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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-19
BABY HOWARD WILSON TAFT.

WASHINGTON. March lo.-To Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest II. Taft OF Fulton.
n. Y. son was born on the morning
OF the day Woodrow Wilson was in.
augurated President, To-day President
Wilson received a letter from Mr. Taft
saying the son had been named Howard
Wilson Taft. The President wrote.
thanking Mr.. TAFT for thu compliment.
This mornings parcel post delivery
brought the President an Irish big
stick" II was a genuine Irish black
thorn. the shape OF a shlllelah. 1t came
from w. Walpole Bell OF No. 1850 Fifth
avenue, New York city.
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q good waist or other thinss for
hak what I'd pay regularly. Ny
sister, who u q stenographer,
would give mo Q coat or hat now
and then which she wouldn't wear
to her once any more. and that
helped me q lot, too. For my lunch
took a sandwich from home and
ate in the employees restaurant
where I could get q good plate Of
soup for three cents and a cup Of
tea or milk for one cent. Ice cream
was from one cent to nve. / never
spent any more than nve cents or
elk on my lunch.
had been in nv position lust
eleven months and Christmas was
only a month away, when the buyer
came to me one day and told me to
30 behind the counter until the
holidays were over, and there was
a new girl put at my table. You
can imagine how thankful I was
to get behind the counter and be-
allowed to sell desk sets and other
stationery goods. I feti quite i'm
portant. All the, salesladies get
commissions on their sales during
Christmas, and I earned SO for
myself In that way. ! studied the
stock thoroughly and worked very
hard FOR two weeks before Christ
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to-day she gets along splendidly on
S." an increase Of salary having
come to her each year for efnciency
in her work. Perhaps the writer Of
this letter Is too optimistic in treat.
Ing Of the IS period Of her life. for
she says that she gave half her salary
to her mother for board and had re.
tained the balance for personal ex.
penses. A girl who lives ct home can
have little idea Of the hardships
which beset the self-supporting
woman who has not that safe harbor.
Nevertheless this letter from q con.
tented saleswoman tends to discredit
. statement heard frequently about
the department store that It does not
pay an employee to become too EN-.
cient, since the moment her salary
gets above a certain point she Is dis
charged to make way for a green.
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HAPPY ON % A WEEK AND
HOPEFUL OF THE FUTURE.

Dear Madam: j am working
girl and get on spendidly on my
salary of IS week. ! am II sales
lady In a big department store. The
stationery department.
l had to work the first year for
Sc n week and was not behind the
counter then. but at a table on the
floor where only the cheap note
paper Is sold.
worked very hard and tried to
keep the boxes OF paper nicely ar
ranged and busted on the table
and did my best to be agreeable
and obliging to my customers. for
] always cherished a hope In my
heart to get behind the counter.
1t was very hard for me to get
along on IS week. lived only
couple OF blocks from the store.
in nat with my mother and
sisters: so ! walked back and forth
to work except on rainy or bad
days. paid my mother ~ a week
for my board and | had the other
SO for clothes and things. Some
times mother did my washing. but
oftener / did 1t myself at night. !
had to pay 20 cents out of ny
salary every week, too, for Doctors
fee at the store. SO was taken care
Of whenever l got III. and II / had
to stay home a day or two from
illness l got paid Just the same.
| wore the cheapest clothes I could
buy and mended and pressed them,
to make them last as long a. !
could. needed to wear a black
waist and skirt in winter. and a
white waist and black skirt In sum
mer. / was allowed an hour In the
morning every week to go shopping.
and made good use OF 1t. and
hunted through the store for bar
CANA AaA v thAt way ottsa ses
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PAY MEN MORE so THEY CAN
MARRY

various persons have written me to
urge that the solution OF the intricate
problem of the relation OF low wages
to vice lies in paying better wages to
men--in fact. in paying men so we'll
that they would be able to marry much
earlier than they do al present. Then"
say these optimists. "all the women
would be married to men wLo could
support them and vice would not ex-
list, or, at least. would DE without ex-
cuse."
Even II 1t were possible to con.
troll the wages OF men by lssisla-
ton. there would have to be an ad-
dttaonal law compelling every man
OF . osrtatn earning capacity to
marry, II women were to bsns6t 1t
all by tho new conditions.
And this would be manfestly impos-
sihle. since it would disregard mans
most inal!enable right of choice and
would relssate woman to the degrading
situation from which she mas just
emerged, that of being forced into mar
riage as her only means of livelihood,
/ Several young women have written me
to express regret at my lack OF belief
+ In the efficacy or the justice Of mini
mum wage law. II any one of these
! young women has ever sat down to
darn pair % stockings and put in an
hour of patient labor on a large hole
/ In tie heel, and then has held the An
! lshed work of art off to admire it-only
to see the darn itself giving around the
cdges-she will understand how ! fee
about patchwork sociAi reform. Even v
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minimum
shine To ndye ise for appren
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-19
GIRLS STRIKE AGAINST S1.O5

EAST LIVERPOOL, o.. March 10
Tue strike Of seven hundred girls en-
ploysd In the finishing departments of
pottsries In this city, Wellsvillc, O.,
and Chester and Newell, W. Va, to-
dAy crippled the operations OF thirty
clay products manufa "tories of ta!s dis
triot Operators say that a two-day
Continuance of the strike Will mean the
cIoGdng down Of the potter.es. This
would throw 5000 men out of employ
nAnt.
The girls struck because they were
sa6Vssd an increase from tLOS and SAC
- An ~ axE ..
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-19

but I may be head OF stock some
day or even buyer? I'll keep
hoping. KATIE.
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the darn Of minimum wages should
hold. I am sure there would be break.
a new hole In another place. and the
age-old problem Of the immoral woman
would come up in another and perhaps
more perplexlng way. And this Is not
my opinion only. Havelock Ellis. after
years OF study of unfortunate women
Of all ages and times. In a volume en-
bodying his conclusions. gives It as his
opinion that wages have no direct rsla-
ton to vice. And the great majority Of
young women readers seem to hold the
same view. Here are some Of their let.
ters.
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BY NIXOLA GREELEY.SMITH.

who knows but Of buyerr
80 ends interesting letter from girl who tells
for IS earned department
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Girls were expected 20 give their
services free for . year upon the
promise Of paid positions After
"lcaruiug the business" Al the end
OF every year all tho apprentices
were discharged ~ unsatisfactory
ana new ones taken on. SO. till the
minimum wage law was passed,
certain establishments paid sbso-
lutsly nothing for labor.
But l believe the minimum wage
In New Zealand is mucA below the
weekly earnings OF the poorest girls In
New York--not higher than SO. think.
Here a minimum wage of $12 Is asked
for. and a New York employer has
given 1t as his opinion that II this
amount became the legal wage the re-
suit would be disastrous to the women
1t designed to help. since employers
could get men for '$la and would prefer
clem to women at tie same price.
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$1OO-lN PRIZES FOR LETTERS
BY REAL WORKING CIRLS-$1OO

Cash prizes amounting to SiOo will be given for the most help
full letters from REAL WORKING GIRLS the subject dealt with
N this SERIES
The money will be divided follows Two prizes of SIS each
Five other prizes Of $40 each.
The letters which, in Nixoh Greelesmhs Judgment are
best and most helpful will receive these awards
The Detroit times., 1913-04-11

lie could purchase a good bit OF tie
state with his theatrical profits, IN
deed
In 1883, at the age OF 10, Conan
began to appear with his father. moth
or and sister, in vaudeville. in the
famous -Four Cohans" combination
which held together for many years
In 1925 he began to write songs: In
1896 he started to turn out one-act
plays.
In 1899 his first three-act musical
play, The Governors Son" was pro-
duced. the -Four Cohans" appearing
IN IT, Then he wrote and starred In
Running for ONCE In 1903 he
formed the partnership with Sam ".
Harris which still endnres The
firms first production was Little
Johnny Jones" which Cohan wrote
and composed and in which he ap-
peared for two years.
Next came "45 Minutes From
Broadway" which was played BY four
companies. and which is said to have
made In royalties and profits over "a
million dollars. There followed from
the pen Of this prolific young man
80 Miles From Boston" The Talk
OF New ! Ork, ne ldnkee Prince,
The Man Who Owns Broadway,
The Little Millionaire broadway
Jones" and the dramatization OF Get.
Rich-Quick Wallingford'
Every one was big success. Co
han & Harris control four or Ave the
aters in New York and one in Chi
cage. Yes, Cohan can quit, IL ne
wants to.
But can he stay quit?
He thinks so. at any rate.
| William Collier and his stepson.
! Buster. were end-men at minstrel
show which followed the Friars' club
dinner TO De Wolf Hopper. Pa Col
lier was examining Buster in spelling,
and Buster was stumped on a hard
word.
| Think hard Buster urged papa.
IF YOU get 1t right, ] will take YOU to
one Of Mr.. Hoppers weddings"
"Aw. that's nothing replied Bus
' ter. I've been TO lot OF them"
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in our midst, viz. the plays We see;
the songs We hear and the magazines
and papers We read.
Why cant something be done TO
eliminate the indecently suggestive
songs and savings, ~ all Of our sup
poScdly hest theaters none excepted =?
We Rave pure food law which
helps ns ply sicaily-why not a pure
literature law and pure stage law
tc help as morally
Our supposedly best magazines find
their way into ihe home under the
Iuise of responsibility. Some OF The
stories In them are III only for the
iarnace
Sunday magazine TO a.we,lknown
newspaper told enough 70 vote,. has
that same insidious disease. which
POISON ma corrupts the impression
able minds OF our young daughters
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"He's Back in a "MOdel
Church" Today
BY RERTON 1RALEY.

They took me ont Of country
church and brought me into the town,
where the pay was big aid the church
was biz and preached 81 sillV"u
gown, and ~ news were 'dU % v"il.
dressed folk wac cane H. ibeir motor
cars and Who Ysnisc minister 10
preach Nth ais he38 - u :ae staFs
They sn.rkei and smile. "a their
wealthy ease <nal ! talked "a Gov
cry vein. b..t tney ittp: Ike ny
words NJ MAN 'SeeH - the:n
straight AID PAN aa;nn--ei Nam
mon and stTgcl. ~ Gras' W arever
they seemed 10 % - tie ve,'ry he'd
conference and ,ater they came
to me.
They henlmed and haved around a
bit. hut f'Haliy made 1t clear that some
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and sons. Why arc they not stamped
limit" or else stamped out alto
gether?
The vice commission would do we'll
10 look into these conditions Of vice
or rather instructions on vice which
are slowly but surely destroying the
morals OF many OF our young people
long before they get 10 the cheap
dance hall OF which We hear SO much.
MRS J. u. YOUNG,
1872 Junction-aye.,
April 9, 1913.
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From Another Point Of VIesv

depressing this from ST Louis
horse called Yesterday jamestown so look out
for a panic
chicago now has policemen but We are
afraid : s
what chance
hos tho average to get TO
Tho police who give false weights ana measures
Which is words fat people
know life
OF RI
Bu not quit
get IL all
editorial get
to write again
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SUGGESTIONS for the Vice Crusaders.

To me Editor Of The TtWeS:
Columns of our daily papers are pc
inc devoted to the many causes OF our
vice conditions-low wages. cheap
dance halls. etc and the remedies
therefor. nut scarcely a line is ever
sr;tten q. the three most powerful
,nitial influences for evil that we have
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Of the congregation were rather dis
pleased tn hear my straight-from-the-
shoulder sermon In fact, | trod on
the toes Of several wealthy members
whose choleric anger rose. and the
vestry said, in future. they'd rather
q make a search for pleasanter ser
mon subjects-the others injured the
church" offended the richer members
however their cash was made-that
cash which helped the missions and
kept my salary paid.
promised 10 think II over. and ]!
put IL up 10 my wife. for this was a
wealthy parish and | had pleasant
life. but she said TO me. Keep your
courage and preach the way that you
think. You've been a free man all
your life aud this is no time ia shrink.
You tell en- you'll preach the word
OF God along your own true line. and
il that isn't the thing they like-don t
handy words--resign
I'm back TO my work In country
church on q TINY salary. but preach
l~e, word as | see the word ana !
Ialk as man who's free. No longer
drone IN silken gown while the
a,gan thunders roll, and I've lost a
, flrst-class place, ] guess. but I reckon
! I've found my soul
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Editorial Page Of The Detroit Times
LET'S NOT BE CA UGHT ASLEEP
AT THE SWITCH BY THE GANG

The old question schoolShOud legislator
epvrssen his conenelwas answered bavey
yesey member happens Republican
announcing Wilson's jury bill said GOING
DEATH 1.-The would forgive him
o think of it, ought mention his
Representative Salus, of Atlantic City
spite house oeanngs direct primaries and secret bal
that candidate VINO
stands the people
Kind O. jol IS a bit, doesn't it!
Maybe going sleep thinking that because
W licked m it's all
THE FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE IS NEVER OVER AND THERE
SHOOTING ON THE POLITICAL PICKET LINE
ISN'T PERILoUs
tough be fusng with politics all the time
But 1.-The gang does
They miss a trick.
Never caught gangster mapping, did you'
Of course Woodrow majority Jersey will attend to
that jury later.
They'll the fixing OF Juies And maybe the gen'
man from Atlantic City will all We hope
just remembered by this incident that erna
vigilance still the price of liberty
Watch EN- all the time
regard the activities of The which put
responsibility upon political out of season
average his ballot and home and doesn't want
be bothered again until the election.
The busy the next election as soon as the polls are
closed
begins places for the
faithful, to keep the machinery intact.
analyses the where the machine was
having found proceeds strengthen the weak parts
Public officers it has elected watched
interests
looks found voting
way organization such public officer marked Represen
tatve s this Jersey.
The gang watches ITS
marks the unfaithful
It pats faithful the back
this takes place OF SEASON, between campaigns
The people forget the unfaithful to THEIR
They forget pat faithful the back.
the switch OUT OF SEASON between
WHILE THE GANG IS AWAKE AND BUILDING UP
old Democratic Michigan for example
Whipped sandstl and bringing the short end the horn
Baltimore fighting nail just existence
which dify has ugged progressive
SAVE SOMETHING
hos surprisingly offered protecting wing.
The last hope of the when whipped Harmony
That what National Committeeman Wood and State Chairman
doing SEASON the purposes the next
election, and Gov. Ferris has joined the tenor
The gang is busy today in Michigan,
watching legislators under
control
So progressive Mchgan-th Democrats
Wilson the and the fought the
in the interests Of Harmon which champoned from the outset
TO KEEP AWAKE and keep intact.
The will be busy 1916 working for unnstucted
delegation the Democratic national
delegation DELEGATES TO TRADE
SELL REVENUE WITH SUPPORT THE
GANG
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Vacation.

Yes" said Mrs. Twickemburv. the
Browns have gone away for the sum
Nor understand they've hired a
cupalo down In Maine. Christian
Register.
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loose from both. at the age OF 80, anu
drop into bucolic desuetude?
Well not all at one fell swoop'
opines Broadway.
There's nothing TO stop Conan from
buying farm and giving up all
thoughts OF the stage, II he chooses
He's got the money. He intends BUY
ing piece OF land in Rhode is'alu'
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Editorials BY the People

CWmHsua irati0us must hear name
md address ~ writer. must
not contain personal abuse and
mwst aO< be over 300 words In
length.
The Detroit times., 1913-04-11
FBa III b sF5Saf'& e6 III :dShan

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE dear
old alley is all right If You know
when to stop galloping up and down
it,"
Thus George NJ Cohan, who insists
and persists thar after one more sea
son as an actor he is going 10 retire
The Detroit times., 1913-04-11

Job Printing Done hight. Times
Printing Co. g John R--st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-25
AGED EX.CONVICT
COMES TO DETROIT

Daniel Graham. who. after serving
SO years in Jackson prison in con
nection with an attack on an ofu
couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Miller
in Ecorse township, has been par.
doned and released, Is now living
with his sister. Mrs. Bousha. No. pa
Jos. Campau-ave.. Detroit.
Graham always maintained he was
innocent Of the crime and still says
he had nothing TO do with IT, With
him vas convicted and sentenced for
the same crime. Isaac Clark. One oI
the peoples Witnesses was Enos a
Gerard Clark and Graham contend
cd that Gerard perjured himself in
his testimony. Later Gerard was
sent to Jackson prison for burglary
Clark tried To induce Gerard, when
the latter entered the prison, TO con.
'css before the authorities that lie
had lied I'm his statements Gerard
refused with the result that Clark
killed hin. in the penitentiary. What
became Of Clark is not known by the
Detroit police.
Graham was a son OF doctor. His
release was brought about through
the influence OF local attorney Who
Is distantiy related TO him
$ Mr.. and Mrs. Miller suffered tor.
ture when they refused TO tell their
assailants where their money was
concealed. hot irons being applied 10
Their skin D.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-25
IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Meet in Lansing for Seventh
Convention, Lasting
Until Friday

| LANSING. Mich. Feb. 25.-The
seventh annual convention OF the
Michigan Threshermen's association
will commence in this city tomorrow
and will continue Thursday and Fri
day.
The program, Wednesday, will be
devoted to the reports OF officers and
committees and addresses by Il. d.
Bodkins, of Florence, ont; j. d.
Lands, Brookdale, Ohio; Joseph
Cushman. Chatham. Ont; W. >
Brown, II. y. Atwood, Dan Davis, f.
A. Cross J. Z. Redpath, w. Kohlmier.
A. Z. Parker aud c. T.. p. Kepner.
The subjects To be considered Will be
county work and wide tires.
Thursday w s. Phillips. William
Ford. George I.ennox, f. 3. Higbee
r. Wilkinson, o. X. Oliver. Harry
Kreeger, William Stone w. n Rosen-
brook, Archie Dick. Prof p. Rose. J.
II. Brown, II. r. Orr and J. II. Brown.
will deliver addresses. The subjects
to be considered will be Shall we
incorporate" Mutual insurance.
shall We initiate workingmen's com
pensation."
Friday legislation. collections and
county organization will be the topics
with well-known speakers from vari
ous parts of the state in charge.
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FRAZER Will
PROSECUTE
GRAFT CASES
Well-known Attorney Engaged
as Special Counsel Follow ing
Chas. T. wilkins Breakdown
PLANNED TO BEGIN
TRIALS EARLY IN MARCH
Gilman Will Probably Be First
Of Alleged BOOdlerS
to Face Jury
GRILL
Allan II. Frazer, former prosecuting

Allan II. Frazer, former prosecuting
attorney, has been retained b. Prose
cu,or Hugh Shepherd 10 conduct the
TRIAL OF the aldermanic graft eases.
Charles L. Wilkins. who has been
acting Ak special counsel 10 the prose-
cutor in these cases, has notified Shep-
herd. that his health will not permits
nlm to continue with the work.
Arrangements With Mr.. Frazer
we're completed Tuesday morning and
hs. will start work on the cases al
qyce. The trials are scheduled u be-
| An early next month.
Prosecutor Shepherd appeared be
fore Recorder Phelan, Tuesday morn
| ing, 10 ask the courts permission to
substitute the name OF Attorney Fraz
er for that OF Charles 4. Wilkins III
court proceedings in connection with
| the graft cases.
Judge Phelan. as soon as the peti
tion was officially filed, indited an OF
| fetal letter To Prosecutor Shepherd,
| stating that Ire would take no Cogniz-
ance OF the petition until he had re-
ceived the resignation or withdrawal
LOT Mr.. wilkins. over the latters own
| signature.
The records OF this court show
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-25

thar Mr.. wilkins was appointed spe.
cial counsel in this case. and | woulG
suggest that you obtain the with
draWal or resignation OF Mr. wilkins
before presenting petition for his
successor. the letter reads.
There has long been rumors of n
serious breach between Prosecutor
Shepherd and Mr. wilkins, but the
former has steadfastly denied this
and, Tuesday, insisted. that Mr.. Wi.
kins only reason for retiring from
the prosecution OF the graft cases. Is
his poor health
Mr.. wilkins confirmed this state.
ment. Tuesday afternoon.
II will still be in the case in ali
advisory capacity he said.
II is probable that the first case 10
be tried will be that Of Aid. Thomas
L. Gilman. of the Eighteenth ward
Mr.. Frazer was prosecuting attor
ney for six years. retiring about -
years ago, and made fine record in
office. He is regarded as one OF the
most vigorous and efficient prosecu-
tors in the history of Maxine county
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-25
terrible BURNS
RESULT in DEATH
William Robbins, Victim of Ac-
eident Feb. Dies in ST.
Mary's Hospital

Y Lingering since Feb. in st. Mary's
f6Dpltal. with his whole body terribly
1Tucd by m explosion OF gasoline
MILAN Robbins, % years old, died
1eoday morning, and the local St
|Hndrew's society will take charge OF
I'D young mans funeral, as he was q
ms country.
Robbins, who lived at No. 2s9 Maur-
1trd., was employed by the n. }.
18th Construction Co, on an addition
Ing built for Traugott Schm.dt 4
INA, tanners, and the terrible acct
ut which caused his death after
|=[0kS Of suffering, Is said to have
1en the result OF his own needless
1ss Of warnings.
\ Vie had just filled . gasoline torch
5m hve-gallon can Of gasoline. and
Hrted to put the big can away, carry
k IL past line of red hot salamand-
>o. used for drying plaster. Fellow
Drkmen shouted warning TO lcok out
Ie the hot salalnapdeyA according to
o0lcial Of the construction COM
cy, but he walked close up to one
IA the can Of explosive nuidkand an
tnut later the can exploded. envel-
[2ng him In sheet of flame.
3le face was about the only portion
his body which was not terribly
ned. according to Coroner Burgess,
10 Investigated the case.
z5he body was removed TO the coun-
1orguc, and Clerk De Laurier re-
ypd word from City Clerk Richard
oeay that members Of the local 81.
yew's society would take charge
tha funeral