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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
CONVICTS GO TO
PRISON UNGUARDED
Honor Men Hove From New York State
Farm TO Prison Without Anyone
to Prevent Their Escape.
New York. Sept. az

New York, Sept. 27.-A most
remarkable case of its kind
was the recent transfer, without any
guard whatever, of a group of cOnvicts
from the State farm at Valatie, New
York. to the Great Meadow prison at
COmstock. There were eight of them
all long term men, three having been
convicted of manslaughter.
According to the farm authorities,
their prison records were so good that
no fear was entertained of any attempt
to escape when thus placed on their
honor, although a layover of nearly an
hour at Albany, afforded ample oppOr-
tunlty- All were dressed in overalls,
except one young member OF a wellto-
DO family IN this city. who was resplen-
dent IN new suit of clothes just re-
celVed from home. There was nothing
ABOUT the men to distinguish them
from ordinary workers The wee
however establishing a record in the
criminal nISJcTS Of the state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
by Dorothy Dix

what sort of an establishment she has
So say the worldly wise old women,
and the girl listens to their words
because she Graves the good things
they enumerate. She would like to
roll about in her limousine She
would like to have her opera box, and
wonderful gowns, and ropes of pearls,
and diamond tiaras. She would like
to travel and see her picture in smart
society journals, and she knows that
she has just to say one little word
and all these things will be hers
Her head asSentS to what the wise
women say, but her heart. That cries
out for some slim youth with the curl
of boyhOod still in his crisp hair, with
his eyes full of dreams and his pockets
empty, whose Ightest touch thrills
her from head to foot, and the sound
of whose step coming toward her is
the music of the spheres to her ears.
But this is practical age, when even
Cupid has to take account of the high
cost of living, and so the girl is torn
between the temptation of love and
plenty
Take the young man, girls; the poor
young man and love, rather than the
old man without love, although every
hair on your elderly suitor's head be
strung with diamonds. Marriage, at
best, is no picnic.
You never know how cranky a hu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

never be the case with labor organiza-
tions. such an organization cannot be
composed OF a few individuals. It must
be an organization of the multitude,
and il must be always for the purpose
of endeavorinS to secure for the pro
Queer an equitable share of that which
re produces and at the same time It
can never be an organization which
will regulate the price to the consumer.
The labor organization is thus founded
upon an entirely different basis from
the capital organization 1t should not
be regarded as a trust. It cannot be
monopoly in that sense of the word"
Then you think it should be gov
erned by different Iaws2'
Yes. The laws should be adapted
to it ana based upon the difference OF
condition which actually exists
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
Strikes Not Increasing.

How about strikes in the United
States Are they increasinS2"
mo. I believe we have fewer strikes
now than we had in the past There are
more members to each strike ana the
strikes are better organized. The trades
which are the best organized have the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

old man earns all she gets by putting
up with the crabbedness of age, by
having all of her actions spied upon.
and by having to nurse the rheumatism
and the govt when she would like to
be enjoying the pleasures tht belong to
her age.
Marry the man you love. girls. the
man who interests you, the man of
whom you never tire, the man with
whom you have every thought and
sympathy in common. though he be
as poor is a church mouse. Youth calls
to youth, you must match enthusiasm
with enthusiasm, hope with hope. You
must enjoy the same things, to have
any comradeship, and cOmradeship be-
tween husband and wife makes the
only enduring tie. 1t is the only thing
that brings happiness.
Better is a, dinner of herbs that two
happy young hearts can laugh over
than dinner at Delmonicos with an
old gourmet whose jaded palate moth
ing can tickle. Better a Harlem flat
with love than a Fifth avenue palace
and an empty heart and an empty life
Besides, girls, it's lots more fun to
help a young husband make a fortune
than il is to spend an old husbands
money. Marry the young man, and
may heaven bless you, but heaven new
er bleSses the union of May and De-
cember.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

7 OOK at this picture. girls. 1t
shows a maiden trying to solve
the problem that confronts many
Of you-the problem of whether it is
better to be an old mans darling or a
young mans slave.
All the worldly wise old women,
with hard faces and keen eyes, say
TO the girls:
Take the old man. What does it
matter If he is fat and bald headed,
and has a figure built after the simil-
itude Of a bay window. and if the touch
of his hand makes your flesh creep,
and the heavy tramp of his feet COM
ing toward you makes you want to
take to the tall timbers? What if his
conversation makes you yawn your
self to death.
He can give you automobiles. and
a fine house, and imported clothes,
and trips to Europe, and everything
to make life easy and soft Love?
Pooh Nice to read about in books
and to see in plays on the stage, but
It won't pay bills, my dear, nor keep
you from being shabby and poor. Ro-
mance2 You leave that at the altar,
anyway, so why pay an extravagant
price for it, Believe me, my child,
that all husbands are alike as soon as
the honeymoon wanes, and then a
Woman's happiness in life depends on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
Copyrighted. 1913. by Frank G. Car
penter)

Copyrighted. 1913. by Frank G. Car
penter.)
w ASHINGTON, D. C., Sept IL
w Here in brief is the story of the
man who represents the TWEEN
ty odd million horny handed 2aborers
Of the United States in the cabinet of
president Wilson. Born in Scotland so
years ago, the son of miner. Coming
to the United States at the age. OF
eight and at nine deIving in the coal
pits of the Allegheny mountains. From
that time on, until he was So, his boy
hood and young manhood spent in the
darkness, swinging the pick, drilling
and blasting and losing the coal on
the cars. Then a fireman on a railroad
locomotive and worker at odd jobs,
at sawmilling and ditching. Then min
ing between times and filling noun
tain land on the shares At last a
petty farm ownerof 100 acres of hills
and hOlows, and finally, to cut short
The story. q member of congress, who
vas reelected again and again as 2
representative Of labor, and now
cabinet minister with a salary of S12,-
900 a year.
8 This sounds like a story of the days
Of Aladdin It is only the plain, sim
pie annals of the evolution which is
constantly going on in our American
life. It shows what a boy can make
of himself and how. with everything
apparently against him, he need not
despair
Works - Years as a Miner.
James Bauchop Wilson, the head Of
the department of labor has a right to
represent the wOrkingmen of the
United States in the national govern
ment- He said:
THE greater part Of nv life has been
spent IN hard, manual labor 1 swung
a pick in the coal mines for p years,
and that as a miner, not as boss L
entered the mines as a boy TO help my
father load coal Ny father was
miner, and all the money we got came
from the amount of coal he could mine
He was paid by the ton and upon the
output depended our living. This was
the situation when I reached the age Of
nine years Father and I worked to-
Gether for seven years, and after that
7 had a place for myself. / continued
mining coal for 20 years longer, and
later on mined coal in the winter time
and worked on the farm in the sum-
mer."
Your wages must have been small
in those days."
yes, they were small. Until I was
IS years years Of age. do not think I /
ever made as much as $40 a month the !
year round sometimes made as high
as $50 a month, but lean seasons al
ways succeeded the fat ones and kent
down the average"
These words Of the secretary were in |
good English; and his talk throughout
was more Ike that Of a college-bred
man than one whose life had been
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

J plOyer and the employee is such that
l cannot see how the latter could Sc
cure a small share of Justice without
organization I look upon any indus
| try as a partnership IN which the en-
ployer and the employees are the Da
nerS in production They have a mn
tual interest in securing the largest
production for q given amount of labor
and 1t is only when ii comes to a
/ division of the profits that their in
terests begin to diverge.
AT that point the Workingmen can
only act collectively to any adva ntasye
If they act individually the Individual
laborer. who objects is at a great dis
advantage as compared with his en-
pIoyer. If the man is dissatisfied and
declines to continue work he is ont
of job, and is crippled to 10 percent
of his producing capacity. On the OF n
er hand the employer is crippled onIy
to the extent that that mans work
represents in his total output Now
if the employees act collectively and
they stop work, the whole machine
must stop. The employer is crippled
to loo percent of his producing capac-
ity, and the employees are likewise
crippled in the same amount They
are then on an equal basis and there IS
chance to make a settlement to ths
rights Of labor"
What the Department Can Do.
what can this department do to
better the relation between labor and
capital?"
THE Department of Labor is rather
an advisory department than an execu-
tive department 1t might be called
department of industrial diplomacy. It's
object is largely to act as a mediator
between capital and labor in case Of
dispute. and 7 believe that it will he
beneficial to the community at large
to just that extent that its diplomacy
succeeds"
But is the laboring man willing ia
accept Uncle Sam as his arbitrator"
Il do not mean that Uncle Sam is to
be the arbitrator, but that he is to
bring the parties together and to get
them to mutually submit their differ
enceS to other arbitrator to be chosen
themselves. 1t would not be wise for
the government to act as an arbitrator.
for the reason that wrong precedents
might be eSta blished. The conditions
in one place might not be suited to the
decisions tc which the arbitrator had
committed itself in other places. Again.
the decision of today might be unjust
in the changed conditions OF tomOr-
and situations are continually chanor-
ing If this department were tied
down to a line of decisions, along a
given direction. it would stand in the
way of progress itself"
1--WE can only bring the parties TO-
gether and perhaps suggest plans OF
settlement"
Strikes Not Increasing.
How about strikes in the United
States Are they increasinS2"
NO I believe we have fewer strikes
more members to each strike ana the
strikes are better organized. The trades
which are the best organized have the I
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Copyright, 1913, by Frank c, CarPenter)
spent in hard, manual labor I won
dered and asked him where he got his
education
Received Little Schooling.
ct could not go to school on account
of my work, but 1 was fortunate in thai
my father was one of those argumenta-
tive ScOtchmen who not only loved to
debate, but glOried in having his facts
backed by the best of authorities. He
was not an educated man, and could not
read very well, and so made me read TO
him. MY mother. who had a common
school education, taught me my letters,
and I soon learned to read After that
father kept me reading to him every
night, and by the time I was nine or ten
years of age I had read the whole of
Smiths Wealth of Nations and other
books on political economy. I had read
a great deal of Chambers Information
Tor the People, The science of the
Bible some works of Drummond and
little later on I read Burns and Camp
bell, Shelley and other poets. We had
also Scott and Dickens, and I got to
know them AS to the Bible. father
was a rigid Presbyterian. In Scotland
he belonged to what they called the
Wee Kirk" and, of course, we read
6reat deal of the Scriptures
LAS I look back upon those days !
can see that this was good literary
training, and can realize how much ef-
feet il had upon my mind. I had a
good memory, and this was stimulated
by nv father calling upon me to cor
rOborate his quotations from the au-
thorities used in his arguments"
shortly after I began work in the
mines" the secretary continued. our
community arranged for a night school.
Every pupil paid dollar a month to
the principal, and for a time I was
able TO attend that. I did. also consider
able studying at home, and SO in one
way and another 1 have got what
little education I have was for a
time a printer and stuck type for the
Bostwick Advertiser. This taught me
punctuation and gave me some insight
into grammar construction But aito-
gether, as you can see, my education
has been very little"
Joins Labor Union Early.
when did you first become con-
netced with labor organizations
4 can hardly remember when vr-as
not part of them I became a limited
member Of labor union when 7 vas
10, and / have been more or less aso-
ciated with unions ever since.
You were elected TO congress as a
la bOring man, were you nOt2"
Yes, il was largely the suDport of
the Workingman that brought about
my nomination and election and II Is
I suppose, my Identification with and
interest in labor matters that has nut
me here"
BeIives in the Union.
Z believe in the union believe
in organization as 4 means of Drotec-
point OF the relation between the en-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
BeIives in the Union

I believe in the union. I believe
in organization as means of protec-
ton for ali kinds of labor. Ny view
point OF the relation between the en-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Seven-year-old Peggy was drawing
the picture of house and finally an
nounced 1t completed But where are
the chlmneys- she was asked Not
wishing to be found wanting. Perry
quicly answered. %. this house is
heated by radiators
The evening world., 1913-11-07
H|Ss71,OOO FORTUNE
means VACATION, But
HE'LL STAY A PORTER
Greene Will Come Back to His
'Job" After Trip to
Ireland.

Etiquette made q sudden and whole
Sale Invasion o. the baggage room o. the
Hotel Plaza when Peter Greene reported
there about dark yesterday for his
nigat trick az assistant head porter. for
q ruinor had spread that he had become
heir to half of sli3,eo estate in Ireland.
Porters who had been accustomed to
greet him with careless nod or not at
all bowed low and spoke to him as MIR.
Greene. SIR" in pace Of their old-timc
"whaddyesay Pete" Even the office
force visited his den 10 shake hands.
Greene showed no outward sign Of
elation. lie Was as stolid and matter OF
fact as ever and said to a reporter:
Maybe I'll get the money and maybe
won't. ! won't get excited until | have
my hands on IT, for everybody knows
there's many slip. and so forth. had
. letter yesterday from my brother
james, who is forty-trc, two years older
than ] am, and lie said our father, who
WAS cattle raiser In County Roscom-
mon died oct. ~. and w!llcd his prop
erty. worth $4,000. to James and me,
equally.
In about two weeks I Will 90 to Ire
land II the money is not there the trip
will DO mo no harm; ~ IL Is there viii
take II and come back to ny JOB. ! VIII
stay the same old Pete even to keeping
the little furnished room that I have
had for q long time at No. 365 West
Fifty-six,h street that I have to back
into"
Manager Skinner said the hotel and
portcrs intended to give Greene a compll-
mentary dinner before he salts.
''tll not be there" Greene broke In.
'"Think how like a foot l Juld feel X
don't get the money"
Greene is shrewd-eyed, smooth shave
and stocky. In his twerty-one years In
this country he has cen so busy porter.
ing that ne has not had time to find n
wife. But no IS In sympathy with 'ho
snffragettes
Waiter Appears in Court ne n
Tcncment-Housc Owner.
What Is your business" asked Mag
is.rate House of Fabian Whitman IN
Yorkville Court yesterday. when Whit
man offered a tenement-house at No
SS East Sixty-ninth street. valued ii
$1,000. a. security for a friend who
was held In $500 bal! for violating the
Excise law
"waiter at the Cadillac" replied
Whitman.
Evidently It's better to be walter
than a Judge" commented the Msgis-
trate.
The bond was accepted.
The evening world., 1913-11-07
The Irene dOuS
Popularity Of the
Walters Pianos

10 due solely to their won
derful record for reliability
and artistic capabilities. A.
the sole owners Of the Wal
ters Piano Factory. we
have had but one object
in view to build better
instruments. The results
Of our efforts are best dem
onstratcd in our new 1914
Models, offered in this
Special Sale. As manufac-
turing retailers, we are
enabled to inauguratc a
Factory.to- Home method Of
selling Pianos which pre-
sents to the New York
public the unusual oppor-
tunity to buy Pianos and
Player-Pianos at prices less
the middleman's profit.
The evening world., 1913-11-07

minutes. of course. every one within two
blocks was bending nj, or her neck for q
squirt. Opinions varied
ITS hawk" SAID one
Hawk nothing. You couldn't see t IL
II were a hawk"
IT'S condor frightened away from
the Andes when IT heard the Co.onel was
in South America"
It's an acceptance"
One man asserted that 1t was the TAM
many Phocniy rising from the ashes %
Tuesdays ruin. hut tbs guesser was
pronounced a nature faker.
The flyer. whose wings from tho
ground looked as though they spread at
least ten feet was slowly rising in long
spiral circles. Finally Il. or ne. or she.
drfted of to the north and vanished.
The evening world., 1913-11-07
Dye SEE THAT BRO?
WELL, WHAT WAS IT?
Enormous Thing That HonorS New
York SKY Will, a Visit Leaves
a Puzzle Behind.

About home-going time yesterday az
ternoon an enormous bird appeared in
the sky from out OF the west and circled
slowly about fifty feet above tho tower
OF the woolworth Building.
man at Broadway and Ann street
saw 1. and kept on looking. within two
The evening world., 1913-11-07

This New Style IL" Walters Piano Is a
masterpiece of the piano makers craft.
The scale is more even than In most pianos;
the volume Of tone Is The fullest that can
be obtained in an upright piano. At the
same time it possesses q rare delicacy,
clearness and refinement. The action Is
of the latest type and responds promptly
to the touch of the most skilled pianist.
1t IL truly an ideal instrument for refined
homes, and cannot be matched elsewhere
for $35O.0O or more.
The evening world., 1913-11-07

We say without hesitation that this ex-
quisite new 8S-note Player-Piano Is the
equal in construction and workmanship
of Player-Pianos sold elsewhere for $500
or more 1t is a masterpiece of mechanical
ingenuity. 1t contains a perfected system
of double valves; the tubin9s are of metal,
which Is more durable than rubber. The
expression devices are the very latest known
to modern Player Piano construction, en-
abline any one, without any previous
knowledge, to play the Piano like skilled
artist.
The evening world., 1913-11-07
$500 Mems New Shirts al 78c

A lucky purchase made from one Of the
largest Si.oo shirt manufacturers Of his
surplus stock enables 10 to sell regular $500
shirts at 7sa. These shirts are made of fine
grade Of percale. hand laundcred. They come
in pain and pleated bosons. In oil the leading
fall designs md co,o,inks; cut coat style. with
stiff cuffs. attached. Hundred different Pat
terms 70 select from. guaranteed fade. proof.
Sizes Ia to ~.
The evening world., 1913-11-07

400 Mems Four In Hands--cue
from short lengths ofl.igh grade siika. In
200 designs. AZ 4 for 81 .63. Of each 18c.
The evening world., 1913-11-07

Men'a Pajnmas - Heavy weight dome
flannel and popular percale In pretty stripe,
They arc trimmed with elk fross and occa
Sizes IA to 10 neck, at .,.. S9C
The evening world., 1913-11-07

Boys Run Neck Sweatssv-We
have just enough to supply one days
demand Of these hiph-clas sweaters at
this price. They sre in navy. gray
and maroon. Sises 20 to -. STA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

struction of the canal possible. Goe-
thals is the engineer who deserves the
credit of having constructed the
canal.
There are three movements on foot
each having for its object the con-
ferring of honor on Alabama. The
one would gain the right for The
great battleship which bears the
name of this state to lead the initial
procession of men-of-war through
the canal. Another effort is to in
duce Congress to give the name of
Morgan to the Notifications which
will be constructed at the canal. The
third would place the national cele-
bration in honor of the epoch mark
ing accomplishment in Alabamas only
seaport, Mobile.
There is no question but that there
is right behind each effort. But it
would be signal miscarriage of
justice were the nation to select a
scene for its celebration in any other
locality than Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Good liars are a:tonishingly scarce.
dramatically speaking, kiss is a
conjunction.
The cost of experience is never fully
realized until one goes to law.
The less hair woman, has on her head
the more she has in basket.
Did you ever know any one who apollo
gized to a telephone girl? OF course.
A man seldom comes out on top unless
he is willing to start at the bottom.
Most married men have more liberal
views when abroad than they display at
home.
The woman who owns a pet dog thinks
1t knows as much as she does and some
times she thinks correctly.
A little girl believes everything her
father says, showing that she does not
take after her mother in all respects
When woman finally discovers her
ideal man, and then finds that some other
woman has a mortgage on him, isn't it
awful?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
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RAPID STRIDES

From the Boston Journal
Richard Olney is a very hard man to
interview, as all newspaper men will tes-
tify, but he has the saving sense of
humor that always sends one away smil-
ing. Recently, when he was being ques-
toned regarding the appointment as am
bassador to Great Britain that was ten
dered him he would not talk for publi-
cation. Instead, he said, You know it
might be with me the same as it was
with Faxon's boy. Old Farmer Judkns
opened the paper one morning and eX-
claimed: We'll, I swami How that boy
of 81 Faxon's is gettin' along. Last year
he was made a furrin ambassador and
now, by crickey, the naper says he's per-
soma non grata'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
South American Trade

The visit to the United States of
DR.. Lauro Muller, Brazilian minister
of foreign affirs, is calling renewed
attention to the failure of the United
States to realize the trade possibili-
ties of the countries to the south of
us. He is quoted as saying:
There is not a first class steam
ship line between the United States
and Rio. There is no United States
banking agency in Rio, although
nearly every European country has
such an agency.
We would like the big houses to
establish agencies in Rio-automo-
biles, for instance. South Americas
are interested in American automo-
biles, but they are almost unknown
there. When an inquiry is made of
an automibile manufacturer, the
reply is catalogue, which most
likely goes into waste basket"
This is not as it should be, but the
high protective tariff and the enor-
nous home consumption of our own
products have initiated against going
into foreign markets with vigor and
determination to conquer.
Our relations with the Latin-Amer-
lean nations, however, are sure to be-
come closer and closer in the years
to come. The opening of the canal, the
Underwood tariff law and the con-
stantly increasing output of our fac
tories will make it more and more
advisable to seek consumers beyond
our own boundaries.