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Tin: OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL, fOllTLAND, - MONDAY EVENING, ' JUNE 22., 1808 mm m THE CLUBS Several Thousand Progres ' sire Workers of Federated Clubs of United States As ; semble at Boston Com mittees Provide Halls, y BY FREDERIC JT. HASKEf. (Copyright 1908 by Frederic J. Haskln.) Washington, D. C. June 22. To day there are assembled in Boston several thousand earnest, 'progres sive women ready to discuss ways and means for the advancement of the nation along helpful lines, and ready to pledge v the,lr support to every movement that will . militate toward that end. These ar0 -the , delegates . from, the federated clubs of 46 states and territories, repre- ' sen ting 6,000 clubs with a member thip of. over 800.000 women. Tor ttix days ., the , 12 different depart" ments of the General Federation of Women's Clubs will hold sessions ' in Symphony hall, while overflow meet ings will be accommodated m near by buildings.' ( Hr; f; : y.-f i As a measure of the progressive spirit of American women, all manner, of con veniences will hedge this meeting about with modern aids to comfort A branch bank, branch telephone, telegraph and postofftoe and. a .hospital with physici ans and nurses will .be established at headquarters. A" historical significance may be attached to the selection of Bos ton as a meeting place, for there the first women's club meetings in this country, were held. That was in the days when Anne Hutoblnson called to gether her townswomen In her home, where the old Corner Book Store now stands, and discussed with them , the sermon of the proceeding Sunday until. In 16J7, the outraged elders sent her Into exile for the sin of too freely ex pressing her feminine mind. This Is the ninth biennial Of the organization, and reports In the bands . of expert heads of bard working de partments will show' that In the elgh- , teen years of the Federation's existence, as well as In the decade back of that, the women of the nation have not ceased In a concerted effort to ameliorate un satisfactory social conditions and to promote the growth of altruism. One of the most vital Interests of the women of the federation Is that of abolishing child labor In the factories, mines, mills, workshops and stores. . whether their Influence was direct or Indirect, the fact that eighteen states during the past year have enacted new laws or improved old ones regarding child labor has been largely due to the unflagging seal of fAs women's clubs. Reports will show that within the past year Florida and Mississippi have passed child labor laws for the first time, and Kentucky, Ten nessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South A. m . RRs Qj o V '.1: - 'l' - 'f: Carolina and Alabama have amended those already., on their, statute books, while Oklahoma promises the best of aU under, her new constitution. Children's Bureau. ' A- children's bureau will shortly be established In Washington, and this Is the result of the work of the women who constitute the membership of nine ty six clubs In and around New York City. They organised themselves Into a child labor association that Is national In its alms and scope. The alarming fact was known to them that of every 1.000 babies born In the United states, 100 die. and throuch this bureau they mean to Investigate the causes of mor tality, illegitimacy, orphanage, depend ence and child labor anions the children of the nation. They mean to plan a campaign against the general ignorance prevalent among a certain class of mothers and Dy intelligent jeg-isiauon and training protect the helpless little ones. It has been po.nted out with ironical nlainneaa that the national arov ernment through Its department of ag riculture ' spend millions annually In the protection of Its game, the Improve ment of Its domestic annlmals and the fosterlnr of Its animal and Plant in dustrles, while not a penny Is expended In the preservation of child life" and in tne amelioration or us conauions, Hill Introduced, j ' The health of the nation is being largely taken over into the hands of Its women. Through the Influence of the General Federation' of Women's Clubs a bill was Introduced Into the last con- cress nrovldinc for an educational cam palgn against: tuberculosis, Already women s dubs have been foremost in the work of establishing homes and camps for iuberculosus patients, a cam paign mat is telling tn its excellent re sults. This is quits a far cry from the condition of which an English traveler wrote in 1830: "What they call 'con sumption kills the Americans as If they were perpetually . In tiattle; but they speak of ft as if It were in no way thefr concern, rather as If .God sent It for some reason of his own." The women of today have no such Ideas on the sub ject. They rather accept the dictum of tav iuu pnyoician wuu says uw uio- ease. not to Divine Providence, but to dirt and ignorance. The Louisiana State tieaitn oonrerence recently paio puono tribute to the work of women in the sanitary uplifting of the state, v . - There -are - 20.000.000 Dublio school children in the United States, and club women of the country know that when the fall term opens there will be 5,000, 000 or more children who will not enter the schools. To the women, has come the momentous question or finding out why they will not enter and a cure for the reason. Of these children 4.000.000 will be at work earning their own living and that of others, and from them will come the plea that the schools of the land are not giving them a training that will fit them for earning a. living with their hands, and that they must go into factories to learn how. Less than 600 cities In the United States have manual training In their schools, and In only a small percentage of the schools of the land is education Of any kind compulsory. How to place education of the needed kind in reach of these 6,000, 000 children and make them take ad vantage of It la one of the biggest prob lems with which the women of the na tion are now. wrestling. v ? ' Have STot Bees Idle. 'The federation and Its clubs have not been idle in doing the work that lies nearest, In educational lines. The fed eration Itself maintains a scholarship for American girls at an English uni versity. The Michigan state federation has a $5,000 fund for the use of worthy iris. Texas has twenty scnoiarsnlpa. tan two, uoioraao nineteen, and Kan sas eighteen, while during the oast year the New Hampshire Estate federation educated four girls and thai of Missies- i sent eignt to scnooivw . Che old theory that women need have no training for home life has been swept to the wall bv the club women of today, la Illinois, where there was established at the state university In 1870 the first domestic science school In the world, the club women have been 'active In such education. The School of Domestic Arts and Sciences in Chicago had last year an . attendance of 1.100 students and, added kindergarten work and the care of children to its curriculum. The Women's Educational and Industrial union of Boston has for three ; years Lots of "A 1 Suits -Goats- ;: - K.'. conducted classes for saleswomen with remarkable success. The state federa tion of Vermont clubs conducted last year a successful . arts and crafts ex hibit, : and through ' the work of V club women of Massachusetts ". and - three North Carolina towns have revived old hand industries and have, materially prospered. , -; - .y: Municipal Souse Cleaning. Loving house cleaning because they are Intensely domestic, tne club women of today through the civics commission of the general federation, have asked for a bla- municipal houee cleaning day that shall become national, and bave already inaugurated It in many cities and ' towns. Through this department or civics tney ask ror an intelligent ana economical dlanoaltlon of s-arbace and refuse that Would supply each town with us electrical power ana inciaenuiuj brine in revenue Instead of becoming a dead expense. . They have offered en dorsement and cooperation- to the De partment of Agriculture In the pure food movement and when 800,000 women back up a governmental proposition like, this It means something. . . . Believing thoroughly in the need Of open air for children, club women have urged cities to build parks and play grounds and in - many instances have done It at their own expense. In Toledo, Ohio, one of the club women may be found every day in the school gardens, taking turns with her coworkers. The women's club of Columbus, Ohio, keeps eight i playgrounds, and in Dubuque, Iowa, they have purchased a bluff for a park, Keenly Interested in the weak and oppressed they have gone after, re form in almshouse nursing, the state federation of Michigan and the Asso ciation of Nurses in that state leading with twenty three states following cioseiy on urelr heels. . Study Immigration. The immigrant has come in for a good ly snare or attention among xne women s clubs. The Woman's Municipal League and Welfare committee of the National Civic federation had two laws enacted in New 'York last September protecting immigrant girls from unscrupulous ticket sellers. The Educational ana in dustrial union of Boston, the Researah and Protective association of Philadel phia, the -Women's Trade Union league in cnicago, ana tne council or jewisn Women are offering advice and protec tion and helD to the newcomers who re ceive no government aid after leaving cms jsiana. iuaucation in gooa ciusen shlD Is offered to thousands of newly arrived foreigners through various pat riotic ana civic ciuds composed oi women.:- ;- -.;--:!-' In the conservation of the nation's natural resources the women's clubs are lending a helplnsr hand. -They had their reDresentatlvea at the meeting of the governors, they have their department or forestry, ana in some states nave es tablished regular classes in forestry. There is no Carnegie among the women, but the traveling libraries, a score of good books in their small boxes, have penetrated mountain fastnesses. . and gone to remote prairie towns that never would otherwise know of bookland. Col orado alone has S.000 volumes always on the road and this is not much of an over estimate for each of the other forty five state federations. . Missions Preserved. Through the work of club women Cali fornia's missions will be preserved, the Indian mounds of Wisconsin are beinc protected, the cliff dwellings of Colorado and Arizona have been placed under national protection, the destruction of the Palisades of the Hudson 'and the threatened destruction of Niagara Falls have been brought before the public, the homes. of Washington and Andrew jack son have been Dreserved and the Alamo purchased as a perpetual monument to Texan valor. Through the Oregon wo men a statue has been erected to Sao ajawea, the Indian maid of Lewis and Clark's expedition, the women of Colo rado have keot Judge Llndsey in office for the good of the delinquent children of the state, and the South Carolina federation is trying to secure a state Industrial school for boys. They are working along many lines, some for suffrage, some for revision of state laws on various subjects, but all with the same end -to better the nation. They seem to have taken Amiel's advice: "To be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening neart; to nope at ways. Are a l M f"TvlW T Hi TN ml, -.iiMurayw Fixtures, Here Elegant $5.00, v....;.;..,... .v: . , ,: - . Waist Iose-17c; 19C; 22e Notes From the Labor World The annua convention of the Trades and Labor congress of Canada .will hp held at Halifax la September, Employes in the postal service of ureat Britain are getting an ait sreuuu increase or, wages, amounting to , 000.000 a rear. . : At Cedajr Ranlda. Towa. the contract I obtained on the new government bulld Mn provides foe-union labor In the con struction or- tne buuaing. ' The largest of the international unions, wita tne exception ot tne um ted Mine workers. -la the United Broth- erhood of Carpenters and Joiners, which will hold Its' annual convention in Salt Lake City in September. . , ; , The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will have Its annual conven tion in Detroit in Aua-ust. when It Is expected an agreement will be reached for a settlement of the differences be tween tnat organization ana tne unuea Teamsters of America. The Montana State Federation of La bor Is initiating a petition for submis sion at tne next general election tor the employers' liability act and an act exempting labor unions from Injunc tions. v " ' The Bakers' anion of San Francisco has appointed a committee to prepare a recommendation to the International convention that is to meet in October to erect a home for aged and disabled members of the organisation. In Austria, when an unemployed wage-earner cannot obtain work be reg isters at a a-overnmsnt labor bureau and he Is supplied with food for him self and family by the government un til employment Is found for him. The national joint arbitration board of tne uranite cutters' Employers' asso ciation and the Granite Cutters' union has adjusted all the points in dispute at Qulncy, Mass., and there can be no strikes nor lockouts for the next three years. Under authority of the American Fed eration of Labor, and within the Juris diction of the International Alliance of Theatrical stage Employes, enrollment has begun In a local to be known as the Picture Machine Operators of Greater New York. Recent advices from Christian la are tftt the effeet that strikes, lockouts and taoor contucts are numerous in Nor way at the present time. The lumber, building-, woolen and leather Industries are particularly affected. The Diamond Workers' union, of Ant werp, by a vote of 6,001 to 880, decided on complete cessation of work. The de cision affected 10,000 men in the pol lening; una suiea traaes. vvnen work Is resumed the union Intends tn sale higher wages for its members. The first notice of labor unions was when Plutarch wrote of vicious craft guilds as havina- existed In the Rome and Greek dominions. From Rome the Idea was passed on to the young na tions that follewed. and In the middle ages the guilds were to be found ev erywhere. More than 500 managers of Chicago's places of amusement. Including thea tres, concert halls, nickel shows and publio amusement parks, recently re ceived circular letters of warning' from State Factory Inspector Kdgar T. Da vies as his first, steo In a crusade against the employment of children in these places. Parents are - also to be held to account by the chief inspector when It Is found thtiy permit the chil dren to work In these places when they are under 16 years of age. Eagles at Zanesville. TTnltd Press Leased Wire.) Zanesville." Ohio. June 22. Zanesville Is decorated from end to end in honor of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, which opened Its annual state convention here today. Delegates are on hand from every nook and corfier of Ohio, many of them accompanied by .their wives and ramuies. ins dusuicss or the conven tion will beeln tomorrow moraine and continue over Wednesday and Thursday. A publla reception, parade and banquet are teatures or tne program. B. w. Garnter of Springfield will preside over tne ousiiysss sessions. Cabinets and . Mirrors Few Sample Prices on Garments $7-0 $4. s-65c, ..$1,25, $2.7 SOLD CABTBIDGES TO ; END WAK; SENT JUNK : Klcaraguan Government Has . AL : ? leged Swindler Arrested ' . - . for Frand. New York, June 22. James D. Hal loa, aow gray-haired, but Mill carrying the same distinguished air he bore 10 years ago when he admitted that he stole about 870,000 . from hi clients, and was sentenced to eight years In Sing Sing- for forgeryi bobbed up again today in the criminal courts. This time he Is accused of swindling the Nlcaraguan government out of 811, 000. ' i When the Nlcaraguan government was fighting off a revolution In the fall of 1908 it needed millions of cart- ''"went to the representative of th; Nlcaraguan government In this city and said he could supply 1,100,000 Reming ton cartridges at a reasonable rate 811,000 and see that they were deliv ered before the revolution had ensued. Hallen got the contract with the Nlc araguan government. He went out and Rur chased a lot of copper dross, which i cheap and is good ballast. Then he rot boxes of the else that cartridges are packed In. He figured out just about how many boxes It would take to bold ;i00,000 cartridges, and found that T rJTI Tl 17" li VTi bsPssBbW ' bbVbbV Y - 3- Ml 0, $9.95, $14.9 $7.5 0, $11.00 he needed 1.100 . boxes. He -go them and filled thero, with the dross, the aross being pacaea witn paper mil usually put . around cartridges. He marked . the boxes : 'cartridges" and shipped them on a ' South American ateamer. ' Then he got bis bills of ladlnr for th cartridges and called on Ramon Echasartta, the New York agent for the Nlcaraguan government, and presented hie bills of lading. Echasarrlta handed over the 811,000. - ' -- One morning Echasarrlta got a blast from Nicaragua that almost took his head off. The "cartridges' had arrived at Greytown. All the generals of -the Nlcaraguan army were there with their men anddlrectd the unpacking of the ! boxes. Did they find cartrtdaesT . No. I only copper dross. Hallen was arrested today and held In 88.000 ball. , . , . , . 3 , , ; Laval Monument Unveiled, .; frntted Press. Leased Wire.) Quebec June 12. The gigantic Laval monument erected at the head of Moun tain hill was unveiled today with im pressive ceremonies. Tomorrow the pro gram will be continued with an enorm ous St. Jean Baptists procession and solemn grand mass at the base of the monument. The monument Is In memory of Francis Xavter da Laval-Montmorency, the first Roman Catholic bishop of Canada. Laval was born in France in 1623 and died In Quebeo In 1708. ' Dur Ig his years of residence In Quebec he built a church and a aemlnary for the education of priests and did much for the welfare and betterment of the In dian population of this section. for Sale t Sale of CIIUKCirFirJlDjITJi ... ITtKVKXT A DISASi i Close Services and Walk Down I 1 . Coolly Notifying 1,800 to Leave at Once. Berlin, - June 23. An attempt v i made today to burn down the old Paulus Catholic church at Moabtt, whi; . 1,800 persons were assembled to hear a sermon by Father Bonaventurl. While the congregation was kueelin ? In prayer. Father Bona'enturl was tun that the church was afire. . Without alarming the eongveRatton he coolly stepped over to the priest who was celebrating mass, and requested Mm to close the serves. Then the nrlot and his six assistants walked down th aisles and whispered to the rewholders that an insignificant blase had broken out. and that they had better leave. At this time the entire roof of h church was a -mass of flames. Tim hundreds, not realising their peril, made quick exit in an orderly manner. - A dozen firebrands, soaked with pe troleum, were found. . A Feminine Fracas. "What's all this turmoil on the cam pus?" "Just the co-eds having a parasol rush."
