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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

Chile, China or any distant power our
fleet of battleships could not reach the
scene Of hostilities without asking help
from some other nation in carrying their
coal and other supplies. The laws Of
neutrality would make our humiliation as
sea power pitiable. Congress appro-
pirates million dollars year to keep
our militia in a state of readiness to re-
spond to any need for endorsements on
the part Of the regular army. And we
have an admirable naval reserve from
which our warships may obtain traind re-
cruits whenever they are needed; but
there are not more than a dozen steam
vessels sailing under the United States flag
that would be of any service as auxiliar-
les or tenders to our fleet. The American
Steamship Line has four. the Pacific Mail
has four. and there are three or four
ships sailing between New York and
Cuba and South American ports. When
the government wanted ships to carry
supplies to the Isthmus of Panama 1t
was compelled to accept the only two
that were available.
At the same time we are paying be-
tween S,50,O0O,OCO and $DO,OOO,OOO year
to foreign ship owners for carrying our
freight and our mails. The manufac-
turer and the merchant consider it econ
omy to haul their own goods. 1t is
cheaper than hiring teams and that prin-
ciple in business economy will apply In
the same way to our foreign trade. Last
year we imported and exported more
than three billion dollars worth of
freight and paid tax upon almost
every ton of it TO the owners of foreign
ships. 1t is scarcely worth while to dis
cuss the possibility of recovering the
transa tlantic trade which was lost to us
when the merchant marine changed from
sail to steam. There is now an abun-
dance of vessels. more than are needed. in
every Atlantic port. and they are being
built of such size and are managed
with such economy that the cost OF
transportation is decreasing annually. 1t
would be useless to offer Inducements
SUFFICIENT to justify any company to build
a fleet of steamers to compete with the
Cunarders in carrying the mails. 1t costs
one-third more to maintain ship under
the American flag than under any other,
because of the difference in wages. But
there are markets which are not ac-
cessible and transportation routes which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
QUILLS AGAIN IN USE.
Attorney General Wickersham Re
wives Old Custom.

Attorney General Wickersham has re-
vived an old custom at the Supreme
Court OF the United States
Ever since the organization Of that
august court quilts have been provided
for the learned representatives OF the
government and attorneys appearing be-
fore the court When the fountain pen
became popular the quilts remained on
the table in front of the bar undipped
In ink, until relic hunters bore them
away. One day. when the Attorney
General fumbled In his pocket in vain
for pencil or fountain pen, he seize
the quill and dashed of as good a
hand as John Hancock ever wrote. Now
he uses the quilts every time he at
tends court.
Others have followed his example. and .
new supply of quilts has been supplied
by the officials OF the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Story Of North Pole Quest.

NEW YORK, December 7.-Commander
Peary told again last night the story OF
his discovery Of the north pole, in a
lecture before the American Geographic
cal Society.
Many Of the pictures shown Of the hard
ships endured after the start from Cape
Sheridan were applauded. The last camp
before the final stand at the pole showed
the party making tea by converting ice
and snow into boiling water on clylindri-
cal alcohol stoves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
PORTO RICO AN EXAMPLE
METHOD OF HANDLING FL
NANCES THERE PRAISED.
Address by William F. Willoughby
Before the Association of Gov
eminent Accountants.

That the United States might well learn
valuable lessons in regard to the methods
of handling its finances from the govern
ment Of Porto Rico was a statement
made by William F. WiIloughby, assist
ant director Of the census, who addressed
the Association Of American Government
Accountants in the assembly hall at the
Public Library last night. Mr.. Willough-
by was for eight or nine years in the
insular service in Porto Rico, serving as
treasurer and as secretary of the island.
His subject was 1.-The Finances of Porto
Rico
Mr.. Wiloughby described in detail the
methods of accounting and handling the
public moneys in Porto Rico and the
building up Of the system now in vogue
there. He said that the island was
spared the subtreasury system which
is used here, and which sometimes is
a disadvantage, because the public
moneys are tied up in the subtreasuries
when they should be in circulation.
Kept Well Informed.
The auditor of the island, said Mr.. Will
loughby, receives Independent informa-
ton of all moneys which should be paid
into the treasury. and he knows just
what should be collected. In this man
ner a check upon receipts is made pos
sibie as we'll as upon deposits.
II venture to say" said Mr.. Willough-
by that many more frauds are COM
mitted because there are not sufficient
checks upon receipts than in the case
OF disbursements. The loss of moneys
to the United States government is un-
doubtedly large, because there is not
sufficient check upon its receipts. Elk
posures in New York have proved this
In Porto Rico the government has avoid
ed employing q large number OF dis
bursting officers, and has established the
direct audit system, by which bills are
audited before they are paid. Mr.. Will
loughby said that the island had been
issues, and it had established an ex-
cellent system for compiling its budget.
Statement by President Powers.
President lie Grand Powers of the as
ISOLATION. chief statistician for agriculture
in the census bureau, thanked Mr.. Will
loughby in the name of the association
for his address. Mr.. Powers said that a
number of other lectures, which will be
delivered the first and third Mondays in
each month in the Public Library had
been arranged. He announced. however,
that there would be no meeting the third
Monday in this month on account of
Christmas, and that the next meeting
would be held the first Monday in Jam
uary, when address will be delivered
by the president of the Ohio state board
of accountants. he accounting system
in Italy ant. in Egypt would be the
subjects of future lectures. he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Mysterious Three Assailants.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. December John
Czabo, aged nineteen. died yesterday at
st. Johns Hospital, the victim Of thyee
unknown assailants who stabbed him
through the lungs on Bridge avenue Sat-
urday night. The police have been in
formed that one Michael Burke has since
been assaulted and cut by the same three
men, at the same place, but they have
been unable to locate either Burke or
the thugs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
My Lady
Beautiful

Health is true beauty. The
charm of bright eyes, rosy checks,
rounded figure, buoyant and elias
tic step is within the reach OF
every woman.
Reasonable care i'll diet, regular
exercise and due amount of sleep
with an occasional dose of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Tie Beer That Made Milwaukee famous

was picked up unconscious by a police
man.
Drayton suffered decorations of the
scalp and was taken home. His father
said he did not know how much the rob-
Der took from his son. The latter n q
student at the Columbia University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Statement by President Powers.
Col. Astor's Nephew Robbed

NEW YORK, December 7.-William
Aston Drayton, son of j. Coleman Dray-
ton, financier and nephew of Col. John
Jacob Astor, was blackjacked' and robbed
early today on East 57th street, while
returning home from q social affair. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

pays more than $4,000 a year. Both
Australia and Canada pay more for
the transportation of their foreign
mails than the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

Several other governments in Central
and South America pay small subsidies,
but none other than those named above
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
TURKISH DAY OF REJOICING.
Hospitable Welcome Accorded to All
During tho Month Of
Ramazan-

Every year in Turkey, in the month
of Ramazan, as they term (which II
the month when the Koran was re
vealed, In rs parts. to Mohammed-h
was for years a general custom in
Turkey for the Turks to open their
houses at IL O'Clock, the Turkish sun
set time, to strangers and anyone was
permitted to enter and take supper, a
meal the Turks call oviftar, during
Ramazan.
No matter how poor or how rich the
persons, and whether q complete
stranger or near friend, they come
just before the sunset hour, and all
are seated at the truly hospitable table
before IL O'Clock Immediately after
the roar of the cannons announces
sunset the Turks eat either an olive
holy prophet did this, and those who
smoke may begin as soon as the date
or olive. supposed to be the fruits of
paradise, disappears. Then come jel-
lies, as it is a belief In Turkey that
sweets collect the Senses" whatever
that may mean. Oddly enough, soups
follow the sweets. and then after that
eggs cooked in butter are served, fol-
lowed in turn by mutton chops or
roasted meat; these are succeeded by
vegetables, and the vegetables by a
sort of sugarless pudding, called
beurek, and after this the famous
baclava or kadaif.
After all this more meat courses
fish, and vegetables are served. and
such sweets as rice milk (gullaj sud.
lad. native blanc mango tmahallebi).
pilaf with hishad or junket (yaourt)
and coffee
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
DisREGARDED ORDERS.
Ten Killed and Forty Injured as Resui,
of Criminal Carelesspess of
Motorn1an.

South Bend. Ind.-Ten persons were
killed and forty injured in wreck on
the Chicago, Lake Shore and South
Bend railway in Porter county, In
diana, Saturday night. when two of the
big electric cars coIlided headon
According to General Manager Fl. U.
Wallace, the wreck was due to dis
obedience of orders by Motorman
George A. Reed, who was killed. Reed
was instructed to wait at Wilson, a
short distance west of Baileytown. the
place of the disaster, for the west
bound car. he did not do so and the
cars crashed together.
All but one of the killed were in
the smoking compartment of the car
in the front end. This space, original
ly used as baggage and freight room,
was fitted up for the use OF the smok-
ers and was crowded
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
RECALLS FAMOUS GOLF MATCH
Projected Game Brings Back Contest
in Which Royalty Mas
involved.

The projected golf match between
two well known amateurs and lead
ing member of the London stock ex-
change for a stake of $4,000 recalls to
the Westminster Gazette the famous
foursome in which the duke of York,
afterward James H.. took a prominent
part on the Leith links in the year
1882. 1t was really an international
contest. in which the duke, with John
Patersone, golfing shoemaker of
great repute, championed Scotland
against two noblemen of England, a
heavy wager depending on the issue.
The duke and the cobbler had an easy
victory, thanks largely to the man OF
the last, and John Patersone's share
of the stakes was so substantial that
he was able to build a goodly house in
the Canongate, in wall of which the
duke caused stone to be placed bear
ing the Patersone arms with the mot
to, Far and sure" a tribute to the
cobbler's driving powers. Patersone's
house survives to-day.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
TO UTAH EDUCATORS.

The Salt Lake Route, Utah's most
popular road, announces many rates
and dates for east and west-bound ex-
cursions. These excursions include
attractive water and rail trips, ocean
voyages and side trips to the Alaska
Yukon Exposition and other notable
places.
For the N. e. A. convention at Dem
yer, July 9Th to 9th. all stations in
Utah will sell round trip tickets, also
on many other dates low round trips
to Denver, Cheyenne, Pueblo and Col,
orado Springs.
The round trip to Los Angeles on
days especially suited for teachers go
ing on their vacation is $4,000. Tick
cts also sold returning via San Fran
cisco and Portland, Ore, and good
for ocean trip to Portland. Every
teacher in Utah should call on the
nearest Salt Lake Route agent for full
particulars or write to Kenneth c..
Kerr, D. P. A, Salt Lake City, who
will cheerfully give full information.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
TO MAKE THE DESERT
BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE
Secretary Of National Irrigation Con-
gress Has Scheme That VIII
Benefit Home-seckers.

Spokane, Wash-Arthur Hooker,
secretary of the board of control OF
the National Irrigation congress, will
present a resolution for approval by
that organization at its seventeenth
session in Spokane, August 8 to IA,
memorializing congress to issue
per cent gold bonds, running 100
years, to the amount of $4,000, 600, 900,
or as much thereof as may be neces-
sary. for the following specific pur-
poses:
One billion dollars for drainage of
overlooked and swamp lands, thus re-
claiming an area equal to 100000
square miles.
One billion dollars for the reclama-
ton by irrigation of 10000 900 acres
of arid and semi-arid lands, now part
ly or wholly waste.
One billion dollars to construct and
improve deep waterways. to develop
thousands of miles of territory now
without adequate transportation facili-
ties.
One billion dollars for good roads
and national highways, for the lack
of which the loss to the farm area OF
the United States is approximately
s500,0O0,000 annually
One billion dollars for forest protec-
lion, reforestation and conservation of
the forest resources. thus assuring
timber and lumber supplies for cen
turtles to come.
Five billions of dollars is an enor-
nous sum, but it is no more than is
actually required to carry out the
gigantic scheme in developing milt
lions of acres of lands in various
parts of the United States now abso-
lutely worthless" said Mr.. Hooker in
explaining the plan. Congress will
not be asked to appropriate penny.
The returns from the improvements
would pay off the bonds. The govern
ment would simply act as a banker,
as 1t does now for the various frriga,
ton projects. The bond issue would
provide ample funds as required to
carry out the work in the several divi-
sions at the same time giving the
best possible collateral to those in
vesting in these securities.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
hollands Eamou. bird.

The stork Is treated with great and
singular respect in the Netherlands.
These strange birds may be seen
here and there, almost everywhere in
the south, but do not remember see
ing any In the north. The house Sc
lected by the stork for nesting place
IS considered fortunate. and very spe-
cial facilities are provided by the
householders to enable it to build a
nest comfortably. At The Hague
many of these birds are maintained
at public expense. The first that l
saw was from window of the railway
train as we were crossing the "Hol-
landsdiep." when a chimney-top came
into view on which were two OF tho
long-legged creatures, preening them
selves, their nest, an unsightly bun
die Of sticks and straws, littering the
housetop.-The ChautauQuan
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24

The increased cost of living In India
generally. and in Calcutta particularly,
writes our correspondent, is severely
ielt not only by Europeans but also by
Indians. House rent in recent years
has trebled and even quadrupled
Ten years ago family of half a
dozen persons could live in fair com
fort for G200 year, excluding extras.
With nothing less than $500 can one
live in the same way now. This is
recognized by the government, and
the salaries of subordinate officials
have been revised.
Domestic servants wages have In
creased enormously. A good cook
cannot be had for less than $40 a
year, whereas half that sum was con.
sidered sufficient ten years ago.--Lon-
don Daily Mail
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Education viii Solve the Problem

Norfolk. Va.-That the negro who
is educated has no idea of social
equality. was asserted here on Mon
day by Booker r. Washington, before
a large audience. He said those who
are in touch with the race and its
needs know that all that is needed to
accomplish its salvation is education
in its broadcast meaning "Educa,
tion." said Washington, increases
the wants of the negro and in Just
such proportion it will work to attain
his desires for good clothes, for q
home and bank account"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
CH|NAMAN TALKS
OF BRUTAL CRIME
Former Roommate of Leon Ling
Reveals Guilty knowledge Of
Murder of Elsie SigeI.
Denies Completely In Crime, Bat Ad-
mits Touching Body While 1t Was
Still Warm.--Glrl Chloroformed
and Then Clicked to Death.

New York.-Baited and inundated
by detectives, threatened with prose
cution and confused with rapid.fire
questions, Chung Sin, one-time room
mate of Leon Ling, told Tuesday after
noon Of Elsie Sigels murder
Under the terrific pressure of the
third degree the little Chinaman
admitted that he had seen the body
in Leon Ling's room. that he had
touched II while 1t was still warm,
that he had smelled drugs and had
watched Leon Ling's preparations for
placing the body in the trunk where
1t was found decomposed Friday
night June Is.
Chung Sin. in fact, Ii what was
learned at the criminal courts build
ing is correct, described almost every
thing concerning the murder of Major
General Franz Sigel's granddaughter.
He denied completely in it and pro-
tested stoutly that he was ignorant
Ct the whereabouts of Ling, the sup
posed murderer
From the story 1t is apparent that
Elsie Sigel was first drugged with
chloroform and then choked to death.
She was killed apparently ON the night
OF June 8. although Chung Sin APP
peared little mixed in his dates. He
says that early in the morning of
June 10 he heard strange noise in
Icons room. adjoining his, and, look
ing over the transom. saw the girl ly-
ing on the bed, with a bloodstained
towel over her mouth. He passed
through the rom, he said to go out
to wash his hands and, as he did so,
felt OF the body, which was still warm.
Leon. in the meantime, had covered
the body with a blanket up to the
chin and had pulled trunk to the
middle Of the floor The trunk Leon
was calmly emptying. preparatory to
placing the body therein. The rope
with which the body was bound was
lying on the floor at the time, accord
ing to Chung Sin. He went down
stairs, said Chung Sin, where he re-
manned until Leon called him When
he entered the room the body was not
visible. having been bound with the
rope and placed in the trunk.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Fairbanks n Korea.

Seoul.-Charles w. Fairbanks, for
mer vice-president of the United
States, who is in Korea on a tour
around the world, has determined to
extend his stay several days beyond
the time originally fixed for his de-
parture because of his deep interest
in Korean affairs. Mr.. Fairbanks Wis
tied the schools hospitals and mis-
sions In Seoul on Monday and deliv-
cred number of addresses. In which
he urged the Korean people to take
advantage of the many opportunities
offered them and secure the I'M
proyemert of the people and country
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Suit over Estate of Late Governor Of
Arizona

Phoenix. Aria suit involving a
claim that two bigamous marriages
had been contracted by the late My
ron II. Mccord. formerly governor OF
Arizona was filed in the district
court on Monday McCord died in
Phoenix in April, 1908 leaving a
widow to whom he had been married
after the death of a former wife. in
1908. Now another woman, Anna M.
McCord OF Shawano. Wis, appears
and in a suit alleges that she was
married to McCord in 1861, and that
the marriage tie was not severed I'M
til the husbands death.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Baseball Follows the EIaa.

Washington. Baseball follows the
flag even in our hot tropical posses
sions In the Panama canal zone two
leagues. played series of games in
the season just closed there. At
Colon the sport has taken such hold
on the people that it is proposed to
put up new baseball park prior TO
the opening of the next league season.
The Panama railroad company has
granted the ground for the purpose
and the business men of Colon are
contributing TO a fund for the erection
OF an enclosure and grand stand
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Present Duty on Hides Retained.

Washington.--Late Tuesday the SEN
ate reached the voting stage on the
hide schedule and after several
amendments had been defeated the
amendments of the finance committee
fixing a duty of Is per cent ad valo-
rem on hides was agreed to by vote
of SO to 80. This is the rate of the
present law but under the rulings Of
the treasury department is applicable
only to hides weighing more than
twenty-five pounds. The house places
all hides on the free list, but the COM
mittee restored the Dingley policy by
adding them to the non-dutiable list.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Creditors Of Princess Louise Consent
to Sale of Jewels.

Brussels. The jewels bequeathed
to Princess Louise by her mother, the
late Queen Henrietta which have
been seized innumerabe times for
debt, are to be recovered by her and
sold at auction, according to her law
yers. This was arranged through the
kindness of her creditors. who have
consented to another arrangement for
the payment of their dues. II also is
stated that If King Leopold disin-
herits his daughter legal steps will be
taken to obtain justice for the prin-
cess
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
America win Insist Upon Her Rights

financial circles Interested in the loan
OF $27 10000 to China for the con
struction of the Hankow- SIZE Cheun
railroad that America while insisting
on her right to participate in the loan,
has offered. in order to make matters
easier for the other holders concerned,
Great Britain, France aud Germany,
TO accept 20 per cent of the loan as
her share. Furthermore America has
waived her right. under the convention
with China, to appoint an engineer
or auditor of the line
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Pastor Receives Threatening Letter

Letonia, O.-Rev. Joseph l. Grim.
antisaloon leader, whose church, the
Presbyterian, was badly damaged by
dynamite recently, has turned over to
the authorities an unsigned letter in
which it was said his church had suf-
fered through the work of an organ
lied band of twelve who had taken it
upon themselves to discourage per
nicious advocates OF anti-saloon pol
tics" The letter was mailed at Leip-
sic, O. 1t also stated that their agents
were about to dynamite church in
Indiana
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-24
Buried Treasures in Morocco.

In Morocco it is customary for a
man to bury most of his riches in a
place known only to himself. This Gus
tom Is practiced by all Moors, for they
cannot trust their own family, who
would murder them directly it was
known where the money was.
At the death of the head of a fam
lily in Morocco digging operations COM
mence at once, but seldom Is the mon
ey discovered. There must be many
fortunes buried away in odd corners
of the country An instance came un-
der the writer's notice at one of the
coast towns. During the demolition
OF a house considerable sum of mon
ey was found built into the wall.