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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18
Topeka,-The subject OF minimum

Topeka.-The subject OF minimum
wage In Kansas for women employees
will be studied and investigated, and
a classification of pay recommended
according to industry by Miss Lima
Bresette of Topeka, newly appointed
deputy state factory inspector. The
matter of maximum hours also VIII
be inquired into and specific recon-
mendations will be made.
The new labor bureau law passed
al the last session provides for the
appointment by the state labor COM
missioner of a woman deputy factory
inspector, whose duty 1t will be to in
spect the working conditions of wom-
en- employees. The labor bureau has
made reports annually upon the wage
and hour conditions of men employees.
Miss Bresette will now make SINH
lar study of the wages paid to women
employed in the state and their work
ing hours. The results will appear
in the next annual report of the labor
commissioner. 1t will be for the bene-
fit of the next legislature, and for all
persons interested in the matter.
The scope of work OF the woman
deputy is very wide. In all factories,
workshops, stores and other places
where women are employed, she is to
inspect these matters:
Safeguards on machinery and all
appliances.
Light, including everything from the
kind and quality of artificial lighting
to the washing of windows.
Whether the work places are suffi-
ciently heated.
Whether there is sufficient ventila-
ton. She may compel the installa-
ton of artificial means of ventilation.
both as to bringing in and exhaust
ing air.
Sanitary conditions of working
places.
HYGIENE conditions. One of the
chief points this covers is the sweep
ing of floors properly and not when
the women are at work.
To see that women employees are
provided with seats.
To prevent the employment Of chill
dren under IA years of age, and to
see that those working between the
ages of IA and 1G, have an hour off
between { in the morning and in
the evening, and that their occupa-
ton is not dangerous to life or limb,
health or morals. This also includes
the enforcement of the law prevent
ing children from appearing upon the
stage.
Miss Bresette is graduate of the
Topeka high school and of the Kansas
State Normal at Emporia. She has
been teacher in the Topeka schools
] ten years She was a supervisor OF
junior chautauquas of a lyceum cir
cult last summer. She is affiliated
with the Stenographers, Typists
Bookkeepers and Assistants union.
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

A new bank name was discovered
when Senator l. P. King, Democrat,
from Cowley county, presented an APP
plication for a charter for the Pro
gresslye State bank. The bank is to
be opened at Winfield. 1t mas a capt.
tai of $4,000 and the incorporators
are all winfield men.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

Governor Hodges has named the
Kansas delegation to the National
Good Roads convention. The conven-
ton will be held at Birmingham, Ala,
April "a and %. The delegates are
expected to pay their own expenses
for the trip. The delegates are: o. M.
White, Emporia; F, c. Trigg, Kan
sas City; Dave Ely, Larned; G. F.
Pettijohn, Olathe; ]. B. Sheridan, Pa
ola: Herbert Lardner, Fort Scott; T.
]. O'Neill, Usage City; Charles Barnes,
Topeka; Frank Miller, Ottawa; Ralph
FaXon, Wichita; Tom Sweeney, Law
renee; George Harmon, Valley Falls;
Rich Hale, Edgerton; John H. Osborn,
Gardner; Burr Taylor, De Soto; J. d.
Waters, Bonner Springs; James Nc
Crumb, Atchison; ]. Z. Brogan, COT
feyville; c. w. Henderson, Coffey-
vile; Charles Scott, Hutchinson; II.
H. Taylor Hutchinson: John c. Mich
olson, Newton; John G. Worthington,
Emporia; E. II. Harmon. Cottonwood
Falls; c. O'Neill, Waverly; Bert Lo-
gan, Quenemo: E. E. Frizell, Larned;
Il. E. Torrance, Lebo; A. F. Battey,
Florence; C. I. McGregor, Olivet; w.
L. Whiting, Council Grove; Webb
Ray, Delavan; Doctor Mott, Herring
ton; f. f. Pringle, Burlingame; Doc
tor Geary, Wilsey; Bert H. Rogers,
Olathe.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

The governor appointed the follow
ing delegates to the National Drain
age congress held at st. Louis: SEN
ator Fred Robertson, Atwood; Sen
ator Jouett Shouse, Kinsley; Profess
sor Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence; L.
L. Taylor, Dodge City.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

Fifty universities and colleges in
all corners of America have gradu-
ates and former students enrolled at
the University of Kansas. Registrar
George o. Foster gave out statistics
showing that one student out of every
three enters X. U. with advanced
standing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

Governor Hodges is hunting for two
Kansas men, each with $1,000 who
want to take trip to Europe, visit
numerous European countries and
study cooperative systems in use
there, attend a big agricultural meet
ing and be entertained by the king
and queen of Italy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

The Kansas board of health, in max
on the railroads in Kansas, found one
third of that tested was fit to drink,
one-third might be dangerous and the.
other one-third absolutely dangerous
for human consumption. In only one
or two cases did the board find that
the water originally was bad, The
pollution of the water came from the
handling of the ice that went into it.
That is the reason for the order by
the board that after July l all the
Kansas railroads must put water
tanks into their cars in such fashion
that the ice does not touch the water.
The chemists of the state university
took IS samples of the water on the
trains at Kansas City and Wichita.
OF those 81 were found to be suffi-
GENTLY clean for drinking purposes
while the rest we're found to contain
enough bacteria to be classed as I'M
fit and more than 20 of the samples
were found to contain typhoid fever
germs and other germs in sufficient
quantities to be set down as absolute
ly dangerous. In one case water taken
from the sand springs at Abilene, the
finest water in Kansas, was found TO
be dangerous for human consumption
by the time it reached Kansas City.
Then came the investigation of the
ice and the tests showed that the
careless handling of the ice, dirt
on the gloves or tongs used by the
handlers and on station platforms,
caused the contamination.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

Kansas experienced considerably
cooler weather, with less precipita'
ton than usual, and about the usual
amount of sunshine during March,
1913, according to the summary of
weather conditions reported from 125
stations of the Weather Bureau, re-
presenting practically every county
of the state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

Governor Hodges is going to find
out what Kansas thinks of the COM
mission form of government. He Is
preparing to make poll OF the Kan
sas legislature.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

Kansas authors will be given prefer
ence by the new state text book com
mission in the granting of contracts to
furnish copy for school books. If Kan
sas authors will produce as good books
as others, they will get the royalties
which the state is to pay for the use
of manuscripts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18

Last month was the windiest March
on record in Kansas. High winds
were frequent in western Kansas and
at both Topeka and Wichita the high
est velocities for March were record
ed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20

frst cost How many automobiles
used for two or three years could be
sold for their first cost?
While the automobile truck Is COM
ing into somewhat general use. the
large truck horses still command a
premium. and the breeding OF such
horses f. one OF the most profitable
lines that the enterprising farmer can
take MP. The number OF horse-drawn
vehicles IN the downtown district o,
Chicago has increased thirty per cent.
during the last two years. and Il Is es-
timated that there are now daily $780,.
900 teams on the central business
streets OF that city. Statistics gath
cred from eleven cities IN the United
States show an average increase in
licensed horse-drawn vehicles OF 40,
per cent in 1912 over 1910.
The horseless age seems to be
somewhere in the far distant future.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20

appeal has been made for support Tor
some years except through tfa
hahksEiting sacks. but the coufri.
buttons Of friends have been falling
u,hInd and the Home is in debt.
Money has been borrowed from time
.o Time to meet the running expenses
h' mPWhors ~ the board of di-ec.
Tors and Tho board Of lady managers
nave planned to conduct campaign
Tor subscriptions during the Thanks
Swing season
The sack gatherinc viii be omitted
ihIs year and The campaign will Do
conducted next Monday. Tuesday and
wednesday The committees will ak
Tor subscriptions to the amount of
$4,000 to Do paid each year for
period ~ three years The confrihu
tons made will help to brighten ard
elevate the lives of the little ones
cared for by tho Home. Tho wortt
~ This institution 90 the community
De- Wei known and the movement fpt
Us adequate support VIII doubtless
appeal stronrly Co our good citizens
aud command general and heart,
support
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
TIE CANE oE FOOT Ball

Wheeling people never showed so
much interest In the game % foot ball
as has been IN evidence during this
season Probably never before. except
at an annual Linsly-Whceling High
clash. has there been such large
crowds A. the Island grounds as have
witnessed the games this year This
Indicates local people are becoming
more conversant with the fine points
OF the game. u also shows that tho
more open style ~ play and cleaner
game has interested more people than
the former deadly old style line buck
ing game. With the improvements IN
the game which result IN fewer fatal.
ties. come Improvements IN Tho AZ
tendance 20 the games.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
Thursday. November 20. 1913.
THE RIGHT KIND OF PLAY.

Wheeling people last week had the
opportunity 70 see a popular play that
has proved one OF the seasons favor
ties. The play IS tho simple story OF
the experiences OF young Irish girl.
doubly orphaned. and making her
home with her aristocratio aunt. The
dialogue OF the play is bright and
witty. The scene is an interesting
incident and humorous. The contrast
IS obtained by the presentation OF a
bright and attractive girl unframed
in the ways OF society OF the world
into n home IN which social standing
and formality are magnifed. In the
entire play there is not suggestive
word or an appeal 10 pruriant inqui-
sition. yet this play has been one OF
the most successful in New York. and
the citizens OF Wheeling showed their
appreciation by giving Il four large
and enthusiastic audiences. Among a
certain class 81 playwrights II seems
10 be an accepted rule that the public
demands prurience That II asks TO ba
shocked. and each strives 10 produce
this In yelled suggestions or coarse al
fusion. The success Of such play
as Peg O. My Heart" IS the best pos
sible answer 20 such a libel ~ public
taste. The American people always
have and always VIII respond with en-
thusiasm 20 a sweet. clean play which
az the same time has action. romance.
sentiment and wit u requires more
ability than the average purveyor Of
thrills 10 plan and write a play that
has these qualities. Therefore. the
usual resort IS 10 the shocker II 6
safe rule for playcoers 10 assume
that play that appeals largely on &C.
count OF prurient suggestions is infe-
rior from dramatic and a literary
standpoint. and the playwright and
the manager that offers such plays IN
suit the Intelligence of their patrons
by assuming that they can cover up
dramatic and literary defects by an
abundance OF dubious foxes and broad
suggestions.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
MOVIES UNDER THE SEA.

Soon those who care 20 go TO the
motion picture plays can see films
taken under the sea Those who care
10 will probably see n combat between
two sharks that in its realism will be
fascinating. Such films will doubtless
be made possible by the Williamson
apparatus for submarine photography
with which views were recently taken
on Hampton Roads. ny means OF day.
light tests. II has been found that nj
depths from ten TO fifteen feet photo
graphs can be made with natural light
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Why Benjamin r. Curtis Resigned
By E J. Edwards

y sometimes think that BENJAMIN
r. Curtis was by training. by intel
lectual gifts and by temperament the
greatest lawyer the New England
States ever produced. and l do not
forget jeremiah Mason. Daniel Web
ster. Rufus Choate OF Joseph Story
With this remark the late Charles
Levi Woodbury.. OF Boston. began the
narration 10 me- OF an incident which
be said had always been a mystery
OF the ADLER lawyers OF the United
States.
II was" said Mr.. Woodbury.. -es.
pecially interested IN Judge Curtis
because he was appointed by PRIEST
dent Willard Fillmore. associate Jus
tice OF the Supreme Court at WASH.
ington. as the successor OF my father,
who died IN the first year OF President
Fillmore's administration.
Il can recall well. although I was
n young man az the time. the COM
mendation which this appointment Of
Mr.. Curtis caused not only in boston,
but throughout the country. 70
member some lawyers speaking OF
the appointment as especially meri-
torious because Judge Curtis was one
OF the youngest men ever named for
associate justice. The appointment,
seemed TO show that the younger law.
yers OF that day were 10 have a
chance.
We'll. In 1851 think that was the
year-the whole country was startled
by the announcement that Judge Cur
fis had rasfrpaI Nta ,1aco ,,Dn, ,ba
Supreme Court bench and was coin
Ing back 10 Boston 10 resume the
practice OF the law.
Il am not certain OF the fact. but.
Il IL my impression that this resigna.
ton was the first ever made. except
ing that OF John Jay and perhaps one
or two others IN the earlier days OF
the republic.
The lawyers OF Boston did no;
accept as accurate the statement
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
STATE is REPRESENTED BUT
NOT IN ANY GREAT
NUMBERS.
Many Reasons Assigned For This
Laslty and Only Activity 10
Along Certain Lines.
BY cHAs. BROOKS SMITH.

6J CNRS. bHOOkS SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 10
There WAS no crowding over one an
other on the part OF West Virginians
TO attend the National Conservation
Congress. which IS the top liner
among the many attractions in the
National Capital this week. Trains
from West Virginia did not pull in at
the palaial union station in more
than one section. not even with extra
coaches. 20 carry uncompromising and
enthusiastic conservationists from
that upland commonwealth Few O,
the many delegates appointed from
there reported and a majority OF
those not so complimented who are
here. seemed 10 have selected the &C.
casion as furnishing a fitting excuse
20 get away from business cares a,
home and do" the capital at sea.
son OF the year when u Is most az.
tractiye. and when something hiC
was doin'i" This statement must be
accepted. however. as excepting those
who did come because they are deep
~ Interested IN the conservation ques.
ton, which small but earnest little
band are not too numerous 10 call
ANl UANIF IMAM TNf use OF fNN 0IEif i
on a normal hand in counting them
The others. well. they paid their dol
lar. registered received n badge. and
Ike the drummer boy ~ Shilo" bea,
10 FOR places less scientific where
brows are not 90 high. and brews are
20 be had without a passing thought
~ conserving the pouring that poster.
i'y may be assured happiness of n
certain kind which the present gen.
Grafton enioya
The Question Arises
Wherefore. Mr. Cheerman. a. J.
Harvey Scott. the eminent and the
new meter inspector Of Charleston
would say. tho question arises Arc
West Virginians very strong for THIS
conservation business In fact. %
has arisen With our well known
modes'y we sprung q on several emf
rent West Virginia conservatiorista
foregath"red In tho rath keller ~ tre
Raleigh. who appeared 20 be doing
what they could do 10 help along the
cause. With duo solounitv tho Quos-
zion uppormoef IN oUr mind was
stated Thcro was claffer ~ stems
upon Tho able. md these Heide-
herrers knit their student brows ae
'he reflected upon tho latest issue
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20

commonly made that Judge Curtis
nad resigned because he found u
impossible to live upon the salary
mat would have been a good reason.
| have heard II said that Judge Cur
us retainers and fees in the first
years OF his practice after he had re-
tired from the Supreme Court bench
We're greater than the aggregate
amount OF he salaries OF all OF the
supreme Court Justices. including
the chief justice.
Years later / heard from an emit.
nent lawyer what he believed TO be
an explanation for Judge Curtis res
ishauon. He sat upon the bench at
the Time OF the hearing OF the famous
Dreu-Scott Casa case which is now
historic. The impression was that
some members OF the Supreme Court
had permitted premature publication
OF the opinion. At all events some
thing occurred in the privacy OF the
supreme Court council chambers
which caused Judge Curtis to believe
mat there had been dishonorable play
somewhere. He had written an op,n.
Ion In the Dred-Scott case. dissenting
In toto from tho majority opinion
Whlch was in effect. that the Negro
or the United States had no rights
which the white man was bound 10
respect.
AT all events. there was n quarrel
ana a very bitter ore. I suppose no
one will ever know the exact fact Of
this quarrel. but Il was so bitter as 10
cause Judge Curtis TO throw up MS
commission as associate Justice OF the
Supreme Court and TO resume the
practice Of the law. am certain
that II is the only incident OF this
Kind that ever occurred In the his
tory OF our Supreme Court
After Judge Curtis resumed the
law practice he was ranked among
the hrst six American lawyers. and /
presume that his yearly income was
never less than fifty thousand doll
lars"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
noRsgLEss ace ZAP AwAX

Enthusiastic automohuisfs occasion.
ally speak ~ tho horseless ago. Thcy
look forward to % tIuo whom tho hore.
Will entirely disappear and gasoline
propelled cars will take hls place In
view ~ rho enormous increase ln auto
MOBILIZE and automobile trucks during
tho past fge years. I- would seem that
the di7app"ararce ~ 'he horse should
have begun on Tho contrary hovev.
Or. there arc moro horses '1 fho United
states today than fhero were 'er
years ar1. and '-e demand 'or 0re
horses ir far greater tfar tho supply
IN fart fhe rzfr1o-f'-a-, phenomenon
har been noted 70 s--ee. t.'-- togvh,
and used Per 'vo o- 'froa years and
cold again no "a higher price chan fhe'-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
A JOKER IN THE CHARTER.

The City OF Fairmont last spring
received the boon OF a commission
form OF government through an act o!
the legislature. The chief merit
claimed for the commission form OF
government Is IN the abolition OF par
~ tickets and party emblems. yet We
note that all the political parties have
placed tickets IN the field in Fairmont
and tho contest for tho commissioner.
ship is to be waged strictly along par.
ty lines
Some one must have slipped the 20.
ker IN Fairmont's commission char.
ter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
Thanksgiving Campaign for
Local Children's Home Starts

F. There ar" from forty TO fry chill.
Ir'n in tI' Home 90 an times A
much largcr number o. cared f1r each
year Some rrua-r -1r % short time
ana others are Kept fOr some years
This work is supported by the coutri
bullion of charitable citizens 40
public funds have ever been received
an endowment fund was started
early iu tho history OF she Home
which. Dos g.fts and hcquest made
from Time to time. steadily grew 20
H considerable sum & LARGE part 81
'l' fund oas used TOR tho purchase
of OBJ" ground and erection ~ the
present building af WoodsdaIc The
endowment now Yields au annual in.
come OF $500 toward fhe current On
pouscs. The cost 90 maintaining the
work and The caro- " The property Is
about $500 each year. No public
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20
UNCLE WALT: The Poet Philosopher.

autumn Sigh. ana Winter answers the landsc are
''' ''- ballet dancers, us ed
,y.lr,. o.. ,..... limbs. wifci the curly
WIN" '' 'i7DN where they e the do
shopping carly. the Christmas
'o~ al- ''.a 'c Wind. squay and they the human
' In.'r m. 'nehny they whistle groves.
TO- ,Ie' h'ff .ala' hcakrr than message OF the wind.
,"n's' comes with f..nf srese bchindr'
W." ''' ana fil. ans hsrl,. De viii yc oh spawn
1 'lI -' your ''llhF early. the Christmas ON
seen ar .a-F morning Dee UPON the crystal streams: frosc the
u'' al'nnf 'se -aieu CLEANS have lonesome
tonn 'er o. H freI Dos songs have symrathizeI with Dohbir
!o' I H W I'' wrong Every and every whispers
IN ny ' H't W autumn. spine is surely broken winter DAYS
early dawn - must DO my shopping car-y ere the 81
on WAIT 1850. '"'
VDopPEhI lf'' o. George Matthew
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20

Why was that section Of South York
street lying between Virginia and Ohio
streets never paved? We thought Il
was TO have been included In the bond
issue for paving purposes. but Il was
left muddy. while other streets less I'm.
portant were paved. Why?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-20

Gen. Carranza says he could clean
out Huerta IN 30 days II he could get
arms. There ia a prevailing impress
sion that Huerta may soon enter for
the Marathon run record.