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Three Hundi Tons BeingIaded in Steamer Alum Chine,
at oaltimpre, Explodes KilHn and Maiming Over
rjundredrWsonsM
of the Catastrophe is Unknown. Ir -
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Baltimore, Inarch - 7. Three hun
dred tons of djrhamite being loaded In
the British trttijprte8ttaerAlum Chine
in the loweCharbor bff -Fort Howard,
exploded at l6: j(K o'clock this morning,
instanUy llj;iMm? 4( to5a men;
wounding and mafming . three score
more, some of whom may - die, and
dealing destruction to half 'a million
dollars worth of property. . A
The Alum Chine and a loading scow
alongside her were annihilatedi the
tug Atlantic, which twice ..went to the
rescue of the imperilled seamen, was,
set on fire and later sank; the .United
States collier Jason, just ; completed
and ready for trial, was raked to her
deck and her armor riddled, and. build
ings in Baltimore and towns many
miles awayTwere rocked by the force
of the terrific explosion. -.,,";
Cause of -Disaster Unknown.
The cause of the disaster is un
known tonight, but Pederarauthorities
have instituted a', thorough investiga
tion to place the blame. Excited sur
vivors told conflicting stories, some in
sisting that a negro stevedore caused
the explosion by jamming a pike into
a case of dynamite. . This was denied
by eye witnesses, . who declare that
smoke was seen pouring from the Alum
Chine's hold . several minutes " before
the explosion, occurred.; . " - . - :- ' ;
At a late hour tonight the bodies of
20 dead had been brought to morgues
in this city and 60rinjured were in the
hospitals. Estimates of the dead in
cluded 30", stevedores - and checkers of
the Joseph R: Foard Company, em
ployed in transferring dynamite from
a barge- to the Alum Chine, which was
bound for Panama; . eight members of
the crew of the Alum Chine, six men
on the -collier Jason, and . the captain
and several members of - the r crew of
the tog Atlantip. . Many -bodies, it.' is
believed, never will be recovered from I
the i&yr9S?m&&&&$
maimed. J.Aleat 'rl5 areepected.to
; ,The Dead.-: ' '
Tonight? nine of the dead had been
identified as follows: ' ''
Capt. William vE VanDyke, Balti
more, of the tug Atlantic, r
Robert W. Diggs, first mate, tug At
lantic, Baltimore ? -7$ ; - ; '
Edward Watters, chief officer of
Alum Chine-v ; v -i
Joseph P. Lennon, Baltimore, Atlan
tic crew - - 1 - .
John Mackral, Frank Doyle, Edward
Cassell, Andrew Garotski, Joseph T.
Hood, stevedores,-' all jof Baltimore. "
Charles 'Davis, firemen on collier Ja
son, Baltimore. - 't '.
John Land, firemen, collier -, Jason,
Baltimore. - j- .. . - -'
.Villiam Balston, stevedore, Balti
more. - . ' . . : i
Philip Smith, stevedore, Baltimore.
Two dead negro stevedores.
Missing, believed to be dead: From
the Alum Chinel. v' ' i. -
Jose Gomez, ' donkey engiheer;
James Gibson, Cardiff, Wales, fire-,
man; John Davis, Cardiff, Wales, fire
man; G. Neilsen,; fireman; " :
Xeilberg, fireman; Gustave, Leiberg,
seamen; two unidentified coal passers.
From the Atlantic .transport barge
Xo. 3, William Meyers, Baltimore;
Henry Buschmann, assistant barge
master, Baltimore. " . - : ,
Seamen ih small craff and Capt.
VanDyke, of the Atlantic, saw . smoke
coming from the dynamite laden Alum
Chine, a few minutes before - the ex
plosion. Jhe launch Jerome was along
side theship and rescued many mem
bers of the crewand rushed them to
safety. The witnesses say that when
the explosion came the steamer Jump
ed from the water as if a torpedo had
struck her and then fell to fragments
in which were -mfngled the torn' bod
ies of the dead- ; V. ' . ' - 'r '
The transport'-company's scow had
been moored to the big steamer and
the concussion, from the ship's hold
blew up the ? tons of dynamite still
aboard the barge in an echoing explo
sion that increased the carnage and
destruction. Several small craft in the
harbor are believed to have been blown
to pieces., Vi : " v "
The tug Atlantic, which had twice
rushed in to the rescue, before the
crash, was racing" away when, it was
caught in the raiit or eharrecl rwo6d,
l ot steel and unexploded boxes of dy-
namite that fell in a shower for a
quarter of a mile around, killing some
of the crew outright and setting fire
to the vessel. Coming up the, river t
the time was the tug Brittania and she
rushed to the aid of the Atlantic, pick
ing up many of the wounded, who had
leaped into the water.. Some of them
are said to have perished before the
Brittania could get to them. ;. -Tug
Atlantic Sinks. 1 -
The Brittania ran a line" to the burn
ing tug and started up the river wh
her, but the vessel, sank before" (be
l-azarette lighthouse' was reached
For a time it was feared the revenue
cutter Guthrie had shared the fate f
the Alum Chine ' Peter J. Currah.the
boarding ofiicerjasslgned to the illTat
fid vessel, had left on the Guthrie soon
after 5 o'clock an$ it was, . therefore,
assumed the cutter was near the scene
of disaster when "the explosion occurr
ed. Thfi vPRKfl xrnc thrPA-ifonrthn rf a
mile from the explosion and Inspector
a
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Curran was an eye witness to the ca
tastrophe - v,." v..--- f .: fn
: Story of Eye-Witnesses ; r f
"We had left the place of loading
about an hour before," he' saidi "and
stopped- only long enough to get the
number of cars, ; of which three were
to be unloaded. V The work was then
in progress. Seven carloads already
had been stored and it was thought
the cargo would be complete by even
ing. :- - .: -.. - ' .
"The Guthrie steamed away to wait
for an incoming vessel . and it was
while we were moving around that the
captain and others noticed fire on the
steamer. .This appeared to be coming
from the forecastle, Capt,; Dunn, of the
cutter ordered every window opened
so tne. explosion expected, to comei
would hot break the glasses. He then
teamed;Jward the burning vessel
ana ; wnen : ? three-quarters . of -a mile
away the explosion occurred. The Gu
thrie trembled like a reed hTa storm.
riFollowing'the explosion we saw a
huge inky cloud which ascended fully
200 feet and almost covered the kar-
bor. VWhen this cleared away there
was . naught in sight where the steam
er, had:' been loading; Vkssel, scow and
cars had, disappeared. .We rushed -to
the scene, but saw only wreckage." . .
. - Killed on Vessel Nearby.
Joseph P.. Martin, superintendent of
construction at Sparrows Point, who,
when the explosion occurred vwas
standing on the United States collier
J ason, is ; authority for the ' statement
that two white men and two negroes
were killed T aboard the -collier. He
does, not know their names.
f . Describing the 'explosion, he said :
"Suddenly the vessel -seemed, to turn
into a ball of fire like , magic and . to
leap out of the water. An instant later
there was-the sound of a terrific explosion.'-
The Xair was filled .with flying
pieces of iron and timber.' which rain
ed down on the Jdeck of the Jason and
i&MefScam ipnV-HkVrS' tidal
F J- Anstey. cantain of. the Alum
Chine, was: in: this . city: on business
when his ship was blown up. He could
assign no cause for the disaster. The
gehe'ral' theory of the . cause is that
there was fire in the ship's coal bunk
ers, "which spread;to the dynamite in
the hold. . 2 . ?
British - Consul Frazer tonight de
scribed the Alum Chine as 269 feet
long with a 4Q-foot beam. It was built
at Cardiff, Wales, in. 1905. Most of her
crew were from Cardiff.
V Thought It Was Earthquake.
. For a radius of many miles the
shock f The explosion was felt. Re
ports jne early from many cities and
towns where windows were shattered
and it was at ..first reported an earth
quake had done much damage at Bal
timore.; It was . said that the entire
State of Delaware had felt the shock.
Jt was feared ' Sparrows Point had
been - destroyed,- but the damage was
-fconfined to a severe shaking and shat
tering of practically all of the windows
of the village. : ? ' ,
At Curtis Bay and Brooklyn the con
cussion also was felt and much dam
age in the way 'of shattered windows
resulted. vIn. Canton and v Highland-'
town citizens rushed into the , streets
fearing." the villages; were about .to be
destroyed.. In several instances per
sons were thrown to the grounds '
. .' f Died a Hero .:
William E. .VanDyke, of Baltimore,
captain of the- wrecked tug Atlantic,"
lost , his life' ih heroically rushihg. to
the aid of the imperriiled - British sea
men in the' doomed -Alum- Chine, ;and
his vain effsrt carried ' with him , to
death; many members ' of his crew.
. ' When curling smoke 'from the bow
of - the Alum i Chine -warned members
of .her crew,; the stevedpres engaged
in loading her and the crew of the At
lantic alongside, :.that fire was eating
its .way out f 4the .coal bunkers, there
was ihstantr realization that flames
soon; would reach, thet300 tons of dy
namite stored ' in the 'Alum Chine's
hold and the 'barge-roped beside her.
Instantly there was a, rush to the
ship's side- Fourteen'members bf the
crew and four of the stevedores leap
ed over the rail and tumbled pell mell
into. the launch Jerome that -had a
moment -before brought two firemen
aboard the " ill fated ; ship". . .All - of the
other members of the crew and steve
dores, who could, leaped for, the decks
of the Atlantic. -The tug and launch
cut hawsers and sped away from the
scene of the- impending catastrophe.
The Jerome was the first .to get start
ed.? The Atlantic had proceeded a few
hundred feet when two frantic figures
were seen, clamoring from; the ,Alum
Chine's hold. .They were sailors who
had. been left " behind." - Reaching - the
sides of rihe vessel, they shouted pite
ous appeals for rescue. - ..'
Captain - VanDy!l?e, despite the
knowledge he must have "had that a
pall of death "soon -would be pouring
over the, harbor, headed the fall of
the imperilled, sailprs. The engines
were stopped, the Atlantic wheeled
and rushed again to tjie doomed ves
sel's side; . She; reached, it ,in safety.
The two sailors jumped aboard. "
Again . the " Atlantic ' - was - turned
quickly. - But it - was too late.. Her
nose, scarcely had been turned toward
open waterwhen, with a roar like-the
eruption of a volcano the death-latleh
vitals Of the Alum Chine exploded. The
t,lJ:v:(ContIed,oa .Page 8.)
DEFEAT OF BACON
CAUSES SURPRISE
Senate Caucus Selects Clarke,
of Arkansas, as Pfesi-
-dent Protem
MOVE OF THE 'PROeRESSIVES'
Caucus . Also. Chooses Chaplain and
, Ssrgeant-at-Arms Tillman Says
Bacon is First Victim of the j .
- ' ;" Modern Crusade.
Washington, March 7. After spend
ing the greater part of today in cau
cus the Democratic" Senators succeed
ed in agreeing upon candidates to fill
only three of the 'elective offices of
that body. . ' . V ' v
These were Senator Janies P. Clarke,
of Arkansas, to succeed Senator Gal-
linger, of New Hampshire, Republican,
as ; President pro tempore of -the Sen
ate; Rev.: E. J. Prettyman, of the Dis
trict of Columbia; to succeed Rev. IT.
G. B .Pierce as chaplain; and Charles
P. Higgins, a real estate dealer of St.
Louis, to succeed E. Livingstone Cor
nelius as sergeant-at-arms.- l
Senator Clarke was elected by a
vote of 27 to 14 over Senator Augustus
O. Bacon, of Georgia, who alternated
with Senator Gallinger in the office of
President pro tem. throughout the last
session and whose election had been
considered . practically. . a certainty
since the Democrats gained control.
Senator Clarke was placed in nomi
nation- by" Senator O'Gorman, of New
York, and Senator Bacon -by his col
league,- Senator Hoke Smith, of. Geor
gia. : Both- were eulogized by their
champions. Other Senators seconded
the nominations, 'mentioning the fact
that Mr:" Clarke's term would expire in
the next two years. His supporters
made an appeal for. his election on the
ground, that it would be o assistance
to him in" his race for re-election. JThey
also urged the fact that Senator Ba
con was: in line for the chairmanship
of. the ; Committee,, on, i .Foreign - Rela
tioLSasbk why he should not
be; elected to preside over the Senate.
The result of the election caused
considerable stir,; the friends of Sena
tor Bacon feeling that he had not been
fairly treated.
-lAt.the afternoon session; Senator
Smith; tendered his resignation as a
member fcf the steering committee to
which he had been appointed only yes
terday.-.; Mr." Smith, who had been es-.
peclally zealous in his support of Sen
ator, Bacon, said he felt his colleague
had v-been -made to suffer on his ac
count. He was. induced to withdraw
the resignation later, ; but ' not until
there had been a general discussion of
the affair. , i
Senator Bacon' himself said he had
been i unprepared for the defeat be
cause he had' not known there was
any other applicant for the office. He
added, that if he had been informed
that ..any other person desired the
honor he would have withdrawn from
the' race.
Senator Tillman spoke at some
length, charging Mr. Bacon's defeat
to the ntemperate desire on the part
of some Senators, to, do away with the
established customs of the Senate by
retiring the older men" in the interest
of the new. He found in Senator Ba
con the first victim of 4he modern cru
sade and uttered a warning against
proceeding too far along tl line.
.The caucus adjourned to meet again
tomorrow - when the nomination of a
candidate for secretary In the Senate
to succeed Charles G. Bennett, of New
York, Republican, will take place if
the present programme is carried out.
$ MRS. JOHN HAMLIN ON TRIAL
Charged ' With : Killing Husband Ap-
; .pears With Her Baby
Y 1 . t- ' - . " f J" . T 1U1G
waiting trial. on , the charge of poison
ing; her husband, seven months ago,
Mrs. John Hamlin, aged ,22. crave
birth,; to a . baby boy and her appear
ance .in the Madison county -court to
day .' to face trial for her life with her
three-weeks-old baby boy in her arms,
lent a dramatic touch to" the first day's
proceedings; Mrs. Hamlin was arrest
ed; two -months after herT husband's
death-n - thes strength of persistent
ruimors that, she and her husband had
frequently quarreled. ; , :
The defendant stoutly asserts her
innocence. x . . ';"-' .
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DEGISiyilB
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EXPECTEO SUNDAY
Mexican Federals and ,Fol
. lowers of Carranza -May
Clash at . Anhela.
ADMINISTRATION'S POUCY
No Intimation Js , Forthcoming from
Secretary Bryan Has Not Had
:s Time to Investigate Situa- ,
tion ln Mexico -
Mexico City, March . 7 . It is re
ported that Venustiao Carranza, with
a . thousand, followers, is at'--Anhela,
Coahuila, near Moxclova. The Fed
eral artillery and nearly . a thousand
regular ' infantrymen ; are expected ' at
Montclava tonight nd the - govern
ment anticipates a decisive engage
ment between' the two forces Sunday
or Monday.' ' - -: ' -' ' .
Minister ' of the r : Interior Garcia
Granados says there apparently is no
jhope , for the pacification of the Car-
riniotn a gnri thot "thp onvemmBiit
will enter upon a "determined military
campaign against them
No Comment on Situation
Washington, March 7.- No intima
tion, as to what is to be the new ad-'
ministration's policy relative to .the
Mexican situation; was forthcoming
from Secretary of .State Bryan. As
sistant Secretary, of State Huntington
Wilson today gave; out the following:
"The Secretary cf State has. not had
time to make any thorough investiga
tion of Mexican affairs and the depart
ment has consequently .absolutely no
comment to make today on; any phase
of that situation." . V - ' x v
Secretary Bryan devoted the greater
part of the 'day to the reception of visi
tors, many of them old friends .and4
acquaintances who called to pay their
respects. Among, them, however. was
a large number of office-seekers. . y
BRITTO-N OUTPOINTED ; ;
Paokey-
McFarIandfv3ets Decision- in
Ten-rounduBout
New York, March 7. Packey Mc
Farland outpointed James "Britton in
10 rounds of fairly rapid and clever
fighting at Madison Square Garden: to
night. While McFarland had' the bet
ter jbf the fight as a whole, Britton
made the better showing in the final
rounds . , Neither of the two Chicago
lightweights, whose : long-talked of
match has excited much interest box-,
ed up to the expectations of those
who have been anxiously looking for a
meeting between them. McFarland
showed he was the cleverer boxer, but
Britton proved he is the harder hit
ter. .
Packey's nose was bleeding during
last two rounds and his left eye was
slightly marked as , he left the ring.
Britton did not show any marks of
his encounter, other than . a small
scratch over the bridge of his nose.
The men weighed in under the stip
ulated 137 pounds at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, tbut just before they enter
ed the ring they were weighed again.
Britton-turned the scale at 135 1-2 and
McFarland at 140 pounds. .
T There was a good deaTof. bettin
on the result with McFarland the, fa
vorite at 10 to 7. at which, price sev
eral large wagers were made between
the time the men weighed in at 3
o'clock and. the hour they.' entered the
ring, the prevailing odds then being
7 to 5 on McFarland.- i
O U T LINES
v President - Wilson indicated yester
day that he favored the plans of House
leaders to confine the extra session of
Co"ngress to tariff revision.:
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, was
elected in the Senate caucus yester
day as President pro tem. of the Sen
ate, -defeating Senator Bacon, of Geor
gia, who was slated for the place.:
It was reported -yesterday that Ve
nustiano' Carranza, with a thousand
followers, is at Anhela, Coahuila, and
Federals were dispatched there, where
a decisive engagement is , expected
Sunday or Monday. ; -' ' c
: The . Illinois Senate committee in
vestigating vice conditions, heard' sev
eral large employers and women from
the underworld yesterday. Members
of the committee declared ;iow wages,
was one of the chief causes of immor
ality. . .'i'V.' - " '--r-.'y'.i.,J':'.
In spite of the fact that today marks
the 'constitutional limitation., of - the
sessions: of the present ; Legislature,
newi "bills continued to pour in' yester
day and it is likely that the General
Assembly will iiave to remain in ses
sion until the .middle of n ext week to
clear up the" calendars- ; ; ,
From 40 tos 50 , men were- killed,
three score were injured and property
to the amount of a half million dollars
was destrdyed in lower Baltimore har
bor yesterday -when 300 tons of dyna
mite ; being ; loaded into, the British
steamer ; Alum Chine exploded.- The
The steamer, a-loading scow and ' the
tug Atlantic were destroyed and sunk.
. New - York markets : j Money : on. call
firmer, 2 1-2 to 3 3-4. per; cent.; ruling.
rate 3 1-2 ; closing .bid 2 3-4 ; offered
at 3 Spot cotton closed quiet; ;mid
dlingY uplands 12.60. ' Flour qufet.
Wheats steady ; No. 2 red 1.09 and l.lli
Corn firm, 57 1-4. -Rosin- firm. Tur
pentine easy. .
WlLSOII INDICATES
FUTURE POLICIES
Favors Plan to Confine Spec
ial Session to Revision
of Tariff
HAS A TALK WITH SENATORS
President Will Makes Most of Appoint
ments Regardless of Recent
Statement Tammany Lead
" ; ers at White House.
Washington, March 7. President
Wilson had settled deep enough in of
fice today, to indicate pretty 'clearly
some of the things that may be ex
pected of him in the future. He made
no public .announcements of policy,
but there were a few developments
that seemed to show the trend of the
first days of his administration.
The President told visitors '. he was
inclined to favor the plan of . House
leaders to confine the special session
of Congress to tariff revision. ' ?
He indicated that while, he did , not,
at this time, look forward to passage
of a currency reform measure at the
special session, such a bill might be
whipped into-shape in the House while
the Senate was wrestling With the tar
iff. . . :
The President endorsed the policy
of Democratic economy favored by
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the House Ap-r
propriations Committee, and - other
leaders. ' ;..'"-.:'-
His attention was called to the need
for the passage of a Sundry Civil Ap
propriation bill at the special session;
This bill was vetoed . by Mr. Taft be
cause of its provision practically ex
empting labor unions and farmers' or
ganizations from prosecution under
the- Sherman anti-trust law. ' Friends
familiar with the President's attitude
toward -kindred questions declare that
unless it could be shown that the para
graph .to which the former President
objected ,was- not "class legislation" he
would a use Jhis influence .- tovpreYent
rsuch a provision being inserted in tho
new bill. J , ' ,-' ', . '
- Senators found 'that Mr. Wilson is
observing the courtesies usually ex
tended them. He called in several
Senators and asked if they would ob
ject to several appointments he expect
ed to make. It was pointed out on
authority that President Wilson does
not intend to turn over to his depart
ment chiefs the.appointment'of Feder
al - office-holders, particularly ; the im
portant posts. .
His order of Wednesday was made
for the purpose of allowing depart
ment heads to sift out applications
and present him with one or more
suitable candidates. Appointments in
practically every case, eventually will
be reached at the White House, even
if the appointees themselves are" bar
red in the preliminary stages.
Charles F. Murphy, of New York, the
leader of Tammany Hall,,met the Pres
ident today for the first time in many
months. The visit was arranged
through one of the White' House sec
retaries, who said Mr. Murphy wished
to pay his respects to the new Presi
dent Mrs, Murphy and, 'daughters;
Congressmen Fitzgerald and.Riordan;
Philip J. Donahue, treasurer of . Tam
many; John H. McCoey and. Mrs.- Mc-
Coey, Michael J.. Haas and oJ.her well
known ' Tammany men ' accompanied
Mr, iMurphy. ; . The party was taken
from the line of several hundred hand
shakers in' the East room and ushered
into the Green room. :. . . I
"Congratulations,? said Murphy. c
"Thank you," the President is re
ported as saying; "I'm glad to welcome
you here." - v .
The Myrphy party ' left the White
House after" a brief inspection of the
executive "offices.
Secretary. "Tumulty showed ' them
through;' In the cabinet room, Mr.
Murphy asked to be shown the chair
occupied, by. Secretaary of State Bry
an, which is at the . right hand of r the
President. ' - : "-'" s - - S
It's pretty close," he said with a
smile.; v. "''
The President took his usual" auto
mobile ride with Mrs. Wilson at 4
o'clock. Tonight Mrs. Burton; Harri
son, mother of Representative Francis
Burton Harrison, of New York, and
widow-of Jefferson Davis private, sec
retary was introduced to the Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson, , ,
Gossip among White House callers
today centered largely on the more im
portant ' diplomatic .-v : positions" '- which
the President is expected to fill within
a short time. It is known the ambas
sador to Great Britain is one of the
first the President and Mr. Bryan will
take up and since Mr.' Bryan plans- to
visit Lincoln for a few days aDout tne
middle of this month, the nomination
is daily expected. . ; There were only a
few names suggested for foreign posts.
t Joseph E. Davis, of Wisconsin; who
was in charge of the - Western head
quarters of the Democratic National
Committee, was said to have been of
fered the embassy at Rome and the
report" declared he had refused.: ; Wil
liam Corcoran Eustis,. of Washington,
was. referred to as a possible selectidn
for the 'German ambassadorship. Mr.
Eustis "was in charge of the inaugura:
tlon ceremonies. Col. Thomas Birch,1'
formerly; aide to 'Mr. WSlsoh as Gov
ernor of New Jersey was said to - be
in line for the post of minister to Bel-
", (Continued on . Page Eight.) ' 7 ,
LOW WAGES DAUSE
OF IMMORAL LIFE
Illinois Senator Declares Em
ployers are Shirking
Responsibility
WHITE SLAVE INVESTIGATION
Presidents of Large Firms and Deni
" zens of the Underworld Testify
- at, Vice Inquiry Minimum
Wage Law for Women
Chicago, March 7. "The employers
think that low wages have nothing to
do with immorality among women;
the women of the town say it has ev
erything to do with it." . ;-
-That was the way State Senator
Nels Juul "summed up today's testi-
"mony before the Senate Vice Investi
gation Committee, at which1 some of
the greatest employers of female la
bor, in the city and a half dozen wo
men from the underworld were wit
nesses, - ..
State Senator BealL like Juul, a
member of the committee, explained
to the witnesses who were employes
that the committee desired to embar
rass no one, but wished information
bearing on a bill now pending in the
Legislature making a minimum wage
scale of $12 for women in this State
compulsory. The employers held this
figure to be excessive and the law an
impossibility."
Among . the witnesses heard were
Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears,
Roebuck & Company, James Simpson,
vice president-Marshall Field & Com
pany: E. F. Mahdel, president , of-
Mandel Brothers; Roy Shayne,' presi
dent of John T. Shayne & Company
Sears, Roebuck & - Company is a
mail order., house and the remaining
three firms ire retail establishments
employing in the aggregate thousands
of girls and women. - , -.
Every seat in the commodious room
was taken' and-in the rear of the ropml
there was- a thick fnngq of r persons
witnesses, the ; witness chair rwas 'plac
ed with-its back to the audience, and
as none of' those who testified, spoke
loudy, mostly- from embarrassment,
the spectators scarcely heard a word
of the proceedings.
i It developed that practically all the
women employed ' in . the ; retail- stores
live at home and much time was con
sumed in endeavoring to learn the',
proper living wage" for employes so
situated. Witnesses took the- position
that while employing errand girls and
other unskilled . help, classed as "juve
nile." the, employer is under no obli
gation to pay a "living" wage. ' They
assume that the girl so employed is
entitled to her living at the expense
of her parents and that what she"
earns merely helps the family fund.
. The committee, and particularly
Senator Juul, insisted that the other
members of a working girl's home
earn no more than enough to" support
themselves, even if they do co-operate,
and that if each individual of" such a
family, or: only, one of such a family,
earned less than a living wage, the
whole family ' suffered, and th.e em
ployer paying wages too low was
shirking his responsibility. ,
Mandel and Rosenwald expressed
the opinion that a girl's character and
her environment, and they laid stress
on the latter, ."shaped her life: Wages
have little to do with it.
, "But -doesn't a living wage, or a
wage under that, have much to do
with the environment ?" queried Lieu
tenant Governor O'-Hara, chairman of
the committee. This was admitted.
"If a girl cannot live on her income,
don't , you think that, with the pitfalls
which surround a youngs woman, an
immoral life offers the easiest way
out?" Mandel was asked.
"Not. if she is the right find of a
girl; if she is starving and immorality
is repugnant to her, as it should be,
she can go into domestic service."
' "What! " exclaimed Senator Juul.
"Do you think there are-enough places'
for d.omestfcs to tai ase- care of - all the
under-paid girls and women working
in stores and factories?" - . " '"
"House servants are mighty scarce,"
smiled the witness, and as both Juul
and Mandel - had raised their voices
the spectators heard it and tittered.
Mandel - expressed the opinion that
$8. is a living wage, for a girl depend-,
ent upon 'herself alone, whereat Juul
handed' - him a pencil and - pamper and
insisted that he go .into details on the
matter. " ;;V- .
'How much for ' clothing" ' insisted
tfie legislator, and the witness hesi
tated.' "Two dollars?" - - '
"No. I should say, that one dollar
& week would be enough," , was the
reply. : ; .- . : ' ; .; -: " , -2"'
All right; one dollar. Put down'
said the questioner. "Now; laundry?"
"But these "girls live, at home, their
laundry is done there," said the '.wit
ness. . - .X I . ' ";
?But suppose she doesn't." pursued
Senator Juul., "How much?"
"Say 25 cents then."
v. In. this; way .they, went; down the
list board and room: ?4.00. Sickness
60 cents ; lunches, 70 cents ; . car fare,
CO, cents and church, assuming that
the giris contribute when . the collec
tion box. is passed, .10 cents,
;,'Well, that: makes . $7.55," said Sen
ator' JUUl, Who had added; the column
' (Continued on Page 8,) . "
''for'VgisSe
Session of General Assembly: ;
to Contidue - Into
Next Week
REVENUE AND MACHINERY
Governor to Select Site at 'Frisco
, Show Practical Bill Killed in
House Other Proceeding
v Yesterday '
(Special Star Telegram.")
Raleigh, N. C, MaYch - 7. -New ..
bills are-still icoming into the legisla15 .;
tive hopper in spite of .the fact : that
tomorrow, Saturday, is the last day
of the legislative, session, according to '
constitutional limitation. It looks, now ;
like Wednesday and possibly' Thurs
day of next week will .see the legisla- -tive
mill grinding over time at the
pergonal expense of those members
whose patriotism" or special interest .
in pending bills will keep tbem dn the
city to wind up the work of the ses-
sion. ..' '."';-,; " .' ' "
-New. bills in the Senate included a
bill from the appropriations committee-through
Senator Bellamy, appro
priating $1,500 for expense of the Gov-;
ernor and party to go to San Fran
Cisco to select the site for the North,
Carolina building in connection with,
the. Panama-Pacific Exposition ''and ; a
bill toy Thorne for uniform examina
tion and certification of public school
teachers,: -" ; "; . ; -r
The. Senate in :committee ' of the
whole," passed on many sections of the '
revenue bill on final reading and con- , ,
tinued to worfe- over into the . night
session before passing it on final read
ing. . ;.. ; -( '..;' V l. v;''.
The. YtsprfC of the1 special ' commit-'
tee of tne; Legislature to investigate
and report as to failure of counties to ,
return , inheritance .taxes; repdrted;; rec-i;;
ommending'ievere penalties) for fail- ,
ure on. the :repori-. of -officers ;to report f ,
and - colliihherltaiie iiaxelT" estimat- i ,,
ftig- that the Stidfr Has' lost $10J,000 a? ; 4
year the past two "years' . through . fail-1
ureto collect the ;ihheritahce' taxes.
' The House spent the day on' public r
local bills, passing many and spend- ;;
ing much time in discu ssion of -'others' '
purely local. The House voted down '
the Senate bill to create a Democratic
road commission ih the Republican
county of Cabarrus, . the 'Republican
member, Mr. Williams, ; winning out
against Democratic members who ap
pealed for a dosfe ,of '"politicaL medi
cine" to be administered to ther Re
publican through' passing the bill.
House 59th Day. C v "
. The House convened at 10 o'clock ;
prayer by Rev: E. 0. Maddry .
An unfavorable; report; came from ,
the committee on Counties, Cities and .
Towns- on the bill involving the "dis
pute between Henderson " and Polk v
counties over the boundary line be-. .
tween these - counties. Following a
sharp discussion " between the mem
bers from the two counties involved
the bill was referred to the .Commit
tee on Proposition and Grievances.
A resolution presented by Mr. Stew
art, of Mecklenburg, to tender the
thanks of the General Assembly to a
mineral ; springs company which has '
supplied the General Assembly-with
water from its springs during the ses
sion was passed and sent to the-Sen-;
A ' resolution by Mr. Poughton that .
was adopted voted extra pay to the ' ,
night, watchman in the"; State House. '
Another 'by Mr Newell , would allow
extra pay to the sergeant-at-arms and ;
his assistant, ' " . ; . ' '
Bills Introduced.
McBryde Regulate ( hunting , in
Hoke.
McNair Require burial of dead ani- -mals
in Robeson. I",
BowieResolution' tor ; relief of ' S. ""
W. Walker. . r ,
Mills Amend Wake - county .road
law; Passed readings and sentHothe
Senate. . - T' '"
Sykes Amend the l$rtv as to the city
prison of Monroe. " . , '
Dough tori Relative : : tcr the school .
for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
Clement Amend ' constitution of
North Carolina by abolishing office of '
solicitor for each judicial. district and
provide for a prosecutingjattorney in .
each county. '
Cfement Relating to- taxing ' dogs,
and allowing county commissioners to
impose taxes. ' ' v ' '
WhitfordrCorrect : State grant to , "
James Willis. ' : ; "
. : Young, of Vance Prohibit killing ,
and offering - for ' sale game . birds iu
Vance. - "" .'-
'. Clayton Amend law as to drainage
bonds. , ' ... "
Young, of Vance Prohibit dogs run
ning at large under certain conditions
in Vance. . ' ' . '
SicClure: ' .Incorporate;, Hayes ville,
Clay" county; Passed its readings un-
der suspension of the 'rules.
Joint resolution passed to - provide "
for payment . of expenses of the . sp. (
cial committee" from the'7 Legislature i
that' visited the State' Normal arid In
dustrial' College, Greensboro.
. The Justice resolution - for allowing .
"extra- pay for S. W.' Walker, janitor
of the Supreme Court , building on ac-
count bf extra work f of the Legisla
ture -brought a;'. lively discussion in .
which Mr. Bowie declared that he will
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