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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23
Extradltion Treaty With Spain.

Washington-The senate Thursday
ratified and made public a treaty be
tween the United States and Spain
wherein it is agreed that Spain shall
upon reQuisition. deliver up 10 justice
persons charged with any OF a list OF
certain crimes ranging from murder
10 slave trading.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23
Not a Responsible Bidder.

Washington-The reply of coun.
sci for the government in the suit
OF George w. Austin to restrain the
secretary OF the treasury from issuing
Panama canal bonds was filed Friday
in the supreme court OF the district.
On Monday the court will announce its
decision. The reply alleges that the
complainant is absolutely unable TO
fulfill his obligation 10 purchase So
600, 600 OF the bends and that he is
wholly without financial responsibility
ADEQUATE to such an OBLIGATION.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23

Washington-The senate Thursday
passed a resolution declaring that no
communication from heads OF depart.
ments. chiefs Of bureaus or other ex.
ecutive officers viii be received by
that body unless they r sent in com.
pliance with law or are transmitted by
the president. The resolution was the
result OF objection as made by Senator
Hepburn and Senator Hale to the re.
ception by the senate Of bills SEN by
Secretary Garfield in connection with
a communication.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23

Washington.-In the senate Wednes-
day the bill to codify the penal laws
was taken up. Mr.. Hepburn. Of Idaho.
chairman of the joint committee on re.
vision of the laws, explained the com.
mittee's work. Senator Burkett Of
Nebraska, said 20 important a meas.
ure should receive the attention Of the
senate. He referred to the almost de-
serted chamber whereupon a roll call
was ordered and the consideration of
the bill was begun. Five minutes az.
ter the completion Of the call the sen
ate chamber was again almost empty.
there being only ten members present.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23
us PensIon onnIbus BIII.

Washlngton-The FIRST weekly omni.
bus bin was reported to the senate
Wednesday by Senator McCumber,
chairman Of the pensions committee.
This action was in accordance with
the recent decision OF the committee
to save the time Of the senate and to
simplify the handling Of pension legis.
lation by combining many bills in one.
The bill was placed on the calendar
and may be placed upon its passage at
any time without the necessity that
has existed in the past of setting aside
an entire afternoon for disposing OF
hundreds Of bills separately.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Voting Machines Unpopular.

The use Of voting machines appears
to be a matter of local option, and the
people who have the say about it are
inclined to stick to the old ballot. The
first work Of the machine in a few
towns Of the middle states led to a
general movement for their adoption.
Investigation, however, showed that
the claims Of the makers had not been
made good.
While it seems to be true that voter
cannot be absolutely certain that his
vote is delivered by the machine as he
intends, this is not the only objection
able feature. It requires practice to
make the machine do the voters will,
even when it Is honest, The voter can
not scan his ballot deliberately as he
has been accustomed to do and then
deposit it securely where it will be
counted for his party. Again, one pull
of the lever deposits a straight vote
and several pulls are necessary for
splitting. Thus voting by machine is
not strictly secret
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
The Bones of Heroes.

After the lapse Of generations the
bones Of the American prison ship
martyrs" have received sepulture
worthy Of their history. They are the
remains Of soldiers Of the Revolution
ary war who were imprisoned by their
British captors in old hulks moored in
New York harbor and allowed to per-
fsh through neglect. AS they died they
we're buried in shallow graves, where
in after years their bones were IN
earthed by the plowshare and finally
rescued from an ignoble fate by the
thoughtfulness and patriotism Of the
humble tiuers Of the soil
One hundred years ago the few
graves still untouched were opened,
and all the remains were placed In a
vault to await suitable action by the
public authorities. The second war
with Great Britain soon followed, and
this incident Of the Revolution was
thrown into the background, for the
fresher incidents of the new war made
frequent appeals to patriotic sentiment.
At the close Of the civil war, however,
the bones Of these martyrs were placed
in tomb at Fort Greene, within the
limits Of Brooklyn, from whence they
were recently transferred to a vault
beneath the Pr1sOn-ship Martyrs mon
ument which congress provided as a
memorial in Greene park. The names
Of many Of the martyrs are on record,
but the individual remains of the dead
were never identified.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Carnegie's Type Of Hero.

In establishing a hero fund for his
native Scotland Andrew Carnegie In
ststs upon the same distinction be-
tween heroism today and the heroism
Of the age Of romance which has been
made in the awards from the Ameri-
can fund. It is stipulated that the he
roes Of the new fund must be follow
ers Of peaceful avocatons in the Brit
1sh isles and the waters thereof" This
leaves out the army and navy, to
which the romantic mind naturally
turns for "daring doors" worthy to get
a prize or a decoration.
The heroism which Mr.. Carnegie
wants to reward is that in which the
actors risk their lives out of pure hui
man fellow feeling and sympathy The
military man would be disgraced in
the eyes Of his comrades if he failed to
face danger in any form. He is train
ed to ignore pain and DEATH But for
the civilian, trained to peaceful avoca-
tons, to give up life at the call Of an
others needs is in every sense heroic.
With our modern views of the duty of
selfshness these are the true heroes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Swinburne For the Nobel Prize

It must surprise readers of this gen.
GRAFTON to learn of the mention Of
Swinburne in connection with the No
bel prize for idealistic poetry. The
literary prize Of $4,000 is intended for
the person who within the year "has
provided the most excellent work Of
an idealist tendency" Swinburne's
most recent poem is based upon the
Borgia poisoning, and neither that nor
anything that he has done since the
Nobel prizes were instituted seven
years ago can be said to show ideal
istic tendency.
Swinburne could have been made
poet laureate Of England when Tenny-
son died in 1892 but for the republican
bias Of his early verse. He is now as
much in the modern current as Kip
ling, who received the prize last year.
In the Nobel prize he will have an hon.
or greater than the laureateship Of
England, and its award will awaken
fresh interest in his long neglected
songs Of forty years and more ago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
The Birds Almanac.

It seems that the migration Of tho
birds is not regulated by the state of
the weather. During the hot weather
of September the birds which have
usually moved for the gulf regions
with the first chill wind from the north
were on their travels, just as though
they had a fixed schedule. No doubt
the birds can tell the seasons by the
sun if they care to.
If the weather and the food supply
can account for the September fight
Of the birds it is singular that the re-
suit is not uniform. It is said that
birds which live on insects must go
south in winter, because insect life is
killed in the north by frost. But there
is insect life in the south all the year
round, yet the birds migrate north in
spring on schedule time, even though
the northern winter fingers "in the lap
Of spring." Some birds that live on
seeds winter in the north and fare as
they can. Other seed eating birds go
south apparently because the habit
runs in the blood. The whole subject
is involved in mystery for man, but
evidently the mystery lies deeper than
the mere haste or delay Of weather
changes noticeable to man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
The Post Gard Fad Waning.

The industry of manufacturing SOU
venir post cards began to show a de-
cline in France early in the year. Re-
Gently it was reported that the Ger
man makers found their stock rapidly
increasing on their hands and no de-
mand coming from the dealers.
American and English makers en-
parked in the post card trade when the
boom was at its height, and this may
have affected the trade. of the CONT
mental countries. Again, the postal au-
thorities have banished many Of the
cards from the mails, seizures Of large
quantities have been made by the au-
thorities both here and in Europe, and
the Objectionable card should have part
of the blame for the present depression
in that trade. Particular people wish
to avoid all appearance Of evil.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
The Open Air Cure.

The protest Of a noted scientist
against crowding the victims Of tuber-
culosis in hospitals and camps may
seem radical in view of the recent tend;
encies. It is said that the home is
the best place to provide for the pa
dent at any stage Of the complaint.
One might go step further and say
that the place to prevent the trouble is
in the home. It seems to be almost
wholly a question Of fresh air, and
that can be controlled at home as well
as elsewhere, sometimes even better.
Fresh air is the cure which science
now depends upon to root out the
germs Of tuberculosis. If it is good for
that it is good to prevent the germs
from making the first inroads on the
human system. Air is free, and as
men average they get plenty Of it. The.
harm comes from shutting the air out
Of working, living and sleeping rooms
hours at a time. Sanitarium patients
far gone in consumption are required
to mufie up and brave the coolest
blasts Of winter. It would be better
for people to wear heavy clothing in
doors and let the fresh cold air circu-
late than to keep warm by shutting OF
all ventilation. The ravages Of the
great white plague may be stayed in
the hospital, but the place to Danish
the scourge from the world is in the
home
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Must the Macadam Road Go?

Not so very long ago the macadam
road was considered perfect. Improve
ments we're made upon the original
method Of building the stone road IA
thered by Macadam, but the principle
remained the same. The stone road is
good for traffic Of horses and steel tires.
But the motor, with its rubber tire and
high speed, creates a new road prob
the macadam road will have to go or
else that the motor must have its spe-
cia1 road.
Thousands of miles Of macadam
roads have been constructed in this
country, and where well built they are
good enough roads today for anybody,
even though they have had ten or
twenty years wear. The more wear
the better on a good macadam, for the
traffic it is meant to sustain packs the
dust and gravel and adds to frmness.
But the effect Of the high speed, rubber
tired motor Is to pick up and scatter
the very material which is essential to
the life Of the road. It has already
been suggested III the interest of pub
lie safety that the motors have their
special roads. If they are really de-
stroying the good roads and there is
no remedy, this is another argument
for the special road. New roads might
be built to bear both kinds Of traffic
But the good roads now standing have
cost too much to warrant tearing out
for new construction. It may take a
generation to prove a new road good
enough for both motors and horse We
hicles. As the motor travels fast, it
can afford to go out OF its way to keep
to its own track and leave the old
stone roads intact for the traffic they
are admirably adapted to bear.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
An Army tsHall Of Fame.s


The recent naming of the ten new
torpedo boat destroyers after naval
officers to commemorate noted deeds in
American history leads the New York
World to suggest that few names
might we'll be borrowed from the army
roll Of honor for the same purpose.
The names added to the naval hall Of
fame" by the last order of the presi-
dent include those Of three rear adj
nirals, three captains, three command
ers and one midshipman. As it stands
the torpedo fotilla commentaries he
roes Of all our wars, among them
Lawrence, Hull, Decatur and Perry,
Farragut, Gushing, Worden and Wins
low. Our naval traditions are against
the commemoration Of civilians by
naming warships after them.
With the army the case is somewhat
peculiar, for, while it has long been the
custom to name forts and batteries
after distinguished soldiers, civilians
are also honored in that way, and,
again, names are conferred upon forts
because of their local geographical sig
nificance. A warship is a unit and
may carry the name it bears to any
part Of the world. The parallel Of the
warship in the army is the regiment
It is a unit and in a regular army
gathers in the course Of time traditions
which are inspiring to the men. Names
that can never die out of our military
traditions might be conferred upon reg
1ments. In the volunteer service it is
common thing fer a regiment to
have synonym. sometimes by formal
adoption and again through the evolu-
ton Of name given by chance, even a
nickname.
As the army is composed Of three
arms Of service, there is opportunity
to confer in each branch names that
have special significance. The forts
could be given names of soldiers dis
tinguished in the defense Of fortified
positions, batteries the names Of heroes
| Of the artillery arm, cavalry regiments
might commemorate soldiers distin-
guished in saber battles and infantry
regiments the heroes Of brilliant
achievements in the field, where "the
| man with the musket'' bore the brunt
Of battle These historic synonyms
might be conferred by a charter, and
in time they would be priced by the
men as were the eagles which Napo.
leon bestowed upon his battalions as
| awards for conspicuous deeds Of valor.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Chance and Gambling.

Lord Rosslyn came out of the fake
bank breaking contest as was to be ex-
pected- he has wasted all the money
he could rake and scrape" trying to
break the famous gambling bank at
Monte Carlo. If he were not gam
bling mad the lesson recently taught
him in London by Sir Hiram Maxim,
who let him "buck" against a bank
load Of stage money, might cure him of
the notion that there is something for
the gambler in the much talked Of law
Of chance. He argues that chance
must favor the player if he will only
stick to the game long enough.
If the law Of chance really puts a
flaw in the prospects Of the gambling
bank it is preposterous to suppose that
any Individual player can prove it.
Hundreds Of people are playing all the
time, and, although they win occasion
ally, the bank wins In the end Sir
Hiram says that each individual play
against the bank stands alone and can
have no connection with the previous
or the following play. So all betting
at Monte Carlo Is logically an attempt
made by hundreds Of players to do just
what Rosslyn has tried to do alone on
what he calls a SYSTEM" There is
system always at work for the bank,
and that is the almost invariable rule
that players quit either discouraged or
impoverished after meeting heavy
losses and do not stay at the game
for the turn Of luck" which persistent
gamblers recognize is inevitable.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
ssThe Peop1e'' Of Morocco.

No doubt but the European powers
can fix up the Morocco business be-
tween themselves and keep the official
Moor quiet by means of bribery and
threat. The people Of Morocco, how
ever, will not be more quiet under Sui
tan Mulai Hafd, backed by Germany,
than they have been under Abdul Aziz,
backed by France and Spain. What
the Moors have complained Of all along
are the concessions made by their legiti-
mate ruler to foreigners, who. to their
minds, are infdels and not to be toll
Grated
When France got the upper hand in
Morocco through the consent Of the
powers Mulai Hafd stirred up the ia
natical Mohammedans to object to the
Intrusion of Europeans into the in
terror Of the country. Without pene-
tating into the interior France could
not keep order in Morocco. Even when
the ruling sultan, Abdul Aziz, consent
ed the Moors repudiated his acts. And
the first thing required Of the new sui
tan, Mulai Hafid, by the powers which
connive at his usurpation is that he
confirm all the agreements made with
foreigners by his predecessor. If he
fails Europe will depose him by force.
If he yields his late followers will turn
from him, as they did from his hap
less brother, and rally to the banner
Of some new fanatic
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Teaching Morality.

The recent assembling in London Of
congress to discuss the problems Of
moral culture in the public schools is
significant in an age when men and
women on every hand are insisting
that the world is growing better. It
goes without saying that the states
men, professors, educators and human
ttarians gathered at the congress are
factors in movements already in oper-
alton for the uplifting Of public morals.
If the older agencies of good are doing
yeoman service already the congress
may stimulate them to doing better,
or if, in spite Of the optimism Of the
few, things are really going backward
1t may point out weaknesses in the
present systems and suggest remedies.
It is well to take stock Of our assets
now and then, and, even though 1t
turns out that the congress was only
a conference and not a parliament,
good must come Of it.
Some one has observed that the wis
dom or unwisdom of trying to regulate
public morality by law depends alto
gether upon the existence Of public
morality to begin with It is a COM
paratively modern notion, in practice
at least, that education is process Of
drawing out rather than of putting in.
Applying this to the question in hand,
there must be basic morality in the
human material handled in the public
schools before any results powerful
enough to give bias to the general
trend can be reaped. There IS always
an educational force at work below
and behind the public school. The
fruits Of this force when good may be
increased and vivided by the organized
system and if evil ought to be neutral
lied in some way.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Railroad Expansion and Business.

Railroad Expansion and Business.
Early in the year the Iron Trade Re;
view discussed the question of railroad
expansion and stagnation and the eff
feet of both upon business. The argu-
ment Of the Review was that a period
of dizziness in railroad building and re-
newal might follow the year 1907
without reference to the general de-
preston of business. This dullness
might either be broken or extended by
the state Of business, which must af-
feet railroad earnings. In a recent is
sue the paper repeats it's argument and
concludes that normal business, be it's
advent early or late, will bring the rail-
roads to the front as large buyers and
therefore important factors in the gen.
eral prosperity.
From a source of authority in the
railroad world there has recently come
confirmation Of the Reviews opinions.
Speaking to the fremen and engineers
ut their convention in Ohio, B. F..
Yoakum explained the close relation
between railroad expansion and the
general trade. Every ton Of rails, he
says, represents three and one-half tons
Of raw material that has been produced
by labor, and the movement Of the
100000 tons Of rails and fastenings
purchased by the railroads of the COIN
try in 1907 involved the movement Of
100000 tons Of raw material and
finished product The production and
movement Of this material and the
putting Of it in place give work to mil
lions of hands. and, as the railroads
are good and steady paymasters, rail-
road expansion puts new money in cir
culation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Watering the Arid Plains.

During the sixteen years that have
elapsed since the first meeting Of the
national irrigation congress practically
2,OOO,O 900 acres of arid land have been
added to the nations fertile area. This
means homes at least for $4,000 fami-
lies, or 100000 people, The pick Of the
land may support four times the ratio
here named and the average soil dou-
bic the ratio. That is to say, the least
fertile land brought under cultivation
through irrigation will support a fami-
ly to each forty acres. On some soil
ten acres will suffice. The work is not
yet finished, but by the time the twen-
tieth congress meets, four years from
now, the entire area which the rec
lamation service has mapped out for
improvement will be available for set
tiers.
The task Of the irrigation congress
has been one of education for the
whole country as we'll as Of practical
been stimulated, and separate state
governments as well as the national
government have been aroused to ac-
ton. The arid lands cover a wide belt,
and once it was demonstrated that
they could be reclaimed in one section
it became the duty Of some one to ex-
pand the system. Furthermore, the
prosperity of one reclaimed section
must be enhanced by having neighbor-
ing regions turned from barren desert
to fruitful gardens.
The expense Of the irrigation work
undertaken by the national govern
ment has been great. But the money
will flow back in time to the national
treasury in the form Of payments for
the lands and in various revenues
drawn from new populous districts
One needs to look ahead to grasp the
meaning Of this great project With
out it the future would show a fruit
less and uninhabitable desert stretched
between fertile regions and the centers
Of trade and civilization lying beyond.
Already the fruits Of irrigation may be
seen in the shape Of fertile fields, bear
Ing orchards, grazing focks and herds
and thriving towns and cities in re-
gions which a generation ago were
stunned by settlers. We shall not wish
to abolish the wilderness created by
| our mountains, but it is economy to
turn water upon the arid plains just as
It is economy to drain marsh lands.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12
Airsh1ps and PHYSICAL Laws.

As was to be expected, the recent
successful experiments in aerial navi-
cation arouse the criticism Of unbe-
levers. Count Zeppelin, the German
expert, assumes that the airship is here
to stay and that it will prove of IN
doubted value in reaching isolated re-
gions where there are no railroads, not
ably the semiexplored parts Of the
earth.
Taking up this last point, Professor
Newcomb, the noted mathematician
and astronomer, comedies that an air.
ship like that Of Count Zeppelin may
be so improved in time as to become
''the first vehicle actually to carry a
human being to the north pole" Be-
You'd service Of that sort the professor
thinks the possible utility Of the air.
ship has been vastly overrated, even
by aeronauts as conservative as Zep-
pelin. He says that the mere matter
OF fuel puts a bar upon the economic
value Of the airship. mo progress In
Invention will increase the weight
which a given volume or surface Of
air will support at a given speed, nor
can the resistance experienced by a
surface moving through the air ever
be reduced below the point set by
physical theory" declares this author
ity, and adds that there Is far more
glamour than utility in the idea of fly
ing through the air.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-12

Now it transpires that the army with
which the Moroccan pretender defeated
the reigning sultan in the recent de-
cisive battle for the throne was mod
eru in equipment and tactics, evidence,
some Frenchmen believe, Of German
coaching. This the Germans deny, al
though it is no secret that French
money, guns and ammunition were
supplied to the army Of the defeated
Abdul Aziz.