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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
REPORT ON VICE CONDITIONS
$1,000 WOMEN IN NEW Works.
GOTHAM UNDERWORLD
Public Dance Hall Found to Justify
Worst That Has Been
Said of 1t.

New York, May 20.-Fifteen thou
sand women of the underworld-a
scarlet army no census has heretofore
enumerated-ply their trade in one
borough of greater New York alone.
This is the estimate of the bureau of
social hygiene, an organization OF
which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is
chairman, as just made public in an
abstract of forthcoming report by
George J. Kneeland, a special investi-
gator, after a painstaking inquiry into
commercialized vice conditions in
Manhattan, extending over a period of
nearly 10 months.
The report suggests no remedies,
fixes no responsibility. That phase is
to be dealt with later on. 1t pur-
ports merely to describe accurately
vice conditions in New York city with
the sole purpose of bringing out the
facts" The hope is expressed that
subsequently a satisfactory policy to
check the evil may be worked out.
Mr.. Rockefeller himself contributed
the foreword to the volume. Future
reports will deal with conditions in
other large cities in America and
with methods and their results of
combating the problem in Europe. Elk
listing preventive, reformative and
corrective agencies in New York are
described as wholly inadequate to
their task.
Aside from a series of chapters
dealing in minute frankness with the
operation of notorious resorts through
out the city, the report treats of the
dance hall evil Of the dance halls
the report says:
"The public dance hall was found
to justify the worst that has been
said of it. Of IS dances reported on,
only five were characterized by the
investigators as decent Nor are
these dances attended only by hard
ened prof1igates. Young girls, some
innocent-others, if not entirely in
nocent, at any rate not wholly de-
PRAYED, and young men not yet alto
gether vicious, attend the gatherings
in search of amusement and change.
Many are innocent working girls,
who seek legitimate recreation. The
sinister element in attendance is the
hired cadets, who attend with the
cold-blooded purpose of finding new
subjects of debauchery and of subse-
quent exploitation for gain. These
agents of commercialized vice are
usually well-dressed, well-mannered,
and introduce themselves politely and
easily to strangers. They often pre-
tend to love at first sight and exhibit
marked devotion, by which the girls
are deceived and to which they too
often yield"
Owners of realty, ostensibly respect
able, come in for severe condemna-
ton at the hands of the investigators.
A woman investigator, the report sets
forth, visited 122 real estate agents,
of whom only IL declined to let prem
Uses for immoral purposes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Rishon poane Dies.

New York, May 19.-Bishop William
Crosswell Doane, bishop of the Albany
diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
church, is dead at the hotel Manhat-
fan in this city at the age of 81.
Bishop Doane came here from Albany
on Tuesday, accompanied by several
of his nearest relatives. He was ap-
parently in his usual health as he
entered the hotel, but showed the eff
feet of his age. He became i'll Thurs
day and DR.. e. S. Hard, his FANNY
physician, was called and remained In
attendance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
1000 SETTLERS A DAY
WESTERN CANADA MAKING RE.
MARkABLE PROGRESS.

Settlers from the United Kingdom
and other countries of Europe landed
in Winnipeg last week at the rate of
one thousand a day. The predicted
boom in the populating of the prairie
provinces this spring has material
lied, as it did. last year, and today the
busiest city in America is probably
the Manitoba metropolis.
The sturdy nations of Europe are
ali contributing to the rapid growth
of Canada West. Two of the largest
contingents reaching Winnipeg last
week were from Germany and Scan
dinavia.
The British Isles are sending out
larger contingents than ever before.
The old land newspapers are filled
with accounts of send-offs and fare
wells being given to popular towns
folk on the eve of departure for Cam
ada.
Numerous editorials record the SEN
timents, bordering on despair, of the
Britons who zee their towns and VIII
lagos desolated by the desertion of
favorite sons and daughter. We can
sympathize with those lief, behind
while felicitating the younC people
who have their own way to make in
the world on their new opportunities
in the country of mammoth crops.
Scotland lost 5000 of her best
blood and Drawn in a single week this
month. No wonder the young, aspir-
ing Scots take so quickly to Canada
They have been reading of the tri-
umphs and wonder working of Scot
fish pioneers in the Dominion ever
since they were BARNS A great
| part of Canada's success was wrought
| by Canadians from Caledonia, and the
! young Caledonians of today are eager
to demonstrate that they can do as
we'll out west as their foreDears.
! In addition to those from the old
| countries, the United States still
keeps up in a strenuous manner, and
is sending its thousands into that new
country of the north. They take up
the free homesteads of 100 acres on
which they live for six months of
each year for three years, and then
| get deed or patent for a farm that
is worth anywhere from SIS to $40
per acre, or, they may purchase lands
| at from SIS to SIS per acre that will
yield with proper care in cultivation,
excellent returns for the time, work
and money eXpended.-Advertise
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
PLACING OF BOMBS
STILL CARRIED ON
MORE EXPLOSIVES ARE FOUND
IN AND AROUND LON
DON.
PAPER IS NOT SUPPRESSED
Publication Reappears, But Is Much
Subdued in Tone-Men
May Be En-
ployed.

London, May 19.-The militant suf-
fragette campaign of placing bombs in
public institutions to coerce the gov
eminent into giving the parliament
tary franchise to women is still being
carried on in several quarters of Lon
don and the provinces.
Suspect Men Are Employed.
The workmanlike canister of ex-
plosives with a clockwork attachment
was found in the Rotherhithe public
library in Southeast London. 1t was
labeled Votes for women" Accord
ing to belief in some quarters, it was
placed there by a man. Indeed, the
police suspect many men have been
engaged by the militants for this work.
Another machine has beer. found in
the letter box of the Wandsworth dis
trict postoffice in Southwest London
1t consisted OF a glass tube containing
fluid. A partly burned fuse was at
tached to one end. The police declare
the bomb apparently was set there by
militants. Still another canister of ex-
plosives with a partially burned fuse
was found yesterday in Holy Trinity
church at Hastings, popular watering
place on the south coast, where the
militants have been most active dur
ing the week.
Government Defeated.
A defeat has been inflicted on the
government by the wild women" in
the matter of the suppression of the
militant suffragettes newspaper, the
Suffragette.
After Archibald Bodkin, council for
the treasury, had announced that the
government would prosecute any one
printing the newspapers in the future,
the labor press and some of the liberal
newspapers which are the strongest
supporters of the present cabinet pro-
tested that this was an infringement of
the liberty of the press. The former
Socialist members of parliament,
George Lansbury, and the Socialist
member, James Keir Hardie, personal
ly offered to undertake the publication
of the paper, but the Suffragettes de-
Clined their offer with scorn.
Thereupon the home Office issued a
statement declaring that Mr.. Bodkin's
pronouncement had been misconstrued
and that the Women's Social and Po
litical union or any publisher could is
sue "The Suffragette" SO long as it did
not contain any indictments to crime.
Publisher Promises.
Sydney Dreem, the former publisher,
has written TO the home office that he
was compelled to promise that he will
not hereafter directly or indirectly
take part in printing The Suffragette'
or any other organs of the Women's
Social and Political union" and he
wants to know what steps are now to
be taken to relieve him from this un-
dertaking.
The special interest taken by the
Labor party in the question of "The
Suffragette" was aroused because the
labor newspapers frequently come into
collision with the government. This is
the case in regard to general conscrip
ton for the armmy, and in the event OF
this becoming the policy of the govern.
ment, which the Labor party fears, the
labor newspapers propose to urge the
workingmen of the British Isles to re
sist it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Insuroent Woodmen Elect.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 19.-"The Ma
tional Modern Woodmen of America
Federation was permanently organ
lied at the final session OF 600 in
surgent Woodmen here by electing the
following officers: DR.. James V.
Beghtol, Hastings, Neb., national sec
rotary of the provisional committee of
the insurgent movement, was chosen
president; E. S. Smith, Springfield,
H., vice president; Harry F. Hooper,
Tecumseh, Okla, secretary, and John
H. Schnou Of Maquoketa, Iowa, treas
0rer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Ilnsrkkled weather predic+ea

Washington, May 20. = Generally
fair weather over the eastern portion
of the country during the early days
of this week, witE continuance of
showers in the Pacific states and the
plateau region for day or two and
their extension into the plains states
and the Missouri valley. may be ex-
pected, according to the weather bu-
reau's weekly bulletin. by the mid
die of the week. the bulletin said,
the showers should extend through
the great central valleys and the up
per lake region"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Murder Charged to Widow.

Chicago, May 19.-Mrs. Augusta
Deitz was held by a coroner's jury to
be responsible, or have guilty knowl-
edge, of the death of her husband,
George H. Deitz, a fashionable wom-
ems tailor who was found dead April
IA. Deitz's body was found in his
bed chamber, his skull crushed.
George Nurnberg, a friend OF both
Mr.. and Mrs. Deitz, who testified at a
former hearing that he had been par
ticularly friendly with Mrs. DeItZ,
was held to have had no part.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Armv Men Are Promoted.

washington, May 1y.-Upon recon-
mendation of Secretary Garrison,
President Wilson decided to appoint
Col. John P. Wiser of the coast artil
lery now at Fort Miller, Cal, and Col.
f. T. Davis of the Eighteenth Infantry
now at Texas City, Tex, as brigadier
generals to succeed Generals w. S.
Schuyler and F. A. Smith, recently
retired.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Striking BARRIERS Parade.

New York. May 19.-An appeal
against violence was the notable fea-
ture OF Joseph ]. Ettor's speech to an
open air meeting of several thousand
striking BARRIERS. Nearly $4,000 men,
it is estimated. marched in a process
sion in which the banner of the IN
dustrial Workers of the World was
prominently displayed, from far up
town to Union square, where the meet
ing was held. The breaking of win
dows will only help drive the flies out
of the bosses barbershops,' Ettcr
told the crowd.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
"Father of Trolley" Dies

Stockbridge, Mass, May 20.-Ste-
phen Dudley Field, some times called
the Father of the trolley car and
an inventor of international promi-
nence, died at his home here, aged
6S years. Among the inventions pat
ented by Mr. Field are the quadruplex
telegraph, electric elevator, amplifier
for doubling the speed of ocean cables,
stock ticker, hGel annunciator and
the police patrol telegraph. Altogeth.
er Mr.. Field held more than 200 pat
ents. Mr.. Field was a member of a
famous family of geniuses.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
.,oint communion Service.

Atlanta, Ca, May 19.-For the first
time in the history of Presbyterianism
the four grand divisions of the church,
the Northern, the Southern, the Unit
ed and the Associate Reformed, joined
in a union communion service. Par
ticipating were hundreds OF communi-
cants. including delegates to the Pan
Presbyterian Pentecost and laymen
from everywhere. Presiding over the
communion service, which was i'm
nressiye in it's simplicity, were DR..
+ S. Lyons, DR.. r. M. Russell and
DR.. ]. T. Stone.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

A pin broke the other when high
officer in a big corporation YVES try
ing to put several papers together. He
picked the little sticker up, found that
it served his purpose just as well,
although an. eighth of an inch of it
was gone. a little rapid figuring. a
call to the pin manufacturers, and
soon 1t was found that several hun
dred dollars a year would be saved if
that concern used pins little bit
shorter than those it had been using
The following week the shorter pins
began to arrive, and the economical
officer felt he was doing a great favor
to the share holders by keeping down
expenses.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
California Millionaire Fined.

Los Angeles, May 19.-George H.
Bixby. the Long Beach Millionaire IL
dicted by the grand jury en- charges
of contributing to the delinquency of
two girls. was fined s25 for contempt
of court by township justice, Sidney
Reeve. This was the result of Blk
by's failure to obey subpoena re-
curing his presence three weeks ago
at the preliminary hearing on
charge brought against Emma j.
Goodman, alias Josie Rosenberg, pro-
prietress of the Jonquil resort
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, May 10. Wheat. May,
S7%c; July. S9bc; No. northern,
81 &c; No. 2 northern, So &c; No. 1
durum 92c; No. 5 corn, COO; No. white
oats, 3512; barley. mailing. soc; No.
rye, 5S1ac; No. fax, $1.29.
Duluth. May 19.-Wheat. May, SS1ac
July, $3.50: No. l northern, S97sc; No.
l durum, 95 Sc
South ST Paul. May 10. = Cattle
Steers. s5.50@7.00; cows. $6.25 @6.65;
calves. $5.25@S.25; hogs, SS.15@S.30;
sheen ard lambs unchan ged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Dlctatinu 10 Women.

Women, according to an edict in the
Chinese government, are to wear Eu-
ropean hats, but otherwise retain their
customary dress, with certain modifica-
tons 1t is prophesied that there will
be revolt at the edict, because women
in China as elsewhere, have grown
weary of having men undertake to de-
eide for them in matters of dress, mat
tiers of food, matters of morals and
matters of government.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

Down-trodden man will give a smile
more in sorrow than in anger at the
assertion of a prominent profession,
al woman that women can no longer
be treated as slave. He will won
der with sickly feeling of utter help
Iessness. where his chance of escap-
ing slavery will come in.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Ridder Decline Post.

Albany, n. Y, May II. - Herman
Ridder Of New York announced that
he would not accept the position OF
superintendent of state prisons to
which he was appointed ~ Governor
EnlZer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

Experts from the United States to
Latin-America will approximate one
million dollars for each business day
of the current fiscal year or practical
ly three times as much as a decade
ago. Uncle Sam has been doing some
running preparatory to the jump he
expects to make in connection with
the opening of the canal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

DO not gad," advises a Yale man OF
ninety-seven years, telling how to at.
tain longevity. VIII the prospective
occupant of the Kent chair please take
notice?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

A widow of ninety in New York is
suing for back alimony dating back
to 1867. In consequence of her taking
due time to think about asserting her
rights, she will, if her suit is success
full, get quite tidy little fortune.
which is another Illustration of the
benefits of not acting too hastily in
affairs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

Some people are born lucky. Note
the family in Omaha whose hired girl
was blown out of the window and was
scared so badly she kept on going,
only to have her place taken by an
other girl who blew into the same
house through another window and
was induced to stay after the storm
was over.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

A Paris doctor contends that he can
read character by the hair Still, oft
en- the occupant of the bald-headed
row may be judge or a college pro-
feSSor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Accused of Wisconsin Embezzlemen..

Everett, Wash, May 19.-Homer T.
Fowler, an Everett merchant, was ar
res3ed at the request of Sheriff Carl
sou of Douglas county, Wis, who holds
a warrant charging Fowler with the
embezzlement of money from a firm
at Superior, Wis, six years ago. F'ow-
Ter has built up an extensive business
since coming to Everett. He has
served a term as president of the
Everett Commercial club. He said he
would oppose extradition. Before
coming here he was wholesale gro
Ger at Superior.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

Our daily pleasure-to poke the man
who sticks his foot through our derby
as it rests quietly under the theater
seat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
Not 7 Rad Case.

$50 that is your avuncular rela-
ton"
He was, but the new doctor we got,
cured him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

Before the end of the season, posi-
bly,, somebody will gain well-earned
fame by finding something new to call
the umpire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

Although many tightwad is contin-
ually in hot water. he seldom softens
up in the vicinity of the pocketbook.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

A good many people are supposed
to like dandelion green's. But the mar
who owns lawn doesn't.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces intiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie ,25c bottletN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22
The Other place.

II have regular old family
knocker on my front door,"
We've got one inside"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

When fiction gets busy facts become
ashamed of themselves.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-22

London, May 19.-The militant suf-
fragette campaign of placing bombs in
public institutions to coerce the gov
eminent into giving the parliament
tary franchise to women is still being
carried on in several quarters of Lon
don and the provinces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-13
ALL BUT FOUR.
Were Seventy-Seven Doctors Passed
the State Examinations.

All but four of the eighty-one per-
! sons who took examinations Thursday
under the state board of medical exam
liners qualified to practice medicine in
the state of Kansas. The showing of
the class, which is the largest one in
several years, was exceptionally credi-
/ table.
Following is a list of those who pass
ed the examinations: Adam Hancock
Adamson, Garland; J. NJ ALBANIAN.
Downs: Bert Anderson, Kansas City,
Mo-; Charles Burnett, Bazine; Lewis
HAPPIER Bass, lola; Clarence E. Boud-
reau. Auline; L. r: Ryan, Olintz; Carl
L. Brown, Alton; Warwick T. Brown
Topeka; Charles NJ. Brown, Kansas
City, Mo-: Wayne B. Burr, Berryton:
Harvey Philip Charles, Topeka; Laura
Cornelius, Roxbury; Ralph E. Davis;
Kansas City, Mo-; Albert Porter Davis,
Kansas City, Mo-: John Dimon, To-
peka; James B. DarnneIl, Kingsley;
Bryce Fall. Hutchinson; Beverly Ar
thur Finkle. Galva; Nathan c. Hat
field, F'ostoria, Ohio; Haley T. Grady,
Washington; Hugh Boogs Hawthorne,
Topeka; owen K. Hayden, Conway,
Arkansas; Arthur E. Hale, Lawrence;
A. L. Hawkins, Fort Scott; Gilber Will
son Hay. Selma; Friedrich Hecker,
Kansas City. Mo-; Frederick r. Hook.
Rossville; George H. Jones, Kansas
City, Mo-; Harry w. Kink, Kansas
City, Kan; France Leslie Laffoon
Kansas City. Mo; Claude L. Lull. To-
peka: Roy MILFORD Layton, Kansas
City, Kan; E. A. Marrs, Howard; Mel
vim Cecil Martin, Nickerson; Loyal NJ.
Martin, Newkirk. Oklahoma; Philip
Benjamin Martz. National Military
Home, Kansas: Gerald L. McGonigle,
Kansas City, Mo-; Warren r. Morton
Green; Joseph w. Myers, Halstead;
Clark L. MyerIy, Kansas City, Mo-;
William Oliver Nelson, Ottawa; V. r.
Parker, Osborne: Ernest r. Parker
Topeka; A. L. Pettis, Wathena; Will
liam S. Prout. Topeka; William Luther
Past, Kansas City, Mo-: r. NJ. Postle-
thwaite. Jewell City; Walter Ohio OUR
ing, Newton; James Louis Ransom, To-
peka; Robert August Reinhardt. Glen
million: John Herman Reinhardt Glen
Elder; Raymond F. Roller, Topeka:
Mack Lawrence Ross, Chattanooga,
Tenn; George H. Ross. Kansas City,
Mo-: William E. Simon, Garnett;
Marvin Bigelow Simpson, Kansas
City, Mo. Delbert o. Smith. Rosedale;
Helen S. Smith, Topeka; jay La Winnie
Smith, Kansas City, Kan; Ira Irving
Smith, St. Joseph, Mo-; Don La Mott
Smith. Kansas City, Kan; John E.
Strain, Kansas City, Kan; Robert Ex-
selsion Smith Parsons; William
Isaac Howard Schulz, Mulvane; H. B.
Tabor. Topeka; Louis NJ. Tomlinson.
Eskridge; Herbert Spencer Valentine;
Earl Henry Yoder. Washington;
Charles Arthur Wyatt, Topeka; Cor
nelius NJ. Wilson. Hennessey, Okla
homa; John volmer, Mound Valley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-13
STATE WARD DROWNED.
Ran Away From Glass at Soldiers
Orphans Home.

Atchison, Kan, June 13.-James Nc
Grath, 10 years old, and a ward of the
state was drowned Thursday in Deer
creek, north of Atchison. Mrs. Ger
trude Fry a family manager, had taken
a number of children from the Sol
diers' Orphans home to the creek on
a wading party. McGrath- waded far
away from her and the other children,
and Mrs. Fry called him back. Either
he did not hear. or would not obey,
because. to Mrs. F'ry's horror, she saw
him disappear He had fallen into a
step-off which the people at the home
did not know existed.
The child came up twice and one of
his boy companions tried to rescue
him. but he fought his rescuer and
went down for the last time. The
drowned hoy's mother lives in Dodge
City and was summoned at once.