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RECORD CLASS OF
U. OF C. SENIORS
GRADUATE TODAY
Caps and Gowns to . Lead
Procession ior Fiftieth 5 }
Exercises in ; Greek
-•' Theater ,
RECEPTIONS AND
DINNERS PLANNED
Five Representatives From
m Degree Holders Will
Speak
BERKELEY, May 12.— the .eve. of
commencement day, the fiftieth in the
history of the University of California,
the graduating class met this after
noon in California hall to elect perma
nent officers and to dispose of the fund,
which, by long established custom,
every class gives in trust to the uni
versity at "graduation, to be placed
among- the university endowments, --
William Grieg was chosen president.
The other , officers elected were:- Rose
rrell, first vice president; Chester
Alien, second vice president, and J. I*.
Simpson, secretary and treasurer. A
permanent constitution was also
adopted.
Following; the class meeting the an
nual, public exercises of J the Phi Beta
Kappa Honor society were held in Cali
fornia hall. ; Prof. Rudolph , Sehevill of
the department of Romanic languages
of the university, delivered the oration.
His theme was "A Plea for Some Neg
lected Standards and Values." :
< M'iIBXC KMKNT TODAY
Prof. John Galen Howard, director of
the school of architecture, read an orig
inal poem entitled, "The Garden of the
Dream," in which he brought ; out the
value of the ideal.
The commencement exercises will be
held In the Greek theater tomorrow at
9:45 o'clock in the morning , . > The • pro
cession of the graduates and alumni
will form on the campus at 9:15 o'clock.
The seniors, attired in cap J and gown,
according to their.colleges and degrees,
will be the first to enter the theater.
They will be followed by alumni, re
gents, president of the university, = mem
bers of the faculty and guests. Presi
dent Wheeler will present to leaders
from each college the. diplomas for dis
tribution to the graduates. :
Speeches will be made by five repre
sentatives of the recipients of degrees.
They are : Clare ; Morse Torrey, senior
in the college of social , sciences
and president of the Associated 'Stu
dents; Robert Gordon Sproule, senior
In the college of .civil engineer
ing and president of the Univer
sity Y. M, C. A.; Barbara Nachtrieb,
senior in the college of letters, who has
been prominent in student dramatics
and literary work; Arthur Eaton, senior
in the college of mining, captain of the
crew and colonel of the university ca
dets, and James William Ryan of Hast
ings college of law.
Eaton is from Fresno and the other j
student speakers are residents of San
Francisco. B
' , President Wheeler ■ will give his
fiarewell address to the class and will
advise the graduates as to their life
after leaving the university.
none IX CAN*YON'
After the exercises the alumni and
members of the graduating class will
asemble for luncheon under the oaks
in Strawberry canyon. Speeches will
be made by President Wheeler, Gov
ernor Johnson and others.
Commencement day will be brought
to a close with: the president's recep
tion to members of the graduating
class from 4 to 5:30 o'clock at his res
idence. ... ■■ '■.■, '>- -.■ ■ •'.' ' ■'. "
The fiftieth commencement will be
marked by a new type of alumni re
union, two groups of classes that were
in college together uniting to 'discuss
old times. The classes of 1888, 1889,
ISM and 1891 will assemble at a ban
quet tomorrow at 6:30 o'clock at the
Key Route inn: while classes of 1907, 1
190S, 1909 and 1910 will dine together
at Hearst hall. Dancing will follow
the banquets.,
The 1912 class will meet again to
morrow evening at Town and Gown
ball, and at the Fairmont hotel in San
Francisco the class of 1886 will be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Well man.
POLICEMAN'S WIFE
OBTAINS DIVORCE
OAKLAND, May IC.—Lillian D. Jor
dan secured an interlocutory decree of
divorce today from William H. Jordan,
a. policeman, on testimony that he made
numerous threatening motions ■ toward
\ is hip pocket during family scenes,
and other acts .• - - :;''._
George A. MacKeown ■'attempted to
force confessions j from Lillian TB. | Mac-
Keown by thrusting a revolver into her
face, so ; she testified. She secured; an
interlocutory decree and the custody of
their little girl. _
Elmer' E. Wilcox, a dining car con-:
ductor, got a similar decree from Emma
Wilcox. Wilcox explained to ;Judge
Waste that his wife; Paid he made-her
think of a snake and that she left when
he was on a trip. r ;
John R. Hunter •. divorced Mabel F.
Hunter. He moved away;..;; from Urn
yilleV where S they were - married, to ? get
work, and Mrs. Hunter was said to have
refused? to accompany him. '-. ;
Since 1892 ' James Fisher has failed to
provide for Mary ."Fisher; and their ; large
family, of small children, and Mrs. Fisher
testified that her weight had gone down
to 90 pounds from starvation. ' Three
children had died and four were living.
she-«aid.'_, She secured an ; -interlocutory
decree. A : similar decree was given
Mary Heard from Charley Heard; for
cruelty; and desertion. '. '" r
Final decrees were given, Bessie;E.
Williams from F. I. Williams, ;
and to Emma ■J. Baker from Clay tori S.
Baker. . v" '■ - •
": , " •■ DflHI
BOWEK-ln San .Tom-, Oil.. May 13, lOJ-'I.-Mri l|
Mary s ßowen, relict- of "■••the late (Jeorpt- „U. I*
:. r.«i«i>ii, an<! bejovpil mother ofGeorge,*; (lardner.'i ;
ArrhlbsTe and Jalnnte lto»cn, OS. y<?ars I
7 days. ;-."' '.'■"■"■',;--" - : . -:, '.'■' ■,;':' -%-:' : - ' '
.. v Frlemls an'] itcqvalnt*Bcee are respectfully in- j
.{Titpd 'to'attontl: the, funeral;tomorrows (Tbui-s
--... iliiyi. ■". May 15, at 1:10 ;p. ni., j from 'i the cpino
lerj chap<'l; in :, WeiKlleWß cemetery,* .San f Mati'O
;,«>ui)ty. Funeral leaves San "Jose'on'Uic 11:04
■a. iv. train. ./,"■■;;-„.•.;'■ ~ ....,-. ;, ■::.:./.:;,.;,•; I
FLAHERTY— In 5 , this „ city.. May 13, 101.'!. Msr
■-* git rot.' dearly, b<Heve«l wife of 'Edward Hlahertjv":
/ end devoted moUier/nf Mario Flahcrtyr«natlTfi'
. 'J of-County,- M».F", 'Ireland,; aged '■'.{_> years. >. (Bos
■ ton papers please"copy.) <>i- „" , ; ." •■ .;' J^!'i;:
.• .Friend* and i ac>jtialntanc<*s arc rosppotfully.Ju-
! i M',r-ii to-attend ith^tfnnoral- tomorrow iThuiv j
.. May! 1... 1913,! M li «o'clock v». m.; \ from] I
V'lber ;•" late .:■. residence, w 11£: Tiffany avenue * near !
; ?Twenty-niiith :: street,' ;s tiiPiiCi' •"; to." St. ,' Paul's
church, wb<»re a - ;requiem tiish ■;mass ■iwlltgbe';.
" celebrated '; for, tbc repose *or her ~ byul, com-"
■ BtnciDg at 9:30 o'clock a. n>
A. C. BARKER, WHO WILL Bfi
SCHOOLS HEAD JULY I
MONEY READY FOR
CHANNEL WORK
Government Appropriation
Available, According to
Reports Made
Federal Engineers Ask for
r Information in Survey of
East Bay Shore
, OAKLAND, May —Actual work on
deepening the Oakland harbor ~ show
promises to he in sight soon. The
'money is now available, through gov
ernment . appropriation.
The Chamber of Commerce is pre
paring to act in co-operation with the
municipality ■to provide for the dis
posal of the debris from the dredging
on the banks for land suitable for fac
tory sites and docks.
Secretary A. A. Denison has received
communications from federal engineers
asking for information as to a L sur
vey of the east bay shore and : harbors
from Richmond ito San Leandro bay to
be used in the government plan to
make a channel along the eastern
shore. The plan is to bring Sacra
mento river shipping " this side of
Southampton shoals instead of four
miles from the shore. j -. -"*■
It was announced that the tour of
the,. Indiana * Automobile Manufactur
ers' association : this ► summer will come
by the Midland trail to this city. "*'■;*
»?An- invitation will be issued by the
chamber * through Charles A. Smith to
the State Banking; association to hold
its next convention in Oakland 3in 1914.
SON FINDS AGED MOTHER
Separated Forty Yearn Parent Found
in Hayward Yesterday r
%i HAT WARD, May 13.—Mrs.: Mary Pat
terson, more than :SO years of age, to
day met for 7 the first time in 40 years
her son, J. H. Stombs of Rock 1 Island.
111., himself more I, than '60 « years /old
and a grandfather. The reunion was
brought • about *by .*. the widespread ad
vertisement of the woman for ; her J son,
whom • she feared ; was • dead. ' His notice
was called to the publication and after
investigation rhe came here. "Stombs
has ; prospered, % while * his mother has
passed ; through many vicissitudes ; %nd
has lately been cared for by the As
sociated charities. She *' has been ; pro
vided for, by Stombs, who says that
she shall want for nothing ;in * future, "i
THE first shipment of our newest Player-Piano has just arrived.
* It is the combination of the best known of all medium priced
pianos, the favorite Ludwig with the very finest and most artistic
Piano Player mechanism that the world has yet known, the
Angelus. This union of Ludwig and Angelus has been brought
about by the insistent demands of the thousands of Ludwig piano /
owners of the west.
the LUDWIG-ANGELUS piano
possesses every quality that has made the Ludwig piano famous as the very best
y. • j • j i i 11.;. .i -> i^S*JsrissW^- x c a i
medium priced piano made and in addition those exclusive features of Angelus con
struction, the melodant, the Phrasing Lever and the Diaphragm Pneu
matics, which have placed the Angelus in a class alone. The automatic self- / .;
opening and closing pedals and the artistyle music rolls are other exclusive features.
The Ludwig-Angelus is shown in beautiful mahogany, Circassian walnut and
rr - i l i . ij- ■ ij:*'-'- ' O; « 'll '
Flemish oak cases, and is sold on easy payments. Your o!d piano in exchange.
YOUR MONEYS WORTH OR YoUR MONEY BACK
135-53 KEARNY STREET t ■' 217-25 SUTTER STREET *" ' ■
OAKLAND—SIO TWELFTH A\D ISO© WASHINGTON
OTIIKU STORES—Lor Angelea, Sacramento, San Jo«e, San Dies*;
Phoenix, Arizona; Kmo, .\evado; Portland, OreKon.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1913.
BARKER IN SECOND
POST TILL JULY 1
New Schools Head to Be
Assistant While . McCly
monds ' Remains
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Election of ■ Superintendent
Causes Surprise in
Oakland
OAKLAND. Ms.v I."3.—Albert C. Bark
er, chosen last night by the board of
education to succeed J. W. McCly
monds, who resigned as .city supeVin
tendent of i schools, will ~ act !as ■/assist-]
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ant superintendent until he assumes
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charge v July jl:'■--.- He has resigned as
business manager, and a successor to
this position is to be appointed at the
next board meeting.
v "Barker, who has been a member of
; the" board for the last five years, has
had wide experience in executive mat
ter* , and for ~ the last three years has
acted as assistant to Superintendent
McClymonds. Mr. McClymonds lias been
heartily in t favor of > Barker's election
since he announced that he would re
sign. . Superintendent \ McClymonds was
recently elected to another term as su
perintendent and his *, term would not
have expired until April. 1914. With
the exception of Directors Annie F.
Brown and Harry L. - Boyle, he was
favored', for another term. x v■.; > v ~»i
v K. Morris Cox, who has been an as
sistant superintendent for several
years, will resign, according to rumors,
and takeVVan. n position iof J city superin
tendent of schools in a southern city.
■Barker's selection so soon after Mr.
McClymohd's;"* resignation ." caused t con
siderable surprise because it was un
derstood that opposition had developed
against % his candidacy. " In ;an execu
tive session held 1 * before McClyraonds
announced his : resignation ? a stand
against Barker 'was taken by Directors ■
Brown and A. S. , Kelly, but other mem
bers sof the board voted to name him,
and the two opponents > swung S into
line ■■ for \ harmony. ;j \..W : ~ .
Mr. Barker is a .graduate of I Stan
ford ; university and the University of
California and has ' had 20* years of
experience as a teacher and an execu
tive. ■:■;■'.■-.:.;;. : ■ "*v- _■ y\ v :':;: ,;.- '/■■".•v£v , t'A'i
BERKELEY PLANS
NEW FIRE SYSTEM
City J Engineer Submits Re
port for Salt Water Aux- '■>■■
iliary to Cost ■ $600,000
BERKELEY, May 13.—City Engi
neer J. J. .Tessup submitted a report this
morning at the council meeting rec
ommending a high :pressure water sys
tem for Berkeley, to cost , either $746,-
--000 or 1,000. ]■} The , report stated that
the present system is inadequate. 51
'-. This proposed protection is ; for 'a'
district bounded on the £ east and north
by; Telegraph avenue. Allston way, Ox
ford street and Tniversity avenue; on
the >-west; ? and south by Grove street.
AUston way, /Shattuck;;:Yaveriue!"""and!
Dwight i way. with such contiguous ter
ritory <as ':■ may %be *. reached -J from this
area, and in 5 addition, the factory dis
trict v along Third ». street from Harri
son street to Grayson street. ' .
, Two reservoirs Jof 1,000.000 gallons
capacity,"; the city engineer states, : sit
uated ;," at v 750 J feet elevation t and v con-"
nected separately *to the distributing
system, would give adequate ' supply
and pressure.; " . ■ .-.-
AUTO ACCIDENT IS FATAL
Machine Overturn*,; Injuring; Several,
Near Richmond, Vβ., ; Country * Club \
RICHMOND, Va., May Andrew R.
Willingham ; was >, killed * and I several
others were ; injured when an automo
bile «owned 4by T. J. Walker, a director
of the American j Tobacco company and
manager; of' : the ; local plant, turned
over just ■>}■ after j leaving the ; country
club here tonight.- ; /.'
WEDDING FOLLOWS
BRIEF BETROTHAL
Miss Gladys Wilson to Be
Wife of Maurice Sullivan
Evening of June 5
Other Social Events in Oak
land Scheduled for the
Near Future
OAKLAND. May IS.—The wedding of
Maurice Sullivan and Miss Gladys Wil
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
"Wilson, will take place at St. Francis
de Hales church , the evening of June
5 and will be followed by a reception
at the family residence in Linda Vista.
The bridal party will include quar
tet of society girls about the bay.
Mrs. Hiram Johnson Jr., formerly Miss
f
Amy Bowles, and Mrs. Richard Rees.
formerly Miss Jennie Lee, will be the
matrons', of honor, ' with Miss Anne
Peters and Miss Edith Rucker as
bridesmaids. Miss Mignon Wilson, the
"younger,*- sister of ; the bride elect, ; will
be included among: the: attendants.
The betrothal of Mr. Sullivan and
Miss,,- Wilson was given out a, few
weeks ago and because of the "short
while intervening , between .', the an
nouncement and the wedding, but few
of the social favors which have been
offered the bride r elect have been ac
cepted.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Wilson will send
out cards for the marriage of their
daughter r late this week, Including
several hundred of their friends on
both sides -the bay in their invitation.
'v General Oscar Vitzalan Long and
Mrs. Long, * with their daughter, wMI
spend *>. the early , summer in the Yo
semite ; valley, where they plan a camp
ing trip of several weeks. Later .in
the year they will join Mrs. Isaac
Requa at Miramar, where she .spends
a part of ( each season. ,
Mrs.. Benjamin 1 ; Reed, ', formerly Miss
Carmen Sutton, entertained at luncheon
thisi afternoon, followed by bridge, her
guests numbering the dozen friends
who meet fortnightly for a similar
function. * . : ,
/;; 4 ln honor of - Mrs. W. T. Dinwoody,
Mrs. Harry [ Wright entertained at
luncheon ; yesterday afternoon at the
Claremont club, asking f a number of
friends of herself and complimented
guests to enjoy the occasion which
was rounded out with bridge. Mrs.
Dinwoody will leave next week for
New York, whence she will sail Sat
urday, May 31, for Europe. She will
place :S her children .; in school before
continuing her travels over : the t conti
nent. Mrs. woody? plans to be ab
sent from California a year or so. I ',■':
7| Mrs. Howard i Bray honored Mrs. Har
din Lake ; Crawford V and Mrs. Warren
Harrold at Va i, reception this f afternoon
in her r home yin i] Fruitvale, asking a
large number y< of S guests to meet the
sisters. £ In ; their honor, Mrs. Philip T.
Clay has sent out cards for s a recep
tion Friday, May 23. Several ' hundred
,wlUvbel;invited.*:4^;:^^'-^A ; S.'^S^-;-'' : v?i
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Goodman and
Miss Ruth Goodman left today for San
Diego, where they will remain for a
week *orj- so ; before , continuing to the
Grand Canyon. They return to
their Berkeley i home ; early jin June. ; '-. '.; "'
"■'< Mrs. Hugh Webster will open her
Linda Vista t; home it Monday ■ afternoon
to ■a ": group v? of neighborhood f; friends,
who are meeting , together fortnightly,
for bridge and ten. Among the guests
will be: Mrs. ~ John J. Donovan, Mrs.
J. Q. Brown, ; Mrs. Maurice ' Walsh, Mrs.
John Iα Lohse, Mrs. Roger Chickerin??.
Mrs. f Challen J Parker, Mrs. Fred Dieck
man. Miss Josephine .Johnson, Misa Bes
sie Palmer, Mrs. Benjamin Reed f; and
others. - j'!" ■": "
A luncheon ■ followed by bridge was
the pleasure which Mrs. William Ede
offered this afternoon ,at her home in
Piedmont, to a coterie of I the matrons
of the younger set. ■
.'-* The art f exhibition under the ; auspi
ces of Ebell was formally opened \ this
afternoon i with a luncheon. "."Modern
Art Work" was discussed by Miss Isa
belle Clark Percy. The rooms of the
clubhouse, which are being used for
the show purposes, offer work of the
representative men and women in the
cities ; bordering i the bay in a collection
of i unusual ; merit. The ( exhibition will
be open from 2• to s'• o'clock each after
noon of this week and Monday. »T
■SMrs. C J. Wetmore : \ was \ hostess at
today's luncheon. She was assisted by
the members of - the board of directors
and a score of club members. Miss
Edith * Benjamin J contributed 1' a :'~: group
of songs during the hour.
\;> ; Mrs. D. W. Gelwicks will be hostess
at the clubhouse tomorrow.; ; X f "'" [.;{}.
JACK JOHNSON
FOUND GUILTY
ON ALL COUNTS
Negro Prize Fighter Is Con
victed of Violating Mann
Act in Bringing Belle
Schreiber to Chicago
(Special Dispatch to Tlte Call)
. , . .
CHICAGO. May 13.—"Jack" Johnson,
the negro pugilist, was found . guilty
shortly before midnight by a federal
jury in Judge Carpenter's court. At
torney Bachrjtch, for Johnson, filed
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notice of appeal and Johnson was re
leased on bond of $10,000. He was ac
cused •/ of violating .■? the Mann law in
■- - , ' ij&fßkeiaQ
transporting - Belle Schreiber > from
Pittsburg to Chicago in 1910. and was
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convicted on all seven counts in the
indictment.
The jury returned its verdict after
an hour's consideration. '' , '^'%-££ i
The maximum penalty under the
finding is ifive years' Imprisonment or
$10,000 fine, or both.
PAID MISS "SCHRKIHEn'S FARE
Johnson was charged with having
furnished Miss Schreiber with $75 with
which to come from Pittsburg to Chi
cago. Miss Schreiber testified that on
her arrival here Johnson furnished a
flat, which she ■ said had been devoted
jtojg immoral purposes. She also de
scribe dtrips around the country which"
she said .she had ; made with the prize
fighter and at his expense. , '""' ''s£3&
This was in 1910, just before the
marriage of I Johnson to Etta Duryea,
the divorced wife of an eastern horse
man. She committed suicide aby shoot
ing herself eight months ago, leaving
letters rto her mother indicating f she
had brooded over ; her own downfall and
Johnson's neglect. - . .
Two months later Johnson was ar
rested by Chicago police on the charge
of abducting Lucile Cameron, the 18
year old daughter of ; Mrs. Cameron-
Falconet of Minneapolis, Minn.
EARLIER CHARGES DROPPED
>i Miss Cameron had been employed as
cashier Jin ; Johnson's restaurant. These
charges were dropped and Johnson and
the Cameron girl were married.
gSlt^asf during the police investiga
tion of Johnson's affair with the Min
neapolis girl that facts were unearthed
which s resulted in the prize fighter's
indictment iby >af federal grand jury in
connection with Miss Schreiber. -
Four ballots were taken by the I jury
tonight, the first showing jurors
for acquittal : and eight , '. for conviction.
James 3 Bruce, a ' grain dealer of ; Mar
seilles, 111., was i foreman of the jury.
Two, counts of the indictment » were
dismissed yesterday at the request of
Judge Carpenter, who declared J that no
good purpose i could i= be served by air
ing unnecessary details of the relations
of Johnson and the woman.
' * Lucile Cameron Johnson, his present
wife, did not appear in the courtroom at
the * trial, his attorneys fearing the ef- '
feet of i her presence. Mrs. Tiny John
eon, the negro's mother, however, sat
constantly at his side. Only a few per
sons were ;in , court when the i verdict
was I reached, ; as Judge Carpenter had
ordered that "scandal fans" be barred
from 1 the hearings. ■ ;
v The suggestion of Johnson's "golden
smile, ,, which had been on his lips dm
ing the time of the jury's deliberations,
faded when the clerk pronounced the
word "guilty." •;■ -*--•-- _■,
Johnson j sat solemnly in his seat un
til Attorney "Parkin's motion that the
fighter be taken into custody was de
nied, when he slipped quietly from his
chair and made his way from the court
room alone. ' ' •
'V-"I: haven't a thing to say," he said.
"My attorney will speak for me."
YOUTH SLAYS FATHER ,
IN DUEL OVER WOMAN
Younger Brother -In Drowsed In Creek
Blear Spot "Where Fatal Fray . -
In Fought
SEL.MA. Ala.. May 13.—Seventeen
year old Jack Bell, while on ; a fishing
trip today shot and killed his father,
according to the charge against him
at the jail here, then t rescued I the body
of -" his *8 ; year old brother from Bogue
chitto creek. J The s elder son, it is as
serted, had upbraided the father for
his attentions to a young woman and
was quicker than his father rf In opening
fire, when both reached for their

weapons. The little boy is said to
INDUSTRIAL WELFARE WORK
What One Great Manufacturing Company
Has Done in This Direction
:\ The betterment' of the conditions surrounding industrial .work
ers is a subject in which very many are interested at present. Many
< '■ ' are. engaged: in welfare work from philanthropic - and sociological
. • motives, but they are not all. It may not be so widely known, but it , i
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. \is nevertheless true, that the great business corporations of the coun- ,
west*''*'* •" - ; - *■- - - ■ >'. ■ * ■
try are giving much thought to the welfare of their employes. and.
expending large sums annually in developing plans which are result
' f ing in added health, happiness, comfort and contentment. Whole
some, sanitary, comfortable surroundings outside of working hours
certainly tend to greater efficiency during working hours, and an in- • >
.. crease in one's measure of contentment is followed naturally by
higher civic ideals and improved standards. : * • r
That this is recognized by the country's captains of industry, as
well as by those devoted to philanthropic work, is being demon- /
■ strated in ; many : instances. ■ One of the best illustrations is ; given ; •...-■,
right in Lawrence, Mass., by the American Woolen Company. The
; president of the company, Mr. William M. Wood, from the beginning
of the development of the big organization of which he is the head f
and * the - construction ■of the newer mills .; at Lawrence, has had in. ■.
mind constantly the welfare of the thousands of men and women
l':^ who are the backbone of the textile industry in that city.
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Type of 500 Houses Occupied by Employes of
/._• American Woolen- Company/. T :
■ In the great Wood and Ayer mills nothing is lacking that skill ■"'
and money can provide in the way of light, ventilation, 1 sanitary
* arrangements, . rest rooms, : etc. .• The operatives reach ' the several
Pi A floors by escalators, and a i large restaurant ; provides ; hot lunches at
a cost as low as 3 cents each for individual dishes. , It can be , as- . ;•;
serted with safety that there are no textile mills in the world which
surpass these in .. any detail connected with the welfare of the
■•' operatives. '.-"'. -I .■'■•, : .'t'_: ■•'}."■'.'■ '■■ '■'-'■ ~ : '/- '■ -■"" "* -.' • '''''V^
But it is the i housing of the workers ;• in which - President Wood ~
takes especial pride. .. In this particular Lawrence today stands in.
the lead as a mill center, it is believed, owing to the many convenient
{■'■: ~ apartment houses - and v attractive cottages ; * put Vup by the American
r; Woolen Company. The group of houses for the Wood mill operatives ~
are three stories in height, each standing by itself, with light on all
/;. sides;' and all opening into a sremi-circular court. There is no crowd
■, . ing, no unpleasant outlook. Each of the 78 apartments has from five;
'. - to Seven rooms and a bathroom, and the rent is from $2.15 to $3.15 a ::.
''.- week. \ Shrubbery and wrought iron fencing add to the attractiveness :[•'/
'■ of the colony. With the new Ayer mill, another group of houses be- ,';
I :,'.-' came necessary, = and the .company acquired a large tract of land ; es
' ■,•■ pecially for the purpose.- Fifty additional cottages v were at once ■/,
erected, and plans are under ■ way for several times as many more. -
These cottages have all modern conveniences, and rent for $4.15 per *"
week, which sum ;is about ; one-half the rental obtained for similar .■"'
_ ; cottages elsewhere in the city. It will be only a few years until this
:> section of Lawrence will be extensively,' developed and as attractive
• as any community in the city. Such things as these should not be .
; lost sight of in judging the Lawrence situation justly. The develop
ment of Lawrence has been more rapid than that of any other Massa- :
■. chusetts city—a result in large measure attributed to the wonderful
\ • growth of the textile industry there since the organization of thq
American Woolen Company.
. XJtj. FAMOUS AT HOME AND ABROAD IMX
I j|ollmtd House i
If Holland B|ouse 1
Jfifth A»enue mfc 30 '- X Street I
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21 ■ , Favorably known for the Excellence of its |p j
_ I -—■ - ' - Cuisine and the Character of its Patronage. -
paoiiy' -Enlarged Rooms. 200 New B*ths. Every Modern Appoints*. ■
_ ifc»-="4 ' J. OTTO STACK .L.^
I DRINK 1
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|%?V DIRECT FROM OUR S^JH\
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have fallen into the water and been !
drowned, while the father and his first
born fought. r _
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