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Evening star., 1911-05-28
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
LONDON. May IS. 1911.
TING GEORGE v has just completed a
h full year of active kingship. and the
event has drawn attention to one i'm
portant characteristic in the British SOW
ereign's makeup. namely. his zeal for re-
form-a trait which, 1t may be truthfully
said. has not always or especially dis
tinguished the sovereigns who have oc-
cupied the throne of England.
So marked has been the present mon
arch's prediction for all kinds of work
the effects Of which have tended toward
making the lot Of the Briton more whole
some and promising one than vital sta
tistics prove 1t to have been during the
past two generations. that the title of
George the Reformer'' Is beginning even
at this early stage to be mentioned as
the one that most becomes him. And that
there has been nothing perfunctory or
simply spasmodic in the activities he has
displayed in seeking to bring about much
wanted reforms for his subjects. seems to
be indicated by the essential logic Of the
method that underlies his procedure. It
Is clear that he goes about the work in
the best possible way tnasmuih a. he
makes physical reform among tl@,se who
most require 1t precede the important
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cites. 81 per cent Of the plug and twist
tobacco. 81 per cent Of the fine-cut. 30 per
per cent Of the little cigars, 96 per cent OF
the snun. 05 per cent Of the licorice paste.
75 per cent OF the tin foil and most of the
tobacco extracts, boxes and containers"
Third. Enhanced prices.
While the evidence OF direct increase
by the tobacco trust OF prices Of tobacco
products to the consumer was not strong,
yet one often hears the statement by
consumers of tobacco. who ought to know.
that the quantity OF tUbacco in the selling
packages, for instance. has been decreas-
ed without decreasing the price, and. OF
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bURXn1G -MEIAINSz Or
SRAr1AN HoB3oN DRoWNED IN CHINA

Is q part Of his equipment When men
go into the field Of active service each
wears about his neck a piece of tape,
and hung upon that tape there is a
metal tag which contains his name the
branch of the service to which he be-
company. This tag is made Of aluminium
and the lettering is stamped into it. It
is practically indestructible. II man
is killed in battle he may always be
identified. II his body Is temporarily
buried in the battlefield the tag remains.
still be identified.
Further than this, there are rigid army
regulations that prescribe Just what shall
be done with the bodies Of men who are
killed in battle or die during campaign.
Such bodies are to be buried with their
tags OF identification. Aside from this
body of each. In this bottle is to be
placed slip Of paper telling all that is
known OF the dead man. This bottle is
not subject to decay. and when the grave
is opened the mans identity is thor
oughly established.
ulate that an immediate report to tho
department must be made of all bodies
buried. The place Of burial is to be
definitely stipulated. Maps OF the region
in which the graves are located must be
made and the exact points located. to-
OF marking the graves for Identification.
All this material is carefully kept by
the department until such time as condi-
tions will admit Of the removal Of the
bodies.
It is figured that all wars win ultimate
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gene Sandow. the physical culture ex
pert. to be his own body-tratner; he hai
given his support to a campaign which
seeks to eradicate, or at least to repress
the vice OF cigarette smoking, he ha
acceded to Lord Derbys request that
should become one OF the active patron
OF the rugby game OF foot ball: he hal
provided foot ball ground for the youth
OF the Windsor municipality, and he has
become one OF the most ardent supports
OF the Boy Scouts movement. So much
for matters that concern the physica
welfare OF his subjects. who are entering
cordially into the benencent schemes OF
their sovereign. and are beginning to
realize fully their momentous importance.
A*
On the intellectual or moral side the
activity OF King George has not been Less
marked. and herein one sees on more
than one side the guiding counsels OF Q
womanly heart and mind. As result
of his ringing discourse to the archbish-
ops and bishops OF Great Britain. on the
occasion OF the tercentenary of the au-
thorized version of the Bible, the directors
OF the public libraries In the whole king
dom decreed that all books which were
OF doubtful character. or which were iu
shs yony ss,y shyS 10 pervea rae minds Tnn tSs o.
shelves OF their lending departments
Apart from this, the king emphasized the
value or holy writ from the point OF
view OF its superlative literary quality
Again, he displayed a particular trend
Of mind in issuing his command for the
performance OF Money" the old Robert
sontan comedy. during coronation tide.
This comedy carries with IL a moral
which Is particularly applicable to Eng
land. and. indeed, the world, during the
present age. Its lessons hit at money.
madness. selfishness, inflated social am.
bition and the heartlessness of the so.
called smart set There can be no doubi
of the appositeness OF the play at this
juncture. following, as II does. closely on
the relegation OF London's boisterously
smart coteries to a condition of compar.
ative obscurity.
Recent visits made by King George
and his consort to tenement areas, stu.
ated In the poorer districts of metropoli
tan and suburban London, indicate that
his mindfulness Of the needs OF the pooi
is Of no perfunctory kind. The visits and
inspections were as unpretentiously made
as they were thoroughly and in the mos
detailed manner performed. Nor has the
kings interest stopped at those matters
that concern the poor. Nothing fiatter
an Englishman Of the wage-earniug class
IS much as an interest taken by his SUI
periors in the particular work he livei
by. All matters connected with me.
labor have their attraction fo7
the practical sailor king. and few
branches OF labor have heretofore es
capped his energetic survey and inspec
ton.
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that the dead had been buried In trenches.
as were most Of the dead on both sides
identify the individual remains, but tho
names OF all the men buried In given
trenches are to be found In the records
OF the prison. In such cases one inn
posing monument Is erected over tho
spot and the names OF all the dead rest-
ing there are inscribed upon II.
Such q monument has been erected At
Camp Douglas. Chicago. and upon II are
the names of 4.2T5 Confederates. AT
Point Lookout are the remains OF $500
prisoners who died. and their resting
place has been marked by a similar
monument. The same course is being
followed at Firms Point. n. J.: at Alton.
ILL.,: at Camp Morton, Ind. and at Camp
Chase, Columbus. Ohio. All such buryins
grounds are to be marked by January i
1912. and the commission appointed fog
the purpose is to be disbanded.
The federal government has taken no
action toward marking the graves OF
Confederate soldiers other than those who
died in northern prisons and hospitals.
But throughout the south the various
organizations. such as the United Con-
federate Veterans and the Daughters Of
the Confederacy. have given ample recog-
milton to the men who died for the south
ern cause. rheir bodies have been gath
erned in special cemeteries. monuments
have been built in their honor and their
graves have been appropriately marked.
In the south on Decoration day there
are often enacted scenes that. are even
more touching than those in other sec
tons. for there the veterans of both
causes. those who wore the blue and
those who wore the gray. Join hands in
honoring the military dead. Oftentimes
the uniforms OF the two causes, worn by
men in the very eventide OF life. are in
evidence and old animosities are buried
In q realization Of the valor OF both com.
batants and the fact that each fought
sor q cause he deemed the right.
But everywhere under the Stars ana
Stripes on Decoration day there is an out.
pouring Of those who pay homage to the
soldier dead. Everywhere Is evidenced
the thoroughness and efficiency OF the
nations attempt to take care Of its dead
and assure the perpetuation Of the narna,
and the credit Of the martial hero.
WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUYs
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course. this is simply an indirect way OF
increasing the price. And consumers are
also complaining that their tobacco has
deteriorated considerably in quality.
Everybody seems confident OF another
victory for the government m the tobacco
case-too confident. perhaps. Is there
chance that the Supreme Court of the
United States will deal more leniently
with tobacco than 1t has with OIL first.
because tobacco is not SO close to a neces-
sity of life as oil, and. second. because
the American Tobacco Company is bet
ter trust than the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey?
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clude them from their right to trade.
According to United States Circuit Judge
Coke such methods are no less true OF
the tobacco combination. Says Judge
Coke:
Prior to their absorption in the tobacco
combination, many Of these sixty-odd cor
porations were active competitors In in
terstate fand foreign commerce. They
competed in purchasing raw materials. in
jobbing and in selling to the consumer
Today those plants which have not been
closed, with one or two exceptions, are
under the absolute dominion Of the SUI
preme central authority. Everything.
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What Small Matter?

From the Chicago Tribune.
+ Vehement Constituent-The Senate Il
the sole Judge OF the qualifications OF ia
own members, and / maintain that Z
United States senator should be abovs
suspicion!
Senator Lotsmun-Certainly, every onl
should be. but We know. OF course thai
every one IL not Let us be practical
what Is the use Of making so much fur
about so small q matter2
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HIS Decoration day
will witness the
perfecting Of the
nations policy for
honoring her mill
tary dead. 1t will
see the final fruit
ing of a national,
official sympathy
with the bereaved
who have lost
sons, bro I h e r s
a n d sweethearts
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directly or indirectly. connected with tho
manufacture and sale Of tobacco products,
including the Ingredients, the packages.
the bags and boxes. are largely controlled
by it. Should a party with a moderate
capital desire to enter the field. 1t would
be difficult to do so against the opposition
of this combination"
Second. Control Of products.
Judge Noyes shows how far the tobacco
combination controls products in the fol-
lowing percentages:
THE tobacco trust produces 20 per
cent of the smoking tobacco made in the
United States, 73 per cent of the cigar
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THE United States Gov
1 ernment Is Taking Inf
mite Precaution to Prevent
the Soldiers Grave From
Going Unmarked, to Prevent
His Remains From Lying in
Foreign Soil, to Prevent the
Tragic Unknown" From Ap-
pearing on His Headstone-
The Task Is Large and
Boasts Many Such Details as
the Metal Identification Tag
About the Neck of Every
Man Who Goes Into Active
Service.
Copyright. 1911. by W. A. Du Puy.)
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White write the opinion in the tobacco
case?
Whether he does or not. how win his
heart-to-heart talk to the country In the
Oil case about restraint OF trade affect the
tobacco case?
Is the tobacco trust as cruel and as
wicked a giant as the oil trust. SO that
the edict OF Uncle Sam, the giant killer
all bad giants are to be torn asunder-
will apply to him also. or will his less op-
pressive methods give him another chance
for his life?
VIII the Supreme Court Of the United
States wait until fall before speaking In
the tobacco case. thus giving the tobacco
combination a chance to adjust its affairs
TO the decision in the oil case?
And. then. generally. people are asking
What Is this decision in tho Oil case,
anyway? Has It changed the antitrust
law so as to make 1t easier for the trusts
and harder for the people? If SO. how are
the people helped by the governments
victory?
II restraint is a wrong. how can there
be reasonable restraint. q reasonable
wrong?
It Is not believed that Chief Justice
White will write the decision in the to-
bacco case. for the reason that no man
should be called upon to study the record
OF the evidence In a case Immediately
after performing the herculean task OF
pushing through the labyrinth OF words
in the record in the Standard OIL Com
pany case. To quote Chief Justice
Whites own language. the record in the
oil case was Unfortunately voluminous,
consisting OF twenty-three volumes Of
printed matter. aggregating about 1900
pages. containing a vast amount OF con-
fusing and conflicting testimony relating
10 innumerable complex and varied busi-
of nearly forty years" Think OF the physi-
cal labor alone involved In merely reading
such tones!
Shortly before giving his decision. and
during the reading Of these twenty-three
volumes. the Chief Justice remarked that
the physical and mental labor required
in learning the case was appalling. He
said that he read far into the night. and
that he stopped reading. not when he be-
came sleepy. but only when his brain re-
fused TO soak up any more information.
Under such circumstances patience al
most ceases to be virtue. The follow
ing phrases, taken at random from the
decision of the Chief Justice, give some
idea of how he felt:
With relentless pertinacity and mi
nGteness of analysis. it is insisted" and
in the record in the period of almost
lifetime" and
Jungle of conflicting testimony cover
ing period Of forty years." and so on.
=
The tobacco case IS so important. how
ever, both In itself and as a means Of ex-
planning he real attitude of the Supreme
Court y the United States toward the
Sherman law. that the Chief Justice may
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The graves OF all soldiers and sailors
who are buried in national cemeteries
are SO marked when the identity OF the
individual is known. There are some
eighty such cemeteries with a total OF
100000 men buried In them. But OF this
great aggregate Of assembled dead OF the
military there are 154. 200 buried beneath
the slab OF the unknown" At Vicks-
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DEATH TO GAMBLING IN CHINA

The State Department has received a
report from the consul general at Can
ton saying that. after years Of hard and
consistent work, tho reformers in China
have caused the abolishment of licensed
gambling, and that this victory Is next
in moral Importance to the stamping out
OF legalized opium selling.
According to the report. licensed gam
bling in the province which has centered
mainly In Canton for years. was pro-
hibited when a vice regal edict against
1t in all forms became effective in April.
THE happy eventuation Of the anti
gambling movement" the report says.
was met on all sides by marked rejoic-
Ing, and was celebrated by q demonstra-
ton in Canton. in which merchants, gen.
try and people enthusiastically joined.
The principal feature was huge parade
which passed for hours through the
streets Of the city and portrayed to the
people by floats and tableaux the evil
results which follow gambling"
: The history Of the anti-gambling move-
ment in China was very similar to that
of the suppression Of opium smoking, and
was in one way a sequel to it. The
great strength which the gambling mo-
nopolists commanded was derived from
the enormous revenue in taxes which
they annually paid to the provincial
treasury. and the difficulty which Law in
the way OF the government in securing
similar revenue from other sources
Had 1t not been for the success OF the
anti-opium campaign. which gave hope
to the reformers. and the opening of the
provisional assembly, which placed in
their hands weapon Of sufficient power
to enable them to meet the gamblers
with a chance of success, it Is probable
that the movement would have ended I'm
failure.
1T should not be Inferred" the report
to the department continues, that all the
credit for the success of the reformers
is due to the assembly. It's efforts would
have been without avail il it had not
fallen back for support upon the better
element OF the provincial population.
While the assembly ostensibly led the
way. it was pushed. assisted, exhorted
and prayed to by the people to fight their
battle for them"
The agitation was carried on against
gambling in a sane and dignifled manner.
and it's success was largely the result
OF the feeling that the act of the govern
ment In licensing gambling was to tho
great detriment OF the common people.
Also the people came forward with
substitute for the revenue lost from the
wreck OF the gambling business, thereby
depriving the officials OF their one potent
weapon Of argument.
It was proposed at the time that this
spirits. increases in salt and prepared
opium taxes. and taxes on tobacco, Are
crackers and butchers. The first four
OF these suggestions already have been
Evening star., 1911-05-28
By Giles Russell Taggart.

OMORROW, or on
the morning OF Dec,
grafton day. the
opinion OF the Su-
preme Court OF the
United States Is ex-
pected in the to-
bacco trust case.
Here are some of
the questions that
are being generally
asked:
Will Chief Justice
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ly end and condition OF peace result.
Then. with differences settled, no nation
will deny another the right OF removing
its dead. When all is quiet the govern
ment will return to the battlefelds with
its maps. The graves OF its heroes will
TERED. Identification will be made and re-
interment in the land for which the dead
hero fought will be made possible.
When the identity Of tho individual has
been established the department will SOM
municate with his relatives. II they
for transportation to the old home. They
will be brought back to his own people
to be buried as they wish. All expense
Will be borne by the federal government
II the relatives OF the dead soldier or
sailor prefer that ne be buried in a
national cemetery they may 30 order. and
the orders will be carried out to the
letter.
There are the men who have died in
the Philippines, for instance. None OF
these are left to rest in this foreign,
tropic land. All are eventually sent back
to the states. Relatives are Informed of
their coming. They may order the dis
In case there is no call for the remains
Of the Philippine veteran, his body is in
TERED in the national cemetery at San
Francisco and duly marked.
Last summer First-class Seaman Rich
China. Every effort was made to recover
his body, but at first this seemed I'm
possible. The commander OF the battleship
upon which he served wrote an account Of
his drowning to hismother In Virginia. and
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IN their country's service. IT VIII Wit
ness the final results Of the nations
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Every effort Is being made to prevent
the recurrence in the future of the trag-
edy Of the unknown grave. At the
War Department army regulations have
been drafted and put into execution that
are so rigid that in the future 1t will
be impossible for the soldier who fights
for his country to fail of Identification
wherever he may fall.
Above all this. the government has de-
veloped a system OF careful and generous
disposition OF the remains Of the dead
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attempts to do all things possible for
those bereaved and for the memory Of
the dead. 1t is a big task. and the
manner of It's accomplishment is the
story of a tribute paid to one OF the
greatest sentiments that has ever been
lodged in the breasts Of a people.
In that attempt. since 1900, for
instance. the United States government
has supplied free of charge 10000
headstones to mark the graves Of
soldiers and sailors who have done her
service. To the cemeteries Of the great
cities, to those of the quiet hamlet. to
those On the borderlands Of civilization.
these headstones have gone. This
Decoration day they offer themselves
to a scattered multitude as fitting
places for the bestowal Of floral wreaths.
The unmarked graves. through the ef-
forts of the government, are growing
fewer
In the national cemeteries alone there
are the remains of $4,000 unknown
heroes who have met death In the de-
fense OF their country. and who must.
because Of the loss Of their identity.
be denied individual recognition. Yet the
nation has exhausted every resource IN
attempting to find the names Of these
heroic dead. The very futility OF these
deaths, from the standpoint of the credit
forth a sentimental appreciation of their
the men with the handsomest monu-
ments. The unknown are being REIN
tered in sacred ground, their graves are
being kept green and great monuments
are being erected to them collectively.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

The tobacco case is so important. how
ever, both In itself and as a means Of ex
plainins he real attitude of the Supreme
Court y the United States toward the
Sherman law. that the Chief Justice may
New-York tribune., 1911-02-26

o, ,,rds of entcing coffee cakes
-. ha made from the following old RUE
~i,.o, IN these columns long ago by Mrs'
Ravard Taylor. 1t has lately neeh ai'e.'
sIlghtIv TO fit up-to-date condl'ions' f'.
oxamnle. A yeast cake is used lhs'eau VI
uouid Yeast, and the ingredients are give"
IN measure. instead of weight, LOT III ''e
email family of to-day. where foods are
rrenared in small quantities, II Is incoh-
,..u,.rt ~ weigh out a fraction o; an ounce;
:. ,s much easier to dip out the quan'ity
required with spoon
The difference between this CAKE anu 'ie
coffee cakes sold in bakeshops Is as s'e@'
as the difference between the nnest no'"e
made bread and the cottony nlchei ioai
! ,hat car be bought at the corner grocer .
Here is the rule
put two pints Of bread into the oven anu
-. :. hooor,e warm TO the touch Mean
time cream one-rhird Of cuptui OF put
tor with two big tablepsoontu's Vi 9usa .
and melt half a yeast cake III qua 'et "a
a cupful of lukewarm water ON '"e Noui
when It Is ready and STIR INTO u cuPi"'
of milk which has been heated on lhe s.oSe
Ill blood warm Add two we'll beaten eggs
ul''i y. 'ba butter and sugar and stir in the
ao,r together with the yeast water and a
,;yv ninch of salt. Beat the batter until II
bIisters MIS- and let it rise overnight. In ,ne
morning this dough can be made INTO mo punS' nj
annIe cakes, braided coffee cakes and varl-
ops other good things that delight the Ger
man heart-and are equally acceptable 10
the American palate.
For the braided coffee cakes, cut the
dough that has been standing overnight
into two loaves. Cut each loaf into three
s,rins and make two brads. Pinch the
ends together, moistening with water fut
the two braided loaves into a large put
tered pan, side by side Rub them both
with soft butter and sprinkle sugar over
the whole. Let them rise one hour or until
light, and then bake them In good bread
oven. This bread is delicious on Sunday
mornings with coffee. Instead OF braiding
New-York tribune., 1911-02-26
ANTI SUFFRAGE PANCAKES
Will Be Served at Suffrage Lunchroom
Oh Shrove Tuesday.

please sir, VIII you have suffragette
pancakes or anti-sunrage pancakes?'
That is the question that will be handed
over the counter to every man who patro-
nizes the votes for women lunchroOm at
10. 40 East 31th street on Shrove Tues
day. But Miss Mary Donnelly, who runs
these headquarters, isn't telling how the
two kinds Of pancakes viii differ nor
whether the ring which foretells marriage
within the year for the finder will be in
suffrage cake or in the "antr' kind.
on the evening Of Shrove Tuesday there
will be party for the members Of the 18th
Assembly District Club Of the Political
Equality Association, with ceremonials ap-
prOpTiate 20 the occasion. ON the evening
OF ST. Patrick's Day there will be anoth,r
party. The gir's and boys Of the club will
dance the Irish reel that night, and the IA
yors viii be tiny pots Of growing shamrocks
from ireland. \ large ball is planned by
th- club for May !. II viii be held al Ter
lace Garden.