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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
MUCKRAKERS OF EARLY
DAYS HAD BITTER PENS
Representative Kahn Has Been
Making Inquiry Into Their
Activities.

"Muckrakers of Other DAYS" Is the
title OF speech to be delivered In the
House within the next few days by Rep
resentative Kahn of California, who u.ed
to be an actor
IL is really surprising" said Mr.. Kahn.
In commenting on the facts he had turned
up IN preparing his speech, TO what
lengths the literary mudsIingers went I'm
their attacks on prominent men during
the earlier days OF our history. Wash
ington was attacked time and time again.
without mercy. Because he spent sS7-
QUO on the White House he was roasted
to turn from one end of the country
to the other. And 1t isn't half finished,
the muckrakers shouted. while jumping
on him for what they called terrible ex-
travagance. Roosevelt spent SeOO,OOo on
the White House not very long ago and
nobody threw fits over it,
Jefferson and Jackson We're particular
ly singled out by the muckrakcrs. and
their private characters, as well as their
public acts, were numerically grilled.
Tom Moore. the poet, even took a shot
or two at jefferson. The shooting OF four
soldiers for desertion during the Creek
war brought .own a perfect avalanche
of criticism on Jacksons head. The
collins and gravestones in their columns
to Illustrate the Presidents fiendishness.
The more one goes into the subject the
richer the mine becomes, and ] could
talk all day upon il and yet scarcely
scratch the surface
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
NEW IDEA IN SHIPBUILDING.
Navy Department to Test Device to
Reduce Turbine Velocity.

Sometimes tine naval engineers are will
Ing TO give the American inventor a
chance and lead the way instead of fol-
lowing European ideas In shipbuilding.
Yesterday II was announced at the Navy
Department that a trial would be made
Of the remarkable reduction gear invent
ed by Melville & MaclApine. the former
late engineer-in-ch of the navy, and
the latter chief craftsman for many years
Of the naval engineering bureau.
This device Is manufactured by the
Westinghouse company, and its purpose
is TO reduce the enormous velocity OF the
steam turbine to the practical needs OF
marine propulsion. The turbine engine
running at high speed Is the most econo-
micai form of prime-mover. but at low
speed II 10 inefficient. and this device Is
calculated to realize all Of the power of
the high-speed engine while revolving the
propellers at the most effective speed.
Orders have been given to install the
reduction gear on collier No. g. now
building at the Maryland Steel Works.
near Baltimore, with the understanding
or the part OF the contractors that IL
unsatisfactory 1t will be replaced by the
usual type of reciprocating engine at the
expense of the contractors.
Naval engineers are confident that this
will mark a revolution In marine engine
practice, and IL the trial meets expecta-
tons il Is probable that the device will
be installed on all OF the new ships to
be constructed for the navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
TARIFF TO BE ISSUE
IN COMING ELECTION
Chairman Mack Says President Taft
Cannot Explain Away High
Prices.

BUFFALO, n. Y. February 26.-Chair-
man Norman f. Mack of the democratic
national committee makes it evident in
the March number OF his magazine, the
National Monthly. that he believes the
tariff and the high cost of living are to
be two of the principal issues OF the
democratic congressional campaigns OF
the present year.
Mr.. Mack sharply criticises the tariff
portion of President Taft's Lincoln day
speech In New York, and declares that
the President cannot now sustain hts
Winona speech without repudiating the
New York address, or vice versa. and
that he must disavow Senator Aldrich or
withdraw his declaration on the WOODEN
schedule of the tariff bill.
Try as he will says Mr.. Mack.
President Taft cannot read into this
tariff measure that it Is a revision down
ward. On the question Of the tariff max
ing, Mr.. Taft Is an innocent child COM
pared to the astute and crafty Aidrich.
All the eloquence of the President and
all the explanation of the departmental
figures cannot alter the condition In
which the consumer now finds himself. 1t
is not from his political enemies or par
tisan opponents, ii you will, that the
President is forced to defend himself,
but from the demands of an overbur-
dened public. worrying under the hard
ships OF the tremendously high cost Of
living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27

Little granddaughter Of Justice Brewer of the
Supreme Court OF the United States, who sat on
the knee Of the justice while the great tribunal
was in session. Probably suci spectacle has
never been before IN the history Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
IS IT,
Humphreys Seventy-Seven
Famous Remedy for Colds &
q RIP

The rapidity of the cure and
the severity of an attack of Grip
depends upon how early the treat
ment is begun.
If "Seventy-seven" is used al
the first feeling of lassitude and
weakness the attack will be light
and short
If the treatment is delayed till
your bones begin to ache the
cure will take longer.
Seventy seven" breaks up
hard, stubborn Colds that cling.
Handy to carry, fits the vest
pocket. All Drug Stores, 2sc.
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co.. cor WILMA
and Ann Streets, New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
WANTS CLEAN RIVERS.
West Virginia Delegation Asks to
Have Order Revoked.

delegation from West Virginia. com
posed Of Senator Scott. Gov. Glasscock
and former Gov. McCorkle. State Senator
Littlepage and others had a CONFERENCE
yesterday with Secretary Dickinson re-
garding the pollution of the New and the
kanawa rivers in that state The dele
cation asked the Secretary for a revo-
cation of the department permit to put
washings of iron ore into these streams.
1t was represented that these washings
kollute the water and cause deposits
Which interfere with the navigation OF
pi1e streams.
1 The questions involved were referred
TO Gen. Marshall, chief engineer Of the
krmy, for report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27

ward s. Steel, 81: Mrs. Robert Ponickau,
81, and cash. 81.
Following are contributions to the citi-
zens' Relief Association, Milton f. Allies,
treasurer:
Delzene Marean, So; E. H. sny-
81: Miss H., 81: Caleb Parkinson. 81;
Anthony Gaegler. s1.0, Miss Mary E.
stinenetz and Son Company, So: George
7. Worthington. IS; A S. $3.50: George
F. Collins. 80 cents: Miss Mary
William viii T. Belts. SO; Lee 3. Latime s.
So; Edward 8. Steele, 81; Mrs. Robert
Ponickau. 81: Mrs. Mary Seaton. So;
Charles Nagel. SO; T. E. SewelI. 81; DR..
William Gerry Morgan. SO; Miss Lucy
s.; Charles e. White. So; Miss Ada Mix
on, So Davidson & Davidson. $50; Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin F. Curtis, s., and
Mrs. j. w. p. $40.
ISOLATED Charities and Citizens Relief
Association has received the following
amounts. acknowledged by Howard S.
Reside. treasurer:
Mrs. Andrew II. Tyson. So; Mrs. Henry
sayles. -: Commander w. strother
Smith, IS; Mrs. Louise L. Fuller, 81; A.
H. Semmes. So; George Nelson Coffey, So;
r. Harris & Co.. $40: Mrs. c. NJ barton.
81 81; zepp , Broth s1o s.; Miss Net
D noe &ai 81 e sms Eax Mls0 g cas- s.
sin. SIS: Miss s. Elizabeth Henry. 81: Miss
Cornelia Bradford, 81; Arthur E. Dowell,
So; Reeve Lewis. SO; DIR. Abel F. Price,
IS: James William Gidley, 81; Irving P.
Wanger. SIS; Miss Mabel e. Gould. So: P.
F. Neligan, SIS; Gen. NJ. v. Sheridan. So;
Miss Jessie w Wright 81: A. S. Hitch
cock. s.: Miss NJ ]. Don. 81: Mrs. Isabel
l.. Gates. $3.50; Henry c. Williss. 81; Miss
Helen E. Williams. So; z. D. Gilman, So;
and Mrs. Washington Irving Vinal, So;
Gen. and Mrs. John P. Story, SIS: Mr. and
Mrs. George L. Chandler. So; Harry Gran
dahl. S.: Miss Evelyn Chew. 81; Messrs.
A. f o.. s3: n. F. G., So; Mrs W.. So;
cash. ST. Henry nottnann. 81: r. C. B.,
81; Gen. Oliver E. Wood So; John S. Cot
ton. So; Isaac B. Nordlinger. IS; Mr.. and
So; Mrs. Henrietta V. A. MacAIurray. $40:
J. Whit. Heron. $40: Mrs. Mary T. Long
ley. So; Miss Mary l.. Williams, So; d. c.
Pfeifer. SO: 2. D: Blackstone. So; John
W. Childress, $50; cash. So; IS. NJ"
johnson, 81: Col. Theodore Mosher. ST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Willis. 50: Miss
FRances S. Hay: s.; Robert 4.
Taylor, 81; Miss NJ. c. Wilcoxon. 81
cash. 81: friend; 81; Meyer Nord-
Edward F. Elicit, SO; Hugh Wallis, 500
w Duncan McKinl. SO: Ernest NJ Mer-
rick, $40; Mr.. and Mrs o. $. Rogers, $40:
Dr. William G. Woodward. 80; T. p
Gray, 81: a friend. 81: Miss Nora B.
James. 81: Henry Franc. jr., So: Lee r.
Grabill, So: Lee r. Grabill. jr., 81: Fred
erick w. Browne, 81: Mrs. NJ. McGregor.
SIS: Lewis II. Wilcox, B.; cash, So: Charles
Rauscher. SIS; Miss Murray I.edyard, So:
Louis Hirsh. So: Frank Z. Waring, So;
cash. 81: Il. w. Woolworth & Co.. SIS;
Miss Annie NJ. Sargent. 81: Louis c. Wit
kowski. 81: James A. MaeElwee, SIS;
Leet Brothers, SIS: Simon Wolf, So
Henry A. Farnham, 81; Simon Open
heiner, So; r. Wayne Parker, So, and
Newton A. Strait, IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
Examiner Pepper Suspended.

The controller of the currency has as
signed National Bank Examiner Samuel
NJ. Ham of Baltimore. Md, to go to
Cambridge. Mass, and make careful ex-
animation of the books of the National
City Bank, now in the hands of re-
ceiver because of the defalcation Of its
boOkkeeper. and report TO him whether
OF not the previous examinations of the
bank examiners have been thorough an.
painstaking, and whether the defalcation
should have been discovered by the ex-
aminers.
Controner Murray has suspended E. s.
Pepper, the national bank examiner who
I'm December. At that time the deposits
had shrunk to S152OOO. as compared with
deposits of 1861 900 in the June preceding
when an examination was made by Ex-
aminer Currier. The suspension of Mr.
Pepper will remain in force pending the
report of Examiner Ham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
Limited Train Derailed.

PrTTSBURG, Pa, February 26.-Penn-
sylvania limited passenger train. No. .,
eastbound from Chicago to New York.
was derailed near Homewood. Beaver
county. early today when its engine side
swiped the engine of q freight train
standing on q siding No one was seri-
ousiy injured. All the Pullman sleepers
were derailed and the passengers thrown
from their bcrths. Traf1c was delayed
several hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
Plan to Recover Millions.

SEATTLE, Wash, February 26.-An ex-
petition has been organized by an expert
diver to raise the steamer Islander. sunk
ten wears ago in 800 fathoms of water.
near Juneau, Alaska, while bound for
Seattle with 100000 OF Klondike gold
in her strong box. The location of the
steamer Is known, but the depth of wa
ter has forbidden attempts to salvage.
The plan proposed is to lift the vessel
with huge metal seine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
Part of Missing Funds of
Cambridge Bank.
BO0KKEEPER is ACCUSED
Police Say He Is Helping Officers
Explain Shortage.
EXAMINER PEPPER SUSPENDED
Controller Murray Acts Pending Re-
port of Examiner Ham, As
signed to Make Investigation.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, February 70
IF bank examiners can be made to
really examine, and directors to direct,
and if a gang of gamblers who are ruin
ing Boston young men can be apprehend-
ed, the depositors and stockholders of
the wrecked National City Bank will not
have suffered in vain," was the state
ment of a local business man today.
The unfortunate depositors and stock
holders hailed with satisfaction the re-
port from Washington today that an In
vestigation of the recent examination or
the bank had been begun. although they
admitted that they could not see that
any financial benefit would come to them.
But the depositors and stockholders
were not quite so pleased when they
learned that some of the companions OF
George ~. Coleman, the alleged default
ing bookkeeper, had been we'll known
gamblers and that $4,000 of the banks
money had gone in an effort to break
faro bank. This statement was vouched
for by Chief of Police Hurley, who said
today that he had positive knowledge of
such loss and that several we'll known
Boston players had suddenly left for
parts unknown
May Assist Receivers.
The police would not say today that
Coleman had made a confession, but
they did remark that the imprisoned
bookkeeper was helping the officers and
might even assist the receivers.
The experts who are at work on the books
OF the bank probably soon will find out
how and when the 100000 was distracted
from the bank, but its destination is be-
yond the range of the accountants.
I.,I,,
Bates sent word to Coleman in the
Charles street Jail that his assistance in
out the accounts would be
appreciated, but no reply was received.
The criminal side of the case occupied
the attention Of both the federal and city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
Rapid March of Justice.

PITTSBURG, Kan, February 26-Gus
alias Ed Young. negro con-
fessed at Girard, near here, last night
to the murder of William Voik. the lat
ters wife and child and another negro.
He was arraigned secretly last night.
pleaded guilty, was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life and was taken TO
the penitentiary at Lansing today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
More Lenient in Old Days.


may lose his job or be reduced In pay.
More Lenient in Old Days.
In the old days there was much more
Ieniency in regard to illness. Many OF
the clerks felt that IL they We're too
ill to work they did not have to drag
themselves out of bed and go to the
office. Now If they do not report for
duty they must incur the expense OF
calling in a physician in order to present
a certificate Of illness. This is neces-
sary even If the sick clerk knows the
cause of his illness and is perfectly
capable of doctoring himself.
Close tab is kept on the hours OF the
clerks. If they are late in reaching
their Offices this Is reported. If they
spend more than half an hour away
during the working hours that. too, is
reporfed The only thing which is not
so carefully reported is the amount OF
overtime they spend at government work.
The clerks are held more closely ac-
countable now than in the past for the
naper and pencils and the pens and Ink
that they use, and which they obtain
from the government supplies. All along
the line there has been a tightening up.
II is said by many of the government
officials that the clerks do far more
work for the money they get than did
their predecessors. This being the case.
they argue either the clerks of former
DAYS did not earn their salaries or else
the clerks of today are very much under
maid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27

the time he was not at the office, and
If several such absences occur the clerk
NAV lose his lob or be reduced in pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
BENEFITS GROWING
To Open Mems Furnishings and
Hat Departments Monday.
BEAUTIFUL LINE OF GOODS
Departments Will Be in Charge Of
Charles 6. McGuiggaG.
ALL INVITED TO THE OPENING

WHAT a healthy yoursster is the A. ]. Bennett
60. Inc. 18th and New York ave. Though not
six months old in business. the firm is in the
front rank OF Washington's mercantile world
and now comes forward With the announcement
OF the opening OF Mems Furnishings and Hat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
NO ADVANCE IN PAY
Salaries of Government Clerks
at a StandstiII.
UNDER STRICTER RULES
Responsibilities Multiply and Labor
Largely Increased.
MORE LENIENCY IN OLD DAYS
Statement by Officials Showing Pres
emit Conditions and Those of
Half Century Ago.
MORE LENIENCY IN OLD DAYS

In the last fifty-two years the pay of
the government clerks regularly assigned
to work in the government departments
In Washington has not been increased,
SO far as the grades are concerned, ac-
cording to a statement made to reporter
for The Star.
During that period. however, the hours
Of work required of the clerks have been
their responsibilities have been
greatly added to and the discipline in the
departments has become much more rigid
In fact, it is not necessary to go back
beyond twenty-five years to find the con-
ditions under which the government
clerks were employed were very much
easier than they are today.
The government clerk, under the law, Is
required to work seven full hours each
week day. BY executive order the clerks
are permitted in the summer months to
leave their work at 1 o'clock Saturdays
and go to their homes. In order that they
may have a half hours recess In the mid
die Of the day in which to take their
i~.: Oil the departments open at .
o cloe-. N t,c morning and close at 4:3O
o'clock IL, the afternoon.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-13
WORK OF FARMERS SOCIETIES
Good Done by Agricultural organiza- tions to Harmonize and Lift So-
 cal Condition of People.

Those who look only on the surface, or who have never got in the stream of progress, often assert that we have too many agricultural societies, or that they do but little good. The fact is, our agricultural societies are ma king such continued progress, and do their work so silently, that the most active members do not realize how much they have done, writes Robert H. Cahoon in Farmers Voice and Rural Outlook How many stop to ask the question, What would be the condition of agriculture today if there had been formed no agricultural so- cieties?" Alas! How few even think of it.
 When agricultural societies were formed and exhibitions held where the products of the farm were placed side by side for comparison, it stirred up desire to secure the. best breeds of animals and the best varieties of fruits and vegetables; every portion of the globe was carefully examined to find the best specimens of animals and vegetables. When these were col lected together and exhibited by the side of what we had been producing the people saw the difference, and quickly introduced the improved pro auctions on their own farms; so that today improved vegetables and fruits are so widespread that the poorest man can every day place on his table better fruits and vegetables, and in greater variety than could the richest monarchs of Europe a hundred years ago.
 By comparing the products of our farms at the annual fairs, desire has been created for higher cultivation, and thus gradually the farmers have abandoned the methods of their ia thers for methods which careful inves- tigation has proved to be easier and productive of better results.
 The farmers institutes, the boards of agriculture and the grange all owe their existence to agricultural socie- ties. And the social condition of the people has been harmonized and lifted to higher level, because the societies have established a platform so broad that all classes can gather upon it and join hands,
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-13
FORESTRY IN SOUTH

that if they did not themselves move in the matter they were likely to find the public taking action to prevent the impoverishment of states through for est destruction. There is no ques- tion," he said, that there is a strong tendency toward state legislation look looking to some kind of restriction on private lands. Bills have actually been introduced in state legislatures having in view legal restrictions as to how the timber should be cut. The American people when aroused to the need of given reform are impatient to have it accomplished at once. My own program would be for the private owners to recognize that they have a responsibility to handle the property so that it will not result in an im- poverishment of a state"
 The opening for forestry with early returns through leaving the smaller timber for a second cut was dwelt upon, but it was pointed out that real forestry is not practised unless re- Graves recognized that the longtime investment involved in tree-planting on deforested land is not, under aver age conditions at the present time, an attractive one to lumbermen; nor did he urge it. If you should ask my advice as to whether you should buy denuded lands in the south and plant
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-13
STAND BY THE ORGANIZATION
Its Power for Good Must Be in Ratio With Good Sense and Conserva-
 tive Conduct of Officers.

In speaking of the Farmers Union and other agricultural organizations Farm and Ranch says:
 We believe the union has made mistakes and some officers have com m1tted errors which were injurious, but upon the whole it has been a good and useful order, and has done good
 Its power. for good must be in "a. t1o with the good sense and conserv- atlve conduct of the officers and others who direct 1t, and we are glad that those at its head are following such course as will tend to bring best results. The union must not be made to oppose all the rest of the community, and cannot successfully do so. The best intelligence of the whole country favors it in it's efforts for good, and it has the power to al lign with it the best citizenship of the country.
 To the farmers we say, as we have often said: Stay with your organiza. tions. If there are things of which you disapprove, then fight out such matters within the ranks of the union and not publicly. And, above all get rid of malcontents who would array farmers against the rest of the world. If this were done then the rest of the world would be arrayed against the farmers"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-13
'|Too Much Johnson" Here

who do business here are entitled to credit, there must be some way of identifying them and not making charges against one particular one, when the charges may lack several hundred points of being correct. The merchants and banker have agreed that one John Johnson shall be John Johnson No. l." the next, Johnson No. g." and so on until all of the 629 have been given and have accepted their numbers.
 The Johnsons take to the idea kindly and like it so well that they are notifying their friends, requesting that when they write letters to them they address them by number as well as by name. In this way, they figure that if letter received at the office and intended for John Johnson No. 629 is delivered to and received by John Johnson No. 23, 1t will be an easy matter to find out who is to blame for the error.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-13
WHERE COOPERATION IS GOOD
Among Farmers by Working To- gether in Unity.

It is not necessary that cooperation should be statewide and in figures of millions. In one little Ohio town thirty apple growers have for years cooperated in packing and marketing their fruit. They have succeeded so we'll in this line that now they carry the idea into the purchase of their SUD- plies so that, as reported by an ob- server, "even lime-sulfer mixture and compressed air for spraying it are now furnished to individual users from CO., operative plants"
 In another little town in wheat growing Kansas cooperative grain elevator has worked so successfully as to have largely increased the profits of even outsiders, non-members, who have been enabled to secure better prices and prompter payment through the existence of the elevator, even when selling to agents of the trusts"
 Down on the least shore" of Maryland a single grange has secured by cooperation, the establishment of a public sprayer. It is in charge of an expert from the state experiment. sta tion, who does the work better and cheaper than any individual can do it, and who also saves the cost of the forty or fifty separate plants which would be required if each member worked independently.