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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
MOTTO All The New When It Ig JSfowi.
VOL. 10.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1011.
NO. 69.
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TROOP8 FIRE INTO RIOTER3 AT
LIVERPOOL WAR OFFICE
TAKES CHARGE.
SEVERAL PERSONS WOUNDED
Offices of Shipping Federation Are
Gutted by Flames Labor Leaders
Say General Walkout Will Be Or
dered Other Cities Involved.
Liverpool. Ator a day and night
marked by furious disorders, the
troops fired on a mob and then charg
ed them with fixed bayonets.
After tho rioters had wrecked prop
erty In Great Homer street, the dis
trict troops were called out and or
dered to flro. Several volleys wero
fired. The mob hid In courts and
threw bottles at tho soldiers, who
mado bayonet charges In the darkness
and fired volloys up the courts.
Six soldiers and two policemen wero
Injured. The casualties among the ri
oters is not known. General MacKin
non Wood directed tho troops. Tho rl
pters were hoodlums, no strikers be
ing: among them.
Tho strlko committee declared a
general strlko of all transport work
ers, Including tho railway men, who
up to the last had refused to go out.
The strike will bo effective on all the
local steamboats and tho Mersey fer
ries. Seven thousand dockers struck
last night at Birkenhead.
The lockout threatened by the ship
owners becamo effective and 30,000
men were refused employment until
they decided to abldo by the terms of
& recent agreement
There was much disorder in both
Liverpool and Birkenhead, and the
police were constantly in conflict with
disorderly crowds. ,
Several fires, believed to have been
of incendiary origin, occurred. The
most serious was at the offices of the
Bhlpplng federation, which wero gut
ted by the flames.
Tom Mann, tho labor leader, said 76,
000 men will be on strike. He declared
the transatlantic steamship traffic will
be tied up.
FILES CHARGES AGAINST TAFT
Dr.
J. E. Buckley of Chicago Demand!
That President Declare War
" With Mexico.
Washington. Dr. J. E. Buckley
of Chicago has begun In tho , Dis
trict supreme court the most re
markable legal proceedings on record.
He asks that President Taft be
"brought into court and compelled to
tell just why he does not inform con
gress of certain things which are now
happening in Washington. In effect
he has begun his action to compel
'the United States to declare war on
Mexico, not by way of intervention,
but by conquest
LONDON DOCK STRIKE ENDS
s Concession of Ten Hour Day and In.
creased Wages to Workers Will
Resume Jobs Monday.
London, Aug. 12. The strike of
drickmen, lightermen, coal porters and
car men, which for several days has
seriously disturbed all business In
London and resulted in a shortage of
foodstuffs, coal, petrol and other ne
cessities, was ended with the settle
ment of the llghterers' dispute
The men wero conceded a ten hour
-day, and an increase of about twenty
five per cent, in wages. It is now ex
pected that all will roturn to work on
Monday.
STEPHENSON QUIZ IS VOTED
Resolution Sent to Committee , to
Provide Investigators' Expanses
Vindication Sought.
"Washington. The election of Sen
ator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin is
to bo investigated by the United
,3tatcs senate to determine whether it
-was brought about by bribery and
corruption.
This action was unanimously de
cided by tho senate following the
submission of a recommendation to
that effect by the committee on privi
leges and elections.
THREE SISTERS DROWNED
Brother Rescued by Boatman When
Skiff Hits Sunken Dyke and Cap
sizes In Mississippi.
Alton, 111. Three sisters, Flora,
1311a and Mary Brogley, of this
city, uged eleven, fourteen and seven
teen years respectively, wore drowned
in tho Mississippi a milo south of
Itiehlo Station, 111. Tholr skiff, in
which flvo persons were riding, cap
sized when it fctruck a sunken end
.of a dyke.
Taft Lets Law Take Course.
Washington. President Taft has
refused to grant further executive
clemency to Raymond P. Pay, former
manager of a Kansas City newspaper,
convicted of using the malls to de
fraud. Ho also denlod clemoncy to
S. II. Snider.
Smallpox Epidemic In Mexico.
Juarez, Mexico. A severe epidemic
of black smallpox is raging at Guada
lupe, 8un. Ygnacio, Montezuma and
other points south and cast ot tbl
city.
VETO BILL SS PASSED
LOADS P.' .''MEASURE BY VOTE
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Threat to Create ytf"M ers Again If
Made by Govtrni'? c."',r"'9
Final Adjourn. Mfc ,A y
London. Tho houso of loVds passed
tho veto bill by a voto of 131 to 114.
Thus tho creation of now peers has
been averted. Tho resolution to pay
members of tho houso of commons
$2,000 annually for their services was
also carrlod by a voto of 256 to 1G9.
After days and days of discussion,
In which necessary business ot tho
government has been hopelessly side
tracked, Lord Morloy camo out with
tho plain statement that unless tho
bill as originally sent to the lords
was passed the king had signified
his willingness to create enough now
peers to provont tho Liberals from bo
ing hampered by a Tory majority in
tho houso ot lords.
Morloy read tho statement slowly
from a paper on which it was written
and thoro was not a whlspor in the
houso whilo he was speaking. The
lords were up against a wall and,
although fow In tho chamber at all
relished the measuro tho majority ot
them voted for it rather than accept
the alternative which has been held
before them ever slnco tholr leaders
declared they would veto tho veto
bill even as they had tho budget
the causo of all their woes.
Old friends of the government lined
up with Its foes In the debato pre
ceding tho taking ot the vote, and
Conservative peers, peeing the re
sult of a continued opposition to the
administration, took the lesser ot tho
two evils presented them.
Tho debato immediately preceding
the taking of the voto was short and
markod by the bitter speeches of
UUnionist opponents.
Lord Rosebery, who spoke for tho
first time since tho voto bill was in
troduced in tho upper house, de
nounced tho government for having
gone to "a young and Inexperienced
king, not yet Jive months upon the
throne, to ask for guarantees to pass
a bill that had not even passed its
first reading in tho house ot com
mons." OIL TRUST MUST STAND TRIAL
Indictment of 143 Counts for Rebatei
Held Good by United States
Court
Buffalo, N. Y. Judge John R. Hazel
In United States district court held
that tho Standard Oil company must
stand trial at the next regular term on
an Indictment ot 143 counts, charging
acceptance of rebates from tho Penn
sylvania Railroad company and the
New York Central Railroad company
on shipments of petroleum from Olean,
N. Y., to Burlington. Vt, in violation
of the Elklns law.
One of the company's chief points
of defense urged in Its motion to din
miss was that the alleged offenses
had all been disposed of in previous
trials and that the company could
not twice be placed In Jeopardy for
tho samo alleged offense.
Tho government, through John
Lord O'Brien, United States attorney,
contended that each offense alleged
in tho indictment was a separate one.
Judge Hazel sustained: tne govern
ment's contention
INDICT BEATTIE "OR MURDER
Grand Jury Returns First Degre
True Bill Miss Blnford Is
Not Called.
Chesterfield Courthouse, Va. A
true bill charging murder In the first
degree was returned by the grand
jury at the Chesterfield circuit courc
against Henry Clay Beatfle, Jr.. ot
Richmond. Ho will bo tried for his
life an tho alleged murderer of his
young wife, victim of the Midlothian
turnpike tragedy ot July 18.
Tho commonwealth decided that
only four witnesses would be henrrd
by tho grand Jury. They wero Thom
as B. Owen, undo ot Mrs. Seattle; T.
P. Pettlgrew, called to testify aa to
the finding of the single-barreled shot
gun; Dr. Wilbur Mercer, who was on
the Owen lawn when Beattio drove
up with the body, and Paul Beattle, a
cousin of tho defendant
Boulah Blnford, the "woman In tho
case." sat smiling In an anteroom
waiting to bo called a3 a witness.
00ST OF LIVING IS LOWER
Potatoes Were Notable Exception,
Their Prloe Being Doubled,
Says Report.
Washington. Tho problem of
tho high cost of living apparently
is being solved, at least so far as farm
products are concerned, for tho farm
ers are getting lower prices for their
products this "year than they received
a yoar ago, according to official figures
Issued by tho department of agricul
ture. Potatoes wero tho notable ex
ception, their price having moro than
doubloQ.
Will Probe "Night Riding."
Chattanooga, Tenn. The Van
Buren county grand Jury at Its next
meeting will take up reports of "night
riding" In tho mountains ot east
Tennesseo. One farmer, who gavo
lodging to revenue officers on a recent
raid, was whipped until unconscious.
Roger Q. Mills la Dying.
Corsicana, Tex. Roger Q. Mills,
former United States senator from
Texas, and author of the Mills tariff
bill, passed during Cleveland's admin
istration, is dying at his homo here.
AVIATION WEEK
ATWOOD FLIES FAR
AVIATOR MAKES FLIGHT FROM
ST. LOUIS TO CHICAGO IN
6 HOURS 34 MINUTES.
TRIP IS WITHOUT ACCIDENT
Achieves 300-Mile Journey and Lands
on Aviation Field Thousands
Cheer Blrdman as He Soars Over
Illinois.
Grant Park Aviation Meld, Chicago.
Smashins all American rocords for
a day's flight, Atwood, the Boston avi
ator, flew into Chicago from St. Louis,
en route to New Yor& and Boston,
and joined the other winged vehicles
on the lake front
He completed the aeroplane dash
across the prairies ot Illinois in five
hours and thirty-four minutes of fly
ing time, the distance traveled be
tween dawn and nightfall being about
300 miles. Tho average speed of the
Journey was fifty-six mllos an hour.
"Atwood, Atwood," a thousand
shouted In concert with such a vol
ume of sound that the flying men
over tho field heard and shifted their
air machines so they could get bet
ter views of the coming aviator. It
was 6:10 when Atwood was first seen.
In flvo minutes more tho spinning
propellers could be distinguished as
the machine rushed toward tho goal.
"Glad to bo here," Atwood said,
"and I had a flpe trip. Not a mishap
of any kind. The machlno came
through without evch a tap of a
monkey wrench. Stopped once for
gasoline and cylinder oil at Pontlac,
and at Springfield for dinner. It was
a great day lor nymg.
Moro excitement and more numer
ous drills were crowded into the three
hours and a half of official flying time
of the third day of the aviation meet
than Chicago has experienced for
years.
Fire, water and mechanical mishaps
befell the fliers frequently throughout
a program that would have stirred
the multitudes sufficiently If all the
events had followed the scheduled
course Two aviators fell into tho
lake, another crashed Into telegraph
wires and his machlno burned up, a
fourth was thrown to tho ground by
the tripping of one of his wings, and
a fifth felt tho chain of his motor
blocked and floated to tho ground
without power.
GOTHAM FLYER IS WRECKED
Pennsylvania 18-Hour Train Ditched
Near Fort Wayne, Ind Two
Die, 30 Hurt.
Fort Wayne, Ind. Tho Chlcago-to-New
York 18-hour Pennsylvania
railroad limited was wrecked at Swln
ney Park, a milo west of tho Penn
sylvania depot hero. It Jumped tho
track and struck a freight engine
standing on tho west-bound track, kill
ing two persons and Injuring about
thirty passengers sovorely. ten or
thorn f-rora Chicago.
Threo local hospitals received tho
wounded as rapidly as they wero
taken from tho wreckage. Tho flyer
was nn hour and ten minutes lato and
wns running at 08 mllos nn hour Tlio
cause had not been detormlncd, but a
new switch wns recently put In at tho
point and to this Is attributed th"
wreck.
Heads Fall at Federal Prison.
Lcavonsworth. Kan. Acting on In
structions from Attorney Goneral
Wlckorsham, R. W. Mctaughry, war
don of tho federal prison here, has
asked for tho resignation of F. K.
Rinds, superintendent of construction.
Fire Victim's Body Cremated.
London. Tho body of Jameson Lee
Finney, tho Araorican actor who lost
his life In tho flro at tho Carlton
hotel last Wednesday ovonlng, was
cremated at Golders Green crema
torium nftcr a simple sorvico
IN CHICAGO
PERKINS IS BLAMED
RUN ON TRU8T COMPANY LAID
AT HI8 DOOR.
Oakley Thorne, President" of Trust
Company of America, Testifies
Before Street Committee.
Washington. Responsibility for the
run on the Trust Company of America
during the panic of 1907 was placed
upon George W. Perking and associ
ates by Oakley Thorne.
It waB in consequence ot tho run
on the Trust Company of America that
the steel trust absorbed Tennesseo
Coal and Iron. The allegation is that
the latter movement was necessary to
save the trust company from going
to the wall.
According to Mr. Thorne, who testi
fied at tho hearing of the Stanley
steel Investigating committee, It was
through Mr. Perkins that a statement
was given to a newspaper thit tho
Trust Company of America was a
"soro spot" In tho panic situation, but
that aid would bo given It , ,
Less than two hours before- -this
statement is alleged to have been
made, Mr. Thorno swore he had told
Mr. Perkins that the trust company
was in good shape. Tho publication,
Mr. Thorne said, started a run on his
concern, which had to borrow $27,
500,000 to save Itself.
PASS WOOL BILL REPORT
House Adopts Conference Agreement
on Revision Measure Taft Veto
Near at Hand.
Washington. Tho tariff revisionists
mado considerable progress In con
gress. The house, by a voto of 206
ot 90, without a Democrat breaking
tho party alignment, adopted the con
ference report on tho wool tariff re
vision bill and rushed it over to the
senato, where it was hung 'up on tho
calendar for passage.
For this measure, which imposes a
flat and ad valorem duty of 29 por
cent, on all raw wools, with corre
sponding redueed rates on woolen
manufactures, the other two tariff
measures will be side-tracked and
wool will be given right of way to tho
White House for tho expected veto.
On tho voto deponds the furthor
program of the houso Democrats and
tho senato Democrats and progressive
Republicans, Including thp formula
tion of plans for a speedy adjourn
ment PRISONER SHOOTS UP COURT
Wounds Three Men When Ordered to
Jail and Is Killed by One
of the Victims.
Benton, 111. Attempting to cscapo
after being remanded to Jail for ex
aminatlon, Martin Rhadnwcns shot
Justice or the Peace James Mannon,
City Marshal John Staklnrlder and a
spectator and cut Deputy Thomas
Mackey. Mackoy shot und killed Shad,
owens, whose brother Charles fell
from a second story window and wns
probably fatally hurt. Tho shooting
occurred at Christopher, a small town
near here.
The Shadowcns brothers had been
arrested for shooting on tho streets
after a mnn named Ilcngca nnd been
Injured by a bullot. Martin Shadow
ens pleaded to bo allowed to appear
in tho Justico court, but Justico Man
non ordered that he bo taken to Jail,
Without warning Martin shot Mannon
and Marshal BtM'.lnrider.
Minnesota Plans Ideal Road.
St. Paul. Minn. In the near future
autolsts and others who wish to go to
Duluth will be able to travel all tho
way from St. Paul over ono of the
finest stono roads in tho country. This
road will bo tho first long road built
undor tho now Klwell law.
Stlrnon Returns From Cuban Trip.
Now York. Secretary of War Stlnv
son and party nrrlved hero on board
the North Carolina from an Inspection
ot tho Panama canal and a trip to the
i West Indies.
M CROP IS SHORT
STOCK YARDS MANAGER SAYS IT
IS HARD TO GET.
APPEAL TO IKE COMMISSION
Application Mado to Compel North
western Railway to Maintain
Depot Facilities at Nenncl.
General Mnngor Buckingham ot tho
Union stock yards ot South Omaha in
a plea to tho Stato Railway commis
sion says that it la his belief that hay,
for which ho recently asked permis
sion for a ralso from $20 to $25 per
ton, is very hard to obtain and that
such as he can buy costs him in tho
neighborhood ot $17 por ton laid down
at tho stock yards.
In support of his contention Mnn
ngor Buckingham tells tho commis
sioners that rumors that fifty high
quality carloads ot tho product wero
In Omaha proved to b mado out of
flimsy fabrics as ho says ho was ablo
to accept only two cnrloads or tho
fifty, the rest being unfit to feed at his
establishment
Henry Sehooror has filed a com
plaint with tho railway commission
asking thnt tho Northwestern road bo
'required to maintain depot facilities
at Nenzel. Thetoinplnlnant is n mer
chant at tho station. Ho says the busi
ness dono thero justified depot facili
ties The tolopliono company at Beaver
City failed to roport a nito for $10,000
Issued by It and after i&owlng to tho
railway commission INat tho noto
was given for tho p .'.fposo of pur
chasing real estate at-1 orcctlng an
oxchango building the commission
has approved tho issuai is ot tho noto.
Tho Farmera' Telophuno company
of Taylor hns been au'liorlzcd to is
sue $5,000 of stock.
Tho Burlington road has boon al
lowed to reduce rates ;m sand from
near Central City to st lions west on
tho Sargent and Burell branches
Croni 1 to l',4 cents a U ildred
For Stealing Automobiles.
Arthur E. Wing, an Omaha youth
lias been given an intiirmcdlate of
Hvn years' sentence In tho peniten
tiary for stealing autoHObiles
Observed of All Observers.
A large crowd of tho mildly curloxiB
Uirongcd tho ' Burlington station
wlioro a negro welghlng747 pounds
was sitting waiting for train connec
tions. The negro is 17 yoars old and is
only a few inches over five foot in
height
Text Book On Fire.
Mnmlo Muldoon,, a stenographer in
the oflloo of Firo Commissioner Ran
dall, Is getting out what will bo known
aa a fire textbook for tho schools of
tho state. Sho is writing tho book
herself and is attending to every
phase of tho work connected with its
placing in tho schools of tho state.
Dr. Thomas Getting Better.
Dr. Thomas, superintendent of '.ho
Instltuto for feebleminded at Boatllco,
Is reported to bo improving. Ho has
been critically III of typhoid fovor, but
hopes are now entertained for his re
covery. Twenty-seven cases of tho fe
ver havo boon reported from tho In
stitution. Owen Inquires Into Laws.
United States Senator Robert Owen
of Oklahoma, writing from Washing
ton, lias asked Attorney Gonoral Grant
Martin of this stato for Information In
rogard to all progressive legislation
passed by the Nebraska state legisla
ture in tho last fow years. Tho re
quired Information has been sent
Corn Probably Benefitted.
Although Lincoln grain mon profess
to havo no definite stntomentB from
Southern Nebraska, thoy bellovo that
the corn has been grontly benefitted
by tho rains of tho last weok. In
somo placos damage hns been dono on
account of high water, but tho Injury
bo Incurred lias been small compared
to tli large area benefitted.
Potato Famine Not Feared.
Farmera In tho vicinity of Lincoln
nay that a local potato famine nocd
not bo feared. Tho vinos hnvo started
to grow slnco tho rains, they say, and
tho tubers nio doveloplng. That the
vinoa wero not killed, as reported a
fow wcoks ago, is shown by tho slzo
of tho potatoes brought in by growprs
within tho last fow dnya. A fow weeks
ago tho potatoes thnt were marketed
woro very small and inferior in qual
ity. Tho tubers marketed from tho lo
cal growers now nro ot a fairly good
slzo and of good quality, showing that
tho potatoes have been muklng growth
blnco It was reported that tho vines
wero killed. ,
Crabtree Leaves In November.
"This question has been difficult for
mo to decide," snld Stato Superintend
ent Crabtreo with referenco to his ac
ceptance of tho presidency of tho
River Falls (WIb.) normal school.
Tho first offer rccolved from tho re
gents of tho Institution was mado on
condition that could lcavo my prosont
position to begin work in Soptembor.
Tho committee consented and ox
prossed n willingness to glvo mo tlmo
to complete arrangements for putting
tho now city certification law into ef
fect I think I can leuvo in November.
SHOHTAGCS ON COAL.
Scanty Watghti Make Grief for Rail
way Commission.
Coal weights aro causing tho rail
way commission much grief, nccordlng
to a rccont statement issued by that
board, some dcafei-3 reporting thnt as
high an 30 per cent of their shipments
Bnow cuuslrieiautO shortages. Tho
commissioners, and particularly Com
missioner W. J. Fursc, aro digging in
to facts on coal weight shortages nnd
somo rslcs radically changing present
rn.llron.rt practice may bo Issued nftcr
a time. Tho statement says;
"Tho present practice of tho carriers
In determining weights on this com
modity aro so varied and tho results
so unsatisfactory to tho dealers and
consumers in Nebraska that an effort
will be mado to bring about somo just
and uniform method aB a basis for as
sessing charges. Numerous instances
have been brought to tho attention of
tho commission where shortagos of
several tons to the car havo occurred.
"In nccoidnnco with tho rules and
tariffs in most Instances mine or con
necting cnrrlor weights govern nnd
tho roads aro now refusing to adjust.
In most case1', nny claims (except
whero cars arc received In bail order)
for shortages based upon wagon scale
or destination weights, except whero
cars, at tho expcnfco of tho shipper,
hnvo previously been ordered re
weighed undor tho statutory provi
sion." A responsible Nebraska dealer, In a
recent letter to tho commission says:
"In 1910 we unloaded forty-two cars
of coal. Of this amount we havo put
In oJalniR on eleven cni'H for over
charges amounting lo $10.7.28, nnd we
still have two claims amounting to $25
that wo have not yet put in. It has
boon our custom to weigh every car of
coal we unload in order to determine
whether wo got nil that we pay for.
Overcharges with ua run from 1,000 to
9,000 pounds."
In other words, more than 30 per
cent of the coal received by this firm
during tho period named,' showed a
shortage of from 1,000 to 9,000 pounds.
Following a conference with the re
tall coal dealers of southwestern Ne
braska, recently held In HastlngB, a
complaint has been filed before tho
interstate commorce commission, ask
ing for a reduction of rates on coal
from tho Colorado fields into tho
South Platto territory wost of Aurora
and Superior, served by th Burling
ton railroad, to meet a reduction
heretofore secured affocting tho terri
tory west of Grand Island on tho
Union Pacific. Tho rates now In
force, in the opinion of tho commis
sion,' should bo reduced from 25 to CQ
cents per ton.
Matron for Mllford.
Mrs. Julia Downs of 050 South Sev
cnteenth street, has been appointed by
Governor Aldrlch to succeed Mrs.
Walsh, matron of tho stato homo for
soldiers at Mllford, tho appointment to
tako effect Soptembor 1.
A General Invitation.
Labor Commissioner Guye has sont
out letters to all labor bureau officials
and factory Inspectors in the United
States and Canada asking them to at
tend tho annual convention, which
will bo held In Lincoln, September 18.
Coming Conventions.
Two Important conventions are to
meet In Lincoln on September 18, con
tinuing in session for threo dnys. Ono
Is tho thirty-seventh annual conven
tion of the labor bureau ocffilnls of the
United States and Canada, aud the
other Is the International association
of lactory inspectors.
Light at the State Fair.
Secretary Mollor announces Uint the
stato fair board has contracted for a
gasollno lighting phmt that will fur
nish 29 arc lights to light the track
aud tho grand sUnil for night races
and entertainments. A feature of the
fair for young peoplo as well as older
ones will be day Hroworks.
Rates to the Fair.
Railroads havo not yet announced
special rates to tho stato fair, Septem
ber 4 to 8, but Secretary Mollor Is
confident that tho railroads will make
the customary rato of a faro and a
half. Posters received from other
states lndicato that railroads aro mak
ing tho usual reductions thero,
A Story About Potatoes.
A story Is told In tho state en
gineer's office to tho offect that a
farmer living north of Scottsbluff was
recently offered $15,000 cash for his
100 acres of potatoes as they stood in
tho ground and ho refused tho offer.
Tho farmer belloved ho could mako
$18,000 from the land. It is said that
land as good as this piece can bo
bought In tho Irrigated section for $80
un acre.
Governor to Speak on Rates.
Govornor Aldrlch has been notlflcc
that ho is expected to deliver an ad
dress before tho national conferenco
of governors to bo hold September 12
to 1C at Spring Lnko, N. J. Ills sub
ject is to bo "Stato Control of Itallway
Rates in Tholr Relation to tho Feder
al Government." Ho expects to annl
yzo the decision of Judge Sanborn of
the federal court who docldcd against
tho two-cent faro law In Minnesota
and tho governor's friends are fearful
lost he go so far as to bo charged with
contempt ot tho federal court.
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IMPULSE FOR CIVIC BEAUTY!
World-Wide Movement to Make Our
Cities Attractive at Well as
Comfortable.
Tho "now birth" of cities Is world
wide. It is for beauty as well aa for
convonienco and comfort The poetlo
outcry from old Vcnlco for ho mate
rial conveniences of a now ago is
equaled by tho materialistic cry from
now citloa for tho artistic overlaying
of tholr modern devices. In London
thero has lately been held an interna
tional town planning congross.
Tho Right Honorable John Burns,
ono ot the presiding officers, declared
that "tho mean street produces thO;
mean man," and that "tho Eaat cnd
moans tho Wost-endlng."
Thoro wero notable exhibits by thaj
Civic lcaguo of St Louis, the Phlla-j
dclphla City Parks association, Kelseyi
& Olmstcad of Boston, Charles Mul-f
ford Robinson of Rochester, the Bos-!
ton Society of Architects, and tho Fine)
Arts society of Chicago. Germany con-j
trlbutcd remarkablo plans, now or real-j
lzcd; England showed her now Kings-'
way and tho garden cities of Letch
worth and Port Sunlight
"Nothing has been undertaken iaf
England in town planning on tho scalot
reached in tho United States, but In)
tho way of a gardon city there is noth-i
ing in the world to surpass Port Sun-i
light," remarked Dr. Tiurnliani of Cfei-r
cago. "It is not only beautiful, butl
satisfactory from evory point ot vlew,j
and it was laid out as a matter of good
business by business mon a firm of!
soap maker."
J. Horaco McForland, president oC
the American Clvio association, de
clares: "There Is a distinct and Im
mediate effect on values in pleasant!
factory surroundings. There Is a furj
thcr effect on the minds and hearts, oil
the men who do the work in indus
trial establishments. Some years ago-,
the surroundings ot the plant of the
Corlislo Manufacturing company were
exceedingly bad. That concern makes!
frogs, switches and other rallroa sig
nal ttppai&tus, and as the-atrsns
passed through Carlisle he could read'
lly discern the disorder and unp!
antneess ot the place.
teas-
"It fell Into tho, possession ot CoL.-r;
John Hays who, with other ideals,
spent considerable money in removi
the disorder and nlaclB a lawn wl
attractive flower beds where there ha
beeivnothlng but dnapracrap-heapa!
'and cinder pllesr " "" .
"I wrote him," congratulating hist
upon the Improvement? and received a
lettor which was In effect a protest
against any consideration on my part
of tho proposition as an esthetic one.
Ho said he had done the w,ork aa an
investment, and that after yean ot
experience. It Aad proved to he a most
raluablo investment" Franklin Clark
in in Success Magazine.
TOWN PLANNING A NEW ART
Interest of American Publlo Has Beef
Arouted and Civic Improvement
Is Progressing. x
Town planning Is a comparatively
new branch of learning. There are lai
dlcations that in America It win be re
ceived with special enthusiasm, due id
part, perhaps, to our native predilec
tion for tearing things to pieces and
doing them over again. To regard:
tho beautiful art ot making cities In
anything but a serious spirit would!
be, howecver, childish to an InconcelT
able degree, and now that the Inter
est ot the public Is aroused, It be-
hoovcR us to consider carefully the
paths in which It is to be directed.
That It Is aroused may be taken for
granted. About a hundred cities re
cently have employed efperts on dia
grams for civio improvement, and
Philadelphia within tho past fortnight
has boon the scene of tho largest con
ference on this subject ever held in
this country or In Europe. It is an
appropriate moment for .calling atten
tion to tho thorough' methods of the
School of Clvio Design established a
year or moro ago In connection with
tho University of Liverpool and de
scribed In the current number of Laud
nenpa Architecture,- the official organ
of tho American Society of Landscapa
Architects.
Tho director ot tho school realized
from, tho start that properly to under
stand tho architectural aspect of town
planning, It is necessary first to un
derstand tho underlying principles ot
city organization. He placed social
civics, therefore, at the beginning ot
tho subjects treated in the series of
locluro courses, and the twenty loc
turos devoted to this aspect ot the
general problem deal with tho Intel
lectual, administrative, resldental, and'
recreative needs ot the town. The
other subjects are landscape design
in reference to parks nnd gardens, the
publlo health acti, engineering, and
aesthetics, which gives the publlo
tho results ot Its research, and has a
lecture hall, In which are given popu
lar lectures for tho benefit of the lay
man. '
It Is obvious that a school of thj
character, under Intelligent directioa,
could do much to further organized
effort and prevent the dissipation ot
energy. It should also play an Impor
tant part in educating the critical fa
culties ot the publlo and enabling it
In the fullest sense ot the outwent
phrase to "know what It like " v
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