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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT.
Urges Legislation to Safeguard Work.
men Both on Land and Sea-Points
Out Needed Economical Reforms.
Ihroe or four matters of Snecial i'm

portance and significance I beg that
you viii permit me TO mention III clos
ing.
Our bureau or mines ought 70 be
eIv pped and empowered to render
even more erectual service than it rem
ders now in improving the conditions Of
mine labor and making the mines more
economically productive as well as
more safe. This is an all important
part of the work C conservation, and
the conservation Of human life and en-.
ergy lies even nearer to our interest
than the preservation from waste of
our material resources.
We owe it in mere justice to the rail
way employees Of the country to pro-
vide for them fair and effective EN-.
plOyer'S liability act; and law thai
We can stand by in this matter will be
no less to the advantage Of those who
administer the railroads Of the coun-
try than to the advantage of those
whom they employ. The experience
OF large number Of the states abun-
dainty proves this.
We ought to devote ourselves to
meeting pressing demands of plain
justice like this as earnestly as to the
accomplishment Of political and eco
nomic reforms. Social justice comes
first. Law is the machinery for it's
realization and is vital only as it ex.
presses and embodies 1t.
An international congress for the dis
cuSsion of all questions that affect safe
ty at sen Is now sitting in London at
the suggestion Of our own government
So soon rs the conclusions Of that con.
gresS can be learned and considered
we ought to address ourselves. among
other things, to the prompt alleviatiOn
OF the very unsafe. Unjust and burden.
some conditions which now surround
the employment of sailors and render
1t extremely difficult to obtain the
services Of spirited and competent men
such as every ship needs if it is to be
safely handled and brought to port.
May not express the very real
pleasure I have experienced in COOP
Grating with this congress and sharing
with it the laborS of common service
to which it has devoted itself so unre-
servedly during the past seven months
Of uncomplaining concentration upon
the business Of legislation? Surely 1t
is proper and pertinent part Of my
report on "The State Of. the Union" to
express my admiration for the dill
gence. the good temper and the full
comprehension oc public duty which
has already been manifested by both
the houses. and hope that it may not
be deemed an impertinent intrusion
or myself Tito the picture II | say with
how much and how constant satisfac-
ton / have availcd myself Of the priv
ileSe of putting my time and energy
at their disposal alike in counsel and
in action. WOODROW WILSON.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
Oyster Shells as Medicine.

Ground oyster shells were given by
the medieval doctors to children suf-
ferlng from ricketts, and scrofula. Now
1t appears that they were right The
shells contain line, nitrogen, iron, sui
phnr. manganese. magneSia, -four. bro
mldc. phosphoric acid and iodine, all
excellent for feeble children. They say
that If growing children were to take
powdered oyster shells in their food
the teeth would be improved
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

washington. ID. Gin his message,
delivered at u joint session Of the
houses OF congress ut the beginning of
the second session OF the Sixty-third
congress. President Wilson urged i'm
mediate currency legislation. devoted
considerable space to the needs of the
farmers and referred to the Mexican
crisis. The Sherman antitrust law. he
SAID. should be changed so that its
exact meaning would be clearer. The
president also urged the choice Of
presidential nominees by the direct
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
PROBLEM IN ALASKA.
Urges Development by Nation Of Nat.
ura' Resources and Full Territorial
Form of Government,

"A duty faces us with regard to Alas
ka which seems to ne very pressing
and very imperative: perhaps | should
say Il double duty. for it concerns both
the political and the material develop.
mcnt OF the territory. The people OF
Alaska should be given the full terri
torial form Of government. and Alas
ka. rs storehonse. should be unlock
ed. One key to it is Il system OF rail
ways. These the government should
itself build and administer. and the
ports and terminals it should itself
control I'm The interest OF all who wish
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
URGES CURRENCY REFORM
TO BENEFIT THE FARMER.

President Wilson in his mos
sage urges the immediate pas
sage Of currency legislation. He
aaserts that business interests of
tho nation are waiting on che ex.
pscted law before making large
new investments or developing
resources. The president also
calls attention to conditions as
they exist at present, which
mako il very difficult for the
farmer to finance his crop. He
urges in his annual message pro-
visions that will safeguard the
farmer, help his credit and pre-
vent a repetition Of tho neces.
sity for the governmental to de-
post large sums Of money in
tho southern and western states
90 as to aid the producer, ne was
the case last fall.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

nation Is the production Of its food.
Our thoughts may ordinarily be con-
centrated upon the cities and the hives
of industry. upon the cries of the
crowded market place and the clangOr
OF the factory. but it is from the quiet
interspaces of the open valleys and the
free hillsides that we draw the sources
of life and Of prosperity. from the
farm and the ranch. FROM the forest
and the mine. Without these every
street would be silent, every office de-
serted, every factory fallen into disre.
pair.
And yet the farmer does not stand
upon the same footing with the fores.
ter and the miner in the market Of
credit. He is the servant of the sea.
sons. Nature determines how long he
must wait for his crops and will not
be hurried in her processes. He may
give his note. but the season of its
maturity depends upon the season
when his crop natures and lies ut the
gates Of the market where his prod
ucts are sold. And the security he
gives is OF character not known in
the brokers' Office or as familiarly as
1t might be ON the counter of the
banker.
The agricultural department of the
government Is seeking to assist as
never before to make farming an eff.
Client business, Of wide cooperative ef.
fort. in quick touch with the markets
for fOOdstuds. The farmers and the
governmenr will henceforth work to-
gether as real partners in this field.
where we now begin to see our way
very clearly and where many intelli-
gent plans are already being put into
execution.
The treasury of the United States
has by timely and we'll considered
distribution Of It's deposits facilitated
the moving of the crops In the present
season and prevented the scarcity Of
available funds too often experienced
ut such times. But we must not allow
ourselves TO depend upon extraordi
nary expedients. We must add the
means by which the farmer may make
his credit constantly and easily avail
able and command when he will the
capital by which to support and ex-
pand his business. We lag behind
many other great countries Of the mod
ern world in attempting to do this
Systems of rural credit have been
studied and developed on the other
side Of the water while we left our
farmers to shift for themselves in the
ordinary money market You have
but to look about you in any rural dis
trict to see the result. the handicap
and embarrassment which have been
put upon those who produce our food
Conscious of this backwardness and
neglect on our part. the congress re-
Gently authorized the creation of a
special commission to study the vari
Gus systems Of rural credit which have
been put into operation in Europe. and
this commission Is already prepared
TO report. Its report ought to make IT
easier for MS 70 determine what meth
DDS will be best suited to our own
farmers. / hope and believe that the
committees of the senate and house
will address themselves to this matter
with the most fruitful results. and |
believe that the studies ana recently
formed plans Of the departm ent OF ag
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

regard to their enterprises and invest
ments and clear path indicated
which they can travel without anxiety.
1t is as important that they should be
relieved Of embarrassment and set
free to prosper as that private monop-
oily should be destroyed. The ways of
action should be thrown wide open.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

riculture may be made to serve them
very greatly In their work of framing
appropriate and adequate legislation.
1t would be indiscreet and presump.
tuous In any one to doglnatize upon so
great and many sided question, but
feel confident that common counsel
will produce the result, we must all
desire.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS A:

Chief Executive Discusses the
Mexican Crisis. the Currency
Bill. the Sherman Law. Nomi.
nation Of President by Direct
Vote at Primaries and Other
Matters of importance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
Dr. HObsOn's Ointment Heals Itchy
Eczema

DT. HODsOn'S Ointment Heals Itchy
Eczema.
The constantly itching, burning
sensation and other disagreeable
forms of eczema, letter, salt rheum
and skin eruptions promptly cured by
DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Geo.
w. Fitch OF Mendoza, ILL.,, says: II
purchased box of DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. Have had eczema
ever since the civil war, have peen
treated by many doctors, none have
given the benefit that one box of Dr..
Hobson's Eczema Ointment has"
Every sufferer should try it. We're
SO positive it will help we guarantee
1t or money refunded At all drug
gists or by mail soc. Pfeiffer Chem
ical Co., Philadelphia and st. Louis.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
General Electric Men Resume Work

Schenectady, Dec. Fifteen thou-
sand employees OF the General Elec.
trio Company returned to work this
morning. About a hundred of the
men who struck were not re-employ-
ed because OF q "lull in business"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03
Young Women: Number surprtsins,

'The number Of young women who
suffer with weak back, dizzy and
nervous spells, dull headache and
WEAKNESS is surprising. Kidney and
bladder ills cause these troubles, but
If Foley Kidney Pills are taken an
directed relief follows promptly, and
the ills disappear. Contain no habit
forming drugs. Sibert's Drug Store.~-
AdVt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

Two big bears have been in town
FOR the past two days performing for
the benefit Of the public.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

establishment of new treaty obliga.
lions and the Interpretation of those
already assumed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

The so-called Scotch pine is the
principal tree in the Prussian forests.
Its wood is much like that Of the wee-
tern yellow pine Of the United, Staes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-03

Predicts Downfall Of "Usurper" Who
"cast Aside Even Pretense Of Legal
Right and Declared Himself Diota.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
WOODS DOESN'T LIKE
WOMEN AT CITY HALL

The Monday Civic club of wom-
en- will meet in the city council
room next Monday afternoon, but
not with the consent of Commits
sioner Owen Woods.
Woods. does not believe in wom-
ems clubs. especially in their COM
ing around the city hall. And he
did mot hesitate to say SO this
morning when Commissioner
Freeland presented the request Of
the club for,the council chamber.
1T is no place for a woman and
no woman of respectability will be
here either" snapped Woods.
Mills smiled Freeland said:
7 move the room be granted to
the. club"
81 second the motion" said
Min.
.:of course you will second it,"
sneSred Woods. "They will not
meet here with my vote. If these
women would stay at home and
clean the house 1t would be better.
| know. my wife can't afford. to
be hanging around here. They've
no business here but, OF course.
you can't blame them so much II
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
TATTO ON HIS
ARM LANDS HIM
IN CITY JAIL
b U r G l. A II IS INSCRIPTION,
''MEMORY TO MOTHER"
PROVES HIS UNDOING -
WANTED IN OHIO FOR
CRIME-HARRY SMITH GETS
REWARD OF $50.

The inscription, "MemOry of
Mother" tattOoed on the fore
arm of James Neal, burglar, ex-
convict and yeggman, held at the
city jail, today proved Meals un-
doing. Because of the tattOOed
letters, Neal will be sent back to
the Ohio state penitentiary at
Columbus, where he escaped q
year ago, and BertillOn Officer
Harry Nj. Smith of the Tacoma
police will receive $50 reward.
Neal was caught in the round
up of yeggs Nov. by Detectives
Geary and Milone. He gave his
name as Kneeland. When Bertil-
Ion Officer Smith took the pris-
oner's measurements, he noticed
the Memory of Mother" inscrip-
tion, and it remained in his mind.
Today, after a search of the rec
ords, Officer Smith found the
prisoners record as an escaped
convict. Neal was confronted
with the facts and confessed.
When asked how he escaped from
the prison, his laconic reply was
that he FLEW away in an airship." Z"
Neal has long record as a
burglar, yegg and desperate
crook. "A telegram was sent to
the Ohio prison warden today no.
tffying him of Meals capture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
RANCHERS LEFT
OUT ALONE

The refusal of Mayor Seymour
to join issued with the American
Lake and Spanaway people for a
showdown with the street railway
company over rates to the subur-
ban passengers put the ranche-s
of these places at a big disadvant-
age in the hearings at the COM
mercial club rooms before the
state public service commission
yesterday and today.
This morning was devoted to
the Spanaway question, Monday
being devoted to American lake.
The city was asked to come in on
the case but Mayor Seymour re-
fused.
This left the little -anchers to
fight the case alone and Stone
Webster sent all the big lawyers
and engineering experts in the
Northwest to handle their case.
The hearings will close this aft
ernoon. Briefs will then be sub
mitted on the matter and the
commission will then decide.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
SECOND STORM
STRIKES NOME

NOME, Alaska, Nov. 11.-An-
other storm threatened Nome last
night when a southeast gale hurl-
ed the surf up against the build
ings and brought :. wind which
reached a velocity of fifty miles.
The citizens passed a sleepless
night, fearing sudden change
for the worse, when catastrophe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
GREAT LAKES is SCENE
OF MANY SHIP WRECKS:
LOSS OF LIFE UNKNOWN

CHICAGO, Nov. Ill. - That
scores have perished in the storm
on the Great Lakes since Sunday
is feared today. News of several
shipwrecks, and reports of others
in distress and numerous missing
have been received. When tele-
graph communication Is restored
1t is feared that many disasters
will be reported from the east
shores OF the lakes, toward which
the distressed craft were driven.
Ohio and Western Pennsyl-
vania are buried under from two
to six feet of snow. Trains have
abandoned their schedules. There
Is intense suffering from the cold.
A fuel shortage has arisen in
many towns.
All on board the unidentified
steamship at Gullrock, Manitou
island, Lake Superior, are believ-
ed doomed. 1t is believed there
were 20 on board. Several are
thought already to have died from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
l!SNOW BABY" SAYS SHE
Is NOT ENGAGED AT ALL

When Miss Marie Peary and
her father, Commodore Peary, re-
turned to America recently from
Europe, she was assailed with
questions as to the rumor that
she was to become the wife of
Explorer Donald Mcmillan.
TITS not so," she said. 81
haven't any plans for being mar
ried."
Miss Peary was born in the
Arctic circle and is known as
"the snow baby"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
NAME SURE. DID
STUMP AUDITOR

NORTH YAKIMA, Nov.
11.-A dark-skinned man
leading q girl came into the
county auditors office and
stopped in front of the Vol
ume of marriage license rec
ords. ~
Name. p1ease?" said
Deputy Auditor @. q. Bar
rett.
"Carmelomontagrodinotah.'
was the response.
"Again7"
A letter fished from the
mans pocket solved IT.
Carmel0 Montagro di Ma
tall wanted to marry Eva N.
Lewis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

exposure. The name of the 600-
foot freighter sighted yesterday
floating bottom side upward off
Port Huron has not yet been
learned. She is thought to have
carried crew of forty. Life
savers are convinced that all were
drowned.
Messages from Sault Ste. Marie
say that the liner James Davidson
has gone down In LAKE. Superior,
presumably with all on board. 1t
is not known how many she car
ried. The steamer l.. @. Waldo
Is missing in Lake Superior. The
steamer Huronic is reported
ashore at Whitefish point with
her crew in great danger. Two
unidentified steamships are
stranded at Isle Roya1e and Cop
per Harbor. The steamship ST.
mon Langall and two consorts are
missing. The liner Acadian OF
Toronto is ashore at Thunder
Bay, though 1t is believed the
crews are oafa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
CLEVELAND FACES FAMINE

CLEVELAND. o., Nov. II. -
Telegraphic communication was
today established for the first
time since early Sunday. Wind
abated although the snow is still
falling. Condition are deplorable.
Telephones and street cars are
out Of commission. Most of the
city is without electric light.
There is a food shortage in the
residence district because grocers
could not MAKE thei. deliveries.
Retail grocers are beginning to
run short of provisions through
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

was preeipitated by an outbreak
of fire in the Headquarters sa-
loon and lodging house.
The fierceness of the wind
threatened the whole city with
destruction and only the heroic
work of the department and hun
dreds of citizens was successful in
confining the flames to the one
building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

the jobbers' inability to reach
them with wagons. The milk sup
ply is low. Deliveries are being
made only to families with babies.
Streets are banked with snow. In
many places six feet deep. Prop
e-ty damages are estimated at
million dollars. The loss of
three lives is directly attributed
to the storm. Railroads are max
ing a pretense of operating but
are compelled to do so without
telegraph wires. All trains are
moving at a snail's mace
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

Charges of Withholding 81 ,865
from Mrs. Ida MarkIe, proprietor
of the Oakland hotel, under the
claim that he had been held up
and robbed Of the amount by two
burly negroes, may result from
the arrest last night by police de-
tectives of G. p. Hagen, former
clerk i'm the hotel. Hagen is held
on a charge of having perjured
himself in the superior court, but
Deputy Prosecutor Askren, who
signed the complaint, admits this
is only tentative charge on which
he hopes to hold Hagen until q
more serious charge can be made.
Hagen gained prominence re-
Gently by shooting a negro bur-
glar at the hotel. 1t is said that
when Mrs. Markle was sued re-
Gently on civil action, she turn
ed over $1,865 to Hagen SO that
it would be immune from seizure.
Hagen is said to have testified
under oath that he owned the ho-
tel. A short time ago, while Mrs.
Markle was out of the city, it is
said, Hagen reported that two ne
groes had held him up in his
South M street home and had
taken the money. 1t is now al
legged by Mrs. Markle that the re-
port was false, and that Hagen
made it in order to secrete the
money. The police declare that
there was no evidence to SUBJ
stantiate Hagen's report of the
robbery. Hagen Is held at the
city jail. His bail has been set
at $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
ANTlQUEIN SHACK

DAVENPORT, Nov. H.
Christian Gottlob Kretzschmahr,
veteran of the Franco-Prussian
war, who died this week appar-
emily in poverty, may have left a
fortune in antiques, several of
which have been found in his lit
tie shack. A Bible 219 years old
printed in German, and silver
-pet made in Germany in 1893 are
among the articles found.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

you back them up"
Woods demanded a roll call and
howled no, when his name was
called.
Freeland, Lawson and Mills
voted to allow the women to meet
in the city hall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
LEFT BIG ESTATE

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE vim
Of the late Edward Morris. the
Chicago packer. was filed today.
N diaposed Of an estate yariously
estimated At $s0.000.o0o to $36.-
100000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
TO GIVE MATINEE.

Q Owing to the tremendous
o demand for seats for the two
9 performances of Margaret
o Ellington in within the
Q Law at the Tacoma theater
Q Wednesday and Thursday
. nights, Miss Ellington has
Q Cancelled part of her sched-
Q ule in order to give a special /
. matinee performance here
Q Friday. The announcement
Q was made today after it be-
@ came certain that the de-
o mand for seats would be too
Q great for the accommoda-
Q tions of the theater for two
Q performances.
D q q o q q o d D q q q q d 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11
TWO STEAMERS ARE SUNK

PORT HURON, Nov. 11.-Re-
turning today from a search for
wrecks. the captain of the tug
Sarnia City reported that he be-
lieved two steamships had sunk
in collision eight miles north of
Port Huron. Their names were
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

OUGHT TO 90 RIGHT AHEAD WITH MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHP Build that defat line AS
the old company absorb way develop
the city We must have industrial development and
the city to take hold and do it.
I'm San Francisco municipal street lines working
fine The courts have compelled universal transfers with the city
line They compel the tracks If cannot
do much Tacoma then will go legislature
get law that will make it possible
'TACOMA SHOULD START RIGHT NOW ON THE TIDE
FLAT LINE WITH MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP AND DE-
VELOP JUST AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
The change of attitude general among
business men in the city who last opposed the city going
the traction business Today sentiment rapidly swinging
favor and they want not only municipal line
want it extended to other parts of the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

Miss Genevieve Clark, daugh-
ter of the speaker, who selects the
silver wedding present, for which
congressman donated $4,000.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. II.
After two weeks search Miss
Genevieve Clarx, daughter of
Speaker Clark. has returned to
Washington with the house we'd
ding gift for Miss Jessie Wilson,
daughter of the president. She
intimated that it was some sort of
a silver set.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-11

BUFFALO, Nov. II. Wreck
age of the lightship stationed In
Lake Erie off Point Aybino, Can
ada, was found IN the harbor to-
day. Captain Williams and his
crew OF six or eight are believed
to have perished. Several small
boats have been smashed ON the