Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 358, 31 October 1909 — Page 4

PAGE FOUR

THE RICHMOND PALLADIU3I AXD SUX-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1909.

The Richmond Palladium and Son-Telegram Published and owned by the FJUJIDIDM PRINTING CO. ISSttttf V 4ya each week, evenings and Sunday morning. OfficeCorner North th and A street Bone Phone 1121. RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Radolpk a. leda Editor Caarlea M. Mwcia. . .MibId( Editor Carl Berabardt Associate Editor W. B. Ponadatoae IVewa Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. Id Richmond 15.00 per year (In advance) or 10; per week. MAIL. SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year. In advance $5.00 Pi months. In advance 2.60 One month, in advance 45 RURAL ROUTES. One year, In advance $2.50 K'x months. In advance 1.50 One month, in advance 25 Address changed as often as desired; both new and old addresses must ba riven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified term; name will not bo entered until payment is received. Entered at Richmond. Inolana, post office as second class mail matter. 11 11 Thi Association of Amartran Aivertisers (New York City) has aad ertUied to the clrculatba : h ttts fmklleattoa. Only the ttcvm at 1 r vmiMtoa eoataued la lu reyert an Wj tie Association. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. Mayor DR. W. W. ZIMMERMAN Clerk BALTZ A. BESCHER Councilmen-at-Large OSCAR C. WILLIAMS GEORGE J. KNOLLEXBERO HARRY C. WESSEL ED. THATCHER Councilman, First Ward ALPH'ONS WEIS1U UPT Councilman, Second Ward JESSE J. EVANS Councilman. Third Ward H. H. ENGLEBERT Councilman, Fourth Ward WILLIAM H. BARTEL, JR. Councilman, Fifth Ward E. E. KING Councilman, Sixth Ward HENRY C. KAUFFMAN Councilman, Seventh Ward FRANK WAIDELE Councilman, Eighth Ward JOHN T. BURDSALL STILL PANIC PROOF While we can criticise no paper for abstaining from free advertising, yet we would have liked to have seen a Richmond. Indiana date line attached to the following extract from Collier editorial page for this week: "Another record gone. An Indiana man has, by four minutes, broken the world's record for continuous piano playing. He performed unceasingly for thirty-six hours and thirty-six minutes. When the eater of oysters crams himself to illness the bystanders suffer physically no detriment. In this case the piano player was a wreck, but will recover. What about the listeners?" BALLINGER AGAIN The Ballinger incident is not closed. Despite the letter of President Taf: anent the status quo of his relations to the Secretary of the Interior and the Spokane speech, there has remained a lingering doubt in the minds of the American people as to the exact position of the administration on conservation. And the feeling has grown that though the president is honest in his belief about the secretary that he has been wilfully misled about the matter by those behind the veil. And the people will be apt to agree with the questioning of Collier's: "Who also misled him on the relative amount of the land withdrawn by Garfield and that withdrawn by Ballinger after he was compelled to do exactly what he Mid was illegal when Garfield did It? The smallness of the trick by which these amounts were led to seem so indifferent is so flagrant as to be almost incredible. Garfield withdrew all of certain areas, "excepting any tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States." which, of course, he could not withdraw, and never attempted to withdraw. Ballinger was compelled to withdraw almost precisely the same tracts, only he described them in a different manner, and he. or whoever wrote the Taft letter, tried to make the public believe he had withdrawn a vastly smaller area a trick, to say the least, singularly Indiscreet. The author of the eulogy (whoever he may have been) also pretended to an examination of sites which never had been made.' Was not this also unfair to the Presidentand Indiscreet?" Anent the Spokane speech the Act of 1901 says: "The Secretary o f the Interior , is authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him. to permit the use of rights of way through the public lands land certain . national parks, for electrical plants for the generation and distribution of electrical power

MODERN BOOSTING Throughout the west the city of Des Moines is known as a live business town which Is growing constantly. In the last three years the town has made remarkable strides. Recently a representative of the Palladium was sent to Des Moines to investigate conditions there. As he went away a man on the sleeping car said: "Can you tell me what makes that town of Des Moines grow?" He seemed mystified by the growth which he said impressed him every time he went into it two or three times a year. "Why," he said, "every time I make that town I feel as if I had never been there before, the town changes so much."

And yet when one arrives in the town and looks around, it is not hard to trace the growth to a source. The growth is largely stimulated by the boosting organization of the town. The boosting organization is composed of wheels within wheels. And the inner circle is a compact motor from which radiate the live wires. This inner arcana is an incorporated body known as the "Greater Des Moines Committee" which is most busily engaged in the work of doing things. For the slogan of that town is: "Des Moines Does Things." And it does.

The work of doing things is remarkable for its success. This may be accounted for by the freedom from red tape. The work is done at the luncheon table. The men sit down at twelve o'clock and arise promptly at one. There is no parliamentary debate, no minutes, there is no formality. At these meetings you will find no haggling over the previous question.

"Gentlemen today we have asked all the heads of the banking institutions in the city of Des Moines to meet with us to discuss the best way to interest capital home capital, in the city. The matter is simply this: For two years we have been drumming into the people all over the country the fact that Des Moines is the place to invest money. We have nearly made them believe it. But we can't make them believe it until you people right here in Des Moines are willing ot back up what you say about the town. Are you for Des Moines or are you against it? You bankers what do you do when one of your clients comes to ask you about investing money in Des Moines as opposed to putting the money in wild cat land syndicates in Texas or Colorado? What do you tell them?"

And when the meeting was over, every banker in the city of Des Moines had expressed himself as promising to do every legitimate thing he could for the town. But that was an ordinary meeting. They have extraordinary meetings sometimes.

Each member of the Greater Des Moines Committee is the head of one of the largest forces in a financial way in the town. No wonder the town grows. They make it. The first thing they did was to stop controversy among the newspapers and to get them to work for the town instead of tearing each other to pieces. Every issue of a Des Moines paper is full of boosting talk about Des Moines.

One committee has charge of bringing conventions to the town. It has thousands of dollars placed at its disposal. More than this when this convention business was started they found that they had no place to hold them in. The consequence is that the largest coliseum in the United States is being erected by popular subscription and is being completed only a few months after the inception of the idea. Last year the Greater Des Moines Committee entertained over five hundred prominent men from all over the United States. These were men who had the power to do good for the town. Some of them returned to invest their money in the town. They were entertained in accordance with the same idea which makes the Greater Des Moines Committee maintain a press bureau which sends out information about the town in addition to the work which is done by the local newspapers along the same line.

But this is not all by any means. The salaried secretary is not merely to be considered as a person to write letters. He was formerly assistant secretary to a chamber of commerce in a larger city and before that "made every town in the western country" so that he has become an authority on how to do the boosting from his knowledge of actual conditions throughout that territory. It is due to his efforts that the money of Iowa is being diverted from land speculation and sent into legitimate factories and industries.

The committee does not stop there. The city was crippled by freight discrimination. It was off the main lines of most of the railroads and was across the Mississippi. They hired a man who had been in the freight business for over twenty years. He and the legal department of the committee have just fought the Des Moines discriminations through the courts and the Supreme Court of the United States has just handed down favorable decisions.

The booklet published by the Greater Des Moines Committee in speaking of this simply says that the freight rates have been much improved. It does not speak of the thousands of dollars that have been saved in the mere routine work of the freight bureau. If any Des Moines man has trouble with his freight, either in securing cars, in routing, or rates; if he is over-charged or his goods delayed, that work is all attended to as a matter of course by the freight bureau and nothing is said about it.

Now these are merely examples of the work of the boosters of Des Moines. The important thing is not the details which we recite, nor t'ao fact that the town has grown physically in wealth and population. These things point to the great spirit of boosting. This is nothing more than optimism. Richmond has commenced a new era; Des Moines has not many of our advantages. We have a solider foundation ; we have a manufacturing town and not one based on land speculation, and yet Des Moines is becoming solider and more and more a manufacturing town. The thing for Richmond to do is to be willing to learn from other towns and keep on boosting.

They do not quit in Des Moines month of the year. Three hundred boosting game in Richmond. Des provided that any permission given by the Secretary of the Interior under this act may be revoked by him or his successor in his discretion, and shall not be held to confer any right, or erasement, or interest in, to. or over any public land, reservation or park." And in view of the fact that his own office has been imposing charges in national parks it is well to remember the words of the Attorney-General: "I conclude, thTefore. that you are authorized by the act of IV 1 to make the granting of permits for the purposes contemplated by that act, dependent upon the payment by the persons receiving such permits, of such charges as you may deem reasonable, for the purposes contemplated by the law." The Ballinger Incident is not closed. THE NEW ST. MARY'S Today the corner stone of the new St. Mary's will be laid. Looking out of the window of the Palladium office, the chaste lines of the new church are already beginning to appear from the confusion of building. Coming at the time it does in the history of the

and refuse to boost except in one and sixty-five days are needed in the Moines has no cinch in "doing things."

growth of Richmond the effect on the town is good. The congregation of St. Mary's is to be congratulated on the new church. The neighborhood is much improved and a new dignity is added by what promises to be good architectural work. Buildings or this character are the backbone of the physical appearancof the town, and to have the fine new edifice is so much work done toward the betterment of the town. The whole town derives a benefit from the mere looking at good buildings. HE WHO CARRIED THE MESSAGE TO GARCIA Major Andrew S, Rowan, U. S. A., is about to retire voluntarily from the service. The news will be received with regret by the army, where Major Rowan is justly popular, and also by all who wish the army well. In Major Rowan the army loses the kind of officer of which an army can never have too many the modest, capable man who does his work and makes no fuss about itBorn in Virginia, graduated from

West Point In 1SS1. Andrew S. Rowan

entered the service as second lieutenant in the Fifteenth infantry, was promoted first lieutenant in 1SO0. servin? a few months in the Ninth infantry, and then transferred to the Nineteenth He had not been content merely to go through the routine of garrison luties in time of peace. He had acquired lacimy m tne Spanish language, and studied the geography of various re-j gions where he thought the army might be called to active service. Because he knew Spanish, because he knew the topography of Cuba, and because he had shown himself on various occasions a brave and prudent soldier. Lieutenant Rowan was selected in the spring of l$f8 to go on a hazardous mission. He was to get into the interior of Cuba, and into communication ! with the insurgent leader Calixto Gar- j cia, to find out to what extent Garcia j and his followers could be depended ! on to co-onerate with an American . i . . . , , . . , , peditlonary force in the war then imminent. He crossed from Jamaica in a Sailboat with a single companion a Cuban. He made his way inland to Garcia's camp in the hills, delivered his message and observed the situation. He went on across the island to the north coast, and made his way in another sailboat Soo miles to Nassau. He did what he was sent to do. and refused absolutely to pose or be posed as a hero. Of course he risked his life. He would have been hanged or shot if the Spanish troops had caught him. That, however, was just a part of the day's work for Andrew S. Rowan, and from his viewpoint. The incident appealed to the imagination of a writer of talents. He wrote a short prose poem about it a kind of sermon, in fact, showing why the man who carried the message to Garcia had done an admirable thing and bow. It was a timely bit of eulogy of the man who does the day's work in the day, without complaining - ' - 1 parade just goes ahead and does it. or The writing was well done, like the deed it celebrated. It struck the popplar fancy, and the idea it set forth ha3 stuck in the public consciousness. It will probably live longest of all its author's somewhat voluminous work. No anthology of American prose would be complete without it. That a writer of talents should have been thus moved to celebrate a deed worth doing is a threefold advantage. First to the writer, who by taking a really worthy theme and treating it well, has secured for himself a remembrance that nothing else he has done would have obtained. Second, to Rowan, whose well-doing thus became impressed upon the public consciousness as well as becoming a matter of official record. And most of all to American youth, who by the conjunction were given a new and vivid impression of the merits and value and worthiness for emulation of the man who goes right ahead and does his plain duty, without shrinking or strutting, without a moment's hesitation, and without a thought of the reward. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Stories About People Proof of a Gentleman. "Major Inman told me this story," said one of the Army officer's old friends recently. "He thought it was very funny, and it was. Inman said that a Kansas man named Chrisholm. a ranchman and cattleman of much means, traveled a great deal over the old Santa Fe trail by stage coach in those early days. He had a big government beef contract for either the army or the Indians, I forget now which: but. at any rate, he had to go in person to conclude the business. He had to go to Arizona to one of the agencies. Returning, he was smart enough to send his money on ahead and it got back to his ranch safely enough. He had about $1,000 in bills on his person. In another pocket he had a $2 bill. As he was getting ba"k into Kansas the stage was held up, evidently by a party of robbers, who had been watching Chrisholm and expecting him to return with a wad of money in payment for his cattle. Chisholm slipped the $1,000 roll down bis pants leg. The hold-up men buttoned him first. He invited them to searca him, saying that he had little money on his clothes. They found his watch and a ring, and located the 2 bill. The $1,000 roll down in his pants leg was overlooked. "'That's all I have,' said Chisholm. He was talking to the man who had taken his $2 bill. 'I was going to use that to buy grub with until I got home.' " 'You're a blanked cheap, mean cuss,' snorted the bandit. 'Fact of the 1 matter is that a man mean enough to (travel with only $2 in his pockets ought to starve and thirst to death. But I'm going to give you a dollar back, and I'm going to let you know, blank you. that you are dealing with a gentleman. "And the hold-up man fished out a silver dollar and handed it to Chisholm." Kansas City Journal. Building a Reputation. Young physicians in the smaller towns have an idea that appearing very busy will help them greatly in stArting a practice. The following is told by a senator. Dr. Godfrey Hunter of Kentucky: Dr. Hunter had a call the afternoon following the hang-

ing out of his shingle, and started Why. say. pardner, there's bullfrogs ity of almost all of our military posts through town in his buggy at terrific j In this yere town over 5 years old to large cities, making it nearly impoespeed. A policeman stonDed the en- that hain't learned to swim yet." Ev-. sible to maintain dlsciDline on account

terprising physician.

ou:stiqn be:d's record 0(1 labor

' Examined by Committee Se lected by the Democratic Campaign Managers. HOPE TO QUIET DOUBTS ALSO THAT THE MATTER WILL NOT CAUSE FURTHER DISCUSSION AMONG THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND. That the question of Pettis Reid's labor record has been causing much disquietude among his managers was . w s ,! made evident yesterday afternoon by the publication in the Item of an examination which was made by four men selected by the campaign managers of Reid's candidacy. Mr. Johnson, democratic member of the board of works came in the Palladium office as the paper was going to intss un an agitated expression and asked that it be published. He said that there was doubt in the popu - lar mind as to Reid's labor record and that it was hoped that this inves tigation by the committee selected by the democrats would silence the matter. Managers Select Committee. The report as follows Is as published in the Item: "The following action has been taken by the democratic leaders, looking to the correction of the reports that have been circulated regarding Mr. Reid's relations with the men in his fence factory. The documents below speak for themselves, and will doubtless do much to settle this particular campaign story: Office of Democratic City Committee. Richmond, Ind., Oct. 30. 1909 . i. . , ov, Xv33. Messrs. George H. Knollenberg. Ray Robinson, John M. Lontz and Reece Marlatt. Gentlemen Reports having been somewhat persistently circulated to the effect that Pettis A. Reid. our candidate for mayor, has been harsh toward his employes and that he has not paid them fair wages, for the kind of work done; and our committee as well as our candidate, being anxious that the exact truth shall be known in these matters, we earnestly request you gentlemen ( two being republicans and two democrats) to act as a nonpartisan committee, to investigate the truth or falsity of these rumors, and furnish the committee and the public of Richmond with the exact facts In the case. CLIFFORD W. CALDWELL, Chairman. RICHARD O. ALLEN, Secretary." Report of Anti-Zimmerman Committee The report of the Anti-Zimmerman committee selected by the Democratic campaign managers is as follows: "Messrs. Clifford W. Caldwell, Chairman, and Richard O. Allen. Secretary. Gentlemen The undersigned members of the committee designated by you, beg leave to submit the follow ing report for your information and - - . ..... v w. auu in the interest of the truth fa, Play toward Mr. Reid and all parties concerned. We have made a personal invest!cation of these rh tv. oi j the payrolls of Mr. Reid's wire fence factory, and we find that the lowest rate of wages paid by him for com mon labor is 16 cents an hour; that his shipping crew receives 16 cents per hour; foremen 224 cents per hour; that his men who wait on the weavers receive 17 to 22 cents per hour; that his weavers are guaranteed 17 cents per hour, with piece work opportunities increasing these wages to $10.50 guarantee, to $20.00 per week; that machinists receive 30 cents per hour, except one new man at 25 cents. We further find, after freely talking with Mr. Reid s employes, that there is no ground for the charge of harsh treatment towards them; but that on the contrary he has uniformly treated them kindly and they have no fault to find with him on that or any other account. Thev are well satisfied and so expressed themselves in the pre-!-ence of the committee, after hearing the statements covering the question of wages. We find that Mr. Reid's factory is! one of our important industries, stand-1 ing among the first in number of employes and volume of output. He has kept a full force of men on full time for over four years, and during that time he has kept a full night force from seven months each year to full . time for the past fifteen months. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE H. KNOLLENBERG. RAY ROBINSON. J. M. LONTZ, H. R. MARLATT." city ordinance to drive at tie speed you are going. You must accompany me to the judge and pay your fine." j "What is the fine?" inquired the ' doctor. "Five dollars." The doctor's hand flew to his pocket. "Here's $10; I have to come back just as fast as I am going." Success Magazine. How Dry It Is in Arizona. Governor Glasscock of West Virginia, while traveling through Arizona, noticed the dry. dusty appearance of the country. "Doesn't It ever rain around here? he asked one of the natives. "Rain?" The native spat. "Rain?! ery body's.

President Taft Will Wisely Avoid Famous Artillery Punch

Savannah, Ga.. Oct. 30. Unless President Taft sticks to his expressed determination to keep his banquet glass turned down when he comes to Savannah early in November, he may imbibe all apparently harmless beverage which is to be served in his honor the night of November 4. and also at the luncheon at the Thunderbolt Casino the next morning. The committee in charge of the entertalnment of the president and those who are coming with him is already preparing to brew the punch for this auspicious occasion. Chatham Artillery punch can not be built in a day. Like so many other good things it requires at least seven days in the making. Presidents, statesmen, governors, and naval officers have attacked artillery punch and all have been worsted. It is the regular John L. Sullivau of drinks. The most distinguished victim of Chatham Artillery punch so far as recorded was a former president of the I nited States. He was entertain ed very royally in Savannah and in the course of his entertainment he came upon this delightful brew. It pleased him and tickled his palate. He drank one or two and probably a third, All after that was extra ballast and the resu,t wa the president of th j -'nited States lay "sick with a fever" : on DO"d a warship in the port of Savannah for two or three days. An official of the Confederate States and Governor of Georgia died shortly after a visit to Savannah where he attended the celebration of the Sesqul Centennial of the city's founding. He left Savannah a verv ill man. He was over-entertained, the doctors said. His entertainment consisted largely in drinking the Chatham Artillery punch and headache from which he never recovered. The most recent distinguished vicTROUBLE BETWEEN THE 2 BRANCHES IS UNFORTUNATE Mrs. Logan Laments Lack of Harmony Now Existing Between Regulars and the Militia Regiments. THE BLAME IS PLACED ON THE VOLUNTEERS Troubles in the Camps Last Summer Caused by Guardsmen Objecting to the Real Drudgery Work. (By Mrs. John A. Logan) Washington, Oct. 30. It Is unfortunate that t rift I nr. ehmilJ V. n W 1. - - . i Diiuuiu uaw urru luc result nt th. nMmrim. tional Guard and Regulars together the past summer, especially on the Pacific slope. The causes are undefinablKt nrininaii,, t ,v .. ..' j nation of the National Guard to con - form to discipline and do the real drudgery of a camp. In California the feeling between th-? Regulars and the National Guard reached an acute stage. At a recent gathering resolutions were suggested to repeal the law in regard to annual encampments of this character. Luckily, it was subsequently withdrawn, but the feeling was not changed. As to Conscription. General Chaffee, retired, officer of

the army, made a speech in which he The National Guard could be greatly uttered some very astounding senti- benefited by these annual encampments touching upon the approaching ments and it would be well. If It were

j n1fce8S,ty of having conscriptions in country- ' Anyone who has Pald av attention i t0,tb matter of recruits, and the diffli Which confront recruiting offi- ' f!"' '? 8ecurln desirable men. realize increased and that ' rC enlistments In the I army today han at uy t,me ,n the ' history of the government since the

civii war. j government, tnal guarantees to them It shows, in the first place, that our life, liberty and the pursuit of happiratio of native population is very much ness. depleted by the enormous number of Our native citizens are not lacking foreigners, who have monopolized the In patriotism. Intelligence or physical opportunities in the United States, but j strength, but the idea of independence who naturally do not feel the same de-! in some minds means a following of votion and patriotism to our country j their own inclinations and a total disas did the natives of other days. regard of rules and regulations thai In 6 peak leg of this matter a few days ! require obedience to the commands of ago. another officer said "he thought ! superior officers. that General Chaffe was in advance There are many problems that must

of his time, and that a much better system might be adopted whereby th j boys might be educated by the gov - ernt for tne service, and as a com pen - five to seven years in the army, and j tnen oe young enough to enter into civ-1 " pursuits If they so desired. This wouId insure the government a reserve that would be available for any emergency. May Be Necessary. Legislation that would authorize

such a plan may become necessary to!today ln dispatches that the uprising

. My ol lfle CQUea auu8 as efficient as it should be. because of the fact that the population is so - mopolitaxu "-""t 6 '"i not be as patriotic as the generations of the past. The probabilities are that many of the desertions and difficulties with which the officers of the army have to contend also arise from the oroxim'of the frequent visits or the soldiers -

tira of Savannah hospitality was a

United States admlraL A bowl f punch brewed a wmV before as the main decoration in the saloon of the cutter. The admiral fought shy of the big bowl until near the end of the first half of the trip. Then he consented to take a littl salad and a small glass of punch. The admiral has always declared it was the salad that made him 111. It was announced that the distinguished guest was a very 111 man and that he must be hurried back to Savannah. The guests were put on another vessel and the cutter cut out for the Savannah docks, The man whose genius had planned a .marine battle and who had represented this great government most suecessfully in one of its most trying crises was bundled to bed bv his wife and a committee of sympathizing natives. In about 12 hours he recovered. This beverage which the president will fight shy of, if he takes the advice of both friends and foes, is a Savannah invention. It was first brewed for the Chatham artillery by a local saloon keeper. It proved such a good bit of ammunition that it has been kept in the family and Its formula has been cherished as a valuable token from one generation to another. Like fraternity secrets the real formula served to so many visitors with the , expected effect in Savannah has never been written. There is always in the Chatham artillery a man with the secret of the brew wrapped up in his breast. The present keeper of this great asset of the Chatham's is Lieutenant Mariana Papy. The Lieutenant say that Captain R. J. Davant also knows it. but it is in the official keeping of Lieutenant Papy. The Captain has just been acquainted with what It U so if Lieutenant Papy is killed in battle there will be one left alive with the secret still in his breast. to the cities, where they are Immediately surrounded by all kinds of temjtations. Mercenary agents are ever on the alert for men who receive salaries at stated times, and the very fact that soldiers have money to spend exposes them to the conspiracies on the part of men of vicious character, who organize. all kinds of devices to beguile men into temptations. Great effort has been made to destroy the liquor traffic among soldiers, but probably there never "will tome a time when it ran be altogether debar red. If the authorities would exercise as rigid discipline over the officers of the army as they do over the men. a great change would be wrought in this respect. Officers Are Drinker. While it is supposed habitual drunkenness is punished in the army, there are Innumerable Instances where it i well understood that officers are habitual drinkers and yet escape being tried on the ground of dissipation if they can claim that they have performed their duty as officers. It is unfortunate that a majority of the best citizens of the country are up der the Impression that there is almost universal addiction to intemper nerance in the arm. and. therefore, they try to exert their influence against young men entering the service. Thin m , . . - .... feeling Is much exaggerated and Is iu lDtcorct- vb,!t at tne " m- ther 1 altogether too much dli 8iPatlo n the Part of officer, of th i army that goes unpunished. 1, . i ld,eiU the most iniviugcuk uu ucbi in me worm, uiu- , cers and men have won for our coun- ! thy immortal honors, and there Is n i reason why Intemperance should prevail more extensively in the army than It does In civil life. All that would be required would ba a strict surveillance over the rank and file of the whole army and to arraign j and try and punish all who violate regulations, and dishonor the service land their country by over-Indulgence" In intoxicants. . a possible thing, to extend the length iof me from ten days to two or three weeks, when the men would become more familiar with military affairs and would learn that discipline in cam., was absolutely necessary for the life of a soldier. ; They would then be better prepared if an emer8ency 8huld rise makln , It necessary for them to defend the ! be solved by far-seeing. Intelligent legislators upon whom rsts the responBi- ; bility of providing for the maintenance ; of our institutions. MASSACRE III SEOUL (American News Service) Tokio. Oct. 30. It was reported here n Seoul resulted in the massacre of j6eTeral japaneSe. The situation is j crlt,cal and tQe government is taking drastic measures. The Rebellion is spreading rapidly. MRS. COOK REMOVED. Mrs. Joseph R. Cook, who has been suffering with an attack of typhoid fever, has been removed from the Reid Memorial hospital to her home. 18 South E street. She Is reported aa slowly Improving.