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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1909)
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUHNA1 PRIDAl SEPTEMBER 3'ly09 TUESDAY TOPICS. \ Q.M. Peyton went to Omnhn'Sun day.A . A , W. FlnkhouBo wont to Stnnton yofltordny. J , C. Cliainborlaln returned from Pll- Bor yesterday. John Pofahl of Hosklus was in the city yesterday. P. D. Perry of Stanton was In the city yesterday. W. J. Stadelman returned from Co- luinbuB last night. D. L. Dent of Battle Crook was In tlio city with lilu automobile. Hurt Llaldwln of Morrla , 111. , Is visit- \i\K \ \ Ma father , A. II. Daldwln. W. L. DowIInK of Madison IB In the city today transacting business. Miss Vorna Coryoll IB preparing to go to the University at Lincoln Sep tember 17. Robert Schultz stopped In the city for n Bhort time yesterday. Mr. Schultz was onrouto to Omaha. . Mr. and Mrs. Will Kuhn have re turned to their home at Warsaw , Ind. , after a uhort visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kuhn. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kuhn of Norfolk * nd Mr. and Mrs. William Warner of Princeton , Ind. , are spending the week at Hot Springs , S. D. Mrs. B. W. Apfol and Mrs. C. P. W. Filter , who have been visiting at San Pranclsco , Seattle , Portland and other coast cities , returned yesterday. Mrs. P. A. Stearns and daughter , Miss Elsie Stearns , of Marshalltown. la. , are expected hero today. Mrs. Stearns IB a sister to Mrs. D. Damn , who 1ms been 111 for some time , and to Mrs. J/-BIUIIH. Mrs. D. fiaum Is Im proving. A regular meeting of the Degree of Honor will bo hold at the G. A. R. hall Wednesday evening. P. A. Amundaon of Elk Point , S. D. , an experienced drug clerk , has boon employed by the Plomlng drug store , replacing Ployd Hull. Roller skating was enjoyed by a largo crowd at the rink last evening , owing to the fact that the management had announced that It was the last night until colder weather would set In. Anton Buchholz , who Is temporarily administrator of the Oscar Uhle es tate , was busily engaged at Madison In connection with the Uhlo store bids. Mr. Buchholz spent Tuesday In WInslde. George N. Dccls has purchased two lots on Tenth street and Park avenue , whore he will build n new residence. Contractor Custor is building the home. Mr. Beels sold his former home to G. O. Rankin. C. J. Hlbbon , who visited at the Methodist Episcopal hospital at Oma ha Sunday , says M. Gregorian , who was stricken with paralysis here last Friday , Is resting easy , but no change has boon noted by the physicians. E. N. Vail , who has been in Fox- home , Minn. , looking after the inter ests of his fafrm there , returned at noon and reports the wheat crop ta that tsectlon-'ofxtho country-lit1-fine : shape , yielding from fifteen to thirty bushels an acre. Frank Fox. the young ball player who was rendered unconscious in a game nt Stanton n week ago , and who has been operated on for appendicitis , is reported by his physician well on the road to recovery , with chances in his favor. \ The remains of Llda Maddison , the 5-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Maddison of Omaha , who were here for a short visit with Mrs. E. B. Taylor , were taken to Omaha for Interment at noon. The child died of whooping cough Saturday night. Water was shut off all day west of Fourth street and north of Norfolk av enue. Many were about the streets with buckets carrying water. A new hydrant being placed on the corner of Sixth street and Norfolk avenue was the cause of the shut-off of the water. The 5-yenr-old son of Eugene DIetz , living n mile and a half south of Nor folk on Thirteenth street , almost com pletely severed his tongue by falling from a box and biting the member. Three stitches were taken In the torn tongue by Dr. Mackay. The lad will probably bo without speech for n time. When the stock market opened every quotation on the board went up from * 4 to 1 point higher than the pre vious close. The Harrlraan stocks also show a slight increase. Union Pacific closed Monday at 202 % and opened Tuesday morning at 203 ; New York Central closed Monday-ut 139 , opening at 139 % ; Reading closed nt 159 % , opening at 160 % . W. R. Hoffman leaves for Omaha this evening , whore ho will attend the golden wedding of Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Henderson of the Southwest Methodist Episcopal church. From Omaha Mr. Hoffman goes for n two weeks' com bination business and pleasure trip to New York City. Ho expects to visit his brother , S. A. Hoffman , nt Asbury , N. J. , whom he has not seen for a number of years. A dinner and smoker was given last night by 11. S. Thorpe and members of his staff in honor of W. M. Robinson , general manager of the Bennett com pany of Omaha. The Norfolk branch won a prize offered by the company to the branch house doing the largest amount of business during June and July , and the dinner last night was In the nature of a celebration of the event. Mr. Robinson made a brief speech In which ho congratulated Mr. Thorpe. Mr. and Mrs. L. Sessions , who have spent the summer camping on Flat head lake near Rollins , Mont. , have re turned to Noroflk and report having one of the best summer outings they ever enjoyed. Mr. Sessions was among those who filed for claims in the drawing at the Flathead reserva tlon , but was not successful in draw ing a number. Out of the entire popu lation of Rollins who drew for claims only two strangers wore lucky enough to get claims. When figuring It up , Mr. Sessions says only one in every thirty-five were successful in getting farms in this rich valley. A large Ir rigation plant Is being built near Rol linn by ( he government and a channel 1,800 feet'long Is being bored through the mountain to enable the Pond M Orolllc river to run through. This river , which narrows down near Rol lins , will bo dammed and about 140- 000 acres of line land will bo irrigated. Among the visitors In the Sessions- Hell camp was Louis Hill of the Great Northern railroad , who stopped off there with n party of surveyors. Mr. Sessions brought back n few photo graphs of liln camp showing Mr. Boll and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Landers enjoy ing life under the pines. Another baseball game Is scheduled hero for Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock between the U. C. T. and Elks , which the travelers claim will bo the rubber. These two teams have had some hard luck In weather conditions and every time they were scheduled to play It either rained or the local diamond was flooded with water. In the last game played the Elks were victorious and easily outplayed the travelers , but the attendance nt that game was an oven twenty-live. A largo attendance Is expected Saturday , owing to the fact that the weather bu reau promises good weather for this week , also that the game will bo a hotly contested one. The travelers have been doing some practicing since the last game and will put up a stiff contest , while on the other hand the Elks believe they will have a walk away. "We have something up our sleeve this time In the way of a new pitcher , " said a visiting member of the U. C. T. team , "and wo will sur prise the Elks In Saturday's game. " In ease the Elks win the gate receipts go to the library fund , and If the U. C. T.'s win the proceeds will go toward the expense of the picnic. The ad mission will be 25 cents and no extra charge for the grandstand. Among the day's out-of-town visitors In Norfolk were : C. B. Scott , O'Neill : F. W. Bakcnhur , Leigh ; J. K. Moore , Bristow ; W. J. Laible , Herrick , S. D. ; F. McLane , Herrick , S. D. ; A. W. Rlggs , Spencer ; R. E. Flennlker , WIs- ncr ; Mrs. A. L. Wllcox , O'Neill ; Bor- thn Bloedown , Wlsner ; Alice Heck- man , Hosklus ; A. II. Mohr , Plalnview ; J. C. Walker , Plorce ; E. F. Dahlman , Pierce ; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mann , Al bion ; C. H. Swanson. Wnkefleld ; Chas. Atkinson , Crelghton ; W. L. Dowllng , Madison. STEAM TRAIN REPLACES MOTOR. For State Fair Rush , Heavier Train Runs Out of Fremont. Fremont Tribune : The motor car on the Northwestern that runs be tween Fremont and Lincoln has been replaced temporarily by a steam train. The latter made Its first run Monday morning on the motor schedule , leav Ing Fremont at 7:10. : The new ar rangement will continue until the end of the state fair week in order to ac commodate the crowds going to and from Lincoln. The change was made this morning , owing to the fact that Buffalo iirs Wfld West 'show is billed for Lincoln this1 afternoon and even- Ing. The motor could * not handle a fifth part of the crowds that are going from all the little stations along * the line to take It In. While lying idle the motor car will probably be fitted out with a new set of wheels. Trying to Hold Ball Team. Manager Hall of the Norfolk ball team was out with a subscription list Tuesday getting the signatures of those who are Interested in the base ball team for the purpose of guaran teeing the team's expenses. This movement has been made by the man' ' ngemont on recommendation of many business men and baseball enthusiast who do not wish to see the team dis banded. It would hardly do at this time to disband the team , as many towns have been scheduled for games and many are asking for dates. Among the games Norfolk will play out of town are Wayne , September 2 and 3 ; Creighton , September 4 , and probably 5 ; Laurel , September 7 and 8 ; Tllden , September 9 ; Correctlonvillo here , September 10 , 11 and 12 ; Madison , September 23 ; at Butte with Gregory , September 24 and 25. Among those asking for games are Stanton and Al bion. Manager Hall Is meeting with much success with his guarantee list. Notice. To the Citizens of Norfolk : You are invited to co-operate with the of- flclals of the municipality to clean up all streets , alleys , vacant lots , business places and home premises. A clean city means less sickness and a lower death rate. Rats , flies and In sects feed on and breed in garbage and rubbish and as the former carry dls ease , the danger from them Is les soncd by eliminating their food supply and breeding places. "Last month there were ninety cases of the plague in Canton , Ohio , with seventy deaths This disease is carried by the rat flea and the rats In Norfolk could become Infected as easily as those of any other city. There are twenty-six varieties of flies that frequent sewerage and hu man food and carry typhoid and other diseases. Earth closets should , there fore , be treated with quicklime and screened , and all manure removed weekly during fly season. Please do not , for this reason , throw waste from the table or kitchen upon the open alley , but in a screened box. J. H. Mackay , City Physician. Young Girl In Long Swim. New York , Aug. 31. A 12-year-old girl fought the tide and varying cur rents for four hours In an attempt to swim across the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten. island. She was within 100 yards of shore when he father , seeing that she could make no further headway , ordered that she be lifted into a boat. The girl was Beatrice Due , daughte of Alfred Duo , a photo-engraver o Brooklyn , Due has four daughters three of whom took part In the swim The fourth is but 0 years old. The oldest girl , Ethel , is 17 and wears two old medals she won In swimming aces. The second daughter , Vera , Is and made her first appearance as nn xpert swimmer today along with the hlrd daughter , Beatrice. In Nature of Family Race. Slnco the swim wart In the nature of . race among the three girls , handl- aps had been arranged by which Hhel was to give Vera fifteen minutes nd Beatrice half an hour. The start vas made from the old pier , Just below ho fortifications of Port Hamilton. m there to Fort Wadsworth , which iad been set as n goal , n straight line .vould measure Just one mile and n quarter. But nobody yet over swam ho Narrows In a straight line , owing o tlio tide. Meanwhile the older girls , carried ut of their course less than their sis- .ers , wore swimming strongly toward 'ort ' Wadsworth. They landed Just bo- ow the fort. A hope which the oldest possessed of trying for the record was polled by a big steamer which swung * bout In her path. Beatrice drifted nearly n mlle below he fort and was losing more ground ill the time when the men in the boat which was accompanying her told her he had bettor give it up. and she was aken aboard. Lee Funeral Postponed. Ncllgh , Neb. , Aug. 31. Special to The News : The funeral services of A. Lee have been postponed until Wednesday afternoon. Word has been received from his sons stating that hey are on the way , and will bo here on the above date. Stanton 6 ; Lynch 3. Stanton , Neb. , Aug. 31. Special to The News : Stanton beat Lynch yes- onlay at baseball , G to 3 , In a fast ; ame. In the first Inning Hartman struck out three men and In the second end he only throw live times. The Irst three men up hit the ball , but each batted directly at Hartman , who undo the put-outs. Batteries : Lynch , Williams and Wilson ; Stanton , Hartman - man and Hopper. Two-base hits : At kinson , Meyer , Hartman , Burnett. Three-base hit : Terral. The score : R. H. E. Stanton 6 9 2 , ynch 3 G 2 Dallas Beats the Champions. Dallas , S. D. , Aug. 31. Special to The News : Lake Andes and Dallas played two games at Dallas , Dallas winning both games. The first game was very one sided owing to heavy hitting by the Dallas crowd and In ability of the visitors to hit Cy Young , who let them down with four hits. Lake Andes claims the championship of South Dakota and their team was backed heavily by their manager. Batteries : First game Andes , Pfor ger and Scanton ; Dallas , Cy Young and George. Hits : Andes 4 , Dallas 1C. Score of game was 16 to 2. The second game was a much faster game and was Interesting from start to finish. Dallas won-by a score of E > to 1. Lefty Allvln and Buck Freeman both pitched good ball and each team scored six hits. The same teams play again today and considerable money s wagered on the result of the game. Umpire , G. W. Segrist. Another Stride Toward Paving. Another long stride toward the pav ing of Norfolk avenue was taken last night , when the city council let the contract for the construction of a new sewer along Norfolk avenue In the business portion of the city. The con tract went to Guy E. Smith at $4- 185.75. Work will begin In about four weeks and will be rushed. As soon as this sewer is constructed , Norfolk will be ready to pave the business portion of Norfolk avenue. And as a vast ma jority of property owners along the street arc in favor of paving , It seems likely that a modern thoroughfare will replace the old dirt and mud kind next summer. It Is likely the city council will make all preliminary arrange ments during the winter , so that work can start In the early spring. Two other contracts to build sewers were let last night to Smith. The Nor folk avenue district Is seWer district No. 13. The other contracts let were for No. 14 and No. 15. Will Drain the Basements. An important development in the sewer situation last night was brought out by announcement of the city en glneer that the now sewer will drain all basements on Norfolk avenue with the one exception of the Or.c ! > build ing which , with a basement nine feet deep , lacks two inches of belnj , drained. This , however , could easily be remedied by filling that basement a few Inches. It was stated that the Norfolk av enue buildings will have a fall In the new sewer as follows : Oxnard hotel , 1 foot , 5V inches ; Mast block , 2 feet , 1V1 Inches ; Inde pendent telephone office building , 2 feet , GV6 inches ; Parish grocery build ing , 1 foot , 1 % Inches ; Leonard build Ing , 1 foot , 2M : Inches ; Marquardt block , 2 feet , 4 % inches. 15-incn Pipe. A 15-inch sewer win be built , In stead of a 12-Inch , In order to give the best possible sewer for time to come. Council Proceedings. Council met In adjourned regular session at 8:25 : p. in. , Mayor Friday presiding. Present , Blakeman , Winter , Coleman , Craven , Fueslor , Dolln ; ab sent , Fischer and Hlbben. Ordinance No. 341 was read the second end and third times. Moved by Fuesler , seconded by Do Hn , that sewer district 10 and 12 bo accepted. Carried. Moved by Winter , seconded by Blakeman , that final estimate of sewer district No. 10 be accepted and war rants drawn for 1484.25. Carried. Moved by Dolln , seconded by Winter tor , that llnal estimate of sewer dls trlct No. 12 bo accepted and warrants drawn for $284.77. Ordinance No. 342 , amending ordl nance No. 335 , making pipe lir district No. 13 15-Inch Instead of 12-inch , was passed under suspension of the rules , Moved by Fucslcr , seconded by Winter - tor , that the bond of R. Klug ba ac cepted. Carried. Moved by Coleman , seconded by Winter , that bids on sewer district No. 13 , 14 and 15 be accepted. Carried. The bids wore as follows : District No. 13 Guy E. Smith , $4,185.75 ; John Horrman , $4,391.00. District No. 14 Guy E. Smith , ? G1G.8G ; John Hornuan , $738.64. District No. 15 Guy E. Emlth , $438.50 ; John Horrman , $504.60. Moved by Craven , seconded by llakeman , that Guy E. Smith bo \warded contracts for sewer districts No. 13 , 14 and 15. Carried. Moved by Coleman , seconded by Fuesler , that engineer bo Instructed to Ind the line on South Fifth street and > lat up same soon as possible. Car ried. ried.Moved Moved by Dolln , seconded by Blake- nnn , that board walks on the north sldo of Phillip avenue , between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets , bo con demned , Carried. ' Council adjourned until Tuesday evening , September 7 , 1909. Field Day at Country Club. Friday Is field day at the Country club and one of the most enjoyable Jays since the opening of the club Is expected by all the 'members. Every member will Invite friends and bring picnic baskets with them. The after noon will be given to sports of various kinds , among which will bo the return ; amo between the Joy Killers and Colts. The Joy Killers , who were de feated August 3 by the Colts by the score of 5 to 3 are "sore" and Intend .o get revenge Friday afternoon. So .his game promises fast playing as the Jolts , on the other hand , have deter mined to shut the Joy Killers out. . There will be some fast golf and ton- : ils contests , among which there will bo lady contestants. Real tennis IB anticipated. The committee Is busy arranging for transportation and everything will be In readiness to make the day a big one. Asks Reporters to Go Away. Now York , Aug. 30. Mr. Harrlman today dictated a statement asking the press to withdraw Its representatives rom the vicinity of his homo and ) promising to give out any serious de velopments. He said the examination of the surgeons found nothing serious the matter with him. Library Will Go Up at Once. The $10,000 Carnegie library for Nor folk Is to be built at once. Definite steps looking to this end were taken by the library board , and just as soon as the contracts are let , work will start. The building will cost about $10,500 , the extra $500 coming from a fund al ready in possession of the board. The original plans , with a few minor exceptions , will be adhered to. The brick to be used will not be that planned qriginallyma'nd. Bedford alone will not , as was claimed , be used. The basement will be left incomplete , but can be completed later at any time. The building Is to stand at the south west corner of Norfolk avenue and Eighth street. Contractor Woerth of Scrlbner will build the main portion of the building ; Dlgnan of Norfolk gets the plumbing contract , Beck the heating and Ed Brueggeman the lighting. Rules for Land Lottery. Aberdeen , S. D. , Aug. 31. Persons drawing a number In the Cheyenne and Standing Rock land opening will at the time of the assignment of date for filing on land , about March 1 , 1910 , be furnished with a map showing the allotted lands , the school and reserv ed lands , and the schedule and classi fication of lands open to settlement. The prices will range from 50 cents to $6.00 an acre , according to the classification for agricultural lands of the first class , the sefcond class , qraz ing lands , timber lands and mineral lands. The latter cannot be entered under the homestead laws. A married woman who has not been deserted cannot register unless her husband Is an inval'ld and slic can prove that she is the bread winner of the family , and consequently Us head. A deserted wife can register. Minors cannot register unless they will her of age before the time for filing oa ( ho | land. A man cannot register If he is the owner of more than 160 acres of land In the United States. Ownership of land outside the United States docs not disqualify n man from registration , but he must either be a citizen of the United States or have declared his Intention to become one. A home steader prior to February 8 , 1908 , may register If his former entry was not cancelled for fraud or relinquished for a valuable consideration. Soldiers and sailors after more than 90 days' service , or their widows , If they have not remarried , and the minor children of a deceased soldier if the mother Is dead or Is remarried nnd has a living husband , can register through an agent without going to a registration point. The "red tape" of 'registration and the plan of drawing will bo the same as in the Rosebud , Trlpp and Coeur d'AIene lotteries , and the assignment of dates for the filing will be for the spring of 1910. Great Tribute to Tom Brlce. Never was greater tribute paid to the popularity and esteem in which customers regard a commercial travel er , than to Thomas H. Brlco of Nor folk who , despite his serious illness for almost n year , did so great a bus ! ness that ho received a prlzo of $2,500 from his house for surpassing 170 other traveling salesmen In the company's employ , on the year's busl ness. ness.Mr. Mr. Brlce has just been awarded the $2,500 cash prize by Selz , Schwab & Co. of Chicago. He was fifth In point of sales for the year , among the company's army of 175 salesmen. And this in eplto of the fact that most o ho year ho spent between life and cath on his bed In n room at the Or- ard hotel In Norfolk. His Customers Love Him. Ills customers love Tom Brlce. 'hat's why , oven though ho was un- bio to life his hand to oven write hem letters from his sick bed , the or- ers wont In just the same and per- aps In oven bigger sizes than they vould have , If ho had been well. Ills customers all over this terrl- ory caino often to see him during his eng and serious Illness. And they onttnucd to buy shoes from his house , pcclfylng always that ho was to bo given credit for the sale. And so it ivas that man's love for man carried i grip over this prairie country and old shoes. House Treats Him Well. The house loves Tom Brlce , too. They take mighty good care of him , n top of that check. This summer 10 has been given two assistants to clp him cover the territory and to do the packing and to make the long drives. One of them passed through Norfolk last night for Wyoming. Mr. Brlco , hlm-clf , will arrive in Norfolk rom Omaha this week. At the Chicago banquet every com mercial salesman in the crowd show- red congratulations upon Tom Brlce , Incerely rejoicing over the fact that ic had won the price , despite his 111- less. Not a man could have won n ; > rlze to the greater joy of the sales men. men.The The Chicago Examiner prints his picture and in an interview , quotes Mr. Brice as follow * regarding hip success : Newspaper Advertising Big Help. "The main thing Is to start with a determination to win and keep that up until the last dog Is hung. The advertising campaign that your house carries on for you Is one of the great- 3st helps. The help of advertising any goods with merit cannot be overesti mated. As far as Individual effort is concerned , the main thing is day in ind out of work , never tiring , no mat- .er how hard It may seem. " Baseball Dispute. Nellgh , Neb. , Sept. 1. Special to The News : Last week the home earn played a game of baseball against Orchard on the Ewlng rounds. It was a mutual agreement between the managers that when the afternoon train pulled In they were o stop the game in order to let Ne igh return home. All this happened n the seventh inning , with the score standing 7 to 7. According to the members of the home team and a argo number of spectators , but Or chard maintained that they had won he game by a score of 7 to 6 , and so advertised in the " " Ewlng "dally" and .he Orchard News. The play that caused the dispute is as follows : Base runners on second and third bases with two players out ; third b"tsmantiyj lilts Ta jnp [ drive to , outfield - field , reaches first and endeavors to make second , but the ball is fielded nto second and runner Is finally run down and touched out before reaching second. In the meantime runner on bird regularly , and without being tag- ; ed , touches home plate before last base runner reaches first base , and he base runner on second , at time of hit , also crosses home plate regular- y , after the last runner passes first base , but before said runner is tag- ed out between first and second. The question is should a score be re corded to each of the runners thus crossing and touching home plate. The umpire at the time decided that ae scores did not count. However , the same was decided by Sandy Grls- weld who says that the scores do count. To Extend from Dallas. Gregory County Herald : Indlca tlons are that the C. & N.-W. Railroad company wll extend their line from Dallas early next spring. There are now eighteen carloads of ties to be unloaded In the Bonestecl yards and reliable information says that there will be 300 cars before the supply is sufficient for the proposed extension. Bonesteel will bo the point of con structlon , being the first division point west of Norfolk. Gregory County Phone Line. Gregory County Herald : The Far mers Mutual Telephone company Is pushing to the front In Gregory coun ty. Material is now on the ground for an extension from Bonesteel to St. Charles. Work on this extension is now in progress and will be rushed with unusual speed. It Is expected that the line will be in working order within a week. Lookl Listen ! Locate. The dry weather in certain parts of Nebraska , Oklahoma and Texas pre venting the maturing of crops success fully , and the high price of land In other localities , has caused many who are desirous of obtaining a home where failures are unknown , where the harvests are bountiful and the climate pleasant , to Investigate the Teton and Snake river valleya with a view of lo eating there , where choice land with a perpetual paid up water right and some Improvements may now bo ob talned upon easy terms for $37.50 per acre. acre.Are Are you one of the many desiring n home ? If so , purchase a Yellowstone National park round trip ticket , over the Union Pacific , for $32. Stop off at St. Anthony , Ida. Call at our office and we will show you some of the choicest , most fertile and productive land in the United States , It beats Twin Falls , bettor than San Luis val ley or Big Horn basin. Don't take ou word for It , come and see for yourself , Look and listen and you will locate make plenty of money and always b happy. Idaho Land and Loan Company , St. Anthony , Idaho. Colonel Lewis Tells of Benefits In Business and War. FAVORS A DECISIVE STAND. Chicago Liwyer , Home From World Tour , See * Rich Opportunity In Far East Points to Danger In Japan and Say * Japanese Are Planning De- clttve Struggle With United State * . After a trip a round the world , which .nvolved extended visits In both China ind Japan because of an ofllclnl gov- rnnient mission with which he waa barged , Colonel JnmcH Hamilton Lewis of Chicago recently arrived In S'ew York city , and , ac a result of lose study of actual conditions in the > rlcnt , ho emphatically affirmed the di'ccsslty of the United States Hooking a commercial alliance with the Chi nese empire. Colonel Lewis positively asserted .hat the United States government. If his nation IB not to bo a mere non entity In ( bo affairs of the far east , annot afford to recede from its right o share In the development of the lilnese empire. A decisive stand , ho : ied ! , should bo taken at the outset ivlth reference to American partlelpa- Ion as a nation and not as n subsid iary through arrangements with for eign bankers In the Hankow-Szcchuan railway loan now pending final settle ment. ment.Ve " \Ve have given too much attention o what wp nro pleased to call 'our business prospects In Japan , ' " declared he colonel In presenting the situation , n a nutshell , "and far too little atten- Ion to the great commercial oppor- unities awaiting development If wo but take advantage of the Invitation offered In China. " In a direct way Colonel Lewis threw Ight on the actual and inimical senti ment existing among the masses of Ja pan toward the United States. He dis closed certain Incidents , one of which lias never passed beyond government circles. Inspiring this attitude and flat ly asserted that "had it not been for n stringent lack of financial resources he Japanese would have attempted seizure of the Philippines when the Pacltlc coast states were ringing with demands for anti-Japanese legislation. "The United States must do one of two things at once. " he said. "Sho must either withdraw from all associa tion with the orient and be a mere nonentity in the affairs of the eastern world or push with force and decisive ness her policy of participation upon her merits in the commercial progress of Asia , and. further , she must demon strate not only such to be her Inten tion , but that she regards on the part of any people a move to prevent ouch participation as an affront that will be resented by such measures as would become a nation of the dignity and power of America. "The Japanese official Is not now looking for conflict with America be cause Japan has no money. Japan to day is taxed to an extent in excess of any country that can be called civi lized. And the navy projected by Ja pan , coupled with the army basis in prospect , when realized will make Ja pan the largest military and naval power in proportion to Its population In the world , with one exception as to army magnitude. 'This course of military multiplica tion on the part of Japan Is on the theory that It will ultimately be neces sary for the defense of that country against the foreigner and that now Is the time to prepare for what Its people feel will be some form of conflict In evitable In the future. "The ordinary citizen of Japan Is busy today making war on the admin istration In power because it will not give America a licking In punishment for keeping the Japanese out of our country and allowing our states to pass or agitate exclusion measures. They demand answer as to why Amer ican capital Is allowed to enter their country , why we are permitted to maintain missionaries there and why our people enter there nt will , while such privileges are forbidden them here. "The Japanese Is a sensitive being. He Is more sensitive to being held up to the world as enduring dlscrlmlna tlon than the mere loss Involved en tails. The Japanese as a nation are discreet and reserve their grievances for the opportunity of retaliation and compensation. Let me Illustrate , and there Is little public knowledge of this fact , but I saw the original records In Tokyo. When the United States an nexed Hawaii there was then exist ing between the royal governments of Hawaii and Japan a contract by which the Japanese were to enter those Is lands at will , while the products of Hawaiian sugar farms were to go to Japan In exchange. When the United States took the Islands and necessarily extended the alien contract labor laws Japan objected formally. "This fact Is on record in Tokyo as well ns the fact that Mr. Sherman then our secretary of state , gave as su run cos that these privileges would be continued. Today wo are keeping the Japanese out of there naturally There are those in Japan who Insist that had official assurances not been given at that time they would have opposed our absorption of the Islands and that , as the Hawallans are more allied to the Japanese than to the United States , they would have atdet the opposition. "All these things the Japanese refe to as typical of 'American dlscrlmlna tlon. ' If Japan had had money to SUB tain an army nnd navy In candle when exclusion legislation was BO violently lently agitated in the Pacific cons BtoteH last winter she would have seized the Philippines , as she has frequently quently sought to do since 1000. "Japan neither cats nor wears t < any appreciable degree the things w have to sell , while China , on the other band , cries foi those products nnuV with a population twelve tlinoa that of Japan , naturally lias twelve ttmws the lattcr'H demand. China , too , hni * no Inimical feeling toward America ns America , nnd If convinced thai th < r United States would do what IH In Ita mwer to prevent other nations now la .M'MHfRHlon . of portions of China from dividing up that empire China would gladly bo our preferential customer In the orient. If China were convinced hat our policy was to bo a conquos * of commerce in Us empire nnd not n conquest of country she would bo the source of commercial patronage to America that would make us the lead- HK furnishing nation of all thlngu In Asia. 'Trouble over our participation In the Eastern railroad loan ban been prompted by the fact that certain ( lor- uian Influences have pumped Chlnn with the Idea that America and Eng land have gone together for the pur- > OBO of urging construct Ion of thlw road for ultimate UBO UN a military liner for tholr future purposes If Amerlcu shall promptly convince Chlnn that thcr policy of President Taft la not only peaceful , with no Intention of foraging : on Its territory , but to prevent time very dismemberment of the empire * and that our entrance In Chinese af fairs will bo for participation In trader and not In territory , then nnd there ? automatically a commercial nllfance/ will spring up between Chlnn nnd the ? United States. " Chicago Record-IIeiv aid. FLIRTING FOR RECREATION Harvard Professor Says It Gives Proper Knowledge of Social Life. Professor George Herbert Palmer of Harvard university , twice married and reported to be contemplating a thlnl venture in matrimony , has como forth with the pronunelamcnto that n llttlo flirting properly conducted , of course Is not only advisable , but oven Im perative , for the average college boy and girl. Flirting Is the surest road toward the proper knowledge of social life , de clares the professor , who has the dis tinction of being the oldest member off the Harvard faculty and whose second end wife , Alice Freeman Palmer , was president of Wcllcsloy college frorou 1881 to 1887. "I think the girls of Rndcllffe nnrt the boys of Harvard devote too mucli of their time to study , " says Professor Palmer. "They should mingle n llttlo frivolity with their studies. In other words , they should flirt a little. "I am reminded of a girl graduate or Radcllffe who studied hard. She nev er went anywhere. While the other girls were having n good time she re mained in her room studying. She was graduated with high honors , and when I was bidding her goodby I told her that she would have to flirt good antl hard to make up for lost time , and sbc ? Bald that she would. "Of course It makes a good deal of difference who does the flirting , where * and with whom. The time , the place and the boy nnd girl have n good deaB to do with It. If all could nee the * tired out boys and girls that I see all would , I know , admit that n little bit of flirting now and then Is real recrea tion. Mix things up a bitsprinkle a llttlo flirting Into the studies. One can have a little of both and still come out oil right at the end. " Prevaricating Figures. Those to whom the mathematical mltid has not been given will appre ciate the fun nn Irishwoman. Mrs. Ln Touche of Hnrrlstown , has with num bers iu "The Letters of n Noble woman. " "I do hate sums , " Mrs. La Toucho confesses to n friend. "There Is no greater mistake than to call arithmetic an exact science. There are permuta tions and aberrations discernible to minds entirely noble , like mine ; snbtlo variations which ordinary accountants fall to discern ; hidden laws of num bers which It requires a mind HUe mine to perceive. "For Instance. If you add n sura from the bottom up , and then again from the top down , the result Is al ways different" Enough to Scare Any One. While out walking with her papa nnd mamma one day Florence , ngedl four , ran some little distance a head- As she got near a mule hitched to a farmer's wagon the animal began to > bray. She wheeled instantly and , run ning to her mother as fast as oho- could go , said In round eyed astonish ment , "Ob , mamma , sumfin * said surn- fin' . " Delineator. A Mean Revenge. "You seem to bo considerably elated over something. " "Yes. I have n friend who is almost stone deaf. I took him out home wltb me last night , and my wife bad to sit there all the evening nnd merely nwl and smile while he talked. " Chicago Record-Herald. She Knew Him. Grorge ( dramatically ) You bare de cided that I must give her up ? Farewell - well , then , mother ! There is not blue loft for me but to go out and destroy myself ! Mother Goodby ! Not a mlr > - ntc later than 0 for dinner , George ! A Foible. "Father , " said little Rollo , "what 1 a foible ? " "A foible , my son , is something somebody else Is interested In anfl , you'ro not. " Washington Star. His Meant of Support. Magistrate Have you any visible means of support ? Prisoner YHH , yer wushup. fro bis wife , a laundress ) rieinmur , stand up no's the court can BCD yer. Throne and Country. Don't try to drown your troubles In the flowing bowl. Troublea are ex pert swimmer * . New York Life.
