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Congregational Preaching at 11
and 8 oclock Sunday school at 10 a
m Christian Eodoavor 7 oclock
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at eight oclock The public is cor
dially invited to these services
Rev R T Bayne Pastor
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Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m Com
munion 1st Sundays 11 a m 3rd Sun
days 745 a m each mouth All are
welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Christian Sunday - school at ten
oclock Preaching 2nd and 4th Sun
day mornings and evenings C E at
7 oclock Elder F D Hobson
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Catholic Order of services Mass
30 am Mass and sermon 1030 am
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
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Sermons by pastor at 11 and 8 Class
at 12 Junior League at 3 Epworth
League at 645 Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 745
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Baptist Sunday school at ten oclock
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PES
ND AWAKENi
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Prince Tsai Tao Tells of Her
Thirst For Knowledge
WHOLE COUNTRY IS AFFEGTED
Steady Stream of Students to Be Sent
to America For Their Education He
Declares at Dinner Given In His
Honor at New York Seeks Closer
Relations With United States
For the first time during his recent
visit to America his imperial high
ness Prince Tsui Tao of China deliv
ered a speech at the twelfth annual
dinner of the American Asiatic asso
ciation given in his honor at Delinon
icos in New York the other night In
the course of his speech Prince Tsai
said that the thirst for foreign knowl
edge Is general throughout the Chinese
empire and at the present moment
the old order of things Is fast giving
place to the new The speech was in
Chinese for the prince does not speak
English but later Lord Li son of the
late LI Hung Chang translated It into
English for the benefit of the occi
dental guests and it was cheered en
thusiastically This Is what Prince
Tsai said as translated by Lord LI
I thank you for the honor you have
done me this evening 1 am glad to
have this opportunity to meet the mem
bers of tfiis association for 1 know
well that you are friends of China
men who possess an intimate knowl
edge of Chinese affairs taking a lively
interest in Chinas welfare and prog
ress and sympathizing with out hopes
and aspirations
China Passing Through Great Crisis
The work of this American Asiatic
association has rendered China better
understood by Americans and America
better understood by Chinese One of
the chief objects of my present mis
sion is to promote this good under
standing Through the American Asi
atic association many a public man
from the east has been brought into
contact with prominent men of the
west There is no surer means of
drawing east and west together into
friendly and close relations
It is an encouraging sign of the
times that Americans are taking a
much greater interest in what is going
on in China than they did a little while
ago The free interchange of views
on questions of public interest cannot
but be advantageous to both countries
On the other hand we also wish to
know more about other countries
Our officials and merchants are begin
ning to travel more and more to for
eign lands in search of information
and opportunities This thirst for for
oicn ideas i havinjr its effect upon the
whole country China is now passing
through a great crisis in her history
The old order of things is fast giving
place to the new What we need most
now is men men able to do the work
that has to be done
Beginning In Education
Though we have established schools
and colleges in all parts of the empire
as fast as we can it will be some dec
ades yet before we can hope to have
such schools and colleges as you have
in this country Still we have made a
beginning In the meantime we intend
to send a steady stream of students to
your country Thanks to the generos
ity of the American government in re
mitting a portion of the Boxer indem
nity China is able now to send 100
students to this country each year for
the first four years and fifty thereaft
er There will soon be 400 government
students in this country These stu
dents on their return to their own
country cannot but give a good ac
count of themselves
It is my sincere hope that they will
do their part in guiding the affairs of
their country in the path of progress
and reform and in binding China and
the United States together with a
strong tie of friendship and good feel
ing
Brigadier General Ha Han Han
Chang one of Prince Tsais suit also
made a speech in which he recited
briefly the military history of China a
history that dates from the Chiro dy
nasty of 3000 years ago He then took
up the reorganization of the army that
is now in progress
China again feels the need of put
ting her army on an efficient basis
said General Ha and with this end
in view the late Emperor Kwang Hsu
ordered the reorganization of the war
office to which are especially attached
the general staff of the army and the
bureau of military training At the
same time it was decided to organize
an army of thirty-six- divisions and
this work was to be completed in 1912
Now the Chinese army consists of
eighteen divisions each composed of
two brigades of infantry a regiment of
cavalry and a corps of artillery each
corps with more than fifty guns a
corps of engineers and a commissary
department In order to increase the
efficiency of the service the prince re
gent thought best last year to detach
the general staff from the war office
and appoint Prince Tsai as controller
general with me as chief officer I
need hardly add that It is the settled
purpose of his imperial highness to
use the utmost endeavor to bring the
Chinese army to the highest state of
effldenay
FICTITIOUS HEROINE
APPEARSJ THE FLESH
Novelist Kramer the Chautauqua Lec
turer Tells of Receiving In
teresting Letters
What do you find to be the most
universal idea with people who dis
cuss your books with you was asked
of Harold Morton Kramer author of
The Chrysalis The Castle of
Dawn Hearts and the Cross etc
Of course the question does not mean
as to the opinions they express regard
ing your novels
I think I understand you replied
the novelist and I feel perfectly safe
in saying at once that the most uni
versal idea they express is that they
have themes for great novels and they
are willing to suggest them to me
They generally express it about like
this
Well sir I can relate to you some
incidents that undoubtedly would
make a great book if they were put to
gether just right Then I am given
some little story probably of undoubt
ed interest in Its way hut lacking
much of being a theme for a novel
They always conclude by saying Of
course you could work in a love story
with it and a few things like that
but that would be easy and lots of
people would remember and recog
nize these incidents It ought to he a
great book If you care to use it Ill
give you all of the pointers some
day
But I have had some embarrassing
questions put to me For instance
only recently I was asked to make a
statement for a prominent literary
club of ladies as to whether I wrote
for fame or money I mean as my pri
mary object That question may look
easy but censider how you would an
swer it satisfactorily to a club An
other friend asked me if I ever re
ceived any especially interesting let
ters I told her I did and she want
ed to know from whom
Well I think the most interesting
letters come from my publishers I
said
Is that so And would you mind
telling me some of the most interest
ing things they say she asked
The most interesting words they
ever write me are these Enclosed
find check in payment of royalty I
replied and she turned up her nose
and became chilly at once
But really I think the most inter
esting letter I ever received as a re
sult of my literary work was after the
publication of a short story in
seys magazine It was a story of the
west and concerned the heroism of a
girl whose name chosen at random
appeared in the story as Alice Gil
bert I was absent from home and
had asked Mrs Kramer to open my
mall while I was gone in order that I
might be communicated with immedi
ately if necessary When I returned
I found a letter awaiting me from a
young lady who signed herself Alice
Gilbert and who wrote as though she
were a very close friend of mine In
the letter she discussed the story in
question and wrote as though the
story had been woven from incidents
in real life in which she and I had
figured I had spent a few years in
the west and Mrs Kramer was won
dering why I should be thus idealiz
ing one of my old flames It was a
difficult matter to explain although I
had never heard of the lady in ques
tion and until I received her letter
did not dream that an Alice Gilbert
really existed Afterwards I learned
by a little investigation that I could
not resist making and in which Mrs
Kramer joined me that the real Alice
Gilbert was a most estimable young
lady a school teacher in the Ohio
city from which her letter had been
written When my next book was
ready for publication I mailed her one
of the publishers announcements with
the suggestion that as she had been so
nterested in the short story she
night be interested in the book This
irought a letter in which she begged
forgiveness for her impulsive prank
that prompted the first letter and
which was written in her surprise at
finding the heroines name to be the
same as hers Yes I think all things
considered that that was the most in
teresting letter I ever received as a
result of my story writing
Burton Thatcher who will deliver a
lecture recital at Chautauqua is one
of the rising baritone singers of the
age His musical training has been
received at great cost and much at
tention has been given to folk songs
as well as the classics He is a
musician by temperament and in
stinct added to his mentality he has
a wonderful voice and an admirable
physique
After referring most flatteringly to
Burton Thatchers work in his recital
of the evening before the Salt Lake
Tribune adds His performance
throughout was very creditable show
ing conscientious work and his rendi
tion of Song of Hybrias and King
Duncans Daughters is deserving of
special mention
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NAVY MEN TALK
OF THE MAINE
Congressional Action to Raise
Battleship Creates Interest
FLIGHT OF THE SURVIVORS
Experiences of Two Officers at Brook
lyn Navy Yard Who Were Aboard
the Vessel When She Blew Up and
Sank In Havana Harbor New Ver
sion of Bill Anthonys Report
In the wurdrooms of the big gray
battleships of the Atlantic fleet lying
at the Brooklyn navy yard in Brook
lyn while undergoing repairs prelim
inary to summer cruises and target
practice the principal topic of conver
sation is the passage of the congres
sional bill providing for the raising of
the battleship Maine resting deep In
the mud of Havana harbor As it
happens there are several officers at
the yard who were attached to Sigs
bees ship at the time of the explo
sion more than ten years ago They
were middies then Now they are
lieutenant commanders and executive
officers with all the dignity attached
to such exalted positions
It is not easy to get survivors of that
night of terror to tell of their expe
riences The subject is taboo in the
navy so far as the outside world is
concerned and it requires something
like the recent action of congress to
bring it forward at mess To tell the
truth the whole affair was thrashed
out so continually and in such detail
years ago that those who went
through the first ordeal of story tell
ing are loath to break the peace they
have enjoyed for the last few years
One of the officers who served on
the old Maine was not aboard of her
at the time the explosion occurred He
had shore leave that night and was
some distance away from the water
front when the explosion took place
jarring the country for miles around
Like everybody else who was still up
he started for the quay at a run but
he arrived too late to witness anything
except the last act of the awful trage
dy By the time he arrived the ship
had settled and most of the survivors
had been brought ashore In small
boats
Two Who Were In Wardroom
Another officer who now holds a re
sponsible position in the Atlantic fleet
was in the wardroom with Lieutenant
Commander Dick Wainwrigbt execu
tive officer of the doomed battleship
now a rear admiral when the deck
beneath their feet trembled and the
roar of the blast thudded in their ears
The two officers had been going
through some of the ships papers
but they dropped everything and leap
ed up the companionway to the deck
They had no idea what had happened
their first instinct was to find out
Bill Anthony the marine orderly
had already given Captain Sigsbee
the famous report that he didnt
make What really happened was that
Anthony bumped Into the captain in
the darkness as the latter was making
his way out of his cabin Anthony
apologized and asked if he could do
anything He never said Sir I have
to report the ship is sinking or any
thing like that He was cool and
clear headed all the time keeping near
the captain and obeying his orders
promptly but he said nothing stagy
Gray headed sergeants of the marine
corps hold him up to recruits to this
day as the ideal orderly
Story of an Eyewitness
The explosion was local as explo
sions of great force usually are said
the officer last mentioned The part
of the ship 1 was in was not affected
materially The decks and bulkhead
shivered but there was no rending of
plates and I was quite able to keep
my feet Of course the lights had
gone out and we could see little We
knew that the ship was settling and
our one object was to save those still
alive In fact the most horrible part
of the experience was the half hour
immediately following the explosion
during which we were getting out
mangled wretches from the shattered
decks forward
I was never in any danger myself
for 1 was standing on a higher deck
above the water that came rolling in
over the focsle Two of the officers
in the wardroom were caught in their
cabins by the inrush and drowned like
rats It was all a case of getting on
deck quick with us The explosion
did not menace us All we did was
to save those who were left It was
all we could do
New National Park Near Trenton NJ
A commission was named the other
day by Governor Fort of New Jersey
to further the project to establish a
national park on both sides of the
Delaware river at a point above Tren
ton N J made historic by the cross
ing of Washington and his army In
Revolutionary days Pennsylvania and
congress will be asked to aid the move
ment
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scenes but the great occasion for the
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