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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

,ba greatest of all the English industries
coal mining and the tailoring ana nee
do trades-are already habituated to this
now form of regulation.
eft is. OF course a question whether III
America. the courts will sustain the new
laws of Massachusetts, Oregon, Washins-
ron and Utah; whether they VIII adi'ii'
that IL is the right and duty of the state
% establish a lowest wage level below
which no woman can be asked TO worn
as the Supreme Court of the Chlteu
States has already laid down the prlhc'-
nile that il is the right and the DUTY Oh
the states to establish maximum WORK
ing day beyond which. in the interest OIL
the public health and welfare, no woman
can be asked to work.
ON certain respects the new American
legislation varies from the Australian ana
English precedent. always to the INJURY
of the American law. In Australia ana
i'm England wage boards deal with all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

T$HREE miles through the WOODS from
Windsor. VT. three miles In when
l. one may meet a farmer gong 10
Blow Me-Down grist mill or rabbit out
doing his daily foraging-this is the APP
proach to Cornish, the new summer cap
ital. One cannot conceive of any place
moro remote from the stir OF official life
or-wise Mr.. Wison.-farther from the
persistent sightseer. IT is conceded at
once that no vulgar picknicker. no pro-
fame kodak fiend ever yet had the au-
dacity to penetrate into Cornish. Your
common, or trolley car, sightseer Is sell
dom inspired TO tramp three miles TO see
a pine grove and this legend:
Private land no trespassing.'
WINSTON CHURCHILL"
In the choice of the Cornish home OF the
novelist as his summer retreat. President
Wilson is more successful than his pred
ecessors In office. Oyster Bay Is not
inaccessible Beverley - once beautifui
Bsverley-hums and sweats with the
curious. President Tafts house was III
plain sight from the trolley, and next
door 10 the Montserrat Railroad station
A perpetual stream of automobiles passed
his doorway on the dusty summer AFTER
Moons. II he went out for spin on the
North Shore Road. or little game at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

In September. iFoN. To- the effect that 1T
was the duty of all persons there present
10 return to their respective countries ana
aritat. for tho introduction of minimum
wage commissions and boards until
these should be successfully al work
throughout the civilized worli.' Fol
lowing that conference. at the annual
meeting Of the National Consumers
League. held In Milwaukee In 1910, a ten
wears programme was adopted. OF which.
bon accordance with the International res
olution. the educational campaign for
minimum wage boards constituted the
principal plank.
"rhe promptest response to tho resolu-
ton of September 1905 of the Int"rna-
tonnl conference OF Consumers Leagues
followed. however. In England. whcr" a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

sensational methods of the Investigators
in Illinois and the prccipltate acton ot
the three Far Western states. Incident
ally. II IS characteristic of Massachusetts
that this law preceded the founding of
the Progressive party. IN whose behalf
claim is now commonly made that min
imum wage boards legislation rs It's spc-
cialty Characteristic, too, of the Pa
cihc States is their action in providing
for wage boards. though they have no
such poverty as afiiicts the negroes IN
the South or the alien immigrants on the
Atlantic Coast Thcy intend never 10
have poverty.
Earlier than the work Of the Massachu-
sets commission was the unanimous vote
of the international Conference Of Con
sumers' Leagues. iu Geneva. switzerland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
Mrs. Florence Kelley, Secretary fthe National Consumers
League, Points Out What She Considers the Falings
Of Laws Enacted by Certain States and Suggests
Course Which Might Bring Real Lasting
Benefit to the Wage Workers.

which control the number of competitors
may be so innexible that they continue at
starvation wages year after year with no
tendency toward improvement"
Objections have been made to the regu-
lation of wages even to the degree pro-
posed in the United States because 1t is
contrary TO the spirit of American inst-
tutions and leads logically to socialism,
and that state which DEGREES that its
citizens shall not be employed for less
than the living wages that may be pre-
scribed is logically bound to see that such
citizens be given employment at such
wages or be maintained in some other
way. 1t has also been argued that mimi
mum wage regulations will tend to level
all wages toward the minimum prescribed
by law.
The National Consumers League was a
forerunner IN the effort To stimulate IN
terest i'm this type of legislation in the
United States Mrs. Florence Kelley. Sec
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

minimum wage boards law passed the
Commons and the Lords before May J.,
1919. aud was signed by the King. taking
effect on New Years. 1910. That was leg
islation at a rate OF speed eXcelled only
on the Pacific Coast
"All these laws-EngIish and American
alikc-rcst ON the principles estabhshed
and the practice worked out In Nustrai'a
and New Zealand In the period since 1870
Then the idea Of creating flexible mech
anism operated By employers ana en-
ploycs together. under the guidance ana
with the backing of the state, was hrst
introduced into industry. In that brlei
period of seventeen years II has cIrcun-
navIgatcd the globe Bills dealing with
minimum wage boards are pending IN
Germany. Austria. France and Italy. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
SAYS NTNM JIM WAGE BATTLE FOUGHT ALONG WRONG LINES
Exceptions Which Are Taken to the Massachusetts
Statute, Upon Which the Oregon, Washington and
Utah Measures Are Based, Will Have Force in
Framing Bill That May Be Submitted to
Legislature by Wagner Commission.

so great an improvement over what had
gone before that two thousand women
contributed two farthings apiece TO buy
a watch, which they sent TO Mary Mae
Arthur, the organizer who had done the
initial drudgery that enabled the ill,t.
crate women i'm the most sweated of all
English Industries TO obtain this meagre
pay. In the letter when they sent TO
Miss Macarthur they wrote: We send
this as token of gratitude, not only for
the increase in pay that we are to have
beginning in July, but for the new hope
i'm our hearts.
This new nope in their hearts arose
from their own new power to help decide,
for the first time i'm the history OF their
trade. the wage that they would hence
forth accept. This trade IS so old that
the tradition runs among the chainmakers
that they made chain mail for King Ar
thur and his knights.
This power of electing their repre-
sentatives. and through them helping 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

decide the wage scale. is NOS clearly re-
served to the workers ion any Of tho
American statutes I'm the first American
law. that of Massachusetts. TO- instance.
IL is provided that.
The commission shall establish
wage board CONSISTING OF mot less than
six representatives Of employers in the
occupation i'm question. and If am equal
number OF representauy = of the female
employees i'm said occupation and one 90
more disinterested persons appointed by
the commission To represent the public
The commission shall designate tho chair
man. This less democratic arrangement
has been copied in the later American
statutes.
This IS most unfortunate. because ~
practice il means that the Governor APP
points the commission. the commission
designates the members ot the boards,
these ladies and gentlemen determine the
wage. and the working women and girls
take what Is given them. Under our po-
litical system, with frequent changes from
one party 10 another this uncemocradc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

a hundred miles. over the river from
Windsor To Cornish, the New Hampshire
side of the gentle Connecticut River, there
is a sleepy. shadowy covered bridge, one
of the two still in existence. Time was
when every Vermont river town had its
by the long. white covered
bridge, which was ugly, but they loved II.
Windsor is the kind Of town that clings
to its old loves. 1t will go hard with
President Wilson in the next election If
he brings so much traffic TO Windsor that
the old bridge has 10 be condemned.
Probably he won't. A simple democratic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

A FEW days ago Governor Sulzer
n signed bill extending the life OF
4 n the state factory investigating
commission. The purpose Of the extern
sion was an inquiry into the wages of all
industries and employments, with view
to recommending minimum wage rate.
Minimum wage legislation is in the air
in this country. In three or four states
the idea of regulating our wage system
by legislative enactments so that no one
shall work at starvation wages has been
brought to earth and given a con-
crete form I'm others commissions nave
been appointed to investigate the question
of low wages and to consider to what in
sufficient income leads. The hearings OF
he Illinois commission on the SUBJECT
If wages of girls in retail stores of Chi
cago received wide publicity because OF
the sensational turn they took. 1t looks
very much as if this country were going
To follow in the steps Of other countries III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

don, that one could have written so long
or cornish without paying homage TO
Thee' What is Cornish but prize dieu to
Thee! what Is the Churchill home Dut
window TO Thee?
Winston Churchill built his house with
all the rooms at the front and all the
accessories. like halls and doors and
bookcases to the rear. so that not an inch
OF view should be wasted. 1t Is low
Drick mousse, set on the crest OF the h'ii'
which overhangs the Connecticut valley
ana inc woods which creep up 10 the
mountain side. The town Is hidden
There Is not a habltation OF an automo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

man, he will want to walk and pay his
3-cent toll fare, stopping To pass cheery
Good morning" with The wrinkied dame
who has presided over the bridge Tor
thirty years.
Then ON. i'm the genial. philosophic
way we love. TO the village store, where
the morning papers have by this time ar
rived. If the New York train Is on ume;
Il visit to the drug store. to buy stick
of candy for the favorite baby niece, and
home again to the simple midday meal
I'm the room which Winston Churchill
built TO gaze out upon Ascutney.
Gracious, worshipful old 'Scutney! Par
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

Continued on seventh page.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04
SENATE DEMOCRATS
VICTORIOUS IN
TARIFF VOTE
Majority Swings SoIidIy Re-
hind Leaders and Defeats
Proposition fol Stringent
Regulation Of Trusts

Washington, Sept one Of the
rocks which threatened tho peaceful
passage of Tho Cnderwood-s simmons
tariff BIN dissolved into thin air late
TODAY when the senate majority swung
soidly into line behind its leaders To-
dcfcat an amendment Designed to
regulate trusts
uy vote of a5 to H.. the senate
rejected proposal by senator kon-
son to pun aluminium upon the free
list. The vote was accepted us a pre-
Iude 20 action upon another amend
mcnt proposing to frrc-Iist the manu-
nctures OF AN combinations declare
cd by the courts 10 bee monopolles
Chairman summons of the finance
committee announced that II was not
the purpose OF the majority party to
lgslate uu the trust question at the
present time
The most OF the regular republic
cams voted with the democrats against
the amendment Those who supported
il were kenyon Brady Bustow
Catron Clapp crawford Jones ga
Toilette Norris pomorNtrr stcrlus
ANA Works
The paragraph iurbd1ng The u-
portauon Of bird ptmuge except for
scientific or educational puposos--
desired b> the Audubou society
which WIS debated fcreck in caucus
Hst night. Was agreed tu without up-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04
DEEP PROBE INTO
WRECK ON NEW
HAVEN ROAD
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Starts Inquiry Intended
to Disclose Defects in Up-
GRAFTON of Trains,
lsy sossse JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w,sri

New Haven, Conn. Sept. 3.-With
twenty dead and five dying as
the result of the wreck near New Ha-
ven yesterday morning Of the Bar
Harbor express the New York, New
Haven 4 Hartford railroad faces to-
night public inquiry Into the causes
OF the disaster by the interstate CONF
mercc commission. II will begin Fri
day ana will be the most searchipg
ever conducted ty the commission.
This was announced tonight 10y II.
W. Bclknap, chief inspector Of the
commission, who viii conduct The ex-
animation. He said the inquiry would
get down TO fundamentals, as to
The causes in the general operation
responsible for the fatal wrecks of
,hc last three years.
Coroner Mix persisted today in re-
fusing to make public the testimony
of Engineer Miller of the White
Mountain express and Flagmm Muir
ray. of the Bar Harbor train. both of
whom he examined yesterday This
attitude also was taken by G. G.. FL
Wen. chief engineer of the Connect
cut public utilities commission. MI
Bclknap demanded today that he be
allowed to be present at the inquest
TO this the coroner acccded and
promised him a copy Of the testimony
already taken.
President Elliott declared tonight
that when the questions We're raised
VI admitting newspaper men to yester-
days hearing and of making public
the testimony then taken, the railroad
had deferred to the opinions of the
coroner and the representative of the
public service commission.
He added
"Any and all the facts in possession
of the company viii be given promptly
10 the public authorities at the hearing
Of the interstate commerce commits
sion.
Engineer Miller and Flasman Muir
ray were still in Jail tonight and the
coroner has refused to accept bonds
for their appearance at tomorrow
hearing.
The Identification of all the victims
Of the wreck was completed tonight
when the body of a woman known
hitherto only as Mary Jane" was
Identified as that Of catherine sween-
ey, A. years old, Of New York
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04
MULHALL SAYS He
WILL PULL NOSE Of
JOHN KIRBY, JR.
Former Lobbyist Declares
One Time Employer Makes
Faces and Sticks Out His
Tongue at Witness,


Washington. Sept g. temporary
end Of the seuates long lobby nyest-
cation came today when } p Bird.
general manager Of The National As
sociation of Manufacturers was cx-
cused from the stand The committee
adjourned shortly before noon today
and Chairman OecmaH announced
there would be no further hearings for
some time
a nosc-pullug coucst between John
Kirby Jr former president Of the
National Association Of Manufacturers.
and Martin NJ Muhall, one-tme lol-
tyist. threatened today before the
house iobby committee. but WIS pre-
vented by Chairman Garrett
II protest against that man sitting
over there and making faces at me,
roared Mulhal iuterruptng his tcsu-
mony ana pointing at kirby ~ can
not testify while he sits over there
and sticks out his tongue az me He
did the same thing when / appeared
before the senate committee
you viii have 20 restrain Yourself.
said Chairman Garrett
II can't do it WHINE ne makes faces
at me, shouted Mulhal. ~ he is a
gentleman he will meet me outside.
Surely III pull his nose
Chairman Garrett orOered Kirby to
change his seat
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04

Mexican people aud could guarantee
stability and international obliga-
tions
Unofficial reports incidentally con-
tnue to reach Washington that the
flucrta government cannot last much
longer, on account Of It's financial diff.
hcultles
The arrival today from Mexico city
OF Dr. William Bayurd Hale. person
al friend OF President Wilson. who
has been making a study of the po-
Utica conditions In Mexico for the
last three months. Is calculated to
add materially to the presidents in
formation on this aspect Of the situ-
alton. Mr.. Hale said today he went to
Mexico unoffcially and OF his own
rolition, but that any data he had
gathered would be at the service OF
the United States government. lie has
an engagement TO talk with President
Wilson at length tomorrow Mr. Hale
denied that he carried any documents
from Mr. Lind. but 1t is understood
that from his recent conversations
with Mr. Lind and his close intimacy
with the negotiations which have
been conducted with Senior G0mboa,
he will be able TO give the admins
uation more comprehensive view
Of affairs IN Mexico than has been
possible through cable messages
Meanwhile Alr Lind Will remain
in Vera cruz pending orders from
Washington. At the White House Il
was stated that messages have been
exchanged within the last twenty-four
hours with both Mr.. Lind and charge
. Shaughnessy at Mexico city. which
warrant taking an encouraging aud
hopeful view of the ultimate success
Of the negotiations.
President Wilson Immediately on
his return from the summer capitol
at Cornish, ~ H.. delved into the
subject again While it was reiterated
az the White House that there was
no chhnee which could be announced,
the expectation is that as the end of
this week arrives there will De tangi-
bic developments once more
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04


l. q "e 'on'raVl''ra iu later out J bee
''Ne "ld
pid NoU make thr pronlsr lu good
N'i'h
le.. J did.
iHd You lutrnd to leave your wife
ami children and MARRY here
fe'' did
''''n I'7ilIcd that "a clipping from
I" sacramento newspaper in which
was printed an interview With taW-
n'iti tclcs"phcd from Reno. wac
SHOWN to bim "n the train In the
'o',rN.'" De- was quoted os having
.aid tmt DE- Intended io marry Miss
N'ltls
lpd '"u say ihal or substantially
h't plstfio. Attorney Atkinson huI
'ahea
hti'rNe I dld. 'amiucti had
''. .Net''. ollhouEh didn intend
to ht quoted.
'to'. examination only modc
l'''n F. testimony RULER aud more pose
u'' Mr Atkinson had turned 90
.'lt Norris. boln testified DO You
On'nN repeated hoau rrnding me
question ltom his notes. That hc
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Know hr would was ihe cone
''"'hl answer
.N'hln-ou h7u turned Goo 'ami-
N''.l. Noal' N"t ht asked
'etn'h''li hiu br'n allowed fec nsN
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04
Young Woman Who EIoped to
Reno With CamInettI Admits
Lying to Shield Defendant
From Punishment
GOVERNMENT RESTS
IN WHITE SLAVE CASE
Judge Van Fleet Is Hor.f.ed
by Bald Statements Of
Chauffeur IN Reply to QueS
tIonS Asked by Attorneys

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04
sy nosmso JOURNAL arre,m ls,sso w,asI


Washington, Sept. 3.-Administra-
ton officials revealed tonight that the
optimism they have felt in the last
few days over the Mexican situation
has been based largely upon what
they have construed as an indirect
assurance Of Vietoriano Huerta's in
tention not TO be a candidate for the
presidency Of Mexico in the october
elections.
Much stress was laid at the White
House and other official quarters ON
The assertions of Federico Gamboa
Mexican minister Of foreign affairs, in
DIS note to John Lind pointing out
The incligibility Of Iiuerta under the
Mexican constitution to become a
candidate to succeed himself. While
The administration here does not re-
gard Huerta as the constitutOnally
chosen provisional president OF Mex
leo and therefore does not consider
nIm necessarily bound by restrictions
IN this connection, they admittedly
See i'm the Gamboa note a favorable
answer TO the chief American pro-
posaI-that luerta shall not be a
candidate In the forthcoming cleo
ton
by some diplomats, and among the
constituu0nalists here. the view is
Aeld, however that the constitutional
prohibition against Huerta's candi-
uacy easily would be eyaded by his
fesignation in favor of another pro-
'slonal president some time before
Inc election.
administration officials who realize
'hqt such a contingency is possible
0eiIe'o nevertheless Senor Gamboa
was acting in good faith in his dec
''iauon that the candidacy Of tiuer-
y hdd not been raised as an issue in
''eAlco before the United States
"ousht it into the discussion, that
everybody there also had taken into
0AS Iteration his incligibnity for the
p'esldency ana had not launched any
'ampalsn for him.
outside Of administration quarters,
9Ho'er much significance is at
-0"ed 10 the pronouncement in the
"'ai newspapers IN Mexico City a
7" days ago that Huerta would now
compelled 10 be Il candidate. be-
suse ne successfully had defied the
lions
,'gh official. Of the administration
@'ed most emphatically that while
- ielt quite satisfied now of Hucr-
Elimination from the presidential
nv ms subsequent election would
4 ~ after the attitude Of the United
\ S' namely, that recognition could
\ oe extended to him. Their action
pru psu'u De based on the precedent of
n ueht Hayes, in 1871. who refused
''oshlze Porfirio Diaz for long
sra ailer he was elected on the
s'u That the United States had a
t 10 observe whether the govern
" set up vas approved By the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04
LIFE OF NOTORIOUS
CRIMINAL IS ENDED


Milledgeville, Ga, Sept 3.-Death
has freed "Bin" Miner notorious
robber and Jail breaker, from his last
prison term. His picturesque career
which included clashes with the laws
Of more than a score of states, and
several Canadian provinces, ended
last night. at the Georgia prison farm
Miners criminal career began near
~ sixty years ago. He left his home
in jackson county. KY, before he was
10 years old and went west He ad
mltted numerous stage coach rob
berries and train hold-ups and was
several times imprisoned for robbing
banks Three years ago he was
brought to the state prison farm here
for robbing train near Lula Ga
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-09-04
Tro0n. MN prcrenl RInlIng.

Calumet. Mich. Sept. Q. - Troops
viii be kept IN the strike zone as
long as there ls danger OF rIoting. but
they no longer will be used To patrol
mine property according to an am
nounccment today