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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
peonage in the South.

The Thirteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States pro-
yides that neither slavery nor invol-
untary servitude, except as a punish
ment for crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted. shall exist
within the United States, or a;y place
subject to their jurisdiction" Various
Southern States, with the especial OBJ
ject of forcing negroes to work on
the plantations at as small cost to the
.ex-slaye barons as might be, long ago
violated the spirit of this amendment
by raising misdemeanors to the rank of
crimes. As the Evening Wisconsin has
heretofore noted, there are in several
Southern States laws relating to va
grancy, labor contracts, fraudulent pre-
tense and false promise, defaulting
board bills and other misdemeanors,
which operate as traps for the enslave-
ment of workmen, white as well as
black. Immigrants who have been
wheedled into going South by promises
victims of these laws, and Italy and
Austria are taking notice of them to
the extent of warning subjects of those
countries of their existence and coun-
selling them against steering their course
into Southern States.
These laws have been made the sub
ject of a report by Assistant Attorney
torney- General of the United States, in
which he recommends that the federal
statute relating to slavery be amended
in a way which will destroy all doubt
as to the meaning of involuntary seryi-
tude. He also says ''it is hoped that
an enlightened self-interest and the de-
mand for labor made necessary by the
expansion of old industries and the in
PRODUCTION of new will lead to the
amendment or repeal of the state laws
which are the chief support of peonage
practices" Explaining the way in which
the laws operate, Mr.. Russell remarks:
These laws are used to threaten work
men who having been defrauded into go
ing to an employer by false reports as to
roundfngs. naturally become dissatisfied as
soon as they find how they have been de-
frauded. They are used before juries ana
the local public to hold the poems up as
law breakers and dishonest persons seeking
to avoid their .sjust obligations and to
convince patriotic juries tina. the defend
ants. accused of peonage should not be
threatening to enforce, the laws of their
state. Whether constitutional or uneonsu
tutional, they should all be wiped out OF
so amended as to be harmless for the puf
pose of enslaving workmen.
Sooner or later the employers of The
South will be converted by "enlightenet
self-interest." In the meantime. It
would be well for Congress to take the
matter in hand with the view of devils
ing a federal statute that will operate
toward the prompt amelioration OF a
situation which is unrelievedly disgrace
ful-Evening Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
Mere Caution.

A dentist in Rochester was visited by
a native of Duchess county to be treat
ed for an liberated tooth.
That's bad TOOTH" said the man of
the forceps, land | should advise you to
spare yourself pain by taking gas. 1t
will be only fifty cents more" And the
dentist showed his machine to the doubt
full person from Duchess county, ex-
planning it's workings-how he would fall,
asleep for minute or two, and then
awake with the tooth and the pain gone.
At last the patiaut consented and took
out his wallet.
Never mind paying now" said the
dentist, patronizingly.
II wasn't thinking of paying" re-
sponded the Duchess county person.
But | thought that if was going tG
sleep I'd like to count my money first. -
Harper's Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
THE LAND OF oPHIR.
Where Was It? In Mashonaland, South
Arabia or India

One of the most interesting and inn
portant questions concerning Biblical
sites perpetually invites research and per-
sistently evades solution. Where is the
land of OphirT' DR.. Karl Peters at a
recent public meeting in Berlin declared
einphaticaIly that this famous Biblical
region is located between the Zambesi
and Limpopo rivers. He told his Ger
man audience how he has discovered
many shafts of ancient gold mines. 500
temples, fortifications and other ruins of
Phoenician origin. DIR. Peters affirms
that tire CONS recently unearthed near
Mashonaland belong undoubtedly to the
time of King Solomon. His opinion is
that no other part of Africa could have
exported the ivory. silver ard precious
stones which are recorded in the Bible
as coming from Ophir.
Against this theory, founded as it I'M
doubtedly is on very plausible evidence,
Bible students are still likely to main-
tain. on the testimony of Gen. X, 20,
that Ophir was a section of South Ara
bia. Here down TO the time of Ezekiel
the Phoenicians still landed to procure
gold and gems with which those famous
sa,ilors aud merchants of the ancient
world traded in many countries distant
from their Syrian shores.
Many erudite writers hive attempted
TO identify Sofala. on the east coast of
Africa. with 0phir. while yet Others have
located il in India. One of the most
learned essays written on the subject Is
from the pen of Prof Hommel, who ar,
gued thar the ancient land of gold was
Arabia Felix Honliletic Review.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

ing the Bank Of England has lo.o,-
been going the rounds of the city
cording to the rules of the bank M ae
bers of the staff are required II In I'm
the time book on arrival each morni ,sn
and those putting in an appearance az
er the ten minutes grace iimit III
to state the reason for their latenes,,e
On foggy mornings, of course. # is =,
uncommon thing for the bulk of tI ~
staff to arrive late. and, as a ruIe t ne
first man signing vii. state as the r ,ne
son fog to to, which VIII i.,! every one signing
who tried to save time in marking Lia
shirts. On one occasion, SO the std ,.S
goes, the first late conner to arrive an :
very foggy morning, wrote in the tira
book. Wife had twins This the now now
man to. sign failed to observe, and ac.
cordingly there followed a whole strino
of ditto. ditto, ditto, ditto-Dundee All.
yertiser.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
The Wire Fence in War.

The story that has reached San Fran
cisco of the manner in which the Japan
csc are carrying on their warfare against
the Forn0san head-hunters exhibits the
military art Of the country of the Mlkado
in a grim and practical light.
The head-hunters number 1UUVpV:
They infest the entire east coast ~
Formosa. and all efforts to civiliZe them
have proved unavailing. Determine
upon their determination. the japanese
have sent large bodies of troops agaihst
them When a group of head-hunieFs
is located. the soldiers surround INC
place with a wire fence. which j.
charged with electricity. Then the
troops close in. firing as they advance
and the head-bunters who escape deaiA
by bullets meet death by the electric
wire.
The wire fence was used in the GU
ban and South African wars. a fence
of barbed wires makes a more efectlys
obstruction to cavalry charge than iAt
sharp-pointed bits of iron with Wh@H
Bruce strewed the plain between h.s
army and the English horsemen ~
BaRRackburn. A wire fence chareel
with deadly electric current susgeetS
possibilities offensive and detehsi tt
that would have appealed to the III
aginaticn of Jules Verne.
The modernity of Japan's equlpilie...'
has been demonstrated in many VIZ
and evidently extends to its literary u'
Wisconsin. Milwaukee
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
PREDICTS DESTRUCTION
mother" White Says That Battle Greek.
Mich, Will Be De-
stroyed.

Battle Creek Mich, has been thrown
into a state bordering on a panic Inv
the prediction of Mother Ellen White
head of the Adventist church, that Bat.
tie Greek is doomed to complete and i'm.
mediate destruction. All Adventsts are
advised to sell their homes at once and
move away.
Mother" Whites predictions have
strange way of coming true, and it is
this which has caused the alarm among
the citizens and induced the authorities
to make arrangements for an extra force
OF policemen 10 patrol all parts of the
city.
| Not long ago Mother White fore
saw" sceat and disastrous fires which
would sweep the Adventist industries in
this city. She was laughed at by those
hot of the faith. But the fires came.
Sanitaridm, publishing house. health
food plants. two laundries, the sanitari-
am stables and other briIdings burned
IL quick succession, anu in most cases
tie fire officials reported incendiarism.
No one laughs any more. 1t is a seri-
Gus matter. Already two lives have
been lost, many have been injured and
hundreds Of thousands of dollars in
Iproper.y have been destroyed lin full
fillment of Mother Whites prophesies"
The former predictio., of disaster had
| to do with Adventist Institutions and
strange4y enough only Adventist institu-
| lions suffered. Now tn. destruction of
all of Battle Creek. Adventist and nom
Adventist, is predicted and citizens are
wondering if the forecast" will be as
| faithfully realized.
/ The police believe that fanatics, know
| ing the destruction is prophesied, may
| try to carry it out, without, of course,
the knowledge or sanction of Mother"
| White.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

rounds before the National Sporting
Club. in London, by an American pugilist
who fights under the name Tommy"
Burns. The affair was of no interna-
tional significance, even among sporting
men, because Burns is champion Of
America only by sufferance, and Moir
would have beer compelled to occupy
back seat or meet James ]. Ieffries, the
real champion. had he won last nights
fight. 1t is an interesting fact that the
present lightweight champion of America
wears the honor through sufferance of
Cans, the retired master of that class OF
sugilists
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

American yachtsmen win regret to
learn that the Royal Swedish Yacht
Club has abandoned its intention of chal-
longing for series of races for tie
Americas cup. The enthusiasm of the
amateur sailors of Sweden has not
waned in the least, but prevalent fnan.
cal stringency has made it impossible
to raise the money for the construction,
equipment and maintenance of chal-
lenger Of the ninety-foot class. When
the movement was started the Swedish
yachtsmen had in view challenge with
sloop seventy feet long on the water
line. But the New York Yacht Club
refused to race with yacht of the
smaller class. and the matter was thus
held in allegiance long enough TO be
caught by the turn in financial affairs
throughout the world. However, the
famous cup is in a safe locker where
it has reposed for more than fifty years,
and it will be there when the money sit
uation is easier and men who love
yachting can afford to again loose their
purse-strings for the furtherance of their
fayorite sport.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
A Marriage de Conveyance.

Gelett Burgess at the recent dinner of
the American Booksellers Association of
New York said; II once knew San
Franciscan who married girl for her
money. She was not pretty girl, and
as time passed aud love cooled. she de-
veloped a rather tart tongue.
One day her husband bought with his
quarters allowance for 20-horsepowe r
automobile. He took the car home gay
ly and brought his wife out to the front
door to look at il. She gave il one sneer-
ing glance, and then said:
: It's very nice. but If Il hadn't been
for my money it wouldn't be here.
Well. Mamie said the husband
quickly, If it hadn't been for your money
You wouldn't be here yourself. New
York Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Tacoma. Washington. announces the
contemplated construction of a building
twenty-four stories high, with ground
area of 200x4O0 feet. 1t is to be situated
on the hillside, as all Tacoma is on a
slope, and on the inner side the structure
will be 175 feet in the earth and only
ten stories high. The building is to ac-
commodate the regular railroad lines. the
street railway lines, factories, department
stores, and retail merchants generally,
with the top floors utilized for hotel pur-
poses. Although it is stated that this
building has been financed" there will
be general doubt as to its naturalization,
because the description reads too much
like a fiction of the looking forward"
variety.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Advices from Ernest Leffingwell, the
Arctic explorer. under date of August
20, state that he was at Flaxman island
making preparations for another early
SPRING excursion over the ice of Beau
fort sea. Although his journey over the
ice last spring resulted in the discovery
of no land in the large area of there
totore unexplored sea, the alluring sin
dications" were so conspicuous during
the past summer that he is determined
to make another sledge journey He
viii therefore go northward next Spring
from Demarcation point. In the event
of failure to find land on this second
trial lefIingwell will devote himself to
geographical work and geological ex-
ploration along the coast eastward from
points annually reached by whalers or
by sledging parties from tile whaling
ships. AS there is a large area of un-
explored land in that section, and an
immense stretch of unchafted coast,
there is plenty Of opportunity for men
of ambition to write their names upon
the map. Work of this kind is of far
more scientific value than pole-hunting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Dealers in boots and shoes should in
every way stimulate the walking fad
which has been established by Mr..
Weston. There is money in it for them,
and health in it for the walkers if the
latter will confine themselves to recrea-
tive tours instead of attempts to break
records
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The lodging house fire in Kansas City,
which resulted in the cremation of seven
persons, is an event closely following
similar fire in New York city that will
doubtless cause the authorities of cities
TO ponder the need of closer supervision
of lodging houses for the purpose of
safeguarding the occupants The tene-
ment house is trap wherever it may ex.
list. if it is not properly furnished with
fire eScanns
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Assistant Attorney General Russeslrs
recommendation that the statute in re-
gard to slavery be amended so that there
may be no doubt as to what consti-
tutes involuntary seryitude' is made
closely upon convictions in the south for
peonages which seems to prove that the
term is defnable under existing law.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The resolution in regard to intercol-
iegiate athletics adopted by the faculty
of the University of Wisconsin reveals
the existence of conditions under which
complete accord may be established by
conference between the student body, the
alumni, the faculty and the regents. The
main object is TO cultivate ethical rela-
tions in the furtherance of college sports,
and agreement is possible for right think
ing and right doing when good fellows
get together"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Rear Admiral Henry w. Lyon, .. s.
n, will next Friday retire from active
service after career of 40 years and 81
days, marked by more thrilling incidents
than that of any other officer on the ac-
tive list today. Although apparently a
young man, judged from his appearance,
Rear Admiral Lyon, according to the in
flexible law of the navy, has become
superannuated, and must be retired be-
cause he has reached his 62nd birthday
Rear Admiral Lyon has been in three
shipwrecks, has served in soft snap"
billet at Washington, has had a sea-
service equal to that of any officer now
on the active service list, was the hero of
the Somoa disaster in 1889, and COM
manded the ship which took part in the
largest number of engagements of all
kinds and captured the most prizes in
the Spanish war.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The willy Japs who secure free pas
sage to their island homes by sneaKiug
across the boundary line and delivering
themselves, accidentally, on purpose =
into the hands of the border guards. are
playing an old game which has been
utilized by many a criminal suspect
to get a free ride at public expense.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The cotton growers of the National
Farmers Union who have pledged them
selves to withhold from sale 100000
bales of the product now ON hand, until
fifteen cents pound is offered for it,
have probably themselves ragged about
the doings of trusts which manipulated
the markets by establishing corners in
farm products.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The invasion of Algeria by the BENZ
Nassen tribe of Morocco is regarded at
Paris as affording a pretext for the es-
Establishment of French protectorate
over Morocco as matter of self-defense.
But the question is, How is it regarded
nj Parlin9
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

last of the steamers Of the United States
Steel Corporation are headed for port
and winter quarters is equivalent to
declaration that navigation between the
upper and lower lakes is largely sus-
pended. The fleet of the great corpora
ton includes many vessels of the larger
fype
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
Plans Tramway for Pekin.

A plan for the construction of tram
way line at Pekin, elaborated by Japa-
nese. has heen presented TO the bureau
of foreig affairs by the Japanese mir
lister I Pekin. lie demands monopoly
81 70 Fears. after which the concern may
be bought by China.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Nicaragua is buying machine guns
and ammunition in London. and the
fact excites comment in neighboring
Central American republics which have
perhaps never considered the theory
that to be thoroughly prepared for war
is the best means to avoid It.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The fighting of the Arab tribesmen in
Algeria, against the French troops, was
as reckless as that Of the Soudanese
against the British forces on the upper
Nile. Under such circumstances the at
tackled must slaughter with machine
guns or be themselves annihilated.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The Sunday closing habit will be slow
to acquire in Chicago so long as the
customer class develops a Sunday thirst.
Yesterday the crusaders found police
men among the people drinking at the
open bars.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The train incident at Clyde, Ohio, and
the bank incident at Goldfeld. Nevada,
are evidence that the hold-up industry is
not depressed by scarcity of currency.
A shortage of funds for the holiday sea
sou may make the knights of the
jimmy more active than usual. 3
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Luther Burbank's thornless cactus is
said to resemble a watermelon. Won't
he have to fence the desert where it
grows, to keep out the boys?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The attention of those who have been
predicting n possible early exhaustion of
the iron supply is respectfully called to n
statement by Thomas G.. Logic. chief
Graughtsman Of the Grown Lands De-
l.artment Of the Province Of New Bruins
wick. that recent horings in newly dis
covered iron deposit in Gloucester county
have shown body of 324 feet of solid
iron extending almost TO the surface and
insuring small cost fol. mining. Other de-
posts will doubtless be discovered from
time to time. and when the existing mines
are worked out there win be iron
enough to meet the worlds demands.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
Like Five-cent Shows in Milan.

Milan. the center of Italy for the NOV
ing picture machine trade, has already
about forty such theaters. Every avail
able hall is being turned into A moving
picture show, while nearly every second
and third-rate theater aud 'scafe chan
tant'' finishes the evenings entertain
ment with a few cinemat0graph pie
lures. During the dun summer months
even the larger theaters are used.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

The province of New Brunswick will
ship 10000 Christmas trees to the
American market next month. Amer
ican-grown trees had to become scarce
and dear before this could be probably
done.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

While Secretary Taft is in Russia he
may be able to give tips that will
bring the Gar and the Donna to
smooth working basis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
sink Output Of Orient.

China and japan produce l2,Jto '..
of silk annually. but about 90 per Gull
If this IS retained for home use.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

Gunner" Aloir, the representative
British pugilist, was defeated in ter
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
@The Official Minimum. .

4 somewhat doubtful story concern
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20

1t Pays to Advertise.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
MANY WOMEN HAVE
D0NNED TROUSERS
REMARKABLE CASES OF FEMALES
WEARING MALE ATTIRE AND
LIVING MANS LIFE.
CASE CT NICOLAS DE- RAyLAN,
Was Consulate Attache at Chicago for
Years Without Her Sex Be-
ing Discovered.
HALL WAS TAMMANY HENcHMAN.

Modern science, proceeding iEexorably
along the lines of the evolutionary theory,
has reached the Ultima Thule of deduc-
tive reasoning regarding the beginning of
animal life in the declaration that, orig
inally, there was but one sex-and that
sex was female, says a writer in the
Philadelphia North American.
And the modern science of physiology
stands ready to concede that today, in
either sex, some traits of the other per.
sist-that. in every man, there remains
something of the original woman: and
in every woman, something of the origi
nal man.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-26
Another Crook County Project.

Another irrigation enterprise VIII
soon be in process Of construction in
Crook county and one that will rival
even that of the Deschutes Irrigation
& Power company in size and import
ance. The scheme is in the first stages
of development but is backed by
moneyed men who are able to carry
1t to successful close.
This latest plan contemplates put
ting under water that large scope OF
country known on the local geogra-
phy as the High Desert This land
begins within some eight or 10 miles
to the south and east of Bend and con-
sists of valley lying between Horse
Ridge and Pine mountain and ex-
tending on the southwark close to
Christmas Lake valley, including Prin-
gle Flat. Harvey Holes, Sand Springs
and the Millican ranch country. The
water for this project vii be taken
from Paulina lake.
The High Desert Is a scope oil
country whose possibilities as a farm
ing and stock country are now bu'
little known. Bunch grass stands on
II today knee high and 1t Is believed
that 1t will prove wonderfully produc'
tive when placed under irrigation anc
will develop into a great wheat coun'
try unsurpassed by any In the nortn.
west st-Bend Bulletin.