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Evening star., 1916-11-26
One Mexican P0IiCy,

ID REPRESENTATIVE McLEMORE. de-
ee Tending our Mexican policy, said:
Opponents of our Mexican policy
would like us to treat Mexico as the
Pecos river magistrate treated the dead
Mexican.
"A Mexican was found dead near
Pecos river They arrested the corpse
and brought it before the magistrate.
y revolver and $50 were found in its
pockets.
THE corpse, the magistrate said. is
fined $3.50 for carrying concealed deadly
weapons The revolver, of course. is
contiscated. The costs in this case are
$3.50, which just settles the estate"
Evening star., 1916-11-26
Off the Track.
NYANcE MCCORMICK, head of the

NYANCE MCCORMICK, head of the VIII
v son campaign. said in a political ar
gument in Harrisburg:
"Oh, you miss my meaning. You are
as far off the track as the recruit who
was being examined by the surgeon.
" Got any scars on your asked the
surgeon. as the recruit was stripping.
No. said the recruit, with a BEAM
ci-garoots in my inside coat pocket.
doc"
Evening star., 1916-11-26
FROM THE DEEP WOODS TO CIyI-
IIZATION: Chapters in the Auto
biography of Indian. ~ Charles

Eoston: Lutte, brown & TO.
These chapters from the life story Of
a Sioux indian are "f an absorbing in
t..est "Ohiyesa" is now Charles A.
Eastman. physician. writer and iectur-
er His present home is in New Eng
Land. where he has a wife Of Puritan
stock and six children. UntlI he was
fifteen years old. however. Charles
Eastman was Ohyesa, Sioux lad Of
the western wilderness. At that point
In his life. the father. from whom
Chiycsa had long been separated. came
hack TO fud the boy in order to have
him go 70 school 10 be taught the ways
OF the white man. The story begins
with the time when Ohiyesa took the
white mans trail" Then follows an
account OF his school life in the west
and finally at Dartmouth College from
which he graduated, and Immediately
prepared himself for the medical pro-
fession. All OF this story is interest
ing, but no other part of II goes quite
so deep into ones feelings as that
which pictures those first years of con-
tormity to z new and alien mode of
l;fe Great simplicity and pathos there
The story advances through the return
Of the Indian to be ii physician to his
own people. In Il little while there
after troubles arose between the tribes
and the whites. Then came the "Ghos.
Dance war and the Wounded Knee
massacre, of which lie writes from the
standpoint OF an eyewitness and in
q spirit Of clear fair -mindedness. From
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N7O longer need the cranberry be an
WNI exile at the Thanksgiving board.
No longer does the red of its ber-
ries speak of the blood from countless
scra tches upon baby hands. nor its bitter
ness tell of hours spent in toll by little
children. This years crop of cranberries
was picked entirely by adult labor, in the
main by men.
1t has been several years since first the
cry went up against child labor in all its
branches. The cranberry industry, con-
fined principally TO Massachusetts, and
New Jersey. was attacked for the reason
that hundreds Of children were employed
each year in picking the berries. Massa-
chusetts now has law prohibiting child
labor, thus insuring the picking of her
berries by adults But there was no such
law in New Jersey. and the taint still
chung to the cranberries.
But this year grown men stopped over
the tiny vines, picking the berries either
by hand or by means Of the scoop" No
baby voices were raised in protest at the
long hours and the dampness.
But it took more than the EFFORTS OF
child labor committees, more than the de-
termination of certain number of people
not TO eat the berries so long as they
stood for child labor. The battle was
finally won because death stalhed abroad
in the land. because of the quarantine
against infantile paralysis.
This years crop, which will average a
n Ia haln tIa Of n
half a million bushels, comes chiefly from
Massa chusetts the Cape Cod berry being
famous But New Jersey supplies about
300 O00 bushels annually, the picking of
which requires about 5000 workers In
past years il has been customary for at
least one-fourth of that number to be
children.
In speaking of conditions as they exist
ed this year, Douglas =. Falconer, sec
retary of the New Jersey child labor
committee. said that the use of children
in the bogs had practically stopped
"Our investigator secured the conf
dence of a number of managers of the
bogs." said Mr.. Falconer. They told
about their work this year. He also
talked to the station agents, the school
teachers and a number of residents of the
community. The testimony was unani-
nous that very few families migrated
from Philadelphia this year. that being
where the greatest number OF plckers
have come from in seasons past.
This is due to two causes, the most
important of which is the state quar-
antine on children under sixteen be-
cause of infantile paralysis, and, sec
ondly, because of the great industrial
prosperity of Philadelphia. Whereas
ordinarily those representing the cram
berry owners are able to offer induce
ments such as to draw the pickers to
the bogs by the hundreds. this year
such good positions were open to the
Italians that the financial inducement
failed to make them leave their homes.
In some few instances, where the for
eigners evaded the city quarantine and
managed to get their families to New
Jersey. they were halted by local health
authorities upon their arrival at the
villages in the bog districts and
promptly sent back home.
THE managers, according to their
own statements. have resorted more
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to the use of the scoops this year than
ever before, and have used native labor
whenever they could get it.
The housing conditions on the bogs
did not seem to be changed, but mas
much as the number of families work
ing was so few, the quarters provided
by the owners were not crowded.
1t was in connection with the housing
conditions found to exist on the ma
jority of New Jersey cranberry bogs
that the greatest storm Of protest arose.
An entire family, which often comprises
two adults and eight children. was
housed in a single room. This ROOM
indescribably dirty, sometimes had one
small window, but often as not.
none. In this place all the family meals
were prepared, while the source of sup
ply usually hung from the wall. All
ten would sleep in the room. and dur
ing the night the wet, grimv clothing
worn in the bogs would be lying
around to breed disease.
Because OF the peculiar nature of the
Industry, cranberry picking presents nu-
merous disadvantages not found III other
similar pursuits. CranberrieS are cult
waited on marshlandS, useless for ordinary
purposes, which in winter are flooded TO
keep the frost from the plants. With the
first approach of spring the boss are
drained and the vines then obtain their
growth and new crop OF berries The
vine grows but a short distance above
ground. while the berries hang singly
For these reasons picking the fruit is a
tiresome. unhealthy task. The picker must
stoop until shoulder muscles rebel and the
back protests, while underfoot it is always
damp. In addition the dampness breeds
mosquitoes which add to the discontinue
of the pickers. while the tiny thorus on
the vines tear the flesh
Cranberry pickers are usually formed
into long rows ANA begin picking across a
bog. the children and women in one divi-
sion and the men in another. This holds
true for conditions as they have existed
in the past. With the use of the scoop
this has been changed. In describing this
method of gathering the fruit an official
of the Department of Agriculture who
has recently returned from a tour of the
used almost exclusively, said:
IF you put your hands together and
spread the fingers slightly apart you have
a miniature scoop. The principal is iden-
teal The scoop is a wooden frame with
high sides. in which the bottom is a series
of curved wires. When these are run
through the vines the berries are combed
off.
This method has the advantage of
protecting the hands of the workers
against the scratches which usually re-
suit from picking, but the scoops are
too difficult to WELD to make them
practical for women. AS for child la
Dor on bogs where scoops are employ
ed, it is out of the question. They need
a strong man to operate them with
any degree of success.
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scoops cannot be used. however, on
vines which have not attained their
full growth. On young bogs, under
three years growth, the berries must
be picked by hand. After that time
the scoop may be used. Some damage
to the vines necessarily results, but in
as the vines are trimmed after
each seasons fruit has been gathered.
it is immaterial"
In consequence of the changed con-
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that. together with their sincere acknowledge
ments of kind offerings. they may join the peni-
tent confession of their manifold SINS whereby
they had forfeited every favor, and their
please God through the merits of Jesus Christ,
mercifully TO forgive and blot them out Of
remembrance: that it may please Him graciously
o afford His blessing the governments OF
these states respectively. and prosper the pub
lie councils of the whole to inspire
them with that wisdom and for,itude which
may render them fit instruments. under the
providence of Almighty God. 10 secure for these
United States the greatest Of all blessings, inde
pendpnce and peace; that it may please Him
70 prosper the trade and manufactures of the
our land may yield its increase: to take schools
and semins res Of educa ton. necessary for
cultivating the principles of true liberty, virtue
and piety. under His nurturing hand. and TO
and enlargement of that kingdom which con-
sisteth in righteousness. peace and Joy in the
Holy Ghost.
And 1t is further recommended that servile
labors and such recrcatiOns as, though at other
times innocent. may be unl,ecoming the purpose
occasion.
During these war times there were
many Thanksgiving prociamations,"
said DR.. Hunt. whenever there was
victory there was an official Thanks
giving recommendation TO hearten the
people. There was one on December
90. 1878, composed by the chaplain of
the Congress. In 1879 the Continental
Congress set aside the second Thurs
day in December for a Thanksgiving.
the recommendation was written by
Jesse Root of Connecticut. and another
Evening star., 1916-11-26

civil wars. between Washing
ton and Lincoln. one finds il hard to be-
lfeve that this dreary stretch of time
may be turned into a brilliant living
panorama. wherein one may himself
move about watching the behavior and
listening % the talk Of men who at
this close range prove to be so COM
fortincly human after all And this
chance TO partake Of those events that
served to shape nation out OF some
times doubtful material. this oppor-
tunity 10 associate freely with the
master workmen in this building, is
due TO the fresh constructive imag-
inatiou Of Miss Nico!ay ava 20 the
courage that led her tnto the delight
fuI irformalit= that one fnds here.
George NasE!ugtpE. under thiS magic
treatment. turns from formula into a
genuine human being. And one is
ttaahfGi TO- the rEole:ic tautrulns Of
John Adams. for they are Of aesh and
bIoUc. kaJ 50 uHv goes on III increas-
s,ury cf the building Of our nation.
one ,s impressed 700. with the diff
cu!ty Of this ts.sn- To master the facts.
- iurorrCf? {" them as a part Of ones
essence. 70 recreate that for which they
stand IN such dramatic realism is Il
uGitc astonishing work for the author,
- It IS tn It's result and effect an un-
allowed Joy 10 the reader. \ few people
are beginning 70 convince us that his
tory does not have TO be duh and
wooden. Miss Nicolay is one Of these.
Evening star., 1916-11-26
Reviews of New Books

here on the story has to do with Mr..
Eastman's work for a general improve
ment in the social welfare of the In
dians and for fairer attitude of the
government toward them. The whole
is an impressive and Interesting rec
ord of unique personal experience
as it is also an illumination of the
Indian character and attitude from the
standpoint of the Indian himself.
Evening star., 1916-11-26

That proclamation is. In part. as
follows:
The year that is drawing TO st. close hss
been hlled with rhe blessings of fruitful helfs
OF health and Of strength from tho nelds q
peaceful industry to the national defense have
NOT arrested the plow, tn. shuttle or Nh" ship:
the has enlarged the borders 81 our settle
mcnts. and the mines. : well of r"n and ~
coal of pr"cions metals. hav" yielded even
more ahpriantly than heretofore. Population
has steadily increased notwithstanding the
waste that has been made in camp. the siege
and the battlefield. and the country. rejoicing IN
vigor is Permitted TO expect continuance Of
years with large Increase Of freedom.
NO hunsn counsel hath devised. hath
any mortal hand worked out these great things.
They the gracious gift Of the most high
God, who. while dealing with US in anger for
our sins. hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
1T has seemed ht and proper that
they should he solenlnly. feryentiy and CRATE
fully acknowledged. with one heart and one
voice by the whole American people. Dc.
therefore. invite nay fellow citizen- In every
part ot the United States. and also those who
at and thoS. who sojourning In
foreign lands To set apart and observe thc last
Thursday in November next day Of Thanks
giving and praise I" our ben'fcent Father. who
dwrlleth ia tho heavens And recommend To
them that while Offering mp the Inscriptions
justly due 10 Him for such singular deliveranc.S
and blessing, they do also with humble peni-
fence for oar national pery, rs.ness and disc
b"dienre. commend Ia His tender all those
who have h'come widows. orphans. m"nrpsrs
or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife In
which now nnaroidably engaged. and
feryently implore The interposition Of III. Al
and /" restore IT. as soon as may he consistent
with the Divine purposes. 10 the full enjoy yment
of peace. hsrmcnr. tranquility and union,
In TESTIMONY whereof I hive hereunto
my hand and caused the seal Of the United
States TO Ice affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington. the "a
day of october. A.p. 1853. and OF the Independ-
ence of the United States. the eighty eighth.
ABRAHAM LINCoLS."
Evening star., 1916-11-26

The Presidents Thanksgiving proc
lamation is sometimes written by the
chief executive himself: again il is COM
posed. At his request, by the State De-
partment in which case ii comes under
the Jurisdiction OF Alvey A. Adee. sec
ond assistant secretary of state.
President Cleveland was in the habit
of sending his Thanksgiving proclama-
tions over to the State Department in
his own handwriting. II is understood
that the first Thank nksgiving procls MAJ
tion of President Taft was written by
4 woman. Mr. Taft d.leVate-l the state
Department to prepare his Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation. and Miss Anne
Shortridge. law clerk in the Office OF
Henry Hoyt. first counselor of the State
Department, was asked to prepare the
instrument.
1t is inferred from their composition
that President Wilson's THANKSGIVING
proclamations are of his own debating.
and President Roosevelt's bore the i'm I
press Of his characteristic style. For
merly the handwriting identified au-
thorship: now the ron-committal type
writer reveals nothing in that direc-
ton. The Thanksgiving proclamations
prepared in the State Department are
usually written on safe. orthodox lines.
giving offense to no one and leaving
not much to be remembered.
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and at the time when the public was
divided on several topics, was SO con-
stfued by many. OF this. Secretary of
State, r. Randolph. himself. seems to
have Had an anticipation.
The national Thanksgiving proclama-
tions which were issued from this time
on and which are still in existence are
all deposited in the Department OF
State, where they are on -file in the
bureau of rolls and library. Of which
John A. Tonner is chief. In a recent
talk upon the subject Mr.. Tonner point
ed out next to the Washington proc
lamation in interest in the collection
under his care those produced by
the civil war.
1T was not until 1853" he said. 'Ynat
the horizon had so frightened as to
President Lincoln appointed one Au-
gust s. because of the victory of
Gettysburg. November 26 of the same
year another Thanksgiving was OBJ
served, and in this President Lincoln
inaugurated the custom OF an annual
Thanksgiving the last Thursday In No
Sember.
There is. however. no statutory pro-
vision for our Thanksgiving proclama-
tons nor for their date. In evidence
of this President Andrew Johnson's
first Thanksgiving proclamation desig-
mated the first Thursday in December
1868. If we speak of Thanksgiving
day a national institution IL dates
back to the revolution said Mr.. Ton
ner. but if we have in mind the an
nual harvest Thanksgiving day IL be-
comes nationalized through the adop-
ton of il by several states. and tho
first appointment was by Abraham Lin
coin November IS. 1853.
Evening star., 1916-11-26
LETTERS OF RICHARD WATSON

These letters prove Richard Watson
Glider to have been first and foremost
philanthropist. A poet. essayist.
lecturer and reader, these arts appear
TO have been used In large measure to
urge some plan OF welfare for this
class or that community or for the gem
eral good. One would call him q re-
former II the term had rot taken or
a faint of scIf-seeking. The letters Of
this volume reveal a wide range of in
;crestG and friendships. broad and
beautiful Auertcanism. The most of
these are intimate personal letters to
friends. notable people the most of
them, but many Of them are about the
business of the city or the country.
Mr. Glider was actively interested in
civil service reform. international copy
right and many civic measures for the
relief and advantage Of the people.
There is a fine strain OF numor here Il
spirit and manner that recall Robert
Louis Stevenson in his whimsical and
playful moods. The daughter has
woven these letters together by con-
nectlve tissue Of narration that turns
the whole into II full story Of the life
Of a deeply cultured and broadly in
iluentia! American writer of the pres
ent time.
Evening star., 1916-11-26
oIR N.TtoH IN THE RUILDING. B,

Helen Nicolay. author of Persona
Traits of Abraham Lincoln" etc
Illustrated with portraits. Ne"
SJrk: The Century Company.
Evening star., 1916-11-26

perpetuation as she knows, also. some
of the measures that are already being
discussed to safeguard their national
existence. All of this she brings as an
argument for peace, since peace is the
essential of racial progress.
Evening star., 1916-11-26

VINO suffered, as all Of us
have. over the miles of names
and dates that crowd in be-
tween the revolutionary and
c;,-iI vars hetreen Washing
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-25
PERSONALS

Judge Gunnison returned to Ju- neau on the Jefferson.
 Frank Cook left for Juneau this morDiqg on the Jefferson.
 ATr. Hyatt and wife of St. Louis, are enroute to the outside.
 E.J Jones of Whitehorsd is stop ping at the Golden North.
 H. Morris, knight of the grip, is drumming up trade for his firm.
 Sam Guyot commercial traveler, Is calling up his trade in this city.
 Tom Bee, interior trader left for the interior on. the mornings train.
 Ms. Patton of Dawson, is visit ing with Mrs. McAlister in this city.
 F. W. Smith, with the Diamond c brand, is talking meats to his customers.
 A. E. Henderson, who has been a guesA at the Golden North Hotel will .trn return to Whitehorse.
 MT Abbey and a party of five surveyors will leave for the south on tte Alameda. Mir. Abbey is bourd for Juneau.
 MisS Brown and Miss Kellock' two trained nurses for the hospi- tai in Atlin arrived on the Sophia this morning.
 Dr. and Mrs. Knidkerbocker are enroute to the outside. Dr. mick erbocre1 practiced dentistry here for some time and then went to the interior.
 Miss A. R. Moore, trained nurse, is escorting Chas. Branftter to Boise. Idho. MT. BrafntteT became paralyzed in the interior and is enroute to spend his time with his folks ia the Idaho city.
 Robert Smart, interior mining mal, will leave for Seattle on the Sophia tomorrow night. MT. smart will 1eturn in December and begin to make arrangements for installing a hydraulic plant on Manson creek.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-25
WANTS LOCAL
CARE FOR INSANE
CContinued from page 1.)

search and help,' he said, T be- l, eye that the government should continue the work which it is do- ing, but in addition to that be- lieve that canneries and fishing in terests could do 8 deal more than they ar edoing to preserve the fish 's the Territory would take ad- ditional jurisdicd on and pass laws comrt ning them to more closely watch the preservation end of the fishing business"
 MT Heckman left on the Hum boIdt for Hatnes. and southern ports where he will wage his cam paign tor senatorship in the First Divlsnn. MT. Heckmanl expressed his regrets that arrangements could not be made so that. he could ad- dress the voters here and let them learn dirctly from him some of
 
 the ideas which he holds in regard to Territorial government. He hopes how ever, to make arrangements to return and give a short snappy tals to the voters here before cleo tion time. He is accorded with saying, q have little personally to gain or lose in the race for the senatorship. I received the nom- ination at the hands of the RepuD- lican convention and am inspired with ambition to carry out the pro- gram which those honorable gentle man have honored me with. I shall devote my sincerest efforts to the people of Alaska, if elected"
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-25
FAVORS
 COMMUNITY LAW

Claiming that ne will carry Ketcnlkan, the home town of J. R. Heckman, J. M. Tanner, Demo cratic candidate for senator, is back looking after his prbYate busi- ness a few days before launching forth on another campaign cruise. Mir. Tanner will leave oU Friday for Juneau and way cities to speak to the voters in behalt of the can- didacy. Things look mighty fa- vorable for my election" said MT Tanner this morning. "All of the fishermen down the coast are back ins me and I have more strength than I at first thought"
 q am appearing before the Vot- erg throughout the First Division and appealing to them for their vcte on my record made in the sen ate. l am carrying the house and senate documents around with me and show them by the record that what I amrepresening is true" sai7 MT. Tanner, "One of my strongest blanks Is a community property law. IintOduced 1t be- fo-e the last senate session and 1t carried. It was turned down in the house and will introduce a similar bill if elected. The Law which I favor is closely drawn from tbe Washington amended law ana it's a disgrace that Alaska dcesn't have a code provision, mak- ing olovision for the women of this Territory" further added! MT. Tanner.
 "Fishermen ara backing me be- cause I favor fish protection. A big majority of the Ketchikani fish e1men will give me their vote for that very reason. am in favor of an Alaskan Institution for the care, protection and custody of Alaskas iasane. l would be favorable to the making contract with the government, whereby the Territory would build a sanitarium, hire pro fessit ual medical experts and keep them fer the same sum here that they are kept for on the outside. Full Territorial rights is some thine that l am advocating and working for. I believe that the Te.rilory should have control Of all of tie utilities in the Territory, said Mir. Tnaner in covering some Of tLa points in his campaign.
 MT. Tanner plans on returning here before the campaign closes and addressing the voters of this precinct. Possibly some of the other Democratic candidates will also In- wade the field and speak at the same time.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-10-25
BORROW
 MORE MONEY

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 - An of a new loan by Am erican financiers tol the British government before the end of the week has officially been made by American and British officials. The terms of the agreement for the loan calls for a loan of two hun dred md fifty three million dollars with a provision that it can be raised 10 three hundred million by serving ten days notice.
 The loan bears an interest rate of five per cent and is for a long period os time. Theloan will be forwarded by four or five of the leading financial houses in New York City.