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9 LIS ON GAMBLING WEBSTER STATUE AT CONCORD THE SUNDAY OREGQNIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 12, 1908. WOODARD, CLARKE 6 COMPANY COR. 4th ANQ WASHINGTON STS. W00DARD, CLARKE 6 COMPANY COR. 4th AND WASHINGTON STS. TELEPHONE YOUR ORDERS TO EXCHANGE 11. OR HOME PHONE A6171-A6I72. FREE DELIVERY I Council Bluffs Frank About Its Depravity. Do Wot Miss These Great Soap Bargains i CRUSADERS BEGIN ATTACK Iowa Town Wlrose Gambling-Houses Thrive on Earnings of Omalia and Other Places Backed . bv Church Members. COUNCIL BLUFFS. la.. Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) The Monte Carlo, of the Middle West, which for 15 years has thrived Jn this city, and over whose heterogeneous assortment of gaming tables it is esti mated millions of dollars have passed, appears to be in a fair way to be caught in the swiff current of reform which has been sweeping the country, and pass out of existence. Asserting that Council Bluffs is ruled by the gamblers, the Min isterial Association of the city has taken up the gauntlet and from now on will, according to a prominent member of the association, give its best attention to re moving what they characterize as a "stigma on the fair city on the Missouri, founded by the Mormons -and built up to its present pretentious dimensions by the Gentiles." The first step was taken ten days ago, when the Ministerial Association called a pedal meeting, to which Mayor McCrea, Chief of Police Richmond, City Treasurer True and other city officials were in vited. The doors were closed- to news paper men, but the proceedings were later given to the press. The startling revela tion was made that the city administra tion has for years depended on the con tributions of gambling houses, made in the way of fines, and other similar vices, and the receipts trom saloon licenses, for one-half of Its entire running expenses. City Treasurer True and other city offi cials expressed the belief that with a strict enforcement of the Iowa mulct law and the closing of gambling houses and similar institutions, the city would have to be run practically without police pro tection. Iowa's Only Gambling Town. Council Bluffs is one of the belated cities of Iowa, and of the country for that matter, to consider, seriously, the matter o -closing up gambling houses. In. no othei.:lty of the country have gam bling institution been given a wider berth, and in no other city have they flourished more than here. Backed by the popula tion of Omaha and South Omaha, and many smaller towns in the Immediate vi cinity, four large clubs, all within half a block of each other and all within a hundred feet of the busiest corner in the city, are run "wide open" without police interference. Two blocks west a fifth club is headquarters for the colored race. The expenses of these places amount to not less than a quarter of a million dol lars a year. To this may be added fines amounting to tio.OOO. and other expenses such as "hush money," another $25,000. It is easily plain that the receipts in a year run far Into six figures, and some have estimated- them as high as a mil lion dollars a year. Church Members 'Approve Games. With this immense amount of money flowing into the town, the .reformers have learned that they 'have a long, hard fight before them. Every person inter ested In the retention of the gambling houses says that they keep the town alive. Indeed, the' city officials told the Ministerial Association that they were supported In their stand for a continuance of these places by many prominent church men. and had accepted tiieir advice in the matter. As soon as this statement was made public the Kpworth League took up the matter and appointed two members from each league in the city to secure the names of church members who had ad vised such action. All bets are paid in checks in the larger clubs. No money Is In sight, except .when a player buys checks or "cashes in." The proprietors admit that a limit is placed on bets. The fact that no person is permitted to "shoot" more than $10 at a single throw at the crap table, or to place more than a dollar on a number at roulette, marks the precision with which the proprietors have figured out what is required to keep down the win nings. One of the leading gamblers ex plained this fact like this: Moderation In Their Greed. "We don't want to win all the money at one time. If we did so, the business soon would be spoiled. Gambling in Council Bluffs is an established busi ness, and we expect to malnt'iAn it as such. Saratoga, Hot Springs, Denver and other cities were killed 1 heavy play and other gambling houses rmve gone the same route. And then, when the losses are small, we have fewer complaints." The people of Council Bluffs, generally accept gambling as an institution, and many of them freely admit that it is through them that they are able to get some Omaha money. Several politicians of prominence, one or two bankers and other men of standing in the community are said to have monetary Interests In the clubs, and it 1b true that in many Instances prominent business men "wink the other eye" when anything is said nbout closing up gambling houses. MILITIA COMPANY TROUBLE Explanation Is Made for Company G, National Guard, Washington. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. ll.-(To the Editor.) Colonel Joint Kenxie. inspector of militia for the State of Washington, summarily disbanded Company G of this city. This caused considerable dissatis faction. Later Colonel Kenxie made a statement through The Oregonian to the effect that the officers of Company G were "run" by the regular soldiers who were discharged from the regular Army and who had afterward Joined the militia. This charge is disputed by the officers and men of Company G and the following statement is submitted and signed by the Sergeant of Company G: In answer to Colonel John Kenxie's statement in The Oregonian of January 5. for the benefit of the public who might be Interested in the matter of the disbandment of Company G, at Van couver. Wash.,- It may be well to say that the Colonel must have been misinformed in regard to the number of men who have been trained in the regular Army and who now compose the membership of Company G. when the statement Is made that "the company was disbanded be cause of the fact that the majority of the enlisted men In it were men who were trained In the regular Army, while the office were young and Inexperienced men." " It may be that from appearances, the majority of the soldiers are old veterans. But In fact there are but four private soldiers of the company who have served In the regular Army. Three of these have been non-commissioned officers in the company until recently, when they resigned on account of being unable to attend drill regularly. In the statement made in The Or- t;".;:'- iBlSlilillill flllllllililll' wmmm .mamm lllliliilg; JH 1 J - ' v - l , , ft y In view oT the fact that the American Patriotic CliJb is to celebrate Daniel Web ster's birthday with a dinner at the Hotel Portland next Saturday evening, a pic ture of the 'Webster statue at Concord, N. H.. is timely. This statue .stands in front of the State House and is of bronze, . with a . granite pedestal. It -was presented to the State of New Hampshire by Benjamin Pierce Cheney, and executed by the sculptor, Thomas Bail. Cast in Munich, Germany, It was regarded as so perfect a work of art that it was iplaced on exhibition there by general request. The unveiling and dedication of this statue took place- June 17, 1S86. It was a notable event in the history of the Gran ite State. The venerable George W. Nesmith, ex-Senator from New Hamp shire, presided, and the orator of the day was President Samuel C. Bartlett, of Dartmouth College. Webster's alma ma ter. The Rt. Rev. William W. Niles, D. D., bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New HsinpsM. offered the opening prayer and addresses were deliv ered by Governors Moody Currier, of New Hampshire: David B. Hill, of New York, and George D. Robfnson, of Massachu setts, besides other dS'Stlnguished men. Among those havbrig a place on the program wan the Rev. William C. Shep pard, now rector of St.. Luke's Episcopal Church, Vancouver, 'ash.. but at that time a college studemt. and residing ht Massachusetts, although a native of New Hampshire. He had been chosen the poet of the occasion, ' and the original poem which he r&d in the course of the dedicatory ceremonies fonows: ODE TO IHMEL WEBSTER. O fair New Hampshire's noblest boo. The mighty, glorious, and great. Most cherished or thy native state. The immortal and the sodlik'i one! To thee we rear the modest token. Of love and gratitude and praise. And offer speech and song and lays: - - But speak and sing 'in accents- broken. We pra-tse thee for thy strong right arm. On which the Nation leaned secure; Thy heart so tender, fond, and pure, That loved her with a love so warm; And for thy tongue ao eloquent, . And full of sweetest melody. Whose tones rang out from sea to sea Enrapturing a continent. . Thy hand Columbia's lyre swept o'er, ' . And made all Jarring notes agree; . - Awoke the strains of liberty And unity for evermore. What though thy body's by the sea. Beneath the Pilgrim's hallowed hill? Thou ever llvesv llvest still, Enshrined la grateful memory. Within thine arms the Nation lies; Thy mighty heart-throbs yet she feels; ' And as- of old thy music peals . Throughout the land, along the skies. ; Descend, ascend, ye cherubim. Upon the ladder of his glory. And bear aloft to God the story. Our praises for the gift of him v Him! him! Columbia's greatest son". The mighty, glorious, and grand. Most cherished of his native land The godlike and immortal one! gonian. ' the officers ar referred to as "young and inexperience! men." In con tradiction of this. I will say that the officers, with few exceptions, are from three to ten years the seniors of the en listed men. in point of .age. The Captain has had about eight yean;., experience hi the National Guard and has been a com missioned officer for four years. He has also had the advantage of a thorough course of training at the regular Army officers' school, at Vancouver Barracks. The First Lieutenant is a man of splen did record in the regular Army, having served eight years as an enlisted man, a large portion of which service was as Battalion Sergeant-Major in the Nine teenth United States Infantry. He has also served two years as a commissioned officer In the National Guard It was also charged that on account of the number, of regulars conmseted with, the company, the disipline of Company G was lax. This is- as far fVom being correct ns In either of the alTore-men-tloned subjects. It is a matter of com mon knowledge that the men yrho have seen service in the regular Army are far more susceptible to discipline than the recruit who has been in tt-e habit of doing as lie pleased. It is true that not long ago lat non commissioned officers, school, oC which Colonel Kenxie . was Instructor, a Cor poral of Company G, who had seen some service with the regular Army, ques tioned the Colonel's interpretation of a certain movement in the guard manual, Chough the Corporal little thought he was paving the way to the destruction of the com pany. It is not the- Intention of the members of Company G to pose as a perfect -.military organization,- but It Is not an easy matter to be compelled to face the chs rge of disbandment after a long, .hard strug gle to do- the best possible under "the. circumstances. ' I wish to say in defense of Colotxei Kenxie that he has a hard position to fill and when Instructed by politicians to disband the company, it was not an ea.v matter to find an excuse that would ext actlv fit the occasion. 1 A SERGEANT, COM PANT 'G. N. G. W. FORTUNE FOR SHOEMAKER E BASED ON AGE PARISIAN' SUES BECAUSE BRIDE DECEIVED HIM. Through Mother's Brother Gets Con trol of Vast Amount. BERLIN. Dec. 2S. Here's an interest ing sto.ry of a shoemaker's luck. He re sides in Munich, and was in poor circum stances. A few days ago his wife took a pair of shoes to Hausen. In the village she saw a paper which announced that Jonas Hederich had died in America two years ago at the age of 9S. leaving a will In the following terms: "I die without heirs. It will be 'neces sary to find collateral heirs in Bavaria. Seventy-three years ago I emigrated from the village of Hausen, near Eversburg, with small means. By speculating in land I acquired a fortune of J1.12S.O0O." The shoemaker's wife returned to Mu nich and told her husband what she had read. The shoemaker remembered that his mother was called Hederich. He con sulted a lawyer, who established the fact that the dead American millionaire was the only brother of the shoemaker's mother. Hederich had escaped to Amer ica after killing a young peasant In a quarrel. - l-HOTO CALENDARS HALF PRICK. 10c up. Kiser. tis Alder sU When He Finds Wife Is Older Than . . She . . Said, Husband Alleges "Mistaken Identity." PARIS, Jan. 11. (Special.) After sad experiences in his youth a provin cial official determined to contract a marriage in which he would have naught to fear In his riper years from the frivolity of a young- bride. But now he is suing his bride. Not that she is of unsafe age. On the contrary, his grievance is that her age is only too safe. He wanted a mature bride. but had not bargained for an excess of. maturity. When he first met her, three years ago. It was In her drawing room at teatime, by the mellow light of shaded lamps, and when she men tioned that she was 33 it sounded plausible. He was then 33 and the difference in ages was not too great to be got over. Six weeks later he led his blushing bride to the altar, and two minutes before saying the fatal word discov ered her to have been born in 1858. She was 46 instead of 39. and the reve lation was a shock. Still he said yea, "as it seemed too late to back out," and she became his wife. He made other discoveries. Creditors poured in. and records of his wife's past came to his knowledge. He had not expected that at 4S she had no past, but she appeared to have more of a past than he was prepared for. Three convictions were proved against her, and she had been famous in the demi-monde for ten years. One day his brother-in-law said thoughtlessly befoVe him, "Our mother, who died In 185.' This was a fresh blow. How could his wife have been, born in 1858 if her mother died in 1S56? She con fessed then that her birth dated back to 1848. She was ten years older than he thought when he married her, and 17 years older than she told him when he proposed to her. --. He wondered how much older she n-ught not become If he went od - mak ing discoveries and brought this ac tion. He petitions for annulment of the -marriage on the ground of "mis taken identity." The wife rejoins that he knew very well what he was doing wben he married her. "I don't care if she is 80, I will marry her. I want the motiey." he told a third party, according-, to one witness. Besides, he said many Parisians were still charmed by start' of 60. A member of Parliament, whc". signed the register at the wed ding,' said that if the bridegroom did not gtiess his bride's age. he was the only one who did not. Mattxa Demange argues that decep tion fit age. even if proved, could not amount to a substitution of persons, and thtxt the suit must fail. The woman wa sth3 same woman, even though she turned - out to be 60, instead of Just over 40. as plaintiff pretended he be lieved h-er. 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Deprecates Calling to the Utmost and Declares It Elicits the Su perlative of Cowardice. LONDON. Jan. 4. "Of all the qualities of man I find nothing so astonishing as his sheepishness, docility and cowardice. When these qualities are developed to their utmost by civilization and poverty in the middle class you get the clerk. I have been a clerk on a stool in a very genteel office myself, and probably I would have been there yet if I had not broken loose in defiance of all prudence and become a professional roan." . That is pert of an interesting article by George Bernard Sbaw, based on a chapter in his life and apparently intend ed to call attention to his greatness. But on closer scrutiny all this is seen to be one of Mr. Shaw's characteristic show man's tricks for arousing his reader's in terest before preaching a serious doctrine. So, after leading up to a hard rap at the poor middle-class parents who over estimate the dignity of clerkships and under-estimate the dignity of labor, Mr. Shaw continues: "You cannot make an Arab a clerk; you cannot make a North American a clerk, but you. can make an imperial English man a clerk quite easily. All you have, to do is to drop him into a poor middle class family with a father who cannot afford to keep him, give him capital to start in life with or carry his educa tion beyond the elementary stage, but who would yet be disgraced If the son be came 'a workingman .Given these cir cumstances, what can the poor wretch do but become a clerk? "In a genteel modification of this course I became a clerk myself. My father was a corn merchant and mlllowner, and, like 99 men out of 100. . pursued a routine he didn't know anything about and attrib uted his difficulties vaguely to want of capital. He landed In the bankruptcy court, and as a result I spent 44 years in an office before I was 20 years old. "I may have had a comparatively, easy time, but I didn't get much pay as a clerk, of course, I was always learning' even though I reached a position of re sponsibility. One of the worst things about being a clerk, I found, was that I always dreamed myself back in the office during sleeping hours, my employer thus swindling me by annexing a portion of my out-of-ofBce time. "One of ray clerkly acquaintances was an ancient bookkeeper long since dead whom I asked one day if he intended to make a bookkeeper of his son. He was usually mild-mannered, but suddenly he became vehement to the verge of fury and declared that, rather than see fiis son a clerk, he would have let him die in the cradle. I wondered whether there was any clerk alive who really liked being, a clerk and who would choose that occupa tion for his son. "When the bookkeeper died my em ployer offered me his Job, but I refused. He wanted my place for a relative." attend Rosenthal's great clearance sale for fine shoe bargains. Spectacles 11.00 at MeUger's. AFTER COIAUGHT FAVOR TWO IADIES VERY MUCH AT RIVALRY. Mrs. Leslie Springs Coup Over Mrs. Maxwell by Accompanying Fam ily to Malta for the Winter. LONDON, Jan. 10. The "Connaughts' American menage," say the society wits when they speak of Mrs. "Jack" Leslie and Lady Maxwell, without one or the other of whom the Duke and the Duchess of Connaught seem reluctant to cross the street. The rivalry between Mrs. Leslie (nee Jerome) and Lady Maxwell (formerly Sellna Bonyngs) for undisputed posses sion of the Connaught family excites amusement among the two women's friends. They believed Mrs. Leslie to be the one indispensable to the Connaughts until Lady Maxwell got in the good graces of the Duchess, who, people say, rather resented Mrs. Leslie's "bossing" the fam ily, particularly the Duke. Lady Max well, more diplomatic, does not try to manage the King's brother and his wife, carefully avoiding any proprietorial airs. The betting was all on Lady Maxwell, and Mrs. Leslie'6 fondest friends and dearest enemies were awaiting her final discomfiture, when .she made a splendid coup this week. She left London with the Connaughts for Malta, and it was thoughtfully an nounced that she was "going all the way with them" which, the wits said, she has been doing for some time. Lady Max well went no further than the railway station with the Connauguis' other friends to see them off. Two days afterward 4he newspapers an nounced that Mrs. Leslie had returned from Paris, an announcement so gratui tous that it is suspected an enemy of Mrs. Leslie prompted it. It was immedi ately whispered, too, that Mrs. Leslie had a row with the Duchess. However, this counter blast was given publicly: "Mrs. Jack Leslie will be the guest of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught in Malta until Spring." It remains only to add that Lady Max well has been invited to visit their royal highnesses but for a short period. AGED PAIR IN ELOPEMENT Man of 80 Runs Away With a Bride of 72. GENEVA. Jan. 11. (Special.) Being re fused permission to marry, a man aged 80 and a woman aged 72, eloped from a home for aged people at the little town of Dorn birn, near Lake Constance. The couple were married and passed a week away from the home. Having spent all their money they then returned, and as they agreed to live separately were allowed to re-occupy their former quarters. Norwegian Storthing Meets. chkistiania, Jan. if. i ne nrsr session of the Storthing was held to day. The sitting was brief, as the ceremonial opening by King Haakon In person will not take place until Janu ary 13. M. Berner was re-elected presl. dent.
