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The Twin City star., 1913-09-12
THE DIXIE HOSPITAL.

Excellent Equipment Of . New InstI.
tuition Near Hampton, Va.
When the new quarters of the Ham
ilton Training School For Nurses and
the Dixie hospital were opened this
summer to the public between seven
and eight hundred visitors inspected
the building. Two days later the
nurses and their patients had the long
anticipated pleasure Of moving into It,
The Dixie hospital is the only pub
lie hospital on the Virginia peninsula,
and the new building and equipment
equal If they do not surpass those Of
any other hospital in the state. The
institution was founded in 1891 by
Miss Alice M. Bacon and during the
twenty-five years of its history has
cared for nearly 4,3OO patients, while
18S colored nurses have taken courses
IN the training school.
Its present situation is an excellent
one, being on the trolley line between
Old Point Comfort and Hampton, the
site of the former residence Of Presi-
dent Tyler, near the Hampton bridge,
the grounds extending from the street
back to Hampton creek. The substan-
tal brick building. standing we'll back
from the street and shaded by fine
trees, Is in the form of a double cross
and consists Of three stories and base
ment. Its total length from front to
back Is 1853 feet and it's total width
about 100 feet,
The wing facing the street, separat-
ed from the hospital by a solid brick
,gall above the kitchen floor, is the
nurses home and will accommodate
forty nurses, twenty-five being at pres
ent In residence. Sitting and sewing
rooms, shady piazza and separate
dining and serving rooms help to make
the home most comfortable and pleas
ant.
The front of the building, with its
southern exposure, sunny piazzas and
rooms looking over the water, Is most
attractive. On the first floor are wards,
private rooms and diet kitchens for
colored patients and on the second
tients. Besides the four wards on
these floors. there are two overflow
wards In the third story and fourteen
private rooms In all. The construction
Is Of the latest type advised for hos
pitals, with no panels in the doors and
no corners in the rooms, dark window
shades, moving both up and down, and
the very best sanitary equipment In
toilets and bathrooms.
The operating and sterilizing rooms,
situated in the center Of the building
and near the elevator from the receiv-
ing room, into which the ambulance
entrance opens, are provided with the
most up to date appliances possible to
obtain. Besides the rooms mentioned,
there are the necessary administrative
Offices and rooms for the doctors and
hospital STAFF. Sixty patients can easi-
ly be accommodated
The greatest interest in the hospital
has been shown by both the white and
eolored people Of the community, who
are proud to have such an institution
In their midst. Gifts have come in for
Its building and equipment according
to the means Of the donors, from the
$4,000 Of the rich to the 25 cents of
the poor. Generous material donations
have been made by numerous friends,
by the Kings Daughters
society Of the town and by the Dixie
league, an association Of colored peo-
nlo
The Twin City star., 1913-09-12
uates and former students.

yates and former students.
When sufficient data have been COL
lected report will be printed and pub
llshed, giving a brief but accurate sur
vey Of each school, Of its equipment,
Its work and its place in the educa-
tonal system Of the city, county or
state in which it is located.
The Twin City star., 1913-09-12
Success Of Rural School Supervisors.

Success OF Rural School Supsrvisors.
The position Of supervisor Of educa-
tion has always carried with 1t high
degree Of honor and distinction for the
person appointed. Three southern
states now have colored supervisors Of
education for the schools attended
solely by colored youths. Kentucky
and Virginia led of. and Alabama fol-
lows. The work Of these educators in
the two states first named has been
eminently successful.
The Twin City star., 1913-09-12
FROM PORTER TO
BUSINESS man
Interesting Story Of the Rise
- Of James G. Thomas.
BELIEVES IN A SQUARE DEAL
Former Texas Boy Who by Persist
snes, Thrift and Economy Has Ae-
eumulated Considerable Wealth.
Served In Many Capacities Before
Launching Out For Himself.

New York.-Among the successful
business men Of the race who have
attained eminence in their respective
fields Of endeavor is James @. Thomas.
the efficient and well known under
taker In New York. Mr.. Thomas has
one Of the largest and best equipped
undertaking establishments in the
country, located in. One Hundred
and Thirty fourth street, in the heart
Of the Harlem section Of the city.
Mr. Thomas undertaking establish
ment has become one of the show
places Of the metropolis. The proprie-
tor, who stands high in the business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

miles with not dwelling or anything to
be seen but an occasional band of black
men or drove of kangaroo The heat is
terrible. reaching as high as 119 degrees
l sAep ON the bare ground at night
bake my own bread in the Goals Of my
camp fire, and sometimes Kill stray
steer for few steaks, or make soup
from kangaroo tails. It practically never
rains during this season and life becomes
monotonously. sometimes tragically. sim
pie.
In catching my birds / find a water
hole cover it with branches and then
spread my nets on the grounds with some
water in a canvas trough between them
The birds drink once day between sun
rise and clock. They see the water
fly down in clouds of flaming eolors. and
by pulling a string when they are all
drinking [ make the nets close like a
book. and hold the birds against the
grounds until ] can cage them.
After l have thus caught few hun
dred l leave them in charge of a native
boy and seek other water holes. The
most plentiful of highly eolored birds
northern Australia has no good singing
birdsl, are the Gouldian fnches and pink
feathered coekatoos, though sometimes I
am fortunate enough to catch a painted
or star finch. which brings very fancy
prices ] feel as if [ am in prison here,
and / am going back to Australia in an
other week or SO. There one can have a
million arie prairie for a backyard, and
can find the natural life that means frees
DOM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

! disposal. lie makes a graceful picture,
seeming to float much as a person is
drawn in an omaginary picture as fly
ng, his back gracefully arched and
his heels above his head. while his long
aair waves behind him supported by
he water. Occasionally men either
rom avarice or overest!mation of their
strength collapse at the bottom and are
brought up dead.
Arab divers use q sort of horn clip
with which to close their postris when
under water, but the Ceylon DIVER holds
his nostrils with his hand only until
such time as he reaches the sea bottom.
The average time that a Tamil remains
below is between so and 50 seconds,
while an Arab remains under water be-
tween so and 90 seconds. The diver
signals to his attendant when he wishes
o ascend and Is partially pulled up
With his basket and rises partially by
swn initiative.
Diving bells were imported fors the
pearl fishery by Sir Edward Barnes in
1925, but neither they nor a European
in diving dress can compete with the
naked native
BY the present methods of fishing ii
is impossible so to deplete the banks
IS to leave no oysters for breeding pur-
ooses Quite q quarter of the stock Is
left on the banks by the divers, and
1t is not true, as frequently stated that
blank years are due to everlasting. Some
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world. though il the experts find only
spat on the banks 1t is probable
that they viii not be matured for fish
ing in less than four years hence. The
IGeylon pearl oyster is not an oyster at
all, but a mussel. 1t is of the same va
riety as the so-called pearl oysters found
IN the Parsian gulf and in japanese
waters, but quite unlike the pearl oysters
of Australia and Burma. These are very
large and have beautiful nacre, or mother
OF pearl, which is valuable, and for
which they are extensively fished quite
apart from the search for pearls, but
the Ceylon variety has little naere and
no commercial value aside from its pearl
rearing propensities.
Mentioned 3O6 B. C.
Traditions says that King Solomon's
pearls were from Ceylon and the Phoe-
nicians came to these coasts for them
The earliest mention of pearl fisheries In
ceylon occurs In the \Rajavali chronicle
BOG B. c.. where they are spoken of as
being near Colombo. and being destroyed
by an inundation from the sea. Piiny
also mentions them, and the Tuticorin
fisheries are spoken of in the Nishnu Pu-
rama. Albyrauni, who lived in the elev-
enth century, states that in his time
the fisheries suddenly became exhausted
and this practically describes their pres
ent condition.
There is no record of pearl fishing dur
ing the Portuguese occupation of Ceylon
but during the 40 years it was occupied
by the Dutch there appear to have been
at least four important fisheries. In re-
cent times several companies have been
organized and sent out to work the fish
cries scientifically. but all have failed. In
1908 Prof. Herdman, the London expert
was sent out to investigate scientifically
and report upon the fisheries. He dis
covered oysters on supposedly barren
bank called the Kondatchi Paar and es-
timated their number at 550o,000. An at
tempt was made to fish this bank with a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

this offence being promptly punished
by death. The members of one tribe
call each other brother and sister. They
have no marriage ceremony. and on
man can have as many wives as lie
cares to ask for
The women do all the hard work are
beaten numerically for unfaithfulness
and are subjected at the whim of their
lords to ineonceivable brutalities and
wrongs. They have no morality except
that which arises out of the rights and
wrongs with regard TO property and any
bushman of the interior will sell his
spouse for pound of tobacco. The wom-
en- settle their quarrels among themselves
by hand to hand duels with stout clubs
with knobs on the end. | have often
seen an alteration end in a rush for
these clubs, a desperate fight Immediately
following and ending only with one of
them stretched on the ground.
THE men, although they DO not possess
great physical courage, have developed
marvellous skill in making and throwing
spears. these they throw with deadly ef-
feet as far as 80 yards. the better trained
warriors being able to pierce an object as
large as a hand at a distance of 60 yards.
Twice. while trapping far in the in
terror, | barely escaped death by these
terrible weapons"
speaking of his life as an Australian
Dlfu Irdppef, ne Salu. 1 start rom IRE
mantle. sail 1000 miles north along the
coast to Nyndham, get a couple of ma
tives and some horses and a wagon and
set out south to the cattle country for
six weeks journey beyond kimberley into
that region marked on the maps as 'un-
explored where White men are never
seen. ] remain there during the dry sea-
son of September and October, when the
birds gather by the thousands about the
water holes
Build No Houses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
FISHING FOR PEARLS
IN GULF OF MANAAR
Finest Are Found Where
Oysters Are Dying
CLASSIFYING GEMS
Divers in Bells and Diving Dress Cam
not Compare With the Naked
Natives-Are Divided Into
Two Shifts


Colombo, Ceylon July -(Special.1-
The pearl fisheries of ceylon are To-
Gated in the Gulf of Manaar, near the
extreme northwest corner of the island,
and the banks most famous in times
past lie close to the shore near a place
called Marichchukkaddi. Since 1907 the
banks have not been productive though
at the beginning of March. 1918, the Cey-
Ion government sent experts to examine
the banks in the belief that they had
again become the rendezvous for pearl
oysters in commercial quantities.
This is a matter of extreme interest to
pearl and gem merchants all over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Circumstances Alter Cases

TONI JUuBt.
Mrs. Crawford-"I thought you said
you weren't going to the sewing circe?"
Mrs. Crenshaw--" But, my dear, / didn't
know then about the things you have
told me-"
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Nno.Icrt C'hildrcn

other reason must be found, and 1t Is
probable that oysters when spawned on
these banks are all carried away by
the current and probably lest while
the Ceylon banks benefit for the same
reason from the Tuticorin oyster banks.
The pearl oysters apparently are con-
tinuously present on the Persion gulf
and Somali beds, and fishing is always
in progress thcre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
WILDBUSHMENOF
AUSTRALIA VERY
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
Eat Anything, Sell Their
Wives for Tobacco and
Never Build
Homes

London. July 12-After 40 years
spent in and out of the bush country ot
north central Australia. J. Wallace, an
English trapper, has returned to Lonooh
| with many tales to tell of hardship ana
adventure. He arrived in charge of the
cargo OF gorgeously plumed tropieal
birds valued at 10000, which he col
lected after l. months of exhaustive
labor. He Is a sinewy quiet man, win
face bronzed by sun and wind
! Amid the deafening screams OF COCK
atoos and the twittering of finches he
/ told his story, describing himself as
miner, telegraph contractor, repaifei'
! rencer. frontier builder, bullock driver
cowboy, we'll sinker and bird trapper
| The bushmen, he said, he had known
J for very many years They are
queer lot" he observed. They are
! black skinned, thin limhed, hairy, heavy
| jawed. dirty people. They are nomadlc
never build homes, crawling under a
bit of bark from the paper bark tree
when 1t rains.
"They wear no clothes of any kind
their ornaments consisting of tattoo
marks, the scars of great gashes made
on their breasts when they become Of
age and feathers stuck in their hair
, they eat anything, rats, ants, snakes
roots, vans. II is a. common sight TO
come upon a tribe lying about its fires
al night wAh here and there snakes J 2
TO IA feet long hroiling on the Goals
| Two animals only they don't eat. dogs
and human beings. Cannibalism has
been suppressed in Australia The bush
man loves his dogs more than his
women ard cares. for them with touch-
ing affection.
Neglect Children
II have actually seen n young mother
lavishing her attention upon the
whelps of a tame dingo, while her child
! was neglected. Their only ecmmenda-
bic social custom IS the one with re-
card to mtermarriagc within tribe,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

Build No Houses
1.-The country stretches for hundreds of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

nc iHss.:ss BE reac5cs the hcttc. he
releases the stone. which is hauled up
preparatory to the next descent, while
the diver. swimming on the bottom with
his eyes open, grasps all the oysters
within reach in the limited time at his
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-07-25

The l. w. in neghborng city of Seattle were
any angle you look them and is sincerely to be
hoped that Of our cities will repetition OF the affair Several
bear the blame 1t IS true that excitement always
dorts the actual happenings but enough is known at this writing
morally possible to fix responsibility The primal cause
must be put down reckless neXcusabe talking OF the
l. w w. themselves. but have heard time or
other am W. W street orator stretching liberty INTO license ana
ovcrseppng all bounds of dec and common sense IN his remarks
AGAINST lay" governments I!9 AZ G" II d. I !E1I ~
indecent. Such songs as "laIelnah IN Bum ana How IN
from an W. standpoint but they should be permitted in
any a,senbagc w. W. horror of and
sailors or soldiers Is T[loI ' ti f ;v" Ne whom
sailors less pab than the other parties concerned
They getting in the only they knew how revenge for the
Seattle police departments the Seattle Times and possibly Secretary
Daniels the deserving of most cense from our way OF think
Them II WAS Stated in Saturday morning paper that two policemen
known the police department what was likely to
leave the sailors unless strong provost guards sent ashore
For years w w and the socialist party
organization well with and bitterness discussing in the
out Oted Otis in its vroic abuse BY playing up md fashion
the unwise remarks of Secretary Daniels at time when needed
still undoubtedly touched the the powder.
While Mayor Coers efforts to muzze the Times futile,
thanks to Judge umpies we could wish that
that paper completely of business unless it changed
its whole policy However much the W. w may hate in
dusra system and however much they want change it. their
this country and the the rank and file
realize that the better off will be- There
have been times when of unions seemed waverng ON the
border trade nonm and l. w. Wsm. Times when
people organization and poured
their money into their free speech fights However much We may
believe in industrial unionsm not going to bring about
by ang forces beng identified with the industrial Workers
individual members Of trade unions that become associated
in the public mind with that organization will lose steadily in the
fgh for industrial democracy The straight union
men 10 lIldl feti.zdlll lt 'rlleI OH we SIaIl De-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-07-25
SOCIALIST DEBATE SUNDAY,
JULY 27.

Socialists and non-socialists alike
will be interested in the coming de-
bate on the question, Resolved, that
socialism will promote human slavery
rather than human freedom" sched-
uled for next Sunday evening in Lib
erty hall between George Boomer,
socialist writer and speaker and w. NJ.
Kellogg, d. D., Phi. ID. Mr. Boomer is
well known as an able speaker while
Mr. Kellogg is claimed to be one of
the ablest opponents of Socialism. The
arguments pro and con ought to be
well presented and the audience will
be entertained, whether any views are
changed or not. George Boomer has
been a member of the typographical
union for over thirty years and has
delivered many addresses in Snohom-
ish county. Some years ago he was
the partys candidate for governor and
of late has been engaged in newspaper
work and in the lecture field.
Adv.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-07-25
UNFAIR LIST.

Published by order of the Everett
Trade Council
Electric Companies Snoqualmie Light
company.
Barber Shops - Independent, 1907
Hewitt; VIM. Whitaker, Lowell; 1. H.
Turner, 11O4 Hewitt; shop at 1917
Hewitt; Mitchell hotel shop.
Barnhart Shop, of Monroe.
Iron Works-Summer Iron works,
Bayside Iron works, Everett Iron
works.
Hotels and Mitchell hotel;
Lords cafe.
Plumbers-C. R. Schweitzer, A.
Stormfels.
Electricians-R. P. Bush, F. R. Hare.
Bricklayers-Ba Grant.
American Pile Driving Co.
DR.. Ida Mclntyre-By the Building
Trades Council.
Carpenters-Platt, Paddock A. Dena.
muir, Fred Tubbs.
Plasterers-A. c. Wright, A. L. Knapp
Booth, VIM. Carter, Chas. Hotten.
Contractors-P. Sampson ]. Winter
mute, Larson Bros.
Painters-Anderson & Steen, William
Ferguson, VIM. Christensen, NJ. Kokeen
VIM. Gleason.
Buildings-l2l7 Hewitt.
Cement Workers-Pettit, Sr.
Teamsters-C. J. Witt
Bon Marche Department Store, Sc
attic.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-07-25
No. 1896.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN AND
FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
Joseph Won der Wuelbecke. Plaintiff,
VS.. Elizabeth Won der Wuelbecke,
Defendant.
The State of Washington to the said
Elizabeth Won der Wuelbecke, De
fendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty days after the date of the
first publication Of this summons, to-
wit, within sixty days after the 18th
day of July, 1913, and defend the above
entitled action in the above entitled
court, and answer the complaint of
the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your
answer upon the undersigned attorney
for plaintiff at his office below stated ;
and in case of your failure so to do,
Judgment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the COM
plant, which has been filed with the
clerk of said court The object of the
above entitled action is for divorce on
the grounds of desertion for period
of more than seven years.
A. j. ALLEN,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Address, 405-406 Filler Building, Sc
attic, King County, Washington
Date of first publication, July IS,
1913. 1t
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Er;dau Mn-r &c 1910
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-07-25
a Grange Market.

Al Mauhattnu Kan. the grange
Brcunrirs ~ establish market wher
f'rurr~ may sell direct to consume
They rtn secure space in the city r.
f4p nrrposp ana give the plan trial
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-10
CHARLIE ROSS AGAIN

Every little while the mysterious
kidnapping of Charlie Ross has it's
echo in the newspapers although Il is
now nearly fifty since the curly hair
ed. hme-eyod boy strangely disappear
ga from the streets OF Philadelphia.
What mother has not felt thrill of
fear from that remarkable story,
which is known from one end of the
country 10 the other
Now il is Cleveland that sends the
story of the finding of charlie Ross.
\ man there says the story il uuc,
and woman has been located IN
Sayrcville, y. j., who says she can
identify the long lost boy by a birth.
mark
Similar stories have been legion and
this one may go the way of its prod
ecessors, Still, the mystery OF Charlie
Ross remains one of the nation :
strangest cases yet unsolved How ne
was snatched from friends. his hidiuS
place unrevealcd despite fortunes
spent in sarch stirred thousands u
the last generation as few eases a..
it's kind.-New York Telegram.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-10
MARVELLOUS PROFITS OF THE
RAND.

Thirty million pounds worth
uf gold in twelve months. That is
| the output of that particular sixty
mile tract Of rocky country in South
Africa known as the Rand. which was
the scene Of terrible strike warfare
recently. and it Is calculated that the
end of the century will not see the
gold mines exhausted. Since gold
was first discovered in the Rand about
thirty years ago something like e359,-
0oo.oUo sterling have been extracted
from POS uuo.ur tons Of rock torn
from the bowels uf the earth. The
WORKING expenses. OF course. are
enormous and some idea Of the labor
involved may he gathered from the
fact that from the c37,ooo.o0 worth
az gold produced IN 1912. c13.555.000
was paid in WAGES, e7.S65,oe0 going
10 Europeans Of whom 2S.4l> are en-
p,oyed az the mines and e5.6sl,0o0
% eolored people of whom l9$.S4l are
employed
I'm stores consumed on the mines
and for the working of the mines, in
Guiding coa.. ee.7t3.oo0 was spent. as
well as e5sropp" IN developing eth
er existing mines or opening up new
ones This left balance Of cS,O0o,-
Dp1 ~ leo paid .n dividends. 50 that
roughly speaking uut of tho C37,o0o,-
upp sterling l-avUVUoo remained in
tae country.
These remarkable figures concern
.l- the vast industry Of the Rand
soldfelds are provided 10y Sir Lionel
Phillips. one II the shrewdest and
most successful Il the giants 81 the
gold mining industry. and equally in
terest.uE is the story which he I'M
folded during lecture recently, of
how gold came to hc deposited in the
Esud or Witwatersrand, 20 give it its
proper geographical name.
Many years ago Wit"atersrand was
really an inland sea inclosed by
mountains. which were gradually torn
down Hy the action of the water. and
rock, deposited 90 a depth Of over four
and hall miles. After this a vol
,au.g lFhea.aI took place, dispensing
The s.a and breaking up the country
INTO fragments
Ar the time this upheayai took
place. said Slr Lionel. the whole of
the earth.- surface was cracked. and
through these cracks came up plu-
tonic rocks-moIten rocbs-and after
them came -p ;lmes-goId in gas
eUus state. These rocks brought up
solutions or yapors containing the