The Washington herald., 1909-06-12
At THE HOTELS.

I don't believe there Is another nan
n tnis-c-sntry who has such an lnn-
mate knowledge Of the Indian. his likes
ana dislikss, and his seaers4 characters
tics as James e jenkins, Of Oklahoma.
who used 10 be a government indian IN
spector.r said James ". Hunter. OF Okla
homa, AZ the Raleigh recently. Nr.
Hunter Is an extensive operator IN oil
II the Indian has confidence in any
man. that man IS jenkins Thev wo,Is
trust him with their lives ana their mon
erty and their whole future. Ia has
proved himself friend Of the Indian
and has succeeded IN rendering the Trni+e5
States q service where all others fsns5
II was Nr. jenkins who succeeded IN
moving the Mission Indians from .ba
Warner Ranch. Hot Springs. 10 Pala.
their new homs. All failed 70 get TIA
Indians 10 leave their reservation whirh
the Supreme Court decided was not thar
property. although the Indians had besn
living on Il for generations
jenkins. who was then stationed Z,
Oklahoma. was appointed 70 supervise +he
eviction. and BY his tact. frmnesS ans
kindness he succeeded In inducine n-oS4
OF the villagers 10 reconsider their ceter-
nlination 10 disobey the government. ard
/ 10 stay and die in their homes. OF
/ course. there were other factors thar
helped 10 make the task OF Mr. Jsnl-f7s
easier, but it was due chiefly 70 the tact
and hTmness OF jenkins that the CuDsnos
bowed 20 the inevitable
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the Indians 20 inform them he had come
! 10 sUperintend their removal 70 their 80
i homes, although. I understand, the In
dams. were armed with modern repeating
rifles. jenkins Is nothing II not fearless
he Is a man who does not know What n
means 10 be afraid Jenlans called his
\ four dozen teamsters together al the dead
/ line on the way In. warned them 70 say
I nothing 70 infame the Indians, that an
I outbreak was imminent. and that The Cd
women. armed with butcher knives were
I likely 70 fight rather than be moved The
I CuPenos could never forgive the govern
nent officers who had suggested bringing
/ troops, carrying their warrants On their
I backs 10 remove them
Wen, as I was saying. II there e o,A
man in the United States who 1l76e--
stands the Indian, and who has the red
mans respect and confidence. II is that
man jenkins II Mr. Leupp should re-
/ sign to-day, and President Taft were
/ compelled 70 look for q new Indian Con-
/ missioner, he could not ind a better
4 equipped man than jenkins He knows
I The Indians. and the Indians know hira.
I and he has the full confidence OF the
7 various Indian associations the mission
I airy organizations Of the various churches.
+ and private Indian societies More than
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I valuable services while IN the Indian
( service
Discussing the predomInating atnos-
/ phericsl conditions prevailing for the
last ten days. George D. Richards. OF
I London, who is AZ the New Willard. said
/ the English fog IS something unique 10
+ the British Isles
The English fog" said the English
man. is SUI generis. The American s
prompted 70 can II smoke IN a mid
/ fog the perspective OF a city street seems
+ merely smoke-obscured. ike street IN
q great American manufacturing center.
What is generally called a foE in the
Y United States we call in London a mist.
/ pure moisture in the air devoid OF the
T foreign substances which give the Eng
lish fog IFS distinctive character
The London particular IS the worst OF
. ali fOgs." saded the Britsher. but its
type IS found IN - English towns. asA
even IN the open country. whittier Il pos-
sibiy drifts from the smoke towns. The
basis Of the fog is moisture. to which the
British Isles are believed 10 be peculiarly
liable because OF their sithStio Scent
I lists say the topography OF London rem
oers II even more vulnerable than most
other parts Of England. The mist alone
would only be a Irifie. not necessarily
unwholesome. and easily diSsipate6 BY
I the sun. bus Il becomes charged with i'm
nense Quantities OF smoke coming from
! countless chimneys the residue OF soft
coal combustion. This SO thlckens the
fog that il almost deies rhe sun. II gath
ers az the worst after sundoWn. and be-
comes so dense IN the night that vehicle
trafhc NAY be impossible. ard the pedes-
{ trIan must feel his way about as Il blind
After sunrise. as a rule the fog slowly
/ disappears. I'll by moon the sun appears
as red ball. On rare occasions the fog
may last all day. uldiminished. OF II may
l come in the middle Of the day. bur the
+ daylight prevent il being quite so bad
as Al night. since very near objects can
be seen A very thick fog seldom lasts
az the longest over two or three DAYS.
Z I'D 10 the great blun that has been work
on them BY their own politicians and
statesmen in connection with the Ger
man invasion scare. The whole scare
1 business has no foundation in fact but
! was engineered BY self-interested parties
/ who wanted 70 see the government en-
gage In a tremendous ship-buildIng pro
gramme Patriotism has nothing 70 90
with the situation: II is business. pure
and simple"
John B. Mann. OF Pittsburg. Pa. Who
Z IS at the ShOreham. discussing the mer-
chant marine q this country, last night
said that one OF the rarest sights 70 be
seen on the oceans Of the world to-day
is a merchant vessel sailing under the
American colors-
only once in the last eighteen years
( continued Mr.. Mann. has there entered
( the port OF Copenhagen. the largest on
I the Baltic, a vessel flying the American
i flag. That one time was during the
Presidency Of Grover Cleveland.
why IS IL that our merchant marine.
which before the civil war was the great
est pride OF our country. has become so
Z Insignificant One reason is that during
the war the Union companies found IL
wise 70 put their liners under European
management There are hundreds OF yes
/ sels owned by and manned BY Americans
ard carrying American carEOes compelled
20 san under foreign cOlors.~
Judge J. S. Powell. OF Manila. P. I,
who Is stopping az the New Willard.
spoke encouragfngly of the Islands yes
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