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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

Right here l want to say this much for
naval oficers-and l have served on the
staff Of five different admirals-I was
never with one naval officer in my life
who was not perfectly willing to do all
IN his power to help one Of us, or a blue
jacket either, for that matter, make an
honest dollar.
well, from the proper person / got a
letter stating that Uncle Sam owed me a
few hundred dollars. Then l hied me to
the dealer, whom i told that ! would
hypothecate my Uncle's / o U if he
would trust me with his goods until l
could deliver my pictures and collect for
them from the 'jackies' and marines
After looking me up the man agreed to
my terms, and we also settled upon the
commission l was TO have, for / would
not consent to add to the price of the
pictures.
Now | want to tell you that for GER
tain reasons none OF our sailors were
allowed to go ashore at this place. oh,
yes, a few of them jumped ship and
came safely back without detection. But
they did not dare, on such French leave a
that. buy any goods TO sell.
Although the dealer had investigated
my credentials and was willing to trust
me, of the calendars he had only a few,
and they were made in Germany. Could
l wait fifteen days, which it would take
to get them? Fortunately I could.
NSls Int uu9 uHdiig Cttuc Wncu 4 SOt
the pictures and went on board to deliver
and collect, Say, I'll never forget that
experience in my life. The jackies' and
aarines' all crowded around me. Rows
and rows of hands, all holding money,
were thrust out at me. Worse yet, almost
every man had a gold piece to change.
Naturally enough, | soon ran out of small
change II / had to go and get some.
THE confusion was enough to give one
nervous prostration. One man, | am
sure, got his change twice; and there were
no doubt other mistakes, for when /
counted up i was over three dollars short.
Nevertheless, | was sixty dollars to the
good, after ! had filled all the orders for
which l could get pictures.
When we left that place my arrange
ments with the dealer were to mail or ex-
press the balance TO our next stopping
place. That came very near cutting down
my profits TO a considerable extent, for Ia
the next place we visited the tackles
twere allowed to go ashore, and YOU can
not sell a mortal thing 10 a sailor who
can go ashore.
II was forced to keep that last lot until
we reached home, but here every Thought
less Jackie wanted to give some souvenir
of his trip to mother, sweetheart or friend,
so ! not only got rid of the very last one
that i was willing to sell, but / had the
hardest kind of work to keep anything for
my own folks. i sent the dealer his share
and thus ended that venture.
Nov, you see, / drew me money the
government owed ME, got my honorable
and here l am once more In my W native
land seeking an Investment FOR my saw
ings. for / shall 20 to sea no more"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

medicine like a man. No concert of powers
ever Guarded his territorial rights. We
call Leopold 10 account in the Congo. We
district Africa into spheres OF Influence,
one jealoas nation watching another; but
here in America We Y the work of
1Xtermination all IN our own hands. The
gladiators OF Rome did not ask for mercy;
neither has that stark Fighting man who.
II he has not given us a holiday. has at
least given us an occasional bad quarter
Of an hour.
The fighting chano Is the only one
which the red man has valued. He has
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

nsver set up any red republic in initiation
OF the white mans ways of government.
Sacred ana classic literature tells us OF
beaten generals Who fen upon their swords.
There have been scores Of warriors OF the
plains, brave as Winkelried, but hopeless,
who have gone against the machine guns.
knowing what their end must be. Beaten
at least by the upsettfng of their environ
ment, they have gone 10 the reservations
still aloOf and stM distinct. Here will be
their last stand. We fight tuberculosis for
the white race with one hand. while with
the other we spread II, apparently de-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

AN idea for some physician who really will
stop 10 think IN his science. | have passed
some happy winter days and nights in a
tepee in the Blackfoot country. but out
there the cabin is supplanting the lodge,
and as at intervals I see some of my rcd
friends In that country. more and more 1
see the finger nails of this or that one
beginning to thicken, the sign Of the white
plague with them. The red race cannot
adjust, cannot assimilate. 1t Is doing. none.
theless, all that Is asked or expected OF II.
1t is dying. Yet It raised men who could
ride. walk. shoot. hunt, eat, drink. speak,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

liBerateiy, among the red race. The reser-
walton cabin is a death trap for the
Indian. The old tepees had an air space
AN around the bottom, an air space high
as the head between the lodge lining and
the lodge skin, Good air came in from
and went out with the smoke at
the lodge top. OF late We are taking up
tent life for consumptive patients, but
very often in this our doctors do not know
much as the Indians and have not
learned that the wan tent Is the worst
ventilated dwelling I'm the world. although
the Indian Jorge wa the best. There Is
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

~ thickness at figures has ever since
NJ been the keynote Of his career. 1t
jumped him into promotion from the
DAYS Of his early bookkeeping to settling
freight claims and finally to financing a
railroad.
In his Office in the Empire Building, in
Broadway, the head Of the Colorado and
Southern often has a hearty laugh as he
beans back in his chair at the big board
table and tells of the four years that he
spent as deputy postmaster at Pleasant
Hin.
when I left school at twelve" be said,
81 got a Job at $40 a month ms deputy
postmaster in the post office and country
store. The postmaster got 1900 a year,
but / was on duty all the time, from six
O'Clock In the morning until half.past nine
O'clock at night, l aid all the work, sell
ing sugar and calico. making out money
orders, keeping charge of the cash, regis
tering letters. handling money pretty early
In life" .
But there was q "knocker" in the little
Missouri town who evidently enyied the
Job. 1t seems that the law specifies that
nobody under sixteen can work in a post
ONCE, so a complaint was sent TO Wash.
ington.
A special agent was sent out TO investi-
gate the matter. In the report which he
transmitted to the Post Office Department
he wrote =
young Trumbull Is under sixteen IN
years, but he's more than sixteen In brains
I recommend that he be retained"
Young TFumbdH stayed, for a while.
But the deputy postmaster was am
Oftio0s. and there finally came a chanc,
Tor him to enter the railroad business
Through his brother he got an offer OF
cierkshTp in the once Of the Missouri
Kansas and Texas, at Sedalia, at S45
month, He snapped at the chance. II,
was found particularly quick at figures. 5,
his salary was raised almost immediatel!
to $50 a month
when 1 Went into that Office" say
Mr.. TrambalI, Il was still less than six
teen years old. but l held my end up a
reckoning with the grown men in tn
once. l attracted attention and was pro
NOTED at once. When l was twenty-on
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
PArAos OF VANISHING INDIANS
Melancholy Note of Farewell ON the
Passing Oh the First
Families.

we are accustomed TO shed a few emf
nently proper crocodile tears over the fave
OF the Indian. but the Indian has never
pitied himself NJ record holds his plea
,or mercy TO his race. The negro con-
inuaHy expects quarter. The Indian has
lot asked quarter. Hs has taken his
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

was concerned in the loss of the funds OF
the Mechanics National bank of Newark In
1888. Both were convicted and were SEN
fenced to five years each in prison. More
than 100000 of the banks money, 1t was
charged, was lost in speculation.
After serving his term M~archbank re-
turned TO Newark, but could make a sud-
cess OF nothing and went to Missouri.
where he promoted various corporations in
the zinc and mineral district.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
DEFAULTER'S
END
man VINO shot Himself at Joplin
Was Wrecker OF Bank at
Newark.

NEWARK, N. J.. Dec. 1s.-Henry b.
Marchbank, who shot and killed himself in
Joplin. Mo. last night, was the confidential
clerk who. with Cashier Oscar Baldwin.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

years old l wars chief clerk Of the once
and getting S175 a month. l can tell
you, I'm still proud Of mat record"
Then Jay Gould got the Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas. and young Trumbull was
shifted to the Missouri Pacific. There. at
twenty-three, he had 10 men under him
in the freight claim and accounting de,
partments. In settling claims the old
habit of figuring gave him the reputa-
ton Of being a close trader.
An aged woman entered the Sedalia
ONCE one day to present her claim for a
cook stove that had disappeared some
where along the line. She made a great
fuss about Il.
II paid forty dollars for that cook
stove" she said, and l make my living
by my stove"
"WeH, what's the amount of your
.cIaimT' queried the agent.
They tell me that you only pay half
piped up the woman. "If that's 80. I
make my claim eighty dollars"
She got the forty.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

as well as most of us. The red man could
not adjust; he could only fight.-Emerson
Hough In Hamptoh's Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

The influence OF a Bee want ad penes
trates to unsupported quarters.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

NOUNG Trumbull then went to an
other Gould road. the Texas and
Pacific. Here he had a chance to
get a broader grasp on the business. be-
ing brought in contact with the financ-
ing Of railroads, a step considerably in
advance of bookkeeping and settling
freight claims. He was in a position
where he could keep track OF the daily
income and outRo, and confer with the
receivers on such matters.
1t was m October 1. 1874, that he en-
tered the railway field in service on the
Katy" as a clerk. His record for the
ensuing fourteen Years is representative
of the type Of railroad maj who rises
through the accounting department. He
became travelling auditor, then clerk in
the general auditors office, and chief clerk
OF freight accounts Of the Missouri
Pacific; then freight auditor ana freight
claim agent and general auditor of the
Texas and Pacific.
This phase Of his railroad career ended
in 1888. when he gave up r~aiIroading for
hve years. And he Is accustomed to say
that during that period he got his broad
est railroad experience, because he studied
The commercial side of the business, from
the standpoint of the shipper. He was
engaged in the Wholesale coal business
in colorado, and in making reports on
~ra1iroads n other properties for New
York and London banking houses.
Thus from the outside. as it were, the
railroad man studied the attitude of the
man who ships his freight over the road.
his rights. his grievances and his deal
ihgs with the employees OF the company.
Being familiar with the attitude of the
raHway official, the dual role gave him
an Insight into the vexatious problems
between transportation companies and
the shippers of freight which he could
have obtained in no other way.
This experience formed the basis Of
much of Mr.. Trumbull's theories and
philosophy about railroadihg and railroad
IKE.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
s(T HE solution of the railroad prob
lem," says Mr.. Trumbull, 'has
ght n nn6aa ob6,i+ 3Lras,ah T..

NhN AaAA Blbp-
lem" says Mr.. Trumbull, 'has
got to come about through an in
dividual sense of trusteeship. There are.
no men higher in the business world than
railroad officials, but they should feel that
they are trustees not only for their stock
and bond holders, but also for the ship
pers and the employees.
THAT has become one of the features
of our policy along the lines Of the Colo
RADIO and Southern. When a railroad pene-
trates a country, its towns and cities, that
road is essential to the welfare of the
communities it serves and likewise the
industries that flourish there are Deepen
dent on the road, and so are the efnployes.
The relations between the railroad and
the population it serves are reciprocal
The people ship their goods over the line
and the line in turn transports them and
supplies them with the necessaPies of life
The railroad management in that sense
should be impressed with the sense OF
trusteeship which has been feposed in It
for the welfare of the community.
But the necessity Of the railroad IN
the community is as great as the Heees,
sity of the populations patronage is to
the railroad. Neither can exist without
the other. Without transportation ia
%eilities, the entire effect of the develop
ment in the Southwest would be nullifed,
since agriculture and industry are so
largely dependent on the transportation
of commodities and manufactured prod
ucts to the markets that buy or consume
them.
THE people of this country are justly
entitled to the best railway lines in the
world. On the other hand the men who
own the railway companies are anxious
to use every endeavor to make their lines
the best to be found in the world.
But the merchant and agricultural
shippers should realize that the railroad
corporations cannot carry on extensive
improvements in the way OF providing the
best of facilities to the residents in every
Section Of their territories in the face of
Ireeeding net earnings. When a period of
depression comes, the railroad companies
cannot buy more equipment and lay more
rams uhtl DuSlutSS improves ana Iney can
obtain more money. And yet, p~aradoxical
as It may seem, business cannot fully i'm
prove until the roads are enabled to make
their usual purchases.
During the lean years the railway
companies cannot borrow money with the
facility of former and prosperous years,
and yet during the last year or so the
railroads have faced situation in which
they were far more in need of the support
and sympathy of shippers thar their an
'tagonism.
Railroad officials are always pleased
to get into the service OF their roads the
most efficient men that high wages can
command. But there Is no denying that
every dollar subtracted from net earnings
makes capital less eager TO seek railroad
Investments, ana that Of itself is a detri.
meht to the great body Of consamersLthC
public.
"A multitude of laws have been enact.
ed with the object Of regulating the rah-
roads. and on he whole the results up 10
date OF federal supervision and legislation
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

with respect TO railroad properties have
been good. But in view Of the valuable
and far reaching public services that
must be performed by them II may be
true that much Of such legislation has
been amateurish in comparison with that
of older countries, in that il has been
hasty and restrictive only and not also
constructive. as IL ought to he, II the well
fare Of the public Is to be promoted.
Conflicting legislation by the States
results in chaos. and It has already some
to pass that the ensuing impairment to
credit has not only retarded Development
in such States. but legitimate aspirations
for development In other States which
are as truly part OF a united country,
have been. so far Hs can now be seen. in
definitely postponed"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

stake me. Give me seventy-hve cents .
day until | make a strike thatl make
you and me rich"
II was probably due to the arrival OF
the psychological moment in the two
mems lives that Mr.. Parker entered into
the agreement. Everybody in Colorado
knows the result.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-29
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD PARADE
AND UNVE|L THREE MONUMENTS
Local Camps Had
Many Visitors
Yesterday.
RECEPTION FOLLOWED

ne a6iiveiling of three monuments
by the Woodmen of the World in AL
pine cemetery yesterday afternoon,
over the graves of Edward Metzgar,
OF Goodwill Camp, and James Lin
ley and Winant Van Name, of Perth
Amboy Camp. took place under aus
picious circumstances.
The members of the camps, with
their visitors, met at Dana hall at
R.30 o'clock, and marched down
Smith street. to New Brunswick ave-
hue to the cemetery. There were
about 400 in line, from Goodwill
Camp, Perth Amboy Camp, Rich
mond Camp, of Tottenville, uniform
rank; Central, Myrtle and Singer
Camps, OF Elizabeth; Crawford Camp
and Carteret Camp, of Roosevelt.
William p. Bradley was marshal.
The parade was headed by Good
will and Washington Fife and Drum
Corps. DR.. Frank Crowther made
the address at the cemetery. The
unwilling, in charge of the degree
leam, was conducted by William p.
Bradley; Council Commander Lee
Gilbert; Advisory Lieutenant Albert
Gilbert, and Banker John Hanson.
After the ceremonies at the ceme-
terry, they marched to Braga hall,
where reception was held. Speech
es we're made by Mayor Bollschweil-
er, State Manager F. O. Thompson,
and several of the visitors. Refresh
ments were served.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-29
MAY INSPECT
The FIRE DEPT.
That is If the Volunteers Ire Will
ling Will Decide About Fourth
Of July.
POLICE INSPECTION JULY

Special meetings of the fire COM
panies are to be held tonight to dis
cuss the inspection of the fire depart
ment, which may be made on July
by Mayor Bollschweiler and the
Board of Aldermen.
The matter has been discussed
freely among the firemen but as yet
no definite action has been taken In
the matter. Providing the firemen
are willing to turn out In dress uni
form Saturday, and parade for the
benefit of the city fathers, Chief
Mead has a line of march partially
arranged.
The council, at the meeting tomor-
row night, will probably appropriate
money to give the firemen spread
after the parade and inspection are
over. The police are working hard
to make a fine showing and Chief
Burke will drill the force again at 8
o'clock tonight.
Whether or not the firemen join
in the affair, the mayor and Board Of
Aldermen will inspect the police de-
partment at 10 O'Clock In the morn
ing of the Fourth, at the city hall.
If the parade is held, band of
music will lead and number OF the
principal streets Will be traversed.
The matter, 1t is expected, will be
settled definitely tonight, SO that the
council can take action towards maxi
ing the appropriation at the adjourn
ed meeting tomorrow night.
Fire Chief Mead has received an
invitation to the annual convention
at Columbus, o., on July 1928. The
chiefs Of thirty-three New Jersey
fire departments will be present and.
If the Board Of Aldermen appro-
PIRATES money to send the local chief,
Mr.. Mead will go.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-29

The suit of the Public Service
Corporation against Martin Hansen
for s1S4.52, was called for trial be-
fore Judge Lyon and a Jury in the
district court this morning. The
plairtiff claimed the foregoing
amount from the defendant, a local
contractor, for cutting wires and for
wiring work, which was alleged to
have been necessary by the defend
ants action, while he was moving
houses
The jury, which was drawn by
Cosstable John g. Brown, who is
acting Is sergeant-atuarms intead of
D. A. Shirley this week, was as fol-
lows; Albert Leon, foreman; Theo-
dore Bloodgood, James M. Glenn,
James ]. Flynn, William Hoffner,
Clifford Fothergill, John A. Mason,
John A. McAIinden, Charles Hagger-
ty, Harry Salmon, Frank Neer and
A. p Kennedy.
Joseph e. Stricken was counsel for
the Public Service, and Beekman C
Spencer represented the defendant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-29
Interest Is Increasing In the
Vacation Trips to be Given BY
Evening News In August.
MORE May ENTER ANY TIME
STANDING IN THE CONTEST.

The attractions of Niagara Falls
are not lost on the young women of
this vicinity. When the EVENING
NEWS announced that 1t would take
a party of seven to see this great
wonder of nature, and pay all ex-
penses interest was aroused at once.
All the contestants did not enter the
race at once, but they are now COM
ing In every day. The trip is one
we'll worth hustling for and the
young ladies know 1t. Three are go
ing from this city, as we'll as one
each from Tottenville, South Amboy,
Woodbridge and Metuchen. A re-
sponsible person will accompany the
party.
Besides those who were entered
Saturday, two new names start to-
day. They are Miss A. Christensen,
of 112 Fayette street, and Mrs. M.
]. Olsen, of 226 New Brunswick ave-
nue.. This makes six all told in
Perth Amboy. There is plenty OF
time yet, however. The contest does
not close until August IL. Keep get
ting coupons. Get your friends to
save them for you. When you find
you are tagging behind get a sub
6CAAPtAOA Va bWOf bnCJ Will OAlAB JOu
up. Get subscriptions anyway, they
keep you in the lead of the process
sion. The contest is not yet two
weeks old. There will be more in 1t
before many days pass.
Remember, weeks outing to
Niagara Falls, via the Lehigh Valley
railroad by daylight, is the reward.
People come all the way from Europe
to see the falls. No tourist ever re-
turns home without a visit there.
You surely do not want to miss the
opportunity to see them when all
your expenses will be paid and every
thing will be first class. One years
subscription at $3.50 counts 500
votes; six months, at 1925, counts
200 votes, and three months, at $1.20
counts 100 votes. All must be paid
in advance. Coupons are expiring
every day now. Don't let any of
them escape you. Canvass your
neighborhood and get your friends
to save them for you regularly If
they do not take the NEWS get their
subscription for three months, six
months or a year and then get their
coupons besides. Go after them and
remember the delightful outing that
is in store for you.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-29
BURGLARS ARE
STILL AT WORK
ThieVesin ReCtOry Of ST. Steph-
ems Polish Church in State 81.
Also in South AmbOy.
SHELTON RESIDENT SUFFERS

Rev. Father zielinski reported to
the police yesterday that someone
entered his house Saturday night or
early Sunday morning, and robbed
the place of goods amounting to
about SIS. Entrance was gained
through window.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, June 2S:-Burglars
entered the home of Postmaster
Frank DeGraw here last night and
got away with considerable loot. The
police are working on the case.
Entrance was gained through a
window some time between l and 2
o'clock. Mr.. DeGraw did not retire
until midnight. Nothing was known
of the burglary until the family came
down for breakfast this morning.
A considerable amount of jewelry,
consisting of bracelets, rings and
pins Of much value, was stolen.
Three large silver water pitchers
we're also taken. but the thieves evil
IDENTIFY found they were not solid for
they left them In an adjoining lot.
The solid silver was in drawer and
was overlooked by the robbers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-29
SOMOGYI.
FOR RECORDER.
Attorney Receives Cordial Sup
port at Meeting Of SIevak
Union Lifted In Air.
NEW SOCIETY GIVES ITS AID

At meeting of society No. 66, Of
the National Slovak Sokol, yesterday
afternoon In Preislin's hall, at Penn
street and Hall avenue, the organ
ization pledged itself to support Ste
phen f. Somogyi for recorder. He
was received at the meeting in an
enthusiastic manner. He was first
called upon by committee and,
when he entered the hall, they lifted
him almost to the ceiling in chair.
= At a meeting of a number of en-
thusiastic Slovaks held Saturday
night in Kozusl1o's hall in Catherine
street, the First Slovak Independent
Political Society was organized, un-
der the name OF George Washington.
A hundred charter members were Sc
cured and permanent officers were
elected. Lawyer Stephen f. Somogyi
who is a acndidate for the nomina-
tion for the Office of recorder, acted
as temporary chairman. He address
cd the audience, stating the reasons
for calling the meeting. He was most
warmly greeted.
Mr.. Somogyi was appointed chair
man of committee to prepare by
laws for the organization. 1t was
decided to meet on the second and
fourth Saturday nights of each
month, In Kozusko's hall.
The object of the organization is
to bring out all foreign voters. They
will also help secure citizenship pa
pers.
The permanent officers elected were
as follows; Frank Stas, president;
Jacob Michalovic, vice president;
Leonard Zaremba, secretary; Mich
ael Seaman, treasurer; Alex Almasy,
financial secretary; Michael Jacko
guard.