Lincoln County leader., March 13, 1908, Image 2

DWINDLING OF ARMY
MES CUE TO CRITICS
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.Military Men Say Force It Reduced
Beyond Point of Safety for
the Nation.
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NEED OF EEFOEM IN SERVICE.
Low Fay and Requirement of Hard
Practice Marches Are Main
Points of Attack.
Tbe War and Navy Departments are
trying to reach nn agreement by which
tbe marines are to be withdrawn from
the Isthmus of Panama and two regi
ments of Infantry are to be sent to take
tbelr places as guards. It Is fully ex
pected that before long two regiments
or foot will be on their way to the
canal zone. This diverting of army
regulars to a new field will mean that
the forces In the United Statesaro to
be depleted beyond that which officers
believe to be the danger point
The Infantry problem Is one of the
most serious factors In the greater
problem of the army's Weakness. On
paper we are supposed to have 30,000
Infantrymen, but In truth we have noth
ing like that number, and unless tbe
Increase of pay bill pass Congress, It Is
perfectly evident that the ranks will
bo thinned still further. An army offi
cer who knows conditions tells a Wash
ington correspondent that in a case of
emergency there would be less than
7,000 Infantrymen who could be brought
with anything like dispatch to any
threatened point within the limits of
the United States proper.
There are two-chief army measures
now before Congress, one dealing with
the matter of the Increase of pay and
the other dealing with the matter of
the Increase of the Infantry. A corre
spondent says there is precious little
hope that both bills can pass. It prob
ably would be folly to pass the second
bill without passing the first, for it
would be useless to provide for an in
crease In the ranks if no inducements
were held out by which the Increase
:ouId be effected.
Objection to Armr Life.
Interviews with enlisted men disclose
three chief objections to army life, nnd,
In order cf numerical precedent, they
rank like this:
Monthly practice marches.
Poor pay.
Non-military duty required of the en
Hfcted men.
Some of the ranking officers of the
army have inveighed constantly against
what they call the folly of the frequent
practice marches. The men are kept in
flue physical condition and ns hard as
walnuts through the dally drills, the
guard duty, the good food, and the reg-
ular living generally. Yet they are
compelled at least once a month to
h'ke out on the road under heavy bur
dens nnd trying conditions for the pur
pose of keeping In trim so that they
win be ready for the field in case of
hostilities. The practice march, fairly
long continued and to come nt lonij in
tervals, hns Its uses, and the men like
It ; but they don't like It coming as It
does every three Br four weeks.
COAL MINE EXPLOSION.
New Theory Advanced as to the
Conditions Producing Them.
Experts who have made investiga
tions of the recent mine disasters, not
ably those of Mouongah and Jacob's
Creek, have come to the conclusion
that tbe explosions are caused by cli
matic conditions.
Supporting the position taken, It is
a noticeable fact, they say, that the
recent catastrophes have occurred at
about tbe same hour in the day, In a
rone of certain altitude, in about the
same longitude "and in places where
climatic conditions are similar. The
majority of the mines operated to
lay are below tbe level of the streams
In the same sections, and, owing to the
moisture, the outside air forced Into
-the mines by the fans has been laden
wlth carbon dioxide moisture and oth
er impurities.
1 It Is suggested that if the air forced
Into the mines was gathered from a
higher stratum and was heated suffi
ciently and otherwise treated to re
move the Impurities the accidents
would be less numerous during tbe
change of seasons. Proper ventila
tion with this purified air, It Is be
lieved, will remove to a great extent
tbe coal dust and explosive gases
which are found to a certain extent
n every mine..
- The Burlington and Union Pacific will
take porters oil chair cars and do away
with Bagmen on soma of their passenger
trains, according to a dispatch from
Omaha, retrenchment Is given ath
reason. -. ,
THE NEW CHINATOWN.
Oriental Quarter Arises on the Old
Bite in San Francisco.
San Francisco's new Chlnntowu
which has arisen on the ruins of the
old Is ready for occupancy and Is rap
Idly filling up with merchants and
tradesmen who were scattered to the
four winds by the terrible earthquake
and fire of a year and a half ago. All
movements looking toward the. trans
fer of tbe Chinese to a less desirable
part of the city failed utterly, and the
new Chinatown has risen on the site Of
the old, under the shadow of Nob Hill
and touching shoulders with the finan
cial district" In the first flush of hope
after the catastrophe several plans
were evolved for moving Chinatown out
toward Telegraph Hill or to some suit
able part of the Mission district. The
site of old Chijiatown was needed for
the expansion of the Qjmuclal district
One thing stood in the way of this pnrt
of the "city beautiful" dream. Chi
nese firms and wealthy Mongolian Indi
viduals owned much of the property in
Chinatown. They were satisfied with
the site of their quarter. It was near
the big hotels patronized by eastern
tourists, and It was not too far from
the water front whence tbelr goods
came. The Chinese refused to sell and
straightway set about rebuilding.
There Is a reason why Chlnntown
was rebuilt before the other parts, of
the burned area, even before Market
street had been repaved. The Chinese
properly nwnprs had no trouble in get
ting ready cash. They did not try to
borrow from San Francisco banks or
even froni New York money lenders.
The first stenuier to China carried long
letters describing the situation. In
closed were drafts on the treasurer of
the company which backed the San
Francisco flrmR. The return steamer
brought the gold that was needed and
the Chinese could tell their contractors
to go ahead.
The building department and the
health authorities insisted that the new
Chinatown be built according to law
and the new Chinatown has, of course,
lost such plcturesqueness'as was found
in the dirt and the squalor and the
tumbledown effect of the old buildings.
To offset tlii& however, there will be a
heavy gain In healthfulness. -
ILIT!iei
Jackson Day at Chicago was a far
different affair from that of he New
York gathering. There the banquet giv
en by the Jefferson Club was the scene
of a Bryan love feast, in which 000 Dem
ocrats cheered riotously the words of the
Nebraskan.
The Ohio Republican Stato Central
Committee at its recent meeting decided
to give the members of the party an od-
portunity to express by direct vote their
choice for a presidential candidate on
March 11, when delegates to tbe Republi
can State convention will be selected.
Senator Foraker has issued a statement
declaring that he will not abide by this
action of the committee.
The- first open declaration of the con
servative Democrats of the East who are
known to be unfriendly to the candidacy
of William J. Bryan took shape at the
Jackson Day dinner of the National
Democratic Club at New York. Ex
Preaideut Cleveland sent a letter of re
gret, in which, after expressing his In
terest -in the success of the party, he
-said : "Our country needs conservatism,
recuperation from nervous' prostration, re
instatement of constitutional observance,
buoyant, but none the less safe and pru
dent, Americanism; scrupulous care of
every person and every interest entitled
to care, and a "square deal" that means
exact and honest equality before the law
and under constitutional guarantee."
After his return home from Washing
ton Mayor Dahlman of Omaha gave to the
press a corrected statement of his much
discussed interview with President Roose
velt. According to this the President
nflid: "Tell the boys out West that this
financial panic is being placed on my
shoulders by reason of the position I
have taken. If this is true, it shows that
we are on a rotten foundation, and it only
came a few months sooner than it would
have done otherwise, and it shows we
needed a housecleaning. You can tell
them also that I don't care what ex-Judges
or Judges or ex-Governors or Governors
ay about it." Mayor Dahlman says that
as this was spoken In the presence of
eight or ten other persons as a message
to the West, he felt free to give It out.
Secretary Taft, who will soon begin the
preparation of an extended report on his
observations in the Philippines, in a re
cent Interview expressed himself as highly
pleased with the progress already made
in the islands. Peace, he says, prevails
throughout the Philippines to a greater
extent than ever before In their history,
and agriculture is proceeding without fear
from predatory bands. lie finds the na
tives receptive to education and to mod'
crn western conccptjons of religion and
politics, and says there is no difference
between the educated and the ignorant
Filipino that cannot be overcome by tbe
education of one generation. The Secre
tary thinks the Deonle should not he In.
trusted with self-government until their
Drlmarv and industrial education is com-
'plete, and this may require more than a
'generation owing to a lack of funds for
educational purposes.
The Signal Corps of the War Depart
ment has made public specifications for
tbe construction of a dirigible balloon
to be Used in a Serlea of twin At Fort
Myer next spring, proposals for fur
nishing the balloon will be opened at
the department on Jan. 15 next The
balloon Is to consist of a gas baj of
silk, to be covered with an aluminum
preparation. Tbt material for the bag
and tbe hydrogen with which It will be
Inflated will be furnished by the gov
ernment The dimensions and sbap3 of
the bag will be left to the bidders,
cept that the length inust not exci!ed
1JO feet It must be designed to carrj
two persons having a combined weight
of 350 pounds; also at least 100 pounds
of ballast. A sieed of twentv miles an
hour in still air Is desired, and the
scheme of ascending, descending and
maintaining equilibrium must be based
on shifting weights, movable planes or
some method which will not necessi
tate balancing or changing of position
by- the aeronaut The balloon must
have all the fittings necessary for suc
cessful and continuous flights'. . It will
be accepted only after a trial flight to
to held at Tort lljvc next Epr'.ns.
In a recent address at New York
City Francis E. Leupp, commissioner of
Indian affairs, took occasion to reply to
some of the criticisms that have been
made regarding the treatment of the
Indians by his bureau. He outlined
tbe present policy of the government as
that of absorbing the Indian Into the
white man's civilization, thus reversing
the old policy of assisting him in bis
ardent desire of kj'ping as separate
from the white lual as be--pos!bly
could. He expressed the opinion that
the final solution of the problem would
be reached by Intermarriage. He de
scribed the success of the government
in making tbe Indian work; even the
Utes, he said, were now working on the
railroads and helping to build up the
country of which they were a part. The
commissioner said it was- true that
about 85 per cent of the Indians that
went to Indian schools, such as Car-1
lisle and others, and went buck to the 6,000 in one year, that he is now corn
reservations sooner or later reverted to pelled to protect himself and his work
the blanket But their children started from the Invasion of sightseers. Re
away ahead of where their parents did cently he got out a circular announcing
so that the Bchoollug was by no moans ' that he has nothing for sale and must
vasted.
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An unusual view of the army haw
lately been presented In a complaint
over the decrease In strength of the
const artillery regiments. The Tenth
Companyj for instance, which mustered
a hundred and one men In 1900, was
able to get out only fourteen in the
ranks In October. The explanation of- tlon, letters were neglected and tcle
fered Is that the men In the const nrtll- grams delayed. Meals were taken
lery receive training in some brunch of standing, sleep wns disturbed and
mechanics, nnd can get employment health was Jeopardized. The question
outside at good wages. One officer In-' arose: "Should he continue his vnlua
structed his company In' the art of tel-, ble work of research undisturbed, or
ephone repairing, and made the men
so efficient that the telephone company
In the neighboring city offered them swer is found at every gate announcing
sixty and seventy dollars a month, and that positively no visitors will be al
in some cases bought the discharge of t lowed and that all trespassers will be
tne men, so mat tney mignt Degm worn
before their enlistment expired. If the
army can trnin Its men. as effectively
as this, it ought to be a pretty good
vtaool.
If there are not forty-eight start.
on the flag within a year or two it
will not be for lack of effort on the
part of Arizona and New Mexico. A
convention of delegates' from every
part of Now Mexico ndopted resolu
tions the other day demanding tbe ad
mission of the territory ns a State.
The governor of Arizona has reported
that the statehood sentiment in that
territory is stronger than ever before.
Bills were Introduced In the Senate on
the first working-day of the session of
Congress, providing for the creation
of two new States out of the territo
ries. As the effort- to pass a joint
statehood bill has beeji abandoned, it
is now necessary for the two terrlto-
rles to convince Congress thnt they are
worthy to be admitted to the family of
States.
According to Terence V. Powder,
formerly grand master of the Knights
of Labor nnd now connected with the
government Bureau of Immigration, ex
tensive railroad building in Italy, the
approach of the presidential election
and scare headlines In the newspapers,
aside from the financial flurry, are the
eaunes for the present exodus of alU-ns
from the United States. "No alarm
need be felt because of the ebb In the
tide," he says. "There Is more work
to do In this country than there ever
was before; there is a necessity for
men and women to do it, and the first
months of the next year will see a re
turn of aliens, who will be able to find
remunerative employment hi this coun
try." r
CALLFOENTA PLANT WIZARD.
Man Whose Work la Of Tremendous
Value o the People.
Probably no other man in the world
approaches Luther Burbank of Cali
fornia as an expert in plant life. - Ills !
remarkable and wholesale experiments
have been going on for many years and
have resulted In a benefit to humanity
which can be reckoned only In the
hundreds of millions of dollars. By
election and crossing he has not only
vastly Improved a large variety of
vegetables, grain, fruit, nuts and flow
ers, but he has actually succeeded In
producing new species of a value far
transcending thnt of either of the par
ent originals. By changing the nature
of the fruits themselves he has largely
extended tbe areas of their profitable
cultivation. For example, oranges can
now be grown in territories where for
merly frosts made it impossible. He
has "Invented" grains' and grasses
which flourish In lands formerly con
sidered worthless deserts. He hns elim
inated seeds from certain fruits, there
by greatly increasing their value. He
has produced nn edible thornless oac
tua capable of supplying forage for
countless herds on the arid plains and
even available as food for man.
As a result of his fame his experl-
mental farms have become the Mecca
of everyone who by any chance gets
within traveling distance of them.
Heretofore Mr. Burbank has tried to
extend every hospitality and conven-
lence to his visitors, but they have
grown in numbers to such an extent,
deny visitors the courtesy formerly ex
tended.
Because of the army of visitors all
t the Important experimental work was
delayed beyond recall ; grounds were
' overrun by-crowds from daylight till
10 o'clock at night; there was no rest
for him or his employes day or night
Rare plants died from lack of atten-
should he submit to being murdered
piecemeal as a showman?" The an-
orosecutea. utiea Globe.
Blank!
A New Orleans woman, well-knowii
for her work for charity, recently ac
cepted an Invitation to speak at an
.antituberculosis meeting. On the plat-
form she found herself seated between
' a blshon and a rabbi, and the tone of
the meeting seemed to be rendered ex
tremely solemn by the combination.
In order to lighten the solemnity,
she said, turnlnjrto the rabbi, "Do you
know, I feel as if I were a leaf between
the Old and New Testaments." '
The rabbi turned a sad-eyed gaze
upon her. !
"Yes, madam," he said, "and, if you
will recall, that page Is usually a blank
ne." -
The Trouble with Carr.
"I rather like your friend," Mr
Page said, graciously, after Carr had
Bone home. "He Is good-looking and
agreeable, but you can't call him a
brilliant conversationalist. The Law
ton girls talked all around him."
"Unfortunately," replied Mr. Page,
"Carr cannot talk on a subject unless
he knows something about it."
Born that War.
"Uncle Amos, how did your boss ao
quire his title of colonel?"
"Dat goes wlf de plantation, Bah. All
his antcesters wuz cunuels befo' hlr
tin.
In Reach of 'All.
Though eatables of every kind
Must now be dearly bought.
The poorest man among us still
May have most food for thought
-Kansas City Times.
Many a man knows from experience
that It is far easier to find a wife than
it la to lose her.
The Jar of
Coughing
Hammer blows, steadily apn
plied, break the hardest rock.
Coughing, day after day, jars
and tears the throat and lungs
ntll the healthy tissues give
way. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
stops the coughing, and heals
the torn membranes.
"I always keep Ajer't Cherry Pectoral la
tht house. It five pcifecc rellof whsneror
any of m hay conshs or hard colds. I hr-t
ntod It for a jcrtAt mam jenra and to knT
all about it." SI as. VaI ODitariL..x,Vr".
Vtr.l:Y.
Had by J. O. Ayor Co., UiraU, Mm.
SAStSAPARIUA.
PILLS.
HAIR viooa.
iters
Biliousness, constipation retard re
covery, vure ineso witn Ayer's puis.
" Ita Lasting Effect.
"Ripsling, did you ever convert ny-
body to your way of thinking by your
street corner oratory?
"I know of one, anyhow, and it mads
a changed man of him."
"What is he doing now?"
"He's in tbe insane asylum, Ruggles,
In the insane asylum. A glimpse of the
liuiu v,ni too much for his Es2cra!:;3
intellect." -
PILtS CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT It a-uarantead to sure ant
ease of Itching. Blind. Uleedlngor Protruding
Hies In 6 to U days or money refunded. 00c
Opinion of a Coaiolstaar.
"Mr. SDOonamnre. don't von think a
kiss 205 seconds in duration is a great
deal too long to bo agreeable?"
"Well, that denenda entirelv nn rh-
r desirability of the kiasee."
Probable Osteons.
Chronic Kicker What do you supoose
would happen to your boasted fleet if It
should get into a real battle?
Phlegmatic Citizen O, I suppose we'd
get licked same as we've always been.
8prains.
Anv sudden turn or twist which mar
throw a member out of is norrrs.1 po
sition is likely to cause s sprain, whloh
is reauy a sudden and more or les rr.
ious wrench or twist nf a lionman nr
of the muscles controlling tbe liga
ments. Use hot water for bathing the
sprain ; diy the suiface and apply 8k,
Jacobs Oil as for soreness and stiffnaea.'
Redaction.
The old nag was jogging up the hlD
with the elopersc
"Xes," said the old nag, "it Is rather
tough pulling them iip to tbe parson
age, but It will be easier coming back."
"How so?" queried tbe friendly
goose at the roadside.
- "Why, can't you see that after leav
ing the parsonage two will be made
one?" Chicago News.
How's This? -
We OfferOne Hundred Dollars Reward for anv
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe hlui
nArfontlw hnnnrah'a in ! I hntidM . j
sua financially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
, ... Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.O
Inff lllMOtlv imnn th. MamI n
fares ol the system. Testimonials aent free.
riro io touib per oomw. ooia DJ all UTUgglBtA.
mc iriuuij riiu lor constipation.
Hia Personal View of It.
Admiring Constituent Senator, yon
have your own oninion of this rnrranrv
question, haven't you?
Senator LotSIlllin Yea. air. and T ntv.
pose I have answered it hundreds . of
times. It's nobody's business how a man
gets his currency.
Austrian m In p 1. 1
, r-vTiura wna res
cue chambers at mnvoni.nf i .i ..
derground. They are equipped with food
TOuvemenceg tor miners in case of
accident .
Vvupfffg$
BvxirsfSenna
acts geatlyyet prompt
ly on the bowels, cleanses
trie stemejjectualjy,,
assists one in overcoming
habitual constipati or
permanently. To get itsi
beneficial elfects.ljuv
Trie genuine. r:y.
CALIFORNIA
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