The Oregon daily journal., December 25, 1910, Page 21, Image 21

THE OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1310.
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TOMEIOFBRAINS
Lloyd George Flays : British
Lawmakers as Unfit to Rule
in Any Civilized Country on
Earth.'
1 By Paul Lambeth. '. f) v ,
' ' ' (Publlhr' Vn lnw1 Wlri'.i
London. Dec. J 4. The house of lords
may survive a few yeara but tha H la
doomed Is tbe opinion of .'thinking peo
ple throughout the empire. Until re
cently It was hated;' now It Is the butt
of ridicule. : During the recent, cam
paign the Institution got raking that
H cannot long endure, It Ji hard for
Americana to appreciate what a body
like the1 house of lords really Is. .
That stupid, useless and antiquated
Institution Is made up as follows: Three
princes,- JO dukes, 17 marjuesses, . S2
earls, 84 viscounts, 415 barons; total
788, not Including bishops of whom 2
sit In the house of lords. . Aside from
the bishops" who ar educated men the
lords, are, probably, the biggest aggre
gation of blockheads-' ever assembled
. i .... . t i
i unaer one tool ii is poeii
to listen to them when engaged In de
bate.. . - , '.''
It has been suggested by Tom Field
ers a London wit, that prisoners who
are sentenced to hard labor should be
forced to listen to the noble lords mak
ing speeches, as'' a substitute for the
hara labor end of the sentence.' About
the grainiest of the lot is the premier
peer, the duke of Norfolk, whose crea
tion dates from 1483-i-fhe fifteenth cen
tury. He is something of an old granny.
There are lords who wear bracelets and
several carry ladles 'umbrellas. Think
of such a body having absolute control
over "any "country "or even' a" voice In
any serious affair of life.--,- ' '
Bitter Attack. , , ,
One of the most effectlveiattacks ever
made upon the lords was made recently
by Lloyd George; It is worthy of repro
duction here. Comment had been made
by a Tory, on the fact' tHat Irish-Americans
were sending money to this coun
try, to be used in electing enemies of
Toryism ,to parliament. . Kepiying, sir.
George said: "Now with jrefarence to
the house of lords 11 will declare., that
no civilised people would 'tolerate such
a legislative body.; "
What I should like" to know Is "this
since when has the British .aristoc'
racy started despising - American dol
lars? I, see you understand; that
Many a noble house tottering to its
fall has had Its walls buttressed by
American dollars. I am informed' that
there is a newspaper even In .London, a
Tory newspaper,: run by-American dol
lars. ' 1 .- - 1 w.. ' -'
"France has a, senate. . The United
States has a senate. The colonies have
SUES FOR FATHER'S MONEY
F3
Prince Louise of Belgium, who ac-
cording to newa received from
- Brussels, is suing for the recovery
of $8,000,000, which had belonged
to her father, the late King Leo
pold, and is 1 now held : by the
- Nieler ; Fallback Foundation. The
K , f Belgian gorernment T also : claims
.' the money on the ground that It
,'came from tne jaeigian Congo ana
" belongs ;io';tli0''tet9.';pi4pceM
has also summoned Leopold's valet
and other, member of his entour
age to giro an accounting of the
1 three trunks ; which were myster
iously turned over at Laeken Pal
, ace . to ; Baroness Vaughan, . the
morganatic wife of Leopold, who
has since married Emanuel Dur
leux, a Frenchman. Princess Louise
alleges that the trunk were filled
, with securities and : other1 valu
- ables. Prlncess Louise Is the most
litigious and spendthrift royal per
, sonage la Europe. She is, always
1 ' , bringing a suit of defending one.
Since her father died she has re--CclYcd..ovicjuUl0iU3aQ.
from hex
father's estate, hut she is said to
tr $S,000,00, ),
LORDS I PLANS FOR GREAT HIGHWAY ACROSS STATE OF OREGON TAKING DEFINITE FORM HAPPY C 1 1 R I ST Fil AS
senates. : But they are all chosen di
rectly or Indirectly by the people. ; Let
them take a trip to Australia and per
suade the Australians to set up a house
of lords on our plan. (Laughter.) Let
us go there with them now. We will go
to Australia with a noble tariff re
former. And ; before ; we landed he
would say, "Have you a second cham
ber? They would .say, Tes.' -Then we
would say, "Would you mind telling us
how it 1 composed, and of what class
of peoplef They would Bay, 'Just the
class of people anywhere around here.
It ' Is ' elected by, all the . people, male
and female, who . are of age.' put our
tariff reform Mend would say, 'surely
you give more votes to the owners of
property than to a mere man who works
for his living? They would Bay 'No.
Then our Tory friend would y say, Is
property secure? : IWhyr; "Can e man
safely bring his capital to this country?'
And the Australian would say,,From all
I hear . It would be much safer here
than in many quarters of London.'
"The Australian would be very Im
pressed and would say, 'Ah, what Shall
Australia do to be saved? Give us an
aristocracy.' How are we to get one?'
They would say, I would say, The
easiest thing In the world. I will tell
you how we got ours. I will givej you
our oldest, monst ancient- stock, and
consequently our - bestdaughter) be
cause an aristocracy is like cheese, the
older It Is, the higher it becomes. (Great
laughter.) I will tell you how we got
our first and best quality. : A few ship,
loads of French filibusters came over
from. Normandy. They . killed all the
owners of property they could lay their
hands on. Having done so, they levied
for their own uses death duties at 100
per cent Unfortunately, their descend
ants have ; been ; cutting each other's
throats, and-4here are very few of them
left (Laughter). Consequently they
are very rare and costly; and I need
hardly assure you that such a common
and vulgar doctrine as the survival of
the fittest does not apply to thenu
(Laughter).' ' Now, that is how we
started, and we would say to the Aus
tralians, Have you anything like that?
They would say, Well, stop a minute,
we had a. few bushrangers, but we must
inform you they only . stole cattle.'
(Laughter). Oh, we would say, 'cat
tle won't do; It must be land, and that
on large scales.' j 'Well, cays the Aus
tralian, 'it really does not matter: we
hanged the last of them a short time
ago -(cheers) before they had an op
portunity of founding a family. "Have
yon any thing else T ' ' W-;- v' '
Second Choice frr.oot.,.
Well, let us give you our second
quality. Our second quality are chosen
In this way : We . had a religious re
formation In this country, and we had
certain people who took advantage of
it to appropriate to - their own uses
land and buildings which had been con
secrated to feed the needy and to tend
the sick. . There - was great distress in
the country, the poor never knew where
to tarn and after years of discontent
and hunger and famine and rebellion,
at last they set tip a system whereby
these poor people were provided for
out of the rated, and you' and I are now
paying rates In : order to make up for
the revenue which has been appropri
ated by those noble people, who rejected
our budget' And . these are the people
whose descendants hurl at us the epi
thets, of "robbers, 'thieves,' 'spoliators,'
because we dare put a tax' of a half
penny on the land they purloined.
"The home secretary and I the other
day paid a ;Vlslt to Dartmoor, and; on
that bleak,, mis-sodden upland 1 1. Saw
an old man in a convict's garb. He had
been sentenced to IS years penal servi
tude because, under the. influence of
drink, he had broken into a church and
stolen two shillings. (Cries of "shame'')
And the next time I am called a thief
and a robber by pne of these noblemen,
I will say,' Too are living now, and liv
ing well, upon the proceeds of a church
poor-box your v. ;' ancestors - J pillaged.'
(Cheers). Then -I would say to , the
Australians, "yave yon : anything to
match this?" And they would say, We
never have been quite as bad as that
In our worst . days in ; this country.'
(Lugnter. xnen i would say, "I am
afraid we cannot help- you. We have
given you. our two best qualities. JV
might go on and spread out a few more.
The peerage is created to ennoble the
indiscretions of kings. It can go on,
but it is hopeless. Don't you think you
could find an aristocracy, or something
of that sort f They would say, 'Rather
than b governed by men like that we
would have a Senate of kangaroos.'
(Laugnter boo cheers). : ' . v ;
,; Canadianc Oo Better. ;-:f
'Then I would go to Canada and ask
the Canadians the. same questions about
having a hereditary chamber made up
of very exclusive men, who did not work
or think. And if they should inquire as
to how this was to be done, I would say,
'Pick out the most ancient stock in this
land.,. They must have something to do
with the land, bat take care that they
have never; cultivated it themselves
(Laughter) neither they nor ancestors.
They must not do any work. They must
hunt. ;( ride, .shoot,;' recreations of that
sort" - 'Ah,' says the Canadian, 'we have
a sort of people who meet that descrip
tion, .mey nave never done any worlc
in their lives. They are the most an
cient stock in our country. They do
nothing all day long, year after year,
except hunt and shoot and ride never
have done a decent day's work.
: ' They are very ' stately; they are
very dignified; they are very idle. In
fact they have every qualification of an
aristocracy, but we shut them up in
reservations, to .keep them out of mls-plJoJJtJS-truejiiftjrorjt.arty-.aia
doing their best to put life Into the old
horse. They are fitting up electric wires
to his tall just to make him go for a
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Upper picture to left shows uncompleted section of Pacific highway between Seattle and Tacoma; concrete
'.'-. ;: y, bridge pictured in upper right-hand corner; below is section of completed road. .
Plans for the building of the Pacific
Highway in Oregon; are taking deflAlt
form... Promoters .of the plan believe
that; by taking Into consederatioa ar
rangements for improvement of roads
already welt under way, the north and
south road across the s tate to connect
with Washington and California sec
tions of the Pacific Highway, may be
built albng the line of the "Old Trail''
where already the roads for consider
able distances are In fairly good con
dition. The "Old Trail" follows In a
general way, the east bank of the Will
amette river. It was In older days a
much traveled highway,
v Under the leadership of John & Baal)
and other prominent business men who
are enthusiastic advocates of the Paci
fic Highway because of the benefits
they foresee from its construction, hav
time. And Lord Rosebery wants to give
him new hind legs. (Laughter).1 Well,
on humanitarian principles I am op
posed to cruelty to anlmala I would
turn' the poor old thing t6 grass, and
convert his old tram Into a cucumber
frame. (Laughter). All these sugges
tions' come, too late. They are inappli
cable. We want a parliament that will
attend to the business of the people.
Let us clear the encumbrances from
the road,, so-that Justice may have as
easy access to the homes of the people
as to the abodes of the mighty." -
$5000 REWARD FOR V
EV RETURN 50F 5 :CHICKS
Chicago,, Dec 24. For. the return of
five stolen- chickens, Allen Retan, a re
tired banker of Elgin,, has offered a
reward of f 5000, no questions asked, . .
The chickens four hens and a roost
erwere ; the especial , pride and pets
of Mrs.. Retan. and she has been lncon
solate since she went to, the hencoop
and found them gone. .;-; t, .J ,
f, Mr. Retan la a retired banker, lmng
at 420 Douglas avenue. He said the
actual value of the stolen poultry was
not more than a few dollars, but that
his wife thought so much of her chick
ens that they were priceless in her esti
mation. ':. ;i..r'---V
Her especial fear, he said, was that
the chickens have already gone into the
pot and have been consumed. .
They are silver spangled hamburgs
and had become . so attached to their
owner that they - followed her around
like so many dogs. ; - ,
PORTLAND MAN TELLS V
' GAYN0R "LADIES IS
V1;:SCARCE-0UT-HEREV.
v . rUnitvd Ptom LwA Wire.) A
' New York, Dec. 24. A mar-
rlage brokerage business -. con-
ducted by the city of New York,.
would pay, according to the num-
ber of letters receive lnhe of- 4
flee of Mayor Gaynor today. A'-,
- man In Portland, Or., a few days '
ago, wrote to the mayor asking
for a -wife and adding . that
:.-'.uladlea is scarce. out here.' :r :y : 4
Hvi The mayor had the letteip pub-i
lished and he has already re-t
celVed ::)"'160,.vanwers,i' one !v In V 4
French," all asking that they be
put in communication with the
4 would-be husband. All the love-
4 lorn maids haye been given 'the "
man's address. . .?.. 4
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' Lawyer's Dramatic Plea.' .',
Pittsburg, Dec. 24. Attorney James
C Gray, arguing for a company In the
federal circuit , court that 'vanadium
water Avas not dangerous, placed a lump
of oxide of , vanadium in a glass ' of
water. 'When the. water was gone he
refilled the glass and drank It to show
the composition was not harmful. ':
' Frank Ly da had sued ' the company
for damages, claiming ; he had become
111 by vanadium poison while In Its em
ploy .Ins ;my Jtomtd. fheoorpom
tlon.. , '
journal Want Ads bring results.
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stated that they favor the organisation
of a pacifio 'Highway, campaign In
every county to be traversed by the
road. Mr, Beall said yesterday that the
dat ot a meeting of the Oregon advo
cates of the Pacifio Highway, together-with
county vice president of the
state automobile , association, coald be
announced within a week. In Washing
ton actual construction ' of the pacific
Highway is under " way.
That portion of the Pacifio Highway
which win connect Seattle and Tacoma
is being built The road 1 la built
through -the White River Valley and in
a permanent manner. There la a seventy-foot
right-of-way, making it 'poesibla
to bund at a good elevation, thoa elim
inating all grades and making the route
straight' as a die, ;-:-.
It is a stupndoos task to build the
highway., in sUch a finished manner,
LINE TO COAST
Great, Railroad Builder : Says
New Through Railroad
r is' planned."
By Ralph Johnsonl ' '
(PuUielKH' Pita tauti Wlre.J '
Washington, Dec 24. David H. Mof
faf, who after he had been president
of the Denver ft Rio Grande railway
for seven years, resigned because the
road would' not build a short cut east
ward from Denver" and built it himself,
was in the city recently.j Mr. Moffafs
hard fight to put . his road through in
spite of opposition , from other inter
ests is a matter of railroad history.
At 71 Mr. Moffat is still fighting,
and be says tftat the Moffat road will
some day be a part of a through conti
nental' line. He was in an optimistic
mood,; following a visit to Wall street
remarkable as he told an acquaintance,
for the reason that he returned to the
hotel with only 10 cents less than he
had taken to the financial district
Business Ooo4 jn Denver.
Buinfts out In Denver . Is very
good.". . said Mr. Moffat who besides
being a railroad builder has been pres
ident of the First National bank of Den
ver for many years. -The Improvement
began about 30 days ago and Beema sol
id. ' ...: ,-'",:;',',
: '.'It was in 1S60 that t first went out
to Denver," he said. "I went across the
plains front Omaha, with a- wagon and
mule team, There were Indians about
In those days, just before the war and
we had to watch our mules and sup
plies at night for fear the Indians would
Steal them. Denver, which was then
known as St. Charles, was nothing but
a collection of log cabins. The ma
jority of the people there had gone out
during the.,' Pike'S Peak gold " excite
ment of 6 and"o, and a lot of them
who had gone had left to. comev back
home by the time I reached the settle
ment : That was what drew me, I had
the idea I could ,Just shovel; up gold
out there. , y ? '.-w-- vr ....
"However, I had , taken a stock of
books and stationery across the plains
and with- It opened a store., Denver
did not begin to grow until after the
Penver Pacific had been completed from
Cheyenne down. This Is now a part of
the - Union Pacific. This was about
1870. ,i At the time the road got there
the town had less than, 4000 . inhabi
tants. "' ' i . , , ,
... Took to Banking.
"It was in 1854 that my father- de
termined to make a banker of me, so
he brought me to town and got me a
place in the old New Y6rk Exchange
ttfnk, which stood at the corner of Dey
ftnd-Orewnwteh-strer'-.a. " Tftfr "fTrsftm
presslon of New York. I recall from,
boyhood , Is wondering where so many
people as were here were going. - Even
MOFFAT BUILDS
but it will be for all time and the ex
pense of upkeep will be but little or
nothing. First of all the road is grad
ed and the level establshed. - Then con
crete bridges Which will withstand any
amount of water ,and endure for ages
are constructed. A big steel bridge is
to be built across the White river. After
the dirt surface of the road is rolled a
layer of crushed ; rock is put on . and
whan this Is rolled, a binder of asphal-
tum is aooeo. . When thla v work has
been done an almost perfect highway Is
the result , ,-- a . , -
At the big automobile show to be held
In Los Angeles, the Pacifio Highway
Association will .' have : an exhibit . of
photographs ' and literature .that will
show the steps that have already been
taken towards the completion of the
Pacifio Highway. ', s 1
then they seemed to be roshlng aome
where . , ,
"I got a sort of clerkship In ' the
oanK. a sort op apprenticeship it was,
and drew the. munifieent salary of $25
a year. The bank used to allow us ?
cents, each. for. oar, loncheon, and there
was a place not far away. where with
that sum it was possible to get a piece
of boiled beef, a potato, a paper of salt
and a cup of mean coffee, . which was
really made of malt However, It. was
warm and that was something.
."Amusements? Well, they were 'few
so far as I was concerned. However,
I did get to Barnnm's musemn once In
a while but such treats were rare I
stayed in New York a year and then I
went out to Dei Moines, Iowa, and then
to .Omaha. '".;':. i-'-'i'", ';; '.iv
"I have been, working at my road four
years now and, 217 miles are In oper
ation. ' We are over the range and on
the way to Salt Lake. The road has
cost so far ' about 112,000,000, but it
goes through the richest part of Colo
rado,' not only minerally, but agricul
turally.. Naturally, other roads wanted
to stop roe because the road makes a
route 175 miles shorter across the con
tinent' However, i I have managed to
keep going by minding my own business
'and I hope to continue." , , '
SILVER DINNER SET ;
VFQR COPPER MAGNATE
Chicago, Dec. 24. While former Sen
ator W- A. Clark of Montana scoured
the old world for the material for his
new $7,000,400 palace In New York he
came . to' Chicago for hla solid silver
dinner service.)
This service Is complete for a' partv
of 24, contains 000 pieces, each speci
ally designed . to harmonise with the
dlnlnr room, 'and cost J180.000. . Each
piece contains Mr. Clark's monogram on
tne bottom, and all of the saucers and
plates are heavily gold plated.;.;. '
,' Absent Minded; Forgets .Wife.
Chicago, , Pec. 24. Clyde Hunter, a
Gary attorney, is absent . minded. ' V He
locked the front door of his apartment
when he started to Crown Point on la
puslness trip in the morning," and until
hla return, 12 hours later, his bride of
two' weeks was a prisoner He found
her In tears and near collapse from hun
ger. Prior to her (marriage Mrs. Hun.
ter was Miss Daisy Atland, 5100 Ingle
side avenue, Chicago., .
' Surpassed. .'
v . From the Washington Star. "'
"You are building a very handsome
house," said the admiring J rlend. ;..,
'. "Yes," replied Duetin Stax;; "but yon
ought to see the one the contractor ts
going to build with the profit' -
, ' On the Stage.
" From the Baltimore Amor lean.
"We've got to get somebody to play
this tight part" , .
? "Why not the electrician? . .(. '
An English torpedo boat "using gas
engines has attained one third , greater
speed on one half the weight of fuel
an-mnTwd-afi(T 7 one half times
greater cruising radius than a steam
propelled boat of the same type and
size. . -; . ;.::-v- '--r';-. . .:
Railroads to Take Lead In Re
: ducing Expenses of Doing
Business; to Hold Dividend
Rate , at Fixed Figure. ,
New Tork, Deo, 24. Led by the Unit
ed ' States government is the belief
In Wall street that the country Is about
to enter on an era of enrichment and
economy.' According to the '.wise men
of the street, : the railroads and great
Industrial corporations are to take the
lead In the campaign of economy.
Methods are to be improved, purchases
of supplies are to be restricted and the
working forces are to be reduced.
" was stated that the United SUtes
Steel corporation was to lay off 20,000
to 25,000 ; men,, but this was promptly
denied by Chairman Elbert H. Gary
who emphatically declared he saw no
reason whatever to anticipate any fur
ther reduction in the working forces of
the steel trust. "
BaUroada Oe Vo Voney.
i It la declared the railroads have not
only been unable of late to raise capi
tal for extensions, but they claim that
the Immediate future holds no Induce
ment to incur avoidable expenditures.
Inasmuch as trade Is slackening, and
the federal authorities are showing no
disposition to reestablish confidence and
Stimulate prosperity. - December : and
January, it; is declared will bring an
nouncement after announcement . that
men have been thrown out of employ
ment, first by the Aillroads and later
by the multifarious concerns dependent
for business mainly upon , '' transpor
tation companies. ; .,-'' .
v Accepting the authoritative state
ment that retrenchment Is to be the
slogan of the railroads during ensuing
months, no. elaborate research Is neces
sary to discover the reasons therefor;
it is sufficient to glance at the sUte
menta of earnings for October now be
ing published.; Briefly, the remarkable
expansion? In gross revenue which baa
been enjoyed since the recovery from
the 1007 demoralization has apparently
reached its apex, while the expense of
conducting operations has expanded in
ordinately, so that, the net results are
extremely unsatisfactory. A lucid table
will best convey a clear idea of the po
sition the railroads have drifted or
been forced nto. :-;-..v:-
22xpense Xaexeased Bapidly. -
Without insinuating that the railroad
managers are resorting to dubious steps
to exaggerate the plight, in which they
now find themselves, Jt may be well to
reflect especially in considering the
stock market outlook that. Inasmuch
as the Interstate commerce commission
is still deliberating upon the advisabil
ity of granting - advances In freight
charges, the - railroads may not strive
to carry out their policy of retreneb
ment in kidglove fashion, but ,may ap
ply the pruning knife ruthlessly. Bank
ing Interests Identified with the prin
clDal transportation systems are em.
phasizing the -urgent necessity ! for pro-
xecungt Donanoiaers ' ana - stocicnoiaers
as a safeguard against a destruction of
credit:, in other words, the am1 twiiw
Of - cuttings dividends will be- avoided
wiiorevsr pusniuiv r ana,, economies ei
fected rather by stopping all new build
ing and improvements. ' . ,
Snsrar Acreage Dwindles. : A
' During recent years the production
of sugar In the Philippines has ranged
from 175.000 tons to 2 000.000 tnnn in.
proximately 50,000 tons of this Is con-
. -J I. . ,w. 1 1 a . . .
Biuneu. in, me joihjiub. mna -iaxes
about two-thlrda of .the' total , exports;
nart of it eoes to a nnrtitwr vf Mflna.
les located near Hongkong, and the oth
er half , to f cnina proper, whore it Is
used In the; raw, state. The United
Rtnfun i 0-ptibtjiIIv tnkes unvwhnm trim
one-sixteenth to one-third. -
When the sugar industry was at its
height, there were nearly 300,000 acres
under cultivation, ' but at the present
time only about 170,000 acres are
worked. Beet sugar IS turned out by
the mills in a refined form, but most
of the cane sugar produced is of the
heavy molasses variety, v' v ,.
i ' Emetic Follows Oyster Feast.
' provldencp, R. . I., , December 24. An
upheaval in the . Technical high school
ot this city occurred recently when, 24
girls, alt members of the cooking class,
were stricken with ptomaine poisoning
after eating oysters they had prepared I
themselves. Fifty-two girls were in the
two classes that were given instructions
In preparing oysters, and acting on the
Ideajhatail .had.ea J.cn. lleaaJLoms-Of,
the sea. food,., each girl was given an
emetic. It was late in the afternoon be
fore some of the girls were able to leave
for their homes. . ..' ; ,. ,t
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Uncle Sam's Tars, Though Far
' From Home, Will Celebrate
: Holiday Appropriately.
Ualte4'FrM 'Wlie.t' .
TashlnRton, Dec. 24. Though Uncle
Sam's 60,000 or more sailors in the navy
will have little opportunity, to do any
Christmas shopptngjw.hlle they are
cruising1 In foreign waters -this week,
most .elaborate . preparations for cele
brating the day are now goin forward
on every battleship, and, other ; vessels
In the service. ;-.C.',j.SrU
, Of all the holidays in the year Chrtafc.
mas, is . regarded In the navy aa essen
tially the sailors own." Therefore, the
Jacklea are allowed to observe It in "
exactly the way that they deem beet,
without let or hindrance upon the part
of the of flcera t Work Is i dispensed
with aa far as poeslMe, only the most
necessary routine ' tasks being t per
formed . on 'that day. ' The rest of the
time -is given .over1, to s thai tare for
amusement and the Christmas dinner
Is 'the meal of the, year. ',. ",
Varied- programs of - sports are now
being arranged to occupy the ' morn
ing hours up to dinner time. The na-
lure of i these sports depends upop the
location of the battleship. Those crews
now- In the far east with; the Asiatie
feet, are i planning boat races, swim
ming races, diving ; contests and the '
like. Even a. baseball game 'wUi: j .'be "i
Included: in the program of any crew
fortunate - enough to be stationed in
a tropical port for the day Wherever
possible, ; races are arranged with erewa
from the warships of other nations sta- !
tionedin .the vicinity. . K ? :
j VBntertalnment Aboard Ship,' , ;
v After : dinner rwhlch is prepared for
months in advance another form of en
tertainment is introduced, Nearly every
ship has on board . a minstrel company ,
made up, of sailors.'. Extra efforts are
exerted to make : the . nhristTmui .
formance .the best of the;Ayear. The"
minstrel snow ,is roiiowed by a reg- i
nlar vaudeville olio, including dancers,
maridana an A nil th . ' t
evening , the Christmas "celebration Is
orougni . 10 a ciose oy tne spectacle
of a Christmas tree on board ship. In
fact, on each ; ship there. , are always
two : .Christmas trees, for the officers
never fall to have a tree In the ward
room. In the distribution ; of " gifts,
no one is forgotten, slight as may be
the intrinsic value of the presents.
There Is now bound for the English
channel, where the vesaala nt tha Atlon.
tio fleet are stationed, the supply ship.
cuigoa, and a large part of her burden
IS made up of Christmas boxes for the
tars, sent from the United States by
friends and relatives at home. . Notices
of the sailing of the "Christmas ship"
are always sent oat long In advance,
an that varvone who vrtnh mntr holn
add to the joyfnlness of a Christmas
at sea in the navy.
lives on Six Bits a Week -;
Lawrence, Kan., Dec 24. When Hen
ry Maloy, a freshman In the University I
of Kansas, told - hla father of his de
sire, to attend the University of Kan
sas last September the latter opposed
the plan. Finally, ' however, he con
sented under certain conditions, which
were that he reduce , his expenses to a :
minimum, t ;:- -
"I'm going to watch yor work and ,
examine your expense accoilnt" he said,
'If yon make good in both 11 see you
through the fouf years, but If yon fall
to economise or flunk , on any of your
studies the -first term Til not furnish
you money any longer."
After a test of twelve weeks, Maloy
says that 75 cents a week has paid his'
grocery. bills. :W.-..?.V--- - v'vv;.., v;
"Bread and butter, beans and break
fast foods comprise most of my diet,"
he said, "and I have Just as good health
here as I ever had at home." - ..'
CRAIN MAY1 BE SENATOR
Artistic sketch Of J. Sergeant Crane,
who , Is believed to be Tammany
Ider.LlULrloa.JVUurphy'aau
' dldate for Upited . States senator
from New Tovk to sacceed Chaun
cey Dej?ew,
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