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Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
FLA SH
 WHEN PICKS HIT ROCK
Lack in Gas Main on Naco Road Causes Display
 of Fireworks

Pyrotechnics flashed. fickered and fared on Naco Road yesterday. lt was necessary to bring out the hose and wet down the street. md finally to drown out the flames that cane from the ground. lt was not a very lengthy display. but was lively while it lasted. and would have been bril- liant had it occurred at night.
 On Thursday the B l. company located the whereabouts Of a leak in the main on Naco Road near the Ari- zona Bar. If a bar was sunk in tho earth and a match thrown down, q anne at once arose. Yesterday the work Of reaching the leak started While it was In progress sparks fly ng from the picks when they struck stones would ignite the escaping gas and as the lmk was reached a big blaze was occasioned in the street Then came the drenching out. Later the leak was repaired
 It is thought that the leak checked yesterday was one of the important ones referred 10 in ian article in this paper yesterday morning.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09

Don't overlook tho big sale of 5ot- elry Mark ?. John. the Jewelryman, Lowell
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
GHOST EXCUSE FOR NO RENT
Story Told of Alleged Haunted House
 At Balhsm

An amazing ghost story was told Ut the Wordsworth County court be fore Judge Harrington when Thomas Henry WrCnsted of Queen Victoria street, sued William Atkinson of Borough Road, s F. for el0 l3 8. 4d., rent due in respect Of a house in Cathles Road, EalHgm
 Mir Hanne, solicitor for the plain tin, said that a very curious defense had been put in, the defend nJ oh- jecting to pay rent for the premises because, he said the house was haunt cd by an old gray headed man. The defendant left the house and declined 10 pay after taking the premises for twelve months.
 The Judge to Mrs. Atkiusou-Was this old gentlemen very disturbing to yCu2 We lived there some months and it was a matter Of impossibility to remain there.
 Mir Hanne read a letter from Mrs. Atkinson to the plaintin in which the former stated that iJ was impossible to live in this house. it being haunted by Ian old gray headed man. Some noises we have heard, continued the letter. give us no rest We have tried all the rooms to sleep in, but they are all alike. Big bangs come at the hdId of the bedstead and wake us up. One of my daughters had her face slapped One night some brass rails were flung across the room There are terrible Nsngs and the head of the bed and pstteriug up and down stairs. Our dog whiues and it is very restless. Last week he was let loose the lack door vtIs open and the d-E was admitted to the house. by whom we do not know. Our nerves are al. unstrunE, and we cannot live in it any longer. Our experiences have been something dre dful Tie shad- ows of man and a woman have been seen by mere than one person.
 The Judge-Has the landlord in- vestigated all these appar. .tionse
 Mir. Hanne-iIe says that be has never heard about these mysteries and noises before.
 The judge said that plea of ghosta could not be a successful reason for not paying the rent, and gave a yer dict against the olendant.-London Post
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD

A union lodge of machinists has recently been insrtuted in Havbn and one in Haiti.
 Cleveland, o. paperhangers. are dis cussing the proposition of declaring war on the piecework system.
 In the factories Of Switzerland the predOminate hours are nine and one. h2lf to ten, on Saturdays one hour less.
 There are at present. fifteen inter national organizers in Minneapolis, Aim, and at least half a dozen Of them will remain there indefinitely
 New York s wage earners number 1,400,000 of which the workers in fic- tories lead all the rest with a total ol 600.0O0. The store clerks are next in line with 100000
 The members of the British Steel Shelters union have voted largely in favor Of move for the eight-hour day. and the officials of the union have asked for a conference with ehe employers to discuss the demand.
 The Michigan State Federation of Labor has added about one hundred new affiliations the last year and it appears now as il this federation will soon be the foremost in line of state feGerat'ons. both in number and ac- tivity
 Last year there MS paid for the relief of the unemployed members of trade unions, cut of the funds in the union treasuries, not less than S500, u00. This expenditure does not in- clude several millions of dollars paid n strike and lockout benefits.
 The carmens union of Oakland and Richmond, Gulf, as a result of a re- cent referendum vote, have decided tO consolidate under one charter This will. ft is said, give the union the largest membership Of any organiza- on Of carmen in the United States
 4 bin passed by the New York leg islature amending the labor law went into effect recently. It is de signed to provide better sanitary con ditions in bakeries. lt classes bak- er.es as factories and places them un- der the jurisdiction of the state labor commission.
 Out of every thousand of those
 
 wcrk in dusty quarters, five die of consumption, according to German of- Gcial figures, whereas HnOng those who are not exposed to the action of dust, only two out of a thousand die Of the disease named.
 Twenty five co-eds are working as domestic servants to pay their way through a four year course at the Uuiversity of Missouri, at Kansas City. One farmers daughter goes out and does washing, and fourteen amuse children while the5r parents are away from home, lt i5 cents an hour.
 Labor in Turkey is growing dear owing 60 emigration and to urgent calls for hands 10 work upon the country roads which the Turkish gov crUment builds, upon railroads and in factories. Carpenters and br.ck- 'yers, who only two years ago re ceiyed sixty to eighty cents a day, loW get sl to S1.2e in CoustantinOpie.
 The Arbitration court in Melbourne Australia, has announced it's decis. on lR the dispute between the seamen and the steamship companies. The aN,rd grants the sailors an eight-bcur day. and fixes the wages of able bodied seamen at $40 a month. This it s calculated. means for the ship owners an increased expense Of S200,- 900 year and, to compensate them solves. they intend 10 raise the freight rates and passenger fares.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
Idea Advanced in Letter to Review Finds Many In Sympathy With the
 Movement
OFFERS TO JOIN HIM
 COME IMMEDIATELY
Only Commentator of Move ment for Merry Christ mas to All Can
 Be Heard

When A. Good Fellow stated in his letter that was published in the Re view yesterday that there were many good fellows in Bisbee. more than in the ordinary community. he knew whereof he spoke. Yesterday good fellows were to be heard on every side commenting the suggestion made by A. Good Fellow that all Bisbee should have a Merry Christmas and that it was up to- the good fellows to see that there were no empty stockings and hence no unhappy child ren in the Warren District when Christmas morning comes. Volunteers immediately made their appearance and promised to see to the wants of unfortunate little ones, some of one, some of two and others of more Be fore noon there had been four Of these good fellows 10 notify the Re view that they endorsed the project suggested in the letter and were will ing to do their part. As the day went by still others volunteered and when night had fallen an excellent start. a fine impetus had been given 10 the movement that A. Good Fellow had started with his letter
 Plan Wins Quick Support
 About town there was to be heard a general voiciug of approval and representatives Of The Review were congratulated for the stand the paper had taken in offering it's as sIstance in all possible ways. The idea Of keeping the names of givers and recipients unknown 50 far as possible was one that vas especially Fns the breadwinners have nll that they can do to keep a roof overhead, to feed hungry mouths, to clothe little bodies So that the children may attend school, where there is never a nickel left for luxuries, where the idea of Q Christmas day. with presents for the tCddling tots is simply not to be con sidered Tn these families, there is generally a feeling of pride. Those parents could not think of accepting or permitting their children to ac- Cept public charity. Should they do SO they would lose the self respect which sustains them l. is children in such families as these where the opportunity for the Good Fellow lies. lie alone win know that he has played santa Claus to these children. The parents will know who the friend of their children was and best of all will have the knowledge that no one else knows who he was or whom he befriended There is nOth- ing that can hart their pride and much 10 encourage their honest and heroic efforts. In this will lie tho true holiday spirit. the spirit Of Christ and the spirit of Christmas. There are other families even more hopeless. where the conditions of childhood are even harder Here Good Fellow is absolutely needed.
 Promises Much Happiness
 It is conceded that the idea will mean that Christmas in Bisbee will be the brightest and best seen since
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
 DEC CEM2ER

l60S-John Milton, the great English poet, born Died Nov S,l674. i6il--Sir Anthony Van Dyke, famous Flemish painter, died Born March 22. 1899 l786-S.erra Leone foundAd as an asy sum for Gastitrte negroes from the West Indies end the UniJed States. ioZ3-Peruvians achieved independ ence hy defeating the Span iards at Ayacucho. ls4l-Through train service establish ed hesween Bost0n and AL hany
 iobt-I he Confederate congress pass. ed tn admitting Kentucky Co the cOnfederacy. lsif-Ezra Cornell. founder. nf the Cornell University, d.ed. Born Ian. IT, 1907. lse--Gcrmany and England joined in naval demcnst. tion against Venezula.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
PRICE FOR LOTS IN
 CEMETERY IS FIXED
Council Meets and TranSaCts Business of Month Bryan
 Sends ResIgnati0n

Once more there is vacancy in the city council Last night at the adjourned meeting of that body the resignation of T. s Bryan was pfe- sented and accepted. After month 8 service he had found that matters hlc unexpectedly arisen which prevented his further service. fJ nov degolves upon the council to i'll vacancy in the second ward.
 In addition to this. the reports were received from the various com mittees and officers, 0. 8. Thomas was appointed sexton of Eyerg. cen cemetery, the rates for lots and in terments were determined upon. four old franchises were revOkeds and routine business transacted.
 After the reading Of the minutes last night J Bowen appeared be fore the council. and in behalf ot the livery stables asked a reduction of licenses, stating that they were pay ing more in proportion than any otn- CT business. except perhaps saloons. Later this matter was taken up aud tabled until the next meeting.
 The finance committee reported bills ordered uaid amounting to Sf. 159.51. Of which S2,G00 was sewer bend interest Later the marshal re- ported receipts of St,966.SS.
 Progress Of street work wls report A. and the question of necessity or sprinkling in the winter was brought up as some taxpayers had complained it was unnecessarily doae. The opinion of the aldermen was that it preserved the streets by pre- senting the formation of chuck holes Progress in iay>ng the fire main up Wood Canyon was reported as 500 feet of work done.
 Vital statistics showed last month seventeen births and seven deaths, one case Of scarlatina and two Of typhoid being reported
 The police judge reported fifty cases for the month and SSz1.50 re ceiyed in fines.
 Twenty-Five out of t%enty-scyen sa Icons have made deposits for the city licenses and filed applications which were favorably acted upon
 The city attorney reported that he mad the complaint against t.e B. l. company ready for vertfcaticn by the mayor. lie also reported tho or dinance for the revocation of fran chises of four companies reported last month. This ordinance was passed.
 Other business being disposed of ihe cemetery matters were brought up A rate Of slO for lots for adults and s for children was decided upon, with $l0 for the charge for opening a grave and S15 for disinterm Ht Lodges pay the same rate as iudivid- uals in the particular plots assigned 10 them. The salary of the sexton was fixed at S90 per mCa1h. and free rent of a five room house, and ave gplications for the position read. A Vote resulted in the selection Of O.. B. Thomas, which closed the busi ness or the session.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09

Mule Gulch became a camp and then grew into the City Of Bisbee. Good Fellows will have the full joy of giv- ing, the happiness of knowing that they have frightened life for some little child or children, for one or more of 'the least or these" On this all are agreed and The Review is con iident that there will be no Jack Of Good Fellows 10 take advantage Of the opportunity offered
 The Secretary of the charity board has only just begun to prepare the list which will be needed IL has been started an al the very outset numbered nineteen children of Amer hcan parentage. That number, alas will grow for it is to be regretted that there are many more Besides these, there are the children Of for. eign percentage wku will feel just as happy as the American youngsters st a visit from old Saint Nick.
 The Review will be glad to receive a notification from any Good Fellow, be that good fellow man or woman relative 10 the supplying of presents for one or more children and will speedily forward the names of those V hom each good fellow will furnish with Christmas joys.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
Helpinn Her Out

Why didn't you get a younger tur kcyg demanded her husband
 T told the dealer that l was rath.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
COPPER QUEEN MINES
 WILL CLOSE TUESDAY
Work Goes on Tomorrow and Change Day Is Delayed
 But Payday Advanced

Tuesday will be a holiday in the mines of the Copper Queen company. Work will go on tomorrow as on a week day. Monday will be pay day and Tuesday will be change day. This was the announcement amade yes terday, and # was along the Nnes of the plans outlined in The Review or yesterday morn tHg. It delays change day two days, gives a holiday CD Tues day instead Of Sunday, and advances pay day one day.
 When the election 6ay plans of the company were decided upon. plans for Christmas were also taken up and settled. In the latter instance wolS will go on the day before. Sunday as on any week day, and instead Of laying oT Sunday, the lay-of will be on Monday. and miners may thus spend the holiday at home with their families or with their friends
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
The FstefuI Crit eism

You've spoiled the sale Of my nev novel,
 'Wtit's the matter
 Ton reviewed it under the head. ing Recent Books, and tho printer made it read Decent Books instead. 7 Judge.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-09
unlrcrcal Nchlcle.

Out O. the ae-opiane at last has come toe ua.yeFsal yehicle-oee that flies. trgud,es znd sw--ns. says Ar graft
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29
.BALl!KE|D BY POLICE
OVER 200 WOMEN ARRESTED ~
ATTACK IN L PARLIAMENT. q
sunraqsttes Determined TO- Introduce
Resolution Are Dis
II persed.

London.-The suffragettes Of Lon
don made their promised assault on
parliament and were repulsed BY a
large force of police, after they had
done considerable damage by stone
throwing. II
For time the police withstood the
attack OF the women and prevented
them from entering the house OF com.
mons. More than 200 women were ar.
rested. There were many minor cas-
ualties, the women resisting the po-
lice bitterly and forcing them to use
their clubs.
Thousands Of women resorted to
desperate tactics. picking up stones
and hurting them ut government build
ings. Hundreds Of persons were
struck by the flying missiles, and in
some cases injuries were severe.
Hundreds Of windows were broken.
not alone in the government Offices,
but In nearby residences.
The situation grew 80 menacing aft
{er the window smashing was begun
that the police reserves we're called
out. and as they came dashing upon
the scene In patrol wagons the crowd
scattered and inside half an hour had
dispersed. {33 q
The demonstration was planned
against the manhood suffrage bill
which now 10 in a fair way Of passing
parliament.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29
HALT. B | TRIAL. !.
NEW DELAY is WON ~ PACKERS
IN TRUST TRIALS At
CHICAGO.
HABEAs CORPUS HELD VOID
Government Scores Victory Through
Decision Of Judge kohlsaat That
He Has No Jurisdletlon In Matter
Of vvrit-Dsfsndant nsmandsd.

Chicago delay Of two days In
the starting Of the criminal trial
against them was secured by counsel
for the packers indicted for violating
the Sherman antitrust act.
The delay was granted by Judge G..
G. kohlsaat in the United States cir.
cult court after the defendants had
been defeated in efforts to make ef.
fective writ OF habeas corpus. An
appeal to the United States Supreme
court was allowed by Judge Kohlsaat
After deciding to .quash the writ Of
habeas corpus and ordering the de-
PENDANTS remanded to their sureties,
Judge Kohlsaat agreed to delay for
NAL entry Of his decision and order
for two days. This. 1t is asserted. will
postpone the opening Of the criminal
trial Of the packers long enough to
permit the indicted men to get their
appeal to the United States Supreme
court, before they automatically accept
Jurisdiction in the district court by ap-
pearing at the trial there.
James Sheean Of special counsel for
the government. made sharp objection
to this delay.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29
STANLEY PRoBERs SIT AGAIN
House Committee Resumes lts Investl.
!. cation Of the United States Steel
Corporations Dolnqs.


Washington.Entirely independent
of the governments suit to dissolve
the United States Steel corporation.
the so-called steel trust. the Stanley
investigating committee Of the house
resumed it's hearings here and began
to examine some Of the biggest figures
in the steel industry.
It 10 learned that the committee
hopes to unearth sufficient additional
evidence against the steel trust to
force the attorney general to file an
amended petition against this giant
industrial concern. The Democratic
claim that the depart
ment Of justice has already stolen
their thunder in filing the original
petition and that the Stanley commit.
tee IL entitled to credit for the action
against the steel trust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29
BOOM FOR GOOD HIGHWAYS
Roads Congress- At Richmond. Va
Favoro culiom's Measure-May
Receive endorsements Of Meet.

Richmond, Va.-The poston1ce de.
partment's interest in highway I'm
provement was made evident at
the good roads congress by Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General p. ".
DeGraw. who came representing
Postmaster General Hitchcock Mr..
DeGraw is the active head of the ru-
raj free delivery system, whose car
riers travel 4O0.O0OOoo miles over
country roads each year.
Senator Cullom's bill for the con-
struction Of seven national highways
between washington. D. c.. Buffalo.
Seattle. San Francisco, San Diego.
Austin and Miami will probably re-
ceiye the unanimous Endorsement Of
the convention.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29
JOHN D. EYES STEEL QUIZ.
George w. Murray, Counsel for Oh
Maanats, Attends Inquiry Into
Alleged Trust.

Washington, D. c. George w. MUIR
ray of New York. counsel for
John D. Rockefeller, appeared at the
inquiry into the United States Steel
corporation BY the Stanley committee
Of the house of representatives. Elk
pectation of testimony involving in
terests OF Mr.. Rockefeller in Lake Su-
perior ore regions was responsible for
Mr.. Murray's appearance.
Testimony relating to q loan Of H.
0OO, 900 from Rockefeller by Alfred
and Lennias Merritt Of Duluth to de-
velop ore lands and Of q subsequent
foreclosure had been forecast by mem.
bers OF the committee. Charles H.
Martz Of st. Hilaire. MINI. the first
witness before the committee testi-
Ned that he made the original survey
for the Duluth, Mesaba & Northern
railroad and that the road was built
for the purpose Of developing the
Mesaba iron ore range.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29
TELLS OF PATTERSON KILLING
Eye Witness Describes How Woman
Shot Her Husband IN Denver
Death. Penalty 10 Asked.

Denver, Colo.-Evidence tending to
prove that the killing Of her husband
by Mrs. Gertrude Patterson on Sep.
TENDER rs was cold-blooded murder
was introduced by the prosecutions at
the trial Of the slayer.
A. B. Shugert, q carpenter. living
near the scene Of the shooting, testi-
ned that he was working about the;
yard OF his. home when he heard two
shots fred in rapid succession. Wit
ness said that he saw Mrs. Patterson
shoot her husband the third time.
after his attention had been attracted
by the first two shots.
".He was on his hands and knees.
I called out to the woman to stop"
He ran towards the couple. when he
reached them the man was lying on his
face and the woman was STOPPING
over him.. Mrs. Patterson then ran
and entered the Hendrie home. where
she was arrested when the police ar
rived. 1.-THE man was still gasping. i
spoke to him, but he could not reply.
I turned him over and found a revolt
yer under his body"
In opening the case Prosecutor. Ben.
son made only short address. He
told the jury the state would prove
the murder was premeditated and UNI
provoked and that the state asked for
first degree conviction and the ex-
IRENE penalty provided by law.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29
CAN5ANsNERCHARIG|E
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER INVITED
TO TAKE STAND IN STEEL
s TRUST PROBE. 4 h;
MERRlTTs WERE FROZEN OUT
OIL Kings Almoner 10 Also Bidder to
Reply to Story Of Alleged
Fleeing Of Duluth
:, Men.

Neutrality-suspicious. D. Rockefeller
and his almoner, Rev, F. D. Gates OF
Montclair, N. j., will be invited by the
house committee Of inquiry into the
United States Steel corporation to re-
ply to testimony given by Alfred Mer-
rift and his brother Leonidas of Du-
luth, MINI.
The Merritt brothers charge that
Rockefeller, through Gates as his
agent. took from them in 1893 SO. 0OO.-
900 in Mesaba Iron mine and Duluth,
Missabe & Northern Railroad securi'
ties to satisfy call loan of 100000
These securities were afterward SOLD
to the United States Steel corporation,
and are now part Of that corpora
tons vast holdings.
After Leonidas Merritt had testified
that he had gone to New York with
81, 900. 900 in securities, had met Mr..
Rockefeller and two months later had
nothing except a 'chance to walk from
New York to Duluth on the ties" the
steel committee had an executive ses-
sion. 81.
Previously Chairman Stanley had
announced that Mr.. Rockefeller would
be subpoenaed. The committee de-
cided, however, merely to ask Mr.
Rockefeller and Mr.. Gates II they
wished to appear and to give them an
opportunity to be heard.
Leonidas Merritt. on the witness
stand, said that he had gone to New
York and had an interview with John
D. Rockefeller relative to the forma-
ton Of the Lake Superior Consolidated
Iron Mine company, which the Mer-
ritts were forming to take care of
their mining and railroad interests.
Speaking of the interview, Merritt
said Rockefeller said he would be
proud to be my, partner and hacker.
He also said that he never Sspeculated.
and for that reason would not take
any stock in the consolidation. He
would Just keep the bonds in the pro-
posed Lake Superior Consolidated
Iron Mine company that we were or
ganizing." Then the Merritts were
frozen out.
The committee adjourned, probably
not to meet again until after congress
Econvenes, when the objection Of the
Steel corporation to continuance OF
the hearings because Of the govern
ment suit against the steel trust will
be taken up by the full committee.