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The Omaha Daily Bee ADYKItTISINM IB THK t'NIVKlUSAL IulNOlAGK KI'OKKN KVKHYWI1KHK UY lU YKlUJ AND SKLIjKHS. THE WEATHER. Showers VOL. XLIU-'NO. 33. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 26, lf13SIXTEBN PAGES. single copy two cents. HENRY LANE WILSON WOULD RECOGNIZE THE HUERTA REGIME Ambassador Says Its Downfall Would Mean Chaos Throughout the Entire Republic. CONTROLS ALL BUT TWO STATES These Will Soon Be Under Control of the Federals. HE STANDS BY HIS RECORD Published Letters of Mrs. Madero Not Like the Originals. SAYS MEDIATION IS IMPRACTICAL Proposal that .n Coinmlimlon of Conciliation Up Srnt to Mexico, Jle Asserts la Nlinply All Hot. NEW YORK, July 23. Homy Lane Wilson, American ambassador to Mexico, returned to the United States today pre pared to place before rresldent Wilson and tlio State department his suggestions regarding tlio solution of tho troubled affairs In Mexico. These suggestions don't Include, he said, any idea of send ing an American commission Into Mexico to offer meditation. Mr. Wilson opposed also a proposal that u tripartite commission be organized, mudo up of representatives of ihe United States and two South American republics, to bring about peace between the war , ring factions. While declining ti enter into any ex tended discussion of any plans or to offer any remedy of hla own, Mr. Wil son characterized the meditation plan as "all rot." The proposal for a tripartite commis sion Mr. Wilson said is not a feasible one. "That .Is a plan of John Barrett, director' of the international bureau of American republics," he said. "Would ItecoRnlie lltierta. - While not saying specifically that he favored recognition of the Hucrta govern ment by the United States, Ambassador Wilson indicated that It was his view that recognition should be given. In February, Just subsequent to tho. overthrow of the Madcro regime, Mr. Wilson said ho sent to American Consul General Hanna at Monterey a telegram requesting him to Inform all consular officers under Mr. Hanna'a jurisdiction that Hucrta had been established as Mexico's provisional head. "You should mako this Intelligence pub lic," Mr. Wilson's telegram told Mr. Hanna, to Inform the consular officers, 'ami in tho interests of Mexico urge general submission and adhesion to the new government, which will be recoe- a .BizJ9d.'baIvocla,tto,vMaeAlSA.oIay- mi, irjjauu eum touay mat ne was willing to reiterate this sentiment at any time publicly or officially. Stand Bj- Ills Itecord. "I stand absolutely responsible for all telegrams and messages sent to tho United States consuls In recognition of tho de facto government after the death of Madero," said Mr. Wilson. "This was the only action to take In order to main tain law and" order. Under parallel cir cumstances for 100 years back the United States officers in foreign lands have taken tho same action." Referring to reports alleging that his own administration in Mexico was In a measure responsible for the overthrow of Madero, Mr. Wilson said: "That's all politics, and It Is a theory that was long ago exploded to the satis faction of tlie Stato department." He declared that to bear out this' charge, Mrs. Madero, after her bus band's death, caused to be published let ters she hod written tlio ambassadors, but their text as they appeared in print was not the same as the original. Tho files at the American embassy in Mexico City, he declared, show this. Mr. Wilson went to a hotel to a wan word from tho president as to when ho wanted him for a conference. He ex pected to bo summoned to Washington this afternoon or tonight. The ambassador arrived hure this after noon on the Mexico of tho "Ward line. He left Vera Cruz, July 17. Mr. "Wilson dlscussod conditions in Mexico today, declaring American lives and property aro in danger from rebels and bandits. "If tho present government falls, therj will be chaos," he said, "although at the present time the Huorta government controls all but two of tho states and should be soon In absoluto command of the whole country." Prevented Destruction ot City. Mr. Wilson added; "I have been blamed for a great deal, but If I had not Intervened after the bombarding of the City of Mexico tho city would have been In flames, with a tremendous loss of life and destruction of property. I brought Dla and Huerta together. That was a thing that pre vented a terrible disaster." The ambassador said he did not care to commit himself on the question of Amer ican intep'entton, as ho must reserve his views in this matter for bis conference vlth tho president and Seoretary Bryan. "Much has been said In American news papers about American Intervention and perhaps some of it Is Inspired by persons (Continued on Page Two.) ,Tomor row the Best Colored Comics witli-r" TJe Sunday: Bee Chicago Club Women Will Fight to Retain Mrs. Young in School CHICAGO, July Si Plans for a huge mass meeting of women to protest against the resignation of Mrs. KUa Flagg Young of Chicago's public schools were set on foot as soon as It became generally known that she was going to give up the position. It was said Mrs. Young had been Influenced to present her resignation by the conduct of members of tho Board of Education unfriendly to her, arousmt; tho Indignation of mnny women promi nent In the city's affairs. Every woman's club in tho city has been notified of the meeting, which will be held Sunday evening at tho Audi torium. Among thoso active In the move ment to Induce Mrs. Younir to recall her resignation are all leading local suf fragists and soclat workers. "Tho resignation of Mrs. Young Is calamity," said Miss Jane Addams ot JIull House. "If she was forced to resign by opposition to her policies, immediate steps are to be taken to sweep away the opposition. Chicago cannot afford to lose n woman of Mrs. Young's force of mind and executive power. Sentiment Is unani mous that to accept the resignation would bo a tremendous blunder." Mrs. Young stated In her letter of resig nation that "I shall be relieved from laboring under that handicap of lndcfl rltencss which influences a person In making plans to bo executed by another almost from their inception," and would make no comment. Daniels Promises More Naval Stations to the Pacific Coast v - SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. "After the Panama canal Is oponed the battleship fleet of the American navy will bo as much In the Pacific ocean as In the At lantic." This -was th declaration hero today of Secretary Daniels of the Navy depart ment on his arrival from Los Angeles. "The fleet probably 'will pass through the canal noxt April," continued the sec retary, "and, of course, its presence In these waters will mean the establishment of a naval base and dry docks and all the other equipment necessary tor the maintenance ot a fleet. "I am hero to examine the sites sug gested for a dry dock on San Francisco bay. My thought Is to get a compre hensive Idea of the topography, so that when the reports of experts are submit ted later 1 shall bo able to read them Intelligently." Spirit Wedding is Held in New Jersey ..UNION HALL, N, J., July 25. Mrs. Mary Hoppell, who has taken up splrlt ualjstn since the death ot her husband In an automobile accident a year ago. ixUaUJawdsAto,tUndav"spU:lc seance" In Her Rome last night. They sat In the dark in the parlor waiting- for ropptngs from another world when, the folding doors- suddenly swung back and a flood ot light revealed Mrs. Hoppel hand in hand with Frcderiok Bruefcher, a retired baker and with them a minister who performed a wedding ceremony be fore the astonished guests realized what was happening. A spirit camo to me," explained Mrs. Hoppell, "and It ordered me to search out Frederick Bruefcher and marry him. I knew htm years ago, but I had lost trac of him." Aftor she found him sho said tho desired proposal was made. "It Was a spiritual wedding," sho added, "and Is not to be Judged by earthly unions." Kahn Renews Fight Upon McReynolds WASHINGTON, July S5. Representa tive Kahn Introduced another resolu tion today relating to the Dlggs Camen Inttt whito slave cases In San Francisco, It would direct Attorney General Mc Reynolds to give the house "a copy of his telegram dated May 16, 1913, (moro than a month prior to the date when Mr. Wilson, secretary of labor, telephoned to the attorney general In regard to a postponement of the cose) directing United States Attorney McNab to take no further affirmative action against Diggs and Camenlttl under white slave Indictments until further directed by the attorney' general and also copies of the memorandum placed In the files of the offices of tho attorney general In con nection or relating to the sending of such a telegram." The resolution was referred to the judiciary committee. Works Resumes His Speech on Tariff WASHINGTON. July 25. Senator An!. linger, leader of the senate republicans, I could find, no republican senator ready to speak on the tariff today except Sen ator Works, who resumed his address begun yesterday. Several republicans have tariff speeches In preparation. Senator Worka tvinv voted his attendtlon chiefly to the sugar schedule, defending tho beet sugar In dustry of the west and assailing free sugartn 1914 as ruinous to that Industry. The senate planned to take the bill up again, paragraph by paragraph when the California senator concluded. First Rental is PaidtoJPafc&ma I WASHINGTON. July 26.-The first nnv ' ment of $250,000 to Panama for the annual rental of the canal zona was mode todav. The payments are in addition to 110,000,000 paid In cash to Panama nine years ago. . Today's Installment was actually due last reonuiry, though it was deferred un til today for determination whether I should go to Panama or to the parent state, Colombia. At the request of Panamanian Minister Senor Morales, the money was paid over to a representative of William Neluin Cromwell of New York, financial agent jfor tho Panama government. DESPERATE CONVICTS Fl Sixty-Six Second-Termers Are Taken from Sing Sing Penitentiary to Auburn. FEAR ATTEMPT AT RESCUE Town of Ossenningr Full of Men v Threatening Officials. RAISE PANDEMONIUM IN CELLS Inmates Howl and Beat on Doors All During Night CHAINED TO PLACE IN TRAIN Almost n Maiir ards n Prisoners Warden Rxuects to llitTC No Store Trouble Keeping; Order. OBSINING, N. Y.. July 25.-Slxty-slx convicts, tho dregs of the Now York City criminal class, were taken one by one from their cells In Sing Sing prison to day and placed aboard a train for tho state prison at Auburn. Recent riots In Sing Sing earned the warden to take no chances. Each con vict was heavily handcuffed and shackled and then chained to his place In the rail road car, which had been brought Inside tlio prison enclosure. A hundred prison guards did this work while In the state armory, not far away, a company of naval militia waited for a call to protect the town In cas the transfer resulted In a mutiny. There was little sleep In the prison last night At Intervals some of the prisoners would start to howl and bang on their cell doors. The din would Increase as U was taken up down tho line ot cells and continue until the angry convicts had worn themselves out. It was scarcely daylight when the weary night shift of guards was relieved by the keepers who had charge of. transferring the men to Auburn. Prisoners Slnke Din. When tho first convicts were brought out to tho cttr Sing Sing suddenly awoke. More than 1,000 prisoners ruahad to their cell windows and cursed and howled and Veiled throats at the keepers. Tho task of the authorities was by no means over when they got tho prisoners aboard the car. On Uie train to which tho car was attached they expected to find friends and relatives ot tho con victs, and threats had been made that attempts to release tho men might bo looked for nnywhero between Osslnlng and Auburn. For this reason thero were almost as many guards on the train as there were convicts. The town of Os slnlng last night and this morning was full of men breathing vengeance against tho prison authorities. Second-Termer ninmed for Mutiny. After ltd lias' rid tlie prrsqn of the seo ond termers to be transferred to Auburn "Warden Clancy expects to have no mora troublo Keeping order. The rest ot the second-term convicts are to bo sent away tomorrow. To them and a few of their more desporato sympathizers 'the warden attributes tho mutinies that- broko out at Sing Sing this week, the two fires In the prison shops and the attempt to mur der a negro convict, whontYhe mutineers regarded as a traitor. Southern Half of China is in Revolt CANTON. China. July H. Seven of the southern Chinese provinces with a popu lation twice that ot tho United States, have come to nn agreement for Joint ac tlon against Provisional President Yuan Shi Kal and the Poking covernment. In an eighth province, Kwang SI, the troops, under General Lung, sympathize with the movement. A forco of 10.000 Irregular troops, chiefly composed of Hakka hlllmcn, left here to day by way of the North river to fight tho northern army. They will make forced marches over the mountain passes into tho province of Klang SI. Other armies aro belne organized nmonir thn peasants and hlllmcn. There ara 100 mountain guns In tho arsenal hero and machine guns are be ing manufactured. One ot the principal officials here as scrts there are millions ot dollars in the treasury and that the revolutionaries will bo able to carry on an energentlc campaign for n long time. He declares that tho Japanese aro lending money to sustain the movement aealnst Poklne nnd are assisting In other ways. Tho governor general In a letter pub lished today asserts that he desires tho establishment of a eenulna nmihlin in China and not a dictatorship. SHANGHAI, China, July 15. The gov ernment forces here, nelped by the guns of Admiral Tseng's warships, repelled a fierce assault by the rebols, who had been reinforced during the night. The southerners attacked furlounlv t C .o'clock this morning, but were driven off after prolonged fighting. The foreign consuls lodged a complaint with Admiral Tseng that sheila warships had fallen In the foreign con- cessions. Kills the Husband of Divorced Wife CRESTON. Is,, July 2S.-(8peolal Tele gram.) W. I. Shatteriy shot to death II. I. Allen of Lorlrner, la., at New Virginia, la., In the coach ot 2. train on the Kan sas & Western railway. Some time ago Mrs. Allen, formerly Mrs. Shatteriy. sot n dlvorcn tmm ah.i. terly and married Allen. The Aliens were rr6rey passing through New Virginia, wnen wnaueriy met and killed Allen. There were flvo bullets In his body. The conductor arrested Shatterlv ,n.i backed the train to Osceola, where ho was given in cnargo of the authorities. fJun Accident Fatal, PI.ERRK, 8. V., July i -Special Tele gram.) Severe Rennlntr of Kartnka at the hospital at this city today from gun shot wound last winter which tore off one of his anus. He was pulling the KUn from a wagon when the accident occurred. MOVED M PRISON est Drawn for The Bee by Powell. we -tot A ;-; MrQfl m y$rn LOWER) ? 'ig' "WATER i-l f WJ y The Water Board Organ: "Treasurer Urc, in refusing to recognize the the role of Brutus." METCALFE REACHES CAPITAL Number of Dinners Planned Before He Leaves for Zone. MEETS WITH SECRETARY BRYAN Expects to Soil for Pannma First of AuKust ilncon tllrl Accom panies Family a a, Gn'est. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. July 2a.-(6peclal Tele gram.) Richard Lee Metcalfe, commis sioner to Panama, who was confirmed on July 3, arrived In Washington today ac companied by Mrs. Metcalfe, Ills sons, Richard Lee Metcalfe, jr., Walter Met calfe, James Kennnetli Metcalfe and Miss ICdna Harplvam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'J, C. Harphnm of Lincoln. It is believed Mr. Metcalfe plans to sail for his post on August 1 accompanied by his family and Miss Horpham, who will spend some time on the isthmus as tlio guest of the Metcaltes. A numbor of Important social affairs have been planned for the new commis sioner to Panama, Including a reception by the Nebraska association at Uie home of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Andrews, tudltor for the Treasury department, on the even ins of July 20. Tho new minister from Panama, Senor Morales, Is expected to be present on thli occasion and deliver a short address, F, A, Abbott, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs and president ot the asso ciation, will preside a the reception which has been planned as a tribute to Mr. Metcalfe, who Is sincerely loved by Nebraskans. Another function which will be attended by Secretary ot Stato Bryan, cabinet offi cers, members of the diplomatic corps in the city nnd distinguished citizens, will be tho dinner to bo given by the Pana manian minister In honor of tho new com missioner to the canal zone, the date of which will be early net week. Ilryun Meets Metcalfe. Secretary Bryan, who arrived in Wash ington at an early hour this morning, and Mr, Metcalfe held a long conference at the secretary's office this afternon. It was stated that certain policies were gone over but that patronage wasN ontirely avoided. Of course Mr, Metcalfe expects to have several further talks with Mr. Bryan for tho relationship's of years In an editorial room have been further strengthened by one man being the premier of the ad ministration, the other Its diplomatic representative when the rmo to which he is accredited Is about to undergo new conditions. tf Mr. and Mr. Metcalfe, their children and their guest, Miss Harphan, are the guests of Congressman and Mrs. Silas Burton and their son. Ole Metcalfe, who Is attached to the Washington bureau of the Baltimore Sun. The National Capital Friday, July as, 1013. The Hrnnte. HJ.etat..2n,JSncl rumed considera tion of tariff Mil. Senator Works con tlnued his speech against the bill. Introduction nf Mnlhnli I... ord and examination of Mulhall contln ued before lobby Investigation committee. Postmaster aeneral Brleson before post office committee answered criticism of proposed new parcel post changes and announced he would order changes ef- lnt, tobcco Irado committee heard Virginia tobacco growers. , ."."l1?!". J.on5 Introduced amendment to tariff bill to free list grain bags. The Houses B-epubllcan Leader Mann resumed his transacted. Interstate Commerce Commissioners Prouty and Clements urged appropriations mtnmlttiM In nnnmnriaU tn- a . -1 valuation of railroads. of the Oast-All "Honorable" 'Men Out in Parcel Rates Will Be Made Despite Criticism of Senate WASHINGTON, July 33,-Desplte sen atorial criticism of tho proposed reduc tion In parcel post rates and the Increase In tho size of the packages, Pontmastor General Burl6son today announced ho woutd Issuo, th,c .flnaL.ordors aonce, put. ting the cjianges In effect August IS. jTJie. nniiduncemonYcnme. aftcr'tlio wisdom of muUlng the changes had been subjeptod to a searching review bofore the sonato postoffloe committee in the presence of the postmaster general, Chalrmun Clark of tho Interstate Com merqo commission, explaining why tho commission hsd sanctioned the proposed changes, said ho believed the postmaster general had ample power under tho law to mako the changes. "I am convinced that tho Postofflco de portment ought to, can and will extend, tho parcel post until It will carry all packages up to 100 pounds," ho added, Dead Letter Sale Bring a Thousand WASHINGTON, July 25. When officials of tho "dead letter" branch of tho Post office department today finished count ing tho dimes, nickels and pennies de rived from the annual "doad letter sales," they discovered that the United States government was $1,103.75 richer as the result of carelessness on tho part ot those who, In the last year, Intrusted badly di rected packages to tho malls. No parcel post matter was In this sale, as that ocr. voq has not been established long enough to permit ot the sale of uncalled for or misdirected packages. - Tho articles disposed of were of the usual variety and under a recent ruling by tho deportment, wero opened for In spection by would-be purchasers before being offered for sale. Objection In tho past to tho "lottery" form of selling tho packages at auction to the highest bidder, who trusted to luck to win a prlae, aroused so much criticism that It was abandoned. One purchaser bought thlrty-flvo cases of picture postal cards, containing moro thin C0O.00O cards, for I171.W. A case of cheap Jewelry went to another purchaser for SIS6. The bidders were largely deal ers from Philadelphia and Baltimore. Attacks of Chinese Rebels Repulsed SHANGHAI, July S5.-(S a. m.)-In tlio last twenty-four hours the rebels have made a series of spirited attacks on the arsenal, .but all of them have been suc cessfully repulsed. Tho government troops ore so encouraged at their con tinued success that they have assumed tho offensive and are forcing the rebels back on Nantao, a soutlioni suburb of tlio Chinese native city. Admiral Tseng formally has warned the Nantao Chamber of Commerco that un less the rebels disperse ho will bombard their position and the forts at the mouth of the river, wldcli also aro In the hands of the southerners. Boy is Killed in Automobile Upset DECATIJB, III., July 2S.-Btephen Keel Ing, aged 12. of Fort Scott, Kan., was killed, and his brother", aged IS, was badly Injured when an automobile driven by their father overturned ten miles east ot Muroa, III., today. The Keeling faintly, consisting of parents and four children, was touring from Fort Scott to Indianapolis. reorganized Water Board, plays CROSS FIRE FOR MULHALL Manufacturers and Unions May Question Lobbyist. COMMITTEE CHANGES POSITION Attorneys for OrtrnnlsatlonN He A. ouses WIllSlo Allowed to Ask' About' Details of Ills Charlies. Washington, Juty 2c.-ciuUrmn .Overman announced today that lawyers for tlio National Association of Manu facturers and of the American Federation of Labor would be allowed to cross. ex amine Mulhall. Tilts was a reversal of a previously announced program. Mulhall wilt go beforo the house lobby committee early next week and It is expected that there he will bo subjected. to a rigid examination as to tho charges contained in his correspondence that members of the house wero his clo&o as sociates In political campaign work and In efforts to head off labor legislation. Mulhall said ha went to Massachusetts In August, 1010, and wrote General Man ager Bird of the manufacturers ot con ferences with Senator Lodge and Charles K. Hatfield, chairman ot the. state coft- ralttea. Writes About Lodire, "Senator Lodgo pays us all kinds ot compliments for tbe work wo aro doing. and I know we will have his old more actively during the noxt campaign," wroto Mulhall. In other letters that month Mulhall wrote, "Through our efforts we have beaten tho Hon. T. ONIohols of tho Tenth Pennsylvania and wo also havo beaten the notorious George A. Pearre of Injunction fame in Uie Sixth Maryland.'' On August SO Mulhall wroto President Taft, asking for an Interview for Bird and himself. "It will be a gTeat help to have a num ber of tho lealcrs ot tho manufacturing associations In touch with the leaders of our party throughout the country In the present crisis," the letter read, Mulhall sworo he received a reply from C. V. Norton, the president's secretary, arranging the interview for Monday aft ernoon, September 12, at Beverly, Money I'ald to Feeny, Senator Nelson questioned Mulhall closely about Items in the expense ac counts which frequently showed ISO amounts "paid to two party workers" for services In the Sixth New Jersey dis trict Mulhall swore he dealt with a man named "Feeny," and that he paid him the money In cash, usually meeting him in a Philadelphia hotel. Tho Items ap peared almost every week. October 5, J910, Mulhall wroto Senator Forakor about his talk with President Tnft, saying he had-submitted names of men who would help In tho campaign. V'He seemed to scrutinize tho list very closuly," Mulhall wrote, "and talked as If John H. Taylor of ISast Liverpool and H. M. Hannjt. wero not enthusiastic friends of his: "He was greatly pleased with the work I told him ttad been done In Massachusetts and other states and advised me to Inform our people to do everything wo possibly i could to keep in touch with leaders ot the congressional commltteo so that we might be able to help in close congres sional districts." Servia and Greece Reject Proposal BUCHAimsT, noumanta, July 2S, Greoce and tiervla today definitely re jected the Roumanian proposal for the conclusion of a provisional armistlos dur ing the conference at Nlsh. The two governments say they can consent to the cessation of hostilities only alter tho slgnaturo of an armlstlco and peace pre. llmlnuriej. T COPPER ZONE WITH SOLDIER ON DUTY Six Companies of Militia Arrive at Scene of Disorder and Mors on the Way", CONDITION DULL ROUTINE Some of Men Parndo Through Bov- oral Locations, UNION LEADERS 'BTAND FIRM Unwavering in Their Demand for Recognition of W, F. M. RETAILERS REFUSE CREDIT Annonncement that All 9ale of Food Will ne for Cash TnUes the IIoll dnr Spirit Out of the. Striker. CALUMET. Mich.. July AG, With sis mllltla companies on duty nnd other statn troups enrouto from both the upper and! tower peninsulas ot Michigan, tho strikn of copper miners settled mcannrably toward a state ot dull routine today, tun third of Its existence. Some ot tho mom enthuslastlo members organlxed paraded and marched through several locotlons, but there was practically no disorder. Thn union leaders held fast to their previous attitude demanding recognition ot the Western Federation of Miners as a slno qua non, but this was not even considered by tho company managements Tho ptnoh of strike conditions, however. spread more generally through tho scoro or moro of communities dependent on the mines, milts and smelters. Credit for Food llofnued. , The octlon ot Hancock retailers in rw fusing further credits to customers yeo tcrday was repeated in other sections o tho district and It was announced that the wholesalers would take similar action Monday. As a consequence there was little ot the holiday spirit whloU show Itself in the Initial stages of mine strikes. Union and non-union men alike snowed their appreciation ot the fact that tho striko wua likely to evolve into fl. lone slego with the companies abandonlrur work ot all kinds as rapidly as oondu tlons required such action. At union headqunrtors plans Wr laid for a big mass meeting next Bunday, and for district and local meetings tonight and tomorrow nnd Guy IS. Miller, Colo-, rndo member of the executive board iji the Western Federation ot Miners, Issued a statement In which he compared condi tions in tho Calumet district with thoso in other copper producing sections. ' StiitoWen't'by Strife Tnder. "Tho causa ot tbe strike Iters was a deep-seated unrest whose extent the com pany managements failed to realize," hr said. "In asking recognition of, tlio union, an eight-hour day, aboil UoTT'oT tlio ions man drill, and Improved conditions gen erally, we have simply tried to put tho miners and surface workers of tlio Lake Superior mines on a par with men doing similar work In other, parts of America. "In Butte, for Instance, tho minimum wage with copper at 25 cents, is 13.75 a day for underground men and In no case does It go below $3.60. In Arizona It averages $3.76, but In th Calumet dis trict tha minimum Is from K.00 to 12. X and tho men here have been working from ten to thirteen hours a day, whereas in. the other raining sections eight hours constitutes a day's work. "These facts should cffoctually dlsposo of any argument by tbe company that competitive conditions compolled them to keep their men on the long hours and low wago basis that has prevailed here.' "Insistence on the abolition of the one man drill Is mado on similar grounds, and also becauso tha men employed on them undergo back-breaking labor and peculiarly dangerous conditions. Tho minimum weight to be handled on such a drill is 150 pounds and it Is a strenuous task to set up, brace and tend such machine. Only a few days ago a mlne worklng alone In a slope was struck down by a fall of rook and ha lay there for hours beforo assistance reached him. Why Union "Wnnts Il'-oKnl (Inn. "Ilocognltlon of tho union, we feel, is a reasonable request Inasmuch as wo thin. that men who work in a gtvon Industry should ba allowed some volca in deter mining conditions under which that in dustry is to be conducted Just as an or dinary cltlicn has a volco In the affairs of tho government which rules him. "The attempt to improve condition here camo to a climax July 14 when ths (Continued on Page Two.) One Big Merchant's Method 'With tho difference all In favor of tho buyer." That Is tho way ono largo and Immensely auccessful mer chant headlines a special Bale In a well-known city. Then he goes on to eay that having mado an exceptionally large and advantageous) purchase of goods he is going to swing tlie difference the customer's way. for he wants to prove to tho public that he is building In a way that benefits hla patrons as well aa himself. In other words, on such an occasion he gives moro than good measure, But that isn't such an un usual thing to do after all. Bight hero in our own com munity there are merchants who right along give their buying pub lic the best ot a good bit of mer chandising, who make the ''differ ence in favor of tlie buyer." You wljl find this constantly exemplified In tho columns of THE BEE. It is a fino policy; It pays pays the customer and poya iuq juvrvuuui-. UIE J