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4 D IIEARS'I' !S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, liA., SI NDAY, JUNE 1, 1»13. FVFHY ATI ANT A Carnegie Latest to Feel Sting of Steunenberg’s Pen CLASS PATRON Captain Who Ridiculed Atlanta Lampoons Laird Government's Big Financial ln- stitution Slow in Gaining Pop ularity, but Grows Steadily. FEW NATIVES DEPOSITORS B. W. Farrar, in Charge of Local Office, Believes Confidence of Foreigners Is Promoted. Army Man Who Called City an Oxcart Town Derides Peace j Plan of Ironmaster After Scor ing Kaiser's Balkan Attitude. The Tranquil ljfe, Steunenberg’s Poem The postal savings bank established by the United States Government D not the tuccees In Atlanta that It Is In other cities Relatively few of Its de positors are citizens or natives of At- ‘anta. according to the statement of R W Farrar, who is In charge of the postal savings department of the local postofflce. Almost any fine Saturday afternoon a line of rnen can be seen threading it* way along the lobby on the Plum Street *ide of the postofflce. The line !m motley, even cosmopolitan in ap pearance. and interesting The men who form it are depositors in the pos tal savings bank, and are for the most part wage-earners w r hose deposits arc relatively smail. Deposits in the Atlanta branch of the postal savings bank aggregate lit tle more than $25,000. with not quite 500 depositors. •*I don’t thick that many natives of Atlanta know that the bank is here or understand its functions,” said Post master H. L. McKee yesterday, but he sees possibilities for great usefulness In the institution The mission of the bank, as he and H. W. Farrar, clerk in charge, out lined it, is considerable. Stops Money Going Back. “We should like for one thing to promote the Interest and the confi dence of foreigners.” explained Mr. Farrar “Then probably would stop the stlady stream of money that is sent, back to the old country. The sale of International money orders is enormous, and a large portion of the money of these eons of other lands goes away from the United States. - ’ Mr Farrar thinks the amount of deposits in the postal savings hank everywhere Is lessened by the restric tion placed on depositors, by which not more than $100 a month tan be depoeited This, he prophesied, would be changed, and the limit of deposits removed altogether. Few of the depositors in the At lanta branch are women, fewer even than the boys There are a numtfpr of boys, mostly Bov Scouts, who, to ac quire standing in their organization, must have a savings deposit of at least one dollar But by far the most of the depositors, almost 90 per cent of the total number, are men. and mod of them wage-earners. * Evidence of the great variety of personalities among the depositors In Atlanta is borne In the records of the local branch The first depositor aft er the organization of the bank was a 'painter, the second a mail carrier: ^others., the order of their deposits, were, respectively, engineer, modeler, bookkeeper, merchant, rabbi, printer, lawyer, school teacher, railroad man. machinist, wire worker, cook, tailor, meter repairer blaster, housewife and plumber. Little Money Withdrawn. Little of the money deposited has been withdrawn, and a number of the depositors In the Atlanta branch have purchased Government bonds. Ac cording to the regulations governing the bank, “a depositor will be permit ted to exchange the whole or any par* of his deposits in sums of $20, $40, $00. $80. $100. or multiples of $100 up to and including $500, into United States registered or coupon bonds bearing interest at the rate of 2 1-2 per cent per annum." "So, you see.” remarked Mr. Farrar, “the bank helps out the habit of eav- t Ing ” A few' of the rules governing the hank are: No person under 10 years old may he a depositor The name of a depositor can not be disclosed Deposits must be for $1 or more, al though postal savings cards and pos tal savings stamps may be purchased for 10 cents each, to be redeemed later when $1 worth are accumulated. , Interest at the rate of 2 per cent per annum is allowed. A depositor may at any time with draw the whole or any part of his money Georgia Behind 40 States. Patronage of the postal savings bank in Georgia is less extensive than 40 other States, according to the 1912 report of the newly established de partment jus* given out in Washing ton. Deposits in Georgia up to that time were only $48.32n, in New York $3,332,304 had been deposited. Tin* State of;the lowest deposits was South Carolina, with'$11.258. According to the report however, the postal savings bank is growing, and Uncle Sam rapidly is becoming the Mgge«t banker in the world He is adding deposits at the rate of $1.- 000.000 and depositors by the thou sands every 30 days. From T\ oruary 28 to March SI. 1918. the deposits in all the branches in creased from $32,500,000 to $S3.500,000. and depositors from 325.000 to 335.000. and this rate of increase kept up through April According to the report for Novem- 1912, the deposits* by States Captain George Steunenberg has I again leaped into the very center of the spotlight, and again his vigoroos , trenchant and well-known i>en is the cause of his attaining this coveted position. This time he goes after An- ‘ drew Carnegie with a poem in which he ridicules < ’arnegie’s attitude as an | enemy to war. Captain Steunenberg wears a sword for a living, but he has ever prac ticed in the belief of tlie* theory that . the pen Is a mightier weapon. A little more than a year ago. Cap- j tain Steunenberg was gracing the barracks and parade ground at Fort | McPherson as an officer of the Sev- j enteenth Infantry. Little was known of him in Atlanta and this seemed to | Wherefore he j Have ye heard the glad tidings, ye comrades in arms? Rejoice for our troubles are past!' The prize we , have struggled so long to attain we hold In our clutches at last. Like mists of the morning our cares roll away and vanished are sor row and strife; Our troubles we.’ll toss to the rol licking breeze. And pursue an existence of indolent ease. So write t«> your relatives.' tell ail your friends, and convey the glad news to your wife For the Congress of Peace has dis covered the fact that we'he lead ing the tranquil life' hurt his sensibilities drew his trusty pen and began to see , n ave vou ever done time at the Leav- that writh. ‘* n<1 ,hou « ht you He got the notice When he had were earning your pay laid by his writing paraphernalia tern - When you burled your face in the porarily he had said things about At lanta. and the things he said were not of a nature to please the proud spirit of Atlantans He went after the city itself, and when he was through it was hut a country village, and not any country village, to brag on. either. According to his description, the principal meth od of transportation here was the trustworthy but obsolete ox team, while mud, hub deep, was decidedly the most attractive feature of the civic scenery. Then he went into a discussion of the climate, and long before he was through the Sahara Desert was com paratively a garden spot and the at mosphere of the village- was so ener vating that the people hardly had the energy to fan themselves with the thermometer 102 in the shade. From the climate, lie switched to a discussion of the people According to the gallant captain, they were hardly worth discussion. He admit ted that they were wonders at .chew ing tobacco .and whittling soft pine sticks in front of the livery stable, but that was about all to them, ex cept that they had considerable abil ity when It came to making the night hideous and doing more wicked things than were ever heard of in the naughtiest Parisian cafe Architecture Doesn’t Please. According to the captain, the archi leaves of a book for some seven teen hours a day? Have you had to change station three times in a year and pay fare for your children and wife? Have you blistered your heels and grown weak in the knees? Slept in wet blankets and swore at the fleas? Have you sprung from your bed in the gray, early dawn to the scream of the reveille fire. And double-timed out to receive the reports? That’s part of the tran quil life. It was once a hardship to sleep in a tent, with the rain dripping through on your bed; When the tightening guy-ropes would pull out the pins and collapse the whole on your head. Or to pant through tlie sweltering afternoon with a hot wind at tempting your llffv- Dust rolling in from the company street Tent-fly flapping a lullaby sweet. While with poison oak, ehiggers and cuss words rare the tropical air was rife— I No hardship at all! Just passing events in the course of the tran quil life. lecture, what little there was. must i have been the work of a hopeless Who dreads the long years .in the Inebriate, and while he admitted that Philippines now? The fever, the some of the folks could read and heat and* the dust? write, they must have had extraordi- j And the long nights on outpost nary talent, for the educational facili- j through tropical rain that turns ties were about in keeping with the j all the rifles to rust? rest of the things around town. Or the endless pursuit of the festive The captain had difficulty in get- L&drone, who has evil designs on ting his story printed, but he finally j your life- landed it in an obscure little daily Chunks of lead humming through paper In the mountains of Montana. 1 the trees— It took several weeks to reach At- (Trilling events in the life of ease:) lanta, but when it did there was a ! And if we would forfeit a Juglar vein howl that reverberated At Fort Me- \ to the swing of the murderous Pherson. A diplomatic War Department saw :hat Captain Steunenberg’s Atlanta Jays were few and he was transferred to the more salubrious land of Hawaii, where they do the hula hula dance. Captain Ridicules Kaiser. During the Balkan bickering, he reached for his pen and wrote an ef fusion called “Our Object Lesson." in which he paid his respects to Wil helm Hohenzollern, Rmperor and autocrat of Germany. It caused con siderable of a row in the War De partment. but Steunenberg wasn’t perturbed He came right back with a poem he calls "The Tranquil Life,” in which he lampoons and harpoons Andrew Carnegie, who Is supposed to be worth many millions and can prob ably bear up under the attack, even as Atlanta did. knife What of it! Tin but a becoming fi nale befitting the tranquil life. No more will we swear at the long, dusty hikes they're nothing but pleasure trips now— No more will the parting of family ties bring a furrow of care to the brow; And the rifle, the bolo. the home-made spear- once handy In shortening Ilf*— The barong, lantaka. and sinuous kree.se Are friendly and safe as the dove of peace. And though the dark war clouds may hover apace and betoken Interna tional strife. . I Have never a fear, for the sun shines clear in the path of the tranquil life. her 30, were: New Tort: »Ohio hlinoU Paltfornla Pentiaylvania IVaaMngnn WlMourt Oresoii tlichif* n ,'olorado Indian* . . Wiaconsn Montana Sanaa* v ev J^rse;. tS.6SS.XA4 2.482.664 2,271.785 t.ll«.74* 1.612,443 . 1.246.846 Oklahoma New I!anu>*htr< Rhode Island Plat of Cot Tennewee Vinn la 1.236.536 i Florida MMLIftl Maine U'U.nss : Vi*>. l.tot.SS! f J-oulaiana S96.06T ! Ark*n«a« 774.676 ' Wyoming 74A.240, Alabama 666.265 Went Virginia 5*0.143 Maryland . 53.1,568 Mlailwlppl 517.4AS South Dakota 427 114 Georgia 322.87© • New Mexico 302.344 North Dakota 260.348 Vermont 270.14" ' North Carollm 252.041 251.661 »uth Carolina More Changes Are Planned. a ot that created the system :a o be so amended as to extend and popularise Its most important fea tures. Children under ten years old will T>e permitted 10 have accounts, and depositors will be given the privi lege of drawing on their deposit?. A liberal interpretation, it is held. will permit regulations that allow de positors to check out their money to pay obligations to the Postofflce De partment. The law says that "any depositor may withdraw the whole or any part of the funds deposited to his or h<M pradit, wit h j he scosMd in tar est. upon demand and under such reg ulations as the board of trustees may prescribe.” July 1. when the parcel post offi cials put Into effect the "collect onde- li\crv" fViituiv. the Postofflce Depart ment expects to make it possible for a patron of a postofflce and a depositor In a savings depository to draw on his carrier Instead of having to hunt up the exact change. The lawmakers feared to go too far when the act was framed lest the op position of the bankers hinder its pas sage. Since this the bankers have found that postal savings have helped rather than hindered them.. There arc now, 27 months after the establish ment of tile postal savings system, more than 345.000 depositors and about $34,500,000 deposited in the 12.- 160 offices. Some private banks may have more money on deposit, hut none has so many depositors. Thursday, when the postal savings division was transferred to the bureau of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, the head of that bureau be came the chief officer of the, most popular hank in America. Growth Has Been Steady. The growth of the system Is told. :n the following figures; June 30. 1911 400 offices. 11,918 de positors. $667,145 on deposit. $56.82 per depositor. December 31. 1911—5.24 7 deposito ries. 162,697 depositors. $10,614,676 in deposits; average of deposits, $65.24. June 30. 1912 10,170 depositories 243,801 depositors. $2tT237.0R4 depos its. average. $83.01. December 31, 1912—12.823 'deposito ries, 310.000 depositor*. $30,000,000 de posits ; average.'$96.77. January 31. 1913-12.823 deposito ries, 315,000 depositors,-$31,000,000 de posits; average, $98.41. February 28. 1913—12.825 deposito ries. 325.000 depositors, $32,500,000 of deposits, average. $100* March 31, 1913—12.823 depositories, 1335.000 depositqrs, $‘33,500,000 of de- lposits. average, $100. Suspicious and timid persons now bring their money Trohr «R\sorts of hiding places to deposit It with Uncle i Sam’s bank. Having learned that the ; 'faith of the United States is solemn- ' ly pledged to the payment of the de- j posits made in postal savings deposi tory offices, with accrued interest.” they are not afraid to trust their sav ing* to n Foreign born white persons, who used to hide their savings or send ! them back home for safe keeping. | now bring them to the people's bank. | as is proved by statistic^. Tiie number of. depositors, classified i b> color and nativity, June 30, last CARNEGIE, APOSTLE OF PEACE, READY FOR WAR ' IF THERE IS TO BE ONE % AkK CARNEGIE BEHIND THE GUNS. Andrew Carnegie, the famous apostle of peace, waxed quite war like in discussing the prospects and possibility of a war with Jap an. He even threatened to go to the front himself if such a thing happened. Notwithstanding his martial spirit, the Laird of Skibo is to-day on the high seas to spend his sum mer at The Hague and other great international peace depots. But here are the words of An drew Carnegie, able and . willing warrior, if there Is to be a war; 'Will there be war with Japan? No! There will never be war be tween the United States and Jap an. We are the best friend Japan lias got. The idea of war with her is absurd. “Hut if anybody wants to attack the United States let them come in. Let them get into the interior of this country and then, let them get out—If they can. How are they going to get out? “We have got in this country 22,000,000 men who can fight and shoot. There are lots of hunters in the West Who know how to hit the mark." Waits 20 Years in Court +»4* -I* • v +•+ “Patient Jane’s” Long Vigil Miss .lane Hath Independent Institutions Furnish Instruction in Art of Growing and Pressing Grape. Every Week in That Long Period She Has Paid a Visit, Only to Be Disappointed. Former Stage Driver Reviews Old Scenes Idaho Man Visits Los Angeles and Compares It With Settlement He Knew. year, and amount on depqslt, were: Native whites, 150,942. $9,774,605; foreign born white/ ff8.186. $10,255,- 756; negroes. 4.4,68. $189,432; other non-whites. 210, $17,291. About $16,750,000 that formerly would have Wpen sent out of the country or buried somewhere In this country Is now in circulation. Of the total number of depositors 1 1 1.890 Are women, the majority of them married. The foreign born whites, compris ing a little more than one-third of all the depositors, have about one- half of the total deposits. Native white women have more money to their credit than the foreign born of their sex. “Very little of the money deposited In the postal savings offices was withdrawn from the banks." says Third Assistant Postmaster General Dockery. “The system has fully met the expectation that the foreign- born resident would leave his savings in the keeping of the Government instead of sending It abroad. The amount of International money or ders issued increased at the rate of $9,000,000 a year for the ten years from 1902 to 1911, and $16,500,000 a year during the last two years of this period, the total (or the period end ing Julie 30 last being $109,604,639. One year later, and in the second year of the operation of the postal sav ings system, this had dropped to $97,660,026, a decrease of nearly $12,000,000. During this same period postal savings deposits Increased from $667,145 to $20,237,084. “The net result is an increase In the practice of saving, the restoration to circulation of large sums that were hoarded, and the retention In this country of money “formerly sent abroad.” LOS AXtiELES, May 31.—Return ing to visit the scenes familiar to htm when Los Angeles was a pueblo, Thomas Ranahan, of Boise, Idaho, accompanied by hie wife, will spend th*?> winter reviewing the places he. kqew when he t was ii driver on the stage line that* ran* l etween this city and Santa Barbara before the com ing of the railroad. Mr, Ranahan. who for years was a scout on the plains under General Forsythe, a rider of the pony express and a .driver on the Overland and Santa Ft- stage lines, is spending his time In the formation of a scheme to reproduce the scenes' of former days in a series of motion pictures. To this end he has interested the Governors df some of the in v er-moun- taln States, and hopes to take a se rif's of pictures, covering stage day incidents between Sacramento and Atchison. Kan. The Governors of Idaho. Nevada. Wyoming and Mon tana have promised their support to the movement. Holds Pastor’s Wife Must Share His Lot «■ “For Better or for Worse Applies to Doth Parties to Marriage Contract/’ Court Rules. LOS 4NGELES. May 31.—“ For better or tor worse’.applies in the case of a woman marrying a minister. Just the same as 1n the case of any other couple," ruled Judge Monr >e in refusing to grant a divorce to Maude Carmack, a school teacher, but awarding one to Rev. Joseph M. Carmack on hia cross-complaint charging desertion ‘We were married in Rockford. Ill., while he was on a small salary as «t Methodist minister.” said the plaintiff. "He did not provide me with enough money to permit me properly to clothe myself. I finally left him in Chicago.” "You knew the extent of his earn ings?” queried the Court. ■ Yes.” admitted the plaintiff, and Judge Monroe said her charges were pot mifficient grounds for divorce. SICKLE LOST 70 YEARS FOUND IMBEDDED IN TREE MOVING PICTURES PROPOSED TO GET RECRUITS FOR ARMY WASHINGTON, May 31.—Recruit, ing for the United States Army by means of moving picture exhibitions showing the soldier’s life is proposed b> Major R. C. Croxton, IT. S. A. He has set forth his proposals in ;.n article in the Infantry Journal.v It has attracted much attentiotr at the War Department and is viewed with great favor by many officers. Majof Croxton maintains that movies'* will get for the United States Army more and better men at much cost than i?» ’possible under the present methods of re cruiting. He helievds that tritcllng moving picture shows will be more efficient. INDIANA. PA. May 31.—An old- fashioned metal sickle stuck into a maple sapling 70 years ago by an irate father. Daniel Nupp. while he chastised his two sons in a harvest field, was found imbedded in the heart of a large tree cut down recently by Cyrus Nupp, of all persons just the one to explain the mystery out of a vivid memory of the ancient incident. While Daniel Nupp, one of the pio neer far mars of. this, county, was har vesting the crops on the old home stead farm, in Green Township, in ?I34Sf. ire asked ids two sons. George, aged 10. and Cvtus, aged 7. to carry water for the harvest hands. It was .» warm day. and the boysw ent into a nearby woods and sat in the shade. The fkther. who was cutting grain with a vdckle. became irritated and. sticking the point of the sickle into a small sapling, called the boys to him. i ut a switch from a nearby bush and chastised the tydy. Nupp returned to the and. having forgotten what he did with the sickle, hunted for it in vain NEW YORK. May 31— How Ger man boys are taught to grow the finest grapes and make the best wine to be found in the Rhine Valley is the subject of an interesting report to the Department of Commerce from United States Consul H. W. Harris, stationed at Frankfort. First-class schols are maintained in several.desirable locations of Ger many, where almost /everything a boy or young man should know about grape-growihg or wine-making is* taught, with a-fair common school education thrown in as an extra ac complishment. One such institution Is the (jrand Ducal School for Wine and Fruit Groing at Oppenheim- am- Rhein. Entirely Independent. It is independent of any other edu cational institution and has at its disposal about four acres In produc tive vineyards and about five acres ueed for experiments, acclimatizing American vines, seedlings, and similar purposes. The orchards, in which va rious kinds of fruit are grown, cover nearly twelve acres. The cellars for pressing, preparing and storing wine are well Equipped with necessary ap pliances. Including several winds of worm-werew, presses, a hydraulic twin press, a Mayfarth hydraulic press, machines for detaching berries, a Lle^rich filter, a Reitz asbestos filter, a Grur.ig filter, u Hollander filter, and a complete Installation with motor power for cleaning bottles. The wine cellar contains on an average 8,500 gallons of wine. "The regular course,” says Mr. Har ris. "is divided into two semesters—a \y inter semester from the beginning of October to the last of March and a summer semester from the middle of April to the last of June, with holi days from Christmas until after New Year’s and two weeks at Easter. This arrangement permits the students* to take part in f he spring sowing as well as the harvest w’ork, either at home or on some well-conducted farm. In case the students do not spend their holidays at home, the school un dertakes to find suitable employment for them. "The students take part in all kinds of work in the echool’s orchards, vine yards. and wine cellars. In addition, excursions are arranged in the neigh borhood of Oppenheim and other fruit and wine districts. There is, further, a po-called Praktikanten—Abeitlung. a section in which preparatory practical experience may be acquired by stu dents too young to make the regular course and other persons. Tuition for the entire regular course is 50 marks (11.90) for Hessians and 75 marks ($17.85 for others. This does not. of course, include board and lodging. Three Special Courses. “In addition to the regular course just described, the school gives three kinds of special courses, which are held from time to time, according to the necessities of the district: (1) Course for proprietors of vineyards, wine dealers, inn keepers, etc., which includes lectures on preparation and care of wine, fermentation, as well as practical work in laboratory, and wine cellar; (2) course for wine grow ers, the instruction covering newest methods in planting and caring for vineyards, manuring and combating vineyard pes»ts; (3) course for orchard gardeners, consisting of theoretical and practical instruction of concern ing fruit trees, planting, pruning, im proving, etc. There are short courses held at irregular intervals. "Besides theoretical and practical instruction offered in regular and spe cial courses at Oppenheim. the School for Wine and Fruit Growing send." its teachers as ‘itinerant instructors’ all over the fruit districts of the Grand Duchy of Hesse has charge of an organized attempt to exterminate vineyard pests, supervises ‘model vineyards,’ and carries on extensive experiments in wine and fruit grow ing in the vineyards and orchards connected with the school. •‘The ‘Wanderlehre’. or itinerant in struction consists of lectures and field demonstrations. Originally most at tention was paid to lectures held in wine and fruit centers. It has been found, however, that growers derive more benefit from lectures which sup plement practical demonstrations. At present instructors go through a dis trict, follow work in the field, give practical demonstrations, and then close their visit by a lecture review ing what has already been shown in practice. The teachers of the school are frequently invited to address meetings and associations of perrons interested in these industries. Model Vineyards. “The school attaches great impor tance to the educational value of its rocalled model vineyards, which are quite independent of those which are the property of the school. The model vineyards are worked by the proprie tors under the supervision of the school.” Another school. the Provincial School for Wine and Fruit Growing, is at Kronznach. It has an orchard covering about five acres, in which different kinds of trees. planting methods, and the distribution of trees and bushes can be studied. A second orchard of about twenty acres is a short distance from the school and is used for ordinary and intensive fruit grouiqg. “The school year at Kreuznach," says Mr. Harris, “lasts from the be ginning of October to the middle of August. It will be observed that, in addition to the subjects peculiar to wine and fruit growing, it is aimed io instruct the students along general lines, with especial reference to the needy of their future work. “Furthermore, the school trains young men for positions as manager? of qgricultureal enterprises. In addi tion to the above courses, their train ing includes special instruction, vet erinary science, management of farms, and surveying. This is a two-year cour^v. “Besides the above regular course' I the school offers a number of special 1 courses, held generally during the j winter months and lasting one to thre* weeks, thus enabling farmers am. wine growers to attend.” NEW YORK, May 31.—Jane Bath visited the Supreme Court Thursday Just as she has each Thursday for 20 years, and waited for the decision in “her case.” She has waited so long for this decision that she is known as "Patient Jane” to the County Court House attaches. When the chronicles of the old Tween Court House are written, none will be more singular than the story of Jane Bath. Back in the eighties when she was sprier and less wrinkled Jane Bath came to thP’ Court House and Inquired about her case. She was told the decision would be handed down the following Thurs- day. Every Thursday since that time seh has looked for it. “She told me when she first came? here,” the policeman, who has been on duty in the Court House for a quarter of a century, explained, “that she lived in Allen Street. She said she was suing a corporation for fa.lse arrest and wanted damages for the loss of her hair. It seems she was locked up over night and worried so her hair came out. The lawyer that took her case disappeared and ever since she’s been looking for a de cision in her favor.” Arkansas Town Has 4 Mayors in 2 Weeks Democrat, Elected, Resigns When He Names Committees and Is Suc ceeded by Postmaster. IMBODEN. ARK.. May 31.—Walter Wells, one of the most active Repub lican politicians, in Northeast Arkan sas, was sworn in as Mayor of Im- boden yesterday to succeed R. F. Kirkpatrick, who was elected at the recent election, but resigned Monda> night after appointing his commit tees for the year’s work. Imboden has had four active Mayors in the last two weeks. Mayor Joe Sul livan, who left this week for Heber Springs, Ark., was succeeded last week by Mayor Kirkpatrick, who in turn was succeded by Recorder Joe B. Watkins, who acted until Mayoi Wells could get his commission and be inducted into office. The first mayors were radical Dem ocrats, while the last named Is a Re publican. Mayor Wells is also post master at Imboden. POISONED ARROW THAT KILLED CUSTER PRESERVED FORT SCOTT, May 31.—Famous as the last stand of Custer may be. there are few people who know that he was killed by a poisoned arrow. It has been the general belief of the American people that in this fa mous battle, there were no arrows used, but Philip Bloch, an old Indian scout, and a man perhaps better ac quainted with the Indians than any one else in his time, claims he pulled an arrow from the body of Custer, a few hours after the massacre. Bloch is an uncle of Gus Green fields and on his last trip to this city promised to send the arrow so he would know it was in safe hands. COLLEGE WORK boast Is Now Made That the Sun Never Sets on the Activities of Old Eli. NEW HAVEN. May 31. — Yale’s boast to-day is the sun never sets upon the worldwide stretch of her activities. Wherever there is work to be done, whether it be in the com mercial or Industrial world or in the forms of work directly undertaken for the betterment of humanity, ther» floats the blue. Yale was the first American univer sity to undertake, through its grad uates. the creation of an educational mission ir. the Far East, and its suc cess there has had an influence on othci American colleges. Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania have pushed the medical work in China, and Princeton has • supported the Young Men’s Christian Association work in that country. Non-Sectarian Mission. Ya-li, at Changsba, in the Hunan district, the center of Yale’s activi ties in China, is no sectarian mis sion—it is an educational institution that its supporters hope in time will be to China what Yale is to Ameri- F. W. Williams, the chairman of the executive committee, says: “As it seeks no support from the churches here, it takes no part in the direct work of making converts in China.” An editorial in a recent number of the Yale Alumni Weekly adds: “The day has in largo measure passed when the religious energy of an Oc cidental nation uch as ours ex pended wholly in attempting to con vert an Oriental nation to our way of considering theological dogmas. ‘Missionary’ work to-day has come to mean a different and a broader and wDer thing. “It seeks, as in this instance of Yale in China, to give to a great peo ple '-uch as the Chinese, struggling to their f eet as an actor in the mod ern world drama, the co-operation and help of a nation such as ours, further advanced in industrial and educational and political experience, to be sure, but able to learn some thing in return ourselves from the finer side of the Oriental character.” The decennial of, the inception of the Yale in China movement is be ing celebrated this spring. Although the college has not yet passed beyond the hign.school stage, its curriculum is being constantly improved and the attendance has increased from about a score to almost a hundred. Yale Graduates. The teaching force consists of eight Yale graduates, seven Chinese instructors and three under appoint ment from America. The course in cludes a thorough study of the Chi nese language and literature, mathe matics. the sciences, history, English and German, the “modern” studies being conducted in English. Tne college is located in the capi tal of Hunan, a walled town about twice the size of New Haven. Most of the work is carried on in a “com pound” consisting of several two- story houses, these of the faculty, who do not live here being accom modated in rental Chinese houses. MARIE CORELLI SUING ACTOR FOR PLAGIARISM LONDON, May 31.—Miss Marie Corelli, the novelist, is seeking an in junction to restrain a music hall ar tist najned Gray from producing the sketch “The People's King,” on the ground that it was plagiarized from her “Temporal Power.” Gray main tains that the sketch is a condensa tion of a play he wrote in 1894, t and that the lovemaking scenes in it could not have been copyrighted. The case came up in court to-day and B^^BB^BS9a9^B9BB99SSaSSSB5BaB^SS9 FORMER GAMBLING DEN IN CHICAGO BECOMES MISSION CHICAGO, May 31,—What was once reputed to be a gambling den with secret doors and other devices for the escape of gamblers in case of raid9 was to-day converted into a. mission as an adjunct of the Moody Ch urch. W S. Jacoby, who says he served in Indian campaigns under General Custer and later became a gambling- house keeper, announced that he had turned evangelist and that the first religious service in the den would be held to-morrow. 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