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WORLD UNION OF Discussed by Gompers His Trip Abroad. During A STEP FORWARD TAKEN. Cause Advanced by Visit of American Federation's President, He Thinks. Found Greatest Contrasts In France. Most Contentment, Most Poverty. Returning to America from his European trip, 'Samuel Gompers, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor, declared himself happy that he bad worked to good purpose in bring ing about a better understanding be tween .Great Britain and the continent f Europe and between Europe and the American trades union movement as understood by the American Fed eration of Labor. "My Tacation was nothing but hard wort," he said, "but I have seen a lot of interesting things. I am glad to be home." - Traveling with Mr. Gompers in his rapid journey was James W. Sullivan of the New York Typographical union. They interviewed government officials and labor , leaders, doing little sight seeing . after their work was done. Mr. Gompers went away to attend as a "near," or fraternal, delegate the British trades union , conference at Ipswich. England, meeting on the first yfwuSQN cst gel. SAMUEL GOMPERS. Monday of September, and also the international trades union conference m runs, iouowmg rne otner assem blage. I 7 Step Forward Taken.' . He received respectful attention at both meetings and feels that a step forward has been taken in the direc tion of the formation of an interna-, tional trades union league. He repre- i ented the interests of the people of America and made strong arguments. "The question of an international federation could only be put forward as a suggestion," said Mr. Gompers. "It could not come as a motion, but it was printed upon the order of the proceedings for , the conference at Budapest next year. " "I spoke on the questions that might affect : American labor unions. They have a scale of wages abroad, . and many organizations have agreements with their employers. "My report will be made to the twenty-eighth annual convention of tbe American Federation of Labor at Toronto, the first convention ever held in Canada ' in heed of the request of Canadian labor on Nov. 6. The con xention will continue two weeks. Most Contentment, Most Poverty. ... "I seemed to find the most content ment and the most poverty in the ac- tual meanine of that term in France. ' It is. the. SYATinh fJiBmPteristiP nr tom- WORM gJK nKAttHeet sosiaaA perament to be satisfiedbut this re- va not kill any of Santa Claus ani minds me of the man who didn't be-1 mals, because he said that would pre Hpv m strikes as th storv was told 1 vent him from making all the calls he me by David Lubin of California-. American permanent delegate to the TTitprnntinnnl Tnstifi'itA tit A cri mil Hi riV' So Italy, which has a splendid build- fcg-. Egypt, -this man - said,- had no strikes, but in Egypt, "he was remind-" edV men go about wearing sacks for clothes, with a hole In each corner for sleeves. ' ' "JL healthy discontent with existing conditions, well controlled and well or- gaaizetL makes for social improvement and1 the good of all the people." Mr. Stampers said he wanted to get back before the decision of the United States court of appeals In the Bucks Stove- and Range company's injunc- tioa easey in which he, John Mitchell, now of the trade agreement depart ment of the National Trade federation, , and Frank Morrison were each -sen-tenced to six-: months' imprisonment for eontempt of court for continuing the encouragement in print and speech of a boycott They appealed from the decision. .".'.' ; " : I am- ready to go to jail anywhere," said Mr. Gompers, "in defense of the Tight of American speech." ' -': .. Will Leave Million For Peace. . Edwin Ginn; the' publisher- of-Bcw ton, . an earnest advocate of interna tional peace, has made provision ' In bis will that on his'death $l,0OO.OOC shall become available for the cans f universal peace. He will also con tribute $50,000 annually to the peac. use during the remaining years x . is life. ' " ' ' AN INTELLECTUAL MARVEL Harvard's. New Eleven-year-old Stu dent Is a Mental Wonder. William J. Sidis, the eleven-year-old boy admitted to Harvard university as the youngest matriculate in the long history of the institution, could spell, read and write at the age of two. ", He became deeply absorbed in books when other children were playing in ' the sand and making houses of blocks. He devoured everything readable that he could lay his bands on, and when he had advanced to the age of five his yearning for knowledge had also ad vanced to such a state that he began taking books from the Brookline(Mass.) Public, library. When he was six he was sent to the Ruckle school. Tbe school authorities placed him in one .of the higher gram mar grades, but withdrew him after six months, for he knew more than they taught at that school, and it would have been a waste of time to have kept him louger with the' other pupils: When he was eight years old he was sent to the Br-ookliue high school, one of the best in the country, for it is supported by the richest town in the world. He remained there five months. That was long enough, for he was then further advanced than the school. He evinced a strong liking for math ematics and physics at the age of eight and was greatly interested in astron omy and other sciences. At that early age he was ready for college, but his parents declined to send him to the higher institutions, as they were of the opinion that their son would do more thorough work at home. He was al lowed -to study whenever he wished and whenever he liked. He was never .forced' along any particular line. This remarkable boy has been a puz zle to scientists, astronomers and math ematicians. ' He prefers the company of men and women who gather at his home who are on an intellectual foot ing with him, to the boys of the neigh borhood. He discusses advanced sci ences with the learning of a professor. When a boy of eight he spoke 'four languages. As a freshman at the Brookline high school he made astro nomical calculations which puzzled professors in mathematics.. invented a new system of logarithms in series of twelves instead of tens, prepared an outline of advanced gramraafrand help ed pupils in classes above him to mas ter their lessons. COOK-FOUND SANTA CLAUS. At Any Rate, He Told a Little Chicago Girl He Made Discovery. '.' ', It was left to a little Chicago, girl to discover the real object of Dr.' Cook's and Commander Peary's heroic march es to the north pole- It was to call on Santa Claus. of course. . , -... Jeanie McDonald, the tiny daughter of Isaac McDonald, found this out and wrote to Dr. Cook, addressing her let ter 'North Pole, Brooklyn;- asking him to please tell her what kind of a house Kriss Kringle lived in. She wrote: r; Dear Dr. Cook Did you see Santa Claus at tbe north pole? What kind of a house did he live in? Yours truly, JEANIE M'DONALD. Dr. Cook has replied in part as fol lows: - "See Santa Claus? Why, of course I did. That's just why I went to' the north pole. I went there to make sure that Santa Claus would not be angry at some of our grownups and big bad boys who have made fun or him and said they did not believe in him any way." ' '"' . ' "I found him in a huge snow palace, and every room from top to bottom was crowded with toys and candy and great big packages of good will and kindness and love for little boys and girls. And there were special pack ages, happiness and content and good fellowship, for the grownups. "He looks just like his pictures too, He is always smiling, even when he is working hard loading his sleighs with his good things for the people down here. And he keeps his reindeers al ways ready for trips aro'und to find out what the children will be needing at next visit,: ana. aunougn we were very hungry when we got there, we hd to make among his children "See Santa Clans? Yeg, indeed. CAUGHT BY THE SEARCHLIGHT ' - , . ;"'.-;' Locomotive Engineer" Saw Oklahoma , Man Rifling Mail Pouch. ' Henry M. Kneeland of Muskogee, Okla.. confessed that he' robbed- a niail ' pouch at Spiro. His defense was that . he was drunk. Just as Kneeland was rifling the pouch a train came around a curve, and in the headlight's glare the engi neer saw him kneeling over the pouch, He was arrested on the engineer's de- scription. LEARNING HOW : TO. WAIT. Art of Tending Table Gracefully Taught : . at Chicago University 'There is now a school for waiters at ' tbe ; University ' of "Chicago. Forty young men, who combine a deep knowl edge of -psychology and ethics with a gift ef breaking dishes" and spilling soup on professors, ;are being taught the gentle "art of serving food In - an ultra-cultured manner- at Hutchinson hall, the university commons.' Wants to Be Hanged. , William Stevenson, claiming he has a "thirst 'for blood and is 'dangerous to society, and who is to be hanged at Luverne, ' Ala.,- Oct. 22 for murdering his young wife and daughter, is oppos ing efforts of .friends who seek ; com mutation of sentence. STAGE FOLK ANGRY. . : " : :'-'''' V Object to Being Called Unclean by Preacher. RESENT DR. AKED'S REMARKS Sothern Retorts , by Saying He Has Had Clergymen In His Company and Has Found Them Very ; Well Be haved. In speaking of the injustice of prej udice the Rev. Dr. Charles F. A ked. pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist, church -of New York, the church at tended by John D. Rockefeller, said: Take the case of actors and ac tresses. All Christian people put them under the ban. All Christian peonle egard them as unclean, and I tell you that Christian people have no right to be surprised if they act as though they were unclean." The statement has aroused the lead ing figures of the stage as few other utterances have done In recent years. The general attitude is that ' Dr. Aked's statement belongs to the time When the English, statutes , classed actors as vagabonds. '.' When E. H. Sothern commented on the matter Miss Julia Marlowe was .present and smiled frequent approval of the actor's satirical remarks. . - Until I read Dr. Aked's statement I did not know actors and actresses as class had been placed under 'a ban by all Christian people and that 'all Christian people regard them as un clean,'" said Sothern. f'But if we are it is eminently proper for him to plead our cause in the pulpit, that we may get a fair chance. Clergymen on the Stage. "But this Occurs to me. Though one continually hears of eccentric conduct on the part of persons connected with the church, there has not been, so far as I am aware, any unkindly criticism of those persons by the men and wo men of the stage. We have looked charitably upon these baekslidings tts the result of Ordinary human frailties. We. have never thought of ostracizing these church people as a class. 1 have some delightful" friends among - the clergy. - ;;'. '-. "I have had in my companies three clergymen, and we found them' very well behaved. ' There really was noth ing objectionable ; about them. One Clergyman came to me while-1 was preparing The Proud Prince and asked for an engagement. He said he wished to exchange the pulpit for the stage, for just what reason 1 cannot now: recollect. . Perhaps it was Jxis voice. '- -,: ': , I thought of taking him, and he- hastened to friends to tell of his good luck. He returned next dav and said' his friends thought be had better with draw because : he might not find the people in the company proper persons to associate with. I replied ; in . all good-humor that he need not let that deter him from earning his living with us, as the important thing might prove to be whether the people in the com pany would wish to associate with him.-: 'Besides.' said I. 'iadmitting we are a depraved lot; this is the place for you, a clergyman, right here tn our sinful midst. Redeem us. act with ns. pray with us, save us.' "He was a good natured. stupid look ing sort of fellow, and be laughed and went away and left us to our wicked ness. Well, he meant well. Dr. Aked means well. ' We all mean well. ; It is good to know that we are unclean we can now begin to reform. ; : Clergymen and Actors In Jails. "Some time ago a clergyman started some such' discussion as this, and the next day there appeared in the records of a-: legislative debate- a statement that 4,000 churchmen were confined In jails, inebriate asylums or kindred in stitutions. At that time there were but three actors in the country con fined in like' places." 1 - ' . Miss Rose Coghlan, a distinguished member of an old stage family, was incensed by Dr. Aked's sermon. Perhaps Dr. Aked got his idea from the fact that actors and actresses are continually before the public and their troubles are thoroughly aired. Consid erable space is given by newspapers to the troubles of society folk,- and if newspaper '. interest continued to in crease in them it won't be long before Dr. Aked will be able" to get up in the pulpit and. say that all Christians put society men and women- under the ban and regard them as unclean. It is merely -a matter of publicity, that's all." ': V..1: - -; :-:,..':'., "Dr. Aked's statements could have been Inspired only , by a desire for no toriety.'' said Robert Edeson.' "It, is strange that a people so low in the eyes of Christians should continually be besieged by these ' very Christians with pleas for financial aid for chari ties. : I know of.no other class of men and women who give so freely to all worthy charities, not only of their money." but their' art and their time, as flo the people of the stage. TOBAGCOS NEW. RJVAli A Chicago Students Turning From Ciga . rettes and Pipes to Chocolate. .' ' Chocolate Is' replacing the pipe and the cigarette as the really wicked "-and 4 manly indulgence ' of Chicago univer sity men if the result of the last re port of the Reynolds Club indicates anything. It. shows that there was al most 'as much Chocolate sold as to bacco. : It IsC eaten right? In the lub rooniR and in large quantities. '. The club, a men's Institution, has over 500 members. " ' . " r CRANE A FINE LINGU1STT Chinese -Among the Accomplishments - of Deposed Minister. 1 Charles R. Crane, appointed minister to China by President Taft and re quested to resign by Secretary Knox because of alleged indiscreet comments on the China-Japan treaty relating to LManchuria, is a Chicago man and the son of a millionaire father, Richard T. Crane, who doesn't believe in colleges. ."Instead, of teaching young men to seek labor." says the eider Crane of the higher seats ; of learning, "they cause them to despise it, and the stu dents leave the schools with the feel ing that they are too good to work and smart enough to make their living by their wits." K . - v So such education as he could get in the Chicago. public schools was con sidered enough for Charles R. Crane. His father thought he could graduate with honors in the college of hard ? knocks and put him in the way of ! doing it by setting him to work in his own pianufacturing plant in Chicago. ' Donning overalls and jumper, young Crane learned the business from" the bottom upward, and after serving in CHABIiES B. CRANK. various capacities from the lathe to the bookkeeper's stool he became first vice president, of the concern in 1894 and took charge of the foreign busi ness of the company. Mr. Crane thus started, bis career as a traveler, which in itself has been a liberal .education He: also studied the languages of the countries which be visited. ." ; Early in the course of his business affairs he went to Russia, where the Crane" r company ' has extensive inter ests fie went into all the" provinces. He met .officials and peasants and made a close study of life in the realm of the czar. . He was well received at the Rnssianourt and soon) became an au thority on Russian affairs. 'When he was not in Chicago or, Rus sia Mr.' Crane was off ranging the globe elsewhere. . A keen power of observation, continual travel and con tinuous study soon developed in him a deep- knowledge of men and affairs. During his travels Mr. Crane - spent much, time in China, his business in terests taking him into . every prov ince. He came into close contact with all classes of Mongolians. In his home is a large . collection of curios of his many visits to China. . Among the twelve languages with which" he is con versant is Chinese. AMUNDSEN'S UNIQUE PLAN. He Will Harness Polar Bears to His '';" ' Arctic Sledges. Captain Roald Amundsen, a widely t known ; Norwegian . explorer, . who : is , about, to start on a polar expedition, has decided to try a remarkable inno-. vation in the use of draft, animals for polar travel. . He will endeavor ' to make polar bears draw his sledges. Some time ago Captain ' Amundsen made a contract with Carl Hagenbeck of Hamburg. Germany, a famous ani- j mal trainer, for twenty ice bears three j years void. Hagenbeck's, men have ! been industriously ' training the bears , for a month, and the results are said ; to promise success for them In polar work. V- .J-;, .'. . ,.,-.'.'. .Peary, Cook and all .the other polar explorers have used dogs to drag their sledges.' ; When "provisions ran low the dogs had to' be killed and the meat fed to the surviving dogs. Very seldom. only when actually compelled, have the explorers lived on arctic dog meat. With' the polar bears it, is different. Should .provisions run low a bear could be killed and the larder of the expedi tion be greatly replenished. ; .1 BASEBALL'S RECORD SEASON. Will Rank as the Most Successful In - the Game s. History. ' ,- . This year's baseball season of . the National and American leagues will rank as the most successful in tbe his tory of the national game. According to estimated figures, the combined at- i tendance reached the unparalleled to tal of 7.978.108, more than 700,000 in excess of the great record of 1908. ' Both leagues showed an Increase over the previous season, but the American outdrew the older organization by 103, 048. - : The honors for the greatest attend ance was carried off by the "New York Nationals, a total of 783.700 persons witnessing the games vat the Polo grounds, an average .of 12,439. " The Athletics of Philadelphia finished sec ond with a total of 674,015, an average of 10,545 to a game. The Boston. Amer icans were -third and the Chicago Na- ThTiargest crowd at a single game during the season was on Sept. is. The A!eiiPme'Zhnadelphiii " '' - vm4'f if PI A j - w- r - T7 , ft 1 MASON & HAMLIN KNABE, HARDMAN FISCHER AND OTHERS . - ' Let us show you our superb line of Pianos and tell you about our favorable prices, and terms. . ' MATHEWS MUSIC GO. Comer Second and Jefferson Sts. Corvallis. 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