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rMSOirS MESSAGE TO THE CONGRESS .'Senate and House in JolntSes- / sion Hear Address of* mI'-I'UV' % the President \ iv V ^ WAKES FEW SUGGESTIONS *„y . '^further Legislation for Settlement and ^ f " Regulation of Railway Labor Dis- 'i' ' putes Held Imperatively Neces- , >: \ ^ i J.? aary by the chief Magistrate. * ft; ' T Washington, Dec. 5.--The senate ^ ".vi^ind house met In joint session today sBfI'l'And heard President Wilson's message, &*J* ^ '"Which was as follows: '§f . gentlemen of the Congress: i - ' I; I In fulfilling at this time the duty laid " 4> • - ^pon me by the Constitution of com- jfc,\ i* Jhunicatlng to you from time to time , Information of the state of the Union f fsj" - x *nd recommending to your consldera-. Hon such legislative measures as may : •/;%>•••' j *$e judged necessary and expedient I ;s Shall continue* the practice, which I has been acceptable to you, of ' . 11 • «' leaving to the reports of the several •,*, heads of the executive departments the /elaboration of the detailed needs of : Hie public* service and confine myself to those matters of more general pub­ lic policy with which It seems neces- \ Bary and feasible to deal at the pres- L I ? 'V IP1* sesslon of tJie congress. ??.Si?.1 I realize the limitations of time un- #er which you will necessarily act at this session and shall make my sug­ gestions as few as possible; but there were some things left undone at the list session which there will now be time to complete and which it seems Necessary In the interest of the public ftp do at once. f In the first place, It seems to me Im­ peratively necessary that the earliest possible consideration and action Should be accorded the remaining Measures of the program of settle­ ment and regulation which I had occa­ sion to recommend to you at the close your last session In view of the pub­ lic dangers disclosed by the unaccom­ modated difficulties which then existed, ipid which still unhappily continue to .exist, between the railroads of the ifcotintry and their locomotive engineers, \ * Conductors, and trainmen. V Railway Troubles First $•' A- : lr i • •S'S* ' S l~< : §fe-p*' 3, * ' .l-ff', f \ I then recommended: I; First, immediate provision for the (Enlargement and administrative reor­ ganization of the interstate commerce Commission along the lines embodied the bill recently passed by the house ( • <ef representatives and now awaiting #Ct %>i mmisslon may be enabled to deal , jtPlth the many great and various duties •{. <• 'How devolving upon It with a prompt- ;^eg9 and thoroughness which are, with :.#s present constitution and means of / ( Action, practically impossible. » „ Second, the establishment of an ' "fi'sht-hour day as the legal basis alike j, ',V .. r»0t work and of wages in the employ­ ee*'1 "j" -fPent of all rnllway employees who are ^ " /v actually engaged In the work of oper- » " atlng trains In interstate transporta- K. ' i W'/ , '• Third, the authorization of the ap- % :• :< ^polntment by the president of a small ; wody of men to observe the actual re- " i«ults in experience of the adoption of Sjf' <he eight-hour day in railway trans- L* I * jKirtation alike for the men and for H??"' ' the railroads. *5.. * " v4 Fourth, explicit approval by the con- $£*> fress of the consideration by the ln- f* ' • (-? ferstate oommerce commission of an 1 " increase of freight rates to meet such IV"- •' ' *dditional expenditures by the rail- h-f * '« froads as may have been rendered nec- ' . fssary by the adoption of the elght- •- - * flour day and which have not been ofT- :;^|'/;<!.j|et by administrative readjustments y- #*»d economies, should the facts dls- t ^losed justify the Increase. •• « Fifth, an amendment of the existing r'* ,, federal statute which provides for the VJ*. "faediatlon, conciliation, and arbitration f such controversies as the present ^ > I \ *i>y adding to It a provision that, in case , jthe methods of accommodation now ' v provided for should fail, a full public r' ' k Investigation of the merits of every >v"vV' I" dispute shall be instituted and -±' . completed before a strike or lockout ' may lawfully be attempted. ' And, sixth, the lodgment In the Jbands of the executive of the power, In case of military necessity, to take control of such portions and such roll­ ing stock of the railroads of the coun- frlg':;try as may be required for military ;tuse and to operate them for military a,.-.;®»•:./'purposes, wltii authority to draft into ^ the military service of the United | * IStates such train crews and admlnls- 7%t " * tratlve officials as the circumstances fc. _ y* safe and efficient use. ' Renews His Recommendations. <\;*•>., The second and third of these rec- QjfV ommendations the congress immediate- ly acted on: It established the eight- : hour day as the legal basis of work yL\'.. and wages In train service and It au- 41 c/ thorized the appointment of a com- ; mission to observe and report upon the ' practical results, deeming these the 0$?%- measures most Immediately needed; Unusual Experience. "Man." remarked Sandy. "I did a thing last nicht what I've no dune this twenty year, i went to ma bed pairr- fectly sobor, but I'm richt thankful to say I got up this morula' none the waurT \ • 't"' '< . .»• ft'- ' but It postponed »<Hton upon the other suggestions until an opportunity should be offered for a more deliberate con­ sideration of than. T^e fourth reo- ornpjendatlon I do not deem It neces­ sary to renew. The power of the In­ terstate commerce commission to grant an increase of rates on the ground re­ ferred to Is Indisputably clear and a recommendation by the congress with regard to such a matter might seem to draw in question the scope of the com­ mission's authority or Its Inclination to do justice when there Is no reason to doubt either. The other suggestions--the Increase in the interstate commerce commis­ sion's membership and In its facilities for performing Its manifold duties, the provision for full public investigation and assessment of industrial disputes, and the grant to the executive of the powder to control and operate the rail­ ways when necessary In time of war or other like public necessity^--I now very earnestly renew. . The necessity for such legislation Is manifest and pressing. Thosfc^wjio have intrusted us with the responsibility and duty of serving and |mfVguarding them in such matters would find it hard, I believe, to excuse a failure to act upon these grave matters or any unnecessary postponement of action upon them. Not only does tlfe Interstate com­ merce commission now find it practi­ cally Impossible, with Its present mem­ bership and-jorganization, to perform Its great functions promptly and thor­ oughly, but it is not unlikely that it may presently be found advisable to add to Its duties still others equally heavy and exacting. It must first be perfected as an administrative Instru­ ment. The country cannot and should not consent to remain any longer exposed to profound industrial disturbances for lack of additional means of arbitra­ tion and conciliation which the con­ gress can easily and promptly supply. And all will agree that there must be no doubt as to the power of the execu­ tive to make immediate and uninter­ rupted use of the railroads for the con­ centration of the military forces of the nation wherever they are needed and whenever they are needed. This is a program of regulation, pre­ vention and administrative efficiency which argues its own case in the mere statement of it. With regard to one of Its items, the Increase in the effi­ ciency of the Interstate commerce com­ mission, the house of representatives has already acted; Its action needs only the concurrence of the senate. Vor Control and Operation. I would hesitate to recommend, aod I dare say the congress would heultate to act upon the suggestion should I make it, that any man in any occupa­ tion should be obliged by law to con­ tinue In an employment which he de­ sired to leave. To." pass a law which forbade or prevented the individual ' workman to leave his work before re­ ceiving the approval of society in do­ ing so would be to adopt a new prin­ ciple into our jurisprudence which I take it for granted we are not prepared to introduce. But the proposal that the1 operation of the railways of the country shall not be .stopped or Inter­ rupted by the concerted action of or­ ganized bodies of men until a public investigation shall have been Instituted which shall make the whole question at issue plain for the judgment of the opinion of the nation is not to propose any such principle. It Is based upon the very different principle that the con­ certed action of powerful bodies of men shall not be permitted to stop the in­ dustrial processes of the nation, at any rate before ihe nation shall have had an opportunity to acquaint Itself with the merits of the case as between em­ ployee and employer, time to form Its opinion upon an impartial statement of the merits, and opportunity to con­ sider all practicable means of concilia­ tion or arbitration. I can see nothing in that proposition bipt the justifiable safeguarding by so­ ciety of the necessary processes of its very life. There Is nothing arbi­ trary or unjust in it unless it be arbi­ trarily and unjustly done. It can and should be done with a full and scrupu­ lous regard for the interests and liber­ ties of all concerned as well as for the permanent Interests of society itself. Oth^r Legislation Urged. 1 Three matters of capital Importance await the action of the senate which have already been acted upon by the house of representatives: the bill which seeks to extend greater freedom of combination to those engaged in pro­ moting the foreign commerce of the country than is now thought by some to be legal under the terms of the laws against monopoly; the bill amending the present organic law of Porto Rico; and the bill proposing a more thor­ ough and systematic regulation of the expenditure of money in elections, c-oiu- monly called the Corrupt Practices Act. I need not labor my advice that these measures be enacted ln(# Jaw. Their urgency lies in the manifest circum­ stances which render their adoption at this time not only opportune but neces­ sary. Even delay would seriously Jeopard the interests of the country and of the government. Immediate passage of the bill to reg- Most Fishermen Have Done It. "Simple Simon went a-flshing In Ms mother's pall." "Not so simple, at that," declared the amateur sportsman. "I've spent time and money getting to a place where the likelihood of catching fish was no whit greater." ulate the expenditure of money in e!#r- tlons may seem to be less necessary than the immediate enactment of the other measuriH to which I refer; be­ cause at least two years will elapse before another election In which fed­ eral offices are to be filled; but It would greatly relieve the public mind If this important matter wens--dealt with while the circumstances and the dan­ gers to the public morals of the pres­ ent method of obtaining and spending campaign funds stand clear under re cent observation and the methods of expenditure can be frankly studied ID the light of present experience; and a delay would have the further very se­ rious disadvantage of postponing ac­ tion until another election was at hand and some special object connected with it might be thought to be In the mind of those who urged It. Action can bo taken now with facts for guidance and without suspicion of partisan purpose. I shall not argue at length the desir­ ability of giving a freer hand in the matter of combined and concerted ef­ fort to those who shall undertake the essential enterprise of building up our export trade. That enterprise will presently, will Immediately assume, has Indeed already assumed, a magni­ tude unprecedented in our experience. We have not the necessary instrumen­ talities for its prosecution; it is deemed to be doubtful whether they could. be created upon an adequate scale under our present laws. We should clear away all legal obstacles and create a basis of undoubted law for It which will give freedom without permitting unregulated license. The thing must be done now, because the opportunity Is here and may escape us If we hesitate or delay. Porto Rico's Needs. The argument for the proposed amendments of the organic ldw of Por­ to Rico Is brief and con<$|Mve, The present laws governing the island and regulating the rights and privileges of its people are not just. We have cre­ ated expectations of extended privi­ lege which we have not satisfied. There Is uneasiness among the people of the Island and even a suspicious doubt with regard to, our intentions concerning them which the adoption of the pending measure would happily re­ move. We do not doubt what we wish to do in any essential particular. We ought to do it at once. There are other matters already ad­ vanced to the stage of conference be­ tween the two houses of which It Is not necessary that I should speak. Some practicable basis of agreement concerning them will no doubt be found and action taken upon jfchem. Inasmuch as this Is, gfetlemen, prob­ ably the last occasion I shall have to address the Sixty-fourth congress, I hope that you will permit me to say with what genuine pleasure and satis- faetlon I have co-operated with you in the many measures of constructive pol­ icy with which you have enriched the legislative annals of the country. It has been a privilege to labor In such company. I take the liberty of con­ gratulating you upon the completion of a record of rare serviceableness and distinction. Cut Trees by Exploding Dynamite. Instead of an ax and saw to remove the tops of trees that are to be used as masts In logging operations, dyna­ mite Is used to shoot.off the tops. After the branches have been removed, a rigger climbs the tree, with a set of Irons, to the point where It' Is neces­ sary to cut o^| the top. Here the trunk Is usually about 12 Inches In diame­ ter. The rigger ties a string of dyna­ mite cartridges, fastened end to end like sausages, around the trunk at this point, inserts a blasting cap with about 20 feet of fuse In one of these sticks, lights the end of the fuse, and de­ scends before the explosion .takes place. The tree top pumps Into the air with the explosion and the trunk Is left ready for attaching the rigging for dragging In and loading the logs. --Engineering Record. All He Saw of Battle. The bluejacket had been In the bat­ tle off Jutland, and In the railway com­ partment every one addressed him re­ spectfully. Incidentally he' was the recipient of numerous fine cigars. He conducted himself with becoming dig­ nity, and when the foreign-looking gen­ tleman who had kept silent went out at a roadside station the audience Set- tied down to hear the yarn. Nodding his head toward the dark stranger on the platform, the bluejacket remarked with a grin, " 'E thinks 'e 'as lost some- thlnk 'e'd like to hear, 'e 'as. Bu^ hall HI saw of the bloody battle was coal-- nothing but coal. Hi'm a stoker, you see, that's what Hi am."--London Mall. Not to Be Thought Of. "Now, these fashionable dames don't mind talking freely about the «Sdrta they make to reduce weight.51 "That's true." "But they would feel deeply humili­ ated if anybody suspected them of try* tag to reduce expenses." Few Beggars in Panama. Although the city of Panama Is a most cosmopolitan place, practically every race being represented in its 60,- 000 Inhabitants, there are no beggars, «^E»pt Afew blind men. Nv • € * Somewhere. Tour tine lover is in the world or you wouldn't be here. You must not go to any othor. That is the one dead­ ly sin. He Is looking, too. As won as you both are ready, you will meet. In her sleep that night she dreamed that she saw the One who was to come, and there was a gold light about his head. ; Steele In "Doctor Nick." Its Limitations. "You can't make a bluff with an umbrella." "Why not?" "Because yon jawMWier ox shut up." ' V i . Nothing New. 'I see some scientific sharp has dis­ covered a substitute for bread." "He needn't think he's so ,much. pur cook has been turning that out for years." Proofs of True Love. Grace (sobbing)--"You don't love me! I know you don't." George-- "Why, darling, what makes you say that?" Grace--"Because you're not Jealous. Maude Mullins has been mar­ ried nearly a year and her husband's so jealous he has shot at her twice and tried to kill himself three times!"-- Puck. Unsatisfactory Remedy.' Heiny--A doctor tells me that if a man works steadily he never worries. , Omar--Pshaw! It's working stead­ ily that gets my goat. Remain the Same. Progress is observable In most di­ rections, but we have the same cheap vulgar and disgusting old forms ol profanity that the English-speaking peoples always have had.--Houston Post. A Certainty. • There Is nothing certain la the world, except that when you start Ih saving money for one thipg you are going to spend it for something else.-- Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Placing the Blame. " Dorothy Ann was put to bed at 7 ;80, much against her wishes. She spent about twenty minutes asking ques­ tions, and finally her mother told her she must be still and go to sleep, and she said: "Well, mother, I want to go to sleep, but myself won'L" _ v V* < FISw In His Honesty. • "Honesty Is the best policy," Juit he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.--Archbishop Whntely. • r * f To save the soldiers from the extortionate charges of the merchants near the front in France, the British head­ quarters staff has established bazaars like thfe one here pictured, wjilch sell to the men the little thlngg that are In­ dispensable to their comfort. MBS. K0Q AND HER BABY Mrs. Wellington Koo, wife of the minister fj*om China, and her little son, Wellington Koo, Jr. The baby was born In Washington shortly after th€ minister and his wife arrived there. RED CROSS SEAL SEASON NEW YORK OLD 6UARD SALUTES THE fLAG The Old Guard of New York has just had its annual reunion and parage* The photograph shows some of the guardsmen with their colors In front of the city hall. , • 10GW00D FOR DYES ROTTING ON PIERS The Red Cross seal season Is now on, and the men and wome^ who sell the cheery Christmas stickers are as happy as the girl in the picture, for the sales they make do a wonderful service for those who are suffering from tuberculosis. The seals cost but one cent each and are to be placed on the backs of letters and packages mailed during December. The pro­ ceeds are . devoted to the war on the "white plague." Mothers. Mothers In an Increasing number are realizing that a woman's duty to her children Is really to them, and not to herself through them. More Im­ aginative mothers perceive the life of the child as a thing separate from their own comfort today or, tomorrow, and make every sacrifice to grant their boys and girls the powers and the training which will prepare them to live their own lives. r v„ tS ^ ̂ s: & -• " Fooling the Boy. "I don't see how you got that boy to take the castor oil." "ilasy enough. I tbld him to try some first and see how he liked It, and if he didn't Uk it b* needn't take % • i l t . ;i/.' Getting Him Classified. Quiz--What sort of ah after-dinner speaker is Jones? Whiz--One of the kind who start In by saying they didn't expect to be called on, and then proceed to dejaan- strate that they can't be called o&V - • 0 • Something Wrong. "Asphodella Twobble says she hears the movies calling her to a career of fame and fortune." "What would you advifie?" "I would advise Asphodella to #nl| *a auriat wlthoot dehQ^ "Logwood used for making dyes and worth hundreds of thousands of dol­ lars lsjrdttlng away along the Brooklyn waterfront, and no one knows wl»o owns it Before the war logwood sold. In the American market for around $7 ton. A jump In price to $75 or $100 was experienced after the declaration of war. Seeing a "war baby" that showed exceptional promise, speculators prac­ tically bought out South America of all available logwood. After the first few shipments arrived the small market In this country for the commodity became exhausted and the speculators were left with hundreds of tons on their hands. Now the Sohth American planters apd the skippers of the boats are wonder- Ing who pays.' And the city of New York Is wondering what to do with the wood which is taking up miles oft valuable waterfront space. TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES During a recent tour of the Cana­ dian Northwest the duke of Connaught was made a chieftain by the Indians of the province of Alberta. Electric smelting at Welsh tin mines causes a loss of metal of about 1 pv cent as compared with. 8 or 9 per cent by older methods. Electric massaging apparatus which emanates violet rays has been Invent-, British sportsmen are out now te provide a fleet of 100 ambulances at a cost of £40,000 ($200,000). Hailstones are . med by the eleo tricity of the thunderstorms they ac* company, according to a German sci­ entist's theory. By an electrical refining process a plant In Norway is producing 6,000 tons at zinc annually. § The United States has more tele­ graph offices and rnor* line mileage than any other nation. Germany If •tkirZJ « . J - * * ed for Imparting a general tonic effect to theacirand'fic^ «WIU 7--^ i t e t - ' M ' . ' \ *Have you a lame back, aching day and night? Do you feel sharp palm after stooping? Are the kidneys sore? Is their action irregular? Do you have headaches, backaches, rheumatic pains,--feel tired, nerv­ ous, all worn-out? Use Doan's Kid­ ney Pills- the medicine recom­ mended by so many people In this locality. Read the experience that follows: A11 Iowi Case Chaa. D. Hayes, 122 N. 2d St., W. Albia, Iowa, says: "I wouldn't take out hundred dollars for the. good Doan'a Kidney Pills have done me. I suffered constantly from kid- n e y trouble. The sudden and severe attacks of pain in my back were fol­ lowed by a contin­ ual, aching throb. X tried every medicine recommended to me, but received little relief until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. Five boxes rid me of the pain and ach­ ing and, best of all, the cure ha* laated." GetDoaa'sat Any Stare, SOc a Box DOAN'S "p'SSV FOSTER-MILE URN CO., BUFFALO, N, Y. The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quick!:- be overcome by CARTER'S UTILE OVER PILLS. Purely vegetable --act surely and gently on the liver. Cure Biliousness, Head* a c h e , Dizz i ' CARTERS ITTLE PILLS. ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRIC3L Genuine must bear Signature 5 Lost in Wonder. "Can you tell me what part women played In the recent presidential elec­ tion?" "No," answered Mr. Twobble, *!$ was so excited over^Mrs. Twobble*# first visit to a voting booth that I did not notice what other women were d9* ing." , -- YOU MAY LOOK YOUNQ By- Keeping Your Complexion Youi^ With Cutlcura. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, tl^ < ' Ointment to soothe and heal. These super-creamy emollients do much to keep the skin clear, fresh and youthful, as well aa to keep the hair in a liv«t healthy condition and the hands soft , and white. Free sample each by mail with Boofc. " Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. i||: Boston, s Sold everywhere -- , *, No Foolln^neiM. "My boy." / "Yes, dad?" < | "In wooing succour* f.-' ' e "Yes, dad." "Remember, that's a girl you gotta sit up nights with."--Louisville COUJP- ler-Journal. This W1U Interest Mothers. Mother oray's Sweet Powders for Children for Feverishness, Headache, Bad Btomaofc* Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and destroy worms. They break up Colds In 34 hours. They are so pleasant to take children like them. Used by mothers for W years. All Druggist's, 25c. Sample WHBM, Address, Mother Gray Co., Le Boy, N. Y. AdW* ------ • - j . Practical Pair. V "Are the Jlbways happily marrledff "Apparently so. At least, they ai^ not the sort of people who figure IH problem plays." "No?" "Mrs. Jlbway belongs to so many clubs that she never has time to figure out whether her soul Is being starve® or not and Mr. Jlbway Is so absorbed in business that he has long since for* gotten that he ever had a souL"--IHfr* mlngham Age-Herald. More Night Work. Mrs. Flatbush--This paper says •(!'**! that keys may be more accessible thet% has been invented a double keyrin# that separate them Into groups. Mr. Flatbush--Of course I Now • •man will not only have to hunt for th# keyhole, but he'll have to scramble around to find the group his night-kejp" Is In. Appropriate Advice. "They say Doctor Polytick alwaye adapts his advice to M* Individual patients." "I believe that's true. He told an artist who went to him that he must not draw too much on his reserv* strength, and an architect that needed building up." * u Hard to Get a Line On. Genius Is said to be a certain fc . &t madness, but the madness of some people is more or less uncertain. The cheerful feeling you possess after a drink of something hot and flavor? should be only the beginning of your satisfaction. • x For this Very reason , mow and more people are turning from coffee to f Instant Postum A lessened tendency to such ^nnoyancet as nervousnesa and sieepletsnet* repay*, them < A ten-day trial of this da* lightful, flavory hot drink haa assisted so many to health and comfort that your friend, the Postum drinker, will tall you its well worth while. ' -4: , * ' < - " V „ • * * " ilSilllfis