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ifKKt ?fti> i m k' , ,, , : .? ? .r: a b ?'<?< ^ -u-iu..' I ' v.L't-r ,1..^ ,, : v ; ? . toft ) rth ? .taTOW* .' " ' V" , , ? ... ...???. ? ? ih? ' i ?> ? ? . j ,.> v o l in i in . |i;; . : t ??' M Ou C; . ? k imvall I: ????' ??? 1 l ij- ' !> !n l',Si , )l' a! < i ufu.\n-i of men i lV > ? . . ! M/ ?r :iim? K idiuip ,uhk ' ; ?'? lhv" ,:i '' ?P,,r s" lh, ' yea: .1. l.JU August 1 li Uf ? ? ? '? "l? in l'kula Vfetpli . aUi?Mi .Vi i saloons, J HO ? ill ((Hi ciee:- -a. loons, I'-UI dwellings ?, ?n i Ms i i<|u^?r in tran |m. 'ation The tt.tul value of the ftViUors oontl.-'v alc<i is placed at Win n t\iis Atii; 1 Firpo, Argentina pri?e lV$iU'i, arrived at OaUao, I'oiu, I'liduy, he was received with all the Ye/oniony and ?hthusinsnv that would l?o ueeoi "?"l*,*l a v of s'ato. John P. Whi'.-. a negio. has been tu ; ft 1.?. M U'" v?^r? oy an A -tn'.u- l-iv.v, ?J.i ii&t f-M having ,..lk-d an^h<;r negro by strik hk hin'i vhc head repeatlM ly. with his fist. Two ii. in vw-.e p. : hup* fatally in ? Hfrd Saturday niorning by the prtv nuttu.ro explosion Of a powde- charge ?oil the U-nQirlilowing Hock, N. ?(!., highway, The men were Mown across tlfc rr, er by 'the *i?rce of the explo inlj. The l>",t)uu etn.< o-y.? ??i' she South fii! Pais lie Kails^aJ' vonipany lia\e hi en in -red node a blanket policy "I i i. -at '-I by the Metropoli ? it ln auauvt* ^ onipany. Ihe inaxiimiiM .?;.r.ta) on employes re i t'lvlnn a uiouthl v pay of .}. \\ M n^iiii i. ? ill probably reprv ;eut the United S ates in the German ?Tpnrr.t:nr?p ronf-* i-nee. AJUnnd^t { ' hapma.ru. \vkq, is in 'hoT^?ev??ntietli veUr, has covered half ? tic distance tn ;* joiim -y afoot fium lier home' in Muilni. 1* la., to Montiual, i (U)itda. Mr., Uardmu. Kit: of the late i'res i ? lcCb t llanlinu. hotds the honor of bo ng the first lady of the land to ever 1 aift a vote, she triviflg sent her regis rrq^ion as a le^at voter to Marion. Mj.s.s Nettie H >,vell, a teacher .n ?lie schools of Greenville, was perhaps uxfrlly injured So'iilay worninj* when r.iftick by an automobile at Greer. .'.Iiy was almhtiit-4 from a car when struck by allot he machine. The ac . ilent is saiil to .ave been unavoid atilo. Mrs; Mariel'.e i irk, "Who. twenty ji'txrs ago Was < noted social leadei i; ^ o? k. iiii'u in poverty in San I-'iomcisco SunJ-i . . She was divorced : i inn her first husband Albott I'att M j^nn, who aftei divorcing her left lii.s fortune to la- .nils. Gayle Alex ie.'' *r, expert, golfer, r-hilr plny.n 4 ? e on a tf >'f eoijrse neat lie-.:*^ton, Ky., Monday, hi yye a uol; b.iii ???.?? the air, the ball ,i i k aJ;t k !k? < in the air, killing 1 'i ai.it is 1 tii- ? the third time on ii-tV'W that i>. ; i m e been killed by balls. Women indii.'. ?l vsoikeru ^ulle1' : I'om colds mo) e ./tell than men, and illnesses which keep them from work onP day or longe*- are twice as fre quent as in men. Mrs. K 1. lion'. wife of the Am <" C> an diieitor -> '>;:?? Persian 111 11 . !< (Ten; v romp':.*1. ? ? ? i ?>:?*? niih ?r l> ?'? .. . s ? > ' I'.e w .id < mini:;. i (?' ia :i t . i! ? ' it'" A i al>::\. . 1 ! : c ? . ij iw i ft*, ififii'ly ' :? I. it. I ? .? i.> !!ii i'\|ii'rt i . k ? > ? . ? ii'i ? > ? ? ? of h fishing in "ii l. .!. '.i . >.itr.i she is often re : i ? :i *!..? ''.i: rfool I'riiu'oss." \ ; ? i ! or si-s. I~ 1 1 i i:.t jtl^t r !!!' !!('<! n ? ? at. I a a* f. . ? ? .!!..? b: : I!- v ,rc ' - . ?? .?.!?? ??.?> ? I.v.itfh U . ' ? : \ : ! . UOMKN ' : ! . \ - M H ha h >lw i* ? t "J ? a ' : . . . i ; ? i I ? s ! I ? f ' :1H ;;; ' ? ;<is r. . ] - >"> .M . >.> I.ij.'i ' ?( . I i.! New Yuii. ctLv. ha* nitMi hi) "hh (fmi n :nc" orchestra wh fi * he direit- her .seLf. Street 8con? in Tokyp. (Pr*p*i?0 by lh* N*il?iml Oeotrrnphlc So ciety, Wanhlli t ton, I>. O.) Jajmn's great catastrophe has served to turn more than ever the attention of the world to thin country which, from a position of isolation In the Asian seas, has emerged to become one of the dominant factors In the Pacific and a world power overtopping in Im portance many of the old powers of Kurope. This Island empire might he termed the narrower and less compact Britain of the Far Fast. Like the British Isles, the Japanese islands form the fringe of a great continent; both were in the hands <>f petty kings and grew Into a centralized nation; both looked abroad for expansion* and both have con* celved that their Safety and future prosperity depends largely on sea power. But there are differences as well as likenesses between these two Island nations. Since she began to grow Into an empire (Ireat Brltnit) has absolute ly turned her back on Kurope In so far as territorial acquisitions are con cerned, and has sent her colonists Into the remote parts of the world. JapML on the other hand, has acquired large blocks of the neighboring continent, but has expanded somewhat In other directions also. Great Britain has be come the headquarters of -a scat tered, distant empire. Japan has tJF~ ninined so far the center of her em pire with iter ixissesslons drawn rela^ lively closely about her. Though Japan had Imperial ambi tions even in the early centuries, as Indicated by the fact that she once conquered Korea, and laid claim In the Sixteenth century to Formosa and even the Philippines, the national life! when Commodore Perry opened com munications with the West in 18.r>4, was confined to the three main south ern Islands of Japan proper and the small Islets near their shores. Not un til the severities did the government be gin development of Yezo, the big Island to the north ? the Japanese Scotland. Both Russia and Japan claimed Sak halin. the fifth and northernmost of the large islands of the Japanese group, and there were similar double claims to the Kurlle group, a chain of smqjl volcanic islnnds, comparable to the Aleutians, which stretch from Yezo nort beast ward to the tip of Kamchat ka. In Russia Induced Japan to take the Knrlles and relinquish all claims t<> Sakhalin. , Beginning of Her Expansion. These rxptinsiotiK to the north were ? ? r Hi < I ?* value, for tlio colli, bK'ak northern lands have never appealed to .fapnne*t> eolonl?t?. Yezo Is sparse l> settled. and tin1 Kurlles have only a handful of Inhabit unts. Japan's next was to the south. In 1S7',? she an nexed the I.u-Chu archipelago, extend Inn from the southernmost of the la rue Japanese Munds southwest ward for miles fo Formosa. China lahl .?la iin to * li i *s!?" small hut pleasant and populous Islands, as she did to For mo^a. !>ir '.In- lina!l,\ nui't'iiii'd t *> i i Japan'*' Mnnrxintr thrm .1 ip;i;i'"? n ;rt?>rloii?? war w . I h I'hlna ' ! In ln'i ihtui'diafo t?'rritorial J : : i ? ! \ h ? i ; r.< I in ad hti.'ii greatly j l )u'iL'(.M'Hiw? hi>r prrvt !?:?? anions the p. a ! : t!on> 1 1 1 t ! <? island <<f For ai"? ? ? fh?.ai:< ki,"?N :is T:ii\v:ut) : ! w : r ' - 1 " inn) ,.>?.? in !? ? t?*rrl ? . ? \ ? . ! : - ' 1 1" o' * ? ' nf - : a v. ! t !..? i t ?> . ?* n : - i;.i #.f I . i ^ ..n t: . terests in the Pacific can bettor be un- { derstood, perhaps, by Imagining her ! Island territories transferred to the more familiar Atlantic and the east and-west directions reversed. The vari ous groups of Japanese Islands would then extend from the Shetland islands southward 'along the coast of ICurope and Africa for .2,700 miles. Formosa would he situated Just north of the Cape Verde islands. The Marianne or Ladrone islands of the mandate would occupy a position near the Azores; and the hundreds of Islands of the Caro line and Marshall groups (the remain ing mandate Islands) would string out | across the Atlantic from near the ; Cape Verde* almost to -Cubit. Hono- ? lulu, under this transposed geography, j would occupy about the position of Santa Pe. Ww Mexico. ?. ... i Good Naval and Trading Bases. As direct outlets for emigration, Japan's mandate islands, because of ! their restricted area, are of little, lm- j portance. Hut as bases to facilitate naval operations and trading activities to the south and east they are com parable In importance to Hawaii as bases for the westward activities of j the United States. And Japan means to make the Islands "pay for their keep." She Is stimulating the sys temntlc planting of coconut groves, and her traders are fast replacing for eign goods in the Islands with those of Japan. The Islands add only a few thousand miles of territory and some f>0,000 people to the Japanese empire. But the scattered points of land "fence In" approximately one million square ( miles of the Pacific. Though Japan has grown to n greatness In world councils perhaps not dreamed of in 18f>3, the spirit of kindliness then established between her and the United States by the visit of Commodore Matthew fJalbraith Per ry has continued to mark their rela tions. This opening of Japan to the world by an American constitutes one of the most Important events In our history. The story of Perry's voyage to Japan has all the glamour of the stories of the Orient, and Is fascinat ing beyond the imagination of the most fertile novelist. Armed with a letter from the president of the United States to his imperial majesty the em peror of Japan, saluted as a "(Jreat and (>ood Prlend," fVuninodore Perry made a thorough study of Japan and the Japanese character before start ing on his epoch-making voyage. He carried as presents specimens of the products of the farm and factory, which he thought hy their novelty nnd usefulness would interest the people of Jiipnn. A miniature loroinollve, with ' racks and rails to Ik? laid down, one mile of telegraph line with Morse In struments. photo^raph-enmeras. print ing presses, puzzles and tops, some of tin* newest things in America, were In the cargo. Commodore Perry's Diplomacy. The story of his wisdom, his pa tience. his eonMimm.ife diplomacy, go 1,1 ?*' into weeks ami months nnd \ears, the employment <>f e \ er\ :irt that statesmanship and strafe::., touhl in- ! vent, is ns thrilling today .-is when it' w.'|s first to!,!. 1 1 ? ? had u'oiie to Japan ! ulth :t ft'icndh ke.v to <>pi-n i he ,|,H>r ? tin' furtherance of tra^e, the pro :''i if ami .<!.tan i treaty! power . . ;.v a ! 1': -' ?!"? I ?* II .. r;, ing i :: '??.*. o! in_ ? ? \ i r.v ? r: .sanity ? 1 !?!'??? ' I ' til.- ' u.iilld A ?- tri.it' - |'e i \ < -i; , _ . irked * ?? ... 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