TIIK NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 24 , 1911.
fortification Advocates Argue Opponents Figure Dattlcships
Lack of Guns Might Cause Could Destroy Locks Without -
Building Nation Hugo out Being Endangered
Damage In Case by Defense Ar
of War. tillery.
Dy JAMES A. CDGEU.TON.
12 completion of the Panama
Til en mil nt our doom is brought
startllngly ucur by Iho designa
tion of San Francisco ns the
city In which to hold the canal exposi
tion nnil by the discussion ns to forti
fying the big ditch. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt suys that fortification Is op
posed by sonio "worthy ladles of both
BUXC8. "
Among these "worthy ladles" nro for
mer Secretary of Btato Kit-hard Olnoy ,
William Demi Ilowells , President Jor
dan of Stanford university and Presi
dent Faunco of Drown , United States
District Judge Dolt , Bishop Audcrflon
of the Episcopal church , .Inno Addams
of null IIouso , Governor Haldwln of
Connecticut. General J. Warren Kclferi
General Sherwood , another reprcsontn-
Uve , Methodist ministers In Cincinnati
and elsewhere , 100,000 Quakers , uioro
or less ; various peace societies , two or
three Now York newspapers and a
number of senators and representa
tives , but Just how many nobody
seems to know.
On the side of fortifications are ar
rayed President Taft , Colonel Rooso-
( lie furl guns themselves would bo
stationary , which would bo a big point
In their favor. Moreover , the fortifi
cations could be placed at both ends
of the canal for $ li,000.000 ! , or n trlflo
more thiui the cost of one battleship.
ThlH Is a point of no small Impor
tance , slnco defending the canal by the
navy would bo very much more expen-
nlvu than fortifying and would tlo up
a whole fleet that In case of war
would be needed for other service.
Land Defenses Formidable.
Naval experts make a telling point
In favor of fortifications. In case of
war It would bo practically Impossible
without forts to take an American
fleet through the canal in face of an
enemy. That would bo like marching
an army through a narrow defile with
a fee nt the other end to pick them
off as they emerged. With forts nil
this would be changed. The fort guns
could keep the opposing Ucct nt least
ten miles distant and giro the Ameri
can ships an opportunity to go through
the canal unmolested and form In battle -
tlo line under the protection of the
forts.
Of course everybody hopes that there
use itr
itrNatural
Natural Sites For Forts.
The natural features of the canal
termini seem almost made for forts.
On the Atlantic sldo thcro nro necks
of lund that would make an Ideal site
for a bunch of fourteen Inch and other
guns , while at the Paclflc entrances
there are three or four cute little Is
lands that appear specially designed
for the purpose and , heaven knows ,
will never servo any other. Failure to
take advantage of these sites placed
ready at our hand would bo little less
than Impious , say the fort supporters.
It Is designed to build the forta while
Colonel Gocthals Is still on the job. In
Ihls way much time and expense can
bo waved. Uesldes , the work will be
sure to get finished. Gocthalfl has a
habit of going through with anything
on which ho starts , oven an appro
priation. Landslides have no terrors
to him. lie Htmply continues shoveling
out the landscape and lets It slide any
blooming way It pleases. If ho were
put on the fortifications ho could utilize
his concrete gangs after they had fin
Ished with the locks.
Not long ago the colonel appeared In
Washington to testify before a com
mittee and while there was Invited to
deliver a stcreoptlcon lecture In the
hall of the house of representatives ,
the second time such an honor tfls been
nt-coruca an outsider in the history of
the country lie was not there to talk
for forts , yet everybody knew how he
felt on the subject.
It is designed to use disappearing
guns for the forts. A disappearing
gun has the snme advantage as a man
shooting from behind a tree. It bobs
out suddenly , fires Its load and be
fore the enemy can get back at It is
again In hiding.
Big Growth on Pacific.
The Panama canal will bo the gate-
DEFENSES AT COLON. PANAMA FORTIFICATIONS. . !
PLANS FOR THE DEFENSES OF THE PANAMA CANAL , COVERING A RANGB OF TEN MILES OVER
t " BOTH THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC ENTRANCES.
veil , W. R. Hearst and n vast army of
American newspapers , public ofllclals ,
members of both houses of congress
and American citizens of the plain
voting variety , nobody knowing just
how many there are of these either.
Both sides claim public sentiment ,
nfter the manner of factions in this
land of the free. The division Is not n
partisan one , slnco the minority leader
of the senate Introduced the resolution
favoring fortifications. Neither Is It
sectarian , as many ministers oppose
building forts and others just as stout
ly favor it. Nor is it n division be
tween those who are fur peace and
those against it , slnco President Taft
is something of a peace advocate , and
Andrew Carnegie , who is for peace
with his whole heart and $10,000,000.
is a believer In fortifying the canal.
Foreign Opinion Divided.
Foreigners are quite as much divided
ou the question as ourselves. Those In
responsible positions have , of course ,
refrained from comment , but others
have not been under Ilka restraint. Of
these u number hold that It Is our
right and duty to protect our own
property. Others Insist that our bent
method of guarding the great water
way would be through International
agreement. leaving the canal Itself
open to the whole world. Possibly they
think we should carry our maguanim-
Ity n point further and not charge tolls.
On the sumo principle a farmer
should not put up fences , but should
depend on a neighborhood agreement
to keep the cattle out of hla corn and
If ho had any crop left should give It
away. The great argument against
fortifying tbo Panama canal Is that
England has not fortified the Suez
canal. Yet England has amply forti
fied Gibraltar , which guards tbo en
trance to the Mediterranean sea and
thus commands the approach to the
canal.
Another argument against fortifica
tions is that It is physically Impossible
to protect the Panama canal by such
means. Some guns now have a range
of nearly twenty miles and tbo canal
locks are In such an exposed position
that they can be shot at from far out
at eca and from several points along
the coast Ships could thus keep out
of sight of the forts and still do cxecu
tlon against the canal. Even if sight
ed they would be In motion , thus being
difficult to bit while tbo canal locks
would offer a stationary target This
Hno of reasoning would Imply that
where there cannot be complete pro
tection there should be none at all.
Advocate * of fortification ! Inslat that
guns on land can shoot quite aa far aa
thoao at sea , that they would be BOV
era ! mllea nearer to any battleship
than the ehlp Itself could get to the
locks and that while attacking vessel
not furnish a stationary
will bo no more war. We have ocen
hoping the same thing for over 2,000
years. Twenty-six hundred years ago
Isaiah wrote that "they filial' ' beat
their swords Into plowshares and their
spears Into pruning hooks. " Wo still
believe that "they" will do this , but
the nations have not done It yet and
give no certain Indention when they
will. The powers run a nice. In build
Ing Dreadnoughts and Increasing ar-
imunonts. Moreover , the advocates of
fortification at Panama Insist that this
would be a defensive rather than an
offensive measure. It would make for
peace rather than war. It would dls-
courage and not Invite attack. The
fortifications would be no menace to
commerce. They would never bo used
except against nn enemy of the canal
or an enemy of the country owning
the canal.
For Police Duty.
Another argument In favor of forti
fications Is that they are necessary In
the proper policing of the great water
way. They are required to enforce
neutrality. The duty of policing and
protecting the canal and of making It
neutral rests on the United States gov
ernment Who then can object If we
take the necessary steps to perform
our dutyV
The weakness of nn International
agreement for assuring the neutrality
of the canal Is that an International
agreement would necessarily consist of
trestles between Individual nations
and In time of war such treaties are
lardly worth the paper on which they
nrp written. Besides , what Is to prevent
vent some Irresponsible nation that Is
not n signatory to the agreement from
inflicting injury on the waterway ?
Even If there were an understanding
somebody would still have to police
the canal , and for this purpose some
sort of fortification would bo essential.
From the American viewpoint there
would be another fatal defect In the
plan. In case of war. say. between the
United States and Japan there would
be nothing to prevent a Japanese fleet
from passing through the canal and
attacking the Atlantic coast Thus the
waterway wo ourselves had built
would bo used for our own Injury.
It was the military necessity that
first crystallized American sentiment
for the enterprise. An Isthmian canal
bnd I teen talked of for generations , but
It was not till tuo spectacular trip of
the battleship Oregon around the Horn
that Uncle 8am definitely made up his
mind to get into the game. Thus the
new waterway la aa much a naval aa
a commercial renture. How Billy U
would be , argu * the adrocatea of forti
fication , to allow all the military
benefit * to slip out of our bands now
that wo are building the canal and
have them securely In our snupt W
have constructed the waterway with
our own money on our own land. Who
has a bettor right to say how wo shall
way i to the Paclflc. Its Importance to
the t world no ono can yet measure. The
outlines of the new civilization taking
form around the great ocean grow
more clearly defined with the passage
of the years. Here Is the new theater
of ( human activity , and \vli--t a vast
theater | It Is ! Everywhere Pacific
lands | are becoming keenly nine. Our
own coast states show the most mar
velous growth lu the nation. Northw
western Canada Is emerging. Eternal
frost cannot wholly stlflo activity even
In Alaska and Siberia. Under Japanese
control Korea Is awakening from the
sleep of thirty centuries. China is
establishing a parliament and shedding
Its pigtails.
Under free trade with America
Philippine commerce Li on the up
grade. Australasia , with her advanced
theories of government , seems almost
u Utopia. With the opening of the
great caual a new life will flow out to
a'l ' these laud's. Europe will have found
a pathway to the east. The dream of
Columbus , which led to the discovery
of two continents , will have been real
Ized and n new route to India will lie
open to men.
Philanthropists believe that It would
be a magnanimous and beautiful thing
for America to build this waterway
and say to the world , "Take It ; It Is
yours. " More practical beings feel
that It Is still Important for the United
States to control the Pacific Important
for herself and still more Important
for civilization. By fortification we
retain the key In our own hands. From
our Island forts nt the western gateway -
way America can proclaim :
"I awakened the Paclflc ; IJiirnlshed
the example for the republics of the
western hemisphere ; I broke the sleep
of Japan and raalntalned the Integrity
of China ; I furnished a typo of free
dom for Australia and New Zealand ;
I am leading Hawaii and the Philip
pines Into the paths of self governl
raent : I breathed life Into all this vast
now and old empire around the world's
greatest ocean , and I will guard Its
destiny. "
Extra Session Now Seems Sure.
Washington , Feb. 25. Opponents o
the Canadian reciprocity agreemon
attempted to put a quietus on legls
latlon on the subject when the Me
Call bill was reported "without recom
mendation" from the senate commit
tee on finance. So far as the present
uty
session of congress Is concerned they >
took u long step toward accomplish
ing their purpose.
The return of the bill to the senate
by acting Chairman Burrows of the
finance committee was made the oc
casion for brief speeches both In op
position and In favor of early action.
Aa only a few daya remain to put th
bill through a hostile body , the
speeches against It were accepted gen
erally aa its death knell until resur
rection could como in an extra ses
sion.
Committee Yielded to Clamor.
Senator Hale , who will retire March
4 , said the committee had yielded to
public clamor and the charge that
the bill was to bo suppressed , and had
reported It against the real sentiment
of a largo majority of the committee ,
Ho served notteo that the bill
would have to go to the calendar to
tnko Its course and any effort on the
part of any ono of whatever auIzl
thorlty "to drive" the senate wotilc
bo nn unwarranted assumption of
power.
Senator Bailey of Texas , a demoth
crutlc member of the committee , was
recognized ns soon as the report was
presented by Mr. Burrows.
Says It Won't Help Farmer.
Declaring his opposition to It , he
expressed the opinion that the best
Interests of the agriculturists would
> o served by the defeat of the bill.
In pointing out sonio of the dlscrlmtpc
nations from his point of view , the
Texas senator said that whllo the
agreement admitted wheat and cattle
free , It retained the duty on flour and
beef meat
"Civilized people eat flour and not
wheat ; beef and not cattle. "
"It is true , " ho said , "that the
agreement provided for a free wood
pulp , but this change In the tariff
laws would mean the loss of almost
$500,000 of revenue to the treasury an
nually. "
Ho had been Informed , ho said , that
this change would bo worth 15,000,000
to the newspaper and magazine pub
lishers but for himself , ho could not
consent to a measure which gave such
preference to the rich as against the
poor and needy.
Senator Halo concurred In all that
Mr. Bailey had said and added that
whllo the bill had been reported withfi
out recommendation the committee
had done so In face of the fact that
an unquestioned majority could other
wise have been provided for nn adverse -
verso report.
Is Now on Calendar.
Senator Stone of Missouri , minority
member of the committee , announced
his Intention of supporting the meas
ure on the ground that It would b\3 In
the line of wise and progressive states-
manshlp.
Speaking briefly for a second time
Senator Bailey said that whllo oppos
ed to the bill he would not seek to
delay its passage.
The bill went on the calendar whore
it is subject to consideration whenever
the senate may decide to take it up.
Against Canadian Pact.
Sioux City , la. , Feb. 25. The Canad
ian reciprocity pact was denounced as
a measure discriminating against the
fanner in the resolution which passed
the final session of the Interstate
Breeders association. Asserting that
the association was strongly opposed
to the Canadian pact in its present
form , the breeders declared that If the
American farmer and stockman must
submit to free trade , the manufac
turers should be required to meet the
same conditions. The draft of the
resolutions also Included a plea to
confess to pass a parcels post bill.
. Dummy West Wants Match.
Fred ( "Dummy" ) West of Gregory ,
enroute to Green Isle , Minn. , where
he Is scheduled for a fifteen round
B' with Joe Christie , middleweight
champion of Canada Saturday night ,
passed through the city Thursday
noon after being laid up for the past
seventeen days with the smallpox.
"I was suffering with the smallpox
when I fought Stewart of Wayne and
later I was still in the clutches of
this disease when I fought at Nio-
brara , " ho says.
West shows scars of the smallpox
attack but he appeared in tiptop con
dition and declared he would make
he "Canuk" go some.
J. M. Purcell of Sioux City , West's
manager , accompanied the Gregory
fighter to Minnesota. West has sev-
ei ral matches scheduled In Minnesota ,
ncluding a wrestling match with
George Turner , middleweight cham-
iloii of Alberta. Ho will return to
Jregory before real warm weather
sets ' in and expects to raise the Kin-
Inll relief fund by Issuing a challenge
for ( twenty rounds with , any of the
Sullivan fighters of O'Neill.
"I am not faking when I tell you
I was doped In my match with Dan
Sullivan. It is the truth. It looked
as if I quit fresh but that Is my stylo.
To show that -I am confident of win |
ning from any of the Sulllvans I will
Issue a challenge to flght either of
:
them twenty rounds any place , all my
end of the receipts to go to the Kin-
dall fund or to some church. I won't
tnko a cent out of the contest , only
to pay the trainers. "
Insurance Company Wins Its Ca e.
Madison , Neb. , Feb. 25. Special ted
The News : R. E. Williams , deposed :
secretary of the Elkhorn Life and Accident
ck
cident Insurance company of Norfolk ,
who tried by deception and trickery
to elect a board of directors for the
company a year ago , as part of a con
spiracy to move the homo office tort
Omaha , loses his suit In district court
to compel the seating of his board.
Judge Welch In district court yes
terday afternoon decided against Wil
liams on every point , dismissed the '
case and assessed the costs , including
? 100 allowed M. D. Tyler as referee
and $117.60 allowed his reporter ,
agaln&t Williams. Jr.so
In handing down his decision Judge
Welch unmercifully scored Williams ,
whose conspiracy to elect by fraud a
board of directors who would move
the homo office of the company jfrom
Norfolk to Omaha , was unearthe'd by
the directors of the company a year
ago , just preceding the annual meet-
Judge Welch found tho. "yellow
streak" In WlHlsma and. the ) lo
contemptible" . of the ) SS
traitor who used his position aa secretary -
retary of the company ( a a detestably
fraudulent trick to deceive stockholders
en and thus carry out hl conspiracy
for Its undoing , was given n severe
rebuke by the court.
Williams' Treacherous Frame-up.
It : was Just a year ago that Wil
liams framed up his schema to Btcal
tin homo office of the company he
was working for , and move It to Om
aha. Ho Hont out letters to policyholders -
holders of the company , enclosing
blank proxies to bo executed author
izing "R. 13. Williams , secretary , " to
cast the votes of the non-realdcnts at
the annual election of directors on
March 1. llo did this without au
thority from the board of directors
and , to aid his unsavory conspiracy ,
he Issued these letters on stationery
containing the printed letterhead of
the company , to deceive the policy-
holdera receiving his message , llo
enclosed an envelope for return of
the executed proxy , addressed to his
Individual postofflco box Instead of the
postofflco box of the company. Tims
he concealed his gnmo from the di
rector and by his trickery secured
a largo number of proxies. Ho had
241 proxies In writing on the date of
the annual meeting , of which fourteen
had been revoked before March 1.
Williams had kept his conspiracy to
move the homo office concealed from
the pollcylioldcrs whoso proxies ho
solicited.
His Secret Proxy Register Book.
As a pait of his game , Williams
kept n private book In which to regls
ter his proxies , the articles of Incor
poration of the company providing
that proxies must bo registered by
the secretary at least ten days before
the annual meeting. Williams did not
allow ! the directors to know of this
personal register book and by keeping
It secret defeated the object of having
the proxies registered. Judge Welch
finds that such registration was not
registration < in good faith or in com-
pllanco with the articles of Incorponi-
tion , and Wllllama loses his proxies
on this point.
Following are the conclusions of the
court In the case :
Conclusions of Law.
. 1. That said provisions of the
tlcles of Incorporation of said company -
pany requiring proxy policy holders
to ' bo registered by the secretary at
least ten days before the meeting at
which he Is to vote by said proxy , Is n
reasonable provision , and contem
plates and requires such registration
to be kept In the office of the secre
tary of the company , as a record of
the company open for inspection by
the directors , officers and policy hold
ers , during said ten days and as no
tice of said proxies.
2. That the entering of said prox
ies to said Williams In said book as
herein found , and keeping said books
and such entries away from the office
of the secretary of said company , and
keeping the same secret , defeated the
object and purpose of the articles of
incorporation , requiring proxies to be
registered , and the snid entries there
of , In said book , was not a registra
tion of said proxies sufficient to com
ply with the articles of Incorporation.
And said proxies were not registered.
3. That the votes of policy holders
given to said Williams said proxies
were not entitled to be cast by snid
Williams by virtue of said proxies to
him.
4. That relating to another record ,
directors of said Elkhorn Life and
Accident Insurance Co. , and are not
entitled to said office , to all of which
relator.i except.
The judgment : Dismisses case and
for costs against relaters , Including
$100 allowed M. D. Tyler ns referee
and 1117.00 allowed his reporter , to
all of which relaters except.
la Ignoring Injunction
A unique situation has developed aa
a result of the Northwestern railroad
taking off a passenger train each way
per day between Norfolk and Long
Pine. The trains were taken off by
the railroad company a week ago last
Sunday , permission to abandon the
trains having been granted by the
state railway commission. Attorney
M. F. Harrington has secured a tem
porary injunction from the district
court in Holt county , Judge J. J. Har
rington , to restrain the railroad from
abandoning the trains until a beating
can bo had before the railroad com
mission. But in the meantime the
railroad is disregarding the injunction
and the trains have been taken off.
Mr. Harrington has written letters
to J newspapers in towns between Nor
folk and Long Pine declaring that the
railroad secured permission to take
the trains off before the public present
ed its side of the case , and asking the
public to see that the trains are used
now as much as m the past.
Owing to the railroad's action , how
ever , the trains are not running and
therefore can't bo used.
DON'T PULL TEETH NOW.
And Even When They Do , Laughing
Can is Seldom Used Any More.
According to one Norfolk dentist
the time is approaching when the now
seldom used "laughing gas" case wll
never bo opened. The reason for this
is that teeth are nowadays seldom ex
traded , and when they are , they give
the patient very little pain , consequently
quently it is better to refrain from
using the "laughing gas. "
"There was a time when our profits
were made from extracting teetl
alone , " says ono Norfolk dentist
"That time has passed. People : CO
better care of the teeth and our rk
is in the line of filling , bridging , : rkh
The laughing gas was once as mucl h
required as was chloroform , but thos
days are past. "
It also develops from this dentist'
conversation that Norfolk dentists
have as little of their dental wor !
done in Norfolk as possible.
"That is not because we ore afral ,
of our competitors , " says this dentls
"but because we usually are too BtB
or wo make it a point to wait unt :
we have a dental meeting of the as
sociation and during our program 18n
have ono of our friends at the moo
Ing take out or plug up our tooth. "
Round About
NEW YORK
Now York , Fob. 25. A will nlgnod
inly with an X , because Its author
was unable to read or write , has Just
been probated at Mlneola , L. I. , and
disposes of an estate valued nt near
ly n million dollars accumulated by
the late John Lnhoy.
Lahoy came to America In 18GG
mil obtained employment In Brooklyn -
lyn , working as a common laborer at
a dollar u day. Ho saved every cent
possible and Invested In Now York
real estate. Despite his Illiteracy , ho
possessed shrewd judgment of land
value and his Investments rapidly In
creased In "value , llo often declared
that lie did buslnoss only with honest
people , and that It made no dlfferenco
whether ho had education or not.
The estate Is divided among his nlno
chlldrtui.
The trial of Joseph Ilobln , the In
dieted hank wrecker , has boon sot
for next Monday , but It Is hardly like
ly ] to proceed. Former District Attorney
tornoy Jerome , who Is Robin's counsel <
sol , quite evidently Intends to make
Insanity the chief basis qf the defense.
Justice Senbury Intimated that nt the
tlmo set for trial he would consider
motions hearing on the defendant's
mental condition. Although the bank
wrecker has recently exhibited signs
Indicative of brainstorm , the deposit
ors who had money in his bank be
lieve that ho in "crazy like a fox. "
. George J. Gould's retirement from
the , presidency of the Missouri Pacific
next month probably means that the
scheme for a Gould road from the
Atlantic to the Pacific , a dream cher
| ished by the financier for many years ,
will J . never bo realized. At the same
time , it is likely that the plan will bo
carried to completion by other Inter
ests. In the furtherance of his dream
of an ocean-to-ocean line , Gould built
the Western Pacific from Ogden ,
Utah , to San Francisco. The Denver
& Rio Grande from Denver to Og
den , and the Missouri Pacific from St.
Louis to Denver , were the other links
In the chain. At the same time Mr.
Gould attempted to move eastward by
means of the Wabash and the West-
rn Maryland , the latter designed to
ie the final link in the transcontlnent-
1 chain. Then antagonistic Interests
i the Wabash balked his attempt to
so that property , the Western Mary-
and went Into the hands of n receiver ,
nd , finally , Mr. Gould Is to lose su-
remncy in the Alissourl Pacific.
Few of the fortunes acquired by the
real financiers and captains of Indus-
ry of the latter half of the last con-
ury are now Intact. The Gould for-
une has grown , but is now divided
mong the children and the grand-
hildren of Jny Gould , and nearly all
f the great Interests ho built up have
assod from the control of his de-
condants. The William II. Vandor-
lit fortune of approximately $200-
00.000 has also suffered the "dividing
p" process until the name of Van-
erbllt is no longer powerful in the
vorld of "big business. " The Harrl
inn fortune , a year after the death
f the man who made It , Is yet prac-
ically Intact in the hands of his wid-
w , but many millions will be given
iwny and the lemalndur will go to
he children. While Mr. Carneglo islet
lot likely to die poor , his heirs will
not be overburdened with wealth.
Marshall Field's eighty millions have
been split up among his heirs. Near-
y half of the $05,000,000 accumulated
by John S. Kennedy went to charity ,
md the remainder is now in many
muds. Mrs. Russell Sage expects to
distribute practically all of the eighty
nilllons left by her husband , and no
mall part of It has already been d
Parsed.
Music Writing Made Easy.
Mile. Salle was In the eighteenth
century tin ? most accomplished and
fascinating bnllotonse at the famous
French Opera. In addition to her oth
er nimliflcnlions , she played and sang
with extraordinary artistic wklll and
depth of expression. She once con
filled to Uameau , the notcr musician ,
that her ardent wish was to be able to
compose add nskcd him' to give her a
few lessons In the art. "Nothing eas
lor In the world , " Itnmeuu gallantly
replied. IIo handed her a sheet of pa
per ruled for music and asked her to
take her valuable breastpin and prick
holes In the lines wherever she though !
proper. After the lady had completed
her task Hnmeau took the sheet of pa
per , turned each puncture into a note ,
determined Us length , selected a sulta
bin key. and the thing was done. This
remarkable composition turned out a
lively piece of dance music , which
was afterward entitled "Les Sauvages
Dans les Indes Gnlantes" and was
popular in Franco for a great number
of years. $
HAS "DE ANIMAL ELECTRIC. "
Sadie de Boise Tells How Hypnotism
Stunt IB Worked.
Sadie do Doise , Norfolk's oldest col
ored resident , who claims to have
lived in this city for thirty-five years
related yesterday to a number o
friends that she really hypnotized two
lambs which followed her about the
streets of Norfolk some years ago
"with kindness" and with "anlmo
electricity" which she declared Is pos
sessed by hypnotists.
Sadie declared that Prof. Gllpln
who was In the city some time ago
and put u young man to Bleep fo
many hours in the Krahn'a show win
dow by long distance telephone , really
possessed nothing more than "anlma
electricity" and "kindness , " with
which possession it was an easy fea
to put any one to sleep. Hero's he
description of how a person is hypno
tired by long distance : a
"Yuh see , all yuh got ter have la dl
yor animal electric and kindness.
hed my lambs BO hypnotized that dey
follorcd me all around de whole town. 8
NotKirEquaJs *
Old Dutch
For Cleanup Milk
Pails artel
Cream Separators , Miclion
and Cooking Utensils
"Wet the article , sprinkle with
Old Dutch Cleanser , wash thorough
ly with a cloth or brush. Rinse
well in clean water and wipe or let
stand to dry. This removes dis
coloration , corroslan , spots and
grease , such as ordinary cleansers
will not remove and does it quicker
and easier. "
Cleai\sScrub
5cour3Polishes
It is the best all-'round cleanser
ever discovered and is perfectly
harmless. It keeps everything
about the farm house spick and
span and saves a lot of labor ,
time , expense.
Avoid caustic and
acid clcanere.
{ Not a walk
ing jtowder. )
1O4
[ 'hat hypnotist man dat was here de
ider day had dls yor animal electric
mil he done tel dat kid to lay down In
at bed and link and tlnk of sleep.
) en the inagnut what's In the tele-
' hone ' ' hod something to do wld It too ,
mil when dat guy .sod sleep kid , kor-
lunk down , he drapped and slop until
lue
e guy come hero and tolo do kid to
jot up. It's easy when you know
low and got dat animal electric. 1
cln make most any kind of animal do
vhat I want him to do with Jos kind-
icss. I Hook into his eyes and say
come he/e you lamb , " and ho comes
rottin' to me. Dat's the animal elec-
rle. All 1 got to do in to call ono by
lis own name and de other Jes stan
still so easy until I say 'como here
on , ' and den he comes. "
Electric Company's Books Seized.
Now York , Feb. 25. The local office
of the Westlnghouso Electric and Man-
ifacturlng company received the fol-
owing cablegram from Manager Me-
Carter of the St. Petersburg branch in
eference to the seizure by the Rus
sian police of the books and docu-
nents of the company : "Our position
satisfactory. All companies having
nrgo contracts with municipalities
iiive had their books and papers taken
'or investigation by a special commis
sion appointed by the government. "
Another Tropical Revolution.
Buenos Ayres , Feb. 25. Advlcea re
ceived hero today state that another
revolution has begun In Paraguay.
Nels Hanson Now Prohibition Talker.
From cigar salesman to lecturer on
the prohibition platform Is the record
of Nels Hanson , a well known saloon-
st and cigar salesman who five years
ago disappeared from Norfolk after
'stinging" his friends and a number
of business men for various sums.
News of Hanson Is brought to- Nor
folk for the llrst time In a number of
years , from very good authority. A
traveling salesman who know Hanson
well in Norfolk wan surprised when
accosted in a fashionable hotel in a
Texas city by Hanson.
The former cigar salesman and sn-
loonlst was garbed in a beautiful
Prince Albert coat , n tall silk hat and
plenty of Jewelry. He lost no time in
tolling his friend from the- north of bin
good fortune and how much money ho
was making telling the- people of the
Bouth why they should not drink
liquor of any kind. He exhibited a
contract under which he was lecturing
which showed that Hanson receives
$500 for three speeches.
"If I ever go broke I'm going to
make money by making prohibition
speeches , " Hanson told a Norfolk
friend just before disappearing and it
seems that ho is "making good. " All
of Hanson's friends hero know that
ho is capable of making money and
also of spending it.
"I'll bet he Is tanked every night , "
says one of his friends.
After selling his saloon at Stuart ,
Neb. , where he Is well known , Hanson
accepted a position as cigar salesman
for the Dutlel Cigar company of Lin
coln and became known through this
territory as a most successful and per
sistent salesman. He refused to talk
business In a saloon until ha had
shown himself to be a good spender
and at the same time refused to
until he had sold about 5,000 cigars.
He gave a number of champagne
suppora In Norfolk and when at Stu
art he often took hla friends to Sioux
City at his own expense to ahow them
good time.
One night he and hla family disap
peared and It Memo that this is the
first news Norfolk has had of him
rn.Blnce ,