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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1914.
CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION.
Remarkable progress has been
made within the last decade in the
elimination of child labor in the mills
and factories. Jn 1904, only ten years
ago, a national organization began
active work looking to the enactment
of laws prohibiting the employment
of children under 14 years of age
In gainful pursuits. A report just
submitted by the secretary of the
organization shows that all but eight
states now have such laws. Ten
years ago only sixteen states pro
tected the children from the avarice
of manufacturers.
Progress has been made also in
the enactment of state laws prohib
iting children from working at night
and in improving the working con
tions of factories. The exploitation
of children, to the -detriment of their
and the community’s welfare, is still
permitted in some states and the
work of the organization will be con
tinued until every state in the na
tion takes steps to protect the health
of is youth, the greatest asset of any
communiy.—Ex.
THE OLD MILEAGE FARCE.
The Senate committee has increas
ed the appropriation for the payment
of mileage of members of the House
from $87,000, at which the House
itself fixed it, ‘o the old figure of
$175,000, and that for mileage of sen
ators from $25,000 to $51,000.
Everybody with any acquaintance
with congress sentiment nkows the
actual and honest opposition to the
acceptance of this plan is nearly neg
ligible in both parties. The appro
priation was pared down iii the House
only in a cheap bid for public ap
proval, not because members as a
whole have any doubt of their right
to anything they can collect. It is
a large and stupid farce, whatever
the outcome may be.—Ex.
NEW CONSERVATION BILLS.
Secretary Lane’s anxiety to have
certain conservation bills enacted at
this session does him credit, but the
outlook is not encouraging. Over a
year of continuous session has made
this congress stale and every mem
ber is eager to get away for a rest.
The president will have to fight
hard for whatever he can get out of
it hereafter, and wltn his trust bills
on the program ha will not put his
personal influence probably behind
any other important measures calcu
lated to excite opposition. Yet the
“Democrats cannot afTord to sidetrack
the conservation bills, and Mr. Lane
is entirely justified in his personal
appeals to congressmen for action.
LONDON SOCIALISTS IN
AN UNIQUE CAMPAIGN
LONDON, June 18.—"Red Week”
will be observed by organized Social
ism throughout Great Britain begin
ning next Sunday. Following the ex
ample set by their continental com
rades, the leaders and active mem
oers of he British Socialist party
will devote seven days to earnest
missionary work for the cause, par
ticularly London and the big indus
trial centers. The ideal set for each
member is that he shall cause at
least one new recruit to be enrolled
Under the red bag. In the larger
towns there will be systematic house
to-house canvassing and distribution
of Socialistic literature.
A variety of novel methods or
proselyting is promised. A number
of London ’but conductors have
agreed to risk dismissal by handing
a leaflet to each patron of their ve
hicles, and a new terror is to be
added to the barber’s chair by the
declared intention of several follow
ers of that craft to expound the doc
trines of Socialism to every custom
er during the week. Elevator men
in the tubes will explain to passen
gers the benefits of Socialism as a
remedy for the ups and downs of life,
milkmen will drive Socialistic argu
ments home with the milk, and post
men will defy government regulations
by leaving Socialistic literature at the
doorways of possible converts.
BASE BALL SCORES
Games played June 18, 1914.
National League.
Boston 5, St. Louis 6. Pitchers—
Perdue, Critcher; Robinsoon, Steele.
New York 3, Pittsburg 4. Pitchers
—Demarree; Adams, Counselman.
Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 4. Pitchers
—Allen, Schmutz; Benton.
Philadelphia 12, Chicago 4. Pitch
ers—Marshall, Oeschager; Cheney,
•Pierce, Stack.
American League.
Boston 8, Chicago 0. Pitchers—
Leonard; Scott, Lathrop.
Washington 2, Detroit 4. Pitchers
—Johnson; Williams, Dubuc.
Federal League.
St. Louis 4, Brooklyn 6. Pitchers
—Willett; Finnegan.
Indianapolis 6, Buffalo 3. Pitchers
—Kaherling; Krapp.
Chicago 3, Pittsburg 2. Pitchers
—Fiske; Camnitz.
Kansas City 2, Baltimore 0. Pilch
ers—Cullop; Wilhelm, Conley.
Northwestern League.
Tacoma 3, Seattle 5. Pitchers—
Jones; Bonner.
Spokane 8, Portland 9. Pitchers—
Stanley; Eastley.
Yesterday.
Victoria 0, Vancouver 3. Pitchers
—Pope, Driscoll; Ruether.
Vancouver 1, Vicotria 10. Pitchers
—Hall; Steele.
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
New York . 29 19 604
Cincinnati . 31 23 574
St. Louis . 29 27 518
Pittsburg . 25 25 500
Philadelphia . 24 24 500
Chicago . 26 30 464
Brooklyn .. 21 27 438
Boston . 20 30 400
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Philadelphia . 35 19 648
Detroit .’... 33 25 i 569
St. Louis . 29 25 536
Boston .. ... 29 25 537
Washington . 29 25 537
Chicago . 24 31 436
New York . 19 32 373
Cleveland . 19 35 352
Federal League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Indianapolis . 28 21 571
Chicago . 29 23 558
Baltimore . 26 23 531
Buffalo . 26 23 531
Brooklyn. 23 21 523
Kansas City . 24 27 471
St. Louis . 23 31 426
Pittsburg . 22 31 415«
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Vancouver . 44 18 710
Seattle . 42 23 646
Spokane . 38 26 594
Portland . 24 38 387
Taconta . 24 43 358
Victoria . 18 42 300
The Valdez Civic League have
placed a large tin can at the en
trance to the postoffice in which old
papers may be thrown. The public
should aid the league to keep the
street about the postoffice clear of
old papers.
The Valdez Cafe, owned by O. Rif
fle, moved today into the Sideboard
building and will soon have his new
place of business open.
RECORD OF TOWER OF BABEL
Deeds of Nebuchadnezzar Told an'
Cylinders at Yale New Redeoiphered.
Inscriptions on clay cylinders pur
chased for the Babylonian collection
at Yale university have been redecl
phered, and much information for stu
dents of Biblical chronology has been
obtained.
One cylinder inscribed for Nebuchad
nezzar, who reigned B. C. 005 to 561,
recounts his deeds with reference to
restoration and enlargement of the
walls and moats of Babylon and of
temples and sanctuaries thereabout
Ho records the rebuilding of Marchuk,
which he calls Etemenankl, recognized
as the ancient tower of Babel of the
book of Genesis.
Nebuchadnezzar said, according to
the translation, that he sought and
found the foundation stone of the tem
ple of Lugal-Marnda, his deity, and
laid it upon the foundation stone of
Naram-Sln, king, his ancient ancestor.
This ancestor presumably lived 8,000
years before Nebuchadnezzar. The
foundation stone of Naram-Sln was
also founded by Nabonidus, father of
Belshazzar (B. C. 650) when he re
stored the temple of Sippara.
POLICEWOMEN OUTSHOOT MEN
Twelve Make an Average of 88.43 Per
Cent In Teet.
Policewomen of Chicago can shoot
atralgbter and can bit, the bullseye
more often than Chicago policemen,
according to n report from the police
school of Instruction. Twelve police
women made a revolver shot average
of 88.48 per cent.
“Chicago policewomen are better
marksmen than the men.'’ said H. I*
a Fnnkhonser, second deputy police
superintendent. “Twelve policemen
taken from the ranks-not the experts,
but the average patrolmen—cannot
make a better record than the women
did.” One of the policewomen. Marie
Crot made a record of 08 per cent, and
nine ont of the twelve were rated a*
“expert" shots, with svemges of 0f
per cent or higher.
PLAYING SAFE IN
AN AUTOMOBILE
Rules Which Minimize the
Chances of Accident.
DON’TS GIVEN BY AN EXPERT
Cardinal Principle Is Never to Assume
That the Other Fellow Knows Much
About Running a Car—Crossroad a
Danger Spot of Which the Driver
8hould Beware.
An instructor stepped out of a cnr in
which lie had been spending a fort
night off and on teaching a new au
toinobllist how to operate his recently
acquired machine, the rules of the
road, and the like, and said:
“There's only one thing more. You
have a good head and have caught on
quickly. But remember this one
thing: Never consider that the driver
approaching you on the road or coining
up behind you is anything but a nat
ural born fool, an ignoramus, who
hardly knows his right hand from his
left, and throws on high speed when
he thinks he’s operating his clutch.
This may not be the case. Probably
It will not be in seventy-five cases out
of a hundred, but if you wish to play
safe assume this anyway.”
There was a good deal of common
sense in this advice, says the New
York Post. It left thnt owner in that
state of mind which convinced him
that safety for his car, himself and bis
party depended not upon the other fel
low nor half upon the other fellow, but
altogether upon himself. A man who
feels this way is not going to have ac
cidents. He never assumes the other
driver is going to do just the thing he
should do, and ns a consequence he re
doubles ordinary precautions.
Green Drivers on the Roads.
"And now," said an automobile driv
er, speaking upon this subject, “that
the time has come when the highways
and byways nre filled with cars driven
by men who have a world of experi
ence ns well ns those who are green to
the game, ns may be imagined. I think
there would bo no harm In setting
down a few cardinal points which, If
observed, will make nutomoblling safer
this season than it has ever been.
“In the first place, I should advise
the amateur driver never to look back •
'after he has passed a car twice his
size. The driver of the big car may
be sensitive, may see something of a
challenge in those backward turning
eyes, or, if not. the eyes of a man op
erating Ills car should be ahead, not
behind—not for a single Instant. An
instant at times—very frequently, in
fact—spells the difference between ac
cident and safety. Another thing—
don’t go nhead when you can’t see
nhead. Collision, as every driver knows,
comes from nhead. You would not
think they knew this, however, to
watch some of them run a car.
Don’t Gamble on Crossings.
“Don't gniuble on crossings. Almost
every automobllist calculates that it
takes a lot of chance to cause two cars
traveling at different angles to effect a
common juncture at the same moment.
It doesn’t take a lot of cbance at'all.
It is most common—whether through
the working of perverse fate or not, 1
don’t know.. Just the same, when you
dash on to a cross road with the Idea
that there 1b no car within at least a
quarter, of a mile of you on that road
you are likely to be disagreeably sur
prised. Sound your horn, go slowly
when you approach a bad crossing
where the other road is bidden by
trees or underbrush. You may lose a
few seconds; but, on the other band,
you may save several weeks in the
hospital or, at best have to send your
car to the repair shops.
“Be careful about going around cor
ners at even fair speed. Rubber costs
money, and nothing is so wearing on
tires as curves.
“Den’t be so combative as to insist
upon your share of the road. Any man
who doesn’t give It to yom instinctive
!y is dangerous company.
“Don’t steer in between two other
vehicles, even when they are standing
still. You may save half a minute
sometimes by doing so, but the record
time for fitting, painting and varnish
ing a new wing is nearly half a week.”
HEATLESS LIGHT PRODUCED.
Discovery Also Announced of Wotor
Vaporo In Voloanooe.
That light without beat ia a near
possibility and that water vapor does
exist in volcnnoes was brought out in
addresses at tbe couvention of the
American Chemical association at tbe
University of Cincinnati.
The heatless light possibility was
discussed by Professor W. D. Bancroft
of Cornell, who apoke on “Flame Re
actions," Professor Bancroft said he
baa achieved what be called > light
knowu as the “electric flrofly;” This la
produced by electricity under certain
conditions and reaemblea the phosphor
escent light'of a drefly. but as yet la
not commercially available.
Professor Arthur I*. Day, bead of the*
Physico-chemical library, at Washing
ton. road a "paper on “The Chemi
cal Problem of An Active' Volcano.'"
. He said that he bad found water vapor
In volcanoes, a natter which haa been
In dispute by scientist*. : JBc also said
that; contrary" to popular belief, be had
found the temperature at tbe tnoatb
of a volcano higher (ban Id Its Interior
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