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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
AL EXANDER D. BLACK
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Man Who DISTRACTED Car by Sitting
on Tracks Passed Away Yes
terday Afternoon.

Alexander D. Black. sixty-eight years
of age. a clerk in the War Department
up to two weeks ago. died at the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane yester-
dav afternoon.
Mr.. Black boarded a Pennsylvania ave-
nue. car February II to go to the de-
partment He gave his seat to woman
who entered after the seating capacity
had been exhausted. Then he refused to
pay a fa-e to the conductor on the theory
that he was entitled to a seat.
There was an animated discussion
which resulted in the election of Mt
Black from the car at the Peace monu-
ment Not to be daunted, he hurried to
the front of the car and planted himself
before it on the tracks. and refused to
let the car proceed on it's way until the
police took hand and removed him.
The police conveyed him to the station
house, not without opposition, and then
he was sent to the asylum. After his
admission to the hospital Mr.. Blacks
health failed rapidly. His death was not
unexpected His body was removed to
his home. 233 Sth street southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
GIRLS ARREST WASHER.
Impudent Stranger Is Taught Sc.
we're Lesson in Naples.
Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star
NAPLES. February ~ 1911
A sharp lesson has been taught by two
Milanese girls to an impudent man who
attempted to speak to them. though q
perfect stranger, without an introduo-
ton.
No sooner had they observed the insult
than they turned on the man angriis.
Taken thus Ly surprise. the fellow fed
along the street, but was swiftly pursued
by the two girls.
Being hard pressed to escape. he dashed
into a railway station, but he was too
late. The girls were on his heels and
shortly had Linn in their custody. They
then bound his hands behind his back
with the leather straps of their states and
hauled their prisoner to the nearest po-
lice station. All the way they were fol-
lowed by an admiring crowd. which
cheered the lady police" loudly.
At the station the police were profuse
with their compliments. The man was
Kept in custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Lynch on Way to Chicago.

James NJ. Lynch. president Of the Inter
national Typographical Union, Is sup
posed to be on his way to Chicago to take
part in the conflict between the union
compositors and the daily newspapers OF
that city.
Mr. LYNCH. who was in Washington last
Monday, and who is reported to nave
sent to the Chicago Publishers Associa-
ton a telegram declaring his opposition
to the strike went to Philadelphia from
this city that same evening and Is sup
posed to have taken train thence TOT tue
west :.
No one in Washington, apparently. is
willing to discuss the attitude OF res
ident Lynch in the controversy. and no
one seems to be authorized to speak TOT
him. His departure from the Nat'onal
C.n;tal was sudden, and his purpose was
not communicated to any one conversant
with the situation in Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01

regard 10 enc large association of grocers
resulted In an action by the Attorney
Tenerai 10 dissolve the combination, the
allegation being that il existed i'm re-
stralnt of trade. During the sitting cr
the committee there were fiuctlIat, ons i'm
the price of meat, butter and eggs. VIII ,,
ihdicated power of large operators who
.ohlroIIed the storage house facilities
to raise or lower prices. Anart there.
Iore. from the mere question of the
Whoiesofneness of food kept I'm storage.
IL ala appear to your committee that a
limitation upon the period of storage in
the District of Columbia uouId ton5 60
prevent fluctuations in price, and would
give TO the consumer the opportunity
or Knowing whether the prices he was
opllsed to pay for the necessaries OF
life were justifab BILE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01

President Taft has nominated William
H. Lewis, Boston negro lawyer, as as
sstant attorney general OF the United
States. The nomina ton. which many per-
sons supposed to have been STAYED Off by
Attorney General Wickersham, went 10
the Senate late yesterday afternoon, and
when IL became known among southern
senators was the source OF much unfavor-
able comment. There is little question
that the nomination will be fought and
1t is not likely that there will be con-
hrmation at this session. In this event
Lewis will be given recess appointment
q and will serve through until the next
Congress. when his name Will again go TO
the Senate.
The unofficial announcement that Lewis
would be named to place of such high
. honor in the government service was
MADE around the White House last Octo-
Der. before the November elections, caus-
ing big protest from many directions
but commentator from prominent ne
eroes. After the elections the charge
was made that the whole thing had been
given out simply to catch negro votes
The President has ever since been work
ing TO bring about a vacancy for the
benefit of Lewis
He was born in Berkeley. Va, in 1SAs.
His parents took him north He gradu-
$3.50 VI" 1OIcSe ana later
from Harvard. participating in college
athletics and being noted as a base ball
PLAYER and foot ball star He has been
assistant United States attorney at Bos-
ION tor number of years. performing
MS duties to the satisfaction Of the De-
partment of Justice
Lewis will succeed John G. Thomson
VINO resigned few days ago. and who
mas Tor years been in charge of Indian
claim cases.
Other Nominations.
The President also sent tn the s.n.,.
the nominations of John +. Ebsign OF
ooioraoo to be chief inspector of loco
motive boilers under the boiler inspection
OIL recently passed. and Frank Nc
Manany of Oregon and G. p Robinson OF
spectors
Other nominations were as follows:
second secretaries of embassy-Alexan-
der Benson. Pennsylvania. st. Peters
nnrs Nj. Marshall Langhorne Virginia,
Vienna: Alexander II. Masruder. Mary
land, home; Arthur Orr, Illinois. Rio de
Janeiro; Jordan H.. Stabler. MARYLAND,
Berlin. and Sheldon Whitehouse. New
York. Paris.
Third secretaries Of embassy-warren
- Robbins. Massachusetts Paris, and
Frederick ~ Sterling, Texas, St. Peters
burg.
Secretaries of legation-wiliiam w. An
drew. Ohio. Panama; James &. Bailey,
Kentucky. Berne. Switzerland: Edward
Bell. New York. Teheran, Persia: Ruth
erford Bingham. District of Columbia,
Quito. Ecuador: Jefferson Caffery Louis
lana, Caracas. Venezuela: Charles Camp
bell. ir.. Virginia, Qua te.nala: Gustave
Scholle. Minnesota, Madriz. and A. Camp
bell Turner, Missouri, Paraguay and
Uruguay. .-.-'st.'
The President also nominated William
". Kitchen Of Mississippi consul at Ten
eriffe. Canary Islands: Joseph w. Haw-
ley, register of land Office at Pueblo
Col. and Charles T. Staley, receiver Of
public moneys at Bismarck, N. Oak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Receivers for Michael Mcnamara

William +. Columbus and Robert L.
Montague were today appointed by
Justice Gould receivers for the liquor
business Of Michael Mcnamara at
100 9TH street northwest. The re-
ceivers are appointed as a result Of a
suit filed today by the Arlington
Brewing Company against Mr.. McNa-
mara 10 foreclose deed Of trust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
ALEXANDRIA AFFA AIRS
City Council Adopts a Flat Tax
Rate of $1.75 on $1OO.
HOLDS A LONG SESSION
Matter Will Be Taken Up by the
Board of Aldermen Friday.
Johnson in Charge.
HOLDS A LONG SESSION
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

|
ALEXANDRIA, Va, March /. 1911.
The meeting of the city council last night
threatened to become an all-night SEES
sion, owing to a lively debate on the rate
Of taxes for the coming year. When
everybody got through talking a vote was
taken, and the report Of the finance COM
mittee was knocked out and a fiat rate OF
$1.75 on 800 was adopted, by a vote OF
10 to 6, victory for the members of the
chamber OF commerce, who advocated
such a rate.
This means that the Golfers of the city
treasury will during the year beginning
July 1 next receive $4,000 more taxes
than they received last year. The money
will be used for street improvements
and a part, 1t is expected, will be used
for increased pay for the police depart
ment.
The finance committee recommended in
it's report rate of $1.75 on the 500,
with discount of G per cent If paid by
July 1, and a discount Of per cent ii
paid by September 1. 1t also provided
that a penalty of per cent be added
on all bills not paid by December l
next, and damages in the sum Of per
cent be added on all bills not. paid by
June i. 1912.
AS soon as the report was read Council
man Leadbeater moved that 1t be amend
ed. making the rate $1.7o fiat, and that
penalty OF 9 per cent be added on bills
not paid when they become due.
Councilman Smith offered a substitute
to the amendment that the rate be made
$1.65 nat.
After the debate, in which every men,
Der except Robert M. Graham, who was
length. a vote was taken on the substi-
tute of Mr.. Smith, and it was defeated
by ID to =.
Leadbeater Amendment Adopted.
The amendment Of Mr. Leadbeater, pro-
vlding for fiat rate Of $l.75. without any
discount. was taken up and voted on and
passed by vote of 10 to 6.
Those voting for this amendment We're
E. s. Leadbeater, c. r. Yates, r. d.
Brumback, j. Y. Williams r. M. Gra-
Harrison, c. 3. Swan and Thomas Chaun-
cey
Hubert Snowden, H. r. Burke, Howard
w. Smith. j. Fred Birrell c. b. Marshall
and F. c. Spinks.
The fat-rate proposition will yield the
city about $25. 0GO more revenue than 1t
received last year. II will also be a saw
ing Of 80 cents on the $1,000 to tax
payers In comparison with the old rate
of $1.00 on the 500 to those who took
advantage OF the per cent discount
which was given for prompt payment.
Fully 30 per cent OF the people did take
advantage Of it.
Under the increased assessment, how
ever, those who were raised to any ex-
tent will pay considerably more when
the state taxes of 3J cents on the $100
are considered. Many taxpayers thought
that with. the increased assessment coun-
ell would give a cheaper rate.
Practically every member voting for a
fat rate took occasion to explain the
apparent needs of the city. many favor
ing improved streets, sewers and more
pay for the police department. AS soon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01

Adam Frost. about thirty wears DID, a
Baltimore and Ohio yard brakeman. was
pulled from the pilot Of an engine or,
which he.was -i6inr in the ward 1T Cum
berland Nc. nv his coat tails fappine
in the wind. They caught on tire top
Of n ew'tc' 'arn He had one foot
crushed at the ankle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Four Weeks for Lese Majeste.

Foreign correspondence OF The Star.
BERLIN. February IA. 1911.
A socialist organizer named Hanke has
been sentenced at Dusburg to four
weeks imprisonment for lese majestic.
The offense is said to have been that
Hanke, in a public lecture, described as
"a conscious lie'' the statement (attrib-
uted to the Emperor William in an inter-
view in October. l9OS) that a large part
Of the German people is hostile to Eng
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Short Weight Adds to Cost

at was, therefore, a matter of great
interest to the committee, although in
a measure incidental to the question of
cold storage. to receive statements on the
bills providing for the labelling of pack
ages and the taxing of vendors, which
brought to light the fact that those
supplies were undoubtedly manipulated
by large operators. and that short weight
had resulted in many instances from
business methods which had undoubted-
~ contributed to the increase i'm the cost
OF living. 1t was shown that every
large packer had warehouses i'm the large
cities. and that they were represented
b. distributors in the District
1T was shown that wholesale grOcers
or jobbers so-cal!ed. were organized in
the District. and went so far I'm the con-
troll of prices as to refuse to sell to
certain retailers who would not conform
to prescribed conditions as to prices and
methods of distribution.
Statements with regard to hese con-
ditions indicated that com blnations in
the production and distribution OF food
SUPPLIES was general and that it was
not impossible for food to be stored under
separate ownership until prices had
scared to excessive figure.
IN this corne:.tion il Is worthy of note
that tss.i'non. ref.re the = mnittee with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Proceed Without Notice.

without notification to the publishers.
the president Of the local union had or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01

Continued from First Page)
the fixing of limit. Both experts agreed,
however, that bad food should not be
placed i'm storage, and that precaution
should be taken that food intended for
storage should be in proper condition
upon entering and should not be sold
after storage if in any way injurious to
the public health
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Yield to Avoid Strike.

When the Examiner and the American
accepted this scale. the president of the
local union. without notice to the pub
fishers, ordered that the two offices,
which had been hitherto worked as one
Office, be separated and conducted as
two establishments. This was a matter
the publishers believed should pro s1riy
go to arbitration, as provided in the con-
tract but to avoid a strike the demand
or TIE president OF the union was agreed
to under protest.
THE foreman Of the room during the
afternoon resigned and his resignation
was accepted. The president of the
union then made a claim that the fore
man had been forced TO resisn and did
so under pressure. and demanded that he
be re-employed or a strike would be or
dered.
Again the publishers yielded to avert
q strike. +,.e-.
ION February II the president of this
union made a third demand. in effect
that the printers working should be paid
between and per cent more than they
actually earned. He did this by placing
his own construction on a certain para
graph of the award. relating to what is
technically known as '13 and 131. ems,
The Examiner and American columns. II
may be explained, are narrower than the
columns OF the other newspapers. and 10
fill them the printers had to do less
work. In the end they received about
the same wages as paid by the other
newspapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Statement by Publishers.

In connection with the strike the Chi
cago Publishers Association gave out the
following statement last night:
February 3. 1911, James NJ Lynch,
president Of International Typographical
Union; ]. w. Hays. vice president Inter-
national Typographical Union; Hugo Nil
Ter, vice president International Typo
graphical Union, together with H. \.
Kellogg. labor commissioner of Ameri-
can Newspapers Publishers Association:
Herman Ridder. president of the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Association,
and George c. Hit, publisher of the In
dianapolis Star, the six constituting the
International board of arbitration to ad-
just the scale of wages for printers en-
ployed in the offices of the daily news
papers in Chicago. met in this city and
made an award, establishing scale of
wages for members of the Chico go Typo
graphical Union. No. IS, employed on the
daily newspapers of Chicago.
THE award went into effect at once in
all the Offices After it became effective
a question was raised by printers en-
ployed in the offices OF the Chicago Amer
lean and the Chicago Examiner, the print
ers claiming that they were entitled to be
paid on the basis of 131s ems per line,
whereas the actual type set measured
less than thirteen ems per line.
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MAKES FOOD REPORT

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
TAFT NAMES LEWIS TYPOSOUT ONSTR|KE
Appoints Negro Chicago Papers Today Redc
Assistant Attorney General ed to Four Pages Each
SENDS HIS NAME TO SENATE SPECIAL ISSUES OMITTED
Southern Fight Controversy Rate Under
frmaion-Protests Made Agreement Recently Ratified.
the President
STATEMENT PUBLISHERS
Preside Lynch of Inter-
-
Not Waran
Chicago Papers Today Reduc-
ed to Four Pages Each.
SPECIAL ISSUES OMITTED
Controversy Over Rate Of Pay Under
Agreement Recently Ratified.
STATEMENT BY PUBLISHERS
President Lynch of international
typographical Union Declares
Strike Is Not Warranted.

CHICAGO. March Efforts to settle
the strike of the newspaper linotype
operators continued today Today S
morning papers consisted of four pages
only, and there was attempt to print
advertising matter. The usual forenoon
editions of the evening papers were not
issued The publishers hoped to put two
editions on the street in reduced form,
instead of the customary half dozen or
more.
President O'Brien of Chicago Typo
GRAPHICAL Union. No Is, has ordered the
strike in only one o1sce. So far as possible
type for this publication was being Sc. in
the other three evening plants. Officers
of the chapels. as the individual union
organizations of the Offices are called,
met to consider the situation.
Clash Between Chiefs.
The question before them was
whether to stand by Mr.. O'Brien, who
ordered the strike, or by James NJ.
Lynch. president OF the international
Typographical Union. who has officially
declared the strike to be unauthorized,
illegal and unwarranted."
While the chapels were in session a
telegram was received from j. w.
Hays. vice president OF the interna :
tional union, ordering them to con-
tinue setting type for the strike bound
shop. To this they assented This
leaves the original grievance of the
one shop to be settled. Ending this the
remaining Chicago newspapers will
print no more themselves than they
are able to put in type for the paper
against which the strike was called.
Mr.. Lynch is said to have left Wash
ington for this city. \ meeting of
Typographical Union No. 16 has been
called. for this Afternoon for further
discussion of the situation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
Arbitration Is Proposed.

1.-The management of these two papers.
in compliance with the contract with the
printers union, agreed to submit the dis
puted question for settlement to the joint
standing committee. a body authorized
under the contract between the typo
ghaphical union and the newspapers to
settle all differences of opinion.
This offer of settlement was made in
the confmunicat ton by Victor F. lawson
president Of the Chicago local of the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation. in a letter dated February IS
1t was renewed in a letter dated Febru-
airy 2s
in spite OF these requests and also in
spite Of an offer made by the manage
ment of the Chicago American and the
Chicago Examiner to deposit the smaller
difference in wages with the president of
49, to be held by him until the final
award was made, strike was called at
3 pm. today in the offices of the two
newspapers mentioned. This strike was
ordered in violation of the most binding
contract and agreement to refer any and
all matters in dispute to the standing
committee for settlement. In taking that
| action the union violated its own by
laws as well as it's contract and arbi-
| tration agreement.
! strike of the typographical union all of
the Chicago morning papers will print
only four pages tomorrow.
| Scale Accepted February 4.
lon the 4th of February the Chicago
| Examiner and Chicago American accepted,
with the other newspapers OF Chicago, the
scale Of wages for printers agreed upon
| by the international board of arbitration,
consisting of James NJ. Lynch, president
of the International Typographical Union;
j. w. Hayes, vice president of the Inter
| national Typographical Union: Hugo Mil
| Ter. vice president OF the International
Typographical Union; Herman Ridder,
president of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association: George G. Hit,
publisher Of the Indianapolis Star, and
III. n. Kellogg. labor commissioner Of tn :
American Newspaper Publishers Associa-
| ton.
The local typographical union had
nine months notice that the Examiner
! and American would accept the award
when made. In the meantime, these pa
! pers continued 10 pay a scale of wages
| existing under an expired contract,
! amounting to many thousands of dollars
/, in excess of the award.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01

300 different models in this early
showing: as usual, they're equal to
50 and SO Hats shown elsewhere.
Every new shape and trimming
effect
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-27
FINE PICTURES AT
 TIE OK THEATER

One of the finest series of motion films ever shown here is now being presep led at the o K theater. Per haps the best of these from the standpoint of locaI interest Is "The Cattle King of Arizona" The cattle king is shown riding up on his horse, making an unusually realistic picture. 4 clever plot runs through the story, with a pleasing love story.
 Another fine picture is The Gold en Hoard" The scene opens with the old miser counting his gold. His daughter, a beautiful girl, is in love with an exemplary young man. A gambler appears and chokes the rniser in an effort to steal his gold The young lover of the girl arrives on the scene and picks m the old man and the gaE,iler gives the re -port that the young man robbed him. The miser recovers, however, and points out the guilty man.
 Condemned to Death" is the story of two rival policemen, in love with the same girl. A young broker re- ceives a hurried call to the city and i9 taken for a burglar. One of the rolicemen, the favoTite of the girl tries to shoot the broker for a burg lar, but kills his rival. He is tried and convicted. but the broker hears of the case and gives the evidence which releases him as he is about to be executed
 "The Message of the Bottle" is great scene in which an old sea cap tain is lost on an island and made king of the natives He sets a bot tie adrift, however, which his folks pick up, finally rescuing him.
 Some beautiful new classical music has been received for the big cleo tric piano. Among the numbers are ''Fledermaus," My Cavalier" 'Sil- yer Bell" Some of These Day" and others.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-27
NEW CORK-CENTER
 BALL IS FAILURE
Entirely Too Lively as a Base ball, Declares August
 Hermann

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.-That the new cork-center, so-called live iy" baseball, will soon be a thing of the past is the opinion of August Hermann, chairman of the national commission and president of the Cincinnati Baseball club, who leaves tomorrow morning for Portland.
 Although the new ball has only been in use in the major leagues for a little over a month" said MT Hermann. the demand for it's with drawal comes from all quarters, and think it will only be a short time before a ball of different pattern, less lively, will be ordered. A movement for the change has all ready taken form in a request which l received today and which has been mailed to all club officials and direc- tors of the American and National leagues asking for individual views. My answer will be that I believe that Ihe new cork-center ball should be made less active. Not only does the present ball make the game too one sided when either team of a contest strikes a batting streak, but 1t makes the games too uncertain. The fans have been among the first to complain and a general howl is going up all around the circuits. When the home fans Of big city turn out in thousands" and see the home team leading by three or TOUT runs in the seventh or eighth in nings, only to be defeated by a final rally on the part of the opposing team, they do not like it. I'll ad- nit that this kind of play pleases some of the enthusiasts who like lots of hitting, but the majority of them think that the thing has gone just a bit tco far. I believe the cork-center ball, as now manufac- tured, will soon be relegated to the shelf"