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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-12-01

stole across the hill TO the home OF
Ben Crofoot ana without any loss OF
time entered and took possession OF
his home for the evening. The even
ing was spent at lively games and
other amusements, but before depart
ing the folks made a present to Mr..
and Mrs. Crofoot Of a pretty rig which
was highly appreciated by the hon
ored couple. The young people de-
parted early, ali feeling that they had
had a splendid time and with invita-
ton TO call again, but no so sudden
and unawares.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-12-01
n LEGAL RIGHTS.

While most men are willing to class
any Of the express companies operat-
ing In this state under the head of
outlaw" when they have to deal with
them to any great extent, the term as
thus applied would be one OF opinion
alone. says a Pierre dispatch. But
on account OF the suits of different
companies against payment of taxes
in the state the attorney for the rail.
way commission began to make in
quiries as to who RAJ the legal rep
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-12-01

Placards-"For Sale and For Rent"
cards at the Register office.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-12-01
country Correspondence

The Register desires a correspondent In every town
ship In the county. II your township Is not represented
write US and we will send you the necessary stamped
envelopes and paper. All correspondence must be signed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
ON LAYsAN ISLAND.
Wanton Destruction of Birds on Ha-
waiian Reservation.
San Francisco Chronicle.

Honolulu Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The capture by the revenue cutter
Thetis of twenty-three Japanese poachers
on Laysan Island. within the hawaiian
Islands bird reservation, news of which
was cabled here this week, has CAUSED
CONSERVATION among the local Japanese
fishermen" and they are Fastening now
to comply with the law by placing five
inch brass numbers on the bows of their
sampans lest they come under the sus-
pioion OF the United States authorities.
There are dozens OF powerful gasoline
sampans i'll Honolulu harbor, all belong
ing to japanese companies. They are os-
tensibly fishing boats. but some Of them
have been known to be absent from port
Tor weeks at time and then to return
without any fish. Some of them have
been seen 1000 miles and more west and
south. fitting among the islets Of the
bird reservation. and 1t has long been
morally certain that they were engaged
in the trade of pOaching on the bird is
lands. Millions Of birds are killed by the
Japanese every year, but the capture of
the Thetis Of twenty-three japanese and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
POLITE JAPANESE POLICE.
4 Rebuke to Tourists-Originally a
Most Aristocratic Body.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The japanese police, one of whose chiefs
has been studying English methods at
Scotland Yard with view to improve
ments in his own force, was originally
the most aristocratic body OF the kind in
the world.
It's establishment was almost coincident
with the emperor's decree forbidding the
wearing Of swords. BY a stroke Of the
imperial pen the Samurai were deprived
Of cherished weapons by which the gentle
men of japan had been accustomed from
immemorial times to advertise their rank.
So they went into the police, where 1t was
still possible to carry a sword. and a very
formidable weapon 1t was, being Of the
two-handed variety.
Perhaps the police twenty years ago
were rather too fond OF chOpping a prison
er In half instead Of arfesting him, but
they were very expert, and there was
seldom any evidence to contradict their
own version Of the incident.
To people Of their own rank and to
foreigners they are polite in a degree
which you'd have seemed ludicrous any
where except In the land Of honorifces.
The writer remembers an incident which
illustrates this trait we'll enough. 1t was
at Osaka during a water festival, and
the bridges were kept clear Of passengers
much In the same way as our own on
beat race day. A rope at either end
guarded by policeman was sufficient for
the purpose.
With the contempt for authority which
distinguishes the Englishman abroad, two
or three tourists stood on the wrong side
OF the rope out of the crowd, so as to get
better view, but the policeman was
equal to the occasion. With apologize
bows he united one end Of the rope and
then fastened it again in front of the
foreigners. and they had the good sense
to accept the rebuke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
COLLEGE GRADS IN POLITICS.
How They Have Raised Republican
Ideals in New York County.
ohnston. in Harper's Weekly.

Charles Johnston. in Harper's Weekly.
The essence of the warfare waged by
Herbert Parsons as chairman of the New
York county committee was this: We all
remember the period when Mr.. Odell, ex-
governor of the state, was the dominant
power. in the state organization. We all
understand, more or less clearly and Wv
idly, the type of personal politics Mr..
OdelI represented and represents. MIR.
Odell was and is as frank in his way as
Richard Croker was in his. And Mr..
Odeil had advanced his outposts from his
upstate base of operations down to New
York city and county. He was strongly
intreuched when Mr.. Parsons was chosen
fight was inevitable. and a fight to fin
ish. Mr. Odell represented the principles
and methods of an earlier age. Mr.. Par
sons stood for the ideals and purposes
which have. in the last Few years: oeeh
whoele country. And, in furthering his
ideals, in planning his campaign. Mr.. Par
sons had a splendid inspiration: the young
college graduate in politics He worked
with and through the universities. aiding
and counseling the founding of political
clubs OF undergraduate and graduate STU
dents. and getting the young college men
to enter the active work Of politics, and
to undertake the duties Of local organiza-
local work where clean hands and clear
head are especially needed
When the contest Tor the controI or New
York county began. the agents Of the old
machine came down to the city, bring
ing with them the same arguments and
inducements that had so often and so
completely carried conviction in times
past To their establishment they found
that. with young graduates Of Columbia.
of Yale, of Harvard, whose minds were
formed to logic Of another school. these
arguments were not only not convincing.
they were even rejected with very gen.
uine Indignation. So great is the infu-
ence Of the point of view.
Working with these new district cap
tains, MI Parsons was able to win dis
trict after district in long. uphill fight
against an enemy who contested every
inch obstinately, dOggedly and with. all
the aninus and resource Of the personal
politics Of the old school. Mr.. parsons
fought and won. He had done construc-
tive work Of permanent value. and. when
he resigned the craftsmanship Of the New
York county committee, 90 per cent Of the
university graduates in the city were ac-
lively interested and taking part In poll
tics, bent on furthering the letter ideals
Of our time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
Politeness.
Thomas L. Mason. in Lippincott's.

L. MdsOu, In LlppincOtt
Politeness consists in concealins from
other people the fact that they annoy
you.
II man springs UP from his seat in a
crowded car to give it to a woman. that
is politeness. II he permits his wife to
drag a chair from one Npom into the
other while he is smoking and reading
the evening paper. that is innocent abb
sorption.
1t pays TO be polite-when it doesn't
cost anything.
Politeness originated in the Garden of
Eden. when Adam fell merely to oblige
Eve. (And yet they say that man is
selfishD
We should always be polite to our in
feriors in the presence Of our superiors
Nothing Is more effective.
The man who Is truly polite never for
gets himself. Such man. IL he is
will always see that his hat is sent out
to him.
Children are naturally impolite. until
they are taught that they cannot hope
to make much money without.
Always be polite when you are borrow
ing money from a friend. Remember
that it doesn't cost anything to give him
the impression that you are going to pay
him back.
There are two kinds Of politeness: Po-
others.
When you come home late at night. for
example. even il you are very tired. al.
ways remove your hat and coat before
Tetting into bed. 1t is little attentions
like this that constitute you a gentleman.
At the same time do not disturb your
wife il you can possibly avoid it. 1t is
the height Of rudeness to awaken sleep
ing lady.
The polite man Is always welcome
everywhere. That is. almost everywhere
except at bargain counter, a fire or a
financial panic.
Then he is de trop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
Fine Thing, the Telephone.
ON the Boston Journal,

From the Boston Journal.
Telephone girls are used to being
called up to give the correct time Of
day: to being called down by the man
in a hurry for reporting that the num-
Der he calls does not answer. when he
is sure" some one is awaiting be-
side the phone at the other end for
his signal: but a Maiden telephone girl
has one on them all when It comes to
being q bureau Of information. Last
Sunday this call came to the Maiden
switchboard:
"Say. operator, my wife has gone
away and left me to cook the Sun
day dinner I have got along all right
except for the spinach, but that's got
my goat and / can't even find a recipe
book. How do you cook the blamed
stuff"
1t wasn't exactly telephone business,
but he got the directions. Out in NAL
den there is some woman who is ex-
tolling the virtues of her husband az
cook, and the recipient Of the praise
isn't saying much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19

259. 700 bird wings is the first legal evil
dence that has been obtained OF the ex-
fstence Of the nefariOus trade.
Last summer forty or fifty powerful
sampans were launched here, some OF
them being fitted with engines Of forty
nve horsepower and capable of remain
Ing at sea for weeks at a time. No one
believed that they were intended for the
fishing trade. but 1t was impossible to
prove the contrary until now.
The Thetis Is expected to arrive almost
any day now with her prisoners, and
more definite information as to the meth
DDS of operations Of the poachers may
then be obtained. 1t is known that the
methods Of the japanese are cruel in the
extreme. Capt. Walker of Honolulu tells
Of having seen thousands OF birds lying
on the shores Of some OF the bird islands
with the wings torn of. The helpless
creatures had been horribly mangled and
left to die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
"P|NCHED" BY PLATT
Latter's Autobiography Tells
of Roosevelt Nomination.
CONVENTION WAS LIVELY
Story Of Forcing of Vice Presidency
on Colonel Told.
HAD THREATENED TO DECLINE
HAD THREATENED TO DECLINE
easy Boss" Says That Instead Of
Shelving" Rough Rider, He
Kicked" Him Upstairs.

.Instead0 shelving, Roosevelt must
plead guilty to the charge of kicking him
upstairs. ] believe Roosevelt himself
would convict me of this
So wrote Thomas c. Plat in his auto
biography. Of which part is published in
the June number Of McClure's Magazine.
The senator, the republican boss of New
York state, told many tales out of the
school of which he was the master so
long. He dealt with two nominations of
Theodore Rooseyelt-that for Governor of
New York and that for Vice President in
the republican national convention Of
1900, in Philadelphia.
Senator Plat sought to answer the crit
les who had asserted that in nominating
Mr.. Roosevelt for Vice President Plat
sought 10 send him to the political NOR
tuary chamber in which Vice Presidents
have rcposed.
In the senator's narrative, Depew, Root,
Choate, Odell. Bliss. Frank S. Black,
Woodruff. Seth Low, Nicholas Murray
Butler, Lauterbach and others figure. In
describing the intimate processes of
Rooseyelts nomination for governor, his
election and what followed, Mr.. r'latt
wrote:
Cleaned House at Albany.
I pom MS inauguration, GOV. Roosevelt
started in whirlwind fashion to clean
house at Albany. He threw Superintend-
ent OF Insurance Louis F. Payn out Of
his job so quickly as to send that official
to me with cry: 4 warned you that this
fellow would soon have you dangling at
his chariot wheel. You would not believe
me. He has begun by scalping members
Of your "Old Guard He'll get you, too
SOON
Il agreed to the appointment of Fran
els Hendricks as superintendent of insur
ance, and though Seth Low recommend
ed Col. John n. Partridge for supern-
tendent Of public works, offered no seri-
Gus objection to the elevation of that
man.
Roosevelt had from the first agreed to
consult me on all questions of appoint
ments. legislation or party policy. He
religiously fulfilled this pledge, although
he frequently did just what he pleased.
In consulting me Roosevelt proved HIM
self the aRtithesis of Garfield. who re-
pudiated every contract he ever made
with me. l have ever preferred that a
man should tell me frankly. face to face,
that he will or will not do a thing than
to promise to do 1t and then refuse to do
1t. Roosevelt told me, for instance, that
he proposed to remove Lou Payn. 1 pro-
tested but he was removed, and / was
consulted about the appointment of his
successor
Further IN Snna tor plott rrofe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
Country People Frightened.
It Was Quite True.
rom the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Look here!" demanded the irate pur-
chaser. What did you mean by bunko-
ing me into buying this horser
whats the trouble with him, sir?''
asked the dealer, quietly.
"Why, he runs every time he gets near
an automobile. You said he had almost
human intelligence, SIR.
HIN! II he runs every time he gets
near an automobile I am sure OF 1t, SIR !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
An Accepted Excuse.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The judge-Then you admit that you
burned down your home?
The accused-Yes, your honor. / admit
It.
The judge-Any excuse?
The accused-Pm a monomaniac on the
subject Of housecleaning. your honor.
The judge-Discharged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19

friends clustered about him and whis-
pered audibly, Say you'll decline If nomi-
mated. governor my son pinched Roose-
velt In the leg and said, Remember your
contract with the senator, governor.
Roosevelt kept faith. He ignored the
solicitations Of Shaw and the others, and
sat down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
FORBES TELLS OF FALL
AERONAUT NOT ABASHED BY
HIS EXPERIENCE.
While Nursing Wounds He Jokes
About Mishap Which Came
Near Costing Life.

NEW YORK, May ia. Holland
Forbes. the aeronaut. who, with J. C..
Yates, narrowly escaped death in the
accident to his balloon, the Viking, last
week near Center. KY, returned to New
York yesterday. He was looking a good
deal shaken, and, even in a cushioned
chair, spent most of the time lodging
his bruises
II am becoming convinced said Mr..
Forbes, that ballooning Is a perfectly
safe pastime for me. This IS the second
time I suppose I ought to have been kill
ed, but came of almost unh6Rrt. I guess
I'm being saved for a violent death.
I'VE had a glorious time from Monday
evening to Tuesday evening, except LOT
a couple OF snowstorms. Our greatest
altitude was 10000 feet, 1900 feet more
than the record for America.
II shall make affidavits about that, and
believe the Aero Club will establish ours
as the new record.
Gas Was Exhausted.
Our mishap occurred through having
SO little gas left after our descent from
that great height. The bag was so empty
1t let the rigging collapse. and, OF course.
the basket dropped at the same time.
That dragged down the rip cord and
partially ripped open the balloon.
1--WE were then at a height OF about
800 feet. In our fall. the sensation OF
which was beastly, l tried to tilt the
basket and could not. believe the>only
thing that saved US from breaking our
backs was the rubber air mattress we
had in the bottom of the basket
Country People Frightened.
-"Some Of the country folk were great
~ scared by our fall from the clouds.
They thought We were part OF the
comet and that worse was to follow
1 saw one old fellow kneel down and
heard him say: o Lord. never did kiil
anybody; ! never did gamble, at least
not very much; but l know I've led a
hell of a life: give me another chance
just one more chance.
THAT old man was terribly mad when
he found We were just plain ordinary
human beings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
4 Mothers Anxiety.

From the Boston Transcript.
Willie-Ma,. can't I go out on the street
for little while? Tommy Jones says
there's a comet to be seen.
Mother-Well. yes; but don; you go too
near.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19

The body OF an unidentified man was
found on the tracks Of the New York.
crew of a fast freight train between
Melfa and Onley, Va, yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
"Pinch" Made President.

"A pinch may be said to have made
Roosevelt President, for had he executed
the threat Of declining Che nomination
for Vice PresidenD and had it been ac-
cepted he would never have reached the
White House
Again:
IT may be pardcned if ! remind my
readers that but for my insistence upon
his nomination for TIN vice presidency
Roosevelt certainly would not have sue
ceeded Mckinley in 1904, and perhaps he
never would have been President OF the
United States"
AS to that PINCH Senator Plat thus
described what happened in Philadel-
phia:
Meantime Gov. Roosevelt was in his
room, protesting to everybody that he
would, If nominated for Vice President.
arise in the convention and unequivo-
cally decline. I heard about this, and
asked my son Frank to go to him and
say that he would be nominated; that
he could not stop that; and l wanted his
promise that If he were made McKin-
ley's associate he would run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
FAVORS KNOX PLAN
n. B. F. Macfariand Endorses
Proposition.
AT ARBITRATION Meeting
Effect Of Development Of Aeronaut-
les Also Discussed at Lake
Mohonk Conference.
AT ARBITRATION MEETING

MOHONK LAKE. May 19.-'The Knox
proposition viii be adopted" said II. B. +.
Mcfarland OF Washington. former
Commissioner OF the District Of Columbia
speaking today at the Lake Mohonk
conference on international arbitration.
Mr.. Mcfarland said:
"Great Britain. France and Germany
are committed to it in principle and must
and will accept 1t. AS their allies include
all the rest OF the important powers ex-
cept those on this continent. which are
friendly to US. this means that il will
have general, if not universal. accept
ance.
1T also means that the best men pos
sible will be seected for judges and that
important cases will be brought before
the court. Men OF International reputa-
ton will be willing to make such sacrifice.
as Gov. Hughes is now making in turning
away from the presidency and from a
large private practice. Just as soon as
the first important case is decided BY
such judges as ought to be, and doubtless
will be, found on the court Il will have a
similar position among all nations as that
which our Supreme Court had among
the states at the beginning Of its great
career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
.Airships for. Public Use.

DR.. Ritter expressed confidence that
airsh!ps for public use would soon be a
possibility. and that with their general
use would arise many international ques-
tons that might. IL not met by suitable
regulation OF air traffic seriously menace
the peace Of the world. He declared
that the ease with which air craft may be
used for illegal purposes. such as SNUG
Cling, will create new problems OF public
law. and that their convenience as q
and as carriers Of mails may mean an
economic upheaval in some Of the smaller
nations. including Switzerland, which de-
pend SO largely on revenue from trans
portation and mail-carrying monopolies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
Roosevelt Was Excited.

my rooms. The governor was in state
Of rare excitement, even for him..
81 shall go to the New York caucus.
and tell the delegates that l shall, If
nominated for Vice President. arise in
the convention and decline. l can serve
you. Senator Platt, far better as gov
ernOr than as Vice President, said
Roosevelt pugnaciously.
but you cannot be renOminated for
governor. and you are going to be nomi-
mated for Vice President was my re-
tort.
"I cannot be renominated?' queried
Roosevelt.
mo; your successor is in this room,
said I, pointing to Chairman Odell.
| Now, l want your promise that if you
you will not refuse. and that IL you are
nominated by the convention you will
rum added.
Roosevelt showed his teeth. paced UP
horse does under a tight rein and curbed
Well. Senator Plat. finally returned
Roosevelt reluctantly, L will pledge my
York caucus Endorsement. But I shall
certainly urge the caucus to name an
other
And remember that / shall pinch
you IL see any signs OF your getting
up and declining. put In my son.
I" All right, you may pinch me as hard
as you like answered Roosevelt, as ne
and Frank hurried to the caucus OF the
New York delegation. then in progress
on the main floor of the Hotel Walton.
Session Was Heated.
THE session was a long and heated
one Some of the delegates used very
plain English to Gov. Roosevelt. One
OF the nose forceful speeches was made
hx- rd cl, picip in, &c
seat and advancing to tie front row Of
delegates ~there Mr. Roosevelt was seat
ed. Mr.. Lauterbach. emphasizing his re-
marks by gestures almost in Mr.. Roose-
velt's face. said to him:
Your very presence at this cOnven-
| ton as delegate-at-large Is an allurement
to the convention to nominate you You
come here. and. moving among the dele
gates, assOciating with your old friends
from the west and for that matter from
all parts Of the country. with the glamour
of the Spanish war resting on you. you
tempt the delegates to support you and
make you the candidate, regardless of
what you may say as to your wishes in
the matter.
Brought Down the House.
While he was speaking, as many will
remember. the elevator in the Walton
Hotel suddenly fell with loud crash
This interrupted the speech and caused
confusion for few minutes AS soon as
| order was restored Mr.. Lauterbach re-
lieved the tension by the jocose remark:
+" I brought down the house. anyhow.
Senator Depew was presiding, and at
length Mr.. Roosevelt arose and addressed
him. He reiterated in most emphatic
terms his statement that he was not a
candidate for the vice presidency. and
his associates from New York must re-
spect his wishes. and neither work among
the delegates to bring about his nOmina-
ton. nor present his name to the conven-
ton for that office.
Just as Dr. Albeit Shaw. Frederick
w. Hollis. Nicholas Murray Butler and
others of ROosevelt's self-constituted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
High Court Of Justice.

Even without marshal the court will
act as the high court OF justice Of the
world. with all advantages and none OF
the disadvantages Of an arbitration trib-
unal commission. with the support and
the reference of all civilized countries
Difficulties will arise, as I'm the case
of every other human institution. but
none Will be insurmountable In future
years the sending and acceptance of the
Knox proposition will be considered the
greatest achievement OF the Taft adj
ministration."
Some Of the problems which will arise
from the development OF aeronautcs were
discussed last night by DR.. Paul Ritter.
minister OF Switzerland to the United
States, in an address on "The Future of
Aeronautfcs from an International Point
of View" before the conference
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
Women 5 S. and
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