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as They Happen 7'~ D,l,.

a natural solution of the prob
lem along this line. However, the
cities are crusading against tuber-
culosis and the country is waking up
to an understanding of better hygiene,
and no reason appears why improved
conditions should not raise the birth
and decrease the death rate so that
the present ten Mullins or so of
blacks will multiply in the same ratio
the whites do So the problem is
not necessarily a diminishing one,
even granting Judge Dickson's pres
ent statistics are entirely accurate.
Little in the way of sense Of
official propriety could, perhaps, be
expected of Secretary of
IndecorOus. War Dickinson, Democrat
ic bootlicker of Repub-
lican administration, yet it is rather
piling it on when he declares his
intention to plead the case of the
Illinois Central Railroad defend
ant to the suit brought against it by
Illinois, before the Supreme Court of
that State. It is not in the least
material whether this case does, or
does not, involve any phase of gov
ernmental control of railroads, rate
making, or what not. The specta-
Gle of a Cabinet officer acting as
corporation attorney and giving, for
a fee, not only what skill he may
possess as an attorney, but his newly
acquired prestige as a government
official, is offensive to that ideal con-
duct which all right-thinking per-
sons prescribe for men in his position.
In the first place, Mr.. Dickinson is the
paid servant of the people, the only
difference, that he is employed by
them through the selection of Mr..
Taft instead of election. Acceptance
Of the appointment was equivalent
to a contract to work in the public
service-and none other If that
meant financial sacrifice to him, he
should have accepted the condition,
or refused the offer. Having &C
accepted, his time is not his own
to use in preparation and pleading
of law cases, or any other private
project, but belongs to his depart
ment of government service. Be-
sides this, it is plain that the per-
sonality of celebrity carries it's
strong influence, aside from the mer-
it's of the case he presents. This
should not be so, but it IS
so, and, unfortunately, only too
many people are victims of this form
of cheap hero worship, or worship
of cheap heroes, whichever you may
please.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14

Judge Harris Dickson, in Hamp-
toms Magazine for October, has an
other one of his highly
Judge interesting articles upon
Dickson ON the negro question, in
the Negro. which he makes the as
sertion. that the race is
dying out. He argues that the lack
of sanitation, the overcrowding in the
cities, the unhealthy present life of
the negro in all its phases, as con-
trasted with the enforced healthful
surroundings, enforced industry and
personal attention during slavery
days has brought about a diminish
ing birth and increasing death rate.
These statements have been made
before, and some have prophesied
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14

The Strand Palace Hotel, London,
has adopted fine scheme in adver-
Using mo tips" 1t has been
No. literally assaulted by patronage
Tips! ever since. Fixed charges, no
extras" and mo tips" are the
drawing features. It will probably
not continue in this blissfully print
tive state long. The patrons them
selves will begin slyly to demoralize
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14

If a postal clerk, on a small sala-
ry, with considerable leisure, or
good deal of energy, kept books for
a private firm or engaged in any 9TH
er form of extra work, he'd prompt
ly lose his job. There is good reason
for this, because the government
would not care to have overtired,
Indifferent postal service, and al
though this might work hardship to
an occasional individual, it is wise
rule that holds it against public pol
icy for a government employee to
enter competition with those who
have not such light hours and regu-
lar, presumably sufficient, salaries;
as we'll as to insure that men and
women in the service should come
to their work properly rested, re-
freshed. and free from the distrac-
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AS pulpiteer, he fully equals
Mr.. Taft himself as statesman and
breaches displays the same childlike
and beautiful inconsistencies Speak
ing to the Mormons, he delivered one
of his nice lectures aimed against the
muckrakers in general, and bespeak-
ing for those who differ from us po-
litically a magnanimous interpreta-
ton of motives. Queer that he Sc
lected the bailiwick of Reed Smoot
for this, instead of the home of those
senators whom he read out of the
party in his tour of the Middle West,
is it not? Mr.. Shoots motives in
tagging for Cannon were doubtless
of the purest and most exalted sort.
At about the same date, Mr.. Taft
addressed some Roman Catholic chill
dren, and unctiously Informed them
that loyalty to the church was loyalty
to the government. 1t would be an in
teresting psychological study to fol-
low the process by which loyalty to
an hierarchy whose absolute head is
an Italian politician can be loyalty to
t American democracy, whose foun-
dations are the sovereignty of the
people and religious freedom, to
neither of which tenets has the Cath
Ollie church ever subscribed.
Continuing On" Mr.. Taft is fur
Their quoted as saying he favored any
church which promoted "true moral
ity." This is another fascinating
ambiguity. AS long as humanity diff
fers in it's ideas as to what consti-
tutes true morality there is GER
tain to be wide variance in the
churches, though we don't any more
torture and Stay those whose true
morality" may not work out just the
same as the true morality of our
own particular brand. When Christ
rebuked the Pharisees, he doubtless
reproved some truly moral men,
who got their money as illegally" as
Rockefeller claims to have gotten his,
and who would have made quite as
excellent Sunday-school teachers.
What we need is more Christlikeness
both inside and outside the churches.
Shortly ago, Mr.. Watson comment
ed on speech made by Taft wherein
the President alluded to the stay-at-
home as a '1unkhead." Following
this, he states as main reason why
the people of Alaska are incapable
of self-government'', that they are
too nomadfe." Obviously, then, &C
cording to Taft's reasoning, the
''lunkhead" should have voice in af-
fairs, while those who have travelled
should be DISTINGUISHED. The Alask-
ans demanding statehood are nothing
more than American citizens who
have colonized that region, who are
developing it, and who naturally de-
sire to manage it themselves. Put
ting them under territorial restric-
tons at present is an inexcusable in
justice.
The Strand Palace Hotel, London,
has adopted a fine scheme in adver-
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HOW TO SEE EUROPE.
Germany.
Concluded from Page /

country in which to practice the use
of the German tongue. You will at
once notice great difficulty, how
ever, in finding anyone to talk Ger
man to you. AS soon as you address
German in his language, he will at
to make it easier for you. You can
remedy this by going to tourist no.
tel filled with American Travellers
spoken and you can practice to your
hearts content
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14

OI us all.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook is to submit
his records to American scientists,
asking that the University
Still of Copenhagen waive it's
Unsettled prior claim to examination
of this data Lieut.. Rob
ert E. Peary is still withholding from
the public the promised information
that was to puncture the Cook tire
Meanwhile, pole Or no pole, the
Brooklyn doctor is having all the fun,
anyhow, and raking in the lecture
money.
Consul General Hanna, at Monte
rey, Mexico, is out with the charita-
BILE suggestion that the
Where Mexican flood sufferers be
Charity is relieved by the following
Needed. plan:
Iowa and the corn-grow-
ing States to send corn; other States
to send beans; the rlce-grOWing States
to send rice, and the Eastern States,
blankets, clothing, etc. This is
lovely thought, by which rich Mexico
could be relieved from the necessity
of caring for her own unfortunates
altogether. But we have a better plan
than that; suppose the corn and
wheat-growing States send carloads
Of food to the wretched, starving peo-
pie of the East, while the manufac-
turers of that region hand out few
blankets and garments to the i'm
poverished, unemployed wretches of
our country etc. There will be more
suffering in America the first cold
SNAP" than the Mexican poems ever
knew
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14

The Kansas bank guarantee law
has been set aside by the Federal
court. This law did
"Killed by not seem to be an es-
the Federal pecially wise law, or
Court" good law, but it was
State law, and as such
the Federal courts had no right to
tamper with it whatever. It is an
other instance Of the petty Federal
judge arresting the due and lawful
trial of State measures by the people
most concerned.
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And SO they are going to close
down the cotton-mills North and
South and throw out of employment
thousands of poor hands. There will
be plenty of charity needed right
at home, without sending food and
clothing to people in tropical re-
gions.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14

L eEators in German hotels should
be used carefully and with fore
thought. If you are on the third
floor you will generally find it pos
sible to get to the ground floor by
elevator in time for your meals.
Above the third floor always start
down for lunch after breakfast, and
for dinner after lunch. Old travel
ers, when ascending to their rooms,
often vary the monotony by riding
one story on the elevator, then get
ting out and walking story, and
then riding another story. The new
er German elevators are equipped
with restaurants and card-tables,
thus making them much more prac-
ticable.
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Summary of Evemts

it, for it is snobbery, not conscience,
that in these days 'makes towards
of us all"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14

Travelling on German trains is an
art which can not be acquired in
one trip. The fares average two
cents mile, and the fines SIS a trip
The only safe way to travel is to do
nothing at all while on board the
cars. This will save you from being
fined except for being in the wrong
compartment, which is not possible
to avoid, as there are no right COM
partments.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
SPORTS ON FRANKLIN FIELD
Eastern Athletes Win Two of Three
National Championships.
CHICAGO WINS THE MILE RACE
Yale Takes the TwO-MHe Relay
Championship and PennsyIvaniH
the FOur-Mile Con
test.

PHILADELPHIA. April A.-Eastern attn
letes took two of the three national cham
pionships today at the annual carnival Of
versity captured the one-mile blue ribbon
event. Yale won the two-mile relay cham
pionship in record time, and Pennsylvania's
speedy men took the classic four-miie race
from Michigan university after a fine ex-
hibition of running. 1t was Michjgan's first
defeat at this distance in seven years. The
freshmen championship was won by Prince
ton, the only other entry in the event be-
ing Pennsylvania. Lawrenceville IN. y
academy was first in the preparatory
school repaly national championship and
the national relay championship for high
schools was won by the Brooklyn Manual
Training High school.
Two records were broker Yale in win
ming the two-mile race reduced the coll
legfate figures from S:041S to S:029t. The
high school record of 1895 held by the
Brooklyn NJ. r. school was reduced two
fifths OF a second by the same institution.
Fast time was made in the other relay
races. In the final OF the 100 yards hurdle
Shaw of Dartmouth covered the distance
in only one-fifth of a second slower than
the worlds record Of :15h.
The weather was perfect for the sport,
about 1900 persons coming out to see
s-.e forty-two events on the program.
It was one OF the greatest intercollegiate
meets in percentage of number of athletes
and institutions represented ever held in
the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25

SANDOWN PARK, England. April a
The Walton 2-year-old selling plate Of 100
sovereigns, distance four furlongs. was won
today by Mary B. IL. p. Whitney's brown
filIey, by IrishI1sd, out of Zela. was sec
ond, and a colt out of Full Ripe third.
Thirteen started.
The Tudo plate of 1000 sovereiEns for
S-year-olds, distance one mile and sixty
wards. was won by Carrousel. Fog was
second and j. r. Keene's Esperanto third.
Among the thirteen starters was IL. p.
Whitney's Sixty ii.
The Princess of Wales handicap OF 500
sovereigns for S-yedr-olds and upwards
distance five fuTlongs, was won by Re-
enchmeD Jacksnipe was second and
Sieve Roe third. Among the twelve start
ers was Mr.. Whitney's Hillside III.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
KANE LEAVES FOR OMAHA
PittsburE Lets Loose of Good One for
Omaha Team.

PITTsBURG, Pa, April ~2S-(special
Telegram.)-James Kane, former first
basemAn OF the Pittsburg team, was today
released to Omaha and started west.
Kane. who came last year from the Utica,
n. Y, club, did we'll in the game on that
cushion. This spring he showed a marked
improvement in practice. The South Side
basket ball star is we'll able to keep in fast
company.
The acquisition Of Abstein by the Buc-
cancers settled the first base problem and
waivers on Kane were asked q day or two
prior 20 the opening OF the season. Kane
Is a Ptttsburg boy and one OF the best
basket ball players in the country. Man
sger Fred Clarke said tonight he was sat
isf1ed In two years Kane would be among
the eountry's top notchers. but now Pitts
burg IL after the pennant IN the fastest
league IN the world a RsedS- men who
have fully arrived
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
NO SPLIT IN MOTOR RACING
Florida East Const VIII. stay by
American ASSOCIATIONS p

NEW YORK. April 2.-At a recent meet
ing of the FLORIDA East Coast Automobile
association the question OF resigning from
the American Automobile association was
thoroughly discussed. President Cove OF
the club requested w. ]. Morgan, the pro-
moter OF the Ormond-Daytona motor car
races, to give his views on the subject.
Morgan dwelt at length on the benefits
to be derived from affiliated clubs OF the
American Automobile association. the work
accomplished by that organization toward
securing better roads throughout the coun-
try and concluded by advising the Florida
East Coast Automobile association to re-
main under the patronage Of the mentor
of domestic automobile racing. The club
decided to do so and voted unanimously
in favor Of remaining in the American
Automobile association. Morgan was EN-,
powered to make arrangements for next
years motor car racing carnival at Or
mond-Daytona. 1t is planned to hold a
weeks athletic tournament preceding the
automobile races, which are scheduled for
the last week in March of next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
FRAMING UP THE coBE CONTEST
Chicago Committee Arranging to Cut
Out sharp Turns.

CHICAGO, April A.-Deterlnined to make
the western stock chassis race for the
CODE trophy lei June the fastest road
race ever held in this country, the contest
committee of the Chicago Automobile club
has resolved to alter the course. sufficiently
to eliminate several sharp turns which
would have served effectually to diminish
the average pace.
BY building an entirely new road one
mile in length, connecting the east and
west legs OF the course, the racing cars
will not pass through Crown Point, as had
originally been planned. Crown Point res
dents made no objection 20 this use OF
their streets. They were entirely willing
to have their thoroughfsres boarded up
and to give tie racing cars rlght-of-way.
But there were two right angle turns
which could not be avoided II the cars
went through the city. Therefore the COM
mittee decided to utilize a part OF its
$500 road Improvement fund in building
a new highway, Other minor changes in
the course reduce the total number of
turns from eighteen. as originally mapped
out, 10 twelve.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
NAT. LEAGUE.
AMER, LEAGUE.
AMERICAN A~ssOCIATION.
CONDOR GETS IN AT DENVER
Meeting 20 he Held There This sum-
, mer Promises Well.

mer promises Well.
DENVER. April 24.-obstacles seem to he
out OF the way and a race meeting is being
planned for Denver under the manage
ment OF John Condor. who has secured a
lease on Overland park. Condor is now
making arrangements for the meet, which
is to open June 10. the opening day to be
featured by the Colorado Derby.
1t is understood Mr.. Condor purposes
conducting the races under the rules which
prevail on the eastern tracks. andA the
Judges and track officials will be turfmen
from New York.
There is a preponderance Of public SEN
timent in Denver and in the state
in favor of racing and a summer meeting
here conducted along high lines and under
Condon's management promises to be a
winner from the start.
II is understood to be Condon,s idea ia
make 1t a thirty-day meeting, bat it is
possible that 1t will be extended for fifty.
two days. running 1t through fair week
September. 2 to 4, inclusive.
The purses and stakes will be liberia
enough. 1t is believed, to attract many OF
the best horses. and those who have dis.
cussed the proposition with Mr.. Condor
say that this is his intention.
No determined effort was made to force
a racing bill through the legislature. which
closed here April 4. Friends of racing be,
lieved that it would be better to leave the
situation as ii stands.
Stockholders of the Interstate Fair asso
citation, which owns Overland park, are tn,
most prominent and influential business
men in Denver and the state. All things
considered, it looks as though Denver will
have at least a thirty-day meeting OF higl
order.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
BELMONT PURSES WILL STAY UP
Club win Face Certain Loss Rather
Than Reduce.

NEW YORK, April 2A.-Although it is
almost certain that the move will result
in a financial loss, there will be no re-
duction In the value OF the stake races to
be run at Belmont park during the meet
ing which is scheduled to open on May l3,
The Metropolis handicap is not yet closed,
but the four other classics, the Belmont,
with $4,000 guaranteed; the Ladies, with
5000 added; the Withers, with &c., 900
added, and the National stallion. with
$500 added, have been filled. The Metro
politan purse will be cut, but the other
four will not be touched.
As now planned, there will be ten days
OF racing at Belmont park. The opening
will be on Thursday. May IS, and on the
Saturday following another program will
be run off. Three days of racing will be
carded in each of the next two weeks
and two in the fourth. These ten days
will be ranged for regardless of the
support given by the public and horse
owners. The association is prepared to
stand a loss, no matter how heavy. II.
however, the meeting should prove a sue
cess, or II the financial returns would
seem 10 warrant II. additional days will be
added. II depends entirely upon the public
whether there will be three days or four,
but there will surely be three.
The usual six-race program will be pre-
sented each day. Stakes, purses and over.
night events are nov being arranged, and
will be put on just as they were when
racing was in its prime. There will be A
reduction in the money offered for the
overnight races and the smaller stakes.
but none in the big fixtures named above.
The Belmont, which will be run this year
for the forty-third time, is the oldest stake
in America At Sheepshead Bay several
valuable stakes-the Tidal. the Lawrence
Retaliation and the Mermaid-were closed
prior to the enactment OF the anti-racine
bills, and these will be run off without
any reduction in value.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
TENNIS TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA
wright, Alexander, Haskell, Little
and the Two Larneda.

and the Two rne
NEW YORK, April A.-The international
committee of the United States National
Lawn Tennis association will hold a meet
ing shortly To select men who will make
the trip to Australia to try once more to
lift the Davis cup. ' While 1t may be a
little early to make a definite selection.
there is no doubt that Beals Wright, f.
b. Alexander. H. H. Haskell, Raymond
Little, w. A. Larned and E. p. LArned will
be among those selected. The latter did
not play any tennis last year; he was
with Peary in the Attic regions. This
season he will be in the thick OF II, and
is likely to prove an interesting factor in
all the important tournaments. These men
are all topnotchers, but whether they can
afford to take a three months trip. because
that is virtually what It is, from their
business or profession. is for them to de-
eide. Beals Wright talks about retiring.
England has also sent a challenge to
the Antipodes. Now the point arises. where
will the preliminaries be played. here or
in England? The British Lawn Tennis
association is after them and would like to
make them the feature of their ALL Eng
land championship tournament, at VIM
bledon. But this year the United States has
a good claim. and Longwood, Philadelphia
and the Metropolitan Club. which opens
its new grounds at Van Cortland park,
this spring, all wish these matches.
According to a member of the Inter
national committee the English players
should come here this year to play the
elimination contests. This would be better
for both teams. II the visitors won they
could go to Australia via San Francisco,
which would be a saving of time; the
United States team could do the same II
victory fell to their lot thus an unneces-
sary trip to England for the American
team could be avoided.
Miss MAY Sutton will not make her ex-
pected onslaught on the woman's cham.
pionship title this year. The Californian
still hopes to come east and play al
Niagsra-on-the-Lake. but she cannot leave
Pasadena until late in the summer.
The New York state championship meet
ing, which was held In 1907 and 1908 or
the grounds Of the New York Athletic club
at Travers Island, will be played on the
courts of the Crescent Athletic club at Bay
Ridge this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
,rFFER1Es GOING TO GERMANY
VIII Take the Baths at Carlsbad and
Continue Training.

Continue Training.
NEW York., April 24.-Jim ~Jeffries, who
is fast getting back into the great fighting
form he displayed when he was beating
all the h~eavyweights for the worlds title,
is going to make a trip to Germany where
he intends to continue his present hard
training and also take the baths at CArls-
bad in about six weeks. He will be gone
about eight weeks, and he says hat by tile
time he returns he will be in excellent
condition. Jeff decided on this trip after
he had had a talk with William Norris,
the theatrical manager who has him under
a contract of twenty weeks. Mr.. Morris
told JEFF that as nearly all the theaters
shut down on June 1 for the summer
months, he had decided to take him to
England. and have him appear at some OF
the theaters and music halls in that coun-
try for a couple OF weeks.
The big fellow is taking off weight so
fast that his clothes are beginning to hang
baggy on him. He is now within about
ten pounds of the weight he fought at
when he, was battling for championship
title years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25

Two-base hits: Smith. Rossman. Hits:
Off Jones. s in three and one-third innings;
Sacrifice hits: Atz (), Sullivan, Kahn
Stolen bases: Moriarity, Schmidt Double
play: Cobb to Schaefer to Bush. Left on
bases: Chicago, 2; Detroit, 6, First base
ball: BY Smith, Moriarity. Time: 1885.
Umpire: Perrine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
Cre.ton nIgn school Meet.

'CREsToN. Ia, April 4-CSpeciaI)-The
local high school interclass meet will be
held Saturday at the fair grounds in this
city. The different classes have made
great preparation for this annual event.
and from II Is expected to choose the win
ners for the big meet at Red Oak in May.