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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05
Insists He Always Has
Upheld w orkingman s
Cause.
SAYS SWANSON
DODGED VOTE
Recounts Many Measures or
Which He Has Voted in In
terests of Men Who Toll.
Criticizes His Opponent for
Refusing to Meet Him in
Joint Debate.

II have always consistently upheld
the cause OF labor" declared Carter
Glass before 500 men ct Liberty nall
in the East End last night. II am
willing for any honest committee of
the Federation of Labor to go through
my papers and scan my record for any
flew in my stand on the labor question
When there was a bill in Congress
to establish Bureau OF Commerce
and Labor, I wanted the measure
changed so that there should be a
Bureau OF Labor alone. I voted square
~ on this proposition. but Swanson ran
out and lodged this vote. wanted
to see a laboring man in the Cabinet
or the President Of the United States"
Facts Kept Back.
Swanson" he continued, has circu-
lated a card showing my vote against
so-called employers Liability law in
the General Assembly. but he deliber-
ately kept back the fact that I stated
on the floor OF the Senate that the bill
had been brought in but three days be-
fore adjournment that it was a sham
and snare; that ii was the Identical
bill which the Governor of New York
at the unanimous request of the labor
organt-' lie IS had vetoed. At the next
session L voted for an employers liza :
bility bill that was worth something.
When the State Federation of Labor
sought to attack me on my labor re-
cord. Issued a pamphlet. which I
have here.
1T contains letter from James B.
Doherty. our present Labor Commits
sloner. telling of my work for labor,
letter from Eugene Withers, au-
thor OF the employers liability meas
nre before the Constitutional Conven-
ton, saying that among its most un-
compromising and vigorous advocates
was Carter Glass, who particularly
asket to be paired when sick. He
never failed or faltered.' I also had
the hearty Endorsement of Benjamin
r. Catlin. president OF the State legis-
lative board Of the railroad employees.
who said that few public men in viz
ginia we're more entitled to the graft
tude of railroad er.ployes than Carter
Glass 1t was largely through his aid
that we succeeded in winning this
fight. The working people have no
better friend than Carter Glass"
swanson" said Mr.. Glass, has re-
vived an old charge which Is not based
on a single fSct. 10 one 4vsr sought
the facts about my record on the
labor question. There is 20 truth In
CONTINUED on Second PageJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05
FULL STENOGRAPHIC REPORT OF
BEATTIE'S DIRECT EXAMINATION

Following 10 a complete atenosraphio
report OF the direct examination OF
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., in the Chess
terfleid Circuit Court yesterday,
BY Mr. SMITH
G. Mr.. Beattie. please state your
full name.
A Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.
9. Your age.
A. Twenty-si1.
Q. Your residence
mond.
O. Your occupation.
A. / am in business with nv father
between Eleventh and Twelfth on Hull
Street. South Richpond
Q. What is the nature OF the bust.
ness?
"A. General mercantile business. dry
goods shoes, etc.
G. What are your particular duties
OF occupation at your fathers place?
a have charge of the shoe depart.
ment and the gents furnishing depart.
ment
Q. How long have you had charge
of that?
A. Full charge three or four years
I have been there eight years
Q. Do you do the buying for your
department?
A. I buy all the shoes and nearly
all the gems furnishings
Q. What have been your business
hours for the last year or more?
a. go down every morning at half
past and open the store
G. Do you open the store?
A. Yes. sir.
Carries Keys to Store.
Q. Do you carry the keys to the
store?
A Yes. sir.
Q. How long have you carried the
keys TO the store?
A. Ever since ! have been opening.
Q. How long is that?
a. About year or more.
Q. Do you remember when you
father came out of the hospital or
went to the hospital?
A. 1t was when he went to the hos
Ditel that 1 started opening the store.
don't remember the exact date, and
ever since then have been going down
at half-past I and opening.
Q. Come as near as you can to the
date.
A I said 1t was about a year. l
really don't remember.
@. Now. Mr.. Beattie what relation
to you is Paul Beattie?
A My second cousin.
Q. Have you ever had any confiden :
tial relations with him in any way
shape or form?
A. No. sir.
O. Has he ever been your intimate
In any way?
A No, sir.
No Confidence in Paul.
Q. Have you ever placed any con-
fidence or trust in him during his life
as far Is you can recall?
A. None I'm the world.
Q. Have you ever gone around with
him or visited with him or visited at
his house socially?
A. never went to his house in my
life.
q. Has he ever run around With
you?
A. No. sir
Q. If there have ever been any re-
lations between you. what have they
been?
a. The only time have seen Paul in
the last year or so he came over to
the store to get money or beg my
father for something. and he was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05

Continued on Eighth Pase.)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21

Minnesota easily won a position at
the head of the wheat-raising class
last year, according to government
statisticians, this state being credit
ed with nearly double the crop OF
spring wheat raised by the next
highest producing state, North Da-
kota, and in the production of wheat
of both spring and winter varieties
stands 1879 to the 8.9 per cent of the
next greatest state for wheat last
year, which was Kansas. This state
has worn the honors for wheat pro-
duction for good many years, but
it will be just as we'll if the farmers
of the bread and butter state will
place more emphasis on the butter
claim of ascendency, since raising
cows and butter enriches the soil,
while wheat growing impoverishe
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
EMPLOY the art OF healing and

employ the art o f healing and
work many wonderful cures.
They began with class for those
afflicted with tuberculosis, giving
mental and spiritual assistance to
those already under the doctors
care. They believe that in addition
to rest and fresh air. happy sur
roundings not too firing are bene-
fetal.
Nervous troubles, if mental or
spiritual. are turned over to the
minister instead of the physician.
Sometimes to treat other diseases
whose cause originated in some men
tai trouble, the most striking exam
pie Of which was one case Of cancer.
The methods employed are sugges-
ton that the trouble is not deep
rooted and in some cases hypnotism
is used.
The meaning of this movement
is the realization that body. mind
and soul are closely connected and
that the church is concerned with all
phases.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Uncle Sam and His Gold.


Uncle Sam has more gold in his
possession today than he has ever
had before in his life. Treasurer
Lee McClung looked over his balance
sheet and found the government had
over ST, OOO, 10000 in gold coin, to
say nothing of $126, 100000 in bull:
lion. Never before in the history
Of the government, according to the
New York Globe, has it had so much
gold piled up in it's Golfers. Not
only is this ord-breaking
amount for the government to have,
but there is more gold in the trea-
sury now than in the vaults of Great
Britain and France combined. or of
Great Britain and Germany COM
bined, or of Great Britain and Rus
STA combined. In other words, this
government has more gold in gold
coin and bullion than any other two
nations.
This vast golden hoard represents
the accumulation of long series of
years. 1t is not ascribed to any par
ticular financial development of re-
recent occurrence. By no means all
of this gold and bullion is stored in
Washington. Any burglarious gen.
tleman who thinks he can tunnel
under the treasury and find all this
gold in that institution some dark
night is in error. The gold is partly
in the vaults of the treasury at
Washington, some of it is in the
vaults Of the subtreasuries, and
some of it in the minis of Philadel-
phia and Denver. AS a matter of
Of fact, the greater pars-of it is at
the two minis named. About 1895,
OOO, 900 of the total coin is held in
trust to redeem outstanding gold
certificates. 1t is expected that
congress viii put through leglsla-
tion this session to enable the trea.
sury to issue gold certificates against
the gold bullion in the proportion Of
l three to two. That is. for 5000 II
] bullion it would be possible to issue
$500 in gold certificates against the
bullion. This would lessen ths
i amount of mintage necessary. Three
years ago the government trans
ferred s275. 900. 900 in gold coin from
San Francisco to Denver. The tasl
was accomplished at a cost of S275,
LOCO.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Champagne Corks.

Champagne corks cost 10 cents
apiece because, for one reason, they
are handmade. Cork bark, before
entering the cork machines, must be
steamed. Steaming softens it.
Were it not softened it would dull
and ruin the machines circular
knives. But steamed cork has nc
elasticity, no life. Inserted in a
bottle, it tends to shrink and per-
nit leakage. A leaky cork would
ruin champagne, and therefore this
costly wine is always stoppered with
a cork of the best quality that has
been cut by hand-an unsteamed
cork of the highest elasticity
Washington Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Order for Hearing Petition for the Cor
reCtion of Defective Probate
Proceedings.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Redwood-ss.
In Probate Court. special term Mar. A.
1911.
In the matter of the estate of Albert E.
Federly, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
George e. Federley, administrator, repre-
senting, among other things, that he is
son and administrator of said estate of the
deceased, that said estate has been probated
in the probate court in said Redwood coun-
ty and that the said probate court has made
its final decree assigning TO the parties en-
titled thereto the north half and the south
half of the southeast quarter of section
twenty-eight (2S) In township No. one hum
dred and thirteen Q13) north of range thir-
ty-six 1850 west in Redwood county. Mime
sofa, and that said land is also so described
in the petition for administration of said
estate, i'll the inventory and the final ac-
count and final decree.
That said description was incorrect and
erroneous in this, that said Albert e. Federly
never was the owner OF any land IN SAID sec
ton twenty-eight, but died sliced OF the
Southeast quarter of section twenty three
in said town and range, and had no other
land and the naming OF sd d section twenty
eight was an error In drawing said petition,
inventory, final account and final decree,
which was meant to describe section TWEEN
tv- three. And that said final decree petit
fion inventory and final account should be
corrected, modified and amended to COM
form to the facts and the law in such cases
made and provided, in this. to-wit That
the words tWent y-elght l2s) wherever said
words are used In connection with and jill
describing said real estate, should be
changed To the words twenty-three 1891
therein, and your petitioner prays tE1a1 gsaia
final decree, final account. petition End %
ventory be corrected, modified and ausnusa
as herein specified
II is ordered, That the said petition ot
heard before this court on Monday. ne 80
day Of April. A. D. 19l1. at 10 O'clock IS the
forenoon, at the probate office in tbs city ct
Redwood Falls. IN said county.
And it is further ordered, That IQt4cc 81
the time and place of said hearing sfe 9iycn
to all persons Interested BIZ pNbis#ssss tfis
order once Id each week. for three sHeee@-s
sive weeks prior to said day KIT hearing. tn
the Redwood Gazette, a weekly ne WRDAp1ls
printed aud published at Redwood Falls, In
said county,
Dated at Redwood Falls, Mimi, the 4th
day OF March, 1911
BY the Court,
I fsEAL) AR. "A. LAUDON,
| 32-St Judge of Probate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Costly Fire at MapIeton.
Mankato Free Press: Maple

Mankato Free Press: Mapleton
was visited by disasterous fire
early this morning, that destroyed
the Commander mill and elevator
and small barn near by. The en-
tire village was placed in the great
est jeopardy for two hours or more
and only the greatest effort on the
part of every man and many of the
women saved the village from being
wiped off the map. Sparks fell in
perfect ram storm over the entire
village, driven before the fercest
gale Of the winter. and every roof
had to be constantly watched and
the sparks Immediately put out be-
fore the wind famed them into
flames. AS it was, number of
buildings caught fire, but none were
damaged to any extent.
The fire was discovered at about
four O'Clock this morning, in the
roof Of the elevator owned by the
Commander Mill company Of Min
neapolis. 1t is thought to have been
started by sparks from the smoke
stack Of the mill, owned by the same
company, as the stack is believed to
have burned out, owing to the strong
draft.
Peter Schweitzer, the manager Of
the mill and elevator, informed The
Free Press today over the telephone
that the elevator was well stocked
with grain, and that the mill was al
so carrying heavy stock OF Hour.
He estimated that the loss to the
| Commander Mill company would be
from SITS, 600 to 100000. He was
of the opinion that the company was
well insured. This was the only
milling or elevator property that the
company owned. The mill had q
daily capacity Of 900 barrels, and
for some time past had been operat-
ed at its full capacity
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21

President Taft has made no mis-
take in naming Congressman Tawney
as chairman of the international
Waterways commission, position
carrying ten thousand a year and
expenses. Congressman Tawney
may not deserve any commiseration
for failing to be elected by a con-
stituencyIwhose views he no longer
represented, but no one will question
his ability and competency to draw
a good salary or to serve his country
in positions of responsibility.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21

Mankato continues to make good
on the commission plan of running
thejcity government, the latest in
stance being the arrest of visiting
specimen of the genus "masher, !"
who wasrfned $50 and costs. The
young thingswas released from jail
when his father arrived from Win
dom andlpaid the fine, the justice
who imposed the same having adj
ministered rich brown roast along
with the sentence.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21


There is not only justice. but 2
vast deal Of pathos in the appeal OF
the teachers Of Duluth for an in
crease of salary. But as employers
of labor seldom consider the pathos
of labor condition. probably that
element in the situation may as well
be disregarded.
In any event, it is not essential to
the argument. 1t is conceded by
every economist that every worker
is entitled to a wage sufficient to
provide for his needs, according to
his social class. Certainly, any vo-
cation which demands special edu-
cational qualifications. with the at
tendant expenditure of years and
money, is entitled to wage that
will return a comfortable Lying and
the maintenance Of respectable ap
pearance.
Do the Duluth teachers get this
wage? Few will contend that they
do. To live comfortably; to have a
moderate-sized room and good board
in the average private home. or
boarding house. starts the living ex-
pense Of any teacher at $50 to S35
per month. The former price is
rather the exception.
Again, it is a recognized fact that,
with this as basis, the incidentals
of the cost of living. merely the
necessities according to social class,
will be as much more. and this does
not include clothes. The cost figures
submitted by many teachers as to
their own expenses confirm this.
There. then, you have it. The
teacher who is getting less than $50
to $40 month is below the comfort
line, and on the wrong side of the
ledger, in securing that grade OF
living cost that is generally nominal
ed respectable. Nor does this al
low her anything for clothes, for
savings or for the other months of
the year that she is unemployed and
so unpaid.
The usual wage Of the household
maids in Duluth is $40 to S25 a
month. Add to this room, board
and laundry, and the average is $50.
without the demands or needs for
dozens of incidentaIs which fall to
the teachers lot. So, again, it is a
fact. as frequently stated, that the
maids of the household, on the
average, are better paid than are
the teachers. while those maids who
have fitted themselves for thelak vo-
cation as all teachers must, are ac-
tually better paid, better housed and
have vastly more of leisure than any
save the exceptional teachers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Lofty Blue Knob.

The highest mountain peak in
Pennsylvania is located in Lincoln
township, in the northwestern part
of Bedford county. 1t is known as
Blue Knob and has an elevation of
1886 feet above main sea level. The
nearest approach to it in Pennsyl-
vania is Big Bald Knob, 3.000.7 feet
above tide, few miles southwest
wardly from Blue Knob, at the Bed
ford and Somerset county line
Mount Union (Pa.) Republican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Avalanche BaffIed at Last.

IN the winter Of 1909-10 an ava
lanche swept down the precipitous
sides Of the Cascade mountains at
the little town Of Wellington. Wash
inqton. and carried a Great North
ern passenger train with almost one
hundred passengers aboard. to ter
ribIe fate in the depths of the canyon
below. To prevent the recurrence
of such catastrophe was the prob
lem that confronted the Great
Northern's engineers. and spurred
on by James j. Hill. who declared
that the tracks must be rendered
absolutely safe no matter what the
cost, they finally determined upon
the erection Of reinforced concrete
snowsheds, protecting all the Wei
lington danger zone. These have
Just been finished at a cost OF $780,
600.
Construction of these solid mason
nv structures for distance OF $500
feet is regarded great accomplish
ment in the engineering world. for
they are not merely coverings built
over the tracks they are indestruc-
tible hoods set into the mountain
side. Future avalanches may thun-
der into the canyon, far below. all
they please, but they will slide right
over the concrete tubes. and trains
may pass back and forth within
them as safely as passenger traffic is
carried on beneath the HUDSON river
in the McAdoo tunnels. or beneath
the Detroit river.
I'VE must make the mountain dis
trict impregnable against snowslides
even if an outlay of millions OF dol
lars is necessary" declared Mr.. Hill
emphatically, and aside from the
concrete sheds the railway magnate
ordered more than 81 10000 spent
in an effort to prevent blockades and
delays to through trains during the
winter months. Two miles OF the
main line near Berne, east of Well
ington, are in process of rebuilding,
new buildings were erected at Well
! ington, water supply system is be-
| ing installed between Wellington
and Scenic, and at Wellington a
rendezvou has been made for the
scores of men that each winter are
used to fight the snow king in the
Cascades. From, this central point
men may be rushed down the west
side Of the mountains or through
the Cascade tunnel to the eastern
slope. From Guarding Against the
Avalanche. in April Technical
! World Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21

The final passage of R. c. Dunn's
good roads bill marks forward step
in one of the most important re-
forms of theg times. The bill is in
line with what Senator Clague has
been advocating for several years,
but perhaps Bob saw it first. and is
entitled to praise for getting it into
shape for legislation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21


Edward Payson Weston, the great
American pedestrian, celebrated his
seventy-third birthday last Wednes-
day, the principal feature of the eel
ebration being a..reception at Grace
Methodist church. New York, where
Weston told some of his experiences
during Al years as a professional
walker. If Weston's testimony and
robust health lead to a fad for pc
destrianism it will do much more
good than passion for prize fight
ing or wrestling.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Senator Claoue's temperance bill

Senator Clague's temperance bill
for putting an end to boozing on
trains BY giving conductors police
powers in such cases. will become 2
law and it is hoped that it may be
the beginning Of the end of some OF
the orgies which have made travel
ing on excursion trains anything Blu!
a JOY in many cases in time past
Another practical measure in tenn
.perance legislation passed at the
same time, is bill giving local op-
ton to cities of the fourth class
something they have not had hither'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21

Up at Duluth the thermometer
dropped SO degrees in about fifteen
hours, to seven below zero last
Wednesday morning. While the
drop did not go quite so low in this
vicinity, it went far enough to check
the rising sap that threatened to
put our fruit crop out of commission
by a premature spring opening. The
cold wave was frosty. but kindly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-21
Gross instrumentation.

"Several Of my friends have told
me-" roared the caller, a portly,
paunchy individual with a fiery
nose, ''that your paper the other
day spoke of me as the monumen-
tai demagogue of the age"
"Whoever told you that" vocif-
Grated the editor, quivering with
Indignation, uttered an infamous
falsehood. We spoke of you as the
monumental demagogue of the
ages p'-Chicago Tribune.