Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1911 — Page 2

HAPPENINGS IN THE CITIES

Chicago Is to Have a Bank for Women

CHICAGO. Chicago Is to have a bank by women for women on the proposition that it is the women who do most of the economizing and consequently have most of the money to deposit. The originator of this banking idea is Mrs. Antoinette Funk, While a bank owned and conducted by Women is not an experiment, the pioneer of women's banks being in Joplin, Mo., it is an experiment in a large city. All similar institutions have been in comparatively small communities. The announcement that it is a women s bank for women ,is also somewhat of rn iniovation. as the other women's banks have sought business wherever it could be found, but In the Punk bank men's business will be tolerated if the depositors come well recommended. The bank will be located at Edison Park, a suburb, during the experimental stage, but the real intention is to establish a downtown bank. Because of high rent and other expenses, it Was decided to try the idea In the

City Will Pipe Water Long Distance

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—With the Kansas and Missouri rivers'combining to furnish water for Kansas City and aometlmeß supplying more of it than can be taken care of, it is somewhat surprising that local capitalists should be negotiating for the purchase of water 150 miles away for the city supply. — ; Efforts have recently been made -by them to purchase the Bennett Spring to Dallas county, Mo., with a view to piping the water here to supply residences with drinking water. Reports made to the intending purchasers by an expert sent to the spring show a daily output of 104,000,000 gallons. Since the spring was discovered, which dates back to Indian times before the advent of white settlers, the spring has been pouring forth the same volume of crystal pure water of the same temperature whethor it was July or January. The term spring is misleading for

New York’s Big Bridges Are Useless

NEW YORK.—After having spent between J 90.050.000 and $100,000,000 fpr bridges over the East river, Father Knickerbocker is now informed that all of this sum except about one-quarter —the amount expended ou the original Brooklyn bridge—represents money thrown away. The persons responsible for this disquieting statement are the more or less eminent engineers who have been criticising the latest rapid transit plans of the city. * These plans, which provided for a $100,000.000 subway to serve three of the five boroughs of the greater city, contemplated the use of two of the new bridges—the Williamsburg and the Manhattan—to carry these lines over the river, but the engineering critics declare that this is not feasible for the reason that these bridges are

Table Manners for College Farmers

MANHATTAN, Kan.—A new course of study is being prepared at the Kansas Agricultural College, and it will be installed as a part of the regu lar work beginning with the spring term It is a course In table manners and was asked for by -members of the senior claes, and while, it is proposed to make toe course one of tbe required studies for graduation and will be given in »tac senior class this year, it will become a part of the work of the early classes. It har long been a habit with many Kansas men to pour tbe coffee into the saucer, blow on It before drinking. There are other things required at tbe table In polite society, such as which fork tc use for different foods, jrtactnx the elbews on tbe table.

suburb under smaller expense and invade the loop when success is assured. . In discussing the project, Mrs. Funk said: “Our bank will explode a theory that has long prevailed in the minds of a few that woihen do not trust women. We will demonstrate that such a belief is a fallacy. Women are the money savers of the world and we will attempt to appeal to these savers through our trust and savings departments. ‘‘Many women Bave not only their own money, but that of their sons and husbands and brothers. When women are left dependent they make special efforts to save, and we will endeavor to show a class of this sort that we can help them. No inducements will be made to obtain stockholders or to attract depositors. When the bank is ready for business it will be found that the backers are women of sufficient financial standing to insure a good, sound, business proposition. - “Our original idea was to establish a bank in tne downtown business district. But for the sake of economy, while becoming established, w-e decided to choose a suburban location If the business justifies we will haVe a branch downtown. But a conservative policy will control all of out transactions.”

the water supply iq. really an under ground river which comes to the sur face at this point, forms a surface river of its own for a mile and a quarter to jump farther down from s bed 23 feet above into the Little Nlan gua river. The ‘spring flow reachei the river with such force that 11 shoots half way over the stream be fore itß waters fall to mingle with those of the Little Niangua and fiov away to the northward. * The only practical use made of th< water from this spring is at Brice near where it jumps into the river There onc-seventh of the supply ii turned, into a mill race to furnish pow er for a mill. The water from the spring, in addi tion to being pure, is said to possess medicinal qualities for which it has some local reputation. The plan of utilizing the big supply in Kansas City includes building s pipe line from the spring to the city This line would cross nearly all or Dallas county, for the spring is on iti eastern border, and all of Jackson county, for the city is on its western border. The counties between are Johnson. Henry, St. Clair and Hick ory. The pipe line would probably extend over 150 miles.

not located on any main lihes oi travel; in short, they do not lead tc or from anywhere. In support of this view they polni out that none of the three bridges built within the last few years at ai outlay of over $60,000,000 is use« to more than a small percentagi of its carrying capacity, while th» Brooklyn bridge, in spite of the effortmade to divert traffic from it, remain, at the daily rush hours the scene of thi worst congestion and the most inde cent crowding to be witnessed any where in the world. Moreover, according to the view o! these experts, bridges are out of date for the purposes of rapid transports tion. and are far inferior to tunnels Just what is to be done with these expensive luxuries in the form of mag nifieent bridges, if they cannot be made to fulfill the purpose for which they were built, is difficult to say. At a mark-down sale they would hardly bring 10 per cent, of their orig inal cost, so it is probable that they will remain where they are in the hope that the future development? of the city will bring them into greater usefulness.

j making a noise while drinking water. and numerous other items of social ! ; etiquette. Now the young men who : ' arc attending the Kansas Agricultural I College and who eat most of their j j meals in restaurants want io know about the social requirements. The Agricultural College proposes to teach them. Last summer the state board ol education adopted a course of moral* - and manners to be taught in the com ! n:on schools. In all Country schools in the state the small boys are reviving dally lessons in honesty, ad dress ard other important parts in the . making of an upright, moral citizen j of good manners in social and bush I ness affairs. j The 7.000 Kansas school teachers 1 ' were told that the state board regarded the course In moral# and man ners of equal Importance With readj writing and the ''ther common school branches, and the teachers were instructed to read up if they I did not know and do instruct the chil ! dren 4ow t 0... be good little girls aaj boys, „

"JOY RIDING" ALONG THE RIO GRANDE

NONE of the tricks of the heathen Chinee'in the California mlning camps of ’49 exceeded those he is now practicing along the Rio Grande in his attempts to evade Uncle Sam’s exclusion laws. Latest and most striking of these is what is termed “joy riding.” The “joy ride” quite frequently ends in the police court or at the hospital, and not Infrequently at the morgue. It is anything but profitable. West of El Paso, however, it recently developed into a veritable get-rich-quick enterprise for certain daring individuals. Several men who have their headquarters at points along the Mexican line on either side of the border are reputed to have made fortunes out of "Joy riding.” American adventurers are the ones who profit most directly from this new form of "Joy riding,” but tbe heathen Chinee Is the one who comes out winner in the long run. And, according to the best obtainable information, It was a Chinese brain that developed the new method of money making. “Joy riding,” as explained by a man from Sonora, is a most picturesque enterprise as it is now practiced in the southwest. Robbed of its details, It consists of getting together a bunch of Chinamen who are anxious to enter the United States, dressing them as women and motoring with them across the Mexican line into this country. Every effort is made to get them across without coming in contact with an immigration inspector or border guardian of any sort, of course, but the dißgulse was depended upon to protect the smuggler even if the party was held up. There is every Indication that it did so many times before the authorities, almost by accident, recently detected the fraud. “It beats hidin’ ’em under a load of hay or floatin' ’em across in a barrel,” explained the man from Sonora. “An immigration sharp will pokfi, about in a load of hay, and he is mighty apt to take a shot at a floating barrel, but not even an immigration inspector would be ungentlemanly enough to pull a lady’s veil and goggles from her faoe and charge her with being a Chinaman.- At least, not in the southwest—before they got wise to what was going on.” Veils, goggles and Glidden tours are said to have suggested to the heathen Chinee originator of the scheme that this would be a most effective way- of smuggling his countrymen t£7 As the story goes, the originator of the scheme is a rich Chinaman living at El Paso. A leading member of one of the “tongs” and long suspected by the United States secret service of being identified with the underground Chinese railway from Mexico to the United States, his attention was attracted to the many parties of American men and women who come and go in automobiles between the United States and the republic to the south. How to tell the ificn from the women was something which is said to have puzzled this Chinaman at first. He apparently studied it over seriously for he asked many questions nboui the touring habits of Americans. » No one knows, of course—or, at least, no one who will tell —that this particular Chinaman is back of the “Joy riding” expeditions. No more do they know for sure that he has been the head and front of the Chinese smuggling that has been going on along the Rio Grande for many years. Neither does anyone who will tell know that the chief of the Chinese smugglers along the Pacific coast lives at San Francisco, nor that another powerful member of the gang supervises the smuggling into the eastern states from Canada with headquarters at Buffalo. These things are only suspected. That their suspicions are correct tbe immlgratiol authorities have no doubt, but confirming them to the extent that they can actually arretf the heads of tie gangs 1b another thing. By putting two and two together the men who watch the borders for the United States arrive at many con cluklons which they would not attempt to prove In court, although, by

acting upon these conclusions, they are continually making arrests and breaking up smuggling parties here and there. It was by acting on such conclusions that the “Joy riding” practise in the southwest was discovered, and in the sam6 manner the authorities have convinced themselves that the El Paso Chinaman originated it. Yet he is probably Just as safe from arrest as he has been for years past when the officials were convinced that his was tbe brain that conoocted other ingenius smuggling plots and schemes. Investigations pursued by the immigration authorities and common report along the border indioates that the flew method of smuggling has been worked, for all it was worth. Quite -evidently, too, information of the ease with which Chinamen dressed as women could “joy ride” across a border was flashed all along the underground smuggling system which exists in America. For the practise was soon developed along the Canadian border. At a labor convention at Fort Williams, Ont., a few days ago, it ttas asserted that thousands of Chinamen are being annually smuggled across the international dividing line, and the statement was made that the “joy riding” method had been one of the most successful of recent schemes. American women tourists motoring across eithe? of the lines now , need not be surprised, therefore, if the immigration authorities or border police call upon them at any stage to get out of their machines, take off their veils and goggles and prove, that they really are American women. The situation has become far too grave for' the authorities to take any chances. Those who have seen Chinamen dressed for an international “Joy ride” say it is entirely impossible to distinguish them from a party of women, so cleverly are they disguised. False hair covering their queues, which are carefully rollecf up on their heads, goggles and veils over their faces, long coats and even dresses are used. It is related that In one instance on the Canadian border a group of “Joy riders” passed the boundary even after they had been compelled to get out of their machines and stand around while the vehicle and their baggage was being examined for contraband articles. Nor is it impossible that parties thus disguised have crossed the Rio Grande bridges under the very eyes of the InsDectors. Incoming tourists are not “searched” when crossing the Mexican border. Their baggage Is examined, but evea that is usually done in a rather cursory manner. Previous to the exposure of the “joy riding” method of smuggling in Chinamen it would have required considerable “nerve” for an inspector to demand that a party of women. waiting in an automobile while their chauffeur submitted their baggage for examination, step out of the machine, remove their veils and goggles and prove to the inspector that they really were women! it has long been knom-n to the immigration authorities that an organized band of rich Chinamen are continually engaged in bringing their countrymen to the United States. It Is a most profitable business. Amerl- ; cans are employed to do the actual work of getting thj» Chinamen across the border, but they are supplied by the Chinese “tongs.” and are taken care of by them on this side. The rich Chinamen back'of the conspiracy pay the American smuggler and i collect from the incoming Chinaman. From S3OO up is paid for each ; Chinaman brought In. An automobile load of from three to six therefore nets a good sum to the American willing to pilot them across. Tbe Chinese backers of the expedition always pay. but they are so thoroughly entrenched and guard their operations so successfully that they are never caught. New methods of smuggling are being devised constantly along the . Mexican border. As fast as one is broken up another Is Instituted. The "Joy ride” now being exposed It is tbe firm expectation of immigration authorities that the entrance of the flying machine Into the smuggling service may be looked for any day.

CATHERED SMILES

THOUGHTLESSNESS. Prof. William James, the famous Harvard psychologist!, was giving to an attentive class remarkable Instances of absent-mindedness. “And let us not omit from our catalogue,” he said, “the well-known case of John 'Burdpn Sanderson. “John Bnrdon Sanderson sat at bis desk in the University college, lost In thought.' It was noon. Beside the great but absent-minded student lay his frugal lunch, a sandwich. Next to the sandwich lay a frog, not dead, but motionless—it had been the subject of a curious experiment In the lecture half an hour before. “At noon the assistant left the professor meditating before the sandwich and the frog, and at one, when the assistant returned, the professor was meditating still. The sandwich was untasted, but the frog—the frog had disappeared.”

He Didn't Read the Papers.

“The older I get,” said the retail butcher, “the less I read the dally papers. Too many distressing happenings are reported nowadays.” “Of course you have noticed that meats are all coming down.” said the customer. The butcher shook his head. “That's one of the distressing happenings I am particularly anxious to avoid,” he mournfully remarked. And the customer paid tbe same old price for bacon.

Wasted on Her.

Professor McGoozle —In looking over an old hook the day I came acrosß a funny name—“ Victor E Ordeth.” Mrs. McGoozle —I don't see anything funny about it. Ordeth is an unusual name of course but Victor is quite common. What is the E. supposed to stand for?

WANTED LONG LIFE.

Pat —I’m goln’ to hev me loife insured, Moike. Mike—For why? Pat—Mrs. Haley was at th’ house last night an' her husband's insured for a thousand dollars an’ she told the old woman tbot th’ divil would never die.

Needed.

We need a city ordinance To rob our brows of marks of care. That will tell women at the show To be good and remove their hair.

Not Happily Expressed.

The old friends had had three days together. “You have a pretty place here, John,” remarked the guest on the morning of his departure. "But It looks a bit bare yet.” “Oh, that’s because the trees are so young,” answered the host comfortably. “I hope they'll have grown to a good size before you come again.”— Metropolitan Magazine.

On Probation.

'Ferdy wants to marry me. father.” “Ferdy doesn’t know his own mind.” “Oh, father, give him a chance." “Well. I’ll put him on probation. If ha sticks to one brand of cigarettes tor tbe next six months. I’ll admit that he is getting steadier.”

The Whistling Maid.

Bhe has a tasto for whistling— A taste that's not permissible; But still I really can't object— The pucker Is so kissable. «

Don’t Stay Equal.

“All men.” said the earnest cltJseo. “are born equal.” They are tbaL’* replied Mr. Rafferty, “but they don’t stay equal after they’re big enough to get together in the school yard.”

Which Proves It.

“A girl of twenty is ever so much older than a boy of. the same age.” “Sure. I know a girl of twenty whose family Bible shows she was bom fa 1880.” - - i— - . _

Devouring His Books.

“Yes,” said Mrs. Lapsiing. “Johnny ts getting along splendidly at school He has almost finished alimentary arithmetic.”

FEEDING THE BRUTE. • Every sinner, After dinner. Seems more mellow And a fellow Well worth while; Stops his growling. And his scowling. Quips don't wound him, Looks around him With a smile. Food's a wonder—’Tls, by thunder!— For improving Man and moving Him to cheer. Woman knows it And she shows it In such ways, he Stuffs and says she Is a dear!, v

LIKES HER FIRST.

“Smith is Mrs. Widowby’B husband, isn’t he?” "Yes." “Wonder how he likes her first.”

The Aged Fan.

"Put me with , the gjrls,” I« not the song: for him; "Put me near the score board— Good friends, my eyes are dim."

Accepted the Invitation.

A society woman wrote to an army officer at Fort Sam Houston: “Mrs. Smythe requests the pleasure of Captain Bunker’s company at a reception July 16.” Next day she received this note of acceptance: “With the exception of three men who have the measles and one who is In the guard house, Captain Bunker’s company accepts Mrs. Smythe’s kind invitation for the 16th.” —Everybody’s.

His Guess.

Yeast —What has become of that middle of the road party we used to hear about? —— Crlmsonbeak —Oh, there were so many “machines” in the middle of the road that they wore put out of business, I suppose.—Yonkers Statesman.

Two Each Way.

“Madam,” —an Oklahoma census taker was speaking to her who answered his knock —“how many children over six and under twenty-cne years of age have you?”

“Lemme see,” she reflected. "Lemme see. Wal, sir, thar be two over Bi* an' two under twenty-one.”—Every-body’s.

No Skill Required.

Litigant—Your fee is outrageous. Why, it’s more than three-fourths of what I recovered. Lawyer—l furnished the skill and the legal learning for your case. Litigant—But I furnished the case. Lawyer—Oh. anybody can fall down a coal hole.

RATHER HEAVY.

Cbolly Sllmm—Er-er-Ml*s Portly, will you be mine? Miss Portly—You’re asking lor a great deal. Mr. Sllmm.

Not the Lamb’s Fault

Mary bought a little lamb. And transformed It Into mlnoa; "Twasn’t like his mother made. And there’s been a coolness since.

Skeptical.

“Here's an Interesting story In this newspaper.” “What is It about r “An Indiana farmer canred his initials on the back of a terrapin and after 12 years the terrapin returned " Remarkable! And did the terrapin bold out a flipper to aha a* hands r*