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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Valuable Mexican Documents Burn

MEAICO CITY, March 2--Valuable
documents were destroyed by the recent
fire that spread from the assembly room
of the chamber of deputies to the vaults
nearby. Investigation shows the original
constitution of 1911, signed at Chillancin-
go: the act of independence of 1S2l when
Iturbide entered Mexico and the consti-
tutions of 1874 and 1857 were burned. The
latter constitution is the one upon which
the latter-day reforms instituted by Be-
nito JaureZ are based.
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DECKROW'S LONG WALK.
Member of Signal Corps Tramps
From Sault Ste. Marie to Mobile.

MOBILE, Ala, March 27.-On the last
lap of an ghteen-hvndred-mile walk, an
endurance test under the direction of the
United States Army, 7. r. Deckrow. a
member of Company A. Signal Corps,
C.S.A.. stationed at Fort Sheridan. and
one Of five who started from Sault Sainte
Marie. Mich, dragged himself into Mobile
last night. Deckrow and four other
members Of the corps left Sault Sainte
Marie for Gulfport, Miss. a distance of
800 miles, and to be covered in ninety
days.
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BOOTH REORGANIZATION PLAN.
Representatives of Many Interests
Hold Conference at Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 27.-With the arrival
here today of p. A. Valentine. fresh from
conferences in New York, plans for the
organization Of new company with a
capital stock Of 81, ,OOO. 900 to take over the
business Of the A. Booth Co.. including all
debts and assets. were outlined. Mr..
Valentine is a brother-in-IaW of w. Yer
non Booth, head of the so-called fish trust
which went into the hands of a receiver
last summer with liabilities estimated at
more than $5.OOO,OOO. and with assets
which have not yet been definitely ascer-
tained Mr. Valentine himself is heavy
stockholder in the old company.
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Autoist Roasted to Death.

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. March %
Ry the explosion of the gasoline reservoir
following the ditchiuS OF an automobile
last night James Abrams was roasted to
death and q. e.. 'Barco badly injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Life Penalty for kidnapping.

MADISON. Wis. March 2I.-The COM
mittee on charitable and penal institu-
lions of the assembly branch of the leg
islature today introduced bill provid-
ing for life Imprisonment for any person
convicted of kidnapping.
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"a MINERS KILLED.
Cage Falls 100 Feet-Score or More
Injured.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, March g7.-Twenty-fOur per-
sons were killed today and a score of 9TH
ers badly injured in the breaking of
cable by which a cage was being lowered
into a coal mine at Zwckau.
The cage dropped more than hundred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
APPARENT aim OF LEADERS
LET TARIFF DEBATE GO ON
UNTIL ALL ARE TIRED.
Then, It Is Figured Out, There Will
Be General Willingness to
Come to a Vote.

The wise old House leaders began today
to give a. preliminary twist on putting
down the screws on the tariff debate
1t was done very gently, almost imper-
ceptibly. but with a purpose in view, in
that Chairman Payne asked and secured
an agreement that, commencing Monday
the House shall meet at 10 am, sit un-
til 6. with night sessions from to 1890
to discuss the tariff.
Um--ten and half hours debate every
day, holding the House in tedious ses-
sion; how long viii that keep up until
a spirit is engendered favorable to ar
agreement for definitely closing general
debate? Not a rule, to be forced down
the throats of the another
outrage on the minority" as Speaker
Reed used to drawl-but joyous concur
renee of views. with hosannas Of rejoicing
to bring the pesky debate to an end.
Looks as II this is the plan Of the ma
jority-give 'em plenty Of line and play
'em until wearied, then reel them in at
ease Barkis is willin'. SO far as the
democrats are concerned. it appears, and
the close Of general debate is a question
Of but a short time.
The tug Of war will come when the lead
ers try to cut off amendments. If they de-
eide to attempt 1t. There is some talk
Of caucus of republicans. but it Is one
thing to lead the republicans to the trough
and another to make them drink. There
are wide differences of opinion as to the
advisability Of attempting to tie the re-
publicans hard and fast with a caucus
rule
Ep~to this afternoon the leaders were
absolutely without agreement upon this
proposition. and they probably will not
attempt to reach one until the debate has
proceeded to such length as to disclose
the sentiment among all the factions.
Finance Committee Will Not Delay.
The Senate committee on finance is
keeping pace with the House on the bill,
and 1t is said the committee will be
ready to act upon the measure within a
few days after its receipt from the House.
There will be no long delay in commit
tee. although no man can tell how long
bill.
1t was said today that republican lead
ers In the Senate are conducting some
quiet negotiations with senators from
several southern states looking to pos
Sible agreement to support the BILL North
Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas are said
to have stake in the new measure, and
1t may be to their advantage to have
their interests conserved in the general
Louisiana are also said to be on the
anxious seat.
1t is not practicable to announce at
this time how far negotiations may
progress, but they are being watched with
considerable interest.
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Weather.

Cloudy and threatening to-
night; partly cloudy Sum
day. with slight temperature
changes.
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Senatorial Callers.

Senator Bradley OF Kentucky conferred
with the President today as to some ap
pointments in his state. The senator has
made Il number of recommendations,
among them being that of Lawson Reno
of Owensboro for collector of internal
revenue of the second Kentucky district
instead of +. Z. Franks.
Senator Nelson today introduced TO the
President eX-GOv. Merriam. former direc-
tor OF the census. Mr.. Merriam is said to
want II diplomatic appointment. and has
the backing OF the Minnesota senator's
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Savannah Hears Rumor.

SAVANNAH. March 27.-A rumor that
the United States battleship Mississippi
had been blown up at Guantanamo gained
considerable currency today. The naval
authorities at Guantanamo. in answer to
an inquiry, denied that anything Of the
kind had occurred.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
Band Concert Transfer Arouses Wrath

army officer, and as such had no OPP
portunity to point out to his comman-
der-in-chief that the order might work
injustice to the great middle class OF
people He had to obey blindly
The result has been that there are
an increasing number of protests be-
ing filed against the change. The
White House always has been access
ible. The new concert ground is far
removed from car lines and there Is
neither shade nor seats upon which
those who brave the long walk to the
river front may rest.
To those who possess automobiles
or carriages the place selected by
Mrs. Taft for future concerts is ad-
| mirable. Society and the official and
diplomatic sets can whirl in their Ho-
tor cars and carriages and may appre-
| ciate the change, but those music
lovers whose purses are not overly
fat will be compelled to trudge
weary mile and a half beneath the
heat of the summer sun, if they care
to listen to the strains of one of the
best musical organizations in the
western hemisphere.
The local newspapers are bonn
barded with letters of protest against
the innovation.
In spite of these protests, however,
the bandstand was prepared and the
| concerts are being held there. The
president and Mrs. Taft were present
at the opening concert, also practical
ly all the official set and the diplo-
matte dignitaries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
"Uncle Joe" Practices Golf on the Sly

sad headshakes and wondering re-
greet.
The education of Vice-President
Sherman in the points of the game so
well liked by the president is believed
to have set the precedent Uncle Joe"
feels called upon to follow. The
speaker had handled a golf club but
once in his life previous to President
Taft's Inauguration. That was at the
Portland exposition, when a bevy Of
fair young women induced him to take
just one wallop at little white ball
as it rested invitingly on its tee. The
speakers secretary is authority that
the first drive was the longest ever
made by any golfer. Content with
having done something of note, Uncle
JCe," since then, has refused to smite
ball, fearing that he might foozle
frightfully.
The speaker never had much of a
desire for tennis under the Roosevelt
administration. In the first place he
couldn't learn how to score, and love
all and love forty" were as mys-
terious to him as some of Asher
Kinds parliamentary precedents. But
with golf it is different He is we'll
equipped with the language of the
game, and if the vice-president is to
enter the Taft golf cabinet why not
Uncle Joe?"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
Beer Sales Decreasing In
America, England and
Germany Alike.
Desperate Dealers Of Munich At
tempt to Save Business Through
Trading Stamp" Device.

The beer maker begins to see the
handwriting on the wall and no mis-
take.
Adolphus Busch, st. Louis most Ia
nous brewer, has issued an appeal
through the public press as result
of the passage by the Missouri house
OF a Prohibition submission resolution
81 would deeply regret leaving 81
Louis" Brewer Busch declares, put
IL we are forced to go we would not
only move ourselves across the river
but to every point in the country pos
sible'
What Mr.. Busch means in his maj
threat to move to every point in the
country possible" is a little doubtful
but when it is realized that St Louis
is the center of a section 500 miles in
radius. of which nearly four-fifths OF
the territory is already under Prohibl-
ton. it will be seen that the points
IN the country where it would be
possible for the beer maker to move
are rapidly growing few and far be
tween.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
Battleship Ordered to Natchez.

Representative W \. Dickson, of Mis-
s;ssippi, who has been urging Secretary
Meyer to send the batt.eship Mississippi
to Natchez to receive the silver service,
has received the following reply:
THE department acknowledges re-
ceipt of your letter dated april 49,,
1909, relative to the presentation OF the
silver service for the United States
steamship Mississippi. In reply thereto
the department has to inform you that
instructions have been issued to the
commanding officer of the vessel to pro-
ceed to the mouth of the Mississippi
river, so timing his movements as to
arrive at the jetties not later tlan May
10, 1909. The battleship will ascend the
river as far as Natchez, stopping at va
rous towns en- route, in order that the
inhabitants may have an opportunity to
visit tic ship. On Ne" - the Missis-
sippi viii leave the r.yer and proceed
to Horn Island Pas t. receive the Gil
yer service, as previously arranged
Til Icr&.tment r. That this AZ
IL NJ" = will prove s. seac. cry to al
co. ID
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07

Wy ASHINGTON.-One of the first in
w novations attempted by Mrs.
William Howard Taft has brought dis
appointment to the wife of the presi-
dent Of the United States. Criticism
is never pleasant, and especially when
one tries to launch a Utopian reform
and fails. But that is what Mrs Taft
seems to have done and the storm
that has been stirred by her interfer-
ence with ancient custom is still ris-
ing.
The trouble arose over Mrs. Taft's
desire to have the Marine band S
weekly concerts, that heretofore have
been given on the lawn behind the
White House, transferred to some
other place. In looking over avail
able places where the Washington
ians, black and white, might listen to
the music, the presidents wife found
a site far removed from the White
House on the banks of the Potomac
Immediately an order was issued
from the executive Office to the super.
intendent of public buildings and
grounds to prepare plans at once and
proceed with the construction of a
bandstand The superintendent is an
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
President Selects Summer Home by Sea

is a veranda leading from the second
story on the ocean side of the house
over the dining room which can be
reached from every one of the bed
rooms.
From the hall on the Beverly side
of the cottage, one enters the great
living hall on the left The hall is
lighted by glass doors, which open on
the veranda on the ocean side, and
four stained glass windows over the
landing on the main staircase. The
living room is finished in paneled
sycamore with tapestry paper run
ming to the ceiling moulding. From
the living room the staircase leads to
a balcony, around which are the
chambers, six in number, on the sec
ond floor A chandelier hangs from a
paneled ceiling.
From the living room to the right is
the music room, finished in white.
There is a beautiful library on the
left. finished in cherry.
The cottage is lighted by eleotricit.
and has every modern convenience.
The stable can accommodate half a
dozen horses and still furnish room
for large and well equipped garage.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07

dry the lime n the -aaterial will sake
very rapidly and cause a burn. This
material can be put into the burrows
and will usually CTive the moles away.
If it is impossible to put the carbide
in the burrow every few feet it might
be we'll to generate the gas by plac-
ing some of the calcium carbide in the
channels. covering with soil, being
careful not to fill up the burrow with
dirt. Then hose may be turned into
the run till 1t is flooded. Someone
had best stand by with handful of
soil in order to stop any hole through
which the gas might escape.
Carbsn bisulphide may be used in
small areas to dire away mole5. When
using this chemical be careful 70, to
open it = ar fame as il is vc-y yoa
tile and highly cxalas'vs. To apply +
lake little hclss in he run eysrv few
oct, pour ITO ihc'H 4 table 20 anfal o.
# tie Isl h g = oui e'.lv ver
} a 30 r: ca q CT be.i ap
Ta'r IT'S to
20 MI q G. easiy an ics ant
"d hi sI~ec on.
all be- CT ~a IS c. 8 ar
Is may lie rs Cd Y as
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
FOR GETTIsG RID OF M0LES.
Garden Magazine Prints Scne Hints
of Value to Those Troubled
with the Fests.

The Garden Magazine gives a short
paper on catching moles. The sub
stance of the paper is as follows:
Moles have the habit of eating whole
rows OF garden seeds as well as corn
in the fields; they also feast upon
bulbs, asparagus roots and in numer-
Gus ways injure the plants of the gar
den, besides they are a great pest in
the lawns, roofing up grass and max
ing unsightly burrows in all directions.
When one is caught at work if a
spade is pushed into the ground full
depth just back of the moving portion
of earth and the dirt quickly thrown
out the mole can be caught and killed.
The little beasts work early in the
morning and late in the afternoon, SO
if you do not chance to catch them at
work you can use calcium carbide in
driving them away This is the ma
terial that is used in generating acety
lene gas and must be handled with
care for if the hands are rot uerfectly
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07

~ HE cottage which the Tafts are to
occupy this summer is situated
at Beverly, Mass, and is two stories
and a half, painted green. Around it
are trees and shrubbery and stretches
of well-kept lawns and the place is
one of the beauty spots along the
shore. Entrance to the estate is from
Cher street and IS guarded by two
great stone posts, the cottage itself
being hidden from the travelled way
by the trees, although it is but two
minutes walk in
There is 2 great covered porte
cochere over the private driveway
leading to the house. Running around
on three sides is a wide veranda, and
On the ocean SIDE IS tower crowned
with a dome, and with windows near
ly all around On the third floor. There
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
Senator Would Put Curb on Pensions

| technicalities of the law, although he
could prove to the satisfaction of
committee that he was entitled to
consideration.
But such legislation has grown so
rapidly that either it must be limited
or the pension committees of the SEN
ale and house will have to receive an
additional force, making them, in fact,
pension bureaus of considerable size.
To meet this condition, and to place
some limitation upon pension legislar
ton, Senator McCumber proposes to
arrange a joint meeting of the pension
committees of congress, when some
plan with this purpose in view will be
considered.
Mr.. McCumber believes that it may
be possible to reach an agreement by
which the house and senate practical
ly will pledge themselves that they
will pass a given amount of pension
legislation in one session, and nc
more.
He expects this meeting to be held
before the adjournment of this ses-
sion, so that some agreement will b.
in force when congress meets next Do.
cember in regular session,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
Illinois Prohibition Leader DefieS
Busch Threat.

''Mr. Busch better not make any
plans to move his brewery across the
river to East st. Louis, as he threat
ems. if the Missouri legislature per-
mits a vote on state wide Prohibition,
declared Alonzo E. Wilson, chairman
OF the Illinois state Prohibition COM
mittee. when his attention was called
to the st. Louis brewers announce
ment.
with eighty counties dry now" con-
tinued Mr.. Wilson. "AIr. Busch knows
that the people of Missouri will dry up
st. Louis, Kansas City and St Joseph
bV adopting state wide Prohibition. l
want. however, to warn Mr. Busch
that the Illinois people are just as tired
Of the booze business as those OF other
states, and l predict Illinois will adopt
state wide Prohibition within the next
five years. 1t would do it now If the
politicians dared to permit vote on
constitutional amendment.
81 see nothing discouraging in the
election of April 90" said Mr.. Wilson.
"A number of towns and cities voted
under the old law and practically none
under the new anti-saloon law. A lot
of wet towns went wet, as was ex-
pected. They were places where the
drink traffic has been strongly in
trenched and are hard to capture at q
city election. In Il number Of counties
we have these small wet plague spots
which spoil the rest of the territory IL
a dry county. 4 number of cities anC
towns which are dry elected saloo1
sympathizers as city officers, which
means lax enforcement of the law.
''The defeat for mayor of Martin il
Joliet, Battle in Aurora and Sherman
in Springfield shows the shortsighted
ness of the brewery interests. These
men stood for enforcement of law. Tht
saloon interests are against enforce
ment of law, which means a wide Ope1
town, and that in turn means cyclone
for the liquor interests in the spring
of 1910, when a lot of these cities vii
vote dry on the simple proposition thai
they will not respect and observe the
law, and in the fall it means a strong
Prohibition element elected to the leg
islature to give the people what they
want and demand-viz. county Prohi
bition and probably the submission OF
a constitutional amendment for state
wide Prohibition. l am greatly encour
aged over the present situation. The
temperance people, however, must
wake up and keep up the agitation and
education in every town every month
of the year if they are to retain what
they now have and expect to get more
legislation in the future. With Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Florida about tt
go into the Prohibition column it means
a better chance for Illinois to do like
wise"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07

GET NCLE JOE" CANNON may be-
~ come one of the most select in
the select coterie Of Taft golfers aft
er having scorned a try at the tennis
cabinet of Roosevelt, according to re-
ports. 1t has even been said that the
speaker has already purchased a full
caddy bag of sticks and is stealing
forth on the sly to Chevy Chase in
Washington to perfect himself in the
art Of shifting the little white gutta
percha.
There are those who can remember
when 'Uncle Joe" was the shiny
champion of the whole country around
Danville, H., Cannon's old home.
Those were in the days when he de-
voted more time to fresh air and ex-
else and less to stogies and politics.
he old timers tell Of how the speaker
could smash a ball farther and crack
shins more recklessly than any man
in town. They are greeting the latest
item in the budget of golf news with
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
POINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

Each cows milk should be taken
from the barn separately, and not be
allowed to remain in the barn until
the whole herd is MIXED If milk is to
be separated on the farm it should be
run through the separator while warm.
Cream should be cooled as soon as pos
sibie and warm cream should not be
mixed with cream already cooled
Cover cans with a light clean cloth
which will admit air but will keep out
dit. Keep the separator clean by the
use of plenty of water Air all vessels
after cleaning.
eugeways INTO the grouna or zmc
strips may be used. These boards.
etc., should be at least seven or eight
inches below the surface, as moles are
supposed to tunnel about six inches
deep; in dry seasons, however. they
may go lower. If any of the above
methods cannot be used the only thing
left to do is to buy a mole trap and
set it in the run. There are several
OF these traps on the market.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
Blue Monday.

The master of the Belfast shipyard,
writes DR.. Charles =. Parkhurst in the
Los Angeles Examiner, recently said to
his men:
"You have lost $4,000 (S65,ooo) this
past year because you failed to be in
the yard on Monday, and you failed to
be in the yard on Monday because of
your carousings Saturday night"
And yet the brewer claims to be the
friend of the poor workingmen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07
"Humor'' In Kankakeee.

One of the "humors' OF last springs
campaign. when local option was the
issue, is now being aired, says the
Kankakee Gazette.
1t will be remembered that the vote
was by some hundreds the largest
ever polled in Kankakee City, running
up to 5000 Eyerybody-that is, al
most every body-wondered where it
came from.
The explanation was furnished later,
comments the Illinois Issue. The
brewery-Beckman forces turned the
poll lists over to Len Small for use in
the Yates campaign, and literature was
sent out to the addresses found on the
poll lists. Hundreds were returned
unclaimed, no such persons being
found by the carriers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07

A N EFFORT to limit the volume OF
"A special pension legislation will be
made by Senator McCumber, chair
man Of the committee on pensions,
before the adjournment Of the present
extra session of congress. Such legis-
Ia ion has grown rapidly until, during
the last congress, about 5000 bills, the
object Of most of which was to in
crease existing pensions, were passed.
During the present session about
1000 bills providing for pensions not
obtainable under the general pension
laws have been introduced in the SEN
ate alone.
The reasons urged for such legis-
lation have been in the nature of ex-
ceptional conditions either relating to
the necessities of the applicant or to
a failure on his part to satisfy the