University Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
October 28, 1908

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atpecHaaEaH?vkigSrgsg2flMggbaKLS 71 r ops-" ;'S.5S'rrY f mSTTVERSITY MISSOUIUAN. I 1h t k?"in:i."iy!,jigaqig-S!jS .34 VOLUME I. 0. INTERESTS BRITISH Acting Consul at St. Louis Sends Report to Education Department. DESCRIBES THE TRAINING HERE 'Everybody's Business is. the Newspaper Man's Business." Russell Stanhope. Acting British Consul at t. Louis, has sent to the De partment of Education of the British "ovcrnnieiit a icport of the new work undertaken ly the Department of Jour nalism ot the University of Missouri, from whiih these extracts are taken: 'The eoiu-e of studies oirered by the Department of Journalism of the Uni versity of Missouri is expected to pre pare capable joung men and women for -work in journalism. Like all other brandies of professional education, this depart mi nt mu-t claim the right to dis courage tli-e students who arc nnsuited for the work. Develop Leaders. "It i- the purpixe of the department to help its men to be able to give news to the public more attractively, accur ately and without bias, and to equip them with both a broad and special tiaining. which together will enable them to become leaders in the future development of the profession. "Besides his own technical training, the student of journalism must know .something of the principles which un derlie each of the other professions. Everybody's business is the newspaper man's business. Specialized Training. "The fact that a person cannot learn everything is not the les reason for one's taking a univeisity course in jour nalism, lather the more. The curricu lum of the new department is made up with that very fact In view. Studies calculated to give the knowledge most often needed by a newspaper-man such as economic-", government, finance, soci ology, philosophy, and psychology are lcquircd in addition to the technical courses. "The faculty of the department does not propose to graduate men able to immediately take charge of a metropoli tan paper any more than a law school guarantees its graduates to be capable of occupying a position on the bench of the Supreme Court. Ethical Aspect. "But it is expected that each one shall hae a working equipment such that he can easily adapt himself to circum stances iu any newspaper office. He shall appreciate the position of a journalist and have a sincere purpose to keep free from any taint of self-interest or fav oritism the power of whatever position he may be called upon to occupy. "The founders of the School of Jour nalism do not expect nor wish to revolu tionize journalism as at present con dueled. Their purpose is rather to get at a systematic knowledge of the prin ciples on which the present structure rests. It is an attempt to hasten the day when journalism will be known not only a-- a profession but as a science as well.' NIGHT RIDFR CONFESSES Forty Men Said to be Implicated in Rankin Murder. V-y United Tress. UNION CITY, Tenn.. Oct. 2S. Armed with a tonfi ion from Burton, an al leged Tennessee night rider spy, impli cating forl other men in the Rankin a 1 ,...n!nl lnriiTina iro OFM JOURNALISM Ft stttivliimr flu. rmmlv for the men named. About half of those implicated are un der arrest. It is expected that Burton's testimony will convict several night riders. $10,000,000 Phone Deal. CLEKLAXD, 0., Oct. 28. A $10, 000,000 holding company to operate a gigantic long distance telephone and telegraph system over the lines of the Independent telephone companies east of the Mississippi will be incorporated in Ohio within two weeks, according to the announcement today of James B. I Togo, secretary of the United States Telephone Company. Praise for Miss Kurtr. The ColTeyville, Kan., newspapers publish several columns of complimen tary comment of the public playground movement as conducted in that city by Miss Louise L. Kurtz, daughter of Prof. D. W. 11. Kurtz, of Boone county. CHICAGO HUSBANDS COMPETE IN BUTTON FASTENING CONTEST Test is Made on Wooden Cloak ModeL Two Men Tie for First Place. CHICAGO, Oct. 28. If there is a hus band in Chicago, who can fasten a twenty-four-button embroidered shirt waist in less than two minutes and seven seconds he is eligible to enter a contest for the model husband cham pionship of the city. There are twelve husbands and twelve admiring wives who declare that it can't be done in a second less than that time; that is, of course, without tearing ofT the buttons and damaging the delicate lace work. The contest was decided last night at the home of Mrs. J. S. McCullough, No. 2281 Kenmare avenue. "Nellie, the Beau tiful Cloak Model," upon whom the test was to be made, had been borrowed from a nearby dressmaker. She was composed of plaster, muslin and wood. Each of the twelve contestants sprang at the model with such haste that it was feared that he might ruin his chances by violating some of the rules, such as tearing away a button or dam aging the texture of the waist both inexcusable in the eyes of the watching wives. Frank T. Avery and J. S. McCullough tied for first place in two minutes and seven seconds. II. S. Hyman did it in three seconds less, but tore off a button, which he was compelled to sew on. SUNSHINE DEALERS WIN IN COLUMBIA LOCAL OPTION FIGHT Technical Ruling of Judge Weather is for Clear Skies Tonight and Thursday. In the local option situation in Co lumbia the Raindrops have had the upperhand for several days, but the technical ruling handed down by Judge Weather today favors the Sunshine dealers. The decree was issued as follows: "Fair tonight and Thursday: continued cool." The temperature at 7 a. m. was 33 degrees; at 2 p. m., 53. CALLS POLICE TO STOP CITY COLLEGE RUSH New York University Faculty Forbids Further Class Fights. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. So fierce was the class rush between the Freshman and Sophomore classes at City College that the police reserves were called out to drive tha students from the cam pus. Just before the arrival of the po lice the Sophs had succeeded in routing the Freshmen, and the fight was over. The two classes fought a draw in Thursday's flag rush, and the 1912 men usurped privileges which would have been theirs had they won. The faculty of New York University has decided that there shall be no more class rushes. MUST DIAGNOSE CAVIAR Importers Object to Having It Classified as Fish. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Importers of caviar have brought another test case before the board of general appraisers in an effort to determine the status of that article under the customs laws. A recent ease was decided against the importers, who asserted that the au thorities were in error in listing the article as fish. They asserted Oir.t ca viar, while the eggs of sturgeon, was no more fish than hen's eggs are poul trv. Sixty Yaqui Indians Killed. Br United Press. EL PASO, Tex.. Oct. 28. News was received here today that the Yaqui and Pappago Indians fought a fierce bat tle near Allar, Mex., in which sixty Yaquis were killed and the tribe scat tered. It is said that the Mexican gov ernment furnished the Pappagoes with arms and induced them to harass the Yaquis. The latter attacked the Pap pago camp, but were ambushed and nearlv annihilated. Asks to Have Billik Hanged. By United Prera. CHICAGO, HI., Oct. 28. Assistant State's Attorney Barbour today applied to Federal Judge Landis to have a stay of execution granted Herman Bil lik, condemned murderer, set aside. The stay was given when Billik was granted an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which recently overruled his mo tion. If the petition is granted, Judge Barnes will be asked to fix a date of execution. COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, ELECTION RETURNS IN AUDITORIUM. The University Missourian has arranged to get the complete election news service of the United Press on election night, next Tuesday. Returns from all parts of the United States will be flashed on a screen in the auditorium of the University as fast as they are received. Everyone, whether of Columbia or the University community, is invited to be the guest of the University Missourian in the auditorium that night. The service will be as complete as up-to-date methods of news gathering can make it. Y. II. C. A. LECTURE E Sale of Season Tickets Falls Far Short of Necessary Number. The Young Men's Christian xVssoei ation of the University has decided to abandon plans for a lecture course in the University auditorium during the coming winter and spring. To assure the giving of the course it was necessary that 023 season tickets at .$2 be sold in advance, but after a thorough canvass of the town and University communities only about 3."0 tickets had been subscribed for. The association had planned to give eight numbers, the cost of each to holders of season tickets being 23 cents. The course included lectures by Jacob A. Riis, Gov. J. Frank Ilanly of Indiana, Lorado Taft, sculptor, and John T. Mc Cutcheon; cartoonist. S. Perry Wilson, secretary of the local association, said that the student body seemed indifferent to the plan and the course was abandoned In-cause it was found impossible to assure the necessary financial support. BIG MATRIMONIAL Arrests Reveal That 5,000 Paid $1.00 Each to Get Marriage Partners. By United Pre.i. PITTSBURG, Oct. 28. James L. Le clare and Miss Lena Miller were ar rested her today, charged with running the most extensive matrimonial bureau ever unearthed. The police assert that 3,000 men and women paid a dollar each to get marriage partners. The correspondence of the agency ex tended all over the country. There were many Western and Southwestern applicants, ranging from a girl of 18 to a woman of GO years. An inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, O., 75 years old, was among the correspond ents. SLAYER CAUGHT AFTER SEVEN YEARS' FREEDOM Kentuckian Since Escape Had Acted as Detective. By United Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 28. Robert Milton, who escaped from the Kentucky state penitentiary at Frankfort in Au gust, 1001, while serving a life sentence for murder, was captured today at the home of his mother in this city. Milton killed William Hodnett at Bowling Green, Ky.. in a quarrel over a woman. lie had served ten years. Since his escape Milton had acted as a detect he, and arrested scores of men. PIRATES TAKE A VESSEL Story Rivalling Those of Ancient Rovers Told by Lawyer. Br United Press. VICTORLX, B. C, Oct., 2S. A story rivalling the tales of piracy on the Span ish Main was told here Monday by G. G. Alexander, acting Attorney-General of the Fiji Islands, who is enroute to Callao, Peru, to secure evidence against J. Mortelmans and T. Skerrett, accused of piracy and murder. The men arc under arrest at Suva and, according to Alexander, they seized the schooner Neuvre Tigre and forced the captain and mate to "walk the plank." When the vessel was two days out from Callao last November, Alexander says, the two pirates took possession of the boat, forced the officers into the rigging and then threatened to shoot them if they didn't jump. The officers jumped and were drowned. The pirates roamed over the South Seas for months until their vessel was wrecked on a reef. COURS ABA UNEARTHED GERMAN EMPEROR TO BE SKY SAILOR William Will Make Flight in Count Zeppelin's New Airship. Br United Press. BERLIN, Oct. 28. It is expected that Kaiser William of Germany will make an ascent in Count Zeppelin's new air ship, as soon as it is completed. Prince Henry's successful flight yester day has aroused widespread enthusiasm. The Kaiser has declared that he will make the flight at the first opportunity after Count Zeppelin gets his new air craft in readiness. PRINCE HENRY RIDES IN ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP Br United Press. FRIEDERICHSIIAFEN, Germany, Oct. 28. Prince Henry, brother of the Kai ser, yesterday ascended with Count Zep pelin in the latter's reconstructed air ship. The ascension was perfect and was witnessed by a great crowd, who cheer ed the prince and his companion. The airship started toward Lake Constance. CYRUS T. BRADY TO GO TO KANSAS CITY Author-Preacher Resigns His Charge of the Episcopal Church in Toledo. Br United Press. TOLEDO, O., Oct. 28. The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, author, playwright and pastor of Old Trinity Episcopal church, created a decided sensation here when he announced from the pulpit that ow ing to the fact that the Toledo church was a state corporation and not under the canon laws he would be forced to resign and that he had decided to ac cept the cal' of the St. George Episco pal church Kansas City. His resig nation is to take effect here Jan. 13. "The question is not a personal one," declared Dr. Brady, ''but one of princi ple." The following is Mr. Brady's state ment: "I shall tender to the vestry of the parish my resignation as rector, to take effect Jan. 15 next. This parish is especially incorporated under the state law. The position of the rector, in such a case, is so radically different from the position of the rector under the canon law of the diocese and general convention, by which this parish pro fesses not to be bound, that I cannot continue longer to fill the position, the local limitations of which were unknown to me at the time I accepted it. Not a Personal Question. "You have every right to complete in formation in the premises, and it will be submitted to you as a parish later. Let no one for a moment entertain the opinion that I have come to this conclusion unadvisedly or lightly. It is the most painful determination which has ever been forced upon me, and 1 shall leave the parish with regret un speakable. "It may, perhaps, be proper to add that I shall accept the call to Kansas City, where all the conditions which 1 suggested, not so much personal to me as relating to the future work, have liecn cordially and promptly met by the estry. Let me add, however, that whether I had received a call elsewhere or not, I should feel compelled to re sign from this parish just the same. "I beg to assure the congregation that the question between the parish is in no wise a personal one. It is a question of principle. My action has the approval of many bishops and cler gymen whose advice I have sought, and I think I may claim that our own be loved diocesan understands and respects my determination." Music at Assembly Tomorrow. A musical program, under the direction of Prof. W. H. Pommer, will be given at the University Assembly tomorrow morning. 1908. JUDGE LAWSQN OLDEST BOOK E Laws of Louisiana Territory Constituted Original Volume. JOSEPH CHARLESS, PUBLISHER William Henry Harrison, Then Governor, Signed Statutes. Judge John D. Lawson, Dean of the Law School, of the University of Mis souri, has in his possession the first book printed in English west of the Mississ ippi River. This book contains the laws of the Territory of Louisiana, compris ing all those which were actually in force at the time the book was printed. It was published in 1808 by authority by Joseph Charless, printer to the territory, in St. Louis. The paper on which it is printed is of poor quality and is now yellow with age. The type is of a peculiar kind, the letter "s" being very similar to the in modern printing, as was all the type at that time. Throughout the whole book notations have been made in the border, giving the date that certain of the laws set down, and which are now impractical, had been repealed, such as the laws governing the treatment of slaves and horsethieves. First St. Louis Book. The book, is exceedingly interesting, and is of great value. A notice, written in it Judge Lawson, says, "This is the first book printed in English west of the Mississippi river, and therefore bears the same relation in English to the his tory of the 'art preservative of all arts' in that immense region (the western half of the United States) which is borne by the Guttenburg (or Mazerin) Bible (the first book ever printed from moveable types) to the history of print ing in Europe, or by the Bay Psalm Book (the first book printed in English Colonies of America) to the history of that art in America." At the end of the first law the fol lowing is printed: "The foregoing law is hereby declared to be a law for the district of Louisiana, to take effect ac cordingly. In testimony whereof, we, William Henry Harrison, governor, and Thomas T. Davis, Henry Vander Burgh, and John Griffin, judges in and over the Indiana territory, have hereunto set our hands at Vincennes the first day of Oc tober, one thousand eight hundred and four, and of the Independence of the United States the twenty-ninth." As the administration changed, the laws and acts were signed by different men. In the back part of the book there i a photo fac-simile reprint of the laws of the territory passed by the Governor and Judges assembled in legislature in the month of October 1810. This part was also printed by Joseph Charless by authoritv. T. M. G. A. HAS MODEL HOME AT SOUTH BEND Building is Donated by Studebaker Brothers Company. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 28. Per haps the most completely equipped Y. M. C. A. building in the country has been turned over to the trustees of the local association by its donors, the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company. The interior of the building was a revelation to the visitors, and its ap pointments are not equaled, in the opinion of officers of the national as sociation, several of whom attended the dedication, by those of any other asso ciation building even in the largest ci ties. The formal presentation was made by Col. fleorge M. Studebaker, vice-president of the Studebuker Brothers Man ufacturing Company, and the principal address was by Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks. Remarks were made by J. M. Studebaker, president of the Stu debaker Brothers Manufacturing Com pany, and by President Fassnacht of the local V. M. C. A. The building was ac cepted on behalf of the association by Marvin Campbell, and an interesting address was delivered by E. L. Shuey of Dayton, Ohio, representing the na tional association. Countess is Recovering. Br United Pres. VIENNA, Oct. 28. Private advices from the Castle say that the Countess Scechenzi, formerly Miss Gladys Vander bilt, is rallying splendidly after the birth of a daughter. AS NUMBER 33 DES LOGE BANKER LEFT HOME IS FOUND HERE Albert Clay, Whose Domestic Troubles Caused Him to Disappear, Visiting Sister, Mrs. Frank Settles. MISSING SINCE MONDAY, HIS FRIENDS FEARED SUICIDE Departed Without Notifying Anyone or Disposing of Property. A. J. Clay, bank president and prom inent merchant of Des Loge. Mo., who disappeared last Monday after domestic trouble, is in Columbia visiting Mrs. F. E. Settles, his sister. Clay smiled when told that his friends feared suicide. "I have no intention of harming my self," he said. "I will return to Des Loge the last of this week, because 1 am a candidate for re-election Tues day as Justice of the Peace. "I have had difficulties with my wife, and she has accused me of attentions to a friend, who lived for a time at our home, but whom I will not name. This friend's husband is in an asylum, and I am his guardian. My relations with his wife were merely business re lations. When I return, I will establish my innocence. "I told my wife I was going to leave home but did not say where I was going." Clay denied that he had taken a large sum of money from his bank, as charg ed. He said he took only his traveling expenses. When Clay disappeared, some of his friends feared he had ended his life. He left Des Loge in the early morning, and no trace of his movements was discovered until a reporter for the Uni versity "Missourian found him here. It is said that Clay's differences with his wife has injured his business. The couple have no children. A suit for divorce by Mrs. Clay was expected, ac cording to their acquaintances, but no formal legal action had been taken, al though Mrs. Clay had made charges against her husband in conversations with friends. Clay made no disposition of his prop erty before he left the city, so far as is known. He conducted a large mer cantile establishment, and was a Jus tice of the Peace as well as president of the Citizens' Bank. It is said he took a large sum with him when he disap peared Monday. lie is of middle age and has lived in St. Francois count v for many years. NEW FRATERNITY a

Washington U. Society Puts Premium on Failures in School Work. sT. LOUIS. Oct. 2S. Washington L'nivcrsity students have formed a new secret society which is a p-eudo-fra-ternity in its nature anil is called Kappa Beta Phi. the reverse of Phi Beta Kappa, a real honorary society which exists at many large universities. The society is compo-cd of students who have "flunked" at some time. One course "flunked" counts a one "de gree," two "flunks" as two "degrees." If a whole year's work has been "flunked" the iiiciiiImt gets "honorary mention," and for Wing expelled from a college one is made a member of the "Legion of Honor." Will Meet to Inspect Grades. The society plans to meet once a month at a downtown restaurant and there open the envelopes containing the monthly grades. All members must buy a round of beer for every "C" (passing grade) they n-ceive, a round of highballs for every "B," and a bottle of wine for an "A." A member receiving two A's in one month is expelled. There are said to be about twenty members (their names are secret), and some have twelve degrees, two "honora ble mentions," and one "legion of hon or." Dr. Paul Wernicke, who was a math ematics instructor and "flunked" many times, is "Patron Saint." 10 HONORS FLUNKERS '4 i n R

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y'swyw"$m ill WK3S5 UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1908. fcr University Missourian An evening newspaper published at Columbia, Sfo., every sehoolday by the Department of Journalism of the University of Missouri. THAT SORT Or THING INHERITANCE TAX IS CONVENIENT AND JUST Entered at the postoffice at Columbia, Mo., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTIOX-Invariably in Advance: By Mail or Carrier: School Year, $2.00; Semester, $1.25. Single Copies, Two CenU. Hiker: What kind of a course is Pro fessor So-and-So giving this year? Piker: Oh, passable. Cornell Widow. OrriCE Room D, Academic Hall, University ol Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Telephone Numbers: Department office, 377. Newsroom, 271 and 714. Only Approved Advertising Accepted. Rates on Application. '"When, they take woman away from the co-educational college," said the speaker, "what will follow?" "I will," cried a voice from the audi ence. Success. Address all communications to University Missourian-, Columbia, Mo' Beauty and Truth, and all that these contain, Drop not like ripened fruit about our feet; We climb to them through years of sweat and pain. James Russell Lowell. This is the View of Dr. S. S. Huebner, Assistant Professor of the "Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, in Learned Address. UNIVERSITY Oct. 28. CALENDAR All-Junior meeting. Uni versity Auditorium at 7 p. m. Oct. 29. Henry County Club meeting. Room 24, at 4 p. m. Oct. 31. Football Missouri vs. Ames. Union Literary Society, de bate, Room 48, Academic Hall, 7:30 p. m. Athenaean Literary Society, debate. New Era Debating Society, Room 14, Academic Hall. Nov. 7. M. S. U. Debating Club, Room 53, Academic Hall. Athenaean Literary Society. Nov. 14. Football Missouri vs. Wash ington. Athenaean Literary Society. Nov. 21. Athenaean Literary Society. WHERE OXCE WAS DAKKXESS. When President Roosevelt takes his vacation in Central Africa he will travel partly by rail, partly by steamer, and partly by caravan; this too, in a coun try where the blacks are partly civi lized, partly savage, but all obedient to some sort of civilized government. Yet all these conditions exist in a land which less than half a century ago was called the "Dark Continent." Rut it was different. Then, lawless tribes waged barbarous warfare among themselves, or fought desperately with merciless bands of slave-traders. The wild beast exacted his toll of human life in the spring and was himself round- Song of the Classes. If you want to know the history of a building in the Yard, Or the customs of the students long ago, Should the use of having Overseers ever trouble you, Ask a Senior, for the Seniors always know. If you'd like to learn the barn dance or any social fad, If you find Platonic friendships rather slow, Do you ever sec a hatband that you do not recognize, Ask a Junior, for the Juniors always know. If you're ever undecided just what kind of pipe to buy, To what theater you really want to go, If you want to learn what's going on withiithe world of sport, Ask a Soph'more, for the Soph'mores alwavs know. If you want to know the schedule of the trains that take him home, At what time the cars for Boston come and go, w me streets arouna tne college wnicii he walks by day and night, Ask a Freshman, for the Freshman ought to know. Harvard Lampoon. Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what need he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Milton. SOCIETY T cd up and slain and eaten in the fall. T1! tin --i-i T c 4 list tiitra etrirf. Crudc 0f intos.cat collecting toys I'irii .million ..i:(:iiiiiiiii.Lituis .11 iri:t:Lauii; o o o growth impassible to boats; and fevers were no less deadly to white men than smallpox was to the natives. Livingstone, the missionary, was the first to explore much of this region. Sir Samuel Baker's annexation of the Sou dan to Egypt was only prophetic of the Gordon tragedy at Khartoum and the triumph of Kitchener at Omdurman. Stanley, whom the enterprising jour nalist Bennett, sent out to find Living stone, had many a grim fight to keep from falling into the hands of cannibals. Perhaps it is this explorer's vivid and optimistic account of barbaric Uganda that has attracted Roosevelt to that region. But the President cannot hope to see just the same war dances or to go through the blood-brotherhood ceremony with the native chiefs, -as did these scouts of civilization not long dead. In stead he will land at a British port; plunge many miles into the tropical for ests on a steam railway; take a lake steamer to Nairobi, the capital of Ugan da, where he will stay at a British hotel, and whence he will beat the jungle for big game. Finally, with a little caravan of per haps a dozen men he will ride peacefully and unnoticed toward Egypt, through districts in which large military expe ditions have come to grief. Where Baker saw straw huts he will find large mod ern towns and cities, where it is just possible he may meet American circuses showing domesticated elephants to won dering natives. Truly our Nimrod is lucky to be born soon enough to have one good old hunt in the heart of the "Dark Continent." "The Inheritance Tax for the mainten ance of Higher Institutions of Teaming" was the subject of an address by Dr. S. S. Huebner, assistant professor of the Wharton School of Finance and Com merce, at the Second International Con ference on State and local taxation at Toronto, Canada. As the University of Missouri is maintained, in large part, by a tax upon collateral inheritances, the address of Dr. Huebner reported in the Old Penn. Weekly, is of local interest. Recommends Tax. Doctor Huebner strongly recommend ed the inheritance tax as a convenient revenue producer, which can be admin istered with great ease and cheapness and which is justified in view of the recognized right of the State to regulate inheritance to the extent that the public welfare may demand. Exception was taken to the idea, which in recent years has received so much popular support, that the inheritance tax should be used as a means of recovering from the heir by way of taxation an amount of prop erty equivalent to the taxes which have been evaded by the decedent during his life time. Such a plan was considered impossible of application since it would be futile to attempt to measure the evasion of a general property tax dur ing life, since this would necessitate trac ing all the changes in the form and value of the estate during the life of the decedent, and would be bound to punish the innocent with the guilty. Decided exception was also taken by Doctor Huebner to the proposition, so frequently advanced, even in a recent Presidential message, that the inheri tance tax should be used as a means of influencing the general distribution of wealth. "To accomplish much," he said, "along this line through the use of an inheritance tax would require at least the adoption of a fifteen to thirty per cent, rate on property passing to direct as well as to collateral heirs, since the great mass of property passes to imme diate relatives. Because of the general prevalence of margin transactions, the present intimate connection of the country's banking sys tem with the security market and the almost ovcrlimited means of big men to manipulate markets upwards and ruth lessly tear them down by extensive short selling, that is selling shares they do not possess, we see the spectacle every little while, of a considerable portion of the accumulations of the middle class being diverted to the collers of the compara tively few who do things and know- things. When securities are high in value, we see them passing from the few who know to the many who do not know, and when they are low we see them passing from the many who do not know to the few who do. "Autumn Has Come." The Bentztown Bard has lieen writing lyrics to Autumn, and here is one of his best-: "She is spinning threads of ambor, She is weaving mists of gold; She is tinting here the valleys, She is changing there the wold: Through her veil the sun is glowing Like a ring of orange light, And the fairy feet will tinkle And the elf-fires glow tonight! "We are wrapped in dews of dreaming. Wc arc sheathed in mists of smoke; We are on the hills of autumn In the woods of fairy folk; Eyes are in the misty weather, Hearts are in the shadow breeze, And the mesh of gold is mectin" Round and round the silver seal!" St. Louis Republic. HE marriage of Miss Sallic Pierce and Mr. William II. Guitar took place last evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. K W. Niedermeyer, 1101 University avenue. The Rev. Dr. M. L. Thomas, pastor of the Columbia Baptist church, officiated. The wedding march was played by Miss Maymc Campbell. The bride was attended by her little nieces, Sabra Niedermeyer and Mary Sue Etes, as flower girls. Marjorie Hale, of Car- rollton, niece of the bridegroom, was ring bearer. The bride's gown was ot white embroidered net over silk. The home was decorated with white crys anthemums and autumn foliage. After the ceremony a reception was held. Among the out-of-town guests present were Mrs. N. M. Bradley, Mr. James Harris, of Fulton; Mrs. Odell, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Frank Platter, of Chillicothe; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hale, of Carrollton. Mr. and Mrs. Guitar left on the 0:13 Wabash to be absent several days. On their return they will reside at 513 Hitt street. Mrs. John D. Lawson of Columbia was present at the opening of the new building of the Wednesday Club in St. Louis Monday evening. VARSITY NOTES II. A. Collier will be out nf the lirw. pital today. G. G. Ream, A. B., '10, is in the Par ker Memorial 'Hospital with typhoid fever. The University Missoltj.vn is on sale at the Drug Shop at two cents a copy. Donald J. MolTat and Kenneth Tapp returned yesterday afternoon from a short visit to their homes in Kansas City. Mrs. II. W. Boone, who has been visiting her son, W. Boone, will depart today for California, on her way to Shanghai, China, her home. Floyd F. Hanly, C. E., '09, who un derwent an operation for appendicitis a week ago, left the Parker Memorial Hospital today. He will not be able to attend classes for a week. Law Would Defeat Itself. Aside from the improbability of ever convincing any State Legislature to take such drastic action, it would certainly j follow that such a law would defeat itself and would lead to the withdrawal of fortunes to a State more linient in its treatment, and if necessary to with drawal from the country altogether. Such a tax to be practical must be ap plied without reference to individuals, and the innocent accumulator of a for tune would suffer with the dishonest one, and legitimate industry and honest investment would receive a severe set back. Just as it is impossible to use the inheritance tax to secure retribution to the State for the evasion of property taxes, because it is impossible to fol low for any considerable period, .the varying changes in form and value of an estate, so it is impossible to justly regulate the size of fortunes as between man and man, because in hardly an in stance can it be shown to what extent a large estate is not honorably obtained. "In whatever way we regard the pro posal of using the inheritance tax for social reform wc cannot help reaching the conclusion that it is a clumsy method at best. Put the rate high enough to dampen a man's natural ambition to accumulate a fortune beyond a certain point, or make it impossible for him to transfer more than a certain amount to those that are nearest and dearest to him, and you do more harm than good by limiting the enterprise which has made this country what it is. Questionable Fortunes. "Many large fortunes in this country, it is true, have a very questionable foun dation. Some of them have thrived through the dishonest management of corporations, others through the ruth less monopolization of articles which the public must consume, or through the acquisition of valuable franchises for a mere song; still others by obtaining cer tain favors, such as rebates on trans portation lines. Still another class of fortunes, in my opinion, the majority have had their inception in the general control of the security market and by virtue of the fact that owners or mana gers of large corporations have inside information. Approximately $50,000,000 000 of American wealth is represented in stocks and bonds, which are freely dealt in on our great exchanges. Many of the values here represented arc seen to rie like a sky-rocket in booms of prosperity, and in turn to drop as suddenly. Within the short space of two years, beginning with July, 190G, wc have seen security values listed on the New York Exchange alone rise approximately 3,000,000.000 in value, then drop approximately $4, 000,000,000 during the year 1007; and then rise some $2,500,000,000 in the first eight months of 1008. Take an example like Union Pacific Railroad Common Stock, we see it rise during this period from $138 to $195, then drop to $100 in 1907, and again rise to $108 in 1908. Tax As Regulator. What could an inheritance tax do to regulate or keep down fortunes which are thus obtained? It might as well be argued that if the rate on direct heirs is made unusually heavy, with this ob ject in view, these men might promptly proceed to get even with the State by increasing their fortunes by just so much more. How much better it would be to limply make the inheritance tax a rea sonable tax, thus unhampering legimate enterprise, and to limit its functions to the raising of a substantial amount of revenue. The nation has been thor oughly aroused to existing abuses in our business life. Much has already been done to cure corporate abuses, and our slock and produce exchanges are already under investigation. Surely much more will be accomplished in the eradication of present evils if legislation is aimed directly at the causes, instead of leaving the causes untouched, and seek ing to mitigate their effect through a tax whose general application is bound to punish the innocent and guilty alike." Good Revenue Producer. Doctor Huebner supported the inheri tance tax very strong! y as a good and just revenue producer and maintained that since its legitimate object is the production of revenue and not its pos sibilities for controlling the distribution of wealth, or rectifying the imperfec tions of the existing property tax, it should be made use of by the American commonwealths to a much greater extent than is now the case. In countries like England and France, he showed, the in heritance tax has been made to yield a substantial part of the total revenue, while in the United States, with the ex ception of a few States, the tax is prac tically a negligible quantity. In this connection he says: "At a recent date the United Kingdom raised nearly ten per cent, of its enormous national in come through the inheritance tax or an equivalent of $2.00 per capita. France secured over six per cent, of its large revenue through this source, or a per capita contribution of $1.00. Even in the Australian colonies, like South Austra lia and Victoria, the annual income from this tax amounts to approximately $1.00 per capita. In the United States, on the contrary, with the single exception of New York State, with its concentrat ed fortunes where the income from this tax amounted to forty-eight cents per capita, but seven States secured as much as ten cents per capita from this source. Progressive Tax. "This low productivity of American inheritance taxes is not to be attri buted to any difference in the size of fortunes, or the average amount trans ferred at death. In this respect the United States certainly equals, if it does not surpass, the record of the countries mentioned. The explanation is found in the superior and more drastic nature of the legislation enacted abroad. In the United Kingdom the tax has been made progressive as regards direct heirs, the rate ranging from one to eight per cent, according to the amount of the estate; in France from one to two and one-half per cent, for direct heirs and from three and three-quarters to eigh teen and one-half per cent on collateral heirs; while in Australia, the laws in every instance make the rates progres sive for direct heirs from one to five per cent., and in the case of South Aus tralia from one to ten per cent. In the United States, on the contrary, about half of the States confine the tax to estates passing to collateral heirs and strangers in blood only, and this in view of the fact that the great majority of estates pass.between immediate relatives. As has been pointed out for the State of New York, 'The direct inheritance tax of one per cent, on personal estates in excess of $10,000 has yielded from one- third to more than three-fourths as much revenue as a collateral inheritance tax of five per cent, on both real and personal estates in excess of $500.' An Elastic Term. "The low productivity of the inheri tance tax in American States is further explained by the fact that the term 'direct heirs,' especially where they are not taxed, is given a very elastic mean ing, in more than a dozen States, includ ing brothers, sisters, and sons and daughters-in-law. In Great Britain and other countries only the surviving husband or wife, lineal issue and ancestors, are included in this term. Furthermore, in some of the States only personal prop erty is taxed and only thirteen out of thirty-six States last year have seen fit to make the tax progressive in some de gree, and in most cases the progression is applicable only to collateral heirs. In some States, like Illinois, West Vir ginia and Wyoming, direct heirs are granted exemptions of from $20,000 to $25,000. "Is. view of these imperfections, it still speaks well for the tax in our com monwealth that on the average it may le depended upon to produce annually between $8,000,000 and $9,000,000, and that a few jears ago the yield was ap proximately equal to one-fifth of the total income derived from State corpor ation taxes. In States like New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, mild as its present form may seem, the tax has pro duced in single years as high as nine teen per cent., thirteen per cent, and eight and one-half per cent respectively of the total tax receipts in those States. These figures suggest the significance of this tax in the United States, if only the States would turn to it more aggres sively as a convenient and unobjection able revenue producer. Little objection could be raised, in view of the surpris ing growth of this method of taxation all over the world, and the almost unan imous endorsement of the tax, if all the American commonwealth would proceed How To Levy Tax. "(1) To tax both real and personal estates since both contribute to the heirs' ability to help the government, and since the back tax theory advanced in favor of realty as compared with personalty is impossible of just application. "(2) To tax estates passing to direct heirs (including only surviving wife or husband, lineal issue and ancestors), as well as to collateral heirs, with an inter mediate class for brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, and their descendants. "(3) To make the exemption for di rect heirs amount to, say $10,000, appli cable to the share received by each heir, rather than the entire estate, so as to cause no hardship in any case; and to grant a very much smaller exemption, say of from $500 to $250 for adminis trative reasons, to persons who arc not direct heirs. "(4) To make the rate progressive in the case of direct as well as collateral heirs; the rate ranging say from one to five per cent, where direct heirs are in volved, and from three to ten per cent. in the case of uncles, aunts and their descendants; and from five to fifteen or twenty per cent, where the property passes to collateral heirs. The progres sion might be so arranged as to make the maximum rate apply when the share received by any heir exceeds $500,000. The gradation in rates might be so ad justed that in the case of direct heirs, it would be one per cent, on the excess after deducting the exemption from 25,000 two per cent, on shares amount ing to between $25,000 and $50,000, three per cent between $50,000 and $100,000, four jut cent between $100,000 and and $500,000, and five per cent, on the ex cess above $500,000. The rate, how ever, to avoid injustice, should apply in each ease only to the excess after deduction of the exemption of $10,000 in tne case of direct heirs, and a much smaller exemption, say $500 and $250, in the case of the other classes of heirs. For Education. "(5) In iew of the willingness and frequency with which the possessors of large estates contribute to institutions of learning and charity, I would like to sug gest that this tax be imposed as much as possible with the understanding that the proceeds be not used for ordinary e.'ienses, but instead be devoted to some special service of interest to all the citi zens. Every State has numerous insti tutions to support. Why could not the proceeds of this tax be devoted to the work of education and more particularly to the maintenance of our universities and higher institutions of learning?" As regards the appropriation of the revenue Doctor Huebner was strongly of the opinion that the inhertance tax should be reserved wholly for the use of the several States and that the re entering of the Federal government into this field of taxation, as it did during the Spanish-American War of 1808, is wholly unnecessary from a fiscal stand point, unproductive of any good, and would be the cause of much inconveni ence' and positive harm. The Federai government is amply supplied with reve nue sources at the present time. State anl local expenditures on the contrary, he showed statistically, are increasing at a verj' much more rapid rate than national expenditures. More Revenue Needed. The States are in need of additional revenue, and since they have already ap propriated this tax, should be permitted to retain it. As further argument for the retention of this tax by the several States, he said the following: "Thirty-six States have already ap propriated the inheritance tax in one form or another. Federal interference with another inheritance tax will simply result in confusion and greatly increase the possibilities of double taxation which TOLD ACROSS THE bor BREAKFAST TABLr "What is a holiday, anyhow t j. f manded the solicitor for the 0r the end of an argument with the Ju Medic as to whether Monday could u called a noiiday or only a third of "i holiday. "A holiday," said the Freshman, an occasion for general joy." "Hold on," interrupted the red-hede4 Soph with the wart on his nose. "Yo definition might apply to the death a fellow's mother-in-law." "The penny is playing an importtafc part hi couege me, uegan the man who reads the Missourian. "One of th classes selected their president throm a penny-pitching contest." Talking about the penny," his neigh continued, "I believe every Coh, Dia university Freshman will feel like hiding somewhere for the rest of his life, every time he sees one." "How was that?" someone at the far end of the table asked. "Why, the Sophomores captured the Freshies one by one to even nn Freshmen's victory in the class rush, and after tying them up and laying them on the floor forced the captive to pusn pennies across the floor fa what they called a Marathon race." "I suppose the winner nosed the oth ers out at the finish," commented the. wag. "So the game is to go to Kansas. City after all," remarked the Arts stu- -dent, reaching for the potatoes. "Which means that we'll all be there," added the Junior Medic. "Not me," interjected the solicitor for the Oven, "I'm going home to enjoy my Thanksgiving dinner. No hotel grub for me that day." "Better come along," advised the foot ball man. "We're going to have a little feast ourselves. A rare kind of a bird i t-wr tne universitatis Kansatatus,' common ly referred to as the 'jayhawker,' will -be the chief dish. They say that the University of Missouri has tried for years to capture one of these birds for' a Thanksgiving dinner." INDIRECTION Fair are the flowers and children, but their subtle suggestion is fairer; Rare is the rose bud of dawn, but the secret that clasps it is rarer; Sweet the exultance of song but the strain that precedes it is sweeter; And never was poem yet writ but the meaning outmastered the meter. Never a daisy that grows but a mys tery gnideth the growing. Never a river that flows, but a majesty scepters the flowing. Never a Shakespeare that soared, but a stronger than he did unfold him; Nor ever a prophet foretell but a might ier seer hath foretold him. Back of the canvass that throbs the painter is hinted and hidden; Into the statue that breathes the soul of the sculptor is chidden Under the joy that is felt lie the infinite issues of feeling; Crowning the glory revealed in the glory that crowns the revealing; Great are the symbols of being, but that which is symboled is greater; Vast the create and beheld, but vaster the inward creator; Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving; Back of the hand that receives, thrills- the sensitive nerve of receiving. Space is as nothing to spirit, the deed is outdone by the doing; The heart of the wooer is warm, but warmer the heart of the wooing; And up from the pits where these shiver And up from the hearts where those shine, Twin voices and shadows swim athwart, And the essence of life is divine. Richard Rcalf. River That Disappears. The River Polk flows into a cave in the side of a mountain and completely disappears, at Adelsburg, near Trieste. some of the States are now earnestly attempting to solve. The financial needs of the States as contrasted with the comparative influence of the Federal government; the desire to avoid con fusion and unjust burden; the reason ableness of leaving the taxation of in heritances to those States in which the respective estates are situated, and where in most cases the owner was help ed by the community to accumulate the same, and where in consequence both owner and community are most vitally concerned with its contribution toward local social ends all these factors make it undesirable for the Federal govern ment at any time to interfere with the present taxing power of the several States, when extended to inheritances. At present it should also be remembered that any movement toward the separa tion of State and local revenues is held in check in most of the States by the difficulty of getting suitable revenue sources. The exclusive retention of the inheritance tax by the States, especially if the tax is made reasonably heavy, will go a long way in bringing about a realization of that plank in this asso ciation's platform which provides at least for a partial separation of State and local revenue systems." I 1 n m --"ahiM m

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Iv .IKS r UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1908. I ATHLETIC NEWS H I TIGERS ROUNDING INTO GOOD FORM THIS WEEK'S FOOTBALL. Best Practice This Year Seen on Rollins Field Last Night. LINE WEAK IN OFFENSIVE PLAY Graves' Hand Improves and Driver and Ristine Are Playing. The practice last night was about the best seen here this year. Driver and Ristinc were out and took their regular position on the team. Graves would hae been out also had he been able to find his suit. His hand is nearly healed and he will be out tonight. Coach Monilaw is not sure he will use Graves in the Ames game as he does not want to run the risk of hav ing his hand hurt again, which would probably keep him out of the Drake and Washington sanies. Driver's ankle is in good londition now, but Kistine's still bothers him. Lighter Work After Tonight. The line is weak on offense, and par ticular attention will be paid to it dur ing the rest of the week. The team has been doing hard work this week and the men are beginning to feel the effect of it. After tonight Coach Mon ilaw will ease up on the work. The Ames team will arrive here Fri day at 4 p. in. It is not likely that they will bring any "rooters." The game will be called at 2:30 and the price of admission will be 75 cents. Friday, October 30. Knox and Macomb Normal at Macomb, HI. 9 Ripon and Carleton at North- field, Minn. Saturday, October 31. Ames and Missouri at Columbia. Chicago and Minnesota at Chi- cago. Olivet and Western State Normal at Olivet. St. John's M. A., and Culver at Delafield. Oberlin and Miami at Oberlin. Depauw and Purdue at Lafay- ette. Illinois and Indiana at Urbana. Cornell College and Simpson at Mount Vernon. Lombard and Franklin College at Franklin, Ind. Michigan State Normal and Adrian at Adrian. Iowa and Nebraska at Iowa City. Notre Dame and Ohio Northern at Notre Dame. Vanderbilt and Michigan at Ann Arbor. 0 Franklin and Wenonah Tech. at Franklin, Ind. Earlham and Butler at Richmond, Ind. St. Louis and W. U. P., at St. Louis. Lawrence and Beloit at Beloit. Michigan A. C, and Wabash at Lansing. Grinncll and Coc at Grinncll. Battle Creek T. S., and Hillsdale at Hillsdale. Wisconsin and Marquette at Madison. JAYHAWKER TEAM IN FINE CONDITION That Was Demonstrated in Game With Washington Last Saturday. I am g'oing' to give to each man on the football team, if they beat Am next Saturday, K. U. STUDENTS ARE HOPEFUL Coaches Are Highly Pleased at Showing of Men on Muddy Field. I Watch this space 'The Store that Sets the Pace" "ALL-AMERICA" CLASS TEAM WILL PLAY 'VARSITY ELEVEN Heretofore the class games of the University of Missouri when not played hae merely been postponed, but after this if the games are not played ac cording to schedule they will be for feited. When the season for the class games closes with the Junior-Freshman game Nov. 12, an "All-America" team will le chosen from the clas teams. This team will play the 'Varsity eleven and will use the Kansas formations. The revised schedule of the class ".imes is: Sophomore vs. Freshman YALE PROFITS BY ONSIDE-KICK PLAY Other Teams Are Slow Realize Value of New Offensive Move. to vs. Junior vs. Freshman vs. Sophomore vs. Freshman vs. Sophomore vs. Junior vs. Freshman of the games Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. G Nov. 7 Nov. 10 Nov. 12 already Senior Junior Senior Senior Junior Senior Junior Thq results played are: Sophomores 0, Freshmen 18, Oct. 9 Sophomores 0, Seniors G, Oct. 20 Freshmen 14, Seniors 5, Oct. 23 Sophomore25, Juniors 0, Oct. 27 SOPHOMORES EASILY DEFAT JUNIOR TEAM, SCORE 25 TO o Tho Sophomores defeated the Juniors last night by a score of 25 to 0. The field was wet and slippery, preventing any first-class football. Ridgcway and IJohner did star work for the Juniors and Shuck and Claire for the Sopho mores, the latter pair making three and two touchdowns respectively. The scoring was made on straight football. The field was too slippery to permit use of the forward pass and the teams confined themselves to running the ends and bucking the line. RULER OP TIBET WON'T BE COACHED Delai Lama is Sulky And Can't See Chinese Emperor. PEKING, Oct. 2 .The scene of the China-Tibet comedy has been transferred from the provinces to Teking. The latent act is the cancellation of the proposed audience of the Delai Lama of Tibet with the Emperor of China. This was to have occurred today, and elaborate preparations for it had been made. The Dalai Lama had been brought to the capital for the meeting, but he finally resisted the coaching of the Chinese officials in the ceremony that China wished at the audience, and his attitude made a meeting impossible. Instead of conferring with the Em leror the Dalai Lama has been engaged in granting audiences to the diplomatic representatives in Peking, and he is dcscrilted by tho.-e who have seen him as lacking in intelligence and charac ter. There is no love between the city of ficials and the followers of the ruler of Tiltet. The chief priest of the Dalai Lama i often in conflict with the officials. There need be no surprise this fall if some big championship football game is won by means of a cleverly executed onside kick. A good many coaches and players, not tor mention spectators, ap pear to be ignorant of the existence of this particular mode of offense. Yet Yale, with a sagacity quite common to the blue, is developing it, and has al ready made good use of it in the pre liminary games to date. This particular play, while hardly open to as many possibilities as the forward pass, possesses more value as a trick play than the other, and when used at the right moment is likely to turn the tide of battle in more than one big match. There is hardly a play in the whole repertoire which can so quickly change the face of things and demoralize an opposing team as the suc cessful operation of the onside kick. Few Coaches Use It. It is all the more surprising on this account that so few coaches are ground ing their teams in the use of this play. Football coaches, especially those of the old school, move slowly in all matters affecting the development of the game. It will be remembered that when the forward pass was first legalized not one team in ten dared to use it oftener than two or three times in a single game. They were afraid of it and did not realize its value until some big team showed what efficient coaching and persistent practice could accomplish with it. One does not need to be a prophet to predict with certainty this future for the onside kick. It was so with the quarterback kick a dozen years ago and repeated with the forward pass. An offense which one never knows where it will strike next is quite as valuable as a battering ram which can go down the field with irresistible force. Yale is the only team to date which has shown a determination to get the most out of this play, and it goes without saying that Yale will profit accordingly. The 10 to 0 defeat of the Washington University eleven by Kansas Saturday demonstrated one thing above all others the Jayhawkers are in excellent physi cal condition, says the Kansas City Star. And for that reason, if no other, the followers of the Lawrence team have reason to rejoice. Never was a game of football played under conditions more adverse. The gridiron was deep in mud and snow and water, and the battle of twenty-five minutes was waged in a driving snow storm. But the men of Kennedy and Mosse never flinched. They went into the grimy struggle with a dash and a gingery speed that was quite surprising. Each player was coated with sticky soil after the first scrimmage, and before ten minutes of the game had been played the gridironers were soaked and chilled. But they waded through the eleven from St. Louis and they waded through with a peppery play that was as good to see, as it was unexpected. Cayou's Men Helpless. The men of Cayou were utterly un able to hold the Jayhawkers, and only the condition of the field curtailed the score. On the other hand the Washing ton eleven was unable to gain the re quired ten yards in three downs during the twenty-five minutes' play. Johu son's work at quarter was a pleasing feature, as was the play of Right Half back Bond. This pair played together like Elgin clockwork. When the first half closed the Wash ington players were exhausted, and their Indian coach, Cayou, petitioned the re feree to call off the game. Masker was only too glad to check up the second half, so with the consent of the Kansas management the game was called. But the Kansas team was in excellent condi tion, considering the grill it had been through, and the coaches were greatly pleaded at the excellent showing and the fine physical condition of their glad iators. SCORES OF THE CORN ENTERED I IN CORNERSTONE CONTEST The following table shows the scores of the thirty ears of corn en- tered in the contest for a place in the cornerstone of the new Agricultural building of the University of Missouri. Alexander Maitland's entry, an almost perfect specimen of Reid's Yellow Dent, was graded the highest and was sealed in the box, with information as to how it was grown 0 for the benefit of the farmers of coming generations. m RANK GROWER ADDRESS SCORF BE HEADY FOR THE NEXT HOUGH H017BE. K000 ,rlsh, B11 Wis, 50 cts. a0,r Whiskers on wire. 23 cts. Gtoie Wx Noe 13 cts. Grease Paint. 13 ctsT Cl'y ff 5 cts. Entire Ontflt. S1.00. Send 4 c' stamps, for larce catalogue of Plajs. wW Make-up Materials, and "The Art of Making DETT. C, TKADEMOUE CO., Toledo. Ohio. 1 2 3 4 5 IS 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1U 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 Alex. Maitland Kichmond W. F. Schmalfeldt lioomille Chris Ohlendorf Sedalia J. C. Douglass Shelbin.1 J. II. Plackemier St. Charles William Wallace Yaudalia Elliott Tucker l'erryville. J. M. Meeley Linn Chas. Weishar Kdiiiit Samuel Scouden Mary ville Tom Groves Tipton Chris Smith Bunccton 90.75 05.50 93.25 92 91.5 91 90.25 90 89.75 89150 89.25 89 J. C. Douglass Shelbina go. 89 88.50 J. C. Douglass Shelbina John W. Mutti California T. F. Huntington Rocheport gg J. R. Crookshanks Browniinr a? -j 87.25 0. W. Kiderlen McKittrick J. P. Hendrick McBainc E. R. Bonaker Eureka T. F. Huntington I'oeheport J. P. Hendrick McBaine Stith Mead Met. J. P. Hendrick .McBaine Elliot Tucker C'herrvvillc L. S. Hagan Brewer W. M. Rogers Sedalia Elliot Tucker l'erryville W. M. Rogers Sedalia 86.75 85.75 8G.25 85 84.50 83.50 83 82.25 79.75 75.75 73.50 02 CHI PREPARES TO E FLEET WELCOM SHE MUST SETTLE EARL'S WINE BILL Countess of Rosslyn is Ordered to Pay Her Husband's Debt. Dwarf Trees 300 Years Old Are Sent From Canton to Amoy. Americans as a highly important event. The schools will close for a week and the custom house, the consulates, banks and large business houses will close at 11 a. in. each day. I auptco SHBuwt ouurrur sue I I COLLARS I I They neither shrink, scratch, I I saw nor stretch i3c.-forttc. I CInett. Peaboily A Co., Troy. K. T. 1 Electrical f J Fixtures a,lu Winn Tungsten, Tantalum and Gem hieh candle power lamps Student Lamp Shades a specialty. Phone 4820 712 Broadway C. W. Furtney Fleet Leaves Tokio. de thc The $50 Free to You. Who will win the $50 to be given away by the Globe Clothing Company? Who will hold the keys that unlock the Red Box of Good Fortune? With ev ery Dollar Cash purchase the Globe gives a key. Only three keys will un lock the box. When the keys are all given out you may try yours. The first key to unlock the box takes 25. The second key to unlock the box takes $15. The third key to unlock the box takes 10. In addition to this A Tiger Hat will be given to the one holding the most Keys. The Money and the Keys are on display in the Globe's win dow. The contest is attracting wide spread attention. LONDON, Oct. 28. The Countess of Rosslyn, formerly the American actress Anna Robinson, has been ordered to pay $560 balance on a bill for thirty-two cases of wine sent to Thurso castle, in Scotland, soon after her marriage to the Earl of Rosslyn in 1905. Her plea was that she was not responsible for he wines ordered by her husband, but the wine agents established the claim by showing that she ratified the order. The evidence was to the effect th.it the countess did not herself select the wine. The agent went to luncheon with her and the earl at the Carlton hotel by appointment, and after luncheon the courtess went away in a motor car, say ing she had other things to do, and "Harry," meaning Lord Rosslyn, would come around and order the wines. She Was Much Upset. Later she told the wine agent she had had to pay several sums on behalf of her husband, including gambling debts, and she was much upset by the ques tion as to whether she was responsible for his debts. The Earl of Rosslyn, called as a wit ness, said he selected the wine. When it arrived at Thurso castle his wife playfully, but unkindly said: "See it is addressed to me. Your cred it isn't good enough." In cross examination Rosslyn admit ted he had been served since his divorce and remarriage with wrks for large sums of money his wife had lent him. His wife furnished him $5,000 or more to entertain at Thurso castle. The countess was wearing costly furs when she entered the witness box. Settled Sums on Husband. "When I was married," she said lan guidly, "I settled a generous sum of AMOY, Southern China, Oct. 23. uhiploads of potted plants have la-en brought here from Canton to be used in decorating the city in honor of the American Heet, one division of which is due here next Friday. Among these plants are a valuable lot of dwarf trees more than 300 years old. A Heet of river boats will bring the living bamboo, to be renewed daily, from the North River. Lofty arches, to be illuminated with red, white and yellow and blue electric lights, have been erected on the road and at the entrance to the reception grounds. The Namporto Temple, located near the grounds, which is 700 years old, will be thrown open to the country's guests. A corps of 120 especially trained inter preters will explain the history and leg ends of all the interesting objects. All classes regard the visit of the money on my husband and often paid other sums for him." It was not true, she said, that she made the remark attributed to her by Lord Rosslyn when the wine arrived at Thurso. She merely said: "I don't think it nice to have boxes of wine all sent in my name." When called the earl merely affirmed in Scotch style, while the countess dra matically swore to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. TOKIO, Japan, Oct. 28. The parturc of the fleet was one of prettiest features of the week. flagship Connecticut slipped her cable at S o'clock. She steamed past the Louisi ana and saluted and was followed by the remainder of the first division. When the eight ships had passed, the Louisiana led the second line and the whole Heet then formed in single col umn. As each of the battleships passed the head of the Japanese column the crews of Iioth nations cheered heartily, and the band on the American ship played the Japanese national hymn. When the last of the sixteen ships was saluting the Connecticut had passed out of sight. The entire ma noeuvre was finished in precisely fifty minutes. President Roosevelt's message to the Emperor was presented through Count Komura, the Foreign Minister, and the Emperor probably will make a reply to moi row. AH the members of the United States Commission to the Tokio Exposition will be decorated bv the Emperor, Krancis B. Loomi, Frederick J. V. Skiff and Franci D. Millet receiving one of the higher class orders, and John C. O'Laughlin and W. A. Newcomb re ceiving a lower clas. ELITE THEATER High Class Moving Picture Show PROGRAMME TODAY Suicidal PoetJfHB fel (Comedy) vae In the Nick of Time I (Comedy; WagesJ.'of Sin fl&v r l(Tragedy) 1 We Cater to Ladies and Children The Earl of Rosslyn's most widely known achievement was the discovery of a "system" for winning at roulette. He wagered with Sir Hiram Maxim that he could win with his plan. With a $50,000 roll of stage money he "bucked the game" and after playing 3,332 times his last chip was gone. The Countess of Rosslyn is the daugh ter of George Robinson of Milwaukee. She was an actress and the Earl of Rosslyn met her while she was playing in a London theater, lie marneu ner in 1905. Subscription to the University Mis- .sourian' is $2 for the school term, $1.25 a semester invariably in advance. Sub scribe now. HIGH-CLASS OPTICAL GOODS fyes Carefully Tested Kodaks, Photo Finishing, Art Materials, White China, Stereopticons and Slides ERKER BROS. OPTICAL COMPANY 604 Olive Street ST. LOUIS I1 rpHE Newlyweds and their kid and everybody else eat Nadja Caramel Chocolates and Pin Money Gum Drops Made by the BIankeWenneker Co. On sale fresh every day at THE CO-OP. 4 1 ,41

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H& mi. Lt-i 14 N UNIVERSITY MISSOUBIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1908. 8 LEATHER PURSE WHICH WAS UNIVERSITY BANK IN "THE FORTIES;" ACCOUNT BOOK Found A dainty rcsLng-place for burning, aching, throbbing feet Slip your feet into White House Shoes. w IN LEATHER PURSE i They'll make a beautiful snug covering for your graceful feet. Pocketbook Dr. W. H. Duncan Carried Served as Bank. Burns and aches give place to a handsome glove-iike comfort. WHITE HOUSE SHOES. For Women $2.50 to $5.00 For Men $3.50 to $6.00 m 1ST HKlA r i B W E gEHSESBf h It it; WAS CURATOR AND TREASURER Took $100,000 to St. Louis on Horseback, to Deposit It. The latest gift to the University of Missouri is one made by Dr. John II. Duncan, of St. Louis, who has presented the Department of Journalism with the pocket hook, in which his father, Dr. William II. Duncan, of Columbia, kept the University fund- while treasurer of the institution. Dr. Duncan, a member of the Board of Curators, was appointed treasurer February 1. 1341, and placed under bond for $20,000. To hi- care a- lir-t treas urer was entru-ted the sub-cription ot Boone county (more than $100,000) for the location of the Uni vetsity at Columbia. There were no banks in central Mis souri in tho-e day.-. He journeved to St. Loui- on hor-eluck and made his depoit in the Bank of Missouri. Dur ing the ride this money wa- stored in Dr. Duncan's pocketbook. Costly Old Purse. The pocketbook is made of leather, hand cared. The character- cut in tin calf .-kin sue anchoi-, harp-, leave- and flowers. It i- tan and wa- doubtle a pretty and to-tly article. It shows age and wear fiom much handling of the thousand- of dollar- which it held al most seven decide ago. The fund- were drawn from the bank by mean- of warrant- written by the troa-urer. Xo man went to St. how to ea-h his warrant but turned it over to a local merchant, who u-ed it to buv good. A number of the-e warrant- are in ei-teiue arrd -nine are imliidcd in the gift. When canceled, a Maltese cross was cut thiough them. The three oldest presented to the Univer-ity are dated Jan. 21, IS IS. "Contra, Cr." The account book kept by Dr. Dun can to -how the leceipts and expenditure- i- a pail of hi- -on'- donation. At the top of the left hand page i writterr, "Win. II. Duncan, Dr." while on the light hand page is "Contra. Cr." The first entry i- dated Feb. S. 1841, and is a ca-h item from J. M. Cordon, amounting to $3,200. On the same day he drew a warrant for the same amount in favor of I. Clement. P. Kenyon, G. D. Foot and 1. 1. Cunningham, contractor.- on the first University build ing. This book is not unlike the present day pass book except that the old book is larger and has fewer rulings in it. The pocketbook and the account book show the painstaking care with which Dr. Duncan performed the duties of his ollice. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhLHI lm?yrzJV2S WsA hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHI ms-t-r &Z&?'ZiSz-.'- -3 -WW LihhhhhhhhhhhhH m&3t&&ui& tPNiW mw r' HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHe- -?"f V- 3L v- 4 IhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhY fci mmaaa ii i m' I Where Quality Counts They Win" ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THEM -szissm HARH REANS QUALITY Special for Friday and Saturday Our fine soft center cream, tnarshmel low centers and walnut top chocolates, special Friday and Saturday, pound only See Window Display LONG HEIBERGER 25c LLINOIS PL CK EXPOSITiON Big Display to Be Held in the State Capitol From Nov. 23 to 28. TO EDUCATE THE FARMERS Show Aims to Encourage the Scientific Methods of Agriculture. Take your Watch and Jewelry Repairing to WHEELER'S There's Quality in Our Work KODAK WORK IN TODAY AND OUT TOMORROW WALLER PHOTOGRAPHER OVER THE ROCHESTER DR.W. E. BELDEN Practice Limited to Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat FITTING OF GLASSES Office Exchange Nat. Bank Building DOUGLASS PHOTOGRAPHER For the Student and the People They Simply Lead CAN DIES MADE FKESH EVEBY DAY KOLUMBIA KANDY KITCHEN Panoy Boxes. Try Our Candies No. 11 North Eighth Street ATtNTEO INVISIBLt BirCCAl Oculist Prescriptions Filled Broken Lens Duplicated 9toJ Broadway DR. R. H. ELLS SHUXCFIEU). III.. Oct. 2S. AlriMdy iiitin- interest is beiii" shown tliiouuli- out the corn holt in the first state torn exposition to be held in thi- city Nov. 2:$--2S for the purpose of educating fariu-ei-. in the le-t methods of conserving farm lands and to encourage the scien tilie cultivation of corn. So thoroughly li.ivc the plans for the exposition been organized that every agricultural county in the state has been interested and is putting forth its- best etfort to make the show a success. The exposition will be held in the state armory building, which has a iloor .pace of oOOO square feet, and in addi tion to this great hall a temporary stiuctuie is contemplated almost as large, which will be erected on adjacent ground. The two connected buildings will thus make the largest exposition hall ever constructed for a like purpose. The armory will contain the general exhibits of corn, of corn by-pioducts and of farm machinery. Here there will also lie a corn kitchen after the plan of the kitchen at the national show in Chicago last winter, in which corn will be pre pared in various was as food and daily Ift tires "iien upon its use. University Vill Have Display. The University of Illinois will have a booth in this building, in which a dis play of an educational nature will be shown by the College of Agiimltuie. JIanv of the cereal companies have en gaged space here and will demonstrate their methods of turning corn into breakfast foods. In the annex will be ananged the county exhibits and several aniu-enient featuies. among which will be a tlibe of Ojibuay Indians. Nov. fl has lieen appointed corn car nival day for each district school by the state superintendent of public instruc tion, Francis G. Blair, and on that day a "corn show" will lie held in each dis trict school. On Nov. 12, which has been appointed exposition day in each county, the best of the ear corn ex hibits will be collected in the countv superintendent's ollice, or some place designated by him. He will then select the school having the best collection and will send the exhibit to the ex position, or he can make a collective exhibit. Each county has been assigned a booth in which to arrange its dis play and generous prizes have been of fered for these exhibits. Indian Village to Be Picturesque. In the center of the annex will be the Indian village, where corn will be jrround hand mills. The Indians will also give their corn dances, which are among the most picturesque of their ancient cus toms. It is reported that Chief Xako mis is the pioud possessor of a new papoose, which will be bi ought to the exposition. His squaw, Wasagahoo, is one of the expert corn grinders of the tlibe. An eirort is Wing made by the musi cal committee to collect the airs and words of the popular songs of a genera tion ago. the simple jingles handed down from -ome unknown source, which really are. in a manner, folklore songs such as: "Nellie put the kittle on, And make the kettle burn. Oct out a few good roastin' ears And give the mush a turn." Among those who will address the meetings held in connection with the show will be Gov. Dcncen; 1). W. Smith, piesident of the exposition; Prof. E. Davenport, dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois: F. S. Hair, state superintendent of in struction; James Wilson, secretary of the United States Department of Ag riculture, and Col. Clark E. Carr, former United States minister to Denmaik. MINERS MAKE WORLD'S RECORD FOR DRILLING Contest, Netting Victors $750, Witnessed by 20,000. SI'OKAXE, Wash., Oct. 28. MeXicol and Pickens, miners of Ittittv, estab lished a world's record for rock drilling by driving a hole 30 3-8 inches with 7-S inch bits into a solid block of gran ite in 13 minutes at the Spokane Inter state fair competitions. The perform ance, which was witnessed by 20.000 men, women and children, netted them $730. McXieol weighs 213 pounds, while his partner is 13 pounds lighter. They u-ed 20-pound sledges. One of the feA- (t GOOD THINGS TO EAT" Fresh Every Day Get Our Prices FhoM204 VAN HORN CgL SMITH TIGEH BARBER SHOP Five First' Class Barbers Splendid Equipment and Best Service We Will Please You Give Us a Trial OLYMPIAN CANDY KITCHEN Fresh Candies Every Day Best in Columbia ICE CREAM SODA 5 CENTS 1010 E. BROADWAY Self Indexing Ledgers Ki 3rfplkM That annually save In labor 800 to 3000 of cost. Made In both loose leaf and bound. Samples free. Address, Dept. 5 THE HIGH STErUNS COHrANl. Jelfcnoa Cid. K. tures of their work was the dexterity displayed in changing drills, this being done without missing a single stroke. The best previous mark was 33 inches, drilled by liradly and Frathey of Spo kane, live years ago. Other teams in the contest this year were: McGilvray and Erickson of SH vertou. 15. C, 32 7-8 inches; Xaylor and jinderson of Burke, Idaho, 43 3-4 inches, ami Johnson and Dunn of Silverton, 15. C, 43 IS inches. University or Missouri DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE 4sk iiStev'i vdBs. iV' HHHHHHHHHHHH T ?F""V S& iHHHHHHHHHHM i XSU3fmT ZL2.lr tt HHHHHHHHHHHH mW -i "nTw k. 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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 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 -w mo umversity Dormitories. Expenses lower than at any other first-class Medical School. Dean of the Medical Department. n m

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