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elraaa will b. changed aa efUn aa roquaatad.
. Mr. Hughes' shots at the Wilson administra
tion til hit vulnerable spot. That's very evident.
Here's Another Good One.
The first fire drawn by Mr. Hughes' telling
arraignment of the democratic administration in
his acceptance speech ii a broadside of questions
prepared at democratic headquarters, but issued at
coming from thirty-seven "distinguished Ameri
can writers'' hope of inspiring confidence that
the interrogatories spring from an unselfish devo
tion to the public welfare regardless of partisanship.
Many of the names attached are not in the
standard biographical reference books and most
of them that are are labelled or known democrats,
yet they are made to use this preface in their
pronunciamento:
The professional writers who signed thit
letter htve small interest in oartiet but a very
deep interest in democracy.
It just happens that one of the "distinguished
American writers" who is represented as having
"small interest in parties," and whom we happen
to know out here .very well, has an article dis
cussing a political subject in the current Atlantic
Monthly and in this contribution Meredith
Nicholson makes this confession for himself:
It may not be amiss to say that I am a
party man, a democrat; that I voted for Parker
in 1904, for Bryan in 1908, and am 'regular'
enough in local contests to retain my right to
vote with good conscience in primary elec
tions. If the others were as frank as Mr. Nicholson,
they would probably have the same itory to tell;
that instead of having "small interest in parties
they are all deep-dyed enough in democratic par
tisanship to swallow Parker and Bryan with equal
complacency and could not be pried loose with a
crowbar from Wilson, or from any one else run
ning for president aa a democrat, no matter whom
the republicans might put up against him.
Considering the fiery, ordeal just passed
through, King Corn it doing tolerably well, thank
yon. - , '
Running railroad trains by wireless is at least
something of an advance over the days when they
were run by guest. ""' "'" , :ri '
Now thai the "upliftert" have made their posi
tion known, let the "sob sistert" tell us thein,
and relieve the suspense. a . 1 '
' The president stands pat on the suffrage quet
tion, relegating it to. state's rights. He doet not
dare offend the haughty southerners too far,
. Governor Capper of Kansas draws a renom!
nation without opposition, showing that a good
editor can make good almost anywhere you put
him, - . v :; ' ., -y
, Unfortunately, in most caset it it easy to tee,
after it has happened, how the "unavoidable" ac
cident could have been prevented at but little cost
or by slight effort , ,
.' " Why not turn the postoffice department alto
.over to state regulation? And the national banks,
:. too? If we are going to go back, to state sov-
'i'-ereignty, let't have it all. . ; i . 1 yi;',J.A - y
' With a strong breeze blowing for building a
new free-for-all Missouri river bridge, the folkt
, who owh the present toll bridge ought to be more
willing to listen to reason. .
OutW the teething cauldron of the late hot
pell, it it reassuring. to know that Yuma, Arii,
hat not been eclipted by sny place that doet not
start itt name with the initial "H."
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The Railway Strike Situation.
The railway trainmen are laid to be casting
their votes in the wage dispute referendum in
overwhelming numbers in favot of a strike. Thit
mty be merely the politics of their negotiations
with the representatives of the railways at their
employers or it may reflect a real detire on the
part of the trainmen to test their strength by a
strike, but the most ardent wish of the vast major
ity of the American people is that the threatened
strike be avoided by peaceful settlement regard
less whether any proposed plan of arbitration is
more or less acceptable to the railroads or to the
railroadmen.
On the face of it, the claims and counter
claims, at presented to the public by the spokes
men for both tidet, are contradictory and tech
nical and their justice and fairness would not be
established one way or the other by the out
come of a strike. An impartial decision, however,
could and would no doubt be had by tubmittting
the issues to the investigation and judgment of, a
body like the Interstate Commerce commission,
conversant from all anglet with conditions under
which the railroads are operated,
v The trainmen used to condemn the railroads
in unmeasured terms when they tstumed the high
and mighty attitude of having "nothing to arbi
trate." For the trainmen, themteyei, now to
manifest a like unyielding disregard of the rights
of the public, to tay nothing of the rights of their
employers, would put them in the attitude of
playing fast and loose with public sympathy and
support, which none can afford to lose.
Thought Nugget for the Day.
Kind words,' kind looks, kind acts and warm
handshakes these are the means of grace when
men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles.
John Hall.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Germans claimed gains north of Warsaw and
west of Ivangorod. ,
Paris reported failure of German attacks in
the Argonne and the Vosges.
British won crest of ridge near western shore
of Gallipoli peninsula.
British government charged American meat
packers with fraud in their claims before priie
court. -
this Day in Omaha Thirty Yeart Ago.
The Board of Trade committee, consisting of
Messrs. Max Meyer, J. A. Wakefield, John Evans,
Peter Her and (i. W. Nattinger, met at the board
rooms in the exposition building to discuss the
reception to be given the Nebraska editors.
E. J. Edwards, late clerk of the general de
livery window in the postoffice, has accepted a
position in Martin's Installment store.
The cedar block paving on Farnam as far out
as Twenty-eighth has been completed and that
thoroughfare is now open to the public.
Brownell hall and site on South Sixteenth has
been sold to W. F. Lorenien for $24,000 and the
trustees have decided to build the new Brownell
hnll hiiildinff at once. '
Arthur Rothery received from s friend in New
: Thit it not the first, time eyes have been
strained, looking out to tea between the capet at
the entrance to Chesapeake bay. That section of
our coastline it historic, if none other it.
The recrudescence of the infantile paralysu
epidemic in New York and the appearance of
scattered cases here and there in this section of
the country admonish extraordinary precautions
When in doubt, call your doctor without delay.
No politics, of course, in the distribution of
thos land banks, but our democratic, national
committeeman insists the desire of the democrats
to play even for yielding the federal reserve bank
. to Kansas City's political pull will land this one
for Omaha.; "';'' ,;: ..':. ".
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On the tame theory, if Blair and Fapilhon
should put in applications for that land bank, our
Congressman Lobeclc would also refuse to cham
pion Omaha's claim with the excuse that he could
not take sides for his home town as against other
' parts of hit constituency, v
Tendencies in Advertising
Bert Maaos at Newapaperdom. "" "
Advertising has been running wild on the bases
just about as long as reason will tolerate.' Cer
tain things are surely coming to pass, and coming
toon. Let me tell you what they are: Department
store rates will be the same as the rates to others,
and those rates will be as flat at the bosom of
Belinda. Space that an advertiser can buy will be
limited in sue; Rates will be higher to offset the
limitation of tpace. No. advertiser will be per
mitted to give a vulgar exhibition of wealth and
conspicuous waste by using more space than is
necessary to tell the public what he wantt it to
know. Advertisers will be permitted to freely ex
press their honest opinions about the products
they tell, just as people are permitted to freely
express their religious and political beliefs.
It will be recognized that liars kill themselves
more quickly than vigilance committees can do
the job, and thus will such committees fade away
' into the background with Peary and Doc Cook.
Simplicity will succeed complexity, tense tuc-
' ceed sentiment, reason rise superior to sophistry.
Business will be encouraged by laws rather than
harassed, and it will come to be conceded that
men who make laws are not quite so important
to the world at men who make business. Persis-
' tence will be taught at the dominating influence in
advertising the one vital thing that gets you to
the destination. .
Co-operaion will be given the advertiser in
sny degree he may ask, and the publisher will
charge the advertiser whatever it costs to give the
co-operation, with possibly a bit added for profit.
Advertising will past from the handt of those
who tell it to those who buy it that it to tay,
advertitert themselves' will take control of the
thing away from men who are not advertiser!.
Churches are to advertise, and will have to live
up to the label Jike the rett of as if they want
their advertising to pay and if they want to avoid
- legal complications for false and misleading state
ments. It will be interesting to observe the out
come on the question of baptism 'whether the
Baptists tell the truth when they advertise immer
sion, or the Presbyterians when they advertise
. aorinklinaT. . '"
Truth is being lived s trifle more and talked
a trifle less, it being now considered somewhat
indelicate to wear a truth label around your neck
or to use your honesty for bait Yes, good reader,
' we are passing from a period of hysteria to an age
'. of reason, and what I am saying now aa a radical
will be accepted at ultra conservatism, tomorrow.
Adieu to the Deuttchland. !
i When Captain Kocnig and hit crew laid
"Aufwiedertehnl" to ' the United States, and
started on their return voyage, they took with
them the unfeigned interest of the entire nation.
No matter what the prejudice or bias of the citi
xen may be, he it open in hit expretsion of ad
miration for this gallant teadog: The sailing of
the subsea merchantman was attended by unusual
circumstances, chiefly the precautioni that would
ensure a safe passage for the boat so long at it is
in American waters. '. Uncle Sam hat done his
best to keep the Deutschland safe, while under his
jurisdiction, and the rest is up to the captain. His
seamanship is able, and the next newt from him
will undoubtedly come from his home port, after
he has completed his round trip, and placed his
name forever in the annalt of the sea at the first
to make the voyage with an undersea cargo car
rier, the more remarkable because accomplished in
the presence of war. . , -
Funtton and the Correspondents.
General Funston characterizes the majority of
writers for newspapers who have tent back ttories
from the concentration camps along the border at
"shameless and conscienceless liars," and threat
ens to send them away from tht presence of the
army. The general's indignation it perhaps justi
fied, in a measure at least, for experience has
proved that men will exaggerate or invent, while
some newspapers- persistently seek that tort of
matter for publication. In good time the truth
will come out. The last experience of the Ameri
can people with war developed that much that
was wrong was covered up by army officers until
exposed in print by the newspapers. "Official" re
ports from Europe are such as would almost con.
vince one that all the liars arc not in the news
paper business. 5 General Funston himself was
brought to the front by a newspaper story that
was afterwards shown to be mostly fiction.' It
is not on record that the general ever seriously
resented that publication. The irresponsible cor
respondent and the unreliable newspaper are not
to be disposed of by executive order.!
New Jersey't ex-post facto activity in arrest.
ing the managers of big transportation companies
responsible for the storage of large quantities of
explosives contrary to law would ring more
nearly true if some of the peace officers who per
mitted the violation of law were included in the
warrants. All the responsibility does not rest on
the transportation people. . .
If those Wilson partisans want specific com
plaints against the federal reserve law, they might
address themselves to our democratic senator
from Nebraska who bolted, his party caucus to
voice hit objection! againtt many of its provi
sions, though in the end he permitted himself to
be whipped into line to vote for it;
. General Funston should keep in mind that
sometimes the best of men dissemble. For ex
ample, we were officially told Funston was sent to
Vera Cruz to make Huerta salute the flag, when
it now appears the real reason wat to keep a Ger
man thip from landing a consignment of ammuni
tion. . 1 v " .(Vi ' . '
If J. Pierpont Morgan, despite his efforts to
die poor, had to leave an estate of $78,000,00 it
looks rather hopeless for Andrew Carnagie to
meet the expectations he has set for himself.
York a Chinese terrier which it the emallest
matured dog in the west. .
Frank Buncher has sold hit interett in the real
estate agency at 1516 Dodge to Frank H. Mitchell,
and the business will hereafter be carried on un
der the name of Stockdaie & Mitchell.
Mrs. N. B. Falconer has left on a three weeks
trip to visit her mother, who resides in Denver,
while Mr. Falconer leaves for the east on a short
business trip. . '
Charles A. Patteron of the Nebraska & Iowa
Insurance company has returned from Canada
with his bride. .
W H. Riahee. caroet buver for S. P. Morse &
Co., has left for Philadelphia and New York to
make fall purchases for his department.
Today in History.
1780 Command in the highlands of the Hud
son, with the works at West Point, was given to
General Benedict Arnold.
1816 General John Eugene Smith, a dis
tinguished union commander in the civil war, born
In Berne, Switzerland. Died in Chicago, January
. m .... ... ...
18J1 War between Belgium ana ine mciner
lands began.
. . JBsS-Kugene Sue, notea rrencn auinor oi
melodramatic fiction, died in Savoy. Born in
Paris, December 10, 1804.
1866 Democrats of Maine nominated fcben r.
Pittsbury for governor.
1872 The Cuban privateer "Pioneer" was
seized by the United States marshal at Newport,
R. I (or violation ot the neutrality laws.
1878 Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Salisbury
were presented with the freedom of the city of
London. . . .,
1891 Rt. Rev. Kilian Flaach, second Catholic
bishop of La Crosse, died at La Crosse, Wis. Born
in Bavaria, July 16, 1837. "
1894 f ourth centenary ot tne sailing oi Co
lumbus from Palos, near Huelva, celebrated at
HvetvtV ' '' """
1907 Standard Oil company was fined $29,
240,000 in United States district court at Chicago
for accepting rebates.
1911 Admiral Togo, of the Japanese navy, ar
rived at New York on a visit to the United States.
1915 Twenty-five lives were lost in a flood
resulting from a cloudburst at Erie, Pa.
This Is the Dsy We Celebrate.
f W. Dunn, aecretarv of C N. Diets Lumber
company, is celebrating his forty-sixth birthday
today. He was born in Lyons. Ia., and has been
in the lumber business tince 1886.
, King Haakon VII, the present ruler of Nor
way, born in Denmark forty-four years ago today.
King Constantine, the present ruler of Greece,
born in Athens forty-eight years ago today.
Earl of Aberdeen, former governor-general ot
Canada, born sixty-nine years ago today.
Alfred Deakin, former prime minister of Aus
tralia, born ift Melbourne sixty years ago today.
Baron Hersey, famous English jurist who con
ducted the official investigations into the sinking
of the steamships Titanic, Empress of Ireland
and Lusitania. btirn seventy-six years ago today.
Dr. Augustus H. Strong, president emeritus of
Rochester Theological seminary, born at Roch
ester, N; Y eighty years ago today.
Hustavus Getz. utilitv infielder of the Brooklyn
National league base ball team, born in Pittsburgh
twenty-seven years ago today.
Where They All Are Now.
Harry Furay, an old Omaha boy, is manager
nf a nreaa association in San Francisco.
' Elmer Turner went from Omaha to Valparai
so, Chile, where he is general secretary oi the Vai
naraian Yrttnifl' Men's Christian association.
Howard Bittinger, another Omaha boy, is in the
furniture business with his uncle in Philadelphia.
Dr. Harry Swartzlander is now a practicing
physician in Alberta, Canada.
A. Hoyle, who was one of Omaha's foremost
where in France." .. '
C. J. Best, for years on The Bee editorial staff,
is now running the Neligh, Neb., Leader.
Carl Reiter, formerly manager of the Orpheum,
is circuit manager at Portland. .
Jake Rosenthal, who box-officed several Omaha
show houses, is in the theatrical business at
Dubuque, la.,
Timely Jottings snd Reminders.
Today is the second anniversary of the Ger
man invasion of Belcium.
Alvey A. Adee today completes thirty years of
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service in ine important position ui bciuuu aasia
tant secretary of state at Washington.
College presidents who are in favor of military
training have been invited to meet in conference
today at the Pittsburgh training camp.
The annual meeting of the Southern Confer
ence of Seventh Day Adventists is to open at
Nashville today and will continue until August 13.
Parliamentarv candidates are to be nominated
in British Columbia today, preliminary to the
provincial election which is scheduled for Sep
tember 14.
The Massachusetts minimum wage commission
will hold a public hearing today on its proposal to
establish a minimum wage schedule tor women
employed in women's clothing factories in Massa
chusetts. A special election is to be held in Tennessee
today to give the people an opportunity to vote
on the question of revising the present constitu
tion of the state. ; .
Story-ette of the Day. .
. Mrt. Simpson had taken her little girl out to
tea at a friend's house, and all went well till the
close of the meal.
Then she was horrified to see little Elsie try
ing to smuggle a slice of thin bread and butter
into her pocket. i I 1
, : "Oh, Elsie, what are you doing?" ahe asked, in
sad surprise.
. "That's all right, mother," her small daughter
reassured her. "I just thought I'd take a piece
back to nurse as a pattern. Philadelphia ledger,
MU Kick m WU su IU Poor.
Chub. Auk. I To th Editor of Tht
Bco: I want to cxpms my appreciation of
tho fair and dltmifUd way you handled the
Industrial Worker, of the World question in
today's paper. The recent trowing lentf
ment, which eoniidera every Induitrial
Worker of the World an outlaw and every
idle poor iran .object to arrest for vBcranoy,
ii a aad commentary on the intelfirence and
manhood of those who encourane it I have
heard reipeetable ( T men Indnlstnc in H
whose buetness notoriously has always been
that of Benin their living- without earn
for it, A a-overament that kowtows to the
idle molti-millionalre. fails to protest the
earnlns; rifhts of Ha wac workers, and then
brands them as criminals when they fall, is
not one especially qualified to teach civilisa
tion to warring and benighted nations.
WILLIS HUDSPETH.
An Explanation from Wllaaa.
Stromstntrg, Neb., Aug. 3. To the Editor
of The Bee: Replying to Commissioner
Clarke's criticism of my charges of mal
administration in the Lincoln telephone ease.
It ia strange, to say the least, that neither
the secretary of the commission, the clerk In
charge of the reports of carriers, nor the
other two clerks of the accounting depart
ment, all present when I visited the com
mission's offices, knew of a stody having
been made of the Lincoln company's reports
only "two months before." and which "con
sumed three weeks of the accounting de
partment's time." And it is significant that
If such a study hsd been made, the results
were not given to the people of Lincoln In
some form or other. Looks like a post hae
study to me, and Mr. Clarke's account of It
deserves considerable examination more, In
fact, than one can ask the press to publish.
Mr. Clarke says my comparisons are un
fair. Without braving his ire and going to
hia offices to examine the detailed reports,
I ventura the statement that the Lincoln
company, with its valuation of ItOl.SO per
telephone, has no greater proportion of "ex
pensive cable and underground construction"
than the Nebraska company property in this
state, with Us valuation of 77.0 per tele
phone. And why does he aay that "the aver
age for the entire system in either the Ne
braska or Lincoln companies is materially
lower than the average for Omaha or Lin
coln" alone, when, according to the commis
sion's annual report for 1818, the average
valuation by the commission of the entire
Lincoln system Is $119.82 per telephone T
Mr. Clarke also seises upon the "repro
duction new" valuation of the Lincoln com
pany for his defense of its extortion, a con
fession of the weakness of his position.
Everybody knows such valuations are tainted
with much guesswork, and not based upon
experience. The commission fixed the re-
production new" value at 11,786,807, or
$185.75 per telephone, and authorised the
company to use a sum, equal to 9 per cent ;
of this for maintenance and depreciation, or
$100,781.70 annually. And notwithstanding
the property Is of the age wherein the de
preciation Is above the normal, the actual
amount used to maintain the property during
the last three years averaged less than $98,
000 per annum, according to the company's
reports.
Valuations are the crux of every rate
controversy. The problem is, as Zapp said
Birsky: How much is labor and ma
terial, and how much is pinochle. There is
prejudice amongst consumers against pay
ing for pinochle overheads, dinner overheads,
etc." Twenty-one and sevtyn-tenth per cent
of the Lincoln valuation was for ovsrhead
iharges for which the company submitted no
foundation no statement of cost In detal.
And at the risk of again being charged with
making unfair "comparisons, I give the aver
age coat of a few telephone plants in this
state wherein the stockholders are too nu
merous to admit of the working of fraudu
lent schemes.
The Nuckolls county company, with 408
stockholders, reports an average cost of $80
per telephone; the Monroe company of Platte
and Madison counties, with 962 stockholders,
an average cost of $88 ; the Hamilton county
company, with 1,826 stockholders, an aver
age cost of $86, and the Glenwood company
of Webster county, with 1,47 stockholders,
an average cost of only $21.40. And the
average cost of construction of all of the
telephones in the state outside the L. T. A
T. and Nebraska companies, Is but $48. It
is to me that the commission s valua
tions, like Lincoln's famous rathole, will bear
looking into, and I'm going to keep on look
ing notwithstanding Keeper Clarke's asper
sions on the morality of tne thing.
I am told I had no right to include in the
revenues of the Lincoln eompany $7,000 In
rentals for buildings. Perhaps not, but I
would have needed a microscope to see that
amount in over $450,000 of annual gross
revenues. And he says nothing about the
expenses of the buildings properly deducible
from the rentals. I considered nothing but
the net revenues in computing the rate of
return. And he saya that I have improperly
included all the toll receipts. Yes, In gross
revenues, but I do not think that I did. In the
net. I assumed the company had obeyed the
law requiring It to divide these receipts with
connecting lines, and I believe that it has
done so, though I may be in error. I don't
see how It could have "gotten by" with the
whole cheese. And I also assumed that the
commission had enforced ita order of three
years ago, requiring full monthly reports of
all receipts and disbursements. Again I say
that I used only the net revenues as shown
by the company's reports In computing the
return upon the valuation. It seems to me
that Mr. Clarke must either plead guilty to
not having enforced the commission s order,
or to not having reduced the rates to sub
scribers. VICTOR E. WILSON.
TOLD IN FUN.
Nurse Oh dear ma'am, the baby has
Just swallowed that whole paper of tacks.
Mrs. Surface How unfortunate! Now I
will be obliged to put up all those suffrage
post era with glue. Puck.
"If a man called me a liar." asserted a
braggart, "I'd sail In and lick him. If he
weighed 800 pounds."
"Well, you big bluff," answered one who
was tired of listening, "I call you that hare
and now. "You're a liar."
"Bluff yourself," came back the artist,
without a minute's hesitation. "You don't
weigh more than 160, and you know what
I said." Tit-Bits.
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Teacher Tommy, can you spell
Thomas Tea, sir. F-U-B.
Teacher That's right Now can
tell me what fur tat
Thomas Yes, sir. Fur Is an awful long
way. Cornell Widow.
"Do you know the nature of an oath,
marl am f "
"Well I ought to, air. We've Just
m.uhiI .nri m huaband hae. oen
the carpels." Topeka Journal.
uiu,iv nff.red the man who eavi
hie life a half a dollar."
"Yea. bat he handed Miserly 80 eenta
chaaie." Chrletain Reglater.
STORY OF MERCHANT PRINCE.
Chlcaio Haarthatone
t.1 . an nlrt ...ear and he had a lot
He aurtedu'a bualnaaa on a dollar-elthty
The do'Pa'r' for atock and the elfhtjr for
Broush" him three lovelr dollar. In a day.
Weltf he bought more tooda and a little
And he"pUydlthat eyetem with a amlle on
The eue'tom. flocked to hie Jw'
And eoon he had to huatle for a regular
Up on the aquare, where the people pae.
He gobbled up a corner that waa all plate
Ha flfed""iip the window, with the heat
that he had .
And he told 'em all about It in a half-page
He eoon' had 'em coming and he never,
never quit,
And he wouldn't cut down on hlo ada ana
bit.
Well, ne'e kept thlnga humming to the aaem
ever elnce
And everybody calla him the Merchant
Prince.
Some aay It'a luck, but thet'eellbunk
Why, he waa doing buaineaa when the tlmea
were punk.
People have to pnrehaaa and the geeser wis
wlae
Tor he knew the way to get 'em waa to
advertlaa.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
New York Sum Napoleon went to Elba.
The grand duke waa shipped to the Cau
Mathewson Is going to Cincinnati.
Boston Transcript: When Secretary Dan
iels hears about that naval dance at New
port he'll be ordering the sale at auction
of every phonograph on the fleet.
Chicago News.: In order to get hardened
for the campaign, Candidate Hughes is play
ing golf. He might also do something to
thicken Ms epidermis.
New York World: Does Carranea's recall
of Oeneral Trevlno include also the Car
ran aa order in General Travino's pocket to
shoot down American soldiers moving In any
but a retreating direction T That is the im
portant question.
Baltimore American: President Wilson Is
now unqualifiedly for preparedness; but Inas
much aa some months ago he was opposed to
It, there Is reason to auspect that he finds
preparedness the popular side of the fence,
and henoe th jump.
Nw York Sun: Forty-eight persons kilted
in New York City's streets in June I The
present great death toll from Infantile par
alysis makes the motor car s deadly work
seem insignificant. But the plague of paraly
sis la occasional whereas the traffic slaughter
goea on forever. And the work of poliom
yelitis Is obscure while that of the reckless
motor ear driver should be readily con
trollable. ,
Culls From the Wire
Borne stghty motor trucks laden with sup
plies for the Pershing expedition, are mired
down between Columbus, N. U and Coionia
Dublan, aa a result ot two cloudbursts.
Five hundred cooka, cooks' helpers, waiters
and waitresses struck for an eight-hour day
tor the men and Increased wages for women
employed In cafeterias in San Francisco.
- The aenate adopted Senator Underwood's
resolution to appropriate 1540,00ft for relief
of flood sufferers In Alabama, Florida.
Georgia, Mutsiesippl and North and South
Carolina. .
Ths Louisiana state progressive convention
endorsed the nomination of John M. Parker
for vice president, but failed to ratify the
national committee's endorsement of
Charles B. Hughes, republican nominee for
president , -
John BE. Clark of Cleveltfnd, O.. took the
oath as associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States in the presence
of Chief Justice White and officers of the
court. The new Justice formally will take
hia seat when the oourt reconvenes in Oc-
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