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Evening star., 1911-08-17

government, where there is new and
unknown element in the choice of a sue
cessor of the Diaz administration. There
are those possessing what Is recognized
as accurate knowledge of Mexican affairs
who are not able to entertain an opti-
mistic view Of the maintenance of peace
and order in that country after the new
government shall have assumed control
There is always a disturbing population
which makes its dissatisfaction known
and felt in violence with chance of at
tack upon foreign interests and foreign
residents. Any such calamity would ar
/ ence create serious situation, so far as
the influence and activities OF the govern
ment bear any relation to the question.
What can be done is largely open TO con-
lecture. but it is quite evident that the
presence of body of troops in Texas will
have its effect upon the Mexican maicon-
tents and upon those of the citizen
ship of the country who refuse to be COM
forted short of carnage and loot. That is
the akpect Of the Mexican question which
the United States government must take
into consideration, and 1t is the possibili-
ties of that menace which makes the ju-
diciouS pause.
We shall probably have a Mexican sit
uation" for several years with varying
forms of gravity and acuteness. calling
for untiring vigilance on the part of this
government to keep prepared for the
emergency. II would be well 10 meet the
c1nuitlons squdieiy ana WITHOUT any al
tempt to deceive the people, as when IN
the mobilization in Texas the statement
was made at the White House and the
War Department that the troops We're
being suddenly concentrated for the pur
pose of maneuver CT which work precious
little has been done. There Is no reason
why the presence of our army in Texas
should not be plainly indicated, II might
help the Mexican problem to a solution
that much quicker than If the fiction of
mobilization for military practice were
continued.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
MYSTERY OF GLASS.
The Absence Of Reasoning Power in
Fish and Birds.
From the Scotsman.

From the scotsman.
A correspondent recently reported what
he described as the curious freak Of a
blackbird flying against a parlor window
many times at the same spot.
Such an incident is not uncommon.
Birds have been known to fight for hours
at time. day after day, with their own
self reflected in a pane of glass. pecking
and fluttering against the pane and quite
demolish the supposed rival. 1t is another
instance of how the arts of our civiliza-
tion corrupt and confuse the birds. 1t
is the same with fishes.
Darwin tells a story of a pike in an
aquarium separated by plate glass from
fish which We're its proper food. In trying
to get at the fish the pike would often
dash with such violence against the glass
as to be completely stunned. 1t did this
for more than three months before 1t
learned caution. Then when the glass
was removed, the pike would not attack
those particular fishes, but would devour
others freshly introduced.
1t did not at all understand the situa-
tion, but associated the punishment it
with particular kind of fish. Darwin $
American monkeys proved themselves
more knowing" When they cut them
selves once with any sharp tool they
would not touch II again or else would
handle 1t with the greatest caution.
Thus they gave evidence of the simpler
forms of reason of which monkeys are
no doubt capable. but birds are evidently
lacking in reasoning powers.
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Value of Medical Missions.

from the Missionary Herald.
It Is a matter of interest that last win
er when the plague in Manchuria was
threatening Peking the responsible Chinese
officials held the meeting to outline OMEN
-lve and defensive measures I'm the Mis-
sionary Medical College at Peking. Medi-
al missionaries took prominent part in
organizing and carrying out preventive
measures and the students in the mis-
sion college were the mainstay of the
chinese government in the crisis. The
~hinese officials in Manchuria and at Pc
sing are free TO proclaim that but for
he effective services of the medical mis-
sionaries and the men they had trained
north China and perhaps all OF China
would have been devastated. Had such d
wide extension of the plague taken place
IN China II is impossible to understand
how its ravages could have been KEEP
from Japan, the Philippines and even oui
own shores This condition SO impressed
itself upon the officers and legislators OF
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course with the west the dollar also has
been used extensively.
These three kinds ef money might have
formed the basis of practicable system
of currency were each Of them uniform in
itself The trouble is that none of them
represents anything definite. For in
stance. there are over hundred kinds Of
tael in the country, and these kinds of
tael not only differ from one another. but
each kind itself varies in different places.
Again, even If the tael were a definite
unit 1T could have been Of little use so
long as the fineness of the sycee silver is
different and undetermined, as it always
has been. The tao is no more definite
than the tael Through years of bad
practice and on account of the customs
of different places. 1t today means num-
berless things. In one place it may mean
loo cash. in another $780, and in third
only 100.
The new unit. the yuan, must contain
seven mace and two candarenes of 80 per
cent pure silver with the figure of a
coiling dragon stamped on one face and
the words lone yuan" and Imperial Chi
nese Currency in Chinese on the other.
The yuan equals about 46 cents in Ameri-
can money, and it's purchasing power in
China equals about 81 in the United
States.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
NEW CHINESE CURRENCY.
Silver Temporarily the Standard-A
Yuan the New Limit.

Ching Chung Wang in North American Review.
The chaotic condition of the Chinese
currency has reached a point which is
country's foreign trade and checked the
development of her domestic commerce.
The Chinese not only have suffered from
it. but large numbers of foreigners as
we'll
The government itself has for some
time felt the need of reform. Repeated
attempts have been made to remedy the
evil, but they have been barren of imme-
date results. Finally, upon the acces-
sion to the throne of the new emperor.
the government began to take definite
steps toward the reorganization of the
whole monetary system After year $
investigation an imperial edict was Is
sued which said in part:
1T is commanded that the unit of the
national currency shall be the yuan or
dollar. and the standard shall tempo
rarily be silver The dollar shall be the
principal unit of currency and shall weigh
seven mace and two candarenes. The
subsidiary coins shall be as follows: Three
of silver in denominations of fifty. twen-
ty-five and ten cents. respectively: the
nickel unit having the value of five cents.
and four copper coins in denominations
of two cents, one cent, five cash and one
cash, respectively. The relative value of
the dollar. the dime, the cent and the
cash shall be in decinlkl proportion, and
be permanently fixed. 1t shall not be
permitted to increase these relative values
or to diminish them.
In theory one may say China has main
tanned q bimetallic system. or even tri-
metallic system, since the seventh GEN.
tury, according to which one unit in gold
is equivalent to ten in silver and 900 in
copper. In practice, however. the cur
rency I'm use until lately has been en-
tirely the tiao Ia string of copper cash)
or the tael. Since the beginning Of inter-
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Gets Untold Wealth.

My Buried Treasure" is the title OF
the leading story in our next Sunday
Magazine. one of exceeding entertain
ment Richard Harding Davis is the
author. The tale is so different from
treasure hunting tales in general that
1t is a distinctly new note in this variety
Of current literature. Who would ever
think OF digging in the sands near a
complacent, ordinary New Jersey viii
lage, within committing distance of
New York city. expecting TO find
chests of gold and precious stones? But
that Is just what Mr.. Davis leading
character did. and, moreover. he found
it, to the narrator's mingled delight
and disgust. And his share OF the un-
told wealth (Which he was not even
permitted to See) was the privilege of
getting all he might be able to from
writing the story Of the hunt q year
afterward. Its satire is rich.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
be put there. This planting of the bac-

be put there This planting of the bac-
terra is called incubation.
Pure cultures can be obtained, but the
best and safest method Is to secure dirt
from a successful alfalfa field. This dirt
should be sowed over the field at the rate
of 200 or 800 pounds per acre. upon a
cloudy day, or just before rain If pos
sibe and narrowed in. Sunshine Is in
furious to the germs.
A sack and a half OF soil TO an acre
will be sufficient, but IL might be OF ad
vantage TO mix this with other dirt 30
insure equable distribution. An advan-
tage in starting with a small patch OF
alfalfa is that when this patch is well
inoculated a farmer has an abundance
of alfalfa dirt to inoculate larger areas.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
several of our western states that they


several Of our western states that they
have made appropriations from the state
treasures to help Harvard University
establish and maintain at Nankin, China,
medical school for the training OF
Chinese young men in modern medicine,
and for studying oriental diseases and
their cures. The motive for making these
appropriations seemed to be the protec-
tion of our awn' shores from eastern
scourges. the very work medical mis-
sions have been doing for generations
but until these latter days without ap-
probation by the world at large
Medical missions have not lost in the
least degree their original aim and pur-
pose They represent the compa ssionate
Christ yearning over the suffering masses
or his ignorant children. to whom he
stretches out his hands in loving invita-
ton. At the same time they are introduc-
ing among the people Of the east a new
profession. are making the modern medi-
cal school and hospital indigenous to the
orient, and are constructing barriers
through which the epidemies and scourges
that seem to breed in those countries
may not break
Evening star., 1911-08-17
SAY YOUTH RODE OFF
| IN $4,000 MOTOR CAR
Accused of Taking Auto From
Showroom, He Is Arrested
in Philadelphia.

Seventeen-year-old Stephen Arthur
Douglass Genslinger. said to be a men,
Der Of prominent st. Louis family, was
arrested in Philadelphia yesterday and
charged with the theft of a four-thou-
sand-dollar Thomas automobile from the
place of business Of David S. kendrick
1917 III street northwest, Monday night.
Complaint of the theft was made to
the local police. and a reward of $500
was offered for the arrest and conviction
of the person who took the auto. 1t is
not an unusual thing for an automobile
to be taken from the street for Joy
ride and abandoned, but the police were
surprised when told that the 1912 car of
Mr.. kendrick had been taken from his
showroom.
Entrance to the II street business place
had been gained by climbing over a win
dow, the car having been taken out the
back way. The police sent messages in
all directions to have the police of other
places be on the lookout for the car and
it's occupant.
Car Almost a Wreck.
| The car was almost wreck when it
stopped near the Philadelphia branch OF
the Thomas firm, near Broad and Vine
streets, yesterday. Reserve Policeman
Brady arrested the boy. who was on his
way to New York. 1t was his intention
to stop in Philadelphia long enough to
quench his thirst and get something to
| eat he said.
| Detective Howard Vermllion went to
! Philadelphia last night for the prisoner.
He returned this afternoon. The police
will get in communication with relatives
of the boy before he is given hearing
| in this city. Inspector Boardman said
this afternoon that he knew nothing of
the boy the information about his family
connections having come from Phia-
delphia.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
DR.. MARY {. WALKER
WOULD SELL FINGER
Offers 1t to Rich Advertiser if
She Will Erect a Consump-
tive Ward.

PHILADELPHIA, August 16.-Mrs.
Reginald Waldorf of Philadelphia and
Los Angeles. who advertised for Giving
right index finger can buy the desired
member, if she likes, from one who has a
world wide reputation. DR.. Mary Walker,
the woman who wears trousers and who
has done a hundred and one other things
to bring her name before the public.
DR. Walker now lives in Oswego. n. Y.
Today she sent the following letter to
Mrs. Waldorf
Oswego. n. Y, August Il. 1911.
Mrs Reginald Waldorf: | have just
read that you desire to purchase right
index finger. Will you give me enough to
erect consumptive ward on my estate
here? l have saved hopeless cases ane
because l declare consumption is not con-
:agious money is not forthcoming to erect
a ward
/ finish this letter not using my index
finger. tSigned),
MARY f. WALKER, NJ. D..
Surgeon in war of 1861 TO
p S.-If return ticket is sent. will come
Immediately, you can decide IL my
finger is desired by yourself.
DR.. WALKER
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A Dogs Beauty Doctor.
orrespopdence London Telegraph,

Paris Correspondence LONDON IeIegraph.
We hear a good deal about massage.
lotions. prescriptions, all calculated 10
transform even the plainest wome n
into thing OF beauty Now, as IL
appears, the canine race is being SIM
ilarly taken in hand under the auspices
of d veterinary surgeon. At least, in
a prospectus the following list OF
charges is drawn up.
Alteration OF the shape of the muZ-
zle. 50f.
Insertion of wrinkles on the face OF
a bulldog, S0f.
Change of the size of the tail. 20f.
Removal of superfiuous hair. ST per
hour.
Change of the color of the skin, 30f
And SO on. SO there Is some hope
at last even for the verfest mongrel
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Our Troops in Texas.
the Army and Navy Register.

From the Army and Navy Register.
AS for tie others which remain to COM
pose the reduced division and the troops
distributed along the Rio Grande, it must
still be a question of doubt as to the
duration of their stay In Texas. The sit
uation must be influenced by the uncer-
tainties Of affairs In Mexico, especially
following the election of the reorganized
Evening star., 1911-08-17
And Echo Answered
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
Stories are still cropping up abou,
Billy Travers. the New York wit, who
stammered so delightfully."-. Travers, i,
appears. was guest at a yacht regatta
at Newport.
The waters OF the beautiful harbol
were covered with magnificent pleasure
craft. Travers. deeply interested, asked
his friend who were the owners of one
and another of them. Practically every
one belonged TO some well known New
York banker or broker.
Travers considered the matter a mo.
ment. and then turned blandly- to his
host.
"Ww-w-wher are the c-c-c-custom.
ers yachts?" he inquired.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Finger Lost in Accident.

DR. Walker has been trying for some
time to locate Mrs. Waldorf. She sent
letters to Philadelphia and to Los An
geies addressed TO the woman who signed
the advertisement. which appeared in a
Chicago paper. but each time her letter
was returned. Yesterday she sent the
letter, which has been travelling back and
forth across the continent. to q news
paper in this city.
Mrs. Waldorf desires a finger to replace
one she lost in an accident She is re-
ported to independently rich and capa-
BILE of paying most any price for finger
provided 1t suits her. She believes the
finger caS be grated on her own hand
and that eventually she will again have
Il perfect one.
Dr. Walker is eighty-one years old She
figured prominently in the civil wer as
surgeon. She was one of the first women
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Inoculating Land.
From Dry Farming

II is apparent that most Of our upland
prairie lands will need incubation.
Nearly all farmers fat least those who
have taken an interest in alfalfa) under
stand this term. IL is necessary that
certain bacteria be found in the soil. II
they are not there naturally they must
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Welded IN ROCKVILLE
TO MRS. HELEN KING
J. N. Marks of Department of
Commerce and Labor Steals
March on Friends.

We are not runaNays, but just sole
| a march on our friends said James
Minor Marks. clerk employed at the
Department of Justice. shortly after his
marriage to Mrs. Helen j. King of 81
street northeast yesterday afternoon at
Rockville, Md
The couple who have been engaged
for some time, surprised their friends
Yesterday when they went to the Mary
land Gretna Green Neither the groom
nor the bride intimated that they were
about to be married. Plans had been
made for their wedding in October, hut
several days ago they decided that they
wanted to be married quietly.
When the couple arrived at Rockville
Yesterday afternoon a marriage license
was procured at the courthouse, Mr..
Marks giving his age as forty mine and
that of Mrs. King as thirty-five. The
couple then went to the residence of Rev
s. R. White, A retired Baptist minister.
who performed the ceremony. They later
returned to Washington and went to the
brides home, where she has resided
since the death of her husband about
four years ago.
Wanted Quiet Wedding.
When seen at her home today, Mrs.
Marks stated that the only reason she
and her husband were married in Rock
Vile was because they did not care for
a large wedding.
When | left home yesterday Mrs.
Marks said, my relatives declared they
believed l was going to be married and
that they We're going to follow me, but
told them | was going out of the city
and they did not do So
She said she had known Mr. Marks for
a number of wears In fact" she said,
he and my first husband were friends
At the home of Mr.. Marks, 1909 10th
street northwest. where he had resided
with his brother, L. j. Marks, it was stat
ed nothing was known of the marriage
until late last night when the news was
conveyed by telephone.
When the couple returned to Washing
ton last night they were greeted with
a surprise, Mrs. Kings sisters, with
whom she had resided. had decorated the
parlor of the home and prepared we'd
ding feast for the couple. Mr.. and Mrs.
Marks will make their home at 1909 10th
street northwest. The groom was at his
Office in the Department Of Justice today.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
The Man in Front.
From Judge

WHO is at funny man standin' up
in front OF the band wavin' a stick? ,?
That. my dear, is the conductor.
Does he make the music go?"
Yes. my child
We'll. then. why don't they call him
the motorman.
Evening star., 1911-08-17

workers in the country. She is
anxious to erect hospital for consump-
tives. and in a note says she would sac
ritice much more than her index finger
if possible to realize her dream.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
What Was Needed.
From Judge

From Judge.
Bride -elect-What would you have
thrown instead of rice?
Brutal friend-A few grains of COM
mon sense.
Evening star., 1911-08-17

Ribbon Remnants
AS LOW AS A PENNY.
These prices will make a
complete sweep of all ribbon
remnants tomorrow, we know
SATIN RIBBONS, widths
Is to 3s in; all good
colors and lengths. To ~
morrow, yard. ..... IN
RIBBONS, plain and satin
taffetas, all good colors and
lengths; widths 21s to 3z in.,
and to be closed out at, 4 H.
yard Il ~
RIBBONS, in taffetas,
satins and fancy effects;
widths d to E in; all colors
and lengths. To close, 1mc
a yard ..............
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CLASHES IN
LORINER
HEARING
EDITOR AND LAWYERCON
TTNUE EXCHANGE POLICE
COURT REPARTEE
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, D. c., July 26-CIash
after clash between witness aud at
torney occurred again today at the
senate Lorimer committee hearing
during the cross-examination OF
James Keeley, general manager and
editor Of tie Chicago Tribune, by
Senator Lorimer's counsel The pro
ceedings largely centered around the
publication OF the so-ealled confession
Of state Representative white OF Ll-
inois, how Governors Altgeld pardon.
cd Former Cashiel Louls a. Hillyer
OF the Chicago Tribune, convicted OF
embezzIement and tie claim that
knowledge Of an underyaluation OF
Tubunes property for assessment
purposes might have been a factor in
the young mans iall figured at the
outset Of the hearing
Attorny Hanecy submitted in evil
denee the Hillyer pardon, ia which
the governor said he cashiers moral
courage might have peen weakened
by seeing that the Tribune failed to
pay, by about twenty-five thousand
dollars a year, enough rent for school
land it occupied, also that it under
valued its property so that ~ paid
thirty-two thousand dollars year
too little in taxes.
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MILLIONAIRE DU POINT WILL
HELP HIS DAUGHTER TO FIGHT
DIVORCE SUIT AGAINST HER

home al Nemours SIR. Dupont 5
magnificent country estate in Della
ware, and on Friday last accompaui
ed by Mr. williamson. Mrs. Bancroft
and her infant left for Wilmington
and Mrs Bancroft was installed in
her fathers home.
Mrs. Dupont is said % have as
sured Mrs Bancroft that she did not
care ~ know ans Of the "details of
the past OF fo hear her reply 70 the
charges made by Mr Bancroft VINO
iu bis complaint referred 10 the ne#
Iy born infant a. Max Reihier. Jr
and named the infant as eo-defend-
anti with rs motfer. Nr Dupont
said that whether Mrs. Bancroft vas
right OF wrong she would not deser.
her when she needed support anc
sympathy
After giving instructions 20 Af WI
Hanson 10 provide for tle comfort on
Mrs. Bancroft and her child Ar
and Mrs. Dupont LETT for their country
home ia Maine on board the Alicia
SIR Dunonrs steam yacht
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-26
ANOTHER
Sensation
IS SPRUNG
PUBLISHER LEWIS OF ST.
LOUIS MAKES SOME
CHARGES OF HIS OWN
(By Associated Pressl

Washington, ID c. July z6--Ihe
sensational charge was made before
the house committee investigating
the poatoHice department today that
Leonard Goodwin Chicago lawyer
and brother of Russell p Goodwin,
assistant attorney general for the
postohice department, was exploiting
mail order houses throughout the
country by telling them he could af
range any trouble they might have
through denial of mail privileges
etc.
The charge was made by y. g
Lewis. president OF the ST. Louis
publishing house who was recently
denied second class mail privileges.
Lewis also declared that postohce
inspectors 40 ST. Louis were Told %
use whatoye- methods they pleased
to put Lewis out Of business and
80 shut Lewis up before the nex
campaign. This was in the cam
paign of 1905
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NEI6H80RHD01 DIS
TJR8ERs FINED

The cases Of Williams and Rails,
coiored neighbors which came up At
q O'Clock last evening in n0liee court,
proved interesting The tWo we're
charged with disturbing the peace
and FROM all the Testimony put tne
neighb1rlo0d oD West Logan where
they live In an upr0ar Villains,
uee is little man. testified 20 car
rging hatehet then failing he
got an axe 10 stop RAMS trespasslng.
However these weapons were not ell
fectlye and he acknowledged going in
the house after a gun The officers
summoned by telephone arrived be-
lore the artillery was put into action.
Williams stated that he had not been
III court before, but admitted that
had shot a man at Anadarko May
or Nissley after hearing the evidence
aned bptu parties sa and costs total
iug Ten dollars each.