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THE WEATHER
FAIR
VOL. XLVI NO. 74.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1916 TEN PAGES.
SOUS OF TOIL
. HAVE mm
ON LABOR DAY
Start Day of Frolic with Big
Parade and Wind Up
, , with the Annual
' Picnic, ;
EIGHT-HOUR DAY LAUDED
Carl Minfcer of Milwaukee Em
- phasizes Significance of
: Trainmen Victory.
MAN OVER DOLLAR IN TIME
TRAIL BLAZERS AT FROLIC
William. M. Hughes, 10 years old
Dvcember 18. joined The Knigbts of
Labor of Caas county In 1886. J. V.
Fawtjeny of Scran ton. Pa., waa at that
time Chairman. Mr, Hughes has been
a union man for -thlrty-oiie years. Ho
joined as a common laborer. He resides
at U South Thirty-eighth street.
Joha 3. Kerrigan, chalrma of the
Labor day committee and presiding
officer at the speakers' program, Joined
organised labor In 1887. He walked In
the parade an a member of the carpen
ters' Union- the oniv rmalnlr mm.
T ber of the organising committee of the
miiun 01 loose aays.
LINCOLN'S CABIN
AND FARM HOME
CIVENTO NATION
President Wilson Delivers Ad
dress at Hodgenville at the
Ceremony of Transfer of
Birthplace.
NEGLECTED MANY TEARS
Oa Tralas, at Hotl,
Mtm Htanda, oteM
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
BLEACHER SEATS
CRASH, MAIMING
inn it Diuccinp
iuu m iiiiiuvii wx
LINCOLN MEMORIAL at Hodgentville, Ky., which yesterday became the property of the
United States government in a formal presentation and acceptance. The memorial is a
handsome marble structure enclosing the original log cabin in which the martyred presi
dent was born.
: A
Log Cabin Once Used by Show
man Back in Its Orig
inal Place.
Collapse at Welsh-V' .j,0"
at Colorado Spring '
- Injuries to Scof?0,,
1 , , ' , Spectators. V
PROGRAM NOT DELAYED
NOTABLES IN ATTENDANCE
" Labor had its inning yesterday.
While the rest of the world took
to a side-track, the horny sons of
toil gave their caloused hands and
weary" arms a rest and took the en-
, tire day off for a real frolic. "
The union men gave their day an
auspicious start at' 9:30 in the morn
ing with the annual Labor day pa
rade. ; Two thousand, members of
the various crafts of organized labor
marched in the procession, which
was eight blocks long. -. . " , '
f After the parade the marchers went
to Krug park- for the annual picnic.
jv-eep your minx tank working.
was tne parting advice lett union men
and their wives grouped about the
speaker's platform by Carl Min-
rer, memoer ot tne Wisconsin legis
lature and alderman of Milwaukee,
in a spirited address that concluded
program of unusual interest.
Preceding Mr. Minkler's address
Miss Gladys Shamp, Creighton col
lege law student, presented a gold
mounted gavel to William Ouinlan
as representative of the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em
ployes, local No. 42. for 4he best ren
resentation in the Labor day parade.
, Work for a Million.,;
The eight-hour day passed by
congress means more work for those
wno are struggling tor a lwng,"-sHt
Mr. Minkler. , , "One hour dinned
from the time of 8,000,000 workers
means work' every day for 1,000,000
men. : If the millionaires who are
trying to dictate working hours and
labor conditions to labor would stop
giving poouie aog parties In ew
York ( palatial homes and devote the
same amount of time to the better
ment of the -condition of the work
ers there would be no labor troubles.
' Had .the Eurnnean war- aitiiatinn hn
left to the workers there would have
been fro international conflict. I have
made' a study of this problem, not
alone in the United States, but in
uermany ana Kussia.
Man Over Dollar.
T, W. McCulloueh. first sneaker on
the " program, reviewed the strides
made bv organized labor and rnnrlnd-
ed his address with a portrayal of fu
ture union possibilities that won ap
plause.
"Might is not right- and the time
is coming when the dollar will not
take precedence over the man," said
Mr. McCuliouarh.
'There was a great deal of lifting
.( 1 , f . .
w cjcuiuwa inu wagging 01 neaas
wnen organized labor asked for a
share of the orofits of emnlrivirn
The demand is justified and is being
recognized. r
"The industry that cannot pay a
wing wage 10 its employes is not a
(CoaWmwil Pare Thro. Clomn Twe.)
Up-State Nebraska
Encourages Sutton
Judge A. L. Sutton, republican
candidate for governor, back from a
campaign tour out in the state, re
ports a, universal feeling that this is
to be a republican year. Judge Sutton-
spoke to an old pioneers picnic
in Custer county, where 3,000 pioneers
were gathered. Here as elsewhere,
he was impressed that the situation
looks most favorable for the rrmihli-
11s aim especially lavoraDie tor John
L. Kennedy for the ITnitrri ...,..
senate.
: Mr. Sutton snoke at Lnnn rit
Ord, Burwell, Long Pine, Ainsworth,
Bassett, Spr.ngview, Cams, Stuart,
i-iiKiusun, unicu ana other towns
in tnat section.
The Weather
Tot NebrMkaaenerally f.iP antt C00l(jr
1
a. m. ..,,..75
7 a. m 74
S a. m. ,,7g
a. m 7s
10 a. m..... ta
11 a. m...... 84
13 m.......
1 p. m. . , .
S p. m..,.
. 1 - - , s p. - m
i p. m
Tj f s p. ra
7 n. m
' OmaarsUre Local Record.
. ' . ' "it. ISIS.
Highest yesterday 0 n ai 100
Looet yesterday .....7J SI Si- 76
Uho temperature ....14 7S S M
Precipitation 00 00 so 00
Temprmtor. and preelpluilon depart
area from tha normal at Omaha alnca
March t, and compared with tha last two
yeara: Deg
Normal temperature 70
Exceea for the day 14
- ' mvwwm eince MaiXtt 1...... 9BS
Normal precipitation .......... aa tni.it
rieflclency for the day ot Inch
Total rainfall alnce March 1 U.41 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 S.B3 Inches
.lclcncy for cor. period In Ills .06 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period In Hit 1,11 Inches
i a. nKUia, ifeterolotlat.
Hodgenville, Ky, - Sept. 4. The
humble little log cabin in which
Abraham Lincoln was bcjrn and the
farm of 110 acres about which he
played during the early years of his
boyhood, loday became the property
of the American people as the gift of
the Lincoln Farm association.
After suffering the vicissitudes of
neglect and decay of nearly 100 years,
the cabin, once in the possession of
a traveling showman, is back on its
original site, sheltered within the
walls of a magnificent granite memo
rial hall.
Accompanying tile '.itle to the farm
and cabin is an endowment fund of
$50,000 for the maintenance of the
grounds and the memorial hall.
General John B. Castleman of
Louisville, a man Abraham Lincoln
nnr-e- KtnnA raHv in uv nrnan h.
was in danger of being condemned to
death by a tederal court-martial, was
to introduce former Governor Joseph
W. Folk of Missouri, president of the
Lincoln Farm association, the first
speaker at the ceremonies at which
the title was transferred,
Castleman Taken as Spy.
Young Castleman; then a lieutenant
in the confederate army (his title of
general dates from Spanish war days)
was arrested in Chicago during the
closing months of 1864, while on a
secret mission in connection with a
proposed attempt' to liberate south
ern soldiers held as prisoners of war
in that vicinity.- He was taken in
civilian clothing, using an assumed
name, and his friends feared he would
be condemned to death as a spy.
They appealed to President Lincoln
and he being put into possession of
all tne tacts in the case, gave to Judge
S. M; Breckenridge of St . Louis,
through whom the appeal was made,
a letter forbidding the execution of
Castleman, in the event he was sen
tenced to death (by , court-martial.
This letuv written . November 29,
loot, was not to re usea unless a
sentence of death was passed against
Castleman, and unless such an emer-
Kcuty uiu arise uic'iaci mat it naa
been written, was to be kept secret.
Castleman was released on parole at
the close of the war. . - . .,. ,
Former Governor Folk was fol
lowed by Senator John Sharp Vil
liams, who, like General Castleman,
was a confederate soldier. Senator
Williams took as his subject. "Abra
ham Lincoln and the South."
The presentation of the deed of gift
to the Lincoln homestead was to be
made by Robert J. Collier of New
York. Secretary of War Baker was,
on the program to make the speech
of acceptances
The final address in connection
with the ceremonies was made by
President Wilson, who followed Sec
retary Baker..
History of Monument.
Early in 1906 Robert J. Collier
learned that the farm upon which
Abraham Lincoln was born was about
to be sold at auction to satisfy claims
against the estate of A. W. Dennett,
a Mew York restaurant owner, in
whose possession it had been for
several years. According to the in
formation reaching him several per
sons, among them a man with big
distilling interests, were anxious to
obtain possession of the place, in-
lending to use it in exploiting their
wares.
He at once sent Richard Lloyd
Jones to Kentucky to acquire title to
the property, if possible. Mr. Jones
on his arrival found the estate still
involved irr" court procedure and left,
first arranging with local attorneys
to notify him when the case was
finally adjudicated.
In August of the same year came
word that the farm had been ordered
sold at the courthouse door of Larue
Several of Victims at Labo
Day Accident Are in Seri
ous Condition. ,
INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW
(Continued aa Pave Two, Colnnui Three.)
Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept. 4,
The collapse of a portion of the
bleacher seats at the Welsh-Whiti
lightweight championship fight today
precipitated 200 spectators to the
ground and injured at least 100, sev
eral seriously. At various hospitals
here tonight it was stated that all o
the sixty persons taken there imme
diately after the accident would src
cover. Many later Were released af
ter having their injuries dressed. The
crash came before the larger part ol
the crowd had arrived. Policemen
aided by members of the fire depart
ment and special officers, quickly
placed the injured in automobiles and
comparatively little confusion resulted
anq the boxing program was not de
layed. ' , .
Says Inspection Made.
Announcement was made from the
ring side that the stands had been
carefully inspected before the crowd
was admitted and that no reason could
be ascribed for the collapse of the
seats. D. G. Johnson, commissioner
ot public safety, however, said that
so tar as he knew no inspection had
been made by the city engineer s of
fice and he added that a thorough in
vestigation would be made in an effort
to fix the responsibility:
J. Elmer Johnson and Conway L.
ilearne ot Colorado Springs were
among those seriously hurt Others
injured and taken to hospitals were
Dr. C. A. Dunbore, Philadelphia: A.
E, Coy, St. Augustine, Fla.; A. W.
Jamieson, frosper, lex.; B. R. Guilds.
Detroit; A. C. Leggett and Joseph
Iceland, Katon, N. M.
Montana Farmers
Pay High Rates,
Says Mr. Norris
Spokane, Wash, Sept. 4. Commis
sioner Georire W. Norris of the fed
eral land hank board, who, with other
memoers, opened a hearing here to
day, said, that .in the .6.000 .miles the
board had traveled it was found that
the farmers in at least thirteen states
were eager to avail themselves of the
provisions of the land loan act
' Montana farmers, it had been as
certained, he said, were paying higher
interest rates man tne farmers ot any
other state. Witnesses at Helena,
where the board sat until late Satur
day night, testified that the installs
tion of a loan bank in that section
would mean the salvation of the farm
ers, who face ruin because they are
assessed rates ot interest 1 ranging
irom w to is per cent on money
borrowed to promote their agricul-
ti rai interests. . ,
Members of Congresis
" Eeady to Go Home
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Sept. 4. (Special Tel
egram.) Adjournment of the first
session of the sixty-fourth congress is
at hand. The fag ends of the session
are being woven into theg eneral fab
ric of legislation and Wednesday
night or Thursday will se the finish
of a session of congress which demo
crats are hopeful the country will en
dorse.
Already a general exodus of legisla
tors has begun. Congressman Reavis
left for his home in Falls City Sat
urday night. Representative Sloan
and his family will leave for Geneva
on Wednesday eevning. as will ludze
Kincaid for his home in O'Neill. Rep-
rcsciuauvc oiepucns ui mc intra will
not go home before Saturday, having
i number of odds and ends to do
about the departments, whose accom
plishment may add some votes to his
candidacy.
Read This Luscious Love Letter; -
Could "Our Bill" Have Written It?
What "William E. Taube" wrote
the luscious love letters disclosed in
a sensational divorce over in Chicago
last week? Omaha was the stamp
ing ground for a certain William E.
Taube, popularly known as "Bill," a
bachelor and one ot the bovs. who
removed to Buffalo about a vear aeo.
As there is no question of identity of
name, if it is someone else it must
be Bills double.
The divorce case was one brought
by James F. Cronkite, 443 Sheridan
Koad, a Chicago business man.
against his wife, Marjorie, and he
testiliea that her art air with laube
had been going on for several years
and had been admitted by her.
Among the letters read into the court
record was this warm one, said to
have been written to Mariorie in her
admirer's best style of literary work-
mansnip:
Fragrance of Memories.
My Dear Marjorie: And now
evening comes on, dear, and the shad
ows are curtains that have shut out
the two beautiful days in our hearts,
and the dreams and the lasting fra
grance of memories of you.
"It seems that when vour touch is
on my arm such balm of mind and
perfect happiness exists, and I always
icarc mi my visits as lAOUgn 1 had
been in a trance and keep trying to
refresh my memory to see if it's only
been a dream, or if it's all real. Our
meal and chat at the Congress now
don't you really' say we were happy
as kiddies and the movies and the
drive all so hearts that throb in sym
pathy, in love, and just a slight pep
per ot jealousy, not genuine, merely
love interest for each other, that'all
an. .-. . . . .
"So, yes, we understand each other,
and our phone calls just little- whis
pers of aching hearts longing for
eacn other, and so interested in each
other's every move and action, our
sweet farewell only a bon voyage.
Fond Touch of Lips. ;
"Our fond embrace and touch ot
lips. And that, too, shows our hearts
are still very warm. And now, my
love, I thank you for the few yes, it
sccmcu dui a tew nours we spent
together, and oh, how thankful I feel
to God for his safe keeping of my
darling girl I And your health looks
so good and you were more like your
self than I have seen you for some
time. . " ' .
"I guess it is the rest up of quiet
life and nerves rested. I do so wan:
you to pack up your bag and make
this- trip west with me and take po;
luck as it may be. Some day- you will
do this, won't you, love? And when
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RUSSIANS TAKE
WHOLE SERIES OF
MOUIiTAIII TOPS
Petrofrad War Offioe Telia of
Several Victories, During
Which 19,405 Pris
oners Are Taken.
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German Defenses Along Three
, Thousand-Yard Front Are
Taken During Drive.
FRENCH CAPTURE CANNON
CATCH BANDIT WHO
HELD UP BANK HERE
Man Captured in San Fran
cisco Identified as Robber
of Florence Bank. .
v
CAUGHT AFTER GUN FIGHT
"That's the man who robbed the
Farmers' State bank of Florence' re
marked " Harry Day wait,- chauffeur,
who drove the car in which the bandit
accomplished the robbery and made
his escape. ' i' .
This assertion of identity was made
to Chief of Detectives Maloney of
the Omaha police department, in his
office at headquarters' late Sunday
afternoon, when a picture of Edward
von Walden, alias Jack Evans, was
shown Day wait.' " .:-
Von Walden is under arrest in San
Francisco for the robbery of the An
glo-California Trust company branch
bank, whi:h he robbed of $8,000 on
Wednesday,' August '30: " The Flor
ence bank was visited August 5 by a
bandit who succeeded in making way
with over $1,000' in a daring daylight
holdup at the noon hour, -
The man whose picture was iden
tified by Day wait was arrested, in
San Francisco a few minutes after his
ttemoted holdup there. He entered
the bank, held it up at the point of a
gun, dumped $8,000 from the tellers'
trays into his pockets and escaped in
taxicao atter a gun Dattie witn tne
police. Twenty minutes later he was
run to eartn in liolden uate park
and captured.
Von Walden confessed to the San
Francisco robbery; also that he had
escaped froriva reformatory at Ionia,
Alien., wnere ne was serving a sen
tence for an attempt to hold up the
Hotel Metropole in Detroit. This
statement tallies with information giv
en Davwalt bv the bandit he piloted,
Von Walden tor a week was engaged
in legitimate business --in Los An
geles, but was not content with
straight living.
Ready to Take Medicine.
"I failed and am ready to take mv
medicine," he said. "I shall not
trouble my family. Mv father is a
physician in Cincinnati. I tried to
make good, but 1 couldn t see any
way out without money, it 1 could
have got away I hoped to return what
had taken when 1 got a start.
Von Walden staged his recent es
capade with all the spectacular fea
tures of a moving-picture scenario; in
tact almost exactly like that ot the
Florence robbebry. He walked coollv
into the bank among many depositors,
thrust a revolver through the teller's
window and demanded the cash,
which he thrust by handfuls into his
pockets and made his getaway in a
rented taxicah,
The teller followed in another ma
chine and was in turn joined hv the-
police. Von Walden's car was checked
py tne trathc and in Golden Gate
park he was surrounded and forced
to surrender, . , , , ...... i
ROUMANIAN TROOPS
OCCDPyTWp CITIES
Borszek. and Sekeli, in Tran
sylvania, Taken by Invad- ,
' ers from Little Kingdom.."
FIGHTING ALONG DANUBE
Bucharest, ;,Sept.' 3. (Via London,
Sept. 4.) The Roumanian wa office
announced -today , that Roumanian
troops have occupied Borszek and
Sekeli, '' In ' Transylvania. The Teu-
tonic-Bulgariui allies have been re
pulsed at Basardjik, in Dobrudja, but
elsewhere continue their attack along
the whole frontier between Dobrudja
and Bulgaria. .
A raid by three hostile hydro-aero
planes upon the city of Constanza, on
the Roumanian coast of the Black
Sea, with the wounding of several
civilians and children, is announced.
the official statement says:
"On our northern and northwest
fronts,' after somewhat lively fight
ing, we occupied the locality of Bors
zek and the- heights ' west of that
town. We captured four officers and
150 men and entirely occupied the in
habited region of Sekeli (Sz Lelek),
in Haromszek. :
"On the southern front the enemy
attacked along the whole Dobrudja.
--(Continued an Page Two, Column One.) .
NEBRASKA EDITORS
REGALE IN OMAHA
Superi,or Publisher tOomes De
- spite Injurious Clash With
"TFliwer" in Gotham. S
BUSY DAT FOB VISITORS
.Being knocked through a plate
glass window by a "fliwer" in New
York City could not keep a live Ne
braska editor, away from the editors'
day 'entertainment and good time in
Omaha. . ;
,So L.: T., Brodstone, of Superior,
Neb., was in Omaha to enroll for the
day's fun and frolic.
The plate glass adventure referred
to is no mere-figure of speech, for
Brodstone limps and occasionally
clutches his thigh suddenly when he
makes a misstep and then his face
registers agony in a way that would
make many a movie star green with
envy. ' -
Joshed by Fellow Editors.
Then, too, Brodstone had to stand
for many jibes white 125 editors and
their wives were ' registering their
names at the bureau ot publicity at
the Commercial club.
Everyone wanted to know why
Brodstone could not dodce the auto.
"Now, honestly," said one, "we're
l (Continued on Pace Three, Colama Ux.)
Farewell Missive of Professor 'r
to Omaha Girl Whom He Jilted
The . last letter, written to Miss
Edna' May Grove by Prof. Charles
Ross Dines, who is being sued by
the former for $30,000 in a breach of
Sromise suit, has been given out by
liss Grove.
Miss Grove is living at the home of
her sister, Mrs. W. S. Stanton, 5016
Burt street.
Prof. Dines is at Dartmouth col
lege. He was formerly connected
with the mathematics department at
Northwestern university. , '
The missive is as follows:
"Chicago, April 19, 1915. To My
Dear: Needless to say I was surprised
and yet glad to see the letter 'in the
familiar handwriting, as I had thought
after the way I had acted you would
care to have nothing to do with me. I
knew that I owe you an explanation
and if such a thing could help in the
matter which touches us both , so
deeply, an apology, but I acted as I
thought right under the circum
stances. "I will begin by saying.' yX, in it all.
I acted more with the thought of
what was best for you than of any
thing else. I had kept you waiting for
five long years, years which seemed
longer to me than to you, I am sure,
and yet happy years in the anticipa
tion of the outcome. Imagine, then,
the sad blasting of my hopes when I
found that with it all this outcome
was seemingly as far in the distance
as ever, ,
-' "I , found, to speak quite plainly,
that the salary which I should re
ceive as teacher for some years was
barely enough to keep : myself on,
witnout prospects ot saving anything.
How foolish, then, for me .to attempt
anything further than this. And what
was the fair thing for me to do to
you? If I told you of it I 'was sure
you1 would laugh at me and, in the
generosity of your nature, tell mc
that this made no difference, whereas
I knew that it would wreck our hap
piness ior an time. r,.,
"And so I thought the best thing to
do was just to break off everything,
as you. know I had thought of doing
before. I thought it would be hard
for us both, but better: much better
than the other way. And I have been
living here with' the thought of real
happiness placed far in the distant
future, if at all. I hope you will for
give me and try to see my side of it
a little in thinking of you.
"As to any favors you may ask of
me, I think you know that anything
I can do that you want me to do I
shall be glad to do: I am sorry that I
cannot come out to Omaha as you
suggest, and I cannot see that much
good could comeN of it except a re
newal of the heartaches that I felt
when I treated you as I did. ' '
Thank you for writing me as you
did. Please, Dickie, try to think as
well of me as you can, and believe
me ever. ' ,
''Moat .incereiy. your, - - JACK.'
Petrograd, Sept. 4. (Via London.)
The Russians have broken across the
Theniovka river, a western tributary
of the Zlota Lipa, and ceized a posi
tion of the Austro-German troops, the
war office announced today. They
took 2,721 prisoners and six machine
guns. . -
The Rusiian victory was won in the
neighborhood of Brrezany. fitty miles
southeast of Lemberg. Eighty of
ficers and 2.641 men were captured.
A gas attack near Baranovichi was
repulsed.
n the vicinity of Vladimir-Votynski,
in Volhynia, fierce battles are in oro-
trress near Sheltuvov and Korytniza.
Heavy engagements arc also under
way along the upper sereth.
Tbo'Rusfian forces in the Carpsth
tans, the announcement also, says,
captured a whole series of mountain
heights and are advancing to the
Hungarian frontier. .
Between Thursday and Sunday the
troops of the Russian commander,
General Brussiloff, captured 385 of
ficers and 19,020 men. In this num
ber were eleven German officers and
1,300 German privates. Twelve cannon,
seventy-six machine guns and seven
bomb mortars were also taken.
' Big Cain by Britoni. -
London, Sept. 4. As the result of
fighting yesterday north of the
Somme river in France, says the Brit
ish statement issued - today, British
troops have captured German de
fenses on a 3,000-yard front for an
average, depth of 800 yards, and in-
ciuaing tne village ot oumrniont.
The whole of Ginchy at first was
captured, but the British were com
pelled to give ground, retaining hold
of part of the village despite heavy
counter attacks in the course of the
night. More than 800 Germans were
taken prisoner. . -'
: The British official statement says!
"Fighting between the Somme and
the Ancre waa severei; the, enemy
-uiahiiiB -icicrrniirr.tr -counter- BltaCKS '
supported by heavy artillery fire.
"The British advance almost every
where was successful at the outset
and most of the. enemy's counter at
tacks, which cost him severely, failed
to shake the hold of the British
troops on the ground won. The Brit
isn line is tne same as reported last
night. -
French Capture Guns.
Paris, Sept. 4. -Operations on the
Somme front have been retarded by
bad weather, the war office an-
nounced today. In the action four
teen guns have been captured by the
French. Prisoners continue to arrive
at the rear. . r .-i.- . . -,j
tyrs, LS, Hastings
Is Injured in Auto
Upset at North Bend
' Fremont. Neb., Sept. 4. Mrs. L. S.
Hasting of David City, Neb., wife
of a candidate for the state supreme
court, wa:i badly injured near North
Bend., Neb., yesterday when the car
which Judge Hastings was driving
was overturned. Mrs. Hastings suf
fered a dislocated hip and internal
injuries. Judge Hastings and two
men, the other occupants of the car,
were painfully but not seriously Tiurt,
Rioters Derail
Traction Cars in
Streets of El Paso
El Paso. Tex.. Seot. 4. Strike rintn.
in which sympathizers in a strike of
street railway trainmen participated,
followed a Labor Dav oarade here to
day. Several cars operated by non
union motormen and conductors were
pulled from the rails and wrecked.
Wilson Will Speak :
ToSuffragists
Atlantic Citv. N. I.. Sent. 4. Presi.
dent Wilson will speak Friday night
at the convention of the National
Woman Suffrage association here tn.
day. The president wired his accept
ance late last night.
The coming of the president is
expected to have a bearing on the
controversy over the future policy of
the association and the question of
"state rights" as it concerns votes
for women. .
Conclusive 1
Evidence
of the great popularity
of Bee Want-Ads is '
shown in the wonderful
record of increase they
are making every week.
1369 More
PAID WANT. ADS
:' Last week than the
'ante period a year
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