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A YEAR,
Vol. 11. No. 8.
SWEDISH LABOR ISKS
FOil MOTS LIBERTY
Unions Adopt Resolutions of
Sympathy for Struggling
Norwegians.
Declare They Will Not Take up
Arms to Coerce New Sov­
ereign State.
Stockholm. June 22. The attitude of
the laboring: classes is likely to prove
a potent factor in overcoming any pos­
sible disposition on the part of a sec­
tion of the Riksdag to suggest the
adoption of coercive measures toward
Norway and in influencing the Chamber
In favor of accepting the dissolution
of the union of Norway and Sweden.
Swedish labor unions are daily tele­
graphing to Norwegian unions saying
the Social Democratic party has issued
a proclamation to the working classes
reading:
"It becomes more apparent daily that
the upper classes and reactionary
newspapers are attempting to cultivate
a sentiment hostile to Norway with
the view of calling the people to arms
Against her in her struggle for liberty.
Continuing the proclamation says
that it is the firm decision of the
workingmen not to respond to a call
to arms and asserts that they intend
to go out on strike over the whole
country if the Riksdag comes to such
•A decision.
In conclusion the proclamation calls
upon the laboring classes throughout
Sweden to manifest their opinion of
the situation at public meetings.
King Oscar's long letter to the Presi­
dent of the Norwegian Storthing, M.
Berner, defining his position, was read
in the Storthing this morning.
The document was referred unani­
mously to a special committee without
comment.
The Sforthing welcomed the last
paragraph as an indication that the
King and the Riksdag will probably
confirm dissolution after a reaffirma­
tion tlfat the union could not be dis­
solved without the consent of Sweden
and King Oscar.
AT
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council Holds
Quarterly Session.
Decides to Arrange Lecturing
Tour for Each Member of
Executive Council.
Washington, D. C., June 22.—Monday
morning the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor began
an important conference in Scranton,
Pa., the following members being pres­
ent: President Samuel Gompers of the
Oigarmakers' union Vice President
James Duncan of the Granite Cutters'
union John Mitchell of the Mine
Workers of America James 0"Connell
of the Machinists Max Morris of the
Retail Clerks' association and Thomas
J. Kidd of the Woodworkers" union
Treasurer John B. Lennon of the Jour­
neymen Tailors Secretary Frank Mor­
rison of the Typographical union.
President Gompers submitted a re­
port of the organizing and lecturing
ytour which he recently made through
the West, recounting the growth of the
organization and the splendid spirit
of unity obtaining among the work­
men of the country and their devotion
to the trades union movement and the
American Federation of Labor.
After considerable discussion the ex­
ecutive committee decided to arrange
for a lecturing tour and itinerary for
the various members of the executive
council through the different sections
of the country.
Secretary Morrison submitted his fi­
nancial report for the eight months
ending May 31. The balance on hand
October 1, 1904, was $103,017.94, and
the income for the eight months $141,
074.03, making a total of $244,991.97.
The expenditures were $148,356.45. The
report shows that $70,901.52 has been
received for per capita tax of cent
per member per month. One hundred
and ninety charters were issued for the
eight months one state branch, forty
Six central labor unions, ninety local
trade unions, fifty-three federal labor
tin ions.
There are now affiliated to the Am­
erican Federation of Labor 116 inter­
national trade unions, 33 state branches,
04 central labor unions, 1,043 local
trade and federal litibor unions, the 116
International unions having approxi­
mately 25,000 local unions attached to
them. The official magazine, the Am­
erican Federationist, was shown to be
In good condition. The report having
previously been audited, was approved.
1A number of other matters were dis­
cussed and action taken thereon.
WOMAN FACTORY INSPECTOR
GETS AFTER C. W. POST
Miss Burton, factory inspector for
|he state of Michigan, was compelled
to order better sanitary regulations in
?he W. Post Battle Creek postmor­
tem grlpenuts shop. MSss Burton dls
lovered an unwholesome condition pre
raillng there that menaced the health
the underpaid employes. See page
274, Twenty-second Annual Report of
the Michigan Bureau of Labor.
A LOUD SUIT.
Howell—"How do you like my new
•uit?"
Powell—"I hate the sound of It."
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IIIT ILL DEMOCRATS
Tom Watson Unearths Some
Strange Quotations From
Daddies of Nation.
In Great Constitutional Con­
vention But Ten Dele­
gates Trusted People.
Those foolish persons who have been
taught in school and in the public
prints that the founders of our Con­
stitution were sincerely desirous of es­
tablishing a system of government in
which the will of the people should
find free expression, will be shocked
and undeceived when they read its
debates and proceedings as recorded
by James Madison, one of the dele­
gates from Virginia. When one conies
to learn of these fifty-five delegates
that not more than ten are on record
as voicing the slightest degree of con­
fidence in the wisdom of the people
or their fitness to rule, he is likely to
take a new view of the Constitution
framed by them, and he is able to ac­
count for the innumerable ills which
we are compelled to suffer.
I will quote a few expressions of
opinion from delegates who. wielded
tlie greater influence in the construc­
tion of the Constitution:
Roger Sherman—"The people should
have as little to do as may be about
the government."
Abridge Gerry—"The evils we ex­
perience flow from an excess of dem­
ocracy, the worst of all possible evils."
John Dickinson—"A limited mon­
archy is one of the best governments
in the world."
Rufus King—"It is immaterial to the
people by what government they are
possessed, provided they be well em­
ployed."
Alexander Hamilton—"The British
monarchy is the best government in
the world," and he doubted If any­
thing short of it would do in America.
"Their House of Lords is a most noble
institution." He acknowledged himself
not to think favorably of republican
government. "Inequality in property
constitutes the great and fundamental
distinction in society."
Gunning Bedford—"Are we to act
with greater purity than the rest of
mankind? Our votes are actuated by
Interest and ambition."
Governor Morris.—"The senate must
have great personal property it must
have the aristocratic spirit it must
love to lord through pride. To make
it independent it should be for ljfe.
Property is the main object of society."
John Rutledge—"Property certainly
is the principal object of society."
Pierce Butler—"Slaves should hay#
an equal representation In a govern­
ment which is instituted principally
for the protection of property, and is
of itself to be supported by property."
Charles C. Pinckney—"Property in
slaves should not be exposed to dan­
ger in a government instituted for the
protection of property."
George Mason—"It would be as un­
natural to refer the choice of a proper
character for president to the people
as to refer a test of colors to a blind
man."
James Madison—"In future times a
great majority of the people will not
only be without landed but any sort
of property. If they combine, the
rights of property will not be safe in
their hands."
James Ellsworth—4,As population
grows, poor laborers will be so plen­
ty as to render slaves useless."
The thirteen delegates from whom I
have quoted were the dominating char­
acters in that- convention, and it is
possible to cite innumerable passages
expressing the same distrust and con­
tempt for the people. It should be
understood that the great mass of the
people had no representation in that
secret conclave, and that half a cen­
tury passed before its proceedings were
made public by act of congress.—Tom
.Watson's Magazine.
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WESTERN MINERS' UNION
JOIN NEW MOVEMENT.
The Western Federation of Miners'
convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, by
a vote of 175% to 49% decided to send
delegates to the industrial union con­
vention in Chicago, June 27. Aid and
sympathy was also voted to the Chi­
cago teamsters, striking brewers of
Seattle, Wash., and the coal miners on
strike lh Carbon county, Utah. Re­
garding the charges that the W. F. ot
M. was boycotting A. F. of L. labels, a
resolution was adopted denouncing the
statement as untrue, pointing out that
the large demand for union labeled
products in the Rocky Mountain and
Pacific Coast states was largely due to
thf efforts of the miners, and pledging
a continuous and insistent demand for
union goods regardless of national af­
filiation.
Greatest Convention in the
History of Minnesota Labor
Movement Suceeded in
Bringing Together the Con­
tending Factions in the
Twin Cities.
Coast Is Now Clear for
Progress of Labor Move-
ment Convention Decided
Upon a Plan of Action in
Field of Organization That
Will Bring Success.
Now that the convention of the Min­
nesota State Federation af Labor has
been adjourned for ten days one can
well stop and analyze its proceedings.
We can say without reservation that
the meeting was one of the most im­
portant ever held in the state. Its ef­
fect will be far reaching and bene­
ficial. If it did nothing more than
unite the contending factions in the
Twin Cities it would have served a
noble purpose for organized labor, but
it did more than this. It did some
things that previous conventions had
an opportunity to dp, but which they
failed to do.
The delegates, with but few excep­
tions, were hard working, earnest and
industrious men who had the best in­
terests of the labor movement at heart.
This was evident from the moment the
convention was called to order. It is
true that the trade union politician was
there. He stood on the curb stone
talking officers' election long before
the convention went into session. He
thought nothing of the work of the
convention beyond this point. But
this kind of men were scarce, very
scarce, and the trade unions of the
state are to be congratulated because
of their wisdom in selecting such able
mien to represent them in the great
States Labor Federation.
At least twenty of the 178 delegates
present were good timber for the
presidency, and that many more could
have filled the office of secretary
treasurer with the utmost satisfaction.
But few convention bodies contain this
character of membership. The new
president of the Federation, Mr. Wil­
liam. Templeman, is ably fitted for the
position. He is a neat, polished,
brainy and forcible gentleman, who
knows something about the hopes and
aspirations of the labor movement.
That he will prove a good
officer for the Federation groes with­
FATHER DUCEY GIVES
PRIESTS GOOD ADVICE
Pastor of St. Leo's Roman
Catholic Church in New
Yorks Talks Wisely.
Politicians, Gamblers and Mon­
opolists are Foes of the
Nation.
New York, June 22.—The Rev.
Thomas U. Ducey, the beloved pastor
of St. Leo's Roman Catholic church,
New York, declared in a recent sermon
that every clergyman in the United
States should join in a propaganda to
preach against the criminal activities
of the politicians, stock gamblers and
corporations that corner the necessar­
ies of life until the statute books of
the country make their conduct a
crime against the national safety.
After describing politicians as self
seeking, avaricious, unprincipled and
characterless men, and lauding the
high-minded statesmen who work sole­
ly for the benefit of their fellows?
Father Ducey declared that Jesus
Christ, "the founder of the Christian
republic, which is to endure to the
end of time, was the greatest states­
man the world ever knew, because He
had the highest aims for the good of
the multitude." Continuing he said:
"Every Catholic, as well as every
priest, should be most ardent in the
work of civic righteousness, civic de­
cency and higher moral tone and if
such be our standard, and it undoubt­
edly should be, higher civic decency
must flourish.
"Suppose that from the ten thous­
and Catholic pulpits of this republic
the voice of every priest was lifted up
Sunday after Sunday from the open­
ing of the year to its closing, present­
ing in earnest, clear, burning words
the necessity of every individual hav­
ing a definite interest for every defi­
nite virtue, and that we priests Insist­
ed with intelligent zeal upon truth, the
basis of all things, on justice and
brotherly love being practiced that
men should not wink at injustice and
wrong, whether by the politicians or
by the deceitful promoters of vast
frauds in the name of industry that
no unjust corporations, large or email,
and least of all criminal corporations
with untold wealth acquired by legal
robbery, should be allowed for a day
to hold sway in the mar1 of trade and
commerce, what a powerN for good and
prosperity would be the voice of the
Catholic priesthood.
The Divine agency of Jesus Christ
here upon earth. His church and His
priests, cannot permit the multitude
on whom Jesus Christ had compassion
to imagine for an instant that as
DEVOTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL WELFARE OF THE HEAD OF THE LAKES.
DULUTH AND SUPERIOR, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1905.
REVIEW OF BRAINERD CONVENTION OF
THE MINNESOTA FEDERATION OF lABOtf
out saying. He will be supported in
his work by every subordinate officer
in the Federation.
But now to the work of the conven­
tion. It gave the movement in ttys
state an impetus. It laid out a plan
for conducting the work of organiza­
tion that will surely serve to spread
the movement into new fields. It took
a stand for political action that is
sensible and practical. It refused to
nibble at the bait of the "ghost danc­
ers," but rather it chose the methodi­
cal way, and if we mistake not the
next session
at
the legislature will con­
tain some labor men who know some­
thing of the wants of labor and how
to get them.
The convention mapped out a finan­
cial policy for th^ labor movement of
the state which will be submitted to
a referendum vote, and if carried will
enable the movement to make rapid
strides in both organization and legis­
lative work.
It sent its greetings to the Ameri­
can Federation of Labor, and pledged
itself anew to undying principles for
which the American labor movement
stands. It condemned with both force
and logic the effort of the "rebels"
who meet In Chicago next ,week to
launch a rival labor organization.
It gave its assurance to the working
glrlfa of Minnesota that it would leave
no stone unturned to secure for them
an eight-hour day in shop, store and
factory.
The Federation did many things that
will redound to its credit for years to
come. There was not a dry moment in
all its proceedings. People, usually
disinterested in labor's proceedings,
packed the galleries, and all Brainerd
seemed to be interested In the pro­
gress and work of the convention.
Business men and prominent citizens
in commenting on the convention and
character of the delegatse seemied very
much pleased. Indirectly word came
to us that our stock was high. We
made a good impression and. we left
the city knowing full well that the
people of Brainerd were our friends.
The speeches, too, were of the high­
est order. Labor Commission Wil­
liams, Organizer Murray of the Car­
penters' union, A. E. Bainbridge, C. E.
James, Wm. Temipleman, Henry Pe
reaut, Thos, Van Lear, A. H. Garfield,
Phii Carlin, M. E. Neary, John Rogan
and a host of others distinguished
themselves as labor orators of ability.
W. W. Barron, a young man from
Brainerd, made a most faVorable im
pressiqn on the delegates. This was
his first convention. His maiden speech
was when he nominated R. C. Kutz of
fathers of the multitude we are not
standing with the multitude. It is in­
sinuated and asserted that we are with
the oppressors' a-nd use our spiritual
power to keep the people down in suf­
fering and humiliation. This is a lie.
Nevertheless, we musft not allow the
liars to deceive the people. The priests
as fathers of the people cannot afford
to be misjudged. We cannot permit
even the appearance of being false to
the rights of the multitude.
"Therefore we feel the necessity of
repeatedly crying out against the crim­
inal activities of men and corporations
who corner the bounties of nature nec­
essary for the proper clothing, feeding,
warming and housing of the struggling
millions. The usual stock gambling
methods that seek to control the bread
of lif.e, the food that nurishes, the oil
that lights, the coal that warms, should
not be controlled for the aggrandize­
ment and luxury of a few to the suf­
fering of millions.
"Let us hope and trust that with
God's blessing the day is not far dis­
tant when In every state in the Union
we will find on the statute books laws
and constitutional provisions that
make such conduct a crime against
the national safety."
A CLOTHING STORE
FOR UNION MEN
The new "Union Clothing and Shoe
House, whose announcement appears
on another pag£ of this issue, is meet­
ing the approval of the organized la­
bor of this city. This is the only
store of its kind in the city carrying
only union made clothing, shoes and
furnishing goods, and from present
indications should be a big success.
Union men of Duluth who have been
in the habit of going into the much
talked of stores of this city and not
being shown a single "union made"
garment are much pleased that at last
a clothing store has been established
carrying exclusively union made gar­
ments of the highest excellence. Not
only as a matter of principle should
organized labor favor a store of this
kind, but because the prices on the
high grade of union made clothing
carried here is sold for lower prices
than inferior, ill-smelling sweatshop
garments are sold for elsewhere. A
Big Reduction Sale is now. being held
on men's high grade union made suits,
shoes and furnishing goods, and it
would be a revelation to men who'
have been paying exorbitant prices
for their clothing to see this beautiful
new, up-to-date stock at the special
low prices quoted. This week aijd
until July 4th.
A CHANCE TO ACT.
Montgomery,- Ward- & Co., of Chi­
cago, have been'' enriched by a mail
order business!! and, according to the
labor press,- there is a growing move­
ment in various parts of the country
to shut off patronage. A national boy­
cott would probably show that sweat­
shop concern that honest folk have a
right to live as well as human dogs.
.Goes on Record in Well De­
fined Political Resolution
Which Will Surely Result
in Placing Several Good La­
bor Men in State Law Mak­
ing Body.
President William Templeman
Is Well Equipped to Take
Up His Work—He Is a Man
bf Considerable Ability and
Is Surrounded With Earnest
Men.
a labor convention, made a hit. The
young man wos polished, tactful and
forcible. We hope that he will con­
tinue in the labor movement. There
is a good field for just such as he in
the ranks of organized labor. Some
careful tutoring will land him in the
front rank of labbr mewn in the coun­
try.
Among the citizens of Brainerd who
are worthy of special mention is
Father Lynch, a clergyman of miuch
sympathy for labor. He is well konwn
locally as a true friend and §£tge ad­
viser of labor. The Brainerd conven­
tion gave him a state reputation.
Mayor Con O'Brien is a good fellow
with a big heart, who evidently has
.seen many years' service in a work­
shop. He gave the convention a royal
welcome in true Irish style. Frank
Hall, the chairman of the committee
on arrangements, did not permit a
moment of inactivity to go by. He
was of especial service to the secre­
tary-treasurer, for which we are deep­
ly grateful.
A review of the Brainerd convention
would not be complete without a ref­
erence to John P. Dahin of the Cigar
makers' union, residing in Brainerd.
Mr. Dahin is one of the original labor
men in that city. It was he who gave
many days and nights to promote the
movement in its infancy there, and
the convention as a mark of apprecia­
tion gave him a seat, as a fraternal
delegate from the State Blue Label
League.
J. P. McGinnis, the leading merchant
of Brainerd, won the hearts of the del­
egates by giving to each a souvenir.
They were exceptionally pretty and
will be kept by the delegates for many
days to come.
The next convention will be held in
Stillwater on the second Monday in
June, 1906. Here is hoping that it
*nri
Brafnerd meeting,
IS
STILL OUIJITH LABOR
President Gompers Investi­
gates Trouble and Supports
Flour Mill Employees.
Union Labor Called Upon to
Do Its Duty Towards Min­
neapolis Millers.
Minneapolis, Minn., June 22.-MSpe
cial Correspondence to Labor World.)
—A. E. Kellington, general secretary of
the Flour and Cereal Mill Employes'
union of this city, in an interview to­
day stated most positively that the
name of the Washburn-Crosby Milling
company was still on the "We do not
patronize" list of the American Fed­
eration of Labor. This firm has stoop­
ed to every means known to modern
scheming to circulate among the mem­
bers of union labor the report that the
boycott was off.
President Samuel Gompres of the
American Federation of Labor went to
Minneapolis and gave the matter care­
ful investigation. It was proven con­
clusively that the boycott against the
Wa3hburn-Crosby Milling company
was most effective. Letters from every
portion of the United States were pro­
duced to show that union labor is do­
ing its duty. The mills are turning
out very little flour, and while the sup­
port of the Parryites is pledged to the
unfair firm, this is not helping them
to any great extent.
If union labor will but continue its
support so nobly given to the mill em­
ployes it will not take much longer
to force this haughty, arbitrary and
arrogant Arm to treat with union labor
in a respectable toanner.
The recent convention of the Min­
nesota State Federation of Labor, by
a unanimous vote reaffirmed its posi­
tion in the Washburne-Crosby matter,
and it pledged its support anew to the
flour mill employes.
BOARD RE-ELECTED ON
COPPER RANGE ROAD
HOUGHTON, Mich., June 21.—At
the annual meeting of ttfe Copper
Range Railroad company today, di­
rectors were re-elected as follows:
William A. Paine, Frederick Stan
wood, Boston S. L. Swiith, Cameron
Currie, Detroit James H. Seager, R.
R. Goodell, J. H. Rice, R. T. McKeev
er, Houghton and F. M. Stanton, At­
lantic.
I
NOTED ENGINEER DIE8
NEW YORK, June 21.—Andrew On
derdonk, well known throughout the
country as an engineer ahd contractor
died a^ his home in Oscawana, this
state, today, from overwork and gen­
eral breakdown. He was 56 years old.
Denver Union Labor People to
Submit Constitutional
Amendments to People.
Aim is to Prevent Repetition of
Outrages Permitted by
Governor Peabody.
"In time of peace prepare for war"
is a wise maxim. It should especially
commend itself to the people of Col­
orado, who have seen the abuses that
may arise from the unwise exercise of
arbitrary power by the chief execu­
tive of the state. Believing that each
citizen, however exalted, however
humble, should be surrounded by ev­
ery safeguard for the protection of
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi­
ness the Trades and Labor Assembly
of Denver, after careful cdnsideration
approved the proposed amendments to'
the constitution herewith submlttedv
and through its legislative committee
sought to have the last general assem­
bly present them for the people's con­
sideration at the next'general election.
The contest for the governorship and
the conditions prevailing in the' gen­
eral assembly made the time unfavor­
able for the agitation of the desired
reforms, and little or nothing was ac­
complished.
Now, the amendments are laid be­
fore the various labor organizations
and reform associations, with the re­
quest that they be studied and that
efforts be made to educate the people
to the necessity of placing in the or­
ganic law of the state the limitations
upon the executive power therein sug­
gested. Free from any suspicion of
partisanship, they are based upon the
will of the people—the foundation stone
of popular government.
The changes suggested in the present
sections of the constitution are indicat­
ed in black face type.
Please keep the Trades Assembly in­
formed of such action as you may take
in this matter, and give this the widest
circulation possible.
Article II, Section 21. That the priv­
ilege of the habeas corpus shall never
be suspended, unless, when, in the case
of rebellion or invasion, the public
safety may require it. The writ shall
be suspended only by the general as­
sembly, or by the governor when au­
thorized by the general assembly, in
regular or special session.
Article II, Section *22. That the mili­
tary shall always be in strict subor­
dination to the civil power that no
soldier shall in time of peace, be quar
tered Ifi any house without
isESi'"
except In the manner prescribeaby
law ail shall at ao tlx tai oler
no circumstances raapcad the opera­
tion of the civil courts, but, when call­
ed Into service, ahall aid and supple­
ment the courts In the administration
of Justice, and military prisoners shall
at all times be subject to the control
and process of the civil courts.
Article IV, Section 5. The governor
shall be commander-in-chief of the
military forces of the state, except
when they shall be called into the ac­
tual service of the United States. He
shall have power to call out the militia
to execute the laws, suppress insur­
rection, or repel invasion but such
shall be subject to the approval of the
general assembly, which, 1* not In teg­
ular session, mut be convened by the
governor In extraordinary session with­
in ten days the call to be Issued with­
in forty-eight hours after the mllltta
has been called out. The general as
sembly may be convened In extraordi­
nary session by proclamation
#of
a ma­
jority of Its members, If the governor
shall fall to comply with the provi­
sion of this section.
JOHN BURNS ANALYZES
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Commenting on the United States
supreme court decision annuling the
ten-hour law of New York, John
Burns, labor member of the British
parliament, declared that the American
trust magnates are turning the con­
stitution into a deadly instrument of
injustice whereby the workers would
be wronged and the rich made richer.
Burns adds: 'Freedom1 of contract*
is totally opposed to all modern ideas
of government. W!hy, if that princi­
ple were strictly upheld, a man could
sell himself into slavery. Indentured
labor, which we here in England are
fighting against, is dependent upon the
alleged right of every man to sell his
labor as cheaply as he likes. 'Free­
dom of contract' strikes al the root of
every factory act and every piece of
remedial industrial legislation the
world has seen."
WORKS UPON CHARITY
07 DULUTH PEOPLE
For several days the benevolent peo­
ple of the city h*nre been duped by a
woman, representing herself to be a
member of the sisterhood of the Roman
Catholic church, soliciting aid, as she
asserted, for a newsboys'' home in
Boston.
This inference is deduced from the
statement of Bishop McGolrlck that he
has not seen the woman nor sanctioned
her purpose, which is customary when
legitimate solicitors for the Catholic
church work In Duluth. It is the bish­
op's custom to Issue letters of rec­
ommendation to worthy representa­
tives and as the woman has not sought
this favor the parishioners are Inclined
to believe she is an impostor.
JURY DISAGREES.
DETROIT, June 21.—After being out
more than SO hours, the jury in the
case of Dr. Otto T. Toepel, coroner of
Wayne county, charged, with obtain­
ing extra fees from the state under
false pretenses, disagreed tonight and
was discharged.
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ONLY LABOR PAPER
IN'
NORTHERN MINNESOTA. I
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Found in Philadelphia by
Gerry Agents and Return­
ed to Her Home.
New Tork, June 22.—Pretty flfteen
year-old Celia Smith, who ran away
from cigar rolling to become a comic
opera star ended her career abruptly
in Philadelphia yesterday. The Gerry
Society officers caught her just as she
was going on to rehearse in the chorus
of a burlesque company at the Lyceum
theater there. They informed her she
would have to return to New York
with them, and after some preliminary
Children's Court formalities, rejoin her
family of mother, father and nine little
brothers and sisters, at No. 3 Pitt street
More than likely Celia will be rolling
cigars again before the week is out.
Celia was found living in a theatrical
boarding house and planning to send
home $5 a week out of her |15 a week
salary to propitate the parental wrath.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Smith, her par­
ents, got a special delivery letter from
her yesterday, saying she had seen her
picture in the paper and read that her
mother and father were worried about
her. She said she was willing to re­
turn home if they wanted her to very
much, but that she was doing very well.
The manager liked her Work, and she
expected shortly to be advanced to the
rank of a star.
"There's never been an actor in my
family yet," said the fatherf with pride,
"and I don't think there will be now—
unless, of course, when Celia is seven­
teen or eighteen years old and able
to take care of herself, she wants to
go into some nice, respectable company.
For the present she stays at home."
Celia caught the theatrical fever at
the Educational Alliance, where she has
taken part in several amateur per­
formances.
"She has talent," said Mrs. Smith.
"She took part in a play that was
watched by Dr. Maxwell and all the
other school superintendents. She is
always acting and talking about act­
ing, but I'm afraid to let her go on the
stage. I don't think those actors have
a very good name.
Celia will be in the Children's Court
today. The Gerry Society officials, af­
ter a careful examination of her home
environment, informed the parents that
she would be turned over to them af­
ter, a formal examination.
Sheriff W. J. Bates is the first of
the party of Duluth men, who "went
west to visit the Portland exposition,
to return to the city. In the Portland
party were County Auditor Halden,
Probate Judge' Middlecoff. and several
friends from the range. The members
scattered after reaching Portland,
some of them only making the visit
to the exposition the pleasure portions
of their business trips.
While touring the west the sheriff
met a number of former residents of
Duluth and in the main they all ap­
peared to be prosperous. He says that
while all portions of the west appear
in a flourishing condition they have
their drawbacks and none of the cities
compare with Duluth.
FIREWORKS DEALERS
MUST HAVE LICENSES
Monday evening July 3. will be the
last opportunity for the dealers of lire
works of the city to apply to the city
council for licenses which must be se­
cured before the explosives can be sold.
Apparently the dealers have forgot­
ten the existence of the ordinance..
which was passed last year to allow
the city to regulate the sale of ex­
ploding canes and other inventions of
a dangerous character.
The license fee is only 50 cents, but
without the authority the dealers are
liable to arrest for a violation of the
city law. Numerous applications will
undoubtedly be filed during the week for
the approval of the council.
NEW GAS GUSHER
IS WORLD BEATER
MANSFIELD, O., June 21.—Expert
oil and gas well drillers believe that
the monster gas gusher recently struck
at Butler, Ohio, will be the greatest
producer of gas in the world. The well
is sending out with tremendous force.
6,000,000 cubic feet of gas every 24
hours and shows no indications of di­
minishing pressure. Every farm within
41 radius of 20 miles has been leased
by oil and gas capitalists. Much ex­
citement prevails at Butler.
DEBAS HAS PLAN
FOR NEW UNION
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June .21.—Eu­
gene V. Debs, one time Socialist can
didate for president, today Anounced
the plan of the new industrial union,
which will be launched In Chicago next
week. Mr. Debs denies that the indus­
trial union is to be a rival of the Amer­
ican Federation of Labor, but says It
will be organized along industrial lines
to embrace the entire working class.
It will repudiate Identity of interest?
between capital and labor.
PRINCE IN AMERICA.
mi'
FIVE CENTS.
TO BECIME OHM STIR
Fifteen-Tear-Old Celia Smith,
Who Ran Away and Joined
a Burlesque Company.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 20.—Prince
Wlndlsgraetx, of the royal house of
Austria, arrived today from Ihe Orient/
on a toUr of.the -world. He is traveling...
with Field Marshal Count Huebner, oRgl
Austria. .. IjS
CZAR RECEIVES AMERICANS W"
ST. PETTERSBURG, June 21.—Bm
peror Nicholas today received Brlg.^
Gen. Thomas H. Barry,- of the Unlt^di#?
States army, and his colleagues. The
American officers are on their way to
Manchuria