Evening star. [volume], August 22, 1909, Page 10, Image 10

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Workman's Grave Charges
Against Steel Car Company.
FILES SWORN STATEMENT
Austro-Hungarian Consul Demands
Investigation.
RAILWAY TRAINS GUARDED
Ni^ht of Rioting at Schoenville
Plant?Dynamite Bombs Used
by Strikers.
CI) i'SISI Rip:i.. A UK (1st -I A charge
<?; peonage v .is formally mad'- late to
il:*. against Frank N Hoft'stot. president
??i ihe Pressed Steel Car ? "ompanv. and
Samuel ?'ohn. !i*?.i? I of tli> service bureau
at the SfhiM-m Hit- plant. The i-Iiar^''
was 'Outlined in mi affidavit sworn to
i.\ Albert Vamos. an imported working
man bo I on- I itit? *?1 Slates <Commissioner '
Wiiham T. I.indsey.
'I' ? >!?' ? itic charge i^ that t !??? tv\.. men
?v> vj( !atc(l section 01' tlie Revised
Statutes nt the ( nit- ii States in having j
"arrested, held and returned the com- !
I?tainant to a condition of |H'??naJC(*."
\ amos. who claims to In- a resident of j
.New N?.rU city, alleges he was brought '
? ?n here in complete ignorance of the
-.tale ni" affairs at Schoenville. August j
iii. la- avers. he made an attempt to es-;
?ap" fn>m the plant, first asking per- i
mission from Cohn to leave. He alleges
hat lie was then beaten. being injured)
severely that he had to so to a hew- 1
pita I. from which institution he was re- |
eased only yesterday.
Aid of Consul Invoked.
before appealirig t<> the United States
ommissioner Vamos solicited the aid of
h< Austro-Hungarian consul, who, in
'urn. immediately started an investiga
tion regarding the alleged illegal detain
ing of Austrian* and Hungarians at the
plain of Th^ car company. The Austro
i lungarian consul, Kdgar L.. G. Pvoch
nkk. said tonight he had been informed
that many of his countrymen were being
held in the far plant against their wills.
"If this is true." said the consul, "1
will t:'ke extreme measures to straighten i
the matter out."
Late today the car company sent 1
emissaries throughout the strike zone, 1
it is said, and made advances to the
-Hiking men as individuals. By the
off.-r of a cash bonus, a month's rent
free and the 1 ?i>7 scale of wages, the
agents asked the striking men to re
turn to work Monday. It is claimed by
the strikers that the car company will
be unable to operate permanently with
out skilled workmen, hence the offer.
Trains Under Guard.
Tonight the trains on the Pittsburg
and l.ake Erie railroad entering MeKees
Rocks arc guarded by order of the sher
iff o' Allegheny county, it was learn
ed that trains entering the strike zone
have been searched by alleged strike
pickets and passengers in some in
stances roughly handled.
There was pistol tiring today about I
th? ear plant. A huge searchlight mount
ed on the main office building inside j
the stockade of the plant seemed to be i
the mark for target practice about the I
strike zone At least fifty shots split!
slate shingles and splintered wood cas
ing about the electric lamp. The
searchlight is used at night to play in
ind about the company's houses and j
Mockade and to avoid sudden attack by ;
the strike sympathizers.
Three imported workingmen. in the i
Ohio Hospital suffering from ptomaine j
poisoning, said to have been the resuitl
of eating canned goods in the commis
sary of the car company, are tonight in j
?< serious condition.
Night of Rioting.
A night of wild rioting among the strik
ing workingmen closed the week at the
ear company's plant in Schoenville. A
daring attempt, partly successful, to blow
up the office building of tlie company was 1
made. This was the signal for serious
clashes between state troopers and strike
sympathizers, in which a dozen or more
men were injured.
Shortly after 1o o'clock tonight over half
a thousand women and children gathered J
about the company's restaurant in Mc
kees Rocks and were partially dispersed
'?> mounted troopers. One woman, bolder
than the rest, .-tood out of the niob and
drawing a gas pipe loaded with powder
threw it at the feet of a trooper's horse.
Hie b'imb failed-to explode, mostly, it is
said, on account of its construction.
The crowd of women again formed in
'in streets and as a last resort a lire
hose was played on them. This meanb
of dispersal was effective.
Wi ile the angry women swarmed the
streets a concerted attack was made upon
the company retaurant from the rear, and
setting upon negro cooks with ladles,
pokers and cooking spoons, about fifty
w..m?Mi beat an entrance into the kitchens
ot the establishment and made off with
Jive barrels of potatoes, a barrel of onion's
and even cauldrons of steaming soup.
Strikers Stop Street Cars.
While tiie women held tlie attention of
the troop is. a more serious riot occurred
near a viaduct over the Pittsburg and
l.ake Kite lailroad. Strike sympathizers
gathered t!. re and began stopping street
? ?ars and holding passengers up for close
scrutiny. Three men who could not sat
isfactorily explain their presence in Me
Kees Rocks were bodily hurled through
ji ear window".
When i he men fell from the car mem.
?els oi the mob on the street nrutallv
itt.ii kerf them. I he three men were
dragged to the edge of the viaduct
.tty fee. below which lay tlie tracks
ot the railroad, and only escaped being
thrown over by the arrival of a de
tachment ?f troopers.
Mioitly before 11 o'clock an attempt
V to blow up the office building
" ri" ear plant, a three-story frame
-tru Hire, elected close to the stockade
tcricc nearest the company houses. Nitro
glycerin caps were thrown over the stock
o|, ami over twenty feet of basement
rock supporting the office building was
lorn iuvaj by the explosion. There is no
hie as to the identity of the men respon
sible lor the deed.
A street car from Pittsburg was at
t a eked shortly after 11 o'clock bv strike
-vmpa hizers and over a dozen men
nassengers aboard the car. were s-verelv
?atee and finally res< ued l?y trooper*
Yesterday whs pay da\ " at the car
works, many of the striking employes
drawing nionej due them since thev went
out oti >tr:kc six weeks ago
At midnight tonight the situation in and
ii?oiit til. Strike zon- was uuiet but omi
nous
Motor Boat Delivery.
I rum ibc Sci?-nt!fl<" American
A large amount of freighting in the
middle west b\ individual storekeepers
and smaller merchants is done jn launches
? ropeiied by internal combustion motors
Th- country -to).-k?e;x>rs living on tlie
banks of rivers and canals have found
liaT the\ .-an ship '.heir own freight from
ihe wholesal. dealer and distribute It to
retail customers i,j m?tor boat at a cost
!ar t?!ow thai of any other availabh
means of convejance. Tiiere i.s h, this
tact a suggestion of future usefulness tor
abandoned canals in which the draft is
limited.
At the Stage Entrance.
lY 'tu Pijrk.
Tot tie Twin klctoes llow much are
'hese, kiddo?
The Kiddo Vouse kin have 'em for
?'?ot' in' ?; .ei 'll put a line in 'le pro
-' a.ii ? .??)din "Vi'lets b> Maggie
Moom v.
"Ha.- - e a sense of humor?" "| eau't
* h \\ ? v no* i lecause she looked
ci.ou- \\ j **li sin told .lie she admired
tiiijiitiii "?Cl- \tiand Plain Dealer.
MRS. BERND LOSES $1.50 AND
PAIR OF EYEGLASSES.
Highwayman Was Without Coat or
Hat?The Police Precincts
I
All Notified.
Mis. John Berod. wife of an employe)
of the government printing office, was
robbed by a pocketbook snatcher last
nisht while on the street near her home. ,
An unidentified colored man. she stated,
wrested her handbag from li'r. Tt con
tained S1..V> and a pair of gold eyeglasses.
Mrs. Bernd. who lives at 1-12 ( street
northeast. had been to n neigliboiingj
store to make some purchases and was
returning: home. She was passing nlon?j
i* street opposite 12th street, onl> a i
short distance from her home, wl.cn tlu-1
colored man appeared. 'he iob.uM.?
quickly following.
The highwayman, a man between
twentv :ind twenty-tive ?ais ot a?e. .1 s.
Bernd thinks, was in his shirt sleeves and
bareheaded, and she was able to fee
that while he wore a dark shirt. He nia< *? j
no noise approaching her. and i-.ie t.i nks ?
ie had on shoes -ulled to the pin pos ? m
whirli he was cmpl??>'"*'?? ';4S* J'*-51 * ? ";|
Berrtd held to her handbag as tighlb as
possible a"d succeeded in saving the han-j
die. but the footpad used force enoughl
to tear tiie hair loose. '
Mrs. Hernd went home alter her fat
ing episode and told members ot tin
family o:" what hs:d occurred. 1 n '
tied the police and detectives and jj1"!'1
precinct policemen started a:i in\es -re'
tion They learned that the colored man
had disappeared in an alley near wheie
he'committed the robbery, and it is
lieved lie belongs in that section. It is
stated that he was ursqed a short d.s
tance by another colored man following
the robbery. . . . ,
\ good description ? the thief ^ was
obtained by the police irom Mrs. Uernd
and othersi which was telephoned to the
several precincts with instructions that
the police make search ior him.
two young womefin peril
RESCUED FROM WATERY
GRAVE AT COLONIAL BEACH.
Gallant Act of Charles P. Lord and
Eugene F. Welch. Wash
ingtonians.
Just as they were about to sink be
neath the surface of the Potomac river
al Colonial Beach last Wednesday. Miss
Kate Donovan of lT.'JS 7th street north
west and Miss Minnie Wagner, also of
this city, were rescued by Sergl. Charles
P. I.ord of the third police precinct and
Eugene F. Welch of N street north
west.
The two young ladies have been spend
ing a vacation at the Beach, and were
bathing Wednesday when they decided
to leave the largej- group of persons near
the shore and swim to a raft which was
Heating about seventy-five yards awa \.
They reached it and climbed upon :t.
After a time the raft, which was water
soaked and unfastened, slowly drifted to
ward the center of the river. Becoming
alarmed, the two young ladies dropped
overboard. They held on to the side t f
the raft, but it tilted and both of them
were thrown under it. Ihey managed,
however, to come to the surface, but
wore unable, probably through fright., to
keep above the waves.
Persons on the shore saw the young
women disappear and immediately called
for help. Many of the bathers heard the
cries and took up the call for help. Sergt.
I.ord ami Mr. Welch, who were among
the bathers, immediately struck out foi
the spot where the two young ladies
were in peril.
Miss Wagner had gone down for th
third time when Mr. Welch reached the
rift He dived, and after swimming
about under water for a short time
caught hold of her bathing suit and
brought her to the surface. He held
her head above water and struck out fo.
the shore with his free hand. Others
soon took the half-drowned girl from
11 ]rn rethc meantime Sergt. l.md had
reached the place where Miss Donovan
had gone down for the second time, and
when she reappeared he caught her and
Lam with her to the shore. Several
arss: ?&
from their experience. The two i<s
cucrs were cheered when they reached
shore.
sailing of the carnegie
non-magnetic yacht de
parts FOR HER FIRST CRUISE.
After Her Compasses Are Tested(
She Will Seek Valuable Data for
the Carnegie Institution.
NEW YORK. August 21.?Fraught with
scientific possibilities, the non-magnetic
yacht Carnegie started today from the
yards where the unique vessel was built
and equipped for (lie Carnegie Institution
at Washington. Constructed with the
least possible quantity of magnetic ma
terial in her make-up?only ?*?? pounds in
! aj] the Carnegie is intended to secuie
i long-sought-for data on the distribution ol
; magnetism over the "seven seas" for the
i department of terrestrial magnetism o,
the Carnegie Institution. Her work will
be in connection with similar woik which
the institution is conducting on land.
Commanded by Capt. C. Iv I.ittlefield,
the Carnegie goes first to Oardiners Ba^?
1.. I? where she will be "swung" for the
thorough testing of her compasses and
turned over to W. J. Peters representing
the Carnegb' Institution. I he yacht whl
? then proceed leisurely to St. Johns. N. I ..
where she Is expected to arrive in about
! two weeks. ,
From there she will go tins fall on her
first scientific cruise up the coast of Lab
rador and return. In the winter months
she will cruise across the Atlantic to
some English port. She will not return
to New York until some time next Feb
ruary. ......
j On board the Carnegie when she sailed
were Dr. 1.. A. Bauer, head of the ter
i restrial magnetism department of the
< 'arnegie Institution; J. 1*. Ault arid H. 11.
Tifel, scientists, and Dr. <\ C. Craft,
ship's phvsician. At St. Johns she will
take aboard Dr. Kidson of the institution,
who has been in Canada engaged in in
| vestigation work.
BIG AUSTRIAN GRAPE CROP.
Prophecy of the "Golden Beetles' '
Appearance Fulfilled.
.Special Cablegram to Tlif Star.
VIENNA, August -1?The appear
ance of great numbers of "golden
: beetles" in Austrian vineyards this
t summer has been welcomed with rejoic
l itip by the proprietors, for it is a. uni
versally < redited superstition that the
advent of these insects is followed by
a Kood wine harvest.
Tli's year their belief has been jus
tified. for it is calculated that the yield
i from the vines will be twice an great.
\ as in P.*"*. As many as fifteen and
twenty buneb.es of grapes can bo count
ed on each plant in vineyards In the
neighborhood of Vienna.
"No Flowers" for the Kaiser.
I Speciu! Cablegram to The Star.
PERI.1N. August 21.?An official notice
requests the public io refrain from bom
barding the emperor with flowers during
tic motor excursions which lie will be
making during the rest of this month.
It is pointed out that it is not pleasant
for a sovereign, any more han for an
ordinary citizen, to be struck in the face
by a long-stalked rose, even if it should
come from a lady's hand.
New York Is Surprised at the
Bunch From Oklahoma.
CARRIED NO SIX-SHOOTERS
And There Wasn't a Fringed Buck
skin Skirt in the Lot.
FIRST SIGHT OF HORSE CARS
Such Things Out of Date When Ok- '
lahoma Was Started. They
Told Renorters.
NEW VOIIK August J1 As .1 matter
of fact they all look just liko regular
girls?tlione young Oktahonia persons who !
have descended upon New* York to see]
ami t<< lie seen. There wasn't a six- I
shooter in sight when they landed from!
the Mallory line's steamship Sabine this .
moi ning. and they i'? 11 in before the
camera squad's attack as if they had
been celebrities all their lives ami rathe1"
liked the role. Nor did any o;' them
wear a buckskin skirt, with fringe, nor |
a red flannel shiit waist, nor a sombrero. |
nor a carved Mexican leather belt, nor!
any of the other trapj ings which the
l.ame of their state?not territory, re-j
member, any more, but full-fledged state
?brings to the imagination of the ordl-1
nary man. to whom the oranges are the
western limit of civilization. Nor did a
single fine of them chew gum?before
company, anyhow. Furthermore, there
! was not a girl-of-the-golden-west drawl
in the bunch?for ail their talk was con
cerned they might just as well have
; come from Vermont.
i Oklahoma may have been later than ]
some states in butting int<> the I'nion. but '
lit lias made up for tardiness <>n that j
score by being the first of the season to j
send its bevy?always bevy ? of most j
popular or prettiest or some other super
lative girls to New York. The present
galaxy?that's another word which usual
ly is used in stories of this sort, and
which sounds like a perfectly good word
?puts in no claim to being the prettiest
girls in Oklahoma?although far be it
from the intention of the present writer
to say that they are not1; since he never
was in Oklahoma?but they are supposed
? to be among the most popular. They
j were chosen like this; .Mr. O. P. Sturm
i runs a magazine out in Oklahoma City.
He made pretty exhaustive inquiries as ;
to the most popular girl in each of the
state's seventy-five counties, and then
put it up to her to set subscriptions
to the magazine if she wanted to go to
New York. Some twenty-three young
women so chosen made good, and here
they are as their reward.
Here They Are, All Misses.
Here are the names of the* young wom
en who are under the chaperonage of
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Sturm (there isn't
any particular use in repeating "Miss
all the time, so let's use it once and let
it go at that): Miss Bess Davis. Hazel
Weeks. Lottie Henrietta, Grace Wolf.
Annie I,. Pumpass, Kssie Bell. Rena
Whitney, Bess Wilson, Alyce Walkney,
Vance Graves. Elizabeth Ornie, ^ Bess
Gilges, Josephine Dobbs. Maud Elliott.
Mary Powers. Winnie Turner. Orchid
Graves, Grace Brown, Helen Falkonburg.
Kose Wood, Mae Gibson, Carolyn Adams.
Kathrvn Mason and Elsie Jamison.
Miss Wolf is the real center of atten
tion because?s-s-h! It is not to go any
j further than necessary while the girls
are here?she is a bride! She was the
1 llance of Or. W. W. Light foot of Ohand
! lor, Lincoln county, which is also her
home town?when she was chosen to go
on the trip; and Dr. Lightfoot sort of
doped it out that maybe?well, it would
be just as safe and all that sort of
thing, you know?so they were married
three davs before the sailing of the Sa
bine. Mrs. Lightfoot is not. going to
stay the full week with the rest, but is
returning to Oklahoma Wednesday.
By the way, did you ever see so many
"y s" in a bunch of names outside of
the chorus in your life?
The girls left Galveston, which is in
Texas, a state not far front Oklahoma,
just a week ago yesterday and arrived at
quarantine last night, too late to come in.
So there they had to stay, with the lights
! of Coney Island throbbing tremulously in
I the near foreground, and nothing doing
! in the line of ice cream soda, or a scenic
' railway, or Luna Park, or anything like
' that.
Bright and early this morning, however.
General Passenger Agent Arthur W. Pye
of the Mallory line led a bunch of heavy
eyed newspaper men down to quarantine
and shoved them up over the rail, and
then the Sabine proceeded to the wonder
I ful city which tl:o girls had got so many
: subscriptions and traveled so many miles,
I and been so very seasick to see. Auto
mobiles met them at the pier and drove
j them to the Hotel Empire.
Gee, It Was Awful.
Miss Elizabeth Orme?she hails from
Osage county?consented to tell a little
about the trip up from Galveston.
"Gee, but we were seasick," site said,
"all but four of us. and they had the
nerve to go down to meals with the most
exasperating regularity. The cats! And
we had a club, the other nineteen of us
did. and wore kimonos, and ever so
often we would all go to the rail, lean
over and?oh, it was dreadful.
"We called the club the 'Moon Club' be
cause we were waiting for the moon to
come up?but you probably have heard
that one, haven't you? I was afraid so.
What a wonderful place New York is.
You get everything so much quicker here
than we do out in Oklahoma.
"Oh, yes. T like New York?we all do.
What funny little horse cars you have
here, haven't you? Oklahoma wasn't
started until after they had gone out. so
we never saw any before. Are they sup
posed to be better than ordinary trolley
cars-? Why?"
By that time everybody was on the way
down the roadway and Mr- Pye, who is in
charge of the week's program and admits
that he hasn't slept for three weeks, for
thinking about it and doping it out?Mr.
pye was acting as rubber-neck orator,
with the usual, "on our right, ladies, we
have "
After a tour of Chinatown, the girls
j we'nt to their hotel and bunked for the
j night.
IN SECRET SESSION.
Norwegian Parliament Discussing
Plans for Army Reorganization.
> Special f'ahlegrum to Tin* Star.
CHRISTIAN!A, August 21.?The Nor
? wegian parliament has for several days
: been holding secret sittings for the dis
cussion of the plans for the reorganiza
: -ion of the army, about which a long and
bitter controversy has b^en go:ng on be
i tween the war minister and the parlia
mentary committee. The minister has,
i after obtaining partial changes in the
5 plan of the committee, ace p ed the
i amended plan as the basis of the debate.
There is. therefore, a good chance that
h positive result will be obtain *d this
year Great d sappointment is conse
quently felt by he socialists, who had
i hoped to take advantage of the internal
; dissensions among the citizen parti s to
propagate the idea of disat rnamont.
University Money for Distribution.
i Special rnlilecrnin to The Star.
DUBLIN. August 21.?The Dublin Ga
? zettc contains an order by the lord Heu
i tenant appointing the first day of Oc
tober. itMf.t. for the commencement of the
operation of section 7. with the excep
tion of subsection 1. >.f the Irish universi
ties a?t, li?08. The section refers to the
payment *>f moneys by parliament to the
governing bodies of the new universities
for the purchasing of lands and for pro
' viding or improving the necessary build
ings.
Fellow Statesman Senator, that .speech
r?f vours in favor of the income tax was
one <>f the strongest arguments 1 evei
! heard. Eloquent Senator <with some un
j easinesst?You don't think it < hanger! any
I votes, do you??Chicago 'lr;bune.
J JACKSON BROS.
STORE HOURS, 8
to 5 P.M.; SATURDAYS. 6
Pay as You Co and You'll Never Owe.
The Store That Gives You What It Advertises.
FORTUNATE PURCHASE IN RUGS BY JACKSON BROS.
e
To inaugurate a great August Floor-Covering Week at astonishingly low prices \vc bought a great surplus stock of Rugs ffc*:fi
a jobber at a fraction of their real value. Instead of waiting until fall to put these on salt* we place them on sale now. To induce
early buying, bv offering UNHEARD-OF LOW PRICKS. We also include Remnants of Floor Coverings from our Regular Stock
in this sale at Quick Clear-Up Prices. Remember, these are all rirst-qualifv goods; guaranteed NO SFA < >\1)S. and \dvanced 1 all
Patterns. DON'T SAY YOU DON'T NEED RUGS NOW?YOU CERTAINL\ W ILL WANT THEM LATER. IT W ILL
PAY YOU TO LET I'S LAY THEM ASIDE NOW WITH A SMALL DEPOSIT.
THE SALE BEGINS MONDAY MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK.
Wilton Velvet Rugs.
Axminster Rugs.
These are in beautiful new
l
colorings. They make a warm
looking. serviceable rug. which
can be used in anv room.
27x60 Rugs; regu- f Aq
lar $3.00 values.... * ?"
36x72 Rugs: regu- (tLJ QQ
lar S5.50 values....'^,YO
8.^.\i 0.6 Rugs:
uc?'lar.SJ7:50.va,:$i6.75
9N12 Rugs : res- tin jiC
11 lar $32.50 values
New Fall
Goods
Arriving
Daily.
We Lay
Aside
Rugs on
Small
Deposit.
Best Brussels Rugs.
Full 10-wire: fast colors, in a
varietv of designs, both floral
and oriental, suitable for par
lors. dining rooms or bedrooms.
A large stock of new fall pat
terns to choose from.
8.3x10.6 Brussels Rugs; reg
ular $18.50 values. J | 2
clt
Rugs
regu
<>x 12 Brussels
atr.s":5?.!a'"e!$ 14.85
Carpet and Linoleum
Remnants.
Remnants of Brussels Car
pets. worth <joc to $1.00 AGs*
a yard: reduced to....
Remnants of W ilton Velvet
Rugs, worth Si .50 yard;
reduced to .
Remnants of French Axmili
sters; worth S2.00 yard,
at ."
79c
Perfect mi every .dc'ail; ffosi
tivelv the choicest array oi pat
terns ever shown in this citv.
V "
2/x34-inch Rug-:
regular $4.50 values. $2.35
30x()3-inch Rugs:
regular $6.76 values. $3.85
<il , . . . ? ? .????????? ?
i)x 12 Rugs; beautii'u 1 room
sizes in elegant designs: regu
lar $32.50 vah.es.* |
til
Linoleum
Remnants of Linoleums that
sold for 75c a yard re
duced to
| Philadelphia | JACKSON BROS. | Washington
915 to 925 Seventh Street.
ENTERS TABRIZ UNESCORTED
|_
NEW GOVERNOR RECEIVED IN
PERSIAN CITY.
| Russian Troops to Be Withdrawn if
He Succeeds in Maintain
ing Order.
,
I ST. PETERSBURG. August 21.-The
foreign office is in receipt of advices from
j Tabriz to the effect that Mukhhir. the
i new governor of Azerbaijan province,
arrived at Tabriz yesterday without es
cort. lie will receive the mpmbcrs of
the consular body tomorrow.
The desire of the Persian government
, that the Russian garrison at Tabriz he
! recalled will l>e complied with if Muklibir
gives proof of his ability to maintain
! order.
The negotiations regarding the expatri
' atiori of the deposed Shah of Persia are
; progressing here and at Teheran and
shortly will be completed. The Persian
government is anxious that the matter
be expedited. The former shah will take
up his residence at Odessa or some
?other point in southern Russia.
j The ex-rtiler ?Tf Persia is indebted to
| the Russo-Persian Bank to the extent of
i $1,300,?X)0. contracted before his aseen
j sioii to tlie throne. The Russian govern
j merit has secured a guarantee that this
; money will be paid.
PLATE PRINTERS ENJOY TRIP.
Large Number SjerJ the Day at
Marshall Hall.
Taking advantage of the Saturday half
holldav, more than 1,00<> members of the
Washington Plate Printers' Local Union,
No. 2, their families and friends went to
Marshall Hall yesterday on the occasion
of the annual outing of the union.
A great many of the members' families
went to the resort on the 10 o'clock boat
in the morning and remained at the place
j throughout the day. They carried large
, baskets of edibles and were thus pre
: pared for the male members of the t'ani
i ily when they arrived on the afternoon
I boat, which left the city at 2:,'*"> o'clock,
i Upon the arrival of the afternoon boat
the committee in charge of the outing, of
which John F. Hardie was chairman,
started the program of sports, which in
cluded several dashes, a sack race, three
legged race and a bowling contest. Fol
lowing the athletic, events there was a
band concert.
A large number of excursionists went
to the resort on the evening boat which
J left the city at o'clock. The late ar
! rivals spent an enjoyable time by indulg
j ing in dancing on tlie pavilion.
'MANOEL'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.
Plans for the Entertainment of the
King of Portugal.
LONDON. August 21.?When King
Manoel of Portugal visits England in No
vember lie will be the guest of the king
and queen at Windsor. The young mon
arch will enjoy shooting in the coverts
and following custom, will be entertained
by the city of I>ondon. driving to the
Guildhall from Paddington along decor
ated streets. His father, the late King
Carlos, and his mother. Queen Amelia,
greatly enjoyed their visit to Windsor
and the city in November,
It is likely, according to a Lisbon tele
gram. that King Manoel will sail from
Lisbon for England in the royal yacht,]
escorted by two warships. The minis-!
ter of foreign affairs w:IJ accompany him. j
| HEAT KILLS BOLL WEEVILS.
Dr. Hunter Suggests to Cotton
Planters Method for Riddance.
I DALLAS, Tex., August 2L?Dr. W. D.
I Hunter, the government entomologist in
j charge of the southern field crop, in a
| bulletin today, declares that the terrific ,
j heat of the last few da.vs has killed more
I than 09 per cent of the boll weevils in I
Texas and Oklahoma, and that the heat
and dryness of the season everywhere has j
brought out small plants on which the ,
bolls will soon open, so tlie crop may be j
picked at an abnormally early date.
In conclusion Dr. Hunter says: "If the j
farmers will accept the opportunity '
nature has provided, hasten the picking '
of the crop, uproot and burn the plantcs, j
there is no possibility that there will be j
; many weevils left; in fact, if the cotton
! plants should be destroyed generally in ,
Texa? by the middle of September, there
would i>e no boll weevils whatever in
! Texas next year."
Thugs Assault Girl Night Operator. 1
PITTSBURG, August 21.?Attacked !
by thugs and seriously assaulted. Miss
Julia Coyle, twenty-one years old. of,
this city, night operator at a tower on
the West Penn railroad, near Spring
dale. was found in an unconscious con- i
,dition early today. Miss Coyle is badly j
hurt. There is no clue to her assail- !
i ants.
Sights Steamer Ashore.
OfjDEXSBU RO, N. V.. August 21. -
Steamers arriving here from the lakes \
today report having sighted a steamer j
ashore on Charity shoal. Lake Ontario. ?
She was too far from the course of any .
of the incoming vessels for them to as- >
certain hci name.
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We Seek the Advertisers
Who Want Light
We seek mail order advertisers who are anx
ious for a way to reduce their selling costs.
We seek general advertisers who want to
find ways to get more results for their money.
We seek the wise men?the good business
men?the men who want actual proofs.
We will tell these men how, with absolute
certainty, to pick out the agent who can outsell
the rest.
We appeal for good business methods in ad
vertising?such as you apply outside.
Employ, salesmen-in-print on just the same
basis as you employ salesmen-in-person.
Accept no unproved boasts. Sign no con
tracts. Put it up to the men to make good.
That is the only way to place men on their
mettle?to keep them at constant white heat.
Cling to them as long as no other men can
outsell them. But always leave room to give
the better man a show.
Advertising has not been largely done on
that basis.
The advertising agent has demanded a con
tract, binding the advertiser for from one to
three years.
The contract was blindly made?made before
the agent had started to show results.
Then, if the agent fell down, the advertiser
found himself tied to a failure. There was
nothing to do but quit.
We have abandoned contracts.
No client of ours binds himself to remain
with us. None states how much he will spend.
We abide by results.
If any agent can prove the power to outsell
us, our client is free to go.
But we urge the demanding of actual proofs.
Any agent who can outsell another can prove
it beyond any question.
He can prove it without asking you for any
commitment. He can prove it, if you wish,
while most of your advertising still goes
through other channels.
We shall welcome the time when advertisers
in general awake to this fact, and employ it.
There is a way to prove if your advertising
can bring better results than now.
There is a way to know if any agent can out
sell the one you employ.
The way is easy, and the result sometimes
has proved to be worth a fortune.
If you are interested, simply write us;
"Please explain the way."
Lord & Thomas
New York cwcago
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Pn?TII AVE. and 28th ST. ADVERTISING 47 WABASH AVE.
Address either office. They are equally equipped
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KISSING THERE IS A MIGHTY I PISTOLS AND KNIVES USED
DANGEROUS EXERCISE.
WITH FATAL RESULTS.
Smacks From Park Benches Become j Young North Carolina Farmer
Positively Annoying' and Are
Therefore Stopped.
Killed?Other Participants Se
riously Cut in the Affray.
ATLANTA. Ga., August 21.?Kissing is
under the ban in Atlanta. It's unhe^'thy'
to those who take part in the exercise aid
embarrassing to those j^ho don't.
A few moirths a gov they convicted and!
flr.ed a traveling man who kissed his wife
on the street as he arrived home from ;
a trip. The judge announced that there
was nothing personal fln tin* case, that In-j
CHARLOTTE. N. August 21.?As the
result of one of the fiercest feud fights
in the history ol" Mecklenburg county at
Kuntersville tonight. Ree e Mucks, a
younf farmer of Croft, lies dead at St. ,
Peter's Hospital; Lester 11 ticks, ;i broth
er; Charles Cox and Oilref'h and Batte I
Davis, neighbors ami substantial farm- ,
eral others slightly wounded.
The fight took place on the main street
of Huntersville hi front of the post office,
and was witnessed by a large throng,
events transpiring ro rapidly that by
would have been tinea just the same had | ers, are seriously cut and shot and sev
lie kissed some one pise's wife.
And now they have called out the po-?
lice and the electric light company to!
put a stop to reckless osculation in the >
public parks. The electric light com- j
panv is to erect lights every here and ;
there in the parks, so that the kissing! standers could not interfere in time to
squad may catch and arrest the awful 1 prevent the carnage.
V'ri*'wh""il!r?Par the ,>arks My! Bad Blood (or * Year.
that they are driven from their verandas For a year there has been had blood
every pleasant night by the wholesale, between the HucKb brothers and the'
love-making under their very noses So r growing out of the shooting of a
the word has gone forth. No kissing! . f *
gOGS j dog belonging to Batte Davis, a friend of
a ; the Hucks brothers, by Charles Cox. ;
Members and friends of both families at-,
tended a farmers* institute at Hunters
ville and Batte Davis and Owirles Cox!
I met in front of the post office and re- j
newed the trouble over the do^. Cox was j
getting the better of the tight when the
; Hucks brothers appeared and interfered.
! This drew the < 'ox faction into the row,!
j wlili h became general.
Kd Cox is said to have done all the
shooting, putting three bullets into Reece '
i Hucks. who died a half-hour after being
j transferred to the Charlotte Hospital; j
; shooting Lester Hucks in the back, and j
j his brother. Charles b\ mistake, in
. arm. Knives were freely used by
i combatants. ;;iid blood flowed freely,
j services of all three physicians in
j village being necessary to treat
wounded.
The Hucks brothers were brought to;
<"harlotte and the rest of the wounded i
are being eared for at Huntersville. After
Night Riders Busy in Kentucky.
AUGUSTA. Ky.. August 21.?Night rid-j
ers last night burned two largo stacks;
of wheat belonging to Mrs. John Strube,
near Mount Olivet, in Robertson county.
The allegation is that Mrs. Strube re
fused to sign the tobacco pooling pledge.
The band was composed of twenty-tive
men.
Frisco Railway Magnate Dies.
SAN* FRANCISCO. August ill.?J. B.
Stetson, president of the California Street
Railway Company, died at his liom^ to
day. He wa> prominent in commercial
and railroad circles, organizer of the com
pany which constructed the Han Joaquin
Valley railroad and the leading spirit in
the California Traffic Association, which
brought about a 7"> per cent reduction in
transcontinental freight rates.
the;
the j
the
the j
?.he!
receiving: his death wound R<jeee I lucks
arose fom the ground where he 1ij?I fallen
and. grasping a chair, felled his assailant,
Ed ?'ox. with it, seriously injuring him.
No arrests have been made tonight, the
panics to the tight who are able to move
having made no effort to escape.
STORM AT KINGSTON.
Threatening Weather There Since
Last Night.
KINGSTON, Si. Vincent, L!. \W I ,
August -1.?The weather her*- has be^n
? ?
rather threatening since hist night,
when there was ? vidence of serious ;it
mospheric disturbance east-northeast ?>r
Barbados, traveling to the west. Tod iy
at noon storm clouds prevail, the sea
is disturbed, and the wind Is from the
southwest. .V loea] vessel lias gono
aground V. Kingston harbor. The
British steamers Dahome and Pari ma.
which went aground at St. Kit us. hav#
not yet been lloated.
CHILD IS RECOVERED.
Alleged Kidnapers of Marion Bleak
ley Captured.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. August J1.?Three
of the alleged kidnapers of Marion Bleak
ley of Tope lea arrived here at ll:_'o to
night from Atchison. Kan, and were at
once taken Into custody. The child was
recovered.
King Advocates Trade Expansion.
Special CalilttMlu tu The Star.
BRUSSELS. August 21. ?King Leopold
loses no opportunity of showing I:is peo
ple what advantages could be derived by
them in the expansion of their trade rela
tions with the far east, ^nd especially
with Japan. He has now organized in
the famous Japanese tower belonging to
iiis castle of Laeken, near Brussels, a
permanent exhibition of Japanese prod
ucts. both industrial and artistic. The
exhibition will lie permanent and the en
trance is to he free Of charge. King 1 ,eo
pold, in spite of his old age. thus remains
faithful to his early idea that a modern
king must, before all else, be a business
man.
It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are Hlle4
through them.