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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-11
sALMAGUNDI

The Elko Dancing Club will give
a campaign dance at the Opera
House Friday night, November LIST
Music by the Elko orchestra.
Mr.. Fitzgerald accompanied Mr..
Fittman to Metropolis. He will
introduce the senatorial candidate
to the Metrop olitans and make a
little hay for himself.
A campaign ball will be given at
Deeth Friday night, October
25th.
Attorney General Baker arrived
from Carson this morning and &C.
companled Key Pittman to
Metropolis. He came here on the
Chase estate matter.
Wanted--A competent lady wants
position as housekeeper. Call at
room 5. Elko FOtel.
The citizens Of EIko without re-
gard ia party should turn out to-
morrow night tn hear Pittman and
Tallman discuss the issues of the
day. Both are able speakers. Let
us give them heraty welcome and
respectful hearing.
For Sale at a bargain, one Simp-
son Computing Scale and one
Carey Safe, % inches square, out
side measurement. For parti-
culars inquire of the Indepen-
dent.
Clay Tallman and Mr.. Bpchana
left for Tuscarora this forenoon
in Rand Streeter's automobile.
They will return tomorrow in time
for Mr.. Tallman to keep his ap-
! pointment here.
The Wilson and Marsh II club
will meet at 8 o'clock tonight to
make final arrangements for the
meeting tomorrow night. every
democrat should attend the meet
Qg. Turn out and help the cause
along.
The ,Woman's Guild will give a
Ne ENGLAND dinner on election
day:
Grove L. johnson, father of the
bull moose candidate for vice
president. has published a letter
saying that he would vote foy
Wilson for president, and that
that several hundred more republi-
cans of Sacramento would do the
same. 1t now looks as if Wilson
would carry California.
The Elko Dancing club will give
a dance at the Bradley Opera
House tonight. Music hJ the Elko
orchestra. A good time is promis.
ed to all who at end.
y This mornings mail brought US
some choice dope from the Bull
Moose headuarters in Reno. We
may make use Of some of it next
week TO show what the Bull Moose
people think of Senator Massey and
Congressman Roberts. The two
wings of the g. O. p. don't seem to
have any love for each other.
Hon. Key Pittman, democratic
candidate or United Sta .es senator.
arrived on NO. 6 last night and left
this forenoon on freight train for
Metropolis, where he will speak
tonight. He is standing the
campaign well and is in good
spirits. He is making a clean,
aggressive fight for the senatorship
and deserves to win. He will dis.
cuss the issues of the campaign
at the Opera House tomorrow
night. Turn out and hear him.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-11
Nothing Much 70 Dol

The conditions of conquest are al.
ways easy. We have but to toll
awhile, endure awhile, believe always,
and never turn back-Semms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
LABOR MEN SEE WILSON
Corners and Morrison Talk Over De-
sired Legislation With Him.

Trenton, Dec. 20.-With an armfuI of
papers and documents Samuel Com
pers and Frank L orrison, president
and secretary respectively of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor called on
President-elect Wilson today. Before
entering the governors office, they de-
clined to reveal the object of their err
rand beyond saying that they came by
previous appointment.
When they came from his office Mr..
Gompers talked freely of the confer
ence.
1--WE discussed he said, "construc-
tive legislation which shall accord to
the working people the opportunity for
uplift and betterment and the rights of
association accorded to all other vol
untary associations of the country,
particularly to associations not organ
ICED for profit We talked of legislation
to secure the limitation and regulation
of the issuance of injunctions and to
provide. trials in indirect contempt
cases.
The governor was urged said Mr..
Gompers, to render what ever assist
ance he could in pushing through the
present congress the bin for the crea-
ton of a department of labor. Mr.. Will
son assured them that he would take
all the subjects mentioned to him I'M
der consideration.
'eHe listened with great patience and
evident interest" added Gornpers.
Mr.. Gompers said he did not take
up in detail with Governor Wilson the
labor to organize as promised in the
Democrat platform but he hoped to
confer again with the president on
this subject
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20

gasoline before the fire began. With
a large auger some one had bored a
hole through the roof and poured in
gasoline until the timbers of the house
were saturated. Then the hole was
plugged up until further developments
This and similar discoveries strength
ened the theory that the fire had been
started by some one who wished to
destroy the town. The theory was ad-
vanced at first because there seemed
to be no cause for the destructive
blaze. Additional particulars which
may help in locating those suspected
of starting the fire are awaited by Of
ficers here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
TO live IN new HAVEN
Taft Has a Friend Hunting a House
for Him.

New Haven, Dec. 2O.-President Taft
will make his permanent residence
in this city when he takes up the
duties of the Kent professorship at
Yale college next spring. He has re-
quested a friend to find him a house.
In connection with the professorship it
is understood at the next meeting of
the corporation the tender of it will
be formally made and be accepted by
President Taft Besides filling the
duties of Kent professorship, the presi-
dent will lecture on international and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
LITTLE HELP HERF
Only so of Asylum Employee
From Shawnee County.
Out of 226 Workers in Topeka
lis Are NOn-ReSidentS.

Of the 226 employees of the Topeka
asylum, there are 118 nOnresidents o.
the state and less than so actual resi-
, dents of Shawnee county, although all
employees of the institution make
their homes on the asylum grounds
west of Topeka. OF the 857 employees
of the state charitable institutions in
--ansas, there are 449 women and
408 men.
These conditions are shown in the
records in the office of the state
auditor, and indicate that many men
and women from other states are
brought to Kansas to fill the places
in the state institutions. The fact
that Kansans alone are not employed
by the various charities is because of
the inability of the institutions to Sc
cure sufficient competent help within
the state.
1T is impossible" said H. C. Bow
man, chairman of the board of con-
troll ''to secure competent help in this
state. For this reason we secure
many men and women from the
charitable institutions of other states.
Almost every state in the union is
represented in the pay roll of the To-
peka hospital"
The large percent of women en-
ployed in these institutions is to many
people a surprise. Yet the work to
be performed is such work as women
can perform with better results than
men. In the Topeka asylum more
than half of the employees are women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
ROSSVILLE ASKS AID.
Believes Destructive Fire Was of
Incendiary Origin.

Believing that the fire which destroy
ed half of the business section of Ross
VILE was of incendiary origin residents
of that town have appealed to Sheriff
Norton and Chief of Police Jenkins for
assistance in experimenting the fire.
bugs. Beyond saying that it was be-
ueved they were from Topeka they
have volunteered little information cal
culated to help the officers in this task.
One of the buildings which was not
burned. according to information
reaching Topeka, had been flooded with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
FREE CALENDARS.
Ideal Bakery to Give Nice Souvenirs
Tomorrow.

The Ideal Bakery, at 121 West SIXTH
will have a large number of very nice
calendars for customers who call AT
the store tomorrow. They will be given
as souvenirs from the firm.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20

constitutional law in the law school
and university ranking as a faculty
member and full professor, and will be
entitled to a salary to be fixed here
after aside from the income from the
Kent foundation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
Dead Under a Trestle.

Fort Smith, Ark, Dec. 20.-Dr. j. w.
Pitman, county physician of Sebastian
county, was found dead beneath rail-
way trestle near here today. Nearby
was Dr. Pitman's horse and buggy.
The authorities believe the physician
was murdered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20

nual Journalism week at the University
of Missouri would begin May IL The
Missouri Press association; the Wom-
ans Press association of Missouri; the
association of past presidents of the
Missouri Press association and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20

PA, what does it mean when you say
that a man hasn't the courage of his con-
viction?" THAT he has opinions bu-
ism willing to bet money on them.''-De-
troit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20

Daily Newspaper Publishers associa-
ton are among the organizations that
will meet here at that time. The pro-
gram will include as in previous years
addresses by widely known newspaper
men in this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
Journalism Week at Mo. Z.

Columbia, Mo-. Dec. 20.-President
A. Ross Hill announced today the an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
~ FOR LESS AT F1ARTER'S

$3.50 value in 16 button, gun met
at shoe, high top, easy, flexible sole,
$2.95.
Ladies' gun metal boot, medium low
heel, a regular SO seller, at Harter's,
$2.45,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20

Mems Shoes
New order of mems gun metal but
ton shoes, just received; $500 val
ueS fer $2.45.
vici shoes, in patent or gun metal.
button, $2.95.
This is an exceptionally good shoe,
worth a dollar more.
Mems extra heavy, viscalized work
shoes, a great big value at $500 and
$3.50.
A genuine viscalized shoe, as near
absolutely waterproof as a shoe is
made, extra heavy, double soles, sells
regularly for $4.00-at Harter's for
S3.45.
Good heavy work shoe, double sole,
in tans or blacks, made for hard
wear, $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
You're bound to appreciate the great
Come in!
HoleprOOf Ties

ANY color, mighty neat silk tie pin
to match packed in box, dandy gift
com bination set at Harter's, 69c.
Other Silk Ties soc, 35c, soc, csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
FurS

In this department we have several
sets and pieces of the Clement &
Crawford Stock which must be closed
out. We have marked them at just
Half Price.
200 Neck Pieces worth csc up to
s5.Oo-Just q Price.
Sets, splendid furs worth from $2.0O
up to $12.00-Just u Price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20

Linen Handkerchiefs
We succeeded in purchasing a spe-
cial lot of pure linen handkerchiefs
from the Mills & Gibbs Co. of New
York, the company cleanup sale. They
are arranged right before your eyes
as you enter our store. Prices from
sc to soc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
Men Always Need Hose

Gordon Special Silk Hose; usual val
ues $3.50. At Harter's $1.OO.
pair soc Hose, silk, in assorted
colors; packed in Christmas box, $1.25.
pairs Isle hose, assorted colors,
packed in nice Xmas box, use.
$1.00 Special Gordon Silk Hose; all
pure silk. soc.
Suspenders in Christmas box for CSC
to soc.
Sets, Paris Carriers and Arm Bands
to match; soc values. At Harter's
for S5c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
Ladies' Shoes

Our Shoe Department is loaded
with great values and big bargains.
Ladies willow tan 16 button shoe, a
$3.50 value, at Harter's $2.45.
$500 value, all solid leather, button
or lace, Harter's price $1.65.
$1.75 shoe, an easy fitting piece of
footwear, lace; special at $1.35.
Is button velvet shoe, SO value,
$3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-20
Mems Suits and O'cOats

The greatest bargain in mems suits
and overcoats you have ever known;
the best brands of cloths, to close out,
just Half Price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

very cheap in Germany. but the man out of work Is given a card which en- titles him to ride for one third the regular fare.
 Thus Is unemployment robbed of its worst terror-worry. We are often told that the German way of doing things Is too mechanical. Every effort Is made to keep the labor exchanges from drifting into machines. In each city, the controlling board is made up of employers. government of- ficials and trade union leaders so that all sides are represented and the angles are rubbed out.
 Perhaps the German scheme is not the best. Certainly 1t Is better than chaos and indifference which prevails here. We must provide common ground for the meeting of jobs and men.
 Oil is distributed where 1t is need ed, so is sugar and tobacco--there Is no confusion no clogging of the wheels, no needless loss-why not labor?
 It Is so simple that our present help lessness would make one weep. How get away from that "muddle-hea ness" which H. G. Wells so constantly deplores?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
Do the People of Alabama
 Invite Similar Failures? Milton H. Smith Answers B. B. Conner

Ex-Gov. Conner, in his address at Greenville, Ala, on August 30th, con- mented favorably upon the enactment by the State of Georgia creating a Railroad Commission with mandatory powers to fix rates for the transportation of persons and property by the steam railroads in that State, and commended Toombs, Wal lace and Trammell for the part they took in securing the enactment by the legis- lature and in administering it's provisions. He also vehemently recited the many ad- vantages accruing to the citizens of Geor- gia by the operation of the law, and he does this regardless of the fact that his attention has been called to the disastrous results to railroads and the almost total suspension of investment of foreign capi- tai in building new railroads in that State and the disastrous result to local invest ors who have ventured to so invest in limited way since the Commission law was enacted in 1879.
 Every railroad in the State of Georgia has been bankrupt one or more times ex- cept the Georgia Railroad, the Atlanta & West Point, and the Western & Atlantic. The Georgia Railroad and the minority stock owned by that company in the Att lanta & West Point was leased by the Georgia Central and the Louisville < Nashville, and the Western & Atlantic leased by lessee company, and on ex- piration of the first lease was leased by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company.
 The lease of the Georgia Railroad re- suited in heavy losses to the lessees, and was part of the financial condition that caused the bankruptcy of the Georgia Central, resulting in heavy losses to many of the citizens of Georgia who were own- CTS of stock in that company. The fail- ure of the Georgia Central threw the en- tire burden of the Georgia Railroad lease on the Louisville 6 Nashville, and it has been a heavy one. No return has ever been received, and large sums have been advanced to provide needed increased facilities and equipment.
 With two exceptions, all of the rail- roads built in Georgia since 1879 have been built with local capital nearly all of which has been lost through subsequent fore closure, and in many instances the creditors were losers although acquiring ownership through bankruptcy proceed ings. Between January 1, 1880 and December 31, 1906, forty-five of the rail- road companies operating in the State of Georgia passed into bankruptcy, involving a capital of S79 585, ,1O200 with bonded debt of $78,8S9,154. During that period 6,236 miles of railroad were at one time or another placed in the hands of receivers. This does not represent the total mileage of railroads within the State of Georgia that were in the hands of receivers at any one time, it being largely in excess of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
THE RIGHT TO GET WORK
By LOUIS HINTON PINK President Brooklyn Ne ighbodhOods Association

(E.xclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau.)
 Hard times bring back serious lack of work But when the country IS reasonably prosperous, the difficulty is not so much lack of work as inability to find it. In New York, Chicago and all our great cities, we have countless vacant positions. and thousands of car penters, masons, ,laborers. walters, ele- vator men, porters, drivers seeking them-blindly groping for clue. What is moro disheartning than to see men lined up before factory door. day after day, endlessly waiting.
 For most work eekers, the want ads in the daily papers are the usual source of information. By the time the man out of work gets to the advertised job he finds a line of others ahead of him. One of the other men is taken, or the work or pay is not as represented. The day Is lost Day after day Is spent in searching: the heart is eaten out, am- bition is killed, temper Is soured, the seeker for work is less man after re- peated experiences. He loses his nerve.
 There are private employment agen- cies but many cannot pay the fee. At best, these agencies are drop in the bucket. They exist to supply their clients. Their view is that of the ena- ployer. It is only incidentally that they find jobs for men.
 Given New York or Chicago or Phila- delphia an average of 50,000 men seek ing work and 10000 jobs seeking men; given the erection of huge buildings - development of suburban areas docks and warehouses; tens of thous- ands of factories; steamers coming, going, loading and unloading; work shifting, now here. now there-does it require more than the most ordinary intelligence to know that the only way to do away with the heartrending and fruitless search for work is to have a systematic network of labor centers. where the jcb can seek the man and where all men out of work can register for the job? Each center should be in communication with every other, under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
Tragedies in Headlines

From the CnlcasO Tribune.
 Accidentally Drops Lighted Cigar on His Wedding Trousers"
 ''Commanche Pete, at Request of Pious Aunt, Tries to Ask a Blessing at Dinner Table" "Scavenger Falls Heir to Fortune; His Usefulness as a Citizen Entirely De stroyed." Excited Fan. in Moment of Frenzy Throws His False Teeth at Umpire" Sells Automobile Buys Motor Boat and Is Now in Lunatic Asylum ' 'Interferes in Family Quarrel: Hospital Surgeons Think He VIII Be Out Again in Six Weeks" Uses Typewriter in Proposing to His Girl: Is Trying to Sell It.
 Gets Up to Put Out the Cat; Cat Proves to Be Athletic Burglar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
English View of Trent Affair

prom tHe MancneSter Guardian.
 The Duke of Norfolk could not have found likelier biographer for his uncle. Earl Lyons, than Lord Newton. Those who have read or heard Lord Newton's speeches would expect his first book to be decidedly interesting Whatever its subject. and on this subject he should show both insight and authority, for he served under Lyons for some years at our embassy in Paris. Lord lyons deserves biography, for he served his country well. He was sent tolWash- ington as British minister in 1858. It was most difficult post, for it was just before the outbreak of the Civil war, and he had to observe a strict neutrality between the rival parties. In 1861 1t was his tact and good sense probably which saved us from war with the states over the famous Slidell and Mason incident
 federal cruiser had seized two men on board British mail steamer whom the federal government was anxious to secure Instead of demanding their in stant release Lyons waited for direct
 instructions from home. When they came they were to the effect that he was to leave Washington at once if the prisoners were not set free and proper apology made. This demand he communicated, but with such tact that Seward. the American Secretary of State. was able to persuade his gov ernment to comply with 1t. Seward himself acknowledged this. Lyons left Washington in 1865, about the end of the war. and after short stay at Constantinople, was appointed ambas- sador at Paris. It is said Lord Sails bury'5s confidence in Lyons knowledge of foreign affairs and political sagacity was so great that he offered him the foreign secretaryship when he was forming his government in 1888. He re- mained, however. at Paris as amba B. sador till ythe November of the follow Ing year. when he retired. He died the month after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

A few minutes after sundown sud- denly all noise ceases, and In small f1ocks they take wing and whiz like bullets through the dusk to the spot selected as their dining place. It is wonderful with what speed the ducks fly on their nightly trips in search of food. The teal and scaups attain a speed of no less than a hundred miles an hour, while the larger ducks cover from GO to 75 miles an hour in the same time.
 There are many spots in every coun- ty in every state in the union where similar bird refugees can be success fully established if the owners of these spots will gain the confidence of the birds and feed them for short time until they begin regularly to use the place as a refuge. White herons for merly ranged in great numbers from southern Canada to Chile and Argen- tina, although they were most numer- ous in the gulf states from Texas to Florida and in the lower Mississippi valley. It follows that almost any sec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

I a central control, so that if the demand
 for carpenters in one section Is greater
 than the supply. men can be sent from
 another neighborhood, where there arc
 more carpenters than jobs. Such a system must, of course, be under nat | ional or state control. No fees should | be paid by the men, and only small charge should be made the employer. It would be almost self f-supporting- | and might be made entirely so. And what greater economy could there be in the self respect of men, the hunger of | women and little children, the preven- ton of suicides?
 The city agencies should be in touch throughout the state and nation. The farmers of the west, praying in vain for men to harvest tho crops, could then be supplied from the overflow of the cities The great railroads stretching the bands of steel across the western noun tains and prairies, could get their help from tho east and would not have to import Chinese and Mexicans.
 Unemployment in Germany has been robbed of It's worst terrors by the es- tablishment of state labor exchanges and labor colonies. A visit to the labor bureau of Berlin, Munich or Ulm makes the American wish that we were bit more mcthodical and logical in our care of the unemployed.
 Take the good old mediaeval city of Ulm as an example. The office is light clean, and cheerful. The man at the desk who interviews applicants does 1t very much as an American lawyer would talk with one of his clients. Courtesy Is marked. After all the facts are learned. they are tabulated and filed The index of employers Is consulted: and opening is found for which the applicants experience would seem to fit him. He Is given a card to the employer who fills it out stating whether the man Is employed or not. and if not, why. If, after diligent ef- fort suitable employment can not be found in Ulm, the exchange at Augs- burg, Munich or some other city is called up on the phone, and whenever there happens to be a place for the man in question there, he is sent. Third and fourth class railroad tickets are