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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-24

Batteries-Fritz, Kelley and Brown;
Berger, Heating. Cole and Reynolds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19

law upon the carriers to justify in
creases in rates is indeed made light
and easy to carry, especially when by
concerted action a group of carriers,
some strong and some weak, simulta-
neously propose to increase the great
body of their rates.
IF the legislative authority of the
commission Is as broad and unrestrict-
ed as this, then / must confess that |
have gravely misunderstood the lirni-
tations upon our statutory authority
as wei! as the constitutional power or
Congress to delegate. its legislative
power" ESSt Ets
There is and has been no control
of the issuance of stocks and bonds
and they have been put out largely by
those holding the theory that there
exists no relationship between the Sc
curities of a carrier and the reason
ableness of its rates. Now we see the
securities calling for increased rates
to make them good.
IF now to strengthen and maintain
the credit of the carrier regardless Of
the causes of its exhaustion or impair
ment, and without the application of
these increases are justified, then, it
seems to me we are only at the begin
ming of what l fear will be train
of demofalizing results, disappointing
and embarrassing to all concerned. II
is by no means certain that it would
not, in the long run, be cheaper to the
public to guarantee the bonds of the
weak roads unable to meet their OBJ
legations, rather than to try to take
care of them by increased rates,
which inuref to the strong roads as
we'll as the weak.
Up to the beginning of these eff
forts for increased rates there had
for many years been steady ana
constantly increasing percentage Of
carriers paying dividends, as Well as
in the rate of dividends paid. 1t APP
pears evident that carriers are SUI
fering more just now for want OF
freight to carry than for want OF
higher rates. It is just as safe to
prophesy. that this is temporary con :
dition as to prophesy concerning flu
ture rates of interest and the dump
ing of foreign held American railway
securities on our investment markets.
1t would not seem to be out of line
with ordinary prudence and conserva-
tism, prevailing in other lines of in
dustry if the carriers had undertaken
to meet this apparently temporary sit
uation as have others. Such course.
it seems to me, would have contribut
ed to their credit. rather than the
course hey have pursued.
This decision of the commission Is
the elimination of the concerted eff
forts of the respondent and other car :
riers for a general increase in frelgh-
rates, beginning in 1915.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
CLINTON

The exercises at the closing of the
schools on Friday afternoon were will
attended by parents and relatives OF the
pupils of all grades. The Grammar
grades had nothing of a special nature
as their efforts had been spent in the
public Exercises in Town hall on Wednes-
day evening. The intermediate grades
with Miss Anna Laign teacher, Joined
with the Primary grades. Miss Pearl
Porter teacher, in the Primary room,
where the exercises began shortly after
the opening of the afternoon session.
The room was crowded with spectators.
who kept coming from before the begin
ming of the program until even after the
completion. At the close of exercises
the intermediate fifth grade girls as
sisted the teachers in the distribution of
gifts.
The Clinton High school exercises
started promptly at o'clock, Donald
Snow presiding. The program follows
Christman song, students; Christmas
poem, Miss Bertha Irving; reading, Isa-
belle Hodgdon; Christmas items, George
Drake. story, by the principal, Samuel
l.. Allen; original story by Irving Trask,
read by Clyde Walker; Christmas tree
with gifts and humorous reasons why
the particular gifts were made. Clinton
schools will reconvene at close of Christ
mas recess on Monday, Jan. 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
A Joke.

1.-THE little boys of Brussels said
Henri Monnet, French consul to San
Francisco, played not long ago good
Joke on a German officer.
"A band of 20 or more little boys. with
carrots stuck in the crown of their hats
in imitation of the German helmet, stood
in military line. AS the German officer
approached they began to do the gander
parade. or goose step. They did 1t well,
too They kept the leg stiff. lifted 1t
very high and turned the toe well out,
and all their heads were bent gravely,
at the same angle, toward the German
officer.
1.-The only trouble was they didn't ad-
vance. They brought down the feet hard
lone, two; one, two-in the goose step.
but they remained quite stationary
1.-THE officer smiled. What are you
doing. boys?' he said.
Then the leader of the Belgian urch-
ms saluted and answered:
We are playing that we're the Ger
mans marching on Paris. This is the
way to do it-keep perfectly still-isn' t
it? "-Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
Children in Cotton Mills.

FxposlIre to accident and a DEFINITE
tendency to tuberculosis are the penal
ties that Young children pay for work.
ing in the cotton mills, according to
Lewis w. Hine staff photographer or
the National Child Labor Committee,
who has lust returned to Washington
from several weeks. of investigation in
the South. Il was shocked to find
conditions still SO bad in North Caro-
lima. The legal age limit there for
factories is 10 years, but from my
study of 20 mills in North Carolina
alone, l believe that there are nun
dreds of violations. and that the 1910
Census figures which reported 4oVo
children under Ia in the cotton mills
of that one state and 100000 children
children under Ia in non agricultural
work throughout the country, are a
conservative estimate of the number of
Young children at work today. There
are still 20 other states besides North
Carolina in which the employment or
children under IA in mills or canneries
is legal, so that the physical danger
and the lack of education resulting
from premature work continue I'M
checked"
With these facts in mind, the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee is call
ing a conference of all interested in
the protection of children, at Washing
ton on the 5th and 9Th of January, to
emphasize the need of federal child
labor law. The speakers will include
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer OF
PENNSYLVANIA, who introduced last
January the child labor bill which Is
on the Calendar for the present session.
Senator Robert l.. Owen of Oklahoma,
who sponsored the bill in the Senate,
Felix Alder, Florence Kelley, and Ed
ward T. Devine. Others invited are
Jane Adams, Julia C. Lathrop, John
Mitchell, James R. Mann, Victor Mur-
dock, w. o. Hart. and Secretary Will
son of the Department of Labor.
The Palmer owen bill was drafted
by the National Child Labor Com
mittee and proposes a 14-year limit for
all children employed upon factory,
mill, or cannery products shipped in
interstate commerce.; it limits the
hours of children IA to Is in the same
occupations to eight hours per day and
forbids their employment at night;
and it prohibits the employment at any
time of children under 16 in mines and
uuarries
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
THRIFTY HOTEL GUESTS.
The Mania For. Stealing Little Sou
Venirs of Their Visits.

We often hear complaints from
tourists about inattention and lack of
courtesy on the part of those whose
duty it is to cater to the travelling
public. But there is another side to the
story. For instance, the custodians of
places of historic or scenic interest
frequently visited by travellers are
obliged to MAINTAIN constant watch
against the vandalism of souvenir
hunters.
What satisfaction can be found In
mutilating and demolishing things Of
interest and value to procure a souve-
mir or in appropriating from well
known hotels such property as knives,
forks, pepper and salt shakers, nap
kins, towels and bath mats? The man
ager of a prominent hotel in New
York even reports the disappearance
of pillows from the bedrooms
The value of this stolen property
yearly amounts to a. very large sum.
1t has been the underlying cause for
the appearance of such items as the
following on menus: Chicken en- cas-
serole in individual souvenir" or
Souvenir cocktail" in which the ap
petizer is served in a container bear
ing the house name and which con-
tainer is given to the patron.
There are numerous little souvenirs,
such as silver plated trays, teaspoons.
etc, for sale by various hotels to
satisfy collectors.
Not all things that disappear from
hotels are taken with deliberate inten-
ton. The manager of one of the most
fashionable hotels In New York has
concluded that linen is not always
purloined, but is taken away uncon-
sciously as wrappers for shoes and
other articles when packing, and men,
he says, unconsciously tuck bar doilies
in their coat pockets after using them.
and these are dropped at the next no.
tel visited.
This wholesale purloining of hotel
articles has led to the formation OF q
linen exchange. Many of the leading
managers now have stock taken of all
the foreign linen in their hotels AMI
at regular intervals this material Is
sent to it's rightful owners, who then
return linens not belonging to them
Leslie's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
MAGEE TO MANAGE
BROOKLYN FEDERALS

New York, Dec. 1s.-Lee Magee
former ST. Louis National League
palyer, has signed contract to man
age the Brooklyn Federal League Club
next year, it was announced tonight
by 6. S. Ward. vice president of the
Brooklyn Federal Club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19

Forty three-phase towing locomotives
have been built for the Panama canal
having tractive efforts up to 1850
pounds. Four of these, two on each
side, will propel steamships through
the locks.
William E. Coe has completed %
wears as mail carrier at Winona, MINI.
He estimates that during this period
he has walked 121, 425 miles in deliver
ing mail to the people of Winona.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
MCCARTHY TO Be
RED SOx SCOUT

Boston, Dec. 18.-Tom Mccarthy OF
this city will act as scout for the Bos-
ton American League Club next sea-
son, it was announced today. McCar-
thy was made free agent by the local
National League team. for which he
performed similar duty last season. 1t
is also announced that Patsy Donovan
would continue to scout for the Red
Sox as in past years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19

500 Hoo Add, proprietor of a Chinese
laundry in Pittsburg, registered for the
recent election as having been born in
San Francisco and will take his case
into court to determine whether he
is a citizen.
Miss olivia p Prescott. Of Epsy, Pa,
is believed to be the only bride in
America who had her wedding cake
made entirely of ostrich eggs. 1t was
given to her by the employees Of an
ostrich farm in Bloomsbury. ,y-.-..,. /
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
Continued from Page one)

sequently the amount of revenue de-
rived from them is relatively small.
In the eastern district, 10 per cent.
OF the entire volume of freight is an
thracite; 81 per cent. bituminous coal;
5 per cent. coke and 5 per cent. ore.
The coal roads, in the opinion of the
commission. already are profitable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
Interstate Commerce Commission Grants
) Per Cent. Increase in Railroad Rates

the last decade and may rise still fur
Their.
I'VE do not doubt that the financial
problems of the carriers have been made
much more acute by reason of the war,
and if We are to set rates that will af-
ford reasonable remuneration to these
the increased hire of capital as we'll as
to other increased costs"
Harlan Dissents
Chairman Harlan. while agreeing that
the roads have established their need of
additional net revenue in even greater
amount than $5OOO0,O0O which the carriers
indicated would result from the per
cent. increase, declares his entire dis
sent from the course now approved by
the commission for permitting the car
riers to augment their revenues.
THE original record contained no evil
dence tending to prove that any of the
proposed increased rates affecting trunk
lines or New England territory We're just
and reasonable" said he, land this de-
ficiency in proof was not supplied upon
the further hearing. The record showed
the financial condition of the trunk line
carriers generally to be much more IA
vorable.
1--WE pointed out. however. in our orig
ina1 report the sources from which the
needed additional net income could and
should be obtained-namely by revision
of rates and an abandonment of prac-
tees found to be unremunerative or
wasteful. The benefcent effect of an in
telligent revision of rates is shown by
the results obtained in New England
while this proceeding was pending. The
New England carriers sought approval
in this case of an increase only in the
rates on traffic moving between that ter
ritory and other parts of official classifi-
cation territory; they did not propose
general per cent increase in their
freights. In other words, the New Eng
land lines have voluntarily pursued the
only rational and reasonable course to
augment their revenues, this being the
course urged upon the Central Freight
Association lines in our original report
BY following the suggestions made in
the original report the carriers could I'M
doubleday secure more additional net in
come than the amount estimated to ac-
crue under the proposed horizontal rate
increase and far more than can accrue
to them under the relief now accorded
in the supplemental report.
II cannot think but that a general in
crease in the standard rates of this coun-
try, while the rate structures of these
carriers remain full of inconsistencies
Determinations and wrongful practices
that deplete their revenues. is morally
wrong: that the placing of additional
burdens on interstate commerce that is
not also placed upon state commerce is
also wrong: and that the course approved
in the supplemental report will ultimate
ly be as disastrous to the carriers them
selves as it will be harmful to the gen.
eral interests"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19

Packed in boxes of Is make desirable
Holiday gift for a smoker. On sale by
all first-class cigar and drug stores.
Largest selling brand of 10. Cigars IN the
world Factory. Manchester, N. II.
deC12 DIFF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19

Carriers will be required to keep an
account of the additions to their rev.
enues from increases in rates subse-
quent to July 90, 1914, and from new
charges, and to report separately
thereon to the commission at the end
of u and "a months, respectively"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-19
Majority Declaration

With Commissioners Harlan ano
Clements dissenting, the majority of
the commission declared:
Whatever the consequences of the
war may prove to be we must recog-
nize the fact that 1t exists; the fact
that it is calamity without preceden-,
and the fact that by it the commerce
of the world has been disarranged and
thrown into confusion. The means or
transportation are fundamental AMI
Indispensable agencies in our indus
trial life and for the common veal
should be kept abreast of public re-
quirements."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-27
IN THE NEW TAFFETAS
THEY WILL BE LARGELY USED
FOR FALL COSTUMES.
Street and Afternoon Froeks In Al the
Fashionable Shades Already Are
seen-Model Designed for
Royal Blue.

Because the manufacturers have
made for US a beautifully heavy and
lustrous taffeta we are allowed to
have 1t for q fall dress fabric, az
well as q summer one, and as il lends
itself so readily to the designs and
styles of the season needless to say
we are all glad of its further lease
on life.
These new taffetas resemble some
what a very fine twilled grosgrain,
but have much more body. They are
to be had in all the fashionable
shades. and are being made up extern
sively in street and afternoon cos
tunes.
Here illustrated Is a charming cos
tune in royal blue taffeta worn with
fox furs dyed delicate sulphur color
and a jaunty chapeau In blue vel
vet with yellow tinged feather fan.
tasies
The blouse IL plain and supplied
over tiny vest Of white batiste, with
naring collar and small lapels of
satiste twined back from the v neck.
Long sleeves are set smoothly into ex.
tended armholes. and are covered with
. heavily embroidered black silk net.
then finished with turned-back white
cuffs.
The ornate net is applied to the Dor.
der Of the tunic skirt and makes a
very handsome trimming. It will be
noticed that the tunic is gathered to a
hip yoke under q self-covered cordinR.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-27
HAS FIRST AID KIT
Every German Soldier Carries
Dressing for Wounds.
A. a Result Of Foresight and Care In
Providing Equipment Slightly
Wounded Are Soon Back
In the Ranks.

Chicago.-The Daily News prints
the followin, from it's stan CORE
spondent with the right wing Of the
German army In France:
mo detail of the German army Is
worked out to greater lengths or with
more foresight than the care of the
wounded. One detail of this work
shows the German army at its best.
Every soldier has sewn under a
corner of his coat a strip of rubber
cloth. Under this strip is a piece OF
antiseptic gauze, a strip of bandage
and plaster and cloth for the outer
bandage. This cloth bears in simple
pictures directions for dressing every
sort of wound.
When a soldier Is wounded either
he or some comrade rips open this
package and applies at once the life
saving dressing, which will last at
any rate until the soldier is taken to
a station where the first scientific at.
tention is given.
Through this simple and inexpen-
sive device thousands of German SOL
diers who have been slightly wounded
in battle have returned to their COM
rades within a few days, completely
cured. and have taken their places
in the ranks once more. Without this
care a large percentage of the wounds
would become inflamed. as has been
the case with hundreds Of wounded
French prisoners captured by the Ger
mans.
The ordinary procedure of caring
for the wounded in the German army
Is for the sanitary corps, which Is
well provided with stretchers and
bandages. to gather up the wounded
on or near the firing lines and bring
them to the gathering point a little
behind the lines. Here the army sur
geons are ready to begin at once upon
the most urgent cases.
They are assisted by members of
the corps, who remove the temporary
bandages and put on dressings which
Will last until the soldier reaches a
hospital. Then from the first gath
ering point the wounded soldiers are
put on stretchers In Red Cross wagons
and carried to the field hospitals,
where doctors and nurses are at work.
These hospitals are usually estab-
lished in village churches or town
halls. From these little field hos
pitfalls, as soon as the men can be
moved. they are taken to some gen.
eral hospital in the nearest large
city, where several thousands can, be |
cared for. Such a hospital exists in |
this neighborhood in the building of |
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-27
GOOD ADVICE FOR mATRoN
Style TIps Woman Of. Middle Aeo
Should Remember II She Would
Look Her Best.

Don't think that. just because you
nave grownup daughters. II 10 your
duty to always wear . frumpy biact
dress. Your daughters and everyone
else will like you much better II you
take pains to make yourself look
nice.
II you have too much color. A some
matrons have. never wear either black
or white close to your face. Cream or
string-color. or mole, will suit you
much better. for they help to take
down the color.
II you are colorless and sallov.
never wear . dull dress and hat with.
out q touch Of brightness somewhere.
A red rose under the brim Of your
hat. .. scarlet sunshade. or . little
name-colored bow or piping on your
dress will do wonders for you.
Don't wear . sport shirt with q
turnover collar and sailor-knot tie.
These things are very nice for girls,
but they don't suit you. II you want
. shirt. have one that hooks down the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-27
BRUSSELS INTREPID BURGOMASTER

Even such awful gloom as that
which envelops Europe has its light
spots, and one of the brightest of these
is Adolphe Max. the irrepressible bur-
gomaster of Brussels. He had no
chance to fight for his city. because
1t was surrendered to the Germans
without defense. but he met the con-
querors with undaunted spirit, though
they locked him up as surety for the
war tax OF 100000 francs. which
was levied on Brussels. NJ. Max paid
100000 francs of this sum and gave
notes for the remainder up to 100000
600 francs, but later he refused to re-
deem the notes, SO he was carried q
prisoner to the fortress of Namur.
1t is related of Burgomaster Max
that when the German commander
entered his Office to discuss with him
the terms on which Brussels should
yield and the methods by which the
citizens should be restrained from at
lacking the invaders, the representa-
tive of the kaiser bOre himself with
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-27
IMPROVING SHAPE OF MOUTH
Much May b Done ~ Only the Attsn.
tion Paid to the Matter
70 Constant.

In bygone days. 1t IL said. q noted
belle used to stand in the hall before
she entered the drawing room and re-
peat: Peas. papas, prunes and
prisms." letting her lips fall lightly on
each word. Then when she entered
the crowded recention or ballroom she
was quite sure q sweet expression
dwelt in the cor1ers Of her pretty
One may improve the shape Of her
mouth bynot allowing the muscles ut
each side to sag. Massage them
nightly. with q good cold cream, al
ways working the rotary movement
up toward the nose. Then when the
face is washed with hot water al.
ways follow 1t by cold. which will
tighten the muscles. Olive oil or
COWS cream massaged into the mouth
wrinkles will aid in pumping out hol.
lows. A few drops Of benxoin should
Be added to the olive. oil 70 that It
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-27

at practically no expense. o.
serviettes as desired. It 4
plan to choose those that -
to the tea service In coloeina = r.
sign. Do one side at No.
fully fix the serviette over - <
In place. -
The other side IL done N ~
manner; II there ID too much =
the bottom Of the pad to TN
cut a portion Oh. To Give 4 &
finished look. put q cord a.
and also around the botton
cord can also be >of paper 9 s
cord. according to the cAoleo
worker: II paper II decided q
may be bought by the yasd r. F.
fancy shop whore paper novollr
sold.
The coy now has q very pruolr
pearance; 1t win be found . ~
q long time and when the covo
soiled. fresh ones can b easlly r
It is useful for many pusnor
which the best cosy d not z
such ~ nursery teas. childzol7
ties. etc. Y
For party use generally. -
will be found most useful:
then NO fear Of 4 GOOD o.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-27

to a drying machine ON the lower
floor. He slipped. fell into the chute.
and slid rapidly IS feet to the entrance
OF the machine. Employees who saw
him disappear stopped the machine,
but were unable to check the now Of
grain into the chute. The grain, at
temperature of 80 degrees, covered
him completely.
A section Of the iron chute was
taken out and men with shovels
reached Lupinik, but he was dead
when lifted out. He leaves q wife
and three small children.