advances may be noted dali
and less desirable locations are bein
offered. Since nothing is to be gain
30 ed by further delay, would it not b
an act Of wisdom to make the frs
payment on lotnow?
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

qoesStoAssNAzclA their experience,
whoNTes61$6sl yRemselvss fnoapa
Bile of talking on sother subjects ant
some Of the talks were indeed touch
Ing and helpful to some struggling
! mother. k'M ..-
! The afteraoon session saturda,
was given toatReS completion OF the
rou tipS bIat4siNof the convention
and the igstaiMSn OF officers 70,
the ensuing years. =
F%tlertstaoh Strength,
The report sot the committee on
membership shows an awakening
among club women. More than two
third of all theclubs in the state rep
resented by letter. or delegates Twen-
~ Clubs sent deIegates--others sent
letters---some old clubs are awaken
ing and new Woman's Improvement
League from Bancroft knocked and
asked to be admitted that they might
join In the splendid work being done
by women's4 clubs, throughout the
state. AsE =. :
The State sESdsfStlon is four years
old and the delegation present at
the Hinton meeting represents an or
ganization OF more than five hundred
women ..tn ......
The Hinton club, Progressive
Daughters" Is byTfar the largest and
strongest financially In the state.
having raised more than Six hundred
dollars. "The Woman'sy Improve
ment League" OF Red Star, is next.
and for energy and interest cannot
than $3OCO0->fsTthe Loyal Union of
Charleston follows close with more
than, 81 90: - -, ~
These clubs have bank accounts
with which theyehepe to launch some:
charitable enterprise. =,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

10 arouse enthusiasm in the work Of
the Appalachian Good Roads <Asso-
cation which was organized last
October, q meeting of members or
the association and others Interested
In the good reads movement was held
here today. Reports Of progress
were received and discussed anu
plans considered for the construction
of improved highways between Char
lotte and Knoxville, GreenYille and
Nashville and Spartanburg and Ashe-
willie. 1t IS hoped to complete :, the
building Of all OF these highways
during the present year. -.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

While one must. pcrfOrce. question
the Judgment, he can not but admire
the nerve of the Maryland Democrats
who will have no more Of grand
father clauses and Understandings
requirements in their plans for the
have decided to fight the question
out on it's meritS-to disfranchise
Negroes simply because they are Ne
grOes.
THAT they have opened the very
pandora box of trouble there is no
denying. There will be a recurrence
of those discussions which strained
almost to the breaking point during
the last campaign, the relations be-
tween the races in Maryland. Nor
Will the agitation be confined to that
state, for the Republicans are said
to hail with delight the resurrection
OF the old sectional issue, Dlannin.
to make capita, out OF it in sections
where the Negro" vote must be reck-
oned with.
Thus again, the Maryland Negro
Is to be shuttlecOcked between tn,
parties to serve the purpose of de-
signing politicians. He is to be held
up to scorn and desided on the
one hand. and cajoled and sympa-
thized with on the other Whatever
at at l>~
tered. He will not be benefited by
having his virtues and vices paraded
every campaign before the public
gaze, nor is his temper improved by
his being elevated as scarecrow by
every demagogue who thirsts for
power.
Still. The Advocate is not Of those
who would regard disfranchisemen
along the line proposed in Maryland
as an evil out Of which no good can
come: It would furnish an opportn-
nifty to place the whole question
squarely before the Supreme Court of
the United States. Heretofore that
body has sidesteppped the issue as
being improperly presented for one
reason or another. With the except
ion of Justice Harlan, they have not
been able to see in the cases brought
before them that the petitioners were
denied the right to vote on account Of
race, color or previous condition Of
serFltude. Maryland'S proposed
method, eminent constitutional law
yers hold will be direct violation
of the Fifteenth amendment. So. ION
with the Dance Let us see what
sort Of foot work the court will use
In avoiding this blow to the consti
tuition.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

Mrs. S. w. Layton, of New York.
general secretary, of the National
League for the Protection of Colored
Women, arrived Saturday morning.
MIS- Layten had been invited sever
be exceiied. ThisiJ club. hos more
al months before fby the executive
board or the Federatto fn to he pffesent
and deliver the principal address Of
the meeting: AFTER, strenuous day
With business the. Federation closed
ITS afternoon session to. rest from its
labors and return refreshed to listen
% words of instruction and inspira,l
lon from Mrs. Layten. BY s o'clock
the hall was we'll filled and after 3
solo by Mrs. A. F. Davis, the Prest.
dent, Mrs. H. c. A. Wtashington, Miss
NJ. B ,Jeffries and the speaker of the
evening took their seats on the ros-
trum. Miss Jeffffries in a brief
speech introduced the speaker who
spoke for an hour and half on Do
mest1c service. Mrs. Layton is 2
national figure and it, is sufficient to
say that's she was UP to the expecta-
tlon., Mrs. Layten's subject was SO
different and new from that Of most
public speakers that-it struck a popli:
lar chord: H.: a..
Mrs, Layton said~itl part:
domestic Science. dis it is known
today is a despised and undeveloped
art---nobody wants it.. 1t is full Of
drudgery and has been considered
mental and degrading: Why? Be-
cause it has never been considered
worthy of investigation and develop
ment until recently, Disease and pes
| thence, has, foneedrmaH on the de-
fensive. His longevity has been de-
creasi1fg,s disease ha8 ravaged, and he
has: learned thr8hkh research that
4 by exteEnaI clsah1 fHess, h Yzisnic- pre-,
caution and the fitness of that which
IS taken internallggbtg may
be prolonged and his life heightened
1--WE have diselsSed the temper.
ance problem too Tong without in
Guiding the eating problem We arc
told by science that more people die
from disease resulting. from intern
perate eating than1from intemperate
drinking. The cook Will soon riva
the physician, and the competent ed
ucated cook will demand both re
spect and better pay. - ri .....
The man OF money, who fs dys
peptic will not stand upon the price
Of dollars with the educated >con1pe
tent woman who has some knowledge
or anatomy and needs of the human
BODY. She who can enter his home
select and prepare food that viii
nourish and keep the body well
thus preventing disease and sustain
ing condition that Will make a stronl
healthy mind, such a cook will never
lack job or. the legitimate price q
her services, Know We not, you
bodies are the temples OF God?" -.
'Cnti1 recently ; 1t was though
anybody who could keep chile
from tumbling out of'a baby carriagt
or could hum the child to sleep witt
a lullaby could be a Ghild's nurse, blu
the fallacy Of this, theory is at las
recognized. FamiItes"of culture am
wealth are now employing trafne
nurses. and re1aifihgyH high mora
standard. She who stands In tn
mothers place musf be OLA health
character, must understand child ne
ture and have sympathy WITH it, Sh
must be able to know health eondi
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31
COMMENCEMENT AT CARLISLE

Carlisle, Pa, March 30.-The ex-
-ercises and festivities of commence
ment week at the Carlisle Indian
school are on in full blast with many
Official and other visitors in attend
ance. Handicap track and field
sports, together with an exhibition
game of lacrosse, were held this
afternoon, The graduate exercises
will take place tomorrow.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

new religious sect out West is
called the Half Weekers because its
members believe in working only
half week. 1t can greatly increase
It's membership by travelling East
and changing it's name to Whole
Wcekcrs
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

1t is said that Champ Clark has
announced an increase Of 100 per
cent in lecture rates on the CHATEAU
qua circuit. in view Of his bright
prospects Of being Speaker Of the
next House. Thus the poor "ulti-
mate consumer gets 1t in the neck,
no matter who wins.
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Why Not Make Use of Your
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g. TO INCREAS 70 UR USEFI

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1t will especially
Know ana teach you privately and co Incidentally and WIZ tm
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We furnish text books and there
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Wsteach by Mail If know how
Send
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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

y Russian countess Is on trial for
numbering her husband. In the pri-
Vate opinion Of many American girls,
who have married titles, she ought to
be CannouiZcd, if found guilty.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

JeHerson Davis Of Arkansas. SAYS
history will DO justice to him. BY
eloquent silence
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31

In his searches among chilly Spots
on the earth'S surface, Peary has
made some Of his mott interestiu e
discoveries right in Washington,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-31
Federation OF WOman'S Clubs
LISTENS DISCUSSIONS
ANNUAL G.,


in
Mrs Layton
for the