The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1900, Page 9

N FRANCISCO CALL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1900 ALAMEDA-( AKLAND-BERKELEY SELECTS CALIFORNIAN TO ACT AS PRESIDENT Dr Carlton Leaves for Chicago to Pre- side Over Dental Pedagogues. | 1 T TV sy 2o 2 I8 PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL IN- INTAL PEDAGOGY, WHICH WILL BEGIN A S ION | MEDIATE: AFTER CHRISTMAS. ting s over aif- 1 be gone MISPRIN | OF GRAVESTONES| SAVE THE FINES Two Hunters Out of Luck|Law Cannot Be Repealed Try a New Kind of Until After Liquor Case Practice. Decision. BERKELEY, Dec. %.—Eleven men will undoubtedly be compelled to pay the sum | | the members of his church. | the preaching of | | 1ands is a duty | and if it cann | that he holds. | meetings of the * TWILL ¢ n View | of $2750 into the county treasury on ac- who | count of an error in the publication of i the | the license ordinance in Saturda; issue both the | of the town official paper. 1 men . police of Oak-| had been fined $250 each in the Justice m hrashed | © prohibition law. | es and finally efore m -morrow for e points in th £ £ the sal which preme Court rendered a decision for little doubt uphoid the plaintifr that the Su th erfor Court will t's decision. d the error in the publicafion of the nal | ordinance not happened -the license law | would have begn passed last night. Then t cases in the Superior Court | een dropped from the docket. = he ordinance will day night, when a special meeting will be heid for that purp The mi ke in red u 1 Monday ! until t cov have rendered his decision. The trustees who wanted the license ordinance to be- come a law are bl r in their denuncla- tion of the munagement of the paper on % account of th= error. B. F. Arnold, the ack to the | manager of the Gazette, the official or- " a nt Smith sent | gan said to-day that he knew nothing of e the tres- the misprint until he saw this morning's . to his| Call. He was greatly vexed over the af- Sheriff's offl & h ‘ ce, but r, and said that the fault with the t " es ing at gravestones eman, who, in shifting ty in three h different columns for a *‘place” advertise- ment, had got one body ype in the STTHOTU wrong column. H the fore- w DUE SrRIxs man. Manager Arn. would give OR ARBITRATION | affidavit to-morrow that he alone was re- sponsible for the error, and that it was Oskland Clerks and Merchants in |2 mistake on his part. Friendly Conference on the Ad- justment of Differences. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 18 Broadway, Dec. 25. > | Owners Alarmed at Invasion of Local An excellent fllustration of how to ar- tters between employer and em- Market by Nine and Ten Hour Mills. t damage to either is in prog- | The Retall Clerks’ |\ g AKLAND, Dee. 25.—George McBoyle, a yf‘:;‘m"";“"d Mer-| orominent milling man, is beginning a e fl‘(l;f“gfl:; movement looking toward a conference Tied to the satiefac- | between the owners and strikers with a yet without injury | view toward terminating the present lock- | out, which has lasted since the middle of August. Mr. McBoyle points to_the preservation weeks ago. They | Of the lumber milling industry in Oak- £ hours that,they | Jand @nd its unfavorable’ reaction upon emgto to conform to and | other lines of business to support his plea armist campaign in behalf of | fOr an agreement in solution of the pres- ent difficulty. So far the men have re- merchants of Oakland | mained firm in thr‘ir_:l--m:nnd.x for nh and | bours’ pay for an eight-hour day, “bu few of the mil's have yielded. Meanwhile the local market has been invaded by out- side firms, who operate on 2 nine or ten i of threatening the Clerks’ Un- | bour basi i i e RS o0 S extinetion or precipitating a pos- | OVERTURES TOWARD ks’ Association, which g the present year and . started an early of the c hours and some did not, e merchants formed an organiza- elected J. Moran the presi- and a lot nfedannos‘ln boy- | Services at St. Mark’s, Moran requested a conference | ppRKELEY, Dec. %.—Christmas ser- e T Snd the SMeces of | vices were held to-day at St Mari's Association. The clerks st | Episcopal Church. The rector, Rev. gnized the reasonableness of this | George E. me:i_prv-f‘hed on “God So 8 nted it, and several meet- | Loved the World,” a Christmas sermon held. Bach side seems | treating of the incarnation. Special music . 5 > | was rendered by the vested choir of me &’%T‘XI‘&:"‘#"'“&'““ | and boys. ho’ processional was Adein injury to either side and Fidelis, .by Reading; introit antbem, “O strike or outside arbitra- G{»}}_XO Light of Light,” Le Jeune; - is giving the other full | hymn, ark, the erald ©4 it is guite & nmew expe- | Sing,” = Mendelssohn: 4 sides of a labor question a,ort,ul written In SETTLING MILL STRIKE | & after Judge Greene shall | | ir Church Seven Years. c. 25.—The vestry of Church has chosen the _Officers for the year 1901: Sang Together,"” ing Of SanHant, Whitney Palache, Charics Ma Hall, in G; Te Deum, Dudley Buck, in &y | 80O decorations. were of oak and red- introducing & quintet con- Van servi flat minor. Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Van Sant, wood , - which gave the mfifl bower effect. wlellli(':'l: m had charge of the decorations. in’ such & satisfactory | BUIY o OFeRiEEy antach; Stainer, ¢ Mrs. H. 8. Parsons, Mrs. H. G. ton, J. C. Wilder:- communion ce, B 5 t, cwell, meta:"-!ianry Illr. and Mr. Palache rendered . Pearce, TE. The same officers b, " el erved continuously for seven CHRISTIANS MUST HIRE SUBSTITUTES Rev. Dwight E. Potter Starts a Unique Missionary vompany. pUIEE R Stockholders Hire a Missionary for Foreign Lands—Prospectus That Discounts Oil Company Descriptions. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 2. Rev. Dwight E. Potter of the Union- street Presbyterian Church has originated | an interesting and entirely new scheme | for foreign missions. He has organized ‘the Missionary Substitute and he is selling “stock" He says that the gospel in forelgn owed by all Christians, be done in person it can what he calls Company,” be done by employing a substitute. is The *‘comp: of substitute: 5 cents a month fc ¥ for the employment “'stockholder’ each share of stock There are to be regular "' to designate issionary will go, has a’vote for when and wh 15, which rivals any in deseription: is to obey our ed the gospel He wishes it still, rter. “'Gb into all be my witnesses the earth.” M a matter of me cannot go; ute Compa of God to all i bank account. e pr e are a break We_are . We owe them we are free from erest, no mortgage. ervants, wit- ngdom come’ “'debtors They select them and peace— and 1. Pleasing Oul , known as * bes for 668 shares; the rest is opes will be given you e use of the funds, Five cents or more a a shareholder. The secretary tee will consider private ven - rent, 1l other missionary d is not to in- ttee, we ask for to | pays | obedi- | they | Bas, water, ete. | OAKLAND POSSESSES A KENTUCKY COLONEL' | Governor Beekham Keeps Promise and Makes Dr. Crawford a Staff Officer. B3 B | | 1 ! i | { ! . . || DR. A. K. CRAWFORD OF OAKLAND, WHO IS NOW A COLONEL UPON | | i ;?—L(Sf?fif;;‘.';(i?éffi‘-\ffiJ' C. W. BECKHAM, THE !g;‘rxo CHIEF 4 |+ s ! AKLAND, Dec. 25.—Governor J.|years ago. At that time Dr. A. K. Craw- | | C. W. Beckham, the newly elect- | ford was in Chicago and attended a ban- | | ed Governor of Kentucky, and |duetat ::"glcllfn»d( A\pvr. H?fik:l}?m;‘respt;gd-} he I o { e S expresse e hope thai the man who became Governor | LG Gay'he would be Governor Ppe Lhat when Goebel was shot a year ago, | tucky. When Dr. Crawford was called | kept a promise that was made many | upon he replied that he hoped that Mr. | years ago, and to do it he had to send | Beckham would achieve his desires, and | | the appointment of col@nél upon the staff | if he did he wanted the title of colonel | of the Governor of the commonwealth of | and a position upon his staff. { | Kentucky all the way to Oakland. That | appointment was bestowed upon Dr. A. | That was many years ago, before J. C. W. Beckham was even a very prominent | happening in which it is applted * THE EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. LAW LESSONS: EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYES. . —— s ——— BY ALBERT 8. BOLLES, LL. D. XI. The employment of minors raises some questions of the highest importance con- cerning the duties of employers. Some of these were considered in our last article, but others still remain worthy of notice When He Knows the Danger He As- sumes the Risk. ‘We have already set forth the duty of an employer to instruct those of youthful years employed by him. It follows that after a minor has been Instructed or warned of the danger he is about to incur, and undertakes the employment, he as- sumes the risk like any other employe. This rule was applied by the Supreme Court of Missouri in the case of a minor who was a brakemdn on a freight train and was killed while at his brake upon the top of a freight car in passing through a bridge, the cross timbers of which were so low that they struck his head. The accident happened in the day- time. He had been employed by the rail- road company about three weeks and had passed.this bridge every day during tae Ume. He had been repeatediy warned to look out for this and other bridges, and when last seen he was sitting on his brake and facing the bridge not far oft The court said it would almest seem that ke committed ide,” his conduct was so reckless. ‘Whena Child Need Not Be Instructed. Again, when a child knows of the da loyer is not required to in- s point was settled long ago, although the cases are constantly n one of them & boy 19 years old was employed in a woolen mill to operate a machine to shear the nap off cloth. instructed in the use of the machine, al though he testified that he did fully understand the danger. The court sald that if he undertook the work, knowing the danger, his employer was not liable, although the accident might have been prevented by having guards to the ma | chine. In another case a boy 17 years was set to work on a machine for bieach ing cloth. The operating of it was sim- ple, and he worked for two weeks witho! accident. Then a finger was injured by putting it in between a roll and a hot cylinder in order to smooth the edge of the cloth. For the period of six montbs he had been at work on a machine quite similar to this. The Supreme Court, In reviewing the case, remarked: “In view of the plaintiff's age and experience prior to the time of the accident no duty then rested with his employer to give him in structions in reference to the risk of pos- sible injury. It could not be deemed necessary at that time to tell him that i{ he should put his hand in between the cloth and the revolving cylinder just at or just before the place where the cloth came in contact with the cylinder, He had been there | your | ¥y gulde and use all, "and | K. Crawford of this city, and on January | full enrollment of stock- | ] he will have the right to assume that | { title, and will be an official of Kentuky, | | though a resident of 1')a,l|ft:bl'nlla.e‘i . e The appointment was received a few R, DeOme 2 aviiness, for Christ Y | 5,y sinee from Governor Beckham with | ledges are for the year 1901, to be renewed | a note from the “Boy Governor,” recail- if you are willin, ing an incident that happened several' engage two names on the list lend? Settle the amount with ke oo oo feature in politics. ‘When Mr. the first of the year. And so Oakland has a Kentucky colonel within its bounds. WASHBURN KNOWS A LITTLE OF THE BUNKO GAME HIMSELF Loses at the Strap Triek, but Is Quite Equal to Four Aces in iz momiai s a Poker Deal, and Wins All the Money. | ANT BROWE \VeT IN MY VALISE P Me DOWN For TWENTY * DOLLARS 1 ¢ANT LOOSE BY THE WAY You bo 11 1 t To mR { DONT RUN AWAY Bovs \ GoT A WAD LEYS Go AND Beckham did become Gov- ernor he remembered the banquet .of vears ago and Dr. Crawford received his commission, which will take effect upon was danger that his hand would be caught.” Outside Instruction. : Another principle may be stated. If the | employer of a minor is negligent in not instructing him, as he receives all needful information from other sources he has no | cause of complaint on this score nst | his employer. This rule waa applied to a boy by- the courts of Minnesota. He was employed to operate a carding machine in | a woolen mill. There were about forty of | these machines in the room where he was { set to work. The foreman told him to see what the other operators did and he was ut in charge of five machines. Having | been injured by not keeping his shirt sleeves out of the clutch of a machine he sued his employer to recover for the in- jury. He clatmed that his employer gave im no instructions how to do his work, yet admitted that he knew how to do it through watching others. They told him, among other things, to keep his shirt sleeves rolled up to prevent them from Be “did not know that it would also pull w_but that he | could jerk his sleeve cut.” “It is utterly | inconcelvable,” said the court, “that a | boy of his age supposed that the precau- tion was intended merely for the protec- ’ tion of his shirt and not of his person.” After declaring an employer's duty to give needful instructions to youthful em- ployes the court adds: “No duty rests { upon a master to notify even a minor of | the ordinary risks and dangers of his oc- | cupation, which the latter actually knows | and appreciates, or which are so open and | apparent that ohe of his age and capact*: would, under like circumstances, by exer C{Se of ordinary care, know and appre- clate.” Positions Which Children Cannot Fill. | Signaling. | There are positions which boys are ir- ting Into the roilers. He testified that | OH | DONT KNOW THERE IS No Fuesg competent to fill and for which they ought | not to be employed. To employ them, | therefore, for such places is clear negli nce on the part of their employers, ren- | §ering them llable to other smployes who | may injured through their Incompe- | tency. In one of the cases requiring the | application of this principle a boy M| years old was employved to signal an en- | [inespwho rau an engine that was used | h unidading coal in a vessel. There were men. in the vessel who filled buckets with | coal and attached them to a rope, and | when_they were ready the boy gave the | | signal to the engineer to draw them up. | An accident having happened to ome of | them through the boy's neglect or ineffi- | ciency he sued the coal company, claiming | that it was negligent in employing ths | | factory to all engaged in th usi factory to all engaged In the business of How Long Should One Be Instructed. How long can a chi claim | the right to receive t is quitc evident that a erent rule ought 10 govern In the case of a child 10 vears of age than in that of a big W-pound child of 2. Again, as we have seen, an employer has no right to empioy young persons at all in those cases in whicr great judgment or discretion is required A railway company would not be justified in employing a boy as an engineer, how- | ever desirous he might be of serving. If he did the company would be holden to the public for injuries sustained by them and to its own workmen. Suppose the boy was 20, a mature, thought: persor would not the company be justified in thus employing him? Perhaps so. 3 197 It may be, especial | tional cases where no oider or mors com- petent persons could be empioyed, 1o It will the into a man, wh of instruction an A Case in Georgia. In a Georgia case was said that rule applied to a who W experienced in de which he was that the mach! inexper the per: . him the right to be r the ma under all eir ployers ough ed taken no to d has bee Q d. Where a Minor Is Injured by Adult. There is another rule too important to be omitted. Suppose a ¢ s injured I the negligence of another It, can he clai adu! r gligence those around them and they are in the same c Does this rule apply to et Do they assumeé anything? Do they know or un- derstand the risk they run in working in a cotton factory or an iron mill of injury from the negligence of those around them? Of course they do not nor do they knowingly assume such risks, but the law regards them or their parents as assuming those risks, and conseque When Does a Child Assume the Risk of His Employment? ‘“Whether an infant is to be | having assumed the risks of personal in | Jury to himseif from performan labe | attended with danger, and held to e | cise of ordinary care and ca to recover damages from & case of personal Injury s always an open question, depending upon the capacity and fitness for the particular kind of labor he may be employed at when so injured.” Therefore, the jury in such a case should be instructed to find a .erdict for the child unless his age, intelligence and ex- perience were such as to induce a man of ordinary care and prudence to belleve him qualified and fitted for the labor at which he employed him. Such is the opinion of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky on this | subject. | Voluntary Employment. | A case has arisen 1n New York growing ated as out of a statute tha worth describing A law provided tha o child under the age of 13 should be employed in any man- ufacturing establishment, and that ail gearing and beiting should have proper safeguards. A boy who was 13 years oid was employed in a manufactory. Whi | doing his duty he was in a safe place, with no danger around hm. But at the request of another he pulled out a leve: attached to a machine In order to st it, and In doing so he placed his hand a wheel, which was drawn downward, and he was injured. He knew that the machine was not guarded. He failed to recover for his Injury. The court remark- ing that he knew the machinery was nc guarded, and furthermore, he had intelli- | gence enough to take care of himseif and to understand the danger if he took hold | of the lever. ‘“The absence of guards can | impose no_liability upon the employer | when the boy, knowing of their absence, | voluntarily meddles with the machine.” One might infer from ihe language that the request to the LOY to move the lever | need not have been given; that he was perhaps indulging in a little sport. The truth was, however, that the request to pull the lever came from another employe who was engaged in cleaning the ma- chine. Nevertheless, it was not a part of his duty to do this, and consequently his employer could not be held liable for the consequences. The boy’s act was purely voluntary, to accommodate another em- ploye, and consequently there was no help for the injured boy. We question whether he could have recovered anything under the Jaw, even thougn his empioyer or his foreman had requested him to move the lever. The risk was entirely his own, however good his mctives in thus acting. HOME STUDY CIRCLE QUERIES. 1 GOT Four Ky ' TFeR ALL HES it | SOT Yer Win 2o /FeLy Xy 87 Do OFF THE HALF ME | TRICK, PROCEEDS TO TEACH TWO BUNKO MEN THE BEAUTIES OF ACES IN PQKER. ; T o AKLAND, Dec. 2%5.—A. H. Wash- burn, superintendent of the Yose- , mite Stage and Turnpike Com- pany, turned the tables on two . bunko men in this city. The biters were bitten in the most approved the time In some kind of a e 2" “I'm with fon there,” replied Mr. Wash- burn, and the three left to find a place to while away the t*me. A lumber yard soon presented itself, and the two men began to initlate Mr. Washburn in the so-called “‘strap Mr. Washburn JUST WATCH My prar MAKE HiM THINK He ON VS YosemiTe PeoPLE WHEN IT SMES To PLATING SARD e | MR. WASHBURN OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, AFTER LEA‘RNING WHAT HE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE STRAP A WELL-TIMED HAND OF FOUR ‘| and I don’t kick. I'll g0 you a little game of cards.” The two men, belleving that they had a good thing, concluded to push it along. Eame of poker was decided u;:i : He was so easy! began to bet recklessly. And the bunko men | boy for such work. The court remarked | that “no usage to emplcy boys of tender years to perform duties {nvolving the per- sonal safety of others, which require judgment, discretion and care greater than is usually possessed by boys of sucn age, can be upheld for a moment.” The principal question in the case was, Did the company knowingly employ & boy in- competent to do such work? and the court of review thought the company was gui'- ty. “The duty of giving the hoisting sig- nal to the engineer required the exercise of a good degree of judgment and discre- | tion and constant care and watchfulness. | It is common knowledge that while a boy of 12 or 13 years of age may possess and | be caj e of exercising these qualities | yet a large percentage of such boys do not possess them or are not cz o of exer- cising them continuously.” That the boy 'Qmpluygd by the coal cm:rl.uy to give the signal was pbmporly qualified was not | clearly proved by the fact that he had performed the duty in a proper way for a week. In another case a boy not 14 years old was employed in a quarry to regeu to the engineer the signal given to him by workmen. One of them having been killed through the boy’s negligence his wife tried to show that the company was negligent in employing a boy to do such work. The court thought otherwise The work had always been performed ys, and this one had frequently acted in this way before, @s the unfortunate man knew. So she failed in her case. Telegraphing. An interesting case has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States relating to the emplo{mout of a telegraph operator 17 years old by a railway com- pany. The tenth night after he went to work he submitted himself to the charms of sleep, with the old result—a serious accident—forgetful of the most familiar han he Sud ifull hugod the duties of day and ni cl and artistic fashion. It happened on one of his many trips from Yosemite to San Franciseo. On his way down he had to stop off at Oakland on business. After transacting his af- fairs, he found he had just missed the train and began to look about the town to see what he could find for amusement. He had not long to wait before two men, whom he had noticed at the station, came up and addressed him. “Well, pardner, you seem to be in the same boat as we are—we have missed our train. What do you say to our passing ame. iad never. heard of the game before, and had not noticed the signs in all country lumber vards, “Be- Ware of the strap game,” and was' eas! taken in. B ol “T'll bet you 320 you can't throw that strap over that hook,” said one to Mr. X‘u;hbum.‘nnd tl’le, 'lhlnltdng it a very wa. 0 a twenty, Det. The other man Reld the porkes Se tried and fafled. Immediately the two men took to their heels and were almost out of sight when Mr. Washburn realized But all time Mr, Washburn w: watching his opportunity, and when n‘,: PRoBron uli they had.. For Washpurs o . For four aces. How he got lhem”i‘:bnrnot!ll:.eg story. Suffice it to say that he was not born yesterday, spite of the strap game. They put up and Mr. Washburn, seeing that the money was near his four aces and srabbed nGood-by, gentlemen; thanks for your said the man from the half dome. his situation. He been bunkoed. He| Mr. Washburn later discovered that called after the men, ‘Hold on, Just lars the winner. togethoe What 18 your hurry? "You won my mm;} b R fvfr'lp"élm money back. i B i 2w S e s o ek - i @ BIG FLAX FACTORY TO BEGIN RUNNING SOON OAKLAND, Dec. %.~The near comple- tion of the big brick building for the new| The was flax works, covering the entire block tormm, which blew fown She of the Sriot o'l‘filrd ma"l;lv fy constructed , but the wreckage operatives. g e g::, and that it seemed to have been the custom of the to educate its tel- egraph operators while servi as mes- senger boys. Nevertheless, the jury found that the company was negligent in_em- g};wu;g him. and the higher court did not turt their verdict. . of an empioye in afis e of S =pis 1.0 o 15 years old was empicyed in such a mine as & U 3 s consisted of opening and closing a door In a mine in_obedi- ence tc a signal. He was declared to be com] t for the . The mine was e Court of State sald it was a universal custom among owners and companies worki: mwuvlwbonmumuyul;-‘ of age as trappers, and that that sphere as m*..n that thefr employment was “‘prac satis- 138. Who was “The Great Bow-Wow? 139. Which of Bonaparte's great oppo- nents was of the same height and born the same year? 140. What Hun, |n order that his rest- ing place might not be found, was buried | with his treasures in three coffins and the | sravediggers then killed? a1, What _Irish orator was called Parliament “The Great Beggar Man? | 142. Who was the autnor of “The Pas- | sionate Pilgrim?” | 143. What American commanders were | honorably buriad by the British. who had | just defeated them? 144. In what battle were the opposing commanders killed and buried side by side? 145. What English ruler was termed be- of " his® downtall | “Tumbledown Dieck?” 146. What American coined the expres- sion “The Almighty Dollar?” 147. Who was the humorist who wrote | under the name of Artemus Ward? | 148. Whom did Pope describe as “An | abridgment of all that was pleasant in o, n ‘Who said “Westward the course of | empire takes its way"? 150. t _was a puritan under Cromwell, a churchman under Charles I | and a Catholic under James II? 151. What great naturalist said “I can- | not “afford to waste my time making | money™ 7 Answers. Kaunits. 127. Queen Isabella. 128, o Abbott. 129 Leon Gambetta. 130 The Princess Clementine. 13l Philip 1L {132 Galllo (Agts xvill.. 12). 13. Louis | Philippe. 134, Clcero. 1. Charles Lamb. 136. Richard IIL Haroun Al Raschid. | SUDDEN PASSING OF | MES. J. M. COLQUHOUN Stricken With Pneumonia While Preparing for the Family Cele- bration of Christmas. OAKLAND, Dee. &5.—In the midst of a Christmas celebration Mrs. Joannetta M. Colquhoun, wife of Joseph A. Colquhoun, passed away suddenly to-day at the fam- ily residence, 678 Twenty-fourth street, fromy pneumonia, having been ill less than tw -four hours. =. Colquhoun was stricken last evening. and her condition became alarming oniy a few hours before her death. Mrs. Colqs uhoun was the daughter of the late Rev. John McMaster, D. D., of Princeton, Ind., and was 53 years of age. Besides the husband, surviving there are two children, Joha MecM. Edith G. Colquhoun. William of Germany drinks none coffee and a year's sup- r:"b—ttou-muhfly after each est from a piantation in Micaoacan.