Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 271, 7 August 1911 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALIADIU1I AM) 8UN-TELEGKA3I. MOSDAT, AUGUST 7, ltlll.

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CHINA MAKING WAR Oil OM TRAFFIC lJ. S. Minister Calhoun Tells of the Efforts Made by Chinese Government.

BY 8IDNEY ESPEY. Washington, August 7. Papers recently filed with the Department of Bute by Minister Calhoun at P-skin along with a great mass of diplomatic correspondence, indicate that China Is making strenuous efforts to wipe out the trade In opium. China has been waging war for years In the face of discouragement and temporary financial loss. It Is estimated that the aggregate annual loss In opium revenue to the government will be about $50,100,'000. Many government officials, it is said, accustomed to the use of c ium for many yeara, gave up their lives in order to assist the government to further Its campaign for the suppression 'of the traffic. But China has begun to realize that her future rests largely upon her ablllty to rescue her teeming million from ' the blight of the opium habit. She Is trying to shake off the habit which has bound her to her past, which has Ikept the people hovering on the brittle of starvation, has diminished their energy, banished national ambition, and put her far behind Japan in the e lurch of modern progress. Owing to the vast tracts of Chinese soil which werj given up exclusively to opium, the ChlInese have gone without bread st uffs i and have suffered depopulating familnes when the available food supply ! was lessened for any reason. Tins vitality of her people has been (Mminllshed, not alone by the opium habit, but also by imperfect nourishment, ev- ' en in normal years. Struggle to Overcome. It is this condition which the Chinese government Is struggling to overcome. Against the Immediate loss in revenue from the destruction of the . poppy fields, the government Is balanclng, says Minister Calhoun, the ultimate, gain to the nation which must come from planting the soil in foodstuffs and restoring its population to a normal degree of efficiency. One of the State Department flies on the subject says: "China has estimat- ; ed the result of her abandoning the ! trade somewhat as follows: Gain to the people of a total annual expenditure In cash for opium of $151,525,000. The yield from land given up to the poppy when planted in wheat, cotton, and other crops will be at least $91,625,000, which added to the expendi- ' ture for opium, means an annual saving of $242,400,000. The average earning capacity of con-opium using Chinese is about twenty-eight cents a day. . The lowest estimate for loss of earning capacity from the use of opium is seven cents a day. As there are something like 25,000,000 male opium smokers this will mean an annual saving of $547,750,000. Added to this financial summing up Is the desire on the part of leading Chinese to develop according to the vast possibilities of this remarkable country. With opium no longer sapping the lives of her people and claiming their paltry earnings, China feels that she might have a chance to dedelop as Japan has developed. ' China, Mr. Calhoun says, has done remarkably well, during her three years probationary period, which ended December 31, 1910. The agents of reform were met in the remoter districts with actual violence, with hoes and pitchforks, and the law had to be enforced with blood. But into a thousand walled towns and hamlets, into the fields of remote provinces, and through the defiles of mountains, the agents of progress have made their way, with results that speak well for China's future. Give Up Poppy Crop. , Many of the twenty-one provinces have ceased poppy cultivation entirely and in all the percentage of decrease is large. In many places other crops have taken the place of the poppy, and this will be the case over the entire area, a merciful substitution for the scarcity of food crops in China has made the price of food almost beyond ithe reach of the miserably poor, while the adjustment of industrial conditions, including rents, leases, credits and mortgages, has been, regulated solely by opium production. Chinese officials claim that the reduction in cultivation has reached SO per cent, and enthusiastic individuals claim 90. The British consuls acknowledge from EZO! EZO! EZ0 NEW FOOT REMEDY THAT IS ASTONISHING THE COUNTRY Don't get stung by accepting substitutes; if your druggist hasn't Ezo he can get, it for you. Rub EZO on feet for one minute and a smile of joy will spread over your fact a minute later. Powders and other bothersome treatments pass into ancient history as soon aa you get one minutes rub with pain banishing Ezo, which is a HZSKPV FEET refined ointment that never fails to turn tender, weary, burning, swollen, tired out feet into strong, healthy, happy ones in a few hours. Pushes the agony from corns, bunIons and callouses and is so soothing that refined people use it for facial massage, sunburn and troublesome kin diseases. Jar' tor 25 cents at druggists everywhere.

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25 to 40 per cent and the American consuls will this year probably name 50 per cent as a fair estimate. It is unfortunate, the correspondence says, that China, owing.to her previous loose system of accounts, has not been able to determine accurately the exact amount of reduction, but a disagreement in regard to definite figures is Immaterial from a broad viewpoint. "Any reduction," continues Minister Calhoun, "deserves the highest praise, and a decrease of 25 per cent is a marvel. But a disinterested party Axes 50 per cent, and that means that in the poppy fields of China whose purple and crimson glory has been the symbol of a people's ruin, a miracle has been wrought. That is prohibition, not written in as edict, but embodied in a fact." In quoting Viceroy Tuan Fang, 'Mr. Calhoun writes "The time for writing Is past Let the world see our deeds, and judge if we are in earnest in the abolition of opium." Closing Opium Dens. Continuing, the American diplomatic representative says, "Pronounced activity has been exercised in closing the opium dens. In one city 7,000 have been closed, in other cities 3,000, 2,000 to 1.000, while in 100,000 market towns the dens have been effectually put out of business. About 2,000,000 places in all have been closed. Shops neglecting to comply with conditions of prohibition have been sealed. One wholesale place is said to have suffered the loss of $1,350 a day. The shrinkage in revenue is serious, but the attitude of the government is that it will not seek to satisfy its hunger or quench its thirst through the baneful poison of a great curse. So the Imperial decree is inexorable." Within a year a great world-wide op ium conference will be held abroad at which representatives from the vari ous exporting and importing countries will be present Measures will be pass ed at the conference limiting the amount of opium imported Into any country, and devising means for the lessening of the trade. This, taken together with the stren uous steps of the Chinese government seems to insure a lessening of the traffic and an elimination of many of the opium "joints" in this country and other foreign countries where Chinese have migrated to any considerable ex tent. Doubling Hor Capacity. "I want a nurse girl who is capable of taking care of twins," said a woman to the manager of an employment agency. A dozen maids ranged against the wall were questioned as to their familiarity with twins. Finally one girl produced documentary evidence that for the last five years most of her waking moments bad been spent in the company of twins. She got the Job. When she reported for work in the afternoon she was Introduced to but one Infant. "Where is the other one?" she asked. -Ob. there are no twins about this house. said her mistress. "I Just said twins so I would be sure to get a competent nurse. Any girl who is capable of handling two children can give extra good care to one. That is a little ruse I always employ when 1 hire a nurse. New York Time. Laughter In Persia. In Persia the man who Unghs is called effeminate, but free license If given to fesoml merrisaent.

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Ai Local Theaters At the Murray. Comedy and music, singing and dancing in plentitude are the elements which constitute the high class program now presented at the Murray Theater. The feature act is one of unrivalled splendor. The Sisters Chartress with J. Frank Holliday are creators of stupendous musical conception and charm with their excellent voices and unblemished beauty. The shepherdess number introduced by Miss Georgia Chartree is indeed novel. Her recital of the whistling mockingbird is perfect and proved a sensation. Miss Belle Myers has a dainty little act consisting of singing and dancing. She has an excellent stage presence and during the course of her act sne ma ives many oeauuiui cnanges 01 costume. Miss. Myers has such a winning smile that she has come to be known as The Girl with the Smile. Arsdell brothers, equilibrists, introduce some novel stunts in their line. Their dancing is exceedingly clever and something new. The Musical Toys have an excellent musical act that is entirelv new Rnth i members of the team are musical artists and the young lady, a charming miss, is the only lady today playing on four entirely different wind instruments. Motion pictures as usual conclude the performance. Entre Nous Carnival. The following are some of the sterling attractions that will be seen at the Entre Nous Club Carnival in Beallviey park next week. "Hamilton's World Wonders," here on exhibition the largest and most complete collection of living, strange, wierd, and wonderful beings and monstrositiese ever gathered und one pa; villion. The "Ostrich Farm" with a $20,000 colection of these magnificent birds that have been trained to race both under the saddle and harnessed to sulkies. "Steward's Nappanese" a musical comedy performance in two acts, presenting among other interesting numbers the justly famous "School Boys and Girls" act lately seen at all the leading vaudeville theaters throughout the country. "Armstrong's Fat People's . Convention." Here visitors will have an opportunity of witnessing the largest cake walk ever put on, there are a number of participants no one of whom weighs less than five hundred pounds. "Little Lord Roberts,' to quote the Chicago Tribune, "Unquestionably the world's greatest little man, a perfectly formed specimen of American manhood, measuring in height nineteen Inches, twenty-two years of age, weighing only 14 pounds. This gentleman has the distinction of being the smallest living member of the fraternal order of Eeales." The "Electric City," a complete city in miniature, operated by electricity, showing the inhabitants thereof in action, going through their daily work. Coal mines in full operation. Oil wells in course of drilling and oil being pumped from completed wells. Street cars make regular trips up add down the streets, stop on signal passengers get aboard and leave the cars. Here also will be seen a theater fully lighted when a minstrel company presents a finished entertainment "Under and Over the Sea," with, strange creatures

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from out of the briny depth, among these is a fine specimen of the 'devil of the seas' the octopus. "Princess Maxine" the mule with the human brain, an animal that actualy thinks for herself, selects persons and objects from the audience, adds subtracts, divides and multiplies, uses a telephone and cash register, goes to bed like you or I and as a fitting climax to a startlingly clever performance rescues a baby from out a burning building. "Lady Ruth' the tiny educated horse, " Williams' Wild West," "The Roulette Wheel" flO.OOO "Carry-Us-All" "Big Eli Ferris Wheel" The "Old-Time One-Ring Circus and Menagerie," many times the biggest and most stupendous show ever seen with a carnival. A circu6 organized to pleas, and it does just that and more. A marvelous attraction afford ing two and one-half hours delightful fun and entertainment to visitors twce daily afternoons at 3:15 o'clock and 8:30 evenings. Lack of space prohibits mentioning the many other features that will appeal to those who attend the Entre Nous Club carnival next week at Beallview park. BACK FROM NEW YORK. Mr. Lou M. Emmons has returned from a business trip to New York. While there he witnessed the aeroplane race from the roof of the Imperial Hotel. He took several pictures of the race and they will be on exhibition in the window of Emmons Tailoring Co., soon. The race was for $5,000.00 and was to encircle Kimbel Bros.' Building opposite Imperial Hotel, and end in Philadelphia. THIMBLE CLUB. Mrs. Robert Ashe will be hostess for a meeting of a Thimble clube Wednesday afternoon at her home in South Thirteenth street. ENTERTAINED GUESTS. Mrs. B. F. Scherb and daughter entertained Mrs. Minnie Allen and daughter Miss Eva Allen of Dayton, Ohio, Sunday. S w 11

to draw big crowds. Knockdown prices arc the cause. Our furniture and rugs are of the best make, and the big reduction we are making on the prices makes people buy whether they want to or not ' TO THE WOMEN This is your chance for bargains. Phone 1945 A nTTTTTTTCfTKT 328MainS!L

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THEIR FKIENDS. Stetson's Advice, as to Where Thsy Might Possibly B Found. John Stetson used to have a vaudeville house in Philadelphia, and he Inaugurated there the custom which prevails now in some of the cheaper theaters of taking a performer off in the middle of the turn If he did not please the patrons In front Every Monday night opened his bouse with fifteen acts, and as each one went on he stood In the wings and allowed those in front to decide whether It should be retained on the bill. Sometimes the people in front would CO'. "Take him off. John; he's no good." and Stetson would march out on the stage and drag the performer off. give him $10 for bis performance and tell him he need not return. One evening there - were two men who seemed especially obnoxious to the audience, who greeted thery with catcalls and howling derl6ion. They managed. howeTer, to get through with their song nnd came off the stage nervlly preparing to return for the remainder of their act "Here, you." shouted John Stetson, "what was the name of that song? "What's that to you?' asked one of the 6ingers. "It may be something to you," answered Stetson, with a few of the curse words for which he was noted. "I'm John Stetson, and I want to know the name of that song." "Beg pardon, Mr. Stetson," said the crestfallen variety man. "It is called 'Where Are the Friends of Our Youth. " "Well, you didn't seem to find them out in front, Take this $10 and go and hunt them on the outside." Show Your Talents. Exert your talents and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner andtwho does nothing when be Is there but sit and growl. Let him come out, as I do, and bark. Samuel Johnson. A Suggestive Bark. The man who ruined a sausage maker's trade by walking into his shop with a sackful of dead cats and dumping the contents down on the counter now finds a rival albeit an unintentional one in the person of a London waiter. The latter worthy, being asked by a customer for sausages, replied that there were none left, but being of an obliging disposition, he went on to say that if the gentleman did not mind waiting for a few minutes some 6hould be obtained for him. meaning. FLED WILDLY INTO TEE STBZXT of course, that they should be sent out for. The customer having signified his willingness to wait, the waiter proceeded to the culinary department to give the necessary instructions, but on arriving there he had the misfortune to step on the tail of a dog which belonged to one of the kitchen attendants. . The injured animal immediately let out a series of agonized yelps, whereupon the customer, being evidently a man of Imaginative mind, turned pale, hesitated only a second and then, grabbing bis coat and hat, fled wildly ipto the street Knew What Would Happen. A famous corporation lawyer was telling some anecdotes of criminal law: "One case in my native Lynchburg." be said, "implicated a planter of sinister repute. The planter's chief witness was a servant named Calboun White. The prosecution believed that Calhoun White knew much about his master's shady side. It also believed that Calhoun, in his misplaced affection, would lie in bis master's behalf. "When, on the stand. Calhoun was ready for croas examination, the prosecuting counsel said to bim sternly: " 'Now. Calhoun. I want you to understand the Importance of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in this case. " 'Yes, sah.' said Calhoun. Tou know what will happen. I suppose. If yon don't tell the truth?" "Yes, aah, said Calboun promptly. 'Our side '11 win de esse.' Making Thi ngs Smooth. "What advice would you giTe a young man about to face the world?" "Get a shave. Houston Post

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A PLEASANT REMARK. It Wm the Only One the Crank Mad During the Gam. At a whist club In Brooklyn was an old fellow who enjoyed the reputation of being a great crank, and bis animadversions against his partners were so severe and his manners generally so bad that It was rare. Indeed, that he could get any one to play with him. One night, however, a man happened in from the west, and the avoided one promptly assailed him with a request to "sit In." The western man was about to comply when he was quietly taken aside by one of the members of the club, who told him the reputation of the crank. "I don't care." he said.' T can stand it. I guess." At the end of the evening he was approached once more by the curious member. "Well." said the member, "bow did you manage? "First rate." -Didn't he Insult you?" "Why. no." -Didn't he browbeat you!' "Not at all." -Didn't he say anything?' -Nothing special. He only spoke once during the whole course of the game." "What did he say then?' -Why, 1 didn't get the. cards out right in the last round, and he looked over at me very pleasantly and said,

-Why, you cant even deal, can you? Life. A Tory's 'Tip." A good story is told of the times of the first reform bill in England, when I the popular cry was "The bill, the I whole bill and nothing but the bill." ; la those days the various bostelties along the coaching roads were patron ized according to the political leanings of the landlord. One night a Tory arrived at a certain inn and found to his horror that the landlord was a Radical. The next morning be discovered that the waiter was of the same political faith. He had satisfaction. Upon paying his reckoning he omitted the expected tip. "There, sir," said he. "is the bill, the whole bill and nothing but the bill." Th Tal That Taft Told. While spending the winter in Georgia before bis Inauguration as president Mr. Taft went to the city of Athens to deliver an address to the students of the University of Georgia. He met a member of the faculty a stanch Democrat who said: "Judge, I voted the Democratic ticket but wanted to see you win." Judge Taft replied: "You remind me of the story of Br'er Jasper and Br'er Johnson, who were both deacons in the Shiloh Baptist church, although avowed enemies. "Br'er Jasper died, and the otber deacons told Br'er Johnson be must say something good about the deceased on Sunday night - At first he declined, but finally consented. "Sunday night, when time for the eulogy arrived, he arose slowly and said, 'Brederen and sisteren, I promised ter say sump'n good . 'bout Dea con Jasper tonight an' 1 will say we all hopes he's gone whar we knows he ain't" A Word of Kindness. There are lives of wearisome' monotony which a word of kindness can relieve. There is suffering which words of sympathy can make more endurable, and often, even in the midst of wealth and luxury, there are those who listen and long in vain for some expression of disinterested kind ness. Speak to those while they can bear and be helped by you.

THE CHESAPEAKE eV OHIO RAILWAY OF INDIANA LEAVING TIME OF TRAINS AT RICHMOND, IND. Effective July 9, Westward; July 10, Eastward ' Subject to -Change Without Notice 7:13 p. m. DAILY. Limited for Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Richmond, Norfolk, Virginia, and North Carolina points. 8:45 a. m. WfcEK-DAYS Local for Cincinnati, connecting with P. P. V. . Limited for the East 7:33 a. m. SUNDAYS Local for Cincinnati, connecting with P. P. V. Limited for the East 4:15 p. m. WEEK-DAYS Local for Cincinnati. 7:15 p. m. SUNDAYS Local for Cincinnati 12:00 Noon DAILY Limited for Chicago and West 10:40 a. m. WEEK-DAYS Local for Chicago. -8:10 p. m. WEEK-DAYS Local for Chicago. 10:25 p. m. SUNDAYS Local for Chicago. - Sleeping, Observation-Parlor, and Dining Cars on Limited Trains. Sleeping Cars on Night Trains. , .

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I OF P. TEAM JEEKS PRIZE Thirty-one Strong, Company, No. 14 Leaves for the State Encampment. Intent upon capturing the distane prize of the state encampment of tha Uniform Rank and subordinate lodges of the Knights of Pythias, which op ened in Lafayette Monday, Richmond company No. 14, of the Uniform Rank organization left here on Sunday morning in a special interurban car with thirty one members of the team, all bodecked in their dress uniforms. The competitors for the distance prize must have teams of no less than 29 members, who are encamped for three consecutive days. The Richmondcompany having thirty one in Its enrolment is certain it will be awarded the prize, unless some team in , the. southwestern part of the state sends a larger delegation. The knights left nere at o'clock, and arrived in Lafayette about noon.' The baggage of the company was sent ahead in charge of Captain E. W. Stiggleman and Frank Dickinson. Th members of the team included George. R. Williams. Elam Hill, M. T. Nordyke. W. S. McMahan. Ed. Stiggleman. A. T. Ireton, W, H. Mlnck. Elmer Welsbrod, August H. Schroedor. Joa SchattelL John SchattelL Fred Schattell, Everett Liihtenfela, Walter Llchtenfels, L. B. Cranor, J. H,. Dentson. George Matthews, Raymond. Straot, Clayton Hunt, Dan Smith, Frank Dickinson, E. E. Longstreth, Joe King, David Hart. David Nordyke. Clarence) D. Mote. Frank Lashley. Wllltamn Schutte, Carl Welsbrod. Roy Norris. Dan C. Hill and Howard Smith. The encampment this year is of a more than usual interest among locaF Pythians and business men. Richmond will send committees to the encampment to determine whether invitation, shall be extended to the state lodges', to meet here at Glen miller park ini 1912. No doubt the committees from the Young . Men's Business Club and the Uniform Rank lodge will be im pressed with the value of an encampment of this character. The Richmond company was assign ed to very desirable location in the' camp. During the week it is expected' that several members of the K. of P. lodges of the city will be the guests of the local delegation. . The encampment opened today with a reception in the afternoon. Mayor George R. Dugan of the Lafayette camp turned the city over to Brig. Gen. William B. Gray, commander or the Indiana Uniform Rank and deliver ed a splendid address of welcome. The week will be taken up in drill exhlMtions, business affairs and social enjoyments.. Palladium Want Ads Pay. MURRAY'S Week Aug. 7 Sisters Chartress and Dolliday Matinee 10c Evening. 1045e High Time it is that you were having sanitary plumbing installed in your home if It isn't already there. Your health depends upon it and we stand ready to do it when we get your order. If you haven't the convenience of a good bath tub with hot and cold water. let us make you an estimate of the job, as well as anything else in our line. We are expert plumbers and our charges are fair. Chzs. Jo!umnino

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