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JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS DISCUS
SES RACE PROBLEM.
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THE GUBERNATORIAL QUESTION
Present Incumbent Is Not Worrying
""Over the Matter Other Things
nt the State Capital.
John Sharp WllllamB' solution of
tlio raco problom ,ln tho south, ns ho
gavo It In his address to tho gradu
ating class of tho Stnto university, Is
immigration of tho colored peoplo
or tho Bouth to tho north, being so
distributed that In no part of Iho
country would the negro bo congested.
When the moving day comes around,
ho said, nnd tho negro is as numerous
In Nobraska as ho is In Mississippi,
Mississippi will bo us cool In discus
sion of race problems as Nobraska Is
now.
Sonator Williams refuted tho oft
repeated statements of politicians nnd
others that education is tho ruination
of tho colored raco, and ho denied
that cducntlon was tho panacea of nil
Ills. Some nogroos had been helped
by education nnd others had been
ruined by It, ho declared.
Mr. Williams wnnted It "distinctly
understood that tho negro is not n
whito man with n black skin any
moro than an nss is a horse with long
cars, or n zobrn a horso with stripes."
Governor Is Not Worrying.
"I am awaro that a lot of peoplo
nro anxious to know whether I nm
going to bo a candidate for governor
or for senator, but tho proposition Is
not worrying mo In tho least. I have
riovor been given to plotting In poll
tics or looking too far nhcad, so I nm
simply trying to fill tho ofllco of gov
ernor to tho beBt of my ability and
lot tho futuro tako caro of Itself. It
has been my oxperlenco that tho
people tnko caro of tho faithful ofllcor,
nnd I am willing to trust tho peoplo
for my political future. It Is a long
tlmo before tho next election of stnto
officers and a senator, nnd I bellove I
can bettor servo the stnto by nttond
inc to my ofllco than by plotting for
an election to tho senate or for a
second term as governor." Tho fore
going in substance was tho answer of
Govornor Shallenborger to tho guos
tion: "Are you n cnndldatc for tho
sonnto or for governor?"
McBrlen Inspects Schools.
Jnsper U McBrlen, In charge of tho
extension work of tho stato univer
sity, has returned from a trip out In
tho northwest part of tho stato and
ho reported that tho seven young men
graduates of tho Norfolk High school
woro all going to nttond tho university
noxt fall. Ho also discovered that
tho Ames (la.) Agricultural college
is soliciting students In Nebraska.
Out at Brewster Mr. McBrlon found
that tho peoplo had a school building
with two rooms, one of which was
used in which to conduct a six months'
school.
Would Raise Telephone Rates.
Tho Central Tclophono company of
Broken Bow filed a potltlon with tho
rnllwny commission to bo permitted
to Increase Its rates at that place,
Ansley and Mason City. William
Mnttley and othors were presont and
objected to tho Increase. Tho com
pnny desires nt Broken Bow to cancel
its rate for grounded clcult, $1.50, and
Install a metallic circuit at $2.00 a
month; rosldonco telephones, from $1
to $1.50 a month; f armors' lino to
$1.50 from $1 and $1.25. At Ansley
nnd Mason City tho company desires
to mnko tho rato $1.50.
Big Penalty for Lobbyists.
Tho legal department of tho stato
will bring suit, to recover $100 a day
from ovory corporation or association
which failed to fllo Its expense ac
count under tho anti-lobby law, from
two months nftor tho loglslaturo ad
journed until tho oxpenso account Is
filed. For other violations of tho nntl
lobby law it is tho duty of tho county
nttornoy to prosocuto, according to
tho nttornoy goneral, tho law being
specific that It Is tho chity of tho at
torney genernl to enforce tho penally
clnuso for failure to fllo expense accounts.
Express Companies Except.
Tho express companies doing busi
ness In Nobrnskn. through their attor
neys, C. J. Oreeno nnd Ralph Brcckn
Inrldgo, hnvo filed exceptions to tho
findings of Itoforeo Sullivan In tho
caso wherein tho stnto secured nn In
junction to prevent tho corporations
from violating tho Sibley law. Tho
companies except to tho findings of
lnw or conclusions of tho referee on
the grounds that tho conclusions nro
not based on all tho facts brought out
Requisition for O'Brien.
John O'Brlon, under arrest In Dou
rer will bo brought back to South
'Omaha for trial on a chargo of break
ing and ontorlng. Govornor Shallen
borger Issued a requisition on tho
governor of Colorado for his return.
Annual Alumni Reunion.
Ovor 300 formor graduntes of tho
university turned out to tho nnnual
reunion of tho alumni nt the stato
farm, Tho tlmo wns utilized In re
newing old tlmo ncquatntnnces by
oomo of the gray haired graduates of
years back. Tho formor spirit of coj.
lego days filled tho air as was woll
demonstrated by tho hearty hnnd
shakes which passed about. Tho unl
vlrslty yoll was given In unison by
tho alumni ns well as co-od. Tho an
nual banquot took plnco In tho evening.
work,
supply
OR vnrlous reasons, not tho least
of which aro tho Influence for
content and tho encouragement
of enlistment, It has long beon
tho ambition of tho authorities
to hnvo the enlisted men of the
American navy tako rank ns
tho "best paid and best fed"
sailors In tho world. Tho former
has been merely a matter of
Inducing congress to mnko liber
al expenditure, but the latter has
Involved no end of thought and
Gradually, howover, tho matter of
Ing tho best posslblo food In tho most
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nppotlzlng form to largo numbers of
bluejackets afloat nnd nshoro has
been reduced to a lino science
To bo sure, tho public docs hear
now and then moro or less strenu
ous complaints from naval tars on
the score o" tho faro provided
aboard ship, but these protests nro
nowhere near as frequent ns they
once were, or ns they nro in tho na
vies of other nations. Moreover,
'such "growls" when investigated aro
usually found to omnnato from chron
ic "sorehonds." In tho comparative
ly limited number of cases whero
tho complaints aro Justified tho trou
bio is likely to bo traced to poor
cooking, rather than poor food for,
unfortunately, In tho navy, as in oth
er wnlks of life, thcro Is a groat dif
ference In cooks.
In nn effort to Insure and main
:nin tho quality of the eatables, all
food purchased for uso on a mnn-of-war
must bo cnrofully inspected by
tho commissary ofllcor. Then, too,
i strict watch is kept that Jack does
not Indulge In any delicacies that
are not good for him, becauso of cli
matic or other conditions. To that
snd tho ship's medical officer pre
scribes as to tho character of tho
food that tho bluojackets should cat
at tho different seasons of tho yenr
and with reference to tho climate In
which tho vessel Is stationed at tho
time in question.
By way of evidencing tho whole
some character of tho food provided
'nr tlin Tllntl tt'lin f-r ilmtrti in Hi..
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sen In Unelo Sam's ships thoro may bo given
i sample menu. The hill ol faro is changed
1ally, but a representative day's meal program
Is found In tho following: For breakfast,
baked pork and beans, broad, butter, coffee.
For dinner, roust veal or roast beef and
gravy, stowed tomatoes, mashed potatoes,
oread, buttor and coffee. For supper, bolognn
sausage, cheese, potato salad, brend, buttor
and tea. Pie, fresh fruit and other dolIcncIcH
U'o often Included in the suppor bill, and a -10-luart,
power loo cream freezer Is, during the
summer month3, one of thq most frequently
.ised fentures of tho equipment of thu galloy
or kitchen of the average battleship. In this
connection It inny bo added, that tho presence
on shipboard of a mechanically operated Ice
cream freezer but calls attention to the fact
that tho average floating fortress Hying tho
'3turs and Stripes is equipped with almost
every culinary nppllanco known to tho art of
twentieth century cookery. Thoro aro potatc
peeling machines, potato mashing apparatus,
meat grinders, an olectrlcnl dough mixer, dish
washers and other Innovations.
To roallzo how well Undo Sam's bluejuck
9ts faro with roforenco to tho cravings of tho
nner innn, it is only necessary to compare an
iverngc day's meals with tho Items of food
orovlded by tho British government for tho
righting men aboard his majesty's armorclads.
For breakfast your British tar hns ono pint of
;ocoa, and dry biscuit. At dinner ho has salt
pork and poa soup, but no vegotnbles. Lnto
'n the afternoon, In lieu of supper, ho has
'tea" when his meal consists of ono pint of
;ea and moro dry biscuit. Think of that for n
Qnal meal or tho day as compared with a
tTankoo naval inonu that Includes not only
jrcad, buttor and tea, but nloo fresh meat pie,
'rlcd potatoes, etc., to say nothing of tho 200
luarts of loo cream thnt uro consumed on a
Jlrst-cluss American battleship on many a
mi.m Junius, ssu wouuor uio 'America men
WASHING DJHE6 M THE HOLD
On board ship, whero tho facilities of tho galloy or
ship's kitchen nro necessarily somowhat restricted nnd tho
food obviously ennnot have qulto tno samo variety obtain
nblo on shoro. It Ib of tho highest importance that tho best
posslblo rosultB bo obtained in the cooking. To that ond
ench ship Is given a llbernl nllowanco of cookB and bnkora,
judiciously selected, and to aid thorn In tho dlBchargo of
their duties Undo Sam haB prepared n ncnt cook book
liavlng recipcB Tor tho stand-bys ns well aB tho frllU of
naval menus.
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WEATHER BY WIRELESS.
Flashing around tho world by wlrolesa telegraphy warn
ings of nppronchlng BtorniB and othor disturbances of the
olomontB Is ono. of tho Intest International projects. Still
another of perhaps llltlo Importance Is tho proposal to
equip tho vcbbcIs of all nntlonB with uniform Btorm
signals.
Theso wcro tho leading problems threshed out nt n
conferonco or distinguished moterologlsts or tho principal
nations In London. Tho conroronco Is tho outgrowth ol
a mooting or tho lending meteorologists or tho world In
Uuropo soveral years ago. Tho United States was rep
resented by I'ror. Willis h. Mooro, chlor or tho United
States weather bureau.
A colicortcd movement wbb Inaugurated to Induce tho
prlnclpnl governments to adopt u unirorm Bystem or wire
less tolography marine wenthor roports and to reach nn
mr GALIEY OfiCZVHEY OTA E?JT-CAJ) 3ATTIX&H1P
o-wnr'B men nro enabled to causo tho foreign
tars to open tliolr eyes with ustonlshmont
whenever tlioy entortaln them aboard ono of
tho republic's sea warriors.
The young men who enlist in tho United
States navy do not hnvo to wait until thoy ac
tually go aboard cruising wai'Hhlps to enjoy
tho plain, substantial, nourishing food that
Unelo Sam prescribes. Tho "land lubbor" en
rolling In tho navy Is not put aboard ship at
the outset, but spends some six months or
moro In a preparatory courso of Instruction at
a training station on shore, but In thoao In
stlutlons as on tho warships ovory effort Is
mado to provide nourishing food In sulllclont
variety to tempt all sortH of healthy appetites.
All tho cooking and baking for the navy's tars
Is dono by enlisted mon of the sevlco blue
Jackets who recolvo somowhat bettor pay than
most of choir follows becauso of proflcloncy in
this work.
Ship's cooks recolvo $25, $30. $10 and $55
por mouth (in addition, of course, to board,
lodging and all expenses), according to their
skill and experience. Bakers receive $35 and
$15 por month. At tho head of tho cookory
department of each ship aro a chief commis
sary stoward and commissary stoward who re
colvo pay of $70 nnd $(!() respectively. As n
testimonial to tho skill of tho naval cooks, It
may bo remarked that from this samo class
of mon aro recruited tho conks and stewards
of the "messninn branch," who buy, sorvo and
cook tho food of tho ofllccrs aboard ship. Thoro
aro Chinamen and negroes among tho cookery
staffs of our warships, but a largo propor
tion of tho men who prepare and servo tho
food nro up-to-dato, Intelligent, young Ameri
cans. Mnrveloii3 advances have boo'n inndo on
our warships in tho matter of quick service of
meals. It Is 'now a watchword on board 'ship
that warm dishes shall be served hot, and cold
ones cold, with no suspicion of stale food, Tho
men In charge must bond
every energy to seo to It that
mealB aro timed to tho min
ute and are placed on tho ta
bles piping hot. All prepara
tions nro mudo at tho tables
before tho messincn sot out
to trnnsror tho rood from tho galloy to tho ta
bles, and tho nerving Is so systematized that
tho most Important dishes or tho meal leavo
the heators first. On tho uvorngo American
battleship not moro than four mlnutoB Ib re
quired to servo tho cooked portion of a meal
for more than 700 bluejnekots, and on tho bat
tloship Missouri, a record of two minutes for
nerving a moal lias been attained over and
over again. To do this, either mess strikers
must sorvo tho tea and coffeo nt tho same tlmo
that tho messinon aro serving tho solid food,
or olso tho drinkables must bo served In ud
vanco, but this latter can readily ho dono If
necessary, for cxperlonco has proven that tea
and coffee served at boiling heat will retain
their boat for some llttlo tlmo.
The general mess on a warship, compris
ing practically all of tho enlisted mon of tho
navy and mnrlno corps Is divided Into mosses
of nbout 20 mon each, and a moRsman Is do
tailed for each mess, to recolvo tho food from
tho cooks at tho galloy, and servo It at tho
moss table. Tipping Is not only unnecessary,
but it Ih forbidden. When men nro landed
from a warship In largo numbers, either for
going Into camp or for an expedition, a com
missary corps, Including cooks, bakers and
mossmon is sent with them, to seo to It that
they have good food and plenty of It.
Thoro Is a popular misconception regard
ing the manner In which Uncle Sam provides
table board for the occupants or his lloatlug
fortresses, in nddltlon to tho pay provided
for enlisted mon, tho government undortnkea
to subsist thorn, and this Is done at whatever
expense may bo nocossary. Tho fixed value of
commutation for ono ration Is, by law, 30
conts, but the commutation of rations Is a
privilege, not a right, nnd thoro, Is orror in tho
Idea tlinl. hn become prevalent In some quar
ters that each enllutod man Is entitled to re
colvo Just 30 cents' worth of food each day or
30 cents In money.
ngrcomont so thnt all nations shnll display n
unirorm mnrlno storm Blgnal. In effecting an
Intornntlonnl agreement It Is hollovcd thnt It
will bo a great ractor In saving llfo nnd proper
ty on sea and land and nt tho samp tlmo ba
highly Important In wcathor predictions.
Theso subjects wero dealt with by two com
mittees, ono on marltlmo wenthor Blgnnls and
tho othor on weather marine telegraphy.
Tho first committee wns composed of Br. W
N. Shaw, director of tho Brltioh motcorologlcnl
ofllco; I'ror. A. Augat, director or tho Contrnl
French motcorologlcnl sorvico; Uov. L. Froo,
director or tho 7A Kn Wol observatory nt
Shanghai, China; Hear Admiral Hlrz, director
or tho Deutsche Seewarte at Hamburg, Ger
many; I'ror. II. Mohn, director Norwoglnn
Motcorologlcnl Instltuto; I'ror. Willis L. Mooro
and K. Nnknmurny, director or tho meteorol
ogical service or Japan, In nddltlon to Messrs
Augut, Hlrz and Mooro, tho othor committee
wns composed or Limit, Gen. Ilykntchoff, di
rector of tho Central Physical observatory ol
St. Petersburg, Russia.
"Ono of tho principal problems tnkon up by
tho conroronco," snld Prof. Moore, "was the
question of international ngrcomont ns to the
taking of wireless mnrlno weather roports
Tho scheme wns to obtain tho adoption by all
of tho leading nations or n unirorm method of
taking nnd transmitting wireless inotcorologlrni
observations ao that each observation, no mat
tor by what nation taken, will bo comparable
with tho observations taken by any othor nn
lion. There Is now no unirorm system or ro
colving nnd transmitting marine wirolesb
wentlier reports and exactly tho samo tilings
nro not observed.
"Observations received by a ship would he
transmitted to other ships, so thnt by relaying
from ono vossel to another observations from
tho entire ocean would then within a few mill
utes reach thu laud nnd the central meteorologi
cal offices In tho nlted .States, France, Eng
land ami Germany and other interested nn
tious would bo able to complete those obsorvn
Hunts each In its propor geographic position,
and thus to dotormlno the location or storms
and rorccnat their future direction. Such fore
casts could bo distributed to tho vessels fn the
samo manner In which tho observations on
which tho forecusts wore bused worocollocted."
