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Are Not to Affiliate With Any?
body That CoiifcJ 1
Sympathetic Strike
ROW FEATURES SESSION
LaFollette Charges Postal Em
ployes Are Victims of Es
pionage System
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WASHINGTON, Aufl. 13.—De
partment officials today vigorous-,
ly denied Senator LaFollette's
charge that as a result of espion
age over railway mail clerks, let
ters which clerks addressed to
the senator had been opened and
examined. LaFollette intimated
that because of the confidential
information concerning the "har
assing" methods employed against
clerka to prevent tneir joining
the unions, which these letters
contained, a number of clerks
were "disciplined."
First Assistant Postmaster-
General Grandfield declared La-
Foilette’s charges abaurd.
"No one in the department has
the slightest interest in the sen
ator's mail," he declared.
Chief Postal Inspector Sharp
asserted that all his agents knew
better than to violate the law in
opening mail.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.—Follow
lng a bitter debate In which Senators
Root and LaFolletle passed acrimon
ious words, the senate this afternoon
voted 49 to 7 to permit postal em
ployes to unionize, but to prohibit the
affiliation of any of their rgauizatina
with others that countenance strikes
or lockouts
The effect of the amendment. It was
said, will be to bat organizations
which co-operate with the American
Federation Os I-abor. Several sen
ators. however, held that as the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, of Itself,
could not declare a strike, the provi
sion would not affect that organiza
tion
Postal clerks won a victory in the
adoption of a further amendment
granting them the right to appeal to
congress and permission to furnish
members with information as to their
work.
Senator Smith, (Dem.. N. C.), con
tended that uo law prevented an
American citizen from joining any or
ganization. If postal employes were
dissatisfied with their compensation,
he shouted, or with the conditions of
service, they had a right to give up
their positions at will.
"No organization under which a
strike against the government by
postal employes could be arranged
should be tolerated,’ said Senator
Root, of New York. No organization
must assume to coerce the govern
ment. Striking is not illegal, but It
be turnied against, thb pub
lic Interest.
•Tt will be a sorry day for this
country when we grant the right of
government employes to strike There
would soon be no government."
Senator Sutherland, of Utah, de
clared the house provision permit
ting organization was equivalent to
an invitation for the postal employes
to affiliate with the American Federa
tion of iAbor and that body would
then be able to call out postal em
ployes on a sympathetic strike
An amendment by Senator Jones,
Os Washington, requiring that organ
izations td which clerka belong should
not be affiliated with any outside
body, was defeated. 20 to 31,
Senator Bourne, of Oregon, offered
an amendment requiring that organ
azatlons be got secret and solely for
betterment of the members. '*
"There must bd discipline In the
government’s service.'.’ Senator Craw
ford. of South Dakota, declared, *or
there will be destruction of property.
Another Reed amendment, permit
ting postal employes to organize un
der the limitations imposed by the
other sections of the bill, was udopt
ed.
Senator LaFollette declared that
the legislation was proposed at the
"Behest of the postal authorities who
are anxious to increase their power,
extend their espionage and exercise
more Influence over the private af
fairs of their subordinates.’’
It aimed particularly at the
American Federation he as
serted.
When Senator Root sought to Inter
rogate laFollette. the latter declared
that he refused to be trapped.
"I Insist on interrupting until that
remark is withdrawn," a houtej Hoot.
LaFollette continued Root clam
ored angrily, and finally the senator
withdrew the remark.
LaFollette said strikes were some '
times Justifiable but none would hit
occur In the government service.
Senator Cummins, of lowa, declared
that strikes by government employes
would be "little less than treason ” I
LaFollette said he had thousands of
letters from postal employes, showing
how they had been persecuted by the
department because they refused to
abandon organizations disapproved by
the officials.
An amendment by Reed (Dem,
Mo.), prohibiting membership or affil
iation with any organization which
countenances strikes, was adopted
Another amendment that the right 1
of any government should not be in- j
terfered with, was also adopted.
Bourne withdrew his amendments
" •
Another Taft Blunder.
Mr. Taft's decision •to make the
tariff the mam point in his campaign
for rs-ciection Is pathetic.
On t?ie trust issue he would have
been thoroughly justified In asking
the country's approval, lie has ac
complished more in dealing with
great combinations in restraint of
trade than any oilier president of the
United States.
But (he tariff Is the weakest point
In Mr. Taft’s record. He lacked the
force and courage to Insist on honest
TRy* bttjtu or me ntngipy mtf
and goodmaturedly signed the I'ayne-
Aldrtch bill. Bince then lie has ef
fected absolutely nothing toward re
vision On fh* contrai* !i> has con
ftlslenii) blocked it with his vetoes.
To be tried by a Jury of consttm
•is on ;he Hayne-Aldrich tariff Is a
fats any candidate should dread. —
Tjork JVorl<U
OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRIE
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SOME STORIES OF THE DAY
Eveiy one remembers the story of
moonshine whisky, which the Mou
Ollie James, or Kentucky, used to tell,
says iiit New York correspondent of
the Cincinnati Times Star. According
to Mr. James, three drinks of this
beveragt would make a rabbit spit
in a bu.iuog s eye. Anew vers.on of
the old tale has reached Broadway,
according lo Colonel William Aulick.
"Theie was a little mouse.’ said he,
"who lived in a wine cellar. He was
a lame mouse and suffered violently
from rheumatism. For years his one
hope' had been to avoid troubla But
one dav it happened that he passed
under tue dripping faucet of a whisky
barrel. A talilug drop tickled* his
nose. Hum,' said he. pausing.
‘Strange. Very strange.’
"He stood there with his head cock
ed on mi' side, trylug to determine
wherd tbi; dxxip had fallen from, fn
other lit! Trtffi cfti the totse. He,|flance<i
upwmid and the next went in Ills open
mouth. By and by he began to perk
up a liitie. He stood right there un
der the faucet until he began to have
that different feeling Then he walk
ed out in the middle of the floor and
rapped three times with his tail.
‘Now,’ tald he, where in thunder is
that c-css-eyed cat that’s been trying
to stait trouble around here’’”’
Here *s a Roosevelt story, told to
day ioout Roosevelt In 1S84:
The colonel was a strong opponent
RAISING STANDARDS IN INDIA.
On the average, out of 141 women In
India, one only caig read' and write
This state UMtV the women to
a very narrow activity. The
nation builders of India realized that
woman is the greatest asset of any
nation She is the mother, she molds
the character of the rlaing' genera
tion; she's the wife; the family Is
under her control. So the education
and general enlightenment of women
are more necessary than the eduea
tion of the men. So different avenues
are being opened for education of
women, and patriotic men and
women of India are doing everything
in their power to spread education
among women, and thus to raise their
status and with it the status of men.—
Basante Koonar Roy in the American
Review of Reviews,
Postal Banks a Success.
On Jan. J, 1911. 48 postal savings
rlcs were opened, one in each
of the states and of the territories
that weie then prepured for state
hood. .
At tht end of the first month the
deposit* in the 48 experimental de
JOHNN v NOBODY
THE ONLY
MESSENGER EK .
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TI?E DETROIT TIMES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.-
|of Blaiite iu 1&84 and went to the Chi
Henry Cabot Lodge, who was there
cago convention, determined, as was
also, to do everything to defeat him.
! But uoth came back and supported
, blame. A Republican rally was held
To Open the tampalgn in Faueull hall
at noonday. alter the custom of the
party.
Roo-cveit was down for a speech
! and he dined at the Union club with
a Republican who been a strong
lopponeit of Blaine. Just before It
! was time for Roosevelt to go to the
| hall this friend said to him that he
did not see bow he could possibly
speak fui Blaine. Roosevelt turned,
slapped his- friend on the shoulder aud
repl.c.i. God knows f hope that he
will be defeated."
Then he went down and delivered a
red he*, speech supporting Blaine. —
spnnghylu 4 Mass.) Republican
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Sen-toi Penrose, at a luncheon, told
the following story about an office
seeker:
'1 hear you've got a government Job
now," one man said to another.
"Tue oilier answered gayly:
" That's what.’
"The first man gave an envious
sigh and asked:
"'ls it hard work?’
" ’Not after vou get It.’ was the re
ply."—Miuneapolia Journal.
! poaitories were $60,101.
! At tne (nd of the first month the
total dtpotdis amounted to ver> little
! less IT.uOi.r. the number
.of defo»iUirie* UaJßvcn Increased to
4<W. • detpite the HRt' that for four
monthu alter tlfe first 48 depositories
began business no new ones were es
tnbli.-.ica and the large cities had not
been rtached.
At tne close of business for the
first i tar there were a few more than
6,000 depositories and the total de
posits had grown to more than $12.-
i OvJO.OoO
As ’ris article is written, the num
ber of depositories exceeds 10. ODD and
tliH .jiuounl of deposits exceeds $25.*
1 000.000. New depositories are being
estah'i.shcd In postoffices in all parts
'of the country at the rate of almost
i J,OOO e.«iy month and cash is pour
ling in'o them at the rate of $1,000,-
000 a week. And that means much
when >ou consider that not more than
S.IOO n'.-t> be deposited by any one
person —World a Work.
IliislueftM-llkr Printing. No tuns ar.d
n< fc„th« rn • Th*- ,»latn. neut klrel th»t
locks right Times Prlntluic to., li
I John R -at I’h Main 1-591 or City 3.1g r >
Wooing the Goddess Sleep
lusotuula almost Invariably the
result of some nervous tension or ex
i Iteuient that forbids mind and body
to relax in slumber. !n its mild forms
I belle vt- it Is largely a matter of
habit which people form by lying
awake and thinking after they get
into bed
Too much mental exertlou aud too
little ph>steal exercise will often
causo sleeplessness A person who
ha» a tendency to iusomuiu for this
r«-asou should alw a\ s try to get a
good long, brisk walk In the evening.
but. after all.' the most common and
fundamental cause for Insomnia Is
fear- the dread that wo are not golug
to sleep. If the idea occurs to you or
forces Itself upon you that you are
going to lie awake, contradict the no
tlon flatly Assure yourself that of
course you are going to sleep, that
sleep is natural and desirable, aud
that you have a right to it. When
vou get into bed. relax physically and
mentally. Get Into a comfortable
position and lie still —don't toss and
tumble about. Keep the mind qquiet.
don't allow It to go off on some Inter
esting or exciting train of thought;
simply He quiet and wait for sleep.
The grund remedy for sleeplessness
is to give up trying to sleep It won't
hurt you to stay awake all night if
you must; you will be sure to sleep
ill the better the next night. At any
rate, you can lie and rest Get up. If
you fee! like It —get u ill Ink of water,
le.irrange your bedclothing Make
yourself as comfortable as possible
Now calmly and deliberately make up
your mind to wait for morning l<e'
your thoughts wander idly as they
please, only keep the Idea of rest In
; our mind as much as possible.
There Isn’t more than one chance In
a hundred that you won't fall off to
sleep within fifteen minutes —Wo
man's World.
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MAJORITY 01 STOCK
THAT CHANGED IT 111
ENDEDWITHNETDECLINE
Stock Market Moves l T p a Frac
tion, Halts and Then Grows
/ / r
Irregular.
NO UNIFORM MOVEMENT
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Louisville, Amalgamated and
Lehigh Enjoy Rather Sharp
Advances.
(4 up) right 1913 b> New York Evening
Fuat. I
NEW YORK. Aug 13 Opening
almost exactly where It closed yes
terday afternoon, today's stock mar
ket moved up a small fraction
(further, then halted and grew irreg
i .liar. A few stocks made rather
jharp net advances for the day—
Louisville, Amalgamated Copper and
Lehigh Valley among them but
others ended at a good sized utt de
line. and still others hardly changed
at all. Every separate stock seemed
to a< t on its ow n initiative; there
was no uniformity of movement.
There was no news to guide the mar
, ket
Sterling exchange again went
illghrly lower, reflecting no doubt
the gradual calling iu of our foreign
balances to prepare for th# active
bom# demand for money which can
not now be much longer delayed.
Even the dally papers are writing
leas and less on politics. Such a re
sult would leave the stock exchange
either to do nothing or to "discount"
crops sod trsde conditions exclu
sively.
Children Ory
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akin. The remedy la water In the air
of the houae. The kitchen la all right
when the tea kettle la boiling. See
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kitchen.
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