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Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
ENGLAND'S CHINESE PROBLEM
Oriental vice Said to he More
Widely Extended Than in
United states.

LONDON. Jan. 12.-CSpecial. )-England,
like the United States and the transvaal.
has its Chinese problem. Even in the east
end OF London a Chinese colony has taken
root and is gradually extending its area.
At present 1t is true the Chinatown OF
the east end Is almost a microscopic affair
chiefly confinded to Limehouse Causeway,
n narrow street running from West India
Dock Road to Three Colt line. Altogether
there are about dozen cook shops clothes
shops. boarding houses and laundries kept
by Cinnamon, who have married English
wives
The resident Chinese population does not
number more than 100 but there is a float
ing population of sailors, sailors cooks
stewards and hremen of whom 1900 or 5000
pass through London in a year.
Opium smoking and gambling largely &C.
cupy the time of many of the floating
Chinese population. Out of 100 Cinnamon
about thirty are addicted to the use Of
opium and there are several opium shops,
where smokers indulge in the fatal pipe.
The colony does not as yet include Chinese
women. The Cinnamon seem to prefer
English wives and up to the present time
their children have been allowed to go to
the council schools like other little
Londoners. The troubles which have per-
picked San Francisco in the matter Of
schools for orientals have net arisen here
as yet.
Exposures regarding the viciousness of
Lverpool's Chinatown have already caused
widespread indignation. Official efforts have
been made to gloss over the revelations,
but they have failed in their object Several
public men who have travelled In America
have declared emphatically that the Chinese
populations of New York and San Francisco
do not enjoy as great freedom in vice and
debauchery as do the Chinese Of Liverpool
The most outspoken of these critics is Coun-
cillor Sexton, who has asserted that the de-
coying Of young English girls by the China
men Of the city is as common as their
gambling or their opium smoking.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
KING RECEIVES AMBASSADOR
italian Ruler Says He IL Sorry
He Did Not Meet
f Francis.

ROME. Jan liking Victor Emmanuel
today received In private audience the
American ambassador Mr.. White who in
vested HIS majesty with the academic hood
of the University of Pennsylvania and
presented the king with his diploma as
doctor OF laws. Mr.. White also gave his
majesty the medal bestowed on him by the
directorate OF the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position in recognition OF the kings service
in promoting the Italian exhibit at St.
Louis.
His majesty said he highly appreciated
the honor conferred on him by the I'M
iversity of Pennsylvania and greatly adj
mired the medal sent him from st. Louis
He was sorry that on account OF his alb
sehce from Rome he did not meet President
Francis OF the exposition. when the latter
was in this city Mr.. and Mrs. White were
the guests OF Dowager Queen Margarita
and of the duke and duchess of Genoa dur
ing the day.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
Biz NINE MAKES But ONE CHANGE
College Athletic Rules Remain Prae-
ticslIy as Last Year.

CHICAGO, Jan. 12-Modihcations in ath-
letios recommended to the colleges com
posing the intercollegiate conference for
adoption at the annual meeting here in
session of the conference. Representative
from all the Big Nine schools were pres
ent. This action means that middle west
college athletics will remain as they were
last year, OF the four Recommendations
defeated are:
Extension OF the foot ball playing
schedule from five to seven games: retro
active feature Of the three-year eligibility
rule eliminated; all students entering coll
to play on the football team four years.
Three-year rule and other rules Of partici-
patton to apply only to foot ball. base ball
and track meets.
The lone Recommendation that was al
lowed 10 stand was the uniform date set
for the beginning OF foot ball practice. Sep
TENDER %. IT.
Six favorable votes were required to carry
any ona proposition, Chicago, Michigan
and Iowa voted in favor OF all Questions
Illinois ana Wisconsin voted against the
seven-game schedule, but in favor OF the
others, Purdue, Northwestern, Minnesota
and Indiana cast their ballots against
everything except the uniform practice
limits.
OF the nine schools in the conference
Chicago suffers the most by the action OF
Bckersan and Paul. and Parry will be
barred from the track and indoor games.
Michigan will lose Garrels from it's track
events this spring and most OF the other
schools will suffer likewise.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, Jan i2-While the
action OF the intercellesiate conference Ia
Chicago today IN refusing 70 modify the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

best ball player in the country. Dutch wag-
ner II less symmetrical than massive. Mas
sive though he is he is boundless in his
activity. When It comes to throwing the
Dutchman can vary HE style. just az he can
for batting. Sometimes he tosses the ball
merely floats Il over to the first bag, II
to show his contempt for the speed OF. the
runner. He knows what he Is about when
he does this for he seldom fails to time
the throw correctly. Sometimes. when the
time Is short. his arm describes a sweeping
swishing arc, and then he cuts loose with
great force. Like Dahlen, he IL good at
deep throws. and also like the New York
National shortstop, he can throw well with
feet or body IN awkward positions. Whether
his feet be wide apart and solidly planted
or one a long step ahead OF the other, for a
quick, swift throw the Dutchman pegs 'em
over effectively.
Kid Elberfeld Is a determined, vicious
thrower, who whips them across on line
and uses his arm for all there is in It. He
has a powerful arm, and though his aim
may be bad at times, the bali goes straight
whether into the basemans glove, into the
ground or into the grandstand. He brings
his arm up fairly high and is one Of the few
who can make a strong. fast throw with his
feet planted side by side. II isn't necessary
for him to make a step to make a good
throw. In that respect he. differs from La
porte, who throws hard. but has to take a
skip or two to get the proper balance. with
all of his wicked. swift filings, Elberfeld
throws light speed. Jimmy Williams, on
the other hand, throws a heavy ball, though
Williams Is noticeably accurate, He can
put the ball knee high nearly every time.
Bill Bradley, the tall and rangy third
baseman Of the Clevelands, makes a lariat
of his arm, throws with swinging motion
and has such reach that he seems to be
handing the ball TO the first baseman Few
can equal him at the underhand toss needed
TO field bunt quickly. He Is not one of the
graceful ones. but a versatile thrower. the
hand, as a rule. about on level with the
shoulder. His running mate, Terry Turner
also whirls his arm about considerably, but
is more OF an overland thrower than Brad
ley and makes more work OF II. He is good
at long distances, gets the ball away
smartly after fielding It. and like Dahlen, Is
quick at recovering from tumble. He Is a
| strong slashing thrower, who seems to put
his whole soul into the action.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
BIo FIVE of the WEST ORGANIZE
KRnsas, Missouri, Iowa, Washington
and Nebraska Get Together.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 12.-(special Tele-
gram. 1.-THE Missouri Valley Conference
of Faculty Representatives is to be the
name of an organization that was formed
here today at a meeting OF representatives
from the athletic boards Of Kansas Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Washington and Nebraska
universities
DIR. James Naismith, Prof. Arthur
walker and w. G. LansdOn. Kansas; DR..
Clark, w. Hetherington and DR. Monilaw,
Missouri; Marc Catlin, Iowa; Captain q.
w. @. Workinger Nebraska, and Prof. c.
M. Woodward, Washington were the dele
gates who attended the meeting.
The action of these men is to hold good
provided their work IL sanctioned by the
athletic boards of the schools represented.
II all the colleges approve, another meet
Ing will be held here in about a month, a
constitution will be adopted and the big
Five" will be a reality.
The delegates today adopted the Chicago
conference rules with few changes. The
training table will be permitted How
ever, the university conducting the table
must not pay more than half of the ex-
penses, the athletes TO pay the rest; and
the expense of the table to the athletic
board each season shall not he more than
$500. No limit will be put on the number
OF games on a schedule. Freshmen elevens
will not be allowed to play games with
teams representing other schools. This
leaves inter-class games the only con-
tests for the tyro elevens. with the few
exceptions, the big Nine" rules were
adopted intact.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

horsemen without a change OF expression
beyond grave military salute and not a
soul dared to bid him halt
In the town there have been no battles
or massacres lately and the outward APP
pearance Of the streets is usually fairly
peaceful 1t is true queer things happen.
Small Evidence of Authority.
At every hour OF the day you meet small
squads of Russian soldiers dragging some
wretched suspect to headquarters. where,
as in Tihis. he is tried by young officers
about as ht to sit in judgment for life and
death as young ballet girls, and less tender
hearted besides. After 9 the streets are
almost empty except near the gambling
club and the innocent wayfarer usually
comes shivering home without his coat and
waistcoat.
On the day of my arrival, seeing people
running for their lives I'm front of the
Metropole. ! naturally suspected the police
were at work, but on approaching l only
found two men lying on the pavement, shot
by each other with revolvers. thought
1t an Armenian-Tartar feud, but heard af-
terward the cause was an old family ven
delta between two Tartars
Yet as rule the streets and oilheids are
now quiet. Most conspicuous men employ
armed retainers to protect them or avenge
their death. Some publish from time to
time in the local papers list Of the men
who will be at once assassinated IL any
thing happens to themselves.
This is thought very efficacious and GER
tainly helps to preserve the peace l know
one manager who boasts he has 200 men in
his pay each pledged to kill some one II
the manager is murdered. Pride may have
exaggerated the number, but there is no
doubt about the system.
The large secret forces which Armenians
and Tartars have organized for their own
defence or each others destruction bring
us to a question of nationality that l shall
have to mention again, in spite of its great
difficulty. 1t Is the main question of all
this eastern end of the Transcaucasia, and
even the revolutionary movements against
the Russian Government hardly count in
comparison.
1 must also put off to a future letter some
grave remarks about the present condition
of trade, which for the last two years has
hardly been brisk. II one is resident here
however, one has often to be brisk himself
as l have shown, and that is very much
more important than briskness of trade.
H. w. NEVINSON.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

Schedule for next week: Monday, Monte
Cristos against Daily News; Tuesday, FL
Life Malts against Armours; Thursday,
Falstafts against Hulls Colts; Friday.
Omaha Bicycle company against Gold Tops,
All the teams In the Commercial league
were in fairly good form, with the excep-
ton of Hull's Colts, formerly called the
Carman's Colts, which team was pulled
down by the Life Mails for all three games
Ex-Captain Carman and his men lost their
nerve when II came to pinch bowling
while Captain Walenz had good supply OF
ginger in his team. Ben Hull the reliable,
will captain the team In the future and
will try to redeem their lost laurels.
Judy of the Omaha Bicycle company team
made a record for the season on the Met
ropolitan basement alleys, rolling III In
three consecutive games, 26S, 25S 246.
Lavigne still leads the individuals, with
Berger, Seaman and others following
closely behind.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
Hungarian Threatens Duel.

BUDAPEST Jan. administer of Justice
Polony has sent his seconds, Secretary of
State Bolgar and Baron Kaas the author,
to Herr Halmos, ex-burgomaster of Buda-
pest, to demand an apology and retraction
of a charge publicly made by Halmos that
Polonyi had abused his position In order
to obtain advantages for a personal friend.
Should Halmos refuse the seconds are in
structed to arrange for a duel.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

stringent regulations for athletics was not
unexpected, there Is nevertheless great dis
appointment among the students OF the
University Of Michigan tonight There is
strong sentiment in favor OF an appeal TO
the faculty to have Michigan withdraw
from the Big Nine conference ana make
overtures to the eastern colleges.
Under the rules confirmed today Michigan
loses Captain Garrels, Joe Curtis and Coe
OF the track team. Wendell and Caruthers
OF the base ball nine and Magoffn, Ora
ham and Harry Hammond of the foot ball
eleven
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
WITH THE BOwLERs.

Mr.. Samuel Karpf, national secretary OF
the American Bowling congress, arrived
in the city yesterday, and at p. m. today
will address general meeting of the
bowlers at the Association alleys.
Mr.. Karpf Is here in the interest OF the
national tournament, to be held at st.
Louis in March, and also to promote bowl
ing in general He will give some OF his
ideas in regard to -handicapping tear IS,
that league races may be made closer, and
his suggestions should be very timely in
the Omaha leagues. 1t Is hoped that a
large number of bowlers will be present
to hear him.
Individual averages Omaha Bowling
lam
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

IT q Lavelle, the Union Pacific switch
man who was run over by a freight car IN
The wards last Thursday morning and had
both lower limbs badly crushed, Is improy-
ing nicely at St Josephs hospital and 1t Is
thousht that amputation OF the left leg will
not he necessary. Lavelle is married and
resides at 1716k Jackson street.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-william Gilbert
who last season played second base for
the New York National league base ball
team. will play with the Newark team in
the Eastern league.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
ARE YOU CROPPING IN The DARK?

Come institute win make th9Touf FRFs on
CHARGE examination that viii disclose your true IN the
with knowledge which you sroplng
dark without thorough understanding OF %En no Wat
should All VINO
they who weak nervous and @
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compiler lions that
and it we'll worth free consultation ana
which Deen
purpose the terrible diseases a
which make
hardship and the enjoyment OF ire ana
impossible
DO until have been examined y the pe
In
he free
that will time
suffering II require treatment
skllfuly health
within possible and the least
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
PAY OR BE SHOT At BLKU
Blsokmsil as it is Now in the Oil
Fields in Russia
CHEERFUL LETTERS THAT ARE COMMON
Receipts Given by RevOlntionists 60
Their victims-The Money Ac-
counted For, Too-Counter
system of Assa ssinRtiOn.

BAKU. Dec. ESPECIAL Correspondence
You Parasite!"
When you open a letter at breakfast and
find that written at the top instead of
Dear Sir" or My Darling Love- your
attention is Immediately drawn to the
contents.
But here in Baku. II you happen to be
the Woodworking manager of a rich field
with lots of wells yielding some 100000 bar
rels OF oil apiece every twenty-four hours,
you will not be so much surprised as at
home You will know at once what is
coming and your first thought will be n
visit to your bankers.
"Our agents." the letter goes on, as
though soliciting the favor of your es-
row afternoon at o'clock" just giving
you nice time, you see, to look in at the
bank before closing and be back again,
land you will give them the sum of $50.
Should you refuse you will be Killed to-
morrow or next day. Should you betray
our agents or give the smallest hint to
the police the whole of your family will
share your fate. Signed and sealed on be
half Of the committee"
The seal is a rubber stamp in red, some
times bearing the words. Social Demo-
cratic Federation" sometimes Anarchist
Commune"
The sum demanded varies considerably.
I think It is seldom over 600, for one
must be reasonable in these matters; and
usually II is less I have known a pop
ular and capable English manager to get
off with So, which is a ludlcrous exchange
for life
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
Government Too Busy

The government is too busy with the
troublesome and expensive task of shoot
ing its political opponents or sending them
to Siberia to undertake the protection of
commonplace citizens who have no perilous
notions about freedom. And what the
Russian government means by compensa-
ton is shown by this new scandal about the
great famine fund, which has disappeared
into some big mans pocket, and no one
dares to find out whose.
SO the parasite pays, valuing his life as
even parasites will. The agents give him
formal receipt and politely take their leave
have seen these receipts, as we'll as the
letters. They are printed on shiny crimson
paper, marked with the official stamp
The Charity Organization society inquiring
into the habits and antecedents Of a starv-
ing woman could not be more regular and
businesslike.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
Character of the BIackmailerr.


OF course the men are not really anar-
chists at all, for the anarchist is the saliva
ZIONIST of revolution and will die rather
than kill. Nor are they Social Democrats
except in name. Some may be genuine
political revOlutionists, but most come of
the class that always hang about a Sambl-
ing mining city like Baku and they use the
political opportunity just in the beaten
path Of livelihood. Probably nearly all
could be described as parasites themselves
without doing violence to anything but their
feelings.
have more sympathy personally with
another method of brigandage which -four
ishes in the wild and desert country out
side the town, where caravans of camels
go plodding into Asia and members OF the
English Club go killing things for fun.
A few weeks ago three of these sportsmen
had travelled out some twenty miles for
week end when they were approached
by the Tartar chief of neighbOring VIII
lage, who captured them with great po-
likeness and held them TO ransom for
elOO apiece. At first he demanded four
times that amount. but when they rep
resented that they were only clerks after
all and had relations depending on their
salaries he displayed great consideration
lowed one OF their number TO return to
/ Baku for the smaller sum, while the others
were most Hospitality entertained in his
own house.
When the money was brought he not only
handed back "a apiece so that they might
/ travel first class on reaching the railway
and enter the town in style but gave them
permission to shoot over his country in
/ future, making them life members OF his
hunt. 1t was an action that must appeal to
/ our own game preserves at home and his
whole method OF restraining pOachers ap-
pears to me far preferable to theirs.
When the same party went out again
! with other members of the club, protected
! by a strong Cossaek escort. he at once
recognized superior force, Superb IN long
white kaftan and high, curly cap. his rife
over his shoulder, his golden dagger CLEAN
ing at his belt. followed by a few attend
ants, he rode straight through the Russian
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
BrIgand's Balance sheeta.

In some cases a formal account Of ex-
penditure is afterward forwarded by post
giving the items to which the contribution
has been devoted-e. g.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
snow Today in Nebraska, Colder in
East POrtiOn-PrObRbIy Fair
Tomorrow.

2 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-Forecast of the
weather for Sunday and Monday:
FOR Nebraska-snow Sunday, colder in
east portion; Monday, probably fair and
warmer.
For Iowa-Colder and fair Sunday. ex-
cept snow in extreme west portion; Mon
day, fair and warmer.
For South Dakota-Snow and continued
cold Sunday; Monday. snow and warmer.
For Colorado-Snow Sunday, colder In the
southwestern portion; Monday, fair. warmer
in eastern portion.
For Wyoming-snow Sunday; Monday
fair, except snow In the northwest portion;
warmer.
For Montana-snow and warmer Sunday;
Monday, snow.
" -i' Local Record.
/ OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, Jan. l2.-Offcial record Of temper
ature and precipitation. compared with the
corresponding day Of the last three years:
1907. 1906 1906. 1904.
Maximum temperature, 80 IS 81
Man NislP is%p is%SssstaD. z E-i
Precipitation ............... 90 "a 90 4
Normal temperature ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
Excess for the day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
Total excess since March l, 1906. 2l6
Normal preelpataton ,.~...'....... .02 inch
Deficiency for the day. .......... 81 inch
Total rainfall since March H.. a. IS inches
Deficiency since March j. 1906. SO inches
Deficiency for cor period 1906. zee. 2. g inches
Deficiency for cor period 1896. . 4S6 inches
IT. Indicates trace OF precipitation
= Indicates below zero
l. A. WELSH. Local FOrecaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
Balance in bank

Amount OF contribution, .........lOO
suppose the thoughtfulness and ac-
curacy Of balance sheets like these are
almost unique in the records of brigandage.
But people tell me there are some Items
suppressed, in spite of this frank appear
ance of bookkeeping. / hear whispers Of
champagne in the morning-worse than I'm
Poplar and unmentionab!e revelry at
night / have not been able to test the
thing myself. though l have visited two
OF the restaurants which the so-called an
archists haunt and found the revelry al
rnnst nainfullY meaRre
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

But when the agents ring at the door
and ask the servant II you are at home
and disengaged, the only thing to do Is to
pay-unless, of course, you happen to be
on the verge of suicide and wish to save
yourself trouble and expense or think the
world would be all the better without the
kind of family you have produced
For there is no pretense about the
threats Refusal or betrayal means death
without phrase probably within the day.
1t has been proved over and over again.
1t was proved last week in the case
of a well known and powerful manager.
who was murdered with revolvers. II was
proved the day before yesterday, when
Russian manager was disembowelled with
knives and lived a horrible time; though
1 think in his case the real cause was not
a refusal of money so much as a refusal
of work, because he was reducing his
staff.
Anyhow II you think 1t worth while to
live a little longer here below, you must
pay and try to reclaim from the company
Whether the company will ever get any
thing by retaining from the Russian gov
eminent heaven knows.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
State Medical Institute
1908 Farnam st.
Between 18th and l4th Streets
OMAHA, NEB.
ACTUAL CURES

nasas hs SS $ s
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13
FIRST SYMPTOMS OF MEMS DISEASES

could and treat all when the first symptoms
themselves there would be little need for so-caed
there would be
regeneration OF their physical and mental powers
marked with the stamp of Blood
Poison sufferers from RECTAL, KIDNEY and BLAD-
DER DISEASES and their complications would be re-
golden adage, "A stitch in time nine, and
themselves, indifference
the right treatment the outset
there be multitudes of chronic sufferers
carefully avoid all uncertain, experimental
treatment for the of
the whether will be promptly
stored to health again.
whether II win be allowed become
chi of the dis
ease wit various resulting complications.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

IT. Indicates trace OF precipitation
- Indicates below zero
l. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU
OMAHA, Jan. l2.-ofhcial record OF temper
ature and precipitation. compared with the