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United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
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she was completing her studies in seminary
here.
Her earlier education was obtained in the local
schools at home. for the higher branches she en-
tered the Randolph Macon Womans College of
Lynchburg. Va, where she spent two years, after
which she came to the Washington seminary.
Despite her extreme youth Mrs. Sheppard pos
sesses a lengthy list Of accomplishments She is
expert in fine needlework and hand embroidery,
as her baby's little garments bear positive testt
mony. She is a pianist of small ability, and
also a vocalist. planning to continue the study
of voice culture in the future She is also a con-
stant reader and a profound student of politics.
which. she declares. she finds most fascinating
Her interest in political matters was naturally
much enlarged in the senator's recent campaign.
during a goodly part of which she accompanied
him.
Besides being sufficiently interested to investi-
gate the new methods advocated for improvement
in housekeeping, pure food and home manage
ment Mrs. Sheppard has recently become mem
ber of the D. A R. She is member OF the Con-
gressional club and also of the Democratic
league.
to Washington is Mrs. Joseph E. Ransdell of
Louisiana whose husband has been in congress
for the past fourteen years. Mrs Ransdell comes
of distinguished southern family, and Miss
Olive Irene Powell before her marriage. which
occurred November 15, 1855, at her birthplace.
Lake Providence La.
She is a member OF the D. A R. through the
records of her great-great grandfather. Gen Evan
Shelby, and his son. Capt. Moses Shelby. Her
grandfather, NJ. de lafayette Shelby. fought in
the battle OF New Orleans in 1914 and five of his
sons served through the Civil NJ. de Lafay-
ette Shelby named for the famous French
general by his intimate friend and companion,
Capt. Moses Shelby one of the heroes OF Kings
Mountain. She is ardent advocate of univer-
sal peace and member of the D. A r. interna-
tonal peace arbitration committee OF her native
state
Mrs William Howard Thompson of Kansas
brings to Washington a personality which radiates
the wholesome energy and animation OF the west.
She is virtually stranger. though she has visited
the capital before in her travels.
Though protesting that she has never been
much of a "joiner" Mrs Thompson has a rather
generous collection of club organization member,
ships.
Mrs. Thompson Miss Bertha Felt. daughter
OF the lieutenant governor OF Kansas. She WAS
born in Washawa. Iowa, and was married almost
out OF high school, for she was graduated in
June and married in August Since then Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson have resided IN Topeka and Gar
den City, Kan. They have three children Thel.
ma Bertha. aged eighteen: Wilbert Felt aged
fourteen, both OF whom are at school in Topeka
and baby boy OF two years William Howard
Jr., who is with his parents and who with the
little daughter of Senator Sheppard Is the young
est OF the senatorial children.
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
1raok Mad. EIower Garden.

The Romney branch OF one of the
largest railroads OF the state is SO pro-
fusely blooming with flowers for rs
miles that trains are moving along the
line with difficulty. says the New York
Sun.
The abundance of flowers came
about through the breaking of two
boards in the floor of car loaded with
nasturtium. sweet pea and morning
glory seeds several weeks ago. The
seeds were scattered along the track
for miles. Then came heavy rains
which turned the roadbed into an
elongated flower garden.
While the road is more beautiful in
appearance than usual. the posies are
interfering seriously with the schedule
and the section hands are busy trying
to kill out the unwelcome blooms.
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
KEEP TAB ON TRACK WALKER
Clocks Placed Along Line Make II I'm
perative for Men to Be Always
ION the Job"

Move along! Move along! Move
along!" necessarily chirp the little
clocks with which the track welkers
on sections of a prominent eastern
railroad have been equipped.
A track walker is supposed to walk.
His title is not honorary. and his Job
is not a sinecure-unless he trans
forms 1t into one, and that is against
orders.
On his walking and his watchful-
ness depend the lives or thousands OF
travellers. for he is supposed to ascer-
tain that every inch OF rail on his
beat" is fit for the safe passage of To-
comotive and cers.
Until rece1tly. the company relied
solely on a card system to keep tab on
these employees. This was an excellent
incentive to good walking until some
track walker. who some day may be
president of railroad. discovered
that friendly station operator. with
few strokes of his pen. could cover
miles OF ground. The operators were
instructed to sign the cards of the
track walkers when they appeared at
their stations. Collusion between the
card bearer and the signer was pos
sible. and the company cast about for
a system which would eliminate 1t
The move along" clocks were the
answer. Patrol stations have been
placed along the track walkers beats.
Each station has n different key Each
key registers differently from every
other key. To have a clean sheet in
his clock the walker must visit each
patrol station. There is no possibility
OF collusion between him and keys.
whereby he can sit on a pile of ties
and dream away the time that should
be spent in walking.
the clocks.
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09

as the work advanced. One OF them,
Number Four" was torn from its
moorings at Long Key before the l45
men aboard could try to get ashore
Shortly before daylight II drove out
ACROSS the Hawk channel, in smother
OF sea and roaring wind. and was
smashed on the back of the Florida
reef The great barge was pounded
TO pieces in a twinkling. but there
were men in her who showed heroic
resolution even In this terrible situa-
ton. Bert A. Parlin, one OF the resi-
dent engineers. and the leader on
board. might have saved himself. but
he went below to try to put heart into
his men. and was killed by a flying
beam when the superstructure col
lapsed The men who had the grit
and courage to use their wits crowded
out on the balcony to windwnrd to
escape this falling wrecknge. and
swore that they would pull through.
Those who had the will to live were
saved under almost Incredible circum-
stances, while the towards who had
crowded into the hold perished to a
man.
As the quarter boat foundered to
ward the reef with the seas breaking
clean over her. and with death for all
- on board apparently certain. barge
whirled past her IN o fog Of spray
Two mechanics. Kelly and Kennedy.
stood side by side on tho deck OF the
quarter boat
Kelly Jumped for the barge as II
sped past. and Kennedy was at his
nd n q
them. and their comrades counted
them as lost. Almost week later the
barge was picked up with Kelly and
Kennedy aboard. crazed and almost
dead for want OF food and water. They
recovered. however. and returned TO
the keys. As many as 81 OF these quar-
ter boat men were picked up out OF the
sea alive. With remarkable strength
and with courage truly indomitable.
they had ridden out the hurricane,
clinging to bits of wreckngc, to tables
and to trunks. The Italian steamer
Jenny passed them late in the after
noon OF the wreck. found ~ of them
and took them TO Key West. Her
boats riskcd the dangerous seas all
night long and 1t is tragic TO record
that they heard the voices OF others
In the darkness. but we're unable to To-
cate the calls for help. The British
steamer Alton picked up 26 more and
landed them at Savannah. For days
md weeks news OF other castaways
came from distant ports-Mobile. Gal
weston. New York. London. Liverpool
and even from Buenos Aires. whittier
they had been taken by passing ships.
without boats or life preservers.
knowing nothing OF the sea and undis-
ciplined for such crisis. these hardy
toilers batticd for life with success
which makes their story remarkable
in the annals OF shipwreck.
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
Acoldent. nn RaIlroads.

In the last year nm investigation has
been made of every accident on an
eastern railroad. whether It was the
case OF woman tripping on station
steps or the derailment of a passen-
ger train, The study has brought out
the practice which cause every kind
OF accident on railroad property.
Probably 20 per cent. Of all the acci-
dents In 1912 could have been pre-
vented II employees had exercised spe-
cial caution.-Safetv Engineering.
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
70. corvlc, haven't, safety Rail-.

While serving life term In the
North Dakota state penitentiary.
Peter Olson has made an invention
that has removed his family from all
danger OF Immediate want. and may
open the prison doors to him.
When Olson was sent to the prison
for life he was placed at work In the
tool house and the blacksmith shop.
Following n series of railroad wrecks
caused by broken rails he conceived
the idea OF reversible rail. exactly
the same thing on each side. instead
OF having thin base on the ties.
The plan has been patented and
the rails will be tried first in this
state.
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
SAVE MUCH TIME AND LABOR
Electric Baggage and Package Trucks
Have Found Favor with the Men
Who Handle Freight.

An electric truck designed solely for
use in the baggage and freight sheds
Of railroads, on steamship docks. and
In factories. warehouses and like places
where much package goods is handled.
is finding favor in the motor world.
The electric truck has n single mo-
tor. receiving current from a storage
battery, and all four wheels are both
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09

driving and steering wheels. This
four-wheeled drive is claimed to give
the exceptional traction necessary for
climbing the excessive grades encoun-
tered in transporting freight up the
inclined gangplanks of ships. onto
platforms, and the like.-Popular Me
chanics
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09

bOIons were IN line Tor the Oath on the 4tn OI
March. OF this number five merely stepped over
from the house Of representatives, while three
others have In recent years also served In that
body and thereby remembered.
Accordingly, society greets new faces In the
wives of these men Like their husbands. num-
Der of them are coming back to the welcoming
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09

OF the flOrlua q
Key West rail-
road. Many OF the
] a b ers were
housed In huge
barges. or quar-
ter boats" with
two story super
structures. says
the writer. These
craft were towed
from key to key
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09

; =; ; j: ]: ; !: :
~ y EVER before have there been SO
II many new names on the roster OF
the senate nor SO many new races
in congress as this session. Democ-
-FN racy in all the strength OF her re-
~ juvenated energy has swept through
@ the halls of congress and moved
6 : : :: !: :: = :
cation, for fully fifteen brand-new
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
R.llro.der.. Low waae,.

Oniciai German statistic show that
the average yearly income OF the
railway maintenance workers in
Baden is $500: In Wurttemberg.
$3.50: In Bavaria. $3.50; in Saxony.
1896: In Prussia. s210.
United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
ZEN To BE PROUD OF
FoRTITUDE AND HERoIsM SHOWN
BY RAILROAD BUILDERS.
Driven to Sea When Houseboat Parted
From Her Moorlngs, Workers on
Florida and Key West Line
Saved Themselves.

In the Wide World there is story
related in connection with the building
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-05-13

E. J. Bryant of Enola returned to- day from an extended visit to relatives in Texas.
 Mrs. G. W. Hill is having her resi- dence, north of Hendrix College, re- modelled
 Mrs. Harry Carr of Kansas City is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. T. Barnes.
 Several good farms for sale at very low prices. See J. A. Lea, at the court house.-dtt. (adv)
 Rev. J. B. Stevenson of Bentonville is spending a few days with his family in this city.
 Mrs. c. s. Brown and son, George are spending today with Dr. Brown in Little Rock.
 D. o. Harton is having some i'm provements made on his residence on Robinson avenue.
 Mrs. Walter Morris of Little Rock is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. c. E. Durham, in this city.
 Mrs. E. E. Carmichael of Martin Minn., is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Lea.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-05-13
Personals

Barnes-Fnotos. Phone 93-tf
 Dublin Dan" at the Arkway to- night.
 Milk and butter for sale. Phone 54.-d4t
 Judge P. H. Prince is attending chancery court in Perry county.
 For Rent-A new Groom house. Apply to Geo. w. Clark.-tf (adv.)
 Have you seen the new style photo graphs at Pearle's? Phone 188.-adv Plenty of cotronseed meal and hulls Bee me when in need or telephone 2O7 or l62. (adv.)
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-05-13

the country.
 The cake and strawberry supper Friday night was a success, netting q nice little sum for the church parson- age fund
 Elza Grain is repairing his resi- dence, which adds much to it's appear 'ance.
 Mrs. Walter Berry is confined to her room this week.
 Prof. Jennings visited Conway rela- tlves the past week.
 The many friends of Jack Stephens were glad to hearn that he had secur ed the appointment as postmaster at MorriIton.
 Miss Lorraine Dancer has returned from ar extended visit to her sister in Little Rock.
 The May school meeting will be held next week. Our county should vote for superintenoency, we think.
 Our boys are beginning to have few symtoms of baseball fever.
 May 13.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-05-13
SPRINGFIELD.

The cool weather continues.
 A good number of our farmers are having to plant their cotton over.
 Health is good and everybody is busy.
 Several of our people are spending the week in the strawberry sections of
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-05-13

Bruce Benedict.-dtf.
 Rev. Otto Wilmington left last night for St. Louis to attend the Southern Baptist Convention.
 K. M. Clibourn returned this after nom from a visit to his daughter, Mrs. '. H. Lucas, at Martinville.
 The Central College Alumnae Asso- citation is holding a business meeting In the college parlors this afternoon.
 Geo. w. Clark and George Shaw re- turned last night from Clinton, where they have been attending chancerv court
 Mrs. s. c. Smith and daughter. Miss Floy, are visiting Mrs. Smiths tslster, Mrs. Rayburn Peay, at John son, Ark.
 Edward Cubage of Corpus Christi, Tex, arrived this morning for a visit to his nephew, Prof. J. G. Cubage of the State Normal.
 Mrs. Nettie F. Hoss will sell her beautiful line of spring millinery at greatly reduced prices. See her before you buy.-d3t-w2t-2OO
 By special request, next Thursday night the Grand will present While She Powdered Her Nose," comedy drama by Miss Marie T. Jacobs.
 W. J. Murrell, superintendent of the Conway Cotton Compress Com pany, is attending a meeting of cotton compressers at Memphis, Tenn, this week.
 J. D. Dunaway left last night for St. Louis, where he will spend a few days visiting the home office of the Hartford-Missouri State Life Insu rance. Go.
 Springtime has come, Gentle Annie. Bring on your old last springs clothes. We will make you a new suit. Price and Thornton. Dyeing, Cleaning and Pressing. Opposite Commercial fHotel-d4t*
 MT. and Mrs. Jesse Witt, pioneer citizens of Conway, will leave June 1 to make their home at Pulaski Heights. MT. Witt has resigned his position with s. G. Smith and will go into the grocery business in his new home.
 Mr. and Mrs. s. w. Rogers leave to- day for Choctaw, where Mr. Rogers Will deliver the commencement address for the Choctaw high school. MT. Rogers has also accepted an invitation to address the graduates of the Vii lonia Training School.
 Come all ye Irishmen to the Arkwav tonight and witness the great melo- drama, Dublin Dan." This feature is said, by those who have witnessed it. to be the funniest piece of melo-dra- matte art ever produced on the stage. A treat is in store for those who at tend, so don't miss it. President J. J. Doyne of the State Normal will deliver the address to the graduating class of the University of Arkansas medical college at Little Rock Thursday night. President Doyne has also accepted an invitation to ad- | dress the graduate of Brinkley high school Friday evening. "Don Juan and Charles "" the fla nous historical drama The theme of master novelist, presenting re- nowned drama moving all the emo tions. Not the plot of wierd imagi- nation, but a masters dramatization of an historical complication. A real feature that will appeal to the higher senses *5,
 Prof. c. L. Bryant, a student of the State Normal, has been elected princi- pal of the Cato public school. The people of that enterprising little town have raised $500 for three months stock school, and will employ three teachers for term of eight months. Prof. Bryant has also been employed to teach his second summer school at Beryl.
 Dr. G. L. Henderson of Greenbrier, who has been taking six weeks
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-05-13
SIMS STILL AT LARGE,

Although officers have runn clue Will wanted here violating the white slave law, still at large implicated
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17

,-s f a,weyt'. E-;eI struck Allan out
 /. ,.e 42k, Sitter made a big hit L-l a: ,a.s time Jackson vas 3obbed Dgr.ng he &Fgumeut as to whether s.e.c.ns catch Q! a hy of Sitter oH tte ceiling was z. K- Grant tried to saeak ;1 second But On second stood J-su,ao and iL Diamonds hand was t5e pa4! Cr7uL And then Sitter got ~ ,he bsse and was touched and thea oare another gentle discussion be- ,we~I players and umpires during wA.cs you nigh, possibly hear e dy- r-auli'e bornt drop if 4 exploded
 Ee,kE,ec Ai; iLto the gallery away 1cwh. Powell siso and Becks,ed go, h,u.e
 i,. went Ike Merchants for the sec yn6 half of the last innings with the score it to E against them
 And ye gods. OSgood got the gall cry. Ch But Bartholomew was neld- .nF wei ard he finished Thompson- Teayer c.eyeriy go, Danieia Osgood s'2l~ third and-and-And-and Q mod Vas ,Ut on first
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17
GILMORE TELLS
 ABOUT AFOGNAk
SAYs WickERsHAM's JUDGES VOTED MEN WHO WERE 90
 MILES AWAY.

W. A. Gilmore. in speaking of the recent conviction of the election judges at Afognak. says that men were voted in that precinct who were Sg miles from the polling booth during the whole of election day.
 He says that when he was election eering in that neighborhood himself the Wickersham people spread the re- port that he had gone to form a scheme for running in a lot of fisher. men.
 The -three--judges,--o whom pleaded guilty and the other two of whom were found guilty, were all Wickersham men.
 It is understood that the number of voters counted exceeded the number of the population by about fifty.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17
PENINSULA'S
 OLDEST MINE
PROPERTY sTAKEp IN 1882 WAS PATENTED GENERATION AGO.

Tom Jensen, who has just arrived from the Council district visited re- gently the silver mine at Oomalik which was the first mine ever located on the peninsula. It was patented in the eighties but has since been tied up by differences between the owners and when Mir. Jensen was over there everything was quiet as a grave.
 The mine was located by J. c. Green and was the cause of bringing John Dexter into the country.
 Its discovery was due to the fact that natives had been making bullets from the ore. At one time it had a fine electric lighting plant. great stables and various other improve ments. Several ship loads of ore were sent out but the last one dispatched was lost when the ship went down.
 On 1t there is a shaft 200 feet deep and tunnels that aggregate a length of about TOO feet. To add to its present dreary appearance three graves still show where some of the workmen were buried.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17
ADVISES TO
 EXTRACT EYE
NATIVE WOMAN LosES TWO
 EYEe AND Is QUITE HAPPY.

An eye will be attracted from Q native woman tomorrow or the fol- lowing day by Dr. Neuman. She is afflicted with disease called kerato- conus and has recently given her con. sent to the operation because she was advised to do 90 by another native woman from whom the doctor extract cd two eyes some time ago.
 The victim who lost both eyes says shc has been quite relieved by the op- eration and Is now quite happy.
 Dr. Neuman states that the natives generally are becoming much more favorable to surgical operations al- though formerly they avoided them altogether.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17
CASTRO ALLOWED TO
 ENTER UNITED STATES
Special Nugget ssrvIoA

NEW YORK, Feb. l6.-Federal Judge Ward today overruled the inn migration officials decision in the matter of Castro and the former president of Venezuela is. therefore. free to enter the United States. Cas- tro has been held for some time by the immigration officials who had re- ceived instructions from Washington not to permit him to land. When he was stopped his first decision was to accept the order of the United States government and go to Europe. He even bought a ticket for that purpose but later he decided to stay and fight for what he believed to be his right to land. On habeas corpus proceed inngs he was brought up before the court and a legal fight was begun which has now ended in victory for the deposed president.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17
SERIOUS CHARGE
 AGAINST FISHER

write the decisions in the Alaska coal land cases and he further charged that those decisions were dictated by par ties who were interested.
 This accusation will probably lead 10 another scandal. Without a doubt an investigation will be ordered at once into the matter and every detail of the act of granting patents or re- fusing patents to Alaska lands will be brought out.
 Mckenzie seems to believe that in grants as well as in refusnls Fisher has been acting wrongfully.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17
Special Nugget Service.


 WASHINGTON. D.D C., Feb. le.- That Walter Fisher. secretary of the interior. oonnived with certain people 10 make decisions in the AIaska coal land cases is the direct charge made by Donald McKenzie before the con gTeSSIonsI committee on territOF1es which is now giving those cases 4 hearing.
 McKenzie's charge sprung one of the deepest sensations that have come since The fight against Secretary Bal- finger The witness also declared that Fisher was guilty of the same con- duo; which brought about BallinGers resignation. He accused the presen, secretary of having permitted the ape- cial agent of the land department to
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17

The p2sh ball game was a beaut Twenty of the bravest men in the tinted States were divided under the CNt.I and George Lomen colora.
 The man tha, could give you an idea pf N.at game would have 10 be able 'o write an epic poem that would make old Homer look like 6 printers devil
 Frsnk Burley got hurt and others "hp w"re conspicuous also did or were hurt
 Tom Ross was an Achilles. No pun on killing meant Weller. a star foot baller of Stanford. could strsw as many on the floor as any of 'em. Leh- mann was badly handicapped by his whisk"rs on which Charlie Thompson got several strangle holds.
 They say Fred Hanks was the back bone of his side and. sure enough, he was nearly trampled through the floor several times.
 On many different occasions raj |. 'nent was peeled off but not half as nften AS skin.
 We'll, t was one grand. titanic bat tle that Lomen's Lions won by ' to 6. On" should See 1t to enjoy t. It was as far ahead of the gladiatorial con- tests in the Roman amphitheater as the cI"il war was ahead of-of a dog fight. You should sec it to believe it. That's all.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-17
THE MEN WHO PLAYED
 PUSH BALL YESTERDAY

Following are the names of the men who played in the push ball game yes terday afternoon in Eagle Hall:
 George E. Lomen. captain; Scotty Allan. Harold Allan, =. Wolf, August Soderholm, Tom Ross, Hans Larsen Albert Erickson, Roy Osborne. T. Leh mann, Jack Warwick, Fred Hanks Lomen's Lions.
 Lewis. Burley. Thompson. Weller Pirce. Crabtree. ONeil. Clinic, Bur- six, Karke. Crowley. -O'Neill's Tigers