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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
The Open-Air Boy.

A movement which strikes the popular
fancy spreads rapidly. One might say
that 1T spreads like a prairie fire, only
q prairie fire is destructive while
popular movement is usually con-
structive; besides, no popular move
ment can be checked by a backfire
The spread Of the boy scout idea is
one of the remarkable features Of this
quick-action age. 1t seems but a few
months ago, when accounts OF the boy
scout matter began to appear in the
press. and it then seemed to the blase
reader very ordinary thing, without
the significance which is now known
to have attached to 1t. The idea. must
have hit the proper spot in the i'm
agination of boys and of the students
of boys, for there are few ideas in re-
cent times which have had such a sud
den vogue. 1t appears also to be an
idea that will maintaip its clutch on
the average boy. There is something
OF the pioneer. backwoodsman, scout,
Indian hunter, buffalo slayer, nature
lover. etc, in the makeup of the normal
boy. and the scout idea appeals to these
tendencies which seem to be instructive
The boy scout movement sweeping
over the United States embraces. it is
said, membership of half million
boys, and recruits are enlisting by bat
talions. From the far-off island pos
sessions or dependencies Of the United
States comes news that boy scouts are
Organising. The idea is taking hold in
the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the Canal Zone. In Porto Rico are sew
eral hundred boy scouts who are set
ting an example Of patriotism to their
brothers and fathers. They are engaged
in signaling. first aid and life-saving
training. and have climbed the highest
mountain on the island. In Mexico and
Cuba the movement is progressing.
There Is the promise OF harder men
in this scout idea. Boys bred In the
city are subject to many little tempta-
tions and diversions that do not tend
to the upbuilding of bone. muscle, rich
red blood, big shoulders ana deep lungs.
1t may be true that the best athletes
are city youths, but the great mass
of city-bred boys seem better developed
in nerve than muscle. To make an
|open-air boy Is to make a cleaner cut
and more stalwart man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

workers a most strenuous lot. The pol
itician--a state executive with eyes on
the White House-has succeeded the edu-
Gator and author. How will the west
like him In the new role?
Mr.. Bryan. who lives in and knows
the west, likes him, but has not de-
clared for him. He is Withholding for
the present his views as to the man for
leadership. He likes Mr.. Clark very
much-has liked him longer than he has
Gov. Wilson. Mr.. Clark has been a
Bryan man from the day the peerless
leader began to lead. 1t was but recent
ly that Gov. Wilson moved within the
Bryan circle. But he Is safely within
those confines now. and talks in terms
upon which Mr.. Bryan himself could
not improve either in matter or phrase
olcgy. Gov. Wilson has advanced con-
siderably since his Cleveland days, and
is now abreast, with a strong vocabu-
larry. OF the most progressive of present
time democrats, winning the plaudits Of
Mr.. Bryan, and complimenting the &C.
tivities Of Mr.. Hearst Undoubtedly, that
is going some.
This is what the west will consider
when Gov. Wilson arrives. He will talk
there, Of course. as he has been talking
at and near home. sincere man, and
an able one, he has no conflicting mes
sages for the public. but adheres to his
convictions wherever he speaks.
If. however. he impresses the west how
will his winnings there affect him in the
east? The two sections are not think
ing alike on the more important OF cur
rent topics. Many eastern democrats
have not accepted Mr.. Bryans teachings,
and yet they voted the democratic ticket
in New Jersey last year. Could they
and their sympathizers in New York and
Connecticut be brought around to the
support of Gov. Wilson for President on
a platform acceptable to Mr.. Bryan and
the democrats Of the west? What would
James Smith, jr., and Gov. Dix, and
Gov. Baldwin say to such a PROPOSE
ton?
When the name Of Woodrow wilson
then president of Princeton University
was first suggested for President Of the
ago-it was said that Wall street was
the source of it. The play was described
as an effort to check radicalism as typi-
fed by Mr.. Bryan with conservatism
typified by Mr.. Cleveland The Star
wondered. and expressed the opinion that
II such was the purpose 1t would fall
that Mr.. Wilson was not the sort of man
Wall street could use in Office. Nor does
he seem to be. although Wall street SYM
pathized with his candidacy for Gov
ernor Of New Jersey, and helped elect
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
Progress Of Peace.

Peace talk is insistent. and comes
from many influential quarters. At the
fifth annual banquet Of the American
Society of international Law. reported
in The Sunday Star. President Taft
Senator Root, Baron Uchida and James
Bryce expressed qualification that
peace on earth, good will among
men" is the spirit OF the times.
1t Is coming to be the sense of the
influential part Of the world that most
Of the disputes that will arise among
governments can be adjusted without
resort to the sword. The worlds
brains are on the side of peaceful
comn.on-sense ways of settling contro-
versies. and the hope Is more general
each year that no issue may ever arise
between nations which may not be
settled without fighting.
International peace sentiment is
nearly unanimous. and sentiment in IA
vor Of arbitration as means Of main
tanning peace Is clearly gaining weight
The sentiment in favor OF an arbitra-
ton agreement between the United
States and Great Britain 10 overwhelm-
ing. Sir Edward Grey. British secre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
The Senate and Reciprocity.

AS it was never supposed that the
reciprocity pact with Canada would go
through the Senate as rapidly as through
the House there need be no surprise or
encouragement in the Senate situation.
II hearings are granted representatives
Of oranges they will probably not be pro-
tracted. In the case of general tariff re-
vision il IS different. Then a hearing on
one line affected means q hearing on all
lines, and numerous lines apply for
dates. To grant one application and
deny others would be both unfair and
unpopular All must be granted, and
much time is required.
In the present matter only farmers are
disturbed and the disturbance among
them is not thought to be general. In
deed. there is a suggestion that it is
slight even where existing. Many men
of national reputation in close touch with
farming interests, and who in Office have
always voted TO serve them, have looked
into this reciprocity proposition care
fully, and find nothing in ii inimical to
American tiliers OF the soil, whether liv-
ing near to or distant from the Canadian
border. They advocate the ratification
OF the pact as a thing that will benefit
the farmers as we'll as others.
But as there are bodies Of farmers who
think otherwise, and would have the pact
rejected by the Senate, 1t is fair to give
them an opportunity to state their case
before the Senate is called upon to vote.
No great amount of time need be con-
sumed. The discussion at the hearings
can be confined to agriculture alone, and
that subject does not take q wide range.
Later, when the finance committee has
reported and the debate begins in open
Senate, the tariff as a whole will OF
course become a topic. We shall then
see the question of protection in it's gen.
eral relation introduced. High tariff and
low tariff will figure in the debate, and
much old party history on both sides be
recounted. The Senate's rules are liberal,
and senators are accustomed to make
liberal use of them. 1t seems to be
against the constitution Of that body,
and against the constitution of individual
members, to let good subject pass with
out full Improvement of the opportunity
to debate il.
In this debate what oranges may have
said to the finance committee should be
Of value. The friends of the pact can
reply the better to the principal objec-
ton after II has been formally stated by
farmers themselves, while the opponents
of the pact will not be able to charge
that it has been railroaded into the SEN
ate's presence.
There is no reason why there should
not be vote in reasonable time on the
pact as separate proposition The
President asks 1t, and the country ex-
poets it, By taking this course the Sem
ate will forego no opportunity to tackle
the tariff in its larger aspect. That op-
portunity will follow at this session and
the next, and before the two national
conventions meet records can be made
upon which both parties may go into the
presidential campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
First Of Nav.

It's time to move! It's time to leave
The old house or the fiat.
But parting does not bid US grieve.
The patriarchal rat,
Likewise the festive mouse so small
Who sought to be a pet
We say farewell to one and all
Without the least regret.
The paper that in streaks is torn:
The plaster that Is loose.
The locks and hinges all too worn
To be of serious use,
We leave them joyously behind,
Nor feel the slightest care
For what the landlord grim may find
Charged up to wear and tear.
The place to which we're moving seem
A glimpse Of paradise.
Yet rats cen now disturb our dreams
And playful are the mice.
The same old leaks and cracks appear.
And soon we'll hercely VOW
That We again will move next year,
Just as we're moving now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
The Teachers Excursion Wreck,

Later accounts increase the number of
dead in the wreck of the school teachers
excursion train bound from Utica to
washington. High speed. a curve and the
giving away of the track are now un-
officiaily assigned as the cause of the
disaster. Washington shares with Utica
her sorrow over this tragedy. The sor-
row cannot be so keen and poignant as
that felt by the kindred and close friends
OF the unfortunate victims, but it is deep
and sincere. That the school teachers
were bent on pleasure trip to WASH
tngton when the accident happened
causes the people OF this city to feel an
especial sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
Gov. Wilson and the Presidency.

Gov. Wilson is formally In the ring.
For particulars read the speech he de-
hvered at Norfolk Saturday night. and
the interview he gave at Trenton upon
starting on his journey. Consider then
that he leaves in q day or so for a
western trip. which will take him as far
az the Pacific coast. and bring him in
contact with many representative men
ef that influential section. He is not q
stranger In those parts. but will see them
now for the first time as an active man
In political affairs and a political figure
Of much promise. He has left the aca-
deznic shades and taken place where
the sun Is hot. the Noise loud, and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
First Spring Sunday.

Washington's first green Sunday of 1911
was yesterday. The trees burst into
foliage within the week, the grass turned
a green as bright as Ireland's green, the
lilacs came into bloom. the redbud glowed
wherever it grows and the parks and
streets were thronged with people warm
ing themselves In the glittering sun.
Thousands sought the country--little fire.
quented by city people since last summer
and the banks Of the river above Wash
ington and the wharves of the water
front were thickly dotted with fishermen.
All Washington was out of doors and
enjoyed to the full the first true spring
Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

tary OF foreign affairs, In his speech in
the house of commons, voiced British
| opinion. and the peace proposals OF
President Taft are supported with prac-
tical unanimity in this country Ad-
| miral Mahan, In the current issue, OF
the North American Review, says:
II think. and have always thought,
that the possession of force, OF power
to effect ends. is a Responsibilities
talent to use the Christian expression
which cannot by the individual man
or state be devolved upon another, ex-
cept when certain that the result can
tional conscience. A general arbitration
arrangement between Great Britain
and the United States approaches this
condition, because 1t Is. as certain as
anything human can be that the two
states will never again go to war:
that their difficulties will always be
settled peaceably."
The arbitration idea has not made
much Roadway in official Germany. The
the doctrine of force. The main point,
however. is that sentiment for judi
eial settlement Of International issues
grows stronger each year. Senator
Root saw this clearly when, in his
speech on the Importance of Judicial
Settlement Of International Disputes"
he said:
1--WE all Of US agree and very large
part of the world agrees that there
ought to be an end to war, that 1t 10
brutal, wasteful and stupid. We have
been talking about 1t for great many
years. The volume of sound has swelled
and grown into a great chorus OF uni >
versal acclaim for the principles OF
peace with Justice NOW,
the movement for peace, for the settle
ment Of disputes OF mankind by peace
full means, is, 1t seems to me, passing
from one stage to another in these
ing accumulated enough momentum by
means of the missionary work that
has been done, by means Of the prop
uganda which has been prosecuted,
we are beginning now to pass into the
stage Of careful, thoughtful, definite,
certain inquiry into the specific causes
of war and the specific remedies to be
applied. So only can progress be made
toward a practical conclusion"
The millennium is distant in the fu-
ture and there will no doubt be more
great wars, but the peace propaganda
is gathering strength. and should q
devastating war break upon the world
tomorrow its waste Of life and treasure
and it's disturbance of trade-the real
business Of the wor1d-would add
legions Of converts to the cause Of uni
versal peace, and OF judicial settlement
Of points at issue between govern
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

THE old custom OF choosing a
Queen of the May has gone entirely
out of vogue"
Yes" replied Mrs. Votewell. There
are too many other officers to be
elected to permit US to bother with a
little position like that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Much diplomacy has been dispayed in
making it clear that while the annexation
Of Canada would be a most agreeable ar
rangement circumstances prevent it from
being seriously considered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Defective eyes are becoming common
among American Indians. They have
probably suffered some strain in an effort
to see that their owners did not get the
worst of various transactions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Resemhlances

I'VE are but pawns in the game of
life" said the serious woman.
Perhaps" replied Miss Cayenne.
But those Of US who wear hobble
skirts look more like cribbage pegs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
A Note of Doubt.

There's book that everybody
ought to read" said one publisher.
II know it," replied the other. But
the books that sen are so frequently
those that everybody ought not to
read"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Enough Americans are going to the
coronation to prove that this country
holds absolutely no grudge In connection
with episodes just prior to 17T6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
A Garden Enthusiast.

''You say you enjoy gardening"
Immensely"
II never hear of your raising any.
thing"
mo. get all my fun standing around
and telling my neighbors what to do"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Those champagne rioters in France
showed some discretion in pouring their
product out instead of trying to drink
it up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Other ways to get rid Of mosquitoes are
to hypnotic them and to get some one to
play an accordion until they commit sui
eide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Bangor, Me-, is another of the cities
whose wealth and prosperity were not
generally realized until enormous fire
losses brought them to attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

The prizes offered for airship per-
formanceS this year are sufficiently
tempting to cause the perils Of the sport
to be largely overlooked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Even the housefy and the mosquito may
be endured IL the various bacilli can be
held in subsection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Mexico has not gotten quite to the
point where 1t Is ready to send delegates
to q peace congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

The fact that women vote does not
guarantee a state against deadlocks in
the legislature and similar annoyances Of
old-fashioned politics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
Poor Poets!

From the ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
II 10 q shame that spring poets persist
in burning the midnight gas instead Of
blowing ii out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Australians yellow peril scare has been
permitted to languish for lack Of expert
oratorical attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Just now every presidential boom lie
literally punctuated with question marks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Italy makes trial Of the Camorrists
a very different affair from a murder or
libel case in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

The thermometer is gradually gettine
along toward the motion to adjourn
mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Government clerks would like protection
from fire and from being fired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
Abundant OCCUPATION.

As a pair of suspenders in May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

Bring grief and surprise day by day.
A fur coat in winter does not seem as
hot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01
A Mystery.

The various changes that fall to mans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

36=imcEn Silk Pongee
This Is All Pure Silk Pongee, in
natural color, and should -
regularly Sell at 75c yard. aOQDC
Sale price .....................
Arizona republican., 1911-08-29
E. A. MARSHALL PASSES
 AWAY AT PRESCOTT
Died Suddenly at Sisters Hospital Funeral Ceremonies to be
 Held Here

Edward Marshall. ST, died at the Sisters hospital in Prescott, at s a. m. yesterday morning, of a complied tion of diseases.
 He has not been we'll for some years. Some little time ago he went to Cali fornia and put himself under the best medical attention that he could find and for a time seemed to improve. He then came to Iron Springs where his family was. where he became worse, finally going to Prescott last Tuesday. Even as late as Sunday evening his son returned from his bedside to Iron Springs and telephoned to l.. N. Jesun- ofsky at Phoenix that his father was very sick, but that he was 20 worse since going to Prescott.
 This morning a phone message from Mrs. Marshall at Iron Springs said that he was dead
 ATr. Marshall was well known here, where he had lived for some eight years and where he was quite deeply interested in local business enterprises, being one of the directors of the Phoe- nix Title and Trust company, and interested in others. He was also the local representative of the various Eng fish interests in real estate here
 He was a man of retiring habits; quiet, kindly, generous and a good citi- zen. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. where he had several brothers largely interested in business and where his relatives generally re- side.
 He was a member of the Episcopal church, having been confirmed in Grace church, Charleston. He was a man of very few faults.
 He leaves a widow and two child ren, Edward A, Jr, grown. and Angela, aged ten.
 His body will be shipped here next Wednesday. Funeral announcement will be made hereafter.
 The family residence is at 40 West mOreland street.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-29
NO PEACE BOND REQUIRED OF SWEAT
Judge Parker Holds Threats Not Suf
 ficientIy Direct and Personal.

T do not think that the threats were ting this defendant under bonds to keep the peace"
 Such were the concluding words of Justice Parker yesterday morning in the examination before him, on com plaint of Chas. A Batre. that James Sweat had threatened to shoot him. As will be remembered from the account of the arrest alerady published in the Republican. Batre was attempting to relocate homestead of Swcat's as a mineral claim, for which purposes he sent men to lay out lines and put up mining monuments. Sweat ordered them off with a gun. and also said some things more forcible than polite about Batre himself Sweats arrest was the outcome. He was not con fined in jail, but placed in the custody of the sheriff olutside the jail.
 When the case was called, yesterday people Among those present were Mrs. Sweat, several children. includ- ing one but a few weeks of age, and several women friends of Mrs. Sweat's.
 The witnesses examined were F. J. Gowcll, O. J. Creach, NJ. A. McLain, and Chas. A. Batre, McLain being a ncighbor.
 It appeared from the testimony that the threats were all conditioned upon Batrc's forcible entry upon Swcat's pre- misses, and otherwise were not per sonal, nor likely to be carried out. A still more patent reason for the dis charge of Sweat was the discovery that his alleged offense was comitted in Yavapai county.
 District Attorney Bullard, in repre- senting the territory, argued that the matter was one that should be con
Arizona republican., 1911-08-29

cphone wire, an act that ordinarily should have been practically devoid of electrical danger to him; but in this instance he found the electric current so powerful in the telephone wire, which is ordinarily of very low power, that mere contact of his plycrs with it knocked them out of his hand and nearly knocked him from the pole.
 investigation showed him that the cause was the presence in among the electrical wires of a piece of balirg wire which some one had thought IcssIy or carcIessly thrown there. one end of which was in cortact with the
Arizona republican., 1911-08-29
DEATH LURKS IN
 TELEPHONE WIRES MAN NEARLY KNOCKED FROM HIGH POLE YESTERDAY. Finds Ealing Wire Making Contact Between Telephone and Power
 Wires Carrying 23oo Volts.
Finds Ealing Wire Making Contact

Some of the tips" handed to the clephonc workers of this city are not O pleasant In fact it is wonder ome of them don't get killed, and leave their wives widows and their children fathcrlcss. It is also a fur thcr fact that these accidents do hap pen all too frequently. but they usu- ally get very small item in the paper and with very little eXplana- lion intcIligibIe to the public as to how it all happened
 As an instance in point it may be told that yesterday lincmn work ing for the Arizona Telephone com pauy climbed a pole near First avenue and the railroad track to cut the tel
Arizona republican., 1911-08-29

Sale in New Warehouse in Commercial Hotel Building on Jefferson Street between Center and First St. Entrance Jefferson St. or from Alley in of Washington
 Street Store
Arizona republican., 1911-08-29

lead or heavily charged wire that goes into the light plant. carrying 2aO0 volts of electricity, ana the other in contact with telephone wire.
 Half of the wire troubles that cleo trical workers and companies have and the difficulties and dangers which people have with their telephones. come from the presence of baIing wires among the other wires. thrown there by some careless hand. other than this supposition. the telephone and electrical workers do not know how they come there. But they ere ate great dangers.