University Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
October 7, 1908

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UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN. tK VOLUME I. COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1908. t NUMBER IS lsJU M. 0. STUDENTS AT T. It. H. Wright Receives Diploma for the Best Stock-Judging. FOOD LAWS ARE ENFORCED M. H. Lamb, the State Commissioner, on Hand Weather Ideal. By a Staff Correspondent. SEDALIA. Mo., (Xt. 7. Student-, of Jlit- Agricultur.il College of the Univer sity of Missouri have made almost a clean sweep in the stock -judging con tents at the State Fair. Turner 11. If. Wright, a student at Columbia, received the grand diploma for best all-'iound judge. The weather is ideal and the biggest cioud in the history of the fair is in attendance. M. 11. Lamb, state dairy and food commissioner, is on the ground investigating foods and drinks. He is compelling strict observance of the pure WINNERS ly cod law. The stock-judging contest closed last night. Int-r-st in tne event was keen, most of the competitors being Missouri University boys. Professor F. 15. Mum ford was superintendent and E. A. Trowbridge his assistant. Three prizes of 20. 10 and $5 were offered in each class. The prizes were offered for highest proficiency in judg ing live stock. Forty-one contestants were entered. Turner Cochran, of Co lumbia, and Chester G. Starr, of Centra Jia, were judges of the contest. List of the Awards. The awards in all classes follow: Horses and mules Fiist, W. L. Fow ler, Columbia; second. Turner It. II. Wright, Columbia: third. 15. P. Smoot, Columbia. lieef cattle First. C. W. McWilliams, Novelty, la.; second. W. L. Fowler; third, B. P. Smoot. Dairy cattle First. W. L. Fowler; second, E. V. Ellington, Paris, Mo.; third, .T. II. Cordon. Columbia. Swine First, Turner Wright; second, Arthur W. Prows, Columbia: third, tie letween II. A. Henley. Joplin, and X. S. Randall, Columbia. Sheep First. I.. A. Allen. Columbia; second. B. P. Smoot; third. L. A. Woods, Smithville, Mo. IS LAST VOTING DAY More Than 750 Ballots Have Been'Cast in Missourian's Contest. Tomoirow is the last oting day in the University Missourian's straw bal lot on the presidential election. More than 750 votes were cast yes terday. The vote as between Bryan and Taft is remarkably clo-e. Debs ran ahead of Chapih and Hisgen. All those who did not vote Tuesday are urged to east their ballots tomorrow morning. Ballots may be had at the Unhcr.sity Missouri's table in the first floor corridor of Academic Hall from S a. in. to noon. The ballot box will be in the same place as Tuesday. Xo regular place for voting was es tablished today, the students in Jour nalism giving their time to counting lie otes already cast. The First Missourian Subscriber. R. X. Denham. Jr.. Law. '07, of St. Louis, arrived in Columbia yesterday to visit friends a day or two before departing for the south. "Bob" was the first sulm-riber to the University Missourian. sending in his request for subscription from Ann Arbor, Mich., last May. He will practice law at Sem inole. Gaine count v, Tex. To Give Song Recital. Clarence A. Marshall, baritone, the new teacher of singing at Stephens Col lege, will present a varied program of songs tomorrow night at the auditorium of the college. Oratorio, Italian arias, ancient and modern, German and Eng lish ballads will figure in the program. The public is invited. The L'.nivkksity Miss-ourian is on sale at the Drug Shop at two cents a copy.

TOMORROW SOLD HIS FANCY VEST TO PAY SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MISSOURIAN A. H. Labsap, Former Student Here, Writes of Life in the Wilds of Arkansas. A. II. Labsap, who was graduated from the Engineering Department of the University of Missouri in Ht07, writes as follows to the circulation manager of the University Missourian from Cham pagnolle. Ark., under date of Oct. 3: "Please pardon my delay in not re mitting for my subscription to the Uni versity Missourian sooner. I sent to the nearest money order station, twenty miles away, two weeks ago, but it was delayed "I w.is forced to sdl my hist claim on civilization, a fancy vest, to get the where-with-all. Am now reduced to a disreputable hat, flannel shirt, one pair of pants not trousers and a pair of high boots, my sole working capital, but in accordance with the Scissorbills who thrive in this vicinity. "I like your paper Keep tip the good work. (iie my regards to any of the old brigade that now remain." FAIRJWEATHER WINS IN STRAW BALLOT WEATHER CONTEST Rainy Day Forces Are Routed After Close Battle, Official Returns Show. In the straw ballot between Candi dates Fair-weather and Rainy-days on the Weather Ticket. Fair Weather wins. The lace was close, but towards evening the Rainy-Day forces have been routed, according to these official re turns from the election: "Fair tonight aud Thursday; cooler tonight ,and probably frost." The minimum temperature was 47 degrees at 7 a. in.; the maximum tem perature was 03 degrees at 2 p. in. A rainfall of .01 fell during the night. OVEN'S FIRST ISSUE WILL BE A "SCORCHER" Sorority "Rushing" Is Subject of Double Page Cartoon. The Oven this year, according to the editors, will be "hotter"' than ever be fore and the first number, which will be put on sale by the end of the week, will be a "scorcher." A column devoted to "Quad Celebri ties" will be similar to the Oven's "Hall of Fame" of last year. A letter from "Dutch" to a former student will be the main literary feature and an article on the Sophomore course for Freshmen will throw a sidelight on the relations of the two classes. A double page car toon by Shepherd on sorority "rushing" will show to the uninitiated the meth ods employed by the three Columbia sororities in pledging new members. A cartoon on the Independent is scheduled to attract a good deal of attention. The Oven staff for this year is as follows: II. G. ("Arkansaw") Hunt, editor-in-chief; Win. P. Harrison and E. A. Jarmen, associate editors; .1. F. Macbeth, business manager, and Leo II. Sack, circulation manager. HACKNEY IS HEAD OF FRESHMAN ARTS Football Player and "Frat" Man Honored by His Classmates. Theodore Hackney, of Spiinglield.Mo., star player on the Freshman football team and member of the Sigma Alpha Ep-ilon fraternity, was elected president of the Freshman class of the College of Arts and Science, at a meeting of the class last night in Academic Hall. The other ollicers elected are: L. P. Bell, of Monroe City, vice-president; Miss Suzan B. Hector, of Slater, sec retary; Paul V. Barnett, of Sedalia, treasurer, and It. E. Talbot, of Denver, Colo., sergeant-at-arms. The meeting was well attended and plans for the coming vear were discussed. T. D. Hackney, of Springfield, Mo., half back on the Freshman team, was elected captain of the team at a meet ing in the gymnasium yesterday. Hackney is an Academic student and a memlier of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He has had three years of football experience, two years on the Springfield High team and one year on Drurv College teams. Galena Street Caves in. GALEXA. Kan.. Oct. 7. The ground on Galena street caved in yesterday, leaving the homos of Mrs. A. B. Hub bard and Will Pollock hanging on the brink of a chasm. The cave-in began in the center of the street and fell aliout 20 feet. Several hundred feet of water mains and gas pipes were taken down in the cave-in. MiMti&v&iM FOOD COSTS MORE IN COLUMBIA THAN IN THE LARGE CITIES, FIGURES SHOW Boarding House Proprietor Estimates Daily Diet for One at 25.6 Cents. AVERAGE IS LOWER IN MOBERLY In Painesville, O., Another College Town, Only 18.3 Cents is Required. WANTED Thrifty German or Scotch truck gardeners to "settle" near Columbia. High market prices prevailing in Col umbia aie in large measure due, many residents say, to the fact that the farm ers herealxnits devote their attention ex clusively to "ciops," and scorn market gardening. One Truck Gardener Here. At present there is but one truck gar derner. a negro, in or near this town. He is thriving at his trade. The soil of Boone county is excellent, and there is a continually increasing demand for garden products. In University towns prices generally tend to higher levels, and this is held to account in some degree for conditions in Columbia. With a view to determining to what extent it is responsible, compar ison is made in the table accompanying this, with prices in Painesville. O.. also a college town. The prices there are made the basis of computation for a pamphlet on the cost of living jointly issued by Lake Erie College and the University of Illinois. Costs Most Here. Domestic Science, a magazine, has esti mated the cost of food in cities at twenty-fie cents a day for each person living on an average diet. In smaller towns the cost of transportation is less and prices should bo lower. In cities the cost of tiausportation is increased because such articles as vegetables and dairy products must be sent to the con sumers quickly while they are fresh. Yet the proprietor of a Conley Street boarding house in Columbia, a woman of several years' experience, estimates the cost of food for each person at twenty six cents a dav. Table Tells The Tale. A glance at the prices set forth in the comparative table will make clear why this is so. The prices quoted on beefsteaks in the table are the averages of prices on tenderloin, sirloin, porterhouse and round steaks. The table shows that prices are high er in Columbia than in Painesville. which has a population of about 0000. At Lake Erie College, situated in Painesville. a club of young women, has estimated the cost of living at 18.3 cents a day for each person. By comparing this with prices heie, it is apparent that the cost of living is at least six per cent higher here than in the other college town. Moberly Needs Gardeners, Too. Molierly, Mo., was al-o chosen for comparison because it is near Columbia and about the same sie. Some prices at. Moberly. arc even higher than here, indicating that it also feels the need of market gardeners. The prices on meat are lower in Moberly. Beefsteaks acrago two cents a pound more in Columbia than in Moberly or Painesville. Need of Competition. Pork, dressed chickens, lamb, mutton, bacon and beef roast are substantially higher than in either of the other towns. Flour, cornmeal, butter, eggs, toma toes and apples show noticeable dif ferences. Comparison of the "staple" commodi ties, the necessities for the table, is to Columbia's disadvantage a condition, it is said, which could In; icmedietl with greater competition. CRISIS ON THE CONTINENT Nations to Call Conference to Consider Balkan Situation. By United Tress. I.0XD0X, Oct. 7. England, France, Russia and Italy are preparing to en force the demand for an international conference to consider the Balkan sit uation. Germany opposes this course and a serious diplomatic rupture may result. The situation on the continent is critical. It is reported that Crete is preparing to declare her independence of Turkey and join Greece. Freshman Girls to Organize. There will lie a meeting of the Fresh man girls Friday morniiu; in the girls' gymnasium at ten o'clock. The class will organize, officers will lie elected. and some important announcements will be made. -riir..!. r'i iirWti ta ii 1 1 iJMiiTintf Mvliwriiira Mafitr Imff 1 j35ceC n iiiTM'BMHillilirowMF iM'HMTri iWin 1 I11 1 mi n a'iMiiiiwAiriifit1t--'-ii,-fr--'-- JCafii n f iniiWWr f i-jn fsrTKIwiryiiMTlffllfflParrmry-Trr"! ife a -l-y5gWMBBKfrflffiHBqftMHMPlMMfffffiiri COMPARATIVE TABLE OF PRICES HERE AND IN SIMILAR TOWNS m ARTICLE COLUMBIA. Beefsteak 18 3-4 cents Pork, per lb 13 cents. O Dressed chicken 25 cents Beef roast, per lb 10 cents Mutton, per lb 13 cents Lamb, per lb 17 1-2 cents Bacon, per lb 1!) cents Eggs, per do 24 cents Butter, per lb 30 cents Flour per cwt $2.00 Cornmeal, per bu !H) cents Sugar, per lb 3 3-4 cents Tomatoes, per doz 13 cents Potatoes, per bu 90 cents Sw eet potatoes $1.3.5 Corn, per do., ears 10 cents Beans, per lb G cents Apples, per bu $1.23 Bananas, per do 25 cents Oranges, per do 40 cents Canned peas $1.50 to $2.50 Canned peaches .$1.50 to $3.00 Canned beans $1.00 to $2.00 Canned corn $1.00 to $2.00 AND TAFT IN Conferences With Party Leaders and Speechmaking On Progrtm. By United Press. CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 7. With both William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft here, Chicago is the cen ter of the political map today. Each held a conference with the leaders of his party. Chairman Mack, who collapsed last night from overwork, has recoveied and conferred with Mr. Bryan. Mr. Taft spoke in Galesburg Satur day afternoon. Mr. Bryan in an interview declared that in every state his cause is gaining converts each week, and that he has no doubt that he will have a great popular plurality. .Mr. Bryan will resume his tour Fri day. He will tour through Missouri Saturday speaking in St. Joseph, Paris. Moberly, and Kansas Citv. TAFT PLEDGES HIMSELF TO DEEP WATERWAY By United Press. CHICAGO, Oct. 7. President W. K. Kavanatigli of the likes-to-Gulf Deep Waterway Association today formally opened the Waterways Convention here. William If. Taft, Republican nominee for President, was the principal speaker at the morning session. He pledged himself to a systematic aud generous policy for the improvement of the lakes and rivers of the country. He declared that the increase in pro duction had outstripped the growth of transportation facilities and expressed himself in favor of the Lakes-to-Gulf plan. He advised treating each big improvement by itself and suggested setting aside a fund sufficient to com plete each scheme, eo it would not be allec-tcd by Congressional appropriation committees. Missourians in New State. Pi of. Lynn Glover, superintendent of the Bartlesille, Okla., public schools, former student at the University of Missouri, writes that five University of Missouri graduates besides himself are teachers in his school. Miss Lucille Bell,, of the class of 1908, teaches biology, Miss Ethel iXesbitt is supervisor of manual training, and Miss Edna Twee die, Miss Helen Mann and Mrs. Xellie Gray Ingalls are teachers in the grades. Brokeis' Big Shortage. Br United Press. XEW YORK, Oct. 7. Receiver Little field of the O. A. Brown Companj has issued an approximate statement of the situation. He places the assets of the company at $2,000,000. The liabilities are estimated at more than $2300,000. He has cash securities worth $100,000. There is very little hope for an ade quate settlement. Prize for Aeronauts. By United Press. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 7. The St. Loui, Times offers a $1,000 prize for the first living machine, heavier than air. that sails from St. Louis to Chicago or from St. Louis to Kansas City. The orter is open to all. BRYAN m CHICAGO -i minuiiMKnuM tgfcJWai i.iIWl.c,. 11 nil l iiwmii.n aWWBMjBSCTgWJTWtiaiSCaWBBaai MOBERLY. PAINESVILLE. 10 1-4 cents lo cents 14 cents 13 2-3 cents 20 cents 20 cents 8-12 cents j 1.3 ecnia 14 cents 14 cents 13 cents ic cents 13 cents 22 cents 25 cents 2fi cents ?3.00 $2.50 84 cents 0 1-2 cents 5 1-2 cents 10 cents 10 cents $1.00 CO cents $1-20 1.05 15 cents G 1-4 cent s 4 cents $1-10 $1.00 20 cents 35 cents $1.20 to $2.40 $2.40 to $3.50 $1.00 to $1.80 $1.00 to $1.50 WRIGHT MAY FLY It is Believed He Can Sail From Calais to Dover in Forty Minutes. By United Press. LEMAXS, France, Oct. 7. Wilbur Wright, American aviator, is consider ing a flight in his aeroplane across the English channel. Hundreds of his ad mirers have urged him to be the first to perform this feat. As there is no real advantage to ba gained by its accomplishment, Wright is hesitating. It is believed that he can sail from Calais to Dover in forty minutes. STUDENTS GUESS FLAGS OP 24 COUNTRIES Presbyterians Give Unique "Getting Acquainted" Social at Church. A getting-acquainted meeting and so cial was held at the Presbyterian church, corner Tentn and Broadway, last evening for the lienefit of students. A noel form of introduction was suc cessfully carried out in which the stu dents were introduced through the me dium of their home addresses. After introductions, those present were divided into groups and put to guessing the nations to which twenty four flags belonged. The prize was awarded to the group guessing seven teen of the correct flags. The flags were the property of Hin Wong, a Chi nese student of journalism, at the Uni versity. Refreshments were served af ter the contest. FIRES ARE REVIVED IN THE ADIRONDACKS Rain Checked Them Only Temporarily 44-935 Acres Burned Over. SARAMAC LAKE. X. Y., Oct. 7. The forest fires in the Adirondacks, which were checked by the heavy rain are again springing into life in every direc tion, fanned by a steady wind. Fires are in progress at Dannemora, Alder Dam, Cutley Mills, Altona and at many points around Saranac Lake, and the old fires on Mount Baker are becoming particu larly serious. An unofficial estimate, based upon what is believed to be reliable author ity, of the damage caused, already shows 44,935 acres of land have been swept by the flames, 5,000 acres of it being State land. Xinety-four buildings have been destroyed, and also standing timber, cordwood and logs to the value of many thousands of dollars. Hundreds of small trees, planted on the Wawbeek road by the Cornell For estry College, have been destroyed and hundreds more on Chubb nil, planted by the State Forestry Department, have been ruined. "Water Wagon" in Parade. By United P-fs. ATLAXTIC CITY, Oct. 7. A munici pal water wagon, festooned with white riblions and American flags and repre senting the "Water Wagon" in the pa rade of the State W. C. T. U. Conven tion now lieing held here was applauded as it passed through the streets. ACROSS CHANNEL WABASH IGNORES CITY OFFICIALS, COUNCIL IS TOLO Railroad Heedless of Demand by City Attorney Rothwell for Crossings Over Tracks in Machir Place. STATION HERE UNSANITARY, W. B. NOWELL TELLS BODY Efforts During Year to Stir Corporation to Action Are Fruitless. The way of the Wabash with Colum bia ollicials became apparent at the meeting last evening of the city council.. W. B. Xbwell, a grocer, publicly declared to the council that the railroad had for two months ignored City Attorney Rothwell's demand that crossings be constructed across its tracks on Webster and Court streets in Machir place. "Wabash officials intimated to me personally," Mr. Xbwell told a reporter for the University Missourian today, "that the city could not force them to construct the crossings. I know bet ter than that, of course but, although the matter has been under discussion a year, the streets have not been opened." Officials Indifferent. Mr. Xowell owns property along both sides of the Wabash right of way in the northeast part of Columbia, and for that reason is personally interested in having the crossings provided. When he took the matter up a year ago Wa bash officials visited Columbia, but would make no promises, Mr. Xowell says, so that, two months ago, despair ing of accomplishing anything except through force, lie appealed to the city council. The matter was referred by the coun cil to City Attorney Rothwell, who wrote to the railroad, but received no reply. Mr. Rothwell is out of town. Mr. Xowell appeared before the coun cil last evening to ask if something could not be done toward forcing con struction of the crossings. Station Unsanitary. "The attitude of the Wabash railroad toward Columbia is an outrage," Mr. Xowell declared. "It is clearly shown by the condition of the railroad station here. It has no conveniences for pas sengers, and is dangerously unsanitary. Its condition is a matter for investiga tion by the Board of Health. "When a railroad's indifference to the comfort of the people of this town reaches such a point as to constitute an actual menace to health, it is time for the city officials to bestir themselves." In the absence of Mr. Rothwell, the council took no action. When the citv attorney returns further steps are ex pected. Machir place is a subdivision, and the opening of Court street across the Wa bash tracks is necessary to give resi dents there access to Tandy avenue and thence to More's lionlevard. Mores' lionlevard is soon to be paved. It is 100 feet wide. Mayor Clinkscales introduced a resolution last evening that this thoroughfare lie improved with shade trees on each side, the width of the street thus to lie made forty feet. CURATORS WILL MEET IN ROLLA TOMORROW Recommendation That "Co-op" Move to be Considered. The whole Board of Curators will meet tomorrow at Rolla, where the School of Mines and Metallurgy, a de partment of the University of Mis souri, is located. The board customarily meets at Rol la once a year. President Albert Ross Hill, Secretary J. 0. Babb and George B. Dorsey, new memlx-r of the board, from Columbia, will attend the meeting. One matter to be considered is the recommendation of the Executive Board of the Board of Curators that the Stu dents' Co-operative Store, known as "the Co-op," be required to sever its connec tion with the University and move off the campus. It is expected that tins store will have a represpntati-e before the board to argue against ratification of the recommendation. George Hermann I1L George Hermann, a student at the L'nivcrsity of Missouri, has returned to his home at Desoto, Mo., on account of illness.

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mSKStmiW i?wi5"ss?",-jS$Sr UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1908. ikMMRsi&s est E 11 IS t t h i'".'" University Missourian A n evening newspaper published at Columbia, Jfo., every schoolday by the Department of Journalism of the lnizrrsity of Missouri. Application pending for admission as second class mail natter at the postoffice at Columbia, Mo., under the Acts of Congress of March 3, 1S79. SUBSCItllTIOX Invariably in Alliance: Ity Mail or Carrier: School Year, 1)12.00; Semester, $1.25. Single Copies, Two Cents. Office Room D. Academic Hall, University ol Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Teleiiione Numbers: Department office, 377. Newsroom, 27 and 714. are sometimes exempt from taxation, while in other case all inheritances are taxed. In most states the tax is on all in heritances. In Missouri it is only upon collateral inheritances, that is those to persons not in the direct line of descent, parents, children or grandchildren. This tax goes into the state treasury as any other tax and is appropriated by the General Assembly as any other tax. It affects less than one per cent of the pop ulation of Missouri and three-fourths of the amount comes from the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City. Only Approved Adrertlting Accepted. JCates on Application. Address all communications to UXIVERSITV MlSbOURIAN, Columbia, Mo. LETTEKS THAT KILL. The letters around which the recent political storm gathered, though unique in character, arc not the first in the history of the country that have spelled political doom for those concerned. Us ually these letters of direful import have contained attacks on public men, which have redounded to tli detriment of the writer, or they have expressed opinions on some policy or principle in such a way as to rob the author of the peo ple's trust. To the first class belongs Hamilton's arraignment of Adams, which was the probable cause of Jef ferson's election, and also his attacks on Burr, which resulted in his death at the hands of Burr. Jefferson's letter to his friend Mazzci. by its implication of "Washington and other men, kept its author more or less '"in not water" all the rest of his life. After twenty-eight years we find him writing to Van Bu ren on the subject. A letter brought on the strife between Jackson and Calhoun with which the latter ceased to be a national figure in politics. It was also a letter, written by Nicholas Biddle. that enabled Jack son virtually to break the United States Bank of which Biddle was president. More recent examples arc the Saekville- Wcst and the Canalejas letters, in the latter of which, by the too vigorous expression of his opinions of the late President MeKinley, De Lome caused a temporary straining of the relations be tween his country and the United States. Of the letters of the second class, those written by ovcrnor Hutchinson of Massachusetts before me American Revolution, are prominent examples. They encouraged England's harsh treatment of the colonics. Upon their publication, the Governor was forced to leave the colony and Franklin, who was instrumental in their publication, lost favor in England, a fact which probably caused him to cease trying to effect a reconciliation and to begin working to wards the independence of the colo nies. Van Buren, who said that he would rather walk forty miles to tell a person something than to express his thoughts in a letter, was defeated by Polk in the race for the presidential nomina tion solely lccausc of a letter that he had written, nis mistake was in taking too lukewarm a stand on the Texas an nexation ijuestion. In the following election, Clay's defeat was almost cer tainly due to the publication of a letter in which he made a .surrender on the question of slavery. His defeat occas ioned the remark of Meredith P. Gentry that "the chief qualification which I shall rcuqirc of Whig presidential candidate hereafter is that he shall be able to neither read nor write." CLAIMING EVERYTHING. The policy of the political leaders of claiming for their own party things that are disputed, as the vote of certain states, is, to say the least, a rather questionable, one.. The reason for this claiming is probably that the leaders ot the different parties hope to influence doubtful voters in this manner and thus to boom their candidates. These doubtful voters wish to vote for the man who is going to win, and will always vote against the man who has the least chance of being elected. They want to get in the band wagon, as the political boomers term it. Now this policy may be perfectly legitimate; but it savors of dishonesty. It is on the same principle as that of a merchant claiming qualities for his goods which they do not possess. It is the policy, it is true, of everyone in the modern business world to boom every thing of interest to him; but in poli tics it is different. There the interests of many people are involved; and when political leaders claim for their party that which it does not possess merely for the sake of booming their candidate, it is carrying the booming policy too far. Getting on the band wagon and going with the crowd is a good idea sometimes; but there is an old saying that says not to get on the band wagon if you can't blow a horn, and voters should not get on the political wagon if they do not know what the party stands for. Advertising a party ami candidate is necessary in this age of promiscuous advertising; but the policy of the leaders of present day political parties of wholesale claiming is not onlv unnecesnrv. but altogether the wrong one. SHOULD A BOY GO TO COLLEGE? COLLEGE life is a bigger factor in the question than the college course. The college course is a part of college life, and an important part; but it is only a part, and this fact should be recognized. For after all, the college life as a whole is what makes or unmakes the boys who are in the midst of it for four impression able years. Or rather, it is the attitude of the boy toward the college life about him that usually determines his future. One's environment never is the supreme factor; what one does with one's en vironment settles the case. So the question to answer is really this: Should a boy have college life for four years? And that question can no more l)e answered than the question, 'What kind of woman should a man marry!" It is necessary to know your man; and it is necessary to know your boy. However, it is possible to answer intelligently the question, "Shall my boy have four years of college life!" or. if the boy himself is to decide the matter, "Shall I enter upon four years of college life!" A general truth that it would seem THANKS! Hallowell, assistant business of the Harvard Crimson, G. W. manager writes: "You certainly show enterprise in publishing a daily, and the Crimson would be glad to exchange copies with you throughout the year 190S-1909. We trust we may have the pleasure of reg ularly seeing your efforts in print." MAN MUST BE HIPLESS, TOO, FASHION DECREES E. S. Pennebraker, circulation mana ger of the Daily lllini, of Illinois Uni versity, writes: "We are glad to place your paper on our exchange list. The Missourian seems to be quite a new departure in the field of college journalism and is one of he newsiest sheets on our ex change table. Keep it up." Worship of the Waist Line is the Keynote of Masculine Styles This Fall Reversal to Types of Early iOs. R. B. Caldwell, lawyer, of Kansas City, writes: "I have enjoyed reading the paper it is a step in the right direction." VIEWPOINT OF THE STUDENTS (The University Missourian Invites communi cations from students touching on questions of general Interest In the University. Letters are limited to 200 words. Address The University Missourian. or drop communication in box in Academic nail corridor.) anff, fn naciimn in nnnsuloriinr ihf liAJir- ing of this question upon any particular boy, is that college life docs not trans form, but it develops, those who arc in the midst of it. The reason for this is that almost any boy will find, in college, strong inducements to give full swing to his chief tendencies or ambi tions, no matter what they are. If he is a student, there is plenty of stim ulus to the development of student habits and scholarly achievement. If he is socially inclined, there is social life in full measure, inviting him to give that his chief attention. The ath letically inclined of the young genera tion need not to be told where they can get athletic encouragement likely to sat isfy the most extreme. The youth who longs to get out from under parental sight into a life where he can sample wild oats to the full, having no ques tions asked when he comes in late of nights, finds that college life flings the door wide open for this, and that there is no lack of companions to go to the limit with him, or to show him how to go farther than he would ever have learned alone. T How About Exposition Trip. To the Editor of the University Missourian: The Seattle Exposition will not open until July 1. If we military men get to take the trip would we drill during June, or go home md then come back, or take the trip the first of next Septem ber! This may seem rather early for such a question, but it is important to those of us who must make every cent possible during vacation in order to come back next vear. A. B. 'Rah For The Irish. To the Editor of the University Missourian: Why not hold a meeting of the Irish some Friday night after mass meeting just to count noses! It would be in teresting to see what proportion of the students of each department are of Cel tic blood. A banquet or picnic held by Irish students would be the liveliest, wittiest, and jolliest of any ever cele brated in this old college town. R. TAXATION OF INHERITANCES. The taxation of inheritances is a fair and just method of raising revenue. The state. Ity its law-, become the agent to deliver property which has been be queathed by one peron to another. Ex cept for the state's permission ami assis tance the prnnertv could not be given or received. The state not only acts as j i...t i... i.... .i:... ...i...... i;viii uui tt its i.i,,s ifuii' ujilic and how the wealth of the deceased shall go. There is no natural right to receive inhciitanres. The state confers the privilege and carries it into effect. An inheritance is merely the transfer fee, the agent's commission. Such a tax affords a means of reaching for taxa tion purpoes wealth which can not b- i cached it. any other way. Large es tates pay the inheritance tax as well as small estates. The large estate is usually that of a wealthy tax-dodger who in his lifetime paid taxes only upon an incoiisiilerablc part of his wealth. Before his estates can legally pass into the possession of his heirs it must pay an inheritance tax, which compensates in part for previous non-taxation. Columbia Sidewalks. To the Editor of the University Missourian: Residents of Columbia suffer unwar ranted inconvenience, and visitors get an uncomplimentary impression of the town, from the unsightly condition of the sidewalk along the north side of Broadway west of Ilitt street. It hasi" been in that condition ever since Broad way was paved littered with briek.stonc and refuse. It was especially notice able yesterday, when crowds passed j along that side of Broadway. Can't it For the boy whose Christian ideals are high and clean, whose mother has thrilled his boyish heart with true sto ries of character heroism in the fellows of father's day, when a chap who wore the blue, or the crimson, or the orange and black, stood out single-handed against his whole class for what he be lieved was right until by sheer force of manhood he broke down their opposi tion to him and they cheered him to the echo and honored him as one who was mado of better stuff than they that boy will find, to his surprise per haps, that Christian character is at a premium today among college men: that it is no longer "bad form"' to be a Christian (it was actually said to be considered so in a well-known eastern college about the time that the writer was an undergraduate); that the lead ing men in fratcinities, eating clubs, ath letic teams, musical organizations, and scholarship, are as likely as not to be the leaders in the religious activities of the college; that there is large oppor tunity for thorough-going Bible study and organized Christian work; and that college Christianity is Christianity at its best and truest, becaue college life is such a merciless enemy to sham and insincerity and lukewarniness of any sort, lie will find that the spirit of such masculine Christianity as Mott and Specr stand for is inspiring and conti oi ling the best that is in college life, and that that best is a larger part of col lege life today than ever before, and growing laigcr every year. He will liiul, in some colleges, that a choice gioup of the undergiadiiatcs is kcenh interested in home and foreign missions. 'some supporting -,ind conducting city 'settlement work, others with their own 'missionary institutions, bearing the col lege name and waving the college colors, in the foreign field. FRENCH VIEW OF OUR GIRLS HE French public has just made the acquaintance of Mrs. Wharton's Lily Bart. Tliev are now surer than ever that in America life means the making of money by the men and the spending of it by the women. What are the ordinary American girl's ambi tions! M. Jules Clairetie knows. He found it out from a young friend, who is professor of French, presumably in a woman's college in the "heart" of Illi nois. M. Clairetie imparts his newly acquired information through the col umns of the Paris Temps: "Among the lovely Hock which this young shepherd was supposed to guide in the ways of culture, formosi pecoris custos, most of the American races were represented. These young women bore names poetic ally Americanized Melita, Priscilla, Mnbel, Jessica, Phoebe, Minerva, Rosa monde, Florinda, Myrtis, Jessamine, Sylvia, Imogene, etc. I could not men tion all of them, nor speak of those who were simply called Annie, Maud, Elea nor, Lillian, Beatrice or Margaret. They came from all the countries of the new world. Some were born on the gray slopes of the Rocky Mountains; some on the verdant banks of the Great Lakes; others had grown up, like Atala, under the hoary shade of giant cedars or magnolias, by the mighty rivers. within the sound of thundering cata racts. But all had just one aim in life, if we may judge from their replies to question, put by the professor at odd moments: "Miss Melita.' asked my friend of a young woman from Florida, "what are you planning to do when you leave col lege!' "f am going to be a society girl.' ""And you, Miss Priscilla!' "Society girl.' "'You, Jessamine!' 'Society girl.' "You, Imogene! 'Society girl.' "AiiJ so on."- New York Evening Post. For the autumn of 190S a new sar torial standard has been set. The tailors contend that their patrons have gradu ally been leaning toward the styles of the early '50s, which connoisseurs select as the ideal combination of comfort and beauty. For the past year the styles have shifted in this direction,, and this winter the adoption of more pronounced clothes is predicted. This will mean the worship of the waist line. It means that men will emphasize the line of the back, and a decided movement will be made to pro duce a full-chested hipless, slender fig ure. Overcoats for the winter will show a distinct waist line, and they will be of moderate length. For town wear, blacks and Oxford grays are in chief demand. Fur-lined overcoats are a staple for night wear, but owing to the general use of inferior coats of this nature, many men will leave their mink and sable-lined garments in their closets and will wear smart new silk-lined coats for the opera. Fancy Collars; Patch Pocket. Traveling and storm coats are used in brighter and more pronounced col orings. The "widest latitude is pos sible with these, as well as motoring coats, and striking collars, fancy cuffs and patch pockets are permissible. The sack suit is primarily the main stay of the American man's collection of clothes. The three-button sack, with a definite waist line, will be made in great numbers. These coals depend en tirely upon the subtle quality of the cutting, and at the waist there will be a discreet flare or "draped"' effect, more pronounced than in recent years. This draping will creep into many of the sea son's best attempts. The sleeve, at the shoulder will have a bit of draping. Most men wear belts these days, and the trousers are made -accordingly. In many attires the waistcoat will appear above the opening of the coat. The opening is usually low. but not extreme, and the notched lapels are not rolling. The collarless waistcoats will be cut with points at the lwittom, but with little studding of buttons. The waistcoats will help to develop the waist line and with well-dressed men they are cinched tightly. i The Tattersall waistcoat and fancv effects in French flannel and Irish lin en are popular. For sack suits, green will be exceedingly well liked. Black worsteds with a fine black line, slate grays and dull and grayish blues are used in great numbers. There is a falling off in browns, as only men with high colors can wear the trying tones. In these imjKirted cheviots and unfinish ed worsteds, stripes predominate, but the standard checks are still in use a staples. Bell Hats; Varnished Shoes. A new note is struck in the silk hats for the winter of 1903-09. These are high of crown, with a subdued "bell" shape and an inconspicuous brim. This shape was made originally for King Ed ward VII. Shoes fall in with the present tend ency of elegance, and smart men will have their boots varnished. The shape is rounded and they are either buttoned or fastened with leather laces. Even low shoes are better with leather than silk laces. High shoes should be but toned for formal wear, or even for the well-groomed man in the sack suit. Many of the best shoes show an exag geratedly long tongue. s Shirts do not differ from previous years. Striped patterns are used, but the well-dressed man will avoid con certed efforts to have ties, shirts and socks harmonize absolutely. Intense color schemes are always to be avoid ed, and studied ease is necessarily the desirable underlying thought. In a mat ter of ties and shirts, the discretion of the individual cannot wander if he patronizes one of the better shops. The derby hat will hold its own, with each man wearing the most becoming block. For knockalout wear a soft hat will be worn, and the many men who eling to green hats, despite the aval- anche of domestic imitations, preclude the statement that the Tyrolese head- f gear is impossible. From Vienna comes i a new hat, a golden brown beaver, as ij beautiful as the other hats and apt to V w uutticu uj maiM iiit-u. j. nc.se uais have a falcon's talon or a bird's feather set in the middle of the bow behind. V WHO'S WHO OF THE CANDIDATES WHEN YOU'RE GONE. Aiut no use to try to smile. When you're gone. Troubles, they just seem to pile. Thout you song For the heart-aches and the fears Xo one understands or Kcers. And the minutes and the years Seem so long. .lest a wishin all the day When you're gone. Jest a wishin' time awav Mebbc wrong. Hut I seem so out of place When I miss your smillin' face. All this World is commonplace 'Till vou come. be remedied! All this, college life offers in the way About Summer Athletics. of opportunity to develop one's better To the Editor of the University Missourian: ior one:' wo' "ide. There are boys During the past few years there hasi who leave college a great ileal lower been a great revolution in the world down in the scale of manhood and char of college athletics. The college au- actcr than when they entered, and who thorities have ruled out of intercolle- I would have been the gainers by the giate athletics persons who have pro- I pressure of rigid business life and dis fcssionalizcd themselves along an ath- jciplinc, with less freedom until they letic line. But on the other hand noth- wrc older. They have choen to let Oh. they hurt those Ioneome hours. When you're gone. Aint no joy among the flowers Thout you, long. When they nod before the wind Seenis jest like they" whisperin" Wonderin when you'll como agin With your song. II. L. WOOD. ing has been done along the line of the i,lle temptations of college life leelop debaters and singers, who during the j their worst tendencies. There are many summers and while they are in school others probably a large majority who "stump the state' and sing in church 'have been helped by the higher impulse choirs and receive a compensation for ot college life to develop their brains their ability. They are allowed to rep- iamI wills in the right direction, and resent their college in open contest j"no therefore are immeasurably the against some other institution of learn- (gainers by that mental discipline which ing. only a college curriculum can offer, as This being the case, why not allow the Wl'11 as '.v the culture and breadth athlete to earn a few dollars durin" his which the fellowship of undergraduate Nearly every country in the world has 'vacation; and then be allowed to rep- ,''e produces. resent his college on the athletic field! A boy ought to be able to go to col- X. lege if he is free to choose either way i and come out a stronger man in body. If a ''University Coed." who has mind, and spirit, tetter equipped in written a communication for this Ool- 'every way for a life of usefulness, than umn, will send her name to the Mis he would be at the same age without sourian, the letter will be published, 'the collesre exnorioneo. That is what i i 66 Now Studying Journalism. 1). E. Dexter, of Joplin. enrolled today a a student in the Department of Jour nalism. He is the sixty-sixth student to enroll in the Department. the inheritance tax in some form. Great Britain has for years received a large share of its revenue from this source. Three-fourths of the states of the Uni ted States raise revenue by taxation of inheritances. It is a simple, direct and fair method of supporting the state and falls as a burden upon persons who are most able to bear it. Small inheritances The name will not be published except college is for; and the record of college with the consent of the correspondent, 'men as a Iwdv abundantly shows that college life is fulfilling its mission in our country. College is a place to learn how to learn, and how to live. It is simply a preparatory course in life. What one acquires of actual information in col lege is comparatively slight and unim portant what one learns as to how to study, how to Use his mind, how to get ut facts, and how to live serviccfully with his fellows, is of tremendous im portance. This training the college as an institution can give, in less time and in a manner better compacted and systomatized for use throughout life, than is possible outside the college cam pus. Charles Gallaudet Trumbull, in Forward. 15RYAN, WILLIAM JEXXIXGS Dem ocratic nominee for President; born Salem, 111., March 19, 18C0; graduated at Illinois College, 1SS1; member Congress 1S91-5: Democratic nominee for President 1890 and 1900; author and publisher; editor the Commoner. CHAFIX. EUGEXE W. Prohibition nominee for President; born East Troy, Wis.. Novcmlier 1, 1852; law graduate University of Wisconsin; Prohibition candidate for Congress 18S2 and 1902; in recent years organ izer of temperance work; home. Chi cago. DE15S. EUGEXE V. Socialist nominee for President; born Terre Haute, IihL, Xovemlier 5, 1355: common school education: locomotive fireman, sales man and city clerk; president Ameri can Railway union lS'.i:t-97; while managing strike on Western railroads in 1S94 was sent to jail for six mouths for contempt of court; Social Deniocr.it party nominee for President 1904. GRAVES. JOHN' TEMPLE Independ ence nominee for Vice President: born Williiigton Church. Abbeville county. South Carolina: graduate University of Georgia. 1S75: orator, journalist and author; editor Xew York Amer ican. ILAXFOKl). IJKXJAM IX Socialist nom inee for Vice President: speaker and orgauier: twenty-eight years member Typographical union: nominee of same party for Vice President, 1904. HISGEX, THOMAS L. Independence nominee for President; born Peters burg, Ind., Xovemlier 20. 1858; part ner of Four Brothers Oil company; candidate governor Massachusetts 1907. polling more votes than the Democratic nominee. KERX, JOHX W. Democratic nominee for Vice President; born Howard county. Indiana, December 20. 1849: graduated University of Michigan, 1809; state senator l"s92-G; candidate for governor of Indiana 1900, 1904; lawyer. SHERMAN. JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT Republican nominee for Vice Presi dent; born Utica, X. Y., October 24, 1855; was graduated Hamilton col lege 1878; to bar 1S30; member Con gress 1887-91, 1893-1903 and 1903-9; memlier rules committee. TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Republi can nominee for President: liorn Cin cinnati. September 15, IS57; was 1 general 1390-92: circuit judge 1892 1900; governor general Philippines 1900-04; Secretary of War 1904-08. WATKLXS, AARON S. Prohibition nominee for Vice President; born Lo-. gan comity, Ohio, November 29, 1SC3; professor of literature at Ohio North ern University. WATSON, THOMAS E. People's party nominee for President; Iwrn Columbia county, Georgia, September 5, 1856; two years in Mercer college; Populist member Congress 1S91-3; previous nominee People's party Vice Presi dent 189G; President 1901; author, publisher and lawyer, chief works, "Story of France," "Napoleon," "Life of Thomas Jefferson." WILTJAMS, SAMUEL W. People's party nominee for Vice President; lives at Vintennes, Ind.; long a lead ing Populist. J A OUR FILTHY LUCRE npEXS of thousands of begrimed and I germ-fraught bills are being syste matically dumped by the United States Treasury into the West and Southwest, while the new currency is sued is reserved for the East. The result today is that throughout about twenty of the greatest states ol the country a man cannot get paper money in exchange, say for a ?5 hill, without receiving on an average two or three bills n crumpled, so smeared with diit and so populous with bacteria im parted by the hundreds of hand through which they have passed, as not i ouiy to olleml the sense of smell, hut to seriously imperil health. In the great cities of the East, however, it is rare to receive currency that is not j comparatively fresh from the Treas- ury's .printing office. According to physicians, paper money is one of the most favorable agents for the propagation and distribution of disease germs. The travels of a dollar bill in the West, where it is often in circulation for years before it is re tired, would cause one, if they were known, to -brink from it in disgust and alarm. It passed first, perhaps, into the hands of a butcher, who 'made hi contribution to its future filthiness by giving it a smear with his blood-stained hands, affording a rich soil for bacteria. Next it may have entered and remained for some time in a home infected witi diphtheria, where a flourishing colony of the germs of the disease was c-. quired. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I 1 graduated from Yale 1878; solicitor copy The University Missourian is i 4sj sale at the Druff Shon nt two cents 'l w i J.SftJle" ,6iaN"fffiifir I" flljfitYi MBrtJrlttlfiifiiBfftfSte'iiiliMil

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UNIVERSITY MISSOUKIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1908. Kkl-Mh'xiiLL&miSi TAFT IS SURPRISED AT FACE ON E E Nominee Says He Never Rode on the Cow-Catcher Before. MOCKING. BIRDS AND MULES They Make Missouri's Music, Declares Senator Warner at Mexico. By a Stag Correspondent. CENTRALIA, Mo., Oct. 7. William II. Taft while at Moberly yesterday morning, was surprised to see the like ness of his beaming face on the boiler plate of the engine attached to his special train. The picture was in a large, gilt frame and presented a true gold-standard appearance in contrast with the dark background. When he caught sight of it, he laughed and said: "Well. I guess this is the first time 1 have ever taken a ride on the cow catcher." He shook hands with the en gineer and fireman. At Centralia the train stopped for a minute or so and Judge Taft began shaking hands with those nearest him. One over-demontrati e individual clasp ed his hand and held on, jumping up and down, asking questions and telling of his regard for the Republican can didate. The crowd behind finally caused him to let go. Taft is "Dee-lighted." As the train started away, the presi dential nominee bowed to the crowd and smilingly exclaimed: "I am very glad to see you." At Mexico, the crowd was disappoint ed on learning that Taft would not speak at the opera house. The crowds lined the streets but only about a thousand eould get near enough to the car to hear him. Senator Wainer introduced him and said in part: "Audrain county is the center of the agricultural district. Here is the home of the mocking-bird, whose plaintive song is haimeniously mingled with the deep bray of the Missouri mule. The mule is our best asset, with the exception of our excellent men and women."' He then introduced Judge Taft as "the next piesident of the Uni ted States." Tribute to Audrain. Judge Taft paid a high tribute to the county for its -valuable sen ice in sending lie "stock to the Philippines. Noticing the pretty Hardin College girls on the outskirts of the crowd, he com plimented them for their efforts in seek ing a higher education. Ills voice, lie said, prevented him from speaking at length of the political issues. His speech was heartily applauded. He shook hands until the train carried him away from the eager crowd. Questioned regarding Herbert S. Had ley, Judge Taft said: "I consider Mr. Hadley, the Republican candidate for Governor, as one of the ablest and cleanest of men." William H. Taft is tall, heavy and well-proportioned. The smile usually shown in his pictures is his main facial characteristic. His oice is weak and he is urged by his physician to take precautious against straining it. The private car attached to the rear of the special is handsomely furnished. It is for the use of the immediate Taft party. The next car is reserved for the newspaper men and others in the party. DR. MOSS EMPHASIZES NEED OF FRESH AIR Urges Students to Fortify Themselves Against Disease. t the regular Tuesday as-i-mbh Dr. Wood-on Mo his third and lat lecture on morning delivered The II v giem of Right Living."' lie dwelt particularly on the alue of fresh air and exercise and described the en trance of infectious diseases into the bodv and their successive stages. lie saM in part: "Infectious diseases seldom enter thioiigh the skin, tlioujih the germs may often settle in broken surfaces. These goruis infect the blood and thu the poison is carried through the entire system. This is true in case of lockjaw and the necessity of giving immediate attention to these broken mm faces is therefore apparent. If tne general health of the body is poor, resistance to these germs is fee ble Dr. "Mos described disease as a war lwtween the germs and the cells of the body. He declared that fresh air, exer cise and cold baths, properly taken, were valuable in stimulating the heart and .-.otherwise preparing the laxly to resist (5the attack of these "erms. The University Missoi.tj.vx is on sale at the Drug Shop at two cents a copy. GOOD ROADS WOULD SAVE $250,000,000 This Would Be Economy From Them Each Year, Expert Declares. AUTOMOBILE HELPFUL FACTOR Cost of Hauling Can Be Reduced One-Half With Needed Improvements. ATLANTIC CITY, X. J., Oct. 7. Good roads could reduce the cost of hauling from 25 cents to 12 cents per ton and save the nation on this item alone something like $230,000,000 annually, ac cording to Allerton S. Cushmaii, expert on road building and Director of the Public Roads Department of the Federal Government, attached to the Agricul tural Division, in a recent speech at the Good Roads convention here. Mr. Cushman said in part: "There are 2,151,570 miles of public roads in the United States. Of this mileage statistics for the year 1904 show that about 7 per cent are improved. During the crop year, 1905-G, 85,487,000,- 0I0 pounds of farm products were haul ed over common roads' from farms to shipping points. No figures arc included for forest or mine products, or for the general commodities of life that go from citv to countrv. Farm to Railroad. "It is evident that the slighest sav ing in cost of hauling per ton would assume striking proportions when con sidered for the entire country. Fig ures show that these great crops trav eled in wagons over the country roads 208,4:52.044 miles, merely in being trans ported from the farm to the railroad shipping point. "Investigations have established the fact that the average cost of hauling per ton per mile is about 23 cents on stone roads, dry and in good order, about S cents; on stone roads in ordinary con dition, 12 cents; on earth roads contain ing ruts and mud, ."9 cents; on sandy roads when wet, 3. cents; on sandy roads when dry, (54 cents. "A reduction in the cost of hauling from 25 cents to 12 cents would mean an average saing of over .250,000,000. Pleasurable Life. "The automobile, without any doubt, has done more to develop the useful ness of the common roads from this point of -view than all other influences combined. Unquestionably the automo bile has brought up new problems to be confronted by the road builder and engineer, lou are unuoubteuly aware that following this observation a hue and cry has been raised throughout the length of the land condemning the auto mobile and agitating for legislation which will hae the effect either to some degree of preventing thev use of these vehicles, or by some method of taxation making the automobiles re sponsible for the expenditures which fall upon the public treasury to maintain the roads in good condition. "Fair-minded students of this condi tion have, however, concluded mat though the automobile is to a certain extent a road destroyer, it is at the same time doing more than any other influence to bring about a correction of the eils which have followed in its wake. In fact, there aic many subur ban communities in which life today is far more agreeable, pleasurable and possible than it was liefore automobiles (.urn; into use." CO-OPERATIVE STORE IN WASHINGTON STATE Profits Are Devoted to Building up Military Department. Sl'OKAM:. Wash.. Ott. 7. Students in the Washington State College at Pullman, south of Spokane. have started a co-operative stoic, which is operated and managed by members of the military department. Goods are sold at a small advance over wholesale prices and the profits are for the lene ilt of the regiment. Theie will alo be an exchange department where uni forms and other articles can be traded. Tiie eiuht companies at the Colli gc are under command of Col. C. A. W. Daw son, the other otlkers being Lieut. Col. Chile M.vcrs, Majors 15. V. Baker and G. P. Barkhuir and Capt. L. W. Ward, acting major. Capt. A. It. Haynes is regimental adjutant. Walter Rheinschild. coach of the football squad, says the Yost system of smashing plays and fast open work and forward passes will be carried out this season. Ralph Rader, one of the great est fullbacks in the Northwest, has returned and will play with the team this season. The college has a long schedule with teams in the Pacific States, and will plav the Carlisle In dians in Spokane early in February. QUIET ELECTION FOR CANADIANS No Important Public Question to Stir Independent Voters. ADMINISTRATION SATISFACTORY Members Among Best and Most Useful Men of Today. OTTAWA, Oct. 7. The dissolu tion of the Eleventh Parliament of Canada, with the elections for the new House to take place on Oct 20, finds both the political parties fully prepared for the electoral struggle. While the leader of the Opposition professes to be most sanguine of a successful issue for his party, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, on the other hand, views the matter as only a question of the size of the majority for his Government. Five weeks only intervene between the announcement of dissolution and the day for polling, nevertheless this short notice affords abundant time for neces sary campaigning, both parties having for some time past been actively organ izing for the fray. The consensus of non-partisan opinion throughout the country is that the Government will be easily sustained, although its big ma jority in the late House will be consid erably cut down. This, nevertheless, gives Liberals no cause for anxiety or even regret, as that majority was some what too unwieldy. The standing of the two parties in the House last session by provinces was: Ontario Liberals, 39; Conservatives, 47. Quebec Liberals, 54; Conservative, 11. Nova Scotia Liberals, 17; Conserva tives, 1. New Brunswick Liberals, 8; Conservatives, 5. Manitoba Liberals, 7; Conservatives, 3. Saskatchewan Literals, 5; Conservatives, 1. Alberta Liberals, 2; Conservatives, 2. British Columbia Liberals, 7; Conservatives, 0. Prince Edward Island Liberals, 1; Conservatives, 3. Yukon 1 Conserva tive. New Members from New Provinces. This gave a total Liberal vote in the House of Commons of 140 as against 71 Conservatives, the majority for the Gov ernment being CO. In the new House there will be seven more members than the last, who, by reason of the great in crease in population in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, have been University DEPARTMENT TVrEDICAL. Laboratory Building recently built and 1 x fully equipped for thorough work in the funda mental Medical Sciences. New Animal House, just completed with special provision for experimental work. The Medical Laboratories are in charge of specialists not allowed to practice medicine, but de voting their entire time to teaching and investigation. Clinical Instruction in the Parker Memorial Hos pital and Busch Clinical Amphitheatre. Daily ward visits and out-patient clinics in the various lines of Medicine and Surgery. For catalogue or further information apply to the added to. the representation from those new provinces. There is no important issue between the contending parties, and the Conser vatives have no vital or attractive pub lic question upon which to arouse the independent voters. Both political par ties are agreed upon the present fiscal policy, both being in accord upon the principle of protection. The present ad ministration has been in office for twelve years, and for want of a better slogan its rivals are declaring that it is "'time for a change." In the absence of any good reason being shown why a change of government should lie brought about, the cry does not attract much atten tion. Administration by Good Men. The present Liberal Government pre sents the strongest aggregation of pub lic men that could be found in Canada today. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is pre-eminently the one man in the hearts of the great majority of Canadians. What Sir John A. Macdonald was to the country in the hey-dey of Conservative power, so stands Sir Wilfrid Laurier, but more unique and even more powerful, amidst the great achievements and triumphs of Liberal Government at the present time. No Conservative statesman since the days of Macdonald has been able to capture and maintain public opinion in his favor or confidence in the line of Conservative policy, but the day of Con servative triumph is not far distant now. It would appear that the Conservatives are building much upon the great suc cess they obtained in the recent pro vincial elections in Ontario, when they literally swept the province. The polit ical storm center at present is in this great province, but provincial elections have never been a good criterion as to the probable outcome of a Dominion contest in a province, particularly in the province of Ontario, as its past his tory shows. Viewed in the light of the present political outlook throughout the Domin ion, considering the magnetic person ality and unsullied private and political life of the Liberal chieftain, the mar vellous progress which Canada has made under his masterful guidance since 1890, the unprecedented financial position to which the Finance Minister has raised this country, the great increase in its trade and commerce, the prosperity and growing wealth of its people in all classes of business activities, largely the result of a far-seeing and coura geous Government, there appears no other conditions to arrive at in fore casting the probable result on Oct. 2ti than that the Government of Sir Wil frid Laurier will be returned to power by a majority from all the prov inces of the Dominion except Ontario, Prince Edward Island and possibly British Columbia. The University Missouiuax is on ale at the Drug Shop at two cents a copy. SOCIETY THE wedding of Dr. Fred Wallace Duncan, of Cofleyville, Kan., and Miss Boda Fuller, of Mound City, will take place Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 5 p. m. in the Christian church of that city. The bride-to-be is the daughter of C. C. Fuller, a merchant of Mound City. She was formerly a student at the University of Missouri and a mem ber of the Pi Phi sorority. Dr. Duncan is practicing medicine in Cofleyville, where they will make their home. Invitations have been received in Co lumbia to the wedding of Miss Mary Draffen, daughter of the late Judge J. W. Draffen, to Frederic Pigott. The marriage will be Oct. 14, at Bethel Presbyterian church, near Boonville. Mr. Pigott is a former student of the Universitv of Missouri. MISS LAURA GORDON ROOT will be married at the College Chapel, Clinton, N. Y., Saturday after noon, to Stanley Eliott Gilbert. Miss Root is the daughter of the late Dr. Oren Root, former professor of English in the University of Missouri. Invitations have been received in Co lumbia to the marriage of Miss Ruth Rus sell Gentry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gentry of Kansas City, to Wil liam II. Bush. The marriage will beat the Gentry home, 2000 Troost avenue, Kan sas City, Tuesday evening, Oct. 20. Mr. and Mrs. Bush will l)c at home after January 1, at 000 State street, Chicago. The Tomb and Key society, tomposed of Freshman fraternity men, held a meeting at the Hotel Gordon Monday night. The purpose was to elect new men for the ensuing year. Active mem bership in the society is limited to one year. THE Fortnightly Club, composed of the wives of the" faculty, met for the first time this year at the home of Mrs. Albert Ross Hill, at three o'clock this afternoon. About 100 per sons were present, including out-of-town guests. Part of the time was de voted to a business meeting, after which light refreshments were served. Mis-. Mary Moss Stephens attended the Veiled Prophet's ball in St. Louis hist evening, press dispatches say, at tired in a pink silk crepe empire gown with uold cmbioiderv. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity gave an informal dame at its chapter house last Fridav evening. Half the people in the world die 1h fore the age of It!. Only one in a bundled lives to 05. or Missouri OF MEDICINE Entrance Requirements for the Four Years' Course include fifteen units of High School work, plus, one year of College work. One additional year in the College of Arts and Science completes the Combined Course, giving the A. B. degree at the end of four years and the M. D. in six years. Free tuition, the only charges being a Library fee of $10 a year and small Laboratory fees averaging $25 a year. Board and lodging for less than $3 a week in the University Dormitories. Expenses lower than at any other first-class Medical School. Dean of the Medical department. IN THE SHADE OF IONIC COLUMNS Conrad Budke spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in St. Louis. Shannon Douglass, captain of the track team, is in the Parker hospital. Hall Shackleford spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in Jefferson City. George Rutter went to his home in Lawrence, Kan., for a short visit Sat urday. II. A. Collier, who is ill at the Parker hospital of typhoid fever, is reported no better. C. J. Frost. A. F. Gilbert, J. A. Doolan and A. E. Hill, of Warrensburg, Mo., who came here with the Normal team, have returned to Warrensburg. They were guests at the Sigma Nu house. BELGIAN PLAY CENSORED Work of Translation Stops When Russia Bars It. BRUSSELS, Oct. 7. Maurice Maelcr linck, the Belgian author, whose "Mona Vana" was pl.lVed SO sueressfullv in America and in other parts of the world. has received a letter from Friedcrich Open, his Russian translator, notifying mm that the censor has seen as much of the manuscript of his new plav aa is ready and said that its presentation or circulation in book form will not be per. mitted in Russia. The play is to be called "Maria Mag dalena." He sent the first acta to the translator, but the work stopped when the censor condemned it. Ten Hustlers Wanted. Ten "live" men are wanted to sell score liooks at the Rolla, Iowa, West minster. Ames and Washington foot ball games. The man selling the most books -w ill receive free transportation to 'Kansas City or St. Joseph and a ticket into the game Thanksgiving Day. Leave names with Dr. W. J. Monilaw Thurs day morning, Ott. 8, t):30 to 10:30, at Athletic Odice, Gymnasium. Trans-Mississippi Congress Opens. By United Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 The Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress opened here today, with hundreds of delegates representing all the states in the district. The opening address was delivered by President J. B. Case, of Abilene. Kan. Important measures will be urged for the improvement of the Western State. The gvpsies of Europe number, roughly, nliotit 350,000. While there are only 5.000 in England, Austro Hungary claims :to0,000 and Spain and Poitugal 200.000. Ji 4 1 i f m m 3 3 LiiL?i.sa 2&i lJ--W .-MaiaL pnniiimfrriiiilJto

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W!.l tiMmZZZ Vtiisr-eii -1 mTrsff' ve yfVfvr'y? vf- :-,i.'.rZ't UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAX, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1908. &$m ATHLETIC NEWS SEVENTEEN TIGERS AT TRAINING TABLE Carothers, Graves and Ewing Are the Latest Additions. MILLER NOT TO PLAY SATURDAY Captain To Take No Chances On Eve .of Iowa Game. The Tifjfr-. are lij: "'y liplit itml .ik now. Altlioiifrli tli isiine Satur day w:i- oay tt win. it iiewitlifli'! wa il Iianl work-out. ami at no :-ta:t' wa it anything but a li;lit. fur the Normal were gdnw to the la-t. The weather was wann ami the faet that the mioii is yet early al-o make- it nece ar to condition the men eaiettllly. Several men were not out in -uit-ye-tenlay. I'.luck workeil extra hanl .Saturday, and reeeived Monday to re-t. Gilohri-t injureil a tendon, and wa- out on the side-line- in -treet elothe- Mon day. Alexander i- Iimm'nj.' with a ludly mashed foot he- not uro whether it wa- one of the elephant- in the eireu or Hluck who did it. Cant. Miller is -till troubled with hi had knee, and was jmrno-ely held out of the game la-t Saturday in order to lie in good trim for Iowa. A new brace has been ordered and he is epeeted to 1h as good a-new ajsiin-t the Ilawkeye-. but it is improbable that he will take any ehanees with Holla next Saturday. Sigler to Be at Table. More men are being added to the training table a they show Varsity cal liper. The list now comprises 17 men, and Sigler will join the table squad a--oon as he arrive. Carotfiers began eating at the table Sat unlay evening, while Graves and Kwing were added Sunday. The list now includes Miller, Caroth ers, Uistine, Hill. Ander-on. Hluck, Uob erts and lUrne.s a- line material; Driver and Gilchrist, ends; Deatherage, quar ter; and Nee, Alexander, ("raves Kwing. Craiu and Xee. back-fielders. Dr. Monilaw. who in addition to coaching, has a-siinutl managerial du ties tin- year, report- the sale of .-ea-on tickets three time- as great as for thi time la-t year. Up to date 2.400 worth of tickets lnue been -old. It begin- to look a- if the finance- of the Athletic Department this year, after many year f waiting, will be put on a -otind ba-i-. Retired Army Officer Insane. MILWAUKEE. Oct. 7. C'api. William 15. Folw-cll, U. S. A., retired, who had seen service in the Philippines, came to Milwaukee a few months ago and was placed in a sanitarium. It was found he was a chronic paranoiac. His chief delusion was that he and Rudyard Kipling were the only "psycliologically perfect" persons in the world. Because of his sen-ice in the regular army, the Government proffered to care for him and he was sent to Washington today to 1k placed in an asylum. TRY A Marshmallow or District Leader Sundae at the BUSY BEE CAFE Everybody's Favorite Place to Eat and Drink KODAK WORK IN TODAY AND OUT TOMORROW WALLER PHOTOGRAPHER OVER THE ROCHESTER ONE OF MONILAW'S SPEEDY HALFBACKS A. G. Alexander. THIS COACH HAS A CLASS OF 12,000 Spokane Man Develops Players in Grade Schools. Si'OKAXK. Wa-h.. Oct. 7. Twelve Ithou-and pupil- of thirty grade chool 'in Spokane will be under the diiection of W. S. Kieiiluil. phy-ical director, who is seeking material for the high school team-. lie make- hi- headquarter- in the admiui-tratiou building of the high -chool. where a complete g.Mn-na-ium and indoor track with pool ha been e-tablished. making frequent trip to the grade -chool-. where he conduet ela in eali-tluiiic- and phy-ical cul ture and in-truct- the teacher- in -im-ple methods to be cairied on at reg ular period- eery day. I'iiy-ical work i- now part of the daily program in mo-t of the -chool-. In addition to his general work Kien hol i- track. ba-eba!I and ba-ket ball loach at the South and North Central high schools. Hi- track team won the champion-hip of the Tnland Empire at Pullman. Wa-h.. la-t spring, and he :.l-o hail a -tronsr ba-elull team in the field. The high -chool will hae a htt-kv football team thi- vear. KERMIT ROOSEVELT FOOTBALL TACKLE President's Son Reports for Duty on Soldiers' Field. CAMWUnOE. Mas-.. Oct. 7. Keimit Roosevelt, second son of the President, and brother of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who left Harvard in June, is a member of the freshman class at Harvard this year, and i already taking active part in Harvard athletics. Kermit reported for freshman football Friday on Soldiers Field and will be one of the tackles this year. He played tackle at the Groton school, but did not make the regular school team on account of injuries. He is in better shape this vear. Engineers Elect Officers. At a meeting of the Engineering So ciety in Engineering Hall la-t Friday night the following officers were elected for the en-uing year: Pre-idcnt. W. G. Schmauder: vice president. Herbert S. Oladfelter; corres ponding secretary. Patterson Pain; re cording secretary, L. R. Smith; treas urer, Russell See; Sergeant-at-arms, A. F. Porrelius. Executor for Man He Killed. XEW YORK. Oct. 7. Walter C. Phill ips, confidential secretary of John Leon ard, retired steel broker of Montclair, X. .L. who was killed by a shot from a re volver which Phillips was showing to him. was made a co-exocutor of Leon ard's estate under the will of Mr. Leon ard, which was filed at Xewark. Phillips is under 1,000 bail, charged with criminal carelessness. The sum of 1000 was bequeathed to Phillips by Mr. Leonard. Dowie Estate Short. CHICAGO. Oct. 7. C.us D. Thomas receiver for the estate of the late John Alexander Dowie, founder of the relig ious community at Zion City, 111., has filed a report in the Federal Court show ing the assets of the estate to be 51, 700,047. Against this arc secured claims of 326.327, and unsecured claims, including a number still in dispute, of 4,903,725. DETROIT W THE AMERICAN Race in Both Baseball Leagues Closest in History of Game. CHICAGO LEADS IN NATIONAL Giants, to Tie for First Place, Must Defeat Boston Today. lly defeating the Chicago White Sox yesterday afternoon by a, score of 7 to 0. the Detroit Tigers won the American League pennant for the second succes sive year. Never in the history of baseball has the pennant race in both leagues been so close as this year. In the American League race the result was not deter mined until the end of the last inning of the last game. Had Chicago won from Detroit ye-terday. the pennant would have gone to Chicago. Cleve land was not out of the raee until her defeat Monday by the St. Louis Rrown-. who al-o had a look-in on the pennant until la-t week. National League Race. In the National League the race has been even closer than in the American. Chicago is now in the lead and will w in the pennant unle- the New York (Hants win today's game from Rostou. In that event the two teams will be tied for first place. Pittsburg would have won the pennant had she won the la-t game of the sea-on played with Chicago. STANDING OF THE CLUBS AFTER YESTERDAY'S GAMES American League. Club-. Won. Lost. Pet. Detroit "Ml .."SS Cleveland Ml 04 ..S4 Chicago 88 04 .57!) St. Louis 8:t C!l .."47 Itoston 74 7S .4S7 Philadelphia 07 84 .444 Wa-hington 04 85 .430 New York ."1 100 .:t:$8 National League. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet. Chicago 9S .Vi .041 Xew York 07 .03S Pitt-burg 98 ."it! .030 Philadelphia 82 71 .530 Cincinnati 73 SI .474 I!o-ton 02 00 .400 Rrooklyn 53 100 .340 St. Louis 40 105 .318 University IN COLUMBIA Graduate Department College of Arts and Science School of Agriculture Teachers College Department of Law Department of Medicine Department of Engineering Department of Journalism IN ROLL A School of Mines and Metallurgy Oldest State University west of the Missouri River. Co-educational. Tuition free. In library 65,000 bound vol umes and 30,000 pamphlets. State Historical Society, with 23,000 titles, also accessible to students. Laboratories. Twenty three buildings at Columbia, seven at Rolla. Nearly 3,000 students enrolled in present school year. Cost of living $3 to $5 a week. General catalogue or special department bulletin sent free upon request. TWO GET PENSIONS Fl Both Draw Money by Special Act ot Congress Fathers Fought. ONE 87, OTHER 92 YEARS OLD Only 471 on Rolls From War of 1812, Average Income Being $167.5!). WASIIIXUTO.Y, Oct. 7.-OnIy two pen-ioner.- of the Revolutionary War ire left upon the Go eminent rolls. They are .Sarah C. Hurlbutt, aged 90 years, of Little Marsh. Pa., daughter of Elijah Weeks, who served in a Mass achusetts company; and Phoebe 51. Pal nieter, aged 87 years, of West Ednies ton, X. Y., daughter of Jonathan Woo ley. who served in a Xew I lamp-hire company. I'otli were pensioned by spe cial act- of Congress. The last suniving widow pensioner of that war wa- Esther S. Damon of Ply mouth Union. Vt., who died Xov. 11, 1900, aged 92 years. The last surviving veteran of that war was Daniel F. Bake inaii, who died at Freedox, X. Y., April 5, 1S09, aged 109 years, 0 months and S days. One Revolutionary pensioner has died within the past year. Average Pension, $167.59. Of the War of 1S12, only 471 pen sioners remain. Eighty-seven died dur ing the year. From the Indian wars there are left 4S38 pensioners, and from the Mexican War. 9840, of whom 2932 are veterans. The Spanish War pro duced to date about 25,000 pensioners, while the pension rolls contain a total from all sources, including the Civil War and the regular army, of 951,0S7. The average value of each pension is $1 07.59 a year. These facts are taken from the an nual report of Vespasian Warner, coin mi ioner of pensions. During the past three years, since Mr. Warner ha- lwen commissioner, the bu reau has paid out in pensions 10,502, 071.23 more than was paid out for that purpose during the three years immedi ately preceding Warner's advent in the office, and yet the operating expenses of the bureau during Warners' three years were $2,1 87,5S 1.31 less than for the three jears before he came. With in the last three years Warner has paid out in pen-ion- not less than .$571,391, 048.31. A Notice to Voters. I am going to leave it to the vote of tho-e who have not paid their bills here whether I shall have an overcoat this winter. Those who vote "yes" will do so by "check;"' others will please come and vote in person, explaining their reasons. UXCLE DAN. of Missouri OM REVOLUTION To possess that l T'v 1 T let laily DrUUlCld maivv jvul next suit. We are show ing the cleverest models ever. Our customers are very particular dressers who are not con tent with less than the smart est and WE CAN 1PLEASE YOU. LET US SHOW YOU OUR LINE TODAY DAILY BROTHERS The Student Tailors Phone 736 OLYMPIC CANDY KITCHEN Fresh Candies Every Day Best in Columbia ICE CREAM SODA 5 CENTS 1010 E. BROADWAY tt GOOD THINGS TO EAT" Fresh Every Day Get Our Prices Phone204 VAN HORN L SMITH TIGER BARBER SHOP Five First Class Barbers Splendid Equipment and Best Service We Will Please You Give Us a Trial Electrical Fixtures and WJjjn 1 Tungsten, Tantalum and Gem high handle power lamps Student Lamp Shades a specialty. Phone 4829 712 Broadway C. W. Furtney jjjj) ,nvn t-ATCNTCD IHVCWLfc BIFOCAL Oculist Prescriptions Filled Broken Lens Duplicated 9IOJ1 Broadway DR. R. H. ELLS E. F. THOMAS THE HEAVY LIGHT MAN Phone 257 22 N."9th Street DOUGLASS PHOTOGRAPHER Forthm Student and thm Pmopl Thry Simply Lad (0 w J f true college swings 4.V. si...-, tnolra xrnnr 818A Broad-way High Class Moving Picture Show PROGRAMME TODAY Don Juan (Extra Fine) Visit to a Public Nursery Thirsty Moving Men We Cater to Ladies and Children CANDIES MADE FBESH EVEBY DAY KOLTJMBIA KANDY KITCHEN Fancy Boxes. Try Our Candle No. 11 North Eighth Street ATHENS HOTEL BARBERSHOP Best Barbers. Prompt and Efficient Service j&j&jP DR. W. E. BELDEN; Practice Limited to Disease otj Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat z FITTIMG OF GLASSES Office Exchange Nat. Bank Buildiaf rpHB Newlyweds and their and everybody else eat Nadja Caramel Chocolates and Pin Money Gum Made by the BlankeWenneker C On sale fresh every day at THE CO-OP. ELITE THEATER f i M te.i?iSe&i- "JB" i i i'MSr'u- S&TuVyacy a.ftgta j&-r,ri sS&QdSauft gkaaaBrfetetei