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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
REAL; STATESMEN
Edison says the country's need il real states |
men.-W0rld Headline.

Edison says the country's need II real state
Ien.-Worid Headline.l
In scientific matters. sir,
We humhly bow 70 you.
But really, sir, when you INFER
We have no statesmen true,
We differ. Look across the states
where rolls the Oregon.
Where recalls and initiates
The mighty Jonathan.
And there lie rinchot. TN be bound;
A statesman grand is he.
Who wants to put fence around
Each tender shrub and tree:
And there's James Rudolph Garfield. who
At craftsmanship or sport
Can miracles and wonders do
Upon tho tennis court.
Just gaze upon Missouri state.
Lit up by WisdOm's lamp;
BEHOLD Scion heavyweight
Whose name aud deeds are CnamR.
And there is Hammond. one John Hays,
A statesman TO the halt.
Who recently has won his bays
As protege Of Taft.
lust cast your eyes toward the west.
Les. one Of fame vou rob.
The champion Of the tnlkirgfest-
Hcil-roaylng Battling Bob.
Then turn your gaze q bit this way
And let II gently fall
On Sycamore and Oyster Bay
And ON. who's all In All.
No statcsmen7 why, which way you turn
They're there within your cali.
We've got 'em. yes. enough to burn,
And wen burn some next . TAI:
Wise Edison may feel.
The funny thing about 1t u
That they al think they're real.
Richard LApthicuu,. in New York world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
sUffRAGETTEs.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
( It appears after all that those Londo,,
suffragettes didn't break windows by
throwing stones. Realizing the limita-
lions OF their sex. they used hammers.
From the Memphis News-Scimitar.
Premier Asquith brought ON the sur
fraeette storm by giving the suffragettes
exactly what they had been promised. a
vote on their petition In the commons.
He declared, however, that SO far Is he
personally was concerned. he should vote
against them.
From the philadelpaia Evening Telegraph.
Mrs. Blankenburg predicts that Penn
svivania will grant votes to women with
in four years That would be quite an
accomplishment during single term a.
mayoress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
The Police and the Mickle Mystery.

Fake confessions and testimony are now
figuring in the police investigation INTO
the Mickle murder mystery. which mas
remained for two and a half weeks with
cut solution. Now 1t is man declaring
himself to be the murderer, his brain at
fected by alcohol Again it Is a youth
who seeks passing notoriety by asserting
that he saw a man on the premises or
the murder resembling the printed De-
scriptions of the prisoner now at the jail
In every criminal case of major interest
the police must expect a certain amount
of such interference with their work
They must struggle. too. against the wei.
meant efforts of people TO help them
without the slightest information or de-
Auc:ive ability, but fired by zeal to reach
o solution.
In all cases of this character the par,
played by the newspapers Is important in
the tracing Of clues and the ultimate de-
lection of criminals. Detective Burns.
who brought the Mcnamara brothers to
the bar for the crimes which they have
Just confessed, says that If 1t had moi
been for newspaper assistance he could
not have obtained the first trace that
led HIM to the dynamiters. BY the use
Of publicity the wise police worker en-
lists the services of a great army of
coadjutors. 1t is but ra. ely that the IN
cidentai notification to the unbound GRIM
mas of what the police are doing which
the news reports convey offsets the sood
effects.
In this Mickle case the police are not
making much Roadway. The coil Of cir
cumstances winds and unwinds about the
man held in CUSTODY, charged directly
With one local CRIME and accused Of an
other, and believed to be the man wanted
In Chicago for two other homicides. But
there IS no direct proof to connect him
with the Washington murder. 1t is NOT
sufficient to place him IN the neighbor
hood Of the C. ime. or even on the prem
1see. on the uisht of the murder. Prox-
Unity and opportunity co not constitute
proof alone, however these factors may
strengthen q circumstantial case where
material facts tend directly TO connect the
accused with the crime.
It will be deplorab Bile if this murder ee
mains unsolved. aiding q fourth to the
local list OF unpublished homicides OF the
past two decades. Extraordina y efforts
to And the guilty man should continue to
be made until every possibility is ex
hausted. even to the extent of engaging
0utsade detective talent If necessary. Lo
cal pride should not operate to halt the
GEsIrprise Of the police IN their search
for rNe criminal whose identity remains
mp to tSsSs point undiscovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

selves and the gate post. politicians fall
into three classes: ~ Those who howl
because their constituents demand 1t, (2)
those who howl because they are built
that way and like to indulge themselves.
and CD those who howl because others
are bowling. Are your constituents fever
ish' on the subject Of the trusts. the tar
IN. or the railroade?'
mo. They discuss the news Of the
day, but in mild way. My folks are Il,
clover. and don't think there is a one of
them who expects. or wants. the world to
come to an end"
"well. then, you needn't Jump into the
game on their account. And-pardon the
compliment to your face-you wouldn't
howl either through love of 1t. or merely
to be In the fashion. SO I think you
would be justified In simply looking on.
and noting for your personal entertain
mens The different styles OF saving the
country. and the different grades Of the
saviors."
Have you any favorite~ among the
performers we shall see?
Yves; but maybe shouldn't name
them. Make your own selections. Our
tastes may differ. I may say. however,
ira hen IL comes to ianting l prefer
the thing done in the extreme Of fashion.
Give me the skyscraper. 1 like the gent
who is the very alcohol Of the highfalutin.
And I like him best when he tells me
that he has no other object in view but
the good of mank nd. When he labors for
humanity he's dandy"
Happy to have seen YOU"
II can return the compliment. Drop In
again. Shall be happy at any time to go
with Won into the committee of the whole
on the state of the Union"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

The average Of these ten fiscal years
has been an annual appropriation OF
IU64,968, the total being t6,649. 6S3. The
increase in the ten years has been f1S4.-
5l5, of which near f1O0.OOO has come in
the past two years.
This is Englands expense account for
he purpose OF keeping a stable. efficient
public service. consisting of competent
men selected with the greatest care al
to ability and character, rende ing their
best service. honoring their employing mt
as disting uished career and sacrificing
everything II necessary to hold firmly to
the work of the government. 1t is money
we'll expended. 1t promotes cheerful.
loyal service. It insures steady p.omo-
tons. It permits the annual rewarding
of competent employees and the ultimate
retirement Of those who have earned
this distinction. It prevents injustice and
cruelty 1t guarantees against favoritism.
Il enables Great Britain to do its govern
mental work humanely and in accordance
with good business principles.
g. A. LYON, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Fate strikes with grim justice at times.
IN Roxbury, Mass, Thursday party Of
young people undertook to start a newly
welded couple along their matr. mona.
journey with series Of torment.ng and
embarrassing attentions, such as in GER
tain social circles are regarded as the
height Of wit and good fellowship. The
bride and groom viewed the matter DIFF
.erently, as brides and grooms usually
do. and tired to escape from their friends
by motor car They were pursued at a
fast pace by the haz.ng party IN another
motor. which skdded in rounding a cor
ner and turned turtle. Xxi ling two women
and hurting three other persons ser ously.
Such tragedy should teach lesson. but
it will probably fail Of any deterrent effect
ipon those who regard the Tagging OF
the newly-weds as legitimate form OF
fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
TIL COLONEL AND TIE R-PuB- IcAA NoNI.ArloN.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Col. Roosevelt not having informed
waiting public as yet tina, any one who
saws he may possibly be candidate lis
at least an unmiti ated falsifier. there
still seems to be some doubt in the popu-
lar mind as to his plans.
From the Buffalo Express.
It is safe to say that Clifford Pinchot
would not be declaring for La Fol cite
for President II he thought there was
any chance that Theodore Roosevelt
would be a candidate. and he Is In q po-
sition to know.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Col. Roosevelt lets It be known that he
In very much surprised by the current
talk Of his denomination for the prest-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
The STEEL DEAL.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
There is strong suspicion among men,
bers Of the Merritt family that John D.
Rockefeller is not a philanthropist.
From the Boston Globe
II the Merritts are all liars. and John
D. Rockefeller is merely a philanthropic,
generous co-investor in a development
scheme what fools were on the jury that
gave the Merritts a observation-disclosures
millionaire at Duluth in 1894, and what
an easy mark was John D. to compromise
for $525, 600!
From the Boston Globe.
Since Mr.. Rockefeller denied all those
Merritt charges years ago under oath. as
he says, why SHOULDN'T he be willing now
to deny them all under oath again?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

dency next year. His distinguished sue
cessor will be quick to note. however.
sa; ing he is lrieved by that talk.
from the indianapolis News.
sst.ll. 1t seems imp obable that SO ex-
pert q pi.yei at the Pc .itical game as
Senator Crane would write such a letter
without ha ling a series of subsequent
moves clearly mapped out in his mind
From the Detroit Times.
Mr.. Roosevelt insists that everybody
else shall cease talking about his being q
candidate.
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Having DIAGNOSED the situation, the COL
onel has decided that he better hesitate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
Russia, Persia and the United States

While the United States has technically
and officially no standing in the Russo
Persian affair. 1t should not so deliberately
wash its hands of Treasurer General
Shuster as to seem to suggest lack Of
responsibility for him and of concern for
what may befall him as an American.
Whatever his official position may be in
his foreign employment he is still a citi-
zen of the United States. and as such is
entitled IN certain emergencies to the
fullest protection this government can
command. The people of this country
will have no patience with the suggestion
that the Americans recommended by the
State Department for employment IN the
Persian service in the reorganization of
the finances shall be permitted without
any evidence of American concern to SUI
fer in life. limb or property through Rus
sias violation Of the convention whereby
it and Great Britain guaranteed the SOW
ereignty of Persia.
Mr.. Shuster has endeavored at Teheran
in good faith to establish the finances
upon a substantial foundation, and has
proceeded upon the assumption that Per-
sia was in fact an autonomous state. with
the right to protect itself from domestic
as well as foreign foes and the power to
conflscate the property of traitors. He
has done nothing wrong, from the Persian
point of view. The Russian government
has seized upon the opportunity to make
outrageous demands which deny in effect
the self-government of Persia. Its pre-
ext Is shamefully thin. and the deplorable
fact is apparent to the world that Eng
land consents that Russia shall in effect
make an end Of the Persian sovereignty.
The American representations in the
case should not be merely perfunctory,
but should not only be vigorously express
sive of the demand that the life and
property rights Of Mr.. Shuster and his
associates be safeguarded, but should also
reflect In some diplomatic fashion the In
dignant disapproval with which most
Americans view the whole proceeding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
The American Way of Retirement"

A clerk who has been In the service OF
the Navy Department for sixty-five years
has just requested that he be given lighter
duties than those he has been performing
for some time past, with smaller salary.
His request will as a matter OF course De
granted, for 1T is the policy OF the Unlteo
states government thus to treat Its eioer
civil servants. letting them slide down the
pay scale in the years of their dlminisn-
ing usefulness as q supposedly humane
method of administration. This Is not
What the English government does In the
ease Of an elderscivil worker. as The star
has been pointing out In the course OF
series of articles which 1t has recently
been printing, descriptive of the oiner-
erces between the British and American
practices In the first place. the British
government would not have retained any
man in active service for stxty-1ve years.
At the age of sixty 1t would have retired
him unless he was of exceptional value In
his own particular line. and 1t might In
extreme circumstances have held him on
the active roll until he was seventy.
Upon his retirement 1t would have granted
him an annuity for life equal to one-half
of the salary paid him at the time of his
relief from active duty. He would never
have slid down the scale, but on the con
trary by an automatic process he WOULD
i, efficient, have risen by annual promo
tons to the top and would have remained
there until attaining the retiring ase.
This Navy Department clerk has been
working for sixty-five years with abso
lutely no prospect of any relief from anx-
iety as to the future. His only hope aas
been to hold on as long as possible to
such salary as he could secure, trusting
to the benevolence of his superiors or to
the lack Of an insistent demand to make
room for a younger man To serve sixty
FIVE years he must have entered the serv-
ice as a boy. He has given virtualy his
entire life to the work of the government.
He has seen the civil service system es-
tablished with the merit principle as the
foundation, principle governing the se-
lection, but not in all cases the promotion
OF employees. He has seen men pushed
ahead to the disadvantage of others. per-
maps quite as capable. who have been
allowed to remain at low salaries while
doing high-grade work. He has seen pa
II onage" put upon a geographical
natical basis of division between the
states in accordance with population. He
has seen movements develop Of late to Sc
cure for the department workers meas
ure of salary adjustment, the first IN
more than fifty years. and some sort OF
retirement provision insuring them decent
livelihood after they have worn them
selves out physically In the government
service. It is to be hoped that he vial
live to see the day when the United states
recognizes the business necessity as well
as the humanity Of adopting the same
principles Of administration as those
which govern in Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

For all their appreciation of the IN
portance of such SUBJECTS II trs-.~ ne
tariff and the currency. the Distr;e. peo-
pie will await with Inc keenest interest
that one OF the presidential messages that
is 10 deal with the affairs OF the National
capital. They have been assured OF y
sympathetic understanding OF the local
needs on the part of the President, and
AVE no anxiety on the score of his rec
onainendations, but high hope that this
treatment OF the District as q subject OF
a .p. -. deliverance to Congress will re-
suit is a mo. 9 considerate treatment OF
tne national city at the capitol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Two bucks. while fighting, tore up q
large section OF d Maine farm The De-
partment of Agriculture is not expected
to take the incident up as suggesting a
substitution for the ordinary methods of
tilling the SOIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Senator Adrich Is one of the men VINO
can ssa. are 6 few searching ooserva-
tons - economic conditions without
beng suspected of trying t. plant q
presidential boom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

William Waldorf Aston etains i'm
mense holdings Of New York real es-
tate. But Lonaon probably does MOI
care where his capital Is invested SO
long as the income is spent in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

DR.. Cook was thankful for the fact
that the world contains so much lecture
territory that is not controlled by Den
mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Stormy scenes may be averted in Con-
gress by the fact that various states
men will have to be alert to prevent
their campaign thunder from beng
stolen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

China's militars auture is greatly hin
dered by the tenu~ncy Of its people TO
expeud their enersIes and ammunition
In fguting one ano.ner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Prof. Lowelrs discovery Of frost on
Mars calls attention to the agreeable
scarcity Of the article in this particular
spot in the universe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Some Of the opin.-.4s which men sum-
m0ned to serve -IIe Mcnamara jury
confessed TO entertaining prove to be en-
urely justihed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Doubtless the McNamaras have too
many troubles of their own to permit
them to be properly impressed by the
tears they caused Mr.. Gompers to shed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

Examples which have been set in the
way of confession may yet induce the
Mickle murderer to come forward with
his story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

DIR. Wiley may yet devise some method
of holding the riavor of modern pumpkin
pie to old-Iashloned STANDARDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

President Taft refuses either to point
30 the past with vainsaorious pride OK
view the future with seillsn alarm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
Some Substantial.

Old Santy's myth, we are sometimes as
sured.
But our homes In his honor we deck.
And we find his attentions are never Sc.
cured
BY writing a mythical check.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
Unencouraging.

THAT audience cheered my remarks re-
peatedly."
YES" replied the morose man. II never
yet saw an audience that wouldn't rather
hear itsef hoiler than listen to sOme-
body's talk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
Habitude.

Twas nineteen hundred. January one,
That / prepared some resolutions nne
Concerning things to do or leave undone,
And gave to each q solemn. separate
line.
L was a frank and self-accusing list
OF faults and foibles which should find
their ends.
No petty vice nor grave orense was
missed
Twas made with the assistance Of some
friends.
And now. as Understandable draws swift
ly near,
read them soiemnly and slowly
through.
Ere pursue the custom Of each year
And re-resolve them. each - good q
new.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

81 shall leave footprints on the sands Of
time" said the idealist.
what tor?'' asked the crudely practi-
cal person. Nobody will want to go
round looking for footprints. What we
want to do for posterity is to help build
so.ue sood roads.
DE man dat looks out exclusive foh
number one,'" said Uncle Eben, 'mustn't
be surprised II he finds hlsseif cuttln' a
purity small fgger."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Important Distinction.

''You can take that ak and get up an
appetite for little dinner" said the
farmers wife.
Lady" replied Wandering Mike.
what l was applyin' fur was food; not
physical culture"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

OH order to avoid delays On account o.
sarsonal Absence letters to THE STAR should
hot Be addressed to any individual connected
With the once, but simply 70 THE sTA6, or 20
Che Editorial or Business Department, according
% tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

The British civil retirement system IL
Of ancient origin. From time to time
in the past various
Retirement classes OF government
c.4 workers have been plac-
0yseeM. ed under the operations
Of this practice Of providing a compe-
tence for the servants of the Kingdom
In the fourth and fifth years OF the
reign Of King William ~. 1s34-5. an
act was passed consolidating. altering
and amending these different laws, orders
and regulations, and that statute stood
for twenty-five years as the law on the
subject. In the twenty-second year OF
Victoria's reign, that. Is to say in 1852
ON act was passed further amending
these enactments. Again in 1882 they
were amended. The latest act of par
lament on the subject is that of Sep
TENDER 20. 1900.
Throughout all the approximation acts
of parliament, as they are called. runs the
principle that it is to the public interest
to keep the government service efficient
and vigorous by retiring the elder work
ers after they have reached the age o!
presumptive physical retrogression- Fur
thermore the principle dominates That the
government should bear all the bun den
of paying those who are thus set as de
after years of faithful service suffi
cient sum to support them IN decent com
fort during the remainder of their ives.
Reading The acts Of 1859 and 1909 to
gether the present retirement or super.
animation law of England provides tina
all persons who have served in an estab-
lished capac ty in the permanent civil
service of the state. whether their re-
Enumeration be compu ed by day pay
weekly wages or annual salary, and for
whom provision shall not otherwise have
been made by act of par lament or who
may not be specially excepted by the
authority of parliament shall receive a
superannuat on allowance that Is to say
an allowance after leaving the active
service. according to the following
schedule:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

In such circumstances 1. is not remark
able that men who are SO fortunate as to
obtain Apo. ntments In the
Permanent civil service Of Great Brit
ain hold to their positions
GVASe' as tenaciously as man
holds to life itself. Considering that OPP
portunities for securing better employ
ment in private service are very few. it Is
almost unknown for civil service en-
ploye to resign his position or to put It in
jeopardy by wanton misbehavior. He is
assured OF a good income throughout his
life. during the greater part Of it an In
come placing him In position OF afhu-
ence COMPARED with the majority Of those
about him in his own class. and upon re-
tirement he &c a sufficiency to keep him
comfortably during the rest OF his days.
He is not worried by the fear OF leaving
his family utterly destitute II death
should overtake HIM. He knows that so