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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
MARSTON REPORTS
 BUSINESS GOOD

New York, August 5.-(Special )-Edgar l.. Marston of Blair & Co, a director of the Missouri Pacific and member of the executive committee of the D. & R. G., returned today from months inspection of the Gould lines. With President E. T. Jeffery of the Denver and Rio Grande he went over the Wabash to St. Louis, the Missouri Pacific to Pueblo and there 10 the coast over the DenVer-W estern Pacific.
 j We found business on the coast in ex- scellent condition, although there, as else where, there is absent to a considerable degree any decided inclination to embark in new enterprises" said MT. Marston Every one in San Francisco seems filled with enthusiasm for the Panama expos ton.
 50 far as the Western Pacific rail way, the inspection of which was thu immediate purpose of our trip is con cerned, we found it in what seemed to me excellent condition. The off cials of the road, founding their esti- mates upon the volume of existing business, state that the receipts foi the year amount to at least $5, 5,000, 900 Certainly the traffic which we saw upon the lines seems to justify this estimate.
 The readiness with which business has developed upon the Western Pa cific is an complication of the pres sure everywhere for increased and speedier transportation facilities Wherever a new road appears, with facilities for uniformly prompt and efficient service, a large amount of business almost instantly transfers it. self their way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
PROFESSORS TRAVEL
 DURING THE SUMMER
University Campus Is Deserted Save for Attaches of Adminis-
 trative Office

University. August 5.-(SpeciaI.) )-Nearly all the members of the university faculty have left the university to spend their va cations either abroad in study or in travel There are very few professors remaining on the campus or in Tuscaloosa now. The only persons who will remain during the present month are attaches of the administrative office.
 President John w. Abercrombe has been at the university during the entire sum mer with the exception of a few trips throughout the state in the interest of the university engaged in administrative duties He will continue in the work un- til his successor is named, or not later than September 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS HIS
 RELATIONS TO T. C. I. MERGER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D

acquired any information since the Tennessee absorption which caused him to think his approval of the deal was wise, or unwise, MT. Roosevelt said:
 Every particle of information ] have received since convinced me not only that my action was absolutely wise and absolutely proper, but that it would have been well nigh crim- inal for me. from the standpoint of the | representative of the people of the United States, not to have done ex- actly what I did. l cannot state that too emphatically."
 On the same subject, responding to RepresentaDVe Bartlett of Georgia, MT. Roosevelt again emphasized the gravity of the situation.
 "The battle was on," he said. "The administration won working in aid of the busy men who were trying to help out the situation We would win par tial victory after partial victory and if l. after any one of these partial victories, had sat supinely down and thought that victory was won, we would have lost"
 MT. Roosevelt reached the city hall at 10:90 e. m. His intention to appear had been kept secret but few moments be- fore his arrival police officers were sta
 
 approaches.
 In Good HumOr The former President appeared in ex- ceedingly good humor, and greeted Chair man Stanley and other members of the committee with enthusiasm I'm glad to see you alls he declared as he stood in a group of committeeman T am very delighted to see you, indeed sir he said to Representative Young Of Michigan, a republican member of the | committee. Mr. Roosevelt took the stand at once.
 There have been certain matters con- corning which there has been much dis crsson," Chairman Stanley said, 'and | the committee desired MT. Rooseyelt's in- formation relating thereto. MT. Roose- yelt did not come in response to sub. poena. fIe was advised of our desire to near from him with reference to the ab. sorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. He kindly advised me that he i would gladly come. and We thank him for his appearance
 After you had cautiously said should come at 10 o'clock, Mir Chairman, wrote out the statement l would like tc -oalse" said inc former President after MT. tSanley had asked him to explain sr nat knoWiedge he had of the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by the United States Steel corporation.
 "I would like to read the statement have prepared.'
 You may read it. certainly, just as you choose
 | Colonel Roosevelt then began reading introducing his subject by a description | of the financial panic conditions in the | fall of 19p7.
 Tt was tae utmost duty of the admin | istration." he read, ito prevent by al means the spread of the panic before fl became a disaster"
 The Secretary of the Treasury ant himself, he said, were constantly ir touch with the situation. During tha time he learned that two members ol the United States Steel corporation wishedfto see, him in the morning. Al breakfast the next day he was in formed that Judge Gary and H. c Prick were waiting -. see him. MT iBonaparte, tffen Attorney General, he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
A SHEFFIELD MAN
 INVENTS DISC FLOW

Sheffield, August (Special)-A. p. Mckay of this city Is the inventor of a reversible gang disc plow which was shown at public demonstration yester- day The blow is automatically reversed at the end of each furrow. thus turning the soil all in one direction and leaving no track of man or beast. The blow was .ested on red clay soil which had not been plowed for several years and plowed as deep as the mules could pull. It has three discs Ii inches in diameter and weighs but poo pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
WITNESS LAYING
 OF CORNERSTONE

Guntersville, August 5-(SpeciaI.)-- Today the cornerstone of the new high school building was laid with Masonic ceremonies An elaborate barbecue was served and from 5000 to 1000 people were gathered together at the affair. Great disappointment was felt thai doVerhor oNeal could not be present, put the vast crowd was good humored and orderly.
 No case of drunkenness was renorted and no arrests made. o. D. Street, act Ing Tor the Masonic fraternity, made the speech for the occaslon There were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
Report on Covington Officials

Montgomery, August 5.-(Special.) .)-Re- port of somewhat sensational nature i,as been filed with Gov, Enmet O'Neal '. as 'stnnt Examiner of Public Accounts c. Ic. Sedbcrry. Exceptional praise is be-
 ct ,ion all Of the officials cf the sunty on the correctness of books in all aiit two instances, the former sheriff hav- 'ae feen found in error of S432. .05 which
 St~c" I~tt''" with the state, and the tax assessor being found in numerous
 sN4rs l9J1 l90S, t9J9 and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
AUTOMOBILE PARTY
St. Louis Man and FaEily on a
 Long Trip

Florence, August 5.-(Special )-James H. Williams, a St Louis capitalist. his two daughters and Mir. and Mrs. Owen Gibson arrived in Florence last evening in a touring car en route from Natchez, Miss, to St. Louis. The party spent the night at the Jefferson hotel and left early this morning for Nashville via the military road.
 Articles of incorporation have been filed in the probate office of Lauderdale coun- ty by the Union Buggy Manufacturing company. Nhe officers are John F. Jack son, president; W. T. Reynolds, sec tary, and c. c. Morrison. treasurer The company has let a contract for a build Ing on Court and Tuscaloosa streets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
Brooke Inquiring About Authority

Montgomery August 5.-(SpeciaD.- Whether or not the examiners of public accounts have authority to cause the ar rest of persons whom they believe are tntimidating witnesses to such an extent that evidence cannot be adduced. seems 10 be a question which is confronting the state at the present time. Assistant Ex- aminer of Public Accounts H. r. Brooke has started the question by alleging, it Q understood, that he has been unable 10 obtain full testimony in his investiga- ton into the office of Judge C. r. Camp, of the inferior court of Ensley on the alleged ground that certain important witnesses have refrained from giving evi- dence.
 Governor ONeal has as yet refused to make any statement. but it is gathered that he has submitted the question to the attorney general for an opinion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
SMITH NAMED FOR
 CAPTAIN OF POLICE

Montgomery, August 5.-(Speclai.)-- Ernest Potter Smith, former city detec- tive, was today appointed captain of the Montgomery police department to succeed Miles Smith, resigned. The appointment was made by Commissioner C. r. Mcin- tyre. who has charge of the police ana fire departments, and the appointment was confirmed by the board Of connl's- sioners at a meeting this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

WANTED-TO INVEST S2000 TO $30OO CASH IN \ GOING ENTER- PRISE. MUST SHOW GOOD PAST RECORD, OR GOOD FUTURE ANY LINE CONSIDERED, BUT TT MUST HE MONEY-MAkER. ADDRESS WITH DETAILS O-3s, CARE AGE- HERALD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

deposited in the cornerstone a copy of Alabama's school laws, catalogue of the Guntersville high school, a copy of the Guntersv.lle Democrat, and a num- Der of small coins. The gathering was gra tifying evidence of the general 1n- terest in the high school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06

Try a "Cut Rate" laundry and get superior work at cheapest price.
 Phones 1712.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-06
Not Seen Smith Report

Have you seen the report of Herbert
 Knox Smith of the bureau of corporations on the United States Steel corporation
 said MT Stanley, setting the corpora
 ton was worth about s700,000, ,0O0?' NO"
 MT. Stanley then made a long argument
 regarding the actual value of the Steel corporation, asking MT. Roosevelts opn- ion thereon.
 ''I do not want to answer hypothetical questions based on MT. Smiths or any ones conclusion" MT. Roosevelt declared Did MT. Prick or MT Gary tell you | that no bank in New York or no stock | broker had ever told them the absorp. ton of the Tennessee Coal and Iron by | the United States Steel was necessary for | it's salvation?'
 'I never heard anything about such a
 matter" MT. Roosevelt answered | Did they tell you there was no trouble | except with a certain stock brokeraSe | firm which had been selling Tennessee
 Coal and Iron in the market in way that we call out west by ugly name?" | "Oh. Mir Stanley. you do not hurt my feelings" MT. Roosevelt replied with a ohuckle
 Did they advise you that certain | wine agent had been kiting this Tennes- | see stock and that Kesser. the wine | agent, and Grant B. Schley, a stock l iO'N'i' h"N' fo' i.'N" ''o'''iN Nithpht tie
 knowledge of their colleagues, and that | such men as l.. C. Hanna, E. w. Oglebay and others when they found out the sit | uation. offered the use of their money and | securities to prevent their faiure?" "Oh. no; l heard nothing of that" said l Mir Roosevelt.
 | Were you not advised that Kesser
 and Schley got into suck condition that | if the stock were not sarned over to the l United States Steel corporation they. 1 Kessler and schey, would go to the wall,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
INSURANCE FOR WORKERS.
Brewery Men Have a Plan That Calls
For Employers Aid.

The members of the United Brewery
Workmen of America are taking Il ref
erendum vote on plan Of insurance
for workers which it is proposed to
submit to the employers. The propos-
ed plan is that the brewery and malt
house owners pay SIS a year for each
member of the union into q fund to
which each union man is to add Sc.
The fund is to be controlled by a
commission of seven members, three
to be chosen by the employers and
three by the union, and the six are
to elect a seventh man. Workmen in
jured in the course of their employ
ment are to receive 65 per cent of the
amount of their wages, but shall not
receive pay unless the disability con-
tinues more than ten days and shall
not receive compensation for more
than fifty-two weeks for any one in
jury.
Provisions are also made in the plan
for compensation for injuries resulting
In death Of Il worker or workers. 1t
is believed, according to the origina-
tors of the plan, that if it is adopted
by both sides the fund will provide
old age pensions for workers coming
under its provisions.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
KAUFMAN WILL SPEAK
IN EVERETT

Few people in Everett but have heard
Of w. II. Kaufman of Bellingham, who
has been for many years prominent in
the Farmers Grange and an earnest ad-
vocatc of tax reform. In the campaign
of 1910 he was nominated and elected
assessor of Whatcom county, despite
the opposition of powerful corporate in
tcrests whose displcasure he had in
Cured. Mr. Kaufman is to deliver two
oddrcs,e, in this city Saturday and
Sunday evenings, Feb. 25th and 26th.
Saturday evening he will speak in the
library auditorium under the auspices
of the local single tax club and will
take for his subject Producers vs. Par
a~tcs." Sunday evening in the Congre-
gational church he will speak on Land
Laws of Moses and Unity of Man. All
should avail themselves of the oppor-
tmity to hear a man with a message
and the courage of his convictions.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
LABOR INDICATED.
Colorado Pays For Damage Inflicted
on Union Property.


Eight years ago there was Il great
strike in the mining districts of Col
Orado that resulted in the destruction
Of considerable property and violent
abuse of many miners. Numbers of
them were taken to an open prairie in
an adjoining state and there turned
loose TO shift for themselves as best
they could. The Miners union hall in
Victor, near Cripple Creek, was de-
stroyed by state troops, whose reck-
less commander, General Sherman
Bell, violently declared that he was
subject to no authority but that of
God Almighty and the governor of the
state and that instead of giving the
strikers habcas corpus he would give
them postmortcmS. His unbridlcd
power ran riot for time. individual
liberty was Overthrown, the courts
were ignored. and a veritable reign of
terror prevailed.
Now the state of Colorado has to
pay for the destruction of property
ana after Il careful investigation of
what was done by the troops during
the suspension of law and order has
appropriated 100000 to settle the bills
In this sum the amount of $3.50 is
included for damage done to the hall
of the Miners union mt Victor. In
agreeing to make the appropriation the
state legislature stipulated that the
auditing board of the State Federation
of Labor must prove to the state au-
diting board the business of all its
claims. The State federation auditing
board had but little difficulty in PROV
| ing its claims, and the state has paid
the money.
The officers of the State Federation
Of Labor have n great deal of salts
! faction in getting the money, but they
have n great deal more in having their
own and all other labor organizations
indicated from the charge of having
done the rioting and destroying the
property, showing cOnclusively that all
the trouble of this kind was made by
the state itself.
This is no new experience to organ
lied labor. In all great industrial
strikes in this country an honest in
vestigatiOn has shown that rioting.
bloodshed and destruction of property
have come from the hired thugs of the
employers or from the state troops.
These forces are employed from time
to time to break the strikes of wage
workers who are struggling for better
conditions, and frequently they find it
necessary to turn public sentiment
against workingmen by acts of rioting
and violence. Usually all police pow
ers are on the side of the employers,
and there is no chance to catch the
culprits while the trouble lasts. But
when a dispassionate and careful in
vestigation IS made the strikers are
absOlved from blame, as they have
been in the present case, wherein
gross injustice has until now been
done to the Western Federation OF
Miners. Minnesota Union Advocate.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
FOR SALE-Real Estate Blanks. Short
form for time transaction. News Pub
fishing Co., 29l2 Rockefeller Ave.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE OF SALE
OF REAL ESTATE.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SNOHONISH.
In the Matter of the Estate of Wilhelm
Jensen, Deceased
Thomas II. Kolderup, the administra
tor of the estate of Wilhelm Jenson,
deceased, having his petition herein
praying for an order of sale of real es-
tate of said decedent for the purposes
therein set forth,
1t is therefore ordered by the Judge
of said court that all persons interest
ed in the estate of said deceased ap-
pear before the said superior court on
Saturday, the 18th day of March,
1911, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
said day at the court room of said SUI
perior court, at the court house of said
county of Snohomish, Everett to show
cause why an order should not be
granted to the said Thomas H. Kolder
up to sell so much of the real estate of
the said deceased as shall be necessary;
And that a copy of this order be pub
lished at least four successive weeks in
the Labor Journal, newspaper printed
and published in said county.
JOHN SANDIDGE,
Court Commissioners
Date of first publication, Feb. 10,
1911. Al
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
WOMEN AS STRIKERS.
Persistent In Devising Means to Worry
tse Employers.

At Il recent meeting of the NOmcnf
Trade Union league in New York Miss
Younger of California told her eastern
sisters about the persistence Of the
western trade union women The pub
licity committee thus chronicles the
occasion:
"She described how in the face Of al
most insurmountable difficulties sever
al thousand laundry workers defied
the men in their trade and went out
Oh strike, subsequently winning vic
tory for themselves and their skeptlcal
brother workers.
"She brought forth laughter and ap-
probation by telling how the wait
resses went out on strike in one of the
largest restaurants. Unable to come
to terms with their employers, they
sent forth a number of pickets, who
kept shouting, Unfair house, unfair
house,
"They were arrested and forbidden
to continue their exercise. The next
evening number of women were sell
ing matches in front of the same
place, and each purchaser was inform
ed that the restaurant in question was
unfair. AS soon as the firm found it
out it secured an injunction against
the Mattresses union forbidding it to
carry on the trade. But the follow
ing evening matches were being sold
by group of men, and the firm took
out second Injunction this time
against the Walters union. They were
followed by the cooks as match sellers,
and when these were restrained the
dishwashers took up the sale At last
these, too, met the same fate as the
other workers in their trade. The
whole restaurant industry was now in
the clutches of the court, and the
striking girls were at their wits end
what to do next when a twentieth
century Portia hit upon a brilliant
scheme which helped the workers and
turned the ridicule of the people upon
the wise justice.
"At the usual hour in front of the
scab restaurant appeared good sized
donkey carrying an Unfair House
sign.
"In posthaste the enraged employ
ers took the animal to court, where a
judge declared that he could not issue
an injunction against donkey"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
POTENT CAUSE OF STRIKES.
Foremen Responsible For Much Labor
Trouble. Says Carnegie.

Foremen Responsible For Much Labor
Trouble, Says Carnegie.
MI Carnegie declares that nine out
of ten strikes are due to superintend-
euts. foreman and agents rather than
to amy real conflict of interest between
the employer and the employees. Mr..
Carnegie speaks with authority, and
he will be corrOborated by a good
many sound observers, says the New
York Times. Certainly strikes are fire.
Quently due to acts, policies, ways and
words of suDordinates whom the en-
ployers cannot watch and on whose
judgment they must rely.
Closer relations, friendly discussion,
Cancellation, settle many stubborn labor
disputes. Human nature steps in and
becomes potent peace factor. Closer
relation and human nature at earlier
stages would prevent much misunder-
standing and render strikes unneces-
sary in many instances. The more
direct and intimate the relations be-
tween am employer and his employees
the better for both. knowledge begets
sympathy and respect, and these beget
a spirit of concession and reasonable
ness
Of course there are conflicts of prin-
ciplc OF of fundamental interest back
Of certain strikes and lockouts. There
are such questions as the closed shop
the secondary boycott, the recognition
If unions, the reasonable rate of pay
and the length of the workday. But
while recognizing these causes it is
safe to say that even the number of
strikes and lockouts growing out Of
them would be materially reduced
were close, friendly, human relations
between employers and employed the
rule in modern industry.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
CHURCH AND LABOR.
Methodists Favor Short Workday and
Oppose Child Labor.

The following recommendation was
unanimously adopted by the Puget
Sound annual conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church:
I'VE recommend that this conference
place itself on record as seeking for
all classes of workingmen in the state
of Washington a half day holiday in
each week.
also that the hours of work for
women in stores, factories, etc, shall
not exceed eight hours in each twenty
four, and we urge the enforcement Of
the child labor law, and if this law is
not sufficient to protect the child we
urge legislation to that effect.
"And we ask that a copy of this rec
ommendation be sent to the various
labor organizations for their co-opera-
ton and that the trade unions of this
state be invited to send delegates to
our conference sessions and that we
do all in our power to enforce the
laws now on record"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24

plaintiff, and serve copy of your an
swer upon the undersigned attorneys
for the plaintiff at their office below
stated; and in case of your failure so
to do, Judgment will be rendered against
you, according to the demands of the
complaint, which has been filed with
the clerk of said court.
The object of this action is for a di-
vorce from said defendant.
MOORE & KLEIN,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. P. o. and Of
flee Address, Rooms 2l42l5-2l6 Colby
Bldg, Everett, Snohomish Co., Wash.
Date of first pub. Jan. 20. 1T
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
SCHOOL OF UNIoNlSM.

In the public schools the child
receives the rudiments of educa-
tlon. lie is taught to read, to
spell, to write and to figure and
nowadays is given the elements
of some accomplishments, but he
is quite likely to leave the public
schools and to enter upon the
field of Industrial effort with very
distorted individualistic ideas.
1t is the mission of the school
of unionism to complete his edu
cation and to teach him knOwl-
edge of real life and its strug-
giles.
But the school of uniouism has
no age limit 1t is open to work
crs of all ages. Its lessons and
its benefits are open to all, and
it gives to every member the OPP
portunity through association or
mental competition with his fell
low members to develop his own
intellectual powers to the fullest
extent.
Ii teaches the lesson of unity,
which is the ultimate expression
of the power Of combination, and
i'm proportion rs the wagework-
ers Individually ana collectively
learn, heed and practice the les
sons taught in the school Of UNI
toniSm in just chat proportion
will their present conditions inn
prove and i'll Just that proper
ton will their opportunities for
future advancement be enhanced.