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Evening star., 1911-08-25
A Flaw in the Indictment.

A technicality has been raised in the
Beattts murder trail which may upset all
the present proceedings. The indictment
against the accused charges that he fired
of and exploded gun. causing the
charge to strike the face Of his wife and
ending her life. 1t says nothing about
the charge having been caused to go
further than the face of the woman and
into her skull. and on this ground the
counsel for the defense has moved 10
strike out all the medical testimony bear
ing upon the penetration of the brain
and the puncture of the skull Of the dead
woman, the court taking this motion un-
der advisement after the defense had Sc
cured from the coroner the statement
that a shos merely striking the face
would not cause death.
To the lay mind such a plea seems
trivial and absurd. 1t is difficult for
those not versed in the tntricacies and
refnements of the law to appreciate the
difference between a gunshot which is
described as striking the face and q shot
which plows itself through face and
brain and skull. 1t is. however. i'm
in an indictment should be explicit even
is possible that q bullet might strike the
head OF a person and instead of enter
ing the skull make It's way around
under the scalp without causing death.
That has happened in quite a number OF
cases. In the Beatte case. however.
there is no possible question physically
that the shot which entered the face of
the victim caused her death, and that In
Its course 1t went into the brain and
through the skull. The point that has
been raised by the defense Is obviously
technical. and to no other end than to
lay the foundation for q reversal OF the
entire procedure.
The public Is pardonably impatient with
such bubbles. There Ii always appre-
hension. when q murder trial Is in prog
rsss and the accused Is we'll provided
with funds. lest through the employment
Of every known device of evasion a just
verdict may be prevented. So many in
stances have occurred where prisoners
with means have escaped in circum-
stances in which less affiuent ones would
b convicted and executed, that there Is
justification in some measure for the feel
ing that the law does not always apply
equally to the rich and the poor. The
effect Of the slight slip in the Beattie
indictment may be to accentuate this
feeling.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
How and His Hoboes.

James Eads How labors In vain to in
terest the public In the proposed national
hoboes' convention called to meet in this
town early next month. Neither interest
nor ALARM is felt. There may be such a
meeting There may not Who cares?
Where is there a cheer or a shiver to
testify to any concern on the subject?
The Coxey thrill cannot be repeated.
Times are different. Our mines and mills
are In operation. Our highways are not
,choked with tramps. Souphouses are not
three TO the city block. Business In GER
tain lines might be brisker. but as rule
wheels are turning, and We are making
progress.
Our distresses were so great in Coxey's
day II was easy to sec red When 1t was
announced that an army Of the unem.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
BRYAN and Martin.

In a letter to Representative Jones OF
Virginia. Mr.. Bryan expresses sympathy
with the formers ambition to succeed
Mr. Martin in the Senate. He speaks OF
Mr.. Martin as one whose instincts. en-
vironment and record combine to make
him the last man to be thought Of in con-
nection with the senatorship.'
This is the second shy" Mr. Bryan
has taken at Mr.. Martin. He advised
against him when the minority leadership
taking the ground that the Virginian was
too close to the corporations to be eff
cient in that place. But Mr.. Martin was
chosen. and proved very efficient in the
place. His record at the special session
showed him to be a good negotiator. a
good tactician. and a good general man.
ager He acquitted himself well of a diff
ficult task. Mr.. Bryan's advice was well
rejected.
Would not the Virginia democracy do
we'll. also, to reject Mr.. Bryan's advice
in the case of the senatorship? 1t is
sheer extravaganza. of course, to charac-
terize Mr.. Martin as 1.-The last man to
be considered in that connection. He is
in his third term running as senator. He
defeated as popular man as Fitzhugh
Lee I'm his first race, and as able man
as Gov. Montague in his third. He has
now risen to the leadership of his party
in the Senate. Could other than a worthy
and resourceful man of full senatorial
size have done so much?
Democratic senator's last winter voted
for Mr.. Martin with the greater pleasure
- he,
had not asked for his opinion, and when
he volunteered 1t they resented his ac-
ton. They felt themselves competent to
choose their leader. and We're not without
full knowledge Of who Mr.. Martin was
and what he represented. Some had had
eighteen years of association with him in
the public business.
Why should Mr.. Bryan advise the peo-
pie of Virginia in the matter of their
senatorship? Do they not know the man
they have three times commissioned as
senator? Has Martin changed his coat
or his character since his last election
Has he not been watchful in the inter-
ests of his constituents? Does he not en-
joy the respect of both sides In the Sen
ate? Capable and deserving as Mr.. Jones
may be. would he be an improvement on
Mr.. Martin in the Senate? Would not the
defeat Of Mr.. Martin cost Virginia pres
tige in that body at least for awhile?
Mr.. Martin is not the only Virginia
democrat to incur Mr.. Bryan's displeas.
ure. The relations between Mr.. Daniel
and the peerless leader were strained fol
several years before the formers death
They had once been friends: but differ
ences arose, and Mr.. Bryan turned away
On one occasion rather a sharp colloquy
took place in this town between the two
The close relations between Mr.. Daniel
and Mr. Martin, on the other hand, were
never broken.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

been no weakening on the part OF France.
and it is hardly probable that England
has lessened in any degree Its decision to
resist German aggressions In West
Africa Certainly the total abandonment
Of the British military maneuyers this
year, on the pretext OF q water shortage,
suggests a readiness on that side OF the
channel for prompt action II necessary,
while the French maneuvers are to be
greatly curtailed ION account OF the foot
and mouth disease" now prevalent among
French cattle. There can be no mistaking
these coincident changes Of program
They mean plainly that both France and
England are ready for war, and they will
doubtless be efficient in persuading Ger
many to modify it's Moroccan claims.
which are based upon little more than
an aggressive desire for more territory.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Another Man-Burning.

The other day II was in Pennsylvania
that the spirit OF mob frenzy seized upon
the members Of community and caused
them TO burn a man at the stake for a
crime which had not been fastened upon
him by due process of law. Now 1t
Is In Oklahoma that this same fiend-
!sh vengefulness manifests itself. Truly.
mob violence knows no geographical limf-
tations in these days. and what was
few years ago an almost strictly section
al method OF dealing with certain classes
Of criminals has become almost national.
The Pennsylvania case Is. in truth, worse
than that just reported from Oklahoma.
The man put to death at Coatesville
had killed another, perhaps In a quarrel.
No one can tell the circumstances of this
tragedy The mobs victim declared with
almost his last breath that he had slain
his victim In self-defense. He had no
chance whatever, however, for his life.
The Oklahoma burning is somewhat
closer TO the type that has become in
famous In the south. The crime was of
the nature which formerly almost with
out exception marked the resort to lynch
law.
Il will be important to watch the es-
tablished processes of law in the two
states, working to the end OF Furnishing
these assaults upon 1t in the name of
public retribution. In Pennsylvania ar
rests are being made from time to time,
and there is evidently a determination
on the part Of the state authorities to
prosecute all who can be identified as
participating in any degree in the man
burning. Such procedure is not at
present indicated in Oklahoma. The lat
ter case. indeed, is hardly likely to re-
suit In any activity by the courts. There
have been frequent man-burnings in that
commonwealth In the past and there have
been no punishments. Yet this latest
outburst of mob crime was attended by
no attempt at secrecy or concealment.
Probably every one of the participants
could be named and sufficiently identified
in court to secure a conviction by an un-
Influenced jury, IL such could be obtained
in those circumstances. A peculiarly
shocking feature Of the Oklahoma affair
is that 1t was witnessed and cheered
by women and children. who stood about
on points of vantage eagerly pressing for
views. Of the abominable spectacle. Truly.
nice bit OF diversion and a splendid
investment In respect for the law!
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Folks.

Folks is purity much alike
Wherever dey is met.
We's travelin' down de same ole pike,
In sunshine or regret
We wants about de same to eat;
De same ole songs we sings.
We has de same ole joys complete
An same ole Borrowings.
De proud man sits way up on high;
De humble man sits low;
But over each dar shines de sky:
For each de flowers grow
Some men may reap where others plow
Rewards is ne'er exact.
But folks is folks, no matter how
Dey tries to hide de fact
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Roosevelt on 1912.
From the Chicago Record Herald.

Col Roosevelt has had to write to
another ardent but injudicious admirer
to the effect that a movement at this time
In favor of another Roosevelt term would
be "a genuine calamity" and that no
true friend Of his will start or encourage
such a movement. Mr. Roosevelt Is not
in the race for 1912 and will not enter 1t
in any circumstances.
What he means by genuine calam-
ity"-a phrase he has used two or three
times in the same connection-is perfectly
clear to all except flippant dullards. An
anti-Taft movement by Rooseveltians
would split and wreck the republican
party and threaten incalculable harm to
the progressive cause.
AS he intimates were a Roosevelt boom
started for 1912 1t would become the duty
Of sensible and loyal Rooseveltians to 60
to work actively to kill 1t.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

OIn order to avoid delays on account Of
personal absence. letters to THE STAR should
cot BE- addressed to any Individual connected
~ith the ONCE. but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial or Business Department. according
u tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
A Devoted Constituent.

That member Of Congress says you
have voted for him for the last fifteen
years."
That's right" replied Farmer Corn
tossel.
You must think a lot of him.
We'll, / dunno. You see, fifteen years
ago I had couple O. hoss trades with
him, an since then I've allus felt safer
with him spendin' SO much Of his time
in Washington
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Mileage.
From the Indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
Refusing an extra months pay to
congressional employees and giving
them cents a mile for travelling ex-
penses doesn't look like a fair divide.
because some of them live SO much
farther away than others. Incidentally.
1t makes one wonder how an employe
can manage to travel for cents a mile
when 1t costs a congressman 20 cents.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Importance Recognized.

DO you think that man fully appre-
ciates the Importance of the Office to
which we have elected him. said one
constituent.
Il guess he does" replied the other.
THE first thing he did was to say 1t
ought to command larger salary"
Evening star., 1911-08-25
An Advertising Clergyman.
rrom the Boston Adyertiser,

The Philadelphia clergyman who
gained notoriety by his sermons on the
Astor-Force alliance, and by publish
ing uncomplimentary letters from his
bishop, wants more advertising. His
latest deliverance denounced President
Taft for vetoing the tariff bills, and
predicted the Presidents political fall
ure.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Occasional declarations that mans
health has been improved by imprison-
ment will hardly cause sanitariums to re-
gard penitentiaries as dangerous business
rivals.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
The Crowd at a Lynching.

From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
The judicial ruling at Coatesville, Pa,
that any member of a mob, knowing
its purpose to be murder. is guilty of
murder, Is calculated to make unpopu-
lar the practice of following the crowd
in lynch-law communities.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Plain Talk About Wiley.
From the Buffalo ENQUIRER.

Pure food and pure drugs-that Is not
alienable right Of the people. Let any
party or any administration toy with it, or
seek to cater to the interests backing
impure foods and adulterated drugs. and
that party or that administration will be
annihilated. That is as certain as DEATH
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Arizona and New Mexico have been
reminded that it is not wise to undertake
the exploitation of too many novel
theories at the outset OF political
career.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Three days from New York to Chicago
is the schedule proposed by Aviator At
wood. The necessity of keeping wide
awake while travelling prevents the air
ship tourist from beating railway time
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Possibly Mr.. Bryan would like an invi-
tation to step forward and make nomina-
tions at the democratic national conven-
ton next year.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
The Conversation.

In winters cold and summers heat
The statesman works both night and
day,
And all to hear the crowd repeat
That grand but tickle word "Hooray!"
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Well Displayed.

From the Toledo Blade.
Mr.. Roosevelt is correct in saying
there was nothing hidden about his ad-
ministration. 1t had a prominent place
on the first page nearly every day.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Admiral Togo is too polite to mention
1t, but change from Japanese to Ameri-
can customs in cookery necessarily re-
quires digestive versatility.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Possibly that Tennessee Coal and Iron
proposition got past Mr. Carnegie on a
day when he was hurrying away to play
eolf.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Remarkable Work.

What do you regard as the most re-
markable work in the English language?
WELL" replied Miss Cayenne, the most
remarkable work in the English language
that l know of is the way some English
men pronounce it."
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Occasionally man has a great deal Of
time for which a salary Is paid him oc-
cupied in being investigated.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

The plot to blow UP the Panama ca
nal" may be expected to recur whenever
the supply of news sensations becomes
scant.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

There are several contribution plates to
which Col. John Jacob Astor may be
tempted TO close his eyes when they pass.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

One remarkable thing about a veto is
that there are always more where the
first came FROM
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Power.

Water power is coming to play great
part in the industries of this country"
Yes" replied Mr.. Ira Grett. especially
in Wall street.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

The discovery Of a big seal rookery in
the arctic regions may help to defer the
extinction Of the sealskin coat
Evening star., 1911-08-25
A Chance to Remember.
no Albany Evening Journal,

From the Albany Evening Journal.
II there's anything La Toilette has for
gotten in the extra session he will have
three months in which to think 1t over.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Down in the Southwest.

From the Oklahoma City Okiahoman.
Burglaries continue in this city, but, of
course. the police department Is too busy
closing the bootlegging joints to give at
tention to small matters like that.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Mr.. Roosevelt can always manage to
dig up a pretty interesting line of copy
by interviewing himself.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

The strike in Great Britain, following
so closely after the onation, seemed
disrespectful
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Payable In advsnee-by mail pcstas. prepaid:
Dsiiy. Sunday included. one month. go cents
Daily. Sunday excepted. one month 40 cents.
Saturday Star. 81 year. Sunday Star ". 40 year
Evening star., 1911-08-25
Canalese.
From the Milwaukee Free Pres,

If Col Goethals' ban against profanit,
is strictly enforced, how Is one to men
ton the name Of "Gatupdam"i
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Entered a. seccnd-ciass mail matter at the post
once at Washington. D. q.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Business once. 1lth 81. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New Yosk once: Tribune Building.
Chicago once: First National Bank Building
European Once: 8 Regent st.. London. England.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

TIE Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
EDITION 10 delivered by carriers within the city
ct 4s cents per month: daily only. Is cents per
month: Sunday only 20 cents per month. orders
may be sent by mafl telephone Main 244C
Collection 10 made By carrier at the end OF eacs
month.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-07-01

In reply to the above would say it
would seem that you take great de-
light in seeing your pigs eat. We
never heard of anyone feeding pigs
more than three times day after
they we're weaned. AS we are not
authority on that point, however,
perhaps your system may have its
advantages. The ration is certainly
good, and probably you may have
noticed in a recent issue of The Ranch
what could be done with clover, such
as you have, without much additional
iced.
The writer travelled until two years
ago constantly among pure bred swine
breeders of Iowa and other Central
states. Their experience differed as
to the value of condition powders, -
only few being in favor OF them. In
case of worms, however, most of them
are in favor of worm powders. The
state experiment farm of Iowa made
a test of three of the most prominent
and best advertised stock foods, feed
ing the same to three different lots OF
hogs, for each kind Of powder, MAX
ing nine lots of hogs in all. Their
verdict was that the condition
powders had no particular value. We
certainly think a small amount OF
coil meal' mixed with the other feed
is a good thing. ''Soy bean meal
called proteina, is a little cheaper,
and has equal value with the oil meal,
having high percentage of protein.
It's manufacturers advertise 46 per
cent, and this credit was given them
by the state chemist.
Ii your hogs are not very lousy, you
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-07-01

chants fail and towns burn, times
may be panicky, and even crops may
be SHORTCUT the farmer who owns
his acres will get along. He will live
in comfort and quiet with plenty to
eat, drink and wear. He is the most
independent man on earth. Yet there
are lots of them who do not appreciate
their situation. Exchange.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-07-01

Agriculture, Washington D. G. The
third is "Swine Raising in the Pacific
Northwest" published by the o. W.
r. II N. Co., of Portland, Oregon.
1t was written by Mr.. ID. o. Lively,
vice president and manager of the
Portland Union Stock Yards, but in
sending for it address the y. w. r.
& N. Co.
The Ranch publishes the best of
these bulletins as soon as they are
issued.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-07-01
Cost of Hog Raising Kept by
Davis Bros.

No better evidence in the world
could be secured than the records of
Davis Bros. that there is a big profit
in feeding hogs grain. Not only have
they been very successful in their
feeding, but they have kept an ac-
curate and careful system of book
keeping upon the investment. Their
system of feeding and their method
of Keeping the records is worthy of
being adopted by every man who
makes business of feeding live stock.
The first test began November l6, 1909,
and ended January ID, 1910. In that
time the feeding showed net gain of
S473 12-not bad profit in feeding
15S hogs. 1t should be remembered
that this gain is purely from the feed
ing. the hogs weighing %, $50 pounds
when they started feeding and when
they quit they wighed 73,675, a gain
of II, It's pounds. The records kept
by Davis Bros. were upon their
Mountain View farm, which is located
at North Powder, Oregon. They are
as follows:
Quantity, 1873; average weight, 164
pounds; total weight. 70, 900 pounds.
Cost of fed--Ground screenings,
u, 167 pounds at SOC, S97. 33; rolled
barley, 3521O pounds at 81, 1852 10;
total amount fed, Az 77 pounds; total
cost of feed, $449. 43.
December 90, 1909, sold 1889
pounds at $7.75, 462.Sl; January u,
1910, sold 10, 800 pounds at $500,
S1504.OO. Total amount sold 1915
pounds; amount put up November l6,
1909, 25, 960 pounds; total gain, IL, 715
pounds. Total amount received,
$2966.91
Net gain = Cost of grain fed at
ST. 8715, 1922. 55; net gain on grain,
$449. 43; net profit, $473. II.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-07-01
Feeding and Care of Hogs.
BY ROBT BURT, Live Stock Editor.

Prairie, June 26, 1911.
Editor The Ranch:-I have started
a hog ranch on a small scale here.
have 70 pigs which l feed three gal
Ions of shorts made into slop three
times day and one gallon of oats
twice day, making five feeds day.
The pigs are between two and three
months old. | keep salt and charcoal
in their pasture as they are on good
clover pasture (red clover).
Now should l feed them oil meal or
some such thing with this feed? |
put in a little Rex condition powders
in their feed. Now they are little
lousy. Will you tell me the best way
to get rid of them by dipping or some
other way; how to build dip and
how to make the preparation.
Anything in way that will help
me will be appreciated very much.
Respectfully yours,
j. A. M,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-07-01
i've Stock Editor.

might succeed in getting rid of the
lice by mailing or binding with wire
several burlap sacks to posts fully
saturated with crude petroleum, zeno-
Ieum or any other Of the coal tar pro
ducts for dipping. To get rid of lice
quickly the best method, of course,
is to dip. AS this requires some ex-
pense for the dipping tank, the most
new breeders try to avoid it and use
the rubbing post as the next best
method. There is a spraying box
manufacture in the east which may
be fastened to the rubbing post. This
spraying box is automatic when the
hog rubs against it.
II you desire to use a dipping
tank, you can purchase tank ready
made with instructions how to build
the pit and the pen leading to it,
which of course is very simple. If you
wish to make cement dipping tank,
you had better write the Universal
Portland Cement Company of Chi
cago, asking for their pamphlet,
Concrete in the Country. - The di-
rections for building such tank are
quite long. We may give space in
The Ranch soon for description OF
this work.
The end where the hog enters should
be sloping until it gets to a point
where it drops off, Then the other
side, where the exit is made, should
be made low enough SO that the hog
can get out of the water without diff
Guilty. That is, if the solution comes
within six inches of the top of the
tank the exit should be at least one
foot below the surface of the water,
and the cement should be corrugated
or cleated so as to give the hog a
good hold for his feet. Two feet wide
is plenty wide enough for the largest
hog. The dip preparation is difficult
to make and it is cheaper to buy the
prepared article. For the dip use
some one of the proprietary dipping
solutions like zinoleum or the one
made by the Chas. HI. Lilly Co., of
Seattle. These dips are coal tar pro-
ducts and are made by a distillation
process, too dirty and difficult for a
farmer to undertake for small guam
tity. Crude petroleum is said to make
an excellent and cheap dip for swine.
Very excellent pamphlets might be of
much value to you One is 'BulIetin
No. 95, Pork Production with Forage
Crops" published by the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station of Colum-
bia, Missouri; another is Farmers
Bulletin No 438, Hog Houses pub
lished by the U. S. Department of
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-07-01

The farmer who owns farm, is the
particular person who is fixed. Banks
may fail and factories close, work
men strike and mines suspend, mer-