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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-18
SUMMARY.

Two base hits Anderson. Barr.
Reed. stevens. Singles Beckett. An
derson. Barr, Reed %: mgles. Fish
er. 2 Kimbrough HAYDEN. Sacri-
fee hits Stone. Hawes. Hit by pitch
er-by Stevent, Beckett Basses on
balls-on Trevilian. 4. stevens 2
Struck out-by Trcvilian. 10; bv
Stevens, .. Double -Kimbrough
TO Fisher. Time Of game-two hours
and ten minutes Umpire-Mr
Brookbanks.
!. !. !.
Pope Is wearing the yellow peril"
on his feet now. and a free gratis
shirt also. II he keeps up in this
manner few signs are liable to be
torn down.
!. !. i.
with Reese Trevulian and Bar as
boxers. we are liable To get the series
from Bramweu.
Bramwell boasts of a Dope" bal
artist. Don't be alarmed, we have
seen 'em before
As train No 3S pulled out of the
station here this morning. one leg
ged tramp attempted to ride the
blind baggage He got his stub on
all right, bui his good foot slipped
and he woull have been cut i'm two
If Grimes, tho first cushion man Of
our team had not caught him by tho
collar and pulled him from beneath
the wheels This incident only goes
to show that Midget is always on
the move.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-18

e.; Fisher ID; Kimbrough, %. A.;
Hawes, Sb.; Hayden, G. +.
Bluefield-Beckett c. T., sb. :;
Dalton. l. f" c. T.; Pope. Oh: Barr.
SIS. Grimes, 1b. Anderson. r. T.;
Burton, 3b.: Lynch, l. E.: Hogan.
c.; Treviliau. n.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-18

II. G.. Thompson. prosperous
farmer of Bland county. is In tho
city visiting relatives.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-18
Two Break Jail

Madison Ind July 18- Sam
Hankius and Bob Brinson broke iaii
last night by cutting through tfe
ceiling and roof HanNns was zoe
captured. Brinson IS still at large
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-18

Miss Maude Wymeh ls vecv m al
her home on North street. South
Bueheld.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-18

'rnor called Hanson ON the carpet
ana Informed him that Doc mus. oitb-
er give mp The job or obey the rules
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-18

The line MP follows:
Lexington Reed, +. f.: Stevens.
pi ingles. ss.; stone. !. r.. Elgln.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
Fist-fighting VS.. Hazing.

Says the Baltimore American:
The president Of a North Carolina college ad-
vised the students to give up hazng and settle all
disputes with fist fights in the natural way
Why not? Certainly an open. honest.
and fair fist fight is much more manly
than hazing. If due regard be given TO
the equalization of the contestants, It is
not a subject presenting an aspect Of
repugnance entirely estopping considera-
ton There is nothing essentially un-
manly in fist fight that is ION the
level" and INDUCED in because of a
sense OF outraged honor or reasonably
provoked manhood.
Hazing is the delight of anything but
an instinctively manly disposition. Boys
will be boys, of course; nobody wants
them to be anything less But II is
true that the hazing of youths. Just en-
tering upon a career that means all in
all TO them, is a pretty low business.
viewed in even its best colors. The very
word "hazing'' means the humiliation of
some one; perhaps long and bitter hours
of suffering from wounded self-respect.
Youths may imagine they get fun from
IL; but it is most significant that many
who INDUCED In it themselves have come
In after years 10 realize how far from
the standard OF true manliness II is. You
could hardly find an erstwhile hazer will
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
What Need of an Extrn Session ?

We are at loss 20 understand what the
advocates of an extra session Of Congress
ut the present juncture think that body
would be able TO accomplish in the way of
relic ing the financial crisis during the
week or two that would intervene between
the assemblGge Of an extra session and
the opening date OF the regular session
Unless conditions are far worse in the
financial world than they appear to be a
measurable restoration of confidence will
have taken place long before the first
Monday in December, so that an extra
session would come together at a moment
when its deliberations would be most like
ly 10 disturb and unsettle the resumption
Of normal financial conditions.
That any Immediate financial ueisIa-
ton would avail 20 remedy the adverse
circumstances with which the financial
and industrial community is now contend
ing, IL is impossible 90 believe. Even those
who most strongly favor reform in our
currency system. tending TO increase its
hexibillty and its responsiveness to busi-
ness demands, do not contend that such
reform would altogether prevent the re-
currence of panic. but only that il would
enable the banks the more effectively 10
deal with panic conditions. Nor do they
maintain that there is any necessity for a
larger volume Of money, but only that
the volume should contract and expand
with the varying requirements Of trade.
The present trouble is a contraction Of
credit and as the contraction Of credit
does not grow out Of want of confidence
in our currency system. it follows that
any change in that system could hardly
have the effect Of restoring confidence.
Our financial difficulties are, in fact. due
TO numerous factors wholly unrelated to
legislation or the want Of il; and while
wise and prudent laws may DO something
to mitigate the evils Of panic. il is idle
TO hope that an enactment hastily devised
by Congress would put credit on its feet
in an instant. The situation is not at all
analogous with that of 1883 when Congress
was called together TO repeal a vicious
law that was daily working injury to
finance and trade, nor does il at all re-
semble that at the beginning Of President
MoKinley's administration, when the gov
ernment itself was suffering from dimin-
lshed and insufficient income and a con-
sequent lack of credit No oppressive
Federal legislation weighs down the coun-
try's financial, industrial. or transportation
interests; the nations abounding reve-
nues have been poured out for the relief
Of financial stringency, and our currency
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
HE WAS IN ALABAMA.
But the President Talked Tennessee
and Was Corrected.
From the Chattaaooga Times

Prom the Ch1ttA.ooga Times
When President Roosevelt stopped at
Stevenson. last Tuesday. he did not real
ize the tortUous windings Of the Nash
vile Road. Nobody had told him that
he was IN Alabama. and he had neglected
10 keep his own bearings Consequently
when he started TO make a speech, he
thought he was in Tennessee, and speak
ing TO Tennesseeans. He was tripped up
before he had gone far, but. as usual
ne landed on his feet.
The scene of the Presidents embarrass-
ment is easily imagined. This is how he
began:
Friends I am glad 70 be in your State
to-day. You have great State-settled.
as il was, by your virile ancestors. In
your State lie the remains Of three Presi-
dents Of the United States. The men who
won the battle of Kings Mountain have
transmitted their heroic blood 70 a noble
race Tennessee Is a great State. peopled
by a strong race"
This is Alabama. Mr. President o"
Teddy, this is not Tennessee" came
from half a thousand thrOats
The President stopped. nonpluSSed. gave
one of the smiles caricaturists convert
into grin, and replied:
NO one told me this was Alabama, but
I'm glad my patriotism extends beyond
State lines"
lie then eulogized Alabama in the high
est terms. and everybody was happy.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
Why Not Chearer Ment2

While the government Is so actively en-
gagged in its efforts to regulate railroads
and compel the Standard Oil Company TO
obey the laws OF the land. we hope that
it will not entirely overlook that iniaui-
tcus trust which directly robs a vastly
larger percentage OF the whole people
than either Mr.. ROckefeller's corporation
or the worst of the bad railroads We
refer. Of course. TO the beef trust, to
which practically every family in the
United States pays regular tribute In
the last few days such headlines as
Meat Prices Again Advance" over dis
patches from Chicago or Kansas City.
have been even more frequent than usual.
There was a slight lowering Of the scale
at the packing points about the middle
Of last week, but an upward movement
Immediately followed. and in a dav or
two quotations on most lines were higher
than ever before.
And Mr.. Consumer, Of Everywhere.
must pay for it all Not only Is the
pinch felt by heads Of families, but by
many other men and women, as board
ing-house keepers in several sections are
reported as having increased their rates
in order TO meet the heavier cost OF
meat supplies There is much talk about
the outrages thus being perpetrated. but
mighty little action. The administration
is strangely quiescent We do not as
sumo to say that it could proceed effec-
lively under the present laws. but. as
suming that it could not. we beg to re-
mind our readers that they have
heard no particularly strenuous de-
mand for further legislation. Some three
years ago a crusade conducted by the
New York Herald plainly showed the
existence Of a packing trust, and. a little
later, the government took some perfume
tory steps in the matter, without, ap-
parently, placing the slightest obstacle in
the way Of the trusts eXtortion. 4 little
reflection must inevitably show that the
present exOrbitant prices result from the
existence of d trust. since there Is no
other possible explanation The cost OF
packing has not enlarged proportionateIy
with the increase in the tax on consum-
ers. Everybody knows that The pro-
ducer, the man who raises the live stock
does not get his proportionate share Of
the increase. On the contrary, IN many
cases he gets considerably less than in
the times when the price demanded and
received by the packers was materially
lower than now. There is no lack of mar
kets, and. on the whole. nobody would be
so deceitful or so foolish or so ignorant
as TO assert that a combination does not
exist.
Last year President Roosevelt demanded
that Congress enact a meat-inspection
law, and he won the fight that followed
as he wins most fights in which he en-
cages. Having thus made certain that
packing-hOuse products will be clean.
why can he not also see to it that they
are reasonable in price?
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
The stratage-n of selfishness-

Again the benehciaries Of service Iegts-
lation need 10 be protected from them
selves. The War Department has found
It necessary to issue an admonitory state
ment for the guidance Of t,ose critics Of
the service pay bill who seem deter
mined to defeat that worthy piece Of
projected legislation unless they accom-
plish their desires by an amendment Of
the measure which shall. in this case.
give certain infantry officers the same
pay as IS received by mounted officers
Of the cavalry and field artillery. 1t is
not question of the justice of this
claim. As the situation is disclosed to
the unprcjudiced observer, there are
many reforms necessary I'm the service
pay tables. and this is nowhere more ap-
parent than in the naval establishment.
where the rate Of pay is delightfully."- in
consistent, surrounded with ambiguity Of
law and capable Of much ridiculous con-
struction. The naval officers, however.
appear to have refrained from accom-
plishing any Of these corrections and to
have been content with the provisions Of
the service pay bill as prepared by con-
ferees representing the army, navy, Ma
rine Corps. and Revenue Cutter Service
for the purpose Of obtaining from Con-
gress a percentage Of increase all along
the line commissioned personnel and en-
listed force, active and retired.
1t has been left to certain maIcontents
Of the infantry to stir up dissension.
form organizations Of protection" and
publicity, circulate menacing messages.
most Of which are conveyed in the form
Of anonymous letters 10 the newspa-
pers, and otherwise maintain an atti-
tude which is based on the liberal sug-
gestion that unless the infantry gets
what il wants, it proposes to block the
service pay bill. Other branches Of the
military naval services have equally good
claims % consideration, and If the IN
fantry officers obtain what they want by
the use Of such cudgel, the bill will
probably be distorted beyond any posi-
bility OF Congressional appreciation by
these Improvements.
If the service people want their pay
raised, they Will do we'll 10 accept the
bin which has been approved by the
President That is all they can get. and
they will be lucky If that goes through
without obstruction. The attitude of the
infantry officers at a critical point in the
campaign for the increase Of service pay
is inexplicable.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
Conrumcrr, 0pportuntty Coming.

From the Wall Street Journal
The day of the consumer appears 70
have come. For ten years he has been
paying a steadily rising price for prac-
tically everything, with few exceptions.
that has entered into the list OF his
needs. Now that prices are falling. he
begins to realize how much more a dol
lar will buy than formerly. He is in
clined to push his advantage, because he
recognizes that the weakness Of the sell
er's situation is much more pronounced
than formerly. For once, after a long
while, the consumer is king. That he
will rule with an eye 10 his own inter
est. is to be expected Of the buyer who
has long been at the mercy of the seller
Every succeeding day shows how COM
pletely the man with money is the master
OF the market. whether it be in securi-
ties. in cereals. in cotton, in copper, or
In any other of the commodities whose
position has been shaken by the con
vUlsiOn of The money market.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04

supply. sound and reliable, is being daily
Increased. What could Congress do in the
next few weeks that would better this
posture Of affairs?
AS to Federal corporation legislation.
which is proposed by the extra session
advocates it Is enough to say that such
legislation cannot be had overnight.
Doubtless the public would have more
confidence in our great industrial enter
prisos IL they were in a measure under
government supervision. but we appre-
hend it will be "A matter of difficulty TO
carry through Congress the whole Of the
Presidential corporation programme. Such
sentiment as has manifested itself among
Congressional leaders has rather been In
favor Of a pOstponement Of that pro-
gramme; and in fact, Mr.. Roosevelt him
self, in his last annual message. suggest
ed a cessation Of regulative legislation un-
I'll the effect Of that already enacted could
pe observed. The Presidents plan for
Federal Incorporation of railroad and in
dustrial enterprises has been before the
country too short a time to have devel-
oped a public sentiment strong enough to
jam it through Congress. We are con-
vinced that the question of the relation
of interstate corporations TO the Federal
government must be fought out and set
tied in some fashion. but il Is obviously
too much to expect that so momentous a
problem. involving vast financial interests
and requiring a reinterpretation Of the
Constitution. can be brought to a solu-
rion in time to be OF any assistance to
those now engaged in restoring the dam
aged fabric Of credit
Anyway. too much is expected Of legis-
lation, when a little old-fashioned honesty
in corporate management would accom-
plish more than reams OF statutory law
We are inclined 20 the belief that there
is going 70 be more honesty in the con-
duct OF corporate enterprises in the fu-
ture. Most Of them, in point OF fact, have
been honestly conducted. Those which
have not been win be compelled. under the
pressure Of necessity, TO reform. What
is being done by the New York Clearing
House to root out speculative banking
methods is an Object-lesson in the eff
cheney Of agencies other than govern
mental in the promotion Of sound bust
ness practices and conservative fnancier-
ing We are confident there will be a
great deal more house-cleaning Of the
same effective sort in the financial dis
trict When 1t is accomplished. well-bal-
anced legislation by State or nation. or
both. should back up the Efforts Of honest
and conscientious men to carry on COM
merce and industry in the spirit Of the
square deal
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
The Harvard House.

John Harvard, the founder Of the great
university named after him. and after
whom the EliZabethan house ar STRAIT
ford-ou-Avon is named. forms-as did his
great contemporary. Shakespeare-an in
teresting link between the famous War
wickshire Gown and the historic borough
OF Southwark John Harvard was born
IN Southwark. the son Of Robert Harvye.
a butcher, whose shop stood opposite the
old church that is now Southwark Ca
thedral, and who had married Miss Kath-
crina Rogers. Of Stratford-on-Avon. The
wedding took place in the church where
Shakespeare is buried. On November %.
1897. John Harvard was christened at
Sou.hwark's old church, and the entry
in the register is John Harvye. son Of
Robert, a butcher" When Mr. Choate
was Ambassador 20 England. he used 10
say that il he We're the guide OF Amer
lean tourists through England II would
be this entry he would take them to see
first Among the property bequeathed by
his mother TO John Harvard was The
Queens Head" Southwark. There is no
known portrait Of John Harvard. and the
bronze statue in the university grounds.
btdCeu NAtle n 4Not, Was lnoQeleQ from
reputed descendant Of the HarvardS OF
Southwark, then in America. IN view of
the work for education accomplished
through his son, it is noteworthy that
the Southwark butcher was a local
church warden, when his colleagues in
cluded another whose name was 10 b.
come famous in connection with educa-
uon-Alleyn, founder Of the great college
at Dulwich
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
Government and the Banks.

From the New York Times
We are experiencing just now an ex-
aGgerated example OF the necessity Of
some means OF moving the crops with
out disturbing the bank reserves. There
is similar need of some method OF col
lecting the customs and internal revenue
without disturbing the credit situation.
which rests upon the bank reserves. There
is no reason in principle. and there is
said 10 be no reason in law. why the
Treasury should not manage its bank
account like any individual. or like any
city In the United States. or like any gov
ernment IN other lands which keeps a
bank account. Why should the govern
ment distrust or discredit the bank sys-
TEN which ii imposes upon the peOple2
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
ENGLAND'S COLONIAL EMPIRE.
Her Problem Essentially the Same
nS That of the United states.

tIpA Lle Van NOr1cu Magazine.
Year by year the relations subsisting
between Great Britain and her colonies
are undergoing significant notifications.
England no longer holds the dominant
position in the empire that was hers a
generation ago. The imperial system is
becoming more like a great fraternity
OF nations, "a political partnership-in
short, a confederation. II can never again
be a family Of merely loyal children 10
a gracious but somewhat ,xacting mother.
As a confederation. the empire must
henceforth be subject 10 the business
principle that a partnership which is not
advantageous TO all parties thereto must
sooner or later be dissolved. This is the
reason why both England and her white
colonies are becoming increasingly sensi-
tive 70 every difference Of interest and
20 every increasing strain. India and
Egypt are felt 20 be- an increasing bur
den and source OF danger, although the
day has not yet come when any English
man could listen calmly 70 a proposition
% cut them adrift and let them 20 their
way
II is clear. however. 20 every mind Of
StateSmanlike instincts that EnEland-s
Eastern problem IS essentially Ike that
Of Jhe United States. except that il is
bigger We DO not quite know what 10
DO with. for. or about the Philippine
Islands. and We don't quite know why
We should remain in a state Of such un-
pleasant uncertainty. England is not YET
ready 20 confess that her state Of mind
toward India Is essentially similar. but
she IS beginning TO suspect that IL is.
Australia and the American colonies
create uneasiness in a different way. Aus
tralia. by her brusque independence. her
radicalism. and her undisEuised resent
meut against any real interference by the
Imperial parliament. Canada and New
foundland. because continually their IN
terests prove 70 be at variance with those
Of Great Britain. All these things mean
that the day is approaching when the
Imperial government viii have almost
nothing 10 say about the affairs OF the
practically sovereign copartners OF the
Empire. and that only those C0partuers
win continue % hold together that find
practical advantage as well as Senti-
mental pleasure in the combination.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
MEN AND THINGS.
SIums of Tokyo.

Much has been written about the slums
OF London. Paris. and New York, but
deep as is the degradation to which hu-
manity has sunk in these great cities.
there is lower pit than these, and il
is 10 be found in the slums Of Tokyo.
Mr.. Walter J. Kingsley writing In the
Worlds Work. says that Tokyo has far
too many poor people. and their dispO-
sition is pressing probleni. Thousands
are shipped 10 Korea and FormOsa. but
the pressure steadily increases. owing TO
the constant migration Of ambitious Japa-
nese from the provinces to the capital
city. Japan carefully avoids all public
reference 20 these great sores on its body
polite. Their existence is hidden from
the foreign visitor. Rarely does a tourist
see the slums and specialists studying
the city for precise information are sedu-
lOusly kept out of the poorest quarters.
Japan Is so carefully press-agented that
the existence Of these miserable purlieus
IS not even suspected by the average
student of conditions. It is a journalistic
rule in Japan not TO sa,r anything that
betrays weakness in the life Of the peo-
pie. and it is a rule generally observed.
But there are writers in Japan who
think that in adopting the civilization OF
the Occident the republican form of gov
ernment should also have been adopted,
and these give the ministry some trOu-
Die by telling plain but unpalatable
truths The Kokumin Shimbum detailed
a representative 70 live the life OF the
lowest and poorest in Tokyo. and his
articles dealing with life in the Shitaya
district created an immense sensation.
When translated into English. in pam
phlet form, the government promptly
bought up the entire edition and sup
pressed H.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
Supplying Brains.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Touching the proposition of the health
superintendent 10 have duIlness Of school
pupils removed by surgical operations. We
are reminded of an old story. In the
heydey of oil developments along Oil
Greek formerly poverty-stricken farmer
was made immensely rich. He placed his
two daughters IN boarding school.
Some months afterward he visited the
principal and inquired concerning their
progress. He was told they were learn
ing slowly. and that they could do no
better because they had not the capacity
Capacity" snorted the rich man. "how
much does 1t cost? 1 guess 1 can pay
for it,