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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31

are fundamentally different-shouio
come to fighting. The final result Will
be easily foretold."
Although not so truculent just at
present Count Okuma for severai
years in the caucuses Of his party, IN
his newspaper organs, and In the Ia
miliar conversations which he was
wont to hold with the former pupils OF
his great school, had habit OF speak
ing of the United States very mucn
as he spoke of Russia in the years
before the war, as a great power
which will have to be humbled to Sc
cure the salvation Of Japan.
Even before the Russian war the
count said: "A Japanese must be re-
spected wherever he goes. We y1eid
to no one, not even to the Romans, IN
pride in citizens and citizenship
The British probably have not for
gotten Okuma's famous outburst IN
which he said:
Being oppressed by the Europeans.
the three hundred million people OF
India are looking for japanese protec'
ton. The Japanese ought to 60 TO
India, the South ocean and the other
parts Of the world.
Nor will anyone who knows Japans
history doubt that she intends to hold
Kiauchau, the Carolines, Marianne and
Marshall islands in the South Pacific
She took these from Germany and al
ready some capital is being invested
and experts have been sent from the
| ministries of agriculture and com
merce to study the question OF the ex
ploitation of these Islands.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31

middle of everything, fighting first for
the mikado and later for represen-
talive parliament to which the minis
tees should be responsible. The gov
eminent in 1881 promised to summon
a national diet, grant constitution
and limit the imperial prerogative IN
1890. Okuma then formed the Pro-
gressive party, forerunner of the pres
ent National party, and was for many
years its president.
Aside from his constant political &C.
tivities, he founded Waseda univer-
sity in Tokyo in 1882 and was for
many years it's president. He saw 1t
grow to house 5,400 students, with a
first-class baseball team.
1t was not until Japan had settled
her domestic troubles and put her
house in order that the foreign policy
developed. In this line progress has
been perhaps faster than in importing
western ways of manufacture and liv-
ing
And it was after the great victory
over Russia. following the easy hum
bling of China, that Okuma's really
truculent utterances began to appear.
In 1908, when Japan was troubled
| by the United States sending the
American fleet into the Pacific he said
to an American newspaper man:
Nothing can be more dreaded than
crazy people, and the Japanese are a
crazy nation. In fighting they will GO
on like mad. as was well illustrated in
the late war. The Japanese are al
ways ready to throw away their lives
for the glory Of the state; they regard
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31
PIRATES IN CHINESE WATERS
Freebooters Extend Their Operations
to Land Expeditions, and Ere
qaentIy Loot Villages.

A favorite form of freebooting IN
Chinese waters takes the form OF
river piracies. The pirates themselves
are, unlike their deep-water outlaw
brethren, more Of the jackal type,
sinking, cowardly, but still murder
GUS and deadly whenever they fall IN
with unarmed parties. They infest the
shallow rivers, creeks and canals
which cut in from the China coast.
The big junks. in use by the deep
sea freebooters, are of no earthly good
in shallow waters. and SO the river
robbers make use of light-draft craft
known locally as fast crabs" and
"scrambling dragons" The West river
near Canton is q favorite ground for
these shallow-water freebooters. al
though the great Yangtse-Kiang river
ia also infested with them.
In their little craft they navigate
without trouble over the shadows and
RAPIDS inland as far as Chungking,
which is more than 1000 miles from
the coast, and instead of preying upon
the merchant ships and steamers OF
the deep, they loot villages, murder
travellers, massacre white concession
aires, and cause untold trouble to the
missionaries, OF whom there are many
hundreds in this part Of inland China
And it is against these river pirates
particularly that the activities OF the
little Palos and Monocacy will be d.
rected.
For several years England. Germany
and Japan maintained hght-draft river
boats for use against the pirates and
now the United States follows their
example. China. too. will soon add sew
eral vessels of Q similar type to her
service.
During the last four years several
citizens Of the United States nave peen
murdered by Chinese pirates.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31
Shaky Experience.

Look here" said the visitor; II
thought you said there wasn't any
malaria in this neighborhood."
Il reckon l did say somethin' like
that" replied Farmer Corntossel.
But you and your entire family
appear to be shaking with chills and
fever"
We've just got back from ridin'
in our brand-new little automobile an
we amt quite recovered from the
motion"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31
where MEN LIVE AND FIGHT
Visitor to the German Trenches De.
scribes Their Construction and
Arrangements.

Three hours later l was in the Ger
man trench at La Bassee. When had
accustomed myself to the steady
cracking of rifles in the firing pits,
which l could not see, but which !
knew must be close by; when l had
nervously counted the bursting of 30
shells, all in an appalling few min
utes, yet had heard no plop Of frag-
ments burying themselves into the
mud above, l began to be able to look
about me- was standing in a pit
about seven feet deep and barely wide
enough for two passing men to
squeeze by. BY turning my indispen-
sable electric torch this way and that
l could see in the rear wall Of the
trench a series of caves dug In the
earth. their entrances so low that a
man would have to enter them on
hands and knees. In some saw the
faint yellowish gutter Of candles and
others were pitch dark. But in the
front wall Of the trench there were
cut, at intervals 80 short that the place
seemed a catacomb, narrow passages
that led to the shooting pits. recesses
not more than five feet wide, re-en-
forced at the level of the ground with
sandbags and armor; and on either
side Of these approach passages l saw
the holes in the earth in which mon
slept, and lived, and ate when they
weren't in the pits, their guns toward
the enemy. At the lieutenant's sug-
gestion I went down into one of the
caves.
Later" he said, you won't want to
be moving around much. It'll get hot.
ter then. and you'll want to remain in
one place where you're sure the shell
ter Is good. The Christian Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31
Almost the Same.

Did you ever hear of real goose
laying a golden egg?" asked the young
seeker after knowledge. NO." said
his experienced papa. but q young
duck-I forget his name-once laid
q ten-dollar bet with me and the
money was counterfeit"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31
A Misleading Audience.

why doesn't young Bliggirs make
more progress in his studies?"
HE doesn't get the proper kind Of
encouragement. His father doesn't
take any interest in what the boy
knows about the classics. but is en-
thusiastic about the way he can play
Accomplishments On the banjo"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31
YEARS NOT A BURDEN
OLD AGE HAS PRACTICALLY
CEASED TO BE BOGY.
Man Of Today Refuses to Be Cons'd-
ered Old When He Arrives at the
Three Score Years and Ten
Some Examples.

Old age used to be regarded as an
incurable disease; a time to be looked
forward to with horror: period OF
useless numbering Of the earth.
That bogy is scared away by the
testimony Of some OF the living celebr1-
ties who have left the biblical three
score and ten" landmark far behind
them. says q writer In the Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Says John Burroughs. the great nat
uralist, at seventy-seven:
II am in better health and more
able to do my work at seventy-seven
than was at forty-seven or at nfty-
seven. l have produced more manu-
scripts during the last three years
than during any other three years OF
my life, and Of kind that has made
unusual intellectual demands upon me-
"Old age is not such bugaboo after
ALL He is, in many ways. better to i've
with than youth, because he leaves
you more at your ease; you are In the
calmer waters; the fret and fever OF
life have greatly abated. Old age brings
the philosophical mind: he brings
q deeper. wider outlook upon life; ne
brings more tolerance and charity and
good will. l did not sQuander my
youth In excuses, and hence am not
bankrupt in my old age"
Amelia E. Barr. the novelist, who Is
six years older than Burroughs. and
who writes six hours day, gives this
recipe for staying young In the
eighties:
Il have constantly given my mind
plenty of new thoughts; and this men
tai diet has kept me young. 1t Is
routine that ages. Even in my sleep
l am often mentally busy. think l
know consciously that when l rest
darken. l have constantly proved that
intellectual activity infuses life into
every part Of the body. AS far as pos
sible l avoid anger or worry. for one
hour of such facilitating mental exer-
else destroys all personal magnetism;
and what passes between them and the
soul do not care to say.
81 keep my health because l keep
my illusions. l will not believe that
every one is false. will not believe
that hope tells a flattering tale. or
that friendship is only a name. or
that true love has fled from earth and
that the fear of God has vanished. And
| above all other reasons for my good
health l place the vivifying power Of
love. Love Is nfe."
Cardinal Gibbons, eighty years old
and in the prime of his powers. says:
Il believe firmly that the critical
time of life for the making or marring
of sound constitution is the period
of youth. The seeds Of weakness are
sown in the system then; by irregu-
larity Of life, particularly in the hours
allotted for sleep and rest; by excess
In eating and drinking; by grosser ex-
cesses; and by lack of proper exer-
else.
1.-THE rules of health from which I
have never swerved from my youth
are: Regularity Of life; moderation in
eating and drinking; exercise proper
to my age and profession; avoidance
of worry; and an ever abiding trust in
Gods providence. l have always been
avaricious in the matter of sleep.
Early to bed is the wisest of all saws
for him who has work to do and ambi-
ton to do it WELL"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31
Too Much to Imagine.

Reason why men are never spon-
sors at launchings Is they couldn't be
induced to waste Q bottle Of cham
payne on q vessels brow.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31

Yorkshire has 10000 looms weaving
khaki.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-31

their lives as light
as the weather. On
the other hand.
Americans and Eu-
ropeans attach too
much Importance to
money; those who
love money love
their lives. Sup
pose the Americans
and ] pa n e S e
whose ideas of death
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-06

One Rack Mems Fine Shoes &
Work Shoes, worth up to $500
Forced Sale Price $1.@
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-06

Remember the price is cut on
every article in our house (Con-
tract Goods excepted)
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-06

We are compelled to have the
money regardless of Profit
Now is your time to buy your
Summer Goods at a great saving
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-06

One Lot Mems Gun Metal & Tan
Oxfords and Shoes worth 81. so &
$500 Forced Sale Price $1.98
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-06

10 Dozen Mems Dress Shirts,
Soft and Stiff Cuffs, New Spring
Goods, a dandy $1.00 Shirt
Forced Sale Price 73c
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24

en- to lonely work after working
hours. sensitively conscious-each in
his own sphere-of the social ghetto
which still surrounds the Jew.\ ..
Bells was INDICTED when the police
knew that their chief witness was
consort and receiver for thieves.
Leo Frank was indicted after the
authorities learned that negro of
criminal record had written the notes
found beside the dead girl.
Every unprecedented student of the
ritual murder case. believed Mendel
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24
Nr1del . BELLS

Bells falsely accused. Every impair
tial student of theh Atlanta case be-
ieves Frank to be innocent.
At Kev, Mons. Mistchuk, commits
sioner of criminal investigation, and
three of his assistants were dismissed
from the detective bureau because
they would not ignore essential evil
dence in order to convict a probably
innocent man.
Mons. Krassovsky, chief of depart
ment investigation, resigned" from
office declaring that In whatever way
he went he always returned to Vera
Cheberiak and the notorious criminal
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24

gang whose members were the hrSt
to throw suspicion on the prisoner.
To their credit be it said that three
American detectives also resigned
rather than further the persecution
of Leo Frank.
The dragnet of the Russian police
swept up as witnesses against the
prisoner children, spies, police and
convicts; Singaevsky and his accom-
plice, Rudzinsky, we're brought from
penal2 Siberia to testify trivialities.
One old beggar woman, Anna the
Wolf, the only person who was sup
posed to have seen Bells seize the
little boy, was dragged into court,
where she laughed away the story.
At KieV the claim was made that
the commandment Thou shalt not
kill" applies, according to the rabbis,
only to the murder of Jews. not to
members of another race. There
fore the Jewish faith permits obtain
ing the Christian blood for Pascal
rites.
That is lie. But the faIsehood Is
no more grotesque than the SANDER
spread from Atlanta that the tenents
of the Jewish faith forbid the viola
ton of a Jewess, but condone that of
a Christian woman.
Finally the Russian government
and the commonwealth of Georgia
based their case against two accused
men on the uncorroborated word of
two witnesses, both VIGOROUSLY I'M
worthy of belief.
Jim Conley, the one witness
against Leo M. Frank, is negro of
vicious reputation with criminal
record.
Except for difference in race that
description applies word for word to
Vera Cheberiak, chief accuser of
Mendel Bells.
In Atlanta the vicious negro, in
Kiev the prostitute were accidentally
caught attemDtinp tn conceal blood
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

Mayor and Mrs. j. Ii. Whitney
were week end guests of Merrill
relatives.
Friends of Miss Laura Elmer will
be glad to learn that she is enjoy
ing the Deaconess' course OF train
ing in the Lucy Rider Meyer
school for Home and Foreign Mis-
sions in Chicago. In addition to this
Miss Elmer is continuing her study
of music.
The Christian Aid Society ladies'
entertained at ten cent thimble
party one afternoon last week.
F. S. Clegg was an Alma visitor
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Perrigo is still unable
to be about after her long illness.
The quarterly meeting of the Free
Methodist church was held in the
city Saturday and Sunday. Rev.
Gaffin of Bedding presiding.
Supt..-Elect La Rue, of the st.
Louis schools, has been i'm the city
twice on business connected with
his position
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04
Growing Children

Mr.. Dan linn was in St. Loui.
Friday on business.
V. f. Bamler was in Brecken
ridge on business Saturday.
Lee Narrell spent the week enc
with his family at Riverdale.
Frank Bollinger, of Vestaburg
was in Alma on business Thursday
George Reney, of Ithaca, was in
Alma on business Monday with l.
Mann.
Mrs. G.. Bird. of Pontiac, is visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Seavers.
Mrs. Florence Spencer. of Shep-
herd, spent Sunday with parent. L.
II. Weese.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cook, of EN-
erson was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Story Sunday.
Miss lila Anger, of Coleman. is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. VIII
Chapman, for two weeks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04
LOTS Of ENTHUSIASM
Big Crowd Expected To Attend State
Oratorical Contest In Tabernacle
Tomorrow Night
DO 1T FOR ALMA

The Band will be there.
Enthusiasm will be there. You be
there 10 add to il.
Rah! Boom! Rah! Boom! Rah, Rah,
Rah, Almal
IL is the big state Grafton Contest,
which comes only once i'll nine years. II
IS great thing. II is an experience. II
is city event wherever it is held, -------
not merely college event.
Ii Alma equals the other college towns
of the state at least fifteen hundred PEG
sic will be nc the Tabernacle next Friday
night TO help entertain the eight orators,
chosen by contests in eight colleges.
They are worth hearing. The fun and
frolic and enthusiasm of the hour from
seven to eight. while the prelminaro
cheering is pulled off. will be worth the
admission fee and the rest is thrown in.
Mems contest at the Tabernacle Fri
day evening, the big revival service being
omitted. The women's contest in the
Presbyterian church i'm the evening
The splendid spirit of Alma town plus
The enthusiasm Of the college students
should make this years con est one of
the best in the history of the Oratorical
Association.
The faculty and students invite every
loyal Alma citizen and every friend OF
he college to be at both contests.
Can you afford to stay away
Rahl Rahl Rah. Banl Ban! Ban
All the colleges Of Mich i.zaDl
President T. c. Blaisdeil
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

The annual convention of the
Michigan Press and Printers AS
ISOLATION will be held in Grand Rap
ids Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
March IL to 13 in Press Hall in
gest and best gatherings this body
has ever had. Prominent men from
all over the state will be there to
address this convention while sub
sidiary meetings will be held by the
representatives of various sections.
The Alma Record will probably be
represented at this convention.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04
ST. LOUIS NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Warner were
guests Sunday at the A. P. Gates
home.
Stanley Martin and VIM. Fulcher
attended the Episcopal church ser
vice In Alma Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Shively are
convalescing from a severe illness.
Miss Bessie Small is at the Clar-
ence Russ home, north of town.
Jay Hill and family were the re-
cipients of a surprise party Thurs
day evening and a good time was
enjoyed.
The Dorcas Club will meet on
Tuesday of next week with Mrs. Al
bert Balch. north part of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Zelnar will move
this month on their farm southeast
of town.
H. H. Fulcher was i'm Ashley and
Middleton the first of the week.
The house recently sold to Mr.. +.
Hall is undergoing extensive repairs
and improvements and will be occu-
pied by the new owner and family
about March 10th
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Salisbury are
recovering from attacks of the
grippe.
Guy Ball and wife have returned
to Idaho after a visit of several
months with Michigan friends.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

FARMERS-Follow the
procession. Take your grain, hay
and beans to the Farmers Eleva-
tor Company. Bring your corn in
while the price is high. ITHACA
GLEANER-FARM ELEVA-
TOR CO., Ithaca. Mich. 187Otf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

DO-t Wv II VI
Discouraged Citizens Will Find
Comfort In the Experience of
An Alma Man.
Experience is the modern ms
structor.
Profit by the experience of others
1t may save your life.
The experience of friends and
neighbors,
The testimony of Alma people.
VIII bring rnewed encourage.
ment.
Here is a case in point:
w. ]. Washburn, retired farmer,
r. F. ID. No. 4, Alma. says: II suf-
fered from kidney trouble for sew
eral years. My kidneys were irregu-
lar in action, and some nights | had
to get up several times 10 pass the
kidney secretions. | had dull pains
in my loins and my back got very
lame. Doan's Kidney Pills have
never failed TO relieve the lameness
in my back and regulate the action
OF my kidneys always keep
Doan's Kidney Pills in the house"
Price soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Washburn had. Foster
Milburn Co. Props. Buffalo. y. Y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

OPPORTUNITY: For just one person
Your chance to get any course in the
international Correspondence Schools
at reduced price. Write or call to-day
at Record Office.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

LOST-Between Sumner and AL
ma leather handbag containing 50
and Marigold Tea coupons. besides
other small articles. Return 20 Mrs.
J. ID. Holman, Wright avenue.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

FOR SALE:-Chesp, house and lot
with barn. in Alma will take part
down. balance in monthly payments.
Inquire of X. c.. Mcfarland. Ithaca,
1871
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

Wanted-An energetic ambitious
active man to establish permanent
business. Health and Accident In
surance. Immediate cash returns
and future. Address National Cas-
ualty Company. Detroit, Mich.
1876 to
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04

Miss Francis Rosa of Brencken-
ridge visited friends in Alma We'd
nesday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04
SUBSCRIPTION. SI.oo PER YEAR

The Record j. entered at The posto fhce at
Alma. Michigan, for transmission through the
mail as second class matter
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-03-04
GASOLINE ENGINES-Two.f for sale
cheap. Inquire at Luchini's Fruit
Store, Alma. 1871tf

WE HAVE CUSTOMERS WANT
ING FARMS IN THIS VICINITY
If you want to buy or sell farm, call
on or write us. Have three splendid
Kalamazoo residence properties to
trade for farms. Michigan Realty Co.,
2nd Floor. 152 S. Burdick St., Kala-
mazoo, Michigan. 81 branch agencies
in Illinois and Indiana. We sell more
farms than any other Real Estate Co.,
in southwestern Michigan. 1917
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-09
Steamers Pemaquid and
Morse in Collision and the
Morse Is BeaChed but No
Lives Lost==Both Damage

Stoninston, Me, Sept 3.-The pas
senger steamers j. I. Morse and Penn
aqud were in collision today in a
thick fog off Mark Island, near here.
The Morse was badly damaged below
the water line and was beached. All
her passengers. who numbered nearly
100, were landed safely.
The Morse, owned by the Eastern
Steamship Co. and commanded by
Capt. Shute, was making her morning
trip from Rxcklanl to Bar Harbor.
while the Pa aqu4 one of the Maine
Central Railroad Steamers, with Capt.
Wescott in charge, was on her way
from Sargentville TO Rockland. with
about 81 passengers.
Both steamers were proceeding eau
tiously through the dense fog few
minutes before 5 o'clock, when the!
came together a short distance outside
this harbor. The iron bow Of the Penn
aouid stove in the woodenyehull of the
s35 steamer which a"'eF began ''
She was beached on Moose lslano
in q few minutes and the passengers
were easily put ashore there without
accident. They were brought here ant
transferred to another steamer later IL
the day None Of the passenges was II
danger at any time, it was said. The
Pemaquid stood by to render any as
sistance possible.
The passengers were landed at
small wharf, where the water was
shallow and soon afterward the Morse
was resting easily on bottom. Sht
will be raised and temporarily repaired
here before being towed to Rockland.
Nearly all of the large amount o
freight was removed from the steam
er.