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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

tion' ventilation and of a style of archi-
lecture to attract rather than repel those
who are to use it. The formal dedicatory
exercises were held on the 4th OF this
month and many Of the citizens took occa-
sion to critically inspect the structure
and words of commentator were uni
versal.
superior has a four-year high school
course together with a normal training de-
partment, the attendance at present being
$50 In erecting the new building provision
has not only been made for the present. but
future needs have been anticipated. The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

This was presented by Mrs. c. e Adams
as the gift of the Grand Army OF the Re-
public and Woman's Relief corps organiza-
lions OF Superior. The presentation was
made the occasion of a patriotic address.
A number of other addresses were delivered
all suitable to the occasion and the struc-
ture formally turned over to the Board OF
Education.
With the completion and occupancy OF
this new building Superior not only ex-
poets to afford better facilities for its own
youth to acquire an education, but will be
in a position to offer its advantages to
pupils from the country and smaller towns
in the vicinity which are less fortunately
situated in the matter OF high school facili-
ties, a number OF whom have already
taken advantage of the opportunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

Indeed. the Mitsuis are, perhaps, the most
important element in the Japanese situa-
tion today. 1t is through them and the
others bankers and capitalists of note, such
as Matsuo, governor of the Bank of Japan;
Takahashi of the Yokohama Specie bank,
and Baron Shibusawa, that the new policy
of retrenchment, economy and reform in
now being introduced. Until within a few
months the country has been managed by
a class of men who knew but little of
modern business methods. The leading Off
Gals were apt to look down on trade and
to consider themselves as rather superior
to those who were engaged in 1t. This was
especially so up to the time of the war be-
tween Russia and Japan. Then the coun-
try needed a great deal Of money and it
had TO go abroad to borrow it. 1t had not
done much as to the placing of enormous
loans, and it called in the financiers among
the business men to advise 1t how to pre-
coed. Through their counsel the loans were
negotiated which supplied a large part OF
the funds for the war. Agents were sent
to Paris, London and New York, and there
was little trouble in the disposal of the
bords. AS the war continued other loans
we're negotiated. and up to the time OF its
close there seemed to be no fiTacial trouble
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

~ posed Of persons who partici'
pated in the rush for land on
the Rosebud indian reservation
IETNXfNNH five years ago, has re-
SS2l ceived a call for husbands from
two maids who are holding down claims
in Trip county. South Dakota. and are
lonesome.
These girls, Rose Freeman, who is but IS
years old. and Blanche Bates, four years
her senior, were the first of their sex to
so to the reservation after winning claims.
W came out here TO get the land given
US by tho government and TO find husbands
that are good and kind and true says
the letter. I'VE found good rich land. We
hired men to work It. We built a house
and are making money.
Blu we are lonesome. We have suitors
that would make the girls east of US Jealous
as far as numbers are concerned. Every
man out here wants a wife, There are
scarcely any women here but Indians,
Some OF the men have married squaws. But
the majority mant white wives.
w are Chicago girls. and while the men
here are nice enough, we want Chicago
husbands, AS you can see by our photo
graphs, We are not undesirables.'. We
insist on good looking and young husbands
OF some business ability. who cannot only
bo good husbands, but who can carry out
the work which we rave started. Send
letters and photographs TO us at Dallas,
S. d. 1t is a hard life out here, but we
will make It pleasant for the right men,"
o.
An Ethical Marriage.
DIR. James II. Hamilton, head worker in
the university settlement at Eldridge and
Rivington streets, New York City, a well
known writer on economic and sociological
subjects, was ''ethically married. on sat
uTday, January . to Miss Btta Brodski, one
OF the associate workers in the settlement.
Miss Brodski. who is p years old, is the
daughter OF DIR. Benjamin Brodski, a self
styled atheist and believer In the ethical
form OF marriage" The marriage came as
surprise TO the many settlement workers
In the city. and when the news spread
through the settlement houses. there was
a great buzzing OF gossip.
The ceremony. reports the New York
Times. took place at Sl West Twenty
seventh street, in the apartments of DR.
John L. Elliott. head worker OF the Hud-
son Guild Settlement house. at AS Eas;
Twenty-seventh street, a close friend OF
DR.. Hamilton and well known among so,
biologists OF this and other cities. He ID
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
Japan's biggest Department Store.

department. SNOrG.
Leaving the Mitsul Bussan Kaisha,
crossed the street and went through the
big department store belonging to the
Mitsui family. This is by far the largest
and most complete store in the Japanese
empire, 1t has a capital Of 1.OOO,O 600 yen and
it does a daily business Of about 1000 yen.
1t is like nothing else in Japan and is one
OF the best examples Of how tina western
movement is capturing the empire and also
OF the solidity of the new institutions. n
is known as the Mltsui dry goods store.
Marshall Field, who was at the time he
died worth about 100000, made as a
storekeeper, never liked the words de
partment store" He called his big estab-
lishment in Chicago a dry goods store. The
Mitsuis follow the same rule, and that.
perhaps, because the fortunes Of the family
were founded on dry goods. As ! have said,
the business was begun during the SIX
teenth century-alHost 100 years before Bos-
ton was founded-and II was only a few
years later that a store was opened right
here on the site OF this big establishment
OF today. After the combination of thu
five Mitsui brothers in 17z this stors
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

.PERIOR has put itself in line
with modern methods by pro-
viding a high school building
which is not only ample in size
to accommodate the pupils, but
provided with modern SANTA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

of the New Japan.
The Rothchilds frequently come to the
assistance Of the great governments of
Europe. Their fortune was founded, in
fact. on money loaned to one of the Ger
man rulers who applied to the old house
at Frankfurt. Jay Cooke helped Uncle Sam
out during the civil war, and President
Roosevelt was glad to have the assistance
OF Pierpont Morgan at the time of the last
panic. The Mitsuis have occupied even
more important positions in regard to the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

It would pay some of our big exporting
firms to go through the foreign trade
rooms of the Mitsui house. They have a
commercial museum, which enables their
clerks and employees to study all sorts of
raw materials and manufactured goods.
These rooms are somewhat similar to
those of our Philadelphia Commercial
museum, and one could hardly imagine
such a collection being gotten together by
a private company. Connected with the
museum is a large library OF up-to-date
books on textiles, ores, mining and manu-
features, and the clerks are well educated.
The Mitsui family has its own system of
education for Its employees. 1t has set
apart a fund Of $1,000 yen annually to send
its clerks to China and other countries to
enable them to acquire the languages and
education necessary for their business. 1t
Is now exporting all sorts of goods to the
amount of s0,OOO,OOO yen or more every year.
1t has a large import trade and brings
into Japan locomotives, steel bridges and
electrical machines. 1t purchases steam
ers, warships and ordnance for the gov
eminent, and also railway equipment and
materials. 1t deals largely in cotton and
wool, and handles American canned meats.
wheat, flour and other such things. The
company also acts as insurance agents,
representing some OF the largest OF the
American and the English insurance COM
panies, and that not only in Japan, but IN
India, the Straits Settlements and China
as well.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
Family of MiIiIonaIres.

Through the kindness of Mr.. ]. Yama-
motto, one OF the directors, l have been
able TO spend the greater part of today in
going through the big office buildings of
the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha here in Toxic.
which contain the Mitsul bank and the ex-
porting and mining departments Of the cor
poTation, and | have also visited it's big
department store across the way, which
has more trade than any dry goods estab-
lishment of the far east Each of these in
stitutlons is a story in itself. But before |
give 1t l want to tell you more about this
remarkable family. The Mltsui house is a
joint association, consisting OF eleven fam
lies or partners who have pooled their cap
ital In their joint name under the system
of joint liability. The bank. for
instance. which has a capital of 100000
yen and a surplus OF II, 500, 600. inserts a
statement in all of its banking advertise
ments that it is owned by the members of
the Mitsui family, and that they as part
ners assume an unlimited responsibility for
all It's debts. AS a result the people know
that oil the wealth of the family Is back
of the bank and it has the highest credit.
Its deposits are now about 100000 yen, or
almost $35, OOO, 600.
The same rule prevails as to all the OBJ
legations of the eleven families. The prop
critics are all held in common, although
each family may have independent prop
erty of it's own. In the Mltsui establish
ments, however, there is no particular
property to which anyone can enter his
absolute claim. The institutions are man.
aged by the Mltsui family council. accord
ing to rules laid down by one Of the heads
of the family who lived more than 200 years
ago. This, making the family and not the
individual the head of an institution, is in
accordance with the social organization OF
Japan. Here the individual is subservient
to the family and the rights and obligations
of the family should outweigh those Of any
of its members.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

an associate of DIR. Felix Adler in the So
ciety of Ethical Culture. DIR. Elliott him
self performed the ethical marriage" DR..
Hamilton and Miss Brodski, standing be-
fore him, formally accepted each other as
husband and wife. promised each to
love and honor the other and to fight life's
battles side by side.
Then DR.. Elliott gave a short dissertation
on the tenets of ethical culture, and spoke
of the idealism Of its teachings. He spoke.
too, of the duties of marriage, according to
the ethical law. and of the obligations en-
tered into by the contracting parties. then
pronounced the couple man and wife.
That was the marriage" Afterward the
couple started for Washington, ID. c.,
whore they will spend a brief honeymoon.
Incidentally, Mrs. Hamilton will at
ten pit to continue her duties as a public
school teacher in Brooklyn. For several
years she has taught school and is devoted
to her school work as well as To the Set
Element work. Just what effect this "ethi-
cal marriage will have upon her future
as a school teacher remains to be seen,
The ethical marriage was Witnessed by
DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Brodski, father
and mother Of the bride, and two other
persons. Her father says that Miss Brod-
ohl 10 dlAo an ATHEIST ~ lHS lol.ep la
st. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. he told yes
terday about the ceremony, explaining that
lis daughter had only followed in the
footsteps OF her parents when she "ethic-
ally married DR.. Hamilton. If his daugh-
ter knows anything about God, he is not
aware of it, DR.. Brodski said, He added
that he has never taught his children any
religion save that of Nature. He and his
family worship Nature and the laws Of
Nature
las to religion, it is a stranger in my
house said DR.. Brodski.
DR.. Hamilton and Miss Brodski had pre-
pared for the marriage" applying on Sat
urday 10 the marriage license bureau and
obtaining a license. That, in the opinion
OF DR.. Brodski, was quite sufficient OBJ
servance Of the law. The license was pro-
duced at the ceremony
Bride Made widow in Few Hours.
Between the hours OF noon and 6 O'Clock
on January Is Mrs. Gwendolin Kugel, a d.
vorcee. became a bride and a widow at her
home at 1922 North Twenty-first street,
Philadelphia.
She was married to Milton r. Wike, a
prosperous steel contractor with offices IN
the Stephen Girard building. who she
met about a year ago. He was taken III
shortly after their acquaintance, and from
May on Mrs. Kugel was both his fiancse
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

a concert began in the music room, and
for an hour or more a Japanese girl played
on a grand piano, being accompanied by
two others with violins. / cannot say
much for the music. 1t was an attempt
at one of Sousa's marches, and was not a
success,
I was taken through the store by one of
the managers who spoke English. We went
together from story to story, from the
toy department at the bottom, where little
dolls and dolls housekeeping outfits are
sold, up to the great photograph gallery
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

now amount to about seventy million yen.
As l went on through the building I
seemed to be in a government department.
There were rooms filled with clerks every
where and in one l saw a dozen Japanese
girl stenographers, who were clicking off
their notes on Japanese typewriters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

N~Copyr1ght 1g9, by Frank @. CarpenterO
=-oK1o, Japan-Cspecial Core
" spsndence Of The Bee)-Have
you heard Of the Mitsut familyi
- II is the richest OF all Japan,
HYN1IN and one Of the richest Of the
- world. What the Rothschilds
are to Europe and Rockefeller Is to the
United States, the Mitsuis are to Japan.
They MAY also be COMPARED with the
Astors and the Vanderbilts, and their un-
dertakings include such as have made the
fortunes OF Krupp. Marshall Field. STEPHEN
Girard and John wanamaker. They are
famous as merchants, miners, manufacture
ers. exporters. bankers and financiers.
Trey have a capital running high into the
tor IT millions Of dollars. and they do a
~ IS Of hundreds OF millions a year.
To some years the foreign trade Of this
family is equal TO one-seventh Of the whole
foreign trade Of Japan. It's coal mines
produce about one-third Of all the coal
mined in the empire. and they supply a
great part Of that used in the ports OF
east Asia. The Mltsuls own great cotton
mills and furnish about one-third of the
japanese exports Of cotton yarn. They
have other factories and fcundries through
out the empire, and their trading and bank
ing Institutions are in all the big cities.
Ihis family has also its branch establish
ments In the leading seaports OF China,
ana in Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore and
Bombay. 1t has branches in Australia and
java, and also In San Francisco, New
York and London In some years 1t ships
as much as 5000 bales Of raw silk to the
United States, and it has a fleet Of good
sized steamers, which carries its mer-
chandise to and from Shanghai, Hong
Kong. the Philippines, the Straits Settle
ments, Burmah and India. There is no
more thriving corporation in the world
and just at this time. when We
Americans are talking Of the japanese as
being on the edge of bankruptcy, It is sur
prisinB TO come into contact with an in
stitutlon like this.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
Homesteads without Husbands.

He Chicago Rosebud club, COM
posed Of persons who partici'
pated in the rush for land on
the Rosebud Indian reservation
five years ago, has re-
ceived a call for husbands from
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
Earthquake Proof Chimneys.

The Mitsuis have a big engineering works
Eere in Toxic, where engines and boilers
are made, and where they are also turning
out electrical machinery which is noted
throughout the Far East. They are maxi
ing steel chimneys and railway bridge ma
terial. Their steel chimneys are said to be
earthquake proof. This is a very impor-
amt item. Japan has, on the average, an
earthquake a day throughout the year, and
every now and then a big one. At such
times the brick chimneys and smokestacks
are the first to all. They often cause
great damage, crashing through the roofs
below. When l was in Japan fourteen
years ago, about one-half of the house
hold department of the palace, which I
was visiting at the time, was thrown down
and the chimneys flew far and wide. 1
narrowly escaped with my life. In that
same earthquake the chimneys on the par
lament house tumbled, making a hole in
the roof as large as though the biggest
elephant had dropped through from the
skies.
This same engineering works is now maxi
ing pumps, sawmills. mining machinery,
dynamos, electric motors and electric ma
chimes of every description.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
The Mhsui Family of Japan It's Millions and It's Vast Undertakings
Copyright. 1900. by Frank G. carpenterO

. 1909, by Frank @. CarpenterO
)K1O, Japan-Cspecial Core
spmdence Of The Bee)-Have
you heard Of the Mitsut familyi
II is the richest OF all Japan,
and n Of the richest Of the
world. What the Rothschiida
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

dahl, to whom Il vas addressed.
Professor Burr said th1t It was
highly satisfactory to note that his
recommendation Of two years ago
that the city install : well and tap
the underground supply near the
upriver pumping station had been
carried into effect and resulted In
giving the city q practically mex
haustible supply Of the purest
water. He congratulated the city
on having this great boon, and said
that IL solves the question Of a
water supply for years.
Professor Burr recommended
that another well be installed as a
precautionary measure, the new
well to be located within about 500
feet of the first one. He COM
mented on the present overtaxed
condition of the pumping plant and
Endorsed the plan Of 1000, 900 gal
Ions additional daily pumpage for
the high pressure system for the
higher elevations. With this added
pumping capacity a portion Of the
pumps can be shut down at times
for repairs or rotation, whereas
this is impossible at the present.
The plan for an auxiliary electric
plant to furnish power m case Of a
break In the water power or In the
event of low water was Endorsed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
HE MUST EXPLAIN
ABOUT THAT
SCREEN

BY order of the city council,
adopted last might, J. H. Wilmot,
the Riverside avenue saloonist, has
been commanded to appear before
the city council as a trial board
next Tuesday evening, to show
cause why his retail license should
not be revoked for alleged failure
to comply with the saloon screen
law. a..
At the request of Mayor Pratt
the city council last night fixed
Tuesday, August II, as the date
Of the hearing on the recommends
ton of the mayor and the police
board that the license of Wilmot
be revoked ~
Wilmot denies the charge in the
communication of Mayor Pratt that
he was convicted of selling in his
place on Sunday. He says the con-
viction was against man employ
ed In the cigar store in the front
of his saloon, who without any
knowledge or consent on the part
OF Wilmot, as stated by him, vio-
lated the law as to Sunday selling
to accommodate a friend.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
WHY THE HUMAN
BAKE OVEN CURES

In treating acute or chronic
cases with the Bake Oven, such
as rheumatism, govt, obesity,
sciatica, neuralgia, synovitis
and all affections of the joints
all conditions due to lack of
proper circulation, we have this
to say:
The Bake Oven treatments
create a general hyperaemia or
surface circulation, openingqup
the sweat glands, allowing the
discharge of poison stuffs and
other decompOsitions, relieving
the system of the disease germs.
then forcing the rich, red blood
through every artery in the
body. BY having a free and
easy circulation, whereby every
tissue and cell is nourished
properly by the healthy blood
could disease exist? Ia
BY increasing the circulation
through a diseased area, the
scavengers, or the white cor
puscles, come into play and
carry away the diseased (eeN
which cannot be discharged by
the skin.
We contend that 80 cases out
of 100 are due to the lack OF
proper circulation, therefore we
emphatically say, without fear
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
SPLENDID ENDORSEMENT
OF CITY, WATER PLANS
TO PROCEED WITH ADDITIONS TO PLANT-sUC.
CESSFUE PROJECT

With the seal Of approval of Pro-
fessor w. H. Burr of New York,
the eminent expert. placed upon
the plans Of water extensions pre-
pared by Water Commissioner
Reuterdahl. the city council last
night ordered the, board Of public
works and the water commissioner
to proceed Immediately with the
additions to the plant.
This action was taken at the
close of the reading of the report
OF Professor Burr and the con-
clus.on of an instructive talk by
him on the water situation as he
finds it in Spokane.
The council chamber was filled
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

Staff Captain McAbee, of Seattle,
and her co-workers in Spokane,
were present at the city council
last night and the staff captain de-
livered neat speech of thanks to
the council.
Lieutenant Major Milford of the
Volunteers of America was also
there with her workers and an
nounced at the close of the council
meeting that the Volunteers will
ratify the action of the council at a
social to be held at 426 Front av-
enue tonight, after the meeting on
the street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

up a hot campaign for the demo-
cratic nomination. He has never
worn the wooden substitute for
legs. He has a tricycle., which he
works with his hands. He stumps
the county in this.
Gibson asks a nomination and
election solely on his known char
acter and ability. And the people
in the biggest county in Virginia
are not uninclined to place In this
legless mans hands the protection
of life and property.
1t Is known in Richmond that
Gibson is man Of iron courage.
When ne had his legs crushed by a
train in 1892. he never lost his
nerve. Crushed and bleeding as he
was. he calmly gave directions for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
FOUND THE TREAT
MENT A REAL
PLEASURE

Mr.. l.. o. Sweetland. who is
with the Northwestern Life In
surance Co., with offices In
suite Is Exchange Bank build
ing, has suffered with rheuma-
tism for several years. With 1t
he had sprained limb from
which he suffered intensely. He
tried many different treatments
without material results and
was advised to come to the
Washington Sanitarium and
take bake oven treatment. He
now says 1t did wonders for
him and recommends the HUI
man Bake Oven to all who are
with rheumatism. Mr..
Sweetland says:
II have taken nearly 400 de-
grees heat and found 1t a real
pleasure. The results are posi-
tive and permanent. If you
wish to know more about my
case l will ask you to write
or see me at Is Exchange Bank
building and | will be glad to
tell you as much as I can OF
this most wonderful treat
ment."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
THE BIG DRUM
BEATS AGAIN

The beat of the bass drum, the
singing of the hymns of praise and
the hallaluyahs of the regenerated
ones will be heard on the streets
tonight for the first time in six
months, when the Salvation Army
and the Volunteers of America will
again come forth to hold religious
services on the streets.
The city council made this pos
sible by the passage of an amend
ment to the street speaking or.
dinance last night permitting the
holding of religious meetings by or
ganized bodies in the streets when
a permit for the same is granted
by the mayor. The rules of the city
council were suspended so that this
might become effective immediate
ly, and as Mayor Pratt urged the
amendment of the ordinance, moth
ing now stands in the way of re-
Stunning the street meetings to-
night.