LABOR VOTE WILL'
L!NE UPFORTENER
Republican Nominee Popular
With Workinpen.
FROM MILL BOY TO GOVERNOR
Former President of Amalgamated
Iron and Steel Workers Tells of In
terest of Candidate In Wageearners.
L Special Correspondence. J
Pittsburg. Aug. 30.
Although the gubernatorial cam
paign in Pennsylvania has hardly got
ten well under way, one fact has been
demonstrated, and that is that John
Kinley Tener. the Republican nominee
or governor, is going to he one of the
most popular candidates with the
workingmen that ever ran ou a state
ticket.
This is not surprising to those fa- i
miliar with his record and who have
'ollowed hie course both in private
and public life.
ilis whole history is that of a man j
who has worked hard himself and
who is in full sympathy with labor j
by reason of his associations with the j
wage earners from his boyhood days, i
Any one who. like Mr. Tener. had to
begin at the very bottom of life's lad- 1
ler and depend upon his own energy
md resources to win success can ap
preciate his concern for the welfare
of his fellow men. especially those who
make up the great industrial army of
this state and nation.
"From Mill Boy to Governor."
"From Mill Boy to Governor" is a
slogan already heard among the en
thusiastic admirers of a former worker
in one of the great steel plants of
western Pennsylvania, and as the can
ass shall progress and the great body
<f the voters shall become more inti
mately acquainted with the career and
"he policies of the Republican tiomi
lee for governor, it is predicted that
le will grow in popularity and
-strength with the Inevitable result —
in overwhelming victory at the polls
in Nov. 8.
An idea of the enthusiasm with
which the nomination of Mr. Tener is
being received and of the reasons for
he intenst shown in his candidacy
>y representatives of organized labor. I
nay be had from a chat with M. M.
larland. a former president of the |
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers, j
vho has known Mr. Tener for many
ears.
Appreciation of a Co-Worker.
"John K. Tener is essentially a self
nade man." said Mr. Garland. "He has
•>ver been interested In the cause of |
he workingman. and today classes
imong his very best friends men who
aave been and are high in the ranks
if labor organizations.
"Tener's first occupation was as an
jrrand boy and then as assistant ship
ing clerk at the mill of Lewis. Oliver
i Phillips. South Side, Pittsburg. He
was then advanced to pay roll clerk,
lis associates were the men of the
nills, and it was while he was em
oyed at the plant of the Olivers, at
>uth Tenth street, he formed very
ose friendships with Miles P. Hum
hreys. who had just retired as pres
ent of the Amalgamated Iron and
eel Workers, then in charge of the
addling and muck iron departments;
he late William Weihe, then a pul
ler; "Jack" Davis, a well known I.» s
oiler, and others who were high in
abor circles.
Once Ran a Locomotive.
"Tener spent most of his spare time
n the mills and mill yards, and as a
?sult he obtained a thorough knowl
dge of the practical end of the busl
less. He soon mastered locomotive
ngineering and was often found on
<ie engines in and about the plant,
d when a regular engineer was off
ty on account of sickness he would
ke his place for weeks at a time.
"When Tener left the industrial
'eld to take up base ball he was a
rm believer in organization, and dur
.g the closing months of 1889 he,
ith several other base ball players,
dned in a movement which resulted
\ the Brotherhood of Base Ball Play
's, and which had for its object the
etterment of the conditions then im
posed upon the players, and the extent.
>f this move has had its effect ever
nee.
"Tener became a resident of Char-
at its inception, and is known to
early every man. woman and child in
■at town, and as the men pa«s by
hey address him as 'John.' and he in
irn salutes them as 'Hello. Bill,' or
low are you, Sam?" as the case
my be.
As a Friend of Labor.
"For several years he was engaged
i the glass business at Hut khannon,
.'est Virginia, where only union men
vere employed, and in all business in
vhich he has been engaged or has
ad a controlling interest, the very
ghest wa,'es have been paid. At the
eginning of the strike at the Mac
eth-Hvans glass factory at Charlerol,
ae men appealed to Tener. and he
vas instrumental in securing a con
erence between representatives of the
.orkmen and their employers. He
ivas again called upon during a strike
t the works of the Charleroi Coal
unpany to intercede in behalf of the
■liners, and in tnis he was successful
assisting In an agreement satisfac
>ry to both sides and winning the
oralse of the wage earners.
"Tener was sent to congress with
the unanimous endorsement of the la
bor organizations in the Twenty-fourth
district, he having declared for an
Mght-hour law. At the second session
of the Sixty-first congress he intro
"uced a resolution calling for an in
■'estigation of labor conditions In the
mills and factories in western Penn
vlvania, which went to the commit
,ee on rule*, which body, as every one
knows, was soon after the center of a
Itter fight, resulting in the delay of
his and other creditable proposed
legislation. He is a firm believer iu
rbltration. as his close friends well
"Tener's political enemies have un
successfully endeavored to make |io
lltlcal capital out of the story that
when the Hughes injunction amend
ment was before the house of repre
sentatives he was recorded as 'n:>t
voting ' but they failed to add that at
that time he was paired with Repre
sentative Taylor, a Democrat, of Ala
bama, who was absent from Wash
ington, as will be shown on page 9224
of the Congressional Record, and it
would have been the height of dis
courtesy and dishonesty to have acted
otherwise.
"While Toner has been liberal to
all local charities, his name has al
ways been found among the contribu
tors to the funds for the widows and
children of the unfortunate men killed
In the mines and factories, and more
than one home has been brightened as
the result of his generosity.
"I predict his election by one of the
largest majorities ever given a candi
date for governor in Pennsylvania."
How Romans Took Their Food.
The Romans reclined at their ban
quets on couches, all supporting them
selves 0:1 one elbow and eating with
their Angers from dishes placed in the
center of the table. Each was sup
plied with a napkin, and knives were
used, though it does not appear that
every one was supplied with one.
Nothing, it would seem, could be more
fatiguing than to partake of a repast
in such an awkward posture or less
conductive to neatness, it being almost
impossible to ketfp the hauds clean
even with water supplied by the slaves
or to prevent the food and wine from
falling ou the clothing and the draper
ies of the couch. This manner of eat
ing disappeared (luring the dark ages
so far as the couch was concerned,
but the peculiarity of taking food with
the fingers from a common dish con
tinued afterward for more than 1.000
years.
He Wanted to Know.
There was a small crowd at the soda
counter when a tall man rushed in and
pushed an empty bottle over the drug
counter.
"Acid!" he whispered, excitedly.
"Ten cents' worth of acid, and quick!"
The soda water crowd began to sit
up and take notice.
"What's he going to do with that
acid?" demanded one.
"It's a secret," answered the drug
clerk.
"Nothing unusual. I hope."
"Well, rather."
"What! Vou mean to say he Is go
ing to take that acid?"
"Oh, no! Listen. There is a silver
wedding at his house tonight, arid he
is going to test the presents us fast as
his friends bring them in."
And then and there they voted him
the meanest man In town.—Chicago
News.
The Inspiring Bagpipes.
It was at a seaside resort, and along
the board walk came marching a band
of highland bagpipers in full costume.
They were tremendous fellows, but
their music, to my untutored ears, was
like the squealings of forty stuck pigs.
Vet I have never heard strains to com
pare with theirs for arousing a drsire
to die for one's country. I think bag
pipe music must have been fashioned
back in the old days by some demon of
perversity out of the whistle of ar
rows, the clash of claymores, the neigh
ing of war steeds and the shrieks of
the dying. When 1 hear it I think of
the wheel of fortune, the car of Jug
gernaut. the mills of the gods and the
inquisitorial rack and screw. It
whirls along with a cyclonic rhythm
that sets the feet to tramping and the
blood to boiling.—Robert M. Gay in At
lantic.
A Scandal Spoiled.
"Of course tie and his wife seem de
voted to each other now," said the
jealnus Miss Gnussip "but do you
think she will always be so true and
all that?"
"Well." replied Miss Kidder. "1 have
reason to know that only last night he
hrul oof us;. : ... s.-i a inp for her."
-Ah: Imp \ .1 uiinw I suspected
something"
"The\ mure than su>;ie'-ted. They
knew there were nii< •- in Hie house."—
Philadelphia I i
The Nature of Friendship.
Friendship may be fostered, but can
not be forced. Two are as one, not
because it is in the will of either, but
because it is in the nature of both.
When souls of similar fiber encounter
each other the gods preside at the
meeting. 1 may not cockily say, "1
will make this man my friend." He
either is or is not my friend without
any decision of mine or his. The ages
have been shaping the two of us, and
If we fit into each other well and good;
If not, we know it Instinctively and
are worlds apart though we toast our
shins at the same tire and bandy words
till doomsday.—Richard Wightman in
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Lamp of a Man's Life.
I)r. ilolnies said the lamp of a man's
life has three wicks—brain, blood and
breath—and to turn down any one of
them makes the other two go out.
The wounds a man will survive and
even disregard so long as his head,
heart and lungs are unhurt have long
been one of the wonders of war his
tory.
The Burden of Golf.
Golfer (with a full bag. looking for a
caddie)—l say. my friend, do you hap
pen to know of any one who"- Near
sighted Villager (testily)— No,l don't.
All the folks round here does their own
umbrella repairin'.—Puck.
Cutting.
Young Wife —llow fortunate 1 am
in possessing a husband who always
stays at home in the evening! Bosom
Friend—Yes: your husband never was
much addicted to pleasure.
Not Impressed.
Bobbie—Pa says you're a self made
man. Visitor iproudlyi—Yes, my boy,
I am. Bobbie—Ain't you sorry now
you didn't let somebody else help you?
—Boston Transcript.
Suggestive.
Mary (aged six)— Uncle Charlie. 1
wish you many happy returns of your
birthday, and mamma said that if you
gave me a dollar not to lose it—Lip
pincott's.
ASSASSIN HAS
Isolation Only Protection of
Ruler Against Deadly Bullet.
Police Gould Not Have Saved
Gaynor on Steamer Deck.
**********
* CENTURY'S RECORD
£ Napoleon 1., attempt, Dec. 24, ISOOi
* I'aul, czar of ltussia, March 24, 1801.
»> Spencer Percival, premier of En£-
112 land, May 11, 1812.
Y George IV., attempt. Jan. 28, 1817.
... Andrew Jackson, president United
}> States, attempt. Jan. 30. 1535.
Louis Philippe of France, many at
tempts, from IS3O to ISI6.
Y Frederick William of Prussia, at-
J tempt, May 22, 1850.
a Francis Joseph of Austria, attempt,
♦> Feb. 18, 1853.
* Ferdinand Charles 111., duke of Par
* ma, March 27, 1854.
Isabella 11. of Spain, three attempts,
,j, from 1847 to 1556.
Napoleon 111., three attempts, from ;
* 1855 to 1858.
112 Daniel, prince of Montenegro, Aug:.
X 13. 18G0. (
Abraham Lincoln, president United i
•> States, April 14, IS-J5.
?• Michael, prince of Servia, Juno 10, 1
* IS 68.
Prim, marshal of Spain. Dec. 2S, IS7O. I
A Richard, earl of Mayo, governor gen- |
g> eral of India, Feb. 8, 1872.
4* Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey, June
* 4. IS7G.
William I.of Prussia, three attempts, i
X from 1801 to 1878.
Alexander 11., czar of Russia, six at- (
•> tempts and finally killed by explosion 1
*•* of bomb March 13, 1881.
'jf Mohammed All I'as ha, Sept. 7, 1878.
% Humbert 1., king of Italy, attempt,
.> Nov. 17, 1878. |
* Lord Lytton, viceroy of India, at- ,
* tempt, Dec. 12, IS7B.
<• Alfonso XII. of Spain, two attempts, |
T 1878-79.
X Brattiano, premier of Uoumanla, at
♦J» tempt. Dec. 11. 1 SO.
4» Jnmes A. Gariield, president United i
* States, July 2, ISBL
Y David C. Hennessy, chief of police of |
t♦>♦>*•> ** * *:• ** * *♦> »> •> *♦> v
NOT since the simple days before 1
firearms and explosives has [
there been any adequate pro
tection or assurance against as
sassination. In those early times a
ruler in a dagger proof shirt was safe
enough If the courtier whose privilege
it was to taste the royal food for poison
was faithful.
Hut no precaution can offset the pis
tol or the bomb in tljo bauds of the
murderer who disarms suspicion by ap
pearing as oue of the crowd of well
wishers and admirers of the man
whom he is about to slay.
Gaetnno Bresci was waving his hat
aad cheering with the crowd that sur
rounded Italy's king before he fired the
three shots that killed him.
Leon Czolgosz was in a lino of patri
otic American citizens a wailing Ills
turn to shake hands with McKinley (
when he drew the revolver that robbed
the United States of a president. In
both cases there were troops and police
present- Ten times as many would
have made no difference.
Gaynor's Case ail Example.
Mayor Gaynor was on the deck of a j
ship surrounded by friends, and beyond j
the circle of those friends was a larger
group of admirers of the man, glad to
avail themselves of the opportunity of j
seeing ono about whom they had read
so much. No one could have asked a \
safer place or safer conditions for him
an instant before he was shot
Isolation seems to be the only sure j
solution of the problem of protecting
men in high office from violence. But j
no man blessed with the essentials for
popularity or of sufficient force to at
tract the assassin would submit to that
alternative. It has happened so often
that the attempt to kill, sometimes suc
cessful and sometimes not, lias been
made on a festival occasion that it has,
almost become a rule.
Lincoln was at the theater. McKln- 1
ley was In the Temple of Music at;
Buffalo participating in the ceremonies ,
incidental to the Pan-American expo-1
sitiou. King Humbert was just step-1
ping into Ills carriage after watching j
the award of prizes to athletes at a i
gymnasium club at Monga. King Al- !
fonso of Spain and his queen bride, j
Victoria, were on the way from the I
church in which they had been mar
ried within the hour when the bomb
was thrown that did not harm them,
but killed a score of royal wedding day
merrymakers.
King Carlos of Portugal and his son,
the Crown Prince Louis Philippe, were
on their way to their capital from a
vacation when a squad of assassins
armed with carbines killed them both.
Mayor Gaynor was about to start on a
vacation journey.
Festivities Cause Negligence.
On festival occasions the guards un
consciously relax their vigilance in
spite of themselves. There seems to
be no room for suspicion Undoubted
ly the assassin takes that luto account
when he plans to join in the celebra
tion. lie knows that on no day in the
year is the saying that a cat may look
at a king so true as on the day when
the king Is to descend from his throne,
so to speak, to get in close touch with
his people.
Unlike the ordinary murderer, who '
kills to rob or to satisfy a private
grudge, the assassin seldom makes any
arrangements to escape. Ills plan j
ends with the killing It would hurt
his vanity to have all the world talk
ing about the taking off of a notable
personage and not knowing to whom
to give the credit.
There was a marked similarity In
the motives for the attempt to take
The Cause.
"Did you hoar the awful shriek thai
engine gave as it flew by?' asked trie
first man as they approached a rail
road crossing.
"Yes. What caused it?" rejoined his
companion
"I presume the engineer had ll liy
the throttle."—Smart Set.
Huns In the Family.
Sir. Agile (to Mr. Stoutnian, running
for a carl—rieilo. old boy! I thought
you were 100 lazy to run like that.
Mr. Stout mail (languidly)— Easily ex
plained. my dear boy. Laziness runs
In our family.—Lippiucott's.
AN EASY TASK;
Table of Slayings and Attempts
ot Last Century Shows Vui- 1
nerability of Modern Safe
guards Against Death.
i
REEKS WITH-DEATH. |
New Orleans, shot by members of the 4
Mafia, Oct. IS, 1890. *
Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago. ♦
Oct. 28, 1893. T
Marie Francois Carnot, president of 2
France, Juno 24. 1594. X I
Nasr-ed-Dln, shah of Persia, May 1, ♦
1896. ♦ |
Stanislaus Stambuloff, premier of T
Bulgaria, July 25, 1895. T j
Canovas del Castillo, prlmo minister X 1
of Spain, Aug. 8, 1897. 2 .
Juan idlarte Borda, president of Uru- v j
guay, Aug. 25, 1897. T i
Jose Maria Keyna Barrios, president T
of Guatemala, Feb. IS, 189 S.
Empress Kllzabeth of Austria, Sept. A
10, IS9B. 112 '
Governor William E. Goebel of Ken- ♦
tucky, shot Jan. 31. 1900.
Edward VII. of England, attempt, 2
April 4. 1900. 5
Humbert, king of Italy, July 23, 1900. •&
William McKinley, president United V
Slates. Sept. 0, 1901.
Alexander, king ot Servla, Juno 11. 2 !
1303. J
Drnga, queen of Servla. June 11. 1903. *
Governor General Bobrikotf of Fin- ♦ ,
land. June IS, 1904. ♦ i
Von I'lehve, minister of the interior, 2 !
Russia, July 28, 1904. 2 j
Ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg of 5 1
Idaho, blown up by dynamite, Dec. 81, * j
1905. 2
Alfonso XIII., king of Spain, at- 2
tempt, May 31, 1906. 2
Carlos, king of Portugal, Feb. 1,1908. 4 ;
Louis, crown prince of Portugal, Feb. ❖ J
1, 1908. * j
Ex-Senator Edward W. Carmack, 1
Tennessee, shot by Robin Cooper, Nov. 2 !
9, 1908. £ i
Prince ito of Japan, killed by a Ko- ♦
rean in Manchuria, Oct. 26, 1909. *
William J. Gaynor, mayor of New "J*
Tork, attempt. Aug. 9. 1910. T
<* ❖•: i'•> <• ❖ •; * •> •:<
the life of Mayor Gaynor and for the
killing of Mayor Carter 11. Harrison
of Chicago. Gallagher, the man who
attempted murder aboard the German
steamship at Iloboken, did so because
lie had been ousted from his place in
a city department after being found
guilty of unfitness and because Mayor
Gaynor had refused to act in his be
half. Prendergast, the man \*io kill
ed Mayor Harrison, explained that the
mayor had failed to keep a promise
to make him a corporation counsel.
Charles Jules Guiteau, who fired the
fatal shot at President Garfield as the
latter was about to leave Washington
on July 2. ISBI, was a disappointed of
fice seeker.
Belgrade Leads In Brutality.
In modern times no assassinations
have been so brutal and at the same
lime so thorough as those at Belgrade
in the summer of 1003, when the en
lire royal family of Servla was wiped
out and a dynasty ended with swords, j
pistols and an ax.
King Alexander, his queen, Draga; j
the queen's two sisters and brother, j
the premier, two ministers, several
generals and all of the royal guard
were massacred in the palace betweeu
midnight and 2 o'clock In the morning. ,
The country and the army were In i
revolt, aud an entire regiment of in- I
fantry, led by Colonel Machin. a broth- j
er-ln-law of the doomed queen, par
ticipated in the slaughter. The queen |
was slain with an ax in the hands of 1
the lieutenant colonel.
When King Carlos of Portugal and j
the crown prince were killed they j
were riding in the royal carriage with j
Queen Amelle and the infant Manuel ]
from the railroad station at Lisbon to j
the palace. The streets were filled j
with cheering people. A big escort j
of soldiers was before and behind the •
carriage. But the soldiers had no rea
sun to suspect a group of men stand- i
fng at one of the corners and cheering '
with the crowd until those men who j
had waited until the enrriage was in j
front of them threw aside their cloaks, j
raised their carbines and began to firo j
by volleys.
Three shots hit the king, killing him '
instantly. Three hit the crown prince,
and he died before the drivers could
reach the palace
Humbert's Death Affected America.
None of the other foreign assassina-1
tions has touched this country so close
ly as did that of King Humbert of
Italy on July 20, WOO. His slayer, j
Brescl, was a silk worker in l'aterson, j
N. J. It is not probable that he was j
deliberately elected by his fellow an- i
archists in the New Jersey town to!
cross the Atlantic to kill the king, but
that was the Impression at the time,
and the Patersou anarchists were so
proud of it that they did what they
could to have it believed
General BobrlkotT. Ihe governor gen
eral of Finland, was shot and killed at
the entrance to the senate chamber at
Ilelsingfors by a young lawyer named
Schauniann, a Finnish patriot, who
committed suicide after succeeding as
an assassin.
M.de Plebve, the Russian minister
of the interior, was assassinated on
July 2S. 1004. A bomb was thrown
with deadly accuracy, and the assassin
was favored by the fact that traffic
where the tragedy occurred was heavy j
••wing to the crossing of lines of sur
face cars and the continuous stream
of trucks. M.de I'lehve was always
apprehensive of utteuipts upon his life
and used to drive as rapidly as possi
ble Ills coachman, however, was
compelled togo slowly at this point
Spanish Traasure Found.
Workman excavating for a church
foundation at Cliico, Cal., found a
rotting chest containing hundreds of
dollars' worth of Spanish coins. The
first relic found was the silver inlaid
handle of the chest. Then the diggers
came upon some rotting boards and
finally some old Spanish coins. Some
dated as early as ir>74 were found
Good and Sufficient Reason.
Editor—Bill, my good fellow, why do
you bring this poem to me? Impecuni
ous One—Well. sir. becnjise 1 hadn't a
Htamp. sir.-London Taller.
I THE PURSUIT.
J [They are chasing horse thieves )'
X with motorcars In Kansas now.— X
X News Item.J X
a Come, crank your swift auto and ®
<|> Jump to the wheel.
We need all the strength of its X
X quivering steel, £
% For forty-five horses are gone in X
X the night, »
X And we must give chase to the rob- <£'
& bers In flight,
112 If forty-five horses are stolen and
V gone X
X A motor of sixty should catch them w
& by dawn, <jp
<§> And we'll run down the thieves as y
<§> they gallop away x
$ And string them up high, as they X
x do in a play. #
X Across the "pray-rare-ree" we buoy-
X antly bound T
® With wheels that seem scarcely to V
stay on the ground. %
x The sparker Is working with per- X
X feet eclat. $
X The piston Is doing much better
& than that.
<P The— Hist! There's a cloud In the 2
V distance, and see— X
X The robbers are scattering tacks as A
X they flee! ©
<|> Swing off from the path! Tako a
S chance at the fence! X
The way that she cloared it is X
'0 something Immense! X
X And now wo are close on the trail— <|>
<§> let 'ergo!
They're riding their best, but their x
<s* best is too slow. A
X You tend to your driving. I'll shoot X
X when 1 must. $
X Bang! There Is one robber who's ©
X bitten tho dust.
<§> Surrounded by autos, they give up X
at last. X
X The horses riro saved and the rob- X
bers bound fast, <s
<|> And tho manager says ho is sure it ©
<•> will go
y As tho finest of films at a vaudo- x
X vllle show. X
<5, —Puck. &
BOSS COX'S SAPPHIRE EYES
ONE REMARKABLE FEATURE
Cincinnati G. O. P. Dictator Also Quiet
In Demeanor.
What sort of man is George B.
Cox, the Republican dictator of Ham
ilton county, Cincinnati? He's the
most modest spoken person you'd meet
in a day's walk. In the old days he
was a butcher. lie is now president
of a trust company In Cincinnati, and
along with Charles P. Taft and others
be Is powerful in the traction interests
of Cincinnati.
The peculiarity of his makeup is his
eyes. They are like sapphires. They
shine red and blue aud white, and his
face is pink. When he Is angry those
eyes are sapphire. Yet his demeanor
never changes. It Is calm and Im
passive, and, while his voice is hoarse,
there is a gentle strain to it, and he
never raises it. He seems to keep
himself within bounds.
No matter whether you believe in
Cox or not as a political factor, in the
estimation of his friends as well as his
enemies he does not 011 public occa
sions lose himself. Cox has talked
more within the last few months than
ever before In all of his thirty years
of Republican leadership of Cincin
nati.
As you get older, said a psychologi
cal critic the other day, you are apt
to talk more, and this critic recalled
that Richard Croker, for twenty years
the Democratic master of Tammany
Hall, talked more in his later career,
and perhaps this talk led to his un
doing.
Cox's bet of §15,000 that Judge Oren
Britt Brown would be nominated for
governor, in the opinion of Cox's friends
in Ohio, greatly injured Brown's
chances.
"The moral element of the state,"
said one of Cox's lieutenants, "was
greatly shocked when Cox offered to
make this bet."
As matter of fact, according to com
petent testimony, only $1,200 of that
bet was taken up. Thus Cox lost
$1,250 by Brown's defeat.
"Harding will have to contribute
certainly that $1,250 to the campaign
fund," said one of Cox's lieutenants,
"if he wants to secure Cox's support."
LIVERPOOL DOCKS ANCIENT.
Founded After Conquast of Ireland by
Henry 11.
Liverpool's docks, which are to be
further extended at a cost of over
$15,000,000, were beguti in 1700. when
the town constructed the first wet
dock in the world. Down to 1813 the
docks were confiued to the Liverpool
side of the Mersey, but in that year
Birkenhead's dock scheme was begun.
Liverpool owes its very origin to Its
suitabiiily for a port, having been
founded when the silting of the Dee
robbed Chester of its position as chief
port for north Ireland. After Strong
bow's partial conquest of the Island
under IV'nry 11. a fresh port was need
od. and - the foundations of what is
now Liverpool were laid.
PLAYWRIGHTS ARE CHILDLESS
Henry Arthur Jones and Hall Cains
Only Exceptions
According to an observer, English
writers of plays are generally childless.
He says:
"It seems that the successful drama
tist Is at the end of a series and never
leaves a successor. Look down the list
of them, from Gilbert to Shaw, aud
you will find never a child, Further
search briugs up Thomas Hardy. Bar
lie, Maeterlinck, Pinero. Cecil Raleigh,
Maugham, Locke, Granville Parker,
Frederick Fenn, Louis Napoleon Par
ker. and only Ilenrj Arthur Jones and
Hall Caine are dramatists with chil
dren.
Russia's Clock Trade Limited.
German and Swiss manufacturers
control the large watch and clock Im
port trade of Russia, together selling
about $2,300,000 worth a year.
A Timely Trip.
Little Brother (who has just been
given some candy)—lf 1 were you I
shouldn't take sister yachting this
afternoon.
Ardent Suitor—Why do you say that.
Tommy ?
"Well, I heard her tell mother this
morning that she feared she'd have to
throw you over.—Llppincott's.
Was Willing.
Smith —Von and Jones don't seem tc
be as friendly ns you were. Does h"
owe you money V Brown—No, not ex
actly. but lie wanted to.
ENGLAND PROBES
DIVORCE PUZZLE
Royal Commission Now Hearing
Proposed Changes.
HAVE SEPARATION PREVENTER
i
Proctor and Detective Force Novel
Agent* In Breaking Up Prearranged
Cases —More Leniency In Laws la
Desired, Though Church of England
Is Divided on Matter.
In America when a law becomes un
workable on account of Its ago and
the changing conditions of civilization
or from some other reason the people
either ealmiy ignore it nnd allow it to
sink into desuetude or they have it
changed.
In England when a similar state of
affairs comes about the people usually
grumble about it for a generation or j
two; then they begin to ask ques- j
tions In parliament, and finally a royal '
commission is appointed to inquire in- [
to the whole business.
The commission holds an immense
number of sittings, takes reams upon
reams of evidence and publishes a '
whole library of reports. After the !
lapse of a few more years theso re- !
ports are digested and parliament gets
around in its leisurely way to abolish- ]
ing or amending the law in question, j
English Now Investigating.
This process is going on now in rela- I
tlon to the English divorce law. Most i
Englishmen have been agreed for j
years that the divorce law is antiquat- i
ed and that a change is needed, and
now they have got to the royal com
mission stage. Among the members
of the commission are two women.
Lady Frances Balfour nnd Mrs. J. H.
Tennant, and they have to sit day aft
er day listening to evidence a great
deal of which is quite unprintable.
The commission so far hns elicited a i
lot of interesting information, but j
about the most interesting thing that It !
has brought forth is the existence of
the king's proctor. A good many peo- j
pie knew iu a vague sort of way there
was such an official, and some persons |
who had run foul of the strict regula- ]
Hons governing divorce in this country j
had good reason to know, but what his j
functions were or how he exercised |
tliem seems to have beeu a mystery !
even to lawyers.
Proctor Has Detective Force.
The present holder of the office is J. |
P. Mel lor, and he gets a salary of $lO,- j
000 a year, lie has an assistant proc- j
tor at and a staff of clerks to j
help him, and he has an office at the :
treasury in Whitehall. lie is supposed j
to inquire into every undefended di
vorce suit, and for this purpose he can !
call on the detective staff at Scotland
Yard.
This is why those who think they I
have fixed up a nice, friendly little di- 1
vorce case which will go through with
out trouble and without publicity are |
surprised to find themselves shadowed i
by shrewd looking men in the mostj
unofficial of plain clothes, but with ex- j
tremely broad toed boots, and later on 1
to find that some one or other has in- j
formed the judge they were really
quite friendly and didn't need a sever- j
ance of the marriage bond at all.
As a matter of fact, however, the ]
king's proctor seldom moves of him
self. lie usually is set iu motion by j
some busybody or some person who j
is Interested in the case. Thus a wife j
who has been adjudged by a jury guilty j
of unfaithfulness and against whom j
a decree nisi has been pronounced may ,
set the king's proctor on the track of I
her complaining spouse, with there- j
suit that the judge decides the hus- j
band is as bad as she and not entitled i
to relief.
Divorce Question Divides Church. '
The sittings of the divorce commis
sion have brought forth a good many i
other interesting things in addition to j
the existence of this mysterious offi- !
clal. One of them is the wide diver- j
gence of opinion iu the English church ;
on the subject of divorce. Officially j
the church takes the high Catholic po- i
sition that marriage is indissoluble for
any cause, and a good mjiny church- 1
men still adhere to this, but apparent- |
ly there are more who are thoroughly j
dissatisfied with even the present j
strict divorce law and wish to have
divorce made a good deal easier.
Among these are Canon Ilensley lien-1
son. the famous preacher at West- j
minster abbey, who declared that the
present marriage laws were a danger j
to public morals and absolutely mediae- ,
vnl In their character
So far the two demands that seem
to be most insistent are that divorce!
shall be made cheapt i and the sexes I
shall be placed on tin equality as re- j
gards the cause !'< i divorce. There j
Is a certain limited demand for the ex- j
tension of the causes, but apparently j
public opinion would be satisfied with
the present situation on this point if
divorce were within reach of all and
the sexes had equal opportunities.
In England at present a man may
obtain a divorce because of the un
faithfulness of his wife, but for no
other reason. A woman, however,
must not only prove unfaithfulness,
but either cruelty or desertion as well.
Brazil Plans Rubber Supremacy.
By making favorable land terms
Brazil plans to retain its supremacy in
the rubber production of the world.
Precocious tn Spots.
Bobby—Do i have togo to school,
mother? Mother—Of course, Bobby.
Bobby—Why. mother. 1 heard you tell
father last night that 1 knew entirely
too much. —Detroit free Press.
The Unknown Great.
"My tooth hurts like Sam Hill:"
"Who the Dickens is Sam llill?"
"Well, who in Sam Hill is Dickens?"
A Reminder.
"Since I've come back I find that
I'm forgotten by all my friends."
"Why didn't you borrow money of j
them before you went away?" j
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EXPENSE IN CRIPPEN'S
CASE RECORD IN LONDON.
Scotland Yard Never Before Expended
$25,000 on One Crime.
It Is estimated that pursuit, capture
and trial of Dr. Crippeu will cost the
taxpayers of London SUo,OOO. Never be
fore lias Scotland Yard spent so much
iu the pursuit of any criminal.
A large item i:i "tlie Yard's" Crippen
bill is the cost of telegrams and cables
giving descriptions of Crippen, which
were sent to many continental, Ameri
can and Canadian police headquarters.
This item will amount to $11,500.
Twenty-five thousand large posters,
containing descriptions of Crippen and
Miss Le Neve, with reproductions of
their photographs and handwriting,
were scattered broadcast up and down
two continents. Fifty clerks were en
gaged night and day for a long time
in wrapping, addressing and mailing
these posters. That will he a costly
item.
Then there is the expense of sending
Inspector I)ew to Canada and the ex
pense of another detective and a ward
ress who have gone to Quebec to look
after the prisoners 011 their way back
to Englnnd. Then there is the reward
of $1.200, which will have to be paid
to Captain Kendall of the steamship
Montrose. There is, too, the cost of
the long coroner's inquest, with the
fees for analytical chemists.
The trial of Crippen will not be very
expensive, nor will it last long. Eng
lish criminal courts move with swift
ness and without technicalities. It is
not expected that Crlppen's trial will
consume more than three or four days.
If he is sentenced to death he will bo
hanged on the third Monday morning
following the day of his conviction.
Convicted criminals under a recent
statute have the right to appeal, but
the appeal court works swiftly and,
like the lower court, pays little atten
tion to technicalities.
NOTED LIBERIAN IN LONDON.
Widow of First President at Age of
Ninety-two.
As the republic of Liberia is attract
ing a little of the world's attention at
the present time it is Interesting to
note that there still lives near Batter
sea park, London, Mrs. .lane Roberts,
widow of Joseph .1 Roberts, who was
elected the tirst president of Liberia tn
1547
Mrs Roberts was born hi America
i:i ISIS, the daughter of a Raptist min
ister named Waring, and went to Li
beria with her parents, both octoroons,
in 1824 She marri ■<< oberts in 1836
nnd visited with I st of the Eu
ropean courts iu t'i.- n.. es. She lived
for over seventy \ >nrs of her life iu
Liberia before to London.
Thjrc Is Hope.
Spellbinder ton the siuuipi <ientle»
men, In all my mreer ) have never
been approached with a bribe:
Voice From the .'tear—Cheer up. olr|
man: Your lu< k may change.--Brook
lyn Life.
The Sharks.
"Did yon • ' - 1 > i»:<- when you croM*
ed the ocean, Mr SpiHkins?" asked
Miss I'lining.
"Yes" replied Splffklns svdly. "I
played ( ;ird> with a collide."
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