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The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03

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JAPANESE CITIES AS MODELS
Lecturer Declares They Are Ahead Of
Other Nations In Municipal
Government,

That western ideas Of civilization
have permeated japan to such an ex-
tent that 1t is rapidly forging ahead
Of some Of the recognized leading ma
tions of the world was the declara-
ton made by Harvey N. Shepard Of
Boston, former attorney general of
Massachusetts, in an address on Jap
anese Municipal Governments" to the
members of the Philadelphia City
club. Mr.. Shepard also declared that
the Japanese people were far ahead
of Americans in solving municipal af-
fairs.
"In no other countries on the face
OF the EARTH" he said, "are the mu.
nicipal governments closer to the will
of the people than they are In the
Flowery Kingdom, and graft and ex.
travagances such as often charged
against the officials of cities and
towns in our own country are prac.
tically unknown. While the munici.
palities Of Japan are Of more recent
development than our own they are
founded on firmer basis to further
the prosperity Of the people. Patterned
after the cities of France and Prussia
their administration corresponds
greatly to that of the municipalities OF
those two European countries. All
over Japan there Is g. marked progress
in municipal affairs. Public works are
being forwarded and they are con.
structing good roads and developing
their harbors.''
Mr.. Shepard spent many years in
Japan and studied closely the phases
Of life in that empire. GAS skilled
workmen," he said, "the Japanese ars
rapidly becoming proficient and are
equal to the skilled workmen of our
own country. There Is no child labor
in the factories, and because Of this
wages have increased perceptibly.
While modern and ancient civiliza.
tions are contrasted sharply with each
other in some parts of the japanese
islands, they are rather modern
country with telegraphs, railroads and
other cOnveniences such as We In
America enjoy"
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Move In Right Direction.

Galveston, Texas, which is doing its
best to improve every aspect of civic
life, is not satisfied with the thatched
huts in which the poorer Mexican
population lives. There is feeling
that nc building should be uncomfcrt.
able or ungightly, even If it is in the
sections Of the city which are inhabit
ed by tbs foreign element"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15
TOGdy's Anniversaries

st. Louis founded by the French in
1854.
Charles l.. Tiffany. jewelry mer-
chant. born 1912.
Battleship Maine destroyed in Ha-
vana harbor and 25O lives lost, 1898
Cyrus Hall Mccormick. harvest
er inventor and manufacturer. born
1909.
Rufus w. GriswOld, author editor
of Graham's Magazine. born 1915.
Susan b. Anthony, refOrmer, born
1920.
Carter II. Harrison. mayor of Chi
cago. born 1925.
Nelson Dingley, statesman, au-
thor of the Dingley tariff bill. born
1882.
Elihu Root. lawyer and statesman.
Secretary of War under Mckinley
and Roosevelt. born 1S45.
Joplin Bell. statesman. candidate
for President i'm 1860. born 1897.
Joseph II. Williams, lawyer and
abOlitionist, governor of Maine, born
1914.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15

tion centers is secondary, but must
not be overlooked in the general
plans for a greater city. To estab-
lish and maintain a well-kept park in
a town whose streets are OvergrOwn
with weeds and cluttered with rub
bish is not consistent.
Timely fires usually dispose of the
worst parts of an old town, but if
these do not come when they are
needed the next best thing is grad
ually to level to the ground whatever
is Objectionable and then plan for
the future No sane man would ex-
pect to get an ideal house by making
random additions to One-rOOm
shack Neither can an ideal town
come into existence by patching its
predecessor The city must start the
foundation and grow according to
plans that will anticipate the needs
of those who will live i'm it in years
to come.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15
THEY SHOWED THEY COULD.

WestwOOd has gas. The people
have won again. notwithstanding
that most abused thing in the world,
the weather, may be partly response
Bile for the increased flow of gas, the
people demand gas. The company
put on a few extra men. burned ten
gallons of alcohol. and the people
have gas.
What the people have done in this
case they can do to remedy other
abuses-if they will. 1t might mean
that the good wife would cook with
ont gas for awhile Husband might
have to go to work without break
fast.
Will the people demand their
rights?
The gas company is operating
without franchise. Columbia re-
ceives no revenue from the corpora
tiOn. Gas rates are eXOrbitant. The
people can remedy all of these just
as they remedied the lack of gas.
If the gas company will not give
a square deal the people should have
a gas plant of their own.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15

with the facts, and these can only be
gained by a careful and thoughtful
study of European economic condi-
tiOns.
In criticising such an article as the
one under discussion it is difficult to
exercise the patience which such an
article does not deserve. If the
writer had been thoroughly con-
versant with the subject concerning
which he attempted to write he
would have come to entirely different
conclusions and would not have been
guilty of such absolute misstate-
ments. If this answer seems harsh
and impOlite it is no more SO than
the editorial with it's implications
and insinuations. No harm is intend
ed and it is only hoped that more
discretion will be used in the writ
ing and publishing of such articles.
+. o. X.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15
CITY.REPAIRING.

Cities as a general thing are not
planned; they just grow. This growth
at a certain period of their lives has
taken all their energy. For this
reason, health, safety, convenience
and recreation within their limits
have been neglected. AS result the
streets are now crooked. badly
paved and poorly lighted; public
buildings are unsightly and inconven-
lent; there are no parks: health is a
personal matter and safety one of
luck in avoiding danger.
When a city's attention is finally
centered on these defects. specific
plans should be drawn up to remedy
them. OF course the plans must vary
as local conditions but some underly-
ing principles will apply to cities in
general.
In formulating a plan of procedure
the first question is: What shall be
done with the old town? How can
il be made clearer. more beautiful
and more convenient? The question
of city adornment. parks and recrea-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15

The MissOurian publishes the COM
municatiOn from r. o. X. as other
viewpoints" without responsibility
for the opinions expressed. 1t may
point out, however, that the Missouri
ian does not profess to be. nor is it.
the organ of any institution. The
MissOurian is general newspaper
published by the students of the
School of Journalism and does not
reflect nor profess to reflect the views
of the University. 1t may also be
said that the editorial, to which ex-
ception is taken. was fair. even
tempered and historically correct
editor The MissOurian.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15
THE NEED FOR FIRE ESCAPES


New Years day in Columbia wit.
messed the burning of the Beta Theta
Pi house. The fire occurred after s
o'clock in the morning, a time when
even the citizens of this college town
have begun to stir about 1t would
seem impossible that a fire could
start in broad daylight in the heart
of the residence section and gain
such headway that all escape from
the stairways would be impossible,
before being noticed. Yet one man
had to jump from third story win
dow of the Beta Theta Pi house and
another from a second story window
to escape the flames
Columbia is in no imminent dan
ger of hOlOcausts such as the burn
ing of the Asch Building in New
York, when scores of girls and wO-
men leaped out of the tenth story
windows. The skyscraper period of
Columbia's development is still in
the future However, the burning
of the Beta house and it's attendant
scenes are ample proof that two and
three story rOoming houses should
be equipped with fire escapes. 1t is
much safer and easier to Chamber
down a fire escape than to leap out
the window.
OF course another such need for
fire escapes may not occur again in
Columbia for months or years, but
that is not the question. Human lifes
are not to be figured into the law of
probabilities Every rooming house
should have adequate provisions for
escape in case of fire. An ounce of
prevention is worth a cemetery full
of epitaphs.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15
Viewpoints
The German Socialists.

Editor the MissOurian:-A word
please in regard to an editorial that
appeared in the MissOurian Monday,
Feb. 12. That such an editorial
per that processes to be and is the Or
gan of an institution where enlight-
ment is supposed to prevail. is al
most inexplicable. Certainly the mis-
leading statements of the article in
question were overlooked else the
otherwise fair and reliable editorial
columns of the MissOurian would
not have been marred by such a mis-
leading editorial.
The article referred to is entitled
THE German Socialists" UnfOrt-
unately Socialism is topic which
has been shamefully misrepresented
i'm the past and even at this late day
it's discussion seems still to be a fa-
vorite occasion for the displaying of
ignorance. To any one who was at
all acquainted with the situation in
Germany, the election of so many
socialists to the Reichstag was not at
all a rather startling revelation"
That result had been long predicted.
Also the German Socialists in all es-
sential features are the same as
American socialists, as every one
knows who has kept abreast of the
times in the political and economic
world. The International Socialist
Party does not and never has advO-
Gated communism, and the implica-
tiOn is false. Complete govern
mental owership" is not advocated in
the sense that the ordinary person
understands governmental" So
cialists predict that by natural
course of evolution society will come
finally to state when we shall prac-
tically have complete collective own
ership. When the writer of the edi-
torial in question speaks of noisy
band of revOlutiOnists he must be
judging all socialists by very few or
else has given too much credence to
the cheap Misrepresentation of the
character of socialists so abundantly
found in modern newspapers. The
Germans are most certainly revOlu-
tiOnists in the socialist definition of
that word just as the Americans are
revolutionists. Revolution does not
necessarily imply anything repre-
hensible as any one knows who has
ever really studied history. If
Americans lived IN Germany they
would not be socialists any more
than they are here, the demands of
International Socialism are the same
the world over save in few unim-
pOrtant details. Furthermore those
acquainted with European economic
facts know that in respect to the
aims which socialists work for. such
as collective ownership of public SER
vice utilities. the Germans are far
ahead of us. who in our self import
ance imagine We are far ahead of
all other nations. The sweeping
statement concerning the character
of the doctrine of the German Social
Democracy is not at all in accordance
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15
Where an Elephant is King

mails are an alligator and crocodile
| with a limb in his mouth. In this
realm of specimens are many kinds
of fish and various seals from Hud-
son Bay. A motley gathering of the
monkey family are Gagged in glass
with a zebra. The chimpanzee. glib
bon. orang and others from India and
parts of Africa help to confirm the
Darwinian theory of human evOlu-
ton, because of the human-like eX-
preston. In another part of the
building, a gorilla is in the act of
swinging up tree.
Did Roosevelt DO This:
ChamOis, caribou and few kanga-
roOs from Australia have places to-
gether. A rhinOcerOs with a danger
Gus looking horn stands between two
cases. His appearance indicates that
he might have been slain in recent
famous hunt. for his hide shows a
rent from shoulder to shoulder half
way down his body.
The collection of the cat genus
might better be termed bear den.
In this den-a glass covered eXhibi-
ton sase-Old grizzly bear is king.
In the group are leopard from At
rica and a Polar bear from SpitZ. A
mountain lion stands below the rOs-
trum of the big grizzly. To the right
a chevet cat from India seems as if
he would like to rub against you and
give his grin. and at his side is
jackal who appears to be in the act
of Sinking from sight. The head
of a tiger with open jaws and gleam-
ing teeth remind you of football at
Missouri instead of India. But this
tiger head figures in the history of
Emperor.
Emperor came to this country as
a circus elephant. Dumping freight
cars, an abundance of peanuts,
crowds of restless people and a cage
of chattering monkeys were every
day occurrences in the life of this
elephant as he toured the states as
the largest elephant in captivity"
When An Elephant Is Enraged.
A western city was reached one
sultry summer day. day of NOV
ing and lifting circus equipment was
forced on Emperor. He was made a
beast of burden between the acts.
The keeper came into the tent about
midnight and made use of an eXclu-
sive vocabulary which came with his
ranging trunk. He stumbled over the
enclosure chain and fell sprawling
at EmperOr's feet. The huge ele-
phant reached down with his trunk /
and lifted the man. When free from
the elephant the keeper resOrted to
another OutpOuring of choice words. |
He got the hook for the elephant.
so the tale runs. Some vicious jabs
and probes enraged the animal. En-
perOr crushed the man, lifted him
high in the tent, and violently slam
med him to the ground. Attendants
found bloody, lifeless form near the
elephant. The story then
went that Emperor was 1.-The most
elephant in captivity"
EmperOr's heaviest load came la
ter. After thirty years of circus life
a wreck placed burden of four,
loaded ears on the circus animal
This happened in Missouri, near
Richmond. DIR. S. S. Laws, presi- n
dent of the University OF Missouri.
got the remains of the elephant and
with money from his own pocket paid
Continued to Page Three.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15

Emperor was rightly named in
spite of his years of burden. Emper-
or is an elephant and holds sway in
a kingdom of animals - dead ami
subjects, but he has the most prOmi-
nent place and is better known than
any other specimen in the Geological
Museum of the University of Mis-
souri,.
To visit the kingdom of Emperor
you have to await the hour of OPEN
ing by the janitOr or you bump into
iron doors which remind you OF
vaults. About : o'clock in the morn
ing these doors are unlocked. Moth
ing bars your entrance then; but a
high case containing a collection of
bird eggs, a chain which marks the
enclosure of the throne, a bOdyguard
composed of EmperOr's own skele-
ton. other skeletons and a giraffe.
and a painted sign which warns you
Hands Off''-these protect the
hand-painted king of uplifted trunk
No lion is there to contest the
kingship of the elephant among the
dead birds and animals. All these
came from many climes. In a case
near the throne stands collection of
fowls where wild swan from Hud
son Bay has common home with a
Boone County wild goose and a white
frOnted goose from Japan. Near
these is another case which holds
among its subjects of EmperOr's do
main redheaded jakO and a laugh
ing jackass. In spite of these two
names the owners possess plumage.
The jakO with his beak almost pick
ing his breast has dignified perch
and mOveless strut evidently to
show off his red head-feathers. New
ertheless. he is only a species of the
parrot. shot i'm Australia. The fowl
who has a name familiar in Missouri
ranks with the kingfisher breed of
Australia.
Like the Geography Pictures.
Australia has other representatives
in this miscellaneous array of birds.
The Tyre birds that look just like
in geography and the
birds of paradise with gorgeous
plumage are near shelf of birds
in Boone County. The king
fisher. bluejay, blackbird, field lark
and thrasher are not denied admis-
sion to the glass house A: the end
of the line stands robin redbreast
and you wonder when his brothers
will return to mark the coming of
spring. Behind them is a strange
bird, rhinOcerous hornbill from
Sumatra. In the center of the flock
are three grown Ostriches from CAL
fOrnia. At their feet are two baby |
ostrich chicks. the size of a grown
barnyard hen.
The hawks and owls have quarters ,
for their class. Various kinds of |!
hungry looking hawks sit near glar-
ng owls who never blink. In this
not even the unpleasant =,
,creech owl is left our, and Il hCot
Dwl with wings spreading apart is in
he act of making sure of his perch
with one claw and grasping a small
bird with the other. Even the tur-
Key buzzard stands with them.
Barnyard fowls flock together on a
stand and have as their associates
'abbits and guinea pigs. Across the
is a hog and a few speci-
mems of cattle who have suffered
rom the lack of recent attention. Be-
;ween the domestic fowls and ami
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-15

Campbell and Alexanders' have
Just received a large assortment of
the latest designs in mOuldings. Take
your pictures to them to be framed
Work guaranteed. -
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Continued to Page Three.)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

| Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Dobson and two
little daughters, of Mt. Ayr, came
over Sunday for a few days visit at
the home Of Mrs. Dobson's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Cox, near this
city.
Mrs. M. j. McCaull and daughter,
Mrs. w. H. Howard, returned Fri
day from Weldon, where they had
been visiting few days at the home
of Mrs. McCaull's sister, Mrs. John
| Nish.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Geringer. who
were married in this city Monday
left on the noon train for q few days
visit in St. Joe, after which they will
go to Kellerton to make their future
home. 49,.
Mrs. Brice McDonough. of north
east of Leon, returned Saturday
from Delta, Colorado, where she had
been visiting for five weeks at the
home, of her. mother, Mrs. Ralph
Baker.
Mrs. w. A. Boone returned Satur-
day from Omaha, where she had
been all week attending the demon
stration school of the Spirella Cor
set Co., of which she Is the local
agent.
Miss Elizabeth Folmer returned to
her school near Grand River Monday
after visiting over Sunday with her
to attend the teachers meeting Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Loving, of
Thursday, being on their way home
| D11,khoHo1n xuhoro fhov
had been visiting few days with
relatives.
Mrs. T. S. Arnold and neice, Miss
Grace Finley, who is here from Falls
City, Neb., went to Carlisle Monday
, to visit a few days at the home of
Mrs. Arnold's neice, Mrs. Robert
| Wadsworth.
| Mrs. Vena Edwards and daughter.
Miss Anna, of Pleasanton, were in
Leon Thursday, being called here to
attend the funeral of her neice, the
| infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Spencer.
Alex Letter. of Charlton. visited
few days the past week with Steve
Grouse in this city. Mr.. Letter is .
son of John Letter, the man who,
laid out LETTERS addition to the
town of Leon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Shipman, of.
Rifle, Colorado, came last Friday to
visit few days in this city at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Lydia
| Sires, while enroute to St. Joe to
make their home.
Mrs. Geo. T. Ogilvie returned
Monday evening from Ames, where
she visited over Sunday with her
son, Victor, who is student at the
State Agricultural College. She also
visited with relatives in Des Moines.
Mrs. Nan Price, of Winnipeg, B.
c., who was visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. F. Harvey, depart
ed Tuesday for Chillicothe, NO.,
where she will visit her mother for
| short time before returning home.
Mrs. P. B. Walker and children.
and her neice, Miss Pearl Scott, who
had been visiting relatives in st.
Joe, came Friday evening and visit
ed a couple of days in this city while
enroute to their home at Keokuk,
Iowa. ~
Ed Shelton, who is employed
as a bridge carpenter on the Bur-
| lington road, was visiting in this city
last Saturday. He was on his way
to Decatur City from st. Louis,
! where he attended the Yelled
| Prophets.
Hon. Heman G. Smith, of Lamont,
passed through this city Monday, re-
| turning from Des Moines, where he
| visited over Sunday On Saturday
evening he had the pleasure of hear
| ing Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, who deliv-
| cred a great address at the COlise-
UNI, every foot of space in the great
building being crowded with people
anxious to hear the peerless speaker.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
Fight Was Frost

Last Saturday evening down In
Olney Springs, that lively little town
that is right there with the big noise,
there was pulled or what purported
to be a prize fight. The principals
were Young Herrara OF Pueblo son
OF sunny Mexico, and Kid Edwards OF
Dayton, scion OF the golden west.
About seventy.nve redhot sports paid
one peso each to see the slaughter.
They were redhOt sports when they
went in and considerably hotter when
they came out. The gate receipts
were to be divided 60 per cent to the
winner and 40 per cent to the loser.
In the first round. which lasted eXact
ly minute and Is seconds, the bad
hombre from the banks OF the Rio
Grande landed several vicious swings
on various portions OF the anatomy Of
the Anglo.SaXon, who squatted down
in the ring and refused 10 get up and
take his medicine. Ierrara was given
the decision. 1t is stated by some of
"thOsc present. that the temperature
around there was about 200 in the
shade after the eight"
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
Well Entertained

Laurant. 1.-THE man OF many myster-
ies," delighted well filled house at
the latest Offering OF the Lyceum as
sociation In the opera house Monday
evening. While US a palmist he Is
rather inferior, his real work In the
realms OF magic Is OF higher order
than usual and OF n really scientific
character. Much OF his work was the
occasion Of a great deal OF amusement
to the spectators and his recognition
In the program Of the smaller children
was most kindly. Altogether he made
a very favorable impression and his
temperance would certainly be
greeted with n full house.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
News from Nuna

BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Baker, on January ). Il girl.
Charles Collins had telephone in
stalled in his residence the fore part
of the week.
Little Arthur Bass Of Ordway is
spending the week with his sister,
Mrs. Mattingly.
Mrs. Lena Haworth returned to her
home in Pueblo Sunday after a two
weeks stay in the IlOrnbaCk home.
The Everett brothers are moving
this week from the farm south of the
Numa beet dump to their ranch three
miles northwest of there.
Roy Mundell came down from the
Miller & Mundell ranch Wednesday
and expects to return first of next
week with part of the sheep they have
been feeding at ManZanola He re-
ports the snow all gone on the range.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Mattingly will
leave to-day for Colorado Springs
to see Mrs. Mattingly Sr, who is
in a hospital there and is reported
very low. Ralph Mattingly has just
returned from her bedside and will
run the ranch during his brothers alb