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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
TO CHECK ASIA7ICS.
Extraordinary Measures Are to Be
Adopted to Step the Flood
Of Coolie Labor.
. IA
WILL PATROL THE BORDER
Japanese and Others Are Coming In
Great Numbers Practically In
hindered by Way Of Can.
ada and Mexico.

/ Washington, oct. Immigration
of Japanese into America is increasing
al 90 alarming a rate that 1t has been
determined to adopt extraordinary
measures to prevent the introduction
into the United States not only Of
japanese, but other Asiatic co0lie
labor. One result of the trip Of Sec
rotary Straus has been an increase In
the force of immigration inspectors
along the Canadian border with view
to. controlling the food of-Asiatic Inn
migration. 1t is known that more, than
double-the number of Japanese have
! come into the United States thus far
in the year 1907, than came here dur
ing the same period last year. Ma.
turalIy the figures of the government
do not include the hundreds of Japan
ese who have come into the country
surrepticously. They have come across
from Canadian and Mexican borders,
practically without hindrance, despite
the regulations adopted by the govern.
ment to prevent the introduction Of
Japanese laborers. For many months
the government has mad immigration
inspectors In Mexico and Canada. In
practically every instance the inspect
ors have reported that the Japanese
who reach Mexico or Canada are
bound for the, United States. Inquiries
in the Hawaiian Islands, have revealed
organizations. whose business 1t is to
procure Japanese laborers to work in
the United States. They not only pro-
vide the means but pave the way by
which Japanese may easily obtain en-
trance into this country. through Can
ada and Mexico.
1t is this sort Of proposition the gov
eminent proposes to combat, In the
of what practically con-
stitutes patrol guard of the northern
and southern borders Of the country,
Straus hopes to reduce the
number of Asiatics, who daily are com-
Ing across the borders in great and
numbers.
Returns from the Canadian immigra-
lion office show that 1926 Asiatics are
landed at the British Columbian ports
of Victoria and Vancouver. between
January and September 10, 1907. OF
his large number 2,S72 were Hindus
md 4,s11 were Japanese, most Of the
after reaching Canada from Honolulu.
The remaining sos were Chinese, who
aid admission fees Of 500 for the
,rlvilege Of landing in Canada. The
leld of labor In that section Of Can
Ida is limited and fhe investigations
L the United States immigration In
pectors nave shown that most Of the
apanese and Chinese expect ultimate
! to get into the United States.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
BY WIRELESS 10000 MILES.
Message Sent From Manila Recorded
at Port Morien on East Coast
Of Nova Scotia.

Sydney, N. g., Oct. 8.-While Mar
coma experts were testing new receiv-
ing ones at the top Of the towers al
the station ct Port Morien, an oper
ator was In communication with the
wireless station at Manila. The mes
sage received was that the American
cruiser Philadelphia had arrived there.
The Marconi people account for the
occurrence by the theory that the
cone at Manila must have been in
perfect tune with that at Morien.
The message from Manila was
picked up" while being sent to some
other station on the Pacific or to war
vessel. The message was recorded ct
the time by an operator in> the re-
ceiving room at the Marconi station.
At the time the experts were expert
menting In an effort to receive mes.
sages from ireland. They receive sew.
eral messages from The Irish station
and were in the act Of making further
tests when the inltruments recorded
the arrival of the Philadelphia at
Manila.
The Marconi people say that no mig
take was made and that the message
was undoubtedly sent by the Manila
station, which is about 1900 miles
distant and that as a result expert.
ments with the stations in the East
will shortly be ATTEMPTED.
Port Morien, where the Marconi sta
ton is located, Is the most easternly
town In Cape Brenton. II is Is miles
east Of SYdneH.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
rsIsarspher oiaeIsI RssIans.

New York. Oct. s.-Deputy National
President Percy Thomas. Of the Teleg.
raphers' union, Monday resigned and
National President Small annoapced
that be would make his headquarters
here and conduct the strike Of the
Teleglphers from hls city, Mr..
Thomas resignation 10 reported 70
have resulted from he action OF Presi
dent Small at the strikers meeting
Sunday. IN declining to esdofae tie
local union IN he move to cali out an
leased Vlrll operators rAethG uutr1
eosiEsef o. uet
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
THEY WIN A POINT
The American Delegation Succeeds In
Getting Obligatory Arbitration
Approved by a Committee.
At THE HAGUE CONFERENCE
Germany Was Strongly AntaOcnIstic
But All Countries Of American
Continent Were United
for Proposition.
No.

The Hague, Oct. 8.-The approva
ct Monday evenings session Of thu
committee on arbitration OF the Anglo
American project for obligatory arbi
tration referred to during the course
Of the debates as the permanent in
ternational high court of Justice, the
court Of arbitral justice, obligatory
arbitration and universal arbitration
10 regardedNas great victory, especial
~ for the United States. The first
proposition on this subject was pre-
scented to the conference on July by
the American delegation, and Joseph
H, Choate, the first American repre-.
sentative has worked increasingly and
determinedly for It's acceptance.
The project was approved with a
majority greater than was hoped for.
It is essentially American and its
basis. the enunclation OF the idea of
compulsory arbitration was taken
bodily from the American proposition.
The vote was 81 ayes to 8 noes. The
countries in opposition being Germany,
Austria Hungary. Switzerland, Bel
GUM, Rumania, Greece, Turkey, Bull.
garia and Montenegro proved what
M. Renault tFrance) said In the dis
cusslon Monday afternoon, "arbitra-
ton Is not strange beast that must
be muzzled." Another great success
for America was the unanimity with
which all the countries of the Ameri.
can continent stool firmly at the side
OF the United States, thus putting an
end to the impression OF lack or har.
mony between the governments of the
western hemisphere created by reports
Of recent dissensions. Only Senior
Barra (Mexico) declared that he would
vote aFain7t oec "vticle nj tNn rrHiect
bis government ! n" ct t, 2 opinion
that 1t restricts the action of the IN.
tional courts, Dr. Barbesa tBrazll)
and Dr. Drago (Argentlne) made deela.
ratloEs Of similar nature.
The compactness Of Latin-Amerlca
was more noticeable Monday. inso,
much as II Ia known that GERMANY
exercised strong pressure to get sur,
port from some South American coun-
tries All the combined efforts from
Berlin on the different governments at
their capitals and from Baron Mar.
schall Won Bieberstein, the head Of tar
German legation on the delegates here
had only one effect. that OF inducing
Austria-Hungary to vote against this
measure. In committee Austria. Hun.
gary accepted several cases 70 be
submitted to obi tory arbitration.
Germany succeeded also in inducing |
Italy to abstain from voting, but the |
triple alliance sufficiently explains |
this. But outside OF the triple alliance
Germany made Roadway only because
she does not accept General Horace
Porter's proposition regarding the col |
lection Of contractual debts which is
a matter connected with a project Of
obligatory armitration. Thus switxer.
land, country which cannot BON,
bard the ports Of any American debtor
country. Is the only power which re.
fuses to adhere to the net doctrine
the employment Of force for
the collection Of private pecunisry
iebts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
Assaultlnq Jews in odessa.

Odessa. Oct T-Despite the pre-
cautionGry measures taken by Govern.
General NoyitskI, the unionists
Sunday. after the funeral Of NJ. Dali
insky. assistant chief of the secret
police, who was killed in an attempt
o break up an anarchist meeting sew
sral days ago. renewed their anti
semitic outrages. Several Jewish tea
rooms were ransacked and numerous
Jews were brutally beaten, 1t being
necessary to send Is to hospitals. The
police dispersed the mob but made
no arrests. Extreme nervousness is
felt by the Jews and the streets have
been practically deserted by them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10

st. Louis, Mo. Oct. s.-The balloons
"St Louis" and "Pommern' arrived
Monday night from Paris and Brus-
sells, respectively, to be entered in the
International balloon races that begin
October 81 for the James Gordon Ben.
nett cup. The "Pommern" is the bal
loon In which Aeronaut Oscar Erbsloe
won the International Aerial Congress
race at Brussels September 15. Test
balloons with recording instruments
are now being sent up here under the
supervision Of 8. p FERGUSON Of Blue
Hin Observatory. Hyde Park, Mass,
for the purpose Of ascertaining atmos
pheric conditions in preparation for
the coming international aerial con.
tesla.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
ReeIaImIna MIfe pesefrer.

A barber named Bunch charged
s'ith deserving bis wife vas recently
aroled by a Washington court on
he following conditions: He Il to
stay out Of the country for a period
0 be determined By his father-ln-laN,
ie has a family Of Ave boys. and he
sanot see them unless hin behavior
dsifes Il He has TO 90 to church
sely sunday. work In . irsftlass
ra-ber chop, aad have q reeommenda
ion nom the mihister Of he church
bat he has hean trying 70 Be- a ma
honld any q he coseidnus D
,scksa. Busch Wil naV1 q = 4
riann o. thres ma1laA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
Freneh cfuI,ers a Rabst,

Paris, Oct. 7.-Admiral PhiIibers
commanding the French naval force
In Morocco. telegraphs that the crui,
sers Gloire ami Jeanne dare with n
RegnauIt. the French nlaIster. arrived
Sunday at Rab..t hun tine minister vas
unable to land ia order to present the
French demands to Sultan Abdel Axiz.
owing to the heavy surf that was run
ming. The vessels were forced to
stand out at see all day. The ad-
mirAi also reports that the last recon
nofaaanes at Casa Blanca was without
incident
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
HARTJE UP AGAIN
Pittsburg's Ssnsal9onal Divorce Case
Is 70 Be Reopened with
New Evidence.
LETTERS FROM COACHMAN
It ie Alleged That Mrs. HartIe Carried
On Correspondence With Nadine
while In Europe--othefs
Phases Of the Case.

| Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. S.--Interest II
| the sensational Hartie divorce cas-,
was revived Monday by the announce
ment that petition Lad been filed By
The complainant Augustus Hartje
with the Justices Of the superior court
sitting in Philadelphia, asking that the
case be re-ol ened In order that add
tlonal evidence alleged to he damag
mig to the defendant, Mary Scott
Hartje, could be heard.
In the petition presented to the
court for, Mr. Hartje he recites that
since the hearing in the case he has
secured letters written by Thomas
Nadine, the coachman, while Nadine
was in Ireland. to Mrs. Hartje, while
sic was at the Hotel Victoria In Lon.
don, and others which she wrote to the
coachman from there. He relates
that he is in a position to prove that
Mrs iartje arranged with the en-
plo. es of the hotel to have the letters
delivered privately to her and that
she. supplied Nadine with envelopes
addressed to herself He further AYERS
that Mrs. Hartje arranged with hair
dresser, Ambrois, of ga Rue street,
Honcre, Paris, to mai letters through
MIN to Nadine anG that she received
letters from the coachman and sent
money to him through the same ave
nue..
lie relates that the receipt of the
letters by Nadine were established
through Mad le'sD ther at Down Pat
rick Ireland. and by the testimony OF !
the coachman's sister, The petitioner
sets forth that the letters were In
the possession Of Madness mother I'M
til July Of this year when he wrote
fer them, and that on August 5 they
were delivered by Nadine to repre-
St tative of Mr., Hartje in Toronto,
Ca, lada.
Other letters when the petitioner
SAYS he has found since the case was
heard, were written, he alleges, by
Helen Scott and Ida Scott to Howard
A. Lappe of Pittsburg, Pa, In which
the writer's indicate that unless their
parents paid them certain sum of
money each month they would turn
in" for the petitioner These letters
were written according to the petition
On April ~ and April 20, 1907.
As side light on the already in
Tolved Hartje case argument will be
leld before the superior court Tues.
lay on petition to set aside the vers
lict in the case of William e. De
costa, who was convicted of perjury
IN testimony given in the divorce
nit.
1t was learned that Nadine Was mar
led recently and is now in Belfast,
reland, with his wife. 1t is said {
Iadine intends to make that place his {
ornament home. Mrs. Mary Scott {
Iartje, who is visiting at )Ligonier !
prings, Pa In telephone conversa- S
lon with this city Monday refused to 0
iscuss the new phases of the case as I
LEGGED by her husband. Further SEN 4
atoms in the case are expected. C
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10

Portland, Ore, Oct 7.-f'he Ore.
ni:n Sunday sa7 that t,rse sur.
5oyi' g parties of the Hartman system
have recently been rushed into South.
eastern Oregon. The paper also says
that surveying parties from both the
Union Pacific and Denver & Ric
Grande lines are being poured into
Northwestern Colorado locating routes
'arallel to that Of the Meffat road
which is building through that coun.
Try into Eastern Utah. The Oregonian
lcduces from this that the Hartman
'ystem and the Gould road proposes
t. pnt up a stubborn fight against the
Moftat road in Northwestern Colorado
nd by appropriating all available
-outes that the Hartman system Is
ut Of Southeastern Oregon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
SAVE operator. A.. we.k.ol,o

Cleveland. O., Oct. s.-The cisve
land News says; upon What may Be
accepted Is indisputable authority, the
News ls enabled to say that the Teleg.
raphers' strike viii probably end, N
Cleveland at least, Thursday morning.
A request vas sent to J. +. Maltern,
local leader Of the strike. Tor psrsnis-
aion 70 return to vork on THURSDAY
Il q uald b. psrsons Interested that
4 permission e not given b tie strife
lpateu ne men Nin % hack q ibaif
eva neotrd~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10

Washington. Oct. s.-secretary Wi
sen Monday authorized Major Henry
3. Hersoy. who assisted Walter Well
man in his aerial dash for the pole
q represent the government in ne
International aeronautlc cup race from
r. touis, October n. Major Hersey
WI use the same balloon IN which
Lieutenant Lahm vun n The lnterna.
fionsi aercnartie raes ksid n Earops
49, lest Re rill i1ts ,lnpsntnFt snd
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
TALKING COTTON
The International Conference Of
Growers and Manufactures
Discussing Problems
CAN GROW WORLDS SUPPLY
important Changes In the Growing
and Handling Of the Great South
ern Staple 10 Expected
to Result.

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 8.--Men who grow
cotton and men who manufacture II
into cloths and other goods for the
markets Of the world, met in the state
capitol Monday in the international
Conference OF Cotton Growers and
manufacturers During the three days
sessions Of the conference questions Of
the utmost importance to growers and
consumers will be discussed and action
is looked for that will radically change
for the better the methods Of handling
and growing the great staple of the
South
Fully 500 delegates were present
when President James R. Macoll Of
Providence, r. l., called the meeting
to order, former President Arthur Kuf-
fer, Of Vienna, Austria; and delegates
from Great Britain, Germany, Bel
GUM, France and Spain being present
The bodies forming the International
Conference are the National Spinniers
association, the Farmers Union, the
Southern Cotton association, and the
Interstate Cottonseed Crushers asso-
citation. The morning session of the
conference was taken up largely with
addresses Of welcome and responses
and the appointment Of committees Of
two members from each Of the four or
ganiSations, to nominate permanent
officers, and select chairmen and vice.
chairmen Of the sectional committee.
1t Is In these sectional meetings that
much of the actual work will be done.
Shortly after 10 o'clock President
Macoll called the conference to order
and after prayer delivered his opening
address. After giving a brief history
of the federation and objects of the as
ISOLATION, Mr.. Macoll said:
"One important object which those
of us who are Americans whether
growers or spinners, have in view, is |
to demonstrate to our European
friends who consume two-thIrds Of the |
crop the wonde. full resources vet unde-
Veloped In the Southern states for the
production OF the raw material. We
want them to see for themselves that
America will grow all the cotton that
The world needs; ON the other hand it
Is desirable for the growers by person.
II contact with the spinners to realize
hat II they are to maintain their SUI.
,remacy, there must be forward
in the direction Of the re-
noval Of so-called abuses that now ex-
st In the craving, handling and mari
letting of their product. 1.-THE planter,
[ he wants to sell direct to the spin
Iers,, must In some way do the work
1 the middleman and have the same
nancial responsibility; he must grade,
AIRY and finance the cotton as the
merchant now does.
"All admit that the time has now
ONE for definite suggestion and
rompt action to effect needed reforms.
o this end we should discuss gin com.
ressing, which would effect an enorm- /
US saving in transportation and insur-
nee, and enable the over-burdened q
aiIroads to move more expediously
lie ever.increasing crop.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10

Topeka Kan. Oct 4-Arranrs
ments are said 70 be under pty for
The consolidation Of The Capital M.
donal bank and he Cenirai hank Of
thif city. Il 4 said hat ,. L. Burfsr.
szescfshFy q Sah b % b p1Sli
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10

humility observations at various alti.
tudes during his flight across the coun-
try to the Pacific coast. This will be
the first aeronautic race ever held In
the United States and all Of the lead.
ing European aeronautic clubs will be
represented.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10

Topeka, Kan, oct a-The liate SO
preme court Monday issued an order
giving the Standard on company oi
Indiana. the Standard on company Of
Kansas. the Prairie on q Gas company
and The International Harvester CON
pany % days within Which to snsVeI
he inlerfogationt tut BY TIE atiornsl
general "a he suit instituted b. ~
state N Nhitb q Tieiatlaa q tie Kan.
~ latttrunl isu n tises1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-10
rr, 81. PauI,, stormr vor,n..

Southampton, Oct. s.-The American
line steamer ST Paul steamed into
this barbor Monday "a hours late, af.
ter a very rough passage. during which
her decks were repeatedly awash.
Having gone through this port, the
steamer ran into dense fogs and Chief
oGlcer Osborne. who commanded. ow.
Ing to the indispOsitiou Of Captain
Passow, Rad to grope his way into
Plymouth BY means OF the lead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Had Not Been Introduced.

The late Bishop George F. Seymour,
Of Springfield, Ill, who founded st.
Stephens College, at Annandale on the
Hudson, had reverent fondness for
trees
While the bishop was walking with
q young woman one day, says the Min
neapolis Journal, he pointed out to her
some of the fine trees in the neighbour
hood. She protested great interest and
delight, declaring that the noble aspect
of beautiful trees stirred up the keen
est emotions Of the soul. Then, pat
ting a great trunk, she said, glOwingly
you superb oak, what would you
say to me If you could talk?"
The bishop smiled.
IT believe I can be his interpreter"
he said. "He would probably say, 4
beg your pardon, miss, but 1 am
BEECH"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

Some years ago lively controversy
was precipitated by the assertion of
DR.. G. Stanley Hall, one of our noted
educators, that the women's colleges
and the new intellectual activities and
ambitions Of women were largely re-
sponsiBle for race suicide. The con-
sensus of authoritative opinion was
that DR.. Hall had not established his
case by the statistics and other evil
dence he had produced. At recent
meeting of educators DR.. Hall return
ed to the subject and revived his the
DRY. A further study Of college sta
tistics had shown him that "ten years
after graduation about one-fourth or
the men and one-half Of the women
graduates remained unmarried" He
concluded that the higher education
tended to encourage celi5acy. But other
college presidents still decline to follow
DR.. Hall and regard his REINFORCED
statistics as very far from convincing
even now. The heads of the leading
women's colleges-Vassar, Smith, Bryn
L,
guilty of fallacious reasoning. In that
he assumes that because a large num-
Der Of educated women have failed TO
marry the education was the cause OF
the failure to marry. He does not take
proper account Of other social and In
dustrtal conditions, the change In which
in the past two decades has been very
great The president Of Smith says
that modern celibacy, which is a seri-
Gus problem, cannot rightly be attrib-
uted to a collegiate education, but is
due to many complex economic and
moral forces which are operating to-
day among all classes" Her own OBJ
servation tells her that college girls
are as ready to marry-the right men
as other girls, and make good wives
and mothers when they do marry. Col
lege girls have been known to admit
that their general attitude toward
young men is not perceptibly different
from that Of other girls-a fact which
Hall Indictment. Another interesting
sidelight may be found In the statistic
ally demonstrated fact that there Is
more marrying among "co-eds" than
among graduates Of exclusively wom-
ems colleges. The education is just as
''high," Of course, but the opportunities
for meeting "aff1nities" are greater
and nature does the rest. Perhaps the
argument against higher education will
turn out to be an argument for more
co-education. Education influences
thought and character, but 1t does not
abolish nature, either masculine OF
feminine. That much we may all take
for granted.