The Washington herald., 1909-04-08
AT THE HOTELS.


brought into closer relationship in their
aTairs.'' said Col. William c. ReignIer.
Of Boston, Mass. at the Arlington last
night
with natural interests in command,
and each liable 10 reap advantage OF SUI
fer loss through the same agencies. both
are handicapped in exercising that CO
operation so manifestly desirable by the
difficulty Of establishing practical work
ing relations But apart from our trade
relations. there is yet more serious
side 10 this anomalous condition. The
dangers that threaten the United States
from without are equally as threatening
to our Northern neighbors-
We are told that the 'yellow peril is q
myth, fgment Of the Imagination. ana
sincerely hope that the lapse Of time
may prove the contention
4 do not question for a moment that,
should the peril threaten, the first act Of
the United States. Of Canada and Great
Britain. and OF Mexico would be to ef-
feet coalition for their mutual pr0tec-
tion and the defense Of their territory and
possessions.
IF the Orient makes war tlpou The
white races OF the world. the white races
VIII only have themselves TO blame. We
have devoted much effort during the past
twenty years 20 the seif-appOintd task of
QUILTING our Asiatic neighbors With ths
means Of fighting us We have encOur-
I aged them 70 master the arts Of engineer
/ ing and mechanics. 20 plan. 20 build 20
organize. We have sent military experts
\ u drill them and 70 instruct them in the
Sole Of
\ with guns and ammunition. torpedo boats
and battle ships constructed in our own
1 factories and shipyards. In short. we
/ nave made Il possible for them 10 possess
every means for effective and intelligent
warfare that We ourselves possess
/ Discussing the great qualities Of vana-
dunn. G. Il Sullivan. of Pittsburg. who
is az the Raleigh said last nisht that
: following experiments which have been
made in France by Prof. Helois with
great success. soistsburg will now become
the scene Of continued s-ials OF vanadium
I for the cure of tuberculosis and cancer.
J. J. Finerty. Of Pittsburg. said 8Tr.
Sullivan. 'One OF the owners OF the
largest deposits Of vanadium a. America.
is on his way back from France. enthu-
siastic over the results there. and conf
dent il viii soon come into general use as
e remedy foE these hitherto iucurable dis
eases
I "Vanadium is used az present IL the
manufacture of certain kinds Of steel.
having resiliency to IT, The value Of
Ivanadium IS in the fact that il is what
= steel men call a 'scavengerf Il clears OUT
/ all the impurities that may be in the
steel and gives the other elements. chro-
Z MUM and nickel rNa-ra 20 .ro ~H- -.-...-r-
/ for wnich they are intended without the
Interference OF gases and other deIeter.ous
elements The use OF varadium prevents
all possibility Of the blow holes that
caused 50 much trouble and talk in navy
circles a few years ago
u ''Nanadium Is found in many parts or
tie United States. particularly ir the
Rocky Mountain region II IS only IN
small quantities. however. and Is in re-
fractory ores. which require chemical
7. treatment. making the cost prOhTbitive.
II is said thar the cheapest COS. az
Y which the Colorado vanadiun can be
i produced is S per pound. and even az
i that cost The output could be only very
few pounds a year In the Peruvian
deposit the supply seems 20 be practically
4 unlimited. and the cost OF reduction IS
! comparatively small. making the fux
. available for every sort Of commercial
steel. from structural beams for sky
Z scrapers 10 needles.
Albert G. stinson. Of Kansas CITY who
is ar the Raleigh. said last night that he
read in the papers that former Gov.
Hoch. Of Kansas. had ar last realized the
ambition Of his life
"Hoch has acquired corduroy suit
said AIr- SIins0n. and he is as happy as
a boy with his first pair OF red-tap
boots When a little boy hack in Ken
tucky. the man afterward 20 ne governor
of Kansas. was hard uD-that it. his folks
were he had the neeessaries Of lie. but
in that day and age a corduroy suit was
not a necessity, and that was the one
thing that young H0ch wanted. he had
homespUns in plenty
when he went 10 college he lived 50
close 10 the edge thai only the cloth
ing thar would Slve -the best aIT-ar0urf
service was purchased. and no corduroy
suit ever entered into the making OF his
wardrobe az that period Then he went
20 Kansas RE was rather a weak
lunged yOungsrer. and his husky cOmpan-
ions had lots OF fun about the supe--
fiuous clothing he wore. To top IL or. Is
wore kid gloves and carried a cane This
y e
ernor has long been ashamed OF IL IN
this sort Of regalia he walked across the
country. from Russell % near Grand
Bend. trying 10 locate a good claim.
When De wore out his COLLEGE clothes
he took 70 the rough clothing worn by
every other pioneer in Kansas. and aid
not see cOrdurOys for a good many years.
The country stores did not keep them.
Then he became an editor Al Marion. and
course. an ec.tOr and politician had no
use Tor a corduroy suit. so. even I'D 20
the time ne was elected governor. he had
never realized his one ambition A cordu-
roy suit would have been uanifestIv I'm
proper I'm the governors mansion or IN
the governors Office But the governor
was patient. and when he went home 20
Marion. and his own back yard. the
first thing he did was 20 order a fun
suit OF corduroy. and ne has been wesr-
Ing IL constantly ever since. except when
he went 10 the Methodist church on
sunday; 20 prayer meeting 0D Thursday
night. or out on one OF his extensive
lecture tours"
James r Keene told this story Illus
trative Of high finance az the Waldorf. -
said Edward s. Chllds. OF New York, at
the Arlington last night:
a Kentucky darky negotiated a loan OF
so from q local banker, pledging his mule
and cart as security
Money IS pretty tight explained tho
banker. and 1 shall have 10 charge you
$50 now for the use OF the SO for
month
The darsy consented. signed the pa
: pers. and half an hour later was found
; by a friend standing in the road scratch
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