The National tribune., 1908-09-03

Capt. Baldwin will receive s5,73T.50,
which Is 10 per cent less than the
amount he would have received had he
attained maximum speed of 90 miles.
Rear-Admiral Robiey D. Evans. re-
tired, has been offered the Chairman
ship of the Los Angeles Harbor Railroad
Company. big corporation which will
practically control the harbor of Los
Angeles at San Pedro.
A new boy has arrived at the home
of Senator and Mrs. Albert j. Beveridge.
1t is the first one. by the way. The
youngster arrived last week at their
home at Misunderstanding -the-Sea.
The Rockwell cottage. on Smithpoint
was selected for the Summer. because
of the old associations of the Eddy
family, Mrs. Beveridge's folks, with 1T.
1t was in the same house where the
Beyeridge baby was born that Mrs. Eddy
passed many of her girlhood Summers.
The first Mrs. Beveridge died eight years
ago.
". T. Vernon, Register of the Treas
ury. will take a prominent part in n>the
oratoricat end of the Presidential cam
paign. 1t was thru his work that prom
inent negros were held in line for Taft
before the nomination, and since then
the National Committee has had a num-
Der of requests to send him to various
points for speeches. He'has been asked
by Senator du Pont, who is Chairman
of the Speakers Bureau of the National
Committee, to give considerable time to
speeches, ana he has promised to do so.
1t is understood that Vernon's assign
-ments by the National Committee will
be largely in Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Ne
braska and Iowa. and that he will make
only few speeches in the East.
Startling revelations, which it is in
timated may involve immigration Off
cials at Pacific Coast ports and along
the Mexican border, are expected as the
outcome of an investigation now being
carried on by the Federal Government
of the illegal entry of Chinese and Jap
anese coolies into this country.
Prof Fernando Sanford, of Stanford
University. is also one of the men ap-
pointed by the President to investigate
the immigration conditions. He has ar
rived here after months of work along
the Mexican border, and it Is said that
the report signed by Sanford and other
investigators and forwarded to Wash
ingtan makes interesting disclosures as
to the number of coolies smuggled over
the line.
Various investigating commissions are
now gathered here and looking INTO
the matter locally. Prof. Sanford SAID
that so far no information of impor-
tance had been obtained, but it is re-
ported that a ring of coolie smugglers
has been discovered which includes
some big merchants of Chinatown, and
that this organization has been carrying
on a regular business of raising funds
to aid in the smuggling operations.
"a little sermon in a phonograph" is
what curious audiences will get of the
canned oratory'' of Judge TAFT IL was
tried on an audience here the other
night and went very well. Here is an
extract:
.I speak not of foreign missions from
a purely religious standpoint" he says.
.@That has been and will be done. l
speak of them from the standpoint OF
political governmental advancement, the
of modern civilization, and
/ think have had some opportunity to
know how dependent we are on the
spread of Christianity for any hope we
may have of uplifting the peoples whom
Providence has thrust upon US for our
guidance.
1T is said that there is nothing in
the Constitution of the United States
that authorizes National altruism OF
that sort Well. of course, there Is not;
bu. there is nothing in the Constitution
of the United States that forbids 1t.
What there is in the Constitution of
the United States Is a breathing spirit
that we are a Nation with all the re-
sponsibilities that any Nation ever mad,
and therefore, when it becomes the
Christian duty of Nation TO assist
another Nation the Constitution author
ICES it because IT is part of our National
well-being"
The passing away last week of Miss
Eliza Wilkes brought to mind a. period
of nearly half a century ago. She was
the daughter of Admiral Wilkes. She
was 20 years old, and had a sister
little older. Neither had ever married,
and they were one of the landmarks of
the older Washington.
A rumor abroad to the effect that a
narrow streak of discoloration had been
discovered in a granite column which
had heen set in place on the east side
of the Treasury Building was denied by
Supervising Architect Jas. X. Taylor.
Altho the workmen have but one of the
big pillars in place. there are several
men at work on the east front of the
building, and are drilling and hammer
ing all day long. Treasury officials and
clerks at work on that side of the build
ing have to keep their desks and papers
covered with large sheets of cheese
cloth on account of the activities of the
men with the drills The report of dis
continuation of the work is derided.
Maj. John M. Russell and II enlisted
men OF the Marine Corps, who were re-
ceived at the Hygienic Laboratory of
the United States Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service on Aug. 3, COM
ing from Panama to be treated for pro-
lection against the bite of rabid dog,
have been discharged as cured.
A peculiar case which was before the
law officers Of the War Department last
week was that of a Hungarian by the
name of Bella He enlisted in the Army
at New York on Dec. 26, 1907. He was
minor at the time, and consent to his
enlistment vas given by his guardian,
Herbert Van Dyke. of New York City.
Bellas parents, who are Austrian sub
jeets, now request his discharge from
the military service On the ground that
his obligation for military service in the
Austria-Hungarian army will accrue
next year, and that certain penal conse-
quences will ensue should he fail to re-
port to the proper Austrian military au-
thorities for enrolment
The Judge-Adyocate-G of the
Army has decided that the enlistment in
the United States Army is a legal one.
was correctly executed and should
stand A similar case arose in 1902, In
which the discharge of an Austrian SUBJ
jcct was requested by an Acting Consul
General of that country. In that case
1t was held that the obligation of the
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