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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-25
NIGER NAN SINGS PRAISES
Deelarcs Martins Rheumatic ana
Blood Elixir Saved his
Machine.

:. j. Martin.
Dear sir:-I write to inform you
that have. used yous remedy. Mar
tins Rheumatic and Blood Elixir.
have. been badly afflicted for Six years
with rheemetlsm and stomach trouble.
I have used many ditferent treatments
without any beneficial results. some
time ago ] began taking your Rheu-
matte and Blood Elixir and 1t has
surely done more than you claim for
!. Your medicine is all right, and
tske great pleasure in recommending
It to the public.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-25
EXCHANGE OF PU1P1Ts.

The Rev. w. NJ. Long will fill the
Christian church pulpit at Fairmont
tomorrow morning and night and
the Rev. 1. N. Grisco, Of Fairmont,
who is assisting the Rev. Mr.. Long
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-10-20

"Je n'avais jamais voulu don
ner aucun sirop a mes enfants,
mails all dernier je M suis deci-
dee de lui faire prendre du Sirop
du DR. Coderre ct j'en suis tres
%contente, parce qu'avec Get en-
FAINT j'ai eu beaucoup moins de
troubles qu'avec les autres.'
Nine A. BEAUREGARD,
10 Pond St., Woonsocket, RI.
Meres, quand vous souffrez vous-
memes, vous etes t%oujours heureuses
d'avoir du soulagement. Ainsi 81
votre enfant passe des NUTS sans
dcrmir ct a pleurer, c'est quill est
malade. Ne lie laissez pas souffrir
inutilement; donnez-lui du Sirop du
DR. Coderre. II ny en- a pas de, neil
leur; il ny en- a pas d'aussi bon,
mails il y a DIES limitations.
Meres, defiez-vous. Demandez, in
sistez, exigez que la signature, en-
rouge, du DR. J.. Emery Coderre, soft
sur toutes les. bouteilles.
En- vente chez tous les marchands
de remedies. Prix, Csc la bouteille.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-10-20

nombreux amis parmi les pauvres
de votre quarter; qu'on ma pas
peur de vous; que vous conaissez
la misere. Oh ne faites pas la
modesto, je sails qui vous etes.
Est-ce que vous ne lui indiqueriez
pas les malheureux a secourir dams
votre quarter, les vrais! On ne
vous refusera rien.
-Mais,m monsieur, c'est une mis-
sion 90.
Tout a votre honneur, made
moiselle, ct, remarquez-le, qui vous
permettrait d'aider, continent,
sans lie dire, DIES camarades mala-
DIES, on sans travail. II y DIES
souffrances, meme dams la mode
durant les mortes-saisons.
-Oui, dit Henriette, mails pour
quot moi?
-Je vais vous avouer qui vous
a d6sign6e a Nine Lemari6; ne
cherchez pas bien loin: c'est moi.
BIT je ne voudrais pas froisser une
personne CONNIE vous; mails il y a
longtemps que .je lie pense: vous
etes tres bonnie, vous etes mis6ri-
cordieuse....
I'm petit rire nerveux secoua
Henriette.
Moi? Par exempted! Expli-
ouaz-moi monsieur MOnrienx
Voyons?
Et, tout en- RANT, ellie consid6rait
avec une sorte d'anxi6t6, celui qui
formulate une id6e pareille, I'm ju-
cement sur elle-meme qui d6ja,
solvent, l'avait troubl6e. Est-ce
que d'autres ne lui parlaient pas,
CONSIGNMENT, CONNIE a une cr6a-
ture clue, qui Sc devait a on ne
salt quelle mission de piti6! Ellie
cut envie de Sc lever, de partir, de-
chapper, par fert6 de jeune file
inquiete de tout controle, par de-
pit 6galement contre cette vote de
sacrifice ct deception Oh l'on YOU
lait la pousser; mails la droite natu-
re Pemporta. Henriette ne Sc leva
pas. Et ellie Sc penchait 6mue
CONNIE 81 la destin6e allait lui par
Ter, ct ellie tendait son cou d6licat.
ct ses yeux quiluisaient sans mou-
vement.
Mourieux ne r6pondant pas tout
de suite, ellie reprit.
"a CoNTINUER)
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-10-20
FeuilIcton de lEcho de IOuest Is
De 9@W&@
@9M1l A4 |!\!n@
Feuillcton de rEcho de I'Ouest

wNous enverrons gratuitement les
numeros deia parus de ce feuii-
eton a tout nouvel abonne qui en- fera
la demande.
-Jusqu'a present, nj lui, nj
d'autre. Je les crois laches, les
hommes; je crois qu'ils ne nous al
ment pas CONNIE nous; qu'ils nous
abandonment, ct que celles qui me-
nent la vie sont malheureuses plus
que les autres. Mails je me COMMAS.
Je ne veux pas vous tromper. 81
lie tombe, ce sera la faute de mon
mauvais c%onseil.
-Lequel?
-Toujours lie meme. Je pave
lei hut francs par mois. J'en re.
co.'s quinze. Eft il faut souper,
m'habiller, me chautfer, blanchir
mes deux chemises ct mes trois
~mouchoirs. J'ai d6ja plus de quin-
re francs de dettes. Comment YOU
~lez-vous que je vive? Tn jour que
i'aurai faim, je me l~aisserai emme-
ner.
Celia ma dome un coup all ceur
Je ne savais plus ce que je disais.
"Alors, nous avons pleure toutes
deux, sans pouvoir nous en- empe-
cher dams les bras Tune de lautre,
devant la table du souper. Ellie
ma pas de fol. Ellie a oubli6 les
quelques prieres de jadis. Et avec
celia, une nature 81 tendre, toute en-
elan. Malheureusement lelan est
vers lie noir, ct vers lie NAL ct vers
la mort. II ne semblait serrer con-
tire moi ma suur malade. Nous
avons soutfert ensemble, ct je me
sens lice a ellie par toutes les Grain
ties que %j'6prouve. ct aussi par son
abandon a moi. Nous avons cause
ensuite. .J'ai tach6 de la remonter.
Je lui al fait un projet de budget
don't nous avons fni par rire, tant
c'6tait dificile. J'ai promis de
l'aider de mon mieux pres de Nine
Clemence, d'essayer d'obtenir lie
repas du rois, on I'm peu plus de
Placement.
"Elle ma embrass6e 81 dure
quand ]e suis partie! II y await
dies 6toiles plein lie ciel, ct je ne
les al vues QUEEN arrivant chez moi,
Je ne pensais qua ellie. J'6tais
delivr6 de penser a moi-meme.
Mon Dieu, que je voudrais la pro
t6ger! BIT je mai rien de ce quill
faudrait. Je mai, moi qu'elles di-
sent 81 bonnie, qu'un d6sir vague
du bien. Je me sens fable ct me-
me coupable.
"Oui, ce soir, dams lie silence dc
de ma chambre, Oh l'abri est S:
doux, j'ai conscience d'avoir Ell
tort envers Etienne Loutrel. Com.
me les autres, j'ai besoin d'amour
Eft je me suis laiss6 faire la cour
pour lie plaisir d'etre envelope dc
tendresse. Je ne pensais pas que
81 tot Etienne Sc croirait a mon
amour. Tout notre pass6 d'amiti@
me paraissait excuser ma familia-
rite, ct surtout la sienne: je l'invo-
quais pour expliquer la vivacit&
plus grande des yeux d'Etienne, Ell
ses compliments, ct ses attentions
Je voulais me tromper moi-meme,
Pour conserver la joie de ces pre-
miers aveux, je les 6coutais ct je
refusais de les comprendre.
"Maintenant quill s'est ouverte-
ment declare, je ne puts lachement
lie revoir,ni lui bonner Poccasion de
me dire: "Vous etes jolie; vous
etes celle que j'ai choisie.
Enfn tous les mots don't lie reve
Wit avec nous depuis que nous SOM
mes jeunes files. II me touche lie
cnur, mon pauvre Etienne, parce
quill est bon, droit, quill maine,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-10-20
"a CoNT1NUER)

NJ. Wilfrid Tourangeau, propri6-
taire du Nile Hotel, 20 Avenue
Universit6 N. g., sollicite la Glen
t6le canadienne-francaise Cham
bre propres, ct bonnie pension au
jour ct a la semaine, a DIES prix
tres raisonnab]es.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-10-20

II 6tait tres tard quand Henriet-
tie s'est endormie. LIE froid du mi
lieu Gle la mutt await mis- de la bu6e
sur les Wires. On ne percevait au-
Gun bruit de pas sur les quais:
mails settlement la rumeur fettante
DIES campagnes Oh chantent les
grenouilles, ct lie heurtement r6gu-
lier de la chaine dun grand navire
que la mar6e soulevait.
Henriette, Fame pleine de mots
ct d'images d'amour, a rev6 qu'elle
Sc mariait en- voile blanc ct robe
de sole brochee, avec I'm fanc6 qui
ressemblait a Etienne, mails seule
ment de visage, car il 6tait tres
elegant ct tres richie, ct il Sc pen
chat pour lui dire:
-Bien aimee, les souffrances
sont oubli6es. Je vous aime."
La meme mutt, dams sd chambre
miserable de la rue Saint-Similien,
Marie revait qu'elle await DIES ri
deaux a son lit, DIES glaces Oh ellie
Sc voyait tout enti6re, ct qui
avaient tout autour DIES reflects
d'arc-en-ciel; ellie crut que c'6tait
l'hiver ct qu'elle offrait lie the, dams
DIES tasses de porcelaine feurie, a
sa mere revenue de Paris, r6conci-
lice, affectueuse CONNIE autrefois,
ct contente de chauffer ses mains
lasses au feu qui fambait chez sa
file aussi haut que chez les riches.
Loin de Ia encore, dams une rue
du quarter Saint-F6lix, qui Sc
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-10-20

ct que je me sens un commence
ment de tort envers lui. Mais, je
TAI bien WI l'autre jour, il ne COM
prend rien a mon meter, a ce quill
a etc jusqu'a present l'unique pre-
occupation de ma vie. N'est-ce
pas grave, 81 nous nous marions?
Pourrais-je redevenir, meme en-
l'aimant, ce que j'6tais VOLTA tout
,juste dix ans, la petite qui sortait
de l'6cole DIES seurs n'ayant rien
au-dela du marriage dune MENACE
re avec un artisan?
"J'ai trop touch6 de velours, de
sole ct de dentelles; j'ai mamie trop
de bellies chooses pour les autres! II
en- reste en- moi I'm gont d'6l6gan-
ce ct dart quill ne partagerait
pas. Meme 81 je sacrifais mon
meter, 81 je q%uittais, pour la
prairie de Mauves, loncle Eloi qui
vieillit, serais-je %pleinement heu-
reuse, ct puis-je l'etre en- devenant
la femme d'Etienne? Je ne sails
que r6pondre. Lorsque je rencon-
ire DIES j%eunes gems du vrai monde
je n'ignore pas qu'ils ne peuvent
pas m'6pouser, ct plusieurs de Get
tie ne mont pas laiss6 de doute sur
lie cas- qu'ils font de nous; mails
quelque chose me pls1t dams leurs
manieres ct dams leurs paroles, que
ie voudrais trouver dams celui que
Jaimerai.
"Folle que je suis! J'ai peur
qu'une part d:impossible ne soft
entr6e dams ma vie avec l6ducation
de la mode. J'ai DIES amies den
fance. qui mont pas suivi ma route.
Files sont mari6es, Giles ont leurs
mari, leur MENACE, leur maison de
deux chambres au bord DIES routes
de Chanteney on d'Indret. Quand
je passe, je les vols avec I'm enfant
sur les bras, ct je les envie. BIT
dependant, quand leur bonheur
NEST otfert, je suis toute troubl6e.
ct je ne leur RESEMBLE plus.
"Qui me dira Oh al]er? Qui wien.
dra a mon secours! Oh! moi, Ia
conseillere DIES autres! CONNIE j
leur ferais piti6, 81 Giles pou'
vaient savoir!!" .
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-10-20

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
"MASHER" ATTACKS WOMAN
Fight on Car When Patrolman
Tries to Make Arrest.

Max Rothman. Of No 50 East 10th street.
and his wife, Lena. boarded Third avenue
car at 10th street last night to go to Fort
George The car was crowded and only
one seat was vacant. While her husband
was paying their fare, in the vestibule OF
toe car. Mrs. Rothman took the seat, which
was beside 1ashily attired young man.
who turned and stared at her as she sat
down
What are you doing in this caro- de-
manded the young man of Mrs. Rothman.
Mr.. Rothman demanded an apology Of
the young man. but was struck In the face
by him As he staggered his wife jumped
from her seat and rushed between him and
the youth. who was crdeavorng , strike
him again.
Mr. Rothman, it is alleged. was seized
by the young man and thrown across the
back OF seat and beaten about the face
and body Patrolman Goblin of the West
l25th street station, who was a passenger
on the car worked his way through the
crowd and placed the young man under
arrest.
several Of the youths sympathizers were
aboard the car and attempted TO rescue
MIN from the officer A free-for-all tight
ensued, during which the young man was
Wrenched away from the officer. The Of
fcer later took into custody young man
who the police say. was identified by Mr.
ROthman and his vie as the one who had
assaulted them. He was taken 70 the East
l0ith street police station, where he said
he was Andrew Johnson, a carpenter, liV-
ing at No. 2i6 East l0Sth street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
REFUSES REWARD OF $1,000
Local Boatman Finds Kenneth
Linn, Missing on Cape Cod.
IBy Telegraph to The TrIbune.1


Cotuit, Mass, July with reward Of
$1,000 out for his discovery and a score
Of searchers securing the sea to win the
money, Kenneth Linn, of Chicago, TWEEN
" years Old was found in bungalow
owned ny f. w. Lowell, son Of the
president Of Harvard University, at Pep
per Nest Heights to-day. The young
man had been missing since Thursday
night
When found by Orren Nickerson, a
local boatman. who refused to accept the
reward offered, the young man was
asleep, but it was easy TO see that he had
suffered from the exposure following his
escape, when he ran away from his
mothers cottage with only a nshtshirt
and a sweater To protect him from the
chilly breezes that invariably sweep in
from Vineyard Sound after sundown.
He didn't seem able 10 account fo- the
sudden freak which caused him 10 dis
appear. Neither could he give any clear
account of his experiences since running
away. Linn, who is an invalid and his
widowed mother arrived here recently
from the South.
NickcrsCn said that il was only local
incident and that he couldn't think Of
taking 81 900 for helping 10 find a lost
boy. especially when the boy was III and
his mother q widow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
NIGHT RAID IN TENDERL0IN
Eight Prisoners Taken from AL.
legged Gambling House.

a midnight raid on an alleged gambling
house in the heart Of the Teuierloiu
brought eight VII dressed prisoners into
tie renderlpin station last night. the credit
going 10 Inspecto~ I.aahy. Of the second
strict. II was learned In the way de
tectives have OF learning such things that
place In Vest 25th street. Just off Sixth
avenue. which had been closed some time
sgo. was open and running again q Of old
Two Of the sleuths hung around last night
until they saw Several men enter the house.
Before the door could be fastened they fol
lowed
II was an innocent lokng place and
nicely fitted up 10 harmonic with the re-
spectacle appearance Of the inmates. but
a telltale klondike OUTFIT was said 10 be
there and n roulette wheel or two. Also
$50 was in a place where II ought not 20
be II the law IL TO be oUeyed Consequent
". one Of the men found inside. who de-
scribed himself George Gordon. clerk,
Of No. $40 West 18th street. was locked up
on the charge of keeping and maintaining
a gambling house, and the other seven
went down on the books as common
gamblers.
Lieutenant Boyle ard Detectives OCon-
nell. Dunton and Rodihan Of the inspec-
tors staff, and Sergeant O'Conner. Of the
Tenderloin station, figured in the roundup.
Few persons were present TO witness the
smooth working of the law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
BROTHER DEFENDS SISTER
Tells Police Friend of Man Who
AccosteG Her Fired Two Shots.

Miss Edith Storz. eighteen years oid' OF
No IA East 122d street. and her eluer
brother Fred. appeared in the East lZot"
street station last night as compliments
against two young men, who described
themselves as Angelo Calvin. hving NJ
Third avenue and l2sth street. and Antonio
Densuro q uedler. of No IS East 1'tth
street
Calvin was locked up on the charge OF
dsorderly conduct preferred by MISS S'or1'
and Densuro on the charge OF felonl'Hs
assault. made by her brother II r. alleged
that Calvin accosted Miss Storz as she
was walking through East l22d street am
when her brother resented the alleged m
suit Il is asserted that Densuro fired TWO
shots at Storz. both Of which went wild.
Miss storz. who is a saesgirl. complained
to her brother several days ago That she
was being followed by an Italian Vheh
she returned from work Last nignt heF
brother decided to follow her when she
alighted from a Third avenue elevated
train. As she was walking along East liza
street. near Third avenue. she was &C
costed by an Italian, whom, the ponce
saw. she later identified as Calvin. Her
brother hurried up and struck the Italian,
who turned and ran to Second avenue ana
123d street, where he was placed under ar
rest by Patrolman Trommer.
storz told the police that Densuro. who is
said TO be a friend Of Calvin are" re-
volver and fired two shots at him. ne
dropped the revolver, it is alleged, and ran
along Second avenue to the corner or lZJth
street. where he was placed under arrest
by Patrolman Roster. Calvin was later
arraigned before Magistrate Corrigan III
the mems night court and was sentenced
70 the Workhouse for thirty days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
NEGRO KILLS POLICEMAN
Michael Lynch Shot to Death
While Investigating Shooting.

PatrOman Michael Lynch. attached to
the West 37th street station. was shot and
killed yesterday morning while attempting
TO arrest John collins a negro in the tene-
ment house al No. 349 West 37th street, in
the "Helrs Kitchen" district Collins was
captured an hour later in the house at No
800 West 3sth street. after a score ~ re-
serves from the West 9th street station
had searched the block for him. The re-
serves had then TO fight mob that at
tackled the negro and threatened 20 lynch
him
Lynch. who was on patrol. had stopped
near the house in West 9th street 20 talk
10 Patrolman Brady. who was i'm citizens
clothes on his way home. when the two
men heard three shots inside the house
PatrolmGn Mcdonald. who was on the OPP
posite side Of the street. ioined Lynch and
Brady and the three men went into the
house to learn the cause Of the shooting
They found the hallway on the second
floor deserted. and there was no response
TO their demands that the doors on that
floor be opened.
John Watts. the jantor Of the building
appeared with his pass keys and he and
Lynch went 10 the back door OF the apart
ment while Mcdonald guarded the fror,
door and Brady took his stand ncar the
stairs leading 10 the street AS Watts
threw open the door Collins was seen
standing in the hall Of the apartment,
barefooted and half dressed. and with
revolver in his hand. Before Lynch could
speak Collins shot him in the temple and
jumping over his body, dashed up the stairs
to the roof. Brady and Mcdonald stopped
FOR a minute with Lynch and seeing that
he was dead followed Collins, but by the
time they reached the roof the negro had
disappeared.
Mcdonald called for the reserves and a
Gordon was thrown around the block. while
both police and the crowds attracted TO the
street by the shots searched the tenement
houses for Collins. Two small negro boys
gave the clew to his hiding place, and
Patrolman West found him under a mat
tress in a rear room Of No. 300 West 18th
street. When West saw the bulging mat
ucss he fred q shot into the wall and
Collins crawled out, begging for mercy
Collins, Georgia Anderson, with wnom
he lived, and two other women and a man
were arrested and taken 10 Police Head
quarters Collins was held without bail by
the Coroner, and the women and the other
man were held as material Witnesses
Georgia Anderson said that Collins came
home intoxicated Yesterday morning and
fred a shot at Magg" Jones who boarded
IN the house. After that he fired several
shots ont Of the window Of the apartment
which were the ones the policemen heard.
Lynch was thirty-three years old and WAS
appointed to the department on October
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
UPSTATE BANKER OVERCOME
Bellevue Physician Diagnoses Dazed
Condition as Due to Heat.

Alexander NJ Holmes. eighty-four wears
Old, the president OF the First National
Rank, OF Morrisville. Madison County.
y y was found In a dazed condition on
tho steps OF a warehouse at i2d street and
Lexington avenue last night by Patrolman
Hicks, If the East 35th street police
station and taken TO Bellevue Hospital
Or. Cody, who examined Mr. Holmes,
said he had apparently been affected by
the heat and his condition was not serious.
II was expected that Mr.. Holmes would be
taken back 10 the Grand Union Hotel.
whore he registered on Friday. after rest
ing short time at the hospital lie
came TO New York on Friday. unaccom-
panied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
A PACIFIC GIBRALTAR
Strong Fortifications at Guam
Planned by Admiral Mahan.

Washington, July IA Gibraltar OF
the Pacific" is what the island of Guam
will be If plans under consideration are
carried out They were made by Rear
Admiral Alfred T. Mahan (retired), who
is on special duty at the Naval War Col
lege. They are being considered by mill
tary and naval experts, and the Army
War College is discussing them.
Being LOO miles east Of Manila, $500
miles from Sydney, Australia. 1,s0O miles
from Hong Kong and 1900 miles from
Yokohama. Guam is considered by Ad-
miral Mahan an ideal location for an
impregnable base in the Pacific for the
American feet Properly guarded by
heavy Notifications he believes the
island could be made as strong as Glib
raltar.
Guam is $500 miles west Of Honolulu,
5000 miles from San Francisco and
about 5000 miles from Panama. There
are no Notifications there now. The
United States maintains a naval station,
with the Supply as station ship, and a
marine barracks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
AMY ONE SEEN 0'REILLY?
With Steamship Tickets in His
Pocket He Disappears.

J. J. OReilly Of Dallas Tex. disap-
reared suddenly from the White Star pier
yesterday as the steamship Baltic was
about TO sail, and, having the family tickets
In his pocket, compelled his wife and two
children TO forego their departure for Liv-
erpoCl.
ORoIlly and his wife. his son John. TWEEN
ty-two years old and his daughter Loretta.
fourteen years old, went TO the pier an
hour before the Baltic sailed The father.
VINO bad "A letter of credit for about 50 600.
LETT the pier shortly after his arrival. say
les that he wished Ia have SIS changed
into English money. This could have been
done by the purFer. but O'Reilly preferred
{" charge II IN this city. The Baltic sailed
promptly at ] / a. m. with the ORcily bag
gage In her hold. and the family was left
fenniless on the pier. They waited an
hour. out the father did not return.
Mrs. O'Reilly telegraphed TO Dallas for
money and VIII return 10 Texas within q
few days II her husband is not found Il
was thought after the Baltic sailed thar
O'Reilly might have rushed aboard at the
last minute, not knowing that MIS- family
Was not on board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
DIX WONT SIGN RACING BILLS
Reform Association Men Say Governor
Has Given Them Promise.

Albany. July Representatives OF the
reform associations who are active in OPP
position TO the Gittins bills designed to
make less stringent the dnti-racetrack
gambling laws. declared to-day that Gov
ernor Dix had assured them that he wa.
opposed 10 tho measures and would not
approve them in the event OF their passage
by the Legislature. For this reason som-
of the friends OF the bills insist that II
would be unfair 10 put any members Of
the Legislature on record for or against
the proposed legislation. and IL is be-
lieved they will be abandoned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
GIRLS CHILD LABOR VICTORY
Fourteen Year Old Has Passed I'm.
proved Law for Children.
Thy Telegram to The Tribune.

Cincinnati, July 1.-E. y. Chopper, secre-
tsry of the National Child Labor Commit
tee for the Mississippi Valley, was jubilant
when he returned to his headquarters in
Cincinnati to-day, for he had succeeded,
with others. in having the Tennessee
Legislature pass what he declares is the
best child labor law that state has ever
had.
This new law. passed Yesterday. may be
attributed almost entirely 10 Tennessee
factory girl named Alma Johnson" said
Mr. Chopper to-day Alma. who was less
than fourteen years lost thumb in the
machinery and sued. The court held that
the law under which she sued was uncon-
stitutional and that the girl could not re-
cover damages. This started a movement
for a new and better law. The new law
makes sixteen years the minimum age for
employment with dangerous machinery