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could be restricted by statute.
These decisions are fortunately fat
ly contradicted by the so-called Oregon
case decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States, which -emphatically
and clearly lays down the law that the
of labor as regards wOmen-the decision
being of such admirable character as
to make a Landmark in the legislative
efforts Of those who seek to better the
conditions as regards women and chill
dren. In Illinois the State court has re-
only greatly to the credit of the court,
but greatly to the credit of the men and
women-Mr Brandeis, Miss Josephine
Goldmark, and others-who secured the
reversal.
"The proposition that the United
States and the several States, along
among civilized commonwealth, are not
competent to secure the welfare of fu-
ture generations by protecting the wom-
en- and children in this generation is
simply intolerable. No other civilized
nation would permit a judicial declara-
tion forbidding the Government to act
in this manner. If the rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness do
not include the right to preserve the
real liberty and the health and the hap
ptness of the women and the children Of
the Nation, the enunciation of these
rights In the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence. annually read everywhere in this
country on the Fourth of July, is farci-
cal. A matter like this cannot be- set
tied Alright unless it Is accepted as a
matter of course that the Legislature
has entire power over It: that is, that
the representatives of the people are
able to respond to the wishes OF the
yitally. affecting their interests and 7weIl-
being"
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seats for women workers, laws regulat-
ing and providing for official SUPER
vision over the employment of women
and children in mercantile establish
ments, early closing especially at
Christmas), the abolition of sweat-shopS
and of child labor in the tenements..
1.-The effort to regulate the hours 'of
work for women has been only partly
successful, and not only ALI wage-work-
ers, but all public-spirited and far
sighted patriots should realize sharply
the attitude on this matter taken By
some of our public servants. =
Both the New York Legislature and
the New York municipal authorities
have at times shown a disposition to
thwart the work of the Consumers
League in behalf of the women and
children by refusing to appropriate the
ernment inspectors to supervise condi-
Is not to be a dead letter, provision
must be made for it's enforcement; and
particularly discreditable legislative
trick is to put law on the statute
books with a flourish of trumpets, and
then make no provision for it's effective
application. Unless a law against over
time is enforced it is certain that manu-
facturers and shopkeepers will continue
TO work their employees extra hours and
after s o'clock In the evenings. In
1897 the appropriation for special in
spectors to enforce the mercantile law
was abolished, and for the next dozen
years women working in stores enjoyed
much less protection than those en-
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Proposed Statute
Curtails Rights

The Bar Association of the District Of
Columbia has appointed a committee TO
present its views in opposition to an
amendment offered in the Senate by
Senator Sutherland to the bill for the
revision of the laws and adopted as a
part of that bill. The effect OF it is TO
curtafl the right OF appeal from the
final judgment of the Court of Appeals
of the District. except in six instances.
Lawyers say the effect of 1t is to cut
off the right of appeal which always has
existed in cases in which the matter in
dispute. exclusive of the costs, exceeds
the sum of 5000
The lawyers are up In arms because
the citizens OF the District are about to
be deprived of an important right by
this limitation on appeals and are pro-
testing strongly. Some of them declare
1t would be a calamity. They are try
ing to head it off. At a meeting of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday a resolution Of protest will be
adopted and it will be urged that the
right OF appeal 10 the Supreme Court of
the United States be not hampered.
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Former President Roosevelt, in the
fifth of the series of editorials in The
Outlook on "Nationalism and Progress"
continues his discussion of collective
actions" and asserts that the work
Of organized labor and of the Govern
ment is not the only form this "collec-
tive action" may take TO do far-reaching
good.
The former President points out that
hard-working people. who distrust
mushy sentimentality as they admire
a sane and persistent effort to get a
square deal for everyone" can accom-
plish a great deal for the betterment of
industrial conditions.
In this connection he cites the work
done by the Consumers League of New
York city, by the National Consumers
league, and by other State and city or
ganizations of the same type.
The writer gives at length q state
ment from the Consumers League,
enuhciating it's principles as originally
adopted and outlining the progress of
the movement.
The writer then says:
I'm view of the oft-repeated asser-
tions that the size of the wage and the
length of working time are settled by
economic laws over which people can
exercise no control, it is interesting to
observe that these are among the very
matters with which the different con-
sumers' leagues have dealt, often sue
cessfully. But they have done much
more. They have grappled with many
different problems: oyertims work.
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THE BLIGHT OF AMBITION
FALLS UPON GUAM.

That growing body of sea-gcing COM
muters who live in the United States
and do business in the Philippines will
always hold in fond affection the
sunny little island of Guam where they
change shirts for Manila. 1t nestles
like a floating garden in the langlIor-
GUS latitude of the Pacific about fifteen
degrees above the equator. 1t is a
sort of clearing house for the trade
winds, and outside of the rainy season
is veritable island valley of Avilion,
where one has nothing much to do
except to rest and loaf his soul in
the 'bowery hollows crowned by sum-
mer seas" 1t is-or was-equally free
from snakes and promoters. 1t had
never been thought necessary to re-
duce more than one per cent of its $50
square miles to a state of cultivation
until the Government established its
agricultural experiment station there
and began to corrupt the natives with
the lust of riches. Happy in its m-
failing supply of cocoanuts, which are
meat, drink, and raiment to the simple
children OF nature, it was content to
doze and dream.
Representative RucLer of Colorado,
with real tenderness which has been
misunderstood, wished to discontinue
the Governments artificial stimulus.
He wanted to leave its virgin soil to
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TARIFF BOARD THIS
SESSION YET LIKELY
Democrats in Senate En-
deavoring to Compromise
on Measure.

President Taft may yet get a perma-
nent tariff board or commission at this
session of Congress. II was learned to-
day that the Senate Democrats, headed
by Senator Bailey, Of Texas, who have
been proclaiming their opposition to a
tariff board or commission of any kind,
are now endeavoring to make a compro-
mise with the Republican members OF
the Finance committee, who are con-
sidering the, Longworth tariff board bill
which passed the House.
Senator Bailey has told his Republican
associates on the Finance committee
that his opposition to the tarin board
as provided for in the Longworth bill is
principally due to the fact that it would
be under the direction of the President
quite as much as under the jurisdiction
of either branch of Congress.
Bailey Plan Outlined.
The Senator has outlined a scheme
which. he says, would receive Demo-
cratic support.
1t calls for tariff commission some
what similar to the National None
tary Commission. The proposed Bailey
commission would be permanent but in
stead of having its membership consist
of economists and manufacturing ex-
perts he would have the membership
confined to members of the House and
Senate.
The commission, according to the
Bailey idea, would be empowered to
employ all the necessary experts to
carry on the work now being done by
the tariff board. and from the Demo-
cratic and stand-Pat idea would have
the advantage Of being wholly within
the control of Congress.
Rejected As Compromise.
Republican members of the Senate
Finance Committee rejected the Bailey
plan almost as soon as it was proposed
as a compromise scheme. The Texas
Senator, 1t Is understood, served notice
that the Senate would take the plan
outlined by him or else witness the
Longworth tariff board bill filibustered
to death at this session. Advocates of a
permanent tariff commission in the
House and Senate are bitterly opposed
to the Bailey plan on the ground that II
would defeat the most important fea-'
ture of the Longworth bill, namely, to
take the tariff out of politics as far as
possible. The Bailey plan, 1t is pointed
out, would create a law keeping tariff
in politics, and thereby defeat the prog
ress already made.
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Church to Give Picture
Show to Draw Crowds

TOLEDO. Ohio. Feb. IA picture
show to be given tonight ad every
Sunday hereafter in the First Congre-
gational Church, one of ToIedo's most
fashionable parishes, with Pastor DR..
George Wallace as stage manager.
Women will also not be compelled to
remove their hats. The church will
enter into competition with theaters for
patronage whom DIR. Wallace on a re-
cent Sunday night tour of inspection.
saw pouring by thousands into Toledo
theaters, while its preachers were hold
ing forth to rows of empty pews. -
Personally, 1 am tired of speaking
every Sunday night to empty pews,"
said DR.. Wallace.
If the people must have pictures and
shows, we will give them one at the
old First Church.
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Edison Investigating
The Subject of Music

WEST ORANGE N. J.. Feb. T.
Thomas A Edison. the inventor, Is in
vestigting the subject Of music. He
finds there is very little originality in
any OF II.
Musical compositions are full OF
plagiarism" he declared today. "AII
the waltzes are nearly alike. Most of
the music writer's merely take old
themes and work them over
Edison was stxty-four years old YES
terday. MY body and 1 are keeping
at its stin for about eighteen hours a
day. and 1 am glad to say that We
rarely grow tired he replied, when
asked how he felt. .-.
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Architect Is Selected
For Champlain Memorial

MIDDLEBURY, VT, Feb. 12-Presi-
dent John NJ. Thomas, of Middlebury
College, chairman of the Lake Cham
plain tercentenary committee on a
memorial to Samuel D. Champlain to
be erected by the States of New York
and Vermont, announces that the COM
mission of both States has selected
Hugh Mcclellan. of New York, as archi-
tect of the proposed memorial The
selection was made by competition.
The monument, which will be a light
house. VIII be erected the coming sum-
nsr at Crown Point
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Glass Blowers Advised
To Accept Cut in Wages

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 12.-President
Neenan, of the National Window Glass
Workers Association. today advised the
four hundred employees of the Case
and Merry Window Glass plant. here, to
accept the proposed cut of thirty-five
per cent in wages.
The employers declare that the ma
Chine-blown window glass companies
have cut the price of glass to such an
extent that the reduction in hand blow
ers' wages was absolutely necessary.
Similar cuts will be made in all plants
throughout the country.
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Brand Whitlock Home
Improved in Health

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 12.-Brand
Whitlock, magazine writer and mayor
of Toledo, whose novel ideas in ad-
ministration have attracted national at
tention, has successfully passed
through an illness which it was thought
would result in death. This morning
he was discharged from the hospital
and returned to his home. month
ago he was stricken with appendicitis.
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Toledo Piano Man
Killed By Apoplexy

TOLEDO. Ohio. Feb. 12.-wIlliam H
Currier. seventy years old. head of
the Whitney & Currier Co, pioneer
piano dealers of Ohio, died suddenly
of apoplexy at his new home here.
Robinwood Bungalow.
Mr.. Currier was stricken with apo
plexy as he stepped under a shower
bath. He was preparing to go to
Chicago to attend a meeting of the
executive committee of the National
Piano Dealers Association of which
he is chairman.
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Car Victim Better.

J. w. Lee, of 1911 ID street southeast,
who was struCk by street car No. 265,
of the H street and New York avenue
line, yesterday, was sent to his home to-
day by physicians at the Emergency
Hospital, where he was taken for treat
ment. Lee suffered severe Iacerations
of the scalp and bruises on his arms
and shoulders.
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reres from
the spectacle Senator Hale is perhaps the
his
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f mnue
he
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difficult his
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Reporters in Germany have been pro-
vided with passes which will enable
them TO seek news, even at the police
mans mouth. When one of them has
been duly slashed or beaten. as in the
Moabit riots, the policeman will look at
the pass and permit him to escape.
The Washington times., 1911-02-12

All the gastronomic resources Of
that gifted LuCullus. Director General
John Barrett OF the Bureau of Amer
lean Republics, will be brought into
play while the approaching commerce
ial congress is in session. What is
ship subsidy compared to such a
kitchen as he commands?
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A professor has come all tho way
from the University of Bonn to assure
us that we need not be afraid that the
supply of coal will give out. A few
months hence, as we hasten to and fro
on the Avenue, we will not care greatly
II it does
The Washington times., 1911-02-12

KOssuth came to stir us in the inter
est of war. His felOw-cOuntryman,
Count Appony', came as an apostle of
peace. Each in his own way. however,
did much to show the people of this
Western world that they raise men of
large caliber in Hungary, whose con-
stitution is the oldest in Europe.
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1t looked like California was in earnest
about making that exposition a success
until it developed that a telephone con-
Germ was advertising for ugly hello
girls
The Washington times., 1911-02-12

Victor Berger appears to have dis
couraged the hobo march on Wash
ington so completely that the new
Coxey has taken to work to drown
his troubles
The Washington times., 1911-02-12

Classic IsadOra Duncan has come back
wearing real clothes. Something had to
offset the growing popularity of those
new-fangled harem trousers.
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The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times (Sunday) during the month Of jan
uefy was l95. 56S all copies left over and re-
tuIned by agents being eliminated. This
number, when divided by s. the number OF
sundays during January shows the net sun
oaS average for January TO have been 1854
N each issue OF The Times the circulation
ngnres for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head of the first page at the
len. OF the date line.
Entered at the PostofIice at Washington.
D. c., as second class matter.
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The weary postman cannot be blam-
ed if he finds it hard to pass a window
full of valentines without throwing a
brick
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Wyoming reports that 5000 elks are
in danger OF starvation in that State.
Here's chance for the B. P o. f. to
show its benevolence and protection.
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The Mad Mullah is losing control of
himself again and the Young Turks are
preparing for the worst
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The British public is bearing up well
under Mr.. Lloyd Georges sore throat.
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The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times daily during the month OF January
was I.l50,S SIS. all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number, when
divided by 26, the number OF days OF publ
cation, shows the net daily average Tor
January TO have been n, 263.
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Member of 10
the Capital of the Nation have little of the duous
within hours ride his
headquarters building.
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which
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sent " Congress don't that they pull
write in
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his predecessors tc death
pnem in nec wa He found that the omcss most skuIed and
the railroad problem and when President Taft added him to tho interstate
country,
but a hasg cosmopolitan inquiry
he
of
sin early in the day. work started and iecurd H.
material at night to instruct his classes
are by"
Pennsylvania and Thirteenth
. them?"
and
another
deliberate
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invariably up
relieve and
and stride
It's a of Damon and Pythhs right
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Total for the month. "a, ,337
Sunday average for the month...... a. .S67
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Sunday.

Sunday.
The number Of complete and perfect copies
or The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month OF January was as fol-
love:
gapuary 1.......42.9I0 January 29S
Sehuary e.--....46, 2s3 January 2s.......A'6SO
January b.......47,l66
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JANUARY CIRCULATION.
n.tIv

he number OF complete and perfect copies
The Washington Times printed daily DUR
the month of January was as follows:
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
WHIPS COVE.

Simon @. Layton spent last
week in the service of Uncle Sam
on the route between Sldellng
Hill and Hancock. jennie and
Ruth Roaraoaugh spent part of
last week IN the homes of d. G..
Mallott and Nathan w. Mellott. e.
The series of meetings in pro.
gress at the Jerusalem church Is
not so well attended. Miss
Myrtle Mills is quite ill with
whooplng cough. e. VIII Martin
has pneumonia. Among those
who called at the home Of Denton
Hoopengardner Sunday were
Mary Ann Layton, Rebecca En-.
gle, Isaiah Layton Sr., and Ed
ward +. MellOtt. Mr.. Hoopen.
gardner is suffering from an at.
tack of grippe. Watson Plessing
er, who was down with grippe, is
able to be out again Howard
Mellott continues quite Ill. D.
G. Mallott is logging for Stetler.
%. d. Akers aud wife were IN
the Cove Sunday. Alfred Lay.
ton and wife and little daughter
were over Sldehng Hill Sunday
Mcclellan Diehl of Breezewood
was IN the Cove Saturday and
Sunday. JOB Winter and wife
were in the vicinity Of Buck Val,
ley Thursday. Flossle Plesslng.
er called on her sister Mrs.
Frank M. Diehl at Amaranth last
Saturday. Those who were at
the quilting party at Geo. Dlehl's
last Wednesday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Wills Conner and daughter
Julia, of Crystal Springs, Mr..
Dowds of Greensburg, Bertha
Diehl, Maria Mellott, Nettie
Dlehl, Curtis Diehl, Fannie Diehl,
Edith Layton, Emmaline Dlehl
and Flossle Plesslnger. Albert
Plesslnger is cutting logs to get
sawed preparatory to building a
new barn next summer. Those
who called at the home of Watson
Plesslnger last Wednesday were
W. V. Hart and wife, jennie and
Mildred Hines, jennie and Ruth
Roarabaugh, and Edward F..
Mellott.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
WEST DUBLIN.

Clarence Hoover of Dane spent
Tuesday of last week with the
family of his mother Mrs. Eliza
Hoover of this place.
Harvey Clevenger has gone to
Plttsburg where he expects en-
ployment running automobiles.
Marjorie Clevenger has,return.
ed from Pittsburg where she had
been employed the past few
months.
Albert King of Altoona spent
a few days recently with his fam.
lily in this township.
Mrs. Margaret Kesselrlng of
Hustontown spent Sunday with
the family of her aunt Mrs. Eliza
Hoover.
There is an effort being made
to have additional telephone SER
vice In our community and there
may be p short telegraph line in
operation IN the near future.
Chester Brant is cutting TIM
ber for a new barn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
BRUSH CREEK.

Miss Clara Hanks is spending
some time with friends in Pitts
burg.
Misses Lucy Pelghtel, Bessie
Akers and Pearl Barkman spent
Sunday in the home of o. A. Bar
ton and family.
John Lucas and wife of Everett,
spent last week with the latter's
parents, M. E Barton and wife.
Carl, Donald and Mary Rohm
spent Sunday with their grand
parents, Amos Hixson and wife.
Mrs. Susie Wink spent a few
days with Bert Bard and family.
Walter Barton spent last Sun
day with friends IN Rays Cove.
Mrs. Albert Spade spent a day
last week with John D. Smith
and family.
L. G. Mann, Of Everett, was
transactlng business IN our Val
ley one day last week.
There will be a local institute
at Buffalo school Friday evening,
February 3.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Three Stables and Their Contents, An
Ice House, Automobile, BuggieS,
Went Up in Smoke.
WAS WORK OF INCENDIARIES.

The most disastrous fire in Nc
Connellsburg for many years oc.
Cured last Saturday night in
which three stables and their
contents, an ice house, and a
nearly new Studebaker h. M. f.
Thirty automobile were totally
destroyed.
The fire, which Is without
doubt of incendlary origin, was
discovered a few minutes before
1 o'clock in the stable just south
of the M. E. church, on the
Trout's Drug Store property.
Across an alley from the Trout
stable stood the stable of Albert
Stoner and that of B. w. Peck,
and IN very short time both of
these buildings were burning.
About twelve feet of the end of
the Peck stable next to Stoner's
was used as buggy house and
automobile garage, and IN this
was kept his automobile, buggy,
&C., and as the entrance was
from the alley, 1t was impossible
to save any of the contents of the
stables.
At the time of the discovery of
the fire, nearly everybody was IN
bed, and by the time many per-
sons got to the fire it had gained
such headway as to make 1t I'M.
possible to do more than to save
adjoining property. No town in
the State has better water pro.
lection than McConnellsburg,
and more willing and efficient fire
fighters, but when men ran to the
hose house, which is less than a
square from the fire, they found
that the lncendiaries had taken
the precaution TO break the glass
case that contains the key to the
hose house, and which Is easy of
access to the first one reaching
there in time OF fire, and take the
key away. This made it neces-
sary to break open the house-all
of which consumed valuable time;
and when the stream was brought
to play at the fire 1t was too late to
save anything of the three DOOM
ed properties.
The loss is about as follows:
Trout's, $4,000; insurance, $3.50,
90. Stoner's, $350.00, no lnsur.
ance. Peck's, $1,S00.00; lnsur.
ance, Sl,295,00 IN the Fulton
County Mutual.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
Great Week For Harrisburg.

Last week was a great week
for Agriculture, Horticulture,
and allied interests at Harris
burg agricultural societies were
ia session there, including the
State Board of Agriculture, The
State Horticultural Association,
The Pennsylvania Livestock
Breeders Association, and The
Pennsylvania Dairy Union. This
was the week of the Annual Meet
ing Of such organizations, and not
only were there papers and dis
cusslons on important subjects by
experts and practical men, but
there was also, an exhibition of
Pennsylvania products that has
never before oeen equalled In this
State.
The interest In fruit produc-
ton has been greatly stimulated
by the work of Professor Sur
face, State Zoologlst, and his III
spectors and demonstrators. The
demonstration method has prov
en-, in the different counties %
this State, that all that Is neces-
sary for the production of fine
fruits IN very profitable quality is
to use modern methods IN the
care of the trees and the control
Of pests.