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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
WESTINGHOUSE
 PLANT CLOSED
More Than 10000 Workmen Go Out On Strike Against the Piece
 Work System.

PITTSBURG, June 6.-Ten thou sand workmen employed in the big Westinghouse plant here. manufac- turers of all kinds of electrical ma chinery and appliances. have gone out on strike, demanding higher wages, the elimination of the piece work system and the bonus system to those who secure proficiency in the work and are able to turn out a larger amount of the finished pro duct in the given number of hours.
 The men claim that the piece work system is wrong and that the fast workmen are making ,big money. while the majority are. held at star vation wages. The company officials assert that the piece system is the only fair way to pay workmen. ac- cording to what they accomplish. and that the bonus to the fast workmen is a good thing for the company. be- cause if the men can turn out . larg- CT amount of work with certain amount of power and cost of machin- cry the output of the plant will be increased. while the capital need not be enlarged.
 The union officials say that the company 6x . days wages at what a fast man can do and that the ma jority of the workmen cannot earn : .livvtSg soA this schedule. <
 Ton thousand workingmen parad- cd tho streets following the strike. but no disorders were reported by the police. The company plant is closed down as almost the entire working force has quit. It Is not known yet if the company will se- cure strikebreskers or grant the de- mands of the union.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
PEACE ENV0YS MAKE STRONG PROTEST;
 CHARGE ADMINISTRATION AIDING REBELS
Enqland Serves Notice MurderEuropean Powers Don't Like Our PoiyGuns for Rebels Landed Tampco Without Interference From
 Amercans--Germans May Send Arms o Huerta.

out the Catholic church and confis- cate it's property, destroy all foreign investments and place an export tax on the oil and mineral products, which in substance amount to confiscation, that it is time to act. It is also said here that England, Germany and France and Spain, with the powerful influence of the Vaticacn, are all working together and have joined with England in its note to President Wilson.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
ALAMEDA COMES
 FROM THE SOUTH
Will Call at Portage Bay On Trip West-has oeod Sixed pas-
 senssr tist.

The steamer Alameda arrived in Walden at T o'clock last night with . number of valdes passensers and 50 tons of freight. The boat sailed west 1t s:s0 and will call at Portage Bay in order to land the government survey party.
 Tho following passengers arrived Z V. o. Adams. J. A. Colweu. Miss Ethel Ealk. Mss Aiva Talk. R.. .. Giddinss. Lieut. L. A. Kunsig, Mrs. |. A. Kunsig and two children, Mrs. J. N. Nafsted. A H. Joy. c. c. Reis.
 tCentinued ea DAyD 4.)
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
APPEAL F0R VOTE
 REACHES THRONE
Two Girls of High Social Standing
 of Buckingham Palace.

LONDON, June 6-The Misses Mary and Elenor Bloomfield, mem bers of the British aristocracy, creat- ed a scene in the throne room of Buckingham palace last night by ap- pealing to- the King and Queen for votes for women. When being drag ged from the room by the attendants the two girls screamed: For Gods sake stop torturing the women of England"
 The big throne room was crowded with men and women of the nobility when the incident took place. All were surprised that girls of good breeding would so far forget them selves in such a manner before the King and Queen.
 When the news of the demonstra- tion in Buckingham palace became known to the suffragettes a mob of 800 women crowded about the home of the Bloomfields and serenaded them Jas a token of admiration for what they had done to bring to the attention of the King the demand of the women of England for the right to vote.
 The attendants at the palace were instructed that the two girls and the members of their family were to be excluded hereafter from entrance to the palace.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
SEATTLE PITCHER
 FOR CINCINNATI
Wanted to Jump to Federals, But Get Big Salary From cin-
 cinnati. ~

y sEATTLE June s.-sea1tle sold Peter Schneider, thsh crack pitcher. to Cincinnati. Schneider was offered $500 a month by the Federal League to jump to that organization, hu af- ter President Dugdale, of the Seattle team, had a ak with him he decided to remain with organized baseball and 80 to Cincinnati.
 Schneider is the leading pitcher of the Northwestern League and nas 2 record of nine straight victories to his credit this season and if Cincin- nati keeps up the pace she is going nov he may have a good chance to be in on the world series money this fall. He will leave for Cincinnati immediately. ,~-..-
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06

Council Meeting Tonight.
 The city council will hold spe- cial meeting this evening to open bids and award a contract for the building of a cement sidewalk
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
colGsrkUcT cuLvERT
 ON MCKINLEY eTREET

The Street committee of the city council are having . culvert built ov- CT the creek near the Wilson barn and will repair the street at that place and make 1t more slightly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
eterk vislts Ashby RssIdsaoe.

Tho stork visited the resldsnce ot Ar. and Mrs. Randall Ashby last ev-- ening and lett s-pound baby broth CT for Harvey. Both mother and child arc doing well.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06
Masonic Meetina.

A meeting of Valdez Lodge No. 16s F. and A. N.. will be held this (Sat- urday) evening at 8 p: m. Work ln the E. A. degree. All Masons are cordially invited to attend.
 c. c. REYNOLDS, Secretary.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06

WASHINGTON, June 6.-It is gen orally believed here sthat Germany and England have reached the limit of concessions in the Mexican situ- ation and that if the American ad- ministration continues to allow the arming of the rebels under General
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06

Villa, while refusing to give the pro- visional government a chance in the fight, although the Huerta admins tration has been recognized by many European powers who are anxious for peace in Mexico, that the powers will insist that the United States guar antee all foreign citizens from loss of property when the Villaites se cure control of Mexican affairs, as they are bound to do with Huerta's supply of arms shut off and Villa receiving the same across the border and in shiploads at Tampico.
 Diplomats claim that under the de- cision in the Alabama case that the United States is liable for any dam age done by the rebels, who are armed in the United States, which was the contention in the Alabama case, and under which decision the English government paid the United States s7,50O000 for damage done to American shipping by the Alabama, a privateer outfited in Eng land.
 LONDON, June 6.-Sir Edward Grey, foreign secretary of England, today notified President Wilson of the United States, through Ambassa- dor Page, that in the event of the
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06

F. M. Jordan came up to Ellamar on the Alameda.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06

ANNAPOLIS, June GA note was delivered to President Wilson today while the executive was on board of the navy yacht, Mayf1ower, and as orders had been given that nothing but the most important matters were to be allowed to disturb the rest of the president, it is generally believed here that the note was protest made by the mediators to the President of the United States against the sail ing. of the steamer Antilla, which is loaded with arms and ammunition for the rebels at Tampico, and which the American authorities have refused to interfere with.
 The mediatCrs are somewhat taken back by the attitude of the admin istration in allowing the rebels to continue arming themselves and re- fusing the provisional government the privilege of securing arms and am muninon, and also preventing foreign powers from sending arms to Huerta.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-06

The Misses Falk returned to Val dez on last nights steamer.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
DON'T PUT OFF SHOPPING
Everybody Will Be Rushed From Now
on Until the Christmas
Trade Ends

If you've got any more Christmas
shopping to do, do it now. The longer
you put it off, the harder it will be.
come. Crowds will be the rule until
the holidays.
Of course, if you want to avoid all
worry and trouble, and at the same time
make everybody happy that receives it
give the rIndependent' s Bibles as
Christmas presents. And what delight.
full presents they do make, too! 1t is a
SIS volume, unless you present one Ger.
tiicate clipped from the -Independ.
ent, which entities you to a copy of
this magnificent Bible for only the ex-
pense items of distribution.
It's an easy way to get your Christ
mas presents, and the saving certainly
makes it worth your while.
How many of these $5 volumes will
you wanta 1t will be better to get one
too many than not enough. Clip to-
days Bible certificate from another
page of this issue and get your Bibles
as soon as possible.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
BARS WIDOW HE HAS NOT
Queer Clause in Brokers' Will Based
On Friend s Experience

New York, Dec. 15.-''I hereby
solemnly declare that l am unmarried
and have never been married. read
the will of Robert L. Keene, "a broker,
which was filed yesterday in Montclair,
N. j., where he had long resided at 80
South Fullerton avenue, "but having
observed cases where claims have been
made against estates by reason of al
legged marriages, I direct that if nny
woman shall satisfactorily prove that
she is my widow, she is to have the
sum of $50 and no more.'
Robert NJ. Boyd, Jr., cousin of Mr..
Keene, his lawyer, said yesterday
Keene had no cause to fear the claim
of amy woman, but he dictated the
clause because that thing once happen
ed to the estate of a bachelor friend.
The will devised $4,000 to broth
er, Herbert, and the remainder to his
mother. A brother, James, of Tacoma,
Wash, is ignored.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
I KILLED IN Gas EXPLOSION
Eight Other Victims, Mostly Children,
Injured, Some Fatally, and
Several Are Missing

Cleveland, Dec. 15.-Seven are
dead, eight injured, some fatally, and
half a dozen are missing as the result
of a supposed gas explosion which de-
mohshed two-story brick apartment
and business block at 11616 Madison
avenue, at 6.10 last evening.
Of fifteen dead and injured, dug
from the burning ruins Immediately
after the blast, eleven are children.
Five of the dead are known to be chill
dren.
Henry Haner, 40, proprietor of a
photograph gallery on the ground floor
of the building; his wife, 50, and one
son, Tony, Z, were taken out dead.
Henry Haner, Jr., IL, is missing.
Mrs. Petka and her daughters, Mar
garet and Susie, who occupied the
ground floor with the Hanes, are dead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Hartman, with
their two daughters, Barbara, s, and
Elizabeth, 8, are at the German hos
pital, believed to be fatally injured.
John Engst, 3S, and his daughters,
May, 4 IL, and Lizzie, 8, are also at
the German hospital, and their injuries
are said to be fatal. Engst s arms were
blown off.
OtheB believed to have been in the
building when the blast let go are not
accounted for.
l.. G. Schooley, who had just passed
the building ON a westbound car, said
the explosion almost lifted the car
from the tracks.
I looked around quickly" he said,
"and saw sheet of flames shoot out
an adj directions. We rushed from the
car, and by the time we reached the
spot nothing remained but the ruins
piled up in the basement, with walls
and timbers thrown clear across the
street"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
RAT PROVES DEATH CHAIR
Test Shows Resistance Just the Same
as a Human BEINGS

Bellefonte, Dec. -15.-ln hun
dredth of second the State Is death
chair at the new Central penitentiary,
near here, killed big gray rat in a
test made by the board of prison in
spectors yesterday.
The death chair will be put into ac-
tual use with human occupant Janu-
airy 2, and rats were selected for the
final tests because it has been found
that their resistance to the current Is
precisely equal to that of man. The
rodents were fitted to the chair with
special appliances. The first was killed
so suddenly that the frightened glitter
was frozen in> his eyes. Delicate in
struments attached to his body showed
That his heart had stopped midway in
a jumping beat.
"It's five times as quick as
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
TWICE IN JAIL FOR CONTEMPT
Failure to Keep Promise This Time
May Mean Long Term

Pottsville, Pa, Dec. 15.-Fred Su-
per, a business man of Mt. Hope, was
yesterday imprisoned for the second
time within a week by Judge Bechtel
for contempt of Court in refusing to
open an alley or street adjoining his
property, which he has closed up.
Last week Super was imprisoned for
this offense, but when he paid the costs
and promised to open the street, he was
allowed to 60. But when allowed his
liberty Super again refused to open the
street, and his Imprisonment term is
now indefinite, as Court declares the
order will not be denied again.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Mail Parcels at New Office

1t has been announced by Postmas-
ter Sites that the postoffice desires per-
sons mailing parcels to do so at the
new station, which was opened yester-
day morning in the Donaldson building,
2O6 North Second street, in order to
relieve the congestion of the temporary
quarters, in the Boyd building. 1t was
said that the station was necessary
to take care of the largely increasing
business of the local postoffice and pa,
irons can be accommodated with more
satisfaction at the new station.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
HUMANITY VS.. BUSINESS
Former Wins in $1,5OO,OOO Order to
the Pullman Company

Chicago, Dec. 15.-Yuletide good
feeling won race with strict business
at the Pullman Company offices when
the recent order from the Northern Pa
cifc railroad for $1,5O0,OO0 worth of
equipment was under consideration.
And the spirit Of Yuletide won. From
an authoritative source it is learned
that the order was accepted on practi-
cally cost basis for the purpose of
giving Pullman employes-there are
$500 of them-a chance to bring
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
BEEF CATTLE ON BIG SCALE
Lancaster County Project Promises
Lower Meat Prices

Lancaster, Pa, Dec. 15.-A company
is being organized in this county to
raise cattle for beef. The intention is
to purchase 500 acres of good grazing
farm land, and to secure options on
5000 acres adjoining, for use when the
business grows.
Those interested say that extensive
cattle-raising in this county will mean
lower meat prices.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
CONVICT WEEPs FOR LOCKS
Cut Off Medicine Bill's'' Head With
Mustache for Full Woe

Columbus, o., Dee. 15.-Tears of
real sorrow trickled down the cheeks
of William Melvin, known as a medi-
cine fakir throughout the Middle West
under the name of Medicine Bill, i" as
his luxurious hair, falling well below
his shoulders, was cropped close by di-
recticn of the superintendent of the
Bertillon room when he was committed
to the Ohio penitentiary yesterday on
an indeterminate sentence of from to
20 years.
Following this his cup of woe was
filled when his mustache was removed.
cit took me IS years to raise that
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Carpenter Plunges to Death

Philadelphia, Dec. Is. = Plunging
from wall to pile of stones, 80 feet
below, William Byrnes, a carpenter, yes
terday was killed at building opera
tion at 25 South Sixteenth street. He
was experimenting the placing of joists
and stumbled while walking along the
wall. Byrnes was GA years .old and
lived at Sharon Hill.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
For Longer Council Terms

Reading, Pa, Dec. 15.-MayOr
Stratton, president of the League of
Third Glass Cities, will advocate the
adoption of resolution at the meeting
of the league in Harrisburg December
80 urging the Legislature to amend the
Clark bill increasing the terms of Couu-
cilmen of commission-governed cities
from two to four years.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15

Of Bridget McGovern VS.. the Philadel-
rhia and Reading railway upon an APP
peal from the decision of Judge
Thompson, who ruled that foreign
parent could not recover the death pay
ment
The Supreme Court in reversing the
opinion, placed the costs on the railway.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
New Band Organized at wrightsvi1le

Wrightsville, Dec. 15.-This place
now has band, an organization being
effected by the election of the follow
ing officers: President, Paul Ftzkee;
leader, William Raymond; vice presi-
dent, Joseph McLain; secretary, Olar-
ence Siple; treasurer, Samuel Siple;
trustees, James Hamur, Paul Kinard
and George II. Fahringer.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Gentle Reminder

A gentleman on visit to another
city entered a restaurant and on leav-
ing took away with him by mistake a
hat belonging to another man. The
hats were so nearly identical that the
mistake was not detected, and the sur
prise Of the gentleman may be imagined
when, reaching home, he glanced at the
lining of the hat and found written
there the words, "You darned fool,
what did you take this hat forf''-
Lippincott's.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15

thought" said the chief electrician,
"and so times quicker than feeling.
The rat didn't feel so much as a
twinge. He didn't have time. 1t WASH It
any more painful than-well, than the
darkness is when you switch off the
lights"
Several similar tests indicated mar
velous efficiency and almost unthink-
able precision in the management of
the chair
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
IN PLOT TO BLOW UP CHURCH
Miscreants' Dynamite Is Found Of
Lawn of Edifice

Lebanon, Pa, Dec. 15.-The police
yesterday began an investigation into
the mystery surrounding the finding of
several sticks OF dynamite on the lawn
of st. Luke's Episcopal church, the
handsomest edifce in the city.
There are no evidences of an attempt
to explode the charge, sufficient not
only to destroy st. Luke's, but sur
rounding church and school properties.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15

Christmas good cheer into their homes.
Maybe it WASH t good business and
maybe it was,' said high official of
the company. "We think it was. We
feel that in times like these it is up to
the big concerns to set good example
by looking on the humanitarian side. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
killed Son; Now Gets Divorce

Pottsville, Pa, Dec. 15.-Five years
ago, Mrs. Mary Granger, of Ashland,
while temporarily insane, choked her o.
year-old son to death. She alleged that
sponsible for her condition and yester-
day the court granted her divorce.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Honesty tho Best Policy

Doubtless the sorest man in the Unit
ed States to-day is the fellow who
dropped his purse, containing 500, while
he was robbing chicken coop, and who
is afraid to claim his property. Verify,
honesty is-the best policy.-Pittsburgh
Cbronicle-Telegraph.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
READING LOSES SUIT
Supreme Court Decides Against Rail.
road in Action for Damages

Washington, Dec. 15.-The Supreme
Court yesterday reversed the opinion
of the United States District Court Of
Eastern Pennsylvania refusing dam
ages to the nonresident parent of an
alien labsrer killed on railroad. This
is the first decision upholding the Fed
eral railroad liability act on this phase.
The decision was. given in the case
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15

Tt is given out that golf in the Unit
ed States costs s50,000,0O0 year
Even so, it is cheaper than the Euro
pean game of ultimatum.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15

hair" said he, "and I am Worrying
more about its loss now than / am.
about my prison term. He was convict
ed of white slave offense.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-14
Concerning American w ife
Foreign Critics Like Portray Gddy Parasites
but Such Viewpoint is Asinine.

There are no homes in the world more
cleanly. so sanitary, or better MANAGED
than American homes. and, in spite of all
that is said to the col rary, there are no
homes in Which the average of cooking is
better.
You can rave over foreign cooking as
much as you like. but how long would
the American husband stand for the
eternal boiled mutton and tasteless joint.
and watery potatoes, suiltless even of
salt and pepper, of the English house
wife, or for the greasy dishes OF the
German hausfrau. or for the pasty
macaronl Of the ordinary Italian house
hold? And even the French onion soup
and pot au feu sounds better than II
tastes to the American palate.
The truth is that no men in the world
demand so much of their wives as Ameri-
can men do
Abroad a woman is either great lady
of society or a housekeper, and her hus-
band accepts her on one or the other
plans, and lets the other go. The Ameri-
can man expects his wife to equally orna-
ment the parlor and the kitchen. A
middle class Englishman does not expect
his wife to be anything but the mother
of his children and frugal housekeeper
The middle class Frenchman expects his
wife to be his business partner, the Ger
man is satisfied if his wife observes the
three KS that the kaiser set down as the
proper spheres of woman's activities.
But the American man expects his wife
to be a thrifty housekeeper, a good
mother a business partner and fas-
cinator besides. And tee wonder of It is
That he so often gets a woman who
measures up TO all these contradictory
specifications.
American men are generous to women
about money. but they require women to
earn what they get by entertaining them.
The American man doesn't know It, but
he's the grand pasta of society. and he
expects every woman he meets to fig
uratively dance before him and amuse
him.
In other countries men try to please
and entertain women. In this country
women make all the social running. It
is women who talk their heads off trying
to divert bored looking men and win a
smile from them. II is women who
thrash their brains trying to discover
topics In which men are interested, for it
never even occurs to an American nah
TO try to talk to a woman on any topic
in which she is interested. Look where
you will at any couple and you will see
that IL is the woman who is pumping
up the vivacity and animation. Never
the man. He feels that he is doing all
that is expected of him IL he suffers
himself to be amused.
Also the American husband, alone of
all men, depends upon his wife to make
and keep his position in society. She has
to rear the children, alone and Slnaided.
She has to make the home. for the
American man considers that he has
done his full duty by his wife and children
when he has paid the bills. All the bal
ance is up to the woman of the family,
So. IL 1t is true that the American man
does much for his wife. IT is equally true
that his wife does much for him. No
matter what is said to the contrary. the
American husband and wife give a pretty
good example of team work.