Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1913 — Page 2

LAW and ORDER PHILIPPINESI

PHILIPPINE SCHOOL BOY'S BASEBALL NINE

SINE years’ residence in the Philippines in the civil service and as an officer in the Philippine constabulary excellently qualifies Capt. William E. Moore of that service to speak with authority as to administrative conditions on those islands. Captain Moore is the son of Levi W. Moore > of Milford, Mass., manager of the Grafton & Upton railroad. He graduated from Milford schools and learned practical railroading under his father’s Instruction. His attention was drawn to the Philippines, and he entered service in Manila in the department having to do with transportation problems. He arrived in that city in October, 1903, but such was his efficiency that he was induced to accept appointment in the Philippine constabulary, beginning January 1, 1905. His varied duties and' service may be inferred from his work having been in the island of Mindaro in 1905, In Cebu in 1906-7, in Samar in 1908, in the mountain province of Ifugao in 1909, at headquarters in Manila until August, 1910, then at San Fernando, La Union, Northern Luzon until July, 1911, and then again to headquarters in Manila last summer, when he was given a six months’ furlough. Much of what he says as to the routine of the officers and the constabulary is a synopsis of his own experience. He will return to duty this month. Less than thirty years old, his position well illustrates the avenues of advancement for young men of energy disposed to steadiness and industry and ambitious. In his Judgment the operation of the Panama canal will lend much impetus to the interest felt in the Atlantic coast commercial centers in our far Eastern possessions. “I have no doubt,” said Captain Moore, “that newspaper readers are fully familiar with general conditions, political and military, in the islands, their location and physical characteristics. instance, it may be remembered that the imports of these islands in the past fiscal year were $54,500,000 and the exports were $50,300,000; that these represented more than 12 per cent, increase in each over the preceding year; that 40 per cent, of the imports are from the United States, while four years before the percentage was but 20 per cent. The increase in hemp, sugar and tobacco exports is remarkable and is increasing. “There is an increasing proportion of the native residents becoming selfsupporting and thrifty, more rice and cane lands are under cultivation, more attention paid by the natives to better home comforts and less to petty quarrels and indolence. "Remarkable application is made in acquiring knowledge of the speech, manners and customs of the Americans. Gradually the sensitive suspicions of the various tribes are allayed by the strict justice meted to all, and the readiness of the American civil or military official to aid and trust the native in many spheres of activity. "At present the Filipino is not ready for self-government, not having the long experience in self-discipline in obedience to legal authority obtaining in this and other highly civilized countries. "Without expressing any individual

Good Water

Patience—ls this perfectly good spring water? Patrice—Well, I should say so! Why, we keep our '.bottled milk and canned goods in it, and they come —out just as cold as can be!

Mismated.

"They say, 'The fool and his money are soon parted.'" 'That's all right. What beats me is why the dickens they should go together to begin with."

opinion as to the probable effect in the island of the great political change of the recent United States election, an editorial from the Manila Times of recent date may help to allay unnecessary apprehension of radical trouble. “It says: Tn all ordinary circumstances the prospect of a change of administration at Washington would be expected to influence, if it did not adversely affect, business conditions. But nothing of the kind has happened. Manila buys and builds and rents and sells in full confidence that no result of the American election can adversely affect its future. . . . No result at Washington can break the era of stability and order in the Philippines.’ “But it is of the constabulary and its work that I am most desirous to talk, for it is a subject with which I am most familiar. It is an organization of which but little is known outside of the islands, for a tacit rule of the command is ‘silence and circumspection.’ The chief or director is Brig. Gen. Harry H. Bandholtz of the United States army and four of the ten assistant directors are regular army colonels. “The constabulary is in no way a part of the regular army. The executive head is the governor general of the Philippines and the immediate chief is the secretary of the insular department of commerce and police, to whom the director reports. "The constabulary is a semi-military body for police service. Last July it included 333 commissioned officers from brigadier general to second lieutenant, and 4,489 enlisted men, divided among Manila headquarters, five district headquarters, an information department, medical division, a constabulary band and officers’ school. “There are 96 companies, each having three officers and 45 men. Except 50 Filipinos, now commissioners, all the officers are Americans. Several of the latter came to Manila with the volunteers in the 1893 campaign, some are of the regular army and still others come from civil life, transferred from the classified civil service. Some of the officers have had service or training at West Point, or Annapolis. Of late appointments have been confined to pupils of leading military schools of the States. “The enlisted men are entirely Filipinos. Seven companies are from the Moros (Mahometans of Mindanao), three are of Bontoc (Igorrotes)), two are of Ifugaos, or wild men of Northern Luzon, and the rest are of Chris-

BRAZIL IS LAND OF COFFEE

More Than Half of All That Is Consumed In the World Is Grown There. The custom of coffee drinking Is relatively of rather recent development among peoples of Europe and their descendants in America, says H. W. Van Dyke, in "Through South America.” For some reason, for a long time after it'made its way west from Arabia and Turkey, it was under the ban of the church. Maybe this was because of its Mohammedan origin. It was not until 1652 that the first house that made a specialty of serving coffee was opened in London, and about the same time it was introduced in France. Frotn then on it has spread until the amount now consumed the world over Is simply enormous, especially in the United States,

Just Hash.

Mrs. Bacon —How do you like the tyaßh, dear? ...• Mr. Bacon—Well, it Isn't just right. It needs something. ‘‘l can’t imagine what It can be. I put everything In It!"

Joy-Ride Feature.

The witness testified that he had been knocked down by a motorcar and that the chauffeur, who was a joy-rider, had given no warning of his approach.

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tian Filipinos from different parts of the islands. T

“The constabulary do all sorts of public service, from entertaining men from the States to establishing quarantines, fighting disease, relieving the poor, settling village disputes, giving official village functions, creating penal and medical stations, etc. “The constabulario is well trained. Besides his drill in soldiery duties he is taught outlines of the penal code of the islands, the municipal code, patrol and secret service work, different ways of getting information from - natives, clear observation and equally clear reports thereon, the settlement of village disputes. "The annual duty of a mamber of the constabulary staff forces him to learn many things not in any book of tactics. He may be one week a deep-sea navigator and then jump to mountain service. "When on duty in coast towns in the lowlands he is used to travel on all sorts of native craft or modern, motor boats; must know something of tides and shore currents; must know all small coves or harbors of refuge; must know how to avoid upset in surf by backing to shore in his rowboat and prevent a smashed craft. “The officers receive extra compensation for qualifying in a native dialect and this is a very important factor in his efficiency, for to be able to greet some old native in his native tongue adds much to the respect in which he is held by the natives. “In such cases the native knows the officer better, trusts him quicker and sooner gives that confidence that is so greatly an element of peaceful control of the islands. The officer thus learns things and men he never could, through an interpreter, and the native as quickly learns the former is his friend and protector so long as he is law-abiding and honest. He learns also to fear him if an evildoer. “Hospitality is sacred among the Filipinos. An officer of the constabulary or an American who has occasion to travel anywhere may safely seek shelter and food at any Filipino home, whether at the home of the wealthy or humbler native, at the home of the country tao or an Ifugao chief. He will be given a place to sleep and as good food as your host has. In the home of the wealthy yon literally command the owner and his servants if his guest. "The poor man will literally kill his last chicken unless you stbp him first for your meal, and when an Ifugao chief sees you coming down a trail to his hut he will run to meet you with a bottle of ‘bubud,’ a native drink. What matter if it is covered with years of dust or half a dozen files be floating on the top? It is the best he has. If you hesitate he will hurriedly drink first to assure you it is not poisoned. “The Philippines are by no means a wild frontier flung across the Oriental edge of the Pacific ocean. “There is, to be sure, a mixture of high and crude civilization, of varied vary fully as much as do the islands in topography, yet the firm, just rule of the American is accepted with an alacrity and confidence by the natives and resident foreigners alike that promises much for the splendid future of the islands and their people.”

where we take somewhere near half of all that Is grown. At first it came only from northern Africa, Arabia and Turkey; then the Dutch began experimenting and succeeded in cultivating It In Java, and the French in the West Indies. For a while these were the principal sources of supply. The story goes that In 1760 a Portuguese, Joao Alberto Castello Branco, planted a tree in Rio, and from that small start, thanks to its peculiarly favorble soil and climate, Brazil soon outstripped the others and took the lead. - -

On the uplands of Sao Paulo more than half of all the coffee consumed in the world is grown. There are between 15,000 and 20,000 cafezals, or plantations, employing hundreds of thousands of laborers. Some of the plantations are so vast that they grow millions of trees. Here it is that most of the immigrants flock.

Mrs. Styles—Your friend’s wife evidently was not around when they were giving out good looks. Mr. Styles—No, my dear; she was at the other place, where they were giving out money.

Since there are no longer any guns on the gun deck or any berths on the berth deck, the naval have wisely decided to abolish the names.—Chicago Record-Herald.

A Redeeming Feature.

Exit.

FOR GREATER SAFETY

RAILROAD EXPERT MAKES SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. Especially Strong ae to the Duties of the Flagman—Plain and Iporka-. ble Rules, With Strict Enforcement, Asked For. ■it ' ' ' “There should be drastic and plain rules governing the conduct of flag-

leave torpedoes on the track. Trains on the way would be slowed down in consequence, and trains waiting for the return of flagmen would be delayed In getting started again, but safety to life and property would be increased. Torpedoes are not always used, simply because it takes a to place them on the rail. The engineman has blown.his whistle, the conductor is impatiently looking down the line and the flagman, catching the first note of the signal, beats it back as quickly as his legs will carry him. And , death, in many instances, is thereby invited to take his sickle in hand and go to work. “Summed up,” Mr. Belnap went on to say, “the safety of travel depends fundamentally on a realization by railroad men, from the highest to the lowest, that they are the guardians of of those who travel in their trains, and also of the lives of their comrades; next, on plain and workable rules, enforced to the letter with penalties attached for - disobedience, not after the disaster, but before it happens, and lastly, on a reasonable reduction of speed, both of engines and of men. “As I said at the start, much depends on the individual employe. Block signals should be on every American railroad, but they have to be worked in conjunction with men — with intelligent, alert, and conscientious men —otherwise they are of little value. It is natural. I suppose, for most people to oppose progress. If it were not so, we might go forforward too fast and bring us trouble. The suggestions I have made with respect to safety may not be acceptable In some quarters,-but they will be adopted finally, I believe. It was declared that railroads could not be operated If the law said no man —unless there were an accident on the line or some other act of God causing delay—should work for more than 16 hours continuously. I have been out on the road for 50 hours at a stretch without sleep or rest I have seen flagmen doze standing up with lanterns in their hands. In the old days engineers often napped at their posts. But the 16-hour law came and it has actually been an economic benefit to the railroads themselves. In 1893 the number of tons carried by the railroads for each trainman was 5,085; in 1911, it was 8,946. Moreover, there has been an increase in the number of train miles run by each trainman employed.” 1

Rabbit Wrecked Railroad Car.

Incredible stories of the size and powers of the jack rabbits of the western plains have filtered through to the east, but the most astounding of all is that of the rabbit, which the other day ran across the tracks of the Iron Mountain railroad at Knobel, Ark., about the time the motor railway car of Roadmaster A. A. Miller came along. The long-eared creature became tangled up in the wheels of the car in such a manner that the vehicle was thrown off the tracks. Mr. Miller sustained fractured bones and Internal injuries that necessitated his removal to a St. Louis hospital. A rabbit that can wreck a railway car Is something of a curiosity, even in Arkansas. —Utica Globe.

"Don’ts” Issued to Employes.

Fifty thousand copies of a book of "don’ts” for employes working on trains are being distributed by the management of an eastern line. The. warnings also apply to track and shop employes, and the book has been printed in Italian and Polish as well as In English. Some of the “don’ts" are as follows: "Don’t stand between cars when coupling.*' "Don’t step on footboards on pilot or tender when engine is approaching you.” "Don’t touch the third rail with person or tools. If necessary to remove an object therefrom, use a dry wooden stick."

Veteran Railroaders Retire.

Charles William Kennard of 14 Arlington street, East Somerville, tn point of service the second oldest passenger conductor In the service of the Boston & Maine rallrdad, completed 52 years of railroading when he came into the North station on his last trip in charge of a Medford train. He retires on a pension. Charles E. Dyer of Winchester, 75 years old, still conductor of a Portland train, has been railroading a year and a half longer than Mr. Kennard. —Boston Globe.

New Zealand Railroads.

New Zealand now has over 2,760 miles of railroad. Electrification of certain sections is now under contemplation.

men. Under the most favorable circumstances of daylight and a straight t.r ac k, they should be required to go back not less than. 2,000 feet, and when signaled in should invariably

THE CAR TINK.

Oh, who is the man so little known. Who guards the life and flesh and bon* Of him who rides in the Pullman car. Going to places, near and far; The man whose life is never shown In Action, writing, verse, or "pome,” Who glides through the night like a phantom thing, . ' And, with hammer and torch, makes tne car-wheels ring? The Car Tlnk. < - Oh. who is the man with wrench and bar Who watches the trucks of the railroad car; For naught is the engineer's watchful eye, F*r naught is the semaphore, standing by, If a flange is sharp and from the wheel is torn Or a brake-beam sags or a draw-bar worn, , Who puts a gasket on a leaky hose And goes around in grease-stained clothes? The Car Tlnk. Oh, who is the man, so big and strong, That gets all the blame if things go wrong? Who always goes around with a humble air 1 In all kinds of weather, both bad and — 1 fair? ' Who gets orders from the Boss Mechanic down And obeys them all without a frown ? Who gets all the curses, jibes, and kicks When a journal’s hot or a knuckle sticks? —' —The Car Tlnk. —Allen L. Hughes In Angeles Times.

PATRONS WELL CARED FOR

Schedule Might Be Disarranged by Such a System as This, but Accommodation Is Fine. The conversation had drifted to railroads. A < young woman from the southern part of the state told of an unusually courteous and accommodating steam railroad that had terminals In her town. “I called up the conductor on the phone,” she said, “and told him Jim might be a little late, but he wanted them to be sure and wait for him. “Why, yes,” she volunteered, noting the surprise of her audience. “I always call up when Jim wishes to take the train, but will be late, and they hold it for him. But as I started to say, I called up the conductor, and Jim, who was just putting on his hat, called out: “ ‘Did I tell you about the school teacher down the line who very nearly missed the train the other evening after school?’ I told him he hadn’t, and he went on by saying: “ ‘She saw the train down by the station. She was about two blocks away, and started to run. She saw the conductor waving his arms more violently, and she buckled down and made the gravel fly to get to the train. She reached the train, and the conductor walked up to her and said she oughtn’t to run like that; that th* train wouldn’t start for about 20 minutes, as it was waiting for a fellows He had been waving to her to slow up. The conductor explained that he knew she was a regular patron, and he would not let the train pull out without telephoning her first and seeing whether she was going along.* ’’—lndianapolis News.

Electric Baggage Trucks.

The use of the baggage truck hauled or pushed by human muscle Is no longer used by many progressive railroad and steamship companies. The new idea is a low deck, heavily built, four wheel, storage battery driven platform truck which moves the trunks and bags of travelers in a quantity and at a rate of speed which consists with the modern transportatation of the passengers themselves. One truck of the new type, operated by the baggageman standing on a small platform at the end, has a rated capacity of 4,000 pounds and is geared for three speeds, the maximum being eight miles per hour empty and six miles per hour loaded. These little giants of transportation are finding favor also in mail handling and in commercial warehouse work. The efficiency in handling mail bags, for example, is shown by the fact that an electric truck can make five trips with a load of two tons in the time required for a hand truck to make four trips with a one ton load; in other terms, a single electric truck does the work of two and one-half hand trucks.

"Radiograms.”

Messages sent and received by what is called wireless telegraphy are hereafter to be “radiograms” to the navy department. The word is certainly an Improvement on the clumsy "wireless,” but it is not particularly good, since radiation is by no means peculiar to this form of communisation. Indeed, there is some excuse for denying that in it there are any "rays” at all, In the sense commonly given to that term. "Telegrams,” as originally sent, really were written from a distance, but in the new process the man who sends the message creates no record of it at the point of receiving, and he is therefore hardly a "radiographer,” and no more is the man who takes the sounds be hears and records them as letters. -y "Radiogram” is too obviously a mere adoption of "telegram.” The two processes have little in common, and though both make use of electricity, the nature of the uses is entirely different. At least it seems to be; nobody knows very clearly what is done in either case.

Engine Tosses Her Safely.

Mrs. Lucien Reber of Cressona, Pa., had a thrilling experience at Schuylkill Haven, escaping death as by a miracle. Run dawn by a locomotive, she was gently picked up by the engine and tossed into a neighboring field, instead of being mangled under the wheels, as is usually the cwkse. Her injuries are slight

OMgdw* CO®ELD ■'?.i x \^>' v A J ZZZ3 WrlwSb I ' Tk <I / W —»fch- -• • Up on the hill where the sweet breeze la blowing, I see the song rows of the ripenlhg! corn; There by the fence where the tall gras* —r Is growing, “7T* Is £he jug of sweet cider, beneath th» white thorn, And the swish of the cutters that cleavei through the stalks. And the song of. the wind as It blow* through the shocks, Come as plainly again as they did on that day That I threw down the cutter and strutted away. I see the big, yellow, ribbed pumpkins > that cover The ground where the corn has been taken away— Ah, there is a flock of wild geese flying over, Round for some far-distant southern bay. And I hear the stern tones of my father again. Bidding me go, as he coldly did then. And again In my throat I can feel the lump rise. And again the hot tears tumble out of ■ myeyes! <■”” O, for the hill where the sweet breeze la blowing. As in the fair autumn it ever blows there! O, for a taste of the sweet cider flowing. Out of the jug tilted high in the air! O, for a rest from the roar and the rush. From the pushing, the crowding, the carnage, the crush! O, for the swish of the blades through the stalks. And the song of the wind as it blow* through the shocks! But the hill’s far away, and the yeara have been speeding— Some other Is cutting the corn that waves there. And the wind sings away through the shocks, all unheeding The pain that grew out of a foolish affair!— O, for the sight of the corn on the hlll,i O, for the sound of a voice that Is still. And O, for the years that have sped since the day That I threw down the cutter and strutted away.

He Did.

“Well,” said the old gentleman, “now that you’ve told me how much you love my daughter, suppose you go ahead and give me a little information as to how you expect to support her.” 'Oh,” replied Algy, “Clara told me that all I would have to do was get the wedding arranged for, and that you would do the rest.” And so he did, though the doctors announced that, while the young man’s injuries were very severe, they were not necessarily fatal.

Ah, There, Sherlock.

“Do you see the man and the woman?” "Yes, I see the man and the wornan. “Do you think they are married T* “No; they are not married.” “Why do you think they are not married?” “Because he has asked her If she objects to smoking, and she has replied that she loves the smell of smoke.”

Naughty Giri.

“Nell Wallingford is undoubtedly the meanest girl alive.” “How so?" "Knowing that her sister and two gentlemen friends were in the nett room, where they could hear every word, she led Charley Jossllng on to propose to her on Sunday night and then refused him.”

Too Forcible.

“They say Dumley’s wife rules him with a rod of Iron.” 'Oh, no, that’s an exaggeration. Why, she can make him jump by merely crooking her little finger at him.” \

He—What would you say if I were to kiss you? She—Well, if you knew your bush ness I wouldn’t get a chance to say anything. -*

Mere Hint.

Re —You say that no man has evei asked you to let him kiss you 7 Rhe—That is the solemn truth. !• real man never asks.

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