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The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
COLOR LINE A WORLD ISSUE.
significance of the Awakening OF
Brown, Yellow, and Black Races.

Prof ". T. B. Dubois in Golfers
The negro problem in America is but a
local phase Of a world problem. The
problem of the twentieth century is the
problem Of the color line Many smile
incredulously at such a proposition but
let Us see.
The tendency Of the great nations OF
the day is territorial, political and eco
nomic expansion, but III every case this
has brought them in contact with darker
( peoples, 50 that we have to-day England,
France, Holland, Belgium, Italy. Portu-
gal and the United States in close con-
tact with brown and black peoples. and
Russia and Austria in contact with the
yellow. The older idea was that sthe
whites would eventually displace the ma
tive races and inherit their lands, but
this idea has been rudely shaken i'm the
/ Increase of American negroes. the ex-
/ perience Of the English in Africa. India.
and the West Indies and the DEVELOPMENT
Of South America The policy Of expan-
sion, then. simply means world problems
OF the color line. The color question en-
tiers into European imperial politics and
floods our continents from Alaska TO Pat
agonia.
This is not all. Since 732. when Charles
/ Martei beat back the Saracens at Tours
the white races have had the hegemony
| of civilization-so far so that white" and
civilized have become synonymous in
everyday speech, and men have for
I gotten where civilization started. Fos
/ the first time IN thousand years a great
white nation has measured arms with a
cOlOTed nation and has been found want
/ ing. The Russo-Japauese war has marked
an epoch The magic Of the word white
/ is already broken. and the color line IN
civilization has been crossed in modern
/ times as it was Ia the great past The
awakening of the yellow races is certain
/ That the awakening of the brown and
! black races will follow In time, no un-
/ prejudiced student OF history can doubt
Shall the awakening OF these sleepy mil
/ lions be in accordance with, and aided BY
/ the great ideals of white civilization, OF
( in spite OF them and against them? This
/ is the problem Of the color line. Force
and fear have hitherto marked the white
attitude toward darker races; shall this
/ continue or be replaced by freedom and
/ friendship?
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
Birds Sometimes Make Mistakes
When the Weather's Fine.

Birds Sometimes Make Mistakes
when the weather's Fine.
From ST. Nicholas
We are apt TO think that birds build
only in spring OF in summer, because that
is their natural" season and because
their ancestors did so. But have you
never thought that perhaps the heat or
the mndness Of the weather may have
a direct influence. and may actually in
vite them to build? Here is a little in
cident which I saw last year, and which
seems to point in that direction
The 24th of September was springlike
in temperature; a fine rain was falling.
and i was afeld. watching a host of
small migrants. chiefly myrtle warbIers
and sparrows. but especially interested in
the movements Of some young gold
finches that were learning to feed on
thistles. About q cavity in an old apple
! tree were four bluebirds lowering and
warDling. Looking more closely 1 noticed
that each pair seemed trying 10 get pos
session of the hollow, as / have seen
them fighting for a nesting place in
spring But 10 my astonishment one male
had a straw in his bill He went into the
hollow. tarried for a while and returned
without the straw. Then the female vent
in and stayed for several minutes The
birds were so much interested that went
TO within a few yards of them before
they left. In the hollow was the founda-
ton Of a nest
bird called the pine siskin, which I
caught one day. and which roamed about
the house, found on old vireo's nest and
at once took possession, pulling and pick
ing curiously at the loose fibers as if
to arrange them to a Siskin's taste I
have also seen pair Of waxwings gather
nesting material when 1t seemed too late
| in the season even for them. Perhaps
further study OF the birds in the fine
autumn weather viii show that they are
often led to build useless nests. It would
be interesting to know how far they may
sometimes carry those untimely efforts.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
SPAIN. Turn to Laugh

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
In undertaking TO restore order in Cuba
and establish stable government, Uncle
sam viii have a steady job for several
years TO come, if not indefinitely, all of
which makes the Spanlard to laugh Cuba
is now our enfant terrible and not SPANS
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
Lack Teeth ana Time.
5m the Richmond News-Leader.

Full nc ItIlIiIlOUu -FtNs- L4.dutTs
Prof. Irving, of Yale University. after
a series of experiences, of which nine
students were the victims, has concluded
that it IS in the power Of a healthy man
to double his endurance in FIVE months by
increasing thoToughness OF mastica ton
and prolonging the time Of eating But,
professor, where are the teeth for the
one and the time for the other to come
from with some Of us2
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Rival committees were appealing for
funds.
Let's see, said the capitalist. musing-
~. If give 5000 to each committee. one
donation would nullify the other, and, so
far as l can see, leave both relatively
where they started"
Musing q little more he decided that
$4,000 would just buy the sort Of auto
mobile he had in mind
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
stand Pat on Bryan.

From Tie LOUISVILLE Coufier-J0uTnal
And so, We shall continue TO stand pat
on Bryan He may not be as smooth IS
Roosevelt, nor as rich as Hearst. but ne
has worn very well, all things considered.
in spite Of rent or two in his coat.
These may be mended in time for 1893,
and in any event. as the monkey said
when he painted the cats tail with a
brush made out of the eagles wing.
What's the good Of having cat thar
amt sky-bluel'
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Let the Cubans rule" says Bryan
Yes; but we pledged not to let them riot
Mr.. Bryan.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

Napoleon III 4 man whose private lie
was far from being above reproach. and
whose unfortunate surroundings brought
disaster upon his house, and upon his
country. was the most kind-hearted of
men, and his patient courtesy, even under
the most trying circumstances. went far
to disprove the charges to the effect that
he was a mere adventurer. il was not
by his craftsmanship, nor yet by his con-
duct, but rather by his perfect courtesy,
that he was able 10 conquer the strong
prejudice that had been formed against
him by Queen Victoria. by Car AleXan-
ander II and his consort, and by so many
of his contemporaries on the thrones Of
Europe. There are many Instances that
could be receunted to illustrate his tact
full consideration for the feelings of 9TH
ers, but the following will probably suf-
fee. At one of the court balls at the
Tuileries a gallant colonel while waltz
ing lost his footing and brought both his
partner and. himself TO the ground, al
most at the feet of Napoleon III
Madame remarked the Emperor, as he
assisted the lady to rise, -c'est Ia
deuxieme fois que je vols tomber le
colonel La premiere fOis c'etait sur le
champ de bataille a Solferino.' ut is the
second time I have seen the colonel fall.
The first time it was on the battlefield OF
Solferiho.) Naturally, remark such as
this was calculated TO raise the colonel in
the eyes of his fair partner, and 10 dispel
the sentiments of modification and
humiliation which he would naturally feel
on account OF his awkwardness.
As a general rule, extremely brilliant
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

Our hotel proved to be q charming, par
lorless place. with concession TO modern
improvements in the form of a vacuum
for the lift that had mover been put in.
did not regret the parlOr since its alb
sence enabled me to lounge in the smOk-
ing and writing rooms Neither was 1
sorry-Iike Jaek-that English was as for
eign to the establishment as Sanscript
do not believe German hotels have pro-
prietors and clerks ard hello-girls- All
tthat appears on the surface OF manage
ment is a PORTER. who dWelis in a
luggage-box at the entrance. a major
domo. who is a combination Of head
waiter and bosOm-friend. a score of dear
little waiter-fellows looking like young
cherubs in dress suits. and a few demure
madchcns to encourage the NATIVE feather
bed 10 stand higher than it is long. Given
these things, the German hotel runs mer-
rily along by itself.
We ate in an imaculate veTanda, flower
boxed, as every one does in Bremen.
When I wanted excitement I put in a
request for ice water at meals. 1t re-
quired the entire establishment to pro-
duce appropriate glasses. Germans never
indulge IN drinking water. and the only
way TO satisfy your thirst upon long
journey is to cary a canteen. water be-
ing the most difficult thing pUrchasabie
IN the Fatherlald.
Another characteristic or the German
hotel IS its indifference 10 money as a
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

As a general rule, extremely brilliant
people are disposed to be impatient with
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

That iceberg was the mosta trapped
thing Imaginable. The first officer in
formed us there were polar bears Rp0n it.
but L felt positive OF only the former
fact. The chief danger Of an iceberg is
that its real immensely is below the sur
face of the sea, and in a dense fog OF
the darkness of night z ships keel is
likely 10 ground upon ice while the tower
ing walls Of the berg are stiu many feet
distant. German sailors have a word for
iceberg that is similar in meaning TO our
tramp" Jack made up this frivolous
eonundrum:
why is tramp on the sea like a
tramp on land?f
Answer-They both keep their heads out
of water
The Germans did not catch the humor
OF tAls- They insisted upon tramp being
a verb. and said: "Ach, so? ia. ia;
tramp-meaning. to bummeli" Jack did
not attempt 10 explain his joke after
that
BY the time we were well into the
English Channel, 10 the exciting music
OF fog horns, and I beheld the cliffs OF
Dover rise from the suddenly fOg-freed
sea like rock wraiths, and viewed
Brighton, and even projected my gaze 70
far Calais, l was thoroughly enamored
Of ocean life. hated to say good-by 10
my steamer chair; / forgot the trials OF
trying to Keep my hair curled. and felt
I should never be happy again il could
not eat Swiss house for dessert.
Discovering that I got on well with the
language. ] burned with the desire 10
remain in Germany. Paris could wait
SO from the litter Of guide books and
pamphlets that Hooded the smoking-room
/ decided upon the Harz Mountains. where
sings the pale canary; the Black Forest
whence springs the hoard legend the
castled Rhine, the German student, the
Turing cheese and sausagel Jack agreed
and probed for further wisdom into
the intelligence Of the ships physicians,
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
FALL NEST BUILDING.

ANOTHER CHATTER NEXT WEEK
The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

The success which has attended the ex-
pertinent is Of even greater interest TO
America than il is 10 England. because
America, 10 much greater extent than
England. is dependent for her military
strength on an efficient citizen force,
capable, should the necessity arise. Of CO.
operating effectively with regular troops
IN the field. The United States military
attache was one of The keenest observers
OF the system of training employed, and
was present at the formal disarmament
Of the company.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
FAITH IN THE BAY CITY.
Claus Spreckies Says It Will Be the
Greatest Port on Hemisphere.

Claus Spreck'es Says It Will Be the
Greatest Port on Hemisphere.
Chicago, June 60 "San Francisco
will soon be Greater San Francisco in
deed as we are in name. Things have
settled themselves since our terrible dis
aster, capitalists are putting their mon
ey into rebuilding and enlarging and
in identifying, and the people general
ly are exercising a great degree of con.
fidence in the city's future prosperity"
Claus Spreckles, of San Francisco,
who with his wife was in San Francisco
yesterday, thus expressed himself in
discussing the future of his home city.
All financial interests, he said, al
thong he spoke especially for the
sugar interests, were firm in the belief
that San Francisco would become the
largest and most important port of en-.
try in the western hemisphere.
When our Oriental trade, already
large. has become still larger, and
when new modern buildings have
sprung up out of the ruins, as they
surely VIII, San francisco will be q
graster city in all ways" he said.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
America viii Not Lose Anything
by Comparison.
HONESTY IS NOT COMMON THERE
Everything Must Be Put Down in
Black and White in European
Commercial Life.

Chicago, June %. - The Berlin cor
respondent of the Chicago Daily News
cables the following interview with
Adolph Kahn, a prominent American
business man, on his observance Of
business metk ods abroad:
European mud-slinging at Ameri.
can commercial morals, which is now
30 popular, is hypocrisy of the rankest
kind" said Mr.. Kahn. "Wide know
ledge of European methods assures me
that comparison of ethics would de-
cidedly favor the business men and
business practices of the United States.
Representatives of our leading indus
trial organizations declare that their
daily experiences reveal little of the
boasted moral superiority of the Old
World.
"One of them makes the sweeping
assertion that, barring perhaps English
men, he would not trust any European
merchant, manufacturer or tradesman,
unless the transactions were tied up in
fornal documents producible in court.
"Such things as a gentleman 8
agreement, which is an everyday feat
ure of American business, is unknown
here. The doctrine of common honesty
and mutual trust appears to play no
part in European commercial life.
Everything must be put down in black
and white, and even then there is a
tendency to bubble and crawl. Broad
guage, generous methods and princi-
pies, characteristic of the best class of
American concerns, are utterly foreign
to the European business code."
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
NEWSPAPER SHOPS SEIZED.
Government Attempts to Suppress Ac-
rounts of Mtlfinv in Aruov

government AttemptS 10 suppress &C
counts of Mutiny in Army.
st. Petersburg, June 27.-The gov
eminent, taking advantage of the effect
produced by the frankness and sincerity
of Interior Minister Stolypin's declara-
tions in the lower house of parliament,
has taken prompt steps to prevent any
further anti-Semitic disturbances. But
this effect is waning and the impossi-
bility of the present situation is daily
coming more to the fore. The senti-
ment in favor of a change in the minis
try is now not only shared by the lower
and upper houses of parliament, and
voiced by the entire press, but is sup
ported by a strong faction at court.
The revolutionists are jubilant at the
progress made by the military propa-
ganda. The conservative Novoe Vrem-
va today devotes leading editorial to
the subject, and the radical organs
print columns of accounts of military
troubles, some of which undoubtedly
were invented for suggestive effect, but
the majority were based on fact.
After vain attempt to stop the pub
LEGATION of unfavorable military news
by the confscation of their editions,
the police yesterday seized the typo
graphical outfits of several papers, and
the Offices of provincial journals which
were reprinting the accounts of the
Novos Vremya and Slovo were sum-
marily closed.
Agrarian disorders at Kharkoff, Pol
tava and Tamboff have led to conflicts
with the troops. The estate of Prince
Volkonsky, member of the lower
house of parliament, at Morshansk,
has been plundered and his residence
burned.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
Earthquake In Wales.

Cardiff, Wales, June 90. - Violent
earthquake shocks were felt throughout
South Wales at 94:5 this morning
Houses rocked and many of the cheaper
ones were damaged. Hundreds of
chimneys fell, occupants of dwellings
weret brown to the ground aud people
fed from their houses, shrieking in
panic, with visions of the San Fran
cisco disaster before them. Though
there we're many narrow escapes from
falling chimneys and copings, there
were no casualties 30 far as known.
Earthquake shocks were also telt at
Bristol, Ilfracombe and elsewhere.
They were accompanied by loud rum
blings.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
Log Rats for Honolulu.

onolulu, June 28.-The Slade Lum-
Der company, of Washington. has pur-
chased the business of the Oahu Lum-
Der company here, and in connection
with the purchase there are reports
that the Washington concern intends to
enter the local field and will send lum-
Der here in log RATS to be sawed at a
mill which may be established here.
The announcement that such plans
were being considered has led to objec-
tions by some shipping interests to the
plan, it being alleged that the log RATS
constitute menace to navigation.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
TOO BUSY FOR REVISION
Senator Warren Says Country Is Too
Prosperous to Think of Tariff.

Senator Warren Says Country Is Too
Prosperous to Think of Tariff.
Washington, June Ex-senator War
rem made speech in the senate today
on his resolution calling on the director
of the census for a statement covering
the extent of the livestock industry of
the United States and of the foreign
business in this country in leather and
raw material. He cited the recent
agitation concerning this industry as
his reason for seeking this information.
He confidently asserted that the state
ment would show an astonishing in
crease and that the product of not less
than $4,000, 900, 900 annually, more
than the value of ali the gold produced
by the United States in the entire his
tory of the country.
Warren pronounced as unjust and
selfish the demand made by the manu-
facturers Tor free hides. He said that
while the livestock men do not envy
Massachusetts, its prosperity they do
not desire to add to it by taking off the
duty of hides and wool, and closed an
appeal for the continuance of the tariff.
"We are," he said, "too busy, too
well employed, too we'll paid for our
labor, too prosperous to think seriously
of tariff revision in the year of our
Lord, 1906"
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
STAY WITH WORK.
Cannon Says Congress Must Finish
Before 1t Can Adjourn.

DSlOTS u OdH HuJOuTHs
Washington, June 27.-Congress will
stay in session until its work is fin
ished. This is the dictum of Speaker
Cannon. and his lieutenants, and is
being emphasized at this time to coun-
teract any impression that the pure
food bill, at least, might go over until
the next session.
There is also trouble on the meat
inspection bill, and the cite up" on
the railroad rate bill indicates delay.
The immigration bill is also in confer
ence, as are several of the appropria-
ton bills. All of these things must
be worked out without any date of adj
journment being set, according to the
decision Of the house leaders. When
the work is done an adjournment reso-
luton will be forthcoming in short
order.
While the situation today spells de-
lay until next week, the work on the
floor is progressing. Members say
there is no need to prolong the session
beyond Friday, if the conferees make
up their minds that the work must be
done or that agreements which will
meet all demands can be arranged on
all matters before that time, and that
if the idea of prolongin0 the session for
the purpose of killing certain bills is
abandoned, this week will see the end.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
PASSES ARE TO BE LIMITED.
Rate BiII.conferences WiII,Also Report
Pipe Line Amendment.

Rate BiII.Conferencey WiII,Also Report
Pipe Line Amendment.
Washington, June 27.-The confer.
ence on the railroad rate bill tonight
resulted in no agreement on that meas
ure. The discussion made it clear that
the pass provision, which is to be per-
fected for the action of the committee
tomorrow morning, will follow closely
the lines of the original senate amend
ment on that subject. 1t will name
certain classes OF persons who may re-
ceive passes and exclude all others.
There is also ground for the predic-
tion that the pipe line amendment will
be reported exactly as it was in the last
conference report-that is, the phrase
common carriers" will give place to
the word railroads." The effect of
this will be to permit pipe lines to
transport the product owned by the
owners of the pipe line.
Before discussing the two disputed
amendments it was decided that the
former agreement as to all other points
IN dispute should stand. This was the
Fl st meeting since the rejection of the
conference report by the senate on &C.
count of the pass amendment and tie
provision relating to pipe lines.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
Earthquake in Ohio.

Cleveland, o., June ga shock of
felt here at 4:1O o'clock this afternoon
is pronounced by Cleveland scientists
to have been an earthquake. 1t is re-
ported to have shaken the southern
shore of Lake Erie for a distance Of
100 miles, the eastern limit being
Pinesville and the western limit Mar
blehead. No damage has been re-
ported, though in some places the
shock was sufficient to slam doors and
rattle windows. Local scientists be-
lieve the seat of the seismic disturbance
WAS probably beneath Lake Erie.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
SPREAD FERMENT.
Russian Parliament Openly Advocates
Revolution.

st. Petersburg, June 27.-The session
of the lower house of parliament today
was openly devoted to the revolutionist
propaganda for undermining the loyal
ty of the troops. A score of speeches
couched in ardent revolutionary tone
were delivered, with the direct object
OF their dissemination among the SOL
diers.
The authorities, who are able 10 con-
6scate papers containing telegraph &C.
counts of the ferment among the SOL
diery, are unable to prevent the publ
cation of parliamentary speeches, and
those delivered today will tomorrow be
printed in every radical paper in the
empire and so find their way into every
barracks, camp and outpost.
The rostrum was abandoned almost
entirely to Cossack representatives.
The conservative Cossacks did their
best to counteract the addresses OF their
revolutionary conferees. The lie was
freely passed on both sides regarding
the sentiments of the Cossack soldiers
and their devotion to duty, in spite Of
the utmost efforts of Prince Paul Dol.
gourokoff, who occupied the chair in
the absence of President Mouromtsef.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
ATTORNEYS ARE CALLED.
instructions Given for Action Against
Standard Oil.

Washington, June 20. - Attorney
General Moody had conferences today
with Frank B. Kellogg and Charles B.
Morrison, who have been engaged as
special counsel in the investigation
which is being made into the affairs of
the Standard Oil company, with view
to ascertaining whether there have
been any violations of the antitrust
law. With reference to this it was
stated today that further investigation
is to be made.
The attorney general also held con-
ferences with some of the district at
torneys he had summoned to Washing
ton, and it was stated that they were
being instructed as to how they should
proceed against the Standard Oil COM
pany. 1t was also said to be most
likely that special grand juries will
he called to determine whether the
Standard Oil company has been granted
rebates or concessions.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
petectives Murdered in Street.

Warsaw, June 27.-At o'clock this
evening in the outskirts of this city a
band of terrorists, armed with revolv-
ers, attacked three detectives, Of whom
they killed two and wounded the third.
When an ambulance arrived and the
doctors tried to assist the wounded de-
tectiye, two men approached and fred
twice. killing the injured man. The
shots attracted Cossacks and infantry to
the scene, and the soldiers barred the
street, firing several volleys by which
a number of sympathizing workmen
were wounded.